Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 11, 1915, Page 1

r e B g ==i: 1HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM = Minimum 72 © © Saturday. -1 OO HCROECEOICHORD ORROOFCRORCHCROHORRD LOME IV PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUKE 11, 1915, BOOST-REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TONN Fo. 185 e ——— BEEN MADE PUBLIC MANY WONDER AT AGTION OF BRYAN NORABLE REPLY FROM GERMANY 1 EIECTED RMAN AFTERNOON PAPERS | wounded member states that in his PUBLISHED NOTE WITHOUT EDITORIAL COMMENT; BRYAN | ISSUES ANOTHER STATEMENT | (By hington., June ation today of W bl the Associated Press.) 11.—With the latest erican note to Germany concern- 1 GOOD WORK OF FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION | London, | Foreign Le June 16.—The French on, in whick a number | of Americans are serving, nhas been doing brilliant work in the fizhting north of Arras. The casualties in the Legion have been very heavy, and a letter received here from a 250 The letter “The Legion had the honor of !.v-‘ ing chosen to be the first out of the trenches and to take the Ger - man lines with the bayonet This | was at a point between Souchez and | Carency Previous to the attack, | there was a terrible bombardment | of the German position. “French guns of all calibers were company of men only 60 are left. St 8% 9 VESSELS SUNK TODAY BY GERMAN ANOTHER SHIP, SUBMARINE (By Associated Press.) London, June 11. ing took place in the Adriatic. In the British steamship St. ren, the Russian steamship Dania, SUBMARINE A BRITISH CRUISER, WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM BY AN AUSTRIAN -Reports from |' Vienna today said that an Austrian submarine had sunk a British cruiser described as of the type of the Liv- erpool, a light cruiger. The torpedo- addition two British fishing smacks, Rathar- FIRST LARGE ITALIAN BATTLE IS UNDERWAY ALTHOUGH ITALIANS REPULSED BY AUSTRIANS, THE LATTERS’ LOSSES ARE REPORTED TO BE 8,000 T0'1¢,000 (By Associated Press.) London, June 11.-——The Russians today claimed a considerable victory in Galacia following their success in the Baltfe regions. The Austro- German forces which are attempting to advance on Lomberz from the south are said by the Russian war office at Petrograd to have been de- feated in a battle along the Dniester river. e T " g { } § & ¥ R and the Russian bark Tomasina have been torpedoed and sunk by a Ger- man submarine. No information of |ian campaign is now under way hav- the fate of the cruisers’ crews has |ing been precipitated by an attempt been received. No loss of life is re- [of the Italians to force the Isonzo ported on the merchantmen. river. Dispatches from Cologne and firing together for two hours with- out interruption It was like an earthquake. Suddenly. punctually at 10 o'clock in the morning, the fir- |ing ceased, and the ‘charge’ was sounded . p the sinking of the Lusitania, of- jials of the United States govern- nt and diplomatists - generally ussed among themselves the phable character of Germany’s an- er. Although there is not any The first large battle of the Ital- The steamer Nebraskan of the American-Hawaiian line, which was struck by a torpeco ana seriously damaged off the British coast. She had started without cargo from Liverpool to New York, was flying the American flag and had her name and nationality painted on her sides. nite information ay for a ke with tes and Germany . solution e note, though friendly in char- | & three lines of pre\.i(msgtrpnches and driving the enem; in er, firmly renews the pards that Germany give assur- s that American lives and ves- | hereafter be safeguarded. What |OUT company were either killed or ion the United States will take in nt Germany refuses to give such urances 48 not indicated in e. any officials today. wondered why retary Bryan resigned or refused sign the note which they regard- i s friendly in tone and carrying |Chare. oy expressions of good will. Most ybody in official circles disagrees might b Bryan that the i to war. note mbassador Gerard of Berlin is ted to present the note to the |annual convention o the state camp man foreign office today. Editorial Comment by German ’ Press (By Associated Press.) erlin, June hoon . regarding the ling in German quarters, it is un- stood that a favorable response likely as the note seemed open to compatible | trenches. But there was no stopping interests of the United the 11.—Ambassador rd presented the American notel he Verman foreign office this af- N[x.[ MmING None of the morning pa- refer in any, way to the com- Rication or the fact that it had 0 received for presentation. “We were out of the trenches like lightning. It was wonderful. We were like a storm. In ten minutes we had won the first line of German juns. We kept it up hammer ond | tongs for an hour and a half, tak- the enemy's front of us. “By this time all the officers of (By Associated Press.) Washington. June 10.—The text of the American rejoinder to the German note on the sinking of the Lusitania is as follows: “The Secretary of State ad interim to the American ambassador at Ber- lin: You are instructed to deliver textually the following note to the minister or foreign affairs: “In compliance with your Excel- lency’s request, 1 did not fail to transmit to my government immedi- ately upon their receipt your note of New Haven, Conn., June 11—The | May 28 in reply to my note of May 15, and your supplementary note of of Spanish War Veteras was opened | yupe 1, getting forth the conclusions here today. Many men prominent|g, far as reached by the Imperial in military affairs in the state and | German government concerning the country are present. attacks on the American steamers wounded, 8o a sergeant took com- mand and we entrenched ourselves as best we could, but finally had io retire about a hundred yards. “Here 1 got two wounds. Four in every five of our men were either killed or wounded in that fierce SPANISH WAR VETS structed by my government to com- municate the following in reply: “The government of the United States notes with gratification the full recognition by the Imperial Ger- man government, in discussing the cases of the Cushing and the Gulf- light, of the principle of the free- dom of all parts of the open sea to CENTRAL HIGHWAY fternoon papers printed the neutral ships, and the frank will- Tican note in a prominent posi-| . poiworthy, 1. Dale |ingness of the Imperial German gov- - but made no editorial com-| " t thereon . (By Associated Press) hington, June t expressing his of the press Tican note to Germany. fomething has been gained if Warrior journalists at last real-! that the country does not want was the { statement he has issued since | |’ taid Bryan. This g as secretary of state. ESTED FOR CRIME COM- MITTED 32 YEARS AGO Y Grove, Tex., June 11—Frank Bllington was arrested while at 00 a farm near here a few days He is charged with the mur- f James Stoupe. trime was committed April 4, » 3t 2 dance near Garland, Tex. 11.—Former tary Bryan today issued a state- gratifications What he termed a change in the regarding the F. Sneed and J. (. |ernment to acknowledee and meet Swindell returned last night from its liability where the fact of attack Orlando, where they attended thejupon neutnal skips—which have meeting of the Central Highway not been guilty of any hostile act— Commission yesterday, at which by German aircraft or vessels of war meeting 500 delegates were present | is satisfactorily establiched, and the from all parts of the state. On in- |@overnment of the United States will vitation of Secretary Holworthy, the |in due course lay before the Imper- next meeting of the commission, | ial German government. as it re- which will be held sometime | September. will convene In Lake- land. Williams, W. the attack on the steamer Cushing. RAIL American citizen lost his life, the POLIC DOG T L igovernment of the United States is | Greenwich, Conn.. June 11—Dur- | surprised to find the Imperial Ger- ing the last two years the German)man government contending that an hepherd dog has made rapid prog- |effort on the part of a merchantman :essp in popularity with all classes. | to escape capture and secure assist- In honor of this popularity the |ance alters the obligation of the of- 5 n shepherd dog club of | ficer seeking to make the capture (A;::-ilca will hold its first specialty |in respect of the safety of the lives show. They also will give an ex-|of those on board the merchantman, William | attempt to escape when torpedoed. udge is the dogs. The are not new circumstances. Newhdd, one of the pioneer fanciers | These FULL TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S NOTE T0 GERMANY ON PROTECTION OF AMERICAN RIGHTS Your Excellency expresses the fear speak of these things and once more, that this information may not have with solemn emphasis, to call the at- been brought to the attention of the | tention of the Imperial German gov- government of the Unied States. Iternment to the grave responsibility is stated in the note that the Lusi-! which the government of the United | statutes with in |quests, full information concerning | |ernment of the United States i cerely hopes that it will submit that hibition of the working ability of |although the vessel had ceased her tania was undoubtedly equipped with masked guns, supplied with trained gunners and special ammu- nition, transporting troops Canada , carrying a cargo not per- mitted under the laws of the United States to a vessel also cariying pas- sengers, and serving, in virtual ef- fect, as an auxiliary to the naval forces of Great Britain. Fortunately these are matters concerning which the government of the United States 4s in a position to give the Imperial German government official informa- tion. Of the facts alleged in Your Excellency's note, if true, the gov- ernment of the United States would have been bound to take official cog- nizance in performing its recognized duty as a neutral power and in en- forcing its national laws. It was its was not armed for offensive action, that she was not serving as a trans- port, that she did not carry a carzo prohibited by the statutes of the United States, and that she was a naval vessel of Great Britain, she should not receive clear- ance as a merchantman; and it per- formed that duty and enforced its scrupulous vigilance through its regularly constituted of- ficials. It is able, therefore, to as- sure the Imperial German govern- ment that it has been misinformed. 1t the Imperial German government should deem itself to be in posses- “With regard to the sinking of |8ion of convincing evidence that the the steamer Falaba, by which an |©fficials of the government of the United tates did not perform these duties with thoroughness, the gov- sin- evidence for consideration. “Whatever may be the contentions of the Imperial German government regarding the carriage of contraband of war on bot.rdlthe L:flifi;:u “t:r. garding the explosion of that mater- ial by the torpedo, it need only be said that in the view of this govern- |'ment these contentions are irrele- if, in faet, \the intimation States conceives that it has incurred in this tragic occurrence, and to the | indisputable principle upon which from | that responsibility rests. y ““The government of the United States is contending for something much greater than mere rights of property or privileges of commerce. It is contending for nothing less high and sacred than the rights of humanity, which every government honors itself in respecting and which no government is justified in resign- ing on behalf of those under its care and authority. Only her actual re- sistance’to capture or refusal to stop when ordered to do so for the pur- pose of visit could have afforded the commander of the submarine any justification for so much as putting | the lives of those on board the ship duty to see to it that the Lusitania; injeopardy. This principle the gov- ernment of the United States under- stands the explicit instructions is- rsued on August 3, 1914, by the Im- perial German admiralty to its com- manders at sea to have recognized and embodied, as do the naval codes of all other nations, and upon it ev- ery traveler and seaman had a right to depend. It is upon this principle of humanity as well as upon the law founded upon this principle that the United States must stand. “The government of the United States is happy to observe that Your Excellency’s note closes with that the Imperial German government is willing, now as before, to accept the good offices of the United States in an attempt to come to an understanding with the government of Great Britain by which the character and codes of war upon the sea may be changed. The government of the United States would consider it a privilege thus to serve its friends and the world. It stands ready at any time to convey to either zovernment any intimation or suggestion the other will be will- ing to have it convey, and cordially invites the Imperial German govern- NEWARK DAY AT FAIR San Francisco, June 11—This is Newark day at the Panama Pacific Exposition and Newark is being es- pecially boosted. A large deleca- tion hedded by Mayor Raymond are here with the Gottfried Krueger Association. Preliminary plans will be laid for the celebration of the 250th aniversary of Newark next year. Advertisements will be sent to newspapers everywhere in cities of over 40,000 population exploiting New Jersey's metropolis. CARLOANS OF CHRIST- IAN ENDEAVORERS Hutchinson, Kuis.. Junc 1! Car- loads of Christian FEndeavorers will #0 to the convention at Herrington . The deiegates will go in like mber from all sections. Dr. T LE, Clark, the father of the Christian Endeavor movement and the inter- national president of the United So- ciety of Christian Endeavor will be the principal speaker. Secretary of State Gates of Illinois and Dr. Lucas of Kansas City University will also address the delegates. CLYDE STOVER HANGED AT PALATKA TODAY FOR MURDER OF GARDNER BROTHERS (By Associated Press) Palatka, Fla.; June 11.—Clyde Stover, a negro, was hanged here to- day for the murder near Welaka, last January, of Alonzo G. Gardner, of Baltimore, and Horace B. Gard- aer, of Springfield, Mass. The Gard- ners were on a hunting trip at the time. Stover, their guide, con- fessed that he shot both from am- bush for the purpose of robbery. and the ancient friendship of German nation. “The government of the United States cannot admit that the procla- mation of a war zone from which neutral ships have been warned to keep away may be made to operate in any degree in abbreviation of the rights either of American shipmas- the Geneva mention heavy fighting. par- ticularly near Corizia, twenty-two miles northwest of the city of .Triest. ‘A Cologne report states the 'Ital- fans were repulsed at Geneva but says the battle was not decided. Aus- trian losses are placed at from 8,000 to 10.000. Heavy fighting is going on in the Galliopoli peninsula between the allies and Turks. No significant changes have been reported from the France and Belgian front. HOW PEOPLE OF OKLA- | HOMA COPED RECENTLY WITH ONCOMING FLOOD (By Associated Press.) Muskogee, Okla., June 11—Bank- ers, lawyers, doctors, clerks and la- borers forming a force of 300 men, worked day and night to keep the waters of the Grand river at Fort Gibson, out of the potato fields, and won. They saved probably 50,000 acres of the richest farming land in the State from overflow, and in this was included farms from which it is expected to market 250,000 bushels of potatoes this month. Just below the Iron Mountain railroad bridge at Fort Gibson there is a cut-off, which once was the thnnel of the Grand. This was par- tially dammed years ago and the old channel is now known as Ross Lake. When the Grand is at flood the current sweeps back into this old channel and in the great trian- gle formed by this cut-off the regu- lar channel of the Grand and the Arkansas, are thousands of acres of fine farms. With both streams at flood this land is submerged. Watchers along the Grand River warned the people of Fort Gibson that the flood was coming, and in six hours the water was lapping the top of the old dam at the head of the cut-off. The Mayor of Fort Gibson called a meeting. He or- dered all business suspended and every able-bodied man out to the levee. A force of 300 men was ore ganized. It was a lark at first. But the water kept creeping up as fast as they raised the levee, and it beecame a neck-and-neck race. Reinforce- ments were called for. Bankers, closed their banks, lawyers their of- fices and merchants their stores. For two days and nights they held on. fighting desperately to keep The show will receive | They have been in the minds of vant to the question of the legality ment to make use of its services in |ters or of American citizens bound |the levee crown above the flood ilgton was taken to Dallas and of the dog:.‘ r points. statesmen an@ of international Jur-lo( the methods used by the Gfim’lhll way at its convenience. The |on lawful errands as passengers on lcrest. Thousands of bags, shipped 9in jail. He says he was not |2 Faling oF 1952 . ists throughout the development of naval authorities in sinking the ves- whole world is concerned in any-|merchant ships of bellizerent na- in to sack the potato crop, were con- e t When the murder took place that he knows nothing about rime, During the two years Bullington lived in this section THE PLAYERS naval warfare, and the government gel. L of the United States does not under-! “But the sinking of passenger Princeton, N. J.. June 11—Gran- |stand that they have ever been'held ,ships involves principles of humanity G e ¢ players Wwho |to alter the principles of humanity , which throw into the background | thing that may bring about even a partial accommodation of interests and in any way mitigate the terrors tionality. It does not understand the Imperial German government to question those rights. It under- fiscated, filled with sand and used to rip-rap the levee. On the third day at noon, with the water re- 0 the respect of his neighbors bis arrest came as a shock to Sheriff Reynolds county, has been working on friends, since last fall. ——————— \ [° Sonstitution revision. AWyers from all of INOIS BAR ASSOCIATION oy, 111, June 11—The o the state met here today at "I0ua) meeting of the State Bar “ation, The principal topic will Lead- parts of the " Vill bring the expressions of VS of their localities. Law- A Sherman and James Hamil- 'Wis will both deliver addreses. Tlinjg Society of the American ‘e of Criminal Law and Crim- law- i ker's Greek 3 :l.l:: ::e,n(;o successfully received in |upon which it is insisted. Nothing - 1, forcible resistance or t college cities will pre-|but actual, e di:ei\;efllejan Woman" here to- | continued efforts to escape by flight enLE when ordered to stop for the pur- night. P E e s !pose of visit on the part of the mer- v for- OCIALI NVENTION chantman has ever been held to S b 'feit the lives of her passengers or National | crew. The government of the Unit- has been 'ed States, however, does not under- i y hence. | stand that the Imperial German gov- it t.hxs ?ill(; l?:emz:i:r be refer- ernment is seeking in this case to re- ;Nomintllon? the resolutions and lieve itself of the liability, but only e lemmsx ‘the convention. tends to set forth the circumstances sscpd m?"efi c'min changes in the . which led the commander of the sub- e Mt“ion which will be (marine to allow himself to be hur- t wn‘;in the year. There ried into the course which he took. o ific resolutions dealing| "Your Excellency's note. in dis- Nk el n war. The Social-'eunssing the loss of American lives Witk L Eumpczvrnl all ‘resulting from the sinking of the lsth con;::::lmm steamship Lusitania. adverts at some other ¢ w” Chicago, June 11——T)}e Socialist Party convention party's constit! antedate t'i. holding its meeting in length to certain information wh\‘:h o0 with the lawyers meet- t months’ time and an the Imperial German government has i association has a mem- | SiX oF oy 000 involved in re- received with regard to the charac- "t in the country. of 2,000 and is the second expense of $50. painting the Brooklyn bridge. ter and outfit of that vessel, and any special circumstances of detail that may be thought to affect the cases, principles which lift it, as the Tmperial German government will, ‘no doubt, be quick to recognize and acknowledge, out of the class of or- dinary subjects of diplomatic dis- cussion or international controversy. “Whatever be the other facts re- garding the Lusitania, the principal fact is that a great steamer. primar- ily and chiefly a conveyance for pas- sengers, and carrying more than a thousand souls who had no part or lot in the conduct of the war, was torpedoed and sunk without so much as a challenge or a warning, and that men, women and children were sent to their death in circumstances unparalleled in modern warfare. The fact that more than one hundred American citizens were among those who perished made it the duty of the government of the United States to of the present distressing conflict. “In the meantime, whatever ar- rangement may happily be made be- tween the parties to the war, and whatever may. in the opinion of the Tmperial German government, have been the provocation or the circum- stantial justification for the acts of its commanders at sea, government of the United States confidently looks to see the justice past the stands it, also, to accept as estab- lished beyond question the principle that the lives of noncombatants cannot lawfully or rightfully be put |in jeopardy by the capture or de- struction of an unresisting mer- chantman, and to recognize the ob- ligation to take sufficient precaution to ascertain whether a suspected merchantman is in fact of belliger- jent nationality or is in fact carry- ceding slightly, the captains of the working crews called a halt and an- nounced the victory won. The water was three feet below the level of the levee and the danger was over. Some of the business and profes- sional men dropped in their tracks l(rnm exhaustion . Fort Gibson is the great potato market for the Arkansas River Val- lley and the loss of a big crop, such and humanity of the Imperial Ger-}ing contraband of war under a neu- as is promised this year. would be a man government vindicated in all cases where Americans have been wronged or their rights as neutrals ' States in vaded. “The government of the United States therefore earnestly and very | measures solemnly renews the representations princ of its note transmitted to the Imper- ial German government on the 15th |and American ships, and asks for as-! {tral flag “The government of thereforae deems it reason- able to expect that the Imperial German government will adopt the necessary to put these les into practice in respect of the safezuarding of American lives of May, and relies on these repre-'surances that this will be done sentations upon the principles of hu-| recognized understandings of international law, manity, the universally (Signature) “ROBERT LANSING. ““Secretary of State Ad Interim.” the l'm(edl heavy disaster to the town. As the situation now stands thera is a total area of less than 100 acres of potatoes under water. This is in the very low spots, and if the water recedes rapidly even this part of the crop will not be a total loss. The Ginelle lock on the Seine is ‘]so constructed that one man can open or shut it by simply touching an electric button as he sits in his office.