Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 9, 1915, Page 1

(0B GO00 0 temper- & & Local | m st | g n~t 216 2 hours: _ Maxi- S mum 78. Min. ¢imum o54. < Je0Q00 00 THE PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE LR -E-N-¥-¥" ¥ Weather Fore- g Scast: ( loudy & © tonight and & © Sunday, o DQQQDOQG BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK I{IS HOIE TOWN. Roumanla to Enter V War wnth 600,000 Men; Desperate' Fighting on the Vistula, The Germaiis Sustain Big | f>sses st 2 \\ NIA WILL BEGIN MOBILIZ. B(\I";"fl‘i \‘ii FORCES LAST WEEX (X " \RY: RUSSIANS Tos iave To b[.md Literacy Tests' A ING P AUSTRIANS IN GALACIA Herag 1By As wiation P ntil 600, ‘ted that Switzerl 3 ied 1o take cha nterestg in Ge Fighting Is Desverate (By Association Press. ) An offi says that 1, Jan. st toment last ni2ht 0 i proh wus exceptionally left i desperate the Vistula rivor bank of the to Germans resisting desperately, | st Gult: Gentle aithough they have lost heavily. oy (10 Modirat % Russian torpedo hoats on the M [Black Sea sank a Turki-h transport Turkish cruiser escaped. northeast L for the South Atlantic: Gentle to moderate north and north - east, General Weatier Conditions High pressure this morning over | | = | Germans Renew Offensive { (By Associated Press.) lLondon, Jan. 9.—The Germans ave simultaneously renewed the of . ensive against the allies and the Russians. The situation in War. W is about the same as it was two veeks ago. In the west both sides depression appe; re progressing slightly . Russians Trap Austrians (By Associated Press) London, Jan. 9.—The Germans fe threatening Warsaw from the vest and north. fizhting long the Vistula. The Rumanians re reported unofficially as prepar- ¢ to enter the war. An uncon. Indications are rmed Geneva dispatch says Rus+ weather in the vicinity ans ha\p trapped the Austrians In tonight and Sunday gentle {1ies the eastern half of the country, the crest being over Kentucky 1t has caused generally fair weather, Florid Loui; have lizht local Over the weather states, is relatively low, except over wher, showers, pressure there en centers of P Over western (‘an- ada and over New Mexico. Rain has fallen over the Pacific States, and rain Utah and Ne An area of high pressure moving over the Oregon coast Temperatur have mnd Or Snow over vada changes over conn- and unimpor - temperatures been small Heavy tant in this morn differ greatly from the average in any seetion do not rasonal in for partly clondy of Tampa Winds will be to moderate northeasterly. akeland To Participate In Gasparilla Garnival Wlth Industrial Float gy / € meetin, Board of ra\«;ell:st n? ;:t gnovfaih:n.x:nnou? U S Reg’ulars And resolved that the Board take an State Troops On Parade at Celebration tive part in an endeavor to have ! keland properly participate in the | asparilla Carnival at Tampa, and | e Board of Governors was in-| ructed to take such steps as would | psure creditable representation of | his city in this big South Florida ent. ! It is certain that the city admin ate tr W the chief tration will co operate with the' th ard and citizens, and that Lak nd will pull off another hi: stunt on this o« T even to that of las 0 handsome cups ¥ by this eity. Board also ple: ithy stic support to the Mty Fair to be held in this city Xt month. A militar regulars fea sion, sup vear, whe were carried | yo0x QUT FOR THIS RUNAWAY GIRL d hearty BOER WAR VETERAN TO DIE sl klyn, Jan. a veteran of the ! murder iy the - shooting chman, k has die this wes NOTICE firms or individuals wzainst the Associated “S are requested to pr or before Jan. 11, tement must be made mnot N the following date, Jan F. H. CALLAHAN, Secretary and Treasurer. COMBINATION FARM SHOW ey ‘olumbus, Ohio, te Horticultural iryman’s Association, Itry Association and 1915 on of clues which are now ig the dotectives working on the case, and may lead to the di that she lms. been escorted from thec ity __Thejthe stranger. Miss Hopper left her Ohio | home to go to her work as erra:: the Ohio|girl for a Mrs Hunter, a dres;n::a = the Ohio | er, rarly Monday moml l;,:r“hce b 3 on | em| pe::ll?h‘ oi:ell:ds;::e o:‘em:l:e‘i. girl state thlt they saw her Monday ssoc! v fternoon and thal :Q::‘D:?utrm " :ut of the ordinary and that in their ely.. cov Jap. 9 Society, L ; i < Official Weather R(‘portm Sun .| LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1915 KARLSRUHE STILL ELUDES THE BRITISH German cruiser Karlsruhe, in the South Atlantic, which ‘Apprised Of His Firm’s Suspension By Association Press.) York, Jau 8] B Ir Stringer & dead this mornin | New | Stringer, i & 0f Qo himselt in suicide followed the the stock ;( hange of his firm’s suspension . feoncern did business | Ihis oflice His anuouncement on ex . Tl ommission the small Strincer, other member of the firm a senior, is AUTOMOBILE SHOW CLOSES New York, Jan. 9 The fitteeth annual automobile show will come to a close in a blaze of glory tonight. Many of the exhibits will be sent to other cities. Probably no othr industry in this or any other land can point to 1914 ag a year of un abated prosperity and of continued expansion. The worst the automo . bile maypufacturers can say of that vear, which no few lament, is that haq the business depression been less general their increase in busi- . [1ess would have been wreater thay it was. But even with commercial dis tress brooding over the busin community, and the world wide war putting the climax upon condi - tiops which stagered business of ev . ery other sort, the makers of auto mobiles went on increasing their output, enlarging their plants, im. proving their quality and reducing their prices. Accordipg to the official figures, the twelve month just closed wit 415,000 cars, valued at prices at more than $485,000,000. No statistics are available as to the amount of capital and number of men enzaged iy manufacturing au. tomobile accessories. But the man- ager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce claims that the whole industry now ranks third among our national ipdustries. For an industry which twenty | vears ago was undreamed of and fif . years ago was in its earlies. ipfancy, it sufficiently shows that it is founded upon a positive and in stent zeneral need When the automobile wap a playthig pfople might reasonably enough have spec- ulated the duration of the “craze.’ teen upoy HAD TO DEED BACK 250.000 ACRES OF EVERGLADES That compelled Ri to in Dad back Internal hard d and the Improve Miami Jan 30,080 acres of land Beach s of the Palm counties to of his inability the ved Fund hecause ents due on ition nfor of the | In order to g ard t the thy the deed trus . the the d back he all the money 1. 1If he does not, the will remain in the it can be re to the land name of the State and vold to other persons opinion she was planning for auto ride with a strange young man. She is described as fourteen years of age, has dark Hair, gray eyes, and of dark complexion. She wore a biue and black coat suit, black low shoes and stockings and a black sailor hat. Five young white men stealing automobiles for joy rides bave deen ville. N.Y. Broker Suicides | nesed the completion of more than 1 wholesale | e o the British warships so far have i . Of Ala. Eulogized By The Senate Association Press.) Jan The today enlogized the late Joseph [ Senators Thornton, Nelson, Sheppard, A-hurst i:umm: speakers (Ry ! Washing ate on, [ Sen Senator Johnson, Hankhead, of Alabama Gallinzer, Overman, Works, and White were HEARING ON 2 CENT PASSENGER RATE | Topeka, Kan., Ja s The pub utilities commission is toda nting hearings to the interested parties on the proposed increase in the 2 cent passenger rate by all rail jroads of Kansas. The railways were ' given an extension of time in which to gather further data. TRIAL BURNS DETECTIVES B —— lie Atlanta, Ga., Jan. —The nmlq‘ of Dan S. Lehon, Solnharn manager | jof the Burns Detective Agency; . . Tedder, former Burns upc-rnllw\n' (l”ll Arthur Thurman, young lawye lindicted for subordination of per “ jury as the outgrowth of the Burns ' pinvestications of the leo Frank murder case will come up in the jeriminal court next week. ELKS GREAT BOWLERS ! Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 9. Be. tween one and: two thousand Elks are in this city for the annual howl ing match which began here today ! for a fortnight. The Wisconsin lks are noted for their bowling ability and much interest centers in | the outcome Michizan and Mina Inesota representatives are expected to he present. | ) | | | | | | FRENCH SCOUT IN A TREE French scout in a high tree viewing the surrounding country om the road to Ypres, where the Germans and al- lies have been fighting flercely. B et e L P Miami had to turn loose a wire= t her actions were |caught and convieted ia Jackson-|tapping crook because he WaS are rested before the game was ripe. been unable to ¢ 'Late Senator Johnsen Second clolavship ch. It is believed t Luarterly ticror Roll of T Lakx : erade afte avera. GRAL.: Xl Littleton Groom, b5 12 Ihe ach name Groover, 4 Kathryn White, Leonarq Groom, GRADE X1 Genevievo Duggan, 91 Mildred Hamptoy,, 4 Glenn McRae 91 Daniel Holland, Mildred Youngs, GRAD! James Boulware Virzinia Lufsey, Alma Bassett, 93 Woodson Williams, Annie Jones, 924 GRADE X B ‘Nathayiel Glover, 90.8. Brunell Swindell, 87.4. Kar] Peterson, 85.2. iRobert Kdmiston, 83.8. Eunice Guthrie, 82.4, GRADE IX A b 91. Bert Bow Hazel Padrick ¢ Funk. Murrell . Kvalyn Adams. GRADE IX B Klizabeth Meharg, 92 1-2, Ethel Cooke, 91 4-5 Fred Welpley, 90 Myrtle Keen, 88. Malcolm McMullen, 86 GRADE VINn A Roy Mitchell, 98.2. Vesta Todd, 96 Mabel Mathias, § Jan Thomas, Esther Gill, 90. GRADE VIII B D. H. Sloan, 93 2.7. ‘Donald Conant, 93 1.7. Mary Weaver, 91 2-7. IHarry Amidon, 89 5-7, Maude Adams, 89 4-7. GRADE VII A Nora Kanode, 72. Kenneth Warren, Arthur Lee Lane, Ethel Potts, 68. Laureyce Fenton, 67. GRADE VI B Ellen Watson, %0.1 ris Upson, 89.6 Elmer Hinckley, Hayne Smith, ¢ 3=H. S 68. Jonnie Louise Mary MecCaskil, John Shannon, K1 Roberta Mercer, Yaul Sammon, Mattie rgner, 75.8 GRADE VI A Morse, 93.4 McGlashan 87.25 Helen Annie Tyler Seixas 92 Jackson McArthar MeArt NG GRADE VI B | 06 1eron Honor Marjorie et GRADE Western L Maxwell W Gertrude Redg e, David Carter, 91.6 Marguerite Owens, 90. GRADE V A Billy Norvell, 97 1-2. Geraldine Ellis, 97 1-3. Carlisle Rogers, 97. Lois Fitts, 96. Thelma Carter, 95 1.2. GRADE V B Eddie McRae, 97 2-3. Ella Cameron, 97 1-2. Elizabeth Gavin, 94 1-2, Charley Brower, 94 1.3. (Continued on Page 6.) ton, ¢ Vi ¢ a6 hton o be he nd Schools is the 11 Prisoners; Set Convicts, Co Sl R ____ |Blease Today Pardoned1,500 Free 34 State mmuted Six; Pardon Record Totals 3, 165 Preliminary Reply Of Britain Read (By Association Press.) Washington lan. telals today Britisny United States State, read attentive Iy th the preliminary veply to protest asains interforene but with our ocean com merce, wonld it, the afternoon not disens awaiting thi arrival of the It is conciliatory president late is said the note's Unitea are disposed to con Lor the shall be questions question of how Bl hed parding as s ite from contraband STEAMER JOHN HARDIE IS AGROUND Associated Pr ) Jan ] The steamer Maryland's relief ship, bound for Rotterdam from Balti- more, is ashore in the back river, but will probably float unjnjured at the next high tide. (Ry Norfolk, John Hardie, COTTON GIN’NED TO JAN. 1 (By I\ssofintlon Press.) Washington, Jan. 9.-—The census bureau today announced that cotton ginned prior to Jan. 1 was 14,447, 623 bales. MIDWINTER TOURNAMENT ENDS \Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 9.—The midwinter golf tournament which has been on for five days closed to. {day. The weather has been ideal, iand the eptries large. DEMOCRATIO WOMEN MEET Washington, | The Wom . en's National Democratic League met here today to plan the campaign for the year. President Wilson is generally upheld, but there is a strong e of suffragism sweeping over the League that is opposed to the President’s theories and :\n.I n. wil nounced policy. By U. S. Officials. United | “hips | SOUT}{ CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR MAKES WORLD RECORD AS A PARDONER OF CRIMINALS SINCE HIS INDUCTION INTO OFFICE By Associated Press.) lan. 9 aranted Ldon to approxin I Columbia, Governor a blanket itely 1,5 Blease today At W00 men and State” women who had broken the None actually in pris all hein Rlease IIHLI_\ thirty four {Taws were on, on parole liberated L prisoners, also State cighteen pardons, ten pa . and six commutations of sen o It is said his ‘ears in the governors Hp s Fhis is said to be the pardou record for the United Statos. cord foy four 165, —— LABEL LEAGUE ORGANIZED Fresno, Cal., Jan. meeting of a newly proposed wom - ens' label league met here today . The League is composd of the wives of union laborers, and ft is their in. tention since they do most the buying to patronize only uniom shops and union made goods. The outcome is looked with much inter - est. 9. The first of INTERNATIONAI. LEAGUE EMERGENCY FUND New York, Ja,. 9.—At a #pecial meeting of the International League today upon request of Presidemt Burrow, each club will put up $10,- 000 as a reserve fund. This $80,~ 000 will be used as an emergency fund, a,d to bolster up any weak spots that may develop. — N. Y. STATE FORESTERS Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 9.——The New York State Forestry Associa- tion will meet here next week. Cop « servation will be the principal topic, and the plans for reforesting the Adirondacks. They plan to have the State forests pay the State an- nually $2 per acre instead of being & drain. Board Of Trade Elected Officers For Coming Lakeland Gas Co. Officials Here With Contractor Yesterday Officials of the Lakeland Gas Co. were in the city yesterday with John D. Shattuck, whose company will do the work of constructing the build- ings and plant; the transaction for purchase of the site for the company having been completed. The plant will be located in the upper portion of the Adams home tract near the railway shops. Upon of this plant Lakeland will have an up-to.date gas system capable of meeting the needs of Lakelang for a considerable future period. A bond was also delivercd to the City of Lakeland for the company in which David J. Collins, Rosco Net- tle John CGribbell, and th | Lakeland 18 ("o, as a corporation, ! principals, with the United and Guarantee Co. agent, Mr. H. J. as surety The amount bonqg is it is conditioned, formance of the Rosco Nettles for himself and completion and lare ¥ their gencraj i Dra 11} {th of dollars, for the pe: five thousand {and ordinance It appears that this is a very fi bond from the view of respons. ity each of the men being capitalists of @ high order, coupled with one the greatest surety and fidelity panies The articles of incorporation of the company were granted by Park Trammell, governor, some time ago, and now the preliminary steps the doing of business are all com- pleted. com. to granted | asso . |3 of | Year Last Night The election for officers of the Lakeland Boarq of Trade held last night called out the largest gather< ing of business men that has been gotten together in this city for a long time. The election was full of interest, and resulted in the selec- tion of the following gentlemen, who will conduct the affairg of the Board for the ensuing year: President—G. E. Southard. Vice President—Dr. S. F. Smith. Treasurer—M. F. Hetherinzton. Governors—0O. M, Eaton, C. G. Ro . J. Nielsen Lange, U. W. Iver M. Clayton, W. F. Sneed, Chunn, W. K. Jack- fon, G. Southard, Dr F. Smith, M. F. Hetherington. Secretary A. J. Holworthy pre. sented his annual report, which is of so much interest and contains so much information concenring the progress of Lakeland that it will be ‘printed in full in Monday's is it is well worthy of careful pe A risin vote of thanks was dered the retiring ident, Dr F. Smith, and to eretary A Holworthy for f: 1 and n, L. S erviceg di Both ticue to |the B yming usly f the land 1 who is similar ca eded by those I's operations in Mr. Holw the ¢ 1 new blood has been d into the management of the Board through the election of a number of new members of the Board of Governors, and it is be- 1 that the body's activitles dur. ing the next year will be productive of great good for Lakeland. At the Mr. Nettles will nave personal supervision of all work done by the fLakeland Gas Co. and with his ex- ‘perience as superintendenmt of the Tampa Gas Co. he ls eminently fit- ted for this responsibility. same time, it is entirely true that a ‘\‘err capable and faithfu] set of men have composed the Governors for the past two years and the ecommunity owes them a debt of gratitude, the extent of which few realive.