Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 10, 1915, Page 1

D00 o @ Fair tonight & & and Friday. € CHORHHOO CROOCRED THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915 BOOST-REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN POp | i' c-l-s G[RMANV SSIANS -I-M[ ADMIRAL BENSON AND STAFF lG[RMANY IfllS " s -",IA-I- / “AIRRCEASE KTTACKS UPON | 2000 AUSTRO: ALL SHIPS CARRYING ' CITIZE[{& Mi!) 8!!!!’8 G[RMI"\IE{ZSH"I%IE CONTRABAND WILL BE SUNK NORWEGIANS ARE e | SUPPI.IES 10 BELLIGERENTS 10 % STOPPED DAILY FOR A MONTH (By Associated Press.) Amsterdam, June 10—A workman | RUSSIANS HAVE MADE ENOUGH PROGRESS TO LET UP A LIT- TLE; BERLIN ADMITS FRENCH ADVANCES; ITALIANS ARE RE-| § i PULSED . ~ | (By Associated Press.) Christiania, June- 10. —The cisms of the action of Count Oberndorfl, the German ambassador to Norway, in addressing the wegian people through the General Press Bureau in a letter at which | REP] the newspapers took offense, has T Dy ANEHIOA N been even more widespread than was NOTE ON SINKING OF WILLIAM P. FRYE RECEIVED TODAY; employed in the manufacture of am- munition for the German army at Duesseldorf has achieved the record of an average 17-hour day. He put in 450 hours during the past month, or a daily average of 17 hours for 26 days. This is probably a world's record . E The man's wages were about 18 (L fmodaed Tiom) cents an hour. and his total earnings| London, June 10.—aA careiu! anal- for the month reached $87 His | YSis of the various official anno eriti- von or- JF HIS ATTITUDE || MORNING AT BARRIS & 3 & e indicated in the cable reports ments on the progress cf the w From the outbreak of the war reme he 3 m tary But (w’ whk;d Press) ashington, . normal peace-time wage is slightly THE CONTENTS |, qer §2 a day of ten hours. WILL BE MADE PUB- T N. Y. TRAVELERS MEET L Rochester, N. Y.. June 10—Fif- teen hundred delezates representing the commercial traviers of Nw York, met here today representative of the United Commercial Travelers of the State. Arrangements have been made for their elaborate entertain- nent and welcome. The organiza- tion has forty-five grand jurisdie- tions in the United States and Can- ada, with a total membership in this 2 i vas aeciared Gl e considered in the interest of 4 the nature of an ulti- Y o B the drummers K - mjk e frst note. It e of the state and na , however, that the . ects Germany to on American ships June 10 —Former Bryan is preparing anoth- t of his attitude regard- 1 | between the Unit- epmany which he in- h the appearance e American note de public tomor- inding the publica- note the officials WHY WAR BONUSES ARE ASKED FOR (By Associated Press.) London, June 10—The reason why workers who remain at their places in British industries are ask- ing for war bonuses is explained by Secretary Robert Williams of the Workers' Fed- eration, who says that while the real need of the workers is to meet the increased cost of living, the em- ployers are reaping exceptionally large profits, instead of suffering from the war Although 12,000 members of the Seamen’s Union have gone to the war, the merchant ship- owners are operating to such ad- vantage that they charge six times the normal sums for carrying freight. While 750.000 trade union- ists altogether are bearing arms in Britain's defense, the millers have increased their profits four-fold. ted Press.) 10.—Commander e Prinzeitel Fried- way on a visit to t has returned to i One of ine minor fitel, however, is said National Transport d has over-stayed KING'S LET- SOLD AT AUCTION jetated Press.) 10.—A remarkable §f sutograph letters and Rg over a hundred per- #itten by King Georze sced on the auction month, owing to the Chislehurst estates of psham-Townsend fam- ansion of Frognal is as the residence ping frm the Revolu- With the American ccl- @ United States, Town- ‘daily touch witi th¢ leading men of the “correspondence is fuil o the American REPORTED FOUND BUT PROVED T0 BE MISTAKE (By Associated Press.) London, June 10.—A report from Ireland says that Alfred G. Vander- bilt's body has been found. He was drowned May 7 when the Lusitania sank. An old woman discovered the body on the Clare coast near Boolin. A watch in his pocket is said to bear Vanderbilt's initials. Papers appar- ently identify the body which was washed ashore last night. Sea- gent to him by Georzs ly evidences of the character which the jall pains to conceal. In ¢ example. the King in- glews as to recognizing fence of the United fwrites: end may send the aris with the draft of jry articles and the dis- jpon as they are ready fing for my seeing the nnot be surprised at over anxious for the n, as Parliament, hav- onishment come into igranting separation to , has disabled me from @in~ tho fust rights of But [ certainly dis- g myself answerable that may, arise from the his measure, as neces- jmviction, has made me Not Vanderbilt's Body (By Associated Press) London, June 10. —London rep- resentatives of the Vanderbilt fam- ily this afternoon received word from Queenstown that the body found on the Coast of Ireland was not that of Alred G. Vanderbilt who lost his life on the Lusitania. 20,000 PRIESTS ARE AT FRONT (By Associated Press.) Boulogne, France, June 9.—A tri- bute to the“soldier-priests of France is paid in a pamphlet just issued by the Countess de Courson. it."” The number of priests in the French army exceeds 20.000, drawn VISIT MT. LOOXOUT |from many different. orders, Carthu- sians, Jesuits, Dominicang, Salesiang, 10.— ! Norbertines and Benedictines. Men who hold high office in the church are frequently privates in the army, and often their inferiors in the priesthood are their superiors under military discipline. The younger n to Mt. Lookout this men serve in the first line, the older er which they will be ‘men are employed as stretcher-bear- by the city officials and 'ers and hospital orderlies. The ac- of prominent citizens. ! tual military chaplains are always | men over 48 years old, and their work is entirely ecclesiastical. NEW CITIZENS| The moral influence of the soldier- o L ‘Vpriests at the front among the men hia June 10—President is immense. and Madame de Bourson o deliver an address of | tells many anecdotes of courage, citizenship of fourhun- good humor and splendid fighting naturalized citizens and spirit. There are descriptions of es in this city today. mass being celebrated by these sol- ors of ten States are | dier-priests under the most difficult the ceremony which has circumstancs. rether a most notable as- . Secretary Wilson of the A German electrician says he has of labor will also speak. |invented apparatus by which he can e have so many citizens measure the ten-millionth part of 2 ized at the same time. :second of time. , Tenn., June to the annua] meeting jters of America, Which session at Atlanta. ar- city today where they ests of the city. They TO ADDRESS of IStutp met in annual convention to- ghend, who held cabi- VANHERB“_T’S Bonv Mayt Aside from layjng the avires e tm~ vhen Bngland for a successful campaign next fall during the last twelve hours has led British observers to belicve today that the wearied Russians Lave heen |successful in gaining a breathin ispace along the eastern front That stubborn resistance has been encountered by the Ausiro-Germans is indicated by Petrograd’s anncunc ment that two thousand German prisoners have near Przemysl Austro- taken however, claims an advance in certain direc- tions and declares the Austro- Germans have cceupiad Stanislan important railroad center. In the west the French make their usual report of slow progress accom- been Berlin, an panied by repulses of Gierman coun- ter attacks. Berlin admits the made some advances. According to Vienna, efforts of the Italians to cross the Isonzo river near Corizia have been repulsed after a serious engagement . French have WOULD DRAIN LAKE TOXAWAY Asheville, N. C., June 10—Hav- ing won a law suit by which he is 'admmvd owner of one-eighth in- jterest in 392 acres of land which lies at the bottom of Lake Toxaway, !George Fisher, now demands that the court order Toxaway Lake, eight miles long and five miles broad to be drained, so that he can secure his land. BENEATH CONSTITUTIONAL ELM Corydon, Ind., June 10-—Beneath ,the friendly shade of the old con- 'sutulional elm, under which the first state constitution was signed in 1816, the Republican editors of the and discussing presidential ‘“‘tim- ber,” the editors will take a trip down the Ohio river and visit Wyan- dotte cave. HARVARL OVERSEERS MEET Cambridge, Mass,, June 10 Harvard Board of Overseers here today, which has been desig- nated ts “visiting day,” for the alumni who wish to return to Cam- bridge and ‘‘see the wheels of the University actively go round.” A large number are present. -The met Laahdaaadat it Ao S St il 2yl $ Official Weather Report§ S22 PPIEFF IO PEPIDIIPE Tampa, Tla., June 10.—Fair to- night Friday probably thunder showers. For Florida: Fair tonizht and Fri- day. Winds for the East Gulf: northeast. Winds for the South Atlantic: Light north to northeast. General Weather Conditions An area of high pressure covers the Lake region this morning, and has given generally fair weather east of the Mississippi. A shower occurred at Titusville yesterday, but no other Florida station reported rain. Over the Plains States, pres- Light Rear Admiral Benson, chief of the new bureau of naval operations, and [Count von Oberndorff is said to have his staff. Standing behind the admiral, left to right, are: Capt. Volney O.|aitempted to exer A strong pres- Chase, Lieut. Wilson Brown and Lieut. Byron McCandless. Later the staff |[sure on the Norwegian press, and to will be increased. TWO BRITISH TORPEDO BOATS SUNK TODAY; CREW SAVED (By Associated Press.) London, June 10.—Two British torpedo boats were today destroyed off the east coast of England by a German submarine. Both were sunk. The survivors, 41 in number, have been brought ashore. IDIOSYNCRACIES OF SHOT AND SHELL (By Associated Press.) London, .June 10.-—Many inter. esting stories are told of the idiosyn- crasies of shot and shel! in land and sea fighting since the beginning of the war. Second Officer Harper of the British ship Harpalion, torpedoed by a German submarine off Beachy Head, describes the attack on his ship while it was proceeeding down the channel at a rate of about eleven knots. *“Wd had just sat down to tea”” he said, “and the chief engi-| neer was sayinz grace according to oar custom. !'e had just uttered the words, ‘For what we are about to re- ceive may the Lord make us truly thankful,” when there came an awful crash. It was the torpedo.” A photograph from the front in France shows a man who had his hair neatly parted by a bullet in the center, with the art and exactitude of a hairdresser. A Red Cross surgeon describes a man named Williams, who had his' initial *W" plainly outlined upon his fragment of shrapnel which finally settled in his boot. The man was very proud of his wound, and ‘declared he wouldn’t have missed the distinction for a five- pound bank note. A King's messenger serving with the British troops in France is au- thority for a remarkable account of back by a a piece of shell which hit a trooper as the latter was mounting his horse. It cut round the top of his trousers like a pair of scissors, dividing the leg part neatly from the hody. At Hartlepool a twelve-inch shell inch shell went clear through a house, and continued its carcer up the street, eventually going through | Each dwelling was the same another house. occupied by a family of name. The signalman who was on the bridge of the British ship which sank the Emden, writes: “A shot cut away the port signal halyards, bounded through the range finder— about six feet of brass—blew off the ranger taker's leg, cut a rail in two, came through the hammocks lining have been successful in keeping it from publishing criticisms of German methods of warfare and the treat- ment of Norwegian merchantships. particularly. His influence through the Norwe foreign office was #aid to have been indicated by occa- sional notes from the department of foreign affairs, requesting that oo tain reports unfavoiable to Germany were not to be mentioned in a criti- cal iight, for the sake of Norway's neutrality. The torpedoing of the Lusgitania was the first occasion on which the Norweeian press voiced its criticisms Ries otmen for it asmysand of German methods, and the articles v T LR h i that followed treated of the incident ‘m‘"m‘ SNt e in strong terms. .I! appears that the 2,200,000 l’romln-x’- A‘squlth e coincidental receipt of two annony- uuumzod deu\ mous letters by Count von Obern- * it dorff concerning the emperor of Ger- | GRS many led the ambassador to issue an {MANY LEGAL SUITS address to the Norwegian people ARE BEING BROUGHT through the General Press Burcau. AS RESULT OF WAR Some of the leading papers refused to publish his statement, while those (By Atsociated Press.) who did print it accompanied it with Berlin, June 10.—Numerous legal |adverse comment on the propricty of actions against citizens of countries | his action. :at war with Germany continue to One of the examples of the ovt- occupy the attention of the local spoken way in which the newsohan rs | couirts, notwithstanding that the war [treated the incident is seen iz the now is almost ten months old. Many [ Norwegian Shipping Gozette, which ‘or the suits are for rent on offices |says: jcontracted for long before hostilities “Wihen the represent:tive of the commenced, or on other contracts|German cmperor chooses to addre that, quite naturally, have nct heen |[the Nosawesian peonle over the hea:! carried out, but occasionally a hu-[c! King Haakon and his Cabinet, he wmoroGs action bobs up. has thercby relinguished the respect Thus, in Berlin recently, suit was|gener:lly shown representatives of ;brought against George Devillers, a|foreign powers at the Norwe? | French major of reserves, by his one-|court.” |time servant girl in Schoeneberg. a Berlin suburb. She alleges that Ma- {jor Devillers was so in error as to the probable length of hostilities that he gave her 200 marks and told ,her to make a visit to her family and then come back into his service i —which he estimated would be within a few weeks. Patiently the maid has waited ten months, seeking no other position in 5 the meantime. At last she is tired of fufther delay, and asks the court to award her 312 marks from the Gonzales Garsea, head of the Villa- major, on the ground that he has K Zapta government in Mexico City, paid her no wages, yet has retained ‘was deposed yesterday by the con- her in his service and thus kept her vention in session there. Largos from earning money elsewhere. (‘hasearo, a Villa delegate, from Chihuahua, was elevated to the pro- visional presidency, according to state department advices which to- told of the change. 3,200,000 BRITISH SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN SANGTIONED BY PARLIAMENT (By Assoclated Press.) London, June 10.-—The total ian GARSEA DEPOSED; CHASERO GIVEN PROV. PRESIDENCY (By Associated Press.) Washington. June 10.— Roque HOLLINGSWORTH NEWS NOTES On Thursday of last week there| ‘¥ was a ball game between the Dixie- | — land and Hollingsworth teams, score- PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS ASSN. 10 to 1, in favor of Hollingsworth. | On Saturday the Medulla and Hol- lingsworth teams met and as usual Hollingsworth came off victorious. New York, June 10—The Par- ents’ Association of Public School No. 32, Wadsworth avenue and score 13 to 2. 1824 street, met today in the audi- ‘Mrs. Conibear and Miss Lucy left | torium of the school. By co-opera- on Sunday for Tallahassee to visit tion with the principals and teach- Mrs. Conibear’s daughters, Mrs. lers of the school far greater efficiency Kellum and Miss Florence. Miss has been developed in this school | Florence is attending the Woman's than in any other school in the me- College at Tallahassee. They will re- tropolis. The work of the associa- ,}xln|n in Tallahassee until after com- | tion will soon be emulated in many | mencement, after which they will ther districts. {leave for points in Illinois to visit | ;relatlves. They expect to return in ) September. | Rev. Frank Lyon preached at the school house on Sunday to an appre- CAMP FIRE GIRLS BIG MEET \Battle Creek, Mich., June 10— is the seventh and last day of the Guardian's Convention of the Camp GERMANY AGREES TO PAY FOR SHIPS DESTROYED P (By Associated Press) Washington, June 10 -Ger- to the second Ameri- can note regardig the sinking of the Witiiam P. Frye, sailing reached today many’s reply an American the State The reply ins on stopping supplies to enemy bel serents which may be effected the destruction of the contraband. and the destruetion of the ship. It also is contended that a prize court is necessary to fix the account of compensation but that there occasion for direct diplmatic nego- tiations unless: the prize court should fail to award the compensa- tion. 't adds that Germany admits the obligation to pay compensation, however. ship de- partment 3 by is no INSIST ON SCHOOL . WORK BEING MAINTAINED (By Associated Press) Berlin, June 10.—The Prussian ministry of education has issued an administrative order to the local school authorities enjoining them to spare no effort to maintain the con- tinuity of school work, notwith- standing the difficulties caused by the departure of large numbers of teachers for the front. Apart from the ordinary features of instruction, the local authorities are directed to make sure that pa- triotic feeling among the boys and girls is carefully cultivated and en- couraged. “The Boys' said the minister of education, ‘“‘must be trained to regard themselves as the fbuture soldiers of the Fatherland, while the girls must learn the neces- sity for self-sacrifice on the part of ail wives and mothers. All of them should be influenced so that they will be eager to suffer any hardships on behalf of the Fatherland.” The local authorities are ordered to send reports on their effrts in this direction to ministry of education. TEXAS QUILL DRIVERS Corpus Christi, Texas, June 10.— The Texas editorial association met here today several hundred editors being present. Every phase of me- chanical equipment, editorial and repettor\ai and advertising policies will be threshed over for the benefit of the public. This is the 36th an- nual meeting of theo rganization. , HAS LIVED WITH LEPERS the inside of the bridge, through the ciative audience. screen and through the ship's awn-| Mrs. McCart and baby came up ing, which was tied outside the from Coronet on Saturday for a screen, and then burst. One lump of week’s visit at the home of the for shell hit the desk only a foot away mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowery. from me, missing my head by inches Mrs. Kerr and children left on - have the piece. Another piece hit the desk and glanced up through the bridge screen, taking exactly half of the captain’s binoculars with it. Not bad for one shot. was it?” A wounded man returned northern France to London exhibits to his friends his coat, cut into a fantastic shdpe by shrapnel splinters. He was wounded in nineteen differ-|Being sure is low, centers of depression ap- pearing over South Dakota and Ari- zone. Rain has fallen over the Mis- souri and upper Mississippi valleys. and the northern Plains States. Light rain occurred in New Mexico. High pressure prevails over the |t\'orlh Pacific coast, and the weather Ilms been Mountains. : It is slightly warmer this morning lin nearly all sections of the eastern 1half of the country. It is slightly | cooler over the upper Missouri val- ey, over the Plateau regions and over ithe Pacific States. Temperatures |are a few degrees above normal over |ent places. the Atlantic and Gulf coasts Over Many soldiers tell of prayer books, the intericr of the country tempera- K watches, buttons, lockets or other {tures slightly below the seasounal suvenirs which they treasure as sav-| themselves in | average prevail |iors of their lives. A dent in a ci- Indications are for fair weather in | garette case or a hole through a|were served. the vicinity of Tampa tonight. ,pocketbook seems to zive rise gener- Mrs. S. T. Phillips is making Thundershowers are probably Fri- ally to graver thoughts than do ac- ' visit with relatives in Bartow day. 5 fual wounds. soRiEs ry to lose these good people from the community it seemed best to them. Mr. Francis has purchased the ,Kerr property and will develop it. from: Walter Pearce was very much sur- fair west of the Rocky friends assembled at the home of Mr. 'and Mrs. Barrett on Tuesday night. twenty-one years of age on event. | something to celebrate the plaving games, Turesday, for Penn. While we are sor- prised when he found a party of his ltary {that day it became necessary to do i After the young folks had enjoyed | The Cambridge Review's list of past | re- | freshments of cake and fruit punch |sity on active a !aml 280 wounded. Nearly a hundred Fire Girls who met here from elev- | en states. Dr. Luther H. Gulick and | Mrs. Charlotte Gulick of New York.I founders of the Camp Fire Girls have been in charge of the meeting. | The organization is experlencing a very remarkable growth and is en-! rolling 3,000 new members a month. The girls are encouraged to seek | pleasure out-of-doors — swimming, ! rowing, canoeing. biking, ete. Mili-! features however are notl counternanced. {8,900 CAMBRIDGE STUDENTS IN THE WAR Cambridge,England, June 10.— Mrs. W. M. Danner, wife of the sec- retary of the American committee of the Mission of Lepers, is one of the and present members of the Univer- | few women who dared to stay for any service now contains | length of time in a leper colony. She Of these 250 are dead | says that leprosy is on the increase | in this country, and that there are one or more cases in 18 different states. 1 8,900 names. have received honorable mention in official dispatches. A A A A A A A A A A