Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 12, 1912, Page 1

t 1 YAN SPEAKS ON RECALL IS \RES THE PRINCIPLE /OLUTION RATHER THAN REVOLUTION. Iy Associated Press.) y 0.. March 12.—Speak- Litiative, referendum and the Ohio constitutional W, J. Bryan said the re- < .volution, rather than revo- _ Ji¢ =aid he championed those s because they placed the gov- ¢ in the hands of the people. that judges, as well as officials, should be liable to re- i they did wrong. DENIES HE TRIED TO “FIX’ FIGHT (Dy Associated Press.) p Francisco, March 12.—Abe denied that he tried to “fx"” ¢t with “Harlem Tommy” hy ACRED COW AT LARGE. salred cow from far-off India is cring somewaere today in the ons of Palatka, a strange and p-backed bovine among a heath- id perverse people, Dack in In- lis cow was worshipped. Here alatka the “kids" guy it on ac- t of its hump and, other pecu- los— without a thought of the d nature of the poor heast. No ¢ darn cow is homesick, is swred cow answers to the of "Flossie.” She is gentle, but from the Cole & Rice i on Tuesday night, has been I scared by the boys. “Flos- < flect as a deer. Treat her v, ccax her with hay, and she to you. The animal Is n imporiant feature of Ei spent all day Wednesday < o locate this cow, but to no » 4 strange Yooking cow wn on its back, repert it Varnes, A veward will be| thopoor Floss'e if you can «r kindly, she was raised imd is a long way from RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. ¢ Great God of the * all seeing eye in a * way directs all things . has taken from among “loved brother, Clarence H. nd fritas we desire to give GxDI’CS'I ur love and friendship for #d brother, therefore be :t “ved, that the Independent ‘ Oddfellows, Lake Lodge No. “istained a great loss in his ard that we extend to his tier, father and other mem- iis family our genuine sym- W. P. PILLANS, EPPES TUCKER, JR., E. R. STETLER, Committee. DUVAL'S LARGE VOTE. le, March 12.—Duval | give the heaviest vote of _U¥ in the State at the ap- “:ig primaties, jaccarding ito *""ing made at the office of Tax “''or Rast, and fully eight thou- ialified voters are expected to %<d on the list when the regis- % books close. Saturday night _F ?_:ras of the tax collector's| d"‘ _~:—athed more than six thou- E 4 as many voters have sent ;— ‘T Payments by mail, these 2dded to the list this morning. ———————— a——————————————————————————————— Wrm T 4 wromvrw e m— e—— - el gl HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCK 12, 1912, DYNAMITING CASES CALLED GOOD MONEY IN LETTUCE. That there is big money in lettuce, a crop not largely grown in the vicinity of Lakeland, is evidenced by the fact that from a plot 15x30 feet Mr. J. A. Guthrie has thus far sold $21.60 worth, and -he still has at least 150 more heads to sell. This lettuce was planted on a hill side, which goes to show that one does not necessarily havd to plant on a low place, as is generally supposed. There is good money in lettuce, and it appears to us that our growers would do well to plant large acreages of it for northern shipment. Tomorrow take a trial trip to the Tea Garden, East Lake Hollings- worth drive. The lime-kilns and cooperage shops at Reddick were destroyed by fire recently, only the sawmill being saved. ; ROOSEVELT TURNED DOWN AS JUROR (By Associated Press.) Minfola, L. I, March 12.—Col. Roosevelt was challenged as a juror by the attorney for the plaintiff in the case of a railroad man suing the company tor big damages as the re- sult of an accident. The attorney explained that he thought Roosevelt was such a busy man he could serve the people better in work other than that of jury duty. The Colonel was plainly annoyed at being turned down, TAFT PUTS BAN ON PERSONALITIES (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 12.—Hereaft- er the literary bureau of the Taft campaign will refrain from attacks on Roosevelt, and the men who are supporting him. This was decided after a conference between the presi- dent, Director McKinley and Secre- tary Hilles. The president has in- sisted that personalties be abandoned. INVESTIGATION OF SMELTER TRUST NEXT Washington, March 12, — The House adopted a resolution calling upon the department of justice to make known whether the department was investigating any ‘“smelter trust,” whether the American Smelt- ing Co. was connected with it and whether prosecutiqns had been be- gun or were contemplated. YORK STATE WOMEN WANT T0 VOTE (By Associated Press.) New York, March 12.—A delega- tion of two hundred women descend- ed upon the capital at Albany to urge the enactment of equal suffrage laws, which is scheduled to come up in committee tomorrow. SALVADORIANS STILL ENTERTAINING KNOX (By Associated Press.) San Salvador, March 12.—The round of official functions in honor of Secretary Knox is continued. To- night the American visitors will be guests at the presidential ball at the Casino. They leave tomorrow Hon. W. A. McRae, of Marianna. recently appointed Commissioner of Agriculture, will move with his fam- ily to Tallahassee. (By Associated Press.) Indianapolis, March 12.—Forty- six labor union leaders of the fifty- four indicted charged with unlaw- fully transporting explosives from State to State, with the alleged pur- pose of blowing up non-union works, appeared in court today to answer Expert Auditors’ Report on Accounts of City Ex}ert Mr. O. M. Eaton, Chairman, Finance Committee, Lakeland, Fla.: the indictments. Eight are missing, twobeingthe McNamaras, who are so- Journing in a California penitentiary, and Ortie J. McManigal, who turned state’s evidence. Demurrers on tech- nical grounds h.ve been entered against the indictments. Arguments on them have begun. PORT SO SATISFACTORY IN MANY WAYS: THE ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN KEPT WITH AN AC- Dear Sir—We beg to report thatCURACY SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL we have completed our audit of the|IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, AND WE accounts of the City of Lakeland for| HAVE NOT DISCOVERED ONE the eighteen months, ending 31st of [TRACE OF ANY IRREGULARITY. December, 1911, and have prepared| We hope that your officials will see the Balance Sheet as of that date,|their way to adopting our sugges- which accompanies this report. tions, for we are confident of the With the figures obtained by our|benefits to be derived from them examination we have incorporated |and the thorough examination we those covering the trapsactions for|have made, and the detailed Sched- the first six months of 1910, which|ules we have prepared, render it were included in a previous audit|possible to make these changes now not made by us, and from these two|with the minimum of labor and ex- sources we have prepared the ac-|pense. The City will. doubtless, companying statements and memo-|continue to grow, and each year's de- randa, showing the entire transac-’lay will add to the work of any re- tions of the Municipality for the|organizing which may be done. years 1910 and 1911, We have tried to make our state- Our work has naturally fallen into|ments self explanatory, but if any four divisions and we have, there-|point should not be quite clear, we fore, divided our reports to corre-|believe we have sufiicient informa- spond, as follows: tion to answer any questions you I. Refers to Assets and Liabill- may desire to put to us, and, we are, ties. 11. Refers to Revenue and Expense, 1II. Refers to Details of the Audit. IV. Refers to Suggestions as to the future, The schedules referred to in parts I and II. are bound separately for convenience of reference, IT IS WITH PLEASURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RENDER A RE- CITY OF Yours faithtully, MUCKLOW & FORD, Certfiled Public Accountants. P. S.—After preparing our com- plete report, it occurred to us that you might wish to have a statement ‘Jr the Assets and Liabilities ar- 'rmmcd in a form different from that shown in the Balance Sheet, We have, therefore, prepared the ac- I(-umpanymg loose statement: LAKELAND. Statement of Assets and Liabilities 31st December, 1911, : ASSETS. Fixed Assets— 1. Light & Water Plant....... 2. City Hall & Jail Bldg..$3,000 .$75,000.00 IANE svvevavssasnnvonns 4,000 7,000.00 3. School House Building... « 10,000.00 4. Munn Park .cccvevivnnsnnne 40,000.00 $132,000.00 Current Assets— ! 5. Personal Property .......... 6,300.00 6. Unexpired Insurance ........ 181.10 6,481.10 Sundry Acct's Collectible, due from 7. Co. Commissioners, Road Tax '11 1,240.01 8. Light & Water Consumers.... 3,359.81 9. Taxes for 1911............00 19,381.06 10. Delinquent Taxes 1906 $20.51 1907 99.06 . 1908 101.53 » 1909 69.35 "L¥ ¢ 1910 4.96 295.41 24,276.29 Cash— 11. Credit with Bank: in favor of General Fund .......$432.66 ' Cash on hand . . . .. 02 Light & Water Fund. 251.11 SinkingFund ........5,429.96 6,113.75 6,113.75 $168,871.14 LIABILITIES. Bonded Debt— 20. First Issue ..... csessssisess $35,000.00 Second Issue .......o00en Current Liabilities— 21. Bills Payable teneral Fund Acct...$7,6588.03 « 40,000.00 75,000.00 - | General Wickershan Light & Water Acct.. 4,000.00 ‘. 11,688.03 Sundry Accounts Payable— 22. Unpaid Salaries Gen...$552.63 23. Unpaid Sal. L. & W.. 3 1,075.32 24, Warrants Outstanding ....... 7,055.32 24. Unpaid Bills L. & Water..... 969.91 9,100.55 26. Accrued Int. on Bonds........, 875.00 27. Accrued int. on Warrants Out- ( standing ......... sesessscas 223.24 1,098.24 TOTAL LIABILITIES ..... cesesisnae cetrarsassaineess 96,886.82 8 — Excess, Assets over Liabilities.. Sasiins . $71,984.32 No. 111 SUGGESTS SECURING BRANCH OF Y. M. C. A. HERE. Editor Telegram: While we are discussing many good things for the people of Lakeland in the columns of the daily, let us take up the ques- tion of getting a Y. M. C. A. here. i have suggested to some of the members of the Chautauqua Building Association that it would be a good [plan to add an extra story on the | building and have it for the use of the Y. M. (. A, Many of our young men would | like to have the opportunity of join- ing a Y. M. (. A, and it would be one of the best things that we can do for the young men of Lakeland and for our visitors. If this plan is not feasible, perhaps some one has another plan. Yours very truly, JOHN F. COX. SUGAR TRUST VIOLATED TENTH COMMANDMENT (By Associated Press.) New York, March 12.—In outlin- ing the government's case against several men formerly connected with the American Sugar Refining Co., in- cluding Washington Thomas and John L. Parsons, Federal Prosecutor Wise sald, “It is one of the most ex- traordinary cases ever brought into court. These defendants are not charged with violation of a man- made law, but with violating a law handed down by God to Moses in the tenth commandment.” ALARMING SITUATION AT HONG KONG (By Associated Press.) Hong Kong, March 12,—The sit- uation at Canton where the revolters under the command of Luk, a bri- gand chief, are trying to oust the local authorities, s most alarming. The missionaries have been ordered to leave. There has beef fighting in the suburbs since last week and sev- eral hundred have been killed. SUSPECTED POISONER GOES TO TRIAL (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, March 12.—Annie Crawford, charged with poisoning her sister, KElsie, to get insurance, and suspected of being conaected with the deaths of her parents and another sister, has been placed on trial. MORE TROOPS SENT T0 MEXICAN BORDER (By Assoclated Press.) San Antonio, March 12.—The re- mainder of Troop E, Third Cavalry, a part of which left yesterday for Eagle Pass, departed overland this morning for the same place. Troops G and H left for Marfa Anderson. REHEARING IN POTENT MONOPOLY CASE (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 12.—Attorney indicated that a rehearsing might be asked of the Supreme Court in the patent monop- oly case decided yesterday by a di- vided branch. During February 122 vessels de- parted from the port of Jacksonville with a net tonnage of 128,860 tons, and 116 arrived with a net tonnage of 121,000 tons. STRIVING T0 END STRIKE CONFERENCE HELD TO END IDLENESS OF OVER TWO MILLIONS. (By Associated Press.) London, March 12.—The dispu-" tants in the British coal strike which has driven out of employment two million men, including miners and others whose occupations depend upon fuel, met today to talk over peace plans. There are many dif- ficulties in the way of the settlement but the mere fact that the meeting has been held makes the people more hopeful. Advices from the German coal fields show some clashes with the police. Conditions there have not improved. KR, C. E. DAYTON. Respected Citizen and Long-time Resident, Passed Away This Morning. In the passing of Mr. C. E. Day- ton last night, death relieved long sufferings bravely borne, and took from this community a good and honorable man, who will be missed and mourned by many. Mr. Dayton had been a sufferer for many years with an asthmatic affec- tion, and for several years past he has been in a very enfeebled state. For a long time after others leas strong of heart would have given up, he kept up the fight, doing such work as his strength would permit, and keeping always an admirable cheer- fulness of spirit and kindliness of manner, A short time ago dropsy developed and he sank gradually un- til the end came at 3 o'clock this morning. The funeral will take place from the family residence tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock, under the guspices of the G. A, R. Rev. R. A, Ward, chaplain of the Encampment, will officiate. A gentle, kindly man has gone from us. His life was a lesson to all in its exemplification of patience in suffering and cheerfulness under try- ing circumstances. Upright, honor- able and sincere, he lived aquiet,use- ful life, whose influence was for good. God give his soul sweet rest. Ite died consoled by his faithful wife——companion and nurse during all his indisposition—and by the love of his children, all of whom were by his bedside; with the respect and friendship of a host of warm friends whom he had gathered to him during his residence of a decade or more in this city. GARRATT'S PICNIC MARCH 23. An event which is always looked forward to with delight by the peo- ple of Lakeland and the surround- ing country is the basket picnic giv- en at the country place of C. E. Gar- ratt on Lake Gibson. For a number of years this affair was an annual custom, but for the past two years it has not been held. Mr. Garratt now states that he has secured a good sum for prizes, and that the picnic will be held on March 23 at which time all candidates are invit- el to be present. The following amusements will form a pleasing por- tion of the day's entertainment 11 o’clock—Long and high jump; climbing the pole. Tournament at 1 p. m., first prige being $10, second prize $5, third prize $5. There will also be egg and spoon races for married ladies, ribbon race for young men and maidens, potato races for girls, and sack races for the boys. For each of these races there will be two or three nice \ } “izes. 1) Al \ ) i i i