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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-16
EPISODE NO. 13.
HAS GONE BEFORE.

. chart flag, the only key to the location
Of a buried treasure. Scarface holds a
second, and he kills Polly's father, gets
her flag and starts after the treasure.
Other holders Join Dick and they pursue
scarface to the gulf, where they capture
o schooner from the outlaws. Landing,
they are set upon by a tribe Of Aztecs, in
cited by Scarface. and placed bound on
a hurdle and plunged into a boiling vol
cano
It seemed as though no mortal
power could save them. Below them
yawned the frightful crater Of boil
ing lava and deadly breath, and into
this inferno they were slipping as
a raft goes down a rapids. Neither
GOODNESS of Judgment nor physical
strength could avail them here, for
the elements into which they we're
so soon to be plunged would strangle
and wither them as furnace does
moths, leaving no vestige Of their
charTed bones as an evidence Of the
fact that they had ever existed. There
would be sudden leap into the throat
OF the crater, moment Of writing In
the boiling mass and choking sulphuric
gases, then would come eternal obliv-
ION and their ashes would be mingled
with the molten flow. Even Dick,
who never said die, nearly lost hope
as his mind flashed over the situation.
With sad smile he turned to Polly.
Looks as though we were up against
1t this time, doesn't 1t, old girl?" he
said as he looked into her clear eyes
and thought how we'll life would be
worth living with her at his side. On
dauntedly the brave girl answered
him.
"Never mind, Dick dear. We have
loved each other, and it is better to
have loved and lost than never to have
loved at all. And we have the con.
ISOLATION Of knowing that II we are
going to our deaths, at least we are
going there side by side through no
fault Of our own and without fear.
Scarface and his crowd may gain the
treasure, but l have feeling that If
they do It will be a curse rather than
blessing to them"
Il am only sorry we did not do for
him when we had a chance" said
Stebbins. "This comes of our being
white men and having repugnance
to killing anyone who was in our
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-05-16

in substantially the form Of previous bonss
applied to this issue
Approved this 5th day Of May, 1919.
Il. C. FLANAGAN,
Commissioner at Large
Attest: n. L. SwATTS. $685.
Evening star., 1919-04-27
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! bouquets Of pink sweet peas. The
groomsmen were Mr.. r. Vernon Pur-
cell, MIR. Lawrence Murphy, Mr.. Frank
A. Q'Neil and Mr.. Frank B. Helan.
Little James Woodward Purcell, the
brides nephew, acted as ring bearer.
ried the brides train.
The bride. who was escorted by her
father. wore a gown of white princess
satin trimmed with silver lace, with a
court train of satin. Her veil was ar
ranged in cap effect with wreath
of orange blossoms. and she carried
q shower bouquet Of bride roses and
lilies of the valley.
At the altar the bridal party was
met by MIR. Barry. attended by his
brother. MIR. Eugene A. Barry. as best
man. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. James Mcguire. s. j.. of
Leonardtown. Md. assisted by Rev.
John Mulligan, S. j.. both Of st. AL
oysius' Church.
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception was held at the residence
Of the brides parents. S19 North Cap
itol street. In the receiving party
with Mr.. and Mrs Barry were Mrs.
James c. Purcell. mother Of the bride.
charmeuse with waist of sequin, and
Mrs. Z. NJ. Barry, mother of the bride
groom, whose gown was OF black
satin and jet.
Late in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Barry left for an extended wedding
trip north. They will be at home at
1928 New Hampshire avenue after
May Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard T. Harper are
spending a week in New York at the
Hotel McAlpin.
Evening star., 1919-04-27

ice in France on the staff of Gen.
Bliss. U. g. A.. has come to Washing
! ton for duty with the general staff.
| Col. and Mrs. Coward have reopened
their apartment at the Netherlands,
1860 Columbia road.
| Mrs. A. J. Harris wife of Col. H.
| ris. U. 8. A. has gone to New York
where she will make her home at the
Hotel Astor during her husbands
absence in Paris, where he Is now on
duty.
With Mrs. Harris is her niece. Mrs.
Charles French. daughter Of Gen.
| Price, U. S. A.
Maj. Harold P. Kayser. q. S. A.. and
| Mrs. Kayser are at the Hotel Pow
! hatan. as the former has recently been
assigned to duty in the military in
telligence division. general staff.
Brig. Gen. Eugene D. Dimmock. U.
S. A. accompanied by Mrs. Dimmock.
| has returned from Los Angeles. Cal,
where they spent the winter. and are
| established for the season in their
| apartment at the Cairo.
| 3
| Maj. Lehman, U. s. A. has gone to
| Ardmore, Pa, for visit to her par
| ents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. McClintock,
| with whom she expects to remain for
a couple of months and then join her
husband at his station at San Antonio,
| Tex.
| Col. ]. l. Muir U. s. A., who recently
was assigned to duty here with the
personnel branch, operations division,
general staff. is making his home
with his mother. Last week Col. Muir
was Joined here by his wife and two
| children. who were accompanied Here
from California by Mrs. Muir's moth
er. Mrs. Lewis, who will make her
home with them while in Washing
| ton.
Mrs. John T. Stevens, widow Of Brig.
| Gen. Stevens, u. S. A.. has leased an
| apartment at the Westmoreland. Cali
fornia street. where she will make her
permanent home.
Mrs. Rowland B. Ellis, wife Of Col.
Ellis. U. S. A. accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. e. P. Nalle, has gone to
Atlantic City for a stay of several
| weeks. and while there is at the
| Hotel Chalfonte. Col. Ellis is in Ger
| mdny WHY the army Oh occupatioH.
Mrs. Emmett w. Savage, wife of
Lieut.. Col. Savage, Z. S. A, has gone
| to Boston, where she is making her
| home at the Howard Hotel during
her husbands absence in France,
| where he is on duty at the 7th Corps
| headquarters.
| Mrs. Henry D. Munnlkhuysen. wife
| of Lieut. Col. Munnikhuysen, U. g. A.,
| with their young twin son and daugh-
ter. is making her home with her par
| ents, Col. A. w. Yates. Z. S. A., and
Mrs. Yates. at Brookline. Mass. while
her husband is on duty in the re-
mount service at Tours. France.
Mrs. Henry Hubbell. widow Of Brig.
Cen. Hubbell. U. 8. A. after a stay at
Evening star., 1919-04-27
Army Notes.

Brig. Gen. William H. Bisbee, q. s.
A. left the city yesterday for New
York after q visit to Brig. Gen. An
son Mills. U. 8. A.. at his residence.
No. q Dupont circle.
MAJ. Joseph NJ Greer, o. 8. A., ao-
companied by Mrs. Greer. has gone
to Rochester for a six weeks post
graduate course in surgery at the
Mayo clinic. At the conclusion of
this course Maj. Greer will return to
Washington for duty at the Walter
Reed Hospital.
Mrs. Robert G. Kelton. wife of Col.
Kelton. U. g. A.. accompanied iby
their son John. arrived In Washing
ton last week after spending the
past six months in Boston with her
mother. Mrs. George q. Willis Col
and Mrs. Kelton are now guests of
the formsr's mother. MEa, John c.
Kelton. at her home, 1897 Kalorama
road.
Col. J. NJ. Coward. L. S. A.. recently
returned from q fourteen month serV-
Evening star., 1919-04-27

ington and reopened her, apartment
at the Decatur.
Mrs Archie Miller. wife Of Col Mil
ler L. 9. A.. accompanied by their
Evening star., 1919-04-27

daughter. left the city last week for
Mineola. L. /. Col. Miller is now on
duty with the air service.
Mai. Gen. w. c. GorEas. L. 8. A.. re-
tired accompanied by Mrs. Gorgas,
Evening star., 1919-04-27

who recently made their adtsux to
their Washington friends. have ar
rived At tho Canal Zone. to which
they were accompanied By Col.
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Evening star., 1919-04-27

Ice in France on the staff of Gen.
Bliss. U. 8. A.. has come to Washing
ton for duty with the general stan.
Col. and Mrs. Coward have reopened
their apartment at the Netherlands,
1860 Columbia road.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07

Lake. was a visitor recently to the G;ls Valley towns. checking up docl- ments ip his keeping and interview .ng the elder generation. that came here mainly from Utah in the early eighties.
 This work of obtaining personal narratives of pioneer days has been completed in all sections of the state. i2ciuding Mesa. where a grea; Nor mon temple is to be built Lehi. the Saint David section below Benson. in the San Pedro valley. Safford and Thatcher and other local valley towns Caint Johns. Saint Joseph and other settlements on the Little Colorado. |. is considered notable that their ac.i- vities have been nearly exclusively agricultural.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
TEN MILES OF ROAD
 READY TO TRAVEL SOON

DOUGLAS. Dec. i.-Ten miles sf the paving between Douglas and For rest station on the Douglas-Bisbee highway has been completed The last cement was poured Monday ani covered with moistened earth to core proper!y before traffic began over it
 The road will be thrown open in two weeks for traffic. doing away with much of the difficulty now experieno- cd n making the trip to and from Bisbec X long stretch on the Bisb5e end CT the road has been pavel. leav- ing about eigh; miles in between.
 !. has been suggested tAa. me su- pcrvisors should drag this section and put it in shape fer traffic until such time as it could be paved However, as the state engineer again has decij- ed to call for bids. to be opened Janu- ary 3. there is some local doubt as to whether the plan will he carried ou:.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
CATTLE SOON MAY COME CUT OF SONORA, SINAIOA WITH
 NC CHARGE FEDERAL TAX

DOUGLAS Dec 2-Nexico City news pors.s reaching here yesterday car r;ed news article stating that a fed era, decree nd been issued permit ;!ns ;he ex'or,a;ion Of cattle over .h-ee years old duty free. from the states Of siuliea and Sonora. The :ezr of the decree was not quoted and .a. der-ee :;se!: Las 10, arrived a: ,hs border.
 T1s a-;.c,e .a qles;ion sad Ina; the g r,-ansat, in'vi-@ Of the fact that the ca.,iemen o: sonora and Sinalca were sbu. o@ from any market ay the 1-essn- ;lx Ot si0 per head. would b. ca.ce'ed and the cattle allowed ;5 pass oyer ;he northern border. duty free Nc mention was made Of cows. ra.ch .nde- the present ruling can n. 1e brought ou; Of Mexico
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
BIC BOOM AHEAD FOR
 DEAD N,N's FLAT

FLAGSTAFF. Dec. 1.-~L.Fe wire" Dave Steele was in town th.s week and brought word tha; C. Fl spencer has started laying pipe % carry water from Sugar Leaf mountain b Dead Mans fiat, some three ani g half miles The work started last week After the line is completed b ;he fa; it is planned to continue it on 10 Black Hill park. and. eventually to- ward the river Dave says Spencer has invested sI6o,0c0 in this projec: and that l; is going through sure
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
SUPERVISORS REOISTRiCT COcIISE COUNTY.

The board Of supervisors, before ad. burning their regular monthly meet ins this morning. redistric.sd Ccchise coll:y into seven legislative districts. as provided by the law voted into the statutes by the people a, the last gen. sr4. election The vote for governor 3: che last election was taken as 9 bass Ter the districts which were d. y.ded as evenly as possible. accord ing 60 the number of votes in the COZ tigaoUs precincts which compose the nee districts. The n-w districts. from which representative will be e1ec.- ed nss; year. as made public by C!e-l, l. F. Kuchenbeaker or the board. fol- low:
 D.st-.c; Number ]. composed Of Bis bee precincts num5er ?, 9. I. and ,.
 D!s;r.c; Number ?. composed Of Bis bee precincts and $. and Lowell ? and 9
 District umber composed Of Low. e,l number I. Don Luis. Naco, Warr-n and Hereford.
 D.s-ic, n-a5er 1. composed of Doug las {. g. 5. T. and P.rtlevIIe.
 D!s:r.c, nam5er ;. composed ot D3aslls I. ,. 2. :. s. 2. ana Bernar- 3.ao
 D.s;7.s. number (. composed Q. wss; Hc2ohrca. Garces. Buena. Tu-, nar, Fa.rbaak, Tombstone. Curtis. S. David Cour.land, G!eezon, Benscn Robinson. Pool. Mescal. Dragon. Srr. .css. Pearce and Johnson.
 District number :. composed Of No A!.s;er. Bowie. San simon. Dos ca. bezas, Cochise. Wilcox. E. Dorado. Light Wilgus, Paradise. Webb. Me Neal. Whitewater. Central Bridge. Rlcker. Lusk and AlIaire The two state senators are still 10 5e elected from the county al large
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
IN THE
 CHARLESTON DAM

BENSON. Zee. l--B. Maier. of Maier Bros.. has just returned from one o: hs trips h the interests ot the firm. lie says ia .traveling ever he ccua.Ty he ms talked with a number Of prominent business men and they all seem deep.y interested n the .r0posed construction Of the Charles,ca dam. Especially in south ern and eastern Cochise coulty-Bis- bee, Douglas. NcNeal. Courtland. and Pearce and other places. and of course Tombs :one all show much in :eres;. NJ. Maier is a nevertail:ng booster for the project. He says tha; with its completion there would be great advantages offered consumers of food and agricultural productions in the county. The cities Of Bisbee and Douglas. each now requiring large shipments ia from California and elsewhere. could be supplied from the San Pedro valley.
 N- Maier says he met up with Nr Maxwell. the great reciama:i y advocate. on one of his recent ri .s and that Ina, gentleman assr.ed him he vas doing and would continue Q do all in his power 10 urge :crx I'd ;L5 p-ojec;
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
SHEER TAXED HEAVILY
 BY THE MESlcAsS

DOUGLAS. Dec. "A tax on silver wh ;Ler in bullion or in the form or concentrates prec!piia,es or in the ore. has been axed by the central gos- e.amen; of Mexico. Acopy Of he ds- cree reaching here yesterday. whel -raI,:a d showed tha; the silver mn .ng industry of the nation will a5- era rndar ] heavy handicap [; was ;hcuga, probable that q protes: woul3 be made U the federal govern msnt.
 The scale Q: taxes is:
 When silver is quoted a: sl or le.s per ounce trey weight. the ;ax shlii be er cen,; when s1 to si19. 8 per cent: sl13 to sl20 per cent: si?o 70 sl2e. !" per cea,: si2e ;o s.;9 !! per cent; above Sl.50 r. pe- cen.
 A! silver products are included ln ;ha ruling The cur-en; quotation ia New York on The day the silver Is presented a: the customs house for exDor.a;.0n saail be taken as the ba- sis for tax collection. In addition ,o the ;az a slec.al fee equiyalen. 70 the eos. of sigh: exchange a; New York is to be added
 The government reserves 70 itself .he -ish, to purchase any silver bul- Hon that may De presented a; Mexico City. For this i: will pay the curren. Ne7' York qaC.at:on. plus per cen. less aI ;axes. duties and al. ordinary expenses o: exDor;ation
 4 the present silver market. every ounce Of silver mined in Sonora and exported would have to pay 19 per cen. r.@s the dras: fee,
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
HE MAY BE HANGED

PHOENIX. Dec. 1.-As the resul; Of a decision today by the supreme court oc Arizona. death by hanging consronts Simpiicio TOrrez. convicted Of the killing cf Deputy Sheriff Me. lici. a. Williams. May l5. 1919 The court ruled that conviction could not sand as the sole bass for an appeal and rema1ded the case to the Coconi. no superior court. Should Torrez be hanged, i. will be the first infiction of capital punishment in Arizona since ;,ie people Of the state voted tha; statutes in 1918.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
BURGLARS SECURE $500
IN HAUL AT MESA

MESA. Ariz. Dec. l.-Burglars with tendencies toward yeggmen activities. made one of the best hauls ever re. r1r;ed on the south side last night when they entered and robbed the Co hen Poo! hall in Chandler Entrance was glined trough the rear of the building
 Cracking the same. the burglars re- moved ,he entire contents Included in the lcot was $500 in currency in addition 70 othe. papers and articles Of va.le The robbery was reported 70 ,he police O: Chandler this morn- ing and Mesa officers were immediate ly notified.
 Within the past three months sev, eral similar bold roboeries have been reported in Chandler. On one former occasion. the Cohen place was robbed while dry goods store Of the lt.,c city suffered heavy losses through the work cf burglars who used a truck in which ;o carry of their loot
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
MONEY NOT AVAILABLE

PHOENIX, Dec. I.-An appropria- ton by congress of SI6.000 to build an additional span or bridge over the Gila river in the San Carlos Indian reservation, was allowed by the bu- reau Of Indian affairs to lapse into the treasury So that it is no longer available according to letter reaciv- ed by State Engineer Tom Mad1cck today. from Representative Carl Hay den, at Washington. in response to an inquiry by the state engineer
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
GOOD REPORTS RECEIVED
 FROM BOWIE BASIN

{ BISBEE. Dec. 2.-Reports from the | dIili site Of the United States oil X , Re ming company at Bowie Basin are highly encouraging. James l.. Powell
 lstey returned from a visit to the field. bringing the news that drilling is again in progress.
 The work. which was suspended fo- boiler repairs, will now be pushed
 with yigor under the direction of drilled Hiokok. who assumed manage
 ment when drilling was resumed Dril
 Ter Hickok. whose training began in the cary days of the Pennsylvania ' fields. impresses those who meet him with his thorough knowledge of the ] business Of drilling in all it's mani ' fold details. ne $ man oi mature : judgmel. and obvious executive ab;l- .ity and he has announcel. after
 careful examination of conditions and
 facilities at his disposal that drillin. progress vii be brought up To an av- craze c. thirty feet daily
 The 5oi.e. .eakages. which caused { the hlrrassinE delays aGd shut doYrs
 thl; hage marked the work O. the
 pas: two mca.hs. are no, likely 10 oc-
 cur .a he fu gre These .eakases
 were que 10 corrosive action upon the
 metal of the inner boiler surfaces
 cIdsei by the sodium and magnesium chlor.des held in the company's water
 well. This water was the only avail
 able supply and is abnormaliy alkaline
 testing one per cent by weight cf
 saline impurities an average too high
 for steam generating purposes. The
 company is nov using soft water
 hlulei from ponds miles north of ! the drill si;e These ponds, derived
 by surface drainage from the late
 rains. contain suficieu: water for sev- erai months use long enough. MT
 Hickok. believes to carry the drill to the oil horizons.
 The slush new coming frcm the
 vel when se;;,ed :a ;he s,ush pool shows ;he well known peacock" ap- ' ae17ance upon is surface. purple copper .colcrei i-ridescense due to countless minute globules of oil This phenomena coupled with the highly
 gratifying tess lately made in Bisbee are c2nsig.rg evidence o: the oil bear
 iHg character ot the field
 The pab,ic vii. watch u.-a intense n:eres; the progress of the work a, ' Bowie
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
YUMA MAN TO REPRESENT
 ARIZONA LEGIONERS

YUMA. Dec. Hilary C. Westoyer aiiutant Of the II. II. Donkersley post of the American Legion. was request American Legion to represent the state of Arizona at a meeting to be held in Washington. commencing De- cember s. Al the meeting in. Wash ington will be present committees from the house of representatives. ent war bureaus There will also 5s present a member of the American Le- gion from every state in the. Union.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
5 PRISONERS ESCAPE
FRCM COUNTY JAIL

MORALES. Dec. Five prisoners. all Mcxicans. escaped from the county jai last night. The escape was ac- compi.shed easily as the night jailer il is said. was negligent in his duty and the escaped prisoners had no trouble in making safe exi, from their place of confinement.
 Sher.f Earhar:. who returned this morning from business trip to the northern part of the state, upon in vestigating the conditions regarding the escape of the prisoners. immedi- ately discharged the night iailer whom he state was guilty of criminal negli- gencs.
 The escape of the prisoners was ef- f-'.i through the rear of ;he :s.l building from side cell by springing the door and kicking cut the bars of I window which had been previously sawed but soidered
 Nons Of the escaped prisoners were in j2il on serious charges
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
ARIZONA PROBE IN HIGH
 COST OF LIVING DEC. 6

PHOENIX. Dec. 3-The conference of national. state, county and munic.- pal officials. which was to have been held here December 10 discuss the problems connected with the high cost of living and possible profiteering prosecutions has been postponed un- :il December s. it was announced to- jSy by states attorney general Wiley L. Jones. The national representative John T. Atwood. special assistant % United States Attorney General Pal mer, found it impossible to be here until December on account of the schedules, it was announced.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
WOMAN, SAID TO BE 75,
 MARR.Es COOK AT HOME

PRESOTT. Dec. That age is no bar Q ma:-;Eo.y has been shown il the marriage here Of Mrs. Elizabeth Winsiow to John Lemaire. The bride is believed aot less than D years old. She is a pioneer of the Globe section, where for many years she conducted a boarding house and from which point she was sent to the state pio- neers' home ia Prescott The happy man, now a resident Of CIarkdale, for merly was cook at the home.
Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
COST OF LIVING WAR
 IS LAUNCHED IN YUMA

YUMA. Dec. 2-According to a na tiCa-wiie p.an that has been devised .: Washington. Yuma. with other ci- lies over the country. is making ready D fsh, the nigh eos, of living. Next week County Attorney Timmons anl : E. Elliott oi the board Of super y.s-rS will go . Phoenix. where they VIII nee: in conference with other representatives cf the various cour- :ies in the s,a.e. with state officials. and with Attorney General Palmer, .o d.,ca-s ways a2I means to make liY- .as cheaper in the s;a:e o: Arizona.
 In the cites O. the state is being organized ~ha; is known as far price board On the board will be found members from every wax in society. and every business will b. -errsssn.ej. The consumers are rep resented by three members. the ,a5crers by two members. the whole sa.e groce.s by one member. inc re :a. g.oce-s by one member. the clo .h.ers 5y one member, the retail shoe business by one member. the whole sale meat business by one member and the retail tuea, business by on, member.