Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 24, 1912, Page 1

oL. 1 INE PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT FAUTAUQUA WILL CLOSE WITH INTERESTING EXERCISES TOMORROW. 1.~ night a large crowd was pres- .+ the Chautauqua tent to hear ) Deauchamp in his lecture, “The ilosophy of the Dodghnut.” Like ¢ preachers who take a text and ach from it,” Mr, Beauchamp did wave very much to say about \uts after he started, he did philosophy on several occa- He delivered a very interest- v, and one that was very ¢ gave a concert before the lec- _hut it was a matter of regret to hat the hour was so late that they no' have time to give a number » on their Swiss bells. However, wili play again tonight and a crowd will be out to hear them. p delighted a large audience this voon giving a concert before the r of Dr. Mead. s morning the Bible hour was ucted by Mr. Mead, and at 11 'k Mr. Kirkendall, of California, ered an interesting and helpfu! re Kirkendall took as his subject, s 1s Boys,” and his sprightly lec- was very entertaining, indeed. towrd very conclusively that he close acquaintanceship a very the boys of today. night Karl Germain, the great cian, will be the attraction. He roved his skill before several ned heads, and is accepted mt the United States as one t wonderful artists in his e country. Tomorrow's Sessions. io'row is the last day of the wt. The morning hours L no sessions, but in the at B o'clock a sacred con- given by the Parland- neert Company, Miss Nell ! sing, and afterwards Dr Kiehs will deliver an such as all will delight elo- will sing tomorrow after- TTow evening at being accompanied Mrs, 8. T. Fletcher. s always heard on His with nizht there will be no serv- v 0! the churches, the va- Zivgations gathering at the « Dr. Wm. D. Nowlin, pas- Lo First Baptist church, will tarewell sermon. ond Lakeland Chautauqua ¢+ will thus pass into history 0= successful affair from every 1t The finest platform tal- " ‘ountry affords has come be- opls of Lakeland; the peo- l“arned to appreciate the © Yich an institution and all auning and working to se- nt funds to eerct a hand- {4'orium, with a seating ca- '.000 people by the time hautauqua Assembly con- s o BOYS AT ZEPHYRHILLS. e ‘#-.and Citizens' Band spent 'S in Bartow the first of yesterday they wera g Al Zephyrhills, which is| " ".ant City on the Seaboard * Railway. e ce——— B SUNDAY CoMES | OK APRIL THE SEVENTH | — r' 'Sunday comes this year on “L April. It will be here be- ¥ of us realige it. '-“ the | T the Bowman Real Esxnt-"t Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, ITALIANS SHIPS BOMBARD BEIRUT MANY CHRISTIANS INCLUDED IN POPULATION, AND PANIC PREVAILS. (By Associated Press.) London, Feb, 24.—Three Italian warships are bombarding Beirut, the principal seaport of the Turkish tute on that work in the Christian | province of Syria, on the Mediterran- church next Tuesday afternoon and|eun, according to word received here, night. Every one interested in Sun- | Panic prevails among the populace, day School work is invited to attend. | much of whieh is Christian. No property of American missions, of which there is much, has been damaged by the bombardment. AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH TOMORROW Sunday §«-hml will be held at 9:47 and at 11 o'clock sermon by the pas- tor. Miss Bunnell will sing at the rorning hour. No service at night, as the pastor will preach at the CLautauqua tent. SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE. | The National Superintendent and State Superintendent of Sunday School work will conduct an insti- !ummmnm VESSEL BURNED [ OFF COAST NEAR NEWPORT (By Associated Press.) Newport, Feb, 24.—An unidenti- ficd vessel was burned to the water's edge in Block Island Sound. It is Lelieved that the crew was picked up, BOOKER WASHINGTON 10 VISIT LAKELAND |Di|tin¢uislud Negro Educator Will Make Address Here on March Sth. Booker T, Washington is making an itinerary of Florida. He will make L-ut five stops, and Lakeland has been sclected as one of his stopping places, == . The Ocala Banner says of him: { He was born in Virginia just®prior to Mont mwrs SENI ,'h" close of the civil war, and car- TO MEXICAN BORDER| ..\." “"ame “Taticerro " and Washington. From a waif who shin- | | | . RUCKER ADAMS, ‘uperintendent of Lakeland Chautau- qua Who Has Worked Faithfully. 'Gl'ellel’l Must be Careful With Theit | ed shoes on the streets for just any | sort of lilvng he has grown until he Bullets and Not Hurt the | i now recognized as one of the most Americans. !successtul educators of the country, 5 {and his name is familiar in all lands, (By Associated Press.) { He is recognized as easily the most , | conspicuous representative of the ne- AR 1 ol gro race in the United States, and is 1 the head of a large and steadily Washington, Feb. 24 of a conference between the presi-| nt - of War Simson, and | A o IR dent, v - v 1“~ox " | growing industrial institution. He is (Acting Secretary of State Wilson, ad-| / 3 | setting a good example and his learn- ditional Alrnm[n will be dispatched to Ling has made him extremely consery- the Mexican border ative and his advice is along the rost salutary lines, Few men of warned, it is said, not 1o ire across ' uny pace, it may be safely said, has Secre The Federals and rebels will - be the line and repeat the incidents| gimpeq the ladder of success more which occurred at Kl Paso. and Dou- | g ceesstully. He has not only made gias, Ariz, when several Americans pimcolf, but his home town, world- were killed by flying bullets, warning is not heeded, our will be sent across the border THIS WOMAN MUST BE A FIEND It the | ¢y mous- 1roops | Details of Washington's visit 1o | Lakeland will be found in a state- | ment from prominent colored men of { this city, which appears on page 5. AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. Chalmers will occupy the pul- Poisons Eight Children in Hospital in | pit at the First Presbyterian church 2 Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, tak- Order to Get Even With the irg as his subject, “The Man of Sor- Nurses. rcws.” The public is cordially in- vited to this service. There will be nc night service in order that all may attend the service at the Chau- tauqua. (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 24 —Winifred Ankers is held without bail for caus- | ing the deaths of eight babies at the| Brooklyn Infant Hospital by placing oxalic acid in the milk to make them' cick, so that the nurses against whom | she had a grudge would be discred- lited. The woman is thought to be cal yards at Louisville, Ky., his fect! |insane. When brought into court shz | became caught in a frog. His efforts refused to answer questions, only beg-‘ to extricate it were unavailing, and ging for her baby. {before he could unfasten his CAUGHT IN RAILROAD FROG. While James Canty, a railroad de- shoe, | THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912. CRISIS IN CUBA'S AFFAIRS VETERANS IN UGLY HUMOR AND ..TROUBLE MAY FOLLOW THE l COURT'S DECISION. | | (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 2i.—Another crisis in Cuban affairs apparently is at hand. Reports from the island in- dicate that the unrest is temporarily quicted by Secretary Kunox's recent rote of warning is about to break out avew and a result of the Cuban Su- preme Court’s decision invalidating the law of ousting. A literal execution of the court's decree would involve tie reinstatement of a large number of displaced office holders and the dismissal of a large number of so- called veterans, who took their places with this in prospect. The Veterans are said to be in an ugly humor, and it there should be an attempt to re- sist the decree trouble would result, PRESIDENT DENIES IMPUTED STATEMENT Says He Did Not Say That the People Are Not Fitted for Self- Gov- ernment. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb, 24.-—The Presi- dent denied that in a speech in New York on Lincoln's birthday, he said that “the people are not fitted for self-government.” He calls the cir- culation of the story “a falsehood.” This is the first oficial statement he has made on the matter, The President said nothing upon tat occasion which could be possibly tortured Into any such construction, tlatement speech in which the Pres- ident made reference to popular gov- crument was delivered at a banquet of the Bar Association, January 20, \What he said was, “popular govern- ment we all believe in, but there are those who do not believe that all peo- ple.are fitted for populay government. The fact is, we Know they are not. Some of us do not dare to say but I do. The question whether a people is fitted for popular self-gov- ernment, $0 as to make that govern- ment best, i< determined by the abil ity of the majority to place upon itsell a restraint by which the minority shall receive justice from the ma- Jority. It is the question of self-im- posed restraint that determines whether a people is fit for governing itseif. 50, STORY STARTS TODAY. Our new serial story, “The Girl of My Dreams,” begins with today's is- sue, and we trust all of our readers will read the first installment and af- ter that we know that they will hard- 1y wait for the next number to come. If you like the story, pass today's is- sue on to a neighbor who does not take the Telegram, if you can find such a person, in order that they may subscribe and enjoy the story, the home and foreign news and other in- tective, was walking through the lo- | teresting features of the paper. PROF. W. N. SHEATS AT GAINESVILLE | Presidential Possibility of Revolters (s WOODROW WILSON SPEAKS AT NASHVILLE (By Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24.—Wood- row Wilson speaks here tonight at the opening of the $400,000 Y. M. C. A. building. behind him. Looking down on him| Hon. Wm. N. Sheats, of Lakeland a few hundred yards away, he began | was among Wednesday's arrivals al. shouting and waving for the engineer | the Brown House and will remain to stop, but Canty was on the side of |over today. He is a candidate for the fireman, who was shoveling coal |State Superintendent of Schools, and at the moment, and no one saw him.|is heer in the interest of his candi- Just as the engine reached him Canty|dacy. Prof. Sheats was a citizen of leaned far over to the side and the Gainesville many years and his hosts wheel ground off his leg below the of friends here are always glad to knee. see him —Gainesville Sun. TONORROW AT THE mm"l(;“A“IAUQUA . AUDITORIM BY ENTERPRISE OF LAKELAND CITIZENS, A MAGNIFICENT Tomorrow morning at the Metho- dist church at the 11 o'clock hour the choir will sing an anthem, Miss France Riggins will give a solo, and Rev. 1. C. Jenkins, the pastor, will preach. There will be no night serv- ices, STRUCTURE TO BE BUILT. AT ormic“ncm A movement has been started to erect a handsome auditorium in There will be the usual services to-| Which the Chautauqua Assemblies morrow morning at the Christian, | might be held in years to come, and Kpiscopal, Catholic and Lutheran|as prominent business men have the churches. All are cordially invited|matter in charge, it is not improb- to attend. able that sufficient funds will be se- cured to purchase a lot and erect this handsome edifice. It is the intention of those who are iaterested in the matter to get thirty mén to take $500 worth of stock cach, thus raising a fund of $15,000, and since yesterday afternoon $9,000 have been secured, the following en- terprising citizens having subscribed the amount placed opposite their names: KU W DOBR o0 o e $500.00 N. A Riggins .... .. ...... $00.00 J.E. Melton .... .. ...... 500.00 L.M. Futech .... .. .. .... 500,00 H. D, Bassett .. .. .. .. 500.00 E. H. Youngs, Jr. .... .. 500.00 J. W, 8cally .... .. ...... 500.00 J. L, Skipper .... .. ...... 600.00 J M. Keen .... .. ........ 500,00 C.W.Love .... .. ........ 500.00 VanHuss and Detwiler .. ... 6500.00 ~ CARL GERMAIN, Robert Bryant .. .. .. .... 500.00 The Celebrated Magician Who Wili] 5 . Kimbrough .. .. .... 500.00 Delight and Entertain Tonight. |y w, Chiles .... .. ....... 500.00 Cochran and Overstreet .. .. 500.00 ]’fl“w wn_l_ 'l’fl_l_ H.J.Drane .. .. .. ...... 500.00 Jackson and Wilson .. .. .. 500.00 Awl"- I' an‘ Streater and Kennedy .. .... 500,00 - —_— O o iie i vaaisa $9,000.00 Will Make Positive Statement Con. cerning Candidacy On Next Monday. The lot which the promoters have secured an option on is the one oppo- site the Tremont hotel and which borders on Lake Mirror, a most ideal lecation. The auditorium will have a (By Associated Press.) seating capacity of 3,000 people, one New York, Feb. 24.—Col. Roosc-|of the finest of its kind in Florida, velt left to visit friends in Boston. and everything now points to Lake- He declined to say where he would | jang having this splendid building stay With the exception that he|which will be an ornament to a city would be with persons having no as- many times larger than Lakeland. sceiation with things political. To the suggestion that he would find it !diflicult to withdraw from the public view at a time when his reply to leight governors asking him to state Lis position on the presdential nomi-|Wlar every day, and every night nation was given out, he smiled, and | 14v#e crowds attend. Some are uid his reply would be made Mon-|lcarning while others, who are old duy. hands at the business, glide over the floor for hours, enjoying the exer- Cclse, SKATING RINK POPULAR, The skating rink grows more pop- GOMEZ REQUESTS |, MADERO'S RESIGNATION OF PROPERTY Mr. W. B. Marcum has bought of N. Downs a new house on the cor- ner of Missouri avenue and Magno- Step D 4 lia street. A good citizen of Lake- land is thus permanently and com- (By Associated Press.) fortably located; also, N. M. Sauls, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 24. —Vas- of Arcadia, has bought of Fred W. quez Gomez has wired President Ma- Howard elghty acres of land fust dero asking him to resign to prevent cast of Lakeland. turther bloodshed. Asw an outgrowth of the revolution, Gomez has been ad- vanced as a presidential possibility by the revolters. Asks Mexican President to SCHEDULES CHANGE TOMORROW Effective tomorrow, a number of £l se changes will be made in the A. C. L. May 1 has been officially declared passenger schedule. The train from to be Post (‘ard Day in Florida. Let|Sanford will qrrive at 11:05 instead us make arrangements to send thou-|of 11:25. The train from Fort My- sands of Lakelaud cards out on that|ers will arrive at the same time, day, boosting the best town in the 11:05, instead of 11:25, as Ilfl'eto-. State. fore. No. 80, from Tampa to Jack- sonville gets here at 11:28, and 89, from Jacksonville to Tampa, will reach here at 5:45, remaining for 15 minutes. No. 85, from Jackson- ville to Tampa, will reach here at ::zs. and No. 82, from Tampa to : acksonville, a; 8 Mobile, Ala., Feb. 24.—A wind- stead of 10:20.":::«.;1::;05‘ . Storm swept this section early this|es have been made but th morning. It is believed it did much|most important. “Suan, ?l:'l:. - damage to the surrounding towns. De. makes its first Sunda; ' e tails are meager. row. £ WINDSTORM SWEEPS VICIMITY OF MOBILE (By Associated Press.) A8 ‘ s Wt