Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 6, 1915, Page 1

' THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM ED 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 GITIZEN SHOT DOWN VNG NILLED FOUR JUNDED TWENTY ON 0F BRUNSWICK TODAY } LUMBERMAN, |CITY HEAVY TRIES TO ERYBODY IN NALLY KILLED [NED JES ed Press.) p March 6.—Four killed and five Founded here to- Phillips, a lumber . wae killed by a ght to arrest him. Hllips the following F. Dunwoody, an Padgett, a former . Hackett, an un. §x Deavers, a police - fils said to have lost ey recently in real and blamed oth . lal difficulties. went to the office of lbpened fire on the automatic shot gun, ost instantly. Then he street and began Pm at the gathering fas his gun was emp- Rloaded it. In addi- persons seriously fifteen others were shot. Eustis Butts, shot and killed Lived at Macon ociated Press.) » March 6.—Monroe gy lived here and re- . to Brunswick. He ble land near here. . HOBSIN SPEAN HERE O WARCH 14T . Hobson, ex .congress- bama and hero of the 11 deliver a temperance keland Sunday, March fm. at the Auditorium, 8 under the auspices of ET. U. of this city. Mr. g been engaged to deliver [na lecture at Gainesville jhere he will come to That this distinguished ill be greeted by a large s without saying. K TO SAN FRANCISCO lle, March 6.—F. P. AA. M. Hays, both of this y started at 9 a. m. on i8an Francisco. The route through Montgomery, n, Memphis, Kansas City, it Lake City and all inter . and towns to the Gold - t is planned to walk about d one-half miles per day, ing the exposition eity in October. Mr. Coffin he and Mr. Hayes were g for a prize or against f simply to get a good look t West and to enjoy sev- hs of out -of .door life. The will carry a tent, cooking ffood and other necessities. tive stores are starting y. Chicago recently opened mew ones. COUNCIL TO SPEND $400 ON STATE EDITORS Miami, March 6.—The Florida Press Association will not only be entertained by the committee, Board of Trade, Elkg Club. but the ecity also, realizing the value of advertis - ing, will appropriate not to exceed $400 for the purpose of entertaining and amusing the pencil.-heavers on occasion of their convention here on March 26-27. Cotton mills in Germany are run- ning three quarters capacity and are using 150,000 bales per month. TOURANE AFRE AT SEL 84 ON BOARD ' REPORTED SAFE BT " THES UNGONFIRNED (By Associated Press.) London, March 6.—The steamship La Tourane, bound from New York ,to Havre, is afire approximately 1,000 miles west of Havre, accord- ing to a wireless received here by 'Lloydn from Station Valencia in Tre - ‘land. Five or more steamers have gone to La Tourane's aid. A message from Queenstown says the fire in the La Touraine 1s “Fierce.” onfirmed (By Assoc| All Safe ated Press.) New York, March 6.—The La Tourane has aboard thirty -eight first cabin passengers and forty six in the steerage, among them five doctors and nine nurses on their way to France for hospital service in the war. The steamer left here Feb. 25. Maritime circles here have advices that the passengers and crew are safe. The message saying those aboard | were safe is, however, unconfirmed. At the local offices of the French line no information had been re. |ceived this morning. On board the La Touraine were 4,494 cases of Icnrlrldxes intended for use in the European war. She was one of six big liners to leave here last Satur- day. {Unn OVER 1,300 PHYSICIANS HAVE COMPLIED WITHTH E LAW — Jacksonville, March 6. —Nearly {1,300 Florida druggists, merchants I:mi doctors had registered by 3 o'clock Monday afternoon in the of - fice of Hayes Lewis, collector of in. ternal revenue, under the require- mentg of the Harrison anti-narcotic act, and the evening and afternoon mails were still to be received and opened. Collector Lewis said that between 1.500 and 1,600 is his esti. mate of the number who will have qualified under the act. A surpris- ing feature of the registration is the number of inquiries from Ilumber camps and turpentine farms for par . ticulars as to the commissary stores and general merchandise houses there and thereabouts being able to register. Mr. Lewis said that un doubtedly there would be some changes in the conditions under which some stores have been oper- ating, because of the operation of the act. TAUBE INTERRUPTS A CARD GAME jring an interval of fighting in the trenches in the Argonne some French ¥ and Red Cross workers secured a pack of cards and were evidently quite an interesting game when one of their number noticed a Ger in a Taube machine flying at a good distance above their trenches. I ceased playing and fixed their gaze on the little dark streak in the LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6 '1918. MARCHING THROUGH BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS French troops advancing to a new Germans in northern France. ISOOURN OF COLONELS ENTOMBED SINCE TUESDAY 47 MINERS o Weather Fore- & cast: Fair to- O night and Sun- © day, No. 104 FOREIGN CORPS OF DIPLOMATS 10 LEAVE MEX | WERE FOUND | SITUATION IS position through tae elaborate barbed wire entanglements erected by the Bl ADVERTISEMENT FOR LAKELAND; SOME FACTS ABOUT TEAM FIRST GAME SCHEDULED FOR NEXT THURSDAY WHEN THE the conduct on and off the field of the players. In Louisville, fully one . fourth the attendance. we would COLONELS WILL PLAY THE say, on a summer week day after- ELKS; PHILADELPHIA HERE ON THE 15TH (By Robert E. Dundon, Editor The Louisville Times.) In order that Lakeland people may know something about the Colonels, now training here, it may be well to state that the American Association, of which Louisville is a member, now has the promise of the National Commission of admission to be a third major league, along with the National and American Leagues. At present, the Colonels are subject to draft from the major leagues, that is, at the close of each season, the two “big leagues” may take one player from the Louisville club, paying for him the sum of $2,500. Should this draft be removed, the association automatically would be.|court for any unruly conduct of this ing game of the season. After that come a major league. As it is now it enjoys the highest possible rating in the 80 called minor leagues, and the club will demounstrate by its play.|Lakeland, are mightily pleased with |#Peedily and when noon will be composed of women. The girls and their mothers take great interest in the game, for it is played cleanly, without boisterous Sporting | conduct or bad language being per .|turn next year. mitted, and a special section of the grandstand, as well as a hundred overhead boxes, are availble for the ladies. There are no more drunken play - ers in league baseball. A man who cannot control his dppetite for in. toxicants goon finds himself out of a job. A large proportion of the players are teetotalers, and the oth- ers are moderate and abstemious in their habits. In the older days, the police court would often see the af. termath of a baseball player's ribald conduct the following day. but it has been years since am American Asso- ciation player was presented in a character. Our players, in fact, every mem-. ber of the party mow sojourning in AAAAAAAAAAA A~ Kentuckian, on behalf of President Wathen, Manager Hayden, the play - ers, and the press representativef, for the cordial welcome extended to us by him, and the “big league” way in which the Lakeland Evening Telegram has taken hold of this big news feature, the visit of the Col. onels. We appreciate the space given to the ball club’s affairs, and will try to so ably represent Lake !land in the coming series that ev veryane here will be sorry to see us {leave, and look forward to our re COLONELS T0 PLAY FLKS TEAM HERE " EXT THURSDY (By George Biggers, Sporting Editor of the Louisville Herald.) The first game that will be staged here in Lakeland is booked for next Thursday. On that day the Louis. ville Colonels and the Elks club of this city will hook up for the open - there will be plenty of games store for the fans of Lakeland. The Colonels are rounding they start in to the Ing in the local series of games that |their treatment by the citizens of{frst game they will be in splendid it can hold its own with the major leaguers training in Florida. The American Association is com - posed of Cleveland, Columbus, Louis~ ville, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Minneapolis. Milwaukee and St. Paul. The largest city in the cir. cuit is Cleveland, which is sixth in size in the United States, and the smallest is Columbus, which has a population of about 185,000 esti- mated), Louisville, with its suburbs, New Albany and Jeffersonville, Ind.. across the Ohio river from that point, has a population of 300,000, and last year had the largest paid attendance of any city in the asso. ciation . Residents of Lakeland who have not had the opportunity to see a leagwe club training may think thal the modern baseball club is com - posed of rowdies, who win by rough tactics on the field, by umpire -bait. ing, and oher methods which disgust the spectators. Such, however. is far from the case. The Louisville club is composed in considerable part of married men, who make large salaries out of their baseball playing, and who save their money. Many of its players have had col- lege educations, and are members of fraternal organizations. The young -\ er and unmarried element have the same standards of behavior, and it would be hard to find a more well - behaved, gentlemanly set of athletes than those who wear the Louisville garb. They are a credit to the city and to Kentucky, and are one of the best advertisements that the city has. So high a premium is set upon this good deportment by the man. agement of the Louisville club that this season Manager Hayden has; announced that any player starting an argument with an umpire and; being efected from the game by that' official will be punished by the club' far more rigorously than by thej league president, for, on account of | the limited number of players who' can be carried this year by an asso-! ciation club, the Louisville team will have to maintain its full playing strength on the field all of the time and can brook no conduct which would lead to suspensions. What a change hag been made in baseball standards in the last twenty years! The average player in the American Association, unless he be a newcomer, who has his reputation to make, earns $400 a month. The starg are paid more in proportion, and there is only a slight variance between the association and major league salary bases. Yn fact, many players earn as much in the asso- ciation ag they were paid when in the National or American Leagues. But the big change has been in this thriving community: They are delighted with Lake . land, and they hope that Lakeland will be pleased with them. What they want is the loyal support of the citizens here in the series of gameg which will shortly be played with other league clubs, which will serve to advertise Lakeland in a manner in which it has never been advertised before. The players are pleased with the support of the presg and the cordiality of the peo. ple, but they will need the chgers of the local partisans at the ball park when the games begin, and they want to deserve all of this esteem. In order to demonstrate to a de gree what advertising Lakeland is getting out of this trip, the newspa. per which the writer represents prints every day something like 60, - 000 papers, and in the baseball sea - son the demand for the sporting ex - tra (published at the conclusion of the ball games and the races) will run from 15,000 to 20,000 addition. al daily. At an average of five readers to a copy, through this one channel you may say 300,000 per- sons in Louisville and Kentucky are placed in touch with a feaure of your daily life in Lakeland which cannot but be helpful and stimulat . ing to your tourist business next season, and will be beneficial to the entire Florida West Coast, a region which was first given wide public- ity by the late W. N. Haldeman, owner of the Times and the Courier - Journal. who founded Naples on - the Gulf, and whose sons, Gen. W. B. Haldeman, editor of the Times, and Bruce Haldeman, publisher pf the Timeg and the Courier-Journal, have continued the policy of their father in this respect. The cordial relationship estab- lished by this trip of the Colonels, to Lakeland will be a big aid to both cities. Louisville will learn of the natural scenic beauties of this won- derful little Alpine city, and in in- creasing numbers our people will come here in the winter season, while orders will be placed with your merchants for the products for which Polk county is justly famous. On the other hand. Florida and this city use many articles which Louis. ville manufactures. The reciprocal feature of the interchange of com- merce will not be overlooked by the larger community. Louisville’s nat- ural field of trade is the south, and being the gateway to that section, with many peculiar advantages, it has gained a large share of the trade which in times past went to more northern cities. In conclusion, the writer would like to take this opportunity to thank Editor Hetherington, whom we are glad to refer to as a genuine condition and ready to show the people of Lakeland a ‘“‘flash of class.” While they will not cut loose with an assortment of mid season stuff they will be in good enough shape to make the people sit up and take notice. fThis kind of weather that was uncorked by the weatherman today is the ideal stuff. 'If it only keeps up during the remainder of the time we are here the Colonels will go north on April 1 in the best condition that any club has done within the past few vears. The hot sun and lack of wind is the kind that the Colonels want. If a wind kept up its sweep across the ball field the Colonels' armg would get stiff after they worked up a good sweat. That ig the trouble that they had last year in Fort Myers. There was a cool, stiff wind blowing and if they didn’t keep on the run their muscles would get sore and stiff. A remarkable thing about the training here so far is that not a player has been afflicted with a sore arm. Of course, the men are a Mt. tle stiff after their hard workouts of the first three days, but this will all come out with more work. The rest tomorrow will also come in handy so that the boys can go out on Monday and cut loose with the real article. Manager Hayden and Ezra Mid- kiff, who were the victimg of a fish ing joke the other day, retaliated in a rather befitting manner yesterday morning. They went fishing over in Lake Parker and came back in time for the afternoon workout with a string of fourteen perch. They gave a fish dinner last night and would not let a single one of the players in on it. The other boys are rapidly ac- quiring the fishing craze and they are going out between practices daily. Northrop, Stansbury. Derrick, Daniels and the rest of them are busy all of the time. Rope Perry and Bert Daniels are rounding to in great order. Perry arrived here several days ahead of the rest of the party and for that reason got the jump on them by working out. Daniels spent the winter on the Pacific Coast and played a few games in the Imperial Valley Winter League. Germany is preparing to demand fair treatment by Japan of her sub- jects in Sing Tau There are 78,000 in Russia. postofiices —— A conservative estimate of the cornstalk production of this country 18 150,000,000 tons. ALIVE_TODAY RESCUERS BRING HAPPINESS TO MANY HEARTS WHEN MEN WERE RESCUED ALIVE AFTER GIVEN UP FOR DEAD (By Associated Press.) Hinton, W. Va., March 6.—For~ ty seven miners were found alive in the Layland coal mine today. They were entombed by a eag explosion last Tuesday. Seventy eight bodies thus far have been found. The search oontinues. The eity of Detroit 1s in the midst of a lively fight over the ownership of city railwaye. ALLIS NOW READY FOR CONCERTED MOVEMENT O " THE CERMANS (By Association Press. ) London, March 6.—The end of the thirty first week of the war, bringing the first signs of improving weather after a hard winter, finds the armies of the allies in the west nearly ready for a concerted offen. VERY GRAVE ARMED INTERVENTION MAY BE NECESSARY TO AVERT STAR. VATION WHICH NOW THREAT- ENS MEXICO CITY (By Associated Press.) Whashington, March 6.—The for- eign diplomatic corps in Mexico City has decided to leave in a body. Dis- patches telling of the decision were received here today by European diplomats and forwarded to their home governments. Secretary Bryan made no comment today oth . er than to say the situation con. tinued bad. Situation Serious (By Association Press.) Washington, March 6.—Adminis. tration officials today awaited with tense interest further developments of the grave situation in Mexico City where starvation threatens. Urgent representations by the Unit= ed States government have been made to General Carranza through American Consul Silliman that he direct General Obregon to accept proffer of air for Mexico City's needy from the international relief com. mittee, but go far he has refused, saying no such ald was needed. It I8 not belleved here today that the United States will take any further action pending the outcome of rep - sive against the Germans, which has | c®etations. Diplomats believe that been preparing for four months. | drastic action may be necessary it The British and Belglans appear to | Obregon continues to refuse aid. An have withstood all attempts to lallied expedition, gimilar to the one break their lines, while the Wrench|¥"ICh relleved Peking during the have gone slowly forward in places. In the east the Russians appar- ently have recuperated from the German blows; and are now said to be pushing the enemy back along virtually the whole front. At one point the fighting is near the east Prussian frontier again. I The Russians also appear to have made progress in Galacia and Buck - owina. The attack on the Darda. nelles forts continues. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Furnished by the Security Abstract and Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) March 3, 1915 Jacob Best and wife ichols. William Hammerstroem and wife to NHW'. F. Nichols. Wi. F. Nichols and wife to Wil. llam Hammerstroem. John Logan, sheriff, Clyatt. D. A. Hancock and wife to G. M. Hancock. G. D. Godwin and wife to G. M. and J. A. Hancock. ,#C. B. Mitchell and wife to Ed. Russell. Malloy & Miller Whisenand. Malloy & Miller to Walter E Hot- tle et al. L. W. Bates and wife to M. E. L. Bates. /Ann E. Nichols Wilson . to W.F. to L. J. to Wm. M. to Thomas L. March 2, 1915 ‘Thomas L. Wilson and wife “harles D. Osterhout. R. E. Thomas to to Dorothy W P. S. Rob. De Loss M. Potter to Mis. 1i. C. Eisert. L. F. Gaskins to L.. T. Raylor. A. C. Nydegger and wife to Citi- zeng Bank and Trust Co. J. D. Kirkland and wife to J. Clifton. Perry F. Smith and wife to Jef- ferson Smith. H. P. Newman and wife to N. E. Thornhill. John Patterson L. and wife to Geo. D. O. Rogers and wife to H. English. Thomas L. H. Davis Maurice E. James and wife to S. M. Wilson. J. P. Thomas and wife o Thomas Simms. Alonzo Logan to Lutie A H. Sheffield and wife to D. Logan. Ontario boasts tories. 1,002 cheese fac- Boxer uprising. is being talked of. GRAND RIDGE CAMP W.0. W SENT BABE OF COTTON HERE A bale of cotton. deposited at the corner of Main street and Kentucky avenue for the past several days, has caused considerable inquiry, no one seeming to know exactly what there was about it, other than that it was connected in some way with the Woodmen’s convention next week. The following letter to Hon. Eppes Tucker, Jr., explains the mat. ter: Grand Ridge, Fla., Feb. 25, 1915, Sov. Eppes Tucker, Jr., Lakeland, Florida: Dear Sir—My Camp has again elected me delegate to the Head Camp convention, W. 0. Wi., and as it will convene in your city this time, 1 will be sure to see you again. Now you will note that I am en- closing you bill of lading for a bale of cotton. Perhaps you have read throughout the press that the little Camp at this place bought the first bale of cotton ever purchased by a fraternal society, and we, together with Woodcraft, have had some fine boosts from this. We paid ten cents in cash for this bale of cotton to one of our members in distress, and he immediately paid his dues for a year in advance. All the leading dailies carried a big account of it. and the Sovereign Visitor also had quite a spliel for us. ' Now to make a long story short, I thought, and my Camp thought, it would be a big boost further to send this bale o the Head Camp and place at headquarters in a prominent place. Now 1 want you to have this cotton taken from the depot as soon as it arrives, and placed where the Head Camp will hold their sessions. I will pay all drayage when 1 come, and will certainly appreciate your kindness very much. Being a loyal old Chopper, 1 know you will be glad to do this for me. The freight is prepaid in full. Thanking you for your Kkindness in advance, and assuring you I will appreciate thig very muech, [ am Yours fraternally. C. N. HORNE, Clerk Camp 184. The Woodmen are one of the most active organizations in helping the cotton industry, provision having been made by the order that any member may deposit a bale of cotton in a warehouse and the order will advance $40 on the warehouse re. ceipt.