Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 15, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Bést Part of the Best State. VOL. 1 THE KNS 15 DEND; LDIG LIV THE i FREDERICK, OF DENMARK, DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT, AND SUCCESSOR NAMED TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Hamburg, Germany, May 15.— King Frederick VII, of Denmark, died | alone and unrecognized on the street here late last night of apoplexy. The king had been traveling in- cognito and arrived Monday on his return from the south, where he had been convalescing from an attack of inflammation of the lungs. With the queen and his royal suite he took quarters at the hotel. At 10 o'clock last night the king left the hotel, unaccompanied, for a stroll. He was gone only a short distance when he was overcome in the street and fell unconscious. He was taken to the hospital, but death evidently was almost instantaneous. When members of his suit became alarmed they notified the hotel pro- prictor, and searchers found the body at the hospital, and removed it to the hotel. Christian X Proclaimed King. (By Assoclated Press.) (openhagen, May 15.—Christian X was proclaimed king of Denmark from the palace balcony at 3 this afternoon, before a huge concourse. HIGH SPRINGS WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE AT JAX. Jacksonville, May 15.—After hav- ing unsuccessfully tried to commi: suicide shortly after 6 o'clock last night and saved then only through the heroic work of two physicians, Mrs. Beatrice Swilley , of High Springs, Fla., aged 26 years, succeed- ed in ending her life early this morn- ing at the home of her cousin, W. F. Harvey, of 233 Winter street. Despondency over the absence of her husband, who left the Harvey home Sunday night, is believed to have caused the woman to commit the rash act. Going to Mrs. Harvey last evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, Mrs. Swilley handed her a letter ad- dressed to Hampton Swilley, the ab- <mt husband, *When you see Hamp- ten give him this,” was all the wom- an vouchsafed and then went into ber bedroom and closed the door. Mrs., Harvey thought her actions rather strange, and calling her hus- band the two entered the beedroom. Mrs, Swilley had taken a quantity of iand Roosevelt sections in that State LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912. . FLORIDA DELEGATIONS FILE THEIR PROTESTS. NEN ‘BAEM N LEVEE NGREISES HORROR OF L00D GREAT VOLUME OF WATER POUR- ING OVER FERTILE FARMS OF LOUISIANA. Chicago, May 15.—Notice of a contest between the Taft and the Roosevelt factions in Florida over twelve delegates to the Chicago con-| vention was received by Secretary Hayward, of the National convention, here today. | The delegates chosen by the Taft both filed contests. | The contest was brought to the | attention of the committee by re- quest of a letter, saying: “Inclosed you will find a list of del- egates elected at Palatka, Feb. 6, instructed for Col. Roosevelt, whose seats are contested by flederal office holders instructed for Taft.” Secretary Hayward of the Repub- lican National committee, said the committee will not officially recog- nize any contest until the credentials of the contesting delegates have been received. Thus far receipts of thirty con- tests have been filed with the com- mittee, (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, May 15.—Hundreds of persons are rushing to the levees and several small towns werg in-, undated as the result of the crevasse' in the west bank of the Mississippi, | thirty miles above New Orleans last night. The breach is five hundred feet wide this morning, and an immense ' volume of water is pouring over the populous and rich farming country adjacent. There are probably sixty thousand persons in the territory af- fected. Dozens of villages and ham- lets will be under water before the week passes. DEATH OF MR. D. P. NEWSOME. i Huusml‘ um“l“a Mrs. G. B. Murrell and Miss Lucy 9 Newsome have the sympathy of their | ‘msluus nELEm“““m many friends in the death of their brother, Mr. . P. Newsome, which| occurred this morning in Jackson- (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, May 15.— Fully one ville. Mrs. Murrell and Miss Newsome leave tonight on the 10 o'clock train' for Jacksonville to attend the funeral. thousand of the eleven hundred dele- ' gates to the State Republican con- vention have brought instructions for Roosevelt from their county conven- smlm“s PHESSME" | tions, and Roosevelt leaders claim a | resolution binding the State delega-| HB“‘[ l“ lmm‘ tion to Chicago to Roosevelt will be adopted. i 3 (By Associated Press.) | DEATH OF MISS LYDA WDORALD | Wt o (L L O OCCURRED THIS MORNING. strike on the Atlanta Georgian oc-| leurred last night. Strike breakers Miss Lyda May McDonald, the 16=1,,4 ynion men from the Journal en- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. |,y v0q jn a fight. Three union men, McDonald, passed away this morning ;) 1yding F. B. Bigman, president of shortly before 4 o'clock. A bout tWo|¢)o Atlanta local, are in the hospital months ago she was stricken with ap- ;h:‘dly Beaten. pendicitis, and was taken to Tampa | for an operation. It was thought in~} advisable to operate at that time, | — MIAMI HAD CLEAN-UP DAY. laway with an amount which first re- famunm is that large. WIFE STREWS FLOWERS ON OCEAN FOR HUSBAND. ROBBERSHOLD UP TRAIN New York, May 15.—To strew | 2 n“n ‘SEGUHE A [ flowers on the sea in memory of her | husband, who was lost in the Titanic MHBE SUM ldisaster, Mrs. Henrietta (. Loring, of Liverpool, made a trip across m.-‘ Atlantic ocean on the Cunarder (ar- DARING ACT OF TWO MEN THIS|mania. MORNING NEAR HATTIES- Mrs. Loring was ill during the en- tire journey and constantly in the BURG, MISS. care of a stewardess. She could not be seen today, but passengers on the Carmania told of a touching scene in midocean. J. H. Loring was a wealthy Liver- pool merchant, and was one of the kundreds of men who went down with the Titanic whose bravery won the plaudits of the survivors. Mrs. Loring took a great quantitv of the choicest flowers aboard the Carmania at Liverpool. Last Friday evening reached the meridian of the longitude of the disaster, though far to the south of it, and Capt. Dow or- dered the ship stopped. Mrs. Loring, though ill. was taken in a steamer chair to the rail of the steamer, and, while the other passengers stood about with bared heads, dropped the flowers on to the water. ROOSEVELTND CLARK WINNERS IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARIES (By Associated Press.) San Francisco, May 15.—Returns from yesterday's presidegtial primary irdicate Roosevelt's plurality to be 40,000 over Taft, and Champ Clark 20,000 over Wilson, (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, La.. May 15.—Two masked men held up the New Or-} leans-New York Limited train No. 2 on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad, eight miles south of Hatties- burg, Miss.,, early today, dynamited the safe in the express car, and got ports said was $140,000. The express company officials deny that the The sheriff with twenty deputies ard dogs have gone in pursuit. The safe in the express car was locked with a time signal lock when the train left here last night, and there was a guard in the car in addition to the messenger. Not a shot was fired and the pas- sengers were not molested. While one robber held the members of the train crew lined up outside the ex- press car, the other blew open the safe and obtained the booty. They are supposed to have fled on horse- back. NETHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC MOST EMOVABLE The members of the Methodist Sunday school spent a delightful day at Auburndale yesterday, where they went on their annual picnic. There were three coaches and a bagga car reserved for the crowd, and these were left at Auburndale and picked up again by the after- noon train from Jacksonville. After arriving at the picnic grounds, thai overlook Lake Ariana, amusemencs ipr the consisting of foot ra potato 1 wimming and KATHLEEN BOOMING. Kathleen, 15.—One of the heaviest rains of the season fell here May last Sunday. Indications now are that the best corn erop ever grown here will be made this year. Vegetables of different Kinds have heen shipped from here regularly Tomatoes hruary. ever sinee re races now moving, of which there will be g and after undergoing treatment for several weeks, she improved consid- erably and had about regained her day health and strength, Saturday after noon she sustained another attack of appendicitis. Physicians were called ir and it was desided to take her yves- terday morning to Tampa for an op- fwelith street not far from Avenn eration. It was found, however, thi one chance in a hundred for her re- covery. Miss McDonald was a meember of poison, however, and was then in an almost unconscious condition. Dr. E. E. Hatch was summoned, and after working with the woman for several hours, succeeded in ridding her sys- tem of the drug. It was 11 o'clock before the doctor considered his pa- tient out of danger and left the house. Mrs. Swilley then slept until shortly before 7 o'clock this morn- ing, when she got up and dressed, saying she was going to return to her home in High Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey remonstrat- ed with her, but a few minutes later she was found to have left the house. Her cousin, thinking she had started for the Union station, went over to Riverside avenue and boarded a car, hoping to intercept her. Mrs. Swilley, however, instead of taking a car, went into a drug store, where she purchased a quantity of strychnine and returning to the Harvey house. took the fatal dose. Dr. Ives was summoned as soon as it was found that the woman had taken another quantity of poison, but the physician was unable to do any thing for the woman and death re- sulted before 8 o'clock. On the 27th of this month the con- tract will be let fbr the erection of tke big hotel on the summer assem bly, or chautauqua site, on Anastasia Island south of St. Augustine. The hotel is to cost not less than $25.- 0G0 and will be a fire-proof struc- ture, modern and up to date in every respect. Contracts will also be let for the erection of twenty-five at- Tractive cottages. S en ¢ e s . the Baptist church and was a girl whom all loved and admired. The fu- neral is being conducted at the home of the parents this afternoon, Dr. Nowlin officiating. The bereaved rel- atives have the deepest sympathy of the community in their loss. PRESBYTERUN GENERAL ASSENBLY CONVENES AT BRISTOL, TEN. (By Associated Press.) Bristol, Tenn., May 15.—The ad- vance guard oft delegates to the Gen- eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church, which convenes here tomor- row morning, has arrived and every train is bringing more. W. R. Hodges has been elected mayor of Cedar Key in a hot munici- pal election. SONTHERN BAPTISTS IN CONVENTION AT OXLAHOMA CITY (By Associated Press.) l Oklahoma City, May 15.—The an- !rual session of the Southern Baptist convention opened here today. J. A. Davis, of Port Orange, drove to Ponce Park a few days ago and alout three miles north of there he found a turtie's nest containing 115 lergs, the first of the season. | | | she was too weak to make the trip .0 trash away which has been mak- and physicians here performed the | operation yesterday afternoon, know-!x,l;,.,. look like @ ing at the time that there was not |y onths. I “And other interesting features, were par- ticipated in by the large crowd, A in bathing, while others enjoved bhoat riding on the like, Swings were put up, and youn and old aike spent a day long to be At the noon hour a Miami has just had a “Clean-Up” Of the result the Miami Me tropolis says: hig crowd went today! they on remembered CRome cleaned Actnally But people up and incontrovertibly, there is one place g dinner was spread ino the shade - tiae 0L el Uibso- o1, Taenws 0L the: trec niid it Lhle all did full justice this businos Below we zive a list of the sports, dump the hack yard of and the winners of each contest M m. Swimming race, prize, necktie, donated by T. 1. Wood & Co lawns iftesd Boyd Edmiston, 10 a. m.- Races as follows: Potato Race for Boys—Prize, neck- city ror there many along upper Avenue around nice got their beards are houses that never i od, consequently they have the > trimmed, consequently \ ue) :‘a ; ‘,' tie, donated by J. . Owens, Knox p, g 4 shor . K . appearance of an unshorn McRae. kobo. | Potato Race for Girls—Prize, set “And tthere arc some parts of geoee nine gonated by Cole and Hull. North Miami that look yet like & pppje Lou Gerald. ‘deserted village,’ only waiting f"rj Sack Race—Prize, match holder, scme long-haired poet to make thelf igop,i0) by Red Cross Pharmacy, Wil- dreary waste immortal in verse. A yop Norvell and Ernest Terrell. million tin cans repost serenely and| poy pace for Boy, 8 to 12 Years— undisturbed on vacant lots in the pyoe 5air pants, donated by Hub center of town. _ |Clothing Co., Ernest Terrell. “But take it all in all, the day wWas, Foot Race for Boy 13 to 15Years— a success. Lots of peopl- thought of Prige, pocket knife, donated by Lake- cleaning up, to whom the idea never jand Furniture and Hardware Co., occurred before, and som« people ac- Hepry McCall. tually got out and did it Next time| Foot Race for Girls 8 to 12 Years— Miami has a cleaning-up day, some!prige pocket kmife, donated by Mur- people will do somethingz, and mOre re)] & Sharp, Annie Lou Gerald. will get the idea, and so on. It takes Foot Race for Girls 13 to 15 Years time to do even the great: ' Works. 1.——Priz:-, two handkerchiefs, donated “The extra teams put on the street py U7 G. Bates, Annie Jones. by the Sanitation deparment were; 3:15 p. m.—Spelling match for not run to death carrying away & 'young and old men’s prize. box candy, great superfluity of rubhish, but the dopated by H. 0. Denny; women's fact that there were ex'ra teams prise haby protector, donated by shows a commendable 1i=position OR Q'Doniel, Son & C'o. First prize, Miss the part of the city zoicrnment t0,8apqh Polk; second prize, Mrs. M. E. give all possible incen'is+ to the citl- paerich. zens to tidy up.” | Woman's Foot Race—Mrs. R. M. — Marler. , TESTINONY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN. | STEEL TRUST CASE. The board of trade in Orlando is!| organizing a publicity campaign, and | | Press.) (By Associa® The sole pur- i ‘pose of the absorp! New York, May intends to keep the public posted about Orange county in general and| Orlando in particular | ¢ the Tennes- ! see Coal and Iron (o by the steel corporation in 1407 < the devel- el A i opment of the propei’: 4 ording to. The contract will soon be let for John A. Toppine .rman of the the erection of a handsomely fitted Republic Iron and = 0. who tes- tified today in '} ernment suit making of that part of Anastasia Is-, to di==nh--; tt rnoration land a permanent winter resort ' e e several thousand crates, Some of our citizens have invested in property at Bradley Junction, be- lieving it to be the coming town of I'olk county. The Strickland Lumber Co, of this place, alter nine years ol uninter- rupted down their mill recently, having exhansted their supply of timber. Many of the hands will remain here and engé in ent- which busin is ex- prosperity, shut ting cross ties pected to last a y operated here, the hands their pay as regulap as pay day ar- rived. This endeared the hands to their employers. A goodly number of new settlers are locating here, and more are ex- ‘paroad DARROW PROCLAING INNOCENCE AND (By Associated Press.) Los Angeles, May 15.—Before go- ing to trial today, charged with jury bribing in the McNamara dynamiting case, Clarence Darrow issued a state- ment declaring his innocence and his confidence in acquittal. The postal clerks of Florida will meet in annual session in Ocala on the 29th and 30th of this month. METHODISTS SUGGEST RETIRENENT OF TWO BISHOPS (By Associated Press.) Minneapolis, May 15.—The Epis- copacy committee of the Methodist Episcopal church advocates the re- tirement of Bishops Warren and Moore. rs are now leaving V rate of about filkeen « Cucumis ton at the modern hotel at (‘rescent Beach, thus per day. The prices have not beer inr‘!t.\ very satisfactory o far but are said to be improvingZ No. 167. NEWS D GOSSP FRON THE TONA il {RIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS . YELLOWSTONE CANON--TRAIN | ACCIDENT FATALITIES. Washington, D. ('., May 15.—(Spe- clal) —President Ransdell of the Na- tiona] Rivers and Harbors Congress and a member Louisiana has of Congress from publicly announced that the ninth annual convention of the biggest of the waterway organi- zations will be held as wusual Washington on Dec. 4, 5 and 6. in At one time it looked asif this year's convention would be held in some city other than Washington, with the result that Spokane, Buffalo and New Orleans became active candidates for the honor of entertaining the Con- gress, Spokane particularly diligent in pushing its campalgn. When the members of the advisory committee of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress began its final con- sideration of the question, however, and ascertained what it would cost ecach delegate to go to the Pacific northwest, to say nothing of the time it would take to make the trip, the committeg unanimously rescind- ed its former action and decided to Bold the annual convention in the capital of the nation. Of course there will be considerable disappointment, particularly among western friends of waterways, over the decision of the committee to reverse its action, but a8 this is presidential year ani all the members of the Lower House are to be elected, besides governors and State officers in half of the States of the Union, it was thought good business sense to stay in Wash- ington this year, - * * being The marvelous colors in the Grand canvon of the Yellowstone, according (e, a publication just issued by the in- terior department, are mainly due to mineral matter, the pigments being derived from the lavas, The har- monious and brilliant tints in the ws and hot-spring pools arve due Heys | Ipain!y to plant lite, The publica- tion contains an account of the geo- o that have cansed the “\-.nn‘l»-rl'nl natural or so Ionuur_'guu-.v puring the nine years the mill has derstond by seived |tifie training. HOPE OF AGQUITTAL tures that have [RETS Yellowstone park famous thre the world, It is illus- trated with photographs of some of the principal features of the park land is written in nontechnical lan- co that it may be readily un- without scien- the rehont persons - Accident Bulletin No. 42 just is- sued by the [Interstate Commerce Commission shows that 242 persons were killed and 4.706 were injured in train accidents during the months of October, November and December of 1911, bringing the grand total for the year up to 2,726 Killed and 9,956 injured. Of this number 1,419 of the killed and 1,335 of the injured were tresspassers on railroad premises, In the discussion on the river and harbor appropriation bill which passed the Senate on Thursday of this week carrying in round numbers $24.052,000 and which now goes to |¢(mfu-rn-n<-:- unless the House should soe fit to accept the Senate amend- ments, Senator John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, advanced the propo- sition that the Mississippi river proj- ect should be segregated and dealt with as the Panama cana] was dealt with. The Mississippi river, he said, does not present a thousand prob- Jems. It presents but one. He thought ti+ would be a good thing to move up the dredge boats and other machin- ery from Panama when the govern- ment gets throngh with them down there and locate them on the Mis- sissippi from St Louis down and above St. Lomis as well and utilize this plant in dredging the river to a depth of twelve or fourteen feet | The body of Dr. R. J. Batemau, of Jacksonville. who lost his life in the Titanic, arrived in Jacksonville Sat- The funeral took place Sun- i“;-\ afternoon at the First Baptist jchurch in Jacksonville T L) ikt