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

1 Sug. ‘edney ety on f each blic 19 RCN ) and 'ho':L and a £ | ] o 1 — Y SEARIES 1 HISSING JURDERER F. ANDREWS OF PALMETTO, SENTENCED T0 BE HUNG, IS AT LARGE. ge Killed J. W. lexanderat Palmetto , st August—$300 Offered for His Capture. (By Associated Press.) Tampa, April 28.—E. F. Andrews, gntenced to hang for the murder of J. W. Alexander, escaped last night od Lis wife has been arrested :orzed with furnishing him a saw ¢uring the religious services held yesterday at the jail. 1 The authoritics here as well as in cther counties have been mnotified of tse murderer's escape and as a re- vaid of §300 is offered for his cay- ture, he will hardly get far, Andrews was engaged in a quarrel yiaoasad wt Manatee last Augus: ¢vor & quart of liquor and in tryin3 ) part them Alexander was shot and }i.d by Andrews. The latter was .00 to Tampa for safe keeping, as filing azalnst him was high, VINSTON POSIMASTER HAS BEEN APPOINTED. Washington, April 28.—Florida fourtl-class postmasters appointed tcduy were: Mary Alice May, Win- ston; Mrs, Florida C. Gainer, Econ- fire; Daniel Anderson, Graves; John i Carter, Lenker. PATHER HAVE WAR . THAN THE JAPS (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.—A “war scare” epeech supporting the pro- jrsed California anti-alien land leg- fslztion was delivered in the House today by Representative Sisson of Mississippl, “If we must submit to tle indignity or have war, then I e for war,” he cried. “I believe o non-resident should be allowed to cown land in the United States on fecount of the recent efforts of Ja- 1iu to force us to submit to her de- mands."” VILL NOT RECOGNIZE NEW REPUBLIC AT ONCE. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.—Political ¢-velopments in China have made it fobable that the United States ! irmediately recognize the new Lipublic as was originally intended, i oflicials here believe there is t rofore no danger of further com- i vuting the delicate situation pend- 1.7 28 a result of the conclusion of th2 five power loan and friction be- ticen the adminis‘ration and the power of the Radical party in the as- LEILL WILL BE COMMISSIONER OF LABOR. — (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.—Despite the declared opposition of Senator “illman to the confirmation of Chas. ' Neill, a8 commissioner of labor f'.tistics, the Semate commithee to- iy agreed to report it favorably. . SZINERS WILL HOLD UNIQUE INITIATION. —_— (By Associated Press.) Mobile, April 28.—Abba Temple. of the noble Mystic Shrine has an- ncunced that it has secured permis- €lon of the government to hold an Initiation at the locks of the Panama c=nal just before the water is turned in CROWN PRINCE LEAVES SCUTARI Vienna, April 28.—Crown Prince Dznilo, of Montenegro, and troops have marched out of Scutari towards the north, eay official dispatches, ouly five batteries of artillery are re- naining, W. C. 7. U. MEETS The W. C. T. U. will hold a pro- Zram meeting at Mrs. H. J. Ander- €n's home tomorrow afternoon at 3 O'clck. All members and thee ia- tevested inyited. W. B. TALLEY. WILL BUILD DUVAL'S NEW COUET nom.l Friends in this city of Mr. W. B.| THE LAKELAND EVENING Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1913. LIVELY SPEECH HOUSE WANTG Talley will be glad to learn that hu; . ) l hes been elected by the Duvai | county commissioners, as architect ' ] to draw the plans and superintend the comstruction of the new Duvul ccunty court house, which will cost complete $250,000 and when finished will be the largest and most expen- sive public building in Florida. This is about the largest job to bo “pulled down” by a Florida archi- tect in eome time, and, while con- gratulating Mr. Talley on securing this large contract, we would also extend our felicitations to the coun- ty of Duval and its intelligent com- missioners, for they could not have made a better selection of an archi- tect had they searched the country over. Mr. Talley is the eldest ron of dNr. J. R. Talley of this city, and kas many friends here who will be glad to hear that his ability has becn €0 signally recognized. DOWNEY NOMINATED COMP- TROLLER OF CURRENCY. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.—George E. Downey was today nominated comp- ticller of currency to succeed Rob- ert J. Tracewell, TRAN N0, 80 RAK INTOBURNAG TRESTLE Tender and Four Cars Were Ditched But No One Was Injured. — Yesterday afternoon mbout 1:20 o'clock, passenger train No. 89, which passes through here shortly Lefore noon, was wrecked about five miles north of Kissimmee, the train baving run into a burning trestle. , The engine passed over the trestlo safely, but the tender,'mail and bag- gage cars and two coaches were de- railed, but no one was injured. The front end of the mall car went off but the rear end remained on the track, while the baggage car was tirown at an angle of 45 degrees. Engineer Swanson and Conductor .1ansard were in charge of the train. The wrecker was called out from Lakeland and the work of clearing up the mass of wreckage began, since which time trains have been detoured from Orlando on the Sea- beard via Trilby and thence to Lake- lond and Tampa. Northbound trains have been routed the same way, and as a consequence regular schedules bave not been maintained the past twenty-four hours. BRYAN REACHES CALIFORNIA. (By Asscciated Press.) Sacramento, April 28.—Secretary cf State Bryan arrived today to con- ter with Governor Johnson and the| Legislature on anti-alien land hold- ing laws now pending. Secretary Pryan conferred with several Leg- islative members at the ‘capitol and Dr. Davis Starr Jordan, concerning the legislative situation. A QO0PERSONS LEAE AODDED DSTRET Crevasse at Vidalia, La., Is Half Mile Wide; Situatin Is (By Associated Press.) vVidalia, La., April 28.—More than four thousand persons were taken out of the overflowed sections flood- ed from the crevasse of the Mississip- pi river levee near Gibson's landing which broke early Sunday. Reports this morning say that the crevagse is almost half a mile wide. Ends of the levee continue to crumble rapidly and four towns are inundated and the flood is approaching others. Rail- roas are badly crippled. —————————— WILL MAKES FORMAL PROTEST ¢ 3y Associated Press.) London, April 28.—A representa- tive of the Montenegrin govern- ment in London received {instruc- tions today from Cettinje to protest tormally against the demand of the European powers for the immediate evacution of Scutari by the Monten- egrine. T0AY'S DEBATE LAST DAY TO TALK ON THE TAR- IFF WAS 0CCASION OF MUCH ORATORY. TUnderwood Sticks to the Belief That The Eouse Should Dispose of Bill in a Week. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.—The final day of the general debate on the tar- ift bill in the House was enlivened by a rush of specch making. Repre- sentative Rainey in charge of the atriculture schedule and Represen- tative Murdock, the progressive lead- er and some big guns of the Repub- licans were on today's program. Leader Underwood was unchanged in view that the bill should be dia- cesed of n the House within a weei ule should not offer much real trou- Lle. lle believes that unless the an- ti-free wool fight spreads the bfll will pass the Senate substantially in ils present form. The United States Is entirely within her righta. Ar. Underwood believes in the pro- visions which have drawn protests ioin ioreisn governments. The al- liance between the protected woolen mills of the east and the wool pro- ducing States of the west, has be ended by the revision, declared Mr, Rainey. BACCALAUREATE Yesterday was an ideal day for the opening of the commencement exer- cises of the Lakeland high schoo), ! and at the morning hear a large 2ou- | genijus. crom today and°that the sugar lchod-l WAS A SPLENDID EFFORT TOBEMANOPE ‘STRONG SPEECHES DELIVERED DENOUNCING REPUBLICANS' POLICY CLOSINGSTATION. A1) Members Will Go to Pensacola on May 6 to Mect Secretary Daniels. (J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla., April 28.—(Spe- cial) — Dirty Republicanism was geored in the House this mornin3 over the resolution to allow the gpeaker to represent the House at I'ensacola May 6, when Secretary of the Navy Daniels will be there. The iavitation came from the Pensacoly commerecial association and was ac- cepted Friday but considerable oppo- sition to the entire membership®of (lie House accepting the invitation brought on a debate. Worley, Stan- ford and Mapoles delivered strong speeches in which the Ropublican policy of closing the Pensacola naval stution was denounced in severe terms by Mapoles. He said it was the duty of every member to go to Pensacola and do what he could to re-establish the navy yard there, and the action of the House sustained tkis stand. The St. Petersburg commission charter, the second of Its kind at this gession, is likely to pass the Senate this afternoon. -The consideration of the suftra- gette amendment is set by special or- der for 10 o'clock Friday morning. A number of prominent women are expected, SERMON speaker pointed to the banking power, the bread and the meat pro- Guced annually, the vast field of Invention has made prog- course of people assembled at Lake- | ress that staggers us as we thinx of land's splendid auditorium to hear|it. the baccalaureate sermon, Following the singing of the dox-' oiogy, “Praise God from Whom All Our grandfuthers walked beside the ox cart, while we ride in Pull- man cars; they sailed in boats at the mercy of the wind, but we travel T e Al e Rl o e S e A RS IS, Lessings Flow,” the Rev. W. 8. Pat- in great ocean palaces; they trod the crson, pastor of the Presbyterian furrow behind a single mule, and ve church, invoked the blessing of Al-!rme upon sulky plows drawn by spir- raighty God upon the audicnce, the homes of Lakeland, our school, uud’ especially the class of young people graduating from it. Then came two of the grand old hymns, “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name,” and “Holy, loly, Holy,” anl I'r. W. D. Nowlin, pastor of the Bap- tist church, read the eighth Psalm Prayer was offered by Dr. W. T. 'ited teams; they were content with onie very humble home, but we must Liave one in the north for the sum- mcr, another in the south for win- ter, while we find other diversions in the spring and the autumn; they ccoked on the old fire-place, with the hook down the chimney to hold the rot, while their children ecat their meals from fireless cookers. The greatest advancement made, said the speaker, I8 in the matter of health. Coming,’ a collection was taken to| by the {ntroduction of sanitary defray incidental expenscs. ‘The|measures the deadly disease germs vehers for the morning were Will| hiave been brought under control, Hetherington, Dan Sweat, Ned Skip- | o that no longer is there dread be- rer, Lloyd Hooks, Shelton Meharg|cause of the destructive diseases that and Alfred Chiles. vere a menace to our fathers. There The sermon of the occaslon was|!as been great advance in intellec- dblivered by Rev. I. C. Jenkins, pas- | tality, also in machinery, which is wor of the First Methodist church, |rapidly superseding the exercise of who selected for his theme, “Rezpon- inuscles, sibility and Opportunity of Christian| “But,” said the speaker, “these Citizenship." He announced as l;initlnmuns have been purchased at text John 4, 28, “I sent you to reap & mighty cust. The growth of gov- that whereon ye bestowed no labor; | ernment has come up through other men labored and ye are en- treachery, bloodshed, martyrdom and tered into their labors.” suffering of every sort.” The speaker was at his best. and| Mr. Jenkins reminded the young held his large audience, composed of | people that there are yet many great the old and the young—men, Women, | things to accomplish. He suggested beys and girls—from start to finish. | the possibility of the arctic and ant- The gray-haired sires, the youthsjarctic lands becoming inhabitable and the maidens as well as the IR~ for there is enough heat from the Moore, of the Christian church. Afte er singing, “Work for the Night lIs- tle people of the primary grades, lis- tened with close attention to the words of eloquence and logic as they fell from his lips. He called attention to the immen- sity of man's eld of labor, and point- out the fact of man’s dominion over the fighes of the sea, the fowls of the air and the beasts of the field. All these csgatures are limited in their sphere, but man is lord ot all. He spoke of the possessions of our fa- ti:ers, and the great cost of the heri- tege handed down to their children. He reminded the young people that they are living in the best age the world ever saw. To give an ideaiet the greatness of our .mation - the i sun to make every foot of the globe as pleasant as Florida, if it were properly distributed. Aviation bas just begun; other communication is iv its infancy. The burning of brain substance and transforming it into thought is yet to be explained. All digcovery has not been made yet. Psychology is not yet exhausted; so- ciology is a new science. Then, there is religion, the science of all sciences tke greatest field of all fields; the most faseinating of all studies. Thia is to be the science of the future. Our greatest need is our spiritual need. It has always been so, and will be v the end. . P L0 o, 160. FAEE TOLLS FOR IMERCAN SHPS THROUGH GARAL BOYS IN JAIL AT TALLAHASSEE | CLAIM HOME HERE | Telegrams from Tallahassee today were received to the effect that Earl Morris and Jack Fields, boys 14 and 15 respectively, were in jail at that place, having been arrested while stealing a ride on a west-bound train. Morris, who is a step-son of M. T. Huchingson, was sent to the Reform Scheol at Mariana some time ago, for stealing a horse and buggy telonging to J. H. Wendler, and it EILL TO ABROGATE PAUNCEFOTE ie supposed bad just escaped from TREATY NOW BEFORE the reformatory. Inquiry has thus THE SENATE. forfailed to locate Jack Ficlds, who ciaims to be the son of a widow re-| PenPictures of Two Interesting Con. cently removed here from l’cnslcol:;; gressional Figures, and Some In- ond who, he stated, lives in Sout : 3 g Lakeland and keeps boarders. It is tevesting Oupital Gonsip. thiought here that Fields also escoped | \vaghington, April 28..~Senator from the Reform School, and that!|cpamberlain of Oregon does not be- his statement in regard to Lakeland i jove jn half-way measures so tar a8 being his home is not true. fiee tolls are concerned for Amer- The boys claiming to be from Lake- | jcun ghips passing thiough the Pan- land enlisted sympathy of Hon. H. |yma canal. Rather than have the J. Drane, who wired the editor of | ycitation continue on the part of the Telegram for the facts, intend-|(:eat Britain, that the Americun na- ing to interest himself in getting the | yicn js about to violate the ay- buys home it their storles were true.| pauncefoto treaty in absorbing the The Telesram would bo glad to| 4olg on ships flying the 1lag of the learn at once'lf a boy named Jack|yyjted States, tae senior senator Ficlds has relatives here, and € h2| .0 Oregon has intioguced o bill is deserving of help in his present | yhyogating the treaty as tuy cocic. - trouble. It scems that Morris is In-| \uy qut o1 the difficuity. corrigible, and those who know him| sunator Borah, of idaho, who Is a beet claim the Reform school s the yomher of the foreign relations come best place for him. wittee of the Senate, is not cons JUNORS WAL BE " HEARD TOWGHT First of Week's Exercises Will Be Held at Auditorium This - o nccessary on the ground that the liay-Pauncelote treaty contemplated the building of the canal on foreign so0il, whereas we have acquired the etrip ot territory through which the * big ditch” passes and the canal by the very nature of things, is on American soil and thercfore the "[treaty in no wise appiies, Enllil- * In any event the question is very With the baccalaureate “mbh much alive and is one of the perplex- yesterday, commencement week wag|!!'8 Problems which the administra. formally opened, and this evening at | LioB has to solve in the very ucar fu- 8 o'clock the Junlors will give thelr | 'Uré 48 the new ambassador to the orations, which Wil no doubt be|URited States from Great Britain, it ' heard ‘by a large and appreciative | i® understood, s bringing with him audience. There will be no charge | tb® 188t word on the toll question t the door. The program followss | {rom the Lnglish point of view. Miss Helen Conibear — *Push, One of the most, if not the most Fluck and Perseverance.” pleturesque’ figure in the Scnate is Miss Georgia Lanier—"The Bal-]Jdmes K. Vardaman, of Mississippi, ance Sheet.” whose long black bair, fallin: to the Miss Mary Weaver—Music. shoulders, -shaven face and t Miss Viola Powell—“Hitch Your|Piercing “‘%- afford the guides Wagon to a Star.” ot the capitel”’a endgof small galk Miss Lula Haynes—"Home.” for the benefit“of thie tourisigig#ho Miss Bessie Templeton—<Music, ' | 8™ crowding the big building d Miss Georgia Fannin—*Climb."” ,Miss Annle Cargill Mayes-"Little| by Little.” Vurdaman in the saddle are as fap “/ Miss Hazel Ormsby—Musie, apart as the poles. In the saddle Miss Gladys Wilson--"Optimism.” | Sthator Vardaman looks like a Miss Maggie Bryant—"Diving fo: kuight of old, the lance and armour being the only things missing complete the picture, But Vardaman jn the Scnate and Pearls.” to Mies Annie Streater—Music. Miss Esther Heath—"The Ther- The junior senator from Migsige mometer of Life.” sippl made his appearance in Potoe Mr. Will Hetherington—*Evolu- | ¢ driveway the other day, on 2 tion of American Patriotism.” handgome buy horse und his faulte Mr. Lloyd lMooks—“March of less riding and his stately mein, his Progresa, e¢yes partly hidden by the Lrim of Miss Jessle Mae Williams—Music. | @ soft bLat, such as a southern gene Miss Maud Miller-—“The Streec | ti*man wears on the stase and in Lonfer.” Cengress, and Lis long biack hair Mr. Shelton Meharg-—"Robert E.|Mide a picture for an artist. Varda. fean was immaculate in a dark blue Lee.” Miss Ruby Turner—“Sunrise, Not | €4t pure white riding brecches, Sunset.” and black riding boots. Ncedless to Jesuits Discover One Method Apar: From That of Dr. Friedman, You are cordlally invited to be|®#¥ he was “the obscrved of all obe the Smithsonian Institute n this city Q! Ly lerbert Ward, the sculptor and I“BEHG"["SIJ'WIGJU of fortune, who is now the of the black continent years ago in Thomas Nelson Page, the novelist, the cure of tuberculosis has been dis- | Batives. Teaultn, WhD Mave Geolds to eethbs patrick of the Sixth lowa district. present. servers.” i i a——— A new collection which will maka fl"flIHEH cufl[ FUH tiie foremost repository of trophies in the world has been given last surviving oflicer of the Stanley expedition which invaded the depths scarch of Emin Pasha. The gife, made possible throush the eiforts of 1By Assoclated Prees.) containg more than 7,000 African Washington, April 28.—Believing and musical instruments used by the covered apart from that of Dr. Fried-| Perhaps the most picturesque newe man, was announced today by the|COmer in the House is Sant Kirke Almost all of his life—at least si Iish a laboratory for tests In' Chi-|¢re close of the civil war Klrkp':‘n: 0 cogo. The serum 18 the aiscovery of | rick has been a hunter of moonshige Dr. Peter Duket, of Chicago, who |¢rs. Not even he could tell how often claims to have cured advanced cases. | he has been shot unless he did a few sums on his fingers. His eyes were THREE HELD FOR practically shot out in the last raig ATLANTA GIRL'S MURDER :]n- led so that he is now almost {blind. There are fully 200 picces of Atlanta, April 28.—J. M. Gantt,|lcad In his body us a portion of the former bookkecper of the Natoinal [rcward for being a revenue officer for Pencil Co., was arrested this aft®- | twenty-seven years. At least three noon In connection with the death of j times he has been left for dead og 14-ycar-old-year Mary Phacan, |the field and the doctors who overs “hose body was found In the base-jbauled him pledged their profese ment of the pencll factory Swiday !sicnal honor that he couln't get weoll, morning. He is the third man neld, |*‘After all,”” says Mr. Kirkpatriek the others belng A. Mullinax, a|with a certaln grimness, “I ‘wasa't young white man, and Newt Lee, the | necarly as bad off ; negro watchman &t the factory, low.”™ . . N vineed that the Chamberlain bilf fs” hill these pleasant days of spring, & a8 the OtEE fele P