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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

Shem. The greatest of the three has
been the speed Of the battle cruiser.
which has almost the gun power and
the same range as the dreadnaught.
Battle Cruiser Big Naval Factor.
The battle cruiser, not the subma
rine, not the seaplane, has been the
big naval factor in this war so far.
Off the coast of Chile Admiral Cradock,
with the Good Hope, twelve years old.
$4,000 tons, speed of twenty-three
knots and two 90 inch and sixteen six
inch guns; the Monmouth, with four
teen six inch guns and the same speed;
the little cruiser Glasgow and the
armed liner Otranto. faced Admiral
Won Spec, who had the modern armor-
ed cruisers the Gneisenau and the
Scharnhorst and the light cruisers the
Dresden. the Leipsic and the Nurn-
berg The Scharnhorst and the Gneise
nau had together sixteen modern 80
inch guns. Only two antiquated 90
inch guns of the Good Hope could
reach the Germans; her 6's could not.
The German SIS had the range and the
power. 1t did not matter that Ad-
miral Cradock was brave; the other
fellow had the reach.
Crawling along after the Cradock
squadron was the Campus. This ven
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

cradle battleship. built in 1899. could
wheeZe nineteen knots when she did
not have to stop for repairs to her en-
gines. She had four twelve-inch guns,
which. if she could have brought them
to bear, would have meant the range
Of the Germans. But they had the
speed Of her. They forced battle with
her in the rear After the other Brit
ish ships were destroyed the fast little
Glasgow managed to escape. Her ad
ditional two knots an hour saved her.
As to Paper Versus Practice.
Such is lesson No. I. Let us men
ton an incidental lesson before we
pass to main lesson No. ..
A lot OF people think that if navy
is 10 per cent stronger than another on
paper it will b. stronger in war. Moth
ing of the kind. The British have al
ways counted upon 20 or 80 per cent.
They wanted to run no risks. They
wanted TO be sure of victory.
Now. after Cradock's defeat at Cor
onel Won Spec was free to roam the
seas, Atlantic and Pacific, raiding Brit
ish commerce. The British admiralty
must find him. ana find him with a
squadron speedy enough TO force bat
tie and gun power enough to destroy
his vessels. That meant detaching
ships from the main force, which was
watching the Germans across the North
sea. Therefore in naval war you must
have enough ships to whip the body
of the enemy and enough TO spare to
look after his raiders.
All the drcaduaughts in the United
States navy and all our old line battle
ships now moulting at our navy yards
could not have caught Won Specs
squadron except by forming a Gordon
around it and starving it out of coal.
For, once Won Spec saw the American
: navy approaching him. his speed, SUI
pcrior 10 anything we have of equal
gun power. would make his flight Sc
cure. lie could run away and continue
his raiding.
Rut the British had what the Tnited
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

States lacks-battle cruisers with more
gun power and more speed than the
Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst-
AS Won Specs were only armed cruis-
ers the admiralty did not have to send
its best battle cruisers. 1t sent those
of the second class. which were the
Invincible and Infiexible. These were
five years ago, the first British battle
cruisers, and we have not laid down
any yet. They had twenty-six knots
against the Germans twenty-three and
twelve inch guns against Won Specs
eights.
Won Specs Inferior Speed.
What Admiral Sturdee, whom the
admiralty sent to look after this i'm
portant task on the side lines, did to
Won Spec was precisely what Won Spec
did to Cradock. When the British
came in sight of Won Spec he could
not get away with his inferior speed.
and he had to fight. Sturdee's supe-
rior speed and superior range meant
l1dI ueUeNeT Tue bcI
within reach Of him he stood off lit
tie farther, while he kept up his blast
Of twelve inch shells, and the Ger
mans eight inch fell short.
Practically the Germans might as
well have aimed their guns in the Op
posite direction. Their desperate cour
age and persistence in going down
with colOrs flying was in keeping
with that Of Cradock. but 1t served nc
end. CHASTITY carnage and destruction
reigned in the Gneisenau and Scharn
horst, while the Inflexible and Invinci
BILE were steaming along almost as
comfortably as at battle practice
for shell that falls 100 yards short Ii
as futile as one that falls 5000, ant
three knots are enough to enable yOr
to hang on to your enemy until yor
have finished him. AS fit for actor
when the battle was over as when i
began, the Invincible and Infiexiblt
steamed back home across the Atlantic
that was freed from the threat to ship
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

ping which had laid pail of appre-
hension over every skipper following
the seas. from Labrador to the strait
Of Magellan, all because they had
speed and gun power and range.
II England Had Had Our Navy.
But behind the guns of Helgoland, in
the lair of the German navy, were the
battle cruisers Seydlitz. Moltke. Won
der Tam and Dertfiinger. They had
twenty eight knots speed to Sturdee's
twenty six, and they could have forced
battle against Sturdee on the high seas
in the same way that Sturdee forced 1t
upon Won Spec. These We're the latest
types of German battle. cruisers. and
set against them were the latest types
of British battle cruisers, like the Lion.
Tiger and Queen Mary Sir John Jel-
licoe was not going to spare these to
90 after Won Spec. He needed them
i'm the North sea to watch the Moltke
herd. And If he had not had the In
vincible and IntleXible class he would
either have had to let Won Spec 20
on raiding British commerce or left
the coast of England open to raids by
the Moltkes.
For on the morning of Nov. 4. 1911,
some ships of the German fast battle
cruiser squadron appeared in the thick
fog off the east coast of England, be-
tween East and West Hartlepool, Scar
borough and Whitby. Without any
warning they sent out broadside after
broadside into these towns. They had
come far from their base overnight
relying on their gun power. speed and
the fog TO escape any scouts or light
cruisers that might see them. knowing
that no dreadnaughts could overtake
/ them and that the only force that
| could trip them was the British battle
cruisers of their own class.
! If the United States navy. which ha.
no battle cruisers. had been defending
English seaportS the Germans NIGH
have played this trick up and dowI
the coast at will, as they could toda!
up and down the Atlantic coast if W,
We're ut war with Germany.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
FEDERAL COURT WILL
CONVENE ON MAY STH

Federal court will convene in an
extra session here Monday. May :.
according to word received here yes
terday morning by Deputy Clerk W.
Roger Watkins from Judge Cali, who
is holding a term in Key West.
Prominent among the cases set for
this session are those against Dr..
V. X. Jindra, charged with yiolat-
ing the Harrison narcotic law; Syl-
via ". Pindar, formerly negro post
mistress at Eatonville, charged with
embezzlement Of money order funds;
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

". D McNeal. of Sebring, charged
with violation of the bankruptcy act;
and Jose Rivers, charged with SELL
ing unstampcdc igars.
While these are the only eases set
by Judge Cali in his letter. it is not
improbable that many others in
dicted by the grand jury at the
spring term will be brought up for
trial, this special term being neees-
STATED in order to clear the docket
which has been piling up since be-
fore Judge Call assumed the bench
1t is also probably that several days
will be devoted to chaneery matters
and other dockets besides the Grim
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

inal The admiralty, trial and
chancery dockets arc all more con-
,ested than the criminal docket.
Deputy Clerk Watkins has re-
ceived no order to draw the jury.
but expects to receive this document
today. The letter from Judge Call
made no reference to the duration CT
the special term here but it is prob
able that Judge Call will stay here
as long as he can, which may be
thirty days. Tampa Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
COLONEL ROOSEVELT WRITES
OF MR.. PALMER'S WORK.

Mr.. Frederick Palmer has seen
more war than any other living
American writer. To altogether
exceptional opportunity for OBJ
servation he has added altogeth-
er exceptional power Of observa-
ton and Of understanding ap-
probation Of what he has OBJ
served. No other observer has
had such a chance to see what
has gone on along the battle
fronts Of the English and French
armies and the inside workings
Of the forces with the two ma
tions which find their final ex-
preston in the valor and eff
cheney and suffering Of the great
armies at the front.
Mr.. Palmer is an American
whose whole souIed devotion
and allegiance are given to the
United States, and he wishes to
put before his fellow countrymen
the lessons taught by the great
world war which it is vitality
necessary for them to learn. He
can show why, if we wish to
preserve peace on basis worth
considering by honorable men,
we must as a nation in thor
ougheoing fashion prepare
against war.
Mr.. Palmer knows modern war
by actual experience; he has
seen more modern warfare than
any American officer or soldier;
his peculiar relations to the
present war render his views lit
orally invaluable from the stand
point of those who wish to see
our country profit by reading
Alright the fiery sentences writ in
blood and steel across the CONT
nent of Europe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

BY FREDERICK PALMER. who has been
only official representative of the entire
American press with the allies.
Copyright. 1915. by the Wheeler Syndicate,
w TE need not theorize. The open
M book of experience of the
" greatest war in all history is
before us to profit by. Ev- |
cry arm by land and sea has been tried |
out by the foremost military nations |
of the world. The lessons | bring are !
those of practice in Europe as applied
to our country.
First, the navy, which is our prime
Defense because We shall never be at
tackled by Canada or Mexico. and
therefore never attacked by land until
our navy loses command of the seas.
Every naval recruiting poster that is
put up, whether in Kansas or Maine,
every beat Of Il riveter on the plates
Of a baHleship, every gun drill. has
only one object-the test of a decisive
battle which may last only half an
hour To win we must have every
thing a modern navy requires. for we
face navies which are prepared in ev-
cry detail.
Gun power, speed and range have
won every naval action fought so far.
They have kept the command of the
seas for England
Gun power means the destruction of
your enemy when you have him within
reach of your guns. Speed means that
you can overtake him if you are strong
er than he and escape from him if he
is stronger than you. Range means
the same thing as reach to a boxer
that you can land blow when the
enemy's falls short. If your shells car
ry 10000 yards and his only $4,000 and
you have the speed of him. you stand
off out of danger and batter his ships
into the sea.
America Lacks Three Essentials.
When this war began two European
forces-the British navy and German
army-were certainly prepared. Mark
the result: British soil and German soil
are free Of the invaders heel.
The British navy has stuck to three
essentials-speed, gun power and range
We have not. The British admiralty
INDUCED in no illusions and no ex-
travagance Of construction. 1t did not
simply build navy; it made sure of
its superiority in speed gun power
and range. Such is the tradition of
the British navy, and such was ours
until recently. In the war of 1872 we
aimed to outsail our enemy and at the
same time to hit harder than he could.
If for the last ten years the British
navy had followed the naval policy of
the United States in its building and
organization. despite Britain's superior
tonnage. Germany. not England, would
command the sea today. The Euro
pean war would be over, Germany the
victor. England has built according
to the plans of her experts, whose
plans in peace worked out in war prac-
tically as they had foreseen.
England's whole naval policy can be
expressed in determination not only
to have more force than the other fel
low, but TO have it ready. And we are
not ready. She has kept ahead of the
Germans in guns, speed and range
She has led and the other nations
have followed.
What better lessons in naval prepar
edness than the three important ac
tions which she has fought at sea il
the present war? The first she los
for want of the three great essentials
the other two she won because she haC
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

Frederick Palmer, the Only
War Correspondent From
America With the Allies,
Says We Are Helpless
Without Battle Cruisers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
EaahInn Nnfsa

Short women should avoid mucA
trimming on their skirts. says q fash-
ion writer. Yes. and so should long
women II their husbands are short
Pittsburgh Chronicls Telegraph
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
Lono-FeIt Want

A sAhetha man, Doc Tennal rsportA
d working hard TO perfect a device
by which an umbrella can be opened
Only hy tie owner,-Kansas CITY Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
Europe's FrontLessons
I.-What Our Navy Has to Learn

Fleet Couldn't Keep to the
Sea In Case Of War, He
DecIares-Analyzes Naval
Engagements In Present
Conflict to Prove This.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

This week brings crisis in the
negotiations between the trainmen
and the railroads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

A new 6.OOO-mile coal basin is being
opened up by 5O0,mile extension to
the Serbian railway.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27
Ever Upward.

Yesterdays highest point Of
achievement Is the starting point Of
today's ."-Psulist Fathers Motto.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-27

BY FREDERICK PALMER who has been
only official representative of the entire
American press with the allies.
DOWNRIGHT 1876 by the Wheeler Syndicate,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
IOWA.

IOWA.
AMES, Iowa, July 17.-Royal Crest,
the four year old Shorthorn hull the
head Of the Iowa state college Short
horn herd for the past three years,
has been sold to Weaver & Garden, of
Wapello, Iowa, for $500. This bull,
a double grandson of the famous i'm
ported Villager, is the highest priced
bull that has ever been sold out of
Story county.
FORT DODGE, Iowa, July 17.-Mrs.
Louis Gunderson, over sixty years OF
age, has mysteriously disappeared
from her home, 1926 Fourteenth
Tuesday on Prospect hill, where she
had been visiting friends. Few
plausible theories have been advanced
for her disappearance. Her husband
and three children are in a state Of
great anxiety. There has been no
family trouble and she has never
shown any symptom Of insanity.
DIES MONIES, July 17.-Fast autos
and pretty girls to ride in them in
the bright lights are given by friends
as the cause for the alleged shortage
Of Ed O,Donnell, 10, messenger for
the Wells Fargo Express company, of
$1,000 No charge has been made
against O'Donnell as yet, but police
say he has spent SIC day since July
when the package Of $4,000 disap-
peared and that when taken into Gus
tody for investigation he turned over
$500 of the money.
AlLARsEnAILTOwN, Iowa, July II.
The town of Grinnell, 80 miles
south of here. may have murder
case resulting over q game Of cards.
J. A. Mccall, aged 80, married, and
with sick wife and three children.
is in the City hospital with a bullet
ored, also of Grinnell. is In the county
jail at Montezuma charged with the
shooting.
DUNCOMB, Iowa., July 17.-Eighty
acres of unimproved Webster county
land sold for SLIGO per acre last week.
This is regarded as good price for
unimproved land. In the southern
part Of the state improved land has
been known to sell this season for
$40 to $3.50 an acre.
AMES, Iowa. July 17.-Every mem
Der of the 1916 graduating class in
veterinary medicine at Iowa state
college except one has already gone
into practice in the state, either for
himself or in partnership with some
one. The one exception Is DIR. w. e.
Smile, who has been granted a fell
lowship at the Rockefeller institute
for medical research in New York
City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Roosevelt on Huahes.

Theodore Roosevelt in Leslie's: Mr..
Hughes has shown in his career the
instinct of efficiency which will qua
rantee that, under him, the govern
ment will once more work with vigor
and force He possesses that habit OF
straightforward thinking which means
that his words will be correlated with
his deeds and translated into facts.
His past career is the warrant for our
belief that he will be the unfaltering
opponent of that system OF invisible
government which finds expression IN
the domination of the party boss ana
the party machine. His past career
is a guarantee that whatever he says
before election will be made good by
| his acts after election.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Come Out of the
kifchen-it's the closed

: -
kitchen-it's the closed
season for the bake -oven.
Danish kitchen worry and
work. Forget about cooks
and servants and gas bills.
Solve your Summer prob
lem by serving Shredded
Wheat Biscuit, the ready
cooked whole wheat food.
A food that restores the di-
gestive organs to their nat
ural vigor, supplies all the
nutrirnent needed for a half
days work and keeps the
bowels healthy and active.
We have done the baking
for you in our own oven.
Eat it for breakfast with
milk or cream; serve it for
luncheon with berries or
other fresh fruits. Made at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
ADJUSTMENTS.
1rianale program Tonight.

A Thos. III. Ince drama of excel
ence, "The Waifs,' in which is
starred Jane Grey, William Desmond
and Truly Shattuck, and Charles Muir
ray, favorite of many Keystone come
dies, in a new one, 1.-THE Love Riot. >
Such is the Grand's offering to pic
ture-goers for tonight.
Miss Peggy Hyland, the idol Of the
screen in the British Isles, has been
engaged by Paramount to appear In
a series of pictues and comes to the
Grand tomorrow in saints and Sin
ners." She is new star in America
and her appearance in this country
has caused the most favorable com
ment A jungle comedy with Napo
leon and Sally in new stunts is also
q mart of tomorrow's program at the
Grand.
One of the most unusual stories
ever told in motion pictures is that OF
.sWaifs." The principal roles are
taken by william Desmond and Jane
GREY. the latter being cast as girl
Of the slums, a part decidedly differ
emit from the most Of those in which
size has appeared either in the "iegiti-
mate" or before the camera Thos-
Fl Ince has done some remarkable
things in the way of settings Ior
"Waifsp one of them, reproduction
IF the interior OF cathedral, being
remarkable both for its beauty ana
for its fidelity In most intimate de-
tail to an actual ediffce OF Its kind
Advertisement
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
James 3. Diver, Member Lexington
Chapter Sons Of American Revo-
luton, Provides Gener-
Gus Fund.
FIVE AWARDS Al4.4. GIVEN
keokuk keosauqua, Pennington,
Hawkeye and Fayette Pupils
Win Bronze Trophies
From Sons.

| heOkuk Will have more than mere
passing interest in the distribution OF
| bronze medals for the best essays on
American history subjects, which are
presented by the state society Sons
OF the American Revolution. James
B. Diver of this city has provided for
five medals, including the enc donated
for Keokuk high school. These medals
are offered by the Sons to promote
the study Of American history, which
is one of the tenets of the order. For
several years now, Mr.. Diver has pro
vided fund for five medals.
Following is the official report on
the medals and medal winners from
q. D. Hadley, secretary, Iowa society.
S. A. R.:
The offer of bronze medals by the
Iowa society of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution to be bestowed upon
pupils in high schools designated by
different members at the expense OF
such members has borne fruit in the
awarding of twenty-five medals for
the best work in the study Of the his.
tory of the United States. e. D. Had.
ley, the secretary, has just completed
the distribution of the medals for the
year now closing. The following is
a list of the winners of the medals
their schools and the donors of the
medals respectively following the
order in which their names were re
ceived by the secretary:
! Opal Overing. Onawa-Leo e
Stevens.
Bates Peacock. Keosauqua-J. B
Diver.
Florence D. Wright, Pennington
J. B. Diver.
Jessie A. squier. Estherville- C. A.
Lyon.
William Leuteneger, D. M. college
academy. e. Stevens.
Fay Faulkner. Valley Junction--W
H. Field
Warren Bassett, East high, D. M
]. A. Carver, Jr.
Esther M. Carter. Cedar Falls
Roger Leavitt.
Lloyd clinton Simmons. waverly-
w. /. Griffith.
Mia M. Bray, sFayette-J. B. Diver
Harold Reed, Brooklyn-R. J
Breckenridge.
Doris Wilson. Ames-C. e. Taylor
Lucille D'Orsay, Sioux Ctty-A. B
Beall.
Della F. Croot, Iowa Falls l.
e. Viets.
Mathilda M. Lenx. Ha~leye-J. B
Diver.
Earl Earnest. lie Marp-w. w. .Os
born.
Mildred Marine Drown, Sheldon
Geo. T. Wellman.
Erven Formaker, East high, Wat
erloo-G. c. Kennedy.
Mildred Damery, Woodbine-L B
Hoyer.
Josephine Elizabeth Whitmarsh
Keokuk-J. B. Diver.
Helen Burling, West high, D. M
L. E. Stevens.
Irma Sipling, Dallas Center-C. H
Brenton.
! Thomas Murphy, North high, D. M
20. B. Frye.
Helen Burk, Grand Junction.. L
Mott.
Henrietta knight, La Porte. F
Camp.
| 1t will be noted that compatriot
B. Diver Of Keokuk, is again credited
with providing five medals. His lib
eral and patriotic spirit in provid
ing a fund for the care Of localitie:
| where no compatriots are fount
should not pass unnoticel. The dis
! erection reposed in the secretary Civ
ing him carte blanche in the use o
the fund is compliment appreciated
by the secretary. Compatriot L. e
stevens is a close second in gener
osity in providing medals for three
high schools.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

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