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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
SPURIOUS COIN CIRCULAT.
ING IN PENSACOLA

Pensacola, Feb. 10.-Spurious So
cent pieces were reported to have
been offered at several points in the
lower part Of the city yesterday.
One was offered at supply shop on
South Palafox street, one to a Greek,
and another was found in the change
OF another man who said he was 60
ing tC turn 1t over to the federal au-
thorities.
The counterfeit money is a poor
imitation of the real coin, SO far as
fineness and general appearance is
concerned. The appearance of the
money at once makes anyone who
has ever handled great deal Of cash
suspicious as to its genuineness.
One piece which was said to have
been offered yesterday was so soft"
that the finger nail could easily
make mark on the face of the
figure.
1t is believed that, with the pub
licity given the several cases re-
ported, whoever is trying to circu-
late the spurious, worthless coin,
will have hard time at least to get
rid of half-dollar pieces which have
any suspicious look, or ring"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
BIGGER GUNS WILL BE
PLACED AT PENSACOLA HARB0R

Pensacola, Feb. 0.-That rifle.
and mortars of larger and longe
range will replace the ones now
forming the defenses of Pensacola
and that battery also will be locat
ed on Santa Rosa Island, almost d.
rectly opposite the city, was the
statement made Monday following
the inspection of the defenses by
Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of staff of the United States army,
who, accompanied by his staff, came
hours before leaving at 1890 for
Chattanooga.
General Wood arrived at Fort
Barrancas early Monday morning on
the army steamer Holabird, coming
from Fort Morgan, where he made
an inspection Sunday. Two hours
were spent at the local Notifications
and then Gen. Wood came up to
the city and spent the remainder Of
the time in driving about the city in
an automobile.
"Citizens of the south should at
tend the summer camp Of instruction
at Fort Oglethorpe," said Gen.
Wood. at will be of vast aid to the
country in carrying through the pre-
paredness program as outlined, and
We hope the coming summer will see
the camps filled with representative
citizens and young men throughout
the summer.
General Wood is one of the advo-
Gates of the preparedness program.
He intends recommending larger
rifles for the Pensacola defenses, as
will as all other posts of Importance
and for this reason made his trip of
inspection
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
MICHIGAN BULL MOOSERS
WON'T FUSE WITH REPUBLICANS

! Detroit. Feb. 10. At a meeting
OF the State central committee of the
National Progressive party, held in
Detroit, the following statement was
issued by G.. d. Pope, chairman of
the committee on resolutions:
"The representatives of the Ma
tional Progressive party of Michigan
reaffirm their allegiance to the ma
tional issues presented by our plat
form of 1912. They represent the
vital needs of our national life.
I'VE believe in broader national
! ism, the dethronement of the invisi-
BILE government, the constructive
federal regulation rather than the
destructive disruption of efficient
business organizations, the intro
duction Of business efficiency into
the government by the budget sys-
TEN, permanent, non-partisan tar
in commission. equal suffrage, the
short ballot. provision for an ade-
quate merchant marine
1--WE also demand a complete pre-
paredness, not merely in military
armament. but preparedness that
will mobilize our economic resources.
agricultural, industrial and finan-
cial: a preparedness that will unity
citizenship and create a loyalty to
our institutions such as peoples of
other nations have so patriotically
shown since the terrible test of war;
the preparedness of self-defense, that
preparedness which creates a spirit
unaltrably opposed to militarism,
and the ultimate object of which is
universal peace.
"To these principles we pledge our
continued allegiance. We believe in
in the need of a re-awakening of our
elder Americanism, of a belief in
those things our country and our
flag stand for. We demand leader
ship that will draft for the country's
benefit the unselfish and patriotic
service of its ablest citizens. In or
der to obtain this leadership we are
prepared to subordinate personal
and partisan considerations to our
patriotic duty to our country in a
time of national trial.
while the Progressives of Mich
igan are willing to this end to CO.
operate with all genuine progress
sives of whatever Affiliations. we
wish Il distinctly understood that we
unequivocally propose to maintain
our party identity and to stand for
those ideals and principles which
gave our party birth. 4"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
BULGARIA May
Invade ECREECE
T0DR|VE0 OUT
ALLIES IS
LATE REPORT
CANNON AND PLANS DESTROYED
IN EXPLOSION OF FACTORY IN
BESIMA; 300 DEAD; 800 IN.
JURED
(By Associated Press. J

London, Feb. 1O.-Indications
that important military operations in
the Balkans are impending are fur
nished by the Bulgarian govern
ment, whose organ at Sofia asserts
Bulgaria's right to invade Greece to
attack the entente allies II declares
that Bulgaria can't permit these foes
to remain near her borders and they
must be driven out.
Activity on both eastern and west
ern fronts is recently more marked
than for some time. Some important
movement may be developing on the
northern and Russian lines. Artil-
lery fire is reported heavy, especially
near Dvinsk. The Russians are con-
fident that their line is secure there.
In Galacia the Russians are on the
aggressive, and it is reported they
have crossed the Dneister in one
place. i
The Germans are aggressive in the
west and are hammering the French
lines, making occasional gains. A
French official statement says that
artillery duels continue in the Ar
tots district. The Germans attacked
the French between Neuville and La
folis last night, but the attack was
repulsed. The Germans hold one
mine crater. 7
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
GARTER FACTORIES IN AUSTRIA.
HUNGARIA CLOSED DOWN

Vienna, Feb. 10.-The scarcity
of rubber elastic has caused all the
garter factories in Austria-Hungary
to close down, as we'll as most of
those in Germany. Elastic garters
and suspenders are DO longer to be
had, except where, here and there,
a dealer has some stock left on his
shelves. Elastic strings which could
be bought before the war at the rate
of three dollars for 200 pounds, now
cost from SIS to $24 for the same
quantity, and are hard to get even
at those prices. Thread has gone up
from 20 cents to 50 and dyestuffs
have also doubled in price.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
RUSSIAN WAR PRISONERS
READ NEWSPAPER WHICH
ESTIMATES EVENTS QUIET
LY AND OBJECTIVELY'
(By Associated Press. }

Berlin, Feb. 10.-An official COM
munication announces the founda-
tion of new Russian paper in Ber-
lin, the RUSSKIT WESTNIK, whose
purpose it is to keep Russian read
ers Informed "in an bipartisan
sense" of the military and political
situation. The Russian prisoners Of
war, says the communication, feel
especially the need of a newspaper
which estimates events quietly and
objctively. This will be the only
Russian paper they are permitted to
receive.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10

npa, Fab. 10.-The most in
ing day remaining OF the South
l. Fair and uasparilla Carnival
| win BE- satnrday, when the
celebration closes except for
day sxtension to Monday for
,neht of the negroes of Florida.
day viii - "Shriners' day" ="
brilliant afternoon feature
,e Z fantastic parade in which
eds Of Mobiles of the Mystic
) Of Florida and other south
tatss participate. Other fea-
including aviation flights, will
lesented. Low railroad rates
all points In Florida will be in
until and Including Monday
ing. Yesterday was Tampa
and the largest crowd ever
In Tampa was delightfully."- en-
led and well cared for.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
SUICIDES IN VIENNA
SMALLER THAN USUAL

Vienna, Feb. 10.-Notwithstand-
ing all the misery and unhappiness
caused by the war, the number of
suicides and attempted suicides in
Vienna was far smaller than usual
last year. Vienna has long had an
unenviable notoriety among the cap
itals of Europe on account of it's
large number of suicides. In 1913
there were 1,485 suicides and at
tempted suicides, as compared with
1926 in 1914, and only SS1 during
the past year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
SCARCITY OF NiMRoDS
MAKE GAME PLENTIFUL

Berlin. Feb. 10-The war has
evidently had a marked effect in re-
ducing hunting in Alsace-Lorraine, as
appears from a recent decree of the
Strassburg authorities. Wild hogs
have increased in some parts of the
country to such an extent that the
government has given to the local
authorities the right to order the
hunting of the animals at frequent in.
'tervals during the winter months.
This applies to cases where the
owners of hunting rights fail to shoot
off the increase of the hogs, and the
latter commit ravages upon the crops.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
LITTLE HEARD NOW
OF GAS IN TRENCHES

! (By Associated Press.
|s. Feb. 10.-yery little is heard
4 the effects of suffocating gas
front, though the official COM
ne frequently mentions attacks
.ch Il has been used. The report
moaths ego. that five thousand
! soI1iers succumbed to it in the
10 thruugh neglect to distribute
Ting unaks. seemsto have been
Ven - IN the absence of other
a oooua1ties anxiety seems to
noouroared. Able Moreaux, di-
EoG ~ Dourges observatory, ex-
WY - Germans are at a great
! klle1G< % account of the winds.
~ ~ A1lies could dominate
q 1A1< Kind of warfare if they
tntttofsont, excepting between
- Yordun, runs in a general
6oElyeoutherly direction, the
e - and west. while the
/ e Nnce and Belgium are all
- md subjects to general
3 Vl111: that is to say. winds
<U1on west and southwest"
~ calculations. based on
sntx1L METEOROLOGICAL bureau
- d1ow that only 2s times in
rlng - entire winter on an
hoe ene wind blown from the
ou<ne11< or northeast; eonse-
f. 1<o winter season a Ger
e at<1<k has only % chances
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
DOCTORS TREAT PATIENTS
BY PHONE IN VIENNA

Vienna. Feb. 10.-So few doctors
are left in Vienna that professional
consultations over the telephone
have become very numerous. Instead
of calling the doctor to the house
many people now seek his advice ov-
er the telephone. especially in cases
where the patient has already been
examined. The Vienna Medical As
sociation reminds the public of a
legal decision, rendered some years
ago, that such conversations are to
be regarded as medical consultations
and paid for accordingly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
FHAxK oK 1ERAWBERRY
A0IEAGE IN FLORIDA

hshine1 ~ reb. 10.-The bu-
of eF> inmates has received
! ~ ~ lit of correspondents
~ NM the acreage OF
Eberr3G n the earliest centers
tails otinnntes follow
brida t&s1e Section-includ-
|,radfor Gay, Baker, Duval,
~, rutnar md Suwanee coun-
2.522 aeres IN 1916 as COM
with 3,13s in 1915; an in
) Of 10 Per cent.
|nt CityLakeland Section-in-
ig DeSoto. fernando, Hillsbor-
MAnatee. 0sceola, Polk and
sr counties. 1853 acres in 1916
impaired with 1.342 in 1915; an
lse Of 81 per cent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
GREAT WAGNERIAN TENOR
CELEBRATES 85TH BIRTHDAY

Berlin, Feb. 10,-Albert Me
mann, the greatest Wagnerian tenor
of his day and perhaps of any day,
has just celebrated his S5th birth
day. He fed from Berlin to escape
too many honors, and went to a place
near Dresden, but could not even
there avoid large gatherings and
concerts in his honor. The German
emperor sent him personal tele-
gram of congratulation, the King of
Saxony conferred a decoration on
him. and other honors marked the
event. ~.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
OPERATION, OWNERSHIP
AND CONTROL OF A COAL NINE
NOT INTERSTATE BUSINESS

Washington, Feb. Whether
the operation, ownership and control
of coal mine is interstate business
was the point involved in the suit
of the Coronado Coal Co. against
certain officials of the United Mine
Workers of America. The plaintiffs
asked damages in excess of $1,000
600 for alleged destruction of prop
erty as the result of labor troubles .
The suit never was tried on its mer-
its When 1t came up in the United
! a,:,' g district court at Fort Smith,
/ - >. the court sustained a demur-
ar Of the defendants. The case went
to the United States Supreme. court
on an appeal by the plaintiff.
The action was the outcome Of a
dispute between the United States
Mine Workers Of America and the
Bache-Dnman coal syndicate, COM
posed of the Coronado Coal Co. the
Denman Coal Co., the Mammoth
Vein Coal Co., the Bache Denman
Coal Co., the Hartford Coal Co. the
Sebastian County Coal Co.. the Nam
moth Vein Coal Mining Co., the
Mammoth Vein Royalty Co. and the
Prairie Creek Mining Co., all Of
which were plaintiffs in the suit
brought in the name of Andrew S.
Dowd, receiver for the corporations.
The climax to the differences be-
tween tn miners and operators came
on July II, 1915, when the plants at
Prairie Creek (Arkansas) were at
tackled, dynamited, fired and de-
stroyed and battle of several hours
duration fought at Prairie Creek
Mine No. 4 between the attacking
force and the mine guards and com
pany employees. The mines and the
plants of the Mammoth Vein Coal
Mining Co. and the Prairie Creek
Co. were destroyed.
On the next day, it is alleged, dy-
Mantle and fire were applied to the
Hartford Coal Cos mine, and on the
day following, the plant of the Coro-
nado Co. at Arkoal was destroyed
by fire The companies claimed
total actual damage of s427,S2O, but
when the suit was drawn under the
Sherman antitrust act the plaintiffs
claimed damages for $1,2S3,462.31,
or three times as much as the actual
damages. There were more than one
hundred defndants, including three
officers of the United
Mine Workers, President John P.
White, Vice President Frank J.
Hayes and Secretary Treasurer Will
liam Green.
The mine workers obtained a fav-
orable decision in the United States |
district court at Fort Smith, when
Judge Frank A. Youmans upheld |
their demurrer, in which they con-
tended that the operation. owner
ship and control of a coal mine was i,
not interstate business, as alleged in !
the complaint, and the court, there
fore, had no Jurisdiction in the mat T
ter. Following ling Of an amended
Judge Youmans ordered
he suit dismissed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
FORMER PRESIDENT OF
SWITZERLAND HALF AMERICAN

Berne, Switzerland, Feb. TO-
Emil Frey, former president of Swift
zerland, is one of the notable men o.
the country, who, since retiring from
the presidency. has become head oi
the international union by which
the telegraph, cable and wireless
systems of the world are regulated
at .his central point. But while Mr.
Frey has risen to the highest office
in his own country, he feels that he
| is about half American for he was
in the American civil war from star.
to finish as member of an Illinois
regiment, was captured at Gettys-
burg and held as a prisoner for fif-
teen months at Richmond, met. and
knew such war figures as Grant,
Sheridan, Lee and Longstreet, and
later on returned to Washington as
Swiss minister, where he renewed
the acquaintance With Sheridan and
others made in war days.
Wnen friend remarked on the
correctness of his English, he
said:
81 took my lessons under rather
novel conditions in Libby prison at
Richmond. My prison companion
could speak nothing but English so
that after being with him for fifteen
months had acquired a good knowl-
edge of English.
Mr.. Frey was held as a hostage
against southern prisoner, Capt
Gordon, held in the North under
sentence of death, and as a result he
also was under sentence of death un-
til Gordon was released. When Cor
don died later some of the southern
papers had the picture of Gordon
and Frey as the two whose lives had
been paired against each other. But
few know this northern soldier.
Frey. was the president of Switzer-
land.
The International Cable and Tele-
graph Union, which Mr.. Frey di-
rects, is one of those world--organi-
cations administered here in Berne.
1t is rather strange that Switzerland,
far from the sea and without any ca
BILE connections, should be chosen to
direct the vast ramifications of the
words cables, to which has now
been added the worlds wireless sys-
TENS, and all the telegraph of Eu-
rope and the Orient But 1t is large
ly for the reason that Switzerland
has no direct interest in these huge
systems, and stands at one side as
a neutral observer, that she is chos-
en- TO carry on this intricate serv-
ice. Mr.. Frey's Offices occupy a large
building, with an extensive person
mel at work on cable and telegraph
tariffs, the adjustment of disputes
between countries over rates and
procedure, the preparation of cable,
telegraph and wireless maps and
printed volumes embracing every
point the world over that can be
by any OF the modern meth /
DDS of quick transmission
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
tBy Associated Press }

Paris, Feb. 1O.-A Bucharest
dispatch to the Balkan agency, de-
layed five days, says Rumanian off,
cial circles have received confirma-
tion from Vienna Of the destruction
of all cannon and plans in the ex-
plosion wrecking the Skoda arma-
ment factory in Besima. Nearly
three hundred are dead and several
hundred injured. Criminals are be-
lieved to have caused the explosion
The censor suppressed the news in
Austria -Hungaria.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10

in a hundred of success, while an at
tack by the Allies with the same arm
has 70 chances in a hundred on the
fronts running from north to south
On the front running from east to
west the conditions are less favorable
to the Allies, the north winds being
in the ratio of 80 in 100 in winter, and
40 in 100 in spring. 3S in 100 in sum.
mer and 2s in 100 in autumn"
Summing up his calculations, Able
Moreaux thinks the Germans have less
than one chance in three the year
round. while the allies have more than
two chances in three Of effective use
Of suffocating gas.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
EDSH|PS
|||BATTLERS
ION GERMANY HAS
~ u; NOTICE TO THIS Eff
EC1 ~ ~ lSSUED AT ONCE
(Dy 4 lociated Press,)

(Dy AoDoctated Press.)
sriin (Wirsless'.' Feb. 1O.-The
nan govefnment is about to is
e IAemorandum to the neutral
|rnments. announcing that here
/ armed merchantmen belonging
ountries Il war with Germany
be Oonsidered and treated as
ships.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
CARMALT TESTIFTES
IN INVESTIGATION OF
BRANDEIS' NOMINATION
(By Associated Press. }

Washington. Feb. 10.-James
Carmalt. chief examiner of the inter-
state commerce commission, testified
today at the hearing of the Senate
committee investigating the Bran
deis nomination. He declared that
Clifford Thorne, of the Iowa railroad
commission. did know Brandeis was
going to concede that the railroads
needed more money while Brandeis
was special counsel in 1913 in the
rate case hearing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
St. CLOUD GIRL
UNDER ARREST
FOR SHOOTING
HER SISTER
(By Associated Press. }

st. Cloud, Fla, Feb. 1O.-Jen-
ME Sullivan, 25 years old, is under
arrest, charged with shooting, yes
terday. her sister Hattie, aged II.
The shooting was during a quarrel
over a trivial matter. Jennie is in
sane, her relatives believe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA NOW
NUMBER 1882
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, Feb. 1O.-The re-
port tc the annual meeting of the
National Council of Boy Scouts of
America shows that the organization
has membership now of 1882,
an increase of 46 per cent in year
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
PRUSS|AN LOSSES
DURING THE WAR
NUMBER 2,377,37S
(By Associated Press. J

London, Feb. The Amster-
dam Courant computes the Prussian
losses during the war at 2.377.37S
Killed, wounded and missing. This
does not include the Saxony. Wur-
temburg, Bavarian and naval lists.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
v.-PRES. MARSHALL
WILL RUN #
DEMOCRATS
Want HIN
(By Associated Press. }

Portland, Ore, Feb. 1O.-Vice-
President Marshall is willing to run
for q second term provided the Dem
ocrats want him. He won't ask the
nomination, however, according to a
letter from his secretary. Mark This
tlewaite, to Postmaster Myers, made
public here. Mr.. Myers wrote ask
ing If Mr.. Marshall would allow the
use of his name.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
(By Aspociated Press. }

CidteU IIeSS'J
w Orleans Teb. 10. DR.. Paul
the Cerznan consul here, today
tted " W Associated Press that
rote The letter to Captain Franz
Papen With the initials "R. v.
The lettee was ascribed by the
81 q = Won Meyenburg, for
asrnan soAeul here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
]. S. CHAMBER
COMMERCE URGES
ARBITRATION Of
WAGE TROUBLES
(By Associated Press.) J

Washington, Feb. 1O.-The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States today adopted resolution
calling upon railroads and employees
to settle wage controversies by arbi-
traticn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10

srlfn, Feb. 1O.-An official
sment reports the capture from
French Of : large section of a
,h at vimy, In the Artois region.
lne crater near Neuville was TAX
The French gained a foothold
small part Of one German first
trench south of Sommo.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
CHRISTIAN WORK
CONGRESS IN
SESSION IN
panama
(By Associated Press }

Panama, Feb. 10-President Per-
ras of Panama welcomed the dele
gates to the Congress on Christian
work in Latin America. The princi-
pal Protestant churches in the Unit
ed States and Great Britain are rep
resented.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-10
VICE PRESIDENT
BROOKS Of WESTERN
union TELEGRAPH
CO. DIED TODAY
(By Associated Press. J

New York, Feb. .-Belvidere
Brooks, vice president of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co., died sud-
denly at his home here today of
heart trouble. He has been in poor
health for several months.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Your
The Banks
~ Joh

The quotations used here are TAN
en- from the booklet OF the Oskaloosi
Savings bank. in Iowa The bookle,
H. concerned with the history q
how jenkins got on 10 himself.
II takes up the story at the tint
young jenkins applies for job. Thu
firms secretary asks him:
How much money have yoti saved
Jenkins?"
"Saved-why-" stammered TIL
young man.
II mean-have you money on ham
in any bank-have you put SOME
thing aside regularly" The secrt|
tary came right 10 the point.
why. no. sir! That is--not 81
present. intend"
The interview was over and Jerj
kins was gone: the vice president
asked the secretary:
why didn't you hire that youn.
man In the gray suit? thought b
looked like a conner"
He did" replied the secretary
he was bright. and he had had eI
perience-but he had one quality I
was afraid OF. He had no bank cd
count. though he had been drawn
$40 a week for a matter OF tw
years. He had nothing to show fo3
his salary but his clothes. He could
have saved money.
I'VE need q man of proven cha1]
acter for that position-characts
due to win power and right living.
After earning $1,000 in two years
this youth found himself looking foI
a job with Just S4.es in hfs pocket
Later, an old friend Of his fathe