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-MUNCIE BUENING PRESS, MANOH 77, 012. SCRAP HEAP WITH THE OLD BATTLESHIPS New Dreadnought Bids Call Attenticn of Offer for Old Vessels NOTED FIGHTERS ARE NEAR AN END TYPES OF SPANISH WAR PERIOD MUST GIVE WAY -IOWA IS THE BEST KNOWN. Washington, March the announcement of bids on the two new battleships Oklahoma and Nevada cf $5,900,000 each It is interesting to note that the first-class bateship of today becomes the secondrater of tomorrow. Take, for instance, the once famous, flying squadron. Long ago it lost, its claim to fleetness, its powerful batfleships have ceased to be terrors of the seas, and the scout "pirates" now hang helplessly off thee wake of the speedier ships merchant marine.

Memories of the hot, clear Sunday, July 3, 1898, have passed into histcry. The fleet which worked havoc off sent them crippled sEntheshins. of Admiral Cervera to the beach, is nearing the end of its career of usefulness. Naval experts saw that in from two to six years these sturdy veterans will be obsolete, so far as modern warfare is concerned. For that reason the government is considering a bid of $8,000,000 for the purchase of five of the most efficient vessels of the Spanish war period, the lowa, the Indiana, the Massachusetts, the Columbia and the Minneapolis.

Even if the ships are not sold, their days are numbered. They are already in what is known as the "second line of defense," so that it is culy questien of time before they will be relegated to the "scrap heap" and sold at public auction. All five are approaching the limit cf twenty years, which is set as the life of a ship of war under presentday conditions. As compared with the newer dreadnoughts, both in speed and in fighting power, they are already entirely behind the times. In a battle with the mammoth Utah.

or Florida, the Iowa or the Massachusetts would be hopelessly outclassed. Strategists of the navy seem to have determined upon a policy which eliminates praetical the smaller type, of battleship, as well as the protected er armored cruiser, the scout and the gunboat of which the older seapower was composed. 1. They pin their faith now on two extremes, the huge floating fortresses of the dreadrought type and the swarms of sea scorpione, the torpedo boats. will be at long vessels Sea fights in the future, they say, will be expected to engage at a distence of five or six miles, and only chips of the largest sort can carry guns heavy enough to be effective at a great distance.

No craft which can ret mount a goodly battery of twelveinch guns can hope to ho'd a place in the main battle line. The torpedo boats are designed to take care of the short range fighting. Their function will be not only to repel attacks from enemies of their own type, but also to slip under the guard of their bigger antagonists and in naar enough to discharge a torpedo. Although at first developed as coast defense vessele, it has been proved that they can hold their own in extended cruising. A rough glance at the new and the old is sufficient to show the progress made in last fifteen years.

The length of the Utah is 510 feet, that of the Iowa 360 feet. The Utah is 88 feet beam, the Iowa is 72 feet. The displacement of the Utah is 21,825 tons, that of the Iowa 11,410. The speed of the Utah is knots, that of the Iowa 16 knots. The engines of the Utah are turbines developing horsepower, those of the Iowa triple expansion developing 11,000 horse power.

The Utah carries ten twelve-inch guns in five turrets, sixteen five-inch guns and two torpedo tubes. The Iowa, during the Spanish war, was armed with four twelve-inch, eight eight-inch and six four-inch in her main battery and was equipped with six torpedo tubes. Had the Utah been with Schley off Santiago, his range of 7,000 yards would have been mere child's play for gun crews which can pepper a twentyfive-foot target at a distance of between four and five miles. Fifteen years ago the five which are now for sale were formidable members of the North Atlantic fleet. Each was a terrible fighting machine.

The Massachusetts, Indiana and Iowa were battleships of the first-class and the Columbia and Minneapolis were cruieers of the old "pirate model," designed as commerce destroyers. Owing to the popularity of her commander, the late "Fighting Bob" Ev. ans, the Iowa was perhaps the best known of the quintet during the Spanish war. It was the first of the socalled "seagoing" battleships as dis tinguished from the coast defense ves seis of which the Indiana was an ample. It cost $3,000,000.

A striking illustration of the change which has taken place in naval design in the last years is afforded by the two cruisers, the Columbia and the Minneapolis, sister ships. They were turned out by the Cramps in the early nineties and were designed to destroy the commerce of any enemy cn the seas. The mercantile marine, however, progressed go rapidly that within a few years after they were launched the twenty-knot "pirates," as they were called, were soon outclassed by A number of ccean liners. For that reason their original field of usefulness ceased to exist and they were turned into "mother for submarines. The bid of $8,000,000 for the five "HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR BABY" GETS ADDITION TO HIS RACING ST ABLE IN CIFT FROM HIS AUNT.

WIFE OF RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR VINCENT A WALSH IT'S nice to be a "hundred million received a gift from his aunt, more than any of the countesses' even the golden cradle in which grounds of his home restate every tives. Master Vincent is now the prancing horse's figure on the vessels represents about one quarter the amount expended ythe government to build them and keep them repair and is regarded as an unusually good offer, inasmuch as the price usually paid for warships going of commission is not much more than one-twentieth of their cost and expense of upkeep. Under the statute no vessel of the navy can be sold at private sale, and cengress will have to make such 1a transaction legal by a joint resolution providing for the acceptanee of the offer. "Gay Paree for Me" Says Leonida When Ship Comes (Special to The Press.) Pittsburg, March 7. "Back to Texas? I should say not.

No Texas in mine. It's off to Paris for me," declared Leonida Sarah Jacobs, of San Antonio, girl "salesman" and nifty soldier of fortune, as she grinned over a telegram from San Antonio, Texas, informing her that she had fallen heir to $100,000. Miss Jacobs had $2 in all the wide, wide world when the telegram came. A week ago she was invited to leave the Hotel Henry and turned over to the hotel $200 worth of wardrobe as security for a four weeks' hotel bill. She took humble quarters with a kindhearted boarding house keeper and tried to sell toilet articles, later soliciting magazine subscriptions.

Miss Jacobs came to Pittsburg from the east, where she had trouble with rich relatives. She spent her time. at leading hotels at first, but when her money gave cut she was forced to pawn her jewelry to the amount of several hundred dollars. Three days ago her grandfather, Dr. Nathan Jacobs, of San Antonio, died, leaving her a sixth of a $600,000 estate.

"As a salesman I'm rotten." said Miss Jacobs, "but as a Parisian I'll shine. Watch me return these tickets to their rightful owners, and then interview a steamship agent." DEAN'S BRAIN IS AFFECTED NECESSARY TO REMOVE AF. FLICTED MAN A FROM HOSPITAL TO OTHER QUARTERS. Wilbur Dean, better known 85 "Dusty" Dean, who was Wednesday street Whitney hospital in an strete to the Whitney hospital in an unconscious condition, Thursday revived sufficiently to be removed to some other quarters. While at his home Tuesday even Dean collapsed and during the ing night suffered repeated convuisions.

In view of the fact that his family could not give him the proper attention he was taken to the Whitney hospital and given medical aroused attention. the His ravings Thursday other patients and Dr. Whitney said that it would be necessary that he be given treatment at some other place. The need of a city hospital, where such cases could be handled was again demonstrated. 'Although everything possible was done for the patient at the Whitney hospital, It was one of these cases that requires special attention and special quarters.

It is believed that Dean is suffer. ing with brain trouble. Never until Tuesday night had he shown any similar symptoms. He r'eturned from his work at the Warne: Gear, condition plant and in an while apparently lifting a heathy glass of water to his lips fell to the floor at the feet of his wite. All night and practically all day Wednesday he remained in an unconscious condition.

LITTLE GIRL HAPPY TO RECOVER PURSE Little Irene Gallian, who resides with her parents at 1823 East Jackson street, glanced over a copy The Press and saw that a purse containing a small sum of money had been found by Jerald Fitzgerald and had been turned over to the police department by the honest boy. She lost the pocketbook several days ago and never expected to recover it. "Thank you all," she said after proving ownership at- the desk sergeant's desk at police headquarters Wednesday evening. It pays to advertise in the newspapers. New York- electric wire charged with 11,000 volts burned off the right leg of John Hall, a wireman, as neatly a8 it could have been removed by a surgeon's knife.

Only One "BROMO QUININE," that Cures Cold in One Day, Grip in 2 Daye Laxative promo Quinine Bor Res NEW I GOATE CART dollar baby," like Vincent Walsh of Washington. He has just Madame Bakmettelt, wife of the ambassador from Russia, that he prizes presents that have been showered him in his three short years of life, hespent his early. days. It 1s a goatiand cart. He drives through the day, closely guarded, of course, by corpa of nurses and private detespossessor of quite a racing stable.

Beside the goat, there is a tricycle with front wheel and several hohhy horses. Lena Park, Deserted City How Thousands of Chicago People Duped Into Buying Lots in City en Paper Which Was Destined to Become a Second Gary Hotel Owner Only Optimist Left. Just about 100 miles northwest of Muncie on the Chesapeake Ohio railroad is the town of Lena Park, with la glass factory, a large stone hotel and ten inhabitants. Practically the whole is to be sold for taxes within a few days. Lena Park represents one of the biggest land grafts that has ever been perpetrated in the out and practically all of them sold, state.

a With thousands of lots staked Lena Park is sandwiched between the of the Chesapeake Ohio right of the Erie railroads. The former road has a station about six feet square at about the center of what was to have been a second Gary. A short distance away is a stone hotel, recently erected and luxuriously furnished. The building was erected by a man who is well to do and after which many other investors had been led to believe that Lena Park was only a name and that a town would never exist at that point. The proprietor was seen a short time ago Muncie man, and, asked why he was investing so heavily in what appeared to be a country that would not be developed in many years and that in all probability never would be a prosperous town, he replied: "Never mind; I know what I am deing.

You wait a little while and see." Lena Park, as laid out, covers near. ly an entire section of what was once excellent farm land. Scores upon scores of the lots that were staked off one and two years ago are now for sale for non-payment of taxes. The enterprise was lannched by a Chicago firm, Hicks Williams. The tax records at Knox, the county seat of Starke county, show that more than 1,120 Chicagoans, mostly foreigners, were trapped in the venture and have decided to give up all that they have already invested.

The lost for sale number more than 5,500, with 1.280 remaining in the name of the promoters. The lowest amount for which a sale is to be had is 41 cents and the largest ids $40.30, a total of $2,181. The Output company, against which this largest assessment appears, is said to have been a Hicks Williams "dummy," that was to come there and manufacture glass, "maintaining the largest cut glass plant in the world." and it actually did build a small brick plant and install a few pieces of machinery. when the lots were all sold, or nearly all disposed of, it quit business. The plant still stands and near it are three modern frame houses, all of which are vacant.

Lena Park was planned to serve as a haven for thrifty foreigners in Chicago, who had grown restless and dissatisfied with the rustle and strife of the big city and who longed for freedom and the country air. During the summer of 1910 large train loads of them were carried down from the "Windy City," dressed in their and they were shown about the embryo "Arcadia" to the tune of several Chicago bands. The Output company and the Lyon Healy Organ and Piano company were to locate there, with monster factories, and furnish employment to as many foreigners as cared to come. This was the informa tion El given out by promoters. Who Was the Old Man? On the Sundays on which the free excursions were run from Chicago to Lena Park an old man with a silk hat, a Prince Albert coat and a gold-headed cane came down with the excursionists to seal their anticipaitons and he cer.

tainly did it. He was supposed to be the now somewhat ancient Thomas Lyon, founder of the firm of Lycn Healy, and he assured the prospective buyers right and left that he meant business and that Lena Park would be the home of the firm's future operations. They actually fell over each other to buy lots, paying some money down and arranging to pay the balance and get their deeds, or something, when they arrived back home. Nobody seems to know just who this old man was, but it is known that Thomas Lyon died many years ago, The foreigners didn't know it when they visited Lena Park. They accepted the representations made to them as facts.

Possibly twelve houses in all were erected. Three of these were modern. The others were mere shacks. One man, Philip Torhoff, whose estate 'is charged with taxes amounting to 56 cents on two lote, erected a brick store on what was to be Main street, coming early to get in on the ground floor. Then he discovered that the prospects in store for Lena Park were mere "moonshine," and he decided to tear the store down.

In the work, he in someway undermined a wall and it fell on him and killed him. Since then another foreigner has entered the building and still maintains a small stock of merchandise to attract the farmers who reside in the immediate vicinity. Discovery Is Made. It was early in the summer of 1911 that it was finally discovered by the freeholders of the newly carved out "municipality" that they had been "stung." It is the 1910 tax that has been declared delinquent and upon which the lots are now offered for sale. It is the belief of many that despite the fact more than a thousand lots remain the name of Hicks that, Williams, that the firm made a large sum of money.

It is believed that many of the lots now in their name were sold and that the deeds or contracts were not recorded. Several instances of this have. come to light. The expense of the excursions from Chicago was great, but it is believed that the promoters sold enough lots to compensate them. Finally the persons who invested in Lena Park real estate became so enraged that they formed a "fighting ban" and demanded their money back.

In several instances these demands were made with drawn revolvers. When it became too warm the speculators, Hicks and Williams disappeared. Somebody is likely to get a nice piece of farm land cheap it he gets busy when the sale is called and can make his title good. The point is that there will be a lot of little clouds to be removed in case he should ever desire to sell. Lena Park was named after Lena Williams, a sister of one of the promoters, who cut a conspicuous figure when the free trains were run from Chicago.

She appeared in silks and sat hours at a time while photographs were taken of her. The investors paid high prices to procure these pictures. Not only did the Chicogians invest but there were scores of persons residing in surrounding towns, North Judson, Knox, Alldine, Denham and other places who turned over the money. ABANDONMENT CHARGE MADE BY MRS. JOHNSON Charging that her husband abandoned her without cause, came home intoxicated and unable to undress himself, Mrs.

Armilda Johnson, Muncie, has filed suit in circuit court for a divorce from Harrison B. Johnson. The couple were married in July, 1907, and according to the com plaint in June 1908 Johnson abandoned his wife wholly without cause and has lived apart from her ever since, There is one child, and since the sep: aration Mrs. Johnson claims that her husband has failed to provide for her. self and the child.

In another para: graph cruel and inhuman treatment is charged, to the effect that Johnson called his wife vile names and came home intoxicated. Mrs. Johnson asks for $50 to prosecute the suit, for a divorce, custody of the child, $100 alimcny and $10 a month for the port of the child. WHERE THE STORK STOPS. A daughter is reported at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. I. T. Journey, of 1014 street. Paterson, N.

-Philip Cauffman, declared to be the model pupil of public school No. 1 1s held as the thief who robbed Samuel Medinkowitz's grocery store and stole $40. COVERNMENT ENGINEER PROPOSES CANAL THAT WILL LINK CHICAGO AND NEW YORK LAKE PA MICH. BUTTA OHIO HOW THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW FORK. AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOLEDO.

AB BY ENGINEER MILLIS, WILL AND CHICAGO BY MEANS OF LAKE FRIE. RESIDENT OF MUNCIE SEEKS DIVORCE COURT NTER STATE EMPLOYE AGAINST MAKES SERIOUS CHARGES WIFE IN. RANDOLPH COURT OTHER WINCHESTER NEWS. to The Press) Winchester, March was filled in the Randolph circuit court here Wednesday afternoon by James B. McCartney against Myrtle C.

McCartney, asking that their marriage be annulled, and that he be given a decree of divorce. McCartney is sixty years old and 48 prominent throughout the county. His home is at Ridgeville, north of here, although he 18 employed by the Inter-State Automobile company at Muncie. He is a machinist by trade. According to the complaint, the couple were married in 1911.

He states that the marriage was a fraud, that his wife, whose name before her marriage to him was Myrtle G. Zillifro, was a married woman at the time of their marriage, falsely represented herself by saying that she was divorced. According to the complaint, prior to the ceremony, on September 9, 1910, a divorce had been granted her in the Delaware circuit court, with 8 decree of the court prohibiting her marriage to anyone else for a period of two years. He says that she represented to him to be a woman of good morals but that she was not. 'He says that she is guilty of adultery with many persons.

McCartney is very prominent in this county. Although he has been employed in Muncie, his home is at Ridgeville, as he, together with his wife, took up a temporary residence at Muncie. It is understood that the case will involve one of Muncie's most prominent business men when it comes to trial. JESSUP WILL NOT TALK. Winchester, March Jessup, arrested Wedneeday by Detective Buck Fletcher on the charge of having stolen a horse and rig from his employer, W.

T. WHeon, last June, refuses to make any statement other than the one given to the officer yestertay. He admits taking the outfit, and says that he can find most of the clippers, whips, harness and feed that have been missing from the Wilson barn during the past few months. It is thought that other persons will be implicated. SAYS WIFE LEFT HIM.

Winchester. March Marshall, a prominent young married man residing south of this city, went to his home the other day to find a note signed by his wife that she had left him. He says that he does not know the reason for her act and does not know where she is. MANY MARRIAGE LICENSES. March County Clerk Helms was kept busy most of Wednesday issuing marriage licenses.

Raymond Krider, 26, a carpenter residing in Union City, and Miss Mayme Trine, 21, a prominent young lady residing near Union City, were united in marriage by Justice of Peace John W. Bragg. Elisha Barr, 47, and Mrs. Catherine Cordray Parking, both of Saratoga, were married Wednesday, Ora Thompson, 33, and Miss Lela M. Gilkey, 34, were united in marriage Wednesday.

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS PLAN BIG EVENT The biggest event of the year to date for Welcome lodge Knights of Pythias will be the presentation of the play "Damon and Pythias" during the initiation of a class of fifteen candidates to the first rank, Friday night. A social session will follow and every member is expected to attend the meeting. The cast of the play follows: Damon, A. E. Needham; Pythias, Glen Barr; Dionysius, Clarence Dearth; Damocles, Arch Hobbs; Philistine, Harve Leffler; Procles, Charles Redding; Marcus, Frank E.

Mauch; Lucullue, David Peterson, senators, soldiers, etc. Order "OUR PRIDE" Milled in the gentlest manner possible from the brightest and best wheat grown. Why say "a sack of four" and take what the dealers can make the most on? Say "OUR PRIDE" FLOUR and get the best family flour made. Your money back if not satisfied. Ask Your Grocer MADE BY THE HAYNES MILLING COMPANY PORTLAND, IND.

a SEE THIS NAME ON EVERY SACK Yum! Yum! Maple Syrup Time Is Almost Here IS EVERYBODY HAPPY? It is about time to have fresh maple syrup on the "flapjacks" of a morning and a number of Muncieites who have not always lived in the crowded and "stulty" city are growing hungry for their favorite spread for the morning hot bread. They say now that March has arrived it is time for King Winter to take a back seat and let the sugar water run. There are many men and women who have known what it is to work in the sugar camp and help in the making of maple sugar and syrup. A number say they would like to work in the camp again this spring and several are planning to do so. When the first pioneers came to Del: aware county, the forests abounded with both hard and soft maple orchards.

The soft maple was indigenous to lower lands, and grew in great numbers, but both were producers of sacharine syrups. The long, hard winters of half a century ago, were productive of a longer season for sugar-season, and a greater flow of sap, and of a richer quality, in the spring following. The hard maple, or sugar, because of its favorable situation on higher and dryer and warmer soil, yielded earlier to the genial influence of the spring sun and wind, and its sap into circulation sooner than the soft maple, which was later, because of the wetter and colder soil in which it grew. The hard maple, or sugar, was not as productive in quality in its yield of sap, but richer in its sacharine properties. If the soft maple was not rich in the quality of its sap, its flow was more abundant.

The hard maple yielded a darker, and heavier product in sugar and syrup, and was stronger and more rasping to the taste, while the soft maple yielded a lighter and fairer and more pleasant taste of goods, the sugar being whiter, and the syrup less red. and more modest to, the taste. Most sugar makers mixed the product fairer than that of the pure hard maple, and less pungent to the taste. Others kept the two kinds- of -sap separate, and made sugar from hard maple, and syrup of that of the soft maple. On the first approach of spring, the pioneers would get busy for work at the sugar camp, repairing the old sheds, spiles, preparing wood for bolling down the sap, getting ready barrels, or large troughs at the camp to hold the sap, and an hundred other preparations were necessary open the camp.

The trees were opened by boring two or three holes according to the size of the tree, with an inch augur, about half an inch deep, and as near the ground as convenient, into the body of the tree. In these holes were driven tightly "spiles," about a foot long, usually of elder stalks, made hollow by pushing the peth out. From those spiles the sap which flowed under the inner bark of the tree, would flow through the spiles, and discharge Itself into a trough on the ground. Towards evening of each day, a man or a boy with a one-horse sled upon which was fastened a barrel. would go from tree to tree and collect the sap the troughs contained, and haul it to the camp to be boiled down.

When a sufficiency of the raw sap had reduced by hard boiling to a proper consistency, arrangements were then made for a "stirring off," that is for finishing A "batch," anywhere from ten to twenty- five pounds cf sugar, according to the size of the kettle. Now was the time for a merry "sugaring on." was sent out through the settlement that on a CErtain evening at a certain camp there would be a "stirring off, bring your tin cup and spoon with you." This was the only invitation necessary. A crowd of young people and neighbors were sure to be present. The first course in the supper was an egg boiled in the syrup, and a doughnut. Eggs were cheap in those days, worth from three to five cents per dozen.

When the boiling syrup was of a consistency to "blubber and spit" in the kettle, it was pronounced ready for the second course in the supper of sweets, which WAS "taffy." Every one with a tin cup with a little cold water in it, at once got busy with his spoon, dipping the hot syrup into the cold water, and thence to the mouth, when the amusing act of the hard lumps of sweetness was Anally abandoned. The course for taffy was of short duration, for the sugaring process was near at hand. The fire was withdrawn from under the kettle, and constant heroic stirring was required to prevent the sugar from burning to the kettle, as well as to "granulate" the sugar and make it fine. Now came the third course in this evening banquet of sweets and merriment. Everyone was invited to help himself, and he needed no second invitation for the kettle was soon full of spoons lifting out lumps of hot sugar, and cooling and eating them.

Of course, after an evening of so much sweetness, every one would leave the camp with the sweetest and kindliest remembrance of that night banquet In the woods. Doubted Whether Sergeant Finney Was a Soldier "Say, mister, are you a real soldier?" The question was thrown at Ser. geant Finney of the local United States recruiting office as he was walk. ing along the main street at Matthews on Wednesday. The inquirer was a man about 25 years of age, At first Finney was not quite sure whether or not the young man was joking.

He hesitated a moment and concluded that the questioner was in earnest, He then explained his business. The questioner said that he had never seen a uniform just like that worn by the sergeant. While in Matthews Finney located three young men who fled applications for admission to the United States army. STRAY HORSE FOUND Word reached police headquarters by telephone at 8 o'clock Thursday to the effect that a large on its morning black horse, with a harness back, had been found wandering about the streets. It was placed in a livery barn to await the arrival of the owner.

Every Breakfast a Good Breakfast Which includes- Post Toasties with cream -an enjoyable food, sold by grocers and ready to serve direct from the package. Post Toasties are thin bits of white Indian com, perfectly cooked, then toasted until deliciously crisp and appetizing. Memory Lingers" Made by Paten Cereal Go, Lad, Pure Food Factories, Battle Greek, Mich. TORT THIS SHOWS BUFFALO CANAL CHICAGO CANAL, LINK NEW YORK.