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Widow.
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Printed Books.

Printed Books.
The first printed books were printed
on one side only. the leaves being past
ed back TO back
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson appeared
in Washington before theinaugura-
tion of President Wilson and rent
ed the house of Mrs. Smith at 1925
a month.
She took the house in January,
1918, and left in August 8, 1914.
The house was closed September "a.
Present occupants of the house
say that mail frequently has come
there addressed to Mrs. Flagler. 1t
has been returned with the state
! ment that her whereabouts were un-
known.
The woman maintains she was
| married to Flagler in Washington
at the home of friends of his June
IA, 1903, by Rev DR.. Brown
After year and two months, she
says, she left Mr.. Flagler because
of his infatuation for another won.
an. but did not divorce him. He al
SO signed an agreement, she says
by which she was to receive SIS,
100000 two years after his death
providing she maintained resi-
dence in his State. She signed tn,
agreement, she said, in lieu of he
dover rights.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Asserts She
Is Flagler's
Widow

Washington, d. c., July 81
| Washington friends of woman
Sheld in New York by the police, who
says she is thethird wife and only
lawful widow of Henry NJ. Flagler,
and who, for the more than two
years that she lived in Washington,
posed as fifty million dollar heir
ess and lived in the former Russian
embassy, 1925 NJ street northwest,
are rallying to her support today
! and are making arrangements to as
sit her attorneys in establishing her
identity.
The woman who claims to be Mrs
/ Flagler, and who is held in New
York in $1,000 bail on the chare e
, of obtaining money under false pre-
tenses. left many unpaid bills and
a husband John Henry Johnson
in Washington, when she suddenly
I left the city, it is declared
Mr.. Johnson, who is 70 years old
claims that he married Mrs. FlagleI
lin the West" and still has conf.
dence that she is the rightful he'll
to the Flagler millions, which she
at various times represented to
/ friends here as running from $50
100000 to$150, 10000, 900. Since hel
hurried departure he has slept in
the loft of stable in the rear OF
their former home on NJ street and
eaten the bread of charity at the
kitchen table of their former land.
lady with the colored maid who pre-.
| viously had served in their own
home. He is now living at 1714
Fourteenth street with friends who
! formerly roomed with Mrs. Flaglel
at the NJ street house
INeighbors say that Johnson is ar
''oddjob" man, making himself gen
orally useful, running errands, Oh
+. most anything that he can get to do
! He and Mrs. Johnson, or Mrs. Flag
| Ter, have talked a great deal t.
! acquaintance here about how big
fortune there were going to ge
from the .Fla2ler estate.
Johnson lived last summer AM
part of the winter in the loft of tn
stable in the rear of1327 M street
where lives Mrs. CelestiasA Smith
who owned premises 1925 NJ street
Mrs. Smith allowed Johnson to ca
in the kitchen with her colore
cook. She feared last winter tina
Johnson would freeze to death, an
permitted him for a time to slee
on a cot in the attic of her home
When warm weather came he wen
back to the stable.
Mrs. Johnson was known by sey
eral names here, including Mrs. Tor
Emma Flagler, Mrs. Fora louder
and Mrs. Fora Flagler. She wa
known at the Commercial Nation;
Bank as Mrs. Fora Flagler. Sh
$ started an account there with 5
r and OCCASIONALLY drew checks again
e it for $1,000 or $1,000, which wei
not honored by the bank.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
RUSH FOR wealth
Brokers' Failure in Business
Leads to Happiness Through
Strange Inheritance.
BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.

Warren Talcott took a last look at
the long counting room that had once
been his, but was SO no longer. Some
men were erasing the sign, "Talcott
& Co., Stocks and Bonds" from the
glittering plate glass windows. He
passed the elevator starter, who halt
ed him by gently catching his arm.
i've heard Of It, Mr. Talcott." he
said. his voice quivering. "Sir, my
wife didn't sleep all night over it.
She says there's a room for you un.
der the roof you helped US save all
your life long. II you'll take it."
Thank you" nodded the broker.
"Tell your wife it's such people as
you that make q man think there's
some good in the world"
Men turned and noted the tall,
graceful figure as Talcott passed.
There was always something royal In
his bearing. Even with Failure"
written that day against his business
career, a dauntless courage showed
in his kindly, steady eye.
A .bootblack whom he had started
In business ran after him, winning the
ever indulgent smile Of the generous
broker.
"Mr. Talcott," he said hurriedly
1--WE got a savings bank book that
says three hundred dollars. want
to loan it out, you see"
81 see you are good, loyal friend
/ interrupted Talcott, placing gentle
hand ON the shoulder of the grateful
cripple.
The speaker walked rapidly from
the business center. Finally he
sought the most secluded corner Of
an humble restaurant and sat down
to think.
Frame and face relaxed as he drew
out his pocket book. 1t contained only
a few dollars, all that was left of 8
magnificent fortune. His mind rar
back over the past few months. HI
recalled the warning of his doctor
overwork. He remembered how HI
had one day given wrong order. An
other when the floor of the stock ex
change had gone all black before him
and he had made a confused error il
business judgment and lost over tive
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Big Money
|. In Florida
Sweet Potatoes

Jacksonville, Fla, July CIV. H.
Marshall, grower and shipper who
is making a business trip to north
ern cities, writes the Fort Lauder
dale Herald regarding the Florida
sweet potato crop as follows.
Il have been interested very much
in theculture of sweet potatoes for
marketing during the months of
May and June, and I find now on my
trip that there is an abundant mar
ket for this line of tuber during
this time. wisr to call the atten-
tion of the farmers throughout our
country to the fact that thesummer
months can be we'll utilized in the
planting of potatoes to be marketed
at this time. In all my travels,
visiting some forty cities so far,
have failed to find a single bushel
of sweet potatoes on the market,
either at the wholesale houses or re-
tail establishments. 1t is yet time
for the people in our country to "get
busy" and get an acreage for the
next seasons harvest. l believe |
would be safe in saying that We
could sell an unlimited production
Don't believe SO carloads daily
would supply the country, and at
prices that would give the producer
a fair return for his labor.
You will not the season for po-
tatoes in theNorth usually lasts only
until the spring planting time
comes, then the stock which might
be held over becomes pithy and of nc
commercial 1. value, therefore with
our young stock coming on the mar.
ket at this time would meet ready
sale and at prices ranging from 500
to 81 bushel f. o. b. in bulk"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Four Great Sauces.

A Frenchman has declared that
man has created the culinary art! he
does not eat like.an animal-he break.
fasts, dimes and sups."
The French are particularly elo-
quent on the subject of sauces. Among
their famous chefs are recognized
four great sauces: Spanish. veloute
Bechamel and German. The Spanish
and Veloute were known as far back
as the seventeenth century. In the
eighteenth they were modified by the
masters Of cookery. particularly BY
Careme, who was called the Raphael
of the Kitchen"
The Spanish sauce is composed Of
juices extracted from a mixture Of
ham. veal, chicken and pheasant. Vel
QUITE is similar, but is not colored
Bechaniel is veloute to which cream
has been added, and the German
sauce is Veloute plus the yolks q
eggs.-Harper's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
"You Are Almost Rich Again"


hundred thousand dollars. Then the
verdict of the doctor. nervous col.
lapse. and now-the crash.
Anyhow. he had paid dollar for dol.
lar. He tried to think Of hard work.
q constitution rebuilt, but never again
the mad rush for wealth, holding In
the end only bitter dust and blight.
Talcott had brought half a dozen
letters from the Office. He opened
them in turn. Five were of no conse-
Quence. The last one startled him. It
announced that an old pensioner Of
his, James Gregory. living in another
city, had died leaving him his entire
estateA"apply at once to Dockkery &
Bates. attorneys"
Twenty-four hours later the senior
member of that firm escorted the
broker to q secluded city court. In
the center of q vacant lot stood q
large covered wagon. 1t had windows
like q house and was divided into
three living compartments. Seated
on the grass reading from school
books were three small boys. Near by
was q young lady of about eighteen.
She was sewing and four little girls
were copying her industry.
"Mr. Gregory has left you two
horses and that wagon, with all hands
included" said the lawyer. grimly. I'm
addition. here Is the deed already re-
corded in your name, to a six hundred
and forty acre tract of wild land q
hundred miles from here, up near the
pineries."
And this is my legacy!" murmured
the perplexed Talcott
Exactly. Miss Gregory will explain
the Details" and the lawyer left him
Talcott advanced towards the young
lady and introduced himself He
fancied he had never seen SO kindly
and peaceful a face. Her simple
story was soon told. Her dead IA
Their, an eccentric, had taken II
charge, gradually, some homeless!
orphans. For them and herself he hat
worked, travelling about the countr!
in the wagon and doing odd jobs as ,
tinker.
When the broker asked her as Il
her plans for the future, she onl!
looked helplessly and pathetically a
him.
Warren Talcott did some thinking
Then. as If he had suddenly and re
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
German Guns Burn
1000 Bales of
Cotton a Day

For warning nations cotton is
king, and it is acotton starvation,
not a food starvation, that Germany
fears, says the Scientific American
Cotton is the principal ingredient by
weight in all smokeless powders.
which consist of nitro-cellulose of
about IL - per cent. nitration
More cotton is now being consumed
in Germany for the manufacture of
smokeless powder than for indus
trial use.
While the majority of German
guns are of about three-inch caliber,
she has immense numbers of heavy
guns and howitzers ranging from
four-inch caliber to twelve-inch, and
she has been using large quantities
of heavy-artillery ammunition. The
amount of cotton used for every
round fired will average well over
four pounds The expenditure OF
cotton in Germany is. therefore,
about four times 100000 pounds, or
100000 pounds per day. That fig
ure does not include the amount used
for small-arms ammunition, that
needed for the navy, or that used to
make clothing for the army.
One million pounds of cotton per
day is 1000 bales of 500 pounds
each or 100000 bales per annum,
about one-half the usual eXporta-
tion of cotton to Germany. Ger
many's reserve supply of powder has
undoubtedly been used up by this
time and her future ability to wage
war for long period depends on a
regular supply OF cotton from the
United States; for all other sources
of supply are closed to her.
England is making the most
strenuous efforts to prevent cotton
from reaching Germany. She real
ICES full well that if she can stop
these imports Germany must be
beten within a year. Cotton is dif-
ferent from copper, another essen
tial, in that copper is indestructible
and remains in some form or other
in the country into which it is i'm
ported, while cotton disappears
shortly after being manufactured
Moreover, copper cartridge cases
may be remelted and used over and
over again.
In addition, Germany has consid
cradle copper ore within her bound
aries can exc out her copper suppl!
by smelling ores which in time o
peace could not be profitably used
She must import cotton. however
not only to clothe her population
and armies, but to furnish her mel
with ammunition, without whic
their skill courage and patriotism
could not avail.-Louisville Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Little Lies,

had something OF a shock the 9th.
er day. ! told a man something in
what thought was confidence and he
Immediately went off and told it.
When l saw him again l asked him
what on earth possessed him! He
said he was awfully sorry, simply
didn't think. But l can fix it up
he said. THE next time l see that
fellow" (the one he told I'll simply
say you didn't say It," But l did!
said l. why. certainly" said he
But l don't think so much of little
lies. You simply have to tell them to
get on In business" Well, he wen,
on OF, and l don't know just what tc
think about 1t. But this l do know
that the next time that particular
person says such and such a thing
IL 30, may and may not believe it
That's the answer, it seems to me, or
the subject Of lies, big or little. II
the last analysis they may or may moi
be immoral But they lower at once
the credit Of the one who tells them
A reputation for telling the truth IL
like a bank account. You can ever
borrow money on 1t on OCCASION
New York Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27

1resb;ngIv come to the threshold OF
an odd. new. inspiring life, he realized
that his pensioner had made MN nis
legatee, confident that his old friend
would work out the problem Alright
They talked for over an hour. bluhe'
" Talcott told of his real situation
He suggested plan. he neeueu
rest, a change, the doctors had saiu
Here it was, ready made to ORDER
They would go to "the farm. as ne
called it. It was their only tangioie
inheritance. He went away for q
time, sold his watch and other lever
~. handed a roll of bills to Mis'
Gregory, and said:
There is room for. me with the
boys. You must be the purse bearer
and housekeeper. The motive of'your
fathers life was to save these pour
little outcasts. It is a noble purpose
I shall try to continue his plan.
Talcott went to sleep that nignt
feeling the great load of broken past
lifted from his mind The odd, the
new, the unknown life attracted MIN
He awoke with a headache the next
morning. The reaction had come: by
noon he had a fever, by nightfall ne
was delirious.
For him the next twenty days were
a blank. He awoke to find himself,
weak and emaciated, lying on a PED
in the boys end Of the wagon ne
glanced from the window. As far
as his eyes could reach was a Level
emerald stretch-grass, flowers, trees
everywhere.
Outside two of the boys we're carry
ing a pail of water. They passed out
of sight around to the other side OF
the wagon. From that direction there
came the clang-clang OF metai
sounds. Talcott tried to arise. he
sank back weakly with a groan. In
stantly from the wagon living room
a light form came into view. 1t was
Miss Gregory. !.
| Wonder-eyed and grateful, Talcott
learned how the brave little woman
had nursed him. had carried out the
plan of the journey to "the farm
Here they were, the children industri
Gus and happy. and oh! such grand
| fortune, and her eyes danced as she
told him of it.
! "a railroad is building right through
your section" she explained and the
wagon stands on the new town site. A
man has been here daily to see you
about selling him some of the prop
erty."
The man appeared next day He
looked Talcott over shrewdly. Their
he said:
81 see you are a keen business man
so I'll talk sense. lam land specula
tor. I'll give you ten thousand dol
lars for a quarter section, and Mt!
per cent. of what make on another
quarter section selling town lots"
"You mean" replied the broker
gently, twenty thousand dollars ant
seventy-tive per cent
Il guess I've figured wrong" SAT-
the Speculation. You're up to snufl
Well, I'm ready to trade"
"And what is your plan now, M
Talcott?" asked the motherly guar
clan of the little coterie of children
few days later. you are almos
rich again"
II shall build nice roomy home,
answered Talcott, land we will a.
grow up with the country. My deal
good nurse and true friend, | hav
found hope and ambition where
thought there was nothing but d.
spair. have found love, too. Wi
you share the new home, as my wife?
And when the blushing, lovabl
Audrey Gregory answered Yes" Wa
/ rem Talcott felt that he stood at tn
portal of a veritable Eden
! Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Wanted Point Remembered

when little Billie was visiting at
lunch one day he had Strawberries
and there we're but few on each
ones plate. Billie looked at the small
assortment at his place. then wbis
pered: Remember, Aunt Marie
that I'm company"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27

The Pennsylvania Railroad has
engaged detectives to search for
cranks who place bombs on the
tracks of that system.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Disease to Exterminate erassheppers

Disease to Externinate Grasshoppers.
To exterminate havoc-working
droves Of grasshoppers in Salvador
and Guatemala some virus has been
obtained from Brazil. and a number Of
insects are to be inoculated and
turned loose The disease thus spread
is remarkably fatal to grasshoppers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Another for New York.

New Yorker Arrested for Acting
Strangely on Street Car."-Probablv
gave up his seat to a woman.-phila.
delphia North American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Natural Law.

Every man is his own ancestor and
every man is his own heir. He devises
his own future and he inherits his own
past-Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
Remember Emf

How modest one Of those old-fash.
Toned scandalous rainy day skirts
would look nowadays!-Washinston
Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-27
The Power of Cooperation


when pult
him leading Even would community
afte the of fruit
n O
the fruit producers market their themselves
in the of
al
prohbtre in
o
tsed all the for a box
the local SubExchange
There stockholders the Exchange and there possibility
9th
is
Exchange
advertising the individual only three a
marketing State 1t
selling
is
full value selling
6(GITR us EXctIANoE5A
Fl
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-22

do any work except it be such work
as is ordinarily delegated to clerks
and minor assistants. In word
this is fee-splitting.
If a piece of real estate is sold, the
probability is that two brokerage
fees will be paid-one to selling
broker and another to buying brok-
er. Very oftenie happens that the
sale is made direct, and the brokers
have no part in the transaction. They
get their fees just the same.
If Chicago man, owning an autO-
mobile made by a Buffalo firm main
tanning an agency salesroom and shop
in Chicago, sends his machine to the
Buffalo plant for repairs without any
conference with the Chicago agency,
the Chicago agency will gets it's
brokerage on the bill.
These are all illustrations of fee
splitting. The legal right of the
broker to his fee, even when he had
no direct right in the transaction,
has been established by scores of
court decisions. Let us say, then
that fee-splitting is established both
by custom and by law. This being
true, is fee-splitting among medical
men established by law or by custom
and, also, is it legal or moral, or both
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-22

man Of little training and small ex-
perience, by a second rate man, I'M
able to get business on an open,
Straightforward, merit basis. He is
in danger of being operated on need
iessly, with danger to his life and
health.
The man who is cared for by the
fee-splitters does not get a fair deal
That is a part of the reason for this
article. No physician can practice
fee-splitting without degenerating.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-22

to select an operator for him, he has
right to expect that the physician
will give him the name of a thor
Eoughly capable man. More than
that, he should expect the name of
an operator who suits the circum-
stances of his case best. If his
physician is a fee-splitted, what he
gets is the name of the .fee-splitting
operator with within the physician
has been able to make satisfactory
TERMS
Should the patient learn the facts
and ask the fee-splitting physician to
Justify himself, the physician would
explain that he was underpaid; that
the operator was overpaid, and that
he had a right to sufficient portion
of the fee to even up. His answer
might satisfy person easily salts
fed. Furthermore, he would claim
that the operator selected was COM
petent. To select any other would
esbad business policy. This answer
appears sound, and it no doubt, would
satisfy a person easily satisfied.
But let us dig little deeper and
see if the facts disclosed by the dig
ging help the fee-splitter. The i'm
mediate answer to the fee-splitter is
this: If fee-splitting is justifable
transaction, then let those who prac-
tice it come right out in the open.
Let the physician concerned tell the
patient that the fee is to be split and
the basis on which it is split.
Theoretically, this is a . partial
remedy, but, practically, it fails, be-
cause nobody will do it, or practic-
ally nobody. An open fee-splitter
confesses his incompetence. What
Happens under the present method?
The very competent operators do not
split fees. They know they are COM
potent and they get, and will get, the
business which comes to them on a
basis of merit. The operators who
split fees are second and third grade
Operators. Therefore, a patient who
being disposed of by fee-splitters,
among .fee-splitters, may be certain
that the best he can get is one of the
men, He can be certain that he
never has chance to get the services
of any high grade man, of any man
good enough to get. business on his
merit alone.
The first coil, then, Mr.. Patient,
is that you get at best second grade
man, though you pay the price of
first grade service. -
Ansoperation is not light matter
Operations are to be avoided where
it is good judgment to avoid them.
At best they are the lesser of evils.
With the above statement in mind,
what is your answer to the follow
\ ing questions?
If physicians are bartering pa
tients among fee-splitters as a COM
mercial transaction, will not unnec-
essary operations be the inevitable
result? - 1885,
Z If a physician diagnoses an infect
ed appendix and sends the patient TO
a fee-splitter, is it not possible that
tho 1ioUnocic will no oOnfirmad ra
lgardless of the. condition found, and
an operation done?
| = To SUNNI . riza. - = -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-10-22

The results of fee-splitting are
several. The patient of the fee
splitter pays more for the service
than, the operator in the case is ac-
customed to receiving. The fee COL
lected for like service must satisfy
two men, the operator and the at
tending physician, as we'll as pay the
expenses of the unnecessary attend
ance of the physician on the trip to
town. .<'
AS a class, he is operated on. by a