Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 11, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM — YOL. 1 NIGHT OF TERROR IN NEW ORLEANS STORM AND FLOOD COMBINE TO GIVE CRESCENT CITY TOUCH OF INFERNO. (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, May 11.—New Or- Jeans awoke this morning with the cun beating down brightly upon last night's scene of confusion when all the elements combined to create a storm which in many respects was the most threatening ever known. The river fell gradually after o'clock this morning, after exceeding <1l flood records by eighteen inches. During the preceding twenty-four Lours there fell 6.97 inches of rain, four inches of it coming in two hours, between 8 and 10 o'clock. An inferno gripped the city for heurs during last night. It rained iy sheets, the wind blew a gale, hail added to the terror, the river rose by leaps and bounds, and lapped over the levees, and the streets were flooded from five to fifteen feet. People in the down-town districts were marooned within the blocks in which they were caught, and for hours were unable to escape. One man started to go home but was quickly swept away by the current and drowned. Electric light plants were flooded, and part of the city was left in darkness. Similar condi- tions prevailed in cities up and down the river. The people are panic stricken in many places. The levees here stood the hardest strain they were ever put to. \With sunshine this morning hopes of win- ning the great fight against the Fa- ther of Waters is renewed. Thou- sands again went to work throwing up earthworks to hold back the wa- ters. Reports from all places are not yet in. JACKSONVILLE'S SECRETARY SHOWED UP SCHEME. In regard to the attempt of E. H. Hyman, of Macon, to sell his serv- ices to the highest bidder for the 1ext reunion, the Times-Union says: “Deep regret was expressed by Richardson regarding the nnple: it duty that befell him ol discussing the action of the secretary «f the Macon Chamber of Commerce, who, according to Mr. Richardson, stated that he had the selection of the next mecting place of the re- vhiop under his thumb and offered to sell his services, first, to Chatta- Sooretary rooga for $250 and then to Jack-| sonville for $500, both of which of- fers were spurned with indignation, ¢n the ground that as a paid official of the Macon Chamber of Commerce the secretary had no right to sell lis time to aid any other city to se- cure the reunion and, secondly, it was presumptuous on his part to imagine he could control the next meeting place of the reunion. Mr. Richardson secured a certified «opy of what is said to be the orig- inal conmtract between the secretary cf the Macon Chamber of Commerce and the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of San Antonio, Tex. The aileged contract, which has been published in the Macon press, is as follows: “Macon, Ga., May 6, 1912. “Contract entered into between John F. Carter, Jr., secretary of the Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. | MOTHER'S DAY T0 BE OBSERVED AT METHODIST CHURCH. At the Methodist church tomorrow roorning Mother's Day will be ap- propriately observed. There will be 'cholr rendering a suitable anthem and Mrs. Cason singing a solo. The subject of the pastor will be “‘Motk- ¢r's Influence.” iwas announced for last Sunday, “The Father in the Home,” will be de- livered. It was postponed last week because of the heavy rain at the hour service was begun. Sunday school at 9:45 in the morn- ing, and the weekly league service al 6:30 in the evening. The Lengue’ will have a special program appro- priate to Mother’s Day. The custom of the day is for every one to wear white flowers. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend, MEXICANREBELSDRIVEN BACK BY FEDERAL TROOPS (By Associated Press.) El Paso, May 11.—Gen, Pasqual Orozcos and the advance guards of the rebels, have been driven back tcwards Escalon, the central base of the insurrectos in northern Mexico. The government troops took the of- fensive, driving the rebels back twen- ty miles. THAT SERMON WHICH WASN'T PREACHED. The sermon “Why Men Do Not Go to Church,” which was an- nounced for last Sunday evening at the Baptist church and which was rot delivered, on account of the bai weather, will be preached next Sun- day evening at 7:30 by Dr. Nowlin. The pastor will preach both morn- ing and evening. Sunday school at 9:45. Everybody invited. B. Y. P. U, at 6:30 p. m. You always have a hearty welcome at this church. TOMORROW AT THE CHURCHES. There will be services tomorrow at all the churches of the city, includ- ing the Methodist, Baptist, Presby- terian, Christian, All Saints' Epis- copal, Catholic, Christian, and Luth- eran. There will be Sunda at the Cumberland Presbyterian church at 0. To all of services, the public is cordially in vited. y school these FIRE THIS MORNING DID LITTLE DAMAGE. An incipient blaze, caused by a de- fective flue, at the residemct of Mr. J. C. Skinner, 415 Prospect street, about 0 this morning, gave the fire department suite a run. Before they could possibly have reached there, however, a volunteer depart- pient, consisting of three or four col- ored boys, bravely mounted the oof and quenched the fire. HIBBEN PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON NOW (By Assoclated Press.) Princeton, N. J.,, May 11.—John Grier Hibben was inaugurated presi- dent of Princeton umiversity, suc- ceeding Woodow Wilson. The oath was administered by Justice Mah- lon, of the United States Supreme Court. Chamber of Commerce of San An- tonio, Tex., and E. H. Hyman, Macon, Ga., for and in consideration of OUR SOIL SPLENDIDLY ADAPTED T0 THE GROWING OF HEMP. of the sum of $300, to be paid by May 10, said E. H. Hyman agrees to give his undivided and best efforts in the landing of the 1913 reunion for is not to vork or do anything in any way for San Antonio, Tex. He any other city except San Antonio, Tex., and he is at all times to help possible Wwith the object in view of landinZ Mr. Carter in every way the 1913 reunion. “(Signed) E. H. HYMAN." “(Signed) J. F. CARTER, JR. AT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH There will be services at the First Presbyterian church tomorrow mon- ing and evening by Rev. T. J. Al-|Titusville. in- incorporated with a capital stock of lison. vited The public is cordially Mr. A. B. Brown writes the Even- ing Telegram a note, in which he says: “Why do we import sisal hemp rope when South Florida grows it to perfection I have on a poor sand lot on Oak street grown leaves ten feet long. No crop can produce so much money per acre as sisal hemp. er has tha whole world for a mar- ket. Lakeland should have such a ifactory, as it has the best land in |+Le country to produce it.”’ Titusville is to have a new bank which will be known as the Bank of The institution will be ‘815,000 special music for the occasion, thel 1 In the evening the sermon whlchI It is a sure crop and a grow-| LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912. MANY DELEGATES ARE SELECTED BUT WHETHER TAFT OR TEDDY WILL CONTROL CONVENTION CANNOT BE FORECAST. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 11.—The make- up of the Republican national con- vention, so far as the original sec- tion of delegates can determine will be practically settled within a week. More than two hundred delegates will thep remain to be chosen. The widely divergent claims of the Taft and Roosevelt managers make it apparent that the determination of the actual control of the conven- tion will be impossible before the Republican national committee meet- ing on June 6, when the contests will be decided. Up to this morning, 786 of the 1,078 delegates had been chosen. - STRIKE OF CHICAGO PRESSMEN EXTENDS 10 ATLANTA (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 11.— Pressmen em- pioyed by the Atlanta Georgian struck today, in sympathy with the striking pressmen in Chicago, owing to an agreement among the papers to stand together in case of a strike. The Journal also refrained from pub- lishing when the Georgian noon edi- tion was cancelled. |{ALLEN ASKS $90,000 FOR SEVERE INJURIES. | Suits for damages, one for $50,000 }'.00,000 in all, were filed in Circuit |Court yesterday by J. W. Allen against the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road Co. and the Atlantic Land and Improvement C'o. Allen is represent- fed by Attorneys Williams & Hardee, jof Gainesville, who have associated with them Attorneys MeMullen & IMcMullen, of this city. Don . McMullen, of the Tampu [tirm, stated last night that the suits !were the result of personal injuries received by the plaintifft while work- irg at the phosphate Port Tampa.——Tampa Tribune TWO DECISIONS RENDERED | BY SUPREME COURT May 11, The has adjourned for th elevator at i Talluhassee, Su | preme week after sitting two days in hear ling oral arguments and filing two previously consid- Court jdecisions on case ered. The two cascs are of some in- terest as each entails points of law not often brought up for decision The first case is one of the A, C. Lo| railway vs. T. M. Weir, Hillsboro county, damages to an automobile by local train The jury us:cssed dam- ages at $1,000 in favor ot Weir. The court reversed the verdi't om the grounds that the owner of the auto was approaching the cro-:ing at a speed of twenty miles an Lour, there- by heedless of the signs a' the rail- road crossing, and not lLuving his auto under full control. Ticse facts the court considered should have been taken into consideration in fix- ing the damages. The --ond case is one of the Florida Lit« Insurance Co. vs. J. M. Dillon, Jackson county. The life insurance compan: rontest- ed payment of policy becaus of al- leged misstatements in ti- applica- tion for the policy. Th. zrounds given by the company con-idcred by the court in connection w:' the fact that the examining ph: an was acting as agent for the any and not the applicant figur« rgely in the court’s opinion rend-r which, affirmed judgment of the | 4T court, which was adverse to '. » insur- ance company. HIGH WATER STILL CONTINUES. yint of the rains, few nd Gulf | Perry, May 11.—Oy, = {high water and th+ which have fallen weeks, the Live Oak Railway have disoor senger and mail States mail is bein by the Floriday Rx from Live Oak to I* iby private converar lof the way. st United ported now mail train nd carried iinder ALLEN'S STORY OF SHOOTING CAPTURED MEMBER OF GANG WHO SHOT UP COURT ROOM GIVES HIS VERSION. (By Associated Press.) Wytheville, May 11.—Floyd Allen, ou trial for killing Prosecutor Fos- ter in the shooting up of the Carroll court house, took the stand in his own defense today. He said Sherifl Webb, who was Killed, fired at him, and that Clerk Goad also shot be- fore he (Allen) reached for his gun. He said that after he had been shot, he fired, but only at Assistant Clerk Quesenberry, who was not hit. A big canning factory has been established at Zona. It has a capacity of 7,000 cans per day. This will mean much to the truck growers of the cast coast. ISMAY REACHES ENG-| LAND WITH NOTH- ING TO SAY (By Associated Press.) Liverpool, May 11.—Pale and baggard, J. Bruce Ismay, manager | jand another for $40,000, making; of the White Star Line, who ordered the comstruction of the Titanic and who escaped when she went down, arrived hera this morning. dial crowd greeted him, but he de- clined to talk. TAMPA RETAINS BOTH STATIONS. Although the Coast Line will be promptly on hand in the new union station when it is thrown open to the public next Wednesday, that road will not forsake its Polk street sta- tion nntil some better method than | LAST DAY OF CLEAN UP CRU- SADE HAS BEEN BUSY ONE. Early this morning members of the Woman's Club gathered in Munn park, and were joined there by quite a number of children. Soon they di- vided themselves into squads, and with brooms, rakes and sticks, they hied themselves for various parts of town. The city officials also had men at work on the streets assisting in the work. The first work undertaken was to clean up the streets and side- walks in the business section, and while one band of workers was do- ing this, others were cleaning up around churches, schools, alleys, and other places where trash had accums ulated. The ladies are to be com- mended on their endeavors, and we feel that much good will result on account of their interest in civic af- fairs. BLOOD SHED FOLLOWS RIOT AMONG FOREIGN- ERS AT SCRANTON (By As:ociated Press.) Scranton, May 11.—A riotous demonstration by foreigners at Coi- lieries No. 1 of the Delaware and {Hudson Co., caused the Kkilling of Goorge Robaresky, a 14-year-old boy, by State troops. The troopers 'charged the rioters, who displayed 'a*ms and hurled stones at the troop- ers, A cor-, ALONZ0 LOGAN RUNS i DOWN BAD NEGRO. | This morning quite a good deal of excitement was occasioned among "residents of South Missouri avenue by a flecing negro who was 'ln-lm.' chased by Mr. Alonzo Logan. The negro, whose name is James Coot, became enraged at his wife and tried to stab her, but failed in the attempt, Hearing the altercation, walking is provided for getting to the Union station, and until the grounds and streets are made some- what more presentable than they will be on the opening date It wa inounced yesterday by Di- vision Passenger Agent J. G, Kirk- iand that the Polk street ion will remain a point for all trains, just as people living in the neighborhood of South Florida avenue and Lemon street, called to Mr, Logan and asked him to stop the quarrel. When he approached the negro, the latter broke and ran down Lemon street, turning at Missouri avenue, Mr. Logan horrowed a bic and a gun and followed. The chase continued the pas-|and that is why he doesn't always {answer when is today, until such time as the ssengers can go to the Union sta- down Missouri until street avenue tion in comfort and reach the trains WK 1 they should. This will mean an- other set of men in the ofice at Polk trect, but the Coast Line is prepar- cut across o vacant field, heading for Mr. Logan proved to hit as swift as the colored man, the swamp. ahout in for this and will have an extra «ud he soon found him cowered down staft May 15 when the Union station is to he opened, in the swamp under some blackberry He hauled him o out and him Hotel de Tillis, where he is now awaiting trial When asked if the chase was noi made for campaign purposes, Mr. Lo- gan denied the allegation, saying I+ would let John be sheriff for while longer anyway. His friends teel that if anything should happen to their big sheriff that he has a brother who could wear his shoes very acceptably, indeed. ROOSEVELT’S ALABAMA FORCES GATHER (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, May 11.—Roosevelt Republicans from the First, Second, Fifth and Ninth Congressional dis- tricts convened here this morning, prior to the State convention at noon, and two delegates to Chicago Iwill be selected by each district. REV. JENKINS TO CONDUCT REVIVAL AT HOLLINGSWORTH. Rev, Isaac . Jenkins, pastor of the Methodist church, expects to fill his monthly appointment at Hol- lingsworth school house Sunday aft- ernoon at 4 o'clock. During next week he will preach there every evening a series of revival sermons Everybody is cordially urged to at- tend as far as possible. The meeting will probable run only one week MOTHER'S DAY IN SCHOOLS. Philadelphia, May 11.—Accoding to advices received by the Mother's Day International Association, which has its headquarters in this ity Mother's Day was observed in both public and private schools all over the United States and Canada terday The Mother's Day observance for adults comes on Sunday resdy by vines Notice was served yesterday by the trar hed lo Ceast Line on the Union Station Co [that the Polk street depot would be aintained. What action the Sea- [hoard will take was not announced :)vswrdu,\. the general agent, Mr. Do- |zier, being out of town. - Tampa Tri- Ihuno. HARD QUESTIONS TO ANSWER. There is one job in this city the Rambler never would qualify for and that is ticket agent. People often ask questions of the postmaster and the editors of the daily paper which it would take weeks to figure out, but the ticket agent receives some ! which are utterly impossible, for in-' stance: ‘Do you suppose 85 will be on time day after tomorrow? If not, why not?” “Can you tell me if a young lady in a blue dress and straw hat got off“the last train from the north, and where she went?” “What time does the 12:30 train leave, and is it going to leave on time?" ““What made 835 so late a week ago last Saturday?” “How do I get to Kissimmes without changing cars " “C'an’t you telephone and hold the boat at Sanford if the train arrives late?” “Will you watch for my friend and tell him how to find my home, for I do not like to wait for trains?” “I left a novel on the seat of a Tampa bound train about three weeks ago. Can you tell me vhere I cap find it?” “Can you give me the exact time I will arrive in New York " This is about five min- utes’ exercise for the ticket agent, -Oriando spoken to Reporter-Star. The Socialists held a convention in Jacksonville recently, put forth platform a Lime | passed, when the negro ! Bier heat in the shade at No. 164. POLK COUNTY - MOST DESIRABLE EDITOR OF JACKSON (MICH.) PA- TRIOT DECLARES THIS SEC- TION BEST OF FLORIDA. Any person who will carefully in- |spect a sectional map of Florida can- not fail to discover the geographical and topograhical features that ren- der Polk county, with its 1250 square miles, one of the most desirable of the counties of South Florida in which to locate. It occupies a position midway be- tween the Atlantic ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, on the dividing ridge between the two, draining into both, and is therefore the highest and best naturally drained area in the south- ern portion of the great peninsula. The climate is salubrlous, it has a variety of soils adapted to all sub- tropical products, is interspersed with numerous lakes, the seasons are regu- lar, neither extremes of heat as in much of the South, or of cold as in tke North, are known, the flora is beautiful, tish and game are abun- dant, boating and bathing in soft water all that can be desired, and as much good health to the square mile as can be found anywhere on earth. Polk county is bound to have fifty thousand inhabitants at no very dis- tant date, in its cities and villages and scattered over its undulating surface, among its hundreds of lakes, growing citrus fruits and vegetables for northern markets, besides the many living in winter homes and en- joying its invigorating air Its pop- ulatiop will be of the most cosmopol- itan type. Already one can touch elbows with the New Englander, and the former citizens of every state north of the Potomac and the Ohiv rivers, as well other southern states, Lakeland and Bartow, Fort Meade and Winter Haven, as well a4 smaller centers of population, are lgeining in numbers every year, and [nowhere will more enterprising and endrgetic citizens, representing al- most every state, as well as Buro- The cli- exercise as pean countries, be found. mate wdmits of open-air levery day of the year, and when the mercary rises to 96 degrees of sum- noon the cool and refreshing. nichis are ' Seventeen years ago Florida had a set-back, In February, 1893, cvisited by a hard freeze, the The orange s in nearly all parts of the state Killed, The dependence of the Ipeople was almost wholly upon citrus Ity of the frost for- tunes were swept away in the night Portions of Polk county suffered with [the of the stite cven nw hard: Brove tone since 1 were | fruit reason more northery sections It so happened, however, that 2 few groves had been started in the lake region about ten years at Frostproof. There not a tree was Killed, and for two winters the writer has picked orunges healthy trees | past and grapefruit from that passed unscathed through the terrible test of 1895, This is a strong reasou for calling the atten- tion of those who contemplate mak- ing a permanent or winter home in Florida to this backbone of the state along which the new railroad runs that is being built by the Atlantic (‘oast Line company. This section has stood the severest climate tests of three-quarters of a century. After 1895 men, all over the state. directed their efforts to other lines of production than citrus fruits. The result is seen in the fact that Florida has now become one of the greatest early vegetable producing states of the South. It is doing wonders in pineapples. It has developed its general farming interests. It stands to-day as an important agricultural state, showing in the census statis- tics by far the largest value per acre of the products of cultivated land of lany portion of North America. 1f has displayed its ability to rise above -crop idea, and is no longer grove the singl |dependent upon the orange alone for revenue r ts, as on of groves that - through the crucial t that like <how no other (Continued on Page 5.}