Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 30, 1912, Page 1

Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best Sta!e. e NGRO LYNGHED AT CORDELE 5D WHO OUTRAGED YOUNG o ] WOMAN PAYS THE ATE USUAL PENALTY. fated Press.) 30.--A mob o A Ga., Jan, , and the u. the negro identified | ' b last night attacked _took him to the negro| town, hanzed and then | for sherift asked + were unable to reach L oo ve used to give up lhu waus overpowered by the who broke down lust night, voung weman, who a f a prominent family Loked her fence U L hig iited her. she who t where chwell, aave dence section of L.L\OIS DAY CELEBIATIOH POSPONED UNTIL LATER . liinois Day celebration, which taken place this even- Wi o have ¢ 4 Muun Park, has been postpon- 1l a4 later date, owing to the t + weather, rain having o and off all day. would suggest that any one teog a hamper or 80 of good t~ already prepared, can keep wet careful attention. " 10t Known exactly what day v selicted to have the celebra- \ tut this will be HY2IS TO BE DELIVERED BY SENIOR CLASS L. H. s k to be glven in the s(-lmni‘ March 1, 1912, at 8:00 tollows: Swindeil —“lIs it Worth Pt snathara “Mammoth Cave” # fooks— “Sunny South.” lickson- “Seven \Wonders “Why in the feotsteps of Rome. Herman Flanagan. Boyd Edmiston. imme!] “The Ross “The Roll (all roover— g, “Life of Robert tterson ho.™ is cordially No .ndmlx-inn VETE poy uu:srnn f(R ENTERING POST-OFFICE Fla., Jan. 29 v“ ‘it dollars, k- @ the second time that the . ¢ has been entered within | A :‘ fe culprit securing about Tt time. No attempt was {(ISON SLAPPED AGAIN. 1 '3n. 29 _The Rev, '“rs’ Conference. " followed the step taken i "u€l Baptist church of st Friday in withdraw- | bill reducing -hme~ on steel products| not judge from the appearance cf the nan hagg wship, jand School, v, 1 he secured the | from behind a fence into| | the nezro; of carried her be- the two homes She became un- v recovered and crawled to was found by the | be ¢ was ccmmitteed in the the m going to waste by leaving t the Telegram office, where promise to give them our announced ! Am 1 Here.” “In Medias Res.” Resclved, that we are fol- Stony of invited to| —Willie teen-year-old white boy, il Van Burke, of Sneads, has B ‘under arrest by Marshal | f that city, charged with “+d the post-office of that ' noon, angd securing some | have reopened INVESTIGATION BRINGS 7 time to molest the mail only cash being taken. “2ed that the boy had by > Secured a key that would | ithe mills of the United States Steel icor and took advantage of o the postmistress at make his entry. { vestigating the steel indastry, GOSPEL MEETINGS ‘CONTINUE | AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Owinz to the increasing inte tie Gospel meetings _ will continue tiroughout the week. Each evening | at T:30, also Sunday morning at Sun cvening and ¢ Socicty at 6| :’ | at We “The Part in the (¢ audience was larg went to ther the wonder.ul had heard, jeot iday nigh the Hely Spirit nversion of a Soul’ ciative; many thrilled with they tiing TERRIBLE CONDITIINS N WAR-CIJRSEI) CHINA Assassination and Rapme are Ram.| pant, According to Letters From Missionaries. (By A ted Press.) Peking, Jan. 30, The Mukden pe- lice are systematically raiding the homes of preminent men supposed t revolutionary sympathizers, as- sassinating them and carrying on their wives and daughters, accordinyg to letters from missionaries, The | entire country along the roads lead- ing to Harbin are infested with brig- ands. The law-abiding Chinese are Lkoping (or interference by the Jap- anese or Russians. HOLD SALE AT PLANT CITY BOWMAN REALTY COMPANY The Bowman Realty Company. who has headquarters in this city, conducted two successiul auction sales of lots at Plant City last week. On Thursday they sold “Dixie Gar- den,” and on Friday Schneider and INDICTMENT OF { mation, Kcot's subdivision in the south of town. The sales were very satisfac- tory. AS SONG SAYS “SOMEBODY LIED” Watterson Says It Was Wilson, and Wilson Guesses It Was Wat-. terson, (By As:ociated Press.) Trenton, N. I, Jan, 20, “The lal- ese statement of Watterson admits o! no comment trom me.” said Wood- row Wilson when asked i' he had any reply to Watterson's statement last night voncerning the Watterson- Wilson-Harvey matter, He said h- was sorry to have to relinqui<h his triendship “fcr the Kentucky edi-| tor."” The statement referred to was is- sued by Watterson last night, and declared that the issue between him and Governor Wilson was solely as to which one had lied. Col Watter- son said he “had engaged conclusive- Iy to show that Governor Wilson had lied,” and charged that Wilsou “dared not face the facts.” 'STRIKE SITUATION AT LAWRENCE UNCHANGED (By Associated Press.) Lawrence, Mass., Jan. soldiers on guard throughout the en- a0 \\'iv_hI tire town, there was ro violence at the textile mills this mornizt Pa- rading was prevented. Some mills| with curtailed work- | ing forces. TRUST T0 TIME (By Associated Press.) I Washington, Jan. 30.—Following the denunciation by Attorney Louis 1. Brandeis, of alleged conditions in lone-quarter million. tonly two having reperted a decrease, | were but slight. Corporation, Attorney Reed, of the corporation, announced during the hearing o’ the House (ommittes in- tha. | plans for the relief of the wor kme’ll { were being laid by a committee of the ‘ stockholders. c.v.i under sentenee of death of Avis Linnell, was " from the Boston Bap- STEEL BILL PASSED HOUSE YESTERDA ! Pre; i ) | —The House | (Py Washingt the Senate today. uxm.m FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JABUARY 30 1912 No. 75 |SENATE LISTENS TOW.C.TU LEALERS SEEX TO PREVENT SHIPMENTS TO DRY TER. RITORY. ATT’Y DARROW AMARA'S LAWYER UNDER AR. REST YOR ALLEGED BRI- BERY OF JUROR. fated Press. By Associated Press)) Los Angeles, Jan, 50, Whether W S0 Leaders of +indictment veturned late yester- | the W U stormed the st Clavence Dar- | Jadicary Committee in an effort to W, atter for the MeNa- wee taverable action on the Ken- mara brothers, was ll!\ 4 on the al- [don=sheppard bill, forbidding llu-‘ D ocontession of Bert Franklin {20 ntef liquor into dry tervitory, ! e MoNamara detective under gned Vi omwmittees were headed by Mrs ictment for jury bribing, |rrnh:|h]y|| MONC Stevens, National Presiden: i not be Kuown until the Darrow |07 ! aanization, and Miss Ellen »comes to trial, OMicials pefuse | B3 the famous missionary to divalge e source of their infor-| P he tomperance workers from the has been rumored that ! Seuth were especially interested It trankiin had told all he knew, Darrow was arrested yesterday for PROVE CAPITOL GROUNDS. bribe wind corruption of jurors, two > irdictments, containing four counts, | 7o capitol grounds in Tallahassee being returned. Two of the counts|@re ‘o be beautified ;remodeled and (harge him with bribery and at-|'Wproved. The necessary appropria- tempted corruption of Robert Bain, | 1ot was made by the 1911 Legisla- he first jaror sworn to try J. B, Me- ture and landscape gardeners are ai ara; the remaining counts al-| Wo's on plans which will be submit- lege the bribery and corvuption of 10 it a few days. As soon as the specitications are ready this work will begin. B INCREASE IN POLK [APPEAL FOR CHINESE COUNTY'S REVENUES| ~ FAMINE SUFFERERS All Florida ommg in Wealth, and | Taft Sends Gllehmt Teleznm Ask- Polk One cf the Leaders in ing for Aid for Starving People Gnn, of China. Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. -The Comptroller's office has just complet- ed the compilation of the assessed |AMerican Red Cross George N. Lockwood. Tallahassee, Jan. 27. President William H. Taft, as president o the Society, las. e 20 valuation oi property throughout the|!:8ht sent the folowing telegram o o area, was Atlanta, with a total State for 1911 and the figures give|Governor Albert W, (Hlchrist as pre:- the! fdent of the Red Cross for Florida: information of great value to State, ) “Reports of the famine in China Your correspendent this morning | #T€ 80 appalling that [ have felt traperative, as president of the "o'tl Cress, to make known the facts as given to the press today in order that the people of the United States may extend relief with characteristle erosiiy. 17 you, as president of your State Red Cross Board, see it to sup- rlement this publication by procla- maticn to the people o your State, §196,805,442, belng an inereuse over the force of the appeal will be greatly last year of $14.000,00 1y | Strengthened. Contributions received round millions this is distributed as 2 members of - your state bos ollows: Real estate, 128 millions: should be duly credited by your personal property, 56 mililons; | Board Treasurer and transmitted to millions; telegraph lines, | the National Treasurer in Washing- million; Pullman company ton. If agrecable, Kindly name state Loard members in proclamation.” Forty-five of the forty-seven cour Governor Gilehrist will be pleased ail {Boretue aver last yonr !ln have the newspapers of this state publish the President’s telegram for | the information of the generous and charitable people of Florida. The Florida State Board of the American Red Cross consists of Gov- ernor Albert W, Gilchrist, Talla see, President; Mr, George R. _| Saussure. Jacksonville, secured access to the general sum- mary sheet and after wading through a perfect ocean of tigures he deduct- ¢d the tollowing intcrmation that should be read with great interest by all Floridians. The total assessed valuation of ail property returned for taxation in the e has reached the grand total of St over rai! voad one-hal! ties show and the decrease in those instances The counties show- ing the greatest gains with the amount of the increase in round fig- ures are as follows: Dade County, $1,222,000; Duval, $2,212,000; cambia, $619,000; Manatee, § 000; Orange, $726.000; Palm Beach $1,192,000; Polk, $1,213,000; Santa Rosa, $1,204,000. With the new population pourinz into Florida as never before and property valuations being reported for taxation in such inereased amount De- Treasurer; Mr. G. T. Whitfield, Tallahassee, Sec- retary; and Messrz. George W. Al- len, Key West, Walter F. Ceachman, Jacksonville, W. E. Cummer, Jack- sonville, Geo, \V. Saxon, Tallahassee, John E. Stillman, Pensacola, and T | C. Taliaferro, Tampa. of valuation, Florida can with all | propriety beast of its grow and St growih anl|1cE MEN WILL MEET R A S TAMPA FEBRUARY 13-15 FIRST CAR OF FLORIDA CELERY. | —— Tampa, Jan. 20, TLe anvual con- New York, Jan. 20.—The first car | Vention of the Southern e Ex- of Florida celery to come to the New | change, which will be held at the Vork market was received on Thurs-| Tampa Bay Hotel, February 13, Hi day by A. E. Meyer & Co. The ’(\!.;“nd 15, Inclusive, gives promise of | which came from the Manater|COnsiderable sport fcr the members ery, section, was of only ordinary quality | ©f the exchange who will be gath- of small size and due to this fact the|®fed in Tampa from all parts of the trade was not very anxious to take South at that time. The Woodmen's | carnival will be on at that time and ARMISTEAD'S TRIAL IS NCW ON AT TAXPA negro who at Plant Ciiy d, was called yeste Armistead, the up’ two deput o badly that oune die tor trial in Circuit Court norning, but the trial was postponed Lee 101 vohile the attorneys argaed for o chianze ol venue 0 rome otier ol cuit he motion was everraled and the trial was ordered to procecd to- day at 2 o'clock in the afterncon, when the jury will report. Attorneys W K. Zewadski, senior and junior, | rej nuted the negroo Tampa Tri bune, S\YS ROOSEVILT WOULDN'T DECLINE Tawrence F. Abbott, One ¢ Outlcok Editors, Thinks Teddy Would Not Refuse Nomination. (By Associated Press.) Trenton, ds . dans - 40 Roosevelt would no more decline to tuke the nomination than he wonld decline to enlist it needod in time o war, is the opinion of Lawrence Abbott, one of the Outlook e expressed in letters to former ernor (. Stokes, Ahbott suys not anthorized to speak for the Cole- nel, but has been with aim ercugh to learn his views, PELLAGRA CAUSED Tha: 386 DEATKS IN 1910 Washington, .l.'m. Pellagra cansed 386 deaths according to the census bureau registration arranged during 1910. Two hundred and six- ty-three of the victims were females. The city with the highest mortality from this cause within the reglstra- 29 of 69 deaths reported, | WILSON ANLSHARVEY CORRESPONDENCE Apparently Ccrdial Understanding As To Withdrawal of Harper's Weekly's Support. (By Associated Precs.) New York, Jan. 30, The corre- spondence between Governor Wood- row Wilson and George Harvey, ed- iter of Harper's Weekly, after Har- vey withdrew the pronounced sup port of his paper from Wilson, has heen given out. It shows the most cordial relations between the Wilson assured the editor that appreciated his support, bu, as cold business-like matter, he though® it was injuring him with some peo- Harvey replied he understood was no the two. he ple. the situation and that there personal misunderstanding in matter, FORT MYERS LADY IS FATALLY BURNED Mrs, €, L. he Fort Myers, Jan. 30, Wiggius is thought to burned as the result of an accident which oceurred here shortly before noon. Mrs. Wiggins is the wife of kxpress Messenger C. L. Wizgins, MORE WITNESSES IN DYNAMITE CASES (By Associated Press) Washington, Jan b Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, and H. H Fletcher, cashier of the local bank in {which was kept the McNamara de- Gov- he is fatally | Frank | 'a 'LAKELAND VIEWED BY NORTHERNER MINNESOTA VISITOR'S COMHEN- TARIES ON THIS CITY AND SECTION. Mr. M. G Willard, of Mankato, P Minn., writes to his home paper, the Mankato I Pross, the tollowingz hous the unbi- {lotter, which we publi l Joand candid views of a northern man, as corditions down heve appear to him I have heen rather <low in accent- ing the invitation to write { casionally impressions of you oc- as tooour the Southland. Yet. to tell you the tritch, mest of my time sitce com- ing heee has besn gpent writing let- ters, ete, trying to finish up what 1 did not have time to do before leav- But we have never ing Mankato been sorry we hurried away without being ready, as we oxcaped vhat from all accounts from heme has heen one of the severesy “cold spells” for u'mu' vears ,and that is just what we were leaving the blizzardly north for. Celd Fcllowed Them. The worst of it is that we were a day or two late, for wers badly frozen out in the “Dixie Fly- er” out of Chicago, for over twenty- four hours. Indeed, the cold seemed to follow us all the way to Jackson- ville, where u stiff breoze trom the north was almost icy when we ar- rived late Friday morning. Twelve or fifteen Pullmans is too big a train, with all the accompanying rolling stock, for any one englne to haul even when the passengers are all thankful to escape the cold. But when so many coaches have to get their heat from the distant engine, we found we did not escape the cold as we wished and expected to. Both Mrs. Thurston and myself tock ge- vere colds, which were not shutfled off 50 readily mine was last year two montbs later, Pl Cold Kept Pouring South. This was probably because the cold kept pouring south, as it does not later in the seakon, added to the fact that neither the ordinary hotel or residence here is prepared tor such unusual weather We think we are burdened with holidiuys in the north, but we are in- trodficed to a new one here. When the 19th of January in holi- we I saw day type in Mr. Drane's cflice yes- terday, |ohad to ask what it might mean, and was told that the 19th is the anniversary of General Lee's birthday. Ard to do as the Romans do when in Rome of course | went to the celebration at the ¢ A house this a‘terncon. But [ was glad o opportunity to go anyhow, for | want- eu to see their attitude toward the north and toward this “Glorious Un- itn.” Whether intended or not the decorations were not chiefly great white bunting and flowers and plants ally seen on patriotic oc rorth. These were chiefly red and white unting .and flowers and plants €0 plentiful now as at all other sea- sous in this fower land. The other fiag was no more prominent, though there were quite a number of little ones of both styles. Finds No Fault. I have little fanit to find with the either by myv arrayed in ali sentime expressed, friend, the glory of his tull gray general's uniform, or in the very eloquent wl- dress of Hon. H. 3. Phillips, of Tam- Had | been a Union soldier, ¥ <iiould have wanted to grasp the gen- eral’s hand ¢ for be declared that never would he word on snch a man’s birthday, © neral Cox, soon as possible, say a fense fund, have been subpoenaed to | €'¢r to stir up by-gone ammnsn) But he did say many kind things it and sales were rather slew ar $3 g appear before the federal grand jury to 50 per crate. It is expecied | Will add to the opportunities ‘or vn~|m Indianapolis, which is investigat-| M. Phillips called Robert E. Lee the there will be several cars of this cel-|Joyment that might be afforded, inr the na(i;m-widc- dynamiting | RTeatest general of modern times. ery arrived here before the fiv.: of |and the delegates are coming primed |, iote ) That is too high praice to suit all of February. There will be automobile rides cH us, but unquestionably none but a R i ISt about the city, boat trips, Spanizh " 8 . 3 great general and a great man could THIEVES ARE ACTIVE breakfasts for the women, Spanish WEATHER romm' Lave maintained the integrity of the | dinners for the men, theater parties ON PULLMAN CARS fer the women, and many other forms Ocala Star: A few days ago in San- | Cf entertainment. The ford, Rev. Wildman was leaving on 'ant of all, however, wiil be the {one of the trains coming down from masked ball on St. Valentine's night will and at the Tampa Bay Hot This !the north, and in the ecrowds jam, his pockets were picked and $75 take the place of the re Val- He says the conductors say entine’s ball that has he of every social season for years, taken. it would be surprising to know the amount of pickpockets and there are on the Pulimans. thieves You ani It there o | former pastor the right | passed late yesterday, and went to|people, for they are all micely dress-|more tourists in St. Petersburg now is und'r&lood that are ed and respectable looking. than at any previous season. most impor- 5 2UE 30. - Cloudy and cold- arnd cocl tomorrow WURTZ TAFT IN POLITICAL Jan ; fa ¢ HOTBED OF 0III0l Gent is here tai celiver po.itica will go to Akron tonight. several southern confederacy for so many w)- ars against such tremendous edds. |"lnr speaker put great emphasis upon | his statement that Lee could never {have been <o sreat general but for his being =0 great a Chri<tian “ran Many Christian Men. This. naturally, leads me to re- mark th s 1 have been able to Jea the proportion of Christian ! n the south is co lcrm r than in the north qContinued on page 4.)