Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 3, 1913, Page 1

5. P LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM i e e USSR e 'PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1913, NE IO 0L BN TN 10 B¢ D J0LY 5T SCHOOL BOARD ISSUL:S WHICH APPEARS IN FULL. fon Is for Purpose of Borrow- ing $50,000 for School Buildings, Etc. —_— erday the .county school boar lar session, ordered the elec- f§ipon the proposition of issuing 0 bonds by this school district # purpose of providing addition- pol buildings. The proposition §tailcd in thc following resolu- Ind call, v nich wii appear for days in the Lakeland News, fhich is published herewith as t rews for the great num- residents of Lakeland who are of the Evening Telegram: Resolution. peticion of the residents of il T-x School District number 1 olk county, Florida, being ted to the county board of instruction for said county, forth that said residents for trict desire to call an electioa R said district, as is provided by of tLe Legislature approved 8, 1913, relating thereto and ponsideration of said petition d conunty board of public in- on [oi said county finds: First, Rid petition has been signed by five per cent (25 per cent) of y qualified electors, who are plders, residing within said spe- ix school district number 1 that said residents of said desire to issue bonds in the fifty thousand dollars $50,- 9); twenty-seven thousand and dred dollars ($27,500.00) for uisition of a-site for the build- grammar school on the South the city of Lakeland, seven- $housand and five hundred dol- 17,600.00) for the enlarge- nd improving of the present building on the north side of ity of Lakeland, and five thou- ollars ($5,000.00) for the g of a suitable school build: the negro population in said thereupon resolved and or- by sald county board of pub- ruction of Polk county, Flor- at the total amount of bonds sued for said purposes shall be hm of fifty thousand dollars 00.00); that twenty-seven nd, five hundred dollars ($27 - ) shall be used for the acqui- of the site for the building of mmar school on the south the city of Lakeland, seven- ($17,500.00) for the enlarge- housand and five hundred dol- nd improving of the present building on the north gide of ity, and five thousand dollars D0.00) for the building of a e school building for the me- pulation in said district. That te of interest to be pald on onds shall be five per cent (5 nt) and the principal of sald shall mature and become due lows: nty years from their date and pterest shall be due and pay- s follows: -annually. t an election is hereby called held on the 5th day of July, 1913, in said special tax school number 1 for the purpose of ining whether or not the said shall be issued by said special hool district number 1, as id, at which said election onl- uly qualified electors of sabl t who are freeholders shall t these resolutions shall be hed once each week for four nccessive weeks in The Lake- News, a newspaper published in y of Lakeland, Florida, in said number 1. and ordered by the county of public instruction this the day of Jume, 1913, at the meeting of said board. J. C. OWENS, han of the Board of Public In- tion for Polk County, Florida. st: :: PARKER, i ry of the Board of Public In- struction for Polk County, Florida. ELECTION NOTICE. This is to give notive that an elec- ticn will be held in Special Tax School District number 1 of Polk county, Florida, on the 6th day of July, A. D. 1913, for the purpose of determining whether or not the said Special Tax School District number 1 shall issue bonds as provided by law in the sum of fifty thousand dol- lars; twenty-seven thousand and five hundred dollars thereof to be used tor the acquisition of the site for the building of a grammar school in the south side of the city of Lakeland, seventeen thpusand and five hun- dred dollars thereof for the enlarge- ment and improving the present school building on the north side of said city and five thousand dollars tor the building of a suitable school building for the negro population in said district. At such an election only the duly qualified electors of said district, who are freeholders, shail vote. That said election shall be beld at the following places in said district, at the Board of Trade hall, in the city of Lakeland, Fla.; that H. D. Mendenhall, A. J. Holworthy fMd R. 0. ('resap are hereby appoint- 1 as ingnvectors and Frank Thomp- son, as clerk, for said election and to hold the same as is provided by law and to make due returns of said election and ballots to this board for its consideration thereof, so that the board can canvass said returns and determine and certify to the result of said election. The form of the bal- lots at said election shall be “For Ronds” or ‘“Against Bonds.” This notice shall be published in The Lakelani News, a newspaper published in the city of Lakeland, Tlorida, in said Special Tax School district number 1 once a week for four (4) successive weeks prior to! holding said election. Done and ordered by the board of public instruction for Polk county, Florida, this, the 2nd day of June, 1913, at the regular meeting of said board. C. A. PARKER, Secretary of the Board of Public In- struction for Polk County, Florida. BILLS WHIGH PASSED THE SENATE TODAY As These Have Already Passed the House, They Will Become Laws Unless Vetoed: (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla, June 3.—The following bills passed the Senate this morning, ali of which had previously passed the House: The pure food bill drawn to make the State law conform to the national act; bills raising the salaries of State auditor to $3,000; railroad commissioners to $3,600 and covernor to $6,000, Employer's Liability Bill Passes Sen- ate in Amended Form Tallahassee, Fla., June 3.—A sub- stitute for the House employers lia- tility bill passed the Senate amend- ed so as to eliminate all except car- riers of electrical works and other hazardous employment. i COMPULSOR YEDUCATION BILL FOR COUNTIES WISHING IT. Tallahassee, June 3.—Dr. J. W. Kelley, superintendent of public in- struction of Alachua, was in Talla- hassee bright and early Monday morning to see something more about the compulsory educational bill. It is a bill that gives counties the right to have compulsory education if they want it. No county need not have it if it doesn’t care for it. Dr. Kelley says there are girls sixteen years of age in his county that have never darkened the threshold of a school house door, and in his county they want the law. Of all the bills before the Legislature to improve educa- tional conditions he looked upon thig as the most important, COMMISSION GOVERNMENT FOR DENVER — Denver, Col. ,June 3.—Denver yesterday joined the list of large cities trying the commission form of government. Five commissioners and an auditor are now the only elective officers whose qualifications the people will have to consider. They are commissioners, respectively, of property, finance, safety, improve- ments and social welfare, a mayor Leing elected from their own number. BILL AFFEGTING PRYICIANS HAS | | LIGAT SCORES LEGISLATURE FOR PASGED HOUSEAPPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVIDES THAT BOARD OF EXAMINERS SHALL BE UNDER NEW RULING. To Be Composed of Three Allopaths, One Osteopath, One Homeopath, One Electic. (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla.,, June 3.—The resolution to allow members $12 each for stamps and incidentals failed un- der Floyd's biting sarcasm, who sail they ought to do something like men and make it $1,20¢, but not to do a small thing. Russell’s medical bill, making the loard of medical examiners to be a composite one of the different schools instead of having four boards as at present passed the House. The board will be composed of three Allopaths, ore Ostcopath, one Homeopath and cne Electic and as soon as the Physic Tedicos have twenty-five practioners it is provided that that school shall ghall have a representative on the Yoard. This was one of the hardest tought bills before the session being opposed by all the schools except the Allopaths or regulars. There is some doubt that this bill may not get by the Senate. v A resolution was adopted by both Houses making the date of adjourn- ment for the session at noon on Fri- day, June 6. Select orders only will be comsidered after Thursday’s ses- sion. §. C. ASSEMBLYMAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER,. (By Asscciated Press.) Aiken, S. C; June 3.—Hugh Leng, a South Carolina assemblyman, was placel on trial here today charged with murdering Pickens Gunter, a banker at Wagner, S €, in September. ‘I'he killing followed a heated political campaign. PROSECUTION AND DE- FENSE RESTS CASE (By Associated Press.) Boston, June 3.—The prosecution and defense rested its case today in the trial of Willam M. Wood, presi- Aent of the American Woolen Co., Frederick Atteaux and Dennis Col- lins, charged with conspiracy to plant dynamite in Lawrence during the textile strike REBELS AND FEDERALS BATTLE (By Associated Press.) Dallas, Texas, June 3.—According to advices received here today the ¥exican rebels are battling with the federals at Matimoars opposite to srownsviile WOMAN TAKES 22 GRAINS BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY Thomasville, Ga., June 3.—-Mrs. George King is dying at a local hos- pital as a result of taking twenty- two grains of bi-chloride of mercury in an effort to destroy herself. Unlike Banker Walker, of Macon, she is suffering much pain, and begs the doctors attending not to try to save her life. The woman says she left her hus- band near Bainbridge after a quar- rel and came to this place with her nine-year-old girl. Doctors were called within two hours after she took the poison but they believe that she has no chance to recover. WOMAN'S COLLEGE SENIORS BURN THEIR TEXTBOOKS. Tallahassee, Fla., June 3.—(Spe- cial)—Following out a custom in- augurated by the class of 08, the seniors of '13 built a bonfire at mid- night and burned their textbooks in a heap to celebrate the end of their scholastic work. The occasion was when Mrs, Sallie Cawthon, the matron, entertained the seniors at a midnizht feast after which the seniors gathered on the campus and with an accompaniment of doleful chanting burned their text- books and buried the ashes. This gave )\[rs. Cawthon the first opportunity she has had to thank the sweet girl graduates for the hon- or done her in dedicating the annual tc her this year. DECLARES THAT THE INCREASES ARE UNREASONABLE AND NOT TO KIS LIKING, How It Looks to the One on the Outside Who Is Look- ing In, (By J. Hugh Reese.) Tallahassee, Fla., June 3.—Great and unreasonable increases in the ap- propriations are claimed by Repre- sentative Light of )\[arion, who has come to be the watch dog of the treasury so far as the House is con- cerned. Going over the various items that have paseed the House, Mr, Light ‘makes an interesting review of what these increases will amount to. le has studied the subject carefully, and arrives at the following deductions: “[B¥ the hire of the State convicts the State in 1912 received the sum of $300,000. By the beginning o! the next year, if the different coun- ties in the State wish to hire them, they can do so at $120 per head per year. I predict that at this price the counties will take them but instead 21 receiving more than $300,000 as in the past the State will get in but $150,000 a year or the State will lose thereby a sum of $150,000 every year. “This Legislature has appropriated to be spent in two years the sum of $225,000 for maintenance and im- yrovements on the prison farm in Bradford county. By this deal the State will be short in two years sore than $300,000 and, adding $225,000 improvements this convict deal will cost the State more than half a million dollars in the next two years. “As to pensions, here is what we tave done We have put on the pen- sion list about 1,200 home guards at 2 pension of a $120 a year each, r an addition of about $150,000. We have added $50 per head per year and about 1,500 widows, making an additional increase of $45,000. We have also increased the pensions of about two thousand men at $30 each ver annum, or $60,000, making the total increase for pensions in one year about $250 000, or half a mil- \ien for the bi-ennium. We are the Legislature. “As to the appropriations for the olleges, we have appropriated to be spent by the Board of Control for the coming two years $436,000. The United States government asdds to this about $75,000 per year, or the 500 whiter and the 300 blacks will cost a total of $586,000 for the com- ing two years, and if the House had vassed a bill that was introduced and talled up out of the regular order there would have been given an ad- ditional $200,000 for every two years. Including the United States appropriations there was an effort made to spend $786,000 on thes2 schools. The House killed the last mentioned bill. » “We are the Legislature.,, The comptroller added up for me the appropriations male by the 1911 Legislature and the wants of the 1913 Legislature, and the amounts wanted are just $389,000 more than in 1911. The large increases in the niscellaneous appropriations are to be found in various items, among them being the $70,000 for the Ma- rianna Reform school for two years, the Supreme Court building has re- celved $32,000 for furnishings, among the items being $18,000 for bookcases, “The State military, including U. S appropriations costs between $80,- 00 and $90 000 each year. The pres- ent bill calls for new improvements ag follows: Bathing pool, etc., $8,- 9C0; armory building for 1914, $14,- 090; armory building for 1915, $14,- 000. The joint committee agreed to cut $20,000 out of this bill. “We are the Legislature. “The tax payer pays the freight. “The railroad commissioners asked | to be raised from $2,500 a year to all the fees coming to these officials. This raise will cost the State very lit- tle. “The salaries of our Supreme Court officials were fixed twenty-eight ycars ago, and when ar increase o! 51'000 each per year was asked, but we turned this down. although wo gave them §$18,000 for bookcases, but them $18,000 for bookcases but noth- ing for personal relief, an effort be- ing made indirectly to give our eir- cuit judges more pay. “We cut by amendment to a bill the sum of $250 a year for the Owustee monument, right in Florida, and not a cent was given, yet $10, 000 was spent for a new monument ia Washington, D. C. two years ago. Two years ago the Legislature paid a claim bill of one person for the ap- rraised valuation of 26 horses killel by the Board of Health and when 18 persons asked to be paid for 22 horses killed by the same authority.” Adding the various increases in ap- propriations, Represenative Light makes the following table: State convicts ..$225,000 General revenue 375,000 Pensions covered by 4 mill 500,000 100,00¢ $1,200,000 The increased revenue, says Mr. Light, will not amount to more than $300,000 in the next two years. “We are the Legislature,” con- cludes Mr. Light. “The taxpayers ray the freight—the people be damned.” FIRST VETO OF GOV. TRAMMELL No, 183, ONTLE, WHEN FLOUR, NS O FREE LT THIS IS THE PREDICTION OF CHAIRMAN SIMMONS OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. Ncminal Duty May Be Made on Meats Wheat and Flour, However, (By Washington, Asgociated Uross ) June 3.—Chairmam Simmons, of the Senate financ¢e com- niittee, after a confercnce with the rresident today, said he believed that when the tariff bill is ready for con- gideration by the Democratic caucus next week that cattle,, wheat, flour and meats will be on the free list. The subcommittee congidering cariculture schedules yesterday ree- { cmmended a nominal duty on meats ard flour to equalize them with the free listing of cattle and wheat. Sim- mons went direct to the capitol and after sceing the president declared Lis intention of asking the sub- committee to put cattle and wheat on the free list. He later learned that the president had decided on the re- versal of the subcommittee’s recom- WAS ON HASTINGS BILL. Tallahassee, June 3.—George assett, Jr., a young attorney of Pa- latka, came up to see about his Has- tings charter bill, which was passed with the aid of the St. Johns dele- gation and then vetead by the gov ernor, having the distinetion of being the first veto issued by Governor Trammell. Bassett did faithful work for his people and he has hopes, but iz is doubtful at this time whether he will be successful. FLEVEN INGRED I SHADARD VK Trains Crashed Together at Miller- ton, a Small Station Between Baldwin and Jacksonville. (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, June 3.—Eleven per- sons were injured in a collision to- aay between the Seaboard Air Line traing Nos. 37 and 38 on a switch at Millerfon, Fla., a small siding be- tween Jacksonville and Baldwin. Both engines were demolished. Aa open switch was the cause of the wreck. PINELLAS GENTLEMEN LOOK- ING AFTER HOME INTERESTS. Tallahassee, June 3.—Back to Tal- lahassee came W. L. Straub, editor Leard that there were some amend- ments to be offered by Senator Hines te the Pinellas county bill to permiy the assessment of property owners for the building of roads in that county just as they do it in other places in the cities-—that is to say- two-thirds to be paid by the abut- ting property owners and one-third by the county. This is a new thing, tut Pinellas is always ahead it seems, Straub brought back with him two of the members of the City Council, Joseph W. Taylor, and R. R. Sykes, and it happens that they are both candidates for commissioner of public works uivler the new commis- sion charter recently passed. It is excellent for people to dwell togeth- er in harmony for public improve- ments, but it i8 so in the case of St, Petersburg gentlemen, SANDERSON SUCCEEDS ISMAY. London, June 3.—Harold A. San- derson yeserday took up the work of the International Mercantile Marine ('o. as president, succeeding J. Bruce Ismay. Mr. Ismay resigned somc months ago, giving ill health as an excuse. He was aboard the ill-fated Titanic when she sank in April, $3,000 a year; the Legislatura gave| 1912, and his bravery was made the them $2,600 a year. The govera r was raised from $5,000 to $6,090; the other State House officers that were getting $2,500 a year were rzised to $3,600 a year. We cut out subject of much unfavorable discus- sion following the accident. There were rumors that Mr. Ismay was forced to resign because of public opinion but this was denied. \ P " the St. Petersburg Times, when hP\loundu Jr., and Fred Wilmott, Jr., mendation that finished products should be made dutiable and raw ma- terial free, after he had received ac- quiescence of many senators ex- pressed trhough Simmons, The wool ond sugar tariff schedules ules are expected to be rccommenl- ed practically without a change as they passed the House to the entire Sonate finance committee by the sub- | committee at the last of the weck. The free sugar schedule has been ap- proved by Senator Williams of the subcommittee. The free wool schedule was agreed to by Stones of the sub- committee, Democratic lcaders say that nothing will be altered by the full committee and they predict hat a party caucus will have no changes. Speculation is rife concerning the fate of meats and flour which have been restored to the dutiable list by the subcommittee. A change is certain to be discussed by the fi- nance committee but the administra- tion leaders belleve the change will bo approved. Should the Senate pass the schedule many House Democrats promise a fight to restore meats and flour to the free list and make ca- tlc free also. Senator Fletcher testified that C. k. Berriman, of Tampa, and Mr. Da- vie, of Florida, had interviewed him concerning tariff on cigars and su- gar. Senator Penrose gave a list of 175 persons who talked with him on the tariff but all testified that no improper methods were used. TWO0 CHILDREN DROWN AT ORLANDO. Orlando, June 3.—Little Frank two boys five or six years of age, were drowned in Lake Lucerne, af the foot of Main street yesterday afte crnoon between 5 and 6 o'clock. The little fellows had put on bathe ing suits and accompanied by Grand- ma Wilmott, wife of Captain Wil- moot, of the Tremont hotel, went to the fake to wade. There was a rowhoat on the wa- ter's edge and they jumped into the toat and pushed out thirty or forty feet from shore and before the grand- mother noticed them they both jumped into the water which was ten feet in depth, neither of them posed the water was shallow. The alarm was quickly given and within twenty minutes the bodies were found but the most strenuous efforts of Drs. Christ, McElroy, Pll- lans and Howell were of no avalil tq bring back the young lives. | DAVIS' BIRTHDAY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT SOUTH. (By Assoclated Press.) Atlanta June 3.—Observance by tte Confederates of Jefferson Davis' Lirthday is general throughout the South today. (By Associated Press.) Washingon, June 3.—Richard L. Metcalfe, of Lineoln, editor of The { Commoner, was today selected by President Wilson for civil governor of the Panama Canal Zone.