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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06
UNIFORM CORPS OF THE
RED CROSS VOLUNTEER AID
ORGANIZED IN DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE

A uniform corps of the woman's
volunteer aid of the American Red
Cross has been organized recently
within the war relief association of
the Department of Agriculture. For.
ty-four companies Of 20 members each
comprise this corps. The association,
with Mrs. David Houston as its presi.
dent, is Differed by women of the de.
partment and is supported by gen.
erous monthly and semi-monthly con.
tributions from both men and women
employees of the department.
Since its organization in December,
1917, the war relief association, with
approximately 1000 active workers,
has produced 23,022 surgical Dress
ings, 1,712 garments for Ill and
wounded soldiers, 622 for Belgian and
French children, and about 5000 knit
ted garments, many of which have
been sent to department men who
have entered the military service.
Many books and scrapbooks have
been sent to nearby camps and hos
pitfalls, and entertainments have been
provided for the soldiers near Wash
ington.
One hundred war orphans are sup.
ported by the department employees,
and through their efforts 40 others are
maintained by persons outside the
ranks Of the department. The asso.
citation operates two workrooms for
surgical dressings and third room
for the distribution of wool and ma.
terials for hospital garments.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06
GIRL WORKERS WHO TRAVEL
TO WASHINGTON WILL FIND
SOME ONE WAITING FOR
THEM AT THE STATION

Mothers of girls who make the trip
to Washington, D. c., in response to
summons to work for the Govern
ment have the assurance that there
will be no danger for the traveller who
arrives alone in astrange city. In
coming war workers find in the rail-
way station representatives Of the
Government and Of other organiza-
lions ways.
The District of Columbia Council
Of National Defense, the Department
of Labor, the Army Ordnance and
Quartermaster Departments, the Navy
Department and the Travellers Aid
Society maintain booths of informa-
ton. In addition, large sign an
nounces to those who wish to be put
in touch with Government activities
the location of the Service Bureau of
the Committee on Public Information
at Fifteenth and G. Streets.
The meeting of trains for the pur-
pose of assisting women, unused to
travelling, is in charge Of the Travel.
ers' Aid Society, which keeps uni.
formed representative on duty every
day during the "a hours. The hous.
ing situation is taken care of by those
in charge of the booth belonging to
the District Council of National De-
Tense. A list Of rooms for temporary
and permanent occupancy is kept
there and newcomers to the city are
referred to the councils room regis
tration bureau, 1921 New York Ave-
nu, and to the Young Women's Chris.
tian Association, Fourteenth and G
Streets, for news about living condi-
tons. The Army Ordnance and Quar-
termaster booth and the Navy booth
look after workers who have been
sent for by their special branches of
the Government service. Women,
who are not yet placed, are referred
to the free employment service for
women, 141O Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06
TRANsLAToRs OF
SPANISH WANTED

Translators of Spanish are in de-
mand. Women who translate Span
ish accurately and quickly should con-
municate with the postal censorship
board, Post Office Department, Wash
ington, D. c., for assignment to the
postal censorship in New York and
other port cities.
Our need in the past has been for
translators Of the numerous Euro.
pean languages" states the New York
executive postal censorship commit.
tee. But we have now obtained a
sufficient number of persons to carry
ON the work, with the exception of
Spanish translations. In fact, the
work in this language is so valumi.
nous that all vacancies caused by re.
signations of French and German
translators and English readers are
being filled by APPLICANTS who can offer
Spanish in addition to these Ian.
guages. We have been making an
pointments for some months and ex
pect to continue for some time to
come"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06
WoMEN'S OVERSEAS
HOSPITAL TO CARE FOR GAS
VICTIMS FOR FRENCH
GOVERNMENT


The French Government has as.
signed to the Women's Overseas Hos.
pitfalls 3O0.bed hospital for gas cases.
The Service de Sante will maintain
the beds.
A cable from France asks for doc
tors, nurses, and nurses aids for an
extension of the Labouheyre refugee
unit. These units, with two already
established, will make four hospitals
backed by the National American
Woman Suffrage Association. Nine
of the Scottish women's hospitals are
sustained by British suffragists.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06

New York, July 5.-The success OF
several minor track and field meets
not far from the battle lines In
France and Italy has lead to tentative
plans for a real international set OF
games to be held during the autumn.
At present the scheme has only been
outlined in a general way but the in.
terest evinced indicates that such a
series of events can be made unusual.
ly attractive in view of the athletic
talent available.
The games, if staged will probably
be held in or near Paris and will in
clude entries from the English,
French, Italian, Canadian and United
States army, navy and air forces.
Much will depend, of course, upon
conditions prevailing at that time, but
it can be stated without fear Of con-
tradiction that if the opportunity is
favorable there will be a remarkable
turnout of athletic talent.
The United States forces abroad
include large number Of college and
club athletes of prominence in their
particular athletic specialities and the
same is true of those of Canada and
England. France and Italy number
among their soldiers many men who
have, after several years if service,
developed remarkable physical power
and endurance and from these there
could be selected performers whose
ability on track and field would I'M
doubtedly prove a surprise to other
competitors.
Under certain conditions such
meet If it eventuates, might prove
a wartime substitute for the Olym-
pic Games which were scheduled to
be held in Berlin during the summer
of 1916. The war naturally side
tracked all possibility of these games
and there has not been meeting Of
the international Olympic Games
Committee for many months. At the
last conference there were tentative
requests for the privilege of holding
the games in 1920 from Cuba, Belgium
and Scandinavian countries.
Baseball is no longer the novelty
to Englishmen that it was few years
ago but it was only recent that the
natives had an opportunity to witness
the American national games staged
amid the proper surroundings. Ma.
jor league clubs have toured England
in the past and played the game
with all the skill for which the play
ers are noted but the final touch was
always lacking for there were few if
any real American baseball fans to
supply the natural background for the
sport.
With thousands of United States
soldiers and sailors now quartered in
England, this deficiency has been rem.
edied and the Englishman has seen
the fan as well as the player. The
result, as may be imagined, was
somewhat Of shock to the staid
Britisher and the newspaper reports
elaborated upon this feature. In de-
scribing the opening of the Anglo.
American league, composed Of three
United States army; one navy club
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06

A deserving working girl of Paris
has fallen heir to an annual income
OF $500 which was enjoyed by a pet
horse of Adolph de Rothchild until its
recent death frim old age, This was
in accordance with the will of NJ. de
Rothschild.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-07-06

A collection of photograph records
of all forms of speech is being made
by Paris scientist.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

Road Superintendent F. J. Somers in charge of the construction work in the Fairbanks district for tho Alas lll Road Commission recently received instructions from Colonel Richardson chairman of the board, authorizing him to advance the wages of the employees of the commission in that section 50 cents per day. The men were get ting $450 per day of eight houre. Elm ployos working by tho month have been granted an advance of $15.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

patrol expects to exchange mails with n similar patrol sent from Herschel Is land. When the exchanges arc made both parties will return to their sta- tions. The DawsoE police are expected back in March. They left January 3.
 Official reports of the discoveries and findings of Vilhjlmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, probably will be brought back and forwarded to the Canadian government at Ottawa by the Dawson patrol. It is believed here that Stefansson is at Herschel Island and world with the two police patrols.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

President James Godfrey. of the Mother Lode Copper Mines Company operating the Mother Lode mine near Kennecott, states that 100 mon are employed at the mine this winter. and that next spring the company will put in 5000 ton daily capacity conctn- trating plant Tho company has about 2$,00O tons of high grade ore blocked out and this will be mined and trans trucks this winter.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

The best guarantee you can have for a successful issue of your clothes is 10 patronze an old established house; a house that wants ycu 10 come back and be their permanent patron.
 Such a house is the Nome Tailoring Co.,, we make alterations.
 We do cleaning, pressing and re- pairina. We make suits to order. We appreciate your patronage.
 NOME TAILORING COMPANY
 Next door Segcrstrom and Hagen.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

A shipment of 50 tons of rutabagas and turnips was made to Seattle last fall on the transport Crook, by the formers of the Matanpska valley. A former shipment of 15 tons, sent on trial, met such a demand that the com mission house to whom they were sent requested further shipments. The vegetables are said to be far superior to similar ones grown adjacent to Se- attle
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

SEATTLE, Jan 5--Lumber, machin- cry, box shocks and other supplies for the 1918 season of the Alaska fish canneries are being sent north more than month earlier than in prev ious years. Nearly every steamer leaving for the north is carrying can- nery supplies. Evidently Alaska can nerymen are not intending to take any chances of a shortage of vessels on the northern runs.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

B B. Neiling, superintendent of the Perseverance mine near Juneau, has resigned his position, and has gone to Ray, Arizona, where he has accepted q position of Assistant Superintendent of the Ray Consolidated Mining Co., another Jacllling property. D. J, Ar gail, assistant Superintendent at he Perseverance will be promoted to the position of superintendent of that prop erty.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

Instructions have been received by Supt. Chas G. Titus to reopen the Jualin Mines, prepared to operate on a large scale. Plans include the en- largement of the present mill to pro- vide for the handling of 150 tons of ore per day, and the completion of the lower ndit which will be $500 feet long and will tap the ere body at a dept of 800 feet below the present workings. The J,,aiin Mines are situa- ted 42 miles north of Juneau It is a gold quartz deposit.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The Gold Cord Mining Company has let a contract to Fred Laubner for running a 500-foot tunnel on it's prop erty on Willow Creek. The tunnel will be run in on the vein, which is 13 feet in width. Laubner has in- stalled an air compressor and has started work on the contract.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The Alaska Pacific Herring Com cannery at Big Port Walter, and plants at Port Conclusion, Waterfall and other points Is considering establishing an- other herring and salmon cannery in the northern section of southeastern Alaska
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

During recent storm in Cook Inlet, Charles Nutters launch was beached on an arm of Fire Island and suffered considerable damage. Those on board were thoroughly dronched and were in such danger that they donncd life prcserVers and prepared to swim
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The first shipment of Matanuslla coal from the Doherty mine was made on August 16 of last year, and since that time this mine has supplied the commission and the local markets with bout 14.000 tone of coal
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

Rumor are prevalent in Anchorage of an important gold strike on Cari- bon creek, which flows into the Matan- uska river in the region of the Matan- uska coal fields. It is whispered that pans of $l5 have been taken from the paystroak,
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

Tho odd Fellows of Seward are planning the erection of a handsome new home in that place. The plans call for a structure 32 feet wide by SC feet deep and two stories in height.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

A slight accident occurred at Thane recently when two of the electric To- comotives hauling orc were derailcd with the ore cars. No one was hurt but the locomotives were badly dam aped
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The Bell Island Canning Company is new organization to engage in the salmon canning industry on Bell
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

George Anderson, mining operator in the Willow Creek mining district, is preparing to add Q ten stamp mill to his present production plant which now consists of five stamps.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

ANCHORAGE, Jan. 1.-Two expert seal skinners from New Foundland and two sealskin specialists from St Louis are to be stationed by the United States government on the Priboloff Islands in the Boring Sea to instruct the na- tives In the preparation of sealsl<in.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

Employees of the Alaska Engineer in Commission at Anchorage, have formed a company to work a group of claims in the Willow Creek District Five claims have been secured and development will be initiated at once
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

John Smith, an employee at the Snow River bridge, fell from a pile driver at work on the government rail- road near Seward late last fall and sustained severe bruises.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Free Masonry recently insesson at Washington D. C., conferred the thirty-third degree upon James N. Stody of Treadwell There is only one other thirty-third degree Mason in the territory, Judge Royal A. Gunnison, of Juneau
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

John Paul and his son William, while being lowed in q small boat by a fishing boat, near the mouth of the Skeena river were capsized and drowned recently.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 5-Many Alaska ranchers who have foxes for sale are receiving inquiries from Mon- tana and Idaho in regard to the prob able price of these animals and the care necessary to raise them. It is believed that fox raising is to be tried in those states.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The tobacco fund raised by the Seward Gateway for the soldiers in the trenches in France has reached a total of $121.50.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The fishing schooner Helgoland ar rived at Juneau recently from the Kodiak banks with cargo of S5,000 pounds of halibut.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25
ALASKA
 NOTES
->-~A--~-

Sexton and Thwaites have opened a confectionery, photo supply and curio store at Seward
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

DAWSON, Y. T. Jan. 5-Somewhere on the long snow trail between here and Fort NIacPherson on the Arctic Ocean near the mouth om the Mac kenzie river. patrol of four Royal Northwest Mounted Police and an h. dian trail guide are 'lnushing' north ward behind dog teens carrying mail and newspapers to their brother off, cers and other whit people who live along Canada's western Arctic rim.
 At Fort MacPherson the Dawson
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The total subscription to the Liberty Loan Bonds taken in by the banks at Juneau aggregate nearly $1O0.00o.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

The Seward Gateway states that the young people of that town are enjoying fins skating on lake near that town.
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Jan. 5-A tiny lake--one of the many along the government railroad in Alaska--has been named Lake Nancy in honor of Miss Nancy Lane, daughter of Frank lin K. Lane, secretary of the Interior. Signs bearing the name have been placed on the lakes shores by em- ployees of the Alaska Engineering Commission. Lake Marcy is located at Mile 1sO, abut thirty miles north west of Matanuska
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25

SEATTLE, Jan. 5--Hardy Pioneers who go to Alaska to develop its lands should be given special inducement by the government, asserts Professor c. c. Georgeson. who Is in charge of the gov ernment's agricultural experiment sta tions in the northern territory. They should by all means have reduced rates of transportation he said while here recently'because is costs as much to 0ake the necessary farm inland in Alaska as 1t does to purchase a small sized farm in the states outside"
The Nome daily nugget., 1918-02-25
WEATHER REPORT
 D. s. Weather Bureau

Februry 24 r m. Tomperature--Max F Min Barometor-2 inches Weather-Snowing Wind-NW 10 miles per hour. Freclpitation-O1
 Ferbuarv p p. m. Following Arc the lowest accorded for this year and last on the days designated. The minus sign before a number means below zero.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

south Georgia community the other
day is supposed to have done the in
human brutal work because she was
in drunken stupor from drinking the
dangerous illicit whisky which her
husband had been making. A still had
been operated by the negro man who
was but recently lynched a short dis
lance out of Cordele, and many man
believes this crime was due to h.
crazed drunken brute who knew little
OF what he was doing.
In Savannah they are investigating
the death of McKeown which resulted
from a drunken row Sunday. A raid
on the place where they roomed show
ed liquor and these men, the one now
murderer and the other dead, had
been drinking heavily.
In Colquit county crowd preferred
to in news accounts as a mob) shot
an innocent white man to death in the
roadway as they searched for a fugitive
negro who had escaped arrest. Make
your search and you will find that
illicit liquor was at the bottom of this
terrible mistake.
Count the cases coming under your
eye in day. Read the papers and
check against crime, homicide and
accidents that follow in the wake of its
use. They never fail.
Is it any wonder that sensible peo-
pie no longer enjoy this kind of pas
time? Is it any wonder that people of
reasonable minds, capable of thinking
Of the kind of citizenship they would
like to see prevoil give their time to
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20
United State to the international Ins

United State to the International In
| stitute of Agriculture in Rome
Mr.. Lubin belives that, despite the
Federal Land Bank, the American
farmer still suffers a great disadvan-
tage in obtaining cash to carry on his
business. To remedy this he has for
INFLATED simplified system of farm
banking and eIggeste it to William G
McAdoo, the Secretary of the Urea
sury and to the American Food Con
| troller, Herbert Hoover.
THE farmer at present does bust
ness under the stupid and costly pol
icy of the merchant of forty years
ago." said Mr.. Lubin. "He supplies his
needs on long time credit in place of
having recourse to the chief banks of
the country for cash wherewith to
place himself on a cash basis. The
farmer is under the thumb of the
money lenders and of the store-keep-
ers who sell to him on a credit basis.
Why can't he have bank account,
that is credit on open account, like
any other business man? He's got
land, the best security in the world"
"The Federal Land Bank has made
it possible for him to put up his farm
and get money on longtime mortgage
leans. These loans are made, how
ever, for charging the farm or max
ing improvements or for paying off
cid debts. But only a limited number
of farmers will mortgage unless they
have to. The census for 1910 shows of
3,94S, 722 farms we have 1876 percent
HCIldBdStu. w Hdl llSoc Ia uClo
need, together with the other 66.4
percent, is credit at bank instead Of
the costly, vicious credit at the town
store"
'The farmer can be put in position
to pay cash for what he buys by hav-
ing the twelve Federal Land Banks
increase their functions so that, in
stead of merely granting mortgage
money at a reasonable interest, they
may also issue certificate that the
farmer is entitled to credit within
fixed sum. This certificate deposited
in commercial bank in any place in
the union would enable the farmer to
obtain credit on open account at the
rate say of percent per annum and
against this account he could draw
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

by check, with the right of closing
his account at any time by paying up,
when his certificate would be return
ed to him
what should be done is to reduce
the banking business down to the
farmer. Let's-put him in the favored
nation class, too This can be done by
legislation permitting the Land Bank
certify to the farmers credit"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

The encouraging feature of the news
that South American republics are like
to train their soldiers in this country,
is the fact that we are going to have
an army from South American coun-
tries in the war against Germany.
There is yet both standing and fight
ing room, but none for retreat
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

Poland has regiment representing
that nation in the first French lines
facing Germany today. This is the
start that liberty loving people make
for deserved freedom. May the last Of
this fighting force live to see Imperial
Germany throttled in the effort tom
rule the world
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

eliminating it.
For yourself, have you ever tried
to estimate the damage that single
"moonshine" outfit can do in a COM
munity? There is a diversion for you
that might prove beneficial in just
the way for which you are not looking.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

The Louisiana senate Tuesday night
finally passed constitutional amend
ment providing for woman suffrage
after it has been ratified by the voters
Of the state in the election next fall
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20
LIQUORS GRIMES

Now and then we come upon a
tragedy that is all the more a tragedy
because liquor-intoxicating drink of
one kind or another-was behind it's
preparation. We have no respect for
the fanatic and it was the fanatic as
prChibitionist who had much to do
with our dislike for the very name of
prohibition in the years agone.
Now, since many practical every
day people have realized the neces-
sity for the removal of liquor. the
fanatic is not the only person one
meets in the ranks of prohibition.
Much of the sensible, effective work
is done by well balanced persons who
want to eliminate the evil.
And when a tragedy occurs where
it can be traced to the evil effect of
liquor, many a person resents drink
ing and the excess of it. There ale
tragedies being recorded daily that
can be traced to the evil influences of
liquor.
Even negro woman who beat her
three year old child to death in a
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20
FARMERS BANK CREDIT.

The American farmer ought to be
given credit at bank without being
compelled to mortgage his farm, de-
clares David Lubin, delegate from the
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-06-20

All day long the Germans work to
clear the harbor mouth at Zeebrugge
and all night long the British airman
work to tear up what they have &C
complished This is dramatic eXcit-
ing enough.