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Williams news., 1915-11-11
PERSONAL & LOCAL

 visit the Fairs.
 Dr. Francis returned from the coast Sunday morning.
 Phoenix milk and cream, Tele- phone 5S. Albert Lebsch. If.
 The Hon. J. M. Holub is trans acting business in Ash Fork this week.
 Mrs. F. E. Orr, of the Grand Canyon, was visiting in town this week.
 Miss Julia Munson, of Flagstaff spent the week end with her broth CT Chester.
 Wanted-For a client 5000 at 10 per cent interest, three to five years. Silvernail
 Messrs. John Hill and Roy Barney motored from Los Ang- eles to Williams last week.
 w. E. Gardner left overland today for Phoenix in the interest of the Chevrolet.
 When you want good home cured hams and bacon go to the
 RACKET STORE
 Quite crowd of Williams peo- pie attended the dance at Ash Fork Saturday night.
 Maggie" chief waiter under Yen at the Cabinet Cafe, left Tuesday for the coast to see the San Fran cisco fair.
 Mrs. Fred Terry, after a severe illness was able to return to her home at the Grand Canyon this week.
 | Mrs. J. M. Whiting will leave next Sunday on number nine to visit her mother Mrs. Curtis and her brother, both of Los An geles.
 Mrs. Travislach, of Michigan, was visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. H. D. Boulin, this week. She left Tuesday for Los Angeles to spend the winter.
 Admiral R. R. Powers, of the Merrimack, left Sunday night to attend the Monday session of Court at Flagstaff, in his case against G. w. Glowner.
 Charley (Howey) Farnsworth stopped off between trains Tuesday to see some of the home boys. He is employed at Clarkdale but is on his way to Winslow for a visit. It's rather a good thing that the unnavigable Panama Canal isn't in any Congressional dis trict.
 MT. and Mrs. Geo. Peterson of Flagstaff, visited Friday and Saturday of last week, with J. M. Whiting, proprietor of the Parlor barber shop. They re- turned home by auto Saturday night.
 The firm of Bauman & Kinds, general contractors have added a new field to their activities. MT. Bauman built in the past few weeks a concrete dam on the homestead of MT. Charles Sweet wood in Cataract Canyon. The dam is 130 feet long and 10 feet centerheight.
 Childhood Romance Again
 It has becomea a common thing for Williams young men to turn again to the old school-day love, when choosing helpmate for life. We'll grounded rumor has it that John R. Sweeney has followed the exam pie of others, and that his object in going to Los Angeles is to bring the happy ending to an old school day romance. The young people of Williams will take pleasure in naa kinn the nam hrido uolcor,aa to
Williams news., 1915-11-11

Though the war zone is prac- tically dry, a lot of military avia- tors persist in taking a drop too much.
Williams news., 1915-11-11

Mrs. Geo. Barney and son, Roy, left overland, Wednesday, for Los Angeles.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
FLORIDA TO GET BRANCH OF
NATL SECURITY LEAGUE

Jacksonville, Sept. 3O--That s
branch of the National Securit,
League will be established in tn,
State OF Florida is the gist of a let
ter received by Mayor ]. E. T. Bow.
den from J. Beaumont Spencer
chairman of the committee on exten.
sion and branches. asking that he
| appoint State committee on nation.
, al defense to aid in the work of Sc
curing adequate preparedness
against war.
Mr.. Spencer's letter to Mayor Bow
den is as follows:
Dear Sir: A few days ago we wrote
to the Governor at Tallahassee ask
ing him to appoint a State committee
on national defense to aid in the
work which the National Security
League is doing to secure adequate
preparedness against war. Ten
Governors have already taken this
action.
In reply Governor Park Trammell
suggests that we write and ask you
to give us the names of persons who
are interested in the cause of pre-
paredness and we would be glad IL
you gould comply with this request.
We hope the matter interests you
sufficiently to allow the use of your
name in connection with the move
ment.
The league is conducting ma
tion-wide campaign to awaken pub
lie sentiment to a realization of our
inadequate national defense II is a
non-political, bipartisan and alb
solutely neutral organization with
branches in nearly every city. We
do not advocate militarism in any
form and desire merely to secure
reasonable and economical equip
ment sufficient only to constitute an
insurance for peace.
May we have your early reply and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
COTTON SELLS FOR TWELVE
CENTS IN PENSACOLA

PENSACOLA, Oct Cotton sold
In Pensacola at ~ cents per pound
This Is the highest price paid since
the beginning of the European war
over a year ago and is way above
the price paid the same date last
year. Mondays quotations showed
IL cents being paid for middling
while all the other grades advanced
correspondingly. strict middling be-
ing IL ga. strict low middling
IL IL, and low middling 1914
cents.
fhe advance of the staple began
some time since and all during last
week 1t went up gradually but stead
lily. until Monday the highest point
for year was reached. Further
more, there is no indication of an
Immediate decline, for the specula-
tors, according to well posted cotton
men, are at work in the market and
they are not likely to let the price
drop to a level whereby they would
be the losers.
In addition short crop and the
weather conditions are also operat
ing to drive the staple to higher
prices, much to the pleasure of the
srOwers
Prosperity will return to the
South If the cotton crop can be mar
keted at or above 12 cents. At this
price the farmers will be enabled
to make good profit on their crops.
whereas at the prices prevailing last
season most of them lost money or
only paid expenses on their years
crop.
Naval stores also is showing an
upward tendency. especially the low
er grades, which have advanced 80
TO 40 cents per barrel in the past
week
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
TRYING TO USE MAIL CARRIERS
AND P. Ms IN LIQUOR SERVICE

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. THAT the
liquor interests have made a syste-
matte attempt to turn the postoffices
and rural routes of Georgia into a
selling organization to take mail OF.
ders for the shipment of liquor into
the state, was the startling assertion
made by Representative NJ. ]. Yeo-
mans of Terrell county in Atlanta.
'I am relibaly informed" said Mr..
Yeomans. that rural route carriers
have been offered a ten per cent COM
mission on all orders secured by
them for whiskey.
~ am reliably informed that post
masters have been offered commits
sicns ranging from ten to twenty
per cent on all orders secured by
them or by the clerks in their offices.
I'm certain south Georgia town
/ am informed that the postmaster
was offered ten per cent, the offer
coming from a liquor house in a
Georgia city where the open viola
tion of the prohibition law Is motor
ious.
81 am informed OF similar offers
being made to rural route carriers
in various parts of the State.
"It affods me great deal Of sat
isfaction to state that in every in
stance where a commission was Of
fered, so far as I can learn. it was
rejected.
THE State of Georgia is being
flooded with liquor shipments not
only from liquor houses outside of
the state, but from liquor houses in
side the state that openly violate the
aw and solicit mail orders.
THE state has the power, under
he Webb Kenyon act of Congress-,
o prohibit these shipments from
outside, while the prohibition of
shipments by liquor houses inside
he state involves nothing more than
he enforcement of the prohibition
aw.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
IS Known Dead at New Orleans
tDy Associated Press.

II New Orleans, Sept. 80. .-(Courier
Baton-Rouge)- e)-Nineteen known
4ad. probably 200 injured and
koperty damage estimated at sew
al million dollars, is the toll of
ednesday's storm. Ten of the
4own dead, white, and three me-
yoes, perished in Algiers, la, and
j here and in the suburbs. There
probably heavy property loss and
<ssibly many casualties in southern
uisiana as far west as Morgan
~. Especially at Houma rumors
hight indicated heavy life loss.
ilroad men from Morgan City re-
It heavy property loss but no life
i there. The full force of the
rricane apparently struck Houma,
city of 5000 population. The lat
from Houma, on Wednesday, said
ere were many refugees from gulf
nts, and st. Bernard Parish was
pueC Dy tldal wave two to eight
u high. in the lower end. Couriers
Dorted that the crops were almost
ally destroyed in the storm dis
TT. Fears are felt for residents
ing the Mississippi south of here.
e last word was a wireless from
steamer Creole, saying water was
erfowing the levees and many
hses were washed away. Clearing
streets of debrish as begun. The
is expected to be normal tomor-
y. The mayor In statement,
b no outside aid was needed. Elev-
small vessels were sunk and six
liners damaged.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
Death list FROM STORM MAY
REACH 60 OR 10000 INJURED:
GREAT PROPERTY DAMAGE
BIG SHIPS TO GO
TO WASTE BASKET

Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-The ad-
mirafs inspection of three of the
nsvy's sea dogs, the Wisconsin, the
Ohio and the Missouri, at League
Island this afternoon, means that
these big ships will be consigned to
the waste basket" While the ves-
sells will not be rendered useless be-
cause they will be sent to the re-
serve fleet, the back channel at
League Island is not considered a
useful position. The pressing need
of more men on the newer dread
noughts has necessitated the with
drawal of a large number o. the
older ships, Many of them will be
assigned to the California, in course
of construction
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
FRENCH HAMMER|NC
ON SECOND
GERMAN LINE
BRITISH FORCE IN FRANCE NUM-.
Der ONE MILLION; HALF MIL
LION MORE TO BE SENT
(By Associated Press

London, Oct. 1.-The French are
bearing the brunt of the fightine on
thc western front. They are ham
merlng the second German line in
champagne in the direction of the
Grand Pro railroad and at the same
time dropping bombs on the line and
stations to prevent the Germans
from bringing up reinforcements. An
oihclal statement Today says further
progress has been made by the
French in the Artois region BY the
use OF hand grenades in the German
trenches German counter attack near
Maisons De Champagne in the Cham
payne district was checked. The Ger
mans bombarded the French trench
ec near Soupir. but the infantry did
not attack.
The absence of news from the
British front apparently Indicates
that their forces are CONSOLIDATING
the positions recently won.
British forces in France are esti-
mated at round million, soon to be
increased by a half a million more.
The daily lengthening obituary COL
umns In the London newspapers in
dicates the toll paid in the recent
success
There Is no notable change on the
eastern front.
BULGARIA has not replied to the
suggestion of Greece that she demob- I.
ilize.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
UNCLE SAM OUT DUNNING

Washington. Oct. There are
a few Americans in this country to.
day who would find ii to their adj
vantage to pay call on Uncle Sam
and attend to that little matter con.
corning the money to be advanced
them by the government to assist
them in returning home from Eu-
rope at the outbreak of the war
The sums still due from those re-
garded as able to repay the govern
ment aggregate thousands of dollars.
and all who have not settled by mid
night tonight. may look for their
names in the papers shortly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
HOW THE COLORED PREACHER
PREPARED FOR WINTER

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. l-Palme
Bease, Ethiopian promoter or relig
ious revivals and reduced rate ticket
for heavenly excursions, has engag
ed his regular apartment for tn,
winter season in the Fulton count,
jail and will shortly move into the
same with all his goods and chattels
long time ago Palmer found out
that life in jail in the winter time
where one is warm and well-fed and
housed against the elements, beats
the average n0sro's life of liberty
during the winter time about seven
or eleven different ways; and ac-
cordingly Palmer has never failed,
since making the discovery, to move
into the Jail when the first frost
nipped his heels, his method being
simply to commit some offense
against the majesty Of the law and
thereby get himself jugged for the
season. II the law is so inconsider-
ate as to turn him loose before the
robins come in spring, Palmer loses
no time in committing another Of
fense so that he will be sent back.
In following this program Palmer
has become an expert in the law so
far as penalties for various misde-
meanors are concerned. He knows,
for example, to week or a day what
negro usually gets for simple
larceny, and various other forms of
theft or violence, and he never does
anything that will land him in Jail
for longer than the period of cold
weather. For that would deprive
him of freedom in the summer, which
is the open season for revivals, bap-
things, watermelons and other oc-
casions and enjoyments that delight
the negro's heart. After closing his
last "protracted meeting" of the
present season, which netted him
several score of converts and, IL the
Jingle of his satchel be correct, very
pecuniary profit. Pal
mer betook himself to the Payne
Memorial Methodist Church on
Luckie street, secured entrance
thereto by means known only to
and distracted three heavy
bronze collection plates and a brill
liant red velvet cushion from the
preachers pulpit chair. With the
loot in his arms Palmer then pro-
ceeded to adventure forth in search
Of a policeman, not seeming to be
On the search but casually strolling
with an innocent countenance as If
policeman were the last person in /,
he world he expected to run across.
)f course, with the bronze plates |
md the turkey red cushion, il
wasn't long before he attracted the .
iesired attention, and was promptly /
arrested and sent up for period that
will insure him peace and plenty
md comfort until the flowers blooms
n the springtine. His assignment
It the jail will be deputy chef, In
which he has served during many
winters in the past and proven his
apacity and reliability beyond unes-
ion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
LESTABLIsHMENT OF
CHINESE EMPIRE

aankow, China, OF. Chimes
Fspapers have taken the move
ut Of the Peace Preservation So.
&y to re-establish the empire very
lmly. Even here in the Yang-tse-
ing valley. which was such a
rm center in the two recent rcvo-
Hons, there has been little furry
sed by the report from Peking,
president Yuan Shi-kai's approval
the movement for the restoration
the monarchy.
1--WE don't care whether VIE have
or a monarchy if it be
&ble," a prominent Chinese mer-
INT remarked today. 1--WE simply
mt chance to go along without
Rnges and upsets in business con-
lions. Our chief objection to the
tnarchial form is that it will take
me time to adjust to the new con
lions"
This view is probably typical of
1t held by most of the business
Sn of Hankow, which is called the
)ieago of China and is probably
stined to be the great railway CEN
! Of the country. Hankow is situ-
| at the head of navigation for
kan-going boats on the Yang-tse.
ats of shallow draft navigate for
|ndreds of miles above Hankow.
railway connects Peking and Han
y and another is building to Cam
y. A third railway is projected
5st from Hankow, and American
terests are endeavoring to finance
Is line into the rich country ly-
B toward Tibet.
PThe Hanyeng iron works, which
Rnred so prominently in the recent
Eotiation between Japan and
lima, are located here and employ
)re than 1000 men in making steel
lls and other iron products. The
~ernment also has an arsenal
re. As a result Of its great indus
les and strategic location Hankow
Is storm center In the two late
Folutions and the native city was
most entirely destroyed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
CHAMP CLARK'S BUST AT HOME

st, Joseph, Mo-. Oct. 1.-Speak-
,er Champ Clark arrives here today
to hold an important conference
with prominent Democrats through
out the State. Friends say that the
speaker is getting his pigs in row
to be the party's color bearer in
1916.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
WILD FOWL TO BE PROTECTED

Washington, Oct. Beginning g
today the department of agriculture
will insist upon the enforcement of
the federal regulations for the shoot
ing of wild fowl. Where State laws
do not conform to federal regula-
tions, as is often the case, the de-
partment will insist upon observ-
ance of the federal laws.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
OFFICIALS OF
RIGGS NATIONAL
BANK INDICTED
(By Associated Press. !

Washington, Oct. 1.-Charles G.
Glover. president of the Riggs Ma.
tional Bank; William j. F1ather
vice president, and H. H. Flather
cashier, have been indicted on four
charges of perjury in connection
with the banks recent suit against
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller
Williams. 1t is charged they made
false affidavit that the bank didn't t
have stock transactions with the de-
funct brokerage firm of Lewis John
son & Co.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
MORE NAMES
NEEDED ON GOOD
ROADS PETITION


sociation held a special meeting al
Barlow this morning to canvass the
result of the circulation of the pc.
tition throughout the county asking
the commissioners to call an elec-
tion to decide the question of bond
ing the county for the purpose of
building about 200 miles of hard
surfaced roads. A good attendance
was present. and petitions were pre-
sented from Mulberry, Pierce,
Haines City. Davenport. Fort Meade,
Kathleen, Auburndale. Lake Alfred,
Frostproof, Barlow, Lucerne Park,
Winter Haven, Lake Wales and
Lakeland, embracing a total of over
thirteen hundred. While the Asso-
citation was very much gratified over
this showing 1t was deemed advisa-
BILE to secure between now and Mon
day morning next two hundred more
signatures so as to be well over the
fifty per cent. mark requested by the
commissioners before proceeding on
the engineering work and the adver-
tisement for bids preliminary to the
calling Of the election. A number
Of those present agreed to give all
the time between noon today and
Monday morning in canvassing for
additional signatures and there is no
doubt but that the commissioners
will be fully satisfied with the result
of this canvass when the petitions
are presented to them Monday morn
ing.
A meeting of the Association is
called for Monday morning next at
10 o'clock to complete all the nee
essary arrangements to go before the
and all members of
the association, as well as others
are invited to be present.
In order to increase the present
of the Association it was
decided to appoint each member of
the Association a committee a com
mittee of one to solicit new mem
bers on the basis of a reduced men,
bership fee Of one dollar and by this
means secure fifteen hundred mein-
bers. A number signed up at this
meeting and all persons interested
in this movement are earnestly
asked to send in their name and ad- |
iress with remittance of one dollar !
to the Secretary-Tfessurer A. ]. |,
at Lakeland.
During the campaign to be con-
iucted between now and the date of
election. much work will have to he /
lone and considerable necessary ex-
,ense incurred and the present small |
ought not to be expected
o carry the whole burden The i
PRESENT members have paid a fee Of
i've dollars and many of them as
much as ten dollars, so it is ex-
,ected now that If the fee is reduced
o one dollar that large number of
Members will voluntarily come in
nd and help along in this way
Any voters in this vicinity who
ave not yet signed the petition can
md same at the Office of the cham
er of commerce and prompt atten-
ion tomorrow is requested, which is
the last day.
Polk county needs the roads. They
an be built without increasing pres
Mt taxes. and a million dollars
urned loose in the county would be 4
tremendous benefit in addition to
be roads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
C. P. TAKES OVER ALLAN LINE

Montreal, Oct 1.-The Canadian
Pacific Railway formally assumed
control of the Allan Line steamship
business today, new corporation
having been organized for the pur-
pose under the name of the Canadian
Pacific steamships, limited.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01

Unlike the brand burned into the
hide of cattle, sheep brands are
painted on the wool with tar or a
like substance. Western ranchers
are experiencing great difficulty. be-
cause 50 many brand marks are af-
fected by rain. The average sheep
doesn't care enough who does the
killing to be much interested.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
PITTSBURG BESIEGED BY BOYS

Pittsburg, Oct. The twentieth
annual convention of the United
Boys Brigade of America has
brought to this city a host of the
most active youngsters who have be-
sieged the town. There will be
drills, routine business and moving
pictures of military interest to oc-
cupy the attention of the visitors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-01
SWEDEN PROHIBITS 4
EXPORTS OF MEATS
(By Associated tress.

Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 80. .-Th.
action OF the Swedish government IL
prohibiting the export of all meat
canned goods and live stock. which
becomes operative today, means the
,,practical loss to Germany of Sweder
as source of food supply. Certain
minor exceptions will exist, the most
important of which is fish; and pork
and bacon can still be exported un-
der special licenses; but the order is
as absolute and inflexible as possible
under the circumstances and Swed-
ems export trade in food is for the
time being, and probably as long as
the war lasts. almost completely at
an end.
Although 1t has been common
knowledge that Germany has been
substantially helped by, Sweden in
the matter of food, the extent of this
help has only been revealed by frag-
mentary figures which are now
available. The prohibitory order has
been for long time delayed by a
desire expressed by the government
to first count the amount of stock
on hand in Sweden and determine
whether it had actually fallen low
enough to make the prohibition i'm
perative The results of this inves-
tigation are startling.
During the first year of the war
10000 cattle have been exported,
practically the whole stock going to
Germany. This is fully 800 per
cent increase over the ordinary ex-
port before the war. During the
same length of time 100000 hogs,
alive or slaughtered, have been sent
out of Sweden to foreign markets,
although in this case a large percen-
tage has gone to England. The
counting of stock showed that where
as Sweden was expected to have for
home consumption 100000 hogs,
she now has on hand less than half
this number. The alarming scarcity
of provisions shown by the investi-
cation, together with the popular
outcry against the high prices which
placed the common necessities of
life beyond the reach of the poor
resulted in the order pro-
further export 1t is thought
that this order will soon be extended
to all food
Soon after the outbreak of the |
war, thousands of German buyers |
swarmed into Sweden. who did what |
they could, even in the smallest viii
Iages, to buy up all available meat
and vegetables. Duly organized and |
with special central offices estab-
ished, where food accumulated, live
stock was slaughtered, canned and
to Germany.
At Landscrona and Malmo, factor
es we're built and no detail was
omitted in the systematic attempt to
make the export as high as possible. /
temporary step taken by the Swed-
sh government last January forbid
ling the export of all timed goods
allowed Sweden a short respite from
/ system which was draining her of
upplies which were necessary for
lome consumption But by various
lodges. and principally by exporting
the same amount of mat in form Of
live stock or slaughtered cattle. the
'xport soon reached its former
height.