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lAKTliVNTJ. FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUG. 21, 1916
No. 138
ROAD
LEADERS UNITED
WILSON'S PLAN. BUI
1ST
Lhi Ti rum m n -r .-.v
OPt lUriHUWAV lUAVtKI
STRIKE: SITUATION S10US
TO INTERVIEW PRESI
OF WESTERN ROAES
irTERNOON. LEADERS OF
Jay EXECUTIVES HOPE
kcH AN AGREEMENT.
RN PRESIDENTS OPTO
OVER PROSPECT OF
TING STRIKE
Vv Associated Press.)
mgtoii, Aug. 21. The rail
dents and their committee
, . i 1 1 . ,
:ers worKea sieacmy nere
devise some means of avert-
threatened strike which
the main accept President
plan but at the same time
the jirinciple or arbitration
ss become the crux of the
BOISEY LONG IS
IN JAIL AT
JACKSONVILLE;
TAKEN THERE FOR
SAFEKEEPING
GERMAN PRISONERS ARRIVING AT SOUTHAMPTON
(By Associated Press.)
Jacksonville, Aug. 21. Uoisoy
-Long, the negro who was captured
after a search for him as the slayer
of Constable S. 0. Wynne and which
resulted in the lynchin? of live ne-
!it. No conference between i si ."ucuj, mis mru
road executives and Preai- urougiu nere kt saieKeepins .
is expected before to-1
jPORTO RICAN HAS INCOME
nrotherhood representatives OF OVER $100,000 A YEAR
brief meeting adjourned to i San juan, rorto kico, Aug. a.
elopments. Meanwhile they One man in Porto Rico had an income
gates to congressmen to in- ;in excess of $100,000 last year, ac
m of the details of the con- icording to income tax returns just an-
The situation continue!? jounced by the tax bureau of the In-
as both sides expressed it, .sular Treasury. This was the largest
hopeless. The leader? oi
oad executives declared they
single income the tax department dis
covered and it is almost twice as
d against Wilson's plan as ilarge as the largest individual income
itands but hope to agree on reported to the same authorities the
rm of a counter proposal, year before, when there was but one
Item railroad presidents ar- nncome above $50,000 taxed.
May included Lewis V. Hill I of the largest individual incomes
reat Northern. Many of 'recorded for 1915 there are twenty In
optomistic over the pros- Uxcess of $50,000, and of these twen-
wrae settlement. tv. fourteen range between $50,000
the President was informed !an(i $75,000; five between $75,000 and
moon that all western rail- ii$ioo.OOO and one above $100,000.
sidents who could get here .sixty-six individuals are assessed on
hable time had already ar- Wrsnnal incomes ranging between
summoned them to come to $20 000 and $50,000.
te Mcuse . It was said, how-1 Tn nli there are 957 Individuals and
ly will soon be prepared toUoi PnrnornUnns taxed on Income.
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1 final answer . The total revenue amounts to $120,-
' '000. as compared with $77,000 for the
NG ISSUED AGAINST
ARMY WORM , Hign prlceg for 8Ugar have been re
sponsible for most of the MggeBt in
iwfte.tei WIN'-
imiur mjj fi-Wt "Himn uiiinlffi"frt m-ir fi-l-T1 -intfir a mmu; , ,--,lniitoit........ .v." t... t 1 1 ill? 1 1 it -friilfr
En;
A large nuuilicr of German prisoners, cnpiuri'il ly tin' liritish duiin-K tht'ir great drive,
;Iuik1.
nriiviiii; at Soutliainpton.
PATRIOTISM THE KEYNOTE OF ADDRESSES
DELIVERED BY CARDINALS GIBBONS AND
O'CONNELL, HEADS OF CATHOLIC
AMERICA
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 21. James Car
dinal Gibbons delivered an address
before a mass meeting at Madison
Square Garden last night, as one of
the features of the Catholic week
program of the American Federation
of Catholic Societies. tie said, in
wart:
"You live in a republic where
there is liberty without license, and
authority without depot ism; and
iiere the civil rulers hold overtoil
the aegis of its protection without
interfering With the God-given
rights of conscience.
"In view of the signal blessings
you enjoy, it is your iuty to taK an
active, personal, vital interest in th
welfare of your country. You should
glory in her prosperity, and be con
cerned at every adversity that ir.ay
befall her. You should hold up the
re charged with
By Associated Press.) Lomes officials say. and still larger, arma 0f those who
pon, Aug. 21. Warning to JncomeB and more individuals having j the administration of public affairs
fr the army worm has been lncomea large enough to be taxed are
y the Department of Agrlcul-
Fopie in the Atlantic States,
pi abundance of the moth of
army warm In Maryland,
wd he District of Columbia
the possibility of an lmpend-
rak of ths destructive pest.
ks. the entomoliglsts of the
r report, were laying their ,
n the first week of July, and ,
f m from three or four weeks '
terplllars to mature, their ;
should begin to be Quite ap-'
pis month. i
h should be on the alert, the J
nt says, to discover this pest
predicted for the current year.
TRIMS
VILLA CHIEF
OFF EARS OF
VICTIMS, HEN
KILLS THEM
Van m 1
1 6ri mageu, Deioro It una
(Bv Associated Press.)
vi pnao. Aug. 21. The story
t.
..n T-riher. iua erne..
1 1 now Dduuci 1 w . . - -.
1 large size and has commit-isiale nanded. trimmed the ears of
,lrable damage to growing . . .., refused to join
w An rw nriMFiiri n " . -
tnen nau mv...
here toda
Chihuahua city news-
to
wially grasses and grains.
Switzerland, Aug. 21. That
r embroidery trade is more
losing its American market
torn recently nubllshed fig-
pe in 1907 the value of
f broidery exnortAd tn th TTnl-
r Was Tit nnn nnn
"v.vvv.VUV UOUVO, . T
"'toO.000 in 1914 and to 26.
11 "15. The decrease Is at
10 Increased American pro-
!i
J KILLED AT
f SOU, Ml.,
AS RESULT OF
AH EXPLOSION
C Aociated Press.)
' Aug. 21. Eight
and Several a ro mioKiiie
lt Of . ,,-
the Harlan Morris Stave
..aring Company here today,
"lead were whites.
the bandits, and
Rhot. was brought
copies of the
papers.
SENATE VOTES TO
TAKE UP THE
IMMIGRATION BILL;
ITS PASSAGE IS
as the children of l3rael held up the
hands of Moses wnile he intercedcl
for them before the Lord.
"The inspired wor.l of God enjoins
this loyalty to country, and rever
ence fr its rulers. The religion you
profess demands this fealtv. The
constitutions of voir respective so
cieties uphold it; ind I am sure that
there is not a single fibre or your
heart which does not pulsate with a
genuine, undivided love for the re
public, and its sacred traditions.
"I venture to say that every mem
ber of your society is a loyal citizen.
Kverv citizen a patriot, every patriot
a soldier, every soldier a hero, mrf
every hero would be a martyr, to die
if need be for his country.
"There are some pessimistic pro
r.het who are in the habit of pre-
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downfall or our rtiu
tice, and righteousness, and down
right honesty in our relations with
foreign nations. It must rely In our
firm belief in an over-ruling Provi
dence wh created all things by His
Power, governs all thoughs of His
Wisdom, and who controls the af
fairs of nations as well as f man.
"I have lived for many years, and
the older I grow, the more I am con
vinced that a supreme power Inter
venes in the affairs of mankind. For,
if a sparrow does not fall to the
ground without His consent, how
can we hope that an empire will rise
without His co-operation?
"This is the spirit that has
marked the history of our nation
from Washington to Wilson. It is a
gratifying fact that all our presi
dents from first to last have never
failed to recognize and Invoke the
moral governor of the world, especi
ally In their Inaugural proclama
tions. " 'Righteousness exalteth a na
tion, but sin maketh a people miser
able.'" Cardinal O'Connell of Boston also
spoke and said, in part:
"I have know intimately, person
ally and officially three sovereign
pontiffs three Popes of the Catho
lic church. I am a priest now thirty
two years; I am a bishop fifteen
years and a cardinal five years. 1
have had the closest relations with
not only the Pope, but the whole
Roman cura; I know well every
priest in my diocese, and every bish
op in this country. Yet never, nev
er in all that experience have I ever
heard spoken, lisped or whispered,
or even hinted by any or all of these,
anything eoncernlng America and
American Institutions, but words of
affection, of tender and kindliest so
licitude for her welfare; never a
r,W2 more frequently (syllable that sould not be printed In
lie. -
the eve or a presjuenuni
(By Associated Press.)
-hinton. Aur. 21. -Th, en-
t today voted
the immigration bill
Kight
had
to 24 to Jatie !
which the Peiri
nereed to post-
twrntic caUCUS
noTt session.
pone unui iu ----- bJll
Smocrats voted to taeup.hethe
The passage of the m
President P'Jured by
fthel"eraCLd so T Democratic
this action and some u
senators believe the J
notvetoitaga.nTh
Asiatic features of the
secret session.
heard on
I have been
these dire forebodings for over fifty
years- but on the morning after elec
iion we find, the prophets sounded
a false alarm, that the country Is
safe and that the government Is
transacting business at the same old
stand.
For my part, I have an abiding
faith in the endurance of the repub
lic I might base my hope on the In
telligence and patriotism of the
m.n neoDle. I might base my
confidence on the wisdom of
. the heroism of
statesmen o. - .,
might place my
armies and dread-
And surely these are all
elements of strength to be reckoned
But my friends, if the republic
i9 to endure, it must rest on a stron
ger foundation than the Intelligence
and patriotism of our citizens the
"sdom of our statesmen, the hero
Wl 1. r -oldiers. our armies and
ism I"
listening to
our
our
soldiers. I
nn our standing
noughts
ndnoughts
eternal principles of
the boldest type and uistriouiea
throughout the land; neither plot
nor scheme, nor plan but only sen
timents of admiration and love. If
there is plotting I ought to know it.
Yet absolutely and honestly of such
things I have never heard even a
whisper.
"The Catholic civil allegiance is
divided? Why, look across the sea,
to where all Europe is in arms. Ev
ery Catholic Is fighting loyally, giv
ing his very life for his own country.
And, though some of these countries
have merited little gratitude from
any Catholic, still the very priests
are in the trenches, each a defender
of his native '?nd. Where I ask
of any honest witness of theae facts
under his very eyes, where Is this
divided civil allegiance? And the
Pope is there one in this country
who, after this war, will ever dare
to accuse the Pope of Interference
in civil affairs or of weakening the
loyalty of sitiiens?
"It Is the knowledge that be is a
if miiRt rest on me
truth and Jus- man as any otner man wnaiever u
BALLOTSf STOLEN f IN
TWO BAKER COUNTY
PRECINCTS; KNOTT
MIES STATEMENT
To the Democrats of Florida:
On July 3rd I filed a contest pro
ceeding In Baker county to throw
out the entire vote of Sanderson and
Glen St. Mary precincts for the reas
on that so many irregularities had
been reported to be In the holding
of the election at those precincts,
that I believed that he Integrity of
the election held in said precincts
had been entirely destroyod, and
that the whole vote in those pre
cincts should be thrown out alto
gether. After the decision of the
Supreme court that mandamus wus
the proper proceeding to pursue, I
had my attorneys present a petition
for mandamus to Judge Wills to
have Sanderson Maccleny, Glenn St.
Mary and Taylor precincts recount
ed, so as to ascertain If possible what
the electors actually marked upon
their ballots. The vote as first re
turned by the Inspectors of those
precincts gave majorities In favor of
Mr. Catts.
Judge Wills issued the writ and
the inspectors from the several pre
cincts met in Maccleny August IS
for the purpose of recounting the
ballots pursuant to the writ of man
damus Isued by Judge Willis on my
petition. The supervisor of regis
tration and the county judge deliv
ered the ballot box of Glen St. Mary
to the Inspectors for the purpose of
recounting the ballots. When the In
spectors opened the ballot box It was
found that the box had been robbed
and not a single ballot was In the
box.
From this It would appear that
some of the catts supporters nave
been driven to desperation, In order
to prevent a fair and accurate count
of the ballots as actually marked by
the electors In the late primary. For
two months, through his counsel,
Mr. Catts has fought me In the
courts with every technicality which
his lawyers could devise. The sum
total of his technicalities presented
by his attorneys to the Supreme
court by their decision made It very
clear that all those technicalities
were without merit and none of
them was sufficient to prevent a fair.
accurate, and honest count of the
ballots as actually marked by the
(Continued on Page 8.)
HOSTILITIES
OPENED ON BIG
SCALE BY THE
ALLIES NEAR
SALON K
700.000 BRITISH, FRENCH AND
SERBIANS OPERATING THERE;
FRENCH ' REPULSE GERMAN
LiaUID FIRE ATTACK AGAINST
FLEURY
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 2t. Italian troops
began to disembark at SalonikI yes
teWay according to press dispatches.
AJfJvo Italian participation tn the
Safoniki campaign would mean war
between Italy and Germany, and is
also taken to mean the allies have
embarked on a campaign of exten
sive proportions in tho Balkans as
there are already believed to be
700,000 British, French and Ser
bians on the SalonikI front, where
hostilities on a large scale were op
ened last week. The Bulgarians
are aided by the Germans, Borne
Turks and Austrlans, although it has
been indicated that many Austrlans
have been sent to the Italian and
Russian fronts.
France announces the repulse of a
German liquid fire attack against
Floury and reports artillery raging
along the Somme front. Russia an
nounces additional advances along
the Stokhod river, claiming the cap
ture of 1,300 prisoners and many
guns the last two days. A delayed
Austrian statement reports severul
Russian repulses along Von Hlnden-
berg's front, the Russians, vigorous
ly pressing through to the Carpa
thian passes towards Hungary, are
meeting with stubborn resistance.
Austria today announces having
repulsed two Russian attacks In the
Carpathians and captured Russian
trenches south of Kovel.
PRESIDENT TO
SPDIDHEXT
TWO MONTHS
RECREATING
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 21. The Pres
ident plans to spend practically all
of September and October at his
summer home Shadow Lawn tn
New Jersey.
33 DEATHS AND 99 NEW
CASES OF PARALYSIS
(By Associated Press.) .
New Yqrk, Aug. 21. There were
33 deaths and 99 new cases of in
fantile paralysis here today.
station; that he is neither chattel,
nor thing, nor possession, but an in
dividual, a person, free In body, in
mind and heart; In a word, the one
thin; that constitutes his earthly
happiness is his freedom. That is the
wealth dear to the human heart be
yond all the kingdoms of the world.
And that, more than all else, Infi
nitely more than all the treasures of
this country, is the very heart and
core of the love we all bear for
America. ... ,
"It Is because America Is the home
of freeman and because over all alike
waves her sacred banner of liberty
that we lore her with a love next to
that we owe to the kingdom of
God."
8TUDENT8 OF ANTHROPOLOGY
FIND MANY 8PECIMEN3
IN PRISON CAMPS
(By Associated Press.)
Vienna, Aug. 21. The number aad
variety of prisoners of war In the Aus
trian camps have presented an al
most unprecedented opportunity to the
student of anthropology. One of the
most ardent Investigators, Prof. Poech
of the Academy of Sciences, already
has a collection of 148 plaster casts
of heads of polyglot prisoners of war.
Among the Russian prisoners alone
there have been found fourteen or
more distinct races of widely diver
gent type.
STRENGTH OF
SPANISH ARMY
TO BE 180,000
(By Associated Press. 1
Madrid. Aug. 21. The g"
ment Is preparing to pass a b
I increase the peace strength of
Spanish army from forty to 180,0