Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 26, 1915, Page 1

81 % 63 QO \ THE LAKELAND EVEN POBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE ENROUTE 10 PORTS OF,GANADA ON_THE ATLANTI COAST s 1S REPORT GIVEN OUT#BY GERMAN OFFICER; GERMANS JAKING DESPERATE EFFORTS 10 REACH ENGLISH CHANNEL pORTS; BOMBARDMENT OF DARDANELLES IN PROGRESS (By Associated Press.) Portland, Oregon, April 26.— man fleets are headed for the nadian Atlantic coast to bombard portant cities and fortifications, pording to a letter from a German val officer to the captain of the rned German bark here today. e captain says he had a letter om the same officer eight days be- e the Germans bombarded the clish coast saying this was about bappen. I Irying to Reach English Channel (By Associated Press.) London, April 26.—Official re- prts concerning what some of the litary critics are inclined to call e greatest battle of the war,” ich is in progress on the Yser al in Flanders, are meagre, and atradictory. The British critics puerally believe, however, that the mans are making a desperate ef- to reach the French channel rts. It is impossible as yet to get clear idea of the extent of the rman movement, but special dis- tches to some of the London news- pers describe it as so important t Field Marshal Von Hinden- rg has been brought from the to condugt operations and that nperor William' is proceeding to e Yser front. 2 In the east the gateway into Hun- formed by Useack Pass, is hin becoming the scene of san- nary fighting with neither side king great gains. Attack on Dardanesses Begun (By Associated Press.) London, April 26.—The admiral- and war office declared this after- on that a general attack on the danelles had begun. It was sald army disembarked successfully spite of serious opposition from e Turkish forces. ATING SOLDIERS BY HYPNOTISM {By Associated Press.) london, April 26.—Hypnotism is ; og tried with some good results the treatment of soldiers who e broken down under the shock strain of the battlefield. he patient is seated in a chair is brought under hypnosis in the linary way. He is told to clear mind of all other thoughts and concentrate on the single subject his cure. If, as often happens, his ion is affected by ‘“shell shock” is told quetly and firmly that the et has beem cured and that he once again see clearly. In some a single sitting is enough, in ers the treatment is repeated oy times. DERER’S NARROW ESCAPE (By Assoclated Press.) fing Sing, April 26.—William X, convicted of murdering Giu- Marino, has been sentenced to this week. He will probably get tar. An interesting incident of 's trial was the testimony of hisa Macaluso, 18, in whose room urred. She went to the district ey and sought to take respon- ity for the murder. Later she itted telling the district attor- a lie, asserting so convincingly Was at last telling the truth the jury belived her and sent k to the chair. OPERTY HELD BY BRITAIN (By Associated Press.) ondon, April 26.—“Enemy's Perty,” valued at $426,506,380, Reld by the public trustee, ac- ing to his annual report just is- Of this sum $270,000,000 rep- property held on bedalt of uals, $8,000,000 ocapital in therships, $145,000,000 capital tOmpanjes and the rest the in- ® on investments. [0 s (By Associated Press.) ondon, April 26.—The anomaly te old criminal law by which the Ity for maliclous damage to & Of art was rated less than dam- o 2 window, has now been cor- *d by the’ mew ‘¢riminal justice distration aet, simed original- -~ i ! the suffragettes. The act '“i“mmc':"m:tn—l attempted since " up early last year, but did Teceive thé ‘sametion of Pariia- SUFFRAGE L0ST IN HOUSE BY VOTE 0F 21 T0 34 (Evening Telegram Special Service) Tallahassee, April 26.—By a vote of 31 to 24 the House this morning killed the resolution calling for a constitutional amendment to grant equal suffrage to women. Kronz Prinz Wilhelm Is Coaling Newport News, April 26.—The German auxiliary cruiser Kron- Prinz Wilhelm was towed this morning to the railroad coal pier where she will take on between thirty-five hundred and four thou- sand tons of bunker coal. It was said at the pier that the coaling row. — HEAD OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DIED TODAY (By Associated Press.) Chicago, April 26.—James Ma- her, national supreme director of the Knights of Columbus, died at his home here today, aged 55. SALESMEN NOT - BACKWARD ABOUT ENLISTING (By Asscciated Press.) London, April 26.—The appoint- ment by the home secretary of a e LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1915 KAISER IN ONE OF HIS Ruiibv uilIES Emperor William passing through the ruinea sireews vt Lyck, East Prussia, Russians from the city. He is seen i peared when last visiting the eastern NCH INTEREST N RERGANZATION OF TN IF Coect Much interest is being manifested in the plan for reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, as evidenced by the fact that some of our most prominent men have taken the time fro their business to give their sup- port and active service in co-operat- ing with the Board, and urging their friends to assist in every poscsible way. Messrs. M. A. Smith, of Smith Bros., and C. W. Dean, pres- ident of the First National Bank, n. front of his automobile. War zone. YTy (By Associated Press) Syracuse, N. Y., April 26.— Cross examination of Theodore Roosevelt in the Willlam Barnes li- bel suit against him continued in the supreme court here today. This was the former president's fifth day as a witness. In the trial today a series of confidential letters from the filles of committee to work up recruiting have sent out the following letters: [the late Senator Platt were read to among the shop salesmen has caused the secretary of the salesmen’s union to protest against what he terms an unwarranted insinuation. To show that the salesmen have not been backward in answering the call to arms, he mentions a dry goods firm with 43 per cent of its 300 men in the army and a grocery with 30 per cent of 480 men serving. Most of those remaining, he says, have shown good reason for it. SOUTH PAYS TRIBUTE 10 NOBLE DEAD (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, April 26.--Memorial exercises were conducted in several Southern States today in honor of the Confederate dead. The day is a legal holiday in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Georgia. The schools, banks and public institu- tions generally are closed and the graves decorated. Monument Unveiled (By Associated Press.) President Deen Writes The thing that appeals about this mew Chamber of merce movement is that it is being made as broad as is the community life of our city, no antle or phase of it being overlooked in the platform of activities. Another phase of its plan that should appeal strongly to business men is the solidity and perpetuity that the taking of memberships upon a three year basis will give it. The work of the new Chamber of Commerce, as 1 see it, must neces- sarily reach down into the future of Lakeland, and it is vital and essen- tial that on starting the work on this solid basis that every man should feel justified in putting his shoulder to the wheel and helping along. I personally am going to take off my coat and do everything I can for it. Trusting that you will see your way clear to give this movement your co-operation and personal ser- vice not only at the present writing, but in the future, I remain Very truly yours, cC. w. Smith Bros.’ Letter I am greatly interested in the movement for the re-organization of to me DEEN. “|them the writers discused the jury and Roosevelt was ques- tioned about them. Some of the letters were signed by Platt and some by-Roosevelt. Ia nearly all of/ candi- dates for office in the New York State government. When ques- tioned by Barnes’ counsel, Roose- velt said without hesitation that he consulted freely with Platt, realiz-' ing at all times that he was the “‘boss™” of the Republican party of New York State. Roosevelt denied emphatically that the conferences he held with Platt over appoint- ments constituted an “invisible gov- ernment. " LONDON GLOBE DISAPPROVES OF TOO0 MUCH PUBLICITY (By Associated Press.) London, April 26.—The Globe ex- presses alarm and regret at the free- dom with which British statesmen and leaders are granting interviews to American and French newspapers. “We have already commented,” unges the Globe, “on the extent to which foreign journalists are fav- ored, at the expense of the British press, by our soldiers and politicians. The question is not merely of inter- t in newspa) offices, but has a Savannah, April 26.—The monu-!our Board of Trade; the officers and | **t 10 newspaper b3 certain national importance. ment erected to memorialize Gener-{the Board of Governors have investi- als James Screven, Danicls and gated and decided upon a newer plan “If the policy of the Press Bureau stifies frankness where it is called Steward were unveiled at the Mid-|apq a more modern method of or- way cemetery, in Liberty county, Georgia, today. Samuel Graham, assistant attorney general of the United States, was the prin- cipal speaker. Congress appropri- ated ten thousand dollars for the monument . L DOCKERS LIVERPOO! - . (By Associated Press.) Liverpool, April 26.—Looking smart in their new khaki dungaree uniforms, several companies of the Liverpool Ddckers’ Battalion have turned out for their first parades. Each gang or squad of the dock- ers includes nineteen men and a corporal. Several of these umits constitute a company which has its own non-commissioned officers, and may be drafted by the government for work wherever wanted. The docker’s uniform differs only slightly from the regular service un- iform. The material and cut is a little more like that of a good over- all. The headgear is the regular service cap, with the badge of the King’s Own Liverpool Regiment, to which the battalion is attached. ———————————————————— ment until August. It has just tak- There have been no suf- the outbreak of the war. ganization than we have at the pres- Jordon lent time. This plan includes a Membership Council, bringing into the Board rep- resentatives from all trades, business and professions within the organiza- tion. Each group—lawyers, cloth- iers, manufacturers, dentists, dry goods and grocers and all others elect their fepresentatives to the Council. This is a new but a most desirable feature that has been tried and is working successfully all over the country. Another very strong feature and of much interest to all retailers is the question of local credits; it has been a serious problem with both the large and small merchants and under this new plan it is proposed to es- tablish a confidential eredit rating bureau. The Board has made some investigation of credit rating and has determined upon the use of an improved centralized card index system. This service is to be free to every member of the Board. Very truly yours, SMITH BROS. 1 am doing all I can for this work and trust you will see your way clear to assist in every possible way. Don’t forget the “Home Products™ dinner and big speaking st the Kib- ler hotel next Tuesday eveaing. for, it might at least be expected that such a prohibition would be uniform, and that an article which the censor imagines helpful to the enemy if it appears in an English paper will have no less sinister {n- fluence if printed in Paris or New ork. “It appears, however, that coun- sels of reticence which are binding when dealing with the English press | may be relaxed when the speaker is talking for publication abroad, with the result they are cabled back again to this country. This is at best an illogical and undignified state of affairs.” PROHIBITION IN CHICAGO The number of saloon licenses in Chicago is limited to 7,152. Before a saloon may be opened in a resi- dence district, a majority of the vot- ers therein must sign a petition for it. Under this provision forty- eight square miles of the city is dry territory and about four hundred thousand of the population live un- der prohibition. Not so bad for Chi- cago! A fact to be noted is that many of the brewers and distillers prefer to make their homes in saloonless districts. declare that Just atter s wroops had ariven the At the left 18 a photograph of the kaiser as he ap- BATIH GOF'T NAY TAKE OVER SHPS < INCFOREIGN;PORTS London, April 26.—It is probable that a large number of British steamers in foreign ports will be taken over by the government ow- ing to the scarcity of suitable steam- ers in this country, It is stated by admiralty officials that British vessels are avoiding the United Kingdom owing to the prob- ability of their belng taken over for government purposes, and such ships will now be commandeered wherever they may be, as necessity arises. The ship-owner at present rates can make about three times as much profit on the open market as through a lease to the government The Lritish mavy is still actively engaged at Gibraltar in stopping cteamers bound for ports in the Mediterranean and vessels meet with considerable delays. Special attention is being paid to steamers having their cargoes or nertions of their cargoes assigned to Switzerland. One case posted re- cently on the Baltic Kxchange was of a steamer which had been de- tained at Gibraltar 105 days before she was allowed to proceed. Ship-owners are not taking the brecaution to stipulate that if any cargo is destined to Switzerland it must be consigned to the Swiss gov- ernment. VICTORIA CROSS GIVEN TO COMMANDER RITCHIE (By Asociated Press) London, April 26. —The king has granted the Victoria Cross to Com- mander Henry Ritchie, Royal navy, for the following ‘‘conspicuous act of bravery.” . “On Nov. 28, when in command of the searching and demolition op- ergtions at Dar-es-Salaam, East Africa, though severely wounded several times, his fortitude and res- olution enabled him to continue to do his duty, inspirnig all by his ex. ample, until at his eighth wound he became unconscious. The interval between his first and last severe wound was twenty.five minutes.* SHIPBUILDING DEVOTED TO CONSTRUCTION OF WAR SHIPS (By Associated Press.) London, April 26.—Shipbuilding yards around the coast of Great Britain are more and more engaged on warship construction and the out- put of mercantile vessels is thereby decreasing. Last month only twelve vessels were launched on the Clyde against fifteen last year. Ten new boats are fitting out in the Glasgow district, among them being the new Leyland liner Bos- tonian. The east coast yards are engaged on a number of small coasting trade vessels while the Irish yards are working overtime mostly on govern- ment work. At the Barrow works of Messrs. Wickers Ltd., an increasing number of girls have been employed in va- rious departments recently. An army of them now pass in and out of the works daily. SOUTHERN CONGRESS ING TELEGRAM == BO0ST-REMENBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE-BEGAN TO KNOCK HiS HONE TOWN COMMERCIAL OPENS: No. 145 FLETCHER MAKES OPENING ADDRESS bl ke HUNDREDS OF MEN OF NATION. AL IMPORTANCE ARE IN AT. TENDANCE; MARY VITAL MAT- TERS TO BE DISCUSSED AUSTRUANS ARE FORTIFYING ACAIST Ly (By Associated Press.) Belluno, Italy, April 26.—Italian refugees from Austria report the Austrians are fortifying the border and are building concrete entrench- ments concealing heavy guns. They Austrian officers say they will raze all villages if hostili- ties begin. This has counteracted the effect of the report that Austria Was willing to negotiate regarding territorial cession to 1t y — TURKS MAKING UNIFORMS OUT OF CALICO (By Associated Press.) Rome, April -An Ttalian merchant who has shops in Damas cus, Julfa, Reyroat and has returicd hese tire sto have besn by the sh gove unifo* Flowered or striped ‘0 aud patterns of the most conspicicvs form and color are used in these uniforms, he sald, the Turks being short of proper mater- fals. b 3 X W 31 P12 26. Jornsalen, ment to make soldiers, TR JOHR BUNNY MOTION PICTURE COMEDIAN IS DEAD (By Associated Press.) New York, April 26.—John Bun- ny, the motion picture comedian, died at his Brooklyn home today. He had been ill of a complication of diseases . LIMITATIONS OF WAR COMMANDERS | London, April 26.-—An eye wit- ness at British headquarters in France, writing in explanation of the recent operations at Neuve Cha- pelle, points out the limitations which beset commanders in modern warfare. “The only way in which the com- mander of any unit, be it battalion, brigade, division, or army corps, can actively influence a battle,” he says, “i8 by throwing into the fight a body of fresh troops which have not been employed. His power of control is especially limited in modern war by the hail of lead and iron which sweeps over the whole area near the front line, and in such operations as are now in progress by the inevit- able confusion resulting from close quarter fighting in enclosed coun- try. “The troops launched into the Hght must of necessity be left to look after themselves to a great ex- tent, and their fortunes will depend on the individual \resource, initia- tive and determindtién of regimen- tal officers and men. It fs imposa ble to aiter their dispositions, to change the directions to which they have been committed, or in many cageg even to communicate with them, for orderlies get shot and tele- phone wires are cut. EXPERIMENTS BEING MADE WITH THE NEW WIRELESS London, April 26.—Experiments with Hertsian waves are being fol- lowed very closely by “Trinity House,” in the belief that the sys- tem will prove more valuable than coast lights. Some experts are even looking forward to the gradual ex- tinction of the latter. The wireless signals can be em- ployed in foggy weather when the lighthouses cannot be seen and sev- eral vessels are not fitted with what are known as direction finders. On the nowth coast of France the French government has been experi- menting with special stations, the signals being emitted at regular in- (By Associated Press,) Muskogee, Oklahoma, Apry 2 The sixth annual convention of the Southern Commercial Congress be- 8an here today and wil be in ses- sion five days, Mounted cowboys and Indians driving automobiles, Bave a picturesque touch to the Da: rade wvh-umlqg the delegates. Sen- ator Fletcher, of Florida, president of the Congress, made the opening address. A broader conception of the South’s agricultural advantages was generally urged by the speake ers, Many men of nation including Jeaders in f factures, commerce, transportation, agriculture and publie affairs, Inced' $1-rlmtor Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor- ida today when he called to order he snnual convention of o Southe "1 Commereial ¢ .gpess The gath- v Wasc one of the largest and redresentative of its kind ever bl qu this country. The open- |ing address or Sc nator Floicher, the .l vesident of the congres:, and ad- !dresses of groeting delivered by Governor Willlams and United States i Senator Owen of Oklahoma occupied lthe greater part of the initja) ses- 'slon, At the luhso]uenl ‘Mll“'; which wilt continue until Friday, the delegates will discuss a wide variety of subjects pertaining to the development of Southern commerce and industry and the extension of foreign trade. President Wilson will be unable to attend but the federal govern- ment is to be represented by other officials from Washington, Agricul- ture, marketing immigration, for- elgn trade, municipal efliclency, rural eredits and the efect of the European war upon the commerce of the United States, especially the South, are among subjects to be dis- cussed, The Congress was opened with the annual address of Senator Fletcher, of Florida, its president; a welcome from Senator Owen, of Ok- lahoma, as a citizen of Muskogee, and Oklahoma's welcome by Gover- nor Robert L. Williams. Among others on the program are Assistant Secretary Vrooman, of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Assistant Sec- retary Sweet, of the Department of Commerce; Charles 8. Hamlin, Gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve Board, George W. Perkins and Willard Straight, of New York, Senator Lewis, of Illinols, Myron T. Herrick, of Cleveland, Ohio; Senator Rans- dell, of Louisiana, and Col. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern nal reputation, inance, manu- Senator Owens’ Address of Welcome (By Associated Press) Muskogee, Akla., April 26—Unit- ed States Senator Robert L, Owen, of Oklahoma, who delivered Muskogee's welcome to the Southern Commercial Congress today, predicted that the next ten years would demonstrate ia the South ‘“‘the most remarkable changes which have ever taken place in the United States, unless there be excepted the rapid develop- ment of Oklahoma, when the lands were suddenly thrown upon to set- tlement.” Senator Owen, chairman of the Senate banking committee, and member of the joint committee of Congress to investigate rural credits, told the Congress that the practice of unimited debate in the Senate had made it impossible to pass, at the last session, the rural credits bill and other legislation of real import- ance. He sald by next January, how- ever, there should be framed a well- thought out measure to give relief to the farmers. “Protection of the United States against future finan- cial panics by the federal reserve law,” he added, “will be of enor- mous advantage to Southern people who are peculiarly injured by finan- cial or commercial depression.” Efforts to establish a department of health to make the federal gove ervals. If a vessel is fitted with a’ernment’s health services more efi- radio compass it is easy to apply the information, but even without one the receipt of any signal at all is an advantage, for the exact posi- tions of the stations are kmown. Tn 1868 there were 3,500,000 per- sons residing in territory in which the sale of liquor was prohibited. In 1900 the number had increased to 18,000,000 jclent, the Senator said, had = been thwarted, by “the hostility of the patent medicine people and those who have selfish interest.” He spoke particularly of the importance to the South of the governmen’s control of yellow fever, malaria, and hoek worm campaigne. B S RS had doubled, reaching 36,000,000, Tn 1908 the numberand today it is more than 5,000,000,