Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 29, 1912, Page 1

Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. joL. 1 TOMORROW TEAT 5rT ONLY FIRST SPASM FOR OTHERS. has been gotten in| el ing .~'mr the opening of the polls morning at 7 o'clock. Lakeland precinct has been (here will be two voting ) For all those people living ¢ Florida avenue on both sides \ilroad the polling place will .+ Peacock building. For all living east of Florida avenue, 1ling place will be in the Tharp . which i8 Jocated on South onue near Main street. pectors appointed for Dis- xo. 10, which is located east + Florida avenue, are T. C. Clifford, 3\ MeCaskill, Hugh Angle and S. ¢ sloan, clerk. The inspectors for West Lakeland . 4re L. L. Bryant, J. K. Futch, m Sutton and C. G Arendell, W .}_ i+ voter should see that he has poll tax receipt with him in order ii any delay at the polls. e o 0 . Luve had to turn the paper sier to the candidates of late, . condition ceases with today’s \What they have to say for ..«, or what others have to “vhem, is of importance and in- i 11 we are sure our readers do 1ot <0 the space that has been WILL CROSS BATS WEDNESDAY. The first ball game of the scason ‘I\\'ill occur Wednesday afternoon at and Mulberry will cross bats. game will begin promptly at 2: aud the admission will be 25 cents. | The line up of the Lakeland team fol- Hows: Clarence Smith, c. Fred Williams, p. Grady Wester, 1b. Kenneth McDonald, 2b. (laire Henley, ss. Vincent Haynes, 3b. Carl Kern, 1f. Walter Blassenger, cf. Ray Jones, rf. TAFT AND TEDDY (N STRENUOUS CONFLICT IN BAY STATE (By Associated Press.) — Boston, April 29—A chapter unique in political history was _wrluon in Massachusetts today when the presi- dent of the United States and a for- mer president of the United States, once the closest of friends, now bit- ter enemies, followed the same trails over the State, putting out their final cfforts in a presidential ante-copven- (tion campaign. The supporters of LaFollette, Wil- 'son. and Champ Clark are also active in the presidential primary which takes place tomorrow. 1o ssarily used for this purpose. ‘nnol) '[00 Muc“ s o L] 1.0 don't forget to put an X mark in ftont of the name of Braxton Pew bam for Congressman at Large. You will be voting for a clean and 4t wan; a man against whom his FOR ANOTHER AVIATOR Paris, April 29.—Jules Vedrines, aviator, was probably fatally hurt by apponents could find no charge 1|, fal) with his monoplane this morn- tring, and is himself a high-toned gontloaan, incapable of mud-sling- . & . testimony of each other is 10 Lolicved, none of those three 1.+ oiaibe candidates for Congress- Lon o0 Larze is fit to be elected con- . L] . anse you know John Logan 1o win tomorrow, don't fail | lick for him, Put a biz, iront of his name, and sce friends do likewize. Give yrity he deserves. . L] . jation of the man who 1 in every position he wio ha uan d; the ton this « Park 13 vote as will send lim towards Tallaha 3 give Trammell + will be the largest thiz history of the State, ands sbably be late Wednesday i returns from even the re known, ¢ o o ' be deceived by the cry of al “ru man” for president. There Juthern mian who cannot vote oirow Wilson, himself a South- We want a Southern man, wunt a WINNER. Innocently, Tiaps, but nome the less truly, Mr. 6] drwood is a party to a combina- 4ich has for its purpose any- 0 defeat Wilson. The latter 3 ‘oan candidate who is being ¥ considered all over the na- he is being fought in differ- 4 tions with different men. In sections all the opposition to is centered on Clark, in others : ‘utered on Harmon. In Flor- :* centered on Underwood, and 'S 'he reason the names of Clark ‘larmon do not appear on the alint €nt se eng \Wilson, by those who never ‘:a! he will be seriously con- ¥ the national convention. Put our foot on combinations kind, and vote for the candi- ! &l the people, Woodrow Wil- “¢ Winner. - AR NOT COMMON CARRIERS. = “'By Associated Press.) “lington, April 29.—Tap lines * Common carriers, according to Tstate commerce commission =i0n today. Underwood is being used to| ing at St. Denis, while flying from Douai to Madrid. EIGHT FATALLY BURNED IN MINE EXPLOSION By Birmingham, April 2% Associated Press.) Eight men were tatally burned and four others cand believed to be dead are missi as the result o ad Aplosion al a vowl mine at ) | this morning The tnew bank of Dania opened da 1 I a1 I le wa il " I FOUR MI3SING FOUND. i ) Press.) Bivmin w, Aln, April 24—T1 four missing mine a tound, Hive and well. WIFE'S EFFORTS May Result in Pardon for Former Kentucky Bank Cashier. Franktort, Ky, April 2%.—-The loy- lalty of Mrs. A, B. Slaughter, of Bon- nieville, Hart county, to her husband, former cashier of the Bank of Bon- nieville, who is serving one year in the penitentiary for making false re- ports to the secretary of State, may be rewarded by a pardon for her hug- hand Mrs. Slaughter arrived here {today with a petition for her hus- band's pardon, signed by Circuit Judge Sam E. Jones, (‘ommonwezalth's Attorney F. E. Daugherty and every n.ember of the jury who tried Slaugh- ter, and it will be presented to Gov. McCreary tomorrow. Slaughter is dy- ing of consumption. NO ALLIANCE BETWEEN " JAPAN AND MEXICO (The Associated Press.) New York, April 29.—Mexican Am- | passador Manuel Calero, when asked sbout Senator Lodge's recent request for an investigation of the rumors that the Japanese government had ob- tained a foothold in Magdalena Bay, “There is no Japanese question All the talk about Mag- is ridiculous and absurd. to be exercised i said: in Mexico. dalena Bay !There is no reason about the granting of private fishing concessions to the Japanese, which is 'rothing but a business transaction.” LAKELAND AND MULBERRY TR[[ | 0NY ENDS LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY. APRIL 29, 1912. DELIVERY | WEDNESDAY 15 FOR SOME CANDIDATES, tte local ball park when Lakeland [MPORTANT STEP IN LAKELAND'S 1 EGISLATION Th ., PROGRESSIVE MARCH TO BE [UN i INAUGURATED. | A | Wednesday morning city mail de- livery will be inaugurated in Lake-| vl.md, which is one of the city's most pronounced sweps in the march of | prosperity. There will be two car- riers, George k. Cox, who has been transferred here from Evansville, ind., and John Coleman, who, for the past several months, has been a clel’k: ar Tweedell's grocery. There will be two deliveries a day, one in the morning and thevother at roon. It had been hoped by Post- master Skipper that the department would have a delivery after the mails from the north and south in the cvening, but Postoflice Inspector Kahn, of Tampa, has decided upon the following schedule of collection and delivery, which we publish be- low for the benefit of our readers: Collections: Report at 6 a. m.; leave 6:Q1 a.m.; return 6:30 a. m.; end 6:30 a. m. Re- port T p. m.; leave 7:01 p. m.; return 7:30 p. m.; end 7:30 p. m. Deliveries: Report 7 2. m.; leave 7:45 4. m.; return 10:40 a. m.; end 10:45 a. m. Report 12 m.; leave 12:30 p. m.; return 3 p. m.; end 3:05 p. m, i o s PEREED & S — No. 154. — = THE MATANZAS CHANGES PROPRIETORS. A change in hotel circles will be W|R[l[ss SYSI[M fected Wednesday, May 1, when Mr. T 1. 1. Mclntosh will relinquish the ;0 COMROL WIRE- | ¥ nagement of the Matanzas hotel, Mr. and Mrs. Sample, of Winter Hav- LESS O?ERA‘“ONS ON VESSELS e, having secured a lease on the hos- LEAVING AMERICAN PORTS. tclry. The Matanzas under the manage- ment of Mr. McIntosh has been most cuccessfully conducted and the change is only made in order that Mr. Mc- Intosh can assume the management of the Raymondo hotel, which is now be- (The Associated Press.) Washington, April 29.—A more searching inquiry into the wireless system employed aboard ocean going sLips is planned for today by the |ing erected at the cormer of North Senate committee investigating the|Kentucky avenue and Oak street. This Titanic disaster. The committee | hotel will have about thirty rooms, avowed its intention to go into the|and will be ready for business in auestion at length with a view of [about a month. b : — traming lxiation et B 2o RAGING WATERS OF M on vessels leaving American ports. S|SS“’|’| s-l “_I_ RISING The testimony thus far accepted has disclosed the fact that wireless | operators are underpaid, are forced to work long hours, and are virtually independent of any direct authority. (By Associated Press.) The British witnesses may be re- New Orleans, April 29.—The re- turn of the lower Mississippi west crevasse waters to the parent stream through Red river at Torras, is caus- ing a rising water level at all points leased this week. south of that place. The gauge here Further repudiating the intima- tions that he had sought to suppress is within two-tenth of a foot of the highest flood recorded. or delay news of the Titanfe disaster, — Inventor Marconi appeared before the Senate committee this morning, and| read a message he sent the Carpathia operator urging him to send news of the disaster to the Siasconsett wire- less station or to the United States . ine operators stand for anything, navalivessals | there are good times ahead for Milton sTOR CAUSESLOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN OKLAHOMA (By Associated Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY, April 29.-- While no additional deaths have been reported up to noon todey from the storms which swept sections of Okla- homa Saturday, the list of injured ia much larger and the indications are that the property loss will be much greater than first reported, MERCHANTS TO CLOSE AT 6:30 AFTER MAY 1. This is to cortify that we, the un-E of I.:xk'-lnml,‘} do hereby azree to close our places of derstzned merchants }n:nl vicinity. These industries are|occasion REV. FERRAN'S FINE ADDRESS BACCALAUREATE SERMON DE- LIVERED TO LARGE AUDIENCE AT HERRON THEATER. The commencesent exercises of terday morning at the Herron theater the Lakeland High school opened yes= paccalaureate sermon de- (. H. Ferran, of De- with the livered by Rev. Land. Assisting in the service were Rev. W. D. Nowlin, of the Baptist church, Jev. Isaac C. Jenkins of the Method- ist, Rev. W. P. Chalmers of the Pres- byterian, and Rev. Welimer of the Christian church. Rev. Ferran delivered a splendid sermon, an extract from which we take pleasure in publishing: “Brethren, 1 count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 1 press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."” — Phil. 3:13, 14, It is not the best thought that this The Milton Gazette says if roports occasion is academlc but regarded in from local sawmill owners and tur- its setting of God's holy day and as apprehended by the deeper senses, 1t is religious and Christian, It is an nspirational only as it cor- aspirations of at the present time, OF UNDERWOOD SAT- | UkLAY NIGHT WRECK OF CAROLINA S/ CIAL HURTS TW (By Associated Press.) Saturday night Hon, W. P. ll:mk»1 head, son of Senator Bankhead, of | Alabama, addressed a good audiencs ! from the platform, corner Were 1 1o be purely academic in my words to you on this occasion, [ might help you in your ambitions, but ambition has been the mother of much misery to man; whereas aspira- tion has ever been the hand maid to the Godlike, The thought of my text Crittenden, Ky., April 29,—The en- | must quicken aspiration if it receive Main jr0 train of “Carolina Special” No.|any kind of appreciation from those street and Kentucky avenue, in the 10 was overturned near here today.|whom this occasion honors and who iuterests of Hon, Oscar W. Under- pwo passengers were seriously wood, candidate for Congress. in- | jured, Spreading ralls caused the ac- Mr. Bankhead was introduced by cident. ton. Keliey Banion, Sate romarks REHEARING ORDERED IN COTTON CORNER LEAS in the introductory speech, Mz, Bankhead paid a high compliment to Florida in his opening remarks, say- (By Associated Press. Washington, April 29.- The Patton cotton corner case today was restored him as to the wonderful and diver- { pusiness at 6:a0o poom, beginning [Ny 1, Wednesday, and continuing ! | P, exvepting Saturdays I opay o of the A, O L Rooradi- \Fun & Sharp ud FParn, & Hardware Co n & ilson t'o oty d & Huli Clongh Shoe Co Nuna Patton | A Herron ! . W. LHarper I L. W. Cowdery | B T Bardin. Minnie Reynolds T 1. Woods & Co. Fla. Electric & Machine Co. E. F. Bailey. N. A. Riggins. J. W. Chiles & Son. Mrs. Dan Marshall. 0'Doniel, Son & Co. lLakeland Hardw, & Plumbing Co. MAIL CLERK MISSING. Sergeant Sutton, mail clerk be- tween Tampa and Fort Dade, is mys- teriously missing and the police were last night asked to assist in finding him. It is the duty of Sergeant Sut- ton to take the mail each afternoon from the postoffice here and convey it to the steamer Pickering, going aboard and keeping charge of it until it is delivered at the Fort. Yesterday Sengeant Sutton left the postoffice at the usual time with two sacks of mail. When the Pickering steamed out Satton was not found aboard and !i* was thought that he might have | missed the boat on account of the ' crowded condition around the wharfs {where the dredge is working. Sut- iton did not, however, return to the| lposmffite with the mail and had not| {been seen by the anthorities up to lmidnight —Tampa Tribune | ———— | An effort will be made to have the ;\ C. L. erect a large and commodious ;brir-k freight warehouse at Plant City. U history, calling attention to the fail- ing this was his first visit to the State and that it was a revelation to ol . y te the Supreme Court docket, It lia boen sified and indications He disenssed taritd FeSOUTees PURELORS1OULHR, reassizned for rehearing Oct. The case arose in New York, un yee of the Republican party to live up Gor the Sherman law. o ! pledocs of tarill revision; s ey Lo clitng on the split between SERIES OF SPELCHES. Paft and Roosevelt and the cot grent torn condition of the Repbe peqingt Theodore Roosevelt to Be Hean party, presenting an opportun- Made in Ohio By Tait. it Domocratic victory, He com Washington, April 209 Plans an Gred e action of the Demoeratic now being arranged by the Talt man [ Conzress, which had been trae 1o its weers to have the president 2o to Ohio | picdues 1o the people of downward pext month for a serics of political tarill revision, passing the farmers’ specches which are expected toput fiee list the free sugar bill and other more ginger into the campaign than | measures caleulated to reduce the has heretofore been in evidence, The wigh cost of living. Much of the details have not been worked out, but credit tfor this successful tariff legis- lation, he said, was due to the able leadership of Oscar W. Underwood. That the tariff was the only issue upon which the Democrats could hope to win, the party having suffered de- feat upon every other issue it cver went before the people upon; that we should therefore put in it seems likely that the president will camp on the trail of Col. Roosevelt, who is expected to make a whirlwind tour of the State a couple of weeks be- fore the primaries. “On to Ohio,” is now the watchword vwlth the politicians in both of the Republican camps. The Massachu- setts fight will be over on Tuesday, charge of the fight Mr. Underwood, and following that the Buckeye State whose work and attitude on this is-!will be the battleground, and such a sue was unquestioned; that Mr. Wil- contest is anticipated there as has son had declared in the speeches thnlfnot taken place so far in the cam- the tariff was merely an incident in paign. Heretofore the Ohioans have the campaign, and it would there- seen the president smile. Now they fore be unwise to select him as a will see him stern in the fighting leader in preference to Underwood.‘nplrlt. He will not let up on the who recognized the importance of colonel, but will strike back and give the tariff issue, and had rendered blow for blow. i e It e WEARSE SHIPS WILL LOCK TOMORROW ing that a Southern man could not be elected was more prevalent in the (By Associated Press.) Halifax, April 29.—According to a 2anth than in the North, and that wel wireless dispatch from the cable ship should rid ourselves of this idea. For himself, he would rather see a South- Mackay-Bennett, bringing the bodies of the Titanic victims, the vessel will erner nominated and defeated than to ewountenance the perpetuation of the recach here Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. idea that the South must be politicai- ly ostracised and not recognized in politics. He cloced with a glowing personal tribute to Mr. Underwood, honor this océasion. There is a word in tho Latin, “Non finitum sed coep- tum’’ (not ended but begun), which fittingly represents the real attitude of those who graduate in this com- mencement scason as they stand in the vestibule of a future of magnifi- cant opportunity and possibility but the Christian transeript of this Latin word is fonnd in my text and I would that | might write it big over the Centrance of your vast, yea illimitable, [iuture with its probational course of iu\ll: lite, awd witness its hecoming L the purpose and incentive ol all your putare Tite from thiz hour forward, I (rue that you are besinning "lxu hite of the Fner respotisibilities whetuer ia durther pursuit of intel- Hlectual things or inentering upon wew cbantions with the practicalities o 1 how are Yo goiug o et these new conditions is the I m. Time's shoves ave seattered fover with wrecks of men’s and wom- on's lives and the most of them could he upon “Didn’'t begin right.” You have scen these old hulks lying here and there upon the shores, helpless from the ravages of self in- dulgence and sins awful sway and gradually falling to pieces under the ceascless breaking of the waves of circumstances, but did you thing of the cause? Ah, they had not con- ceived of life aright! Watch that pu- pil who enters school with a fine en- dowment of native sense and numer- ous powers of mind but who relies on absorption for advancement. He may even graduate through such an effort- less and unworthy means but the es- sential thing of school, the learning how to study and the delight of it, he has not arrived at the realization of. He had hidden his talents away in a napkin. He had a wrong con- ception of life. 1 knew a boy at college upon whom fortune had smiled most graciously. He took absorption course, graduated in that course and then because he was not dependent upon the revenues of his own efforts for a livelihood he {continued in the absorption course | with his father's money and a miser- ‘able failure in his profession of the law was the result. He started out inseribed {with the wrong conception of life. , | But even when a school life is con- and an appeal to the voters, on the ~round of neighborly feeling and sec- tional pride, to support Mr. Under- wood Mr. Bankhead made a very pleasing address, interspersed with humorous anecdotes and free from any objec- {sumed with zeal in application and tionable references to those who did|prize winning and the honors have rot agree with Lim politically. He|been fairly won, and glittering med- held the attention of the auditors als attest the many victories; if such well and made a favorable impres- sion. | (Continued on Page 5.0