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TT.Licri IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE dcdt .
WJi. ; OF THE BEST STATE
. 1Q08T REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOMI TOWN
LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1918
No. 168
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H AMIbAN rtHf'li NUW
WITHIN THE ZONE Of BRITISH
FORCES WHERE IKY II
RECEIVE FINAL MINING
AHERICANS
DOWN
BIG
ANOTHER
RMATI
The Kissimmee Ice and Cold Stor-
ege Company has cured 30.000 pounds
ot meat for the farmers of that sec
tion during the past year.
HKKENBAIKER, FORMER AUTO-
MOBILE RAtJSK, iSKUUUii'r xtiK
PLANE DOWN; GERMAN ARTIL.
LERT HRE INCREASING
(By Associated Press.)
American Army in France, May
IT. Troops or tne new American
:tny have now arrived within the
France and are now completing their
training in this section.
New Army Reaches Battle Zone
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. The Ameri
ca troop? referred to as the "New
American army" in dispatches today
reporting their arrival in the '.one of
British operations in Prance are
forces being brigaded and trained
with the British, probably on the
Hinders battle front. They are not
troops detached from Pershing's pres
ent forces but part of the new move
ment from the United States forecast
recently by Lloyd Georg&r-
kerirans Rring Down Another
Plane
(By Associated Press.)
With the American Army in France,
Bay 1". Army aviators in the sector
Brthwest of Toul brought down an
other German airplane this morning.
Reports indicate that Lieut Edward
Rickenbaoher, answering an alarm
Aortly after daylight encountered
Ifcree enemy planes. He attacked them
nd shot one down inside of the ene
my lines.
RIckenbacker is a former automo
We racer. He was decorated with
French war cross Wednesday.
Artillery Heavy
(By Associated Press.)
1-ondon, May 17. German artillery
're it increasingly active from Locon
"Hinges, on the western side of the
Flanders salient, and between the
forest of Nleppe and Meteren, on the
northern side of the salient, the war
ifice announced.
Violent Fighting
(By Associated Press.)
r"is, May 17. Violent artillery
Mag in the region of Hailles,
"ntheast of Amiens is reported today
official statement In London.
TOthe farmers
OF POLK COUNTY
A more determined drive should be
e to make, and save more feed
to stock on the farm this season than
dually harvested.
1 Btice on my rounds over the
jMy .that farm stock are looking
than usually at this season;
7 on account of over work on
"Wr acreage, possibly partly on
t of high price of feed.
e
Nearly 4,000 acres of Irish notatne
have been planted in Flagler countv
this season. The crop is in fine condition.
VALDOSTA FARMER
MURDeRED and m
IE INJURED
(By Associated Press.)
Valdosta, Ga May 17. Hampton
faMV!ni 1fln'.w ........ T
'"""1.-1 living uuur oarney
in Brooks county was killed in his
home an assassins last night. Mr.
Smith's wife was also shot but she es
caped to a house nearby and reported
the tragedy, declaring she recognized
a negro, Sidney Johnson, as the as
sassin. Posses with dogs are scour
ing the countryside.
ITALIAN
AVIATOR
FELL TO HIS
DFATH TODAY
AT NEW
ORK
New York, May 17. Captain
Hesnati, of the Italian Royal Flying
Corps, who piloted a ten msn?r
Caproni biplane from Wnahtn
;ew York, was killed at noon todav
jn the Hempstead flying field.
Amsterdam, May 16.-Several hun
dred pounds of camel meat have been
enjoyed recently by patrons of res
taurants in Zwickau, Germany. Four
camels were sold to the butchers by
the local menagerie ( which had to
sacrifice them owing to the fodder
Miuuage. iney yielded from 300
400 pounds of meat apiece.
to
Loudon, May 16,-Only a three
month's supply of hairpins remains
in this country, and the Ministry of
Munitions announces that no more
wire will be allotted to the manufac
tures for this purpose. The wire
hairpin must go, and after the three
months' supply is exhausted a sub
stitute will have to be found.
THIRD LIBERTY
LOAN WENT OVER
FOUR BILLION
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. Unofficial re
ports of the treasury Indicated the
Third Liberty Loan had gone above
Tour billion and might reach four and
a quarter billion.
Stockholm. May 16. Protests
f gainst the incivility of salespeople In
Berlin, which began to be heard two
years ago, have multiplied so that or
ganizations representing various
branches of trade have issued a state
ment expressing regret and calling
upon offenders to treat customers
with courtesy.
A jest in a Berlin comic paper gives
point 10 tne situation, several per
sons are discussing what they Intend
to do as soon as peace is declared.
The last to tell how he intends to
celebrate says:
"The minute I hear the war Is over
I'm going across to the shop where I
buy, my butter and wallop the sales
girl in the face."
MEATLESS DAYS
LONDON
ABOLISHED
(By Associated Press.?
London, May 17. Meatless days In
London restaurants have been abol
ished beginning today. Restrictions
on eating meat in restaurants have
been made necessary by the meat ra
tion system now in force.
MANY METHODIST MIN
ISTERS IN ITALIAN ARMY
Florence, Italy, May 16. Fifty per
cent of the ministers of the Methodist
Episcopal Church In Italy are in ac
tive service in the Italian army. The
annual session of the Church which
has just been held here, under the
presidency of Bishop William Ander
son of Cincinnati, showed its con
fidence in the final victory of the al
lies by deciding to create a new Ital
ian district, comprising Trent, Rov
ereto, Udine, and Gorizia, all at pres
ent occupied by the enemy, and by
voting that its session in 1919 should
meet in Triest. The latter vote was
loudly cheered by the meeting.
Dr. Bertrand M. Tipple, Chief Sup
erintendent of the Methodist Church
In Italy, is to leave for the United
States soon.
Students Who
Complete Fourth
Training School
To be Commissioned
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. -Under a new
ruling announced by Secretary Baker
all students of the fourtn ir-urni
school just opened, who successtuuv
complete the course, will be eligible
for a commission.
Mimbs' Hanging Postponed
Until May 31; Were To Have
Hung At Bartow Today
(By Associated Press.)
Tampa, May 17. The hanging of
Jasper and Ed Mimbs, father and son,
for the murder of A. D. Buie, has
been postponed by the Governor to
May 31. They were to have been ex
ecuted today at Bartow.
EQUIPMENT OF AIRPLANES
Very Costly, Requiring Many De
vices and Fighting Implements
START WORK ON NEW
AIR SCHOOL AT MIAMI
Before an airplane can be put into
military service, it must be equipped
with at least nine delicate aeronau
tic instruments, some of which are
absolutely essential to exact flying,
and all contribute to the successful
operation of a plane. One gives the
pilot his location as to height and di
rection; others tell his speed through
Miami, May 17. Work will be
started on the big army aero station
and bombing school to be built on the
bay front fourteen miles south of Mi
ami on what has been commonly
called the Cutler site, when a gang of
100 laborers will be set to work clew
ing the ground for the first set of
buildings.
This announcement was made this
afternoon by J. O. St. John, head of
the St. John Construction Company
of this city, which yesterday secured
the contract from the War Depart
ment for the work, the estimated cost
of which is $300,000 for the first unit,
consisting of thirty buildings, includ
ing officers' quarters, barracks, mess
halls and four steel hangars.
The firm of Wolf & Ewing will be
associated with the St. John Company
the air. the spee(l of his propeller, the
amount of gaoline carried, water tem-.i" the work.
perature, operation of the oiling syS-i Mr. St. John was notified by tele
tern, and guide his "banking" on j gram last night that his firm was the
turns. Another necessary article is successful bidder and was notified to
th nween-sunnlving apparatus, with-(begin construction operations at
..... ,..Yynh an aviator COllId not cllml) OnC6
IMU "III, li i .
SECTIONALISM MUST
BE STAMPED OUT
,
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. The Presi
dent today authorized Secretary Tu
multy to deney that he was opposed
to any aircraft investigation by the
Senate Military committee and to an
nounce that he objects to the "covert"
purpose of the Chamberlain resolu
tion because he knows what the pur
pose is.
Senate leaders on both sides agreed
not to bring up the Chamberlain re
solution until Monday.
ME CREEL
MUSED
TO corn
FOR RECENT
UTTERANCES
106 Names On
Casualty List
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. The Ameri
can casualty list contains 106 names:
Killed in action, 15; died of wounds,
fi; died of disease, 4; died of gas pois
oning, 1. Wounded severely, 12;
wounded slightly, 60; missing in ac
tion, 4. Corporal John D. Wilson, ot
Gaffney, S. C, and Private L. L.
Knight, of Macon, Ga., slightly
wounded.
REGRETS HIS REMARKS MADE
RECENTLY RELATIVE TO NOT
EXPLORING THE HEARTS OP
CONGRESSMEN AS HE DIDN'T
ENJOY SLUMMING
(By Associated Presx )
Washington, May 17. George Creel,
kchairman of the Committee of Publio
Information, has written Chairman
Pou of the House Rules committee
that he had no intention of reflecting
on Congress in the much-descussed
recent speech in New York in which
he is quoted as saying inasmuch a
he did not enjoy slumming he would
not exnlore the hearts of
men. His alleged remarks created a
furore in Congress.
George Creel today apologized to
Congress for his recent speech in New
York. "I admit indiscretion and re-
'gret it deeply," Creel wrote Chairman
Pou of the House rules committee.
PUNTA GORDA HAS A SENSATION!
A genuine sensation was caused
here, Sunday afternoon, by the ap
pearance In our salt-water bathing
preserves" of three girls who were
clad in the extreme styles of bathing
costumes worn at Palm Beach, Atlan
tic City and other ultra-fashionable
resorts. Had their coming and cos
tumes been preanounced, there
would have been a thousand men or
more on the dock to see them. It is
said that they came from Arcadia
in an auto with some soldiers, and,
when not in bathing, were enveloped
In rain coats or gossamers. The
scantiness of their bathing attire hor
rified a lot of our women. Punta
Gorda Herald.
AMERICAN WOMAN
IN RUSSIA WRITES TO
ORLANDO FRIEND
Philadelphia, May 17. -If the Unit
Mi states is to maintain the position
of spiritual leadership acquired dur
ing the war and take its rightful
j toomio of Nations, ii
place in a.
isr,oi intolerance a
stamp oui Betu"""'
0,hpp said Dr. Leo S. Rowe.
lilts V' W""v
o any great height.
For operation of actual combat
lanes .such as observing, photo
Urraphing. bombing, ana ngnuug
phnes. other complicated and ex
pensive instruments and sets of ap
pratus a,- necessary. Among them
e ma liin K-ins. gun mounts, bomb
ra'ks. nomh dropping devices, bomb
sights, radio and pliotograhpiiic appa-
electrically heated ciotinng.
am; flares. These bring the
osi cl' equipment for an air-
vcral thousand aouar
. F
upon tne iype
rat us-.
lights
t-tii!
plane
each.
plane.
to
(.Micncing
nd
The work will be under the
direction of Lieut. Helmle of the quar
naster's department, who has been
here for several days investigating
conditions at the site and devising
plans for the early work.
Arrangements were being made by
the contractors tHIs afternoon with
! truck owners for hauling the labor
i era back and forth to the site until
ibuildings are erected for their nous
ling. J Mr. St. John saWthe first building
I to be put up will be an office for the
'.contractors.
! Tt is expected that from 1100 to
2.000 men will be required in the work
on the camp, a number of which will
probably be increased gradually as
cratic development possible and thus tne unjt8 are extended, the contract
. i mila hpr createst ! , i j . , a.
.av-c y.vj- jo(iav enables Amerua iu - (jUBi Blgneu ueuis iur lue lirm. uiiiu
of Philadelphia, in an' ' ' ! ntribution to civilization. Thl8 wll be built on high ground
before the "Win the war r w
nr.
of
nent Peace" convention.
a assistant secretary
treasury and a member of the exec
live committee of the League
fnrce Peace, addea.
c&inot fienrn nn nfWo nt fefid
fotier season, when an embargo
"ready hp0n n,""" ' ! n is not
Ht,,i: ",Tu. - "The problem com.-. - Jrhanee(i. and
uiC oi me soutnern states, , . tn win the victory u. -
t nwrt r,.. t . ... .merely to win u -ih in.ntter of
- "in oe SlirnrlHBrt nhmilr! Flnr- i A in rreatinK i
, - mt - u -
ould. for a moment, place fronting the COUntry road.
the any faith in a revival oi mc , It )a tne plan t0 a eve lop tne scnooi
. .Itine We nOW see, 8rf.m wmotAlv I OnO flvora oro oraA.
. tv,nf thp normal devel-...,. j
mnnt ti nnlv o A ra n rn flu
ff) Fn-'niVOr OeiOrr. lai uaieu ram uiutiiu, miuj nuvnuw uj-
' nment of American institutions will prs be,nf, accepte(i nere.
broken, their sr-mi ." ; .
we will be led. as c. , The new paritjng house at Moore
self-preservation, into a Haven of the Standard Growers Ex-
be
M. L
e Put on the embargo list soon.
, J"18 1 me that we Bhould make
nuou8 effort to make and save
e farm all the feed needed for
e stock, our families too; we
Dt and grow successfully as
48 June 15th: Potatoes, (sweet)
Peanuts (Spanish) and Navy
3- All a
t.
It
sist-yes, to lead-in creating a nor ; gml mimry organi-!change (5(M00 feet , gIze) wagbullt
situation which will make it impos . , Wch wil mean that the . g week and on Saturday ,a8t wag
ble for the political philosophy ; ' "e o our 18tn and 19th century ireftdy for 0CCUpancy. The Exchange
underlies the German plan to dic"lt' j Jpve,opment will not reach fruition 'ha9 the wareh0UBe prettT well filled
or in any way dominate the final o , (,Germany.s. treatment of n"ssia:wjth hampers, crates and baskets, as
It has now Become p)iniania has mane Birm.....- weH a9 four potato graders which
.. hA npace anu nu"10"' . .. - uh . ...... .
to it tnai k-- i nature of tne meiia- -"-"ihave been Installed lor the use of the
come,
mission
to see
are good for man and
I !W patriottc duty to make all
iritis
which follows
the peace that makes
10 , .v.ii be e'ear the nature oi tB
Sanford is another city I in the State
: farmers who have spuds to shin.
" "Or the family arA otnrilr nn
a 1 - . . . . . x . . V. ailV On
iv.. B,ou patriotic amy w nPw oe douki'i
.. . -jntod the curb
tuat nas u"'"v" t, j fr,,itg can
ldea. Fresh vegetables n - g d,.
pra. ic 'wr
18 8avea ana 1 recl . : .J m the innovation
w waste. are wen pw ' na n.rer done
1 A. A. LEWIS.
and wonder why it was never
. that out of this strug-
Id will emerge, but the . we become an integral part of an in
pie a new wr ,.pDpnci largely on 'ternational organization determined
type or wuuu the,at ftll C0Bt9 t0
SStness of her faith In interna
, -:,t nd iustice.
tionai nB-- -- . ? th
Ampr can iaeai.
eliminate aggression
from world affairs, to protect the
rights of small and large nationali
ties, and to place ourselves In the
eerviee.of higher standards of Inter-
war,
tain
oipvated bv
ia nr nowe. can noi
their full development, ."unles? national justice and fair dealing
House of Commons
Adjourns With No
Action Taken On
Home Rule Bill
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 17. The House of
Commons adjourned last night until
May 28 without any sign of acting up
on the long-delayed Irish home rule
bill. Apparently members of the gov
ernment have no idea when the bill
will be Introduced.
PATRIOTIC MAIL CARRIER
To a Florida mail carrier belongs
the honor and the credit for making
the largest number of sales of War
Savings Stamps, of any postal carrier
n the United States. Thia honor be
longs to John Muench, a city carrier
in the Tampa Post Office. He was
k'fficially cited In the Postofflce bul
letin for April as leading all carriers
in the sale up to that - date, about
115,000.00; since that time ' Muench
has doubled this figure and It is safe
to assume he is still far in the lead
of any other carrier In the United
States.
Muench was born in Philadelphia
and has been in the postal service six
years. He was formerly a brick ma
son and is a veteran of the Spanish
American war. He was the first man
n the state of Florida to make a $1,
000 sale and since that time has
made thirteen more, making a total
of fourteen. He hopes to sell during
J.he year at least $50,000 worth of this
splendid securty which the Govern
ment is offering to the people.
Clay county fanners are preparing
to plant an extra large acreage of
iweet potatoes.
The Orlando Sentinel of yesterday
contains an interesting letter from an
American woman in Russia which
tells quite a bit of the troubles Am
ericana are experiencing there; The
Sentinel says:
Some extracts are given from a let
ter written by Miss Anna Haines, a
schoolmate of Mrs. C. D. Christ, now
abroad, with the Friends' Reconstruct
ton unit at Buzuluk. All Friends'
service it without pay.
She describes travel difficulties
when endeavoring to go from Petro
grad to Buzuluk.
"We made a spectacular though
outwardly quiet, drive to the English
embassy, where, they BecreHy handed
over to us about $10,000 as a sort
of loan until they could get out of
Petrograd banks what Is really there
in our name. They also gave U8 of
ficial Red Cross letters which guar
anteed free tickets on our applica
tion to the ticket office. So we set
off through the dark and very
crowded streets to the station, in two
tiny sledges, with a great box of
medicine given by the American Red
Cross, also with various purchases in
the way of books and clothes needed
by our party.
"On arriving at the station square,
we found it jammed with people ot
all sorts and conditions, clamoring
to get away from Petrograd. Por
ters shrugged their shoulders and
said they were not working. Mr. A.
knows as little Russian as I do, so he
stayed with most of the baggage,
while I took the rest and went to try
to get through and see when the
Moscow rain went ou. . He had much
he worst time, as there were many
thievs about, and the soldiers who
try to keep some sort of order, kept
shooting at people around him.
"I found the Moscow train; depos--ited
the box of medicine with the Red
Cross stamp on it, as the least like
ly thing to be stolen, and went back
to tell Mr. A.
"We wen through again by jollying
the soldiers to let us through the reg
ular lines, but when we got to the
train again a new official was there
who demanded tickets from us. We
knew all along we should have had
them. Mr. A. went back while f held
guard over the baggage onthe plat
form. Things were pretty wild there,
everybod yscrambllng to get Into
some train; families getting sepa
rated, soldiers coming In from Fin
land (where there had been some
fighting), all bloody and wounded;
and the tmperature down o way be
low nothng. After I had waited for
two hours Mr. A came back with the
new sthat the second class ticket of-
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