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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
IN FAVOR OF USING
CONTRABAND OPIUM
Academy of Sciences Consid-
ers Utilization of Seized
Product for Hospitals.
WAR PROBLEMS DEBATED

Plans for utilization of large guam
titles of opium. seized by agents or
the Treasury Department in the en-
forcement of the Harrison anti-narcotfc
law, in the manufacture of morphine
and other valuable hospital drugs.
were discussed at yesterday after
moons session of the National Academy
Of Sciences. The session was devoted
to reports of various committees OF
the national research council. created
by the academy to study scientific war
problems Other phases of modern
warfare on land and sea also were dis
cussed.
work Of the national research coun-
Gil Of the National Academy OF Sci
ences was discussed and reports were
presented at yesterday afternoons ses-
sion of the academy in the National
Museum. Practically all of the dis
cussione and reports covered secret
matters relating to research and in
vestigations connected with questions Of
national defense
Reports were presented by the fol-
lowing chairmen of committees of the
council: Prof. George E. Hale. chair
man national research council; DR..
Charles D. Walcott, chairman mill
tary committee; Prof. Robert Andrews
Millikan, chairman physics commit
tee; DR.. Marston Taylor Bogert,
chairman chemistry committee, and DR..
Victor Clarence Vaughn, chairman COM
mittee on medicine and hygiene. These
reports were followed by general dis
cussion.
Infantile Paralysis Discussed.
DR.. Simon Flexner Of the Rockefeller
Institute yesterday described before
the academy important discoveries
made within the last few months
regarding the manner OF tnfec-
ton of infantile paralysis and new
possibilities in its treatment.
Recent experiment has shown that the
human body offers two lines Of defense
against the entrance Of the poliomyletis
germ, DR.. Flexner said. Normal secre-
tions of the nose and throat destroy
or neutralize the virus. The disease
second line of defense lies in MEM
branes and fluids incased in the It's
sues about the structures of the CEN
trail nervous system.
Importance of Discoveries.
''In all probability both these defenses
must fail in order that the infection
may enter into the central nervous sys-
tenn" DR.. Flexner said. THE impor-
lance of the discoveries lies in the
light they shed on the hitherto per-
picking problem OF why, when the dis
ease is SO general. so many persons
seem to escape It,.
The location of the second defense
sheds much light on the treatment. Elk
pertinent showed that only by . dis
turbance of the protective membranes
could the germ enter the danger zone.
but this disturbance needed to be. so
slight that it hitherto had eluded sci
entiic observation.
The disease is susceptible to serum
treatment. and numerous experiments,
the speaker stated. have indicated the
kinds of serum which are effective and
the time at which they should be in
troduced.
Honor DR.. stratton.
DR.. s. w. stratton, director of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
VESTRYMEN CHOSEN.
Protestant Episcopal Churches Hold
Annual Elections.

HYArTSVILLE. Nd. April 1s.-yes-
trymen of st. Matthews parish, of
which Pinkney Memorial Church of this
place is a part. have been elected as
follows: DR.. Charles A. Wells, Harry
Dorsey. 9. Sherman James. George H.
Lanhardt. Charles II. Welsh, Otway B.
Zantzinger. T. Howard Duckett and C.
Frank Carr. Wardens and delegates
to the diocesan convention are to be
selected at a meeting to be held with
In . few days.
The congregation Of Trinity Episco-
pal Church. Upper Marlboro Rev. F. e.
McManus, rector. has chosen the fol-
lowing vestrymen: Fred Sasscer, John
II. Traband. William 8. Hill, r. B. B,
Chew. T. Van Clagett. Dr. Reverdy
Sasscer. Charles I. Wilson and r. Err
nest Smith. C. Fred Sasscer has been
elected senior warden and William 8.
Hill Junior warden.
Bishop Alfred Harding Of the diocese
Of Warrington Sunday afternoon paid
his annual visitation to Pinkney Me-
merfal Church hero and administered
oondxmation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
Johns Hopkins Alumni to Meet

The annual meeting Of Johns Hopkins
Alumni Association is to be held in the
form Of an informal smoker this
evening at $3.50 o'clock at the Cosmos
Club. Prof. Jacob H. Hollander is to
speak on Some Economic Aspects of
the War" William F. Willoughby Gre
cent constitutional adviser to the Chi
nese government and now head of the
institute for government research) also
will speak. Election will be held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18

bureau Of standards. was honored at
the banquet Of the academy last night
at o'clock at the Raleigh Hotel, when
he was presented with the medal for
eminence in applying science to pub
lie welfare because of his work in in
Of technologists in the United States.
The Henry Draper medal was be-
slowed upon Prof A. A. Nicholson Of
the University Of Chicago, for i'm
portant contributions to spectroscopy
and astronomical physics.
At the closing session Of the acad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18

envy this afternoon Edwin Grant
ConkIin, professor of zoology at
Princeton, delivered the second Will
liam Ellery Hale lecture, his subject
being Methods and Causes of Or
ganic Evolution"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18
Suffrage Plea Handed to President.

Mrs. Raymond, B. Morgan. president
of the Washington branch of the Asso-
citation of Collegiate Alumnae. with
Mrs. Theodore Cole, called at the White
House yesterday to present to President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18

Wilson resolutions adopted by the as
ISOLATION. in session recently at the
Raleigh Hotel. asking the Presidents
support of the federal woman suffrage
amendment. "as a war measure and as
the best preparation for a lasting dem
ocratic peace The resolutions were
signed by women who are prominent I'm
various sections of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-18

1t matters little what il is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will fill your need.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-17

give them the advantage which their
father had never had, Steve must go.
He set two years as the limit of his
absence. He took hundred dollars
and left Meta with four hundred.
That would last her forty weeks,
with great economy. And long be-
fore that period had elapsed Steve
would send her some more.
So he promised and so he per-
formed. At the end of six months
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-17
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" THE MAKING OF A MAN
BY Henry Foster

by ElSUTy TOSLSI.
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Copyright, 1917, w. G. Chapman
Steve and his wife had talked it
over for a long time before the leg
acy arrived so Unexpectedly from his
uncle Harry. 1t was only for $500,
but it cIinched Steve's resolution.
An Uneducated man, leaving the
primary school at II to work for his
mothers support, Steve was at heart
a gentleman. But a mans heart
counts for very little against a mans
manners. And Steve was - not
rough, for he was altogether fneness
itself-bUt ill-bred. He would not
pass muster except among the labor
ing class.
Meta was something higher. She
had worked in a department store,
where Steve was one of the pack
ers. He had come to know her by
knocking down a masher who was
Fostering the girl with his attentions.
And Meta, struck by the kindness
of the man, gradually came to care
for him. And they had been mar
ried three years. There were two ba-
bies, girl and a boy. And Steve
was still packing case, at SIS a week.
They had talked over their own
and their children's future so many
times. And the same blank wall
stretched before them. There was
no future. Already every penny of
their little earnings went week bY
week. Then came the legacy.
There's no chance for an unedu-
Gated man like me-" Steve said. "The
only way for me to make money is
to find it."
ITO find it, dear?" asked Meta
'In the ground" said Steve. I'm
going to Alaska. And, Meta, dear
est"
ooh, Jim, I can't have you co.
she sobbed.
= COR little Ellen and Tom," he
49,. - GCTTTo5r,o r-OF - v,,o1vo A.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-17
At Last He Settled Down GrimIy to
Making His Pile.

Making His Pile.
Jim was making his fifty weekly in
Alaska. He was working in a store,
but he. wrote that he was keeping his
eye open for opportunities, and at
the end of the year he meant to go
out prospecting. He inclosed for Net
ia two hundred dollars.
Thereafter she got twenty-five
weekly. She little guessed the cheap
ness of money in Alaska, or what
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
GOT 1000 DEER

Richmond Texas. April 80. w.
4. Huehs, who made his home near
here, died the other day with a rec
ord of having killed more than H.
QUO deer.
Refore law prohibited the killing
OF deer for market and limiting the
number that might be taken In any
one year. he spent each winter in
the wilds west OF here, where he
trapped and shot deer by wholesale.
The animals went to supply the mar
kets of Houston and San Antonio.
lie saved the express company re-
ceipts during the whole period, and
these show total shipment Of moro
than 1000.
Only a week before he died Mr..
Huehs went on his annual deer hunt.
and succeeded in potting big buck
after walking six miles in the rain.
This exposure brought on the Illness
which resulted in his death.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
lBy II. A. Felkel.l

Tallahassee Fla, April so The
wells quart-a-month bill goes to the
Governor tomorrow. There is much
speculation as to whether he will
sign or veto the bill Many prohibit
tionists believe its presence on the
statute books will hurt the amend
ments chances at the polls in No
yember, 1918. The Governor has told
friends that he will sign the bill i'm
mediately, but much pressure is be-
ine brought to bear.
The Governor is expected to send
all nominees of the party for circuit
judges and State attorneys to the
Senate this afternoon except Jas. b.
Perkins of DeLand. II the Governor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
WEDDING WAITS ON WAR

st. Louis, April 30.-William F,
Meyer, Jr., whose wedding date had
been set for April 2S, went to the
First Regiment Armory the other
day and enlisted, then called his
fiancee and told her the wedding
would have to be postponed until
after the war"
His fiancee, Miss Mary E. Britt,
approved of her sweetheart's action
assenting to the marriage date being
postponed It'll after the regiment
returns from service" Meyer left his
work and went directly to the arm
cry ~ soon as he read in an extra
edition Of the newspapers that Pres
ident Wilson had ordered the militia
to mobolize.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
INCOME TAX IS POURING
IN AT REVENUE OFFICE
Collector Lewis Thanks Patriotic
Florida People for Promptness

Jacksonville, April 30 Collector
ri IT. Lewis, of the internal revenue
department, today expressed his
thanks to the many thousands of
Floridians who have responded lib
orally within the last week to the
call which was issued for advance
remittances on income taxes, which
are not due until June. The current
taxes are being collected to help the
nation in the great emergency which
confronts It since the outbreak of
the war with Germany. Within the
last week an enormous amount OF
advance remittances have been made.
"The wealthy people Of Florida
are standing by the nation In
loyal manner with their money,
said Deputy Collector Brown this
morning. Although the tax is not
due until June those who are liable
to the tax are forwarding their
rcney in response to the following
notice which has been mailed out TO
all who are subject:
"In view Of the war conditions. the
government will appreciate the
prompt payment Of the taxes shown
to be due by the notice herewith. If
the tax payer receiving this notice
is able to make such payment with
out undue inconvenience to himself
or itself, as the case may be.
"The commissioner of internal
revenue has no power under the law
to make any rebate or discount on
such anticipated payments. but hopes
that in view OF the conditions now
facing the country a ready and large
response may be made to this re-
quest"
Deputy Collector Brown states that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
RAILROAD TO BE GUARDED
AGAINST BANDITS
(By Associated Press. }

Mexico City, April IS The
Southern Pacific Railroad of Mexico
has announced to the Department OF
Communications that It is anxious
TO comply with the terms of its con-
cession and to complete its line from
the city of Topic to Guadalajara and
that department has made an urgent
request r. the Department of War to
supply aid and protection against
bandits necessary to the workmen OF
tho company
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
BFRNSTORFF
THROWS OFF
ON GERMANS
IN AMERICA
DECLARES THEY RAN AWAY TO
AVOID MILITARY SERVICE AND
ARE OUTLAWS

Washington. April 30.-Count Won
Eernstorf. former German ambassa-
dor, spoke disparingly of the Ger
mans in the United States, before the
war, saying they ran away from the
fatherland to escape military serv-
ice were outlaws" and he did not
care to talk about them. lie did not
care what they thought or wanted,
according to a statement of Senator
Phelan, of California. commenting on
the army war bill. He said Won Bern
storff's opinion was and is today that
OF official Germany. Phelan said Won
Eernstorff's statement was made to
him in 1913 at Munich when Phelan
tried through Won Bernstorff to get
German exhibit at the Panama Ex-
position.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
Harmonious Relations Depends
On Whether Governor Appoints
All Democratic Nominees

does this his expected veto of the bin
abolishing the tax commission will
be sustained even by the Senate. If
the nominees are not appointed and
sent to the Senate Immediately the
fight will be on in earnest and an
effort will be made to organize two
thirds in both houses necessary to
PASS all bills over his pad" includ-
ing those curtailing his appointive
powers, and none of the Governors
pet measures will become laws. If
the nominees go to the Senate i'm
mediately, the Legislature and Gov
ernor are expected to work harmon
iously through the remainder of the
session. Both huoses will convene
at 4 o'clock today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
Food Bills Will
Increase Production.
Prevent HOarding
And Make For
Equal Distribution
(By Associated Press. }

Washington. April 30-Chairman
Lever of the agricultural committee
introduced the administration food
bills, which are designed to stimulate
production, prevent hoarding. and
make for an equitable distribution.
They will suspend the law prohibit
Ing the mixing of -four and will CON
tain provisions to prevent conflict
with antitrust and interstate COM
merce laws which do not cover the
price fixing or control Of the use of
Grain for distilling liquors. A bill
will be introduced later to cover
these.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
many Bills
APPROVED BY
GOV. TODAY
(By H. A. Felkel.)

Tallahassee, Fla, April 30.-The
Governor today approced a local bill
granting a charter to Clermont, in
Lake county, bill granting leaves
of absence to county officials who en-
list in the United States army or
navy; a bill changing the date for
holding circuit court in okaloosa
county; a bill validating the sale Of
bonds by the town q Davenport to
the amount of $500 for sidewalk
and other construction for munich
pal improvement: bill making
emergency appropriations for state
institutions which could save money
by buying provisions now instead of
later; a bill granting a new charter
to the town of Davenport. Polk coun-
ty. and a bill changing the time for
holding county court in Osceola
county. The Governor will sign the
Wells bill tomorrow or next day. is
the prediction OF your correspondent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
Germans Face
Great Strike
Tomorrow
TERRIFIC BATTLING NOT TO BE
COMPARED TO THE OUTCOME
OF THE FEARED STRIKE
BY Associated Press }

The battle Of Arras still RACES
with the issue in doubt. For six days
torrents of blood have flowed and the
armies of Great Britain and Ger
many still struggle Tor the mastery
in conflict which battles superla-
tives. Tens of thousands of German
reserves have been hurled in vain
against the British who foot by foo.
continue to advance. There is viol-
lent artillery fighting south of St
Quentin in which the French poured
destructive fire on the German de-
fenses. it was announced.
However. the momentous results
of the bloody struggle are INSULT
sient to hold the attention of the
German people who are facing a
great general strike that may shake
the foundations Of the entire coun-
try. On the eve Of May Day a ma
jcr,ty Of Socialists are supporting
the governments efforts to cajol )
and frighten the workers from strik-
ing. Even the radical minority
seem frightened at the possible re-
suits OF the agitation they have fos-
tered
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
AMERICAN TANK
STEAMER VACUUM
sunk BY
SUBMARINE
(By Associated Press.)

London, April 80 The American
oil tank steamer Vacuum was sunk
Saturday by German submarine
While enroute to the United States.
The chief mate and seventeen men,
Including three American naval
summers have landed. The boat con-
tanning captain. remainder of crew,
raval lieutenant and nine naval gum
ners are missing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
NAVAL
STORES BILL
CONES Up
TOMORROW
tBy IL. A. Felkel.)

Tallahassee, Fla, April so. The
Anderson Naval Stores bill, House
bill No. s, has been set for a special
order Tuesday, and as the members
one by one investigate the measure,
its merits and demand for its pas
sage, it is evident that it's chances of
passage are improving daily The
measure, which has come to be gen-
orally known as the Anderson bill,
requires that the spirits of turpen-
tine or rosin must be inspected in
ten days instead of within twenty
days, as the present law provides
1t is pointed out that it is fairer to
the operator to make this time limit
ten instead Of twenty days because
Of the liability of a complete revolu-
tion of the market prices in as long
a period as twenty days. Ten lays is
as long as one should be compelled
to wait for an inspection of his nav
al stores, it is contended. This bill
also permits the operator to sell his
goods either within the State or out
side the State.
The Anderson bill does not seek
to abolish the office of naval stores
Inspector In the minds of many, this
bill has been confused with the
measure to abolish the whole naval
stores inspection. because certain
relatives of the present Governor
Rave positions in that department.
Friends of House Bill No. s, the An
derson measure, claim that there is
no reason why the Governor should
veto it, and they believe that it will
rect with his prompt approval
The operators OF the State and
their best friends. the factors doing
business within the bounds Of Flor
ida. are said to be heartily in favor
of the Anderson bill.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
Weather Report

Tampa. April 30.-For Tampa and
Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight;
Tuesday probably thundershowers.
For Florida: Fair tonight, except
thunderstorms and cooler I'm extreme
northwest portion. Tuesday prob
ably thundershowers; cooler In north
portion.
Winds For SO Hours Ending o. m.
Tuesday
For East Gulf: Fresh south with
probably squalls over west portion.
For South Atlantic: Moderate vari-
able.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
CENSUS OF EGYPT TAKEN
tBy Associated rress. ,

Cairo. April 2s.-The decennial
census of Egypt took place on the
ri, bit of March 6. In Egypt the CEN
sus is always taken simultaneously
throughout the country. and the
hour was fixed this year for mid
night. The count is expected to
slow about the normal rate of in
crease in the population. giving a to-
tai OF about 100000.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
HOLLAND ON GOVERNMENT
RATI0NS, AND BREAD CARD
CARD SYSTEM IN EFFECT
(By Associated Press.)

The Hague, Netherlands, April 80.
Nearly all Holland has been put
on Il system of government rations
because OF the virtual stopping OF
grain imports from America as a re-
suit Of the ruthless submarine war
fare and the poor crops of potatoes
and other vegetables. The Entente
allies had long since put in use a
system of rationing the IIollander3
in the matter of grain imports but
now the halt in the movement of all
shipping has caused virtual cessa-
tion Of all imports.
A breadcard system had been In
effect since February. Under the new
plan, potato and rye flour is mixed
with American -four, cffecting an
economy of more than so per cent in
the consumption OF wheat Owing to
shortage of the stocks OF potatoes,
the allowance has been reduced and
potato-less days have been estab-
l'shed. The monthly ration of peas
and beans to each person amounts
to little more than one pound
The other prime necessities OF
life that are under direct govern
ment control are being distributed
to each community according to the
number OF It's inhabitants, the local
authorities then dividing the sup
plies among the individuals.
the example OF Germany In estab-
Holland is beginning to follow
fishing central kitchens. The princi-
pal one thus far put into operation
is at Rotterdam. It provides about
quart OF warm food for a sum equal
to four American cents. When pre-
pared the food is rapidly transport
cd to seventeen parts OF the city
where distribution Is made.
Food and hunger demonstrations
occur occasionally. In these Social
lists are active In bringing the needs
OF the people to the attention Of the
government officials.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
INVESTIGATIONS
tBy Associated Press }

London, April 30. 0.-Americans
connected with the American Mining
Company's works on the Island OF
Cyprus ere defraying all the ex-
penses of archaeological excavations
which have been begun at Arsos.
rear Tremithousa. The work is in
charge of the Cyprus Museum. The
spot chosen is an interesting one.
connected with the great Adonis
myth
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
HAPPINESS
Of ireland
IN HANDS Of
BRITISH COM.
1T is BELIEVED THAT BALFOUR'S
INFLUENCE CAN SETTLE THE
DIFFICULTY
No. 1853
(By Associated Press. }

lcndon, April 30.-In statement
To the Associated Press respecting
the Irish situation, Lord Northcliffe
says the happiness of Ireland is en-
tl~ely in the hands of the British
commission in the United States. It
is said the differences of the two par
ties here are so slight that Balfour's
influence can settle the difficulty.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
How War Loan Will Be Handled
(By Associated Press

Washington, April The fed
eral reserve board has recommended
to Secretary McAdoo that funds un-
der the seven billion war finance law
can be obtained gradually by offer
ing to banks blocks Of treasury GER
tlfcates every two weeks, to be re-
tired later with bonds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-04-30
LAKELAND, FLORIDA MONDAY, APRIL 80, lsi7
STATE Banks AND
TRDST COMPANIES
TO ENTER FEDERAL
RESERVE SYSTEM

Washington, April 30.-Assur-
ances have been received by the fed
eral reserve board from scores of
State banks and trust companies
will enter the federal reserve system
upon the passage of amendments be-
fore Congress broadening the scope
Of the law.