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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

] am the immigrant.

] am the immigrant.
Since the dawn of creation my
restless feet have beaten new paths
over the earth.
My uneasy bark has tossed on all
seas.
My wanderlust was born of the
craving for more liberty, and bet
ter wage for the sweat Of my face.
l looked toward the United States
with eyes kindled by the fires of am
bition and heart quickened with a
newborn hope.
I approached the gates with great
expectations.
l entered in with fine hope.
have shouldered my burden as
the American man-of -all-work.
contribute eighty-fve per cent.
of all the labor in the slaughtering
and meat packing business.
/ do seven tenths of the bitumin-
IDus COeh HhihihS.
1 do seventy-eight per cent. of all
work in the wooden mills.
1 contribute nine-tenths of all the
labor in the cotton mills.
l make Observation-Disclosures of all
the clothing.
manufacture more than half the
shoes.
| 1 build four-fifths of all the furni-
ture.
make half of the collars, cuffs
and shirts.
l turn out four-fifths of all the
leather.
make half the gloves.
I refine nearly nineteen-twentieth
of the sugar.
I make half of the tobacco and CT
CARS.
And yet, l am the great American
problem.
When | pour ont my blood OF
: your altar of labor, and lay dow
my life as sacrifice to your god O
toll, men make no more common
than at the fall of a sparrow.
But my Drawn is woven into tn
warp and wool of the fabric of you
T national being.
My children shall be your chill
. dren, and your land shall be m
r land, because my sweat and bloc
: will cement the foundations of tn
Q America of tomorrow.-Jewish I'm
: migrant Bulletin.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

ity would have turned down for his
private business such a proposition
as that made by the Evening Tele-
gram sthe proposition that both pa
pers do the work for the price
charged by one, and divide that
price equally. The City Commits
sioners. however, elect to pay to one
paper the same money for which
they could get equal service in both
papers. 1t is for the taxpayers to
pass on the wisdom and justice of
their action.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

politics and so many things / want
to know about. There's the tariff
and free trade. I'm dying to have
some one explain all about that.
Which do you believe in?"
He Didn't Try to Tell Her
The look on that mans face was a
study. He gave a vague answer and
fell into kind of flabbergasted sill
|ence.
Then there is the type who ask
formal questions for politeness' sake
and either break in on your answer
or show by their preoccupied air
and vacant eye that they are not lis
tening to you.
And then there is the type who
lare so full of their own affairs that
they ask you question about yours
and before you can answer tell YOU
about theirs.
She Doesn't Care What Happens
to Your Little Girl
For instance. How is your little
girl, Did you know mine had had
the measles? Yes" and then
follows long description of the
measles, and a complete forgetful-
ness of her interest in your little
girl who may have had the scarlet
fever for all she knows.
To be asked question and not be
given a chance to answer It gives
one an uncomfortable feeling, a
sense of interrupted functioning. II
one isn't going to wait for an an
'swer, better not ask a question at
all.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18
CITY COMMISSIONERS
RIENCE SUDDEN
CHANGE OF HEART

At their meeting last night the
City Commissioners rescinded their
action taken two weeks ago, and de-
cided to take away the part of the
city printing awarded to the Tele-
gram and give the entire business
to the Star.
The action was taken on the
grounds of economy, the Commits
sioners said. Their position is that
II they paid half of the printing bill
to one paper and the other half to
the other paper, the bill would be
larger than If the two halves were
paid to one paper. This is rather
remarkable arithmetic, but it seems
to have served its purpose.
Here is the way they figured IL
out: v plus Y equals 1 1-3. A
half dollar paid to the Star and
half dollar paid to the Evening Tee
gram equals $1.33 1-3. By no other
arithmetical process can we arrive
at the conclusion that cit would cost
one-third more to divide the city
printing than to give it all to one
paper"
For the years 1913, 1914 and
1915, the total amount paid the
Evening Telegram for city printing
was s1,664.73, or an average of
$554.91 a year. For the year 1915
the Star receives s1,29s.62. Study
these figures carefully, and you will
have difficulty in determining why
Hooking at the matter in the light
of saving the city money" could have
been the sole reason for depriving
the Evening Telegram of its part of
the city's business and giving it all
to the Morning Star.
These are simple facts, of record.
We are not complaining or whining.
We can stand the gaff. But we are
sorry to see the precedent estab-
lished and maintained that the city
printing is to be one Of the spoils Of
partisan politics. 1t will not make
for harmony in this community.
No business man In this commun-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18
Chamber Of Commerce
:: Notes ::
ORLANDO BROKERAGE
FIRM CIRCULATING MIS-
STATEMENTS REGARDING
POPULATION OF LAKELAND

A concern in Orlando, calling it
self the Orlando Brokerage Com
pany, of which j. E. Fitzgerald is
styled the manager and j. w. Web
estate folder and price list, which
also contains some other 'misinfor-
nation" If this concern is no more
reliable in its business dealings than
| it is in its printed statements, pros
pective buyers of real estate, or 9TH
ers proposing to have dealings with
the firm, had better be careful, to
say the least.
The population of Orlando, which
heads the list in this folder, of a
number of Florida towns and cities,
is given as 5000, which may be
| true. but where these people OBJ
tanned the information regarding the
population of the other towns is a
question we are greatly interested
| in. Every school boy in Florida
knows that there is a Federal census
taken every ten years, the last &C.
curing in 1910; that there is a
Estate census taken every five years
1.-THE last occurring in 1915. Popula-
| ton of Orlando, according to the last
Federal census, is given as 1884
| According to the last State census
the population of Orlando was 6,44S
The population, at the present time
according to the folder above re
ferred to, is 5000, and we have nj
Iobjection to any of these figures, no
leven the last, which is only an esti
mate, but we do have our opinion o
a concern, expecting to have conf
dental relations with strangers
(which will deliberately distort in
formation of this kind. 1t is petty
ipuerile, and characteristic only of
person or concern absolutely unscru
pulous in their business dealings.
Il The Federal census of 1910, abov
referred to, gives Lakeland a popula
/ tion Of 3,719; the State census q
1915 gives the population as 1921
l and the present population is est
4 mated to be we'll over 5000. TIL
( folder states the population as 3,1S(
& We have no quarrel with Orlando
we do not blame Orlando for thi
e nasty little attempt to belittle tn
r largest inland town in the State
When reliable figures of this kind al
: sought for by inquirers, they shout
Y insist on seeing, not a real estat
d booster" folder but the statistic
e furnished by either the Federal q
: State authorities.
The last official census, we reitel
late, shows Orlando to have a popl
lation of 6,44S; Lakeland 1887. Tn
last estimate, according to the folde
(for Orlando), 5000, and, accordin
: to the Lakeland Chamber of Con
!, merce (for Lakeland), 5000.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18
FLORIDA is WITHOUT A
PEER, SAYS WRITER
VISITOR FINDS NEW ATTRAC-
TIONs EACH TINE HE COMES.
Man Doesn't Have to Lie About Caten
ina Fish in FIorida-Most Any
Old Catch Is Possible Here.

Henry Barnett, in Dixie Highway
Taking Florida by and large and IL
lis queer" That is to say the state
isn't at all conventional. 1t upstes
ones preconceived notions of things
! 1t makes traditions appear as some
thing the dogs had worried, leaving
the tatters in the road for the travel
er to gaze upon, and ponder over. In
other words, Florida is bewildering.
Each time you visit the state there Is
something new staring you in the
face, precisely as though you were
sitting in a weird sort of motion PTS
ture show where the operator whim-
sically ceases operations in the mid
die of one film, and abruptly COM
mences again with an entirely diff
ferent subject.
| Florida as a Janus is quite a sue
cess. Like Janus she is one of the
Oldest of potentates. Her tory runs
through three centuries. History
stepping across her millions of acres
has stepped slowly enough that one
track has not been trodden out by
another.
Crossing her borders, Florida shows
some rather stern features, weather
beaten by experience, and tanned by
hardships. 1t is a plan, everyday
kind of face, pleasing, exactly the
type which shows honest hard work
and success as the result, and one il
which you can place your confidence
without fear.
I After you have been her guest TO
Ia few days Florida smiles directly a
you with a surprising contenance.
lis jovial, beaming with mirth and haT
piness, knowing no cares which hav
been carried over with a history load
ed down with romance, treachehy
and blood. Occasionally there ar
glimpses lureful with mystery-thing
which appear to have come froI
Africa in the nighttime, and frol
other regions, in response to som
cal lthey alone have heard.
1t is as a smasher of tradition
however, that Florida looms up
; striking contrast to any other sectio
within the high board fence Unc
, Sam has lately had to erect arour
!. his North America. There is the ma
ter of fishing, for instance. Castir
your eye back into history as far /;
e it will reach, have you ever con
across any passage wherein fishe
3 man didn't exaggerate the size al
y weight of his catch? or course we''
e got to except the Apostles. What tn,
8 said we must accept as Gospel trut
r Where a Man Doesn't Have to LII
Well, now, in Florida there is
: saying that when a man catches
: fish he Doesn't have to lie". 1t
Q borne out by experience. One ma
r only ever came from the fishing W
: tiers of the state, and made a stat
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18
THAT EXASPERATING PERSON
(By Ruth Cameron. }


We were speaking of converse
tional awkwardness the other night,
appropos of the plan (Which l con-
|fided to you) of course in social con-
versation.
Someone spoke of the monologist
who never gives you a chance, and
then someone else quoted Margaret
Ossoli's Characterization of Carlisle.
HE does not converse, only ha-
rangues."
The kind of person l mind the
most is the one who asks a question
and then doesn't give you a chance
to answer it.
That is an exasperating type of
person, isn't it?
We've all met her,| think it is
usually a woman.
OF course, there are different spe-
cies of that type.
The Flutter Minded Woman
There is the sprightly, intensely
interested in everything, fiutter-
minded woman, who asks you a
question and then, before you have
a chance to answer it. asks you an
other.
was in a gathering with a WON
an of this type the other night. We
were discussing the presidential
election. She asked a man who has
a reputation for knowing a good
deal about political conditions what
the Democratic party Of the South
stood for. His eye lit up. he leaned
forward, here was a subject to hi.
liking. That isn't a big question,
he said, and was about to go on, al
length. when she broke in:
Isn't it? There is so much I
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

CALL 243 FOR QUICK
CLEANING AND PRESSING
SERVICE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18
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inoles of Florida remain in tact
bellion against the United Stats
this day. Their penetralia in d
spots has never been entered NJ
white man. Whatever national d
udice they may entertain, hovg|
does not prevent them from mai
guides any tourist will welcome. \
many a bit of odd history can
picked up from them If one be al
matte enough.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

By all means, let us have a real
compulsory education law and free
school book law passed by the next
Legislature. We used to get huffy
when people harped on illiteracy in
Florida, but after the ignorance we
have seen manifested in this State
OF late, we say God give us anything
that will tend to lessen this mon
strous evil.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

When that 100000 worth of city
paving shall have been completed,
Lakeland's streets ought to be in
mighty good shape. We trust moth
ing will occur to interfere with the
project.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

The most conservative papers IN
the State are freely criticising the
Cats administration. The Evening
Telegram predicted that, in the
event of his election, he would keep
the State in turmoil while he re-
NAMED in office, and we fear on,
prediction is coming true.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

The editor of this paper did not
"bet 500 that he told the truth. /"
He doesn't have to in this town. The
people know when he makes a state
ment of fact that what he says is a
fact. He bet 500 that some one
else did NOT tell the truth. And he
won.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

Ladies have nothing on Lakeland's
Commissioners when it comes to the
ease and rapidity with which they
can change their minds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

Tom Lawson's wild charges re-
mind us that all the liars do not live
in lakeland
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-18

You can look all over the n,
visit any town or city, you ,,,I
find any better clothing 70, \
price, or any better style 70, n
money, than at Moore's
The styles all originate in M
York. We 90 to New York \
make our selection-no mar,
anywhere has any better.
Today at this store you can u
overcoats and suits from SIN
to $500 Nothing better /,
the price anywhere.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-30

There had been all sorts of difficulties,
he said, as is apt to be the case wnen
any new thing is taken up.
1.-The use of aeroplanes is absolutely
essential he said. ANY government
without them in large numbers would
be at the mercy of another nation
which has them. We must go forward
but we need not expect that after one
year of establishing an aviation ser
vice the air will be filled with flying
craft"
Later, there being dispute between
representative Gardner of Massa chu-
sets and Representative Sherlay of
Kentucky about the use of aeroplanes
in carrying mails from. Columbus,
New Mexico, to Colonia Dublan, Mex
leo. Tilson showed that both were
proba bly, right; Sherley in saying that
from last September the mail was car
ried regularly, and Gardner in de-
claring that in November when he was
down there, there was no aeroplane
mail Tilson explained that one type
of machine that had been used was
found inefficient and better ortes were
substituted, and Gardeners visit oc-
Cured during that interim.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-30
Nutmeg STATE ON
PEACE PROGRAM
Protests Against Barring U. S.
From Sitting Into Game
Especial to the Herald.)

Washington, Jan. 30.-The Connect
lieut. branch of the League to Enforce
Peace is protesting against action by
the senate that would tend to prevent
the United States from participating
in the plan of the league to bring
about universal peace
Senator Brandegee of Connecticut
has presented to the senate a COM
munlcation from the Connecticut
branch, headquarters at Watertown,
objecting to any such action by the
senate, which has been seriously dis
cussed by opposition senators since
the president delivered his last ad-
dress outlining a plan to end the war
and attain universal peace through an
International league or federation of
some kind.
Mr.. Brandegee also had read to the
senate a copy of the official program
of the League to Enforce Peace, to-
gether with a letter from the secre-
tary of the league transmitting the
copy and asking that it be put into the
Congressional Record for the infor-
nation, of the senate.
A bill providing for the purchase of
an additional strip of land adjoining
the site of the Stamford federal
building, at a cost of $1,000, in order
to permit trucks to unload conven-
iently. was introduced by Senator
Brandcgee.
It Is learned that the postoffice de-
partment has decided not to CONSOLE
| date the Fairfield postoff1ce with the
| Bridgeport postal district This mat
| hos
| some time. Representative Hill pro-
| tested against it,
Mr.. Hill. by the way, is planning to
| go south where he may enjoy outdoor
| life in a better climate and recuperate
from his recent illness. He will leave
| some time next month
Potato Crop Failure.
The shortage of potatoes in New
England is showed by q recent bulle-
tin from the agricultural department.
To begin with, the New England pota-
to crop last year was "a. 900 BUSH
els compared with $3.50. 900 bushels
in 1915 and 53.215,OCO bushels the
| year before that.
On January 1, the stock of potatoes
| on hand in the New England states
was only forty-two per cent of the
! crop, as compared with forty-six per
| CcHl. VI lHe CtOp lIldI WAS on mana
about this time last year and sixty per
cent. of the 1914 crop in stock in Jan
uary, 1915. In round numbers the
stocks on hand January We're as fol-
| lows in New England: 1915, 33.725,-
| 900 bushels; 1915, 16, 4S4, 900 bushels:
! 1917, 4431 900 bushels. These stocks
| were divided among the growers and
| the dealers. The prices per bushel
| were on December l. al cents in 1914,
! 76 cents in 1915 and $1.4S last year.
Representative Tison of Connecti-
! cut defended the aviation service of
the army during the debate on the
Notifications appropriation bill in the
house today. Replying to criticism of
that arm of the service by Representa-
tive Miller of Minnesota, Mr.. Tilson
said that the first appropriation of
much consequence made by congress
for aviation purposes was not enacted
Until August 20 last, and he pointed
out that it had been impossible to ac-
complish a great deal since then.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-30
Prof. A. G. ScattOn,
39l Chestnut St.,
Endorses 1t
Lax-a-Tone Has Endorsements in New
Britain That Cannot Be Equalled by
Any Other Remedy OIL the Market.

81 don't care whether you believe
word 1 say said Mr.. J. r. Martin, the
LaN-a-Tone expert at the Economy
New England Drug Co. II am simply
asking you to believe your own citi-
zens. I am putting the proof right
up to the readers of this paper by
your own friends and neighbors and
If you are in need of a remedy that
will give you positive results in stom
ach, kidney and liver trouble, Lax-a-
Tone is that remedy"
Prof Scatton says:
Il have been a great sufferer with
sick headaches, sour acid stomach, gas
and bloat. I would have bad attacks
of heartburn. Many many ways have
l tried to obtain relief, but with no
avail. But at last I have found a rem
edy and that remedy is Herbal Lax-a-
Tone and 1 do not hesitate to recon-
ment it,
LaX-a-TOne is a scientific remedy
composed Of the pure juices of herbs
and its action is swift and sure You
will make no mistake in giving it a
trial. 1t has won a reputation through
out the United States and will con-
!, vince even the most skeptical after
one weeks trial.
The Lax-a-Tone man is at the Econ
ony New England Drug Co., 365 Main
street, where he is introducing, daily,
this remedy to the New Britain public.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-30
OSBORNE PUT ON +.
BREAD and WATER
Refuses to Part With His Wife'S
Wedding Rings g :

Washington, Jan. 30.-Thomas
Mott Osborne, ex-warden Of Sing
Sing, who with several others entered
the naval prison ship Southery at
Portsmouth, N. H.. as a self elected
prisoner, under arrangement with
Secretary Daniels, to study conditions,
was sentenced at the very start to five
days on bread and water for insubor-
dinaton. Secretary Daniels has re-
ceived a report from w. l.. Hill, chief
Boatswain, commanding the South
cry, in part as follows:
'I have a story on Osborne that 10
too good to keep. While at lunch at
my quarters yesterday, few hours
after the prisoners had been stripped,
searched, and their clothing. and per-
sonal effects taken from them, Mr..
Reakes called me up on the phone
and reported that Brown (Osborne1
had two gold rings that he refused tq
give up. I ordered Brown to the mast
with the witnesses. fs
II found that the joke was on Osrs
borne, and was not, as I expected, g
ruse on his part to get a taste of the
brig. The righs were his wife's we'd
ding rings which he always carried
with him, and he had them around his
neck attached to leather string. tt
was of course, sentiment that caused
him to refuse to part with them, but
he made the mistake of not speaking
to me about it before undergoing
| treatment. y
"As he had refused to obey the
Master at Arms, he had to be punished
so I sentenced him to five days on
bread and water with the promise that
! he must remain in punishment only as
| long as he, himself elected, /. e., until
| he acknowledged he was wrong and
\ would obey orders. He at once re-
piled, L will promise that now,' and
taking the rings from his neck, he
handed them to me, and since has
been a model prisoner. He peels POI
tatoes, I am informed, without wasting
| Them h
| Mr.. Osborne came to Washington
yesterday, having completed his term.
and made a verbal report to Secretary
Daniels regarding his experience
Among those who voluntarily entered
the ship with Mr.. Osborne as
prisoners were Professor A. H. Me-
Cormick of Bowdoin, who took the
name of John Austin" and Mr..
Bolasky. While at Portsmouth Mr.
Osborne scrubbed decks, ate prison
ship fare, and was treated as any org
binary prisoner.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-30
WOULD SEND TEDDY
TO RULE GERMANY
Hamilton Holt Would Also Bring
Kaiser to United States to Become
Contributing Editor.

New York, Jan. 3O-Hamilton
Holt, a member of the executive COM
mittee Of the League to Enforce Peace,
yesterday criticised the opposition to
the league by William Jennings Bryan
and Colonel Roosevelt. He spoke at
the annual meeting Of the New York
Federation of Churches. After the
war will come the Americanization of
the world or the Europeanization OF
America, he explained.
AS Mr.. Holt concluded, E. P. Farm
ham, secretary of the Church Exten-
sion Board, asked: Would you call
it politics, Mr.. Holt, if we were to or
ganize another expedition to Africa
and send Colonel Roosevelt at it,
head?"
81 think it might be better to send
the Colonel to rule Germany by
divine right and bring the Kaiser here
to take position as a contributing
editor" said Mr.. Holt.
Gentlemen, interrupted the Rev
DR.. Judson Swift, secretary of the
American Tract society, II thank God
for Colonel Roosevelt. There is not =
grander, more sincere man on the face
of Gods earth. I know him to n
thoroughly honest. He usually knows
what is right and what he is talking
about He is an American citizen u
manhood and character. 1t is writ
ten in the Scriptures. He who is not
for me is against me- There can be
no compromise with wrong"
Several church delegates who
started to speak were halted ty the
Rev. DR. George u. Wenner, chairman
Of the meeting.
"Our luncheon is prepared down
stairs" he said. 81 think we should
adjourn