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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
SATISFACTION
ASSURED us.
BY GERMAN
AMBASSADOR
SINKING OF ARABIC WILL BE
MORE THAN APOLOGZED FOR
DECLARES BERNSTORF
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. Count
Won Bernstein, acting on instructions
from Berlin. notified Secretary
Lansing today that full satisfac-
faction" would be given the United
States for sinking the Arabic. 1t
was explained that Germany would
make more than a mere disavowal
If it is found that the ship was sunk
without warming.
Ambassador Bernstorff conferred
half an hour with Secretary Lans-
ing. The subject of reparation for
Americans lost on the Lusitiana.
which it is thought may come up.
was not broached as the disposition
of the German embassy is to take M
enc step at a time. The ambassador
did not make public the extent Of
the instructions on which he acted.
1t is understood, however, that they
coincided entirely with the German
foreign minister's statement to the
Associated Press yesterday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
sERBIA'S REPLY NOT MADE
PUBLIC; COMMANDMENT SE-
yERELY DAMAGED HARBOR OF
SEEBURG
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 27.-The Teutonic
INVASION has not only pressed into
old Russia, beyond the political bor-
Gers of ancient Poland, but has pen
etrated we'll beyond the district in
Russia proper inhabited by Poles.
This famous advance has reached
the stage where the Russian troops
are fighting for their existence
while the Russian main object dur
ing the attack around Brest-Litovsk
has been the railroad eastward from
the fortress toward Moscow. This
line, with a branch running south
cast, provided the means for Russian
evacuation. The Teutonic advance to
the railroad was so slow that 1t is
believed the evacuation was accom-
plished before the surrender of the
fortress.
Serbia's reply to the quadruple en-
tente is reported to have been de-
livered, but which was not made
public and is evidently awaited by
other Balkan states before they act.
Doubts are being cast on the ac-
curacy of the report that a Turco-
Bulgarian agreement had been
signed.
With twenty-five thousand miners
reported out in South Wales, Eng
land faces another coal crisis.
Although the admiralty has not
issued a report of the recent bom-
bardment of Zeebrugge, the latest
report states that the harbor was Sc
verely damaged and several subma
rines destroyed.
Press dispatches report the trans
ference of considerable bodies Of
German troops from the eastern to
the western front.
The British steamer Palmgrove
has been sunk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
NEW FORMS OF SALUTATI0N
BEING ADOPTED IN CHINA
(By Associated Press. }

Peking, Aug. 27-Western Gus
toms of SALVATION are being pre-
scribed by government order in
China. According to the regulations,
a man must take off his hat when
he meets a friend. 1t was the prac-
tice of the Manchu dynasty to nix
by regulations the proper forms OF
architecture, dress, salutation, eti-
quette, and many other things The
new Republican government is now
adopting Western customs by reGu,
lations according to the old Manchr'
system The proper customs for
different functions-the frock coat
evening clothes, silk hat, etc.-were
rrescribed about two years ago
Nov, as stated, the foreign customs
Of taking off the hat, shaking hand
and bowling are being officially
adopted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
DEMONSTRATING USE OF
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
{ BY Associated Press }

Vienna. Aug. 24-Rudolph Guer-
telschmied, an Austrian who in 1907
lost both arms and both legs in Spo-
kane. Wash f, through contact with
high current electric wire, is now
in Vienna, and is being taken
through the various hospitals where
war cripples are, in order to demon
strate to them the use Of artificial
limbs, and to cheer them up in gen.
eral.
Guertelschmied was able to walk
five days after his artificial legs had
been supplied him, and today is able
to walk between 10 and IL miles a
day, without relying upon a cane.
He runs without difficulty, jumps,
and goes up and down stairs read
lily. He can even climb ladder
and ride a tricycle.. and does almost
everything that a person with legs
can do.
He is quite as clever with the use
Of his hands" and eats with knife
and fork. writes and carries pack
ages and parcels with, seemingly. no
difficulty. He Is married and is en-
gsged as a tobacco worker. The war
has lessened his earning capacity,
and SO he has become, SO to speak,
an instructor In the use Of artificial
limbs to keep his income up to par.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
(By AssociAtsd Pres. !,

Athens, Aug. 24.-The Galata
bridge at Constantinople. which has
been an object of British submarine
and aeroplane attacks, is the chief
OF two bridges which cross the Col
den Horn and connect Galatia with
Stamboul, The bridge was complet-
ed by German company in 1912,
and replaced by iron an old wooden
structure by which connection was
maintained between these two i'm
tportant quarters of the capital. The
bridge was constructed in such a
way that certain sections can be op-
ened in order to allow vessels to
pass into the inner and naval ports
Of the city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
SCARCITY OF TIRES
Is EXPERIENCED
(By Associated Press.)

Christiania, Aug. 23.-Norwe-
gian owners of automobiles are
hard hit by the announcement; of
dealers that the supply Of tires has
been exhausted and 1t Is impossible
to replenish the stock to any extent
because the belligerent countries are
taking up all the worlds supply.
At present 1t Is said there Is not a
new tire to be bought at any price
anywhere in Norway.
The situation is much more than
annoying, for 1t will have a serious
economical effect on Norwegian
farming. 1t is doubtful that II any
country has adopted the automobile
more extensively in public way,
for in Norway the sparsely settled
hills have never been able to support
railways and the automobile has
come to be the principal means of
communication and transportation,
both for the farmer and commercial
have been put to service in recent
years are all of foreign manufacture.
for there is no automobile factory IN
Norway, and the same is true as 10
Gil, gasoline and tires. The impor-
tation Of tires has steadily decreased
since the European war began. and
the present impossibility of obtain
ing new tires has forced many of the
taxicabs in Christiania to go out OF
business. The cars on the public
automobile routes in the country are
wearing their tires down to the last
thread, and it appears their service
may soon have to be cancelled.
The Royal Automobile Club, oi
which King Haakon Is honorary
president. is now negotiating with
foreign governments in the hope Of
| getting permission to import tires
with guaranty on the part of Nor
way that the tires will not be ex
ported to any Of the belligerent ma
| tions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
TEUTONS HAVE INVADED
RUSSIA PROPER: ENGLAND
FACES SHORTAGE Of COAL
GERMANS PUT GOODS
UNDER PROTECTION. OF CHINESE
(By Associated Press. }

Hankow, China. Aug. 27-The
hrst result of the British anti
enemy trading bill. which is being
Put into effect in China, is a panic
among the Germans in the British
concessions. In fear of being cut off
from business by the British action.
the Germans have moved all their
stocks of goods to Chinese territory.
and placed the larger part of it un-
der Chinese protection. The British
banks have requested the Germans
to withdraw all their deposits
Hitherto trading between German
and British subjects has continued
in China, but the war is now to be
carried into commerce even in the
Far East.
The Japanese Ministry of Commu-
nications have ordered all Japanese
shipping companies trading in
China water to follow the British
anti-enemy trading proclamation
from July 26. The effect will be
that German and Austrian subjects
in China who have been carrying on
business with America will be prac.
tically isolated from the outside
world except by transportation on
the few neutral steamers that ply to
inland China ports Japanese
steamers being the chief medium
for cargo and passengers. Japanese
firms other than shipping companies
are not affected by the regulation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
CONCERT OF BELLS

Dorchester, England, Aug. 26--
The carillon, or concert OF church
bells, which was one of the great
features of life in Flanders before
the war, has been adopted at Cat
tstock. a village near here, where
there are several hundred Belgian
refugees. A fine set of bells has been
Installed in the Cattistock church
and the first recital on them was
given this week by NJ. Joseph
Denyn, bellmaster of Malines.
The hours program consisted
chiefly of folk tunes of Belgium anu
national airs of England. "Chanson
dfpres' and "valeureux Liegeols
We're followed by Men OF Har-
iech" and Banks of Alan Water,
and the national anthems of the Al
He'd Nations brought the recital to
close.
This first recital" said VI
Denyn, was purposely of yer!
popular kind. 1t was primarily loi
an English village audience "n'
mad had Belgian guests staying Wlll
'hem for the past year. The late'
posrams will include music OF
core advanced kind, and musi'
which is really more suited to tn'
sehius of the carlton. Brokel
'aords, impulsive arpeggios' oe''
& ate traceries of ornament, IN I'M
s'te Of the harpsichord, provide 70
"ue technique of the carilloneuf'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
JASPER SMITH NOW
DECIDES TO TRAVEL

Atlanta, Aug. 27-Jasper N.
Smith, the eccentric Atlanta million
aire, who refuses to wear neck-tie'
but always wears a silk hat, whose
"House that Jack Built" on Peach
tree street is one of the most unique
in the city, and whose Pc
culiarities have filled many columns
of newspaper space at home ana
abroad. at last in his old age mas
madeup his mind to travel, and ac-
cordingly has taken in tow his son.
Hillsman Smith, and his COUSIN
Mrs. Margaret Spinks, and set out 10
see America. He declares eighty-
one years have taught him that
there comes time to spend as wen
a. save. and he proposes to stay
AWAY until he gets ready TO come
back
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
LONG AGO DECIDED
TO EvACUATE POLAND
(By Associated Press. !

PetrOgrad, Aug. 27-The evac
uation of Poland was decided upoh
by Russia in 1910. declares the
Russky Invalid, the Russian military
organ, in discussion of the general
staff's before-the-wsr plans for the
defense of the Western frontier.
Before the war;" says the
journal, Russia anticipated that In
the event OF war Austria and Ger
many, because of their rapid means
OF mobilization and immense tech
n;cal resources, would turn their at
tention first of all against Russia.
To Illustrate this plan 1t was decided
in 1910 that the Russian territory
jutting into Germany and the forti-
fed places west of Brest-Litovsk
should not be organized for a state
of war. The region further east
was chosen for the concentration Of
the Russian forces.
1T would have been dangerous to
attribute too great an importance
to and to have held on to the Narew
and Vistula, with their fortified
towns. It is better to take advaat-
age of the depth of our theatre OF
war to drawn the German armies
far from their base and to force
them to exhaust themselves. To this
end it was necessary to sacrifice the
Polist salient Three months have
elapsed since the Russian army
started to put this plan into ex-
ecution. Constant marching,
| fighting and privations weaken the
enemy. There are already evil
dences that the moral force of the
German army is weakening in Its
attack, and prisoners confirm that
this weakening is not only moral,
but physical.
This war will be decided by the
armies in battle, and it Is of no inn
portance where this battle will take
place. Thus our retreat assures us
victory, for our armies are only now
beginning to develop, while an
abundance of munitions OF wal
awaits us in the near future, thanks
to the mobilization of the national
industry and to the orders placed
abroad, whereas for the moment the
enemy is in a favorable position in
this regard.
"a glance backward shows that
at the beginning of the war the
Germans threw the mass of their
army against France. This leap
forward on their part had happy re-
suits for us. for we advanced into
enemy territory, notably in Cali
cia; now the tables are turned. How
ever, It is impossible to hamper the
| liberty of movement of the Russian
army in any particular region or on
any particular frontier, and IL would
be impracticable to waste garrisons
in defending fortified towns which
arenonetoo safe, as the Austrians
did In Przemysl. That is why, ex
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27

and went off to see the show
The surgeon had taken a portion
o. the patients back and used 1t to
replace the cheek. With the skin
of the back he fashioned the lips.
Then he took a portion of the mans
short ribs to make the nose and the
substance of the chin. From the
forehead he took the skin for the
nose and from the stomach the skin
for the chin. Finally, when the
man was practically refashioned and
could be permitted to look at his
new face, the doctor asked him il
there was anything he regretted
The soldier replied: "Yes, my mus
tache." "Oh, don't you worry
about that" said the doctor and
without even applying an anaesthe-
tic he took from the hairy nape of
the neck a small strip of skin and
grated it on the upper lip. 81 can't
promise you," said the doctor, that
you will have as victorious a mus
tache as that which you left in the
trenches. but in any case yor
won't be hairless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
REMARKABLE OPERATIONS
PERFORMED BY SURGEONS
ON INJURED SOLDIER
(By Associat ed Press. J

London, Eng, Aug. 27-Some re-
markable instances of surgical
science have been brought to light
during the present war, but the fol-
lowing story telling how horribly
mutilated soldier was reconstructed
from his own ruins" adds one more
miracle to the list. A French
newspaper correspondent was ad-
mitted to the Rothschild Hospital to
see for himself the miracle in ques-
tion after the surgeons had com
,pleted their work. The correspond
ent was shown a photograph of a
man wounded in the French
trenches. II was terrible picture.
The face lacked the lower portion
of the left cheek, thechin had gone
and also the lips and nose.
While the correspondent was
looking at this appalling picture
one of the hospital assistants made
q sign to one of the patients who
was just going out to spend an
afternoon at picture show.
Here is our man." said the as
sistant.
The correspondent stared un-
comprehending, but the assistant
added with a smile, "Yes, / assure
you, this is the patient whose pho
tograph you have in your hand; the
man who was brought into the hos
pital without his cheek, jaw, lips
chin and nose"
The correspondent at first thought
the assistant was fooling him, but
the patient who was just going olt
bore few signs of the dreadful
wounds depicted in the photograph
His right cheek was the twin
brother of his left cheek; he had
an excellent chin; lips that opened
In a genial smile, and nose OF per
feet contour. His face only bore
the rapidity vanishing traces oil
some cuts and a few white marks
occasioned by surgical sewing. The
patient himself proceeded to con,
firm the assistants assertions, talk
ing in the slang of the French In.
fantryman:
"Yes, it's myself; it wasn't any
good for the Germans to spoil ny
portrait; the doctors tricked them
after all. AS you see, he has manu-
factured for me very decent face
For myself, think he has improved
it, and / believe they'll find me moro
of knut when get back into the
country" Then he lit cigarette
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27

amining, after a year of war, the
map of the Russian front, we see
the necessity for the living Russian
armies to manoeuvre and deploy on
their base line. This would be the
most useful object to aim at, espec-
tally in view Of thesituation which
has prevailed since the month of
April.
"At the present time we have
against us nearly all the German
cavalry. nearly all the Austrian
army, and more than half of the
total German forces-about 20 d.
visions-and the enemy artillery has
numerous guns of all calibres. The
Russian army is offering a heroic
resistance; 1t is nto only standing
up under the most hellish fire, but 1t
is infiicting countless losses upon
the enemy, and wearing him out.
notwithstanding his technical per-
fection. We are getting nearer to
our supplies of ammunition, by
means of which we will correct our
line and throw back the enemy. III
only for this reason we can say that
the evacuation of Warsaw. the line
OF the Vicstula-Ivangorod-Novo-
Georgievsk will make certain that
the Russian offensive this time will
be definite and irresistible.
"At the threshold of the second
year of war Russia has the most
definite plans for the issue of the
campaign, while maintaining at the
same. time the firm resolution to
wage this fight to victorious end"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
French AIR
CRAFT STILL
CONTINUE TO
Be ACTIVE
HAVE BOMBARDED PLANT
WHICH MANUFACTURERS POI.
SONOUS GASES; ALSO STATION
AT MULHEIM
(By Associated Press.)

Paris, Aug. 27.-French aviators
continue their activities against Ger
man positions on the eastern por-
tions of the French line. The Ger
mans are taking the aggressive also.
The Germans bombarded Clerment
in Argonne, and the plant at Bor-
mach, where the Germans manufac.
ture asphyxiating gases was bonl-
barded last night by the French
This morning the French lombard
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
ENGLISH WOULD
STANDARDIZE DRESS
(By Associated Press. }

London, Aug. 27-The sugges-
tion made in the interest of war
economy that women adopt a stand
ard evening dress and a standard
hat, has been variously received by
wOmen's societies throughout Eng
land. The suggestion came first
of all from RochfOrt Mcguire, a
prominent politician and former
member Of parliament. He said:
my suggestions are: The institu-
tion of a regulation evening dress
for women. as there is for men; and.
second, that instead of the infinite
variety of women's hats now worn,
there should be standard hats--one
kind for town, as the tall hat for
men; and few other kinds for
country or sports use, equivalent to
thederby, the felt, or the straw.
IL have made these two sugges-
tions after reading the program OF
the Women's War Economy League.
If carried out, millions of dollars
annually would be saved. The rid
ing costume worn by women shows
that women will adopt regulation
dress, and in this case | am sure
they would furnish a real and sub
stantial contribution to the nation
al effort for economy"
Lady Tree, representing the Wom-
ems Dress Economy Fund, endorsed
the prososal at once, but most other
women war-work leaders declared
the idea was preposterous and i'm :
possible. Lady Tree said: Il think
it practical and good idea. A
black satin dress would be becom
ing to every woman. As for hats, a
small sailor of velvet or silk would
do. 1t ought not to cost more
than SO"
Lady W1mborne, head of the
Economy League, described Mr..
Maguire's suggestions as we'll mean.
but not practical ut is not a propD-
sition which many women would en-
dorse," she said, "it is so essentially
/ mans point Of view. Women have
been buying too costly clothes and
too many of them, and the best
economy would seem to be to buy as
little as one can, though ones cos
tumeneed not necessarily be uni
| form"
Lady Garvagh, another of the
yar-kork leaders, said: Women will
never adopt regulation dress,
simply because they could never
agree which would be the most
suitable. Some would want dark
color. some a light. The adoption OF
standard hats would be still more
difficult. But it would be great
relief to find an end to the enormous
number of clothes one is now
Obliged to get. If regulation dress
is adopted by any considerable body
of women, it will be because those
Who are now wearing uniforms be
come SO accustomed to them that
they will prefer to wear always some
kind of uniform attire"
John Collier, the artist, called up
on by the advocates Of the standard
dress for his opinion, replied: III
should be quite possible to dress
economically and simply without
sdopting a uniform. It seems 9
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
MRS. PERSH|NC AND
Three Children
BURNED TO DEATH
(By Associated Press. J

San Francisco, Aug. 27.-Thc
wife of Brigadier General John j.
Pershing and three of her four chill
dren were burned to death at her
home in the Preside here this morn
ing. The explosion of night lamp
is thought the cause. Mrs. Pershins
was the daughter Of Senator Warren
OF Wyoming. The general COM
mands the troops on the border at
Ell Paso.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
hoDih'' ALLOWED EXHUMED
IRv Associated Press }

psrne switzerland, Aug. 90
the mediation of the Swiss
ornment - Germany and Franco
sovs agreed to allow the exhumation
s Ia h,s;os nj French and German sol
Al S,sTs who have died in concen'rs. -
.,on u camps. The coffns are to De
',on through Switzerland.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
FORTRESS
:; "a OF F.OL|TA HAS
II GBEEN EVACUATED
(By Associated Press,) }

Berlin, Aug. 27.-The Russian
fortress of Olita on the Niemen riv-
er, thirty miles south of Kovno, has
been evacuated, 1t is officially an
nounced.
Olita is the ninth important Rus
sian fortress to fall In three weeks.
In all the territory covered by the
Teutonic advance Grodno is the only
important fortress now in Russian
hands.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
CARRANzA DENIES
STARVATION IN MEX.
CBy Associated Press.)

Boston. Aug. 27.-Col bieaSe .
-,ooob in which he approved "lynch
,an,o nroyoked further dissent TINS
morning. Governor Walsh of Massa
ohrsatts said he objected to Blease :
.a.omont that when mobs are no
longer possible, liberty Will DC
daad " He declared that he pelleSe'
there could be no liberty wl'noa'
,.aionce n law. Governor stuart'
os virginia. declared that his sta'e
believed in rigid law enforcement
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
(By Associated Press.)
(By Associated Press

Portland, Ore, Aug. 27.-Thom-
as Erskine, British consul here, wa
notified today that he would be
transferred Sept. l to New Orleans
to take charge of British interests
in Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi
and Alabama.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27

very mechanical way of effectinS
economy. The great advantage of
women's dress is that it is so free
they are able to choose exactly tine
style that suits them best. Mems
dress, which seems to be held as q
criterion, can be very costly, and
many men spend far too much or
it,"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
'. /. Manning
% APPOINTED DIRECTOR
BUREAU Of Mines.
(By Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Vannoy
IL. Manning, assistant director of
the bureau of mines, has been ap-
pointed director of the bureau 70
succeed DR.. ] A. Holmes, who died
recently.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
GOV. WALSH TAKES
w. ISSUE With BLEASE
CPv Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. 27.-carrahIa
cabled his agency here that rspois, ,
.hat naople were starving in Mixico
City were untrue
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27
10000 COAL
Miners OF
south WALES
HAVE STRUCK
(By Associated Press.)

London. Aug. 27.-Nearly 10000
workers in the South Wales Coal
fields have struck, according to a
Newport, Wales, dispatch to the EN-
change Telegraph Co.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-27

~. italian wheat crop is ofiieiaiiy
.,..aS ~ at 17s,OoO.OOO bushels TINS
season.