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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
NOTICE MEMBERS OF
THE wOMAN's CLUB

Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock,
members are requested to be present
at the club house at musical tea
given in compliment to one of the
clubs most faithful workers, who for
many years has endeared herself to
her associates by her earnest and
loyal devotion to club interests and in
whose removal to another city at an
early date the club sustains loss.
The 0caIa Woman's Club win be most
proud on Wednesday afternoon 70
honor Mrs. Jake Brown.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
SUIT AGAINST sHEATS
Suspicion that It Emanates from
the Executive Offices
(St. Petersburg Times)

N0ts CbIASb A1AACoy
Dixie M. Hollins. defeated candidate
for the state superintendent nomina-
ition, declares that the suit against
Superintendent w. N. Sheats. charg-
ing violation of the election laws. was
not instigated by him.
When asked concerning the suit at
his Office in Clearwater yesterday,
County Superintendent Hollins said
that he had nothing to do with the
suit. The actual filing of the charges
he characterized as news to me.
His only connection with the matter,
he said, came when he was called to
Tampa to give his testimony in what
was then designated as Estate of
Florida VS.. John Doe."
The suit was worked up originally
by R. e. L..Chancey. solicitor of the
criminal court of record. Solicitor
Caancey was removed by Governor
Cats and the suit was filed by Attor-
ney e. P. Martin who was Chancey's
successor.
1t is said in some quarters that the
suit probably emanates from the state
executive Offices. as it is known that
friendly relations do not exist be-
tween Governor Cats and Superin-
tendent Sheats.
When called bofore the solicitor al
Tampa, Mr.. Hollins said he was ask
ed to testify as to when he had seen
various articles attacking him which
Mr.. Sheats published in various week
ly papers of the state during the
week before the primary. Hollins
testified that he saw them a few
days before the primary.
Judge w. S. Graham instructed
Sheriff A. j. White in Tampa Satur-
day morning to place the bond of Mr..
Sheats at 500. The bond is said to
be rather small in proportion to the
penalty of the crime il convicted, but
there seems to be no idea of Mr..
Sheats making any effort to ger
away.
Sheriff Whites Office had no defin-
tie knowledge Saturday of Mr..
Sheats having been arrested, and the
instruction of the court was for the
purpose of having bond ready when
the arrest is made. Mr.. Sheats is IN
Tallahassee, and it is possible the
capias has already been served.
Three counts are included in the
! information and all are from an ar
ticie Mr.. Sheats had published in the
Tampa Citizen, weekly paper pub
lished in Hillsborough county. The
| article. according to the information
was in the edition of June 4, four
days before the election.
Under the corrupt practices act any
candidate making a charge against
another within the last 18 days i'm
mediately preceding the date of the
election, must submit copy of the
charges TO the person against whom
they are made before publication is
carried out
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
AIRPLANE FLIGHTS
TAKE A TUMBLE

Los Angeles, July 26.-The high
cost of flying went into a nose dive
here when managers of the principal
commercial flying fields announced a
leo per cent reduction in the price of
airplane rides.
Tourists to Southern California
wit han ambition to rise above other
persons have been paying SO for
flights of short duration. The new
price is So the ride per person.
Passenger flight prices will be con-
tinued to be reduced until they are
lower than tabicab fares, G. S. Elfelt,
manager of one of the companies, has
declared.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
ocALA VS.. WINTER PARK

The Ocala manager has been sue
cessful in obtaining Winter Park to
cross bats with the Ocala boys
Thursday, July 29th, at Hunter Park.
The expense of bringing one of the
fastest amateur teams in the state
here is very heavy, and the Ocala
boys expect a record breaking crowd
out. Be sure and don't make any
other arrangement. only to attend the
game Thursday afternoon. Batteries
for Ocala, Luffman or Ticknor and
Brooks.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
SOME STATES MAY
LOSE REPRESENTATIVES
New AppOrtionment Bill May Make
Changes in Membership of
the House
tAssue1ated press /,

Washington, July 25.-Unless the
membership of the House is increased
from 435 to at least 500 to meet the
Increased population shown by the
1920 census, 10 states will lose one
or more representatives, according TO
Representative Siegel of New York,
chairman of the census committee
which will frame the new apportion-
nlent bill. Those states are:
Indiana, Iowa and Missouri, which
will lose two congressman each; and
Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland
Nebraska, Vermont and Virginia
which will lose one congressman each.
Mr.. Siegel explains that if the
House membership is retained at its
present figure, it will be necessary to
increase the population basis in each
congressional district beyond the
211 900 or major portion thereof now
fixed. If this is done, he says, the
1G states named will lose one or more
OF the present districts because thei1
populations have not increased in pro-
portion to those of other states.
On the basis of the estimated popu-
lation of LOG, ,000,0 for the whole
country in 1920, an increase of ap-
proximately 14,0OO, 900 in 10 years
Mr. Siegel says 65 or Sc new seats in
tie House must be created if the 1C
states are to retain their present
numerical representation. While prec-
edent warrants the increase, Mr.. Sie-
gel declares there is strong opposition
to it on the part of some of the pres
ent representatives, while others
favor reduction to as few as 800 mem
bers.
Mr.. Siegel expects the work OF
of framing the new apportionment
bill in accord with the new population
to begin with the re-convening d
Congress in December and he antic-
ipates that the measure will be pass
eo in 1921.
Every decade since 1890, with the
exception of 1840, the House mem
bership has been enlarged to keep
pace with the growing population
Now the House floor is crowded wheT
all members are present; seats nearly
fill the chamber; the old individual
desks have been discarded and an in.
crease in membership probably will
have to be solved by narrowing the
width of the seats.
Ten years ago the House member.
ship was increased from 391 to 43E
OIL the basis of a population of 91,.
972,266 and the only exception tc
such procedure occurred in 184(
when 10 congressman were knocked
out by the apportionment, the mem,
bership being fixed at 232 after hav.
ing been 242 for 10 years.
The last apportionment kept Intact
the numerical strength of all state
delegations besides providing for Ger.
tain increases, but even then severa
congressional districts fell short o1
the maximum basis of 211 900 popu.
lation.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
BOATS BARELY
ABLE To MOVE
Race Today Between Shamrock w.
and Resolute Little More than
a Drifting Match
ASSOCIATED Press)

Sandy Hook, July ga brisk
breeze, blowing about twelve knots
an hour, came out of the northwest
this morning and provided fine wind
fo1 the final contest between the
Resolute and the Shamrock. With
the wind holding northwest run of
fifteen miles seaward and thrash to
windward and home is indicated.
Sandy Hook, July 26, Noon.-The
race was postponed at 1880 for fif-
teen minute intervals. Wind condi-
tons were responsible. Shortly be-
fore the start the wind was SO light
it was not enough to drive the sloops
owe rthe 30-mile course within the six
hour time limit. Trying out her sails
the Shamrock fell into a calm spot
and signalled for tow.
STARTED AT 1880
Signals were later sent up for the
start at 1870.
RESOLUTE WAS LEADING
Sandy Hook, July 26, 2 p. m-The
Shamrock crossed the starting line
almost a minute ahead of the Reso-
lutte in the fifth race, which will de-
eide the series. The course is a fif-
teen mile run from Ambrose channel
lightship southwest with a fifteen
mile beat back to the lightship. At
12:45 the yachts were moving slowly
with the Shamrock stall ahead. In a
lufing match which carried the yachts
far off their course the Shamrock
kept in too far toward the beach and
when the yachts finally jibbed and
started toward the outer mark the
Resolute slipped in the lead and at
1850, three minutes later, was about
ten seconds ahead Of the Shamrock.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
HARD DAYS AHEAD
FOR GERMAN OFFICERS
1Associated Pressl

Berlin, July 7.-No one IN Germany
sighs more fervently for "the good old
days" of the kaiser than the former
army officer. Forced off the govern
ment payroll by the reduction of the
army, unframed for work other than
soldering, and so generally disliked
by the population that he has diff
Guilty in finding any kind of employ
ment, the officers lot in democratic
Germany is hard one. His pre-war
world, in which he strutted about as
the privileged pet of his emperor
has been utterly destroyed.
Many have been reduced to ex-
treme financial straits. The middle
aged ex-officer gets a pension of $500
marks a year. but that is only about
a fifth of the amount required to
maintain family. So urgent is their
need that a movement has been set
on foot to form an ex-oficers' assoc
citation for the purpose of inducing
the government to provide them with
land and subsidies.
A former officer, dolefully discuss
ing with the correspondent the plight
of himself and his fellows. remarked
that the expression once current iii
the United States, There's no good
Indian but dead Indian" applied
precisely nowadays to the German
public's attitude toward the officer
class.
Private soldiers bear out this state
ment. "At the beginning of the war,
one said, "the troops were fond of
their officers, who ate the same food,
carried their own packs and shared
the hardships of the men. But most
of the regular officers were quickly
killed off. and those left were sent
away from the lines for staff and
other duties.
"Their places were taken by re-
serves, who were an entirely different
lot. They had to have special kitch-
ems and milk and plenty of wine.
They refused to march with the
troops, always riding in automobiles,
and making the men carry their
packs. They were bullies and tyrants,
and the men grew to hate them. The
civilian population felt the same way.
was in Belgium when the armistice
was signed. and when we withdrew to
the Rhineland the people there were
willing enough to provide lodgings
for US privates, but they refused to
have Officers in their homes. Those
fellows now are only getting what's
coming to them"
| In number of cases ex-officers
have found themselves inadvertently
applying for work to the very pri-
Yates they once commanded. These
former soldiers, business men and
shopkeepers, take keen delight, it is
said, in turning down their old supe-
riors. Many of the young ex-oficers
are taking up engineering and other
technical lines, starting at the bottom
of the ladder as manual workers IN
oYeralls.
After the first revolution it was a
risky thing for an officer to appear
on the streets in uniform. They were
emboldened by the Kapp coup last
March and since then have been show
ing themselves In increasing numbers
especially student reserve officers, who
are easily identified by their pale
faces slashed with fresh sword cuts
received in duels.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
MURDERED WOMAN
WAS FROM MISSISSIPPI
Tangles Slowly UnraveIIed In the
Mystery of the Trunk

Detroit, July 26.-The woman
whose mutilated body was shipped in
a trunk from Detroit to New York
has been positively identified by the
Detroit police as Mrs. E. Leroy, for
merly Miss Katherine Jackson of
Starkville. Miss, Police Inspector Nc
Carly asserted today.
CAN'T HANG TT ON MILLEN
Chicago, July 26-Efforts to con-
meet Roy Millen, former army avia-
tor, with the mysterious Detroit trunk
murder failed today when Patrolman
Trumbull of the. Detroit police was
l.nable to identify MiIlen as the miss
ing Eugene Leroy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
HAVE LESS HEART
THAN HYENAS
Employees of the War Risk Insurance
Bureau Have Been Trying to
Defraud Ex-Service Men
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, July ga District of
Columbia grand jury today began in
vestigating the alleged conspiracy of
certain employees of the war risk IN
surance bureau to defraud disabled
service men and their dependents of
compensation legally due. Ten per-
sens have already been arrested.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
H. c. OF. L. NEVER HEARD OF
(AssocIated Presgl

San Francnseo, July 26.-The high
cost of living has never hit Madagas-
car, Kendall K. Kay. former Califor-
MIA newspaperman has written to
friends here. Best prime beef sells
for three and one-half cents and rice
for one and one-haf cents. he said.
Pjneapples can be had for about one
half cent each and big Holsters for
two cents.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
JAcKED UP ICE PRoFITEERs

Dallas, Tex, July 26-Ten dollars a
pound for ice might be a fair price in
some sections of the world, but when
a Dallas Judge announced that local
icemen would be fined that amount
for each pound under weight they are
convicted of selling customers, a re-
cord price for the commodity was es-
tablished here.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
MAsoNs ATTENTION

Special meeting of Marion-D Dunn
Lodge No. 10 F. and A. M. Thursday
evening, July 29th, at o'clock. Work
in F. c. degree. By order of
A. L. Lucas, w NJ.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
JIMMIE cox WILL
MAKE A QUICK JOB
Associated Pressl

Dayon, July 26.-Gov. Cox today
began drafting his address accepting
the nomination. He expects to finish
the document and send it to the
printer by next Friday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
SHARP EARTHQUAKE
AGITATED Los ANGELES

Los Angeles, July pa sharp
earthquake shock occurred at Los An
geles at 4:12 this morning. A few
chimneys were knocked down, dishes
broken and windows ratified.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
SOVIET PROPOSAL
To THE ALLIES
Looks Good, but for All Anybody
Knows BolsheyiH May be
Lying

London, July 26.-Lloyd George in
the house of commons today confirm
ed the reports that the Russian soviet
government had sent the British gov
ernment note accepting Great Brit
aims proposal for peace conferences
in London between the soviet and the
powers engaged in hostile action
against the soviet or supporting such
action.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26

Mr.. Al. T. Thomas left this after
noon for a short business visit to Sa-
vannah.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
JULY rs

The 26th Is the Last day to get
your oil. Don't let it 60 by be-
cause you will regret it later.
AUTO SALES CO.,
17-7t Mack Taylor
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
UNT WITHDRAW THE
BILL

London, July 26.-The British gov
ernment has no intention of with
drawing the government of Ireland
bill, Premier Lloyd George stated III
the house of commons today. It will
press the measure forward with all
possible speed when the house reas-
sembles after the holiday recess, he
added
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
no CONFER TOMORROW

London, July 26.-Lloyd George
will meet Premier Millerand Of
France at Boulogne Tuesday to dis
cuss the Russian proposal that the
allies hold conference with the Rus
sian soviet government.
BRITISH WON'T WITHDRAW THE
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26

Weather Forecast: Probably local
showers tonight and Tuesday. except
fair northwest portion tonight.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
LLOYD GEORGE is ILL

Paris, July 26.-Premier Lloyd
Georges health is causing serious
uneasiness according to . London dis
patch. The British prime ministers
physicians are said to have ordered
ali immediate rest.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-26
ITALY LOST A BOAT

Constantinople. July 26.-Eighteen
seamen and one officer lost their lives
when the new Italian destroyer Al
berto Carlo Racchia struck mine in
the Black Sea today.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-02-07
COLONEL jim BURNSIDE
HOMES FOR BILL BOOZE
Beau Brummel of BingOland
Holds Continuous Wake for
His Old BenefactOr.

Hustling blind-pig booze in Bingo.
land is credited with taking U. j.
Burnside, the Beau Brummel of Bingo-
land, off his uppers and putting him
firmly onto his financial feet. Now
that Old John Barleycorn has gone for
good, Col. Burnside mourns greatly.
Expression of the Burnside grief is
given by means of an endless wake
which is enlivened by a lavish expend-
iture of real money by the best dressed
citizen of Bingoland. They do say that
it's fright, the way Col. Burnside
rambles through the Bad Lands, blow
ing himself for this and that and even
bestowing his aristocratic smiles on fair
but frail ones along the pike.
There are rumors that Madam Burn
side, the most faithful eonsort of "Dia-
mond Jim," does not look with favor
on this heavy dissipation Of long green.
She knows how hard it was to accu-
mulate and how easy it is to spend.
There are Bingoland whisperings to
the effect that love in the Burnside
home is having a hard time of it and
that, if Jim does not settle down, it
will fly out of the window and cause
the Burnsides to follow the Bells into
divorce court.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-02-07
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT IS
COMING TO DULUTH.

Former president Taft will speak al
the New Armory in Duluth on the
evening of February 10. His appear
ance in this city will be under the aus
pices Of the American Legion.
For many reasons, Mr.. Taft should
and undoubtedly will be given huge
audience and a rousing reception. In
his political career he accepted criti
cism and even defeat .philosophically
thereby proving himself high-grade
sportsman. During the World War
Mr.. Taft stood by the government in.
stead of holding aloof and rocking the
boat. Since the war, he has given
help and. showed great respect to
President Wilson, the nations chief
executive.
Since his retirement from the presi
dency, Mr.. Taft has seen much more
Of the common people than before he
was exalted to the highest office il
the nation. AS a result, he has a bet
ter understanding of today's problems
and may be expected, therefore, to
bring real and true message to those
who hear him at the Armory.
The head sawyer acknowledges re-
ceipt of tickets through courtesy Of
the American Legion and will be there
with his fellow citizens if the influ.
enza does not lay him low.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-02-07
SERIES OF DANCES PROMOTED
BY WORLD WAR VETERANS.

The World War Veterans, a national
organization of men who actually saw
service in the World War, not only
have organized Dugout in Duluth,
but steps are being taken to promote
a social side to the organization g ac-
tivities. In connection with that, a
series of dances will be given at Wood
man hall every Saturday night.
The slogan of the World War Vet
Grams is "The enforcement of the con-
stitution as it is written and that
means freedom of speech, free assem-
bly, and free press. Although the
Veterans stand for constitutional free
dom, that does not mean that any
chance visitors will be permitted to do
as they please at the Saturday night
dances. Great hospitality will be ex-
tended, but strict decorum will be re-
quired of all those who attend.
The local Dugout of the World War
Veterans has its own 12-piece orchestra
and band, manned by union musicians.
Any profits from these dances will be
used to promote the welfare Of the
organization. ne
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-02-07

of and responsibilities for fires, and
carrying on efforts to secure repara-
tion from the government and the rail-
roads.
This association, undoubtedly, has
more damage cases in prospect than all
other agencies combined. Many of
them, if not all, have been put in the
hands Of James Manahan, Of st. Paul.
Congressman Carss failed, for some
reason, to satisfy the executives of the
N. NJ. F. s. A. They finally dropped
efforts to work through him and start.
ed to take up matters through Sen.
Lenroot, of Wisconsin. Then it was
decided quite suddenly to take up mat
ters directly with Mr.. Hines, director
general of federal railways.
Correspondence with Mr.. Hines has
been going on for some months and
facts and figures have been put up to
his department, calculated to convince
him that the 500 Line, the G.. N. R.
and the D. M. & N, under federal
control, should admit liability and then
work out ways and means for adjust.
ing claims for losses through the fires.
A great many lawyers have taken
fire cases, but the N. NJ. F. s. A. has
specialized on propaganda in Wash
ington. Messrs. Arnold & Arnold tried
the first fire damage cases, losing
some and securing only disagreements
in others. Messrs. McClearn and Dodge
then won the first signal victory over
the 500 Line in the long and hotly con-
tested case of Jacob Anderson, he be-
ing farmer from near Moose Lake.
Only last week, Hans J. Borsheim,
Of Brookston, who sued the Great
Northern Railway Co. for $4,010.50,
through Chaffee & Parker, received a
verdict awarding him damages in full
of his claim. That victory gave other
litigants great hope and increased
courage to keep up the fight. It
greatly strengthens all other claimants
in many ways.
Late last week, executive officers of
the Northern Minnesota Fire Suffer
ers' Association received very kindly
telegram from LaRue Brown, solicitor
general, informing them that a confer
ence would be held in Washington on
Monday, Feb. 2, for the purpose Of 60
ing over matters. It was stated that
other parties in interest would be there.
So far as learned, none of the local
attorneys for the 500 Line, the Great
Northern or the D. M. & N. have gone
to that conference. Some may have
done so from the Twin Cities. There
was street report that Gen. Sam
Coulter, a government agent, was 60
ing from Duluth.
The legal firm headed by James
Manahan, of st. Paul, already had an
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1920-02-07
FOOD HOGS FEED CITY DUMP
Three Hundred Cases Of Pears Thrown Away-Potatoes
With Salvage Value Wasted Storage Eggs Are
Dumped Illuminating Story About Canned Fruit

by the Rip-saw inspector. To hold up
the price, those eggs were held too
long.
This inspector tells some interesting
tales Of what happened last winter in
wasting foodstuffs. One day a car Of
cabbage was wrecked near the Sixth
avenue west viaduct. The heads were
sound and uninjured-finest cabbage
he ever saw, the inspector maintains.
The entire carload went to the city
dump without ceremony or delay.
At another time a local jobbing
house, not one of the Michigan street
buccaneers, sent two or three loads of
canned goods to the dump.
"Do you want some fruit:'' yelled
a driver to the inspector.
"What kind of fruits"
"Come see for yourself" was the
reply.
The inspector found that it was
canned fruit. He cut open a can and
found that the contents were perfectly
good. There were cans Of strawberries.
raspberries, blackberries, white cher
les and pineapple. He took two bushel
baskets of the rejected canned fruit
home and every can Of it proved to
be in perfect condition.
The only thing the matter with the
three loads of stuff, so far as the two
big basketsful proved, was that some
of the cans were little rusty on top
and that the labels were torn, stained
or disfigured.