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New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
BY Theodore Nj. knappen

DETROIT. April 2a.-~,who can saw
what is dream and what is a vision !?
Who could have distinguished the
Ford vision from the countless auto
mobile dreams Of the last twenty
years? Henry Ford, at thirty-four.
and James Couzens, at twenty-eight.
riding out Woodward Avenue in the
sleepy old Detroit of 1902, and anx-
iously debating whether the company,
that was to be formed, with its capital
mostly in the form of pronIssory
notes, could stand salary of $4,000
for Ford as president and $4,000 for
Couzens as business manager, were
just as likely to be branded get-rich-
Quickers as they were solid producers.
They turned out to be both, with no
opprobrium to be attached to the
former.
When Couzens and Ford, after
twelve years of perfect harmony, fell
out in 1915, because of their widely
differing views as to the war in Eu-
rope-fell out so badly that it af-
reached more than s5,oOo,ooo. The
concern wasn't six months old before
1t was paying fat dividends and after
that. 1t ran its dividends into such FIRE
quency and juiciness that I hesitate
to mention them, because of the in
toxicatng effect they are likely to
have on the boys plodding along the
good old road of 6 per cent and safety.
Began With Nothing
But Their Idea
Starting with nothing but an idea
and the brains Of Couzens and Ford,
the property, without aid or consent
of banks or bond issues, is now worth
more than S250,000 900. Nobody knew
1t in 1902, but it is now apparent that
both Ford and Couzens were excep-
tional men. Any casual observer can
tell you that But put them both in
overalls to-day and smear their faces
with SCOT and nobody would pick them
out at first glance as supermen. Evo-
luton has not progressed to q point
where our supermen have godlike
forms and faces. But certainly ordi-
nary men would not let little ques-
tion like war in Europe cause them
to fall into disagreements that would
separate one of them from about the
greatest moncy-making establishment
in the world.
Pondering on the chances Of fortune
and the marvellous rise of the Fords,
| took a constitutional the other morn
ing around the plant of the Ford Mo-
tor Company, in Highland Park. 1t
was a three-mile walk just around the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
Drama
Nazimova Has Good Mo.
ments and Bad Ones,
Too, as Nora

"A Dolls House," by Henrik Ibsen, at
the Plymouth Theatre, with Nazimova.
PRESENTED and staged by Arthur Hop
kina ---..
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30

Nine. Nazimova was inefficient in the
easiest scenes of "A Dolls House," at
the Plymouth Theatre, last night, but
ranged from passable to excellent in
the moro difficult portions of the play.
The final impression was good. for she
New-York tribune., 1918-04-30
HIP P Cd r O ME

Thrilling war stories will be told by the
iohowing returned wounded heroes--Lieut,
r.. NJ Koperts. H. f. C.; Lieut.. Jack Munroe,
Sgt Harkins, Sgt. Arthur Guy Empey.
private Jack Evans, and others
Seats now on sale at the Hippodrome Rox
ONCE Seats b0c to $500. Boxes seating
10 Il, $50. S1b and 800 No war tax
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

When well filled with advertisements
and church, school, factory and farm
development news, the impression
made upon the stranger looking it
over cannot be otherwise than favor
orable.
Florida has many fine papers, and
distant readers cannot be other than
impressed that the people they rep
resent are Of one mind in the matter
of clean and tree lined streets, pref
ty homes, well conducted churches
and school, and beautiful surround
ings. There is no town, however
small but may be improved by the
associated efforts of the residents.
No town can become important if
its citizens refuse to impart an inter.
est to its affairs or fail to feel a
sense of pride in what it possesses.
Local interest and pride is the very
life blood Of a community.-Kissim
Valley Gazette.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
VALUE OF NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING

The value Of cooperation is seer
in the steam work of the allied
armies. A united effort is necessary
in work wherein the many are in
volved If success is achievd. Only
in this way can the citizens of a town
or village endow community with
many of the comforts and advantages
that 60 to make life worth living
This consumation, says the State Mar
keting Bureau, can only be secured
by the cooperation of the farmers
mechanics, merchants, doctors, law
yers, bankers, everybody. Each car
do his share by assisting his neigh
Dor with his patronage, and by giving
every worthy enterprise his unquali
fed support.
Travellers and home seekers YER,
often judge town by the appearance
Of its newspaper. II 1t contains ad
vertisements showing all forms o.
business it is notice to the world al
large that the commercial, profession
al and productive life Of the com
munity is made up of enterprisins
men, and gives to those seeking 10
cation good opinion Of the variou!
interests represented. 1t speaks thu
fact that the business and profession
al men believe in their town and ga!
so. Some Of the Florida towns arr
sending sample papers to the north
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Congress apparently will make no
distinction between the boy of IS and
the man of As in the provisions of
the new draft bill, which 1t was ex-
pected would pass the House today
No separate classification or delayed
call is contemplated by the bill,
amendments to cover these points
having been defeated. Well wager
that few of those voting against these
amendments have sons between IS
and 81. 1t is easy to vote the other
mans boy into the trenches. The
boys will fight-as we'll as men double
their age; but we hold to the belief
that the men should go first-that the
boys should be given their chance to
grow to maturity and to complete
their education.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
DEATH CLAIMS N. ]. MERCK

Many friends throughout this sec
ton will regret to learn of the death
of DR.. Noble J. Merck, which oc-
Cured at his home. on North Orange
avenue, at 1920 o'clock last evening,
after an illness of several weeks,
aged As.
Pending the arrival of his son, Mr..
Frank Merck, who was in Baltimore
the funeral will be held on Monday
Afternoon from the First Baptist
church at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
Ernest Bingham, pastor, assisted by
Rev. J. R. Cason, pastor OF the First
Methodist church. Undertaken Ham
mond will be in charge of the OBJ
sequies.
The deceased was born in 1872 at
Rome, Ga, but his boyhood days were
spent at Gainesville in that State. He
came to Orlando when he was Is
years Of age, and has continued to
reside here since then. In October
1896, he was married to Miss Edna
Pearl, eldest daughter Of DR.. j. H.
Smith.
He is survived by wife and two
sons, Horace and Frank Merck: two
sisters, Mrs. F. B. Terrell, of Lake
LAND; Mrs. Lee Mitchell, of Home,
land; two brothers, Mr.. Raymond
Merck, of Tampa; and Mr.. Ernest
MERCK, Of Griffin. He was a promi.
nent member of the Orlando Lodge OF
IElks and Knight of Pythias, and q
member of the Baptist church.
DR.. Noble John Merck was for q
long while one of the leading phar'
lmacists of this city. In his death the
city loses the type of American man
hood that represents the very best
that we produce. Everybody knew
Noble Merck" and everybody grieves
that he has been taken from US
IOrlando Reporter-Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

To all Dairymen, Dealers in Milk an(
the Lakeland public in general:
On and after September 1st, next
the price of sweet milk in Lakeland
has been established by the County
Food Administration as follows:
Milk, on cash and carry system
Is cents per quart.
For milk delivered on the tickle
system the price will be six quar-
tickets for one dollar.
For credit and delivery service thu
price shall be Is cents per quart
The above are maximum prices.
Approved August %, 1918.
A. J. HOLWORTHY,
Deputy County Food Administrator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

1t requires piece of land 2,OOOx
1000 feet to make landing station
for aviators, according to Colonel
Fechet the officer in command at the
aviation fields near Arcadia. That
does not sound like large plot until
you figure moment and discover that
it means two million square feet, or
approximately 100 acres. The land
must be "free of bitches, hummocks
stumps and soft, wet spots" and some
other improvements are required
thereon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Epworth League Program
For Sunday
Leader-Miss Nora Hart.
Music in charge of Miss Jonnie
Haynes.
Subject, "The Power of the Cross in
the Open Country"
song-"The Church in the Wild
wood"
Prayer.
Song-"Crown Him King Of Kings.
Scripture reading.
"How May We Reach the Young
People of Our Community" Mr.. Luf
sey.
Special Music-By Miss Lucille
Clough.
"Is the Christian Religion Pho
neering Religion?" by Mrs. Wooten
Violin Solo-By Miss Lucille Sharp
How Far Is the Pioneer Spiri
Necessary for Christian" Miss Siphle
Song Beautiful ISLE"
Announcements.
Benediction.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Americans saved Paris, it is author
itatively stated, by refusing to retreat
during the last German drive On the
Marine, although they were greatly
outnumbered by the Prussian forces
When the smoke Of battle shall have
cleared away and the history of the
present great struggle can be written
intelligently, the part American SOL
diers played in it will outshine those
Of any other nation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Fro m
The Deep
C. Gre e n

Some colors will run fast, but you
ought to see Indigo.
Many mothers are great at match
making but can't get the daughter II
the box.
This is bad weather for ladies
skirts. They sure are getting thin
A man going to Fernandina is full
of expectation and coming back
You tell EN-. I'll pat it.
When the Kaiser eats dinner IL
Paris the buzzard will be bird O
Paradise.
A dog climbing a tree will bari
and the tree will usually bark back.
Some of the boys sound like par
rots" when they say polly" vow!
Francois.
When a fellow has a good lookini
girl in a buggy and thunderstorm
comes up, he doesn't care whether HI
feels the REINdrop or not.
When you ask man for loan o
a ten spot, naturally he feels touchy
A shoemaker, as a rule, Is fond O.
the name Peggy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
PIANO TUNING

Remember Wade, the tuner, of Or.
lando?
Well, he is arranging for visit to
Lakeland to do list of pianos wait.
ing for him. He would be pleased
to add other names to the list already
secured. His reputation for best
piano work is fully established over
all South Florida Same old price
five dollars, altho everything else
has advanced).
Don't confound his work with that
of the three-dollar men.
WRITE! Wade, the tuner, Orlan
do, Fla. 7787
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Among those who show no decided
ambition either to work or fight are
the colored cook-ladies, who in these
exciting times seem to preserve very
detached and complacent attitude, and
are not at all concerned whether
white folks get anything to eat o.
not.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Work has commenced on the en-
largement Of the postoffice building at
Plant City. It is expected that the
improvements will be completed by
the first Of December.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Editors don't always look like thew
write. Every now and then McWhor-
ter of the Tribune, is embarrassed by
some one dropping in and expressing
surprise that he is not fat and bald
headed. And we have had it occur to
us.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

LOST-Wednesday afternoon, at city
limits, on Tampa road, one 32x4 rim
with old casing blown out. Finder
will please return to Wilson Hard
ware CO. 1926
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Leading business men of Tampa feel
confident that the new government
plant for the manufacture of pbos-
phorous and phosphoric acid will be
located in that city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

PHOTOS!.! Having on hand a lot
of first class material, bought be-
fore the rise of over double. we
shall continue our present prices,
which will be doubled on Monday
eve, Sept. I'd. Bruce Photo Co..
Bryant Bldg. Phone 1873 Red.
1928
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Commissioner McRae says Florida
cotton is worth $1.0O a pound. That
listens good to us and we hope our
growers will get all of that price.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

The County Commissioners Of Man
atee county have advertised for bids
for the construction of twenty-seven
dipping watts for cattle.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

The Gulf Fish Company Of Tarpon
Springs SHIPPED twenty-five barrels Of
fish North on the 18th. Each Saturday
they are shipping a solid car.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

1t is probable that Tampa will
shortly have a naval training station
to be located at Gadsden Point, and
to house about five thousand men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

WANTED-Position as bookkeeper by
young lady, Can use typewriter.
Address N. e. NJ, care Evening
Telegram. 1880
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

South Florida weather continues
ideal, and gives no excuse for any re-
grets on the part of those who couldn't
take trip North this year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

With growers paying from to 3
cents for picking cotton, most any
body ought to be able to pick up a
little change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Dixieland Methodist
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 7:45 p. m.
Prayer meeting at 7:45 Wednesday
evening.
JOHN d. MAJOR, Pastor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

We're kinder sorry now we didn't
"buy BALE when they urged US to
do so at a price of 10 cents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
All Saints Episcopal

All Saints Episcopal
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Morning prayer will be read at the
Sunday school hour at 10 o'clock.
The rector has been delayed in
Tennessee and will not officiate on
Sunday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

LOST - Light-colored Jersey COW,
short horns, unmarked, between 8
and 4 years old. Reward. Phone
so Red. 1929
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Grace Lutheran
Corner Tennessee and Orange.
10 a. m.-Sunday school,
This being the only service of tn
day every member is earnestly re
Quested to be present.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
Free Methodist

Free Methodist
No preaching at the church on Ken.
lucky avenue, but at Dixieland at 2:3t
and $3.50 p. m. All cordially invited
w. P. JUHLIN, Pastor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

ICHJnO11C--
Mass, 8 a. m. Church corner Mis-.
souri, avenue and Lemon street.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication 4
all news dispatches accredited to 1t 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, 1918-08-24
At The Churches Sunday
First Christian Church

First Christian Church
Charles H. Trout, pastor.
Bible school at $3.50 a. m. sharp.
Communion service followed by SER
mon by pastor at 10:45 a. m.
Subject for morning, How to EN-
balm and Bury Church.
Services again at 8 p. ma uni
fed service. This will be the last OF
these unified services for this season
and we hope to make it one of the
best Of the series.
A cordial invitation and welcome is
extended to every one.
Myrtle st. Methodist
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching at II a. m.
Prayer meeting at 7:45 Thursda!
evening.
JOHN D. MAJOR, Pastor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-24

Take your eyes to DR.. Garner
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24
NOTHING SAFE FROM THEM
Gen. Hancock Evidently Had High
Opinion of the Foraging Abilities
of the Nineteenth Maine.

There is some doubt as to what
part the Nineteenth Maine played in
the war;" remarked a veteran of that
regiment. "The fact is, the Nineteenth
ate up the Southern Confederacy. They
stole pigs, robbed hen roosts, cleaned
out orchards and cellars and foraged
the country so thoroughly that the
enemy had nothing left to feed on, and
so lay down and died"
Then AL Wells of the same regiment
took up the thread of the story:
I'VE were sweeping along one day,
dining on the fat Of the land, as usual.
Another troop was ahead, and between
them and us rode General Hancock. As
the general was passing one planta-
tion, the aged proprietor came out and
stopped the generals party.
General" said he II want some
sort Of safeguard. Those troops that
have, just gone by stole my pigs, lifted
my hen roosts and emptied my cellar 4"
"Pm sorry" said Hancock.
"Yes," replied the old man, "they
stole everything but my hope of i'm
mortality. Thank God | none of them
can steal that"
Don't be too sure about that" re-
torted the general. "The Nineteenth
Maine is coming next"
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24
BODIES, THROWN HIGH IN AIR,
FALL BACK INTO SEA OF
FLAMES.
NURSES LEG BLOWN OFF
RED CROSS WOMEN ABANDON
PlTTSBURG PARADE AND RES
CUE SURVIVORS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pittsburg, Pa, May 20.-Probably
200 men were killed Saturday when
an explosion of T. N. T. demolished
the plant of the Aetna Chemical Com
pany at Oakdale, on the Panhandle
division of the Pennsylvania railroad
sixteen miles from here. Five hun
dred workmen were startled at noon
by report not much larger than the
crack of a pistol. 1t came from the
soda house, but they knew it's deadly
import, and as one man, they rushed
for the nearest exit. Before they
could gain the open the very air
seemed to burst into flame, the earth
heaved and rocked, and, with a roar
that was heard for miles, the long fac
tory buildings were hurled high into
the air, carrying with them ponderous
equipment and scores of men. A
great cloud of dust and smoke settled
over the scene, and through its deadly
fumes torn and mangled forms
dropped to the earth, many dead, but
others to meet their end in the flam.
ing debris.
The number of dead had not been
determined Saturday night, and it is
possible that it may not be known for
days, if indeed it will ever be known.
State and county authorities agreed
that it would reach 200.
Many of the injured, some of whom
were found half mile from the rem.
nants of the factory, were brought to
Pittsburg hospitals by special trains
and in ambulances, all of them SO
badly hurt that in only comparative.
ly few instances were physicians able
to hold out any hope for their re.
covery.
The property loss was estimated at
$1,500,0O0.
The thought was inspired that the
Red Cross worker was needed at Oak
dale more than at Pittsburg. Aban
doning all thoughts of parade, the
women flocked to the afflicted area
by automobile and by trolley, ready
for any sacrifice or service.
And these women lent valuable aid
in bringing order and system out OF
the chaotic condition among the panic.
stricken families of workmen.
Answering the first call for hos
pital aid and ambulances went a corps
of nurses and physicians from st.
Johns hospital.
One of the nurses, Meryl Aschel.
man, was acting as a stretcher bearer
a wounded man to the ambu.
lance when, in one of the explosions,
she was thrown to the ground and the
patient on the stretcher was killed
One of her legs was blown Off
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24
Don't &c Afraid
OF Your Meals
Take "Eatonic" and Laugh At
Stomach Troubles

Fl. L. Kramer, the man who origin
ated Cascarets, has discovered a sure,
safe, quick-acting relief for bad stom-
achs. He named it EATONIC for your
stomach's sake.
You can eat anything you like now
and digest it in comfort, for stomach
ease is positively assured if you eat
an EATONIC tablet regularly after
each meal.
EATONIC acts directly with the
food the moment it enters the stom-
ach. 1t Immediately checks any ten
dency toward too much acid and en-
ables the food to pass from the stom-
ach into the bowel in a sweetened con-
dition, and thus prevents the forma-
tion of sour distressing gases that up
set digestion and cause a bloated, dull,
lumpy feeling that makes your
FOOD REPEAT,
EATONIC enables you to eat yeur
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24
EXPECT NEW FLANDERS THRUST
Italians RepuIse Third Attempt of Aus
trians to Regain Monte Corno.

Italians RepuIse Third Attempt of Aus
trians to Regain Monte Corno.
Rome, May 20.-A third attempt by
the Austrians to recapture Monte Cor.
no has failed, according to the official
communication
Nearly three weeks have passed
since the German offensive, begun on
March 81, died down at it's final ac-
tive point in futile assaults on the
Flanders front. Every Indication,
however, points to the probability that
this week will witness its renewal.
The Germans attempted vigorous
silent raid on one of the American
combat groups within a strong point
in the Luneville sector Saturday morn
ing, but were badly beaten.
Japan and China have been inform
ed by the allied governments that
they have arranged for entente mill
itary cooperation to meet the dangers
threatening the peace of the Far East
from German penetration.
In aerial fighting Saturday, twenty
one German airplanes were destroyed
and two disabled by British aviators.
The statement on aerial operations al
so reports continuation of the bombing
of enemy railway stations, airdromes,
munition dumps and billets, as well as
on the submarine base at Zeebrugge.
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24
The Heroic Dead.

And so Memorial day is here again,
and we lift up our eyes and behold the
hosts gathering all over this land and
marching to the cemeteries. They are
bringing fiOwers-vwreaths and pillows
and crosses. These are tokens of a
nations love and emblems of a ma
tion's gratitude. We honor the North
ern and the Southern dead today, and
with one hand put a wreath on the
Federal, while with the other we put
similar wreath on the Confederate
graves Christian Advocate.
Taiban Valley news., 1918-05-24

fill and laugh at Indigestion, dyspep-
sia, heartburn, "sour stomach" and all
the other bugaboos Of "the-man-afraid-
of-his-stomach."
Kramer says: "EATONIC should be
in every home ready for use after ev-
cry meal. An EATONIC tablet will
aid you naturally to easily digest
and assimilate-your food can be thor
oughly enjoyed without the slightest
danger of misery from acid stomach.
I strongly advise every one to take EA-
TONIC after meals. To correct bad
stomachs and keep them in perfect
condition, it is a most wonderful dis
covery."
If EATONIC fails to give you
prompt stomach relief, your money
will be refunded; SOC buys large box
at any drug store. Or write to EatOnic
Remedy Co., 1918 S. Wabash Ave-, Chi
cago, U. S. A.