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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-15
BRITAIN PUTS TAX
ON INDIAN COTTON
Government Wins Fight With
Lancashire Interests; Up
Again After War.

LONDON. March 1i.-Gl:41 p. m)
The government successfully resisted
the strong attack of the Lancashire
cotton interests by carrying the In
dian cotton duties resolution both in
the house of lords and house of COM
mons tonight and securing the defeat
of the Lancashire amendment after
Premier Lloyd George had conceded
that the whole question should be re-
considered at the termination of the
war.
Fair Play TO India.
This result was the outcome of a
strong plea made by the premier that
the government policy was only fair
play toward India which I'm addition
to the great assistance already given
toward the prosecution of the war
would supply further manpower for
military operations, and on the attl-
tude of eX-Premier Asquith, who
agreed that il would be inadVlsablo
to go back on the decision already
taken because it would have disas-
trous effects on india. Mr.. Asqu.'h
proposed an amendment to reconsider
the question after the war, which the
prime minister accepted.
j. Austen Chamberlain, secretary
for India. alluded to grave matters in
the recent government of India which
wouu be revealed only when the ar
chves gave up their secrets.
The Lancashire members. realizing
that the chance of defeating the
duties was gone. held hurried meet
ing and decided to carry the question
to n division as a formal protest.
Now Look to Province.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor or
the eXchequer, in a speech concluding
the debate denied that his proposal
was the thin end of the wedge Of
tariff reform. The viceroy of india
had said it was impossible to get a
loan of 100,0O0,0O0 pounds unless the
duties were imposed. They had to
choose between trouble in India and
trouble in Lancashire.
Premier Lloyd Georges reference
to India supplying more troops is con-
sidered important This course was
strongly advocated recently by VIM
ston Spencer Churchill.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-15
RAILROAD STRIKE
SEEMS CERTAIN IF
ROADS DON'T GIVE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

quickly. The reason for our seem
ing haste at this time in forcing II to
an issue is that the country may be
in q war within few weeks or
months ana we believe this ought to
be settled before that comes"
The statement of the national con-
ference committee signed by its
chairman, Elisha Lee, said:
I'VE are sincerely deslrous that the
wages and working conditions of our
employees should be on the highest
plane consistent with the efficient
operation of the railroads. When the
national wage demands of the four
train brother hoods were made last
year, we felt that they were beyond
reason, entailing as they did an an
nual increase of 100000, 900 or about
80 per cent in the wages of the five
hundred thousand most highly paid
workers in the country.
Anxious for Arbitration.
But we were ready and anxious to
submit this wage controversy for set
tlement to some impartial public
tribunal. In the hope that our en-
ployes would join with us in seeking
the judgment of such a board of
inquiry. we earnestly urged that the
whole case be referred to:
81. The interstate commerce COM
mission, the government body regu-
lating the transportation industry in
the public interest; Or
go. A board of arbitration under
the Newlands arbitration act of 1913.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. Edw. C. Anthony of
Negaunee,. Mich, arrived here on
Saturday with the purpose of spend.
ing few weeks in Crescent City,
and with them is Miss Mathews, a
trained nurse who comes to minister
to Mrs. Anthony, who is just recov-
ering from an illness. Mrs. Antho-
ny is a sister of the late Mrs. Thos.
S. Bates who previous to her death
lived in Crescent City several years.
Mr.. Anthony is the democratic mayor
of his home city, said to be with the
one exception of Kimberly, South
Africa, the richest city of it's size in
the world. The assessed valuation
of Negaunee for purposes of taxa
ton is $44,00O,O00 Mr.. Anthony is
also member of the Michigan Board
of Control of Prisons.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
OBSCURE HEROES.
These F!umAie Worners OrIy Do their
Duty and Wear Mo Meciais.

We've boys took an abandoned hand
tar and placed it on the Lackawanna
tracks near tie Paterson station BY
Chance TIE station agent saw them
speeding by and telegraphed to tow
erman a mile away at Paterson June
tion to stop them. The tGwelman knew
that an express was just behind the
boys and opened a switch, throwing
them and their stolen car down an en-
bankment; then he closed the switch
as the express came around the curve
behind them, and little they knew that
they had thrown dice with death and
won, thanks to the foresight of these
two men Oh the job
These are the heroes of peace, these
obscure, unknown men, doing their duty
practically 365 days out of the year.
In the news account the name of the
towerman was not even mentioned, but
he has twelve lives to his credit, and
twelve homes have been spared from
mourning, and twelve boys are given
another chance to finish their careers.
we get SO dccuSlolueu 10 tne ueIl
ON the Job that we forget what part the
integrity Of the workman plays in the
mechanism Of modern life, from the
man in the tower to the trackwalker,
from the engineer TO the chief dis
patcher. If all these cogs were not true
and working in unison every minute in
the hour, where would the safety Of
our lives be?
These heroes of peace, who wear NO
ribbons and medals and no service
colors, give the lie to those who say
human nature is not essentially hon
est.-Phila delphia Bulletin.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
The Other Side.

Married life" says a woman's page
writer, would be infinitely happier If
married men would obey the whims
Of their wives with the Rlacrity they
displayed when their wives weIc their
sweethearts"
Why not make allowance for the
fact that a bachelor isn't eteFnally
worn out humoring his sweetheart's
whimsical idea that there's a burglar
in the house and hunting for him with
q fsshlight ?-Louisville Courier-J our
nal
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
The SOuthfieId Bible Conference.

New faces are being seen daily in
the sessions of the Bible Conference
and from all parts of the United
States. Each session is unusually
well attended and there is evident
interest in all the courses that are
being offered
Doctor C. |. Scofeld is speaking
at $3.50 p. m. and this week, Mr.. L.
S. Chafer in the evening. Mr..
Charles G. Trumbull' of Philadelphia
will arrive at the end of this week
and will give his series on the Life
of Victory" One man has come
from Denver, Col. to hear these par
ticular addresses. Mr.. Pettingill is
expected to arrive about Thursday
of next week.
The Conference has never had
more interest in the singing than is
manifest this season. Mr.. George
C. Stebbins is here and both Mr. and
Mrs. Chafer, who have been so many
years associated with Mr.. Stebbin5
in the conducting Of the music at the
great Mortified conferences. Mr..
Strong. a gospel singer from New
York, is also singing with great
blessing in the meetings.
The annual meeting of the confer
ence was held on March End. Doc
tor C. I. Scofield was elected presi-
dent for another year; Mr.. Chafer
vice president and secretary, Mr..
Stebbins treasurer and Mr. VIM. c.
Norton, assistant secretary. Cen
eral plans are being made for an
equally interesting meeting next year.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
How Whitefly Fungus Is Grown.

While many citrus growers use the
pure cultures of the Red Aschersonia,
or red whitefy fungus, furnished by
the State Plant Board at the Univer-
sity of Florida, few of them know how
the cultures are made. The process
is a very particular one, and as long
as the cultures can be bought at tif-
ty cents a bottle, which is enough to
treat an acre of citrus trees, no grow
er is likely to try making the cuI-
lures himself.
E. w. Berger, entomologist to the
Board, describes the process:
"The fungus is grown on sweet po-
tatoes which are first peeled, then
sliced and dropped into wide-mouthed
pint bottles, after which a gram or
more of agar is placed in each bottle
and a little water added. The bot
ties are then stoppered with cotton
batting and placed in sterilizer
where they are sterilized for fifteen or
twenty minutes at a steam pressure or
fifteen pounds. This cooks the pota-
to thoroughly and melts the agar
which then becomes jelly-like sub
stance. The bottles are removed from
the sterilizer while hot and placed IN
a slanting position. The agar runs
between the pieces of potato and ce-
ments them together, forming what
is called an agar slant.
"After the bottles have cooled,
spores (seeds) of the fungus obtain
de from a pure culture previously pre-
pared and mixed with sterillzed wa
ter, are carefully introduced by means
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
V. |. A. Annual Election.

The meeting for the annual elcc-
tion of officers of the V. I. A. will
be held on Monday, March 18th at
3 o'clock in the afternoon. A full
attendance is especially requested.
The bylaws of the association re-
quire that no officer shall hold of j..
flee longer than two consecutive
years. A few of the present incum-
bents, having held office for nearly
the two years allowed, must be re-
placed by new officers at the coming
election. Among those to be elected
are a new president and new treas
urer. Officers elected in March do
not assume their duties till the fol-
lowing October.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
Saved by a Dream,

A farmer living at Lapford, England,
dreamed thrice in succession that he
saw pit dug in one of his fields and
some Of his property cast into it. At
the third time of dreaming he got up,
dressed and went out He heard the
thud of a spade and caught sight Of a
man digging by lantern light. The
digger fed at his approach. 1t was a
grave upon which he had been at work.
By its brink lay huge knife. On his
way back the farmer met one Of his
maidservants, She had had a quarrel
with the man to whom she had been
engaged, she said, but he had prevailed
upon her to meet him for the last time
at 2 o'clock that morning, when he had
something to show her. This is what
he had to show you," said the farmer.
leading her to the grave.-London Tat
ler
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
Wit and Rumor.

The quality of wit exists wherever
Imagination percolatcS through the un
derStanding; the sediment is the grain
gold of wit. But the quality of humor,
depending upon various moral straits.
exists only wherever a broad imagina-
ton is combined with a sweet and toll
Grant moral sense that is devoid of
malice and all uncharitableness and at
peace with all mankind. 4 pctulant
egotiSm may exist with wit, but never
with humOr. Where there is
no sense of incongruity there can be no
sense of humOr. That sense is mans
eXpedient to make his mortality endur-
able. The laughter of man is the con-
tentment of God.-.Iohn Weiss.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
The Sinews of War.

On the occasion of the annual en-
campment Of body of militia one OF
the soldiers, Il clerk who lived well at
home, was experiencing much difficulty
In disposing of his rations. a fellow
sufferer near by was watching with no
little amusement the first soldiers at
tempts to Fletcherize piece Of meat.
"Any trouble, Tom?' asked the second
soldier sarcastiCally.
"None I'm particular" was the re-
sponse. Then, after sullen survey OF
the bit of beef he held in his hand, the
amateur fighter observed:
"Bill. now fully realize what peo-
pie mean when they speak of the sim
ews of wal
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
Just Like the Blind.

AS an example Of the ability Of the
juvenile scholar to evolve unexpected
meanings, a correspondent of the Lon
don Spectator relates that the follow
ing question was put to history
class: What misfortune then happen
ed to Bishop Odo?' The reply came
quite readily, He went blind An
explanation was demanded, and the
genius brought up the text book.
There, sir" triumphantly, the book
says So" The sentence indicated read.
"Odo was deprived of his see"
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
The Town Convention.

The town white democratic con-
vention was held in the council cham
ber last Friday evening, March I'd
the object of the melting being the
naming of candidates for town of
fees for the ensuing year, they to be
elected at the town election on the
second Tuesday in April.
Mr.. B. F. Tillinghast was made
chairman of the meeting and A. E.
Lounds, secretary. c. O. Chamber
lin and Clifford Hunter were appoint
ed tcllers. There was fair attend
ance of voters, with some spectators.
A total of SO votes were recorded
on the office of marshal, the only Of
flee over which there was any con-
test.
A. B. Torrey was nominated for
mayor; E. H. Williams and w. F.
Glynn were nominated for aldermen
for the term of two years each: A.
E. Lounds was nominated for clerk
and collector; W. H. Fuller was NOM
mated for assessor and treasurer,
end R. B. Moore for marshal. In
the latter office there was a Mr..
Hayes nominated in opposition to
Mr.. Moore. The vote showed 81 for
Moore and seven for Hayes.
Unfortunately few men care to
serve in office; this being especial
ly true with the offices Of mayor and
aldermen, but fortunately these town
conventions have been in the habit
of drafting good men who will serve
in case of public demand. This year
the town is specially fortunate in
getting Mr.. Williams to serve anoth-
er term, and likewise in securing the
services of Mr.. Glynn.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
Pretty Poor Pilot.

81 was out with Unison in his auto
mobile the other evening"" said the fat
plumber to his friend the thin car
penter.
Didn't know he had one"
yes; he bought one secondhand"
did you have good ride?"
Il nearly lost Il years growth"
"Speed tiend?'
"No, but he can't guide the thing
straight"
Poor ut the wheel, ch?"
Poor at the wheel? Why, man alive
Unison couldn't steer IL street car
Exchange.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
YORS PROCLAMATION.

;e is hereby given that an Elec-
r the various offices for the
If Crescent City, Fla, will be
said city on the Second Tues
April A. D., 1917, being the
Day in said month, viz:
1r, for term of One year.
(2) Aldermen, for term of Two
Zach.
Clerk, for term of One year.
Collector Revenue, for term of
Jar.
Treasure, for term of One year.
Assessor, for term of One year.
Marshal, for term of One year.
1ied) THOMAS C. DARBY,
Mayor.
:. L0UNDS, Clerk.
1T City, Fla, March End, 1917.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
BOUNDARY LINES.
Mostly Straight In Our Land, Crooked
and illogical Abroad.

Most United States boundaries are
these lines are due north and south or
east and west " here the lines are
not straight they are nearly always
established either by rivers or by
mountain ridges 1t is very simple to
know where one state ends and an.
other begins.
In Europe on the contrary, nearly
all boundaries are established by
crooked and usually illogical lines. The
frontiers wind about like foolish cow
paths. The more important lines are
definitely established for they are too
important to be left in doubt. But on
some of the dividing lines guessing be-
comes fine art.
The arbitrariness of European bound
aries IS largely a relic of the old un-
scientific centuries. But even in this
highly scientific century, when new
lines are to be laid out, they follow
the old meandering custom. After the
Balkan wars the new boundaries were
fixed as they were 500 years ago, Who'll
ly without regard TO geometry or sim.
plicity.
The contrast is a minor indication of
a fundamental difference. The new
world is more businesslike than the
old. 1t goes more directly to the point.
1t does practical things in a more
practical way. \ straight line is more
practical than a curl or an arabesque.
And 50 the United States is strong for
straight lines.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
AFTER GRIPPE
Mrs. Findley Made Strong By Vinol

Severy, Kans.-"The Grippe left me
in a weak, nervous, rundown condition.
/ was too weak to do my housework and
could not sleep. After trying different
medicines without benefit Vinol restored
my health, strength and appetite. Vinol
is a grand medicine and every weak,
nervous, rundown woman should take
it."-Mrs. GEO. FINDLEY.
Vinol sharpens the appetite, aids
digestion, enriches the blood, and
builds up natural strength and energy.
Try it on our guarantee.
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.. Palatka.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
A Small Point.

Barrister'S Wife-So your client was
acquitted of murder On what grounds
Barrister-lnsanity. We proved that his
father once spent two years in an
asylum. Barrster's Wife-But he didn't.
did he? Barrister-Yes. He was doc
tor there, but we had not time to bring
that fact out.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
An Extremist.

They were discussing love and the
extraordinary things which that pow
erful emotion compels otherwise sensi-
BILE people to do. Mr.. Simpkins was
mentioned as an instance.
IAN extreme case his is" said Rob-
bins. "He is so much in love that he
has become postman, so he can get
the girls letters an hour or two earli-
er."-Exchange.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
EGISTRATION NOTICE.

registration book for the town
scent City, Fla, will be open
Clerks office in the Lounds'
Co., from the End Monday in
1917, to the 4th Saturday in
1917, same being from the 18th
gath, inclusive in said month.
open each day except Sunday
a. m. to II m. and from 2 p.
p. m.
time is short so take due no.
a govern yourself accordingly.
signed) A. E. LOUNDS,
Reg. Officer.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
How to Prevent Group.

When the child is subject to attacks
Of Group, see to it that he eats a light
evening meal, as an overloaded stom-
ach may bring on an attack, also
watch for the first symptom-hoase-
ness, and give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse. Obtainable everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09

Of small glass atomizer under 4
properly sterilized hood so that there
can be no danger Of other germs
floating in the air and getting into
the cultures. This sometimes hap
pens, however, in spite of the great
est care, so that large numbers Of
cultures may have to be resterilized
or else discarded and new ones made.
About two thousand cultures will be
made this season."
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09

:NISHED HOUSE-To Rent,
!, foz two families. Enquire
;rattuck, Crescent City, Fla.
3-2-2t.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09
FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY
FLAGLER SYSTEM
Daily DAILY Daily DAILY DAILY DaiIy Eft Jan L II; Da

r. & o. steamships sail from Key West Havana
sunday For further information consult Ticket
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-03-09

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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-03
USE LANCE soMB AS CHASER
5ritain's Mosquito Fleet Armed With
Novel Weapons for Fighting in
Close Quarters.

The armament Of Great Britain's
s0-foot "chasers.'' nils" they are
called. is interesting. Each carries,
besides its deck gun. depth charge.
six lance bombs" and a rife for each
If its ten men.
The story of the lance bombs goes
like this: A British destroyer was
once placed in the embarrassing posi-
fioH Of having U-boat hob up right
alongside 1t was impossible 10 de-
press the guns sufficiently TO strafe
the stranger. and there was nothing
else 10 strafe him with. What hap
raned to the destroyer l can't say.
bat ii must have got away TO tell the
story. for each boat is now provided
With lance bombs for just such emer-
fsoneies. says William Vashburn Nut-
ting in Golfers Weekly.
The lance bomb is a 14-pound con-
tact bomb on the end Of six-foof han
die. the idea being 70 use il al close
range by hurting ii much as an ath-
lete throws the hammer. These are
implements loaded with awful posi-
bilities in The hands of an amateur,
and the surest road TO unpopularity
With ones shipinates is TO suggest
lance bomb rehearsal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-03
AT The Republic Tonight.

1.-The Silent Lie" the R. A. Walsh
drama which William Fox will present
at the Republic Theatre tonight,
tells the story of a woman who battles
against the ain ost overpoweri wrath
and resentment of her own father, " no
has detested her almost from birth be-
cause of her mothers unfaithfulness. 8
The girl. Lady Lou miriam Cooperl.
is left for dead in the SHOWS. She is
rescued by Conahsn Charles Clary).
After she has married him, he sus-
poets. that her past has not been with
out blemish. Her own father ralph
Lewis) confirms s'Conahan's belief, and
the big trapperi finds solace in the
loneliness of his forest cabin.
When he learns that the father is
try ing to bring disgrace on his wife.
Co nahsn returns to the village. He
arrives in time to save Lady Lou from
shame, and to learn that che still loves
him. in spite of his unjust suspicious. :
Also q cartoon and comic.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-03
E"GH META GONE TO WASTE
Gre Hundred Million Pounds of Cop
per Used in $4,000 900 Shells Or
dered BY Allies in United States.

Up 70 date the warning allies of Eu-
rope have placed orders for 81. 1000. 900
shells in the United States. This means
Il lot of valuable metal going TO waste.
for these orders require a total Of I01,-
100000 pounds of copper. a6.Ta0.0o0
pounds of spelter and 17s.250 pounds
of lead.
A British 1s-pounder. or 3.3-inch
shrapnel. requires 5 pounds 9ls onnces
of brass. containing GO to 40 per cent
Of copper. or nearly So pounds. A
small copper band around the shell
adds AZ ounces. making the total cop
per 4.04 pounds. Spelter consumption
per shell of this size is about 1.S7
pounds. Lead bullets weighing 1872
pounds constitute the metal load of the
projectile.
One pound of copper is used in maxi
Ing "a Lebel rifle cartridges. Every
125 of these cartridges consume 1
pound of spelter and small amount
of nickel. Steel consumption per shell
varies more widely with the different
types. A finished 3.3-inch shell contains
6 pounds 15A ounces of steel, the steel
shell weighing 6 pounds SIS ounces and
the diaphragm 91s ounces.
Just 33 complete chemical and me-
ehanical operations have to be gone
through with great accuracy, precision
and carefulness, before white cotton,
mixed with Sulphuric and nitric acid,
becomes smokeless powder.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-03
Tapping a Submarine.

It's in the In and Out club, the
junior service club in London. where
tall yarns are spun by the fellows in
town on leave. and this one is the
best. but with ii goes no guaranty or
refund money. But before shooting
my piece let me state that. no matter
how wild the lie may sound, truth at
least in this war is stranger than fic-
ton. writes London correspondent.
In cove on the east coast of Ireland
Fritz submerges, thinking he could
escape his sole pursuer. an old-time
gunboat on patrol. with busted wire
less, and without any way to call for
help. BY means of grapnel the gun
boat finally locates him lying still on
the shelving bottom. A diver is sent
down. He has a big hammer. He
knocks on the hull of the German sub,
and the taps of the hammer spell out,
in the Morse code: "Will you come
up or will you take bomb?" Fritz
comes up.