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OLUME EI; LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914. No. 202
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jEHOHRI
I EXPECTED SOON
HYOYS tWISH TO PREVENT
ITJRTHER FIGHTING
tierta'i Family Sail from Vera Cruz
Today Bttt Huerta Was Not
" on Board
(By Associated Press.)
.Washington, July 14. United
fLte administration officials today
pected Huerta to resign momentar-
and turn over the government
Foreign Minister Carbajal. Official
ipatcbes here said that Huerta
is expected to resign today or on
ednesday. He is repairing- the
llroad to Vera Cruz and this indi
tes 4 that ' he expects to make a
Jck departure for the United
ttes. , ' Envoys of the South Amer
in republics are trying to effect
9 transfer of power in Mexico
thout more fighting. Carranza,
tifying the United States that he
mid not .consent to a conference
th Huerta'a representatives, de
luded unconditional surrender of
alcan authorities at the capital
d guaranteed the residents' lives
d property. The United States
nounced that it would not inter
ne with a military campaign, but
mid not recognize the constitu
nallsts if the capture of Mexico
y is attended by excesses.
J.' (By -Associated Press.)
Mexico , 'City, July 14. Uuerta's
Oily is expected to go to Vera
H2 foday according to prevalent re-
rts and vl probably embark on
i steamer Espange.
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H4rWaJhlngton, July 14 A dispatch
m General 'Funston says that
erta was not on the steamship Es-
re with
tne when the vessel left Vera Cruz
,jben f.lay.- ' Members of that official's
1 chlSc:QNy sall-etf, however.
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Bw'flOMAL BANKS WANT
s ate- ' ... LOAN OF $37,000,000
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shlrrei : (By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 14. National
parasiijtj throughout the country are
n aai dying to Secretary McAdoo's lct
nlf0; asking their opinion about put
' DS government money out to move
tJve ,ip8 this year. Many urge a loan
J" last year when the treasury de
8hlm?tment put out $37,000,000.
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fAY PLACE CHIX UNDER
an fla: BAN IN NEW ORLEANS
(By Associated Press.)
9 EbcreNew Orleans, July 14. There are
arasol; new casea of the plague. The au
jrltlee are considering placing
tokens under ban. The birds
ry no plague germs, but food
rown to them attract rats. It is
iposed that fowls be prohibited
CNim certain districts of the city.
v) UST SECURE PERMITS
TO IMPORT CATTLE
1 Washington, July 14. In case
u are a breeder of live stock, it
ly not be out of place for you to
ow that' tinder regulations of the
partment of agriculture, you must
sure two permits from the secre
ry of agriculture before you can
port cattle;' sheep, swine and oth-
ruminants from any part of the
rr'I for "breeding purposes, except
,th VinV America. One of these per
nce, ts, upon presentation to the Amer
anel ;-tOfonsul at the port of shipment
!-H entitle' the specified animals to
19 edf clearance; .the other will assure,
bject to inspection, their reception
d entry, subject to observation In
narantine at the port of entry, on
T"..e date prescribed for their arrival,
5 J: at any time during three weeks
k3 c;imediately following.
Cattle 'fom Great Britain, Ireland
nncr,i! the Channel Islands, are held in
jig tarantlne for a period of thirty
cost-ys. If from other countries, ex
taPt those of North America, the
larantine period is ninety days,
j( pa- anting for date of shipment. Sheep
Tie: id swine from any part of the
- eWorld, except North -America, are
?t;5 -.bJect to a quarantine of fifteen
ct'iys,
ibrolif"
MRS WILLIAM 0. SHARP
TO PRESIDE OVER AMERICAN
EMBASSY TO FRANCE
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Mrs William G. Sharp will be the
presiding enivs over the American
embassy to France for the remainder
of ihe Wilson administration. She
is the wife of the new ambassador
nominated by the president and con
firmed by the Senate. Mr. Sharpe
has been a member of Congress from
Elyria, Ohio. He is a man of means
and will be able to spend much more
than his salary in keeping up the
embassy, which is one of the re
quirements of modern ministers to
foreign countries. He will succeed
another Ohio man, Myron T. Her
rick, former governor of that State.
A REAL MENACE
The menace of the plague to Flor
ida is an actual condition and not a
theory at the present time.
How serious this menace may be
come will depend very much on the
action, or the lack of it, taken by
the authorities of Florida cities, par
ticularly of the ten principal seaport j
cities.
The question of what authority
that of the United States govern
ment, of the State or of the munici-;
pality is responsible in the present
situation is not at issue, beyond the
primary fact that it is the plain duty
of the city to take the initiatve for
ts own protection against disease, so
far at least, as enforcing sanitary
measures can accomplish cleanli
ness. In the campaign aaainst the inva
sion of the plague, of which one
form is popularly known as bubonic,
there is a stern necessity that ac
tion, prompt and efficient, should be
taken. This necessity is based upon
several known facts:
First. The method of transmission,
by the fleas that are carried by the
rat which may be infected by this
dread disease, and by the further
fact that rats are practically insep
arable, unless removed by fumiga
marine commerce of the world,
tion, from the ships that handle the
Second. The fact that the in
fected rat may be for a considerable
period in a port or city before the
disease appears in a human victim.
Third. Because the plague, which
in the history of the world has been
known under different names, has
proved itself the moet destructive M
all epidemic 'diseases, claiming ie
victims in greater numbers than 4ll
the wars that have devastated the
countres of Europe and Asia.
From these facts It must be appar
ent that the menace of this infection
may be present in a city for some
time before it affects a human vic
tim. And the necessity of destroy
ing even the possibility of Infection
before it reaches the human victim,
must be quite as apparant.
There is no method of destroying
the Infection except by killing the
rat an efficient, thorough rodent
survey. The rat population of New
Orleans has recently been estimated
at 400,000, about one rat for each
human resident. By what methods
Four Men Meet Death
When Boiler of Engine
Explodes Near Holder
CONDUCTOR A. J. VARN, ENGINEER G. W. CHASON
AND TWO NEGROES HU RLED TO THEIR DEATH
All But Two of the Crew Were Riding In the Engine When Ex
plosion Occurred; Cause not Known; Bodies
Brought Here.
A disastrous wreck occurred
at an early hour this morning, Galloway's, near the Auditorium. 1
about one mile this side of lipid- ITe was'ajjcd about ,0 years aml
cr, on the West Coast railroad,. . , Tr
76 miles north of Lakeland. was rried. "e was a mem
The engine boiler on train 113, ,)Cr (,f lakeland Lodge of Elks,
exploded, killing every member and als0 of thc local O. R. C. j
of the crew except the flagman,1 Engineer O. W. Chason was
and the colored brakemjan. A a!So a fin type of railroad man,
negro laborer or hobo, who was
ruling
killed.
on the train, was
also
THE DEAD 1
Conductor A. J. Varn.
Engineer G. W. Chason.
Will Frazier, colored fireman
Unknown colored laborer.
The only members of the crew
who escaped were Morton Thig
pen, the flagman, who was in
the caboose at the rear of the
train, and who was uninjured;
and Josh Phillips, thc colored
brakeman.
The cause of the explosion is
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m course, unknown, as tnose
who were the only actual wit
nesses of the tragedy have pass-
beyond thc possibility of giv
ing testimony.
Thc mjittcr will
be sifted thoroughly, however,
the wrecked boiler and engine will be shipped tomorrow morn
having been carefully set aside, ing to that place, where the ftin
and it will be kept under guard, era! will take place shortly after
until an expert Federal inspector
examines it and gives his deci-
sion as to what cause was re
sponsible for the feaful accident.
Conductor A. J. Varn, or
"P.ert" as he was known to a host
of friends, was one of thc most
popular mien in thc railroad's
employ. Ihe was a member of
the well known Fort Meade fam
ily of that name, his father and
a brother, Kline O. Varn, resid
ing in that city at present. Mr.
Varn had been making his head
quarters here for a long time,
this estimate was reached, or wheth
er it is vithin a thousand per cent
of correct, makes little difference,
but it is quite as likely to lie true
of any Florida seaport citv as of the
Louisiana city. And the rats of nn
Florida seaport city are quite as
likely to be infected with the plague
in the form of diseased rats, as New
Orleans considered her own rats" to
be, prior to the actual discovery of
the disease there.
No one knows, and human life is
too precious to be risked by the cal
lous indifference of any set of mu
nicipal authorities. It is the duty
of every seaport city in Florida in
the present situation, to begin and
carry to a finish a campaign against
rats. Any rat showing signs of dis
ease should be sent at once to one
of the laboratories of the State board
of health, at Jacksonville, Tampa or
Pensacola, for bacteriological exam
ination. Every healthy rat should
be killed, for the rodent is a rapid
tnullipljer of hi3 kind, besides being
a destructive pestv " 4
Aha this wartgalrifli rodents is
not to be quickly ended. It must
continue for months and until a rat
in a city, especially about the water
fronts, will be as rare as a bear in
the same localities.
'Not only does the duty of rat ex
termination belong to the seaport
towns, but also to the interior cities,
for the pest travels by railroad
freight as well as by water.
This is a serious proposition for
all Florida. It must be met as such,
and it is best not to await the actual
presence of the disease into the Sate
limits before doing something about
it. The time for action is now.
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
and had a room at Mliss Leila
'Kiy esteemed hy all his asso-
ciaU. He had lived in Lake-.
Hand for some vonrs. -He leaves-
a wife and two lovely daughters,
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tlio western part of this State,
lie was aged about 42 years.
Will Krnvinr tlio rrAnvnA fir-
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Lakeland.
The wrecker went up early
this mtorning and cleared the
track in time for "Sunny Tim,"
filial .... iA li.l. ni T 'I I
W..1V.1, u.l.ilu nut .11 i-.v-'.
bearing thc rernjains of Varn and
Chason. The bodies of the two
colored mien were sent to High
Springs.
The remains of the two wreck
victims were taken to Gentry's
undertaking parlors and pre
pared for burial
The father of:
Mr. Varn arrived from Ft.
Meade at 11:30, and thc body
.the arrival of the train there.
The remains of Mr. Chason
will also be shipped tom'orrow
morning to Aticilla, the inter
ment occtiring at that place.
The bodies of tile two victims
were badly mutilated, particu
larly that of Mr. Varn.
Tt has been stated that the ne
gro laborer or hobo who was
riding on the train was still alive
when thc colored victims were
taken to High Springs this m'orn-
ing, hut that death was certain
In ensue in a very short time.
UNUSUAL SCHEME TO
GET HARVEST HANDS
Washington, July 14. Ambrose
Huntington, a farmer living near
Ciltncr, Nebraska, is the author of
as quaint a siun as v 011 might wish
1
to see. In front of his home lie Mi
posted the following:
"I need live harvest hands for
more than a month. Wages $t! per
dav; chicken once a day; washing,
Revolutionists Moving Forward on the Invasion of Mexico City.
sk 5 A
This is part of a caravan of Mexi-
cans who won the battle of Zacate-
cas moving forward toward Mexico
fity in what is likely to be the last
sta?e of the constitutionalist fight
against General Huerta. When the
rebels go out to battle they take
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GIRL WHOSE DEATH
PUZZLES BALTIMORE POLICE
The lialtimoro police and many
l""Silllus 0 p' "ty aro
"rcwl over the mysterious death of
Miss Ella O. Winter, a pretty ste
I nographor, whose body was found in
'Curtis Creek near thee it v. i
I hat the girl
was murdered and j
jlpr l()dv
thrown into the water is i
'now accepted as a fact, All doubt on j
this score was removed from the
minds of the detectives by the iden
tification of .1 li:it 1 1 i i' t,-oil nn in f'ur-
'tis creek a half mile above the spot
vvhm tho 1)0(lv wns discovered u
the rm..rtv nr iho nn,i i,v i.
report of autopsy physicians that
there was not enough water in the
lungs to admit of a theory of drown
ing. It is pntty cle:r to ni' now that
tho young stenographer was mur
dered during the drizzling rain of
the night following her disappear
ance from homo on Thursday, Juno
4, and her body thrown either into
Curtis creek or into the bay half a
mile below. The discovery of the
fiat in the creek supports the theory
that those waters received the body
from the hands of the slayer. Tim
police say that the hat could not
ha wo been carried so far up the
bay by the slight tidal swell, and the
wind In question, they contend, was
not sufficiently strong to have blown
it there.
mending, and a bed in the buy mow.
Kverv worthv vounir man hired will
,, n ,fl'n , ,., ,, nf ,.,
five pretty daughters. If he wins
one of them he gets Mil) acres of
land thrown in. Hut he's got to
make good in more ways than one."
It is stated that
more than a half hundred applicants.
The live lucky ones were hard at
work in the wheat field the other
(.ay, when it te c;nne noised about
that the young ladies were preparing
cave in a day or two on an ex
tended hummer vacation in the New
Kngland SteUs, whereupon the en
tire force r;f harvesters quit in the
midst, of t.hc leaping.
their families with them. The peons
who make up Villa's army have no
means to sustain their families at
home when they take to the field,
They must take along the women
and children, who Tiring up the rear
as the heads of the families fight in
WHITMAN SAYS
, NEW Hid WILL
BE INDICTED
IN HIS DISTRICT IF CRIMINAL IN
TENT IS SHOWN
Commerce Commission's Report Was
Sent to District Attorneys in
Various States
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 14. The com
merce commission's report on NeW
Haven road was sent today to dis
trict attorneys in States traversed
by the road. District Attorney Whit
man of Xew York, declares that in
dictments are certain in his district
1 if the papers show criminal intent
on the part of Now Haven directors
or management.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 1 4--Directors and
former directors of the New Haven,
railroad will not discuss the inter
state commerco commission's report
on the investigation. Former Pres
ident Chas. S. Mellen, branded it as
the report of a political tribunal
made for political purposes. The
full board of tho present directorate
meets here Thursday and is expect
ed to make a statement.
STILL FIGHTING
FOR CONFIRMATION
OF JONES
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 14. Tho ad
ministration's fight for the confirm
ation of Thomas 1. Jones as a mem
ber of the federal reserve board, is
expected to be resumed in the Sen
ate today when the banking and cur
rency committee reports against the
appointment.
(Administration senators, after a
canvass today, declared that Jones
would be confirmed by a majority of
five to ten. Indications are that the
fight for confiunation of Paul M.
Warburg- will not begin until after
Jones is disposed of.
APPROPRIATION BILLS
HELD UP IN" SENATE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 11. The lgis
Jalive, judicial and executive ap
propriation bills were today held up
by the disagreement between con
ferees over the milage feature. Tho
insists on retention of 20
cents mileage and the House de
mands ii cents tier mile.
Hy a majority of ten votes tho
House today abandoned its program,
of "mileage reform" and agreed with
the Senate to retain the present mil
eage allowance of 20 cents a mile.
Tho vote followed a spirited debate
in high charges of mileage graft
freely used.
I
the van.
This is a photograph of several
families on the march after the vlc-
tory of Zacatecas. Following the
army on burros or in wagons or on
foot the women keep near their sol
diers. jgj