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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
|OD OF BATTLES
BY FRANK FiLsoN.

dwardes, listening could plainly
! the sound Of the German saps
8 driven toward the Canadian
ches. 1t was eerie, listening there
he light of the electric torch, bur-
Ing like mole beneath the slushy
hders soil, and crouching knee
D in water, to prevent striking his
\ against the timbered roof.
b wondered often whether the Ger
be had heard him. Each side was
ecting q sap against the trenches
the enemy. When the saphead
ready hundred Of pounds of gun
'der would be ignited; there would
h devastating explosion, and the
hches. damaged beyond repair,
bid be occupied by the troops be-
p.
was thus . race between the Ca
Jams and the Germans. The sap,
|ended outward from the Canadian
ps, was now parallel with that Of
enemy, and the extremity of each
barely q dozen yards from that
The other.
The sappers were resting in the
verse behind. Edwardes sat alone
the water, figuring out the plan.
many yards, SO many cubic feet Of
|ber Milly, in Toronto; his
lights always required to her.
fhey were to have been married a
nth ago. But he had been fighting
ID his contingent for seven weeks,
the marriage was postponed in
lnitely-forever, probably. Not
ny men would come back to Can
J; those that did would be crippled
FOND repair.
Is he crouched there, to his aston
ment he found that he could hear
voices of the Germans. There was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
lardes Did Not Throw the Bomb.

lardes Did Not Throw the Bomb.
wv in the ground, a section of the
milling rock, soft as chalk, had
eped," probably as a result of the
erranean operations, leaving a
* in the earth, imperceptible, but
teying sounds clearly.
wo men were talking. Edwardes
led rather painfully at that. He,
he engineer, had nobody to talk to
ing those rare minutes when work
suspended. His task was to crouch
he water at the end of the sap,
ling until the time came for a re-
ption of work. The German was
tied more fortunately.
could not hear the voices of mis-
men. They had retired to the
erse, their headquarters, waiting
he relieving party. 1t was time
The resumption. He left the sap
and, bending double, trudged
toward them through the water.
ddenly the earth rocked about
He was flung to the bottom OF
sap by a terrific explosion. The
roof collapsed over his head.
med. dazed, bewildered, he man
by a supreme effort to keep his
above the water.
few moments he understood
J had occurred. A shell from a
nan 42-centimeter gun had fallen
rely above the opening Of the sap,
ferating it and destroying all the
OF his company.
> stretched out his arms and felt
Z wall that blocked the entrance.
called in a low voice, but there
= no response. His electric torch
+ gone out, shattered by the force
The explosion. He was alone,
I've feet beneath the surface Of the
ID, between which and himself
re interviewed the solid timbered
he air was already filled with the
,ping fumes of the explosive. Ed
des crawled back toward the sap
b. He crouched there, consider
He could still hear the murmur
he voices of the hostile party. But
\ seemed clearer.
AWARDS felt the earth wall eau
Sly. His fingers touched the damp,
|enetrable mass and found no crew
yet of a sudden he was amazed
pee q tiny twinkle, apparently in
heart Of the ground.
|e stared at it in doubt; presently
could no longer deny the truth. In
aible as it seemed, the explosion
shaken the collapsing stratum
further, leaving tiny gap be-
en- the two passages. And the en-
! worked on, all unconscious Of his
Bence.
he only possible way of escape
n his underground hiding place lay
ough that gap. into the midst Of the
my.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
Emotional Expression.

"In all races Of men," says Darwin,
"the expression of good spirits seems
to be the same, and it is easily recog.
nized." And he adds that from the
natives OF New Zealand 70 the hiSs,y
civilized Caucasian much the same
forms of emotional expression are to
be observed"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
Odd Invention.

Miss Katherine Minehart, Philadel-
phia woman, has patented new form
Of handbag which is capable Of being
converted into a seat. When opened
one part Of the continuance serves as
q seat. while another forms Q support
for the back.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
selection Of 4 wife.

IN France. Germany, China, Japan
p many other countries. wives are
eected for the man by the parents.
|th the assumption that the parents
ing older and having larger exper
bee with life. are better capable oil
Hecting a wife than the inexper
hced youth. 1t is not yet proved
et this is an unwsse course.-Ex'
|ange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
To Wash White Corduroy

Wash in warm, suapy water until
clean, using good quality soap. then
boil one-half hour in soapy water.
Rinse In clear water. changing the
water three times. and rinsing again
In cold bluing water. Don't wiring OF
squeeze. but hang TO Tin dry in open
air IL possfhlel -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
That OUGHT to curs Her.

man out West, who married q
low, has invented device to cure
-~f OF eternally praising her former
husband whenever she begins to
descant on his noble qualities. this i'm
genious No. 2 merely says: Poor,
dear mani How do wish he had not
diedl"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
BEAT. the ssl,moar,ph.

Earthquakes cause electric waveA
and an Italian Scientist has invented
apparatus which has registered them
several minuates before seismographs
have shown earth movements.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
Common Occurrences.

common Occurrence.
fou cannot put criminal on hia
honor declares prominent neuro
pathologist- Perhaps not. but Q Grim
inal sometimes puts one over on his
honor Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01
Nothing Good or Bad.

There is nothing either good or
bad. but thinking makes 1t so.-Shsks-
speare: Hamlet"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-01

Was First Kaiser.
charlemagne was the first person to
pune the name of kaiser.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19

!, ! RETAIL oIlls)1s us ORGANIZE.
& CHARLESTON Xa..#Feb. IL
Retail clerks ia this city and in Mont
gomery have org anised. The local
Central Labor union Is aiding, these
workers. to build up an effective local.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19

tice? Do we want to go back to the
days OF chattel slavery, when the
master himself determined what
should and should not be given to
the slave?
Our industrial feudalism of today
closely resembles the ideals of the
times prior to the French revolution,
one Of the bloodiest pages in history.
we iced the poor: We clothe the
poor, we amuse the poor, but we
never get OF their backs.''
TO provide reading rooms and lee
lures, welfare clubs and institutions
OF that sort may be an right In their
places. but they will never serve to
satisfy men who have an ambition
to be placed in q position where they
may depend upon themselves.
Some True Democracy.
A member Of the United States
senate recently said that the Filipino
people will be happier even with a
bad government Of their own, than
they would be with a good: govern
ment OF mine and yours.
1t is a characteristic of every race,
IT is characteristic of the individual.
His ambition is to be in a position
where he can develop himself, rather
than to have some other man, how
ever benevolent than other man may
pretend to be, assume to control his
conduct.
This is no plea for personal liberty,
so-called. The liberty Of the in
dividual must be submerged in the in
terests OF the mass. As population
grows and the problems confronting
US become more complex, all big ques-
lions must be considered from their
social aspect rather than from the
individual aspect.
When ar individual affiliates with
a trade union he forfeits his personal
liberty. He implicitly agrees that he
Will not work longer than a certain
number of hours, nor for less than a
given wage.
Solve His Own Problems.
He now looks at life and it's prob
lens from the social point of view,
and prescribes remedies that will al
leviate the sufferings of the body
polite.
The aim Of trade unionism is to
place the individual workman tn a po-
sttion where he may work out his
own salvation, in cooperation with
his fellows: to develop confidence
In his own ability to find a true solu-
ton to LIES knotty problems.
TO strive for social justice in a
world where this commodity is scarce,
to pull hard against the stream, in
season and out Of season, that is what
the great labor movement is doing for
the American workman and those
who will come after him and who will
participate In the benefits that. are
bound to accrue.
The denial of Justice! That is the
objective against which the heavy
guns of the labor movement are
aimed.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
BRITISH MINERS TO
CALL 0FF.STR|kE
Workers and Operators in Lam
cashire Sign Pact for Tenure
Of War.

MANCHESTER, England, Feb H.
'(by mail) The coal owners of Lam
cashire have undertaken that no gen.
eral notice to terminate contracts
shall be given at any colliery. and the
miners, on their part, undertake that
no general strike or cessation of work
shall take place at any colliery in
Lancashire and Cheshire during the
period of the war and further Pc
riod Of six months afterWard.
1t has also been agreed that any
general dispute in the counties on q
matter affecting the whole concilia-
ton board area shall be referred for
final settlement to the cancellation
board, and the rules of procedure of
the board, including the decision OF
the outside chairman, in the event of
the parties being unable to agree,
shall apply to the consideration of the
settlement Of such disputes, and the
decision 50 arrived at shall be ac-
cepted by and be binding upon both
parties.
Further, any disputes of a local
character not covered by clause 2,
which may arise at any colliery in
Lancashire, shall be referred for final
settlement to the owners and work.
mems representatives respectively on
the joint district board, and, failing
agreement. to the independent chair
man of the board.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
TRADE UNIONS AIM IS TO PLACE W0RKMANN
POSITION TO WORK OUT HIS OWN SALVATION
BY SENATOR RICHARD JONES.

BY SENATOR RICHARD JONES.
The history of society is one of per-
petual unrest, a struggle between the
classes, between the oppressors and
the oppressed. At no time in the
memory OF man have the scales OF
justice balanced. Perhaps it must
and that our feeble protest against
such a condition Of affairs Is energy
wasted and labor lost.
Some people try to search for the
real reasons~for what may be termed
a denial Of justice. under our present
system-try to find the answer to this
problem because they have no other
means Of employing their leisure
time, while many others do so be-
cause they simply cannot help it.
Moral Courage Required.
To fairly and impartially attempt
to analyze the situation often means
that ridicule will be heaped upon the
one who tries it. Those interested in
maintaining things as they are will
cast scorn at the efforts and heap
abuse upon the heads of those whose
interest in public questions prompts
them to serious study.
These people ore pleased to call
themselves optin1istis. They are ever
ready to label as pessimists those who
are not satisfied with the injustice of
the present social system. They call
upon legislatures and parliaments to
keep "hands off, in economic and
political questions except those meas
ures they themselves are pleased to
promote.
They are "optimists'' in regard to
anything that does not affect their
own interests. But, in the final an
alysts, they are not different than
the type whom Henry Ward Beacher
had in mind when he said they re-
fuse to look at the new moon, out of
respect for that ancient institution
the old one"
The Philosophy of "More.''
Man is a restless animal. He is not
satisfied to stand still. Give him
$1,000 and he wants. $1,000. Give
him a touch of justice and he wants
for more. It is inevitable. Voltaire
put it this way:
The sentiment of justice Is so
natural, so universally acquired by all
mankind, that it is independent of all
law, all party, all religion" and Omar
khayam supplements this again when
he says that Justice is the soul of
the universe"
The denial of justice is the source
OF social unrest. This is not less true
today than at any other stage in the
development of society. Men will
trample on each others rights; they
will ignore the fundamentals Of a
true Christianity and even go so far
as to set up their own shallow ideals
and call it religion. =.....
Do we want to go back to the
feudal times, when the lord of the
manor doled out one brand of JUS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19

Is il now claimed that false teeth.
were worn 2, 900 years ago. How old.
our 1n6d Tern conyenien arel
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19


ate committee of six lawyers and one
newspaper man, and not one farmer
or working 1nan-this fake rural
credits bill creates another gigantic
and expensive banking monopoly. It
is, as the National City Banks bulle-
tin admits, ian ingenious adaptation
of the Federal Reserve SYSTEM
Like Federal Reserve.
It establishes IL great banks
throughout the country with an army
Of employees. It puts SO many differ
ent apprsisals and appraisers between
the borrower and his loan that he is
likely to die of old age, If he is not
sold out before it gets the money.
If the farmers and other workers,
the plain people. compel their repre-
sentatives in Congress to beat this bad
'.joker" legislation they can get real
rural credits law enacted. Real rural
credits will have these general tea
lures:
The :aw will provide for chattel
loans, Or personal property loans, and
for personal credit loans as, we'll as
land mortgage loans. It will include
known character and integrity who
needs money can get it because OF
these qualities.
Tho Real Thing Wanted.
The machinery will be simple and
inexpensive and the government will
have .;irect supervision. It will en-
ploy banking experts, but not surren-
der to the bankers monopoly. Tho
borrowers will be given access d.
rectly 20 the sources Of money and
not have the gigantic bankers trust
between them and the money.
For example, the governments pos
tai savings deposits and other avail
able revenues could be invested In the
debenture bonds, based on the loans
Of q real rural credits system. The
government now turns it's postal saw
ings deposits over to banks at az per
cent. Why should not the borrower
get it direct?
H.. he bankers monopoly had
started out to kill real rural credits
legislation in the United States it
could not have done it better than by
this Moss Bill for Rural Credits. +.
Write to Congressman.
II. it had designed. deliberately to
fasten another great political ma
chine, based on its control *of money,
on the &C government Of this republic it
could lot have done better than to
draft md enact this Moss bill.
p. If the people Back home don't kill
this bill and kill 1t: quick the banking
and currency committee Of the House
and the bankers lobby will put it
through the House and then try to
force it through the Senate.
Kill IT now andhsav the way for a
real, ,catr ana popular rural credits
system. III. -
= Write to your Representative in
Congress to vote against the Moss
Rural Credits Bill. %-, - J.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
RAIL UNION CHIEFS
REPLY TO MANAGERS
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
on 12-mile per hour basis. Eight Of
the southeastern and five of the vest
ern railroads pay overtime on 12k-
mile per hour basis"
Don't Consider Strike.
The possibility of strike as the
outgroWth of the controversy is as
serted not to be part of the question
at this time.
The mems organizations are de-
clared neither to be pledged to accept
arbitration or opposed to it. The de-
cision will rest upon developments, it
is asserted.
The statement goes on to deny that
the trainmen's demands are based on
the present high earnings Of the
roads, due to the great business in
crease.
The statement declares there is no
reason why other railroad employees
should suffer reductions in order to
meet the increased expenditures in
volved in an eight-hour day for train
men.
So FAR as dividends are concerned.
the organizations declare that "some-
thing with which we have nothing to
6On
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
COAL OWNERS MAKE
HARD LINES PLEA.
Will Spend 100000 to Influ-
ence Public Mind Against
Miners.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. lit is
not at all inconsistent with the recent
announcement that the coal operators
had ready 100000 to spend for the
purpose Of defeating the demands of
the coal miners to read, as was made
public today, story that the anthra-
cite coal industry is operating on as
low a margin of profit as is possible
If the operators are to continue "serv-
ing the public"
used fos? is the question which the
miners are asking.
The statement was made by Chair
man S. d. Warmer, of the Executive
Committee Of anthracite coal manu-
facturers, and the motive given was
that 1t had been decided TO tell the
public the sale price Of anthracite
coal at the mines. the cost Of trans
portation and the expense and profit
Of the retailer
The operators say( and their say so
must be taken by the public in the
light of their announced intention to
spend 100000 to defeat the de-
mands Of the miners) that the mine
owners profit is 20 cents per ton on
coal retailing in this city at 1925.
Other costs, according to the COM
mittee, are retailing, $2.15; transport
tat1on, $1.55; losses on sizes Of coal
which must be sold at less than cost
of production in competition with soft
coal producers, 95c; production cost,
including labor, depreciation, equip
ment, royalties and taxes, $40 a ton.
Among other demands" said the
committee, "the miners are asking for
20 per cent increase in wages. This
would lost the industry $23,000.000 a
year, more than twice the annual
profit from the industry"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
STEEL CORPORATION
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-"An extra
ordinary story of prosperity" il the
term used by the New York World
in commenting on. the last financial
report Of the United States Steel COR
poration, which has recently an
nounced = 10 per cent wage increase
to Its low wage. long-hour workers.
1t fs shown. that the trusts net
earnings for the past quarter were
$51.232.1ss, or. $5,729,0s0 larger than
for any previous quarter last year;
dividends resumed on the common
stock at the former annual rate Of
s per cent; a surplus Of .$2s,300,692
above ell charges and dividends;
$1O5, Oo0 900 cash in bank, -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
LABOR AND FARMERS 80.
r sEEJoKER IN BILL

Continued from page ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
EVEN CRAMPS SHIP :
5" YARD RAISES WAGES

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 17.-rh.
Cramps, shipbuilders, have voluntar-
lily raised wages 10 per: cent. About
5000 employees are affected. : -
): With this announcement, comes an
other one--that the A.; IT, Of L. metal
trades department. will inaugurate .
campaign for eight hours in tho ship
yards ,.long tho Atlantic coast, and
that the first meeting viii be held III
this city tonight.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
RUSSELL ADVOCATES
CONTINENTAL ARMY
Continual from page ~

CONTINUED from page ~
ICED in twenty-four hours with all
their arms and equipment, and yet in
times of peace costing the nation very
little.
these in times Of peace would
pursue their regular vocations.
1T is one thing or the other. The
presidents solemn warnings as to the
real situation show US where we get
off. But besides giving us a better
and a twenty times larger force, the
citizens army would have tremendous
social. moral and national advan-
tageS"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-02-19
MAN SHOULD LIVE
TO BE A HUNDRED
BY DIR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM.
500 Columbia Bldg, Duluth.

500 Columbia Bldg, Duluth.
Nature intended that man should
live: to an age approximately five times
the number of years that it takes to
reach his bodily maturity. Man reach
es his height and maximum strength
at 20, and should therefore live to be
a 100.
The brain, being the last organ to
develop, and growing until man is
past 20. should sit secure and watch
every organ decline. But as a; rule,
the brain, with the majority Of people
who live to be 20, loses its power be-
fore the hands and feet, and death
reaps something less than q fully ma
tured man.
Health is the most natural thing in
the world, and should, be enjoyed by
everyone. It is natural to be healthy,
because we are part Of nature. Ma
ture is necessarily at work trying to
keep, us we'll. But too often we per-
NIT delusive impulses to overcome our
better Judgment, and practice indis-
cretions that break down bodily re-
sistance.
One Of the most frequent indiscre-
tons Of which man is guilty is his
diet. And please remember that the
greatest dietetic sinners are not the
poor and ignorant, but the so-called
educated class. We all know the dan
ger from strong drink, but strong food
that sets up its ferment after you eat
it Is just as bad as that product Of
the grain that is fermented first and
swallowed afterwards.
Most Of the so-called heart dis
eases are stomach troubles!' The
stomach, being located just beneath
the heart, fermentation of food in the
stomach causes pressure on the heart,
and this starts irregularity of heart
beats; and probably in time may set
up g. genuine heart disease. -.
Every person should discover for
himself the foods that agree with him
and stick to them. He should also
discover the foods that disagree with
him. and these he should absolutely
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-15

the state. Hitherto the Florida work
has been directed from Atlanta, Ga,
and while better than nothing at all,
was ineffective, as such long-range
supervision must necessarily be-
The experience of other states has
been that the presence within their
borders of government headquar-
tiers, a supervisor and a corps of
veterinarians, has caused the work of
tick eradication to progress by leaps
and bounds. That this result win be
seen in Florida also is devoutly to be
hoped, and we trust the very heartiest
support and cooperation of every
county demonstration agent and
every farmer and stock raiser in the
state may be accorded the govern
ment officials in their valuable and
necessary work.--St. Augustine Rec
ord.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-15
DON 7 HAVE
GRAY HAIR
It's Unnecessary-Q-B Ban Darkens
1t Evenly-No Dye.

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you will be delighted to see all your
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roots, making hair and scalp healthy,
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