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The Lakeland Evening Telegram
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LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916
Boost Remember Thet Satan Stayed In Heaven Until He Began to Knock Hie Home Town
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(By Associated Press)
DON, March 18. Since
'Ulk7 night massed attacks have
Bade against the village and
Vaux and northeast of Ver
The Germans tiave not ad
.' at any point against the for
Paria announces. The bom
nt ta described as only inter
t.' The French say the Ger
dld not respond to a concen
artlllery fire directed against
rman . trenches in Cordeaux
Heary troop movements - in
Is are reported from Buchar-
mania. Passenger traffic from
est to the Hungarian frontier
en suspended. There is not Im
portant on other fronts.
INESS HAS MOST
(DISASTROUS OF FIRES
rness, March 18 . A destruc
e, the worst In the history of
ess, raged for quite a while
hursday night, Citrus County
mildlng, Citrus County Chron
orner.and Bel) buildings, Mrs.
Angeley's store and dwelling,
Lee's building, N. J. Thelos'
stand were an totally de-
..(.vv-AvV
loss is variously estimated
(10,900 to $15,000, with only
1 3,8 00 Insurance. The Citrus
' Bank was protected, Mrs . J.
geley and the Citrus County
cle each had a small amount
i ...irance, but all other buildings
ntents are a total loss.
-.rtlc,' the favorable conditions of
tather and the extra wcll-con-
'd brick wall on the north side
In street saved the town from
lestruction. The Mrs. Ruff
IP ,g' ln wnlcn tne P08tofflce 18
I, stood the tremendous heat
burning wooden buildings ad
I, and seems little the worse
'ADih cooled-,
fire was discovered in Mrs.
;E -y's building after it bad made
iR srable headway 1 Nick Connor,
er LiM ing in the building,
rather narrow escape, as he
t .waka. until s someone called
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t TRAP CZOCTING
- ' ; TOURNAMENT
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By.MQciated Press.)
Tdkv March 18. The an
ubmsU at- the national trap
q. r,fcf Inlea (or the coming
. supplies another demonstra
te ttoreinafkable growth of
sortHJ&or than 400 tourna
1f Ntftnc-1 through national,
tal, state, ejty and club chain
ing are already named and it
eeted that - the number will
...he 460 mark before the traps
N:t coins to the northern por
inSt;a::f th country.
. records show that the tourna
;aticr" registered to date exceed by
. ono hundred the entire num-
-nctkmed during 1915 and that
iceas is likely to be doubled
VER' jaly. There is also shown a
In, the center of trap shooting
y . during the paBt twelve
Ss.' ,A year ago Pennsylvania
1' tho states with thirty-eight
T-red tournaments. Illinois was
If L with thirty-two and Towa
I with twenty-nine. This season
Laae taken the lead with forty
Pennaylranla is second with
three and Illinois is third with
J y dates and places for twenty
J I State championship too ma
ll are been named and appllca
zlat a number of other titular
i are en file for action . Those
seed to 'date" are as fllowe:
8te Tournaments
shnme April 18, 19, Oklahoma
rjrfa April 25, 28, Atlanta.
soori May I, S, 4, St. Iuls.
' siesippi May 4, 5, Greenville.
isas May 18, 17, Emporia.
, I A nylvanla May 18, 19, 20,
r Hampshire May 19, 20,
VAUX (MINI
WITHOUT
SUCCESS
SAN DIEGO EXPOSI
TION ENLARGED
San Diego. Cal., March 18. The
dedication ceremonies of the opening
of the Panama California Interna
tional Exposition, which will be con
tinued during 1916 were held here
'today. The scope of the exposition
has been Increased so greatly for
1916 that the directors have found
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Canada, France, Russia, Germany,
Austria, Brazil, the Netherlands and
Switzerland have installed great dis
plays brousht from the San Fran
cisco exposition.
ANNIVERSARY OF
BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 18.
The 40th anniversary of the "launch
ing" of the Brooklyn bridge, which
was the greatest suspension in the
world at the time of its completion,
will be celebrated tomorrow.
BIG BUGS IN ATHLETIC MEET
New YorK, March 18. The an
nual senior national indoor cham
pionship meet of the Amateur Ath
letic I'nton, which takes place to
night at the Twenty-second Regi
ment Armory will, without doubt, be
the most important event of the kind
ever held in this country. How much
Importance is attached to the event
is shown by the fact that the en
trants include Westmore Wilcox and
William J. Bingham, of Harvard
University, for the 300-yard and
600-yard events, respectively; How
ard P. Drew, the negro flash, in the I
100-yard handicap, crack teams from
Illinois A. C. Chicago, and teams
from the Universities of Syracuse
and Pennsylvania, William II . Tay
lor will have a chance to show that
he never makes rash promises when
he will be given a chance to estab
lish a new record.
COLDIST MARCH
DAY IN N. Y.
SINCE 1871;
WAS 6VAB0VE
(By Associated Press)
New York, March 18. This Is the
coldest March day since the weather
bureau has been established here in
1871. At 5 o'clock this morning the
thermometer was 6 above zero.
WOOD AND KNOTT MEET MON
DAY AT .2 O'CLOCK P. M.
Jacksonville, March 18 The first
real joint debate of the Gubernator
ial campaign will occur next Mon
day in Clearwater, in Pinellas coun
ty, when Hon. W. V. Knott, State
Comptroller and an aspirant" for
Gubernatorial honors, meets Hon.
Frank A Wood, of St. Petersburg, a
Pinellas legislator and Gubernator
ial aspirant.
Both Mr. Knott and Mr. Wood
were in Jacksonville last evening
they agreed upon the hour which
the speaking will take place. The
candidates met in the union passeng
er station and after a few minute'
talk decided that 2 o'clock in the
afternoon would be the best time for
the debate. Mr. Knott was enroute
to Tampa over the Seaboard and M
Wood had just arrived from his tour
of West Florida. He left his auto
mobile at Tallahassee and came on
to Jacksonville by train.
Manchester.
Illinois May 23, 24. 25. LaSalle.
Nebraska May 23, 24, 25. Grand
Island .
Tennessee May 26, 27, Nashville.
Utah May 30, 31, Springvllle.
IowaMay 30, 31, June 1, Water
loo. Oregon June 5, 6, 7, Portland.
Maryland June 6. 7, 8, Balti
more. Ohio June 7, 8, 9, Toledo.
Idsho June 12, 13, Twin Falls.
Vermont June 13, 14, Montpelier.
New Tort June 13. 14, 15, Syra
cuse Michigan June 14, 15. Battle
Creek.
North Dakota June 16, 16, Lis
bon. Wyoming July 9, 10. 11. 12. Cas
per. Wisconsin July 12. 13, South
Madlf-cn.
Connecticut July 14, 15, Dan
bury Rbcde Island July 21, 22. Providence.
CHIHUAHUA RAflCHFRS OEFER $100,000
FOR THE CAPTURE OF VILLA: DANGER OF
FRICTION BFMFM S. AND HEX PAST
THIS IS THE OPINION OF CARRANZA COMMANDER AT JUAREZ; VILLA IS THOUGHT TO BE NEAR
CUECO, 110 MILES SOUTH OF CAS AS GR ANDES; TENSION NOT RELAXED, BUT DAN
GER OF FRICTION NOT PROBABLE
AMERICANS ENCAMPED HEAR CASAS PRIDES
Will Make No Effort to Enter Any of the Mexican Towns, Which Averts Serious Situation; Punitive Expedi
tion to Be Ke pt Constantly on the Move Until ViUla Is Run to Earth
(By Associated Press)
El Paso, March 18. General
Cavira, the Carranza commander at
Juarez, said that he bad reports
showing that Villa is near Cuecos,
110 miles south of Casas Grandee.
The general said the danger of fric
tion between the United States and
Mexico is past. It is reported that
the Americans are encamped at Co
lonia Dublan near Casas Grandes.
This is Interpreted here to mean
there will be no dispute over wheth
er Aemrirans should enter Casas
Grandes. It is indicated that the
two American columns have Joined.
A total of $100,000 has been offered
for Villa's capture. Much of it is
by Chihuahua ranchers.
Will Not Occupy Towns
(Ry Associated Pre3S. )
Washington, March 18. .Ameri
cans pursuing Villa have no inten
tion of occupying towns during their
march into Mexico. This was stated
at the White House and the war de
partment after receipt of a report of
General Gavlra, the Carranza corn-
KING OF MONTENEGRO AND ISIS SUITE IN FRANCE
11111' a n T11 Yr fTiiir 1 ifi""",i tof -ti' HiiMiiiiiiTiMiiiTYiir
This photograph of King Nicholas
Prance.
WralTTO RECOGNIZE VOMEEOiSl W
CORPS AS PART OF COUNTRY'S MILITARY FORCES
(By Associated Press)
Ion don, March 18 The decision
of the government to recognize the
militia organization known as the
"Volunteer Training Corps" as part
of the military forces of the country
solvos a difficulty that tor many
months threatened to wreck the
whole Volunteer home-defense move
mnte. The trouble arose in connection
with Ireland, and shows how the
old Home Rule quarrel persists even
in the face of war. The Irish Nat
ionalists home rulers saw that a
bill giving official recognition to the
volunteer forces Vould strengthen
the power of the Nationalist Volun
teer force, which is a considerable
body of men, all united with the
Intention of backing the demand for
Home Rule with force if necessity
should arise.
. To prevent this strengthening of
the Home Rule element, the govern
ment prepared a bill at the last ses
sion which was carefully worded so
as not to apply to Ireland at all, but
the Nationalists saw through the
ruse promptly and threatened to put
up a big fight. The government then
Included Ireland ( and proposed to
include both the Nationalists and the
Ulster Anti-Home Rule militia. But
the Ulsterites rose In force against
this compromise, pointing out that
practically all the young men of the
Ulster Volunteers had forsaken It for
the front, whereas there were still
large numbers of men of military age
mander at Jaurez, who gave notice
to General Persuings that troops
would not be allowed to occupy Ca- Villa might make a raid on them
sag Grandes or other towns. Ad- before the Americans arrived. Al
minislratlon officials said there though the expedition passed peace
would be no object fn occupying fully so far, the tension has by no
towns because the nature of the pun- means been relaxed on the border,
ltlve expedition would keep it on the It is feared that serious trouble
move. Reports continued optimistic, might start after the first clash the
Excitement was reported as ex- I
Istlns among Americans at Tampico,
but this had no bearing on the Villa
pursuit, officials said.
All Quiet on Border
Washington, March 18. General
Funston's sole renort to the war de
partment today was "all quiet along
the border."
Mormons Safe
(fly Associated Press.)
El Paso. March is. Xo news was Reports of Mutiny
made public as to tho exact where- Nogales, March 1 8 . - Trouble was
abouts of Villa, but it Is believed reported at the Carranza carrison at
the American troops are rapidly ap- llermosltto, but tho exact nature
proiching the hiding places he might cannot bo confirmed. Among the re
select. Reports that Americans re- por's Is one saying the soldiers had
ported at a point south o the Mor- mutinied.
of Montenegro and bis suite was taken
in the Nationalist militia.
So, while Ireland was quarreling,
the bill was allowed to die, and ac
cordingly no official recognition
could be given to the Home-Defense
organizations through Act of Parlia
ment. The ministry has now got around
this by merely recognizing the Vol
unteers under an old military act
of 1863, whereby Ireland is excluded,
inasmuch as the act in question
never applied to Ireland.
The Volunteer Training Corps thus
enrolled as a part of the nation's
fighting forces are believed to ag
gregate nearly four hundred thous
and men. The Corps was organized
specifically for home defense, and in
cludes mostly men past military age
or otherwise exempt from military
duty. The organization led a thank
less and unhonored existence during
its first year. The ipapers poked a
good deal of fun at it. and the War
Office Ignored it. But despite re
buffs, the movement spread with re
markable rapidity. It adopted a
gray-green uniform with red brass
ard, with the Initials "G. R." stand
ing presumably for George Rex, and
drilled faithfully in the highways
and byways. Punsters explained
the G. R." as standing for George's
Recks, Going Rotten, or Govern
ment's Rejects, but no amount of
ridicule availed to hinder the grow'h
of the movement.
At one time It was suggested that
the Volunteers should go to Flanders
to dig trenches, hut the scheme fell
mon colonies, were safe, brought re-
lief on the border as it was feared
Americans have with the Mexicans
Pershing to Decide
(Hy Associated Press)
Snn Antonio, Mnrch 18. Whcth-
j er troops that arrived last night at
Casas randos should enter the town
or not is for General Pershing to de
cide. General Funston announced,
unless the war department inter
feres. General Funston is not dis-
posed to direct the details of Persh-
lug's operations.
immediately after their arrival ln
through. When the Derby canvass
began, they proved of the greate-t
assistance. They helped in the can
vass, and as soon as the canvass was
completed they threw open their
rank to the Derby recruits, offering
them free preliminary training, so!undr guard on the Brooklyn water
that when they were called up they
would not have to begin absolutely
at the beginning.
BALTIMORE CITIZENS URGED
TO BUY BOAT LINES
Baltimore, Md. March 18.
Prominent citizens of Baltimore are
being urged to form a company to
take over the B. C. & A. and the
M. D. A V. steamboat lines, which
must be disposed of by the Pennsyl
vania railroad by April 1. It is de
clared that the business of the East
this city and for that reason its
cltizeln should have no hesitancy ln
taking over the lines because the In
terstate Commerce Commission will
not allow the railroad to retain the
boats. 1
CHURCH CENSUS OF SCOTLAND
(By Associated Press.)
Glasgow, Scotland, March 18 An
unofficial church census of Scotland
shows the total adult membership of
the Protestant churches at 1,398,000,
to which are added "children and
adherents" bringing the total to 2,-
JACK ALLEN
ASSASSINATED
NEAR MT.AIRY
LAST NIGHT
DEAD MAN LED THE GANG
WHICH SHOT UP THE CARROL
COUNTY COURT ROOM TWO
YEARS AGO
(By Associated Press)
Roanoke, Va., March 18. Jack
Allen, a brother of the famous Sld
na and Floyd Allen, who led the
gang that shot up tho Carrol county
court room, was assassinated last
night seven miles from Mount Airy.
North Carolina, at the homo of
Mrs. Plrt Martin. Will McGraw,
who was with Allen when tho shot
was fired has disappeared.
TO OBSERVE ARMENIAN
RELIEF
DAY
New York, March 18, As a re
sult of an appeal made by the Na
tional Armenian Relief committee,
tomorrow will be observed through
out the United States as Armenian
Relief day. The purpose of the ob -
servance Is to raise funds for the re-
lief of the Armenian sufferers
through a campaign of popular edu -
cation. Clergymen have been sup-
piled with data from which to pre-
pare sermons, showing the misery
and want that prevail anions the Ar-
Medians The Rockefeller Foundation
has pledged 15,000 for every $10,000
that is raised. Of 2,000,000 Armen-
iuns in Turkey a year ago, it is said
that one-half have been slain, driven
from the country or havo perished
on tho way to exile.
ARMY BILL'
HAS APPROVAL
Of PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 18. Chair
man Hay of tho Military committee
told the House that tho army bill on
which discussion resumed was the
president's bill as it had his full ap
proval .
MR. BRYAN'S BIRTHDAY
Lincoln, Neb., March 18. Wil
liam J. Bryan, former secretary of
state, but now one of the most en
thusiastic supporters of the "peace-at-anyprlce"
movement, will be 56
years old tomorrow. Mr. Bryan is
anxious that his next birthday will
see all the world at peace and trea
ties consummated which will make
future wars practically an impossi
bility. SHAMROCK IT IS
CAREFULLY GUARDED
Now York, March 18. The state
ment by Sir Thomas Upton that he
hopes to race his yacht Shamrock IV
for the America's cup next year, re
calls to mind the fact that tho chal
lenger Is still carefully boxed and
front. Not for a moment since
Shamrock !V was hauled Into dry
dock, covered with canvas and boxed
up late In August, 1914, has the
Upton yacht been without a guard
and caretaker. American yachts
men know no more about tho lines
Ban construction of the challenger
than they did when the sloop ap
peared off Sandy Hook a few days
after the declaration of war.
There appears to be llttlo chance
that the Shamrock IV will be un
covered during tbe coming season.
Reports from the other side, how
ever, are to the effect that Sir Thom
as is keeping ln close touch with
American yachtsmen and will put his
challenger overboard early in the
spring of 1917 if International con
dltlons warrant the belief that the
America's cup races can be staged.
In the meantime it Is expected that
both the Resolute and Vanttie will
be scn in a few races this summer
In order to keep the prospective de
fenders In shape for the yatching
classes when times are more propl
tom. 427,000. The Roman Catholic
church has 546, 000 followers, mak-
ln the total church population .-
973.000. This deducted from the
total population gives a "church-
less" population of 1,788,000.
SOUTHEASTERN
RAILROAD
DIFFICUTIES
ADJUSTED
INCREASE OF PAY WAS GRANTED
AND MINIMUM WAGE IN ALL
CRAFTS ESTABLISHED
(By Associated Tress)
Washington, March 18. A com
plete re-adjustment of the labor dif
ficulties between the Southeastern
railroads and their machinists and
allied craft was reached when tho
roads granted an increase from one
to three, and one-half cents per hour
and agreed to establish a minimum
wage In all crafts.
HEROIC WORTS AND DEEDS
COMPILED IN 300-PAGE BOOK
Paris, March 18. The first pub
lished collection of heroic words
and actions of the war on the Fran-co-Hclslan
front has appeared .in a
volume of 300 pages edited by Paul
Soiiclmn. There are remarks of sol-
; dlers leaving for the front. In battle
'and In the trenches, anecdotes of
j generals and other officers, the talk
( of the wounded, and the words of
: dyin heroes .
Well toward the beginning is tho
, reply of a soldier marching through
1 Paris to a news vendor who offered
jhlm the latest extra, sayin?: "Here,
j my brave boy, is the latest news."
"News?" replied the soldier. "It
( Is wo who are going to make the
news."
Four young artillery men of the
contingent of 1913 passed along the
Avenuo Trudalne In Paris on the
way to the station. A pretty woman
on the arm of her husband stopped
on the side-walk and cried: "Poor
boys! Good luck to you!" while a
tear rolled down her check . One of
the artillerymen saluted, then took
off his cap, twirled it in the air and
cried: "Come now, my dear lady,
Just a llttlo smile please."
Two sergeant-majors chosen from
a number of volunteers left tho
French trencheB near the Vesle for
an abandoned farm where, climbing
to the garret, they were able to dis
cover tho situation of German bat
teries that were causin? considerable
losses to the French troops. The
French three-lnchers soon forced the
Germans to change their position to
the very spot where there two sergeant-majors
were in observation .
Tho French gunners ceased firing
until this message came over the
telephone: "The guns are In position.
Go ahead you may fire, fire, aim at
us, commandant, go on, fire." The
comandant hesitated to give the or
der, but the Geran battery must be
silenced, and finally the three-lnchers
struck up avain destroying the
battery and annihilating the farm
with the two sergeant-major.
Souchon tells a similar story of a
lieutenant posted in a tower a few '
hundred meters from the German
trenches, from where he Mephened
to the French artillery the petritlons
of the enemy. During a half hour he
continued sending indications - and
then finished with the words: "I
hear the steps of Germans who are
coming up the stairs. Believe noth
ing more that Is said to you over the
wire. I have my revolver, and shall
never be taken alive." Nothing has
ever been since heard from this of
ficer.
MASSES FROWN ON SOCIETY
LEADERS' SOFT DRINKS
New York, March 18. Malted
milk 9nd tango refuse to mix where
the masses are concerned at any
rale Such being the case, the doors
of the Strand Roof Garden opened
to the public under the guidance of
Mm. William K. Vanderbilt. Miss
Anne Morgan and other believers in
soft drinks for working class dan
cers, will brin; its career to an end
tonight. Members of the committee
of society women who financed the
scheme since Its opening in 1914 re
fuse to say what their future plans
will be .
EVERYBODY TO
CHURCH TOMORROW
Washington. March 18. Follow
ing the example of President Wilson
and several members of his cabinet,
Washington official and social, will
go to church tomorrow.. It is "Qo-to-Churcb"
Sunday and It is estimated
! that more people will attend services
throughout the country than wilt he
found In the churches aeain for an-
other year.
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