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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
British Secure Hold on Canal
fRy Acoaa;aka5 Duaaa

tby Associated Press.)
%ondon, Sept. 4.-1:00 p. m.)-
British secured a hold on the
bank of the Canal Du Nord, TAX
Rumaucourt, north of Hains Les
qulen' says advices from the bat
front. Further along the canal
report they have taken Chyen-
EOS' Demicourt and Hermies.
ear the Somme the British crossed
canal at Haut-Allaines, more than
miles north of Peronne. From
niles southwark the British line
icated running west to Ruyual-
II a mile and a half east Of Ber-
Ourt and midway between Niephe
Sallly in the Lys salient the Brit
captured the village of Croix-du-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
(By Associated Press. J

London, Sept. 4.-Paris newspapers
today print the following semi-ofiicial
statement: Hour seems close az
hand when the superb efforts Of the
Alliesiwill begin to bear fruit, +" One
Of our great chiefs said yesterday,
1--WE are on the last lap, close 70 win
ming post "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
TOILET SOAP FOR SOLDIERS

Paris, Sept, 4.-For delivery in the
noxt three months the Y NJ. G. A. has
contracted for 100000 bars of soap
to be used by soldiers in discouras
ing dirt and cooties. Most OF the
SOAP is for toilet purposes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
HEAR HERTLING WILL QUIT
RumOr In Berlin That SOIf VIII Sue
coed the Chancellor

London, Sept. At is rumored In
Berlin, according to a dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Central News Agen-
cy, that Chancellor Won Hertling soon
will retire, owing to his advanced age,
and will be succeeded by DR.. W. s.
Solf, the German Colonial Secretary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
BY Associated Press

Chicago, Sept. 4.-Rain began fall
ing about s o'clock this morning
threatening to cause the postpone
ment of the first game world series
1t was said the game will be played
unless the rain continued into the af-
ternoon.
Later.-Today's game was finally
postponed because of rain.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
NEW DISEASE in BELGIUM
Germans Trying to Localize Outbreak
Thought to Be Cholera

Amsterdam, Sept. 4.-The Tele-
graaf says 1t learns that new sick
ness, probably cholera, has broken
out in Belgium. Thirty young people
died this week in village near Diest,
seventeen miles northeast of Louvain.
The Germans are vigorously trying
to localize the disease.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
The Berlin Report
by Associated preas,

by Associated Press.)
sFiln' Sept. 4.-The British, oper-
IN the Lys salient yesterday
Aed their way forward as far as
i,ne Of Wulverchem. Niephe, Bac
aaur Laventre, Richebourg-St
~ according to an official Ger.
Sstement. Between the Ailette
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
NATIONAL BANKS
CALLED ON FOR
STATEMENT
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Sept. 4.--The Comp
troller of the currency today issued \
call for the condition Of National
banks at the close of business Satur-
day, Aug 81.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
MILLION TO REGISTER
IN NEW YORK

New York, Sept. An New York
City the draft officials expect about
| 900, 900 men to report for registra-
ton under the new law. 1t is prob
able that every armory and other
large hall in the city will be used for
registration places, the location OF
which will be announced by Director
of the Draft Conboy the latter part
of this week, probably next Saturday
in time for publication in next Sun
days newspapers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
GERMANS IN FULL FLIGHT; WHOLE
BRITISH FRONT BEING MOVED UP
.LENNE'S CONDITION
IS REPORTED
CRITICAL
(By Associated Press.)

London, Sept. 4.-The condition of
the Bolshevik premier, Lenine, whose
life was attempted last Friday has be-
come highly critical, according to a
Moscow dispatch to the Central News
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
Over 900 Names
On Casualty List
FLORIDIANs ON THE HONOR ROLL
Army

Killed in Action-Private Preston
Fields, next Of kin, Robert Fields, No.
153 Fifteenth street, Tampa.
Wounded Severely-Privates Rob-
ert N. Waltmire, next of kin, Charles
A. Waltmire, Punta Gorda; David A.
Register, next of kin, Ira Register,
Graceville.
Missing in Action-C. M. Willis,
next of kin, Mrs M. c. Willis, Fort
Myers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
c. B. REYNOLDS,
FORMER TAMPA
POSTMASTER,
A SUICIDE
(By Associated Press.)

IBy ASSOClateu PTeSS.J
Tampa, Sept. 4.-G. B. Reynolds,
postmaster during McKinley's admin
istrations, was found dead this morn
ing, having shot himself through the
head.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04
RTISH REPORTED T0H HAVE
TAKEN M0EUVRES;; HAVE
SECURED HOLD ON WEST
bank CANAL DU N0RD

and the Aisne the French. Americans
and Italians launched renewed at
tacks after the strongest fire prepara- :
tion. They were repulsed in many
instances after bitter fighting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-04

Washington, Sept. 1.-Two casual
Ity lists-army-made public today to-
tai 912 names.
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
AZ NATIONALITIES
NPARADE;HEARST
EHOSTTOS0L0NS

NEW YORK. July 6-Forty-teo
nations. with q total o. 10000 repre-
ssntAtiSeA participates in the Fonrth
Bof July pageant in. this city, accord.
ing to anal official estimates hars -
day. Even Germany eontributed T..
the pageant The .Tsutons bore ban
nsrs reading Born in Germany, out
Made In America"
At Madison Square the rsyiswfhE
stand held a party Of congfssamen
who came here as the guests Of WI
liam Randolph Hearst, the publlsher
Awong those on the stand were See
retary Of the Navy Daniels. who re-
viewed the parade with Mayor gohn
=. Hyian-
senator James A. Rcd o. missouri aua
Speaker Champ Clark of The Honoe
we're speakers last night ats 3 dfnnsf
given BY 1lr. Hearst il honor % mem
bsrs of Congress Who cana6 here q bis
guests fog TIE Fourth % July celebra-
don Both iaudad Mr.. Hsant - . 20
Usher.
Among the other guests were sonatus.
Henry r. Ashurst Of Arizona, Chariss
Curtis Of KAnsaA WiTiiam II EinT q
Utah. John y. shafroth Of Colorada. and
more than two score Of conrassmen
The Washington times., 1918-07-05

Gentlemen of the Diplomatic
Corps and Ny Fellow Citizens:
am happy TO draw apart with
you TO this quiet place of old
counsel in order to speak little
of the meaning OF this day Of our
nations independence. The place
seems very still and remote. 1t
is as serene and untouched by the
hurry of the world as IL was in
those great days OF long ago
when General Washington was
here and held leisurely confer
ence with the men who were TO
be associated with him in the
creation OF a nation. From these
gentle slopes they looked out
upon the world and saw II whole,
saw II with the light of the fu-
ture upon IL, saw It with modern
eyes that turned away from a
past which men Of liberated
spirits could no longer endure. II
Is for that reason that we can
not feel. even here, in the imme-
diate presence OF this sacred
tomb, that this is a place OF
oealh- IL was place OF aChleNe-
ment A great promise that was
meant for all mankind was here
given plan and reality. The as
sociations by which we are here
surrounded are the inspiriting as
sociations of that noble death
which is only a glorious consum-
nation. From this green hillside
we also ought to be able to see
with comprehending eyes the
world that lies about us and
should conceive anew the pur-
poses that must set men free.
For All Mankind
II is signincant-siEninc of
their own character and purpose
and OF the influence they were
setting afoot-that Washington
and his associates, like the bar
The Washington times., 1918-07-05

lishsd upon the handsome foundA-
tion, OF . mutual respect for
right
{ The estsbIishrnsnt Of an or
ganixation Of peace which shall
make it certain that the com
btned power Of free nations will
check every invasion of right and
serHe 20 make peace and justice
the more secure By Ghording q
definite tribunal OF opinion to
which All must submit. and By
which every trterRRtional read
3ustment that cannot be aEnicably
agreed upon By the peoples d.
reetly concerned AhAu be sane-
tionad-
These great objects can Be put
into . single sentence. What Wo
seek is the reign Of Law. based
upon the consent Of the governed
and sustained By the organised
opinion Of mankind.
Those great ends cannot b
achieved By debating and seeking
70 reconcile and accommodate
what statesmen may. Wish. with
thotx projects ,toErsbalances Of
power and Of national opportun-
ity. Theyy can be realised only
By the termination Of what the
thinking peoples of the world de-
sire, with their longing hope for
Justice and for social freedom and
opportunity. a.
can fancy that the air OF mis-
place carries the accents OF such
principles with . peculiar kind
ness. Here were started forces
which the great nation against
which they were primarily direct
Cd at nrst regarded a. . revolt
against its Tfghtful authority, but
which II has long since seen TO
have been . step In the liberation
Of its own people ~ wen - OF
the people Of the United States:
and stand here now 20 speak
speak proudly and with confident
hopo-of the spread OF this revolt
this liberation, to the great stage
OF the world itself! The blinded
rulers Of Prussia have roused
forces they know little of-forces
which. once reused, can never. be
eruahed to earth again, for they
have at their heart an Inspiration
and q purpose which are death
less and Of the very stun Of Hi-
umph
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
Text of Presidents Fourth
Of july Address
BY FoRTAINE FOX.

ons at. Runnymede. spoke and
acted. not for a class, but for a
people. 1t has been left for US to
see to h that It shall be under
. stood and acted on, not for q
single people only. but for all
mankind.
They were thinking, not OF
themselves and OF material inter-
ests which centered In the little
groups OF landholders and mer-
chants and men OF affairs with
whom they were accustomed to
act in Virginia and the colonies
to the north and south OF her.
but Of a people which wished to
be done with classes and special
interests and the authority OF
men whom they had not them
selves chosen to rule over them
They entertained no private pur-
pose, desired no peculiar priv
uege- 80.
They were consciously planning
that men OF every class should 5e
frSe and America a place to
which men out OF every nation
might resort who wished to share
aNA NANhi AhN EAb hNH anu pTlNll-
eyes Of free men. And we take
our cue from them. do we not?
We intend what they intended
We here in America believe our
participation in this present war
to be only the fruitage Of what
they planted. Our case differs
from theirs only in this. that Il
Is our inestimable privilege to
concert with men out OF every
nation what shall make not only
the liberties OF America secure,
but the liberties OF every other
people as well We are happy in
the thought that we are permit
ted to do what they would have
done Lad they been In our place.
There must now be settled once
Tor all what was settled for
America in the great age upon
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
Finish Pledged By President Wilson in Independence Day Speech
John McC COrmack Nearly
Sang God Save ITeland"
For US. Battle Hymn" |"

John Mccormack nearly sang
God Save Ireland" instead OF
the Battle Hymn OF the Repub-
lie" at the start on OF the Mt.
Vernon ceremonies yesterday.
The two pieces begin in much the
same strain, and the pianist
started of on the wrong one.
There was a stir for a moment.
but Mccormack caught it and
started over again.
Later Mccormack linked arms
with Ambassador Reading on the
Mayfiower. and they went into
seclusion for an hour, after which
both came out smiling. and II was
rumored the Irish problem had
been satisfactorily settled.
The Washington times., 1918-07-05

whose inspiration We draw to-
day.
This is surely q ntting place
from which calmly TO look out
upon our task. that We may for
tify our spirits for its accomplish
ment And this is the appro-
PIRATE place from which to AvoW,
alike to the friends who look on
and to the friends with whom We
have the Happiness 70 be asBo-
ciated In action, the faith and
purpose with which we act
This. then. II our conception Of
the great struggle in which We
are engaged The plot 10 writ
ten plain upon every scene and
every act OF the supreme tragedy.
On the one hand stand the peo-
pies OF the world-not only the
people actually engaged. but
many others also who suffer un-
der mastery, but cannot act: peo-
pies of many raceS and in, every
part Of the world. the people Of
stricken Russia stilI among the
rest, though they are for the mo-
ment unorganized and helpless
LSOlntsd GrOuR.
Opposed to them. master OF
many armies. stand an isolated.
friendless group Of governments
who speak no common purpose
but only selfish ambitions of their
own by which none can profit but
themselves, and whose people are
fuel in their hands; governments
which fear their people and yet
are for the time their sovereign
lords, making every choice for
them and disposlng OF their livea
and fortunes az they will a.
well as OF the lives and fortunes
OF every people who fall under
their power-governmen cloth
ed with the strange trappIngs
and the primitive authority OF an
age that is altogether alien
and hostile to our own The past
and the present are in deadly
grapple. and the peoples OF the
world are being done to death
between them.
No Halfway Decision.
There can be but one issue
The settlement must be nnal.
There can be no compromise. No
halfway decision would be toler-
able No halfway decision 10 con-
ceiYabIe.
These are the ends for which
the associated peoples OF the
world are fighting and which
must be conceded them before
there can be peace.
!. The destruction Of every
arbitrary power anywhere that
can separately, secretly, and OF
its single choice disturb the peace
of the world; or, II IL cannot be
presently destroyed, at the least
its reduction to virtual Impotence
2. The settlement OF every ques-
tIon, whether OF territory, of SOW
ereignty, OF economic arrange
ment, or OF political Relationship,
upon the basis OF the free accept
ance OF that settlement by the
people Immediately concerned.
and not upon the basis OF the MAJ
teriaI interest or advantage OF
any other nation or people which
may desire a different settlement
for the sake OF its own exterior
influence or mastery.
3. The consent OF all nations to
be governed IN their conduct to-
ward each other by the same
principle OF honor and OF respect
for the common law OF civilized
society that governs the indiVid-
uai citizens OF all modern states
in their relations with one an
other: to the end that all prom
iBss and covenants may be Ba-
credly observed, no private plots
or eonspiracies hatehed, no SELF
ish injuries wrought with impu-
nifty, and . mutual trust SstAb-
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
PRESIDENT SOUNDS
NOTE OF FREEDOM
. FOR WHOLE WORLD

President Wilson yesterday lusue,
the following message to the nation
through the organization Of Four-a[In
ute Men. WAS read at theAtsrl
here and throughout the country. IN,
President said:
You are met my fellow citissna.
70 commemorate me signing of
that Declaration OF Independence
which marked the awakening o. =
new spirit In the lives OF nations.
Since the birth OF our republic,
We have seen this spirit grow. We
have heard the demand and watch
ed the struggle for self-govern-
ment spread and triumph among
many peoples. We have come to.
regard the right 70 political lib
erty AZ the COMMON right OF hu-
mankind. iYeag after year, within
the seei1rfyy. OK ! our bordafh We
have contlnasd tyre joiee m the
peaceful increaseT Of freedom and
democracy Throughout the world
And yet now. suddenly. We are
confronted with 4 menace which.
endangers everything that We
have won and everything that the
world has won.
Arned AEa1nst Pacific HoDes.
In all its old insolenee. with All
its ancient cruelty and. in5usties.
military sutoeracy has again
armed itself against the pacific
hopes of men. Having suppressed
Self-government among It's own
people By an organization main
tanned IN part By fAisehood and
treachery, II has set out to i'm
pose its win upon It's neighbors
and upon us. One By one. Il has
compelled every ciVflined nation IN
the world either to forego its as
pirations or to declare war In
their defense.
We ind ourselves fighting
again for our national existsnce-
We are face to face with the ne
cessity OF asserting anew the fun
damental right Of free men to
make their laws and choose their
own allegiance. or else permit hu-
manity 10 become the victim OF
futhleas axnbItion that is deter
mined to destroy what Il cannot
master.
ssz41ee Il LIbertylLSv4ng.
Against its threat the IIbsrty-
loving people Of the world have
risen and allied themselveA Nc
fear has deferred them, and no
bribe of material weil-being has
held them back They have made
sacrifices such - the world has
never known before. and their re-
Gistanee In the face Of death and
suffering has proved that the aim
which animatss the German eff
The Washington times., 1918-07-05

fort can never hope - rule tie
spirit OF mankind.
Against the. horror. of military
conquest. against the emptiness
Of living IN mere bodily qontont-
ment aEainGfs the dsaolntionl o.
becoming part 81 the' lsfafa hat
knows neither truth nor honor.
the world has 20 rovolted thaf
even people 1onE domlnated and
suppressed by force have now b.
gun to stir and arm Themselves
Racial sDiEaf sem Llvua-
Csnturics Of sub5ugation havo
not destroyed the racial aspira-
tions Of the many dlstinct peoples
Of eastern Europe. nor haze they
accepted the Bordid ideals q thetf
political and military unastsrss
Thsy have survived the slow
persecutions Of pe4cs as well a.
the agonieS Of the var, and now
demand rscoknitfod fof their jpse
claims to autonomy and self-f5v-
ernment Representative of
these races are with you today.
voicing their loyalty % our deals
and Offering their services IN lhe
common cause. ! ask you. fellow
citizens, 70 unite with them q
making this our Indepeudsnco
Day the nrst that shall Be eonaa-
Grated to q declaration Of inde-
pendence for all the peoples q
the world
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
Ani-SIacker Mob
hcarcerates Man In
YeHOW-Shiped Cage

BESsEMER Ala. July B.-Ths
sity is quiet today after q dem
onstration last night By q group
that sought to prove that Besss-
mer win not permit slaeksrs to
rematn here Hayes Brown. ae-
eused Of being . Stacker, was
placed In . yeIlow-stripsd cage.
which bore . pIaeard ~for slack
ers,- and forced to accept the
insults OF . mob. He was three
hours in the cage In. the public
square until released BY the po-
lice, who locked him IN the jail
on . charge OF being q Stacker.
The Washington times., 1918-07-05

every question, whether OF territory,
OF sovereignty, Of economic ARRANGE
fment or of political relationship,
upon the basis of free acceptance OF
that settlement by the people immedi-
ately concerned
The south Europe ENJOYS had lis
tened to the declaration with a hxed-
ness OF gaze. that proved their ap'
probation of the Importance OF the
moment The declaration ended, they
glanced one to another. as though
for q moment wondering had they
heard aright-not new words; they
had been spoken before-but words
reiterated at a moment when they
meant ten times as much as when
uttered hitherto by any other or by
the President himself. Then these
south Europe ENJOYS broke into ap-
plause, leading the multitude
Americas Pledge.
It was Of course to them the pledg-
ing Of the power OF the United States
against the real estate peace" which
Won Kuehlmann suggested the other
day IN the Reichstag-a peace that
would have meant the gathering OF
the big nations to apportfon among
themselves the lands of the earth, or
at least the forcing on the smaller
peoples terms repugnant to their ma
tional aspirations and purposes.
These South Europeans represented
the Czecho-Slavs and Jugo-Slavs, the
Balkans, the buffer" countries-all
lesser races which have kept burn
ing the light of hope for liberty
through centuries. have upbuilt Gus
toms and evolved traditions shot
through with expressions OF that
hope. AS they listened on the green
sward at Mt Vernon they saw the
-culmination OF their hopes-they
saw or thought they saw that the
power of the allies would be theirs
in the determination TO achieve that
long hoped for liberty.
TkunderT of AppIanse.
So. when President Wilson spoke
that pledge, and the vast throng
thundered its approval by applause
that rose and fell and rose again,
the faces of these South Europe en-
voys shone with happiness, and they
Joined in the applause with spirit
The democracy OF the occasion i'm
pressed them, too. Here was the
most powerful man on earth, stand
ing on the lawn near the tomb, clad
in. a SIS palm beach suit with, thou
sands of his fellows about them,
talkInE'to them of what their gov
ernment should do. advising with
them, as It were, and all in simplic-
ity and trust Of the people.
Q There was no pomp or panoply. It
was different from, the kings and
emperors ana ezars and kaisers they
bad known in South Europe And |
they were correspondingly impress
ed |
II is being said today that the |
Presidents Mt Vernon address is at
this moment essentially interviewer |
into the texture OF wartime diplo- |
macy and politics, and that organi- |
zation OF independent nations in |
South Europe viii be given great |
impetus thereby.
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
HIS OUTLINE
Of WAR AIMS
APPLAUDEDBY
ALLEDENVOYS

Overnight study OF President wn
cons Mt. Vernon address at the tomb
Of Washington before envoys OF
thirty-two foreign peoples, yesterday
afternoon, has brought the general
belief-that it was the most significant
utterance since the war began.
First, it committed the United
States TO vict9ry-"There can be but
one issue" the President said. .The
settlement must be final There can
be no compromise
g second, it definitely laid self-deter-
minstion by lesser peoples as one Of
the basic DEGREES OF the peace confer
snee which Is to end this war.
Third-and probably most import
ant now and in future-it pledged q
world organization Of power that
should protect against invasion Of
right, in future years.
Thousands heard the address. They
went By railway, trolley. excursion
steamer and in several thousand auto
mobiles. The green lawns Of the
home OF Washington we're crowded
Words Anxt0usIy Awaited.
But it was the little group OF less
than fiftY-repSesentative of races In
southern Europa who were among the
specially invited gUests-to whom the
Executives words were most signifi-
can't They stood wrapt. Their faces
evinced tensity Of expectation when
Felix J. Streyckmans, of Chicago, \
Belgian, had greeted the President,
and the latter began to speak These
south Europe ENJOYS knew that their
plans for freedom from German domi-
nation were to be aided by the days
events. But they were anxious as to
what form the Presidents declEra-
tions would take
The first lessening Of the intensity
Of their attentiOn-the first real burst
Of applAuss-was when Mr.. Wilson
lnened the present task to that of
the barons Of Runnymede. broadened,
however, to not for a single people
only. but for mankind"
The Washington times., 1918-07-05
sttUaIafiona of ~

The address swept on. In po1ished
dietion and deeply human sentiment
and finally the President came to
his gtipulAtions OF peace baseA, say
ing peace could be only after there
had been conceded @the settlsansnt OF