Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 6, 1912, Page 1

Best Part of the Best State. NEARLY HALF NUMBER OF . "DEATHS COULD BE PREVENTED (By Associated Pregs.) . Chicago, Jan. 6.—In an’exhibit by the city health department, it will ) ; shown that of 32,800 deaths in icago in 1911, 13,500 or nearly 40 per cent. were preventable causes. It is shown that one baby of every five dies from preventable disease. LOOKS LIKE CHINA - WILL BE . BE REPUBLIC Strong Seltiment in Favor of That Form of Government Said to be Prevailent. s recent issue appeared an ac- “)f the last meeting of the City The City Clerk has’handed official minutes which appear with the exception of such have alrebdy beem given §1 fancil. rs as fetail: sance Committee was instructed me Audit Company to sudit & i . of city affairs for ‘past twof Assessor’s Salary. o motion the salary of the b and Treasurer was made fifty| per month, together Ilfl ot of the premium of his mfly . A C. Armistead wunpo!nt— b o5 Assessor and Treasurer for b2 Appointment of Sanitary In- gor was laid over to next. n-ion Position of Supt. Disoussed. . W. Fulghum mgde mn«&m: as| \ (By Associated Press.) ~ Shanghai, Jan. 6—The Republican government is assuming a very 'strong positicn. It now considers future of China entirely in its hands. The leaders belleve the country to be almost unanimously in favor of a re- public, and that the regular army will come over to their side almost to & man. The Manchus in the south where the rebels are in contrl josition ‘29 s\;ferltme;:oltlul: are being treated with the utmost it and Water Plan hm‘nu’ ussion was made over existence| contract of former Council with' . Y R L Raffo for one year trom Novem- | LABOR LEADERS REINDICTED 1, 1911.° City Atorney rendered|. FOR DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS opinion on sald colm eim peme Court decisions,” ot fion this matter was referred - bt and Water Committee for i Migation and reconliquan_ ,{q bt (By Associated Press.) Los Angeles, Calif,, Jan. 6—Tveit- Johannsen, Munsey, Claney, McManigal and the McNamara s, all labor leaders, were re- flass voting “Yes.” ¢ report of the Judges the election was “For Bonds” in 000.00 and H. D. Basseth Bninger and G. B. o i ? i SOt mouon amount of insurance on| ¥ (By M,ted Press.) Hall and furniture was d to $3,000 and co property around hall, M* registration frauds involving prob ied equally among the d i my 40 per cent of the Democratic fince agencies. gt voters of Aicadia parish are alloged Keeper i motion salary of M referred to Publie ¥ Ceme(ery Committee, with power | which were begun here. The suits i i m: the nam‘l of the alleged ssrs, Eaton, Scipper, and = Pil-| fraudulent voters be stricken. from were appointed as Special Com- | the rolls. The suits were filed by H. ¢ to print Charter M;W‘ it nances in book form. K me nnd other ¢ tuu. L Will Clean Sidewalks. Uriinance Committee v ordinance is to sweep sidewalks hours, ete. j Will Weloome 8. . following resolut r.mnmnum. Mc..m. —mhMr clothes, saving only their il- Verware and most valuable effects, the family of E. R. Gunby Jast night ‘watched tholr home ‘at the north- meroll}nldcntnltn!u Qfl Brevard street feed the flames I\othln‘ but the shell of tlu fection 1. That the u” Eive the Seaboard R.R. fi. Y support and ,.m of entering the city, mihly reports from M Msurer and Collector d’ T rents were read m led and filed, tollowing bilis wmhfl“'lf“ " Mhe fire hbellevodtohvoofidn ;Mlnnmluk.mm«mnln— | stantaneous heater in & bath room W the escaped gas: Almost in a2 moment the entire house was , the gas having percolated mrnflxmt the house and between » ‘“‘“ the ceiling and roof in such volume el 13| that there was hardly time for the 32.00 iily to escape, much less save the 55.00 ‘arniture. © 20.00| After the fire department arrived, 20.00 fchemicals and water were used 50| quiokly with good effect, the shell of 5,55 the house being saved, but the gas 21.55 | had been too good kindling and ths nte was practically gutted when the 2 department reached the scenme. m' There was no explosion L Swats . 0 H. Tillis . .. £k 5 Puhllshlng Ca’}; b Terren, . £ 3 Reddick, . ... McLeod, . Store ., | B Wi, -1 G - Bryant 20 Drane, but the .55 | flames seemed to dart from the house M in all directiohs at once, and the mbers of the family jumped from .00 | their beds and ron. to the street, clad [6.00 {15 night attire. They were received !&fl into the ome of the Bonackers, the and J. H. Mahoney, heigh- ‘ ,KXIm BECAME m I STATE TODAY i (By Associated Press.) 49 mm D. €., Jan. 6—Ne ] Me the 47th :State ay, When the President & Bryant, of ll A lang p, & A Co ® Cox, ¢ B Pilnss hnd H & P, Co. % .4-«; o & Wilson, QT F Gr()(ery PR Motion Coutlef) MORRIS @, A, l‘m Crowley, La., Jan. 6—Wholesale| in a series of 800 suits, the filing of | He AY, JANUARY 6, 1912, 1l INION MEN UP COUNTRY: USED DYNAMITE WHILE FLORIDA FLO éhrmns UNION AGENT BLOOM, ZER0 WEATHER PRE- | TESTIFIED AS TO EXPLOSIONS VAILS IN OTHER STATES | guar WERE THEIR WORK. STILL COLD e (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 6.—The| cities of the middle west, especiafly|. Indianapolis, Ind,, Jan. 6.—S, P, New York and Chicago, are still in yndows business agent of the Dis- the grip of the cold wave. Zero|triet Council Carpenter's Union, de- weather prevails at the former p! Q&red that out of town men caused Chicago had 10 below this morning, {1 dynamite explosions here on with fifteen below in prospect. There tober 24, 1909. The proprietor.of is continued cold over Texas, extend-{the hotel patropized by unionists ing to the west gulf coast. The prom-[met several men in hotel patronized ised cold wave for northwestern ‘union leaders, who declared their Georgia failed to arrive, due to & jBusiness ‘was to scare “scabs’ and blanket of clouds. ' Charlotte, N. F loyes of non-union men. Soon had the coldest day in three years. *@r their arrivals the explosions Savannah is also chilly, but tempera-{t00k place. The men were not seen ture in Florida has risen considerab-|@&fterwards. The Federal grand jury Iy and there is no fear of dm inued its investigtion of the dy- from cold. ynite plots. (By Associated Press.) LITTLE OLD NEW YORK SUFFERS MANY HOLD-UPS. (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 6.—Four men walked into a hotel today, poked guns into the faces of Henry Douglas, and his assistants, and looted the safe of $75. They then tied their victims to chairs and escaped. This is the second holdup within a week in the police dead line. JOAN OF ARC - 500 YEARS OLD French People Celebrating Her Birth- day—Arranging for Statne to be Erected in N, Y. (By Asdsociated Press.) New York, Jan. 6.—French peo- ple in all parts of the world are cele- brating the 500th \anpiversary of Joan of Arc. The day here was marked by taking subscriptions for a $30,000 statue of the French maid, which will be erected in one of the city parks. | KINDERGARTEN OP\ENB MONDAY (By Associated Press.) self with a piece of tin in his Boston, Mass.,, Jan. 6—Rev. Cl ence V. T. Richeson, former mini tér of Cambridge, Mass. ,confe to the murder of Miss Avis Linm for which he has been held severalf weeks. The trial had been set January 15.. | Richeson's written confession is a3 lows: = “I hereBy confess that/I m gullty of the oftense for which 1 am indicted.” It gives no details. The young woman fisd in & bath- toom of the Y. W. C. A.. The aut- opsy showed that she had - been isoned with cyanide pomllmn A lice ‘investigation resulted in the arrest and indictment’ of Richeson, who had been going with the girl. denied the charge. my mem- bers of his oburch and his flance, Miss Violet Edmonds, came to his aid. Some time ago he mutilated The confession came unexpectedly he public today. He said he gave s Linell the poison which hé said as medicine to correct her embar- sing physical -condition. de- to his lawyers Wednesday, hich was kept secret until to-1° expresses deep regret for the I, and the hope that he can atone behind prison walls. He hoped confession would head off a pub- ial which would further drag limelight the name of the girl ¢ pure young life I have des- e court is obliged to impose the h sentence, acording to the opin- of -attache's at, the courthouse although this is not official. PLEASED LARGE AUDIENCE. I'want to kindly ask the merchants Verly ‘of Graustark,” the at- sud shop keepers in cleaning up their at the Herron theater last | atores not to sweep:the. trash info the streets; also they must keep their ‘back ways and alleys clean and sightly. All paper and such ltter that can be burnt should be destroy- ed promptly. Decaylng vegetables, tin cans or trash of any kind will be carried away by the eity. This must bewtwleultencuuy heptten by the trash man. The eity will not allow their mei to rake and clean up Mtter that you should do yourself. The city officers stand ready to help in every way to keep the town clean, but we need your help and co-operation and 1 want to beg the merchants ‘and others that towards the close of their Saturday’s business to please sweep off the sidewalks in front of their store and to gather such litter and trash from the gut- ters that have acumulated during the day and put it out of s!'ht 80 that the business part of the " eity may have a presentable appearance Sunday morning. i trust that every loyal citizen will respond to our very best efforts along this line. t n was witnessed by a large audi- e who were delighted with the spléndia production. Those who' have read ‘the book were delighted with the play, the members of the cast being especially for the roles to which they ‘assigned, depicting the char- aefil in ‘a most finished manmer. “Beverly” 18 a talented little act- ress and won the admiration of the a\l‘m« from the very first. The production ‘was a success in every way and Manager Herron is to be congratulated upon bringing such ¢lass attractions to Lakeland as have come and are yet to visit Lake- land. - The phonomenai success, ‘“The Thief,” s not a problem play as the m is known, but it lays bare cer- talm truths of married life - which the heart with human appeal. eouples on small incomes, as ‘ @8 the most wealthy, should see “The Thief” which teaches that it is etter to be content with our portion a1 covet the frills and finery of our nefihbm. “The Thief” should be as success- Very truly, 8. L. A. CLONTS, Mayor ILLINOIS DAY. 5 / ful during its two years' run at The list of Hinols people; interest- | the Lyceum Theatre, New York. A ed in the celébration of Illirois Day.bcll ‘of distinguished players, many now embraces twenty two names, the orginal creators of their most of "'whom represent families. It prqnt roles, will be seen in “The is probable that there are severai| Thief” when it comes to the Herron miore still'to be héard from. A meet-| Theater next Thursday evening. ing will be held Tuesday evening at geven o'clock in the office of Smith Steitz, Raymondo Bullding. At| this time final plans and arvange-| . nts will bemade. Al former resi- tvtuh igsue appears the state- dents of Illinois are urged to ve m-— n tha condition of the State ent. . ! close of business on De- STATE BANK'S STATEMENT. Miss Maude Stéinmeyer and Miss May Alexander = will open their kindergarten again or Monday morn- ing, and desire to state that any par- ents who wish to send their child- ren to this school may rest assured they will be given the most careful and painstaking attention. All pu- pils are requested to be on time, the school orening at 8:30 o’clock’ Mon- day morning. TRAIN ROBBER - SUSPECTS ARRESTED Not. Stfficient. zm« for Case Against Mer Thought-to Have Held up Coast I,‘i“ Train. (By Associated Press.) Savannah, Ga., Jan. 6.-—George ‘Hill and Harry Bekstorm, held in ‘connection Wwith the holdup of the Atlantic Coast Line train at Hardee: ville, 8. C., several weeks ago, werg released this morning. The Govern- ment failed to make a case nplnit them. NEW AGENT FOR A. C. L. HERE. Mr. C. M. Browne tendered his resignation as A. C. L. Agent at this point several days ago, and the same went into effect today. Mr. C. A. Robertson, late of High Springs, be- ing appointed to fiill the vacancy. Auditor G. W. Watson is checking Mr. Browne out and checking in Mr. Robinson today. Mr. Browne has filled this posi- tion very acceptably to all parties concerned for the past three years, and only resigns now on account of other business claiming his attention. Mr. ‘Robineon is known to a good number of our citizens, having filled this position for a short time before Mr, Browne took charge, His family are still at High Springs but expect to arrive within a short time. | :allroads, TRAVELER COMMITS SUICIDE AT JACKSONVILLE, Jacksonville, Jan. 5.—While suf- fering from an attack of despondency brought on, no doubt, because of his financial condition, J. H. Hillard, an aged traveler from Charleston, 8. C., committed suicide some time last night in a Wiest Bay street hotel, by ¢rinking carbolic acid. ; The y was discovered this morning by one of the chambermai " ard Justice Willard was notified and tcok charge of what few effects the old man left. From the evidence secured by Jus- tite Willard it is belleved the aged man had brooded over his lack of money and decided to forget his.trou- bies in eternal sleep AMERICAN SOLDIERS ORDERED TO CHINA (By Associated Press.) Manila, Jan. 6.—The Fifteenth United States Infantry is _held in readiness to proceed to China. The has been brought up to Y I‘w. No. 56 IRAILROAD RATES BEFORE COURT SUPREME COUBT WILL DEVOTE | ALL NEXT WEEK TO TRAF- FIC CASES: (By Associated Press.) Wiashington, Jan. 6. —“Interstate Commerce week” will be observed in the Supreme Court of the United States beginning Monday. Practical- ly all of the questions to be argued that week are connected with rail- road or steamship traffic. The first case to be considered in- volves whether shippers may be in- sted for accepting rebate unless ‘it is shown that the railroad concern- ed has posted the rogular rates at the railroad station at point of ori- gin. It was held by Judge Speer, of _ Georgia, that the posting of the reg- ular rates in the community in which the shipper lived was such an important means of information that the shipper could not be indict- ed, unless it was alleged the rates kad been posted. This ruling oc- curred in the indictments of Harvy C. Miller and Morris F. Miller, of Fhiladelphia, on charges of accepting concessions for shipments over the Merchants and Miners’ Transporta- = tion Company, jointly with the Sea- board Air Line and with the Atlantic Coast Line. ' Another case is the quarter cen- tury fight of Cinginnati shippers for logver ‘rates to Chattanooga and the South. In 1894 shippers induced the Interstate Commerce Commission to order a sharp r luction of rates pver the Cimeinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific road from Cincinnati to Chattanooga, Court held that the commission could mot fix a future . Later when this power was ‘wntei-ree “upen. ' “the' = Com-- mission reduced flrn class rates to 70 cents, and held that while a de- mend for a 60 cent rate might be reasonable 'on a road direct to Chat- tanooga it would not be so on the Louisyille & Nashville and connect- ing lines. Furthermore, the com- mission’ held that to reduce the rats to 60 cents might make inequitable certain rates from Memphis to Cha* tanoogd and to Atlanta, Birming-" ham, Montgomery and other couth- crn citiés, The Cincinnati shipperx made an unsuccessful attempt in the ° Commerce Court to have the seventy cent rate declared unjust and un- reasonable.’ ‘Whether a loop-hole really exista in the immigration laws such as would allow steamship. companies t> shift the responstbility for bringing in immigrants of the excluded class- es, will be argued before the court. A New York court held that whila the purpose of Congress seemingly was to make the stcamship compan- ies pay the cost of returning such immigrants as were ‘denied entrance there was nothing in the law to pre- vent the companies from circumvent- ' ing the law by requiring these immi- grants to put up security in foreig: ports to cover the cost of returning them if rejected. Another question will be whether a special rate on coal may be given Still other cases involv- ing conflicts of jurisdiction between the Interstate Commerce Commissiot: «nd the Commerce Court will be heard, » it~ THE WOLF COMING. Next Wednesday evening at the Herron Theater promises to be a moet notable event ,'the occasion be- ing the first presentation in this eity of “The Wolf,"” the play that set all Chicago talking for more than ten weeks, during its round in that city at the Chicago Opera Honse. ‘“Thes Wolf,”” is from the pen of BEugene Walter, author of several: dramas, but it is so different from the usual run of plays that it leaves a distant impression from the usual run of its own upon the minds of the spectators, The story and theme are new. There iz an abundance of bright dialogue, droll humor and the pathos and sentiment of the play .are not of the artificial sort. The stage settings are remarkably elaborate and many of the scenes are so well managed as to roooive hearty ap- plause. The omlflwm of “The s