Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 15, 1913, Page 1

e i ‘DEPAB.TIENT AD- 5 T0DAY FOR SITE FOR i AXNENT BUILDING. Pxosnects Lakelanu ..t at Early Dat — . of the Telegram ab- sitisement insorted by sartment, calling for 4ls to furnish a site to be erect- ral building Ty « weeks ago the Tele- aytlisind tispatch stating © . pricton of $75,000 had ; mgress for a public Jand, and the second \tter comes with this Evidently the build- jshed more rapidly siher cases, as the call “sllows the appropria- /losely than is custo- 18 . suitable sites are not 1 those that are avail- i market value. It is portance, however, that te placed in a desir- ,oer location, and the . sce that this is done, " .. essary to supplement, y cributions or otherwise, the o nment will pay. ) WIDEN PAVING ON KENTUCKY AVENUE. {rable discussion has been 4y by the fact, discovered curb was being placed, that yaiug provided for by the bond metion 1s considerably narrower Kertucky avenue than the traf- souid seem to demand. An effort uy the Board of Trade 10 bave the plans changed : the work progressed, but it b found that, having advertised a e width of paving, any change essitate the consent of the owners to pay the increased taeir portion of the work. tiolworthy is now trying this agreement from the owuers, Between Pine street the plans call for it will require an ad- 8t to the property owners | & 82 per 100 feet to increase ! R0t forty feet. Between | streets, where a thirty feet was pro- inereased cost to the| wrers would be about $70 '0 increase the width I'he plans, of courso.} ¢« accordance with the uey available from the tere should be no criu-{ hond trustees or the en- | ‘U s up to the property Pacther the increased width T not o made where fort i2 414 Lemon | " e T5E WORST SIN OF ALL. 24Y night at the Bnplifl!‘ Nowlin, continuing his “¥ebing germons on popu- | k ¥ 1l discuss “‘The Worst | iy ' you don't know which l 3 #orst of all, go and find‘ " iz services—Sunday | b Y154 m; B Y P U at] k. reaching at 11 a. m. | A cordial invitation 1 i qRSI METHODIST CHURCH TOMORROW. be the usual gervices at Tl "ud:st» church tomor- s "¥ius preaching at the N “The Shadows That “ Path of God’s Great,” , nz on “The Light| ? .. tie Shadows.” Thoso‘ | ‘norning sermon can " evening discourse. | NG rdially invited to at- 0 covRTROUSE NEARLY FINISHED. LU a T %, o Mareh 15 __The con- :_:‘ 7 tting the finishing| ?fg.&. i "' '8 one of the finest struc- s Und in the State, l | DEEP INTEREST IN PROPCSED jto be levied, FLL SEARTORS GET DESIRABLE CHARMANSHIPS| SENATOR I'LETCHER MATE THE RATE OF INCOME TAX Washington, March lo.—llll\llflev interest is beinz evidenced by ““l country in the rate of income l.u the amount of the m i come ex:mption and the methods administration of the law. l’n)llalb general agzainst inquisitorial laws and reculations. There is a dis- | pesition on the part of the ways and nweans committee to limit the tax w 1 per cent on the exeess of incomes are o or F4,000 or $3,000 a year whether CHAIRMAN OF PRINTING derived from inherited, invested COJMITTEE. i ealth, corporate investments or ! i wivate woirking capital. Such a law, Also Appointed on Other Important it is held, would remove many dif- | Committees; Bryan Chairman ficulties in the way of administra- Claims Committee tion and collection, because many of | : the incomes coming within the l:\x-i Washington, .‘.n}r liniit under the exemption could | (, he Le reached at the source of the in-|.; iy (he reorganization of tihe Sen- ccme from Wwhich general returns| e has been made chairman of the could be forced. It is the present| inting committee. This was de- purpose of the ways and means com- | ¢jded upon in the Demoeratic caucus. mittee to hold back the income tax | The committee on printing is com- legislation until the tariff bills have | posed of three senators and been disposed of that some idea may | pepresentatives which acts as 4 board be had of the amount of additionali,t directors for the government! revenue that must be raised through | yrinting office, which employs 4,500 taxation to sustain the government.! . .n. This is the largest plant of The income tax will be used for !hill its kind in the world. This commit- | purpose ‘m- is among (he most intfluentiat M 6 G s i aud desirable connected with the na- | vional Congress, © M Fleteher gets second place on commence and fisheries committees, GOUNTY PURGHASES a olace on the judiciary and military March 15.-- «Special | Telegram) .—Senator FletcH- s committee ( nator Bryan ma le chairman of the committee onclyims, HAZING CASE WENT TO JURY THIS MORNING. And Forty Acres of Land to Carry "'’ Out Its System of Good Roads Building. Mr. T. F. the has been Holbrook, chalrman ol'? (By Associated Press.) ilillshoro, N. C., March 1i.—-The against the students charged manslaughter in connection death of Will Rand, a fel- while being hazed, was the jury at 11:35 this Polk county board of commis-| sioners, has just returned from north | Florida, the working of a steam shovel con- | case with with the low student, where he went to observe structed for the purpose of excavat- The investigatious, after in operation, was the purchase by the county of | ing and loading road wmaterial. his machine viven to morning. MOB DISPERSED WITHOUT ‘ DOING FURTHER HARM. l (By Associated Press.) Salem, 111, March 15.--The mob [that last night threatened to storm | result of secing the « similar macnine tor the purpose of setting out and loading material for! use on the roads of the county. The commissioners recently pur- chased a tract of forty acres of land, | situated between lLakeland and Bar- tow, which is cut in almost two equal parts by the railroad. It will be convenient, by running a succes- sion of spurs, to load direct on the cars the from practically this ertire tract. This steam ghovel will enable many cars to be loaded dally, and will teemendously reduce the ex- peuse of securing good material the jail and lyneh Frank bullenn.‘ charged with attacking Dorothy | Holt, were not in evidence todnv! Four companies of the Nltlmnl’ Guard remained on duty, but ther<-| scemed to be no disposition to start trouble. MR GETE TELLS OF DISORDER Testifies Before Senate Investigating | clay A JOB FOR CAPTAIN BIIL Washtugton, March 15 Cantaing SBIT MeDonald, the bodyzuard to Committee Regarding Wash- President Wilson during the recent ington Parade. campaign, and a former Texas ran- 2er, is likely to bhe appointed United i Associated Press. States marshall for the northern dis- Washinzton, March, 15 br et in Texas Ihouuh Captain | Aary Mark, of Maryland, today told Bl 1s pust the middle age, he r‘-‘:;‘- Senate committee on the investi- teins the vigor of the d1\|~ when he | :ution of disorders connected with handled the “bad men" in Texas. ln;.' recent suffrage parade, of her One of the senators commenting on | fyeical ciiorts to defend the girls | Captain “Bill's” marksmanship, .mx«l{p, line from the insults of men in he was expert enough to ghoot thelhe crowd. She said she was foreed eve of a4 mosquito at three hundred g strike several men. “some of { vards” ranze, whieh, when put up to! ipeni attempted to manhandle me, Captair Bl for \orifimni"n!xnn I carried a baton and they got brought an inquiry fro mhim. “which | the worst of it,” She said the police while hoodlums spat upon | flag of Maryland, which' eye? «tood by DR. LEWIS ACCEPTS PAS. TORATE OF CUMBERLAND ! zation and threw matches and ciga | PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. | rottes at it the State br. J. D. Lewis, who has been ”’"'fTRYING Td SOLfi jucting the revival at the Cumber- PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS | land church for the past two weeks, | has been called to the pastorate nf; the Lakeland church and has aceept- Manila, March 15.— Emelio Augzi- ed. He will divide his time between | yaldo, former leader of the Filipino the Lakeland and Invernesschurches, | insurgents, expects soon to visit Can- | these being the only two of lhlsiada with a party of representative | faith in Florida For twenty vears| Filipinos to study the working con-| these churches were under the care | pection between Canada and ‘;I‘"H“ of the late Rev J. F. Gracs, but | pritain. He believes a similar con- since his death the churehes have ! nection between the Philippines and been without a pastor and the Tcm-|1hn ['nited States might be the best bers are =lad to have a permanent|gslution of the Phlhppino problem ! MEETING OF PARDON BOARD POSTPONED (By Associated Press.) preacher onee more PE COUNTER HIS NO ssen Fla, March 15, Th- Amlu““"s FUH H‘M next meeting of the State board of irdons wili be held March 26. This | meeting had been set for March 1% Washington, March 15.—Richard ‘ut it developed tocday that several: yiney, of Boston, to whom the presi- | members of the board would have to! nt offered the post of ambassador absent from Tallahassee ( By Associated Press ) next letter of refusal having been received | hoard meeting at the White House today March 26 LAWD, FLORIDA, SATUR"AZ, 1L/ i o IS e T T2 — three | vv...ln s session of the annual child | rado, a8 chairman. | was carried at the head of the dele- . 15, 1913. IARCI BY. TRAINMEN | B ECOE T 60 ON STRIKE 6.0\-0 TRAINMEN STABTED MOVE- MENT IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY. i Ii S Is D ! Secure Pay for Overtime, Night | and Sunday Work. ch Associated Press.) March 15.—A strike vote by #v thonsand local members of the | Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was stuited yesterday at the yards here Nineteen railroads are affect- sl The demands do not involve wre pay, except for overtime, night wind Suniday work. Firemen are not » fected THEY WANT ALL THE PIE. Washington, Mareh 5. - Postmas- ter General Burleson was (-nntronled vith a knotty problem today wh former Governor Campbell, of 'I‘nxn, the postmaster general’s own State, presented a memorial from the forty Tovans who were delerates to the | Baltiwore convention, |r|0|1'ulill" :w.c st the giving of any patronage | to clve congressmen from ||mH sm According to i1ne memorial, f these twelve congressmen, who Wt'r('.i not named, are held by the forty | delecates to be “reactionary,” undi therctore not entitled to any plumul a4 the hands of President Wilson or! of the postmaster general. The m---l morial asked that the forty \\'hn' stood solidly for Wilson at Balti- wore be considered when the pl\nn’ e shaken i CHILD LABOR IN COTTON MILLS DISCUSSED TODAY. (By Associated Press.) ’ Jacksonville, Mareh 15, Child | lahor in cotton mills was discussed at Lwbor conference here. The prmu-1 i was t wed It Will Be to' * { the body, and that there was no hope | Pubh ,.m..i in the Lcst Town in the best Part of the Bcst §‘3< i e v e Yo. 113. MEADE ]',ADY BJRN’ED FORT i R TO LL‘_lxl LY GASOLINE. h \ Fort Mecade, March 15.— Mr: ] feets of horrible burns. About noom "H ' she wus busy about preparing dmm.rt Thomas Wooten is (...xd frem the cf~ l\s fl ' filling on a gasoline stove, and in the tank some of the gasoline was l ;. '\ '1 T spattered on her clothes, which be-| \ 5\ came ignited. In her terror she ‘é fi rushed out of the house, screaming for help. ler neizhbors were too far away and so startled that by the!UNL}:ss $16‘(’00'0("0 IS A:‘)?‘O?EI' time they reached her her clothes ATED BY SPECIAL SL35I0N Lad been burned from her, and she; .. 0F' CONGRESS. wribly burned. The physicians | - calicd at onee and everything ! Appropriation for the Coutinuation (it contd be done to relieve her| of the Woik Was Included in suiterines was o quickly p«-rt‘urmcd.‘ Bil] Vetoed by Tait. Ihey found that practically three- | Bl tourths of the skin was burned from vssociated Press.) on, Maich 15 —Otlicials Under the influence of | oy (e Isthmian canal commission opiates to relieve the awful anguish | joropce cmbarrassment should a spe- of the burns, she lingered until| iy} sesvion of Congress fuil to pro- shortly after nizhtfall and passed appropriaioin canal ol recovery, vide an ior away. . work carried in the sundry civil bill, The town hus been saddened by | which was vetoed by Taft. The bill this untimely and horrible death. | ...riod wore than sixteen millions dirs. Wooten was a lovely young ma- to meet the expenditures. There are ton. only about I8 years of age,|inyolved many departments of canal and leaves to mourn her a YOURg | work, and operations will come to & husband and a beautiful child fifte» months of age, besides 4 number of brothers and sisters ENBEZZLED om0 |~ WHLE ASST CASHER -5 {against the rural Lot cacedy end i supplemental legisla- tion is not provided. FLORIDA DRUMMERS WANT CLEAN SHEET LAWS. reh 1L Flovida are up in Traveling arme 'l keepers of the State ard have prepared a bill to This Was Confession Today of For-| .,mpei he innkecpers to place on mer Assistant Cashier of San |1-* N bed in the hotel two clean Francisco Bank Usheets tor cach occupant instead of ,c_._, e 2 one clean and one soiled as has been | the enstom. Also they demand that March 15.--Chas. sheets Le long enough to cover thelre A Tkor omnoY asaIStant. cashian ioes when in bed. Individual towels of the Crocker National Hank, ad-]instead of the well known roller type mitted today that he had embezzled avesrequired l" the:tillIEo ho/InLeD: die i oitimaton m'dun-.-d in the Legislature which He s eritieally il at Msln.-vm next month. Two clean towe home where he is under guard. e els in each room alko s required. {snid his story was the same as oth- | Nothing I8 said about public comba Ters who had yielded to the tempta- or tooth brushes, tion to dabble in the stock market. At the Leon hotel mext Monday evening at ¥ o'clock will he held a meeting of the Commercia] Travelers of the State to disensy the proposed bill. The committes in charge of pre- The State | paring and pushing the merits of this bill is compgsed of the follow- (B San Francisco, Associated Press.) funds from SL00,000 STATE OFFICERS FOR W. 0. W. Tallahassee, March 1, Woodmen convention just adjourned pal speakers were Dr. W, H. Oater | .croq the following oflicers: Past|Ing zentleme: J. R, McDaniel, fate factory inspector of Alabama {0y oonsul, Dr. T. S. Anderson; | chairman; frank Welb, 1. F. Brad- and br. Samuel MeCune Lane. viee ley, R. pairman of the National Child La- Jocommission UFFRAGE. MAY BET A BOOST head consul, F. 1. Brawner, Pensa- cola; head adviser, Dr. 1. K. Pen- nington, of Wellborn; head bhanker, . Shackleford, W. K. Glover, Jack Briges and John Granahl, The tommittes has had printed the pro- J. Il Fears, of Campheliton; head ! Posed bill and is distributing copies’ ciork, . A Quinees, of Lake l.‘vil.y,lln the legislators and others inter- head eseort, J. B Brooks, of Galnes- | ested. Said bill provides that there vitle: head watehian, R J. Bush, !shall he a hotel commission created, of Jagper; head sentey, €W Johns; |l|=" zovernor to act as hotel commis- noanagers, B Horne, T, D, Powell, ! sioner. and he to appoint a deputy i* Wilson, tenry Woodward fllld!hnl!l commissioner, who shall be ¢+ Placed on Mdjflrlty List, Will BE‘ Aihert 3o Buekley; delegates to sov- vaid o salary of $2,000 a yrar, Live Subject in the Senate. March 15+ Demo- rats are determined to take the com- jttee on woman's suffrage from the ligt make a majority Thomas, of Colo- If this is done Washington, mority and committee with ;- rein camp, sonville on which meets in """k‘i The bill also provides that every 17, C. . Mills, of | hotel, ete., shall be properly lighted, Jacksonville; Hal W. Adams, of Live|plumbed and ventilated. No room is Ouxk; alternate Mr. Cook, | to be used for a sleeping room that of Miami, and J of Mont- | does not open to the outside of the hrook. building or light wells, or courts. In each sleeping room there must be at least one window, door and transom June delegates, S RBliteh, is expected that equal suffrage i1l be one of the live subjects for e Senate’s consideration REVIVAL CLOSES AT THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TOMORROW NIGHT. The revival at the Cumberland 'reshyterian church comes to a close sting and profitable two weeks' weeting. Seven additions bave been made the church and interest among the liurch members has been revived nd the church put on a high spirit- 1l plane. Tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock r. Lewis will preach and at the onclusion of the service the Lord’s ipper will be administered. In the fternoon at 3 o’clock there will be service for the young people and t 7:30 Dr. Lewis will preach. There ~ill also be services at the church (tonight. The public is cordially in- ited to be present. WILSON HAD CONFERENCE WITH McCOMBS TODAY. (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 15— The pres- ‘ent today discussed with Wm. Mc | Combs the latter’s ideas of the sen- riment of the country with respect 10 legislation. e also asked him & , ‘hout some men for foreign posts DeSoto county court |to Great Britain, has declined, his week: hence the date for the pardon | McCombs sald he was not ready to|ernor of wae postponed to|arnounce his final declelon on the o’ the I'nited States was sent to the ambassadorship to France. morrow night after a very inter-| CHLANAN BAY ¥ A8 In towns havi era hotels ‘ns aving sewerage, i N | CHA}IEMQNSHIP FIGHT. etc., must connect their closets, baths, ete.,, with such sewerage { By Associated Press.) . 2 : Sume 8 true in towns having water supply. Hotels and other rooming Villman had decided not to prolonz |, . restaurants must pro- his fight for chairmanship of the ap-| 4. candpipes for fire protection, propriations committee when the . o, and firo ex- Senate caucus met today to approve tingnishers, committee assignments made by ""‘fROBg STATE OF BIG ‘xln-run. committee, 1t is understood MONEY AND SKIPS. he will present the proposition to RIETIRER |.~uhs|iluto his name for that of Sen- Montzomery, March 15, Theo- {ator Martin as chairman and de-| Lacy, chief clerk of the State mand a vote on it, hut if defeated he i convict department and custodian of , would not carry the fiziit to the 00T Ly dog fundg. has disappeared, with {of the Senate. his accounts about $150,000 out of ! SR balance and with moneys estimated {WANTS U. S. TO RECOGNIZE lat from $25,000 to $30,000 in his | HUERTA GOVERNMENT. “n»sv»ion Discrepancics in ae- }mumx date back to June. 1911, and (By Associated Press.) cash carried with him was obtained { Washington, March 15.—Tmmed-|from local banks on checks sisned iate recognition of the Huerta gov-|by James G. Oakl yresident of the {ernment in Mexico was nrged upon ' department. Warranis for Lacy's ar- | Sccretary Bryan today by Major | rest has been issied and a reward the United States | of $1,000 ofennd by Governor [ormy tt who Vo rotired. He I8 in- | 0'Neal. Lacy was last seen in Monte : properties in the | comery aboir 1 o'clock Wednesday of Mexieo Ile would not dis- n after he had turned recognition. s alleged to be worth- _— unting to 2117000 to vick, first assistant clerk viet department What Washington, March 15.-- Senator and CECUPEE, Casejns Gillette of terested in omir <t afternoon, s | rvan’s vi | over two {less and 'BURKE WILL BE o the ! ]'HEAS“"EH “ s | was 'ed as proof of the short- age hrained this morning by ‘\!'ue } vominer Brooks when deposit (By Associated Press.) books v e taken from Lacy's desk. Washington, March 15—The nom- | First dir -t evidence of discrepancies ination of John Burke, former gov- North Dakota, for treasurer | v-as fourd Wednesday when the rec- ords of the chief clerk faiied to show duplicates of cotton bil's amounting to more than $29,0v¢ enate today br the president