Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, October 23, 1912, Page 1

THE LAKELAND VENING TELEGRAM B I T e wwmmaii o Se——"s e — VoL 1 Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, 1912. No. 304 ESTIGATION PUG JOHNSON FOERAL JUBY ¢RL WILL AID IN INVESTIGA- 110N HAVING BECOME RECON- CILED WITH MOTHER. (By Associated Press.) (Chicago, Oct. 23.—The federal sand jury inquiry into the Jack johnson-Lucile Cameron case was wsumed this morning, after a delay sioned by the death of the moth- Assistant Federal Attorney tirst witness was Joseph Le- johnson’s white secretary, wved to have information ¢ lo the ion. again was a witness we of completing her terrapted by her in the jury room reported as reconcited rand willing to aid in tigation, inves on 7 JACK JOHNSON'S “DEATH" TOOK PLACE. rumor in the city i Johnson, the negro pugilist 1 shot in Chicago that morn- mother of the white givl attempted abduction he on charged, was not local, but valent in every eity and ham- T North America where tele- wires reach, The story, ac- to the Tampa Tribune's As- | I'ress operator, originated tock exchange wire out of City. after being vis surrounded by an excited hegdro, U on leaving court and his in-! by the infurinted mob was only cuted by the arrival of the po- A\ stock exchange telegraph ator. looking from the window kyscraper, saw the crowd, ! the uproar, and, thinking that ' Id not be other than that John- | s been shot by the girl's! put it on the New York, Orleans anq 'Frisco wires. The ociated Press operators in the ront cities heard the rumor, and, ! the five minute rest periods operator in Chicago may b~ | ftor the operator’s family at | tulking personally with vissed the rumor. By I'over the United tSates, news” was thrown on pic- s, and all over tha were congratulating ridding the world of Much regret was ex- “Lfrom Cape Horn ty Green- " and from Lakeland to Lacka- that the report was not trn- BOTO0! people man on mndre], KETS LOADED WITH GREEN FRUIT NOW ' lohnson and Turner, of| ! sub-station of the Citrus “to. rot home last night from "ii*'mmn'v, ndeooq very much im- with saw there. id today that he nev- T beautiful fruit than M2 upon the groves of Mr Kissimmee. They went look this frut to determinin: for shipment it would not be v to oa view I be fit “d that SO me time, "dinc to Mr. Turner, in “hipments of green fruit, there view YTy little market for citrus “HI ofter Christmas. “A fow YIra fine fruit can he ' advantage for the rade,” gaid he, “but markets ~ro loaded ‘riit now, and it i¢ no: Biras 00k to anything like a y. . movement of fruit unti! from ' "l“ the middle of Novem- Yrlando Reporter-Stas —— © °nly actresses with four di- ¢, . their credit who can depict . e undying, stick-to-you-to- brand of love presented on ¢ —Philadelphia Ledgr. collapse Saturday ! allowed ! noon ! the specimens . | WANTS $25,000 FOR LOSS OF EYE. Miss Belle Leake, daughter of our {townsman, Mr. O. W. Leake, and| "saleslady in the dry-goods establish- | ment of Hammond & Bunch, has in-* stituteq an action for damages in llh-f jsmount of $25,000 against Col. J. J Watkins for the loss of the sm.hl of one of her eyes. According to the narrative of the plaintiff, the injury to her eye was caused about a year ago while re- bairs were being made in the build- ing belonging to defendant. It seems that at that time some for- eign substance entered Miss Leake's eye, causing irritation, which, in spite of careful attention, becamec worse and worse, fiually resulting in the total loss of the sight in one eye. The merits of the case will now be decided in court. The case will ex- cite considerable interest in this community, both parties to the suit being well known.-Orlando Seni- nel, ' [ AT D ST " IRE CAPTURED - Severe Blow to Rcvolutionists To~: day. Struck Without Much Loss | to Federals. ; (By Associateq Press.) Vern Cruz, Oct. 23.—Felix Diaz | and his staft were captured today and all rebels disarmed. The casual ; Lities were insignificant. i DESTITUTE FAMILY STILL ON CHARITY OF CITIZENS. | Nothing has yet beey heard ot the tather of Mis (~'|'v-l1 Milley and four children, who weee ! found at the passenger station Mon- | Sday night, having come here i Bradley Janction on the Miller that he would meet them ;uf the train. It ascertained that he did some work last week for { the Mann Construction Co. in this city, and that some local contractor later hired him to go to Pierce to do some work on a contract there, This clue ig being traced, and it Miller is found he will be made to care for those dependent on him, us it is a penal offeuse for a man to desert his family. hushand and from | | promise of has been Meanwhile the family is still at Cthe Sunnyside hotel and ix being | cared for at the expeise of kimllvI tand charitahle persons, of whom | | there is no scarcity in Lakeland. | "Several porsons have landed thel editor Telegram sums ol | money to colieve the pressing \\.nn\‘ of this family, and there have also heen some other contributions. M ~! R. R. Sullivan. who always delights in charitable and Kindly deeds, has been very active in their hehalf. The oldest a little fellow of about eight or nine years, was taken ill of, fever, and is being treated by Dr. | Sullivan. He had succeeded in get- ting a place where he could earn a [ littie, - but his illness will prevent | . this for a few days. It is hoped that ! the recaleitrant husband and father i will be found in a day or two; if ‘n ot, some way to help the unfor- "tunates will be found boy, — e i ANXIETY OVER CONDITION OF INJURED CROWN . i v Associated Press ; 3t Petersburg, Oct. 23.—~The con- | prince of the Rus-ian crown accident yes-! whe was injured in an [ terday, is causing the greatest anx- ourt and the jrtest silence | imperial The ident to the iety blic al put maintained n rezarding the GREEK ARHY s VICTORY GVER ThRKSf By A ated Pres:s ) sthens, Oct. 23 —The Greek army | H senc ' defeated the Turk:s this yond Elzssopa, after a vizorous at-| tack, ard twen'r-two battalions of Turkish infartry 1rd six batteries o’f artillery are b=z parsued by uo|of motor boats wii! make haete to | work here reaches 3,623. He w|n tion late today before the Clapp 'fl'illulcy twing cast their fir:t do so0. " Greeks toward the town of Servia. .ollnc fires in violation of a recent act 'Tdmm Bay in jovable winter morring be- ' tion of the government ROOSEVELT WAS TRIAL OF BECKER ABLE TO SITUP, FOR ROSENTHAL'S AND 15 RESTED DENTH NEAR END HAD GOOD NIGIITS SLEEP AND EVIDENCE IN NOTED CASE BE- EVIDENTLY IS IMPROV- ING NOW SUMMED UP FOR ING RAPIDLY. JURY’S ACTION. (By Associateq Press.) (By Associated Press.) Oyster Bay, Oct. 23.-A long New York, Oct. 23.—Summing up night's sleep largely offset the weari- the evidence today, continuance to- some effects of Roosevelt's long trip , morrow when Justice Goff charges from Chicago and he awoke this the jury is the schedule for the clos- morning greatly refreshed. He will | ing of the case of Becker, charged sit up today. He was not allowed tv with the murder of Gambler Rosen- see any one until Thursday. thal. The trial opened Oct. 7. McIntyre began his argument this uorning. 'l am defending an Amer- an, not a murderer,” he began. s aecnsers are a vile, degenerate, BOARD OF TRADE SENDS DELEGATE AFTER REUNION. B Smith weat up o bake City awless set, reeking with filth un(l] 1 th 1 Ot ifamy; they've tarnished the name | \ml\m the rounion o1 f a great city, more philanthropic the Conteder viE nexe yeav (4 generous than any in the world. tor - this ol VIO Hethierington e man badaaced azuinst an oppo- bas heep s o bheothe Boerrg ©f ont Beeker, of pood reputation, | Trade for this sorvice, but he tinding dnst Rose o selt-contessed HECHEE it impossible for him 14 make the sin'” trip, Mro Smith Kindly eonsented to Melntyre then began a review of the evidence. The afternoon is al- otted to the preseention. and the interests of the city wil jtheretore be well looked after. Mr. John FooCox expects also to g up and be on the ground when the se- NOTED SOUTHERN WOMAN lection of the next meeting place WANTS T0 VOTE comes up, and will probably make sl aroaddress i opresentinge the elaims Miss Mary Johnston, the yotel, ot Lakeland Virginia novelist, has many 1viend: | ad admirers in Jacksonville \\'!u' II‘SS LED THE SNAKE UP TOWHN. Wil! e interested to learn that sie | oactively ensazed in influencin. Jesse Smith, lneman o the b the orsanization of Bgual Suffrase O, P& Goorailroad, while workine D clabs in various parts of the Soutl near the depot soon this mornin "’hln- has deltvered eloguent addres . discovered @ very fine specimen 6f {8 in several Southern citios. 1t 1s Dhe diamond back rattle snake ,Iv,~.~'i"\}'t‘vlml that her tonr will bring shipped a string around its neck and | hei near this city, and it is under- led it up town where it created quite | stood that an effort will be made to o rensation. Wish he could cateh frecure her for a lecture or address ‘em all and ship ‘em away. Perry il'n the question of Equal Suffrage in Banner l wksonville.~ -Times-Union. BERLIN HOUSEWIES IWILSIIN MAY BE ON ON'A RAMPAGE, STUP NEXY WEEK Dutch Houscfraus Scmp With Butch- | No Positive A Ixpected That He Will .anouncement Made But ers Because of the High Price | of Meat. ; Renew Activities. (hy Associnted Prese o { By Associated Press,) Berlin, O Hundred ) PPrinceton, Oct. 235, Governor erlin housewives joined iy riot Wiltou today said he had no an- today, because the nouncement 1o make regarding his future speaking engagements, It is quite likely that next week will see cipal markets, therchy reducine ! coet of living, and their wares wore | him active agnin. He said he wag trampled under foot. The wouwen | merely waiting for Roosevelt’s recov- jought with the butchers until the | ery markets closed BOOKER WASHINGTON CON- WI{OI.ESALE UBMG OF DEMNS JACK JOHNSON. TAMPA BAY XOTOB BOATS. | | A butehers rel te sell meats imported by the | Detroit, Mich., Oct, 23 —Condemn- ing Pugilist Jack Johnson as a mem- Jacksonville, Oct, 23 -Libels filed in United States Court ye:ier- day by Assistant United States Dis- ber of his race who had harmed trict -\‘n.(:rnt-\ Richard . Marks | Father than helped its development ‘1"'!“1‘-‘(‘ c-i"hl.y-l'uur motor Loats, | PY his recent exploits, Rooker T 4 o 1 Washington, negro educator in| which the government officials fine : | re not properly equipped for gpeaking before a bi, audience in ; e The lih’vl!lll boats are mo-tly ”“ Detroit Y. M. €. A, this after- :10‘ being nn'igaud {n the W lnmm declared that Chicago is now |l e De 4 H “ v witnessing a good example of the re- of Tampa Bay and some of them Ar“: 1 4 . new that they have not e .,""“ of educating a man to make so new tha v he et 2 : | 3 d. rioney, without due attention hav- name s . Action is taken by Attoruey Mor irg been given his mental and spirit o the ground that the bote, on the | '"'l SEVR RG0S dates mentioned in thie complaints, Jt is unfortunate that x man with | LA 5 R o | MONey should use it in a way to in- | were navigated without carryinz for :mr. pitodgginoss "! . )“ . | immediate use, the means of proupt- » i people with those who 17 and eflt-flu.;ll) extinguishing zas- | 4T¢ seckinz 1o uplift his race and | g 5 i P iinprove condition. ¢ harms | himself tho least and he misrepre- | | of Congress i | 4 sents the colored people of the coun- | The owners of the libeled Lo L’Itn ik : V. pish 10 say e atics at ! include some of the wealthicst - »r"‘ J _‘” ‘x. emphatically that | in Florida as weli as Northern tour-| his ""“"“" o “1‘"‘5' with my per- liets who have sent their hoat 1p | SONal appro. and | sure they anticipation of an ca- do not mect he approval of the seagon ug | "olored race e Southern Flerid The details of the who! ing of pleasure craft he rr:u"fld here, it is understod Yoo - | EVANGELIST SUNDAY LANDS “ GREAT HOS‘I 0!‘ CONVERTS. | to| East Liverpoo!. Ohio, Oct. 23.— » and Billy Sunday, evancelist, had 377 vith converts in three scrvices here to- ment day. The total for nis five weeks'' atort th consternation in boatinz <ir others who have not ¢ the laws relative to U continue one week longer. ——— e 3 ] Thoen in an automobile AN ARKANSAS BULLDOG DOES GOOD WORK. Rogers, Ark., Oct. 23.—Mrs. Branston Jones was severely burned this morning by falling into an opet fireplace at her home in this city, and had it not been for the presence of the faithful bulldog of the aged woman she would have been burned to death. No one was in the room at the) | SUPERINTENDENT OF CHIL- time of the accident. The dog, evi- dently realizing her plight, hastened to the back yard, where the servant was engaged at work, and acted in such a manner as to attract the at- tention of the servant, who rushed into the house and found Mrs. Jones helplessly lying in the fire. She quickly was removed, but was badly burned. It is supposed the woman fainteq and fell unconscious into the fireplace. The bulldog has a ‘“‘happy home for life” in the Jones family. MURDER MYSTERY AT SRIDGEPORT, COMN Body of Young Woman Found With Five Bullet Wounds. and Ital- ians Are Suspected. (By Associated Press.) Bridgeport, Conn,, Oct. 234, | Whether the murder of a youny lalian woman in - Stratford last night after she had been taken there by five Italians was the culmination oi a plot, inquiry today. Leside the the head were cap- tured. Late today the police discoverea evidence leading to the beliel that the woman came here from Chicago fullowing the vice erusade, and Chi- enzo dispatches indicate that she lefi the beginning of the there about crugade, SENATOR FLETCHER ON THE SUNDAY MAIL DELIVERY. Senator Fletcher, who was inter- viewed by a representative of the Jacksonville Times-Union, stated it was his opinion that a wrong im- pression has been gained with refer- ence to the recent ruling of the pos- tal department as to the delivery of | mails on Sunday. In his opinion the placing of mail in the bhoxes is not delivering it. The inhibition applies to the delivery of mail tg the gen- cral public bexes, although he says he can see 1o objection to handing out mail. Senator Fletcher alsg said: *‘I think the postoflice department rather en- larged upon the intention of Con- IS by the broad interpretation ex- | pressed in the instructions seunt out. At least theimpression created by the irstructions reached quite beyond the purpose of Congress and beyond a proper and fair construction of the ianguage of the act.”- -Fort Myers Press. |THE GEORGIA STATE FEOERATION 15 N SESSION TODA (By \ssociated Press.) Atlanta. Oct —Mrs. 1 i White, of Athens, Ga., president ol ! the State Federation, teenth annual convention of the Fed- eration to order this morning. program calls for the reports of the various oflicer~. Mrs. Percy V. Pen- nybacker, national |m-sidom, is 2 guest of honor A Iuncheon was served at the Auditorinm for the vis-! itors BEVERDSE' CVPAGN FUND BEING INVESTIGATED . (By Associated Press. Oct. 22 Washington, ~—Financial have ' features of the campaign of Formcrl e Senator Deveridge, of Indiana, in 1904, were scheduled for investiga- venlntln: committee. was the subject of ||()l|l'-i Her body was fountd | road with five bullets in | fhree men said to have and not o putting it in called the six- The , PREAGHER WHO BETRAYED GIRLS NOW ON TRIAL DREN'S HOME FACES JURY ON SERIOUS CHARGE. (By Associated Press.) Greenville, 8. C., Oct. 23.—Wheu:. the case of the Rev. Thurston Vaughn, charged with assaulting three little girl inmates while he was superintendent of the Odd Fel- lows' home last May, was called to- day, a continuance until tomorrow was granted upon the motijon of the defense, many witnesses being ab- sent. The court iy considering u motion to exclude the zeneral pub flie, the sheritl feaving o demonstra- tion against Vauzhn, GOV. WILSON NOT A K, CF C." AS LATELY RUMORED. Atlanta, Ga., Oct, 23 Leaders o Lihe Wilson camptizn in Geergia are iin a position to make absolute and circumstantial denial o the storv that Governor Wilson hus joined the Knights of Columbus. \When the ru- I mor was given cireulation in this | State, they were sur ed, and knew it to be absurd, because Governor Wilson is a P'resbyterian, and could not join the Knights of Columbus it be wanted to. But Senuntor Harriz, whg is head of the State « j decided to make no statement on the 15|'|)jw" until he had had the satis- ‘f.‘(‘lll'" of tracing the story to it Psource, This has now been done, J’.llul the explanation is very simpk j New York celebrated recently | what is ealled “Christopher Colum | bus day,” in honor of the memory o) the discoverer America. The Knights of Columbus took a promi- nent part in that celebration. One m the big banquets was attended by Governor Wilson, along with other national notables, and, during the course of the evening someone, as a compliment to the governor, pinned an enornious “K. of (*." badge on his coat. Of course, he took it off after the banquet. The whole incident was abs lutely devoid of cither re- {ligious or political significance, Gov- {ernor Wilson has never heen a party 1o the ciforts of either friends or en {emies to mix religions questions with | political e is g steunch Pres byterian. But he has no quarrel with the Catholics. He believes simply in 'H\v- righi of every man to worship '(Iml as he sees fit, mhainn of mnes {A SNE'.(ZE WHICH CAME NEAR BEING FATAL ‘ Hamilton. Ohio, Oect. 23 Joseph Leuge ice-crcam maker of Vine street, was stricken with a rare and peculiar discase today when, in sneezing, he burst an avtery in his !!u:ul which eansed o hemorrhage into the semicirenlar canal to his right ear. I y e TS, s is unable to move a mus- and is suffering from such a se- ; vere attack of dizziness that persons | walking across the sick room cause him intense saffering His condi { tion is thought to be eritical | ¢.|A FINE OLD PAIR OF PROHIBITIONISTS. ) 0®. 3. —~The twins, Samuel and Willlam. Babylon. 1. 1. Muney who will be 93 years old next Christ- { mas, walked over from their farm, a of iimbed the | «Iisl:mm- two miles yesterday. the and registered un- stairs leading to It H | election burean, 1(‘- o the fountain, both being pro- Both were in excellent spirits, hale and hearty, nourced Prohibitionists. are apparently desioned to live They are the old- isi twins in the United States and | il'l-llh years yet followed the bay for a living all ! their lives. They vote at every elec- tion and look forward to th> oppor- ! tunity with much eagernes: Tha vote 'flm than 70 years ago.