Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 1, 1911, Page 1

voL 1 13 STANDARD 0L COMPANIES A WHOLE LOT OF m’l'fl 0CTO- pUSES NOW INSTEAD OF ONE BIG ONE. 'y Associated Press.) york, Dec. 1.—The thirty- . bsidiary companies into standard Oil Company (ded after the Supreme reed its dissolution, began ate existence today. Some red thousand new stock containing proportion- < in the companies, were ix thousand stockholders standard Oil Co., of New paviD BRUCE BROWN WINS GWD PRIZE RACE L. Nov. 30.—Thousands Wit comfortable beds at our today to see the start ol Prize race at 9 o'clock. « of the ground became night, rendering the . h faster and safer than anticipated. the day was bitter cold, out brightly and dis- ~me of the discomfort suf- those in the stands. LERS FOR DRIVERS. Fred \Wagoner sent the P'rize racers off promptly. wd gave each driver a rous- as they got under way at - intervals beginning at 9 ook Ralph Mulford, winner of the Vanderbilt Cup race, received an oovation David Bruce Brown, the 24-year- { millionaire, today won his sec- owd grand prize race. This year he sored his victory in an Italian Fiat defeating Eddie Hearne, an- voung millionaire, driving a Ilenz, in whifh Bruce-Brown ¥ race. hed less lhau a min- Bruce-Brown, Ralph * Palma finished third iu his T Mereedes car. Ralph Mul- «ro of the Vanderbilt Cup wis a contender up to the when he developed with his engines, which put of the race, v lups, M0RE RACES SAYS SAVANNAH Nov. 30.—Mayor deman, who has been trumental in securing all tomobile races Savannah within the past five years, representative of the As- vss at the race course to- . | + city had made its bid biz automobile race. will be asked for, he says. s shown the automobile it can do in pulling off while the question imother might be con- the overtures came from ile club authorities else- nrah and the Savannah Club are satisfied with thiey have won already '¢ off the most continent. PRAND STAND GIVES WAY; FIFTY ARE INJURED Miss., Nov., ‘T injured, several possi- when a temporary '@t the State Fair grounds ist before play was start- the annual football con- the elevens of the Uni- ssippi and Mississip- 30 —Fifty tiral and Mechanical Col- | itand or more spectators » the greund with the stand. veler, of Jackson, University student, and T. W. Henry, ¢ student, Clinton, most seriously hurt. .tml\ n the matines gler's legs were brok-|the show and clectric theaters 'nlwhl and altogether !rlca-am]\ and :n)nramv spent without | ‘s and Henry were hurt “d ogave way 1ddenly tilting to one ‘0g down under its bur- imanity. A number of * “ud children were among the | of the structure. inded were hurried to hos- | brivate homes for surgi- ton as quickly as auto- | (losed during the ' suecessful | the | Publlshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. DONATIONS RECEIVED FOR MRS. CARLTON The following donations have been received at the office of the Evening Telegram for Mrs. Ida Carlton, whose home and contents were de- stroyed by fire noon: J. M. Carlton J. N. Taylor W. A, Evans Children's Mlsslonar) Society Methodist church Dry goods—Mrs. S. M. Bass. PASSING OF THE CONVENTION If Cummin's Bill Passes, Primaries Will Name Presidential Candidates. Wednesday after- 1.00 (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. (', Dec. 1.—Sena- tor Cummins, of lowa, has announced that he will introduce a bill for presidential primaries. The bill will fix August 1st as the date of the first primary. If it should prevail, nothing will be left of national con- ventions, except the framing of a platform. HEAD-ON COLLISION NEAR INVERNESS Engines and Several Cars Badly Smashed but Nobody Was Seriously Hurt, A head-on collision between two freight trains near Inverness oc- curred Wednesday afterncon a few miles this side of Inverness when a through freight in charge of Conduc- tor George M. Lee, crashed into a local freight in charge of Conductor J. M. Lee. Engineer T. J. Moody, and Frgineer A. Scott, received sev- eral bruises about the head and shoulders, but both were able to take their run out yesterday. Others on the train were unhurt. The trains met on the same track and both were going at a high rate of speed when the wreck occurred, The accident was due to the fact that the conductor on the through freight over-read his orders (3 THANKSGIVING IN LAKELAND Day Generally Observed as Time of Quie‘ Enjoyment and Rest. Tha' ksgiving was a beautiful ®ay, the sun shoue bright and the air was crisp and cool, rendering conditions most favorable for a day of joy anq general thanksgiving. All business houses of the city were day and everyone enjoyed a day of rest and pleasure all feeling that they had much for which to be thankful. There were services in several of the churches, First Baptist chure of pra at members of the holding a sunrise service and thanksgiving, while Methodist church a large tion gathered at 10 o'clock to hear an excellent sermon by Dr. Piner There were services also at the First Presbyterian church the congrega- of the city had been extra preparations made, and everyone enjoyed a good dinner A mumber of dinner parties and family reunions were features of there the day which were most pleasaut to] 11 those participating In the afternoon the fairly alive with automs took long spins into the country and to nearby towns. Tt wers splendid, the heavy rains h 2 laid the dust, rendering motoring a most g diversion. A in the afternoon at streets were road faree the day 'NO WONDER, R, Wi SUCH A NAME (By Associated Press.) Vienna, Dec. 1.—Njegus, who shot at Minister Justice Hochenburger, s whol :n,u.]" was | LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER l lDll BAD WRECK CHARGE THAT LAST NIGHT| NEAR KISSIMMEE, ONE PERSON |BRIBERY PHASE OF McNAMARA SERIOUSLY, AND SEVERAL CASES EXCITING INTENSE SLIGHTLY INJURED INTEREST. (Special to The Telegram.) Kissimmee, Dec. 1.—Running at a (By Associated Press.) Los Angeles, Calif,, Dec. 1—There high rate of speed, passenger train|has been further activity by District No. 85, was aimost completely wreck- [ Attorney Fredericks and his assist- ed last night about one mile east of |ants in probing the alleged attempt Kissimmee, the accident being due to|of Bert H. Franklin, a detective em- a spreading rail. No lives were lost | p'oyed by the MeNamara defense to and only one person seriously in-|hribe a prospective juror, aud more Jured, 1. C. Royal, the baggage mas- | arrests are hinted at. Ever since ter sustaining a contusion of the Franklin was taken into custody brain and other internal injuries |, a4 releascd upon a $10,000 bond, ciused by being pinned under the|ine phase of the case has been at- baggage car and having several|iricting more attention than the heavy trunks piled upon him, trial of James B. McNamara for Passengers give vivid accounts of | piypger in connection with blowing the fearful accident and state taat up the Los Angeles Times. Frank- it was nothing short of miraculous| iy as well as the attorneys for the that @ great many of the Passensers| (ugopse, still contend that the ar- wore not Killed or severely injnred. part of a political “‘frame- The train was one hour and thirty- rests are up five minutes late at Orlando and the . TALLAHASSEE VOTES BONDS. was making up time and ily the train was going at a high rate u'f..\’pm‘fl w hen the accident InLian Rasen - NGy Yesterday occurred, The engine and mail car an election was held to pass upon passed over the broken or spreading the issuance of city bonds to the rail in safety, but the baggage car,| o or 830,000 for strect paving day coaches and Pullmans left the purposes. The vote was 49 to 15 ralls, ran a short (Hsunm-‘ on the tles in favor of bonds; Mayor Lowry and then turned over. The bagsage sdvised that a meeting of the City cer turned oyer several times boforo Council will be held tomorrow night stopping, the car going one way and for formal ratification of the vote, the trucks the other. The day end the city will advertise for bids coaches and I'ullnu{us remained ut an for paving Monroe street through angle of about 45 degrees—tuened | g section of the town, on over too far for the passengers (o do down by the Capitol, and by the G. more than crawl out on hands and F. and A. depot and S. A. L. depot klm:'\" . will be paved in all something more When the cars left the track the than a mile of streets will be paved passengers had time to brace them- at an estimated of about selves before they turned, and in that $60.0000. way all escaped without injurics, no one receiving more than a few iain- ful bruives with the exception ° the baggage master, and one Iady in a day coach, who is reported to have her arm broken. Her name could not | be ascertained The track this morning presents a mass of wreckage seldom seen in engineer neces: 0. Cost REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN SUNDAY AT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev, Wm. D, Nowlin announces that he will begin a revival meeting lat the First Baptist church Sunday morting and will continue through this part of the country, and all day;next week, holding services at 10 large crowds have gone to the seene|o'clock in the morning and 7:15 of the wreck The wrecker reach-|o'clock vach evening, «d here four o'clock this br. Nowlin is one of the most morning Lakeland and the [ earnest and forceful gpeakers in work clearing away the debris|the South, has had years of experi- has been going on all day, but conducting revivals, ana wiil probably be late this evening members of the church are looking before traflic can resumed. 1o | forward to a soul-stirring meeting, the meantime trains are being op- fone which will rebound to the bene- crated around via Trilby to Lake-| of every member of the church lund and Tampa, and be the means of bringing many The passengers on into the fold train - were brought and they remained here until carly hour this morning, when =« train, made Lakeland, sent up and to their destination, ahom three about from of it|ence in be the ififated Kissimme: | an to The E. 0. Painter Fertilizer Com- pany jn Jacksonville has recently purchased thirteen acres of land ad- joining its big plant in South Jack- sonville, Extengive improvements | will b made on the new property up at was carried them leaving here o'clock IN PRIVATE CONFESSION BEATTIE ADMITTED PLANNING COLD-BLOODED MURDER . (By Assoclated Press.) ' Richmond, Va., Dec. 1A local | murder two wecks before newspaper prints the outline of what| place. The details of the said to be a private confession of [ are the same as those alleged by the Clay Beattie, Jr, who was|State during the trial. He is said clatrocuted for the murder of his!to have asserted that the marriage wife, which he left for the perusal | was a loveless affair foreed upon him of his f In it he by his father. that he planned the it clared to say took murder is Henry amily only Is de- DISCUSSES THE RURAL PUBLIC S(lll00[ Do 1.—Th~ of rural pub- ery | 20 our of ev- could Texas had been investizated, veds and importance forth toduy be- ern Houston ,, 100 white male adults ‘I) s+ hools were set | fore the convention of the educational association by M. | Brittain, state superintendent of ed-!m | cation of Georgia in an address on | th ‘Education of the Farmers'| !' hild He pointed out the great | st isti | amount of aid given to city schools e population {the comparatively little extended to| zaged in azricnltural pursuits. | those outside the centers of popula-| The rural school has been hurt 2 ‘vinn and the resultant inquiry to| great deal, according to Mr. Brit- |l,u|h city and country people. ! tain by the loss of the old fashioned, | He declared much of the crime strong characters who taught It in committed by southern whites was|/the past. To remedy the unfortun- due to a lack of educational facil-|ate conditions he presented two ities and made the startling asser-|remedies—the consolidate school peither read nor write He called attention to the neglect L.jof teaching of agriculture and do- seience in country schools of scuth and showed the widespread om such n t by quoting s to <how that four fifths of of Dixie “n- the were ‘arriages and other vehi- during a session of the Reichrath,|tion that in certain southern coun-|with better salaries and re-directed “12 be requisitioned. has been sentenced to seven years. ties, selected because their conditions' course of study. IT’S FRAME-UP NO. 26 e o OOLD WEATHER EVERYWHERE Laptist church desire to announce that all those who wish to donate anything toward the comfort of e WARMER TEMPERATURE, HOW. EVER PROMISED TO AR- RIVE TOMORROW. Mrs. Ida Carlton and children, can leave such donations at the home of Mrs. L. F. Henley. The fire which destroyed Mrs. Carlton's home, con- sumed all of her household goods and clothing, and anyone who has clothing, furniture, ‘r anything which they would like to give to this worthy cause, the same will be sreatly appreciated. RETAIL GROCERS FIGHT PARCELS POST Claim System Would Drive Out Small Retailer in Favor of Mail Order Houses. (By Associated Press.) D. ., Dee. 1.—Cold weather continues all over the coun- Washington, try. Heavy frost as far south as Tampa. During the twenty-fous hours up to seven this morning, no: 2 particle of grecipitation occurred in any part of the country, a very unusual record. Little change of temperature during the next twen- ty-four hours is predicted, Station Frost to- ipa follow- - weather Sat- From Tampa Weather Tampa, Fla., Dee. 1 night as far south (By Associated Press.) ed by fair and Washington, D. ¢, Dec. 1.-Op- urday. Northwest to west winds position to national parcels post on WILLIS L. MOORE, the ground that it would drive out Chief Observer. the small retailer and establish reign of the mail order in small commuuities was voiced before the Senate Committee postoflices today by John A. Green, of Cleveland, Ohio, Secretary of the National As- sociation of Retail Grocers: PERSIA STANDS BY SCHUSTER Disregards Russia's Ultimatum Rel- ative to Dismissal of Amer- ican Advuer. house MRS. PATTERSON ACQUITTED. (By Associated Press.) Nov 20, Gert- Patterson, accused of Charles Denver, Colo, rude Gibson the murder of her husband, A, Patterson, whom she shot to death while in a suburb on the 25th of September, was on Wednesday eve- ning declaved not guilty by a jury in the bistrict Court, As the clerk finished reading the verdiet, Mrs. Patterson sprang to her feet and caught the outstretehed hand of her attorney. From out- side the court room came a roar of cheers, but inside the room the crowd was quiet. But as court ad- journed and Mrs, Patterson stepped forward thank the jurors, the crowd overwhelmed her with con- ratulations. Her efforts to reach the jurors were vain, Later four of the jurces called on her as she making ready to leave the jail, space between the court room and the jail was packed with cheering crowd, On the arm of her attorney, Mrs. Patterson struggled through the throng while men tried to shake her hand and women strove to kiss her. Behind her wav- ing both went her father, shouting his joy. Close behind him followed the mother and sister, hoth in tears. As Mrs, Patterson stopped from the jail rotunda, pay with Thanksgiving decorations, the pris- her a round of cheers (By Associated Press.) Teheran, Pers Dee. 1.- Much to the surprise of the Powers, the Per- sian national council rejected Rus; sia’s ultimatum for the immediate dismissal of W. Morgan Shuster, the American, who has been directing the finances of the country, and 2 cash indemnity to pay the expenses of the movemenut of troops, Wash- ington officials announced that we would take no hand in the matter, further will be closely watched. In consequence of Porsia’s rejection Russian demands, Rus: ordered troops to advance on Teheran eapi- tal T0 CONSIDER TARIFF REVISION Democratic House Leader Will Con- vene Committees to Formulate Program. to hands, oners. pave BIG BLAZE AT GAINESVILLE Gad la izht e arted ille, Nov. estimated at 0,000 to- silted from a fire which the Palmour Mardware store and spread to a half structures in the same Ga., 20, A prop- in Company's Associated Pre noC, bee 0 By 500 Rep- Demo Washington, dozen other block Calls for help were sent to Atlanta ard Athens but these were cancelled Later when it was seen that the lo- cal denartment with the aid of vol- unteers had the b under control, B Welchel, Jolin Hobbs, two voluntecrs, were sericasly in- explosion of cartridges resentative Underwood, the House that he oratie Noor Teader, announced wonld call & meeting of the Ways amd Means Committees ol 510 be cotvened to sound the the Congre members as o e said the sentiment of nd tariff revizion program Pre I o given time tarift the ident would jured by the in the Among the concerns suffering loss were the First National Bank; M, € Brown, wholesale and retail drugs; Newman Fierson MceEver Company, furnishings and G F. Turner and Co All of the bank’ ords were saved submit board, hardware store il they reports to the but delayed committe would procecd without them . MRS. MORSE HAS HAPPY THANKSGIVING books and rec- Ga., Nov. This is a (r-nl Thanksgiving Day for Mrs Charles W. Morse, wife of the form- er New York banker who was res travsicrred from the Federal penitentiary to the hospital at Fort McPherson, for <he dined for the first time four year SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL 2 ASS'N MEETS IN HOUSTON cently here Houston, Tex, Noy With 1t is declared to be the largest at- in its history upon the in- the twenty-secind annual of the Southern Educa- i met here today for ion. M. A, Cassidy Ky, the president, body to order 30, : tendance | itial day ronvention tiomal A v three days 1t Fort electric will be for o1 tation red for lights near the station, ene 0 5 been and two larce le, commodation lights, ted outsid of lLexinzton, rapped the | One of the carly developments was | the fact that it would be largely im- ! possible 1o adhere to the pre-arrang- DEATH OF FORMER ;7 1rozram oot amonveement was AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR had for previously appointed time for addresses. Today's program includ- sociated Press.) Troy, N. Y, Dec. 1.—Charles B. ed Dr. J. W. Abercrombie of Tusca- Francis, proprietor of the Troy loosa, Ala; Dr. L. Whitfield, presi- dent of the Industrial ln:tiluh- and Times, aud a former ambassador to Austria, died this morning of passengers By A College, Columbus, Mise; Dr. W. H. Elson of Cleveland, Ohio, and Pre- ident M. A. Cassidy.