FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24,
PAGE NO. TWO.
1916
World Situation
Drainage District
Of Upper St Jo
thanksgiving Proclamation
Full Of Portent
STATE OF FLORIDA EXECUTIVE OFFICES
BY THE GOVERNOR A PROCLAMATION
THE PALATKA NEWS, PALATKA, FLA.,
Outlet ta Ocean Close to
Oceanus
LETTER FROM COL LADUE
Engineer in Charge of Florida District
Advises Those interested in Drain
age of Attitude of Board of En
gineers at Washington.
MYSTERY IN SHOOTING.
In ii letter tu those interested in
the upper St. .lolins drainage district,
which provides Co i' the drainage i(
several hundred 1 1 x n s:i n 1 1 aens ot
land in thn'e or four counties mi the
upper St. Julius river, makes known
the attitude ot' the board of engineers
of Washington. 1). ('., on several mat
ters in conneel ion with Hie projert.
Among these is tile proiesit ion to cut
11 canal to the ocean in the vicinity
(if (iceanns, or some otjier ioint near
by. The letter addressed to the public
follows:
To Whom It May Concern :
The chief of engineers lias author
ized me to advise those interested in
property along the Indian river with
in the area of the possible inllucnce
of the drainage operations of the
upper Sr. John drainage district, that
the war department, in acting upon
the drainage plans presented by the
hoard id' supervisors of the drainage
district, including outlet canals to the
Indian river, can consider only the ef
fect of the execution of these plans
upon the navigable capacity and use
fulness of the navigable waters af
fected, and that all questions of prop
erty rights and property damages
must be relegated to the courts; but
that if the various parties at interest
desire to join in presenting a request,
for permission to cut an mulct to the
Atlantic ocean at Oceanus, or at some
other suitable j n .i 1 1 alouir this stretch
of the coast, the department will be
inclined to "he favorable i sidcra-
tion to the request if properly pre
sented, and if accompanied by plans
making adequate provision for the
protection of the navigable capacity
of the Indian river, and by satisfac
tory guarantees that the plans will
he executed, ami the protection as
Bifrctl. I'lease communicate these views of
the war department to any other in
terested parties who may be known to
you.
Very respectfully,
W. 1!. LADFE,
Lt. Col., Corps of Engineers.
Mike Griffin Found in Woods Mortally
Wounded.
Jacksonville police are prohiug tho
hilling of Mike (Irillin. near Lacka
wiiiiii Springs.
(irillin was one of a hunting party
which went into the woods near
I.ackawana Springs.
Alone in the woods, with only his
doc as a companion, (irillin was found
terribly wounded by Deputy Sheriff
McClowl and Detectives Tipton and
Johnson. He was brought hurriedly
to Jacksonville and placed in the
county hospital, where lie died.
A companion, Mike Ilogan. -who
was with the party of hunters, lias
been placed under arrest. A negro,
with whom, it is said, the nartv bad
engaged jn a quarrel, is also being
hunted by the police.
Considerable mystery shrouds the
affair.
BIO BRIDOE PLANNED.
Million Dollar Span to Connect St.
Petersburg and Tampa.
To give Tampa and St. Petersburg
direct intcrnrban connection, it in
planned to build a million dollar
bridge over Old Tampa bay. A con
crete structure to meet all govern
nient requirements will, it is esti
mated, at least require the expendi
ture of that sum.
Preliminary plans have been ap
proved by Lieut. Col. W. It. Ladue,
t'niteil States corps of engineers, and
the studies call for two spans of
1. IMlll feet each that will permit light
draft craft to pass beneath the bridge
without having to follow the channel.
A hearing on the project is scheduled
for the near future by the government.
Sufferer From Indigestion Relieved.
"Before taking Chamberlain's Tab
lets my husband suffered for several
years from indigestion, causing him
to have pains in the stomach and dis
tress after eating. Chamberlain's
Tablets relieved him of these spells
right away," writes Mrs. Thomas Ca
sey, Geneva, N. Y. Obtainable ev
erywhere. Flora.
"Have yon noticed our flora about
here?" asked the professor of botany
to tho new student.
"If you mean the one with white
spats, I have." replied the student who
had nu eye for girls. Exchange.
Oood For Citrus Growers.
Florida growers of citrus fruits
may expect excellent prices this sea
son, according to C. K. Stewart, gen
eral manager of the Florida Citrus
exchange. This is due to a short crop
and unusual conditions prevailing in
the big markets. With the upward
trend of prices, people are prepared
to pay highi"' prices for luxuries, and
this will include citrus fruits of all
kinds. The citrus fruit crop this ycat
is reported to be of exceptionally high
quality.
It is estimated that the waves of
the Atlantic ocean that beat upon the
British shores have an average force
of one ton a square foot in the winter
months.
Looking backward through the years to the time when our fore
fathers were establishing in this country institutions that characterize
a great and enduring civilization, there comes to our -view no more
significant hall mark of the fine Christian characteristics of the men
and women of that day than the beautiful custom they began for us in
observing a day of Thanksgiving and Praise. The people of Florida
for the blessings of prosperity, peace and happiness that prevail in
our commonwealth and in the nation should be profoundly grateful.
To us has been vouchsafed a year unmarred by epidemic, se
rious disturbances or economic loss. To us has been given a year of
peaceful enjoyment of the prosperity of the commonwealth; and a
year witnessing great progress in our industries and arts of peace.
Our fields and groves are richly laden with the fruits of industry and
are not laid waste in the devastating path of war. The busy whirr of
the wheels of commerce have not been supplanted by the rumblings of
the wheels of cannon, the song of the harvester is heard in the land
and we have no discordant note of strife within our borders.
Therefore in keeping with the beautiful custom which it de
lights our hearts to follow, I, Park Trammell, Governor of the State
of Florida, do hereby designate and set apart,
Cbursday, Hovember $otb, 1916,
to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving.
That this nation of ours has been spared the suffering, loss and
bloodshed, yea, even the wholesale slaughter of men, which are the
necessary results of cruel and merciless war; that we have been kept
out of its awful horrors, yet steadfastly have maintained the national
honor, should fill us with a spirit of solemn graditude.
For these things and for whatever our individual blessing and
prosperity have been let us be truly thankful, reverently observing the
day set apart in offering praise and Thanksgiving to The Giver of all
Good who giveth the earth its increase and guides the destinies of
nations.
Let the people gather where convenient for a service of Praise
and Thanksgiving appropriate to the occasion, and manifest their
gratitude also in substantial form by having thought for any unfor
tunate in their midst.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Sea of the State to be affixed this lGth day of November,
A. D. 1916.
Attest:
H. CLAY CRAWFORD,
Secretary of State
PARK TRAMMELL,
Governor.
A Bid COTTON DEAL.
AFTER GRIPPE
Mrs. Findley Made Strong By Vinol
Revery, Kans. "The Grippe left me
in a weak, nervous, run-down condition.
1 was too weak to do my housework and
could not sleep. After trying different
r.icilicines without benefit Vinol restored
my health, strength and appetite. Vinol
is a grand medicine and every weak,
nervous, run-down woman should take
it." Mrs. Geo. Fisdlev.
Vinol sharpens the appetite, aids
digestion, enriches the blood, and
builds up natural strength and energy,
Try it oil our guarantee.
Ackerman-Stewart Drug Co.. Palatka.
$600,000 Paid For 3,000 Bales ol
Sea Island in Florida.
Three thousand bales of sea island
cotton were sold at the municipal
docks in Jacksonville at ,"0 cents a
pound, the price paid being $(100. oOO.
This is the largest single sale oi
cotton ever made in the state and
brought the largest price per pound
since the Civil war. It is understood
the shipment will go to West lloston
mills.
ON FRENCH FRONT.
Florida Widows Exempt.
With all counties except nine of
ficially tabulated at the secretary ol
state's ollicc, it is evident that tin
property of widows will be exempt
from taxation in Florida in the fu
ture as that amendment was carried.
The suffrage and reappointment
amendments were defeated in tin
nine small counties and those In heat
from cannot change the result, it is
announced.
Cooking Rice.
Rice has n finer flavor If lt Is wash
ed in hot water Instead of cold before
cooking.
Bad Weather Said to Be Hindering
Operations.
Pad weather is hampering tin-
operations on the western front in
France, but the P.rilish nevertheless
have taken I'll additional Herman of
fleers and - men prisoner in the
Ancre sector, making their total ot
prisoners since the l.'lth of November
O.Pdi'.
Kerlin says that in Saturday's
fighting, which was over a front of
seven and a half miles, the British
met with a sanguinary reverse except
for Insignificant gains southwest of
Serre and near Crandconrt. A
French attack south of Sailly-Saillisel
met with a slmiPir repulse.
Attacks i v :1c Ausiriaus in the
Adige !;: .ml nppi r But regions,
in the '. :; ,,' which the Austrians
and lt.i'!.:- - '.'oicibi hand to hand,
the It'i!''1: victorious, accord
ing to ' -a wr olliep.
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demand.
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Important Affairs Face the
President
SITUATION IS PRESSING
For Next Few Weeks President and
His Advisers Will Consider Inter
national Questions to Exclusion
the Domestic Subjects.
of
A portentous ami complicated in
torualioiml situation now faces 1'resi
dent Wilson ami for the next few
weeks wiil engage his attention and
t list t of his itdvisers to the iiracticiil
exclusion of nil but the most urgent
of domestic subjects.
In the lust days of the campaign
Secretary of State Lansing fro
nucntlv spoke of the necessity of post
polling action on the more delicti to
international cmesfions because tin!
uncertain! v of the oiitcomo.of the po
lilical contest had a direct bearing on
the success or failure of some of tins
lUlminist ration policies.
From now on the president expects
to deal with till foreign questions
without embarrassment and he is re
ceiving from his advisers ft summary
of the outstanding issues so essen
tial to taking stock of die basic situa
tioti which must be met now that
international relations have returned
to their place of prime importance.
While it is not evident that there will
he any fundamental change in policy.
freedom from fear that any move at
all would be misinterpreted as inspir
ed by an internal political struggh
has been removed, I'resldent Wilson
and Secretary Lansing feel them
selves aWe to act with a single eye
to the international situation ami
their Immediate conferences on tho
president's return to Washington in
dicate how prissiug they feel the sit
nation to be.
TUG'S CREW DROWNED.
Leaving Port, Deutschland Collided
With Vessel.
Five members of the crew of the
tug T. A. Scott, Jr., which aceoni
pa n led the (icrnniii submarine Dent
schlaud from New London, on her
return trip to Bremen, were drowned
when the submersible and the tup
collided in the race, about tvvelvi
miles from New London. Conn. The
only person on the tug saved was
Cupt. Fred Ilinsch. of the German
interned liner Ncckar. The tug. which
belonged tn tho T. A. Scott AVrecking
company, sank.
The Peutschliind returned to her
dock. Otticials declined to discuss the
accident, or to tell the extent of the
damage inflicted on the submarine.
The tug and submarine came to
gether in a relatively smooth son.
When it was apparent that the tug
was fatally rammed the crew jumped
overboard. Captain Ilinsch swam to
n life preserver thrown out by the
Peutschland's crew.
The Peutsehland drew out of her
pocket at the pier of the Eastern For
warding company, accompanied by
the tugs T. A. Scott and the Cnssie.
of the T. A. Scott Wricking com
pany, sub-airentp of the Fastcrn For
warding company. She carried on
her homeward dash a cargo valued at
$l',(iiiil.0(iil, and consisting of nickel,
rubber and silver bars.
STRANGELY AFFLICTED.
Reported That Student Lost Voice by
Shoveling Lye.
Working dnrirg lps vacation in the
cannery of l.ibby, McXi ill & I.ibby at
Sunnyvale to earn part of his college
expense. '. If. S. Kobcrts, of th,
CoHcire of the I'aciiie. at San .lose.
Cal.. was put to shoveling lye into a
fruit peeler. The Ivc blew into his
face ;;nd mouth. From Aiiirust 1 ."
when the accident occurred, he has
not been ..hie to - witli his
Stllllil s.
The State Accident 'otn mission of
California awarded Kobcrts !?.",ft in
cash and ST.. "ill a week compensation.
Whether he will ever be able to mon
th. whisper is doubtful, but in tho
event that his voice does not come
hack lie will be paid this amount for
210 weeks.
DRIVING ROUMANIANS.
Austro-Germans Report Progress
Several Points
On the Transylvania,, f,.Ilt
Austro-Oerman armies at :,li,Kf
points continue to make ,
against the Knssh.n and lie,,,,;,,!'"
forces or to hold then, hack win,.'
gains when they attack. The 1 ,t
reports from Kerlin say the tc, ,!',
allies have forced the narrow ,,..
tain passes leading to the V;,i.M.i,j,
plain of Koumania and o,i th,, ,.,',
front near the junction f n,,,,,,.
Serbia and Koumani.a. have V. '
the Orsova-Cruiovji railroad. I'.u,.,.,"
est reports u nouiuiniian advanc,,!,
the region of Pragoshm ,..
From November 1 to Xovcmi,,.,. v
the Austro-Germans are said to i
made prisoners of lso oilje, i s i(,j
338 men and to have capturcl
guns, 72 machine guns and 17 al
munition cars.
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INAlTil RATION DAY.
It Falls on Sum'ay, March 4, Next
Year.
There wi'l he 11,, l;,iw, in the servlc.
of President WMsuii because of th(
fact th.il Ma rdi I. next, inaugnratinn
day. falls mi Sunday, accci'iling ,
an eniui.e, reached ,.t the state de
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