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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

nursing her son, who is recovering
from an illness, while the people OF
Moore Haven await her return. When
she returns to Moore Haven 1t Will
be- to continue this years campaign
for food production for the need is as
keen If not as picturesque as that OF
last year and the feeding OF the
world Cali not be permanently settled
by sporadic efforts in front lawns
In days to come, when the agr1cul- !
tural production of America has been
adjusted to meet Americas need,
when you and have awakened to the
futility of spending millions fertiliz-
ing barren hillsides when muck seven
feet deep still lies idle, Marion
O'Briens name will still be remem-
bered, not only because she was the
first woman mayor in the Southern
states, nor because she was one OF the
few women to bear a military title
during the great war, but because
she demonstrated to the people OF the
state of Florida and the country itself
the unknown possibilities of the Ev-
erglades.
Still hesitate, as if the past years
were a wonder to her as well as to
you and to me, she says:
Since my experience in public Of
fee | have come to regard suffrage as
a factor in the democratic evolution
going on in America. To me it Is a
thoroughly impersonal matter. | am
in public Office and | find that I can
do all that | really have to do, and
, this has awakened different con-
ception of the possibilities of my sex. F"
But | think it is the story Of the
/ conquering of the Everglades, more
than the successful administration in
, office, that brings a different concep.
ton to you and to me.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

This paper congratulates tho Meth
odists of this community on the mag.
niflcent showing made by them IN the
Centenary drive, pledges exceeding
the local quota by nearly $4,000 hav-
Ing been secured in few hours after
the drive started. This gratifying re-
suit is in keeping with the high moral
character of Lakeland citizenship,
which Methodism has always done its
-full share to exemplify. 1t has been a
pleasure to this paper to give what
encouragement to this movement 1t
was able. for we believe that every
force of Christianity and morality
must be marshalled against the men
ace of bolshevism, anarchy and athe.
ism that threatens the world. Lake,
lind Methodists have good cause to
be proud of the magnificent advance
Of their sector of the Centenary bat.
tie line.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

answer to direct appeal. The colored
Masonic Lodge of Moore Haven Is
named after her; the colored Knights
of Pythias Lodge is dedicated to her.
To such folk as these she became
known as the Goddess" but to her fell
low pioneers she was the Chief"
So Marian Horw1tz became mayor
of Moore Haven and as mayor she be-
came Judge of district of two thous-
and five hundred people. Having as
sumed the office, Mayor Horwitz cast
aside all doubts. If she was to be
mayor she would do what she believed
should be done by mayor. Her
ideas on sanitation were quickly put
into practice.
During her administration the
town voted a $4,000 bond issue for
street paving. Her fight against the
liquor interests, the moonshiners
and the bootleggers was brief, vivid
and complete victory, Moore Hav-
en- is today model town in which to
live.
As Judge she instituted custom
which is without precedent. She
stayed upon the bench and gave her
decision. Then, when court was over,
she came down and went over the
matter, friendlywise, with the dissent.
ing parties, with the result Of ulti.
mate justice and perfect satisfaction
The aviation fields of Arcadia are
sixty miles from Moore Haven. To
assist the aviators, Mrs. Horwit7
cleared, drained, and operated land
ing field for aero planes, named 1t fol
the first aviator who landed UPON It
| Lowe Field" and made the boys
, who landed there welcome guests a
: her home.
7 Novices who strayed often foun(
: her house refuge when caught over
night from their hangers And man.
3 boy who was lost remembers tn,
. slight charming woman who came al
= ter him with her wide caterpillar trae
D tor and brought him and his plan
< back to safety.
In recognition Of this and of he
Q services in opening III, and developing
g the land, Governor Cats of Florid
: gave Mayor Horwitz the military ram
q and title Of major, one of the few t
q ties given during the war to wome
t who worked only in this country. A
L Mayor Horwitz she paraded with tn
q governors staff, on several occasion.
s in full uniform.
8 | have stated that when Mrs. Hol
t WITT entered upon her work of recls
:, nation in the Everglades she foun
Q men working there and worked sid
). by side with them After Americ
k entered the war she married one q
/ these men, a business associate, Cal
), tain John J. O'Brien, who had bee
d called to active service. Upon iii
h leaving, Mayor Horwitz took upon he
# already overburdened shoulders tn
r vice-presidency and management c
J. the Moore Haven Bank, Of which Cal
}. tain O'Brien was president, as we
o as his other business interests.
o Captain O'Brien has returned SAT
n to Moore Haven. Major-M Mayor O'Brie
n is, at the present writing, at Tamps
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

A telegram received today from
Hon. Hilbert J. Drane sets at rest q
rumor that has been started, probably
by those whose wish was father to
the thought that he would not be a
candidate for reelection to Congress
II has always been well understood
by those at all informed as to the
situation that Mr.. Drane would offer
for reelection, and 1t is equally well
understood that he will be reelected
Indeed, 1t is doubtful that he will
have any serious opposition, as his
service in Congress has been emf
nently satisfactory to his constitu
ents throughout the district. We do
not know of any man in this district
who would not be counting defeat
were he to attempt to wrest from Mr..
Drane the position he has so admira-
bly, filled.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19


DeSoto Stock Farm Company, the
Moore Haven Lumber Company, and
the Moore Haven Supply Company.
OF these three companies she has al
ways been the president.
Meanwhile, influenced by the farm
ing boom, the tiny town Of Moore
Haven had been growing by those
leaps and bounds characteristic of pr
oneer towns where treasure is. And
the treasure Of Moore Haven was
more prescious than silver or gold,
for, when the drainage and the clear
ing that the pioneers had worked so
hard upon was completed, there stood
naked and ready for the pillow thous
ands of acres Of the black muck sew
ell feet deep capable of producing
crops for century without fertilizer,
and in the mild climate of Florida of
growing three to five crops in success
sion every year!
AS the story Of such treasure
spread abroad and people came to see,
the little town of Moore Haven spread
itself farther and farther, buildings
sprang up as If by magic, modern i'm
iprovements stalked boldly in, and in
so short space of time that the orig
inal inhabitants were left fairly
breathless, Moore Haven was a city
demanding a charter from the State
When it received the charter, its cit
liens turned to Mrs. Horwitz and In
vited her to become its first mayor
Mrs. Horwitz regarded the invita-
ton with something akin to dismay
She had never been interested In sui
; frage. She had believed and hat
stated that woman could not &C
. through the necessary work necessi
tated by public Office. But probably
, she had not then believed in the pos
: sibility Of working day after day IL
the saddle directing gangs Of laborer'
. draining and reclaiming virgin soil
So she hesitated. Finally she de
clared that If there was opposition Il
) her candidacy on behalf Of her Sc,
j. she would withdraw.
There was none. How could Their,
. he? For In the brief time that Moor,
. Haven had known her, Marian Hor
WITT had not only proved herself
thoroughly capable business woman
possessed of rare courage and grea
physical endurance, but she had en-
deared herself to her community in
far more intimate way. When Hines
came to Moore Haven-as 1t come
to all pioneer towns where setttemen
comes first and sanitation much latel
when typhoid ragged and nurses wer
= few and assistance hard to get. Mrs
Horwitz travelled from shack to shac
;. nursing, doctoring, bathing, and feet
: ing the sufferers. In labor disputes
of which there were many, she ha
y handled many rebellion whic
l. threatened utter disruption. Some @
) the demands upon her were very ia
removed from those Of the safe
. guarded road Of her life heretofore
She found herself presiding In negr
churches, and where there was n
. church, over congregation called 4
. the open, judging grave matters 1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

Now that we have beautifully paved
streets, property owners should care
for the parkways. Grass and shade
trees should be planted, and tho park
ways should be made attractive. At
least. there Is no excuse, as is the
case in many places, in having them
overgrown with noisome weeds, or
not even leveled off where the dirt was
thrown up from the street excava
lions. A very little work on such
parkways will make a big difference
In appearance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

With taxes eating up the average
mans resources, it is passing strange
that the Legislature should be de.ving
and searching for some new plan for
Increasing the peoples burdens, such
as the imposition of state income
tax.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

We were pretty confident that Mrs.
Darling would be acquitted at Orlando.
Outside the merits of the case, which
seem to have been in her favor, no
Florida jury is going to punish lady
merely for killing her husband. We
may not care about them messing up
In politics, but we give them pretty
free hand in other respects.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

We guess its right celebrating
riding in one of those airplanes; but
we can still get a quantum sufficit
Of excitement by sticking to the fiery
Ford.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19
NEW ICE CREAM PARLOR OPENS

The Lakeland Ice Cream Parlor has
been opened on Pine street, where de-
licious cream may be secured at all
times Phone orders given prompt at
tention. Pints Csc. Quarts soc at the
store; &c extra when delivered. Phone
81. Lakeland Ice Cream Parlor.
5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

The length of time it requires to
get some simple measure for the
general good through the Legislature
would indicate the necessity for that
body to be in session continuously
Now listen for a howl of protest
against this suggestion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-19

"The wise salesman suggests
but avoids arguing. The
Silent Partner.
Ii you feel better wearing a
suit made specially to your
measure. our tailor will
strengthen that feeling. He
has the knack Of Lifting IT
right in the neck rs well as
all over.
Our new Spring and Sum-
mer suitings will suit the
critical man.
Prices $50 to $65.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
Socialist and Democratic
Aldermen Say Firemen
We're Double Crossed
by Hylan Administration
Use of 'sCag'' Is Reported
Mayor Playing Favorites
With Soldiers, Is Charge
of William p. McCarrv

Democratic and Socialist members Of
the Board of Aldermen attacked Mayor
Hylan at yesterdays meeting of the
board, accusing him first of double
crossing the firemen and then apply
ing the gga rule to them. The Mayors
critics said his proposed two platoons
tor less than one-third OF the Fire De-
partment would result in it's becoming
"as demoralized as the Police Depart
ment" Others said the new order for
bidding firemen from agitation for bet
ter working conditions would not help
the situation.
During the attack William p. Nc
Garry, Democrat, of Brooklyn, charged
that the Hylan administration did not
stop at playing favorites with the
members of the Fire Department, but
did the same with the soldiers who
fought in France.
This city administration should deal
justly with firemen and soldiers alike,
said Mr.. McGarry There should be
no favoritism shown anyone. l am
informed, however, that the city Ad-
ministration is paying the salaries of
some men who before entering the
service were municipal employees, while
others have not received one cent.
This is unjust"
Welfare Committee Attacked
The attack on the Mayor was pre-
cipitated by Alderman Charles Fl. Hau-
bert, Democrat, of Brooklyn, and
Alderman Abraham Beckerman, Social.
ist, of Manhattan, moving that the
committee on General Welfare be dis
charged at the next weekly meeting
flom further consideration of their
measures providing for three platoon
system for the tiremen
When the motions were made Alder
man William 7. Collins, Democrat
chairman of the Committee. on General
Welfare, objected, saying that he did
not want the board to instruct him or
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
NOn-Citizen Raises
Rents 20 Per Cent
Joseph Jouans Called In by
the Mayors Committee and
Asked to Explain Increases

Joseph Jovans. of PIT West Eleventh
Street, who said he has been in this
country fourteen years, but is not a
citizen, sought to explain rent increases
of from so to 10 per cent for tenants
OF an apartment house at 66 Fort
Washington Avenue, one of eleven
houses controlled by the Snavoj Realty
Corporation of which Jovans is presi-
dent, secretary and treasurer.
Dr. Max Herbst, a dentist, testified
that he had received notice that his
rent was to be raised from $62.5O to
$50 and that another apartment, rented
for his sister, had been advanced from
$3.50 to $85. DR.. Arthur J. Green
berger said he had received notifica-
tion Of raise from $50 to $10O
Jovans submitted statement of run
ming expenses on the house to the
Mayors Cimmittee. COMMISSIONS =
Hirschfield went through it and pointed
out numerous cases of alleged mis-
statement and exaggeration. Jovans
said his partner, Joseph G. Abraham
son, probably could explain the fig
ugres and Abrahamson was subpmnaed
to appear tomorrow with his books.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
OBITUARY NOTES

MRS; MARY c. HUGHES. eicbtv.f;..
descendant of one of the nine original e..
mes OF Nantncket Island. died Monday Al -Sl, sro
West lSsth Street. where she lived VII a. s.o
son. VINO Is president of an X-rav annsr,. ..ef
company. apparatus
PAUL E. ROONEY. twenty-n;rs ~,
suddenly Monday at his home, les Rs,nasoa eiea
Street, Astoria. i'e'hsen
SISTER MARY LOUISE BURKE e..
rorty-1ive years Sister of Charity Az AZ
Sunday at the House of Divine Proy;ssu,sea u,ea
hldgewood. N. J. 'Nsnee
the Assignment Bureau of the County ro'.us Win
died Monday in St. Vincents Hospital eouft
JOHN P. ROMER. eightv-fou~ 49,.
dent Of the Romer Manufacturine cos. ;es'
pany, furniture makers is dead Ha ~uln' @
born IN Bavaria, but had lived eighty vasas as
IN Greenpoint. Brooklyn sss's
MRS: WESLIEANA SOPHIA Rowr
CRONk, sixty-nine of 694 Leonard So.
brooklyn. died Sunday. after an operafion
many church societies. W
MRS. AMELIA f. RAYNOR CHIcppc
IER. seventy-four. died Sunday afternoon
at her home in East Moriches / I SSA
was the wife of Captain Ira K ChicheStass
and the daughter of Captain Norton Raynor
OSCAR D. MADGE. a veteran of the Civil
War. died Monday at his home, 40 Fifteen,h
clieet, pfOohiFll ne was q member of H..
B. F. Middleton Post. 500. c. A. R. "'
CHARLES H. LANSING. emploved !,
the Department of Water Supply. Gas ann
Electricity died Sunday at 570 Ou,nnu
Street Brooklyn. N'
PRIVATE JOHN ]. RING who servos
in France with the Machine Gun Corps ana
the Postal Service. died Sunday at the armv
hospital. Ellis Island. He was a gradua,e
of ST. Johns College
MARGARET WEIBRECHT. eirhtv.,,vo
died Monday afternoon at 2a4 Powers Stree
Brooklyn. She is survived by two sons
three daughters. fifteen grandchildren ana
seven great~grandchildren
JAMES N. APGAR. tax collector of High
Bridge, N. j., died yesterday at the home
of his son at Dunellen, n. j.. after sborf
illness.
FREDERICK F. DALE. sixty-nine. a nuA.
licity agent, died yesterday at the Kncker.
booker Hospital. He was the owner Of a
mimeographng and typewriting business at
1402 Broadway. Funeral service will no
held in the Campbell Funeral Church at 10
o'clock this morning.
MRS. SARAH +. HIMBAUGHT. seventy.
six. died at the home of her daughter Mrs
D. Bailey Brown, Greenwich. Conn, Monday
night.
SOPHIE WACH. thirty-fve. died yester.
day at the United Hospital, Port Chester.
N. Y. as the result of Injuries received
May Is when she was struck by an automo.
bile.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
McCooey Favored
Another DELANEY
For Transit Job
Brooklyn Leader Says He's
Satisfied, Though He Pre-
ferred John j.; John III. Is
Friend of Chas. F. Murphy

The appointment by Governor Smith
Of John H. Delaney, of Brooklyn, who
was Mayor Hylan's Commissioner of
Plant and Structures, to be the new
Transit Construction Commissioner, is
regarded as a triumph for Charles F.
Murphy, the chief of Tammany Hall.
Governor Smith practically ignored
John H. McCooey, the Brooklyn leader,
who did not know about the appoint
ment until the news came from Albany.
Delaney has been an intimate friend
of Murphy ever since October, 1918,
when Governor Sulzer tried to compel
him to stand with him as against Muir
ply, preceding the impeachment of
Sulzer. At this time. too, Delaney was
thrown into intimate relations with AL
fred E. Smith, then Speaker of the AS
sembly
SO far as known McCooey had not
considered Delaney "eligible" for the
place. 1t is understood that he pre-
ferred the other Delaney-former Rep
resentative John J.
"Who recommended John H. De-
laney?" Mr.. McCooey was asked yes
terday, and as he smiled and looked
meditative he replied, ~ guess the
Governor recommended him"
~ think the appointment a fine one,"
Mr.. McCooey added. "Since the Gov
ernor could find no engineer whom he
considered available, no more fitting
selection for Brooklyn could be made.
Mr.. Delaney is a good friend of the
Brooklyn organization. l recommended
him for appointment as Commissioner
of Economy and Efficiency under Gov
eriior Sulzers and he appointed some
Brooklyn men to good places"
Mr.. Delaney was born in Manhattan
and educated in the public schools and
Drury Academy, North Adams, Mass
He moved from Manhattan to BROOKLYN
fourteen years ago and resides with
his family at 81 Willoughby Avenue.
He is a member of the Crescent Ath-
letic Club, the Knights of Columbus
and at one time was president of
Typographical Union No. g.
Commissioner Delaney went to AL
bany yesterday to confer with the
Governor.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
CASsIUs A. GREEN

Cassius A. Green, foreign traveller
for r. G. Dun & Co. for many years,
is dead. Mr.. Green was one of the
best-informed men in this country on
foreign trade conditions When the St.
Louis fair was being arranged he was
appointed Commissioner for the United
States to Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa. He was a member of
the United States Commercial Com
mission that was sent to China in 1888,
and in the following year he organized
an international government congress,
which met in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Green was thirty second degree
Mason, member of the Aurora Grata
Consistory, Kismet Temple; the No.
bles of the Mystic Shrine, and Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
DR.. HENRY PITT WARREN

ALBANY, May 27. = DR.. Henry
Pitt Warren, seventy-three, head
master of the Albany Academy for
thirty-three years, died to-day. He was
known throughout the country as an
educator.
DR.. Warren was born in Windham,
Me-, and was educated at the Phillips
Academy, Andover, Amherst College,
and graduated from Yale in 1870. He
was principal Of grammar school in
New Bedford. Mass, of high school
at Dover, N. H., and of the New Hamp-
shire State Normal School. He was
English master of Lawrenceville
School for four years. Dr. Warren
was a trustee Of the Albany Institute
and the Art and Historical Society.
He was author of several historical
works.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
DR.. G. C. Chase, Bates
College President, Dies
Had Been a. Professor in the
Institution Since 1870, Occu.
pying Many Chairs

LEWISTON, Me-, May 27.-Dr.
George Colby Chase, president of
Bates College, died suddenly at his
home here to-day.
DR.. Chase was, born at Unity, Me-,
seventy-five years ago. He was edu-
Gated at Bates College and the Cobb
School of Divinity, doing graduate
work at Harvard University and Uni
versity College, London. He received
the degree of D. D. from Colby College
in 1895 and degrees of IL D. from the
University of Colorado, the University
of New Brunswick and Bowdoin Col
lege. He was a teacher of Latin and
Greek at the News Hampton Literary
Institute from 1863 to 1870. For TWEEN
ty-two years he was professor of
rhetoric and English literature at
Bates College and for twenty-five years
was professor of psychology and presi-
dent.
DR.. Chase was q member of the
Commission on the Church and Social
Service of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America. He was
a member of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the
National Educational Association and
the American Economic Assertion. He
was member Of the Boston and Provi-
dence University clubs, the State of
Maine Club and the Graduates Club of
New York.
President Chase was descendant of
Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the
Treasury in Lincoln's Cabinet and
afterward Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States. One
of his ancestors signed the Declara-
tion of independence, and his great
grandfather settled the town of Unity,
Me-, in ITS.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
Ben jaminClassberg,
Socialist Teacher. .
Is Found Guilty
Tried by Board of Educa-
ton on Charge of Saying
Washington Suppressed
Truth About Soviet Russia

Benjamin Glassberg, history teacher
suspended from the Commercial High
School, Brooklyn, last January on y
charge Of declaring the State DEPART
ment had suppressed the truth about
affairs in Soviet Russia has been
found guilty by the Board of Educa
tloin, it was learned yesterday.
Glassberg. who is a Socialist. was
alleged to have told his pupils, in
answer to questions, that the Bolshe-
vaki are nos as bad as they ire pain ed
and that apparently Lenine and Trot,
zky are much more in favor with the
Russian people than was Kerenskv
since the former two have been per.
mtted to remain in power SO long.
The verdict will be presented at q
session of the whole board to-day.
The testimony against Glassberg was
furnished by eight pupils, but was
contradicted by several other bows in
tt e same class
Tcstifying in his own defense. Glass
pe1 Ieau d lOng statement explaining
ana answering some of the charges.
On cross examination he refused to
answer some questions of Assistant
Corporation Counsel Edward Mayer as
to his affiliations with the Socialist
party, on the ground that he was not
being tried for being a Socialist
Glassberg- was represented by Gilbert
\, Roe, former law partner of Senator
La Toilette, who is also counsel for
the Teachers Union, to which the sus-
pended teacher belongs.
1t is understood that the Teachers
Union will take the case before the
State Commissioner of Education in
an effort to have the decision of the
board reversed
New-York tribune., 1919-05-28
Democrats Plan Campaign
To Feel League Sentiment

CHICAGO, May 27.--Party leaders
from many States arrived in Chicago
day to attend the two day session
of the Democratic National Commit
tee which opens tomorrow. Chairman
Homer S. Cummings, who was expected
this morning, will not arrive until to-
morrow.
1t developed to-day that one of the
objects of the meeting and of Chair
man Cummings's proposed trip through
the Middle West and Pacific coast
States will be to ascertain public SEN
timent on the League of Nations.