Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 3, 1912, Page 1

[l Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. VoL 1 LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1912, No. 183. PREPARING FOR REPUB LICAN CONVENTION N CHGAGD COLISEUM WILL FOR THIRD TIME BE SCENE OF GATHERING TO MAKE HISTORY. sy licago, June 3.—For the third <ince its erection thirtcen years "u doors of the Coliscum will! Lrown open June 18 for the .ll~r :m.l.mun of a Republican na-| I convention. In 1904 the l{c-l 4ns nominated Col, Theodore | voit for president in the build- in 19uS under the same reol o 11 Taft was chosen as the| -~ stundard bearer, . Coliseum is on Wabash avenue | o1 FPitteenth and Sixteenth ' less than a mile from the cen- o0 Chicago's retail shopping and o1 district and is accessible trom (15 of the city by elevated roads lines, The Coliscum i fect long, 170 feet wide and T4 n heizht, built of stone, brick, and concrete and is fire-proot. ud= on the site of the old Lib- <on which was brought to Chi- ) Richmond, Va., in sections wilt the year of the world's by Charles F. Gunther and used ibit a valuable collection ot war relies, 1t is of modern Ro- Jvesque combined with the ! lated type of architectur It has been the of muny notable assemblages Las cleven large exits and can be 1 in five minutes in an emer- l . urtace AN0n 000, eiptied cney i+ sub-committee on arrange- ‘uts of the Republican nationzl mit under the directions of ‘ H New has expended $40,- (LTS ing the building for this ar's national convention of the Re- publican party. The building has .15y seats of which 7,988 are on ) 9 32 main floor and 3,200 in the bal- speaker's platform s built inst the south wall of the struc- . and extends across the entire dth of the buildin It is 75 feet decp and contains 1, seats, whici « occupied by the chairman, of- ors of the convention, members of committee and distin- hed guests, The seats back of the chairman’s © will be slightly elevated. Di- 11y beneath the chairman's table is o for four noiseless telegraph struments and their operators, by Lich news of the convention's pro- cdings wil] be fiashed to the world. both sides and extending in a circle around the front of the platform are seats and tables for 400 working newspaper men and corre- spondents from all parts of the coun- 'ty Direetly in front of these are the seuts for the 1,078 delegates ar- mnged by States. This space will be enclosed by a railing and closely fuarded by a large force of sergeants- at-arms. Back cf this are the seats 1or the 1,078 alternates enclosed by 9 railing. On both sides and in the rear of the space occupied by the felegates and alternates are 3,500 “levated seats for visitors. At the north end of the building a special !andstand will be erected. In the bal- ‘ony¥. which extends around the four walls of the huildinz there will be s for visitors. To avoid confusion in seating the ‘owd each entrance will be placard- showing the sections for which it ! be used and each ticket will bear #tter of the entrance for which intended. By this plan dele- nd visitors will enter the door t the seats assigned them. latform, aisles and all open 11 be covered \\'ivh matting the 'm\Am im of quiet while ion. Five #phonez and a larg» telegraph inst national spac 00 segts in se ments 2 varions parts of 2 for the accommodation s and the public. Archi- G. Brown has arranged 1 such a manner that the platform may be seen : ¥ section of the large hall. sfant-atarms William F. Stone assisted by a force of 800 SeTzeant-at-arms, doorkeepers (Continued on Page 4.) jmoved over to the lot adjoining |mm-. clearing the lot for the hand-! | some new building to be erectod for| JEFFERSON DMIS' ', workmen digging a ditch WILL MOVE CITY OFFICES TO SMITH HAB.DIN BUILDING | 1 Work on the new m\mn-lpal build- ‘ irg will be begun in a few days a nl" preparations are being made to vacate | the building which has served zms‘ purpose for the past seven )‘\\lra Rooms on the second floor of lh\‘ Smith Hardin building have h.anROUBLE SPREADING TO OTHER;THREE WARSHIPS OF KAISER rented for the period during which' the new building will be in process of construction, and the various city of-| fices will be removed there at once. The fire department, ete., will be the | uu property for the present, an: the remainder of the building will | be torn down or removed. The build- { ing was sold to the contractors who will make some disposition of it al | | | | \ municipal purposes, David Schmittendorf, a young farm- er, was drowned in Cleak Lake while in bathink on Sunday a week ago. Ilh. home was at Orlando. BIRTHOAY BEING | GENERALLY OBSERVED (By Associated Press. Richmond, Va., June 3. —Exer- ‘ cises in honor of the birthday of Jef- ferson Davis are being held throug I|v cut the south today. The day .u] legal holiday in Virginia, Georgi: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten-- nessee, Texas and South olina, Louisiana it is known “Confede ate Memorial Day.” graves of is as The | the Davis' family here arve being dec-| | orated. REDUCEIAPPAOPRTIONS FOR CANALS AND BUILDINGS (By Associated Press.) | Washington, June 3.-—Provisions for Taft's tarift board, eliminated in | the sundry civil appropriation bill, was reported to the House today. The bill makes heavy reductions in the provisions for the Panama canal | public buildings and other projects. advised the State department today ; STRIKER woxmm:n IN |1 (ville Academy, the funniest enter CUBANSITUATIONSHOMS TAFTWELCOMES SITING LTTLE I OF INPROVEMENT PROVINCES AND WHITES TAKE REFUGE IN CITES. { (By Associated Press.) ! Washington, June 3.—There 1 ,c'Nm\l improvement in .uudumn~‘ Tart came here today to oflicially wel- faround Daiquiri, according to but | Cuba, State department advices today, there is no encouragement in the re-, ports from other points in the island. | | While there have been no actual up- | risings, there are indications ot the existence of much unrest, The American consul at Cienfugo: that demoralization is extensive in the Santa Clara provinee and white | families are taking refuge in town CLASH WITH POLICE | (By Clinton, Aszociated Press.) June 2o One striker was| wotided in the cliash between the po- [ ceand strikers of Lancaster mil] day. ENGLISHESTRIRERS FAGE STARVATION UNLESS EARLY « ETTLENENT 15 MADE (By Associated Press.) Londou, June It is estimated tnat more than one hundred aad ten thousand dockmen and allied vorkers are idle today along the Thames, The condition of the strikers is becoming very serious, and unless the strike is speedily settled many will be on the verge of semi-starvation, AMUSING ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVEN JUNE 10TH. The Graduation of thy Pumpkin- tainment that ever been in Lake- land, will be given by local talent at the Herron theater, Mon evening, ‘wmtas moCoos | P June 10, Popular prices. The play GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. will be given under the auspices of £ {the UL DL . Come and see how fun- And Survivors of Titanic .Dua!ter to 1y your friends can act, Fine Erect Memorial to Major Bu_tt. Lepeeches, o funny e aureat ora- Washington, June 3.-—-President Feii . Mohe G Abss MUHHIONI0LN. fRus Taft, members of the diplomatic corps ‘I fa Washington and many high gov- | Within a day or two the cast of ernment officials have contributed 1)\ ShnFabtar . will <ba-whnonted, and a fund of several thousand dollars, | which is to be used to erect a me- | morial to Major Archibald W. Butt, | personal aid to two presidents, and to Frank D. Millett, vice chairman of | the national fine arts (ommnsinn‘ two Washington victims of the Ti- tanic disaster. ENTIRE TOWN WIPED OUT ON EAST COAST. Fort Lauderdale, June 3.—Today this place is in ashes as a result of a fire which occurred here yesterday morning, which resulted in a loss of over $200,000. Those whose places of business were swept by fire wer? Stranahan & Co.; postoffice; Wheeler Mercantile Co.; Everglades Grocery ('o.; Fort Lauderdale Pharmacy; Pio- neer Realty Co.; Gutchins' Bakery; | Herald printing establishment, owned | by G. G. Mathews, formerly of Bar- tow; Jeffries’ Meat Market; Johnson's Millinery store; Williams Bros., and other places nearby. The Osceola ho- tel was saved by heroic efforts. It is said that Melbourne's council will levy a tax on dogs. Theer are so many worthless dogs in Mel- hourne and it is expected that a tax will reduce their number. STRIKERS AND POLICE IN PITCHED BATTLE AT NEWARK (By Associated Press.) Newark, June 3.—A pitched battle between five hundred rioting labor- ers and the entire police and fire de- partment of Kearney suburbs was fought in the main street of the town lin this paper, the city | will then know who has the letters appearing last ot which to the U D, €. fol- the | heen public writing | the president of ows: Miss Anna Browning, Lak:land, Fla.: Dear Miss Browning Ve fecl bad about having to write thi- letter, but some of us boys have had a meeting and we have decided that we are not going to come over to lLakeland to hold any graduation c:-rcises, and have the girls in the cla:- make fools of us like they think t.°y are go- ing to do, by flirting v 'h some of the Lakeland dudes. If we are good enough to go with in P mpkinville, we are too good to huie our girls making eyes at som else when we get in a town like ..keland. We hope you will forgiv- 13, but you can see how it is and rou will not blame us. We were ng to have a fine graduation bhu: that is all changed now, and it i~ Il the fault of the girls. They wro' 0 the Lake- land Telegram that ' boys in this class have all got 'he welled head. Maybe we have. We l.ve got it bad | enough to know w ve are going 1to be made fools <0 please ex- us. Weg are Your trus friend SYLVIUS OTT! On receipt of ! having the m | ruse "AYBACK. ) arge decided «ople to take today and one ricter was fatally shot. The fight began when the striking laborers descended upon a gang of in the | street. | ~ e, the ladies LOOKS LIKE EXTRA SESSION 0!-' LEGISLATURE WlLI. BE CALLED. Tallahassee, June 3. There { to be considerable chance now of an VESSELS OF GERMAN fox session of the legislature. The (e cksonville Board of Trade has been it communication with the governor cencerning this, and has also sent let- ters to all the members containing an asreement tor them o .‘i'»lll 1 they would limit the session to thre jdays and in return the GIVEN OFFICIAL WELCOME AT OLD POINT TODAY. Jacksonville ! Board of Trade agrees to pay all ex pense of the three-day session. It is that a lar number of the members have signitied their wil- lingness abide by this arrange-| and it is also understood lln"‘ the only objection the governor would Liave to ealling the session would be (By Associated Press.) Monroe, June 3. -President Fort understood come three German warships, Moltke, ltx'vlu.\n and Stettin, that have come 110 return the American fleet’s visit to hiel last year, o ment PEOPLE WD AVE GO HERE AND MADE 600D SATISFIED INVESTORS IN THIS SECTION WHO HAVE BECOME ENTHUSASTIC BOOSTERS. A zood oxample of what can boe ac= complished in the way of hiusiness do- veloptuent in one yeas, is Y [ the rising firm ot instanced in Pickard, Pickard Bros, | the o head of and Selsemeyer, of this city The foreign vessels weee met at Virginia capes by Admiral Winslow's llm.l it might be the legislature would Just one year azo Mr. Pickard came third division of the Atlantic flevt, | 43iFe to:5g into an extended sillina.‘]u-w from northwestern Canada in and wore escorted (0 Ol Potut, where | 107 Which there does not seom 10 be ol of a milder climate for hime any at necessity just now, But if ident of the United States ex- A . @ majority of the members agree be- weleome to the Kais-| the pry tended I”\‘Shi[l.\ and ofticers. forehand to limit the sesion to three days it will in all b | | JEFFERSON DAVIS' BIRTHDAY, | SENATE COMMITTEE s ot e FAYORS CONSTRUCTION e D OF TWO BATTLESHIPS er's ba probability Today ix Jetferson Davis’ bhirthday. The occasion was not observed by Veterans or in Conted HE 1y only obs (By Associated Press.) Washington, June The sepate | naval affairs committee today re- stored to the naval appropriation hill the provision for two hattleships STILL ON STRIKE | IN' NEW YORK| (By Associated Press) New York, The waiters and cooks for higher w shorter hours and union recognition, entered upon its second week tod Which was stricken out by the House A hank has just been ovaanized at Umatilla with George V.o beVault o Fpresident. The institution has a cap- | ital stock of §$15,000, BALTIMORE TRUST CO. June B strike ot \vi|.h .hnlh. strikers and employ i i | BOND SALE RESTRAINED 100 TEACHERS SELECTED By A Wres ) FOR SERIVCE IN PHILLIPPINES.| EBaltimore, Md, June 3. Judge Rose in the United States District Court signed an order today restrain- ing the Baltimore Trust from Hing $1,250,000 in bonds of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and lron Co., held as collateral to secure notes for $a3e,0000 The hearing is set for June 12, An injunction petition has heen filed by connsel representing the company . Hoadley, | chairman of the board of directors, Washington, June 3. The burean of insular aftairs has just mmplul.-n' the selection of hundred American teachers for service in |h-~‘ Phifippine islands, These young men and women come from the best uni- and normal schools it section of the United | States and were selected from a lavger | elig list of candidates than | hetors insular branch of the government over one versities, colle almost ey and George ever | | CLAUDE ALLEN FOUND GUILTY ! OF MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE. ible applied for positions with the ser vice After de a halt Sat- Wytheville, Va, June 3 Liberating two hours and More than eleven years of our oin- cationul experiment there has dem- | onstrated 1o those who have investi- urday afternoon, the jury in the cice sated the subject that, as a noted of Clande Swanson 1?“"", found the cducator on his return from ||.4.;.\0nnu man guilty of l_uulrnlvr .n. the orient said, “the achievements of the | second degree for the killing of Judge burcan of education in the Philip-| Thornton L. Massie, and recommend- led punishment of fifteen years in the pines make as bright and inspiring a chapter of history as was ever wri ten,” and that our insular service of- fers an excellent opportunity for hon- est, energetic and well educated young men to render a most conspicu- ous service for the government and for themselves. It is very gratifying to the officials tc know that there is such an increas- ing interest in its insular possessions aalnst him are pending. O any of ard that it can-depend upon )oung,[”wm it is possible he may be found clear-brained and clear-minded men | guilty of first degree murder of good education to f_-r.mer its service Th-.- hrosecitlon -aninounced and assist in the solution ol Woms ot | the next to go to trial will be Cland. 1 penitentiary. ! Sentence was suspended in order that the prisoner may testify in oth- er cases growing out of the shooting {up of the Carro® county court house, March 14, last, when five persons were killed by the Allen clan The verdict does not mean that Clande Allen s escaped the electric chair, as four other indictments | that | possible location, fmneh pleased with Lak el and family, al determination After carefully look- ing over o part of Florida with 1 to secure the best he decided to Jocate at Lakeland permanently He at onee Ppurchased the splendid - grove and truck farm, “The Sheltering Oaks,” situated on Lake Hollingsworth, a shors distance southeast of town, and the firm of Pickard Bros. & Selse- meyer wias o orzanized. The invest- ment proved to be a profitable one, the first crop netting the owners ahout one-third of the entire cost of the property, Add to this Mro Pickard has cltered $5,000 in advance of the pur- chise response to numerous inguiries of heen price. Soon after coming here i triends in Canada and Minnesota con- corning Florida Tand, the firm docid- v to ke up the sale of real estate a side line, Mr. e has made a specialty of grove and Pickard being a practical farm- truck land, However, the business has srown so rapidly that he has now included town property and it is future probable that in the near a all his time to the sale of city property. riember of will devots Among those who becam,. inter- estedd in Florida and Later purchased Find of this tirm are Mr. ¢, 8. Cox, A prominent groin dealer and lumber of Park Rapids, Minn, Mr, Coy alo bought a tine picce of grove Tandd of the Florda Lakeland Homes Coo barl 0 May, manager. He was dand and in- tends heealter 1o bring his family and at least pend the winters amid the delizhts of oty semi-tropical elis mate G A Trae, o prosperous far rof | 12 Mield, North Drikota, chiose a bean- titu] spot of forty acres on Lake Bouny, and will move here with his emily in the fall to engage in grove and truck farming. Mr. 1. Powers, of Bryan, 0., came here with his fam- a fow week s azo and pnrcha very desirable grove with a be N overlooking Lake Hollings- worth. Mr. Pickard was able to se- enre for them just what they want- el They are now nicely settled and {dlighted with their new home. Mrs. | Willits and her sister, Miss Fan- ny Dbavidson, of Ilineis, well known land, were so pleased with the dy Home the problems which daily confront it Students and travelers in the orient in recent years have returned to the United States with the report tha the center of the activities The defense objected, and thiz will be argued July 1. Judge S instructed that a ve- east is to be the 1, be summoned groatest governmental - of the twentieth century and our p Preparations are beinz made in tion in the Philippines has made it Palatka for the b t oFurth of possible for those on the gronnd 1o July celebration « held in that get an insight into these problem= and take a very active part in L'l':' on insofar as the participation concerned OF GLARENCE IIAHHIIW pub to ask the help of o0 the places of inville young pines, modifiod un- (By Associate q. Pross people, and they o7 to announce ity for tur zrowth, is ve great y A1 T | that a1l the p! ow filled with The oreuni ) ! prim vived by B | able substitute names will be tive period hur d vounz oow en announced soor men who ha m San - = Francisco o add z and t Wm. J. P nine acre experience o nir housand the \ field next ' ng, at Hast-! American and Filipino teachers al- o ings, dug 257 har ! potatoes, of ' ready on the ground und ar «rnoon. Darto which 293 were No ind 60 No. 21 with the local situation, will result 1r MeN stock. The total T n sfrom 'h’.'i: a very material advance i .h sale of this (0D ¥ » a lit- | performance of our obligations i of Los Ane tle over $300 per acr Philippines. Allen, for the murder of Sheriff Webh | l.rge returns of their orange grove | Jast year that before leaving for their porthern home for the summer they {parchased through the firm another | 1ract of zood Florida land They will their winters in | continue 1o spend Lakeland reaching tra A expert, Meharg, a few ndid grove adv been s it w:l' ire sed in his ever in the say Iam that 1 made ind in- so what =0il Wi oo Why, I have = on t [ wr S0 1 (Continued on Page | i S —C