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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
AMID CHttR, PRESIDENT TOLD CONGRESS THAT IN HIS
Null 10 GERMANY He DEMANDED THAT SUBMARINE
WARFARE Be STOPPED OR BREAK WILL OCCUR
WAR CLOUD HANGS CLOSER OVER
UNITED STATES Than EVER BEFORE
WITH ONLY ONE EXCEPTION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORT
THE SEVERANCE OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS HAS BEEN
FOLLOWED BY WAR

about British Isles, were attacking
neutrals and belligerants alike wher
ever found, the president said: Il
have deemed it my duty therefore
to say to the Imperial German gov.
ernment that if it is still its purpose
to prosecute this relentless and in
discriminating warfare, the United
States government is at last forced
TO the conclusion that there is but
one course that it can pursue and
that unless the Imperial German
government should now Immediately
declare and effect the abandonment
of its present methods of warfare
against passenger and freight carry
ing vessels, this government can
have no choice but to sever diplo-
matte relations altogether. There
is only one exception in the world S
history where severance of diploma
tic relations has not been followed
by war.
The note was sent with reluctance
and regret but the president said he
could not keep silent while human
rights We're swept from the sea. He
was interrupted with cheers at this
point There was silence. however,
when he expressed the hope that
there would be no break in diplo-
matte relations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
ELECTION TOMORROW
TO DECIDE NATTER OF
EQUIPMENT MORRELL
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

The election to decide whether the
city commissioners shall appropriate
$4,000 for the equipment OF Morrell
Memorial Hospital, will be held to-
morrow, the polls being located at
the City Hall. All property owners
both male and female, will be en-
titled TO vote.
The proposition is one that should
carry, else the hospital VIII not
serve the purpose for which II was
intended. 1t is understood that the
c;tv commissioners are in favor OF
setting aside the necessary amount
but wished to receive their instruc-
tions from the people direct. All VINO
want a hospital equipped to properly
care for the sick, should make It a
noint to go down to the CITY nan
tomorrow and cast their vote IN ta'-
or Of the appropriation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19

the war to take much interest in
competition, while Germany, which
has made the poverty stricken East
her unwilling customer. is now sur
rounded and cut off from maintain
ing her commerce abroad The whole
trade field of the Orient lies open to
Japanese commerce and If she does
not seize the opportunity it will be
her own fault We have thus the
rarest chances for unusual develop
ment."
For the sake of national commerce
and industry, If for no other reason,
the writer considered that Japan
must develp her sea power. He ad-
ded: 1T Is necessary that the ma
tion should see also to the compile
tion of its preparations for arma-
mental expansion. The whole nation
should be drilled and ready to de-
fend the empire in time of emergency.
The present method of keeping a
small number of young men in bar
racks for long intervals is not only
uneconomical but impractical; for
those so drilled, to the exclusion OF
others, might all be killed in battle
and then no trained soldiers would
be left to take their places. What
Japan wants Is universal military
service The whole nation must be
ready to bear arms il need be.
"The war now raging in Europ,
proves that men, after training of {
few months, fight as bravely anC
successfully as old soldiers, and th'
outcome now depends more on th'
number of those who can go to th'
front than on the amount of drill
they have received Thus to confin
drill to a small number is a fatal pol
} icy for efficiency in national defense
Also it is uneconomical Narrow
, minded military martinets ma
: scoff at such suggestion, but prac
tical men will approve of it. Th
state must be considered before tn
opinion of claim specialists TIL
l system of military drill used in jar
: an is an invention of the time of Ma
poleon and takes no thought of mod
e ern inventions, such as aeroplane
/ and so on.
+, DR. Kamada concluded; Thu
e Japans hopes for the future Deepen
g on laying stress on these three ol
o iects: Science development as
5 business; commercial expansion as
t goal and sea power as a consequence.
o with more modern system OF arm
d training. Weaker nations must a
ia ways follow stronger ones.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
JAPANESE KIMONOS
TO BE REMODELED
(By Associated Press J

Toxic, April IA movement has
been started by number or Japanese
women to remodel the present form
Of the kimono. Ut Is led by Mrs.
Irisawa, the wife of DR.. Tsuneko
Irisawa, prominent physician. She
thinks that the kimono in it's pres
ent form Is not suited for practical
purposes.
1T is very incOnvenient when at
work" she said, ''and it is rather un-
necessarily expensive. The people of
the middle classes and below have
to spend one-third of their income
for clothes, and lowest class of peo-
pie spend nearly all of their money
for clothes.
The number of rolls Of cloth
needed for set of suits for a man
or woman in winter is on the aver
age about s; the length of thread
utcucu W ocW uuout ooV iCN'j
and the number of stitches about
| 10000. The garments have to be
made by the women of the family by
| hand, not by machine, and it re-
quires days to do the work. The
women folk have to devote much OF
their time to it all the year round
For educated women to devote theil
time to such service is uneconomica
from the point of view of the con
servation of human energy.
I'VE propose to find some way b,
which all these unnecessary ex
penses may be eliminated"
Prizes have been offered for thu
best models of kimonos, and all sort
of kimonos for men, boys, and chill
dren at home, for visiting and fo
school use are to be included. Al
exhibition will be held and com
mittee will judge the designs an,
award prizes,
One reason why many Japanes
men wear western clothes today
that they find them less expensiy
than the japanese dress. Differen
kinds of kimonos and other gar
ments are required for various funC
tions and the tailor bill of a wei
dressed gentleman is very high.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
FIFTEEN GIRLS
OFFER FOR SERVICE

HankOw, April II. H. Fifteen girl
students of the Girls Agricultural
School in Yunnan, under leadership
of Miss Mou Chi-cheng. offered their
services to the revolutionary govern
ment as soldiers in the ranks. Tang
Chi-yao, the revolutionary leader
who is directing recruiting at Yum
nanfu, praised the patriotism of the
young women, but refused to enlist
them as soldiers. He placed them on
the reserve list of the nurse corps
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
DETONATI0N SAYS BIG
GUNS IN ACTION

We thought they had us that time
detonation rumbled right into
our window, and We had just as soon
the she'll had come, because our old
base-burner liked to have fell on the
foor and our hair went up, and our
stomach went down, and we was
generally upset, and our typewriter
table where we are dashing of this
masterpiece sorter got weak in the
l,naes and We had 10 give her a dope
to keep her going.
We think we shall postpone our
annual trip TO Europe this summer,
for lust supposing. all this was mag
nifed several times, and aimed al
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, April 19.-Wilson
hold the joint session of Congress
|this afternoon that he had given
kermany final and irrevocable noti-
Ecation that the United States will
kreaH off diplomatic relations if the
kle.al submarine campaign is con-
The note is Americas last
Eord and practically an ultimatum,
demanding an immediate reply 1t
presumably was in the Berlin for
Iign Office as the president spoke.
Lt was dispatched last night with the
idea that Berlin would have it when
hhe president addressed Congress
|The president asked that there be no
action of Congress but simply in
Horned it of the accumulation of
facts proving Germany's assurances
|to the United States had been vio-
Hated by the submarine campaign,
land that the submarine campaign,
despite the United States earnest
protests, is being conducted with re-
|newed vigor in the contravention of
hall laws of the nations and human
|ity. He means to sever relations
|unless it is brought within the law.
The diplomatic history of the world
shows that such a course is almost
certain to be followed by war.
The president was cheered as he
entered the hall. After declaring
that Germany is unable to observe
International law while carrying on
submarine warfare according to an
nounced plans of February 1915 and
1916, and calling the sinking of the
Lusitania and Arabic and Sussex
"singularly tragical and unjustifl-
able" and that the Germans instead
of sinking ships only in the war zone
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
JAPAN HAS ENTERED NEW ERA
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Toxic. April 19-President Eiki-
chi Kamada of KeitO University de-
clares that Japan has now entered a
new era and that the time has come
for her to cease worship of the west
and to aspire to independence in
science, commercial leadership and
greater sea and land power.
DR.. Kamada in the Japan Maya
zine says "Henceforth as a nation
the empire enters on new career
of unlimited hope and ambition.
Japans goal is now tn most impor-
tant and most significant possible to
a people.
"Up to the present Japan has been
kept in the leading strings of Eu-
ropean thought and civilization, ly-
ing abject at the feet of German
science, sending her young men
abroad to acquire occidental knowl-
edge before they were thought fit to
lead their countrymen, This state of
affairs must now change. Japan
should cease to worship at the West
ern shrines
For Japan period of new inven-
tions and discoveries is dawning. Up
to the present we have been all too
busy adopting and adapting and imi-
tating European civilization until
imitation has grown to be a
habit with us; but our world OF
thought and scence is not now SC
poor that we have nothing to admire
and emulate at home.
'In my opinion the japanese are
as capable of thought and invention
as any other people. Germany
whom we have been worshipping 81
far in this respect, was not the ori
ginator of those things for which W,
adored her, but herself an imitato
of England, America, France. ant
Italy where most OF the great Inyen
tions and discoveries took place. |
is, indeed, a great mistake TO regar'
Germany as a great inventive ma
ton"
"While up to the present Japanes
commerce and industry have bee
under the domination of the West
Japan should now make a chang
and exert herself for wOrld-wid
recognition Tho hest time to d
|; this is tho present. while Europe
engaged otherwise and the creates
commercial states are too busy
molcst us At present England an
France are too much taken up wi
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19

us instead of at the pellucid gulf.
Gosh, we hope they know what
they are doing, this is getting fierce.
1t don't take much imagination to
imagine Vesuvius in the back
ground causing all this rumpus, but
Uncle Sam has got his air rife out
there practicing up, and just so he
leaves US alone, we should worry,
about denonations.
Yep, that one like to have got us.
We are going to cut this out and
HE US hence to some place of safety.
All of which is the reporters own
ideas of target practice recently at
Fort Pickens. Many other citizens
have the same ideas and number OF
tourists have been undecided as TO
whether it is desirable to be next
door to the navy Pensacola News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
D.B. MCKAY REELECTED
MAYOR OF TAMPA
BY 536 MAJORITY

Tampa. April 1.-THE complete
vote in the mayorality contest in this
city yesterday gave ID. B. Mckay
2,2S5 votes and f. c. Bowyer 1,749,
ty of 536.
There was great interest in the
|election. but despite the tense feel
ing. there were no disorders. ThOus-
ands thronged the streets to hear the
returns, and the Mayor has been all
day receiving the warm congratula.
tions of his many friends on his vic
tory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
ROAD CONTRACTORS IN
BARLOW YESTERDAY

Barlow, April 1S.-County COM
missioners are in session todady for
the purpose Of opening the bids on
the contraction of the 240 miles of
hard surfaced roads to be paved by
the contemplated bond issue which
will be called as soon as the cost of
these roads can be determined The
bids are being opened today and
these are tabulated by II. S. Jaudon
and his representative Mr.. Camp.
They will arrange them and make
their report to the commissioners.
1t is probable that the commission
ers will then give audience to repre-
sentativeS of the various contractors
and supply men. There are about
| forty-siX contractors and material
men stopping in Barlow and some
are quartered at the Kibler at Lake
land. Those in the city are G.. s
Young, Jacksonville; II L. Collier,
New York City; II G. Jones, Phil
adelphia; T. D. Cox, High Point;
/ V. B. Baum, Jacksonville; G.. A.
\ Taylor, Houston; R. s. Gateur,
Houston; A l.. Weatherby, Mt
Dora; W. b. Spencer, Montclair, n.
J.; T. H. Reed Birmingham; w.
P. Mcdonald. New York; Thomas
Worthington, Birmingham; II. II .
Mertz. Chattanooga; ]. R. Cope
land, Birmingham; Ralph d. Earl,
Hackensack, n. J.; F. ID. Pussy
Tampa; IT, ]. Cullman, Houston ;
7. B. Gillespie, Birmingham; George
O. Tenney, Richmond; J. S. Nelm,
New Orleans; W. ]. Dyson, Jackson
Vile; VIM Pannell. Jacksonville;
Jno. W. Sibley, Birmingham; G. A
Whitaker, Atlanta: J F. Whitta-
ker. Harrisburg, Pr; IT. S. Church
Jacksonville; ]. A. Martland, Tam
pa; l.. G. Brown, York, Pa; E. d
Lockwood. Atlanta; r. NJ Vandi
yer, Jacksonville: o. A. Talley
Tampa; A. O. Seeler, Tampa. Th'
following are the material men: w
NJ. Stevenson. Jacksonville; W. A
stephens. Macon; J b Ryner, At
lanta; C. w Poe, Atlanta, and II
s. Church, Jacksonville.
The sessions are being held in tn
lcircuit court room, the bar and
considerable amount of the cour
room is taken up with contractor
and material men Mr.. Camp Il
sppaking of the bids this morning
which are being read aloud by Cler
W s. Wev, said that some OF tn
largest contractors in the countr
= are bidding on the job and he wa
we'll pleased with the bids received
There are twelve different contract
ors bidding on the paving with ad
, ditional bids on bridges and cuI
Q verts
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19

to delay the commencement oil t'e
sentence is believed but attorneys
- tho defendant could not be com
,,,,ricated with last night. Menden-
IA, i IN the Marion county jail at
oca1a having been carried there sew
oral months ago for safe keeping
:, wa1l rs TO give him better accom-
,,odations. the Pinellas County jan
heing badly crowded
Details of the crime with ~n'en
,rondanball stands convicted are
In fresb in the minds of the pub
:, n, tho ni.ht of July ,, 1919
Nendenhall. accompanied by
yrs q W. Eliot, and her daughter
--,o FIiot with Guy Stempel as
,,raur started on a drive along
~ clearwater road The two WON
uara killed. their bodies burned
IA botb Nendenhall and stempei
- arrested for the murder. Sus'
-, ,ointed strongly TO Menden-
4, - stampal was finally released
a.. trial Nendenhall was con-
.';..eI =, Of murder in the first degree
~, charge Of numbering susie
~ pr With a recommendation t6
,orcr He was sentenced to ili'
.-,rr.zonment. ~ The charee Of mur
~ - ,rrs c W. Eliot still hangi
over the defendant
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
IMPORTATION OF PLUMAGE
MAY BE PROHIBITED
(By Associated Press. J

London, April 10 Prohibition of
the importation of the plumage and
skins of wild birds was urged upon
ton in resolution passed by the
Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds. The society asked the gov
ernment to prohibit entirely the i'm
portation Of wild birds, plumage
ostrich feathers and eiderdown only
excepted-,as a useless and undesir-
able import and a wholly indefensi-
BILE form of extravaganza.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
PERFUMES TO BE TAXED
(By Associated Pres.)

Peking, April 19 9.-Perfumes.
paints, powders, hair ornaments and
other luXuries used by women are
to be especially taxed to help meet
the extra expenses ntailed by the rev.
The ministry of commerce
and agriculture is now compiling a
list of such Injuries preparatory to
increased taxes in the same
proportion they have been levied on
tobacco, wines and other luXuries
used almost exclusively by men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
BtRNSTORFF DEMANDS
PAPERS SEIZED FROM
ICFl Be RETURNED
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, April 10 Count
Won Bernstorff, German ambassador
went to the State department at
1890 this morning to make further
formal demand for the return of the
papers which the justice department
agents seized from Wolfe Won lgel,
private secretary to Capt. Won Pa
pen, withdrawn from the military
attache in New York yesterday
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
PITTSBURGH BANK CELEBRATES

Pittsburgh April S.-The hf-
tieth anniversary of the Peoples
Savings Bank of Pittsburgh was cell
ebrated by dinner to be given at
the University Club last evening
This institution has stood firm IN
the severest financial storms which
this city has experienced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
DEPEW'S HOME TOWN
100 YEARS OLD

Peekskill, N Y, April is. Del
egations from towns all over the
State were here yesterday attending
the celebration marking the Tooth
anniversary of the incorporation of
the village of Peekskill. The princi-
pal speakers were ex-President w.
II. Taft and Former United States
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew Peeks-
kill is Mr.. Depew's home town
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
VOTE ON ARMY BILL

Washington, April 1s.-Senator
Chamberlain and his supporters in
the Senate who have been working
for the passage of the army re-or-
ganization bill, have their forces in
line to vote on the measure today.
In the opinion of leaders of both
Tribune.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
Lansing Ready To Confer With
(Ry Associated Press }

Washington, April l9-lnnsing
informed Bernstorff that he was
ready to discuss the submarine situ-
alton with him. The conference
probably will be arranged for to-
morrow, Lansing yesterday informed
Bernstorff that he could not discuss
the subject.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
Bombardmen East of Meuse
(By Associated Pres.)

varis, April 9.-There was spir-
tied bombardment of positions south
of Haudemont Wood on the Verdun
front east of the Meuse last night,
saws the war office. There are no
her important e"cnts on any part
of the front.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
REDUCTION IN PRODUCTION
OF SAUSAGES
(By Associated Pres. J

Berlin, April S.-FOllowing a
conference just held with the sau-
sage manufacturers of Germany, the
Central Foodstuffs Control Commits
sion has annoupced that conditions
require a radical decrease in the pro-
duction of sausaHes of all kinds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
DISAGREEMENT
/. IN THE BRITISH
cabinet: BREAK
May OCCUR
REPORTS FROM WAR ZONE TELL
OF COMMANDMENT EAST OF
THE MEUSE, QUIET ON ALL
THR FRONTS
(By Associated Press.)

London, April 9.-Asquith in
the House of Commons stated that
there are still some material points
of disagreement in the Cabinet and
if they are not settled the result
must be a breakup in the govern
ment.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19

Canada is now paying more than
100000 monthly to war depend
ents. The patriotic fund amounts
now to more than $1,000, 900, sum
sufficient. it is estimated. to include
payments to dependents until the
end Of the first few months of 1917.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
ALLIES
CABLE NOTE TO us.
ON Interference
OF COMMERCE
(By Associated Press. J

London, April 19.-The reply Of
Great Britain and France to the
American note concerning intcrfer-
ence with maritime commerce by en-
tente allies, has been cabled to
Washington
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
GEN. SCOTT GOES
TO MEXICO TO
|FARN Situation
ON THE BORDER
(By Associated Pres.)

Washington, April 19.-Major
General Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff
of the army, leaves for San Antonio,
Texas, tonight by order of Secretary
Baker to get accurate information
Of the Mexican border situation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
shn-t.Iived Moths.

Some moths do not eat anytnihs' ~,
hut have enough vital force 70 ,u' ~,
nj their mission in life. and then u'e'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19

OF the case the Tampa Tribune
says:
Affirmation of the sentence passed
by the circuit court on j Men
denhall was generally expected
During the trial Attorney Genera
". C. West was in attendance ana
assisted in direction of the case WIN
an idea of avoiding any violations
Of procedure that might give the
defendant new trial, and the tes-
timony was Of such a nature that
it was not believed any question
could be raised that would JUSTIFY
sending the case back before d
Jury.
That further effort will be mad'
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-19
NIENDENHALL MUST
SERVE HIS TERM

Tallahassee, Fla, April l9.JIhe
supreme court this afternoonu al
frmed the decision of the circuit
court in the case of John J Menden-
hall, recently convicted at ClearWa-
ter of the murder of Susan Eliot, OF
Tampa, last July. Mendenhall Will
he sent to the State convict camps
to serve life sentence. He was
formerly a wealthy lumberman and
citrus grower of Pinellas county and
the case attracted much attention
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-14
NEWFANE.

Henry NJ. Hall is i'll.
R, j. Eldridge was in town Thursday
Mrs. Julia Hamlin is housekeeper at
George Bush's
Lewis Hall returned Tuesday to his
home IN Lempster, y. FL.
Rev Charles w. Mock has recovered
from his illness and viii be able to preach
as usual next Sunday.
Roy Jones and family OF Brattleboro
We're guests over Sunday in the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Jones.
Miss Marion Wright, who spent vaca-
ton of two weeks at her home in Lon
Idonderry, returned to the telephone eN-
change Friday
Miss Ruth Gray, who is in the City hos
Ipital in Worcester is gaining, and as soon
as able viii come to her home in New
fame for a while
Two new telephones were installed this
week, one in The home of the Smith broth
rs in Brookline, % ring 4, the other, ,.
ring ,, at Horace Woods.
Mrs Margaret Wilcox has gone to Al
bany to visit in the family Of her daugh
ter, Mrs p. c. Shoffer While there sh,
Twill attend family reunion.
Mrs Lovisa Downs, who spent tn
winter with Mrs. Kershaw, in Yves
Newton, Mass, returned to Newfan
Tuesday, and has opened her summe
home here.
Clyde /. Randall and Mrs. Lila TEN
Iple Grout of WillamsvilIe were marie
in Brattleboro Wednesday, April L, b
REV ID. T. Trout. Mr.. and Mrs Randa
, are at home and viii live with his PAL
ents. Mr. and Mrs Lyman NJ. Randall
These young people are both residents {
Newfane and have the best wishes of tn
! entire community