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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

The Tribune now gives Tampa a
certificate of good moral character,
and that ought to convince the mos.
skeptical. Country editors, we infer,
may 60 there in safety now.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

Joe Earman got an interview from
Richard Croker, which was some ac-
cumpiishment. But no one has as yet
succeeded in getting an interview
from Joe, concerning the Board OF
Control, or the Catts-Earman expedi-
ton to Washington
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

The Fort Myers Board of Trade is
an orphan, Secretary Case having
resigned to take position at West
Palm Beach, where such services as
he can render are more appreciated
and better rewarded. And For: My
ers is already feeling the loss. real
izing too late what live secretary
of the Board of Trade means to a
community.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

Every day it becomes more appar-
ent that Polk county's roads are go
ing to be the finest in the State.
There is no disposition, however. to
relax vigilance in the supervision OF
their construction by those who are
irving tn secure the best results for
the taxpayers money. Everything
possible will be done to get the best
roads of any county in the State
and they will be thing of beauty
and a permanent joy when they are
completed.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

ways regarded as one of our most
valued friends, hence We could not
pass over it's incorrect estimate of
attitude without setting it right
The editor of the Evening Telegram
does not feel that he has enough re-
lision to have any differences about
it with anybody He is absolutely
certain that Cats has not.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

Comfort one another.
With the handclasp close and tender
With the sweetest love can render
And the looks of friendly eyes.
Do not wait with grace unspoken.
While life's daily bread is broken
Gentle supeech is oft like mamma
from the skies.
Margaret E. Sangster
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02
COMFORT

Comfort one another,
For the way is often dreary
And the feet are often weary,
And the heart is very sad.
Here is heavy burden bearing
When 1t seems that none are caring,
And we half forget that ever we
were glad
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

THE LAKELAND NEWS
A weekly newspaper giving a resume
Of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

1t is a pity that there is such RANK
insubordination in the Governors
official family. For instance, there's
that self-willed Adjutant-General
who went and appointed young Cats
as captain of the Tallahassee COM
pany while all the time the Cover
nor was Just pleading with and be-
sceching him not to make the ap
pe:ntment. Now that's what the
Go. ernor says-and we all know G
Washington is his middle name.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

Are there really one thousand un-
necessary office-holders in the State
of Florida? The statement is mad
frequently in the press, and if it is
true there is something funda ment-
ally wrong with our system of State
go2ernment And the tendency right
a.ong-including our present re-
form" ADMINISTRATIONS to create
more and more useless offices and
commissions
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-08-02

FIVE YEARS AGO IN LAKE.
LAND:-Dr. Adair wouldn't 60 fish.
ing with Shep and Shep called him a
PIKE-R.
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DANRUpy HATTFRs'
CASE IS SETTLED
Reached Upon Payment Of Boy.
colt Judgment.

Danburv, Conn. July l6.-An agree.
ment for a settlement OF the judgment
of S252. GOA and costs in the case Of
=. F. I.cewe & Co. against members
of the United Hatt"rs Of Nor h Amert'
ca was announced after short con
ference between the lawyers and I'M
ion officers representing the litigants.
The amonnr paid by the union was
not offcially stated by any mambers
Of TIE conference. nut II IS learn that
the aro2Ht Da'7 IN final settlement Of
tn tudgm ut was about $3.50 900, max.
ing. with H. E7n.1o" previously col
Inctpd Nv !.crw" E Co. from savings
banks, deposits under attachment
abour s235. htn Geek for the final
pavmanr was given al the conclusion
OF t. conference. i is understood. and
formal stems TO have the attachments
on homes o. the union members va
Gated will no aiken.
Martin ! awler. secretary Of the
United Hatters in declining 70 state
the exact terms Of settlement, said in
response % a request Ter a statement
fo- the press: "YCu can say that
Loewe e Co bIed the United Hatters
for the las cent"
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MAN, WIFE, SON
SLAIN On TRIP
Murdered Near CdIr0|ItOWn, Pa.
and COMPANION Held.
Declares Masked Bandits Shot Them
and Posses Search Woods For
Traces of Hiahwaymen.

Johnstuwu. Pa, July 16.-Edward
Humphries. Mrs. Carrie Humphries
wis wife, and their son, Edward, Jr,
aged fifteen, were shot to death on the
! Ebens bGrg s>3rrnlltown road while on
their way to Cresson and Philadelphia
In the HUMPHREYS automobile with
George X. TOmpkins. Jr.. of 6043 Race
street. Philadelphia. who says masked
highwavmen did the killing.
After a hearing before a Coroner's
jury. Tompkins was lockei up in the
Ebensburg Jail until his story can be
further investigated
The killing occurred en- main road
The party had left Carrolltown. where
Humphries and Tompkins were inter
ested in coal company organized six
weeks ago by John X. Newborn. DR.
E. F.. Arble. HUMPHREYS and Tompkins
with TOmpkinS as treasurer. Tompkins
returned to CarrOlltown with the bod
les of Mrs. HUMPHREYS and the boy,
the woman having been shot through
the head and the boy through the face
at close range. powder burns showing
TompEins said three masked men
had stepped suddenly from a grain
field and pointed rev0lvers. Mrs. Hum
phries stepped out of the car and
screamed One of the masked men
shot Then the elder HUMPHREYS who
had been driving with his wife on the
front seat. ran, Will Tompkins crouch.
ed in the tOnneau.
The masked men ceased their at
tack and Humphries came back and
helped place his wife in the car. Then
the masked men returned and opened
fire again. Tompkins ran and fell
When he arose and looked about he
saw. HUMPHREYS running with a man
following him. All of the shots were
fired from In front Of the car, Temp,
kins insists. at a distance of about
seventy feet.
A general alarm was given from Car.
rolltown and searching parties started
in every direction. The body of the
elder HUMPHREYS was found in field
several hundred yards from the car.
He was shot three times, one bullet
pas sing through his shoulder from the
back Near him was a steel spring
and clip from an automatic revol'
YER
Miners RAISING that way reported
that they heard sho,s and that they
saw one man pursuing another. They
also said the car had been run off the
road IN 4 cornfeld. \ little lap dog
belonging to TIE HUMPHREYS family
was picked m by them. badly fright,
ened and covered with blood. They
saw the woman and the boy. dead. In
the car and hurried TO EbensbuTg to
get help. They saw no signs of any
bandits
Sheriff w f. Mulhollen and County
Detective Roscoe Custer gave up the
search for highwaymen after the con.
victing statements of Tompkins had
been investigated. Several hundred
armed men were searching the woods
and guarding roads and railroads, also
returned 10 their homes
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ELOPERe GO TO THE RESCUE
Couple on Way to Be Wed Save Auto
mobilets From River

Winchester. Va. July 16.-RaymonC
G. Koenig and H. f. Mitchell, of Wash
ington. D. c. aid to be connected will
the army. rsn Their automobile into {
tributary Of he Shenandoah river, fouI
miles east Of Winchester, and were
rescued by couple eloping from Mary
land in another car.
Both parties were bound for Win
chester. Koenig's lip was severely
gashed by a barbed-wire fence. anC
both men We're badly cut and bruised
Their car suddenly left the road neal
a bridge and plunged down an embank
ment into the stream. where they were
found in semi conscious condition by
Ernest f. Eoagle of Ni1dletown. Nd.
and Miss Mary =. Po"enberger, o
Sharp-burg. Nj. After the re-Cu" The
young couple we married by Rev Or
George s Bowers.
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The People of India.

The population of India speak about
$50 different languages and are divid-
ed up into forty-three distinct nation
aIities. There are 2,31S main castles
besides large number of subcastes.
There are 20O,O00,0OO Hindus, 60,000,-
600 MohammedanS. while among the
Hindus there are J0000,000 of degrad-
ed people of no caste. whose touch or
even shadow is supposed to cause pol
iGtion.
Limited in number, but mighty in in
f1uencc. are the parSeeS. who hold the
wealth of Bombay i'll the hollow of
their hands and dwell in the loveliest
mansions around the coast. They con-
form 10 European customs and live as
much like Europeans as is possible for
a colOred race. Yet these people still
worship the sun.
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Clever Advertising.

An ingenious advertisement recently
made its appearance on the walls and
boardings of French town. 1t said:
"A wallet containing the sum of 300
francs and large number Of orders
has been lost by a travelling salesman
of the firm of \. K Co The finder Is
requested 10 return the orders to y. Il
co. and To keep the 300 francs as re
ward for his trouble in so doing"
OF coUrNa everybody read the adver-
tiS"mr,t. ~ course everybody said to
him self tat the batch of orders on y.
x Go. last hc nice fat one. Thus
IL Clever Stratag"m y. & Co. man
aged t" Gi.,!@" among the public the
imp. ,r~s,nm ti!at theirs was IL large
IG.siut : with ;;u immense number of
Customers. Not even the Americans,
say. Tie proud l'rencHman who reports
this example of GaI!ic enterprise. not
even tile Amerig aus could have work ed
the trick better New York Post
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French Take German Trenches.

London, July ia strongly organ
lied network Of German trenches or
a front of more than 500 yards and 900
yards In depth. north of Mont Haul
and northwest of the Teton. In the
Champagne. was captured by the
French in a brilliant attack with $50
prisoners. the Paris war Office an
nounced.
During the day the French were
able to organize the positions as the
enemy reacted only with his artillery
the night statement declares.
The Germans made heavy attacl
on the salient west of Cerny on the
Aisne front and penetrated 10 a sup
port trench. but after an all night bat
tie they were elected except from
some front line elements on a front
Of about 500 wards. There was violen'
artillery action in this region durins
the day and an intermittent lombard
ment Of the French front line in the
Fraonne sector.
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WARSHtP TRAPS SMUGGLER
Seizes Norwegian Ship With Copper
For Germany

New York. July ia United States
torpedo hoet destroyer overhauled and
brought hack to this port the Norwe-
gian teamshir Conrad Nohr, aboard
which the federal authorities seized
10000 feet Of copper cable. contraband
Of war. foun7 seCreted in an oil tank
The CAPTAIN Peter Einarson and his
chief engineer. John larsen, were ar
Tdigr~ before United States commits
sionar on a charge of conspiring to de-
fraud the government by fling a false
mantle
Crsio.rs agents had been warned
that The Conrad 1'ohr was 20 carry
cortraband : search . 20 pied dis
closed nothiI~ Fl SET Island,
however. the ship VS. Zen 20 anchor.
and after she resumed h"r voyage the
war vessel cava chose. Before the oil
tanker reached Sanly Hook she was
oveTtaEen and = d~rnty customs col
lector lowered boat hook into a tank
and pulled up an end of the hidden
Tire
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GERMAN REFORMS
Get HARD BLOW
The Grown Princes War Party
Forced HOlWeg Out.
BLOW At Page EFFORTS
The Depoed Chancellor Had Evolved
Peace Plan satisfactory to Those
Demanding It.

London, July Eth the resignation
of Dr. yon Rethmann-t ollweg, under
the assau,. OF the crown prince and
the military rarty. is seen the begin
ming a hcr tlal t. eni OF develop
mentS within t::e German empire,
which may prove of momentous i'm
portance 70 the progress Of the great
struggle on the battle fields.
Bethmann-Ho'lweg's resignation
came sud !. My al; hough much rumored
in the las few days. His success or
is a typical prussiap hureaucrat DR..
Georg Micl.aa!i.. Prrssian under sec
Rotary OF finance and food contro' Ter.
This victory for the heir to the
| throne not only aur rurs Ill for the cleo
tOral and parliamentary reforms
sought IN Germany. but for the move
ment to diminish Germany's Wa aims
This means severe setback to the
| efforts which have been pat in prog
| ress by Emperor Charles of Austria to
hasten peace. The chancellor was
| overjhrown. although the centrist
! Catholic party. and the south Germans
generally. had rallied to the sugges,
lions Of peace emenating from Austria
| and preached by Matthias Erzberger
lust before his official head was
swept away. DR.. Won Bethmann- Holl,
veg, who was apparently Backed by
| the kaiser, had evolved a peace for
| mula-declaring that Germany was
| fighting defensively for the freedom
of her territorial possessions-tha ap
peared satisfactory both to those who
were calling for peace by agreement
and those demanding the reputation
| of a policy Of mo annexations and nc
| indemnities" SO far as internal re
| forms had a part In the ministerial
| crisis, DR. Won Bathmann-H ollweg ap
| peared to have defeated his opponents
especially after making concessions
| which practically meant the formation
| of a sort Of imperial coalition ministry
The tide, it now seems. turned
| against the oh ncellor when, for dy
nastic reasons. the crown prince was
| called back to Berlin from the front
the kaiser explaining the summons BY
| stating that tho proposed elect oral an6
! parliamentary reforms affected MOI
him alone but his successor.
| The crown prince for years has beer
| opposed to Won Bethmann-H ollweg anG
his policies. At the time of the Aga
| dir incident and again when the I'm
| savory Zabern incident had excited
| disgust even in Germany the crown
| prince espoused the cause of the ex
| IRENE militarists to such an extern
| that after his behavior in the reich
stag in the course of the debate or
the Agadir affair the kaiser banishet
| him to Danzig. The success of the
| crown prince. Theodore Wolff wrote II
| the Tageblatt before the chancellor
| was pushed out, could hardly be in
| terpreted in a manner calculated to in
| crease the chances of peace.
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PASSENGER
LINER GROUNDS
Ship Carrying 1925 Persons
Reported Badly Damaged.

St. Johns. y. F., July 16.-The Scan,
dinavian- American liner Kristianiaf'
jord,, carrying 1856 passengers and
crew from an American port via Hall
fax to Norway, ran aground seven
miles west of Cape Race, on the south
eastern coast of New Foundland.
It was found necessary to remove
the passengers, all of whom we're land.
ed safely at Portugal Cove.
The liner lost her bearings during
the night in heavy rainstorm which
was accompanied by fog.
AS there is no accommodation at the
landing place for any large number OF
persons prompt measures were taken
to have the rescued passengers
brought to this city by rain.
Several steamships from this port
and the Canadian government steam
ship Stanley. which was reached by
wireless at sea. have gone to the as
sistance Of the stranded liner. Wireless
dispatches from the Kristianiafjord in.
dicated that she was badly damaged.
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RUSSIANS TAKE
1900 AljSTRIANS
New Positions and More Guns
Captured in Advance.
ATTACKS ARE BEATEN Off TOLD CONFLICTING STORIES
Teutons at Some Points Are Putting
Up Stubborn Resi- stance-French
Take German Trenches.


Petrograd. July 16-Attacks by Rus
sian troops in the Lodziany region
southwest of Kalusz, III eastern Cali
cha, resulted in the Austriafs ID Tg
their positions, 1000 men in prisoners
and a number of guns, the war office
announced.
Elsewhere the Russians held their
ground against attacks and took more
than SOC additional prisoners.
The text of the statement reads:
"On the Lower I.omniCa artillery
fire has taken place.
Southwest of Kalusz the enemy
several times attacked our troops
which were occupying the nobrovoi
any-NOvica front All the attacks
were repuIsed. As result of the bat
ties in this region We captured six
teen officers and more than 500 Of the
rank ard file.
an the region Of LodZiany (eight
cen miles southwest of Kalusz) as the
final rsult OF series of stubborn at
tacks our troops have driven The Aus
triaRs from their positions and have
taken more than 1000 prisoners and :
number Of guns.
"At the eros sing Of the river LON
Mica. near P~rrhinsko the enemy Is
conducting an offensive with the OBJ
iect OF throwing oar detachments bach
to the right bank of Iomnika.
"Our offensive on the Slivkliass
front is meeting with stubborn re
sistance from lie enemy"
Additional particulars concerning
the recent capture of Kalusz show that
the fighting was Of a most desperate
character and that the Russians were
once driven out of the CITY by Ger
man counter attack II force. They
rallied. however. and came back II
greater numbers and in a house-to
house battle in which the fighting wa:
literally hand-to-hand, they fnall,
drove the TeutOns from the city.
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The SEYCHELLES Islands,

The Seychelles islands form an archi.
pelago of ia islands and are situated
1000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise
stecply out OF the sea. eliminating in
the Isle of Maize. which is about 5000
feet above the level of the ocean and
is nearly the center of the group. All
the islands are of coral growth. The
houses are built of Il species Of mas
sive coral hewn into square blocks
which glisten like white marble
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-07-16

There is more Catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and for years
it was supposed to be incurable. Doc
tors prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with To-
cal treatment, pronounced it incur
able. Catarrh is local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutions
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine, manufactured by f.
]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a
constitutional remedy, is taken in
ternally and acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
One Hundred Dollars reward is Off
cred for any case that Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton ADV.
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BASE 6h-- sc RES
Following IS the rt7su': Of Games
Played Saturday and Sunday.
NATIONAL SAGuE.
Saturday S Games.

AT PhiiadeipuIa -.-oe@o, , Phila-
delphia. = Jst game.J Batteries
Hendrix. Dill0eIcr; Oeschger, Mayer,
Bender. kIleler.
Chicago, 3 Philadelphia, 8 cd
game; 3 innings, Da kness.) Batteries
Garter, Wilson: Lavender, Killefer
AT Bostou-Boslou. 3; St Louis, 2.
1st game.) Batteries-Tyie., Tragres-
ser; Ames, Snyder.
Boston. 5 ST Louis, 2. t2d game.)
Batteries Rudolph. Tragresser; Pack.
ard, Rudolph.
At Brooklyn-B Brooklyn. ); Pitts,
burgh, 5. list game.) Batteries
dore, McCarty; Carlson, Fisher.
Brooklyn, /: Pittsburgh, o. (2d
game Batteries -Marquar'i, Meyers;
Miller. W Eagn "v.
At New ork-- e.: Ir.. Ciac.l.
matt, 0. list gar - Batt5ri -S-N =
Gibson: Ellen, CLARK
Cincinnati. :; New York, +. cd game.)
Batteries-Tony. Wtngo: Anderson,
Rariden.
No Sunday games scheduled.
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ANGLER S. AVS BIG BEAR
Close Call. VT oriy q Revolver to
Repel Ugly Beast.

St. Nary Pa T"1v ls-Ioseph
G0odfriend Wei known resident OF
this place, hal a narrow escape from
death in the paws of a big black bear
weighing 300 pounds while out fishing
in the vicinity Of Trout Run.
Goodfriard was casting his fly into
the stream whcn he heard a growl
and. turning a Gnd, he discovered the
big hruiA coming rfp;dly toward him
In the hope of soaring the bear Good
friend began to scream, hut this seem.
Cd to anger the hruin.
Seeing there va no escape. Good
friend pulled revolver and opened
ref His aim vae perfect. IS one of
the balls hit hruin just, above the heart
causing him to drop in his tracks only
Ieven feet from Goodfriend
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Bin Shar't Gives RattIe.

Fortcscue. \. J.. Jr'v l6.-While
pulling in drumGsh, Cant in Len
Co~son was attacked by an immense
shark. Which gay" him battle for
several MINUTES, The shank Ut the
drum in half. md Will" i was making
second attack Corson plunged a
sturgeon hook into It's lack, which
seemed +" in'u~iate it TIE h'g fish
then attempted to upset he beat. bat
aisanrear " on hit - y ,llat.
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HUGE AlRSHIP FROM ITALY
Largest BattiepIane in World Coming
at Model For MAKING Here.

dt mOQci foI mdHiiiY E'CiS.
Washington. July 16.-Italy is send.
ing to the United States the largest
aeroplane in the world.
There is great mystery concerning
its dimensions. but it is believed to be
a huge battleplane which has been op.
Grated successfully on the Italian front
and in anti-submarine operations. Its
usefulness in operations against u
boats was limited at.
The giant aircraft is a hydroplane
battler, fit for rough weather and for
heavy seas. and there was an inttma-
ton that it is being brought to this
country so that American experts may
demonstrate its efficiency and no time
be lost in It's manufacture here.
Italy is unable to turn out the craft
in sufficiently large numbers, but
American resources are expected to
meet the requirements.
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STACKER WEDDING TRAGEDY
Wife, Resenting Marriage to Skulker

Cuts His Throat.
Chicago. July 16.-The first Of the
Stacker marriages here to make public
appearance on the domestic junk pile
was recorded at a hospital when Con
rad LETTERS, Twenty-Five years Of age
was brought in with his skull fractur
ed by hammer blows and his throat
cut.
"He married me two months ago to
escape the draft" explained Mrs. JET
fers. "I found out that he was slack
er and we quarreled all the time. We
had hours of it and finally, when
he was asleep I got a hammer and
razor and went after him
Jeffers is in a critical condition.
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Hurlock Bros. Bus Line

Leave Cambridge 7.30 a. m. to
connect at Hurlock with train for
Baltimore.
Leave Cambridge at 10 a. m. to
connect with train for Salisbury and
Ocean City.
Leave Cambridge $50 p. m.
Bus leaves Hotel Dixon, but will
call for or deliver passengers any
where in city.
Sunday Only.
Leave Cambridge at 4.30 to con-
meet at Hurlock with train for Baiti-
more.
Leave Calls at Hotel Dixon.
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Schooner Sinks U-Boat.

An Atlantic Port. July IA sub
marine was sunk by an American
schooner which sailed from this port
according to advices received by the
owners of the vessel from its captain
The naval gun crew aboard the schoon
er was romnosed of six gunners and a
petty officer.
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u. s. WAR MEDALS
Miss Anne Morgan Presents One to

Joffre. Viviani and Poincare.
New York, July 16.-Gold medals
commemorative Americas entry into
the war have been struck off by the
American fund for French wounded
and through Miss Anne Morgan. sister
of ]. T Morgan, have been presented
in France 70 Marshal .Ioffre. former
Premier Nivi9ni and President Poin.
care.
One has been Given also TO Sarah
Bernhards and various leaders of the
entente nations are to he recipients
In America dUr'icates will be sold
for the benefit Of the fund. Of which
Miss Morgan is treasurer.