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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
HULL is DISAPPOINTr Q

Chairman CordeIe FIull's address at the Nash
vile meeting Wednesday night. his first public
speech since his appointment as chairman of the
national Democratic committee, is peculiarly dis
appointing to the Telegram because this paper was
rather enthusiastic in welcoming the aggressiveIy
constructive policy which he announced when he
accepted the position.
His review of the financial and commercial
situation of the country sounds like the stump
speech of Republican spellbnder back in the
ninetes, lambasting the Democrats for Ike panic
of CleveIand's administration
He says, for instance, that under Republican
leadership foreign commerce has "slumpcd six
billion dollars, and there has been an almost
vertical slump in prices of frcm 30 to 50 per cent
and in purchasing power Of farm products of 90
per cent
Further on he says; But whatever its de-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
Daily Poem
0 PROMISE NE

tClem Scott. in New York, Times)
o promise me that some day you and
Will take our loves together. to some
sky,
Where we can be alone-our love
renew
And find the hollow where those
flowers grew.
Those first sweet violets of the early
spring
That come in whispers, thrill us both
and sing.
OF love unspeakable that is to lie.
O promise me, . promise me.
0 promise me that you will take my
hand
The most unworthy in this lonely
land
And let me sit beside you, in your
eyes
Seeing the vision OF eur paradise,
Hearing Gods message while the or
gan rolls,
It's mighty music, to our very souls.
No love less perfect than Il life with
thee,
c promise me, o promise me.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
THE CRIMINAL

mark the specialist in crime, as on his course
he hops. and when he isn't serving time he's
lodging gumshoe cops and he can never reach
cline where the ayenger stops. He makes IA
killing now and then. and swipes suckers
hoard; but never may. like other men, the whole
some joys afford. and later in the pen
he has his bed and board Fer him there is no
peace of mind. rest at OF sun. and moral
people and refined he cvermore must shun. and
il he hears step behind, his impulse is to run.
His nerve f0rsakes him when he's old, his days
are days Of dread. the step that once was firm
and bold is like rabbits tread. and shaking
in The dark and cold he wishes he were dead
And il he'd use the clever brain with which he
is endowed, for purposes of honest gain. in ways
by law allowed when old age gets him he might
train with any classy crowd. It's strange that
men OF splendid gifts elect with crooks to chase
and try out all the evil shifts that stern detectives
trace and join the caravan that drifts to prison
and disgrace. 'Tis strange because they well
must know the end of such a trail the law will
dog them to and fro and in the end prevail: and
crime will bring them only woe, and long years
in Jail
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BACK TO THE FARM
miami Iierald.J

Readers of some publications are being RECALLED
with editorials and feature articles urging back
to the farm" moyement--all written by editors
where they are provided with electric lights
modern sanitation, gas. baths with hot water and
canned food. If all these back to the farm"
theorizers should put on the toys of real farm
hand grow crops of whiskers. work from o'clock
in the morning until bedtime and be satisfied
with coaXing bare living from the soil, it would
add force to their arguments lot of this
"bunc' comes out of Washington departments as
propaganda. prepared by high-saaried officials
who have no intention of backing up to the farm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

II we can Judge from Bob HoIly's always
sprngtly 'Heraldf Sanford is enc Of the coming
towns OF Florida which has hardly, as yet, at
uacted the notice it deserves 1t is not tourist
town. though it has many winter visitors who en-
Joy ITS varied advantages; but it is substantial
productive town, with background of farm and
garden wealth which affords the best possible in.
sufanoe Of stability, while its situation with regard
TO water transportation gives an assured CON-
mercial standing. 1t is one of the coming cities
Of south Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

No little amount of curiosity was
engendered in the minds of our citi-
zenry Thursday morning when gen.
tieman passed along the road carry
ing a suit case
i
Clumbus Allsop played his big bass
fiddle so loud last night that every
a thunderstorm
Slim Pickens suddenly quit his job
as clerk at the Rye Straw store and
is now sitting around in resigned
position, but he didn't.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

Jewelry is safe in Sing Sing. \
vaudeville actress who lost her ring
while entertaining the prisoners there
had it restored 10 her by convict
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

Debs is out OF prison but Newberry is still in
the senate. Why not turn all the rascaIs out to-
gether
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

1t sounds like three or four years ago 10 read
that the arms conference has been hit by the
submarine and is in danger of sinking
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30

A remedy that will penetrate is
necessary in tho treatmen OF rheu-
matism. Billiards. Snow Liniment
goes right through the flesh to the
bone and relieves promptly. Three
sizes, 30c, G0c and $120 per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

with one unimportant exception, did NOT
announce i, to the people. Holland and
parts Of Belgium had il. Possibly, too.
many other localities; but ] have named
all that know about save Mexico and
parts Of South America, where the cele-
bration was hilarious. hut more proba-
bly, on the strength Of the United Press
report. Hollands having The news" is
strongly suggestive of enemy espionage
effort.
Thus ii would appear that an organ
ICED attempt was made 10 make the AZ
lied nations cherish an afmistice which,
though not yet existent, was within easy
reach if The people wanted ii and showed
clearly that they wanted il. | should
greatly like to see the intelligence re.
ports Of our late enemy for November Z,
1918. The scheme is worthy Of the Ger.
man service in both ingenuity and exc
cuiion, and does credit to the one or
more persons who conceived it.
Who knows but what it may have had
something to do with accomplishing their
purpose? President Wilson cast his i'm
poriant decision for an armistice after
he had witnessed the demonstrations of
November 7, reliable proof Of the coun-
iry's sentiment, and it is said that Viii.
sonian pressure was largely, If not en-.
tirely, accountable for the granting Of
an armistice at time when French and
Allied military leaders were preparing
to administer to Germany the terrific
smashing for which they had built up
and 10 which they were looking forward
eagerly, exultantly.
Who knows but what still fight.
hearted American people might not have
cried loudly for "On to Berlm!- had not
the sweet branch Of the olive.tree been
placed prematurely in their hands and
found to be much. very much, to their
liking?
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
songs Of several hundred ssunr,ess,rainesd u

songs Of several hundred unrestrained
throafs.
Two pretty girls danced fecklessly on
narrow table packed tightly against
ours, while their Yankee escorts roared a
jazz accompaniment. An orchestra played
in far corner-played madly, furiously,
but no one heard it. A drunken sailor
climbed up on the. chandelier, fell of /;
the world shrieked with laughter. A
nearby French officer, turned martial by
Moet, cent quatre, exhoted deaf mul.
titude not to stop the war, and finally fell
to weeping on the table-cloih. Every.
where noise, din, Madness, universe
gone drunk with wine that knew no
grape. Then came, as it had to come,
born at the same instant out Of an hun.
dred mouths, ia Marseillaise." l can
hear it still, that ''Marseillaise.' twining
around my heart like some divine hand,
lifting it up and up.
SECTION FIVE
Then suddenly came the crash, just as
it had TO come, out Of a sky that was
blue and beautiful, out Of sky the hor.
lion clouds of which l had come near to
forgetting. ] had left word for any wire
from Paris to be sen. to me Immediately.
In the midst Of din that was getting
louder momentarily, signal corps order.
ly entered the room unnoticed and made
for our table. A feeling Of chilling ap.
prehension seized me as / gasped and
opened the message that was handed to
me. l felt Howard's eye on me as read
and the blood rushed to my head.
The communication was in intelligence
code, and the process of translation was
slow and fearful. Finally il was done.
had only to read it aloud to that scream.
ing mob about ne to be torn to little
pieces. The message said:
-Armistice report untrue. War Min.
istry issues absolute denial and declares
enemy plenipotentiaries to be still on way
through lines. Cannot meet Foch until
evening. Wire full details of local hoax
Immediately"
The message was signed by Major
Robertson, my immediate superior al
Paris.
/ shall draw n swift curtain over the
cruel scene of reaction. Howard's drawn
face as he realized wba, he had done
as he read in the words handed him his
own doom and ,ba, Of the limited Press.
o,,r filing out with him hack 10 the Con.
itipen,al leaving behind u.s. undisilIu.
stoned. the ,rasically ioyous tbrongs eel.
ebro,inp n pe,ce ,ba, was no, peac.-
peace whose morninp after would find
men still killing one ano,ber mono,on.
ously. hopelessIy. AS had every dawn
since August. 1914
A revival Of hone. an inability TO be.
lieye even Roberston's definite words,
impelled Howard TO 90 in search Of Ad.
miral Wilson. The two of us finally 10.
Gated him dining en- tamale with a
French local official. and in answer ia
inquiries we sent inside Ensign Sellards
came out TO tell us that the admiral had
heard from Paris that the news he had
received that afternoon concerning an
armistice had been "prematureo Cling.
ing TO the faint belief that premature
meant .srrae. but NOT properk released
Howard sperfi inoaiQtf tfie nighfstfying
10 gel information from his own Paris of.
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
Story Of The Amazing Aymistice"

- - -. H., a;.n.ll.d for.
m.i:,r uow.rd n.rrh.d on he eage of
rr J..t ,nd - shor, ard.r made me
n,.d =. h.d .om.
n ;nr.d;.,s,r laid he srounawork
e.. 81. -h;s,nr;c occurrence ,b,, wac To
- H.. ..;,l,;n r., ho,rs bv b;s
..,.....J d.s;,. 90 .ff.c, , cb.ro. in the
,-.n.,or.,,;on n,,n ,h,, had been made
for him in Paris
.rm due TO sail al two this afternoon
on some ark that takes two weeks get.
ting home.r he lamen,ed. .Td ike to
make better speed II possible. Want to
catch President Wilson in time to come
over here again in his party
The man knew even then that the
President was coming. | sensed some
thing of what goes to make the success
! full newspaper man.
4 By telephone | learned that the s. S.
Leriathan was due 10 sail the following
morning. As she made the trip across
in six days or 50, Howard could save
! week by Whiting day. Accordingly, ar
rangemen,s were made to shift him from
the sailing-list Of the one ship to that Of
'ne o'hel. -.
"a' a'ne' t. we uiseusseu ways aN
means o. MS A'i.ls .iine au'alnaseo.s
y. anu i,o"afu' insp',eu W SUN. % M,
c''eyoes ,a,e' ae',ueu 'iia, NC nou'' me
'o ineea ao,niiai fien's d. "hso',. eon
n'a"ue' =. I"e n'nel'oAn navy ~ re"'" p
"I.e's' "noee e4uI.'''e's ~. "e,1 :" ', D.es
os i.', A'o1'u u
neauqaa'' ~. ". @.'e" wee "eai D,' = a"u
ne e' my o'ii'e aDou' ii'o"' " % ,"en
e.e ~ fu"s ~ go ~, a. ~. ~ I h". ,In.
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''Aa s.al'.u 70 Die 10. IT. H.
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s..e aes'uen. n' '. pausea Del''e .i He
nm. nr " ~ 1a l.,t -
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Me " III ia' Da .a .,,-. ~ p.fo.s .'a.
- q ~. '' iepol'es ~ e ae
-. III IL " @ -, an ,.A s u.
.;n. n,a,' eA.neu e,e"u vas u.'.usas ,n
~ anI, a.,I "e l eAse, "ou"u .o'
'o'ei oul' e.o es u,o. u, We, sep
nts u.ious" -, " - iae e MAJ, ma g" al
's m .,1 nau ae, ., D.en tneu' anu
i,oNa.a 'oiu me ,"al hs, 'iau heaIu 'ne
.. ..n' IL. Inn. ~ "' 'ae u a' "'e ~
nun ''ia' ih''iiihs-
The sight of Il a Denecbe' office in |
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

'k1A-s ~ 6v-ANANA4bNSe--As MN $lxlxAtyS
the States in time for the afternoon edi.
tions. The others might not gel there
until morning.
Admiral Wilson expressed his vii.
lingness that Howard should use the re.
port. In company, therefore, with en-.
sign Ssllards to assist him in arranging
things Howard rushed to the postes. But
desiring TO file typewriter message SO
there would be no possible misunder.
standing or misreading by the French
cable operator Howard dived en- route in
to the nearby telegraph room Of la De.
peche" and demanded a typewriter, ex.
planning hurriedly his reason.
By further coincidence the telegraph
editor undertook to type out Howsrd's
message, and used his own telegraph in.
strument to do SO, it being possible to
type on the ribbon with the local tele-
graph key as well as with the transmit.
ting,key in Paris.
Then tearing off the tape, the ob!iging
frenchmAn pas'ea as usual on a tel
esraph'c 'orm anu, io' inc message was
clear anu ready ior Immediate iiilng.
What is vastly more important, il looked
eAac'iy as thoosh IL haa oeen transmitted
from 1"S as "e'e m o'"er Ohned
,fess messages ana nod oeeh censored
thefe!
SECTION FOUR
Looking at it in the light Of later re.
Election. l am convinced that il was this
unintended strategy Of Hovard,s thai
enabled him to get his cable past the 10.
cal censors. l say "unintended" because
it is inconceivable that in the circum.
stances any man, however alert, could
have thought up so extraordinarily cley-
er devise. knowing that type of
French official as l do. | am convinced
that no one in Brest, Of whatever exalt.
ed rank. could have caused the local
French censors TO let by so porentious
message without having the o. K. Of eth
er the Ministry Of War or the Paris CEN
sorsmp Office.
l am further convinced that it was the
strange combination of circumstances
that led TO the MESSAGE looking as if it
came from Paris. 1t was even signed,
thanks to Howard's generosity, by Simms,
the man who signed all the messages
that came from Paris, and with whose
name the Brest censors were familiar as
being the stamp Of paper procedure.
That resulted in its speedy transmission
to America noon editions! And in New
iork the censor )nstIfiabiy concluding
that The brest censor would not have
passed so important piece OF news un-
less 1t had been first passed by the Pans
censor feil victim to the same luke, and
the damage was done. ihe general be-
iiet tnat the message had, IN tact, come
from Paris IS further verified by the
short extract fom the New York Globe
given above in which ii is stated that the
spurious report emanated IRON Paris.
II is an extraordinary fact that probab-
ly. in view OF the above facts, Roy W.
Howard was the only man in the world
hno coa'1 nave sent tue message as II
was sen! OF VINO eoula nave sent II al all.
as president OF 'he onited fress ana IN
a. ~
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28
BY ARTHUR HoRNBLow, JR.


For feuo months prior to the drmis
fice, Mr.. Hornbioic mas army infeili
gence officer Of the military port met
az Bresf. He mas there on that memor
cbie day Of November Z. nhen the ner'
OF peace came, only 10 be fepoked the
neat day. Here he tells the inside stor,
OF the giuing out OF that neis uhich 81
startled the porid, and brought forth il
the United States celebration that ,pa.
hardly equdiied mhen the news Of The
real armisiice came On November II. Ia
erery city. epery torn, here in Columbia
the neus that the nmisiice had been
signed brought forth from the american
people that neper.to-be-j e-jorgoiten reioic
ing. only 10 be ioiioped b. the ners thai
IL was not true. The real explanation
Icas neper clearly made until the nrifing
OF This article. ichich tells the real facts
and how the mistake came TO be made.
| quote from the New York Globe
Of November 8, 1913:
French troops resumed their ad.
vance along the whole from, this a.
M"
Today's repor. of military opera
tions quoted above is the best CON-
meniary on the. greatest and most
cruel hoax in the history Of journal
ism. which Yesterday deluded moi
only New York City but every city.
and town in the country into delir.
ium Of JOY BY a spurious report from
Paris TO the effect that an armis,ice
had been effected between Germany
and the Allies and that hostili,ies
had ceased.
IL will not be difficult to recall that
astounding November !. when an alleg-
edly Unconditional nation induleed in n
demonstration of universal and lys,erical
gladness such as the Partisan boulevards
have vet to equal.
The inside story Of how that historic
occurrence came to pass has not. be.
licve. ever been told, due doubtless to
the fact that even to this day scarcely a
handful Of persons are acquainted with
the facts. Following Immediately after
the event. there were number of er.
roneous and incomplete explanations in
the press, soon los, sight Of in the excite
mcnt Of real armistice days, and never
again revived. feel, therefore, that the
lapse Of time has served to mellow in
ieres, in the affair and to warrant my
somewhat retrospective narrative. Per.
haps what am able TO tell has actually
some proper place in the yolumipous his
The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-28

1T was accordingly a matter for sur.
prise and qualification when Howard
sirolled in casually shortly before noon
and disclosed himself TO be what We in
the army were wont to call regular
guy" There is no higher form Of dec.
oratien in the army short Of the Con.
srcssional Medal) Still in his early
ihirties, or seemingly so. Howard was the
typical newspaper man. genial. natural in
manner, and alert. Slight Of build, with
something Of the college boy still lurking
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-29

72in first quality Table Linen sold for $500 per yard
CSC the yard.
Another quality Table Linen that sold for $3.50 tn
yard will go at SIPS yard
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-29

All Unbeached Cotton in High Rock quality will be
sold in 1O:yds piece to the customer for SI.45
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-29
42-in Pillow Tubing that sells for SOC, now SOC

Special lot of 200 yds of bingham will be sold during
the Bargain Festival in yds lots at Soc for yds
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-29

Good weight Outing Flannel that sells for 81
we are going to offer on this sale for 10,
Zoe Outing Flannel for I3C yard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-08
WIFE IS GIVEN DIVORCE
FROM LIONEL n. GRAHAM

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y. Dec. g.
Supreme Court Justice Arthur 8.
Tompkins yesterday filed an order at
White Plains, in which he grants an
interlocutory decree of divorce to Mrs.
Matilda A. Graham. well known So
cially in Rye. from her husband,
Lionel H. Graham, formerly Of Wash
ington, but now residing in London.
England. No alimony was fixed. as
application to provide for Mrs. Ora
ham will be made later.
The decree was allowed upon depo-
sitions taken in Washington, where
it was alleged Mr.. Graham registered
at one Of the big hotels with an un-
known woman as Mr.. and Mrs. L..
II. Graham" on March "a last. when
his wife said she was In London. TIL
couple have been married thirty-on,
years and have four children, all Of
matured age.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-08
ADDITION TO BE BUILT ON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Immediate work will begin on a
temporary addition to the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church to pro-
vide relief for the overcrowded Sun
day school and to meet the pressing
needs of the other activities Of the
congregation. This project Is en-
tirely apart from the $125,000 build
ing for which a campaign was con-
Quoted recently by the church. and
no part Of the money that was raised
for the permanent house Of Worship
will be expended on the temporary
structure.
While the Presbyterians will be
provided with enlarged quarters at
once, there will be no delay on the
permanent building for which nearly
500, 900 already has been raised, and
work on 1t also will be begun very
soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-08

fur coat. Fades gave her $500 ana
has seen nothing Of her since.
He was in a quandary. but decided
to stay In Norfolk and see II the town
could not produce another one more
willing to become his wife. He en-
gagged in conversation with three
young men In the lobby of the hotel
where no was staying. told them his
story, and asked them to help him get
q wife before December
They agreed and two or three will
ing candidates were brought up. Ap-
preached with the proposition. the
sporting blood" Of Miss Asst re-
sponded and she agreed to marry
Fades. provided she had the same
agreement as the girl Fades came to
Norfolk to marry. Fades drew up an
agreement and II was signed by Miss
Asst Thursday before q notary.
Friday morning they ordered q taxi
and wont to Portsmouth to get mar
ried. While they were In q restaurant
telephoning for an appointment with
q minister they met the Rev. Edward
X. Benton, Of Crittenden. Va, who
agreed to perform the ceremony.
They filed into the taxi and went up
ried in the car.
when Eades and his bride returned
to Norfolk they encountered . man
who claimed she had promised 70
marry him. A fistic clash was mar
rOwly sverted.
The disappointed swain IL said to
have detained the brides baggage
when the couple left for Cleveland.
she discovered her trunk was missing
when she got a. far ~ Baltimore. re-
turned for 1t and then Joined her hus-
band in Cleveland, where he notified
the executors Of the will Of his COM
pliance with its provision.