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LAKE! AND EVENING TELEGRAM
PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PABT ft r
003T REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN
VOLUME Tip
president Wilson w in
FRANCE; VV
LEFT IMMEDIATELY
EOR PARIS
PRESIDENT MADE SHORT SPEECH
AND LEFT IMMEDIATELY FOR
PARIS
(By Associated Press.)
Brest, Dec. 13. President Wilsor
arrived in the harbor of Brest at one
o'clock this afte'rnoon on the steamer
George Washington. Amid deafening
salvos of artillery afloat and ashore
his arrival was the culmination of an
imposing naval spectacle which be
gan as the presidential fleet rounded
the outer capes and moved majestical
ly into the harbor, where it anchored
at headlong double column. An Amer
ican dreadnaught and destroyers, and
units of a French cruiser sqaadron
fleet were first sighted at '11:30 this
morning and it was more than ai.
hour later that the ships were sig
nalled at the entrance to the harbor,
and French ministers and American
officials, accompanied by Miss Mar
garet Wilson, boarded the ship at 1:30.
Preparations at once were started
for the President's debarking.
Within an hour the President came
ashore with Mrs. Wilson' who carried
an American flag and a bouquet.
There was a thundering cannonade a?
the President's launch left the ship
and'landed at the pier. Amid cheers,
salvos and notes of the Star Spangled
Banner, the President left Brest for
Paris at 4 o'clock' this afternoon.
' Wilson delivered a brief address af
ter landing, thanking the mayor for
the Breton welcome and then drove
throueh the frantically cheering
crowds to the railway station.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Thursday, Dec. 12. Premier
Clemenceau informed the delegates of
the General Labor Federation that
they will be allowed to present an ad
dress to Wilson only in case the Pres
ident gave personal permission. The
project therefore was abandoned
and the Federation asked, its adher
ents to Join with the people in cheer
ing Wilson and his arrival.
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Dec. 13. The Ameri
can squadron has arrived at Pola and
taken over-the command of the port.
Jugo awl Slav war Vessels in" the har
bor have hoisted the American flag,
according to a telegTam from Lai
bach. DIVERSIONS OF. SOLDIERS TARY
Music ani Dance Delight the Amerl
cans Most Leves to "Dress Up"
London, Dec. 13. Interesting con
trasts are found in the way in which
allied soldiers billeted together spend
their leisure hours.
The Frenchman, given time off, en
joys moat to lean against a doorway
SALUTES, BANDS, (LOWERS
' AND CHEERING THRONGS
' , i
PRESIDENT MADE
SHORT SPEECH AND
jujro io lean 6""" " , . .-l.
. . . . . fcuaPft'lareey by her own people.
MKaret in nana, ana au "
rLacffs a Pipe while be.the blockade has preventd her from
... . j.u icra Imnnrtine KOOdS.
nana, against aaoor. w.u.
ome.nj j . it.oio nffnra a lar -
wuob "U unci
conic remark. - ; "
The Scot will sit for hours, with
legs straight in front of him on the
ground, arguing any question, from
any angle.
The Yank prefers to sit on'a door
step and eat nuts or listen to a band
concert. No matter how weary: he'll
rnn from a doorway to two-step on
the pavement when a popular selec
tion ts played.
"Dressing up" and parading on
Btreeu, as though in a minstrel Aonr.,
is anoiiber of his diversions.
AS GREETED BY GUN
. GAS MASK INVENTOR
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
London, Dec. 13. Lieut. Col. B.
F. Harrison, officer of the Legion of
Honor, who is credited with inventing
the gas mask and thus saving' the
lives of hundreds of thousands of
soldiers, is dead of influenza.
Ex-Empress
Of Germany
Ouitelll
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Thursday. Dec. 12.
The former German Empress suffered
another serious heart attack and a
doctor has been summoned from Ber
l;ni it is reported.
CATTLE DIPPING IN FLORIDA
'IS MAKING RAPID HEADWAY
Jacksonville, Dec. 13. Dr. E. M.
Nighbert, inspector in charge of the
Bureau of animal industry, United
States Department of Agriculture,
with headquarters in Jacksonville has
completed his report of the progress
of tick eradication work in Florida for
November, .securing his data through
the state live stock sanitary board, the
various county commissioners, farm
ers,' cattlemen and the United States
Bureau of animal industry.
The report shows lhat three coun.
ties, Lake, Orange and Palm Beach,
are doing systematic work by dipping
cattle every fourteen days, the re
maining counties doing preliminary
work of voluntary dipping and vat
construction. Jefferson county is the
only place in the State not co-operating
with the authorities by appropri
ating funds.
Duval county stands eighth in the
number of cattle dipped during No
vember, 1,155 cattle being subjected
to this process. Hillshoro county
stands first with 25,000 cattle dipped,
followed by Polk county, dipping 15,
488, and Osceola county 14,024. Lee
county is next with 6-840.
800,000 Tons
Of Ships Be
Returned To
Trade Route?
. (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 13. Ships aggre
gating 800,000 tons have been desig
nated to be turned over by the army
quartermaster department to the
shipping board for return to trade
routes.
GERMANY CAN PAY FOR
THE WAR, FIGURES SnOW
London, England. Dec. 13. -Can
Germany pay?
Here are some facts bearing on Ger-
manv'8 ability to pay for the dam
age she has done, secured from relia
ble sources:
Germany is estimated to have a
pile of gold amounting to around six
or seven billion dollars.
She
has big war loans laneu
. MB
But she
' " ' foeien debts, largely because
halian coal fields alone
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are esuniaieu .
000.000.
w do not realize half our
bilities We do not more than begin
to possess our inheritance. Our hills
fn of eold and we only scratch
the sand and the shallow soil on the
surface. We live In little bungalows
in the valley when there are splend'.d
palaces waiting tor us on the hilltops.
y - .n fOt.t mil!
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AMERICANS ; IU.S. TO RESUME I All AMFR1PAN SHIPS TO S
COME TO STAtID
Oil THE RHINE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 13. The Ameri
can army marching into Germany has
come to a stand on the Rhine, Persh
ing's report for yesterday said. They
made no advance during the day.
OCEAN LINERS WILL BE
FITTED WITH SEAPLANES
ixmaon, Dec. 13. "Within a 'very
reasonable period we shall find all the.
principal mail liners fitted with sea
planes," asserts D. H. Bernard, ed!
tor of the Merchant Service Review
"Considerable time will be saved in
me transit of mails. A liner leaving
New York with urgent and important
letters will be able to discharge them
by seaplane 300 to 400 miles west of
the Irish coast; within a few hourH
they can be delivered in London, thus
effecting a saving, of twenty-four
fours.
"The same procedure can be car
Permanent Gov't Ownership
Telegraph And Telephone
Lines Is Proposed
By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 13. Permanent
government ownership of the tele
phone and telegraph lines as an aux.
Iliary of the Postoffice Department
"was proposed by a joint resolution in
troduced by Chairman Moon of 'the
House postoffice committee.
Flu Closes
Schools At
Mobile, Ala.
(By Associated Press.)
Mobile, Dec. 13. Schools were
closed here 'today on account of in
fluenza. WILL' UNCLE SAM TAKE
OVER GERMAN COLONIES (
London, England, Dec. 13. Is Un
cle Sam going to be trustee in behalf
of the Allies and civilization of the
captured German colonies.
"The United States is the only na
tion among the Allies without mater,
ial war aims," a prominent allied
statesman reports. "It has no terri
torial aims.
"Your Uncle Sam fights for human
ity and democracy. He is a fair-minded
judge, and impartial. What would
be better than to let him be our trus
tee and administrator? He can wind
up the affairs of the 'deceased.' "
FORT PIERCE AUTHORITIES
ARE TRYING TO. UNTANGLE
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Fort Pierce, Dec. 13. Charles
Thrift of Miami was found dead In
a stock car here in the early hourj
this morning by the night switching
crew of the F. E. C. railroad.
Thrift arrived here Wt night with
a carload of mules shipped by A. M.
Griffin of Miami consigned to C. L.
Collins at Umatilla. , ..After arriving
his car was set out at the stock pen.
He unloaded, fed and watered the
mules and reloaded them to be ready
to continue nte journey.
When found he was lying In the
central portion of the car, the mules
being barred in at each end of "the
car. Thrift was lying face upward
with his head and shoulders on a
sack of feed. His head had been
crushed to on each side In -several
places.-- A water bucket was under
the back of his bead and had caught
most of the blood. (
At daylight this morning a jury was
empannelled and viewed the remains
in the car as found. As customary
the jury adjourned' for two days in
order to secure some further infor
mation regarding the canse of death.
Two theories are advanced, both
speculation. One is that a mule
kicked him and he had Just strength
enough to" crawl away before he d!ed.
TfiJinr iiriTu iiili ni lununii uim u i v i
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 13. Plans for
resuming general trade with parts of
Russia and Finland were disclosed to
day.
ried out by a vessel bound to New
York weather of course being an Im
portant factor, for in fine and settled
weather a well-equipped seaplane
could travel at an enormous speed ov
er a considerable distance. It is quite
within the bounds of possibility that
letters posted in London can be de
livered in New York within four
days."
Mr. Bernard thinks the service will
at first be subsidized by the govern
ments of the two countries .
Similarly, he says, letters could be
expedited from South America to the
European continent by seaplanes leav
ing the liners 300 miles off Lisbon or
Gibraltar.
ASHURST ASKS GIFT
OLDxUNIFORMS TO U. S.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Washington, Dec. 13. Give every
discharged United States noldler, sail
or or marine hts uniform and with
it 90 days' extra pay.
That's the plan Senator Henry F.
Ashurt of Arizona wants the govern
ment to adopt as part of its demob
ilization program.
Seiiator Ashurst knows that the
average soldier will come out of the
army without a Buffalo nickel to his
name, and that he'll have to buy a
suit of civilian clothes to replace his
uniform, under existing laws.
Some Soldiers Prize, 8ome Need
"It must be obvious," said Senator
Ashurst in explaining the purpose of
his measure, to me, "that every sol
dier highly j prizes his uniform. Some
are so circumstanced that they will
want to wear their uniforms and save
the expense of an extra suit of cloth
ing after they are discharged.
"Moreover, as the years go by and
reviews are held, each soldier will
want to wear his uniform In parades.
In September, 1915, I saw thousands
of Union and Confederate veterans
march up Penaylvanla, avenue the
same avenue up which they marched
after the close of the Civil War 50
years before and a few of them
wore the same uniforms they had
worn In '65, which they treasured as
priceless.
"The government can make no use
of discarded uniforms, and If It re
tains them they will only be moth
eaten and destroyed.
"As to granting 90 days' pay to
each soldier, sailor and marine after
his discharge, we must not forget
that we have taken these men out of
gainful occupations and have wrench
ed them from civilian life, and they
have served civilization with a cour
age and a valor beyond. eulogy.
Ashurst Plan to Cost Americans $2.40
Each
"It will cost the United States
1240,000,000 to grant our men thi
extra 90 days pay, but the patriotism
of the people has been so well proved
in the war that while this sum of
money seems large, it will be cheer
fully paid, In my Judgment. It means
only $2.40 per person for the 100,000,
000 people in .this country.
"This payment amounting to ap
proximately $100 to, a, private Willi
give the soldie'r some means on which
to travel and "refWi himself in civil
life.
"I am going to appeal to the Amer
ican peiple to support this bill by
writing their senators and represen
tatives urging early and favorable
action on It"
Another is that members of the hobo
tribe beat him up and struck him
hard enough to kill him. Nothing Is
so far known as to how he was killed
BE RETURNED TO HOMf I
BE RETURNED
WATERS THIS MONTH
HUlf WHO DEVELOPED
GAS OFFENSIVE HELD
Toul, France, Dec. 13. Prof . Otto
Schmeernkase, exploiter of chlorine
gas as a German offensive weapon,
was one of the last prisoners of war
to be taken by the Yanks at Thia
court. HEARST SENT
IN 1915
(By Assoclatd Press.)
Washington, Dec 13. Testimony
that Edward Lyall Fox, writer, had
been sent to Germany in 1915 to write
German propaganda, which was dis
tributed by Hearst's International
News Service, was given the president
of the Senate investigating commlttea
today by Captain Lester of the army
intelligence service. Answering ques-i
tions, Lester said nothing in the reo- J
ords show either that Hearst cr his j
managers of the news service knew
Fox was in the pay of the German
government. Lester read a telegram
sent by the German embassy at Wash
ington to the Berlin foreign office in
September, 1914, saying "the Chicago
Tribune is a friendly papor."
Lester testified that the . German
government July 10, 1914, informed
about 130 civilian employes at a con
ference in Berlin that a world war
would be started Boon. These were
then dispatched to all parts of the
world, 31 coming to the United States,"
to stimulate Pan-German propaganda.
They--tended in August, 1914, from the
same boat which brought Dr. Albert,
reputed paymaster of the enemy pro
paganda system In this country. Les
ter said information came from some
unnamed information now interned in
the United States.
Montreal Is
Quiet After QO
Disorder Of
Last Night
(By Associated Press )
Montreal Dec. 13. The city wa?
quiet today following the night's dis
order growing out of a strike of fif
teen hundred city, employes for higher
pay.
STRANGER FOUND
DEAD IN HIS ROOK
AT ST. AUGUSTINE
St. Augustine, Dec. 13. C. H.
Gray, a piano tuner whose home is
believed to be in Maitland, Fla. was
found dead in a room In a local room
ing house yesterday morning. Tn
a kitchenette connected with the bed
room a gas jet was turned on and he
was asphyxiated. It la believed that
the gas was turned on by accident
and not with suicidal Intent. The
body Is at Ponce's undertaking estab
lishment awaiting Instructions from
relatives who have been advized by
telegraph of Mr. Cray's death The
deceased was en elderly man but fur
ther than the fact he was a piano tun
er nothing is known About him here.
The bridge between 'the sister Is
lands, Sanibel and Capitlva, is now
completed.
One firm In Punta Gorda last year
bought $12,000 worth of furs and ex
pects this jeer to handle $10,000
worth.
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GERMAN
PROPAGANDA
10 GERMANY
TO
FOlt BIG NAVAL REVIEW
DEC
. 23 DATE
SET FOR
,7;
ALL SUITS OPERATING IN FOE.
EIGN WATERS TO BE SENT TO
NEW, YORK, FOR THE HOME.
COMfNG , "
(By Associated Press.)
tir Li i Yk 4 a twJ 4;
REVIE1
. wuBiuuBiun, uec livery cap!-; i g
tal ship of the American navy, includ-i ! ,
Ing ships that have been operating v
with the British main fleet during tb. ' j
war, will return to home waters thif, !'
month, Secretary Daniels announced,' f
and are expected to reach New Yorkj , t t
Dec. 23. A naval review will talc'.??
place there to celebrate the home com ;' f
DELAND-DAYTONA AND THE
ORMOND-BUNNELL ROADS I
COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY!
DeLand, Fla., Dec. 13. Michael
Sholtz, receiver for the Ackerman &'
Oh
4
Ellis Company will complete the nln
miles of roadway between DeLan
and Daytona according to contract.
beginning the work, immediately,, 1
says the DeLand News. j ,
This agreement and Order of court I
was made and entered into at Kisslm-
moe on Saurday, The order of court,
luade by Judge JamesW. Perkins, ap '!
pointed Mr. Sholtz receiver for the 1 j,
Akerman & Ellis Company, places ' j, '
his bond at $10,000, gives him author- j
ity to take charge of all the asseta , '
and" property of the company whetY!!
ever located, to lssuov receiver's cer-1
tlflcates when approved by the court,
to complete the road contract with Vo
lusia county for both the Daytona '
and Ormond roads. The agreement'
Is entered into by all parties to the
controversy. '
Mr. Sholtz will begin work immedl- '
ately. The material will be obtained ;
near yitusville, from an immense do-,
posit of rock owned by the company, !
will be 'shipped to Daytona by rail,
and hauled onto the road with trucks ;
now owned by the company. The
lease of county prisoners by the com-1
pany will be entered Into and the
prisoners worked In the pit near Tit
usvllie. The material to be used Is
ccquina rock, the roadway will be 15
feet wide, and will be covered with !
tarvla, contract for which has been
let to the Findley Methods Compart y.
It will not be necessary to close the
road at all while the work is progress
ing. Mr. Ackerman is to be employed by
the receiver in the construction. This
is not stated jn the order, but Is a
mutual agreement and concession of
all parties.
GOVERNMENT BORROWING
TO CEASE AFTER WAR
London, Dec.' 13. That government
borrowing - cease as soon as pos
sible after the war and the shortage
of real capital be made good by genu
ine savings is ne of the recommen
dations of the Committee on Currency
and Foreign Exchanges After the
War. The committee recommends
that the issue of notes should bo lim
ited by law, and entirely in the hands
of the Bank of England. Substitution
of small Bank of England notes for
present treasury notes and no early
return to the use of gold coinage In
recommended; this through a desire
to prevent a foreign drain, of gold
menacing the country's note issue.
Manager W. F. Adams statsd re
cently that the Tampa Bay Hotel in
Tampa will be opened formally on
January 3 and that the big opening
ball will f6llow in the next week. om
time between January 5 and 8, rt,,',
ably the latter date. " .
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