Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 1, 1912, Page 1

HL VoL 1 NTHLSIASM FOR 600D ROADS 'f MEETING AT HALLAM CLUB HOUSE YESTERDAY WAS LARGELY ATTENDED. < enthusiastic meeting of the land Highlands Good Roads As- iation was held yesterday after- tie new Lakeland Highlands gtry club house, which is now out completed and ready for oc- pancy. The meeting was called order by the President, Mr. J. L. (lelland, at 2:30. The Secretary, L. .. Knudsen, read the minutes the last few meetings which were gped. Mr. W. F. Hallam read report of the committee appoint- 1o meet the Board of County Com- ners for the purpose of presenting petition asking the help of the ard in the establishment and main- ance of certain roads specified in petition and covering the Lake- ¢ Highlands District. Mr. Hal- p reported that the Board decided accede to the prayer of the petl- ners, asking them to go ahead and the funds they had collected in king the roads passable as far as sible and that the Board would e them over and complete and intain them as soon as funds were hand from the current year's ] An PIr Holbrook, personally, and on ] the Board of Commission- ssed his hearty approval of k and plans of the Associa- ! suggested sbme practical thods of procedure in order to gain peration of the Board. . I Brush and H. D. I, who had volunteered to ssary engineering work, 1y clected the official ssociation, and Mr. dl vndertook to have the Lipe to advertise for bids S0 10 and, on motion of Mr. I 1y t was decided to request - Sliaieny #’-F' ‘I-" e LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Publjshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1012. cept for the furniture for the sleep- ing apartments and when this is recived, as it will be in a few days, it will please the taste of the most fastidious. Mr. Ward Pender, the photogra- pher, took several group pictures of those present, a reprint of one of which will be produced in a later is- sue, Great credit is due to the Presi- dent, Mr. J. L. McClelland, to Mes- srs. Pollock, Gwinn, English and oth- crs for their zealous activity in the important work of the Association which is to construct and maintain a system of good roads in the triange between Lakeland, Bartow and Mul- berry, and from the enthusiasm man. ifested at yesterday's meeting we ex- pect very soo nto see several miles of new and good roads around this dis- trict in the very near future. The road now accepted by the Commissioners for immediate work during the coming year begins in the Hollingsworth district, runs gouth one-quarter mile into section 33, thence east one-half mile to the (Continued on page 4.) POSTOFFICE AND STORE BURNED AT CHRISTINA Christina, March 1.—Tuesday night while the postmaster was ab- sent exchanging pouches with the mail agent on the northbound train about 9 o'clock, it is supposed a lamp exploded, setting fire to the store occupied by English Bros,, in which the post-office was kept and both store and office were consumed. It was only partly insured. Their loss will be heavy. GREAT LOSS CAUSED (By Associated Press.) I volting soldiers was continued BY RIOTING SOLDIERS! ... ... School will deliver their finals this Hign Peking, March 1.—Rioting by re-|g.pgol. SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE PROBABLE MILL OWNERS OFFER A FIVE PER CENT. INCREASE OF WAGES, (By Associated Press.) Lawrence, Mass.,, March 1.—Post- ing notices in Arlington Cotton Mills announcing a wage increase of at least 5 per cent., beginning Monday, is regarded as a step to- ward a speedy settlement of the tex- tile strike, which has been involving 20,000 operatives. It is thought other mills will follow. AMERICAN WOOLEN COMPANY ALSO GRANTS A RAISE (By Associated Press.) Boston, March 1.—The American Woolen Company has notified agents in all its thirty-three mills to announce a five per cent. increase in wages. This company is largely interested in the Lawrence, Mase., niills agajnst which the strike has been in force for some time. The end of the strike is now in sight. The executive committee of the industrial workers voters to recom- mend that the strikers refuse t adi'ance five per cent. on their wag- ee. They had asked fifteen per cent. FINALS OF SENIOR CLASS TONIGHT Interesting Program Prepared to Which Invitation Is Extended To Public. of the Lakeland High the Lakeland The purpose of assigning evening at all{{he students essays to deliver at this day, although the danger to foreign-lyime is to enable them to get more jers is not so great as yesterday. The |, customed to speaking in public, ' rommissioners, at their|joss as the result of fires started bY [ which is a very commendable move bids and grading of the «din the petition and as : Board, The members ttee who met with the onsly were re-appointed ted to present the matted to advertise for mount of money now on U< a substantial sum '1is meeting, “on all present, not now 3 * elected to member- b and iested to hand in their “t T the Secretary, ston, of Bartow, express- ¥ approval of the work 'lation and would gladly ted but that the stat- “tate made it a penal of- ididate to show his in- & financial way during the g ndidacy, uer Lewis, who was "om attending the meet- expression of his en- ' the work of the Asso- ‘ising his co-operation tle way, % was adjourned shortly ‘ K to meet on Thursday, . At the residence of Mr. © lunch was served at the meeting, consisting cake and coffee; also some fine strawberries Ir. English's farm, not “OWever, in the menu, - ‘St 23 much enjoyed. * club house is a splendid ' 10 the city and will, no '?1"* rendezvous of more or 4 izitor who comes here. It the [Ereatest credit on W. F. il Co., and others who have VI- °Tk of its construction ta * 18 theroughly equipped, ex- g shape, reporting to th«"! ‘::imors, is fifteen million { The loss of life is unknown. DIVISION OF CANADA - PREDICTED BY MOLLEY ! Winnipeg, Canada, March 1.—In ti:e Manitoba legislature last night :\\'illiam Molley declared that the {atcion of Eastern Canada in defeat- ling American reciprocity showed a | hostility towards Western Canada | which would eventually lead to the | separation of Western from Eastern | Canada. REFORM OF BILLS (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, March 1.—The Cot- |ton Exchange telegraphed Senator Clapp, chairman of the Interstate | Commerce, asking an early enact- [torm of bills of lading practices of | railroads. © The message said that the logical solution was in finding riers to assume responsibility of de- termining if there be no fraud. NO INTERVENTION (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 1.—Chairman|Belle, was drowned yesterday Sulzer, of the House Foreign Affairs| water scarcely a foot in depth. The|Oran, with [bedy was brought to Fort Myers and past Committee, said, after a talk the President, that he was opposed to any intervention in Mexico. OF LADING PRACTICES| [ment of the Stevens bill for the re-| ’the shippers, but to compel the car-| dollars. { yon the part of their teachers. The Senior Class have thken great pains in decorating the stage, and the school auditorium will present a splendid appearance this evening vhen the program is opened. All parents and friends of the school are invited to attend the exercises, which are free, and which will be as fol- lews: “Old Folks at Home"—Chorus. “The Stony Way"—Irma L. Tram- mell. J “Robert E. Lee—John Patterson. “In Medias Res"—Georgia Strain. “Echo”—Gerald Mitchell. Piano solo—Beulah Hooks. “Seven Wonders of the World"'— Thomas Jackson. Debate: “Resolved, That we are following in the footsteps of Rome.” Affirmative, Herman Flanagan; neg- ative, Boyd Edminston, Chorus, “Florida, My Florida.” “Is it Worth While?"—Rosa Lee Swindel. “It Might Have Been”—Suella Croover, “These are My Jewels"—Lela Norton. Piano solo—Suella Groover. Niagara Falls—Laura Southard. its| takp MORE THAN A " MILLION IDLE ENGLAND FACES A COLOSSAL STRIKE WHICH MUST RE- -SULT IN DISTRESS. (By Associated Press.) London, March 1.—With the ex- ccption of a few small collieries in jsolated districts all the coal mines of the country are idle. One mill- fon and fifty thousand men are out the result of a refusal of employ- ers to come to terms over wages. No violence js expected. Railway service is curtailed, and many steam- ers are tied up for want of coal, but the big New York liners have enough on hand to do some time. A ray of hope is seen in the government’s announced intention of passing a minipum wage bill, which would the matter out of the hands of the mine owners and end the strike. CITY TAX NOTICE. ’ The city tax books will close April 1, 1912, after which date costs will be added. Better pay today. H. L. SWATTS, City Tax Collector. Twelve tons of Spanish mackerel at one catch was the luck of a Mi- ami fish company recently. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF GAINESVILLE PHYSICIAN Doctor H. C. Spencer’s Body Found In Clump of Bushes Near the Roadside, Gainesville, March 1,—This city is wildly agitated over the murder of Dr. H. C. Spencer, one of the leading physicians of the city, who was call- ed away from his home Monday nigai about 11 o'clock, presumably to see a negto patient, and who was not heard from again until his body was found in a clump of bushes late yes- terday afternoon with his head blown loff‘ Several negroes have been arrested and placed in jail, but it is thought that white people are at the bottom |o' the affair, although Dr. Spencer was not known to have had an enemy. According to Mrs. Spencer, she and | her shusband were awakened Monday night at about 11 oclock by they ascertained that a colored man desired the doctor to go to Gainey's still to see his (the negro's) wife, whom he said was quite ill. The night was fair, the moon was shining | ard Dr. Spencer, who had been in good health recently, decided he would go. The negro, Mrs. Spencer says, gave his name, but she can not remember it, since it was a strange name to her and she does not remem- | ber ever hearing it before. Dr. Spencer asked the man how the roads were and he replied by saying they were all right, where- upon the physician left his premises in his Hudson automobile. Last Szen of Doctor. Before leaving his residence Dr. Spencer handed his wife $20 in mon- | ey, and so far as she knows he had “Representative Women”—Miriam [only a small amount of change in Ross. “The ’ Sunny Hooks. his pockets when he left. The negro South”—Beulan | left in company with the doctor, «.nd 80 far as ascertained that was the Quartette, “Silver Threads Among|last seen of him. IN MEXICAN AFFAIRStx- o Fred S. Hayes, a resident of La- will be sent to his former home at}home leased and have Waterloo, Ia., for burial. Mrs. Spencer is prostrated with grief over the terrible affair. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Mendenhall in|will move into their home on East ge street tomorrow. During the few months they have had their had apart- ments at Mrs. Nieuwenkamp's. Sflm"i one calling, and upon investigation No. 102 ENTHUSIASTIC FISHERMAN ENJOYING LAKELAND'S LAKES TAFT TALKS ABOUT TARIFF Mr. Doyle, of Chicago, who with his wife have rooms at the Fleming bungalow on South Kentucky ave- MILK BOTTLES IN THE AIR. There was a lively scrap in front winter, and every day he takes his New York, March 1.—President Bonnet. Yesterday he spent the day|ods,” and appears in the current is- a large speckled beauty. *Not that 1 wish to see the tarift ing first to Europe, visiting England, | Ve bave had too much of that al- immediately to Lakeland. Mrs, Doyls deliberate judgment on the issue as he s going to remain until May, as|common sense way and the haphaz- Republican policy of protection. I Ntm Btm nt"'tns by giving it an underpinning which (By Assoclated Press.) ““And this purpose could be accom- plications for citizenship because the BERe 0L ininted LY N-BFOUDIOL O for party support, but based on the W4 abroad, ascertained by means whicl WATSON WOULDN'T broad, uscertained b bich *Second, by establishing on a pep- New York, March 1.—To those|for collecting the data of cost, so the dinner of the Fconamic Society|riore easily done. This machinery, was explained that the name of W.|Loard, corresponding in a general Englishman to listen quietly to an “A good many persons cvidently ferred to Persian affairs, for a single tariff bill or scries of nemically administered question tho the preparation of the tariff legisla« (By Assoclated Press.) nied the writ of ouster asked by the|set of hands take charge of our pub- and the American Refrigerator|data to guide this year's legislation collecting data through the channels (By Assoclated Press.) affairs of the Daughters of the Con- of the Lake Pharmicy about § C.S. A *|Joe Kennedy, the present driver, his own account, and it seems that Anniston, Ala., 1.—One arated before serious damage was nue, i8 one of the most enthusiastic HAPHAZARD METHODS” OF fisherman it has been our pleasure HANDLING PROBLEM. ’ 1 and 8 to some nearby fodiand r.ee A xoel aid luck " Taft has given an authorized inter- lake, having had splen uck 101 iew on tarift-making. It is entitled, on the water and last night he very[sue of The Outlook. It was secured Kindly remembered the editor's fam- by a special representative of The Mr. and Mrs. Doyle left their question made the mere tootball of Ireland, France and Germany, and ready. But I should like to have the i becoming anxious to return to her it has been made up within the last he is greatly in love with Lakeland|2fd Way of making a tariff law. As want to see it continued; but I also ntultn cr“lt"s.“l' can not be swept away by the first p Savannah, Ga., March 1.—Federal | blished—how?” 1 asked. mestic producers for their own en- applicants were ‘“near beer” deal- difference betwen the cost of produc- D'Nt w"-'l s“us-'-t preclude all doubt of the substantial manent foundation the machinery who wondered why Willlam Watson, |that it can be in continuous opera- last night, after he had been an-|I need not tell you, should be in Morgan Shuster had scared him|way with this non-partisan Tarift tattack on British policy, such as he think that the whole purpose of a R s bills; and, not unnaturally, thoss wisdom of spending so much money . tion of 1912, in view of the possi- Jefferson City, Mo, March 1.—! bility that all this work may be torn ‘f“‘l" ‘:5‘“‘“ the Missouri Pacific,i)jc affairs. Now, it is just such a ron Mountain and Wabash Rail-|contingency that the Tariff Board 1s Transit Company. is only a first step. From now on, Nol‘[n w if Congress consents to prolong its it Las already opened, and with the ai¢ of men trained in their duties.” Lexington, Ky., March 1.—Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts, author of federacy, died yesterday, as the re-'“'i'lock JEMGICAy. SIvSthoon, . Whek |suit of a broken hip. Her huuband‘Mr' SUShen, whe Gementy Giov mixed it up, milk bottles being the UI" ERN “As wn principal weapons of warfare. Bran- SOUTHES ECK Nl An ANN'SI(’N, ‘I A. he claimed Kennedy had some of kis milk bottles. In the resulting man k'u klsl::ld. and three hurt, in s done, though there was considerable wreck on thern passenger local|blood drawn. Both chertully paid to meet. Mr. Doyle is here for the (By Assoclated Press.) Hollingsworth, Parker, Bonny and|.common Sense vs, Haphazard Meth- ily with three shining bass, each onel°“"°°k ,and is in part as follows: home in Chicago last September, go- politics,” President Taft explained; upon reaching New York they came people of the United States pass their Chicago home, but Mr. Doyle says year—the difference between the and especially with the fine fishing, |Y0U know, 1 am a believer in the want to see our party strengthen it assing flood of popular sentiment.” Judge Speer turned down several ap-| “First, by fixing the rates at fig- richment, and granted in exchange ers, tion here and the cost of production accuracy of the calculation, (By Associated Press.) the Knglish poet, was not present at|tion and its work ever more and nounced as the guest of honor, it|charge of a Tariff Comunisslon or away. He said he was too loyal an| Board we now have. felt Shuster would make if he re-|qupir Board is to collect material who wish to see the government eco- Mlssounl su" ard employing so many experts for The Missouri Supreme. Court has de- up and done over as soon as a new roads, the Pacific Express Company |dcsigned to avoid. The collection of existence, the Board will continue {several books, and prominent in the| |was Surgeon Major Richard Potts, ]lhe wagon for Swindel's Dalry, and nen is now in the dairy business on argument both m (By Associated Press.) g PR 0, train No. - 0. 35, near here this morn-|fines in the police court this morn- roughly handled. They were sep- ing. ling. DISCUSSES “COMMON SENSE V8. -