Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 17, 1915, Page 1

5 e IV THE LAk PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE PORTANT_ASPECTS (OF WAR'S STATUS HINGE ON BATTLES OF PRIASNYI AND NEU L ANS DRAW LINES OF SIEGE (RE CLOSELY ABOUT PRZE sL. AND EABLY CAPTURE - 0RT IS CONSIDERED CER- el (By Associated Press.) budon, March 17.—Neuve Chap. g and St. Bloi in the west and vs and Prezemysl in the east the pivots of the battle areas in i the struggles that may mark prtant milestones of the war are being fought. There is much frest the final outcome of the lo for the possession of Neuve pele, from which the British e the Germans with a loss said e twenty thousand men. If the ish succeed in holding it, it will onsidered as a test of what may xpected when the allies begin spring advance. he result of the battle of Przas will demonstrate whether the mans have again failed and vir- iy nullified all their costly ef to reach Warsaw. Russian ad say that the Austrian attempt ve the besieged garrison at mysl has been checked. In the ntime the Russians are drawing Ir lines closer around the fort. Reuter’s Petrograd corre . dent says the capture of the ¢s is considered certain within days. (By Assoclated Press.) pnstantinople, March 17.—Only pportant operations have been ken by the allies’ fleet in op ing against the Dardanelles dur. the past few days. The activi. of the warships have been limit- o demonstrations. Two new at - pts by cruisers and destroyers to oach the outer Turkish forti lons to clear the channel of ¢ are reported futile because of from the defenders. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS rnished by the Security Abstract nd Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) March 9, 1915, lorida and Georgia Land €o. to jben Myers and wife. . L. Morrison et al. to William Lomas . S. Preston and wife to J. C. ns. olk County Dev. Co. to Florida eland Homes Co. ssoms Inv. Co. to R. C. Hat- eo. W. Waters, et al. to Annie a Johnston. orida and Georgia Land Co. to . W. A. Hall. D. Porter and wife to L. ht and wife. oy D. Wilson and wife to Eva M. 088 . plia Blackwell to Frank J. h. alloy & Miller to Edwin Wilcox wife alloy & Miller to E. B. Wil y.J. Howey to Isaac G. Mowery. florida Highlands Co. to Wm. T. hire, orida and Georgia Land Co. to PP Gettel. . A. Brown and wite to C. S Y. amie E. Tucker to J. M. Sollie. March 185, 1915 . H. Ackley an wife to Eliza- Harrington. - A. Barhite and wite to W. F. am & Co. ssie McLean to T. W. Page. ssoms Investment Co. to Ray- d Dorey. . D. Porter and wife to Missouri sler. bhn ks attanooga Fruit Co. to C. Burleigh to M. Anna Reno B. Thomas et al to Mathew awrence Gentile and wife to Jos= Gentile, Sr. - L. Starnes to W. B. Hambr. icins L. Arnold to Ella V. Ar- ttie Kessler and husband to | Kessler. alloy & Miller to T. J. Hopley . T. Rule and wife to Dr. H. G. Th ot al. Rdrew on . . S. Preston and wife to E. R Mams Willlams to Victoria {those who know him b \E CHAPELLE RED MEN-TO HOLD NEXT CONVENTION IN LAKELAND A telegram from B. H., 10 the [ hSral Belisario uvening Telegram this after.. noon conitys the news that the Lakeland delegation to the Red Men's convention at Sanford, cap- tured the convention of that organi zation for this city, and that we will entertain the Red Men est organizations in the State. and 2ood time that they will go away with all who attend conventions in l H in March, 1916. The Red Men is one of the strong PR nd will proud to receive £ * them such a enthusiastic bhoosters, as is the case ll.lkul:md or visit the city for any other purpose. he C. GREEN, BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR OF ELKS' MINSTREL Away back in the dim ages of American theatrica] history a small boy used to “bum” a “two bit" piece from his paternal ancestor each and every Saturday morning and passing down the classic thoroughfares of Boston, would climb the stairs of Keith's Bijou theater on Washing ton street. Frequently this youth would have to wrestle for room with the “sweepers out” who were re. moving the souvenirs of last night's performance. But at any rate he started at 10 a. m. and stayved by the show until 10 p. m. devouring the show and his hand carried lunch at one and the same time-—all for one price of admission. This marvelous power of assimila tion is still characteristic of our hero—none other than (. Clifton Majestic Auditorium Green, who {s billed as one of the star features of the Lakeland Elks' Minstrels to be given at the Lakeland Auditorium the evening of April 9. During varied and theatrical career of nineteen years and embracing triumph on divers and sundry stag (. Clifton Green has continued to imilate the good things of life—especially of the life theatrical- and to inate them among a delizhted grateful people. The welkin still rings as the re sult of (. Clifton’s monolozue be. fore the Lakeland Friday Musical in the Auditorium some months ago at which time he told in punning par. able what might happen ““When the Mexican army invades Lakeland." And his feature number with the Lakeland Elks’ Show April 9 will beat his performance about forty ways from a Jack C. Clifton's pulcritudinous ad voidupois and full moon face demon - strated the wisdom of nature —4for his architecture proves heyond per adventure of a doubt that C. Green was designed to be funny. At any rate he has been funny before mil. lions of admirers of the mumers inmost of the metropoli of America and he is preparing to administer a particularly excrucating allopathic dose to the patrons of the Lakeland Elks' Minstrels Most of C. Green's histrionic ca- reer has been as a black face mono logist and it is in that guise that he will appear before the patrons of (he Lakeland Elks' Minstrels In addition to his monologistic mutter— ings, however, the manager of the Majestic and Auditorium will do a jalty. Only those who singing specially have heard € Clifton warble can T ement. Some mentous announc it tnsiit that n sings soprano. Others in the know a eventful digsen and past of Col. Gree! who are supposed Mav Green = smgs bass »r that o ] strike the happy hap our hero wil i S g tenor medium and sidg : Sufficient unto the day is the evil » Suffice it to say, Bre'r ¢ to sing and dares any thereof Green is goin ! him. nrrflfi!';pnu neen of Lakeland, wl'n\:- Lakeland and for Lakeland ‘:d something petter than two _Vearilnly as theatrical manager has cert % made good with the Lakeland pur: ‘That he will repeat this per” mu at the Lakeland Elks’ Min: strels goes without saying. one to full import of the mo | ELA MACHINE GUN MEN CREEP INTO POSITION This piciure; ah Bceun: scens Sn-the wollorn vattie Loaee i.ne, shows u (ierman light artillery and machine gun de- tachment moving closer and closer to the enemy's lines in an effort to sain a position from which the allies’ trenches cam be swept with gunfire preparatory to a charge. So effective is the fire of these light machine guns ' that the foew men seen in the | open field. SPLENDID RESULTS . ATTEND EFFORTS OF REVIVAL WORKERS i Ten penitents remaining after the | dismission of the evening service, and eight additions to the church in the regular service, six of whom were for baptism, with two profes - sions in the after service, is the im . mediate result of the great meeting in the First Baptist church last ev- eving. Many others have asked for the privilege of conversation with ’tho evangelist and pastor along the lines of the work now being done, and even greater thizs may be ex pected. Dr. La., a most powerful sermon indeed, last evening, on “The Convicting Power of the Holy Ghost.” He said in part: “In John’s Gospel, the eighth, ninth and tenth verses of the 16th chapter, are found these words, ‘And when He (i. e., the Comforter) is | come, He will,convict the world of sin, of righteousness and of judg- ment.” The world may have many classes, rich, poor, medium and many others, God sees but two class . es, the saved and the unsaved. Just as to the physician, professionally, there are only two classes, sick and well. If a man has tuberculosis, he has tuberculosis, no matter whether he be rich or poor, educated or a fool. Just so, with God all the world is divided into these two classes, either you are saved or you are lost. No matter what your other conditions may be, if you are lost you are lost. Now, for each of these three classes the Holy Ghost | has a three fold work. With the| saved hs work is to teach, guide, and take control of in their service; with the unsaved his work is to con - vict them of sin of rizhteousness and judgment. We shall see only the first two of these this evening. To convict of sin. One thing is necessary before a man can be helped; he must know he needs help. All the preaching in the world would not save a man if he did not know he was lost. The work of the Holy Spirit here touches all kinds of men. The moral man who is spoken of as living such a clean life, the virtuous man, the Holy Spirit comes before that man and convicts him of his sin, because if he has sinned once, or in only one of the com- mandments, he {8 a sinner. I don’t know whether you believe in total depravity down here or not. By to. tal depravity we do not necessarily mean that man as a race Is all wrong, but that the entire human race is gullty of sin before God. You may not believe that, but wait till you've been the father of twins for about four years, you'll change your mind. You don’t beleve in in. herited sin? Where does it come from then? Fither it must be in. herited or else it comes from no- where. That is the spirit's business to show this old world that it is lost and condemned before God. His work is to show us the awful pic. ture of our lost condition, the near. est approach to which 1 think is found in a prairie fire, of the west. | Those great flames miles and miles ‘long that sweep everything before \lh"m. Oh, the horror of it, seeing a line of fleeing humanity and ani- mal life stretching for miles and jworld, I presume, with possibly one miles across the plains before that rushing fire. In their mad flight they come to a great canon or gulch; it is just fifteen feet wide; the only hope is to jump that canon. One man jumps nine feet and falis to the bottom; another twelve, another fourteen, but failing to clear the fifteen feet they are each one lost. Is not the man who failed by one foot as much lost as the man who failed by twelve feet? Certainly! and eleven inches and three-quar- ON U4 8. GBATTLESH: CARRANZA PROMISES SAFETY (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 17.-For eigners at Progresso, Mexico, are alarmed by the disorders there, J\ndl have asked for refuge on the U..S. ! Cruiser Des Moines. General Car- ranza, however, after conferences with United States naval and diplo.| matic officers at Vera Cruz, has promised full protection for them. | | | ters, but he fails to touch the other side and he falls to death. He came 80 near to keeping the requirements of the law but he failed in one point and although a better jumper than the rest. That is the great work of the Holy Spirit. The second phase of Hig work is to convict the world in respect to righteousness. Jesus Christ comes and lays his body across the great canon and we walk across in safety. His righteousness avails where ours has failed. One evening 1 sat in my study in Louisville and looked out over the housetops of the city, dear, dirty, dingy, devilish old = Louisville, the, dirtiest, smuttiest town in all thal exception. It was the beginning of | the cold spell and they were burn i ing soft coal everywhere rand of, course things were worse on that account. I turned away in sorrow over the gloomy outlook. Next morning 1 came in after breakfast and looked out that same window, and if you've ever seen the bright morning sun after a heavy snowfall during the nghti you know the daz - zling beauty of the view that greet. ed me that morning. One night my soul came to the cross of Christ, black in sin, lost, condemned and guilty. There the blood of Christ washed all my sins away and my soul was made as white as snow, be- cause my sins were laid on him, and his richteousness like a beautiful white cloan was laid over my soul covering it as that beautiful snow - fall had covered the Loulsville land scape. Sinner, let Him do that for you. You believe in His power to save you; come now and belleve on Him. You believe in the power of the train to carry you to Tampa, but it does not do it till you step on. Come now, lay all your sins at the foot of the cross, and accept His righteous! ness. Not for my right arm, no not for my life would 1 deceive you. Come now and accept him. (By Associated Press.) Dallas, Texas, March 17.—W. 8. Noble, secretary of the Land League of Texas, told the federal commis sion on industrial relations here to- day that this week he had found two land tenants in north Texas @ poverty stricken that they were try- ing to give their children ayay. He testified at the commissioners’ heats. ing on American farm land condi tions. SPARTANBURE, AN GETS NTED STATES ADGESHP (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 17.—Presi dent Wilson today gave a recess ap- pointment to Representative Joseph T. Johnson, of Spartanbunrg, S. C., as United States judge for the west ern district of South Carolina. I gress. picture could withstand an entire regiment if the latter charged them across an COVERNOR SIRRESTS NEEDED LAWS T0 NEKT LEGILATRE Tallahassee, Fla., March 17. Following up his announced inten tion to make public from time to time a number of the recommenda tions which he proposes to submit to the legislature, which convenes {in April, Governor Park Trammell states that he will make recommen dations upon the following sub. jects: Authorize Cities to Change Charters Much of the time of each session of the legislature is consumed in the consideration of city charter meas ’f" E. Dodd, of Shreveport, ,the man who cleared ‘only three feet |ures. To relieve the legislature of visiting evangelist, delivered |po g just as much lost as any of (this work, and in order that the people of the towns and cities may have authority to make their own charters and alter same, as desired locally, a constitutional amendment removing this authority from the legislature and vesting it in the towns and cities should be submit Uniform System of Public Accounts There has been in recent years a great improvement in nearly all the counties in regard to the system of keeping the public accounts, but in order that this may be perfected 1 recommend that a uniform system of public accounting in the county of fices be established by providing for the State comptroller and the State Auditor to prescribe and enforce the use of uniform books and blanks, and also authorizing them {o require the system prescribed to be used by every county official whose duty in - cluded the keeping of any part of the public accounts. A Marketing Bureau Produce of all kinds can be pro. duced in Florida. Our growers are wonderfully successful in raising good crops. The serious question, however, with our producers is the proper marketing and successfully selling what they raise. With a &ood market where fair prices can be procured for our vegetable and sta ple crops, the Florida farmer is cer tain to succeed. To assist our farm- ers in this matter and for the gen- eral good of all the people of the State, 1 recommend that provision be made for a State Marketing Bu. reau. The said bureau to be direct ed by a commissioner whose dutles it shall be to take all action neces sary to bring about the successful marketing of the farm products of Florida. Such bureau with proper management would not only be a wonderful ald to our farmers but can be made self sustaining. Public Road Commission Within the past decade the pub- lic has become more or less alive to the necessity for and the advantage derived from good roads. This good road sentiment has hecome quite general in Florida. A large num- ber of the counties of the State are now either by direct taxation or by funds raised from bonds engaged extensively in road construction and improvement. With the expend] . ture of the large sums of money whichnow being applied and which will in future be used in even larger amounts for road buflding, it will be both wise and economical to have the roads of the counties laid out with system; to have them made of proper materials and scientificfially constructed. There is no avenue for greater waste of public funds than in road building, when the work is carried on in a slip shod fashion, without proper skill, a comprehen sive system and suitable material 1 beileve that the county should be the unit for road building: but while the first object should be to serve the people of the county which defrays the expense, each LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MARCE 17, 1915, BOOST-REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN ASSOCIATED PRESS UPHELD BY COURTS: NOT A TRUST ITS MEMBERS CAN DETERMINE AMONG THEMSELVES WHAT PAPER§ SHALL °ENJOY ITS SERVICE, WITHOUT LEGAL (By Associated Pres!.)*.‘. Weshington, March 17.—Attore ney General Gregory in a letter ad dressed to James M. Beck, counsel for The Sun Priniing Ahd Publish. ing Co. of New York, hold§ that there is no ground for action by thé federal authorities against the As. sociated Press under the anti-trust law. The letter, made public to- day, points out that the Associated Press is a mutual co operative or. ganization and that in his opinion it is no violation of the anti trust act for a group of newspapers to form an assoclation to collect and dis- tribute news for their common bene fit and determine who shall be and not be their associates. TWO BRITISH SHIPS TORPEDOED; ~ MINE SWEEPER BLOWN UP (By Associated Press.) London, March 17.—Official an- nouncement was made today that the British steamers Atlanta and Fingal had been torpedoed. Both the Atlanta and the Fingal were comparatively small ships. The Fingal was sunk, and twenty-one members of her crew were landed and six reported lost. The Atlanta was damaged and its crew is sald to be safe. (By Assoclated Press.) Paris, March 17.—A British mine sweeper was blown up in the Dardanelles and several lives lost when the mine exploded as it was being removed, says a special dis. patch from Athens. (By Assocliated Press.) South Shields, England, March 17.—The British steamship Blonde, arriving here today, reported that she was attacked in the North Sea by a German aeroplane which dropped a bomb upon her deck. One member of the crew was killed. FLOR'DA QUARANTINES AGAINST FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, March 17.-—The State Board of Health clared = quarantine against all States believed to be infected with the foot and the mouth disease in cattle to prevent possible introduc- tion of the disease into Florida. be done without detriment to the best interests of the county road system. To advance the good road move. ment, to bring about greater effi. clency in road construction in the various counties of the State, to as certain the most advisable methods, the best materials to be used, and in a general way to have the road building of the counties placed upon the most economical business-like basis and to stop waste, I belleve it advisable to have created a State road commission, to be composed of three members who shall be allowed their expenses when engaged in the public business, but who shall serve without salary. The said commission should be granted ample authority to conduct all inquiries, to make all necessary investigations, and take all neces sary actlon for the advancement fo public road improvements in the State. The commission should be authorized to employ a highway en. gineer, at a salary not exceeding twenty five hundred dollars per an num, who should be required to in- vestigate and report upon the meth- ods of road construction best adapt. ed to the various sections of the State, and define standards for the construction and_maintenance of the highways, and perform such other duties incident to and properly con nected with such position. He county ) should also be required to co operate should be neighborly and co-operate|and advise with the boards of coun— for highways, so far as the same can The | with the adjoining counties in mak-' ty commissioners and county engi- Another man jumps fourteen feet|district was created by the last Con-|ing proper and suitable connections neers with reference to county bonds. No. 118 FROST WILL REACH FAR DOWN FLA PENINSULA IS PREDICTION OF WEATHER BUREAU AT WASHINGTON— I0CAL WEATHER @FFICE PLACES MINIMUM TEMPERA. TURE AT 40. (By Ascoclated Press.) Washington, March 17.—Light trosts will be feit tonight as far South as the Florida Everglades and the killing frosts along the eastern gulf coast last night will be re. peated, according to the weather bureau prediction. The bureau added that the frost area will extend within 100 miles of the tip of the Florida peninsula. | | REPORT FROM TAMPA WEATHER BUREAU Tampa, March 17.—For Tampa and vieinity: Fair, continued cool tonight and Thursday. Frost tonight with minimum about 40 degrees. For Florida: Fair tonight with frost almost to the twenty sixth parallel, heavy frost in north por - tion. Thursday fair. Winds for the Bast Gulf and the South Atlantic: Moderate north - west . General Weather Conditions The disturbance which was over the Carolinas Tuesday morning has moved northeastward and its center is off Hatteras this morning. It has caused rain or snow over North Carolina and eastern Tennessee during the past 24 hours. An ex. tensive area of high pressure covers the interior of the country, with centers of high barometer over Utah and over Texas. It has caused gener. ally fair weather, except over North Dakota where there has been light snow, and over Colorado and New Mexico, where light rain or snow has fallen. There has been a general fall in temperature east of the Mississippi, and over the Southern States this morning temperatures were 10 to 20 degrees below the seasonal average. The freezing line runs through Georgla and Alabama, and it was below freezing In central Texas this morning. Over the Missourl valley the Plateau region and the Pacific States It was somewhat warmer this morning. Tndications are for fair, continued cold weather in the vicinity of Tam- pa tonight and Thursday. There will probably be frost tonight with a minimum alr temperature of about 40 degrees. bbb BOARD OF TRADE NOTE (By the Secretary.) today de-|d One day of sunshine will the whole town grin. Polk county was well represented yesterday at the ball game, Lake. land excepted. There were carloads of people from Bartow, Winter Haven, Plerce, Auburndale and from as far south as Bowling Green, but Lakeland, the chief beneficiary of this fine plece of advertising, had a very small crowd of patrons. Either our people have too much business already and do not need advertising or the national game is not appre- clated as much as we had supposed. There ought to be one thousand peo- ple out to witness each game played. From present indications the men who were elected to finance and to carry this proposition through will have to look for more support from the other towns where games are to be played. Mr. L. V. Ohl, auditor of the Athletics, playing here the past two days, has become S0 enamored of Lakeland that he is arranging to make this town his permanent home. Says it is just what he and his fam- ily have been looking for. One of the officials of the Colonels has also made a similar statement and is busy looking around for a locatlon. HEARINGS ON CONDITION TEXTLE INDUSTRY CANGELLED (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, March 17.—It waas an< nounced here today that proposed lge‘.rlng- here on the condition of the textile industry in the South by the federal industrial relations dom- miseion had been cancelled. make