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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
TOURIST RAILROAD FARES TO
CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA

The United States Railroad Admin
istration authorizes the following:
Director General McAdoo announces
that tourist fares to California, tick
cts on sale all the year, with nine
months limit as heretofore, will be
80 per cent of double the one-wav
fares bearing the same percentage re-
lation to the present one-way fares
as the former round-trip fares bore
to the old one-way fares. The fares
from the Missouri river will be $40
higher than they were formerly, from
Chicago 1881 higher, from New York
SIZES higher.
Winter tourist fares to Florida and
southern points will be made on the
same basis as to California, namely
30 per cent of double the one-way
fares, and the new fares will bear
about the same average ratio to the
present advanced fares as the old win
ter fares bore to the old one-way
fares. Tickets will be sold from Oct
! to April 30, both inclusive, with re-
turn limit June 1, stop-overs to be al
lowed on going or return trip within
final limit as heretofore.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
Lakeland, Fla.

The House, Saturday night, by
vote of 1856 to passed the Man Power
bill, which will demand the registra-
ton of every man from IS to As in
the United States. The amendment
to put young men of 10 to 20 in the
deferred class was voted down. The
bill now goes to the Senate and will
almost certainly pass this week. The
expedition of the House and it's al
most unanimous vote to pass the bill
as the War Department wants, it
lis most praisworthy But it's &C.
ton in exempting it's own members
from the draft was highly reprehen
sible. A significant thing is that the
congressman were afraid to 60 on
record as exempting themselves
They voted themselves exempt by a
rising vote, which makes it impossi-
BILE for the country to know who vot-
ed for and who against. One hundred
and forty-three voted to exempt them
selves, and eighty-nine not to do so.
Every district should try and find out
how its representative voted, and if
he is of draft age it should elect him
TO stay at home. We really didn't
think there were so many towards in
Congress. -Ocala Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
THOUGHTS OF A CUMBER-
LAND ON PRESENTATION OF
SERVICE FLAG TO CHURCH

About three hundred years ago
Our forefathers crossed the ocean
slow,
Seeking country where each one
might
Worship God as they thought right
For religious freedom they rjsked
crossing the water,
And working hard, both son and
daughter
They fought the Indians and opened
the land,
Showing the spirit of God in man.
Later, near hundred and fifty years,
Descendants of those men who knew
no fears
Fought and whipped the country old
For freedom of government, their
rights to hold.
Close to a hundred and fifty years
more have past
And the descendants of those same
men are fast
Answering the call to make the world
free
And a safe place for humanity.
This fight for righteousness to make
the world better
Is foretold in Gods book almost to
the letter,
And our boys are helping to prepare
the way
For the coming of Christ's kingdom
some glad day,
H. j. A.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

People who sheer at the value of
tourists to this community are poorly
informed. Tourists left many thou
sands of dollars in this community
last year and the year before, and,
frankly, with the conditions brough.
about by the war we do not know
how we'd have gotten along without
the money they brought in. Things
are easier now, but we are in no no.
sition to assume a contemptuous at
utude towards this source of income.
Tourists are coming to Florida in
droves, but Florida is a mighty big
state and there are lots of places they
can go besides Lakeland. Let us in
vite them, advertise for them, show
them that we're glad to have them.
Let them fill up, at good but reason
able rates, all those spare rooms in
town, throng our restaurants and
+ boarding houses and spend their
money among us. All of us eventu-
ally will get some of this money even
II the tourists do not hand 1t to us
direct.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
WaveletS
From
Deep
C.Green

It's hard to tell the truth because
you don't know what to tell it.
II the American sailors knew there
was a sub due over here they could
sub-due it.
After a baby is born, it osborne
again and again.
A railroad man will ride on a pass
but will never use the pass when he
has got openers.
When you go to "devour" a book
you always sit down at the table of
contents"
When it comes to a light lunch a
dozen cold boiled legs" is a great
LAYOUT.
The man who is frightened into
squatting position is sure stoop!fed.
All girls are fond of Taffy-ta.
Some men they call fashion pilates"
get cracked as easy as other crockery
ware.
A woman will sigh and cry until
she dies and a man will stall, and
bawl until he's called, but the world
gives and lives.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
THOSE WHO ENCOURAGE
REDEMPTION OF W. S. s. HAD
BETTER WATCH OUT
(Orlando Reporter-Star)
H. j. A..

(Orlando Reporter-Star)
There has been some pro-German
work going about which has been
brought to the attention of Post Mas
ter Mclean. This work consists
mainly in endeavoring people to re-
deem their War Saving Stamps.
This is what Mr.. MCLEAN has to
say on the subject, you can Judge for
yourself whether or not you would
want to be caught at it.
Augusut 26, 1918.
Dear Sirs:
The Post Office Department is in
receipt of reports from different sec
lions OF the country, exposing a con
certed movement on the part of the
enemy, by influencing the redemption
OF War Saving Stamps. AS all of this
w. s. S. money goes directly into the
war Fund for the purchase of NUM-
lions we must as Americans protect
1t, just the same as we would our own
families.
Any American citiben or American
Sympathizer that will furnish me
with evidence against anyone that is
encouraging the redemption of W. 8
S. has my word for it that they will
do 1t no more.
Unless in cases of extreme neces
sity don't REDEEM them, its the same
thing as taking tn ammunition from
Our Boys, sending them to fight with
empty guns. Postmaster
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

We see the most foolish little saw
lngs ordered by those in authority,
simultaneous with the preparation OF
the most indiscriminate waste. For
instance. an order has been issued
that wedding invitations must be
printed on single sheet of paper
and only one envelope allowed. This
Will mean a saving in a year equal
perhaps to the waste in paper and en-
velopes sent out by various publicity
departments in single day. Every
body is frantically trying to do the
best thing, we are sure, but the eff
forts Of some lesser officials clad in
a little brief authority are mighty
amusing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
WANTED-Night Waterman. Must
know how to fire steam boiler. Ap.
ply Lakeland Manufacturing Co.
7S40

Mrs. s. G. Davis and son, Ralph,
with Miss Lurene Hillians, arrived
in the city yesterday to be the guests
or DR.. and Mrs. N. L. Bryan. They
Iare returning from a pleasant sojourn
in the mountains of North Carolina
and Tennessee. They are enroute TO
their home in Lakeland Orlando Re-
,porter-Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
NOTICE TO GROWERS

We carry a stock of the following
brands of Wilson & Toomer FERTILE
ers:
Goat Manure; Winter Haven Spe-
ctal; Acid Phosphate; Flordeal Grow
er; Cherokee Grower; Sweet Potato
Special; Ideal Strawberry.
1884 MARKEY-BROWN co.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Our advice to farmers is to plant
potatoes next season because the low
prices the past season disguised ev-
erybody in the potato game, and spuds
are going to be scarce and high. We
are giving this advice thus openly be-
cause we know there are not going to
be enough growers take it to impair
its value.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Polk county continues to increase
the number Of dipping watts, and pro-
portionately we believe the influence
Of demagogue politicians, calamity
howlers and knockers is on the wane.
There may not seem to be much con-
nection between the two conditions,
hut there is. The cattle tick and the
gentry we have mentioned usually
flourish together.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
9 to IA.

Hairpins the points of which inter-
lock to prevent them slipping have
been invented by an Englishman.
An inventor has brought out a ma
chine for accurately fitting new doors
to frames with minimum of labor
The discovery Of a process for max
ing synthetic diamonds is claimed by
swiss scientists of high standing.
A Nebraska man is the inventor NJ
a vacuum cup to be worn on the hand
to help a pitcher curve baseball.
screens to prevent fog entering
buildings by way of electric ventilat-
ang 1ans are an English inventors
idea.
AN inventor has combined a pencil
hoider' ruler, comb, envelope opener
ana nail file in a single compace i'm
plement.
An Englishman has invented q de-
vice for automatically taking un the
slack in aeroplane wires and keen
ing them taut.
ruling back the handles of new
motorcycle stops it by disengaging
the clutch, throttling the engine and
applying the brakes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
TO HAVE MORE RAIL.
WAYS In JAPAN
(By Associated Press. \

Peking, Aug. 27.-An agreement
for loan of $2O,OOO,OOO for construc-
ton of the Kirin-Huining railway has
been sigr"a by Tsac Ju-lin, minister
OF comm 1.ca items, and representa-
tives of japanese banks. The pro-
posed railway will extend from Kirin.
to Huining in Korea, a distance of
about 277 miles.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

We wonder if there will be any spe-
cial observance of Labor Day this
year? Labor and patriotism were new
er so closely united as now, and it
would be well to have patriotic OBJ.
seryance of the day dedicated to the
exposition of labor's ideals.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

A bone dry nation is planned after
July LIST next. That won't make much
difference in Florida where Tampa's
the only wet spot in the State. But
some of the old timers are looking
ahead with dismay to that long dry
spell.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
EPleRAMs

There is no neutral ground now
you are a patriot or Stacker,
Save a dollar for a rainy day-buy
WSs.
Start your fortune on War SAVINGS
Stamps.
You will need your War Savings
Stamps when the war is over-buv
them now.
Germany must not know we fai,ed
to buy WSS.
Let the boys in France know we
are backing them up with Wss
Every boy can become a soldier nv
buying WSS.
Pledge anew your fealty September
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Bronze hose in which there 10 ~
rubber, canvas nor leather, mas ueen
invented in Great Britain for hanaliN'
fuel oil. ~
It is claimed that a full heau ~ -
steam can be raised in Is minutes =
new type of locomotive deSisH
for light work.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
WHO Is THE GIRL?

(From the Lancaster, Pa, Examiner)
Found among a Christmas packet
sent to Lancaster soldier were the
verses printed below. This was one
of a number of packets sent by Lam
caster county girls and it is believed
the verses were written by a gifted
Lancaster lass, and every one would
like to know who she is. The soldier
boy receiving the packet sent copy
of the verses back to his mother, and
they have been sent back to the Ex-
aminer for the two-fold purpose of
publication and with the hope of iden-
tifying the author. If a Lancaster
city or county person has writer
what will meet the universal appro-
baton Of every American patriot, she
should be known, and be accorded the
praise she deserves. If, however.
modesty should intervene to prevent
public notoriety, the Examiner here
with makes the plea for an admission
Of authorship to be held in confidence
and not for publication. These are
the verses:
Let Him Live
AS long as the flowers their perfume
give,
So long I'd let the kaiser live;
Live and live for million years
With nothing to drink but Belgian
tears;
With nothing to quench his awful
thirst
But the sailed brine of Scotchman's
curse.
I would let him live on dipper each
day,
Served with things on a golden tray,
Served with everything things to
eat.
/ would make him bed of silken
sheen,
With costly linens to lie between,
With covers of down, and filets of
lace,
And downy pillows piled in place;
Yet when to it's comfort he would
yield,
1t would stink with the rot of the
battlefield,
And blood and brains and bones of
men
Should cover him, smother him, and
then
His pillow should cling with the rot
ten clay
Clay from the grave Of soldier boy;
And while Gods stars their vigils
keep,
And while the waves Of white sands
sweep,
He should never, never sleep.
And through all the days-through all
the years,
There should be an anthem in his ears
Ringing and singing and never done,
From the edge of light to the set Of
sun,
Moaning, and moaning, and moaning
wild,
A ravaged French girls bastard child.
And I'd build him castle by the sea,
AS lovely castle as ever could be.
Then I'd show him a ship from over
the sea,
AS fine ship as ever could be,
Laden with water cold and sweet,
Laden with everything good to eat.
Yet scarce does she touch the silvered
sands,
Scarce may ne reach out his eager
hands
Than hot and hellish molten shell
Should change his Heaven into He'll.
Ind though he'd watch by the wave
swept shore,
Our Lusitania would rise no more.
In No Mans Land where the Irish
fell
I'd start the kaiser private hell,
I'd jab him, stab him, give him gas,
And in each wound I'd pour ground
glass;
I'd march him out where the brave
boys died,
Out past the lads he crucified.
In the fearful gloom of his living tomb
There is one thing I'd do before was |
through
I'd make him sing in stirring man.
ner
rhe wonderful words of "The Star
Spangled Banner"
Musical instruments, composed |
lrin cinn 1lv of xuood .,eeo, ~.. -
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Efforts have been made to pr'au',
textiles from the fiber OF a KIM u
silk grass that grows wild through
Honduras.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

A good many new people already
coming in. They are tired of winters
such as last seasons with no coal to
be had for love or money.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Three deposits of nickel have O'e'
discovered in Alaska and work Is u
der way to ascertain the extent u
two of them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
THE LAKELAND NEWS
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
pREcQ

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication q
all news dispatches accredited to It or
not otherwise credited In this paper and
also the local news published herein.
ALI rights for republication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

Musical instruments, composed
principally Of wood, suffer more from
the climate of India than any other
wooden structures.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

experiments are being tried in
england with pumps in which ex-
plosions Of gas and air act directly
against the water to be lifted
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
raised several inches.

In Argentina rabbit cannery ha
been established in the hope OF riu
ding some sections Of the country
a pest in a profitable way.
An attachment for road tractor
has been invented which enables Oh
man to drive a tractor and guide
grading scoop at the same time
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

FOR the convenience of children in
motion picture theaters a chair has
oeen patented with a seat that can no
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27

According to British scientist niei
20 to lseep more uickly than women
but sleep less soundly and, il IN hor
NAL health, not as long.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-08-27
KAISER BIZ

(By r. A. War; w
You are a mighty Hun, NAr
You claim place within'ill; INN
Where Me und Gottsare \
But they've got you on the. no
Just the same.
You're troops are on the rent, 1
Bill, :
They are quickly leaving l&ancrf
Allies aid in their advance, \
And furnish music for the ID Kce
Free of charge.
You're in leaky boat, Kaiser Bin
And the Allies are afloat,
OF this you will take note,
For they'll surely get your goat,
Yes, they will.
Your doom is surely sealed, Kais
Bill;
Soon will end your days of grace,
And your crimes you'll have to fac
But Satan has reserved the place,
None else could fill.
You claim "Gott nit uns," Kaiser Bi
Yet you're a murderer, liar, THE
Your crimes exceed belief.
You are the DEVILS chief.
You ornery cur.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03

and reached a point south of Braisne
on the VeSle river, about eleven miles
from SCISSORS.
As the line stands today, It's shape
resembles a gieantic fish hook The
shank Of the hook" runs straight
west from Rheims to Ser2y-el Prn
then bends slightly to the souihward
and then curves norlhward to the hills
south OF the Aisnc where It sweeps
TO the east as far as south of Braisne.
They'll Be Hooked.
Reports from the front say the ad-
vance eastward from Bral'ne is con
tinuirg II this movement succeeds.
the Germans caught by Foch's Fish
hook" will be compelled to fight at a
great disadvantage, while their only
retreat will he over the high hill, be-
tween the Nesle and the Aisne
There now seems to be no possibility
of the Germans holding their line OF
the Veslc The Aisne presents the first
safe refuge for the defeated armies OF
the German crown prince.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03
c. W. HERoD, Woodward, Oklahoma,
Democrat
For Corporation Commissioner

by birth Democrat principle Of marked abi
clean business resident OF the West Side
Democratic Party, w Heod quail
fled for the place he seeks steadfaSy the Democratic Party
machine clique
dominate Oklahoma equally unattached special
therefore able that he will when chosen
for this place administer the affairs the office the interest Of all the people
Eighth made by legislative
Republican that the resnng Congressional Districts might have
w Hod oled
ermo o Ms residence IN Oklahoma
by Mr. Herod the loyal Demo
Side Of them their support
their political brethren of the West Side
should this Commission
the old Indian the
conducive the best Of the Democratic the welfare Of
the IS whole
The of the have determined elect c w Hod West
the already holding
the Congressional Districts rally support
this office which by fairness and should be awarded
the West Side
Don't Be Deceived! Tlis Man Is a Winner!
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03
DEBIT.

"All these are the Achievements
OF Germany under the whip OF the
military party But what do we
find in the other side of the
ledger,
"OD Germany has sacrificed q
the flower Of her arms bearing
youth. Millions Of her sons haye
fallen on the field Of battle, have
been crippled or taken prisoners
losses which cannot be made good
by the greatest VICTORIES.
"(2) She has lost by far the
greatest of her colonies in Africa
and has placed the burden OF debt
upon her people under which they
win have to groan for decades to
come.
"3) She has completely de-
moralilcd her domestic commerce.
She has brought her people to want
and hunger and destroyed her for
eign commerce for an indctcrmi-
nate period For the last four
years her merchant flag has not
been seen upon the seas OF the
world.
"(4) The acts Of her army
commanders and statesmen have
brought the German name into dis
repute in America. For more than
two hundred years German-Ameri-
cans successfully endeavored to
bmld here a new and happier
home Their industry and sense
of duty became proyerbial every
where and now in bitterness at
heart they had to see that tlcy
were regarded with distrust How
ever. through their unshakable
loyalty to the United States they
have succeeded in retaining the
confidence and good will of their
fellow citizens.
"(5) Millions Of the people of
Germany are firmly convinced,
even If they do not dare to speak
Of it openly, that the defeat of the
present autocratic government
would be a blessing for them and
their poSterity"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03
CREDIT.

"On the credit side Of her ledger
we find
"(D Germany has taken posses
sion OF nearly all oi Belgium and
a part-now growing even smaller
--oi northern France
"(2) She has taken rich booty
and many prisoners.
"(j) Through the revolution
and the subsequent early collapse
Of the Russian empire, she has
temporarily, through the outrage
Gus treaty of Brest-Litoysk, en-
shaved the now helpless Russian
people who are struggling for lib
ertX
20 Together with Austria
Hungary, Germany has well nigh
destroyed Serbia and Montenegro
and crippled Rumonia.
"(5) She has helped Bulgaria
and Turkey to increase their ter
rltory. and as former Ambassador
Morgenthau says in his series of
articles in the current numbers OF
The Worlds Work, she encour-
aged the Turkish military leaders,
Enyer Pasha, Talaat Bey and
DIemal, to massacre over one mil
lion Armcnians and other Chris
lian inhabitants OF contiguous ter
r'ory.
"(o) She has sunk millions of
tons of shipping and destroyed
property worth billions, showing
no regard for the lives of non
cobatants and not even for those
Of women and children.
"(O The military party hin
dered the passage OF the election
reform bill and delayed the prog
ress OF democracy in blocking the
Relchstag resolution for no an
nexation and no indemnities.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03
PRESIDENT FAv0RS
HIGH PROFIT IA

WASHINGTON, Aug j-Presidt
Wilson has let It be known to membs
Of the house ways and means comm
tee, which is framing the new $500
100000 revenue bill. that he is interest
IN a heavy tax on war profits. ]
president has given careful study
the present tax system and also TO
English system, which impose, a {
tax Of ~ percent on such profits.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-08-03
Petain Gets Credit
For Allied Advance

LONDON, Aug. 5-The present
allied progress in the Marne salient,
says atcu,crs correspondent with the
American army. tclegraphing Friday, is
due to the strategy OF General Pctain
which can now be appreciated BY
striking with the Americans in the
center, the best German divisions were
d avn there The French commander
then prepared for an attack on the far
more important region along the west
ern flank south OF Scissors.