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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12

as the heirs expectant entered the
house. There was crotchety cousin
Felix, old Aunt Pamela-time-server
with lofty anticipation. There was a
crew of ravenous distant relatives.
Ralph had been especially summoned.
Lucia, too, and. Ned wondered why.
for she was not a relative of the dead
man.
Ned loitered about the grounds. He
wanted to congratulate Ralph when
he rode away realizing how rich a man
he was. A lurking fondness for Lucia,
too, made him hope he would have an
opportunity to walk home with her.
In about half an hour down the
front steps bolted Cousin Felix. He
was red-faced and raving. He was
swinging his cane about in venge-
ire.
whats the trouble, Cousin Felix"
challenged Ned.
Trouble? Outrageous. sheer rob
bery!" choked out the other.
Left nothing?"
None of US. Why aren't you in
there?"
"Oh, have no interest in the es-
, tate, that was settled long ago." de-
clared Ned.
Don't dissemble!" grunted Cousin
Felix between his teeth. You're left
the little house and lot where you
were born. That's something"
"Well, well!" smiled Ned. Il can
! turn it into laboratory. Just the
thing"
"To think of it," proceeded Cousin
Felix-"not a sou left to any of us
heirs except Ralph Warner and Lucia
! Ross, and she not even relative!"
what about Miss Ross?" demanded
! Ned sharply.
why, the entire estate is left to
, Ralph, except twenty-five thousand dol
lars. She gets that-if she marries
him."
"W-what!"
Ned Darlington fell back against a
tree and gasped.
Cousin Felix passed on. Ned stared
into vacancy. Mr.. Darwin had always
liked Lucia, but to make this ridicu.
lous, unheard-of arrangement! What!
To practically make Ralph rich man
and throw in sweet, peerless Lucia as
if she were bag of gold!
Ned started away from the spot
The bright sun of optimism was in
eclipse. He turned as a quick steI
sounded on the graveled walk.
1t was Lucia. Her cheeks wore an
angry flush. Her lovely lips were
curled in disdain and chagrin. She
seemed slightly hysterical as she ap
preached Ned, as If seeking sympathy
protection, somebody to cry to.
do you know what that uncle o.
yours dared do?" she flashed out
Il have just heard" observed Ned
las if were chattel!" fiared forth
Lucia. "As If had no mind, no pref
erence, no, no"
She met his ardent glance ant
flushed. He drew longingly nearer t
her.
"Ralph's a good fellow" said Ned
Its fortune, Lucia. You'd be ricl
and live in that big, splendid man
sion"
why, I'd sooner live in a hut will
the person IL loved!" cried Lucia
How would the little home hav
so Unexpectedly been left. suit?" urge'
Ned, on his mettle. Lucia, dear, 20,
know love you-enough to give vi
dreaming and make of you the haI
piest little woman in the world"
She placed her hand in his. Sh
looked him unwaveringly in the eyef
THAT is optimism without a flaw,
she declared, and Ned Darlington knew
that the fondest of all his glowin
dreams had come true.
. Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
WORTH THE Winning
BY WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY.

Two years is a long time, MIR.
Lane"
Its that or nothing" pronounced
Gideon Lane, in his set, austere way.
And them" inquired Walter Brooks
anxiously.
Il hope Paula marries you, for II
you are as loyal and helpful as you
have been, whom would I welcome
more gladly than you as . son-in-
law"
And in the meantime"
Not q word about this subject to
Paula. She is only sixteen. and ! will
not have her young head flied with
nonsense. When she is eighteen, her
mind is my mind. Be content. Earn
your happiness"
That settled it, and this Walter
Brooks fully realized. The love Of his
life had come into his experience.
and around it conferred all his wax.
ing thoughts.
Old Gideon Lane had q comforta.
BILE farm home. There were, besides,
two smaller holdings. They had be.
longed to neighbors, and he had
bought them out. He had leased the
North farm, as it was called, to q
shiftless fellow with large family
who had let it run into the ground
so far as crops and upkeep were con
cerned. He had let the house burn
down from sheer carelessness, and
had left his donor with an eighty
acre patch good for pasturage only.
The South farm Walter had accept
ed on the same profit-sharing basis
1t, too, was eighty acres in extent, and
he made it his pride and gave it his
constant attention. There was a ten
tative agreement with it's owner that
he could purchase it at the end of foul
years, il he desired. He had saved
up a few hundred dollars, as many
more were in sight, and Walter saw
sure daylight ahead when he asked
Mr.. Lane to allow him to pay his ad
! dresses to Paula.
II am going-to win. If lose time
and have to be patient as Job, II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
The Great Obscurantist.

Lawyers have always taken care to
keep the layman in happy ignorance.
Deep and loud was their indignation
when Sir William Blackstone pub
lished his Commentaries in 1855.
Sciolists like Jeremy Bentham might
praise Sir William for teaching juris-
prudence to speak the language OF the
scholar and the gentleman" but his
contemporaries at the bar knew bet
ter.
One black letter sage went so far
as tc say that man who could write
clearly on such a subject was a dis
grace to his profession.
This was hard on poor Sir william
who was really quite as great an Cd
scuraDtst as the rest.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
WALKING ON BUBBLES
BY VICTOR REDcLIFFE.
walking on bubbles-that's Me-

walking on bubbles-that's Ned
Darlington"
"And happy in his folly.
'Is it folly?" disputed Lucia Ross,
with her own particular chum and con-
fidant, Nellie Parr. "Mr. Darlington
is indomitable, bright, and, best OF all,
happy. There can be no false philos-
ophy to q system that holds high
ideal and sees no encouragement in
the rebuffs of adverse fortune"
why, quite a champion, aren't
you?" cried Nellie, and noted the
speedy flush on the fair face of her
companion and-wondered.
At that very moment the subject OF
this conversation was helping friend,
Ralph Warner, into an automobile in
front Of the Office Of the principal law
yer of Newton. There was strong
contrast between the two Inclined,
cleer-eyed, the picture of health and
attractiveness, with his athletic frame
and handsome face; Ralph. frail and
walking and looking like what he was
of delicate constitution and not fit
ted for harsh contact with a rough
world.
"The finest day of my life!" declared
Ned, and the air seemed to vibrate
with the worthiness and sincerity OF
his words.
The other clasped his hand as he
stepped into the machine. He looked
into the earnest, eager face of Ned,
tears in his eyes, his voice tremulous
with genuine emotion.
Ned" he said. you're strange
man to say it! You have robbed your
self for my sake"
"Ch, that way?" cried Ned, with
ringing laugh. Why. old boy, there
was nothing to rob me of, for l never
had anything. But I'll have something
say, Ralph, you know l nearly hit il
on that big motion picture scheme
had of a great aerial battle. l believe
an aviation suit can be made and ma
nipulated so that a host of actors
winged and armed, can engage in play
ing out a great aerial drama. If
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12

can carry out my idea successfully I'm
rich man."
Ralph Warner smiled indulgently.
almost pityingly.
Then l have a new scheme that
beats munition war orders all to
pieces" roamed on the enthusiast.
1--WE invented new food. I'm think
ing of organizing the EFFICIENCY Food
Wafer company. l prepare a disk
twenty Of them could be carried in
watchcase. Each one has powerful nu-
tritive value. can, in fact, combine
Strengthening qualities so that SOL
der in the trenches or on the march
can subsist on one of my waters for
forty-eight hours, just the same as
If he had full meal Well, good.by.
I suppose the will is to be read to-
morrow. Your end of it Is sure-Uncle
Darwin has left you the bulk of his for
tune. That much I positively know"
Ned Darlington nodded bright
adieu to his friend and went on his
way swapping his fingers jauntily, poor
as church mouse, but happy all over
because he had learned the news at
the law Office where he was a junior
student that their uncle had provided
for Ralph royalty.
Time was when Ned had been the
prime favorite Of the rich old man
Then, because he would not truckle
Mr.. Darwin had frowned on him. II
was Ned who had pushed to the front
Ralph Warner at this juncture. The
latter was a closer relative, he rea
soned; he was not able to work regu
larly; manly ease and comfort should
be his. He should have it. Ned
stepped aside for a friend.
He thought no more of that than II
he had given up meal to some hun
CRY tramp. He was free now to tel
Uncle Darwin what he thought of hin
when he acted selfish and uncharitable
His mother had left him a small
settled income. 1t was enough tc en-
able him to waste some time on hi,
visionary schemes while preparing 70
the law. He was a very prince of on
timism-contented, good to everybody
supremely happy.
And he loved Lucia Ross! Their
was another bright spot in his life
He had not told her yet Sometime
he wondered if, wher the critical me
ment came, she would favor his a,
peal. All, then! They could b
friends-that was a consolation.
Ned was fully aware that he was nc
mentioned in the will of dead Abra1
Darwin. He was or hand in the v
cinity of the old mansion, howeye
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Why Harsh Words Aurt

Most people seem TO feel hard words
more than hard deeds, and are more
upset by insults than by actual in.
1uries- What we do to an enemy in
war is done from necessity, but the
evil we say of him seems to ariss
from an excess OF spite.-PIutareh
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Communism

Communism il theory almost -
old as history. As far back as an.
thentic records take us we find cer.
tain men advocating the possession
Of all things in common. No nation
~ yet. however, has ever been placed
upon such theory ~ q foundation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
New Use for MOTORCYCLE.

A motorcycle street sweeper is a
new American machine It is mount.
ed on a sidacar chassis of pecnl,.r
design, and in front of the sweeping
mechanism is steel brush that Ioos.
ems the dirt so that the broom NAV
easily remove it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Voice of Talking Machine Humanized

Voice of Talking Machine Humanized.
To eliminate the shrillness and
deaden the metallic sounds of the
talking machine, German inventor
has just patented principle of tone
protection that employs lining of
cocus-fiber for the cabinet, by which
that is Theoretically sealed, washers
and other accessories of the same
material for the phalarges of the tone.
arm and all other points of metal con-
tact and fiber base for the record.
He asserts that by this principle the
surviving musical tone is immeasur.
ably enhanced in quality
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Chime and Chimes.

It is not positively incorrect" to
use the word chimes. I'VE have heard
the chimes at midnight, Master Shall
low" exclaimed Falstaff; and the
Chimes of Bruges" is an expression
that has been used correctly" enough,
too, q thousand times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Qualified Endorsement.

YES" said ]. Fuller Gloom, the de-
servedly unpopular pessimist. tine
Hon. Dodd Gastum was a fine fellow
and an able statesmsn-that is, II you
are absolutely certain he's dead.
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
els pIamond onIy for women,

BIG Diamond Only for Women.
In India the superstition obtains
that II the Koh-i-noor is worn by .
man, dire disaster viii befan him,
while II the wearer be q woman for.
tune win shine upon her for the rest
AZ her days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Rlnea Purify Air

According to a Finnish scientist, the
air around pine trees is purer than
that around others because their
needles disseminate electricity into
the atmosphere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
All Seek Man Of Efficiency.

II a man can make better BOOK
preach a better sermon or make pet
ter mouse trap than his neisnoor.
though ne build his house In ms
woods, the world viii make . peAten
pathway to his door. Emerson
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12

A man is pretty lucky when ne ia
so easily amused that his idea OF a
good time is to go into the country.
put on funny hat and have his pic.
ture taken.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Daily Ihouoht.

Mankind is always happier for hav.
ing been happy. So that II you make
men happy now you make them happy
10 years hence by the memory OF IT.
Sydney Smith.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-12
Optimistic Thcuoh'

If we did not corrupt our nature. our
nature would never corrupt us.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
PROGRESS MADE
BY BOTH SIDES IN
RUMANIAN FIGHT
Teutons Win in Northern
Mountain Passes While Allies
Advance on Border
GERMANS REINFORCED
Russians Win in Galicia !:
British Pause in Ancre
Drive
REINFORCED

Successes for both the Rumanan
and Teutonic forces in the bitter strug-
gle in progress along the Rumanian-
Transylvanian border are reported to-
day.
Progress for General Won Falken-
hayn's armies in their invasion of Wal
lachia from the northern mountain
passes is announced by eBrlin and ad-
mitted in part by the Petrograd and
Bucharest war offices. The Austro-
German columns have ben reinforced
by fresh troops. Their advance has
been most notable In the jul and Ait
valleys.
On the Moldavia frontier the sue
cesses are on the side of the Ruman-
ians who claim to be pursuing their
Teutonic foe beyond the Pennsylvania
frontier.
A Rumanan advance advance in
Dobrudja, where the town of Boasic
has been occupied also is reported by
Bucharest.
Petrograd reports a Russian success
along the Narayuvka river in Galicia
where the German have been driven
IContinued on pnre IOI
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
Price of Food Is Taken
Up in House of Commons

London, Nov. 15. The price of
food, which has become such ser
icus matter in England as in all other
belligerent countries, was discussed
in the House of Commons to-day.
William Hewins, Unionist member
from Hereford, introduced the fol-
lowing resolutions:
I'm the opinion of the House it is
the duty of the government to adopt
further methods of organization to
increase and conserve the national
food supply and to diminish the risk
of shortage and serious increase of
prices in the event of the war being
prolonged"
The debate on this resolution if
not arranged by the government, took
place In concurrence with it's wishes
and Walter Runcieman, president of
the Board of Trade was expected to
announce drastic proposals to deal
with the difficulties of the present
position.
The activity of German submarines
in sinking large number of ships.
which is related so closely to the price
OF food, will be discussed in the House
of Lords this evening by Lord Charles
Beresford and Baron Syndenham.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
Cold Wave Still Holding
Sway East of Mississippi

Washington, Nov. Is. - Zero at
Bismark, N. D., was the lowest tenn
perature reported this morning from
any part of the country. The coid
wave still held sway east of the
Mississippi river and abnormally low
temperatures continue in practically
all parts of the country. Freezing
temperatures were reported this
morning as far south as the gulf coast.
Indications were that the cold wouYd
grow tonight in the South and cold
wave warnings were issued for North
east and Central Florida and the coast
of Georgia, and South Carolina
In the North indications were for
lower temperatures tonight in the
Middle Atlantic States and along tho
Northern Tier States. Snow was pre-
dicted for New England, the Middle
Atlantic States and the Great Lakes
region and rain or snow in the interior
of the South Atlantic States. Tenn
peratures have moderated somewhat
over the Plains States. Northfie1o.
VT, was the coolest place in the East
with two above zero this morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
CONSIDER LEGAL
ACTION TO DEFEAT
EIGHT-HOUR LAW
Railway Managers Favor 5000
Injunctions Covering All
r. r. Territory in U. S.
p. r.. r.. FILES BILL
Wants Prosecutions Forbid
den; L. S. Attorney General
Will Defend Brotherhoods

New York, Nov. 15. - Railway
managers comprising the national
conference committee" continued to-
day consideration of whether whole
sale legal action to defeat the Adam
son eight-hour law will be taken or
whether limited series of injunctions
will be filed. The consensus of opinion
was said to favor the former course,
which would result in approximately
5000 actions, covering the entire rail-
road territory of the United States.
In view of the fact that the New
lands committee is to hold public
hearings on the railroad situation
generally beginning next Monday
there was an indication that definite
action would be postponed until the
conclusion of these hearings.
To-day's Developments
Two developments stood out to-day
in the situation arising from the forth
coming application of the Adamson
law:
First, the announcement that
the managers of the roads would
probably apply for injunctions
against the law in every Federal
court district in the United States
with a separate suit in behalf of
CONTINUED on Page 1OI
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
u. S. Protest Against
Deporting Belgians
Is Sent to Germany

Washington, d. c., Nov. Is. - De-
portation of Belgian civilians into Ger
many for forced labor has reached
such serious proportions that Ameri-
can Charge Grew at Berlin has been
directed by the State Department to
take the matter up personally with
Chancellor Won Bethmann- Hollweg.
The Charge was requested to say that
such deportations could not but have
a most unfavorable effect on neutral
opinion, particularly in the United
States, which has the welfare of the
Belgian civilian population very much
at heart.
The instructions, it was learned
grew out of a long report from Charge
Grew, in which he stated that he had
discussed the situation informally and
unofficially with Under Secretary of
Foreign Affairs Zimmerman. The
latter admitted that a definite policy
had been adopted to enforce the labor
of Belgians in cases where they would
not work voluntarily, on the ground
that so many refused to work as to
make the strain on public charity
intolerable.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
Declares U. S. Will
Soon Have Airplane Fleet
Second to None in World

San Antonio, Ten, Nov. 15.-General
Funston soon will have at his command
an aeroplane defense, second to none
in the world declared Brigadier GEN
eral George p. Scripen. chief of the
Signal Corps of the United States army,
at dinner given in his honor here.
His talk was the subject of much dis
cussion to-day as giving an inkling of
the extent of development in aeronau-
tics planned for the army.
Already more than $2,500,000 worth of
aeroplanes are under orders to move
from the army concentration points and
the bulk of them are coming to San
Antonio" General Sciven added.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15

A remarkable example of the eff
ficiency OF the modest little Want Ads
that appear daily in the Telegraph,
was demonstrated the other evening.
T. Il. Vernon, Jr., of Steelton had a
movie theater to rent. Instead of
to cking a For Rent" sign on the
frcnt of his theater, as is frequently
done. Mr.. Vernon proceeded along
thoroughly modern methods; he ad-
vertsed. He telephoned his Want
Ad to the Telegraph business office
and fifteen minutes after the paper
was in the streets, the theater was
rented, and it was then necessary to
turn down not less than a dozen other
ar.Xious inquirers. Quick results =
what?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
BRITAIN HOLDS
BLACKLIST LEGAL
in NOTE REPLY
Founded on Law and Will
Shorten War, Is
Claim

Washington ID. c., Nov. is. -
That the British Government will per-
sist in it's blacklist of American ship
pers and maintain it's stranglehold on
all overseas commerce with neutral
as well as belligerent nations is made
evident in Lord Grey's note of October
19. 1915, forwarded by Ambassador
Page on October II and made public
by the State Department yesterday.
While the note of the British Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs is
Continued OH Page 121
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
PRESIDENT WILL
TAKE OATH TWICE
To Be Sworn in Sunday and
Again on Monday; No In
terval Between Terms

Washington, Nov. 15. = After an
examination of its records in a search
for precedents, the State Department
holds that in it's view there is no
interval between the term of one
President and the beginning of the
terms of his successor, although there
may be a slight interval when the
Executive power is suspended"
The Department also holds that the
fact that President Wilson's first term
will expire on a Sunday will not leave
hiatus in the office of President un-
I'll noon of Monday, March 5, 1917.
when Mr.. Wilson will formally take
the oath of office for second term
Continued ON Page 12l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
BRYAN TO DRIVE
DEMOCRATS DRY
Casts Party Measures Aside to
Work For Prohibition; May
Split Them Apart

New York, Nov. Is. - WILL am
Jennings Bryan, the three-time leader
of Democracy, has cast aside all per-
sonal aims and party measures and
for the next four years will drive
continually and ceaselessly to make
the Democratic party declare for ma
tional prohibition. The former secre-
tory of State, here to-day for the first
time since before the late campaign
started, stated his purpose in no un-
mistakable terms.
When an issue arises" said Mr..
Bryan. ut must be met. The pro-
hibition issue is here. The Democratic
party cannot afford to take the i'm
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
10000 OUT OF woRI< ny COLD

Helena, Mont, Nov. 15.-Nearly all of
the mines of the Anaconda Copper Com
pany in Butte are closed to-day because
of the extreme cold weather which has
resulted in freezing ores in the bins
so that 1t is impossible to handle them
with any degree of success at the
Washoe and Great Falls smelters. More
than 10000 men are affected by the
shut down. The closing of the mines
at this time was said by operators to
be serious from a financial standpoint
as copper is selling above thirty cents
a pound and the demand is the greatest
ever known. The coal shortage, which
threatens to become serious, has also
developed tr various sections of Mon
tana
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
Won Football Championship
Through Team Prayers at
Critical Points in Games

Decatur Ills, Nov. 10. - Prayers
on the gridiron won the champion
ship of the little nineteen" confer
ence for the Milliken University foot
ball team according to a statement
made to-day by Captain Eugene
Suther.
At critical points in all games dur
ing the season, Suther said he called
his players about him and prayed.
Then they went in with renewed vigor
and made their first down" every
time, the captain asserted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-15
"STINGY STAGS" BARRED
FROM CENTRAL DANCES

Only the Central student may "go
stag" to high school dance this WIN
ter; any other luckless, girlless one
must deplete his bank account, attack
his sinking funds or float loan for at
least an extra quarter or suffer the
heartaching alternative of gazing on
the festivities afar from the hallway.
That decree. which, by the way, has
shaken the whole social fabric of the
high school to its very foundations,
has been agreed upon by Presidents
Geiger and Good, of the senior and
junior classes.
Rumor hath it that the edict is