Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 27, 1913, Page 1

(NIGT LEE L PASSED QSE TOL NOT ENTIRELY SATISFAC- 70RY, IT 1§ BELIEVED IT WILL MEET GOV’S APPROVAL, alls for Abolition of the System on January Next; Other Features of the Bill, (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallabassee, Fla, May 27.—(Spe- ¢al)—The Lindsay convict lease bill pussed the House this morning wita 4 few minor amendments making the itbdrawal of convicts the first of gext year. As to hospital subjects and all able bodied convicts they are 1o be apportioned to the counties as { their respective assessment, the wunties to pay ten dollars a month ¢ piece for them and in the event that the counties do not take them they are to be leased for a period ot exceeding two years. The lease has three distinct fea- tures not heretofore existing in the prison sistem of Florida, First, hos- jital subjects are placed on the Brad- ford county lands, thereby forming the nucleus of the permanent peni- ur\mry to which all convicts may be diverted when coniitions warrant. Second, it satisfles the demand re- quiring that convicts skall be of- fered to the counties for road build- oz and some of the convicts will dwbtless be so used, demonstrating vhether or not road building by con- wiets is practicable. Third, the convicts remaining un- der the lease system will be worked by the parties contracting directly with the State authorities, and with- ot the intervention of the middle- nen, who now stands in a clearing luse capacity and apparently re- teives about $140,000 per year in excess of what the State receives for their hire. This bill, while not all that the prernor wanted, will meet his ap- jroval and it will become the convict Juse abolition measure. Nitrimonial Bil] Passes Both Houses- The Himes matrimonial bill, one il the provisions of .which is that then & man and woman falsely reg- Bier at hotels as husband and wife et they are married, which passed tie Benate last Friday by 19 to 9, T reconsidered this morning, to fie Finlayson a chance to argue tainst it. The bill passed by a vote i 23 to 6. labor Bill Dies for This Session. The bill for the establishment of i bureau of labor statistics was in- fnitely postponed. Finlayson pre- lreau in the hands of the secretary ¥ agriculture, which was defeated I friends of the bill. The motion then made for indefinite post- klement which was carried by a e of 16 to 9, b Change Will Be Made in Citrus 2 Fruit Law, Vorley and other bills relating t ¢ tandard of citrus fruit before| ‘ment have been referred by a| “nittee to the House without rec- “Letdation despite the hard fight te commisgion men for a change * le existing law. The general ‘tion i3 that a substitute bill will opted which will meet the ap- "l of State Chemist R. E. Rose, { e Florida ecitrus exchange. "¢ declares that mo standards less "8 130 and 175 should be accepted. e R AN K R IS FINED FOR MARRYING T0O SOON- Qticago, May 27.—Three months € county jail snd $500 fine Was Pnishment given Carlton Prouty Vinnetka, g bapker, real estate . 32d police magistrate, by Circuit . TUthill today for violating the "8 statute and remarrying with- ¢ year after obtalning a divorce. 'S decisio nis almost a precedent : Uniteq States and will be tak- b UCe to the Illinols Supreme 2ga 3“-' event the second decision .. - 2PDealed to the United States o "¢ Court because of the inter- ®mplications fnvolved. e House?' This tribuna] took a similar|: In a recent case Involving the | mi outeide Illinois of a di-|! . U Person within the prescribed il VISITS WASHINGTON. — Washington, May 27.—"‘Uncle 0¢™ Cannon, private citizen, re- ( turned today and visited the halls vLere once ne Wwas mighty, deved aboyt the empty corridors of the House sige of the capitol, en- teuntereq Johp Dwight, a former Crony of the days Wwhen Uncle Joe \~':(s senerally designated “the Czar of the House,” ang had luncheon Vith him in the House restaurant, “Have you seen the new hall of the former speaker was He wan- atked, The famous Cannon smile, whien once illuminateq every comment of the former speaker, failed to appear. “No, 1 haven't geen it, and 1 am not going to,” wag the reply. “I up- derstand they have torn out the old desks and put in a lot of green seats, but 1 don't care, I don’t belong there; I am on the outside.” Uncle Joe said he did not even intend to look at the marble bust of himself which DOW occupies a place of honor in the speaker’s lobby, “I'm out,” he said, “and I've got 1o business around there,” The former speaker said that he was in Washington simply ‘“on a bersonal errand.” WATSON PEEVED 1 PSSGE OF B Leclares Everglades Will Soon B Owned by Purchasers of Drainage Bonds, (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla., May 27.—(Spe- ciul)-—Following the passage by the House of the six million dollar Ever- glades bonq issue, predictions are be- ing made that men who buy the bonds will eventually own the glades! and the State will as heretofore get little or nothing therefrom. Ever- glades land operators are said to have arrangel for the sale of the issue alrveady, Representative Wor- ley, of Miami, who refused to vote tor the bond issue, although peti- tioned to do so by 90 per cent of the people of his county, still clings to the idea that six millions will not be a drop in the bucket, and that nothing should be done until com- petent engineers report on the proj- ect, and he believes the State will eventually get the hot end of the stick. “I am but a servant of the people,” said Worley, “and cannot oppose their pleas. ' He left when the vote came up, however, not being able to vote conscientiously for the issue. Bob Sharp, regarded as toe riost effective chief postoffice inspec- tor serving the United States in vears, stated in Washington during the so-called Everglades investiga- tion that in many of the Everglades’ offices visited by his inspectors, he found many of the crooks who had pulled off land and mining steals in the west. “I predict that Florida vwill ‘get the hook' and that the Ev- erglades scandal has just begun. Florida may not be held legally re- sponsible for the bond issue, but she cannot get around the moral ques- tion,” said ‘Watson. NEGRD SLATER HILLED BY PO3GE South Carolina Negro Whlo Slew Three Persons, Killed in Georgia. i (By Assoclated Press.) Augusta, May 27.—Richard Au.s- tin, the negro slayer Of. three in South Carolina, Wwas klllfd‘ by.n posse Monday night near Sylvania, is the report of three members of the posse ALL PARTIES TO CAUCTS. S . Associated Press.) ton, Washin ans, Democ s on com- in a fort- cul ass The mittee . ist of thirty- on on the com- = The Demcrats une 2 to pass upo: onnal framed by 3 pit to ¢ ready to Eudd : "-C;t(’r“'o*d of the ways and means Un L committee. 1 Progreseives lui THE LAKELAND PUBLISHED N TH LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913 ROSEVELT GOESIBIG DONATIONS IN DETAIL A5 TO[FOR UNIVERSITIES HI5 ORINKING]N FLAGLER WILL SAYS HE NEVER DRINKS WHIS- KEY EXCEPT ON DOCTOR'S ADVICE, Admits That He Has Sampled All the Brands Going Including Champagne, (By Ass_ciated Prece.) Marquette, Mich., May 37.—Theo- dore Roosevelt was a witness here today in the trial of his suit for $10,- 000 damages in which he charked that George A. Newell, publisher of the Ishpeming Iron Ore, had libelled him by a publication alleging Roose- velt frequently got drunk. The jury selected at the long session last night, are sleepy today. A big crowd filled the court room. Roosevelt testified that he never .irank whiskey or brandy except on a physician's advice; doesn't smoke or crink beer; never drank a cocktail uighball in his life, but admitted he drinks white wines, madeira and sherry at home at dinncr, and takes sluss or two of champaigne at pub- lic dinners, averaging one monthly. Reosevelt declared he rarely drinks wint juleps, but while in the White touse had a mint bed and drank an average of six yearly. In the last fourteen years, he de- iared, bhe hasn't drank whiskey straight or with water more than six times. On his African hunt he drank seven ounces of brandy hut no whis- key or champagne. He Aenied being n a saloon in twenty years. He said that on campaign trips he occasion- tly takes a spoonful of brandy in 1 glass of milk at bed times. He de- nied drinking anything but cham- pagne at Cannon's seventieth birth- day celebration. NOT MANY LEGISLATOES AT MULLER'S FEED. Tallahassee, Fla., May 37.—There was an article appearing in 4 Tam- I'a paper the other day with refer- ence to a banquet given I Talla- hassee by a certain liquor represen- tative at which some thirty-five leg- islators were present, the correspond- ent stating that it was not possible to get the names; the truth of the matter is most of the guests were civilians and were merely invited out o/ courtesy. Some members of the tlouse were present but they were in the minority. The gentleman who ave the feed did not attempt to win votes by his supper but had the hos- pitality and money and decided to catend it to the various frienvis as- sembled. Everybody was served ac- cording to their individual tastes. There was more to eat than drink end that about sums up the occur- rence. Senators Hudson of Miaml, Himes of Tampa and McCreary of Gaines- ville have no reason to go home over Sunday. Their wives are with thew ond all are happy. A good many oi the senators are better off than some of the members of the House and can afford to take a week and journey back to the homestead but a ma- jority of them are sticking on the job, deeming it better than taking long railroad trips over dusty roada. The Davis dispensary bill will not pags the House except in amended fcrm so that all the liquor people will be satisfied, at least in Talla- hcssee, but the Southern Express Co. is still doing business yet and plenty of it. Senator Himeg has a bill very im- portant to Tampa and that is the memorializing resolution to Congress asking that body to take some aciotn n reorganizing the customs district + 97.—Republic-| whereby the Cigar city will get back their rights. Senator Himes will get the measure through this week with- ut fail and his constituents will fecl a grest deal better. News comes from Frostproof that orange trees keep blooming and the prospects are fine for a large crop next year. The canning factory at St. Cloud STETSON GETS $75.000; FLORIDA UNIVERSITY $60,000; ST, AU-- GUSTINE CHURCH $75,000. Bulk of Fortune Goes to Widow; Par- rott Will Remain at Head i of Railroad. (By Associatcd Press.) St. Augustine, May 27.—Henry M. Ilagler’s will, tiled today, provides J. R, Parrott shall remain head of the *Florida East Coast railroad as long as he wishes. The estate is estimated at sixty million dollars. The bulk goes to the widow; his son Harry gets five niillions; $75,000 goes to Memorial Presbyterian church here; $60,000 t» the University of Florida, and $75.- 000 to Stetson university. STATEMENT REGARDING THE GOOD ROADS BILL. Tallahassee, Fla., May 27.—With reference to the Striager plan ot building good roads for the State, Senator 1gou, who is chairman of the committee on good roads made the following statement: ‘“When the Stringer $50,000,000 bill came to my committee, the sum appealed as en- tirely too large, although I was in sympathy with it, but Adeemed it such that if put before the Legislature that it would meet defeat, so 1 held the bill from the 15th of April until the 8th of May, at which time it was amended so as to read $25,000,000 and I do hope that the Legislature will take some favorable action for the committee has reported in favor of the amended bill.” Continuing senator Ignou said: “A great many people believe that the Legislature futends appropriating this amount, Yut if they could be sufficiently in- structed in the matter through the papers, they would see that the Leg- islature is only going to provide for tie vote of the people on it and it clearly up to the voters and not up to us, We merely desire the citizens of the State to vote whether they should expend this money or not. It will not become operative until 1915 and if the convict bill works success- fully, in the meantime these men could be used on the roads with good effect until the appropriation in the Stringer bill becomes available.” Senator Igou believes that the pub- lic is not well enough informed on the Stringer measure and hopes that the newspapers in the State will de- vote space to this important meas- ure. By so doing he is of the opinion that sufficient pressure will be brought to bear on their various rep- resentatives that favorable action will be taken in the Senate. Every- bedy believes in good roads amd it would be better to have the State cslopt this plan than permit the coun- ties to go about building roads that do not connect nor get any D|EICO. MORRISON'S DEATH WILL BE INVESTIGATED. (By Associated Press.) Chicago, May 27.—A coroner wiil be asked today to investigate the death of Homer Edward Morrison on Thursday night. Morrison was in- volved in a mystery which may rival that of Johann Hoch, the noted bi- zamist. Morrison’s death i8 supposed io have been due to nephritis. Dr. D. B. Pound now suspects Mrs. Peari Devitt, a widow, who says she gave Morrison sixteen hundred dollars upo nhis promise to marry her. A sec- ond woman, who was Louise Beck, before marrying Morrison three years ago in Michigan, says she gave kim fifteen thousand Aollars. A third woman has been found who claims te be Morrison’s wife. She told the pelice that Morrison had many wives, He had his photograph taken in large lets. Mount Dora is to have a bank in the near future. Plans are already under way for the building and nearly all of the shares have been sold. Work will vezin within two weeks ‘s in operation and all sorts of ;ood; vron the dredginz of the Florida thines are being canned for fure|coastal canal by Pen Johnson, says consumption. tte Miam{ Metropolis. HAYES LEWIS SUCCEELS LEE IN OFFICE MAY 31. At the close of business in the of- fice of the collector of internal reve- nue for the district of Florida, May 31, Joe Lee goes out and Hayes Lewis takes official charge of his new of- fice. This information came from Washington Saturday afternoon, late, to the collector of internal rev- enue, who said this morning that ao far as he is concerned, he is ready to turn the office over to Mr. Lewis. The department inspector is ex- pected daily from Washington to check up the affairs of the internai revenue department here in Florida, and order will be sent out immedi- ttely for all the stamps in the State, to be forwarded at once to Jackson- ville, where they will be accounted tor recorded transfer to the custody of Mr. Lewis, and then sent back to the places from which they come. Mr. Lewis i8 not in town, so he could be spoken to on the matter to- dey, but he will be in at the instal- lation, Joe Lee, who has been in the of- fice for many years, will remain in Jacksonville and resume the practice of law, where he laid it down many years ago. He says he is one of the oldest lawyers in the State, having been admitted before the Supreme Court at Tallahassee in 1873.—Jack- sonville Metropolis. HOOPERiHISSED “BY VETERANS These Later Gave Way to Cheers as He Progressed With His Speech. (By Assoclated Press. ) Chattanooga, May 27.—A few liisses, later drowned by cheers, fol- lowed the introduction of Governor Hooper, of Tennessee, at the veter- ans’ reunion today. After the dem- cnstration Hooper spoke without in- ierruption except for the cheers. TROUBLE SOON TO BEGIN, Washington, May 27.—"“Pick out the job you want ang then see your Democratic congressman,” {8 the taunting suggestion Representative Britten, of Illinols, a Republican, be- san sending out to his inquiring Democratic office-seeking constitu- ents today. With each letter he ‘mailed a copy of today's’ congressional record, in waich he had printed a complete list of government positions, not subject to civil service examination. Mr. Britten in explanation said he had been working on the list for some time “to relieve the embarrass- ment of congressmen, and of the waiting Democrats, by informing them just which positions are pat- ronage pure and simple.” “The average constituents,” he added, “are about as familiar witn the government positions available for patronage as a Kentucky colonel ia with a Bryan punch.” Three carloads of tomatoes were shipped from Plant City last week. Atout 150 crates of early corn were also shipped. LOVE NOMINATED .5, ATORNEY Quincy Lawyer Pulls Down Plum in Northern District of Florida. Washington, May 27.—(Special)-- Edward C. Love of Quincy was yes- terday nominated to be United States attorney for the Northern district of Fiorida. Walter Kehoe of Pensa- cola was also a candidate for the position. There has been a hot con- test between partisans of the two men for the place. Secretary of State Bryan threw his influence to Love in the last few days, which overcame the efforts of Kehoe's friends. APPOINTMENT OF JOHN W. MARTIN HAS BEEN CONFIRMED, Washington, May 27.—(Special)-- The Senate has confirmed John W. Martin as collector of customs at Jacksonville and the following post- niasters: Samuel J. Giles, Carrabelle, Eva R. Vaughn, Century. Wm. R. Rossch, Eaugallie. P. S. Goggins, Madison. OF THE BEST STATE BEUNION OPENED § WITH ADDRESS B BEA YOUNG | OVER 7,000 GRIZZLED VETS FORMED IN LINE WHEN PARADE STARTED. Chattanooga Is Giving Royal Enter- tainment to Her Thousands of Guests. (By Ascociated Press.) Chattanooga, May 27.—More than seven thousand veterans and a large number of sponsors, maids of honor and visitors, attended tho opening today of the twenty-third annual re- union of the United Confederate vet- erans. The parade of the Eleventh cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe was witnessed by throngs of grizzled vet- erans lining the streets. A big meet- ing in the city auditorium where welcoming addresses and responses were made, marked the first officlal gathering of veterans. The sponsors have a parade and garden party at Warner park this afternoon. The veterans tonight will be guests of the Daughters of the Confederacy at a reception. —_— General Young’s Address. Bravery and the men and women of the Confederate States, were eulo- gized here today in an adlress by General Bennett H. Young, of Louis- ville, Ky., commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, in his response to speeches by State and city officlals tendering the conven- tion hall to the veterans attending the reunion here. General Young's address was surcharged with southe ern fire and courage, characteristie of antebellum days. In paying a glowing tribute to bravery, the speaker praised highly the Japanese courage as exhibited at the siege of Port Arthur, hig remarks prefacing a comparative claim upon the city of their reunion, held by the Confederate veterans. “We all love brave men,” he as- serted, “whether their skins be black or white or red or brown. There was nc brave man in all the world, out- tide of cruel, brutal Russia, that did not rejoice when after an exhibition not only of high skill but of the no- blest valor, the little yollow ‘men tore down the hated Russian ensign fiom the great fortress, which Rus- slan engineers had declared when completed ‘all hell could not take.’ '™ The speaker then told how, after the “splendid achievement” of Port Arthur, the Japanese had hurried forward to Mukden, where as they swung into battle, they shouted “Banzal, banzai”—‘"Clear the way, clear the way; we be the men that come from Port Arthur.” “Men and women of Tennessee, continued General Young, “and peo= ple of Chattanooga, as we come to ree celve your welcome on this ausple- lous occaslon, we fecl that we are not unworthy of what you have done fop us; we think that we will not be vioe lating the proprieties of the hour I we would cry out to the world: ‘Clear the way, clear the way, we are tho men from Manassas, Spotsly- vania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Gaines Mill; clear the way, clear the way, we are the men who fought at Shiloh, at Murfreesboro, at Franke lin, at Atlanta, at Resaca, at Brices Cross Roads; clear the way, clear the way, we are the men who fought at Wilson's Creek, at Galveston, through New Mexico, at Mansfield, at Elkhorn, at Sabine Pass; clear the way, clear the way.'” In expressing the appreciation of tho veterans for their welcome to Chattanocoga the speaker declared: “We breathe a welcome in the air, the currents of the beautiful river, flowing by your city murmur thele pleasure at our presence, and these majestic mountains, witnesses of une surpaseed heroism, standing as stato- lv guardians over battlefields made historic by the blood of heroes, give acquiescence to your gladness and your joy at the presence of these survivors of the Confederate armies. It could not be otterwise than that tho people of the great ‘volunteer State’ should rejoice to have once more with them the men who fol- lowed the banners of the South. Tennessee gave so much in the ef- fort to win national life for the Con~ (Continued on Page 4.) Al - NING TELEGRAM | E BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART /’——\,\ f0L0ME H. e —————————————————eeeee e e 3