Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 5, 1915, Page 1

. PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE FORGED BACK SAW ALLIES STILL | 10 "BATTER THER IJP THE DARDANELLES munlo TO- nomlonlm, 0 'l“lHCAl'lOl& 'ANTINOPLE 2 d Press.) 5.—Even should develop from the flensive, the allies Austro German ns will be seri- th. A few weeks Von Hindenbury oriously through hile in the south pressing forward id Buckowona. n troops are at. en to the Vistula. fmans are clinging r positions before er points, their Varsaw hae been dstill and they are 1y back on their b allied fleets are ay slowly up the jhout, so far as is erious loss. In the pm dispatches, the ing hard to recov- the last fortnight. ussian fleet attack presumably will the Turkish fleet, that region. The nded by modern ch guard the ap- ntinople on the n report today lost more than a ore the German of the severe at- terday along the Steaming on phorus ted Press.) 5.—The Russian ek Sea is steaming orus, says a Rome eady has passed 1a. fated Press.) 5.—The Bank of fivited tenders to is. exchequer bonds, ears, with interest Austrians Out ated Press.) 5.—The Buchar nt of the Evening " Russian offensive acia has forced the cuate Czerinwitz. kowona. lated Press.) arch 5.—The new mission will orga- ' USE UAL OF B. P. 0. E. March 5.—Charged ritual of the Benev- ive Order of Elks in conducting a lodge hich is contrary to negro men, officers question, were given ng before Justice yesterday and were for trial in the local der bonds of $100. were arrested ty of H. L. Beth. ks’ Lodge No. 937 » March 5.—Rep- he high schools in Carolina county are on the question, States Should Own Railroads.” The prevailed in this ne of the country’'s ive men have been o5 GERMAN SUBMARINE -8 SINKS; ANOTHER BADLY RAMMED (By Associated Press.) London, March 5—The admiralty ; statement today confirmed the news of the sinking by destrovers of a German submarine, said to be U8, and added that another, rammed by | the British collier Thordis, probably also had been destroyed. Officers on the U-8 were taken prisoners. AMERICAN BOWLING CONGRESS Peoria, 1l1l., March 5.—The American Bowling Congress tourna- ment opened here for a few days tournament. A special train wlll‘ bring the delegates from St. Paul and Minneapolis. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SHAKE THE DUST OF WASHINGTON (By Association Press.) Washington, March 5.—Practical . ly all members of the Sixty-third Congress, which adjourned yester- day. had left Washington today. A handful of committeemen remained to conduct investigation in the al- leged lobbying in connection with the ship purchase bill, to consider rural credits legislation and to study Senate rules with a view to estab. lishing closure of debate and pre- venting filibustering. JOSEPH T. JOHNSON LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 0, '1915 Herewith are shown two of the mew Red Cross am students at Yale and Harvard universities, and which ar>: needed. Yale students nll_ed funds to buy twelve of theo: GETS NEW FEDERAL JUDGESHIP IN $. C (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 5—Represen~ tative Joseph T. Johnson, of Spar- tanburg, has been selected by Presi. dent Wilson for the new federal judgeship in South Carolina created by Congresg shortly before adjourn. ment. The endorsements of all can- didates for new judgeskips in South Carolina and Georgia were laid out in public view in the department of Jjustice today as required by the acts creating the positions. It is the first time such a thing has been done in the history of the American judici. ary. W. W. Lambdin was appolnt-' ed judge in Georgia. ATLANTA GIRLS WANT TFORTUNE FOR KISSES Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—Atlan- ta's second valuable kiss was the basis of a damage suit yesterday af. ternoon, when Miss Ruby Patillo, aged 16, flM suit against Lloyd 8. Rainwater, uklng twenty thousand dollars because, she says, he grabbed and tried to kiss her. She included the Enterprise Manufacturing Co, where Rainwater is employed, in the ®|guit, following in this lead the suit BOARD OF TRADE NOTES (By the Secretary.) H'dye, Colonels! see you! ‘Tonight is the date for the regu- lar monthly meeting of the Board of Trade. A full page advertisement, clipped from the Tampa Tribune, offering special cash prices for groceries, adorns the walls of the secretary’s office, with a footnote attached, reading as follows: ‘“Lakeland stores sell for less.” The secretary Is ready to support the statement and yet, sad to say, there are still some people whose investments. real or personal, or both, are tied up in Lakeland while they are supporting the business of another good live community. There may be some few excuses for such a ruinous pol. icy, but, if brought to the front, we believe they will quickly disappear. This shortness of ready monmey in the town, which some complain of, is caused by sending it to Chicago. New York, Tampa, Jacksonville and other places, instead of keeping it in circulation at home. A prominen man, one who knows what he ig talking about, said the other evening that the reason Boca Grande was full of well to-do win. ter visitors this season was because of their splendid golf links. Lots of these people will prefer to winter in Lakeland if we will give them something to play with. Let's go right after our golf links! A statement hag been made to the effect that the extra tax of three mills, assessed this year by the city commissioners, was for the benefit of the Board of Trade. This statement is absolutely untrue and circulated perhaps with the intention of bring. ing criticism upon the Board of Trade. This organization has not received one dollar from the taxes of the city and one who is as inter! ested in knowing the truth as in circulating false statements could easily satisfy himself as to the purpose and use of the extra three mill tax imposed simply to provide for the retirement of the bonds re- cently voted and also the floating indebtedness. WIANTED—The name of any in- telligent business man who does not believe that it is worth one dollar per month to have in the commun- ity a live Board of Trade. Mighty glad to of Miss Genevieve Lehne, a terminal station stenographer. Miss Lehne asked fifty thousand dollars from John D. Patterson, superintendent of the terminals, and the companies which employ him, but she asserts that Patterson got his kiss, though it was only on the left hand, while Miss Patillo says Rainwater only tried. A. C. L. PASSENGER COACH | ROCKED BY NEGRO ‘Gainesville, March 5.—Passen- gers on Train No. 9, Atlantic Coast ! Line, Jacksonville to Leesburg,| were treated to an experience not un! the time card ag the train was pull- ing out of Roiford, in Bradfor: d‘ county, Wednesday afternoon. Two | rocks were thrown into the coach for white passengers, and two win- dows—the first and last in that part separate from the smoker-—were smashed, the glass flymng in evm‘ direction except exterion. Luckily. | the seats opposits the windows which were broken were not occu- pied, although several passengers had narrow escapes from the broken ' glass. One passenger, it is said, | saw a negro youth who was standing near the track, and who, apparently, had been chopping wood, deliberate. 1y hurl a missile at the train, and it is probable that this party is re- sponsible for the damage. The Penceylvania Railroad Co. officially arnounces that it intends to spend between forty ad forty five million dolars {n improvements this year. Contrac's have already been placed for 17v.000 tons of 125-1b. steel ralis. being theh eaviest ever before uzed, except in small lote as tests. VANDERBILT CUP RACE San Francisco, March 5.—The Vanderbilt Cup race which was post- poned from Feb. 22 will be run today. There was great disappoint. ment over the postponement of the classic. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in Tennessee have declared in favor of a semi-monthly pay day, to apply to large corporations. The Pennsyivania Railroad owns the remarkable number of 281,590 freight cars. FIVE MORE BODIES RECOVERED; KILLED WILL TOTAL 175 (By Assoclation Press.) Hinton, West Va., March 5.— Five more bodies were recovered to. day from the Layland coal mine where a gas explosion entombed and i killed probably 176 men. The total recovered bodies are now forty four. Only the main entries have been reached by the rescuers, and when the side entries are penetrated it is expected th bodies will be recovered more readily. TRI-STATE FARMERS INSTITUTE Evansville, Ind., March 5.—The Farmerg Institute of Indiana, 'Tili- nois and Kentucky which has been in session here, designated today as war veterans’ day and thousands of veterans of the G. A. R. and Span- ish war are present. here are thirty- two commercial and eight live stock exhibits on display, and many of the veterans who are either now or were farmers are taking » Jive interest In them. cial Weather Repofig ‘Tampa, vieinity: Saturday; colder tonight. For Florida: night and Saturday. with frost northwest portion. W. 0. . GETTING READY [FOR STATE CONVENTION The local Camp W. 0. W. and ‘whodnen Circle are busy closing up ,all arrangements looking to the en. tertainment of the State convention of Woodmen of Florida, which con- venes in bi-ennial session in this city beginning next Tuesday and continuing through Thursday. ‘The first arrival came in several days ago—a big bale of cotton sent by ome of the State Camps, and which is creating considerable at. tention at the corner of Kentucky avenue and Main street. The local members are in the dark as to the :purpou of the Camp in sending the ,cotton, but it Is evidently to boost the buy-a bale movement. The following officers and enter- tainment committee with ether members of the Camp and Circle, are bending every effort to get ev=- erything In readiness to make the stay of the Woodmen a most pleas< ant and profitable one. The officers of Lakeland Camp No. 78 are: Council Commander—C. C. Cagle. Past Council Commander—S. T. Reynolds. iAdviser Lieutenant—T. C. Smith. Banker—J. Wi. Jerkins. Escort—Robert Humphreys. Watchman—R. R. Tyler. Sentry—J. R. Marshall. Managers—R. E. Scipper, W. W, Weaver and T. J. Frailey. Physicians—Dr. W. Dr. R. R. Sullivan Clerk—W. B. Mareum Woodmen Circle Guardian—Mrs. Lula Hebb. Past Guardian—Mrs. Walter Wil. son. B. Moon, March 5.—Tampa nnd failed to provide Partly cloudy tonight lnd 1915 tags. Atlanta alone has 1,700 Generally fair to. last day af grace. tall, BO0ST-RENEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOMN 5. AND FRANCE 15 PROMULGATED (By Association Press.) Paris, March 5.—The treaty signed in Washington last Septem. ber to facilitate the settlement of disputes between France and the United States was officlally promul- gated today. It is one of the so- called peace treaties negotiated with twenty nations by Secretary Bryan. DIDN'T GIVE HIM HALF ENOUGH Jacksonville, March 5.—Charged with insulting a young woman over a telephone, P. J. Fanstock, a white man of 116 1.2 Florida avenwe, has been fined $100 and given a severe reprimand by Judge WI. W. Ander- son, of the municipal court. In de- fault of payment of the fine the prisoner was sent to the city prison farm. AN ARMY OF DELINQUENTS Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—It every automobilist in Georgia who hasn't a license number on his car were put | ¢y in jail today the jailers would have to pile 'em nine deep in the cells, for the secretary of State estimates that about five thousand owners have themselves with delinquents, and Saturday was the The penalty for Colder tonight |driving a car without a new tag is no mere bag telle. either. It is a 1$1,000 fine. twelve months in jall, or either, at the discretion of i the court. 1 INTEREST IN BIG BANK TRIAL Pensacola, March 5.-—Not in the history of the city has a case on trial in the United States court at~ tracted more attention generally than that of W. S. Keyser, W. K. Hyer and Willlam H. Knowles, prominent citizens. who are on trial for conspiracy to misapply the funds of the First National Bank, now de. funct. While the cast is just be- ginning to get under way and the testimony has practically been only in the way of introduction of books, drafts and similar documente, some interesting points have already de. veloped. The government In its outline has showed that it is rely- ing to a great extent on two trans< actions for a conviction. One of the Crow-Rudolph draft and the other drafts of the Florida, Alabama and Gulf railroad, a short line running from Falco to a point twerty-six miles distant in Alabama. WESTERN RATE HEARING x Chicago, March 5.—Commission- er Daniels began here today hear- ings from the respondents support- ing their claim in general for the in. creased freight rates, but not in-. cluding evidence in support of in- creases of particular rates. Jones. Managers—Misses Eliza O'Donald. Mollie Hawking and Sophie Sims. Musician—Miss Eva Coleman. Physician—Dr. W. B, Moon. W. 0. W. Reception Committee B. H. Belisario, chairman; G. J. Williams, T. C. Smith, J. T. Wil- Adviser—Mrs. Hessie Haverick.(|son, L. P. Terrell, T. J. Frailey, S. Chaplain—Mrs. Alice Tuberville. Clerk—Mrs. Olive Inman. Banker—Mrs. Lillie Tiner. Attendant—Mrs. Ellen Ford. Raymondo, Dr. W. 8. Irvin, 0. M. Eaton. Jack Townsend, H. J. Drane, T. F. Kennedy, B. T. Wilson; C. C. Cagle, W. E. R. Robinson, W. T. Assistant Attendant—Mrs. Zula | Estridge, R. E. Scipper. Snowden. Inner Sentinel—Mrs. 1da J. Carl~ ton. Outer Sentinel—Mrs. Woodmen Circle Mrs. Ella Frailey, Birda McClel- land, Frances Hogan, Lilllan Pam. Georgia | plin, Ellen Ford. WEST IN GRIP OF RAGING BLIZZARD FOUR TO SEVENTEEN INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED; TRAFFIC AND WIRE COMMUNICATION HAMPERED (By Astociated Press.) Chicago, March 5.—A blizzard which swept the middle, western and southwestern States yesterday, reached Chicago today. Reports from various western States tell of four to seventeen inches of snowfall. Railroad and wire communication is seriously hampered. PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN HANGS HIMSELF Miami, March H. 0. Sjostrom, a prominent business man of Hallamdale, and head of the North American Fruit Co.. was found by his daughter hanging in the door of his ‘private office yesterday morning dead. Mr. Sjostrom was one of the most respected and prominent busi. ness men in Dade county. Some months ago his mother died and he has not been able to overcome his sorrow. Since her death he has been depressed and troubled with insomnia and it is thought in a mo- ment of temporary insanity he took his own life. He owned one of the most beautiful homes in Hallendale. om 00MMISSION MET YESTERDAY Lakeland. Fla., Mar. 3, 1915, Regular session of the City Com. mission with Chairman Eaton pres. ent. No quorum. Adjourned to meet in adjourned session March 4, at 3 p. m. . 0. M. EATON, Chairman. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. Lakeland, Fla., March 4, 1916. Adjourned session of the city commission, with Messrs. Eaton, Flanagan and Irvin present. Minutes of Feb. 17 and 18 were read and respectively approved. Matter of adjusting the street ap- proach of Geo. W. Dudley on Or- ange street was referred to the com missioner of public improvement with power to act. The commissioner of municipal activities recommended that the specifications for wood for the light and water plants be changed, and new bids be submitted according to same. On motion his recommenda . tion was approved, and bids ordered received accordingly. ‘Annual report from the Peninsu- lar Telephone for 1914 was submit- ted with check for taxes on same; on motion report was ordered recelved and filed. Monthly reports from the tax col- lector, plumbing and sanitary in. spector and clerk of the municipal court were read and were respec. tively ordered received and filed. On motion the current bills were ordered paid. ‘The clerk was Instructed to write to J. H. Cull for full information regarding his proposition for fur- nishing street sanitary cans. On motion the commission ad- journed to meet in adjourned session on call of the chairman. 0. M. EATON, Chairman. 5. —L. Attest: H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. INTERCOLLEGIATE SWIN IN YALE New Haven, Conn., March 5.— The intercollegiate championships will be ‘held here this evening. The breast and back stroke swims have been substituted for the plunge for disance event. Considerable oppo. sition has arisen in the last few years to the plunge vent owing to the lack of interest in the competi- tion, and also to the long time nec- essary to run off the event. ELEMENTARY WORKERS CONFERENCE Huntington, Ind.,, March 5.— Sunday school teachers in the ele~ mentary grades met here in a big State conference today. Each county is limited to ten delegates and each school to two. The delegaes will be addressed bty Mrs. Mary Foster Bryner of Chicago and plans wiil be made for uniformly advancing their work . TENN. WOMEN GAN SERVE ON SCHOOLBOARDS LEGISLATURE HAS PASSED BILL PERMITTING SAME; TWO COUNTIES ARE EXEMPTED (By Assoclation Press.) Nashville, March 5.—The Ten. nessee House of Representativeg late yesterday passed a bill permitting women to serve dn school boards. The Senate previously had adopted the measure. . Two. counties. are exempted from its provisions. CITRUS CANKER SITUATION IS IMPROVING Miami, March 5.—The citrus canker situation in the Miami dis. trict of Dade county is in a very fav. orable condition, according to the report of Frank Sterling, chief in- spector of' the county to the Dade County Fruit Growers and Truckers’ Association last night. Mr. Sterling declared that out of over sixty five thousand citrus trees inspected by the forty-six inspectors during the past week only four properties were found infected, and these infections affected only eight trees. All of them were reinfections. Thirty in. spectors are now carried on the gov. ernment payroll and sixteen are paid by the Miami association. Dur- ing the past week 65.050 trees were inspected, and fourteen thousand nursery trees were inspected. Field work cost $451.95, making the tota]l cost to date $4,993.29, MINNESOTA'S TURN NEXT St. Paul, Minn., March 5—A bill providing that a state wide prohibi= tion amendment be submitted at the general election in November, 1916, has been introduced in the Minne. sota house. Gov. Hammond has signed a county option bill granting counties the privilege of settling the prohibition lssue. ERET e FOUND HUMAN BONES IN SHARK'S STOMACH Miami, March 5.—Grewsome re- mains of some horrible sea tragedy were found today when, in cutting open a huge shark off Soldier key, the skull and several other bones of a man were found. The bones were all highly polished, indicating that they had been in the shark's stomach for months, possibly years. The other bones found include a shoulder blade, one of the thigh bones, an upper arm bone and & fin~ ger bone. The size of the bones indicate to the authorities that the victim of the shark was a man. and the shape of the skull shows that he was a white man. The bones were all removed to the Combs undertak- ing rooms. The huge man-eating shark, known as a leopard shark, was captured yesterday off Soldier key by Harry Sanford of Richfleld, Conn., along with nine other sim. {lar monsters. They were all towed to the Royal Palm dock where the largest one,' twelve feet long, was cut open. ‘It was in the stomach of this shark that the human bones were found. The grewsome find has glven rise to much speculation as to who the victim was and how he be- came a prey to the sharks. LEIPSIC FAIR Leipsic, March 5.—The fair of Messe closed today, having opened on the 5th despite the war. There was a good springling of buyers from the United States and other neutrdal countries in Europe. The Chamber of Commerce guaranteed prompt delivery of foreign orders for goods. Travelers were spared any special annoyance at the German frontier. MRS. LONGSTREET WINS Washington, March 5.—Mrs. Helen Longstreet, of Galnesville, Ga., widow of Major-General Longstrtet, today won her case when the comptroller of the treasury ruled that $573.47 may be paid her on account of longevity allowances due General Longstreet. This money has been withheld because Long- street left the United States army to join the Confederate forces. The president of the Western Union has been making a tour of the West and in speeches has been de- claring that government ownership is a near possibility. He declares, furthermore, that he is prepared for it.