Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 7, 1912, Page 1

'HE LAKELANL ————————————— . & COLNE L Pablished in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. | | TINE SACRED CONCERT [l AH" UI: IHA“E TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ' The tolowing be B 0N BUILDING MEETS WITH MUCH FAVOR. \ (airly weil-attended meeting of {:oard of Trade was held last i, this being the first meeting of anization in its new quarters e Auditorium building. The Loard is full of big projects these 1=, and the session last night was .oy interesting and enthusiastic. t'oremost in the discusions came matter of a building to be erect- v the use of the Board, where a unent exhibit of the products of < scction may be maintained, a + room for visitors provided, ard .+ Poard's business transected. A » was appointed to investi- ©ull suitable building sites and prices and teras on same, and vt to the Doard. Wu and 1l raising the money to fi- Jroposition were dis- . and it oi < that there raisin anon no difiicalty in ample 5 10 put up oa splendid bailding, T i aestion that a Y. M. C, A, craunized o Y. M. (. A, and the work together in the project, thus sceeuring a saacture that might be jointly by the two organiza- tions, strack the meeting very fav- orably, and aiter considerable dis- cuesion it was decided that a meoet- irg of all citizens interested in the organization of a Y. M. C. A. in Lakeland be called at an early date, a committee in the meantime being appointed to arrange the details of tiris meeting, and, if possible, have some speaker, well posted on the work, present to deliver an address. The condition of the road arouni luke Morton was given some con- sideration, and it was decided to lioid a meeting of all citizens inter- ested in having this road improved and in beautifying the surroundings of the lake, This meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock next Friday evening, in the Auditorium building. Some controversy about which side really was the winner in the membership contest came up, the Whites claiming the larger num- wr of actual paid members in tha wind-up. The matter was amic- settled by the Reds making a oposition to return the recent hos- pitality of the \Whites hy furnishing + spread some time in January. A number of other interestinu nutters were considered, and the Loard finally adjourned, feeling that cunsiderable good work had been ac- omplished towards boosting Lake- lond to her deserved prominence and tosperity. EODY OF CAPT. O'BRIEN EX- Hithusoilie wed late HUMED, POISONING SUSPECTED | rnsacola, Dec. apt. J. Ed. O'Brien, president of National Bar Pilots Association, from poisoning accidentally ! to him in the terminal depot Atlanta, the body was exhumed ‘sierday and an autopsy conducted {Wo prominent physicians of Pen- ola. The result of the investiga- ! was not disclosed, the physici- sending their report to the head fcer of a Baltimore insurance com- v in which the deceased held a V90 accident policy. udge A, C. Blount as executor of * estate of Capt. O'Brien recently i in a claim with the insuranc2 “ipany for the collection of the ~uount of the policy. The company, ‘iore paying the amount deter- ud upon am investigation, and “l a representative to Pensacola "40 asked permission of Judge int to exhume the body for an ‘“10psy, which was granted and the ¥ was removed yesterday and the ‘amination conducted. ' 4bt. O’'Brien died suddenly on ¢ train between Atlanta and Pen- ola. He asked for a glass of pluto "a'°r in the terminal station in At- “ita and when he was taken sud- Iy ill told the Pullman conductor * Well as others that he believed he "ad been poisoned. He died firm in tiis belief, was the general con- | would | Lakeland, | 7.—To ascertain | program will given at the Auditorium Sunday aft- ernoon by the McHenry Military 'elock. March-—The Bill Board, Klohr. Reverie—Meditation, Morrison. Song—Narcissus, Strube. fel. Waltz--L'estudiantina, Waldteufel. Romance— Poem of Love, Batiste. March—The New White Hous?, Taylor. The Star Spangled Banner, Sousa. These public concerts are being given free of charge, and everyone is invited and welcome to enjoy them The band is necessarily put to considerable expense and diligent ef- fort in giving this service and those who feel that they appreciate the music will have an opportunity to help the boys in this good work when the collection is taken, this be- irg the only pay the band receives for these gplendid concerts. REPUBLICANS PLAN 10 REORGANIE { Twelve Republican Governors Will Confer With 1Tembers of Con gress and Otlers. (By Associnted P’ress.) Waushinzton, Dee. 7. on plans for the re-organization of the Republican party. Twelve of {i.0 Repulbiican governors who have been in session at Richmond are to have reorganization conferences lat- er in the day with members of Con- gress and others. TRAMP 102 YEARS OLD INVADES FLORIDA Pensacola, Dec. 7.—Although 102 years of age and feeble to the extent that he is hardly able to walk, Jo- seph Meyers, a former resident oi Galveston, Texas, is walking his way from city to city on the Gulf coast in an effort to locate his 98 year old brother who has been missing for the past three years and who was last heard from in Pensacola. The old man arrived here after a cold, wet journey from FKlomaton, which distance to Pensacola he walked in a day and a half, in spite of the fact that he is over a hundred years old and almost without sight. Shortly after his arrival here the old man visited the newspaper offices and re- quested that they try to locate his brother. He stated that his brother {vas a resident of Pensacola three E)t:fl'fi a+0 and that he has been un- teble to receive a line regarding his | wliereaboits since that time. GOVERNORS WERE GUESTS OF TAFT (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 7.—The govern- ors oi twenty States were enter tained here today at luncheon as t guests of President Taft and wife They will participate in the special cenference as to rural credits and | farmers’ co-operative banks, in which projects Taft is deeply inter ected. TENNESSEE JUSTICE WEDS IN NEW YORK. (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 7.—Chief Justice John K. Shields, of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and Mrs. Jannette § D Cowan, of Knoxville, were mar- ried today at St. Bartholomew’s church here. The families and a few friends witnessed the ceremony. FIVE WERE KILLED AND FOUR HURT IN WRECK . (By Associated Press.) Baltimore, Md., Dec. 7.—Five were killed and four hurt, when a freight train and a string of empty passenger coaches collided on the Western Maryland road, near Pen- mar Park, last night. Three of the victims were stealing rides. LAKELAKD, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DEC. 7, 1912. MEN IN NAVY ARE NO RECOURE IF PLAGED UNDER GIVIL SERVIGEPOOR SERVIGE 10U SUFFERFRON | CVER ONE THOUSAND SKILLED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE REN- WORKMEN ARE PROTECTED IN THIS MANNER. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 7.—More than a thousand skilled workers in the icn filed today in a case arising at|do in the way of showing its appre- | Cubinet, navy yards of the country today were placed under the protection oi the civil service by an executive or- | Mautter how much loss a person suf-| . iing this title for Colonel Goe- [States | DERS A REMARKABLE DE- j CISION TODAY. i (By Associated Press.) i Washington, Dec. 7.--In an opin- | Spartanburg, 8. C., Justice Lamar, of the Supreme Court, holds that nd No. 31. FARNER 15 NOW THE HEAD STONE OF THE CORNLR DECLARES SECRETARY WILSON AS HE REVIEWS WORK OF PAST SIXTEEN YEARS. | WANTS GOETHALS MADE GENERAL FOR LIFE. Washington, Dec. 7.—Representa- tive James R. Maunn, of lllinois, Re- publican floor leader of the lousz2, proposes to make Colonel George W. Geethals, who is building the Pana- ma Canal, a General for life, just as Ggorge Dewey has been made an Ad- wiral of the Navy for life on account of his victory over the Spaniards at Manila Bay in 1898. Mann recently returned from Panama with other wembers of the Appropriations Com- mittee and they are more than ever impressed with the wonderful work Washington, Dec. 7.—After six- teen years, a record of service in the Secretary of Agriculture ciation is to bestow the highest mil- | Wilson submitted yesterday to Pres- itary rank upon this accomplished [ident Taft the last annual report he A bill will be introduced | will make as head of the United Department of Agriculture. Goethals has been doing. Mann says tnat the least the Government could cngineer. der of President Taft. The order fers because a letter carrier delays|thals. In the history of the United | The report is more than a review of was issued with the approval of th Ley general. place any employes. LABOR AND FARMING INTER- Piesident-elect Wilson who are in- tcrested in the personnel of his cab- e fhert Quick, cditor of one of the civil service commission, in accord- ! ance with the opinion of the’attor- The order will not dig- y cover ESTS WANT QUICK| ’ & | 1 Washington, Dee. 7.—Friends of | state that the rumor that Her- A walk his beat, a fireman neglects an alarm, or a water company omits to install fire plugs, the sufferer cannot. damages. The opinion is | contrary to the law in oNrth Caro- lina, Florida and Kentucky, but up- [ loldy decisions in other States, GREEK SQUADRON SIGHTED. | (By Associated Press.) j edalbahre, Dardanclles, Dece, 7. i Greek squadron, composed of w wsliips, was sighted off the en- six leading agricultural journals of the tinnee of the straits at 3:30 this aft- jecuntry, will be selected for the de- «itoon, Governor | partmient of agricultare secems to be Ligdiey conderred today with Sena- tors Borah, Kenyon and LaFollette | tie dabor and farming interests of | lceting with high approval from tihie country. Mr. Quick is located lire who are said to be looking out !!‘or his interests. He is an original Wilson man and close friend of W. J Bryan, EGGG,WILL BE CHEAPER NOW - Thousands of Dozens on the Market Make the Price Go Down. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 7.--Five hundred and seventy-six thousand eggs re- ported, put the market at a loss of two cents a dozen yesterday. Thou- sands more were offered with no tak crs. The commission men state that the price of storage eggs will dro) ten cents per dozen before New Year Another avalanche of storage cyus was thrown on the market today. and the price dropped from three to | nineteen cents wholesale. TRAGIC DEATH OF ARMY OFFICER IN NEW YORK. New York, Dec. 7. Major John ¢ Malloy, U. 8. A, retired, jumpcd from the tenth floor of the Kot l Manhattan yesterday and was in- stantly killed. He had been suffer- ing from melancholia and was undir the care of a nurse. His wife, who was a Miss Turnur:, ’ ef Aiken, S. C., also was ill. Ti-r home was in Newport, R. L., and 1y Lad been here for the | veeks. Major Malloy was 69 years o1 id a graduate of West Point ir 1'¢ ac springtield, 0., but he had friends , last 0| SLNATOR CLAPP DON'T FAVOR OUTSIDE CONTRIBUTIONS | (By Assoviated Press.) Washington, Dec, 7, - Senator | Clapp today introduced a bill to pro- bt sending campaign funds from | one State to another, 3000 ENGINEERS STRIKE IN LONDON Trouble Arose Over the Discharge of Man Who Now Runs Pilot Engine. (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 7.-—A strike was de- one of the drivers on the main line, | running a pilot engine. Three thou- sand men quit work, badly disorganized. | RESCUER KILLED | (By Associated Press.) | New York, Dec. 7.—Salvatore E’I'ripodn. who a week ago rescued a | ycung woman as she was being kid- | napped by four men, was shot and ;kilh.-d just outside of his home early | today. His assailant, who is un- Iknown, escaped. 'T0 WELD THE CHURCHES ! BUT NOT THEIR CREEDS. | Chicago, Dec. 7.-—To weld togeth- er the social doctrines of churches MUENSHDHE | ¢ | 12 deliver mail, a policeman fails to | States only four men--Washington, | the past vear's work; it contains simmary of the agricultural ad- vanee of the country during the ven- erable Secretary's term of public ser- Grant, sherman and Sheridan—have held the rank of General. viee, <, “Tho record of sixteen years has vaowritten,” he says. Ult beginsg with a yearly farm production of INIENBE“ ]fl HE]UHN $0,000,000,000 and ends with §9,- AR { s Sixteen years a0, the 2,000,000, former was a joke ol the caricatur- Was Coming Back When Sentiment G TS GranaT et e Subsided, He Declared vejected by the builder and has be- corte the head stone of the corner.”, Lhe Gillers of the roil were huordened (By Associated Press.) Wil debts e adds, Chut o Wythesvilie, Dee, 70 Siana AUen [ icowed and crew with vhessamplod is testifying in his teial for the more- fopeed, Begintines ave beon made der of commonwealth's Attorney A production per acke dneceasing tustep e R G | caseof ostor, tn the Hillsville tragedy to- | HHter than the nat ot | n . | pepubation. Theoe hogs o anoup- il ¢ denied that he planned the Lift of azriculture and of country shooting, and said his flight to Des | jife. Moines, where he was captured, wis “During the ooioocoen years the to permit public sentiment to sub- | farmer has oteadiy oreased the side, when he intended to surrender, | VI production gear by year, with the exception of 1911 During the sixteen years the farmers' wealth clared today by locomotive engineers | M. Wellbrock on East Union street; of the Northeastern railroad, because | cost $10,000. owing to a conviction for drunken-| Parnell in Springfield, to cost $3,- ness while off duty, was reduced to|506. The lines are | Turnbull in Riverside, to cost $4,- BY UNKNOWN PARTY. College city.—Jacksonville Real Es- ARCHITECT TALLEY KEPT BUSY. production increased L per cent, S*Most productive ot all agricul- Architect W. B. Talley, who has|(yral years in the conntry has been ofices in the St. James building, has [ 1912, The earth has produced its just completed plans for the follow- | greatest annual dividend. The sun and the rain and the fertility of the g0il heeded not the human controver- sieg, but kept on working in co-oper- L. Flynn, corner of Fifteenth and|gi:on with the farmers’ efforts to ing: A two-story brick structure for (. Fisher streets, to cost $10,000. utilize them. The prices at the Two-story brick structure for J.|furm are generally profitable and will continue the prosperity that farmers have enjoyed in recent v | Years. The total production of farm ‘| wealth is the highest yet reached by half a billion dollars. The grand total for 1912 is estimated to be $9,- 532,000,000, This is more than twice the value of the farm wealta A $1,400 residence for F. M. e Grannan, of Gainesville, Fla. This| More than $105,000,000,000 is the will surely add to the beauty of the [ &rand total of farm wealth produc- tion, the report says, during the past siXxteen years, an amount equal to about three quarters of the present national wealth, The most cffective move toward reduced cost of living is the pro- duction of greater crops, says the Secretary, and this move he declares is due to the work of the Department maey of Agricultural colleges and experi- ~ (By Assoclated Press.) | ont stations and to the help of the New York, Dec. 7.—After rescuing | ;.04 in publishing every movement hig wife and son from their burning |, palp the farmers. The nation, home this morning, M. B. Mendell, |y 4qds, forgot its farmers in the o lawyer, lost his life when he at-1 g opepg) scheme of education of past tempted to save his 1d-year-old|yi.pg and few philanthropiss daughter. The father and daugh-| pouaht of them when giving for ter's bodies were found clasped in education, but they are waking up A bandsome residence for W. | Fine residence for Phillips & 500. tate Bulletin. LOST HIS LIFE ciass of 1863. He was born in I’ - | Ol thirty-two denominations a com- cach other’s arms on the floor of the |, g3 thinking for themselves and sylvania and was appointed to i military academy from -.Alabaiit. Since his retirement in 1891 he lal lived much of the time in Paris Mrs. Malloy, when she heard of] Ler husband’s act, lapsed into ! consciousness, and the doctors fvar| that she will not recover. Hor death is momentarily expected. ARCHBALD TRIAL STILL GRINDING. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 7.—The allex connection of Judge Archbald wi the attempted sale of a refuse -val dump near Scranton was still the subject of continued testimony when the Senate court of impeachment was resumed today. Charles Conn, General manager of the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley road resumed the stand. d ion station at Jacksonville, ifon creed has Dbeen drafted for 'adoptlon at the second quadrennial | the Churches of Christ which con- 1venes in Chicago this week. The fundamental social policies which have crept into the work ot practic- beljefs. { Following are some of the social - Friday. : | doctrines which the churches will be 'asked to approve: Protection of the i family, by the single standard of | purity, uniform divorce laws, proper | regulation of marriage and proper | hcusing. Fullest possible develop- | ment of every child. Protection of | the individual and society from the \ guished. in-eeting of the Federal Council of DIPLOMATS WILL MEET bedroom when the fire was extin- Congress has been good to them. The Secretary first takes up the work of the various bureaus of *his department in the past year and IN ST. JOHN'S PALACE | then tells of the growth in some in- stances from their foundation, of (By Associated Press.) these bureaus during the time he has London, Dec. 7.—The British gov-| peon head of the department. He 1a‘.ly every Christian church have |€'hment placed St. James palace at|prajgeq highly the experts who have been put into writing by a commit- the disposal of the peace plenipoten- | workaq under him. tee of the council and will be sub-|tiaries, representing Turkey and the mitted for the purpose of placing | Balkan tSates, for holding their con-| pmen¢ carried on by the department churches on record as supporting the | ferences. “The great and growinz move- The meetings of the dip- | gor agricultural betterment,” he de- lomate are arranged to ebegin next| jares, “has not been sustained sole- 1y by one man, not by a few men. A choice corps of scholarly experts in their special lines of endeavor has been growing in membership, in breadth of view, and in the practi- ca! application of their efforts. “The department is prepared o continue and increase its public ser- During sixteen years it has CHOLERA WCRXS HAVOC N CONSTANTINOPL (By Associateq Press.) Constantinople, Dec. 7.—Cholera | vice. | social, economic and moral waste of | is causing havoc in the native quar- | progressed from the Kkindergarten During the last week of Novemher: the liquor traffic. “Suitable provision | ters of the capital. It was officially | through the primary, middle and up- more people passed through the un-;for the old age of the workers and | admitted today that over a thousand | per grades of development until now than | for those incapacitated by ,injury.|cases had developed in the past|it has a thousand tongues that speak through the union station of Kansas ' Principle of conciliation and arbitra- | twenty days, half of which were fa- | with authority.” City. This shows that human tide tion in industrial disputes. Release|tal. This total is believed to be| From a department Wwith 2,444 flows toward the sunny south. from employment one (Continued on Page 5.) . ‘ P