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

THE LAKELAND EVENING VOLUME II. Pubhshcd in the Bcsr Town in thu Best Part of the Bc.Sl Starc. LARELAKD., FLORIDA TUIbm\Y. NOV. 12, SPAINS PREMIER ocAaolNATED AT ADRID TODAY: \SSAILANT ARRESTED, AND LAT- | ER CLOSED INCIDENT BY SUICIDING. (By Associated Press.) Madrid, Nov. 12.—The Spanish .remler, Jose Canalcjas, was ussas- inated today. (By Associated Press.) Madrid, Nov. 12.-—-The Spanish remier, Joseph Canalejas, was shot tead today while entering the min- stry of the interior to attend a cab- not meeting. His assailant was ianuel Parding Serrato Martin, ped 28, of El Grado Province, Hues- a. He was arrested and he then ommitted suicide. ITY COUNCIL DISPOSED OF ROUTINE MATTERS LAST NIGHT. The City Council held a meeting cst night at which time routine natters came before them for their onsideration. The city clerk hav- ng gone to Tampa today we are un- \hle to publish the minutes, how- pver, these will appear tomorrow. Mrs. W. P. Mizelle and children o, [dve Oak, are guests of Mrs, W, W, ‘arter. Mr. English and family have re- urned to Lakeland from Illinois, ud are living on their property in ixieland. 1t will be remembered that this interesting family spent fast winter in Lakeland, having ooms at the home of Mrs. George l.ee. Their friends are glad to wel- ome them back. SCHEME TO BREAK THE MARKET, SAYS TEMPLE. General Manager Temple of the Morida Citrus Exchange is firmly of he opinion that there will he a num- ter of “busted” orange speculators in the State if the growers will now adopt the wise course of sitting tight #nd holding thewr fruit until it is worth something, which happy pe- riod Temple points out is bound to come when it is fully ripe. Mr. Temple believes firmly that the rushing of green fruit to the northern markets as soon as . the sates were down Oct. 1 was a scheme on the part of the small speculators 1o break the market. How success- ful it was is known to all. Sees Scheme of Speculators. The market once broken, the small speculators flooded the markets with letters offering fruit at $1.25 to §1.40 a box, November and December de- livery. To make good on this they wust buy the fruit at prices on ths trees not to exceed 60 cents a box. At this very moment they are scour- ing the back counties of the fruit helt trying to do this, and filling the air with lies about how the exchange has broken down the market and in- tands to keep it down for the bal-| ance of the season. Chase points out thay the only way to handle these fellows is to refus» them fruit at less than a dollar a box on the trees. He firmly believes the brices will go up and that there will bc a good market at good prices for |’ ail the good fruit the State will pro- diice. There will be no markey for £reen fruit and but little for poor fruit.—Tampa Times. NOTE OF WARNING T0 | CHRISTMAS GI¥T SENDERS. | Washington, 12—In an- nouncing that 8,566 articles lost in | (the n aggregating $13,000, | L:.iv of the dead letter oflice on Dec. i ), Postmaster General 1liteheock to- *d a note of warning against all Christmas sonders an d prospective parcels post .trons. Mr. Hitehcock pointed out that ‘l"‘.l'illfl the year over 4,000 articles | hid escaped from the wrappers in the mail, aboug 500 of them being pieces of more or less valuable jew- elry. He advised the public to conform 1o the parcels post requirements that ull parcels post packages must bear the distinctive postage stamps, which will be ready Jan. 1 next, and must biave attached the return card of the genders. The parcels post systern goes into effect on Jan. 1. [ i i (By Associateq Press.) Jacksonville, Nov. 12.—Several Fundred physicians attended the op- ening of the annual convention of the Southern Medical association here today. Addresses of welcome and responses and papers were read. An address was delivered by Dr. James M. Jackson, of Miami, Fla BOID GSE M COME UP TODAY Validity of Lakeland's Last Boad Is- sue Scheduled for Dispusition in Supreme Court. Eppes Tucker, Jr., as attorney for the bond trustees of the city of Lake- 1. W. PRUITT BUYS INTEREST IN BAILEY'S CLOTHING STORE. Mr. J. W. Pruitt, of Orlando, is a new citizen of Lakeland, that gentle- man having today completed arrange- ments whereby he becomes a half owner of the clothing store of Mr. E. F. Bailey, and will in the future be actively engaged in the conduct of the business with the latter gentle- man, Mr. Pruitt is a wide-awake, pro- eressive citizen, and, being already imbued with enthusiasm in regard to Lakeland’s future, will prove a good booster for the city and for every worthy cause. Success cannot turn a man's head I be bas a stiff nock. lund, left last night for Tallahassee, where this afternoon the matter of the validity of the recent bond issue iz scheduled to come up before th: Supreme Court. There are several technical points involved, chief among them being the qrestion of the legality of the adver- tising in connection with the bonds. This advertising was done in one is- sue of a daily paper each week dur- ing the prescribed time, instead of being published in a weekly paper. There is some uncertainty as to whether this constituted a valid ad- vertisement. If the court should rule otherwise. however, it would Lave the effect of setting aside in- numerable court decrees, and plunge the affairs of the courts into inex- tricable confusion. For instance, countless divorce cases have been ad- vertised in this way in the dally pa- pers of the State, and a decision de- claring the decrees invalid on ac- count of improper advertising would produce embarassing situations, to say the least. A decision is expected in a day or two, and it is greatly to be hoped that it will establish the regularity of the bonds, and make it possible tn begin work on the city improve- ments at gnce. (By Associated Press.) Rochester, Nov. 12.-—After the disposition of reports the delegates to the American Federation of Labor today settled down to discussions and hasiness that may make the conven- tion a notable one. The general sen- lim nt iu that the annnal qnestion irm may obtrude, as manv are here. Gompers said the over-present anestion of an eight- honr day and the abolition of child ubtedly will be discussed 1abor undo (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, Nov. 12.—The Ward- ens' association was in charge of the morning eession of the annual con- gress of the American Prison associa- tion today. Capt. R. L. Russell, and Mrs. Charlotte Jones Dunn delivered agdr TRIAL OF GUNMEN 15 MOVING RAPIDLY (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 12.—The trial of the gunmen charged with the killing o' Rosenthal moved swiftly today. Soon after court opened Assistant District Attorney Moss had finished bis address to the jury and four wit- n-sses were put on the stand. world be sold at the annual aurliuu' WILSON GIVES NO 516N A5 10 EXTRA SESSION RIS ¥IND NOT ‘lADE UP YET, BUT HE'S LISTENING TO PRO AND CON SUGGESTIONS. (By Associated Press.) Trenton, Nov. 12— President- elect Wilson has nog “'breathed to a soul” whether he will call an extra scesion of Congress to revise the tar- ifft. The Governor declared today that he has not expressed an opinion cn this topic to anybody, nor had h allowed himself to form one. He is bearing all sides, he said, and he stated further that he had trained himself during his term as governor not to anticipate nis opinions, bui W's friends, of course, had the right to express their opinions. He added, however, they did not have the right to say what his opinion was-—-in fact, he “had no opinion.” SCHRANK ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY o il Would-be Amssin of Theodore Roosevelt Will Be Examined as to l{u Sanity. (By Associated Press.) Milwaukee, Nov. 12, Schrank pleaded guilty of shooting Roosevelt. The court decided to appoint a com- mission to investigate his sanity, By Associated Press.) Milwaukee, Nov. 12--John Shrank, who attempted to kill Theodore Roosevelt, refused up to the time o going to court today for trial to in- dicate whether he would plead guilty or declare himself innocert. The State's attorney is prepared to make a short shrift of the case. MORE CABINET CO‘ISTRUCT!ON FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT Washington, Nov. 12.-—Hugh ¢. Wallace, of the State of Washington, son-in-law of the late Chief Justice Melville E. Court of the United States, is ambi- tious to bhecome postmaster general in the Wilson cabinet. He was a Wil- son worker in the ante-convention Fuller, of the Suprem; | and pre-election campaign, and used to be a Democratic national commit- teeman of his State. Representative Ralph W. Moss, of Indiana, chairman of the House com- niittes on expenditures in the depart- ment of agriculture, will be backed by the Indiana congressional delega- tion and other Hoosier leaders for the position of secretary of agricul- tire in the new cabinet, RESOLUTIONS OF BARACA CLASS AS TO STREET PREACHING Whereas, our present city ordi- nznee containg a section which pro hibits street preaching, and, where a¥, our City Council has allowed this ordinance to remain in force, we, the Raracca Class, of the First Baptis® church of Lakeland, do request the City Council to amend the said ordi- rance, giving our mayor the power to grant or permit street preachingz | dered the case to trial. We believe that this is a violation of constitutional rights to prohibit any rinister of the Gospel from preach- ing the word of God upon our streets, as we know that much good Las been done and is being done datly thiroughout our country through such svstem, and we believe that this warrants us to request the said City Council to take immediate action uron this ordinance. We further resolve that a copy of these resolutions be mailed to the City Council, to our paster, and a copy be given to the Lakeland Tele- gram for publication. This resolu- tion is unanimously adopted by ev- ery member of the Baracca Class of the First Baptist church, Lakeland, Fla. WM. EMERSON, President. A. C. WRIGHT, Vice President B. F. DRISCOLL Secretary. W. F. McTEER, Asst. Secy. ROBT. TYLER. 1912 Sk NEN KILLED"™" By EXPLOSION DYNAMITE ACCIDENT OCCURRLD AT THE ALTNA POWDER C0.'S PLANT NEAR GARY. IND. By Associated Press.) tary, Ind., Nov. 12.--Six workmen W re killed by the explosion of 2,000 i ds of dyuamite in one of the packing houses of the Aetna Powder o's plant near here this morning. + men who lost their lives were iring one of the packing ma- s when the explosion occurred. The dynamite was loose in 100 pound lots on the packing trays, and Lut for this the damage would have heen more severe. e richest father failed to do his his family by being duty to not richer, STREET PREAGHERS FINED N GOUAT - Appeal Taken—The Smith and Tillis | Cases Postponed Until Tomor- row Morning. ilio Municipal Court room pitched this morning by a erowd of curions speetators when the cages oi the city against 15, 1, Shellhamer and W iardner for preaching on the st.ets without a license, were called, Loth admitted the charge, and Judge cCox fined Mr. Shellhamer $10 and costs, It being Mr. Gardner's first Wisi 1 offense, he was assessed the minimum line of $5 and costs. Mr. Shellhamer announced that he vould not pay his fine - that it was contrary to his conscience to do so. NMr. Gardner acquiesced in this de- cision, At this time J. B. Smith gave no- tice that he would appeal to thc higher courts in behalf of Messrs. shellhamer and Gardner. This re- licved the situation, so far as the jayment of the fines was concerned, . the making of an appeal bond ob- viated the necessity for the imme- diate collection of the fines. Inci- dentally, Col. Edwards, for the city, stuted that a case almost identical, ! NEVER BE ANOTHER BXG EUROPLAI\ WAR. sas City, Nov. 1 lhe noise and bluster, and ||ro\’oc‘|tiun. there will never be an {cther great war in iZurepe the 1is played out,” declired Pr David Starr Jordan, of el Stan ford vniversity and Fork club hen Azainsg War.” P'resident Jordan pointed ont that “world sickness™ which ma ad from one part to all others.” spoke of the degeneration of na- (hrough (he loss of their best the young and virile—in and traced throuzh history the “sowing Whate apparen? oR the Knii tonizht on “Th s ‘ Wir 18 [ *apre | Ij« ticng citizens wrecking of empires and the of the fields with skulls.” He said the civil war had blocked the growth of the race in the United States and that “the men who diea in the war time had better stall in them than the father of the average man today.” The war debt, warfare, is the clond hangin: ncodern pations, he deelared. 1t is an invisibly empire, the foundation of which was laid a century and a half ago by the pawnbroker called ftothschild. From the battle of Wa- terloo until his death Nathan Roth- schild was the actnal ruler of K- rape, : By means of the war debt the cost Ix-‘ shifted to generations yeq unhorn | We means, | fonrth generatlon TH WAS ONE 0 WILSON'S BUSY [MYS{ not a but beyond the means of th, Attending to Hn Job of Governor, | and Forgetting That Ho Is l’l‘endent torBe (By Associated Press.) ‘ Princeton, Nov. 12,—President elect Woodrow Wilson planned to ln-l governor today and abandoned his| role of future national executive. Ile | had many appointments with com- [ missions and State officers and was to dedicate the new buildings for girls in the State capital. CGoing to Trenton this morning he cautioned his chauffeur, as he had not forso:- ten a bump he got when his machine struck a mound in the road a few days ago. HER FAD WAS CANCELED POSTAGE STAMPS. New York, Nov, 12,- A collection ol 10,000,000 canceled postag stamps, domestic and foreign, don. ur in 100,000 neat packages, is on I are no longer living beyond our | 7 i an end. No. 10. < DEATH LIT (F MLEAD WREK 15 VERY LARGE ' EIGHTELY PLRSONS ALREADY DEAZ AND OTHERS ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. (By Associated Press.) New Orleans, Nov. 12.—The total Iisg of the dead in yesterday's col- lision on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley raiiroad was placed today at e:ehteen, and seven of the ninety i neers injured are in a critical condition. Several bodies were tak- en from the debris, Mark Cunningham, the brakeman, who is bMamed by the company, de- clared today he would not be the goat, as when he was instructed to i 20 back and flag the freight the time was insufliclent to prevent a colli- ston. MEXICAN REVOLT IS BROKEN, Washington, Nov. 12 Notwith- i standing rvepetin of rebel upris the Mexican auth continue to announce that hundreds jof rebels are surrendering, and that i‘""' backbey. of the revolution is at The rebels in Vern Cruz and ‘.v Mexico, ! and Oaxiea have surrendered, [{hose states now are peacetul BIG GEM NOT FIRST WATER. Johannesburg, Nov. 12, The greag diamond, the largest in the world, which has just been discov- ered in the Premier mine, may not prove to be so valuable as at first thought. It is now oflicially stated I thag the diamond, which weighs 1,649 mruu is of inferior quality. | ENDORSES TELEGRAM'S POSI- TION AS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Editor Evening Telegram: 1t ap- pears to mg that every unprejudiced person must be in accord with your comments on the Shellhamer inci- deng in last night's paper. Mr. Shell- hamer may have congidered the or- -~ dinance unjust, and possibly it was btroader than was intended --but so long as it is on the city's statute books, every citizen is under moral as well as legal obligation to abid: by it. As is well known, the ordinanre icaled from Massachusetts to the | exhibition teday at the office of a|was intended to abate a public nui- U'nited States Supreme Court, had l.een decided by that highesg tribuna! arainst the defendant and in favor of an ordinance similar to the one in question. The case of the city against J. B “mith, charged with disorderly con- New York dealer. They were sold to him by Mrs. Charles H. Parkhurst, wife of the pastor of the Madison Square Pres- byterlan church. Mrs. Parkhurst had been patiently collecting them for thirty years and sold them because sance-—-of ignoramuses occupying the public streets tg rail ag the churches, ard then take up collections for this display of their folly. Under the cir- cumstances, the mayor and marshal only did their duty by enforcing the law, as it is, without passing judg- duct in interfering with an officer | the Parkhursts recently moved to a|ment upon the justice or injustice of in the discharge of his duty was ar- zued by Judge Tucker on behalf ot the defendant and Col. Edwards on nchalf of the city, on the question of tLe jurisdiction of Municipal Court. Judge Cox ruled that his court hai Jurisdiction in the premises, and or- Owing to the +bsence of Mr. Smith's witnesses, however, the case was postponed un- t+ tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The complaint of J. B. Smith cnarging Marshal Tillis and his son Grover Tillis, with disorderly con- duct, was likewise postponed until tomorrow morning. A deal has just been completed emaller house, where there room for the stamps, BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF PLANETS EVERY EVENING NOW. was no Many of our people are noticing just after the clear sunsets theso evenings two gloriously beautiful stars of unusual size glittering the southwestern heavens. They are the two celebrated planets, Venus and Jupiter, and, clese together, they are in fact mil- lions of miles apart. Venus is the brightest star in the visible universe. Jupiter our larg- okt planet is 88,000 miles wide whila while they seem! it. If Mr. Shellhamer takes excep- tion to the ordinance, he can take steps to have it repealed or modified, but so long as it stands, he is gain- ing unenviable notoriety by ignoring the law and inciting others to law- lessness by his example. He may con- scientiously feel that the law is un- just. Another man, with a still more elastic consvience, may claim that the ordinance against the public sile of liquor is unjust, because it interferes with the *‘personal liberty™” of individuals and hence he may vio- late it with impunity. Of course there is no comparison to be drawn between the action of thosg two individuals, only as to tha whereby E. Z. Jones Realty Co. has|'ittle Venus is only 7,700 miles in | gr .t that both are a violation of the taken over 7,000 acres in Hernando county. This is fine agricultural anq citrus fruit land and the company rroposes to develop it in a high class manner. Lying between Trilby and Brookaville, it has excellent shipping facilities and as soon as titles are approved work will begin on plat- ting and building roads through the tract. The property will be placed on sale the first of the year and wil! te sold only to people who have suf- ficlent capital to develop the land and make the necessary improve- ments.—Florida Real Estate Bullc- tin, Most of our so-called good inten- tions are base imitations. Don’t brag about yourself; others into doing it for you. Jolly diameter. Jupiter is nearly 600,000,000 from the earth while Venus is only 26,- 000,000 miles away. Venus out- shines Jupiter and the other planets and all the fixed stars because it is nearer us than they are. Venus is so bright that it casts a sheen on still water on a dark night. RUSSIA PROTECTING AMER- |GAN INTERESTS IN TURKEY (By Associateq Press.) Washington, Nov. 12.—Russia of- ficially informed the United States' today that it would look out for American interests in Turkish wa- ters and for United States citizens in Turkey. law, and one is under as binding ob- ligation to keep it as the other. R. A. WARD. MET THE FATE HE DESERVED, Columbus, Ohio, *‘ov. 12.—Only a few hours after ! ‘' .d broken into half a dozen Columbus homes Walter Johnson, alias George Johnson, alias Walter Thomas, alias Walter Collins, negro, accidentally shot and killed himself with the revolver owned by Turnkey George Taylor, of the New- ark (Ohio) jail, from which he es- jcaped Oct. § aficr beating the turn- | key mearly to death with his own gun. | volver as he was cleaning {t. All men want to get money; mighty few want to earn it. The negro touched off the re-