Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 8, 1912, Page 1

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M LEADERS M[H TODAY| ¥ A pROMINENT FIGURE— g LIKE BALTIMORE WILL GET CONVENTION. Sh (By Associated Press.) - gton, D- Cos Jan, 8.—Bryan pitated 2 fight, when the Demo- e National Committee met this joon, to have James M. Guftey, peansylvania thrown off the Com- it The roll call had just start- 'nu the trouble broke loose. on the name of James A. Weather- of Alabama, recently gdoctm ty gtate Committee tO succeed Jolme ELLEN M. STONE WILL RETURN T0 LAND OF BRIGANDS Miss Ellen M. Stone, who, ten years ago, while a missionary in Bul- garia, was for six months a prisoner in sthe hands of brigands, who held her and her companions, Mrs. Kater- ina Stephenova Tsilka, for ransom, is arranging to return to Turkey in the capacity of a missionary. Miss Stone is now in Savannah, the guest of Miss McAlpine. She is much interested in key since the Young Turk party ined the ascendancy. She believes that the danger from brigandage is now past. She is also very hopeful for the future of Christian missions in Turkey. y Miss Stone was recently in Lake- land, and-delivred a most excellent | lecture .while: hare fomlinson, deceased, was called, | oy asked if there Was any pro- Brown of Vermont declared af- (ve action unnecessary, as the & ier 1oy entirely in the hands of state committee. Chllrmln & sustained this point. the chair's decisiol an, declaring it was plain there 4 purpose’ to head off the pl'w againsy Guffey. this juncture a motlun ourried q g inwo executive session and the s were closed. The Pennsylvania bt was plunged into imedhul{ esentative Palmer, who 18 con- ing Guffey's seat, was present, Blding Utah's proxy. Olnlrlnln ¢k apparently had the backl fthe “old line” Democrats in & his ruling. Woodrow Wilson arrived lk- today, i set about to prepare & statement | baining his letter to A. H. Jolina | ral years ago, suggesting that| W. J. BRYAN MMS NSITWE DECLARATION Says 'l'hat Under Nor Circumstances Will He Allow His Name to Go Before Oonmmon (By Associated Press.) Washington, D, C., Jan. o>—*Well, a man who has been President, hasn t the smip power as & man Who has not. Roosevelt may not be able to prevent his name - from going on the ballot, but I can and will prevent mine going on.” This was sald by Bryan, when he was told that Roose- id'he hadn’t the power means be devised to ’t “fld of frncon will hear '6' ¢ various cit! ntion. Baltimore's W to be increasing, L (By Associated Press.)’ Washington, D, C., Jam 3.;,— appeal in the Alabama case Was ed 33 to 13, indicating that will be retained. 3 (By Associated Press.) by, N. C., Jan. 8,—A company liamen is on duty at the court e here during the trial of two es for murder, to prevent & pos- lynchlng £ leellnd gm repmtm the thool of that city, won ome of Ftold medals for the best Tecita- B given at the convention of &. Educational Association in | wille. Miss Beulah Hooks is{] CE FOR RICHESON - IN WEEK qm (By Associated Press.) i ton, Mass,, Jan. 8.—As Riches ¥as about to be taken Jail| ¢ Superior Court to plead guilty rering Avis Linnell, the jailers “ed counse] thap he could mot be it, and the matter was M " until Tuesday, Semtence 18 *ibected to be pronounced for 4 or two, THE THIEF, The grealest event of the Mt rica] season is the ‘m" ance ip this city at m‘, * the New York Lyéeuin " Seneation ,“Tiie Mhilef,” that Ul play by Bernstein which “ all Europe and held al h' s gripping appeal, touches the deepest. m U emotion with a story a8 ln- e Deresting & i 1 ov erwhelmn‘, as Wu. a8 it i truthful, : . ¥oman js g 4.,” m ushang that, to w& becomes 5 thief, Vith which she Rake herself o | eTein she fs forced. for her Thes “m mume:m The storm lias greatly | BERRY SHIPPING GROWS HEA MANY THOUSAHDS OF QUABTS WILL 60 FORWARD DURING NEXT FEW WEEKS. ‘The strawberry crop is now begin- ning to go forward more rapidly from this section, Lakeland, Gai- loeway, Grifin and Kathleen all re- porting lively shipments and fine quality of stock. Several thousand Guarts have been shipped and good prices have been received, rangin from 50 cents to $1.00 per quart on the northern market. It is probable that next week ships ‘ ments will begin to go forward trfi- weekly. Mhe variety of berries now gom; forward are the Missionary, Excelsior and Thompson. On account of larger acreage of Missionaries havi: been 'planted this year than he fore, there are more berries goin forward that at the same time I seasop. About 25 per cent. of theje crop is early berries, the remainder’ being of the Klondyke variety, which come about February 1st. On and after this date and until May 18t | thousands of quarts will leave th local platform daily. : BUSY WEEK Mm FOR SIJ?RfMt Many Important Cues Sehednlad : ' Decision By Nation's Highest 'l'r\ibnnd. . (By Auoc'tated Press.) i . Washington, “Jen, 7.—With mo L1 than ome hundred cases under coft- .| sideration, the Supreme Court of the ‘United States is expected to.hand down many important decisions to-|, morrow, when it _convenes after. the " | holiday recess. an Fight Against Judce\!nlm’ "Possible Successor Because of Unpopular Decision. - (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.—Sen- ator Owen, of Oklahoma, announced that if the Proiid(nt mt to the Sen~ ate the nomination of Jndn w. C. ‘Hook, of Kansas, for the Supreme bench, he would fight ‘the confirma- tion indefinitely. [Jh¥ fght sgainst Hook has been taken @p ‘in several wes.ern and middle - m as & re- sult of his decision in the Oklshoma two-cent fare law. : : (By Associated Press.) : Ossining, N. Y. Jau. 8—Philip wmammnm mmmfor m“o{w live with him. Yomummcx, KILLS MOTHER AND SELF. (By Associated Press.) . Milford, Mass., Jan. 8.—Clare L. Racine, aged seventeen, killed his teother #ith a butcher Kknife. He then set fire to the house, and fatally stabbed himself. ' The blaze was ex- tinguished. = The boy is believed to have been temporarily insane. Cfllfl‘ WEATHER IN . ' SOUTHERN STATES M‘ and M,,rnuxlmx in Ala- 1 G ia. Mississippi and Tennessee. (fiy Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 8.—A sleet and fn storm prevails in Alabama, Mississippi ~and Western od railroads and demoralized More light may be shed on the anti-trust problem by decisions iff the St. Louis bridge case; the “hard coal” suit against the principal anthracite " |coalcarrying railroads and coal-pro- ducing companies of Pennsylvania; and the “cotton corner” case, aris- ing out; of transactions on the New York Cotten Exchange. The validity of several tedera! |1 laws may be determined. Foremost among these is the Employers’ Lia- bility law, which has been under con- sideration by the court since last February. A second decision may be rendergd régarding the validity of the “Carmack amendment” to the interstate Commerce laws, whereby initial carriers were made liable for damages or loss of goods whether occurring on their lines or those of connecting carriers. The fate of a score or more of I state laws may be decided, Of these, | Wi the constitutu y of the Oregon initiative and system has attracted the most attention, because the riling of the court will be appli- eable to laws in mmy half the states "ot the umion. ' !‘ordrn eorpm'tlon laws of Kan- , New York, and Texas may be pund upon. Other laws under con- sideration are the ‘“Hours of Ser- vice Law” for railroad employes in the State of Washington; the Mis- souri anti-trust law; the North Da- kota drainage law; the Kansas *Black Powder”’ law; the New York transfer tax law; the Moniana law taxing hand laundries; the North Carolina law regulating the receipt of goods by railroads; and the Arkan- sas law, requiring railroads to pay within 80 days claims for Hve stock killed by trains. Several wgeneral questions of law may be decided such as the validity of the transfer of allotted lands by thousands of Oklahoma Indians, and the liability of insurance companies for policies on the lives of men ex- ecited for murder. The latter point arose in the case of Samuel J. Mc- Que, mayon, of Charlottesville, Va., who was executed in 1905 for the myirder of his wife. svrnmoont'r ADJOURNS ~_ FOR FUNERAL OF MRS. DAY. (By Amehfud Press.) Whmm D0, Jan, 8.~The ourned immediate- ; NING TELEGRAM ¢ Rest Part of the Best State. BONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1912, C[l[BRAI[ LEE’S BIRTHDAY U, D. C. MAKING ING PREPARATIONS 0 FITTINGLY OBSERVE THE OCCASION. i‘he Daughters of the Confederacy observe Lee's birthday on Jan- y 19th with fitting exercises, jparations now being under way the occasion. he orator of the day will be Hon. [@rbert S. Phillips, of Tampa. There 1 be several vocal selections rend- d by the Confederate Choir, %hich omposed of the following singers: ., and Mrs. W. C. Norvell, Mrs. T. Darracott, Mrs. J, D. Allen, Mr. d Mrs. C. D. Clough, Mrs, Terry g Mr. Walter Clough. he Lakeland Citizens’ Band has n engaged for the occasion and y will render selections through- out the afternoon. : “\Miss Beulah Hooks and Miss Hal- Hudson, two very talented elo- ionist, will give selections appro- ate to the city, which will be asing features of the program. The exercises will take p'ace in nn Park if the weather ', propit- s, if not they will be ke ld ln the fid Fellows’ Hall, POSTMASTER SKIPPER MAKES STATEMENT [ Explains That He Is In No Wise Re- sponsible for Inferior Post- office Facilities. Bdlw‘ Evening Telegram: There pe&rs to be an impression among 2 good many psople that I am keeping the post-office in its present quarters chuse the building and equipment are owned by myself. The facts are mm July 21, 1910, 1 took up the matter of new quarters and equip- mpn with the Post-office Department ng of the conditions here, and _suitable place for the office be at once. 1 have not repaired nted the old building for the that 1 have expected that -office would be moved and pot care to put several hundred into the old shack when it gild be torn down as soon as the offiee ig moved out. good lot of talking has been done about Oity Delivery. That matter was taken up with the De- M by myself nearly a year ith the result that I was in- 1 that when certain conditions wdu met that I might report and the: mtur would receive attention. 1 wa up the subject with the Board of and informed the Board of th do. NINE NATIONS ACCEPT KEY WEST INVITATION. Washington, Jan, 4.—Many of the forelgn embassies and legations in this city will send representatives to the special international celebration at Key West, Fla., on January 22, of the completion of the Florida ‘East Coast Railway Company's line con- necting the main line with the is- l‘and city of Key Wist. President Taft, in behalf of the city of Key West, invited all foreign nations to send represeéntatives and naval vessels to participate in the celebration, Formal acceptances have been received from Italy, Mexi- co, Portugal, Costa Rica, the Dom- inican republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Salvador and Uruguay TAKING TESTIMONY IN.PACKERS’ CASES Trial Proceeds Merrily, Showing How Trust Plans Were Worked By Pnoken.. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Jan. 8.—Judge Carpenter indicated that he would rule out of the packers’ trial the record of the testimony of Jerome H. Pratt, iden- tifying the hand-writing of J, Ogden Armour and Thomas J. Conners on certain letters introduced by the government, Pratt was formerly connected with the Armours, He tes- tified that he wrote to the defend- ants named three letters giving a rec- ord of weekly business. Later they were returned to him bearing figures | in: pencil indicating each firm’s per- centage of shipments and profit of margins agreed up at the packers’ meetings. < Pratt testified that after the igsuance of the injunction re- straining the packers from continuing the pool, meetings to fix prices and apportion business were held at me;n- bers’ homes. TIN SOLDIERS FIGHT ~ IN SOUTH AMERICA Bmla Fought in Duu Revolution, But It Does Not Appear Any- body Was Hurt. (By Associated Press.) Guayaquil, Hcuador, Jan. 8.—A ¢lash occurred between two opposing armies near Hulgra, the force of Gen- eral Blasta, who has the sapport of the inhabitants of Quito, against General Alfaro, who has assumed the presidency. * The forces retired after a brief skirmish. A United States gunboat arrived yesterday from Panama. NO TROUBLE TO COOL OFF IN MAINE. 1 had done and requested that|. the Board get behind the matter and the requirements were met by the eity to notify me in writing, and I M urge the Department to take mmlm\ About the middie of De- cel 1 received a letter from Mr. Cln;ml the Secretary, stating that the work had been accomplished and 1 at once requested the Department to investigate at once. If 1 am at fault I am ready to assume the re- sponsibility of the faults. Ag regards the working force ot tnis office, I will say that I have never Si‘o, people anywhere who are mora uflm “to do their duty and who attend more closely to their work and ¢1e mote efficient in their labors than the elerks who assist me in the run- 1ing of the Lakeland post-office. Ifny person has any specific chlrn to make regarding any act of omission of commission in the hand- ling of the business, I Bhail be glad to try te satisfy the person and place|, the blame where it should be and them take it to the Department at WasHington for final consideration. 1 have no fault to find with any person for their just criticism of the of my office, but they should at 4 know that they are vight when they do. it, and be fair about it. Representatives of the Department have Investigated the post-office sit- here seyeral times, looking in- securing of the necessary gte., but up to the present not know. whether there y of the matter soon (By Associated Press.) Augusta, Maine, Jan. 8.—Ther- mometer registered 25 below here and 38 below at East Withrop. DENIED WAILES CLAIM. Tallahassee, Jan. 6.—The Supreme court this morning handed down a decision in the Walles claim case, af- firming the judgment of Judge J. W. Malone. Sidney I. Waies has asked Judge Malone to mandamus the State Comptroller to compal the anditing of-his Wailes account with the State. Malone refused to grant the man- damus and the Supreme Court .af- firmed Malone's decision. It is under- stood that the Walles attorney claims that Federal matters are envolyed which means that the case will Mke- 1y be taken to the Federal Courts. THIS DAY ANDY WHIPPED BRITISHERS Today is Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans; and Is Being Ob- served In That City (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, La., Jan. 8.—Louis- jana is celébrating “Jackson Day,” the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, when Andrew Jackson whip- ped the British. There are many puhllc exercises and business is sus- ¢ the south pat- No. 57 FINANCIAL FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA TREASURER KNOTT'S REPORT SHOWS GREAT INCREASE IN STATE'S BUSINESS. Tallahassee, Jan. 6,—State Treas- urer Knott has just published his financial report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1911 as re- quired by Section 126 of the General Statutes. This report will be of in- terest to all citizens of the State who keep posted on the State’s affairs, and expecially its financial condition. The increase in receipts and bal- ances on hand show that the business of the State is steadily on the in- crease. The receipts from General Revenue for the year were over one million dollars and the total receipts from 'all sources during the year, not including the balances on hand at the beginning of the year amounted to $3,141,315.66. This is the largest shown by any report ever issued trom the State Treasury. One source of receipts that ‘has given a good account of itself during he year is the sale of fertilizer and feed stamps. From these two ac- counts came over $71,000.00. From the Insurance Companies licensed to do business in the State was derived a revenue of over $181,000.00.. The Insurance Companies aré” under the direction of the State Treasurer, he being ex-officio chairman’ of the Board of Insurance Commissioners. From the Automobile and Chauffeur taxes the State derived in round num- bers $4,000 last year, From the hire or State con victs was received $312,~ 953.01. The present rate of taxation for State purposes is 7 1-2 mills on the dollar, distributed as follows; Pen-- sions 4 mills, General Reyenue 2 /mills, Constitutional School tax 1 mill, State Board of Health 1-2 mill The Pension tax is the largest single item of receipts amounting to $703,- 167.20. The State had on hand in the Treasury at the close of business De- cember 31, 1911, $858,440.36, more than enough to take up the entire State debt which the State really owes to itself, the bonds being held by the State S8chool Fund. The amount of money on hand in the State Treasury over and above actual necessary amounts for meet- ing current expenses never lies idle. It is deposited in the banks through- out the State and draws interest. The banks secure the State against loss by placing with the State Treasurer bonds for more than sufficient to eover the amount on deposit. The State derived in interest on its de- posifs last year $16,643.33. e State Treasurer's office is run on a highly systemitized basis, com- plete records and vouchers of the minutest transaction being kept. The motto of the office is: “Always the highest possible plane of efficiency.” NIGHT SHIRT ABLAZE; FIGHTS OFF HIS BRIDE. Ellaville, Ga., Jan. 7.——Maddened by the flames which licked his body, Joe Sears fought off the frantic at- tempts of his bride of three weeks to extinguish the fire and died in agony geveral hours later, Clad in a night shirt, Mr. Sears was standing in front of an open fire Saturday night before retiring when the garment caught and in a moment was a mass of flames. His wife, who was in the room at the time, ran screaming to his as- sistance. So frightened was he, how- ever, that she could do nothing. He died at 6 o'clock this morning. He was the only son of Dr. W, D. Sears, a prominent physician of Ella~ ville. BOND TRUSTEES MEET TODAY The Board of Trustees, City of Lakeland, met Monday morning, Jan- uary 8th, Messrs. Memminger, Bas- sett and Murrell preent. On motion being duly made and passed Mr. C. G. Memminger was elected Chairman, Mr. H. D. Bassett Vicg-Chairman and Mr: G."B. Murrell, Secretary. The Board was formally organized, matters of impertance discussed and

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