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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27
HE CAN DO IT!
Will Frank Harris at the Eleventh
Hour Lift the Democratic Party
of Florida Out Of the Nal
oderous Bog in Which it
Is Mired?
(By Albertus Vogt.)

The Editor of The Telegram:
/ see and thank you sincerely 1or
copying and commenting on what
Wallace Stovall said in his Tuesday 5
Morning Tribune, anent my friend
Frank Harris
AS /, or rather we, nominated
Frank for the governors place ana
the entire State press unanimously
seconded that nomination and as IL
were by reclamation elected Frank
to that high office, though he told US
May
For and because of the peace and
dignity of the State of Florida, am
begging of you that by and within
the columns of your "read-all-over
paper" you join me in asking all the
newspapers in the State to join US IN
requesting both Mr.. Cats and Mr..
Knott to come down from out the
gubernatorial race and let us and the
Florida State press again elect Frank
Harris, the choice eff all of the peo-
pie of Florida, our next governor.
For just as Woodrow Wilson is the
president of all of the people OF all
of these United States; just so Will
Frank Harris be governor Of all the
people of all of the State of Florida.
Just as Woodrow Wilson has been
and is the savior of all Of the best
interests of all the people of our
great and glorious republic, just so
will Frank Harris be the savior OF
the every righteous interest of the
entire people of Florida.
Just as Roger Easement was the
second coming CT the Christ unto
Ireland, just so in this desolating
political hour in the life of the best
interests of all the social. political
and business of Florida, will be the
second coming of Frank Harris into
our States politics.
have tried to do the best that |
could do with the lights before me,
with my time, with my energy and
with my pen, for Florida.
BY the Biblical allotment of time
unto man l have only three and
half more years left unto me.
would cheerfully "check in" here
and now to see my lifelong friend,
the governor of the State love next
to my wife and little ones, for out
of this chaos of rival anarchy Frank
Harris would work out progressive
peace and plenty and the press of
Florida can bring about this ideal,
political condition, and
they can do it now And Frank Har-
ris will bury this noisome cry of
fraud under a snowbank OF ballots
that will forever fetch peace to every
political party in the State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

will be next year, and it is we'll enough
to carry over some money from this
years crop to operate on next year.
The bank is decidedly the best place
to keep your money. Put it on de-
post with the bank of your choice,
and it is a pretty safe ndea in max
ing a doubtful investment to talk the
matter over with a business friend
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

storm and the weevil has been pro-
nounced. The sunshiney and cool
conditions were also favorable for the
saving of hay, much of which was
The absence of rain was fav-
orable for cane truck, seed.beds,
strawberry plants and gardens gener-
ally. Truck growers are busy, but the
work of seeding and transplanting is
delayed. Citrus fruits are in fair con-
dition, but the crop is short. A good
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27
ONE OF THE PRIME PLANkS
IN THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL PLATFORM

WHOEVER BY AROUSING
PREJUDICES OF A RACIAL,
RELIGIOUS OR OTHER Ma
TURE, CREATES DISCORD AND
STRIFE AMONG OUR PEOPLE
so AS TO OBSTRUCT THE
WHOLESOME PROCESS OF UNI
FICATION, IS FAITHLESS TO
THE TRUST WHICH THE PRIV.
ILEGES OF CITIZENSHIP RE-
POSE IN HIM, AND DISLOYAL
TO HIS COUNTRY"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27
SYNOPSIS OF WEATHER AND
CROP CONDITIONS IN FLORIDA
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEP
TENDER 26, 1916.

The weather during the week was
very dry, most of the section being
without precipitation. The absence of
rain was favorable for picking cotton,
the bulk of which has been gathered.
The yield is short over all divisions,
but decidedly so over western coun-
ties where the damage from the July
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

The Supreme court demonstrated
the bigness of the men constituting
it's personnel by dismissing with a
lecture the two newspaper men con-
victed of contempt. But we would
advise others who feel inclined to
slur the States highest tribunal to
restrain themselves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

The cry has gone up from the
newspaper men of the State that a
new libel law is needed We do not
doubt but that this is true, insofar
as our present law may be unjust
and faulty in some respects. Still.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

, We're glad on this beautiful day
that we can't think of anybody we
feel inclined to knock. And we are
sincerely sorry for the constant
knocker, for he must be miserable
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

Do they call 'em millinery open
ings because father is expected to
"open up to the extent of the price
of "a perfect dream of hat?"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

Since Lambright has gone on his
vacation there are worse puns in the
Tribune than ever before-but there
is better politics.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

1.-The greatest tourist season in
,Floridas history" is the way the
railroad men and others who are in
formed are talking. Lakeland will
get her share of these tourists and
hold them longer than any year pre-
vious
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

Wonder if young Mr.. Coffin really
thinks he is running for Congress
against Frank Clark?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

Bryan Mack and Perry Hays prob
ably won't do it again.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

whom you can trust before closind
the trade, and generally your banker
has a line on the unsafe investments
and you can trust him for advice
Moultrie (Ga.) Observer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27

The Florida State troops will at
last have the opportunity to go to
the border, for which they so ardent
ly wished. The delay has been irk-
some, of course, but it has not been
without it's advantages. Every day
the boys" have been at Black Point
has made them better soldiers, and
better able to endure whatever dis
comforts may attend the life of real
service which they are now to face.
Moreover, Black Point in summer is
a paradise by comparison with the
Mexican border during that season.
The transition from Florida to the
dry, climate of that section at this
time of year, and the stay there dur
ling the winter months, no doubt will
be of great benefit to the men as a
whole. Unless further complica-
tions with Mexico should arise, it is
likely the regiment will dc guard
duty on the border for three or four
months, and will then be ordered
home The experience will make a
better man out of every member of
the regiment Luck go with them,
and may we greet every one of them
when they come marching home!"
Chairman Raney, of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
has called meeting of the commit
tee to assemble at Jacksonville on
Oct. Z, to launch a vigorous cam
paign in behalf of the Democratic
nominee for Governor. BY that time
it will have been finally and definite
ly determined who is entitled to be
called the nominee, as whoever is in
possession of the certificate of nom
ination on October 9Th will be en-
able to wrest it from Knott by that
time, the situation will be less COM
plicated, because Knott will step
aside, and his friends will offer Cats
no opposition. But if, as now ap-
pears inevitable, Knott continues to
make good his claim to the nomina-
tion, Cats will run as a bolter, and
the real Democracy of the State will
have to present a solid front in or
der TO maintain the integrity of the
party. In any event the Executive
Committee will have some important
work at this meeting, and it is work
that it should take up with a firm
hand, and with an eye single to the
maintenance of the supremacy of the
true Democratic party in the State
of Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-09-27
IF YOU ARE A JUDGE

IF YOU ARE A JUDGE
of clothing, you can SEE
at once that our Twenty
Dollar suits give full
value in quality, work.
manship and style.
Few men, however, are
able to judge accurately
along these lines. 1t is
far better to depend on
the reliability of the
store.
We buy back any mer-
chandise disappointing
to our customers.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

man mother and Chinese stepfather
and pay dearly for the privilege.
The greatest measure of hardship
created by the dye famine is not the ex-
orbitant prices asked for such meager
supplies, nor does II lie in the fact that
many OF our daily articles Of comfort
and necessity begin to show evidence of
the lack of former abundance Of color
and finish. but 1t does mean a serious
dinlculty when there are more than g.
100000 working men and women af-
fected. who make their living in indus
tries which are directly dependent upon
the use Of artificial colors.
Also, because of dependence upon one
nation for the supply of dyestiiffs. the
total loss, direct and indirect, now
being borne by American users Of dye
stuna and dyed goods amounts to the
enormous sum Of $500. 0.000. 900, which. by
the way, is more than the Spanish
American war cost This means even
greater loss throughout all sections of
the country. Il the present conditions
continue, since fully 70 per cent Of the
cotton goss through the dys plant be.
fore It 10 put upon the market.
Practically ths sama 10 true Of the
wooiens. excent that 1t costs FIVE times
as much to color them as it does cot
Evening star., 1916-05-28

parts of Alaska. In paper given last
year before the American Institute of
Mining Engineers of New York. Dr. Al
the geological survey of Alaska. DESCRIBED
four localities. all on the Pacific seacoast
where petroleum is seeping forth from the
earth. There are probably other de-
posits of oil in the interior. E. de K.
Leffingwell, who for years has been ex-
ploring the north coast. found a pc
troleum residue 800 miles north Of the
arctic circle. almost on the coast of the
Arctic ocean. and travellers speak of
other possible oil territories.
1 travelled the other day with a
man who had been exploring in
the Alaska range prior to the time
when the coal beds were with
drawn from entry by the government
He had photographs of coal veins of
the coal is Of high grade, and says
that there is a lake of petroleum sixty
feet long and eighteen feet deep not far
from the coal. He says the oil oozes
that he has taken some of it to the re-
fineries at Cleveland, where it was as
sayed as equal to the oil of Pennsyl-
vania According to his story he had
spent $4,000 or $4,000 in Investigating
these regions when the Pinchot-Bal-
linger excitement occurred, and he gave
up all hope of doing anything with
them. He says that the geological ex-
pertS have passed within few miles
of the deposits. but so far no one but
himself knows just where they are.
X
As to the oil along the Pacific coast.
the Katalla fields are perhaps the best
known. They lie on Controller bay just
below the Bering river coal fields. and
between that coal field and the sea.
They are almost directly north of Kay
ak Island. They cover a belt thirty
five miles long and from four to eight
miles in width as now defined by the
seepages and springs of natural gas.
They were beginning to drill there be-
fore the government locked up the oil
fields. and several claims had already
been taken out. These claims the gov
ernment could not control. and some
Evening star., 1916-05-28

ton. BESIDES these. dyestuffs are re-
quired for leather, paper. books. straw.
paint. fur, feathers. silk. velvets. ink.
shoe dressing and many other articles.
Though the nearly worldwide mo-
nopoly of the dyestuff industry was
Of immense commercial value to Ger
many. 1t was not simply to sell to
neighbors the gay and somber tints
for their cloths that she fostered for
SO many years her. long string of
twenty-five dye plants along the
Rhine. There were far more impor-
tant services for the great laboratories
to perform. and for that reason Ger
many had built up over the world a
monopoly of the dyestuffs that has ex-
terminated all other competitors.
The German government put it's
power and money back Of the factories
because the simple coal tar deriv-
atives which form the basis Of most
Of the dyestuRs also are Necessary to
the production Of explosives. When
any nation becomes able to make it's
own dyestuffs IL 10 also able 70 furnish
itself with the most important of all
Of the agencies Of modern warfare;
Evening star., 1916-05-28

The production OF nitric acid has also
increased far beyond the most SAN
guine expectations.
THE basis of nitric acid in this coun-
try is now solely the sodium nitrate.
known as the Chilean saltpeter. inn
ported from Chile. The ammonia OBJ
tanned from ammonium sulphate can
now be commercially oxidized 10 nitric
acid and the ammonia produced by the
by-product coke works would help to
supply a large amount OF this absolute
ly necessary chemical il for any rea-
son the supply from Chile should De-
come unavaila BILE.
Since the explosive and the dyestuff
industries require the same raw ma
terials. the same chemicals and TO a
large extent the same apparatus for
sulphation and nitration. it is sim
pie matter to convert any dyestuff plant
into a munition industry"
The demand for colors has grown 50
desperate that the bureau OF mines
and several other branches Of the gov
ernment have given a great deal OF
effort to experiments along many lines
to relieve the famine. The greatest
attention has; been given to the devel-
opment of the Rittman process for the
making of gasoline and toluol from
heavy oils. This process follows en-
tirely new lines. as petroleum products
are used instead of coal tar products.
and since the United States produces
more petroleum than Germany does
coal tar. the prospects for the develop
ment OF an extensive industry Is most
encouraging.
Because of the scarcity of dyes, the
forest products laboratory Of the United
States forest service has developed
yellow dye that bids fair to replace the
dye from fustic wood which has been
imported in large quantities from Mex
leo and South America. This new dye
comes from the immense amount of
waste Usage orange wood left from the
manufacture of wagon wheel rims, in
suiator pins, fence posts and other ar
ticles.
Because of the irregular form of the
trees, there is a great deal OF material
wasted, pared away in the process OF
working up the wood, and it Is these
scraps that seem likely to replace the
imported dye woods. The waste wood
can be shipped from Texas and Okla
homa and delivered at northern Allan
tic ports at from $40 to s14 a ton, while
the foreign fustic costs from $lS to
see
Between 10000 and $4,000 tons of fus-
tic are imported annually now and it
is estimated by the forest service that
fully twice this amount of orange wood
waste is availa BILE each year in the two
states mentioned. Dyes from this wood
have been through all Of the necessary
laboratory tests and have been found to
give fulIy as good, IL not better. re-
suits than the foreign wood.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

the ways and means committee OF the
House of Representatives citing num-
ber of definite instances when the price
paid was many times in excess OF pre-
vious charges. Dyes brought from the
interior of China cost $3.50 per pound.
which ordinarily sold for 20 cents per
pound. Others testified that in some
cases the prices have advanced from
1000 to 1000 per cent, and that even
at any price it Is impossible to secure
many dyes.
Another witness stated that his firm
paid more than 100000 in excess in
1915 for a consignment of dyes of the
same quantity than was paid the year
before.
So desperate is the need for dyes that
old typewriter ribbons and carbon pa
pers are being gathered from the paper
warehouses in order that the dyes may
be reclaimed and sold at the rate of
SIS per pound. Recently it was report
ed that single keg of aniline dye,
Evening star., 1916-05-28

He called and when he appeared in the
Office 10, he was Henry. He was such
a good cook that he had risen to be one
of the confidential agents of the Japanese
ment at Toxic I doubt not there are
maps and plans of the Bering river coal
fields which Henry had made.
Another instance was given me by one
of the scientific exp.rts of the United
States government who had received an
assignment to go from Juneau to Sew
ard late one September not long ago.
The cold weather had already set in at
the west, and the man dreaded the trip.
He did not expect to have fellow passen-
gers, but 10, on going to the steamer he
found that one of the men upon board
was a Japanese naval attache who had
once been stationed In Washington. l
shall call the man Lieut.. Commander
Itogawa, although that is not his real
name.
The scientist asked the lieutenant
commander where he was going and
was told that he was making the round
trip to Seldovia, the farthest point to
which steamers go in the winter. 1t is
fishing station at the southwestern
end of the Kenai peninsula, and the
ships going there visit Cordova and Sew
ard and all the other important points
along the coast.
Before the steamer left Juneau the
governor of the territory came down to
the wharf and was introduced to the
lieutenant commander. He asked him
where he was going. and. upon his re-
plying that he was bound for Seldovia,
wanted to know If he had yet secured
a license. The Japanese dunn
founded. He replied that he did not
know a license was required by "A for
eigner to travel on American vessels
going to Alaska, and seemed greatly
relieved when the governor explained
that he meant a license to hunt for big
game, which was the only reason he
could possibly think that any one would
Evening star., 1916-05-28
No Outlook.
ssNHy e Americans believe in aug

ssVNY e Americans believe in augment.
w ing our output We believe in
forging ahead. We're not like Smith
ers," said a Baltimore capitalist the
other day.
"one day in Loretto I saw smithers
whitewashing his pigpen with a white
wash brush with nearly all the bristlss
gone.
'Smithers.' l said, why don't you
get a brush with more bristles in it?'
".Why should l do that?' Smithers
asked.
why said /, because. of course. IL
your brush had more brietlea. you could
do twice as much work.
"'Yeh. P'raps could said Smithers.
But. ye see. I amt got twice as much
work to do"
Evening star., 1916-05-28

hence the manufacture of high ex-
plosives in war time is inseparable
from the production of the coal tar
dye industries in time OF peace, the
essential ingredients for both being
benzol and toluol.
When Germany placed an embargo
on these raw products-benzol and
toluol-that they might not be seized
by England and used in the manufac-
ture of explosives. the chemical plants
of the United States were left high and
dry. with no other market Of any con-
sequence from which they could pro-
cure the raw materials
Then American ingenuity. which had
been spasmodically numbering over
the dye problem, despite the watch
fulness of the German producers.
walked into activity. and the govern
ment chemists announced that there
was no great undertaking involved in
the making Of dyes, nor In the getting
of the raw material. since this country
had an abundance for all her needs
and more besides. She had also the
necessary technical knowledge and the
chemical talent, and her chemists knew
the German process for obtaining benz
zol. ETC., from coal.
DR.. Charles L. Parsons, chief chemist
of the United States bureau Of mines,
Evening star., 1916-05-28
laval Base Would Be Key to Pacific Coast

work is now being done upon them. In
all twenty-six different holes have been
drilled and in ten of these more or less
oil has been struck. Some of the wells
have been producing from ten TO twelve
barrels per day. but the deepest well
has been put down only sixteen hun
dred feet and none has gone deep
enough to actually test the field.
A little further south along the coast
is another oil region. This is known
as the Yakataga field. 1t lies just be-
yond the Bering glacier, and extends to
the southeastward for distance of
marked out by the oil seeping out of
the ground. The southern edge of II is
from half mile to two miles from the
ocean shore. The oil goes on to an un-
explored and ice-covered region tribu-
tary to Icy bay. Some is found oozing
out of the ground near the Yahtse
river. and a number of seepages are re-
ported all the way from Yakataga to
Yakutat bay, a distance of several hun
dred miles.
This Yakataga oil comes out for the
most part in series of short valleys.
Most of the seepaees are small. but
there is one on Johnston creek that is
roughly estimated to discharge barrel
or more of oil a day. No drilling has
been done in this field. and the district
is almost inaccessible from the ocean.
as the landings are exposed to the full
sweep of the Pacific. The chief trouble
as to building a railroad or pipe line is
the Bering glacier. which lies between
Yakataga and the Bering river coal
fields. That glacier is said to be reced-
ing and in time the field will proba bly,
be accessible.
There is another oil field only a short
distance from Seward. on the west
shore of Cook inlet. The steamers TO
under the shadow of Mount 1liamna
and not far from Hanna lake. one of
the most beautiful bodies of fresh wa
ter in Alaska. This is the Iniskin oil
field, so called because 1t lies on the
shore OF Iniskin bay. which is a part
of the western coast of the inlet.
The oil here is supposed to lie in a
stratum of sandstone 1t is seeping out
Of the ground. No drilling has been
done there since 1904. and before that
the field was only partially tested. One
we'll was sunk to a depth of thou
sand feet. 1t was producing gas and
oil when the water rushed in and shut
doned at a depth of $50 feet and a
third struck oil and gas at 10 feet.
The Iniskin field is easily accessible
to steamships. although the harbor is
sometimes blocked by ice foes.
The fourth oil field on the Pacific sea
great horn of land about 500 miles
long which forms the southwestern
most point of the territory. ending in
the Aieutian Islands. The oil has been
found near Cold. bay, a distance per-
haps of about 200 miles from the
Evening star., 1916-05-28
HILL
THE SITE IS BEHIND

Or BASE. THE SITE IS BEHIND
care to visit Seldovia at that time Of the
year. The Japanese replied that he was
making the trip merely for the sea voy-
age and for pleasure.
NV scientific friend became fairly
we'll acquainted with the Japanese dur
ing the voyage. but not well enough to
ask personal questions. The Japanese
did not volunteer anything further as
to his business, but the scientist says
that he had a camera with him and
made numerous photographs every
where. He took snapshots of every
bay and channel, and kept notebook.
in which he jotted down voluminous
memoranda in Japanese characters. His
notebook was evidently precious, for 1T
was fastened to steel chain. riveted
to a leather belt, buckled about his
waist. The lieutenant commander had
the latest charts of our geodetic survey
with him, and he made notes upon
getting full information about the coast
in case it might be needed by his navy
at any time in the future.
BY the recent developments on the
battlefelds of Europe the oil fields of
Alaska have become of enormous i'm
portance Gasoline Is an absolute neces-
sity for modern warfare. 1t has to be
used in motor car transportation, and
is employed not only for the trans
portation of men. but also of ammuni-
tion food and other supplies to the bat
tlefelds. The advantages Of supply
points of this fuel in the northern
Pacific cannot be overestimated, and
the oil fields OF Alaska may become of
great moment in the international COM
plications Of the future.
1t is not generally known that pc
troleum has been discovered in many