Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 10, 1914, Page 1

E LAKELAND EVENING 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. tfy MCeneral | s ifl REPORT CONGRESS l : WDAY ..__ lu—.datxons Affect Con- Railroads, Powers of Fed- cl'll Juries, Food and Drug Act, Etc. tashington, Dec. 10. _\norm\) sral Gregory made his first re- to m today as head of department of justice. He rec_ ended 'vq'al amendments to Jdng llr" and gave a compre_ ilve review of the work of the rtment for the fiscal vear. His cipal recommendation was for .mondmt to the commodities (!e of the interstate commerce designed to block the way of any mon carrler which seeks to ds.m mcts over its lines in sh it B#s any interest whatso- — lm for such legislation the © ;ruey genera] referred to the dif- ¢ :ty the department has encoun- ¢ :@ in sttempting to bvreak up ¢¢t is EmOWn as the “hard coal & :binatdoB” controlling a large ¢ of the anthracite fields in east. He told Con- in that field mtlnfl the commo 3 by the organlzation of orationg whose siock is dis- uted ratably among stockhold- of the . raflroad, with Its manage- ?ndt dmd by the railroad. To f fon, he says, the rail. 1 ill question sells ¢onl at the es under & contraci which puts ar new corporation ‘‘largely, if not Ppletely, within the power of thel 1St road.” ; This plan has been chal- ‘red by the government. W I recommend,”” wrote Mr. Greg- ¢ ‘“an amendment which will pro- it a railroad from transporting in | Ws-uuu werce articles \\hlch] manufaetued or produced, or ch were manufactured or pro- __ed by aay corporation controlled it or d with it by having same comtrolling stockholders, spective of whether such railroad such con led affiliated cm“pom-I 1 has & fnterest in the articlps at time of transportation. 1S ) necessary if transportalxon nnd duction are to be completely di- '8 ced, that Congress prohibit any road owned or controlleg by a 8 ducing or trading corporation | not operated merely as a plant 'S ility, from transporting in inter- te ecommeree articles produced or , 1ed by such corporation.” 8 Rher recommendations include: )S amendment making it a “federal S ne” to kill an officer of the Unit- States engaged in serving or ex- 8§ ting process, and authority for use of search warrants in adver- == ng fraud cases which rely on the fls to attract victims. 1 y evidence,” says the ort, “only procurable by search, almost indispensable to convict #0 swindlers and protect their tims.” . h!l. law now stands, Mr. Greg- m out, no authority exists property used for criminal /@Ave on specific conditions , revenue, Inaian interstate commerce and obscene litera- €.t A“nnera] Gregory recom- nds that the power of federal ind jutles be enlargzed so that 'y can favestizate crimes commit- {41 complaints of violation the presence of the oftenaer hafore the court should be as ra reaching as the law declaring the offense. It is oftentimes more diftcuit and ex. pensive to compel an accuced person who lives in a State other than the one where the offense is committed to respond to an accusation than i is to secure extradition from a for- eign country." Amendments of a minor nature are suggested also to the food and drugs act, the insecticide act, the twenty-eight hour law and the bankruptey law. Mr. Gregory re- newed the recommendations of the ‘| former attorney genera! that whewn a federal judge of any court below the suprerme conrt reachos the age of seventy and after tea years ser- vice, refused to retire, the president be authorized to appoint another judge to preside over the affairs of that court and have precedence over the older judge. The attorney general recites at length the enforcement of the Sher- man anti-trust act during the last fiscal year. Speaking of the aego- tiations with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., he informed C(ongress that the de_ partment ‘“‘while intent upon en- forcing the law,” realized that it must proceed so as to cause the least embarrassment to investors and to the unsettled industries of New Eng- land. “In accordance with that policy,” the report explains, ‘“‘the request of the new management of the New Haven company to enter into ne- gotiations with a view to bringing about, without a protracted and nec_ essarily unsettling contest, a disso- lution of the unlawful monopoly, was granted. In the meantime the department sought to avoid any ac- tion that might hinder in any way the accomplishment of that end so important to the people of New ingland, but the criminal aspects of the case were kept constantly in mind and care was taken to do noth- ing which might interfere with the proper prosecutions at the appropri. ate time. The department's bureau of inves. tigation investigated during the year white slave cases in which 435 indictments were secured, acquittals During ] wtih 357 and 46 the pre. ceding year there were 332 indict- ments and 266 convictions. The bureau investigated on the averagc of the com- &0 convictions, 53 discontinuances. anti-trust act each pared with 36 last year. month, President’s Plan For Naval Construction (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 10.—Secretary Daniels told the House naval com- mittee today that President Wilson approved for this year’s naval con_ struction a program including twe dreadnaughts, six destroyers, eight or more submarines, one gunboa. and one oiler. The secretary char- acterized as extravagant the sugges- tion that there ought to be 100 sub- marines and fifty battleships in the navy. METHODIST CHURCH DECLARES AGAINST LIQUOR ADS Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 10.—The Methodist Episcopal church will ap- propriate $100,000 for educational work of its temperance society in 1915 if the commission on finances follows the recommendation of Bish- op W. O. Shepard and the national board of managers, who met in an- nual conference in Lincoln today. Every pastor in Methodism will re- quest newspapers and magazines en_ tering his home to elimlnate liquor Announced Today\ = I LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1914 'Three German Cruisers Sunk By British; Two Escape And Are Fleeing Toward Port Santa Cruz BRITISH ARE SILENT AS TO WHICH OF THEIR SHIPS WERE EN. GAGED WITH THE GERM ANS; EMPEROR WILLIAM STILL ILL South Poland Battle Develops Favor hbly for Germans: Allies Attacks Re- pulsed in Argenne Though French Make Advances (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 10.—The decisive victory of the British [leet yc-sterday_ over the German squadron in South Germans Successful in South Poland Atlantic waters near Falkland Ts-| (ByY Associated Pr ) lands, still occupies publie mtvntion' Am-terdam, Dec. 10.--According here. The three German cruisers, to the Berlinger Tageblatt advices, Scharnhorst, Gneisenan and Telpzic, the South Poland battle is develop- went down as a total loss under the ing favorable for the Germans and British guns, also their colliers, af- Austria The Russian forces, ter a brief but decislve action, aud.'\\'hi(-h originally were lined bow- while many of the German sailors shaped around Cracow, are reported were saved from their sinking ships, to have been repulsed. those on the flagsnip of Admiral S Von Spec are believed to have gone Revolted on Battlefield down with their vesse:. The cruisers (By Associated Press.) Dresden and Nuerenberg escaped | ‘Geneva, Dec. 10.—The Prague during the fight and are being hotly | correspondent of the Geneva Journal pursued. The British casualties are | says the news is confirmed that three very few. Details of the battle are regiments and the Eighth Landwehr very scarce. from Prague which served against The naval battle in South Atlantic |Servia, revolted on the battleficld. with the British fleet Tuesda flecing toward Port Santa Cr , are S . and Emperor William’s illness di. el verted attention today from the Explained His Negative Vote struggles in France, Belgium and (By Associzted Press.) Poland. The fate of the small Ger- man cruisers Dresden and Nurem- burg, which at last accounts were being pursued by British warships, has not been disclosed. The British | plained his action In a published admiralty is stil] silent as to the!gtatement today by saying chat uone identity of the British ships which | of the people affected desired war. engaged the Germans. The latest reports concerning Em- | peror William were that the fever ! had not decreased and he was still unable to leave his bed. The German armies in the west have not been stirred to renewed ac- tivity by the allies’ offensive move_ Amsterdam, Dec. 10.— Karl Lieb- knecht, a socialist member of the Reichstag, who cast the solitary vote against the German war credii, ex- Berlin, Dec. 10.- Today's official statement says the allies’ attacks in i Argenne were repulsed and the al- lies lost heavily. In Northern Po- “iand the Germans, advancing on the Vistula's right bank, by storm. Six hundred prisoners ment. The French say the German ;4,9 some machine guns were cap- attacks in Flanders have been re- qyred. Russian attacks in South pulsed. I Poland were repulsed. An official Russian statement = shows that there has been no de- Quiet in Belgium (By Associated Press.) Paris, Dec. 10.--An official com- munication this afternoon says that crease in the fighting in the east) which has been proceeding almost a ! fortnight with unprecedented sever- i | | man cruisers Dresden occupied. French advances in berg, survivors of the Argenne region continue. e ———————————————————————————————— DRAINING EVERGLADES POLITICS AND POLITICIANS and Nuren- engagement Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 10.—Bids will be opened today for one million this and a half of drainage bonds, bear- ing six per cent, for the continua- tion of the drainage work of the Evergades, under the direction of Orients Province, Cuba, will year expend $220,000 In public works. The hospita] trains of Germany trict. are said to be the most luxurjously equipped in the world. FANCY DANCES FOR CHARITY The principal orphan asylum of Moscow is supported chiefly by the tax on playing cards. The personnel of the navy of the United Stateg is more than 68,000. There are many statesmen at Wash- ington who claim that this number should be increased at least 25 per cent. Dec. 10 .—More 200 members of fashionable so- ciety will dance novel and fancy steps in competition 1or prizes to- night at the Academy of Music for the benefit of the hospitals and oth- er charities of this city. The com._ mittee in charge of the charity an- nounced today: “There is a wave of deserved sympathy sweeping over this country and moving toward the relief of those in want and desola- Philadelphia, than A century ago there was no Ger- i {man Empire—only a number of tion in foreign lands,‘hut :v da:e;smln& Now Guited Goribany b e mot overlook the necessitous demands timated to possess an income of at our own door- {nearly $10,000,000,000 and accumu- {lated wealth of about $80,000,000,- SCHOOL SUPERVISION 000. During the century Germany's L in any division of a federal dis-[advertising. CONFERENCE population has grown from 24,000,- et. Dngze=t~ also that an 000 to more than 67,000,000, or 180 jendment to existing law is nead- Towa Gy, Dee. 10 —odet tie Sor eont /whereby & federai judge in wnose CHILD FATALLY BURNED auspices of the college of education : an tment is re‘urned, may and the extension division of the SR ' *“mony before the grand Sanford, Deec. 10.—While play-|University of Towa, a “conference” | A by and emter an order making the |ing before an open fire of burning|on school supervision was opened: The f\fiz"r""‘il' ’f”“"r"f"':"}'l~ ol to all parts of the fed-|trash in the yard last Friday, Leo-|here today for a three days’ sesslon. "hf'"l'-'h Minister Paul F. "71"5‘" ' territory. nora Weth, aged 5 years, had hflr|Dr. Judd, head of the school of edu_|With the support of the 1"!:1 }"713 '"' the prevailine practice,” !clothing catch fire, and before the |cation, University of Chicagzo, Dr. |One or .'\’-\‘0 fl”‘-"l'- f’?’l'l'ljl"‘H;‘{’lf‘l* h the rmeport, “‘offenders azainst | flames could be extinzuished the|Courtis of Detrolt and Dr. Lotus saved China approximately $9,000,- gain Bment . practical immunit The federal laws he procedurz to secure ent of an offense and iform laws while living within |child had suffered burns that proved ©of the United States fre- | fatal. ihome of her parentg on Oak avenue. The accident occurred at the ‘The funeral was held from the late ‘*rf part of the United fresidence of the child last Saturday, interment being made in the Catho- llc cemetery . Coffman, professor in the school of ; 000, thouzh itg example of eliminat- administration of the University of ;ing all “indirect claims” which cer. Tlinois, will speak. Prof. Coffman | tai France, is an acecepted authority and has|Rus<ia and Japan, have presented in written books upon “How to Teach consequence of the recent Chinese Readlng" and “How to Teach Arith- ‘re\'nhnlon& China will now persist metic.” In her refusal to pay such claims. nations particularty took Przasnysz | the ! my judgment, it has al No. 33 Edison Loses 11 Buiidings By Fire; Loss $7,000,000 FIRE, WHICH BROKE OUT LAST . — - o———— COTTON PRODUCTION FOR 1914-15 Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 10.—The de- partment of agriculture announced today that the total cotton produc- tion of the United States for the season of 1914-15 was 15,966,000 bales. (By NATIONAL GRANGE ENTERTAINMENT Wilmington, Del., Dec. 10.- Most extensive plans have been ar_ ranged for the entertainment and NIGHT, SWEPT ALL facilitating the work of National BEFORE IT Grange which met here today for cleven days' conference. About 3,500 [Although 67 Years Old Edison De- delegates from all parts of the coun- clares He Will Commence at try are present. During the first Once to Rebuild week, the fifth, sixth, and seventh ¥ :l]t:.\l\i(\ will be conferred on a I.ng--‘ (By As-oclated Press.) l West Orange, N. J., Dec. 10. "When the fire which swept the ten . \ cacre manufacturing plant of the AbS[lflence Fl'Om Thomag A, Kdicon Co., last night, . was extinguisheg today, the inven- | ( Y. Ll(]llOl' Advocated tory of damage showed eleven out of cighteen buildinegs destroyed and the others damaged, with a property loss of approximately seven million dollars. | To Prolong Life (By A.\'sm-mh'd Press.) New York, Dec. 10.—"The loss “Although 1 am sixty-seven years of five hundred thousand men as old, T will start all over again to- the result of the present warfare morrow. [ am pretty well burned could be made good in less than ten out tonight, but tomorrow there will years through complete abstinence be a mobilization here and work will from alcoholic beverages by all the be begun on clearing out the debrig inhabitants of Russia,” according to if they are cool enough, and 1T will Arthur Hunter, a New York actuary, go right to work rebuilding the who reported to the convention of plant.” the Association of Life Insurance The inventor thus expressed him- presidents here today some of the gelf last night ag he stood watching results cf an cxhaustive mortality pujlding after building go up in investigation just completed by the flames from what was thought to life insurance companles into pave bheen an explosion in the in- 2,000,000 insured lives in the past gpection room. There was a burst twenty-five years. of flames from that department and Mr. Hunter is chairman of the ypa fire quickly spread. Much chem- central bureau of the Medico-Actu- jou1¢ made fire fighting difficult am arial committee which had charge explosions occurred frequently. All ©of the three and one-half year in- employes in the various buildings quiry The investigation dealt escaped. Men and women marched with the experience of forty-three out in perfect order when the fire of the leading companies of the bell wag sounded. United States and Canada in a great Mr. Edison was not at the plant many groups of insured persons when the fire started, but soon ap- peared. He assumed personal charge of the fire forces, which could do nothing to stop tne flames sweep- ing away buildingg which represent- ed years of work by the inventor's brain in design, building and fur- nishing. He centered activities on saving the laboratory when he saw the rest of the property could not be saved, and the work of the fipe supposed to have a higher mortality than the average among insured lives. While the fundamental ob- ject of the investigation was to aid the companies in determining wha. risks in the future should be accept- ed, rated up, or declined, Mr. llunt_ er said that the results also could he utilized to lengthen human life. Taking up some of the specific re- ity. yesterday quiet prevailed in Belgium T:lllxlx:lu-rmsait(:l-(‘ l::;f:l‘ifi:l::fii l:\:l-:x.x fighters were successful here. In the ' g f Arras, but s ..mdlln :h‘;h:ic\i:‘::; :)hr- French ad- vmoro conclusively proved than that meantime m‘";h of the :"Ch"'m‘l’ ap. Two Battleships Escape furt lr;ir H‘]’xghu,; ek thlms‘ ae A Btbally: Iros. une. of. aHioLoNIS! oy :1lm;ntun. dmwrml:n‘an'fl rnasull'zma;; 3 vance 2 > cles were carriec 0o a J wom(:::d‘:,“o?;:t:d r(:‘elfi'\)virt‘ll-si Fll'r'm-h artillery drove the (‘.n-rmann;'ir‘:’“;'“‘ lo‘r lo‘:“n:‘:’nal‘ |:ixlt',(lrsinos|. n:'e safety ! ¥ A i R § S8 detrimental to e ndividua n X reports here indicate that the Ger- from the trenches, which the French i niavaa After the fire it was Mr. Rdison beyonq peradventure of doubt that himself who made the e-timate of total abstinence from alcohol: is of the 1loss entailed. The bulldings value to humanity; it 1s certain thi themselves, and the large amount of abstainers live longer than persons valuable stock and delicate machin- who use alcoholic beverages. Among ©ry that they contamed would make the men who admitted that they had the damage about $7,000,000, he taken alcohol occasionally to excess Said, while there was $2,000,000 In- in the past, but whose habits were Surance on the plant. considered satisfactory when they The burned buildings, the inven_ were insured, there were 289 deaths tor sald, were supposed to be among while there would have been only the finest examples of modern fire- 190 had this group been made up of Proof construction and pictures of insured lives in general. The extra them as such had been exhibited all mortality was, therefore, over 50 over the country. per cent, which was equivalent to a reduction in the average life of these men of over four years.” : One of the most significant results of the investigation, he said, was Washington, Dec. 10.—The Mc. the high mortality experienced gojlar bill to regulate cold storage among railroad men. Among 10- 1504 products is to be given a hear_ comotive engineers the mortality |pg today by the House subcommit- was 60 per cent in excess of that (.o of which Representative Cullop among the insured as a whole, which ¢ [pdiana is chairman. Mr. Cullop is equivalent to five years’ reduction guyg that there has been a great de- in the average life time. mand for the proposed legislaton. “There is a gencral impression Aj factions will be heard and the tnat saloonkeepers do not live as yj); will probably be enacted into long as prsons In non-hazardous oc- |3 hefore the close of the present cupations,” he continued, “but it is g..gjon. TO REGULATE COLD STORAGE not generally known that most e e - classes which are connected with either the manufacture or sale of BOUICK WHITE SPEAKS liquor have a high mortality. Among s Bouick White, days on Boston, Dec. 10. who recently served thirty saloon proprietors, whether they at. tended the bar or not, there was an " . extra mortality of 70 per cent; and Blackwells Island, New York, for in- the causes of death indicated that terrupting services in Rockefeller’'s a free use of alcoholic beverages had church, will speak here tonight un. cansed many of the deaths. In the der the auspices of the Baptists. fourteen subdivizions of the trades connected with the manufacture or Michigan's new Senate will con- sale of alcohol, there was only one tain 29 Republicans and 3 Demo- c¢lass which had a normal mortality crats. The Democrats lose two seats and that was the distillery proprie- as compared with the last Senate, I'nrs." while the Bull Moosers who haq six - — - seats in the last Senate have disap- The “See America First” slogan peared entirely. Governor Ferris is |has been supplanted by “Feed Amer- quoted as saying that he wants a ica First.” simple inaugural.