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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
HOW THE PEOPLE FELT
OVER IN ORANGE COUNTY

The Orlando Reporter Star of May
9contained the following:
With few of the smaller outlying
precincts of the county still unheard
from, compulsory dipping of cattle for
the eradication of the tick seems to
have been carried by an overwhelm-
ing majority.
The vote from the different sec
tions as heard from is as follows
Orlando 3S6 for, II against; Winter
Park Is for, | against; Ocoee 26 for
against; Apopka 81 for, 0 against;
Zellwood IA for, | against; Bay Ridge
for 0 against; Clarcona s for,
against; Winter Garden 80 for, 1,
against; Oakland 2S for, against
Total 61S for and 80 against. For
Christmas 3 for, % against.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
Melbourne Nav 13-War regu

Melbourne, May 13.-War regula-
tions have been issued by the Com
monwealth government permitting
anyone to establish and conduct lot
teries to raise money for war loans
providing the consent of the Federal
Treasurer is obtained in advance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 1918
GOOD GROWING
WV WEATHER WEATHER FOR
COTTON IN GA.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May 15.-Good grow
ing weather, the best experienced in
the cotton belt so far this season, is
reported for the week just closed, by
the National Weather and Crop Bull
letin issued today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May 5.-An airplane
mail service between Washington and
New York went into operation today
when the first mail carrier piloted by
Lieut. George l.. Boyle left Potomac
Park for Philadelphia. The President
and wife witnessed the initial start.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
PRESBYTER|ANS
ASK FOR SEASON
OF PRAYER
(By Associated Press.)

Durant, Okla, May 15.-An appeal
to all churches to make the time of
meeting of the Southern General AS
sembly, beginning here tomorrow, a
season of special prayer, was made
today by Rev. John Wells, Whining
ton, N. c., moderator.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
12O Names On
Casualty List
(By Associated Press.)

Washington. May 15.-The Ameri-
can casualty list contained 120 names :.
Killed in action, 8; died from wounds,
3; died by accident, L; died of dis
ease, S; died through other causes, z;
wounded severely, 6; wounded slight
ly, Sc; missing in action, 80.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
BaptiStS To Act
On Suffrage
(By Associated Press ,

(By Associated Press
Hot Springs, Ark, May Is The
Southern Baptist convention opened
its session here today. The question
of woman's suffrage in convention is
one of the principal matters to be act
ed upon
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
SOUTH CAROL|N|ANS
ADOPTING RULES
(By Associated Press.)

Columbia, May 15.-South Carolina
Democrats meeting in State conven.
tlon today will adopt rules for a pri-
mary and decide if the customary
campaign tour of the State by candi-
dates will be made this year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
Alliance Fixed for 20 Years
lRv Assnciated Press.(

Zurich, May ia Vienna dispatch
says the new Austro-German alliance
was fixed for twenty years and in
cludes military convention and pro
vides for the closest economic Gus
toms relations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
BONBARDNENT
wv" WAS VIOLENT
LAST NIGHT
ARTILLERY FIRE INCREASED
THIS MORNING; GERMANS AN.
yOUNCE WAR is TO BE PRO.
CLAIMED In SEVERAL RUSSIAN
PROVINCES
nv Associated Press.)

Paris. May 15.-French troons yes
tcrday evening attacked Germans
near Hailles, below Amiens, and cap
tured the wood on the west bank OF
the Avre river, it is announced Off
cial,y. The Germans made counter
attack but were beaten off with Sc
we're losses. During the night there
was violent bombardment north o
Montdidier and between Montdidie
and NoyOn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
NASONS Buy
St. petersburg
HOTEL FOR
STATE HOME
(By Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, Fla, May 5.-lt is
announced today that the Florida
Grand Lodge OF Masons has pur
chased the Southland Hotel grounds
here for a Home for the Aged and De-
pendent Chi .dren of Masons
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
War Proclaimed
fBv Associated Press

Amsterdam, May 15.-The Vos-
ssche Zeitung, Berlin, announces to-
day that war has had to be proclaimed
at Ekaterninoslav, Odessa and Poltava
as strong counter current to the or
der of things observable. There are
several groups of great Russian fore
eS in the Don region, newspapers
say
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
Heavy Firing

(By Associated Press.J
London, May 15.-German artillery
fire increased this morning near Nor
,ancourt, south of Albert, and in
Flanders north of KENNEL, the war
Office reports.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-15
MOnarch's Selected
(By Associated Press.)

Iby ASSUC1d1Ou 1foS''J
London, May 15.-The Austrian and
German emperors at recent meet
ing, the German papers say, accord
ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen, selected
monarchs for Lithonia (Lithunlal
Counrland, Esthonia and Poland.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25
I
VIEWS
A STATEMENT

In answer to criticism, and in JUS
tice to myself and family, l wish to
take this means Of telling those in
terested, why | did not entrain with
the drafted boys July 23rd:
On June 2Sth, the head bookkeeper
of our firm was called to military SER
vice. In anticipation of this call we
.endeavored to arrange for his success
sOr, but were not able to make a per-
manent arrangement, so that at this
time, because of this unforeseen and
unavoidable circumstance, we have
been left without anyone in the Of
flee who could take off a trial balance
or direct this work. My father has
put no time or study on this detai. of
the business. This virtually meant
that our business would have had to
be run, should | have gone, without
the check of a bookkeeping system.
Any business nan knows how imprac.
ticable and impossible this would be
conducting a business in which the
annual transactions total more than
one and one half million dollars.
Further, my successor could not
possibly arrange to enter our employ
before Saturday, July Goth. Any bust
ness man will also appreciate the
task of transferring all the necessary
business duties, details. plans and
general working knowledge of a bust
ness on such short notice.
The nature of my work may not be
generally understood. For the past
three or -four years, in fact since we
have changed over our business from
a mill to a line of elevators, | have
assumed practically entire charge of
the general management of the bust
ness; my duties consisting of buying
and supervising the distribution of
approximately 400 cars Of coal per
year, of directing the purchasing and
handling of all grain at our twelve
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

a chance for brief periods Of rest.
When a convoy has had all its cases
cleared up or passed on to the hos.
pitfalls where long periods of treatment
are to be given, the doctors have
time on their hands with which to
do what they please until the next
convoy arrives. The enlisted men find
plenty TO do most all OF the time.
When the handling of patients arriv.
ing or departing, or the %scrubbing Of
the patients does not require their at
tention, there are other duties to per-
form. Enlisted men, like their SUI
periors, are doing fine work. Those
who have been in the service for a
few months have long since passed
the "hero-stuff" period, and whether
it is %scrubbing floors or patients the
duty is performed with ease and good
will.
While the base hospital originally
is equipped on a five-hundred bed ba-
sis, emergencies of varying situations
call for the doubling or greater of this
capacity in actual operation. MANY
of the Red Cross base hospitals in
France now are operating one thous-
and beds or upwards, most of the
time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

out-of-town elevators; selling all the
grain and directing the shipments
from the country to the markets; au-
diting the out-of-towp elevators; sup
cruising accounts and collections at
out-of-town elevators, and handling
practically all correspondence in this
office. In addition | have supervised
the accounting work in this Office nee
essary TO carry on the business. My
father, who is very active in the bust
ness, has put in practically his entire
time in the management of our local
en- my end of the work but little at
tention.
In view of the above circumstances,
it would practically have meant dis
organization and disruption Of our IN
tire business, resulting in my opinion
in a real loss and serious %inconven-
fence to the communities which we
serve by reason of insufficient coal
supplies. and lack OF adequate eleva-
tor handling capacity. which will be
sorely needed this fall.
| laid the matter before the local
member Of the State Council of De-
Tense and was by him advised that
was of more value to my country in
= NApIinn fhn navt On fn en AaUS in
closing my business, than in leaving
with the present quota. Acting upon
this advice and upon the signed state
ment of a member of the local board,
| presented through the Government
Appeal Agent a request to the dis
trict board for a respite Of 60 days | II
which to turn over the operations of
my business to
Upon this request the district board
has not yet acted. and until it does
act and until it returns my question
naire | cannot be indicted. There
fore if my work in making prepare
lions for the coming crop and hand
ling of the coming winters coal sup
plies was not considered Of more
value to the country than my service
in the army for that period. the dis
trict board should have SO held and
returned my QUESTIONABLE in order
that might have been indicted
Tuesday morning, My appeal was
filed Wednesday morning, July 18th,
allowing ample time for its return.
In closing | would say, that if | did
wrong to act upon the advice of a
member of our State Council of De
Tense, and others, if my duty was to
leave regardless of whether my bust
ness had to do with the marketing of
grain and the distribution Of coal,
would earnestly ask that my friends
withhold final judgment for 30 days,
and if at the end of that period my
conduct is not that Of a 1000 loyal
American, and my past stand and rec
ord on the war, the prosecution Of it.
and the loyal support Of the war in
every n does not warrant this
conclusion, then my most ardent crit
les may censure me to the utmost.
+. H. Sexauer.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

Immediately sent to the operating
room, and other cases are graded &C
cording to the emergency. There is
plenty of work ahead, and the more
thorough and painstaking treatment
which a general hospital affords now
opens. A young doctor of the staff,
writing to a chun in this country.
thus described his first impressions
of the work in a base hospital:
There is plenty of work ahead, now
that a fresh batch of wounded has ar
rived, to begin the more thorough and
painstaking treatment which the gen.
eral hospital affords. The situation
in the hospital, such as the II we
are describing, is tersely exrlaina by
a young doctor of the staff. writing
to his chum in this country, and
drawing on the days Of their post
graduate training for Illustrations:
Following the arrival of a convoy
every II works like hell to get them
sorted for dressing, operating, ctci
The entire hospital looks like a busy
day in the ~dispensary with only one
doc present and he having tc leave
about eleven o'clock-you get me"'
The cases that will indicate a short
period, three weeks being fixed as the
maximum. are placed in n class, and
the rest in another. The short-reriod
patients are kept at the base hospital
until they are cured. After they are
cured they are subject to four distinct
dispositions:
In the first of these four divisions
are those patients who (a) may be
returned to their original units for ac-
tive duty, and (b) retained for TEN.
porary base work before going back
into the lines.
In the second class are those who
are rated physically below those In
division (b) of the first-named class,
but who after doing temporary base
duty for several months can be re-
turned to their original units.
In the third class are placed those
who will be of no future usefulness
in a trench, but whose services can
be utilized as orderlies, cleaners, etc,
around the hospitals or camps.
In the fourth class are those who,
following their treatment in the hos
pital, are sent to a convalescent
camp, from which following several
weeks of rest they may be CLASSIFIED
with any one of the preceding groups.
The longtime cases are booked for
that haven of "Tommies and British
officers" called in the slang of the
English army, "Blighty." 1--WE still
are speaking Of a Red Cross base hos.
pital, back of the British lines in
France.) "Blighty' means London.
1t is a corruption of an East Indian
word Of similar pronunciation, by
which the troops in India used to des-
ignate "home". In the base hospitals
operating for the American Expedi-
tionary Force, now that the wounded
among our soldiers are taking on
large proportions, the division into
classes will send those corresponding
to the Britishers destined for hospit-
ais in London and other places in
England, to hospitals in the United
States where they may undergo long
periods of treatment.
Between conveys at a base hospital
there may be an interval OF two or
three days sometimes-the staff gets
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

ply to get the answer Certainly
is not one who simply lives in t
United States, nor n who has me
ly become a citizen. Am | wro
when say that it is one who stan
for the ideals that America stan
for and who sets his face like a I'll
against those things which undermi
those ideals?
One of the supreme things tn
America stands for and for which S
is fighting today is justice, or fl
play. Whether on the football fe
or on the business field or wherev
he is, we despise the man who us
undetermined methods. 1t simply
not American, nor anything else th
is foursQuare and straightforward
We are fighting for a fair deal f
every nation and for every individu
Our law, upon which depends our |
erty is based on the principle that
man is innocent until he is prov
guilty. In the words of William Ke
of the Federal Tariff Commission, I
know of no democratic cause me.
vital or more essential than the p,
curing of full hearing before 4
courts of those accused OF sediti(l
That men should be punished on s.,
picion would be an intolerable inv
sion of the democracy for which c.
boys are fighting. There is in til
country too much of the %'denouncir
that figured in the French Revolutit
1t is vile procedure from either 81
of the controversy. 1t is destructi
and infinitely dangerous"
Our men are dying in France ]
cause they believe that the JUST.
and square-dealing of America is t
only thing that will make the VOL.
a decent place to live in, and becau
they know that the injustice a
tyranny Of the kaiser and his ga
is sure to wreck the world. Are ,
standing behind them when we ]
mob injustice and tyranny rule her
Monday night Mr.. Sexauer's m
was painted yellow and he was call
a Stacker. am told that in anoth
article will appear his statement
the case. Did those who, while 1t W
dark so that no one could see w
they were, have a right to try to bra.
him as a coward before the communi
with no chance for a fair trial?
that Americanism? Is that the Am,
icanism of George Washington, or
Abraham Lincoln or Of Woodrow w.
son?
If a disloyalist is one who Civ
comfort and support to the enen
don't you suppose that the kaiser
mighty glad to hear that his metho
are being practiced by the people
America, that Americans are learnt
lessons from him.
l plead for a loyalty that Is viii
and clean and honest and square,
Is the loyalty of our president.
earnestly protest as an Americ;
against that Prussianism, which
the dark brands q man az q "s1acke
without a fair hearing and witho
giving him the chance for any defen
whatsoever. Are we catching the d
ease the kaiser has?
What Is a real American?
Paul Roberts.
w.. SIS .--
II a Register Want AID will not do
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25
WHAT is A REAL AMERICAN?

One is sometimes strongly tempted
to ask this question today when it
means SO much to be an American,
and when the shame of d~isloyalty is
so great. There surely are some
of action which we a ap-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-07-25

II a Register Want AID will not do
lit can't be done!"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
Champs Leonard and Herman
Return to Ring This Week

rbIlluureys the promoters select
uls lrs, encounter win be with Jh-
bog Nhi'c of England The contest
lis scheduled for Monday night ui
>rw Orleans and the route VIII be
ffnDu rounds
Herman is an enlisted man tn the.
r.NHl rrsrrgrs So is hi9 manager
Hed Walsh The champion tried ny
every means possible 10 escape mill
nry service. even going to the cN-
ton, NJ taking q hridc but his effuria
were futile, 80 he finally dcciden 10
make partial, amends foA HE ac'ious
hy voluntarily culistlug
After the match with Jahe2
White Herman viii return 10 his
duties IN the navy, but he viii bu
given opportunity to pursue a regu-
lar course Of training stunts just rs
hc wouli In private ne while pre-.
pairing for match Through this
system. the haAtnm champion be
llcvcs he will kecp himself ON edge
and ready 10 accept matches pn
short notice Philadelphia promot-
ers want ~ match Herman wits Joe
Lynch. the ld' who Knocked kid
williams for goal, and Baltimore
would Ike 10 wt Herman against
Johnny Eitlo ~ is possible that
these two latter route4ts win ma
ttriuli2c within the next few weeks
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07

tho Gopher would not stick to tho
limit However. Fulton pilicd from
the effects uf Cowlcrs heavy blows.
thon hc ,uolly began 10 Jab and cut
CoWIpr ro pieces uuul he finally
hul him -u .voHrrnrd that ne was a
mark Ipr finishing punch I'm the
nnh round fulton battered '"wior
fp tho canvas First Ncpprts said
Fulton had scored oloan kuu.knui
bet this later WAS. denied both hE
CowIcr and hls handlers. os well 1H
by the referee. Tommy sullivan Th"
latter. in u public statement lu the
press. said Doe had started 'r count
orrr C0wIors prustrHio body HUi
had reached seven when hr hIp.
u.r,f goo HtuoNeup auj 500 D1p.1.H
of police hursiug tp fhu ring Sui.
Uslu #Iua he hucI inann.luob the
bout would Doc stopped 'u'u tuh
there 800 instead az Finishing tho
.ouyr hr stu1prt Iu1 .'uI Dov'rr
fn u sitting position and '."u helped
uH tH hIr corner
ono. prt that DunInr came e' close
fn Stopping Fulton undoubtedly
....tF Dempsey u uH. hm uD for
pr easier victim hH' I..
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
N,tcN nnttIcs Wnde.

OF interest 10 boxing fans is the
announcement that. Dave A8tey. the
eastern flywelgbt has completed de-
tails for his proposed invasion of
ENGLAND. where he ls scheduled 10
ueci 1immy NihS, champion ~ the
Nritsh Isles. in got round contest
ON May sat London Meanwhile,
Aatcy Is grooming himself FOR the
coming struggle by engaging In
bouts with various American boxers.
tie is echodulcd 90 meet steve Fless
rrr at Baltimore next Tuesday night
and ono week later he viii take on
rcku Kid Herman IN lO-round nt-
fair at rekln. III Following the
set-to with Herman. Astcy plans 10
navc fer England He wants TO be
ir London nt least two weeks I'm ad-
vance ~ his contest with wilde
According TO the popular view
point Astey is simply another lamb
led to slaughter by the wonderful
wuAe There II nothing In the past
performances ~ the American to IN
dictate that he can cope with tho
Euglishman on anywhere nenr equal
tcrms Astcy ~ merely q second
ratcr I'm this country and n he per
forms ne expected. then Wilde un-
douhtedly will win deciViveB. Tho
British champion already has hung
tho fntcful * o. on two American
hova who went abroad 10 dispute
his worlds championship Johnny
Hosucr ~ New York wag the first
and Young Zulu KID of Brooklyn
was the second Roth were put nwnv
O.. o
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
JOE WOOD MAY BE EXTRA
0UTFlELDeR FOR INDIANS
II M. Pitching DAYS Are over Vet
Grams Hitting WIN Keep Him
on club.

NEW ORLEANS. April 6 Even
II Joe woods pitching wing does re
fuse to behave. he viii not heullowed
TO slide or the roster Of the Indians
zoe tho smoke" as Louis Guisto
used 10 call him. is some hitting out
fielder
In Sundays clash with the PclicanE
Wood fairly spnrkled In center field,
plccecding Speaker In the outer
patch after Spoke had battod Tor the
second time smoky Joe bagged no
fowrr than ak flies. several on ditfl-
fult chances. one ~ hard In fact that
Pete Compton. the New orleans
right fielder. remarked 10 Woody
IT'S too bad Speaker wasn't in cen
ton when you caught that one, else
/ would have had triple That
gives unoidou of C0mpton'a si2eup OF
wood ns An outfielder
Then 20 can the climax wood came
throurh with terrific wallop TO the
centcrfisld fence for q homo run IN
the eleventh nftcr Chapman had
doubled with two gone. II was JoeE
only "blow' Of the day, but II was
"a pippin. rivnllnE Speakers homo
run smash into the right field corner
In the first inning, with Grauey and
Chapman on,
II Woody could regain his old bat
ting eve and hit the ball on a par
with the days Of 1913, he'd be
one Of the bets for Euh-outfielder
Fohl could possibly line up. for there
is. no discountlug his fielding But
then Lees hoping that Joe does a
succeasful comeback AZ pitcher and
viii not have To- go to outficlding just
yet
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
SOONERS OPEN TRACK
SEASON WITH AGGIES
Ancient Rivals Meet SRurdny
Wealth OF Good Material NJ Uni
versity and Prospects Good.

Special 10 Tho World
NORMAN. Okla. April 6-The
University of oklahoma track team
will open Its schedule or spring
meets next Saturday. April IS. with
dual contest with the Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical col
legc. From wealth OF material.
Coach Richard Soutar Is developing
an aggregation Of sprlnters. distance
men hurdlers. jumpers and weight
men. which are expected to grab all
state honOrs this spring.
Following the dual meet with the
Aggies tho Sooners will Journey TO
Austin for n dual meet April 90 with
the University OF Texaa The south
western conference met Will be held
In Norman May IL. and the state
intercollegiate meet at saltwater
May IS.
Clinton Shaw, Enid, Frank MCGEE,
Henne~sey. and Morn, are the pros.
poets from among whom Soutar
hopes 20 develop a 10-second man In
the l00-yard dash They are also the
leaders for the 290-yard contestants
ard McGee appears the most formid-
able Of the hurdlera
Olan Stages. FIeunessey. Miller. !.
D. Mcclure. Lindsay. and Harold
Durall. Welch. are the favorites for
places In the distance events. Miller
is showing mp especially well I'm the
half mile. Mcclure also Ia trying out
for the pole vault as well as the half
mile.
For tho jumping events and pole
vault Soutar has Dorsey Poyle Ana
darko, Lawrence Thing. Eufaula,
Harold Hufbauer, Newkirk. Roy
Fishor Oklahoma city and Reed.
Alfred Douglas, Oklahoma city.
Beryl Burchfiel, oklahoma City and
Gaurd Marvin. Bartlesyille, are doing
good work In the ahotput. discuss
throw and javelLn throw, Shaw also
Is working out on the shot as well as
taking part In the sprints.