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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
What to Do With Russia to Be Decided
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Washington, Dec 19-The Russian
problem already has been taken up
by President Wilson with French
statesmen, it was learned here today,
and the determination of definite
policy On which all the allied coun-
tries and the United States may agree
will be o1e Of the first things under
taken at he preliminary meetings
which are to precede the peace CON
ference.
Russia's plight and the attitude 10
be adopted by the victorious associa.
ted nations is recognized as one Of
the most serious problems Of the CON
ference Every proposed solution so
far is said to have been blocked by
the unanwerad question Ct Who is
qualified to speak for the Russian
people?"
The government at Omsk, Of which
ne United States and other govern
ments have expected much is now
is now in the hands Of a dictator
and split into factions The entente
nations have not given up hope that
the Omsk authorities may yet evolve
a stable form of government for Rus
sia. but this has not been accomplish
ed now and none Of the allied govern
ments has recognized the Omsk re-
gime officially
Prince LvOff. who was premier in
the Kere1sky cabinet and Boris Bak-
hmetieff, Russian ambassador in
Washington by Kerensky, as well as
Prof. Paul Miliukoff Kerensky's for
eign minister, are on their way to
Paris with other prominent Russians
to do whatever they can to aid the
allies in the solution of he Russian
problem. But whether they repre-
sent the people of Russia at this time
is a question which is privately ad-
mitted cannot be answered here.
Prince Lvoff has recently been in
Washington, where he discussed the
situation in this country with Presi-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
TURKS RESTLESS

London, Dec. 19.-The remarkable
view taken by the Turks that Turkey
did not sign the armistice because
she was conquered, but concluded a
treaty of peace as between equals
has served to show the allied govern
me1ts that there is a great deal OF
unrest in that country. The govern
ment, besides facing difficult politi-
cal problems, has an acute coal situa-
ton to deal with. The allies are
seeking a way to prevent Constanti-
nople to be without electric light,
tramways and telephone service. as
will be the case unless coal can be
secured The extension of the ar
mistice period is telling on the nerves
of the Turks who realize that their
fate as nation, which has been so
often discussed, is at last to be fully
decided by the allies. The more en-
lightened of them are undoubtedly
ready to make sweeping changes in
the administration of their country
il order to preserve Turkeys indie
pendence.
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REPORTS RECEIVED
FROM THE RED CROSS CAMP AIGN

Atlanta, Ga, Dec 20.-With a large
number of the chapters yet to be
heard from and no results from the
rural districts yet. it is reported the
southern division of the Red Cross is
going strong in its campaign for uni
versal membership.
influenza and bad weather nave un-
doubtedly retarded the enrolment of
members in many places, but all re-
ports show wide spread interest in
the roll call, and the prospect of
making the answer unanimous before
the week is over is good
So far Georgia leads the states in
number of reported memberships,
with Tennessee a close second. La
Grange. Ga, exceeded her quota the
first day, enrolling more than five
thousand members. With only two
days work yet reported from only
portion of the chapters the division
total is climbing toward two hundred
thousand and officials are confident
of excellent results in the next few
days.
Margaret Nutting.
Director of News Service.
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Ocala, Fla, Dec. 3rd, 1913.

Ocala, Fla, Dec. 3rd, 1913.
The board Of county commission.
ers for Marion county, Florida, met
in regular session at ten o'clock a.
m. Present Hon. W. D. earn, chair
man; Commissioners ]. W. Davis. W.
Lufman and ]. G. Baskin.
Minutes of regular meeting Novem.
ber 5th, and special meeting Novem-
Der IS, 1918, were read and approved.
On motion Mary Jackson, care Mr..
j. A. Talton, Anthony, Fla, be placed
on pauper list at $500 per month un.
til a further report can be had from
Mr.. Talton.
Messrs. ]. T. Hutchins, o. H. ROg.
ers and ]. A. Talton county commits
sioners elect, being present, were in
vited TO sit with and take part in
the discussions coming before the
board.
On motion of Commissioner Luff-
man, ]. L. Farmer and wife of Citra
were placed on the pauper list at
$500 per month, and Sy Johnson a1d
wife were placed on the pauper list at
$500 per month.
Communication by Hon. y. A. Fort
relative resolution and law to borrow
money account highway purposes
and to meet state appropriation read
and filed
The matter of county depository
coming before the board ana after
discussion on motion of Commission
err Luffman the Munroe & Chambliss
National Bank of Ocala was designat-
ed as depository for the year 1919.
On motion Iverson Whites widow
was ordered placed on the pauper
list at $500 per month.
Colored Farmacre Agent w. P
Pickens and Pearl Anderson, colored
demonstration agent, appeared be-
fore the board and asked assistance
of the county in their work in Ma
rion county. Matter was taaea under
advisement
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Fate of Ex-Kaiser Rests Not In Court

London, Dec 19-Friedrich Ebert
socialist premier of Germany, de
clared in an interview yesterday that
he did not know of any legal method
by which the surrender of William
Hoheazollern could be forced.
Il cannot think of any provision in
law upon which the former emperor
would have to be given up" he said
But that is not a question which
closely concerns us. We have sep
arated ourselves from him and now
desire only that guilt for the out
break of the war should be fixed in
order that he may be exposed once
for all"
Asked as to his view OF the future
Ebert replied:
u am optimistic, but you must re.
member that our influence upon the
course Of events is limited. We can.
not create bread for the German peo
rle, If the nation is allowed to
starve, then the inevitable will fol
low That a nation can be brought
to desperate pass and burst through
all restraints has been shown by
experiences of the past year. Our
old system came to the ground as a
result Of Russian events which it it.
self provoked. IT is poor consolation
however that in falling one drags
ones enemy to the ground To US
any other solution would be prefer
able"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
AN AVIATION LANDING PLACE

Mail and travel. in the no distant
future will be done partly if not
largely by airplane. Already the
mails are being carried by aircraft
from the seat of government to
New York, Chicago, and other large
cities.
It will not be long before mails
will be distributed to the principal
cities in all the states by this meth,
cd of transportation.
1t is altogether important that
Ocala should get on the fine Of air
plane communication because big
things may follow in its wake. AT
least our city will have a place on the
map. It may be made a landing and
re-filling station.
We have been Informed that the
field just east of the city selected for
landing and flights is now needed by
the owner for planting purposes and
it can no longer be used by the visit
ing aviators. The officers of the
aviation corps who are engaged in
marking out a course for postal
route say that if only one tree and
a telegraph and telephone pole near
the southeast corner of the fair
grounds are removed the fair grounds
will afford an excellent point for land
ing purposes
We hope that those in authority
will grant those officers the right to
remove these obstacles and that the
fair Uanagers will grant them the
privilege of using the fair grounds
for the purposes desied.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
TRAGIC DEATH Of AVIATOR
SERGEANT REMINGTON

dent was over in a very few mo-
ments
He gave his Today for our Tomor-
row as surely as though he had died
in battle.
The body of the young man was
brought to town and prepared for
burial and on Sunday night was ship,
ped to his former home ct Cattera-
gus, N Y. He is survived by a sis,
ter, Mrs. Ruth Lawson, in Buffalo,
N. Y.
The body of the dead aviator was
covered with large United States
flag presented by Mrs William
Hooker in behalf of the OcaIa We
mans club, Mrs. w W. Harriss, Miss
Caroline Harriss. Mrs c. R. Tydings,
Miss Annie Davis and Lieut.. Carter
draping the flag and arranging the
beautiful poincetta blooms from the
garden of Mrs. Harrfss, handsome
palm leaves from the gardens of Mrs.
Tydings and Miss Nellie Stevens in
the casket
A magnificent wreath presented by
Mr.. L. r. Cha2al from the Red Cross
and great bunch of Minnie Fran is
roses and ferns gathered by Mr.. D.
T. Green Mrs. W. w Clvatt, Miss
Earnestine Brooks from the garden
of Mrs, Dewitt Griffin and presented
through the Methodist church toseth-
er with lovely flowers sent by 1uite
a number Of others. were placed in
a box and shipped to the young mans
sister.
This tragic accident caused the
greatest sorrow and pain to the com
rades Of the dead man and the entire
city was greatly effected by this ac-
cident, which was one of the most
regrettable ones that has ever hap
pened in this city.
During the afternoon the scene Of
the accident was visited by hundreds
of people from town and from various
parts of the county
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20

Gent Wilson and Secretary Lansing.
AIexif Denekine and other Cossack
leaders are in control in the Cossack
districts on the Don and at Orenburg
and are maintaining government
more early stable than any other in
Russia at present, unless it is at
Archangel. which is operating in &C
cord with the allied forces.
Far from according any gecogni-
ton to the soviet regime at Petro-
grad, the United States some time
ago called upon all civilized nations
to condemn the Bolsheviki reign of
terror
Even when a set of leaders is racog-
nized as Russian spokesman, the Uni
ted States and the allies must face
the great question Of how they can be
aided il setting up stable govern
ment and in preventing famine, for
the benefit Of Russia herself and in
the interest of the world peace. I'm
til the armistice was signed, troops
and supplies could be sen to Russia
only through Siberia, a distance two
thirds of the way around the world,
or by Archangel, which was not feas-
able. Now. however, the Bleack Sea,
the Baltic Sea and the railroad lines
through German and Austrian terri
tory offer better means. It is be.
lieyed by officials here that the land
route through Germany and Austria
would be the best aud most practical
way Of reaching Russia
1t is stated that in considering
whether joint expedition should be
sen to deal with and thereby inter
fere with Russia's inernal affairs, the
representatives of the United States
and the allies must decide whether
the bolshevik movement is such a Sc
rious menace to civilization as to JUS
tify extraordinary steps to eliminate
it. To aid him in the conference
with the allied leaders, President
Wilson has taken corps of Russian
experts with him to Paris.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLD REGULAR SESSION.
$3.50 A YEAR

Mr.. Alfred Aver, tax assessor, ap-
peared before the board relative to
his bill. On motion his bill was or
dered paid.
On motion il was ordered that
100000 be transferred from Road
and Bridge fund, aid $400 from sub
Forfeiture fund, and s400 from sub.
Road district No. fund, all to Out
standing Indebtedness fund. AID that
clerk wire the comptroller for con-
frmatiOn of same.
Mr.. L. n. Green, attorney, appeaed
and filed a communication in the mat
ter of appeal from action OF Judge
Bullock in granting stay of execu-
tion in the Ponder bond matter
against W. P. Wilson and L. r. Hamp-
ton. After consideration it was upon
motion duly seconded, decided to ac-
cept Mr.. Green's proposition as con,
tanned in his letter, and he is in
structed to take an appeal to the SUI
preme court Of Florida in said mat.
ter.
On motion it was ordered that war
rant be drawn for $3.50 from Agricul-
tural fund for dipping vat work, ami
$3.50 from county poper fund for max
ing road map.
Notary public bond by W. E. Nc
Gahagin with S. T. Sistrunk and G..
c. Priest sureties read and approved.
On motion j. L. Lawrence's salary
was made 800 yer month and he
board himself
Bonds az c. R, Veal, W. l.. Colbert
and A. J. Stephens as members of
county board of public instruction
for Marion county for $4,000 each
with United States Fidelity C Guar
anty Co. as surely, read and approx
ed. z
Bonds of j. A. TaIton, Oscar Fl.
Rogers, JEFF T. Hutchins, W. .. earn
and Joseph w. Davis as county COM
Continued on Page Eight.l
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
CAPITULATION OF TURKEY REVEALS
ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE HORRORS

New York, Dec. 19.-"One hundred
and twenty thousand persons died
from starvation in Tsheran. The
Persian capital has lost nearly half
of its population. People all over Per
sia are falling dead from actual star
vation as fast as autumn leaves fail
from the trees. Unless help on a
large scale is given, almost the en-
tire population will die of cold and
starvation this winter" reports one
OF workers for the American com.
mittee OF Armenian and Syrian Relief
I'VE are doing all we possibly can
to relieve the situation with the linn
tied means we have at hand. Hun
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
MANY WELL KNOWN OCALA CITIZENS
AGAINST GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

Hon. Duncan u. Fletcher cur Sc
nior senator, on last Saturday read
the following telegram from nun
ber of citizens of Ocala and had the
same printed in the Congressional
Record
Ocala, Fla, Dec. Is, 1918.
Hon. Duncan I. Fletcher U. S. Sen,
ate, Washington, D. c.
We, the undersigned citizens of
Oeala wish to express to you and to
your colleagues through you our OBJ
solute disproval of government own
ership of railroads and telegraph
aid cable companies, and believe that
they should be returned to their
owners. 1t is our earnest conviction
that this policy is taking us away
from true democracy and means one
more step toward the autocracy of
socialism. We trust that when this
measure comes before the Senate and
mouse for action that you will take
council with your constituents. and
we believe that they will agree with
the above by an overwhelming major.
ity.
lSigned) Jake Brown, ]. E. Chace
q. g. Chambliss, w. S. Bullock. T. T.
Munroe. J. NJ Thomas, Louis r.
Chazal. H. D. Stokes, A. E. Gerig
W. M. Gist, George MacKay and I,
w .Duva1.
The above named gentlemen are
representative citizens and no donbt
speak for large class of our people
out 1t IS fair to assume that public
sentiment in Ocala is very much div.
ided on this subject as it is yery
much divided on the subject of mimi.
cipai ownership and public utilities
A large number, at least. stand with
the president, Mr. McAdoo. Senator
Kellogg and great many others tha,
the tme of government contro,
snouid De extended for FIVE years in.
stead of twenty-one months
IL is one of the gravest subject :
tnat ha been before congress in anv
number of years.
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poigDantly sad was the death CT
Aviator Sergeant o. G. Remington IN
this city last Saturday afternoon and
although not killed in the forefront
Of battle. he had shown willingness
10 do so, and no hero could have done
more. and always throughout his car
eer in the aviation branch Of the ar
nv he had given splendid and brave
service to his country.
On Friday afternoon in company
with his superior, Lieut.. Harry
Feast. he arrived in Ocala from Dorr
Field. Arcadia, in company with an
other airplane in which were Lieut..
C. f. Carter and Sergeant c. B,
Means. They were in Ocala for the
purpose of mapping out an airplane
mail route between Tampa and this
city. While here they met a mum
ber of 0cala people and were most
pleasantly entertained during their
stay.
Early Saturday afternoon the two
planes started back to Arcadia. the
one containing Lieut.. Feast and Ser
geant Remington starting first. The
plane had only gone few hundred
yards when evidently something
went wrong with the engine, the ma
chine wavered, toppled and fell to
the ground with crash Lieut..
Feast was able to extricate himself
from the machine but Sergeant
Means was pinned in the wreckage,
which in very few seconds was a
mass of flames caused by several ex-
plosions. The heat was so intense
that Lieut.. Feast could not assist his
comrade, try as hard as ne could,
and there was no one close enough
to render assistance. Those who saw
the accident from a distance rushed
to the scene Of the accident but it
was too late to be of any help to
Sergeant Means, who mercifully suf-
feIed only short time as the acci-
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20

dreds of people are employed by US
in the erection of temporary homes
for these people. When these work
men first came to US they we're like
wild beasts They all knew they were
to have food, yet they we're so near
starvation that they would STRIKE
push and struggle and hold out their
poor honey fingers to grasp and seize
the food like birds of prey"
Henry Morganthau, formerly Uni
ted States ambassador to Turkey
states that None of the fearful hor
rors perpetrated in the various zones
Of war can compete with the fearfu
lot OF the Armenfans.e
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
sUFFRAeIsTs SAY
VICTORY rs AT HAND
Director of News Service.

Washington, Dec. .-Suffragists
who have been making demonstra-
tions during the week in the interest
OF votes for women declare that vic
tory is near. They claim to have re-
cruited new friends and say that they
feel certain that all obstacles to voets
for women have been overcome. The
suffrage leaders say that the fact
that England has granted suffrage
to her women largely in recognition
of their services during the war, has
helped greatly in the fight they have
been making during the past two
weeks
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
HUN CLOCKS MOVED

American Army of Occupation,
Dec. 19-By order of the American
military authorities, the clocks at
Cobleaz, Treves and elsewhere in the
occupied areas were set back an
hour on Sunday. The change from
the German time was made so that
the clocks within the bridgehead and
the district west of the Rhine would
correspond with the Freach time. OF
the time used by the American eype'
dictionary forces
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
TO RESTORE THE
FAMOUS BELGIAN I'M

New York, Dee. 1s.-Hote1 men
gathered here to attend their nation
al convention exposition, will be the
first IL any industry to undertake the
work of reconstruction in Belgium.
Their effort in this direction will be
the restoration of an ancient inn in
the town of Furnes in Flanders, for
sometime the headquarters of King
Albert and the Belgian army AS the
Hotel Noble Rose this inn was for
centuries celebrated among visitors
to Flanders
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20

The Miami Metropolis says that
this season has been the most sue
cessfuI one for grapefruit ever before
known and the prices have been high
err The crop was 25 per cent higher
than last year. The growers are
very much e1ated
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20
BILLION DOLLARS IN MEAT
AND MILK EXPORTED

Washington. Dec BY the end
of the present month billion dol
lars worth Of meat and dairy prod
ucts viii have been exported by the
United States, being actually four
the war.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20

Tallahassee seems to have less gas
man needed strange coincidence
.0f Tallahassee; but we suppose the
hcWiiliams resolution has soma.n,,.
TO do with il. 8
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-12-20

MARION COUNTY, WIN.
NER or FIRST PRIZE At
THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR
AND EXPOSITION.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-24
General Officer Accepts Reduction in Rank in
 Order to See Service

Washington, February :3.-Because, of a desire for nctfve service. Brig adier General Samuel I. Johnson. conn manding the Hawaiian division of the national glard. has surrendered that .rstAk and accepted a commission as major In the national army. Army orr ders today show that he has been assigned as adjutant of the Fifteenth infantry brigade. regular. at Camp Fremont. Paloato. CaIifornia. The case Is the first on record during the pres- ent war. at least, where general of fiecr has voluntarily accepted much lower rank In order to see service at the front.
 The order also dtscIoses that the eishth division h being mobiltxed at Camp Frenent. It h understood that Nnsor 1enera1 John Morrison. now de Tee-se4 n military tralning, general sssssx is 10 command the division. fstixs sfsf General Joseph D. Leitch and .ssxfer E Harris have been assigncd tO c'scyesspa the two briGades of infantry sazwrFss3 xathered at the camps.
 sfatws Johnson was adjutant general nE she N Hawaiian 9uards before lf was sssIea into the federal service. flttinw hss fisS hte new duty with the Fif-
 nt sslgade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-24
THREE AMERICANS REPORTED KILLED
 AND 13 WOUNDED
Two Others Die as Result of Injuries Received in Ac- cording to General
 Pershing's Statement
By .the Associated Press


 Washington, February 2S.-Thrce men have been killed in action, five severely wounded. and eight slishtIy wounded, General Pershing tonight re- ported to the war department. The dead ares
 Privates Thomas V. sRatcliff, Clarks- vile. Tenn; William H. Scott, Calvert City. Ky, and Ralph T. Kingery. On tario. California.
 The severely wounded were Corpor- als Edwin F. Titus, Manchester, Conn.,, and Thaddeus Blazejowski, Meriden. Conn. and Privates Thomas Morrison. south Manchester. Conn: Walter F. Moran, Norwich Coma and Gustave H. Hermanson. Ansonia, Conn.
 The slightly wounded were First Lieutenant Guy I. swetts. South Paris. Maine, and First Lieutenant Thomas M. Holmes, Albany. N. Y; Second Lieu- tenant Edwin c. Call. Dexter. Maine. and Privates Romes Nadeau, Somers- worth, N. H.. Clyde F. Andrews. Orono. Maine; Peter Rubeck, Egeland. N. D.; Walter Brodowski. Lennox, Mass, and William H. Hale, Somerville, Mass.
 Private F. Kopanski, of Chicago. died as the result of wounds received in action, 1t: also was announced, and Private Sidney M. Cowley, of New York succumbed on February to gunshot wounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-24
T0day's Rotogravure
 Is a War Number

Today's Rotogravure Section of The Age-Herald is "war number" containing photographs of nearly fifty of the Birming- ham boys who are now in the service of their country.
 Since the Rotogravure was printed Dr. Will M. Jordan has been made a major. It will also be noted that n slight error was made in the engraving and that the names of Major Jordan and Capt. Marshall Mayes have been transposed under their pictures.
 Hundreds 0f Birmingham's young men are now following the colors and the group in today's Rotogravure is but a specimen of what Birmingham is contributing to the nation In this time of stress and crisis-