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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-13
CORRESPONDING Action.

1.-The papers say the pursuing
u,;as are sweeping through the coun'
try" For ,n..
- suppose that accounts lor 'ns
pursued ones dusting'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-13
ship's Draft"

Draft is the distance In feet from
ae lowest part Of the bottom Oh :
'essel to the actual water line u
"nich the vessel Is floating
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-13
Va, Some Secrets.

.,,s, all. women can keep secie..
live them telling the truth about
,heiI husbands Smart Set
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-13
On the Curve.

On the Curve.
In going quickly around . sharp
curve the inside wheels of . vehicle
naturally leave the ground arst
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-13

Olive rssss u~s Lsaessa
Olives are declared to be the 100
sst-lived fruit trees. some In Syria
having borne abnrd-nt c." !rr more
than four hundred ves,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18

The Bureau of the Census, Depart
ment of Commerce, is about to issue a
report on the stocks Of leaf tobacco
held by manufacturers and dealers on
April l, 1915. The aggregate amount
of tobacco reported as IN the hands OF
manufacturers and dealers in United
States bonded warehouses and bonded
manufacturing warehouses on April l,
1915, was 1,481, 600, 900 pounds. The
total just given is more than 100, 600, 600
pounds greater than the corresponding
one for April /, 1914, and is about 1922
600, 600 pounds greater than the April
l, 1918, figure. Chewing, smoking,
snuff, and export types formed 69.2
per cent of the total leaf tobacco held;
cigar types, 26.1 per cent; and import
ed types, At per cent. Of the cigar
types, Pennsylvania, with 127, ,200,
900 pounds, or SO per cent of the total
for all types, was first; Ohio
was next, with 81, 900, 900 pounds, or
6.1 per cent; and Wisconsin third,
with 88, 700, 900 pounds, or per cent.
Of the total, $40, ,000,0 pounds was
returned as ''actual weight, and 911,
900, 900 as marked weight, that is,
the weight marked on the container
when the tobacco was packed, and for
which an allowance for shrinkage must
be made The Censds Bureau in pre-
pairing it's regular semi-annual tobacco
reports has had the active cooperation
and assistance of the Bureau Of Inter-
nal Revenue and of the manufacturers
and dealers. 1t is the intention Of the
bureau to issue an annual report after
the publication of the October stats
tics.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERTON, WIS, June rs, ISIS.

EDGERTON, Wis, June Is, 1915.
Despite unfavorable weather which
has prevailed during the week, con-
siderable transplanting of the tobacco
crop has been carried on and if plants
of proper size were only plentiful
enough it is not improbable that most
of the crop might be in the fields by
the end of the month. The cool wealth
er has not brought along the beds
nearly as fast as could be wished
Abundant rains, however, have put the
soil in excellent condition for a good
stand and early roofing of the plants
when transferred to the fields. The
heavy work of transplanting the crop
will be under way the coming week.
Aside from some work yet to be COM
pleted about the warehouses before the
packing is finished, there is very little
of interest occurring about the local
markets. An occasional lot is being
lifted from growers hands and some
low grade goods moving, but the mar
ket for cured leaf is desperately quiet
in all lines. Neither can anyone pre-
dict date for improvement.
The shipments out of storage reach
only about 350cs from this market to
all points since last report.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
New York.
NEW YORK, June II, 1915.

NEW Orh, u uIlS L. IVAO.
Trade in the leaf market. with the
exception of business in Sumatra, is
being carried on in the same hand-to-
mouth method that has prevailed for
some time past. With the imported
wrapper, however, business continues
rather brisk Notwithstanding the COM
plants heard on every side regarding
the high prices. There is evidence that
the many predictions made prior to the
first sale, regarding the scarcity of
available tobacco coming from the
Island of Sumatra, have not been ex-
aggerated. For as the sales progress,
less tobacco seems to be taken by the
Americans. The rapidity with which
the largest cigar manufacturers are
contracting for Sumatra tobacco is
evidence that they are satisfied that
the early predictions regarding the
shortage of the crop, in so far as to-
bacco for this country is concerned, are
really fact journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
PENNSYLVANIA.
LANCASTER, PA, June 9, 1915.


Planting time in Lancaster county is
here at last. The weather the past
week has not been all that could have
been desired, but as the spring was
passing and the plants were ready, the
growers decided that it was time to go
ahead and set out the plants. Nice
sized, healthy plants they have this
season, too. The ground was very wet
and the air chilly the past week, but
planting was general and by the time
the Tobacco Leaf reaches its readers
this week the bulk of the planting will
have been finished The middle of
June, at the farthest, unless cold
snap comes, will see the crops all
planted. But since the planting began
the temperature has fallen dangerously
near to the freezing point and anybody
acquainted with the tender young to-
bacco plant knows that a very mild nip
will wilt it. However, considering all
conditions, the growers now believe the
crop starts with fairly decent pros
poets. Under better aspects, indeed,
than could have been hoped for week
ago, when it was believed the sendoH
for the 1915 crop would be distinctly
bad.
Last months cigar output in the
Ninth Internal Revenue District was
So, 949, 460 cigars, as shown by the sale
of stamps, but from the way in which
June has opened it is believed this rec
ord will be beaten by good margin.
While there is much to be desired in
the way of improvement, the condi-
tions the past week or ten days have
grown so much better as to afford
great encouragement to the manufac-
turerS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
BALDwINsvILLE, N. Y, June 9, 1915

BALDWINSVILLE, N. y, June y, 1919.
Either a disease or worm has been
working havoc in some New York state
tobacco fields lately, and steps are be-
ing taken by the growers to eliminate
the evil before further harm is done.
Experts Of the Department of Agri-
culture of the United States have been
making an examination Of number of
beds in the Empire tobacco belt during
the week, with the view of determining
Just what the cause of the damage is.
Tobacco growers are waiting anxiously
for a report on the case, for although
little serious damage has been done yet,
this is time when the crop should be
in the healthiest possible condition for
transplanting, and growers do not want
to set out any plants that will die or
cause others to die in the fields. What
little frost damage there was fort
night ago in New York fields has been
viewed with equanimity by growers
and it is agreed that no permanent
harm will come to the crop from the
freeze that occurred the last few days
in Nav.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18

Continued on Page 81
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
NEW YoRK. June 9. 1915.

Except in Florida and Georgia, where
the crop was planted some time ago
and has already obtained large
growth, the work of setting out the
new tobacco is in full blast. The warm
weather Of April gave hopes that the
crop would be in the ground much
earlier than usual, but the cold spell
that lasted throughout May made it i'm
possible to begin this work as ear " as
was expected. In most sections there
is an abundance Of young plants, and
the next week will undoubtedly see
practically all cigar leaf crops in the
fields. So far as business is concerned,
no sales have been reported, and do
mestic types are quiet. Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
NOTE BOOK SKETCHES

An unusual sight of corn planting,
potato planting and tobacco transplant
ing carried on in adjacent fields that
can be witnessed these days as one
drives through the country is only an
other indication of a most peculiar sea-
son. AS between corn and tobacco the
best bet is that the tobacco crop has
the best chance of the two
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18

Paul H. Hirschhorn, with the United
Cigar Manufacturers Co. of New Y ork,
has published an interesting article
telling why his firm use Sumatra to-
bacco for wrapper purposes. After
giving an account of the origin Of the
Sumatra industry, Mr.. Hirschhorn con-
tinues as follows: In recent years the
Island of Sumatra has produced from
22O, 900 to 280, 600 bales of wrapper to-
bacco, of which about 10 to Is per cent
is imported for use by American manu-
facturers. AS the duty imposed on
of 81. IS per pound naturally applies to
very highest grades Of the crop can be
imported into our country, which ac-
counts for the apparently small per-
centage used in the United States. The
raising of Sumatra tobacco has not only
increased rapidly, but the art of rails
ing it has developed in the most scien-
tific manner, so that today this island
raises practically the only wrapper to-
bacco which has all the features cigar
manufacturer looks for. In order to
produce product perfect in every
way, Sumatra raisers utilize their land
only once in seven years, and its cult
walton, harvest and asserting are done
entirely by hand by Chinese coolie lab
or. During the six years that the land
is not planted, the natural growth of
weeds, bamboo, and general brush is
allowed to flourish and is then burned
off, the roots being plowed under to
enrich the soil. Climatic and soil con-
ditions III Sumatra have been found
ideal to such an extent that it has
proved impossible to produce Sumatra
tobacco in other countries where the
seed has been transplanted. The en-
tire crop is marketed at Amsterdam,
Holland, by unique system of inscrip-
tions, and to this market we send our
own representatives to secure, at first
hand, that portion of the crop best
suited to our needs. There are twelve
of these inscriptions held every year
from spring to summer. The large
proportion of the crop of Sumatra to-
bacco which America can not utilize is
taken over mostly by the European
countries where the Sumatra tobacco is
fully as much leader as a cigar wrap
per as in our country. Year after year
the manufacturer can rely on securing
practically the same kind of tobacco
from the Island of Sumatra, as the
quantities are always sufficiently large
to insure securing, even out of poor
crop. his particular style of tobacco.
This places the Sumatra tobacco for
wrapper purposes far ahead of any
other variety used in our country, es-
pecially for large manufacturers who
want to keep their product uniform IN
taste, burn and looks, year after year.
Each bale of Sumataa tobacco produces
wrappers fer about one hundred thou
sand cigars, and this company con-
sumes annually about four thousand
bales, valued at approximately $500 per
bale, duty paid.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18
BANKING
and
BUSINESS

Every man can advance
his business interests by
associating himself with a
good, strong bank. The
bank can aid him in adj
vancing his business. The
methods we employ for the
benefit of our patrons are
such as to make accounts
of business men of the ut
most value in the more i'm
portant matters as we'll as
in the details.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-06-18

The Connecticut leaf tobacco trade
has learned that the United States De-
partment of Agriculture is contemplate
ing an extensive series of experiments
in the curing of Connecticut leaf to-
bacco, with view of determining the
process by which this class of leaf can
best be rendered suitable for the mar
ket. 1t is expected that the Depart
ment, when the necessary appropria-
ton is secured, will establish an expert
mental station in the neighborhood of
Here curing will be tested
out by various ways and means, in ac-
cordance with systematic inquiry which
of the Department
have been instituting recently in the
Connecticut tobacco belt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
ON OLD SANTA FE TRAIL
Dust Hangs Low in Motor Rush to
Golden West.

Kansas City. Mo-. June 25--Dust
today hangs low on the old Santa Fe
trail Once again the California rush
is on. But the prairie schooners have
given way to touring cars, racers, run
abouts and family cars
On fair days a steady stream of
autos loaded down with tents, suit
cases. stoves and bathtubS. passes
down Grand avenue. which happens to
be part of the trail
Where are they from Oh, every
where. They advertise their home
bug" too. Nearly always with PEN
nants, Somewhere, Penn, to Cali
fornia,'' or .+Downeast, Conn" or Up
north, Michigan" Sometimes signs
are painted all over the car-provid-
ing somebody is mixing advertising
with pleasure
khaki clothes predominate- Regu-
lar honest-to-goodness catalogue tour
ing clothes. Evidently no one ever
leaves his ear after he starts for the
golden west They must show the
wear and tear of the trip They must
carry mud from every state along
their route Sort of souvenir stunt,
you know
Occasionally the gasoline trail sees
a stranger-or two-walking to the
exposition-and selling hair pins or
shoe strings TO make expenses Then
maybe it's a donkey cart or dog car
TO maui the com missary department
But the old trail is busy-they are GO
ing west in droveS and seeing Amer
lea at close range
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
H0RNBAKER FREE
Jury Acquits Him of Murder OF
George McElheny.
killing of LOuisburg PoStmas-
ter Still a Mystery.

PaoIa. Kan, June 25-Roscoe
Hornbaker is not guilty of killing
George McElheny, postmaster of
Louisburg, Kan, q jury decided late
Thursday The postmaster was slain
October 4. 1912. Hornbaker, a rural
mail carrier, was charged by Mrs Nc
Elheny, the widow, with having a
strange power over her The widow
waS-the principal witness for the state
Hornbaker denied her story
McElheny and his wife. Mrs Maude
McEIheny, and their two children re
turned to their home in Louisburg
from band concert the night of Oc-
tober 1. 1912. about $40 o'clock The
man went into the kitchen. the others
prepared for bed. and. according to
Mrs. McE1heny. few minutes later
the wife and children heard a shot
When they reached the kitchen the
postmaster had fallen to the floor and
was dying He had been shot from
outside the house. through a door.
The trial occupied fourteen days
One hundred and thirty-Seven wit
uesses were called. most of whom tes-
titled concerning gossip which had
been passed in 1OuiSburg concerning
the murder and the affairs of Mrs Nc
E,Iheny and Hornbaker-
Only Two Ballots Taken
The jury deliberated two and a half
hours before reaching d verdict Two
The first stood eleven to one for ac-
quittaI- because one juror didn't I'M
derStaud part of the testiHlopr- The
jury reported to the court room and
listened while the part of the case was
read to them by the stenographer- On
the next ballot HornhakeF,s innocence
was declared unanimously
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
DERNBURG ISAT BERGEN
Voluble German Reaches Port After
Slight Delay.

Christiania Via London), June "a
The steamer BergenSfjord- on which
DR.. Bernhard Dernburg was a pasSen-
ger on his way from the United States
70 Germany. arrived last night at Ber-
gen. after being detained at kirkwau.
Scotland. by the British authorities
DR.. Dernburg. who had been en-
gagged in presenting TO the United
States the German side of the Euro
pean war. sailed from New York on
the BergeEsfjord on June L. He was
granted a safe conduct by the allies.
A London dispatch dated June 20. but
delayed by the censor until yesterday.
made the first announcement that the
Bergensfjord had been DELAYED at
kirkWaH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
DON'T WASH YOUR
HAIR WITH SOAP

When you wash your hair, don't
use soap Most soaps and prepared
shampoos contain too much alkalI.
which is very injurious, as il dries
the scalp and makes the hair
brittle
The best thing to use is just plain
muISified cocoanut oil, for this is
pure and entire-y greaseleSs- It's
very cheap. and beats soaps or any
thing else all to pieces You can
get this at asy dug store, and a
few ounces will last the whole fam
iIy for months
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about a tea
spoonful is all that is required 1t
makes an abundance of rich,
creamy lather. cleanses thoroughly,
and -inses cut easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly. and is
soft fresh Iookir g. bright. fluffy.
wavy and easy to handle Besides,
il looSens and takes out every par
ticle of dust. dirt and dandruff.-
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25

If you have a pet dog who is infested
with fleaS take a little P D. o. mix
ture in your hand and rub it into the
fur Then watch the fIeas loop the
loop They will be deader than King
Solomon before they hit the floor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Colonel House Brings No Hope
of Early Settlement.
Wilson's Best Friend Gives Inn.
pressions of Trip Abroad.
RIGID TERMS BAR ARBITERS
All Nations Fix Price Common.
surate With Blood Loss,
Berlin Inspires People to Look
for Colonial Expansion.

New York, June 25.-President Will
son does not see any prospect for an
early peace in Europe Yesterday Col
E NJ House, his close friend and I'M
official envoy to Europe, gave the
president the result of his sojourn of
several months in the principal CAPT.
tails OF Europe, where he talked init
mately with the responsible officials
Of the German, British and French
governments. He also disclosed the
various beliefs and currents of public
opinion in each country as to what
might be the possible terms of peace,
and the trend of public opinion toward
the different peace proposals that have
been brought forward from time to
time in informal discussions by the
press and peace organizations
Wilson Guided by House.
The president has been guided
largely by what Colonel House has
in handling the delicate question of
renewing the efforts of the United
States to bring about a general ac-
ceprance of mediation. Mr.. Wilson
himself said last Tuesday to the Wash
ington correspondents that no tenders
Of good offices had been made to any
of the warning powers, but that all
foreign governments we'll understood
the willingness of the United States to
be of any SerTiSe in any way possible
to pave the way for an approach to
peace
One fundamental thing the president
has learned. which has affected the
efforts of the United States to make
peace. is the unpreparedneSs of public
opinion in some of the belligerent
countries as to terms which they fear
their adversaries might advance, or
that are already discussed
Each Exaets Pound of Flesh
Colonel House observed during his
trip to Europe that public opinion in
some countries was most inSiStent on
terms which the governments of those
countries had already learned in var1-
Gus WAYS would not be acceptable to
their opponents. In all countries he
found that there had developed among
the masses a desire for a settlement
that would be commensurate with the
sacrifice in blood
In Germany il seemed, according to
relia BILE information given to the pres
ident- that the object of the large and
influential party was to prepare public
opinion for a reaIiza ton of the idea
that Gfermany'S best interests lie in
colonial zexpansioH and the inciderEtaf
Development OF overseas commerce,
rather than in territorial extension in
Europe. The question which Colonel
House thinks likely will play most
important part in any peace negoua-
tiOns is freedom of the seas. the
principle that the property of all prI-
vate cities. except contraband- shall
be exempt from capture or seizure on
the high seas in time of war
The foregoing point was discussed
at first and second Hague conferences
which brought forth the so-called
declaration of London" but no gem
eral ratification or agreement OF
which was ever secured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
Former Secretary Calls Ma
tional Honor a Sentiment.
COmmOner Addresses .Friends
of Peace" i'm New York.
DEA0UNCES THE LIMOGES
He Urges Sympathizers to Use
Influence With Wilson.
Believes Nation Would Back
President in Declaring War.

New York. June 25--William ]
Bryan addressing meeting in Madi-
son Square Garden Thursday night
under the auspices of the riendS of
Peace" an organization of various So
ciesies o. American citizens. gave his
definition of national honor and
called upon his hearers TO cast your
influence, not in favor of either side.
but in favor of peace for the United
States and against war with any of
the belhgerent nations" He reiter-
ated his views regarding his proposal
to submit all disputes to an internal
tional commission.
After Mr. Bryan spoke. the meeting
passed a resolution calling upon the
government to place an embargo on
the expectation of arms and ammUnl-
ton Mr.. Bryan began his address by
declaring his conviction that the peo-
pie of this country would stand solldiy
behind the president in case of war
But whether We should engage in war,
he said, is a question which still is
open for discussion
National Honor Defined.
Mr. Bryan asserted that there is no
question but that the nations honor
shall be maintained but only a QueS-
ton as 70 what is national honor and
what it requires. He defined national
honor as a sentiment and sentiment as
one of the greatest factors in human
progress.
spoke OIL Cne CnaQSo III sentiment
in respect to a resort to physical force
As an instance he said that duelling,
once a custom in the United States,
was now forbidden This, ne said, has
been accomplished by those who have
taken their stand on the side of intel
1igence and morality.
In the matter of war" Mr.. Bryan
continued, I'VE have made less prog
reSs than along some other lines. part
" because a few profit largely by
war; partly because race and national
hatreds have blinded many to the
truth and partly because international
rivalries have been made a pretext
for preparation which themselves pro-
woke war.
Jingoes Denounced
Mr.. Bryan denounced the men,
who. he said, call up this national
to take up arms These
men, he continued, do not speak
the mind or the conscience of the
define national honor in
terms that are becoming obsolete
They do not represent either the in
terests or the purpose OF the Ameri-
can people
Il appeal 20 you 10 make your
vie MS known Ito the presto; emit that he
may De strengthened a gainst thesinso- |
lent Ella NOR of those who ridiculc |
peaceful methods and as if nfufia ted |
by the scent of blood, are believing |
for war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
PIONEER SADDLER DEAD
Wilson Askew, Veteran Head of h
c. Firm. Passes Away.

Kansas City. Mo-. June 25.-Wilson
Askew. 3 years old president of the
Askew Saddlery company ana in BUSH
ness in Kansas City for fifty years. is
dead at his home here He was born
in Illinois and served in the Civil war
Mr.. Askew settled in Leavenworth
immediately after the war and Later
removed to Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-25
PESkY BED BUGS
KILLS FLEAs ON DOGS

it is often used as deodorizer and
diSinfectant.