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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19
MURDERER or MEMPHIS
UNDERWORLD QUEEN
PICKED JAIL Locks.
ARRESTED HERE
LAST OCTOBER
After Making Three Attempts
Leaves Memphis Jail With
Five Other Prisoners.

John Revinsky, slayer Of Mae
Goodwin, the Memphis underworld
queen, who on last October was ar
rested after being found in the bel
fry of colored church in northeast
Columbus, and who was later taken
to Memphis and before jury found
guilty of murder, made his escape
from the jail in that city Tuesday
morning at 3 o'clock Five other
prisoners also made their escape.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail
of Revinsky, but soon lost the scent,
and up to last night he had not been
captured.
Preparations for the sensational
jail delivery is said to have been
planned by Revinsky, who made a
key from the handle Of tin cup.
Speaking of the escape, the Com
mercial Appeal yesterday said, in
part:
"At $50 o'clock Monday evening
the 101 prisoners were locked in their
cells for the night. Before entering
the condemned cell where he was be-
ing held, Revinsky had secured the
handle Of tin cup, which he fash
ioned into the form of skeleton key,
and when Night Jailer Arlington
left the prison the man began to
force the ponderous lock on the
heavy iron door of the cell.
"Cork had been placed by Revin.
sky in the lock in such a way as to
prevent the tumbler from falling and
he soon succeeded in throwing the
lock. He then sprung large lad
lock, also on the door, and walked
into the corridor.
"Revinsky set to work on the dou-
BILE locks of two cells in which Dave
Delaney, Earl Watkins, Ernest
Plummer and Ed Williams, negroes
and Will O'Handlen, daylight burglar
under sentence of from two to 10
years, were confined. When the five
others had been released from their
cells they seized long bench in the
corridor and, taking advantage of
the noise which prevails in the jail
almost throughout the night, mount
ed to the top Of the tier of cells and
battered hole in the roof.
"Then they secured rubber hose,
used in cleaning the prison, made it
fast, by three half hitch knots tc
prevent all chance of slipping, to a
beam. The hose was flung through
the hole in the roof. Then silently
the men climbed to the top of the
building and slid down the hose te
the ground, 35 feet below. The jai
wall on the north side has been down
for some time and the men mad,
their way through this opening.
"When Jailer Abingdon, who makes
round of the building every hall
hour, made his round at 3 80 o'clocl
he saw the long hose dangling dow,
Continued on page 4)
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19
Mr.. W. f. Blake and Mr., ]. B.
Moore, Of Ethelville, Ala, spent yes
terday in Columbus on business.
laws against treason and like crimes,

laws against treason and like crimes,
At war, the United States is in a
very different position from the neu-
tral. Bomb plotters now may be
ripped with an iron hand. Not only
are conspirators themselves subject
10 heavy penalties, but anyone, even
a German resident, who has know
ledge OF reasonable acts and fails
to make known the facts to the au-
thorities, may be sent to prison for
seven years and fined 81 900 for mis-
prision Of treason.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

The children of the local public
schools, both white and black, heard
a most interesting address Monday
afternoon delivered by Prof. ]. r.
Mckay, farm expert Of the A. & M.
College. The address was delivered
at the court house, and Prof Mckay
had as his subject Gardens"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Berlin, April 1S.-Of 1,400 shoe
factories in Germany 1910 will be
closed this month and the remainder
placed under government control. OF
the latter one hundred will be operat-
ed to meet the requirements of the
army and 280 to satisfy the needs OF
the civil population
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Two classes for the study of Red
Cross nursing have been organized
here, DR.. W. R. Mckinley being lee
turer for class No. l, and DR.. Edward
Lehmburg lecturer for class No. 2
which has elected Mrs. Howard Kina
president and Miss Sarah Hardy sec.
retary. Class No. has as yet elected
no officers.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Chief of Police John A. Morton
left Tuesday for Hot Springs, Ark,
where he will spend several days.
Mr.. Morton has suffered great deal
from rheumatism. and he goes to
Hot Springs in the hope that his con-
dition will be improved.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Officer Nj. F. Cook Is acting as
chief of police in the absence Of
Chief John Morton, who left Tues
day for Hot Springs, Ark, for visit
of several days.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mr.. j. L. Harper, who for some
time past has held the position Of
cashier in the local office Of the
Southern Express Company, has re-
signed, and following the usual
course Of promotion of the company,
he will be succeeded by Mr.. F, K.
Cole. Mr.. E. B. Broome, who has
been holding the place Of assistant,
win succeed Mr.. Cole as Old Hoss
clerk.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mrs. James BOYD, Of Hamilton,
was the guest Of Mrs. Gid Harris the
first Of the week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Miss Vernon Waller, of Crawford,
visited Miss Martha Eckford during
the past week.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mr. J. T. w. Hairston and daugh.
ter. Miss Ruth Hairston, Of the prai.
rie, spent Monday in the city.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mrs. Eugene Beard and little son
are visiting II Itta Bona
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19
Doctor in Reserve Corp.

DR. Willie f. Krone, the bright son
of MIR. and Mrs. NJ. Krone, of this
city, who for some time past has been
holding place in the Charity Hos
tai at New Orleans, recently passed
The examination for doctor in the re-
erye corps in the U. s. navy. and
win be stationed at present as first
lieutenant in New Orleans. DR..
Krone is a young man Of fine person.
4lty and has many friends who con-
gratulate him upon his past record.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Commercial ads are winners.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mrs, Sue Hudson and Miss Camelia
Hudson have been spending the past
evera days in New Orleans
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1917-04-19

Mr.. J.. T. McShan, Of McShan, Ala,
visited the city yesterday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
AS TO THE"CURIOUs DEF0RMfTY'

The Barlow Courier-lnformant
vents its spite and spleen at not
being given the publication of the
tax list, out of the papers turn, by
wasting its front page in an effort
to show that there is something
wrong with the way the list appears
in the Lakeland News. We repeat
that the only thing wrong with the
tax list is that it is not being printed
in the Courier-Informant, whose edi-
tor, violating gentlemans agree
mint, sought to take it from this
paper, although it was our rightful
turn, for which we had waited until
after the Courier-Informant and all
the other eligible papers in the coun-
ty had each had it. When the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
ONCE MORE, MR.. BLOOM!

Driven into hole on every specific
statement that he has made, and
proven liar at every turn, Mr.. l. i.
w. Bloom now resorts to the silly
insinuation that there was something
wrong with the type used IN setting
the tax list.
Mr.. Bloom makes the positive
statement that the list was set in
sCven-point type instead of in six
point, as the law specifies, and asks
why we did it.
This is an issue raised by Mr..
Bloom and not by us. Let's see who
.."dodges" it.
Now, We will settle the matter
this-a-way: Mr.. Bloom may send his
own linotype operator over TO this
office, and we will be happy to have
him examine the mats" and the
slugS from which the tax lis. was
printed Then if Mr. Blooms own
linotype operator says the list Is not
set in 6-point, We will give the Red
Cross Association of Lakeland one
hundred dollars; Mr.. Bloom to pay
the same sum to the Red Cross if his
linotype operator declines to make
the statement.
Now wriggle out Of that,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
HE GUESSED THE REASON

The public did not know until re
Gently that Black Jack" Pershins
and his staff had arrived at SON.
port" in England.
But there was a certain Cheyenne
resident who knew.
Il didn't exactly know, but ! ney
er chirped
i know Jack Pershing from his
lieutenant days. | knew when h,
married pretty frankie Warren of
our town. She and her children are
bGfied now in Cheyenne.
The hopes and joys that were
witnered by that fire in San Fran.
cisco Preside that took his wife and
three children away in an hour
Pershing kept from public view. He
never WINGED, would not even take
leave, which was offered, but hiked
back with his troops in Mexico. It
might have been better So.
nut AFTER ieaVlng Cheyenne when
the first Memorial day came around
ne wired for flowers to be placed up.
OH the graves; also, on the birthday
oil each of his dead he silently
mourned.
This Geographic order has failed
70 turn up only one Memorial dav
since That was May 30 last be-
gan casting around in nv mind
strange But in flash the thought
came TO me: He can't send it: he is
on his way to France and his soldier
training makes imperative his order
Of silence.
SO it wasn't SO surprising that
wasn't taken unawares when I read
me story OF his arrival on the other
'ide Rocky Mountain News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

est in keeping the rate as low IS DOS
sible. not only in order to increase
curing the war, but to hinder recon
stfuction Of Germany's economic
life after the sar. The campaisn
against the rate of exchange of the
mark is attributed to a large New
iork banking house and to the re
cent increase in the number OF Cor.
many's enemies, which has narrowed
the scope within which Geruany can
take measures to improve the en-
change, while the rehabilitation of CO.
eurities of hostile countries in Ger
man hands is declared to be impos-
sible
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

Aourier--lnrOrmant puDllSher was
/ turned down by the Commission
ers, on the perfectly natural and
proper ground that it was no, the
papers turn, he had a spasm then
and there, to the amusement ana
disgust of everybody present; in fact
people are still laughing at the ridic-
ulous spectacle he made of himself
On that occasion. 1t is not to be won
dered at, therefore, that he would
find something wrong with the list
News. 1t would have been wrong,
from his viewpoint, no matter how
it had been set, or if it had occupied
only one page instead of twenty
Having been a resident of Florida
only few months, he, like our local
critic, wouldn't know Florida tax
list from marriage license, and is
certainly not an authority as to how
1t should be set; in fact. he states
that he is mot familiar" with how
this work should be handled We
assure him he is in a very fair way
of postponing his familiarity indef-
nitely, as every reputable newspaper
man in the county is thoroughly dis
gusted with his unethical and silly
tactics and his assinine self-conceit
Fortunately, the publisher of the
Lakeland News is not responsible to
my such bird as this. He makes his
settlement direct with the Tax Col
lectOr, and the basis for that settle
nent was cordially understood and
agreed upon before this fresh young
guy from foreien parts ever emitted
his silly screech. We are satisfied
with the consciousnessness thct we
did our work exactly right, AMI that
in cur contention that we did so we
have the support of the ablest legal
in South Florida No one
questions our position except cou-
pie of bad losers, whose minds APP
run upon the petty stealings
they would avail themselves of if
they had the chance. so much that
they cannot concede to others the
common, everyday honesty they evil
IDENTIFY have not themselves and can
not understand in others. Absolutely
in cur position. we shall
pursue the even tenor OF our way.
letting these journalistic coyotes
howl themselves to exhaustion If
they So elect, and shall pay no fur
Their attention to them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
OUR MARINE CORPS

DO you know the definition of the
word CORPSE" If you do your ad-
vantage over the man in the street
is considerable. for the word in it,
self signifies a large fighting force
So completely equipped in all branch
es that it can act as an independent
army And that is what our marine
corps is-a fully equipped little
army. representing infantry, cavalry.
ARTILLERY. signal service, engineers,
machine gun men, aviators and hos.
pital service.
The varied nature of the marines
duties is reflected in the dress uni
form, his dearly priced "blues." The
trousers are the color of the infan.
tryman's, but the stripe is red. like
that on the uniform of the artillery
His coat is dark nautical blue, bu.
If he wears chevrons on it thew are
yellow, like cavalryman's AS an
example of cosmopolitanism his can
device bears relief map of half the
globe. An eagle with outspread
wings surmounts the globe. and
fouled anchor shows in the back.
ground To "tell' a marina at
glance (whatever his uniform or his
rank look on the front of the ha.
or the cap for that globe. II is tho
distinguishing emblem of a marine
the world over.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
WaveletS
FrOn m
The Deep
C. Green

Well, folks, missed you las
night. A sweet young girl told m,
yesterday morning that ! ought t,
be killed for writing such poetry a.
that CUCUMBERS and CREAM eff
fort and l really felt so bad ovel
what she said that could not write
anything at all yesterday.
Some prize fighters have an awful
wallop, but you ought to see a
FRUIT PUNCH.
because man works in a mine is
no sign that he is a MINOR.
Wouldn't that ice proposition
freeze you?
Y. W. lversen was a proud man
because his wife said he was a
MODEL husband wv is not so
proud now because he looked in the
dictionary and found out that the
word MODEL meant a SMALL mi
TATION OF THE REAL THING.
Some soldiers are RUSSIAN where
others fear to tread.
See where they are going to have
women CONDUCTORS on the street
car lines in Cleveland, o. Let the
FAIR sex ask for the FARE.
A Jap who went to CHINA lust to
PFk-lN, tried to kill CHANG by
scalping him. but just missed his
CUE and was forced on his JAPA-
KNEES and died by slask from :,
poisoned Observation-Disclosures
See where a Buick Six carrying
four girls and four boys ran into
a ditch near Fort Myers. No one was
hut but all the occupants were hud-
died together in lump kind of AS
PRESS wasn't it?
Did you see that description of a
HUN in last nights telegram 4
HUN is Vandal Never again will
l let girl call me HUN.
Reisch-TAG is popular game in
Germany.
TEN YEARS AGO IN LAKELAND
strong man took a dollar bill and
broke it all up into small change.
FIVE YEARS AGO IN LAKELAND
woman hung her clothes out
on the COAST LINE.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
a SUPPLICATION TO
TIME AND FATE FOR MY
SWEETHEART AND

(By Albertus Vogt.)
FATE. stop your clock for a little
stay
That We may have the bliss you
bring;
Do not next moment brush away
Our kisses with your wing.
Where labor grimes and danger
delves
Do not in mercy linger there;
Please leave us happy in ourselves,
Forgetting and forgot by care.
Stop not with wretches in despair
Who mourning, weep prison lot,
Perhaps held by "frame-up" there,
long since by friends and foes for
got.
Don't stop on battlefields, as men
in broken anguish lay and die,
While pitiless sun and gunshots rain
from out a helpless, sinless sky
Nor linger as the latest breath
Goes out them-in sobbing sigh,
But stop and stay with us till death
Chills my sweetheart and L.
Time, as you fly on happy wings
Please take us on your fight,
And join our souls in blossomings
Through all the future star-lit
night
And if we live again on earth.
Please let our souls with tendrals
cling
From the next moment of our birth
AS re-incarnate petals spring.
And blossom into flower and fruit
That all who take of us may live
In love and peace and without dis
pute
In the gladdest Fate the Gods can
give
II Fate grants this to us, sweetheart.
The i'll that we may suffer here
Will to our broadening souls iippart
Murh solace and heart gladdening
cheer.
Tic abide with us throughout all
time,
And Fate and Time, the svmbo,
twins,
Will bless us with a love sublime,
Sans suffering. sans sorrow and
sans sin.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
DEPL0REs DECLINE
IN EXCHANGE RATE

Amsterdam, July 1.-THE Pbein.
ische Westfaelische Zeitung of Essen
germany, in leading article head
&C. New Offensive Agains, Our Rate
Oh Exchange" deplores the decline in
the exchange rate of the mark and
says: The enemy has every inter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
FEILERS.

When a Teller is doin' the bes
he kin,
A-singin' a song or a-shovelil
Some Teller that thinks he is i
will begin
Abein' sarcastic an tryin' to 4
This life that we live has w
2 full way,
AS you pause to observe
seems kinder queer, Y
Tho Teller that's toilin' along "a
day
Must furnish the topics fur !
that sheer!
The Teller that tolls has his ey4'
the ground.
Ard scarcely observes VII.
passin' him by, I,
Till night with it's rest an its S
drifts round, !
An then he looks up at the |,
in the sky. d
He's right unsuspicious, that 4
ploddin' chap, n
And-honest. 1t does seem ID
of a sin,
To ketch him .unwary, and harsl
a slap,
When a Teller is doin ii I
that he kin.
Washington Sr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining on Hand in the Post
at Lakeland, Polk County, :
ida for the Week Ending
July 4th, 1917

Those calling for same will
mention date and pay one eel
age.
w. j. Boan, d. j. Beachboard
die Chisham, Willie Evers
Ely, X. M. Frier, Phillip D
l.. ID. Russell, Arthur Cover.
ME Green, I. Harrell. Rev &c
rell, H. E. Hayden, d. W. Mel
l.. Miller. C. H. Merritt, L. J
well, l. w. Jones. John PACK
A. Smith, Mr.. Smith, Arthur "
j. N. Woods, o. w. Valdez
Woddel. o. w. Walden.
Women
Gussie Ann Mrs. d. b. BIO
Miss Mollie Bryan, Miss VIII.
dy Mrs. Addie Claxhen Mrs
ser Clipper, Mrs. ]. E. Cole, }
{. Cochran. Mrs. Susan Dl'
(Two), Miss Alline Houston
Haddassah Hokrs, Viola Lewis
Emma Jones, Mrs. Emma u
Mrs. Clara Jiles, Rufus Kline!
Sarah Malain. Mrs. Susie
Mrs. ]. ]. Patterson, Raney
Mrs. Sallie Rhodes, Mrs. MysD
dick, Mrs. ]. w. Sammon, Mrs
Smith. Mrs. John Steinbeck
Emma Smith, Mrs. E. ]. Smln
Allie Threat, Mrs. w. W. Win
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

The Tribune hands the Governor a
package anent his new Board of Con
trol-and it's not Davis package,
either-nothing SO pleasant. The
Tribune has tried to be loyal to the
Governor, but it's getting to be wear
ing work
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

Practice doesn't always make per-
feet. We know fellow who prac
tees lying by day and night. and
yet he is such clumsy liar that he
gets caught at every turn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

You've got to hand it to Joe Ear
man for one thing-he knows when
to keep his mouth shut, in which he
has a decided advantage over mos.
of those who are in the political
game.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

The Board of Control which has
always heretofore been most dig
nified body of able and distinguished
Floridians, is in a fair wav to lose
that respect which it has heretofore
commanded Because one of the ap-
pcintees, Prof. H Clay Armstrong
of Pensacola, stated that he would
not vote for any man who ever sold
liquor for the Craftsmanship of a
board having charge of girls col
lege, Armstrong was promptly
canned. A DeFuniak man, probably
not SO particular as to his associates,
was appointed, and the ex-liuuor
mans election as chairman was thus
made possible. If ever the good
people of Florida, many of whom
thought during the last campaign
that they were furthering the cause
of temperance, were given a slap in
the face, they received it when the
Cats Board of Control was organ.
iZed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
UNCLE SANS THRIFT
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY
Use Every Drop of Milk


Don't throw away leftover skim
milk, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture 1t is a nutri
tious food and every drop of il
should be used. One way to utilize
it is to make milk-vegetable soups.
Milk-vesetable Soups
To each cupfuls of milks use l
tablespoonful of -four, tablespoon
full of butter. % of a cupful of a
thoroughly cooked vegetable. finely
chopped. mashed or put through a
sieve, and salt to taste. Thicker the
milk with the flour as for milk gravy
and add the other ingredients.
Practically any vegetable except
tomatoes may be used with the other
ingredients as stated If tomatoes
are used a little soda should be add
ed to them to prevent the milk from
curdling.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

That hardened sinner who writes
the Tribune's eds claims that the
last one he had was with us. We
admit that once, taking advantage of
our youth and inexperience, he in
cuced us to take draught of some
strange connection, which he claimed
would be good for what allied US
but that seems d long time ago. A
Pleasant memory lingereth with us
yet--but we cant believe Lambright
has rested satisfied with memories
only all this long, long time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

Florida's entire military forces
treasury of that county by storm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

That negro over in Manatee is
Miles off-and down-by this time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11

War poetry is raging more
fiercely than at any stage of the
great conflict.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-11
THE LAKELAND NEWS

And still the poor Red Cross don
get any money!
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
HOME e. Z
TOWN - g4
7ELpSk J
GOOD SCREENS CHEAPEST
Expert Says Copper Wire, Although
More Costly, Will outlast Iron
Many Times.

That it does cot pay to use cheap
iron screens on any building more
valuable than chicken house, is the
opinion Of DR.. J. D. Walters, profess
sOr of architecture and drawing in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
Persons erecting new dwellings should
equip them with screens that will last
many years, he says.
can average twO-story house con-
tains upwards of two dozen openings
that should be screened" said Doctor
Walters. The best screens are made
of strong white pine sash and cop
per wire screening. Another grade is
made Of fir lumber and a screen ma
white metal. The cheaper grades are
made Of yellow Southern pine and COW
cred with common iron wire screening.
"The first screen named is rather ex-
of copper, but it does not need to be
painted, and should last II years. The
iron wire screen, on the other hand,
will rust out the first season and rare
ly lasts more than two or three years.
"a screen door should be made with
a hardwood sash and should be pro-
vided with the best kind Of spring
hinges and a knob lock. There should
be sufficient cross rails and cross
braces in it to prevent sagging. The
window screens are usually fastened at
the top by cheap black vanished butts
and are hooked at the bottom with
cheap hasp and staple"