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Evening star., 1920-02-16

Mrs. Laura V. King, seventy five
years old, 1860 10th street, was fatally
burned yesterday afternoon when her
dress came in contact with the gas
stove in the kitchen of her home and
ignited. She died at Emergency Hos
pital early this morning.
No. engine company. which re-
sponded to call for assistance and
reached the house after Mrs. King
had been burned. prevented the fire
from doing more than $40 damage.
Coroner hewitt made an inveStiga-
ton and gave certificate OF acci-
dental death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hougell and
four children this morning about l
o'clock were driven from the family
home, 5066 Conduit road. by fire. An
their bungaiow, it is stated. and the
six occupants had to hurry to a place
of safety without being able to save
their belongings.
When No. engine company reached
the burning building the fire had
spread through the structure and IL
was impossible for them to save part
of the building or any of its contents.
Firemen were unable 20 estimate the
damage.
Fire in the chimney of the home of
J. Maury Dove. 1740 New Hampshire
claimed The attention of No. engine
company. Damage to the house and
contents amounted to SIS.
Several companies of fremen re-
sponded to an alarm from box 1872
about 1870 o'clock last night and eX-
tinguished a blaze in the chimney at
the residence of Max Kennedy. $40
18th street. No damage resulted.
Hot ashes thrown on wood last
night started fire in the Georgia
Garage. 3422 Georgia avenue. the
property of j. J. Darling of 1217 De-
catur street. The fire was eXtinguish-
ed by firemen who responded to- an
alarm sounded from box S2l.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
BATTLESHIP REACHES
BRIDGET0WN, BARBADOS
Had Been Sent to Italy With di
Cellere's Body; Atlantic Fleet
Commander Entertains.

BRIDGETOWN. Barbados. Saturday.
February 1.-THE United States bat
tIeship North Dakota has arrived here
from the Mediterranean, having been
sent to Italy with the body of Count
V. Macchi di Cellere, late Italian am
bassador at Washington.
Admiral Wilson. in command of the
Atlantic fleet. which has been here
for some time, gave a reception on
board his flagship, the Pennsylvania,
today. in honor of Gen. Obrien and
the people Of Barbados.
Later in the day the Pennsylvania.
Nevada. Oklahoma and Arizona left
for Colin. The Utah. Florida and
Delaware departed from Trinidad for
this port today.
A most marked friendly feeling has
been manifest between the American
sailors and the people of this city. and
Bridgeton newspapers have praised
the appearance and conduct Of the
Americans.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
BANQUET TO W. ]. EYN0N.
Washington Typothetae Affair At
tended by $50 Guests.

About $50 guests attended the COM
plimentary banquet at Franklin
Square Hotel Saturday night in honor
OF William J. Eynon. recently elected
first vice president and chairman of
the executive committee of the United
Typothetae of America The ban
quet was given by the Washington
Typothetae, several Of the guests be-
ing out-of-town members Of the fra
ternity.
Frank p. Howard, chairman of the
banquet committee. called the gath
ering to order and introduced Charles
r. Crane as master of ceremonies.
Brief addresses were made by William
Green. president of the United Typoth-
etae OF America OF New York city:
Albert W. Finlay of Boston, former
Evening star., 1920-02-16

president of the national organization
and member of the executive council:
G. Fred Kalkhoff. New York. member
Of the executive committee; J. Linton
Engle. Philadelphia. vice president OF
the United Typothetae of America
and president of the Philadelphia Ty-
pothetae: George K. Horn. Baltimore.
member executive committee. United
Typothetae Of America and president
of the Typothetae of Baltimore: H.
NJ. Gaines. president of the Typothetae
Of Richmond. Va: Charles Francis,
dean Of New York printers; julius $
Weyl of the Typothetae OF Philadel-
phia; Max Rosett, Printers League,
New York city; John &. Hill. executive
secretary of the Typothetae of Balti-
more.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
CARDS OF THANKS.

ENNIS. We wish to express our sincere thanks
and appreciation to our relatives. friends
and lodges for their Kindness sympathy and
beautiful floral tributes at the death Of our
beloved husband and father. GEORGE J..
ENNIS
HIS DEVOTED WIFE. FLORENCE ENNIS,
AND CHILDREN.
HURLEY. We wish to express sincere
thanks and appreciation to our relatives and
friends. also the brotherhood Of l.. r. and +.
of Potomac Lodge. No. :. and the Manhattan
Cleaning and Dycing Company for their
Kindness sympathy and beautiful floral trib
uteS at the death of our beloved and young
est son and brother. JOHN EDWARD HUR-
LEY. THE FAMILY. .
NELSON. ! wish TO express my sincere thanks
and appreciation to the Masons. fire depart
ment. Marine Corps. relatives and friends
for their kindness arI beautiful noral trb-
utes at the death Of my dear son. LLOYD
T.. ii. NELSON HIS MOTHER.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
COMMUNISTS TO SPREAD
DOCTRINES FROM MEXICO

AMSTERDAM. Sunday. February
15.-A central communist propaganda
bureau for the western hemisphere
will be established in Mexico. in ac-
cordance with Il resolution passed at
a secret international communist con-
ference held here early in February
according to the Handelsblad.
The newspaper adds this step was
taken on the initiative of an Ameri-
can delegate at the conference.
Evening star., 1920-02-16

During the winter months the blood
Of all alternating animals gets lower
in temperature. and the heart beats
slower, and those are the two chief
reasons why they are able to get
along without eating, for their store
Of vitality LAID up during the sum-
mer is only slowly drawn upon.
Evening star., 1920-02-16

call received from the residence of
Mrs. Victor Houston, 1850 5 street
about 1:45 o'clock this morning. A
fire in the basement occurred from
unknown origin. according to the po-
lice, and did 5000 damage
Evening star., 1920-02-16

The largest negro life insurance
company in the world has its head
quarters at Durham, n. c.. where a
modern seven-story building is now
teing erected for the accommodation
of the company's general offices.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
$500 Damage in Two Fires.

Fire of unknown origin this morn
ing about 1880 o'clock occurred in a
room on the second floor of the house
of George Tatspaugh. $50 ID street
northeast Damage to house and con-
tents amounted to $500.
No. engine company responded to
Evening star., 1920-02-16

The next bye-election which is
one to he held soon in Horncastle.
Iinconshire. where successor to
Col A. G. Weigall. coalition unionist.
will be chosen.
Evening star., 1920-02-16

It is impossible to obtain . finer table oil
than imported Pompeian Olive Oil.-Advertise
ment.
Evening star., 1920-02-16

DoREMUS-DOREMUS. Saturday. February
a. 1920. at Ellicott city. Md, FLEDA
DOEEMI-S and CORNELIUS W. TORRENTS.
Evening star., 1920-02-16
RORN.
MARRIED..

CTTENBERG. February IL. 1920 to Mr. ano
Mrs. Louis Gutenberg a son.
Evening star., 1920-02-16

Table Of Popular Cluny Lace
Edges. in assorted widths: white
and ecru. The variety is much
wider thar You generally find.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
FORT MYERS VISITED
BY DISASTROUS WIND
STORM ON TUESDAY
The Fort Myers Press ofyesterda,

The Fort Myers Press ofyesterday
says:
Damage running into the thou
sands OF dollars resulted from the Sc
we're rain and windstorm that swept
Fort Myers and environs yesterday
afternoon. Citrus fruit growers and
fuckers throughout Lee county, ac-
o0rding to the reports at hand, suf-
fered most and their loss is but A
conjecture. 1t is known, however,
that much fruit was beaten to the
'ground and that many acres of vege-
tables were damaged
In Fort Myers the wind, accom-
ranied by a driving rain, reached a
high velocity. The storm had been
predicted by the rapid fall of the ba-
rometer and as the forbidding clouds
lowered, small river craft hurried to
shelter. AS it was, boats along the
Fort Myers river front suffered ma
terial damage. Several small power
boats dashed by the wind and waves,
sank at their moorings and house
hoats were bufieted with resulting
damage. One ofthe boats to suffer
damage along Ireland's dock was the
houseboat Sarah owned by Lyman
w. DeHaven. That boat was badly
damaged on the port bow, after two
of it's cables parted.
The local telephone company suf-
fered severe loss because of the high
wind, which blew down many of it's
wires The Southern Utilities Com
pany also had its troubles. Intermit
tently during the early hours of the
storm its power gave out and as fast
as linemen made repairs additional
difficulties arose.
During the evening the plant of the
light and power company that sup
plies the city with electricity was put
out of commission by several bad
breaks in its circuits. For some time
the city had to depend on artificial
light other than that furnished by the
Utilities Company. Due to the fact
that there was no electric power tc
be had the Fort Myers Press was two
hours and half late in. printing its
edition yesterday afternoon.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany was unable to receive or send
messages for several hours yesterday
evening, owing to the damage done to
It's lines, in the vicinity OF Punta Cor
da, where the storm was particularly
severe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
AUTO TRAVEL NORTH

On account of impossible condition
of Observation-Disclosures road once
more, all travel north from this Sec
ton should proceed by way of Ocala,
Gainesville, High Springs and Lake
City to Valdosta. Instead of going by
way of Live Oak and Madison, travel
is being diverted through White
Springs. to Valdosta, this temporary
change of route being occasioned by
flooded condition of the National
Highway via Live Oak and Madison.
The White Springs route is not we'll
garded but the Valdosta Chamber of
Commerce says it is the safe. It is
on the ridge from Florida to Georgia
and water does not interfere to any
extent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
MERCHANTS STEAMER LINE ON
falatka Business Men Purchase
Steamer for St Johns River
Transportation

More steamers on the st. Johns
river to bring down the freight rates
and get quicker service seems to be a
proposition that has already been TAX
cn up by the Falatka merchants and
that is also interesting Sanford and
DeLand and other points on or near
the river.
water transportation is the chean-
est transportation in the world and
the business men of south and CEN
'ral FLORIDA haveat last come to the
CONCLUSION that by using the St
'ohns river and motor trucks com
oihed' freight rates could be material
y leSsened With the big motor trucks
III operation from all interior cities
anu with the st, Johns river steamers
working in cojunction with tho
trucks of Orlando and Kissimmee and
Lakeland Eustis, Leesburg and De,
Land and many other cities could 90,
I" much better freight rate and tho
merchants would own shares in tho
new steamers on the river
me Palatka News has the follow
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
POLK FASCINATING

There are more than three hundred
miles of classify smooth asphalt
roads in Polk county. They lead
through some of the most heavenl,
beautiful and most richly fruitful
land in the State, not to say the
country. There are places where the
driver can park his car and look in
every direction on prolifically weight
ed, waxey-leavcd' glistening orange
and grapefruit groves. He passes five
or ten-acre potato patches as health
lily green as the Irish isle from which
they take their name. He passes new.
ly planted fields with earthly smells
t""; give his nose that same, good
feeling Of "all's right with the world
that he had when he was a boy back
on the farm. And he wonders what
kind of green will be covering the
brown next month The he passes
field of two foot, waving corn, and be-
cause he's innately an artist, he de
cides that the Japs have missed the
daintiest subject in the world in their
search for the beautiful. And forth
with he looks down and winks at some
friendly little yellow daisies that COS
sip right along through the dust at
the endge of the road.
A tiny bridge, spanning tiny
stream stops him. 1t is a stream that
issues from nowhere away back in
the swampy place that spreads on
either side of him. There are white
and yellow water lily buds floating on
waxy. saucer"like leaves. and he
knows its not = ri strange that Il
man is lost when he reaches the
tropics. Then there's a marshy place
where sanity, white arrowhead Iris
bloom. Wild hyacinth and water hya-
cinth compete for predominence in
number and beauty, and nearer the
road where it's dry, the right reverend
Wild Paw-paw stands ready to full
FIJI the sacred duties Of his post.
And the driver thinks it's sort Of
nice place to live-such a host of
beautiful companions, and loads of
good things to eat. And we've rath-
err think the driver shows good taste.
don't you Barlow Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

ing about the Palatka steamer recent
~ purchased by the business men Of
that city:
Word has been received here that
Capt. Thomas Martin will leave Sa-
vannah Monday with the steamer Pi
lot Boy, which was recently pur-
chased by the Palatka-J Jacksonville
steamship line to be placed on the run
between Palatka and jacksonville,
The boat will be stopped in Jackson
vile for inspection and some minor
repairs will probably bemade.
Sanford is very much interested in
the steps that have been taken here
to establish an independent line, hay
ing suffered some of the same incOn-
veniences that local merchants have
suffered in getting freight out OF
Jacksonville. It is intimated that an
effort will be made by Sanford inter
ests ito join with the local COMPANY
and put two boats on the run, max
ing the trip all the waydown to San
ford. Sanford Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
Elks' Minstrel Given
Again Last Night

The Elks Minstrel was again staged
at the Auditorium last night but oW'
ing to the big reception rendered by
the Grand Chapter OF the Eastern
Star, the attendance was not what u
otherwise would have been, There
were new songs and jokes, and those
who witnessed the performance de-
clare it was put over in good shape
The following was the program,
each number of which was splendidly
given:
Opening chorus by entire company.
Il Long for the Scenes of Yester-
'day"-Billy Norvell.
ooh. How She Can Dance'-Fred
Benford.
Appearance of Two Torpedoes OF
Minstrelsy--Joe LeVay and Roger
Ford.
Take 1t Slow and Easy"-Roger
Ford.
Let the Rest of the World Go By
Carroll Webb.
Introducing the Worlds Greatest
Disseminator of Minstrelsy-Paul
Sammon.
"The World Is Round but It's
Crooked Just the Same'-Paul Sam.
mon.
Who'll Take the Place OF Mary
Donald Edison.
Introducing Dixie's Most Famous
Comedian-M Dorset.
Floating Down to Cotton Town
Mike Dorset.
Closing Chorus by entire company.
IntermissiOn
A Trip Through LAKELAND, featuring
Auditorium Four"
Prohibit Prohibition" Mike Dor
sett.
Liliputian "Chong Dance'-The Lit
tie Misses Gross and Thompson.
"Jazzing the Jazz''-Paul Sammon
and Mike Dorset.
"Oppenheimer's Observations =
Smiley" Wickman.
Wireless Telephone featuring
Flute Mcintyre with Entire Com
pany,
Whites
Donald Edison, Bill King, Billy
Foulks, Billy Norvell, Carroll Webb,
Paul Henderson, Walter Merrill, DR..
W. S. Irwin, L. w. Yarnall, z.
Barnes, Bill Everheart, Lloyd Adams
Grady Zellner Lee Ford.
Shines
Paul Sammon. Mike Dorset, Foster
Sloan, Joe LeVay, Roger Ford, Bill
Howard Smiley Wickman, Henry
Conibear Clarence Christy. s. O.
Taylor, Fred Benford, Dickson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
Thrift Road

What's the price of this?'
'0ne will do"
The walk will do me good"
mo, thank you
81 can't afford that
Give me your best price"
I'll carry this"
Il promised my wife"
II need the money
Let me pay my share"
II can get along without this
IN get it as I need it,
Is it worth seeing%
A penny is as good in my pocket ;
This is what I got for my money
-Bessemer National Bank.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
MYSTERIOUS GRAVE ROBBER
TO BE SHOWN IN LAKELAND


The mysterious grave robbing ami.
NAL, owned by J. w. Kimbrough and
and also his dead brother which was
killed years ago and is mounted,
will be shown in Lakeland at 214
West Main street in front of Mayes
Packing House, near where the big
fire occurred. all this week. up to Sat-
urday night. Prices rs cents for
adults, 10 cents for children. There
have been generations that have lived
and passed away that have never seen
an animal like this, and everybody
should take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to see this mysterious animal
as it will probably be the last chance.
], W. KIMBROUGH, Owner.
100
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

Good roads. no matter what the
plan under which it has been sough,
70 secure them. has had no more con-
sistent and persistent advocate than
this paper. We cannot, however, en-
ter enthusiastically into the PROPOSE
ton to bond the State for twenty mil
lion dollars for road construction
We have our roads in the county-the
finest system in the country-built at
Q heavy expenditure on the part of our
citizens, and 1t does not look like the
fair thing to tax us now to build
roads In other sections less progress
sive. or course we need the raods in
other counties. so that people may get
to our own good roads, and so that
we may not have the obstruction of
impossible roads built around our
county, keeping, others out and fenc-
ing US in But we have done our part
toward road building in Florida, and
1t is up to other counties to do theirs.
We would oppose any proposition that
would put an equal burden of taxation
on US with those delinquent counties
that have neglected road building in
the expectation that George will do
#. : II some plan can be worked out
that would force the slow counties in
to line, without heaping an additional
burden on those that have carried out
en- adequate road building program
we would heartily favor it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
WHICH ROAD ARE
" YOU NOW TRAVELING2
Spendthrift Road

This is on me-"
"One more Of the same"
Lend me FIVE.
Charge this
Here, boy
Where do We go from 6ere?'
Let's have another round"
You can go home any time
Your moneys no good"
Il can't bother with small change
THE sky's the limit
TIN paying for this
Don't be a piker."
TITS all in a lifetime
More where this came from Z"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

1t is gratifying to learn that the
damage by flood to the potato crop in
the Hastings section is not nearly so
great as reported at the time, and that
there will be a fairly good yield. With
the present price Of potatoes lowering
around IS bushel, and threatening
to go higher, the growers are going
TO make some big money in spuds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

IL all the people who are employed
in trying to reform, uplift and gener
ally change the world, would just go
TO work and produce something for
the world to eat and wear, how
quickly would world conditions i'm.
prove
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

Three easy winners - Fletcher,
prane and Hardee. And it is a com
pliment to the restored sanity of the
people of Florida that all three of
These most popular candidates. are
running upon their merits. and abso-
lutely without appeal to prejudice
PASSION or class feeling,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

Milk is the most essential of all
foods and it is not right to stint your
family in its use. Kim whole milk
Will give you the maximum of food
efficiency.
MRS. j. +. HOUGHTON,
292 Blue 3O1 = Iowa Ave
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

FOR SALE year old registered
Jersey bull; also a SOW and five
pigs. Lake View Farm, E. Morton
street. 1112
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15

WANT TO BUY from owner, small
house in good repair with some
land. Must be bargain. Address
House cars Telegram. ITO
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
Mrs, Peelinan
Here Tomorrow

tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'Clock
meeting of the W. NJ. U. will be held
at the First Baptist church. Mrs. II.
G. Peelman, State Secretary, will be
present and address the women. 1t
is important that each member be on
hand.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication Of
all news dispatches credited to Il or NOT
otherwise credited in this paper and
also the local news published therein.
All rights. OF republication Of special
dispatches herein are alss reserved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
THE LAKELAND NEWS

THE LAKELAND NEWS
A weekly newspaper giving resume
of local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc, is published from
the Telegram Office and sen, any
where in the United States for S1.50
per year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-04-15
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LAX Ell

Mr.. and N
Moultrie, Ga >
the guests OF
pope
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-01
FORMER hRDM0RE WOMAN
DIES IN FORT WORTH
FOLLOWING OPER lTION

Mrs j. l.. Hittson, formerly Miss
johnnie Gnkey of this city, died late
yesterday afternoon at Fort Worth,
Texas, after an illness Of several
months.
Since her marriage about a year
ago, Mrs. Hittson had made her home
in Mineral Wells and Wichita Falls,
Texas Last week her husband took
her to Fort Worth where she under
went an operation, Sunday. Her moth.
er, Mrs W \. Bradley Of this city,
went to her Monday morning and
remained with her until her death.
The body was brought to Ardmore
this afternoon ana taken to the moth
er's home at sol 4 street. northeast.
Funeral arrangements had not been
made at the time Ct going to press.
Mrs. Hittson was one OF Ardmore's
most beautiful young women and has
a large circle of friends. She was =
graduate of Ardmore High school.
Besides her husband and mother
she is survived by two sisters, Mrs
Oliver Waggoner Of Tulsa, and Rene
Gikcy at Tulsa and Nathanial Gil
key of Fort Worth, all of whom are
here to attend the funeral
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-04-01
OPERATION OF PLCRAL
MEMBERSHIP PLAN IN
M TIE NEW CNIC BODi
Continued Rrom Page ono

OONLlNNru ltrOfn rage Onc)
memberships in the Chamber Of Com
merce Incidentally. since he became
actively Interested in the welfare
OF the town through his contact with
It's problems in the Chamber OF Com
merce, Mr.. Schwab has given Rcth.
lehem more than $2,OO0.00O worth Of
public buildings and Improvements. It
would be almost impossible to find a
that either Mr.. Schwab or the Beth.
lehem company controls or even in.
fluences the acts Of the Chamber OF
Commerce.
In Toledo, John n. WHY'S and the
Overland Company hold l40 member
ships in the Chamber OF Commerce,
and in Elmira, II. y, the Willys-Mor-
row Company has 50 memberships. In
neither city is Mr.. WHY'S or his com
panies dominating influence. on the
other hand. every member OF the
Chamber Of Commerce in both cities
and the citi2ens generally think it is
a mighty fine thing for these cor
porations and their president to give
liberal support to their ciyic-commer.
cial organizations.
In Flint, Mich, William c. Durant
and the general Motors have 200
Chamber of Commerce memberships
In Niagara Falls, n. y, two of the
power companies have 100 each. In
these cities. as in the others nam
ed, the conditions described have ex-
listed for several years. In no instance
has any charge ever been made
that big business" was running the
Chamber Of Commerce. In dozens Of
cities there are plural membership
holders ranging from 200 and 100
downward, and everywhere the plan
is we'll liked.