Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 9, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM - fici\L TERM CIRCUIT COURT| sl OF DR. J L IS M in OHNSON AND W. ¢ ROSERTSON BEGAN ORNING. (i Bureau, Ba erable intere «+ vase of Dr. John- tor WL Robert- 2 rried for the d girl which oe- on July ird. a t having been 1¢ to hear the case. oy work of selecting ga ( tae attention of . bhut it is expected W morning the trial rest, Thomas Pal- defendants while I B. Singletary is 1t 8. Phillips and Iwenty witnesses {or been summoned, and ns to the case being MATE FEDERATION OF LABOR CO! lan. 29. m of n v o the State. at tor NVENED TODAY. The 12th the Florida «of Labor met in r Bay and Liberty a session of three in attendance from Lewis W. or from St. Johns served the State three successive s as prosident, 18 in the chalr, ng e xercises took place The following program ¢ out this afternoon’ alled to order, T. W. nat twelcome, Hon. William | ) committee on ar- Rev. Geo. { the Union Con- o Jarcksonville, Robert MeNameeo, lorida State Fed- lcome on behalf of I ATES HERE [ resident T. W Cox and Labor s of welcome ident State Fed- chairman com- cements PERMANENTLY. n,and family of arrived in this their Ms Semon having o puarchased one- perty overlook- th This is irable orange wd its owner progressive * make it one of country LANS BUY GROVE. - Wi 00DMEN th and Brodie Tennessee, | @ wland looking | days, and this 12h the real nz & Wiley ucar Sparling ery desirable ud wall worth ! Broyles will ve- © days to their but expect to ar- make thig city their NS BANQUET. ting features of red at the sday night =5 Beulah S in store allation 'G. W. CAGLE IS FATALLY SHOT BY RIVAL IN LOVE. Baltimore, 3. 8. —George W.| Cagle, of Candler, N. (., was shot and ! perhaps fatally wounded here today | Eby Herbert H. King, another Suulhvr-: [ner. King was C(agle's successful | rival in love, he having married Mrs. | Peulah Sloope, of Rome, Ga., whomi %('nglrfl avers was his betrothe. Cagle {said that he came here to recover diamond ring he had given to Mrs. Sloope and several hundred dollars which he had entrusted to her to jsave until their wedding. | He encountered King in the Equit- | uble building here today. There was an exchange of words and King fired, sending two bullets into Cagle's ab- {domen. To the police King said he {heard Cagle call after him and { brought a revolver to defend him- | self. 'EQUITABLE BULDING | BURNED TODAY Tremendous Co;;a:r;tion in New York City, Accompanied By Loss of Life. (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 9.—The immense office building of the Equitable Life Assurance Society on lower Broad- way was destroyed by fire this morn- ing, with a loss of several million dollars. Four bodies have already been tak- ¢n out, and it Is expected that others were trapped in the great structure. The flames started in the basement occupied by a cafe. When the fire was discovered, it had gained such headway that all the fire apparatus in the down towy department was called out. The firemen® fought irom nearby skyscrapers, aided by tugs in the river which threw thous- wnds of gallons of water half way “lacross lower Manhattan. There were many narrow escapes and thrilling rescues by the fire fighters. The flames gained so rap- idly that it was but a little time un- til the great building was a blazing torch, which made a thrilling sight Several men were caught in the safety deposit valuts, and almost baked alive The Equitable Building was th» Lome of many banking houses, ant n invaluable records, includin: insurance policies, are lost The vaults are thought to have withstood the ftire, saving the records they con- tained. The building was assessed at $1,200,000 | TELEGRAM'S PRESS SERVICE AFFECTED BY BAD WEATHER. Sleet and snow in the States nor!h’ of us have so impaired telegraphic communication that only a limited number of dispatches have been goo- Lakeland todav, hence The telegraphic news is pot as full as usual. In fact,| nothing had been received here un- ten throngh to Telegram’s til absut 2:30 this afternoon, and .t began to look like we were in asure cut off from th t of th country. It is expected that the wire fv'!t-l'it.: Florida will be in good| { workinz order tomorrow, ulthouzh | as to the weather are not re-/ | advic ing WIRES ENCASED IN ICE: | SERVICE IS DEMORALIZED. 1 (By Associated Press.) | Atlanta, Ga., Jan. . - Follo 24 hours’ smow and rain, free weather came last night encasing wires and trees in ice. Telephon~ service is demoralized, many town being ‘isolated. The weather today | is bright but little prospect of im- mediately becoming warmer. | {DOVE OF PEACE IN { IN MIDST OF DEN. LEADERS | (By Associated Press ) | Washington, D. .. Jan. % —When| 1 the Democra | | 1 | | men assembled troublesome con- 1’mr-spkr‘rv~ is cle ithoughz to be b B ¥ a pro-jof the conventicn ¢ 20d music and a|Baltimore seemed to have the be ‘L is to be served ing chance, although St. Louis had o ‘|many friends. | the cord en his hands fast to it be-|j {course of erection will be lcased t Published in the Best Town in thé Best Part of the Best LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1912. FREE DELIVERY |PUBLIC BUILDING FOR LAKELAND FOR LAKELAND THIS IMPORTANT MATTER TO BE|BILL FOR THIS PURPOSE HAS TAKEN UP BY POSTAL BEEN INTRODUCED BY CON- AUTHORITIES AT ONCE GRESSMAN SPARKMAN, 1912, Sooretary PoOEC Chunn, of - the Lahland Board of Trade, today re- Lakeland, Fla., Jan. 8, dditor Telegram Sir: I have tonight cffice Department s ol my statement spector has been detailed to visit our [ tine dzo, asking that Mr. Sparkman city to ascertain what action should [use his influcnce to se be taken looking to the establish- [ building for this city he ment of city delivery service. 1| bore an enclosure of a copy of a bill think I might say in this connection | propured ana introduced by My, that this matter has been brought|Sparkman, providing for the erec- about by the Postmaster who has|tion of a public building in the city been working and backed up by the|ot Lakeland at a cost not exceeding honest co-operation of the Board oI $1v0.000, Trade and the City Council, and not Mr. Sparkman stated that he wi by sorcheads and unscrupulous ! hopeful of getting this item incor schemers, porated in the Public Buildings Bill Respectfully, if such a measure shall be passed, or J. L. SKIPPER, in the omnibus bill, if the latter Postmaster, | should be drawn to provide for pub- e lic building items. Mr. Sparkman WARRANT ISSUED FOR added that he would do everything in his power to procure the legisla- ARREST OF MINISTER. tion pecessary to give Lakeland this TR great public improvement. Information from the western part While this paper is entirely satis- of the State tells of the charges filed | feq of Mr. Sparkman's interest, yet, against Rev. ', W. Gavin by his|knowing the multitude of claims of former wife, accusing him of non-|g similar nature that will go before support of his children, two of whom | cgngress, we are a little pessimistic are girls. The Pensacola Journalighout the measure getting through gives the following details: #t this session. However, we may “A warrant was issued yesterday|pe agrecably surprised. and, in any morning by Judge R. L. Nickelson, event, the way is being paved to se- Justice of the peace, for the arrest|eyre thig improvement at a no great- of Rev. (. W. Gavin, presiding elder Iy distant date. If we could secure of the Marianna District, in which [ ypis building, it would present a hap- Le is charged with having wllhheld,],y and permanent solution of our the means of support from his minor |, .gi.office troubles, so far as build- children of whom are little girls. ing and equipment are concerned. R. R AGENT'S CLEVER 2,000,000 BOXES RUSE DIDN'T WORK! OF FRUIT SHIPPED Confessed Under Sweating Process. | Approximate Figures of Citrus That He Stole Money and Played Movement From Florida Up Trick to Avert Suspicion. to January 1, 1912, Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. N The movewent from Macon, Ga., Jan. 9. Al Macon is! stivred by the contession of P H [total citrus truit Florida to January | was abont 2, Caunst Smith, railroad ticket agent of th Central of Georgia Railroad, who wa- 1000,000 bhoxes. The Atlantic tonnd gagged and bound to the tick-{ Line, Seaboard Air Line and othe of counter Sunday night, and who!railvoads have carvied north Pt up a story at that time of the of | 1500,00 boxes and So0,000 have about fice being robbed of §2,500 by high-!been carvied by the Clyde Line, Mer-} waymen, but who last night acknow!- «hants & Miners, and other steam- edged after o tour hours' sweat box ! <iip lines (o castern market examination, that he had stolen the The movement this week was ey money and had atterwards bound ciemely light, & ind gageed himself, hoping thus to) avert suspicion from himself Smith said that he had needed the | cloge esti money badly and bad made up his|week frnit and tan i mind to frame up a fake robbery.' .i¢ in good demand 1t ois g ally fie said he extracted $1,700 in bills| inderstood that the trom the safe, carefully wrapp: }u,l'linu back quite age of them up and exttracted $100 for hizftheir frait and belie price ut a damper on picking and ship of the shipments this exchangs i psonal us=e. This he says he gave will be procured it no freeze oceun to a woman whose name he refuses |1t is hoped that this vear the Florida This was at the noovn|erowers will ezeape this di to divular 1) He took the rest upstairs and Do date prices have Shortly before the night ma 1 in geveral years past came on he tied his feet and thed | doubt thar the balaneo of t s hands together in front of him.| i, far superior to the frait already v i it IS nol 1me time He then backed up against a ticks hipped, and dealer rack and made the hanging ends of 'ol) rushed to market 2 will bring satisiactory prices, but hind his head. In this position thelit growers, fearing a treeze, zlat th night agent found him half an hour rket in their offort to sa better trait later. op. lower prices to TR ETG Pwitl be the consequence BUILDING OPERATIONS LIVELY " G e ON WEST ORANGE STREET ., (,yicnficld & Wooltolk all 2 Bk {poit very light shipments during the Building operations are ln-r'umn:';“ .Ll tvu. 5 'l'\ ';‘lh ; : a8 Vo werks, In far v lively on West Orange street, and in- :'_ e % d of colored people inhabiting THLINR TIMIE moveiient Has beel PREE a 0 A o ] s add s this Dn;-vinn of the town as hereto- ically at a standstill. They expecl = : { tie « cleaned up after fore, they are being required to mov: he market to be clean ‘ Z this week and if tarther west and houses now in| 5 veather conditions hipments will begin yext week more prevail heavy white tenants Thosze who are building in this lo-| cality are Scally & Bassett whe COLD SPELL GRIPS COUNTRY: just let the contract P8 NEAR FREEZING IN FLORIDA houses of five and six rooms eact - - hich will be for rental upon thel comp 1. Mr. R her severe ten 1p two bunzalows en West moving into Flor the following rapid pascave teom central valley A n zero 1o thirty Tampa, Jau Lufsey is . Which are n North- v States and Manitol d frecz ing to Gulf and Atluntic | t. Be- low freezing in northern, and about |freezing in central, portion of State Protect truck and northern WURTZ. RAINS DAMAGE LETTUCE. Gainesville, Jan. 9.— Excess rains have damaged the lettuce crops| tonight. in this section. <hipments. received afceived a letter from Hon, 8. M. letter dated Jan. 6th, from the Post-|Spurkman, who represents this dis- | ng that in view | trict in Congress, in answer to . Post-office In- | communication from the Board some! e a |>\Il>li|‘! letter | eacessive painsg b ping; probably 200 cars would be o} | State ol Florida, favorable | State. v sosamn v |CHAMP CLARK jgated in front of the Raymondo/ [ building to hear a debate between Rev. Shellhamer and a Mermog eld- { AT JACKSON DAY DINNER MAKES ler. The latter took up the cudgels £ f for Mcrmonism and the former STRONG PLEA FOR PROGRES- SIVE DEMOCRACY. ! inst it, and tor an hour they | | wrangled over the question, finally | the meeting breaking up with flni (l | Mormon exclaiming “I'm not whip- Wiashington, Jan N . it r of what he said | Champ Clark's speech at the Jack the crowd felt that he had been de-{son Day Dinner here tonight was an ¢ opposed standpat’ by Associated Presso Speaker feated 1l to all those who The crowd was entirely with Rev.!to ndpatters™ and to sShellhamer, which made it hard for | policies to “stand together, pull té- the Mormon to get in any good licks] ether and work together” The u his own behalf, however, he failed | only hope of the country for progres- |10 make the best of the opportunity ve legislation, he declared, lies in he had to talk, and Rev. Shellhamer { the Democratic party because the “standpatters” are in the majority imong the Republicans. Referring, Lo the split of the Republican party, | imre off the palm as the winner in | the detate. the Speaker said it looked as though lBoARn 0f ]RA[l h(lllh|l|).: Nh\'lll'( of | fn‘ir:u"h- “:“.h.' [ ELECTS NEW OFFICERS |iv." "5 s me i “warned against depending for success upon H. D. Mendenhall President, lild opponents’ dissensions. JIno. S. Edwards Secretary to “Democrats desire progressive leg- islation,” said Mr. Clark. “Independ- Supply Resignations. ents and divers Republicans want it. The majority of the American The Lakeland Board of Trade held | people favor it. The only way to an important meeting this afternoon, | achieve it is at the hand of Demo- st which a number of matters of | crats. The Insurgent Republicans great importance to the growth and|would, no doubt, enact some remedial progress of the city were discussed. | legislation if they could, but the Mr. R. B, Lufsey had tendered his)‘'standpatters’ are in the majority in resignation as President at a pre-|that party and it looks as though vious meeting, and today Mr. P. E.[they will continue to dominate it ('hunn also presented his resignation, | indefinitely. Tt may be for years tn the grdund that having sold hidiand it may be forcver. They have business and accepted employment|control of the Republican machine from some one else, he did not feel itfand they will run it over the losur- Jjust to his employers to give time to]gents ruthlessly. The Independents the work of the Board. having no separate party organiza- The resignations were accepted | tion will muke their influence felt at with regret by the Board, and a vote|the polls by voting for those candid- of thanks was tendered the .retiving|ates who appear to wost nearly ap- officers for the excellent service they | proximate their standard; but as had rendered. they can entertain - no reasonable Mr. 0. D. Mendenhall was elected hope of remedial legislation from President of the Board, and Mr [the Republican party so long as it is John 8. Edwards was chosen as sec- | dominated by the ‘standpatters,’ it is vetary. It is the general feelinglio be hoped that they will give us that the organization chose two of [ their aid and comfort by voting for tie livest men available for these two [ Democratic candidates this year. As important ofti and The Telegram | the Insurgent Republicans can iovks for great results during the | aehiove nothing except when work next year under their able adminis-|ing in conjunction with Democrats tiration they would most easily and most cer While there hasn't been o great| winly accomplish their purpose by [ tourish of trumpets about its move-voting for Demoerats all along the ments, the Board of Trade has been|line. We are politically somewhat animportant tactor in the growth off iy the same condition which wis Lakeland and many pood things that [old Bey Franklin described himself Bave been obtained can be traced toland his compatriots to be in when, its ellonts after signing the Dec ! dependence, he exel ! TRAMMEL IS BUILDING st all hang together or | FENCES FOR CAMPAIGN,|#!! hatx separaiely.’ \ Oune thing is clear as Jan. S Hon Park | continued the speaker, “in order to win we must hold all the voters wi had in 190X and draw to us about 500,000 who were against us then, Consequently it is of supreme impori ance that we enter the impending: contest thoroughly united in pur- erystal | Jacksonville Teammedl, atto wral of the ul now one of the Liost prominent gubernatoral can :dld:nn s ol the several who have an Loounced, s speuding a few days in the ity in interests of his candid- 1““. thouzh other bosiness had [ Pose, i principle, in policy and in heart SWe owe the Honse to the splendid record of the House Democrats of the 6lst Con prowptod his visic her Otues than 2 hort statomeni present Democrati lgiven to several papers of the State, I bave not outlined my platform, ald Mr. Trammell, “but hope to vave it ready for publication within shall | th the | magnificent record of the Democra precs and we owe our present im proved vastly improved status in : month In that article 1 country to that record plus the vid no issues which concern Mare of the Hopat attempt to mix people of the State, | in both House and Senate at the o with | raordinary session of the present (rivial and unimportant qnestions [ Congre It was a rocord gloritied unparalelled unity o purposs "which may be raised during the by Ev:mumi,;n and of action and by constructive “My choice of campaign publicity | statesmanship of high character We 5 that given through the newspap-|5¢t the pace for future Congresses and 1 fully believe that $2,000|2s to quality and quality of legisla spent in public will]tive work done It detracts nothing do more good thau $5.000 spent on | Whatsoever trom our record that the the | President nullified by his vetoes the newspaper postage stamnp Fuorthermore, | newspapers zo to a class of people while the|flowed from our enlichtened and pa Leneficient results which would have | who read and remember, cireulars may be read, and may be However, sinee the triotic endeavors “We made our record; he made his. The people - The Court of last resort in politics -must decide the case up- on those records next November., We await their decision with confidence and hope believing that as we stand their friends here, they will prove to friends at the ballot-box.’ |thrown away | line of competition is formed by the teeneral ideas of the candidates as a fwhole, I mysclf may be forced to | follow 2 m which T do not thor- cughly en { be our WHITE FLY PARASITE | MEETING OF ILLINOIS PEOPLE WILL BE HELD TONIGHT. are interested in Ilino {2t Washinzton, desizy | iy attend the mecting of Ilinois < ol Smith & Steiiz, Florida citrus crop, lando. s e T o e it e e e e