The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-26
Boy Scouts Acquitted Mayors Court
This Morning; No Case Against Them
EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE ACTING UNDER IR@-
STRUCTIONS AND FOR A GOOD CAUSE; CAUSE WAS
BOOST VICTORY LOAN

, ed as TO why they were doing so, he
said they had been ordered to do it,
by superior officer. The court asked
who that superior officer was and the
/ reply was that it was DR.. A. P. Al
| baugh.
1t was not deemed necessary TO
call others of the defendants to the
witness stand, and DR.. Albaugh was
next called. On being questioned by
the court as to whether or not he hass
instructed the boys to do as they had
done, he stated that he had Question
ed as to his reasons for so doing, he
stated that he was acting under in
struction from superior authority
When asked as to that authority, hes
answered that it came from the JONI
Victory COMMITTEES, composed in part
of the ladies committee, headed by
Mrs. Milton Tiddy, chairman, and Mrs
H. E. Slauson, vice chairman. He
stated, in answer to question from
the mayor, that they deemed it neces-
sary to clean the street because ft
was the concensus Of opinion among
the committee and various citizens
that the street had. perhaps, been soil
ed by the feet Of some who were NOT.
true Americans-those who had refus--
ed to buy Victory bonds, and that it
would be too bad for 100-per-cent Am
orleans to be obliged to walk the
same street. Enasmuch as it was q
very prominent corner and the most
used street in the city it was thought
essential to have it cleansed. He stat
ed also that the cleansing was sym
bolical-the boys were hopping up,
cleaning UP the $79,50O quota placed :
on this city. He stated that less than
one third of that quota had been SUBJ.
scribed so far, and that it behooual
j the people to get a7s5 il order tlsses
the quota might be subscribed and the
reputation of the city maintained. He
was jealous Of the name of Tarpon
Springs, besides he was all American
and wanted to see the government
getting all that it was calling for.
! When questioned by Mr. Longacre,
who sought to bring out the danger
: Of contamination coming to the body
petite as well as TO tie individual bV
association with unpatriotic people, he
stated that, as physician. Re under
stood quite thorough, the nature an3
tanger of germs H. considered that
ut applied TO political religious and
social bCI'cs as WEI as the dread
germ did t. the human body. Pressed,
IS to what he might name this germ
that had already taken hold Of ,nany
thousands Ct people in various parts
of the wor'1 ard hal recently been
t1u1'| in a Eear-5y cit he stated that
the germ was knoa7 a., ".'nostophae-.
Observation-Disclosures, that
It was a most dangerous and nfnC-
tlous germ, difficult 70 discern, rapid
its developments ara dard TO handle;
-, it had aire2d7 killed thousands in
Russia, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and
other European and Asiatic countries
and had already been discovered in
this country. Press dispatches had
carFled stories Ct it's appearance only
rs miles away; that there had been.
discovered symptoms of the same
dread disease in our own beloved CITY
and that the committee had been
stirred to activity by the desire to
check the plague before it could in
telfere with the sale of the $3.50
quota set for this city.
DR.. Albaugh spoke earnestly and to-
the point After he had finished the
mayor stated that he heartily agreed
with the statements of the witness.
Aside from that he did not think the
lefty had made out case against the
defendants and they we're discharged
A murmum of approval was heard in
the court room and the boys were re-
leased.
II uGNe!ops now (rttIt the Whole move
was designed to try and arouse an. in
terost in the victory bond sale. We
hope that the citizens of Tarpon
Springs are fully awake to the neces-
sity of doing their full duty in this
matter and that they will rallv no
10y and periodically to the issue,
About $4,000 had been subscribed
up to last night. It can readily be
seen that it is necessary to work hard
from now on until the end or we will
fail to make good. It viii be the first
time that this city has failed to make
good to the call Of the government.
should she fail in this instance. -
US get together and rally "'ro
flag"