Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 9, 1913, Page 1

5 PRINARY pAGaED THE ETODAY [ES A LAW SECOND| ARY WILL BE {INATED- 'Will Also Not Be Al articipate in Demo- jtic Primaxies. J. Hugh Reese.) , Fla., May Y.—Sena- primary bill passed, be- htly amended. 1t re- ennial registration fea- iil pasced by a vote oi jer a lengthydebate. ryan’s primary bill was gion i1n the House all the chief feature ot eing the requirement to 'y two years. This biil gepublicans from taking mocratic primary and jtes the second primary. oposed an amendment the requirement to reg- two yeals and spoke at the amendment staidng famendment was lost hel to vote against the Lill. ment was lost. Floyd y usainst the Dbill saying ercer amendment having at Le wouid vote against Staniord and Farris spoke for the bill. Tom- niciot extending the time ion was adopted. ble feeling was evident te, Spencer pleading that considered solely upon ithout reference to tie mmittee’s convict lease| 11 was under discu:sion pte all the morning, be- ed following the consid- overnor Tramueil's Uill. jer of Agriculture McRae * committee’'s substitute the prison department is der his supervision, this ongiderable weisht in fa- bill over the governor’s. Ratify Constitutional| Amendment, ece, Fla., May 9.-—The not pass the resolution or the ratification of the pustitutional amendment yides for the clection off a firect vote of the peo-| is a prediction only. | e question arose at l‘nc; tex amendnient, ccause of the consti ovision that the entire’ shall be elected after uc[’ mendment is submitted. tative Harry Iloyd pre- reeolution in the llousu’ the only one who voted This was his reason. ed the resolution upon re- n he opposed for the rea-| he constitutional author- ainst him. ate is obviously more con-| than the House, and if Iny certainty in predicti seen that the Scnate p amendment, for the rvu-i | | jome tax amendment t-ame! assing at the last session,| pained for Senator Daymn,i not at all times seriously | , to Adig up and nreseutI itutional reason. He potl nunication with Senator and he was sustained by leman in his contentien, e resolution went over and as left out of the quota of t ratified the amendment. going to be this time as ect election of senators un- erspicacity of the newspa- is absolutely wrong. b Interest of Seminoles. ssee, Fla.,, Magm 9.—Rep- e L. A. Hendry, of Fort| s under Araft a bill in the bf Indian reservations for| of Florida and one of the/ ent supporters who is on' d is Dean Spencer, formerly' 0, but recently created In- pnissioner for the Stata. present ‘time no lands are| for the homing of the In- 1 bn over the ratitication (»J"i: and it} . [ LAKELAND E Published ‘in the Rest Town in the Rest Part of the Best State. rectify this matter, the men behind the movement being sanguine that the Legislature will provide appro-; priations for the purchase and main-' tenance of property adaptable for tkis purpose. Dean Spencer followed the minis- try at Orlando, resigning his charge| in the Episcopal diocese to accept the wcintent of Governor Tramme:. The bill as drafted will see that jus- tice is done to the various tribes in the State. The value of having ing «emonstrated by the energetic activities of the new ofiicial. He is backing the bill and no opposition Lias yet developed. The Seminole tribe is historic to the State and the statutes now on tte books are not just as humane as they should be for Billy Bowlegs and his associates. Land in the vicin- ity of Lake Okechobee will be wun- doubtedly purchased and arrange- ments made whereby Florila will not be behind other States in dook- ing after the fast receding charact- ers, of which Mrs. Minnie Moore Wilson, of Kissimmee, has written <o ehtertainingly in her recent book entitled, “The Seminoles of Florida." This race of red men possess traits not discernable in other tribes; they are unusually thrifty and industrious, but on account of conditions have not had the advan- tages given the Kiowas, Osages or Chippewas. The State of Michizan granted large appropriations for the latter tribe and the Crow tribe of Pennsylvania has been accorded sim- ilar recognition, and Florida will not be delinquent with her red resi- dents. WORK OF SURVEYING EVERGLADES BEGUN (By Ass Vork Started Today and Is in Charge of The N. Y. Engincering Comypany. riated Press.) ort Lauderdale, May 9.-—Work of surveying the Everglades begun niorning, the State having ded the contract to the New| Engineering Co. TOUR POLICE INSPECTORS GET TIEIRS. (By Associated Press.) Y()rk, May 9.—Four police inspectors, Sweeney, Murtha, Hussey, Thompeon, convicted of conspiring to obstruct justice to check graft New revelationg, were given maximum contences today of one year in thej renitentiary and five hundred dol- lars fine cach. S0P T0 SUE'I’R:\GETTES‘ field, 111, May 9.—The Sen-| today csel the Magill woman| firage L 25 to 15. The bill givc v n the richt to vote on all sta-! toutory offices. It now goes to the! Tiouse CHARLES W. BELL ‘ | | mem- | Bell is the new »ss from the Ninth dis- | Charles W ber of cong trict of California. Heisa szrmlvel the proposed measure will | and comes [rom Pasadena. . - | hearing of LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1913, EVACUATION OF |JAPAN ENTERS SGUTARI Wh3 BEGUN TODAYAGAINGT BILL a1 Indian commissioner is now be-|IN PARTING MONTENEGRINS SET|JAPANESE ANMBASSADOR PRE- FIRE TO A BAZAR OUT OF REVENGE. Tinal Pessession of the Fortress Wili Be Given on Next Sunday. (By Associated Press.) Cettinje, May 9.—Montenegro be- gan the evacuation of Scutari yes- terday afternoon and on Sunday wili formally surrender the fortress to the international troops from the blockading fleet. Was Work of Revenge. Vienna, May 9.—Fire in a bazaar at Fortress Scutari this morning, which assumed huge proportions, is reported here to be the work of the; Montenegrins in revenge for being compelled to evacuate. DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH MAN WO HIT SENATOR. (By Associcted Press)) Washington, May 9.——The House met an hour earlier teday to act upon the case of Charles C. Glover, the millionzire banker, whom a stecial committee found guilty of contempt for an assault upon Rep- 1esentative Sims, of Tennessee on April 18, The incident was the se- quel to a criticism of Sims upon Glov- e for lis connection with real es- fate transactions in \Washington. SEATAIENT 15 AGANST 600D ROADS BILL Swringer Bill, Calling for Fifty Mil- lion Bond Issue, Has About Turned Up Its Toes. Tallahagsce, May 9.—Senator Stringer’s famous $50,000,000 good bill these days for the crystallized sen- rcads will be buried one of timent as expressed by many lealing | members of the Senate is to the u[~l fcet that IFlorida cannot ;.ucm‘nl appropriation. Clay also such a larg Stanford | but it Represcntative 1. had a Lill prepared i wih approval, New Jersey, with A, J. alter a not meecting (:uud{ Smith, of was | Barrs, of public Lere togetlier Jacksonville, and, the committee of good| roads, it wus evileut that all meas-| ures as yet picparcd and introduccd were a trifle beyond the desires o: most legislators, Many i the legislaters express | themselves in this fasnion: *“If we| were pocitive that we would get proper dollar value 1z this work, there would Le no hesitancy in mak- ing the appropriation, but when a| Stute wide cm of zood rowls is| up before us, that epectre of “graft” 18 up and we cannot afford to| te the State funds,” and that atout covers the opinicns now pre- vailing. It appears that each county should do their own road building and! with careful supervision as to the| construction and the slisbursements, better results will be obtained. Pennsylvania appropriated $14,- 000,000 at a crack for good roads and it seems that $50,000,000 or cven a trifle less is too much for Florida. It would be a wonderful advertisement for the State if they would go ahead with Senator Stringer’s proposition but when it comes Jlown to the cold fact of dig- zing into the pocketbook for taxes, then the howl ensues. time is coming and that very| when Duval and Dade will ot be the only counties in the| tate to exult over their fine hizh- The work of construction is| prozressing rapidly but quickly. Lf'on county has some of the finest| atural roads to be found in the| Ftr'to. The native clay is adaptable to hard surfaced rcals and many| favorable comments are made on the| prime condition exhibited in loc n < ' the father has been unable to locats ORNAL PROTEST SENTED SANE TO SECRETARY LRYAN THIS MORNING. President and His Cabinet Will Pre- pare an Answer Which Will Be Returned at Once. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 9.—The Japa- nese formal protest against the Cal- itornia alicn land bill was submit- ted to Secretary Bryan of the State department by Viscount Chinda per- sonally. The protest will be placed immmediately before President Wilson and cabinet, in order that an an- swer may be promptly returned to the Japanese embassy. The conference between Secretary Eryan and Viscount Chinda lasted half an hour. The Secretary imme- diately went to the White House and presented the written communi- ration of Viscount Chinda to the president and his cabinet. CNGINEER GETS 18 MONTHS FOR KILLING GEORGIAN. (Dy associated Press.) Augusta, May 9. — Marshall shedd, a Ceergia railroad engineer, charged with the murder of Edward “Souny” Collins, of Augusta, was found guilty of involuntary man- lanohter, andd was today sentenced to twelve months in the chaingang word six months in jail. 15 YEARS FREEDCN Zlurderer’s Conscience Drove Him to Acknowledze Crime Commit- ted Loug Ago. (By Associated 1 Carcassone, I'rance, May 9.—Tor- mentesd by remorse, Miquel Valle- spl surrendered to the police today tor the murder of a widow fifteen years ago, saying he wanted to go to the gallows. Vallespi fled ql'lur the murder and his trial held in his abgence, found him guilty and con- lemned him to death, LRYAN 30 BE CHIEF SPEAKER AT N. Y. BANQUET. Asgociated Press.) New York, May 9.—Addresses by| \ndrew Carnegie and Dr. William Lunning, president of the American tlistorical Association, are ontoday’s vogram of the International Con- ference which is arranging a centen- ury celebration of the treaty of Ghent. Sessions close tonight with a ban- ruet at which Secretary Bryan is tol be the chiel speaker. Tomorrow the| Ielegates bezin a tour of American cities. (By HUNTING FOR HIS SICK DAUGHTER. Jacksonville, \l.xy 9.—8. B, McMil- lan, of Tallahassee, Fla., secmcg to Le in a egad plight this morning w]y:uv he reported to police headquarters that he was unable to find a slck daughter, whose name is Mrs. Hat- tie Roberts, whom he came to this city to see at her request. Mr. Me- Millan, who is an old man, statel that he received a letter a few days ago from his daughter, asking his to come to her aid, that she was in a local hospital and that her three small children were left in charge of a colored nurse. In her letter she did not name the hospital or give her asddress, and since his arrival the sick daughter or the three chil- dren. The old gentleman seems n:uch worried over the condl!lons‘ and would be thankful to learn zmy‘ ]mformat on about the daughter. a Macon, Ca, 1 nett, of Docly ¢o vy, who was shot| in a duel with Ocmr Blow, afte Jiow had killed P. P. Sangster, ¢ GEORGIA 577 7I0F DIES. ! Tallahassee district as to good roads.| this morning. 2 -schedules informally. | cago, HEAT BURNING UP CAROLINA CROP:. Columbia, 8. C., May 9.—As a rc- salt of the continued dry weather in the cotton growing sections of this State, planters report losses anil es of 100 pounds to the acre. tion in South Carolina this season .\L $22,050,000. Seed cotton has ml- vanced 100 per cent, owing to th | «temand caused by growers having to replant. The continued dry weather will tural prosperity of South Carolint this year. SLEEP TALK CAN'T CONVICT OF MURDE‘! Denver, Col.,, May 9.—The Stat\ Supreme Court today held that a person may not be convicted of mur- der by the use of his admissions made while talking in his sleep. The case of Jose Martinez, con- victed of murlering a woman named Fortune Campbel, and sentenced to life imprisonment, was sent back to the District Court of Archuleta county, with instructions to try the defendant again, without permitting the prosecution to introduce Marti- nez's somnolent testimony, At Mar- tinez’s first trial a jail guard tes- tified the defendant in his sleep re- neatal over and over arnin, “I kille dl her.” Largely throuch this testi | nrony the man was convicted. 10 GONSIDER BRIEFS OF MANUFAGTURERS Tariff Bill Passed House and After, Amendments Are Made Goes to the Scnate. { citon P'ress.) Washington, May 9, tariff biil csterday and went to the Senate to- the -The Demo- eratic pased the lHouse day to be referred to finance committee. New changes are to be recommended by subcommittees vhich have been considering the; Seuator Sim- wons will call a meeiing immediate- iy to consider bricfs of manufaciur- crs and olner intercsts before the Lill is reporwea o e Senate which will be about June 1. No public; beasing will be p,r:mlud. 8 DON'T WANT CURRENCY LLGISLATION RUSHED THROUGH! inted Press.) Washington, May 9.——Consider- :ble oppusition has developed, par- ticularly in the Senate, to the pro- posal to rush the currency legisla- ticn in at the extra scssion. The leaders meet the president tonight or tomorrow to learn his wishes. JOSEPH BRUCKER i l | who will ettempt!to cross the | Atluntlc in a dirigible balloon. He will | Joseph Brucker, formerly of Chi the' Vienna, yesterday, died at 1 o'clock | make his etart from Lu Palmas. Ca ja PO 4 s . NING TELEGRAM No. 160, FRIEOMAN'S CURE DID NOT IMPRESS There are 2,450,000 acres planted in cotton in the State. (unsrrmliu‘ estimates place the loss in produc- REPORTED 'IHAT RISULTS Do NOT JUSTIFY WIDESPREAD CONIIDENCE IN REMEDY, scriously retard the general agricul-: Time, of Course, Is Necessary to Fully Determine Its Worth— Investigation Continues. (By Assoclated I’ Washington, May 9. — Publle health observation so far into the condition of patients inoculated by Pr. F. F. Friedman with his tuber- culosis vaccine “do not justify that \confidence in the remedy which has been inspired by widespread publie~ ity” is the opinion of surzeons who have conducted the povernment’s examination. This, the first official conclusion, was announced here to- Jlay beiore the Ameiican Association cof Study for the Prevention of Tu- bereulosis. The report says, how- ever, that time is nccessary to prop- erly evaluate the effect by therapeu- tie messures, cilus hoes properties quite dif- ferent from those of any tuberculosis baccilus with which we are ac- quainted,” say the surpeons. The gevernment'’s investization is being continved. LR. JACKSON MARES SUGGES- 1i0N AS {0 CANAL IEMORIAL, In regard to the article relative to i dree trip to Panama,” which ap- rearcsh in yesterdays ‘Telesram, Dr. AL M. Jackson makes (he following gyestion: n the South particulorly a most fitting memorial celebrating the completion of the Isthinizn canal would be one that would yearly sive the very greatest possible pubiicity to the tact that this giznantie oppor- tunity for southern development is cpen; a memorial tha would eternal- ly keep before our minds this fact and prove a constant incentive to create new industries or (o udlize or develop our present dormant as- sets. And when the term publicity is ugead it means not simply the her- alding of our opportunitics before the peoples of other scctions but what is of vaster importance the awakeninz of local intercst, the etimulation and education of cur lo eal population along (hese linos, I'or these reasons it is snooested that the memorial take the form of 1 yearly celebration in as many of our tonthern cities and towns as is poesible and particuarly the soaport cities. To attract the attention of the masses, porades featuring such attractions as the famous Mavd] £s could be had, G There mizht be floats or exhibitions emphasizing lo- cal manufactures or agricultural products capable of being utilizal 1n fostering or developing an export trade via Panama, This cqlebra- tion mirht be a modernized county fair, a Washington Dbirthday cele- bration as St. Petersburg has, a arilla affair as Tampa, the Mar- ras as at New Orlens, Mobile or cola, the May Day as at Tallae hasgee, ete., or combinations and mixturcs of any or all of these modes as may fit the partienla¥ town or community, keeping in mind al- ways that the celebration should Lave a social aspect to attract sreat- er publicity and a commercial side to induct new and original thought as to ways and means of developing or augmenting local export trade. A. M. JACKSON. GREAT STATE MEET OF U. D. C’S AT LIVE 0AK. Live Oak, May 9.--One hundred and thirteen chapters of the Flor- fda Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, are represented at thke session now being held here. State president, Sicter Fsther Car- lotta, gave to the convention a per- gonal message from the president general and correspondding secretary general expressing best wishes and loving greetings. Many other greete ines were read. MILITARY AVIATOR KILLED, (Ry Acssoclated Prees.) Los Angeles, May 9.—Lleut. J. D, Park, a military aviator, was killed this morning when his machine hit & tree. s s L