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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-12
+. SOUTH LAKE WEIR

South Lake Weir, Dec. 12-Mr. A.
]. Nye of Orlando has closed the pack
ing house here that he has used all
fall, after putting up large amount
of fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Anderson of Or
lando came up Sunday and surprised
Mrs. Anderson's parents, Mr.. ano
Mrs. Gates. They were accompanied
by Mr.. A. L. Anderson and daughter,
Miss Annie. Mr. Fred Anderson and
wife and family and Mr.. Charlie King
and wife, all of Orlando. They had
jolly day of it and enjoyed the trip
up. They made the trip by autoes.
Mr.. Douglas of Shady and Mr.. Jake
Bishop and sister, Miss Willard
Bishop made trip to Wildwood Mon
day.
This vicinity was saddened Friday
by the sad news of Mrs. M. P. Will
| lard's death at her home in Westerly
r. /. Mrs. Willard has been a regular
visitor to South Lake Weir for the
past fifteen years. She has just had a
beautiful new home built at Stanton
and was looking forward to coming
down to live in it. But she was taken
sick in September and gradually
grew weaker and died last Wednesday
morning. We all feel that we have
lost dear friend and good neigh
Dor, and our hearts sympathize with
her only daughter, Mrs. Grace Willard
Farnsworth in this hour of her great
sorrow.
Mrs. C. E. Brown of Webster came
up Tuesday to be with her little son
Carl, who is sick with fever at his
grandpa's home.
Mr.. George Hickey made trip te
Ocala Tuesday.
Mrs. Maggie Bishop went shopping
in Ocala Tuesday.
/ The body of George Starke Jr., ont
of the colored boys who went to serve
our country, was brought home Friday
and buried Sunday afternoon. He dice
at Camp Devens at Aver, Mass.
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HEAVY WAR BILL
FOR THE HUNS
BY THE TIME 1T is PAID THEY
WILL BE GLAD TO REMAIN
PEACEFUL

Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 11.-(By
the Associated Press. THE German
cabinet, anticipating refusal by the
Allies to deal with the present Ger
man government, and soldiers and
workmens' council, according to the
Tagblatt, is considering convoking the
reichstag to give the government a
preliminary basis.
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO Do
An official denial was made here
late tbday that the government was
considering convening the reichstag.
AMERICANS IN BERLIN
Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 12.-(By
Associated Press.)- Geper-
al Harris and Lieuts. Gailard and
Schelling of the American commission
for repatriation of war prisoners, ar
rived in Berlin last night.
SOLF HAS ENOUGH
Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 11.-(By
the Associated ess.)-Foreign Sec
retary DR.. w. S. Solf has handed in
his resignation, which has been ac-
cepted by the cabinet.
BIG WAR BILL
Bristol. Dec. 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-THE war bill of the
Allies against Germany is 24,O0O,OO0,-
900 pounds. according to the British
prime minister, David Lloyd George,
who presented this and other inter
esting facts before large gathering
here today. The cost Of the war to
Great Britain was 100000, 900
pounds.
\ Before the war the estimated wealth
of Germany, said the premier, was
between 15,OOO,OOO.OO0 and 2O,OOO,-
100000 pounds sterling. So, if the
whole wealth Of Germany were taken
there would not be enough to pay the
account. Therefore, he had used the
words: Germany must pay to the ut
most limit Of her capacity"
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AMERICA TENDERS
GOOD OFFICES
CALLS ON SOUTH AMERICAN
NATIONS TO REFRAIN
FROM COMBAT
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Dec. 12.-Acting Sec
retary of State Polk today made pub
lie the text of note handed by the
United States ambassador recently to
the presidents of Chill and Peru, urg.
ing the two nations that they owed it
to the rest of the world to compose
their differences and informing then.
that the United States Stands ready
to tender alone or in conjunction with
other countries in this hemisphere all
possible assistance" to bring about an
equitable solution.
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BIG SHIPS ARE
BRINGING THE BOYS
FOUR SHIPS WITH NINE THOU
SAND MEN COMING HOME
FROM FRANCE
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Dec. 2.-The sailing
of four army transports bringing ad-
ditional units from France is an.
nounced. The ships are the transports
H. R. Mallory, Rappahannock, Levia-
THAN and Celtic, with about nine
thousand men.
FINE OFFER FROM FRANCE
Washington, Dec. 12.-Andre Tar
dieu, high commissioner of Franco.
American affairs. has cabled Secretary
Baker from Paris, offering to place
the educational resources and facili-
ties of the French government at the
disposal of the American soldiers in
the army of occupation and of those
who will be delayed in returning home
through the natural difficulties of
transportation. Special opportunities
would be given American college stud
ents with the army and an opportu-
nifty to learn French would be afford
ed all American soldiers.
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PROCLAMATION BY
THE PRESIDENT
Mr.. Wilson Wants American People
to Give $30,OOO,0OO to Aid Eman-
cipated Peoples of Asiatic
Turkey

On November 29th Woodrow Will
son, president of the United States of
America, signed the proclamation
given below, for release to the Ameri-
can people on Dec. 18th. 1t shows
cbnclusively the deep interest the
president has in the Armenian and
Syrian relief drive of the American
committee for relief in the near east,
and also certifies to the great work
the committeehas already done for the
relief of the four million people who
are starving in the near east. The
proclamation is as follows:
For more than three years Ameri-
can philanthrophy has been a large
factor in keeping alive Armenian,
Syrian, Greek and other exiles and
refugees of western Asia.
On two former occasions have ap,
pealed to the American people in be-
half of these homeless sufferers,
whom the .vicissitudes of war and
massacre had brought to the extrem-
est need.
The response has been most gener-
ouo, DuI HOW euC pCIi VI ICudUll1d-
tion is at hand. Vastly larger sums
will be required to restore these once
prosperous, but now impoverished
refugees to their former homes than
were required merely to sustain life
in their desert exile.
1t is. estimated that about 1900, ,O0C
Armenian, Syrian, Greek and other
war sufferers in the near east will re-
quire outside help to sustain them
through the winter. Many of them
are now hundreds of miles from their
homeland. The vast majority of them
are helpless women and children, in.
cluding 100000 orphans.
The American committee for relief
in the near east is appealing for q
minimum of s30,O00,OOO to be sub.
scribed January 1919, 1919, with
which to meet the most urgent needs
of these people.
/, therefore, again call upon the
people of the United States to make
even more generous contributions
than they have made heretofore te
sustain through the winter north.
those who, through no fault of thei1
own, have been left in a starving
shelterless condition, and to help re.
establish these ancient and sorely op.
pressed people in their former homes
on self supporting basis.
(Signed): Woodrow Wilson.
The White House, Nov. 20, 1918.
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FAIRFIELD

Fairfield Dec. 11-Among those
who attended the funeral of Mrs. M.
c. Gray at Pennington Saturday aft
ernoon were Mr.. A. ]. Mclaughlin
and family, Mr. J. H. Carter, Mrs. D.
B. Mathews. Mrs. F. S. Dupuis, Mrs.
L. E. Mack, Mrs. Mary E. Rou, Mrs.
G. D. Howell, Mr.. and Mrs. Jernigan
and others. Mrs. Gray was well
known in our community by many
who regret very much to know of her
death. She leaves a. husband, two
sons, daughter and host OF rela-
tives and friends to mourn her death.
Mr.. Lawrence Mack of the Mica
nopy section visited his parents at
this place Saturday and Sunday. His
mother, Mrs. L. E. Mack accompanied
him and will be the guest of he and
his brother, Mr.. j. L. Mack for few
days
Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland of Arcadia
were guests of their daughter, Mrs.
S. E. Mack and family last week.
Mr.. Louis Richeldefer is hauling
sweet potatoes to Ocala to the canning
factory.
Mr.. Bozeman, who has been living
on Mrs. R. C. Yongue's place near
Fairfield, is moving on Mr.. Harmon
Sherouse's farm near Reddick.
Mrs. G. D. Rou and two children,
Wynona and Jackson of Reddick, were
guests of Mrs. Mary Rou a few days
last week.
Mr.. H. G. Yongue and family were
guests of Mr.. Yongue's father and
brother, Messrs. w. E. and A. W.
Vhnn.,o C,1ndou offornoOn
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JOIN THE RED CROSS

Mother Red Cross will not ask Cor
any more war fund drives ard so she
is going to ask that at every Christ
mas you will Join for the ensuing year.
So take out membership when your
local committee calls on you. Place
your children's names on the roll call
that in the years to come this roll
will be to them a heritage of honor
and unselfshness.
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SUPPLIES FOR THE ALLIES
REDDICK

Reddick, Dec. ff.-Rev. j. E. Shep-
herd returned today from the annual
conference at Barlow. Mr.. Shepherd
has been assigned to work at Bowl
ing Green. He has been here for two
years. Their friends very much re-
gret to have the Shepherd family go.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson and their
three daughters have moved her.
from Wacahoota They will reside
with the family of Mr.. o. G.. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Sherouse are
moving this week to their farm a
mile out of town.
Miss Carrie Billingsley has accept
led a school at Pine.
Miss Alice Pulliama has returned
from an extenx1ed visit to relatives in
Tennessee.
Miss Annie Kendall, who is teach
ing at Bushnell. spent the weekend
with Mrs. John Wilson.
tMr. and Mrs. G. w. L. Denleom and
family are moving in from their farm
and will occuppypp rooms with Mrs
]. w. Wilson.
mT. JOHu DupTCS VI tiC hoSai AC-
serve, stationed in Jacksonville, has
been home on a furlough.
Mr.. Ebert DeVore has gone to the
University of Florida to take adyant-
age of the scholarship awarded him by
the Marion County Fair for exhibit
ing the finest pig.
Lieut.. George Dansby of Camp
Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, returned to hi,
home today. Lieut.. Dansby is one OF
our most promising young men and
we are delighted to have him home
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tongue enter
tanned at an informal reception las,
Monday evening. Dec. End. 1t was
their tenth wedding anniversary
Their friends showered them with q
number of useful presents. At the
conclusion of a delightful evening, ar
elegant salad course was served BY
Misses Annie and Bessie Hammond
Mamie DeVore and Elizabeth Yongue
Mr.. G. NJ. earn returned last weel
from the state fair ir Jacksonville
where he has been exhibiting the pea
nut butter made by the Southern Pea
nut Products Co. of this place. Mr.
earn received several fiattering order:
from different parts of the Union.
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BAD ACCIDENT
ON THE BROOKLYN
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Dec. 12.-Six men Of
the crew of the armored cruiser
Brooklyn were killed and thirty-one
others injured, some seriously, in an
explosion of coal dust aboard the ves-
sci last Monday at Yokhama, Japan,
where she was coaling. The navy de-
partment was so informed by dis
patch from the commanding officer of
the Asiatic fleet, of which the Brook
lyn was flagship.
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PAINT DECORATE /!

We paint your signs, be they large
or small. This is the seasone to hav
your interior decorations renewed.
Paper hanging is our speciality.
11-tf SWAIN SIGN SYSTEM.
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ANNOYING
OUR PET ISLAND
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Dec. 12.-Information
reaching the state department irdI-
Gated that the general strike IN Cuba
is the result of |. w. w. and enemy
propaganda. The report said that
order has been maintained in the eff
fected. districts.
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Flag Day at THE BOOK SHOP. 81

A years subscription for good
magazine makes much appreciated
Christmas Gift. Leave your orders
with us. THE SPECIALITY SHOP, A.
E. Gerig. tt
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INTENDS TO KEEP
THE PAY UP
WILSON THINKS TO KEEP RAIL-
ROADS FIVE YEARS
WOULD BE WISE
(Associated Press)

Washington, Dec. 12.-Congress
will take up consideration at once of
Secretary McAdoo's recommendation
that the period of government control
Of railroads be extended to January
1st, 1924, it was said today. In MAX
ing this recommendation, Mr.. McAdoo
stated that President Wilson con-
Cured in that view.
WON'T REDUCE WAGES
The railroad administration has n.
intention of reducing the wages Of
railroad men generally after peace is
declared, it was stated authoritatively
today. If the period of government
control extended for five years, its is
probable wages will stay at the pres
ent levels.
NEED ANOTHER BIG LOAN
Five to five and half billions more
bonds will have to be raised to finance
the government for this fiscal year,
Secretary McAdoo told the house
ways and means committee today.
FOUR AND A HALFlPER CENTS
Washington, Dec. 12.-Another
semi-weekly issue of loan certificates
of Indebtedness of half a billion or
more, bearing four and a half per
cent interest. was announced today
by the treasury The certificates will
be dated Dec. 10Th and are payable
next May goth. The subscription
books will close December 26th.
POSSIBLY TOO BAD TO PRINT
Washington, Dec. 12.-Voluminous
documents shedding light on the Ger
man system for blowing up munition
factories and practicing sabotage and
Espionage in various forms have been
assembled by the department of JUS
tice in preparation for disclosure, it
was said today, but officials haven't
decided what portion it would be wise
to give out.
SUPPLIES FOR THE ALLIES
Washington, Dec. 12-The food ad-
ministration has announced it would
consider applications for export to
the Allies of 900 tons of cotton seed
meal or cake, $4,000 tons of cotton
seed oil and $4,000 tons of vegetable
|oils.
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COBLENZ is QUIET

Coblenz, Dec. 9.-The flutter of ex-
citement caused by the arrival. of the
American troops having subsided,
Coblenz has settled down to taking
the occupation of the city as matter
of course
The store windows of the city are
full of toys and Christmas decora-
tions, some of the shops devoting all
their show space to suggestions for
Christmas and New Years.
Coblenz civilians in general are
continuing their courteous attitude
towards the occupying forces. In
many instances pedestrians are going
out of their way to direct the Ameri-
cans as they seek the location of var
ious buildings about town. AS in
Treves the children regard the Amer
lean automobiles as great curiosity
and assemble in crowds whenever a
machine stops, despite the efforts of
the Coblens police to prevent them.
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Have your Greetings Cards engrav-
ed, giving them touch of individu-
atty See samples at THE SPEC
IALTY SHOP, A. E. Gerig. If
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The pride of the Court Pharmacy Il
its prescription department. Every
prescription is carefully compounded
as ordered by your physician-N0
SUBSTITUTION allowed. Phone 28l.
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We are showing a most attractive
line of "Little Gifts" Be sure and see
them before purchasing. A. E. Gerig
THE SPECIALITY SHOP. tt
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Prompt delivery o. prescriptions Is
the watchword here. Tell your physic-
ian to leave them with US. We allow
Ino substitution. The Court Pharmacy.
Phone 284. 4
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CORN is CLIMBING
Smallest Yield in Five Years Sende
Prices Soaring
ASSOCIATED Press)

IASSOclafed PreSs1
Chicago, Dec. pa stunning ad-
vance in the price of corn resulted to-
day from the government report
showing the years yield was the
smallest in five years. Values ran
seven cents over yesterdays finish.
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TWO GREAT NATIONS SHOULI
WORK TOGETHER

Dewsbury, Wednesday, Dec. H.
A league of nations is the solution OF
the question of freedom of the seas"
and Great Britain and the United
States can reach complete agreement
on the question by joining such a
league, declared Viscount Grey, for
mer foreign secretary, in speech to-
night.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-12

Fresh Fish, Spanish Mackerel and
Trout, at Main Street Market. Phone
1O8. 12-1t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-12

Fresh Fish, Spanish Mackerel and
Trout, at Main Street Market. Phone
1OS. 12-1t
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BRITISH HAVE TAKEN
CHARGE At BONN
ADVANCED FORCES HAVE TAX
EN- CHARGE OF THE
RHINE BRIDGE
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, Dec. 12-British advance
guards have entered Bonn and taken
possession of the bridge over the
Rhine there.
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Bonn is on the left bank of the
Rhine, fifteen miles southeast of
Coloppe
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LIEUTENANT MACKAY
REMAINS ON GUARD

Lieut.. Robert MacKay. with the
301st Engineers, is with the Army OF
Occupation in Germany.
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Paper Drinking Cups, Is to pack
age, ten cents at Gerig's Drugstore.
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Beautiful Cut Glass and Silverware
at THE BOOK SHOP. st
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SECURE FREEDOM
Of THE SEAS
GREAT BRITAIN ASKS OF AMER
ICA ONLY WHAT SHE is
READY TO GIVE
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, Dec. 12.-The British gov
ernment has decided on the attitude it
will adopt at the peace conference on
freedom of the seas, according to the
Daily Express. The paper says, "all
we ask for the empire is what we are
willing to ,coneede to the United
States-freedom of action"
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Piano Lamps at The BOOK SHOP
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Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and
Friday, except probably rain north
west portion.
Evening journal., 1918-01-18

several meanings It is only necessary to
know one.
Nor need the definitions be Of high
grade. Here are some. which are mostly
low grade, but quite acceptable:
I. ORANGE-'An orange is TO eat"
1T is yellow and grows on a tree"
?. BONFIRE-'You burn It out
doors" "Ynu burn some leaves or
things" ITS a big fire"
3. ROAB-"A lion roars." You hol-
Ter loud
A majority Of average adults can give
65 words. but only one-third Of them
can give 10 words-lhe test Of the su-
perlor adult-THE SUPERNlAN.
ABILITY 20 pass the test" says Prof.
Terman, lis relatively Independent Of
the number Of years tho subject has
attended school. our business men
showing even higher percentage than
high school pupils"
After the whole table ~ words has
been read, MULTIPLY The NUMBER
OF WORDS KNOWN By 1870 II Johnny
defines 20 words correctly he has 3
vocabulary Of 20xiso-2600 words.
Fifty correct definitions mean yOca-
bulary Of 1900 words and so on.
Here are the standards FOR different
Evening journal., 1918-01-18
CITY READY FOR
1878 AUTO SHOW
Managers Look Forward TO
Most Successful Exhibit
in City History
ALL NEW DESIGNS
TO BE ON VIEW

With thousands OF residents OF the
city, State and vicinity. temporarily
idle. on Monday and Tuesday OF next
week, because Of the governments
order, announced yesterday, that Amer
ica's manufacturing enterprises, with
but few exceptions would suspend
operations for 1--WE days beginning this
morning. there viii be a great many
persons who viii have the unexpected
opportunity 20 attend the Fourth An
nual Automobile Show I'm the Hotel du-
Pont In the daytime. Many Of these.
because Of their business duties or
their vocation. would be unable to at
tend except at night.
The Automobile Show, too, might
have come under the closing ban were
10 not for the fact that the place is
the lobby and main diningrOom OF the
Hotel dupont which would have to be
heated anyway and which therefore
must be kept open under any condi-
tions.
Tile automobiles TO be exhibited at
the show next week will include prac-
tically every leading make Of car on
the market today and the large ex-
hibit Of accessories and parts IS 20 In
Evening journal., 1918-01-18
ARE YOU "A SUPERMAN?
You Are if You Define rs of These Words
BY FREDERICK NJ. KERRY.

Special stan Dispatch.
NEW YORK. Jan. is.-ARE YOU A
SUPERNlANG
It's easy enough to find out The
Journal Of Heredity. organ Of the
American Genetic Association, whose
business Il is to tell the world how to
produce a perfect race. has revealed
the test.
It WIS worked out by NJ Terman OF
the department Of education OF Stan
ford University, In his new book, THE
Measurement Of Intelligence"
Professor Terman has found that
what hU calls the vocabulary test"
will measure with 90 per cent accur-
scy the intelligence OF any individual
The one hundred words printed here
with contain the key TO your brain
power They are derived, says the pro-
fessor. by selecting the last word OF
every sixth column IN q dictionary con-
talning approximately 1900 words
The test Is based on the assumption
that 100 words selected according 90
some arbitrary rule will be a large
enough sampling 90 afford a fairy re-
liable index Of a subjects entire y0ca-
bulary."
Extensive tests with various indlvl-
duals have shown that this assumption
Is justified the variation between NJ
two tests being more than . per cent.
Il may seem remarkable tnat so
small a sampling Of words should re-
veal the extent Of a persons entire
vocabulary, but lt Is PURELY
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM, similar in
all respects to predicting the result Of
an election when only a small portion
0f the entire vote Is known.
In 1914, for instance, about 100000
votes were cast for governor Of Cali
forn.a, and when only 10000 votes had
been counted, or "a hundredth of an.
10 was announced and conceded that
Governor Johnson had been reelected
by about 10000 plurality. Tile conf
pleted count gave him 1880 plurality.
The error was less than 10 per cent.
4 the vote" says Professor Terman.
To find out the size or your yocabu-
ary, and therefore how Intelligent you
IRE, have some one read over 10 you
he 100 words. while you give the def
litions Of them. The words are ar
-anged approximately In the order Of
heir difficulty.
It Is by no means necessary that a
perfect definition be given The test Is
merely intended to explore the range
n ideas.
When 10 is evident that one has a
fairly correct meaning for a word, full
credit should be given II the word has