Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 30, 1912, Page 1

oL 1 CAEDULELOF NPORTANT HAPPENINGS £NTS OF INTEREST THAT WILL AGITATE COUNTRY DURING STOLE ICE, ONGS AND UMBRELLA. Chicago, July 30.—William Riley stole a piece of ice from a wagon in North Clark street. The ice was Leavy and hard to carry, so Riley went back and took the tongs. The idly. Whereupon the said Riley took an umbrella from a stand in front cf a furnishing store to protect the ice. brella. He related his story to Municipal Judge Caverly today and was sen- THIS KEEK tenced to thirty days in the Bride- : well, con, July B0, —President . i ‘“‘”- i‘.l‘ll}l\. notified of his “It would have been all right if | kil hadn’t taken the umbrella,” . at the White House on v cording to present plans, mourned as he was led to jail. will receive the notification . on the rear portico of the .. wausion, which overlooks JAGK J"H"su“ Iu p ~ He will speak from the ’ with the committeemen unl HBHI'"G BAM[ s wbout him on the lawn. The will probably leave for his .ome at Beverly immediately rLotification meeting. ouventions of the Progres- during the week will in- - following Montana, at He- New Mexico, at Albuquerque; Sans, 4t New Orleans; Arkan- e Rock; linois, at Chi- Tornessee, at Nashville; Colo- + iwuver; Indiana, at Indian- p.~, Vireinia, at Roanoke; Min- & 1 St Paul; Missouri, at Kan- Championship Claimed by Jeanette, While McVey and Langford Have an Eye on It. (By Associated Press.) v T . son's alleged declaration that he that McVey, Jeanette and Langford riay scramble for the championship, has started a commotion. rianager has issued 1 sun was hot and the ice melted rap-, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY, 30, 1912. POLCE SISTEN RESPONSLE FOR NURDER He was seen to filch the um‘lDEVELOPMENTs FOLLOW FAST INCRIMINATING POLICE IN ROSENTHAL MURDER. (By Associated Press.) New York, July 30.—Dramatic de- he [ velopments closely following in the wike of Lieut. Becker's indictment for the murder of Rosenthal and the ccnfessions of *'Bald Jack” Rose, Bridgie Webber and Harry Vallon reveal to the prosecutor the hideous side of New York's police system. Before the jai] doors closed behind Becker part, of the scandal was dis- closed. Rose confessed that Becker was desperate when he feared Rosen- thal would reveal all, and said, “Ros- enthal has lived too long; he's got to be put out of the way.” Ros¢ New York, July 30.—Jack John-[told how the murderbund was hired is]and of the ussurance by Becker of through with the fighting game, and | protection. —_— Savannah, July 30.—For the first Jeanette's [ time in almost a week Savannah is a statement [enjoying a full street car service. An w0 Connecticut, at New | laiming the championship for Jean-|electrical storm put most of the cars ette. LOCAL FIRM WILL SUPERVISE ERECTION OF SCHOOL BUILDING. Lot Woodrow Wilson, the *«/ tominee of the Demo- expects to continue at St home at Sea Girt during receiving visits from the r~ and putting the finish- to his wotification ad- The supervision of the erection of the new school building, to cost $19,- [ 000, has been given to G. D. and H i’ Mendenhall, the well known archi- tects, the appointment having been taade at the last meeting of the trus- They are also working on plan: for the extension and improvement of the present building, though noth- ing definite has been accepted up to ronts are contesting for ratic gubernatorinl nomi- . which will be tte primary Thursday rnor Benton H. Millin is to head the tees aspire tie present time, JAPANIWENRS INSIGNIA OF SORROW FOR DEAD EMPEROR (By Associated Press.) ) ol Kentucky will selecy Gei tes for representatives the State-wide pri- 4 Raturday sembly " of the Repub- held in =iy, to nominate pres- tors and select names to | rado will be primary ballot. The Tokio, July 50 Japan is mourn Sare o onew feature [ing today over the demise of Em- ities In some ways [ peror Mutsu Hito. Al festivities end to the old State con- [ public functions are abandoned are designed to | people thronghout the empir ther contests tha: | wearing the ingignia of sorrow the conventions The new tler, Yoshihito and his the only one ballot [ consort remain in seclusion Only cach office to be | Ligh court fanctionaries, making the ne o receiving 10 per [ pians for o state funeral, are permit- vote inot! .‘|.~'~.-n,v‘|u] 1o ~ee them have his or ber| iy S mary hallot | v s o | GOVERNOR WILSON DEEP kK will be the na championship at; terence of western t Boise, the annua! (By Associated Press.) regatta at St. Cath-4 Trenton, Juiy 50 Governor Wil- | reception of the [ sen today made istomary weekly team upon its are [ trip from Scagirt to Trevion by auto- mobile He went directly to his of- - [free in the State house and found = 1R} ‘SURE HUNTERS. crmidabl of coresponds ”f: il State pa tonig! e will Island s (dictate his speech of acceptance r][s‘vBh::fedlt - Sl reading from his own shorthan! A party of treas. | 0108 to the stenographer “ft England ' maAx MORITZ FOUND GUILTY Tor a 310,000 660 suppoged to he Jacksonville, July 30, The ve dict of the zeneral court which was | 1 and . off the Costa L Black Point during the recent at its destina- ampment of the Second Regiment, Z to advies ! fore which charges were made a0 lagainst Capt. Ma itz of dis obed- and possibly | agains ipt. Max \lm?x z of dis obed lience to orders, in violation of the latives to takethe enturers if they article of war, have just 1 the general head- twenty-first been received Costa Rican % ut a company of |Guarters of National Guard of mely island. The | Florida. The verdict was “guilty,” A are under the Jead. | and the sentence was that the offend- : women. Miss | 1ng officer should be publicly repri- B manded “ntly spent some et e w6 7 WRIGHT MAMED 1S ALABANA COLLEGTOR ing her a map | birate Bombosa iched their hooty (By Asso Washington dent today Eastman, Ga., ‘ward-Williams : presi Senate the Ng to Savan-|nomination T. Wright as col- o of cotton of the|lector of internal revenue for Ala- bama IN POLTIGL LABORS cut of business last Wednesday dy damaging the machinery at the pow- er house. PRESIDENT TAFT EAPRESSES SORROW Accompanied by Aide Calls at Japa- nese Embassy to Express (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, July 30.—Presiden: Taft and his military aide, Major Rhodes, called at the Japanese em- bessy today and personally expressed o the ambassador his deepest regret ut the death of the emperor. THE EXPRESS RATE QUESTION. New Rates Recommended Would Help Florida Much. Jacksonville, Fla., July 29, sweeping reductions in express vatoes recommended in the report of the interstate cpommerce commission, go into effect, Florida will reap a great benetit, The scheduled reduction i fabout 15 per cent. \' The present ra proposed new rates between a various points are herewith given on ;l".tv-wnmll packages together with the few New York Old Proposcid W Rate Rate | Miami, Fla N0 15 Tampa, Fla 90 14 Ocala, Fla s 290 i ksonville, Fla. .... .90 3] [West Palm Beach, Flu. 90 it | Baltimore to { Miami, Fla N0 Tampa, Fla 90 Kl L Dade City 0 !J spanola, 90 | Coroa, Fla 90 ' [Fort Pierce, Fla R |CGeala, Fla Ho Jacksonville, SRPIaN ) O \Vest Palm Beach, Fla. 90 1 Chirago to Miami, Fla B Tampa, Fla. - ] 1" Jacksonville, Fla... . “n West Palm Beach, Fia. .90 Minneapolis to Jacksonville, Fla S0 New Orleans to- Jacksonville, Fla. .... .70 Salt Lake City to Jacksonville, Fla. .... &g | POLICE SEARCHING FOR ; MISSING PHYSICIAN New York, July 30, 1 !'v- a general alarm, the ol r scouring New York todar it r {of Dr. Clifton Gardner, <tu1 |cian in the Post-Graduate hoopital who disappeared from tha tion last Tuesday afternoo fe is a graduate of the Universit o/ Pou1 sylvania, and a native of = Swansea, Mass. uth It the | | - %ould s0on be ghle - limprove PROGRESS OF SEASHTION GRACE ISE JURY HAS BEEN SELECTED, AND MRS. GRACE'S MOTHER ON STAND TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, July 20, Eugene Grace's mother, Mrs, 8. L. Hill, testified to- day in the trial of Mrs. Daisy Opie Crace, her daughter-in-law, charged with shooting her son, Eugene Grace. Her testimony related chiefly to the conduct of Mrs. Grace on her arrival at Newnan the day of the shooting. The following are those who com- rose the Grace jury: J. . Todd, aged 34, contractor. J. L. Eberhart, J. R. Bryant, aged 53, farmer. Eric Manley, aged 33, fruit dealer, James H. Holland, collector, J. M. Fuller, city marshall. Willlam A. Laird, assistant sales manager fertilizer company. F. . Moon, painter. E. . lacey, collector, John A. Spurlin, meat dealer. W. R. Massengale, advertising agents. I. E. Mann, clerk. real estate. TOOK 'EN SOME TINE BUT THEY KNOW NOMW Lnodon Board of Trade Recides That Racing Caused the TNtanic Disaster. (By Associated Press.) London, July 30.-—Excessive speed in the vicinity of jvebergs caused the Titanic disaster. This was the find- ing of the British Board of Trade court inquiry into the disaster; also that proper watch was not kept. Lifeboats were lowered properly but unmanned, JUDGE DIES AT TAMPA WHILE TRIAL IS IN PROGRESS. Justice of the Peace Thomas |, dames, presiding in the Thirty-sceond chistrict, Yhor City, died at 5:! oclock yesterday afternoon at his home, No. 911 Eleventh avenue, fol- e lowing a stroke o1 apoplex was stricken while {1residing at a preliminary hearing of charges of election frauds againsi Guy Clarkson, Will Stafford, George and T. H. Mahoney, who were inspectors at the Tenth ward in the city election on June 1, in which nembers the Socialist | Charged a frand was committed. Judge James Stecher of party The sudden death of !was the climax Judge James of turbu- never heen Tampa cour: time when the tha to a day lenee such as perhaps h wtne: room ssed before in a It came at o Very utmosphere o court room Vos surcharged with excitement, en- endered by factional <trife which culminated in p nal enconnters inside the court voow and on the reet outside. The stricken justice was harried to i howe in an auto- robile and mecical aid was sum- moned, but be dicd r after he as attacked The first intimation that any one Lad that the judze Hoposition was wien s face hecame purple and his head drooped, e wung further and further forward i his chair, with ca b respiration and in another instant would have fallen had not Constabic Gus Gillette dled 10 those near m to catch him. He was propped back in his hair and the crowd forced back to allow him air. Hats wore used freely as fans and ice water was applied to Lis temples and the 1 p of his head Those who remained the stricken man suffering in- to minister to that he to resume the hearing, but hig condition did not and he was hurriad to his tought home. He died wi hout gajhing con-| i sriousneu.—‘l‘l-. Tribufle. INITIATION WITH PISTOLS CAUSED MAN'S DEATH. Anderson, S. (., July 30.—Milton Taylor, who was shot on last Fri- ay night by Furman Bagwell, while initiating the latter into the Wood- men of the World, died here yester- day. Bagwell has not been arrest- ed, and Taylor's father said he did not desire to prosecute him. Bagwell became excited by the dis-. play of firearms and the explosion of blank cartridges during the cere- monies, and rushed out of the lodge room. Securing a pistol he rushed back and fired three times at Taylor, who was leading the degree team. Taylor lingered between life and dcath until this morning. GOLOSED BROTHERS INTERVIEW ROOSEVELT Want to Know Relative Standing of White Bull Moose and Black Bull Moose. (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 30.——Roose- velt today assured delegations of ne- groes who called to ask the attitude of the Progressive party on the race question that he would do all in his power to secure for the negro full rights under the constitution. Con- cerning the “Lilly White” movement ir the south, Roosevelt postponed a definite answer. = THE ASTOR INCOME TAX CLOSE TO FIVE MILLION. Albany, N, Y., July 30.—The State transfer tax appraiser has been as- signed to appraise the estate of Co'. John Jacob Astor, one of the victims ol the Titanic, for the purpose of im- posing the State inheritance tax, The cesignation followed the application of counsel of the Astor estate who de- sives to obtain a 'r cent. discount il the tax is paid within six months. It is estimated that the entire es- t2te is worth over $100,000,000, and that the State's tax will be close to $5,000,000. U S WAL TME ACTION IF ROS " 00 NOT GESE (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 3o, Seeretary Knox today ofticially informed Gen- eral Orozeo, the Mexican rebel leader, that raids and attacks on Americans and American property in northern Mexico must cease immediately or the United States would take preven- PLAN FOR DISSOLUTION (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 30 The meat tions, by Attorney General Wicker sihiam | | HEARSE HORSES RUNAWAY ! OVERTURNING CORPSE. t Erie, Pa,, July 30, Lives were on- cangzered in the Erie comotery yester- day, when horses attached to a hearse containing the body of Otto Moyn, ran away, and were not stopped un- til they had overturned the hearse, knocked down a dozen tombstones, injured several of the mourners, and dumped the casket containing the body ar plot, the main driveway. into a ass along The jar did not loosen the coffin top and the funeral services were [ brought to a hasty conclusion. ARKANSAS PROSRESSIVES SEND TEDDY DELEGTES (By Associated Press.) Little Rock, ! July 30 —The Arkansas Progressive convention met here today and selected a delegation to Chicago, and instructed them for Roosevelt. OF NATIONAL PACKING . packers’ plan for the dissolving of {o! the National Packing Co. will be ap- [#ix cars went off the HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. No. 231. S ONLY CARRIERS O THE PLIGE NO FEAR OF INFECTION FROM OTHER SOURCES, SO EX- PERTS CLAIM. : Relative to the bubonic plague sit- uation the Cuba News of Saturday nublished at Havana, has the follow- ing: “During the week which has elapsed since the Cuba News sent its preced- ing issue to press, another case of bubonic plague has developed, but the general situation has not grown werse, and quarantine regulations have been somewhat relaxed, “This case of plague is a Spaniard, who recently arrived from Matanzas and took up a temporary residence at Baratillo 2, from which the second case had been removed but a little while beofre. As soon as he became il he was declared a suspect and iso- lated, but his case was reported nega- tively on the 18th. On the 22nd, nine days after the announcement of his illness, it was reported positive. The man was early removed to De- pendiente hospita] and every precau- tion was taken from the start. “The clinical manifestation of plague was slow; it did not develop until about twenty-four hours before the cuse was officially declared to be plague. The patient had plague les- iens and the formation of buboes riaade a bacteriological test possible. It showed positively though previous blood tests had been negative. As the News goes to press this man is very ill and small hope of his recov- ery is entertained. “Mendez Guerra, the first case rec- oznized, is getting well, The Rats Must Go. In talking of the situation with the News on Thursday afternoon, Dr. Von Ezdorf emphasized the impera- tive necessity of clearing Havana of rats. Plague is pre-eminently a dis- case of rats. The propagate and spread it Because of government to abolish the known facts the is compelling residents meeting places of these The downtown streets are littered with piles of sand and bar- rels of coment where owners are put- ratproof in instead of creatures, ting floors wool, To fumigate correspondence from Havana as certain western towns are siid to be doing is little less than farcical. Neither need there be any fear of rierchandise which has been housed in the infected district provided no rats are delivered with it WRECK THIS MORNING OF “PACKAGE FREIGHT." L The nain known as the “package treight™ was derailed this morning about 5 o'clock, a half mile this side \uburndale, with the result that track, and rroved, aecording to present indica- | abont seventv-five vards of track was torn ip. No one was injured as far wiocan be ascertained The wrecker was called out, and by noon the track was cleared, train AT the main line going nerth No. 83 and St were Jartow Junction and Bartow, the former reac hing her» using Trains detonred via several hours late TIME IN THE EAST. Miss Mary McRae, of this city, is enjoying a northern tour, which in- Cludes Cincinnati. Cleveland, New York, Niagara Falls, and other points of interest in the east. In a letter te her father, she stated that while in Cincinnati she went into one of the biggest banking houses in the country and had the pleasure of hold- ing in her hand a bag containing one million dollars- but she says they didn’t let her hold it very long. She is in Niagara Falls today, and is no doubt, enjoying herself to the fullest extent. She is one of a party of teachers who are taking a ten-day tour of the east, and expects to re- turn to Lakeland about the first of next week.