Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 18, 1914, Page 1

e ————————————————————————— THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRA PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATA N STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. VOLUME II Peace on Any Terms Qut Of (_)_uestion THIS IS DECLARATION MADE BY THE BRITISH Not Until German Militaryism Is Crushed Will Peace Be Considered (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 18.—The Britisn public seems to resent even prelim- inary talk of peace. Washington dispatches relative to the German chancellor's attitude and Rome Ldispatches that Austria wants peace are freely discussed. Editor- have appeared saying that peace on any terms is out of the question until what js styled Ger- man militarism is crushed. ials PRESIDENT SEES LITTLE PROSPECT OF PEACE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 18.—Presi- ldent Wilson sees little prospect of peace in Europe reflected in the unofficial exchanges American am- bassadors have been conducting with Germany, England, France and Russia. 4 Perish When Canadian Steamer Went Down (By Associated Press) Quebec, Sept. 18—Fourteen per- gons perished this morning when he government steamer Montga- jmagny was rammed and sunk by black diamond collier, Lingan, 26 miles from Lere during a fog. The dead are members of the Montga- akny's crew and two families or wo light house keepers who were pn the government ship. BRITAIN WANTS BLANKETS New York, Sept. 18.—Great dritain wants to buy 1,500,000 hrmy blankets, and American manu- acturers have been asked to accept prders for the same. The woolen mills of this country are already wamped with orders for ordinary blankets and it is doubtful whether third of this quantity can be fur- hished. A woolen commission mer- hant, one of the largest merchants n the country making a specialty Pt hlankets and woolen goods, was sked to bid on the order. The gent of the British government of- ered to place the entire order with he firm practically at their own price it giving assurance that it vould be filled. The merchant re- plicd that he is scarcely able to 1pply the ordinary run of trade his vear. The demand for blank- ts is ereater this season than for everal years, nnd woolen mills are unning to their full capacity to upply the demand. Unfortunately r the British armies we did not ezin until the summer solstice in he Llanket manufacturing indus- ry had about passed. Now the mills all working busily on orders. he United States pays $4.50 each r the blankets it farnishes its bldiers, buying them in lots of 50,- 00 or so. The British will un- oubtedly have to pay at least 10 b 20 percent more. The demand Ul keep all the blanket mills in e country working overtime for ponthe, and even at that it is oubtful if more than a third of the antity wanted can be furnished. ILLINOIS STATE FAIR Joliet, 1., Sept. 18.—The Mli- State Fair will commence to- . and the main attraction today 4 tomorrow will be the automo- ile races. “Wild Bob” Burman, ho holds the world’s spe-d record, hd a half dozen other official orld’s records, will pilot a Peugot cer here, the car which Goux ove in the Indianapolis race in a¥. Ralph Mulford and Barney ldfield are entrants. i W 3 DD ¢ POGLSOIDE IHIHD Standing of the Clubs Won Lost Pet. 7 3 .700 .667 .337 .300 | Tampa Lakeland St. Petersburg . ... Results Yesterday Lakeland 9, Fort Meade 0 (for- feited) . Tampa 7, St. Petersburg 6. Where They Play Today Lakecland at Tampa. St. Petersburg at Fort Meade. Fort Meade Forfeits Last Game To Lakeland (By (. Green:) What a sigh of rblief! That is the last game with Fort Meade. Yester- day's game was an exccllent con- test up to the seventh inning when the locals found Simpson for three runs. In the first half of the eighth with the score five to three in favor of the CHAMPS, Fries walked, Mills sacrificed him to sec- ond, Brack hit and the ball was played to third to catch Fries. Va- den called him out. The whole Fort Meade team made a rush out on the field to argue with his and during the argument Causey called Vaden a vile name. Vaden made a rush at the Savannah hurl- er, but before he got to him the po- lice had separated the pair. The Fort Meade aggregation would not g0 on with the game and it was forfeited to the locals by the score of nine to nothing. Neither pitcher made any records and Garlets was showing signs of weakening toward the finish. The score by innings: umpsship First Inning For Fort Mcade—Brown out at first, Stevens fanned, Powers out at first. For second, Erie going second, left. No runs. Second Inning For Fort Meade—Dix walked, Fries safe at first when Cabrera, who was covering first, dropped the ball, Mills singled and Dix scored, Brack sacrificed, Rive fanned, son out at first. For Lakeland—Brazier first, Eubanks out at first, bers singled, Sawyer popped third. Lakeland-——Van popped to singled and was out, Branch flied out to out at! Cham- to Third Inning For Fort Meade—Brown out first, Stevens fanned, Powers gled, Dix out at first. For Lakeland—Cabrera snd Gar- lets out at first, Van two bagged it, Erie out at first. No runs. Fourth Inning For Fort Meade—Fries and Mills out at first, Brack infield hit, Rive took first on Erie's error, Rive caught off first. Lakeland with a two bagger, ficed, Eubanks was out at first, Branch scoring, Chambers two bagged it, Sawyer flied to center. at sin- F- opened sacri- ~-Branch Brazicr One run. Fifth Inning Fort Fort Meade—Sirapson op- ened with a two bagger, Brown out at first, Stevens forced Simpson at third, Powers got to first on Erie's error, Dix forced Powers at second. For Lakeland—Cabrera fanned, Garlets out at first, Van popped to short. No runs. Sixth Inning For Fort Meade—Fries singled, Mills sacrificed, Brack safe at first on Garlets wild throw, Fries scpr- ing, Rive popped to short, Simpson out at first. One run. For Lakeland—Erie got to first on Fries' error, Branch sacrificed, Brazier sacrificed and Erie scored, Eubanks flied to cente. One run. Seventh Inning For Fort Meade—Brown two- bagged it, Stevens sacrificed, Pow- ers singled and Brown scored, Pow- ers out going to second. Dix fanned. One run. For Lakeland—Chambers flied to center, Sawyer singled, Cabrera (Continued on Page 5.) si thad yielded slightly on o Many wounded prisoners are arriv- LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1914 {|Allies Brought To Halt By Germans Who Are Steadily Gaining Ground FRENCH REPULSED IN BATTLE WHICH IS BEING WAGED. BETWEEN THE OISE AND MEUSE; NO GERMAN AIR SHIPS CAPTURED Semlin Evacuated By Servia; Germans Warn Population Of Liege to Leave Belgium May Soon Be Scene Of Another Battle As 150,000 Ger- mans Already There; Crown Prince’'s Army Turns On Allies ALLIES REPULSED ON RIGHT BANK OF THE MEUSE (By Associated Press) Berlin, Sept. 18.—Headquarters of the general staff last night an- nounced that there was no decision yet in the battle of the armies be- tween the Oise and the Meuse. Cer- tain signs indicgte the enemy’'s pow- er of resistance is relaxing. Efforts of the French troops to break through the German right wing collapsed. The German center is gaining ground. The allies from Verdun were easily repulsed on the right bank of the Meuse. All German airships come up to expectations in long, Hdangerous flights. Some were damaged, but now all are repaired and none have been destroyed or capturcd by the enemy . BATTLE CONTINUES FIERCELY ALONG THE AISNE (By Associated Press) 18.—The battle between the allies d .Germans along the Aisne river in France continues fiercely, according to a Bordeaux dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. Other messages indi- cated that the Germans up to today the left. London, Sept. ing in Paris. The army of the German Crown Prince turned on the pursuing allies at Montfaucon, northwest of Verdun, and.the bat- tle line now extends from Noyon to Montfaucon. Mrs. Wilson’s Dying Request Fulfilled Today (By Associated Press.) Waghington, Sept. 18—The pres- ident today granted the rcquest of the Colorado coal operators to see them next Wednesday to discuss a tentative basis for a strike settle- ment. The dying request of Mrs. Wilson wag fulfilled today when the Senate passed the House bill providing for the eliminating of crowded dwell- ings from the Washington slums. GRAPHIC DETAILS FROM THE FRONT (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. 18.—The principal sources of really graphic informa- tion of operations at the front are, for the moment, accounts given by returning wounded and prisoners and by private letters. They all go to show that the worst predictions as to the bloody character of the war are being real- ized. The ravages in the German ranks are due in part, it is declared, to furious charges with the bayonet, but mostly to the T75-millimeter guns. A German officer, interviewed on his way to one of the interior mili- tary prisons declared “The French GERMANS PUTTING 150,000 GERMANS IN BELGIUM (By Associated Press. ) London, Sept. 18.—The Ostend correspondent of the Daily Mail learns that important events are ex- pected in North Belgium in a few days. It says there is little doubt that 150,000 Germans are in Bel- gium. It is reported that the Ger- mans have warned the Liege popu- lation to leave. SERVIANS EVACUATE SEMLIN; AUSTRIA WANTS PEACE (By Associated Press) London, Sept. 18.—An Athens dispatch to the Times says the Ser- vians have been obliged to evacuate Semlin, according to latest reports. A Rome dispatch to the Daily Tele- graph says Austria is desirous of peace as internal conditions are rep- resented as disastrous. FEDERAL CENSORSHIP WIRELESS MESSAGES IS LEGAL (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 18.—In an opinion to Secretary Daniels today, Attorney General iregory that federal censorship of messages is legal. holds wireless |Home Rule Bill Signed by King; Now a Law (By Assoclated Press.) London, Sept. 18—King Georges signature was today attached to the home rule bill, which thus gains the statute books. (By Associated Press.) London, Sept. 18.—Parliament was progued today until Oct. 27. cannon isn't a war cannon; it's a butchery cannon.” One of the latest battles at Rambillers in the Vosges was fought on the edge of a forest be- tween two regiments of infantry supported by artillery, and so fierce became the fire on both sides that the two regiments were obliged to retire at the same time javing the field to grape and canister. From the Sergeant Aviator De- caen it is learned that six German flying machines succumbed to mus- ketry fire at the Luxemberg fron- tier. “We are in France for the moment,” he writes, “and the Ger- mans are retiring, burning Belgian villages as they pass. Gastinger, on a Belgian aeroplane, came back from the frontier with a ball in his back; fortunately the German bul- letg don’t seem to do much damage; this one was stopped by a loaf of bread. Our squadron’s going ahead and, very soon, a letter dated Ber- lin. . UP STRONG FIGHT (By Associated Press.) Paris, Sept. 18.—The Frencn war department announced this af- ternoon that the allies had pro- |8ames. gressed somewhat on their western Friday, Sept. 18 wing and are repulsing a vigorous| Lakeland at Tampa. German offensive movement. St. Petehsburg at Fort. Meade. WITH ILLINOIS POLITICIANS | Peoria, 1l1l., Sept. 18—The clans of the Republican party of the State of Illinois are assembled in this city today, and it is safe to say that nearly three thousand men are here to attend what promises o be the biggest convention ever heid in the State. Aside from the nomination of candidates for the trustees of the University of 1llinois and the adop- tion of a platform, little business will be transacted at the conven- tion, but it is regarded as imporgant for organization purposes. The Progressive party is holding its con- vention in Urbana today, while the Democratic party 18 holding its State convention in Springfield. Schedule For Remainder Of League Games —_— The baseball schedule for the re- mainder of the league games has been changed, and we give it be- low in its revised form. It should be cut out and preserved by those nterested in the forthcoming The schedule follows: Saturday, Sept. 19 Lakeland at Tampa. St. Petersburg at Fort Meade. Monday, Sept. 21 Tampa at St. Tampa at St. header. Wednesday, Sept. 23 Tampa at Lakeland. lll‘ort Meade at St. Petersburg. Thursday, Sept. 24 Tampa at Lakeland. Ft. Petersburg. Petersburg, double Meade at St. Petersburg. Friday, Sept. 25 St. Petersburg at Lakeland. Fort Meade at Tampa. Saturday, Sept. 26 St. Petersburg at Lakeland. Fort Meade at Tampa. Monday, Sept. 28 Tampa at Lakeland. St. Petersburg at Fort Meade. Tuesday, Sept 29 Lakeland at Tampa. St. Petersburg at Fort Meade. Wednesday, Sept. 30 Lakeland at St. Petershurg. Fort Meade at Tampa. Thursday, Oct. 1 Lakeland at St. Petersburg. ‘Fbrt Meade at Tampa. Friday, Oct. 2 "Pampa at Lakeland. Fort Meade at St. Petersburg. Saturday, Oct. 3 T.akeland at Tampa. Fort Meade at St. Petersburg. — TO FOSTER TRADE WITH CHILE Santiago, Chili, Sept. 18.—With the object of extending American trade in Chile, the Chilean-Ameri- Permanent Exhibition will be op- ened here today, displaying and sell- ing American manufactures and machinery. More than six hundred manufacturers ‘have their products on sale and display. Before the Eu- ropean war American manufactures constituted less than fourteen per cent of the imports of Chili, which reached nearly $400,000,000 in the year 1913. Great Britain and Ger- many virtually monopolized Chilean markets. On the theory that the opening of the Panama canal will be a great benefit to Chilean industmg, it is held that now is the time for American manufacturers to get in close touch with conditions there and be the first in the field. The initiative in this enterprise was taken by Alfred H. West, former American vice consul in Valparaiso, Chili, and has been sanctioned by the Chilean government. The proj- ect was commended to the Amer- ican manufacturers by the Pan- Americaa Union, the international organization maintained by twenty- one American Republics. American manufacturers now have a splendid opportunity for the legitimate ex- ploitation of Chili, and the foster- ing of solid trade relations between the United States and American countries. the South the | No. 157 Nine Killed In Wreck on S_o_pthem FAST TRAIN NO 2 CRASHED INTO COAL CAR NEAR LIVINGSTON, ALA. ‘Mail, Bagage, Two Coaches and Three Sleeping Care Were Splintered (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., Sept. Fast passenger train No. 2 on the Alabama Great Southern railroad was wrecked near Livingsion, Ala., this morning, resulting in the death of six passengers, fifteen reported injured, being taken to Meridian. The engine was derailed at a switch and crashed into a gondola car on the side track. The mail and baggage cars, two coaches and three sleepers were wrecked, and four white men, a white woman aad negro woman are dead. Railroad officials belleve the switch was tampered with and blood hounds were used in an effort to trace the alleged wreckers. The death list may reach nine. The en- gineer is dead, a woman dying and the express messenger misaing. The Dead MARCELLUS HALLSELS, York, Ala. JACK RYAN, home unknown. R. H. E. JUNO, Dayton, Tenn. UNINDENTIFIED WHITE MAN, believed to be C. T. Fallon, Stone- wall, Miss. : FELIX clerk. UNINDENTIFIED NEGRO WOM- AN. ENGINEER JONES, Birmingham, fatally hurt. 18. — of HARDIN, railway mail Regular and Adjourned Session of City Commissioners Lakeland, Fla., Sept. 16, 1914, Regular session of the commission with all members present. Minutes of Sept. 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 were read and were respectively ap- pr: ved. ¢ Complaint of J. D. Allen relative to nuisance near his residence on lot 2 of block 2, West Lakeland, was referred to the commissioner of sanitation with power to act. Ordinance No. 176 entitled An ordinance to amend section 1 of or- dinance No. 150 relative to im- pounding cattle, etc., was intro- duced and given its first reading, taking the regular course. Petition of C. A. Cook, et al. for the opening of a street along certain lines and across the right of way of the A. C. L. Railroad Co., and a deed to the city for such street were presented; and on mo- tion the petition was granted, the deed accepted and recorded, and the manager was instructed to draft an ordinance declaring Lake avenue opened north to the right of way of the A. C. L. railroad main line and in an easterly direction along said right of way connecting with Oleander street, and also de- claring an avenue open in a southe ernly direction from Oak street lacross the same right of way to sald addition. Oleander street, crossing at the line in the Morton addition be- tween blocks “O” and “N" of said The matter of repairs to the jail was referred to the manager for his recommendation. Petition of Roscoe Nettles for franchise of a gas plant was pre- sented, and action on same was postponed to adjourned session on Sept. 17, at 10:00 a. m. The commissioner of municipal activities reported that he nad made rates for power exclusively effee- tive Oct. 1, as follows: Minimum, $3 per month. Up to 300 k. w., 7c per k. w, Above 300 k. w., 6c per k. w. This does not pertain to lights, (Continued on Page 5.)