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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-29

| FIsKE GIVES LIE TO LAWsoN'S
LEAK TESTIMONY
New York, Jan. 29.-Pliny Fiske,
Wall street financier, named in
Thos. w. Lawson's note leak testi-
mony as boasting of control over
Sec'y of the Treasury McAdoO, de-
MED at today's hearing here, ever
making such boast.
Fisk was questioned about an al
legged meeting with Archibald White,
of which Lawson testified White told
him. According to Lawson's quota
ton of White, Lske had Dragged he
could even get McAdoo out Of bed
at 1 a. m.
"The meeting described never took
place, y said the witness. 81 can't
deny it too strongly want to use
the most unequivocal language
never mentioned McAdoo's name to
Mr.. White or he to me"
Fisk was empowered to close up
McAdoo's business affairs when he
went to the cabinet.
The suggestions of split on leak
profits between a Senator o." Nc
Adoo and Fiske were denied emphat-
icaIly, and Fiske added that his rec
ords showed positively no dealings
during the leak period with any cab
met member or other high Officials.
Fiske suggested to the house note
leak committee this afternoon that
Thos. W. Lawson be imprisoned as a
periurer.
So A PIECE FOR SLIPPING
John Larsen and Albert Pepin
were up before Judge Mahoney in =
L...--.-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-29
COUNCIL TO DECIDE SOON ON I FIs
CITY MANAGER GOVT

The city council VIII soon 0eclde
whether to take the steps to place
Chicago under the city manager type
of government. Aid. Merriam tossed
a bomb into the meeting of the city
council today when he introduced
the two following orders:
Ordered, That the committee on
finance be and it hereby is directed
to consider and report to this body
upon a unified form of local govern
ment in Chicago and best practical
methods of obtaining it.
1.-The second order is:
Ordered, That the committee on
judiciary be and it is here directed to
prepare and present to this council a
bill authorizing the city of Chicago,
by referendum vote, to adopt the city
manager plan of government"
Both orders were passed and fe-
ferred to judiciary committee.
YOU TAKE A CHANCE AT CARDS
THE SAME AS AT THEATER
Admission paid at the door for~the
privilege of participating In a card
game does not constitute gambling,
Judge Mahoney ruled in South Clark
street court today.
Mrs. Catherine Carr and a score of
women arrested Saturday afternoon
while playing euchEe at S12 E. 39th
st. were charge with gambling. The
officers testified that the women met
at Mrs. Cars once a month, paid so
cents admission and played cards.
cts no violation Of law to play
peaceful game of cards and paying
so cents at the door is no more Of a
gamble than paying $3.50 for a thea
ter ticket. for a show that may be
good or rotten" said Mahoney.
-O-O--
Creditors file petition asking re-
ceiver for Won Frantzius & Co., La
Sale street brokers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-29

So A PIECE FOR SLIPPING
John Larsen and Albert Pepin
were up before Judge Mahoney in
South Clark street court today
charged with fighting at Federal and
Polk SITS.
eve weren't fighting" said Pepin.
81 slipped on the paving and fell"
Three dollars for slipping" said
the Judge. "Now what about you,
Larson?"
when Pepin slipped he fell
against me-" explained Larson. Il
slipped and fell, too"
"You slipped So, too" said the
Judge. .-.---.-- $3.50
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-29

Creditors file petition asking re-
ceiver for Won Frantzius G Co., La
Sale street brokers.
San Jose, Costa Rica.-President
of Costa RIGA, Alfredo Gonzales, de-
posed by military and civil uprising.
Federico TinocO made provisional
president
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

The Fortnightly Club, of this city,
is completing arrangements this
week to make canvass of the city
to collect all the old gold and silver
articles of no particular value to the
people of the city, mention of which
was made last week. The ladies will
canvass the city, on day to be an
nounced later and gather up these ar
ticles. The same will be sold and
the proceeds will be used in Y. M. c.
A. work among the Iowa soldiers in
the training camps, to provide the
boys many little useful and neces-
sary articles that the government
does not give them. 1t is worthy
object, and no doubt the ladies will
secure a large amount of gold AID
silver articles. Mrs. NJ. d. Wells is
assisting in getting this work started
and already quite lot of old gold
and silver articles have been handed
in to her at the Wells store.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Mrs. @. L. HoIcomb Passes.

Mrs. Lillian Holcomb, beloved
wife of G. L. Holcomb, of this city
passed away at the family home on
Winnebago street last Thursday,
July 5, after an illness of nearly five
years duration.
Lillian Morrison was born in Fon
Du Lac, Wisconsin, January 26,
1857. She was united il marriage
to Charles l.. Holcomb in DEBORAH
on September Is, 1875. Two chill
dren, son and daughter were born
to the union. They are William g.,
of Duluth, and Mrs. Maud e. Jones,
of Mason City, both of whom sur
vive with the bereaved husband and
two brothers, ]. r. Morrison, of
Minneapolis and Fred ID. Morrison,
of Brooten, Mimi. The deceased
was one of Decorah's pioneer moth
ers and was a woman who was al
ways held in the highest esteem by
all who ever had the pleasure of her
acquaintance. Her long illness was
borne with fortitude, and her death
leaves an aching void in the hearts
of those near and dear who are left
to mourn her departure, and the
sympathy of many friends is extend
ed to them. The funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon, DR.. G.
S. Lakeland of the M. E. church Off
ciating, and the Eastern Star lodge,
of which deceased was a member,
had charge. Intermelt was in Phelps
cemetery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Mason City, and Bro. Brunt, an Odd
Fellow of over SO years membership.
The address of the evening was given
by Grand Master w. s. Right, of Des
Moines, who spoke feelingly of the
great work of Odd Fellowship. Bro.
Rights address was one long to be
remembered by all who heard it, as
one of the finest, true to life, and
one that each and all could take to
heart and feel that the following out
of the counsel contained therein
could not help but make the world
better for our having lived therein.
When, in the wee small hours, the
meeting broke up, all departed feel
ing that it was good to have been
there.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
chaplain-Mrs. Mary Wilson.


The officers of Winneshiek Lodge
were installed by d. D. G. M. Abe
Pierce and the following staff, all
of Burr Oak: Deputy Grand Warden
Willard Peacock; Deputy Grand
Secretary Art Smith; Deputy Grand
Treasurer Murray E. Marsh; Deputy
Grand Marshal P. C. Olson; Deputy
Grand Chaplain F. E. Nash; Deputy
Grand Guardian A. M. Morrison, as
follows:
Noble Grand-Christian Enger.
Vice Grand--L. r. McMullen.
Recording Secretary-E. c. Grant.
Treasurer-B. o. Marsh.
Warden-M. J. Musser.
Conductor-P. E. Bradrick.
R. s. N. G.-R. Buck1ell.
r. S. ". G.-Samson Scott.
l.. S. v. G.-LeRoy Sampson.
r. S. S.-Floyd Allen.
Inside Guardian-W. P. Rima.
Outside Guardian--M. o. Dalvey.
Chaplain-P. r. Harsbarger.
Mrs. Effie Graham, of Des Moines,
President of the Rebekah Assembly of
Iowa, gave a very effective talk on
the state of Rebekah Odd Fellow
ship in the state, which was followed
by short talks by Mrs. Alta Striker,
Matron of the Odd Fellow Homes al
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
BASE BALL HERE NEXT SUNDAY
CRESCO WILL PLAY DEBORAH AT
THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Come Out and See LaudelI Pitch.
Game Called at 3 p. NJ.

The ball game scheduled for last
Sunday between Elkader and Decor
ah was postponed on account of rain.
Next Sunday, July Is, the Cresco
team will be in DEBORAH and play the
locals at the fair grounds. All those
holding tickets for the DEBORAH Elka-
der game will be admitted on them
to the Cresco-Decorah game.
LaudeIl tha crack ex-Detroit
American League pitcher, will do
the slab work for DEBORAH, and he is
some pitcher too. Remember the
game, patronize the boys, and assist
them in keeping good ball team
going here for the rest of the season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
joint PUBLIC INSTALLATION
ONEOTA REBEKAH LODGE NO.
175 AND WINNESHIEK LODGE
NO. So INSTALL.
Mrs. Effie Graham President Rebek-
ah Assembly and Grand Master
Knight Gave Excellent
Talks.

Friday evening July 9Th, marked
another red letter day on the callen-
dar of Odd Fellowship in DEBORAH,
it being the occasion of the joint
public installation of officers Of
Oneota Rebekah Lodge No. ITS, and
Winneshiek Lodge No. So. Supper
was served to upwards of 100 mem
bers and friends at $50 p. M, by the
sisters of Oneota Lodge, to which all
did ample justice. AS soon as pos
sible after the supper the regular in
stallations took place, the Rebekah
Lodge installing first. The work was
done under the direction of District
Deputy President, Mrs. Libbie Ar
mold, of Burr Oak, by the following
staff; Special Deputy Pres, Mrs. Jo-
sic Cutting, Deputy Grand Marshal,
Mrs. Carrie Hislop, Deputy Grand
Warden, Mrs. Matte Tyler; Deputy
Grand Secretary, Miss Ida Reum;
Deputy Grand Treasurer, Mrs. Eliza
beth Chinn Deputy Grand Chaplain,
Mrs. Lizzie Cummings; Deputy Grand
Guardian, Miss Ollie Blagsvedt; and
Deputy Grand Herald, Mrs. Mary
Wilson, who proceeded to install in
to their respective chairs the follow
ing officers:
Noble Grand-Mrs. Millie Stod-
dard..
Vice Grand-Mrs. Lenna Knorr.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Mabel
o. Grant.
Treasurer-Mrs. Julia G. Reed.
Warden-Mrs. Josie Cutting.
Conductor-Mrs. Mida Heg1er.
r. S. N. G.-Mrs. Ollie Blagsvedt.
l.. S. N. G.-Mrs. Bessie Bradrick.
r S. v. G.-Mrs. Lizzie Cummings.
L. s. V. G.-Mrs. Letitia Christian
Inside Guardian Mrs. Elnora
Draper.
Outside Guardian - Mrs. Rose
Bucknell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
by HARRY ]. GREEN
New Oyerscnds Arriving.

Messrs. John Rud of this city and
Oscar Wemark, of Ridgeway, are ex-
pected home tonight from Chicago
with two new Overland cars which
they will drive here for Rud Bros.
the local Overland agents. These cars
are in great demand and it has kept
Rud Bros. busy to keep enough cars
on hand to supply all their custom
ers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Fred Hencke, former resident of
DEBORAH passed away in California
last week, where he had been living
for several years. Mr.. Hencke NOV
ed away from DEBORAH over 20 years
ago and went to Ashland, Wis, and
later to Duluth, Mimi, where he lived
for many years. He operated a pop
factory here in the early days, and
later saloon AID grocery in the
building now occupied by A. S. Olson
N the West Side. He will be kind
~ remembered by many old friends
here. We understand the remains
will be brought to DEBORAH for inter-
ment, as Mrs. Hencke is buried here.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Mrs. o. G. Arneson Has Stroke.

Mrs. o. G. Arneso1 suffered a
stroke of paralysis Sunday night,
about ten o'clock. She had been
setting out on her porch, and got up
and went into the house, later going
out after the chair she had been us
ing. When she entered the house the
second time she fell. She was alone
when stricken, but was able to make
the neighbors hear her cries and M.
O. Dalvey who lives next door, went
to her assistance. DR.. Hoeg was cali
ed and Mrs. Arneson was made as
comfortable as possible, and we I'M
derstand is recovering now, which
will be good news to her many
friends.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Congregational Church.

Subject next Sabbath morning,
THE Contrast Along the Entire Line
Between the Teachings of Christian
Science and the Bible" Solo by Miss
Clara Hoyt. No evening service.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
r. L. Darling at Ames.

Mr.. r. L. Darling, chemist for the
A. d. & p. A. of this city departed
Tuesday morning for Ames for the
purpose of continuing some scientific
Investigations of an interesting ma
ture for the A. d. & P. A., which he
will take up with Mr.. Hoover, pro-
fessor of chemistry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11
Band Concert Next sunday.

The DEBORAH Merchants Band un-
der the leadership of Prof. Carlo A.
Sperati will give another of their
popular concerts at the City Park
next Sunday, July IS, afternoon and
evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Civic Club Meeting Postponed.
There will be no meeting of the
)ecorah Civic Club held this week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-07-11

Brazil sold 7,530,313 pounds of
hides to the United States last year.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
County Agents Reports

vance in the matter Of curing and in
storing sweet potatoes. Five houses
with a combined capacity of $4,000
bushels are in operation.
At the annual CLUB contest, TWEEN,
ty-six of the fifty-four corn-club boys
reported. The highest yield was
eighty bushels, with quite q number
around the fifty-bushel mark. The
general average was above forty
bushels.
Dade county: The acreage Of to.
matoes in Dade county this year will
be 5000. II labor conditions improve.
an additional 5000 acres will be put
liz. The product from one 165-acre
avocado grove has been marketed at
prices ranging from - to IS doa.
en-.
Duval county: The dorm and velvet
bean crop in Duval this year IS the
best in the history Of the county.
Taylor county: A county live stock
association with sixteen members
was organized for the purpose ol
buying and selling live stock coop
erativcly, and of improving the live
stock in the county.
Bay county: Several large farms
were opened in this county the first
of the month.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
A. c. L. SHIPS III CHINKS
TO PORT TAMPA FOR CUBA
Will Be Used to Relieve the Labor
Shortage

Jacksonville, Nov. 22.-To be en-
pioyed in various industries in Cuba,
one hundred and seventeen China
men, the largest number coming
Through this city in months, passed
through this morning for Port Tam
pa, were they will be shipped to
Cuba, The men were carried in three
specially equipper cars and were
shipped over the Atlantic Coast Line
to Port Tampa.
Hundreds Of Cinnamon are being
imported to Cuba to relieve the
shortage Of labor, and this is the first
big shipment from Hong Kong, Chi
ma, in months. A score of immigra
ton officials accompanied the men.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
HOSPITALS GET THE
PROPER DRESSINGS

The National Surgical Dressings
committee was founded at the outse,
of tie war by Mrs. Mary Hatch Will
lard of New York, and began with a
nationwide appeal for old linen. La
ter new linen in quantities which
the Paris section found itself unab,e
10 handle was sent in. This suggested
the organization of committees or
women throughout the United State.
10 make up the material; and these
committees now number 1000. The
hrst year the consignments were sent
direct to the hospitals, but under this
plan certain hospitals did not get
"hat they needed, while Others
might receive articles useless to then,
Ian eye hospital might get oakum
Fads' Tor example. A third stage Or
development resulted-the sys.ema+-
ic organization of a distribution SER
wee Each hospitaI fills out a oues-
t'1naire, giving its number of beds
Tie kinds of wounds it handles
whether it has sterilizer or not
etc. Monthly it checks off card list
ing the 25 standard dressings A
complete dossier of previous ship
ments is kept, and in making up the
Inventory in the order department
certain key signals are added which
make the work of the shipping clerks
at once more precise and flexible
Hospitals without sterilizers, for ex-
ample, get only sterile goods; and
the sterile and non-sterile supplies
are handled on separate floors.
In this way every hospital gets
what it wants each month and is
sure of its supplies one month after
another.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
SURVIVOR OF YPRES
LIVES IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 23.-Arthur
Gioacher, Canadian soldier, survived
gas attack in the trenches at Ypres
although he was in a hospital a year.
but shell shock permanently dis
abled him and he was given dis
charge as unfit for further service.
G,oacher is an orderly in the city
hospital today.
He enlisted in the Fourth Ontario
at the beginning of the war, put az
ter the gas attack he was trans
ferred from the infantry to the ar
tillery and returned to the front. But
the shell shocks were worse than the
gas attacks, he said.
1T was enough to drive a stronger
man than crazy" he declared.
Groacher still has returns Of his
'a!lment. He was for several days a
patient in the city hospital and in
his delirium he dreamed of dodgine
shells and fighting gas.
"The gas was like gigantic mon
+; key wrench, pressing all the breatf
from ones body" he said.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
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Fetching in Stone Blue Cloth.

clue cloth. The front is made in open
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are buttons of self-material. A
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or applied pockets may be used to trim
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Errors will be impossible if the
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ct front and back before placing it
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This is particularly effective EOS
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Carried out in velours or any of the
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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24

Much good work throughout the
State in pushing the sale of Liberty
Ponds was done by the county
agents, and now this same force is
making itself felt in the food pledge
campaign.
st. Johns county: There are at
least one hundred acres of fall-plant-
ell Irish potatoes in the county.
They look very promising, and II
early frosts do not damage them. q
good crop will be harvested.
Baker county: Many hogs are be-
ing lost in this county by reason OF
the cholera plague.
Clay county: The farmers are
busy gathering corn and sweet pota-
toes, and making syrup. The cane
crop is fine and much syrup will be
made. Most of the corn gathered for
seed will be treated against weevils.
Farmers are also pulling up and are
burning cotton stalks and planting
the land to oats and rye.
Bradford county: Sweet potatoes
began moving out of the county the
las week in October at 81 a bushel
to the farmers. The acreage is un-
usually large but the production per
acre was reduced by the late summer
rains. Experienced buyers and ship
rers do not believe the prices will hit
tie old levels this year,
Volusia county: Farmers are awak,
ened to. the necessity of having thei.
hogs vaccinated against cholera
Much along this line has been done
in the last few weeks.
ST. Johns county: The largest
yield Of corn in the county was made
by reason of good seed, planting be.
low cultivation. This method pro
duced twice as much corn as plot.
of ground equally good but handled
in the old way.
Wakulla county: $2S in cash ani
$50 in premiums were distributed
among the boys in the annual corr
and pig-club contests this year. Ev
ery boy received something.
Walton county: A special effort i
being made to bring some of the Tex
as breeding stock into this county
Many farmers are interested.
Gadsden county: Five boys re
ported for the annual corn club con
test. They had made an averag
yield of sos bushels with their acre
Of corn.
Holmes county: Texas cattle tha
were brought into this county ar
doing we'll. Several carloads hav
heen brought in and more will a,
rive as soon as the buyers find wha
they want. Farmers are looking fol
ward to selling their velvet beans 1
Pennsylvania at $40 to $22 a tor
T. 0. b.
This county has made some ad
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
Skilled Men Are
Wanted at Once
In Regular Army
Hundreds Of Seamen Are Needed to
Fill Vacancies in U. s. Navy
THE HONOR ROLL

Army
Edmund J. Maker. Jacksonville,
Fla, aviation section.
Sullivan D. Davis. Jacksonville.
ria, aviation section.
Benjamin Sims, Jacksonville, Fla.
aviation section.
Lee A. Ford, Lakeland, Fla. med
ical department.
Navy
james l.. Bailey, Jesup, Ga.
Mabersham c. Durham, Jackson
vile, Fla.
Almer L. Kehdrick, Ensley, Ala.
william Atwood Long, Harrison,
Ala.
Duval Floyd, Jacksonville, Fla.
John Thellaker, Jacksonville, Fla.
Skilled American workmen who
are being selected from all over the
country to form the great backbone
organization Behind the American
air service in France, were supplied
with complete statement of the de-
-ails of the work by the local United
States army recyuiting station. These
men are wanted in Florida to enlist
at cnce. Hundreds of vacancies are
in the army.
In the Navy
Word was received here this morn
ing from headquarters in Atlanta
that men for the aviation section are
wanted. These men are sent to train
ing camps in various parts of Amer
lea and are taught engine work.
United States Naval Reserve Force
Room "A, Barnett building, Laura
and Adams streets, Jacksonville.
United States Navy-Room 12
United States Bank and Trust build.
ing, Laura and Forsyth streets, Jack.
sonville.
United States Army--Room 16, Biz.
bee building. Laura and Bay streets
Jacksonville.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24

Miss Esther Cleveland. daughter Of
the late President Grover Cleveland.
is working in France teaching the
blind soldiers to read,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24

Plans are under discussion for an
appropriate observance next year Of
the centennial anniversary of the
birth Of Mrs. e. D. N. Southworth,
the popular novelist
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
1T PAYS
TO
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No matter how complete or at what prices
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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24

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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-11-24
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