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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
TELLS HOW SCIENTISTS
RALLIED TO THE COLORS

Washington, Dec. 14.-How the
scientific men of the United States
rallied to the colors when America
entered the war is told by Secretary
of the Interior Franklin X. Lane in
his annual report. made public to.
day. Engineers working on the
Great dams Of the Rio Grande and
Colorado rivers offered their services
Men trained to peace work, they
proved invaluable in war work
They know more about concrete than
probably any other men in the world,
and concrete is used in trench con-
struction. Chemists and other
scientists of the Bureau. Of. Mines
found that the gas mask used IN
modern scientific warfare had been
used for years in the coal mines.
Metallurgists and topographers of
the Interior Department all found
something they could do to aid Uncle
Sam prosecute the war, and they are
doing 1t. Germany chose to fight a
scientific war. and America il pre-
pared to light 1t.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
THE $780, O.ooo,o 900 WAR FUND

Since the war fund became avail
lie the Red Cross has sent commits
pms to France, Russia, Italy, Rou-
hnia and Salonica.
The French commission has staff
S64 persons, SIT serving without
~.
we are sending supplies to 3,42S
rench military hospitals.
We serve 10000 soldiers daily at
ar canteens in France.
We are caring for thousands OF
french and Belgian refugees
We have established warehouses In
france with a capacity of 100000
IONS.
We have established a sanitorium
with 1000 beds for tuberculosis pa
fients.
We are carrying on extensive relief
work in Belgium.
We operate an ambulance service
which transports 1000 refugees q
day.
We are carrying on repair WORK
IN devastated towns.
We have sent 100000 pounds OF
mix for Russian babies.
We have given 81 100000 to tne
families OF sick and wounded French
soldiers.
We have given 100000 to the
British Red Cross
And we have only Just oegun'
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
SAYS THE STATE
MARKETING BUREAU

Rats destroy farm crops when
newly planted, while growing, In
shock. stack, NOW, crib, bin, granary
elevator, car or ship
Before attempting to fatten hogs
for market, be sure they are free
from lice. 1T is just as foolish to
feed hog lice as it is cattle ticks.
AS each farm implement finishes
;ts work. paint it, grease the parts
tina, actually till the soil, and sheiter
II against rain and sun.
Boys and girls should take an In
forest in birds. Particulars OF value
to every home can be had by address
ing the Liberty Bell Bird Club, Farm
Journal. Washington Square, Phiia-
delphia, Pa.
II remnants of old garden crops
are destroyed Immediately after har-
rest and weeds are kept down alons
fence rows, injuries by insects and
diseases to vegetables next season
will be materially lessened.
When weeds are cut along ROADS
so,ces or about buildings, rake
them up and haul them to some
n,aee in the field that needs humus
or that needs something to prevent
,,ebine If the seeds have ma
,ured put them in wash gulley.
Flowers should be planted abou'
ou.rv home where it is possible T.
.,vo them. Flower boxes at the
w,,dows and on porches add mucf
:, their attractiveness when wei
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED
TO REIMBURSE UNFORTUNATE
PEOPLE NEAR PENSACOLA

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1a.--1n
his annual report Graham Eferton,
solicitor of the Navy Department,
says:
"As pointed out in my last report.
the establishment and extension OF
the aeronautic station at Pensacola
has resulted in apparent hardship to
a number of tenants who had been
granted permission to reside within
the reservation and whose property
was removed by order of the depart
lnent as necessary incident to the
carrying out of the extensive scheme
on that station.
1T should be remembered that
many years ago, d,fe to the trouble
in obtaining hands for the operation
Of the yard, at that time difficult OF
access, the department adopted the
policy of encouraging mechanics and
other workmen to remove to the res
ervation. offering as an inducement
free license to occupy and improve
sites within the reservation. and
numbers were thus encouraged to
make thir homes there and expend
their means in the erection Of houses
and other improvements.
"While 1t is true that such per-
sons occupied these sites under IL
censes or permits, revocable at the
discretion of the Secretary OF the
Navy, and embodying a provision re-
quiring the Hcensee in the event Of
revocation to remove all buildings
within a given time, and providing
further that in such event no claim
should live against the government
for reimbursement on account of
damages sustained by reason thereof,
1t is nevertheless apparent that a
strict and exact requirement of the
letter Of the bond" has in some
cases fallen harshfy upon those who
are least able to sustain reverses.
and refer especially to those ten
ants who by reason of advancing
years, declining health, and In
digent circumstances are unable to
beai the expenses of removal or Of
rcerection of their homes elsewhere,
and to whom the effect of the depart
ment's action means the loss OF
homes without any compensating z
benefit.
"A bill for the relief of these peo-
Pie, introduced by Senator Fletcher,
nf Florida. is now pending in the
Con gress, and the department will no
doubt give the subject matter that
due consideration to which It IL en-
titled"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

IN RIFLE
Production PROD
ATTRIBUTED
TO CR0zIER
INQUIRY GOES FURTHER INTO
SHORTAGE OF RIFLES AND MA.
CHINE GUNS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 14.-General
Crozier's examination before the ex-
ecutive session of the Senate commits
tee investigating the conduct of the
war. today went into further details
of the rifle and machine gun situa-
tion. Somewhat heated" exchanges
took place between witnesses and the
members Of the committee. Some
members are said to be inclined to
attribute to Crozier the responsible
ity for the reduction in the rife pro.
duction.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

ninety men out of every hundred
brought to the hospital recovered
from their hurts.
Speed in collecting the wounded is
the greatest factor in bringing about
this progress.
Americans have had much to do
with the speeding up of the ambu-
lance service, for their ambulances
have been present at every point
where fighting has been severe and
their work has been highly praised
by the army commanders. Americans
have done much in providing hospi-
tai accommodation near the front as
we'll as at the bases.
One instance of American effort in
providing for the accommodation and
treatment Of the wounded Is tha,
under the management Of Miss Kath.
leen Park, of New York, at her
chateau of Annel. There she has
worked almost since the very begin
ninC of the war. While the battle
for the fort of Malmaison was In
progress the hospital dealt with a
considerable number of wounded
who were first bandaged. on the bat
tlefleld and then brought down the
River Aisne on board a barge fitted
W as a floating hospital.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
Live Stock Cant
Be Moved On
Account of Lack
of Through Rates
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, D. c., Dec 14.-Lvc
stock interests complained to the In
terstate Commission today that be.
cause railroads do not maintain
through rates from producing and
packing centers west of the Missis-
sippi river to Southeastern States,
livestock interests are seriously ham,
pered and 1t is impractical to ship
cattle southeast for breeding, fatten.
ing purposes, and consequently pro-
duction has been curtailed.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
LAKELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, DEC. IA, 1911,
MEASLES NO
LONGER A
Menace IN
army CAMPS
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 14-The measles
epidemic in the camps of the Thir-
t;eth, Thirty-first. Thirty-eighth, ana
Thirty-ninth divisions of the Nation
al Guard no longer constitutes q
menace, according to a report for the
week ending Dec. was made pub
lie today by the surgeon general
The report shows 100 deaths in tn =
National Guard, III being from
pneumonia, and "a deaths in the Ma
tional Army, of which Al were from
pneumonia.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
KILLING FROST
PREDICTED As
FAR SOUTH AS
PALM beach
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. Dec. 14-Most Of the
country is in the grip of storms, and
cold weather today and under COW
er of snow are the northern parts
almost from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. In the South the temperatures
are very low for that section. TIL,
weather bureau predicts killing
frost as far south as Palm Beach.
Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
WHAT SUFFRAGTS ARE
DOING IN WASHINGTON
(By Susie Pope.)

Washington. d. G. Dec. 14.-Those
persons who have professed doubt as
to the influence of President Wilson
and have advised the pickets to take
up their stand elsewhere than at the
White House gates should have been
present as I was when the senate con-
sidered and passed the resolution do
claring war on Austria Hungary.
Those same persons would have been
forced to change their minds.
Senator Stone of Missouri chair
man of the resolution committee, Sem
ator Lodge Of Massachusetts, and 9TH
er speakers, urged the passage of the
resolution without amendment, be-
cause II the President had wished to
declare war on the other German al
lies at the present time he would have
SO stated in his message. The resolu-
tion went through without any amend
ment even being offered.
Speaking of the passage of the fed
eral suffrage amendment, Mrs. John
Rogers of New York, who presided ON
Friday afternoon. said: whatever
happens to the amendment when It
comes to vote. President Wilson will
be responsible" Mrs. Rogers brought
this statement to the conference as q
message from the women voters of
New York, who are supporting the
federal amendment.
A big delegation is attending the
conference with many of the southern
states, even Georgia. Florida and
Louisiana being represented. The
Florida representatives are myself
and little Mrs. Mary Nolan Of Jack
sonville, a member of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, an en-
thusiastic Red Cross worker, and Q
PICKET.
Mrs. Nolan told me that she gave
up her Red Cross work to come to
Washington to picket when she heard
Of the inhuman treatment accorded
Alice Paul. leader Of the party. and
the many others incarcerated for pick
citing. a right accorded them under the
Clayton act. It is well to remember
that the district authorities avoided
complications in sentencing the wom-
en- for blocking the traffic.
! All the pickets who were able at
tended the conference. where they
were naturally honored figures and I
was privileged to meet most of them.
At the close Of the conference the
pickets were presented with pins SYM
bolic of their Imprisonment. Some Of
the women who were imprisoned are
gray haired and quiet little women
like your mother or mine. Mrs. No
Ian, Florida representative in the pris-
on crowd is 73 years of age. College
bred girls and social workers, society
matrons and working women. fought
side by side for their right to peace
fully petition for the passage of Che
Susan B. Anthony amendment l met
one little girl, a government clerk,
Continued on page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
SUGAR SHORTAGE
PLACED At DOOR
Of THE FOOD
ADMINISTRATION
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Dec. 14.-Declarine
there is no, shortage Of sugar in the
United States and that the famine is
local to the Atlantic seaboard. Pres
ident Spreckels, of the Federal Sugar
Refining Co., testifying today before
tn Senate committee on investiga'
ticn, placed the responsibility upon
the food administration. Sugar, he
declared, is now passing through
New York for Canada because OF
higher rates.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
4 Deaths In
France From
Neutral Causes
nv Associated Press. }

Washington Dec. 14.-General
Pershing reported to the War De
partment four deaths OF Americans
from neutral causes, including Ser
eeant Paul Jordan. of the quarter
master corps, injuries resulting from
motor cycle accident. Emergency ad-
dress Grady Haley, uncle, Lavonia'
Ga.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
IMPROVED
FRI CONDITION
| SLIGHTLY
) KURLAND REPORTED
IN A COLLISION; FRENCH
LERY FIRE HAS IN
led
By Associated Press.)

By Associated Press.)
rad, Dec. 10. (Delayed)-
Ii forces have defeated the
battalion" near Bielgorod,
The fighting occurred with
and where Kaiedines forces
cred. In the Orenburg dis
here General Dutoff has a
rec Of Cossacks, there is lit
ling. Il is reported that Ka-
IS been taken by Bolsheviki
9 defeat Of the counter revol-
, Death battalion"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
$4,000 Miners Idle At
Shamoke, Pa. AS
Result OF Blizzard
(By Associated Press.)

Shamokin, Pa, Dec. Fifteen
thousand miners in this district ara
idle today as result Of last nights
blizzard. Whole trainloads Of ccal at
the mines on Thursday were buried
by the snow.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
COTTON REPORT
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 4.-Cotton
consumption for November was $780,
7G3 bales and for four months 2,278,-
1S1 bales, the census bureau an
nounced. Cotton spindles were &C.
tive in November, consuming 49,
G04,065 bales.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
In Executive Session
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
House subcommittee created by the
tho naval committee to investigate
the conduct of the war by the navy.
is in executive session. Hearings
will be arranged.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

cared for. Flowering plants IN the
house make surroundings more cheer
full and homelike. So 1t is out of
doors with the flower garden.
Make the hired man feel that he
has an interest in the success OF the
farm. Let him profit in soma way
by any work he does well or any ex-
ira exertion he makes. Let him
know. of course, that he must do his
wori well, but also let know that
you recognize work properly done
ard value the man who does It.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
Teutons Lest Out

(By Associated Press.)
Bhington, D. c., Ded IA. THE
P-German operations aiming at
enetration of the important
fl region of Venetian Lagoon,
have been. frustrated with
losses to the invaders, official
tches from Rome announce.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
by to Recapture Ground

(By Associated Press,
in, Dec. 14-British troops arc
bring to recapture the trench
/ lost to the east of Bullecourt
/ Cambria front, where they
|eaten back yesterday, the gen.
Taft announces. On the front
tern France the French arth
re has increased.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
CLYDE Line ASKS
TO CANCEL SECOND
CLASS RATES NY.
TO THE SOUTH
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Clyde
Steamship Co. asked the Interstate
Commission today for authority to
cancel second class and steerage pas
senger rates from New York to
southern ports and party fares from,
New York to the South. The result
will be the increase of passenger
fares.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
Improved Positions

(By Associated Press.J
|ondon, Dec. 14.-An official
cement today says the British
pps improved their position slight
east Of Bullecourt as a result of
hb fighting In that locality re-
ted in last nights Communique.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
by Associated Press J

|ndon. Dec. 14.-The steamer
Rnd has been sunk in a collis-
according to Lloyd's announce
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

fcords show three steamers
led Kurland-one Belgian and
Russian. All comparatively
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

Sunday school work in Philadel-
phia began 100 years ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14
THOSE CONTEMPLATING
ENLISTING READ THIS

The lowest paid man in the U. S.
Naval Reserve Force is Seaman.
second class.
Here is what he receives, If q sim
gle man, without dependents:
Cash pay. per month ....... .s35.9t
Board, lodging, clothing, medi-
cal attendance, ETC., equal to
at least -. .t.............. 45.OO
5000
II he has family, he receives, in
addition to the above, a family al
lcwance in cash each month, as TO-
lows
For a wife, $500, or total equiv
alcnt of $500.
For a wife and one child, $500,
or total Of $105.90.
For wife and two children,
$3.50. or total of $113.40.
Then S. for each additional child
above two.)
He is also privileged to take out
government life insurance, up to
$4,000, at extremely low rates, pre-
miums payable monthly. This insur-
ance also protects against partial OF
total disability incurred in the line
of duty.
Petty officers and CHIEF petty off,
GERS receive from IS to SAT more
than the above, according to rating
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-14

st. Paul may employ women in its
fire department.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
CHILD IS KILLED
BY COUNTY AUTO

Nellie frishin. s. 1864 King 81
was almost Instantly killed late
"Wednesday afternoon when sh,
was struck by King county auto
driven by Deputy Sheriff Cor
Buchet. the accident occurring a.
the corner OF 18th ave s and Jack
son 81.
The child was on her way TO G
grocery store for an older sister
who keeps house for the children
the father. John irishin. having left
for Portland week ago TO obtair
work. The mother died less than
three weeks ago
Buchet, who was arrested pending
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seven miles an hour. but that there
Was another car Immediately IN
front OF him. and that he did no.
see the little girl until he strucf
her. Deputy Sheriff Frank Elliot
was riding with Buchet at the time
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
Deputy Gives Version Of
Beverly Park Incident

The states version OF the
beating OF members OF the In.
dustrial Workers at Beverly
Park, which has often been re-
ferred 20 during the trial OF
Thomas n. Tracy. accused with
~ other industrial Workers.
OF the murder OF Jefferson
Beard at Everett on Nov. 5,
was told FOR the first time
Wednesday afternoon by &c
NJ. hawes. on crosseSamina-
,ion by George =, vandcrv-cr.
one Of Traey's attorneys.
t+awes, who has station
cry and printing business az
Everett. was one OF the elti.
xen deputies on Oct. 30. who
met an incoming boat and took
81 Of its passengers In automo-
blles 20 Beverly Park. near the
city limits.
"Took Swat az EN-"
The defense claims that they
were there made 10 run the
gauntlet OF a double row on
deputies armed with clubs, and
beaten so that the entire ~
were obliged 10 90 20 the hos-
pltsl In Seattle with Injuries
ranging from a broken shout.
der TO serious Internal injuries.
and lesser bruises.
Halves denied that there wa
my bloodshed. and objected Co N
ERIN gauntlet" tho he admltte
hat some OF the men were take
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
ally tell the two kinds apart.
A YOUNG MARRIED MAN.

Dear Miss Grey: Just = few
words on the subject Of kissing
that appeared in the paper few
days ago. Where are all the men
who ask for and will have those
kisses7 As yet. there have been
but few answers from them, and
they ARE the ones who should an
s~er "Just f6's" letter. Are they
all cowards7 J.. too. would like to
know II they lose respect for the
girl they kiss. and why.
Come. Mr.. Man. let us hear your
story.
ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
$4,000 Jackrabbits
Killed i'm Oregon

PORTLAND. March 22.--Fifty
thousand Jack rabbits we're killed
I'm four Eastern oregon counties In
last winters campaign. said H. A.
Ward OF the a. s bureau OF biology.
Poison was used. and the rabbits
we're slain az an average cost OF
eight.tenths Of n cent each.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-03-22
HOW | CURED
MY CATARRH
Told in a Simple
Without Apparatus. Inhalers.
Salves. Lotions. Harmful
Drugs. Smoke or
Electricity
Heals Day and Night
MINNEAPOLIS. hansN.

II r. new way. II IL something
absolutely different No lotions
sprays or sickiy smelling saivgs or
creams No atomizer. or any appar-
atus OF any kind. Nothing to smoke
or inhsie. No steaming or rubbing
or injections. No electricity or vi
bration or massage No powder no
pissters. no keeping In the house