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The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
PURELY PERSONAL

Mrs. Abe Feist, who has been the
guest OF relatives in this city. has re-
turned to her home in Newark, n. j.
Mrs. Henry Cootes, wife of Lieut..
cootes, L. S. y. has gone to Annap-
oils TO spend the winter with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Cooke
Surgeon R. E. Hoyt, U. S. N. and
Mrs. Hoyt sailed last week for the
philippines. where the former goes as
feet surgeon on the stan of Rear
Admiral Rogers, U. S. n.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L Ridgway have
taken a house on Meridian street, in
Chevy Chase, for the winter.
,.Irying Msrds left Saturday for his
home at Charleston. S. c., after spend :
ing the past six months in Washing
ton. He was accompanied by his
grandfather, A. Minzesheimer, Of New
Ark.
Mrs. Halsey Powell, wife of Com
rnander Powell, U. S. N, has gone to
Norfolks Va, for a visit to her father,
DR.. R. A. Perkins.
I NJ. o. Chance. D. c. postmaster,
has returned from a short visit to
his son. Lieut. Gordon Chance, U.
"a MAJ mt NOApcs hON SldtlOned at
Portsmouth, N. II.
I. Lieut.. David Goldberg. chaplain
OF the Great Lakes Naval Training
station spent last week as the
guest OF Mrs. Sarah Palkin and fam
ily. at the Essex apartments, Wash
ibgton.
3 Walter B. Spencer has been ap-
pointed postmaster at BarnesviIle.
Va.
A Franklin P. Moore has received
the appointment of postmaster at
Gary. Va
Sergt- William H. Sayles. of the
City Postoffice. is attached to head
quarters. s25th Field Signal Bat
talon, A E. F.
William B. Sinnott, formerly with
the City Postoffice. is with Battery
c. 10th Field Artillery. A. E. F.
George Teit. who enlisted while
In the service of the local postofice
is expected back from France
shortly.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
FUEL SHIPMENTS EASIER.

The Fuel Administration yesterday
announced changes in its coming reg
ulation to permit shipments from the
territory along the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, in Eastern Ken
lucky, to all points in Indiana To-
Gated on and east of the Chicago.
indianapolis and Louisville Railroad
from Louisville to Michigan City, for
industrial Purposes only. and to all
points in the lower peninsula OF
Michigan without restrictions.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
SERIOUS SITUATION
JOBLESS HERE
Senator Martin Sees Coming Con-
flict Between Women and Soldiers.

War workers don't want to quit
In the reduction of forces in prac-
ticaIIy every government department.
since the signing of the armistice,
thousands of war workers are being
dropped every week, and every worker
seems to be looking for a job else
where. Yesterday a stream Of women,
old and young. of all descriptions,
registered at the L. 5. Department
of Labor Employment Bureau on
Pennsylvania avenue. Many Of them
registered for holiday help in the
stores. The Civil Service Commits
sion IL busy turning away applicants,
said Mr.. HaIlOran. of the Commits
sion.
The War Industries Board will soon
cease to exist, and all other branches
Of the Council of National Defense
are rapidly reducing their forces. The
Housing Committee will continue for
some time. it is understood. The
Committee on Public Information is
rapidly disOrganiZing.
At the Capitol Senator Martin, of
Virginia. declared in an interview
that he considered the situation aris-
inz from the flood of unemployed in
women all wait jobs" he said. and
the soldiers coming back have to have
them. There are not enough to go
around. and don't know what is go
ing to be done Many are appealing
to their Representatives and Senator's
for positions, and sometimes urgent
appeals come from widows with sew
eral children to support
A pretty young girl presented the
situation rather uniquely to the gov
ernment in general and the Ordnance
Department in particular the other
day when she sat down amiably in
the Office of the appointment clerk
after being told her services were
no. Ueeded-
{ We'll. here am. and I've got to
have a job. I'm not a millionaire.
You know
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
Baker Issues Appeal
for Red Cross Drive

At the opening today of the Red
Cross campaign for nationwide men,
bership, Secretary of War Baker
made the following statement:
Prior to the signing OF the armis-
tice, the work of the American Red
Cross was confined within home and
neutral areas under entente control.
Now its scope is obviously enlarged to
embrace virtually the entire continent
of Europe. together with great por-
tions of Asia
The task which confronts this
great service of mercy Is thus vastly
increased by the cessation of hostili-
ties and seems likely to continue for
a considerable period.
Il am sure that all Americans will
wish to put their hands to the work
of healing and reconstruction, and of
the channels open none is worthier
of support than this"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
%:e@eauJ

ICE CREAM is beautiful in its -fichy attrsc-
tiveicolors:' and tastes even .betterIthan!it
looks: MadeIof'pure swholesomea delicious
cream.and milk, and little sugar. it is
favored to suit the taste. As,aTdessert 1t
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
SIX-CENT AIR MAIL
STAMP MAKES BOW
Postoffice Department Announces
New Aeroplane Issue.

A new scent postage stamp. intend
ed primarily for the aeroplane mail
service, but valid for all purposes foi
which stamps of the regular issue are
used, has just been announced by the
Postoffice Department.
1t is rectangular in shape and Of
orange color. The central design is 4,
mail aeroplane in flight. Triangular
ornaments appear in the two upper
corners. 1t will cover the single rats
of postage on aeroplane-letter mail.
The new 16-cent stamp for special
delivery and the Accent stamp for
letters weighing in excess OF three and
not more than four ounces for aero
plane transmission are now available.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
Help Our Own Folks"
Is Plea of Y. W. c. A.

Miss Alice Hutchins will talk on
Famous Sculpture and Paintings of
the Nativity" at the Christmas session
of the Booklovers' Club of the Y. w.
C. A. tonight at the Y. W. C. A.
Each Booklover and guest is asked
to bring some article to fill the barrel
sent to social service workers in North
Carolina mountains each year Any
thing appropriate for women and chill
dren is acceptable.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-16
PRESENTS OF SILK
TO AID FREE MILK
Bring Your Gifts to New Head
quarters on Fourteenth Street.

quarters on fourteenth Street.
SILK hosiery and dainty lingerie will
be converted into free milk for
France" if the plan of establishing a
''gift shop" in the city by the local
committee succeeds.
Nine COllardet heads a list of PROM
inent French women of this city who
compose the gift shop committee.
Quarters for the gift shop" have
been secured at SIS Fourteenth street
northwest
Donations such as silken hosiery,
lingerie, flowers, fruits, tobacco, rugs,
furniture. cut glass, silver. jewelry,
clothing and other articles will be re-
Quested.
These articles will be sold, either for
use as Christmas gifts or other pur-
poses.
The sale starts today. Mrs. Joseph
Kelly Hull. assisted by young sales
ladies. will be on hand to receive do
nations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

This is important news to many
citizens, l must think, and it is \
fact that the Pacific Coast people are
considering the bringing of thousands
Of Chinese here as war measure
to supply labor now so short. Now
the question naturally arises, how
will they be sent back home when
we are done with them. Our country
and the Coast people especially were
formerly stubbornly opposed to have
these yellow men here. Will not the
ships be needed and all that is avail
able to bring back our soldier boys
Once the war is over, how are we
tc transport back home these foreign
ers in another direction? Since we
once refused to admit them in times
of peace and prosperity will we ex-
press the right national feeling IN
dShluS IHeSe CuluduleH W COlnS anu
dc the work for us that just at this
time we cannot do. Then as soon as
the war is over invite them in few
weeks or even months to get away
back home to China? We arc done
with you-the returning soldier boys
will need your places, and largely so
when the thousands are let loose from
the great munition plants. 1t surely
seems to me that this country can
afford to wait somewhat and note
what other nations are to do and see
what happens in Europe now that we
have waited thus long. One thing is a
sure fact: We won't have the ships
to transport them back.
Sincerely yours, W, S. B.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

cause Of our sorrow. Jesus did not
come into this world fundamentally
to relieve suffering, as much of that
as he did relieve, but to eradicate
sin. Sin is the root, and he came to
dig up the tree by its roots. So We
had as we'll face the facts of the sit
uation. We are not right in heart
and life. We Christian people need
to PROSTATE ourselves humbly, con-
Tossing our sins, and then to cry
out on behalf of the community,
Jesus told us that the prayers of the
righteous avail much. He even went
so far as to say that some things can
be accomplish only by prayer.
| venture to affirm with implicit
confidence that If the Christian peo-
pie of Tampa engage in the earnest
prayer of faith, making at the same
time confessions of sins, there will
speedily follow a staying of this cpl
Idemic-shall | call it plague? For
this faith we are not limited to the
promises in the Scriptures. The day
of wonders by prayers has not
passed. God is just as mighty, just
as willing as ever. | do not mean
that we shall claim magical power,
or any mortgage on the will of God;
far from that. We are satisfied to
rest on our own experiences, the tes-
timony of Scripture, and the expert
ences of thousands of people.
Do not forget that for a long time
in this war the German emperor was
claiming that God was with him and
his armies. To be sure he seemed to
worship tribal god, and that god
of war But at the same time we
anu our allies were virtually Silent
on the matter of prayer. Then came
the call from our honored president
inviting our nation to prostration in
prayer. The response was mighty.
Almost Immediately there was turn
in the tide of battle Then followed
the daily call to prayer for our boys,
and since then there has been no turn
against us in the tide of battle. To
undertake to rule prayer otu of this
calculation places one who does so
on the defensive.
CLAUDE w. DUKE.
For the Ministerial Association.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
PRAYER and the "FlH''
written by W. the First Baptist Church. Tampa
Tampa Ministerial Association

This is time for the devout peo-
Iple of this community to PROSTATE
themselves before God in humiliation
and prayer. The whole world has
been in great sorrow and distress be-
cause of this war, and now our coun-
| try is stricken with an added grief
in this widespread epidemic. 1t
would seem that this disease is STAY
ing more of our people than all the
German guns.
1t is needless in times like these
to philosophize about prayer. Nice
distinctions belong to the realm of
theology, and may be interesting in
times of rest, when we are at ease
in Zion, but they are distinctly out
of place now. It is worth while to
remember that Jesus never philoso-
phized about prayer. He simply
urged men to pray, and assured them
that if they asked they would receive.
He told us that our Father is more
willing to give than we are to re-
ceive, and We who have tried Him
know how true that is,
Nor should it be necessary at
times like these to argue the import
ance of prayer. However skepticai
men at ordinary times may be about
prayer when in trouble they are dis
posed to pray have yet to find the
person, however skeptical he may
profess to be, who did not cry out TO
a higher power when in deep distress.
At times prayer is delight, at 9TH
ers it is a necessity The man who
walks with God will love to talk
with Him, but now is time when lie
must talk with Him.
This is not an effort to induce a
panic, but to prevent it. They who
wait upon the Lord renew their
strength. God is able to stop this
epidemic. God is love, SO He IS
ready to stop it, if by stopping it the
greatest good may ensue. Much de-
ponds upon us. We read that in
certain places Jesus was not able to
do many mighty works because of
the unbelief of the people. Do not
think that God is supremely con-
cerned to remove sorrow. He is not.
He is supremacy concerned to re-
move sin, which Is the fundamental
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
WaveletS
From
The Deep
c. Gre e n

Drunkards, beware! A light will
get lit and stay lit for days at time.
The Germans are using the old men
and young boys as soldiers now, so I
suppose when our boys arrive at Ber'
lin they will find even the babies in
arms.
The kid who sits on his department
card is not always upon his good be-
havior.
Talk about a chameleon changing.
how about mosquito being fly by
night.
A tramps last word to another was,
MAY all your troubles be little
buns"
When soldier in the first line
trench gets the devil in his head, You
can truthfully say he is Hellmetted.
In Chicago they love to talk about
their big feet, but in France the boys
perform big feats every day and are
very modest about them
The old oaken bucket must be look
ing pail and worn" by this time.
know Teller in Jacksonville
named Koffey that married girl
named Bean. There will be some
grinding times in that family.
Funny when it comes to burial
scene an actor has to hearse and re-
hearse it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
THE REASON WHY
Editor Evening Telegram:

Editor Evening Telegram:
While the profit making which the
war has made possible to nearly az
industry and commercial business
this effect has not hit the condition
in the newspaper world field We
have to believe all this when we Learn
that some or almost a thousand pub
fishers of the newspapers have been
pushed to the wall and put out Of
commission, all this on account of
the war. And it is very easy 10 dis
cover the reason, for whenever prices
have added to the cost of carrying-on
the business this increase has been
added to the product involved and the
public has to make good. The drug
gist would just mark up his goods,
putting on here and there 2 or 3 cents
more or enough to insure a profit and
so with the butcher, the baker, the
candlestick maker, the doctor, the
lawyer, etc.. but the poor newspaper
man has to get on as best he may
While all the material needed to get
out a good newspaper has increased
very materially, the public expects to
read the news at the old normal price.
To add to the subscription charge
to cover brings a howl, not stopping
to consider that paper, ink, metal and
labor and every unit that has to go
into the making of a newspaper is
costing double and treble wha. it did
before the war prices came. So
think it not so very strange that So
many have had to suspend and qu:.
the game. All other avenues OF
trade have been and are making good
profits the past four years. The
newspaper publisher has to stand t.
be worried, harried and his very life
made anything but bed of roses
Today his is the almost sole business
that is a victim of this war. Sc
let's all of us who enjoy his work
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
DOES NOT FAVOR
IMPORTING CHINESE
N AS LABORERS

Editor Evening Telegram:
When by chance we run over rat
tlesnake on the roadway and see i
writing and making no progress to
move away, we know that it can't live
so very long with its back broken.
When you see Prussia in a panic,
from the old kaiser to the gamblers
in stocks and from the stockholders
to the retreating Prussian armies, we
see another reptile in the throes of
death and know that this, too, cannot
live long. But withal a venomous
snake can poison one so long as there
is any life left in it. So the thing to
do is to put our heel on its head and
crush the life out of what is left.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

When any section of State can
take the worlds sweepstakes for such
a variety of products as sorghum
beans, peanuts, cotton, grapefruit
lemons, lines and oranges, at an in
ternational exposition, that State may
be said to have arrived" from an
agricultural and horticultural stand
point. That's what the Moore Haven
exhibit did at the International Expo
sition at Kansas City, where forty
five different products from that sec
ton were on exhibition, South Flor
ida can beat any other part of the
country in the diversity and excel
lence of her products,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
NOTICE
Lakeland, Fla, Oct.

Lakeland, Fla, Oct. 81, 1918
To the Public:
Until you are otherwise notified, the
previous order to prevent all public
meetings within doors is hereby in
definitely extended, as the conditions
do not warrant any modification Of
the first order. Churches, theaters,
lodges, moving picture shows, tuner
ais, etc., are herein included.
5000 E. G. FLANAGAN, Mayor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
AN APPALLING PREDlCAMENT

An Irishman had been informed
that his sister had been blessed with
a baby. When asked whether it was
a boy or a girl he replied:
That's just what is bothering me-"
Bedad, they don't say in the letter,
and now | don't know whether I'm an
uncle or an aunt"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

Wouldn't be too hard on those Re
publicans who voted in the last Dem
ocratic primary. They say Repub.
licans running for office, and they
thought it no greater crime for them
tc vote than the Republican to run.
The Evening Telegram has always
thought that Democratic primaries
should be for Democrats, both as to
candidates and voters, but it is only
recently that it could get certain PEG.
pie to its way of thinking.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

and efforts be considerate to full,
degree and if he does add a living
wage to his labor we should take our
medicine gracefully and come ucross
without whimpering in any way
oincerely yours. W. S B.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

The Florida Citrus Exchange plans
an advertising campaign in northern
publications that will be big boosT
for all Florida as we'll as for its own
special product The Exchange is
one of Florida's big assets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

1t is now generally conceded that
the Kaiser did abdicate, but the ruling
caste interviewed and the act OF re
nunciation was cancelled. However,
II is evident from the tone of TIE cor
respondence from Germany that he is
no longer held in absolute authority
as formerly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

We can't help but feel that the peo-
pie entrusted with the instruction and
the moulding of the characters Of our
boys and girls ought to get as much
pay as the colored railroad brakeman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

Beyond an occasional proclamation
the Ocala Star takes note of the fact
that things are mighty quiet up Tai
lahassee way" and suggests that per
haps Miss Ruth has decided to act
as governor for the remainder Of the
administration We hope this is the
case. and we promise Miss Ruth our
heartiest support, if she will only con-
tinue to keep things quiet around the
capital
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

Hurrah for the Florida Railroad
Commission which points the way to
Monsiegneur McAdoo to raise certain
revenues it seems he must have for
the express companies, without rails
ing express rates at the same time
The suggestion from Tallahassee IS
that the revenues needed for the ex-
press companies be deducted from the
profits of the railroads, without rails
ing rates to the public. The plaE
strikes us as being almost sublime IN
its simplicity, and we hereby pat the
back of the Railroad Commission and
hand it our sprig of lilac.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

The flu seems to be subsiding gen
orally, getting weaker as it travels
South. Let us hope it will reach
Cape Sable soon and jump off and
lose itself in "old oceans grey and
melancholy waste"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24

Puck having suspended some timt
back, we do not know any publica
ton that would accept so poor joke
as the Huns prating about honor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-24
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication 4
all news dispatches accredited to II or
not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein,
All rights for republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-14
Another Schooner Sunk.

Nantucket. Mass. Aug. 1.-THE
auxiliary schooner Earl and Nettie
was added to the list of fishing yes
sells sunk by a German submarine off
Georges Bank Saturday.
Six members of the crew were pick
ed I'D 100 miles east of Nantucket and
brought here with four survivors of
The schooner Lena May. They report
ed their vessel had been sunk by gun
fire, after being loOted by a raiding
squad from the U-boat.
The Earl and Netiie'S men reported
they were subjected to many indigni.
ties by the U-boat's crew Personal
effects of the fishermen, Of little value,
were taken along with prov .s;Ons and
clothing
An American flag. torn from the
masthead of the Lena May. was taken
aboard the U-hoat by a German officer
He wrapped it around his neck and
gave a grotesque exhibition of dane
ing. His men, armed with revolvers,
cheered.
The fishermen had been ordered
aboard the U-boat. Ten stood against
the coming tower 10 he Photographed.
As they were being lined up they We're
jeered by the U-boat crew. and knock
ed about when they failed to move
rapidly.
The mate of the Lena May says the
Germans were drunk.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-14
Quickly Regain Lost Ground.

With the American Army on the
Eesle, Aug 14-Thc Germans direct
ed counter actions against the Franco
American line between scissors and
Rheims without bringing about any
change in the situation Nor did the
enemy reveal any intention of an i'm
mediate attempt To recover any por-
ton of the territory lost north of the
Marine.
At no point was hard blow deliv-
cred. The guns on either side were
seldom silent. At many places, eSpe.
cially in the ne;glhoYhood of FiSmette,
north of FiSnes. where the opposing
lines are close. The Germans repeated
~ searched the American positions
with machine gun fire
1t is quite possible the German
crown prince lHay decide upon conn-
ter attack on bg scale in that sec
tor. Such action would neceSsitate
the bringing up Of divisions which
presumably are badly needed on the
Brit Spl front and IL other points. Ii
seems probable he realizes any at
tempt To WreSt territory here from
the troops that have Just taken ii
would he extremely high-priced
On the other hand, the Germans are
now in such positions along the line
south of the Aisne they can afford To
take more time for a retreat over
that river. confident the allies will not
ox+ap1 themselves tnp mnch in an of
1T here at this time