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DAMAGE IS GREAT
ID STORM AREAS
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MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA SUF
FER LOSSES TOTALING NEARLY
FOUR MILLIONS—VESSELS LOST
New Orleans, July B.—The latest re
ports from the storm swept area of
the eastern gulf coast and the inter
ior of Mississippi and Alabama, bring
ing evidence of damage totaling more
than $4,000,000 thus far have been es
tablished. But one death occurred,
that of a locomotive engineer, killed
at Bond, Miss., when his train ran in
to a washout.
• The gale, which is inland, and
which seems to have spent its force,
was followed by a series of destruc
tive tornadoes in the interior of Ala
bama and rains which assumed the
proportion of cloud bursts in some
places. Reports from Beloit, Ala.,
that seventeen negroes were killed,
were denied yesterday. Many small
coast towns, however, have not as yet
been heard from, and it probably will
be several days before the loss of life
is accurately ascertained.
Great Damage to Crops
Great damage was done to growing •
crops, standing timber and property 1
in Mississippi and Alabama. Heavy
rains continue in these sections and (
in many places streams are flooded.
Mobile, •where the wind reached ave- 1
locity of 106 miles an ;hour, escaped •
with no loss of life and 'comparatively j 1
slight damage. j
Fragmentary reports from Pensa- {
cola say the greatest damage was
done to the water front. Train srev- c
ice into Mobile from Meridian was 1
again suspended last night because of 1
the washouts. £
Boats in Trouble s
The steamer Freedna, New Orleans,
from Progreso, went ashore but the c
/ ’~ v, v was rescued. The steam'' - r c
timore w’as reported in distress. A f
small tornado struck and damaged t
Lowdensboro, Ala., and the outskirts „
Vt irruiivgvmery.
Three schooners, Mary F. Danzeler,
the Norwegian schooner Anezia, and
an unidentified two-master, have been
reported lost off Gulfport. The crew
of the Anezia was rescued, but it is A
feared that the others have drowned.
The barkentine John E. Meyers,
and the pilot boat E. E. Barry, beach
ed on Ship island, and twenty-five '
men were rescued from the distressed
lighter by a tug and taken to Ship
island.
LAVALIER NEARLY A NOOSE
WHEN CHAIN CHORES GIRL 1
Waverly, Kan., July B.—Miss Doro- 1
thea Roberts, daughter of Dr. and •
Mrs. M. B. Roberts, of Waverly, met
with a very unusual and peculiar ac
cident which almost cost her life.
With her father she was riding in
their car —the girl in the rear seat,
the father in the front seat, driving.
In passing over a culvert at good
speed the girl was thrown against the
top of the automobile and a strong
chain which she wore about her neck
caught over one of the bows in the
top. There she hung until her father
noticed that she failed to answer his
remarks. When he looked around he
found her unconscious hanging to the
top of the automobile.
He stopped immediately and did
what he could, but she was uncon
scious for several hours. Her mouth
was full of blood caused from the
choking of the chain. She probably
will recover.
LIEUT. SPALDING KILLED
New York, July B.—Lieutenant A.
Goodwin Spaulding, son of the late A.
G. Spaulding, has been killed in ac
tion. Young Spaulding, who was 25
years old, was in Europe when the
war broke out and enlisted in an Irish
regiment. He was made lieutenant
through conspicuous service.
The Stars.
There is no room for reasonable
doubt about the claim of the astrono
mers that they “know perfectly well
what the stars are made of." The in
strument by the aid of which the sub
stance of the stars is determined is
called the “spectroscope,” and its find
ings are almost infallible.
Bright Thought.
Balloonist—“ What have you got as
ballast to throw overboard when we
want to lighten the balloon?" Assistant
—“A keg av beer. Sure, we can drink it
when we want to lighten the balloon
instid av Growing it overboard, an
nawthin’ ull be wasted."
THE EVENING LEADER
BABY AFLOAT IN MISSISSIPPI
La Crosse, Wis.', July B.—Michael
Sweeney was working near the banks
k of the Mississippi in a field when he
k saw an infant floating down the river.
* He jumped into a boat, rowed out and
picked up the baby. The child’s face
had been held above water by its thick
dresses, and it was none the Worse for
r the wetting. It turned out to be
p Michael’s granddaughter, Mary Swee
ney I.
: decisioTbuidge
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■ PINELLAS COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS CANNOT BE FORCED TO
CALL COURTHOUSE ELECTION
St. Petersburg, Fla., July B.—The
county commissioners cannot be forc
ed to call a county seat election, says
Judge O. K. Reaves in a decision ren
dered yesterday in the mandamus suit
of M. P. Miller of this city, and others
against the commissioners, to force
them to call such an election in con
nection with a petition presented to
them. The case was argued before
Judge Reaves Wednesday in Braden
town and in the long opinion which he
mailed out yesterday morning he went
into a detailed explanation of the
points at law involved.
He declared that the state statute
of 1911 relative to voting on the re- !
moval of a county seat within twenty 1
years after the erection of a court '
j house was the only law that could ap- 1
ply in this case, and that that statute 1
stated that only in cases where a
court house was in a town off the ,
railroad can a vote for the removal s
be held within that time, after the i
erection of a court house. He further 1
stated that if the voters of Pinellas '
county desired an election to vote up
on the removal of the county seat •
from Clearwater they should have pe- <
titioned for the election before the 1
AAmW 1> *v»— X- '* ■ . . A
M. P. Miller of this city, one of the (
plaintiffs, says the case will be taken j
to the supreme court.
FARMER’S WIFE SHOOTS BULL jh
AND SAVES HUSBANL’S life j
e
Thief River Falls, Minn., July 7. \
Mike Zimney, a farmer living east of f
here, was saved from being trampled a
to death by an enraged bull by the j
courage and prompt action of his c
wife. t
The animal took offense at the ],
flapping of Mr, Zimney’s rain coat
and attacked him, throwing him to
the ground and breaking several ribs 1
and his collarbone. 1
Mrs. Zimney, seeing the plight of i
her husband, quickly secured a shot- j
gun and some shells. While she had <
never attempted to use firearms of i
any kind she managed to load the gun i
and shoot the animal, stunnign him
sufficiently to enable her to drag her
unconscious husband out of danger.
Mr. Zimney was brought to the hospi
tal here for treatment^
FARMERS ARE RETURNING
FROM WESTERN BOOM LAND
Marinette, Wis., July B.—Many for
mer residents who were lured to the
far west in the land booms from eight
to fifteen years ago are returning to
Marinette county. No less than fif
teen families have come back.
In almost every case they have re
turned poorer than when they left,
and they state that there are other
Wisconsin farmers ther who would be
glad to return if they could sell out
. and get enough to finance the change.
LOADS IRON WITH MAGNETS
; Ashland, Wis., July B.—The freight
i er Cicoa has loaded pig iron at the
t Ashland docks for Buffalo, using pow
erful magnets to lift iron on board
and doing away with longshoremen
labor. The Cicoa is equipped with
three magnets, each capable of lifting
! 1,500 pounds. The motive power is a
[ dynamo of 250 volts capacity. Only
four men were engaged in loading—
. one man at each dynamo and one at
, the motor. The Cicoa is the only ves
sel on the lake so equipped.
GUARDSMEN MUST QUIT
s Washington, D. C., July B.—All ar
-3 my department commanders have
t been authorized by Secretary Baker
t to discharge all enlisted men of the
ii national guard in the federal service
i’ w ho have one or more dependent rel
atives.
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916.
| THE WATER FIGHT
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ODD ITEMS AND BIZARRE BITS
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BOILED DOWN FOR BUSY READERS
Centralia, Kan.—An oxen shoe has
been unearthed in the J. P. Dorman
garden. It had probably lain there for
fifty years. Miss Dorman, who is a
primary teacher, used the shoe to il
lustrate stories to the children of the
early days in Kansas when people |
rode behind oxen instead of in auto
mobiles.
Atlanta, Ga.—Bishop Warren A.
Candler, chancellor of Emory univer
sity here, received the gift of a Bible
more than 200 years old for the libra
ry of the theological department of
the university.
Boonville, Ind.—Eggs laid by Indi
ana hens are now being served right
on the firing line in northern France.
Last week Houghland & Miller of this
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eggs were all hard boiled before they j
began their long journey.
Pottsville, Pa.—The Supreme court !
has approved the award of $3,500 to
Joseph Kiorkosky for injuries receiv
ed by the kick of a mule. The Kaska
William Supply company was the de
fendant, and while Kiorkosky, who :
a boy, was not employed by it, Judge
Koch ruled that it was the duty of the
company to keep the boys away from
their mules. The boy’s teeth were;
knocked out and his jaw fractured.
Bloomingdale, Ind. William B.
Leonard has inserted a notice in the
newspapers requesting his friends and
neighbors not to harm his pet Kansas
jackrabbit. The rabbit has the run
of the Leonard farm but is so do
mesticated that it returns at night to
sleep in the kitchen.
Wichita, Kan.—Mrs. Anna Morris,
the young wife of a wealthy and mid
dle-aged real etate man here, who
was sued for divorce several weeks
ago, wants her pet dog. It is a bull
pup and since the divorce proceedings
Mr. Morris wont’ let his wife into the
house. He restricts the dog, and in a
suit filed a few days ago Mrs. Morris
asks for the dog and one pillow, a
THIEVES THANK GOD
LEFT LETTER IN VICTIM’S POCK
ET; IS ADDRESSED TO PRES
BYTERIAN MINISTER
Chicago, 111., July B.—William Reb- j
be, said to be a horse buyer for the
allies, was found in Lake Shore drive j
suffering from a pistol wound, and j
told the police robbers had taken $20,-
000 from him. Among letters found
in his clothes was one addressed to
the Rev. John Timothy Stone, pastor
of the Fourth Presbyterian church
here, which, in part, said:
“We took everything he had, over
SIOO,OOO. Thank God for giving us
the strength to do what we did. We j
shall be very liberal to contribute a
collection any time you wish.
“We know this man is perfectly in
nocent, but we want revenge on you
and your church for the way you have
done us.”
Other letters from a New York in
surance firm quoting rates of insur
ance on horses and one addressed to
Maj Rebbe, Woolworth building, New
York, were found in Rebbe’s clothing.
pair of portieres, two stewpans and
two geranium plants.
Franklin, N. H.—Private Ernest
Murphy of the Franklin machine gun
company has killed his driving horse,
two dogs and a cat. Officer George
Burrer assisted in the work. Private
Murphy will go with his company to
the border, and decided to end the
lives of the animals instead of leav
ing them with strangers.
Middletown, N. Y.—George Neill
went out to shoot crows, which are
raiding his cornfield. As he was about
to raise his gun to fire at a crow the
weapon was discharged, sending the
charge into his foot and shooting off
one of his toes besides badly injuring
his foot.
-vjp&-st9ppM"Dy£ftuli
grown black bear, which trotted slow
ly along the road in front of the ma
chine, stopipng every few feet. After j
keeping in the road 100 yards the an- j
imai went over a bank into the wods. j
Cumberland, Md. —A huge bear was
trapped at Stony Bottom recehtly.
Though poor, he weighed nearly 400
pounds and had a wonderfully fine
skin. He carried the trap a long dis
tance and was caught in a wire fence
jnot far from a farm house. The ani
■ mal was an old sheep killer, and had i
been fed so much strychnine in bait he '
had become a drug fiend, and his flesh J
was considered too poisonous even for j
dogs.
CARRIED 41 MILES BY WIND
Batesville, Ark., July 7.—The lid of
a bucket bearing the inscription
“Charles. Cullem, .Heber .Springs,
Ark.”, was found in a cornfield near
Bethesda the other day. It is believed
it was blown there in the tornado that
struck Heber Springs recently. The
distance is forty-one miles. Pieces of
clothing and other articles believed to
have been blown from Heber Springs
have before been found near Bates
ville.
GUY GUNS SALOON
BABY MUNICIPALITY DETER
MINES TO MAKE LIQUOR BE OF
SOME BENEFIT TO THE TOWN
Altoona, Wis., July B.—This, the
smallest incorporated city in the
i world, wants a waterworks. It is to
establish a municipal saloon. Licenses
are to be refused the four privately
conducted saloons now existing. The
profits of the city’s booze emporium
are to be devoted to the creation of a
special fund for the building of a wa
terworks, and the alderman have fig
ured that with old Demon Rum held
thus in bondage, he will be made to
earn the needed money in two years.
Eight prominent citizens came for
ward with the money to build and
stock the city saloon, and the men
who will run it are to be appointed
by the common council and obliged to
give bond.
| There has long been a battle be
tween a strict Sunday and midnight
I enforcement party and that desiring
a wide-open town. The strict enforce
' ment group will be in control of the
• urban “souse center.”
GRASS GROWS IN TREE
Wetmore, Kan., July 7.—ln the E.
W. Thornburrow yard in Wetmore is
a large bunch of blue grass growing
• in the fork of an elm tree ten feet
from the ground. Every fall the resi
dents of Wetmore, who are watching
this curiosity, expect the grass to be
winter killed, but every spring it
shows up green and strong and ma
tures seed. The grass has been grow
ing in the tree for three years.
tUmiLE
CARRANZA GOVERNMENT ASKS
WASHINGTON THAT AMERICAN
TROOPS PATROL THE BORDER
Washington, D. C., July B—On in- L
structions from Carranza yesterdav
the Ji^"jj<^m - ambassador jfi'cif C E ]
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ill trades with a Complete 1
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vJEQRNIA CANNED E;
suit in a settlement i
last night awaited a sugfc. V*™ '| c
Carranza as to how they should* t
ceed. The state department believes 1
more can be accomplished by informal 1
discussion between the department £
and the Mexican embassy than by a
formal exchange of views. The offi
cials are willing to try some other
plan, however, if Carranza propos
es it.
Lansing’s note in reply to the re
cent Mexican communication went
forward yesterday. It is brief and
friendly in tone, but emphasizes the
importance of settling the border dif
ficulty speedily.
The state department has also re
ceived word from an American in
Mexico saying that he had talked
with Villa personally, and save from
a slight limp he is again in shape to
LarYa t'.ies, "since Tire American pur
suit had halted at Parral.
KNOWLES HEARING POSTPONED
Clearwater, Fla., July B.—-The h< ur
ing of Fred Knowles in connection
with the Osborne-Curl killings, was
not completed yesterday, but will be
resumed next Tuesday at 2 o’clock.
Three witnesses for the defense yes
terday testified that Knowles carried
no gun. Testimony for Knowles was
in progress at adjournment. Efforts
are being made to get him a SIO,OOO i
bond.
! NEGRO ELECTROCUTED FOR
BURGLARY IN FIRST DEGREE
Raleigh, N. C., July B.—Laurence
Swinson. a negro, was electrocuted in
the penitentiary yesterday for first
degree burglary. This is the first
electrocution in North Carolina for
this offense.
HOLLINS HUNTING TEACHERS
Gainesville, July 8.- During the
past week Supt. Dixie Hollins and
Chairman Allen as the Pinellas board
of public instruction, were here look
ing for teachers in their schools.
Victory in Bravery.
All work of man is as the swim
mer’s. A waste ocean threatens to de
vour him; if he front it not bravely it
will keep its word. By incessant wise
defiance of it, lusty rebuke and buffet
of it, behold how loyally it supports
him —bears him as its conqueror along.
—Thomas Carlyle.
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Iron Rust on Linen.
Iron rust on linen is best removed
by rubbing the stain with sulphuret
of potash, then bathe it well in citric
acid (lemon juice) and afterward
wash it well in water. These ane the
three stains that require the most pa
tience and care to remove.
Old Teacher a Student.
nuntmgton, W. Va. —J. W. Samples,
seventy-two years old, entered Mar
shall college here as a student. Mr.
Samples has been a teacher at Clarks
burg for 50 years, beginning after the
l close of the Civil war in the spring of
i 1866. Mr. Samples attended West Vir
l ginia university in 1877. He has en
> tered Marshall to study methods, ob
servation, hygiene and rural sociology.
Artificial Rubber.
I Artificial rubber has been made
■ from Russian crude petroleum, which
b contains chemical elements similar to
those in California oil.
TEN CENTS A WEEK. NO. 153.
BRITISH AT SOMME
! MAKE LARGE GAINS
P
t LONDON ANNOUNCES CAPTURE
OF 20,000 YARDS OF GERMAN
TRENCHES NEAR SOMME
London, July B.—The British have
resumed their offensive against the
Germans north of the Somme. After
£t day of terrific fighting London an
nounces the capture of 20,000 yard;
j of German trenches to a depth of 500
yards east of Laboiselle. This gain
was in addition to 1,000 yards taken
Thursday night. The bitterest strug
gle took place when the British cap-
the village of Ovillers.
jAt Confalmaison, a division of
Russian guards retook the village af
“lr it had been taken by the British,
I|ut lost 700 prisoners.
j On the French sector there is a lull
11 the fighting. German infantry des
perately assaulted the Thiamount sec
pr at Verdun but were repulsed.
-j On the eastern front, the Russians
kfiave begun an unprecedented offer
sive from Riga to the Baranovich
extending 300 miles. Further south
the Russians have forced the Ger
mans to abandon important salient j
and are driving rapidly in the direc
tion of Kovel. Critics say unless the
Russians are halted, the Teutons will
have to withdraw their entire line
and probably abandon Lemberg.
INDIAN MAID GOES TO JAIL
Liquor Is the Cause Although She ts
Wealthy and Drives an
Auto.
Spokane, Wash.—Christine Arripa,
age twenty, an educated .Indian, whose
father is one of the richest of the
Coeur d’Alene tfibe, is in jail again.
At the Seattle House lately she,
with Mary Zackery, another Indian,
and Barney Daniel, Indian rancher of
Rockford, had just started on a jam
rfeis«!, 1 W in u/i/
he appeared not to have smelled the
bottles of alcohol and water too often
was released. Christine is the owner
of a high-powered touring car, which
she drives. Christine and Mary and
Barney were charged with vagrancy.
In connection with their arrest Pat
rick Graham, age twenty-seven, was
booked on a charge of having given
liquor to Indians and is held without
bond. In the possession of two other
white men brought in at the same
time but later released were found six
bottles, three of which contained
alcohol.
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THOUGHT DEAD. SHE SITS UP
Doctors Say That Mrs. Annie Grant
Was Without Heart Action for
Seven Hours.
Bangor, Me. —Mrs. Annie Grant, v ho
was believed to have died from heart
trouble, suddenly sat upright when an
undertaker arrived and is now on tb.:
road ta recovery. Physicians say that
the wotnan was without, heart action
which bould be detected for seven
hours. I
Her don, James A. Grant, a mer
chant of this city, received a tele
phone message that his mother, who
had beenjseriously ill for several days,
was dead.j
He went to her home at once, where
relatives -were gathered, and made ar
rangements for the funeral. An un
dertaker was called, and while he and
the relatives were discussing tuners!
plans. Mrs. Grant sat upright in bed.
, Mrs. Grant is fifty-five years old.
CINDERS KEEP THEM WARM
Construction Work on Pennsylvania
Railroad Makes Place a Winter
Resort for Hobos.
Beaver Falls, Pa—The Pennsylvania
Railroad company has been making a
fill of the Beaver river between New
Brighton and Rochester with the in
tention of changing its main line be
tween the two points to eliminate a
long curve. The fill requires hun
dreds of carloads of cinders, which are
loaded into the cars while red hot.
When unloaded they retain their heat
for days.
This has made the place a winter
resort for hobos. At all hours the
entire embankment, a mile or more
in length, swarms with a heteroge
neous crowd of old and young men,
who eat, drink, make merry and sleep.
On the hot cinders the tramps
make coffee and cook the fruits of for
aging parties. When sleepy the/
scoop out a bed in the warm ashe , f
and after carefully removing the
clinkers burrow down in the yielding
mass and sleep in comparative com
fort on the coldest nights, with only
their heads visible.