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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
MRS. ]. M. CROSS

Early yesterday morning Mrs
Martha Gross, wife of Rev. J. NJ
Gross, D. D., pastor of Trinity NJ. E
church, South, died after prolonged
illness of heart trouble. She was 5e
years of age. The funeral service will
he held in Trinity church at 10 O'Clock
this morning, conducted by Rev. NJ
H. Norton and Rev. w. G. Fletcher
Interment will be in the city GENE
terry by the w. H. Combs company.
The palIbearers will be W. FL
Cbaille, B. A. Rutherford, A. FL
Adams, A. o. Moore, w. H. D. Stew.
art and w. J. Gautier-Miami Her
aid, 7th.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
BOARD OF TRADE
MEETING TONIGHT

In Thursdays paper you noticed
that the board of trade had very i'm
portant matters to this county to be
discussed tonight at the regular
monthly meeting, and we urge every
one that can possibly come to be pres
eEt. The board of trade meeting
should be so well attended every
meeting that standing room would be
appreciated. The board has plenty of
comfortable chairs, the room is well
kept and every one should feel keen
interest to come out and discuss bus
mess in general and form ideas that
would be beneficial to city and coun-
ty. Then you would see your own
ideas perfected and good results
shown. Nothing can be accomplished
unless we get the good will and CO.
operation of every citizen here. We
are going to have a good meeting
tonight, we are going to get your
ideas ESQ that means you must be
here) and we are going to perfect
these ideas, thus showing that the
Marion County Board of Trade is
really an organization that is well
worth maintaining. Now, as for you
not being member and not feeling
like coming out, don't let this keep
you at home, for next week you will
have the pleasure of meeting COM
mittee from the board who will invite
you to become a member. Tonight al
7:30 o'clock we will be looking fol-
you.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
BRITISH CASUALTk ES
FLORIDA AMONG THE FIRST
Our State Has Rallied NObly to the
Support of the Y. Nj. C.. A.

Jacksonville, March 8.-"Florida,
infant of the Southland in statewide
promotion of it's Young Mems Chris
tian Associations which commenced
in 1915, is some baby" according
to State Secretary o. E. Maple.
"Her citizens have rallied to the
support of the Army and Navy Y. M.
c. A. in war time with spirit which
places Florida in the front rank,
without permitting the regular 'home
base work of the association to fall
ter. Instead, it has steadily progress
ed during two brief years of state
committee history"
Florida has several record accom-
plishments to her credit in work for
the Y. M. C.. A. With 78 per cent of
the $4,000 subscribed during the
Red Triangle drive last November
already paid in to National Treas
urer Cleveland H. Dodge, Florida is
among the seven states which have
collected over three-quarters of their
pledges to the war work fund. Flor
| ida was asked to raise $4,000. The
state committee voluntarily boosted
the allotment to 100000 which was
oversubscribed $4,000.
Having completed its $4,000 new
city association building campaign at
Miami, Florida stands alone among
the Southern states to have accom-
plished such a task during recent
months" proudly states State Secre-
tary Maple. ''The organization of a
boys work program with w. f. Nc
canless as state boys work secretary,
and county work well systematized in
Polk county with Fay Chilly as the
secretary in charge, are two good
/ pieces of work done within twelve
months"
! There are now two city associations
operating in the state; at Jackson
vile and Tampa. There is one railroad
association, at ST. Augustine, and
four student associations. Pensacols
Y. NJ. C. A. is operated under the
Alabama state committee.
There are four training camps in
Florida where the Army and Navy
Y. NJ C. A. is serving the enlisted
men and two other camps where the
Red Triangle is likely to extend its
work within the month, as follows
Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, at the
ouartermaster corps training camp;
Fort Dade and Fort Barancas on the
west coast, where coast artillerymeT
are stationed, and at Pensacola naval
training station. There are nine
Army and Navy Y. M. C. A. build.
ings in operation and thirty-two Rec
Triangle secretaries in the state.
A "hut" has been authorized at the
new aviation camp at Arcadia, anc
Red Triangle work has been request
ed at Miami. Three Florida Y. M. G
A. secretaries have sailed oversee.
and four civilians are serving as sec
retaries in Southern training camps
During the month, State Secretar.
Maple has been asked to recruit ter
men for training at Blue Ridge sum
mer schools, near Asheville, N. c.
} where a school for instruction il
! Army and Navy Y. M. c. A. wa
work will open March 25th.
The report which State Secretar!
Maple made at the third annual con
ference of Southern state and inter
national committee Y M. c. A. secre
taries held at Atlantic Beach, Febru
airy 26th and 9th, was most favor
ably commented upon.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
OUTFOUGHT BY
THE AMERICANS
Hun Patrols are Finding that Our
Soldiers are Hard Men
to Handle
ASSOCIATED Pressl

With the American Army, France,
Wednesday, March 6.-An American
patrol of five men three nights ago
outfought an enemy patrol of ten
men. They met in "No Mans Land'
and the Americans opened fire. There
was lively skirmish for three min
utes, when the enemy retreated. They
left two dead and two wounded Bav-
arians who were made prisoners. The
American patrol returned to it's own
lines without receiving a scratch.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
BUTCHERED SOME
MORE BABIES
Again the Huns Shower Bombs on
the Women and Children
of England
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, March 8-Eleven persons
were killed and forty-six wounded in
last nights airplane raid >over Lon
don, according to the latest police
reports, says an official announce
ment. 1t is feared an additional six
bodies are in the ruins of houses. Six
or eight planes participated in the
raid, one of them reaching London,
where it dropped bombs in the north
west and southwest districts of the
city.
BRITISH CASUALTkE ES
London, March 8.-For the first
week of March, British casualties
were 3343, the lowest of any week
for several months.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
FOOLISH PEOPLE
IN FINLAND
Ask aKiser to Give Them for Their
King His Fifth Son,
Prince Oscar
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, March s.-The Finnish
government has asked the German
emperor to appoint Prince Oscar, his
fifth son, as king of Finland, the
Alton Tidningen reports, according to
an, Exchange Telegraph dispatch.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
DESIRES To SEEM
D|S|NTERESTED
Japan Will Welcome Chinese Co
Operation in Case 1t is Neces-
sary to Invade Siberia
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, March 8.-Japan, accord
ing to a dispatch from Tein Tsin to
the Dailv Mail, is reported to have in
timated she would welcome Chinese
cooperation in the event extreme
measures are necessary in Siberia,
thus desiring to demonstrate her un-
selfshness.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
WEARY Of WAITING
Sugar Plantation Hands in Eastern
Porto Rico Have Gone
on a Strike
(Associated Press)

San Juan, Porto Rico, March s.
Ten thousand canefeld laborers in the
eastern end of the island are on a
strike, causing the closing down of
three sugar centrals. The men declare
they are tired of waiting for action
by labor officials at Washington,
which is to determine whether a gen
eral strike shall be called.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
WANT A TRUCK CHEAP7

We have several cars, among them
a REQ roadster, a Buick and Ford,
either Of which has good running gear
and not expensive tops or bodies,
which could be cut down and make a
good and chea ptruck or delivery out
fit. Prices very low and terms if de-
sired. The Maxwell Agency, ocala,
Fla. 3-S-3td 1tw
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
AN AGREEMENT
ON EXPORTS
has Been Made Between Representa-
tives Of the Various Nations
at Harbin

Harbin, Thusrday, Feb. 28.-An
agreement has bee nreached between
the consular corps here, railway Off
cials and the Chinese customs service
to. permit the export of foodstuffs by
way of Irkutzk and Vladivostok, also
for the shipment of Manchurian pro-
ducts to Vladivostok for export to the
Allies.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
HAYNES WILL LEAVE
HELSINGFORs
Finland is No Longer a Healthy Place
For Americans
ASSOCIATED Press)

Stockholm, Thursday, March T.
American Consul Thornwell Haynes
at Helsingfors, has advised the Am
erican legation here that he is leav-
ing the Finnish capital Friday with
twenty American residents. Many
American refugees are now at Abo
Byornsborg.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
CUTTING DOWN ON
THE PLEASURE CARS
(Associated Press)

New York, March 8-The produc-
tion of pleasure automobiles viii be
cut thirty per cent during the fscai
year as war measure, the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
decided yesterday. The reduction ap-
plies to the entire uncompleted sched-
ule for the year.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
FURLOUGHS FOR
THE FARMERS
Authorized in the Bill Passed by Both
Houses With the War Depart
ment's Approval
OAssociated Prezs)

Washington, March 8.-Furloughs
for farmers and other men needed In
non-military pursuits necessary to
the war were authorized in the Sen
ate bill passed today by the House
with the approval of the war depart,
ment.
COLLEGE BOYS FOR Q. NJ. CORPS
Governors of the different states
were notified today by the provost
marshal general that all students of
land grant agricultural colleges,
whose class standing places them IN
the upper third senior class, may en-
list in the quartermasters' enlisted
reserve corps and be placed in Class
IS on the ground Of being in military
service.
RECENT DRAFT RULES
Reclassifcation according to phys
ical condition of the men called in the
next army draft is provided in revis-
ed instructions for medical advisory
boards which are being sent to the
local boards throughout the country.
The new regulations, made public last
night, require that every man sum
moned before the board shall be
placed in one Of the following four
classes:
A. Acceptable for the general
military service.
B. Acceptable for general militia
ry service after being cured of rem
ediable defects.
c. Acceptable for special or limit
ed military service in a specified ca
pacity or occupation.
D. Rejected and exempted from
any military service.
1t is the intention of the provost
rlarshal-general to provide later for
the further investigation and classi-
fication of the men acceptable for
limited or special service so that re-
cord may be made of the sort OF
work each of these men may be as
signed to do without endangering his
health.
Under the new regulations any all
ments and defects which gain ex-
emption of drafted men in the past
now will result in their being listed
in group B.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
HARDWICK VOTES WITH THE
HUNS
ANNUAL ELECTION TUESDAY

All friends and patrons of the Mar
ion County Hospital are urged to at
tend the meeting of the association
and annual election of officers at the
hospital on Tuesday morning at nine
o'clock. The hospital now has 49
members, larger membership than
it has ever had, and the faithful
few" who have guided it's fate thru
all the years of it sexistence feel most
gratifed at the fine showing.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
SHOWING A SPARK OF
FIGHTING SPIRIT
Recapture of hamburg by Russian
Troops from the Germans
is Reported
tAssocIated Press)

London, March S.-The Russian
revolutionary army recaptured jam
burg, c. miles from Petrograd, the
morning Of March 9Th, according to
ar official announcement made in Pet
rograd Thursday, and forwarded by
the correspondent. of the Exchange
Telegraph company.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
STOCK FOR SALE

$3.50 of the capital stock Of the
Carn-Thomas Company, fully paid
and worcestershire. Any reasonable
offer will be accepted. Address, Box
164, city. 3-7-6t*
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
CAN'T KEEP A CABINET
Spain Continues to Have Trouble
Finding Statesmen
ASSOCIATED Press)

Madrid, March S.-The Spanish
cabinet, recently reconstructed by
Premier Alhuchemas, resigned today.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
LITTLE HOPE FOR MEYERS LIFE
ASSOCIATED Press)

ASSOCIATED Press)
Boston, March 8.-The condition of
former Secretary of the Navy Geo.
Won L. Meyer was more serious this
morning, and his physicians say there
is little hope for his recovery. Mr..
Meyer is suffering with tumor of the
liver
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08

Those Hair and Clothes Brushes in
Gerig's window at one dollar each
have caused a great many to stop and
look. To look means to buy, so be
careful. Gerig's Drug Store. 2-20
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
BOUGHT A MAXWELL ROADSTER

DIR. L. H. Won Engelken has bought
a Maxwell roadster from the Maxwell
Agency for use in his practice. The
1918 Maxwell three-passenger road
ster is a very stylish little car, and
cne that any owner may well feel
proud of.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08

Thirty thousand choice variety to-
mato plants at 25c. per 100 or S1-50
per thousand. The Green House. 6-tf
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
INEQUALITY To
Be EQUAL|zED
ExtortiOnate Differential in Corn
Prices a Matter of Concern With
the Food Administration
(Associated Press)

Washington, March 8.-Tentative
stepsto reduce, the "extortionate"
differential in the price of corn as
paid by the consumer and that re-
ceived by the producer have been
taken by the food administration.
Officials refused to indicate whether
it had in mind assuring the farmer of
more money or the public of lower
price.
GRAIN ON HAND
Washington, March 8.-Grain in
the farmers hands March 1st, the
department of agriculture announced,
was.
Corn, 1,292, 100000 bushels.
Wheat, Ill, 100000 bushels.
Oats, 595,0O0,000 bushels.
ALIEN DRAFT TREATIES AP-
PROVED
Washington, March 8.-By unani-
nous vote favorable report on the
administration bill, to give effect to
the alien draft treaties which may
hereafter be negotiated, including
those with Great Britain and Canada
already signed, by authorizing the
president to order the registration of
such aliens, was ordered today by the
Senate military committee.
TOO MUCH OIL TAX
Washington, March 8.-Mexico has
been requested by the American gov
ernment to delay the enforcement of
and reconsider its decree of last Feb
ruary, imposing heavier tax on oil
products and cancelling leases made
since April 13, 1917. English and
American operators in Mexican fields
have protested that the new taxes are
virtually confscatory.
ALL RECEPTIONS. REVOKED
Washington, March 8.-All excep.
tions to the food administration rule
requiring the purchase of an equal
amount of substitutes with each pur-
chase of wheat -four were revoked
yesterday. This was brought about
of conserving wheat for the Allies.
SINKING THE SUBS
Washington, March 8.--More sub
marines are being destroyed by Am
erican and Allied ships than ever be
fore. Information reaching Washing
ton develops this fact in a discussion
of Eric Geddes' statement in the Brit
ish parliament that submarines ar
being checked.
HARDWICK VOTES WITH THI
HUNS
Washington, March 8.-The Sen
ate yesterday passed the administra
ton bill creating war finance cor
poration with a fund of four billion
FIVE hundred million dollars to ali
war industries. The bill now goes t.
the House. There were three vote
against the measure, Senators Hard
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
TOTAL COLLECTIONS

Total revenue collections for the
district of Florida for the month of
February 1918 were $342,712.67 as
against collections of $142, ,232.33 for
February of 1917, or gain of $780,
480.34 for February of this year. A
great number of tax payers are pay
ing their tax at the time the return
is made and submitted to the collec-
tor.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
DON'T DELAY
IEcome Tax Returns Must All be in
by the First of April
Especial to the Starr

Jacksonville, March S-Heavy s. pen
alties attach to the failure of indi-
vidual, partnership or corporation to
file income tax returns with the col
lector of internal revenue at Jack
sonville by April l, 1918.
James M. Cathcart, collector of in
ternal revenue, said today, that in
some instances people are delaying to
make prompt return of their in
comes, putting the matter off from
day to day with possibility that they
will overlook the matter, and not
have returns in by the appointed
time.
APRIL 1, is THE DATE
Every individual, corporation OF
partnership in Florida required to
make a return, is required to have
that return on file in the collectors
cffice in Jacksonville, by April 1,
1918.
The individual or the partnership
failing to make return by this time is
subject to a penalty of not less than
twenty dollars nor more than $1,000
and automatically on failure to make
returns promptly an additional tax
of fifty per cent is assessed on that
Individual or partnership.
In the case of a corporation the
penalty is not exceeding $4,000 and
automatically fifty per cent increase
in taxation is assessed.
PAID BY JUNE Is
The tax may be paid at the time
the return is made out and the gov
ernment being at war, prefers this
method where it is not inconvenient
for the taxpayer to make the pay
ment. But the tax must be paid by
June Is and any delay in payment
after that time is met with a five per
cent penalty and interest of one per
cent month on the amount until it
is paid.
Blanks of every kind required may
be obtained at once by addressing the
collector of internal revenue at Jack
senville, and the obligation is on the
taxpayer to get the blank-not on
the collector to furnish the bland ex-
cept on application of the taxpayer.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08

Bargains in Fords.
3-18 The Maxwell Agency
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08

Do you read the want ads I
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08

Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and
Saturday, little change in tempera-
ture.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-03-08
GRAIN ON HAND

Washington, March 8.-Grain in
the farmers hands March 1st, the
department of agriculture announced,
was.
Corn, 1922, 900, 900 bushels.
Wheat, Ill, 100000 bushels.
Oats, sos, 100000 bushels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
THE GENERAL BUSINESS FIELD.

The restraints on business have not
appreciably diminished and in some
ways are intensified, the restriction Of
industrial and mercantile activities be-
coming more far-reaching in it's effects
Because Of recent severe weather in
sections OF the east as we'll as of the
west and south, the vigorous measures
to relieve the transportation tie-up are
in part nullifed, and both production
and distribution are stlll more serious
ly deranged. With the percentage Of
idle machinery increased by the gen.
eral difficulty in obtaining fuel, many
manufacturers mt only And y irnrrac-
ticable to book additional contracts,
but they are greatly hampered in filling
back orders and this condition 10 natur-
ally aggravated by the further cur
tailment Of outputs thru the Monday
holidays.
The Influence Of the enforced sus-
seen in the reduced volume of retail
transactions and there is some COM
plant about collections, which are rem
dered less prompt both by the more
conservative purchasing by consumers
and by the retarded shipments Of mer-
chandse.
Yet commercial failures in January
make the best numerical exhibit for
the period in over a decade and other
statistical comparisons continue favor
able, bank clearings at leading centers
outside New York this week being IL
per cent above the then record figures
Of 1917, tho allowance should be made
for the difference In commodity prices
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
EVERY VACANT LOT A GARDEN.

Every vacant lot a garden" is fine
slogan for Marshalltown. Not that a
slogan amounts to much except when
II expresses a determination but that
every vacant lot and every back lot
a garden" should be the determination
OF Marshalltown and every other town
in the United States
The man who is to have a. gardan
should be thinking Of 1t now, not only
thinking but planning where and how
1t is to be. The man who is to ad
vantage himself by permission to raise
a pig within city limits should be
making arrangements to buy the pig.
Those who are going to have chickens
should be getting ready to care for
hem.
To leave fertile patch Of ground
unworked within the limits Of Mar:
shalltown would be shameful this wear,
And that goes also outside the limits
OF cities and towns If this war goes
on as 1t probably will for another
year or two the need Of the world and
OF ourselves will increase in a grow
ing ratio as the years pass. There is
reason, desperate cause to work every
patch OF fertile soil for all it will give.
The man who raised potatoes last
year has an advantage today. He
can match the potatoes In his cellar
against wheat -four as a substitute at
the store. So with beans. He had
the greater advantage Of having the
food and Of having his money at the
same time. He can raise q pig and
have his own pork And he'll need to
raise It this year if he has pork next
winter.
Begin to get ready for those gardens.
No man who has been helped this year
thru the kindness and helpfulness of
the charity association should be given
help next winter unless he had raised
Ia garden this summer That's one
thing. Another thing Is that the man
whatever his status financially neglects
duty when he fails to raise part of
what he must eat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-05
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Well, It didn't take Billy Bunny and
Uncle Lucky quite all night to wash of
the coal dust, which told you about
in the last story. I think it was Just
II o'clock when they were as clean and
white as they were before they set out
with the big wagon to give coal to all
the Door freezing Dummies in Rabbit
vile.
And now let's have something to
eat said the old gentleman rabbit. So
Mrs. Bunny got out some preserved
carrots and sweet picked watermelon
rind, and after that the two little rab-
by, not so very far. they came to the
Old Farmyard where Kenny Jenny and
Cocky Docky lived, and where the Old
weathercock swung this way and that
way on top Of the Big Red Barn.
Look out for Old Sic'em," cried the
weathercock. for he thought, you
know, that the old dog might hurt the
little Dummies, but he didn't, for he was
tied by a chain to his little house.
isn't he chained?" asked the old
gentleman rabbit anxiously. and he
peeked thru a knot hole in the fence
with his right eye, for there wasn't
room TO look thru with both eyes.
oh yes. he's tied up fast" said
Turkey Purkey. and then he gobble-
gobbled and spread his tail like jap
anese fan.
So the two little rabbits hoped into
the barnyard. for II was still very early
in the morning and the big farmer
wasn't out Of bod. ana Old sic'em was