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Evening journal., 1915-12-14

centage OF .3S1. The lowest tail
onder in the league was the st. Louis
Browns Of 1911. led by old Jack O'Con-
nor His raistits won forty-five games
and lost l07. for percentage of .236
II looked as though Connie Mack
was aiming for a new low-water
mark last season. and Connie surely
tried hard. but he could not bring in
the Athletics any worse than 2S3
Three other American League clubs
have Jared worse, the Senators Of
1904 and 1909 and the Browns Of 1911.
Evening journal., 1915-12-14
What Do You Want
10 kRow About Sport

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
Kindly LET me know il johnny Dun
dee ever defeated Charlie White. NJ
No. Both battles were ten-round no
decision affairs.
Evening journal., 1915-12-14
TRAP SHOOTING
BASKET BALL
WESTMINSTER MEN
TO ENTERTAIN.

To ENIEhIAINs
An interesting program has been
arranged for the meeting of the Men 5
Society of Westminster Presbyterian
Church. to be held Thursday evening
in the chapel of the church. w. Byrd
Page will entertain with number
of acts Of illusion and magic. DR..
Harry Hickman will also be on the
program, giving a number Of witty
and original stories.
Evening journal., 1915-12-14

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
In a football game the quarter of
team A made long heave to one Of
his men who stood on the other side
of the field. but in back of the line
This man missed the ball. but picked
u from the ground and. skrting team
r. scored. The captain of team r
claimed the scored touchdown did not
count. as il was made on an incom-
pleted forward pass. The captain of
team A claimed that as the ball was
not passed over the line II was not
an incompleted forward pass, but
Technically a fumbled ball. and as
such his men had a right to pick up
the ball and run for touchdown.
Kindly tell who's right r.
It's hard 10 answer this question
without having seen the play. III the
pass was a lateral pass the score
counted. However. il may have been
an Illegal forward pass that called
ier a penalty in addition to nuIl'fca.
tion Of the score.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
A GERMAN ADMIRAL'S
GOOD SENSE

From no German source since the
war begun have we heard any note
of conservatism or moderation in
the matter of Germany's relation
either to her foes or the neutral ma
tions whose rights she has ignored
or trampled on in her methods of
warfare The brazen clangOr of her
defiance has rung harshly in the
ears of all mankind and in her SUI
preme self-confidence she has justi-
fed to herself every act of her army
and navy regardless of its cruelty
and inhumanity and trespass upon
the rights of neutrals, and urged no
abatement or relaxing in doing
those things that have made her
warfare at times as pitiless and
ruthless as medieval barbarism.
But new voice now comes out of
Germany and from high station,
too, which seems to indicate that
the period of delirium is passing
and sober second thought is show
/ ing things in a clearer light to at
least some of the powers that be.
The dispatches this morning tell us
that Admiral Won Truppell warns
Germany through the press to con-
slider carefully whether the value of
German submarine warfare is great
enough to Justify it's continuance at
the expense of rupture with the
United States. He thinks not; and
affirming that break with this
country would immensely compli-
cate things for Germany, urges that
submarine warfare against merchant
ships be modified or abandoned and
the submarines confine their atten-
ton to the war ships of the allies.
1t is the voice of sanity and there
are strong indications that the Ger
man government will heed it at least
to The extent of respecting OuI
rights upon the sea hereafter and
thus avoid the danger of any rup.
ture in friendly relations,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
FIRST OIL BURNING
ENGINES IN FLORIDA I
NOW RUNNING

Mimi, July 6-When the first
oil burning locomotive TO be used on
the Florida East Coast Railway
pulled into the Miami roundhouse
Saturday night it's arrival marked
an innovation in the transportation
methods of the company, for tomor-
row morning at $3.50 this locomo-
tive, pulling train So, will leave
Miami for Key West with Engineer
5. C. Aiken rat the throttle, and
thereafter will take its place on the
regular run, to be followed quickly
by others of the same type.
Although the railway company
has been conducting experiments
with such locomotives at the main
shops in st. Augustine for some
time past, the locomotive arriving
last night is the first practical out?
put of the shop where it was con-
| verted from a coal burner to AN oil
burner
Now, it having been determined
that the method of converting the
cial burners into oil burners, as en-
bodied in the locomotive arriving
last night, is successful, five others
have already been changed into oil
burners and are about ready to be
sent to this, the fourth district.
1t is estimated that two locomo-
tives will be converted from coal
burners to oil burners at the St.
Augustine shops every week until
finally fifty oil burners will be in
operation on the road.
There are also about forty-eight
lighter engines which probably will
be converted later, but which for
some time to come will continue to
take care of the traffic on the branch
lines, and to pull work trains, etc.
Later they probably will be rebuilt,
giving the road an entire equipment
of oil burning engines.
1t is estimated that it will require
twenty tire engines of the oil
burning type to handle the traffic
on the southern division of the
road, that number of coal burners
, being now employed here. AS fast
as the cial burners are remodeled
they will be sent to the fourth dis
trict, leaving the northern districts
to be supplied last.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

to the life of the man whose birth
this day marks is remarkable. for
from all his connections he has
drawn the honey of existence, the
sweet and wholesome, until now he
drips wisdom and kindness, good
cheer and hope without doubt.
What a range for the biographer
Born a farmer boy, his early life
passed in the restricted opportuni-
ties given the pioneers child in
Michigan; a printer, writer in
public life both in his own tSate and
in the broad fields of national SER
vice-in all his eager mind seized
upon facts, assimilated them, and
made his deductions from them, and
made them so correctly that now a
review of his efforts in the past
show almost a prophetic power to
accurately estimate the value of pol
icies
"Who can measure the good of
such a life. the power of such an ex-
ample. the inspiration resulting from
such attainments, obtained entirely
from the operation of fidelity to re-
sponsibilities, the practice of the
simple virtues of thrift. of prudence,
of unfailing courage. and above all
- &c I'm 10 hpr
1T marks the worth of high pur-
poses, and shows the rewards that
come from being steadfast to them
The closing years show no deviation
from the rules which have governed
his entire life, and the readers of
the Patriot daily advantage them
selves by his continued ability to
present to them wise judgment
upon men and measures of the day,
Judgment ripe and rare, clear and
true, and free from PASSIONS dross M
reason reduced to its simplest terms.
From those blessed by daily as
with him, from all who
know him, there comes to him on
this, his natal day, congratulations
and good wishes, hopes for returns,
and that to the end, as it has from
the be9inning, his life may continue
to express it's goodness and wis
dom.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
DOG TESTIFIES IN
HIS OWN BEHALF

A Scotch collie dog was acquitted
in police court Thursday OF the
charge of being fierce and VIC
ious." The complaint. which was
directed against the owner, John
DeLanders, but meant far more to
the dogs welfare than to Johns,
was signed by T. P. Murphy, "a
street car motorman. Mr.. Murphy
resides at 317 Bush street and Mr..
DeLanders at 307 Bush street.
Each of them owns a dog. and re-
Gently the two animals participant
ed in a chewing match on Mr.. Muir
phys front porch. The latters lit
tie girl tried to pass them at the
time they were "scrapping' and the
Scotch collie snarled and snapped
at her, perhaps thinking she was
bent on stopping the fight.
Mr.. Murphy testified that while
the dog did not bite the child and
could not say the canine had ever
bitten anyone, still he cOntended
the Scotch collie had a disposition
to be barking and stirring up a
row.
HE is a regular fight promoter,
and a nuisance in the neighbor-
hood said the complainant to the
judge.
The defendant had brought into
court a raft of children, who have
been in the habit of playing with
the dog, and they declared the dog
was all right. Then came the dogs
turn, and he took the stand in his
own defense, jumping up into the
witness chair, wagged his tail,
blinked his eyes and extended his
tongue and shook himself joyously
as Judge Dahlem talked to him and
asked him if it were true that he
was naughty.
"He never bites, just plays" re-
marked one of the children while
patting him on the back. 4,
The judge concluded the dog was
not vicious or dangerous and re
turned verdict of not guilty.
Jacksonville (Mich.), Patriot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
WIFE OF SUBMARINE INVENT.
OR LIVES IN FLORIDA

A Miami paper prints the follow
ing:
THE death-dealing submarine,
which has proven such a menace to
British shipping during the present
war, is an American invention-the
same as many of the war imple-
ments now in the hands of the al
lies. The submarine is an out
growth of the Holland submarine
which was theproduct of the brain
of an Irishman who was animated
in his invention it is said with the
hope that his ingenuity would
eventually destroy the English fleet
and force the freedom of Ireland
Mr. Holland was a teacher in a
Paterson, y. j., school in 1875
when he conceived his idea and at
once set to work to induce the
American government to adopt it.
His first attempt failed and he at
once set to work to build second
vessel which was finished in 1877.
This was followed by third in
1881 which was abandoned on ac-
count of a lack of funds. A fourth
was eventually built and was fol-
lowed by fifth which was lost on
the rocks, while the sixth was mere
~ a design.
Tt required nine persistent efforts
of Holland to induce the American
government to accept his design and
this was only lately consigned to
the scrap heap in Philadelphia.
This was the. first practical subma-
rine vessel owned by any govern
ment. IL was named for the in
ventor and cost the government
$4,000.
The Holland patents were secured
by the late Henry Connect of New
York, expert in patents and patent
causes, whose widow and son now
reside in Homestead. near Miami.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Once more does the fine work OF
the Georgia mob show up brilliantly
before the country. The gentlemen
composing this organization lynched
two negroes yesterday supposed to
have murdered a farmer, and now
comes the sheriff of the county and
says they had nothing whatever to
do with the murder. In case like
that at least expressions of regret
are due to the families of the de-
ceased lynchees.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Good Advice To Farmers

In Europe they have experts in
agriculture, called "agronoms, who
advise farmers upon all matters on
which the latter are ignorant, and
they are often called on to inspect
farms and tell the owners what i'm
provements in materials and meth
DDS could produce better results.
Suppose we had such a man in
Bradford county, and an average
farmer, who owned 100 acres of
land and cultivated 40, and was the
owner of 100 head of cattle, should
engage an agronOm for couple of
days to find out what improve
ments should be made, the report
would be somewhat like this:
You do not get one-fourth of the
profit the cattle should bring.
Principal reason starvation during
winter Raise surghum, millet, etc.
to feed the cattle with after the
field pasturage is exhausted. Dip
them to get rid of the ticks Then
they will be vigorous in the spring
and will increase fast You keep
your steers too long before dispos-
ing of them. Get as many as pos
sible ready for the butcher each
fall
You have too few hogs. Sweet
potatoes, corn and pinders are so
easily grown that you could have
five hogs where you now have only
one. And what few you have are
not properly cared for. Have them
inoculated with serum, give them
dry, clean shelters to sleep in and
clean water to drink. The hogs
will have no cholera then and have
nothing to do but to get fat
You do not treat your field right
You allow the soil to remain packed
and inactive during the winter and
in the spring you burn off the trash
before You pillow. Break up deep
in the fall and pillow under all
trash. Then the air can enter and
work on the soil for it's betterment,
and the trash will decay and make
plant food.
Dig up the stumps. Never mind
what grandfather would say.
Stumps in field these days gives
the impression that the owner suf-
fers from incapacity and laziness.
You lose too much time each year
cultivating barren spots in your
fields. Have such places, drained,
dynhmited and fortified and they
will be productive.
You allow trees and high bushes
to grow close outside your fence
Cut them down; their roots rot
your lpants of moisture and food.
You have too few bitches and
those you have are too narrow and
too shallow. When you really neet
them they are too short to carry of,
the water and it backs into the field
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Clean out the old bitches and dig
others where they are needed.
You buy all your fertilizers. By
penning UP what animals you can
over night, hauling up swamp muck
and all sorts Of. litter and refuse,
you could savemuch of your fertili-
ger bill and build up your land be-
sides.
You do not raise enough forage.
Use piece of your land as mead
ow for growing peavines and crab
grass for hay for your work stock
and cattle. Grow more oats and
rice.
Have more sheds. A shed will
save it's cost the first year if you
put your plows and other imple-
ments under it.
You have no tools for wood and
iron working. Get a few and repair
your implements before they break;
it will save YOU time and money
Also, make axe helves and other
simple things at home when you
can do nothing else, instead of buy
ing them.
see no Strawberries in your
garden, no fruit trees around your
dwelling. A farmer can live like
a king if he plants things good to
eat.
You have an open well and it is
apt to give yourself and family ty-
phoid fever, which means heavy
doctors bills, loss of time and per-
haps death. Have deep driven
well and keep clean around it.
I see that your roads are in poor
shape. Induce your neighbors to
help you to do part of the repair
ing and your commissioner to do
the rest. With better roads You
would be enabled to grow truck
besides your staple crops, and it
would bring You money the year
round.
notice you. spend much time
talking to passersby. You should
consider yourself business man
and your time as valuable AIS long
as you consent to stop work to talk
to every passing gossiper you will
never amount to much. And be-
sides, you have to overwork your
self later in order to make up for
Tine lost.
Ten dollars, please.
The above would likely be the re-
suit of two days of the agronom S
work. If he were employed longer
he would find more to comment on.
His employer, having to pay for the
advice, would be sure to profit by
it to "get his moneys WORTH" but
giving gratis similar advice, of
which the farmer receives a great
sufficiency from every direction, is
not often acted upon Starke Tele-
graph.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
A GRAND OLD WINTER
CITIZEN OF POLK COUNTY

The grand old man among the reg
ular winter citizens of Polk county
Is Hon. E. w. Rarber, who passes
every winter at Crooked Lake, where
he has valuable investments and
whose home is in Jackson, Michigan,
where for thirty-three years past he
has been the editor of the Jackson
Patriot, one of the best Of Michigan
papers. Mr.. Barber is sta,wart
friend to Florida and her people and
especially does he love Polk county
and readers of the Telc2ranl have
been often pleased and instructed
by the perusal of his admirable let
tiers to the Patriot which we have
reproduced. We regard him as a
citizen of the county, and one of
high usefulness, for he is dissemnat-
ing over the northwest valuable and
accurate information concerning
this section that has brought some
fine people here and will doubtless
bring others. Last Saturday this
fine old man was eighty-seven years
old and the Patriot of that date
published his picture and the fol-
lowing tribute to him which We are
glad to reproduce accompanied by
the wish that he will live for many
years yet to enjoy his winters in
Polk county:
To-day is the eighty-seventh
birthday of the Hon. E. W. Barber
who for thirty-three years has writ.
ten the editorials of the Morning
Patriot. For him the passing sea.
sons of all the years have each
brought their toll of experiences
to deepen his knowledge. strengthen
his judgment, increasing his inter.
ests in life, making more keen his
sympathies with things good anC
confirming his dislike and reproba
tion of policies repugnant to justice
and fair dealing.
-Four score and seven years ago
They were the opening words Of
Lincoln's immortal Gettysburg ad-
dress, in which there is not one su.
perfiuous word, not one which does
not aid in giving the finished touch
to the thought expressed. The ap.
\ plication of this estimate by analogy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

good reading in the celebration OF
the Fourth of July in many parts of
the country and especially good just
at this time was that part of the
address in which he warned his
countrymen against entangling al
liances between the United States
and foreign nations. Happily we
have president who is working
successfully to prevent such dis
aster.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Avondale Springs, Rutledge, Tenn,
right in the mountains, that's the
place to go to spend the hot weather.
Five distinct varieties of mineral
springs, beautiful scenery. Take a
run up in your auto or by railroad .
Hotel only half mile from Avondale
station. For rates and all particulars,
write to F. J. Hoffman, Avondale
Springs, Rutledge, Tenn. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

The Mendenhall murder case in
Pinellas. county promises to be one
of the most difficult problems to
solve ever known in the criminal
annals of Florida. The two Elliott
women were undoubtedly killed and
Mendenhall was the only one in the
car with them. but there was no
witness to the killing The chauffeur.
who ran away when the first snots
were fired. might have seen it all
and perhaps prevented it, but his
nerve failed and when the actual
killing was done he was in panic
stricken fight away from the scene.
A shrewd lawyer will find plenty of
material to construct a theory that
will create the doubt, reasonable or
unreasonable, that provides escape
for so many guilty people.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Polk county to the front" is the
caption for a Mandatory leading edi-
torial in the st. Augustine Record
concerning the recent enthusiastic
meeting at Barlow in the cause of
good roads and recommending a ST.
100000 bond issue for system of
brick highways over this county.
And if those bonds are voted and
the roads built, they will be talking
about Polk county, Florida, all over
the country and it will be the de-
termining factor in deciding the To-
cation of thousands of immigrants.
The old days have passed when peo-
pie seeking new homes go where
conditions are primitive and the
discomforts of pioneer life abound.
They want it just the other way
these days, and especially do they
want good roads. If that system of
brick highways shall be built, all we
need to do will be to advertise the
fact and the waste places of Polk
county will soon fill up.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
ErlendNhlp.

II friend of mine gave a feast and
did not invite me to it, I should not
mind a bit. But If a friend of mine
had a sorrow and refused to allow me
to share it. I should feel it most bit.
terly.-Oscar Wilde.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
A. Truly Cooperative Body


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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
Valuable Space Of Land.

The total value Of the city of Lon
don's square mile is placed at about
81, $50, 100000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Bacteria Carried by Wind.
Tests by Irish scientists have shown
that the wind will carry disease bac.
terra 200 feet and as high as sixty feet
into the air
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

THE LAKELAND NEWS,
A weekly newspaper giving resume
Of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-06

Feminine Mistake.
A woman who thinks she has met
the ideal man merely thinks so. There
isn't any such person. Albany Jour-
nal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-11
PERSONALS.

George Kospalsh of Niles is in the
city on business.
John Walter returned TO Elkhart
following a brief visit here
Martin Drzewczyk has returned
from Fort Wayne where he has been
for the past few days visiting with rel
atives and friends.
Miss Mary GrOWleWska left today
for her home in Michigan City after
brief visit with friends here
Mrs. Agnes WOznicka of Michigan
City has arrived here for a visit with
her brother, August Judkiewicz, S29
Meade st.
Edward Pawlowski. SIS Mcpherson
St, has gone to Chicago to reside.
Andrew Marszalek has arrived here
from Toledo for a few days visit with
relatives and friends. He is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Neu-
man, 672 Wayne st.
Victor WrecZlaW left Wednesday for
his home in Chicago after a short
business visit here
Fred NOwak Of Detroit is in the
city on business.
Peter Kwiatkowski Of Chicago is in
the city on business.
Stanley Prozewsd arrived here to
spend a few days with friends.
Miss Sophia GOrgiewicz has return
ed to LapOrte after weeks visit here
with friends.
Mrs. Salomea Kledniak has left for
her home in Indiana Harbor follow
ing a brief visit here