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

e e R e e Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. oL i | ENPEROR' GRAVE NOGI ~v:RAL OF JAPANESE RULER +0L10WED BY SUICIDE OF NO0GI AND WIFE. ociated Press. o 13.—Hundreds of _ ot persons stood barehead- (dsplute silence along the .+ which passed the coffin Lz the body of the late em Japan, Mutsuhito, on its i+ last resting place, Mono Japanese and Korean digni- irticipated, the great funerai (ttended by a large num- apanese of high rank and of- ¢ +he royal household, bear- i+ cated candles and torches. Yoshihito," and the prin- ¢ princesses, awaited at Mono- roceive the casket. For- itaries and embassies, in- It the United States, headed v <o pretary of State Philander €. d not participate. v U v itv Associated Press.) . Sept. 13.--General Nogi st wite committed suicide, follow - \ smperor's funeral. AGAINST OVER-CONFIDENCE. | an McAdoo Urges Patriotic dembers of Party to Contribute Effort and Money to Victory. York, Sept, 13, William G \ Aioo uoting chairman of the vt o national committee, tak- ton in Maine Tuesday as that the commit- more money, and thai the country coover-contident il declared e 1~ thraughout they tthe expected victor We o ure I not go Democratic, but it was oo mueh car. Maine is o Re- teoand the resalt was vholly by local condi- i Miine h [IH} third v mor i nd 3 the Deme N mbh: \ v 1oy Appears Certain.” nois a Democrati in that e been reduced ficure of 2800, It seen Wilzon and Ma in November lesson for 1t} be over h omnet not nit will awak thy and over-ior Demaerat in ever that ‘o win ember three thines nece fizhtin. sary ES must cease front mus: Democrat ballat box it in the necessary money mus national can Democrat in f a coniribation them Set New Standards.” ' new standards " ideals from wh N5 LIFE disappointed | purification and emancipation of the can be in no other way than by a Democratic vic- government secured !mry in November.” + Representative James M. Cox, who would like to be elected governor of 1Ohio by his fellow Democrats, will greet Wilson at Columbus on the | 20th along with Governor Judsou Harmon. Cox has been carrying on 2 vigorous campaign throughout his | State, and he asked that Wilson i should make ar least one speech in Ohio. *“Just to show to the Demo- cratic national leaders the real sen- timent of Ohioans and give you an {indication of why you are going to carry the State by more than 100.- et REBELS RETRENT FAON AGUA PRIET Warned by United States Officers Not to Firg Across Line, They Abandon Seige. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WILSON AND BRYAN FRON ANE STAND DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE AND EX- STANDARD BEARER TO SPEAK FROM SAME PLATFORM. (By .\ss;xr'i:nud. Press.) New York, Sept. 13, Wil- son will meet William Jennings Bry- -Gov. an in Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 5, when the nominee and former standard bearer will speak from the same platform Wilson made this announcement be- fore leaving for Seagirt today. When they meet Bryan will have complet- ed a tour of the west, trailing Roose- velt, and Wilson will be on his sec- ond trip west. (By Associated Press.) El Paso, Texas, Sept. 13.—After firing a tew shots into Agua Prieta, the rebels who have been threaten- ing to attack the town for several days retreated in a southerly direc- tion today. There was no battle, ac- cording to advices here today. The federal outposts were fired upon sev- cra] times during the night. The | fact that the United States officers served notice upon the rebels not to fire across the line is believed to he responsible for the retreat | TEDDY ADVISES WOMEN [ TO SEEK THE BALLOT. | LaGrande, Ore,, Sept. 1:}-—Colonel | Roosevelt stopped here for twoliours ton his way to Boise and made an ad ldress at the county fair He will | | | i~;n-nk in Boise tonight “Oregon should follow the ex- ;.xmph- of other States in giving “""“i en the right to vote,” he said. | There are certuin injustices to! ¢ . | which women are sometimes sub- jected which cannot be righted un Jess you 2ive them the ballot . Colonel Rooscvelt's itinerary s fhe clianeed o inclnde o spe Dallas, Tex HAD DUAL PERSONALITY AND TOOK TWO WIVES | Camide b (R P ) A\ man ith a diual pecsota HOt respon n ' ny tha 1 ! " re i Fames |} \ W f ind Gloweester, Ma \ men ) tled by Enn leclared on had o dual person 1 hlow on head 1 1 did not know what b e 3 1 ‘ on as | return GEN. GORDAN'S REMAINS| LAID 0 REST AT SAVANNAH TODAY I Vicocjated Presso nnsh, Ga., Sept. 12 - The fu- | body of the late Gen- Gordon to * Re ot Georaia, officiating 7T federa k place he re | v. ' F Rees M»)mpi s The body was | Gray and 1 the "unfnrlr-mv--f floral offerings The | ¢ ' « in Laura Grove | vered with anizations SUICIDE AT LAKE CITY K br. 3. N 0= ron ent | yomitted sui " tacle for the gasoline The only other date so tar an- nounced in Indianapolis, Oct. 3. Vice Chairman McAdoo says the nominet is overwhelmed with re- quests to speak. TELEGRAN'S PLANT THREATENED BY FIRE Office of the Lakeland News Pub- lishing Co. Scene of Incipient | Conflagratoin Last Evening. The alarm of fire was sounded at about § o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the quickly circulated report that the oftice of the Lakeland News Publishing Co. was in flames caused {the quick gathering of a large and excited throng The fire was originated by the iz nition, from some unknown ciause ol Thi Hiquid heing nsed to maintain five in o small quantity of gasoline A burner which heats the metal nse The in linotype composition recep a small, closed tank, made and approved by oot Mergenthaler Coo was at least 1o cf distant trom the burner, o tcemed impossible that five con ¢ ocommunieated at that distanc Mro 10 Rogers, night operacton e filling this tank prepa atory o nieht = work. when in a fa Mmes =hot up, burning Mr. Ro cre painfally on the arm The o quickly communicated to the page her intlammahle nateria f vicinity. The glass partition 1oven the linotype room and the o ckivomelted and broke, ol ex Jeaped imo o the off votically destroying a aluanl riter, a typewriter il [ mid other office furnitir sides a quantity of letters, pay | Looks, and other articles, The o tent of the damage so far o the -1 ters, valuable papers, ete, are on | ‘ crned, cannot yet be determine! oot the material property loss wodd probably be covered by about 100 The flames rose to the ceiling il for a time it looked like the - | ing was doomed. The office Toree and bystanders threw wuter on thed flames, bt this only increas ir spread Meanwhile, the fire departnont FRIPAY, SEPT. 13, 1912. BANKERS EASY ON REFORM ERAL CURRENCY REFORM PROBABLY SIDETRACKED. (By Associdted Press.) Detroit, Mich., Sept. 13. of the (‘onser- vative members American Bankers' association, which have been urging less aggressiveness in the association’s eoffrts to obtain federal currency reform, apparently nave carried their point. The bank ers plunged into a discussion of agri- cultural problems at the closing ses sion of the convention today, and it i= expected that currency legislation will not be taken up. was taken up with the addresses o’ Charles (‘onant, and Andrew Soult, the latter's address being presentoi to the convention because of the au thor's inability to be present. RECORD PRIGE PAD FOR FLORIDA CORN Tallahassee Minister Victim of Joke | by Bad Man Suspected of | Bootlegging. { Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 13, -Rev. | A. . Adeock, a Baptist minister, was | very desirous of catching one of the | two-eyed “blind tigers™ of his com- | munity, and approached a friend whom he thought imal."” that business, that he had things to attend not in other to, bt he thought perhaps he could Jocat some place where he, the minister, might he able to trap the game, and ' tiat it he would come back Tater, h benetit oi Mr an’ Ad vwould give him the intormation he could weording io appointment wita the cock, the triend, ceturned an alted where he conld thay e noon ond was told the vt Canimal and 2hit I police posted rean to tollow him and he on hand 1) wake an arrestoat oo moments notio He went 1o the Leon Motor Coly place, where he tound the Hon Bo Smith and told bim he wanted 1o go & quart of whisky Bob advisad th minister that e did not have an fryve, by could der hime have conn wherenpon th this did that he mighty good corn minister stated that no m much difterence hiva Just oon have corn’ as ‘v Bob told him that it would ot hin $1.50 a quart, but he was alvai that he wonld have 1o let him hav the Mr. \d cock stated that it would be perfect Iy satisfactory furnish it “pints” Wherenpon Bob retired 1t the rear of the building and with a amount in two pints to (1 “hort Iy returned package which he handed to hhm to his $1.50. As Mr. Adeocd could reach the street and catel vl eye of the officer formed that individual: him; come and make the arrest handed the package to the man, who procecded to open it lo and bLehold oon as in waiting, I T have 2o and police the minister had pur - OF CURRENGY DISCUSSION RELATING TO FED.! Most of today | wias wise to the | | a competence, proper location for trapping the “an } ter at neatly wrapped | |ASTOR WILL PROBATED FOR SECOND TIME. New York, Sept. 13.—The will ot Sohn Jacob Astor, who perished when the Titanic went down, was aamitted to probate for the second | time. The birth of the heir made the step necessary. ! With the second probating a state- filed by Egerton T. Win- the baby's guardian, in offect t nothing containcd in the j probate should be considercd an we- irvmmm- for the heir “of any pro- ; vision that it may be claimed is made for him under the provisions of the will.” | ment was throp, "N SANTD DOMGE Revolution in Little Republic and Uncle Sam Will Look After In- terests of Our Citizens. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 13.—The Unit- ed States is about to intervene in Santo Domingo. where a revolution has broken out, threatening Amer- ican and other foreign interests. War ships will be dispatched to the island. NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN IT FOR HIM. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 13.-—Rev, Dr. Scott F. Hershey, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Newcastle, has resigned and will quit the ministry. Dr. Hershey has bought a small frui- farm in Northern Indiana, and is go- ing to become a farmer. It is foolish for any man to de- (vote himself to preaching until he breaks down, for he can't lay aside I'll probably do het- the simple life,” said Dr. The friend told him he was ! [ershey. br. year. Hershey's salary iz $2.500 o IT COSTS SOMETHING TO PAINT A BATTLESHIP. New York, Sept. 130 The difti- culty of finding the right kind oi paint for battleships is the subject ol an interesting paper presented to ! Henry v oyard chemists” congress here by Williams, of the Brooklyn g The painting problems ol a o navy are considerable t ter cats up steel with o remarkabl coed, nnldess the armor plate is kept vell covered \s omething a result, the navy like to spend over INVERNENTION PROBABLE No. 270.. LIS COL LD CLAMS NSPOSED OF DEPARTMENT HOLDS PJATENTS WERE FRAUDULENT AND SHOULD BE CANCELED. (By Associated Uress.) Washington, Sept. 1.~ All thirty- Cunningham three of the so-called Alaska coal land claims, involving fraudulent land patents, which contributed to the Pinchot- Ballinger controversy, have been disposed of finally by the interior department. The appeals have been adversely decided, and Seccretary Fisher has directed the immediate execution of the decision of Commis- sioner Bennet of the general land of- fice, who held that ihe claims were improperly allowed, and that the entries should be cancelled. The interior department is pass- ing upon other Alaskan claims, sim- ilar to the Cunningham group of a T'hree hundred alleged thousand or more. have been disallowed. CONVICT 1S DROWNED AND CARRIES DOWN GUARD Sank Macrady, a negro convict at the turpentine camp, south of Bee Ridge, was drowned in Cowpen slough, near the stockade, a few days ago. The State law requires that convicts take a bath once a week, and on the afternoon in question eighteen convicts in charge of six guards were taken to this pond. One of the guards with a gun remained cn the bank. It appears, according to the evi dence at the inquest, that two of the guards took Macrady to the edge ol the pool, and as he was placed in he threw his arms around Guard Lennoy, and both fell into the water and went to the hottom. lLenno: manazed to free himself and came to | the wirface; but the convict did no'. Efforts made to find Macrady both 1y diving into the water and | with but In {the meantime word was sent to the Leamp, and the ch was continued | 1t was 9 o'clock the following morn- ing botore the body was discovered some 1ifty down the stream | The tinzers cntertwined and the arms extended, apparently in th were poles, without suceess, yvards wore Balt s million dollars ar g ii It a0 million dollar e year for | e conditions as when e woent int The total cos T in | The imal cost of paintin down B bt eshi Slorvi cas S150.000 | . J : p Flovida wa 10,000 | Capt. Parrvish, in charge of the vl wocost ! Vin the shiv g " ping g hi foamp, st to the coroner s jurs panted 15,000 4 veur ¥ ki b b i that the conviets seldom went o ' s ;. this pond for hathing No o arents will do well to remember | seemed to Kknow whether Macrady that the Iaw requiring new tex: | Was a swimmer. There was no evi : PO \ [ . ¥ the convict had \ CLooks for the Flovida schools make | T il i W it ”.' | BT e azainst Guard Lennox, in {hiberal provision for the exchn ol ] R ' N t Hnal i i ' fact that he had never been in ol books in the purchase of the 1 ! charee of the squad in which the HeW ones | . : A Pdvad vian had worked, 1t al<o was 'BURTON'S EXAMINATION WS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SEFTENBER 20 (By Associated Press.) N X Jurton W \Mliddletown, caamination The Sept i of Gibson, | Fshown that Macrady hue fped abont aomonth ago, been wihip- on the but report of o cuard who was ne longer fwith the camp { After cecnring all available ovi ‘dv nee the jurs returned o verdict o I ddental death Justice of Peace | Sonthgate wcted as coroner - Brad [ couthgats ted as coroner jentown Herald And | lawyer, on the charge of murderine iDESOTO éoum.Y sum his client, Mrs. Zsabo, in Greenwood GETS HEAVY DAMAGES. had responded to the alarm with <! chased a “quart of good corn’ all | lake, July 16, was postponed today warkable quickness, and by o "l-zrnnhv, all right, tor the bottles were funtil Sept. 20, upon application ot | gperief A €. Freeman was award lent work on its part, with the aid {filled with grains of real Leon conn | District Attorney Rogers Gibson i,_,, $26,000 damages ‘m Hhis \1“ of chemiral apparatus, the flames|ty grown corn "has not secured counsel, and says he Iagainst y the (:mrg{u ,-Ji"-.m.[‘ on - soon subduned The preacher has not gone back [expects to conduct his own defense. [ g hijch his wife and son, and brother- The office seemed a hopeles k, | tor his money He left the eity — — Iilhla“\ Louis Camp, lost their live: A1t by hard work last night o "";i-:xrl.'. next morting to spent the res and he himself came near beine .,:". f :Av’ : n]:l :1{ b 7!'1’4’!!4 the weel: on a fishing trip { ROSE GROWS IN A CHICKEN. 'killod. when a train collided with an who worked to a late { automobile in which they were trav- the light and pow nl i NO WONDER THIS themawa, Ore, Sept. 12— An fl'»l-»ilinw The accident occurred near 1 ™ MAN WENT CRAZY ot fully blown small Marth: i Monticollo, Ga., about two years ago, \ashinston rose was discovered en-|and our read are still familiar ngs ar ‘ <'W \-w.I wky O S t : f:"" vl ina don sack of protective [ with the details of the deplorable X if the mal Record and tisme in a mouth Rock hen |tragedy. The suit has been pending ~|'.1nwrm|. o publications sen: killed by Mrs. Florence Matthes. De- [for 2 long while, having been ‘h‘u:z W Conz Anderson drove spite t1a veral weeks must have N ouzht by Mr. Freeman shortly aft- a_',! | Carl Hessenns of this city, iv’;"-x:‘ e sinee the swallowing of the the event. It came up on an ap- :['»nlr(‘)b'n c : :‘. :”’mn | ud to ensbie it to have become <o | peal and the jury zave Mr Freeman ted ¢ he read coated flower had not cone decay under- damages in the Gorda Herald amoun stated.- Punta g SN e e e i S Rt g P . 7w . ol iy Ty e