Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 13, 1912, Page 1

'HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. No. 192. OLYMPIG ATHLETES SAIL — oL 1 eOIOmONS STILL BA LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13. 1912. BEAUTIFUL. HARMONY 15 CUBA DOESHT WANTOU ARMISTEAD GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER { HAWKINS CASE RESULTS IN VERDICT OF “NOT GUILTY." . FLOODED JSTRE way AND BEAST SUFFERING FROM INVASION OF MISSIS- SIPPI WATERS. v Associated Press.) . June 13—A des- ing waged in La- joining parishes to s from the Hymelia inundating more sons and increase the any thousand dollars. we given up the - A thousand head % are isolated and almost die. Countless rabbits. i other woods creatures can xposed knolls. The plight - is pitiful. E RAILROAD COMMIS- SIAISION MAY REDUCE TARIFFS. m Lassee, June 13.—The Flor- yal commission has {ssued wing notice to all railroad and other common car- State of Florida. If order after hearing in the it of this rule, as suggest- the notice, it will be one of t important actions taken by smmisisoners in some time. Sald .+ ¢ now in effect provides for a m of 10 per cent of the local figuring joint and through s will be seen below, the mended rule provides for or cent reduction and elimi- lasses 1. N. 0. and P. as be- ns to this rule. This ac- f unusual importance to the g public of the State as a action would result in reduction of freight en points in Florida: ‘ommissioners of the State fa to All Railroads and «f Companies Doing an In- .« Husiness in the State of .« that on ghe 17th day 10 o'clock in the wll hold a meeting in the city of Tallahassee msider whether or not tnend Rule 19 of our te the Transportation v that t same shall at e uts of freight, not iating and which : or portions not under the laximum rate 1ts shall not of the local s less twenty 1ce hauled al rate thus lits from the point of des- 4 in such pro- roads over < P4ss. S0 as to uterested in the + less twenty distance such onditioned upon ivering the traf. Z road at i's near- is State, « whole 0 the 11l be con- total of any his rule from 1 proporgions be- terested in the ¥ agree upon; but a “tween the roads 10 way affect the '™ be charged and T wWork delay in the { such freight, or be 0 the commission ou and each of nity for a just eon. of our chairman n of our board “of at our of- - day of June, SON BURR, tizens have set ¥ fair associa- Fellowing long and able argumen: by attorneys, the case of Lee Armis-' tead. the negro charged with mur-: dering Policeman Yates, of Plan® City, went to the jury at noon yes-| terday. After getting dinner the jury { repert for several hours. It began tu be felt that another mistrial would te the result but just before 5 o'clock the jury reported a verdict of man-' siaughter. Attorneys W. K. Zewad-| ski, 8r,, and Jr, will make a motion | for a new trial. Omne of the grounds is expected to oe that the verdict| was contrary to the evidence. | A large number of Tampa and! Plant City people were in the court | room at the time but no serious dem- | onstration Tribune. PIPE. LINESGARE OtG ARED COMMON CARRIERS BY DECISION (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 13.—The com- merce commission held that pipe companies transporting oil between the States are common carriers, and ordered thirteen of the largest oil pipe lines to file schedules and com- ply with the provisions of the inter- state commerce act. HON. W. K. JACKSON AGAIN ELECTED SECRETARY. Tampa, June 13.—Selecting St. Augustine as their next meeting place, the State Retail Dealers’ Asso- ciation adjourned yesterday after-| noon after electing the following of- ficers for the coming year: G. E. Noblitt, Tarpon Springs, pres- ident; D. E. Mclver, Ocala, vice pres- ident; G. F. Altman, Tampa, second vice president; D. L. Thomas, Tampa, treasurer; \W. K. Jackson, secretary. | The executive committee is com- ;posed of F. H. Young, Lake City, "chairman; F. 8. Meserve, of St. Au- (gustine; C. W, Carlton, Fort Myers: "It. D. Harris, Leesburg. Transportation committes will be made up of B. F. Watts, Leesburg; R. A. McMahon, Dade City; W l-’.{ Fee, Fort Pierce; G. H. Cantrell,| Jacksonville; J. . Byars, Tallahas-| see, The resolutions committee is com- | posed of L. N. Pearce, Newberry; A.| . Sloane, Clearwater; John W. Wat- son. Mr. Noblitt was vice president and was promoted to the presidency, put- ting a South Florida man at the head of the association. Secretary W. K Jackson, of Lakeland, was re-clect-| ed. President George H. Fer cne of the most popular hardware mew in the State, retires RIFLE COMPETITION TO BE HELD JUNE 17. was attempted. —Tampa | Jacksonville, June 13.—Under the auspices of the Florida State Rifle Association, the 1912 rifle competi- tion of this State will commence Monday morning, June 17, at 8 o'clock, at Black Point on the mili- | tary rifle range. The official program ,of this competition has just been re- ived from Adjutant General J Clif- |ford R. Foster, of the National | Guard. The official program contains a |list of the matches, fire, position, rules, prizes and other details. The | principal match is the Taliaferro trophy event, which will be fought for by rifle teams representing every company of the Florida troops CALIZIAOMED I NELL T Miami, June 13.—Randolf Alden, five-year-old son, and youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lee Allen, of Al- |lapn(ah. was drowned yesterday aft- ernoon in a well near the Allen home, while playing with his sisters, and other children. The well is used by Mr. Allen for irrigating purposes, and, while the ‘ther children were walking over a plank laid across the top, the little boy attempted to do what he had seen the other children do. When about half way across the plank, he fell, and before he could be rescued, was drowned. | cel :a proxy, out of the committee ses- STLL O TIP 6.0.p TIONS CONTINUES TO GROW MORE INTENSE. (By Associated Press.) Twelve Tal: werg seated this morninz June 13 delegates by the Republican nacional commit- ‘_ tee. This morning’s coutests decid- ed being those in the Mississippi dis- tricts only, viva voce votes were tak- {en, demands by Roosevelt men for| . { roll calls being ignored. An attempt was made to keep l~‘ran-f «is J. Heney, of San Francisco, whui Las been attending the meegings wllhf sion was made today on the groun.l: that he ran on the Democratic ticke! ’ for prosecuting attorney of SanFran-| cisco. This Heney denied, saying h.-: ran on the Independent ticket, and the motion to oust him was tabled. Senator Dixon, Roosevelt's cam- paign manager, charged this morn- ing that a member of the national committee has been promised a Unit- ed States marshallship if he would vote for Taft on a contest under con- sideration, and could name the man if necessary. Missouri's four delegates-at-large contested by Taft were credited to Roosevelt unanimously. NSHVLLEELADY DOMTES FUND T0 SUCOLOGGA.COVRES (By Assoclated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., June 13.—-It is announced today that Mrs. k. W. Cole, widow of a Jocal capitalist, has agreed to donate enough money to place the recently organized Southe ern Sociological Congress on a sound fnancial basis and give it perman- eney. JUDGE MACK DISCUSSES RELIGION AND CHARITY. Cleveland, 0., June 13- Judge Julian W, Mack of the United States Court of Commerce and president of the National Conference of Charitics and Correction, in his presidential eddress, which marked the opening of the =even days’ sessions of he thirty-ninth annual conferenee bore 1 profound peal to the manhood and womanhood of the the nation for a broader, more constrn live charity than has ever heretofore heen practiced in ihis county, After reviewing the advances have been made in che correctional work in the States since the National Confer met in Cleveland in 1580, which period he said it had beon dis- covered that the roots of the i of dependency and delinquency wer to be found not only and not prizar- ily in the individual, but in ty itself, and after paying a 1w ked tributs to the Men and R.li:on Movement, which he characterizod as an event than which none had Heen so full of promise for the tu: Judge Mack concluded that ever our differences may be, w: all agree that while religion | than good air, good water, good ' good wages, in its social full is not less; however strong the emphasis that has h been laid upon social service ligious duty, surely the bonds of man brotherhood would be - ened and the cause of social ; advanced if a broader forward move- ment, limited not to men and 1ot to the followers of a single r-iziom, were by the united action o -uch representagives of all faith; u: are gathered here carried into ity, village, and hamlet of our land. We/| should not then have to awii® an-‘y oher Titanic disaster to find al! men, | regardless of race and rank ! and station, riches ry, ast evening, made a tes and deeper, that ind nee during e, at- fhall more od, it be ore standing together upon 2 ommon|cial which will zet the fruit to mar-| any | platform of genuine democra :. Vie- ing with each other in upholdng the noblest traditions of the ra= -acs rificing even life itself in the =rv-; ice of the weakest and poore=" of their fellows.” llu-\-- the blue jackets sent recently | =] 110 IN SETTLING (ROUBLES began its consideration but did no:! FEELING BETWEEN RIVAL FAC OBJECTS TO U. S. SENDING ARMY ! wi OFFICER TO BRING ABOUT PEACE. | | { (By Associated Press.) nam, June 15 —The secretary the interior bureau stated today it proposition to send Major | Groneral Wood or Brigadier General Crowder on a mission to Cuba would | regarded with disfavor by the| uban government if they came with ity to arrange terms of settle- it me between the government atud & nsurgents Marines Relieve Bluejackets. ! (By Associated Press.) i Santiago, June 13, —Fifty-five ma- | rines were landed today ai Felton, on the north coast of Oriente, to re- to guard the Woolford mines. Proposition Not Seriously Considered (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 13.—Adminis- trations have not seriously consid- ered sending an army officer to Cuba now to bring ahout peace between the factions MEXICANS TIRED OF GUERILLO WARFARE OF REBEL ARMA (By Associated Press.) Santa Rosalia, Mexico, June 13.— Peoply through whose territory the rebel army has marched and which has been devastated by taking of live stock and provisions, are greatly incensed and are ready to volunteer in the federal army to help put down the uprising. 1t is clear ghat the Niexicans, especially those who own lund, are tired of o much war uu- rest STATE DRUGGISTS IN SESSION AT ST. AUGUSTIN E. { Well at-! interesting Augustine, June 135, with most tended and meetings ihe convention of the SEte fovaey nine babics born in eities, one | Pharmacentical Association li)n-ll-'ll} at the Blks' hall at 10 o'clock yes-| terday morning after a half-honr of | The ! Hawkins case. aft- I nizht, this morning | tevilie, N vin the Myrtl, o being our . Jdune returned a verdict of not gailty for ! all the seven defendants indicted. ! The was greeted with ay verdier i W demonstration by a crowded | | court room. when the prisoners and seme of their ‘ds shouted tor joy id eaped to the twelve tarmoer jut ors, whom they Kissed and embra W Me- Beatrice an M The seven defendants, Neall and danghter, Mecall; her hinsband George DBradley Bradley, and Mrs. Lizzie Shaft, and Mrs e Britn, the latter two of Asheville, wery adjudged not guilty under the tour counts in the bill of fudictment, thos leaving the oft-re- redted question, **Who killed Myrtle Hawkins?" still unanswered, and the and brother, Boney ’\\ holy mystery intensitied MACK MRRNES IN BALTINGRE T0 ST THNGS (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, June 13. — Informal meetings of the Democratic national committeemen, with National Chair- man Mack within the next few days are expected to outline the plan of proceedings for the convention. Chairman Mack is due to arrive this afternoon to open headquarters of the national committee, DOORS SWING BOTH WAYS IN THIS REPUBLICAN HOME. Chicago, June 13.-—Patrick Door and his wife, of Westville, Okla., ar- rived last night, thy former prepared to do battle in the interest of Theo- dore Roosevelt and Mrs. Door to sup- port President Taft. Door was postmaster of Westville until Col. Roosevelt tossed his hat into the ring. Then Door resigned. Mrs. Door remained a supporter of Taft and was appointed to her hus- band’s place The greed before leaving home not to argue politics with each other. UNITY PLAN FOR iNFANT WELFARE WORK. | COMM Cleveland, O, June 13 Ot of and mo-t of these could bhel aved, aecording to the statement of Wilhuy ¢ Phillips, seeretary of the \buer Metall; ‘ FOR. STOGKHOLM IN LUXURY AMERICAN TEAM WILL HAVE GREAT SHIP AS GYMNASIUM AND TRAINING GROUND. i (By Associated Press.) | N York, June 13 The athletes who sail for tockholm W Amer- van tomorrow will travel and live in far tter comtort d have better op- ‘]N rtunities for practice than any of the other tour teams which the Unit- od States has sent across the sea for the Olympic games. By chartering a large ocean liner for the exclusive use of the athletes and their follow- ers, \the American committee has of the which have beset the other journeys the athletes, altkough the records of vie- {overcome many hardships and undoubtedly handicapped tories necessitate no apologies. Once the athletes have set foot on the steamer Finland at New York to- morrow, they will mako the big ship their only home unti] their return early in August. They will be away nearly seven wecks, perhaps longer, but during all that time it will prob- ably not be necessary for them to undergo a single change in diet. At Stockholm they will evade the gen- cral scramble for hotel accommoda- tions by keeping their quarters aboard ship. It is doubtful if the Atlantic ocean has ever witnessed such an athletic carnival as will take place en routo with threa score and more sprinters and runners, hurdlers and jumpers and welght men at practice. Trainer Murphy will limit the work to a minimum for training purposes, but even Withoat extra effort it is cer- tain that with so many crack athletes mid-Atlantic records will all be set anew The Finland is a much larger craf* than those used in previous Olympis trips. Her main deck is large enough for a track of eight laps to the mile, and there is plenty of room for jump- ing pits and places for thy shot-put- ters and weight men to work. The has a fing gymnasium and swimming tank. said that the athletes will not to wear spiked shoes when running deck, but the e hip oflicials have helped by Laviv © a five-foot rubber mat around bout a larze 6 | e permitted cial grecting and renewing of 0L epind Welfare commission of Milwan- {50 Gl e boat, which quaintanceship among the members pos iy diseussing a community PRI i tend 1o avert the danger of the at the Elks club. The storm of the | past few davs interfered with seve ral | coming Following the calling to order of | the President W, D] Jones of Jacksonville, an invocation was offered by the Rev. A, V. Pick- ern, pastor of thye Ancient City Bap- pist church The address of welcome was then delivered by Mayor De Witt Webh Mayor Webh zave the visitors fitting welcome in an eloquent address and offered them the hospitality of the Ancient City. The address of welcome was sponded to in a wel] worded address by Macon Thornton, of Ormond, a! prominent member of the associa- tion. At 2 o'clock the ladies were taken cn a sightsecing trip over tha city on the sightsecing auto. The ladies’ entertainment committee was in| charge of this Last night was the big event of the convention-the annual banque and reception took place at the Elks’ club. The druggists and their | ladies were present and the entire evening was given over to the feast) and to speech making. Today the druggists of the city! will close at noon and will be closed | until 6 o'clock in the afternoon In’ order that th¢ local druggists and| their employ«s may give the entire afternoon to the entertainment or| their guests The Florida E has recently put on a pineapple spe convention by re- ket many hours ecarlier than schedule heretofore in vice. The i tor mfant welfare work hetore n..v} vational conference of charities and | {correction hiere this morning | Mr. Phillips proposed the organi 7ation of health centers, providing for the correlation of the the community, o edneation social service of Iy cared for and instructed before the birth of children, upervised atter birth babies properly e contended that such service can by the furnished in aver community at the rate of $6 per vear for each mother and babe. He estimated the actual cost to parents in Milwanke of rearing babics to the average age they die, four paying confine- | which or about months, of mend, clothes, baby carriage, high-| chair, layette equipment, doctor bills, medicine, ete, not less than $120 2ch, and that the actual cash los: cost of a- represented by one dead baby there- would purchase medical and supervision and for fore nursing twenty babies for one year CORTELYOTESTIRES 5 TO0 NONEY TRUST (By Associated Press)) New York, June 13.- B wary of the treasury questioned to- investigation | George Corteleyou, under Roos day’s hearing so at of the the end that mothers may be proper- runners falling Biz wooden boxes filled with dirt have been placed on Board chip as pits for the jumpers and pole vanlters and weizht men TOMORROW IS FLAG DAY Friday, the 14h ot June, which | will be Flag will | with appropriate exercis Lplaces ¢hroughout the dominion | the Stars and Stripes | e day, be observed in many oceasion will be one of signi- marking the 1 The ‘ll- wnee to the patriotic, | anniversary of the adoption by Con- | gress of the United States flag in its | present design The fir George Washington at Cambrids t colonial Mag was hoisted hy but this bore a similarity to the Eng- lish ensign, in that it had in its cor- per the cros=es of Saints Andrew and eorge. There were thirteen stripes, but thess were perpendicnlarly ar- ranged, instead of horizontal, as at present, When Vermont and Kentucky were admitted into the Union two more of these perpendicular stripes were added In 1818 Congress pased which limited the stripes go th and provided for stars to repres the States, in the gpace before o« pied by the Andrew and St. George Tenne mitted into t an rosses of teenth Stace ade wer had a lod money trust, testi- ent’s loan o New York banks i » pani NEW JAIL FOR LAKE HELEN. special, limited to forty-five cars, is made up at Fort Pierce and leave ev- ery afternoon for South Jacksoaville, the distributing point. ! w<tate men are iation for their mu- Petersburg o number had thirteen and lim- ssion r, hasz a stripe in | strip | been ited heofre ut 0 ¢ adm the rov » mari flag ! The szraph operators employed he New Haven railroad have v days’ notics on the com- ting an increasein wages | | b¥ served t ipany req