Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 16, 1914, Page 1

m ) Mexicans ain Their ns OnU.S. Outposts RICAN LINES IMMED- ATELY STRENGTH- ENED Detachment Under Aguil- Have Two Guns Ready or Action Half Mile From Outposts (By Associated Press.) Cruz, Oct. 16—Preparations | detachment under Gener- hiler to attack the American s last night resulted in the hening of the American lines. ndred Mexicans with two pin guns trained on the Amer- re half a mile from the out- 0 UNIFORM BEING [ENT TO THE BRITISH (By Associated Press.) flon, Oct. 16.=~Owing to the nd tear of campaigning, the partment hag had to Sénd a te new outfit to the force &t put. This and the clothing of rritorial force has consumed ailable khaki. Uniforms of avy serge are mnow being out at the rate of 12,000 a hd the supply of the historic is also drawn on in the pg of recruits of the new A shortage of army overcoats rced the war office to buy up In coats of varrous shapes and volunteers are larger men ally than the recruits, of nor-|J. mes, as the stock army sizes hing are found too small as a OTTING GERMAN AND AUSTRIANS MUSICIANS (By Associated Press) don, Oct. 16.—The boycott man and Austrian musicians, ployed ‘to e ddtriment of h musicians, has been ap- i at a meeting of the London lans, over which Sir Frederick b presided. A committee com- of the chairman, Sir Edward Edward Herman, Landon d, Sidney Jones, Hubert Bnth.i James and Gilbert Webb was hted to circularize the protea-i pbn this subject. ile English musicians should aboo good music from what- ource it came, Sir Frederick h declared they must recognize Bt that foreign musicians had pany years usurped the places p could be filled by equally ftent Britishers. is not a question of animus,” id: “It is a question of our be- ble 10 come into our own.” prevailing opinion was that ar offered an exceptional op- nitt for English musicians | it also called away French, 20 and Ttalian competitors. BACCO LIKE GOLD TO THE SOLDIERS pu— (By Associated Press.) ndon, Oct. 16.—Messages from Tont saying that tobacco is like dust to the soldier has so ted the sympathy of smokers mail to the the continent is flied with cigarettes, pipes and tut. Societies are formed for collection of tobacco in its va- forms and boxes for such con- ftions are now prominent on ! desks and club tables and oth- § frequented by smiokers. 1l classes are helping Tom- S to get his smoke, tem- °¢ societies are fervently urg- Bm not to drink. These socie- “:f-" the men to volunteer to Was made compulsory in 2n army by the Czar's an- lecree. Ome well known bishop has asked the men themselveg to refrain from tven beer or light wines E ”'»hey may know the water b Polluted. The bishop himself ioining the expeditionary nee s plede. hkin fough basis of exchange between the Unit- ed States and Canada. He said he G TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. e ————————— LORD MAYOR'S SHOW TO BE ABANDONED (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 16.—The Lord Mayor's show, with its gilded coach- es and Georgian liveried flunkies in wig and cocked hats and its histor- ical pageant, is likely to be aban- doned this year when Sir Charles Johnston is installed on Nov. 9. Nor is the famous banquet which should follow in the evening in the ancient guild hall a favored idea at this time. Thus the two things that make it worth while to be Lord Mayor of London will not take place, according to good authority. v This vear the city is the saddest part of London. The stock exchange is closed, business disrupted and a large part of its young men have joined the colors. With money scarce, distress widespread and men being kilied at the front, a show, pageant and banquet seem both a waste of money and a lack of re- spect for the fallen. Free Movement Of Cotton Abroad Expected Soon (By Assoclated Press.) New York, Oct. 16.—Sir George Paish, adviser to the British chan- cellor of the exchequer, arrived to- da¥ to confer with Washington treasury officials on establishing a would take up the cotton situation while here, and that the opening of the Liverpool cotton exchange de- pends on opening the New York and New Orleans cottom exchanges. He of cotton expects free movement abroad soon. AM WANTED BY BRITISH RELIEF SOCIETIES (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 16.—The call for contributions of jam, which is made by certain British war relief socie- ties backed by the press, may lead strangers to believe that Thomas Atkins is the most pampered of fighting men. But this is not true, since the hard Egyptian campaign of 1884 proved that jam Is not a luxury but a necessary preventive of scurvy. Millions of pounds of jam were consumed by the British troops in the Boer war, and the army in France has been kept well supplied ‘with it in the present campaign. The British soldier is the best fed in Europe. A force of 200,000 men is given four months’ rations on this scale: 24,000,000 pounds hard bread, 18,000,000 pounds of beef, 1,600,000 pounds of com- pressed vegetables, 720,000 tins of condensed milk, 800,000 pounds ef salt, 800,000 pounds of coffee and 400,000 pounds of tea, 40,000 gal- long of rum, 64,000 bottles of port and 24,000 bottles of whisky and 2,900,000 tins of jam of one pound each. Among the used at the front are tons of alum for purifring the water, chloride _m’ lime and carbolic acid powder dis- Hay, oats and bran are : a generous scale miscellaneous stores infectants. also furnished on for the horses and mules. West, of|Ga.,Opposed To Federal Aid; Fletcher Favors It — (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 16.—The Sen- ate began considering the amend- ment to the war revenue bill to re- lieve the cotton States. Sou'th'ern senators presented many petitions asking Congress for relief. Senator -\\'est,; ol Georgia, opened the gen- eral debate, saying he om)oseq fed- eral aid because the problem is one for the individval and the Stazg to solve. Senator Fletcher, of Florida, supported the amendment. ——————— HOPE TO FLOAT STEAMER (By Assoclated Press) New York, Oct. Fruit Co. hoped tod: float the steamer sunk in Ambro after collision fowan. with the e i i o METAPAN 16.—The United ay to be able to Metapan, which se channel yesterday steamer LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCT. 16, 1914. Nearly 400,000 Germans Have Gone to Reinforce Battle Front in France GERMANS ARE WITHIN TE NEWS OF ITS OCCU MOMEN N MILES OF OSTEND, AND PANCY IS EXPECTED TARILY Sixth British Cruiser Sunk By Germans Went Down Today; 350 of Crew Lost Allies After Hammering On Brought Them Nearly Germans Left Wing, Have In Range Of The Cannon Of The Metz Forts NEARLY 400,000 i GERMAN SOLDIERS SENT TO FRENCH BATTLEFRONT (By Associated Press.) Tondon, Oct. 1i6.—The Copens hagen correspondent of Reuter says that between three hundred and four hundred thousand German re- inforcements, especially artillery, have been sent to the French battle front. GERMANS SOON TO OCCUPY OSTEND (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 16.—Thc German occupation of Ostend is momentarily expected. The latest news here this morning said the Germans were within ten miles of Ostend. It is thought that the occupation is al- ready effected and the news de- layed. BRITISH CRUISER SUNK IN NORTH SEA (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 16.—It is officially stated that the British cruiser Hawke has been sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Only fifty of a crew of 400 were saved. The admiralty announces that the submarine made an unsuccessful at- tack on the crusier Theseus before the Hawke was sunk. Three officers and forty-nine men from the Hawke landed at Aberdeen. The remainder | of tlie crew is missing. The Hawke | {was built in 1899 and was 360 feet FORTS AT TSING TAN :long. She is the sixth British cruiser | {the Germans have destroyed in the !Norlh Sea since te war began. of | ALLIES WIN IN VIOLENT BATTLE (By Associated Prets) Washington, Oct. 16.—An offi-' cial dispatch to the French embassy today says the allies captured Hen- ' SHOEMAKER VOGT GIVEN MILITARY ROLE (By Associated Press.) Erfurt, Oct. 16.—Shoemaker Vogzt, better known as the ‘‘captain of Koepenick,” has now been given a chance to assume a military role. He is working in the local military shoe factory, where he 1s looked upon as a most proficient workman . Vozt earned considerable notori- ety several years ago when, dressed as a captain of the German army, he took charge of the burgomaster's office at Koepenick, an ineident which for a long time was remem- bered by the German public as a clever satire upon German military and official life. RUSSIANS APPRECIATE KINDNESS OF NOR- WEGIANS (By Associated Press) Christiana, government has received maror of Pe- ness which Norwegians have shown : nescamps, southwest of Arras. The Germans advanced from Audem_\rde to Courtrai. The allies won a vio- lent combat northwest of Lens to Vermolles, s e e EEme— -N-‘~ GERMANS ALMOST IN RANGE OF METZ FORTS’ CANNONS (By Associated Press.) Paris, Oct. 16.—The allies’ steady hammering on the Germans’ left wing of the battle front in France has brought them almost within range of the cannon of the Metz forts. A part of the Crown Prince’s army holds position near St. Mihiel on the Meuse, and the French menace the route from Ver_ dun to Metz, near Etain, thus en- dangering the Crown Prince’s com- munications with the German for- tified camp. BATTLE PROGRESSING SOUTH OF PREZMYAL (By Associated Press) Paris, Oct. 16.—It is officially announced tis afternoon that the ‘progress indicated in yesterday's communication has been confirmed. On the French left wing the allied field of action extends from the re- gion of Ypres to the sea. On Oct. 13 the Russians on the left bank of the Vistula river repulsed the Ger- man attacks on Warsaw and Ivan- gorod. Battles are progressing south of Prezmyal. - BOMBARDED BY JAPS (By Associated Press.) Tokio, announced that Japanese and Brit- ish warships bombarded the forts at |Tslng Tau yesterday. An aeroplane bat- was destroyed part of the forts’ teries. One British seaman killed and two wounded. FLORIDA 20,000 BALE CLUB READY FOR BUSINESS Jacksonville, Oct. 15—-The Flor- ida 20,000-Bale Club will establish its headquarters in this city with temporary offieces in the Robinson building on the Broad street via- duct. It will be remembhered that this club was finally organized at a meeting held yesterday morning be- tween the delegates from the com- mittees representing the cotton growers of various countics and the cotton port committee of the Jack- sonville Board of Trade. President F. A. Simon laid particular stress upon the fact that this is a State- wide movement, and that the organ- ization will endeavor to get every one in the State who is able to in- vest $50 in cotton to buy at least one bale through the offices of the Oct. 16.—The Nor- |club. If the cotton is bought through the Florida 20,000-Bale Club, Presi- "dent Simon explained, all the details by that organization. The buyer will be assured that the money he to Russians during the passage nriin\'ests will go to the farmer who the latter through their country. —————— A manual on “The South and Central America” has been published by Frederick M. flelsey. It contains statisties and other information concerning im- portant railwars of South and Cen- tral America, Mexico, and the West Indies. wegian from Count Tolstoi, trozrad, a communication 1n which, on behalf of the Russian people, he !of the transaction .will be handled expresses gratitude for the kind- must sell his cotton to live. Furth- er, if the b uyer wants his cotton Railways nfishlpped direct to him, this will be taken care of by the club; other- wise the cotton will be stored in a bonded warchouse, and the buyer will be furnished with the receipt. In other words, the club will work with the purpose of helping both the farmers and the buyers. ENGLISH AND RUSSIANS TOURISTS ALLOWED TO GO HOME (By Associated Press.) London, Oct. 16.—English and Russian civilians caught in the Ger- man and Austrian health resorts at the outbreak of the war are now al- lowed to return to their own coun- tries, excepting able-bodied men of military age. Few restrictions are placed on alien enemies remaining there, who are allowed travel short distances and to remain outdoors until 9 o'clock at night, which is the curfew hour. These are the conditions reported by a member of the American Wom- an’s Relief committee of London, which has just taken over a party of German girls from England, re- turning with English girls from Germany and Austria. She also says that food seems plentiful in the places visited and life quite normal. The opera season is on in Frank- fort. Inquiry Into Operation Of Rock Island Road —_— ' (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, Oct. 16.—The in- terstate commerce commission today began inquiry into the financial op- erationg of the Chicago, Rock Island No. 281 Commission’rs of Polk County ln_Session MUCH BUSINESS OF IM- PORTANCE TRANS- ACTED County Demonstrating Agent Makes Report; Roadwork Given Proper Consid- eration and Atten- tion Bartow, Oct. 16.—In regular monthly session the county commis- sioners transacted considerable rou- tine business, among other matters of importance coming before the board being the following report submitted by County Demonstrating Agent A. A. Lewis: Traveled in the county 1,789 miles, visited 221 farmers and fruit gsrowers, assisted 34 boys of the Corn Club, assisted the Girls’ Can- ning Club ang qthers in the canning of vegetables. I have vacinated 84 hoge for cholera, have aided in oth- er special Work, such as vegetable and strawberry growing, &isd the home mixing of fertilizer. R} The following named boys of the Corn Club have reported and the number of bushels each produced: ) i ‘the windows the three Germans op- AND BRITISH | Oct. 16.—1t ig officially | before they could recover from the imiral Moore, and Pacific railroad. The commis-| Bushels sion examiner, Frederick C. Sher-|Kerfoot Bryant, Kathleen ...., 56 wood, declared that the Rock Is-|Guy Wilds, Lakeland .. . b6 land’s loss in acquiring the Frisco [Paul Sellers, . Meade .. 652 lines was $35,000,000 and the loss |Louis Harrell, Socrum ........ b1 in the Chicago and Alton transac-|Allison Patrick, Ft. Meade ... 50 tion was more than $6,000,000. V. E. Li ghtsey, Tiger Bay... 48 . Geo. Llewlyn, Jr., Galloway... 48 DETAILS OF CAPTURE Grover Costine, Richland ..... 45 OF SON OF FRENCH fddie Tillman, Clay Center ... 45 MINISTER Numerous others report yields somewhat smaller. Petition of H. L. Kelley, M. L. Prine, Lee Woods et al, asking the board to grant and open up a pub- lic road as follows. Beginning where the grade ends west of Grif- fin, Fla., depot and going west to th Hillsborough county line to in- tersect with road to Knights sta- tion, granted. Petition of 8. S. Griffin, E. W. Crawford, F. A. Perkins et al ask- ing the board to grant and open a (By Assoclated Press.) Berlin, Oct. 16.—It was recently reported by cable that a son of M. Delcasse, the French minister, had been wounded and had fallen into the hands of the Germans. A let- ter of a soldier at the front tells how his capture occurred. One morning a German patrol of three men entered a village near the River Meuse to discover whether it wag occupied by the French. They had hardly entered a school house ::‘::o;fles;;“d:ri‘rl::::“gn:;‘:ol"' 0‘: public road as follows on the quar- et comlngl SoWh . Chevinage ter section line, south of township Sitest Taklis thelr positiona at line 28 from Florida avenue on the ' east to the Hillsborough county line on the west. Granted. The board acting on the petition of T. L. Wilson, L. C. Johnson, J. confusion caused by this sudden at- B. Howe et al. granted ald to Mrs, tack. The Germans were surprised [JOhn Cloud, the amount allowed to find that the sub-lleutenant, the |Peing $5 per month. commander of the French patrol, Motion by Mr. J. C. Swindel who fell wounded into their hands, |that the board of county commis- was the son of Delcasse. The young |sioners donate $1,000 to the Polk man, who is only about twenty County Fair Association. Carried. years old, was brought to a hospi- The board ordered the clerk to at Merseburg in central Germany. |notify Capt. Stone of Auburndale His wounds are not dangerous, al-|[to have repaired and put in safe though he was shot through both |condition the bridge on tha Auburn- thighs. dale and Florence Villa road, the bridee being about one fourth mile southeast from the Auburndale cem- etery. Champion Bridge Co., being the lowest bidders the board accepted their bid for the construction of the bridge across Peace river east of Homeland, the plan accepted by the hoard is shown on drawing as plan i B, settlement to be made as follows: Washington, Oct. 16.—Rear Ad- $2.000 in cash to be paid on com- naval station com- pletion of the bridge, $2,555.88 to mandant at Honolulu; was ordered be paid April 1, 1916; $2,855.87 to today to close the Marconi wireless he paid on April 1, 1917. station there within twenty-four The board ordered a concrete hours unless the company satisfac- floor and toilet placed ubove the torily explains the sending of alcells for colored men in the new wireless diepatch announcing the ar-|jail now under construction, price rival of the German gunboat Geirs. |agreed upon being $232, work to be done by present contractors build- ing the new jail. ened sueh a hot fire upon the French party that eight of them were killed Honolulu Wireless Station May ie¥* Have TQ Close i (By Associated Press) WHEAT FLOUR SCARCE IN HOLLAND |The collector reported li- (By Associated Press.) censes collected as re- Amsterdam, Oct. 16.—A scarcity quired By 1AW c.coiin $ 44.00 of wheat flour is felt in Holland. At The collector was ordered credit- a meeting last Saturday the bakers|ed and treasurer charged with re- of Velsen deeided to make rye|ceipt No. 148 on licenses collect- bread only. The Netherlands pro-jed fo 1914 as follows: duce very little wheat, rye and bar- | General fund, licenses ....$ 44.00 ley being the principai cereal |Sheriff ordered credited with crops. Due to the fact that during fines amounting to the last four weeks no wheat has|Judge of county court re- been imported, owing to the rigor- ported fines imposed ous enforcement of the contraband amounting to 475.00 by the British-and French cruisers, On motion the board adjourned to the supply of wheat is nearly ex-|meet again the first Monday in No- hausted. s vember, 1914, Ry |