Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 17, 1912, Page 1

Pubhshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. voL. 1 LAKELAND FLORIDA, FRIDAY. MAY 17, 1912. COURT ORDERS NAMES PUT ON TICKET FOR PRIMARY. CHESONGOESTO DEATH West Palm Beach, May 17.—In .“ mandamus procecdings case before '“IES“AY {Judge L. W. Bethel to compel the | |xounty Democratic executive com- niittee to place the names of H. G | ALIENISTS AFFIRM HIS SANITY | ... .04 R. L. Wall on the ticket to| AND GOV. FOSS REFUSES be voted on for county commissioner TO INTERFERE. at the May primary, the decision was that the names should be put on the (By Associated Press.) Boston, May 17.—Clarence V. T. ticket. wicheson, the slayer of Avis Linnel:, The case was argued before Cir- cuit Judge Bethel, H. L. Bussey rep- will learn today that Gov. Foss has8 ', senting the county committee and refused to recommend the commuta-| jugge Metcalf and Gordon Broome ion oi his sentence. The former | ,¢ing attorneys for Messrs. Wall and + inister was not informed last night | Goor by whom the mandamus pro- that the alienists had determined ccedings were brought. that he was sane when he sent POl | Geor and Wall were candidates for «on to his sweetheart and is sane wow. His execution probably will rake Monday or Tuesday worning. county commissioner in the first pri- mary. ports ten days before the primary, through an oversight. Out of the five candidates they were the two pelling the highest vote. When the They failed to file expense re- place —_— (By Associated Press.) Boston, May 17.—News that he | county committee met to canvass the ust be electrocuted mext week for |vote the committee ordered the murder of Avis Linnell was re-|names of Gadsden D. Bryan and (ived calmly by Richeson today. | James E. Wier to be substituted, they W iien he was informed that the gov- ! leing the candidates receiving the inor had declined to lay his petition | next highest vote. sor commutation of sentence before DISAPPEARANGE AT LAST HAS SAD SOLUTION (By Associated Press.) May 17 preak down. liig counsel announced no further wove to save his life would be made. RAILAOADS MAY RAIGE Cincinnati, here today. They |JURY RETURNED VERDICT THIS The corpses | : 1o ftwo little boys were discovered in i the great feed box of a horse stable turned out to be| MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE MORNING AFTER BEING OUT | ALL NIGHT. (By Associated Press.) Wytheville, Va., May 17.—Floyd Allen, the mountuineer on trial for the murder of State's Attorney W. M. Foster, who was Killed in a raid on the Hillsville court in March, was today declared guilty of murder in the first degree. The jury was out all night. Sentence was not pronounced upon Allen today as he may be called on 1o testid When the verdict was announced Allen relapsed in other cases. into silence. SOUTHERN PRESBITERINS NEED MANY MORE IN MINISTERS' RANKS i | Bristol, Tenn., May lt,v\‘\-\'ou‘ hundred and thirty-live of the South- ern Presbyterian churches represent- ed in the general assembly are with- cut pastors, according to the report {of the exccutive committee on Chri ' tion education and ministerial relief general assembly wade today to the of the Southern Presbyterian church ssion here. i in the in s “Piere are needed at on the bodics of Robert and Urban Nichols, the tots who disappearcd from Lome April 29, and who had Washington, May 17.—The inter- fate commerce commission today is- cued an order allowing railroads op- | crating in the southwest to increase | Leen sought in almost every big city | rates on cotton and cotton Ilnh-rs:m the country. The boys father un- | from Texas points to New Orleans, jCover d the foor of one of them when approximately ten cents per hundred | food jounds, Le dipped the shovel into the It is aying abour the feed box DEATH OF LIPTLT. CHILD THIS AFTERNOON. Thiy afternoon at 3 o'clock Loui= arter, the ar-old daughter ANNUAL COUNCIY EPISCOPAL PIOCISE "‘D X ’z[t NIXT WEEK. g Mrs ). Carter, passcd | - At AL 4 N Al ! Jacksonvilie, May 17 i ixt av at the home of the parents on 2 ; ".‘ home k1S "I‘I Ininth anunal council of the kKl h Florida avenue atter an fHNESS |0 pigeese of Florida will be held 1 weel ral weeks > Promine nest week d from all par! ¢ convening of the ‘lu\llllll will take at 11 o'clock morning in the Church rd on Riverside, Vin this city churchmoen will atter jof Florida Th had been suffering stion of the brain and} although every effort wi little life, it funeral I'he little one il con rine, and place s BORTE 109 | Wednesday of the The program has been announced as w 1H tike place some time tomorrow. The | I to no avail. The 5 ) i g Good Shephe eod family have the deepest; i | follows: vmpathy of the community. e & Convening in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Jacksonville, Fla,, on MAPI.ES BOND ENTREATED. : May 11 a. m.—Council opens with the (elebratios of the holy communion and a sermon by the Rev. J. H. Brown, D. D, rector of Christ church, 1912 Gainesville, )Ia_\' 17.—-On Tuesday “ternoon when the name of M. W. Maples, against whom an indiciment for murder in the first degree is vending, wag called in the Circuit Pensacola. Court, he did not answer, whereupou Immediately after this service the the court ordered his bond, amount- | council will organize for business. believed they met death while | ng to $5,000, entreated, and a capias issued or his arrest. Maples, it will Afternoon——Business session. 8 p. m.—Annual missionary meet- be remembered, struck Robert Riles|ing. over the head with a pistol in the Depot Restaurant at High Springs on the afternoon of March 29, from the effects of which, it is alleged, Riles died. Maples was in Gainesviliz Monday and Monday evening, but May 23rd. 9 a. m.— Business session Afternoon—Business session. Woman's Auxiliary. Wednesday, May 22, 1912, 9 a. m.—Corporate communion of since that time nothing bas been|\v,men's Auxiliary at the Church of learned ag to his whereabouts. bond was signed by five parties, and they were made custodians of his Lody until such time ag his presence Wwas required in court. PRESBYTERIANS PICNICING AT INVERNESS TODAY. A big crowd of picnicers left Lake- | land this morning bound for Inver- ness, where they will enjoy the day, the occasion being the annual picnic of the Presbyterian Sunday schools of Lakeland and of Inverness. ' An extra coach was provided by | the A. C. L., also a baggage coach for the dinners. The day has been | bropitious, and the crowd will no, doubt return home this evening re- vorting a fine time. | | BIG PICNIC A'l' LAKE GIBSON. The Farmers Co-operative Union held a big picnic today near Laln' Gibson. A big crowd was present. His | ype Good Shepherd. 11 a. m.—Business session Daughters of the King. .Tuv.-day, May 21, 191z, 8 p. m.—In the Church of the Good Shepherd the bishop will give ‘hls annual charge. Corporate communion on Thurs-| | day, May 23, at 9 a. m, in the (Church of the Good Shepherd the bishop will give his annual charge. Corporate communion on Thurs- day, May 23, at 9 a. m, in the Church of the Good Shepherd, fol- lewed by business session. » Mlflllll WRIGHT ILL OF TYPHOID FEVER (By Associated Press.) Dayton, 0., May 17.—Wilbur Wright, the acroplane inventor, is| sufferinz with typhoid fever at his| Lheme here Vo omin- cighty-cight preshyteries | isters of the gospel and f these ! could be supported right now,” con- tinued the report. The committee, U which has special supervision of can "didates for the ministey, in its re- port had noted an inereasingly large pumber of such candidateg during ALLENFOUND GUILTY OF TFT 15 N THE FGHT IMPORTANT GATHERING: No. 169. I.IT'I LE ACCOMPLISHED In Mission Fields in China and I Brazil. { (By Associated Press.) P'ristol, Tenn.,, May 17.--Reports {0t the Presbyterian mission work in China and Mexico, occupied a large part of the report of the executive committee on foreign missions, made today to the fifty-second sembly o' the Southern Presbyterian church, in session here. Lack of prosperity in increased the hardships attendant i upon the work there, though it has progressed and the Bast and West Brazil missions have met much en- couragement, Growth is reported from the African field though the committee describes it as ‘“wide open,” recommending that “no meang should be spared that could possibly be employed for entering ev- ery open door. The loss of three missionary fam- ilics in Cuba, through scrious illness, has greatly crippled the work on that island, and the schools have been greatly handicapped by inadequate ecquipment. This condition, however, has had the effect of increasing the zeal of the native converts, 1f the ‘hools, yg the committee, could ho sufliciently equipped, it would no to rely on the FINISH WORKING TO CARB,Y OHIO, BUT NOT BASING HIS RACE ON SUCCESS THERE. (By Assoclated Press.) Cleveland, May 17.—Refreshed by a comparatively quiet night Presi- dent Taft left this morning to con- tinue his tour o4 Ohio in the inter- est of his candidacy. He declined to discuss the reports that he might abandon the fight for renomination it he should lose in the Ohio pri- maries next Tuesday. Men who are close to him place no credence in it ey point to the fact that hundreds ¢! delegates to the convention are iustructed for him and that a great fieht for him is still going on. Ohio friends say he is in the fight to the end WiLL STUDY NEEDS *UF NANGHTON Philadelphis May 17, tweltth international l.\\.-.:.ninn which \nll convene in EFFORTS MMETO are famed in their own count icits in construction work and many el (By Associated Press.) cliher technical Bristol, May 17, -Efforts were wde tihs morning in the Southern ssembly to re- longer be nece: ing on the work. The congress of toge llw than who Tave a are otherwise in- men, Fuowledge of or torested ininland and maritime nav- ication, Congress at Washington 15 taken official notice of the com- ing meeting, and President Taft as will as Gov, Tener, of Pennsylvania, o1 Mayor Blankenburg, of Philade!- phin, will be among those who will extend prtes and members of the s will be held under n Presbhyterian general open the celebrated Sinnot final action Leen reached. The North Alabama Presbhytery, of which Rev, W, 1 Sin yot is a4 member, endorsed the prop case in has not Alabama, but ormal welcomes to the dele- constitution. Sinnot objected was formerly censured by the p Congress The Congre aeneral as- BEGINNING TO GETFLO00 WATERS UNDER i BUT IT WILL REQUIRE TWO WEEKS TO STOP FLOW i OVER PLANTATIONS. : | Brazil has aid of the mother «huuh for carry- | osition of an amendment to the State | and | A reiated Press.) , May 17.--With ends of the Hymadia crevasse in the Mis- (By New Orles sissippi levee north of here success- !fully tied by government engincers, the first actual step towards the greater task of closing the 750-foot break began today. t will require two weeks to stop the flow of water over the rich plantations. During thousands of but this time hundreds of dollars’ damage will be done, I this is the best that can be done. Closing the break will cost a quar- ter of Two thousand men will be put to work on a million of dollars, the levee. The roar of water as it goes through the break can be heard for niles, 1t is understood that the paving of the streets in Pensacola has been delayed on account of the inunda- tion of the brick works in Coaldale, Al At least a half million bricks were tl.M\'u\otI by the tloods. FLORIDA CROPS ARE N FINE_GONDITION Crop condi= generally Washington, May 17 tions in Florida on May | according to the Cwere above normal, | May erop report of the bureaa of | Wistics, United States department The with comjparisons, of aericalture, just announced. 1 ocendition, "h':\ll‘:;::.‘d;;l'.,_.,\".f: :‘t'l-‘l'l‘;n o e anspices ut«l”x-u |)4‘|'Itl:tl|4')l|. '“'.tl Lytery. .‘\n appenl to the -_-,um-r.'l! WG the pring ipal crops, on the hasis | J i 2 Association of Navigation | sembly Last year was raled ont of OF- 1 pan pepresenting a normal, Wi as rious preshyterics since Jan. 1 of v Tk 36 A dor. 2 - this vear there is @ total of four hun el WL B L | follows & o R e Beleinm Iiternational = Asso ! Apr. 1 dred nd seventy-one candidates 8- arion i< coverned by a commission | BODY PASSED THROUGH. | Cron TR EI R IR EAE: Ay under their care. OF these WE g or detesates: appointed by - [Pineapples . ... 8% 75 71 W mmitice sys: e sovernments contributing to the | The body of Miss Abbic Lyle i Oran e o 9480 16 108 Yy cure til investigations W port of the orsanization. N ;V‘" 4 T e s 96 i X" 93 uvincaiiTaLtibsg o1 oufetol teenihers L is made up of these oy Lo Bartew, the mneral occurrine t Lime rees, .., 90 N1 5T nH prese e exceptionally Wil corporations and i pattiernoon at B oo'clock Grap trait 98 60 S0 100 u st s 1o character a0 @ ag ntore ted in maritime A large hering of friends a1 PR | T R | B ] to intellectual ability, Many ob 00, fYandal i all of whom were e 0w a0 9% s - = ) H_’ ALy H."k_ et The previons congresses were held | hows d in ¢ the zirl’ tra i ‘ N N1 H (59 sthools ar ollegey in \\I||-v|. the ti -l s Tn 18885 Vienwa, IN8S =y i o : i -y are studyn A larze majority ol ik ronstloiin; |\\,;’; i | Catiatoum %4 o, " S Al trom oor Bomes, e, 1x%0; Paris, 1xbz;| SHOULD YOUNG ASTOR DIE | White wotators. M1 N1 77 91 and unless tie yhoof preparation The Nazue. 18043 '“”“v“]" 'w‘j } L cCabhiany 50 - P e wmre. Laved s SON ' . . Pt b o den, 1s0n and St Petersn 1vos | er Will Get Bulk of Estate. { Spring pasture. 918 v 9% | it ”_“. : Skl e iy The object of the congress i to New York, May 8. Lawyers whao biay s e O i 2 [that 277, as awainst 250 TSt FEED 0 proeress of intand and [ Lave been discussing the will of Col | *Spring plowing @0 T i | have been ““”'"_‘_‘ o This aid B ademtion by Keeping it | Johm Jacob Astor have called atten- | TSP ng planting 60 w2 **n8 represented by $75, a reduction from G imed regarding the | tion to a peculiar condition arising | JORH0 for, s LR :\"” i""""'(”'w‘ oSt recent experience in the con- | because of the youth of Vincent A | % percentage done by May 1 und’lfl”um $100, which provailed from struction of great public works for | tor, who will not be 21 years old | v Car average i “”“.' ravigation and the technical im- | until next November — Should he The n value of important pro- The committee compliined ”“': provemc:t< in these works, The re. |die before he reaches his twenty- 4|.|< 15 on May 1 with comparisons of this wmount wes far siort 07 "h“,\ cent groit sea tragedy off the Now | first year the bulk of the estate will | the value on April 1 and on May 1, was needed and n'v‘lml that, thougi foundland Grand Banks will give the [ 1evert to Col. Astor’s first wife, Mrs, | t911, as announced by the depart- it had asked for $43,000 10 (arry OM\ opop o dded interest hecause some | Ava Willing Astor, for whom ne pro- | ment of agriculture, follows: this work, only $23,15% 22 had b'""" of the questions that have arisen in|vision was made in the will, and to May 1, recel_\efl from all sources oo aBAINS [ eopnonyinn with the foundering of [ Vincent Astor’s other next of Kin, Product — May 1 Apr. 1. 191L $28,715.44 the year previous. A de- {the Titanic will be a matter of dis- [ who would be his sister Muriel and [orn ....... 5 it ficit of $935.66 overdrawn was made | egion when the question of the | his half-brother or half-sister who is | Oats 83 18 necessary to help the 277 (undidates. 'mhu_ of unvigation comes up. The|to be born, Vostatons o L3 The ministerial relief « 1€ e gafety of navigation was considered Mrs. Madeling Foree Astor would [Hiay (oosey 1850 1880 ported that on the roll . %1 min- "1! an international conference in St. [ not share in the estate further than Kan. Cotton. .15 » |isters, 150 widows and i orphans poeoy o jast March and a re por | by the provision already made for | Butter 1 35 | representing 225 needy | The |will be made to the coming con-jher in the will. Under the law Vin- | Fess N e . " /inisters [ groge, cent Astor, being a minor, canno’ | hickens I::s 32‘h ATfl.’lht‘ "MO;:‘-‘ ¥ ;’ a:ldl - e, make a will disposing of his real es- " i e orphans o or R b et R "“u-spsupqrvis“d by 1 ,mmittee ‘mr ORLANDO IS DOING 5"‘”".‘”"1.‘,"“‘, :u- can '_“‘,I"N tn) “ltl To REBU[LD WAgggnLAFACTonY | of his personal property, which is !w“"’ $97,147.31. Amor - funds, IN ADVERTISING LINE. | 1he minor portion of the estate lef S lincluded are $10.424.6, the en-| him by his father | Mr. Eugene Holtsinger, of Tampa, dowment fund of mini- 4l reliefi | Qpe committee of the Board of | The petition for probate filed with | accompanied by a number of business $18,464.66 for the hon i school; vTrado- has reported that it has rai«w[’ the will sets forth that Mrs ,\‘n.;-f‘u“m jates and insurance men, were SHANELE 07 WEN oy 1 colleBeS. [ §500 for the new booklet issue. The a minor, being only 20 years old. ;in Waue hula Wednesday looking and $1,714.54 for ti. ools and second committee "lhwrvhm- in the um,cl’ cou s & guar- | over the plant of the Wanchula Man- colleges loan fund. ' im added | to the endowment fird lor minis- terial relief has incr a the prin-| cipal to $315,234.91 a:0ro0 hing the $500,000 endowmen' is set as the goal. ‘ The Y. M. ¢ Tampa has (launched an 2t paign to \raise fifty thousan! to finish paying for it 1 nt new | building. 1t is reaniza- houid tion doing no! have mno trou’ | money. the {ed, according s expected to re- port a similar collection very shortly Three hundred dollars was raised a'! the mecting of the board, when the project was discussed. Thus thir- teen hundred dollars will be expend to present plans for issue. —Orlando Reoprter-Star TWO CANDIDATES HERE. R. B Huffaker, prosecuting candidate attorney, and Lewis Bates, candidate for tax assessor, are | here today | ARRIES AT COPENHAGEN for facturing o, | | dian will be appointed for her by th Court in the as for Vincert As- probate Surrogate pro- coedings, as well for rebuilding The tor and Muricl Astor. ! e muech larger and be " S00Y OF DEAD KNG ¥ . the will not only be rel adjusting the ance on the recent fire and planning crate fac- b t drinking cap City Council 1 anti-pub! drinking insur- but will r than ever i p Several » T ir opini at ti (By Associated Press) ¥ \ .o nking cup m openhagen, LY The body menace to publi and ‘o pro- of the late King Frederick was | pjpit it would be like straining at 4 brought here today gnat and swallowing a ca 3T ] é‘,