Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 15, 1911, Page 1

OKE SMITH §TEPS OUT TO ASSUME SEN- ATORIAL TOGA. (By Associated Press.) . Ga.,, Nov, (eorgia this afternoon. orrow. No formal ceremony will rk eitner action. s NOT STINGY WITH ROAD MONEY By Assoclated Press.) Washington, D. €., Nov. rly 40,000,000 has been spent road improvement in the Southern tes, according to the report of retary of Agriculture Wilson, It s found that every State spent r §1,000,000; Texas leading with v §7 000,000, 15.— BUNGALOW TO BE BUILT FOR MR, MENDENHALL r Mendenhall has let the con- et to Mr. J. B. Streater for a six- bungalow, which he will have ted on his property on East nge street, work to commence at e be bungalow will be attractive complete in all of its appoint- ts, being equipped with all mod- wiveniences—an ideal home in inisters and representatives of Varions Presbyterian churches of Fida are in attendance on the an Synod which 1is con- ¥ at Gainesville. ng sermon was preached It by Rev, J. ¢, Tims, of The Synod will continue Tinrsday evening. RENCE OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT GAINESVILLE * s entertaining two istian bodies this week, the Ual Conference of the Christlan Wi the Presbyterian Synod. Atnnal Conference of the lirch convened in that rning. By the program ! Rev. G. L. Lowell, of ¥ 0s down for an address. o ("hy TROOPS DISMISSED. TR\ Jackson yesterday 1 lismissed the local State L he been guarding the i 4l tince Sunday, says the c-*:fl::.‘ x It was deemed that = 06 attack was over, the © negro. Lee Armistead, road to recovery, and of the Plant City peo- led down. Last night “uarded only by dep- it n Plant City last night I Robert Yates and Al- Vere much improved. ROYE COMPLETED BY C. I INMAN man has had a nice 1 on East '-:x ra‘-»rvi\ing the finishing _ ‘%% which will be ready for ¥ next week. ] contains seven rooms, are well finished and ,,“h all conveniences that - “mfort. Mr. and Mrs, In- v“ Tove into their new home ':%dnen week where they ad +, . 0 welcome their many or for RESIGNS OFFICE RG1A CHIEF EXECUTIVE 15.—United or-elect Hoke Smith will his resignation as Governor John M. ton, President of the State Senate, Il take cath of office as Governor Published in the Best Town in the-Best Part of the B PINELLAS WON IN precincts of Hilisborough las, division, the precincts to poll expected. According to the law passed at the last Legislature, Pinellas is now a sovereign county, however, for the present and until action is taken by Governor Gilchrist, it is without offi- It is thought this condition will not obtain for very long, as the very cers. Governor will probably shortly. The vote by precincts follows: Precincts— Bayview ... Clearwater ... Dunedin Largo ... Ozona Seminole ... Safety Harbor St. Petersburg, No. 1... St. Petergburg, No. 37..357 Tarpon Springs ... act ......... 6 0 74 3 20 204 Totals ... 508 Majority for division, 871. | PRESIDENT IS CRITICISED e 1,379 IDAHO GOVERNOR CONDEMNS HIM FOR PARDONING AN EMBEZZLER. (By Associated Press.) Boise, ldaho, Nov. 15.—Governor James H. Hawley has issued a state- ment to the people of Ildaho con- demning President Taft's action in granting a pardon yesterday to Clarence W. Robnett, bookkeeper of the Lewiston National Bank. Rob- nett was convicted of embezzling funds, and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, none of which he had yet served. NOTED AVIATOR KILLED AT BERLIN TODAY (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 15.—Herr Pletsch- ker a noted aviator, fell this morning { while making a flight on Johnann- isthal field, and was instantiy Killed FIRST STRAWBERRIES OF SEASON BROUGHT IN TODAY The first quart of strawberries to be brought to town reached Lakeland this afternoon by Mr. G. H. Hicks, who lives six miles north of town. The berries are of splendid quality, Iwnll ripened and matvred and <old |rf-adi1_\' for 75 cents. THREE MORE JURORS " FORQMCNAMARA CASE (By Associated Press.) | Los Angeles. Calif, Nov. 15.— It is Orange street, believed that three more permanent; jurors have been obtained when the McNamara trial resumed this morn- ing. Peremptory challenge privilege made against talesmen is expected to be invoked in some cases._ Several people claim that they have been healed by the laying on of hands. irate fathers have also wrought great cures by the same operation. DIVISION FIGHT 8t. Petersburg, Nov. 15.—By an overwhelming majority, West Coast county yesterday voted to secede and Flor- ida today has another county—Pinel- Out of 1,887 votes, 1,379 were for the largest vote for division being Clear Water, St. Petersburg, and Largo. Tarpon Springs went almost solidly against division, but this had been For Against 151 trate is held prisoner, while LAKELAND EVENING LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1911 WILLSACCEPT | WITHDREW ALL -~ PAEMIcRSAIP| P ONCE DISGRACED PREMIER, wn.r.l PROBABLY AGAIN ASSUME DIRECTION. B CITRUS EXCHANGE WILL NOT PUSH CASES AGAINST GREEN FRUIT SHIPPERS. (By Associated Press.) Géneral Manager W. (. Temple, of Peking, China, Nov. 15.—The Of-|tke Florida Citruc Exchange, yester- ficial Gazette today publishes an|day %ssued a statement that will be expression of thanks of Yuan Shifof interest to every citrus fruit cul- Kal to the throne for its appolnt-|turist or man connected with the in- ment of him as premier. This is|dusiry in this State or in the va- regarded as tantamount to his ac-|rious markets. Substantially it is ceptance of office. the announcement that all prosecu- tions for violations of the immature and unripe citrus fruit law have been withdrawn. The reasons for such action are very clearly given in Mr. Temple's statement: “Owing to the fact that this is the first year that there has been any immature citrus fruit law, and fur- ther owing to the fact that most, if not all, the violators of the law, did 80 without full realization of thé consequences of just what they were doing, and further owing to the fact that comparatively few of the of: fenders were caught directly in the act, and believing that all those in- terested in the orange business in this state are in accord now with the (By Assoclated Press.) proposition that the shipping of im- s 5 mature fruit is neither popular nor San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 15.—A|pigiable, the exchange feels that Hong Kong cable to a Chinese paper |y ;o \;yise and unfair to continue here states that Nanking has been the prosecutions of the few individ- captured by the revolutionists. uals who were caught and who claimed that they were shipping in REV. SMITH HARDIN TO good faith, and it has therefore in- ERECT BUSINESS BLOCK structed its attorneys to discontinue proceedings already begun on this year's shipments. Material is now being placed on “Inghe trials as far as they have the ground for another handsome} ., #\ gy been established: First, store and office building which Willl a0 yne Jaw as it stands is constitu- be erected at the corner of Mainyg,q); yecond, that prosecutions can street and Florida avenue by Rev.|y. .46 and verdict of guilty found Smith Hardin, of Tampa. in jury trials under the present law The building, which will be oflg, iy yeands; third, that these prose- pressed brick, will be two storles inl . ijong can only be made by the ac- height, with a frontage on Floridaj ;o prosecution of some corporation avenue of 52 feet. On Main street{ . j,qividual taking on itself or him- the building will extend back 70) .t (he labor. the onus and the ex- 'hmt in depth, and while the main| .o of such prosecutions. entrances will be on Florida avenue,[ ¢ 4o e opinion of the exchange there will of course, be a side en-| gicjals that the law at the next ses- trance and several windows open-|gion of the legislature should be so ing on Main street. amended that it becomes the stated The lower floor will be divided in-|qyy of sherifts and deputies in the to two store rooms, while the second | . ione counties to just as actively I“'”' be devoted to offices, the latter| . ocute the violators of this law as ¢to be fitted up in a modern and up- to-date manner, (By Associated Press.) Amoy China, Nov. 15.—Republi- cans, who took possession of this city vesterday have issued an address to Foreign Consuls requesting the lat- ter's nmeutrality, giving assurance that thetr property will be protect-| ed. Hai Chang is in the hands of the revolutionists. The City Magis- local officials are reported to have fled from Tauan Chow, and the rough ele- ment is now in control. NANKING CAPTURED | BY REVOLUTIONISTS violation of criminal statutes.™ INDEPEND'T TOBACCO DEALERS | APPEAL AGAINST TRUST| (By Associated Press.) ! New York, Nov. 15.—Filing tmlu)’l ihy independent tobaceo dealers of 2 petition to intervene in the gov- erument’s dissolution snit against the tobacco trust makes certain an !appeal from the plan to the United States Supreme Court, and may de- lay the disintegration of the trust, i;x the opinion of the counsel in the case. Shonld the independent's pe- tition be granted the circnit! court, the case will be taken to the lighted, screened. and hot and cold|preme court by the protestants, is water will be furnished throughoutl,n. geclaration of their counsel, Fe-! the house. Colonial columns willl iy gy, Leavy. The independent’s pv-‘ ornament the entrance to the house, | 1i1ion bases plea to intervene on the and in every it will be mod-|,r5und that the “decision will not rern and up-to-date. Several parties|, cuhstance and efiect conform to have been desirous of leasing the| ;. requirements of the opinion andl |hnu.~l‘ for boarding house purposes.|accrce made by the United States! i but, as it will be a double house, it | g,pnreme Court.” yi¢ the intention of Mr. Alfield to A I 11‘»150 it to two or more families GOVERNMENT m mm FREIGHT RATE CASES (By Associated Pre Washington, D. ., Nov, 15.-—The Government will immediately appeal (By Associated Press.) to the United States Supreme Court i Torreon, Nov. 15.—General strike|from the Commerce Court’s decision, declared here; situation serious.|granting temporary injunction of Bakers have joined the movement|orders of the Interstate Commerce and a bread famine ie imminent.|Commission in the trans-continental 5,000 workmen are idle. rate cases. —— MR. G. H. ALFIELD BUILDS APARTMENT HOUSE Mr. G. H. Alfield, who some weeks ago purchased the Stroud property on Virginia avenue in West Lake- land, is having the same greatly im- proved, and when completed, it will be an up-to-date and moderny apart- ment house, Originally the house contained eight rooms, and to these have heen added six more, making it a house All rooms will finished, e¢lectrically | of fourteen rooms. splendidiy by be way | GREASERS ON STRIKE | AT TORREON, MEXICO ! | ! | est State. they are required to prosecute the RETAINS | TELEGRAM NO. 13 DEATH CLAIMED MRS. ROSECUTIONS JENKINS JONES; TODAY The sad news was flashed over the wires this afternoon to friends in this city that Mrs. Jenkins Jones died this morning at her home in Bramwell, West Virginia. Further than this brief message, no particu- lars were given, however, it is sup- posed that her death was sudden, as, when heard from last week, she was enjoying her usual good health. Mrs. Jones was u lady of many lovable traits of character and pos- sessed many friends in Lakeland who will learn of her death with deep sorrow. For many years Mrs. Jones had been a regular winter visitor to Lakeland, and she was to have re- turned here for the season shortly after the holidays. Besides her devoted husband, Mrs. Jones is mourned by a daughter, Miss May Jones, and to these bereaved ounes is extended the deep and heart- felt sympathy of the entire com- munity. ARCADIA SCHOOL CLOSED ON ACCOUNT OF DIPHTHERIA Owing to the death last Friday of the four-year-old son of John Carter, from diphtheria, the public schools of this place are closed for a week, or until danger of spread of the disease is over. BEATTIE'S LAST NOPE GONE GOVERNOR REFUSES:10 INTER. FERE, AND BEATTIE WILL BE ELECTROCUTED. (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.-—-Gover- nor Mann has declined to interfere in the case of Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., and the young wife murderer's t hope of escaping the electric chair has been swept away. Giving his position in a signed statement Governor Mann said that he sympathized with Beat- tie’s father, but with a “proper re- gard for the public iuterest, | can not interfere with the execution of the court’s sentence.” COURT MOUSE AT ARCADIA Arcadia, Nov, 15, - Returns in the county seat election tonight give Arcadia 97, Zolto 777. Six small precincts remain unheard from but these are conceded to be strong for Arcadia. The campaign and election were one of the hottest ever known in this county, the Zolfo people and a large contingent lhrmlgluiul DeSoto advocating the removal of the county seat to Zolfo. The successful end- ing of the election in favor of Ar- cadia, the present county seat, will mean the spee srection of a hand- some court ho It is setim jority will be 2 1 that Arcadia’s ma- 0 votes, ? TRAGEDYAT | AUGUSTA TODAY, Nov. 15 Brazem, in the pres- By Augusta, Ga., Crazed by | jealousy, Ed. ] ence of his wife, today <hot and kill- ed Carrie Bell Duncan, a 16-vear-old girl of this city «~ Letters in Brazem's pockets stated that he loved the girl and was jeal- ous of other men and intended kill- ing her and himself. He was pre- vented from killing himself by his sick wife, who held him until the police arrived. U. S. SHOULD OPERATE CANAL SECRETARY STIMSON THINKS WE SHOULD CONTROL THE GREAT WATERWAY. Kansas City, Mo.,, Nov. 14.—In addressing the Kansas ity Commer- cial Club tonight Secretary Stimson, in dealing with the problem pre- sented by the approaching comple- tion of the Panama (anal took ad- vanced ground in favor of subsidies to American shippers using the canal and for its administration as a military adjunct. He called atten- tion to the fact that although there will be water enough in the canal to float small boats throughout its length by the close of the rainy sea- ton which commences next May, and while the canal will be fully ready for ocean trafiic, through our own neglect no provision has been made for its operation. As soon as the canal Is completed the President's authority over it will cease unless Congress comes to the rescue. A great economic loss will be involved in allowing the present splendidly efficient force of employees to disin- tegrate, when so much of it will be needed for the permanent operation of the canal. Then there is the problem of cre- ating a permanent organization or government to operate the canal and to ctnorol the Zone. The country is worthless for agricultural purposes; mostly a tropical jungle or low rocky hills and it {s+ preposterous to think of it ever forming a basis for an American farming settlement. This fortunate condition affords an opportunity for the creation of an organization for the almost sole pur- pose of opening and shutting the leck gates and protecting them in times of trouble; it is not a question of educating or of uplifting a dependent people and there is no reason for in- troducing all the complex checks and balances of a self governing com- munity. The Secretary declared that at the bottom the canal presents a military problem. For defonsive purposes it will double the capacity of our fleet and to have It blockaded at a critical moment in our natfonal lite either by accident or design might be quite as disastrous as hav- fng twenty of our battleships sunk at sea. The temptation which that fact imposes upon any nation with whom the United States may be at war must never be lost sight of. Correspondingly its military effect- tveness will make it a powerful allly in assuring a maintainance of peace. The Secretary alluded to the sani- tary problem and declared that only a continually viligant exercises of the administrative power could in- sure us apainst possible contagion, as this strip of land was notorious for 400 years as a plague spot of the Americas. In the operation of the canal the President should be given a free hand, using such forms of ad- rative government as he may What is needed is a method { flexible enough to meet the new and |uncertaiy problems which are bound to arise. Touching the important question of coal, the Secretary pointed out that the Panama Canal would have | at least three great competitors; the | Suez Canal, the Tehnantepec !and our own trans-continental rail- route roads. The amount of commerce that will use the Panama route will be determined largely by the ques- tion of tolls. If a dollar a ton of freight per thousand miles repre- sents the coal consumption of the freight steamers, cvery dollar charg- ed as tolls for the Canal will neutral ize a thousand miles of the advantage in distance which the Panama route may have over any competitor. There should be an administrativ ST Pullln zCTusaE 2 - A X i e . [} | §