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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18
Frank Crane in the Birming-
ham News)

oome consists In q man max
|eirl love him.
the greatest game in the world.
last exciting, the most tragic,
h most fun of any game ever
Also the most universal.
Indian buck brings scalps to
lsired one, the Zulu beats the
h before her hut, the Mexican
| his guitar under her window.
Ellionaire gives her diamons,
i clerk buys her ice cream. and
| lies. of every nation and station,
! and tribe, hunt the female and
entice her, by promises and
by honesty and lying, by pos
|brimping. twittering, twisting,
|ng, coverings, to hand over her
| his game, girls, it is we'll to re.
er that you are 1T.
lean year custom can reverse the
Is Man is the pursuer; you are
5rsued.
i when you catch the man you
as Bernard shaw thinks you al
| no. YOU have to make him think
bures you.
whole world is organized to pro-
This game. Clothes are nothing
LES whereby we wig-wag each to
bposite sex, occult messages
K upon the game.
novels and dramas are nothing
Id two fonds hearts fusing
dy) or breaking (tragedy) in the
hapter or the fourth act.
kaurants are cunningingly devils.
facilitate girl-capture.
Inner resorts are live traps. Ev'
he of them has its fatal ''lover's
ery green tree and shady dell is
conspiracy. And the moon il
ost confirmed of all match max.
in this game, girls, you need
Fe your wits about you. It is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18
Crucial est.

"Have you made any notes OF INC .
sneech YOU intend to deliver" NO.
replied Senator Sorghum. ! am eD
ing to speak extemroraneously. When
/ prepare a speech in advance l u ila,
HE TO read il over few times ana
tben being something of critic OF
speeches. / lose my nerve.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18
i. ''eVe Moon Gets Tired.

In, Aihos maintain that after
tirsd ~ three weeks the moon
b. - ana hungry, and withdraws
hsh' e enormous meal, after their
b r. a, and then reaprears and
(sel 10. SaiAe again with greatly in.
Is 'l'i:a'ic, as result of being
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18
OutImistic Thouoht.

II is a shameful thing to be weary
OF inquiry when what we search for
Is excellent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-10-18

Dear Lord, excuse Jim Banks and me
For hitting Aunty Griggs when we
Threw snowballs at the cat, because
We did not know where Aunty was.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
What Nation Needs is Not Schoolboy
Soldiers But Soldierly Schoolboys

remember that twenty twenty-five had occasion
this subject of preparedness that again
much the public This fever which over the country
and generally trace it's the
The public mind confused than this subject but
any thing be ear-the utter Of military drill in
the schools as such.
physical of Putting muske into the
hands of these boys and making them think they sodersn SOL
der-s nothing short Of pathetic What want is not schooby
soldiers but soery schooboys schoooys who are we'll set up
physically reso alert mentally keen Military drill in the schools
this type we'll the present system Of physical
education and athletics does it.
country has been very slow learn humilang Slow and
when think the we have had and how little
have learned think less We
been prepared for the the lessons
the Civil and for the former And yet
this day being sent off to who account OF their
condition and lack of knowledge how to for Themselves
simply being sent off to die from disease bitter lesson and
apparently we have not yet learned it.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
Experience Proves It.

We see in one of these New York
papers that women have a "Heredi-
tary Fear of Man," that this fear has
come prowling down the ages from
the time when woman was not safe
from the predatory male, and so on.
Yes, we can prove it. Some twenty
odd years ago or more we came face
to face with our teacher over a small
difference of opinion concerning a
matter of department. We looked her
right in the eye as lion tanners do now
in moving pictures, and we talked up
as United States senators have al
ways done. We remember very clearly
the haste with which she grabbed into
her desk for her ruler. That hereditary
fear was working. Over what fol-
lowed we draw a veil-nO doubt she
did it in self-defense and the interests
Of culture. We are still sorry we
scared her so badly and it is rather
nice to know that it was really heI
fear of us that made us such mode,
pupil for the next week or two. You
see they didn't have all the advantages
of sociology back in 1SSO-Odd, but we
can all live and learn and read the
papers-COllier'S.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

marched through the territory with an
impressive retinue of carriers in 1908.
In his report he said Of this region:
"Ruanda is eminently adapted for COL
onization by white men. The country
possesses fabulous amount of wealth
in it's herds, to the breeding of which
it's pastoral people are particularly de-
voted. Also agriculture may be car
ried on in a remunerative way, for the
quality of the cattle itself is as ex-
cellent as that Of the milk they yield.
AS to the quality of the soil, it simply
leaves nothing to be desired, so that
it is evident that there is splendid
opening here for the establishment Of
business on a vast SCALE
Immense Territory Involved.
When the American public reads
that the troops of the Belgian Congo
have defeated the colonial troops Of
German East Africa at Shangugu and
that the victors are proceeding south
ward from Lake Kivu in the direction
of Lake Tanganyika, it is hard to re-
alize that the two colonial possessions
luNOlNcu nave d COluDlucu 4OuA-
fifths as large as all Of continental Eu-
rope, the Russian empire excepted.
Belgium's territory alone in this quar-
ter of the globe is so times as large
as the mother country, while the pop
ulation of the jungle wilds Of the
Congo basin is variously estimated at
from 100000 to 3O,OOO,0O0. The Ger
man colony is nearly double the area
of the home country, while the popu-
lation is estimated at 100000. In
both possessions, however, the number
of Europeans, chiefly officers of the
home government, does not exceed q
few thousands.
Shangugu lies on the southern shore
Of Lake Kivu, which has an area al
most as large as the state Of Rhode
Island and is nearly a mile above sea
level, with gigantic volcanic peaks
looking down upon it from the north.
The most interesting settlement in
German East Africa is Ujiji, town
of $4,000 inhabitants, chiefly Arabs.
This slave and ivory mart Of the nine
teenth century was first visited by Eu-
ropeans in 1853, when Richard Burton
and +. H. Spoke discovered Lake
Tanganyiki, on whose eastern shores
the town is situated. OF even more in.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
u. S. Should Devote One Per Cent of
Military Expenditures to Peace Work
By JOHN J. MURPHY Of New York

the of evils from which nation
suffer- calamity great justify all ordinary extraordinary
measures which would to prevent it.
It the duty the United States government which spends &c
much Of the peoples money year the maintenance of military
which lead up
the States deduct Of the
annually devoted to military and naval upkee to be expended
under the direction of voluntary appointed by the PRESIDENT
how they be eliminated promote
peoples the world better understanding of each
maintain bureau ascertain and advertise what interests
maintaining propaganda for fomenng dsensns peoples and
general take such steps that best the commission h
the United States the lasting blessing Of peace?
Although only per cent Of the amount annually expended fo1
military purposes available the this commission that
laboratory study conditions to for
broadcast the recommendations OF
the commission.
Truthful publicity the best andote of Is too much to ask
devote cent that should cent fol-
peace?
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
KOVEL A STRATEGIC CENTEF
Junction Point for Several Railways
and Capital of Rich Agri-
cultural District.

Kovel, q town Of 10000 people Mt the
beginning Of the war, owes it's i'm.
mense strategic Importance to the fact
that 1t is the junction point for rail.
roads which radiate, like the spOkes
from the hub Of q wheel, in five d.
rcctiOns. TO the northwest, II miles
distant, is the strongly fortified city
of BrcstLitOvsk, over whose posses
sion there was terrific struggle
when the Germans were folding the
Russians back through Poland after the
first Sav drive early in the war, says
n National Geographic society bulletin
TO the southeast, 81 miles away, is
ROvnO, a fortress with population OF
10000 ut the outbreak Of the wsr and
Mt that time the headquarters Of the
Eleventh Russian army corps. Lublin,
with $4,000 inhabitants, is 100 miles
due west, on the railroad running to
Warsaw, 200 miles away. Then to the
south is Vladimir-Volynski, 35 miles
distant, and to the east runs the line
which passes through Sarni on its
way to Kiev.
In addition to these railway connec.
lions, Kovcl is situated on the banks
of the Turiya, one Of the tributaries
Of the Pripet river, whose extensive
marshes lie to the north where forests
cover the land. In the neighbOrhOOd
of Kovel, however, agriculture is well
developed and at the beginning Of the
war fully one-fourth OF the land con-
tiguous to the city was devoted to the
production Of cereal crops. The peas
ant farmers in the district Of which
Kovel is the capital, like those Of Vol
hynia generally, are more fortunate
than the peasants in nest Of the Rus
sian provinces, for here they own
nearly so per cent Of the land.
West Of Kovel is the famous battle
field Of Dubienka, on the banks of the
Bug and ten miles south Of DorOchusk,
town on the Lublin-KOvel railroad.
It was here that KOsciuskO, at the
head Of 1000 men with ten cannOnS,
offered q heroic resistance to $4,000
Russians with 60 guns. After holding
the superior force in check for five
days, the "herO Of Dubienka" retired
unmOlested to Warsaw. This brilliant
achievement took place just nine years
after q grateful American congress
had offered its public thanks to this
Polish artillery officer, conferred upon
him the rank of brigadier general,
extended him the privileges of Ameri-
can citizenship, and given him landed
estates in appreciation Of his distin-
guished services to this country as ad-
tutant to General Washington during
the Revolutionary war.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

VI THE occupation Of Ruanda, Ger
man East Africa, by Belgian troops
from the Congo, and their estab-
i lishment of a provisional govern
ment in this territory prove to be per-
manent Belgium will possess the most
densely populated as we'll as one OF
the most fertile and salubriOus terri
tories of central Africa, says bulle-
tin Of the National Geographic society.
Ruanda lies to the east of Lake
kivu, through which runs the bound
airy line between the Upper Congo re-
gion and the German possessions. 10
the north lies British East Africa. The
Kagera river, also known as the Alex
andra Nile, flowing in irregular 5
shape, east, north and west, and empty
ing into Lake Victoria Nyanza, is the
eastern boundary.
While there are two considerable
tracts of forest in Ruanda, the central
portion of the territory is bare OF
trees, but on the mountain slopes there
is to be found wonderfully rich grass,
on which Craze magnificent herds OF
IudC COuSL1IuIC CllC NAlSA WITHIN
of the natives. The agricultural posi-
bilities of the region are almost unlim-
tied.
One of the most striking advantages
of this territory is it's high altitude, an
average of nearly mile above sea
level, so that although it lies under
an equatorial sun, the temperature is
usually about the same as that OF a
warm summer day in central Europe.
Malarial mosquitoes are not known
here, nor does the dread tsetse-fy how
er over the land, bringing sleeping
sickness to human beings and quicker
death to cattle.
Contrasts in the Natives.
Two remarkable contrasts are to be
found among the natives of this re-
gion. The highly developed, intelli-
gent Watussi are magnificent physical
specimens, 1.-THE, well-proportioned and
athletic. It is not uncommon to meet
men from five feet eleven inches to
seven feet two inches tall. On the 9th
er hand, on the island of Kwidschwei,
in Lake Kivu, and in the bamboo for
ests of Bugoie the traveller finds the
pygmy Batwa tribe, whose spear-car-
rying warriors are under five feet in
height, shy, timid and devoted almost
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

entirely to the chase. The abOrlglnes
belong to neither of these tribes, how
ever, but are the Wahutu, a medium
sized, agricultural people. The black
sultan of the region, one of the worlds
most powerful potentates ruling in ter
ritOry held by white cOlonists, is
Watussi. His word, subject to the CEN
sorship of the European resident or
governor, is law to a million and half
people.
There is abundant water in Ruanda,
the small mountain streams never run
ming dry. When the grass becomes
parched on the hillsides, the natives
burn it off and Immediately there
springs up fresh, tender pastucage for
the cattle.
The perfunctory salutation among
friends is one of the interesting Gus
toms of the country. Upon meeting
they either place their arms lightly
about the waist or else grasp each
others elbows, holding them for
while, then one declares II wish you
cattle" while the other replies, II wish
you women"
First Explored by Won Gotten.
This region was first explored in
1894 by Count Won Gotten, formerly
governor of German East Africa, VINO
came from the coast as far as Lake
Kivu, about which Arab traders had
frequently brought vague reports.
This beautiful, island-dotted body OF
water, 5000 feet above sea level was
the last considerable lake to be dis
covered in central Africa. Its outlet
is the Rufji river, which flows south
into the famous Lake Tanganyika.
One of the most noted parties Of e1-
ploration which has visited Ruanda
was that headed by Adolphus Freder-
lick, duke OF Mecklenburg. who
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
Mammoth Fortunes Protected by the
Government Should Bear T ak Burdens
By REPRESENTATIVE SAMUEL J. TREBLE Of Ceorg.

York about 900 of the wealth of the country
before the enactment of the ncomtax law than oneaf
the axgatee On the other hand the
fail find all the of the with m
farm COW, horse and small income His little possessions
visible and his tax burdens heavy Enormous estates have
country the thousands pay practically nothing the federal
while they much from the protection
the great estates and interest thereto attached
Why should not these mammoth fortunes be xed They require
the throw around them the of
The large that the holders thereof
them by luxurious living Therefore incomes become
dangerous surplus gnawng at the via national life and
crcumsce the efforts of walks Of life obtain
competency of this worlds possessions The vast accumuaons
wealth of better than
other class Of taxable property
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

posed land and colonization scheme
around Magdalena bay.
The Investigation made by the state
department under the direction Of Sec
rotary Knox did not disclose that any
foreign government was directly in
terested in the project. A full report
was made to the senate on the subject.
Nevertheless, the senate thought 1t
wise to pass the resolution introduced
by Senator Lodge, which was in SUBJ
stance declaration that the United
States would regard the establishment
Of any foreign power ut Magdalena
bay as an unfriendly act. This was
notice to Mexico, as well as to Europe
and Asia.
Magdalena bay itself Is thoroughly
known to the American navy. When
President Roosevelt started the Amer
lean fleet around the world, Porfirio
Diaz seized the opportunity to show
his friendship for the United Suites and
to demonstrate that he had no fears Of
Interior purposes on our part. He ex-
tended the hospitality Of Magdalena
y
La Paz, which is on the gulf, has
been used as a cOaling station by tho
United States. The station is not fur
from the old cove which was the rem
devious of the Dutch pirates in the
days when the Gulf of California was
known as the Sen of COrteZ.
La Paz is actually the metropolis of
Lower California. The United States
maintains q consulate there, and there
used to be small American colony
engaged in business. There were also
some adventurous Americans who did
not know just why they were there.
Should the military leaders of what
exists Of the Mexican army in Lower
California decide to set up Dictator
ship and call it republic, La Paz
would be the center of n good deal of
interesting news. But there would also
be interesting news from Ensenada, on
the Pacific coast, which is much nearer
to American territory and with which
communication is much easier.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
Where He Had 1t.

Little Fred-I've been awful sick
Little Harry-What was the mat.
ter?
Little Fred-I had brain fever-right
in my head, too-the worst place any
one could have it
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

terest, however, is the fact that it was
here that Henry M. Stanley's famous
undertaking to find the lost explorer.
David Livingstone was accomplished
on October %, 1871.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17

goods for all climates And he must pack the goods the his
them packed not in the he would like pack them
He consult the taste of his customer.
opened widely Uncle Sam and he
in at the straight gate all we'll.
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-17
United States Must I lave Ships If 1t Is
To Obtain Its Share of World Trade
BY LAFAYETTE YOUNG
Editor Of the Des Moines Capital

Uncle Sam has been selling goods in other lands
and delivering the same by means of ships belonging
to his principal competitors His American goods
are sent out in British, German French japanese
bottoms. He must ask his principal competitors to
furnish the delivery wagons
Uncle Sam needs ships to take manufactured goods
out and to bring raw materials in. He needs banking
facilities in the far East and in South and Central
America. He needs plenty Of money that he can
sell goods on six months time He must learn to pack
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
DYING WOMAN NAMES
ASSAILANT TO POLICE

New York. Aug. z5.-Mrs. Nicolina
Colasnols, thirty-three, responding to
a knock at Der apartment today. was
shot through the abdomen by a man
standing in the hall
As she closed the door she was
again shot in the right breast, and
right thigh. the bullets being sent
through glass panel She is in tn.
Gouverneur Hospital in a critical con
dition. A search was at once insti-
tuted for her ssssilant. whose name
she gave TO the police.
Chinese Jade is 80 SUCCESSFULLY initiated
by German manufacturer, that experts
OF the Far East frequently mistake the
artificial for the genuine
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
CHARGES WILSON TRIES
TO DOMINATE congress
Representative Denison Tells Women S
Republican Club Members Presi-
dent Oversteps Public Trust

Representative Edward f. Denison, of
Illinois, in a speech before the Women S
Republican Club of the District of Co.
lumbia, in the Willard Hotel last night,
charged President Wilson with oVerstep-
ping the trust imposed upon him by the
people by attempting to dominate Con-
gress.
Mr.. Denison stated that there were bills
passed by both branches of Congress by
order of the Chief Executive.
There is danger today" declared Mr..
Denison, because of the tendency of
domination from, executive influence" "
Such domination is in violation of the
Constitution OF the United States. Never
before in the history of the country has
a President come before Congress and
practically demanded that a measure be
passed.
Mr.. DenisOn predicted the return OF the
Republican party to power.
Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker presided at
the meeting
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
SCHOOL BOARD SEEKS
EXTRA APPROPRIATION
Fears Failure to Pass District Bill Will
Leave New Schools Without
Funds for Maintenance.

Because of the absence Of Senator
Smith, of Maryland, and other conferees
on the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill, there was no meeting yester-
dany. and the date for the next confer
ence has not yet been fixed.
1t seems certain that there will be no
District bill passed during the present
session and school officials are beginning
to discuss the possibility of a spacial ap-
propriation before the adjournment to
provide for the opening of the Central
High School and the Dunbar High School
for colored children.
1t will take s2o,46O to pay the force Of
employees required to operate these
buildings during the school year and no
money is provided for this purpose in the
existing bill. This is the most urgent
item in the 1916 District bill in dispute.
The hal-and-half plan seems to be the
one measure upon which the conferees
are in hopeless disagreement. Senate
members insit they will not recede and
House conferees take the same stand.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
M'LEAN Will APPEAL
in INJUNCTION CASE
Will Fight Decision Returning Fathers
Private Letters to American
Security and Trust Co.

Edward B. Mclean son and only heir
of the millionaire publisher and finan-
cier, has appealed. through his counsel,
TO the District Court Of Appeals from
the decision of Justice Stafford, of the
District Supreme Court, dissolving the
temporary injunction which restrained
Francis T. Homer from delivering to the
American Security and Trust Company
the letters and private papers of the late
John r. Mclean.
This injunction was obtained several
weeks ago and the motion for dissolution
was made by the American Security and
Trust Company, executors Of the estate
of the late millionaire.
Justice Stafford announced yesterday
that he would sign the order of disso-
luton as soon as 1t could be prepared,
expressing the opinion that the papers
should be returned to the executor.
Counsel for Edward B. Mclean ask
the District Court of Appeals to fix a
eupersedeas bond
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
TRADE COMMISSION
TO MEET LUMBERMEN

The Federal Trade Commission an
nounced yesterday that a final confer
ence will be held with the leading
lumbermen OF the United States at an
early date, before drafting tn report
on the cause of the present disturb
ed conditions in the lumber industry,
together with recommendations on
Federal policy.
Investigation of conditions in the
ownership of timber. and in the manu-
facture and distribution of lumber. as
well as bad competitive practices
which have brought disaster to the in
dustry in some sections, was declared
by the Commission to be nearing COM
pletion.
The Washington herald., 1916-08-24
China Closets
GUARD OFFICERS PICK
SITE FOR MANEUVERS

Col. Glendie b. Young. commanding the
Third Regiment. and Capt. Horace p.
Hobbs, mastering officer of the District
Militia. spent yesterday morning riding
over the country near Alexandria for the
purpose of selecting a suitable site for
the battle maneuvers between the Third
Regiment. and Troop A. of the cavalry,
which will take place in the next few
days
The problem has been outlined by Capt.
Hobbs. who will also act as umpire. The
men are in excellent condition and are
expected to give a good account OF them
selves. This will be the first time the
Third Regiment has participated on one
as a whole since the troops have
been in camp.