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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
In the Path of Napoleon Years After His Doao1fan

This is the story of the opening of the mighty wars of the empire and the beginning of the most brilliant of Napole0n's campaigns.
 Here Napoleon is seen as he sud denly abandons his campaign of in- yasion against England and leaves B0ul0gne to enter upon the longA red path of war which, zigzagging across Europe from Spain to Russia, ends only at Waterloo, 125 miles from the starting point.
 Here, too, the celebrated grand army makes it's first appearance, bril- liant in its new trappings and ani- mated by a new spirit to which the armies of the republic were strangers.
 DATES AND EvENTS-AGE 35-36
 January 19 1S05-Pitt proposed new coal 1tion against France
 August 9. 1S05-Coalition of England, Russia, Austria and Sweden completed. August g. 1S05-The camp of Boulogne raised.
 September ?, 1s05-The Austrians invadea Bavaria.
 September 21, 1so5-The Austrians at Ulm.
 September 25, 1S05-The French army crossed the Rhine
 September 26, 1S05-Nepoleon at Stras- burg.
 October :, 1so5-The French crossed the Danube.
 October IA, 1s05-Ney captured Elchin- gen.
 October 20. 1SO5-Ulm surrendered.
 October 21, 1S05-The battle of Trafal- gar
 October 30. 1s05-Austrians fin Italv beaten by Massena and in retreat
 NONpr1hnr V1 HEN Napoleon raised his camp " at Boulogne at the end of the
 summer of 1S05 after having kG&kEgH given more than two years to a fruitless attempt to cross the English channel he turned his back upon England in retreat from her nvincible strong hold, the sea, but only to strike her down, if he could, amid the hills of Ger;r any. Faiiing to assemble his navy in the channel. he abandoned the attempt to invade the tight little island to plant his eagles on the tower of London, and 1ie left his flotilla of cookie shells to rot at their moorings. But he marched away to conquer the coast of Europe and scaling every harbor against British trade, leave England marooncd in her fug
 Thcnceforth he battled to tla. end af'nc whether in Acstria or in Germany, or in Spain, or in Russia. All the Ndpo- leonir wars We shall witness will .iaYe n" tthcr object than tfis. They w,n not be f'r the conquest of lands. but of nar- Lurs England had closed the sea Go France and France would close the con- tinent 10 her. To live without con- fnerce, without fleets. without =o.Jnies and subject to the unjust will Of an enemy, Napoleon cai1 in his p-oclan,a- tion at the opening of the war, 'is not to live like Frenchmen.'
 He made war to win for France domin- ions beyond the sea, while England made war to protect the foundations she was only then laying of that worldwide British empire which finally was won at Waterloo. The destiny of Asia. Africa and Australia, fand, perhaps, the Amer jeans, was determined on the battlefeds of Europe. ,'-'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Napoleon i'm Vienna


 When he appeared before the walls of Vienna, the very walls wl,1ch 120 years before had stood like a dike to stop flood of Turks from pouring over Christendom. the gates of the city were opened to him without waiting for him to knock For the first time he entered the conquered capital of soverign ana made himself at home in the palace of a fugitive monarch, Marie Louise's fa- vorite home, the lovely Schoenbrunn.
 Without firing a shot ne had become the master of a city with population of 100000 inside the walls and large suburbs lying outside it's Notifications. The de- him only to hasten northward and unite with the Russians among the hills of Mo- ravia. Their rear guasu was preparing, as the French entered the capital to destroy the Thabor bridge over the Dan ube and arrest the pursuit That exit from the city, however, was saved by sharp, if inglorious, trick
 The destructive conlpustibles were all in place on the bridge and ready to be touched off, when, apparently strolling alone Prince Murat and Marshal Lannes appeared, waving their white handker- chifs in sign of a peaceable mission. They declared that an armistice had been arranged and the Austrian sentries could not question the word or prince and marshal. The guardians of the bridge having been thus deceived. a force of French grenadiers suddenly dashed out of concealment behind some trees at the Vienna end and took possession of the structure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

of Frenchmen was now in peril of being brought under the rule of an alien con queror. It was, therefore, war made solely to gain or hold conquered peoples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
"Dead on the Field of Honor"

True, they still bore in silver case the heart of La Tour d'Auvergne, that Bayard of the revolution, that Spartan soldier of the republic, who dcspisei rank, scorned promotion and accepted no other reward for his valor than the simple title of the First G ~ena6ier nf France. On their rolls they still carried his name as a synonym of modest. unsel- fish love of country; at every roll call of the Forty-sixth Demi brigade there still rang out the name of La Tour d Au- vergne and the solemn response of the oldest grenadier ID D'ead on the field of honor"
 As the Grand Army mai ched by r is grave in Bave ria-anotlIer French re- plhlic has since given his bones sepul- ture in the Pantheon at Paris-it was with ranks closed, drums beating and swords lifted. Yet. Tor all that now meaningless ritual, the spirit f La Tour d'Auvergne was as dead among the sol diers who pressed after the eagles of Napoleon as the France for which he gave up his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The Emperor Among His Soldiers

NdHOleOH DuiletlHS ttnelnstiNeS TtuecJ- ed the change that had come over France and the army. The conquering watch words of his Italian campaign, Liberty, Fraternity, Equality" were discarded It was enough for him tv say to his army now, Soldiers. your Emperor is in the midst of you," and to bid the nation, let 100000 more Frenchmen come and range themselves under my flags
 My soldiers are my children" the one time sons of the revolution were fiat tered to be told by the Emperor Still thcy looked upon him more as a com rade than as father. He was yet their Little Corporal in the game simple uni form and three-cornered black hat that he wore when only general of the re- public
 None of the old mustaches. high. of ficer tells us, would have dared to speak to the lowest sublieutenant with the free dom they showed to Napoleon himself as he went his nightly round of the bivouac stopping to talk with the men by their campfires, asking them what they were cooking in their steamJfig pots and smil- ing with amusement at testing faniliari- ties, which he would not have tolerated among his marshals. Those dignitaries were not permitted to take the slightest liberties, and were required to show themselves duly humble in the imperial presence. They had their reward, and Napoleon's obligations to them were am ply repaid with money and rank.
 But to the poor multitude who were fighting his battles for 1ve sous a day he presented himself as 8 kindly friend and powerful champion. He would 1is- ten to the complaint of any private in the ranks against his superiors. and he abolished fogging in his earliest cam paigns, although until then Europe never had seen an army move except under the lash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
The Third Coalition

The chief monarchies of Europe leagued themselves for the overthrow of the French republic in 1792 and again in 1799. A third coalition was formed, in 1895, to take from the em- pire the conquests it had inherited from the republic
 Of all those coalitions England was the soul and the purse. The French could not fight her on the seas. but she could fight them on the land, not always with English soldiers, perhaps. but with her pounds shillings and pence, and with the dogged persistence of her national character. While Napoleon at Boulogne was lowering the face of the waters with the network of his wide-f flung naval campaien against Great Britain. Will liam Pitt returned to the premiership in 1904 and began to weave the mesh Of counter campaign on the Euro pean continent. Russia and Austria, England and Sweden were drawn to- gether in a new coalition. Pitt hoped fo see half a million Austrians, Prus- oains and Russians put in the field, and England agreed to pay $6,250,00o year Ky toward the support of every hun dred thousand soldiers under arms.
 Against that system of subsidized war Napoleon raised the cry of British gold Ahe unlettered masses could understand 1t he ordered his minister of police Fouche, to have caricatures published an Englishman with his purse in his hand, begging the several nations to take his money'' This master of warfare could not neglect simple thing so use xul as picture in spreading abroad g xage against the enemy.
 British gold. necessary as it was to ths Gtupidly governed and impoverished con finental nations, was not. however ths melting cause of the historic campaign Of ls05 The ruling passion of Austria and her Emperor. Francis l. was to re cover in Italy and Germany the rici provinces she had lost in two disastrouI Wars with France. while Russia was i'm pelled to join her by national ambi t1on to make herself the foremost powe 1n Europe and by the vanity of he xouthful Car Alexander l, to mak himself the arbiter of the nations. Mean while Prussia timidly held back and dis appointed the allies.
 No party to the war, neither Alexander nor Francis, nor Napoleon, nor Georg' III of England. was fighting for anything f1at riGhtfully belonged to him. No Eng skctmen or Austrians or Russians wer' N6ad subject by France. and no village
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
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ment to remember that all empires have a term. The idea that the end of the dynasty of the Hapsburgs Is at hand ought to alarm him!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03

HEN Napoleon raised his camp at Boulogne at the end of the summer of 1895. after having given more than two years to a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
There. Take That

Next week: Austerlitz. the great basti of the three emperors.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
BECKERS' TRIAL
OPENED TODAY
IN NEW YORK
THE COURT ROOM WAS JAMMED
WITH INTERESTED SPECTATORS
It VIII Probably Thke Week to Sc.
cure Jury; 100 New Wit
nesses to Testify
(By Associated Press J

New York, May Crowds
iammed the criminal courts buildine
TINS morning for the opening session
of the trial of Former Police Lieuten-
ant Charles Becker for the murder
|of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler.
July 10, 1872, Four gunner recent
ly died for that crime but Becker es-
capped the chair because the court of
appeals held that the evidence did
not show he directed the crime. 1t
is thought that it will take a week
to get a jury and the trial will last
a month. Many former witnesses
Will not be called and more than 100
new ones will be summoned to tes-
tify. The murder was the result of
gamblers war. Rosenthal, a sup
posed partner of Becker, was going
to make a complete confession to Dis
trict Attorney Whitman when he
was shot in front of the Metropole
hotel.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
REWARD FOR APPRE-
HENSI0N OF PARTIES VIO-
LATTNG ELECTION LAWS

! Whereas, the Legislature of 1913
enacted chapter 647O, being an act
limiting and regulating campaign
Expenses;
And, whereas, under the provisions
of this law it is unlawful for can
dldate or any other person to hire
political workers to work for or
against any candidate; to pay the
expense of workers, or to pay any
one for loss of time;
And, whereas, il Is unlawful un-
der said law for any person to solicit
or receive, directly or indirectly, any
reward or pay for any political work
in behalf of a candidate or against a
candidate;
And, whereas, it is unlawful un-
der said law for any person to expend
money in behalf of any candidate or
against a candidate, except for ac-
tual travelling expenses, when work
ing for a candidate, free of charge;
And, whereas, the said law con-
tains number of other provisions
safe guarding the purity of the bal
lot and prohibiting excessive eXpen-
ditures by candidates;
And. whereas, che provisions Of
this law have the hearty approval Of
Il very large majority Of the citizens
of this state, and it is desired that
the law be strictly enforced, that all
forms OF corruption and graft may be
stopped;
And whereas, it is for the best in
tcrests of the people of the State of
Florida that every effort possible be
made to have our elections free Of
every form of corruption;
Therefore, be it known, that I,
Park Trammell, governor of the State
OF Florida, acting under the author
'ity vested in me- do hereby offer a
reward of one hundred CSlOO.OO)
dollars for the arrest and conviction
of any party or parties who may be
guilty of violation OF the provisions
of the said chapter 647O of the laws
of the State of Florida.
In witness whereof | have hereun-
to set my hand and caused the great
seal of the State of Florida to be af-
fixed at Tallahassee, the capitol, this
the second day of May, A. D. 1914.
(Seal)
PARK TRAMMELL,
Governor.
By the governor. attest:
II. CLAY CRAWFORD,
Secretary of State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

and bravery of the soldiers of the
South; as men and women, who were
conspicuous in rendering deeds that
gloriously make up part of our
American history OF all our guests,
which have been legion, we honor
you most-we appreciate greatest
your visit. We extend to you the
warm hand clasp of brotherly love;
we meet you at the threshold and
give you our laurel wreaths and
sprigs of lilac Our gates stand ajar
for you to enter; upon the portals
of every home within our great State
is written Welcome welcome, come
and abide with us.
In Florida. as in all our South
land. We honor the heroes who in the
dark days of the sixties followed the
glorious stars and Bars. " We who
are Of Southern ancestry treasure as
a rich and priceless heritage the rec
ord for patriotism for courage eand
for love of country and of honor
made b you, noble old patriots, and
your heroic comrades.
1t was in youth at my mothers
knee in the old log cabin in South
ern Florida. around which cluster
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
GOV. TRAMMELL WARMLY
WELCOMED VISITORS At
OPENING Of THE REUNION.
HIS SPLENDID ADDRESS WAS TIL MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE OF
THE OPENING SESSION TODAY
Lakend Pays to the Honoed Guests and Bad
the Wearers Of the Gray and Their Friends Hearty and
Cordial Welcome

are Southerners; Jacksonville is a
Southern city; Florida is a Southern
state; our sentiments are Southern !;
the history and the traditions of the
south are entwined eternally around
our hearts; and, while we have wei
coined these former visitors into our
midst we do not welcome you as we
welcomed them. They came as our
friends, and we were glad But we
do not welcome YOU merely as
friends. You arc our own people;
the red blood that courses through
your veins, flows through our veins:
the flag that you loved and fought
for, our people loved and fought for;
on the battle fields upon which you
poured your life blood, Floridians too
gave their life blood The dark val
ley through which you journeyed,
they marched side by side with you.
No, we do not welcome you as we
did those who came before you
they came as our friends, you came
as our brothers. You came not sim
ply to consider present day problems,
to make history for the future, and
for a pleasant visit to our sunny
Florida, but you came with full
appreciation of the responsibilities
of the times, to counsel and advise
for the future to recall the remin-
iscences of the past, and too as the
gallant survivors and living wit
nesses of the chivalry, patriotism
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
M|ED|AT0Rs To
MEET MAY IS At
NIAGARA FALLS
TRIED TO NEGOTIATE WITH CAR
RAMA BUT FAILED
Fighting Has Been Renewed Be
tween the Federals and Rebels
at Tanpico
(By Associated Press \

Washington, May 6.-The South
American enyoys renewed their eff
forts to bring Carranza into the pre-
1iminarv mediation negotiations this
morning This turn excited interest
in Mexican problems whose solution
Is impossible until an armistice be
tween Carranza and Huerta has been
arranged 1t is said the mediators
propose to meet Carranza's S agent and
discuss the situation directly and it
is also said they are hopeful that
Carranza viii send a representative
not restricted to discuss any partic-
ular feature. 1t is announced that
Niagara Falls will De the place and
May 18th is the date for the ses-
sions The mediators this morning
expected Carranza's reply and i'm
mediately began routine arrange
ments for the conference.
Washington is also interested in
Mexican changes and Huerta's posi-
tion excites speculation. 1t is re-
ported that he has done nothing to
show that he feared an American at
tack on the capital and has not pre-
pared to offer a determined resist
ance if such a thire happens. Huer-
Ia recognized the menace of Villa
from the North and Zapata from the
South. Fighting between the federals
and rebels at Tampico has been re
newed and the United States army
has continued to plan to meet fu-
ture developments. The president ex-
poets to meet the funeral ship Mon
roe at Brooklyn Sunday and Secre-
tary Daniels, on the Mayhower, will
meet the ship off Hampton Roads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

lightened, a progressive, cnlval-
rous and patriotic people. | extend
cordial greetings and bid you one
and all a hearty welcome.
The city of Jacksonville and the
State of Florida have entertained
many important conventions and we
have always felt highly honored to
have our State chosen as the place
for the convening of these assem-
blages. We have always welcomed
with open hearts and open doors the
coming guests. Jacksonville has be-
come widely known as the conven
tion city-the city of hospitality
Her people and the people of Florida
have found much pleasure in enter
tanning those to whom providence
has been so kind as to let come and
abide with US even for little while.
These people have come from the
four quarters of our country and we
have welcomed them They have
broken bread at our board We have
shared our shelter-our homes with
them. We were glad of their COM
ing; we sincerely regretted their de
parture. But, veterans and sons and
of the Confederacy,a we
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
CONFERENCE OF SOUTH
WESTERN COLLEGES

Dallas, Texas, May 6.-The meet
ing for the formation of the South
westwest athletic conference opened
its conference here today. 1t is ex-
pected that the formation of this
conference will have great influ-
enee in elevating and controlling in
tercollegiate athletics in the five
States represented. The tentative
rules follow the T. /. A. A. rules
very closely, and among other mat
ters which will be discussed at the
business sessions today and tomor-
row are the three-year limit, the
prohibition of freshmen playing on
varsity teams and the abolishing of
training tables for athletic teams.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
(By Associated Press. J

Jacksonville, May 6 Governor
Trammell warmly welcomed the Con-
federate veterans at the first session
of the annual reunion here this
morning, as follows:
General Harrison, Veterans of the
Confederacy, Ladies and Gentle
men:
For long year, we have with the
Efondest hopes and anticipations
looked forward to your coming to our
State. Today we rejoice to have with
us, you, the surviving heroes of the
Confederate armies; you, the noble
women of the old South; you, the
loyal sons and devoted daughters;
and you, our friends whether from
the blue or the grey, and we thank
you for the honor which your COM
ing reflects on this city and our
State.
As one who holds dear the tradi-
tions of the Southland, who honors
and reveres the memory of the Con-
federate dead, who delights to re
call the unparalleled patriotism and
bravery of the men who wore the
grey and proudly recounts their
deeds; as ore who esteems the sil
very haired veterans who remain
with us as an inspiration and bene-
diction, and as the governor. and on
behalf Of great State, which is
blessed with a hospitable, an Ell
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

The United States government has
hired a flock of sheep for three
months at Victor, Mont j.. so that an
expert might study the habits of the
tick, which is supposed to find peace
and quiet in sheep wool; but which
is considered to be causing the dread
ed spotted or Rocky Mountain fever
This years decrease in the total
area under crops and grass in Eng
land and Wales is 5,30S acres. The
derline in arabic land amounts to
277,0 900 acres, most of which was
transferred to permanent pasture,
and the latter now for the first time
surpasses sixteen million acres.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
GEN. SICKLES' BODY TO REST
IN NATIONAL CEMETERY
(By Associated Press. J

New York, May 6.The body Of
Major General Daniel e. Sickles will
be buried in the National cemetery
at Arlington with his comrades of
the Third army corps. This was de-
cided this morning and Secretary Of
War Garrison selected the plot. The
funeral will be with the military
honors of his rank.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
CAPTAIN AND CREW Of
COLUMBIA RESCUED
By Associated Press. J

Sable Island, May Captain Nc
Donald and thirteen of the crew of
the British steamer Columbia, burned
at sea, were saved by the steamer
Manhattan, according to a wireless
from the latter his morning.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
0LNEY COULD NOT GIVE
ENTIRE TIME TO BOARD
(Bv Associated Press. J

Washington, May 6 The pres
dent this morning received RicharG
Olney's letter declining the govern
orship of the federal reserve board
Mr., Olney said he could not devote
his whole time to the work as the
law requires.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

The city of Amsterdam in Holland,
owns the gas, water and electricity
works, the street railroads, the tele-
phone system, many of the docks and
large amount of ground in the cen
trail business section, which is leased
for building purposes. The employees
hired by the municipality to run
these various enterprises are well
paid and never talk strike.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
Order fer 100000 Shells Placed by
Garrison
by Associated Press.

Philadelphia, May 6-An order
for 100000 shrapnel shells has been
received at the local arsenal from
Secretary of War Garrison, to be
filled by June of next year. It is
said to be one of the largest orders
exer placed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06
GROWTH STEADY
OYSTER INDUSTRY

Trenton, n. j., May 6.-The an
nual report to acting Governor Tay-
lor by Chief c. R. Bacon, shows
strong possibility for the extension
of the oyster industry. Steady growth
is reported in the demand, and a
probable increasement of the plants
on the propagating is prophesied in
the near future.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

China, which has taught the world
so many things, settled the land
question centuries ago. In the flow-
cry republic all land belongs to the
State, and is let out at a trifling sum
per acre, which sum has not been al
tered for a millennium. The soil of
China is so productive that the hold
ings are generally very small and it
has been estimated that a square
mile can support $500 persons.
OYSTER INDUSTRY
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-06

Secretary Redfield of the depart
merit Of commerce and labor thinks
that the cost of living is on the de-
cline all over the world. "Califor-
MIA" says he, is not in distress with
her abounding crops; Kansas knows
no weakness in the presence of her
wheat New York with nearly ST.
500, 900 in her savings banks
alone, faced no immediate necessity.
We are adjusting ourselves on an al
tered economic basis" +"