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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11
General Weather Conditions

The low pressure area which was
off Hatteras Thursday morning, has
moved northeastward over the At
lantic, and is off the New England
coast this morning. The high pres
sure area from the Dakotas has ad-
vanced southeastward, and is over
Arkansas this morning, while anoth-
er center of high pressure appears
over the northwest. Snow has fallen
during the past twenty-four hours
over the Ohio valley, the middle
Miss issippi valley and the southern
portion of the lake region. An area
of low pressure appears over Utah,
and rain or snow has fallen over
California, Nevada and Ntah.
Temperatures have fallen general
ly over the country east of the
Rocky mountains, and are below the
seasonal average in most localities
Over the Florida Peninsula the fall
in temperatures has been 10 to ii
{ egrees in twenty-four hours. Jack.
sonville reports minimum of SO
degrees with heavy frost, Gaines
Vile 80 degrees with killing frost,
Thomasville (Ga.) 32 degrees with
killing frost. The minimum at Or
lando was 40 degrees, at Titusville
40 degrees, at Tampa AZ degrees.
Indications are that the high pres
sure area now over Arkansas will
advance slowly eastward giving
fair, continued cool weather in the
vicinity of Tampa tonight and Sat-
urday. There will be frost tonight,
possibly heavy, and a minimum of
about 3S degrees is expected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11

Daytona Journal, and we wish him
his usual good luck in his venture.
Sparkman is a living refutation Of
the adage that a rolling stone gath
ers no moss. He both rolls and
gathers, and the size OF his roll IL
always such as to astonish his pro-
fessional brethren who lack his gen.
JUS for accumulating moss.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11

Now would be a fine time for Mr..
Carnegie to extend HIS favorite form
of charity and erect a few Carnegie
library buildings in Belgium. From
all accounts those people over there
are so hungry that they could even
find nutriment in Carnegie libraries.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11

Huah Sparkman is one Of the
characters of Florida Journalism. He
tries it awhile in one place, makes
it a success, or at least never makes
a failure, and at some unexpected
moment retires with profit, puts
his roll in his pocket. lights his cigar
and saunters out into the State
hunting for another nice little news
paper Investment. And he invaria
bly, finds it, planks down the pur-
chase money in cash, makes sue
cess of the venture and sells out
again in due season to repeat his
experience. After leaving the Or
lando Sentinel recently we lost track
OF him, but we knew that he was on
the trail of another paper and would
soon encircle it. He has. It is the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11
the leaders in the Senate distinc-
, ton never before accomplished by
any senator from Florida.

The dear old Congressional Rec
Old is with us once more and our
happy little exchange family is
again complete.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11
RAISE FUND FOR SUFFRAGE
CAUSE IN FLORIDA

Pensacola, Dec. 11.-With the
entertainment of the delegates on
the bay by a boat ride, the program
which featured the annual meeting
of the Florida Equal Franchise
League drew to close here yester-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11
day. One of the most INN

day. One of the most imDr
tions of the session vas II.
to raise a fund in Flo.id.
purpose of advancing the,
the State. A good part 4.
decided upon was raised D.,
meeting. During their ente-
on the harbor several av,.
toned at the naval ayiatjr
at Pensacola will MAKE
fig hts in honor of the yisj-a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11

The news story that Kaiser Will
helm is seriously i'll and his physi-
clan says that he will not be able to
again visit the front. surprises no
one. What he has seen with his
physical eyes and the appalling pic
lures always in his mental vision,
with every horizon lurid with flames,
every plain strewn with corpses and
no end to the stupendous horror in
sight, are quite enough to lay low
the pride and undermine the egotism
of even the greatest of War Lords.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11

From the same ONCE 10 issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS.
4 weekly newspaper giving q resume
" local matters, crop conditions.
county affairs. etc. Sent anywhere
II 800 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-12-11
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

ME-. HETHERINGToN. EDITOR.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30

two brilliant boys; and their father was such
an admirer of Woodrow Wilson that the two
sons were sent to Princeton for their collie
giate education.
(They both won the Rhodes Scholarship,
emitting them to an Oxford course In Eng
land.)
When President Wilson went so far out of
his way to strike the Florida friend, who had
supported Wilson's Presidential aspirations
with time labor and money, one Of these for
mer pupils of Wilson wrote him, in remon-
STRANGE.
No GnSWer aoas giDcn
Then one of these fine Southern boys, a
graduate Of Princeton. went to Washington
to see his former beloved teacher, whom he
idohzcd
He stayed in Washington a week. hoping
to see his old teacher
Tumuzty refused to aHoec the young man
TO sec the President.
Yet Woodrow Wilson tells the people that
Tumulty never keeps back "a letter, or vlsi
tor. that should be received.
Senator John Sharp Williams actually
believes the same thing, for he wrote me to
that effect
But Bishop Rowe Of Alaska does not hold
that opinion, the California Shriners do not
hold it. end there is at least one high-minded
Florida gentleman-once devoted to Wood
row Wilson-who does not hold it.
IF this Administration continues to be rid
den by Cardinal Gibbons, by Tumulty, by
Archbishop Ireland, by John Barrett of the
Pan-American Union, and by Lumber Trust
poems, the Democratic party will go out of
power, under a blacler cloud than it did after
Cleveland's second term.
Stockton of Florida has been the stalvart
Progressive who has for twenty years fought
the battles of the common people against
Special Privilege.
He did his ievel best to carry his State for
the idolized Wilson and it was Wilson who
laid him low.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30
PreSident" Wilson PardOnS Sem
afOr Dune FletcRer'S
SOn-in-LaW.
The Cold Ingratitude Shown Stock
tom of Florida.

D1GSS ana OaIlllHCtIl, OIL OdlIOTHId, TWO
married men, debauched two school girls and
ran them off to Colorado where they all
blnkcd together in shameless vice.
But Caminetti was the son of a member Of
the Administration, and he had "pull" at
the Puritan headquarters.
Attorney General McReynolds was asked
to let the cases go over, the request coming
by telephone from the Bryan end of the Puri-
tan outfit.
Then the California District Attorney
vented bis Indignation against McReynolds;
whereupon the Wilson angle of the Puritan
bunch fired the District Attorney.
After awhile, the cases against the two mar
rie3 sirl-hunters came up, and they were con-
yicted.
That was so long ago that the Puritans of
all degrees hav~ nearly forgotten about It,
Dioos and Camhnetti have never been
punished, and never VII be.
Which seems to mean tlhat broken-hearted
fathers of ruined school girls, do not appeal
very much to the vIrtuous Putltans OF this
Administration.
Senator Dune Fletcher also has cr7n1lnai
In has family; and the Senator also has pllH
with the Puritans
The criminal member of Senator Fletcher's
family is his son-in-laW, DR.. Thomas }.
Kemp.
II NotIq seem tllaC III NeLlP pIacciSe
consisted largely in sending information
through the mail to acquaint ladies who had
slipped, where they could 90 for criminal
operations.
DR. Kemp was convicted in the District Of
Columbia, and was sentenced to t1c0 gears IN
the pc31itcntta1y.
He never served day Our Puritan Presi-
dent had mercy on the criminal-and not on
tie women victims
Dr. Kemp VIII pay small fine, but will
not 60 to the penitentlary: the President
p02dOned hem.
No wonder this Administration is becom-
ING a stencil in the nostrils of the whole
world. 1t can t0lh more virtue, and do more
dirt, than any Administration we have ever
had.
If there is anything that makes vicious
hypocrisy more detestabe, it is the everlast-
ing preachment of Honor, Virtue. Purity and
HoIier-than- thou sanctimoniousness.
Senator Fletcher has rotten record and
Woodrow Wilson knows it.
Fletcher has been Lumber Trust man,
Lorimer man, Standard Oil man, and so
forth
Fletcher is one of the statesmen who
promised the farmers Rural Credits, and
broke his promise.
Yet. President Wilson butted into the
Florida campaign, against his devoted friend,
John n. c. Stockton, and gave Fletcher
testimonial to his Progressiveness.
Every Roman Catholic in Florida knew
that Tumulty wrote the letter. and wanted
Fletcher reelected.
Therefore, the Romanists Of Florida
topped to Fletcher orer-night.
Stockton had that fight completely
whipped at the time the President and
Tumulty took a hand in it.
fouJer bJow Beneath the belt, no Presi-
dent p3,p7 Io0f
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30

impunity that it should not be unlawful for Wat
to mail excerpts from the same book printed
in his paper through the matt
Now let's see about this. If the Local should
begin next week detaching certain excerpts from
the Bible and printing it in every edition OF the
Local it might be criticised in view of the fact
that it was obscene.
The publishers mail with mpunity entire
copies of Shakespeare through the mail but if
the Local were to carry excerpts from Venus
and Adonis," which is in every unexpurgateG ed1-
ton of Shakespeare in the columns or tie Local
the editor would be prosecuted at once fot mail
ing obscene literature through the mails and
justly There is no printed matter in existence
more vile than this poem and yet it is constantly
sent through the mails.
This editorial shows that Mr.. Grubb has
never read what | have said, or done IN the
premises.
He does not seem to know that was pub
fishing series Of chapters myself, intended
to be put into book FORM and actually put
into that form.
He does not seem to know that the mali
cious Republican. Alexander Alderman, pichod
ont a fee0 passages frona this entire book, and
indicted me for the selected passages.
Mr. Grubb does not seem to know that The
said passages were taken from a magazine
which is in itself 6ooh, In the eye of the
law and that there was no allegation Of evil
purpose as to the book nor any denial Of its
truthfulness.
Mr. Grubb does not seem to know that
Judge Foster threw Akerman and his indict-
ment out of court, on the express ground that
Alderman had no right to pick and choose q
few extracts, without alleging that the pub
LEGATION itself was violative of law.
Mr.. Grubb cannot be supposed to know
that the malicious little Republican got the
second indictment by placing before the
A. T
caused to be printed and never mailed
to-wit, translation into English of the filthy
questions which unmarried priests put to
married women, and to unmarried girls, IN
the secrecy of the Confessional box.
Neither can Mr.. Grubb be supposed to know
that since my case was thrown out Of court,
higher Federal Court has gone much further
than Judge Foster went; and has emphatl-
caly reiterated the doctrine that the maya
zine or book. must be Judged in its entirely
and not by extracts.
After having learned all this, Mr.. Grub
may realize
(1) That the District Attorney is the
very man who did what Mr.. Grub says ought
not to be done
(2) That my entire magazine, or book,
should stand, or fall, as q 2Ch05e, IN the same
manner that any other book, Or magazine
should.
g. That if there are any 'Venus and
Adonis" passages in my magazine, it was
Alexander Alderman who nosed for those pas
sages.
az That Mr.. Alderman had to make ille-
gal use of translation from Latin, into Eng
lish before he could even win his case. behind
closed doors, where he had full control of
everything.
(5.) That if / can be punished for pub
fishing a book that contains Roman Catholic
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-07-30
Here is Am Editor Who rs a Fair
Sample of Those Who ssCuss''
Watson. Without Know
ing why.

FREQUENTLY, you hear some one
denouncing "Tom Watson" You ask
him. do you know the man you denounce?
Have you ever seen him? Have you ever
read his paper, or magazine, or books? Have
you ever heard him speak?"
To each of these questions the answer will
be, "No!"
Then you inquire Of the citizen-"Will you
read paper, magazine or book Of Watson,
if I bring it to you?"
The answer is, "No."
"Will you go to hear him speak, if we can
get him to make an appointment here?"
The answer Will be, 'NOr'
What can you do with a person who seals
his mind against opening? What can be
done with those who won't read, won't see
for Themselves and who persevere in cultivat-
ing a political prejudice that has forgotten
20h0t c0UScd its 01On existence?
Probably, Mr. Clifford Grub, Editor Of
the Worth County Local, is just an average
man, neither better nor worse than the COM
mon run Of us.
This is what he knows about my case in the
Federal Court
THE GOVERNMENTS CASE AGAINST TOM
WATSON.
Tom Watson and his friends have, discussed his
so much shat It's rcceivini attention and
defense all of which is not warranted.
For instance they argue that as the Catholics
mailed entire book through the mails with
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-22

nearly his equal in wealth as he can
find her-and girl remarkable for
nothing else.
Young Vincent Astor married a
girl whose mother is the heiress of a
great fortune which she, of course,
will inherit William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., married Virginia Fair, CalifOr-
mia heiress who could pretty nearly
match him in millions. John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., gave his heart and
fortune to the daughter of Senator
Aldrich Of Rhode Island, wealthy
banker whose financial rating is so
good that even John D., ST., would
lend him money if he happened to
need it.
A noteworthy fact about the wives
of all these young men is that they
are in no way unusual except for the
amount of money they represent. You
can go into any department store or
any factory and see. half a dozen girls
their sUpeTiors in beauty. Nor has
any one of them given evidence of
mental briliancy. It's possible, in
deed it's likely, that young million
aires don't want brilliant wives. And
they don't seem to be beauty-seekers,
either, with the exception of young
Morgan, who is marrying a relatively
poor girl.
Generally speaking, 1 don't believe
in the sort of optimism which tries
to make men and women contented
when being discontinued would do
them lot more good. And since l
read that the National Manufactur-
ers' Association used to pay the sal
aries of orators over the ChautauqUa
circuits doing out "cheer-up stuff
l believe in platform optimism less
than ever!
Still, the poor young man may find
comfort in the thought that the As
tors and RockefeIIers and Wander
bits with the millions have not been
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-22

wished for the .'most beautiful wo-
man in the world. He got her,
though at the cost of a 10 years war.
And today it's the poor young man
who wins beauty sometimes a
10 years war along with it. The rich
man, to be sure, takes the same
chances as to war, only he hasn't
the compensation of charm and
beauty.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-22
CENSUS NOTE

Herman Weinsensel is erecting a
new addition to his residence.-BTis-
toll Cor. Sun Prairie Countryman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
ALL DEALS FAIL;
FIGHT GOING ON
Negotiations Between Feds and
Majors Brought to
Termination.
ANOTHER BAD YEAR SURE
Possible That an Independent Team
Will Be Placed in Cleveland
This Season.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 19.-Negotia-
lions for baseball peace are at an end
as far as the Federal league is con-
cerned. The independents will con-
tinue their fight against organized
baseball with greater vigor than ever.
Whether Cleveland, as Federal
league stronghold, will take an active
part in the war will be decided later.
Information to this effect was given
out by President Gilmore of the Fed
eral league yesterday. Gilmore, In
company with George S. Ward, owner
of the Brooklyn Federal league club,
and w. Z. Robertson, owner of the
Buffalo Federal league club, were in
the city to consider a proposition Tor
the placing of a Federal league club
in Cleveland in 1915. The Cleveland
site was approved.
Must Wait for Meeting.
Following several conferences with
NJ. F. Bramley, leading spirit among
local men who are anxious to purchase
a Federal league franchise, Gilmore an
nounced that a definite answer to
Bramley's plea will not be given until
the Federal league meets on Nov. Is.
The announcement that negotiations
for peace and for the purchase of the
Chicago Cubs by Charles Weeghman
had been declared off brought forth
Gilmore's war declaration.
81 never did believe that there would
be peace this year." said the Fed chief.
I'VE were willing to have peace. We
were willing to meet the other fellows
half way. Within a short time we will
make public the peace offer that we
made to organized baseball, and l
know then that the public will recog-
nise that we were as fair as could be.
Insisted en- Being a Major.
while l don't feel at liberty to re-
veal at this time the lines along which
the peace negotiations were conduct
ed, l will say that we were emphatic
in insisting that our league must re-
tain its status as major league, and
that the other fellows insisted on max
ing a minor league of our circuit
"I tell you, we won't be bulldozed.
We were honest in our efforts to have
peace. We realize just as we'll as any
one else that war is an expensive prop
osition. But we realize, too, that we
are just as capable of meeting the war
expenses as the other fellows.
This must be a fight to the finish.
We can stand the fight. We have gone
too far to quit now. We won't be forced
out"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
WHITE MATCHED FOR GO
WITH JOHNNY KlLBANE

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 19.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for ten
round bout in Milwaukee Nov. 80 be-
tween featherweight champion Johnny
Kilbane of this city and Charlie White,
the sensational Chicago lightweight.
White recently fought Champion
Welsh to a draw in ten rounds in Mil
waukee and is credited with a point
victory over Willie Richie at the time
the latter was ruling monarch of the
1913 Founders.
Manager Dunn insisted that White
do 131, but White demurred and it
finally was agreed that each tighter
make 1873 at 6 o'clock.
This will be the second meeting be-
tween White and Kilbane. Johnny
trimmed Lewis protege in a IL round
bout in this city on Dec. %, 1917
though officially it was a no decision
contest.
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
SOX AND GIANTS TOUR
SOUTH AMERICA NEXT

New York, Nov 19.-Manager John
McGraw of the Giants bobbed up yes
terday, after a months vacation in
Maryland. He announced that he mad
Comiskey intended to take the White
Sox and Giants to South America next
winter. I'VE probably will visit the
Panama exposition in San Francisco
first" McGraw said, land then sail
from that city to the canal. Ted Sulli-
van will arrange ourtour, which will
take in all of the leading South Ameri-
can cities"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Furniture Five Creeps Up in
Commercial League Race by
Winning Both Contests.
H. ERICKSON ROLLS 22O
Moline Team Goes to Third Place,
While GLIB Men Drop to Cellar
Many Good Games.
Standing of League.

The Rock Island Pillow company
team waded into the league leaders
last night at the club alleys. taking
two out OF three games. The Plow
club is now in third place as result OF
the victory. II. Erickson was high
man on these alleys with count OF
532, getting 22O in his second game.
and Swanson of the Pillow team was
close second with 531. Thoms rolled
PIP in his first game.
At the st. Julien alleys the Furni-
ture five grabbed two out of three
games from the club team, pushing
them TO the cellar. Taber led the at
tack of the c. & S. quintet with 529.
while Jensen rolled 522. Taber got
217 for a starter and Jensen finished
strong with 213. McKahin of the club
team rolled 212 in his second game.
Sharpe of the club team started out
badly with a poor count of 80. The
ScOres-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Shaded area shows precipitation
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Yesterdays northern low which has
moved slowly eastward to southern
Ontario is being followed by an area
OF high pressure which is central over
South Dakota and is attended by a
cold wave which has overspread the
M'ssouriand Upper Mississippi val
leys. Temperatures below zero are
reported from Manitoba, western Min
nesota, the eastern portion of the Da-
kotas and northwestern Iowa. The
western high remains central over
southern Idaho. Light precipitation
has occurred in the Missouri valley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
ZUPPKE HAS NEW PLAYS
Surprises in Store for Badgers in Sat
urdays Game.

Urbana. Ill. Nov. 19.-Captain
Chapman's IIlini were vigorously drill
ed last night in a set of new plays de-
signed by Zuppke for the Wisconsin
contest. Uncorking all his tactics
against Chicago required new plays.
Zuppke announced last night that Sen
neff. last years gritty little half back
understudy, and Poirot, a reserve for
ward, had been added to the list of
nlini to be taken to Madison. Zuppke's
men will entrain this evening after a
brief practice and spend the night at
the Hotel LaSalle. Chicago, proceed
ing to Madison Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FRED MERKLE MARRIES
A GRAND RAPIDS GIRL

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 1s-As
the elimination of a romance which
began when Fred Merkle, star first
baseman for the New York Giants, was
a member of the Tecumseh club OF the
Southern Michigan league in 1908, the
ball player was married here to Miss
Ethel Bronson of this city, formerly Of
Tecumseh. Merkle has spent the last
two winters working as composilor
on a Fennville, Mich, paper. MerEe
and his bride will take a short wed
ding trip before taking up residence N
Toledo, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
REFUSES NEBRASKA GAME
Harvard Athletics Manager Turns
Down Post-Season Tilt Offer.

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19.-Harvard
University football team will not meet
the Nebraska University eleven in a
post-season game this year, according
to a special dispatch published by an
afternoon paper here containing a
statement of T. X Richards, manager
of athletics at the eastern college.
Harvard will close the season with
the Yale game next Saturday. is Mr..
Richards statement.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 19.-Man-
ager Richards last night answered
telegram from the University of Ne
braska inviting Harvard to play post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Hirsch 20 Box conIey.

Chicago. Nov. 19.-Joe Thomas. juve-
nile boxing impresario. announced last
night that he had signed frankie Con-
ley and Ruby Hirsch for a bout before
the club offering the best terms Joe
says he already has a club in sight
that will stage the bout.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

the northern portion of the lake region
and on the south Atlantic and extreme
north Pacific coasts. The eastward
movement of the South Dakota high
and the approach of an area of low
pressure and high temperature which
is central over Alberta will be at
tended by partly cloudy and warmer
weather in this vicinity tonight and
Friday.