Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 20, 1915, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED N IN THE BEST TOWN I THE pest paar OF THE BEST STATE BOOST-REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN CM;0, RO0K lSl_AND AMERICAN HORSES FOR THE FRENCH ARMY \ l 1 FACFL RY COES o MALY MILL - COMMITTEE loME IV = LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915 " ON T0 THIS EFFECT MADE BY AMERICAN STEEL FOUNDRIES CO. pany Consented to Receivership; Have $5,000,000 Worth of Notes Due May 1 (By Associated Press.) licago, April 20—A petition for eiver of the Chicago, Rock Is- and Pacific Railway company filed in the United States court today by the American Steel dries company. The plainti:f es inability of the defendant to the obligations. e railway, company filed an an- consenting to the receivership. p Carpenter appointed H. U. e president of the company and . Dickson, former secretary of as receivers. The company ghort term notes aggregating illion dollars due May 1. ORGIA SUNDAY SCHOOLS ericus, Ga., April 20—More sixty leading Sunday school ers of the state are here to take p part in the Georgia Sunday bl Association meeting which b here today for a three days n. John L. Alexander of go, superintendent of the Inter- pal Sunday School Association othes men noted in the work other parts of the country wiil the local representatives. are over 1,000 delegates pres- nd a strong campaign is plan- (By Assoclated Press.) isiana, Mo., April 20.—A 150 men attacked the city re today in am effart to lynch [Eaton, a negro, who s held on ge of stabbing a shoe factory ve. A policeman fired :nto owd, scattering it. It is not ht any one was injured. HEAVIER CAR LOARDING mphis, Tenn., April 20—Five s of the Frisco lines arrived to address shippers and urge r car loading. Nine years ago erage load was 19 tons while ear it is 24 tons. The road lso hold open meetings to and all employees looking to tting aside'of two days each on which'each employee is to a perfect recofd thus avoiding ims. When' this is accom- d it later will be intended to day in the year. 'S KTTORNEYS WILL ENOT ASK A REHEARING (By Associated Press.) ota, April 20.—Attorneys for - Frank, whose application for of habeas corpus which was yesterday by the ilimited supreme court, annou! “to- t no effort will be made to a rehearing from the federal l. An added application for cy will be presented soon to orgia prison commission. ND SEA RESORTS NON-PRODUCTIVE NOW (By Assoclated Press.) veningen, Holland, April 20. M has settled over the sea- | B resorts of Holland this year sult of the proximity of the lands to the war zone and the ity of the low sountries be- involved in hostilities. The Tetches of sandy beach at pingen, Noordwyk and Zand- ill, in the opinion of the pro- of the summer hotels, lack their usual throngs of open- foreign visitors, except per- hose from Germamy who do € to cross the seas to reach avorite air-cure places, and on is thus doomed to failure. of the most delightful sea- Tesorts of Europe—that of bingen, only a mile or two © Hague—opened its prelim- on this month with ex- bad prospects for the com- - Visitors are here, but vis- 10 spend ng money. s still thremg the great Promenade or lounge on the S OF RECENER [ RODSEVELI GOES ON STAND IN HIS OWN BEHALF (By Associated Press.) ‘S.\'ne-rse, M. Y., April 20.— Counsel for William Barnes, fifty thousand dollar libel suir againet Theodore Roosevelt began the presentation of their case to the' Jury today. William H. Ivine and Chief Barnes of the legal staff out- lined in the opening argument :he comllete case of the plaintiff. Theodore Roosevelt this afternpon itestified on his own behalf in the suit of alleged libel brought by Wm. ‘Blrnem He told of his political ca- reer. in his Irvine reviewed Roosevelt's entire ;Political career; emphasized the wide currency which were given his remarks. William H. Van |Schotten, of Roosevelt’s {gave an outline of the | Speaking of Roosevelt's fight Yor clean government. After evidence ‘had been offered by the plaintiff to {prove the publication of the alleged libelous statements, the defense rest- ied. A list of newspapers in which the statements were published, was read. Ben- counsel, defense, RAILROAD WAGE AWARD Chicago, April 20—The award of the board of arbitration in the wage movement of the engineers, firemen and hostlers of ninety-eight western railroads will be handed down today and will be effective for one year be- binning May 1. November 30. The hearings began 1,500 MACCABEES IN TEN-DAY CAMP Jmestown, N. Y., April 20—Five hundred Macabees met here today in state convention. They will lay plans for the ten day camp of 1,500 Macbees here in August of the Na- tionl Camp of the United Rank, Knights of Macabees of America. This is the 25th annual state meet- ing. PRESDENT OES 70 NEW YORK 10 ATTED LOKCHEON (By As:ociated Press.) Washington, April 20.- President Wilson left this morning for New York to attend the annual luncheon of hte Assoclated Press. Others in the party were Secretary Daniels, Secretary Tumulty and Dr. Grayson. l RILROAD NOTES. The service record of the Balti- more and Ohio is approached by few railroads, as throughout the rank and file are to be found men who have spent their entire business careers and grown old in the em- ploy of the company. The railroad plans to honor these men by placing gold stars on their uniforms th!s summer, and a large number of their subordinates will ~wear the gold bars. A number of prominent southern Jumbermen have framed a pl‘oh'sf to !be presented to the Interstate (on‘;- merce Commission against rate ad- vances. In proof of their conten; tion that their profits are too smuhl to stand a higher freight rate, t,.e Jumbermen have offered to open their books to the railroad men ls&ndfi but most of these p--npl.»- ar: trippers who bring their y\r:j\le.u;::.r with them when they journey huh‘“, on the electric surface cars, ;» rla the others who come o cheap boarding houses or inclusive rates at the bi compan¥ to stay demand 1 g hotels. ow b The exploitation which owns five or six of t kurhaus and the P nounced its decision t its capital. "f\'m only Seheveningen has been put Noord- m this cause, :lvuy‘: :‘:fleh had taken its ular; :; : hsh}on:ble resort, has mfl:r; Jelis 1ike degree, while Zandvoor! come the goal of day trippers from Harlem and Amsterdam. fer, recently an- o write off half he big hotels, the | Thousands of horses N. Y., and shipped to Fra dock. A~ BEARS, LIONS AND ALLIGATORS HAVE . DOUBLED N PRICE SINCE OPENING OF THE WAR, DUE TO THE SUPPLY FROM GERMANY TO ENGLAND BEING CUT OFF (By Asoclated Press) London, April 20.—Baboons, sea lions, alligators, polar bears, and similar animals have generally doubled in price since the war be- san, according to London dealers. If the war has not succeeded in re- ducing England tao actual hardship as far as food supplies go, it has certainly played havoc with the stocks of live seals, grizzlies, skunks, and other foreign things in fur and feather that inhabit the public zoos of the big cities. The scarcity in animals, it is ex- plained, is due to the fact that none are coming from Germany, which, up to last autumn, had made her- self the international clearing house and general distributing cen- ter of wild live-stock for the whole of Burope. In this trade, she had an advantage in geographical situ- ation which enabled her to supply with equal ease purchasers in Rus- sia, Italy, Austria, France or Eng- land. The German banks, also, have been liberal in financing the Dbig animal dealers, while in England, it hes sometimes been almost impossi- ble for men in this branch of trade to ‘obtain any considerable advances on their stock in trade. The United States, it is said, has of late years been the best customer for wild animals. The number of monkeys alone, sent to America in the course of a year, has generally exceeded 4,000. [English dealers are making elaborate plans for per- manently annexing a large share of the German trade in'animals_ The fighting line between the Al- lies and the opposing armies is now —_— | SWOBODA=RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE COULD NOT FIND REASONS § FICIENT FOR HOLDING HIM FOR SETTING FIRE TO LA TOU- RAINE (By Assoclated Press.) Paris, April 20.—The French military authorities have decided to drop the charge that Raymond Swo- boda set fire to the steamer La Touraine. They say the evidence is insufficient . Swoboda is still charged with espionage. DENMARK TO REMAIN NEUTRAL (By Assoclated Press.) Stockholm, April 20.—The Swed- ish author, Harold Waegner, who has been traveling through Denmark for the newspaper Aftdnbladet, re- ports that ““all the relponllb[e Danes whom 1 have met impress me seri- ously with their belidf that the only possible policy for Demmark is strict neutrality.” He explains: “The people of Denmark have al- ways been happy and bhave lived In harmony. They are energetic and well-educated, with a splendid cul- ture. They no longer dream of avenging the year 1864. “The most that they say to each other, would be to get Schleswig-Holstein back again. But, taken as a whole, the land con- quered by Germany in 1864 Is now indisputably German, Kelil, for in- stance, i8 now a thoroughly Ger- man town. “Denmark’s political interests do not incline towards any of the bel- ligerents. She prefers to throw her lot with the northern kingdoms.' said to measure more than 1,000 miles. King George is expected to pay a secret visit to his armies some- time this month. “BUCKING THE BLANKET” IN CAMP -jucking the blanket” is part of the initiation of each the British camps on the continent. A son of Scotland is here tossed in the alr. could happen, | SOON DECIDE | T0 INTESTIGATE. - WHETHER 10 NTER WAR AUSTRIA HAS FAILED T0 MAKE TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS SATISFACTORY TO ITALY; GER- MANS CLAIM PROGRESS IN THE WEST (By Associated Press.) London, April 20.—Italy’s de- cision for or against war is believed )n Rpme to be imminent. Dispatches to theé press say today marks the ex- ‘|piration of the time limit fixed by gathered from all parts of the United States brought together in large herds at Ynnkon; nce for the cavalry and artillery service. The photograph shows some of the horses on the -~ CIRMANSIHAVE BsEATHIIN TORKS MARKMANSHP DECLARE THAT ALLIES’ FAILURE AT ENTRANCE TO DARDA- .NELLES DUE TO TURKS’ SHOOT- ING ABILITY Berlin, April 20.—A German of- ficer of high rank, in a letter writ- ten from Constantinople on March 14 lays emphasis upon the great strength of the Dardanelles defenses. He says: < “Our enemies have suffered two disappointments. The first was the effect—which surprised even our- selves—of the middle and light ar- tillery against armored ships. The second was the good shooting of the Turkish artillery. The latter has, no doubt, been put down by the English to German gunners, but the Turkish soldier, with his wondertul calm, is well adapted for artillery work, it only he is given some practice and it there is proper comtrol of fire, “The ‘heavy Turkish batteries have thus far been very silent, and their time is still to come. Numer- ous hidden battery positions have not been in action at all. ‘“We contemplate therefore, with complete calm and confidence, re- newed attempts to break through, although we do not fail to appre- ciate the greatness and the difficulty of our task. The troops are in the best spirits, well fed and adequate- 1y equipped. They will certainly do their duty if the enemy, whose iso- lated attempts at landed have hith- erto been quickly repelled, decide to land stronger forces.’ $15.000.000 ORDER FOR SHELLS GIVEN T0 DUNKIRK N. Y. FACTORY Dunkirk, N. Y., April 20.—The Brooks Plant i8 to be reopened, having just closed a contract for the manufacture of a large order of shells for one of the warring na- tions of Europe, the ‘bulk of the work to be done in the Brooks shop in Dunkirk. A representative of the Observer was in New York two weeks ago and called upon Vice President James McNaughton of the American Loco- motive company, when he had it ex- plained that the company had bid on & contract for manufacturing shrap- nel for one of the European cgm- tries. He was assured that as soon [{as the contract was closed the Ob- new arrival in wh being i served would be notified. This note from Vice President McNaughton was received this morning. It reads: “We have the order. T would like |to give you some of ‘the details, but can not at this time as we have not [u yet worked them out. It means imuch for Dunkirk, however, and lo- ; cal authorities will be kept posted.” ; The order is the most important in the history of the American Loco- motive company amounting to from $65,000,000 to $75,000,000. The number of shells to be manufactured will total 2,500,000. Of these, 3,000 a day, it is understood, will be turned out at the Dunkirk plant and 1,000 at the Montreal plant. The making of these shells in the Dunkirk plant will mean the install- ing of a large amount of additional machinery and the employment of a large force of men. It is probable that the plant will be kept running day ang night, possibly three shifts of men will be employed depending upon the urgency of the order. Italy for presentation of proposals by Austria. Mt is generally under- stood that Austria has declined to make territorial concessions satis- factory to Italy. Greece is also endeavoring to ar- rive at @ fixed policy. A representa- tive of King Constantine is on his way to Vienna and Berlin, presum- ably on a political mission. No in- timation has been given as to the exact purpose of his visit, although — HIMES, OF -HILLSBOROUGH, 1§ BILL TO COME UP TOMORROW (By Claude F. Johnson.) Tallahassee, April 20.—A resolu- tion was adopted at the executive session of the Senate at noon today calling for the appointment of a committee of five :to investigate and report on the'duties and powers of the Senate in acting on the suspen- sion of Sheriffs Spencer, of Hills- borough, Baker'of Palm Beach, and Pottsdamer of Suwanee county, who have been suspended by Governor Trammell. ¢ The suspensions have been pend- ing before the Senate several days and though the bonds of secrecy were placed on the action of the ses- sion it'is learned on authority that this committee will reort on all sus- !ponnlons now pending and that Sen- it I8 kiown that King Constantine, | “tOT Himes of Hillsborough is hair- who is u ovrother-in-law of Emperor William ¢! Germany, Las set him- self a::inst the party which favors the ir: rvention of Greece on the gide of thc allies. Germans Claim Gains (By Associated Press.) London, April 20.—Definite gains in the west in the Mouse-Moselle re- glon iucluding the reoccuation of the village of embermenil is claimed by the Germans in their official re- port issued at Berlin today. The French says that no important developments occurred yesterday. No late reports of developments in the east have been received. official statement at Paris | nen of the committ~e. No time limit was set for the completion of the comnittee’s investigations. The Tavis liquor regul:tion bill is set for a hearing at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon on request of Sen- ator Farris of Duval. The administration recelved its first jolt of the session today when the House adopted the Dancy amend- ment to the bill intrpduced by Rep- resentative Buesey, of Palm Beach, at the request of the comtroller’s of- fice which provided for the taking up of unfunded indebtedness of va- rious counties by giving commission- ers power to levy three mill tax or a8 much thereof as necessary. | SHERIFF SPENCER GOES (By Associated Prems.) Paris, April 20.—A Salonika dis- patch says that two Turkish torpedo I'oat destroyers were blown up at- tempting to pass a mine belt placed by Russians at the mouth of the Bosphorus while the Turkish fleet was in the Black Sea. The explosion warned another vessel of the Turk- ish fleet, “Forrest,” to remain in the Black Sea. No mine sweepers were available. BABYLON MAY BE USED BY TURKS AS A FORTRESS (By Associated Press.) London, April 20. — Anclent Babylon as a fortified point for the Turkish expedition against Turky, with the guns placed behind the German archeological excavations, Is the suggestion made by & corre- spondent of the Near East, who is well acquainted with the excavat- ing work the Germans have done there. Since 1900, the German archeolo- gists have employed an average of 300 men to dig among the ruins. ‘The extent of this work is indicated by the fact they used & small rail- way to carry away the éarth as it was taken out. X ‘ Babylon could make ‘a fortified place of .great strength, argues the writer. The surroundings are flat, yet covered with a network of em- bankments of ancient canals, and the German diggings, vast in extent, offer ideal shelter and excellent gun pits. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS The Providence, R. 1., Police Com- mission has ordered the hoteds of the city to provide special dining rooms for unattended wmoen. It is reported that the present year may see two, if not three, resigna- tions in the Cabinet of President Wilson, , although nothing official is fothcoming on the lubl'.ct. From New York City comes the re- port that several German journalists have organized a committee for the purpose of writing and distributing articles, as news matter, which will influence sentiment in favor of Germany. As a result of the part played by women in the recent election of Wil- Ham H. Thompson, Republican, as mayor of Chicago( it is declared that the suffragists will receive sov- eral jmportant appointments uader the tew mayor. TO PROTECT INTERESTS Leit Last Night for Tallahassee to Be on Ground During Fight to Prevent Ratification of Suspension — Sherifft W. C., Spencer 1eft last night for Tallahagsee, where he will spend several days watching his in- terests, and ascertalning the steps necessary to defend himself before the State Senate, in regard to his re- cent suspension from office by Gov- ernor Trammell Just before leaving the Sheriff sald he would remain in Tallahassee as long as he considered it necessary, but believed his stay would not be of more than a few days. ‘I have nothing to say about the trip,” he said, other than that I'm going there to be on the ground, and do what is necessary to protect my- self. “I could give you a lengthy inter- view on the situation, but do not think it advisable now, and do not' think it would be of interest to the public. “I am standing pat, and not wor- rying. As I sald immediately after my return from my. last trip to the capital, I am ready sad willing to let my record as an officer answer for me; and that if it isa’t a good reeord, 1 don’t want to remain sheriff.”— Tampa Tribune. BOTH CANDIDATES FOR D.AR. PRESDENCY ARE: CONFIDENT (By Associated Press.) Washington, pril 20.—The cone test between Mrs. Willlam C. Story of New York and Mrs. Geo. Truern- say, of Kansas, for president general of the Daughters of the American revolution is increasingly vigorous today, both sides being confident. They will be nominated tonight, to- gether with ten vice presidents gen- eral and other officials. The elections will take place tomorrow. Today’s session of the Congress is devoted to the presentation of reports of of- ficers and committees. The Towa Senate has passed a bill requiring railroads % eep a rec- ord of all liquor shipments and for- bidding them to carry liquor into or within the state which is to be used for {llegal purposes, after January 1. Miss Rose Livingston, whose work among the Chinese of New York has attracted world-wide attention by her advocacy of woman suffrage. She declares that the only way the white slave evil will be eradicated will be by the women to obtain the right to vote.