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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
TREviNo'S EXPEDITION
REACHES DESTINATION
(By Associated Press

Mexico City, July 16.-The mil
itary expedition under General Man
uel Perez Trevino sent to garrison
the Island of Guadalupe in the Pa.
chic has reached its destination. The
garrison will prevent inroads by So
called pirates who have been looting
the pearl shell beds of the island and
VIII also aid in colonizing the island.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
AC|TAT0RS NOT
Be ALLOWED
TO return
(By Associated Press. J

Bisbee, Ariz., July 16. Armed
civilian guards have watched ap-
rrOaches to Bisbee to prevent the eX-
lied Industrial World Workers from
returning. Officials said, however,
that any who wanted work were well
coined but so-called 'agitators' can !
come back. The mines are prepar-
ing to operate on larger scale
tahn at any time since the strike
three weeks ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
(By Associated Press. }

tBy Associated Press.
hough the movement of the
IN infantry in the Galician
has been hampered by bad
FER the Cossacks are apparently
b continue their advance. This
icated by a report through
that the Russians have occu-
polina. If this is accurate, it
the Russians have advanced
than thirty miles since their
g drive south Of Dneistec last
This advance was from Stan
and means considerable prog
the plan to throw the Aus
back on the Carpathians. A
dispatch says this has already
ccomplished.
lighting continues on the
front. Last night the Ger
directed heavy attacks In
asne in an effort to regain po-
lost Saturday night. They
repulsed everywhere except
ont Haut where they held a
foothold. There is no impor
uVity on the British front.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
AN ITALIAN TAKEN
FOR HINDENBURo
(By Associated Press.) }

by Associated FreSS.)
Rome, July 16.-Among the pris-
oners captured in the big Italian
push on the Carso front is an officer
who bears such a strong resemblance
to Field Marshal Won Hindenberg that
he was at first taken for the latter.
The prisoner, a major OF infantry,
was observed in the COLLECTING sta
tion by an Italian intelligence off,
Ger, who exlaimed:
What! Have we got the great
No" replied the major, Il am
not Hindenburg, nor any relative OF
his. I am merely a poor wretch
who will do no more fighting"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
PRINCE VI BEING HoNoREo
fBy Associated Press. }

Toxic. July 16 Prince vi, for
mer Emperor of Korea, whose son
will soon wed the Japanese princess,
Nashimoto. has arrived in Japan on
an official visit and is receiving dis
tinguished honors. A large body OF
troops received him at the station
and escorted him to an imperial de-
tached palace where he is lodged.
The Prince brought rare objects OF
art for Emperor Yoshihito.
The visit and the wedding are ex-
pected to lead to increased cordiality
and friendship between the people OF
japan and Korea.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
-FOUR SUBMARINES
sunk BY AMERICAN
WARSH|PS Conveying
TROOPS TO france
{ By Associated Press.)

London, July 16 -Four Of the
largest and most modern German
submarines were destroyed by Amer
lean warships conveying American
troops to France, according to a re-
port from Germany sources as con-
tanned in a Berne dispatch to the
Rome news agency
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
International
News Loses
Out In All
Courts
(By Associated Press.

New York, July 16-An order has
been issued granting the Associated
Press every point sought against the
international News Service for plrat-
ing news. This had been held up
pending the International's efforts to
stay the injunction, first at the cir
cult court of appeals, second, the dis
trict court, and, third, the United
States supreme court Justice, All
were refused.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
[JSS|ANS TAKE S34 OFFICERS
|AND $4,000 men; THE new iI
GERMAN chancellor tn 0||I.
| LINE POLICY ON THURSDAY
SHIPPING WILL
NOT YET Be
TAKEN OVER
BY Govt
{ BY Associated Press. ]

Washington, uly is. General
Goethals has postponed his plan of
Communicating today all shipping
under construction and contracting
Immediately for two government ship
building plants, He ACTED on the
request of Chairman Denman Of the
shipping board, who wants to lay
the matter before the directors or the
emergency fleet corporation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16

In the Tampa Tribune of yesterday
Mr.. j. Walker Pope, President of the
Polk County Good Roads Association,
gives the following interview, which
will be read with much interest, not
only in Polk county, but throughout
the widespread area over which the
fame of Folks great road project has
been heralded:
Winter Haven, July 16.-"When
the present road work is finished,
and the roads accepted said presi-
dent j. Walker Pope, of the Polk
County Good Roads Association,
Polk county will have the finest
roads and road system of any county
in the South, despite what some peo-
pie are saying now. All of the I'M
favorable talk that has been made
has either been inspired or else
through misunderstanding of the
as it really exists in the
road work that has already been
done.
owing to the fact that there has
been considerable comment and sew
eral statements made regarding the
methods pursued in the building
construction and material being
used in the countrywide road sys-
TEN in Polk county, some conflicting 6
on certain points, and the feeling
orowing among the people, both in
and outside of the county, that the
work was not being done in prop
er manner and that the interest OF
the taxpayers was not being proper.
IL or fully safeguarded, a Tribune
representative called upon President
Pope and asked for statement for
publication on the roads, and the
paragraph above sums up the sub
stance of the situation
Since the agitation of the good
roads movement in Polk county, some
three years ago which eliminated in
the voting by majority of nearly
tyo u one, for a bond issue fer one
and a half million dllars, the largest
bond issue ever carried by any coun
ty in the South, there have been some
who have taken every opportunity TO
decry the plan and seized upon ever
little mishap TO censure the mec and
methods behind the movement, and
crv failure" Of the stupendous work
that was undertaken.
rtacently some color has been Civ
on 10 the talk in that there has been
found some defects in the work al
ready done. here and there, of some
of tho contractors and the findings
=. tha investigations which pointed
out these defects. Inc hdhlns nto :" :
Of these defects, and the immediate
stans taken to remedy them ~ the
BOARD of County Commissioners. ABLY
aided by the Advisory Board and the
consulting engineers, has been IN
keeping with the full publicity prom
iced by the good roads advocates
,r6 tbe various boards having the
n,.ttar in charge, of taking the pup
liz into their full confidence in al
matters connected with the road.
building and it is these reports tha'
have not been fully nor properly oi'
gesfed that have given rise to a ms
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
ersre,cTeo DISTRICT FOR
hee MEXICO CITY
fBv Associated Press. }

Mexico city, July IB'.CD.Une' o,,oa
con1.,o de la Mata. chief of ponce
has submitted to the governor To-. :. 'n :,
the municipality project for '..as .ne
~ .as as,;ssment in Mexico Of restricted
s..,-.et .sDl. In addition to the resa-
,,.,an e'sa,, q, the social evil, Colonel De
= M.ts proposes also to ineiuas
..mhling houses in the district
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
DRAWING WILL
NOT Be MADE
BEFORE SATURDAY:
REPORTS STILL
MISSING
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, July 16.-Aftcr re-
ceiving advices from fifteen States
where exemption board organization
is incomplete the War Department Of
ticials said the draft drawings will
hardly be made before Saturday at
the earliest. 1t is impossible to as
certain when the final report of these
States is expected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
SERVE BEER TO
'rRANeERs IN LIVERPOOL
by Associated prass Z,

Ds Associated Press }
|p0oi, July 16.-Owing to the
Oh beer certain saloon-keep-
e Liverpool district are re-
II serve strangers, declaring
are reserving supplies for
u1dr customers. The courts
asked to decide whether this
'0ioie, under the terms Of
'uses' which require them to
'easonabie retreshment on
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 1e, 1917
THREE LIVES LOST
when AMERICAN
STEAMER GRACE
WAS sunk
(By Associated Press. }

washington, July l6.-The State
department. announced the sinking
OF the American steamer Grace with
three lives lost. Two naval guards
were hurt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16

bases and the sheet-asphalt exceeded
the requirements by an average OF
over one-fifth of an inch.
at is true that in one or two in
stances, small patches, II was found
that the formula for the asphalt was
a little below what was called for. In
CONTINUED on Page Sd
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
TWO SHIPS HIPS;
SUNK BY
~; SUBMARINES
(By Associated Press. J

New York, July 16.-It was re-
ported in marine insurance circles
that the Leyland line freighter Syl-
vanian and the White Star steamer
kioto were sunk by German subma-
rines last week
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
STROKE CHAMPION
IN THE WAR
BY Associated Press.

|ey' Australia, July 16.-
fas received here lately that
pay OF Wst Australia, the
lroke champion of the world
a commission some months
! Is attached to a camel corps
oritish Army in Egypt. Fin
|eady had taken part in the
Il in Palestine. He left
Ia a private. In 1910 Fin
the Kings cup, one of the
'eted of English trophies for
pnd swimming.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
Govt To Spend
$4,OOO,OOO For
Nitrate Plant
(By Associated Press.

Washington, July 16 secretary
Baker announced plants for the pro-
6uction of nitrate from atmospheric
nitrogen to be constructed immedl-
ately at a cost of four million dol
lars. Water power will not be used
Tho sites have not been selected
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
(By Associated Press. J

Flat River, Mo-, July 16, The
district is quiet; soldiers are
guarding the homes of foreign min
ers who were driven away the last
few days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
COMPULSORY MILITARY
SERVICE IN MEXICO
(By Associated Press. J

Mexico City, July 16. The new
law for the reorganization of the
army which now is in course of prep
aration provides for compulsory mill
tary service for all youths or men
more than IS years old
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
POLK COUNTY ROADS Will
Be BUILT IN PROPER MANNER
DECLARES ]. WALKER POPE

apprehension in the minds of some
people.
II am very glad of the opportunity
to give the Tribune statement"
said Mr.. Poe, "for recently several
have called my attention to some
items in the press which apparently
our lives In erusalem these con-
seriously upon the fair name of the
county and insidiously upon the Off
cials having the roadwork in charge.
1T is true that we have bonded
ourselves for a million and a hale
dollars and that five reputable con-
tractors, under the direction Of the
county engineer, will get this
amount when the roads are complet.
ed and accepted, or at least it will
pass through their hands. 1t is also
true, which great many people
have overlooked, that considerable
part of this money will remain in
tHC SOuhtyy loT luuOi anu IhdISl luAo,
helping our people in material
way. This was provided in the con.
tract.
Believes Sheet Asphalt Is Best
1T is also a fact that we are
building sheet asphalt roads, laid
upon four-inch clay base, believing
this to be the best, and most econom-
ical form of road that can be built
in this section This type of road
was adopted after most careful and
! thorough investigation, not only Of
conditions here in the county but of
the paving materials on the roads
and cities of the north.
II believe that every conceivable
safeguard for the protection of the
Peoples money voted in this bond Is.
sue. has been thrown around all the
points of the CONTRACTS. Our Board
| of County Commissioners, assisted by
an advisory board, composed Of the
leading business men Of each district,
have endeavored by every means pos
sible to protect the county at every
point, and no moneys are paid out ex-
cept upon, and after, their approval
4 { Consulting engineers have been en-
ployed; committees appointed, and
their time and talents have been
freely given in Investigations. inspec-
i tions and the rendering of every pos
/ siblc service with one end in view,
that Polk, the Empire county OF
! Florida, shall have the finest high
ways in the South.
Must Keep in Mind Magnitude of
Work
People should keep in view the
fact that the spending of a million
and a half dollars for road purposes
and the building of more than 20o
miles of highways is an undertaking
that no one would expect to see COM
pieted without some slight changes
] in the original plans. Unforeseen
events. details, that no matter how
carefully guarded against in the pre-
liminary work, yet could not be pro-
vided for by reason of the fact that
they were unknown, therefore uncon-
ltemplated. when the original plans
and specifications were made, and
these details, when they appear.
must be taken into account and pro-
vided for to secure the stability. per-
manencv and real economy of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
Heavy Battling

(By Associated Press
|shington, July The whole
bn front from the Gulf of Riga
mania is alive with battle, ac-
pg to official reports from Pc
ID to the Russian embassy.
Germans are reported rushin &
from Italian and French
and entirely re-arranging po-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
Chancellor Speaks Thursday
(Rv AsSociatnd praSa

(By Associated FreSS.)
Copenhagen, July 16. The new
tellor, Doctor George Michaelis,
deliver his maiden speech in
keichstag on Thursday when he
pected to outline his policy. 1t
Eaited with much interest. He
attending conferences with Won
enburg and Ludendorff holding
much interest. He was attend
Conferences with Won Hinder
and Ludendorff holding with
leaders.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-16
usSianS
Continue
To Progress
b OCCUPIED DOLINA; Be
bES LARGE NUMBER OF MEN
kKEN. THEY HAVE CAP
6RED MANY HEAVY GUNS
lBy Associated Press.l

(By Associated Press.)
'trograd, July 16.-From July
13 Russians captured S34 Of
and $4,000 men; also numbers
Irge guns and much equipment,
officially announced.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06
WOMEN WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED TO PAY THE
POLL TAX IN MAINE

Under Present Laws State Makes
No Provision for Assessing Poll
Tax on Women Even Tho Won
en- Should Be Fully Entranchised
September 10th.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06
COST OF ELECTIONS
WILL NOT INCREASE
WHEN WOMEN VOTE
officials Of Practically All Full Suffrage
States Agree That Voting Of Women
Makes No Material Increase in Cost to
Taxpayer

scarcely call for policemen on
ell ction day to quell any disorder at
the polls The papers of Chicago
all say that election day Is the most
peaceful of the year.
Suppose. however, that woman
suffrage should increase the cost of
elections very considerably in
Maine Women pay their full quota
Of the taxes out of which election
expenses are paid and they have
been doing this for generations
without being permitted to receive
any personal benefit from the taxes
so applied. Other groups are add
ed to the electorate without any
question of expense. When the
United States Government enfran-
chised the Indians by the thousands
no question was raised as to the ex
pense this would call for. When the
votes of the soldiers on the border
were taken, the cost ran up into
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
but there was not the slightest OBJ
lection to this expense from any
source. 1t cost the state OF New
York about 100000 to take the
vote of It's guardsmen on the bor-
der. 1t cost the city of New York
about $4,000 to canvass these
votes when they were returned. Ihe
proportion was probably the same
in other states, but nobody com
planned of the expense Of having
these men exercise their rights as
American citizens, though in AT
least one instance the cost of one
guardsman's vote was $500.
Cost Per Voter
The woman vote enables the vot-
ing precinct to use what 1t is pay
ing for. The fewness of voters in
some counties in New York made
the cost rise to as high as $3.50 to
$500 per voter, whereas In counties
whore more voted the cost was as
low as lac or 15c. Election ma
chnery is seldom used to capacity
because most business men can
'ote b. fore or after business hours.
In Chicago before woman suf-
age, election precincts could only
IKE care OF 800 to 400 voters. In
918 they took care of 600 to 500
,ecause women were able to vot,
before and after rush hours" when
he officials we're at leisure.
Is there any good reason why
women should be taxed to pay cleo
ion expenses for men7 Isn't 1t
fair to let some of their tax money
be used to print their own ballotsY
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06

not a part of the Constitution. They
are statutory provisions and Their
Is nothing in the proposed amend
ment which alters or changes II
any way tn scope Of the Word
male In statutes.
II have no hesitation in SAYING
that without action by the legisla-
ture directed to that end, poll tax
could not be assessed upon women
voters, provided that the suffrag
resolve Was accepted at the coming
election. And l do not see how any
different view OF the matter could
be taken by any lawyer who ex-
amines the resolve in the lghf -
existing law"
Poll Tax Facts
The assertion is being constantly
made by those who would retard
suffrage for Maine women that
women as voters pay 4 poll tax III
all equal suffrage states. and that
they vii be forced 10 do 80 In all
other states as they become en-.
franchised. But assertions that fly
in the face of facts do not 20 far.
Here are few pointed poll tax
facts. Women are now paying a
poll tax IN eight non suffrage stats
and are subject TO such a tax Ia
two suffrage states. Wyoming Lewis
a tax regard IS of sex. and in LA
no the legislature may levy tax
at need on all adults. In neither Of
these states does the tax have any
relation to the right to vote
In only two states in the Union.
Rhode Island and Oklahoma. VIII
women ever have a head tax impos-
ed upon them as a direct p nalty for
the right to vote. They Will vote at
some future day in Rhode Island at
the cost of 800 per year-in okla
homa at cost Of $500.
Twenty five state constitutions
either impose a poll tax. or author
lie their Legislature to impose one
at need. The amount varies from
one to four dollars in the different
states. In a few stat some forms
Of partial suffrage, granted not by
the constitution but by act OF leeis-
lature are mad dependent on poll
tax payment.
1t Is imposed in nine states on all
adults; In ten states on male inhabi-
tants, tho In one Of this group, Al
kansas. the women voters in the
primaries have voluntarily shared
this burden; in four on all male citi-
zens, and only IN Oklahoma and
Rhode Island on all e. ctors as
such.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06

they will. there can be but one an
swer on Sept. 10-an affirmative
vote for woman suffrage.
Do the men of Maine realize that
since our compaign opened. only six
months ago. the following states.
North Dakota, Ohio. Indiana, Ar
kansas. Michigan. Nebraska and
Rhode Island have given Pres :
dental suffrage to their women
that the Verne ont women have been
granted municipal suffrage; and
that to the north OF us the Dominion.
Of Canada has given suffrage In fiv
Of its great provinces
Surely when our country has en-
tered into this world war with 30
clear a purpose as has been defined
by the President of the United
States, that our sole aim Is to make
men OF Maine must ask them
selves the question. whether or not
we have a genuine democracy with
in our own borders?
In the very midst of world war,
the warning nations have paused
long enough to take definite steps
toward the ultimate enfranchise-
ment of their women. Great prob
lens will confront us at the close
OF the war. problems which can be
solved only by government enact
ment. The women of Maine form
nearly ons-half OF the adult popula,-
ton. They have never had a voice
in the government that governs
them. They have no power to en-
act legislation or to elect the legis
lators that enact legislation. Do
the men OF Maine think this just
or fair7 How can they be anxious
for a world wide democracy and fail
to share full dem ocracy with their
own women2
Men of Maine, we count on you.
Vote Eyes" on Sept 10.
(Signed)
DEBORAH KNOX LIVINGSTON,
Chairman, Maine Suffrage Cam
paign Committee.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06
To the Voters of Maine:

Men of Maine, the women of
Maine are looking to you to grant
them full citize nship on Sept. 10. 1t
Is the women of your own State,
your wives, your mothers, your SIS
tiers, who are turning to you with
every confidence In your desire for
fair play. Justice and progress. It
is not Just q few women of Maine,
who are asking for political free
dom but the united womanhood of
your State, women who are doing
their part to make Maine one of
the great forward moving states.
Nothing can retard the onward
march OF the suffrage cause. Ulti-
mate victory for universal suffrage
is conceded by everyone. The hand
writing on the wall becomes palmer
as victory follows victory In the
field of suffrage. Nineteen states
now include women In their elector-
ate. Are the women OF the East to
have a part in electlng tho next
President of the United States or Is
this privilege still to remain with
the women of the West7 Will Maine
lead or will she follow7 The won-
en- of Maine believe she Will lead
ana once again prove her right to
her State motto, II Lad"
The suffraRtsts of Maine have ever
carried forward their movement
along peaceful conservative lines.
They deeply dcplore anything that
appears like militancy. as they are
absolutely opposed to militant meth
DDS.
Surely the thinking men of
10 -,
OF small group of women in
Washington TO bias their opinion as
to the merit OF the suffrage cause
They will not lay at the feet of the
majority the blame for the methods
pursued by the minority We ask
the men Of Maine to view our cause
with open. unpretudiced minds. II
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-09-06
Atty Gen'| Sturgis
For Equal Suffrage
Believes Arguments Against
Suffrage Not Well Founded
will Do His Bit to Help
Cause.

| believe that women should
vote. | do not feel that the argu-
ments against suffrage are well
founded. | do believe that the
vote of the women of the State OF
Maine would work only for the
betterment of our State and for
the advancement of the interest
and welfare of our people know
of no good reason why the women
of Maine should not vote, and |.
therefore, shall, by my ballot, do
my bit towards making it posi-
bic for Maine to stand as one of
the Equal Suffrage States.
(Signed) Guy f. SrURGIs.