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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09
ADVANTAGES OF GOO- LITER
AZURE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

This is great age of hooks. mas
zines ana other readins matter. &aa
cur young folks do not realize the
advantage they have over the Older
generations - an abundance OF good
reading matter. Where their grand
parents had a Bible. IN almanac, the
LEGAL newspaper once a week. and
possibly a city paper once a week
il the family was very liberal. they
have now a local newspaper which is
so local that it is published right
at home, a city daily or two. several
monthly magazines, and an abund-
ance of books of varius kinds.
Solomon in his day thought that
of the making of books there is no
end, because several writers were
getting cut copies of the latest popu-
lar treaties on moral philosophy. In
deed, during his lifetime there were
probably a dozen books written and
given to the waiting world. and no
coubt some wiseheads said boldly
that such a thing had never been
heard of before and the world surely
was going book-crazy.
In consequence of the profusion of
printed matter young folks OF this
day have all the wisdom of the world
at their command Can learn about
the latest discoveries and inventions:
they can learn what political move
pents are going on in the far cor
ner. of the world Wi,n all these
opportunities they should grow up
WISER than old Solomon himself But
do they?
You often hear it told OF grow
ing boy or girl that they are great
readers, just consume books and
Ma azines. Yes, what is a maya
ZiIe? A magazine is supposed to be
storehouse or repository. Let us
Ett Tlilllf VI VIZ st SUI iilOAlotT litSt
young folks are consuming Here is
a lurid tale of impossible life on the
plains, or IN IL city, or in the wilds
of some uneXplored section located
on some imaginary sea. The hero
does deeds f valor and feats Of
strength beyond human possibility.
and finally rescues the heroine and
they get married.
And of the so-called books the
same holds true. Volume after vol
umc is consumed just to see if they
get each other. and to enjoy the
hairbreadth escapes of the hero and
readers but they read only wind, or
worse.
they read. make no effort at pro
nouncing them, and if ever called
uron to resd aloud will stumble over
all manner of fairly simple words.
They have not gained a single idea
worth having, even after they have
consumed stacks and stacks of that
kind of stuff But they are great
readers OF course they are, if you
measure by the amount of paper that
has passed through their hands.
Frequently you hear person who
is fairly well schooled say that he
does not care about reading He new
er reads anything, unless ii is the
headlines of a daily The probabili-
ties are that person never learned to
read. Too many come through
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

The papers are saying nice things
a. ut Nat Bryan, on the occasion of
his retirement from the Senate 1t
mas not been always the case that
this paper could give its support to
MIR, Bryan in his political races. but
We have always admired him as a
sincere. honorable man, who placed
what he believed to be right above
his own personal success and that
is. indeed. rare thing in politics
splendid man succeeds him, but
he can we'll afford to emulate the
single-hearted devotion to right and
duty that has marked the senatorial
career of n p. Bryan.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

At this time We are pleased to
greet many tourists, who, having
only limited time to spend in the
South. postponed their visit until
now, the NEST delightful season in
Florida and generally the most dis
agreeable period in the North That
is sensible plan for tn Sc whose
Taose who possibly can ought to lin
ger until the grip and pneumonia
season back home" has safely
PASSED
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

Among the matters of special inter
of the County Board of Trade at
Limona Frida, March 9th. will be the
proposition of the Tampa Board of
Trade to put into effect a plan where
by the county may be rid of cattle
tick
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

Whenever sorrow or misfortune
smites the stranger or the dwcller in
Lakeland there is never lack CT kind
ness and sympathy We have said it
often. but frequent instances move
us to say it again--there are no
more kindly or charitable people in
the world than these who live. in
Lakeland
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

Every so often We are made happy
by seeing $ me fellow. who has been
busy knocking the read proposition
ever since the project was first men
toned, swell up and say. Yes. sir.
we're putting in the finest system of
r, ads in the world down here in
Folk county,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

The prayers of the nation are with
is hoped will prove slight and of
short duration The country needs
him every hour in these trying times.
and that his health and strength
may be conserved to the public serv-
ice is the heartfelt hope of the peo-
pie
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09

Plans are now being made to try
to shorten the road between Tampa
and New Port Richey.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09
CURRENT EVENT

See me every week, all the latest
news in pictures. on our windows.
TIE FAMOUS DEPARTMENT
STORE
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-09
NJ. r. HETHERINoToN. EDITOR
THE LAKELAND NEWS

A weekly newspaper giving resume
of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs. etc. Sent anywhere
for S $50 per year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-05-22

FOR SALE-pure bred Buff 0rphing-
ton eggs. r. w. Groves. Phone
PHO. 4d3eodf-t-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-05-22
EVIDENCE OF. STATE | | ]:
WIDE LARCENY TRUST
.seizes $4,000 Worth Of Plumber
Believes Strong Gang Of
Thieves Exist.

The sheriff of Polk county thinks
Iowa is infested with the biggest
gang of thieves in her history, hav-
ing ramificatfOns in almost every
county of this state. This may ex-
plain the frequent thefts in this vi
entity, especially at Duncombe and
other Webster county towns. A
Des Moines dispatch of Sunday says:
With more than $4,000 worth of
plumber seized as evidence, and with
two men under arrest, Sheriff John
Griffin believes he has uncovered the
operations Of larceny trust"
whose operations were more far
reaching than those of any other
band of thieves ever discovered in
the state.
He believes their operations COW
cred virtually the entire state, and
that half a, dozen or more men will
be implicated in a widespread plan
for wholesale theft before the in
vestigation is completed.
w. l.. Carter and Archie Morrison
are held in the county jail charged
with grand larceny.
Deputies are searching for several
more men whose names are still kept
from the public.
One man alleged to be implicated
was arrested by the city police, but
escaped from custody in the jail
when one Of the doors at the police
station was left unlocked.
The basement of the jail is filled
with a miscellaneous collection of
articles, ranging in character from
a spool Of binding Irvine to a seven
passenger automobile, and including
automobile tires, castings, inner
tubes, patent roofing material, wool
in bulk, woven wire fence. automo-
bile accessories, harness, leather and
a number Of other things, some of
which have been identified as stolen
property.
The plumber was obtained from a
vacant store room in which Charles
Temple, former deputy bailiff Of the
Municipal court, had stored his
household goods. Following Carter's
arrest, Temple in statement to the
sheriff said he had stored his goods
in the vacant room preparatory to1
departing for Montana, and that
Carter had asked that he be allowed
to store some of his personal effects
there. He said he had no idea what
Carter had placed in the room. Tenn
pie was not arrested.
According to the sheriff, Carter
has served one term in the peniter-
tiary.
The authorities assert that Car
ter acted as fence" for an or
ganized band of thieves, whose bold
ness accounted for their being at
large for so long. "They would steal
anything they could get their hands
on that was valuable" said one Of
fetal, whether it was an automo-
bile tire or quarter of beef"
The theft was discovered when
Carter was identified as man who
sold wool stolen at Altoona in Boone.
Carter claimed his car had been stol-
en- and identified the number Of the
car in which the wool was taken to
Boone as his own. He was taken to
Boone to identify the car and while
there was, according to the authori-
ties, identified as the man who sold
the wool. Several charges aside
from the theft of the wool have been
filed against him.
In a statement given out last
night, the sheriff said he expected
.everal other arrests within the next
few days.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-05-22
Burglar Alarms on Seed Potatoes.


w. II. H. Smith has just returned
from Walnut Grove, Mimi, where
he has been visiting his son. Mr..
Smith reports that crops in that vi
entity are looking fine, but they
have located new class Of burglar
or rObber there. A man had planted
small tract of ground with what
he supposed was the best kind of
seed potatoes, but after the proper
period of time had elapsed the crop
did not show signs of life. After
several days of worrying the man
went out, mussed his hands all up
trying to find some of the seed he
had planted, and found that the seed
had been stolen during the night
time. In several instances the thief
had not fully closed the hole from
which he had removed the seed and
Mr.. Smith contends that Minnesota
should have "blue law" that would
work seven days in the week-so a
seed potato would see that the hole
was closed after being removed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-05-22
Released From Quarantine.

The diphtheria quarantine at the
w. A. Mccullough home was raised
Saturday, Mrs. Mccullough, who had
a mild case of the contagion, having
fully recovered.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
Shorthill Asserts
Roads Must Move
Stocks on Hand

Washington, May 2.-(Special Tele-
gram)-J. w. Shorthill, scretary-
Treasurer of the National Council of
Farmers Cooperative Associations,
with headquarters at York, 'Neb.. with
other representatives OF grain associa-
tions, had an important hearing today
before subcommittee of the Council
for National Defense in charge Of
transportation. Mr.. Shorthill said that
in view of the government making
strenuous efforts to get the farmers
to grow additional crops it was I'M
peratively necessary that the railroads
should move the crops now in ele-
vators or in othr storage in order that
the crop coming on might be taken
care Of.
"The grain on the farp is in the
hands OF people who have facilities to
hold it." said Mr.. Shorthill. "If that
grain is not moved off the farm before
the new crop comes on. those farmers
who have facilities to hold will have
to dump the grain on the market with
those who lack holding facilities. That
would obviously result in a greater
congestion than exists at present"
Mr.. Shorthill was assured that every
effort would be made to give the
farmers and grain dealers throughout
the country the sought for relief.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
Strike Of Chicago
Bakers Probably
Will End Soon

Chicago, May But one apparent
vital difference today stood in the
way of the settlement of the Chicago
bakers strike and hope was expressed
that the strikers and the bread man.
ufacturers would reach an agreement
shortly.
The new contract submitted by the
strikers, whose walkout last Saturday
Right has closed nearly 100 bakeries,
among them the largest in the city,
specified that the bakers be permitted
to approve or dismiss the shop fore
men.
The employers have refused to
grant this demand, but have conceded
two-dollar weekly increase in wages
and are reported as being willing to
agree on other questions.
The smaller bakers, unaffected by
the strike, are working at increased
capacity and doing much toward sup
plying the daily shortage Of 100000
loaves and preventing a real bread
f+mine. However, the strike caused
excitement in many sections of the
city and the run on the smaller con-
Germs continued, some dealers in
creasing their prices i'll proportion to
the increased demand. The situation
has been relieved by the large num-
bers of housewives who are baking
their own bread. --
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03

Washington, May 2.-Secretary
Lane told the governors comforting
here today with, the Council OF Ma
tional Defense on the part state gov
ernments will take in the war, that
the federal government had heard
100000 tons of shipping had been
sunk in the last week by German
submarines.
Secretary Lane declared he believed
the wal would last several years and
that every resource of the country
must be brought into place to bring
it to successful conclusion.
The destruction of tonnage, Secre-
tary Lane said, was not only threaten
ing the existence of England and
France, but was alarming the United
States. Study Of inventions to combat
the submarine menace is being de-
ligently pursued III the Interior de-
partment, he said.
Must Build Ships.
The United States must build ships
as rapidly as possible, he told the dele
gates.
IF we don't fight the war on the
other side" he said, I'VE shall have
TO fight it on this side OF the Atlantic /"
Many persons thought" said Sec
retary Lane, "that all we had to do
was 10 issue bonds and that Germany
would bow its head III, submission.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. We do not know when this
war will end. 1t may be one-year
war. Personally, | believe 1t will last
several years.
Herbert c. Hoover has informed
this government that Germany has
food enough to last two years, per-
haps longer.
Germany has put up the greatest
fight of history and it has the advan-
tage of now fighting a defensive war
fare. Don't go back home and in
spire your people with the thought
that immediate action can bring this
war to an immediate end. Your peo-
pie must look to this years crop and
next years crop and the next after
that.
1--WE can't afford to fail in this war.
Every man in this country is involved
in this work and every man in the
country is a soldier" ~
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03

1--WE are in danger of a worlds
food famine and il the world is fed
the American farmer must feed it;
also if the war is won the American
farmer must win it." c. w. Pugsley,
director of the agricultural extension
service of the University of Ne
braska, told members of the Rotary
club OF Omaha at the weekly meeting
and luncheon at the Hotel Fonte-
nellie.
Mr.. Pugsley said that all forecasts
indicate short crops this year. He said
that breeding herds are being de-
pieted, iorecasting shortage OF meat.
He quoted the first statement of the
st. Louis conference called by the
secretary of agriculture on April 10,
Upon the farmer rests i'll large
measure the final responsibility OF
winning the war in which we are now
involved. Therefore, the man who tills
the soil and supports the soldier in
the field and the family at home is
rendering as noble and patriotic a
service as the man who bears the
brunt Of battle
The university man impressed upon
Rotarians the fact that we who live
in town can help by furnishing labor,
seed, machinery, and by growing and
preserving cur own vegetable supply,
I'VE in this great central west do
not realize that we owe obligations
as world citizens" he said. "Our
farms we found ready for our plows
without the use OF the axe or the re-
moval of stones. They arc sufficient
ly lined to keep them sweet, and so
abundant in fertility that we can main
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
AMERICAN SHIP
y ROCKINGHAM SUNK
Former Steamship Nebraskan
Sent to Bottom of Sea by
German Submarine.
THIRTEEN MEN MISSING

London, May 2.-Thc American
steamer Rockingham has been sunk
by German submarine. Thirteen
men are missing,
Two boats containing thirty-three
men were picked up yesterday by a
patrol vessel. One boat containing
thirteen men is missing.
1000 Tone Gross.
New York, May 2.-The American
steamship Rockingham, formerly the
steamship Nebraskan. was of 4,40S
tons gross. 1t was built at Camden,
N. J., in 1902 and was owned by the
Garland Steamship corporation.
1t Was announced by officers of the
corporation here that the Rocking
ham left Baltimore April y for
Liverpool under command of Captain
Charles Edwards of Brooklyn. Cap
tain Edwards is a naturalized Ameri-
can of English birth.
The Rockingham carried guns and
United States naval crew when it
left Baltimore, its owners said.
Carried Forty-nine Men.
The Rockingham carried forty-nine
men, including many Americans. The
crew numbered thirty-six and the
naval contingent consisted Of a lieu
tenant ard twelve men. The value Of
the ship and its general cargo was
$3,250000. The vessel was due in
Liverpoc, today.
Hit by Torpedo in 1915,
When under the name Nebraskan
the Rockingham was torpedoed off
the British coast less than one month
after the Lusitania was sunk, but
reached port safely.
The vessel at the time had just
been relieved from charter by the
White Star line ani was returning to
America intending to carry coal from
Newport News to California for the
naVV
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
HOLLWEG PUTS OFF PEACE TALK;
DIVERS SINK So SHIPS IN A WEEK
WILSON TEL S. 's'Ss w. ECUTIVES
NATION MUST COORDINATE ALL
ITS ENERGIES FOR SUPREME TEST

WAsHlNGToN, May 2.-President
w Wilson this afternoon received the
governors who are here attending con-
ference with the Defense Council, and told
them it was the supreme duty of the United
States to coordinate its energies so demo-
cracy shall be vindicated and the world
shown that the American government does
not live in vain.
''He declared that every force in the
United States should turn to supreme eff
fort of winning the war.
81 have no homily to deliver to you,'
said President Wilson, "because | know
you are as intensely interested as am in
drawing all our efforts and energies to-
gether in a common action.
"My function has not of recent days
been to give advice, but to get things CO.
ordinated so that there will not be any or
at any rate too much lost motion and in
order that things should not be done twice
by different bodies or done in conflict
1T is for that reason that particularly
welcome conference such as this you are
holding, the conference which will ac
quaint you with exactly the task as it is
conceived here in Washington and with
the ways in which cooperation can be best
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
Reports to Denmark Tell of
A Quiet May Day in Berlin

Copenhagen (Via London), May g.
ALI accounts of May day in Berlin,
which have reached here, say that al
though the day was marked by a
demonstrative strike OF certain en-
ployes, it passed in an orderly man.
ner.
According to these accounts, work
was stopped in only one factory, but
in view of the character of previous
censored reports on the labor situa-
ton it is impossible to tell how near
this is to the truth.
The military authorities in Berlin in
order to stamp the movement as TN
patriotic posted offers of rewards for
the capture of agents in the service
OF the enemy who were seeking to
awaken dissension among the people.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03
Prof. G. W. Pugsley, Agricul.
tural Expert of State Uni
versity, Tells of Serious
Food Conditions.
TALKS BEFORE RoTARIANs
Says Entire World Faces Dan
ger of Food Famine and it
Is Up to Farmer.
LABOR PROBLEM LOOMS BIG

A most important increase in
Nebraska will come as a result
of the effort of each individual
family to become as nearly self
supporting as possible.
If every family in the state OF
Nebraska would grow all the po-
tatoes and beans needed they
would have for themselves bal
anced ration and would relieve
for use elsewhere the potatoes
and beans they usually buy on
the market.
In this time of emergency it
seems to me that we should make
the very greatest use of the back
yards, vacant lots. and waste
places within the city limits.
Each town dwcller can help in
this .espect and if we are not do
ing our bit in this direction let
us resolve to start at once.-From
Prof. c. w. Pugseley's talk to the
Rotarians.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-03

organized. For after all the task is COM
paratively simple.
"The means of accomplishing the task
are complicated, because we must draw
many pieces of machinery together and we
must see that they act not only to COM
mon object but at the same time and in a
common spirit.
"My function therefore today is the
pleasant function of saying how much OBJ
liged to you | am for having come here and
associated yourself with us nthe great
task Of making good what the nation has
promised to do-go to the defense of the
rights of people everywhere to live as they
have right to live under the very prin-
ciples of our nation.
1T is a thing one does not dare to talk
about because certain passion comes into
ones, thought and ones thought and ones
feelings as one thinks of the nature of the
task, the ideal nature of it, of the oppor-
tunity that America has now to show to all
the world what it means to, have been a
democracy for las years and to mean
every bit of the creed which we have so
long professed. And in this thing it ought
to be easy to act and delightful to CO.
operate"