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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
Whitney viii
Go Over Route
In a Handcar
WANTS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS AS TO WEST
COAST ROUTE.

A change of date for the hearing
of the west coast railroad route has
been announced. The meeting with Re-
gional Director WincheH will be held
next Monday in Atlanta instead of
Thursday as had been planned. e. M.
Backus, who is now in Atlanta pro-
noting the new route, advised that
the date be changed. Delegations will
go from Clearwater and st. Peters
burg and the county delegation will be
headed by L. A. Whitney, secretary of
the ST. Petersburg and county boards
of trade. Mr.. Whitney intends to
leave st. Petersburg tomorrow for
northern Florida for the purpose of
going over the proposed west coast
railroad route. MIR. Whitney intends
to cover the stretch of road between
Jasper, Fla, and Valdosta, Ca, in a
hand car, if possible, so as to be full
" prepared to answer any question of
the proposed route that may be asked
at the meeting in Atlanta before B..
L. Winchell, regional director, next
week.
Prominent men in the northern and
western part of the state will also be
visited by Mr.. Whitney with view to
getting their full cooperation at the
coming meeting. He will also ar
range for their attendance at Atlanta.
Clearwater Sun.
1t is hoped that some Of our Tarpon
Springs public-spirited men will join
this county delegation.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
DECORATIONS AWARDED
TWO AMERICANS
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Continued from Page one)
ing, in the same transformations fash
ion that has marked the career of
hundreds of other young Americans,
both before and after this country en-
tered the war. Plat already had an
assignment to Italy with the Wynne-
Bevan branch of the British Red
Cross, and once secure in his own
berth, he sent for Fairfield. The lad
Joined him in November.
The two were together in Red
Cross camp outside of Mestre when
the bombs loosed by the raiders be-
gan falling on the hospital crowded
with wounded: Both responded to the
call for aid, and mounted together on
a motorcycle that outstripped the am
balances of their corps, they arrived
in the little courtyard simultaneously
with an exploding bomb. Two other
men besides themselves were killed in
the single explosion.
The decoration awarded is the Ital-
ian Medal for Military Valor, and
goes to each of the nearest relatives
of the dead men. Fairfield had enter
ed Harvard for his first year when he
ran away. Both the young men be-
longed to families of wealth and So
cial position.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
MIR. P. S. Cleveland Writes the Leader
Says Work is Plentiful, Wages Good
Some Men Draw as High as $500 Every Two
Weeks for Especially Undesirable Labor

names of some of Tarpon's best young
men who have gone over the sea or
expect to go soon, and of all the Red
Cross workers of Tarpon have done
can't help thinking Tarpon has not
quite as large an amount to its credit
as some cities, but its percentage is as
large and, / thinls, much larger than
some other cities.
This war is tearing great holes in
every home, but we all believe that
this war is going to end wars of ma
tons, and so every one, rich or poor
American, Italian, Briton, are joining
hands to work under one leader, which
$ rely will give US universal peace.
| enjoy, your paper very much, but
will enjoy much more the time | again
climb that little hill where nv home
lis on top.
You who are left at home in Tar
pom
You who are left at home
You must work until work is prayer,
With newer a task too hard to ask
The best of your strength and care.
You who are loft at home
lfust know neither time nor space;
You are one with your won in the bat
tie zone,
And this is the goal you face.
You who are left at home
Sweethearts, wives, and mothers of
men
You must walk thin-shod, on the
heights with God
Till you walk with your own again.
Such letters as | read in The Leader
written by one of Tarpon's boys to his
mother, saying he was in the hospital
had been hit three times, but would be
out and at the Hun again, is just the
spirit that is going to win this war.
Remember me to all enquiring ones
and say to them my heart is in Tarpon
Springs, and | am proud of our boys
~. Yours truly,
P. S. CLEVELAND. S
$50 Wilson Ave-, Youngstown, O.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
BRITISH TONNES MUST
HAVE THEIR SOUVENIRS

London.-No longer are British sol
diers on leave seen streaming out of
the big London railroad stations with
trophies of the great war in the form
of German helmet, rifle, bayonet or
a few odd bombs and shells to deco
rate the walls of their home. An army
order long since issued but only very
recently l1gidly enforced, forbids the
carrying off of these trophies from
the battlefield, and now hawk-eyed
military police watch the leave boats.
But all the orders in the world and
all the precautions ever invented will
not stop souvenir hunters. And the
Tommies have the craze worse than
the nimble-fngered gentry who used
to specialize in railway straps, hotel
soap and towels and chips of granite
from old castles.
To carry the stuff home the SOL
diers will try all sorts of subterfuge.
They will carry their souvenirs about
with them from rest billets to the
trenches, sometimes even refusing to
dump it when going into action. They
guard their treasures like diamond
for months and will sacrifice, little
comforts that mean so much in the
line in order to stow a harmless Ger
man bomb or the fuse cap of shell
in their sack.
Men have left their own rifle with
the quartermaster or in some unau-
thorized quarter and carried off Ger
man one in a waterproof case past
the picket at the boat. Pieces of
bombs and shell have been bound into
puttees because haversacks are liable
to be searched and extra pockets have
even been sewn into tails of overcoats
to hide forbidden souvenirs.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

Mr.. F. J. Zimmerman just showed
US two fine punches Of Malaga grapes,
a variety closely akin to the Carmen
grape. These punches were grown by
S. L. Taylor, at Lake Villa, on a vine
planted last January We tasted two
of these grapes and they are delicious
in favor. We are informed that Mr..
Taylor has also some two dozen Car
men grape vines which are promising
of good results.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

Two Turkish citizens were recently
deported from Mexico under Article
80 of the national contribution, which
confers the right Of such deportation
upon the national executive whenever
any foreigner shall by his conduct
classify himself as being "pernicious,
In this case the deported persons had
been engaged in political machina-
tons of a character dangerous to the
republic.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
THE SPONGE MOP
'1T ABSORBS THE DIRT

George N. Truax sends us some lit
erature descriptive of his latest in
vention, a sponge mop, which the in
ventor says sis light, convenient and
sanitary, and actually absorbs the
dirt The mop is now being demon
strated at the Palais Royal, Washing
ton, D. c., where it is making a very
favorable impression, Mr.. Truax
states.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS

All Odd Fellows are requested to
attend the meeting Friday evening,
June IA. as business Of Importance is
to be transacted and a big attendance
is requested. Come over the top.
Refreshments.
BY ORDER OF n. G.
6-13S2t.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
NEWS NOTES FROM MEXICO
Permission has been asked of /

PERMISSION has been asked of the
secretary of Fomento for the estab-
ishment of stations at FIVE separate
points in the territory Of Lower Cali
fornia for the breeding Of cattle Of
5aperior qualify in order to improve
tie stock now produced in that region.
A careful study is being made of the
proposition.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

By the time you have become rich
you have, in the process, acquired
enough sense so that you do not de-
sire the things you longed for most
when you were poor.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

After all, history is just a record
of mans effort to feed his stomach.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

A lot of men are like the Sphinx
they don't care whether they are I'M
@ferstood or not.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

What's become of all those fellows
who used to wear big, yellow dia-
xnonds?
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

Women who do fancy work don't
fancy work.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
HOW BIRMINGHAM REGARDS
SLACKERS.

A correspondent from Birmingham,
sends the Manufacturers Record a
placard that is being distributed
through that city, and writes:
Here is the way they are doing
things down here. They broke up a
lunchroom the other day and marched
a Red Cross Stacker out of town with
a banner, I am Red Cross Stacker I"
The warning which is being distrib-
uted in the city reads:
Warning.
If you would be justly entitled to
the liberation and protection you are
enjoying, find work to do, and do it!
No able-bodied man, rich or poor, has
a right to consume without producing.
TAKE HEED AND GO TO WORK!
The eye of scrutiny is upon you!
''Be respectful to the flag Of our
country and loyal to the government.
Aid by every means at your command
the suppression Of disloyalty of either
speech or action. There is no neutral
or halfway ground on which you may
stand. You are either FOR or
AGAINST Americas success at arms
and the winning of its righteous war
for peace and world democracy
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

While in the long run, people can
only help themselves, yet there are
a lot of fellows who need pullin' out
of a rut.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

MISSY work is the result of mussy
thinking.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

It isn't so much what we do as how
we do it.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14

After reading the advertisements in
a current number of farming maya
zine we think we can explain the food
shortage-all the farmers are auto
MODELLING.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
Keep buying war savings stamps.

1t is better to instruct than to give
orders.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-14
THE LEADER
CARPON SPRINGS FLORIDA
Member The Associated Press.

MsMDeT I ne AssOclated Pfess.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication of
All news dispatches credited to it or
gsot otherwise credited in this paper,
end also the local news published
Serein.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
100 Per Cent Home Garage
By RALPH DE PALMA

of the necessary work about the car will be sighted or performed so per functorily that it might almost better be left undone. The home garage or the man who expects to do most of the ordinary work about his car, must have a complete equipment of certain essential tools and devices. Secondly, it must be kept in absolute order all the time. There used to be saving, when I was a little boy, that "order IS heavens first law write in garage instead of heaven and you have the whole story. There is nothing so de- moralizing to a mans ability to do good work as to need a certain tool or part and to be unable to find it in the gen. era1 confusion.
 Incidentally, I might suggest to the man who rents his home and who pur- poses erecting some kind of a garage on the premises that he had better make sure of the law in his particular case Tn many places any building erected on any mans land becomes ipso facto a part of the property. It may be merely a portable structure, but once erected it belongs to the land- lord. This is not so in all places, but the prospective builder of a garage should be sure beforehand of just whcr 6 he stands.
 After the garage itself is provided for, the next consideration will be a gasoline and oil system of some kind. When the garage is permanent struc- ture on ones own land, by all means install an underground gasoline pump ing system, which complies with the local fire ordinances. The renter must perforce be content with a portable source of gasoline supply or else pur- chase his fuel as he needs it from the local garage. The same applies to the oil storage system. I cannot empha- size too strongly the advisability of be- ing certain before installing permanent gasoline and oil systems, that they are of type to comply with local laws. I have known of cases where garag g owner has spent several hundred doi- lars on an elaborate fuel storage sys- tenn, only to find that it infringed somc ordinance and had to be torn out again. In some cities also the law specifies just what type of drainage system the garage, private as well as public, must have.
 The handling of gasoline and oil and other utensils. These should al- ways be kept in one corner of the garage, near the storage system, of
 course. If these utensils are not care- fully handled th'J corner is likely to become an eyesore, the floor filthy with oil drippfl.ss and accumulated dirt The best way is to build some kind of a metal pan or shelf, on which the fue' and oil utensils are always put after use. This pan should be vigorously cleaned out every day. By keeping ahead of the dirt trouble will be oD- viated beforehand.
 In eases where the garage embodies an upper story it is a very convenient plan to place the main oil container barrel presumably, in the upper story and have it piped down to a convenient location on the main floor.
 The next consideration will certainly be that of a heating plant for the building. At this time of year heat may not seem very important. but 1T winter the garage without heat is al most useless. No one can work and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
Ralph De Paln1a's
 Seruice Department
By RALPH DE PALMA

Ralph DePalma: Would you advise me to try and repaint my car, which is three years old and is in pretty tough shape? A friend tells me that I can get some system of varnish that Is easy to put on and makes the car just as good as new. I don't care so much about the new looks, but I would like to get the car so that it looks respectable.--Fra Krause.
 For car in as bad shape as you say yours is, do not believe that you can do much yourself. If you do not want 10 go to the expense of sending the car to regular paint shop, why not put on a coat of dull French gray. that looks well, resists wear and yet does not at tempt the high ponsn that Is almost im- possible for the amateur to attain. Any of the larger paint manufacturers carry this dull gray finish, and the whole job will cost only moderately.
 Ralph DePalma In using my hydro meter on my battery I find that the cells differ in specific gravity. The variation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Many of the questions that are asked me have to do with problems connect ed with the maintenance work on the car. Some of these disclose the utter lack of understanding on the part Of those who write me as to the proper way of equipping and ordering their garages, so that the work on the car may be carried out efficiently. As motorist with garage of my own and also as a racing driver, who has seen how the remarkably well equipped ga- rages of the racing teams are main tained I have had perhaps unusual op- portunities of judging what equipment and arrangement best serves to make the home garage satisfactory place in which to work
 To begin with I want to say that if the garage is not properly equipped and systematically maintained, much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11
No Longer Necessary to
 Rough It on Vacation Tour

It is no longer necessary to rough it on vacation tour. Two women doctors of Philadelphia, Pa, discovered that the Franklin sedan makes a perfect boudoir on their annual six weeks vacation tour in the White mountains. These motoring enthusiasts report that hotels , may still be necessary for meals, but that the sedan cannot be improved upon at night for airiness, light and refine- ment of interior appointments.
 In their estimation, the remarkable thing is that no structural changes or additions are necessary in the Franklin sedan, What appeals to the women is that the cumbersome tent paraphernalia indispensable with any open car are dis carded-so that there need be no un- packing of/canvas and ropes and tent pins.
 "All we need to do is to turn the swivel chairs with their backs to the
 outside. and lay the seat cushions on the floor. merely to get them out of the way. The cushion is then lifted off the rear seat and laid lengthwise on the l floor of the sedan, snugly filling in the floor space between the rear-seat and front seats. On this we unroll three de : Hated mattresses in three small pack ages attach the engine-driven tire pump, and almost in a moment an ideally soft bed is ready. "The silk curtains are drawn and the desired amount of electric lighting is
 regulated by the push buttons on the
 cowl board. Four adjustable v-front
 windshield glasses and the adjusta- :
 ble wide windows of the Franklin se-
 dan allow perfect ventilation, con-
 trolled by the turn of a lever. l "The nest is feathered. It is as com
 fortable on warm as on cool nights Crawling things and proving things
 cannot intrude.
 | The Franklin sedan the women
 say. lis vacation dream come true--a sylvan houdoir whisked from woodside
 to mountainside at the owners slightest
 whim-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

make it give more power and better econ omy ?-J. B. Lansing.
 I do not believe any of these addi- tions to the gasoline will do what the average maker claims. I do not doubt that there are liquids which, when mixed with the fuel, will give more pow CT, but then nothing is said of the af- feet of the adulterant on the engine met al The usual claims for such thing as camphor balls (naphthalene) are that it will give more power, and better economy, but have yet to find any truth in this statement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Yellowstone National park is growing in importance as a propagating and dis tributing center for certain kinds of wild animals. During February 55 elk. I5 of which were bulls. were shipped to points in four states-Idaho, Illinois, Texas and Minnesota. The Yellowstone contains more wild animals in state of nature than any other preserve in the world. It is the policy of the department of the interior to part with superfluous elk, male buffalo, beaver and bear to fed eral, state, county and municipal au- thorities, for exhibition and propaga- ton, where laws exist which will prop erly protect them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

is never more than point, but it has got my goat What do you suppose is the matter?-J, C. Albertson.
 There is nothing the matter. A slight variation among the cells is not only common but usual. Provided the yaria- tion does not go over two points, yod need not worry.
 Ralph DePalma: l have been using lubricating oil. This oil is darker than like, and friend suggests that it con- tains an excess of carbon, I have not noticed any tendency to excessive car bonization- and the lubricant seems to work all right. but I would like to have your opinion.-Novice.
 The make of oil mentioned in your in quiry is absolutely f1rst-clas. It does run a little darker than some of the others, but the color is no indication of car bon. The only thing that will estab- fish that is the heat test and I happen to know that this particular oil has passed heat tests with unusual success Ralph DePalma: What is your opin- ion of fuel intensifiers. such as the liquids and tablets which are put in the gas to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-11

Explorers say that the Cassiquiare river in South America is remarkable in that it sometimes flows north and some times south.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-15
l8 TO as CLASS
MUST DO SERVICE
Work or Fight Drdur WIN Bc
Nig, ruusly Carried our in raft
Measures.

OKLAHOMA. CITY Sept IL .
Nuucs married m,l nor others VINO
claim deferred classification I'D ar-
"IIut OF dependents viii 'srupc the
work ur fighr' ord-r utWurd o. men
httAu,n the ages ol lN tl 3D. Ihghc
Io whom this vi4ssifyFtou Is gwen
Viii nave Co work continuously u'
occupations not h"ld 90 10" uoupru-
d.u. We, DthcrWl.F th"y viii pv iu-
ductnd into tho army The reason
fo, the exemption OF married men
H dependency ana not their status
us married mon.
lu the campaign warcl hy the
United states employment service
thr distinction i8 made between cs.
sruUU and non,ssontial labor and
uuf between uuupruduciiyo aud non.
..ouuaI Tho million uusN'lrd
Dhurors who uro not required for
Nur iuduNri,g must hg raised from
nHurssout1l industries when the
present force uf volunteer laborvrH
shall have become exhausted
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-15
WAR CAUSES SMALL
BUILDING DECREASE
List of Twelve Cities shows Average
Net Loss OF t56 Per Cent
Prom August of Last Year.

or list OF l2 cIucs west of tho
Mississippi river, Tulsa comes rfth
In the valuation Of building permits
Issued for the month of August. says
tho Western Contractor. trade
paper $40 stands third u tbr|
number OF permits isss'd. The c.y
shows decrease in number uf pcr-
mlls issued since August ilst year Of
o. o per cent
This is not taken boy local g0u.HD-
tors 10 mean that disaster ia staring
Tulsa Is the face or n}hiuf uto.
that II means, simply. that Tan
Is undergoing what 30 perfectly
natural for any city that has bad
the era of building prosperity tu'
this city has experienced lu rNr nsi
wear. II must Bp borne iu mind Chat
war activities and difficulty 300 roi.
ting material has been responsible
for great deal " the l,tIp On
building For tho most part lI
business construction has Kept uu
ON the same plane % always NIH
only in the residence section has fur
decrease in building been felt Ht H|.
Tulsa ia at present ANA always
has. done enough building tU Keep
all men In the hhildinK trades m.y
occupied all the time. Il lg Nuf
natural TO assume that ths u0uNI.
ton Will exist throughout the dUrt
tlon OF the war When tho men fr.
turn from tho kaiser hunt moro rys.
licences viii uc built. and th.a line ~
activity resume.
ON account ~ tho proximity Of
nrmx Cantonments. bra Mo.nca
Iowa, shows the greatest percent ~
gain over August Wai year "hpIr
percent ls thhg increase. Wichita.
Kan. shows 1905 increase, while ST.
/ Joseph, Mo has an increase OF rs @
| per cent These are the only three
cities IN the entire list OF % rIyru
| by tho Western Contractor which
show any gain whatever
During August thA year, there
/ We're In these ~ cities cog bulId-
] ing permits issued August. 1917.
/ showed N5T The net loo .n tho
/ year is 1866 permits. Valuation on
I these permits lust year Nt i2,AOG.-
/ $50 and last months total valuation
| amounted 10 f2291,236. This A a
| total per cent Of decrease iu ruildinr
activities OF 1871 Rcrs cent Tho
| average decrease over last year, for
each-uf the ~ cities listed by the
| Wcsicrn Contractor is ! -b6 per cent
bFrom this 90 would sccm that there
Is no cause FOR alarm on account Of
general conditions over the country
caused by cessation of business on
account of the war
Following is tho list ~ cities in
tho order ~ valuation OF permits
issued In August 1916