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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl z. Trout. OF Wayne.
Atlantic City.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
TAMPA HARDWARE MAN
ALMOST DUMF0UNDED AT
SIGHT FLORIDA CROPS
w. c. Thomas, While on Tour of In
terror, Ran Across a Single
Patch" of Corn That Covered
Thousand Acres

Plant City, Sept. 3O.-W. c.
Company, was here Monday, and in
speaking of recent automobile tour
Of the State he made. declared that
what he saw was a revelation. A man
who has not been over the State can
form no conception of what is being
done in the way of development of
Florida's possibilities so far as agri-
culture is concerned
Mr.. Thomas itinerary carried him
up through the central sections,
along the east coast-in fact, pretty
much over the peninsula and large
part of the mainland. In fernando
county, not far from Hillsborough,
he saw two hundred acres of rice un-
der one fence This was enough to
put one thinking, but when the Tam
pan reached Marion, one of the prin-
cipal staple-crop counties of the
State, he had his "eyes opened" sure
enough, for there he ran across q
corn field thousand acres in extent.
OF course, this was one of the larg-
est single patches in that section,
but the fact that he was informed
the yield would be considered far too
low if it fell below one hundred and
forty bushels to the acre, Mr.. Thorn
as began to realize that there is
something TO Florida's claims as an
agricultural country. A little fur
ther on, but in Putnam county, Mr..
Thomas came to another field of
morn; it was not near so large as the
thousand-acre patch, but embraced
upwards of two hundred acres, and
gave promsie of at least one hundred
and fifty bushels to the acre.
Several farmers in the vicinity Of
Gainesville, in Alachua county, by
following the rules laid down by the
federal government, have secured
yields of more than one hundred
bushels to the acre, and this with
out the use of fertilizer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

with his men part of the command
OF General Jesus Carranza on the
isthmus Of Tehuantepec A brother
OF Santibanez in opposition to the
government was captured in the
north and was held for execution
lmpelled by this fact and by personal
ambitions, Santibanez suddenly
|seized Jesus Carranza and his staff,
took them far into the mountains
and held them for ransom. He de-
manded of General Venustiano Car
rama that his brothers life be
|spared and his own ambitions graft
fed, threatening that if the first
chief did not comply Jesus Carran-
za's life would pay the forfeit
The first chief refused to comply
declaring that it was impossible to
grant the demands even to save his
|hrother's life. He. however. made an
effort to capture the bandits but was
Unsuccessful and Jesus Carranza was
shot against a wall.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

stuffs produced at home, and, at the
same time, have automatically held
cCttCn production down to barely the
worlds requirements, and, as re-
suit, the value of the 1916 cotton
crop will probably exceed the amaz-
ing total of $1,000, 100000. !"
Mr.. Hirsch dwelt on the energetic
way in which various other State as
sociations of bankers had taken up
the work in their own localities. He
paid particular attention to the
work of the county agent as a means
OF bringing the educative work right
to the farmers door.
The chief economic value of the
new system of federal land banks,
said Mr.. Hirsch, lies in the extended
period of payment afforded the bor-
rover. This he considered OF far
greater importance than a slight les
sening of the interest rate-if the
act lessons the rate at all. The
great rural problem of this country
he said. as it has been Of all coun'
tries is to make it nation OF lanc
owners.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
LAKELAND FLORIDA SATURDAY SEPT 20 1919
Berlin DECLARES
SHIPS WERE
NOT ATTACKED
BY SUBMARINES
(By Associated Press. }

Berlin, Sept. 80. A semi-officio,
news agency announced today that
competent authorities" stated that
neither the steamer Kelvinia nor tho
steamer Strathtay were attacked bv
German submarine.
The American embassy at Londan
last week notified the state depart
ment that the British admiralty had
deciaed that the Kelvinia which had
twentv-eight Americans aboard. was
struck by a mine.
The British steamer Strathtay
New York for Havre, was sunk Sept.
6. There were two Americans in
the crew. 1t was reported to Wash
lngton that she had been torpedoed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
MARRIED TEACHERS IN
BERLIN WILL BE RETAINED
(By Associated Press. }

Berlin, Sept. 3O.-The magis-
tracy and school board of Berlin
Schoeneberg have decided that wom-
en- school teachers who marry during
the war shall be retained in office
and receive the pay drawn by them
before. 1t will also be endeavored
to secure for them the increased pay
granted from State funds for length
Of service. The authorities explain
that "the situation created by the
war makes it more and more requi-
site to encourage marriage. !"
Schoeneberg' action is step in
, advance of any other Prussian city.
Others, including Berlin proper, per-
mitted women teachers married to
soldiers in the first days of the
conflict to retain their positions, but
they have not gone farther Scientific
men are advocating the removal OF
any limitation on the marriage oi
women teachers. DR.. Felix Theil
Ihaber, well-known authority or
social and sociological subjects, re
Gently directed attention to the fac
that nearly 20 per cent of all womer
in Berlin forty years old are single
a number almost double that of
generation ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
DESPERATE Fighting
On Northern
End of SOn1nle
gRMANS MADE HEAVY COUN-
i TER ATTACKS BUT NEW BRIT.
/ ISL ARMY HANDLED THESE
j LIKE OLD TIMERS
(By Associated Press. }

London, Sept. 30.-Desperate
.sghting is in progress along the
HkOrthern end of the Somme front
|%here the British recently made i'm
&ortant inroads on German position?
*uuth Of Ancre. The British report
L heavy German counter attacks
Ind declared the new British army
Jas acquitted itself creditably in
eating off the Germans. Farther
own the line toward the Somme,
be French resumed their attacks
ushing a wedge farther into the
kerman lines near Rancourt by use
hand grenades, Paris said.
In Macedonia the Bulgarians are
eported to have captured Serbian
tench after the Serbian attack nad
cen repulsed in the Kama kicalan
esion, There were no important
ges elsewhere in Macedonia or
)Nbrudia announced.
Petrograd said no important hap
ienillgs from either the Russian cr
(aucasion front.
| The Germans claim the Ruman-
ms were defeated at Hermannstad
Pennsylvania.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

progress, with bankers in the latter
State evincing lively interest in
county agents and children's club.
work
Vermont and New Jersey are
starting work and the bankers even
in manufacturing Massachusetts are
developing large agricultural COM
mittee and organizing county leagues
to combat the decrease in rural pop.
ulation and cultivation
Southern bankers, it is said, have
been particularly active because of
the need of agricultural development
has come more closely home to the
bankers of the south. Mississippi
has done remarkable work in the
eradication of the cattle fever tick,
which has caused the south the loss
of untold millions of dollars; and to-
gether with Alabama it has made
progress in the development of boys
CluDS, III uOIlt utluOiSll WI n,
and in upbuilding of the livestock
industry. The Virginia Bankers
Assc citation sent twenty boys through
an agricultural college course last
winter and has found this such
promising work that it is announced
it is proposed to send hundred
boys and girls to college this winter.
Georgia bankers are doing similar
work and in South Carolina many
banks have advanced funds for the
purpose of raising of thoroughbred
cattle
The Wisconsin Bankers Associa-
tion has stressed the Importance of
pure bred grains and corn, has dis
tributed 10000 monthly bulletins
relating to agricultural betterment,
and has organized the famous bank
ers-farmers' excursion to the State
agricultural college.
Texas has been active in county
agent work, and last year the Bank
ers' Association there conducted
cotton warehouse campaign, increas-
ing the warehouse capacity of the
state by over 100000 bales, and the
committee is now conducting
Statewide campaign for increased
livestock production.
Last year" Mr.. Hirsch said, cot
ton States bankers, by a vigorous anC
concerted warehouse and gradua
marketing campaign, are said, by al
eminent authority, to have added ov
er 500 900. 900 TO the value OF tn
cotton crop. while this year, south
ern farmers, stimulated by a south
wide publicity campaign undertakes
Jointly by southern bankers an
southern newspapers, have save
millions of dollars in feed and food
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
MUCH PROGRESS MADE BY THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION OF
THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSN

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 3O.-Pro-
gress made by the agricultural COM
mission of the American Bankers
Association since it undertook, five
years ago, to extend to every State
in the Union the doctrine that safe
and sound agriculture means safer
and sounder banking, was reported
by Joseph Hirsch, of Corpus Christi,
Texas, member of the commission,
in an address before the convention
Of the Association here yesterday.
Some of the things that have been
accomplished in the several States
he summarized along the following
lines:
Today forty-two of the State bank
ers' associations have standing com
mittees on agriculture.
Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota,
have been foremost in the develop
ment 70 the consolidated rural and
agricultural high schools and good
roads movement.
North Dakota has eXcelled all 9TH
er States in the Union along the lines
OF diyersification and the change
from a one-crop to an intelligent
self-sustained livestock farming
State.
In the State of Washington com
munity bankers and business men
associations are being ORGANIZED ;
California is conducting vigorous
campaien for the cooperative mar
keting of her products; Idaho mas
enrolled over eight thousand chi!-
dres in clubs which have raised
products that amounted to over Sow
600 last year.
Michigan conducted "Oat and
Corn" weeks last spring, looking to
hatter seed selection and cropping
methods. and the State now has oyeI
80 agricultural schools, due largely
If is stated, to activities of Michigan
bankers.
Missouri has done remarkaol'
work with county agents, ana th'
bankers of that State have distrip
rted thousands of dollars in prizes
for the boys and girls clubs
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas ana ok
1aboma all report notable progress
Iowa and Kansas bankers doihs
narticularly notable work in the dis
tribution of thousands of farm ac
icounting books. The Iowa assocla
ton makes the interesting state
nent that although the farm an
livestock industries of the state eA
ceed a billion dollars annually II
estimated that less than ten per cen
Of the Iowa farmers keep books.
Pennsylvania and Ohio are makln'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
262 VESSELS
SUNK PAST
3 MONTHS BY
SUBMARINES
FIFTEEN SUNK WITHOUT WARN.
ING; SUBMARINE ACTIVITY
PAS DOUBLED IN PAST TWO
MONTHS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Sept. 30.-Subma-
rines sank 262 vessels, including 66
neutral vessels from June | to Sept
"a, according to London dispatches,
supplementing Lord Robert CeciPs
statement of last night. Fifteen were
reported sunk without warning with
eighty-four deaths. Today's infor-
nation shows the submarine activity
has practically doubled in the last
two months.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

ranks second with 100000 Chi
nese. About the same number have
settled in Siam, where they practi-
cally control important business and
have become immensely wealthy.
Five hundred thousand Chinese are
living in Siberia. and the same num-
her are in the Malacca peninsula.
Hongkong, an English colony, shell
ters 100000 Chinese and 100000
ARE living in Canada and Mexico.
The census estimates that 100000
Chinese are residing in the United
States and Europe, but no estimate
is given as to the exact number in
the United States.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
SLAYER OF SARANZA'S
BROTHER Is DEAD
(By Associated Press. J

Mexico City, Sept 80 .-Confirma-
tion has been received of the report
of the death of Alfonso Santibanez.
the slayer of General Jesus Carranza.
brother of the first chief. Santibanez
was shot and killed by Aurelio Her.
nandez, follower of Felix Diaz, at
Zihuatlan, Oaxaca. Word was later
received that Hernandez also had
lest his life in a skirmish with Con-
stitutionalist troops.
Santibanez. who had been a fed
eral leader in 1914, in 1915 formed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
AMERICANS ARE
CRITICISED BY
GERMANS FOR
PARTICIPATION
IN THE WAR
(By Associated Press. }

Berlin, Sept. 80. practically all
the Berlin newspapers contribute to
the bitter criticism of Americans
in the French army. The news of
the death while in flight of Lieuten-
ant kiffin Rockwell, of Atlanta and
Asheville, precipitated a storm OF
criticism. The Post declared the
presence of Rockwell and others in
the enemy camps cannot be regarded
as acts of individuals but declared
America is sending her own citizens
over to fight Germany.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

''cSsonville, Fla, Sept. 29.-The
'Alg Of the tourist season in Flor
VIII be celebrated in Jackson
y on Oct, 10, II and 70, by the
FESTIVAL, which, according to
program arranged, promises to
ahe Of the gala events of the year
'uCeo rates have been secured on
'allroads entering the city, in
mat citizens of nearby towns
axe advantage of this celebra-
which in a great many respects
Wy them more than it does Jack
.'lle Among the features of the
,dl will be the aquatic sports on
'sdutlful st. Johns river, under
"ection of the Jacksonville Di-
T. Florida Naval Militia, Motor
aces, swimming races and sail
aces will be INDUCED in and
NOne prizes awarded winners.
rail- Festival opens on Tues
oct- 10, which has been desig-
Domino Night" and at which
s'nds Of merry-makers will
I, through the city en- mask and
large torches. Mayor j. E.
V"oen will turn the keys Of the
"er to the pleasure seekers and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
$4,000 Strike
Benefit Fund
Is Being
Distributed
(By Associated Press. }

New York, Sept. 80 The Off
cials of the Street Railway Employees
Union began the distribution of $780,
900 strike benefit fund among the
men striking here. Traction Off
cials said the strikers are returning
at the rate of about fifteen daily.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
RUSSELL WILL NOT BE
ALLOWED IN ENGLAND
OR UNITED STATES

London, Sept. 3O.-The Hon. Ber-
trand Russell, who was recently
fined and subsequently deprived oil
his fellowship and residential privi-
,eeae at Cambridge as the author OF
a leafiet published by the Notion
scription Fellowship, is to be pre-
vented not only from proceeding to
the United States on a lecture tour
as planned, but also from enterine
any prohibited area in the unlteo
Kingdom. A notice to that enec'
has Just been served on him by the
var office and by an odd coincidence
Il was his cousin, Lieutenant-Coione
the Hon. A. F. V. Russell "ht
signed the order as the competen'
military authority.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
MORGAN SAILS
FOR LONDON TO
FLOAT QUARTER
BILLION loan
(By Associated Press. J

New York, Sept. 30.-J. p. Nor
gan. financial agent of the British
government in the United States. has
engaged passage on the American
liner New York, sailing today. 1t is
reported that Morgan is going to
London to arrange to float another
quarter billion dollar British loan
backed by American securities.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
9 900 900 CHINESE LIVING
OUT OF CHINA

Peking, Sept. 80 Nine million
Chinese subjects are living outside of
Chinese territory, according to a CEN
sus just compiled by the ministry of
commerce and agriculture. India
has attracted more Chinese than
any single country. The census
shows that there are 100000 Chi
nese in India, while CochinChina
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
[H|LE BRITISH BEAT OFF
Germans, french PUSH
WEDGE FURTHER into
THEIR LINES NEAR RANC0UR]
WORK ON NATIONAL
THEATER RESUMED
tBy Associated Press

Mexico City, Sept. SO.-Work
mas been resumed on the beautiful
National theater which has been in
process of construction for MANY
years. The contract for the stained
glass dome which will surmount the
structure has been let to New
York firm cf jewelers. and glass man
ufacturers
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
1000 MORE ACRES UNDER
CULTIVATION IN IRELAND

Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 2S.-The
|forts of the Irish department of
|griculture to increase the food sup
|ly have resulted in an addition of
fer $500 acres of land to the area
Fnder cultivation. Instructions have
feen sent about the country advising
farmers as to the best means of
ftilizing their land, and the growing
| catch crops.
Although Ireland has a flourishing
nen trade in Belfast it does not, to
Iay great extent, grow its own fax,
no the department has been endeav-
fmg to remedy this. Early in Au-
aN' 1914, the department issued a
lemorandum advising flax-growers
save 1ax-seed for their sowing re-
alfements the following spring. The
FOcuring of seed during the season
lSl4-15 was attended with con-
aefable difficulties. Upon represen-
'llOns of the department of agri-
4'ure, facilities were obtained,
trough the intervention of the for
lsn Office, for the export of seed
ion Russia and Holland to this
'ua'ry Though these supplies
slped the flax-growers, it was in
i4clent to meet their full require
-'uS' A Society of Flax-Growers
Oeen formed, and arrangements
''e oeen made for the cultivation
'ae crop on a more extensive scale.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
PRESIDENT HAS
~ BUSY DAY
(By Associated Press. }

Long Branch, Sept. 30.-The
President this morning reviewed the
Fourth New Jersey infantry at Sea-
girt. This afternoon he was to re-
ceive and address the members of the
Young Mems Democratic Clubs from
New York.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
{ by Associated Press }

Chicago, Sept 20. The Justice
department agents raided private
apartment at four o'clock this morn
ing and arrested two men and a
act Matchmaking cases
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
EMPEROR OF
AbYSS|N|A HAS
Been DEP0SED
(By Associated Press }

London, Sept. 80. Emperor Lidj,
Jeassua of Abyssinia, has been de-
posed at Adds Abaha. Kidji Jeas-
SUI, is aged %. He is the grandson
of Emperor Menelik, whom he sue
ceeded in 1913.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
SMALL PLEAD MOT GUILTY"
(By associated Press. }

Mountainview, n. H., Sept. 80 -
Frederick IL. Small, charged with
the murder of his wife, whose body
was found burned in thcir cottage
hero, pleaded not guilty when ar
raj ned.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
BRITISH LOSSES
IN SEPTEMBER
$500 DAILY
(By Associated Press J

London, Sept. 80. The British
losses during September were at the
rate of more than $500 daily
Casualties on all fronts reported are .
Officers, 5,4S9; men, HALO.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30
TOOK
LEAD TODAY !
:. BY DEFEATING =. .
= BROOKLYN
(By Associated Press. }

Brooklyn, Sept. 80. .-Philadel-
phia took the lead in the National
League by defeating Brooklyn 7 to 2
in this mornings game.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-30

for three days citizens OF Jackson
r,,,o and the many visitors will en-
;ov uninterrupted pleasure.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-12-06
Printed Letter Paper Paws

suppose you are wanting hogs or
chlckens OF some particular breed.
you look over the ads. and write two
parties who have what YOU need ask
Ing for prices, etc.
oile answer comes written in lead
pencil, on plain cheap paper. The 9th
er man writes You on a neatly print
Gu letter head which gives the name
ol ms iarm, shows cuts OF the kind of
STOCK he keeps. and looks business
like.
Which letter appeals to you most?
"hlch man do YOU Immediately feel
most inclined to deal with?
others will judge your letters.
why not be up-to- date, have suita-
Die name for your farm, neatly print
ed iettcr paper and envelopes, and gct
business. Progressive Farmer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-12-06
NOT MUCH MONEY IN POETRY
TrIces Paid to Writers Have MOI
Greatly Advanced With Its In.
creasing Popularity.

In this day Of revival of poetry there
may be a natural curiosity to know
whether prices for poetry have gone
up III proportion to the apparent pop.
ularity. | am afraid not, remarks a
writer In the Buffalo Express. Masters
dld not get cent for the magazine
publication Of the Spoon river poems,
put he Will get few hundfed dollars
royalty from the book, and since it's
success understand he has been paid
as much as $100 for q single poem by
New York weekly. The usual price
Is 81 line, or $25 for a very short
poem. And the spoon River Anthol.
ogy" is tho most talked about book in
America today, either poetry or fiction.
The London Times paid Kipling $500
Tor the "Recessional." and tho same
FOR other poems ut various times.
walt Mason apparently is making
more money out Of poetry than any
other man In America today. He
writes g poem every day in the year
Tor newspaper syndicate. and in a
recent Interview he says he Is paid
$12 each on yearly contract, which
Mr. Howells in the Editors Easy Chair
llgures out to bo $3,578 or thcreabouts
a year. Mason says the most he ever
made In one month Is $875.
1t was Moore and Byron who got
the really big prices for poetry In
the days when the public gave the hon.
ors to long, storylike volumes, such as
"Lalla Rookh." for which Moore re.
ceived 5000 guineas, or about $4,000
Tennyson was said to have been paid
S2O,OoO year by Moxon for his poetic
output, and James Whitcomb Riley
was offered $4,000 year for his. The
New York Ledger paid Longfellow
$4,000 for "The Hanging Of tho Crane"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-12-06
TELLS ADVENTURE IN RHYME
English Airman Drops Into Poetry In
Describing PerIous Trip Over
Enemys Lines.

In place Of the colorless account of
an aerial voyage by one Of the many
CHEEKY British pilots, tho Times OF
London publishes the following with
the suggestion that cultivation Of the
muse may be inspired by ones prox-
unity to higher things.
We quote specimen of the pilots
poetic expression:
The day was fine and the air was
still, and everything went we'll until
the Archtbalds began to flash, and
deafen me with noisome crash. I hid
my head, stopped my ears In vain
attempts to calm my fears; l whistled
every tune ! knew, and tried to think
1T wasn't true. Then came n pause
we'd passed the zone; in fear I fin.
gered every bone.
Then 10! smile o'erspread my
face, for every boh,. was in it's place.
So things went on; wo ran our course,
and turned for home no whit the
worse, until three Hunlets on our stern
constrained us, like the worm, to turn.
Then bullets whizzed and bullets flew
tas bullets very often do), while pilots
slowed their brilliant nerve with hawk
like swoop and 'orrid swerye."