Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 17, 1912, Page 1

HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM p— Published in the Best Town in the Best L1 ) BEAUCHAMP’S FINE LECTURE TAUQUANS WERE DELIGHT- lrp 14ST NIGHT WITH THIS PLEASING FEATURE. Chautauqua tent 4 large and apprecia- who gathered to wit- The first un (id program. \ g was taken rt by the Rogers' Go- Jhich is always so very } 1he musicians giving! nighest order in that suer which characterizes Jled performers of the \liss Nell Bunnell, the charming as NS as lovely songs were sShe makes new “ime she appears on the Wiss MeDonnell, who de- with her readings captured the efforts being jically applaud- . was wonations, her r of the evening Ioauchamp, who deliv- aous lecture, “Taking the by Ride which he has given W in one city, four times . otanqua, three times on and in every city \lantic to the Pacifie, It ~oo! fortune of the people ik 1 10 hear this really fa- « last night, and we are .+ that he lectures again taking as his subject \se of the Young Man; or, v oof Life” i hamp has traveled one mils in the old world and W naestigating the lives of i forworld in the slums, dens til's greatest cities, writ- uees for the press. tiese unique experiences < gifts that have been <, and his love and ‘or humanity enable him cxperiences in his lec- v 1o benefit and bless 1is books have been y» foreign tongues, of «1itions have been sold, of child-life are in th2 many readers, 1 if any lecturer on 1ses as much laugh- ting as does Mr, Beau- ! the time he is teach- his auditors world better men and ned to more than tring sunshine and song +< of those with whom 1 contact, Dr Davidson's Lectures. & rin tha Chautauqua As- » North a most inter- s> of Bible studies, found- levelopment of the spir- ind following along the “lopment, as modern sci- “nted it, of the natural “wsented by Rev. J. O. iopular pastor of Akron, much persuasion it ! in gaining his serv- s»mbly that the people mizht have an opportu- -:5 excellent work from ‘form. Every word he “S one with its force- The hour has O o'clock, that all special series of lec “40 S0 much to the de- ' the Christian life. Dr. tured this morning on “'etics,” which was very 0 1t send !health and the body, which if one had to pay for them, would cost a ming of money. Mrs. Adams lectured {lhis morning on the “Living Death,’ and as is always the case, Mrs. Ad- ams had something worth to say ple, effective way that even the chil- dren could understand. This afternoon the regular after- noon concert was held, which was | followed by the Literary Study, Miss | Hamilton taking the life and works of James Whitcomb Riley as her sub- | instructive session, This is also an interesting and and one which {lovers of literature always make 2 point to attend, if possible, Tonight's Session. The regular evening concert will JQLegin this evening at 7:45, and at S§:50 Mr. Beauchamp will deliver an- other of his fine lectures, the subject of which is given above, On the society page each day will found the program for each fol- lowing day, which we publish for the benefit of our readers. Tomor- row's program will be found on that page today. he | : | G. V. ROSCOE, Director of Rogers' Goshen Band and | Orchestra AINSWORTH INCIDENT SEEMS CLOSED (By Associated DPress.) Washington, Feb, 17 —Any indi- cations that the congressional friends Ainsworth might take further action in the army imbroglio seemed to have ipated to- day. The incident appears to be closed, as the result of his voluntary retirement from the service, foremost feature the incident seems to be the question whether the Senate will agree to the House scheme of consolidation of the sev- eral army bureaus to abolish further feuds. The matter continues to be of in- tense interest in army circles. BANDITS HOLD UP PASSENGER TRAIN (By Associated Press.) Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 17.—Poss- es have found no trace of the men who early this morning held up a New York and St. Louis passenger train on the Vandalia railroad. No loot was obtained, as it is thought the bandits’ failure to stop the train where they had planned caused them to abandon their efforts. TEDDY, R., T0 TR WALL STREET (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. Roosevelt, Jr, is about to desert the of General been diss of i lock ¥rs Adams gave|carpet business in the west, for a ot Physical Culture, This; partnership or a responsible place in " *hen every man, woman should 1a ¥ the tent, *tures on the a prominent Wall Street financial ¥ aside their work | concern, according to a morning pa- Mrs. Adams/per. He has been living in San care of the|Francisco since his marriage. The | 17.—Theodor= LAKELAND, I'LORIDA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1912. HENRY ATTACKS WALL STREET FINANCES. A By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb, 17.-—Represent- ative Henry, of Texas, made a sensa- tional speech in the House attacking the Wall Street money power. He |¢emanded an inquiry into the “black thand methods of the financial Ma- fia.”" He counseled a thorough-go- ing investigation Dbefore (ongress adopts the Aldrich plan of currency reform. He asserted that more than 5 per cent, of our financial resous- ces, industrial and railroad corpora- tions were dominated by not more than four financial groups. CHINESE NEW YEAR Chinks Have Adopted Our Calendar, With Close of Their Year 4610. (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 17.—Chinatown ended the last celebration of the Chinese New Year early today with a fusillade of fire-crackers. Never again will there be such a celebra- tion, as the new republic has adopted our calendar. This is the year 4610, according to the old Chinese custom. ARCADIAN'S SAD LIFE ENDED AT INSANE ASYLUM Arcadia, Feb. 16.—News comes of the death of Henry E. Wild, which occurred at the State Asylum for the Insane at Chattahoochee. This is & chapter in one of the saddest cases ever known in this section. Mr. Wild was a merchant in this city, apparently prospering in busi- It was the early part of last June when Wild shot Fletcher In- gram, who he claimed was despoil- ling his home, a heavy bond, Later he was indicted by the grand jury, which charged him with mur-| |der in the first degree. But Hnnry! Wild knew not of it. His reason had | {become dethroned and when the of- ficers went to make the arrest under | the murder charge it was only to! take in custody a mad man and place him under the care of the state, It is understood that Wild had several thousand dollars of insurance left to his little boy and girl. His wife lives in Jacksonville. South Florida has not had a sadder piece of history enacted in her borders in’ |many a long day. ness, He was placed under THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. W. P. Chalmers will occupy the pulpit of the Presbyterian church temorrow morning at eleven o'clock; subject: “The Indestructible Rec- ord.” On account of the Chautauqua in session there will be no evening| service. The public is cordially in-| vited to worship with us. | AT THE CHURCHES TOMORROW.! | There will be services at the usual | hour tomorrow morning at the Bap- | tist, Methodist, Christian and Pres- byterian churches. There will be no services at the Lutheran, Catholic or Episcopal churches, this being the third Sunday. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS. All persons interested in forming & Christian Science Society please write Box 426, City. S ——————————————————————————————————————— | August 8, 1906, shooting him Part of the Best State. SUGAR TRUST DOES EXIST while ,and she said it in such a sim- SAYS FOUR COMBINES DOMINATE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE HAS 75 PER CENT. OF OUR I FOUND MONOPOLY THAT KEEPS UP PRICES. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb., 17.—The Hard- wick Sugar Trust investigating Com- mittee, after many weeks of open hearings since May, has reported to the House today that a sugar trust does exist. The report, which is signed by all members of the com- mittee, Republicans as well as Demo- crats, makes no recommendation as to how the alleged trust and those responsible for it shall be dealt with, but says the monopoly keeps the price up, ENGLAND FACING COLOSSAL STRIKE If Nearly Million Miners Go Out March 1, Conditions Will Be Terrible. (By Associated Press.) London, Feb, 17.—England is pre- paring for the prospective strike of 800,000 coal miners, who say they will walk out March first. Food would soar to famine prices, and the industry would be paralyzed. But two weeks' supply is on hand, and foreign coal could not be handled well, as workmen in sympathy with the miners may refuse to transfer it. AT THE METHODIST CHURCH TOMORROW The following is the program of the morning service tomorrow at the Methodist church: Anthem, “1 Was Glad” (Barber)— Choir. Song, “There is a Green Hill Far Away"” (Gounod)-—-Mr, G. N. Funk. Offertory. Sermon, “The Sure Foundation"— Rev, 1. C. Jenkins, Song, Miss Nell Bunnell, There will be no night services on account of the Chautauqua. However, the Epworth League will hold their service as usual at 6 o'clock. WEATHER FORECAST. Tampa, February 17.—Unsettled weather; probably rain tonight and Sunday. WURTZ. SELLERS’ MURDERER CAUGHT IN PEARL OF THE ANTILLES Miami, Feb. 16.—J. C. Crawford, detective sergeant of Jacksonville, passed through Miami this morning with J. M. Kelly, life-term escaped convinct, who made his escape about three months ago from a turpentine camp, going to Cuba, where he was located after a long search. The case of the prisoner Kelly is well known in Florida. He killed V. C. Sellers, agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, at High Springs, Fla., on to death with a gun loaded with buck- shot. He was arrested, tried, and given a life sentence, the railroad company taking an active part in the prosecution of the case. He was sent to prison January 16, 1909, and on November 25, 1911, made his es- cape through the assistance of a guard. He admits killing Sellers, and tells a graphic story of the trag- edy, in which he holds that the vic- tim was the aggressor, having threatened his life in 1903 in Tam- Pa as the result of a fight, when Sellers was a member of the Tampa police force. PARK TRAMMELL VISITOR first time in his present tour of dacy for the governorship. come such as can not be other than gratifying and encouraging. ing lived in Lakeland since early boy- hood. he still retains this city as his home, and he always receives « hearty welcome upon his occasional visits here, Mr. Trammell is acknowledged to be in the lead at the present time by the majority of the newspapers of the State, and we predict that at the final wind-up he will come under the wire a long way ahead of his com- petitors. He has met with splendid encouragement in South Florida, having visited Arcadia, Punta Gorda and Fort Myers on this trip, spend- ing the past several days at these places, DR. W. L. DAVIDSON, Who Preaches at C(hautaqua Tent Tomorrow Evening. HAY, THERE! HE’S AFTER HOBSON! (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb., 17.—Declaring that the Alabamian had “acted in a cowardly way,” Representative Hay, of Virginia, bitterly attacked Repre- sentative Hobson in the House of Representatives, Fitzgerald, of New York, joined in the attack. Inser- tions in the Congressional Record by Hobson, but not spoken on the floor, criticizing the army reorganization plan, formed the basis of the attack. Fitzgerald said that Hobson devoted pore time to the Chautauqua plat- form than to his duties as a member. He asked Hobson to be present at the attack, but said the latter declared ke had a message to be delivered to the people. MAY INVESTIGATE AINSWORTH AFFAIR (By Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., Feb. 16—The House Committee on War De- partment expenditures which recent- ly conducted the inquiry into the political activity of Paymaster B. B. Ray, of the army, is considering an invesigation of the Ainsworth-Wood affair. It meets Monday to take up the matter. FOUR KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA WRECK (By Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 17.—Four per- sons on a work train were killed, and eleven injured, when a Pennsyl- IN LAKELAND TODAY Hon. Park Trammell is in Lake-| land today, visiting the city for the the State in the interest of his candi- Mr. Trammell has received a wel- No. 91 HOME INSURANCE IDEA GROWING | SOME STARTLING FIGURES SHOW- | ING FLORIDA TO BE FAVOR- ABLE FIELD. Hav- Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 16—Finan- cial and business interests in this State and capitalists in all the great money centers are watching with more than passing interest the de- velopment of the home insurance idea in Florida, It is perhaps not generally known that Florida occupies the unique position of being considered by the in- surance world as the best moral board of any state in the union—and this is a magnificent testimonial to the standard of honor which obtains with all classes of its citizens. The exclusive moral hazard is the little-old-man-of-the-sea of the fire underwriter. With this unknown quantity, which runs through all in- surance calculations, eliminated en- tirely insurance companies could re- duce their problems to mathematical exactness through the application of known safety regulations and the im- mutable law of per centage. Ther: would be a material drop in the pre- miums that are now demanded to cover the unexpected losses, It was the disastrous freeze of 1895 which left this splendid business heritage to the State. In the wake of the freeze were thousands of men who were worth $50,000 and upward one day and who found them- selves so impoverished by the chill blast which stole down from the north in a night that they could not have raised $15 or $20 for railroad fare the next day. Fortunes van- ished between suns, leaving noth- ing but denuded and untried lands and magnificent residences to be closed because their owners were not able to maintain them or to go to rack from want of care. Yet through all that trying period which followed, when the transac- tion from a citrus dependency to an agricultural and industrial empire was evolving, there was not a singl» dwelling house loss by fire in the entire State which was in the least questionable. Insurance companics are more .than vigilant under such ¢ircumstances. Occasionally serious business depressions are followed by a material rise in the loss ratio. This illustrates the meaning of the term “‘moral hazard.” There have been many other ad- vantages local to Florida which have increased the wonderment of invest- ors at the failure of this State—the only one in the union not so prowvid- ed—to organize home fire insurance companies, The field is certainly here. The Increase-of insurance on business property in this State jumped from $41,900,000 in 1900 to $131,000,000 in 1910, It is ex- pected that the Spectator report, duc in April, will show that there was as much as $160,000,000 in force in 1911. Since the report for 1900 was compiled there has been as much as $15,000,000 of buildings constructed in Jacksonville, and as much more in the rest of the State. These fig- ures speak loudly and pointedly to the insurance world. THE FARMERS’ CLUB MEETING TODAY The Farmers’ Club is holding one of its enjoyable monthly meetings to- day at the home of Mr. George, on Lake Hunter. A good crowd is in at- tendance, and it is needless to state vania passenger train crashed into a | that a very pleasant time will be en- work train at Larewill, Ind. The cotton acreage in Alabama will be materially reduced this year. Joyed. Jndee Preston, president of the m came up from Bartow today to be present at the meeting. 1 - - B o i il 'l‘ ‘i: Qi i * f e 1 {