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

(LEANER AND BETTER CITY VENENT LOOKING TO GEN- ¥0 £BAL CLEAN UP MAY 10 AND 11, TAKING SHAPE. ward ¢ provet of the poon ¢ ity was taken Tuesday after- or Clonts, Mr. M. G. Munn, Mr. \ Eaton, Mr. R. E. Scipper and \ N ris, Mrs. C. F. Brush, and Mrs. D Mendenhall, representing the Wowan > Club of Lakeland. Extrz wagons for “Clean-up days,” 10 and 11, were offered by R. E chairman of the streets com- . order to facilitate the work \ing the city. In addition to wagon now in use, a second s been ordered by the city, | and Mr. Scipper offered, in addition 40 thise to put on all the extra wag- . the Woman's Club thought . necessary on May 10 and 11. 0 M. Eaton announced that & .o waste paper boxes would be .4 at once and placed at va- srners of the downtown dis- < that papers and scraps might ited therein instead of be- ‘n into the street. Mr. Eaton .t galvanized zinc boxes purchased, but for fear they "1 1ot arrive in time for clean- larwe covered cans, painted, . used temporarily, and will be n the downtown cormers so (noe the streets are put iu or- . . waste paper will be placed in rans and not litter the streets. Woman's Club comuiittee for (van-up days.’ of which ccmmit- Mrs. F. Edwards Ohlinger, I8 (iwirman, is a work dividing the » work into districts, so that < tion of the city will be cov- '+ 4 lub member, in order that be overlooked and a made in the work placed 1 % ered notiing may 1 weep . Woman's Club urges the citi- |.akeland to carry out the vion of Mayor Clonts nam- 1 and 11 “Clean-up days,’ barn all leaves and refuse, r all cans, waste pager bot- o like, so that the wazous them away; and to work clocner and more beadt- ng of V- the work of distric ompleted the namcs ind the districs they o nounced, so that it thore upied resi- it t lot or uno riv needing attention, vd 1 che s located. forget the dates, May to the notice of 10 STATE CANDIDATES' EXPENSES. T pendod State candidates, whose s were filed after the report n the Telegram: * Governor—W, H. Milton, $8,- E M. Semple, $325. mmiscioner Agriculture—W. A. $1,168.66. “wssman, Second District—R Burr, $2,805.50. ressman at Large——Claude “ $1,788.88; A, M. William- i83; W. M. Toomer, $2,- (Contributions, $800.) « M RESULT OF TAMPA'S SECOND MUNICIPAL PRIMARY. Tazpa, April 24.—H. H. Regener “.t yesterday for tax assessor H. H. Scarlett by a majority <11y Cohen was elected mu- .udge by a majority of 256 ¢ver G. B. Larramore. fllowing are the councilmen Fred Ball, W. J. Houlihan, "ambers, A. Goldstein, W. R.| *. R. Ramos, N. Di Maggis, H. “ham, J. W. Smith, and E. R. s2id that of 280 young women tiking a domestic " the Kansas tSate Agricul- 7ge, 210 are engaed to be science .nitial movement looking _'~°"(-m«>m. which occurred last summer, \caner Lakeland and lhe.lm-jgrew out of a dispute over amn item; ut of the sanitary conditions o fifty cents in a board bill, when, . an informal meeting between .'\ . Tillis, representing the 1.akeland; and Mrs W. D. Ed- the wree of the section ing following are the amounts ex-| Published in the Best Town in th: Best Pa DR, DAVIS “NOT GUILTY"” | IN ASSAULT CASE. | | 'making an assault with a deadly !weapon on J. A. Bryan, in which case i!hure was a mistrial at the last term of Dr. W. E. Davis, charged with | 1 l !in a verdict of “not guilty.” It will be remembered that this in- | |1n a scuffle, the defendant drew a pis- tol and shot Bryan at such close range that his clothing took fire. Public sentiment was very high against Davis at the time, but for some reason that uncertain quantity, “an American jury,” has declared him not guilty. In the meantime Bry- an {8 a hopeless and almost helpless cripple for life. WHITE STAR SEAMEN STRIKE AC( OUNT OF LIFEBOATS (By Associated Press.) Southampton, England, April 24. — }'l‘hrno hundred firemen and greasers on the White Star liner “Olympic, struck five minutes before the steam- er was due to sail from New York to- |day, claiming that the collapsible life boats installed were unseaworthy. They wanted wooden boats instead. |ST. AUGUSTINE TO CELEBRATE PONCE DE LEON'S LANDING, At a meeting of the citizens held in 8t. Augustine it was decided that the i proposed celebration of the 400th an- niversary of the landing of Ponce de Leon be carried out. The idea is to kave it a very elaborate affair, the time being in April next year, and a great deal of preliminary work will “w necessary. A temporary organiza- tion was effected and the matter will begin to assume definite shape very soon. It is a great opportunity for 3t. Augustine.—St. Petersburg Inde- pendent. | HAD HIS MONEY STOLEN. Josiah D. Decker and wife left [ Tuesday for Stanton, Mich,, where {they own a farm. In the hurry and bustle incident to loading their ho hold goods he lost a wallet containing [8105 i eurrency. e had put the valuable packiaze in his hip pocket, projected ffrom which it doubth 1 thinks taken while the de- ar mnyhe it waos n v with the crowd ar pot Clond Tribmne BEACH AND WIFE | BACK FROM EUROPE | (Iby Associated Press.) | New Vork, April 24 Frederick 0 Beach, New York broker, accused ot slashing his wife’s throat in Aiken, (., arrived from Europe today Mre. Beach is with him. S | | DADE COUNTY HAS 1,976 VOTERS, Miami, April 24.—A tabulated list lof voters of the county shows that there are 1,976 qualified” voters, and that nearly half of them are in the two Miami precincts. This vote is far ahead of that of any preceeding year, in point of aum- bers. Recently compiled statements show 8§19 new registrations, and poli- ticians are now wondering what ef- fect the new vote will bave on the present political situation; 1,995 poll taxes have been pald, which nearly corresponds with the number of qual- ified voters. l This, however, is a mere coinci- {dence, as & great number who paid their poll taxes have failed to regis- ter, and vice-versa. It is estimated Ethal scarcely more than from 25 to 35 per cent. of the vote at the forth- coming primaries will be of the new registration, although approximately the new registration is 40 per cent. of the total number of qualified vot- | | 1 | ers | | t Great Britain heads the list of iron | steel exporters, with $36 | 000 to her credit, exclusive of lhnl §15 ) worth of azricultural| implements which belong under that! ! classification and 1,000,- 0000 Brooksville, April 24.—In the cue' jof court, the jury yesterday brought! LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WESNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912. BRITISH LION EMITS ROAR CHARGED IN COMMONS THAT SENATE INQUIRY IS UNFAIR TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. (By Associated Press.) London, April 24.—Sharp interest in the American Senate's inquiry was demonstrated in the House of Com- mons this afternoon. Alexander Mac- Callum Scott inquired: “Are you aware that those called before the Senate committee are not receiving fair and honorable treatment? Will you take steps to protect British sub- jects?" Parliamentary Under Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs Acland said ne such complaint had been received. “Surely in this matter we must trust to the good sense of the American people, and we do not desire to inter- fere without there is absolute neces- city."” PROSECUTION OF THE INTER- NATIONAL HARVESTER CO. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 24.—On motion of Senator Johnson, of Alabama, the Senate today adopted a resolution di- recting the attoruey general to sup- ply the Senate with instructions giv- en by Roosevelt in 1907, concerning the proposed prosecution of the In- ternational Harvester Co. and the reason for the abandonment of the prosecution, WEEKLY HONOR ROLL OF LAKELAND SCHOOL. Those who have made 90 per cent. or above in scholarship and who have been perfect in deportment and attendance are entitled to be placed on the Honor Roll: Grade XII Miriam Ross. Grade XI. Elsie Norton, Anna Coon. Grade X. Lloyd Hooks Maggie Bryant, Grade IX. None Grade VII. Gladys Coon Chester Fleming Jackson Grade VII A Robert Edmizton. Itie Iris Dryant PBrunnell Swindell. Doris Well Grade VII B. Boulware | i L.eon | Johnzon | | | i | Jame Virginia Lutsey Anne Alma Bas Lena Scalley. Grade VI A, Gladys Davis. Redella Gain. Nannie Funk Ballard Bradley. Herman Mathias. Grade VI B. Addie Bailey. Mada Philips. Lawton Ritter. Grade V A, Grade V B. D. H. Sloan. Louise Pantley. Grade IV A, Annle Laurie Waring. Henry Scarr. Mildred Klausmeier. Ellen Watson. Lawrence Fenton. Grade IV B. Avadell Caswell, Louise Rogers. Vera Mitchell. Sam Ritter. Ruth Fannin. Grade III A. Stanley Sloan. Irene Milton. Bruce Rhoades C. F. Owens. Gladys Fidder. Grade III B. Helen Woods. Helen Morse Mary Kennedy Onal Edmiston. Merson Prescott CHAS Jones ft, None. | | M. JONES, Principal. | xi~ pointed to as the model State CANDIDATES HERE TONIGHT COUNTY ASPIRANTS FOR POLIT- ICAL HONORS WILL PRESENT THEIR CLAIMS TO PEOPLE. Oratory will flow tonight from the corner of Main street and Kentucky avenue when the candidates for the various county offices appear on the platform and place before the people their claims for election. Candidates for senator, representa- tive, county judge, prosecuting attor- ney, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collec- tor, clerk of circuit court, superin- tendent of public instruction, treas- urer and commissioners will be pres- ent and address the voters. A large crowd will be out to hear the gentle- men, and no doubt a good many la- dies will avail themselves of the op- portunity of hearing what the candi- dates have to say. The speaking will begin about 7:30. Mr. R. O. Cresap will be chairman of the meeting tonight, and will in- troduce the speakers. NEW LUMBER FIRM AT JACKSONVILLE. Jacksonville has a new lumber firm known as the Eurcka Manufacturing | (0., which is capitalized at $25,000. The firm has just received its charter from Tallahassee. FLOOD SITUATION LITTLE CHANGED (By Assoclated Press.) New Orleans, April 24.—Thero is littie change in the flood situation. Levees in this section are in no im- mediate danger, The river at most points is falling slowly. It is thought all refugees are now cared for. NEWS OF STATE COLLEGE AT GAINESVILLE. Gainesville, April 24, - Dean J. S5 '\‘vrnuu has just returned from Nash- ville, Tenn., where he attended the conference for education in the South and the Southern Commercial Congress. Features of these gather- itgs of special interest to the farmer of the South were: The joint con ferences of the rural, high school and health ingpectors; farm demons tion azents and boys' and girls' club workers: the conference on extension teaching Knapp memorial exercises in agriculture, and the The champion boy grower of eaci of the Southern States was present and took part in the Knapp memoriai exercises. The Florida representative was Richard Hagood, Quincy, Fla., who grew 123 bushels of corn on on? acre at a cost of 23c per bushel. The American Berkshire Asbocia- tion will offer two thoroughbred Berkshire pigs, valued at $550, as a prize in the Boys' Corn Clubs of the Southern States, The pigs are to be awarded to the boy who makes the sccond highest record in yield and oconomy of production under the rules. These pigs will probably be exhibited at the National Corn Show at Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 27 to Feb. 8. 1913, and awarded to the winner at that time. The Hastings Seed Co., Atlanta, Ga., offers $100 cash to the Boys' Corn Clubs of Florida, to be divided as follows: A first prize of $i0, a second prize of $50 and a third prize of $20. FLORIDA'S SPLENDID PROGRESS. Florida is certainly making rapid progress. The majority of the cities are bonding for municipal improve- ments—street paving, water works, sewerage, electric lights, ete, and it ic apparent that this tSate will make a splendid impression on the hun- dreds of thousands of annual visitor The counties are well to the front in the march of progress, many of them having bhonded for good roads, bridges and drainage It will not be long unti] Florida St Petersburg Independent rt of the Best State. TRYING 10 FIX RESPONSIBILITY ATE COMMITTEE STILL RIGID- LY INVESTIGATING TI- TANIC DISASTER. CITIZENS ARE EAGERLY AWAITING COL. BRYAN. Jacksonville, April 24.—With all the political activity that has cen- tered in the present week nothing is attracting more attention than the |SEN address to be delivered by Hon. Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, at the foot of Laura street, Thursday evening. “The peerless leader” is to speak here through an urgent invitation of the Jacksonville Woodrow Wilson (lub, and will in his versatile way cover the main points of Gov. Wil- son's candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. His speech will begin at 7:30 o'clock and will terminate in time to allow Col. Bryan to take a train for Sanford, where he is to make another speech. He will also make an address at Tampa, friends of Gov. Wilson having charge of all arrangements at these places. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 24.—The Sen- ate committee investigating the Ti- tanic disaster began its fifth day in- quiry today with the hope that be- fore the close there will have been fixed the question of responsibility of the collision with the iceberg that proved the great ship's undoing. Frederick Fleer, the Titanic’s look- out man, who wus in the crow’'s nest at the time of the collision, was sub- jected to another gruelling of ques- tions in an effort to get him to fix the time he first reported ice to of- SIEAMER coM'Nfi er“ ficers. He said he was unable to do s0. There was a rush of the curious Bon‘ts or 77 to the committee room but all were excluded but witnesses, survivors and v‘c‘lMS newspaper men. Fleet said he pulled away in a lifo Loat containing thirty passengers, He - ('l:ho Amc'“id Preas.) said a number of men on deck neither New York, Aprllv 24,—The namos sought nor asked to be taken on. He of additional identified victims of the testitied he heard cries for help, and Titanic disaster are awaited today some of the passengers in the life from the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, voat wanted to go back, but the quar- which is on the way to Halifax with CoiRatEr rommundlng‘ TR bodies which number 7. Many Per-| ey gfiicer Lowe testified he or- |sons are going to Halifax to meet the dered J. Bruce lsmay to get away boat in the hopes of recovering ‘he from life boat number five, saying 18- {bodies of their loved ones. may was interfering with the lower- ing of the boat. SAYS CREW WAS DRUNK. Lax Discipline Blamed for Titanic ‘ Disaster by Rescued Sailor. GILCHRIST AND PARTY VISIT EDISON'S HOME. Fort Myers, April 24.—The large party, composed of his excellency, Cloveland, 0., April 24.—Telling & |0V W. Gilchelat, members of “ljlll":y of lax '"’“""’""': on board the his cabinet and the internal improve- ~tated liner Titanic, Louls Kleln, | oy yoaed, the chiet engineer of a sailor who was rescued by the Car-| g 50000 and a large body of promi- pathia, is held here under arrest un- nent western gentlemen, representa- til he can be taken to Washington o} ;o00 o various newspaper associa- testify in the Senute inquiry Into the gy y urpe dailies, magazines and of- L ficials of railroads and drainage con- ‘ The man's story, Which cross-ex-| . .05 as well as several prominent lamination by Hugo E. Varga, Austro- |, .., jy the financial world and for- ‘Ilungurlun vice consul, failed to|, . giao officers arrived Monday shake, is that the lookout In thel,. 4y gpocial train and were met crow's nest was asleep when the ship by representatives of the board of struck; that the members of the €rew, 1,40 who took them to a hotel where on and off watch, were intoxicated |y yiments had - been previously from drinking champagne which bl |00 por their accommodation. They been pased out to them by stewards who were serving it to a dinner party a cabin, and that he, an ordinary seaman, was the only member of the sense of the word, of trade and with=- font cxpense, their money being coun- terfeit, They were taken in antomobiles sutliciently to sound the alarm Which [y by the Board of Trads apprised the third oflicer, who, he aid, had just returned to the bridge from dining in the BATTLE BETWEEN BANDITS AND POSS (By Associated Press.) wers in every puests of the boa mn crew on deck with presence of mind fand were shown abont the city and given o see somes- thing of the heanties of Fort Myers, A short stop was made at the hand- some winter home of the great imvens tor, A, Bdison, where the fmembers of the party examined ev- crything about them in its minutest detail, and were much impressed with the great variety of trees and shrub- Fort Smith, Ark, April 24.—A ey various other points were vis- small citizen’s posse fought o tWo- | hut as they were late in getting hours' battle with four robbers early lgiartod, the sight seeing was neces- today at Midland, but the latter es-learjly cut short as they wanted to caped with their loot, estimated at|,.¢ away on the steamer Edison to $8,000, after wrecking the Bank of |papelle before too late to make the ‘Mldllnd safe, entire trip by daylight. | i 1913 MUSICAL ASSOCIATION | CONVENTION IN ST. AUGUSTINE. an opportunity Thomas MASONS WILL LIFE MORT- GAGE FROM BATEMAN HOME. Musical Asso- THE BRI Jacksonville, April 24.—Represen- ciation, which has just closed its an-{,...o.. of all the different Masonic nual convention in Winter Park, vot- bodle‘n of Jacksonville and the State led to hold the 1912 convention in St. of Florida were present at the Ma- [Augustine. sonic Temple last night at a special meeting of Solomon Lodge, No. 20, F. and A. M, of which Dr. Robert CROP IS MOVING.|J. Bateman was a member. This memorial meeting lasted un- Hastings, Fla., April 24.—With 2| after midnight. _hu\'ier movement than was antici- Dr. Bateman left his widow a home {pated the Hastings potato season op-|in Baltimore, Md., on which there is (#ned Monday with the loading of|a $1,200 mortgage. {three cars. The total movement for| The Masons never do things by !the week will reach fifteen cars. TWo|halves, so they decided to lift this |of the first three cars were loaded by | mortgage, so that Mrs, Bateman and *John Nix & Co, the other by- the Po-| her children will have a home that :lalu Exchange. they can call their own. Prices are all that have heen an-|{ The money will be raised by dona- ticipated, local shipments bringing|tions from the different bodies and $7.50 for No. 1; $6 for No. 2, and subscriptions from individual Masons, $4 for culls. The first solid car from this section, loaded by Waldron Bros East Palatka, sold in New York Mon day morning for $7.50 and $6 HASTINGS POTATO | % MIAMI TO MAVE NEW STATION, i The Florida East Coast railway !will erect a handsome new station normal weather conditions in Miami. Work on this new strue- continuing, Florida’s citrus crop an- ture will hegin at an early date Thl's other scason is now estimated at 8 will be a much-necded improvement to 10 million boxes { for that city With