Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 25, 1912, Page 1

voL. 1 ——— e e :hud and the country surrounding. l” I ! Candidates for Representative be- ll[ s’l’onl[s m, called, Mr. W. E. R. Robson mudo the first He favored equal- I address, (ization of taxes and improvement in 1ln school system; had no dc-lmm-! 'plan figured out to accomplish these ANDIDATES GBEETEDBY LARGE things, but was willing to work wmx ALDIENCF‘ OF INTERESTED l:.(' “wiser heads.” Would rcprowm‘ ithe agricultural interests, which he LAST NIGHT. h : VOTERS considered of paramount importance; Ldidates for the various | favored working convicts on the "' lices spoke here, in accord- rcads, and free range for cattle, ! «ith previous announcement| Mr. J. C. Brown declared that h» . A large audience greet- was not the candidate of any special L and though the speaking hfli‘h‘sl; that the speaker preceding A o >t‘ur about three hours, him had intimated that he would Y il 8 good crowd when | Fepresent the cattle industry, but 'd‘,p showing that the voters that he would impartially represent : ‘r«:’lcd in hearing what their | €very industry and every section of ° puhlic servants had to (Continued on Page 5.) HELLO GIRL’S WARNING SAVED LIVES OF HUNDREDS (By Associated Press.) prosie ! A} oy {07 yr it 0. Cresap had been invited .t the meeting, but as he . to be present at the start this duty to Mr. l' E. IS, re were twenty-two candi-| wlo responded when called| guiuco April 25.— Warned by i : 5, i course, anything Purport-\.i.uhone girl that the Millbrook v iz *» b even the briefest SYNOPSI3 | gam pad broken, five hundred per- ¢ .. was said is out of the QUEs-|yong pegiging in the Millbrook val- A\ must, therefore, fOrCC oy fog 1o the hills, and then| report to the bare MeN- ywaiohod the torrent wash their without at-!pomes away. The girl's quick work to quote, except In thelgiyveg hyndreds from death. ’ s<ible manner, pREERaBAETY i [ ‘wndidates for county judge| BEACHAM WILL GET THERE. | called upon. Judge Preston is «uch candidate, ; (. the work of his court dur-! Braxton Beacham is gaining more ¢ ce bs ncumbency, and took up and | trength. avery. dny. and opgosition poo.. v explained the matter of [ papers concede that he will be in th tion of certain fees whi«-u[uz.- second primary. Watch him get has made the occusion of (there!—Sanford Herald. ; o e < of irregularities in this m‘-: el RS f ¢ of the sheriff. He de- 'MAY_MOVE FLORIDA TROOPS T0 MEXICO (By Associated Press.) Pensacola, April 25.—All mortars and heavy guns at Forts Pickens and McRee were put out of commission ors and the grand jury. ald soldiers there anud at Fort Bar- AL Trammell said this was | rancas are being drilled for infantry '« home and his qualifica- | tactics instead of artillery practice. Laracter were well known | he general opinion here is that . That he had no con-|preparations are being made to meet {8 th the charges made movement such as last Joe Preston and Sheriil year's concentration on the Mexicau trested the voters would rothem, | lates for attor- od next. Mr 1 he w [t the charges were lx-umpud‘ w ! those who objected to the l:l“’fi: toen administered so effec- tiv {n political effect only. He| pude ot an excellent case, and com- ety cefuted the charges, which, i < he stated, had already been 4 -1 of both by the county com- bavii s possible border MR. HOLBROOK APPROVES county Eppes as d every coartesy o Lditor Telezram: 1 have read the would not make a ¢l your paper them his jary rolatie e vely 1o i from the grand O el weasuies and ould give owever, mak foel would bene- orcheless cunly, ab 1 want to say 'ohnson expr 4t not seeing more la- wet a as he te,” and aims on the fair sex. He wor’. of the county his term as attorney, we build some of the v said he did not claim |roads in the country. If elected tog ' “or all of it—that much of the office of county commissioner, I e «rord was due to the other |pledge myself to give cach section of o ‘ the court, notably Sheriff | my district its fair proportion of ! ! road funds. 1 will be in a better po- telling |sition to serve the people of my dis- trict and it will be my endeavor, if* re-elected to this office, to give this entire section the best system of rcadways it has ever had. Assuring my constituents that [ sed dis- tnat the article referred to is inoex- cord with my own ideas ment ol Sonly I tavor an equal asse both re I kuow that with the money to be de- the additional revenue, finest was the therefor property, o and personal, and rived from could Huffaker made a . speech, dwelling prin- his equipment and prep- s fill the office creditably. of his opponents had in- hints as to his “imexperi- ' «ft no room to doubt that|will appreciate their vote on mnext be v fill the office. Tuesday, and pledging my best en- M:s< Drane and Cox, candidates|deavors if placed in the office again, 1 am, Very truly yours, b e ) * Senator, next took the Mr Drane was the first] :nd he made & very beautiful “nt talk, dealing with his| n the community for the, {570y vears, his connection with pment and growth, etc.| Grading of the roadway from ¢ now the oldest inhabitant | Duuellon to Old Town is now in f residence, and called |progress. Ties and rails will be laid] friends and neighbors to!as soon as the grading is completed. ©% life-long ambition byIA short line is also to be built by Yim to the State Senate."thfi A. C. L. to Monticello. When| was thoroughly familiar thee two roads are completed, Tam-| ¥ department of the State's|pa will have a short route to the it and business, and felt west. was specially equipped to : ‘Le capacity of Senator. He| k ! with a touching and ap-| . Poetical quotation. [ " "uF. Cox spoke along prac- leclaring that he would | . rted, for good roads, bet- (By “1ualization of taxation,| New York, A 25.—"1 have just| f the fee system, and the begun to fight,” said Roosevelt to- v fa constitutional conven- day. He added that he wonld give | w.. declared he also had been out a statement concernieg the Har- "4l in building up Lake- vester proposition tonight. | HOLBROOK GRADING ROADWAY. “«JUST BEGINTO | FIGHT,” SAYS TEDD Associated Press.) | SUGGLSiIONS OF GRAND JURY. |: at home and I* [ Republican committee [the part of lawyers, {justice on trivial technicalities and|gther part of the town. THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Pubhshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY APRIL 25 1912 No. 151. 205 BODIES TOMORROW 1S PICKED IJI’ MEMORIAL DAY nucn!.nr.mn BRINGS ITS mn-:u:snnu PROGRAM OF EX- GRUESOWE CARGO FROM SCENE | ERCISES WILL BE CARRIED OF THE TITANIC DISASTER. OUT IN THE AFTERNOON. (By Associated Press.) New York, April 25.—Two hun- dred and five bodies of the victims of the Titanic disaster were picked up at sea by the cable ship Mackay- Bennett and are being taken to Hal- ifax. The captain of the ship con- firms the identification of the body of GGeorge D. Widener, and son, P. A. E. Widener, of Philadelphia, in a wireless dispatch to the White Star Memorial day will be appropriate- ly observed tomorrow afternoon at the Odd Fellows' hall. The exercises will begin at 3 o'clock. Miss Annie Browning, president of the U. D. (., furnishes us with the program, which will be as follows: Master of Ceremonies...Mayor Clonts Song-—-Suwanee River...School Girls Invocation. ..... Rev. 1. (. Jenkins Reading—Teaching Children; True Line. It is further reported that|Southern History..Mrs. Myrtle Terry the majority of the bodies would nev-|Address ........... ..Rev. Nowlin er come to the surface. Song—Maryland, My Maryland ................... . School Girls ONLY FORTY-THREE BODIES Presentation of Cross of Honor HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.[ - ------ Miss Beulah Hooks Benediction . ....... . Rev. Jenkins School children and all others are the |requested to bring flowers to decorate the soldiers graves. Carriages, auto- mobiles and wagons will be provided to carry a great number out to the cemetery after the exercises. e Those who will receive Cross of (By Associated Press.) New York, April 25.-0f bodies recovered by the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, only forty-three have been identified, leaving 162 un- identifi The ; of Sepatosa have vot- | Honor are as follows: Jas. A. Hart, ed in f of a twenty thousand|T. A. Huchingson, John S. McClel- | dollar e for publie improye- | land, C. 8. Willoughby, Mr. Williams, menu. “11. D. Allen. BONAPARTE EXPLAINS ROOSEVELT LETTER (By Associated Press.) PROGRESS OF SENATE'S TITANIC moumv! (By fv ated Press.) | Wahtelofl, April 25.—Guglilmo | Baltimore, April 25, Respecting Marconi, president of the Wireless| gojsuvelt's letter to Attorncy Gen- Telegraph Co.,, was the first Witness o Bonaparte, directing that the examined today by the Senate com- 'lulltr withhold fts anti-trust suit mittee investigating the Titanic dis- ,g4inst the International llarvester aster. Bonaparte today said taat the Marconi said he authgrized the wireless operators of the Carpathia and Titanic to sell thelr stories of the great sea catastrophe for publica- tion, but had not attempted to sup- press any general information of the wreck. He told of the futile at- tempts soon after the wreck to get! information, | Cu,y to the Senate yesterday by the de- partment of justic Bonaparte said: “The president's letter did not in any way delay or affect the action of the department fet justice, When 1 told him «the REPUBLICANS INDORSED president) 1 thought the suit should TEDDY AT JACKSONVILLE. be undertaken, which was probably Jacksonville, April 25 - Represent- e or six months later, he immedi- themselves as registered delo- | niely acquicscod. The only impedi- ates from the Roosevelt Progressive ment was the discovery that the in- ng of the Republican party in|quiry was st unfiniched and the Frorida, about three hundeed and statement of Commissioner of Cor cven Republicans met inoa mass porations Smith that he could not mecting yesterday afternoon at Odd complete Q0 Qr the suit were bronsht™ (FCows” hadl, Codae and State strect ratified their bolt at tho Palatka con ATLANTA PRLACHLR DIS- (vention Fob 6 and named a -nlnnn%‘ CARDS ALL 1ITLES. tee to go to Washineton immediateiy, | where it will file its action \'l'lvf George L. Hanscom, pastor of the Chairman McKinley, of the National | coptral Congregational church, has The commit-{gisearded the titles his degrees give i is composed of Col. €L Alston, [im the right to use, and wants to be G R Wilson and Kendall Pollard.|called plain They left the city night, ani|janta Georgian, during their visit will also call upon| “jyst say, ‘Hey, there, or ‘George,’ Scnator Dixon, campaign manager of |if you like,” he told his friends. “Cut Theodore Roosevelt, and assure him|,ut the ‘Rev.' and the ‘Dr. that the Rough Rider is thelr favor-| “Most people find it hard to be- Ite. lieve a preacher can also be a man,” he said today. “I want men in my church. I'd like to fill it with men from basement to gallery. 1 don't Hanscom, says the Al- last A MODEL JUDGE. That Judge Whllncy, judge of this judicial district, is admired abroad as well as at home, is evidenced by the following tribute paid him by the Tampa Tribune: “This able and impartial judge has won the esteem and confidence of the people and the bar of his circuit and it is refreshing to note the admirable manner in which he conducts his court. He permits no indecorum on requires strict compliance with the rules and regu- latlons governing practice, is a stickler for prompt trial of cases, has little patience with efforts to impede “Plain Hanscom’ came to Atlanta from Jacksonville, Fla., a few weeks ago. He is a lover of out-of-doors, likes a game of bascball, rides a spir- ited horse and apbears to be an all- round man’'s man. MOVING IN HASTE. Isaac Ver Schure, Y., has made a bid for fame by mov- ing two stoves while fire was burn- ing in them. Ver Schure, who is a furniture mover, had a call from a {femily which desired to move to an- Ven Schure treats every witness and party com-|gign't siop to put out the fire in the {iug before him with the utmost cob-lgioves, but loaded them on his dray sideration and His is a r.odel court and he is a model judge and it is the Tribune’s prediction that he will become in time recog-| State as one of | Flnrxdai most distinzuished and val- i unable Keep your eye on the judze of the Tenth circuit.” after he had removed the pipes. He {set them up in the new location with the fires still going full blast RECENT PATENTS. nized thronzhont the l] izens, | Among recent patents which at- et ———— {tract atte reason of their Tampa is to have a new city hall novelty are one for makine <ausag s which will occupy a whole block not ithout casings (a searing process) less than 210 feet square. 'and one for an illuminated flatiron. ntion by | FOTATO CROP MOV- | SWERS CRITICISMS action was put off pendin:s an 1::\05-4 tigation of the company by the bu-, reau of corporations. The letter “:nf included in the correspondence sent propose to scare them off with titles.” | lanxiety through the press and send {Jacksonville Mctropolis. of Holland, N.! The Irish potato crop will be :I MAK'Nfi fiAINs great factor in the Sanford Celery Pelta this season and on account of | the scarcity of the crop all over the world the price bids fair to remain strong until the northern crop come; in. Sanford has over 400 acres in potatoes this year and they are of very good quality, bringing $5 and|Wilson swept the primaries in Ore- more for the No. 1 and even the culls{son, adding ten votes to the 150 bringing a fair price. The Hastings|dclegates in favor of his candidacy lrrop is of large proportions and will|previously elected to the Baltiwmore come in about May 1, but this f;wti(-un\\»ulimt Gov. Wilson's strength should not prove a bugaboo to the|now represents 160 delegates among sanford grower, as the price is bound jthose already elected, which is 39 te hold up during the season, Twen-|more votes than any other candidate ty car loads went forward last week [has to his credit. and about the same number will go| More important than the Oregon out this week.—s:mlord Herald. primary resuit was the action of county conventions in Michigan last TAFT, INDIGNANI AN- DESPITE COMBINATIONS AND AL- LIANCES PEOPLE'S MAN IS EASILY IN LEAD, Washington, April 25.—Woodrow week, which leave no doubt that Woodruw Wilson will get the thirty votes of Michigan Democrats to the Baltimore convention. When he captured Nebraska, Speaker Clark added another State bordering on Missouri to his column. Up to the present moment Speaker Clark has not carried a State that does not border on Missouri, his own State. Moreover, he hasn't as many as three delegates from any State that does not touch the Missouri State line, and he will not receive at any stage of the contest the dele- gates in any two States that are not contiguous to his own State. Mr, The president said he had never |Clark's strength to date is based on been disloyal to the friendship he|Missouri sentiment The delegates owed Roosevelt, and so far as he I3]in Nebraska as in all other Clark personally concerned he never would [ States are for Gov, Wilson as second have answered him but he could not | choice, act for himself, he represented a Speaker Clark has apparently car- OF TEDDY (By Associated Press.) Springfield, Mass., April 25.—In a ispeech bristling with indignation, President Taft today answered the criticisms Roosevelt has made of him and his administration. He told how [he believed Roosevelt had *“‘misstat- «d" and “distorted” facts concerning and actions in the ITaft's conduct White House. feause, He claimed that by his state- | vicd most of the districts in Ne- ments thronghout the country Roose- | braska, where the Harmon and velt had led many persons to belleve | ¢ lark forces, which have been in charges made against him. thorough understanding throughout ————— the campaign, worked in tandem, Advices were received at Woodrow Wilson headquarters carly last week fndicating that Speaker Clark's can- didacy was to receive support from the Harmon forces in certain sec- (By Associated Press.) tions of Nebraska, and that the com- Philadelphia, April 25.-Georsge F.[pliment was to be returned by the Baer, chairman of the mine opera-{Clark people in other sections of the tors’ committee, confirmed the m-l\l.m- where Governor Harmon ap- port that the anthracite miners and ' peared to have a chance and the operators had reached an ag nent Clark element was not over hopeful, The terms will be made public after | This latest display of team work on a general committee meeting on \I:«_\"lhu MINERS AND OPERATORS REACH AGREEMENT part ol the allies proved almost 20 The strike began April 1. as effective as it did in linois, [ v here the Harmon people closed ex- BISTRACILD MOTHER ,pn nsive headguarters, which had ghecic runmng tor months, qait the LOSbS SIUHI‘ OF SON. | ! Hodds il ot squarely beliind the SON, where s my wandesing boy s e sUCTark Torees Plis is the text of a patietic letter| 0 Nebr ska in Oregon it was toecived today by Chicl of I'«Irw;”" field against Wilson, Those ex- Vinzant frome Mus: Lilly Harrison, o | Repeblican —emizzaries, Pettigrev, Loexington, Ky, who his written the | P0bois cad George Fred - Willinms, tncksonville department, Nopinsg | or all on the scene in Neboacka, eninst hope that the local oflicess Hreting the Clak fisht and veatl- | e able to find some trace of he ;I"’” their haseliss assanlts whom {Wilson. They also had in the Towne and ex-Gov, on Gov. State Dock- not to mention oth- The Clark State campaign man- was Arthur Mullins, who was will he missing son, she mourns as dead. ca-Senator According to information from Lexington, William Harrison, aged 17 years, left his home in Kentucky last November, intending to spend |#' Work for Harmon when drafted the winter in the South. s moth-| = ‘"¢ Clark people. The Harmon er expected to hesr from him within | forees directed all their cnergies a short time after his departure, but |ABainst Gov. Wilson's candidacy. as the weeks rolled by and length- | Thus the Wilson forces had the field ened into months and no word came | #&inst them from the absent boy the mother has|Micrometer become almost distracted. The allies have displayed a versa- There Is a letter at police head-|tility not heretofore approached in quarters for the boy, and it Is to bo|American politics. With equal celer- hoped he will learn of his mother's|ily and adaptability they can do the Alphonse and Gaston in certain 'some word home to gladden the sor-| States of the Union, or they can dou- rowing heart of his one best friend.— | b1e uP in others at the expense of the only nation-wide candidate in the contest, Notwithstanding the alliance that has resulted in the withdrawal of 3 Speaker Clark as a candidate in Six prairie schooners, or covered | oorgia, Florida, and other States, wagons, filled with men, women and that has made it necessary for Gov children, passed through Miaml aiyy mon 1o withdraw in linois, Wis- few days .Igo en route to the home- consin, and other States, and which stead section, where they will become {places Mr. Underwood as a candi- scttlers. The newcomers are sald to' date in only a few of the States, Gov. be from Oklahoma, and Lave lil-t-'||\\”mn is in the lead in the Face ) traveling ever since early last win-| |having more delegates committed to o his candidacy than any other candi- RAC[ WAR 0N da't"‘.“ Wilson's strensth of delegates IN lOIJISMNA ery, of Missouri, ers azer BOUND FOR HOIESTEAD elected to the Baltimore convention represents 160 which i3 49 more votes than can be accorded any votes, |mhvr candilate. Speaker Clark, (By Associated Press.) 'counting fourteen delegates from Monroe, La April 25 A “om- Nebraska for him, has 119 votes. pany of militia left this morning for'Gov. Marshall has 30, Mr. Under- Delhi, thirty miles east, where trou- wood 24 Ltle with negroes developod night. One negro was lynched : that being the vote of his last heme State—and Gov. Harmon has {three.