Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 6, 1912, Page 1

4 | YT o S Bt e SRR ; 1w 0 [HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM oL. 1 FICERS LAND (LEVER CROOK OF MANY ALIASES HAS 00TH GAME STOPPED BY LOCAL SLEUTH. —— ap swindler, who has a full iuses, going by the name Nelson and Wilson, and LYMAN TWINS ARE FARMING. The Lyman Twins are playing a new role while they are waiting for the show season to open again. About a year ago they purchased a fine where they have an orange grove, truck farm and chicken ranch and here they hibernate for the season. Herbert and his wife (Patti Rosa) come to Sanford often to do their shopping and they are enjoying the cutdoor life immensely, They are great favorites with the Sanford peo- ple and every one looks upon them as old friends. Their place, Lyman- ved « preliminary trial this morn- iu Judge Thompson's court, and bound over to the Circuit Court en couuts, each carrying a bond ¢;00, which makes ft necessary him to raise a bond of $5,000 it his treedom, He will be n to Bartow this evening and e i1 jail until the regular term ircuit Court, which convenes in il e man is wanted in various of Florida and in the middle for swindling parties in the e manner he did here. He took ers for $10.50 worth of seap, uising in return premiums of car- furniture, ete, Officer Dan Mar- Il was notified of his work in the fin and Kathleen nelghborhoods, promptly got on his trail with result that he was rounded up Tampa. Several rewards for his ure have been offered by Swift 0. and other concerns, which Of- Marshall, will no doubt, receive. 3 here several days ago the ered as E. F. Green at the mout hotel, He is a fine, husky- llow, well dressed, and s detention in the city jail wen anything but satisfled Mr. Tillis asked him if il to have a minister to con- but he only paced up and Il asking for ‘the daily will have a good long 1k over his get-rich-quick if convicted in _this will later be turned over Y& Co, and the United States . the latter to prosecute idulent use of the mails love with the simple life and the Twins are looking forward to the time when they can retire from the bright glare of the footlights to the nore peaceful Ife of a Florida plant- er.—Sanford Herald. SOME OPERATIVES RETURN TO WORK (By Assoclated Press.) Lawrende, Mass.,, Marlh 6.—Com- parative quiet prevailed around the textile mills this morning where the strike has been in progress for sev- eral weeks. The most notable addi- tions to the ranks of returning op- eratives was the loom fixers, who voted to accept the five per cent. in- crease offered by the mill owers. Twelve arrests were made before the number were women, who had a mixture of pepper, sand and spice, presumably to throw at the soldiers. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING STIRS UP ATLANTA (By Assoclated Press.) Atlanta, March 6.—A mysterious shooting, involving a man who is said to have remained helpless in his home all day, his wife, who was pers e e it arrested and released under bond and — Phat ksonville authorities are|® locked house, is bafling the police. v hands on the soap A teliphone call late yesterday “ho now reposes in the|from a house in the best residence s « is evidenced by the|gaction caused the police to hasten e Jacksonville Me: to the address given, only to find the After them down, they found Eugene E. Grace, a wealthy member of a build- ing firm, with a bullet in his side. He told a rambling story about be- ing shot by his wife. She was miss- ing, but it was learned that she haa gone to a small town some distance from here. On her return at night, she was arrested, but denied shooting her husband. He recntly insured his life for $25,000 in her favor. She is reputed to possess a million dol- lars left by her former husband. MRS. TAFT LISTENS T0 STRIKERS® STORIE doors locked. breaking vindle is being worked in and vicinity by a man with him $126 re- ozus soap orders. The * to be an agent for the Swift Soap Company, Limi- works under the names of " “F. Nelson” and other : T any of our readers are 170« 700 by this man they should “I¥ notify Armour & Co. or ' or Sheriff Bowden. ought that Smith is one " ‘rzanized gang. Similar op- ' lave recently been heard of ‘nia, North Carolina, Ohio, g K and New England. ' Oberates in various ways. i# introduces himself by pre- t card reading thus: “The Away '-ti.'t Soap Co., Ltd.,, New (By Associated Press.) ‘on. Philadelphia. Special Washington, March 6.—Mrs. Taft was again present at the House hear- iag into the conditions at the Law- rence textile mills. The witnesses continued to tell of the arrests, the attempts to quell riots, and the send- ing of the children out of the town. MORE AMERICAN TROOPS FOR CHINA (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 6.—American Minister Calhoun has asked for more United States troops for China. The remaining men of the Fifteenth In- fantry may be sent immediately from Manila. "nrA Laurent Fils et Cie, Par- ; " He then offers his vic- iring bargain in toilet and %ap. With an order amount- 70 is the scrawled receipt ie of valuable premiums— ‘igs, sideboards, ete. In E ton of cash payment, an L viemium is promised, a lamp % or something similar. Of- “salesman” will personally 4 few cakes of the toilet soap me of taking the order. The ™ and balance of soap are to °red from the “branch house” e in about a week following the ‘ire of the swindler the vitcim (Continueq on page 8.) LAKELAND, FIORIDA, WEDNESPAY, MARCH 6, 1012, SOUTH POLE REPORTED FOUND ER MADE DISCOVERY, BUT RUMOR NOT VERIFIED, (By Associated Press.) London, March 6.—A rumor s published in the anernoon' papers that Captain R. F. Scott, a British explorer, has discovered the South confirm the report. STIMSON DECLARES TAFT THE MAN Chicago, March 6.—Secretary of War Stimson in announcing his de- cision as between Taft and Roose- velt, said: “I am for the renomination of President Taft. “I am now and always have been a Progressive. “Mr. Taft has faithfully carried out the progressive faith. “I entered public life under the inspiration of Theodore Roosevelt. NICARAGUANS AT UGLY AMERICAN FEELING MARS VISIT OF KNOX. (By Associated Press.) Managua, Nicaraugua, March 6.—|all countries. An outburst of anti-American feel-|around the section ing led to the arrest last night of fifty ring leaders, who are being held until Secretary Knox leaves the dale, Is situated upon a beautiful|Fole: HIS wife has heard nothidg|.oyntry. This is the first open ex- lake and Mrs, Lyman is greatly in|from him, and there is no way to|ppegsion of opposition to the trip of the American cabinet officer. MONORARY MEMBERS OF VETERANS’ CAMP Editor of Telegram: At the December meeting of Lake- land Camp of U. C. V., the follow- ing resolution was adopted: tegolved, That any male descend- ant of a worthy Confederate poldier may make application for honorary nembership in this Camp with all rights and privileges of Veterans ex- cept voting. Under this resolution the follow- ing have made application and have Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. SENATE WILL VOTE ON ARBITRATION TREATIES (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 6.—By night- fall arbitration treaties with Eng- place mear Forest City, this county. | CTATMED THAT BRITISH EXPLOB (A DEMONSTRATION OF ANTI|land and France will be voted on by the Senate which today continued the legislative day of March 5th, and re- sumed consideration of these sub- jects, which may be the forerunner of extensive peace treaties affecting The debate centers affecting the treaty powers of the Senate. PAUL GILMORE MONDAY NIGHT. Paul Gilmore ' and his splendid company come to the Herron theater Monday night in the play “The Mummy and the Humming Bird.” This is a society play of great hu- man interest, and will be witnessed by a large audience, no doubt. SNEED’S FATHER KILLED BY TENANT (By Assoclated Press.) « ‘Georgetown, Texas, March 6.— George T. Sneed, father of Beal Sneed, principal in the Sneed-Boyce case, which closed in a mistrial for the last week, was Kkilled here today “I am & firm believer in his great|teen duly enrolled: C. G. Memmin-|bY his tenant, R. O, Hillard, who rational policies. “I now remain his sincere friend. “But I believe those who are forc- ing him, against his original inten- are jeopardizing instead of helping real progress. ger, H. E, Memminger, C. G. Aren- dell, John F. Cox, D. H. Sloan, Dan Johnson, T. 8. Clifford, John 8. Ed- wards, H. L. Swatts, W. C. Norvell. noon, all for minor offenses. Half|y,, 1n4o the arena against Mr. Tatt,| Wm. Winn, Victor Lewellin, S. J. Finger, Cecil Pillans, W. T. Wilder, W. L. Thompson, E. W. Crawford, “Mr. Taft has faithfully carried {Oscar M. Eaton, J. W. Ellis, J. B. out his pledges of four years ago. Smith, U. H. Hane, J. J. Taylor, “Mr. Taft has been most falsely|Warren Oliff. vilified and abused, tho courts down Into the welter of politics,” BOQSEVELT‘S COMMENT CN SEC'Y STIMSON’S SPEECH (By Associated Press.) Mineola, L. [, March 6.—Col. commented as follows on Secretary sStimson's pro-Taft speech last night at Chicago: “In regard to Stimson's | statement that against my original tintention, I am being forced into the |arena, 1 need merely to say the | statement is correct only in the sense that it would be correct to make the same statement as to my advocacy of Stimson for governor (of New York) in 1910. In that contest as in this, I was exceedingly reluctant to be drawn into it. I acted from | a sense of duty to the people as a whole.” MANY LIMERICKS IN TELEGRAM'S GILMORE CONTEST Lmericks are coming in thick and fast to the Telegram office, and by Saturday, the last day of the contest, the judges will be confronted by a ne array of poetic effusions about Paul Gilmore and his excellent play. The names of the authors of each limerick will be erased, and the lim- erick numbered. In this way the judges will not know who the con- testants are, and will therefore be able to give their unbiased opinion in regard to the merits of each. We will select judges for the contest who know a limerick when they see one, and who will be able to award the prizes to those who fairly win them. The last entry in the contest must be in by 9 o'clock Saturday morning. WEATHER FORECAST. Tampa, March 6.—Local rains to- night and Thursday. WURTZ. The oyster season in Florida wili close on the fifteenth of this month. There are others, Will you be- “The recall of judges would bring|come members? Apply to J. A. Cox, or any mems ber of the Camp. i it hiied® " |JUNIOR TERM FINALS then killed himself. Hillard claim- ed Sneed had mistreated him. Thus the heads of two prominent families mixed up in this famous case have been removed, Capt. A. G. Boyce hav- ing been killed in a Fort Worth ho- tel by Sneed's son, whose wife had eloped with Boyce's son, ' MITCHELL WON'T PROMISE TO OBEY . (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 6.—John TOMORROW NIGHT | Mitcheéll, ilee prestdent of the Ameri- The Junior term finals will be de- indic livered in the school auditorium Roosevelt, who is on the jury here,yMarch 7, at 8 p. m. The program is as follows: “Massa’s in the Cold Ground"— Chorus. “Schoolmates”—Miss Mary son. “William Cullen Aileen McRae. “Alfred Tennyson"—Gordon Hart. Piano solo—Miss Lula Hart. “My Country”—Ivan Jackson, “The Country Girl"—Miss Mary Dougherty. “My Mission in Life"—Miss Lula Hart. Mandolin solo with accompani- ment—Mrs. Woods and Miss Olive Woods. “The Street Bracken, “Robert Burns”—Monroe Sutton. “No Excellence Without Great La- tor”—Miss Hazel Ormsby. Jack- Bryant”—Miss Loafer” — Loring “Thou Art the Man”—Wililam FEmerson. Duet—Misses Aileen McRae and Hazel Ormsby. “School”—Miss Pearl Haynes. “Home”—Miss Elsie Norton. “Uncrowned Queens”—Miss Anna Coon. “A Rolling Stone Moss”"—Karl Kern. “Juanita”—Quartette. Gathers nd Petitions are being circulated among the business men of Tampa asking that the holding of municipal primaries be done away with, on the grounds that each election disturbs the business interests of the city in all its branches, and causes a loss of time to the public in general. The petitions are being generally signed, Over 500 business men and other prominent citizens having affixed their signatures, signifying ican Federation of aLbor, who was ted with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison, for contempt court, today refused to promise the court that he would obey the orders of the tribunals of justice. He de- clared that such precedure would be an admission that he had herciotoru disobeyed them, which he says he has not done. of MINERS EXPECTED TO MODIFY THEIR DEMANDS (By Associated Press.) New York, March 6.—The flat re- Jjection of the demands of the anthra- cite miners by the coal operators is expected to be folowed by modified demands from the men. MORE TROOPS FOR MEXICAN BORDER (By Afsoclated Press.) Washington, March 6.—The ad- ministration, it is learned today, is planning to send more troops to the Mexican border. Secretary of War -Stimson, when he returns from Chi- cago, is expected to take up the mat- ter with the President tomorrow. The Mexican ambassador is expected to confer with the President today. BURNED PLANT OF UNION, S. C. PAPER (By Associated Press.) Union, S. C, March 6.—Fire, thought to have been incendiary, de- their {stroyed the plant of the Union News intention not to participate in city|this morning. The editor recently Pprimaries. received threatening letters. No, 108 PROCEEDINGS OF SCHOOL BOARD MATTERS OF IMPORT PERTAIN- ING TO SCHOOL INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY. Bartow, March 5.—The Board of Public Instruction for Polk County, Florida, met in regular session with all members present. The minutes of the last regular meeting and of the adjourned meeting held on Feb- ruary 8, were read and approved. Mr. D. M. Pipkin, of the Board ot Trustees of the Medulla school, ask- ed to have the salary of the princi- pal of his school fixed at $856 per month, with the agreement that the school would be run seven or eight months, The request was granted. The Board appointed Mr. Frank Prine to be trustee of the Welcome special tax school to fill the unex- pired term of Mr. J. D, Benton, who has moved from the district. The petition to join with DeSoto county in building a county line school near the Mt. Pisgah school, was referred to Mr. R. W. Hancock with power to act. The school at Mulberry was recog- nized as a senior high school. A request was made to this Board for the time of the untaught school of Hooker Prairie last year, to be giv- en to the school at Bradley's Junc- tion this term. This request being in conflict with the statute govern- iug lost time, was refused. Mr. Henry Mann presented plans for a building 24x30 feet for the Welcome school, asking the approval of this Board to have the same built at once, and also asking that thirty single desks be purchased for the the desks at once. General J. A, Cox made the fol- lowing motion which was seconded by Mr. W. J. J. Whidden, and unani- mously carried: “That this Board pay at once all teachers' claims un- der Chapters 5381 and 5383, thac Lave already been audited, and all other claims that may be audited and approved by an auditing com- mittee composed of Mr. W. A. Whid- den and the county superintendent. A communication was received from the trustees of the Haines City special tax district approving of the equitable distribution of the funds of that district between the schools of Davenport and Haines City. Based upon the average attendance, this will award $270 to the Davenport school. W. A. Harris and W, J. Davis, in behalf of the voters resid- ing in that territory that is desired to be annexed to the Fort Mecade dis- trict by an election to be held on the 23d day of March, entered a pro- test against the said election being held. This Board will pass upon this matter within a few days, and in the meantime Mr. Harris will pre- sent a petition from his people pray- ing this Board to revoke their order for the above-mentioned election. The superintendent was directed to issue to Miss Mary McRae a du- plicate of warrant No. 3402 for $13.75. The treasurer made the following report: Balance on hand from last month, $15,715.46, received from tax roll for 1911, $1,394.76; polls for 1910, $217; for 1911, $556; interest on state fund, $l,7GO.40—Tohl. $19,643.61; paid out, $9,930.33; paid back error in last month’s re- ceipts, $2,776.86; balance on hand, $6,936.42; on special tax fund, bal- ance from last month, $4,430.32; re- ceived on tax roll 1911, $431.26— Total, $4,861.68; paid, $766.19; bal- ance on hand, $4,095.49—Total bal- ance, $11,03L91. The following (Cotninued on page 4.) building when completed. The su- . perintendent was directed to order | RV T S