Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 11, 1914, Page 1

HE LAKELAND EVENIN v G TELE GRAM —— HED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE RO S. Cruiser . Carolina ED TO HAVE ‘MET i MISHAP IN IDITARRANEAN. h Carolina and Ten- ave Not Been Heard For Ten Days Or More Associated Press) ton, Nov. 11.—Secretary id teday that he had no d from the cruiser North which, according to per- mor, met with a mishap in prranean. He said he felt he had not been harmed. bureau 1s geeking to get nication with the North nd the Tennessee. The at Beirut early in the 'HODIST CONVENTION —— Mass,, Nov. 11.—The land convention of Metho- will today open its three on in thig c¢ity. T nis will gest body of men in a con- at this part of the coun- ver secn The entirc board ist £piscopai bishops is in e, as well as members of s of the general confer- program of the conven- ed on New Engiand prob- detailed survey of the so- omic and religious condi- be made. A great demon- s planned for tomorrow on pmmon at the site of the of the first great Method- h in New England by Jesse 70. Tt is expected that at P00 Methodists will take is demonstration. Some v. notable speakers in the de- n will deliver addresses talks on a program of work unlike anything ever been undertaken by h in any part of the coun- EXPORT BUSINESS ork, Nov. 11, —Entirely rt business amounting to 000 has been done. by the ates as a direct result of nd the demand of Europe clothing and war supplies, to the estima‘2 of a bank- es daily what is going on narket. This estimate in- rchases and orders partly b shipments but it is con- fair measura of the new his country is doing with A feature of the export hich has a vary important pon the financtal situation, that German buyers, act- e government, were larga cotton, to be shipped talian ports. It has heen r some time that German ian agents aave been big wheat and other food- he French zovernment has odstuffs and war material rket since the war started, to over $39000,000. siness wh':h never would Dlaced in tihs country ex- the unusual need prevail- ! e SR PING BOOM 3ROWS — prk, Nov. 11.—fespite the ¥ and anxi>'v jn the mar. harine insuraunce risks by the German cruiser activ- hdian and Sou:n American ipping men report that al- y available shio arocund harbor, with the excep- © great Germarn fleet and an boats tiad up here, is Is likely to be within a Shipping rates have 00 and even 200 per cent cases since the war and €reat growth of exports. the times is the fact that Fan ship { s {naugurating a e with Copenhagen; other be put into the mew ser- ded and ag the trade de- O0ST—RZMEUBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. LOOKING FOR HIDDEN WIRE. 4 LESS STATION IN FLORITA .lacksr‘,n\'illo, Nov. 11, A that a hidden wireless station some- where on the Florida peninsula is in communication with either Germany o‘r Japan, and that government of- ficials are in\'ostigatiu{:, is colored by the fact that Lieutenant Har- graves, of the U. §. radio service, was in Jacksonville three days ago on an unknown mission. He called at the local station of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., thouzh his \ report efforts to locate him later proved futile. Operators of the private con- cern did not know why he was in town, though they knew him as a government expert. Liner Rembrandt Closely Guarded, Is At Newport News (By Assoclated Progs) Newport, News, Va., Nov. 11.—) The Lamport-Holt liner Rembrandt, which caught fire soon after leaving Baltimore for Eurove with 1,800 horses said to be for the allies, ar-| rived today. Sixty-seven horses were burned to death. It is said the vessel was fired after she began the voy- Lage. The ship is closely guarded and officers are silent. NEW ORLEANS BOOSTERS Jackson, Miss,, Nov. 11.—The special train conveying the New Or- leans Association of Commerce, is due here this evening, and a roval welcome has been prepared for them. This company, numbering 250, head- ed by some of the most prominent men in the Louisiana metropolis, in- cluding Mayor Martin Behrman, will come to Jackson to become ac- quainted with the people of the cap- itol of Mississippi, talk over trade matters and try to fmpress upon lo- cal people the advantages ¢f buying from New Orleans wholesalers and manufacturers. The trip is a new departure so far as southern mar- kets are concerned, and much good is expected to result. PUBLIC DAIRY HEARINGS Newport, Me., Nov. 11.—Public dairy hearings will be held today, tomorrow, and Saturday in this city, Augusta and Auburn, Me., respec- tively. The Maine committee in charge of the hearings includes F. S. Adams, of the Staje department of agriculture; Prof. L. 3. Corbett of the University of M aine, and C. S. Stetson, master of the State Grange. Hearings will be held in Vermont later. HAS 2,000 ACRES READY FOR BELGIAN FARMERS Jacksonville, Nov. 11.—That the movement to bring Belgian farmers to the u ntilled acres of the South is becoming a popular movement in Jacksonville is shown in the large number of interrogations ~long this line which have been made at the Jacksonville Board of Trade. The movement appears to huve been started by a commercial organiza- tion in Quitman, Ga. A communi- cation from that p oint placed the matter before the Jacksonville Board of Trade. Tn one case a citi- zen here who is now constructing a model country home and developing a good sized farm in connecction is anxious to secure a Belgian and his family for work here. In another case a resident of this city stated that he has abeut 2,000 acres of farm land which he would like to cut up into twenty-five acre farmg and give to Belgian families free of rent for a period of two years. Besides, he states, he would afford the newcomers all the timber needed for the construction of buildings. Yn conncction with the securing of Belgian refugees it is, however, believed that in many cases financial assistance will have to be guaranteed, either in the na- ture of passage money Or as a means of maintenance for the first year of their residence in this country. It is planned to use every effort pos- sible to select only farmers and to aid them in every possible in the course of this movement. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 1914, Germans Capture Dixmude; Now Trying To Penetrate Battle Lines Of Allies To Reach Dunkirk or Calias visit there was purely unofficial, but | VIOLENT FIGHTING IS IN PROGRESS AND WHILE GERMANS HAVE MADE CONTINUE OPTIMIS EMDEN A PRI GAINS, ALLIES STILL TIC; CAPTAIN OF SONER OF WAR Petrograd Reports That Overtures Looking To The Cessation Of Hostilities Have Been Received From Berlin; Turks (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 11.—An statement this afternoon says that fighting was resumed yesterday be- tween Nieuport and the River Lys. The French forces generally main- tained their front, but it is admitted that the Germans captured Dix- mude. iy CAPT. OF EMDEN A PRISIONER OF WAR | (By Associated Prese.) . London, Nov. 11—The admiralty .announced this afternoon that Cap- tain Von Muller, of the German |cruiser Emden, which was destroyed iby the Australian cruiser Sydney, (and Prince Franz Joseph, of Hohen- 'zollern, one of his officers, are pris- 'oners of war. Neither ig wounded. The Emden’s losg is said Lo be 200 killed and thirty wounded. The ad- miralty ordered that the captain and his oficers are not to be deprived of their swords. GERMANS PUSHING TOWARD CALIAS (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 11.—It is becoming more and more evident to French ‘observers that Germany is making official ] Report Success In The Caucasus the to ly approved by Germany for transportation of relief supplies { Belgium. TURKS MEETING WITH SUCCESS (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 11.—The Turks are meeting with considerabie success tin the Caucasus, and in Egyptian frontier operations, according to a Turkish official announcement is- sued here. They have occupied Sheikzar fort at El'Arish in Egypt. ‘This fort is on the Mediterranean near the boundary of Egypt and Palestine. REPORTED THAT GERMANS HAVE BEEN TALKING PEACE (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11.—Petrograd re- ,ports say that Berlin has upproached Russia with overtures lcoking to- fwnrd a cessation of hostilities. Though Germany reporis that the ,Russians have been checkcd on the | east Prussian frontier, Pcirograd re- ‘ports that the Russians have actual- ly invaded Germany there On the other end of the Russian line Przem- her maximum effort in Belgium to, ygl is said to be fully invested again carry out her determination to pen-!and the reduction of this fortress is etrate the allies battle line and reach | jkely before any further advance of either Dunkirk or Calais on the|th, Rugsian left wing. Dispatches English chanel. Attacks occurring ' from Belgium and Holland insist south of Dixmude are described in |that the Germans are moving great official reports as very violent and & magges of troops from the western fighting continues this morning. | front to east Prussia, but the allies’ Foggy weather part of the day has gfficial communication shows no ‘cleared and the Germans are push-|glackening of the force of Germans ing their attacks. Paris seems well | attacking in Belgium and France. satisfied with the allies’ po:ition and optimism continues. CONSPIRACY AGAINST TURKS AND GERMANS (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11.—An Athens (Ry Associnted Press.) dispatch to the Exchange [elegraph Washington, Nov. ]]_Secrgtflry'(‘o. says it is learned there is a con- Bryan announced today, after a con- spiracy at Constantinople against the Young Turks and Germans, and ference with the German cmbassa- dor. Von Bernstorff, that there had the chief conspirators have been ar- : rested and shot. been no change in the plan original- | RELIEF SUPPLIES TO | GO FORWARD TO . BELGIAN {NO GOLD TOOTH; BALE OF COTTON WAS GREAT N0 GET REWARD CURIOSITY TO THEM | | it i Jacksonville, Nov. 11.—Aftera Ehalr dozen officers had sworn that Jackson, Mich., Nov. 11.—Many {the negro shot Saturday night was Jackson people may now see what in reality none other than Doc Mec- they have nover seen before—a bale | Donald, notorious River Junction of }~nt(on. The Central State bank Edvsnvmdo. who on June 3 iast shot vesterday put on exhibition a 517 and killed Constable Jameg B. Bush pound bale of the famous southern jat that place, and for whom $519 ,reward had been offered, 0. E. Mec- Keown, store keeper at that place who is supposed to have known Doc | better than anyone else, said yester- day, just as positively, that the corpse is that of some other black. Much had been exnected of McKe- own's identification. Others of the officers who made the identification were acquainted with the negro £ { murderer, but McKeown is said to evidences the progressiveness of tr.xl"h“e known him for years, and the bank and its willingness to assist Infyeny ol o0ig to have occurred at or a laudable movement to relieve the .. "yii y1ace of business. His first financial stringency in the south, oo Cpon he saw the corpse was to due to the difficulty in marketing, o,y o4 tno dead man’s teeth. “That the 1914 cotton crop. While every- f o not ‘Doc,”” he said. “He has a one in Jackson is acquainted wlth|go|d tooth, and this man has not, the appearance of cotton, it is re"nor any sign of one being removed.” markable to note what a large DPer- mp, pody is that of the negro who | centage of people have never hefore gatyrday night shot and seriously 'seen a bale of the product. The €X-{ wounded Patrolman A. J. Burkhal- hibition has attracted passers-by in jter, in a dark back yard on Short |large number and officers of the Dennis street. A chase by a posse bank state many people inform them |of detectives and deputies resulted they have never before seen so much {in his death shortly afterwards. In |cotton in one package. The bale is a vacant lot off Enterprise gtreet. a mammoth one. It was shipped —— The fear of Zeppelins ig said to be wrapped in burlap, a part of which has been cut away to permit the cot.|causing many departures from Loan- don. ton to show. crop, which was shipped to the local bhanking institution from St. Louis, Mo. Sometime today the exhibit will be completed by pods of cotton,! as it grows, this part of the exhibit being in transit. The bale of cot- ton was purchased by the Central State bank by way of ro-oporating’ with the country wide “buy a bale of cotton’ movement. The purchase STATE CONVENTION OF W. C. T. U. IN JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville, Nov. 11—The State convention of the W, C. T. U. op- ened Monday night with a devotion- al service and the welcome addresses by Mayor Van C. Swearingen, Rev. Junius B. French, Mrs. Beulah Warner, Mrs. Mary Adkinson, pres- ident of the local union. The re- Sponses were made by Mrs. Stella H. Bogzgess and Rev. W. A. Hobson. All of the delegates were present at this time, and after the se:sion was over, a half hour was gpent in a so- cial time and getting acquainted. The convention closes tonight, and Thursday morning the delegation from this State to the national con- vention in Aaltnta will iecave in a special car over the Georgia South- ern and 'Florlda Railway. The dele- gation will return in the same man- ner to this city after the last day. American Troops To Be Ordered Out Of Mex. Soon (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 11.—American troops will probably be ordered out of Vera Cruz very soon, leaving the Mexican factions to compose their own differences, as a result of guar- antees given Washington that the import tax will not be reimposed. Mexicans, who served the American troops will not. be molested. Car- ranza has pledged himsel!f to that effect and similar pledges are ex- pected from Gutierrez, the new pro- visional president. At Naco fight- ing continued ye:terday between the Maytorena and Hill forces without definite result. MURDERER CAUGHT AFTER NINE YEARS AT LARGE —— Jacksonville, Nov. 11.—The slay._ er of Baldwin Mar, aged farmer of Pickett's settlement, who was mur- dered nine years ago, is safe in the custody of the police here. Such is their belief, and such the positive statement of Mrs. Ernest Billing- ton, daughter of the glain man who was well acquainted with Will Ma. son, and who hag also identified the prisoner. Mrs. Bil'ington, to whose heroism the rest of the May family owe their lives, met the negro on the Clyde docks Sunday aiternoon, | where she had gone to meet her hus- iband, a river captain. For nine years the memory of the night of terror had never lost 1ts vividness. In her mind still remained the pic- ture of the black fiend’s face, as he levelled her father’s- shotgun at her from the piazza, and fired the charge whose mark she still bears in her side. She passed the man without speaking, then quietly sought Pa- trolman Sidney O. Nurlbert. ‘I am the daughter of Ba'dwin Mar,” she said. “Yonder on the dock is the man who killed him." Accompanied by the policeman, she accosted the black, who appevared to have lost his nerve entirely. “You know me, and you dare not deny it,” ghe said. The negro cost his eyes down, but re- mained silent. The police cite as a fact tending to strengthen the iden- tification that Mrs. Billington has been called unon to identify at least a score of negroes since the murder. In no case hasg she been uncertain, and her statement now is positive. The priconer has refused to ta'k. NEW YORKERS TO GET CHEAPER RIDING New York, Nov. i1.—There is probably no people In the world who love to ride in taxicabs more than. do New Yorkers. The cost of in- dulging this luxury has bheen the cause of constant complaint for the past few years. Now, however, a new type of 12-horse power, two passenger taxicab is reported ready to do business in the city streets at a rate of 25 cents for the first mile and 5 cents for each additional quarter mile—cutting the present maximum legal rate in half. A prom- inent New York taxicab operator an_ nounces that he has ordered 100 of these cabg and will take more as fast as the factory can turn them out. The promoters are convinced that the new light, cut rate cabs can be operated at a profit. King George Opens Session Of Parliament NO POLITICS TO BE DIS. CUSSED, BEING WAR SESSION STRICTLY At Opening Of Parliament King Declared That Arms Must Triumph No Matter What the Cost (1sy Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11.—King George today opened what will probably prove a purely war session of par_ {liament. No controversial political discussions are expected, hut it is thought the cabinet ministers will be asked about various phases of the war. ARMS MUST TRIUMPH (By Associated Press.) London, Nov. 11.—King George opened parliament today. Great crowds thronged the route of the royal procession to Westminister palace. A wave of patriotic cheer- ing followed the king and queen. King George told parliament that there is a fixed determination for a triumph of arms at whatever cost. NEW ENGLAND DOG SHOW Roston, Mass., Nov. 11.—The annual show of the New England French Bulldog Club will be held in the Horticultural Hall here today and tomorrow. Harry W. Lacy ‘will make awards. Last year this club held the record show of the world for this breed, and it is ex- pected that this years cxhibition will prove to be even better. Mr. Townsend will superintend the show, while the bench show com- mittee consists of Arnold Lawson, chairman; Walter Burgess, treasur- er; Charles E. Townsend, secretary; Fred Edwards and Dr. M. D. Lit- tig. CHAMPIONSHIP CAT SHOW ‘Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 11.,—The championship show of the Lockhav- en Cat Clab will be opened here to- day and continue through tomorrow and the day following. Mrs. Ger- .trude E. Taylor of Syracuse is man- 1aging the cxhibition, and a number of prizes have been offered by the various clubs, among them the "Royal Canadian, the Rhorde Island, Boston, Seattle, Blue Cat society and others. Entrics have been received from Chicago, Columbus, Toronto, New York, Syracuse and Boston, among other cities, ORDER FOR LATHES Hartford, Conn., Nov. 11.— Within the past few weeks 1,700 machine lathes of moderate capac- ity, such ag 12 to 14 inches, have been sghipped to Europe. One thou- sand more of these lathes are ree {uired, the whole to cost $1,500,000, The order will exhaust the present stock of such lathes in the United States. The Colt, Smith & Wesson, the Remington & Union metallis cartridge plants are working over- time on machine guns, pistols and ammunition, and these eventually find their 'way to Europe though the manufacturers deal only with their regular American agents. CALIFORNIA DOING WEL San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 11.— The effect of the war upon Pacific coast staples is shown in a tabula- tion recently prepared by the Cham- ber of Commerce. Nearly everything in the line of food stuffs has been exported and barley, canned fruits and salmon in particular have been sent from thig port in extra large quantities. EVA BOOTH IN GEORGIA Macon, Ga., Nov. 11.—Com- mander Eva Booth, of the Salvation Army is expected to visit this city today, and address a meeting upon the subject “My Father.” Miss Booth hag been making a tour of the South, and has been well re- ceived. She has been at the head of the American branch ot the Sal- vation army for about ten years.