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

DAMAGED, B SHP MAY HAVE STRUCK A MNE BUT THIS IS ONLY SUPPO- SITION; NO LIVES LOST AND SHIP IS NOW PRO- CEEDING UNDER HER OWN STEAM (By Associated Press.) London, May 26.—The American .steamship Nebraskan, Captain Greene, which left Liverpool May 24 for Delaware breakwater, was tor- pedoed yesterday by a submarine at a point forty miles southwest of Fastnet, off the south coast of Ire- land. The crew immediately took to boats and stood by the steamship. It was soon ascertained that the Nebraskan was not seriously damaged. She had been struck forward of her foreholds and is full of water. The crew re- turned aboard and got the vesse]l un- .der way. No lives were lost among the crew. The Nebraskan did not carry any passengers. The foregoing information was received by the British admiralty which immediate- 1y communicated same to the Amer- jcan embassy . Immediately after she was struck the Nebraskan began calling for help by wireless. Brownhead re- ceived the wireless communication at 9 o’clock yesterday morning from «Crook-Haven . A message from Kinsdale, Ireland, said the Nebraskan passed there at 11 o'clock this morning apparently bound for Queenstown. She was down at the bows but was proceed- {ing under her own steam. Either Torpedo or a Mine (By Associated Press.) New York, May 26.—The Amer- jcan Hawalan Steamship Co., own- ers of the Nebraskan, received a message today from the Nebraskan's captain, relayed by cable, in which it said the vessel had been struck by either a torpedo or a mine. Under Own Steam (By Associated Press) London, May 26.—The American steamship Nebraskan passed Queens- town this afternoon under her own PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE AMERICAN SHIP NEBRASHAN TORPEDOED: SHIP 1S BADLY Ine ate > The sea was calm at the time, | " 'ater transferred them to THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1915 UT STILL AFLOAT TWO SHIPS IN COLLISION OFF * NANTUCKET; LIVES LOST (By Associated Press.) York, May 26 Steamship Ryndam, bound from New York for Rotterdam, with passengers and ifreight, collided early today with the | freighter Joseph J. Cuneo, off Nan- 'tucket island. Wireless messages re- ‘ceived here said the Ryndam trans ferred her passengers and part of her crew to the Cuneo and that the Cu- New In (he bombardment of the Dardanelles the allies are making use of the Turks from their temporary earth defenses. ing over a broadside at the Turkish defenses on the shore. GENERAL PRESBYTERIAN MRS. STUYVESANT FISH ASSEMBLY MEETS ' NEW YORK'S SOCIAL NEXT AT ORLANDO, LEADER IS DEAD the South Carolina, which went to the aid of both vessels which jare badly damaged. At the offices of :lhc Holland-American line here it Wwas announced that the Ryndam had seventy-seven passengers and a crew of two hundred. With the South Carolina along- side of her and other ships of the Atlantic fleet near, the Ryndam is i battleship iy s (By Associated Press.) (By Assoclated Press) | b.o oy ls mlm ng to this port. The Newport News, May 26.—The Garrison, N. Y., May 26.—Mrs. in€o is also returning. The latter|, . 0 Assembly of the Southern | Stuyvesant Fish, leader of the New Presbyterian church this afternoon | York social set, is dead at her sum- selected Orlando, Fla., as a meeting { mer home here. She died last night place next year. No other nomina-!of cerebral hemorrage after an ill- tions were made. The date is not |Ness of a few hours. She was aged vet set. \ubout sixty. TRADE PUPILS EXHIBITS |carried a crew of twenty men DUKE BOUND OVER 10 FEDERAL COURT: | comm s ) QUEEN MARY 48 — | wn_l mv ]0 MAK[ New York, May 26—Queen Mary| New York, May 26—One of the quietly celebrated her 48th birthday imost interesting features of the an. BoND “[R[ IoNIG"T today, receiving the felicitations of ‘nual convention of the National As- King George and the Royal "mlfle"soclauon of Manufacturers is the ex- hold and court. There is noted the hibit of the vocational training absence of congratulations from Ger-|gchools. Demonstrations of Mr. C. D. Duke, mail carrier on{man cousins, and the war has cast|work in carpentry, plumbing, R. F. D. No. 1, who was arrested |its gloom over the occasion. The|tricity and other trades, is made by at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon|Queen was Princess Victoria of |the pupils of the New York public charged with abstracting $3.50 from | Teck. Her marriage to King George, | schools and pro-vocational classes. a decoy letter, addressed to a lady |then Prince of Wales, took place It g the first elaborate exposition of 'in Tampa, this morning admitted his|July 6, 1893 the kind. All trades are included |guilt before United States Commis- and the walls have been decorated sioner Crane at Tampa, and was HARRY P'[RCE with panels from the Boardman |bound over to the February term of i Trade School of New Haven, Conn. |the Federal court. His bond was | placed at $750, and he will return to Lakeland tonight {of an officer, in 'raise the amount in the custody try and AUTOMOBILE TOUR 10 BUILD RAILWAY . OF DRUGGISTS WILL Harry L. phosphate mag- ! nate, who for the last year has been working on plans for the construc- order to Pierce, | There has been considerable com plaint registered against Mr. Duke their | with Arcadia. elec-j ficial terminus of the Dixie High- FORER LARELANDER, sy St iof Florida. ' It is already understood that one B0OST-RE R all available vessels. Merchantmen have been reenforced and armed with smaller guns for the purpose of fighting close to the shore and dislodging The picture shows one of these converted merchantmen send- DADE COUNTY WANTS PART ~ OF MONROE (By C. F. Johnson,) Tallahasswe, Fla., May 26—Mes- ,Srs. 8. E. Livingston, S. M. Also- {brook and R. F. Tatum of Home- stead, Dade county, [Florida, have | been in the city for the past few ! days making an effort to have Mon- {roe county cede to Dade county that part of Monroe on the main- {land with the idea of Dade county 'building a rock road due west from ‘Miami to the Gulf of Mexico. The gentlemen interested have! prepared the following statement of their case: I | This would enable Lee and DeSoto ' counties to complete the connection ' Miami being the of- way it is the dea of these gentle- men that Monroe county ceding to Dade county the territory named, that the building of this rock road from Miami to Arcadia would ac- complish the much hoped for loop | and enable the Central Florida ' Highway Assoclation to locate the route of the Dixie Highway through central, ' south and west portions of the State route of the Dixie Highway has MBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN the unity of purpose No. 171 ITALIANS INVADE AUSTRIA AND OGGUPY SEVERAL INPORTANTIiPOSITIONS AUSTRIANS FORCED TO FALL BACK, BURNING BRIDGES AS THEY GO; GERMANS CONTINUE TO CLAIM SUCCESSES ! AGANIST RUSSIANS FRANK CLARK TALKS POLITICS AT TALLAHASSEE (By C. F. Johnson) Tallahassee, Fla.,, May 26—Hon. Frank Clark, congressman from the second district was at the capital the e part of this week, and|Rome communication indicates that calling at the press bureau wanted |the Italian invasion of Austria has to know if that was the place that |been extended over almost the whole all the “political slates” were being of the Austro-Italian frontier. Ital- manutactured Jeing assured tojans are said to have occupied a the contr: he took occasion to re-!yumber of towns and have forced u}urk that this .\Inlll‘ mvukin.- N!um | their way througch mountain defiles was becoming a habit with the Flor- (By the Associated Press.) London, May 16.—An official by Wil : 5 ;m-rnp,\'ing stragetic positions. It is :‘h“" *l:"l'“ll""« *"‘td by “:'j-“sn;.ml that the Austrians fell back at had been introduced since his 2 reverywhere, destroying bridges days in the [lorida legislature, e 8 & “When I was a meml thought | t1eY Went. J vas membep we houg 7 that we were only a s'lm‘lltl partL(‘)r Sfcnon AUAGK of Chntral Mies S { Kensen against the Russians north the people of the state, and today | ¢ Pra q i 3 the legislature only represents some e i g BRve oo G 100 of the state's voters, so we didn't tended by conspicuous success by the indulge in the pastime of slatemak- | German-Austrian war offices. The ing,” said Mr, Clark. Russians, however, concede no new “I never knew one of these slates | Victories for the enemy. to hold,” continued the congress-| D the west the Germans have man from the second, “although it made some gains against the British has become a popular fad with|but the French have advanced near those who have political ambitions.” | Arras. Mr. Clark says he is simply up here to look over the present mem- CHARLES SCRIBNER WEDS bership of the legislature, and learn some of the new tricks of law mak- New York, May 26—Charles ing that hav been learned since his, Scribner, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. days in the house. He confirms the | Charles Scribner, was married in the statement of other prominent states- | Church of Heavenly Rest today to men that have visited Tallahassce |Miss Vera Bloodgood, daughter of since the present session opened, | Hildreth K. Bloodgood, thus joining that the personnel of this legisla-|two old and distinguished American ture is worthy of creditable mention | families. from every viewpoint. Mr. Clark don’t know as yet m[m[ A“D re-election, and says the time is so far distant that an active compaign .I.H.[GMPH Pucm is due to begin that many develop- ments may be expected in spite, of the fact that several members of intention to enter the race in the | TEACHERS' CERTIFICATE BILL second. PASSED; CENSUS BILL PUT “We will work in harmony during| BACK A NOTCH BUT MAY COME the coming session of congress, said Mr. Clark today, when referring to UP AGAIN both branches of Congress, “‘with i boul bran olee o "z;;‘“smx'r:: Tallahassee, Fla., May 26-—When friendship existing among the sena- the vote to postpone the census bill tors and congressmen now at Wash- | Was reconsidered today the bill was ington from this state, we shall be |Placed back on the calendar, and whether he will have opposition for UNDER R. R. COM. the legislature have expressed their the present delegation from Florida (By C. ¥, Johnson.) able to accomplish most anything [Will be voted on again. The vote fB[ B".; [v[N'I‘ been officially chosen entering Flor- iida via Tallahassee thence to Jack- atrons on his route during the i sonville, that a second route is to be we start after,” concluded Mr. |Kkilling the postponement was a tie, steam on her way back to Liverpool. |by tion of a railway line from Barto oL Ol and there Is still a chance to pass past five years, but not until yes-li, rampa, and the location of large | To Await Details (By Associated Press) Washington, May 26.—Officials here are disposed to await details before commenting on the endan ing of the American steamship Ne braskan. Some could mnot under- stand why ship, which was bound for the United States in Dballast, therefore carrying no contraband, should have been torpedoed It is considered possible that the Nebras- kan struck a drifting mine BECKER'S DEATH WEEK OPENS CONJULY 12 (By Assoclated Press.) Albany, N. Y., May 26 The court of appeals today fixed the week beginning July 12 for the execution of Former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, comvicted of Iinstigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal Trenton, N. J., May 26—The an- tual banquet of the United Commer- cis] Travelers will be beld in this £ty tonight. Delegates are present from many different sections. They rsport a lapse in business due to (b German war cloud, which business men belleve unwarranted, and which they expect to give way for a boom In a few weeks, as soon as confidence bas azain been fully restored It is announced by the purchasing szent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Raflway that the comtract Br 500,020 teet of Douglas fir deck- iag, fooring and roofing, for which Bquiry was made several days ago, tas been awarded to Frank B. Stone ® the Railway Exchange Building. Chicago terday were the postal authorities able to get positive evidence of any [ hipning the gut of four large phos- [automobile parade on account of the | Miami to Are A month ago Postmas-|phate plants, is now ready to pro-|Florida State Pharmaceutical Asso-!gihle for cars wrong doing ter Cresap secured his written con fession to a number of irregularities, and he would have been dismissed from the service of the zovernment then, but the officials advised Mr Cresap to wait until complete evi dence was secured. Yesterday Post office Inspector Reese went out to Lakeland Highlands, placed a letter containing $3.50 in a mail box hid in the vicinity until he saw Mr Duke take it out He then back to town and when Mr, Duke ar- i ‘”’l tter was missing On being |erty owners on the east side of the|which point they will proceed to| ”l“v : v. d with the charge, Mr. |estuary have signed the map and the | Winter Haven, Haines City, Lough- confronte . " Duke admitted his guilt no reason for his act falled his demonstrated by the fact that he had in two and placed That he to cover up tracks was envelops basket in the postoffice torn the it in a waste ; Mr. Duke's position paid him $100 per month and with that salary his understand why he » such acts son, friends cannot should have resorted to Mr. Duke has a wife and little who are at present visiting relatives in Georgia — NEW YORK DAY AT PANAMA-PACIFIC May 2¢ Panama-Pacific duly ce ted with today. The Mayor's each for the expense of the trip, are the honored and envied personages (all others having to pa¥ jew York Exposi. New York day at the tion is bein much eclat contingent whi the da 4 ’ f’; oir own expense) Comptroller Pendergasts’ refusal to allow an ad- expense of $7,000 al junketing f dition: sub-committee for an additional s e. D! . those of greatly deplored—Dby thos [ B ab ¢ho came on an i —committee who ca said sub-com ioigterh way at their own expen w tion of York building will be the loca‘x‘on od nctions during the day an many fu p with a big re- evening, winding u } ception came |of the line of municipal control east- the mail was looked over, and |street, the fact that all of the prop-|will join the party at Bartow, from He gave | further additional powers conferred |man and Kissimmee, arriving at Or- dockage here for the purpose of The following is the plan of an | ceed with these plans and begin |ciation at Atlantic Beach, June 16,/ work of construction, he informed |17 and 18, 1915, which will pass | the board of Port commissioners yes- | through South Florida: Druggists | terday. Mr. Pierce’s purpose in ap-|from Sarasota, Bradentown, Mana- . r::x_: before the board yesterday |tee, Palmetto, Port Tampa, Tarpon was to ascertain whether the status Springs, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, of the estuary development plans of | Brooksville and Dade City, will ls-n\'n-; the board is such that he can pro- Tampa Monday at 9:30 a. m., going ceed with safety via Plant City and Lakeland, to Bar- | \lthough the government has not [ tow, where they will stop for lunch. yet definitely approved the extension |1t is expected that the druggists | from Fort Myers, Arcadia, Bowling ward from Eizhteenth to Nineteenth | Green, Wauchula and Fort Meade | on the board by legislative enact-|lando about 7 o'clock, where they ment a few days ago makes the|will spend the night. Leaving Or- poard certain that Mr. Pierce can |lando they will go via Sanford and proceed without fear of complica- ' DeLand to Daytona, where they will tions. He expects to get busy at be joined by a party from the East once, as his option on the purchase Coast and proceed to St. Augustine, of the Clarkson property in the estu- thence to Jacksonville over the splen- ary expires July 1, and he stated did new Dixie Highway. Druggists that he will move to Tampa to live from Ocala, Leesburg and vicinity next week will join the party at Gainesville, Plan for Terminals and together with those from Palat- The new railroad will furnish the ka, will meet the South Florida con- | most direct route between Bartow tinzent at St. Augustine. and Tampa and, in addition to hand-| For Western and Northern Flor- ling the phosphate from four large jda—Starting from Pensacola the pa- | plants, Mr. Pierce said he expectsirade will come via Milton, DeFuniak | to put on an electric passenger ser-'Springs, Marianna, Quincy, Tallahas- vice connecting the two cities wth & Madison, Live Oak, Lake City, a schedule of an hour and a half. arriving in Jacksonville in time to 3.“,, route has been surveyed and, it meet the South Florida party, :md‘I s claimed, is ten miles shorter to go to Atlantic Beach in a body | “d.wp water than the Seaboard, nine- For further information kindly teen miles shorter than the Allnnllc’write the following members of the Coast Line and ninety-nine miles | transportation committee: M. A. ! ‘:noner than the C. H. & N Hixon, Tampa; Samuel Dunlap, | { Mr. Pierce has in mind the con-|Jacksonville; F. D. Bryan, Lake- struction of large storage b-rt:-’ on land; Col. W. A. Rawls, Ponurol::} his docks here and will iustail ele-|N. H. Hunter, Fort Myers; J. Gerig, vators that will load ships at the|Qcala; Mr. McNair, care Holmes | rate of 1,000 tons an hour. When a|prug Co., Tallahassee; D. G iml!b,“ loading job is begun there will be | Madison: ’ Dade City; no delay in switching cars as thelw. T. Bodiford, Gainesville bins will supply emough phosphate to keep the elevators going continu- Brooklyn’s new subway will be ously.—Tampa Tribune. completed June 4. - | |residents of Key West to | | county, th chosen entering Florida via Macon, The building of this road from adia would make it pos- entering Florida by either route to make Miami as the terminus and return trip by the| other, in other words making a com- | plete loop of the State. Representation has been made to request | their senator and representatives in the legislature to approve the aquisi- tion of that part of Monroe by Dade, but up to the present time no defl- nite reply has been received. It seems that there is no reason to hope for this loop in the Dixie High- way except by this plan and Mr Tatum has returned to Miami and will go to Key West immediately with the view of securing complete co-operation of Monroe county to the plan, Hon. S. A. Belcher, one of the two recent appontee, as Florida Dixie Highway Commission is also chair- man of the Board of county commis- sioners, Dade county, and while In Tallahassee last week expressed him- self as highly pleased with the plan and thought that Dade county would | have no trouble in creating a special road and bridge tax district embrac- ing the lands lying west of Miami six | milesnorth and south of the proposed road to the Gulf of Mexico, Issuing sufficient bonds for the comstruction of the road There is ample taxable value to carry such a bond issue and the add- | ed value this highway would give to | lands ad! v ou al wonde-tul ad re. ly wouerlul rock road system of Dade nly objection Mr n.-LE cher saw was Monroe county’s apathy | in the matter; h road and bridge this should be county and h Livingston and complish their aim in the lands on the Monroe county These gentlemen have a little per- sonal the feels that a speclal tax district such as embraced all in one was in hopes that Mr ssoclates could ac- acquiring all mainland now in ambition in matter inas- much as it is their desire and the not a good one ! tion.” “The addition of Hon. W. J.|the bill, as one senator was not pres- Sears, of Kissimmee, to the member-|ent today when the vote was taken. ship has been of untold value to the Senator Brown succeeded in pass- state, and I feel sure that Mr. Sears!ing the teachers’ certificate bill, will prove such a credit to his dis-|known as No. 195, today, creating a trict in the next session that he will | State board of examiners. Mr. Brown be returned again in the next elec- | hag roceived hundreds of letters from prominent school people all over the State urging the passage of the bill. The House today passed the bill requiring that each county have a physician to examine, at least once during the term, every school child attending the public schools. This is to be paid for out of #he funds of the Mr, Clark is in the best of health and wears his customary pleasing smile while greeting the members of the legislature and his |many friends outside that body at the cap- ital. Not settled definitely the question of his intention to be a candidate for the United States Sen- ate in an article which he gave to | tate board of seals. the press some days ago, when it| Telephone and telegraph com- was rumored that if Governor Tram- (Panies were placed under the control mell entered the Senatorial race he|Of the State railroad commissiop by would also be a candidate for that|the passage of a House bill this office. This report at first gave|morning. hope to several other would-be can- A hearing will be had on Senator didates for congress in the second |Donegan's amendmeat to exempt all district, but Mr. Clark’s letter stat-|homesteads from taxes this evening, ing that he would not run for the|when a large delegation will appear senate has apparently silenced all. before the committece on constitu- — - tional amendments. KING OF GREECE rasspvERIARS Y “_l A REFUSE TO JOIN United Presbyterians general as. (By Associated Press) sembly which met here today re- London, ay 26.—The condition of [ fused to unite with the Presbyter- King Constantine of Greece is crit-|1an and Reformed Church here to- Athens dis-|day. This action was forecasted in a poll of the delegates taken by their official publication, the United Pres- byterian. desire of almost a complete majority of residents of Southern Dade county and Cape Sable counts to create Red- Tnumneo;ngnsg o New London, Conn., May 26— The coast guard training ship Itasca which has been doing coast guard service, arrived today. Her usual that the creation of this county will tour of European waters with the also be accomplished and as the prop-| .. o has been abandoned this year osition a8 a whole apeals so strongly |, he war cloud, and she because of to the central and western part of | o) oriee n American waters. the State to complete the loop of the Dixie Highway there seems to be no ical according to an pateh land county out of this southern end of Dade, the creation of this county to be effective on July 1, 1916, and it is the desire that Monroe county cede to Dade the territory asked for, p Tramways in Brussels are now real reason why this proposition is | .ompelled to pay a third of their takings to the German authorities.