Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 16, 1912, Page 1

1 4 4155 LILE, BEAUTIFUL. BARTOW GIRL ~ SUIGHDES.AT DANVILLE, VA, GOLLEE DEAD IN HER ROOM, HAV-|WRECK OF THE TITAN STARTS H“BBEHS °I‘;? a5 3t DEINE, IN TELEGRAM SATURTAY.| - o Saturday the Evening Tdlegram; o gy sy TWO0 MEN WHO HELD UP TRAIN begins the publication of the *Wreck NEAR HATTIESBURG SECURED “ mfim WSE F““ m] of the Titan,” wonderfully prophetic yoL. 1 OVER $200,000 i R ction story written fourteen years (By Associated Press.) Will Pass w This City ago of the wreck oft the Titan, which, New Orleans, May 16.—The two En Route to Bartow. To- morrow Morning. — j'arzest and most palatial vessel and [New York Limited train on the New senerally regarded as unsinkable and [Orleans and Northeastern railroad indestructible. Like the Titanic,|hear Hattiesburg, Miss, yesterday Danville, Va., May 16.—(Special|too, the Titan was wrecked by an ice-|F0rRINg, are said to have made one ) the Evening Telegram)—The en-|berg in the month of Aprii when|°! the richest hauls in the history of ire corps of teachers and studentsispeeding along the northern lane|train robberies. They secured more : the Randolph Macon Instituteroute of the Atlantic. The wreck in|than thirty packages of currency, ere horrified yesterday morning | the fiction story happened in about[0F€ containing more than fifty thou- nen it was learned that one of the the same place that the Titanic dis-|[5and dollars, representing monthly udents, Miss Abble Laura Lyle, |aster occurred, and there were not[Pay rolls of the New Orleans and ged 18 years, and a native of Bar-|sufficient life boats and rafts to take |Northeastern and the Alabama and ow, Fla., had committed suicide by{off the passengers and crew. Read |Yicksburg railroad at Meridian and rinking carbolic acld. and you will see that there are many | Hattiesburg. It is believed now the The girl was missed at 9 o'clock |other remarkable and startling cion- [P0ty secured amounted to \ the morning by the matron and|cidences between the wreck of the than two hundred thousand dollars. boing to her room, thinking perhaps|Titan, the largest steamship of the B he had overslept, found the body of |world of fiction, and the wreck of HEM"S “F nufl ¢ girl lying dead upon the bed.|the Titanic, the largest steamship he superintendent was immediately |of the material world. Kl ‘s HEBI" Jul‘""“ otitied and he called a physician, | teran eEN T0 COPEE G ho arrived at once and pronounced ho girl dead two hours. A coromer pomed an_inquest unnecessary. summer months. Several new resi- (By Associat:d 1'ress.) dences are also going up in that pro-! yupure May 16,—The body of gressive town and many improve- King Frederick VIIL of Denmark, The hotel at Davenport is to be enlarged and improved during the more | THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1912. NOW N HANDS OF JURY ARGUMENTS FINISHED AT NOON TODAY AND JURY NOW HAS THE CASE. (By Associated Press.) A. 0. & G. WORK WILL BE PUSHED, WRITES JORDAN. That the work of construction v. ... be commenced at once under the brightest outlook in the h.siory of the corporation of the Atlantie, Wytheville, Va., May 16.—Today [Okeechobee & Gulf “ailroad, is the ltke the Titanic, was the World's|mosked bandits, who held up the|may decide the fate of Floyd Allcn, {heering and eni the first of the Hillville court house Ibttar. thom siastic news re- ceived by Mavur 0. B, McKay in a siayor W, 8. Jordan, of aesassins to be brought to trial. Jo-!jacksonville, who is one of the heave seph Wysor, chief counsel for the|iest sto-kiolders. prosecution, who was making the prosecution, who was making the clos - ing address in Allen’s case when co.it adjourned last night, resumed spaking thismorning. The case ma: 20 to the jury ina few hours, Argument had bL.oen completed and the case was rcady tor the jury when court re-conveacd at 12:30, after the | noon recesi STHkE OF NTLANT " PESSNEN CALLED OF THS HORNI l (By Associated Press.) | Atlanta, May 16.—The strike of ‘the pressmen on the Georgian was | | | lor some time the movement <cemed to lack push and capital to Imrry o nthe plans but since the re- .arry on the plans but since the re- cent organization and the election of ¢, E. West, of Jacksonville, to the presidency, renewed energy is appar- ent and it seems assured that the road” will be built in a very short time.—Tampa Tribune. A commission of lawyers from Re- publican and independent Democratic ranks is looking into the question oft the enforcement of the prohibition o laws with a view to informing Gov. Hooper of Tennessee with what an- thority and power he can act in the matter. The commission was recent- ly appointed by the governor, who has not been able to remove derelict officials, nor call out the militia ex- TRARBOLUE PROVREFT:OF LD L FOSTOFFE VL EMAN A RESE | LOGATN, DCCUPYNG %24 BULONG IDEPAIZTL(ENT ACCEPTS SKIP- l PZE'S PROPOSITION TO PRO- VIDE SUITABLE QUARTER. |LEASE WILL AUN TEN YEARS Handsome Building Will be Erected and Ready for Ocoupapcy About October 1. Postmaster Skipper this morning received notice from the postoffice de- partment that his proposition to fur- nish suitable quarters for the post- office had been accepted and that as soon as the provisions of his pro- pesal were complied with the gov- ernment would enter into a lease for a period of ten years. Mr. Skipper's proposal was that the office should be located on the present site, & new building being erected just as soon as the plans can be prepared and the work of con- struction hurried to completion. The building will have o frontage of forty feet, the full width ofi the lot, and will run back some eighty feet. The entire first floor will be ued for the purposes of the postoflice, ample lob- by room being provided for the pub- lic, and every facility being fur- nished for the expeditious dispatch Absolutely no motive is given for he drastic act. There was a hastily enciled note upon the wall by the Siits 00 0a £ i A 1hl acrouty, ed as follows: “Dear Bernice, | m so sorry, Laura.” ‘‘So” was un- ) rscored. Bernice is the deceased's cl\ll LEmms m ster, who is attending the \Wom-! p's College at Lynchburg. “n“l“‘““s WB“SES who died here under tragic circum- stances Tuesday night, was started on thy journey to Copenhagen this norning. Brief funeral services y .l in the hotel before the Ir:!:kul was carried to the station, (By Associated Press.) cept when requested by a county of the business of the government sheriff, and convenience ofl the people. New fixtures, lock boxes, etc., of the most approved and modern design will be :flw pressmen on Hearst's New York l:“"flfl“.mn Pl‘[snm“m | installed and the office will be a cred- papers refused last night to strike. it to the city in appearance and ar- [The paper has not missed an issue. ASSEHN.' cu"'[“[a AT | P IS USRS rangement. called off this morning, all strikers being restored to their former posi- tions. This action was taken after 1t is Mr. Skipper's present inten- Lubec, May 16.—The Danish roy=al yacht Danneborg, heavily draped in mourning, steamed out of Trave- The remains, accompanied by the hstitute superintendent, left this ty for Bartow last night. Miss (By Associated Press.) Burlington, lowa, May 16.—Clark R won fifteen and W.lson seven of the lvle was voted the prettiest girl of he college. The above account of the death of twenty-two lowa district delegates iss Lyle was received this after- tu the Baltimore convention in nom- n in response to a telegraphic in-f . .0 aucuses held prior to the! iry sent to Danville this mornlngmppm"g of the State convention. the Evening Telegram, in which e s Il particulars were requested. Al‘omn SHERIFF | Miss Lyle was the daughter og SN, @ HRE____._.AT posers S_PRIN_ i rs. Annie L. Lyle, of Bartow, and{ .. ¢ ‘ 0i Mason County, W. Va., Charged DOES MUCH DAMAGE. as born and rearofl there. The fam- With a ”5,000 Shomge. ¢ were unaware of how she came to Charleston, W. Va., May 16—That pr death, information received from ex-Sheriff J. 0. MecDermott, of Mz cre today being that they had|g ., couniy owes the county mo ard nothing of her committing sui-} ., $25,000 Is the ruling of ”"’i : ! \ o, a brief message having been State Accounting department, which 1.1 heroi -nmvl.\ “»'.A”“. rn.m-ns that ceived by them that she had di(‘d.hhs just completed an audit of the | it Was not more disastrous, ddenly. former sheriff's books. MecDermott's -Ih«» flames origzinated in |I|<-‘>|nx‘: The girl's body will arrive in the term of office covered the years of I1. L.. Brown, on the south side of yning at 5:35 from irginia andlyggn.8 The alleged shortage was the railroad, ; il be transferred to the BartoW ... ¢4 fajlure to account for various|Parties were in the store at the time, ain, leaving here at 8:25. The g,n4q and through alleged taking of |they had gained great headway |".'- piy will be accompanied by the'cogie more than once for exonera- |fore discovered, at 1i:iv a. m This ad girl's sister, Miss Bernice L)’lc,;“o"s_ building was a frame structure 139 centaining the body of the late King Frederick, while crowds on the quay gave demonstrations of sympathy {with the queen dowager and Danish Gainesville, May 16.—Ten build- s were destroyed by fire at High Springs Tuesday, and it was due to and, although several mund harbor at noon with the casket' 'PROMINENT JACKSONVILLE : MAN COMMITS SUICIDE. Willis E. Gerow, only son of Post- WARRENSBURG, MO. (By Associated Press.) Warrenburg, Mo, May 16.—The master D. T. Gerow, a man in the|eizhty-second annual general assem- prime of life, known and loved by hundreds of Jacksonville citizens, committed suicide early yesterday morning by shooting himself in the right temple at his home, 833 May street, Despondency over reverses in business is attributed as the cause ot the sad affair, and to Mr. Gerow's personal triends who Knew clicery disposition, news of his tr as a great shock and is wimost impossible of belief, Awakening his wille shortly hefore coath come ’\'\<'i¢~"|">‘ fiancee, bly of the Cumberland Preshyterian chiurch met here today. KILLED BY GRIEF. Huntington, W. Va,, May 16.- Miss Gertrude Weiser, 21 years old, a popular young school teacher of according to the “iroken heart,” Huntington, died in this city of :lt hisfverdict of the attending physician A dittle more than a year ago Miss William Smith, a was killed in yenng railroad an accident one week belpre the con- man 7 o'clock this morning as usual, to]ple were to have been wedded. Miss bid her goodbye, before going to his| Weiser lust [shock. work, Mr. gave her a farcwell kiss. Mrs. Gerow seeming- 1y only partly awake, her hushand requested that she look at him, and Gerow never recovered from the SOUTHERN PRESBITERIMNS ‘ml a beautiful shaft of marble to the tion to make the building three stories, though this is not absolutely certain. At all events it will be a handsome and substantial building. The erection of the new building will call for the early removal of the pestoffice to temporary quarters for a period of some three or four months, Just where it will be lo- cated during that time is not known ai present, it being necessary to sub- mit to the department the various proposals for locations that may he suhmitted, Th e department had several propo- lookinz to permanent loca- but that of Mr. Skipper was considered the bhest, all things sitions tion tor tae ofiice considered IN MEMORY OF GOV. BLOXHAM. Mrs, W D, Bloxham has just erect- husband, the Episcopal memory of her deceased Bloxham, in has been attending the Woman's | feet in length, and, being crévted rning at 5:35 from Virginia and e s " MARYLAND ELEGATES T0 SPATCHING F. E. C. NATIONAL CONVENTION TRAINS BY TELEPHONE. (By Associated Press.) The F. E. C. railway has complet| ppore yay 16.—The State the installation of the telephone patching system throughout the Democratic convention unenbla [T tire system, the linemen having|elect thirty-two delegates, each with ched Trumbo yesterday afternoon. |half a vote, to the National conven- is planned to start the use of the tion. The convention instructed for ones in dispatching trains todu.‘chrk for the presidential nomina- e system has been in operation on [tion, in accordance with the result of northern end of the road for the the recent primary. t several weeks and was placed in as far south as Homestead dur- MEAT INSPECTION SERIVCE the past week. It is not intend- INVESTIGATION POSTPONED. to abandon the telegraph system ogether, but the phones will be; (By Associated Press.) erally used. The telegraph ;ys-' Washington, May 16.—The House m is retained to use when anything |agriculture expenditures committee Dpens to the telephones.—Key |postponed indefinitely action on the est Citizen. Nelson resolution to investigate the {meat inspection service. COST $1 SMILE. S ‘_To_ Crops are usually late along tae hy the Waiters in a New York live of the A. C. L. railway between Hotel Went on Strike. |Gsinesville and Jacksonville. In some ‘aiters employed in the Hotel fow instances corn is as high as lmont, Park avenue and Forty- eighteen inches but in most fields ond street, are fined $1 every time;it is not over six inches above ¥ smile or laugh when on duty. ground. Wwas learned yesterday- from Ed- rd Blocklinger, financial secretary m[smm c““m the International Hotel Workers’ | ion. More than 100 waiters are| “F “ s ll mmm . il a strike because the Belmonti (By Associated Press.) Nagement maintains what is con-| €red an objectionable system of ®S and penalties. The strikers also Diest against the action of ¥ day parade. dey. Louisville, May 16.—The one hun- thirty fieet apart on «: the 'dred and twenty-fourth gemeral as-|road and fourteen feet i1 Nagement in discharging several sembly of the Presbyterian church of jter of the road, makin iters for taking part in the last the United States opened here to- |twenty-eight feet wid more than twenty years ugo, was easy prey. The stock of poods was saved, but the household effects of Capt. T. H. Willard, stored in the rear of the house, were destroyed. The building adjoining, owned by the Bpilding and Loan Association of Atlanta, but unoccupied, was next burned, then the stable building of M. W. Maples. The stock and fix- tures in the livery stable were saved, however. Leaping across the strect the flames devoured the two story build- ing known as the old Levy drug store. W. W. Stroble’s meat marke: went next. The fixtures in this building were saved with the exception of a new $450 refrigerator which Mr. Stroble had just installed. Next in the path of the were an old barber shop, sho- -hoD and meat market, all unoccup l Lodges Lost Hall. The two-story structure vned and occupied by the Knizi's of Pythias, Odd Fellows and M=o was burned, but all lodge r-= records were saved. ! The brick block, former!: {a saloon but now occupied Irage by Ralph Norris, cau but was saved by hero « w Hames l The county commission:r Dade |county have ordered that Austral pines be planted along rozd from one end of i the other. The trees will |length of the county * them to think that he contemplated “ office after lunch, but spent the afi-flipiswpal church recommended the! “ ly written last evening or early this | “ ther. then walked swiltly from the room. Wraps Towel About Head. ““GGoing to the bathroom, Mr. Gerow took a turkizh bath towel and put- ting it under his coat, walked from the house to the garage, which i8|ty-second general assembly of the|EOne. located a few yards from the rear|Scuthern Presbyterian church con- ot the dwelling. vened here this morning. The open- | BUSINESS COLLEGE MAY “Entering the building and clos-|ing sermon was preached by Rev. ing the doors, the despondent man|Russell Cecil, retiring moderator of LOCATE AT S'l': PETERSBURG. wrapped the towel about his head,|Richmond, Va. The election of the| o Lol chure May 16.—W. H. evidently desiring, even in the last|moderator will occur this afternoon. Givler, proprietor of the Paris Com- moments of his life, to spare his mercial University, of Paris, 1IL, is friends the agony of a ghastly sight spending a few days in the city look- when his body should be discovered. ing over the situation in view of es- Lying upon the floor of the garage| Miami, May 16.—P. C. Cox, await-1 1 hine one of his schools here. Nr. Gerow placed a revolver to his|ing his second trial as an accessory| ... . ommunicated with the local right temple, a shot rang out and|after the fact o the murder of Het- Board of Trade for some time along the spirit of the beloved husband|tie Parcel, a young Miami girl, kuled'm's line, and the replies he received and father, released from all that|April 20, 1911, was released yeslf-r-!h“" all .bef'n ofisuch ah encouraging was mortal of Willis E. Gerow, sped;day morning on a bond of two thou- nature that he decided he would pay out to join that silent and innumer-|sand dollars, the original bond °f|thls city a versonal vlsit and look able majority. five thousand dollars having been re- Worried Over Business. duced by the judge of the court. “For the past several days Mr. Ge- e i BT - row has been worried over his busi-| ELECTION OF EIGHT NEW ! The amount' of inc r:\nc-‘ in the ness affairs but to his associates of- BISHOPS RECOMMENDED \postoffice receipts in St. Petersburg fered mo signs which would lead "|during the month of April of this |year was $728,000 over that of Flovidians that the good deeds of (By Associated Press.) this “grand old man’ will live long Bristol, Tenn., May 16.—The Fif- after the marble has crumbled and Tallahassee Democrat COX OUT ON BAIL. |into the situation very thoroughly (By Associated Press.) ! A taking his life. Minneapolis, May 16.—The Epis-|APril of last year “Yesterday he did not return to the copacy committee of the Methodist A number of the boys of the Tam- €rnoon with his wife. ielection of eight new bishops. Thn-;pa Y. M. . A are planning for a “The business troubles were dis- report was adopted, and ballotinz jcamp at Deer Lake during the mid- russed between husband and wifs probably will begin tomorrow !dle of this month An advance par- ond last evening Mr. Gerow seemed [ty for the camping trip will leave in to be much lighter hearted than he {a few days to make preparations for M been In . 6000 ROADS CONGRESS “Even at this time however, he — "ms l“ "Ew "nlms It is estimated by those in a posi- was evidently thinking of ending his tion to figure on the matter that over life, for this morning notes, evident-' (By Associated Press.) a million dollars will be expended morning, were found addressed to! New Orleans, La, May 16.—The on improvements in and around the the wife and to D. T. Gerow, the fa- National Good Roads Congress op- towns of Dartona Beach and Sea- The contents of these notes'em-d here today for a four-day meet- breeze in the next twelve months or will not be made public. ing. s0. the outing e s 5