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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-29

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Ever woman at some period or other
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koooos q did ms. Weese. and If
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~ : rumindeI that this famous
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6nkm Medicine Co, Lynn,
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1oons1 b 1t your service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

plifies the work for the cattle ownl
ers as 1t eliminates county boundarJ
lines between the working counties
and gives greater latitude in handling
their stock for regular dipping.
The Board will not enforce compul-
sorry dipping of cattle for systematic
work until next spring, but urges all
parties interested to get the proper
quarantine established and systematic
dipping started by the first of March
SO that there will be ample time to
clean up the work next season.
AT least one additional government
man will be sent into this county to
help with the work, and it is under
stood that we will get man who had
charge of work in a county that was
released this year, to organize the
forces and have general direction.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
A GREAT THANKSGIVING

Thursday, Nov 2Sth occurred per
maps the greatest Of all THANKSGIVING
events in the history Of the world
aside from the gift of Christ to, a
world OF sin-greater even than the
first celebration in the Plymouth Col
ony years ago. Greater for various
reasons, chief Of which are thanks for
the progress of democracy for all the
world nations and for the civilization
that will come from the finality of the
greatest war ever in the history of
the world. This goth century has been
surely dedicated by the American peo.
pie to great service, and as orr
late lamented Mckinley once said.
Nations once in the throes of bond
age will step out into life of lib
erty and equal rights for all that have
heretofore been oppressed" And in
the light OF the preceding events there
seems to have been an inspiration d.
vine in character that led this Ameri
can people all the way up to this SUI
preme purpose-all the nations that
will come under these new conditions
and environments will indeed be
thankful to these United States for
the service her brave, noble boys per-
formed and for this great service OF
sacrifice and much suffering even to
death humanity will be blessed both
by the receiving and the giving. This
war has surely now given the world
the American idea Of individual OBJ
portunity rights and justice. IT has
shown millions of people that they
were held in bondage but are by this
free and can now live in the light of
liberty yours, W. S.B
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Fro m
The Deep
c. Cree :

Late war news: Now that the tour
list season is on, many big guns are
coming from the North.
Hubby: Don't call me Early"
Wiley: "Why?"
Hubby: Because my names
Henry"
Pity the poor typewriter that drops
a machine on her short hand.
Saw pugilist yesterday trying to
take five rounds out of chair
Never kiss a girl on the tennis
court. The mouth is more appropri-
ate and besides the tennis court
makes the smack sound so racquety.
Wonder if the knitters will be de
modified soon?" Times Union.
Which, the Cuties or the Coolies?
AS rule dentist is a good sport.
He spends his money freely and is al
ways willing to treat-a tooth.
***
A widow has many an early MOURN
ing breakfast.
A man usually breads his finish but
the man that is just about to take
the Shrine degree sure wishes he was
"at the end of his rope"
What will the Lieutenant do with
his puttees now? Might come in handy
II he is a glazier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Of LIEUT.. Fred
MENDEAHALL
WHILE UNDER FIRE

Capt, H. D.. MendenhalL who is in
France. has forwarded letter to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Men
denhalL written by his brother. Lieut.
Fred Mendenhall, who recounts some
thrilling experiences while under fire
and we take pleasure in reproducing
this interesting letter, which follows !:
have few minutes to myself to-
day, so will write.
Well, l have been on an extremely
active front for the last few weeks
and have been "oyer the top" twice.
The feelings and sentiments which
you have when you go from shell hole
to shell hole lodging machine gun
bullets and shells can not be de-
scribed. You just simply have to
60 through it yourself to know what
it is like. However, now that have
come out unhurt, I wouldn't take
anything for the experience.
| got orders one afternoon that I
would take a detail of men and take
my position at the jumping off place"
as the place where the first wave goes
over is called. got there about 4
a. m. and as there were no trenches
we dug in. l dug in in a small shell
hole but when daylight came discov
cred that my shell hole was 700 far
forward down the slope toward the
German line. So I quickly crawled
up back of a small ridge about two
feet high on the top of the main
ridge. All this time from 4 a.. m.
on the Boche artillery was pounding
the mischief out of the ridge with their
big shells. They all around us with
in 100 feet but not one hit in our cen.
ter. How is that for luck?
The first wave went over at the
zero hour. One man slid back by me
with bullet below the heart. Anoth-
er one crawled back with one in his
arm. One man made a run for a
shell hole about twenty-five feet in
front OF where I was lying when a
shell made a direct hit on him. It.
sure smeared legs, arms, blood.
ETC., all over the landscape.
However, the wave swept on down
the hill in spite of machine gun bull
lets and shells. Finally, the exact
instant came for us to go over, and so
yelled and we went over, making
short dashes from shell hole to shell
hole. When we got to the bottom of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
coming until next summer, however.
Love to all.
FRED d. MENDENHAI.L.
First Lieut.. Co. e, 7th U. s. Engin-
GERS, A. P. O. 745, American Expe-
dictionary Forces, France
SUPT. JONES SAYS
SCHOOL WORK
Of Pupils MUST
Be IMPROVED
Lakeland, Fla, Nov. 20, 1918.

Lakeland, Fla, Nov. 20, 1918.
To the Patrons:
In view of the fact that about sew
enty per cent. Of the pupils Of the
Lakeland schools would be failed anG
conditioned on the amount Of wrk
covered to date, / am asking you to
be especially diligeDt and careful as
to the time lost by your children i,
YOU expect any promotions at the end
OF the year. We are attempting to
make the best out of the worst for
the children. 1t is true that schools
throughout the Pnited States are hay
ing the same trouble as this school,
hut that is no consolation when
year is about to be lost for the chill.
dren.
The above is absolutely correct and
unless efforts are doubled, the facts
will verify it at the close of school.
You say that day lost today. and
one next week, will not affect the
work-and possibly not if we had
not already lost twenty days-but the
sum total will count in the end.
Yours very truly,
CHAS. M. JONES,
Superintendent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

the hill machine gun on top of the
hill opposite opened up ON us. How
ever, we made dash for an old quar-
ry ON the reverse slope of the hill
opposite under the machine gun and
got there without loss. Here we were
comparatively safe. Incidentally that
particular machine gun crew surren-
dered late in the afternoon and there
were three boys not over Is years old
among the twelve. They were little
soldiers and looked like boy scouts.
Those prisoners were the happiest
mortals I ever saw. They shook
hands with each other and congratu'
lated each other for about five min
utes. There was Boch Red Cross
prisoner in the quarry who was shot
through the lips. So we let four
Boche prisoners carry the wounded
one back to the first aid station.
| saw four stretcher bearers carry
ing a wounded man on stretcher up
the hill we had come over. As they
proceeded up the hill, four shells
dropped about so feet back of them at
intervals. Finally, when they got
just on the crest of the hill, shell
made a direct hit in the middle Of
them, blowing the whole works to
bits.
We were relieved after a couple of
days and went back to camp. / found
that the captain and one lieutenant
had been killed and one had his foot
shot off. The other lieutenant and
were lucky to come out unhurt.
Now that l came through alive,
wouldn't take anything for that ex
perience. I don't believe we will have
to 60 over the top any more. 1t was
an unusual occurance. So, don't wor-
ry, thinking that am up against that
all the time. The infantry are, how
ever, and that is the reason why my
hat is off to Private "Doughboy."
We are all tired and I hope we will
Get back to a place to rest some time
soon.
believe | mentioned last tire that
! was appointed to the rank of first
lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, as a
result of the examination I took back
in Fort Leavenworth in January.
Herb, just as an experiment, will
you send me one pound of chocolate
by mail? ! want to see whether
package like that would get here or
not. 1t is almost impossible to get
candy here on the front.
I am keeping a dairy of all my ex
periences. If l get furlougb and
can come down to Bordeaux, l will.
do so and then you can read the
whole works If you want it. I don't
believe the furlough will be forth
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Polk county will becomeone Of the
important sectors next year in the
work of eradicating cattle fever ticks
from a belt across the peninsula sec
ton of Florida from gulf to ocean.
which includes an area practically the
width of Polk county all the way.
The State Live Stock Sanitary
Board has grouped this county with
Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and
fernando for systematic working in
enc unit. Osceola and Brevard coun-
ties will make up another unit.
The system OF making up units sim.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Like all attempts to please every
body, the communication of the sentence
of Thos. ]. Mooney to life imprisoa-
ment by Gov. Stephens seems to have
pleased nobody. The labor people
say it will not change their inten-
ton to strike, and it is certain that
II Mooney is guilty, as convicted,
hanging is entirely too good for him.
1t looks like the California governor
had case of refrigerated pedal ap-
pendages.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Restrictions on the use of sugar
will be removed after today, so far
as domestic consumption is con.
cerned Of course sensible and pa
triotic people will not take advan.
tage of this indulgence, but will
practice reasonable conservation in
this and other food commodities, for
It will take long time until MI
are settled down in the ranks of the
producers again, but there is never
any cessations of consumption.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

If that legislative committee to in
vestigate conditions at the State In
dustrial School is not to report until
next April, why the rush for a spe-
cial session to appoint it?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Van Swearingen is airing his little
gubernatorial boom-let up at Talla-
hassee. This is the gent who when
running for Attorney General prom
Used that the State Reform School
would be his special care. Now IL
the present condition of that institu-
ton is the result of Vans watchful
care, what would become of the
States other interests with Van as
Governor?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

It is not our custom to offer I'M
called-for advice, but We would say
to the man who has a satisfactory
job, now is the time to take a firm
hold on it. There are going to be
nearly two million men back here TO
take up jobs within the mex. few
months.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

"A large body of expert advisers"
is to attend the Peace Conference, we
are told. We think we have about
million of these in this country,
judging from the gratuitous advice
we have been handed out for some
time back, and we are glad that they
can transfer their activities else
where and give us home folks rest.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

All the good news that can come
hasn't come yet-we might hear
some time that some article of food
or necessity. had been lowered in
price.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Note that some Of the class that
crawled into the storm cellar when
the guns began to boom are begin
ming to wriggle out now and to essay
to spread their venom. Among these
are the disseminators of religious in.
tolerance. Shouldn't wonder If Billy
Parker should soon emerge from that
obscurity he SO effectively adorns.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

WANTED AT ONCE-First class col.
ored laundress and chambermaid
Apply Mrs. o. M. Eaton, 315 South
MISSOURI avenue. S13e
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
TO THE PUBLICl

My wife has voluntarily left me and
will not be responsible for any debts
that she may incur.
SlS6 l.. W. YARNALL.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

FOR SALE-Ford touring car in good
condition; has new tires and looks
like new car. A. D. LEONARD.
Phone 459. 8143
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Who knows of soldier who is ex-
pecting to come back to take up work
on farm, arrangements for same to
be made by paternal State?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
Meyer Daniels

HAD BEEN ACCOMMODATING MON.
EY FOR THREE YEARS. 1T
AMOUNTED TO $1,7oo. INSTEAD
OF DEPosITlNe 1T IN BANK,
WHERE 1T WOULD BE SAFE, HE
. KEPT 1T IN HIS HOUSE. HIS
HOUSE WAS DESTROYED BY
FIRE, AND THIS $1,000 IN PAPER
MONEY, REPRESENTING THREE
YEARS ECONOMY, WAS CON.
SuMED.
If you ARE KEEPING MONEY
IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU ARE RUN.
MING THE RISK OF ITS LOSS BY
FIRE. YOUR INSURANCE POLICY
DOES NOT COVER MONEY De.
sTRoYED BY FIRE.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

Plenty Of Overgaiters in black,
white. gray and faun colors, lust re.
ceived at Ford Shoe Store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29
MEMBER or the ASSOCIATED

The Associated Press Ii exclusively
entitled to the use for republication 4
all news dispatches accredited to II or
not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
All rights for republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-11-29

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
ALL ON SAME DAY
Saturday Registration. and Physical
Examinations in One.

Hundreds of Kansans who register
next Saturday will fill their question
naires and receive physical examina-
tons the same day. Arrangements are
being worked out for physical examin-
alton of registrants in rural districts as
rapidly as they enroll with local regis
tration boards.
1t is probable every registrant will
receive his questionable when. he ap-
pears before the board. In Topeka,
Wichita. Kansas City and other large
cities. physical examinations will be
given not later than August 20. It is
probable that efforts will be made to
handle all examinations here on the
above date Every effort will be
made to hasten the work of examining
and classifying the new sregistrants
that sufficient men may be provided to
meet the early September draft calls.
All men who have reached the age
of 81 years since June 5, this year, will
be compelled to register next Saturday.
1t is believed that the registration in
Kansas will be slightly in excess of
5000 men, OF this number 1000 ex-
pect to prove available for imme-
date front rank service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
UP IRON
BRONZE STATUES
IN GERMANY NOW

London. Aug. 21.-So pressed is the
German general staff for metal that
a decree has gone forth from Potsdam
that all bronze and east iron statues
are to be melted down with certain
exceptions. The Rhipeland cities.
proud of their historic monuments, are
very angry with the order. The
Cologne newspapers rudely remark
that Berlin has nothing to lose by the
destruction of its statuary, most of
which is modern and indescribah bly,
hideous. The world would assuredly
not be any poorer for the disappear
ance of these appalling examples of
Prussian art.
The Berlin commission has decided
that the only monuments to be ex-
empted from destruction are to be
those associated with the Hohenzollern
family. This. as the Koefnische Zei-
tung observes. is the worst blow of
all. for the Hohenzollern and Bis
marck statues which sadden SO many
German cities are just those which
could be best dispensed with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
GIRLS CONFERENCE ON
Fifty Young Women to Register for
Y. w. C. A. 6 6. Catherine

Fifty Young Women to Register for
Y. W. c. A., S. S. Gathering.
About fifty girls of the upper teens
age were registered today as in at
tendance at the all-day session of the
all-county girls Sunday school con-
ference at the Y. w. c. A. The con-
ference was in charge of Mrs. H. C.
Northcut.. of Evanston, Ill, one of
the national officers of the Sunday
school association.
Other prominent leaders taking an
active part in the conference today
were ]. Fl. Engle, of Abilene, state
secretary of the Kansas State Sunday
school association; Miss Rowena
Engle. of Abilene, and Miss Lottie
May Bose, of New Orleans, La, and
Miss Josephine Roger, of Elgin, Ill.
OF these, Miss Engle was in charge of
the music for the conference, and the
others were on the list of speakers.
j. H Engle was in charge of the
party which is making its regular
monthly conference tour. The meeting
today is the third of the series for
this month.
The object of the conference was to
promote the organization of Sunday
school classes among girls about Is
years old, and was more especially
called to consider plans for Sunday
school work thru the regular week
day activities of the girls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
SHE ISN'T A CATHOLIC
NOW-SHURE AND THE
POPE is AFTER PEACE

Here is the latest war story to reach
Topeka:
An Irish widow, a good Catholic.
gave her two boys to the service. Be
fore the war they had been just boys
and had never given her money or
contributed to her support. Upon en-
tering the army each boy allotted half
his pay to her so that for several
months she had been receiving $50
per month. She stopped going to
church and the priest, noticing her
continued absence, called on her to ask
why she had been absenting herself.
81 notice ye have not been coomin'
to church for some time, Mrs. O'Hara;
have We been sick?''
I'm not goin' to the Catholic
church eny moor, I'm a Presbyterian
now"
The priest was much surprised and
asked for an explanation.
We'll, father, before the war niver
had clint from ayther of me boys and
now I am havin' $40 month from
them, regular ivry single month, and
that old pope OF your'n down there at
Rome prayin' for peace ivry day, bad
cess to him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-22
Mrs. Stanton Would Cut Them
Down-They Spoil Garden.
Mrs. Lux Gets Out Restraining
Order Against Any Action.
THERE FOR 20 YEARS
Judge Whitcomb Agrees That
They Should Stand.
Trees Spread Over Yards at
1911 and 1907 Western Ave.

They are just two innocent elm
trees, modestly reposing in the back
yard and lifting their stately
branches as tho mutely appealing to
the heavens for protection, but they
have stirred up a row in the neigh
borhood that has found it's way into
the courts.
avenue, wants them cut down, on the
grounds that they shade her garden
too much, but Mrs. Samuel E. Lux,
1907 Western avenue, protests against
this action, arguing that they are fine
old shade trees and that their. de-
struction would be purely wanton.
Furthermore. the loss to her property
would be irreparable, she contends.
So Mrs. Lux went straightway to
her attorney, who went straightway
to the office of the Shawnee county
district court and filed therein petit
straining order be issued by the court
to prevent the destruction of the trees.
And Judge George H. Whitcomb, after
inquiring diligently into the case,
straightway issued the restraining or
der. advising Mrs. Stanton and Lau-
rant c. Schwartz, also named as a
defendant in the, petition, that if they
cut down the treets they would do so
at their peril
Cut Into the Tree.
Mrs. Lux alleges in her petition that
about August Is, the defendants took
an axe or some other tool and cut
about two-thirds of the way around
one of the trees. Mrs. Lux called E. A.
Reinisch, superintendent of parks, who
made an examination of the tree and
announced that it's life might be saved
provided it be treated by a tree sur
seon without delay. But Mrs. Lux
contends that the defendants in her
petition would not permit her to have
the tree treated andthat furthermore,
they assured her that they would cut
down the tree and use it for firewood.
Mrs. Stanton said today that at one
time Mrs. Lux had told her that the
trees were pushing her fence out of
line. Mrs. Lux declares in her petit
ton that the party line between the
two properties runs thru the center of
the trees, but Mrs. Stanton insists that
the trees are we'll within the boun-
daries of her own place. She admits
that they started to cut the tree down,
because it was shading the garden too
much.
The trees are about forty or fifty
feet high. Mrs LUX says she has
lived at that place for fourteen years
and that the trees have grown from
little trees to "shapely shade trees to
which the plaintiff has become very
much attached" They have grace
full, spreading branches" she de-
clares. Mrs. Stanton says she planted
the trees twenty years ago.