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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF The TENlH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND Fun pulN
c0lINTY FLORIDA.-IN CHANCERY.-
A. /. SMITH and G. e. SMITH, versus {. n.
ROGERS and n. P. ROGERS
nRDER mr. PUBLICATION

II appearing by affidavit of the solicitor o.
the cOmplainants in the above entitled cause
that E. II. Rogers and II. P. Rogers are non
residents of the State of Florida and are over
the age Of twenty one years and reside in the
United States and that there is no person II
the State Of Florida the service OF SUB
poena upon whom would bind the said de-
PENDANTS,
II is therefore ordered that the said h. H.
Rogers and H. F. Rogers do appear to com,
plainants' bill Of complaint at the office Of
TIE clerk of the said court, in Barlow, Florida
on Monday, the 9th day of May. A d. 1919
otherwise the allegations of the said hill viii
be taken as confessed against each of saiC
defendants, and that this order be published
once each week for eight consecutive weeks
in the Lakeland Evening Telegram, news
aper published weekly and of general cir
culatiOn in said county prior to said day
Witness my hand and seal of said court, a
Partow. Polk county. Florida, this 2Sth day
of February, A. d. 1918
T. A. JOHNSON,
Clerk of Circuit Court, Polk County, Florida
1906 D. OR Mon
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11
NOTICE CALLING ELECTION SUBMITTING
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT.

Notice is hereby given that in accordance
with Section II Of the Charter Of the City Of
Lakeland .an election will be held in The
City Of Lakeland, at the City Hall. in said
City Of Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. on
March 10Th. 1918, for the purpose Of submit
ting the following proposed amendment to the
City Charter, for the ratification or rejection
OF such Charter amendment by the City, and
such election is hereby called for that pur-
pose. The polls will be open on said date
from a. m. until sunset
BY order Of the Board Of City Commission
ers, this 18th day Of February, A. d. 1918
e. c. FLANAGAN. Ma" Or,
JOHN NJ. KEEN,
T. B. O'STEEN,
FRANK H. THOMPSON,
o. J. POPE,
Commissioners.
Attest:
H. l.. SWATTS, City Clerk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11
SPECIAL NOTICE

we have several secondhand sew.
!. ing machines that are in good copdi.
'ion' If you want a bargain, call and
get satisfied FLORIDA FuRNTT1TRE
1907
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11

Keep case of Southland Grave
, |. Juice in your home. Quarts
S4'oO case of 10 and pints, $3.50 case
1898
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11

', n,I-uo FLORIDA RUNNER PEA.
NUT SEED for sale at 50 per bush.
ELL e., I. o. b, williston. Geo. Bitch
Williston Fla. 1''''n'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-03-11

Amendment TO the City Charter NJ Tho c,,..
o. Lakeland, Polk County. Florida Amard Any ,
seeuon 20 OF Article 5 Of the Original Chor,ass
81 the city OF Lakeland. Polk County FinriSo
eStap,shed by Chapter 1868 of the Ion,s
=" er fIoIlua' Tor 1911, Relating to Reou,atIorS
.overnlng the City Council. and Gmend,.s
Sectlon of the Resolution Adonted -, ~
Said City of Lakeland, Polk County r1,., ule
establishing Form OF Commission cnra luu'
s,ient tor the Said City Of Lakeland S.'a
,reellon Relating to Terms, QUALIFICATIONS anS
'U pp 1 OF the City Commissioners "''N
bE IT RESOLVED by the civ Con,,ni.., /.
OF the City of Lakeland Polk Coin,y
sec l. That Section 20. Article ~ 't "a: /.
original Charter Of the CITY ~ ~, ~ lhe
ok County, Florida, as established 10 C
yer 1858 of the Laws Of Florida ~, ~ y nap
10 read as follows: amended
me City Commission shall be the ;,d,..
m tne qualifications. elections ana re;,,rnS 80
tseif own members. They NAV enc. rs VI
% procedure and may prescribe pensItios 1es
w! ne hon-attendance or disorderly condne, 'o W
thelr members and enforce the vsna M ~
may expei a member for improper cond,,o,
N ONCE by two-thirds vote. ma,o, 5,,uu ~
tne members shall constitute a Quorum H.. y,
smaller number may adjourn From Air."
time and compel the attendance ~ 10 70
tusmoers by imposing fines. ''n'
me City Commission shall hold thai, -.
'iat meetings as often IS four times eacb
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
CARLYLE WEIGH DIES
ON WAY TO HIS HOME
Kenosha Young Man Passes Away With
tuberculosis While Being Re-
moved from Wi1lowbrook.

Carlyle Hastings WEIGH, thirty-four,
son of Mrs. Mary WEIGH, of $50 Pom
eroy street, died at seven o'clock Fri
day evening while being removed from
Willowbrook sanitorium to his home.
The deceased had been afflicted with
tuberculosis for several years and on
April 4th left Kenosha for the west in
hope that the change of climate might
be beneficial to him. But the change
did no good and he returned to him home
last Saturday. 1t was predicated by his
friends that he had come home to die.
Under the direction of his physician
he was taken to Willowbrook SAM
forum last Tuesday and remained
there, where he continued to grow
worse, until yesterday evening be beg
ged so hard to be taken home that his
family yielded to his request and had
him removed but he died on the way.
The remains were taken to the under
taking parlors of Thomas Hanson &
Son, and prepared for burial and then
removed to the residence of his
mother on Pomeroy street.
On account of having to communicate
with relatives who live in the west the
funeral arrangements have not yet been
completed, but the funeral will be con
Quoted at the residence, probably on
Tuesday, and the remains will be
taken to the family s former home near
Hickory, Illinois, for burial.
Deceased is survived by his mother
Mrs. Mary Welch, two sisters and five
brothers. The sisters are Mrs. Matte
Mcfarland of the Associated Charities
and Miss Ruth Welch. The sons are
John, Warren, Harvey, Walter and
Glynn. The younger three are in the
United States army two of whom are
in France.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
STEAL PLOUS AUTO
FROM DETROIT STREET

kilograms received in Kenosha on
Saturday night announced that the
Hudson touring car belonging to Nor
ris Plous of Kenosha, had been stolen
in Detroit. Mr.. and Mrs. Plous and
members OF their family were making
an automobile trip through Michigan
and they had arrived in Detroit only a
few minutes before the car was stolen.
They had gone into the hotel to ar
range for accommodations for the night
and when they came out few minutes
later the automobile was gone. Prompt
reports were made to the police of De-
troit, but the car had not been recov-
cred up to late hour today. The car
was valued at two thousand dollars
and it was insured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
MORE CANDIDATES
TAKE COUNTY PETITIONS
Clarence Blackman Joins the Ranks Of
Candidates for Sheriff on the
Republican Ticket.

More candidates are coming out for
county offices and on Friday after
noon Clarence Blackman of the town
of Somers took out petitions as Re
publican candidate for the office of
sheriff. Mr.. Blackman was a candi-
date at the primaries two years ago
and made good run. He is one of the
best known farmers of the town of
Somers and has spent all his life in
the county.
James Crossin has taken out petit
tions as a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for coroner and John
F. Schmitt has his papers out for the
nomination to succeed himself in the
office of register of deeds.
The coming week is expected to be
the busy week for candidates and it is
expected that by the end Of the week
practically all of the places on the
tickets will have been filled.
As yet neither the Democrats nor the
Republicans have any pronounced can
didate for member of the assembly.
All other places on the ticket have
been filled by either a Republican or
Democratic candidate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
ROOF PAINTER BURNED
BY A LIVE WIRE
Dan Wright is Terribly Injured While
Working on Roof at the Nash
Factory on Saturday.

Dan Wright, a painter is at the Ke-
nosha Hospital suffering from very
severe injuries which he received on
Saturday afternoon when his left arm
came in contact with an electric wire
carrying some $4,000 volts of current.
Wright was engaged in painting the
roof of one Of the buildings Of the Nash
Motors company plant. He did not
know that the electric wire on the roof
was dangerous and his left arm came in
contact with it. The arm was terribly
burned. For a time it was thought
that he had been fatally injured. He
was rushed to the hospital in an am
bulance and today it is announced that
he will recover.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
PRAIRIE DISTRICT LEADS
District Of Pleasant Prairie With Total
of S4395 Leads Other 63 Districts in
the County Two Towns Exceed
Quota Placed for sale.

Slxty-four Kenosha county school
districts have sold and secured pledges
for the sale of War Savings Stamps to
the amount of $133, 14o The quota set
by the state committee for these sixty
four school districts was $780, and
the committee in charge of the sale
in the county are certain that before
the first day of September the Keno
sha county towns outside the city will
go far over the top in the sale of
the patriotic "stickers.
The towns Of Brighton and Randall
have already sold more than the quota
demanded Of them and several of the
other towns are already close to the
quota and they will be over-sold before
the end of the present month.
The workers in these towns did not
stop work on the War Savings Day
proclaimed by the President. They
are still working and the report of the
committee made public today is a re-
port of sales made up to and includ-
ing June 9th. The town of Salem
leads in the amount of sales with
total of $24,695 pledged on War
Savings Day and $1,995 sold previous
to that date.
District No. / in the town of Pleas
ant Prairie, over which William L.
Maloney presided, has the honor of
leading all the districts in the county
with a total of 1895. The Somers
District No. 10 with W. J. Craney as
leader, is second with sales ond pledges
totaling $4,225. Many Of the school
districts in the county had sales above
the three thousand dollar mark.
The town of Randall has the honor
of being higher over the quota than
any other town in the county, it being
nearly two thousand dollars more than
one hundred per cent efficient
In many of the school districts plans
have been made to continue the sale
of the stamps UP to the end of the
year and regular committees are at
work soliciting sales. The reports
returned show the names OF every man
and woman and child in the county
who have purchased or who have
pledged themselves to purchase the
stamps. The reports from the towns
shows the following figures:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
KEN0SHA MEN OFF
FOR "OVER-SEAS'

The first news of Kenosha men leav.
ing Camp Custer for overseas serv.
ice is contained in letters received in
Kenosha today announcing that mem.
bers of the Company B of the 310th
Engineers of the S5th Division have
left Camp Custer for somewhere in
America preparatory to starting for the
fighting lines in France.
The Kenosha list of men in Company
B includes William Brus, Joseph Brus
N. J. zehren, Leo Ryan, Harry Baggot
Helgar Pfal, Walter Firchow, Frank
Bull, August Elsen, Frank Anderson
and Arthur Van Vie.
These soldiers were among the mem
bers of the first quotas to be sent from
KenOsha to Battle Creek for training
at Camp Custer. Of course no an
Rouncement is made as to when these
men viii leave for overseas, but it is
expected that they will be among the
6rst of the Custer troops to see act
ial service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
COOPER Is GUEST OF
HEARST IN NEW YORK
First District Congressman Among
Those Present at New York Ban
quet and Trimmings

William Randolph Hearst, who wants
to be governor Of New York, and who
formerly had presidential aspirations,
invited the members of Congress to be
his guests in New York on July 4th.
Forty-eight Of the FIVE hundred respond
ed, forty-two representatives, six SEN
ators, and one delegate from Alaska.
Eight of the guests were Republicans
and the balance Democl ats.
Wisconsin was represented among
the guests Of Mr.. Hearst by Congress
man Fl. A. Cooper. In describing the
event, the New York Tribune Of July
5th, says in part:
"The guests sat with Mr.. Hearst in
his grandstand all morning as the long
lines of the loyalty parade passed in
review up Fifth avenue. For them
he provided breakfast at the Pennsyl-
ania Terminal, luncheon at the Hol-
land House, dinner at the Hotel Astor,
free entertainment in the evening at
the Ziegfeld 'Follies and the Century
Grove and when all was over, free ac-
commodation at the McAlpin. Today,
in taxicabs, the visitors will be taken
on sight seeing tour Of the city.
"Of the Hearst party, those who
voted against tabling the MacLemore
resolution, which advocated warning
Americans of armed ships, were Hen
ley, Shallenberger, of New York
Cooper of Wisconsin; and Dillon of
South Dakota.
"Those who lined up in favor Of the
Cooper amendment providing that no
armed ship of American registry should
carry a cargo of arms and ammunition
consigned to belligerent country
were Cooper of Wisconsin; Rouse
and Wingo.
Although all the rooms had been
billed to the publishers account, only
ninety-fve had registered as attached
to the junket at eight 0 CLOCK last night
and this number included many wives.
children and friends of the junketeers.
Clerks at the hotel were not expecting
later arrivals in sufficient numbers to fill
or nearly to fill, the rooms reserved. "
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
ACTIVE IN HIGHWAY WORK
Strongly Urged the Patrol System for
Good Roads and as One of Boosters
of Law to Do Away With Trading
Stamps in the State

t I. Walter Petersen, member OF the
assembly from Racine county, has an
nounced himself as candidate for
state senator from the Racine Kenosha
county district to succeed Charles II.
Everett of Racine, who has an
nounced himself as a candidate for the
Office of lieutenant governor.
Assemblyman Petersen made formal
announcement of his candidacy on
Friday and petitions for his nomina
ton at the primary are now in circu-
lation. So far as has been learned he
is the only candidate in the field for the
Office on either the Republican or the
Democratic ticket, but there are a
number of other men being mentioned
in connection with the Office and it is
probable that other announcements will
be made within the next few days.
Assemblyman Petersen is being Civ
en- cordial support in both Racine and
Kenosha county. He is widely known
in the two counties and his record as a
member Of the lower house of the state
Legislature is being urged as the best
possible reason for his advancement to
the upper house. 4
Petersen was elected to the legisla-
ture from Racine county in 1916. He
has been much in public life and for
some time he has served as member
of the Racine County Board. He was
one of the members of the committee
in charge of the erection of the new
training school for teachers at Union
Grove and he has been active in urging
the necessity Of this new school.
He went to the legislature in 1916 on
"Good Road" platform and he has
been one Of the most active supporters
of the good roads movement in the leg
islature. He advocated the patrol sys-
tenn for the maintenance of highways
long before it was adopted by the state.
Mr.. Petersen is an independent Re-
publican and he has been free of any
fractional entanglements.
During the last session of the legis-
lature he was a member of the import
ant committees on banking, highways
and insurance. In addition to this
service he was named by the Speaker
of the House as chairman of the
special interim committee to work out
plans for the reception Of the Wiscon-
sin soldiers returning after the close
of the war.
He was chairman of the joint legis-
lative highway committee to assist the
State Highway Commission in laying
out the five thousand mile trunk
highway system and he had much to
do with this work.
He was active in seeking insurance
legislation and in the passing of the
!" full face policy law under which the
insurance companies must pay for
total loss the amounts in full Oh which
they have charged premiums.
| He was one of the leaders in the bat
| tie to abolish the trading stamp from
Wisconsin and the author of num-
Der of bills giving wider powers to
town and county governments.
Assemblyman Petersen established a
leadership at Madison early in the ses.
sion and throughout the session he was
regarded as one of the Republican
leaders of the lower house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18
NEVER KNEW EACH OTHER
Somers Youth Has Hard Time Explain
ing Romantic Engagement He Ar
ranged for Young Woman to Whom
He Was Unknown-In Jail.

The budding romantic spirit of
Richard Cannavan, an eighteen year
old Somers boy, who believed that the
proper manner to meet a young woman
was with mask over his face and a
revolver in his pocket, was nipped in
the bud by Police Officer Maurer of the
city department just after nine O'Clock
Sunday morning when Maurer arrest
ed young Cannavan at Hasting s
Grove just north Of the city. The story
is an unusual one.
Cannavan had gone to the bridge in
the grove to meet young woman re-
siding on Racine avenue, who accord
ing to his story and according to the
story Of the young woman herself, was
not listed among his acquaintance.
You know me sis' which ad been
sent to the young woman under the
date of July 9th and which had been
turned over to the police previous to
the hour set for the meeting. The let
ter was Of more or less Of threatening
nature and it put strict order upon
the young woman to meet the writer at
the bridge in the grove at exactly nine
o'clock Sunday morning.
When the young woman received the
letter she was much amazed. She de-
clared that the statements made in the
letter were absolutely and unqualified
false, she declared that she had never
heard of the incident to which
the letter referred ano that she had
not the slightet idea who had writ
ten it to her.
With these facts the police decided
to find out the person who had knowl-
edge of the proposed clandestine meet
ing and to this end Officer Maurer and
another officer were sent to the grove
eafly Sunday morning The officers
concealed themselves behind convenient
trees and waited for nine O'Clock to
come. AS the hour arrived young Can
navan approached the bridge The
officer saw that he was wearing white
mask and they hurried to take him into
custody. Cannavan made no effort to
resist arrest and when he was taken to
the county Jail he was searched and the
revolver which was not loaded, was
found in his possession. He admitted
to the chief of police that he had writ
ten the letter to the young woman, but
failed to give any reason for so doing
The young woman saw Cannavan at
the police Office for the first time this
morning and. she declared to the police
that to the best of her knowledge she
had never seen him before. Gamma
van also told the police that he had not
known the young woman.
The letter is still in the hands of the
police and it has not been decided Just
what charge will be brought against
the young man. 1t is possible that
the letter will be turned over to the
federal officials as it is declared
to have been direct violation of
the postal laws.
In the meantime it is possible that
Cannavan will be held on a charge
of carrying a concealed weapon. He
made no effort to use the revolver
when the police officer approached him
to arrest him.
Friends of the Cannavan bow insist.
ed that the condition of the offense were
such as to suggest an examination in
to his mental condition rather than q
trial on criminal charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18

We are pleased to know that the
wives and the sisters of the powers
that be in Washington are busily en-
gagged in war work However, they
mist understand that they are not en-
titled to one whit more credit for their
service than the humblest of the wo-
men who are knitting socks for the
soldiers. ALL American women are
helping win the war and there is no
class distinction for any of them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18

reception rendered to him at Eagle s
Hall on Wednesday evening at which
representatives from every town and
every ward in the county were pres
ent. It>was a meeting featured by an
enthusiastic declaration of loyalty to
the nation, to the state and to the
home town and when it was all over it
left no doubt as to the loyalty of the
Republicans of Kenosha county nor
of their endorsement of the candidacy
Of Judge Randall
Party lines were broken down and
not few of the prominent men who
were present at the meeting had form
erly been aligned with the Democratic
party, but they declared in no uncer
tain words their belief in Judge Ran
dali as a proper man to go to Congress
and to carry to Washington the loyal
sentiment Of the First Wisconsin
District.
At the close of the meeting more
than two hundred of the voters of the
county signed the Randall pledge card,
pledging not only their votes, but their
active support to the Kenosha candi-
date for the campaign. In addition
to the signing Of the pledge cards, a
formal Kenosha county Randall cam
paign committee was organized with
Walter W. Hammond as chairman, and
Richard P. Cavanagh as secretary.
Candidate Randall appeared before
his friends during the evening and he
was given an ovation. He made no
attempt to make set speech outlin-
ing his campaign platform, but made
heart to heart talk to his friends,
declaring that he had been called by a
loyalty conference, to be a candidate
for Member of Congress and that he
stood ready to stand on the platform
adopted at the conference in the full
est possible way.
There was never time when fac
tionalism was So fully forgotten in
Kenosha county and when such a
unanimous spirit was shown in the sup
port of a Kenoha man for a high Of
fee in the trust of the people.
Present at the meeting were many
men who had formerly been active in
the support Of the present representa-
tive in Congress, but these men stood
right up on the floor and declared that
" Hal" Cooper had fallen hort-had
failed to meet the demand for proper
representation of the people of the first
district and that while their leaving
him might bring the breaking of old
political alliances, that their belief in
their baton and their state and its 10y
atty meant more to them than the sup
por of any invidual candidate for
the furthering Of his ambitions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18

The fact that Roy P Wilcox was the
author of the resolution to proclaim
Wisconsin 3 loyalty and that he battled
for it all the time the legislature was
in special session is not his least recon-
mendation for the honor of having his
name at the head of the Republican
state ticket. :
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-07-18

Being coal administrator for Keno
sha is evidently thankless job. The
state administration has found no one
ia take the Office. Some real patriotic
man who wants to be hated for the
rest of his life if he renders service
will please step out and say .Take
me-