Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 30, 1911, Page 1

HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM N FRIENDLY 10 REPUBLIC| fED THAT CHANGE IN vy's GOVERNMENT WILL 3f PEACEFULLY MADE. o - ronsing welcome, 2ted Press.) While there is with members of believed 1 court at Pekin, immi- < folt that accord- imdications rument of ¢ 1 my M the na turther dis- President 15 Irie \D GROOM WILL BE ! BiNADED BY BAND TONIGHT 0. Davis, a ot O'Doniel Sous to 1he conclusion cmains unmarried and then takes event should re- ssing notice. crowd, In armed will meet the train e oat 9:15 tonight and give the hap- This « further supplement- Lakeland Citizens Band, s heen engaged for the oc- i'h will also meet the them a serenade. - will be accompanied at I hon by stobe the band, and made to feel r triends have not forgot- D NEMBERS—ATTENTION! S must come mitorm at JAM ¢ ement tonight 8:00, for PROI E ¢ ANGELL, Pres VILL EMERSON, Sec. MANMAN ESCAPES., r Brown 1. Dec After Madison Asylum t week, Stephen €. ¢k to the house of Tas ship Brown, of Today, while the insane man, ned the house and of $4,500, Three bloodhounds are REYES IN COURT. Before the rnardo Reyes. surrendered and to bring about th th is afternoon claration. In e proceed- public before the o his quarters in where he began v-'wo hours soli- OPES TO COST MORE. R P hange t in the and having been Postmaster gen- feature of this “ons who order en- their return re- future will pay purchased plain » window. This “rnment will get of printing Mmpensation, how- B 'S as stated, yet a )ay more for sed over the st of these sizes is a slight de-| most ordered | 22018 1 g Nos s 9 “9 per 1,000 “. respectively, and $21.36,| Pure Food Board has postponed un- price being "4 and $21.44. Windows, however, %) on these same products. The order was to have L z‘ $21.00, $21.44,|effect January 1, but a L0SS OF LIFE AND PROP- ERTY IN EXPLOSION who news Mr. L. Hasenmuller, lives south of town, received this moreing that the dyeing and clean- ing establishment which he owned and operated for fourteen years in Peoria, 1llinois, was blown up cently, resulting in the death of onc man and several seriously injured. The property loss is estimated $10,000, None of this loss falls My, Hasenmuller as he has disposed ot the business before coming to Flor- ida. 1t known what the explosion but it is supposed have been a gasoline explosion, LABOR LEADERS . ARE ARRESTED on is not caused 1o | {FEDERAL GRAND JURY PROBE UNEARTHS THREE ALLEGED PALS OF McNAMARAS. (By Associated Press. Los Angeles, Calif., Dec. 30, Olat A. Tveitmoe, secretary and treasurer of the California Building Trades Council, J. E. Munzy, leader of the Salt Lake Union of Structural Iron Workers, Anton Johnannsen, member of the organized California’'s Build- ing Trades Council, indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in connection with the alleged nation-wide dyna- mite conspiracy have been arrested. They are accused of being in league with the McNamaras. QUARTER OF MILLION NOW UNEMPLOYED Mill Operators of England Are Idle as the Result of Labor Troubles. Associated Press.) Manchester, England, Dec. The decision of the Cotton Spinners Federation to place operatives on half time went into effect today. Most of the miils of Lancasshire are aftected. The number unemployed now reaches 230,000, including the 160,000 who struck The latter have enough money to prolong the strike three or four weeks. AGED CONFEDERATE GENERAL VERY LOW (By Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Dec. 30.--General G. W. Curtis Lee, son of General Robert E. Lee, is very ill at his home at Burke Station, Va. His hip was broken some time ago. General Lee is eighty vears old -— DEAD MAN FOUND. “There were Anderson, 8. ., Dec. is a dead man in this house” the words written on a small piece of paper tacked to the door of a smali store near the city limits that a% tracted the attention of persons look- ing for D. Sutto, the proprietor. In- vestigation today r sulted in the finding of Sutto’s ! v, with his head beaten in. He was een Monday and is believed to 1« been Killed that night. Robbery is thought to have been the motive of the killing. as the place had been ransacked. A coroner’s inquest was held, but there to the murder. is no clue Mr. H. T. Barker. manager of Lakeland office of the Paul & W mer Lumber (o, has returned after having spent the holidays most pleas- antly with his family in Jacksonvi ¢ POSTPONEMENT OF PURE F0OD ORDER | < (By Associated Press.) ., Dec. 30.—The Washington, D til February 1. the operation of its order prohibiting saccharine in food rehearing Wwas granted. .| Gordon, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1911. GREAT PEACE BANQUET TONIGHT TAFT WILL BE GUEST OF HONOR, BUT ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ATTEND. By New Yor Associated Pre . Dece. B Twelve hund- red advocates of international peace signified intention to attend the Citizens Pe Banquet tonight, with President Interest is at Roosevelt to attend, their increased the Oppuses pending treaties with and England, Whether the diners will endorse the treaties is a matter conjecture, The I'r lent reply Roczevelt’s recent isms of the negie and other prominent men are to speak. hotor. refusal of France of ke 1) cditorial Andrew may ciitie- treatios car- MEAT PACKERS' TRIAL CONTINUED TILL TUESDAY (By Associated P Chicago, Dec. *No sion of the Federal Court today. The trial ot the meat packers will be resumed Tuesday. NO PARDON LIKELY FOR BANKER MORSE Physical Condition Not as Bad as Has Been Represented, Hence No Release. ) (By Assoviated Press.) Washington, D. €., Dec. 30, Pre- vious reports that the condition of Charles W. Morse, the banker con- viet, is not so serious that pardon is necessary to save his life, are said tc have been confirmed in a new re- port resulting from an cxamination Thursday by a corps of army sur- geons sent to Atlanta by President | Taft. No move for Morse's release is expected to be made now NEW ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBERS. | the Jonrnalist The following is taken from Iditor and Publisher and ot New York City: | The following newspapers hl\‘; boen recently elected to membership | in the Associated Press Roswell (N, M.) Morning News; | Alliance (0.) Leader; East Liverpool | (0.) Review; lowa City (lowa) Re- publican; Lynchburg (Va.) ‘\tl\'anu».; Trinidad (Col.) Advertiser; Lake-! land (Fla.) Evening Telegram; Boze- | man (Mont.) Chronicle; and Newark 100 | | | | Advocate, PUBLIC BENEFACTOR. “The Third Degree,’ Charles | sickness . qulished in the Best Town in the Be;t Part of Ie Best State. WIRELESS CAUSES LEGAL QUESTION VALIDITY OF COURT'S ACTION BY THAT MEDIUM TO BE PASSED UPON. RN Wash Whethe telegrap passed upen by the United States Su- Assoviated Press.) b NeE GRa b 1 0] indicial action vi uton, no wireless . Is o question to he The case results from in Porto Rico. Judge Court in @ ship bound tor the preme Conrt 2 suit over L Redey Rico wi'l United = of time could W ederal Porto on ttes, divected an extension sliich o bill of exceptions he sent the ph. and 1now fled i a suit messags by wireless telegr the valdity of the action s questio od T0C QUIGLEY DEAD. Coluribus, O, Dee Dockery (Doc) Quigley, well-known min- strel mon, for the jastawenty years one of 'he moving spirits of the Al G, Fiel s shows, died early today at his hou Death was due to a general nervous breakdown, the re- sult of Lard work on the stage. UNBERWOOD MAY HAVE APPENDICITIS Distinguished Alabama Statesmau May Have to Submit To Operation. i iere. 1By Associated Press.) Washington, D. ., Dec. 30, Representative Osear U, Underwood is conined to bed, threatened with appendicitis. Phys hope an operation will not be necessary. The full significance of the disease is not known, but his condition apparently s duc to acute intestinal trouble ans CARD OF THANKS. heartfelt people wish to return ks to all the 1l who have been =0 Kind to and her family during the the Cole my wood of and death ot hushand and father, Mr. G W It is all appreciated more than words can ex- May God all of you ssings, is the Wish of Mps Preces ever proper and hiv His choicest bl brother, witn Cole's d JONES Pirmingham, Ala PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN IN OHIO (By Associated P ) Cleveland, Ohio, De PPoocressive Republican campaign in Ohio practically comes by The peaking to an end today, with speches Klein's great play to be offered at Labollette at Cincinnati, Pinchot at the Herron Theatre January mains the trinmphant public be tor that it was recognized to be on its premicr over a ye: ago. The play | not only entertains its hearers, hm: it instructs the larger portion of its| patrons iy a harmful police practic of great interest to the common- wealth. The interested attitude of | the majority of the audience mwar:l: “The Third Degree scene tends to in-| dicate how few really are familiar with the method of police inquiry laid bare by the author of the play. | Miss Grace Lord has made a great | individual kit in the part of Annie Jeffries while Raymond Wells, Frank | Patton, Chas. T. elVechio, Ida Root Edmond Strague and Wm Weston have won deserved recogni- tioy in their respective parts 100 PRISONERS ESCAPE. | cor War 1kstown Alter paign there will | so-called Progressives at Co- en, aud Senator Clapp at Fred- the a conference speaking can lunihus NO NEWS FROM CONTESTANTS. » Telegram has been called up ral times today interested es who wished to know if we re- Oratorical by 10 ceived any news of the Contest which took place last night at Jacksonville, and in which two of Lakeland’s young people, Miss B Hooks and Mr. Carl Kern Up until time lah were of contestant the l:v. ng to press no news has been re- |vived at this office in regard to the till hoping ill bring home test, however one of the trophy. we are that the wo v |MR. . C. MUNGER'S CONDI- escaped peni- They seized a few| overpowered the guards gur and attacked rurales’ nuartered in the nearby barracks killing the sentinel and wounding al uumber of the troopers «d prisoners sought refuge but before night sixteen in country, The escap-|early in November for the | appendix soldiers | tendance and several nurses, TION REMAINS QUITE SERIOUS Friends will to learn that M L €. Mung Houston, Texas, is still sor s condition having an operaton re. Zret who now lives at io not improved si performed ce was ancer of the Four physicians are ir besides detailed to run them down had cap-|which Mr. Munger's devoted wife and tured the larger part Governor Cepeda says he believes the jail de- livery was part of a Reyista move- ment, planned before the surrender of General Reyes. son are constantly at his bedside letter from the latter this morning states that Mr. Munger appreciat:s any cheering message he receives from friends. A HOME AND CONTENTS DESTROYED BY FIRE. My mile-s Thursday night the home of Iva Overstreet, about four south of town, was destroyed by fire, the family losing all of their house- hold goods with the exception of 2 sewing machine and one mattress I order to relieve their condition, ME TR terday afternoon and soon made up Tavlor came to town yes- the will Kknown subsceriptinon ftor doubt a substantial family. which they much appreciate It is not how fire started, but it posed 1o be due o a defective flue, BOND ELECTION IN PROGRESS INDICATIONS ARE THAT ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS WILL CARRY. o the is sup- 'WILSON ON THE ISSUES POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDID- ATE DISCUSSES INITIATIVE RE- FERENDUM AND RECALL. Associated Press.) Dec, 30 The' foi- lowing letter Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey to Prof, R H Dabuey of the University of Virginia is published in The Richmond Times (By Richmond, Va., from Dispateh My Dear Heath We did not have when |owas with you to out the initian- and veeall, it may therefore, in view Chance live our talk referendum while, of the importance of the sohject about tive, e worth tor more in somew it o to summarize | me formally SCTAPS, what said you In the first place, with regavd to I surrender- andid man my own state of mind ed to the facts, as every The election for §150,000 bonds for municipal improvements is in at L. being conducted Hall, with, L. Jo M. MeCaskill and T Dayton in charge. Up to 3:30 o'clock, 1 votes had been polled. The general impression seems to be that all the bonds will carry, though the success of the sewerage bonds is looked upon as the most sure. MORE DEATHS FROM POISON MYSTERY Wholesale Poisoning of Inmates of Berlin Institution Puzzles Authorities. progress today, the City Messrs, Bryant, (By Associated Press.) Berling - Dec 200 There were cleven deaths today in the Shelter tor the Homeless u result of the nysterious poisoaing, bringing the total number of deaths up to 68 since ecember 26, large number of inmates were suddenly affected, 1t at first thonght that the deaths were the result of eating spoiled fish whena A\ The souree of the poison is now said 1o he aomystery 3 KILLED IN GREAT NORTHERN WRECK the ditching of Aetna, N. D Dee 30, men were Killed by ¢ passenger train on the Great Nor- near Sharon, N . thern Railway, A temperture of 12 degrees below zero added to the sufferings of the injured CHAMP CLARK IS GLAD. D Well Muskogee, Okla., 2 I'm glad he gave it out.” Such was the omment of Cliam Clark, speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives, tonight was shown a report of an interview en- dorsing him for the presidency given St when he Louis today by United States Senator Stone of Missouri “Mr. Stone gave out such an inter- winter.” the speaker later claborated upon it, in view last declared, “he ha that's all’ Mr. Clark said he conld cuss the strength of ex-Governor Jos- eph W, Folk in Missouri. Asked if he was a candidate for president. he his not dis aid, "no man ever announces candidacy for the presidency LABOR LEADERS FACE | CONTEMPT CASES| A ated Presso [ e 50 the By =0 Washingt b taking of testimony charges of contempt of Gompers, Mitchell and Morrisor the American Federation of began todty. The deposition of nine witnesses was taken before Judge Wright of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The evidence will be presented to six judges. T renewed | in court against of Labor, | regard, for must. My whole prepossession -my whole reasoning was against these things. But when | came into con- tact with candid, honest, public- spirited men who could speak (with example, to Oregon) from personal observation and ex- perience, they floored me fat with their narration of what had actually happened. | found in the men who had advocated these things, who had put them into operation, and who had accomplished things by them, noi «rities or opponents of representa- tive government,” but men who were enger to restore it where it had been lost, and who had taken successful- ly taken - these means to recover for the people what they had unques- tionably lost —control of their ows affairs. In short, they were not trying to change our institutions. The initia- tive, referendum and recall were (o their eyes (as they are to mine) mere- ly a means to an end that end being the restoration of the control of pub lic opinion. Where opinion already controls, where there is now actual, o government, as | believe there in Virginia ana in the South in general, they are not g Each State must judge Tor itse Ido not see how 1t could be made a subject of national policy The people will,, in my opinion, de- mand these measures only where they are manifestly ne ry to take leg islation and the control of adminis trative action away trom specii hopelessly entrenched intere are no general or universal pan. sennine represonts neq The recall of jud abso Iutely against, and alw It is remedy for symptom, not a dis the disease being the control of ystem by inth ‘e which gen 1 to control S hve been cral opinion has a It interested me very much to find ron literally no one thought of these new methods of e w substitite for tive institutions, but only as a means ol stimulation They ed 1o the idea of our repre that even in Or tion as representa and control are e sentative institutions as we are alizing That is their con are bent upon these in practice seions object As for the recall, it is seldom used I do not on a outside the municipalities rememl State o hind the door.” Faithfully yours WOODROW WILSON roan instace of its er. It s merely “a gun be- | EDUCATORS ELECT OFFICERS. The sociation, Flor- which Do 24 \ has been in session here for the past Jacksonville, ida Educational clected officers for and elected Ocala, e of meeting President, 1. two days, today the Fla Officers Edw ensuing year as the pext pla elected we ards, Li LB seeretary, ‘ vice-presi Ratherford, Jackson R L s treasurer, € Turner, Inver Gunn, Marian na. Members of executive committes Professors Belcher, B B. Lane, and Miss Sarah MeCreary, to serve th years Mr. A. F. Baines, of Jacksonville accompanied by his brother and wife, who are residents of Portsmouth, Va have been spending a few days with the family of Mr. G. P. Quaintance.