Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 18, 1913, Page 1

YONEN FIGHT yTH 1T PINS JIONNPOLICE 0§ THIRTEEN POLICEMEN T0 1RREST ONE WOMAN IN RIOT TODAY. \ssocrated Press.) <. Jan. 18— A mob of sev- . women armed with hat i brellas, fought the po- o one of the fiercest riots nning of the Garment A lone policeman nal, strike breakers, was 1 hut tinally succeeded in woman after he had tance of twelve oth- ¢ women were arrest- which started By Aew Y pundr s riot omen assaulted a truck s delivering mattresses i strike breakers. 21000 NAY WALK OUT IN CHICAGO. \&s:wl:ll\‘d Press.) jan. 1%, —Forty thousand pont workers may be . on a strike next week in New York's strikers officials of the United Workers are said to have rd eastern manufacturers ¢ orders here to be filled. wou el say that unless the man- facturer of such goods is stopped once 4 general strike will be or- dered in all shops controlled by the tmployers’ association. W ihy with WSTASTERS HAPPY OVER PARCEL POST SERVICE. Jun. 18, - Six million s werp handled by parcel post + first seven days of the ceration of the system, according to 2ures prepared by experts of the ostoffiee department. The ftigures led from reports received General Hitchcock om Ladd out of the 1,650 postof- fees aving city delivery service, and s made from scattering re- the remaining postoffices of utry. The returns show that the first seven days, 4,068,- handled in the vry offices which have sub- Of this number 107, insured. As all closed on New tvand Sunday the reports | ingron, Tere comy Postmaster Kuees were ports 1O were wore Teotstuntially only five days svooption” said Postmas- ineral - Hitcheoek tonight, tors are enthusiastic over | oI post service.” EELPING FLORIDA ORPHANS. ornwell Orphanage at Clin- under the care of the Mian synods of South Caro- ‘oreia and Florida. ""oposed, and the proposition ipproved by tht synod of " 1o erect a neat dwelling on Tounds of the Thornwell home, r twenty-five orphans, that ¥ et the advantage of the al school work, technical < and general instruction. building will cost about $3,- 0" this sum $2,400 has been 4 and expended upon the ling . | %ould be a very easy matter for "Tshyterian people of Florida to _"“te the contribution of the 1” amount necessary to finish this iding ‘ottage is to be known as the cottage. It is now being : ! off in the interior and will " lised until the whole cost is ' by voluntary contributions. ! R Branch, the assistant to | | S "'t”»'al'nhs in the work of !h-| * | : ‘ - | tid 1a - has been requested bs HH0d to present this cause to ] I¢ . of Florida. For reasons “d not be explained, it is im- for him at present to visit 4l 4nd yet the home is need- | e of There are scores upon anplications for admissoih. readers of are urged to send their 1. Presbyterians, " hutions on at once to Rev. . rnch, Clinton, S. C. ' Would be unwise to delay the L 0 work, under all ilIup for a l‘l‘hdll the circum- Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. $5,000 STOLEN FROM EXPRESS COMPANY. Jacksonville, Jan. 18.—An express package, containing $5,000 in cur- rency, consigned to the Barnett Na- tional bank of this city by the Citi- zens' bank of Madison, Fla., is said to have been stolen from the Jack- sonville office of the Southern Ex- press Co., either Thursday night or yesterday morning. The money was sent in three pack- uges, and the amount of the ship- ment was $6,000. Cashier Wheeler, of the Barnett bank said today that the bank had received two packages containing $500 each of the consignment, and that the rest was mysteriously miss- ing. Every member of the local detec- tive departmeny is at work on the case, and an arrest is expected with- in a few hours BOOSEVELT SUED SLAK DERER FOR §10,000 Latter Said He Was Iultified in His: Statements as Roosevelt Was Office Seeker. (By .Assovlmed Press.) Marquette, Mich., Jun. IS, A. Newett, of Ishpeming, filed in the Cireuit a plea coury yesterday justification in civil suit brought by in which it is asserted azainst him for $10,000, that the alleged libelous statcments complained of are true. The plea s:ys the publication was privileged because Roosevelt was running for office at the time. CHURCH ADVERTISING. In the Tampa Tribune of last Sat- urday appeared a double-column display advertisement for the First Methodist church of Tampa, an rouncing its Sunday services and other matter of interest to church goers. The PFirst Methodist chureh pro- poses o use the advertising columns of the Tribune throughout the vear. Iy is the first church organization in this city to adopt this plan to any e¢xtent. The directing agencies of some churches in the city evidently lack the energy to even furnish the paper with notices of their services although they ave printed free of charge by this The First Methodisy officers realize that adver- tising will help a church as it will Lalp anything else that is good, and they show commendable enterprise in paper edopting this policy of newspaper publicity The Tribune thinks the officers of this church will find their congrega- "tion and membership growing rapid- i1y as a result of advertising In the larger cities of the country, church advertising is a regular thing and it Tampa has now Tampa Tribune is extensively done reached thap stage MORE TROUBLE AHEAD FOR ARGHBALD (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 18 -John D. vrchbold, president of the Standard 0il Co., will be recalled next week by the Senate committee investigating campaign funds. Some of the sena- tors believe they have gotten track o at least two more letters not dis- closed at Archbold’'s previous exam- ination. The opening of the new playhouse, the Grand, in Orlando, on Tuesday evening was an event of great pleas- ure and interest to the people of that community. FRENEH CABIET I SESSION TODN (By Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. ~The French cab- izet met today at the Palace Elyse: under the chairmanship of President Fallieres. All ministers formally of- fered their resignations as a sequel ci the election of Poincare as presi- dent yesterday. Fallieres requested all members of the government to re- tein their portfolios until their suc- shoaid Le caosen. Theodore Roosevelt | | for | | filar LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JAN. 18 1913 WHITE CAPPERS IRE ACTVE IN NORTH GEORGIA ONE MAN BADLY BEATEN AND OTHERS WARNED AS TO WHAT THEY MAY EXPECT. (By Associated Press.) Dalton, Ga., Jan. 18.- -An epidemic oi white capping which has been pre- vailing in this section for some time, broke ouy afresh this week at Tillon, according to the A bana of masked men went to the home of in Murray county, news reaching here today. John Shannon and took him to the woods nearby and administered one hundred lashes. Shannon was charged with shiftlessess and unbe- The band is the same thay visited other Lhomes warning treatment will bhe meted out to mend their ways. ceming conduet in his home. teem unless they tico. ! MULBERRY BAND IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. The band is to be strengthened by I the addition of two clarinet players .nd a trombone and another bass player, all of them experienced per- formers. With these additions the Land, which is now vendering excel- lent music, will render still more pieasing and harmonious tunes than ever before. The band is coming along right well. A few mewmbers of it helped ont ap the Baptist 4-||u|‘vl:! Prof Mui sery last Sunday night, Janowski playing the organ. herry Herald HIGH LIFE FOR TAFT IN- PHILLY Ate Three Dinners Last Night and| Was Entertained Today at Breakfast. (By Associated Press.) P"Liladelphia, Jan. 18, Taftt, " had a brisk time last night attendin three dinners and making th speeches, was the guest of honor (] club rorning ar a by siven b teers of The Clove PREACHER IN JAIL; DAUGHTER SPENDS HOURS WITH HIM beland, Jan. 1% Miss Gu Hoffman, daughter of €. H. Hotlim who is in jail here charged crimes perpetrated while he wa charge of the orphanage at Entor prise, is here, having come imm¢ etely upon her father being brou.! Lhere. She is making her home w1 Judge and Mrs. J. Lee McCrory wil bere, but spends the greater part o' her time in the cell with her fat She was with her father much o the time while he was at the orpha. age, and after her mother's deut nearly a yeur ago, took over muct the household management. She is unfailingly loyal to her 1o ther, and believes implicity in lis innocence. She keeps closely in rooms except as she passes to ond from the jail or spends long hour- with her father in his cell. Her brother was also here Tampa for a few days, consult with his father and others. At the request of both father :nd| son, Judge McCrory has postpon«d preliminary hearing until they «an secure counsel. Public sentlmer'nl is strong agains! the former preacher, who is accusd of attacking voung girls. w from ne OLD FLORIDA NEWSPAPER- MAN STRICKEN Daytona, Jan. 18.- -James Osborn. an old and well-known Daytona rewspaper man and printer, who has made this his home for more than twenty years, is in thé Klock hospi- tal, in a very serions condition, hav- ing suffered a second stroke of paral- yeis. Mr. Osborn was the founder, and for some years the publisher of the East Coast Messenger. He is the father-in-law of Mayor llury T. Ty the inmates that sim- | 60,000,000 13 [0 BE INVESTED INDATE FARM GOVERNMENT IS TO START FARM IN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF UNITED STATES. (By Waushington, Associated Press.) Jan. IS8 A date worth sixty mil- growing industry, lions yearly, will be established in the sonthwestern part of the United Stutes, as a resuly of the experimen- tal work of the agricultural depart- went, according to statements to the House committee on expenditures in azriculture departmeng by Dr. B, Galloway, chief of the bhureau nl| 1 T Pant industry. | ¥ALONE T0 BE WILSON'S ! . PRIVATE SECRETARY. | Malone, New York, Jan, I8, Dadley Field son-in-law of Senator James A\ O'Gorman, has been tendered and | s awceepted the post of secretary to Piesident-eleet Wilson. He will as- stume the duties of this position aft- March 1. William F. McCombs, chairman of the Democratic national has informed President- Wilson that under the advies physiciang he must i and olitical activity o committee, eleet of his fton all ollicial Im'w the inang tion at Washing Pran, Mareh 1 George Gordon Battle, ! tormerly assistang distriet attorney vder William Travers Jerome and aw a law partner of Senator O'Gor can sneeeed Henry A Wise as States attorney of this dis- wishes to do so. | Lan, United triet if he “DONT TELL OUR HUS: BAIDS” SAD WONEN Fifteen Society Women Were Caught Playing Poker Last Night. (Ily Assoctated Prees.) | New York, Jan 1IN Fifteen [women and seven men, all in even- ing dress, were canght in oo pnknl; same for hizgh stakes last night m} voraid inoa fashionable up-town anartment. Some of the women faint- | v, pleading “Don't et onr hushand: | know.” | | port WORD ABOUT SHADE TREES.| Would it not he a good idea for ur City Council to pass an ordi FUICe POQUITING every person own- ing property within our city of Lake- | ‘and to put shade trees on the side the streets fronting prop- erty and if they failed (o comply, " have the trees set, and tax the own- ers for the costs thereof? Now is ol stch Pare at the time to set trees. Our winters are | warm enough for shade to feel com- | tortable at times, and an almost in- dispensable beauty { the summer time. ! Our citics of the South that are the most heautiful contain the great- | 8t number of shade trees which . have been grown at little expense. By acting promptly and wisely we {can make our progressive city a | “thing of beauty that will be a joy | forever.” Why not plan for future ] | comfort and bmut) CITIZEN. | HERE'S oomxm'r | OWNERSHIP FOR YOU | | London, Jan. 1% - The British gov- \cinment is to pay to the National | Telephone C'o. of the United King- { dom the sum of $62.576,320 for its ! property, according to a decision { rendered by the railway and canal commission, sitting as a court of ar- bitration. The whole of the tele- phone system in the British isles passed into the hands of the state on Jan. 1, 1912. The National Tele- rhone Co. originally asked $105,- 000,000 for its interests. It had been expected by the stock exchange experts tha; the company would re- ceive eighty to ninety million dollars. The stock of the company immediate- iy upon announcement of the award HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM 10 PAGES MAN WHO SHOT SISTER-IN-LAW FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. After being absent from the court room between five and ten minutes, just long enough to vote and write ouy their verdict, the jury in the| Jones assault to murder case at 9 v clock last night found a verdict of guilty of assault with intent to com- nit murder in the second degree. This means that the jury believed Jones intended to kill Maund Nichols, his sister-in-law, but, on account of Lis alleged drunken coadition, did rot believe his mental state to have been such as to make premeditation possible. The maximum penalty which can be given Jones for his crime is twenty years, as he would have been sentenced to life imprison- went under such a verdict in case Maud Nichols had died as the result ol her wounds. ~Tampa Tribune. SERIOUS GHARGES AGAINST SEC. INTERIOR Is Claimed That He Tried to Coerce Indians Into Leasing Lands to Standard 0il Co. (By Associated 1'ress)) i Washington, Jan IS, Cha that Sceeretary of the Interior Fis sttempted 1o coerce the O dians into leasing va'uable oil lands 1o the Standard Oil Co. were declarved today betore the House committee on Indian afairs, TLORIDA WOMAN SEEKS LAW LICENSE. Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 18 Among applicants tor papers entitli other them 1o practice law in the Florida courts is Miss Minnie Kehoe, of Pen- cola. The Supceme Coury is in sion this week hold bar ex amination and seventeen applica- tions will be passed upon. That of Miss Kehoe is the only application wade by a woman to wag CONFEDERATE PRISONERS' GRAVES ARE MARKED. Chicago, Jan, I8N The war depart ‘ ment has just completed the task of marking the graves of the soldiers of l the South who died in northern pris- and of the total of 25560 o these graves, S976 are located in inois. OF these, 1,257 are in Chi- cago the biggest Confederate ceme- tery on northern soil. The - linois zraves of the Confederate dead ! Alton, Springtield (Camp But lery, Roek Island and Mound 4|l\; I'he announces ons, other (Cairo) war that department’s re- the work exeept those at National cem- heen com- a Kach has heen marked with a head and all but 102 contain the service records of the of tarking the Gettysburg and at the ciery at Washington, rleted S araves, tusk of six years, Ve stone, and dead. These 102 are unidentified be cause the department has been un able to find the record. The tota! vost of the work was $149.000 G000 BOADS WEA <5 70 WEET N HENLLE | has awarded his wife, (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, Jan. 18 Governor Craig teday forwarded invitations to gov- ernors of fourteen southern and southeastern States kates to Asheville on Feb. 12 to con- 300 June 1 j age."” 10 send dele- ploye of the Pensacola Gas Co., No. 66. 31,000 WALST MAKERS 10 G0 BACK 10 WORK SETTLED THEIR DIFFERENCES AT NOON TODAY AND WILL START TO WORK MONDAY. (By Auoclnted Press.) New York, Jan. —The strike o1 dress and shirtwaist m.ukn-rs. one ol the several trades involved in the Garment Workers' walkout, wus set- tied at noon today. Most of the 37,- 000 workers will return to the shops vwonday. The dificulty threatened a serious shortage in the supply of spring garments FLORIDA PURE FOOD AND DBUG ACT EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, Commissioner of Agriculture W. R, McRae has sent out to all parties in- terested in the State, the following notice relative to the going into ef- feet of the Florida pure food and drug act, on the first day of KFebru- ary, about two weeks from this date: To wholesale and retail dealers, manufacturers and consumers of food sroduets, canned goods and all foods sold in packages. The time limig al- lcwed o dispose of goods legally on hand Aug. 3, 1911, not in accordance with the pure food law that became effective Aug. 1911, will expire Feb 1, 1913, see cireular number ), 1912, All merchants, wholesale and retail manufacturers and consum- ers are hercby notified that on and after Feb. 1, 1913, all packages of food must have the net weight ot measure of its contents correctly stated in terms of weight or meas- ure “‘conspicuously legibly and cor- rectly on the outside of e pack- » Also, that all goods containing any chemicul preservatives such as for: nialdehyde, salieyclie acid, saliey- lates, boric acid, or borates, benzoic #id, or benzoates, or flourides, or, if i* contains uny artificial swectener such ag saccharin, dulein, or gluein, cannot be legally sold in the State ol Florida. Inspectors are instructed to report 10 this office all cases of misbranding in which the net weighy or measure it omitted from the label and to for- vard samples of suspected adulterat- «d pgoods containing chemical pre- dealers, l:xn-rv:ni\'n-s or artificial sweetening to | this office The public is hereby notified that Linspectors have no discretion in the enforcement of the law and regula- t.ons. \W. R. M'RAE, Commissioner of Agriculture R. E. ROSE, State Chemist | MEDAL AND PENSION FOR | WIDOW OF PENSACOLA HERO. Pensacola, Jan. 18.—Recognizing the bravery of Walter B. \Vallace, | deceased, in connection with his at- tempt at rescuing a party of ladies on Santa Rosa Island some months arzo, the Carnegie hero commission who resides in Philadelphia, a bronze medal and will receive in addition the sum o¥ $50 per month for the remainder of her life. Wallace, who was an em- lost Lis life in the attempt at rescue and sider the building of a transconti- | his act has been recognized as one nental highwav to connect with pro- | cf the most daring which the com- :puwd ocean-to-ocean highway ning factory. mission was compelled to pass upon it its last report. \Wallace was St (Imld is to have a $10,000 can- |among a number of Sunday school The plant will have a | picnicers who visited Santa Rosa is- large capacity and be equipped to|land one Sunday afternoon and while can tomatoes, strawberries, heans, ¢i.bbag, and other things. FEARED THAT HOUES NAY BE WASHED AWAY (By Associated Press.) Evansville, Jan. 18.-—The Ohio riv- er is stationary here today The greatesy danger is now from high winds which are driving the waves from three to five feet high against exposed houses. The mayor has or- dered the inmates of the houses to abandon them fearing they will be ndermined and washed away. riany were in the surf three ladies, { 211 Pensacolans, ventured too far out and Miss Katheleen B. Suggs was I(‘ro“m-d It was while endeavoring to save Miss Suggs, who was a pub lic school teacher, that he lost his life Other members of the party who ventured too far out into the surf were Miss Sallie C. McLain and Miss Mary B. Wolfe. Nong of them could swim proficiently, especially against the strong current, but the latter two were saved Dayton.a is to have a new postof- fice building, which is to be ready for occupancy by the first of next July. >