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

v LAND EVENING TELEGRAM 'y Winfield Jones.) uton, April 15.—There is woing to be a big fight .ce patronage in Florida (andidates put forward by tives Sparsman and Clark, o1 4 eivat majority of cases will ;iosed Ly other candidates urged ¢ oy ciutment by Representative- Laiee L'ingle. tadve L'Engle, by virtue _resentative-at-large, in- uame candidates for every iu the State, it is sald. To ... desree he is in accord with .iive Wilson, both being nown us “‘progressive” Dem- uu the other hand Sparkman .k will nominate differeni and fight to the last ditch k1o aprointment, L0 owiive L'Engle has pre- of nominees whom he has Rt wded to Postmaster General i They are: ) {hud Distriet (Wil- .. i) —E, C, Lewis, . sSprings, Third District Jistrict)—P, B, Morris, I'ierce, Second District trict)—A. B, Brown. . candidates have been en- the congressmen directly : them, in addition to re- o cndorsement of L'Engle, nunent is practically as- tan early date. utative L’Engle also has ! & number of men for pcst- vintments all over the State, they have mot also receivea sement of the congressmen = these districts, a fight =pect before the appoint- finally decided upon. other candidates who have mmended to Postmaster ‘urleson by Representative ' uppointment are: il. J. McCullum. “luzh W, Wear. n—Louis Lawrence. —Algernon Keathley. William Jackson. W. J. Mixson. P. A. MeMillan. E. J. Reux. t M. B. Darnell. -Dr. Wm. White. ~Mies Alma P. Martin. Caswell. -R. R. Tomlin. ‘a-—Carrie 8. Abbie. Ticksonville—T. J. McRae. 'W. A. Bessant. ila=W,. E. McEwen. * Garden—Lulu Newton. utatives Sparkman and “eneral rule are opposed intment of candidates put " Nenresentative L'Engle, Iv Toht is anticipated, wita "“ica probably being put D to Postmaster General v UM - 7t Wileon and his ad have heretofore put ' of approval upon men “prozressive” banmer, " Representative L'Enge! * will be interesting to '"o"ments in their tangle Tents, _'atives Wilson and L’En- '” stand by the Underwood I their reduction of the n citrns fruits. In this “osed to the position tak- resentatives Sparkman Tho have declared their veing their efforts to re- “izinal duties on these ar- g A e k. 2 to stand by the Un- Mmittee’s action,” said e Wilson today. “We 7 readjustment of tariff it is to be made a local “'ery representative takes rrotection of the prod- district. To do this e t in an endless squabbls ( 't the pledge of the Demo- Continned wm Page ) 1 Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. tkat though their customers have no* been watched, they have suffered very little loss through dishcnest re- turns. An effort is being made to secttle the strike by arbitration. OFFIGIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR WESTPORT WAEGK President and Vice President Arrest- ed for Negligence in Connection With the Wreck. (By Associated Press.) Bridgeport, Conn., April 15— Bench warrants for President Mel- len and Vice President McHenry of the New Haven railroad were issued today. They are charged with gross negligence and manslaughter in the West Port wreck. JOE LEE'S TURN NIXT. Washington, April 15.—The nn ination of Franklin P. Colcock for cellector of customs for the Beaufert, L., gistriet, vice Bob Small, col- ared, is rezarded here as indicative of the administration’s policy tow.ar ) cliice Lolders in the South, It s understood that the president wili at an early date remove Jee Lee, the ro collector at Jacksonville, ive the position to a white man who i entirely acceptable to the Florida ngressmen and representatives. Bob “mall, who loses the South Carolina collectorship, has held the office for nearly twenty years. He is one of the best known and most influentlal negro politicians in the country, and has been a big factor in Republican politics of South Carolina for many a Hastings, England, April 15.—Suf- fragettes destrcyed the handsome sea- side mansion of Arthur Du Cros, a vnionist member of Parliament. In addition to the firing the women algo placed dynamite in many of the rooms. Cut Telegraph Wires. (By Associated Press.) Bath, England, April 15.—Suffra- gettes cut all telegraph wires at the cntrance of the box tunnel on the Great Western Railway, which has been a great inconvenience to train service, CHANCE FOR A HANGING. Jacksonville, April 15.-—Murder was the charge brought in by th: jury at the inquest held in the oflice ¢f Judge C. D. Abbott and which named the negro Walter Waymon tLe criminal slayer of R. R. Robin- scn, one of the most popular fraternal men in the city, who died at St Luke’s hospital a few days ago. Evi- dence at the inquest revealed the fact that R. R. Robinson was struck in the head by the negro, after he had terned to walk away from Waymon, who had followed him with the evi- dent intention of attacking him. Kvi- dence also overthrew the statement nade by Waymon that Mr. Robinson kad thrown the first brick, It scems that Mr. Robinson was walking east cn Bay street. Waymon and three nezroes were walking west. Mr. Rob- inson jostled into the negro Waymon, and had turned the corner of Laura street golng north, when Waymon followed him to settle with him for bumping into him. The negro is in St. Augustine, having been removed there by Deputy Sherifts Crawford ! Washington, April 15.—Chairman Underwood {8 again well enough to take charge of the tariff bill. When citrus fruit provisions were reached Democrats from California the and Florida began a fight to maintain the present duty on lemons, limes and oranges. Sparkman, of Florida, spcke in support of the compromise amendment, and Church, of Califor- nia, to restore the rates of the Ding- ley act. TARIFF BILL MAKES SLOW PROGRESS (By Associated Prees.) Washington, April 15.—The slow rogress in consideration of the new tariff bill by the Democeratic House cuucus has upset the early prediction of administration leaders that the bill will be ready for the Senate by May 1. PREPUBLICANS CAN SERVE OUT THEIR TERNMS. (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, April 15.—Postmas- tep General Burlescn announced to- day that the new administration’s policy will be to continue all Repub- lican pestmasters to the end of their temns provided nmo charge {8 sus- tained against their efliciency. This policy applies to all classes. LLECTION OF PRES. GENERAL WILL BE HARD FOUGHT (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 15.—Nomina- tion of officers of the Daughters of American Revolution is set for to- night. Feeling between the timree rival camps is tense. Adherents of soid Judge Gemmill. “Perhaps the best feature of the court’s record is that reconciliations have been brought about in 50 per cent of the cases of separation that come before it.” ONE KILLED, ANOTHER FATALLY WOUNDED Result of a Street Fight in Birming- ham Early Today; Domestic Trouble the Cause. (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Ala., April 15.—In a pistol fight on a prominent corner in North Birmingham, Roland Shu- gurt, a lawyer, was killed and his brother-in-law, Haynes Moore, was shot and fatally wounded., Shugar: was separated frem Moore's sister end bitter feeling existed between the two men. When they met this merning both pulled their pistols and started firing. ITAY BE A WOMAN IN NEXT CONGRESS. ———— ——————————————— . e A e S e e e SR Washington, April 15.—The Sixty- fourth Congress may contain a wom- on member, This {8 the declaration of Congressman Albert Johnson ot the State of Washington, made at a nieeting of the Stanton Weman Suf- frege Club at the Cairo hotel in this city. The new ‘“congresswoman" will not come from any of the pres- ent districts of that State, accord- ing to Mr. Johnson, but from & new district, which he suggests may be formed in the northeast of Spokans scction of the State. Such a scheme il Tte story sent out from Tallahas- sce concerning the Tampa collector- ship in which William J. Bryan s satd to be exercising an influence in favor of Col. J. D. Calhoun, has croused great interest among the members of the legislature. “We all have great respect for V/illiam J. Bryan,” said a leading scnator, but we do not think that he has the remotest thing to do with Florida patronage, and the people of I'lorida will resent any interference with their affairs in this respect, As a matter of fact this very thing is toing to react on Colonel Calhoun. 1{ he hadn’t lugged Willlam J. Bry- an into the matter the Nebraskan wouldn't have been known in the matter, and the people cf Florida wouldn’t be exercised over it. Wil- liam J. Pryan has a gocd chance to 8 - —e e — . - e — cr LAXELAZD, TLORIDA, wrsmz APRIL 15, 1913. No. 139. | GOOD PLACE T0 TRADE. " " |£00zE THE LEADING - T r East Liverpcol, 0., April 15.— 3” 3 RE“ULE EIIH“S HUI]- conbmgbal RN B[‘ i .Il llKE w J “Help yourself” has been the gieet- Chicago, April 15.—Drinking by ing with which proprietcrs of the an overwhelming majority, is tlul “ | stores in this city of 25,000 persons cause cof the wrecking of most hemes | bave met their customers since the whose affairs came under the Chicaso clerks struck early in the week for Court of Domestic Relations in the higher wages and better working past year. Three thousand, six hun- " cenditions, and the customers have dred and ninety-nine cases werc kelped themselves. No new clerks heard. Following are the causes ol ; have been employed and storekeepers d:mestic trouble as tabulated by hove depended on the honesty of ti: — T Jud : 2 ; :dge Gemmill: Liquor, 42 per cent; S 7ATEN DULL ULL BY THE HORNS buyers, who have selected what they | DYNAMITE PLACED IN MANY OF [SPARKMAN SPOKE IN SUPPORT |iwmorality, 14 per cent; discase, 15 | COLLECTORSHIP AT TANPA IS AND MADE SEVERAL ;‘;:l‘l:le:a .:Nihlmidl the p\'(;')rlllet T, lku THE ROOMS ADDED TO ITS OF THE COMPROMISE per cent; 1l temper, 11 per cent; THE BONE OF CON- ] 'me cases the only one of the work- DESTRUCTION. AMENDXENT. wife's parents, 6 per cent; husband's TENTION. LNDOE_SE__WI’- ing force left in the establishment. mrent:a 1 per cent; married to) gt Cascs Sparkman and Clars Scenes In dry goods stores whero| Enraged Women Also Cut Telegraph [From Present Outlook Tariff Bill jyouns, 4 per cent; laziness, 3 per He 8aid That He Would Throw His wcmen customers measured their own Wires, Thereby Greatly Cri Will Not Be Ready for the cent; miscellaneous, 6 per cent. Influcnce for Calhoun and This Dont Favor mlflelwfifll, and fubrics and selected their dresses of- 4 ’ y o y *‘More than $150,000 has been col- ll..'nce “ iy % Lvely Flgllt in rr“mt_ ten brought about most amusing ’m Train Service, Scnate on h’ L lected and turned over to dependent Don’t Suit Other Mpm“‘ Y complications, Merchants declare vivel z the year,’ AR eclare {5 Abiotiaen Prosa’) (By Associated Press.) wives and children during the year, liibnsnse: AR 151 Rbactattins e et ————————— ittt et e bt lessen his general influence by but- ting into this local matter. The pcople of this State have nothing to de with his political debts contracteil in Nebraska several years ago, and, while Colonel Calhoun may be o splendid and deserving gentlemang, the very fact that he is looking to Willlam J. Bryan to get, him thia job Is going to militaty ggainst hig chances,” The story comes from Tampa that the people there have about given up hope that the cugtoms distrlcts of Florida are %oing to be relnstated a8 they were before the arbitrary Taft order, which {e supposed ta go Into effcet July 1, 1913, The dope and Haddock to avold a probable | Mrs. William C. Story, Mrs. Charles e ——————————————————————eere. ettt l l e ———————————— years. FRENCH AVIATOR FALLS T0 HIS DEATH (By Associated Press.) Nice, France, April 15.—Louis Coudart, a French aviater, was drowned before a large crowd here this mornin® while flying in a hy- dro-aeroplane. The budy was not recovered. ___—_.——__—__——___—_ POPE'S CONDITION REMAINS UNCHANGED (By Associated Press.) Rome, April 15.—The pope's con- dition was unchanged this morning. The bulletin showed that his tem- perature was 97. His cough has di- riinished, and his general condition ‘s good. DELEGATES FOR CONFERENCE EDUCATION ARRIVING AT RICHMOND (By Associated Press.) Richmond, April 15.—Delerates sre arrivine here for the conference 0* education in the South which cprens here tomorrow. e ———————————————————————————eeeeee GEORGIA ATABAYA IFAGUE QUALITIES FOR CALSS D (By Associated Press.) Auburn, N. Y., April 15—=The Georgia-Alabama Leazue, embracing fadsden, Anniston, Talladera and Orelika, Ala.; Newnan and La- Grange, Ga., qualified for class D. JAX WANTS NEW UNICN DEPOT. Jackeonville, April 15.—When the Florida railroad commissicners meect next Thureday with the publie ser- ~jes committee of the City Counc’ ttey will be asked to order the con- <truction of a new union depot iIn ‘}is city. The committeemen from the City Conneil will not be alone n their demand as many of the or- -anizatione in the eity will be repre- -ented at the meetine, and it is un- izretond that all will back up the souncilmen in their demands. l > lynching, A petition has been cir- cclated asking the governor for : speedy trial. GOLUNBIA S, 6. HAS 150,000 FRE| Columbia Hotel Destroyed and Adja- cent Stores Were Badly Damaged. by the Flames. (By Assoclated Press.) Columbia, S. C., April 15.—Fire carly today destroyed the Columbix hotel which was unoccupled and was being remcdeled, The fire badly damaged adjoining stores. The lcs: :s estimated upwards of $150,000. WOMAN LOBBYIST FOR TALLAHASSEE Orlando, April 15.—At a meetinz of the Suffrage Leazue in this city plans were discussed for gettinz a Lill through the Lezislature grantin the right of suffrage to the women o Florida. Among the various suzze tions it was decided that the mo: cifective method would be to srn representative to Tallahascee to take the matter up personally with th riembers of the Legislature. In go far other leagues of the State, in carry- ing out the desired result. A special expenses of the Legislative represen- tative. DEATH IN AUTONMO- BILE COLLISION. 5, possible the leazue will work witn i fund was ralsed for defraying tho|o i a library | Miller, Horton and Mrs. Charles BB .| Pryan are doing earnest campaigning | for the office of president general. APPOINTHENTS ' ANNOENCED TODAY Gov. Otborne, Fmt Asst, Sccy. of State; Page. Ambassador, and Os- borne Com. Internal Revenue. (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, April 15.—Former Covernor John E. Osborne, of Wyom- ing, will be first assistant secretary -f State; Walter H. Page, ambassador 0 Great Britain, and Willlam H. Os- lorne, of Greensboro, commissioner of internal revenue. 4 1170,000 WORKMEN NOW ON STRIKE. (By Associated Press.) | DBrussels, April 15.—More than | rne-third of the total number oi | vorkmen in Belgium are on a strik~. Tiis morning ubout 270,000 were t. There has been no viclence. TO TOUCH UNCLE ANDY AGAIN. I St. Petersburg, April 15.—Not sat- icfied with the $12,500 offered by An- lirew Carnegie to St. Petersburg for library, those interested in the es- tablishment of a library in St. Pe- tersburg will make an effort to reach Mr. Cargenie personally and secure from him a d-nation of $10,000 for in the Sunshine City. Jacksonville, April 15.—A head-on | (ONTROVERSY ON PANAMA CA- collision between an automobile anl a street car here last night resulted 1n the death of W, A, B. Worley, wh) wag steering the anto and going a: a hizh rate of epeed. Worley w a well-known man here, a dealer ¥+ automobiles and was formerly audi- tor cof the Florida Live Stock and |rrable termination of the controvers: | Turkey and the Ralkan allies, ac State Fair assoclation. NAL TOLLS AMICABLY SETTLED. (By Asenciated Press.) London, April 15.—The repert by Ambassador Bryce on the results of his rgcent conversation with Wilso: foreshadows, it is understcod, a fav- over the question of Panama tolls. would not deprive the State of any |is given out that Colonel Calhioun is of the present conzressmen—Fal-|8%yteq for the collectorship at Jacke cener, LaFollette, Bryan or Hum- gonyille, which is supposed to Iccate phries. both Jacksonville and Tampa; Jacke Congressman Johnson's declaration | sonville heeause it has the maln of- was recelved with tremendous en- | fice and Tampa because l.t has H;o thusiasm by the 300 cr more women ' collectr, This kind of thine ;' howe present. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley pre- | ever, Is far from satlsfying to "mt any. sited, Other wpeakers were Mrs. 'A letter received by a prominent William Kent, wife oi (‘llu!rcmn.’m'p(.lllh-inn in Tallahaseee at this time Kent of California, who described | gays that former Mayor Frecker, of cenditions in her State under woman | Tampa Is going to get the place suffrage; Mrs. Nina I, Mcxflnd"!‘.lv'hlch Calhoun and Angle are after. rresident of the club, and Mis. Kath- | The letter gays that Frecker has the arine Livingston Eagan, president ol | endorsement of Senator Fletcher and the Equal Franchise League, of Jack- | cther members of the Florida dele- sonville. ration, and stands a good chance ¢ landing the collectorship. WONDER HE WASN'T The matter of appointments s agl tating many communities, and Talla« el haseee I8 not free from it. Major U, Newark, N. J., April 15.—Samuel | J. Williams of this place is a candie Wright, a brakeman on the Westq:wte for appointment to the marshal- Shore railroad, is in the Northern|ekip of the northern district. Cooper Hudson (N. J.) hospital, with four|Griges, of Apalachierla, is also a cane tces gone from his right toot. Wright, | didate and that gentleman has heen who is 32 years old, lives in Dumont, |ty Washinzton and has done some ncor Hackensack., He was standing | eensiderable log rolling to land ths in a gondola coal car, the first in 2 'an, but Major Williams is prohably fiteen- Mr train, that was passinz | [Le criginal Woodrow Wilson man {a ‘l. rough Dozota Wednesday :1ft"r-‘!’:p—!:|:|' and he has stron- endorses ‘unan, \\hr‘n the car b ttom beeame [rente. Ho §s a persona! friend of RG He tried to climb out, but|Josephus Daniels, havine ol with ¢id not have time. The bottom feil [ that gentleman in the interior de- o#nd he was thrown t5 the ties, Ii:!partment when the latter was a clerk luy stretehed between the rails while [in that department under Hoke the long succession of vhecls passed |Smith. e has mony staunch and cn either gide of him. “It surely was | irfluential friends among the official a queer feeling I had watching them | family, and it rea!lv looks as if Major v, by,” said Wright resterday. “Som: | Willlams had a fine chance, in spite of the air pipes and ros rrazed mr [er the activity displayed by his ope tead and sheulders.” After the train | ponent. bad passed Wrizht was picked up by ceveral railroad men, prt aboard & special engine and rushed to Wee- Yzwken. The heouse surceon found it necessary to amputate four toes the only part of him that the wheel: lad touched. SCARED TO DEATH. | Se. Senator Nrane had his ear driven thronch from Lakeland. The car is 2 1912 Nambler and stood the teip ef 320 miles splendidly. An average of more than a hundred miles a day was wade, no attempt being made to rush time; the first nicht was spent at Ocala, the second at Lake City, and the arrival at Tallahassce wrs made the afternoon of the third dav. The roads cenerally were very cood, the driver, Mr. Cane, havin= but cne mise hap of c-nsequence v.hen his cap stuck In the quicksand snd had te be hauled out by a tcam of oxen. THREE DAYS ARYISTICE HAS BEEN ARRANGED (Ry AFEnrh!r-d Prees ) Paris, April 15 —A thres days’ ar mistice has been arran~ed betweer cording to semi-official advices.