Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 12, 1915, Page 3

PR 02 -3 - - = - 3 - 3 ] AMERICAN ASSOCIATION .. - - - = - - . Y Standing of the Clubs W. L. Pet. = | 518 9 o ARL Y A5 R e e 1 .10 11 « 8 11 b: 18 . 5 ndianapolis ouisville .. Milwaukee t. Paul leveland . . ansas City inneapolis .. “olumbus .. Results Yesterday At St. Paul 1, Cleveland 4. At Milwaukee 3, Indianapolis 8. At Kansas City 7, Louisville 4. PUOFPVRSVPVSDPQS - SOUTHERN LEAGUE - -3 - - I - O - Standing of the Clubs Y W. L. .17 .15 «.16 ..18 .12 -.110 lobile .. A G e 10 10 11 10 14 15 17 18 Jew Orleans .. ‘hattanooga .. irmingham .. 630 600 Results Yesterday Little Rock 5 Nashville 1-4. New Orleans 2, Mobile 0-3, At At FOEVRVEVEOD0 RO SOUTH ATLANTIC K R-EE-KE-RE-RE-K5- Standing of the \(\J'lnbf selfa e ..18 10 G4 3y 13 15 17 16 Pet. 731 .600 Ibany . PMacon ‘harleston [Columbus [Savannah Augusta Jacksonville ‘olumbia . . 400 360 Results Yesterday At Jacksonville 5, Columbia 4. At Albany 1, Savannah 0. At Columbus 4, Charleston 3. Raaaat R SRR Sl L L L L L i ] : German Torpedoes j ¢ And The Lusitania : B SPddde By Albertus Vogt liditor Evening Telegram: This country ought not go to war vith Germany because of the Lusi- tania incident. The Americans, sailing and sinking on that ship fhad ample and specific notice to ‘keep off.”” I read in the press dis- patches that Vanderbilt had a per- sonal cable begging him to ‘keep off" the liner, while she lay at her [docks in New York. I read too, hat the “ships agents and owners ridiculed the idea of danger, and in very possible manner re-assured he safety of passengers.” A long, long time before Shake- speare folks were amazed at the evi- dences of“what fools these mortals be.” If in the face of the warn- ings of their mothers, and innumer- able precedents, folks do things [daily, willfully and premeditatedly that start them hellwards. 1f this may be a “Government of, by and for the people.’ The powers that be at Washington cannot be sufficient- ¥ and constitutionally paternal to pecifically protect all of the fools in the U. S. America is big enough, good enough, and peace- ful enough for any sane person to live in and be happy, at least un- Big FURNITURE Closing Out Sale =3 .681 | Philadelphia . . i .637 [Chicago .. ... .. .. 8 .542 | Boston 0 | Pittsburgh .475 | Cincinnati 476 [ St Louis 421 | Brooklyn .217 [New York .. e ME Qo ®le %la | | I | St .500 | Brooklyn 370 ) Baltimore .. h [navy or any pportion of our army LR R R - NATIONAL LEAGUE AR R KRR TRy Standing of the Clubs att O 667 636 571 Results Yesterday At Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg 2. At Brooklyn 1, Chicago 5. At New York 1, Cincinnati 2. At Boston 1, St. Louis 5. VS0P 0V P0G O @ ° & AMERICAN LEAGUE o LR - I I R Standing of the Clubs WL Detroit . ., . . Chicago Boston .. New York Cleveland .. Washington Philadelphia Louis At Chicago 0, Washin At Detroit 5, Boston 1. At St. Louis 0, Philadelphia 3. R ) FEDERAL LEAGUE R R R RN Standing of the Clubs W. L. et ] 8 SRR 14 11 e i .10 SUaE L] Buftalo:: s« i Vi 8 Pittsburg .. Newark .. Chicago St. Louis .. Iesults Yesterday At Pittsburg 1, Buffalo 0. At Baltimore 6, St. Louis 5. At Brooklyn 4, Chicago 6. At Newark 0, Kansas City 7. til the European wars are ended. For the life of me I can’t see why this government should send our to a foreign land and sacrifice mil- lions of money and very many of the lives of the flower of its youth to avenge the few Americans, trievably dead, in the Lusitania, by their own volition. When people elect to fly in the face of fate seemingly they ought uncom- plainingly to abide results. The Germans said “We will on this trip torpedo and sink the Lusi- tania.” The English said “Ia, ha! No danger, go aboard, we will take your passage money and land you safe in Liverpool.” These Ameri- caps sailinz “paid their money and took their choice’”” The U. S. long ago warned all citizens in foreign lands to get themselves home to America and close under the tecting folds of the stars and stripes, | If Americans safe at home may be so stated with domestic environs and protections in these most world strenuous times as to go junketing after new scenes and fads into the jaws of death their insatiate desires for travel and change of scenery will most likely lead them on, and into that country, or condition,from whence return tickets are void. False sentimentality may extremists and thoughtless folks to scream “Avenge them!” But sanity asks, who will avenge the one or more thousands to one that would be seen to die in any trial at arm- rre- chosen cause pro- |~ Chum Bob’s Sporting Talk New York, May 12—Indianapolis will be the Mecca of antomohnis(s' at the end of this month, and some of the best known riders in this sec- tion are preparing to 20 to the Hoosier capital within the next week to follow the practice races and secute pleasing accommoda- tions, One large party is planning to continue the journey to San Fran- cisco before returning, the entire trip being made by automobile. “Bill" Coe, the big shot-putter who holds the world's record for number of schools and colleges at- tended, is home again after nine months on the other side, and sars it will be many years before Europ- ean track athletes recover from the loss of the athletes in the crazy war. After trying to make a big leagu- uer out of Jim Thorpe for two years, McGraw has given it up as a hard job and sent the Carlisle Indian Athlete to Jersey City The trouble with Thorpe, it appears, is that his legs, arms and brain cannot wovk in conjunction. When the St. Louis Browns bought Laudermilk and Severied, a| Louisville battery, for $30,000 last! Hedges, fall, everybody laughed. however,, has had his laugh this spring and it is all the better for the long wait. An enthusiastic fan arises to sug- gest that on September 23, of this year, the baseball magnates com- memorate in some fashion the sev- entieth anniversary of the adoption of the playing rules which form the basis of ‘the present code of the game. These rules were adopted by the Knickerbocker Association of New York in 1845. The Riverview Velodrome will put on a Brassard race this season in Chicago, the winner to receive $25 a week as long as he retains the trophy. The race will feature the Wednesday night programs at the new track and the first contest for the trophy and the stipend that goes with it will be held Wednesday night, May 26, with “Bobby” Mec- Lean and Alfred Krueger, two skaters who have taken wup the “cyeling game, as the starters. ed revenge. Who will comfort the wives, the orphans and the mothers | of Americans va unrighteously sa iced? inly, Let us reason together in peace, and hereafter let the keep Lusitania les- son fool-hardy Americans at home. If every one of the neutral tions would join hands and say to Germany and Austria, “Stop fight- ing! Do it now! Let us go to The Hague and reason together and calmly settle all Europe and the British Isles,” 1 am of opinion the kaiser would listen. If he would not, then let the entire civilized world join forces and capture him and deal with him as a unit. na- If German be let alone with its purposes and successes with air, | best people on submarine and land machines of distruction the Kaiser will in three years be “The emperor of Europe.” All ready he has made “Brittannia rules the waves.” Well, Mark Twain nor any other Twain ever perpetrated so practical a joke-fest. You know 1 am an optimist. You know my opinion of Kaisers. 1 expressed that in the initial of the war in your paper. 1T know it is written “No man is a prophet in his own country. But “I don’t care.” If that hellish holocast of horrors now raging on the Eastern Hemis- may suddenly cease. It will almost at once be succeeded by a commune that will result in a re- public, or a flock of them over them. For a while that inevitable commune will do things, awful and sublime, and then will arise one great, grand, good Eastern Repub- lic or a sort of Daughter of Eastern Star, Sisterhood of Republics that will make the great heart of God glad, People are realizing what it is to ten men “powers”—or “men’ to be used at will in the chess and checkers games of drones, who term themselves “nobility.” Nobody appreciates the truth of the above declaration, so much as does the ‘“rules by divine right” liars, who wear the crowns and en- joy in idle luxury the sweat earned tithes of Europe, and they are now and will continue to ruthlessly sac- rifice lives and spread horrors, to the last ditch. For they know a cessation of hostilities means a commune eminating in republics, that mean life, liberty and the en- joyment of prosperous happiness. Let Americans live for Ameri- cans, for humanity, at home—hu- manity to our mothers, our wives, here We have decided to close out our entire |Stock of Furniture AT COST and BELOW, to make room f departments. ¢ Don’t pa\{: when you can_buy all the want at : or our other a PROFIT urniture you FACTORY PRICES #» EIRST COME FIRST SERVED h Supl 1 o. iness or need apply to your our children. Charity all vir{ios— beg Though China to war, let us We have the that at home. best of and Japan may go home. country and the earth. With two- thirds of Britain and Europe busied, the Caucasian race will need all of our splendid plenish the y closer at bes American sires to re- earth with “white folks,” and in the interval of re- production we may need several millions of us to maintain the gait Jess Willard set recently in Ha- vana. For, while there are a mighty heap of good “cullud folks” in the U. 8. A, and there are lots of them in Asia and much nearer home, that to my way of thinking are in the same “dug-out” with Phil Sheri- dan’s ‘“‘good Indians,” or they may have to be “put.” So let's keep up our “watehful waiting” and hus- band our resources—all of them. And let’s fortify our coasts and build submarines and perfect flying machines, solely and only for the protection of our matchless U. S, A. And, if we must exert paternalism and protect the idiots, who, in the face of all of the kaiser's warnings, rush into suicide by the water drinking route, let us build more Matteawans and catch and lock 'em for they need it—very much more than Harry Thaw ever deserved it. MAIL ORDER COMMANDMENTS The following ten commandments are offered for 'the guqunno of catalog-house patrons: 1. You shall sell your farm pro- ducts for cash whenever you can, but not to us. We do not buy from you. 2. You shall believe our state- ments and buy all you need from us, because we want to be good to you, although we are not personally acquainted with you. 3. You shall send the money in advance to give us a chance to get the goods from the factory with your money; meanwhile you will have to wait patiently for weeks, as that is our business method. 4. You shall apply to your near- est city to aid you in building good roads so that you can conveniently get the goods from the depot, for we do not build country roads. 5. You shall buy church bells and church fixtures from us and for- ward the money in advance for this is our huql‘vss method, and you shall collect from the business men in your city as much money as you can for the benefit of the churches, for it is against our rules to donate any money for country churches. 6. You shall buy your tools from us and be your own mechanic in or- der to drive the mechanics from your vicinity, for we wish it so. 7. You shall induce your neigh- bor to buy everything from us, as we have room for more money—the less money you have in your com- munity the sooner we can put vour local merchant out of business and charge you any price we please. 8. You shall look often at the beautiful pictures in our catalog so that your wishes will increase and so your will send in big orders al- though you are not in immediate need of the goods, otherwise you might have some money left to buy some necessary goods from your lo- cal merchant. 9. You shall have the merchants who repair the goods you buy from us book the bills so you can send the money back for his labor to us for new goods, otherwise he will not notice our influence. 10. You shall in case of sick- local dealer for aid and credit, as we do not know you, nor care to.—Mine- ola (Tex.) Monitor. By DONALD CHAMBERLIN The day 1 was twenty-one years old I was walking on the street when a gentleman accosted me, saying: “You are Joseph Stirling, I believe.” “I am,” 1 replied, surprised, for I had no knowledge of the man what- ever. “If you will call on me at my office you will hear something which you may or may not consider to your ad- vantage. But I warn you to say noth- ing about this meeting until you have heard what I have to say.” Handing me a card with his name, Francis Doyle, and his address on It, he turned away and was soon lost in the erowd. I was naturally much disconcerted. I walked about aimlessly for an hour, then went to the address given me. “Today you come into an inheritance of $300,000,” he said to me. “What?" He repeated. “You don’t mean it!" “But I have something else to tell you that you may not wish to hear." I paled and waited. “You are not the son of either of your parents nor the brother of your supposed brothers and slsters.” This was indeed a blow. I dearly loved all of those he had mentioned 1 had no heart to ask him to proceed, but he did. “When your supposed father and mother were first married no children were born to them. This was a great disappointment to your father especial- ly. Friction came between them, and they separated. In time your suppos ed mother, believing that the birth of a child would bring back her hu: took you from your mother when y: were born and wrote him that a child had been born to her and him. He re- turned to her, and a reconciliation was established. “Those whom you have considered your brothers and sisters came on, the real children of Mr. and Mrs. Stirling. Ounly Mrs. Stirling knows that you are not her son. Your own mother was of good family who made a runaway match with your father. He was un- able to take care of her and died, the cause of his death being his poverty. You were born shortly after his death, and at that time it occurred to Mrs. Stirling to offer an adopted son to her busband instead of a real one. “Your own mother placed with a law firm a record of your birth and the persons who had adopted you. That was twenty-one years ago. 1 was then o rk in the employ of the firm ind am now the firm myself. Cousins of vours who would have inherited cer- tain property have died, and you are the heir It has become my duty to ou of your inheritance. This Ived giving you the other In- ion concerning your birth. If you aceept the fortune the secret must come out, for your supposed father must necessarily know whence came your fortune. What change this may make In the present relations between busband and wife it is impossible to tell.” He had given me the situation In a nutshell. I was like a weather vane in a changing wind—two air currents dis- puting for the mastery. On the =ne side there was the possession of $300,- 000, on the other the revelation of a secret that would give my dear mother pain—I could not at once consider her as not my mother—make trouble be- tween her and father and make known to my brothers and sisters that I was of a different family. But all this was not in complete pos- session of my mind. The shock I had recelved on learning that I did not really belong to those I loved was up- permost. [ dreaded the first meeting with them all after the information I had received. 1 should certalnly give away the fact that there was some- thing on my mind, and doubtless moth- er would suspect what it was. What a life she must have led, dreading al- ways that her secret would come out! “Well,” saild the attorney, “I pre- sume you will take time to recover from the information I have given you and devise some means of softening the blow to Mr. Stirling?” “I will think over what is best to be done in the premises,” I replied, “and let you know.” 1 left him a different man from what I had been when I entered his office. Going to a telephone, 1 called up my home and informed the household that I was going somewhere with a friend and could not tell just when I would be at home. How I wished I could go to father or mother for advice! This being obliged to settle so important a matter without any one to consult with was, to say the least, trying. The next day I went home. For the others it was the same home it always had been. but an invisible gulf had come between them and me. Father welcomed me; mother kissed me with her wonted affection. The same afternoon I gave in my decision to the attorney. My fortune went into a hospital, the name of the donor being kept secret. I signed a lot of papers and departed somewhat relieved. The evening I spent at home trying to analyze the madness I felt. It was not for the loss of a fortune. but for the knowledge that had come to me. The secret has been kept. Mother does not know that I am aware of it, and she shall never know. We are the same happy family, but—I wish that lawyer could have got rid of my patrimeny without my knowledge. Stopped Roosters’ Crowing. A Massachusetts farmer’s wife, who was in bad health, was greatly dis- turbed by the crowing of the roosters |in the early morning. Remembering 8 chicken's curiosity, she placed a loud ticking alarm clock in the poul- try house at night and since then not & rooster has lifted his voice Uncle Eben. “Some men,” said Uncle Eben, “does everything deir wives tell 'em to, foh de sake of handin’ 'em de blame foh whatever goes wrong.” Repairs Quickly Made No one appre speed in our Re “lost” very long. Avs tes more than we do the necessity for r Department. fortune to break a lens or your frame, When you have the mis- you need not feel il vourself of our Repair Department, and you will be surprised to know how reasonably and quickly we can help vou out of the difficulty. We replace broken lenses for 75¢ and up. Eyes exam- Cole & Hull JEWELERS AND OPTOMETRISTS ined free. LAKELAND, FLORIDA ERS’ HARDWARE. WHEN YOU FIGURE ON BUILDING, COME IN AND LET USFIGURE ;WITH YOU ON YOUR BUILD- BUT BEFORE YOU COME IN KNOW THAT YOU WILL FIND OUR BUILDERS’ HARDWARE TO BE CORRECT IN STYLE 'AND HIGH [IN QUALITY. WE ALSO MAKE THE|PRICE RIGHT. 3 WHENEVER|YOU|NEED ANY KIND OF HARD- i WARE, IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY FROM US. Lakeland Hardware and Plumbing Co. VAN HUSS’ PLACE iirekraxii7axh/a Send Us Your Orders —FOR— I BEAMS CHANNELS CHANNELS ANGLES and ALL SHAPES BOILER PLATE TANK STEEL GALVANIZED COPPER and ZINK SHEETS RUSS RODS STAY BOLTS STRUCTUAL IRON WORK OF ALL KINDS OAK, CYPRESS HAHOGANY CHERRY WHITE PINE and ALL HARD WOODS LAUNCHES DORIES SKIFFS BUILT TO ORDER BOILERS AND TANKS TO 3 A/ -‘u": . JACKSQWVILLE | FLORI equipped ! progressive times t's why we urge you to install JAXON METAL CEIL- INGS. The most lasting ceil- Ing you can get, consequentl the cheapest in the end, and it is fireproof and very artistic. k_your dealer or write us for booklet. The Florida Metal Products Co. mvfi:'m Ave. o |25 FOR SALE BY THE MODEL HARDWARE CO. The Artist. The whole function of the artist in the world is to be a seeing and a feel- ing creature; to be an instrument of such tenderness and sensitiveness that no shadow, no hue, no line, no instantaneous and evanescent expres- sion of the visible things around him, nor any of the emotions which they are capable of conveying to the spirit which has been given him, shall either be left unrecorded or fade from the book of record.—Ruskin. Can't Get Away From It. Even a tightwad sometimes gives aimself away. Kodak Films ml 10¢ Por Rell. Return charges paid on all orders eh‘ldnl !Donb.iplui!! for eatalog and price m finishing. R— Eastman Kodak Agency. 113 W. Daval Street, 5 Bend lisso —— SANITARY PRESSING CLUB CLEANING, PRESSING. REPAIRING and DYEING. Ladies Work a Specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. GIVE US A TRIAL Kibler Hotel Basement. Phone No. 393 WATSON & GILLESPIE, Proprietors L. 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