Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 26, 1914, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The Evening Telegram 2ublished every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. ¥, F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jue sear .$5.00 #ix moucne . 2.60 Whree monids .......e00.... 126 Delivered anywhere within the iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 eents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, sounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere for $1.00 per year. SOME KILLING COMPARISONS The Orlando Reporter-Star takes issue with the Telegram as to the relative length of the slaughter rolls in the civil war and the pres- ent war in Europe, that paper say- ing: ‘‘Ag sickeningly terrific as the loss in the civil war was, it cannot be compared to the wholesale slaughter which is now in progress in Europe.” We have repeatedly read all the figures as to the number of killed in &3various big battles of the civil war, and we have been almost too busy to eat and sleep reading innumerable newspaper columns about the present conflict, including the guesses and estimates of killed and wounded. The Re- porter-Star will admit that there has been no authentic official esti- mate as to what that number is. They are probably too busy Kkill- ¢ing to stop to count the dead. But mo matter what the reason, ' they haven't told us, and such figures bearing the official stamp as have been let out from London and Ber- lin make the sum total so ridicu- lously small that they are either un- true or there has beem a greater ex- penditure of powder and lead in proportion to the casualty list than in any other war in history. As for those 30,000 killed at Leige, that is a Belgian story and as the Belgians had no opportunity to count the dead Germans we doubt the accuracy of their guess, in which the wish was probably father to the figures. The Germans doubtless did count their dead and they placed the sum total of dead and wounded in the struggles around Leige at 6,000, and of these 1,500 only were killed. As for that Berlin dispatch the other day about 150,000 Rus- sians killed in one battle, it was obviously another magnificent piece of guesswork in which a bloodthirsty desire was father to the figures. It may be safely dismissed as a pre- Posterous exaggeration. During the long-drawn battle of the last two weeks in France, with millions fighting on a battle front, nearly 100 miles in length, the very length of the line and the intermit- tent character of the fighting ex- cludes the probability of the tre- mendous slaughter suggested by the huge figures of the. numbers en- gaged; and we have nowhere seen any cstimate assuming to be even approximately accurate of the num- ber of killed and wounded, Un- doubtedly it is an awful total, and perhaps we shall never know the figures, but in the absence of those figures it cannot be claimed that they have killed more of each other than we did during our own un- pleasantness of long ago. It is strange that civilized men should feel even the slightest ela- tion in making such comparisons that indicate the killing of more human beings by one army than the other, and for our part we don’t but the instincts of the cave man are still strong in the husky sons of Adam, and to kill, kill, kill and then brag about it around the campfire at night is a habit hard for some of us to overcome. We would like to add however, that while we may be proud of our, magnificent murder roll in war, that feeling does not extend to our ac- tivities along the same line in peace, There can be no doubt that we ex- cel the Europeans there, as we are said to kill each other at the rate of about 10,000 a year; and if we could do so, we would gladly ship to the seat of war our whole army of illegal pistol toters with the earn- est prayver that they might be put in the very front of battle and nev- er be seen or heard of again in this country. — e That Florida murderer of the blind tiger fraternity, who\was first sentenced to be hanged and then got his sentence commuted to life im- prisonment and is now apolying for pardon after having served only fifteen months of his sentence, seems to think that his penalty was mere- 1y a sop to public sentiment, the real purpose being to turn him loose with apology for his temporary detention after he had gone through the form of punishment for a brief spell. He is doubtless well-informed of those precedents which make a life sen- tence merely a swelling to be re- duced by the good doctors of the board of pardons, but for decency’s sake he ought to consent to serve at least two years before applying for relief. He could hardly acquire the habit of honest industry in less time than that. P e SR A fragrant breath from the dear old days of the simple life in jour- nalism ccmes to as from Blounts- town in West Florida, where the editor of the Weekly Record has just raised his voice for help in tones so compelling that the delin- quent subscriber who can resist the apgenl must have a heart of stone. Neither currency nor hard money is needed to meet the crisis in the Rec- ord office, but merely the nutritious products of a generous soil in meas- ure sufficient to liquidate the in- debtedness on the subscription bhook, and we trust that a veritable cornu- copia will empty itself in the larder of our brother of the Record in re- sponse to his appeal from which we take the following: “Ye editor woule¢ be glad to take corn, meal, potatoes, meat, or lard, and, in fact, anything that could be used in a home. We are sure with- out help from this source that we will be forced to discontinue pub- lication of our littie paper as it takes money to operate this plant.” 0—— /We learn with pleasure that Maj- or Butler, late of the Inverness Chronicle, has leased a newspaper plant at Wildwood, and will soon bring out a weekly paper of which he will be the editor and proprietor. Go to it, Major, and if you run true to form your success is assured. —————e. THE MAN EATING SHARK,Sion board of the United Syfiod of ast¢ over Bokhara and Khiva, THEORY. A few days ago, the New Or- lean papers contalined accounts of the death of a Lake Ponchar- train bather by being attacked and dragged under water by a shark. A correspondent of the Times-Picayune does not take nruch stock in the shark theory and writes that paper as follows concerning it: The account in your journal yesterday, supplemepnted this morning, of the death by shark of a yoong man near Spanish Fort sdggests this letter. At the outset let me state that there is no case on record of a shark ever having attacked a live, struggling man. This is so true that some years ago a cel- ebrated sportsman of New York offered $5000 for authentic evi- dence of such attack, and to this day that reward remains un- claimed. Theshark subsists chiefly, so far as we positively know, on carrion. Any sailor will so tes- tify. In taking its food, almost invariably, it turns on its side and expokes the whole length jof body. The foregoing naturally sug- gests: “If it wasn’t a shark, what was it?” With supreme confidence of reply, I will say the death of the Spanish Fort bather was caused by an alliga- tor gar. This fish is exceeding- ly dangerous, and is altogether satisfied whether its prey is alive or dead, man, dog, hog or horse. T have personally seen frightful wounds made by the alligator gar on man and beast and repeatedly have witnessed the death of dogs and pigs by this fish. THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., SEPT. 26, 1914. 3 4 At The Churches 3 Tomorrow ; Bl S T e R R Myrtle St. Methodist— Sabbath school, at 9:45 a. m. Preaching at llra. m. Prayer service every Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. W. H. STEINMEYER, Pastor. D Dixieland Methodist— Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Epworth League at 6 p. m. Preaching at 7 p. m. Prayer service every night at 7 o’clock. W. H. STEINMEYER, Pastor. First Methodist Church— South Kentucky Ave. John B. Ley, pastor. Bible school at 9:45 a. m. In- dividual class rooms. Organized classes. Strangers invited to enter their children. “Little Fishermen” will report. Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pas- tor. Subject, “The Divine Right of Way.” Senior League devotional meeting jat 6:30 p. m. Young people who attend are pleased and profited. Evening—Sermon-lecture by the i'pastor. Subject, “The Highway of the Home, or Home Makers and Home Lovers.” Special music. A cordial welcome, Strangers invited. Thursday Grace Evangelical Lutheran — Tennessee avenue and Orange street. W. E. Pugh, pastor. Sixtecnth Sunday after Trinity. Epistle—Eph. 3:13-21; Luke 7:11-17. Rev. R. S. Patterson, D. D., general secretary of the Home Mis- the South, will preach at o’clock -service. Preaching at 7:30 by the pastor. Sunday school at 10 o’clock. The public ig cordially invited. Cumberland Presbyterian— Rev. F. H. Callahan, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching service at 11 a. m. Subject, The Mind’s Eye. ¢ Sunday evening service, preach- ing at 7:30., Subject, Home Build- ing. Midweek prayer service Wednes- 'dny at 7:30 p. m, i — Free Methodist Church— Preaching at 11 a. m. Sunday school at- 9::45 a, m. Evening service at 7. The public is cordially invited to attend. REV. T. B. DALE, Pastor. First Presbyterian— W. 8. Patterson, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. Preaching at 11 a. m. :30 p. m, Christian Endeavor at 6:30 p. m. Morning service will be a sermon for the young people. A cordial welcome to all. 'All Saints Church— Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Holy Eucharist at 7 a. m. Morning prayer at 11 a. m. Sunday school at 10 a. m. Rector’s adult Bible class. The rector will take as his topic for the morning service Exodus 2:9: “Take this child and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages” The Responsibility of the Church. The Church’s Opportunity in the Com- ‘munlty—Religlous and Secular. Next Sunday being the Sunday set apart by church and state for inter- cession for peace and likewise the anniversary of the coming of the rector as priest in charge, parochial the 11 m. and ae ROk SIS S OUSHI BB ERCR RO |820 square miles, with an esti-’ GO FEFPPPPEPDPLIODSHOOEPEEHED | RTINS FOEOEEHISTSNSOEN PHONE 40 BRICK, PINE LATH, LIME, SHINGLE STAINS, CEMENT, RED CEDAR and CYPRESS SHINGLES CORRUGATED IRON PLASTER MORTAR STAINS SEWER PIPE, CRUSHED STONE, Sand, ec. SR dSd Supply Compahyf Builders’ Nortb Side Lake SRR CR RS D % Mirror. QB \ RICH PRIZES TO BE DIVID-!those mentioned has a senator TY COBB’S MO ED BY NATIONS AT WAR Washington, D. C., Sept. 24— | Millions of square miles of the earth’s. surface, beyond the borders of the European nations at war ,will constitute the rich prize to be divided when the hostilities will have ended. France controls 4,638,540 square miles and a population of 40, 986,243, in Asia, Africa,| America and the Islands of the sea. Germany controls 1,027,~ moted population of 12,041,603, Russia, in the two protector-| known to Americans merely as the names of certain kinds of Oriental rugs, controls 107,000 square miles of land and 1,896, 00 people, not included within the Russian empire. Finland, for purposes of distribution, is held to be a part of Russia. Belgium contrcls the Belgian Congo, containing 909,000 square miles and 15,000000 of Bentus. Italy Controls Eritrea on the Red Sea, Tripoli and Cyrenacia, and part of Somoliland. The first mentioned has an area of 45,800 square miles, an eighth larger than Ohio with a popula- tion of 450,000; Somaliland has an arear of 39,430 and a popula-, tion of 400,000 natives. Tripoli and Cyrenacia have an area of, 406,000 square miles and a popu- | lation estimated at 523,176. In addition Italy has a small con-! cession at Tientsin, China, \\‘ith) a population of 17,000 not car- ried in the grand totals of lands and peoples subject to parcelling | by the peace congress. East Africa a Great Prize, Germany, which, according to In- many French for and two deputies. dia (Pondicherry), vears the football between the i Dutch, the French and the Eng-; lish irom the middle of the Joeroode Gredndo o Mrs. William Cobb, of My seventcenth to the beginning of Ga., mother of Tyrus. the [the nineteenth centuries, has a troit mgrvel, going 1o senator and one deputy in the from Ogden, Utah, wher enond g s 51 B BB B AT BRI R B B THER PROUD OF SON'§ RECORD, parliament, while Senegal, Gu- Visited Ty’s younges jana and Cochin, China have Paul, \vho_ls playing Wit 1Ogden Union Association "stopped off at Denver i ty-tour hours to see a ball g She saw Denver trim the ha team, she was accom by her daughter, Florence, each a deputy. Are Represented by Senators, The other colonies are repre- senged in the Conseil Superiur des Colonies, consisting of sen- ators and deputies from colon- ics, delegates from those not represented in parliament and persons especially appointed to {that assembly for considering colonial affairs. The possessions in Asia have a total area of 310,176 miles and population of 10,773,300. In Africa the area is 4,184,401, with a population of 25,681,263, 1n America the area is 35,162 and a population of 446,720, chief of which is French Guiana, with an area of 34,000, St. Pierre and Miquelon, on the Newfoundland coast, have an area of only 96 square miles, almost equal to the original dis-| trict of Columbia, with a popu- lation of 423. The island of Martinique came into notice in 1902 on account of the eruption of Mont Pelee, the volcano ccn- stititing the northern point of the island, which resulted in the destruction of the city of St. Pierre and the loss of about 25.-| 000 lives. In the Pacific ocean French Republic controls New Caledonia and Tahiti, with an area of 7,200 and a population of 50, 500. British Posessions Huge, The British Colonial posses- the reports, has already lost Togo-sions are the whole of the Aus- land on the West Coast of Afri-tralia continent, Canada, the ca to a combined force of Brit-former Boer Republic, Somali- ish and French colonials, in theland, Bechunaland, India, Vic- Kamerun protectorate, Germantoria Islands off the coast of Southwest Africa and GermanChina, harbor of Weihaiwei, the East Africa, has 981,460 squareFederated Malay states in the miles, with a white populationMalay peninsula and part of of 22,405 and a native population Borneo and New Zealand. of 11,406,124. German East Af- In the West Indies her posses- rica is the prize, containing assions are the islands of St. Vin- it does an area of 384,810 square: cent, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trin- miles and a population of 7,645,-|idad, constituting the eastern 770. German Southwest Africa boundary of the Caribbean Sea. has an area of 32,245 square North of that chain of islands miles and a population of whites|is Nassau and Bermuda, off the of 14, 833 and a native 1)opula-|cn st of Florida. Then there is tion of 79,556. British Honduras and British If sharks were as deadly as [affairs will be reviewed and for this as many unconfirmed reports | reason the above topic has been se- would have the unitiated be-|lected because of its importance and lieve, how is it that in the warm|the necessity for its development seas south of us where they|apart from facts and figures on this abound, for a small sum, alsixtpenth Sunday after Trinity. We naked native will slip overboard|cordially invite strangers and visit- among them, armed with a]ors to our church--a welcome awaits In Asia her jewels consist of Kiachau, acquired in 1897, with| an area of only 200 square miles but a population of 168000. That is the seat of the Eastern Empire the Kaiser hoped to es- tablished on the ruins of China. In the Pacific ocean Germany , Guiana. In the Pacific she has more than an equal division in the small islands in what is generally known as Oceania. Her protec- torate over Egypt and her own- ership of the island of Malta, and the stronghold of Gibraltor, shdrt, sharp knife, and have no!all. great dificulty in the kill. I venture, therefore, the as- sertion that the live man-eating shark does not exist. As a car- rion-eater only, do we know the shark. As an enemy to any- thing that swims, whether it be alive or dead, we have proof af- ter proof the alligator gar is the most dangerous of all fishes. This idea as to “man eating shark” theory coincides exactly with the idea of most people who know anything about the habits of the shark family. The popular delusion that attacks in the water must necessarily be by a shark is of long and possi- bly permanent standing, but no one ever saw a shark attack a man and those who understand the habits of these sea scaven- 2 | gers never give much credence {to the harrowing and hair-rais- ing tales concerning them. First Baptist Church— Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preaching, 11 a. m. Subject, The Harvest Meld. Sunday school at the East Lake- land Mission at 3 p. m. B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m. and preaching at 7:30. Subject, An In- vestment That Will Pay Large Divi-, ‘dends. The pastor speaks at the Wood- man unveiling at the cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Sunday closes the first month’s work of the new pastor. The mem- bership to show their loyalty to the church and the new pastor are to raise the amount dwes on the street l improvement. | Catholic Church— | Usual services at 9 o'clock, Father Wallace of Tampa officiating. The church is at corner of Missouri ave- nue and Lemon street. has as large a collection of isl- together with the Suez Canal ands, numerically speaking, as|and defenses to- its entrancle the United States, Including the | constitute the most valuable New Guinea, Marshall, Solomon|part of her possesions between and Caroline Islands and part of {the home island and the Empire Samoa, in which the United!of India. P States also has an interest. , France overseas has posses- sions putting her away ahead of all those engaged in the war other than Great Britain. She regards Algeria and Tunis, in North Africa, particularly the former, as part of France. Tun- is is attached to the ministry of foreign affairs, while other 7 colonies are subject to the min- of all kinds of gems. istry of the colonies, created as :\| department of the government | in 1804. l French colonies have a large measure of self-government. The older ones, such as Reunion, Martinique and have representation French Parliament. Guadeloupe, in the Each of Discussing baseball Mrs. Cobb said: ;1 am glad that Ty ang anied DPlayes Paj are ball players, but prouder b cause they are good ones | shall never forget four times at bat one day m a home run, double. a that triple and 4 Perhaps 1 should ha liked Ty to enter some other p .fession, but as he seems to han} been born for baseball, I u glad he selected it for his cares believe his jAnd so long as a ball plaver "honest, I chos profession is as good as other, not excepting the clerg 000,000 and 24,000,000 New Zealand breeds between ! sheep 8 which about 25 per cent are anu ly exported. It is expected that!t industry of New Zealand represented at San Francisco 0 year. | Our new club plan of selling makes them possible. By getting several people to combine greater cost than it ordinarily takes to sell one watch. And so we give you the benefit of this saving. You can’t buy 2a better watch than the South Bend which we are offer- ing on this club plan. Come in and let us show you one. We can make this club offer for a lim- ited time only so take advantage of it immediately. Conner & . O’Steen JLWELERS N Invest Your Money! BUY DIAMONDS At Prgsent Prices they will Muke you Mcned The war in Europe has stopred the cutting and © x 1f you have any spare money, we cun ffer yov ! argain from new stock just received from abroad A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS." COLE & HULL JEWELERS aND OPTOMETRISTS 1 akeland ol will