Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 26, 1912, Page 1

m— L 1 (AERS FOUND “NOT GUIL - oF 310ST NOTABLE CASES IN JINTRY'S HISTORY DECIDED BY JURY TODAY. \s:ociated Press.) \arch 26.—"Not guil- ..rdict rendered by the the trial of the ten kers, accused by the violating the criminal sherman anti-trust act, 1t seventeen hours. | . Loudants were in court ¢t was announced. v Wilkerson when the verdict his eyes filled with {lined to talk. One <uid they gave the de- benefit of* the doubt, not believe the govern- de out a strong case. drown out trial of . uz0 packers on charges in maintaining a com- ~traint of trade in viola- i iinal provisions of the o anti-trust law which began 1 . is the closing chapter zal battle waged by the gov- ¢ azainst the big packers. i~ of the packing compan- . proceedings are named as [ defendants and a verdict nder the law would make to cither a fine of $5,000 prisonment for one year or e ten defendants are: | 0z0en Armour, president Armour 0 r Mecker, director and gener- Armour & Co. J. Connors, director and ral superintendent Armour & pany uis FSwift, president Swift & pany ward F. Swift vice-president it & Company, s HLoSwift, director Swift & \. Fowler, manager beef Swift & Company. ard Morris, president Morris OMpatly uis H iiryman, manager beef rwent Morris & Company. dward Tilden, president National inz ( ompany, ie covernment contends: at prior to 1902 prices were . shipments regulated and terri- @iided by the old beet pool 4 met every Tuesday afternoon. fa: after the old beef pool dis- din 1902 the packers held sec- keetings at each others homes. %t the National Packing Com- Sitce its organization in 1903 “en used as the “clearing house” be alleged combination. 't the packers adopted a test and margin system which was i the purchase of cattle and fie of fresh meat. "t e allowances made for by- fizuring the test cost ate and the “cost” used “rs was fictitious and “ the actual cost. ntatives of the dif- s in New York Bos- ‘astern cities exchang- in regard to prices and telegraphed the “liperiors in Chicago. ton of the Sherman has been continu- uninterruptea U(ts in listoryrof the gov- “ation and prosecu- ailezed to control udustry of the coun- Injunction issued by réstraining the pack- "z into a combination. ‘ i—Investigation ‘nation begun. Sixteen packers and - ndicted. e 1405—Cases called [#"6—Judge Humph- ] * he “immunity bath” "2 the indicted packers. - 1508—TInvestigation federal grand jury but ‘ued without indict- “h"“flued on Page 7.) was | Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. HON. ALBERT M. WILLIAMSON and Paid His Respects to His Opponents. Hon. Albert M. Willlamson, candi- date for the office of from the State-at-large, spoke last right at the corner of Main street land Kentucky avenue in behalf of \his candidacy for the office to which Le aspires, Mr. Williamson paid his respects to his opponents, especially to J, Ed O'Brien, of Pensacola, and L'Engle. He declared that L'Engle liad been a paid emissary of the cor- iborations, citing one instance whero [he went before the slature in 1903 as the lobbyist of the Peninsular | Bell Telephone and Telograph com- panies, for the purpose of getting their franchise extended from thirty years to fifty years, and for which service he was to be paid $2.000, He declared that Mr. OBrien was just as bad if not worse in this respect than L'Engle. ; Leg After paying the above attention, and considerably more, to his oppo- tients, he launched forth into the reasons why the voters of Florida should send him to the halls of Con- gress, and for tihree-quarters of an Lour he held the attention of his hearers. MILWAUKEE'S SOCIAL- IST MAYOR EXONERATED (By Associated Press.) Milwaukee, March 26.—Emil Sei- del, Socialist mayor, has been exon- terated by the City Council commit- tee on the charge of malfeasance in office. He had been arrested on ac- count of having suppressed informa- tion concerning taxes of alleged fa- vored persons. THOUSANDS OF COTTON OPERATIVES IDLE (By Associated Press.) Lowell, Mass.,, March .~ Nearly 20,000 operatives in seven cotton manufacturing plants will be idle until the differences between the owners and the employes are settled. Orders have been received from the head offices of the plants to close all mills allied with the Lowell Manu- facturers' Association until further notice. About 3,000 operatives are on strike, refusing to receive the wage advance offered. CRAWFORD CASE RESULTS IN MISTRIAL (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, March 26.—The trial of Annie Crawford for the alleged murder of her sister, Elsie Crawford, resulted in a mistrial. The jury was discharged after being out since last light. The jury stood 9 to 3 for ac- quittal. HEIGHT OF LETTUCE SEASON. jare moving daily. The quality is at $2 to $2.50 per basket. Prices are somewhat lower this wek, as other |sections have began shipping. A large cucumbers are in !:md will move in carlots about May 1 acreage of DELEGATES TODAY (By Associated Press.) New York, March 26 —Eighty-six district delegates to the Republican national convention are being chosen by State primaries today. It will be 1a test of the relative strength of the Taft and Roosevelt forces. The Dem- ocrats are voting for delegates to the i State convention. Walter Douglas, 16 years old, lost at Gardner last Thursday. - —— —— -t ; 1 Congressman . Claude | | . It is now stated that seventy-nine V.o ek i} i i \-/ HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1912. ISTILL ANOTHER 99 | Addressed Voters Here Last Nigmi MINE "(mmm FIGHTING SOME IN MEXICO GAS PEOPLE'S PROPOSITION BIG SALE TOMORROW Lots in New Dixieland Offered by the Bowman Realty i Company. Tomorrow will be a big day in of ENEARLY 100 MEN IMPRISONED| CONFLICTING REPORTS AS TO|!-akcland. The Bowman Realty Co.. wHAT IS ASKED BY THE PRO- IN MINE AT BLUEFIELD, | W. VA, i (By Associated Press.) ! Blaefield, W. V., March 26.—Be- {tween eighty-five and one hundrel Imen are reported imprisoncd in the [Jed coal mine, near Welch, by aa cxplosion this morning. 11;;i||‘1‘>’ were imprisoned, of whom ften have been rescued alive and one It is hoped the remaining may iln- recoyered alive, {dead, Rescue Cars Ordered to Scene. Washington, March Bureau for Mines Director Holmes ordered "the mine rescue cars to Jed from St. ‘I‘;n:l. Virginia and Irwin, Pa. ISN'T IT THE TRUTH? | ! i A young Miss has been telling of [ the woes of a girl studying vocal “musiv. The woes of those victims !\.'Im have to listen to her practice | cannot be disposed of in a para- {graph as this one must be.—Savan- nah Press, TAFT GETS TEDDY'S GOAT IN INDIANA (By Associated Press.) Indianapolis, March 26.-—-By vote of -~ to 667 the Indiana Re-|been perfect in punctuality and publican convention to elect dele- |tendance are entitled to be placed on Charles W, VICTORS, BUT REBELS SEEM TO GAIN GROUND. \llg' Associated Press.) Mexico City, March 26.—Federal artillery havoe among ¢he revolutionaries at Jiminez, ac- cording to reports to Madero today from El Paso. It is said a loss of more than one thousand dead and wounded has been inflicted on the en- emy, and that the rebels are greatly demoralized. It is claimed the foi- lowers of Gen, Rojas, imprisoned by Gen Orozeo through alleged jealousy have mutinied. has created Rebels Victors at Jiminez. (By Associated Press.) Warhington, March 26, -— The State department today received con- firmation of the decisive defeat of the Mexican federal troops by rebels at Jiminez. Orozco Heads Rebel Troops, (By Associated Press.) Jiminez, Mexico, March 26.—Gen, Orozco arrived today and took charge of all the”rebel forces. A battle on a large scale is expected this afternoon, WEEKLY HONOR ROLL LAKELAND SCHOOL Those who have made 90 per cent. a |01 above in scholirship and who have at- gates at large to the national con-|the honor roll vention, today talWled the minority report on the credentials committee, seating the contesting Roosevelt dele- sates, The convention then elected four delegates at large, instructing them for Taft. The Roosevelt delegates had a convention after the adjournment of the regular convention, and elect- ed four delegates at large. POLITICAL MEETINGS. The committee has given otn the tollowing dates for political rallies: Other announcements will follow in due time. These meetings are for county candidates and they are ali expected to be present with a full stock of eloguence on tap. The dates given are: Winter Haven—April 6, at 7 p. m. Homeland—April 9, at 7 p. m. Lake Eloise (near Mr. Howards) — April 13, This will be a picnic meet- ing. F. E. C. ENGINEER KILLED AT KEY WEST. Miami, March 26.—E. E. Gibson, an engineer in the employ of the Florida East Coast Railway Co., was shot and instantly killed at Key West, yesterday morning at 8 o'clock, Ly a gambler whose name is said to be Cochran. The deplorable affair occurred two {doors from the Jefferson hotel in a “T xan, had come from the Panama |2 gambling joint, [ which he operated until suppressed by the police, He then drinking heavily, and was in a crazed condition yesterday when the unfortunate shooting fair occurred. hegan | St. Petershurg, Fla, March 26— | The 20-acre citrus fruit grove be- |longing to J. G. Lewis, north of this |city, has been sold to a company of jfrnlr local men, the consideration be- ing $20,600. The trees are nine vears old and the property is con- (cidered as one of the finest groves in | this section. Two cars of Manatee celery re- cently brought $1,037 and $1,002 net. The State convention of citrus pa on April 18. | Gainesville, Fla., March 26.—The{place known as the Spanish Club,| |shipment of lettuce is at its height|where Gibson and a friend went for | this week and from four to six carsia bottle of beer. Cochran, who is .1! | l.’airlv good and first shipments sold cznal zone to Key West and opened | af- NEW YORK CHOOSING cers s20.000 For crrrus crove. | | | 15, 1909—Investigation |a leg below the knee at a saw mill|fruit growers will assemble in Tam- i Grade XII Mirfam Ross. Gerald Mitchell. Grade XI. None. Grade X, None. Grade IX. None, - Grade VIIL. Gladys Coon. Leon Jackson. Chester Fleming. Lurtene Pillians, Grade VII-B. Annie Jones. James Boulware. Lucille Clough. Virginia Lufsey. Grade VII-A. Burnell Swindell. Iris Bryant. Chas. Glover. Doris Wells. Grade VI-A. Gladys Davis. Nannie Funk. Redella Gains. Blanche Simmons. Grace Murrell. Grade VI-B. Addie Bailey. George Tibbals. Evelyn Adams. Zoe Oaks. Lawton Ritter. Grade V-A, Mary Weaver. Roy Mitchell. Mabel Mathias. Ethel Potts, Grade V-B. D. H. Sloan, Jr. Louise Pantley Dewey Whitchard. isther Gill. { Maude Adams. Grade IV-A. Annie Laurie Waring. Essie Gordon. Chrisoline Wright. I Shelley Gordon. Ellen Watson. Grade IV-B. Ropalia Weaver. Vera Mitchell. Louise Rogers. i Sam Ritter. Elmer Damon. Grade II-A. Ruth Bedenbaugh. Ruby Bedenbaugh. Irene Milton. Stanley Sioan. C. F. Owens, Grade II-B. Onah Edmiston. Fancy Brown. CHAS. M. JONES, Principal. D e e SR, |submit to a so-called strike vote th: who conducted such a successful sale last year in Dixfeland, will put on another sale of lots in New Dixic- land, which overlooks Lake Hunter, = and all day automobiles will leave Inasmuch as it is not improbable the busin . soction for the scene of that the question of granting a fran- the sale, transportation to and frow Chise to the proposed gas plant may the grounds being free. be submitted all the The Lakeiand Citizens' band will Property lakeland, male be on hand to dispense music and #nd female, the ordinance which, in IMajor Coombs will be there to en- the event of its pa . would con- tertain the crowds. There will be fer the franchise, is published here- [some splendid bargains offered, in With in full,in order that all may addition to which a number of hand- Wnderstand exactly the nature of the some prizes will be given away. proposition under consideration: There will be $350 in lots given ORDINANCE NUMBER — away and several fine prizes in mer- e Sale starts at 10 a. m. MOTERS IN RETURN FOR THEIR HEAVY INVESTMENT. to a vote of owners of franchise sociates, An ordinance ainting to William R, Peters, h successors and assigns as individuals or as body corporate or to become corporate, under the name of the Lakeland Gas Company, and to es- tablish and operate a gas plant with- in the City of Lakeland for a period of thirty (30) years, and to regn- late and fix the provisions and for- chandise. PULLMAN SERVICE WILL BE CONTINUED THROUGH APRIL. The Charlotte Harbor & Northern Railway announces that arrange- ments have been made to continue the through Pullman service between Jacksonville and Boca Grande, via 4 Mulberry and Arcadla, one month felturcs thercof, and prescribing the A § Arcadia, power, rights and conditions for the {longer than previously intended, ! LR : f establishment and operation of said making it extend up to and including ' gas plant. April 30. FEASE Db ) e BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE- MORSE SAID T0 BE '+ Section 1. That William R. Peters, nlefi IN llAlv his associates, successors and assigns, as individuals or as a body corporate or to become corporate, under the p hame of the Lakeland Gas Company, are herehy granted the rights and privileges to erect gas works, and use the streets, avenues, lanes, side- walks, public places, squares, bridges, viaduets and streams of the City of lakeland for the purpose of laying (By Associated Press.) London, March 26.—A dispate from Florence, Italy, says that Morse, the American financier, released from prison at At- lanta last winter because of illness, is at the point of death in a hospital ithere. ki b SN fa down in the said streets, avenues, lanes, sidewalks, public places, fiovtRNMtNI fAIls squares, bridges, viaducts and streams, pipes for the purpose of con- veying gas in and through said city, for the use of said city and its in- Labitants; and said rights and privi- leges shall continue and be enforced for the term of thirty (30) years T0 END STRIKE (By Associated Press.) London, March 26.—In a speech in the House of Commons this after- noon, Premier Asquith confessed the ''om this date. government's failure to terminate ‘The above franchise the coal strike. He said they had done le8es are granted upon the follow- their best with perfect thoroughness ing conditions, to be kept and per- and impartiality, but their labors aro formed by the Lakeland Gas Com- unavailing and that the government bany, to-wit: has done all it could. He warned Sec. 2. That the Lakeland Gas the disputants that unless they come Company shall within a reasonable to an agreement they would have a period from this date begin the con- and privi- serious account to render ‘to the struction of a first-class gas plant, country. 'with the best modern devices and improvements for generating gas of the capacity to equal 150,000 cubic MWM." Io PAV feet each twenty-four (24) hours, and more if the needs of the city us ANO“'[R v‘s‘l and its inhabitants require; and to provide suitable conductors and (By Associated Press.) mains in size and quantity for the Newport, R. 1., March 26.—Duke equipment of the city with a first- Connaught, governor general of Can- class gas plant, and that the same ada, uncle of King George, will make shall be built, constructed and ereci- a second visit to this country and ed complete within twelve (12) will spend the month of August with months from this date. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Sec. 3. That the Lakeland Gas Company shall furnish gas for fuel, power or lighting purposes to the citizens of the City of Lageland at SANFORD CELERY. Sanford, Fla., March 26.—About the rate of one dollar and eighty thirty-five cars of celery and sixteen cents ($1.80) per thousand cubic cars of lettuce moved during the feet, with a discount of ten cents The celery continues to im- (10 cts,) per thousand cubic feet il (1othy week. prove in quality and prices are hold- paid on or before the tenth ing firm around $2.50 to $2 per crate day of each and every month fol- being realized. Lettuce is not do- lowinz that month for which bill has ing so well as stock has began to heen rendered, shall ap-*® move from other sections. The pries ply to gas for fuel only; which rate PUrpos 'is now ranging from $1 to $1.25 per and at the rate of one dollar and |bamper, ($1.85) per thon- e : sand cubie feet, with a like discount tNfi'NE[ns WIll as aforesaid, which rate shall apply te gas for illuminating purposcs ohly The Lakeland Gas Company shall re- (By Associated Press.) duce said rates from time to time as New York, March 26.—Fifty rep- the increase in the yearly output of resentatives of the Brotherhood of gus considered in conjunction with Locomotive Engineers voted today to the cost of material, transportation, shall appear to warrant. question of increase and standardiza- That the s=aid Lakeland tion of wages, as refused by eastern Gas Company shall lay and extend railromds. The result will be made its mains wherever the number of public in this city on April 10. new consumers to each city block - shall average one new consumer for Miami will have a series of motor every one hundred (100) feet of boat races and aeroplane flights the main necessary to lay said block. latter part of this month. Sec. 5. It is also further provided that all excavations made by the A large addition is being added to Lakeland Gas Company shall be the Baptist church in Mulberry. i (Continued on Page 5.) O S S R ST cighty-five cents Said gas shall have a candle power of twenty (20) by test at the plani. ete., Sec. 4