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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
UNCLE SAME BIGGEST
GOLD PIECE

What is the biggest gold coin minted
by Uncle Sam?
All hands go up. Everybody knows
"a 500 gold piece of course.
But everybody's wrong. The biggest
gold piece weighs 80 pounds and its
value is $1,000.
1t is a brick Of gold, just about the
length and width of an ordinary
, building brick but not so thick.
Bankers use these bricks extensive
ly to settle balances and exports OF
gold are commonly made in this
shape.
In 1917 (the last year for which
| figures are published the minis OF
Philadelphia, San Francisco and Den
yer, and the New York assay office
manufactured 100000 worth OF
these gold bricks.
One may judge then how widely
they are used. You can buy one OF
more of them at any of the minis OF
sub-treasuries if you have the money
to pay for them.
The treasury estimates that abou
$7000O,000 worth of them, during the
present year will be used in the arts
that is to say for making jewelry
for gold plating for gold leaf, etc.
These merchants bars" as they
are called, are worth more, weight fol
weight than the equivalent quantit!
of ordinary gold coins. for the latte
are one-tenth copper, whereas thu
bars are pure gold. e., .999 fine,
which is nearly pure as they can b
made.
If you want to buy a gold bricl
from Uncle Sam you must pay for i
in gold bullion or in gold coin. Blu
this is not a difficulty, because, nov
that the war is over, you can ge
gold coin at the banks or at the sub
treasury in exchange for pape
money.
| Gold bullion, as it reaches the mint
from the mines, contains impurities
The first thing done with it is to mel
it. to free it from earthly matter an
other foreign substances; then
measured quantity of silver is adde
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
MISPLACED SYMPATHY

There were two Browns in the vii
lage, both fishermen. One lost his
wife and the other his boat at about
the same time. s ,3sY
The wears wife called, as she sup
posed on the widower, but really up.
on the Brown whose boat had gone
down.
II am sorry to hear Of your grea,
loss she said.
ooh, 1t amt much matter" was tho
philosophical reply; "she wasn't up tt
much"
indeed said the surprised lady
YES continued Brown, "she wa!
rickety old thing. I offered her tt
my mate but he wouldn't have her
I've had my eye on another for som,
time"
And then the outraged lady fled.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
WAVELETS
THE DEEP.
&C. Green

Many boy has broken a rule in
school and caused the teacher to
break one, too.
An add in the Greenburg Herald
reads: Wanter a job in manicurist' s
shop. No bad habits, am willing =
learn. Ina Mutt.
Willy: Jacks a selfish kid, ain t
he?'
Johnny: "Yuh, his father used to
sell fish too"
Bulldog: Il want to sell my house"
Hound: Sell it to a quiet canine
Bulldog: "Why?"
Hound: Because a barking dog
will never buyit."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

to it and the mixture is Immersed
in a bath of nitric acid.
The acid has no effect on the gold
hut dissolyes the silver into liquid
that looks like pure water. This
LIQUID is drawn off, leaving the gold
at the bottom of the tub. The precious
metal thus purified resembles so much
fine red gravel.
To get rid Of all moisture the
gravel is subjected to pressure ana
on coming out of the squeezing ma
chine appears in big cakes resembling
in shape angel food cakes. These
cakes are worth about $4,000 each
and one could afford to pay $4,000 for
slice Of very moderate size.
This is the material out OF which
the bricks are made. The cake stuff
| is melted in crucible, from which
it is dipped out with a ladle and
poured into iron moulds. When
cooled, the moulds are unlocked and
taken apart, the precious metal then
appearing in the form of bars.
When the gold is wanted for coin
age one-tenth part of copper is mixed
with the melt" The resulting bars
are sliced by machines into strips
which are put under a powerful roll
Ter, and squeezed to just the thick
ness required for the coins. Then the
strips are passed beneath a punch
which cuts out of them the blanks
for the gold pieces that are to be-
Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, who
Is candidate to succeed himself, is
making a very successful race against
the uncouth eccentric who rattles
around in the governors chair and
thinks he would like to go to Wash
lngton Senator Fletcher is one of
the really able men in the Senate
and has served his State well. Flor
ida deserves better than to be repre-
sented by Cats. Macon News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Polk County.-Citrus putting out
new growth. Prospects good for a
big crop. Some interest being mani
tested in dairy stock. Velvet bean
caterpillar doing damage in some SEQ
tions of the county General agricul-
tural conditions throughout the coun.
ty are good. Fall gardens still in
preparation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Wouldn't say that any Of the boys
are jealous; but there xfe some who
think that, II you come right down to
It. they contributed more personal
effort toward winning the war than
this Pershing chap they're making
such fuss over.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
.eMBea OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press is exclusively
,utitled to the use for republication OF
III news dispatches credited to 1t or NOT
therwise credited In this paper aud
slso the local news published therein:
All .iShts Of republication OF spsoial
DISPATCHES herein are also reserves.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

4 "You have such fine schools here
as good as anywhere in the North,
and am so pleased that I am going
to buy a home here" declared a
northern visitor today. Good schools,
good people, good churches, good
roads-and many other good things
make everybody who comes, like
Lakeland.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Dade County: Profiting by the ex-
perience of this past season when
many thousands of dollars were lost
due to overflow, miles of drainage
ditcfes are being put in by truck
growers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

LOST-This afternoon, on Ingram
avenue, or road going toward Bar.
tow, large cardboard folio, con.
tanning Republic Truck literature.
Return to R. E. Townsley, at Kb.
Ter, and receive reward. 9647
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

A man and woman in st. Louis
have remarked after having been di.
vorced for "a years. They've probably
both forgotten what they were fight.
ing about Gainesville Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

If the Prince of Wales once got an
eye-full Of these Lakeland strawber-
ry-fed goddesses, he wouldn't remain
bachelor long. Come down and see
us, Princie, old top!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
SAFETY

This Bank is a member of the
Federal Reserve System. Also
we are members of the With1m
System. We carry much larger
reserves than is required by law.
Our reCOurCeS are more than
One Million Dollars. we believe
in the absolute Safety of our de-
pOSitOrS, first, last, all the time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

We hear about storms and read
about them, far and near, but who
ever saw what might be called real
damaging storm in the Lakeland Sec
ton!
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11
THE LAKELAND NEWS

weekly newspaper giving a resume
OF local matters, crop conditions,
county, affairs, ETC. Sent anywhere
tor $3.50 per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Have you a do 1t Now" hook on
which are impaled memoranda thai
you haven't disturbed for month?
So have we.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Wonder If the Democratic party
knows that it has lost J. Fred De-
Berry. who has gone over to the
Repubs, bodys and britches?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

The returning soldier who antici-
pated coming back to peace finds he
has another think coming.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

WANTED-Carrier with wheel for
good route. Apply to Evening Tele.
gram. 5000
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

Congratulate u.s. We filled this
column today without once referring
to Cats.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-11

-..,cpsoonloonoot1 100000
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04

WILL PAY $40o.000,0O0 FOR SUR
PLUS PROPERTY AMER
ICAN FORCES.
CONTRACT is NOW CLOSED
Payment Will Be Made In Ten-Year
Gold Bonds-Accepted Price
Less Than Appraised
Valuation.

Washington.-Sale to France for
$500, 100000 of all American expedi
tionary force property in that country,
except that withheld for return to the
United States and for the use Of troops
remaining, is provided for in a contract
signed with the French government,
the War Department was advised By
its special liquidation commission. Pay
ment will be made in ten-year gold
bonds, bearing interest at the rate OF
i've per cent from Aug. /, 1920.
The bonds are to be redeemed in
gold at Washington on a dollar basis
or, at the election of the United States,
in francs The contract covers all
fixed installations, such as docks,
wharves, railroads, storage warehouses
and barracks and refrigeration plants,
as we'll as surplus clothing, subsistence
stores, motor equipment and munitions.
Although the price accepted repre-
scented 80 per cent reduction from
the value set by the commission, War
Department officials expressed them
selves as satisfied with the contract.
The material was all imported to
France free of duty. If arrangements
were made to sell it to any purchaser
other than the French government,
payment OF all duties legitimately
could have been demanded, a"d these
would have amounted TO $15O,0OO,0Ol
on q conservative basis.
The cost Of storing and guarding the
materials during the six months which
would have been required to salvage,
officials said. would have easily been
s25 100000, Ind with depreciation the
total loss from all factors probably
would have reached 100000, 900.
An Official inventory OF the expedii
tionary forces material and fixed IN.
staliations eives the total cost to tho
United States as s7,7O0,00O,00O and the
present estimated value as S969,00O,'
OOo,of which $749,oOO,o0O was reported
90 available for sale to the FrHnoh
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
PROBE OF OIL STOCK GAME
Law To Proh,-:t "Vii!d Cat Stocks
Proposed BY American Petro-
leum Institute.

Colorado Springs, Col.-The appoint
ment Of a committee Of three mem
bers of the American Petroleum Insti,
tute to investigate aad draft law
prohibiting tie sale or advertising
of wild cat" oil stocks was made at
the closing session on the institute.
The committee is composed of r. l..
Welch, general sacrete:v Of the lnsti'
tute; Judge c. d. Cha1l berlain, general
counsel Of the General Petroleum A.
ISOLATION, Cleyel&nl, AID r. w. Stew
art, chairman Of the board Of directors
Of the Standard Oil Company Of In.
diana
The institute also Endorsed the plan
for the foundation of S1,000,000 re-
search bu.eau The institute adj
journed to meet in New York thrss
months hence.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
MARRIAGE LICENSE
ISSUED IN AUGUST, 1919.

Mr.. Milton Courtney and Miss
Collie Sanders, August 2.
Mr.. Ivy Potts and Miss Annie
Neal, August 4.
Mr.. Clarence st. John and Miss
Rosa Belts, Aug. 9.
Mr. Edwin Sanders and Miss
Huston, Aug. 20.
Mr.. Claude Knight and Miss Susie
Gamble, Aug. IA.
Mr.. j. B. Hudson and Mrs. Lula
Robbins, Aug. II.
Mr.. Charles H. Lammey and Miss
Vashti Howell, July %.
Mr.. Daniel T. Creel and Miss Car
RE o. Morgan, Aug. Is.
Mr.. Harvey Davis and Mrs. Beula
Davis, Aug. Is.
Mr.. E. A. Meadows and Miss Hal
lie Rogers, Aug. II.
Mr.. T. H. Ray and Miss Isabelle
Dunlap, Aug. rs.
Mr.. Dean Waldrip and Miss Ollie
Riales, Aug. 26.
Mr.. Earl Davidson Carr and Miss
Gladys Winbu1n Lawshee, Aug. 27.
Mr.. Clay Keel and Miss Hattie
Bailey, Aug. 20.
Mr.. Hugh M. Gamble and Miss
Isadore V. Hart, Aug. 30.
Mr.. James r. Kilgore and Miss Bes-
sic A. Bounds, Aug. 80.
Mr.. w. o. Miller and Miss Opal
Brown McElroy, Sept. 1.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
,
ENTER SUIT SEIZE MEATS
Prosecuting Attorney at CLEVELAND
Follows Up Ruling Made BY
, tho Supreme Court.

; Cleveland. Suit to seize and sell al
meats alleged to have been held ir
Sheriff street storage and markej
house longer than the legal perio.
was filed in common pleas court by
County Prosecutor Samuel Doerfler.
; The petition asks that an injunc
ition be granted to prevent the Sheriff
Street market from disposing of tho
meats and that receiver be appointed
to take charge of the meats and fiji
prices.
Doerflers action is the result of the
state supreme courts ruling holding
a similar seizure of meat In Columbus
legal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
PITILESs PUBLICITY ITEMS
GOVERNMENT AND STATE OFF,
GALS ARE WORKING.
Countrywide Drive on High Prices
Under Way-Results Are Very
Encouraging.

ilWaukee.-District Attorney "a
bel has filed a complaint against the
Cudahy Bros. Packing Company,
charging violation of the storage law.
The complaint declares the company
has ualawfully stored $4,000 pounds
of meat from one and one-half to two
years.
c. icagO-Armour {, Company re-
ports that government propaganda
against the high cost of living has
paralyzed business and has caused a
marked depression in livestock prices,
which has been reflected in all food
commodities. The effects of these de-
pressions are felt in distributive chan
nels.
St. Louis.-The st. Louis Real Els
tate Exchange, in a letter to Assessor
Wollbrinck, replying to his statement
that he would incI $50 the taxes OF
landlords who had raised rents on the
grounds IF higher tHXes. declared that
such action would serve only TO force
higher rents "and would start vicious
cycle that would go on without end"
Indianapolis Indictments charging
IL companies and commission mer-
chants with violation Of the Indiana
cold-storage law, were returned by
the Marion county grand jury, which
has been investigating the high cost
of living.
st. Louis-Frank Genario will have
to appear in police court to answer a
charge of disturbing the peace of one
of his tenants, Frank Lorch, whom
he is said to have threatened with a
club, because Of the latter's complaint
to the complaint board.
Maplewood, Mott required only
two hours to dispose of ton Of army
foodstuffs at public sale at the Ma
plewood city hall. Seventy-five pur
chasers paid 5000 for the entire
amount of food.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
LIVING COST MUST DROP
Executive Heads of Unions Seek tt
/ Avoid Strikes With This
Understanding.

Washington. peace in the
United States depends on the results
the government can show in TIE next
80 days in its campaign to reduce the
cost Of living.
That tine limit was tacitly set to-
day by the executive council of the
railroad shop crafts in suggesting to
union locals throughout the country
that President Wilson'S compromise
offer il response to their demand for
higher wages should Re accepted pend
ing the outcome CT th3 effort to restore
a normal price level
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
REVISED PEACE TERMS PLACED
IN HANDS OF AUSTRIAN
REPREaENTATiv
vlENNA'S FUTURE IS DARK
Tho Great Capital May Soon Become
aPurely Residential City, Divest
Cd Of Its Former CONNER
olal Importance.

Paris-The revised text Of the peace
terms framed for Austria's acceptance
by the peace conference was handed
to the Austrian plenipotentiary at st:
Germain.
The treaty was presented to tina
Austrian delegates by Paul Dutasta,
general secretary of the peace con-
ference. He also handed them the
allied reply to the Austrian counter
proposals and a covering letter reit'
Grating that Austria had precipitated
the war by an ultimatum unacceptable
b Servia.
Tho Austrian peace treaty completed
by the supreme council for submission
to the Austrian plenipotentiaries leaves
the future Of Austria very largely in
the hands of the league Of nations.
The league, that is, will be able to de-
! eide whether Austria shall be permit
ted to join Germany, and as France
Is opposed to such a union, as are
Switzerland and many other countries,
there would appear to be very little
chance of Austria's securing permits
sion to terminate her existence as a
separate state, should she so desire in
future
There seems to be general feeling
Of dissatisfaction in peace conference
circles with the treaty, which was
adopted from the German treaty and
does not fit such a small power very
we'll. The council, however, has agreed
on all sections of the treaty. because
there is a general WEAKNESS with dis
Lussion.
| Under the terms of the treaty Wen
ma, with its 100000 inhabitants,
seems doomed to lapse into compare
tice commercial insignificance, as
there 10 a population of only 100000
within the country outside the city to
( support the capital, while with Jugo-
Slavia, Czecho-Slovakia and Hungary
existing as separate powers, Vienna
can hardly hope to recover tho bust
ness formerly drawn from their terri
! tories. If the Observation-Disclosures OF
Fiums were provided for as is expect
ed in many quarters, it is pointed out
by members OF the peace delegation
that Austria's shrunken commercial
interests would thereby be protected
to some extent, but the territory con
tributory to the capital is so limited
that 1t is generally thought by the
peaLe delegates that Vienna is doomed
as great capital and must inevitably
relapse into a residential city with
relatively slight business Importance
1t is likewise pointed out by mem
bers of the conference that even were
Austria to be joined eventually with
Germany the future of Vienna as a
great city would not be assured, as il
would fail thus to acquire additional
tributary and would be subjected II
the sharp competition OF German cities
with better transportation facilities.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
j. 6. on A PARITY
WITH ENGLAND
FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
INSISTS ON A $3.50 VOTING
POWER.
AMENDMENT CARRIED 8 TO 8
American Member of Reparatlon Board
Not to Vote Except When In
structed tc DO SO by
Washington.

Observation-Disclosures amendment
to the peace treaty providing that the
United States shall have as many rep;
resentatives as the British empire on
the League Of Nations assembly was
adopted by the senate foreign rela-
tons committee. The vote was to g.,
Senator McCumber (Rep). North Da-
kota, standing with the Democrats
against the amendment
The amendment also contains the
same provision regarding the League
[ uAc4i, the e1e~t I. Which would be
to offset the possibility that Great
Britain and one Of her dominiOns
might be represented on the council
at one time. In the council there are
to be nine members, one from each Of
the FIVE big powers and the others
from smaller states to be slected from
time to time.
Under the amendment the following
proviso would be inserted in the cove
nant:
That when any member of the
league has or possesses elf-governing
dominions or colonies or parts of en-
pire which are also members of the
league, the United States shall have
votes in the assemly or council of the
league numerically equal to the aggre-
gate vote of such member of the
league and its self governing domin-
ions and colonies and parts Of empire
In the council or assembly Of the
league"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
AVlATORS AGAIN FIRED UPON
Officer, While Flying Over American
Soil, 10 Wounded BY Shot From
Mexican Side.

Laredo, Tex.-Fired upon from the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grande, Capt.
David w. McNabb, United States avia-
ton corps was slightly wounded while
on aerial patrol duty along the inter
national boundary northwest Of here.
With Lieut.. Won deb. Johnston, Capt.
McNahb was flying slowly up the river
close to the water when suddenly a
group of MeXicans fired several vol
leys of shots at the airplane, wound,
ing McNabb near the ear, while sew
eral shots pierced the planes wings.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
Oil Measures Sighted.

Mexico City.-The extraordinary
session OF the Mexican Congress call
ed the first week in May to consider
urgent measures, among them amend
ments to Article q Of the constitu.
ton, concerning naturalization Of oil
lands, adjourned with the petroleum
measures untouched
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
Radical Socialists Organize,

Chicago-Three hundred representa-
tives of the left wing faction of the ma
tional socialist party, which recently
withdrew from the parent body, organ
lied the communist labor party OF
America and adopted the emblem of
the Soviet republic of Russia, with the
motto: workers of the World,
Unite"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
Ain Inheritance Tax.

New York.-About $7,OOe,OOO OF inc
$50, 100000 left by the late Andre"
Carnegie will find its way to the
United States treasury as inheritance
taxes, according to an estimate maze
by tax experts here.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04
Uroes Chance In Procedure.

Standardization In army court
martial procedure was urged before
the Senate military subcommittee by
William Bissell Thomas a Minneap-
oils lawyer, who served two years in
the American expeditionary forces.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04

Paris.-Gen. Pershing was examined
by the War Investigation Committee
of congress. In addition to questions
of a general character regarding the
disposition of surplus stocks, he was
asked about attacks reported made
by American troops the day after the
armistice was signed and other fea
lures of military operations
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04

Washington.-Lists of retail food
dealers charging excessive profits now
are being collected in every big city.
The lists are to be used as the basis
for criminal action against the dealers
Immediately when congress passes
Palmers proposed amendments to the
Lever food control bill.
H. E. Hemmacher, a weigher for the
Donk Brothers Coal Co., st. Louis,
was fined $50 and costs in Police
Judge timers court on a charge OF
issuing a false certificate Of weight.
Frozen fish held in storage Aug. IL
amounted to 64,740,173 pounds, com.
pared to 82,554,798 at the same time
last year, was the report of the U. g.
Bureau of Markets Of the Department
of Agriculture.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1919-09-04

Newark-Louis Mitchell has found
his daughter, IS, who three years age
was kidnapped by a band of gypsies
made a queen" and forced to marr1
the son of gypsy chief.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-26
Herr Noske on the Offensive

1t would be difficult to find a more
characteristic piece of Teutonic i'm
pertinence and hypocrisy than the
pamphlet entitled German Methods
Of Warfare and International Law"
issued recently "by order of the
Ministry Of War and the command
er In chief of the army" in other
words, by Herr Noske. A willing
ness to recognize and do penance for
past crimes and mistakes is not gen
orally regarded Prussian quality,
but in the above document the
government of republican Germany
surpasses even the record of intel
lectual dishonesty held by it's i'm
perial predecessor. The preface of
the pamphlet, quoted by the Berne
correspondent of The London Spec
tatov, declares as follows:
sour enemies endeavor to justify
the harshness Of peace conditions not
only by declaring Germany guilty Of
causing the war to break out, but also
II having waged it ina manner in