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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
DETERIORATION

Mrs, Norman Whitehouse was talk
ing at the Colony club about the
change for the worse which marriage
makes in some women.
"The artistic woman, especially,
she said, "is apt to deteriorate
through marriage. When I hear of a
woman singer, woman painter or a
woman sculptor getting married, !
always think of a man | once heard
say:
my wife used to play the mando.
lin beautifully. Now she picks on
me-"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

Not more than half the lies you hear
these days are true. This theorem is
demonstrated by the sensational re-
port that ground glass was found in
some of the bread of an Orlando bak-
cry, but which, when run down was
found to be absolutely without foun-
dalton. All kinds of reports get out,
coming seemingly out Of the air, and
while 1t Is we'll to investigate them
and be on the safe side, they may
properly be seasoned with the pro-
verbal salt.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

The Starke Telegraph and Plant
City Courier are engaged in a con-
troversy as to which of their respec-
tive sections produce the best straw
berries. We kindly volunteer to act
as umpire, and hasten to assure them
that both Starke and Plant City grow
ers produce splendid berries, but the
real thing in this respect comes from
the fields around Lakeland. Oh don't
mention railways glad to step in
and make peace between nelghbors,
especially when there's really moth
ing to argue about.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

Let US hope that Editor Harris will
contribute frequently to the editorial
columns Of the Ocala Banner. With
the cares of ownership removed, his
work ought to take on a new and even
more admirable quality. Though, in
deed, we sometimes think that the
cares and worries of publishing have
become so much of second nature
to US that they are almost as much a
help as a hindrance in our work
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

We suspect that politics would fur
nish the explanation Of that story OF
the arrest of Editor Hugh c. Spark
man, of Daytona, on charge of at
tempting to bride an official to keep
hands off Of a gang of crooks said to
be operating up there. The story
doesn't ring true to those who know
Mr.. Sparkman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

The recent change in time is all
right anything the government
wants is all right-but now some fell
low is clamoring that FLORIDA ought
to have Eastern time" This would
move the clocks up still another hour
That fellow is going to be about as
popular as the Kaiser with folks who
like their morning snooze,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

Poems" detailing conversations be-
tween the Kaiser and the devil are
no longer novelties, we beg to ad-
wise our verse-smiths. Then, too, it IS
limited that the devil bitterly resents
the association such poems imply.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
POLITICS At HOME

do you believe in women holding
ofhce?" asked the bachelor.
Sure do" said the married man
TIN going to run my wife for Con.
gress on her knack for introducing
bills into the house, Milestones
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

Mrs. Pester-If there's anything
you can do that can't do quite as
well, I'd like to have you name It.
Her Husband-Well, not to mention
my graceful manner of scratching
matches, I'd like to see you hang
youi clothes on one small nail in the
closet,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

We are curious to see whether the
Tribune will publish that editorial
commencing it which appeared in the
last issue of the Inverness Chronicle.
It is decidedly Bowdenesque.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
Fishermen report that the red-bugs
and deer flies are biting fine.

Some newspapers think they have
performed all the obligations Of pa
triotism when they use Nv. s. s. as
4 dash line between their squiblets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED

The Associated Press 10 exclusively
Titled to the use for republication Of all
ssws DISPATCHES accredited to II or not
ether credited In this paper and also
the local news published herein. All
rights for republication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
Verses written for the Lakeland
Booster Club:

-,
Hon. Woodrow,
You should know
Lakeland, Flo,
Is not slow
Patriotism to show.
Though we're crackers
We're no slackers
And with zest s~"~~
We give you our best.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

While at home we stay
We will hope, work and pray
Peace to win
Through thick and thin,
But not breed conceit,
T'would spoil our honor complete
TO our country we'll be true;-
Our colors--the Red, White and Blue
We strive
To let you know we're alive,
And send you a tag
Impressed with our flag.
The stars indicated by a dot,
Like our hearts, are in the right
spot.
Long may 1t wave
Round the neck OF the true,
On the chest of the brave.
The Guy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08
Company D

Answered call from thee;
Our Doctor volunteered gladly;
However, we miss him sadly.
We. too, would like to help
To make the enemy yelp. " p"
While you're turning the trick
We must look after our sick;
Where tyranny now gives pain
We want kindness and peace to reign
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

The young man calling on a girl
adores the soul" kiss from the maid
en-, but the sole" kiss from father
usually lands him out-a-doors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-08

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

to write letters for their men, and
every man must do it for himself.
"2. When no letters are received
from overseas the greatest distress
is caused to those at home. They
either feel letters have been writ
ten, but lost en- route. or else they
imagine all sorts Of evils, such as
sickness, wounds, even death Both
are bad for the active militant spirit
which every true American man and
woman must possess if our army is
to obtain the real victory that all
20 earnestly desire.
"3. Every one in the United States
who has son or brother in the
American expeditionary forces is
proud Of him, 10 constantly thinking
of him, is anxious to hear from him.
Letters home will bring many letters
in reply, and the closer home ties
will have potent influence for good,
both in France and in the United
States. All officers should realize
this fact. and both by encouraging
their men and providing them with
the proper facilities do everything in
their power to interest them in this
vital question of writing home"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Write Home Often,
Is Pershing's Order
To American Forces

WASHINGTON, June 8.-The War
Department to-day made public gen.
eral order issued recently by General
Pershing encouraging members of the
American expedtionary forces to keep
up correspondence with their relatives
and friends at home. One of the
greatest arguments for constant flow
Of letters between France and America.
General Pcrshing said, was that it re-
licves much distress and anxiety.
Generai Pershing's order said:
a.. Duty to ones country does not
end on the parade ground, nor even
on the battlefield, but consists in
doing everything in ones power to
help win the war. To write home
frequently and regularly, to keep in
constant touch with family and
friends, is one Of the soldiers most
important duties. Mothers and
fathers will suffer if they do not
hear often from sons fighting in
France. In the present large com
panies it is not possible for officers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Jews Murdered by
Hundreds i'm Ukraine

PogroEs among the Jews of Turk
cstan and Ukraine have taken place.
recently, according to advices reachinc
the Jewish Press Bureau in New York.
through Stockholm and Petrograd.
In khokand more than three hundred
Jews have been murdered and thou.
sands deprived OF their proper.y
From many other towns, especially
Samarhand and Tashkent, have come
reports Of the almost constant perse-
Gution OF the Jewish population. M
Herzteld, the Minister of Finance Of
the Turkestan Republic, who also was
a representative of the Zionist district
committee, was murdered in a recent
race uprising. In Gluchow, almost the
entlre Jewish population has been put
to death. '''
=, Relief committees for the victims Of
these excuses are being formed in
various parts Of Russia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
5 British Planes
Fought Squadron
Of Twelve Boches
Account for Two in Battle
OFF the Dutch
Coast
Also Suffer Loss of 2
One Machine Forced to De.
scend, Crew Sets 1t Afire
and Then Escapes

THE HAGUE. June 8-Five British
and twelve German seaplanes of the
largest type fought battle Tuesday
evening off the Dutch coast, accord
ing to Terschelling dispatch to the
"Handelsblad." One of the German
machines was observed to fall In
flames into the sea. One British ma
chine was forced to descend, but
landed safely.
Another British machine which had
descended to the surface of the sea
for repairs because Of a defect in the
propeller, two hours before the bat
tie, was later set on fire by its five
occupants, all of whom waded ashore
and gave themselves up for intern
ment. The crew included two Cana
dams.
The British machines were SQUAD
ron of five seaplanes which started
Tuesday afternoon on reconnoi-
tring expedition off the northern
Dutch coast. During the afternoon
they had met squadron of five Ger
man airplanes. which they drove off
without difficulty in three successive
encounters.
The Germans, however, returned
reinforced by seven seapanes. A
lively fight ensued, and in addition to
the German machine which fell in
flames another German was brought
down.
A British machine commanded by
Vobert Paul. of Buffalo, N. Y, a mem
Der of the Canadian Flying Corps, de-
veloped engine trouble and was forced
TO descend to the surface. Ensign
Joseph Eaton, a New England man
who was senior pilot o. another of the
squadron, was detailed to protect the
disabled plane and circled about it
for an hour while the Germans were
continuously attempting to attack the
cripple.
During Eaton's defensive work hi:
mac..iie Was ridd!ed with bullets, but
he was able to keep the air until the
Germans were driven off He Their
descended, his machine wrecked, bu
all the crew got ashore safely.
Ensign Eaton, whose home is il
Connecticut, has been interned here
His parents live in Massachusetts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
In the Dark About
The Main Elements

Unfortunately we have no indi-
cation whatsoever Of the positive
numbers Of loss as contrasted with
the comparative rate. The whole
thing has developed with such rapid
ity that identification of the oppos-
ing divisions is always difficult and
often impossible. All we can say
by this time is that something not
far short of fifty divisions must have
been thrown in within this six days.
Certainly there was much more than
forty. That means Of infantry alone
say 100000 men. What proportion
of these were put out of action we
do not know
Neither do we know the second
element in the affair, which is the
proportion of strength in which the
Allied command has chosen to meet
and engage this offensive. No one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Plotted to Bring
Ex-Czar to America
Servants Indiscretion IJr...
Conspiracy Headed BY
Russian Prince

AMSTERDAM, June s.-The d;....
cry of plot to free the former A..
peror Of Russia while he was conS,.,
to Tobolsk, to take him to Sweden .,s
thence to America is reported in c.
man newspapers received here.
According to the accounts publishes
the chief conspirator was Prince Paw,
Dolgorouki, grand marshal of -.
imperial Russian Court under E,nr..'
or Nicholas, who placed 100000 rub
at his disposal with Which to brihs' .Is
the members of his guard. q"
The plot failed, the papers say =.
ing to the indiscretion of a sessas,
who divulged the plans. "''
A dispatch from Petrograd to l.,
don on May 10 said that the sov;a.
government had officially conSr,,ss.
reports that Nicholas Romanof 10
former Emperor, together with ~.
former Empress and one Of +bs;.
daughters, was removed from Tobolst
to Ekaterinburg in consequence Of IN
discovery Of peasant conspiracy 't ~
assist in his escape
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Keel Laid 90 Seconds
After Ship Quits Ways
Chairman Hurley Congratulatce
Savannah, Ga, Company on
New Replacement Record
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,
WASHINGTON, June Sin laying a
new keel in ninety seconds after the
Quinnesec had been launched the Terry
Shipping Company, of Savannah, Ca,
has set new record for rapid replace
ment in vacated blocks, the Shipping
Board announced to-day. This feat
drew from Chairman Hurley Of the
Shipping Board the following tele-
gram:
81 beg to congratulate you upon the
launching of the ship Quinnesec ut
your yard, and Mr.. Schwab joins with
me in offering your company, your or
ganization and your employees hearty
thanks for patriotic speeding of our
shipbuilding programme. We are par
ticularly gratified at the spirit shown
in laying a keel in ninety seconds after
the way was vacated"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Miss Lucille Wood Is
Bride Of Donald Dietz

Miss Lucille Jean Wood, daughter a,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oakley Wood, was mar.
ried to Donald fillmore Dietz, Of hi,
city, yesterday afternoon, in the chapeI
Of St. Ambrose of the Cathedral o.
St. John the Divine. Canon Robert =
Jones performed the ceremony.
The bride, who was given away bv
her father, wore gown of orchid col.
ored tafeta with hat 20 match, and car.
ried bouquet Of mauve orchids and
morning gores. Miss Carla Dietz. slate,
of the bridegroom. in costume Of bin,
tafYeta, was the maid Of honor and only
attendant. Corporal Charles A. Hun.
ter, y. S. r., was best man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Judgment Must
Be Negative

Under such circumstances the ef-
fort Of the force within the salient
must be to widen the salient-that
is, to get elbow room, as the saying
goes. That is precisely what the
enemy did on Saturday, June 1, the
sixth day of his advance. He did not
try to force the Marine or to 70 fur
Their In his direct advance. He threw
his weight at right angles westward
down the Ourcq Valley, got right to
Neuilly on the south of that stream
and to Chouy on the north of it. He
advanced In a sort of pocket Ave
miles deep. He had also thus en-.
larged himself on the right and
shaken the westward side of the ga
lent, which had been crampine him.
and he had further enlarged the area
OF his war movement and increased
the length of the line upon which the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

knows how an action is proceeding
unless he knows at least the mere
numerical standing of the opposing
forces. 1t Is impossible for that
element in calculation to be made
public. Nevertheless there is some
thing more than mere negative
point here and it is important that
public opinion should appreciate that
something.
This is the fact that the defen-
sive up to what it judges to be the
climax of any action works on the
principle Of the use of the minimum
numbers. The defensive may mis-
judge the moment of the climax and
if so it loses the battle. 1t may, as
was the case at Che Marine, judge its
moment exactly, in which case it
wins the battle, however impress
sive the previous successes of the
offensive may have been.
But the thing to remember is that
up to this chosen moment the defen-
sive must in the nature Of things
keep back as many men as possible.
In those words Gas possible" resides,
Of course, the whole difference be-
tween good and bad calculation, be-
tween victory and defeat. But the
commander, whether he is good or
bad, whether he will be victorious or
defeated, while he is on the defen-
sive works on the minimum. That
is the very meaning of his position.
The Military
Theory of Defence
People sometimes write as though
the defensive were a sort of hurried
attempt to stop the attack by throw
ing in everything one has and rush
ing up all available resources just
as men rush up water to put out a
fire.. The offensive in it's bulletins
always represents the defensive in
this light, because that is the one
which must unfavorably describe it
to the public. All the more must we
in the present crisis remember that
the reality is far otherwise. The
defensive is always doing out men
sparingly and thinking of the least
force with which the task at hand
can be accomplished.
We do not know how many divi-
sions the Allied command has put
forward to meet the fifty divisions,
more or less, of the enemy up to
date, but we do know with absolute
certainty that it has deliberately
met them with a smaller number.
That is the point we must keep
fixedly in mind during the whole
course of the action up to the point
where the counter attack is engaged.
or that moment and of the fate of
such a counter attack neither we nor
the enemy know anything.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

q few weeks.
Enemy Losses
Light at First
Now, If we turn to the present
great action which is going on upon
the watershed between the basins of
the Disc and the Marine, though we
have very few indications to guide
us on this question of the proper
ton of losses, yet we have few
hints afforded even by the meagre
news which has reached US so far.
1t would seem that the enemy's
losses on the first day were compar-
atively light. The blow was sud
den advance. it was very rapid, and
opportunity for engaging the enemy
heavily in the centre was clearly not
presented. His losses began to be
heavy on the two wings in front of
Rheims and in front of scissors;
then came at the close of the second
day and throughout the third what
evidently were very heavy losses all
along his line; that was the day
when he was fighting his way for
ward over the Vesle River and up
the slopes Of the Tardenois plateau.
Much Of the country during this
days fighting was wooded and con-
fused and he by that time was OPP
posed even in the centre by forces
which may have been as much as
third of his own. On the TANKS he
lost very heavily indeed in failing
to debouch out of Scissors, and he
lost heavily in the series Of attacks
and counter attacks outside Of
Rheims. In the forty eight hours
following, during which he again adj
vanced rapidly in the centre, his
losses were once more light, but tow
ards the end Of that period he met
heavy counter attacks on both his
hanks, ana MS loss must again have
been very high. Lastly came the
great local action of Saturday, June
1, in the valley of the Ourcq, which
gave him pocket Of about five miles
in depth by eight miles in breadth
and brought him as far west as
Neuilly.
take it if one could have a curve
plotted of the enemy's losses during
these six days, from the morning of
May 81 to the evening Of June /,
we should have not a steadily rising
line, but one rising in three great
waves, of which the last is perhaps
the Steepest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
The Relative
Rate of Loss

The defensive, however sorely tried.
must always work to hold the often
slve with a minimum number of
men up to that moment when the
defensive phase shall terminate
Its whole object is to compel the
offensive to waste men until tho
equilibrium is restored. This mere
calculation, however, suffers from
two great disadvantages which
gravely affect military practice in
the field. The first is the effect rnon
civilian feeling in great war Of
invasion which the continued adj
vance of the enemy is sure to pro-
duce, coupled with the certain and
increasing effect, greater or less, ac-
cording to the intelligence and dis
cipline of the retreating troops. upon
the army which is compelled to re-
tire. The second is the loss in ma
terial and prisoners which the re-
tirement involves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09

inferior forces of his opponents have
to meet him.
Nothing, however, has been de-
clded of even a subsidiary nature
and of course there is nothing what.
ever to be predicted of the future
Such predictions are always impossi-
BILE in any large sense, but in this
case one cannot even suggest the al
tentative possibilities of the next
few hours.
What we do know is that certain
factors, Of which there is and can
be no public knowledge, are the real
essence of the situation. In other
words, our judgment must be almost
completely negative. We can say
only that the issue depends upon
certain clements which, when they
become known, will explain the op-
posing mannuvres, but which at
present are known to no one alive,
only one-half of those elements be-
ing, as matter Of fact, fully known
to a handful Of men on either side
IN the opposing commands.
OF these unknown elements by
far the most important is the rela-
tive rate Of loss of the two sides.
1t was the very great rate Of the
enemy loss which stopped the ear
der phases Of the great German Of
fensive and compelled the months
halt in operations between April 20
and May 27. 1t is the same factor
of the comparative rate of loss
which will determine the present
enemy effort in his favor or ours,
according to the price which each
side is paying on the battlefield.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-06-09
Offensive Can
Afford Greater Loss

The loss of prisoners is eo,,iva-
lent Tor the purposes of war to an
actual loss in killed. The men whom
the enemy seizes in his advance
many of them unwounded and MANY
more only slightly wounded are a
complete loss to the retreating side
loss permanent and irreparahle.
whereas the force which is adyanc-
ing recruits itself in time from the
recovery of its wounded. Therefore
the offensive can afford a much
higher rate of total casualties than
can the defensive and will vet re-
main superior.
We had very good example Of
this fact during the great move
ments of last March. The first
losses of the enemy were very high.
After two days interval came an
other period Of heavy loss in the
battle for the ridges of the somme
Valley. Then four days later there
was another period Of heavy loss on
the line where the enemy was at last
held. But though the rate of loss
that Is, the number Of men hit-on
the German side was very much
higher than the French and British
their capture of prisoners was on
such scale that no sort of eouilib-
rum was established and the battle
went on for another month unceas-
ingly to the north.
AT the same time the loss of ma.
terial was so heavy that though it
was rapidly replaced it also DELAYED
the moment when the enemy was
compelled to halt. On this last
point, however, we have to remark
that the present war with it's vast
industrial bases fully developed az
1t now is in the west differs from
wars of the past. In the past
great capture of material was often