Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 1, 1912, Page 1

HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM = s WL 1 MAYOR AND COUNCIL ADNINISTRATION FOR COM- YEAR ASSUMED OFFICE TH!S MORNING. NG i met this morning . organization, and 1 Councilmen wer2 1l the new adminis- harge of affairs. * ox made some per- i~ along the line of what shed by the out- on, and showing 4 state of affairs te i connection with e municipal court. \ \[11 1, whose past ex- Ceuncil, famttiarity tairs and acquaint- plary usages, make (i for *he place, was of the Board. appropriate and pleas- dgement of this honor. elected > W P Pillans was 1 the Board. (ppointive officers in it ¢ Council will, it is diled at the regular ing next Wednesday «aid to be several vuch of the offices. Official Minutes. Lakeland Fla., Jan, 1, 1912, Lo wosslon of Council with o Luassett, Mayes, Southard, 2l present, Vice-Presi- Bussett, presiding. December 20 and and approved. tered the oath ('lonts, Mayor- 99 Soha A @0ty conneil adjourndd sine wiminstered the oath Pillan:, P. B. Scipper and M. G. On motion, S0 was elected temporary Munn was un- resident of the 1" Pillans was un- 15 Vice-President The organization W= declared perfected cil adjourned. s, ity Clerk. vp \l CAR STARTS $150,000 FIRE. Va., Dec. 31.- e new MeCrory hall a dozen offices aud for a time ntre square became that fanned the = estimated at car dropped in rubbish = said to be the CReUIT COUIT* THING OF THE PAST <" i<t night the act of ling the United States Took effect. This * tomplicated system will prevail through- i States. All cases + the Circuit Court "d to the District “Z the necessity of te dockets. This ¢ Dpersonnel of : Florida or deprive ., /0sitions, as the same *7ied in both courts. S appealed from the 2ve been taken to the 'hen to the Circuit and finally to the the United States, of the Circuit Courc © vears ago did awav of the Circuit shing 'SPEL TENT MEETING. ' meeting on corner e E¥ avenue and Mag- k. '. "*asing in interest 1-3st night the tent dowing and a num- re for better % 3 E Shelhamer and ““i1a, Ga., who were i house for a e in charge of S r“ 20spel tent. Other e h.-_' them and the sing- . IOZ are creating quite Published in the Best Town Qn'the l;est Part of the Best State. e——- LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY. JANUARY 1, 1912. MORE FIGHTING [NO MORE TIPS, N CHINA| SAY DRUMMERS DEATH VISITS CHILD VICTIM OF SCALDING. 1.—Frances White, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert \White, of 502 West Eleventh avenue, who was severely scalded in a cauldron of boiling water ¥S ago, yesterday morning succumbed to the hand of death and Yesterday afternoon her remains were interred in Woodlawn Cemetery, the interment being in charge of Gooding & Smith. While the child's injuries were re- garded very seriously from the stact the attending physician believed that she would recover. This hope proved in vain, and after terrible suffering, death ended the struggle. Tampa, Jan. REBELS THINK PEACE AklIS-!TRAVELING MEN MAKE NEW TICE HAS EXPIRED AND YEAR'S RESOLVE TO ABOLISH ATTACK HANKOW. ‘ THE TIPPING NUISANCE. By Associated Press.) Nev York, Jan, 1 -—As a new Year': vesolution thousands of travel- ig stlesmen, comprising the Commer- cial ! ravelers’ National League, de- cided o stop tinuing hotel help, bar- bers, train porters and every one else, according 1o President P. E. Dowe. (By Associated Press.) | Pekin, Jan. 1 An army of ln.oool rebels attacked Hanknow yesterday. An imperial army estimated at 30,000 occupies the city and fierce Hglmng‘ The rebels are evi- dently under the impression that the is in progress. b g S A R armistice during which the peace|The iaiter said: “From now on a negotiations were opened at Shanghai ' erusade against tippin will be M. L. BRADLEY APPOINTED = ;i 8 Sl pping e has expired. waged in carnest, for the victims of Negotiations between the Imper-|this rnicious habit rvealize they ialists and Rebels are still under way, | must hreak the chains which bind with no new developments, them now or never.” LAW AGENT A. C. L. Effective January 1, 1912, Mr. M. .. Bradley is appointed Law Agent covering the following teritory, vice, Mr. Charles Pinkoson, resigned: High Springs to Ft. Myers, and branches, Sanford to Port Tampa, and branch- es, Sanford and High Springs shops. LAKELAND MAKES LONG STRIDE ON THE ROAD OF PROGRESS MRS. NIEUWENKAMP SELLS HOME ON SOUTH TENN. AVE. Mr. A, E. Batchelder, of Montpel- fer, Vermont, has purchased the hom: of Mrs. Nieuwenkamp on South Ten- nessee avenue and starts tomorrow to make improvements thereon. The house will be repainted and placed in first-class repair, making it a most desirable place of residence. Mrs, Nieuwenkamp will continue to occupy the house, at least for a time. FREE TICKETS T0 By a Decisive Vote Citizens Favor Bond Issue of $150,000 for Municipal Improvements Saturday was a great day for Lake- The street improvement bonds in land, and the progressive and public|the sum of $60,000 were the next spirited quality of her citizenship| most popular. carrying over 3 to I, was demonstrated, by its dn-(-isl\'ollhe figures being 106 for and 34 vote in favor of the propositions in-jagainst volving an issue of bonds in the sum The bonds tor §15,000 for public of $150.000 for municipal improve-|buildings also carried by a decisive ments, majority, 96 votes for the bonds and “‘I'“E ]‘“'nn n[fintt” The proposition to boud for §75.-|36 wugainst, 000 for a sewerage system was car- Mossrs, Memminger, Bassett and Muricll were elected Bond Trustees, eact of them getting practically the enti o (EE ried by ovep six to one, 130 votes being cast for the and 21 againgt, bonds Evening Telegram Will Present Free Tickets to Those Clever in Proofreading. vot IWALL STREET CLAIMS HAS HARD YEAR Depression in Business Caused By NEW YEAR RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE President and Mrs. Taft Preside Over Scene, Which Is of More Than | Usual Brilliance. The Telegram printed a short time ago, a condensed version of the story of “The Third begree,” which is to Herron Theater on Typographical er- be presented at Wednesday night 708 were purposely made, and correc- were invited, prizes revisions Prosecutions Pending Against tions of these -‘B]g Business." being awarded to the best received at this oflice by Saturday, (By Associnted Pross,) | Washington, b € dan, | The Poosident and Mres: Taft presided for the third time at the New Yewr's re- fecption at the White House, a cns- tom which has ot changed tor a de- ssocinted Presso New Yok, Jan, 1 Wall street be- gins the New Year with the wish that | it be than 1911 The last twelve months saw hard the has December 30 Several efforts were submitted, ali proficiency in and after carefully merits of each cor- remarkable ading vonsidering the showin howiu WOre prosperous proof-re; times in Street. Business rected form, prizes are awarded as been poor most of the time except in [cade. The brilliant aniforms of the follows: a very fow large brokerage houses. |forvign diplomats lent color to the Prof. E. €. Angell Many of the smaller ones went to the [oroasion. Many thousand — citizens Mrs. A. B, Lovell. Mrs. Nellie L. Gannon. The work of others in some in- stances closely approximated that of followed the diplomats, military men Jiudges, senators, and Congressmen through the thronged Blue Room to shuke hands with the Executive amd wall. Depression is felt on all ex- changes, poor business and the uncer- tainty of the result of the prosecu- tions of big corporations is generally the prize winners.” Some of the cor- given ax the canse Mrs Taft. rections did not reach us until today, Il'ld. ler the rue, as rlnled, we e T Sl CITIZENS BAND SERENADED TAMPA PREACHER CUFFED were unable to enter them in the com- petition. One of these—that of Mrs. F. Edwards Ohlinger-—-was practical- LAKELAND GENTLEMEN. FROM PULPIT BY WOMEN. . While waiting for the train Satur- It will be remembered that Rev. ly perfect. 3 b G day night, which failed to show UbipR 1, Kirkiand, pastor of the Firs. ND. in time for them to welcome Mr. and | ¢, gpregational church, of Tampa ENI‘. B.AILWAY MAN a 25y : mgregationa irch, o a, DESPO Mrs. Davis, the Lakeland Citizens'| .y acted considerable notoriety to ENDS HIS TROUBLES. Band gave a concert in the Park and later went out to the home of Mayor Cox where they serenaded that gentleman. Enroute back to town they stopped at the home of Mr. R.| E. Lufsey and serenaded him and later serenaded Mr. Paul O'Doniel. bimself several months ago by alleg- ed attentions to a young lady of his congregation, although he is a mar- ried man. That his troubles with the ladies are not yet over is evi- denced by the foillowing which ap- peared in this morning's Tampa Tribune. Cuffed by women, members of his flock, as he was flecing from his pul- pit, Rev. R. L. Kirkland, pastor of the First Congregational church, suf- fered yesterday at the hands of an infuriated congregation whom he had just preached to from the text, “It is written my house is a house of pray- er, but you have made it a den of thieves.” (By Associated Press.) Huntsville, Ala, Jan. 1.—G. H Nixon, auditor of the Southern Rail- way here, fatally shot himself in the head, due to despondency. FREIGHT WRECK SATURDAY NIGHT. BOARD OF TRADE MEETS T0 NIGHT. A freight wreck occurred near Auburndale Saturday night which de- layed traffic on the main line aboui five or six hours. Four cars of mer- chandise turned over, but no one was hurt. Agent C. E. Brown and Train- master L. B. Broadfield went up to the scene of the wreck, leaving here The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trade will be held to- night at seven o'clock. All members urged to be present WILL PLAY TO CAPACITY HOUSE Tickets are selling fast for the| He applied the text directly to on the wrecker soon after the actl-l.pu; g pogres which comes to|his own church, sayinz that certain dent occurred. Lakeland Wednesday evening, and;members of his congregation were everything points to a capacity|guilty of “grafting.” Accordingly, AVIATOR ATWOOD FALLS INTO SEA (Br Associated Press.) Lynn, Mass 1—Aviator N. Atwood fell into the ocean while making a flight with a hydroplane He crawled to the top of the machine and awaited the arrival of a boat, which rescued him. The boat arrived none too soon, as the machine sank in ten feet of water, Atwood uninjured. at the conclusion of his sermon, he moved to suspend Rev. Franklin M. in | Sprague, the former pastor, for six Tampa tonight at the Tampa Bay | months pending good conduct.” Casino, and in remarking on th Led by Miss Cora Sprague various amusements of New Year's| Sprague’s daughter, day in that city, the Tampa Tribune | advanced with clinched fis says the “Third Degree” is a hv-avl-!pu]pil and held up the pa liner and will be attended by a larzr'i,av’!'mpted to flee into his study, in audience ;z,‘w rear of the building. They “pelt- Those who have not yet secured!ed’ him with bejeweled fists seats for this attraction should losz| By this time, “Windy” Russell, no time in so doing, as the best ones|stepping between the pastor and in- are being rapidly taken up. lceu-l women, exclaimed: “Don’t house when the curtain goes up on the opening act This splendid company shows Rev women Jan several T & No. 51 : APPOINTMENT 1 BRING PROTEST | OPPOSITION TO JUDGE HOOKS AS fight in here; this is the church.” No sooner had the words fallen from his lips than his waistcoat was torn. Be- coming incensed himself, Russell en- tered the mix-up. Detectives York and Woodward, who went to the church to restore or- der, summoned six to appear before in Judge Drumright this morning Police Court. They were Rev. R. L. Kirkland, the pastor; George Mickler and wifte, her son; Charlie Hamilton, Harry Russell, otherwise known as “Windy,” and Miss Cora Sprague. As Rev. Kirkland attempted to re- tire to his study. he was pursued by Miss Cora Sprague, daughter of Rev. Sprague, who pelted him at every step in alley way. The pastor re- treated back to the ‘tail end of his study, followed by Mrs. George Mick- ler, George Mickler and Charlie Ham- ilton. Mrs. Mickler pelted the pastor over the face, George Mickler and Charlie Hamilton striving to ‘massa- this time, a ere’ the pastor. About ery from the pastor for help the was heard and Mr. Russell, well known rpenter and contractor, en- tered, pleading in vain for peace, Miss Sprague and Mrs. Mickler pro- ceeded to strip him of what clothes he had and tore his vest and shirt into a riddle, George Mickler and the woman proceeded to beat up Mr. Russell, but the latter, suddenly re- membering the law of self-defense, proceeded to control Mr. Mickler by giving him the benefit of his fists,” After the riot there seemed to be a war as to who was to get the contribution Mrs. Sprague grabbed part of it and ran. R. 8. Thempson got the other part, The trial will ve held today. BAD SORT OF: o MOTHER-IN-LAW Alabama Woman Shoots Her Son-in- Law and Throws Body In Pond. wias o over By Associnted Press.) Mobile, Ala, Jun, 1 Mres. Mary T who contessed to Goday, yosterday the murder of her son-in-law, Police- man Fred Waserlabin, and then throwing the body into a pond, said killed the oflicer in bed, then him again as he rvolled off, to suffering, She =he shot prevent lingering then dressed him in his uniform and carried him from the house in a wagon. She claims that Waserlaben attempted to assauly her, A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. “1 am telling you about this party I gave and another | went to because we all enjoy reading about such things in The Telegram and | realize that if 1 don't tell you, you have no means of finding out about it,” said a subscriber to us the other day That is the Kind of a person who is some account to a newspaper. Of course, this does not apply to those people who “don’t care for any notor- iety”—but who like to their name in the paper just the same. We are talking to those people who g us items of news and interest because they know we want to have them, b cause they enjoy reading them and because others are interested in what their neighbors are doing. We are not W. J. Burns in disguise, and therefore if you know any news tele- phone us. Don’t go around saying “Why didn’t they have something about so and so,” but ask yourself “why didn’t [ tell them about it?” Let one of your New Year Resolu- tions be “I'll telephone The Tele- gram whether it concerns me or not,” and the result will be satisfactory to everybody see AMERICANS LOSE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Associated Press) Christ Church, Australia, Jan. ! The matches for the Davis International Lawn Tennis Championship. Wright and Larned were America’s represen- tatives. American challengers lost both ' ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT b (By Associated Press) Whashington, . ., Jan 1 tests against the appointment United States Circuit Judge Hook, of Leavenworth, K Associate . Justice of the United States Supreme Court, were received by the President from the Oklahomi Corporation Com- mission, the Minnesota warchouse commission and Governor Aldrich of Nebraska. i The opposition to Judge Hook is based on his action enjoining the Ok- i lahoma authorities from enforcing the | two-cent railroad rate, The Presi- ] dent referred the protests to the De- partment ot Justice. P'ro- of IEHENEEH D) e e e e BROKE ALL RECORDS. AL Gl Delamater and William Nor- Inc production of “George Barre ! McCuteheon's “Beverly,” to be pre- sented at the Herron Theatre Friday night has broken all records tor attendance and reccipts in Pites- burgh, Buffalo, Toronto, Cincinnati. Kansas City, St. Louis and Ch and all of the principal cities where f,' e the play has been produced. Judg- 3 ] ing by the usual interest manifested g by all classes of theatre patrons in the local engagement, the play will A be grected by one of the lar andi- $ ences of the season ris, § MEETING OF LAKELAND CAMP OF VETERANS. Sl | ) reading of the minutes of last meet- ' ; ,‘ ] ' , g Lakeland Camp No. 1503 was open- y ‘-:" f ed Saturday by Commander D. Al- g [ len, ten comrades being present. ] Wy On motion of Comrade Cox, the | ‘:| 1} ing were dispensed with, A resolu- . ", tion was introduced by Comrade Cox ° l’!.v It to permit any Comrade to propose \ g"“‘ the name of any son of a veteran tor | i honorary membership in this Camp, g d’ L with all the rights of membership \ except that of voling. Comrade Cox g ‘ ‘ moved, and it was seconded that the ‘ ! above resolution he adopted and the 1 motion prevailed by o unanimons . " 4 vote, ! ! Comrade Cox proposed the names i | of the following sons of veterans ofr | membership under the resolution I just adopted: €. G Arendell, D, #l Sloan, John F. Cox, Dan Johnson !‘ and T. 8. Clitord. i Nomination for oficers for 1912 ! was then declared in order, Comrad: 1. P Allen was elected commander . 3 Comrade T J. MeMullen First Viee i Commander; Comrade J. M. Robin- . son, Second Vice-Commander; Com- rade A. B. Brassell, Third Vi mander; Commander . L. Willough- : by, Adjutant; Comrade W. H. Clit- i ford, Treasurer; Comrade Epps ) Tucker, Chaplain; Comrade Frank [ Reynolds, Color Bearer; Comrades W. | , W. Jackson and J. B, Odam, Color $ Guards. Comrade J. A following resolution for considera- tion: That from and after this date the office of historian shall b merged into that of the Adjutant, i and that the present historian be re- . quired to turn over to the Adjutant i all camp books and records in his { l i T T S =T=ET > - il 4 L1 -Com- Cox presented the {4 e e g possession, and that the Adjutant be required in the future to discharge all the duties of historian as hereto- fore prescribed. On motion of Com- H rade Clifford the above resolution was { b adopted by a unanimous vote Comrade (‘ox moved that a commit- AR 14 tee of three be appoinfed to audit the ¢ i books and accounts of the Treasurer ! and Adjutant for the year 1911, car- : L1l 1 i ried. Committee, J. A. Cox, W, H. Clifford, C. L. Willoughby, J. A, Al- len. On motion the above named committes was instructed to revise the roll of camp members and make recommendation to the Camp in re- gard to the same 3 i b h I.. Willough- il e e Collection of dues: ¢ by, $1.00; E. W."Robbins, $1.00. No .i j further business appearing, the ' % . Camp adjourned 4 4 is §! ¢ L. WILLOUGHBY, Adjt 4 § i WEATHER FORECAST. Tampa, Fla., January 1, 1912 —Un- * gettled weather Probably local rains tonight and Tuesday. WURTZ.