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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
GOVERNMENT AIDS
FLOOD SUFFERERS
Over Half a Million Dollars Appro-
priated for the Purpose by
Congress
ASSOCIATED Press

Washington, Aug. 3.-The House
yesterday by unanimous vote adopt
ed the resolution passed Tuesday by
the Senate appropriating $40, 1000 for
the relief of the flood sufferers in Ok
lahoma, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia,
Tennessee, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
The fund will be available as soon
as the president signs the measure
and the money will be spent under
the direction of the war department
in purchasing food and medical sup
plies for the sufferers and in rebuild
ing the damaged highways and secur-
ing seed for food crops.
Employment for the next ninety
days will be given the destitute flood
sufferers under the provisions of the
measure.
Resolutions appropriating $3.50, 900
for relief of the flood victims in the
Carolinas and in Mississippi have also
been introduced and referred to the
committee on appropriations.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
SILVER SPRINGS

Silver Springs, Aug. 2.-The United
States dredge Captain MCGUIRE, came
up from Connor Saturday and left
this morning, making some improve
ments on our beach.
Mrs. F. L. Grantham from oca1a is
visiting her sister, Mrs. E. Goolsby
this week.
Miss Violet Smoak who has been
at Daytona, went to Melbourne Sun
day for an extended visit to her sister.
Cards received from Miss Pearl
Goolsby report her as having de-
hghtful vacation in Stockton, Ga.
It is suggested that the jitney bus
procure a green side light to dis
tinguisb it from other cars at night.
Persons little distance from the
road can not tell the bus from any
other passing vehicle, since the lights
are precisely the same as any number
Of others.
We haven't seen any special rush
in the repairing of the road between
Ocala and Silver Springs. A new bus
line and bad road do not combine
well.
A bunch of young ladies from Con
ner picnicked at Silver Springs Sat
urday, coming up on the Sharpshootel
and making the return trip late in
the evening.
Mr.. Roy Smoak is home recuperat
ing from a recent illness.
Several fishing parties going dowr
the river last week teY IF splendic
success.
The postoffice here WIS discontinued
on the 31st and we are at sea as t.
how we VIII get our mail. We pre-
sumo Uncle Sam is too busy prepar
ing for strenuous times to come, t.
| bother with such little thing as this
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
BLITCHTON

Blitchton, Aug. 2.-Mr. B. r. Bitch
is spending several days in ocala
this week.
Misses Inez and Leola Peterson Of
Morliston were guests last week of
Miss Legie Bitch and Miss Rowena
Hammons
Miss Legie Bitch and her guests
motored to Ocala Thursday.
Miss Rowena Hammons entertained
twenty of her friends Saturday even
ing in honor of Misses Peterson and
Elsie Coulter of Nocatee.
Mr.. Ed Collins and Miss Inez Col
lins of Irvine were weekend guests
of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Bitch.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bitch spent
Sunday at Pleasant Hill.
There viii be services at the Bap-
tist church Sunday morning and eve
ming.
Miss Elsie Coulter left Monday for
her home at Noeatee.
Mr.. Raymond Sanderson was on
the sick list the first Of the week.
Mr. ]. T. Hutchins of Romeo was 3
Tuesday caller.
The farmers are COW hunting this
week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
APPROPRIATION FOR
THE OKLAWAHA
In Spite of Disapproval of the Engi-
neers, Money is Set Aside for
Survey of Silver Springs
Canal

In the rivers and harbors bill as
finally enacted and signed provides
for preliminary examination and
survey from Silver Springs to Ocala
with a view to the construction of a
waterway of such depth and width as
viii meet the demands of commerce
Thus it appears that the survey is
provided for in spite of the fact that
the army engineers disapprove of the
canal between the Springs and Ocala
The following provision is made
with regard to the Oklawaha river i'm
provements.
Continuing improvement and fo1
maintenance, $4,000; provided, that
there shall be conveyed to the United
States, free of cost, title to the land
occupied by what is known as the
Kyle and Young canal and the Nor
rison Landing extension of the same
on the Oklawaha river, together with
title to strip of land on the east side
Of the said canal Of such width as in
the Judgment of the secretary of war
may he required for the future widen
ing of said canal. Provided further
that the secretary of war is hereby au-
thorized to premit ]. d. Young, or his
assigns, to construct an extension OF
the foregoing improvements, from
Morrison Landing to Starks ferry OF
Lake Griffin in accordance with plans
recommended by the chief of engi-
neers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

(Associated Press)

London, Aug. 3.-Sir Roger Case
ment was hanged in the Pentonville
Jail at 9 o'clock this morning for high
treason. A great crowd gathered out
side the Jail and cheered mockingly
when the bell tolled, announcing that
the trap had been sprung. A small
group of Irish standing apart from
the crowd fell on their knees in silent
prayer.
Easement met death with calm
courage. His last words were, II die
for my country" He died a Roman
Catholic, though reared a Protestant,
accepting the former faith June 29th.
DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS
At the inquest after the execution,
the chief warden testified that Case
ment,s death was instantaneous. The
prison doctor then said there was no
truth to the report that Easement was
insane. The inquest decided his death
was just act.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
DIR. TYDINGS FOR BONDS

DR.. c. R. Tydings, druggist, who
comes in contact with many of the
people of the county, is of the opinion
that the county should bond for per-
manent roads on business basis. He
thinks that the sentiment of the con-
vention here on Monday at 10 o'clock
will be in favor of bonding, if bond
ing means that the voters will have
definite proposition to vote on. DIR.
Tydings is in favor of having specifi-
cations prepared for a definite kind of
permanent road, and of having con-
tracts for the building of the roads let
subject to the vote of the people. He
says that it will not be possible to
carry bonds unless it be in this way.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
cURTAIL CONSUMPTION

New York, Aug. 2.-At an emerg-
ency meeting ,of the representatives
Of New York newspapers in this city
today, called at the suggestion of Vic
tor F. Lawson of Chicago, to devise
scne means to reduce the consump-
tion of white paper, since a number
of daily papers in every part of the
country whose contracts are about to
expire are actually threatened with
suspension of publication because of
the inability of mills anywhere TO
supply paper, we unite in urging you
to join with US in the most drastic eff
forts to curtail consumption and, to
that end, to cut off ali returns Of un-
sold copies, country and city, so that
production will be reduced to the
actual needs of the public.
Frank A. Munsey, Ervine Ward
man, New York Sun; Charles H.
Grasty, Louis Wiley, New York
Times; Bradford Merrill, New York
American; Don C. Seitz, New York
World; Vernon Rogers, New York
Tribune; E. A. Rumley, New York
Mail; A. E. Chivers, New York Globe;
Robert B. MCLEAN, New York Even
ing Post; NJ. P. Call, New York Jour
nal of Commerce; H. F. Gunnison,
Brooklyn Eagle; H. L. Bridgeman,
Brooklyn Standard Union; Richard
Ellsworth, Brooklyn Times; Harry
Brown, New York Herald.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
CATS ATTACKS
SECOND CHOICE VOTES

Tallahassee, Aug. 3.The constitu-
tionality of the clauseA Aproviding for
the counting of first and second choice
votes, as provided in the Bryan pri-
mary law, was attacked here yester-
day as being unconstitutional, attor-
neys for Sidney j. Cats maintaining
that the plan does not give all voters
an equal chance.
All of the day was taken up in ar
gument by counsel for Mr.. Cats and
w. v. Knott on demurrers to the al
tentative writ of mandamus issued by
the supreme court two weeks ago.
The petition of Mr.. Knott was to have
the court order certain clerks in Duval
county recount the vote in certain
precincts.
The court took the matter under
advisement and decision is not ex-
pected before the end of the week.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
PROGRESSIV[S
IN PA[AVER
Assembled at Indianapolis, They Do
Net Know What Course to
Decide On
ASSOCIATED Press)

Indianapolis, Aug. 2.-Progressives
from many states are meeting here
today to protest against the action of
their national committee in endorsing
Hughes for the presidency. They are
also considering the advisability of
calling another convention to fill the
vacancy caused by Roosevelt's decl1n-
alton to run. One element favors the
re-assembling of the national conven-
ton to nominate a candidate to run
with Parker, the vice presidential
nominee. Others want a new conven-
ton. Some are opposed to both plans,
because they say there is no available
candidate.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
EASY TERMS
OFFERED BY AsoUITH

A dispatch from London, probably
based on unreliable information, says:
Greatly modified terms of peace are
suggested by Premier Asquith in an
address before the house of commons,
He failed to mention the restora-
tion of Alsace-Lorraine to France as
a contingent of peace.
The terms are: Restoration Of Bel
GUM, restoration of Servia, payment
for damage, return of French terri
tory, evacuation of Russian soil and
payment for damage.
He declared that the trade blockade
against which the United States pro
tests must remain in force to the enc
of the war.
In trade competition after the wal
Germany has an advantage, as he1
ships are interned, while many alliet
ships have been destroyed.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
A GRAVE CHARGE

Geo. Knight, white man of New
berry, was brought to the county jail
Wednesday, having been committed
by Justice C. A. Croker, at Newberry
without bail awaiting action of the
grand jury.
The warrant upon which the com
mitment was issued alleges that OF
July 29th the accused made an assault
"and did feloniously attempt to com
NIT a felony, towit: rape" A young
white woman is involved as the prose
cutting witness, but particulars were
not given out Gainesville Sun.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
TREMENDOUS RAIN
IN TENNESSEE
'Cloudburst Made Torrent of
Blair's Creek
FIFTEEN TO TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST, MANY HOMES SWEPT
AWAY IN THE FLOOD
ASSOCIATED Press)

Middleboro, KY, Aug. 3.-Fifteen
to twenty-five people were drowned
and much property was damaged by a
eloudburst on Blair's creek, near
Tazewell, Tenn, according to reports
received here. Nine bodies have been
recovered. Officials of Tazewell are
organizing relief parties.
The region is remote and communi-
cation cut off, Blair's creek is ten
miles long, and it is estimtaed that
a. hundred persons have their homes
directly in the path of the storm.
Two Southern Railway bridges be-
tween here and Knoxville were de-
stroyed. One house on the creek has
disappeared and there is no trace of
the family.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
BELIEVE DEUTSCHLAND
IS HOMENARD BOUND
CONVOY REPORTS SHE SUBMERGED OUT OF SIGHT
OF ALLIED CRUISERS
CAssocated Pres)
CAssociated Press)

Norfolk, Va, Aug. 3.-As far as is
known the Deutschland, which sub
merged about mile off the coast last
night, has run the blockade of allied
cruisers and is homeward bound.
The final dash of the submarine
was without incident. The master of
the tug Timmins, her convoy, said the
last act of Captain Koenig was to
stand on deck and cheer America and
Americans.
The only warship the submarine
sighted was a United States de-
#stroyer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
PICNIC AT LOWELL

About 100 persons attended the
neighborhood picnic at Lowell yester-
day. In the forenoon speeches on the
proposed bond issue for and against
permanent roads were made by Mr..
w. D. earn and Mr.. L. S. Light re-
spectively. Mr.. earn said this morn
ing that most of the voters at the
picnic seemed to favor bonds.
In the afternoon the picnic crowd
was addressed by Sidney ]. Cats,
candidate for governor.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
EXECUTIVE WILL
USE HIS INFLUENCE
To Try to Avert the Threatened
Strike of Four Hundred Thou
sand Railroad Employees
(Associated Press)

Washington, Aug. president
Wilson today confessed with William
L. Chambers, commissioner of federal
board of mediation, in connection with
the threatened strike of four hundred
thousand railroad employees. The
president may intervene if a strike is
inevitable.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

Mr.. George o. White, representing
the Southern Paving Brick Manufac-
turers' association, is busy presenting
the merits of brick for permanent
roads. He says that Mr.. John w.
sibley, secretary of the National Paw
ing Brick association, and Mr.. John r.
Copeland, president of the Copeland
Inglis Paving Brick company, viii ar
rive in Ocala tomorrow and be here
until after the convention Monday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
SOUTH LAKE WEIR

South Lake Weir, Aug. 3.-Miss
Minnie Albertson arrived home from
her vacation spent at Pablo Beack.
She reports a fine time while there
and says she did not see any sharks,
either.
Miss Myrtle Hickey is yet at Sum
merfeld visiting among friends.
Mr.. Arthur Leavengood has ac-
cepted position as foreman on the
Muclan farms.
The Henderly family return te
Ocala Monday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
LABOR WAR ON IN NEW YORK
1t is Believed that Strike on All
Transit Lines is Imminent
ASSOCIATED Press)

New York, Aug. "a general
strike on all transit lines here is inn
minent. Traction company heads are
reported to have decided to refuse the
mems demands for union recognition
and increased pay. The companies
Plan, it is said, is to import thousands
of strike breakers from other eastern
cities. The men are extending their
organizations.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
.CONSUMP ton MUST
BE CURTA|LE0
IT YOU WANT TO READ THE
NEWSPAPERS YOU MUST
PAYUP

The Star has received the following
from the Associated Press. 1t will
explain why some of our subscribers
who are getting too far behind with
their payments are going to miss their
papers IN a few days if they don't
come across. We are going to cut off
everybody except those who pay,
those who we believe are going to pay
pretty soon, and working correspond
ents. Take notice and act accord
ingly:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
SMALL BOYS ARE SCARCE
Associated Press)

Rome, Aug. 3.-The small boy is be-
coming rapidly one of the most priced
labor assets of Italy, according to a
recent report of the. ministry OF labor.
There is small boy famine In all
business offices, and the wages OF the
how from twelve to fifteen years
have increased from board and lodg-
ing and two to three dollars month
a., fifteen to twenty dollars.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
REMINDERS OF THE
SINN FEN REBELLION
Manufactured by Wholesale for the
Benefit of Curiosity Mongers
ASSOCIATED Press)

Dublin, Aug. 3.--A Dublin industry
cf considerable importance at present
is the manufacture of rebellion souve-
Mrs. Irish republican stamps are be-
ing turned out in large quantities;
volunteer buttons and Sim Fem
badges are also important items OF
the new business. Bullets fired by
Sim Fein leaders may be had singly
or in quantities at reduced prices to
the trade.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
ONLY THE FROST
KING CAN STOP It
InfantiIe Paralysis Will Prevail i'm the
Big Cities Until Late i'm
the Autumn
ASSOCIATED Press)

New York, Aug. 3.-Health Com
missioner Emerson expects $500
cases of infantile paralysis here and
has no hope that the epidemic will be
under control before cold weather
arrives. More children of the well to
do are i'll than the underfed. A con-
ference of physicians throughout the
country begun today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

A meeting of the voters of the
Ocala precinct viii be held Friday
night at 7.30 o'clock in the rooms of
the Commercial Club, for the purpose
of discussing the proposed bond issue
for good roads and selecting delegates
to the convention to be held in the
court house Monday, August Z, at 10
o'clock.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

Mr.. Robert Elmer begins work to-
morrow on the extension of the water
mains to the two Imhof tanks of the
new sewerage system. A main viii
be run from West Broadway, via
Howard Academy, to the large tank,
and another main north on Magnolia
street to Teuton's store. and thence
west to the North ocala tank.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
{ C.ARRANZA HAS NAMED
HIS COMMISSIONERS
(Associated Press)

Mexico City, Aug. 3.-It was Off
cially announceds here this afternoon
that the three commissioners to rep
resent Mexico in the negotiations with
the United States have been selected.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
MORE FRIGHTFULNEsS

Paris, Aug. 3.-The French govern
ment has issued yellow book describ-
ing the recent German order for the
deportation of twenty-five thousand
persons from French town on an
hour and half's notice. The meas
ure caused the greatest anguish and
despair among the people and in some
instances brought on madness, the
book says.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
WILL ORGANIZE NEXT
WEEK IN WASHINGTON
(Associated .Press)

Washington, Aug. 3.-The farm
loan board, the appointments Of the
members of which were ratified by the
Senate yesterday, will meet here Aug.
7th, when an organization will be
perfected.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

Mr.. R. E. Yonge and one friend
may call at the store of T. Monsieur,
in the Harrington Hall block and
drink free bottled coca-cola, if they
will show this notice. The 0cala
Coca-Cola Bottling Works.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
AN ULTIMATUM

Union leaders have given the troll
ley companies an ultimatum, announc-
ing that they will give them until 8
o'clock tomorrow afternoon to meet
the demands of the men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
BRIEF SPELL TO BREATHE

London, Aug. 3.-The fighting
armies in the three war theaters took
"a breathing spell yesterday as the vio-
lence of the fighting in the Somme
region On the Western front, in Rus
STA and in Galicia let up considerably
No single important engagement on
those fronts told of any unusual
cnange in positions or of any special
engagements.
The French took six hundred pris-
pners and captured German trench
north of Verdun, on the Western front
Artillery duels and infantry attacks
were features of the fighting between
the Russians and Austro- Germans or
the Eastern front.
The Austrian attacks against the
Italians at various points were re-
pulsed in an announcement coming
from Rome. The Slavs kept up theil
advance against the Turks in the eau
casus region.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

Take Rexall liver salts for that
tired. lazy feeling. Gerig's. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03

We carry full line of Thermos fill
ers. The Court Pharmacy. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
A FUTILE AIR RAID

Eighty bombs were dropped by six
Zeppelins which raided the eastern
coast counties of England this morn
ing. Nobody was injured. Military
observers claim one airship was hit
by anti-aircraft guns. Four homeward
bound were seen over Frisian Island
today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-03
Maintained Their Ground, Made Some Gains
in Front of Verdun
ANOTHER FUTILE AIR RAID ON EAADUOE INFLICTED BARBAROS TREATMENT ON
PEOPLE OF A FRENCH TOWN

London, Aug. 3-Operations around
Verdun overshadow those along the
Somme. The French maintained
against German counter attacks the
positions captured along a three mile
front yesterday east of the Meuse
Paris also reports progress in the
Fleury sector northeast of Verdun and
the capture of 100 prisoners in the
fighting east of the Meuse since Aug.
1st. German attempts to regain posi-
tions recently lost to the French in
the Monacu farm sector, in the
Somme region, have been put down,
according to Paris.
London says the British are con-
solidating ground recently gained, but
their artillery is active from the Maltz
farm to Longueval.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-27
DISMISSED ~
COURT t. >ES
AS Result of Motion by County
Attorney Ruffcorn.
NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
Docket for Term is Cleared When
Ten Criminal Cases are
Thrown Out.

District court convened Monday
morning with Judge F. N. Utter pre-
siding, with about 40 present out of
the total of 80 jurymen called to serve
during this term. A number Of Grim
inal cases were on the calendar to
come up for trial at this term Of court
lut no cases were tried.
Motion for dismissal was made as
each case was called for hearing, by
County Attorney Ruffcorn, who stated
he had not sufficient evidence to Sc
cure conviction. The only eXcep-
tion in the motions was that of the
charge of Chas. Srutn who was al
legged to have been connected with a
cattle stealing gang and with having
received stolen property. In this
case the County Attorney stated that
an important and material witness was
not available
Sheriff Powell has served sub
poeneas upon all the witnesses ex-
cept this one, in the Smith case, and
had also brought some of the alleged
stolen stock to Glasgow as evidence
He had gone to considerable trouble
and also expense to have his evidence
and witnesses present SO that no de-
lay would be experienced in bring
The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-27
G.. W. Farr, S. C. Ford and Miss May Trumper Will Be
Here in Their Own interests.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES TO SPEAK
Candidates Congress- Attorney General and Superintendent
Public instruction Will Address Rousng Rally Imme-
diately After the First Show.

to the state, has brought him many
friends and he is daily gathering
more votes so that his election ap-
pears to be secure.
S. c. Ford, candidate for Attorney
General has made most favorable
record for himself as an attorney and
as prosecuting attorney for his home
county where he has been reelected
several times. His record for law
enforcement is responsible for the
high regard in which he is held and
esteemed by all who know his official
work and the reputation now held
promises to be very greatly increased
if he is elected to the Office of At
torney General. His ability to in
terpert the law is we'll recognized and
he is thoroughly and admirably fitted
for the responsible position to which
he aspires. His success at the polls
this fall will mean full enforcement
of the laws upon the statutes and a
strict adhereing to the proper admin
istration of the Office.
In the meeting Saturday night she
will not make a speech, but will tell
what has been her experience in the
educational world, and what her am
bitions are and also what her plans
are for the continued upbuilding Of
the schools Of Montana are. The
Office for which she is a candidate is
one of extreme responsibility and
those who are interested in the schools
especially the women voters, should
make it a point to attend the meeting
at the Orpheum on Saturday night
and hear what Miss Trumper has to
say.
There will be music by the Glas-
gov band, big bonfire and all the
other attractive features that goes to
make a regular old time rally worth
going to see.