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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
INTERIOR DEPART
MENT WAR WORK

AS soon as the United States de-
clared war on Germany, Mrs. Frank
lin X. Lane, wife of the Secretary of
the Interior, called a meeting of the
wives of the bureau chiefs to arrange
fer the organization of the Interior
Department for war work.
The organization thus formed has
grown rapidly. 1t is supported by
those connected with the Interior
Department in Washington and the
field service of the department
Last autumn the Territory of Alas
ka gave $1,000 as its contribution to
the work. This enabled Mrs. Lane
and her committee to add eight beds
to the eight they already supported
liz the Washington ward of the Neuil-
ly Hospital in France.
Indians of the different reserva-
tions were asked to contribute bas-
kets to bag and basket sale planned
by the committee to raise money for
surgical dressings. The contribu.
tions were so varied and generous
and the workmanship and design so
beautiful that $1,150 was received
from the sale.
One box week is sent through the
Red Cross to Neuilly Hospital con-
tanning necessary hospital supplies
for the 16 beds
Three or. four gift bundles are in
ciuded in each box. These contain n
sweater, a pair of, socks, pair of
wristlets, a helmet, a scarf, six hand
kerchiefs, one wash cloth, soap, a
shaving stick, toothbrush, and tooth
fpaste. When soldier has recovered
and is ready to leave the hospital, he
receives one of these gift bundles.
Hospital books made up of pictures,
good short stories, jokes, ETC., com
piled by employees of the Pension Of
fice. are also included in the box.
1t is the aim to furnish every man
who entered the service from the In
terror Department with wooden COM
forts as soon as possible and to try
TO keep in touch with him during the
war-in other words, to stand back
of him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
VICE PRESIDENT AND MRS.
MARSHALL AT DAYTONA BEACH

Il Daytona Beach, March 1.-vice
President and Mrs. Thomas R. Mar
'ehall arrived here last night from
washington, d. c., to visit for two
weeks at the home of their friend, S.
n. Peabody, at his attractive river
frcnt mansion. The vice president and
Dis wife were accompanied by their
adopted baby son and his nurse.
While here, Mr.. Marshall will ad-
4ress the Community Forum at Day
zpna, the greatest public forum in the
Efouth, on March 10. This forum is a
new institution of the present season
p this vicinity and it has put on one
~ the best programs of weekly
fpeakers that has ever been known in
me State. Through the earnest en-
deavors and hard work of Robert s.
Holmes, of Daytona Beach, the forum
pas proved to be such success.
the vice president and Mrs. Mar
shall were for many years intimate
Eneighbors of Mr.. Peabody at his home
an Columbia City. Ind. Up to the time
that Mr.. Marshall became governor
OF Indiana, he was retained by Mr.
Peabody as his legal adviser md at
torney.
Mr.. Marshall and family welcome a
rest in the South after the strenuous
winter which all have experienced in
the national capital.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
.RECONSTRUCTION HOSPITALS"

Chicago, March 1.-Plans for the
Reconstruction" of soldiers who may
be manned in European trenches are
now so far advanced that already
America is prepared to care for her
crippled fighters as rapidly as they
may arrive here, according to Major
w. A. Shields, in charge of the medi-
cal supply depot supplying the Cen.
trail army division. AT hospitals
which are to be erected in every
large city in the United States, the
wounded soldiers will receive not
only the best medical attention, but
also will be taught trades and pro,
fessions which they may practice in
spite of their changed physical con-
dition.
Reconstruction hospitals" are sc
called because they are to be places
where soldiers will be literally IRE.
built" according to Major Shields
They will be cared for throughout
lcng periods of convalescence, the
more serious wounds will be treated
artificial limbs will be supplied, and
patients taught the proper use Of
them. But the work of reconstruc.
ton will not be only physical, accord.
ing to Major Shields. The soldiers
will be made over mentally as we'll
The deaf, dumb and blind will bS
taught to do work at which they may
earn a livelihood in spite of their de-
fects.
So that wounded men may be neal
their homes and relatives given al
Opportunity to visit them, the depart
ment determined upon the plan o.
scattering the hospitals throughout
the country, Major Shields told tht
Associated Press. And when thC
need of them will have passed with
in few years after the war, the gov
erIment plans, he said to sell tn.
hospitals to the cities in which they
are located.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
STETTINIUS sBIGGEST
BUYER in THE WORLD,

New York, March 1.-The biggest
buyer in the world"
Rising from obscurity, this the the
position held today by Edward R
Stettinius, who was recently appoint.
ed surveyor general of supplies in the
war department by Secretary of War
Baker.
Stettinius was born in st. Louis
on Feb Is, 1865. After completing his
education at the University of st
Louis, he engaged in business in his
native city. In 1892 he entered the
Chicago grain pit. Fortune did not
favor him there. He then became
treasurer of the Stirling company
manufacturers of water tube boilers
Within a year he was made general
manager of the company.
Stettinius extended his field Of
operations when the Stirling com
panv consolidated with the Babcocl
& Wilcox company in 1905. Chicago
capitalists interested in the Diamond
Match company impressed by the
work of Stettinius, appointed him t.
the company's board, later made him
treasurer and in 1909 president of tht
company.
His unusual ability attracted The
attention Of ]. P. Morgan & Company
On Jan. l, 1916. he was admitted az
a, partner in the big banking house
There he perfected remarkable or
gdnization which has successful!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
BOSTON BRAVES DUE TO AR.
RIVE MARCH IA in MIAMI

Miami, March 1.-Miami's Major
League baseball season is to open
soon.
The Boston National League team
will arrive in this city on March IA
for it's annual spring training, and
there will be a series Of three games
between the Braves and the Philadel-
phia Americans on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, March 2S, 20 and 80, it
was announced yesterday by B. B.
Tatum, president of the Miami Trac-
tioE Company, owner of Tatum park.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
AMERICANS 0buTERATE
A GERMAN POSITION
WHICH HAD b0NbARDFD
AMERICAN TRENCHES
CHEAPER TO VIOLATE FUEL
LAW THAN PEDDLE LIQUOR

Springfield, ILL.,, March Its
cheaper by law here to sell coal in
excess of the government-fixed price
than 1t is to violate the local option
law, John Mallergren of Petersburg,
a mine operator, was fined $40 in the
federal court for selling two tons of
coal at $4.25 ton, when the govern
ment's price was but $2.65. Joe
Schmidt, who was charged with send.
ing whiskey and beer through the
mails, got thirty days in jail.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

The Braves will stop at the Hotel
Urmey while in Miami, reservations
having been secured there by Man
ager Stallings. 1t is expected that
there will be about thirty-five men,
bers of the Braves squad.
The big leaguers will work the
kinks out of their arms and get in
readiness for the league season, all
practices being held at Tatum park
Many players signed from the minor
leagues will be given tryouts while
in Miami, and there will be practice
games daily, the training season here
ending with the three-game series
with the Athletics.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
FRANCE MAKING EFFORT TO
GET INCREASE OF FOOD STUFF
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Feb. 2S.-France, without a
bumper" crop of corn to fall back
upon is making brave effort to in
crease the yield Of other food-stuffs
and there are now for the first time
signs that the effort is producing re-
suits.
Nearly a million more acres OF
wheat were sown last fall than in
1916. according to recently completed
statistics. With ordinary good luck
this means nearly 20000,000 bushels
more of wheat. Spring seeding this
year may exceed that of 1917 by near
ly the same extent which will bring
the French wheat crop this year up
to forty million bushels more than
that of last year. The bread card, TAX
ing effect Jan. 20, was intended to
save from food consumption the mil
lion bushels required for the extend
ed seeding.
NJ Gompere-Morel Commissary OF
Agriculture, charged with the extern
siol of seeding, has already divided
100000 bushels of Manitoba wheat
among farmers. He is confident i'm
portant gains will be made in the
crop of 1918.
The decision of the French Fool
Minister to issue cards regulating the
distribution of bread to three hundred
grammes (about IL ounces) day is
causing much comment. Some criti-
ciZe, others approve, but the consen-
sus of opinion may be summed up in
the good natured remark of a morn
ing paper which says that for one
man who dies of starvation there are
hundred who succumb to indiges-
ton"
Generally, however, the press seem
to adopt very serious point of view
Of the innovation. The French are
notoriously the greatest bread eaters
in the world and much doubt is ex-
pressed as to the ration of little
over half pound per day being
sufficient.
France has another "Commissary
of Agriculture" Monsieur LIE Rouzic,
deputy from the department of Nor
bihan, who is sometimes called the
Potato Dictator" He is charged by
the Minister of agriculture with di,
rect supervision of planting with ref
erence more especially to vegetables
He is trying to increase the produc-
tion of beans as we'll as potatoes and
is ESPECIALLY encouraging the plant
ing of topinambours, or Jerusalem
artichokes. The topinambour plant il
about as hardy as a goat; it thrives
in poorly cultivated and slightly fer
tilted soil and is strong enough tc
throttle any weed that tries to en-
crOach upon It.
The season will furnish an inter.
eFting experiment in this compare,
lively new food product as a large
acreage will be planted for the frs
time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

Denver, Colo, March Mrs. Mary
Millard is recovering in a Denver
hospital from an operation by which
a section of her eighth left rib was
removed and transplanted to a cavity
in her jaw caused by another opera
tion for the removal of a diseased
bone. She soon will leave the hos
nital without a visible scar on the
face.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Japan's Proposals Are
Looked On With Favor
By British People
(By Associated Press. J

London, March 1.-Japan's propos-
ais with regard to Siberia and their
reception in Washington has brought
the question of Japan's active parti-
cipation in military operations to the
forefront here, developments domi-
mating the news columns of the pa
pers. The bulk of opinion favOrs ia
pans proposed action without quail
fication,. the plea being made in some
quarters that she ought implicitly to
be trusted and given free hand.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
CENSORSHIP MAY
Be MADE LESS
STRINGENT
GEN. MARCH SAYS CENSORSHIP
is LAMENTABLE AND HE WILL
ADVOCATE GREATER LIBER.
\ TIES BE GIVEN
(By Associated Press.)

With American Army in France.
Thursday, Feb. 28.-(Delayed) Swift
retribution has fallen upon the Ger
man batteries which this week bonn
barded, American trenches northwest
OF Foul with gas shells. The Ameri-
can heavy artillery concentrated its
fire on the German Minenwerfer bat
|teries and obliterated the position,
THUS far six men have died from the
effect of the gas shells. More than
Eeighty are in the hospital, but only
Zone is reported in a grave condition
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Southern Roads
Ask For New
Cotton Rate
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, March 1.-Ten rail
roads operating in cotton States
asked the Interstate Commission to-
day to fix rate of two cents per hun
dred for services rendered at inter-
mediate points of connection, con-
centrating and compressing reship-
ping.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
All Left on Feb. %
lBY Associated Press.l

Washington, March 1.-The Com
mittee Of public information today
announced that official advices from
it's representatives in Petrograd state
that Ambassador Francis and his
staff, the American consulate, the
Military Mission, and Red Cross rep
ITesentatives all left Petrograd for
Vclogda the night of Feb. 9th.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Censorship "Lamentable."
(By Associated Press

Atlantic Port, March MAJOR
Nieneral Peyton March. acting chief Of
staff of the United States army, ar
rived here today after nine months
abroad as chief of artillery of the
american expeditionary forces He
hescribed the American troops so well
strained as to be able to handle them
selves with credit to the United
States" and described the censorship
sas 'lamentable," intimating that he
would advocate regulations in this
respect be made less stringent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
GLENARr CASTLE
SUNK BY AN
ENEMY SUB.
(By Associated Press.)

London, March 1.-Sworn state
mants made Independently by two
survivors of the British hospital ship
Glenart Castle, sunk Tuesday in the
Bristol Channel, an official announce
ment says, make clear that she was
sunk by an enemy submarine which
was sighted in hailing distance with
in ten minutes after the ship was
struck.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
(By Associated Press. J

London, March 1.-Dispatches re-
ceived by by the Exchange Telegraph
Co., filed at Petrograd at six o'clock
last evening Thursday indicate the
Serman advance into Russia has
been resumed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

BRITISH MERCHANTMEN
TORPEDOED AND
SUNK WHILE
BOUND FOR n, Y.
(By Associated Press.)

New York, March 1.-The British
merchantmen liberia, forty-eight
hundred tons, was Summarized about
Feb. 27 while bound for this port, &C
cording to information received here.
The crew were saved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
KILLS MAN WHO TAUGHT
HIS BROTHER TO STEAL

Chicago, March Jack Littlefield,
who, after a gun duel Jan. IS, killed
the man who had made a criminal of
nis kid brother" has been exoner-
ated Of the death of the man, George
Brown. ex-convict and desperate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

handled the enormous purchasing and
financial affairs of the French and
British governments during the war.
StettiEius is now in full charge of
the purchasing of war supplies for
the United States government.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Nine Miners
Killed By
Oxygen
(By Associated Press. J

Denver, March 1.-Nine men, all
equipped with an oxygen helmet, are
reported to have been killed at mine
at San Antonio, N. NJ, last night. The
report was made to officials of the
government bureau of mines here to-
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

The Washington Post says that
about the only ones who can be on
good terms with the Germans are the
dead ones and the doormats." The
United States is neither, thank good.
ness.-Miami Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01

CONSU[ATEAT
PETR0CRAD
TAKEN OVER
BY NORWAY
THIS INDICATES CONDITIONS ARE
WORSE; GERMANS RESUME AID.
VANCE INTO RUSSIA
(By Associated Press.)

Stockholm, Thursday, Feb. 2S.--
(Delayed) 1.-The American consul has
left Petrograd where he remained af-
ter the embassys departure, accord
ing to information reaching the
American legation here. The consul
late has been taken over by the Nor
wegian consul. This seems to indicate
that the situation in the Russian cap
itai has taken turn for the worse.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
President To
Commander
All Lumber
Needed By
The Army
(BY Associated Press.l

Washington, March 1.-The Presi-
dent will be empowered to comman-
deer timber or lumber needed for
the army and navy and shipping
board, under bill ordered favorably
reported today by the Senate military
committee
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
five MORE BODIES
FROM CHEROKEE
RECOVERED
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, March 1.-Five more
bodies of men lost on the naval tug
Cherokee were recovered and sent to
a hospital at Cape May, N. j. Two
are unidentified.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
TO CALLNTO MILITARY
SERVICE EXPERTS
IN INDUSTRY
AND AGRICULTURE
BY Associated Press.)

Washington, March The Senate
today passed resolution authorizing
the President to call into immediate
military services skilled experts in
industry or agriculture.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Russian Council Returns to
PetrOgrad
(By Associated Press.)

London, March 1.-The Russian
Council of Peoples Commissioners
has decided to return to Petrograd,
says the official Russian statement
received here today. The removal of
the elements of population that are
yalueless in the defense of the capital
is being continued, however.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Confederate
Re-UniOn Will
Be Held
tBy Associated Press. J

tBy Associated Press.)
Washington, March 1.--McAdoo de-
cided not to interfere with transpor-
tation for the Tulsa Confederate re-
union allowing veterans special rates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-01
Germans Reach the Dneiper
(By Associated Press.l

u Berlin, March German troops
are continuing the advance in Rus
sia and have reached the Dneiper
river, 1t is officially announced. Aus
stro- Hungarian troops have begun the
advance into Ukraine.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-21

states that have no known deposits
of coal and that on account of their
cold climate and their manufacturing
industries consume large quantities of
fuel, a constantly increasing percent
age of which has to be brought by rail
and water from distant mines. Ac-
cording to a recent estimate made by
Prof. E. X. Soper in a paper on the
peat deposits of Minnesota, published
by the Minnesota Geological Survey,
more than 6,00O,000,000 tons of air
dried peat fuel can be obtained from
deposits in that state alone. The
utilization of these deposits would
augment the local fuel supply and in
cidently would relieve the strain on
our transportation facilities by furn-
ishing fuel to an area where coal is
now brought by the longest haul.
Antiseptic Value Of Peat.
Peat production by the decomposi-
ton of sphagnum moss is so antisept-
ic and absorbent that it is used as a
dressing for wounds and is an excel
lent substitute for medicated cotton.
This fact was recognized many years
ago in Europe, where sphagnum peat
is now extensively used in preparing
surgical dressings. According to Prof
Soper, who has made detailed study
of the peat deposits in northern United
States, there are many square miles
of sphagnum bog in the. northern
counties of Minnesota, Wisconsin, ant
Michigan that would supply material
suitable for antiseptic applications. II
will not be necessary to incur the ex
pense OF deep excavation, for i'm
mense quantities of sphagnum can be
taken from the upper parts OF the de
posits. Sphagnum peat is also abund
ant in Maine, and some is found IN
New York and northeastern Pennsyl
Ivania
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-21
BQLdauf-R0Se11bLaH Co.

lot 10 |. S. of S w Fri SEC. 1S-74-14
Cons. $500.
j. d. Martin and wife 10 j.. NJ. Ba.
con, pit lot LaCuvs Second add 0s-
.kaloosa--Cons. 500.
Jno. F. Cochran ana wife 10 John
NJ. Bittner, lot SO Lacey -.Ctns. 300
VIM. Abegg AMI wife to C.. *. Fish.
eI, 81 SW and lots ~ ana pit lot
I. S. M SW Ser. 33-741i Cons
$4,000. a. t
Sheriff's Deeds.
d. E. Henley, Sheriff, to Sue A.
Vance, lots 1926 of Crookham's S. d.
of lots AL of l. S. NV NE Sec. "a.
75-16-Cons. $1,00828.
D. f. Henley, Sheriff, to Mary A.
Aber pit. lot 4 block I Loughridge &
Cassiday's add Oskaloosa - Cons.
81, 101.41.
Quit Claim Deed.
Emeline Goodner to G. r. Bartlett
lots Sc block Winder's add Sharon
Cons. 800,
Guardians Deed. 80
Walter Moots Gdn to e. T. Nash
und. 1-9 int. in. NV NV Sec. 5-76-14-
Cons. $764.45.
Warranty Deeds.
f. NJ Bishop and wife to J. c
Long. 81 NV Sec. 9-76-16-Cons
$4,000,
w. w. Williams and wife ct al t
Nash Logue, lots 65 and 65-Cons. 81
Emma Boatman and husband to J
c. Allen, land in Sec. 9.77-14-Cons
$4,000.
F. A. Smith and wife to JOSEPH
Kommelter, lots 3-4-5 block of blocl
b Nugent's S. D. of block ABB Myer:
add Oskaloosa-Cons. $1.00.
Amanda Z. Larkins wild. ct al to e
It. Nash. NV NV Fri / Sec. 5-7614-
Cons. $5,315.56
N M. Eaton single to G. E. Bart
lett, lots 5 and block Winder's ado
Sharon $780,
Ida S. Casio unmd. to S. A, Twyfort
pit. SE Sec. 1S-74-15-Cons. $1.00.
Lura Joeting and husband to Geo
f. Roquet, e. Sc Sc Sec. 11-74-14-
Cons. $1.0O.
Mary Douglas wild, TO Carl +
Schunk und. / int. in land in Sec. 81
7514-Cons. S1.00.
Ira A. Hollingsworth and wife. t
C, A. Davis land in Sec. '22-75-14-
Cons. $3.50.
Chas Y. Shnrts and wife to Jal
Roof, 81 NV Sec. 4, pit, NE FRI
NV Sec, 4-74,l4-cons. $500.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-21

Stewart Guthrie single to Frank w.
Coy, 108 acres fore or less in Sec. g.
77-15-Cons. $1.00. ~
VIM. H. Verners and wife to John
De Vries, land in Secs. 40 Twp. tt
17--Cons. $17,585. 81
James A. Lamond and wife to
Charlie A. Lamond ct al, pit. lot 2 NE
NE Sec. 4-77-14-Cons. $2,205.
Chas. L. Barnes single to Fred Ora
ham, lot 81 Ed NE Sec. 4-77.14-Cons,
SO OOO o.
Chas. L. Barnes wild. to Bailey M.
Barnes, und int. in lots 2S-29.3O-31-
S2-S3-S4-95 Ell NE Sec. 4-77-14-Con
$4,000.
Bailey M. Barnes and wife to
Charles L. Barnes, und. ! int. in lot
SO Ed NE Sec. 4-77-14-Cons. 5000.
j. HI. Doan and wife to James H.
Baldwin, Wa S. 16 acres of NV NE
Sec. 9-77-14-Cons. S1.00.
Elizabeth McGriff and husband ct
al to Richard Hughes, land in Sec
9-77-15-Quit Claim Deed-Cons. 81.
hohiIet heil pSl Huy anu uuSDdHu CT
al to c. w. Stump, lot block Seev.
ers add Oskaloosa-Cons. 1925.
Elijah H. Ferguson and wife to
James G. Citizens, M Sc Sec. 29-74,
Icons. $4,000.
Charles l.. Delashmutt single to
John Wyngarden, Sc NE SW Sec. 10.
75-15-Cons. $1.00.
A. J. Bensmiller and wife to T. P
Overton, NE NE Sec. 1S-77-14-Cons
$1.00.
Harry S. Griggs and wife to Henry
II. Edison, pit. lot and lot East add
Fremont Cons. $500.
James G. Citizens and wife to John
II. Smith, pit. lot block Z and pit. lot
block 6 and pit. lot and pit. lot
block o. P, Fremont-Cons. $4,000
Eliotte +. Wharton and wife to Roy
E. Wharton ct al. lot Sc NV Sec
2S-75-16-Cons. $100.
Cornelius Henry Wharton and wife
TO Roy E. Wharton ct al, pit. NE NV
Sec. 2S-75-16-Cons. $100.
| John Kaldenberg and wife to Alba
Shroyer ct al, lots 9-10-11 Lacey
Cons. $1,150.
/ Fred Keller single ct al TO Charlie.
Vos, lots 1856 West add Peoria
Cons. $325.