Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 4, 1913, Page 1

Published 1 the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. 00 AGA ATENS T000 T DANAGE {E5 ECUR DOWNPOUR RENDERS CONDITIONS ALARMING. At Dagton and in Other Ohio Cities :h- Outlook Is Extremely Grave. v ‘ssociated Press.) Davton. April 4.—Another flood in (1o territory stricken last week i catened as a result of heavy raius A ten-hour downpcur, together clogged sewers flooded many streets of Dayton one toot. Messages frow Piqua, Bellefoutaine, Troy ana otier towns north, showed incessant rin Forecaster Alps declares a re- currence of the flood is possible. Waters Sveep Over Flooded Territory .y Associated Press.) Coluttus, April 4.—A downpour 1 vesterday and last night caused another flood stage of the sc.oto river, breaking the levee om o wost side of Columbus. The wa- s were again released over a por- u of tue territory flooded last with +ppi 41 Feet at Memphis. ssociated Press.) &, ..pril 4,—The Mississip- a foot and a half during the wenty-four hours, registering i1 feet this morning. ) l.en Work to Prevent a Break at Cairo. (by Associated Press.) ), April 4.—After remaining r. twelve hours the Ohio sin rising again this morn- L prespects of holding levees @ protecting Cairo are consid- v 4 ‘vod, One thousand men ar: ' to prevent a crevasse. |i the Reelfoot levees break it would roove the strain here within ai hoir, but it would mean devastation 4 larce territory of Kentucky and Lonnessee, (OTTERENCE OF SOUTHERN GOVERNORS. Vaslington, April 4.—Governors 1ine States have signified their “ntirn of being present at the six- th Conference for Education in ‘n:th, which meets at Richmond, ‘rril 15, The announcement n:de today by A. P. Bourland, ‘vo secretary of the conference, =id the States whose governors ttend were Florida, Georgla, kv, Mississippi, North Card- "“lahoma, Tennessee, Virginia "eet Virginia, The conference te most of its time to the ation of improving rural con- n the South. " the population of fine farm- nties in such a State as West " gaid Mr. Bourlard, “falls " from 2 to 8 per cent, in a decade, increases more than 50 per ' industrial counties, we must ‘"'n neeessity for vigorous ac- “ve our country life.” “ment of roads, scientific mar- litions and the 1ntrodnrnon| "n-onerative idea in rural ocm- : will be some of the toples 1seed, e ZAND CONCERT POSTPONED. 7ing to the fact that some of the <221 talent that was secured to as- *<' the Lakeland Military band in 1 last of the series of concerts, THirh was to have been held tonight. :' "2 Auditorfum, have been called ™7 the city, we beg to inform the '" that we will have to post- "’ the concert, till some future “'* This was an unforeseen cir- »"“Mve and is most deeply re- 7"!t4 hy. members of the band who 7" labored faithfully to make the f“ "oncert a crowning feature, and b‘;"“” would be a great surprise to i and eitizens. However, those n@.‘:! season tickets will please s them as they will de accented . oming concert, which will be » " the very near future. o 2tch the Telegram for the date o Epecial features of the next eon- puh pon a WAR ON THE CATTLE | TICK IN FLORIDA./ Jacksonville, April 4.—Dr. A. C.} Drach, veterinury inspector of tne burcau of animal industry, United States department of agriculture, has arrived here. He has been assigned permanently to Florida to assist in the work of cattle tick eradication, in which the national government ie working co-operatively with the State authorities and the cattle own- ers of the State. He will visit Talia- hassee to attend the first meeting of the recently formed Leon Coun‘y Cattle Improvement Club. Next he vill be in Lake City where he will asgist in the organization of the Co- lumbia County Cattle Tmprovem=at Club. He will shortly visit Tampa to superintend the construction of a cattle-dipning vat and engage in such similar lines of work as may present themselves. The present work of this agent of the national agricultural de- partment is to assist in every possi- hle way in the work of eradication of the cattle tick in Florida. He is an expert in vat construction.His ser- vices can be obtained to superintend ‘neh work by applying to the S hoard of health. VARIOUS MATTERS UP BEFORE COUNGIL Much Routine Business Transacted at Session of City Fathers Wednesday Night. Regular session of the City Council met Wednesday night with Messrs. Mann, Pillans, Scipper, Council and A Mendenhall present. Minutes of March 19 and 26 were read and 1p proved. Petition of committee from the | Board of Trade relative to the Chaa- tauqua situation was allowed in part as follows: Provided the Auditorium be run as in the past as a Chautauqua and I play house, the city will furnish free | the water for the lavatories, etc., if same are kept open for use by the public; and will furnish current at rate asked for, and make assessment as petitioned for a term of ten years. Petition to clay Lime street from Florida to Massachusetts avenue was aranted and street commissioner was so instructed. Petition to clay West Magnolia street was referred to the street com- mittee with power to act. Matter of laying water main was referred to the light and water cim- mittee with power to act. Public improvement and cemetery committee was instructed to have the ccrners of lot “K" block 16 of Munn's gsurveyed and report same at next session of the council. The ctreet committee was instructed to finish drain to Lake Morton. The mayor’s recommendation rela- tive to changes in the city charter was referred to the city attorney to draft bill and present to our repre- centatives in the Legislature fir pas- sage. Contract to build retaining wall on the north side of Munn park was awarded to the Southern Asphalt and Con. Co. Monthly reports from all officers and collector of light and wate® rents were read and respectively or- dered reeeived and fGled Sanitary bill of the A, C. L. R. R. Co. for $22.05 was ordered turned ~ver to the city attorney for collee tion by snit. Current bills were ordered paid. Finance committee was instructed to make note for $500 to cover the Ihin of Fureka Fire Hose Manufac- turing Co. { By resolution the grand lodge of ithe Independent Order of 0dd Fel- lows for the year 1914 was invited to the city. The petition of J. A. Smyly was on motion denied. Sanitary ordinance was referred to the ordinance committee for revision. Petition of D. C. Seages was al- lowed subject to approval of asses- sor. On motion Connefl adjourned. MORRIS 6. MUNN, Pres. Attest: M. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. —— TO STERILIZE CRIMINALS. St. Paul, Minn., April 4.—By 1 vote of 64 to 45 the lower Flouse of ‘he Minnesota Legislature today ~assed the G. W. Brown bill provid- ‘mg for sterilization by the State of 1afectives, habitual criminals and de- senerates. LAKELAFD, FLORIDA, TRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1913, POLCE HAVE othlOU5 FRAY WITH iSTRINERS TWO0 WOMEN AND FOUR MEN SHOT IN THE MELEE. The Mob Became so Violent That Fire Department Was Forced to Turn Hcse on 'Em. (lly Associated Press.) Auburn, N. Y., April 4.—After 1 clash this morning between the po- lice and strikers of the Columbia Rope Co. in which the police shot two women and four men, the situ- ation grew threatening and the mayor called out the militia to pa- trol the entire city. A crowd took the prisoner from the police later who fired over their heads and then directly at the strikers, two of whom were fatally wounded. Three hun- dred strikers returned to the attack and threw salt in the policemen’s eyes. To avoid further bloodshe:l the police withdrew within the mil! gates. A mob was storming the gates when the fire department drove them back. STATE G. A. R. ELECTS OFFICERS. St. Petersburg, Fla., April 4. Many St. Petersburg people were hon- ored with high positions in the G. R., W. R. C.,, and Ladies of tho (i. A. R. in the elections which closcd the first State encampment of the G. A. R. The convention will b lield in St. Cloud next year on the second Tuesday of April. St Au- sustine was the only other city en- tered and there were no fights from her for the emeampment. The fol- lowing is the result of the electlon | Department com- | " in the G. A, R.: mander, W. N. Stiggins of Zephyr- hills; genior vice commander, A. (' Shaffer, of Lakeland; junior vice commander, Lyman Lelghten, of St. Petersburg; chaplain, Rev, Morrison, of Archer; medical director, Dr. W. H. Milrath, of Jacksonville. LEVEESBRONE AT HICKNAN TODAY Water Is Now Sweeping Over Large Territory, Carrying Destruc- tion in Its Path. (By Associated Press.) Hickman, April 4.—A continuoas rain throughout the night with a hard upstream wind, combined to render the flood situation desperate. Officials declared the levees are not expected to hold throughout the day. People have been forced to leave the lower sections and now twenty-five hundred refugees are in the hills above Hickman. Additional tents arrived last night but fifty families were forced to spend the night un- sheltered. Levee Broke at Hickman This After- noon. (By Associated Press.) Memphis, April 4.—The levee at Hickman went out this afternoon, flooding the factory district of the city, but no loss of life has heen re- ported, according to telephone mes- sage. GASKINS LEADS FOR FOURTH CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP Jacksonville, April 4.—That At- torney P. L. Gaskins is now well in the lead in the race for appointment as judge of the Fourth Judicial Cir- cuit, to succeed Judge Rhydon M Call, who has been elevated to the federal bench, is the general opinion of Jacksonville lawyers. QGaskins is a young man and regarded as an able lawyer. He is a native of Florida and a graduate of Princeton univer- sity and the law school of Harvard university. It is understood that he has private means, so that the fact of the judicial position carrying a small salary will probably not prove a bar to his acceptance. Of course, the ap- nointment depends upon Qov. Park TrammeM, dut since State Senator Calkins of Fernandina has definitely ~nnounced that he is not a candidate, the situation has been considerably cleared. JUSTIGE WON OUT WHEN FOUR MEN WERE HONG TWO WHITES AND TWO NEGROES « PAY PENALTY. The Quartette Were Executed for Separate Murders Committed Some Time Ago. (By ‘ssociated Press.) Montgomery, Ala., April 4.--Four men, two white and two negroes, con- victed of murders in Montgomery county, were hanged this morning. The first to pay the penalty was Wal- ter Jones, white, who killed Sloan Rowan in a train. The next was Ar- nold Gilmer who killed Mrs. Lucile Tippetts in a rooming house more than a year ago. John Adams, a negro, was executed for the murder of Policeman Berry three years ago, and Coleman German, a negro, the last of the quartet, was executed for the murder of his paramour. SAID THAT WILSON ADVOCATES FREE SUGAR. Washington, April 4. —President Wilson's attitude towards certain foatures of the new tariff bill was the subject of a conference today by Demoeratic members of the House ways and means committee. Chair- man Underwood laid before the com- mittee the results of his talk with the president, during which Mr. Wil- son urged sceveral changes in rates proposed by the committee. The surar tarift issue has become more acute beeause of reports today thar the president and Mr. Underwood practically had agreed upon the re- moval of all dutics from sngar with provision that such change would not take effect immediately, but that sngar growers would have an oppor- tunity to readjust themselves to the altered conditions. Such a provision if decided upon would be advanced in the Senate in the hope of staying some of the opposition from Louis- fana and other States. |SUFFRAGETTES ARE ON A RANPAGE Dynamited Several Empty Trains and Threaten to Burn Stations. (By Assoclated Press.) London, April 4.—Warnings have been sent by railroads to agents and employes throughout the United Kingdom that militant suffragettes have threatened to burn stations In various sections, and patrols have been ordered placed at all stations and tunnels. Several empty trains were dyna- mited last night near Stockport, and Cheshire. Suffragettes are sus- pected. CAUGHT COUPLE OF SWELL GRAFTERS. Philadelphia, April 3—Henry Clay, former director of the department of public safety, and Col. John R, Wig- gins and Willard H. Wall, heads of the Wiggins Construction Co., build- inz contractors, were today scn- tenced to serve not less than 18 months nor more than two years’ in.- prisonment for conspiring to defraud the city. OHIO FLOOD RUINS HOME OF ST. PETE MAN. St. Petersburg, April ¢.—A mes- sage has been recelved here from Frank J. Stamm, a well known local contractor, announcing the destruc- tion of his handsome house in Ham- ilton, Ohfo. A friend wrote that the flood had wrecked the house so that it would be a total loss and no insur- ance was carried. The house was erected only two years ago. The friends in Hamilton wrote to Mr. Stamm that conditions in Hamilton were worse than in Dayton and that ecores of lives were lost. Work will soon begin on the exten- sion to be made dy the Electric Ceo. in Tampa. | OF INTEREST T0 TR’L: 1] NURSLS I 1LORIDA. The following from the .Im-\:-un»i ville Metropolis relating to proposcd | legislation fcr the bLenelit of th trained nurses in Florida will be « local interest as there are a number of trained nurses living in Lake- land: “Many people believe that the bill which has been drawn by the organi- zation of graduate nurses, requiring that all nurses coming to the State shall be registered, is a splendid move on the part of the society re- cently organized here. The measure taken by the nurses has been heartil endorsed by the Federation of Wom- an's Clubs. It is said that a commit tee will be sent to the next meeting of the Legislature for the purpose of making an effert to get the bill passed. The nurses of this State say that a registration law is badly need- ed. It is believed that their profes- sion is very important, and deals with the life and death of human beings. Therefore, the nurses say that every nurse coming to Florida should be made to prove her experi- ence and he rated accordingly.” WATER 10 FEET DEEP AT EVANSVILLE, IND. Howell Levee Broke There Morning, Flouding the Town. (By Associated Press.) Evansville, Ind., April 4.—Thke Howell protecting Ingleside broke thi: riw:rning, flooding town from six to ten feet, Two hun- dred families were driven out. This levee the ! MRS. EMERSON HAS MORE TO SAY RELATIVE TO DAUGHTER | April 1. that Miss Zele Emerson, the Ameri Washington, -Charges can suffragette, in jail in London for window smashing, has been sub- jected to cruel and unusual treat- ment have been unfounded, accord- ing to report to the tSate department today from Irwin B, Laughlin, of the American embassy, at London. Mr. Laughlin personally investigated the case, He reported that Mrs. R, M. Emerson, the prisoner’s mother, has “made no complaint whatever as to her daughter's treatment and has no charge to make that the feeding by a stomach tube has been applied in a manner to cause any discomfort in- separable from its nature.” “The embassy has been observing Miss Emerson’s case closely,” said Mr. Laughlin, “and has replied to a number of communications from suf- frage workers that the embassy could take no official steps in the case un- less discrimination to the disadvan- tage of an American citizen could be shown. Her treatment has not been different in any way from that ac- corded to English women who have offended in the same way unless it is that her case has met with more leniency.” Since she began a hunger strike upon her imprisonment she has in common with the British offend: been fed with a stomach pump. The Mother's Viewpoint. Mrs. Emerson has sent a letter to the American charge, Mr. Laughlin, stating that she has received no reply to her letter to the home secretary and urging Mr. Laughlin to take im- mediate steps in her danchter’s be- half. She says that cn a recent visit to Holloway jail found her daughter on the verge of nervous collapse and much emaciated by three weeks of forced feeding. » The tube used by the doctors had torn the lining of the nasal passage to such an extent, shesasserts, that the process had to be discontinued but the condition of the nose probably would result in permanent disability unless careful local treatment was received. In other respects the symptoms displaved by her daughter indicated the immediate need of spe- clal medical treatment. Miss Scott Troy called on Sylvania Pankhurst tonight with a view to ob- taining her assistance to get letters from Miss Emerson smuggled out of the jail. The doctors who are in at- tendane® on Miss Pankhurst, how- ever, A nced she could not re- ceive visitors as the foreible feeding to avhich she had bdeen subjected whilg in Jall had ero affected her ealth that only at intervals did she show sane consclonsmess. she {the same purpose WILL CAUSE LOSS IN REVENUES OF $80,000,000. But Income Tax, It Is Thought, Will Make Up the Enormous Deficit. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 4.—With I'res- ident Wilscn and the congressional leaders practically agreed on free wool and low duty on sugar, eventu- ally to become free, the ways and means committee began preparing its report on the new tariff bill. It is estimated that the loss of rev- enue from new rates will be eighty million dollars. The revenue from the income tax is estimated at a like amount. All incomes of four thou- sand will be exempt. Incomes from four to twenty thousand will be one per cent, twenty to fifty thousand two per cent, fifty to hundred thou- sand three per cent. Over one hun- dred thousand four per cent. A flat tax on corporations two per cent. WILL UNBOSOM RLGULARLY TO REPORTERS. Washington, April 4.—Convinced that public business would be ex- pedited by the practice, President Wilson has decided to set aside two hours cach week for heart-to-heart talks with the newspaper correspond- ents. One hour will be devoted to the writers each Tuesday morning and another hour will be given to Thursday after- noon. The president will discuss ac- ministration policies and sketch his official programs, much of the matter discussed necessarily being in conti- dence angd solely for the guidance of the writers. GERMAN AIR SHIP ‘ GOES ON ITS WAY. (By Associated Press.) Luneville, France, April 4.—The German air cruiser Zepherlin the Fourth, which yesterday caused great excitement by landing in the midst of a brigade of I'rench troops on the parade ground, was reinflated and departed for Germany this after- noon. The German military officers aboard claimed they became lost in the clouds and did not know they had crossed the French frontier. NEVER HEARD OF HIM. Washjington, April 3.—While Ful- ler E. Calloway, a cotton mill owner and business man of LaGrange, Ga.. has been selected for commissioner of Indian affairs, no official an- nouncement of the appointment ls expected for several days when the names of the new commissioner of the general land office and first as- sistant secretary of the interlor will be announced. FAVORITE FORM OF LYING AMONG CONVICTS. Denver, Col., April 4.—Near $1,- 000,000 in bank notes is cached- somewhere in the vicinity of Mili- tary Junction, or within a radius of a few miles, according to a letter received this morning by Governcr E, M. Ammons from Frank Jonesy, now serving a sentence in the Kingston penitentiary at Kingston, Ont. This mbney, according to Jones, is all but $50,000 of a large haul made when he and three companions held up and robbed the Denver express on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad “one fatal night durinz the winter of 1908.”" In almost every particulae the facts related in his letter coin- cide with the events of the night of Feb. 13, 1908, when train No. 3 of the Rio Grande, bound for Deaver, was held up at Military Junction, for which two men were later convicted. BASEBALL BROKE HIS NECK. ' Winchester, Tenn., April 4—J. €. Hayes, chief of police of Decherd, Tenn., was killed in a peculiar man- ner yesterday afternoon. The De- cherd and Winchester high school baseball teams were playing, and as Hayes attempted to pass behind the batter a ball missed by the catcher, struck him mear the ear, breaking his neck and qnu, bim .. "y