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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-28
Committee Hearings
JUDICIARY

JUDICIARY
The. committee on J ldiciacy will 81 -
PIP &c bearing in its rooms at the
stare t1oAe, In Augusta.
FRIDAY. FEB. y. at P NJ.
An Act TO regulate the practice OF the
system. method or science of healing
known as osteopa thy, creating BOARD
OF examination ana registration IoT
those desiring TO Practice the same and
providing penalties for violation OF this
act.
An Act to amend Section 10 Of Chapter
1T OF the Revised Statutes relating 10
prosecutions. how commenced anu con
Iucteu.
An Act to amend Section IS Of Chap
, ter Us Of the Revised Statutes. re.atins
10 Sunday obsei 'ance
An Act to amend Sections T. 8. and II
of Chapter of the Revised Statutes,
providing that only one set OF ballots
be prepared TO- State and Munlei. al
elections.
An Act to amend Sections 6. 10 and s.
OF Chapter OF the Revised Statutes re-
lating 10 primary elections ana the NJ
ing OF nomination papers by inuepei.'
cent candidates.
An Act to amend Section o.. Chapter
S., Revised Statutes, as amenled pk
f Chapter So OF the Public Laws of l9-.,
relative to temporary loans by t7s
county comnlisSI 'neIS.
An Act TO amend Section = of Chap-
ter IS of the t;evlseo statutes concern
ing administration granted without
Iona. LNUEF CtFtat n CCI.u!ilO!iS,
THCRSDAI. MARCH I. lsi.. 30 P VI
An Act to e Id the powers of T..
board Of county commissioners
An Act to amend Section Al OF Crap
ter Il OF TIE Revised Statutes SO a. =
provide Tor the al..---ul!4ont OF corpo. q &
Purposes
An Act to amend Section u Of Chapter
II. of the Revised Statutes relating -
tools and implements FOR gan1D.l9-
CO-Eter.t ting ar burglar tools.
An ACT declaring al buildings ana
C..tltS nL.S;l,lLeS WHEREIN or Upon Wl.lcl
acts Of lewt..ess. asslsNatIon or prost.-
luton are EelA or olc4r CT waicn al
used for sucn Purposes. and provi4lre
for the apatene.t ard prevention ol
such nuisanceS py injunction and otlei
wise.
AT act to re-enact Section "a Of Cap
ter 81 of the Revised Statutes, re.atia :
10 when no succession TAX snail De as
sesSed on s,och. bonds or eli4ences 0
deat OF Maine cor. Urat.oHs.
An Act to amend Section - of Chap
ter sc OF the Revised Statutes, concern
ing sale OF estates OF deceased hon.
residents or OF minors out Of the Sta g
An Act relating to lanus reserved -Sl
putlC uses, commonly called pCp..t
lots. aad the water powers and storas
Reservoirs and caS..lS 3UcateI tie e.!
anu IN connection with the same.
An Act to s.aeId the Charter Of ths
city al Hate:y.le.
! An -ict 10 grant 3 new charter to Il G
city CT Water. He.
H. c: bCZZELL, Sec.
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TAXATION

The committee on Taxation will give
a public hearing in its rooms at tie
State House. III Augusta.
THURSDAY. MARCH {. 1919. . P. N.
on the following:
An Act TO amend Section Is of Chapter
l. of the Revised statutes, relating TO
the assessment of taxes.
An Act to amend Section a. Para
graph l. OF Chapter - OF the Rev.se
statutes. relating TO the taxation Of
personal property.
An Act to amend Section Is. Chapter
. OF the tevi Il Statutes. TO provide tor
inventory Of exempt live stock. etc.
An Act to eXeI..,Jt certain public Londs
flo:n taxation.
An Act to amend Section 81 Of Chapter
of the Revised Statutes relative 10
lie Maine Forestry District tax.
An Act TO amend Section Three of
Chapter - Of tle Ee.i ei Statutes. -
provide FOR the col.e>tic.. OF delinquent
taxes.
ton {, of Chapter -. OF the Revise
Statutes in reference u the assessment;
OF taxes Oh the estates Of soldiers and
CHARLES W. KICKER. Sec.
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JUDICIARY kkC LABOR

TIE committee on J.d.-i ary and l.
Dor. yojnt puhtic hea-.1- =. lie Hal !
REPRESENTATIVES at the State House,
Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH a.ePy
An Act TO amend Chapter 3. 0. I.
Revised Statutes emitted. Co:pan:i
ton for persona. injuries 70 .nJ love-;
An ACT 20 amend Section = Il Tia;
ter - O. tie Revised Statutes res.l
to Woramen's Com. zen sat."n ACt
An AT 10 amend CHAPTER - Of Il
Revised Statutes re'2t.ve = cor. ,,e,s.
ton Tor personal injuries.
An Act 10 amen. Sections g ~ = I
-, Is ard l6 o. Chapter :, o tire Reyis
Statutes reta ting 10 COM e.satCa !.
Personal injuries Cor en-r:oye-S
IN ACT to aUend Sec 8 ard u.
Chapter % Of the Revise Statutes. F..
.aiing to con- pensauea 70. .e->onl :
jur.eS to employees
An Act relative 10 salaries o. me-
bers OF Industrial acciden. cormlssa
ii. Z. BCLZELL, Sec
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STATE LANDS AND FoREs
PRESERVATION

The committee on SAT- la.5s =.
forest preserH alton VII give a putI,
hearing in rOor g.. c.!.,e II tbs b,,
agent and forest commissioner :, NJ
State House, in Augusta.
TUESDAY. MARCH !, ~. !PN
on the following:
An Act to amend Section Of Chant,
OF the Revised Statues re,a:,Ye "a \,
tenure OF o-..ce u The land zen,
An Act to authorize - -e,. CON
missioner to dra;r SO yer ysar 10. Il
years Isl. and 1918. ard a DO rso
amount for part OF the var III. oct j
the money ~a;sed 10y forestry tax
MILDRkp kEENE. Cla,.
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CLAIMS

The committee OF claims vii give 4
public hearing in It's rooms 2t tn $40
House. in Augusta.
wEDNF-0 March :, y Il. ~
the following:
Resolve re.mhurs;ng the town If I. :
man Ior expenses Oh account e : u :
paGFerS.
Resolve in favor of Frank Wilkins.
airin .strator OF the estate OF >,:1ci
Mora. late OF Boston, state Z Mss
arNr'es-rS.
Resolve 10 reimburse c. II Robinson
Company. Portland. :cr goods sid IN
4. liye:od I" t. safe. bUs for W,--cE.
the Purchaser GulE a. 1or.zed :ailrd =
II. with TIE State auditor a cory q
Eesolve in favor Of Chas. Z. Darling.
superinte ndect OF the State fish hatcH-
cry. Enfield. Me.
Resolve in favor Of Lev! Il. May e
Island Fails.
Resolve m favor OF the town Of
Brown::eid.
LYNDON E. CLIFFORD. Sec.
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The committee on Salaries ard Fees
will give a l,uoi.c hearing in Room y 1t
the Safe tcuse in Augusta.
TUESDAY. MARCH !. at 7. vi.
ter OF the Revised Stail,es 10 prvvi e
for additional assistance for the bo.1i
OF State assessors.
An Act tc. amend Chapter Ii. Section
Il, as amended by Chapter i39. Puhl,,
Laws OF lal., cel, ting to the State AID
tor.
An Act 70 amend Section 50 Of Chap
ter II. OF TIE Revised Statutes as
amended by Chapter lSj of the Plb -
Laws OF ii. relauag to the salaries Of
the board Of state assessors and for
clerk hire in sad Office.
EDGAR L. ROUNDS, See.
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SORE, ITCHING
bR0KEN-0UT SKIN
NEEDS P0SLAM

If there are any raw. broken.ou.
places on your skin that burn. itch and
aggravate apply Poslam right on them
IT cannot harm-and enjoy its BENEFITS
Wnien are yours so easily. Feel its
fer from eczema you should know at
once what Poslam can do for YOU. It Is,
your dependable remedy for any erup-
tional disorder: pimples.. rash s1alD.
concentrated.
Sold everywhere. For free sampi /,
write to Emergency Laboratories. .iI
West 4.th st. New York CITY
And Poslam Soap. being medicate
with Poslam. will benefit your skin
while used daily for toilet and BATH
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EMERY q. WILSON. :
SANATORiuMS

The committee on sanato-urls viii
give 4 public hearing in Room - a. { e
state House. in Augusta.
THURSDAY. March s. at lG0 I. =.
OF the following:
Resolve Authorizing The treasurer #
State TO receive one cne-tnous- I'd !
lar United States Second Liberty Loan,
four Per cent. uo:.d. in full zee So ana
discharge Of a legacy OF 100 beQGeath
ed TO the Contra. -iaine SanatoriIEl by
the vii! Of the late John .'reslg.t.
Resolve authorizing the t.es ~u-er Il
State to receive tie sum - $50 be
quea ted To the Central elaine Sa2ato-
ri'nI by the VIII OF the late a-o-2
Chase
II FOSS Sec
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the people of this State. and we

should not assume the great respon-
sibility of determining So great Il
question. 1t was Tor such dete.ini..a-
ton that the referendum vas Gre
ated-that the people might rule. II
we withhold the referendum from
this measure we deny TO the people
the right to determine for themselves
how tney may perform one OF the
highest duties OF citizenship.
| can find no better language in
which to express myself than that
used by Senator peartl1 on February
a1st. 1917, when ne said in the
House,
Il believe it is one of the funda-
CONTINUED on Page 4-Co.. >
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RAILROADS AND EXPRESSES

The committee on railroads and eS-
presses viii give a public hearing III
its rooms at the State House, n A.
gusla,
WEDNESDAY. March ;, at $50 P. u.
on the following;
An AZ, to amend Chapter l.. o. tn
Public Laws OF 1911. entitled An Acc
20 enable the c'..et engineer Of sc
State Highway Commission 70 convr.-
a certain To- o. parcel OF land owned
by the STATE o. J iEr 10 European "
Nor,h American EaIEseaG.
H. \ FCFBIS.I Sec.
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Bangor Democrats Nominate
Thompson for Mayor

Bangor. Me-. Feb. N.-Bangor Demo
Gratis tonight nominated George E
Thompson. former county attorney. fol
mayor. There vas no opposition. -
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SEA AND SHORE FISHERIES

The committee on sea and shore fish,
cries will give a public hearing in its
rooms at the state House. in Augusta.
WEDNESDAY. March ). at p. NJ.
on the following:
j.. An Act prohibiting the use of
travis OF more than 100 hooks to a
boat in portions of Frenchmen's Bay
with petitions and circumstances -
lating to sane.)
i3. Al Act prohibiting the taking Of
cod or other fish except herring by
means OF gill nets in portions oi
Fren chnen's Eay with petitions and
:cnlon SsranCes rcIatiHS to s2meD
"a. Petition OF Robert \. Davis an!
80 others OF Steube1 Tor an act prohi' L.
ing TIRE taking OF sinelts and tom Gods
other ;han by hook and line in Tuns
6 NYYMAN SAc
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Legislative Notice

Regular meetings Of the committee On
tabor will be hid every Tuesday It.
ernoon at go o'clock at the office ..
the chairman of the Industrial Accident
Commission. State House.
ELISHA ". PIKE. Sec.
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MILITARY AFFAIRS

The committee on military affair
will give a pubic hearing in Coun,,
Chamber at the State House. in Au
Gusta,
An Act 20 pro, ide for the support o,
the families OF soldiers. sailors an
marines.
s BERRY Sec
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Committee r. -ngs
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS

The committee on Public Buildings
sny Grounds viii give public ne.r.ns
III The once o. the state treasurer 1T
tie State i1ouse. IL Augusta.
TUESDAY. MARCIA I, At T. NJ.
or the toilowiES:
Resolve Tor tie maintenance ana i'm
provenent Of the Safe Fark IN Al
S.R CRABTmE. Sec.
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To Cure a Cod in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BEOMO QJ1N1NT:
(Tablets). 1t stops TIL Cou-A an
Headache and works off TIE cola. I.
W. GROVE 5 sigma ure on each BOX %.
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Slice D
well

While there are many causes for sleep
lessness it frequently happens that de-
ranged stomach, liver or intestines are
the real source of the trouble. Ii your ap-
petite isn't good or food dstresses in any
way, or the bowels do not move daily,
OF you feel languid and have headaches,
a teaspoonful OF the genuine 81. F." At
woods Medicine, as directed, will quickly
relieve you of these disagreeable symp.
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TEMPER AkCE

The Commute on Temperance Wi,
give public hearing in its rooms at III
State House. in Augusta,
n Act to amend Sec. Il. IS and q OF
Chapte- 1T Of the r. $. rela ting to q
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors.
i27 OF the H. s. relating to the sale Of
intoxicating liquors.
Q. l.. FARNSwoRTH. Sec.
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TOWNS

The committe on Towns will give q
public hearing in Room IS at the State
House. in Augusta.
THURSDAY. March 6. 1919. 100 p. NJ
On the following:
An ACT to secure a correct census Il
tie deaf. dumb, blind. feeble minced
iaiotic and insane OF the State.
A. W. NELSON Sec.
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SUPERFLuOUS HAIR
why It INCREASES

Haip gfuWtA - st100lateA and
III frequent To0Ovol - necessary
gurnpee ~ the okin. The 0Aly l01i.
cal and practical way to remeve
hair u to attack it under the sk11.
DeNtrae3e, the original sanitary
liquid, does this By absorption.
Only geauin4 OeAiHaele has .
aoney-baek guarantee in each
package. At toilet counters h &C,
q and e sizes, or by mail from us
IN plain wrapper ON receipt OF price.
FREE book maize 4 in plain sealed
envelope on request. DeAiraele,
12Dth st. and Park Ave., New York
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motion by Mr.. Thombs Of Penob-
scot the rules were suspended and
the bill was given its first reading.
Mr.. Gordon for the committee on
public health. on an Act to Prohib:.
the manufacture ard sale Of Gig
arettes (Senate No. 40, reported
same ought not to pass.
The report was accepted and sent
down for concurrence
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toms. 1t is a most eco
nomioal HOME REMEDY;
a cent a dose as a physic
and blood purifier. You'll
save money and prevent
sickness by using it. Buy
only the TRUE IL. F." in
large bottle 50 cents, made
b. the L. F. Medicine Co.,
Portland. Me.
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SENATE

Thursday. February 81. 1919.
Senate called to order by the Pres
ident.
Prayer by Rev. C. H. B. Seliger OF
Augusta
Journal Of previous session read
and approved.
Papers from the House disposed OF
in concurrence.
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The following bills. resolves. etc.
were presented and on recommended
ton By the committee on reference
OF bills. We're referred to the follow
ing commit trees.
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On motion by Mr.. Walker of Som
erset. it was
Ordered. that the use OF the Senate
chamber be granted to the commit
tee on education on Wednesday aft
ernoon. March 10. for a public hear
ing on the distribution Of the school
fund.
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On motion by Mr.. Holt Of Hand
cock, it was
Ordered. the House concurrins. tina t
an Act to extend the charter of the
Salisbury Cove Water Company. now
in the hands Of the Governtr. De re-
called for the purpose of correcting
an error.
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SALARIES AND FEES

s. r. CRABTME. Sec.
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Mr.. Peacock Of Washington pre-
scented bill An Act to amend Section
Of Chapter 319 Of the Public Laws
OF 1915. as amended by Chapter 304
Of the Public Laws Of 1917. entitled
An Act to provide for State and
county aid in the construction of
highway bridges. 600 copies ordered
printed.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
FLORlDA'S SOlL-BUlLDlNG
PLANTS

Florida is specially adapted to the
growth Of the soil-building legumi-
nous plants-cowpeas, soybeans, beg
garweed, velvet beans, peanuts, etc.
These products furnish food for man,
animals and the land. There are
many varieties of these. important
plants, some of them heavy yielders
of vines for fodder and seeds for food,
says the State Marketing Bureau. The
beggarweed is native plant; makes
two crops a year, and is fine feed
for stock. The velvet bean, with its
broad, green leaves, is quite orna'
mental and can be used as climbing
vine for arbors. 1t takes long sea
son to mature the seed, Florida Is the
only state where this is possible over
it's entire area. It produces a great
amount of forage and is wonderful
enricher Of the soil. The soybean is
the source of a great variety of pre-
pared foods among the Japanese and
Chinese. Containing no starch, the
soybean is a meat substitute in the
Oriental dietary, to balance the starch
in the rice, SO extensively used fol
food
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
Florida On The Epe
OF A NeW Era

with the result that over thirty boxes
of citrus fruit were left on the plat
form last night, after the conductor
of the northbound Coast Line train
said "giddap."
It is understood that this order has
been put in force to attempt to facil-
itate the handling Of the mails, with
out any desire to interfere with the
express company, but the force en-
ployed by this common carrier will
necessarily be largely increased if
the package freight from Clearwater,
consisting Of boxes Of oranges, bar
rels of fish, and the like, that often
amounts to hundred containers or
SO, is to be hoisted aboard the express
cars while one or two passengers are
stepping on the platform and the mail
sacks are chucked in the car where
they belong.
Orange shippers and fish dealers
are wondering what they will do fol-
which transportation under this new
ruling, unless they have carload lots
and they do not seem SO sure thai
even the passenger trains will be per
mitted to stop long enough to picl
up the extra car.
Great is the railroad administration
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
Half of French
Army Lost

100000 killed in battle ana an
euaul number seriously wounied Is
the enormous sacrifice of France IN
the world war. This constituted
about half of the men she put into the
field-a larger ratio Of her 36,OOO,oVo
population than any other nation
gave. America owes France a large
debt Of gratitude for this heroic out
pouring Of her life's blood that liber-
ty might live, and also to the peasants
.of France who discovered perfect
remedy for stomach, liver and intes-
final ailments which Is reported to
have relieved incalculable suffering
prevented many surgical operations
and saved thousands Of lives. Geo.
Fl. Mayr, leading Chicago chemist
imports the ingredients and sells this
remedy in America under the name oil
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. 1t is a
simple, harmless preparation that re-
moves the catarrhal mucus from the
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically al
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments
including appendicitis. One dose VII
convince or money refunded.
For sale by Henley and Henley ant
druggists everywhere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TENTH
4 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA. IN AND
FOR POLK C0uNTY.-IN CHANCERY.--
ADELAIDE r. ROGERS, Complainant, W.
ATLANTIC TRUSTT COMPANY, a corpora
tion; METROPOLITAN TRUST COMPANY.
corporation, and the SEAB0ARD AIR
LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, a CORPORATION.
It appearing by affidavit filed in the above
entitled cause that the defendants, the Atlantic
Trust Company, corporation and the Metro
p0litan Trust Company, corporation, are nom
residents OF the State Of Florida, and have
Offices at Number go Wall street, In the city
and State OF New York, and that there Is nj
person residing In the State Of Florida, tn.
service OF subpoena upon whom would bind
either OF the said defendants;
II Is therefore ordered that the defendants
The Atlantic Trust Company. corporation. and
the Metropolitan Trust Company. corporation
Dc appear to the Bill Of Complaint hnein ~
or before Monday the Bird day Of March. A. n
1919. and answer the Bill OF Complaint In thi,
cause, otherwise the allegations therein con.
tained will be taken as true and confessed.
II Is further ordered that this order be pub.
lished in the Lakeland Evening Telegram, {
newspaper Of general circulation published IL
X Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. for four con
secutive weeks
Witness my hand and official seal at Barlow
Florida, this 2lst day Of anuary. A. y. 1919
J. A JOHNSON,
Clerk Circuit Court,
D, o, R0GREs,
Solicitor for Complainant.
S329-DOR ruesda
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
FOUND NAIL In MIDDLE
OF LARGE LIVE OAK

A citizen of Clearwater is having
the trees which were blown down on
his lot during the September storm
cut into firewood.
In saving through the trunk Of a
large live oak, which was four feet
through, the saw came Upon hard
substance which gave every evidence
of being steel or iron. The trunk was
sawed about the article which in
terfered with the progress Of the saw
and after the separation of the log
from the stump an investigation was
made and a nail brought forth, in q
good state Of preservation, although
sawed in two.
The question arises--how did this
nail find its way into the sapline
more than 100 years ago when this
country was so sparsely settled, ant
nails were handmade of wrought iron
Clearwater Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30
A GENUINE NO MANS LAND

In my young manhood days | was
interested when I was passing an is
land lying off the Atlantic coast near
Martha's vineyard, called No Mans
Land. No one lived upon It. No
state claimed It. In the slate war we
heard much of another no mans land
lin France, deadly strip lying be-
tween the trenches and literally a ter
ra nullius. And right now we learn
Of genuine No Mans Land. The
conditions OF living in that land are
to be designated by the great Peace
Conference. This curiosity Is not a
tiny island lying out in mid ocean
somewhere, neither a bloody feld in
France, but group Of islands called
the Spitbergen, of vast extent en-
bracing some so thousand square
miles and about 400 miles north o.
Norway, and is about as desolate q
place as one could wish to see.-noth
ing just like it anywhere on thu
earth's surface. In the few sum,
days of the very short summer a few
little blades of grass may be seer
that happen to be sheltered by hooks
hut for the greater part of the yea
the Arctic winter prevails. And /
would seem that a peace conference,
that has the settling of interrationa
affairs would find little time to Civ
much thought or attention to thi
group of ice'bound islands. But whel
they set sail they surely viii sail OF
an uncharted sea of international Law
for the problems ahead are withou
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-30

parallel in the history of the world
This land of Spitzbergen-a land
where highway robbery, murder and
other infamous crimes are commit
ted; yes, indeed, where all misdemean-
ors are perfectly legal, or. at the
least, unlawful. So one of the para
mount problems for the Peace Con-
ference will be to hand down a de-
clsion as to what has to be dore there
to eliminate all sorts of crime, as the
conditions now existing in that far
away isolated land provide for no
punishment for he higher offensives
of crime either by death or imprisou.
ment. Even the gfasping spirit of
Germany or England has never
reached out to acquire these Islands.
No claims Of any nation has been
made to these frozen places of earth
and SO over Spitzbergen Isles no flaG
Of any nation has ever floated An
American company began to develor
a coal mining business in 1900. Other
, countries. fastened to follow suit.
Then this curious fact presented it.
self that Spitzbergen belonged to NJ
nation and hence no laws Of protec.
ton to any one.
Sincerely, W. s. B.