Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 10, 1914, Page 1

d Freight 0 Pay Tax VENUE TAX BILL REED UPON BY EMOCRATS IN CONGRESS TODAY ovide $107,000,000 An- ly--President Expressed sition to Freight Tax {By Assoclated Press.) . gten, Sept . 10. —The of the ways and means today completed the war tax bill. It provides a tax per cent on all freight tion increase, fifty cents a beer and twenty cents a all domestic wine. This a net estimated revenue of ,000 a year. The freight ‘agreed to after conference president, who expressed to it. , SEASON DOESN'T : OPEN UNTIL OCT. 1 la, Sept. 10.—The oyster Florida opens on Oct. 1 ept. 1 as has been stated. the restrictions thrown eased grounds, where the mn be taken by the owners son, but only to the pub- orida law relating to the oysters reads as follows: 0—That hereafter it shall ful for any person, firm or n to take, gather or catch the natural reeis of this to have such oysters in ssion for sale between the 1 of April and the first day or of each year except from ”ued or granted grounds.” Pm AND HISTOR- ey ICAL PAGEANT pre, Md., Sept. 10.— e leading events of the ngled Banner Centennial are the municipal pa- the electrical historical Whicb will be held today evening. Every depart- the city hall will be repre- .the big parade, which will the visiting mayors and from other States and the pageant this evening be many handsome elec- s, and the ccmmittee bad this pary of the ar- ts in charge is headed by uler, the sculptor. CAN MADE LENSES ork, Sept. 10.—Opticians pufacturers of astronomical gents, microscopes and other lens-bearing jmplements, g American glass manufac- to seize the present opportun- begin producing in this coun- $he finest qualities of glass, p imported. Interruption of has threatened exhaustion tic supplies of raw mater- lens grinders feel that the Bn manufacturers must be- eplace the foreign goods. chnical difficulties in pro- he extremely fine and uni- almes of glass needed for nts of precision has hither- ed the glass manufacturers nited States from compet- his field. Opticians and oth- of these products, however, that the few attempts made estic producers to manufac- h glass and glassvare have ccessful. STMASTERS' MEETING ington, W. Va., Sept. 10. psive preparations have been br the annual meeting of the ters of the State, which pmorrow. Postmasters from ity and town are present, veral well known the pyogram. r, Wines | is eld here today and will hold speakers IHE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE BCOST—REMEMBER THAT SATA N STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. THOSE AWFUL DUM DUM BULLETS New York, Sept. 10—The atten- tion of the powers has been called by the French to the use of dum dum bullets by the Germans, and french authorities have submitted a sample of -bullets found in their dead, and cartridge boxes belonging to German scldiers to the ministry of war. At the second Hague con- ference all the Powers except Great Britain and the United States ’a_nrced to stop the use of this kind of bullet. The dum dum is made with a hollow nose which causes 'thc metal to expand on impact, thus creating an ugly wound. They were first made in the town of Dum Dum in British India. During the |war between the Turks and Italy, it | was charged that the Turks were using these ugly bullets. The pow- ers were notified and pror:zised to draw the attention of the Ottoman government to the violation. Later, in the Balkan war, the Turks got a dose of their medicine from the Montenegrins. Accusations were made in the Boer war that the British were using the dum dums, but this was never proven. In the Russo-Japan war the Japs accused {the Russians, and later the Rus- sians acéused the Japs of using these projectiles, but the usual de- nials to the powers followed. — A law recently adopted virtually Alberta, Canada, to tne principle of the sin- gle tax. With one or two exceptions, all the taxes, except those on actual land values, have been abolished. commits the province of Lakeland Lost Fast Game To St. Pete (By C. Green) In one of the fastest gomes that has been played thus far in the 'league, the champs went down to defeat at St. Petersburg yesterday [afternoon by the score of two to cne. e This is the third game we have played with this team and every game has ended with this same score. Take it all in all it looks as if the Lakeland-St. Petersburg combination are playing the swift- est ball. Yesterday's baitle was a duel of pitchers. Alvarez pitched a grand good game for lL.akeland, fanning five men and allowing but five hits. Watkins also pitched a fine article of ball and was lucky enough to keep the hits scattered. Petersburg scored in the lirst on a pass, a sacrifice and a single. They acquired one more tally in the eighth on a double and a single. Lakeland's lone score came in tne sixth, on a single by Branch wko stole second and was pushed across the pan when Eubanks sineled. Eubanks wag the batting star of the day, getting three hits out of four times up, one of them a three- bagger. The same teams play at St. Pete today. The summary: St. Petersburg ABR HPO A E Elcke, 88 . - JO e T e Betts, rf . ... 3.0 O 0 W9 McCall, If B L e R S Burke, 1b ..... 20 A4 0D 9 Hodze, 3b e e I McCrea, c .0 L 84N Nanee. 2. 200 0 %2 J, Willlams, cf. 2 0¢ 0 1 0 0 Watkins, p N X 0 B9 Totals ...... 27 2 52719 3 Lakeland ABR HPO A E Vanland’ham,c¢f 5 0 1 2 0 0 Erie, 88 ....... Sl S M G Branch, 1b . g 3.0 940 9 Brazier, If 9 3 %3 3 Chambers, 3b. & N0 Eubanks, ¢ | e AR S Ganter, 20 .... 1 0 0 & 3 1 Sawyer, rf 4 .0 -1V %8 1 -8 Alvarez, p 2 00 1 %N SHall ........ : 009 0N Totals ...... 82 1 62411 2 *Batted for Alvarez in ninth. Score by innings: St. Pete.., 1000001 Lakeland.. 0 0 000 10 Two-Base Hits—McCall. (Continued on Page 5) * 1 0 0—1 LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1914. Russian Forces Advancing Upon the German Capital; | ~ Austria May Sue for Peace AUSTRIAN LOSSES TERRI RICK LOSING 120,000 MEN FIC, ARCHDUKE FREDE- IN BATTLES IN GALLICIA, ONE FOURTH OF HIS EN- TIRE COMMAND Allied Armies Holding Own In Fighting East of Paris Germans Being Held in Check Have Evacuated Luneville—Germans Towards Poland to As sist of Emperor Joseph's By French, and Reported to March South Austrians—Report Death ‘“Exaggerated” (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 10.—News dis- patches from Vienna announce that the advance guard of the Russian center is marching toward Berlin. It is also reported that the Russian troops had invaded Silesia and the capture of Breslau was imminent. A Reuter dispatch from Vienna as- serts that it is officially announced there that a new battle between the Russian and Austrian troops began around Lemberg today. Advices to Rome from Galicia say that the Austrians made several attempts recently to resume the offensive against the Russians with disas- trous results. The Archduke Frede- rick is reported to have lost 120,000 men in the Galacian battles. This is one-fourth of his command. A daily Telegraph dispatch from Co- penhagen announces that & German squadron of thirty-one warships has been observed at various points along the Gulf ‘of Bothnia steaming east . RUMORED AUSTRIA WILL SUE FOR PEACE (py Associated Press.) London, Sept. 10.—A Petrograd dispatch to the Chronicie says it is believed in Russian foreign diplo- matic circles that Austria will sue for peace within a fortnight as the only means of averting the disinte- gration of the empire owing to in- ternal troubles. ALLIES HOLDING OWN IN FIGHTING NEAR PARIS (By Associated Press; Loondon, Sept. 10.-—The si14~n(t"| of Berlin and Bordeaux today em- phasizes the decisive charactier of the battle progressing east of Paris. Indications are that the Germans are reinforcing their center, which is bearing the brunt of the allies’ BELGIAN TROOPS MARCHI This is a photograph of actual hurried to St. Trond after the pla faced the German troops in this in was only one of those temporary set backs. taken the German hundreds of tho onslaught. That the ailies are more than holding their own is the ‘deduction of English observers. GERMANS MOVE TO AUSTRIANS’ ASSISTANCE (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 10.—A Rome dis- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. says the Germans are marching southward towards Poland to assist the Austrians, but before they can give aid they must cross the Vistula river, where the Russians are pre- paring to check them. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 10.—Premier As- quith today asked Parliament to add another half million men of all ranks to the regular army. e s GERMANS HAVE EVACUATED LUNEVILLE (By Associated Press) Paris, Sept. 10.—A Nancy dis- patch to Temps says it is rumored that the Germang cvacuated Lune- ville, fifteen miles southeast of- Nancy, Sept. 6. It seems certain that the Germans have uabandoned 'Lunevlllc Heights. ] Eilacs MANY GERMAN SAILORS | ARRIVE IN BRUSSELLS ? (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 10.—A Ghent dis- ;natch to the Exchange Telegraph {Co. says that between thirty and !f()rty thousand German sailors have arrived in Brussels in the last two ydays. { REPORTS OF DAMAGE | TO BELGIAN TOWNS { ARE EXAGGERATED (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 10-—A DBerlin wireless to the German embassy to- NG TO BATTLE AT ST. TROND war. Belzian troops were being ce was attacked by Germans. They stance and drove them out. But it Since the photograph was 1sands have overrun all Belgium ex- cept the towns of the extreme north west. day says that Herr Helfferich, di- rector of the Deutsche bank, after touring Belgium, states that the news of the destruction oi Belgium towns has been exaggerated. Ver- viers, Tirlemont and Charero are in- Imct and Louvaine and Dinant lpartly destroyed. FRENCH CLAIM SITUATION FAVORABLE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 10.—The French embassy today received the following from Bordeaux of yester- day's date: The German right wing has withdrawn from North Petit. Morin has been sharply attacked from the right bank of the Ourco. There is sharp fighting on the French center. The situation is fav- orable. ITALY WON'T STAND FOR ABDUL HAMID (By Associated Press) Rome, Sept. 10.—Ciornale De ‘Italia says that Prince Eftendi, the son of Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan of Turkey, will be proclaimed Prince of Albania under Turkey's sovereignty. This is a violation of the London conference, the newspa- pers say. Italy may inteivene and troops and ships are ready. —_— SERVIANS ARE INVADING HUNGARY (By Associated Press.) Nish, Servia, Sept. 10—It is ofmi- cially announced that large num- berg of Servian troops have crossed the River Save into Hungary and are advancing satisfactorily. AUSTRIANS ARE EVACUATING CRACOW (By Associated Press.) © London, Spt. 10.—A Petrograd dispatch to Reuter says the Aus- trians are evacuating Cracow. Health of “Dead” Emperor is Said To Be Good (By Assceiated Press) Rome, Sept. 10.—Oflicial reports from Vienna say the health of Km- peror Franz Joseph is good and he attends to business daily. ENGLAND WILL NOT MAKE PEACE UNTIL } LOYAL BRITONS ORGANIZE No. 250 Nations Agree To Sign Peace Pactswith U.S. ENGLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN AND CHINA ACCEPT PEACE COMMISSION TREATIES Effect Will Be to Prevent U, S. From Becoming Suddenly Embroiled in War (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 10-—England, | wnce, Spain and China haveagreed [to sign peace commission treaties with the United States. One ef- fect of the treaties will be to pre- vent the United States from being drawn suddenly into conflict. Ger- imany, Russia, and Japan have sig- nified their acceptance of the prin- ciples of the treaties. Similar agreements with Turkey and Greece are almost ready tc sign. TO RAISE WAR FUNDS Orlando, Sept. 10--Following the wise advice of Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, Or- lando will remain strictly neutral regarding the present disagreement between some of the nations of Eu- rope, but this does not prohibit some of her citizens who were for- merly subjects of the queens and kings of England from organizing a war relief society, the object of which is to raise funds for the Eng- lish Red Cross Society. Orange county citizens who were once resi dents of England, assembled in Lord & Bradshaw’s office last Friday and after a preliminary discussion per- fected an organization to be known as the Orange County British War Relief Association. They already have as many members as there are letters in the name of the associa- tion and (hat gpeaks well for a new society. Quite a sum of money was raised at the first meeting and va- rious entertainments are to be ar- ranged for the purpose of gather- ing funds to be forwarded for the relief work. On Thursday afternoon of this week there will be a ball game at the fair grounds for the SHE WHIPS GERMANY ,#pecial purpose of raising funds for (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 10—Ambassa- dor Page, in Longon, conveys the sentiment to President Wilson that England is determined not to make peace until she decisively defeats Germany. HURRIED AWAY TO AVOID LYNCHING Jacksonville, Sept. 10.—Follow- two mysterious telephone calls to Jailer Arthur A. Kennistou yester- day, in which he was informed that a party would call for the person of J. C. Norris, held on a charge of attacking a 13-year-old girl Satur- day night, Sheriff Dowling ordered the' prisoner spirited away .I:me yes- terday afternoon for safe keeping, and he was rushed to St. Augustine, So far as is known there was further demonstration made. Trou- ble commenced brewing yesterday morning when, confronting the cringing prisoner, the child told the story of the brutal crime, between fitg of bitter sobbing. The court room was packed. A ring of men crowded the rail which separates the spectators and their faces were not pleasant. Whispered words passed among the muttering groups. An uneasy tenslon pervad- ed the crowd. Sheriff Dowling and his deputy, Julius Haddock, were quick to recognize the signs. The occasional dropping of a word from the lips of the onlookers told plain- ly the thought that was uppermost, and they lost no time in taking | their prisoner through the crowd to |jail. There was no demcnstration then, but it was apparent that a de- sire was taking definite shape among the men. Norris was a pic- ture of terror when Deputy J. C. Crawford, accompanied by Detective B. F. Hagan and two other officers called at the jail to take him away. no :Hm association . ,JACKSONVILLE WIDOW WANTS HALF A MILLION DAMAGES acksonville, Sept. 10.—Recently attorneys for Mrs. Martha S, Paint- er, widow of the late Kdward O. Painter, filed pavers in the office of the clerk of the it court in an for damag claimed at a half million dollars, the declaration in this case being filed yesterday af- ternoon by Stewart & B'y and S. F. Williams, attorneys for Mrs. Paint- action er. The defendants in this suit are P. Colson Perry and John E. Boyd, prominent and well known physi- ciang in this city, the other defend- ants being the Equitable Life As- surance Society of the United States, the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, the New York Life In- surance Co., the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadeiphia and the Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Philadelphia. Mrs. Painter wants damages for what she claims was the brutal and unlawful mutilation of her hus- band’s body in the autopsy by the doctors and shipping part of the re- mains out of the State. Mr. Painter was accidentally drowned several months ago near Jacksonville. DEMOCRATS OPEN CAMPAIGN Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 10.— Gov. Ralston will be the principal speaker when the Democrats open their campaign with a meeting this evening. The party elected to open their fall campaign during this week, because it is State Fair week and there are many vigitors here from different points in the State. The United States will have a mining exhibit at the Panama Ex- hibition.