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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
ONE WOMAN
KILLED WHEN
COTTON MILL
COLLAPSED
tBy Associated Press

spartanburg, S. c.. Feb. Ia
ore woman worker was killed and
e.aht injured when a wall OF the
Fairmont cotton mill, cieht miles
from here. collapsed this morning
and toppled into the river The
building was an old brick structure.
One hundred and fifty employees are
believed o. have reported for duty
b fore the cllaps'
The name f the woman Killed
was Mrs +. phillips Practically
all operatives have been accounted
fer Several of tho injured are re-
uorted TO be in a serious condition
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
THAT
AMERICANS HELD
PRISONERS IN
BELGIUM IS
DlSCRfDITED

Washington. Feb. l5.-llerbert {.
Hoover. chairman of the American
commission Of Belgian Relief. dis
credited Swiss reports that American
relief workers in belgium are being
Lead prisoners by Germany Hoover
sud expected no difficulty in de
pa.tare ef Americans from Belgium
rhcre qr forty-two American relic.
WIN kers in Belgium.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15

TO return home within short time,
as the First New Hampshire Infantry
cntrained for their home today and
the Fourth Missouri are under or
ders to return home. awaiting trans
portation, the Second Florida being
the only National Guard troops left
left here.
The heath of the company is good,
as you can see we have no one In the
hospital or on the sick report.
Goodrich to Join Regular Army
Lieut.. Goodrich has been in Laredo
for the last week taking an examina-
ton of commission as a Provision
al Lieutenant in the Regular Army.
Lieut.. Houston, of Arcadia, and Sergt.
Yon, of Gainesville. are also taking
this examination and will finish to-
morrow, which is Saturday. the 3rd
OF course It will be some time before
they know whether or not they have
j DdSStu lilS ~
pointments are made provisional for
one year. During that time the pro
visional lieutenants go to school and
then take the final examination fol
regular lieutenants in the army.
! Sergeant Gallagher holds down the
position OF company clerk. which is
very important place to fill as he hal
charge of and keeps up all the com
pany records and attends to all th'
correspondence and paper work. HI
is sprouting a German goatee and |
he continues to let 1t grow II will b
hard to tell from his appearance
whether he is army sergeant or
German submarine commander.
The men were at sea for amust
ment out here. but now we are amuse
once week by Mexican horse ra'
, ing. All the Mexican ranchers an
} tenants gather near our camp once
week and race their horses. whic
proves to be very interesting. Th
men all attend the races In a body an
have made many acquaintances VI
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
TWO AMERICANS
KILLED IN RAID
BY NEXICANS
ON LANG RANCH
ny Associated Fress.l

FL Paso. Feb. n. American ar
ruing here declare $50 Am ficans
are reported to have been killed ON
Tuesday when the MeNicans raided
Langs ranch on the American side
.c, the border west Cf the Cornor
ranch. which was raided on Monday
Both raids are attributed To force.
Of Jesa Salazar. villa commander
Name Of the one killed ON Lang
ranch was Fulton
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
AUSTRALIANS FOREMOST
ASTRONOMER is DEAD
(By Associated Press

Melbourne, Feb. 15.-The death is
announced of John Tebbutt, Australias
foremost astronomer He was 81
wears old. Mr.. Tebbutt spent prac-
tically the whole of his life at Wind
sor. New South Wales where he
erected an observatory at his own
cost He first came into Worldwide
notice by his minute observations OF
the comets of 1858, 1860, and 1861
Since that time he had devoted MS
energies to the discovery and obserya
ton of comets. In 1862 he was offered
and declined the post OF government
astronomer of New South Wales.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
News Notes From
The Border Tell
OF Cold Weather

The following letter to the Pant
CITY Courier is of interest:
Dolores Ranch, Texas, Feb. 2, 1917.
i will write you few more items
of news regarding the company.
Nothing out of the ordinary has oc-
CURED since my last letter to you.
All retired night before last with
our tents rolled up, the weather be-
ing ideal. and it looked and felt as
I,hough we were on a pleasure trip
to the Hllsborough river or Lake
lThonotosassa, but be it far from that,
ms we we're awakened about two
o'clock i'm the morning by the flapping
Of tents the going down of our mess
shack. the turning over of our water
barrels and the cans and COOKING
utensils. We thought at first we had
bcon attacked by the Mexicans, but
when we wiped the dust out OF our
eyes and got our bearings, found that
we had only been attacked by one OF
those Texas Northerners which are
very frequent visitors here. The
weather now is very cold. We had
nIenty of ice last night, and the fires
were kept burning in the tents all
night A number of the men were
! ont on a hunt when the change ol
weather took place including coker
Walden. Taylor Fletcher, Sansome
: Tvner. Vause and Coleman. Accom-
! panied by two burros as pack-traif
and our faithful mascot Leo, who II
big black Newfoundland dog whom
! "E" Company of the Second Main'
left with us on their departure 10
s home The party Of hunters wer'
5 about six miles from camp, near
] reservoir. where they had gone U
: shoot ducks. and the cold wetehe
/ did not drive them into camp, as the
o remained there that night, the follow
? ing day and the next night, returnin
- TODAY at nilOO WIN ephiN ef@NNs
n and about fifteen ducks and severa
n rabbits. OF which we had large mea
e for the company. There seems to b
5 no end to quail and ducks In thi
u country.
n Since my last letter the member
e Of the company who we're in the ho
s pital have all returned to duty. Tn
y entire company is here now with tn
exception of the four men left
camp to guard the property-Carl
ton. Womble. Manugain and Wilshir
S Garrison is in camp having some wor
done on his teeth. Ciemons is ais
nd there. having left the hospital fe
days ago; they are expected to joi
IS the company at any date.
We are expecting to receive orders
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
TEMPTING COD' ARE
AMERICANS WHO
SAILIN DEFIANCE
Sub. BLOCKADE
lRN Associated Press. J

Amsterdam, Feb. 5.-The Der
lin d.okal Anzeiger says the sailing
of American merchantmen in def
ane, of the submarine blockade
amounts to nothing else than most
" ickedly tempting God"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
different Mexicans at these races.
Excitement In Camp

We had little excitement in camp
last night about IL o'clock, when the
Sergeant of the Guard, who was Ser
geant Stewart from Bradentown. re-
ported that sentry had discovered
numerous lights about four miles
from camp and that they were ad-
vancing toward us. Sergeant Stey-
skal was gotten ready with a patrol
to make an investigation OF the lights.
which looked to be about fifty in num-
Der in the direction Of LaPerla Creek.
which is eight miles from us. We
telephoned to LaPerla to make In
ouiry before the patrol left and found
that the lights were truck company
passing throuhg from the Browns
vile district They parked their
trucks and encamped about four miles
from us and proceeded on their jour-
b ley this morning.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
GERARD AID PARTY
OF 42 REACH
PARIS SAFELY
CBy Associa' ed Press.

Paris, Feb, - Former Amhas-
sador Gerard. Mrs. Gerard and their
party numbering forty-two, arrived
from Berne this morning The jour
ney was without incident The party
was met by Ambassador Sharpe and
embassy staff.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
CREW
OF Schooner
LAW HARDLY
GIVEN THE TO
GAIN SAFETY
lny As.oeLa,el Pr.ss.l

tasliari Sardinia, Feb. i5.- Cap
tain Mcnor ueh. master American
schooner lyman u Law. sunk by
aE Austrian submarine. goes TO ROM
tomorrow 10 testify src American
toasul rrcdw5n AhdMlts OF the
crew taken her say the crow scarce
lF were given Time 20 save them
selves
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
One American Survivor
(By Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. Is. .-Ambassa-
dor PAGE Of London has advised the
state department that one American
is among the survivors of the British
sailing vessel Ainsdale, sunk On the
Irish coast
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
RED CROSS
HOSPITAL oesTRofE0
1nr Associated PICS }

Toxin Feb. 15.-The japanese hsu
Cross Hospital at Mukden was ~
by a fire on January ., 49,, Sos.
~ - . Nukden dispatch. After des,
,S narate efforts of the medical stan anu anu
pSr.es the patient were all remover
m a Mace OF safety
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
vAPP1AcE LICENSES

Combce. of Lakeland ana MISS
~ lane Walker. Lakeland.
lanes Washington. Fl. Meaoe' AM
Me- Winnie Hilsmith. Fl. Mead
r,rar DuT. of Kathleen, and MISS
r.,o,le Moore OF Kathleen
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
Railroads Put
Embargo On
Shipments To
Eastern Ports
For Export
(By Associated Prcss.D

Washington Feb. 15.-Represen-
t,tiyes of thirty railroads IN consid-
cring the ear shortage made a gen
t'eman's agreement to declare a
virtual embargo against shipments
Fer export to eastern ports
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
Would Make Transportation OF
Liquor a Crime
(By Associated Press. J

Wy Ho'ONI''N'
Washington. Feb. l5.-The SEN
ate adopted an amendment to the
postal bill making it crime Tor per-
sons in dry States to cause liquor
to he transported into such States.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15

New York, Feb. 15.-Railroad de-
clared that immediate cause of serious
freight congestion reported in pro-
ducing centers west and south. due to
railroad policy of refusing shipments
New York export freight unless ship
per can prove his cargo room en-
gagged.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-15
Natl Prohibition
Amendment
FavOrably
Reported
lRy Associated Press. J

Washington. Feb l5-The Webb
resolution proposing the national
nrohihition amendment was favor
ably reported to the House. The
minority report was also presented .
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29
Relates How Kaiser
Escaped Assassin

EDITORIAL NOTE. - William Lee
Queux, who here chronicles for his
friend, Count Ernst Won Heltzend dorm,
the Iatter's revelations of the iuEer
life OF the imperial German court, has
long been recognized throughout Eu-
rope as the pOssessOr of its innermOst
secrets.
The English "WhO's Who. says of
MIN: "He has intimate knowledge OF
the secret service of Continental cOun-
tries and is considered by the govern
ment (Of Great Brittany an authority on
such matters" Another authority says:
@Fevv people have been more closely as
ISOLATED with or know more of the
many than he.'
of secret information at his command
than any contemporary i'm civil life, and
for the last six years the British Gov
eminent has made valuable use of his
vast store of secret information through
n speciaIIy organized department with
which LeOueux works voluntary
assistant
Count Won HeItzendOrR became an In
Inmate of LeQueux several years prior
to the outbreak of the war; he has been
living In retirement I'm France since
August, 1914, and it was there that Lee
Queux received from the crown princes
late personal adjutant permission to
make public these revelations of the
inner life of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the demOcracies of the world might
come to know the real, but heretofore
hidden, personalities of the two dOmi-
nant members of the autOcracy 1T is
now aFrayed against.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29

private dining room" Sald
A one of the imperial serv-
ants, entering the kaiser's study, where
l was awaiting him.
AS passed downstairs to the room,
to which entrance was forbidden even
to the crown prince himself, | natur-
ally wondered why l had been COM
manded to audience there.
"Have you any knowledge of the
contents of the letter which you have
brought from the crown prince" the
emperor asked bluntly.
replied in the negative.
"Where are you going now?" he ask
ed suddenly.
ITO Thorn. His imperial highness
inspects the garrison there on Thurs
day." I said.
"Ah! Of course. I intended to go,
but it is impossible"
Then after a pause, the emperor
looked me straight in the face and
suddenly said:
"HeItzendorff, have you any knowl-
edge of any man called MinckwitzT'
I reflected.
ST know Count Won Minckwitz, grand
master of the court of the duke of
Saxe-Altenburg," was my reply.
mo. This is man, Wilhelm Minck-
WITT, who poses as musician"
l shook my head.
"YOu are quite certain that you have
never heard the name? Try to recol-
lect whether the crown prince has
ever mentioned him in your presence
l endeavored to recall the circum-
stance, for somehow very gradually L
felt a distinct recollection of having
once heard that name before.
''At the moment fail to recall any
thing, your majesty" was my answer.
The emperor knit his brows as
though annoyed at my reply. and then
grunted deeply in dissatisfaction.
Remain here in Potsdam," he said.
Telegraph to the crown prince re-
calling him at my orders, and l will
cancel the inspection at Thorn. Tell
the crown prince that [ wish to see
him tonight Immediately upon his re-
turn"
Then, noticing for the first time that
the emperor held a paper in his hand,
I realized by it's color that it was one
of those secret reports furnished for
the kaiSer'S eye alOne-a report OF one
of the thousands of spies of Germany
spread everywhere.
Minckwitz! I impressed that name
bowed myself out of the imperial pres
ence.
Returning to the Marmor palace I
sent long and urgent message over
the private wire to willie" at AL
tona, repeating his majesty's orders,
and recalling him at once. Quite well
knew that such an unusual message
would arouse his highness' appreheu-
sion that for some offense or other he
was about to receive a paternal cas-
tgation. But 1 could not be explicit,
because / had no knowledge of the
reason the emperor was canceling our
engagement at Thorn.
"Did He Ask You That?"
AT nine o'clock that night the crown
prince burst into the room wherein l
was attending to the correspondence.
What in the name of fate does all
this mean, Heltzendorff?" he demand
ed. "Why did the emperor fail to re-
ply to my meSsage?"
II delivered it." l said. And then 1
described what took place in the en-
Ieror's private dining room. When
J mentioned the name of Minckwitz the
crown princes cheeks blanched.
did he ask you that?" he gasped.
Yes. l told him that the only per-
son / knew OF that name was Count
son MinckwitZ."
"Ah, that little fat, old master of the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29
A LETTER FROM THE CROWN PRINCES PERSONAL ADJUTANr
TO WILLIAM LE0UEUX PoSSESsoR OF THE
SECRETS


a a a
o
these
recorded
1.-THE of disclosures which could make and the
print
against cvii
all
mao
Yours
HELTZENDORFF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-29

I" HE emperor commands you
@S to audience at once in the
private dining room," said
IA ono of the imDerial Serv-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
Downs Paint and
Paper Store

Painting, Graining
Kalsomining, Paper
Hanging and
Interior Decorating.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
$50 Per Month

Why pay this when for SMALL PAYMENT down ond from
SD to $50 per month you
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
GO Buy Home in Ardmore r1ak d

The average rent for veroom bungalow in Ardnore is
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07
Own Your Own Home
EdWards Bros.

Princess Theatre Bldg.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-07

Highclass Contractors and Builders
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

Their Congress Calls Upon Army. q D.
fend aavolutionapv ,pa..ssis N

Their Congress Calls upen Army @ D.
fsnd Revolutionary ,a.esis
Petrograd, via London. June S--Tho
congress OF peasants in session here
adopted resolution today calling upon
the army to submit itself to disciplins
and defend revolutionary Russia
The congress afflrms It Is the duty
Of those 1t represents to defend the
country theoretically and make every:
sacrifice to sustain tho fighting
strength OF the army.
The text Of the resolution adopted
by the delegates Of peasants follows:
"The peasants aspire to an equitable
peace without humiliating annexation
or indemnity and with the right OF each
nation to dispose OF itself. Interna-
tional relations and treaties should be
submitted to the peoples Interested.
Dispute should be settled by an inter
congress approves the union OF work
ers and appeals to peasants OF all
governments to force their govern
ments to renounce annexations."
VI. Krustalef Nosar. who was presi-
dent of the executive committee Of the
workmen's council at the time OF the
Russian revolution IN 1905, has pro-
claimed the complete autonomy Of the
Pereyaslav district Of Little Russia, ac-
cording to a telegram received here to-
day from Poltava. He has refused to
permit the district to send supplies to
the army.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
German Lines
Suallo,OSd as if
b. Earthquake

London, June S.-All the special COR
respondents at the front, In their de-
scriptions Of the Msssines battle. iea-
ture trem endous explosion OF mines
which preceded the British advance.
"The earth opened and the German
line disappeared" II one terse descrip-
ton.
Every writer likens the effect on the
surrounding terrain to that Of an
earthquake One says that the hill on
which he stood shook like jelly" An
other who says the explosive used was
a minol-a-minol, writes:
we saw what might have been the
doors thrown open In a number Of
colossal blast furnaces. They appeared
In pairs and threes and successive
singles-and with each blast the earth
shook and shivered beneath our feet.
1t was worse than an earthquake,
said some one who had known earth
quakes. The earth shook from Wyt-
schaete wood and other places. and
while our eyes were full Of the spec
tacle thousand guns opened fire.
THE air shook as the earth shook
and where earth and air met -incredi-
Bile explosions seemed to rend the
world, until we appeared part OF some
cosmic revolution.
1--WE saw familiar landscapes, al
ready plowed and narrowed by the
war, vanish or assume grot ,sque
shapes. Hill No. SO went up in fine
dust"
The correspondents agree in antici-
pating desperate counter attacks. Jhe Y
say the Germans are massips Vast
forces and intimate that the battle is
only begun.
More than 100000 pounds of high
explosives had been placed under the
German fc--:ra positions during IN.
last twelve months and the upheaval
of a score Of separate mines spread
panic among the troops, already
harassed, as they were to the point
of distraction by seven days and
nights of fire from the greatest con-
centration Of guns on a given front
since the war began. The battle of
Arras apparently had reached the ulti-
mate In this respect but today's bonn
bardment was carried out by 20 per
cent moro guns. especially guns OF
heavy caliber.
Tho Messines ridge has hong been a
thorn in the side Of the British. They
were driven from It IN those perilous
days Of OctobsG 1914, when with
weak lines ana Virtually no artil-
lerly they braveIy but forlornly at
tempted to hold this point OF vantage.
If all Of today's gains are held the
pressure on poor old YpreASwhich has
~.sasxn,N nAnr$ - :, e
win bA atfeetnally Sssiayed. Not much
is left Of Kpses but ~ crun1bling walls
and brick dust, but the British have
held It as the last important landmark
which survived in the little king don,
overrun by the Germans in their mad
dash against France.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
DUE TO VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
Word From v. S. Consul Reported Cit
Partially Destroyed.

Word From u. >. ConSut HepoF1eo Sity
Partially Destroyed.
Washington, June S.-Dispatches
from American Minister Long at San
Salvador sent at o'clock last night,
while the volcano of San Salvador was
erupting. said part Of the city had
been destroyed by fire, but that 1t was
under control.
The dispatch said that about 6:35
p. m. Yesterday severe earth shocks
began and continued until about S:46
with varying degrees Of inteEsity.
At about S:45 the volcano Of San
Salvador began to bclch forth fire and
smoke, apparently on the side toward
Quetzaltepeque. There was later one
very severe shock but tho tremors OF
the earth continued with decreasing
violence. At the same time there wss
a steady shower Of dry ashes falling
over the city.
U. s. Records Safe.
The report says that damage to the
American legation building will rem
der It uninhabitable, but the records
are all safe. One important central
business section had been destroyed by
fire, which 1t the time Of telegraphing
seemed to be under control. No deaths
were reported in the minister's dispatch
as being known at ths& hour
It il quite possible that volcanic
eruption, fire Or earthquakes might
have wrought greater damage after the
sending Of the dispatch.
Seismographs Of Georgetown Univer-
sity last night recorded severe earth
disturbance about 5000 miles from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

are now In custody in connection with
alleged plots to kidnap local jeweler
and a munitions manufactures. was
made public by the police today In the
belief that the Adamses knew about
the abduction OF the Keet infant. The
note was addressed to Taylor B..
Adams, one Of those under arrest, con-
tanned this playing, card. tha ace of
! hearts. with sketch OF a dagger
piercing the heart.
I'VE will get you within one month" !"
| was written on card In tho envelope.
Mr.. Keet has maintained since the
disappearance that the baby would be
returned safely. He repeated that as
sertion today although giving out no
further details Of the search ne was
understood to be pursuing. That belief
also comedies with the statements OF
friends that the banker has received
several communications from persons
they declare abducted the baby.
Judge Arch A. Johnson OF the Spring
field Circuit Court OF Appeals declared
he believed the latest arrests would re-
veal the last bit Of evidence needed to
end the case and the search, giving at
the same time the Information neces-
sary to complete the investigation OF
other alleged abduction plots which
concerned the kidnapping OF c. A. Glenn
ent wealthy jewaler here, baby and
a St Louis munitions-maker. as part
of German conspiracy
However. search is being made for at
least three other persons. it was known.
The authorities here today asked the
Chicago police to apprehend man
from Chicago known as Riley, and the
police Of Kansas City to arrest two wo-
men. Confessions OF several Of those
held, as given out by authorities, have
fixed Chicago as the headquarters from
which the gang planned its alleged
work,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
WILSON IGNORES SENIORITY.

President Names Thrss New Major
Generals and Eighteen 'eisadiers.
Washington, June Sin nominating
three new major generals and eighteen
brtgadiers today, President Wilson dis
regarded strict seniority and went down
into the list for live wires" for the
greater army.
In addition to the army promotions
more than 200 officers of the navy
were advanced to higher grades. among
them Capt. Hugh Rodman. who be-
comes rear. admiral.
Brig-Gen. Frank Mcintyre, chief Of
the insular bureau of the war depart
ment today formally assumed addi-
tional duties as chief military censor,
relieving Major Douglas Macarthur Of
the general staff. an &gineer officer
who will devote himself hereafter, to
the regular staff duties to which he
was assigned