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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS
TELEPHONE SERVICE TO-DAY CREATION BELL

In no line of human endeavor has the in
ventive brain Of the scientist contributed
more to the worlds progress than by the
creation of the art Of telephony, of which
the Bell system is the embodiment.
When the telephone was born, nothing
analogous to telephone service as we now
know it existed There was no tradition to
guide, no experience to follow.
The system, the apparatus, the methods
an entire new art had to be created. The
@re OF electrical engineering did not exist.
Bell pioneers, recognizing that success de-
pended upon the highest engineering and
technical skill at once organized an expert
mental and research department which is
now directed by staff Of over $50
engineers and scientists, including former
professors, postgraduate students, scientl-
tic invcstigators-the graduates OF over 70
universities.
From its foundation the company has
continuously developed the art. New i'm
Irovements in telephones, swltchboards,
lines, cables, have followed one another
with remarkable rapidity
While each successive type OF apparatus
to the superticitl observer suggested SINH
laritv, each step i'll the evolution marked
decided improvement These changes, this
evolution has not only been continuous
but is continuing. Substantially all of the
plant now i'll use, including telephones
swtchboards, cables and wires, has been
constructed renewed or reconstructed in
the past ten years
Particularly in swichboards have the
changes been SO radical that installations
costing in the aggregate millions have fire.
cucntly been discarded after only few
years of use.
Since 1877 there have been introduced &
types and styles OF receivers and u types
and styles of trapsmtters. OF the I2oOO,-
900 telephone receivers and transmitters
owned by the Bell Company January 1,
1914, none were in use prior to 1902, while
the average age is less than five years.
Within ten years we have expended fol
construction and reconstruction an announ.
more than equal to the present book value
of our entire plant.
Long distance and underground trans
mission was the most formidable scientific
problem confronting the telephone experts
The rctardng effect of the earth on the
telephone current often impaired CONVEX
sation through one mile underground as
much as through 100 miles overhead
Overhead conversation had its distinct
limitations
No possible improvement in the tele-
phone transmitter could of itself solve
these difficulties.
The solution was only found in the
cumulative effect of improvements, great
and small, in telephone, transmitter, line,
cable, switchboard, and every other piece
CT apparatus or plant required in the trans
mission of speech.
While the limit of commercial overhead
talking had increased from strictly local to
over 1000 miles as early as 1893, it was not
until 1905 that conversation could be had
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Mr.. Harry Sloan, one of Lake
lnad's earlier residents but now a
prosperous citizen of Jacksonville
spent few hours in Lakeland this
morning en- route to his home, and
was warmly greeted by his many
friends. He had not been here in
two years and like everybody else
was constantly being surprised by
the many new buildings and other
improvements made in that time.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Additional funds are needed in or
der to get the grounds in proper con-
dition, build fence and srandstand
and the club feels that they will
have no trouble in securing the nee
essary amount as the citizens are
coming to their assistance, showing
that they are interested in having
ball Games during the summer
months.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. c.. A. Hardwick
and two bright, interesting children
left today for their home in New
port, Va, after wintering in Lake
land, having had apartments at the
home of Mrs. l. c.. Brooks on South
Missouri avenue. They go back
home firmly imbued with the desire
to return again in the fall, which is
pleasing news to their friends here !.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Capt. e. A. Cordery, of Fort
Meade, spent yesterday in Lakeland
the guest Of his son, Mr.. E. l.. Cor
derry and his friend, Mr.. w. d. Me
Rae. Captain Cordery has recently
recovered from a very severe illness,
and his friends were delighted to
once more have the pleasure of TAX
ing him by the hand and knowing
that he is now well on the road to
his usual good health.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Rev, j. D. Keith pastor of the
church at Plant City,
is spending the day with Rev. w. S.
Patterson Rev. Keith is greatly
in Lakeland's curfew law
and is trying to get such law in
augurated in Plat City.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

over long g-distance circuits of which as
much as 20 miles was in underground
cables. By 1906 underground talking dis
tance had increased to 90 miles. By 1912
it was possible to talk underground from
New York to Washington
1t was then that the construction cf
underground conduits from Boston to
Washington was determined upon,-not
that it was expected to get a thorough
underground talk between those places, but
III case Of storm or blizzard, to utilize in
tcrmediate sections in connection with the
overhead.
Our persistent study and lllccssant ex-
pcrimcntation have produced results more
remarkable still.
We have perfected cables, apparatus and
methods that have overcome obstacles
heretofore regarded as insupcrabc both to
lnS-distancc overhead and underground
conversation.
Underground conversation is now pos
Siblc between Boston and Washington, four
times the length Of the longest European
underground line This enabled the Bell
SYSTEM i'll the recent great storm, 50 de-
elructivc on land and sea, to maintain cont
riuncation for the public between all the
principal points on the Atlantic seaboard.
Telephone communication is established
between New York and Denver is potent
tally possible between all points in the
United States, and by 1915 will be an ac-
complishcd fact between New York and
san Francisco.
In our use OF methods or apparatus, we
are committed to no one system. We own,
control or have the right to use inventions
necessary to operate any system recog-
nized or accepted as the most efficient. The
Bell System must always recognize and i'll
its selection must always be governed by
the necessities Of national service, with
its complex requirements, which is infinite
" more cxacting than local or dimitcd SER
VICE
These achievements represent vast ex-
pcnditures of money and immense concen-
tration of effort which have been justified
ly results of immeasurablc benefit to the
public. No local company unaided could
ear the financial or scientific burden of
l1lS WOIK. OUCH RESULTS arc pOSSlDlC Olliy
through a centralized general staff, avoid
ing wasteful duplication of effort, working
cut problems common to ALL for the bene-
fit of all.
The pioneers of the Bell System recog-
nized that telephone service as they saw it,
was in the broadest sense public utility;
that upon them rested public obligation
to give the best possible service at the
most reasonable rates consistent with risk,
investment and the continued improvement
and maintenance of its property.
Without this expenditure of millions and
concentration of effort, the telephone art as
i exists could not have been developed.
What we have done in working out these
great problems in the past should be ac-
ccpted as a guarantee Of what we will do
in the future.
THEO. N. VAIL, President
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Rev. W. S. Patterson goes to
Barlow this afternoon to conduct
special services in the Presbyterian
church there during the week. He
will return in time to fill his own
pulpit next Sunday
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Miss RoXie Wyatt, of Fort Meade
came up Saturday evening and spent
Sunday in Lakeland on visit to her
mother. and brother, Mr.. Erwin wy
att who is a valued employe OF the
Telegram. Miss Wyatt is an excel
lent Young lady, and made a number
of friends here.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

A. l.. Chandler and family, of
Owosso Mich, who have been
spending some weeks in Lakeland.
left today for their home. They
will return next December to i'm
prove the property they have pur-
chased here.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. T. Rinehart lett
today for their home in Farmer City.
Ill.,, after spending several weeks
most pleasantly in Lakeland. They
were much pleased with Lakeland
and probably will return again next
season.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Miss Tuggle and Miss Baggett will
give a pupils recital tomorrow even
ing at s o'clock at the high school
auditorium, the program of which
appears on page 3 Of this issue.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

The Southeast Baptist Missionary
Circle will meet with Mrs, Feigley
on East Orange street Tuesday after
noon.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Williams and
the formers mother left SATURDAY.
night for Atlanta, where they went
on pleasure trip of several days.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
lAKElANDISCH00L

Those who have 80 per .cent or
lboye in scholarship and who have
)cen perfect in department, punctu-
ality and attendance are entitled to
lave their names placed on the fol-
owing honor roll:
GRADE MI
Lloyd Hooks.
Marion Colman.
Esther Heath.
GRADE NJ
Mary Mckay
Ned Skipper
GRADE y
Geneyieve Duggan.
Mary Grigsby.
Grace Hand.
Ellie Kibler.
GRADE IN A
James Boulware.
Annie Jones.
Gladys Davis.
Virginia Lufsey.
Lucille Clough.
GRADE IX B
Mary Sue McRae.
Jessie May Williams.
Eolia Leighton.
Lottie Bryant.
Bessie Bryant.
GRADE VIII A
GRADE VIII B
Grace Murrell.
Elizabeth Meharg.
Mamie Funk.
Redella Gain.
Ethel Cook.
GRADE VII A
D. H. Sloan.
Vesta Todd.
Mary Weaver.
Donald Conant.
Kirby Blaine.
GRADE VII B
Roy Mitchell.
Albert Murrell.
Hugh Walker.
Mollie Weaver.
Frances Holland.
GRADE VI A
George Hamilton.
Jonnie Haynes.
Esse Gordon.
William Skipper.
GRADE VI B
Mary McCaskill.
Norris Upson.
Edna Bassett.
Rhea Kennedy.
Marian Patterson.
GRADE VI c
John Shannon.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Mr.. C. F. McQuaig, of Orlando
is in the city the guest of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. F. Clayton, at the
Loyal hotel. He will go down to
Fort Myers from here and on his re-
turn will be accompanied to Orlando
by Mrs. Clayton, who will spend a
week.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
ST. AGNESS GUILD

The Guild of ST. Agnes Will meet
tomorrow afternoon at ":5o IN lhe
vastry room of the church
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
CITY TAX BOOKS
CLOSE APRIL 1ST

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Mrs. w. Sam Roberts, of Cordele
Ca, is visitor to the city, the
guest of Mrs. A. j. Poteet, at her
home on South Florida avenue.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Nora kanCde.
GRADE V A
Helen Morse.
Maxwell Williams.
Marguerite Owens.
GRADE V b
Tyler Jackson.
Freida Rogers.
Clifford Wilson.
David Carter.
GRADE V G
None.
GRADE " A
Edwin Franklin.
Myron Booth.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
DONATIONS MADE
TOWARD THE NEW
BALL PARK

contributions to date towards tbe
ne" oall park are as follows:
DR.. Pike Ado;r
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

Elita Cason.
Minnie Lee McRae.
Frank Fuller.
CHARLES VI JONES,
Principal.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23
! In Case Of Fire;
|Phone 5000

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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1914-03-23

JOhN Cannon
Louise Farrow
Ruth SWindell.
GRADE " p
MOrtimore Haynes.
Billy Norvell.
Douglass Van Sick!er.
Bert Cotton.
GRADE w G
Eddie McRae.
Mildred Snyder.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Berlin Reports Russian
Outrages; Lodz Occupied

German and Austrian troops occupy
Lodz the largest manufacturing city in
Russian Poland" the Berlin foreign Of
hce informed the German embassy IN a
wireless dispatch this afternoon Tho
dispateh reported also the abduction of
and attacks upon women by French and
Russian soldiers. The message foIloa,.. :.
1oSH German ma "a and Austrian troops occupy
- Russian Poland Battle nortbwa "a
OF Lemberg continuing.
REPORTS confirmed that French all
Quoted fourteen women and TWENTY-FIVE
G,Io children from the German front.
was not clear. and the embassv he
,ve lleves some words were lost in trans
Hospital doctors and assistants fro,n
Lorchingen, fate unknown
The message further saws that tho
Papers are full of Russian horrors IN
east Prussia; that Russians cut off the
breast OF mother and impaled her Ave
children on a fence, and that four Cos.
sacks attacked a woman, while her
handcuffed husband wa. a forced wit
ness.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02

the Austrian power In order that the
way will be cleared for a straight march
on Berlin.
Whole Regiments Captured.
THE operations against Austria are
continuing with the best results. Three
entire armies are engaged along battle
front that extends from the Dneister
river to Russian Poland. The Austrians
are being steadily driven back. and
their central army has been defeated
and driven back twenty miles from its
advanced line. The Russian armies are
now cooperating to crush the Austrian
wings. The battle is stubborn, and the
casualties are very heavy, but the
enemy's losses far outnumber those Of
the Russians.
Already many thousands Of Austrian
prisoners have been taken. Whole regi-
ments have been surrounded by Russian
cavalry and forced to surrender; Among
the prisoners are several Austrian off
GERS of high rank.
The operations In eastern Prussia
while subordinated to the general cam
paign to crush the Austrian resistance,
will be continued in considerable force.
The fortress of Koenigsberg is now COM
pletely invested. and a part of the
city-is held by the Russians. The Ger
mans have been very heavily re-en-
forced from the western armies. and
are now In great strength all along the
lines Of their first Notifications Des-
pite this fact, however, the march on
Berlin will begin just as soon as tho
Austrian army has been annihilated."
The Washington times., 1914-09-02

CONTINUED From Fage One.)
nous re-enforcements have been hur-
ried to fill the gaps in the first Of
fensive line Because of this there has
been a temporary halt to the proceed
ings in eastern Prussia Positive denial
is made. however. that any Of the terri
tory already gained has been aban-
doned.
Two distinct Russian armies are oper-
ating in Prussia. The first moved from
Kovno against Koenigsberg and Allen
stein. The second is operating from
Poland toward Thorn and Grandenz.
While the German lines have stiffened
and the force opposing the Russians
has been greatly increased. It is still
insisted in the reports from the front
that il will be impossible to check the
Russian advance when the orders are
given to proceed. But until the Aus
trian resistance is completely crushed
there will be no general assault on the
intrenched German positions.
The general staff admitted today tnat
two army corps. operating In eastern
Prussia. have been defeated by the Ger
mans there In the official report 1t Is
set forth as follows:
Two army corps, operating IN east
ern Prussia, have been repulsed by a
superior German force. and have sus-
tained severe losses. This. however, Is
unimportant because 1t has been from
the very inception of this war the aim
of the general staff to crush completely
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Austrians Quit Lemberg,
Say Vienna Dispatches

VIENNA, via Rome, Sept. 2-Lemberg
has fallen. The Austrian army which
has been fghting in front of the Ga
lician capital has been withdrawn. It
did not enter the city, as the general
staff desired to avoid any general bonn
Sardment. and the defending force was
withdrawn to tho south.
The eighth day of the great battle
which now extends from the Dne,ster to
the Pruss!an frontier, finds the Austrian
army outnumbered and hard pressed. 1t
is very plain that Russia has aban-
doned every offensive movement against
the Prussians in order to endeavor to
crush the entire Austrian army at one
blow
There are not less than ZOO 00O facing
the 900 900 Austrian troops in this great
battle. As result the Austrian lines
have been compelled to give way at
certain points. The most serious re-
verse. however. is at Lemberg. because
the abandonment of the positions there
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Exact Heavy Toll
As They Retire Fighting
By ED L. KEEN.

IA stand before the advancing Russian
hosts, the Emperor has recalled Aus
trian troops from the Alsace Lorraine
border, where they were acting in con-
junction with the Germans, and from
the Servian border.
Drawing from these points to re-en-
force the Galician army, the reports
from Sofia state, shows how desperate
the position Of Austria must be in her
northwestern province. since the Aus
trfans along the Servian border have
barely been holding their own.
The Russian embassy this afternoon
issued an official statement announcing
an Austrian defeat in Galicia. The
statement said.
The Russian advance through Aus
trian Galicia continues in the most sue
cessfu! manner. Everywhere the Aus
trians are being driven back. The Rus
sian left wing has captured supposed
ly impreSnabIe Austrian position on the
Gnilaya Lipa river. Five thousand Aus
trians were left dead on the field.
The Russians captured more than
1000 prisoners. including the Austrian
general in command and have taken
thirty-tWo field guns"
The Washington times., 1914-09-02

LONDON, Sept Still retreating be-
fore superior numbers. but delivering
enormous damage to the German ad-
vance, the allies lines were falling back
on Paris today. The war office added
nothing to the French official announce
ment that the German right was still
pushing forward. 1t is admitted that
the British have been engaged almost
constantly since Sunday morning. and
that their losses are large.
But it is understood to be the intention
of the British war office TO work all the
damage possible on the Germans at any
cost, in order that their forces. even if
they do get to Paris will be partially
robbed of their effectiveness.
The German right wing includes the
crack regiments of the German army,
the real backbone of the Kaiser's forces.
These troops cannot be replaced. and as
il is now claimed that the German
losses exceed the British at the ratio of
nearly six to one, the wisdom of keep
ing the British constantly on the firing
line is apparent.
The British cavalry is reported to
have taken number OF cannon, the
estimates varying from ten 10 thirteen,
in a desperate charge against a Ger
man fortified position near Campiegne.
l. is also reported that in another
German officers Of high rank, who are
members Of the general staff.
Meanwhile the news from Russia
contiues most favorable. The Austrian
armies in Galicia have sustained a series
OF severres and are reported to be
outnumbered and being pushed back all
along the line. Lemberg was aban-
doned by the Austrians, as was Brus-
sells by the Belgians. to save the city
from bombardment. The Russians are
now reported in action in Russian Po-
land. where the Austrians have been
heavily re-enforced by the Germans.
At the Russian embassy today it is
stated that the general Russian ad-
vance on Berlin will be begun very
soon. Messages from the Russian gen
eral staff indicate that the Austrian
army will soon be completely ami
hiIated. Then. with all danger from
flank attack eliminated. the Rus
SLAMS will advance through eastern
Prussia and also through the region
between the oder and the Warta IN
four complete armies The Russian.
embassy officials were confident to-
DAY that the Russians will be in strik-
ing distance of Berlin within four
weeks.
The Russians. while admitting that
two Of their army corps were defea ted
with extremely heavy loss. including
some general officers. by the Germans
in Prussia, insist that the reverse will
have no serious effect on the general at
tack. 1t is explained that German
force numbering nearly 100000 men
caught the two Russian army corps,
numbering about 5000, in a trap and
almost annihilated them.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
P0SLAM HEALS
WORST ECZEMA
WEEPING OR DRY

Poslam has freed thousands from the
awful handicap of torturing. disfguring
Eczema. Many had tried all other rem
edies without success. and thought that
they were doomed to endure their trou-
Bile until Poslam brought lasting relief
Itching stops when II is applied. Angry
skin is soothed. The disease is soon
controlled and banished. All itching af-
fections yield to Poslam as to nothing
else
Your druggist sells PosIam. Fer free
sample write to Emergency Laborator-
les. 80 West 18th Street, New York
Poslam Soap is the only toilet soap
medicated with Poslam and eble to ex-
ert its beneficial effects upon the skin.
6 cents and Is csnts.-Advt
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Battle Line Stretches
More Than 800 Miles

Thorn, which the Russian war office has
claimed has been captured, down to
Lemberg. and on farther south to Sam
Der, in Galicia."
Lemberg. the dispatches declare, was
abandoned by the Austrians early today,
after the bloodiest fighting OF the seven
days OF sanguinary conflict 1t will inn
medfately be occupied by the Russians,
II 1t has not already been.
Tide of battle, the dispatches assert,
unmistabably turning in favor of Rus
sia, whose officials admit that this is
her supreme effort to annihilate the en-
tire Austrian army in this region before
turning entire attention to hammering
back the German army and its contin-
ern Prussia.
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
BRITISH OFF|CERSD|E
LEADING THEIR MEN
Percentage of Casualties Among
Army's Field Directors Is
Tribute to Her0iSm.

LONDON. Sept. THE first report re-
ceived from General French regarding
the British casualties, which covers
only the earlier movements In the neld.
again demonstrated that the British
officers lead their men.
The percentage of casualties to the
officers Is high. a mute tribute to their
heroism 1t is carefully explained that
this Is only a partial report. and that
it does not deal with the recent fight
ing.
The British field marshal reports:
British officers killed. 36; wounded,
81; missing. IS.
British soldiers killed. III; wounded.
629; missing. 4.1S3-
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
See Crushing Defeat
For Austrian Defenders

LONDON. Sept. 2.-The Russian
pounding Of the Austrian army in
Galicia has put them in position to ad
minister an overwhelming defeat with
in the next twenty-four hours. accord
irg to dispatches reaching here today
from Bucharest and Sofa.
1t was claimed in dispatches from
Bucharest that the Austrians already
have suffered irretrievable defeat.
Whole Austrian regiments. the re-
ports say, have been wiped out, and
many others broken and scattered.
A. q Anal dospsrats attempt 70 mako
The Washington times., 1914-09-02

ROME, Sept 2-Dispatches received
here from Vienna say that the great
battle in which three million men are
engaged. on a front of more than 300
miles in north Galicia and east Prussia,
today reached the height Of its fury.
Today marked the seventh day of
what is called the greatest battle in
the history Of the world" The battle
line. according to the dispatches. e1-
tends from Prussia to the Dneister
river
Presence Of Russian armies have
been noted In the region near Danzig
for some days. The line according to
former reports, extends south through
The Washington times., 1914-09-02
Germany Sending New
Troops to the Front

COPENHAGEN. Sept. 2-Advices
from Berlin indicate that the German
troop movements continue. 1t Is stated
that all train schedules have been
abandoned "for the present and that
the military are again In control of
train movements.
II Is understood that this is due to the
desire to send to the front troops that
heretofore have been held in the in
terror forts and at the depots. whose
places have now been taken by the
landsturm