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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
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DR.. LACEY TELLS OF HIS TRIP TO THE GREATEST VOL
CANO ON EARTH


I stood within a city disinterred,
And heard the autumnal leaves light
like footballs
OF spirits passing through the streets,
and heard
The mountains slumberous voice at
intervals
Thrill through those roofess halls.
1t was a glorious morning when we
steamed into the bay Of Naples. The
approach is very impressive-the
clear Italian sky, green hills, gay col
ors, grim Vesuvius frowning over all.
The lads diving for pennies afforded
ample amusement as our vessel near
ed the dock. | was struck by the
mirth, laughter and easy-going lives
of the people Macaroni was in ev-
idence on every side. AS l made my
way through one of the narrow streets
| was deluged with copious shower
of potato parings from overhead. ]
was thankful that the experience was
no worse, and recalled Juvenal's ar
raignment of Rome in his day where.
he enumerates the danger. of the pc
destrians exposed to "'pieces of crack
ed earthenware falling from the win
dows above
The neighborhood is rich in historic
interests Pueteoli, whore st. Paul
landed after his sbipwreck, is only
few miles away. Vergil IS associated
with Naples and here is. his tradition
al tomb referred to in Pope's lines.
COR wait Inspiring dreams at Maro's
urn" Nearby is Misenum where the
emperor Tiberius died. very pathetic
character in Roman history. Disfg
ured by skin trouble, he spent his
last years as a recluse at Capri. Be-
fore his death the aged emperor went
once again to his capital. Ee did not
enter the city From the hills he took
one last look at Rome and turned
away Oppressed with the feeling.
that his life had been failure the
ruler of the world died alone. His
melancholy figure comes before me
whenever l read that chapter in the
gospel beginning with the words sin
the fifteenth year of the reign of Tt
berius Caesar"
But perhaps the most interesting
point to the tourist is the site of Pom
pei, less than an hours trip from Ma
pies. In 70 A. D. the city was in full
tide of prosperity. One afternoon in
August aihuge cloud hung above We
suvius and broad flame burst from
the taountajn Soon darkness over
spread such darkness as might be
felt. Houses rocked, children scream
I ed, men groaned. The city was buried
beneath a shower Of stones, cinders
and lava. Two thousand people per-
ished.
The life thus suddenly arrested was
brought to light by the spade of the
archaeolog;st in the nineteenth CEN
fury and the visitor today treads those
streets contemporary with Nero, tt
tus, Tacitus and Pliny. We are car
ried back to the period when the Co
! losseum was in the eourse.of construc-
ton, when Christianity was in the
| dawn of life, when ST. Paul was in
Rome We stand within city disin-
tered Here is a skeleton beside a
little bunch of valuab'es. Here IS a
soldier There is cog. On yonder
street is a rut worn in the pavement
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12

The Tampa Times says "Stumpf is
there with the goods" in speaking of
the former editor of The Evening
Leader, now connected with the Tam
pa Times, and who directed the music
In "Pinafore" on Monday and Tues
day nights. That is not news to the
PEOPLE of Tarpon Springs, for they
Lave known for long time that Mr..
s 5umpf has the goods, be he here,
there or anywhere.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
WE THANK Mr.. FLETCHER.

Senator Duncan III. Fletcher writes
us that he has had The Leader placed
on the mailing list to receive future
copies Of the U. S. Employment Serv-
ice Bulletin. which is issued every
Tuesday for the information Of the
employment service Of the govern
ment and cooperating bodies. The
Leader is glad to get this service, as
information of this kind may prove
useful to our readers from time to
time
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
Churches TO Open Rooms for Red
Cross Work.

Centrally located churches of Wash
ington, D. c., are interested in finding
workrooms for the Red Cross units re-
Gently organized in the various gov
eminent departments. Several of
these churches are planning to open
their social rooms at stated times for
the use of these units, according to
E. w. Bond, executive secretary of the
commission on church cooperation of
the District of Columbia camp COM
munity service.
INSTRUMENTATION vesper serv-
ices are being conducted each Sunday
afternoon on the Ellipse, having be-
gun early in june" said Mr.. Bond.
"These services are primarily for sol
diers, sailors, marines, and civilian
strangers, though anyone desiring to
come is welcome. An address is given
each week by prominent speaker,
and the Marine band furnishes the
music"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE
CHECKS.

Checks for the April allotments of
pay and government insurance for the
families of dependents of soldiers
were mailed out from Washington on
Friday, May "a Failure to receive
check due in all probability means
that there is some error in the payee's
address,. and the matter should be
taken up Immediately with the war
risk insurance bureau at Washington,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
THE AMERICANS DUTY.

The main duty of noncombatant
Americans briefly may be stated as
follows:
Increase production, economic in
consumption, lend your savings to the
government, and hold your liberty
bonds.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12

French Hospitality for Americans.
Homes of clergymen in France have
been prepared to provide hospitality
for American soldiers on leave or dur
ing convalescence. Offers have been
received from all parts of the world to
extend this movement.
These offers are the outcome of an
appeal, sent out by the French Prot
estant committee and published in
French newspapers under the heading,
"A Duty Of Hospitality urging the
reception of American officers and SOL
diers in French Protestant homes.
Madame de Billy, wife of Col. de
Billy, assistant to the high commits
sioner of the French republic in Wash
ington, is honorary secretary of the
committee on French homes, the sub
committee to the French Protestant
committee, and the one that takes care
of these offers on behalf of the men Of
the American army.
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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
At the Cross Roads.

He was a little Belgian lad
Whom war had somehow failed to
mar.
Almost a baby face he had,
Bewildered now and vaguely sad.
Where are you going in the wind
And rain ? And must you travel far 2"
He said, give started out to find
The country where the mothers are."
Grace Hazard Conkling, in Good
Housekeeping.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
Christian Scientists Welfare Workers

Christian Scientists Welfare Workers.
Sixty-three camp welfare workers of
the Christian Science church are em-
ployed in the various camps, canton
ments, forts, and military stations of
the United States. There are Is well
fare room attendants and hundreds of
Christian Scientists who are. members
of local and state camp welfare com
mittees. Forty-two automobiles are in
use by the camp workers. These cars,
marked christian Science Welfare
Committee" are used to assist camp
postmasters. Letters and kilograms
from anxious mothers asking for in
formation about their sons are receiv-
ed and answered, "These messages
are always willingly and promptly re-
sponded to as part of the welfare
work" said Avery Coonley, of the
Christian Science committee on publ
cations.
At reading room in England, main
tanned for the use of soldiers, reports
show that in six weeks there was a
growth in attendance from ~ to All
a week.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12

For two years not a single new
pleasure motor car has been made in
England. Luxury business has ceased.
The English are leading strenuous
lives. but are pr,spering.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
Thrift-stamp Cubs in Methodist Sun
day Schools.

Thrift-Stamp clubs have been or
ganized in every Sunday school in
Methodisn, according TO an announce
,nerlt made by the Rev Tnhn c. Ben.
son evecutive secrnAarv IF The nation
Il VIZ council of The Methodist Epis-
copal church.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
Postofice Mission Committee Help
Men Find One Another.

The Postofice Mission committee of
the Alliance Of Unitarian and other
Christian Women sent a request to the
churches to notify every man in gov
1nneht service Of the name Of the
chaplain of the camp where he was
stationed. The churches were also
asked to send list of the men in
camp to the camp chaplains. This
work has proved of value to both the
chaplains and the men.
The churches are assisting the men
to locate their friends. Many of them
have sent copies of their honor roll,
with addresses of the men, to military
and naval members. This has enabled
many old friends to find each other
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
Bishop Murray Talks of Church's
Place in the War.

"The church must be foremost in
Place and duty said the Right Rev
John Gardner Murray, bishop of the
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12

Women From IS States in S. S. Class.
Young women representing 35 of
the states and one of the territories
are banded together by az Sunday
school class in Washington, D. C.
These young women came to the ma
tional capital to serve as government
employees.
Miss Jessie L. Burial, of the edi-
torial staff of the National Geographic
Magazine, is the teacher of this class
of war workers. When Miss Burial
organized the class early in the pres
.ent year there were 6 members; today
there are 116.
II try to assist the girls in all their
problems" Miss Burial said. each
Sunday, after class | keep certain
period free, so that my girls may come
to me for advice and encouragement.
1t makes me very happy to realize
how many come. Each girls is an ac-
tive member of the Red Cross. Thrift
stamps are on sale in the Sunday
school rooms and are freely purchased
by members of the class. War-service
organizations are heartily supported
by all the young women"
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12

Hymns to be Adapted for Bands.
A collection of 81 of the well-known
hymns familiar to all denominations
is being adapted for band music, suit
able as accompaniment for community
singing. The Rev. G. C. F. Rratenahl,
dean of the Episcopal cathedral,
Washington, D. c., is chairman of the
committee supervising this work, a
subcommittee to the committee on
church cooperation of the District of
Columbia, war camp community
service
Heretofore It has been difficult to
sing hymns with band accompani-
ment The instruments are so high in
pitch that the human voic is strained
in following them. Camps, canton
nents, and other interdenominational
gatherings will benefit by these new.
Scores said f. w. Bond, secretary Of
subcommittee on church cooperation
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-12
The LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Entered at the postoffice at Tarpon
Springs, Fla, as second class matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
SAGE TEA TURNS
GRAY HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother's recipe to bring
color, lustre and youthfulness to
hair when faded, streaked or
gray.

That beautiful, even shade of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
phur. Your hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When it
fades, turns gray or streaked, just an
application or two of Sage and Sui
phur enhances it's appearance hun
dredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture; you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition of
other ingredients at a small cost, all
ready for use. 1t is called Wyeth' s
Sage and Sulphur Compound. This
can always be depended upon to bring
back the natural color and lustre of
your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's' Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it
darkens so naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell it has been applied.
You simply dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this thru the
hair, taking one small strand at a
time; by morning the gray hair has
disappeared and after another appli-
cation it becomes beautifully dark and
appears glossy and lustrous. This
ready-to-use preparation is a delight
full toilet requisite for those who de-
sire dark hair and a youthful appear
ance. 1t is not intended for the cure.
mitigation or prevention of disease
Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
CAMERAS FOL FARMS
Every Agriculturist Could Use Them
Profitably, j. o. Hamilton Says.

Manhattan. Kan, April 1s-A good
camera could be used to advantage
on practically every Kansas farm
not merely as a hobby but as a BUSH
ness investment. Uses for a camera
are numerous, points out ]. o. Hamil-
ton, professor of physics in the KAN
sas State Agricultural college
cameras are especially useful in
selling property" said Professor Hamil-
ton. Many deals have been started
because the prospective purchaser had
pictures before him and knew just
what he was doing.
In selling live stock thru CORES
pondence and in keeping pedigree
records. the camera is practically in
dispensable. When offering for sale
something which is not staple
product, a good photograph. even
when not directly connected with it,
may bring a better price for the
product. Examples of photographs
of this kind are those of cattle and
dairy barns used in the sale of butter,
and of chickens and chicken houses
used in the sale of fancy eggs and
pOultry.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
BURN RUSS TOWN
Hun Troops Demanded Money
and Inhabitants Refused.
Shot Down Escaping Women
and Children.
tBy the Associated Press.)

Moscow, April 1S.-Because the
peasants in the village of Novoselki in
the government Of Mohilev resisted
an armed requisition of money by Ger
man troops and killed an officer in
the resulting scuff1e, the Germans
burned the village and from machine
guns placed around it they fired upon
the Inhabitants. including women and
children. who tried to escape, killing
many of them.
A protest against this atrocity has
been communicated to the German
government by NJ. Tchitcherin, Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs. The
minister also mentions the fact that
the Germans killed an entire family,
even the little children, when they
were Informed that one member had
participated in guerilla warfare against
them.
The peoples commissary for for
e1gn AFFAIRS" the protest concludes
expressed a feeling of the deepest in
dignation and most resolutely pro-
tests against such acts of violence as
being unworthy of a cultured people
and contradictory to the elementary
principles of human society. 1t is
hoped the German government will
investigate thoroly and punish the Of
fenderS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
GERMAN FINANCES GOOD
President of German Bank Says VIC
tory Will Bring Indemnity.

Amsterdam, April 1s.-In a war
loan propaganda speech at Munich,
President Havenstein of the Reichs-
bank, declared that Germany's finan-
cial position was better than that of
her enemies and that the longer the
war lasted the stronger became the
Netherlands financial power" accord
ing to the Vossische Zeitung.
Whether we shall get a war in
demnity is not yet certain he added.
TT will depend on the victory still to
be won. Bankruptcy of the German
empire however, is unthinka BILE so
long as the enemy does not succeed in
smashing the fatherland- One thing is
essential namely freedom of competi-
ton for German product thru the
whole world. Then we shall be able
to bear war burdens better than Eng
land and France. But war burdens
will be heavy. Our future motto must
be, work twice as hard and save twice
as much as before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
HOLD meeting IN X. C.
War Convention of Intcr-Community
League Billed for April "a

Kansas City, Mo, has been selected
for the .'war convention of the In
ter-Community League of the South
west, April 24-25.
Comprising the Chamber of Com
merce and other commercial organiza-
tons of Missouri, Kansas and Okla
homa. the league will consider not
only problems pertaining to the indus
trial and commercial activities of the
various communities represented, but
will deal primarily with the questions
of agricultural development, market
ing, transportation. labor and the
stimulation of food-growing industries
with the ultimate idea of coordination
and cooperation to win the war.
s. Delegates from every chamber of
commerce in the league will attend,
the president and secretary constitut-
ing the accredited delegates. In many
instances other representative bust
ness men will help make up the dele
cations. Arrangements for this city's
registration is in the hands of the local
commercial organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
Is YEARS AGO in TOPEKA
From the columns of
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
April ID, 1898.

April 18. 1898.
The committee of conductors, engineers
and firemen who 'alled ON Superintendent
of Machinery Player yesterday afternoon
were assured that their contracts were
considered good and that the company had
considered them SO all the time. The COM
mittee considered Mr.. Players statement
of the case satisfactory, and did not go
before General Manager Frey was in
tended.
Clay Bowen, North Topeka postmaster,
says he is ready to step down and out
whenever the new postmaster puts in an
appearance. He says the office is no sine
cure.
Miss Jennie Finch of North Topeka will
give card party tomorrow night.
Mrs. N. c. McFarland's musicale in the
Copeland parlors last evening netted neat
little sum for Ingleside. Misses Irene
Horner, Myra Williams, Minnie Peck and
Edith Campbell acted as ushers.
The program was in charge of Prof.
Wilder and the selections were well re-
ce1yed- The first number was a duet by
Messrs. Moore and Shirer, after which fol-
lowed vocal solos by Mrs. p. H. Adams.
Misses Walker and Bishop, Messrs. Moore
and Shirer; two piano solos by Mrs c. S.
Gleed, and a mandolin solo with piano ac-
compartment by Mr.. FL. S. Lawrence. Miss
Writings recitation was encored. The last
number was Way Down Upon the Swanee
River" sung by all the participants. The
accompanies were Messrs. Roehr and
Wilder, and Miss Stitch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
MURDERED BY SPIES?
Iowan May Have Been Killed to Pre-
vent Disclosing Secrets.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, April 1s.-Paul
Head, formerly Of Ced, r Rapids, was
murdered near Lima, Peru. by German
agents to prevent his disclosing their
activities. according to word received
by friends here
HeaId's body has arrived in New
York and is being brought here for
burial.
Senators Cummins and Kenyon of
Iowa are said to have been informed
of the case.
AItho he was ostensibly drowned
in an irrigation ditch about January
80, Hea1d's body was covered with
bruises from an attack, according to
theories held here.
Head was connected with an Ameri-
can bank in Lima.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
NAVY TO ENLIST MEN
Skilled Tradesmen Are Wanted for
Immediate Service.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 1S.-The
navy has immediate need of number
of blacksmiths, coppersmiths. acety-
line welders and pattern makers for
service with the Notifying section of
the navy flying corps. according to
Lieut.. R. IS. Campbell, recruiting Off
Ger for the Kansas City district.
Men who can show that they have
had skilled trade experience will be
accepted for enlistment as black
smiths and coppersmiths for aviation
duty. The age limit is 81 to 35 and
the pay is SCI a month.
Men who take advantage of this OPP
portunity to serve their country in
their particular trade will be sent to a
naval air station for a brief training
period. At present these men are sent
to the naval air station at Charleston
S. c. Registered men may enlist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18

Goodbye. sore feet, burning feet,
swollen feet, tender feet, tired feet
Goodbye, corns. callouses. bunions
and raw spots. No more shoe tight
ness, no more limping with pain or
drawing up your face in agony. ''Tiz''
is magical, acts right off ''Tiz" draws
out all the poisonous exudations which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
''SLOAN'S IMMINENT
RELIEVES MY PAM
This is the verdict of those who
use it.

Why is. Sloan's the worlds largest
selling, most popular liniment? Be
cause of its remedial properties for
all external pains. strains and bruises
Because it penetrateS-Without rub
bing-leaving no mussineSs or skin
stain, and relieves promptly an at
tack of Lumbago, Sciatica, Neuralgia
Rheumatic twinges. Joint-stiffness,
Muscle = soreness, Neck = kinks are
promptly relieved
Have a bottle handy in your medi-
cine cabinet. Any druggist will sell
you a generous sized bottle. No in
crease in price-25c, soc and 800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
STOPPING posture, it was possible to
conceal the fact of ones double life"
Thrills Behind Trenches.

STOPPING posture. it was possible to
conceal the fact of ones double life"
Thrills Behind Trenches.
Then came the thrills behind the
trenches = endless professions of
motors, spectac1es of killed and
Cross hospitals by Hun airplanes-
and the genuine sensation of the first
meeting with a big shell from the
German lines.
LAS we stood by the automobiles at
Recicourt, kicking the wrinkles out of
our cotton khaki riding breeches-and
mine, alas, had to be kicked carefully
to preserve that pie slice cut from my
shirt tail that expanded the waist
band from SO to A inches-little did it
seem to Henry and me that we should
first meet German shell face to face
in a place like Recicourt. The name
did not sound historic.
But we had scarcely shaken hands
around the group of American ambu-
lance men who gathered to greet us
before we heard B-A-N-G!-an
awful sound. 1t was as if some one
suddenly had picked up the whole
Haynes hardware store-at Emporia
-tinware, farm implements, nails and
shelf goods, and had switched it with
an awful whiz thru the air and landed
it upon the sheet iron roof of Wichita
civic forum which seats six thou sand.
but each realized that he must be
casual to support the other, so we
said nothing to the ambulance boys,
and they being used to such things, let
it pass also. We went on talking, so
did Major Murphy, being a soldier. So
did Mr.. Richard Norton, being head of
the American ambulance service. In
minute there was a fearful whistle
long, piercing and savage. And then
they had taken the Peters hardware
stock in Emporia and dumped it on
the Wichita Union station. Still no
one mentioned the matter. 1t seemed
to Henry and me to be anything but
a secret. but if the others had no
notion of it. far be it from us to blab.''
Whites book is full of Kansas lam
guage and Kansas color and Kansas
names-the Murdocks Henry Lassen,
Henry Ganse's golf scores, Commercial
street in Emporia. CoIiege Hill and the
Beacon building in Wichita. And lots
and lots of two men and a maid-the
Gilded Youth, the Young Doctor and
the Eager Soul-in France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-18
HOSPITAL CORPS OPEN
Experienced Men Are Needed for
Service in Navy.

Kansas City. Mo-. April 1S.-The
hospital corps of the navy, which has
been closed to enlistment for several
months, has been reopened, according
to Lieut.. r. B. Campbell, recruiting of
ficer for the Kansas City district, and
men between Is and 25 years of age
who have had a high school education
may now apply for enlistment in the
navy hospital corps. Men with some
experience in nursing or the handling
of drugs will be given preference
Men enlisted in the navy hospital
corps are sent to a hospital training
school and given thoro training in the
necessary branch of their work before
being assigned to sea service.