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

EMANDS OF JUAREZ RIOTERS xiCAN SOLDIERS IN STATE OF INSURKECTION, BUT THEY DONT KNOW WHY, —The Juarez mu- tated the former i provision that they i unless approved by diers have granted the officers to repair trains can arrive the government's u\nlc back pay if sol- sutisfied, they say that dero must assure them ¢ intended to dismiss \ual Orozco, and that the <toms officers, held over Liuz regime, must be sup- ic “heroes” of the last s quiet today. ACON'S GALA ATTIRE FOR THE REUNION a., Feb. 1.—Thousands of and white—the colors of rd of the “Lost Cause”— the eyes of the Confederate when Macon capitulates to fay 7 next. The “Magnetic iy will be clothed in bunting in bor of the followers of Lee, Jack- p and Gordon, The decoration committee 1s in rge of the work of having the city pear in her gala attire. Fifty pcks in the business district will be mass of color. In the residence sec- n the Confederate flag will float the brevze from every house. The scheme which the decoration pmittee has under consideration d which probably will be adopted never been tried before. The tten is keeping step with other sted in the reunion and d to give the veterans ¥ have never had—edec- y that no other city '» to approach them at fut- i, Feb, 1.—His name ind so were his manners, found, himself in a le, raveling salesman, rath- who went out to Lake- ! a retail merchant a bill While the merchant left a4 moment, Sweet slip- ! the counter and Kkissed t's pretty daughter, Miss » Who was pretty as her I5, burst out crying. She years old. But she didn't tier or father either. She ‘!v sun-bonnet down off a Wwent and told the county v Mr. Sweet, ldie, is sitting disconso- nside looking out. LECTURE TONIGHT AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Hall, a lecturer of na- . Will give a free lecture stian Church, this city, % at 7:30 p. m. Dr. Hall riors and few equals, on It is a rare treat to His language is beau- 1zhts clean-cut, and bub- with mirth, nas just addressed four rowds in Jacksonville. lis wrote, editorially: has a great equipment. ndid delivery, inimitable best of all, something to " people who want a good 'd be present. You have ir or a dollar and a half i can tell 2 story or illus- “ut in a way all his own. ‘me he steps on the plat- “idience is his. He is an ' 2 message as well as a ' will say so tonight. You 2ll about the amusement 4 the national issues, your Vv'.xh!es and the neighbors’ ‘" ¥ou have a broken rib, any other reason why t laugh, don’t come, for t ihe evenl‘“(: Pt bk oo whose first| Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FI.IDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1912 FUNERAL (OF B. E. M'LIN AT ALLAHASSEE TODAY Tallahassee, Fla., Feb, 1.—All of the capital is in gloom upon the re- ceipt of news here this morning of the death of the Hon. Benjamin E. McLin, Commissioner of Agriculture, at Orlando, last night. The death of no other State official would have cast a deeper gloom over the citizen- sitip of the town, and the whole State than that of Mr. McLin, On invitation, he was in Orlando in atiendance upon the County Fair. It is understcod here that he was feeling real well late yesterday, and his sudden death was a great sur- prise. His body will be brought here today for burial, and the interment will take place wmo.'ro\\’.. CELEBRATE ILLINOIS DAY TOMORROW Sons and Daughters of That Gocd State Will Have Reunion To- morrow Afternoon. Everything is taking shape look- ing towards the celebration of I1lli- nois Day tomorrow evening in Munn Park. It is the intention of those in charge to serve supper between five and six o‘clock and it is desired that those who plan to attend be on hand shortly after four o'clock in order that a social hour can be en- joyed and the supper arranged. A good supper, supplemented by plenty o good coffee, will be served, after which the following program will be carried out: President’'s Address—W, F. Hal- lam, Address—H. J. Drane. Recitation—C. A. Burridge. Address—M. F. Hetherington. Address—Jno. F. Cox. Band' concert. PHONOGRAPH TRAPS LORIMER WITNESS When Detective Secured Admission of Bribery Phonograph Under Table Recorded It. (By Associated Press.) Wachington, Feb, 2.—The story of how a detective and phonograph fig- ured in the alleged “trapping” of Charles McGowan, a witness in the Lorimer senatorial investigation, was continued today beore the Senate Committee, A. C. Bailey, the detect- ive, who alleged that when McGo- wan “admitted” he had received money for testifying as a Lorimer kitness, a phonographic record of the admission was made by a machine under the table. SHERMAN PREDICTS ELECTION OF TAFT ~ (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 2.—Vice-Presi- dent Sherman added his comment to that of other Republican leaders, who profess to believe President Ta‘t will be re-elegted. The situa- tion so far as the President is con- cerned, has improved wonderfully during the last four weeks. FOLK LAUNCHES HIS CANDIDACY (By Associated Press.) Joplin, Mo., Feb. 2.—Former Gov- ernor Joseph W. Folk will launch his candidacy for the Democratic nomi- nation for president here tonight. He will speak before a mass meming. and then depart for a tour of the rural districts. “EAST LYNNE" AT THE CANVAS THEATER TONIGHT “East Lynne,” or, “The Elope- ment,” will be the play at the big canvas theater tonight. The Kelley Company are said to give a fine per- formance of the favorite play from Mrs. Woods' novel. Miss Kennedy will play Lady Isabel, Miss Summers, the role of Cornelia, and Miss Morris the part of Barbara Hare. A big matinee will be on tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. “Brother and Sister” will be the offering Saturday night. PENSION BILL PASSES HOUSE| SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN WERE AGAINST IT, BUT BILL CAR- RIED BY A BIG VOTE. The pension bill, carrying $152,000,000, passed the House by & vote of 245 to after the Southern members tried in vain o block it. Washington, Feb., 2.--The bill to appropriate $250,000 for a celebr, tion at Savannah, CGa., in 1913, be- ing the Semi-Centennial of the emancipation proclamation, will be reported favorably by the Scnate Committee on Expositions, WEATHER REPORT Tampa, Feb, 2 Special Telegram.)—Tendency toward in- creasing pressure, with clear skies that will favor radiation of heat, with frosts in interior of State as far south as your section. Protection of ten- der crops probably necessary. WURTZ. COTTON ADVANCES $2.00 A BALE Farmeri Who Have Held Their Crop Will Profit Largely By This Unexpected Rise. (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, Feb. 2.—There has been an advance in cotton on the local exchange of $2 a bale since Wednesday. The advance was cavs- ed partly by a higher Liverpool mar- ket than was expected, coupled with a good demand for spots. The weath- er map, too, is favorable. It is as- serted that the present rise, with the roads getting in guod condition, means a great increase in tne mar- keting value of cotton still on the farms. to the MULBERRY NEWSPAPER TO0 BE REVIVED Mulberry, Fla.,, Feb, 1.—Mulberry is to have another newspaper, “The Mulberry Enterprise,” with Col T. Byington, as editor and mana i having been discontinued for some months past. The new paper, whici will make its first appearance some time during the coming month, will be a permanent institution. The pa- per will be published by The Mulberry Publishing Company, a corporation whose stock is owned by the leading citizens of Mulberry. The editor, who has unquestioned gifts as a newspa- per man, will be E, S. Feurlicht. The name by which the new paper will be called has not as yet been selected. A modern newspaper plant has been purchased and is now en route to Mulberry. A real estate deal of considerabl: importance was recently consummat- ed here when W. P. Reed, cashier of the Mulberry bank, bought the resi- dential property of W. C. Harris, con- sisting of five residences, and in turn Mr. Harris bought valuable property in the business section of town and upon it is erecting a splendid brick building. The building has five store apartments, all of whch have already been engaged to renters for store pur- poses. The up-stairs of the biulding will afford many rooms for office and other purposes. Mr. Harris expects to get to the ground floor work of the store rooms by the middle of March, and the biulding should be completed some time in April. IN FLOURISHING CONDITION. It ie well worth noting that the stewards of the Bartow district of the Methodist Episcopal church has discovered that the ministers through- out the district are receiving larger salaries than formerly. At the recent meetng of the stewards in Lakeland it was found that more than one-half of the churches of this district have advanced their pastor’'s stipends. This certainly shows the churches to be in a flourshing condition, a fact which doubtless will redound to the benefit of every community concerned. —Fort Myers Press. INDICTMENTS FOR DYNAMITERS THIRTY OR MORE RETURNED AS RESULT OF FEDERAL IN- VESTIGATION. (By Associated Pre Indiavapolis, Feb., 2. -Thirty or mere indictments, growing out of the | government’s investization of the aynami consp v have been drawn up, and probably will be voted on Tucsday, The grand jury will then report the results of its =ix weeks' inquiry to rtain who be- sides (e MeNam and Ortie Mc- Manigal were responsible for a hun- dred or more explosions throughout the country during the last four years, which culminated in the blow- ing up of the Los Angeles Times, NO POLL TAX, NO VOTE. The calling of the State primary on April 30th, will necessitate the payment of poll taxes not later than March 9. The plan is to bar many electors from voting—those who gen- erally wait until the last of March to pay their poll and other taxes.— Palatka News, TRIAL OF ARMISTEAD NOW IN PROGRESS W. K. Piner Amisting in Prosecu- tion of Murderer of Plant City Officer. Tampa, Feb. 2.—Taking of testi- mony in the trial of Lee Armistead, the negro who shot and fatally wounded Policeman Yates, in Plant City several months ago, was begun in Circult Jourt yesterday afternoon, the securing of the jury being dis- posed of without trouble before the noon recess. The men who are trying the negro are the following: . J. E. Alderman, farmer; J. H. Dor- many, general business; J. E. Blan- ton, fireman; H. A. PPeach, cizgarmak- er; B. W. Gully, electrician; John J. Cra't, carpenter; J, R, Evans, trav- eling salesman; J, 1. Adams, farmer; J. K. Ogleshy, merchant; A, D. Stubbs, contractor; Percy Dean, mer- chant; Love Purvis, farmer, Attorneys W. K. Zewadski, Sr., of Ocala, and W. K. Zewadski, Jr,, of ampa, are making every effort to clear Armistead, and are putting ev- ery witness through a minute series of questions and endeavoring in ev- cry way to shake his testimony, The State is represented by State Attor- ney H. S. Phillips, assisted by W. K. Piner, of the firm of Martin & Piner. LECTURE TOMORROW NIGHT FOR BENEFIT OF SCHOOL Patrons of the Lakeland school will be interested to learn that Prof. Jones and his assistants are going to make some needed improvements in the school and its surroundings, and looking to this end they have secured Dr. Wm. Hall, a humorist lecturer, who will deliver a lecture at the school auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, his subject be- ing “The Evolution of the Girl.” A more extended notice of Dr. Hall’s ability as a humorist-lecturer ap- pears in another column of this pa- per. Every one will enjoy the even- ing, and at the same time assist the school, one of the first improvements to be installed being a handsome flag for the building. A small admission fee of 15 cents for school children and 25 cents for adults will be charged. APPRECIATE TEACHER'S TREAT- MENT. The ladies of the W, . T. U. wish to thank the teahers of the High School for their very courteous re- ception at the presentation of the Ten Commandments Thursday morn- ing. Our pleasant and prozressive principal and nearly all the teachers scemed to appreciate the act, and s0 expressed themselves. We wish to assure the teachers of our hearty co-operation in any move to better the school conditions. MRS. H. B. MORSE, Press Reporter. WE GO BY CHARGES MADE BY OUR GROCERYMAN. We are puzzled to observe among| our esteemed contemporaries a con- firmed habit of prices of those items which figure most importantly in (!w cost of liv- ing. There have been complaints o fifty cent butter in some of them re- cently, on the very days that the mar- Ket quotations showed thirty-c 1 anmd forty cents a pound as the limits for the best creamery, The same grs have benerally been over- quoted by five cents on the dozen. | s on poultry have been declin- for weeks at all the principal 8, and chickens dressed in New York are at this writi selling at twelve to fifteen cents per pound. Let tiie brethren read the market re- ports. — Tampa 'I‘imvs, LUNING APPOINTED AS COMMISSIONER Leesburg Man, Who Has Been Assist- ant in Office, Takes Up Work of McLin, Tallahassee, Fla., Feb, 2. —(Spe- cial.)—Gov. Gilchrist this morning appointed J. C. Luning, of Leesburg, Commissioner of Agriculture, to fill out the unexpired term of Mr, McLin, Mr. Luning is a resident of Lees- burg, but has for some years been making his home in Tallahassee. For some time he has held a clerical po- sition in the office of the (Commis- sloner of Agriculture, and was later appointed secretary of the Board of Internal Improvement Fund, which position he was holding at the time of his appointment to succeed Mr. McLin. Mr. Luning is an excellent gentleman and a capable man. ELEVEN DROWN IN BRITISH SUBMARINE Series of Misfortunes Have Happened To Same Class of Submarine Vessels. (By Associated Press.) Portsmouth, Eng., Feb, 2.—The British submarine boat “A 3" sank this morning after a collision with the gunboat Hazard, off the eastern end of the Isle of Wight. The boat was flooded ,and the crew of eleven men drowned, The British submarines of A class have been singularly unfortunate in Six men were Killed in an 5, “A 8" sank with ourteen men, 4" sank, but the crew was rescued with difliculty. Seven of the crew of “A 1" were in- jured in an explosion, WAS BUILDING BURNED T0 DESTROY RECORDS? (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Feb. 2.—Special agents of the Department of Justice are in- vestigating the fire which on Decem- ber 19 destroyed the open Board of Trade building, in which were many offices of labor unijons, and in which it is reported papers valuable in the dynamiting conspiracy probably were destroyed. FIRM FAILS; BROKER SUICIDES (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, Feb. 2.— Immediate- ly a‘ter the announcement on the floor of the cotton exchange that Charles D. Finley, member of the brokerage firm of Finley and Simp- son, had committed suicide, the an- nouncement of the failure of the firm was made. This is the second failure in two days among members of the local exchange, both of which are generally attributed to senza- tional rise of futures, the past. explosion on * HON. FRANK BOWYER A VISITOR TO THE CITY Hon. Frank Bowyer, one of Tam- pa’'s leading citizens, is spending to- day in Lakeland, shaking hands with friends and attending to busir Mr. Bowyer has recently been re-elected President of the Tampa Board of Trade, which office he has filled for several years. exaggerating the | HIGH COST OF LIVING PRESIDENT ISSUES SPECIAL MES- SAGE AND RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION. Presidenc Feb, 2. to Congar today Washingtoa, Tat in a me rged an international inqu into The Presi- dent asked authorty to invite the na- the high cost of iy tions of the world to a conference i this city or elsewhere to make plans tor the investization of the “high prices that have so distressed the people of the world, Mr. Paft also urged the appoint- ment of a Federal commission to make ¥ ching inquiry into the subject of industrial relations.” “For some years 2 sal the ident, *the high nln[ steadily in- ing cost of living has been a matter of such grave concern that | deem it of great public interest that an international conference bé pro- posed at this time for the purpose of preparing plans, to be submitted to the various governments, for an in- ternational inquiry into the high cost of living, its extent, causes, ef- fects, and possible remedies, “There is no doubt but that a com- mission could be appointeg of such unprejudiced and impartial persons, experts in investigation of economic facts, that a great deal of very val- uable light could be shed upon the reason for the high prices that have s0 distressed the people of the world, and information given upon which action might bo taken to reduce the cost of living. “Those who have conducted in- vosligaumm have found that the phenomenon of raising prices Is al- most if not quite general through- out the world; but they are baffled in the attempt to trace the causes by the impossibility of making any aec- curate international comparisons. This is because, in spite of the num- ber of investigations already made, we are still without adequate data and because as yot no two countries estimate their price levels on the same methods,™ As to the commission on industrial relations, the President i “There shonld he an inquiry by the Federal Government into the general conditions of labor in the United States, notwithstanding the fact that some of the remedies will lie with the separate States, or even entirely outside the sphere of governmental activity, in the hands of private in- dividuals and of voluntary agencies, One legitimate object of such an of- ficial investigation and report is to enlizhten and nform public opinion, which itself will often induce or com- pel the reform of unjust conditions or the abatement of unreasonable de- mands. “Unquestionably the time is now ripe for searching inquiry into the subject of industrial relations which shall be official, authoritative, bal- anced and well grounded, such as only the Federal Government can success fully undertake. The pres- ent widespread interest in the sub: ject makes this an opportune time for an investigation which in any event can not long be postponed. It should be non-partisan, comprehen- sive, thorough, patient and couragr- ous.” FINE RECORD MADE BY SEVENTY-FIVE HENS I7 one is in doubt as to the success of the chicken busine tion, one has only to visit the coun- try home of Mr. and M. E D. Fen- ton, on Lake Parker, where some of the prettiest chickens and best lay- ers in the country can be found. During the month of January a strict count was kept of the eggs laid by the seventy-five hens, the number amounting to 1,340 eggs. Thirty Wy andotte hens did their duty by their country to the extent of 452 eggs; <ix Ancona pulets produced 108 eggs and fifteen Brown lLeghorns laid 250 ergs during the month. The remain- der of the 1,310 ezgs were laid by hens of varions breeds, Three incubators are kept busy the greater t of the time turning out fine young chicks of the best and pur- et br , and the little ones are fast developing into the fryable stage, which will be good mnews to the house-wives. e = = ——