Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 16, 1913, Page 1

OLUME I 1B0A BILL DED TODIY THE SENATE 7AT BODY VOTED TO“IN DEFI-. NITELY PISIPONE” ACTION ON SAME. nator Fletcher Will Address Legis- lature Tonight on General Subjects. (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla.,, May 16.—The pate ~ indefinitely postponed the heasure which has been debated for hree days creating bureau of labor atistics. It was one of the most ubbornly fought nieasures of the ession. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher will ddress a joint assemblage this ev- ping on general subjects of legis- tion with especial reference to the sh hatcheries to be established by he general government in Florida. The Scnate voted against sending committee to Jacksonville to in- ¢stigate the calling out of the tate troops during the recent street r strike there. The governor signed a resolutiou viting Henry L. Graves, United tates forester, and Gifford Pinchott o address the Legislature, also a ¢solution memorializing Congress o protect the north point of Anas- asia island near St. Augustine. T CHSTRUCTION WORK IN FLORIDA AND OTHER STATES. Columbus, Ga., May 16.—The last ssuc of the Industrial Index con- ains the following: “Among the items of construction vork to be done, as reported this are: ngham, Ala.; waterworks sys- Forsyth, Ga.; Passagrille, Fla.; paving, sewers, uscaloosa, Ala.; road onstruction, Blount county, Ala- @ma; bridges, Warren and Hancock counties and Baldwin county, Geor- gia, and Taylor county, Florida, with Lrce other counties contemplating bridge construction; paving, St. Au. gustine, Fla.; church building, Birm- ingham, Ala.; fraternal building, Crifin, Ga.; fire stations, Birming- ham, Ala.; hotel building enlarge- ment, Miami, Fla.; apartment house. Atlanta, Ga.; bank and office build- incs, Macon, Ga., and Fort Myers, buildings to be remodeled for occupancy by banks, Bainbridge, Ga., 1l West Palm Beach, Fla. “Construction conu‘ac(s have been awarded as follows: “Apartment houses,\, Atlanta, Ga., tnd Tampa, Fla.; bank building en- larzement, Birmingham, Ala.; hotel Birmingham; church b Manchester, Ga.; and Pallm Beach and West Palm Beach, Fla; railway terminal hoisting sys- tom, Brunswick, Ga.; sewer system, Oilandlo, Fla.; paving, Mobile, Ala; £chool building, Lanett, Ala. “Industrial plants will be estab- liched as follows: “Brick plant, Jacksonville, Fla.i| ing plant axtension, Salma,j lumber plants, Marianna and ! Watertown, Fla.; mining, Coal Cit7, Ala;; telephone system, Carroliton,! Ala.; machine shop and power plant| extension, Tarpon Springs, Fla.; bot-| tling plants, Clearwater and Jack- sonville, Fla.; oil and fertilizer Plants, Oneonta, Ala.; fuel devic2 flant, Birmingham, Ala.; grist and| rice mill, Hastings, Fla.; ice factor-| fes, Savannah, Ga., and Miami, Fla.; stove plant enlargement, Dalton, Ga; welding plant, Mobile, Ala.; overall factory, Albany, Ga. “Eleven new corporations were or- ganized with minimum capital stock 2ggregating $883,600.” (i JURY DISAGREED IN MURDER CASE' (By Assnclated Press.) Unfon, 8. C., May 16.—The jury o the second trial of Harry Cole- man, charged with murdering his fa- ther, Robert D. Coleman, in January| lst, this morning falled to agrae| and Judge Prince ordered a mistrial.| L it (By Associatod Press.) | St. Louls, May 16.—An amend- | ment was pronosed to the constitu- tion of the Southern Baptist con=, Tention today to admit women on| the floor as delegates. | ERYAN STARTS WORK ON REPLY. (By Associat:d Press.) Washington, May 16.—SBecretary Bryan early this morning started WOrk on the Uniteq States’ reply to Japan's protest against the Califor- nia Jand legislation, Steps may soon be taken to publish the text of the brotest. The president announces that no movements of troops or ships could be connected with the situa- tion. The order does not interfere vith sending coast artillery and troops from San Francisco to Hawaii. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIO Y. M. C. A OPENED TODAY. (By Assaciated Press.) Cincinnati, May 16.—The Interna- tional convention of the Y. M. C. A. is in session here today and reports and addresses on the work .were made. LYNGHING INMINENT AT FORT WORTH Militia Guarding Negro Who Killed Two and Wounded Three ersons, (By Associ w0l Press,) Fort Worth, May 16.—The militia today are guarding the Tarrant county jail to prevent Ithe ynching of Tom Lee, a negro, who yesterday killed a policeman and a negro, wounded three others and then shot himself. Rioters last night wrecked the negro’s dwelling on East Ninth street. EOW COMMISSION FORM WORKED IN SUMPIER, § C. The following letter has been re- ceived by the secretary of the Board of Trade, in response to an inguiry as to the result, up to the present time, of the ‘‘city manager plan” adopted last Junuary by the city of Sumter, Su. C., in its elforts to ac- complish the best and most practica- ble results under the commission form of government: “Answering your question, ‘How does the present government compare with the old order?’ 1 would quote the language 1 have used in an ar- ticle which is to appear in the June issue of Town Development—'Sam2 wen, different system, better results.’ Our present mayor was mayor, and (ommissioner Booth was a council- man, when the city manager plan was adopted. Mr. Rowland, the third commissioner, was an ex-mem- Ler of the Council. Because efil. ciency was the end sought, and be- cause results asmiucd evidence & very pronounced increase in effi- ciency, I do not up to this time see any changes that would be advisable. Without any extra cost and with- out employing any more men or cartg,w e are getting $15 a day more cervice from the public carts and spade force, due to saving of time formerly wasted. This alone is the gaving of $4,680 against an aggre- gateo of $3,200 galaries for the man- ager and commissioners. We have no new charter. The effect of the vote in favor of the city manager plan was to vest in the commission of three as a unit the powers, all and singular, formerly vested in the mayor and council. “Very truly yours, “G. A. WATERMAN, “Managing Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Sumter, S. C. “May 14, 1913." DEHOGRITS COMMITED 10 FREE SUGHR Senator James Declared Baltimore Platform Showed That. cm— (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 16.—Senator James, who is accredited with speak- ing for the president, stated in a gpeech today that he interpreted the Baltimore platform as committing \ilson and the Democrats to free sugar. This was in reply to Rans- gel and Broussard, who declared that there was no warning in the plat- form to expect free gugar. James quoted from the campaign textbook, approving the riouse record in plac- jrg suzar on the free list. He de- clared that Wilson is nmot a free trader. THE LAKELAND PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE gan ok e i 3 v LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1913. MILITANTS ARE |PRESBYTERIANG |- OIILLTRYINGTO: FAVOR STRIGTER WAEAK DEATH) DIVORGE LAWS CANISTER OF EXPLOSIVES WAS RECOMMEND ACTION LOOKING e ——————————————————————————————————————————————. S —————————— FOUND THIS MORNING IN LONDON LIBRARY. Other Bombs Had Been Placed in a Mail Box and in a Church, (By Asscciated Press.) London, May 16.—A canister of explosives labled ‘‘votes for women’ was found today in the public li- brary. The police suspect men, ens gaged by suffragettes placed the bomb. The other bombs were found in a church at Hastings and in a let- tr box in Southwest London. COLOSSAL SUM SPENT Very near twenty millions of dol- lars have been expended upon im- provements during the past five years by the Florida East Coast rail- | way. The actual tctal is $19,736,- 933.94. TOSECURING LEGISLATION ALONG THESE LINES. Not Yet Decided Whether an Organic Union Will Be Formed or Not. ! I (By Asscclated Press.) Atlanta, May 16.—With modera- tors elected, /delegates of the North- ern, Southern and United Presbyter. ian assemblies considered today the reports of officers and committees. Late yesterday afternoon Dr. J. Sprole Lyons, of Louisville, was clected moderator of the Southern assembly, and Dr. John Timothy Stone, of Chicago, moderator of the Northern assembly. At the first meeting of the ‘“‘Pan- Presbyterian Penticost” last night references to co-operation were cheered by the delegates. Whether A large proportion of this: they will consent to an organic v.as expended upon the Oversea rail-| wnion along lines of faith common to road. The following statement by Presi- dent J. R. Parrott appears in the current issue of the Manyfacturers’ Record: Amount spent during the fiscal «il has not definitely been indicated. Excoriation of divorce and reso- . lutions recommending action by ev. ery' Presbyterian church toward ob- taining stricter divorce legislation, was embodied in the report of the vears July 1, 1907, to June 30, 1912: | committee on Christian life and work Fxtension of line....$17,354,5671.79 which was made today before the Equipment $35,160.07 | Northern Presbyterian assembly. New sidings, depots etc l.547,202.08l A contest {s indicatel in the "Ycwul amount of above | Southern assembly over the adoption from sale of bonds of the committee’s report containing !a statement of belief of the church !whl(‘h includes the ‘“elect infant” | clause. i The United Presbyterians decided | ty-send a telegram to President Wil- ! son commending his stand on moral | (uestions. and loans $19,726,933.94 No dividends paid. Interest on bonds and other securities. ...$4,727,182.85 Notable improvements: Line open for traffic from Homestead to Key West, a distance of 128.1 miles. METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL | PICNIC WAS GREAT SUCCESS The large crowd who took in the Methodist Sunday school plcnic to Auburndale yesterday returned last night tired out but reporting the time of their lives, The picnic was held at the clud house and every mowent of the day was takn up with the contests which had been arranged. A dinner was spread at the noon hour which was indecd a sumptuous spread, In the spelling contest there was great interest especially when it nar- rowed down to two contestants, Miss Sarah Polk and Mrs. W. C. Norvell. The latter held her own for.a long time, but Miss Polk finally proved that there was one word she could spell a little better than Mrs, Nor- vell and she was given the trophy— a piece of cut glass. Another contest which created much interest was the bottle break- ing contest. Each participant was blindfolded and turned around sev- eral times and then started on the straight and narrow path leading to bottle, placed about thirty feet away, armed with a baseball bat with which to break the bottle. Af- ter a large numher of attempts, which were ludicrous in the ex- treme. Mrs. Jager, nee Miss Clydie Streater, proved the .winner. Prize Winners, Foot Race for Boys Under 10 Years—Book, Lakeland Book Store. Ernest Terrell. Hopping Race for Boys Under 10 Years—Knife, Lakeland Furniture and Hardware Co. Ernest Terrefll. Potato Race for Girls Under 12 Years—Book, Lakeland Book Store. Blanche Johnson. Back Race for Boys or Girls Undar 12 Years—Month's ticket, Edisonla theater. Ernest Terrell. Three-Legged Race for Boys Under 12 Years—Week's ticket to each winner, Edisonia theater. Lawton Chiles and Arthur Clonts. Backward Race for Boys or Gl:ls; Under 12 Years—Bottle olives, W. J. Reddick. George Henry. Potato Race for Boys Under 10, Years—Knife. Model Hardware 'Co. | Myron Booth. Foot Race for Girls Under 12 Years—Half dozen photographs, R. G. Paterson. Helen Holbrook. Hopping Race for Girls Under 12 Yeurs—Set Diess Pins, Murrell & Sharp. ; Elita Cason. Tug of War, Six Boys Against Eight Girls, 14 to 17 Years—Week's ticket to each, Edisonia theater. Iwuith Tomlinson, Ruth Skipper, Florence Zimmerman, Mae Miller. Oirie Taylor, Ruby Turner, Ge- nevieve Morrow, Glenn McRae. Tug of War, Six Boys Against Right Girls, 12 to 14 Years—DBox of cegndy, Red Cross Pharmacy. Rlizabeth Dickinson, Hazel McMul- len, Marie Gardner, Marie Flood, Ollie Miller, Kittie McRae, Ruth Taylor, Eunice Guthrie. Running Hizh Jump for Boys, 10 t) 14 years—Stick Pin, H. C. Stev- ers. Herman Mathias. School of Ball for Girls, 10 to 1% years—Box candy, Lake Pharmacy. Iris Bryant. 100-Yard Race for Men Over 39 Years—Shirt, Murrell & Sharp. F. Emory Sharp. 100-Yard Race for Married Wom- en—Three pair silk hose, E. F. Bai- ley. | Mrs. B. K. Young. Bottle Breaking Contest for Wom- en—Baby protector, O'Doniel, Son & Co. | Mrs. C. W, Jaeger. , Spelling Match, & Hull. Miss Sarah Polk. Talling the Donkey, Open to All— Box stationery, Henley & Henley. Mrs. B. K. Young. Woman'’s Jumping Contest—Plece cut glass, Lakeland Hardware & Plumbing Co. Mies Jewel White. Foot Race for Young Ladies from 117 to 20 Years—Pear handle pocket knife, Jackson & Wilson Co. Miss Loule Layton. Voting Contest for Ugliest Man— | Halrcut and Shave, Phoenix Barber Shop. Rev. 1. C. Jenkins. Rope Climbing Contest for Boys and Girls Under 10 Years—Week’s | ticket to each winner, Majestic the- ater. Mabel Mathias and George ] Open to All, Young or Oli—Piece Cut Glass, Cole No. 167. REQUIRENENTS GOIERNING P 0 EAANINATOR REP. WILSON MAKES STATEMENT REGARDING WHAT POSTMAS- TERS MUST KNOW. Upchurch, Four-footed Race for Boys Under 5 Years—Til’ The Hub Clothing Dwight Cason. Haoping Contest for Men or Wom- en, Any Age—Ivory stay fan, Miss Minnie Reynolds. ¢« Miss Eula Holbrook and F. Emory Sharp. MRS. LOI:IGSTREET TO PRE- SENT HER COMPLIMENTS (By Assoc..,tc:l Pre:s.) Washington, May 16.—Mrs. Hel- en D. Longstreet, widow of a Con. federate general, and former post-| Requirements Are Not Eracting, mistress at Gainesville, Ga. will : have a hearing Monday before the Only B:;::‘ulin.‘! Beos gence. Senate postoffice committee to give her version of the -circumstances concerning her removal. (By Winfield Jones.) " Washington, May 16—Before leav- ing for'Pensacola today for a week's stay during the lull in the House, Representative Wilson called on Postmaster General Burleson, and then on the civil service commission, WAS “SOME GREEN" WHEN HE UIEH to get a clear outline of the plan of S e President Wilson's fecent order di- Man Lived to Be 97 Without Riding| recting that examinations be held to on & Train or & 'flll every postoflice in Florida, and » Boat. other States, paying a salary over $180 a year. (By Associated Press.) He was told by the elvil service Uniontown, Pa., May 16.—Louis|cemmission that a list of rules and.. Eberhart, aged 97, died here Wed-|regulations covering the examina-: nesday. He spent his entire life on/|tions are to be printed within the- a farm, was never on a train, street| next few Aays, and distributed gen- car, or steamboat. He lived in «e¢rally, so that the candidates for mile and a half of a river and rail-| bostoffices in KFlorida may under. rod. stand the requirements, Assistant postmasters are to be FROM INJURIES RECEIVED ‘sxfbject to practically the same rules! IN A RUNAWAY., ol examination as the postmasters, o e “l was told by the commission,” Plant City, May 16—Berrien Platt, sazid Mr. Wilson, *‘that where a post~ un okl and highly respected citizen master finds in the office to which he of east Hillsborouzh county, died on secures appointment through exami- Wednesday evening at the home of nation, an assistant postmaster who K. J. DeVane, in Plant City. Mr. is objectionable, he is at liberty to Platt was born Feb. 3, 1833, and call on the postoffice department fos consequently was past his eightieth year, Mr. Platt came to this portion o Ilillsborough county in the year an examination to be held by the civil service commission, for the se- ¢ lection of an assistant. Examination to secure an assistant, however, will i846, and is perhaps the oldest citi-| "0t be necessary, where the post- zen in point of residence in this vicinity or in the county, lle was one of the earliest pio- neers and had watched the country grow up from a wilderness. Mr. Ulatt during most of his life and es- pecially’ in "the earlier days of his life was & stock man and accumu- lated a large fortune in cattle rais- ing. He also was largely intereste in real estate holdings, and in or- ange growing. He planted one master is satisfied with his assist- ant. ““As there are a number of assist- ants in our State who have been long-life Republicans, some of these will be objectionable to many Demo. ctats who are appointed through competitive examinations, and doubt- less many of these Republican assist- d{ants will have to submit to exami- nation. “Rural delivery carriers on routes grove near Plant City of forty acres| 8t persent, I understand, are to be in solid grove. He had become quite feeble from advancing years and wa his custom d City and drive around the town anc unmolested, except where their re- g| moval is deemed advisablg for cause. aily to drive to Plant They are not to be subjlected to a 1| ccmpetitive examination, but where visit places of business and meot ao.{d vacancy occurs, or a new route is quaintances. He drove a somewhat spirited orse and on Tuesday morning driv- established, a competitive examijna- tion will be held, “The oflicials of the civil servica ing to town near the city cemetery| CCmmission told me today,” con- an automoblle was approaching and| tinuel 1| these the animal became frightened, shiec the representative, ‘‘that examinations will be simple. outside the road into the ditch with | The postmaster must be able to read, the buggy, and then took out across an old field where it was very rougn and in doing that Mr. Platt fell out of the buggy and crippled himself very severely, breaking the shoulder bones and also the bones of one les, and. from this shock he never re- covered, and died as aforesaid evening, Mr. Platt was twice married, but was a widower at the time of his death., He leaves one son, Platt, and several daughters and numerous grandchildiren. He will be buried at Mount Enon cemetery four miles east of Plant City. member of the church. Mr. Platt was well known herd and the above account of his deatl will be read with regrét. THETE THIKING [P WHH 1O SHY to count money accurately, and to write an ordinary letter. “Personal requirements of the civil service are not too exacting. The applicant must be a citizen of the United States, over 21 years old, and must reside in the community on last served by the office he expectg to fill. No one will be eligible who 18 crazy, blind, deaf or dumb, an ex. convict, or who has a penchant for Richard | consuming whiskey in unreasonable quantities. “After an applicant has passed the examinations he will be eligible for He was a| office for one year, but where a vae- Primitive Baptist|#FCY Occurs over one year from the slate of the last examination, a new examination will be necessary. “Following the examination of 1| 2pplicants, the civil service commis- sion will certify to the postoffice de- partment the three men, who stood highest, for the department to make a choice. It is generally understood that the congressman representing that district will be consulted as to the most desirable man. If Mr, Burleson chooses any man in my dise trict who I8 not a good Florida Dem- That Answer to Japan Is Evidently| ocrat, 1 will feel I have a grievance.” a Hard 'Un to Fix Up. (By Assoclated Press.) Washington, D. C., May 16.—The| Washington, The following postmasters have been commissioned: Emporia, Ame- lia G. Wilcox; Fort De Soto, Ira P. Hampton, Andrew J. rresident and cabinet today consid- | Nimmo; Redland, Alonzo C. Horne. cred a reply to Japan's protest against the California lang legisla- tion. Washington, May 16.—The Senat2 met here earller today to continu2 the debate on the question of public hearings on the tariff bill. The agreement vote will be taken at 1 Sarah F. Wall has been appointed postmaster at Linden, Sumner coun- ty, vice L. F. Merrett; Vivian C. Hudson, at St. Marks, Wakulla coun- tr. vice V. C. Harrell. The treasury department today an- nounced that a charter has been is. (Continued on Page §) W