Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 20, 1912, Page 1

Publtshed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912. - e WL 0P FINANCIAL ENTERPRISE qcH WILL BE READY FOR BUSINESS SOON. an State Bank is the wow banking institution wen in Lakeland in the d which, withthreeex- i« ked entirely by local pank will be capital- . half of which is to the date of opening. fternoon a meeting of i1s was held and the 4 rs were elected for the .. Mayes, S. F. Smith. Chunn. directors consists of i Chunn, W. Fiske John- \ Clonts, J. M, Harvey, \ E. Donegan, Eppes utent §2 48 stock set opposite to $5,000 2,000 2,500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 . 1,000 1,000 Th00 500 500 200 500! 500 500 500 500 | 300 300, 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 160 100 100 1on 100 100 100 100 . 100 Swatts, . 100 will be til arrange- o put up their v will prob- O § tep g0 in time | BEAVY DAMAGES ARE DE- i MANDED BY W. M. TOOMER. The | Jacksonville, July Suit was fiied Thursday afternoon in the Cir- Court by W. M. Toomer for $100,000 damages against the Fourth National bank of this city. Mr. Toomer also filed suit for $40,000 damages against the United Grocery Co. of this city. It is understood Mr. Toomer claims the bank was responsible for *‘an oppressive and excessive levy against his property valued at over $100,- 600, for a $7,000 debt.” The same allegation is made against the United Grocery Co. for a debt said to be less than $3,000. Suit for $20,000 damages was also filed against the Fourth National bank by W. M. Toomer, Jr., who al- leges an illegal levy was made by the bank on his automobile, a road- ster, and the bank is also sued for the value of the car, $3,000. HE “ACCIDENTALLY" SHOT HIS WIFE | 20, il So He Informed Policeman, Who Found Woman Dead in Hotel Room. New York, July 20—A well dressed men walked up to Policeman Cooley and said: “l've just accidentally | shot my wife. Would you mind! walking over and taking a look at' the situation. She is in a room at the hotel yonder.” The policeman | found Mrs. Florence Hopp, of Lewis- burg, Pa., dead. Her companion,! George R. Harkness, of Seacliff, L. 1., admitted she was not his wife. EDISON SAYS NICKEL MAY BE USED FOR PRINTING. Thomas A. Ldison has come uut with the statement that paper will replaced by nickel for printing A sheet of nickel)” says the electrical wizard, “one twenty- thousandth an inch thick, cheaper, tougher and more flexible than the ordinary sheet of book pa- Uper. At that rate a2 nickel hook two inches thick forty thousand pages.” Mr. Edison nickel will That very every printer knows that printers’ ink has absorbed many and many a nickel Lxch COLESBLEASE ISSUES DENIAL OF BURNS AND FELDER'S GHARG \: be purposes., of is contain would states that ink. further printers’ for is probable, (By fnted Press.) Columbiu, Blease has is ment, denyin: rainst him by Th Atlanta, and Detective He tuke i S0 July sied promised state- Goy harzes bhrought B Felder, Wm. ace truthful- e s of each 180~ their jurns tion und ness siness probably few days THIRTEEN ‘RRESTED ON CAR. ors © woolen their books id swore out “ir bookkeeper, | the power a, ud ! much to dOlTOMOBROW AT TKE CHURCHES !lowed to witness the hanging They never ver, for he| ow back door with- detective | “utrance, and :ot no trace of n 1 whom they bo ;k‘ The pris-| Fisher, a d that he Brothers, | her of the! ing for, iden-| lozraph as the, irter is now | found a| a Broad- | $40,000 CHURCH TO BE BUILT AT MIAMI. Architect has plans for 1o he erected by con- Methodist chureh; Fi prepare Miami y Georze 1. S City, heen commi to s&i church b ation o st one story; ing; cement building will and must completed sustraction contract will ca of lor e roof; Lot water he floor. The Ibe 40,000, 0zt of the } he 1.( y Jan { lu awarded | | { There wil] be !the Baptist, and Catholi services the publi irvited. NATIONAL PACKNG 00, . IGSUES FORMAL STATEMEN (By Assoriated Press.) A formal state- services tomorrow at Methodist, Christian hurches, to all of which is most cordially "Stanley of the House stee] trust ir |, vestigating committee, - ment tion Packing Co., ist and a dec- company has been ! nal A which was cale |y ‘Mauun that thf i |Attorney Wilkerson Homer. er Clark, der of Rufus T. {tion of the United States Sted e method of distribu- | dissolved was presented to Federal|church in Tampa was laid BV GHGH R BULDNE TO 4PN NEAR B ERECTEDL 10 DENTH METHODISTS PLAN FOR ANOTHER | BELIEVED THAT HE I§ SINKING FAST AND THAT THE END IS NEAR Associated Press.) HOUSE OF WORSHIP, ON THE NORTH SIDE, As a result of the tent meeting on the north side, Lakeland will have anotler church. Two lots on the corner of Tennessee avenue and Myr- tle street were purchased this morn- ing from W. D. McRae and Robert Bryant, and a number of liberal sub- scriptions have already been made. The house will be erected at once. The promotion of this church is by Rev. W. H. Steinmeyer, and Rev. Isaac C. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins is pas- tor of the First Methodist church and Mr. Steinmeyer has been em- ployed as assistant pastor, and will have direct charge of the new church, This will be the third Methodist church in Lakeland, and the second built this year. This is one of the many evidences of how Lakeland is growing. (By Tokio, July 20.—The emperor's condition at 3 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon was so critical that the min- fsters of State assembled at the place. Announcement is made that he is sinking. The bulletin issued by phy- siclans, giving the history of the em- peror's illness is as follows: Since June 14 His Majesty has been suffering with intestinal trou- ble. Great drowsiness followed early on the attack, This condition in- creased rapidly. On June 18, his Maj- esty became unconscious, his brain being affected. On the ecvening of June 18 his fever suddenly increased, showing a temperature of 104.7, pulse rate, 104; respiration 38. Court physicians diagnosed the case as acute nephritis. Uremia also developed. The Crown Prince is ill of chicken pox and unable to go to his father's bedside. The announcement of the illness came as a great surprise to the peo- ple, who gathercd around the bulle- tin boards in crowds. Palatka has employed a profession- al secretary for its board of trade, ond he has begun to stir things up tor the advancement of the old town. REPRESENTATIVES PAY [ALLEN ASSISTANT oEG. OF TREASURY |5worn in Today to l-‘lll Place Made Vacant by Resignation of A. Platt Andrews. GOV. WILSON A GALL Speaker Clark, His Late Rival for Nomination, Headed the | Delegation. | [ (By Associated Press.) Seagirt, July 20.-More than half | Washington, July 20.—Sherman P. the Democratic representatives in | Allen, of Vermont, retired as assist- Congress came from Washington m'.-nt secretary to President Taft, was pay @ call on Woodrow Wilson, The | | today sworn in as assistant secretary congressmen were headed by Speak- }ut the treasury to succeed A, Platt " Andrew, (By Associated Press.) MATHIS PROTESTS INNOCENCE RUBBERINE FACTORY HERE. AS HE GOES TO SCAFFOLD First Hanging of a White Man Since New Product That Does Away With Civil War Draws a Crowd Nearly Al] Tire Troubles, : to Mat."mnna;- o Messrs. J. Brown and W. M. Marianna, July 20, Protesting hth levis ha ceured the rights for all l“} the last, Obe :“"”“'“ South Florida, including all the ter- was hanged in the "‘""'.'-‘ Jail yard itory south Sanford, for the here yesterday morning for the mur- Punctureless Tire.” This is an in- ‘ \\"“""r at A and | Contion which bids fair to revolu- It'uh:--, ’.!:l('ksull "_"'”""f on Feb, tionize the automobile tire business IJII; The drop fell with Mathis at and prove a joy to all automobilists, 10:57 and he was declared dead by removing the greatest drawback Dirs. I."..r' e and Campbell at 10: ‘.".' + the pleasure of motoring -the fear Mathis was nervy and zmiling o1 the puncture or blow-out while the cap was being adjusted The whole secret of the proposi cnd refused to have praver offered | on is the substitution of a product i Sl 'T""”"I"' A B¢ nown as “Rubberine” for air, voas being prepared for death he told vl oof pumping air into the tires ;),n:t'lfl |.1‘\\']5. tnAnw his hands with s rubberine is injected into the in- string, ‘HIM it would do as \\I"‘H i v tube, while in a liguid state, and handeutrs the st b hen cool it is very much as if the as photographed, both sitting ane e were composed of a zood rubber; He requested that the this filling is extremely light, ution ocenr early so that his hod dis a perfect sub for might be shipped to Cairo, G, | thont any of its di-advantages. i nmrmvnz lrum.. tance, nail, « number of Mathis slept little the night may be driven tire fore, drinking in all seventeen bo! ithont impairing it in the slightest ties of coca-cola during the nigl! uree. The substan Very re- which nauseated him. ent, and no one distinguish The execution, the first of a white hether the tires in the car in which 1an since the civil war, drew « lare is riding is filled with rubberiné crowd to town, but only a few wer - air. Messrs, o innocence of tor him Before st dlu[m. ‘ : . itute air or iy om, into the ¢ is can and Brown ey Wlish factories in 1.4} WILL NOT RECOMMEND and Orlando, 5 is wil] es- nd, Tam- material curload lots manufactured at For akeland ‘ory they have lea room in Peacock building wvill Ay for business \s this product -fourths of aly | vmtlnuhtndh prove 'h antomobile owper ndinzly profitable 1, ¢ in in DISSOLUTION OF STEEL 0. ' " shipped 2 ! the Rubberine ed 3 and (By Associated Press.) factories. Washington, July 20— Chairm be at o1 1 anthoriz: d denial of the reports that the mittee would recommend the di with tronbles, it Ty mpuhr' and corre- ] dealers Lway tir peration. Stanley declared lieved the reports were given o affect the New York stock m he he Jacksonville Board 1ill working on the of Trads yvernor 1o | The corner stone of the 230 090 Palm o I a special session of th iture to pass a bill to cnable | 11ty to acquire dock property. Avenus the | propriate ceremonies this week | profit per hen of $1.75. [ \ | | bands AT THE METHODIST CHURCH TOMORROW Methodist church tomor- Jenkins will preact both morning and evening. The sub- jeet in the morning will be “The assport to Salvation,” and in the evening the sermon will follow that { the morning, the subject being ‘How to Secure *he Passport.” This deals with the fundamentals of re- ligion. A cordial invitation is ex- tended to everybody. Sunday school at morning, and Epworth 6:30 in the afternoon. Full attend- ance is desired to both. Cordial welcome is extended strangers to all services. Next Thursday is the regular meeting of the board of stewards. Al] are urged to be present. At Dixieland there will be Sunday school Sunday afternoon and prayer meeting Thursday evening. ROSENTHAL'S MURDER DIREGTED BY POLIGE Believed by Detectives That His Slayers Were Secured by “Bald Jack” Rose. At the row Rev. Isaac (', 9:30 in the League at (By Assoclated Press.) New York, July 20.—The gang of gun men and blackjackers that killed Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, are believed by detectives to have been procured by “Bald Jack” Rose under pressure of the *“police system,” which was seeking to effectually close the mouth of Rosenthal against further charges that the gamblers had to divide their gains with the police. ASSISTANT CASHIER WHO SUICIDED WAS SHORT $14,000. Geneva, Ind,, July 20, William B, Hale, assistant cashicr of the Bank of Geneva, who hanged himself last Monday, was $11,500 short in his ac- counts State bank cxaminers an- nounced today. The stockholders agreed to an immediate assessment io cover the deficit, Hale had been assistant cashier for sixteen years, drew a salary of $65 a month and had practically entire charge of the business. He owned an automobile. The bank officials told the bank examiners they had un- derstood he had an income from in- vestments, SNOWFALL BEFORTED I GNP L, MK, LIST NIgHT (By Associated Press.) Rapids, Micl Newspaper dispatches say a slight snow fell last night at Carp lake, twenty-three miles from Petoskey. Grand , July 20, C. F. O'DONIEL FILES PETITION IN VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY | COF 0 Doniet, a clerk and book Lakeland, Thursday filed | his attorney, ¢, M. Tram- in bank- filed with th» Leeper of through mell, a ruptey. Th clerk the shows secured claims of volentary petition hedule ol United 1,500, un- } 5 real es- | secured claims of . tate $2,500 and houschold goods | | river, | river, States conrt |° No. 223. N0 DECISION IN TELEPHONE GASE AS YET RAILROAD COMMISSION HAS MAT- TER OF RAISE OF RATES UN- DER ADVISEMENT. Messrs. O. M. Eaton and John S. Edwards returned this morning from Tallahassee where they went to at- tend the hearing of the Peninsular Telephone case which came up be- fore the railroad commission for ad- Jjustment. After much discussion of the mat- ter, the examination of several ex- pert witnesses, brought there by the telephone company, the commission announced that they would have to postpone their decision in the matter for about thirty or sixty days, as it would take some time longer to look into the merits of both sides. The telephone company had sev- eral expert telephone managers pres- ent to testify as to the cost of main- taining a system, etc., among those present for that purpose being Mr. R. H. Polk, of Memphis, Tenn.; Mr. H. R, Frazee, of St. Petersburg, and several otbers from different parts of the country. On the part of the citizens of Lakeland, Messrs. Eaton and Edwards stated their side of the case, Of course, there is no possible way to forecast what the decision of the commission, in the case will be, but we feel safe in saying that the interests of the citizens were ably represented by Messrs. Edwards and Eaton. ST. JOHNS RIVER GETS $340,000 UNDER. NEW BILL Jacksonville, .luly 20.—Under the provisions of the rivers and harbors bill, which has just passed the United States Senate, $340,000 is the sum appropriated for the St. John's river. The State of Florida is given the sum of $1,029,000 plus enough money to carry on twenty-four surveys, which are provided for in this State. Under this bill, all of the leading rivers ard harbors in the State are te be ingroved to some extent, The amounts run from $2,000 to $340,- 000, The surveys are for rivers and i various parts of the State, I some instances this work is to be done for improving works which have already been start- ¢u, and in others for contemplated new worlk. The fund which comes to Florida is distribated as follows: Clear Wa- ter llarbor channel Boca bay, Twmpa, $20,000; $15,000; Hillshorongh Key West, Miami, $100,000 (this appropriation is con- upon the F. 5. ¢ doing some work); St 22.000; Saratosa 0000 Larbors the purpose of to bay, LA $30,000; ditional railway Petershurg, bay, $13,000; A padan 12 1icola & Tampa ¥ A0, and RN a= loosahatchee river Crystal river, $2,000; Holmes rviver, $2,000; Manatee $5,000; Oklahoma $13 Johns river, $310,000, Harbor, §20,- river, $58,000; $20,000; Choctaw- and Escambia $5,000, S.000; river, L00; St Charlotte Oon; Withlacoocheo St Jdosephs bay, hiatchee river, $8,000, and Coencuh rivers, § P, are encumbrances on | There real estate - -Tampa Tribune 500 the . S, Bushnell and wife, an aged couple at Arcadia, are running a tiny poultry plant and netting an annual This is not a high profit, but is another proof that poultry pays, if properly handled, in Florida. With a medinm-sized plant, one ut 2,000 cubators, bhe a con- that would care for and a half $3.000 a year profit fowls dozen in servative IREBEL BANDS I NEXCD DISENTESRATIG July border to Waushington, long rating, ordinz partment reports 20.—Rebel re disinte- the war de- acc I. \cording to arrangements, the Os- ceola County Republican convention met in St. Cloud July 18. It is stated that at this meeting a complete coun- ty ticket was named to be voted for in the November election. At a meeting of the directors of the Florida Citrus Exchange held this week at Tampa it was decided to drop the Volusia County Sub-Ex- change, which last season shifiped up- wards of 40,000 boxes, because they have no up-to-date methods of pack- ing and handling fruit in any of the associations connected with that Ex- hange. The State annual report of the Florida Railroad Commission or the year ending March 1 has been issued It shows that there are now 3,441.46 miles of main track road in the State total of 5,105.71 miles in all, inciuding sidetracks, sprus, branches, ete