Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 17, 1912, Page 1

ANUIE 1x PROGRESS NEAR DAR- DANELLES STRAITS. \-sociated Press.) Dardanelles, Dee. 17.— Lattle begun betweeil this - T0 DISMANTLE FORT- pnmber of vessels en- ni Greek fleets .0+ the entrance to the .raits. The firing nowi., ARLY 500 PEOPLE IN LA- NE FAYETTE COUNTY IN NEED. mmediate ame just as » harvest, +ER NAVAL BATTLE NOW Ty people are real- i way in Lafayette county <.t of the floods there,” said <ocretary Walker, of the I'rade, this morning. Con- wid, 1 have not com- otlicial report, but from le to see during the . | should estimate wome cight or ten fam- attention. majority of the peo- rict will have to be i seed to plant their their und before they had The corn and < well us most of their hogs . were destroyed, They gen- o through the summer on pects of what they are able and this time they were not Published in the Best_Town in the Best Part of the B ARMY OF WOMEN BLACK- MAILED BY POLICL. New”® York, Dec. 17.—Charges of police blackmail levied upon 35,000 women of the New York ‘“under world” were made the subject of a deuble investigation today. District Attorney Whitman, who turned Mary Gode over to the aldermanic investi- gating committee to testify last Wednesday, set his force of detcc- tives to work to confirm or discredit her story that Keepers of resorts were yaying thousands of dollars weekly for police protection. Police Com- missioner Waldo has undertaken an investigation cf his department, pending the outcome of which two detcctives have been suspended. RESS ON TORTUGAS (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, Dec. 17.—A govern- ment expert, representing the navy and war departments, went to Tor- tugas island today to make an in- ventory preparatory to dismantling the famous old fortress and navy vard which was the pride of Jeffer- son Davis. KIS NINETIETH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE TO CHURCH. New Orleans, Dec. 17.—As his ninetieth birthday message to a de- voted congregation, the comrades of the civil war, Rev. A. Gordon Bake- well, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, said that the secret of hit successful career of fitty vears in thie ministry was that he is not a bigoy, not a sectarian. “l1 don’t add to my doctrine an eleventh commandment, ‘Thou shalt not dance or play the fiddle,” " said Dr. Bakewell. In re- sathior their crops. The flood | lating his experience during the civil \ due to the overflow of the|war, he gave an interesting delinea- e piver. They had many |tion of the character of Gen. U. S, rains this fall, The fields were Crant. “General Grant,” he said, Lawed by black water. The rail-| “knew no ruleg of war and stopped at vee served as a dam to ods in the low country i to destroy everything.” " Walker said that there was sickness in the affected region. the inhabitants have fev- ! the physician in that sec- patients. « is needed, and will be fur- v the Board of Trade of this Several organiza- to|THEY CAN MAKE PEACE and clothing to the people will also be worke:d farmers with seed s 14l of husy with many erocites, making arrangements \ plan vl last fall was the great- eighty lasf geventy or The although winter months i luring the winter. Metropolis (REAT FUNCTION FOR MRS WILSON NEXT SATURDAY. v York, Dec. 17. hold long people were wholly un- many of them d 1o save enough to tide them However, all | rcrops, and will have a hard | o vt summer unless seed is fur- A few cattle and hogs may to be sent into Lafayette Jackson- ~More than wmen are interested in prepara- s for the “victory™ breakfast to ven under the auspices of the re cruelty to carry his purpose, but when he carried his point nothing was too good for his adversaries. Thus at Vicksburg, he actually trained his cannon on the Confeder- ate hospital, but filled it with good things and clothed us when we had surrendered.” Dr. Bakewell is a na- tive of Louisville, Ky. IF THEY WANT 10 (By Associated Press.) Londen, Dec. 17— When the peac» celozates met this mornine to begin corious business, a point was made ¢ car that the credentials of all give conclude peace, if After Bulzarian as secre- 1 nover to reement is rveacied ap-' jeintment of a tar- for the session and credentials were exchanged, cdjournment was talen until Thursley It was later learned that the first olsinele the conference encountered is the absence of Greece's signature to the armistice. The Greek dele- cates refused to sizn the protocol this morning. When invited before the meeting again the delegates ex- pressed a desire to communicate with ‘s Democratic club of New [the home government. ) r Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife “he president-elect, and their |70 CONSIDER AMENDING izhters, Misses Eleanor, Margaret e1d Jessie Wilson, in New York next The members are elated “ duse they are able once more to ‘laim as their party representative a When Mrs. the White House, in March, 1897, she yielded “er place to Mrs. Benjamin Harri- *n. and since that time Republican *omen have held full sway at the so- ‘ial events in the national capital. ‘0 meet Mrs. Wilson and the Misses there will be present Mrs. Tover Cleveland, Miss Esther Cleve- Vl‘d. Mrs. Adlia E. Stevenson, Mrs. A Dix, Mrs. Wiiliam Sulzer, . Tudson Harmon, Mrs. Eugene A. o Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, Mrs. Champ Me- A. O'Gormon. Mrs. John Purroy 7d Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. 'he reception will begin at noon. lay. first lady of the land.” "rover Cleveland left son s Perry rk, Mrs. y Mrs. 1. s Nixon, Belmont, William F. Mrs. Onle & & 4 few men will be permitted to tend PRESENT STATE FISH LAW. Sarasota, Dec. 16.——Representa- tive A. M. Wilson, after consulting with Senator F. M. Cooper, has de- cided to call a conference of fish men soon to mectin Sarasota to consider emendments to the pfesent fish laws of the State. Manatee, Lee, De Soto, Pinellas and Hillsborough county fishermen are to be invited to attend the meeting. WILL CONVEY B0DY IN BAISH WARSHIP (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Whitelaw Reid decided to accep: the offer of the British warship to convey the bedy of her late husband to the Unit- ed States. Arrangements will be completed between the British for- e:zn office and the American State department. LAKELAKD, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DEC. 17; 1912. TAFT NOMINATEDIBODIES OF X LAKELAND MANSIWONEN HAVE BROTHER CONSUL BEEN AECOVERED LUCIEN MEMMINGER, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WILL BE CONSUL TO SALINA CRUZ, MEXICO. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17.—Among the Lominations sent the Senate by Taft today was that of Henry P. Starritt, of Florida, to be consul to Teguci- walpa, Honduras, and Lucien Mem- minger, of South Carolina, as consul te Salina Cruz, Mexico. Consul Memminger is a brother of Mr. (. G. Memminger of this city. He has been consul to Turkey and Asia Mincr, vice consul to Paris and also ccnsul to the Congo Free State. GET LIFE TERM FOR ROBBERY UNDER NEW LAW. Chicago, Dec. 17.—The new law faing the penalty for robbery with deadly weapons was invoked here to- day when two young highwaymen were sentenced to life terms by Judge Burke. Joseph Williams and George Kebler, confessed bandits, are just 21 vears old, @nd Judge Burke comment- ¢d on this when imposing sentences. ‘1t is a sad thing,” he said, “but so- ciety must be protected. Here w2 have two able-bodied young men who have cast aside every prospect in life, but justice can only say that the se- verity of the punishment is fitted to the crime.” WOE R FO TEN STEAMERS Have Been on the Seas Longer Than Any Ships in Past Thirteen Years. ; (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 17.—Anxiety i felt in shipping circles for the safety of ten large freight steamers now overdue on Atlantic passages. The list is the longest posted since [N, Ail ships are known to have cn- countered violent weather. Fach carried a crew of thirty ot forty nen. EGGS TAKE ANOTHER OROP IN PAICE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17. wives were surprised today to find House- the price of eggs had dropped 1o 22 cents per dozen over nizhi sharp cut resulted in a meeting or fourteen leading dealers who Jecided that prices could be reduced CRAZY MULE ON WARPATH. Spartanburg, S. C., Dec 17T A mule belonging to Charles Clhanman, of near Boiling Springs, went mad during the night, and, breaking irora the hcme, entering through a window to the parlor, where he smashed up much of the furniture in the house. It was necessary to shoot the ani- mal four times before he was killed, and the problem that confronted the community today was to get the mule’s body out of the house. Lis stable, ran into Chapman HEARST TOOK WITNESS STAND THIS MORNING. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17.—William R. Hearst took the stand today when the Senate sub-committee investigat- ing campaign contributions resumed its hearings. He presented the com- mittee with photographic copies of letters which already have been pub- lished, indicating the connection be- tween the said letters, secured from Jchn Eddy, a London Magazine writ- er, who was in his employ ar the time. est State. UNKNOWN PUTS FIVE $1,000 BILLS IN POOR BOX. New York, Deec. 17.—Until this week the largest amount that the pastor of the Roman Catholie Church of Our Lady of Gaudalupe had ever taken out of the poor box was about §2. This week, however, when he opened the box he found inside nice- Iv folded together five crisp $1,000 bills. The priest ‘had never seen 1 £1,000 bill before, and when he saw the fizures he could hardly believe WRECK ON LAKE SHORE, MICHI- No. 39. WILSON GES VOTERS SOHE G000 KDVEE IS BACK AT HIS DESK IN FINE GAN. FRAUGHT WITH DIS- ASTROUS RESULTS. TRIM; INVITED TO SPEND WINTER IN GEORGIA. his eves, bug he soon found that he had a tund such as he never had ex- peeted for the relief of the poor in his parish. The person who put the S1,000 hills in the box did not leave iny clew to his or her identity. (By Associafed Press Ashtabula, Ohio, Dec. 17 The bodies of six women have been re- PORTUGAL EXCITED OVER MILITARY PLOT (By Associated Press.) Lisbon, Dec. 17.—A plot to estab- lish military dictatorship over Por- tugal was discovered last night. A part of the army is supposed to be implicated. The cabinet was in ses- sion all night. Troops have been kept under arms and warships in the har- VYor arve eleared for action, of the moved from the wree street car which was struck last right by a Lake Shore Michigan coal train ag a grade crossing. Under the wreckage of twenty loaded coal cars are thought to be the bodies of three women and one man. The buckling of the train just behind the engine caused the cars to pile nearly forty feet high. MARRIAGE OF CIRCUS FREAKS. St. Lou®, Mo, Dec. 17.--A ro- mance of the circus sideshow reacheu it climax here today when Jack . (' Barnett, of Roxboro, N. €', 21 vears old, 38 inches high and weigh- ing %4 pounds, got a license to mar- ry Miss Dorothy David Warficld, of | St. Louis, 19 years, about 6 feet N itches in height and weighing 130 pounds. Mrs. Il L. Morri RETORT SI'OT 3 F.UACT SThaaGTI €0 LEGUILR LIUY. Washington, Dee. 17 There was i net decrease of five oflicers and et inerease of 4,155 enlisted men in 7 foer the authorized strength of the regu- (By Associated Press.) Trenton, Dec. 17.—Woodrow Wil- ron is buck at the State house today in fighting spirit. He issued a warn- ing (0 voters against politicians of New Jersey who opposed progressive pelicies, seeking to control the State government as soon as he stepped out, ‘. I'y Cobd 1s one of a party of Geor- sians here to invite Wilson to spend the winter in Augusta. Wilson said he could not give a definite answer, THREE FLORIDA BOYS SEEK RHODES SCHOLARSHIP. Jacksonville, Dee. 17, 1t is most likely that at a meeting to be held hefor I, in the Windsor hotel, tie Rhodes scholarship committee of scicetion of Florida will name the wstul candidate tor this year Fiovida vacaney at Oxtord university, No date for the mecting has as yeu Peen set by the members of the com- mittee, which includes President A, 1 inches tall and weighiv pounds, will be matron of Parnett had to be lifted up on a hig s1001 when sion the application for a license. hon INDUSTRIAL COMNIS SION HAS BEEN CREATED President Taft Sent Nine Nomina- h | rort or Brigadier General George he was called upon to lar army last year. The annual rve- | \o Murphree, of the University of An- | Fiorida, is chairman; br, W, arews, adjutant-general of the army, oot Heckmmo, president st Bk lins colieze, and br. Lincoln Hulley, president of rsity, the competitors tor the scholarship be- ing Gilchrist Stockton, son of Mr. strength is 4,650 ofticers and 87,965 [ and Mrs. John N. (', Stockton, of this who made publie today, shows 4,992 ol- s 2 Stetson unive ticers and 87,141 enlisted men as the authorized strength, although actual men. There were 10,017 army of-[¢it¥y Who is now at Princeton, a member of the class of 115 L., 8. La- litte, of Jefferson county, University ficers on the retired list at the close of the last fiscal year, General Andrews observes that the regiments serving in the '—ile States and having the lowest percen- tuge of desertions last year were the Tenth cavalry and the Twenty-fifth tions to the Senate This Morning. (By Associated Press.) infantry, both negro organizations. Washington, Dec. 17.President | 44, jegertions from these regiments Taft today sent to the Senate the| ... |59 and 1.60 per cent of the rominations of nine members of an industrial commission created by Congress to investigate the relations | WL 60 oM Farmers' Union, is one of the three representing the people. Three each Associated Press.) Chicago, Dee, 17 An abundance will represeny capital and labor. FLYNN “E“ns FE“.‘ [ ot Tood Tor cows Will soon miake lower [] quotations on butter than has pre- SEEHEI SEHVIBE vitiled woyear ago at this period, ac- EHAI. cording to local produce men. They declared the high prices then was die to the shortage of feed on ac- count of severe weather. whole number of enlisted men. By (By Associated Press.) Washington. Dee. 17, William ). Flynn, of New York, was today ap pointed chief of the federal secret service John K. Wilkie, now chief supervising azent of the customs service, NOW IT IS HOKE AND 0'GORMAN TO LEAD FOUND FORTUNE IN HEAP OF SCRAP PAPER succeeding Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-—Edward D. llemingway, who found a fortune that may exceed $100,000 in a heap of serap paper purchased for = other day, has already sorted out 102 rure stamps valued at $100,000. He is said to have sold five stamps for $10,000 and is negotiating with Atlant , bee. 17 Big ecast- €Tn pape s predicting that Sen- ator Hoke Smith of Georgia and Sen- ator O'Gorman, of New York, will become the real Democratic leaders in the Senate, under the Wilson ad- ministration. New York editorial writers have expressed the opinion within the past few days that Smith and 0'Gorman are destined to become far more potent factors in the leader- ship than Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who at one time was put forward for the leadership. That Senator Smith will urge President Wilson to call an extraor- dinary session of Congress for March 5, next, the day after the inaugura- tion, is predicted by Georgians who have been in Washington recently. Senator Smith and House Leader]country to look at the collection. Underwood are agreed that the tariff is the great Democratic national is- lls‘l' “lfi“‘rs uunl“n In all probability the spring will tion, as the result of the election of sve, and that the voters expect tariff (By Associated Pres see the Georgia senator and the Ala- 4 ROV RIPe Nov. 5. the lot for $100,000 flat. Hemingway, trading as the Heming- way Paper Stock (o., bought heap of scrap paper—from whom he will not say. It was taken to the piant to be made into new paper “‘covers” sixty-five letters or revision downward as quickly as pos- sible after the Wilson administra- tion gets in. bama congressman, two wheel horses, | Duluth, Minn. Dec. 17 -This pulling side by side for the reforms)gection today is blanketed vader a which Democracy promised the na- five-foot snow. The worst blizzard in ten years raged last night. While sorting it Hemingway found | the ot Florida, '13, and Stanton Walker, @ young attorney, of this city, Uni- versity of Florida, '12. The committee will select from the’ iisg of competitors the young man best qualified in its opinion to rep- resent the State of Florida at Oxford university. The successful eandidate will go into residence ap Oxford next October, the course being for a pe- viod of Lhree years, the scholarship vareying with it $1,500 paid quar- terly, which enables the student to pay all of his expenses at Oxford, and have enough left to travel ex- tonsively during the vacations, Thoese cliolarships are awarded (o two can- didates om cach State annually for a suecession of (wo years, none be- ing named duving the third year. The candidates must be between the ages of 1IN and The examinations wers teld held this year on Oct. 15 and 16, at Winter Park, and simultan- cously in the other States at the des- ignated centers in the respective States, the qualifying examination including Latin, grammar, composi- tion, high school arithmetic and al- gebra or geometry, a knowledge ot Greek being also required. The three young Florida men now interes are engaged in getting ud their various letters, which are be- ing submitted to the selection com- niittee, those writing to the commit- a | tee vouching for the young men, and syndicate for the sale of the rest of | the committee judging from the men Last week | who know about the candidates. the | NETHODISTS TO MEET AT TAMPA TOMORROW. The Florida annual conference of Methodist Episcopal Church, ou | South, will be held in Tampa this which the 102 stamps were pasted |yvear, at the First Methodist church, and several documents which are yel- | of which Rev. H. Dutil is the pastor. low and faded with age. The rarest | The session will begin on the 18th cf the stamps, weighing so little that | ¢ this month and continue through a scale would scarcely register it,|the following Monday, with Bishod has been sold for $2,500. A collector | 1. . Morrison, of lLeesburg, presid- is now coming 3,000 miles across the | ing. The annual conference of the Methodist church is the most im- pertant of any of the corferences held during the yecar, as it is a time when all the pastors, with many delegutes, conme the pas- tors to make reports of their vear's | work. and to get their appointments for the ensuing year. Of course the | scssion is of great interest to th? I;;u. nle of the ch: throughout | the State, as they will be anxious to ll:nnw who will be their rastor for lflm next year.—Tampa Tribune. together; hes O — =