Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 2, 1912, Page 1

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i1 NS RESIGNS 1S PRINCIPAL y JONES WILL BE HEAD OF kELAND SCHOOL AFTER JANUARY 15. ram Bureau, Bartow, . much but routine torv the School Board. state-wide interest, resignation ot < oats trom the prin- Lakeland school. < zus from his present thie race for the of- ntendent of Pub- i the resignation 15, after which it Prof .Sheats will wivass of the State. N { i appointed Prof. «= now first assistant to fill the vacancy . tion, and Prof. , ke the vacancy lvancement of Prof. " usid dollars that the ol Hod coently borrowed has County Treasurer at the Board is calling school warrants 2 tiem off. Already about wl dollars of the money wt. This will give persons who have had o oonsand invested thus and the county which had t money thus tied up out otherwise. T be u little easy money Jiatie around now, noney to let fek Peters and Derieux pieaied before the Board ot those teachers who = in the county several e State Aid plan and from getting os hecause of the Sioeme Court in de- mstitutional un- i teaching., The the matter vestigate it and + the petitioners T meeting of the tuke RE JUSTIFIED FIGHTING PREACHER. it Kirkland and vl oceurred yes- The Tampa Tri- 1 1o say in re- * with their tiny the gospel, who K from the pul- ‘= of pocketing “I’'s money, and den of thieves,” tough to justify uright decided so members of the church, includ- R. L. Kirkland, disturbing the Tie o pastor ac- tuking a cow, =aid she wanted the preacher stvad, Rev, Kirk- her and threw It it had been X =21 don't know appened. Yes, he )Wn the steps,’ s “bbing. and the bonnet nodded % i*uce was submit- 5. 7reht dismissed the © Tlowing remarks: “Ks this church has d-—the most un- of any in the g2 the past few "4ve the cause of 4n see that this ! as 10 do an in- ause of religion. “lement could be 10w the state of has come into nent. The facts . but according d here, the in an unlaw- lame the wom- I~fendants, top— aggravation to “Te this court, any- Uischargeg =4 | NEW ENGINEERING FIRM. { Mr. H. D. Méndenhall has resigned his position with Mr. C. G. Mem- minger and will in the future be.as- sociated with his father, Mr. G. D. Mendenhall in Civil Engineering, taking special interest in phosphate work, but doing all kinds of survey- ing, examinations, reports and gen- eral engineering work. These gen- tlemen have been in this county for a number of years and know the county and conditions thoroughly and are well equipped for every- thing in their line. They have opened a handsome suite of offices in the Drane building, as per their card in the professional column, CAN'T CUT HIS TRAVELING EXPENSES Democrats Who Seek to Eliminate $25,000 Appropriation Find Constitution Prohibits. (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. (., Jan, 2,—The House Democrats who contemplate eliminating the $25,000 appropria- tion for the President's traveling ex- penses, have had called to their at- tention a clause in the constitution which prohibits increase or decrease in the President's competency dur- ing his term. The opponents to the plan to cut the appropriation say this is a stumbling block and can not be overcome. URNS WILL GO ON WITNESS STAND Believed That His Testimony Will Lay Bare the Workings of the Dynamiters. (By Associated Press)) Indianapoliz, Ind., Jan, 2. De- tective W, J. Burns arrived to testify before the Federal zrand jury in what is considered to be the final lap in the government’s investigation of the alleged conntry-wide dynamit- ing plot rns said he thought he would collect $30,000 in rewards for running down the MeNamaras and others supposcd to be implicated. He intended, he said, to divide this sum among his a tants. JACKSONVILLE PLEASED WITH BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK. istark, which ay night. the following to Of Beverly of Grau comes to Lakeland F Times-Union has the say eorge Barr McC'utcheon’s roman- tic story, Beverly of Graustark, was presented at the Duval treater last night before a well pleased audience and will be given again today at a special matinee, beginning a t 3 oclock this afternoon, and tonight. The dramatic version used was writ- ten by Robert M. Baker and follows the lines of the book to a great ex- tent, some slight changes having been made to bring the narrative in- to stage form. As is the case with all of the plays of this character a great deal depends upon the looks of the actors, the scenery and cos- tumes) and Delamater & Norris have secured a strong company and staged the piece with full regard for artistic detail. The interesting tale has been read by almost everyone and interest is sustained to the very closing scene. In the title part of Beverly Miss Dorothy Redding very acceptably fills the requirements of author and play- wright and last night received sev- eral curtain calls. Mr. Lawrence, as Prince Danton, is clever and pleas- ing, and the work of Mr. Ellwood is also worthy of special mention. The four acts of the play are excellently staged and the costuming handsome and correct. RUSSIANS CONTINUE 10 BUTCHER PERSIANS (By Associated Press.) Tabriz, Persia, Jan. 2.—Sixteen| Persians were executed by order of the Russian court martial, as a re- sult of the recent attack on Russian troops. Trouble among the native population as a result is feared. Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the GIVES CHINA NEW CALENDAR CHINESE NEW YEAR WILL NOW BEGIN SAME DAY AS OTHER NATIONS. (By Associated Press.) Nanking, China, Jan. 2.—Sun Yat Sen, president of the Chinese repub- lie. entered the new capitol today, under the most auspicious circum- stances. The populace greeted him as a delivery from Manchu rule and a true reformer. His first official act was to change the calender making New Year the first day of his Presidepcy, thus marking the commencement of a new era, making the Chinese year begin on the same day as in other coun- For centuries the Chinese New 's Day has been January 30, The new president took the oath of office in the presence of dignataries, civil and military. He promised to disenthrone the Manchus, and devote his entire time to the welfare of peo- ple. He advocated a strong central government, with the provinces supreme in local affairs. NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE. Beginning tomorrow morning Pas- senger Train No. S0, leaving here at 11:45 will make connections at Chubb with the passenger train on the Bartow Branch, instead of the early train No. 84, which formerly has been carrying for that road. This change is due to the fact that an additionl train has been placed on the Bartow Braich, making three trains a day on that run. Train No. will also connect at Chubb in the tuture passengers SOMETHING TO LAKELAND. The Ludden & Bates (of Jackson- ville) Special Piano Sale, now on in the Drane Building, means some- thineg to Lakeland The pione firm of the Sonth. The home dealers who opened the piano busginess near- other firm with best of Iy torty years before many born. The reputation dealers the canital all with the the terms. Don't bar wWers and the price and il the gone 1- goods, wait wains ure MICHIGAN'S GOV. MAKES SUGGESTIONS Thinks Taft and LaFollette Should Step Aside and Let Roosevelt or Beveridge be Nominee, (By Associated Press.) Lansing, Mich., Jan, 2.—That La- Follette and Taft withdraw from the race for nomination as president, in favor of Roosevelt or ex- Senator Beveridge, was advocated here today, in a speech prepared by Governor Charles E. S. Oshorne, of Michigan, for delivery when he introduced La- Follette, who was scheduled to speak here. On account of a train mix-up, LaFoliette and Oshorne did not de- liver the speech. but gave it out for publication LAKELAND'S HIGH SCHOOL'S NEW PRINCIPAL. As anounced in another column of this paper. Prof. W, N. Sheats has tendered his resignation as Princi- pal of the Lakeland High School the same to take effect January 15th. Prof. Sheats is resigning in order that he may make a canvass of the State for School Superintendent Prof. Chas. M. Jones has been ap- pointed by the School Board to the Principalship of the Lakeland school, and in their selection of this gen- tleman we feel the Board has made a very wise move. Prof Jones is a man of superior intellect, has had wide experience in teaching, havinz! been a college Professor for a num- ber of yvears, and is in every way em-| inently qualified for the position He has already won the respect and admiration of pupils and patrons as Assistant ing Telegram vo the opinion tha patrons and teachers will be drawn close together and will be enabled to work in unison for the betterment and upbuilding of the school. when that institution is under the leader-|of influence with the dollars. ship of this able geatleman. .l on the Principal, and The Even-| LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1912, OUR POSTOFFICE FACILITIES POOR PRESENT QUARTERS WHOLLY INADEQUATE TO NEEDS OF THE CITY. That Lakeland 1 wholly out- Brown her present post-office facili- ties I8 no longer a theory, but a stern, obtrusive reality, which hits amid- ships even the most unobservant. For the past several days it has been impossible for the patrons of the office during certain hours to find standing room in the lobby, the line of those having business at the gen- eral delivery window has extended far out into the street. The office is utterly swamped for lack of space to accommodate the public and other facilities for the rapid distribution of mail matter, A representative of The Evening Telegram asked Postmaster Skipper what could be done to relieve the situation. He replied that there was not much that could be done as long as the office remained iy its present quarters. e expects to cut another stamp window, probably will hire more help, and generally expressed a desire to do whatever he could for the convenience of the publie, but the office is hopelessly hampered as at present arranged. Mr. SKkipper further declares that the matter of location for the post- office is being held up by the post- office department. Inspectors visit- ed Lakeland some months ago, but nothing definite been ordered, and pending the receipt of advices from the department he is powerless to act He says he g anxious to have beter quarters, is wililng to move as soon as the Government will designate a location, or, if the department should anthorize him to turnish quarters under the usual lease arangement, he declaves he is ready to put up a suitable building st-office vam that it is present po site, It seems (0 The up to the citizens to muke a vigor- our effort to stimalate the proper anthorities 1o immediate action, as present conditions in respect to post- al tacilitios is o diszrace to o city of Lakeland's class and an cmbarass- jment and i li SFCRETS OF THE MEAT TRUST Disclosed by Witnesses in Trial of Chicago Packers Now In Progress. convenience to the pub Chicago, Jan. 2 When the trial of the ten meat packers for criminal violation of the Sherman anti-trust law was continued, Hen Veeder, secretary of the pool in existence be- tween 1892 and 1896, which the government declares fixed the price of fresh meat, continued the of the inside workinus of the alle combination. Veeder wis ond witness called, the first being his father, who is an attorney for sever- al of the packing expected to be on th ys Forty cents a hundred pounds pen- story «d the sec- concerns. He is stand several alty was assessed against members ol the old packers pool who overship- ped their allotment into any terri- tory, and this amount was distribut- ed among members discriminated against. This information regard- ing the workings of the pool of 1893 and 1896 given by Henry Veeder its secretary, when he resumed the stand at the packers' trial ATTENTION R. A. MASONS. A regular meeting of Lakeland Chapter, No. 29, R. A. M, on Thurs- day, January 4, 191 G G TEN PER CENT We will give you ten per cent. of every purchase beginning tomorrow, | January 3, 1912, at 8 o'clock. Make ten per cent. this week by taking ad- vantage of this offer. Take care of the pennies—they have a great deal Mar- shall's 5 to 25¢ store. Best State. REVIVAL NEXT WEEK. Elder H. V. SKkipper, State Evan- gelist of the Advent church, will ar- rive within a few days to begin a re- vival meeting next Monday in the Van Huss opera house. The meet- ing will probably continue two weeks, preaching being held twice each day at 11 a. m. and 7:50 p. m. Everybody cordially invited, MAIN STREET PRIVATE SCHOOL TO OPEN JAN. 8. Prof. K. C. Angell, Principal of the Main Street Private School an- nounces that this institution will open for the spring term on Monday, January Sth, All students will be governed acordingly. NEW YORK CITY GROWING BETTER However, There is Lots of Room for Improvement, Percentage of Homicides Being Large. (By Associated Press,) New York, n. 2. -One death by Violence thirty hours is the 1toll taken in New York City during 1911 by the eriminal element. € er New York had 257 homicides. The total, as compared with the pop- ulation is not large, being smaller than most American cities, One New Yorker out of every 1I8,- 550 met ap untimely end. General- Iy speaking, the authorities believe that the statistics disclose improved conditions, and indicate that the city is growing better, BOY HERO GIVES LIFE FOR SISTER Six-Year-Old Lad Burned to Death in, Effort to Save Four-Year- 0ld Sister. By Assoviated Press) York, Jan. 2 a motherless boy ol siy, lost his lite New Louis Brown, ina fire inoan eftort to save his four sistey The ocenpants ol year-old the tenement thed in panie, leaving the children, The tound huddled noder the bed, the bhoy childrey were having his coat wrapped aronnd the little The latter s burned eirl serionsly EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FELT IN ILLINOIS. Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 2. Olaf Tveitme, Auton Johannensen and J E. Munsey, labor leaders indicited by Federal grand jury Saturday in con- dynamiting, were ar- They tained a delay until January 12, be- fore entering pleas nection with ranged this morning. ob- THIRD DEGREE TOMORROW NIGHT “The Third Degree”™ will be the offering at the Herron theater tomor- night. Seldom is a play seen which has so keen an t in current topies to the public as “The Third legree,” Charles Klein's psy- chological drama, and the antior b shown his best work in the tre ment of the story. The inner meth- ods of the police workings of “The Third Degree” are revealed in a con- vincing manner row inter LABOR LEADERS ARRAINGED ON DYNAMITING CHARGE. (By Associated Press.) Rockford, 1ils A slight earthquake was felt at points in 11- Jan. 2 linois and Wisconsin this morning LAUNDRY WORKERS " STRIKE IN NEW YORK New York will New York. Jan. 2 have to wash its own shirt, buy 2 Lew go dirty Some 1wWo thousand laundry workers struck this one or morning for increased pay and short- er hours. No. 52 THO PRECINCTS FOR LAKELAND TWO0 VO'I.‘ING DISTRICTS FORMED FROM THE LAKELAND PRECINCT. Evening Telegram Jurean, tow, Fla., Jan. 1. Both the of County Comm ners and the Board of Public Instruction were in The business of the the session’ today. school board was ftinished, but commissioners will meet again to- morrow to draw the names for the J box for this vear. The matter of the petition for a special Road and Bridge district for Lakeland and vicinity will likely be disposed of tomorrow. The petition was not discussed formally today. We understand that the County Attor- ney, Hon, T L. Wilson, will render an opinion for the Board tomorrow advising the members as to their duties in the premises. Some one brought up the point today informal- Iy that the petition was irregular because all the petitioners are not voters in the Lakeland distriet, but instead that some of them are istered at Morse and at Auburndale, and that in the election was calld these voters could not partici- pate in the election. What effect this cise consideration will have before the Board we are not advised, The commissioners divided the Lakeland election voting district into two districts, to be known in the future as Lakeland Precinet No. 1o, composed of the territory eml in township 28, range 24, and as West Lakeland ¥ et No, 24, com- posed of township 28, range 238 This action by the Board will be o considerable advantage to Lakeland It will enable the same territory that formally had only one member of the Excentive Committee to have two in the future, and another ad- od vantage will be that the votes can be more conveniently cast and counted Messrs, Howard Winter Haven region the Board a petition to have the ter- ritory in and around Winter Haven constituted into a special Road and Bridge distvict. Ther on this petition and the persons who and - Feagin, of presented o are SY onames presented it osaid that they wonld vouch for the fact that more than fifty per cent. of the d tree holders of the proposed district are on the petition, The petition will be filed for one month before action is taken oy i1 Mr. Denham, with several others, presented a counter petition to this one npon which there are 94 So it may be that sentiment in that territory is somewhat divided names. seen STATE DEMOCRATIC COM- MITTEE WILL MEET JAN. 16 Politicians throughout the State are much interested in the coming meeting of the State Democratic Kx- ecutive Committer, which will meet in Jacksonville Tuesday, January 16, to determine the date for the Demo cratic primaries for the new year, and to transact such other bhusiness as may be presented The primary for Governor, Congess and various county offices will be set at this time, and the campaign will then be formally launched and can didates will get busy hunting votes Official Call. The official call for the meeting here, which will conve in the par- lors of the Aragon Hotel at noon on the date already sued by Chairman Will H Marianna, and is as follows “The following of the Florida State Democratic Executive Committee are requested to convene in the parlors of the Aragon Hotel, at Jacksonville, Fla., on Tuesday, Jannary 16, 1912, at 12 o'clock m. for the purpose of mentioned, s is- Price, of calling the Democratic primaries for the year 1912, and also for transact- lmu such other business as may at {that time come up before the com- | mittec l All members of the committe are | urgently request ! “This George W 1 10 be present A D Fisher, of DeLand, is secretary of the committee, and ¢ December 1911 Fred Thompson, of Tampa, is treas- urer. f i : i i i ‘» . (' h { il i ] i i i { i ! 1 13 t i j R » I » \ Y ! f | ' | { 1] | i | [ ¥ { & ! [ ] ! H \ | { " 1 ” il L f ot A bt ] 1 LIETE:

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