Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 28, 1913, Page 1

HE LAKELAND E Pubhshed in the Best Towfi in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, | NO MARRIAGE W ITHOUT MEDI- CAL CERTIFICATE OF HEALTH. Feb. 27 Indianapolis, Ind., —By an almost unanimous vote the Sen- ate this afternoon passed a bill in- troduced by Senator Neal making it necessaty for all brides and grooms- to-be to pass a successful medical examination before the marriage ceremony is performed. The bill tiot only states plainly that the par- iivs to the wedding shall obtain atisfactory certificate from a reput- able physician, but that the certi- shall filed at least ten days before the date of the wedding The latter provision was included in | bill to put an end to the mat- LIVES LOST EL FIRE MAHA NE. 05‘1‘ RANGES BE. N 20 AND 75, a 0F 'EEN ficates be <or Burned, Mak'ny it 10 Determine Exact e o‘x—Dead. rimonial bureaus in Indianapolis | i »u».lmd Pross.) that do a flourishing business mar- .. Loss of life es- | T¥ing persous who flee here from 3 aty 1o seventy-five | ¢her States. No outsiders can mar- - lich destroyed | 'Y i Indiana who do not first go to cond class hos- [ Physician and obtain the neces- I'he fact that tha | Sary certificate of health The hml . Jestroyed makes Provides that no couple shall IALDY itiin. & lst of the|Where the medical examination shows that one or the other or both HIKERS have a disease. An unsuccessful ef- the fire i8 unknown ' 1 as made to amend the bill s have been recov- lur;\ “‘.“ made to m‘nllul the '» it o | make rcessary Lo presen he hasement into whicn | K¢ It necessary to presen health certifieate oply thirty-six bt uterior fell within half hours before the wedding, but none [ the fire started OON oy g \ % sorty bodies, i8 the be ;”' the drastic provisions were (¢ ) fout, The hill proivdes a severe pen- 1 Slater : \ ‘ ‘ A tal Y veicians ssne frand- & ostimated at abon i l‘l) for ]A‘I" slelans who " hiflllon: dollars. At ]'lient eertinicatcs contsfive of the sixty | a1 accounted for but it « many escaped and withont CISTAD RETURNNG. ” ~ FOR INAUGURATION it FRUIT AGAIN OR- | : A 3 Says Wilson lnvned Him, But This e SUBNED IN. CAUFORNM" the Latter Most Emphatically Denies. the 1 horhood r.»- p: o identities b5 Florida rruits « down by Calitor- : elated Press.) | ral Society, and in Wit 1N \ Anericin itstakable, Ths \ Stor Haunre, of Havana, - telk Dient ol awhou : & W tate department todiy usisting priuci it Xiri swasidont ol | o Veniam announced e n| wstion was shippec ted | sident-clect Wil o packer of this city, attend the inauguration e 3 ued to Rivers Bros 1 soturday for Washington, but will | Cal. The frut ler: FTte here. within o i days | of this month for! city, and Wednesday | .. " ; : Gk { Wilson Politely Calls Castro a Liar. L hiere received the fol-! i hioh. el th (By Associated Press.) ‘ New York, Fen 280 Gov. Wilsn Vizeles, Cal, Feb 20 [ this afternoon branded as “‘unquali- i Express tiedly false” the report he had in- s made on fourteenth | Vited Castro to attend the inauguri Society ordered grape- | tion r shipped out of State | Wire disposi W. K. JACKSON ARRANGING nsignee, ;| harges TOUR FOR HARDWARE MEN. T 0. REED, Agt, it Farco Express Co.’ ‘]I It < Cal We take the following from the g Ireeze in Caly A | . £ frult shipped procecdings of the Kigsimmee Board | S0 shipped | : W burs I”\nl;” Trade held Monday night, pub i ox. was barned, ane [ighed in the Kissimmee Journal: | 0 came on an‘ | | tion to mich of thel Secretary Johnson read a com- ) wtion to much o [2 g wanication trom W, K. Jackson, sec- perhaps to many trees, | g : % | vmpathy lost sizht retary of the Florida Retail Hard-| Vinpa lost sie o i 3 - : vare Association; this zentleman re heir fruit having been Hit now 1 y tat, sides in Lakeland and s arranging California’s pro- | 3 fruit coming into. the | ® tour of the State hardware dealers i : after their convention in Jackson- received with in-|" | . | e, which cloges Marel 21 It is 10 the extent of either | 11 M1 3 Eaat the intention of Mr. Jackson to have wyond the limits of lh-»( : nrned la solid train of the dealers travel over the State, stopping here and | s offered by the Hort - | ! ;- WAy | ' . ¢ {there to view the different places ot ¥ is the fear of intro- - . t 3 io linterest Kissimmes was included hat State some pestif | 1 : lin the intinerary. A committee com- | lite, hence their quar- o re2ulations. I posed of W B Makinson, Knu.-’ i ape | Graves, R D Waring and N. B Car-| *s¢ charges on this fruic| ' = {son, local Lardware dealers, was ap-| follars per box, nd| ’ | pointed to confer with Mr lackson ‘usignment of lusciovs! bly b total 1 tand assist the rezular entertainment 1y be a total loss o { committee of the Board If ladies| come with the vislitors, the Chapter | { House organizations will be request- de receptions for the EXCHANGE REPLIES TO IR BLANCHARD'S INQUIRY. ed to provi guests’ { i BRI ikeland Evening Tele- | - reply to the imquiry o | A movement is now on foot to ard 'ln yesterday's issue build an ice plant at Davenport in connection with which will be an| T, will say that we are 1 any of the buyers whol 9 per box for oranges e« TROUBLEBREMMG S s BELGN CABNET electrie light plan' 3 inge growers, formed = of improving the| rdling and selling this | ut any profit what- | (By Associated Press ‘rus Exchange. We Brussels, Feb. 2% Appre sions impression that ev-!of possible war between 1 reat rested in this ques- | European powers which th ive been better in-|exist among members of At '°2ard to the Exchange |cabinet is shared by leaders The latts ‘ Wer gets just what h]s] opposition party less expense of plek- | been taken into the confidence ’ 1he (. % and selling, ministry with the objeet to mak~ 433 “U_ CITRUS GROWERS |the pending increase in the Belziar YCIATION. army nonm-partisan in character REACH WASHINGTON CROWDS GO WILD AFTER LONG TRIP HIKERS AT LAST COMPLETE JOURNEY. | Parade Through the Streets Was! Most Remarkable Ever Wit- nessed in Washington. (B¥ Associated Press.) Waushington, Feb, 28 Gen. Rosalie Jones ana arvival of ier army of suffragist sisters com- Lined with a mass meeting of anti- sutfragists, the capital was the scene today of a desperate battle ot oratory between the opposing camps. Great aetivity was marked at both head- quarters, General Jones, with her suffrase army, marched triumphantly into the capital about noon. They went through the capitol grounds, and down Pennsylvania avenue with zn escort of - local sympathizer un'i‘ citizens whielh fairly choked the veets and delayed trathe I was olie ot the most remarkable street domonstrations ever seen here Had to Fight Way Through. Ihe hittle group of hikers with locked —arms were forced to ftight | their way through veritable walls of !;LORIDA. FRIDAY, FED. 28, 1913. With the] - e l 10 MEXCO GITY GOMMUNICATION WITH U. 8. BY RAIL CUT OFF. Fighting Between Federals and Reb | els Scheduled to Resume This Afternoon. | 1 | | (y Associated I'ress.) | \levieo City, Feb, 28 An impoi- tant battle between the rebels at Avias Calientes and the government troops under General Hidalzo is e Another encoun where the to close in P pected late today. ter is likely at Saltillo, federal torees are about on the rebels commanded by defian Governor Carranca of Coahuila, The isolation of Me City from the [United States by rail was made com- plete today M'MULLEN IS AT HEAD OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE. I Jacksonville, Feb, Hon. bon 1 MeMullen was terday highly | honored by the Ant Saloon League fn' Florida in convention assembled [ this city by his election to the |\n' presidency of the Anti-Saloon Leazue MeMullen delivered w most e M ! THAN SERVIGE, DISCONTINUED: VENING TELEGRAM No. 100. HOLLI}-OSWORTH NEWS | m— ! Mr. Anderson and daughter ulm reside north of Lakeland, Mr. Graham from the North were entertained at the home of Mr. and | Mrs. 0. W. Barrett Sunday. Madison Carroll had the misfor- tune to break his left arm Tuesday. Fred Mercer made a business trip o Tampa Wednesday. Mrs Mercer and daughter Rober- {14, Miss Olive and Ruby Pearce, Mrs. I ¢ Willcox and Mrs. N. H. Davis !vere callers at the hospitable home [0 Col and Miss Clifford Weinesday ternoon., I'he lady who left her coat at Col. Clifford’s the time of the club meet- Jan. 18, can have same by call- (e at their home. Mr. Chauney Chidester, who has spent the last year and a half in Florida, left Wednesday for Gales- 1, and will return with his his abode in | | | ine family and take up Tampa Mr. K. . Elder and daughter left Sunday night for her home in Gales- borg, 111, after having spent about three weeks here with her husband. { She seemed very much pleased with Lakeland and vicinity. Monday scemed to be the day for cellers at the home of Mrs. Kensin- per, at least we know of four lady callers that were there, i 1 | [EIINBHESS THES i | | UP SUFFRAGE - TAFT SENT WEBB ‘BILL 70 HOUSE WITH HI5 VETO DECLARE BILL IS NOT CONSTI TUTIONAL. — This Opinion Is Said to Be Enter- tained by Lawyers of Cabinet and Senate. (By Associated Fress.) Washington, Feb. 28.—Before Taft left the White House today to attend a cabinet meeting, he took up lhig veto of the Webb bill prohibiting the illegal transportation of liquor into dry States. The cabinet meet- ing was shortened to enable the president to work on the message in time to return the bill to the House before it adjourned. Taft and most of the lawyers of the cabinet and Senate have held the bill uncomsti- tutional. i Taft Vetoes the Bill, g (By Assocl’ted Press.) - Washington, Feb, 28.—Taft in a special message to Congress toduy vetoed the Webb bill. The question of its constitutionality was princi- pally considered. PR humanity for more than a mile, Tlu-?sln'r:u;: address to the convention to- Opponents Declare Trouble Wou'd ILLINOIS CLUB WILL MEET sounds of the Bedlam rent the a the i from moment narehers came i feight of the capital | THE KIND OF DEMOCRAT TOM MARSHALL IS all retised napolis, b ' ident-elect, anas R sl ITRET toda $1.8000 That amonnt was carricd in the regular appropriation bill to reimburse Marshall for monc light, heat an' water during his four yea 18 20 crnor of Indiana. The former goy ernor said he did not believe the a propriation constitutional, seut word to the conference comn it tee 1o strike ont the &4 800 spent for house rent, is and T etterment of CEditori he proposition pecently outhine 1 this paper, 1o seeure proper sehe tacilities for Lakeland has been o W dive orably commented on by people herctofore held widely It \ N e ent o views seems that 1t ma lead to some plan that all may asr upon, and which may be pushed to o« stiecessiul issue by the united etforr of all the citizens of the school ! trict Ihe proposition, in brief, cont I ates the bonding of the Lakeland 1oo] district for $50,0060; the of the present school property by 1 ity to the district for §15,000; tie eapenditure of $10,000 in improve ments on the present school prog erty, the $25,000 " ‘maining the hond issue to be used for the purchase of a site and the erection 0i a #chool building on the south side the railroad This paper does not ol those in charge of school affairs. It is not wedded to the plan suggested, but Is entirely willing to support any tetter plan that may be offered It has no interest in the matter other than a desire to be helpful to all the people of the community. It has no prejudice, but feels that to satisfy all the people a policy of equal and exact Justice to all parties and all sections must be pursued Its plan would involve the «xpen- wisk to ap-; | prar in the attitude of dictating to At the close of the address presented | misin he was hy Ch committee havdeome bouquet of white carna- tiot §ULL SURGERY DIDN' T CURE affalo, NOY, Feh, 280 Edward Grimmeetl, a forzer, who obtained re ¢ from Dannemore prison two 0 hy submitting to a sivei-al whieh Coepation on his skull, ) en icts helieved woild enre him of erim- | ial tendenvies, sentenced ‘o Auburn prison for life today on a Grimmel had _hree for felony was parglary charge presyious arninst him, convictions \Let Us Get Active 7\(01& For The School Conditions al.) .....‘; : His ol the district solutely ampartial, fair and just ‘o all. Ineidentally, it will enable the city of Lakeland to carry out the original plans of the work of sew- crage, which otherwise must be cur- tiiled I it is felt that §50,000 will not suficient to do all that is re- quired, let the bond proposition be for §60,000. Only, no matter what the amount, let it be equally divided. and one-half expended on the north de and one-half on the south side. The Legislature will meet in thir- days. In six weeks from now, if pressure is brought to bear on that body by the several municipalities interested, favorable action may he seenred as to the ratification of the ; constitutional amendment allowing school districtg to bond. It is time for action now. The main thing is '0 agree upon a plan. A great dea! 1 while waiting for the Legislature to act. Every day is skould be utilized 8o that there shall pressing work. Various plans have been proposcd, been dropped. counse] showeq that it would clearly be in conflict with the law. The pvinn we offer has none of the objec- tions that have afflicted those pre- viously suzgested. Perhaps it haz ‘ some defect that we have ov t-rloo‘(’d |17 50, we would be glad to hav. the the Women's | tinn Temperance Union with a | The plan is ab- | precious, and | and, for one reason or another, have The last one was abandoned because the advice of Result Should Negro Women Get Ballot. i ! (By Associated P'ress.) Washington, e 28 Conzress' in! sub ! up Woman sullr desiznation of ¢ Representative to inguire inte | best taken i carnest by the | hits heawded by Abahama, report whethep Hobson, of |t it wonld be to leave the question to a constitu- P vonal amendment or o the action | . fol the several States. Porter, of Pennsy bvania; Tribble, of Georgia, ! members of the sub-com of the constitu- and other ndttee, opponents tional amendment form, point to problems probable in the Southern | #tes shonld negro women get the hallot. A PARCEL POST BABY. Nashville, Mich, Feb, Ml Carrier Lovell, who has a route out Vermontville, has the record for pareel packages in this One day this week found carefully packed parcel tamped and labeled according to nle, in a mail box in front of the { home of Rert Stevens, The pack- ge weighed a few ounces less than eleven ponnds and was in every way ready for delivery at an address far- ther down the R. F. D. route. Mr. Lovell soon discovered that the parcel contained a live animal of isome kind and investigation proved ti.at a very live haby about six weeks old was making this strange trip to its aunt’s home. Mrs. George Bosworth, a sister of Mrs. Stevens, was waiting for her “male” when the carrier arrived and warmly welcomed the little visitor Who says parcel post isn't a good ltlxlnz? 28, u" queer post vicinity. e a VICE PR.ESIDERT MARSHALL REACKES WASHINGTON | of preliminary work could be don~| (By .\swlahxd Press. ) Washington, Feb. 2%.-—Vice Presi [ de delegation of senators and represen- tatives. The third annual session of the Florida Gospel Navy Bible confer- ence is being held in Stuart. KNOX*LEAVES PROB- & LEM FOR SUGGESSOR ling tomorrow the Board of Trade rooms, the TOMORROW AFTERNOON. The Hlinois Club will hold a meet- afternoon at 3:30 in The exe- cutive board will meet at 2:30 for purpose of discussing business Lour betore the regular club Plans for the celebration an meeting, "o¢ Minois Day will be made and the committee appointed. You are eligi- ble to membership in this thriving organization it you have ever lived in Hlinois, or if your father, mother, husband or wife is a member of the club. If you have not had an op- portunity to sign the constitution, come to the meeting tomorrow and sign it there, J The Illinois Day celebration last great succeess, but the are enthusiastically prom- year was i members ising to have something better this year. The gathering brought to- gether some of our older and some of our newer citizens and the result was a4 more neighborly feeling that is of benefit to all concerned and to the eity in general. But the influ- ence of the day went far beyond the limits of Lakeland; the Telegram and News printed a full account of the occasion and hundreds of copies 0! these papers were sent to as many homes in the Middle West. The words of friendship and encourage- ment that the speakers gave here to our people from Illinois were read two thousand miles away, where they were positive evidence that the stranger from other States is wel- comed and is happy in Lakeland FRANK JAIES EX- BANDIT, IS DYING. m;h Feb. 28.—Frank ] James, former leader of the famous { Missouri train robbers, is dying here mr white plague. James was recog- nized when he visited the local head- 'hmrlorn of the Volunteers of Amer- Spokane, | lca. nt-elect Marshall arrived here at|papn GOE; 'l'O AUOUS‘OA.. be no delay in the progress of thia|2 this afternoon and was met by a GA.. GUEST OF CITY. Wshington, Feb. 28.—Final ar~ rangements for the departure of President and Mrs. Taft for Augnsta, Ga., March 4, were completed ‘oday. They will leave Washington in a pri- vate car and probably by snecial [ traln over the Atlantic Conet Line railway shortly after 3 o'clock 1hat day and are due in Augusta sarly March 5. A committee of Augusta citizens is expected here to escort ! their guests South The Pensacola Electric Co. has let 1 e O S he ¢ s 0 i iture of exactly the sam m r'}ffl]ofllfm.’lhlfl feature pointed nut money for school purposes on ¢ Let us hear from the people. 1s (By \F»‘"“lnfled Press.) rel ;Id: and on the south side; "h» suggestion we offer worth any-| Washington, Feb. 28 __The Brit- the relmbursement of the ecity 'nnthinz’ je i the | If not, have you somethin - ish rejoinder to the American last’the contract for a new car barn, and n school property, which the law says must be owned by the =chool district; the location of school! Louses 8o that they may be as nearly possible equi-distant from all money it has thus far up:m.-r!; to offer? !uunoll together. But, above all Ivhlnzu let us do SOMETHING to remedy the present deplorable condi- tion of school matters, and let ns do it soon! toll question was deliverad today to' | Seeretary Knox by Ambassador Bryce. Knox will allow negotiations from the American side to he con- { tinued ' NS sueccessor Tt us reason and take|ncte rezardinz the Panama canal! work will be started very soon on it. News comes from Eau Galle that the town is full to overflowing witk tourists, who are enjoying the flae flshing and boating. -4