Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 21, 1914, Page 1

T STATE STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. PUB BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATAN SEERCR S sed With bsentation oving Cup OMAN'S CLUB OF 1AND WERE RE- ENTS OF THIS NDSOME GIFT Program Last Night ht to a Successful the 1914 Federa- tion Women'’s Club .cssion of the Florida »f Women's Clubs opened ycautiful Auditorium, been made comfortable in cold, by oil stoves, with Hocker in ‘the chair, ¢ \Wright as local presi- Mrs. Dimmick as vice bu the platform. Also . Lowry, of Tampa, who, n of the State literary , was presented, and a hosen words presented or Bingham, as the club o ovening, who told the he Blue-Bird.” Mrs. a professional story tell- ¢ leen Interesting the part of the State in the literary work, and s program as a represen- his department. For an quarter she presented Maeterlink, giving much his writings and hlg in- meaning of the same. CameronM cLean, of p had been held for this he urgent request of the v two double nume« izht of all present and hi: sweetest voice in the “ltome, Sweet Home."" has been a rare treat 1 v and they have ap- s excellent work in this Townsend and C(ason by their duet of *‘Hark folin” (Parker) while Melton's accompaniment usic was artfully given. ‘elton had charge of the the entire convention, s due her for its excel- V ks s were presented by the D the hostess club, the de, the mayor and city Elk:, Mr. Hetherington cram force, the Ta:npa 1s for liberal use of Mr. Tlallam for splen- at Club House, and all in making the conven- UCCess, Olficers were called to and led by Mrs, W. 8. president were present- i officer, Mrs. Hock- ings then presented esent, The crown- st to the Lakeland Mrs. Hocker in he- Federation present- as president of the loving cup, in an'! Tt had been | Wright that the Torker as retiring she was so completely 0 ‘helmed that she ¥, “I cannot ex- thanks for this ' to which Mrs. responded, “You ‘it‘iu deeds.” Thus ‘orida Federation of il be held as a bright and nistory. lity committee placed 10mes, 127 of them be- and 23 in private Dany others Were pres- and were not regls- been the largest con. State history of the eland wag selected as of meeting. Tecently opened a T and cold-storage 314 small dealers to Price of meats with 'e companies in or- & monopoly of the 18 city hag algo lent In building houses lang OnU.S.C OF WAR ARE OVER Savannah, Ga®, Nov. 21.—Con- ditiong todayv in the business world of Savannah are fifty per cent bet- ter than they were a few weeks ago and the outlook is one hundred p:*r cent better than it wug in Septem- ber, according to Mr. Arthur B, Levy, president of the Retail Mer- chants’ Association. Bankers, too, add their hopeful note to the situa- tion, and furniture establishments, which are perhaps the first to feel a change either one way or the oth- er, stress the fact of a pronounced change for better. In other words 1t is the consen:us of opinion con- ditions have for several wecks shown a gradual hnl'nol\'\\m'lh.\' change for the better and it is the confident be- liet the worse cffects of the Kuro- pean war have already been experl- enced and from this time forth af- fairs of the business world will gradually proeress until conditions which might be reasonably expected under normal conditions again ob- tain. | Routine Business Comes Before Commissi~ners Lakeland, Fla., Nov. 20, 1914, Adjourned session of the city com- missioners with Messrs. Katon, Toph, Flanagan and Mendenhall present. Minutes of Nov. approved. On request of Chas. M. Jones, superintendent of city schools, $75 was appropriated on entertainment of the State Teachers’' Ascociation, which will convene here Dec. 29-31. The acceptance of Rosco Nettles | 9 were read and i franchise was read, and on motion same was ordered filed. Petition of the Fixem Shop to place a Bowser casoline tank under- ground in front of their place of business was on motion granted, subject to provisions of insurance requirements. Communication from the Pacific I Fluld Tank Co. was on motion re- ferred to the old bond trustees. Reports from the treasurer for October were read and were ordered filed. The report from the inspectors of the special election held in ward one on Nov. 17 was read. The report wag verified and the election duly canvassed, and on motion W. S. sloner from Ward one to fill the un- expired term of J. E. Bussard re- signed, whose term of office expires Dec. 31, 1915. The commissionpr of public in- stitutions was authorized to pur- chase heating stoves for the city hall. On motion the commission ad- journed subject to call. 0. M. EATON, Chairman. Attest: H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk Light shipments of strawberries are being made from this section, and in a short time berries will be moving forward at a lively rate. The earliest berries seem to come from Kathleen, eight miles north of Lere, Mr. W. W, Keith having sent us a sample on Nov. 14. Three days later Mr. J. L. Haralson, of Gallo- | way, was exhibiting a quart of fine ripe berries of the Missionary va- riety. Harry Raulerson, of the Lake Parker section, just outside the city f«i limits, had some nice berries today, and shipments north from Lakeland, Kathleen, Galloway and Griffin will soon be of frequent occurrence. Lamar Takes Leo Frank’s Application Under Advisement (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 21.—Justice Lamar today took under considera- tion the application of Leo Frank’s attorneys for a writ of error direct- ing the Georgia court to send to the United States supreme court for & review of tht record on which Frank of the provisiong of the gas plnnl‘ vin was declared elected ag commis- LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 1914 ruiser Tennessee Not Hostile Act; War At a Standstill On Account Of Weather SHOT FIRED AT CRUISER’S VENT HER ENTERI WAS C Soldiers Be FIRING ON TENNESSEE NOT HOSTILE ACT. (By Associatea Press.) Washingtou, Nov. 21, —(Captain Decker, of the Cruiser Tennessee, reported today that firing on his ship's launch by Turkish forts at Smyrna was not intended as a hos- tile act. After conference with the rresident, Secretary Tumulty issued a statement saying the Tennessee's hoat had tried to enter the harbor, which was closed. He said the shot wag fired across her how to stop her. Full investigation is being made and Turkey is asked to explain. Be- fore the receipt of this information became known the president deter. mined not to make up his mind con- cerning the incident until fully advised about the facts. It was later admitted that a mes- sage saying the firing was not a hostile act has been in the govern- ment's possession since \Wednesday, and was not disclosed then because the wordiny seemed contradictory. The government cabled for verifica- ition, which reached the White ouse today. WEATHER STOPS FIGHTING ON YSER (sy Assocrated Press.) .Bruges, Belgium, Nov. 21. -1t is reported that fighting on the Yser front has been completely stopped by severe cold weather which con- tinues. Tt jg said that fifty-seven empty traing are moving throuzh northern Belgium in the direction of west Flanders. It is assumed that they are for the transportation of additional German regimentg to the eastern arena of hostilities. PENSACOLA'S SUSPENDED BANK TO REOPEN NEXT WEEK 1r- | { Pensacola, Nov. 21.—As soon as , the accounts can be checked over so that Receiver W. H. Milton can be given a receipt for the hank's assets, the Ameriean National Bank will re- open for business. This announce- {ment was made vesterday afternoon by a member of the committee which lh:ls been interested in the reorzani- {zation of the institution. Tt is ex- pected that the checking will completed and the bank will be open aeain by the first of next week, or by the middle of next week at the imost. John G. Pace will be presi- dent of the American National nn- der the new management and Mor- iris Bear will be vice president. It is annonnced that the other officer and diréctors as vet have not beer officially determined uvon. President Pace and Viee Precident Bear loft Pensacola. accomnanied by Reeeiy {W. H. Milton, Seturday nizht viees to hegin checkinz out with the few of ovening ag soon as possible he vesterils of were received g The committee citizens heen hard at work on the reoros zation of the bank since it closed its {doors on the first of last Sentember | Hearty co-operation was met on all es as there was an abidinz fidel ity in the institntion whi h wa foreed to close as the vietim of wild romors and extraordinarv - cor di ticns. has BRYAN HAS RETARY sEC " REACHED FLORIDA Jacksonville, Nov. 21.—Enroute to Miami, where he has a winter hcme, William Jennings Bryan. se retary of State of the United States, wassed through Jacksonville Thurs-. day, intending to get a few davs rest if possible, a change of scenery and also attend to certain business about his estate. He made no stop here beyond that necessary to catch the 8:30 o'clock East Coast train, traveling down the State alone. The secretary looked well, considering the strenuous work of the past few months. Mr. Bryan expects {d be Ad- | .;:\m.pv Italian i purely for LAUNCH WAS TO PRE- NG HARBOR WHICH OSLED Fighting on the Yser Has Completely Stopped on Account of the severe Cold Weather; Bodies of German ing Burned WINTRY WEATHER CONTINUES (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 21.--Wintry weath- ¢r continueg in the war theaters. It is believed here that the battle of Poland will be fought on snow cov- ered fields. BURNING BODIES OF GERMAN SOLDIERS (By Associated Press.) Tondon, Nov. 21.-—A newspaper, the Independence Belge, which has Ieen published here since the occu- pation of Brussels, has received from (harlieroi a Belgian report saying that a large blast furnace near there had been running night and day incinerating the bodies of Ger- man soldiers killed along the Yser line. NO IMPORTANT ENCOUNTERS (By Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 21.-—An Athens dis- pateh says the Servian legation has jofficially denied that the Austrians "have won great victories. It says ino important encounters have taken ! place. (By Associatcd Press.) Berlin, Nov. 21.--Meagre news from Russian Poland issued official- ly here indicates that the Germans and Russiang had joined in battle along the whole front between the Warta and Vistula rivers. The Rus- siang north of the Vistula are re- ported as retreating. AGAINST ITALY'S SHIP TAX The Italian immigration at representa- New York, Nov. ' commissioner of Rome recently notified tiveg of steamship lines with vessels plying between American and Ttalian norts that “all steamships of what- cver flas applying for a special con- sular license must hereafter give as 2 bond a minimum of $4,000 besides £20 for each immigrant carried.” This notification has been regarded a¢ equivalent to a tax on all other shipping except Italian to hoom the interests of the Italian lines. P. A. Franklin, head of the Interhia- tional Mercantile Marine, tested to Washinzton, saying that if new Italian was in- gigted upon the company would have the the sehed- « has pro- the rezulation withdraw from rvice \merican steamship Finland, ed for Naples and other Mediterrancan ports. The se f the other lines the pro- | motion of ITtalian shipping interests, ‘:uwr)rdix‘r_. to the company, and to the detriment of Americap and Drit- ish. The German shipping business ,!"1\111'1' been driven from the sea by |the war, it looks as if the Italians wanted to capture by a stroke of !1talian diplomacy the great steerage itrafic that the German lines have teen forced to give up. COTTON REPORT (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, Nov. 21.—The bu- reau announced today that cotton |ginned to Nov. 14 was 11,624,708 ipales; round bales. 32,454; sea is- land, 53,875 bales. 1o to sail today eurity required o - Philadelphia is to have a factory {for the manufacture of gum cam® i phor, the first in the United States. The capacity will be 25,000 pounds datly. Owing to the large number of British postmen called up for mili- 'tary service, women may be em- ployed temporarily ia some rural CUBA'S SUGAR CROP New York, Nov. 21.—From ad- \ices recently received, it is expect- ed that the sugar crop of Cuba will be double in value what it was worth last year. The United States will benefit greatly, as many kinds of goods formerly imported from Eu. rope are now being purchased from this country by the people of the is- land. The outlook for Cuba is good; due to the fact that cane sugar con- ‘umption must increase while beet sugar nations, like Russia and Ger- many, are at war and unable to har- vest large crops. Such conditiops will be reflected in an increase In the price of Cuban sugar. Rising?‘emperaiure For Sunday Is The Prediction s (By As:oclated Press.) Washington, Nov. 21—The South Atlantic and East Gulf States exper- ienced low temperatures and killing frost last night. Light frost occurred in Southern Florida as far as Mi- ami. Rising temperature predicted Sunday . WAR AFFECTED IMPORTS New York, Nov. 21.—\With the Luropean war now in its fourth month, the import situaticn at this rort is developing features of inter- est alike to the importer, the man- ufacturer partly dependent on Eu- rope for raw materials, and the ulti- mate constmer. When war started there was a practical suspension of steamship and freight service be- tween Europe and this country, but the partial opening of Atlantic lines toward the close of August permit- ted imports to come along again in fair volume. Since that time they have continued to show gains. Ow- ing to the fact that merchandise has been coming in so freely, the gov- ernment’s revenues from duties at this port, where approximately 60 per cent of the country’s entries of foreign merchandise are made, has not declined the last two months to the degree at first feared. As has been the_case since the British blockade of Cerman porte became effective, no direet imports of goods from Germany or Austria have been received. One or two of the larger handlers of German or Austrian goods in this city have recently esucceeded in getting possession of merchandise via Rotterdam and Ttal- ian ports, but only after long de- lays. Most of these goods, how- ever, are stated either to have been manufactured prior to hostilities or stored at the pe-ts. Textile coods from France are =etting scarcer ow- ing to the practical shutting down of many millg while the products of (Giermany and Austria, with the ex- ception of dyestuffs, come in with diffienlty. Importers in fome lines are further handicapped by the em- bargoes placed on certain articles by Russia, France and England. With Turkey at war with the allies, a complete stoppage of imports here from the Ottoman Empire is in gight. One of the surprises of the existing import stination is the streneth developed up to this time in the entry of merchandise in a creat variety of lines., For several weeks dry goods imports have kept at or above the million and a half opoint. They are something like £900,000 less than in the corre- sponding weeks last year, but at that time importers were making heavy importations under the lower rates of duty prevailing in the new tariff law. State Chemist Rose Testifies Mand Case (By Assoclated Press ) Kansas City, Nov. 21.—State Chemist Rose, of Florida, testified tcday at the trial of E. C. Cham- bers and otherg charged with using the mails fraudulently in connection with the sales of Florida lands. The defense attempted to prove that the Everglades were fertile. State Treas- urer Luning and Comptroller Knott are important defense witnesses, Knott testified that Chambers sald be had ample money in sight for an improvement fund to complete the drainage canals and the work would -~ Program Of Educational Association Of Florida WHICH CONVENES LAKELAND DEC. 29-31 I ‘ Assciation Will Bring to Lake- land About 1,000 Visitors From All Over the State e Tuesday, Dec. 29, 8 p. m. Music——Lakeland Band. Invocation-—Rev. Wallace Welcome Address— Mayor Eaton. Response---Dr. Press Address president ciation . Annual address of State Superin- tendent W. N. Sheats. Wednesday 9:00 a. m.-—Music, Granberry. Invocation by Rev. Wi, son. Self-Government ag a Method of Dizcipline in Schools, by Principal J, \V. Asbury, Cocoanut Grove. 9:30 to 10 a. m.-—Discussion by Miss Rowena Longmire of Woman’s College. 10:00 to 11:00 a. br. Harvey (ox. 11 a. m.--Lecture, Dr. 12 m.--Dismission. 8:00 p. m.—Local entertainment. 8:156 p. m. —Lecture by Dr. J. W, Withers on Education in the Home and School. 9:30 p.ow. Wear, 0. M. A. A. Murphree. Supt. R. E. Hall, Florida Educational Asso- Miss Hallle S. Patter- m. —Address, Redway . Banquet . Thursday 9:00 a. m.- Music. Invocation, Rev. J. 9:30 a. m.—>Hon. O. B. Mar- tin of Washington, D. (., on Boys’ Corn Clubs and Girls’ Tomato Clubs. i m. - Dr. Harvey Cox. a. m.-—Dr. Redway. I 12:00 m.--Business session. 3:00 p. m.~-—Excursion (optional.) 8:00 p. m.--Declamation contest. B, Ley. Primary Section—Thursday, Dec. 31 1:30 p. m, Chairman—Miss Mary Tom. Secretary-—Miss rtuth Pollard. { Topic for Discussion—Nature (Study . Principles and Aims. lL.eader, Miss Nellie Cooke, Jacksonville, Suggestive Lessons in i study for Florida Schools. Miss Pauline Suddath, Demonstration Istudy, Miss Kate Lakeland. Open parliament . Business meeting. High School Section—Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1:30 p. m. Chairman-—Principal I. 1. Palm Beach high :chool. Seerctary-— Principal B. I'ensacola. high school. {Papers not to exceed 30 minutes.) I. The True Function of the High Sichool . (a) Robinson, lampa. (b) Genera) discussion, not to ex- ceed 10 minutes. 2. The “Six Plus Six Plan.” 2. Home Economics in the School . (a) Leader— Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, director of department of lHome Economics, Florida State Col- lege for Women, Tallahassee. (b) Genera] discussion not to ex- ceed 10 minutes. Classical Section, 3:00 p. m. Chairman -— Principal J. Granberry, Arcadia, Fla. Secretary—W. R. Thomas, ami, Fla. (Papers not to exceed 30 minutes.) 1. Some Needed Reforms in the High School Latin Curriculum. (a) Leader—W. R. Thomas, Mi- ami high school, Miami. (b) General discussion not to ex- ceed 10 minutes. 2. The Collection and Use of Col- lateral Material in Teaching High School Latin. (a) Leader—Dr. J. B. Game, professor of Latin, Florida State Col- lege for Women, Tallahassee. (b) General discussion not to ex- Nature Leader, Lakeland. Lesson in Nature Colyer, teacher, Himes, B. Lane, B school, Leader [Hillsboro Principal high High A. Mi-