Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 12, 1912, Page 1

foL. 1 UFOLLETTE 0ES TEDDY, 1SES BN SXCANDIDATE PUBLISHES EDI- [0RIAL COMPARING CONDUCT oF ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN. (By Associated Press.) ton, July 12.—Under cap- yan, “Case of Mr. Roosevélt)” Sen- ;wr LaFollette has”written an“edb torial in the current number of La- follette’s Weekly™ attacking Roose- selt and praising Bryan’s actionfl at {he Baltimore convention. m n' dcle says: “Bryan, forgetting the chances of his own nomination, brav- ing the Tammany trusts, and carry- ing the convention for the adoption of the most progressive platform yet offered, and the nomination of the most progressive candidate, was a wwering figure and a moral power. Rootevelt at Chicago, backed by noney from the trusts, organized fake contests, involving 200 delegates, to wontrol the convention and get his own nomination.” LaFollette says when Roosevelt aw a chance for Hadley’s nomina- tion he started the third party move- gent, showing that he was working for himself and not for the public good. He further says that meither Taft nor Roosevelt had enough hon- atly elected delegates to control the convention. HOOFT, OF ROTTERDAM, BABON Washington, July 11.—Baron H. D. W. Hooft, of Rotterdam, Holland. is here conferring with Senator Dun- can U. Fletcher and Dr. C. J. Owens, president and managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress respectively, concerning immigration of Dutch and Belgian farmers to the southern States. The baron, who belongs to one of the most ancient and wealthy noble families of Holland, is organizing a FRuropean Mortgage Co. of Rotterdam to finance Dutch and Belgian farmers who wish to take up southern farm lands. Already some of these immi- grants have settled in Florida, and more are to be sent soon from Am- sierdam and Rotterdam to other southern States. “The south should advertise its immense opportunities in Europe, like Canada and some of the western States are doing,” declared the baron. He says the south offers to the Eu- ropean farmer, who wishes to emi- grate, the best chance in the world '0 become independent. He is mak- lug it part of his emigration propa- sanda in Holland and Belgium to tell his countrymen of the wonderful possibilities for European settlers in the southern States. “Some two years ago,” sald the baron, “I was in -Amsterdam, in the Amitel hotel, and met an American, Who told me of the opportunities in ‘ee south. My interest was aroused, ind after a trip to Florida two years 0 I interested many friends in the ‘“migration project. We have sent Some farmers to Florida, where they e doing well, and will soon send “_"H'b I have succeeded in making Florida ang other southern States ¥ell known in Holland. ‘When I re- tury [t to Holland I will make a report O the Dutch minister of foreign af- airs on the possibilities existing Tor ;’““ !mmigrants in this section of the ‘h"m:d States, and of the grrat work ¢ Southern Commercial Congress is d.:m:g in developing the southern States,” ALL PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AGAINST BUBONIC PLAGUE. —— \\'ashington, July 12.—Surgeon General Blue, of the public health Service, hag approved a regulation to Prohibit. passengers from Havana en- “1I0g any port in Florida unless they F::‘ be.en detained seven days at the “conla Quarantine station, Ance ang t 3 S This one because of the short dis- * between Florida ports and Ha- THE LAKELAND EVE * Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. FINE PEACHES BEING SHIPPED BY MR. L. E. ELLIS. Mr. L. E. Ellis, who is shipping peaches from Reynolds, Ga., remem- bered the editor again today by ship- ping him two crates of fine Elberta peaches—each one as fine as the good old State of Georgia caf produce. It is all very nice to bring the editor big sweet potatoes and other truck be can't eat, on account of its great size, but' a gentleman like Mr. Ellis is considered a gentleman and a scholar and a judge of what is the proper thing to do, and he has our 'best thanks for the fine fruit. Mr. Ellis has shipped on ‘an aver- age of a car load of peaches a day since going to Georgia, a good num- ber of which have come to Lakeland. He makes a specialty of individual orders, and can sypply any quantity on short notice. AMERIGAN UNIVERSITY LIFE ARRAIGNED Prominent Educator Declares Uni- versity a Resort for Ex- travagant Idlers. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, July 11.—An arraign- ment of American university life was delivered last night, at the meeting of the National Educationa] Associa- tion by Chancellor Samuel Avory, of the University of Nebraska, who de- 'clared that many students are ex- e S A TR SRS NI TR it 2 S B . Mo i A M M A 05 N 5 N i . N . T a0 1 el B LSRR ZAT i e BN e el e BT travagant idlers, who, being able to afford it, spent their winters in some fashionable university which they re- gard as an attractive winter resort. MISS BELL AND MRS CROOM RESIGN POSITIONS * Tallahassee, July 12.—Miss Jeffer- son Bell, who for several years has most efficiently filled the position of secretary of the State pension board, has resigned. .Misg Bell has been 4 most faithful and valuable clerk in this department of office of comp- troller, and her services will be very much missed. Her sister, Mrs. Croom, who also has held a position in the office of the comptroller, has resigned. They both will lerve for their home in Ocala Saturday. The names of those to fill the vacancies have not yet been made public. IN-LEON COUNTY tLECTION DRYS WIN; TALLAASSEE JUBILANT Tallahassee, July 12.—In the wet or dry election held in Leon county today, the vote so far counted, gives 347 for dry and 214 for wet. Later returns will give the drys 175 ma- jority. The election was very quiet. HON. J. M. CHENEY MAY BE JUDGE LOCKE’S SUCCESSOR. Washington, July 12.—It is report- ed here that Hon. J. M. Cheney, of Orlando, will in all probability be Judge Locke's successor. Judge James W. Locke, for forty years judge of the United States Dis- trict Court for the Southern District of Florida, tendered his resignation to President Taft Wednesday. He was appointed by President Grant in 1872 and was the oldes tUnited States district judge in point of service in the country, ' TAMPA’S MAYOR OFFERS TWO CENTS EACH FOR RATS. Tampa, July 12.—Although no fear is entertained that the plague will reach Tampa, Mayor McKay is tak- ing all precautions, and has offered 2 cents each for all rats killed in this city. SECRETARY MEYER'S HEALTH 15 IMPROVED (By Associated Press.) Hamilton, Mass., July 12.—Secre- tary of the Navy Meyer has so far a rest. improved from a recent dttack of ty- phoid that he will be able to leave home here and go into Canada for LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912, ANERIGANS CONTINE 10 THE PRIZES RESULT OF OLYMPIC GAMES TO- DAY AGAIN GIVE UNITED STATES FIRST PLACE. (By Associated Press.) g Stockholm, July 12.—The Olympic record for running broad jump was beaten at the games this morning by Albert L. Gutterson, of the Uni- versity of Vermont, with a jump of 24 feet 11 and a fraction inches. . Winning the first heat of the 400 metédrs semi-finals, Charles D. Reid- path, of Syracuse University, beat the Olympic record Albert L. Gutter- son, of the University of Vermont, won the running long jump final. C. D. Bricker, of Canada, was second, and G. Aberge, of Sweden, third. The team race of 3,000 meters, first heat, Tnited States, first; second heat, Ger- many first; third, England, unop- posed. - SCHOOL FACILITIES Ni OT QUITE AS LARGE AS INDICATED. In the article in yesterday’s paper relative to the new school building in southeast Lakeland, an error was made in regard to the cost of the building, a misplaced comma giving Lakeland a $200}000 school house when it should have read $20,000. Lakeland is growing, but we’re not quite up to the first figures yet. 000 bond issue to construct a boule- | vard from that place along the front to Lanatana: UNFORTUNATE. MAN STARTED FOR HOME Difficulty Experienced in Getting Him On Train—Officer Marshall Ac- companied Him, As stated in yesterday's Telegram, Officer Dan Marshall was to leave last night for Jacksonville with Prof. Rinker, the gentleman from Martins- burg, W. Va., who suddenly became mentally unbalanced while in Lake- land, and who was placed in jail Wednesday night for safe keeping. In order to have plenty of time, the officers went to the jail last night about 9:30 to awaken the man and get him ready for the journey. They had considerabie troubie in arousing him, but finally they succeeded in getting him outside the jail. He then called for ice water and drank a large quantity, after which he stub~ bornly refused to move out of his tracks, He demanded that the man be pointed out to him who placed him in jail, and for a time Marshal Tillis held his breath, but somebody said that the man who accomplished this feat had gome to Bartow, and after that our Lakeland chief of police wore the smile that wouldn’t come off. Prof. Rinker kept up a running fire of conversation, all of which showed he was completely unbalanced and it was only after the train had pulled in from Tampa that the of- ficers, assisted by three or four men, found it necessary to pick the de- mented man up and almost carry him to the train. During all this time he was protesting vigorously, but he was finally placed on the train and start- ed to Jacksonville in care of Officer Marshall. He will be taken from Jacksonville to Washington, D. C., by friends, who will then turn him over te the sheriff of the county in which Manrtinsburg Is located, who will take him home. A friend who was with Prof. Rinker here, stated that he had never suffered an attack of thic kind before. When taken to the train last night he was dirty and disheveled—a far different aspect than that presented a few days before, when, in his right mind, he stood forth a leader among men, 4 man of splendid appearance ] h standing in his home town, Palm Beach has just voted an $85,- | ocean ) steensth, ... LORINER - ALSD GNES TEDDY B CONTINUES HIS SPEECH IN DE- FENSE OF SEAT TODAY, AT- TACKING ROOSEVELT. (By Associated Press.)’ Washington, July 12.—Lorimer re- newed his speech, attacking Roose- velt, terming him “the custodian of all the morals of the country, private and public.” He based the attack on Cortelyou's testimony before the Sen- ate committee yesterday regarding the $1,900,000 compaign fund raised for the presidential campaign of 1904. ‘Ot course,” said Lorimer, ‘“not one cent of that $1,900,000 could have ‘been contributed by predatory wealth. Surely, all was the free gift of the common ple for whom this man is| the great champion—no malefactor contributed.” He discused Taft's letter to Roosevelt, expressing the hope that Lorimer would be ousted, which, he said, was for campaign purposes. ‘“Was ever mortal] man more completely surrounded by con- spiracy and intrigues?” He said that Taft, Roosevelt, Bry- an and the ‘“‘trust press were all joined in a conspiracy to poison the minds of the citizenship, in order that one man might be destroyed, to satisfy the malice of the most cor- rupt newspapers in the history of the country.” ‘The Senate recessed till 2 o’clock to permit Lorimer to recover his PLAGUE CONDIIONS (TILL THRERTENMG (By Associated Press.) | Disease Makes Appearance at Trini- dad—Certain It Is True Bubonie. Havana, July 12.—A bacteriologi- cal examination of a .case of suspect- ed plague in the hospital proves it to| be true bubonic. The patient died. | Further suspects are under observa- tion. i The plague has appeared at a port of Spain, Trinidad. The American consul has reported one case. PHOSPHATE CASE WILL G0 TO SUPREME COURT. | | | | | An appeal will be made to the' State Supreme Court in the case of E. P. Symmes vs. several leading phosphate companies, which was re- | cently decided in Circuit Court here | in favor of thu defendants. Mr. Sym. : mes ig represented by Attorney Hfl-i ton S. Hampton, while the defend-! SOAP SWINDLER LAID ACROSS BARREL—WILL BE G0OD NOW. It will be remembered that a fellow sailing under the name of Nelson, was given six months by the Polk County Court in M.y for swlnd\ing. After going to work with the gang he tried to bribe one of the guat( to let him go. For this he, was laid across a barrel and given a dose of “strap oil.” It has since been learned that he No. 216. FACTORS IV OFVELOPMENT 0F FLORIDA worked his way from New York into MRS. POTTER PALMER, AFTER Florida and evaded the law until| WORLD TB.AVEL, CHOOSES WEST reaching Polk county, and was then caught through a reward offered by Swift & Co., whose soap he claimed to sell. This reward was paid by the Swift people to the parties who final- ly caught him. There are six other charges awaiting him upon the com- pletion of his present term of serv- ice in this county,—Bartow Record. GOTTON STUNTON UNDER DISEUSSIoN Prominent Men Meet at Atlanta to Devise Best Methods of Marketing, Etc. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, July 12.—Representatives, governors, and departments of agri- culture of several States met here to- day at the call of Gov. Brown to dis- cuss the cotton situation, with es- pecial reference to marketing so that planters can get more for cotton and do away with waste. SHIPS G0 ONLY TO KEY WEST. The steamship Olivette, of the Pen- insular and Occidental Steamship Co., is now plying only between Tam- pa and Key West, transferring pas |-sengerseandcargo t-that-city to either thé steamer Mascotte or the steamer Miami. This makes a delay {of about eleven hours in reaching Ha- vana, passengers formerly reaching Havana at 6 a. m., are now arriving there at 5 p, m. This arrangement will remain in force until all danger from the bu- bonic plague situation is over.—Tam- pa Tribune. Major Edward James .sfunroe. youngest son of President Munroe, has just passed his 97th birthday in Jacksonville. He is still active and goes about the city. UREY WOODSON WILL FIX THINGS FOR CAM- PAIGN, THEN RETIRE . - ' By Associated Press.) Chicago, July 12.—Urey Woodson, former secretary of the national Democratic committee, arrived last night to arrange headquarters for the party chiefs, who meet next Mon- day to map out plans for Woodrow Wilson's campaign. Woodson said after this work he would retire from ents are represented as follows: Prai- ' politics. rie Pebble Phosphate Co., Coronet | Phosphate Co., Florida Mining Co., ! end the Phosphate Mining Co. are represented by Peter O. Knight; the' Plerce Phosphate Co. by Wall & Mc- | Kay; the State Phosphate Co. by H | K. Oliphant; the Standard Phosphate Co. by E. R. Gunby, while Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. are represented by Wilson & Swearingen. H A similar case is pending the de-| cision of the Supreme Court, that be- | ing the case of J. B. Gibson against several phosphate mining companies, The plaintifis in all of these cases claim that the defendant companies are befouling the Alafla river with their waste water and are destroying fish and oyster beds, Mr. Gibson is represented by Attorney Robert W, Davis—Tampa Tribune. WHILE MANY DIE IN CHICAGO ' FLORIDIANS REMAIN COOL. Chicago, July 12.—Twelve deaths were recorded yesterday in this city. There were fourteen serious prostra- tions and fifteen persons were bitten by rabid dogs. Many horses-fell dead in the streets, and the genera] work- ing public went about in a listless manner, seeking the shady side of the street and avoiding the unneces- Bary exert J. L. SKIPPER SELLS CATTLE; PURCHASES FT. MEADE BLOCK. One of the biggest deals made in South Florida recently has just been completed, whereby Postmaster J. L. Skipper, of Lakeland, becomes the owner of the handsome brick block near the depot in Fort Meade known as the Durrance - Hart-Hendrix block. Messrs. W. J. and J. C. Dur- rance seture the Sid Johnson stock of cattle and sheep, and C. M, Hart becomes sole owner of the entire Skipper herds of cattle and sheep in- cluding . pasture privileges, ilocated on the southern portion of Kissimmee island. The exact figures have nof been disclosed, but we can safely call it a 100,000 deal.—Fort Meade Leader. PASSENGER STEAMER HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT (By Associated Press.) Newport, R. I, July 11.-—The naval board of inquiry holds the, pas- gsenger steamer Commonwealth re- sponsible for the collision with the Battleship New Hampshire in which the latter vessel was badly damaged. P COAST OF FLORIDA. 'H. H. Richardson, secreary of the Board of Trgde, Jacksonville, Fla., having read one of the recent articles - printed in the Sunday Patriot about the climate and producis of t;lut great peninsula State, in form almost the counterpart of the lower penin- sula of Michigan, writes to the edi- tor of this paper, under date of June 29, that he has “read with much in- fterest your articles upoz Florida. Permit me to thank you for the splen- did way in which you have set forth the opportunities of this State. [ consider that you have been quite conservative, and that doubtless the article will be of considerable bene- fit to Florida.” In al] the articles that have been printed the writer has been conscious of & purpose not to overstate the at- tractions and opportunities that Flor: ida offers to those who contemplate permanent change of residence, now that, through the construction of railroads and the natural trend of population, for economic reasons, to mjlder climates, an awakening to « new life and a larger destiny has taken place. ik Quite a responsibility rests on thoss who- induce people, even when thel: minds are made up that they' would 1ike 6 live in a milder climate, fo make the change involved in going south twelve hundred miles to build 2 home. The interestg of the colon- ists and the State are identical. In a State like Florida, where there is much poor land, it is the plain duty of those who are concerned for its welfare, to see that the newcomers are not deceived. A State, or a par- ticular locality in a State, gains by the coming of every person who finds conditions as represented and what he was led to expect, and loses by the, coming of every one who is dis- appointed and dissatisfied. 3 Florida has not, it seems to me, been taken as seriously by northern, people as it deserves. has a very crude look, and a great deal of its land i8 very poor. M. Flagler has been one of the few men whd saw in Florida, rough and raw as much of it was and is yet, that its cljmate, products and loca- tion were nature's materialg out of which man could create a veritable paradise. He visited it first for his health, he saw with clear vision the cpportunities offered, he based the in- vestment of a great fortune upon his judgment, and during the summeyrs and winters for several years the work went on to completion of one of the most remarkable railway enter- prises in the world, bringing Cuba, Central and South America and the Panama cana] into close and rapid connection with the expanding com- merce of the United States. Another northern man, Henry B. Plant, also the possessor 6f a clear vision, started out to do for the west coast of the State what Mr. Flagler has, for a quarter of a century, been doing for the east coast, but while his. plans weére in their formative stage he'passed to his reward, and no other genius for achievement, match- ing Plant and Flagler, has appeared on the scene of west coast activity and development. What Plant plan- ned and partly executed has become the Atlantic Coast Line Co., which is .. now building a new road in Polk and DeSoto counties of South Florida. Mr. Flagler is also building a new north and south line of 170 miles to develop the interior of the State. During the years that these great trunk lines and their branches and orange and grapefruit grower; and with this essential point kept in |view, taking the least risk, there is no portion of the State that equals, in al] respects, the newer sections of feeders have been under construe- tion complaints of the gevere heat of (Continued on Page 4.) Much of it Henry ¢ *