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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
GALVESTON SAVED
FROM GREATER
DISASTER BY
STAUNCH SEAWAlL
GREATEST DAMAGE WAS
ALONG TIL E B E ACH
WHERE THE USES
WERE FLIMSY
tBy Associated Press.)

San Antonio. Texas, Aug. 10 -
Fourteen bodies of storm victims
were recovered at Galveston by noon
Wednesday, according to Charles s.
Hayden, staff correspondent of the
Light who has returned from Gal
weston and Houston 1t is doubtful
IL more perished in the city proper.
Deaths are heavy in the lowlands
and shipping in the bay, and will
probably reach two hundred.
Damage in Galveston estimates
reach ten million dollars. The citi-
zens are jubilant at the way the sea-
wall soood. A four masted schooner
lies half way across it. The great.
est need is food and water. Much
wreckage throughout the city It is
doubtful II public service corpora
tions will resume for several weeks
None of the newer brick buildings
are damaged. 1T is estimated that
five hundred houses were wrecked
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
A|TE STAR u|NER||ARAB|C
C0ESlDQWN NEAR WHERE
LUSNAN|A WAS SUNK
CARRANZA GOVT
ISSUES NEW MONEY
tBy Associated Press

Mexico City, Aug. 19.-The mo-
notony OF bread and corn lines
which have been prevalent in all
wards of the city for weeks past was
Token the other day when a M. "
line was inaugurated by the new
Constitutionalist government. No
tice of its intention was published
the night before and before dawn
immense crowds had gathered at the
places designated Here police
agents doled out new one and five
collar bills of the issue Of the Car
r9nza government. This was done
IN order to relieve the distress
caused by the decree pronouncing of
no value the entire present cireu-
lating medium of the capital which
consisted of some fifty millions Of
pesos in Villa and Zapata bills. In
ordinary times the Mexican peso was
worth fifty cents United States cur
rency but at the present writin~ it
IS valued at less than ten cents.
So frequent have been the
changes of government here with
the concomitant issues Of brilliant
hued money that the various notes
and pasteboard issues of denomina-
tions of less than one dollar would
make quite an equisition for the
collector. It is the idea of the
present government to put mil
lion or so of their money in circu-
lation Immediately by this free dis
tribution to the poor. Besides this
they promote the poor opportunity
to earn more money by employing
them in public works.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
WILL MAKE IT A GILT-EDGED
NECK.TIE PARTY FOR TWO

Pensacola, Aug. l9-For the pur-
pose of having everything in readi-
ness for the double execution, to
take place Friday in the county jail,
Sheriff Ellis has been giving his at
tention to the minutest details, and.
unless reprieved at the last moment,
the sheriff expects to hang one cul-
prit after the other, about noon
Friday next.
The execution room has been put
in readiness, and the trap has been
thoroughly tested. This test was
made by means of 200-pound log.
and the trigger" worked perfectly
A few days ago in Tampa there were
four attempts made to hang a negro,
and three of them failed. This Of
course prolonged the agony Of the
darkey, and this Sheriff Ellis hopes
to avoid in the cases of Thomas and
Maddox.
There will be possibly half a
hundred witnesses to the execution.
This includes preachers, priest,
relatives of the darkies, relatives of
the victims of the darkies to be
hung, a dozen reputable citizens,
physicians. officials, newspapermen,
etc. Just how the spectators will
he arranged remains yet to be
worked out, for the execution room
is too small for this large number of
persons. There will be at least three
visiting sheriffs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
MYSTERIOUS MURDER
AND PROBABLE ROBBERY

Mariana, Aug. 19-This city
and section is Mortified over the
sruesomc details of a story of the
finding of the decomposed body of
man in a pond near here. The
corpse was found Saturday by
negroes in what Is known as the
double hole, half mile west of Natu
raj Bridge on the Chipola river, five
miles north of thahis city, its pres
ence being betrayed by buzzards.
When news of the discovery reached
! Mariana Sheriff II. A. Bowles,
County Judge j. Bowers Campbell
and States Attorney Rivers II. Bu-
ford went Immediately to the scene.
Upon reviewing the body 1t was de-
cided that an inquest was unneces-
sary as 1t could not be told whether
the body was that of a white man
or a negro, nor could any inerim-
mating facts be ascertained at the
time as to how the man came to his
death.
Tt was found upon examination,
however, that the man had been
shot in the abdomen by .38-cali-
ber firearm and that his legs had
been fastened together with hay
wire and the body placed in the
pond with a sack of sand fastened
to the feet. An examination of the
sack of sand showed that it had
been curt loose from a bank with an
ak, pieces of roots being found
which fitted the ends of the roots in
the ground. From this some idea
of the time could be had and this
is placed at something like three
weeks.
It is generally thought that the
deceased was a stranger in this sec
tion and the motive possibly robbery.
The neighborhood of the crime is
occupied entirely BY negroes and at
/ this point on the river the swamp or
: hammock is quite wide and the ter
| ritory altogether a very wild one,
well suited to the purposes of crime.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
TO COLLECT 5000
AT POINT OF PISTOL

Ocala, Aug. 19-Ocala had quite
an exciting shooting affair Monday
morning that might have resulted
disastrously. Calvert Martin, a
former Ocala boy, who has been in
the West for thepast five years for
the benefit Of his health, returned
homelast week Monday morning he
met his uncle, ohm r. Martin, on
the street and asked II he could have
private talk with him. The talk
took place on the Ocala House ver-
anda. It seems that young Martin
has been under theimpression Cor
claimed to be) that his uncle owed
his mother, now deceased. large
sum of money and he demanded of
Mr.. Martin $1,000 Immediately in
payment of the claim as he said he
only had few more years to live
and he expected to live then in
case. He told his uncle he would
kill him If he did not consent and
showed him the pistol in his pocket.
Mr.. Martin says that he not only
does not owe the young man nor his
family a cent but that that for years
he practically supported his mother,
brother and cousin, all Of whom
have died of tuberculosis However,
he said to pacify the young man, he
asked him to walk over to the Com
mercial bank and he would see
what he could do for him. At the
door of the bank young Martin re-
fused to go inside and drew his pis-
tol, firing at his uncle. The shot
went wild and came near hitting Mr..
Igou, who was standing nearby.
Young Martin is in jail. AS yet
his uncle has preferred no charges
against him and will consult a law
yer before doing SO. He had not
heard from nor seen his nephew in
ever FIVE years and is quite dunn
founded by this affair and feels that
the young mans mind is unbal-
anced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
|IER WANTS PAY FROM
CITY FOR EYE LOST

hsacola, Aug. 19-City Attor-
John B. Jones wrote the bord
mmissioners yesterday that the
was not liable for the alleged
1t made by Policeman Dan
ro, UPON the occasion of the
and injury of Private White
a soldier stationed at Fort
lncas, and a letter to this ef-
was ordered sent to Lieutenant
Iuder, acting for the man.
futenant Magruder wrote the
of commissioners several days
making claim for compensation
he soldier named, said compen-
P being asked because of the re-
pf blow said to have been sus-
d by the soldier in question,
he was said to have sustained
pw from the policeman's club,
/ resulted, it was claimed, in
Total loss of one eye. Respon-
ty for the injury was disclaimed
|om the start by the city, as the
Fr was said to have been offer
Dot only a strong resistance, but
become the aggressor, in some
fcts. He was struck, it was not
Pa, and lost his eye in the con-
fnce, but the injury which re-
: in the loss of the eye was said
I've been sustained when the
fr fell on the sidewalk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
SENATOR ATWOOD
NOMINATES SENATOR
FLETCHER FOR VICE
PRESIDENT

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 10
Alfred l.. Atwood, of Austin, Min
nesota, in a letter to Senator Fletch-
er with respect to Rural Credits in
the following language nominates
the Florida senator for vice presi-
dent:
please accept my thanks, and the
thanks of our people, for your very
kind letter off the Goth ultimo, for
it has been read and appreciated by
all of us. We are also under Obli-
cations to you for literature that ex-
plains much in regard to rural
credits. The farmers of the whole
country should, and 4 hope some day
will, show their appreciation of your
work in their behalf by In some way
reciprocating. wonder II it might
rot be done next year by putting
you on the national Democratic tick
ct and electing you to the next to
the highest Office in the United
States? Wilson and Fletcher sounds
good to me.
The interest that Senator Fletch-
er has aroused in the subject of ru-
raj credits is nationwide. He is rec
ognized as the leader in this field
and every mail brings letters con-
oerning the subject, some making
injuries, while others contain un-
stinted praise of the work he is do
ing and has done. He expects to see
rural credits legislation enacted at
Lthe coming session of Congress.
Senator Fletcher is to be the prin,
cipal speaker at the big picnic to be
held near the Luray Caverns, in
Virginia, Saturday. The location Is
in the Shenandoah valley, one of the
most picturesque sections in Amer
lea, and the prospect is he will be
greeted by very large audience, 1t
having been advertised that the
Fioridisn is to speak there.
Last week the senator spent sew
eral days in New York city, where
he was in attendance on the sessions
Of the Committee in charge of re-
turn visit of American financiers
and business men to Central and
South America Senator Fletcher
was made one of the committee on
plans and scope for a visit to be
made sometime next year to South
America for the purpose of studying
conditions in the countries Of that
continent at first hand and with
view toward promoting trade rela
tions between the United States an
the republics south of US.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
GALVESTON GALVESTON; Known K SHff5 DEAD 4 liz:
BRICK BUILDINGS intact
EXPENDITURES OF
FRENCH RED CROSS
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, Aug. 19-The "Societie de
Secours aux Blesses Militaires," the
most important of the three so
cieties that compose the French
Red Cross, has spent about $430,000
per month during the first year of
the war up to July /. The other
two societies have spent together
about 100000 per month, which
at the end of the first year will make
total of about $9.000,O00 to
which should be added more than a
million dollars in gifts of supplies
from different countries, bringing
the total expenditure by the French
Red Cross for the care of wounded
soldiers to more than $S5O,O00 per
month
With this money the Red Cross
has established over a thousand
hospitals containing more than
hundred thousand beds, hundred
infirmaries. sixty canteens in rail
read stations and one hundred and
thirty relief posts near the front:
in this work about $4,000 trained
nurses and 5000 auxiliary nurses
have been employed. Of these Ave
were killed in the bOmbardment of
Rheims and II have succumbed to
contagious diseases contracted while
caring for soldiers in hospitals. One
nurse has been decorated with the
legion of honor, 80 have been cited
in the orders Of the day and 23 have
been accorded the epidemic medal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
LOSS Of
kOVN0 IS NOT
CONCEDED BY
RUSSIANS
GERMANS ONLY CAPTURED
FORTIFICA MS ON
LEFT BANK OF RIVER
NIEMEN
(By Associated Press.)

London, Aug. 19.-Russian re-
Ports do not concede the total loss of
kovno. They claim that the Ger
mans captured only the Notifications
On tie left bank of the Niemen
South of Berg the Germans are now
Before Brest-Litovse, the Russians
greatest military station, in Novo-
Georgievsk. 1t has been invested ten
days and is in imminent danger. Re-
ports from both sides indicate that
q desperate battle may be under way
on line parallel with the Bialystuk
brest-Litovsk railroad. On the Brit
ish section on the western front
there has been no serious infantry
fighting since the advance at HooSe.
The French, however, are more ac-
tive. Paris announces violent artll.
lery engagements in the Artes region
in Champagne, beyond the Meuse. In
the Vosees attacks with grenades
by the German crown princes army
lave been repulsed.
An Austrian squadron attacked
the island of Polegesa in the Adriatic
sea, siezed by the Italians early IN
the war, but the landing attempts
were defeated.
No further change in the Balkan
situation.
The British have landed addition
al troops at Suvla Bay, on Gallipoli
Peninsula, it is announced officially.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Seawall Did Its Duty
NV Associated Press

Houston, Texas, Aug. 19.--The
seawall did its duty fully and Cal
weston was saved, said Dr. Vernon
Powell. official representative of the
Galveston Commercial Association
on his arrival here. The greatest
property damage was along the
beach where the houses were flimsy
Practically all houses east Of Twen-
tieth street and near the Boulevard,
from a half to two blocks wide to
Fourth street, were demolished and
the wharves slightly damaged. Sixty
people were trapped in hotel at
Virginia Beach, which collapsed
during the storm. According to Rev.
7. J.. Sloan of Houston and Sheriff
Kemp, of Wharton, between fourteen
and twenty perished.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
STREET BOYS HAVE
NEW METHOD OF
ANNOYING SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press. d,

Amsterdam. Aug. 19.--The Brus-
sells ketjes-street boys-have found
new method of annoying the Ger
man soldiers. They carry scissors
In their sleeves and when they get
close to German soldier in a
crowd, they cut off the leather knot
of his sword and carry 1t away as a
trophy.
A boy of fifteen has just been
sentenced to three months imprts-
onment for having boasted that he
had secured 54 of these knots. A
Belgian banker is said to have Of
fered $500 to anyone who will re-
lieve General Won Bissing of his
swOrd-knot The knots are gen.
orally sold for the benefit of the Bel
gian Red Cross, and they bring
higher prices than any other tr0-
phies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
OST FATAL AUTO
ACCIDENT TO LADY

aia, Aug. ia very bad auto
ie accident occurred Monday
Dunellon in the southern part
county. J. H. Parker and
piece, Miss Parker, were en-
to St. Petersburg in the for
car. They ran into a tree and
Parker, who is a woman about
fhve years old, was thrown
pgh the Windshield. Her neck
cut from ear to ear by the glass
blood spurted from the wound
Feat profusion, and it was
eht that she would surely die.
unately, Mr.. Seckinger hap
Z along right after the accident
carried Mr.. and Miss Parker &c
peiion and physicians were sum-
70 tone from Ocala) and dressed
Parker's wound, which was
severe, but will not likely prove
The operation on her neck
very successful and she was
10 be carried on to st. Peters
Today, Mr.. Parker was not
r farker is a man of about
eight years of age and a promi-
resident of Lansing, Mich. He
oeen both a representative and
nator from his state. For the
seven or eight years he has
iiving at st. Petersburg, but
year has been In North Caro-
/ He and his niece were on
way to ST. Petersburg to
q the winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
(By Associated Press. }

The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. 1G
The secretary of the Dutch navy
has issued special proclamation
expressing his appreciation of the
work done thus far by the Dutch
naval mine layers, whose duty since
the European war began has largely
been the removal of the mines Of
other nations which are blown into
Dutch territorial waters. More than
dozen of the men have been killed
in performing the risky operation Of
blowing up these mines or taking
them apart.
Altogether 234 mines of foreign
origin have been washed upon
Dutch ground and put out of harms
way.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
'SENCERS
REPORTED
RESCUED
TIE STAR LINE CLAIMS
OUT OF 423 PASSEN-
tRS ON BOARD WERE
tSCUED
{ BY Associat I'd Press. !,

hdon, Aug. 19.-The White
|liner Arabic, sunk by a Ger
Submarine off Fastnet, near
! the Lusitania was sunk,
from Liverpool yesterday
hble reports indicate that most
L 40 persons aboard were
First reports said all were
by a steamer. Later reports
khe Arabic sank in eleven min
raised the question whether it
kossible to save all in that time.
Message to the lines offices left
question open. 1t is said that
b or sixteen boats are making
|ueenstown.
4 White Star people say that
)ut of 423 on the Arabic We're
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

pounds of blood year from 1000
pound steer. that in the case of a
quarts of mily7tttthperethaaopBctx
COW that ought to be giving eight
quarts of milk day. ticks will cut
the milk yield down as much as
8 1-3 quarts a day. We are going
to drive home the fact that ticks re-
duce the home price of meat ami
mails from l-2 to ! cent a pound,
that they prevent the introduction
of high grade beef animals and of
dairy strains that increase the milk
and butter fat yield. The tick pre-
vents bankers from lending money
to promote the live stock industry,
keeps down the fertility and pro-
duction of farms and makes the
farmers pay 100000 a year to
supply the tick with Its never-ceas-
ing barbecue of blood.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
STRENbO[I VOLCANO
IS REPORTED TO
Be ERUPT|NC
(By Associated Press. }

Messina, Sicily, Aug. l9.--The
Stremboli volcano is emitting larg"
quantities of lava and forming a
fiery lake between the crater and the
sea, the chief signal officer at Strem'
boli island reported.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
BODY
REACHED BROOKLYN
THIS Morning
BY Associated Press. }

New York. Aug. 19.-Frank's
was taken to the home OF Otto Stern
in Brooklyn, where his parents
awaited it.
Franks body was taken to an un-
dertaking establishment. Several
motorcycle policemen and police de-
tectives met the train.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Grand
American handicap, the big event of
the trapshoot tournament, is under
way today, and the best trapshooters
Of the country are competing. Tho
event is one of 100 targets, unknown
angles.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Known Dead About liz
(By Associated Press

Galveston, Aug. 9.-(By Courier)
Total missing and known dead in
an area of hundred miles along the
Texas coast on both sides Of Calves
ton, 1913. known dead less than 112
known dead and missing here 12.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
EMPEROR FRANCIS
J0SfPH'S BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATED
(By Associated Press.l

Amsterdam, Aug. 19 1.-The
eighty-fifth birthday of Emperor
Francis Joseph was celebrated en-
Enthusiastically in Vienna and Berlin
Yesterday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
(By Associated tress. }

Atlanta, Aug. .-Governor
Harris has conferred with the pris-
on commission as to means for ap-
pretending the Frank lynchers. He
will make a statement later.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Windsor, Ont, Aug. 19.-The Ca
nadian handicap, for Dominion-bred
horses, will be run off today. About
fourteen horses will start The stake
is $500, and the distance one mile.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

An election has been called for
Sept. IL for the purpose of voting
upon the proposition to lay sewers
in Leesburg. The amount of bonds
to be voted for is s35,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

The Southern Phosphate and De-
velopment Co. have reopened their
mine at Inverness after being close"
down for over a year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Presumed All Rescued
(By Associated Press.)

eenstown, Aug. 19.-Two
|ers are expected here in two
bringing about 400 of the Ara
1T is presumed that
ere rescued. So far nothing def
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
A NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST
CATTLE TICK IN THE SOUTH

Washington, 10 c., Aug 10
dip the tick" is the slogan which
the department of agriculture has
adopted for special campaign
against the cattle tick in the South
Blazoned in big letters this legend
will stand out in startling relief
upon two-color poster which the
department proposes to display in
every postoffice in the tick-infested
country 1t is intended to make
this catch phrase as familiar and as
effective in the South as the new
famous SLOGAN swat the fly"
This poster is one of several
novel features which the depart
ment is to employ to push its work
for the eradication of the pest that
costs the South s50,000,000 year.
Various circulars and leflets, PRO
fusely illustrated with halftones.
cartoons and diagrams, are being
nrepared to dive home to the farm
er the damage the tick is doing ana
TO preach the doctrine of the ar
senical dip. Some of these are
nrinted in two colors and all OF
them have more in common with
the attractive circulads used Dy
wide-awake commercial firms IN
pushing their goods than with the
quiet and often austere bulletins
that ordinarily come from the gov
ernment press.
Why This New Departure,
Commenting upon this new &C.
parture in the tick campaign, AS
sistant Secretary Carl Vrooman says
i, is merely an endeavor to accom-
blish by a special effort what would
take a long while to accomplish
through the regular channels OF de-
partment publication.
1.-THE cotton crisis and the nish
nrica of meat" he says, have made
it of vital importance that we pusn
to the utmost our endeayors 70
foster diyersification of crops In the
South. Since diyersification hangs
on cattle and cattle upon TICK
eradication, we have been constraln-
cd tn make this special effort to
popularize the anti-tick campaign {.
We are going to post throughout
the tick region large two-coior
iroster, or one Sheet which tell .he
people crisply and simply, and WIKI
plenty of pictures, just what tne
tick is doing, how they can gel r'o
os him. and what will be the money
advantage to the individual farmer
and his neighbor.
Evils the Tick Does.
1--WE are going to drive home the
act that ticks take as much as zoo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Word comes from Sanford that
there is not vacant house in that
city at the present time for rent
This sounds like prosperity in that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
DEAN Of THE
SACRED COLLEGE
DIED TODAY
{ BY Associated Press. }

Rome, Aug. 19.-Cardinal Sera-
fine Vannutelli, dean of the Sacred
College, is dead. aged 81.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19

Reported Safe at Noon
(By Associated Press.)
hdon, Aug. 19.-Reported safe
|bn, the White Star Liner Arabic
)een sunk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
Evils the Tick Does.

1--WE are going to drive home the
-, that ticks take as much as zoo
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-19
WEATHER

Unsettled weather
probably showers.
tonight. Friday