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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
Democrats to Contest

Washington, Nov. i4.--Reports
the money in certain
States have come to both Democratic
and Republican headquarters Evi-
dence Is teing collected. It is planned
to cali those actually in charge of
ca.raign finances before the Senate
and investigate the de-
tails of their transactions inYes'iga-
t:cn alleges that attempts 10 colon
i/a ,oters, particularly in Indiana
ard Vest Virginia, were begun be-
fore the election. Democrats are
planning TO contest the election Of
United States Senators in tAose
States.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
GERMAN LOSSES
HEAVY BECAUSE
Of Stubborn
RESISTANCE
BRITISH DETECTIVES ARE MIR
AUMONT AND ACHIETLE
GRAND, AN IMPORTANT RAIL
WAY JUNCTION
(By Associated Press. }

London, Nov. Ia With impor-
tant ground on five mile front al
ready won from the Germans on the
Northern edge of the Somme front,
and at Ancre river, in northern
France, the British continued their
new offensive Berlin admits the
British captured Beaumont-Samel,
which London officially announced
this morning, and the ST. Pierre di-
vision, together with connecting
lines.
Berlin said the Teutonic forces
oulfered important losses as a result
of their stubborn defense.
The British objectives apparently
are Miraumont, on Albert Bapaumon
Midway, and ultimately Achietle
Grand, an important railway juno
4ion northwest of Bapaumon
In the Carpathians, on the Eastern
front, Petrograd reported the repulse
II Teutonic attacks. Unofficially Bu-
eharest dispatches said the Teutonic
forces had received importan. REIN
fcrcements, and were maxim desper-
ate efforts to recapture Observa, Hun
Rnry, and restore communication to
tho eastward, via the Danube river.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
ST. AUGUSTINE STICKS TO
COMMISSION MANAGER FORM

st. Augustine, Nov. 4,-By an
overwhelming vote the citizens of st.
Augustine expressed their confidence
in the present city administration at
the polls All hopes of large ma
jority in favor of the commission
manager government were surpassed
and each ward was counted the ma
jority rolled up larger and larger un-
til the most optimistic friends of the
administration were amazed. The
Citizens League had very carefully
checked up the friends of the present
government, and felt sure of victory
All open opposition to the commits
manager form was easily placed,
and to tn iswas added the doubtful
votes, but even then a majority was
indicated for the administration.
Conservative estimates ranged from
one to two hundred majority, but the
returns showed a majority of 335.
The campaign was one of the most
vigorous ever conducted in st. Aug
ustine. Both sides exerted every eff
fort and it is very evident that the
people of this city are satisfied that
the present ADMINISTRATION is work
ing the right lines and will accom-
plish all that has been promised. The
people have expressed their prefer
phatic manner and they will have
cause for congratulating themselves
in the future on the stand they have
taken.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
RECORDS OF FRENCH AIRMEN
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, Nov. 14.-French airmen
are not mentioned by name in the Of
fetal dispatches until after they have
brought down their fifth enemy ma
chine. Up till then they remain
anonymous.
The newest conner is Sergeant
Major Flachaire, who is newcomer
in another sense also, as he began
his air fighting only in March at th%
beginning of the erdun battle.
The list of other French flying
men who have been mentioned in
dispatches" is as follows:
The list of other French flying men
who have been mentioned in dis
patches" together with the number
of enemy machines each has brought
down, is as follows:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
Three NEGRO BOYS CONFESS
TO MURDER Of AGED farmer
At ST. AUGUSTINE LAST NIGHT
SPENCER BOOMS SPARKMAN
FOR CABINET PLACE

Tampa, Nov. IA Charles H
Spencer, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional committee for this
district, this morning started boom
for a Florida man in the Presidents
cabinet suggesting that no better
man for attorney general could be Sc
lected by Woodrow Wilson than
stephen M. Sparkman of Tampa, for
many years a member of Congress
from this district and as chairman of
the rivers and harbors committee a
man who has done more for the
south than almost any man now in
public office.
Florida has never had place in
the cabinet said Mr.. Spencer. "No
better selection for attorney general
could be made than Stephan NJ
Sparkman of Tampa, and l propose
that we organize "a movement to gain
the support Of the south for him for
this place if he will accept it.
Il know he will get support from
all parts of the south in any such am
bition, for no one has done more for
all sections of the south than he. He
lis well fitted to hold the place and
! propose that we get it for him."
Mr. Spencer pointed out that Geor-
gia now has "a member of the cabinet
and has had at least five members,
while Florida has never had any. He
proposes to carry his suggestion fur
ther and to do what he can to organ
ize a movement for Mr.. Sparkman.
81 was much elated over the result
of the election" said he. 1T shows
that Wilson is easily the biggest man
in the country. No other man could
have achieved the same result.
Though l did not support Cover
nor Cats due to long acquaintance
with his opponent, and for other rea-
sons, I am heartily in sympathy with
the tone of his announcement print
ed in the Times, declaring for party
harmony and State development.
That shows a constructive tendency
and l shall be with him in such a
movement.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
.IOHN ASHLEY C|VfNl7 l-2YEARS
FOR R0bb|NC BANK Al STUART;
MURDER CHARGE NOLLE PROSSED
CHOLERA CONTINUES TO SPREAD
(By Associated Press. }

Toxic, Nov. IA 4-Although cool
weather has brought decrease of
cholera at Toxic the malady con-
tinues to spread at Osaka. Up to Oct
10 the cases at Toxic had reached
54S; at Osaka the total was 2,001,
with an increase of twenty daily.
At Toxic there have been ISL
deaths. The authorities believe that
by the end of the month the epidemic
will be entirely wiped out here. No
foreigner has been attacked by the
disease, so far as is known
The spread of cholera to Korea has
had a serious economic effect there
as the authorities have prohibited
fishing in zone extending along 200
miles of coast. Cholera is believed
by many physicians to be easily cir
culated from fish stisue and the fish
ermen of Korea are said to have
failed to comply with sanitary meas
ures ordered by the health depart
ment Some 270,000 fishermen,
commanding 10000 boats, are thus
thrown out of work at the most fruit
ful fishing period of the year. Fear
of fish as a microbe carrier has re.
duced the consumption of fish
throughout the Japanese empire and
as fish, next to rice. is the chief food
of the people the ban placed upon II
has caused misery among both fisher
man and distributor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
PISGAH FOREST IS PRO-
CLAIMED GAME PRESERVE
Order Made by President Wilson
Is Part of the Vanderbilt
Estate

Washington, Nov l4.-President
Wilson has issued a proclamation by
which the Pisgah national forest, in
western North Carolina is made a
federal game preserve. This is the
first federal game preserve of its
kind t9 he created east of the Missis-
s!ppi river.
The Pisgah national forest consists
largely of the George w. Vanderbilt
estate, part of which has been pur-
chased by the government. The laenG
is located near Asheville and Bilt-
more, n. c. Owing to the protec-
tion gaainst hunting which has been
afforded the tract for number of
years, the came has not been killed
out, as is the case in most places iE
the southern mountains. Deer, wild
turkey, and phcasants are said to be
plentiful
After = was known that the tract
wo'.ld be acquired by the govern
ment, many of the local citizens
urged that the protection te the game
should be continued. The North Car
olina legislature passed an act
whereby the State consented to the
enactment by Congress of laws fol
the protection of game. birds and fish
on any lands purchased by the gov
ernment under the Weeks law in the
western part of the State.
AS a game preserve, no hunting
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
FLORIDA CITRUS RATES
SUSPENDED TILL MAY IL

Washington, Nov. 14.-At the re-
quest of the Florida Growers and
Shippers League, as we'll as others
of that State, together with A. j..
Lyoi of Meridian, Miss, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission has sus-
pended the rate on citrus fruits and
pineapples which were to have gone
into effect on November 12. These
rates were to apply on Florida ship
ments. The suspension will be good
until May - next The packer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
SOMETHING JUST AS
GOOD"-MAYBE
(By Associated Prees.)

London, Nov. 14.-To avoid hard
ships arising out of the higher price
Of milk, the Housewives War League
has put on the market so-called
milk improver. 1t is white pow
der, with the correct combination OF
bone and lesh-forming constituents.
A penny's worth, mixed with a pint
of water, is added to a pint of cows
milk, and the housewife has a quart
Of "just-as-good.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
ONE AMENDMENT
IN FLORIDA WAS
CARRIED and TWO
ARE APPARENTLY
DEFEATED
(By Associated Press.)

Tampa, Nov. IA The amendment
allowing $500 tax exemption to
widows with dependent families and
soldiers crippled in war, and persons
crippled through misfortune, appar-
emily carried at the election, accord.
ing to tabulated returns from about
one-fourth the State. Amendments
reapportioning the legislature and
the grandfather
clause apparently were defeated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
Charge of Misuse
OF Funds In N'tl
Campaign To Be
Investigated
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, Nov. 14-Senatorial
investigation of the alleged misuse of
money in the presidential campaign
has been definitely announced by ad-
ministration officials. Preliminary
plans were made in resolution pro-
viding machinery ready for introduc-
tion when Congress meets next
month
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
German Steamer
Fired On And
DiSmantled d OF
Its Wireless
[ By Associated Press. J

Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. IL
A German steamer which refused to
stop when passing st. A AJanger. vas
fred upon by Norwegian corpedo
boat, according to the neWspal er,
Morgenbladt When the vessel
stogned the Norwegians ,lismantled
her wireless No foreign vessels, are
allowed to carry wireless in Nor
wegian wa;eras
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
OF
SEVERAL nations
CONGRATULATE
PRES. WILSON
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. 14.-Rulers of
several foreign nations have con-
graduated President Wilson on his
reelection. The names are with
held until the Republicans formally
concede his election
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
Ashley HAS HAD WILD CAREER
AND is ONE OF MOST NOTED
HANDITS IN THE COUNTRY;
CHARGE OF KILLING TOM
TIGERTAIL N0LLE PROSSED
(By Associated press.)

West Palm Beach, Nov. 14.-John
Ashley pleaded guilty here today to
robbing the bank at Stuart, in
March, 1914. He was sentenced 10
seventeen and one-half years. The in
dsctment charging him with the muir
der Of Tom Tiger at Miami was nolle
pressed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
THE WORLD OVER

There is said to be one rat to every
acre of land in England and Wales
causing an annual loss to farmers
that Is estimated at s73,O0o,00o.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
MOTIVE WAS
SAID TO Be
ROBBERY
WILLIAM BRAINARD'S BODY
FOUND IN WOODS NEAR AN.
GENT CITY LAST NIGHT AND
ARREST OF MURDERERS FOL-
LOWED TODAY
tBy Associated Press. J

Staugustine. Nov. IA Three ne
gro boys, arrested today, confessed
that they killed William Brainard,
an aged farmer, according to the po-
lice. Robbery is given as the motive.
Brainard's body was found in the
woods near here last night.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
TROPICAL STORM
Al Preaching
WESTERN CUBA
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Nov. IA tropical
storm this morning was reported ap-
preaching western Cuba. Storm
warnings have been displayed on the
Gulf coast and the eastern coast of
southern Florida
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

An inventor living at Troy, n. Y"
has pntented a laundry machine that
irons m entire skirt owe ra conicai
ro11eF at single operation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
WITH FIVE MILE front WON
FROM GERMANS ON S0MME
front, BRITISH PRESS On
the Teutonic attacks, says the war
office.
British Take Over 1000
(BY Associated Press. ]

London, Nov. 14.-More than four
thousand prisoners have been taken
by the British during the fighting on
the Ancre sector, at the Somme
front, the war office announced. The
capture of Beaumont Hamel official
ly reported
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Two English physicians are exper-
imenffng with a parasite with which
they hope to exterminate the flies OF
their eountry within a few years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

1t is a question as to whether the
kangaroo can cover given distance
in quicker time than an ostrich.
MORE -. -. -. 80.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

A miniature automobile horn
blown by pressing an electric button
has been invented to replace door
bells.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Ships built in American yards were
'ewer IN number in the year ending
ast June, but of much greater tom
rage than in the previous year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
Russian Retire

Berlin, Nov. IA The Russians
have retired from Gyergyo noun
tains, in northern Pennsylvania, to
the Rumanian frontier as a result of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Paris, Nov. 4.-The French re-
pulsed a strong German attack last
night west of Auberive, in Cham
payne, said the war Office.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

The longest river in japan is the
Tonel, it's main course being about
200 miles long.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

To read the newspapers intelligent
Il man must have a vocabulary OF
at least 1000 words
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

An Ohio town has passed an ordi-
nance forbidding political discussions
inside its corporate limits by its citi-
zens.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Turkeys derived their name from
the fact that they were imported first
into Europe through Turkey.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
LAKELAND. FLORIDA TUESDAY, NOV IA, 1916
VILLA FORCES ARE
Withdrawing FROM
CHIHUAHUA CITY
IS REPORT
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Nov. 14-Border Of
,ficials have reported to Secretary
Lansing that Villa forces were with
drawing from the vicinity Of Chi
kauhau City More Carranza troops
are being sent there.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Arizona has an eight-hour day for
workers in electric light and power
plants.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

Second Lieut.. Gaynemer .... lS
Second Lieut. Nungesser. ........ IL
Sergeant Major Dorme ........ 10
Second Lieut.. Navarro. .... II
Sergt. Major Lenoir ........... IL
Lieut.. Heurtaux .............. 10
Sergt. Chainat ............
Lieut.. Deullen .............
Second Lieut.. Chaput .. s
Second Lieut.. Delatour ..t...
Second Liuet Pegoud (killed).. 6
Second Lieut.. DeRochefort
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14

will be allowed cn the forest and as
the deer and other game increased on
the area, it is expected that the over
flow will drift out of the forest and
gradually restock adjacent lands. A
movement is now on foot to place
herd of elk and one of buffalo in the
preserve this winter
Regulations governing the camp
ing and fishing privileges have been
drawn up in cooperation with local
citizens and sporting clubs, and will
be issued by the secretary of agricul-
ture. It is understood that regulat
ed fishin- will be allowed, but tho
number of permits issued the first
season will be purely experimental.
since the capacity of the streams is
not known.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-11-14
COLD WAVE IS SWEEPING
EASTWARD: IS TEN BELOW
TODAY AT LANDER, Wy.
INTENSITY OF THE COLD IS NOT
so GREAT AS AT FIRST; WHOLE
COUNTRY IN GRIP OF BLIZZARD
EXCEPT SOUTH FLORIDA
(By Associated Press. ,

Washington. Nov. IA 4-Cold wave
warnings have been issued for the
South Atlantic States, except lower
Florida. A cold wave from the
Rocky Mountain region is sweeping
eastward, apparently with lessening
intensity. Lander, Wyoming, with
ten below zero, is the coldest point.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19

old English words that are 50 clear
and so strong.
If the prudes and the purists had
their way, the language would be
mechanical, flaccid. insiptd. There
was an editorial writer once who
claimed to see red every time he ran
across the phrase under the circum-
stances" He said it ought to be Tin
the circumstances" because "circum"
meant around" and so it would be
saying under the around" One of
his subordinates mentioned the mat
ter tc the foremost CLASSICAL scholar in
the South. He was greatly amused.
why, if he consistently tries to carry
that principle out, he will tear the
English language all to pieces" he
said
So it is with these petty snivelling
purists. If they could thereby fit
the language to hard-and-fast rules
and reduce the whole business of the
queens English" to death.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19
Literary Prudes.

A new writer has shunted off the
press volume on slipshod English.
He bands as guilt of this offense
many of the great masters of style
Arnold Ruskin, Newman. Lowell,
Burroughs. and Wilson. Wonder he
didn't lambast ShakespeaTa as an as
sassin of the language!
Isn't it amusing? The very idea of
some lit,le whippersnap2er is having
the impudence to find fault with work
of these literary lapidariesl Here is
another linguistic prude, who can't be
forgotten because he never has been
and never will be known. yet he as
sumes to pick immortals to pieces.
He is a brother to some of the profess
sors who have written books instruct
ing youth how to become trained
newspaper men in twenty hours.
II YOU want to offend real news
paper man. call him journalist
That word is strictly taboo in the
Fourth Estate. Why? Because the
newspaperman and the journalist are
distinct species. They have nothing
m common A newspapetman tries to
write straight English. w,thCW aifoc.
tation, without erudition, understand
able stuff for the average man. with
red corpuscles in IL; journalist tries
to write like Henry James and Ralph
Would Emerson stricts according to
the Hoyle of the college rhetoric
texa, with mechanical precision, with
all life and color edited out \ Jour
nalist" is high brow" Usage is
the supreme law of language to the
newspaperman; That is why he uses
the argot of the street, the slang of
the tine. The newspaperman writes
for democracy: the journalist
writes for what he thinks is an in
tellectual aristoCracy. although 1t is
usually three quarters bluf and 81.
periiciality.
Every newspaperman tries 20 write
English correctly. but he will not sac
, rifice life fer Hfeless precision, Ii
he is college bred he soon finds that
usage sanctions much that he thought
, Incorrect. He comes to attach more
value in simplicity and to the gooe
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19
The Master Criminal.

Roosevelt has already blamed VIII
son for everything that went wrong
in the Roosevelt Administrations but
Miss Elizabeth Freeman goes him
one better in her appeals to the neg
70 vote as she IS swinging round the
circle with the feminine Hughes cam
paign party. the Silk Stocking Spe.
cial. Liza, she says that the Wilson
Administration is responsible for the
lynchings in The south. 1t is now up
to Judge" Hughes to back her up
and say that, if he had been Pres!-
dent, none of these outrages would
have occurred. Let him prodcue the
records TO show that the lynching Of
Leo Frank was perpetrated by the
Georgia State Democratic Executive
Committee under direct orders from
Washington.
Why should Miss Liza and the Re
publicans stop there? Why not go
ahead and argue that Wilson is per.
sonally responsible for the flood that
swept down upon US a few months
ago, for the long dry spell we had,
for the infantile paralysis epidemic,
for the defeat of Governor Harris for
reelection Of Governor, for the boil
weeyil, for the indigestibility of fried
cabbage and for the infraction Of the
laws by automobile speed fiends?
Why not hold him to strict account
alb lily" for the whole European war
and for all the deaths involved in ii?
If the responsibility for lynching
can be placed anywhere it should
be lodge at the door of the Re-
publican party which put the South
Under the yoke of the carpetbagger,
the negro and the scalawag. It put
the feins of authority into the hands
of the ignorant, the corrupt and the
vicious, and thereby made it neces-
shry for the white man to use law
lessness 10 secure the restoration OF
Law and order. The lawless spirit
in the South is directly traceable to
that era and to that cause, We de-
plore lynching as much as anybody,
North or South, and hope it is pass
ing from us, but the origin of the
is easily located. The Kui
klux has disappeared over the hori.
zon of history, but his imitators of
less herorlc motive have not.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19

We are told by the Atlanta Journal
that Governor Harris has made II a
rule to refuse TO see newspaper men
in the big executive offices, as has
been the ease from time immemorial,
If this is true and we hope it is not
then the Governor is making real
mistake. The state press as whole,
has been very kind &c Governor Har-
ris and he will find himself pretty
lonesome if he excludes the boys
from his office.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19

The ports of the south will have
to get lively move on to come any
where near approx mating that rec
ord in crosstie shipments made in
Brunswick ON Monday, when one
steamer cleared with cargo OF ST.
SIG ties.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-10-19

Governor Harris would be very
happy In the selection and AT the
same time name a man OF vast bust
ness experience and of rare ability. if
he could see his way clear to appoint
Hon. n. Emanuel of this city to the
vacancy of the W. and a. commission
caused by the death OF Hon. J. L,
Hand MI. Emanuel is of the broadly
progressive tyne OF business man
and would make an ideal member OF
this highly important state commits
sion.