Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 12, 1915, Page 1

THE Lakg Minimum "’—A\ ; e T R e VUDHE IV POBLISHED IN THE BEST Towy |y THE BEST PART OF THE BEsy STATE LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1915 BOOST-RENENBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BESAN TO KNOCK HiS HOME TOWN \H_ e | 1. AUTHORITIES TA JROBLEMS CONNE SINKING OF GRMAN CRUISER PRINZ EITEL FRIEDERICH WILL PROBABLY BE INTERNED; GOVERNMENT (ONSIDERING WHAT FURTHER ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 12.—Three uestions raised by the destruction the American sailing ship Wil- m P. Frye by the German auxil ry cruiser Prinz Eitel Friederich, nd the entry of the latter vessel nto an American port, confronted he United States government to. jay. What action will be taken on ccount of the sinking of the Frye; hat length of time will be allowed he Eitel to make repairs in New- port News; what will be the dispo. ition of the Eitel’s prisoners? Eitel Goes Into Drydock {uv Associated Press.) CRLING CTED WITH M BOY N KNEE A ON TR FOR The NORDER OF COMRADE (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., March 12. —Dewey Henderson, fifteen years old, and wearing knee trousers, was placed on trial here today charged with murdering Homer Thompson, eight . een years old, The latter was stabbed in a fight FLORIDA CEILD SENT‘T;) VIR~ | GINIA BY PARCELS POST Pensacola, March 12 Bdna Haff, six vears of age, w. i8ix hundred miles Ifrom this city, o itag was placed arc —Little as sent parcel post at least a parcel und by her small LAND EVENING TELEGRAM KING GEORGE REVIEWS THE CANADIAN TROOPS MERCAY St Above, Can adian artillery marching past the reviewing from Canada In both photographs King George and Lord Ki | e A A A e A A A . {IL‘WfllING OF MONUMENT BY N GIRGLE VESTERDAY Newport News, March 12—Amer-_‘h"d"‘ and when she arrives at a point an naval ship buflding experts in . “°T® @ TUral voute must be taken rcted the German anxiliary | COMPIete the journey she will he ruiser Prinz Eitel Friederich today ~''°" x.nm cnstody of the earrier, b determine’ what repairs are nec. "0 Will deliver his parcel to the sary to make her seaworthy. The C"10'S father. The préhation off itel went into drydock yesterday. ' C°Tr«Who had taken the child from Confidential reports to officials ! "°T Mother beeause the latter was ere on the condition of the Eitel; "t conducting herself properly, no. em to make it certain that she'!l1°1 the father living in Christian ill be forced to intern. Assistant!"'r% V2., Who instructed that the cretary Peters, of the navy de. CMi1d be sent him. The probation rtment told President Wilson to .|°Mcer complied, purchasing a halt Jay that he did not think the Eitel ould venture to sea again. Peters| id the reports from Newport News | howed the Eitel to be utterly unfit | Pr sea. I NSACOLA TO GET A NEW BAII.IOAD' Pensacola, March 12,—A grnup! bankers have underwritten $1,.| 10,000 worth of bonds of the Gulf, | orida and Alabama railroad, thus ring the completion of the road a connection with the Southern | liroad at Kimball; near Pine Him, 2. The American Bridge Co. has 0 awarded the contract for build - | g a bridge across the Alabama riv - | , while plans are being made ror: e completion of the docks in Pen i ola as well as the construction | a coaling dock. | San Francisco Sheet Metal Work - | ® Union has adopted resolutions gin; its members and all trade| lonists to patronize the jitney 55¢s in preference to street cars fenever possible. | S MOEEIR, | O MAGWATES WIE, DED I . . TOAY (By Ascociated Press.) | New York, March 12.—Mrs. John Rockefeller died today at her‘ me at Pocantico Hills, just outside Tarrytown. While she had been invalid for several months, her th was unexpected. Her husband 0 Son, at Ormond, Fla., were ad-: d today that her condition was' ical. They immediately engaged Pecial train, which is due here Retime tomorrow . ticket. and placing it in a bao fas- tened securely about the neck of the child. 1In this bag also went in structions to the varfous conductors, and fastened also ahout the child’s body was a parcel post stamp. The child will be delivered at Christian- burg, Va., and there turned over to a rural carrier, who will carry her to Floyds, Va., about twtnty miles distant. MARRIED IN LION'S CAGE Jacksonville, March 12.—Amid the roar of lions and the ringing of wedding bells, Henry Marvin and Miss Elizabeth Jones, a Jacksonville couple, were married Wednesday evening in the den of ferocious ani. mals of the Capt. Sheesley shows, now staging the big carnival for the Woodmen of the World. Fully 1,000 people crowded the larze tent at the nd of row of attractions and wit nessed the daring ceremony, which united the couple within a few feet of the monster lions ALABANA PIRE FOD DRUG, CLERK ARRESTED SHORT OVR 5,0 (By Associated Press.: Montgomery, Ala., March 12.-— Warrants for the arrest of C. H. Billingsley, former State pure focd drug clerk, of Alabama, on charges of the conversion of State funds and embezzlement, have been issued af ter a partial examination of his ac- counts. The arrest was ordered by Governor Henderson. It is alleged that discrepancies of more than $8,000 have thus far been found in his records. FUNERAL OF GERMAN PRISONER ::dsoulh-snm&o-m at the m kept on liners. The ’“‘hfllcprh:.n He was burled with full 4 jotn & " Prisoners were allowed to act as pallbearers an f Thames, large numbers o ;::!o‘npn shows the funeral ] military honors and the n the cortege. outh of WOODIE convention, while, closing vesterday at noon, so far as the business sessions were con cerned, was the occasion of some in teresting exercises yesterday after noon, when monuments to two de. parted Sovereigns were unveiled in Roselawn cemetery by members of the Woodmen Circle. At 3:00 o'clock automobiles pro. vided by the citizens were placed at the disposal of the visitors and a large number repaired to the ceme tery, where the beautiful and im ipressive ceremonies attendant upon the unveiling of the monuments were carried out by a large repre - sentation of the local and visiting Circles. The members, arrayed in their uniforms, presented a beau - tiful sight. The Lakeland Military The Woodmen DS BB Speaking to a well filled house, ! Dr. M. E. Dodd, pastor of the First Baptist church of Shreveport Louis - iana, last evening began his series of ' meetings with the First Baptist church of Lakeland. Dr. Dodd and the local pastor, Rev. Wallace Wear, have been friends and associates in the ministry for several years, and | Dr. Dodd remarked last evening| that there were very few, if any men, for whom he would come 80 | far to hold a meeting besides Rev. | Wear. Taking as his text “And ye shall receive power after that the Holy | Dodd spoke feelingly of the great sin | of modern times in looking upon the | Holy Spirit as a thing instead of a ' person, in referring to this thlrdl‘ person of the Trinity as “IT" instead of “HIM.” He pressed home to the hearts of his hearers the great truth | that there must be the very indwell- | ing of the Holy Spirit, the Holy; Ghost must descend and give power, | or else all our revivals are in vall, | and all our efforts to hold a revival | must be fruitess. Numbers of in-| stances were recited telling of mar .| velous power having come to certain | speakers, all through the prayer of | friends for the power of the Holyl ' Band furnished music, and there were also songs and choruses ren . dered by the Circle, incident to the ritual for such an occasion. The deceased Sovereigns whose memory was thus honored were | Mrs. May Williams and Mrs. Mag gie McMullen. A feature of the ex ercises was the recitation of “Than - atopsis,” by Semator H. J. Drane, who rendered this magnificent poem in a most impressive manner. stand at Sahsbury Plain ichener are to be seen in the reviewing stand BRITISH AND INDIANS ARE ADVANGING ON GERMANS MOVEMENT ON GERMAN POSL TION AT LABASSE MAY INDL CATE ACTIVE FIGHTING; GER. MANS CLAIM ADVANTAGE OVER RUSSIANS (By Assoclated Press.) London, March 12.—The sweep ing advance of the British and In - dian troops around Neuve Chappelle in the direction of the strong Ger man position at LaBassee is regard . ed by some as the be:inning of ac- tivity for a portion of the left wing's front in the west. It is believed that the Germans will promptly seek to retaliate . The battle in Below, an infantry brigade DEFEASE RESTS IN TRIAL OF THAW AND HIS ¢ C-DEFENDANTS (By As:ociated Press.) New Yer¥, March 12.-—The de. fense in the trial of Harry K. Thaw and four co defendants, charged with conspiracy in escaping - from Matteawan asylum rested today af ter calling several character wit negses for Roger Thompson. Thaw was cross examined today. His counsel began the closing arzu . ment to the jury this afternoon. North Poland be maximum intensity, but mans are said to be attempting an . other flanking movement Przasnyz. today says the Russians were driven north to Augustowo; and more than four thousand prisoners were taken. It claims also 10 have repulsed the British attempt to advance from Nenve Chappelle. A French official report declares the Helgians advanced southeast of tweer tks Germans and Russians is ! not thought here to have reached its | Salazar, the Ger-!the Brazi against murder. It is said to have been one A German officlal report | gu:m urday, - OCOOCOTOHOI0 No. 108 PROMINENT AMERICAN KILLED IN MEXICO CITY AMERICAN FLAG WAS FLYING OVER HIS HOUSE; U. S, GOVa \ ERNMENT DEMANDS REPARA, TION AND PUNISHMENT OF HIS SLAYERS (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 12.—Jno. B. McManus, a Prominent American in Mexico City, was killed yesterday when the Zapata forces fled the city. The American flag was flying over his house and the doors had been sealed by the Brazilian consul, ae. cording to advices to the State de. partment from the Brazilian minis - ter in Mexico City. McManus for- merly lived in Chicago. General post commander, promised lian minister that he would punish those responsible for the of revenge because it was charged that McManus killed three of Za- pata's soldiers when they were prev . fously in the city. After a conference by President Wilson and his cabinet a formal de - mand was sent General Salazar in- sisting that the persons guilty of killing McManus be punished and CLOSE OF COLLEGE . BASKET BALL New York, March 12.—Intercol . | legiate basketball will close for the Season tonight, Columbia meeting Princeton and Dartmouth playing Yale. The contests have been close and the finals exciting, even more so than 1914, which eclipsed all the former years. ! After the exercises the visitors were given an auto ride over the city and about the environs. The ex . pressions heard on every. side -indi. cated that these guests of the city were more than pleased with the treatment recelved here and that all returned to their respective homes | boosters for Lakeland. CANNED SALMON DAY { | Seattle, Wash., March 12.--Na tional Canned Salmon Day is to be celebrated all over the United States today. It is National Canned Sal . mon Day, and so Important an event In this department, but we under.' stand Mr. Martin desires the entire platform crowded with singers, and there is room for at least seventy five. ernors of the various Paclfic coast A new feature of these revival states, have set it aside for obsery . services will be the afternoon open -rance by special proclamation-—just alr services in the park. Dr. l)oddinu Thanksgiving Day is set aside announced last evening that, unless once in every year, by the president led of God to belleve another line 'of the United States. Few persons of thought was best, he would de-|in the feast realize the endrmous liver a series of addreeses in this af |scope of the salmon catching and ternoon service on the mnoul‘nlmon packing industry in the theme *““The Thunderings of Sinat Coast States and its conequsent im- for the Soclety of Lakeland’ Miporunca to the food requirments of “How do the Ten Commandments ; the entire country. If the catch were Apply to Lakeland Society.” 'to fail for one season which is not at A cordial welcome is extended the’nll likely—the values of all the general public to attend all these jfoodstuffs sent from the coast would services . be disturbed, and millions of capital would disappear. So Canned Salmon Day in future will be celebrated in the United States just as the vine. yard and harvest, champagne and olive festivals are eelebrated once a year in the Ol World. Rilroads shipped exhibitg to the KEast, and displays, moving pictures and the like, of this tremendous industry, which takes the fish in solid masses weighing thousands of tons, and converts them by elaborate cleaning. and cooking apparatus into what the Westerners themselves call “expedi - $35,000 SWEDISH CHURCH Detroit, Mich., March 12.—Plans have been completed and two .thirds of the sum raised for the erection of a $35,000 Swedish church in this city. Noted musical artists, Gustaf Holmquist, baeso, and Edgar Nelson organist of Chicago, will give a con- cert tonight for the benefit of the fund. has it been considered that the gov- | Nieuport. No jate news from the Dardanelles. RUSSIAN FLEET TO BOM.- BARD BOSPHORUS FORTS — (By. Assoclated Press.) London, March 12.—It is learned through diplomatic sources that the Russian Black Sea fleet is expected to etart the bombardment' of the Bosphorus forts today as a means of co-operating with the Anglo-French fleet . RAILROAD NOTES German winegrowers are encour - aged by their government to distrib - ute nesting material and erect bird houses in their vineyards to attract feathered foes of insect pests. German builders are planning the construction of a 16,000-horsepower gas engine, and in Switzerland gas locomotives have been build. Chambers of Commerce in many citics in Ohio, have been asked to co operate with the rallroads in se. curing an amendment making pas - senger rates of Ohio 2 1 2 cents a mile instead of 2 cents. That an Indiana State law re- quiring grabirons on rallroads en. gaged in State traffic is Invalld has been decided by the United States supreme court in reversing a de. cision of the Indiana supreme court in a case brought by the Southern Railroad Co. against the Indiana Raflroad Commission. Although he endorses the main features of the workingmen's com- pensation law, State Superintendent of Insurance Hasbrouck in his re. port to the New York legislature ad - vocates the elimination of the for- ty two groups of employment cov- necord with the command of Christ BAND CONCERT FOR THE ito tarry in Jerusalem till the Holy | RELIEF OF THE POOR Ghost came upon them, stayed for | jten days in constant meeting lndf (Trenton, N. J., March 12.—An ! prayer, in that upper room, and that elaborate concert will be €iven in them the Holy Ghost came upon this city tonight for the benefit of | them with power, and that all of the poor. President Wilson is a pa- this was a prelude to the great Pen. tron of the concert, whieh is the tecostal service wherein three thou - |largest ever held in the city. Every sand were saved in one day, he thing in connection with the con pressed home the point with great .cert has been voluntarily contribut . emphasis that if we of today desire ed and it is believed that a large a great service like that Pentecostal sum will be raised. Never before in !revival, we must realize the need of the history of the city has there fa prelude, like that, the outpouring been such distress as this winter and of the Holy Spirit, and, if we desire the need of funds was never greater, | | the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, | {we must be willing to “tarry” as HUGE W. C. T. U. CONFERENCE i |did the apostles, or in other words TO BE HELD IN JAX 'to wait patiently. The marvelous ! power of Charles Spurgeon was ex Jacksonville, March 12.—While plained by that secret praver cham - the matter hag been under consider . ber where the deacons of his church ation for some time past to hold a gathered and spent the entire time conference here of all of the State of his preaching in prayer, for the presidents of the Southeastern dis- power of the Holy Spirit on the ,trict of the Women’s Christian Tem . speaker. |perance Union, the matter waso nly The sermon of last night was pre - recentlyde cided and Misg Minnie E. ceded by a sonz service, in charge of | Neal of this city, State president of Howard Martin, musical director, |the Florida Women’s Christian Tem and pastor’s assistant of the First|perance Union, has Just received Baptist Church of Tampa. Mr. Mar.|word that the conference will be tin is a firm believer in the power held in this city, the dates being of simple gospel songs, and is lead- | Wednesday and Thursday, Mareh ing the congregation each evening|24 and 25 in a great praise service, inter- spersed with solos, in teaching the new songs. A chorus of twenty-five| smoking car, voices rendered valuable assistance poration. The first railway in 1846 to run a from railway men’s unions are meet - was an English cor-ing in England to consider the de- tious, delicious and nutritious” food. Worry over the price of bread and wheat can be removed to a larger extent, the experts say, by the use of canned salmon. The department of agriculture, in onme of its bulle. tins, places the article at the head of the list of important foodstuffs, using the words, “eat more canned salmon and decrease the cost of liv ing.” The list of food values fol. lows: Canned salmon, .218; sirloin steak, .15; sugar cured ham, .142; macaroni, .134; fresh eggs, .131; spring chicken, 126; bread, .092. ered by the law and the extension of the benefits of the law virtually to all occupations. JUDGE WOLFE WILL RESIGN Pensacola, March 12.—Judge J. Emmett Wolfe, judge of the cireuit court of this district for the past five or six years, will tender his res ignation at once to Governor Park Trammell, effective April 1. He made this announcement yesterday and it was a big surprise, as no one had an intimatiom of his intentions. Judge Wolfe said he was resigning to take up the practice of law at Mi-| ami, where he will enter a law part.| nerehip with some of the prominent attorneys of that city, among them Hon. F. M. Hudson, former gen eral counsel for the State railroad commission | ORERIR V4 s Roumania will be her and Austria. Th reserve is being held shows an officer of the Roumanian Railway managers and delegates mand for higher wages. USING A ROUMANIAN FIELD TELEPHONE adequate reparation made his fam. ily. SECKTTARY MCADOO UNDERGOES OPERATION R APPENDET (By Associated Press, ) Washington, March 12, —Sacre tary McAdoo was operated on for appendicitis in a hospital here to- day. His condition is favorable. OLD TIME FIDDLERS' CONVENTION Macon, Ga., March 12,—The days of 1850 and the sixties will be recalled vividly to the minds of grandmother and grandfather while the younger generation wil] get an insight into just,mbout the manner in which the dances of that period were entered into, when the Fid- dlers’ convention is held in the city today and tomorrow. Fiddlers from all sections are here. It makes no difference how old or how young, Just so the contestant knows how to | fiddle. It has strictly been stipulat - ,ed that “violinists” will not be per- 'mu!ed to compete. The prizes are generous. The fiddlers’ convention is not a new thing. Those who have seen them are unanimous in the opinion that they are more “fun than a plc. nle.” Atlanta recently went “mad’ over ® similar entertainment. “Sugar and the Gourd,” “Billy in the Low Ground,” “Arkansas Trav. eler,” Old Black Hen's Cackle,” “Molly, Put the Kittle On,” and oth~ er of the tunes that old citizens used to dance the Virginia reel and old square dance to, will be the specimens of selections rendered. 0 found to be well equipped in the event of war between‘ © troops are being kept in constant tralning and the ready for any emergency which may arise. The Diclur.f Staff receiving orde: of his troops from the staff headquarters several miles rs for the movements away.