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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25
| Mounted to Three Thousand.

Gated the advent of the hostile ma.
chimes, the dreaded Fokkers. Light
and swift, knew that they could out
distance me. But made my course at
top speed, while all about me the
shrapnel burst in little clouds. One
bullet buried itself in my hand. l
tossed it from me. And then the
shrapnel ceased, for the enemy ma
chimes were nearing me.
There were five of them They were
flying parallel with my course. Two
of them ranged themselves alongside:
or, rather what passes for alongside
a distance Of five hundred yards.
heard the drilling maxim open as one
OF them turned bow on toward me, fir
ing through her rudder. rose and the
bullets passed harmlessly beneath me.
at the same time answered with my
rifle. l could distinctly see the pilots
body as he bent forward in his seat.
fired and he pitched forward headlong.
The machine stopped dead in the air
as he took his hand from the levers,
turned over and dropped like q stone
So now there were four of them.
They circled about me like great birds
OF prey. rose. l rose until l was a
thousand feet overhead and swooped
like an osprey. AS / swooped l fred
ten rounds from my rife. By good for.
tune riddled the motor of the ma
chine that l was attacking. 1t caught
IRE and fell to earth In . blaze of
flame. So that left three.
They flew alongside, firing steadily.
The bullets escaped me by a miracle
My motor must have been pierced, for
q steady drip, drip of oil battered into
the chassis. However, at this mo-
ment, when all seemed lost, one of the
enemy machines developed some fault
with her steering gear and went
gracefully to earth, leaving me only
two antagonists.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25
The Airman'S
Story
BY Frank Filson

Copyright. 1916. by W. C. Chapman.)
You will fly to Sarcy," said my gen.
eral, 'and deliver this plan of our dis
positions to General Dufour, in COM
mand Of the advanced posts there"
stared at my general in amaze
ment. How did he suppose that
could fly the hundred miles to Sarcy,
across the apex of the enemy's lines,
when his Fokkers had command Of
the air? However. it is not for q
French soldier to submit advice.
took the precious plan and made my
way to my monoplane, which, like a
great bird, lay with outstretched
wings ready for me.
had no observer. There was moth
ing to observe, and my fight was not
for observation. In few minutes /
had climbed to height of thousand
feet and was making my way steadily
along the front, little inside our
lines.
All went we'll so long as continued
along the straight line Of the army.
You know it runs for thirty miles
straight as q die, then 1t bends sud-
denly inward, where the enemy have
their salient. 1t was this salient that
had to cross.
reached 1t and assembled another
thousand feet. Then l saw a pun Of
cotton wool appear beside me and sink
slowly to earth, The auti-aircraft
guns were at me already. ! mounted
TO three thousand.
Now, from the far-fiung lines of the
enemy below, little rising dots indi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25

east quarter Of northeast quarter, and run
ming west 70 the said southwest corner, thence
north s44 feet to the center Of the public
road, thence southeasterly along the center
ter OF the said public road to the point Of
beginning; all being In said section IL, Of
township 2s south, and range % east
c. G. TRAMMFLL
SSH Special Master IN Chsncs,v
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25

You viii get accustomed to living
your life right through with a want
IN It. We all have to do that. You
VIII get accustomed to wanting, and
this habit viii come to be a part of
your life. You win be all the better
for It'll. S. Merriman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25
At the Dinner.

Dashaway (nervously)-"Look here.
old fellow, don't you think you'd bet.
ter tell them not to call on met"
Cfeverton-"Don't be worried; they
won't! I'm quite sure they have all
heard you before. Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-07-25
ALIENS FOOT. EASE
FOR THE TROOPS

Manv war zone hospitals have ordered Al
lens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder. for use
among the troops Shaken into the Shoes ana
used In the foot-bath, Aliens Foot-Dase Riyes
rest and comfort takes the friction from he
shoe and prevents the feet getting tired or
Drug and Department stores evsrv-
where sell II, Csc. Don't accept anv substi.
tute. Trv IL TODAY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-06-10
COMPLETING PLANS
FOR The 300-MILE
MOTORCYCLE RACE
THIS YEARS EVENT WILL p1rrrR
SOMEWHAT FROM LAST
YEARS

Route VIII BE Traversed Monday Nv
Local Committee-hany Cyclists
Expected To Participate
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-06-10
A u I o B r IEF S

X. L. l. Charieton. Of Ashland. Ky.
with "a party. arrived in the city uhurs-
day night lH his touring car. ana lett
yesterday Tor Mas hiustuu. ID. e.. lie
quurttred his car at the EalZDr aud
Ealzsr garase. Mr Charleton said that
cur-ld,Ilus tht heavy rains during GOO
past several weeks that the NatUutI
pike between eastern kentucky ana u,lr
was iu fairly gnod shape. that the worst
piece OF road Wa east OF GAINESVILLE. - d.
t hlJh is almost impossible
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Merida, Yucatan, March lS.-The free
ing OF the slaves in Yucatsn Is an opera
ton that should be watched with interest
not only by every American, but also by
every one who takes any thought of the
welfare Of MANKIND.
After visiting every part Of Yucatan,
am convinced that they are all free.
that not one single peon or Indian is
now held in bondage. II has taken nearly
nearly a year TO do this, as the conditions
here. are so peculiar that il could not
be accomplished by a stroke Of the pen
or in one day. as our great emsncips-
tor did il for the slaves in the Southern
States.
Don't Know They Are Free.
Here. so dense was the ignorace that
many OF the slaves did not even know
they were set free. Many of them to-
day don't realize the condition or In the
least understand what it's all about The
Yucatan government is patiently and
steadfsstly endes voring to teach them
that they are not merely work animals
who labor all their lives simply for cover
enough TO keep body and soul together,
but that they are human beings. free
to better themselves and with every
chance to earn greater comforts in life.
In other words. that they are really Citi-
zens OF the republic. The Ieaven is
working. ard I am sure that in a few
years the spirit animating the Msyss
will be very different from what it is to-
day.
This marks the passing OF slavery in
AAe western hemisphere. There is not
Cow country in the two America ms
that recognizes or in the least sanctions
human bondage
In this respect. we have cleaned house
hrst, for slavery still has grip IN
Africa and Asia IT will never get a
foothold in Mexico again. There is no
more chance OF that than there is OF
our negroes becoming slaves again The
new order Of things is too firmly estsb-
lished here and the spirit of the revo-
luton too widespread
Gen. Alverado had a puzzling task
on his hands to actually free these
people. II was easy enough TO issue
decree saying they were free, but
il was quite another matter to en-.
force ii. The slaves themselves gave
him no help. They didn't know what
freedom was and consequently made
no effort to obtain it. They couldn't
realize that they could be any better
off than they were. So Alverado moi
only said they were free. but he went
deeper into the matter to make theiI
freedom effective.
nnceied Their Debt
He Cancelled all their debts and
started them in their new life witt
clean slate. This drastic actor
worked no real injustice against theiI
creditors. who were all the wealthy
landowners who maintained a Ions
established custom that slaves mus
be kept in their debt. 1t so hap.
pened. also, that the debts were. will
hardly an exception. purely fictitious
He also ordered that every laborer
must be paid in money Also that tn,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
SEEN AND HEARD
BY GEORGE MINER
Special Correspondent of The Wsshington Herald
scspyrsrht fsIs by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.

laborer must pay for the corn or
other food and supplies the employer
gave him.
The giving to an Indian a daily
measure OF corn worth about 5 cents
for days labor worth about 50 CENTS
was brought to an abrupt stop.
The result was at FIRST appalling
The landowners ragged and walled OF
anarchy and despolistion and the Ut
ter ruin OF everything. Many Of them
abandoned their farms and left the
country TO live in exile in Cuba and
Spain until this revolutionary condi.
ton should be overthrow and the old
state Of ignorance and slavery be re-
stored. They left their great fields Of
heneGuen go to waste and grow up
with weeds to choke the plants
The slaves themSelve, grurntIed They
couldn't comprehend the new order or
see where II benefited them. In the old
way. they were given corn to eat. In the
new way, they had to buy g. T'hat's a.
far as they could see. That they lived
IN huts like pigs, had TO work 10 the
not helds from daylight TO dark, could
not read or write, with no schools for
their children. were not allowed 40 lcsys
me bounds Of the hacienda. could be
whipped or tortured. or even killed nv
thelr masters without any chance OF
redress. that their wives and daughter,
could be sold inJo white slavery in the
cities was apparently Of no concern 10
them. II had always been that way. so
why should IL be any different!
stoIid TO Misery.
II seems incOmpre hensibIe that NO.
pie, even ignorant Yucatan Indians couI6
be 50 stolid 10 their miserable existence
Alverado Gritted HE teeth and kept Al
IL. he was determined TO better these
people.
] am happy 10 say he has won on, III.
slaves are beginning TO realize that a
human being has the capacity 10 get
more out OF life than mule does They
are beginning 10 enjoy more and better
food. better places TO live IN. more hours
Of rest, and. for the first time in their
lives. they are beginning TO take recrs-
alton. That recreation takes the form OF
the American game OF baseball OF which
they become passionstely fond once they
play it. Also, they are having their
minds developed and are being taught
Sngularly enough. number OF the
large landowners who stuck TO the cour-
try. accepted the new order OF things
and decided TO give il fair trial. arc
more pleased with the results Instead
or losing money by the aboHshinc Of
free labor. they are making more money
than they were before. The poems wo-l,
twice as well now that they are psid for
just what they do. The man who cuts
fifty bundles OF leaves a dsy gets tyir.
as much money as the man who cuts only
twenty-five, and 50 they all try 10 cut
the most. It's all piecework In this
country. when labor is so scarce. that is
the greatest possible benefit to the land
owner. II has never been possible 10 cut
anything like all the heneqUen. Nov.
much more is being gathered. and ths [
means Just so much more money for the
owner.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

they both fall and an automobile Ia 7rs
into them, looping Of a leg OF each.
At the hospital the surgeons decide "a
take the deacon and the souse apsrf Tor
scientific purposes and put them back
together again. In the resdjustmcnt the
deacon gets the souse's legs and stomach
and the souse gets what had belonged
10 the deacon: The sousc turns temper
ance lecturer on the descon's uncorro5ed
stomach and the deason slides fast 10
the dickens on whis-skis bumpinS into
caoarets and all such things on the wsv
II was some party.
Al the Polytechnic Hospital Frank
White, an actor. Is lsnguishinE with =
stomach disorder that makes II iupossi
Die FOR him TO retain food Before M,
was removed to the hospital ne left word
at the Friars' Club 10 have hts mail ror-
wsrded. The only communication he bss
thus far received is notification OF =
dinner TO James X. HaCkett
Amy Lowell leader or the imsrt.,
poets. smokes black cigars and is plun,p
and fond OF case She wrote = poem 10
her bathtub, telling how well IL 6ttc5
her form and what a sense OF pIeasins
luxury Il gave. Ny lines are cs,t in
pleasant places. she wrote
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
The Mail Carrying Controversy.

Before the Senate Committee Postoffices and
Post Roads yesterday the supervisor OF mail traf-
nc of the Pennsylvania Railroad testified that,
under the plan proposed by the Moon bill ap-
proved by the Postoffice Department. to compen-
safe the railroads for carrying the mails on the
basis of car space occupied instead of weight of
shipments, railroad would receive SCI for car
ryng ten tons OF mail from Charlotte, n. c., to
Charleston S. C., while for carrying ten tons OF
hrst-class freight between these two points for a
private shipper it would receive SII2 Several
other equally startling illustrations of wide dif-
ferences between the amounts the roads are paid
by private shippers and the amounts the govern
ment seeks to pay under the provisions of the
Moon bill furnished by the witness
The author of the Moon bill has claimed for
it that it would reduce the amount paid to- the
railroads for carrying the mails some $1,000 600 2
year, while the roads insist that it would leave
the entire matter of compensation in the hands
OF the postal auth critics, who could pay as LITTLE
as they pleased. AS yet there has been no actual
demand from the government that the railroads
be operated at a loss, but, accepting Mr. Moons
figures correct, it now proposes arbitrarily
to cut off 100000 year from their revenues
1t has not yet been explained whether the gov
eminent plan contemplatcs that the roads shall
stand this loss themselves, or whether thew arc
to be permitted to recoup by increasing their
charges to the general public. After years Of
rate regulation it will not be contended that
private shippers being overcharged; the
rates charged them, specified by the witness
yesterday, must be regarded as fair and reason
able Therefore the government appears in the
4
ed at rates far below the actual value of the
services rendered, fixed by its Interstate Com
mercc Commission to apply to private shippers
If the entire loss is not to fall on the roads a
reasonable inference is that the government, or at
any rate the Postoffice Department, is of the
opinion that private shippers should pay for the
transportation of the mails, that charges to them
should be increased to compensate the roads fo,
the amount they are underpaid for mail carving.
The suggestion of course. is as absurd as il is
unjust, but it is difficult to make anything else
out Of the situation.
The railroads have urged that the whole cues
ton of compensation for mail transportation be
placed within the jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. where it properly be.
longs Why the postal authorities and Congress
do not aequiesce is beyond comprehension II
is quite evident. however, that the roads despair
OF obtaining justice at the hands Of the depart
mcnt as at present controlled
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

be utterly immateri whether they had
ever been abroad"
But Congress had not acquIesced in
Mr.. Lincoln's policy.
MT Lincoln had been too much in
chned. II seemed to the leaders of the
houses, to regard the restoration OF the
southern States to their proper prac-
teal relation to the Union as a matte r
TO be settled by the action of the Execu-
tive.
The constitution made each house the
sole Judse of the validity OF elections to
It's membership: Congress was at liberty.
should 1t choose. to exclude all southern
members until 1t should itself be satisfied
with the process by which the States
they claimed to represent had been re.
establish upon their old footing: and
the temper Of the congressional leaders
mad grown more and more radical as the
fortunes of war had turned their doubt
into hope. their hope into triumphant
confidence.
At first they had been puzzled how to
read the law of the constitution in 90
unprecedented a matter; but each victory
in arms had seemed to them to make
II less necessary that they should read
1t with subtlety. Success seemed to
clear the way for other considers tons,
OF palmer dictate than the law Of the
constitution.
Turn the matter this way or sat, II
seemed mere weakness to accord the
southern States their old place In the
Union without exactinG of them some.
thing more than mere submission
Should their social system be left lin.
touched. their old life and power given
back to them to be used as before for
the perpetuation Of political beliefs and
domestic institution which had in fact
lain at the heart of the war?
Opinion slowly gathered head to pre-
vent any such course. Something should
be demanded OF them which should
make them like the rest of the Union.
no. in allegiance merel: but in principle
and practice as we'll
Tomorrow; THE Thirteenth Amend.
ment.o
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

so long ago as December, 1858, Mr..
Lincoln had issued a proclamation of
amnesty in which he had treated seces-
sion as rebellion of individuals. not OF
States, and had offered full forgetfulness
and the restoration of property and of
citizenship to all who should take oath
to support, protect, and defend the con-
sttution of the United States and the
union of the States hereunder" and
respect the action OF the federal govern
ment IN the emancipation Of the slav ives
Some classes of persons he excepted
from the amnesty: those who had taken
a prominent and official part in seces-
sion or who had left the service of the
United States for the service of the Con-
federacy: but he invited those who would
take the oath proposed to set UP gov
ernments zee more and make ready To
tai part as of old In the federal system,
though they should number but one tenth
of the voters of 1860.
The qualified voters OF rkansas. Louisi-
ana, and Tennessee had accepted these
terms before the war ended Mr.. Lincoln
haG fulfilled his promise to them and
given full recognition to the new sov-
ernments they set up. so far as the
Executive was concerned. as once more
In their places In the Union.
He did not stop to discuss the question
Of the lawyers. whether these States had
been all the while In the Union. de-
spite their attempts at secession and
their acts Of war against the federal
government. or had for a time been
out OF it; and declared that he thought
that merely an abstract inquiry, a ques-
ton practically immaterial
I'VE all agree that the seeded States,
so called, are out OF their proper practical
relation with the Union.'' he said, land
that the sole object Of the government.
civil and military. in regard to those
States Is to again get them into that
proper practical relation. l believe that
It IL not only Lossi le. in fact easier.
to do this without deciding or even con-
sidering whether these States have been
out of the Union. than with it. Find
ing themselves safely at home. it would
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS,

Burrows. arrived New York Yard. March 2
Celtic. sailed for Boston via New York March q
Chester, arrived Sinu. Liberia, March k; Cleveland
sailed for San Diego. March .; Denver sailed fot
Balboa, March p: Duncan. sailed for Hampton
Roads March q Jacob Jones' arrived Key West
March q Jupiter, arrived Norfolk Yard. March q
Nanshan, arrived Acapulco, March 10; North Caro-
lima. sailed for Guantanamo. March %; PstsI.co
arrived Guantanamo, March q Pittsburgh sailed
for San Francisco, March p; Potomac, arrived
Cristobal March q: Proteus, sailed for Carits
March .; Raleigh. sailed for Acspalco, March 2.
Sterling, sailed for Gibraltsr. March %; Whining
ten. arrived Hongkons March q.
ORDERS To OFFICERS.
Commander Z, 7. Pollock, detached to command
HANCOCK.
Lieut.. n. P, scuddsr. detached to Hancock a,
executive officer.
Lieut.. Junior ssadel Il. L. Byrd. placed on re-
tired list Of officers q the from March Is Is G
Lieut.. (junior .rsd.l ]. n. Barry to Cincinnati
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
Morning Smiles.

Col ShuIar-Ths Is the sergeant,
mess
Lucille-oh. colonel how can YOU call
it that? think it looks quite tidy
Judge.
Ruicher-Wfl YOU have a round steak
ma'am?
Mrs YounGhride-I don't care what
shape it is, so it's tender.-Boston Tran
script
First Telephone Girl-Do you know Mr.
Ringer
Second Telephone Girl-Not by sight:
only 10 speak to.-Christisn Register.
How masculine Sadie has become
Yes. It's ever since she turned Fem
mist London Opinion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
A Neixhborly Deed.

Maj Charles H. Owen, of this city, who is a
recognized authority on Mexican history calls
the attention of the Courant to the fact that in
1906, when party OF bandits got possession of
cavalry was sent over the border to the Mexican
town and drove the bandits out. The United
States flag hoisted and staid up for ten days
Then President Diaz sent along some Mexican
rurales and these took possession Of the place
They cheered the stars and stripes and then sub
sttuted their own flag. Diaz thanked our au-
thorities for their Observation-Disclosures Cour-
ant.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Speaker Clark came very stating fact
when he told the photographers convention that
there arc more people in Washington who want
TO be photographed than in any other city in the
world; ard If the Speaker would take his camera
to work with him he could snap most of the
eager ones from his post of duty any day in the
session.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Importers predict serious shortage OF dia-
Elonds in this country unless work in the South
African mines, stopped by thc-war, is soon re-
sumcd. Still there must be a large quantity in
the United States, not redeemed since the return
OF prosperity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Federal authorities in New York say that a
number of tobacco under arrest there have
been guilty OF appalling" frauds against the gov
eminent. And when a fraud is serious enough to
appan anybody in New York it may be taken for
granted that it is no pikers game.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Mr. Bryan will decline an offer of $4,000 for
lecture tour and remain in Nebraska to aid
his brothers campaign for governor on prohibi-
ton platform. He says he thinks the $4,000
offer from the liquor interests though there
is no evidence that any one but Mr.. Bryan places
so high value on his talking powers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Last nights FIRE played joke on the CITY bv
blazing up like rocket and bringing thousands
of people and nearly all the FIRE apparatus to the
scene and then suddenly going out like a safety
match 1t afforded an opportunity. however, to
demonstrate how quickly nearly the entire force
of IRE fighters can get into action.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23

Senator Reed placed valuation OF 100000
on Senator divers steel stock. and the Pittsburgh
statcsman's intmation that he would be quite
willing to sell it for good deal less than half
the money would seem to offer the Missourian a
6ne opportunity for investment.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-23
ANCESTRAL.

Yes. your lineage is fine,
And you boast lengthy line
Back TO some Panjandrum high
In the ages long gone by.
Yet you know that in the end
All you've really got, my friend,
In the line OF spirit pelf,
Are the stores you've won yourself
And the same thing may be said
OF the poor chap, underbred,
OF whose ancestry ! fear
Mornings known but that he's here,
Yet if he have Soul and Wit
Brings nobility to it
Quite as worthy as the crown
By your forebears handed down.
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