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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
MUST
NOT Be PUT
IN JEOPARDY
While There is a Discussion Of
What May Be Regarded as
Defensive Armament.
HINTS OF P0STP0NEMENT
May Insist on Limitations Of
Armament but Can Not Re-
quire Exclusion Of Same.
~, AssoelArrp .ssss,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Secre-
tary Lansing indicated today that the
United States was prepared under
certain circumstances to discuss With
the German government what may
properly be regarded as defensive
armament for merchant shpts. In
no event, however. according to ar-
thoritatlve information tonight VIII
the United States be n party to such
negotiations unless 1t Is assured that
the lives OF American citizens. aboard
ships armed for defensive purposes
will not be endangered during the
course OF the discussion.
Only three days remain before the
German and. Austrian submarine
commanders will be Instructed to
treat armed merchant ships as war
vessels There was. no Indication to-
day that issuance Of the order, an
nounced in formal notifications from
the central powers for February 29,
would be postponed, although 1t was
admitted that postponement would
mot come asa surprise.
Willing to Wait.
Leaders in both Houses of Con-
gress, who for several days have ag-
itated passage of resolution warn
ing Americans. not to travel on
armed ships, seemed convinced to-
night, that no such measure could be
put through at present. Senator
Gore, who has such a resolution
pending, issued statement saying
that while he still favored q warn
ing he believed the objects sought
by his resolution already. had been
accomplished through public discus
sion. Representative McLemore,
whose warming resolution In the
House has been kept from coming
up, by administration leaders, said
he was content to walt until the, pres
(Continuod on mage 2. first section.)
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
BIG BATTLE DOES
NOT SCARE PARIS
Where There Are No Indica-
tions Of Tension but Only
Sober Confidence.

PARIS, Feb. 26.-Paris is extra,
ordinarily calm in the presence Of
the great battle now in progress
around verdun. There are no indi-
cations Of tension or nervousness,
but only sober confidence in the re-
suit prevails.
The desire among those who know
the defensive strength OF the lines
seems to be that tho attacks should
continue, for, they argue, the losses
on the German side would be In pro-
portion to the efforts.
There were few persons around
the newspaper bulletin boards today
and no crowds at the ministry Of war
or other public offices. OH
The whole front from the North
sea to Switzerland is on the alert,
and all leave OF absence has been re-
called. The French maximum effort
has not yet been made The total
French losses In killed, wounded and
prisoner since the Verdun battle, II
was authoritatively stated this even
ing, have been less than the German
official communication claims in pris-
oners.
The Temps military review, which
is usually written by General Della
croix, sums up the situation thus:
The battle being fought is ex-
Continual nm mage 2. first section.)
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) 44+4+4+4++ = 4+4
NARROWED IN TREE
rs IOWA MAN NOW.
(By AssociateId press.l

OSKALoOSA, la, Feb. 26.-
Charles Thomas Is probably the
most uncomfortable man In the
United States tonight. He is
perced on the limb Of a tree In
the Des Molnes river, seven
miles southwest Of this city
and boats cannot reach him be-
cause Of floating Ice. Thomas
not only is marooned in the
dark but his clothing is wet
and as he has not eaten since
noon he is assumed to be hun
CRY.
!. The adventure which landed
Thomas In the tree cost the
life OF A. u. Rommell, official
engineer Of eiahaska county.
The two men started out in a
skiff to dynamite an ice gorge.
The boat was capslzed by-a big
cake Of ice and Rommell was
drowned.
q q . q = q = 80 4 = q
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
AERO. TRAINING
For an Officer in Each of Forty
Eight States is Offered by I.
Aero ClubioflAmerica.
tsy As,oei.,io ,srss,

NEW. YORK, Feb, 26. "A course of
training in the useS6f aeroplanes for
an officer Of, the militia in each Of the
forty-eight states. and $40 to each
officer toward defraying expenses in
cidental to the training. are offered
in letter sent today to the governors
of the states by Allan. r. Hawley,
president Of the Aero Club OF America.
The course will be contributed by.
an aercplane company and the $40
by the Aero Club. Z. S
The letter stipulatss that the train
ing be, In either land or water aero
planes and continpkd until the officer
appointed secures his .cfiicial pilot
license. .'s
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lcontinued on PAGE 3, llrst sectIoa.l
]. KILLED BY TRAIN !
Is a Veteran Coal Mining, Man
near Fairn1ontinia Blind
ing Snow Storm. .,i.9

FAIRMoNT, Feb. 26--Alexander
Tucker, aged 40. a prominent citizen
Of Kingsmont, and veteran mining
man, while walking along the tracks
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroa TO
Fairmont, this evening, stepped from
one track to avoid an approaching
coal train in front Of two light en-
,gines on the other track. His body
was ground to pieces. The accident
happened during q binding snow
storm, and the approach Of the en-
gines was not detected by the victim.
He is survived by a widow. who was
Miss Mary Work, OF Union district,
member Of a prominent family apd,a
daughter 12 years q age.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
ESSAD PBSHA
Arrives in the City of Rome and
is Being Closely Guarded
at the Hotel.

ROME, via Paris, Feb. ,26-Essad
Pasha, provisional president Of Al
bania, arrived here today. He was
met at the station by Baron Aliotti,
the Italian minister to albania. Es-
sad Pasha is closely guarded at the
hotel where he Is staying.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
new COMMANDER
of the Russian Armies on the
Northern,Front ofthe War
is Appointed.

PETR0GRAD. via London, Feb.
.26.-General Alexe Kuropatkin has
been appointed commander-in-chlef
of the Russian armies on the north
.ern front IA 3
General Kuropatkin, who was COM
mander-in-chief Of the Russian
forces in Manchuria at the beginning
of the Russo-Japanese war, succeeds
General Nicholas v. Ruzsky, who was
relieved Of the command on the Rus.
sian northern front December 20
last. The Russian northern army has
been repelling the, attempt of the
Germans to capture Riga.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27
REPEAL BILL READY.
',.y ,.yAaeociAyrpp paIial,

WASHINGTON, Feb s2e.-The ad-
ministratlon's bill to repeal the free
sugar clause OF the tarllt law, which
would become effective May i. prob
ably viii be reported tavorably by
the House ways and means commit
teetoday
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fcontinued on page 2. first sectlon.)
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lcontInued on page2 .Iirst section. }
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LARGER GUNS AND
lust TWO FEWER
!. ...S.A \. /. :. !. J. = = 4
FRANCIS ACCEPTS.
lBY. Associated Press.l

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20
]. II. Francis. superintendent
Of the Los Angeles public
schools, has been offered the
position of superintendent of
schools at Columns. o., and
will accept the offer, accord
ing to information received
here today. Mr.. Francis has
been head of the local schools
for five years. He is now in
the East.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

Essad Pasha arrived at Brindlsl on
an italian destroyer February "a.
He had for q time been in command
OF an Albanian force cooperating
with the italian troops In Albania.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
MISS PEARL JOHNSON TO
SING AGAIN IN LAKELAND

By invitation Miss Pearl johnson
will sing Sunday morning at the
First Baptist church in Lakeland.
While Miss johnson is an accom-
plished vocalist, and has often de-
lighted Arcadia audiences with her
sweet songs, she has been educated
for teaching, and it is in this work
more especially, perhaps, that she
puts her whole soul. The results OBJ
tanned by her in this field hae been
most fiattering. We understand that
she contemplates this work in Lake.
land, and while Arcadia music low
ers would regret to give her up, we
congratulate our Lakeland friends
should they be so fortunate as to Sc
cure her services. Arcadia Daily
News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
BIBLE PICTURES

Commencing Sunday evening, Jan.
18th, at 1880 o'clock, free course
of Bible pictures will be given at
the Woman's Club in this city.
The course in its entirety, covers
the whole Bible, taking therefrom
the most thrilling and instructive
scenes and reproducing them in a
most wonderfully realistic manner
1t is divided into three parts, an en-
tirely different set of pictures for
each part.
These pictures are said to be the
most perfect reproduction of Bible
scenes in existence. They are COM
ing free to Lakeland and very likely
will not come again. No one can
afford to miss the chance to see
them.
The dates are Sunday, Jan. Is;
Sunday, Jan. %, and Sunday, Jan.
80, at 1880 p. m.
The entire course is absolutely
free.
All believers in the Bible are cor
daily invited to attend.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

/ These automobile millionaire man
ufacturers are rolling in wealth "be-
yond the dreams of avarice," but
they have widely different notions
as to the best way to re-invest 1t to
profit. Henry Ford sank a big wad
of his less usefully than "Ccal Oil
Johnny did a generation ago, an
his absurd peace expedition to Eu-
rope; but R. E. Olds, another auto
matte magnate, had a better idea on
the subject and sent half a million
down to Florida to invest in land
and help develop the State. Ford
has probably made more money out
of Florida than Olds and for his own
and our sakes he ought to follow
Olds' example. The Orlando Report
er-Star takes this view of it:
THE manufacturer of the REQ au-
tomobile, R. E. Olds, has purchased
tract of land in the neighborhood
OF Tarpon Springs which he will de-
velop for market gardening. This
tract is said to have cost him half a
million dollars, and it is safe to pre-
dict that he will spend as much more
in carrying out his ideas of putting
the land to useful purposes. If all
the other automobile manufacturers
who have sold million dollars
worth of cars in Florida would in
vest million dollars in Florida
there would be some compensating
advantages. Henry Ford ought to
buy an entire Florida county and
build thousand miles of hard roads
through it."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

car and ran. The car was hauled in
to the Ford shop in this city to hold
as clue to the men who were in il.
but, sometime during the night it
was stolen from the garage and has
since not been seen.
Having taken the series number
number of the motor and a thorough
description of the car while it was
in his possession, Marshal Vestel
mailed out cards containing this in
formation to all points in this sec
ton of the State, besides putting in
motion other of his unique ways of
catching offenders of the law. and
has learned to whom the car was
originally sold by the Tampa agency
of the Ford car. Following the DOS
session of the car on down from its
first purchaser he is about to close
his evidence by ascertaining the last
owner of the car, and then he con-
sloers IL Will be an easy matter to
lay hands on the parties who were
in 1t at the time of the accident.
This he hopes to be able to do with
in the next several days, and in the
is taking all precautions
against slip-up in his plans
Plant City Courier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
Cumberland Presbyterian Church,

Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Rev. F. H. Callahan, pastor.
Sunday school 9:45 a. mr.. C. Col.
bert Superintendent
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock
the revival will begin with the pas
tor doing the preaching until the ar
rival of his assistant. Rev. D. w.
Fooks of Fulton, KY, who will be
here for the service Tuesday eve
ming.
The pastors subject at 11:0O a. m.
will be "The Spirit That All Chris
tians Have"
Evening service, 7:30 Subject, THE
Platform of the Humble Man"
There will be services Monday eve
ming at seven-thirty. the subject will
be announced later.
We are working for Lakeland's
greatest interest and every citizen is
especially invited to attend and as
sist.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
HEAVY TRAVEL TO FLORIDA

The heavy winter tourist season
has fairly begun already, but with
the news of the blizzardly weather
prevailing through a great section of
the North, Florida may expect an
influx of winter visitors on a nam
moth scale. Every indication points
to record season, and this is so far
more than one reason.
The same story has been heard
before. 1t has been asserted year
after year that the tourist season
would be the greatest and best ever
; and for that reason the Florida Me-
tropolis has refrained from predict
ing the outlook. 1t has quoted nu-
merous men men in position to know
claimed a great vol line of business.
But now 1t appears plain that there
is justification in the expectations
of those who ventured to make early
predictions
In Chicago alone ON the fourth
day of January 1000 tickets for
travel to Florida were sold by the
railroads having trains to this
State. This eclipsed all previous
records for one days business. The
same holds true in proportion in
other cities in the North and Central
West. Hotels in nearly every part
of the State declare that never be-
fore have reservations been secured
so far in advance.
What is all this due to? There
can be no doubt that much of the
increased travel to Florida this year
is due to the extensive advertising
campaign that has been conducted
by the different cities and towns
which contributed to fund handled
by the Florida First Committee, a
body formed late last year for this
especial purpose. The railroads,
thoroughly alive to the benefits of
we'll balanced advertising, have al
so advertised quite extentively this
year.
So gratifying have been the con-
crete evidences of results from the
advertising placed under the aus
pices of the Florida First Commits
sion. it is certain that where one
dollar was raised last year it will
be possible to raise S. this year.
Every mail has brought inquiries to
the commercial bodies represented
in the advertising. OF course, there
are many who are attracted by the
advertising who do no writing, but
6ust act on the impulse, Erab
train and hike to the Queen State
of the nation from a climatological
and scenic point of view.-Jackson-
vile Metropolis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
'HEADLINERss IN THE PULPITS

"Gypsy" Smith, Jr., is holding a
series of meetings in Macon, and he
is getting some good first page space
in the newspapers that the best pas
tors of Georgia could not get if they
were to go to Macon for a meeting.
His claim on newspaper space may
be his power as preacher, or it may
be his relation to the somewhat ia
nous preacher who was once a
Gypsy"
Billy Sunday is still drawing big
crowds and big newspaper space out
west. though it is difficult to deter
mine which draws the most, his
spiritual power or his power of u.s.
ing slang which was acquired while
he was baseball player.
The announcement comes from At
lanta that AL Jennings, former cow
boy and desparado, convict, ETC., of
the wild west, is to hold series of
meetings in one of the Atlanta
churches.
1t is not for us to sit in judgment
on the Gypsy preachers, baseball
preachers and train-robbing preach
ers. Probably they are all called
of God to preach the gospel. 1t is
the least bit remarkable, however,
that slang-using baseball preachers
do not preach to the street crowds
and to the baseball fans, and that
the Gypsy preachers do not seek out
he wandering men and women of
camp life, and that the desperate
and train robbing cowboy preachers
10 not preach on the plains, and
among their FORMER cowboy
'iates. Why is it that they all
'eem to have been called to the larg-
st cities and to the best paying
churches?
lncidently, it may be suggested
lere that the churches will do well
o have care, and not introduce too
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

Former Senator Joe Bailey, of
Texas, energies from his retirement
long enough to give the country his
views on military preparedness and
announce himself utterly opposed"
to the presidents program in that
matter. Bailey is a high-elass orator
and debater of consummate skill, but
during his long career in both houses
of Congress he showed no construc-
tive ability and was the author of no
notable measure. He may pick flaws,
real or imaginary, in the president.
plan for increased military efficiency
tanybody could do as much) but in
the Presidents place, his weIi-known
weakness in constructive statesman
ship would show him woefully in
adequate in the presence of a great
emergency.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

Governor Arthur Capper, of KAN
sas, is not inclined to believe that
under most circumstances a man is
justified in lying, but in a case of
man he now has under considera-
tion the governor is so willing to
Justify the falsehood, which was told
70 save the family honor of the pris-
oner, that he will grant a full par
don to F. E Williamson, now serv-
ing term in the penitentiary Will
Hanson has been in prison, but re-
formed after he got out. He testified
as witness that he had never been
imprisoned. so was again arrested
for perjury. He said he lied because
his family did not know of his for
mer imprisonment.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

The constant perils, heavy respon-
sibilities and arduous duties incident
to our system of self-government in
these American States are brought
WILDLY to our attention by this preg-
nant sentence from the Delray Pro-
gress in commenting on the recent
vote-seeking oratorical perform
ance of a demagogue in that town:
1T must be. remembered that the
vote of an ignorant or unthinking
man counts just as much as that of
a man who realizes what he is do
ing"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

A Washington dispatch says that
Senator Fletcher is being mentioned
as a suitable successor to the late
Justice Lamar on the supreme bench.
That is all right and it is deserved
compliment to the senator, but he is
needed in the Senate more than on
the bench and that is where he will
stay. 1t would be easier for the pres
ident to find the right man for SUI
preme judge from the wealth of ma
terial at hand than for the people
of Florida to pick the equal of Dun
can U. Fletcher to succeed him in
the Senate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

The Times-Union vigorously de-
MES that it has been Quitting into"
Polk county affairs in the matter ,:f
our proposed bond election, and it is
Justice to that paper to publish the
following from it on the subject:
THE Times-Union's praise Of
Polk county as one that had pro-
crossed so rapidly without issuing
bonds was not intended as an argu-
ment to the people of Polk county
against issuing bonds. We had no
knowledge of the fact that a bond
election was impending there. The
matter Is one for the people of Polk
to decide and in which the Times
Union is not in the least interested
IN any sense of the word .
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

With renewed assurances of dis
tinguished consideration, we hasten
to inform Editor Caldwell, of the
Jasper News that we made it all
right in the next issue when we dis
covered that by pure inadvertence
We had referred to him as the editor
of the Jasper Banner and had quoted
the News as saying that the sena-
torial race is between Trammell and
Bryan, when as matter of fact that
paper is supporting Perry G. Wall.
Probably no newspaper man ever
lived who didn't at least once in his
life, in the haste of composition. con-
fuse the names of contemporary pa
pers in the same town,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
CROWDS AVAIL THEMSELVES
OF STRAW'S SHOE BARGAINS

Crowds fiocked to the shoe store of
r. j. Straw today to take advan-
tage of the many bargains offered in
shoes by this firm. Effective adver-
Using in the Evening Telegram and
Lakeland News, backed up by the
goods, succeeded in moving a large
number of shoes today, and next
week will be a banner week with
this firm. Mr.. Straw has already
placed an order for the latest spring
shoes, both for men, women and
children, and will conduct an up-to-
date shoe store. In the meantime he
is selling his present stock of shoes
at 90 cents on the dollar, full par
ticulars of which can be found in
the large advertisement carried in
this issue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

The exchange of sarcastic ameni-
ties between the Times-Union and
the st. Petersburg Times is piquant
reading. Straub handles that kind
of weapon with skill OF master,
and the old T.U. is certainly no
SLOUGH in such debates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
E~n1.,l\

Tennessee Ave. and Orange St.
Rev. W. E. Pugh, pastor.
Second Sunday after Epiphany.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning and evening worship at
IL and Z o'clock, respectively.
Thursday evening service at 1880
o'clock
Glass in the catechism meets each
Saturday afternoon at 2:3O.
The public is cordially invited to
all services.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

Here Is strong tribute to the su-
perior qualities of State Senator
Hudson, candidate for governor, TAX
en- from the Jasper Banner, and evil
IDENTIFY written with intimate knowl-
edge of the subject and in no spirit
OF stereotyped compliment:
The editor of this paper knows
Mr.. Hudson to be the fairest and
most impartial man to friend or en-
envy alike of any man he has ever
watched in public office. He has the
nerve to say mo" regardless of what
that mo" may mean to his political
future. for we saw him tried during
the last session of the legislature
He is every inch an honest, capable
man."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

The South Florida Press Associa-
ton was handsomely entertained by
the hospitable city of Barlow at it's
session there this week and the men,
bers had an enjoyable and profitable
meeting. The editor of the Telegram
was too busy to get away, but his
best wishes were with the scribes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15
At The Churches
Tomorrow
First Presbyterian

First Presbyterian
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Preaching at IL a. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 7:15.
Rev. r. A. Ward will preach the
morning sermon.
Rev. c. l. Stacy having accepted
the call of this church will soon be
with us.
All our friends and all visitors in
the city are invited to worship with
US.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

Colonel Flournoy of De Funiak
Springs, out in West Florida, says
that he is considering the matter of
becoming a candidate for justice of
the State supreme court. Colonel
Fiourney is a good lawyer and a
mighty useful, enterprising citizen
in his section.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-15

1t would take a supreme court
bench as long as a sanitary lunch
counter to hold the applicants for
the enc seat left vacant by the death
of Justice Lamar. The exceeding
richness of this country in high-class
Judicial material demonstrates its
ample preparedness in legal big
guns, however short it may me from
d military point of view.