Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 24, 1913, Page 1

LAKELAND EVENING TEL E -——fi nA PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE RLOAIDA MILLED | bINEER DERS, & CARRA- : \ In Order to Pre- B Murderer Rush- - hicola. ] lated Press.) , June 24—J. C. iineer, last night kill- dPaunders. The dead er of the militia, a jad also a prominent . The sheriff rushed anch to Apalachicola ynching. NATIONAL CAPITOL. fleld Jones. ' D, C,, June 21.— ' Clark was today ap- gber of the Lincoln ion, which was Pprovisions of the last lldings bill to investi- gt to Congress upon a e Memorial Bridge imac river from Wash- ington National Ceme- ‘with the United States f members of the com- fresident Wilson, vice- @rshall, Speaker Clark, of the House Public Grounds Committee, jwanson of the Senate pgs Committee. 'vey, of Punta Gorda, Jo the establishment of tation at St. James ® Island. The erection " was provided for and B made for during the The bill provided that $Bould be established on st of Florida, and Har Representative Spark- efforts to have itlocat- City. Sparkmen will up with the Depart- pulture. fcGourin, of Pensacola, Marshal for the North- Florida, and Phillip ,_' ired business man of pre in Washington today ers of the Florida dele- Watching the contest be- B J. F. C. Griggs and v' for the membership. opped oft for the day on Bk from Chiltenham, Md., ®enducted two prisoners to Reform School. ; hhave been ordered estab: swell, Millman, aad mah has been appointed t Tavares. fing Florida postmasters mmissioned: George A $Arch Creek; Lafayette yan; Florica C. Gainer, liam E. Veal, Marie- Law Griffin, Monte Vis- Wall, Rutland; Mabel mville; Mack D. Har- ; William H. Roster, l 24 IN HISTORY. y mail first instituted in gnor of New Hampshire d to sign bill agreeing dment of the constitu- adopted by two-thirds he States. leon commenced Russian {gn. of Bunker Hill Monu- suspended for lack of Is invested Vicksburg, ese ports are closed st European and Ameri- fraders. dent Carnot of France inated. nal Democratic conven- t Baltimore, Md.; Champ takes stand in fight for omination for president. EX.PRESIDERT TAFT IN CINCINNATI Cincinnati, 0., June 24—Ex-Presi- dent Willlam Howar dTaft, who re- ceived the degree of doctor of civil law from Hamilton College yester- day, arrived here today for a three- day visit. Mr. Taft comes to take up with the trustees of the Southern railroad the legal question wltich has been referred to him for an opinion. Nex Thursday he will be the principal orator on the otcasion f the dedication of the new Cham- Ler of Commerce Building. | LAWYERS URGE REFORM MEASURES Cape May, N. J,, June 24—The Pennsylvania Bar Association met Lere today in annual convention, to urge many reform measures. Changes faciliating the transaction of court business and child labor laws are to be recommended to the next session of the State legislature. TELEPHONE GO, WANTS 10 RAISE RATES City Council Last Night Appointed & Committee To Look Into the Matter. Adjourned session of the City Council with all members present but Mr. Mendenhall. Petition of M. W. Johnson to dis- play sign near northcast corner of Munn Park for one week, was on wotion granted. Petition of R. W. Weaver to erect a galvanized shed on rear of laundry wag, on motion, granted. Petition of Smith Hardin to erect o galvanized iron room in the rear of his building, fronting on West Main Street was, on motion, dented. C. A. Boswell, attorney for the Peninsular Telephone Company, pre- gented the petition for that company tor the right to raise the rates for phones within the city to $3.00 per month for business phones; $2.00 per month for individual line resi- dence phones, and $1.60 per month tor party-line residence phones. Mr. il1orein, president of some comna-- made a lengthy argument in favor of reasonableness of rates asked for by his company, stating that he had ccme to the City Council to deal with them at first hand, rather than tn take the matter up with the Rail- road Commission under whose juris- diction the fixing of rates legally would come. On motion a special and Mendenhall was, appointed to take the matter up, proving claims f the company as to their reason- .bleness, and to make a report to ‘he Council at their convenience. On motion the Council adjourned. Attest: H. L. SWATTS, City Clerk. MORRIS G. MUNN, Pres. \RE FIGATING FOR PANTER'S REMAIS Cororner After 'Em and So is Acci- dent Insurance Co Who Issued $20,000 Policy. (By Assoclated Press.) Baltimore, Md., June 24—Coron:r \bbott, of Jacksonville, and Attorney Stewart, of DeLand, Florida, repre- sentatives of the E. O. Painter fam- ly, are here to participate in a con- test for Painter's viscera. The third party is a bonding company whicn issued a $20,000 accident policy to Painter. (By. Assoclated Press.) Washington, D. C., Jume 24—Antl- fre sugar Democrats united in the Senate caucus today in supporting the amendment by Shafroth, of Col- orado, eliminating the provision of the' tariff bill making sugar free ot duty in 1916 and fixing a duty oa per refined sugar at half a cent pound after that time. BOYS START WITH PRESI- DENT’S MESSAGE TO CHICAGO. Washington, D. C., June 24— President Wilson at the White House t:is morning placed his rjessage to Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, in the heversack of Frel Reed, the first of ¢ string of fifteen hundred Bor Scout relay runners who will ecarry the message to Chicago by June 28. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1913, DOUBLE ILLIG TO0K PLAC N \THORE AL PROMINENT NAVAL STORES OPERATOR KILLED HIS WIFE; THEN HIMSELF. H. Clay Mills Ended All His Domes- tic Trouble With Two Well- Placed Bullets. (By Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala., June 24—H. Clay Mills, a prominent naval stores cperator at Atmore, Ala., today Kill. eG his wife with a revolver and then killed himself with the same weapon. Jealously is the alleged cause. The couple are prominently connected in Alabama and Mississippi, STATE UNIVERSITY PROFES- SORS IN LAKELAND SECTION. Prof. J. R. Watson has been visit- irg the Lakeland section investigat- irg the woolly whitefly situation. He finds quite a considerable infestation ir that section. As yet the white- fly has not been numerous enough to ceuse any serious damage, but be- cause of its woolly characteristics it in resistant to sprays and to the at- tack of fungus, and may become a serious pest. There is considerable inquiry to the Experiment Station in reference te mealy bugs, red spiders an dother ingect pests. The recent weather conditions have been favorable for these insects. The Lakelond Farmers’ Club made a request some months ago that the Ixtension Division send a speaker to their regular monthly meetings. It has not been possible to comply with their wishes at all their meetings, although Mr. C. K. McQuarrie and Professors Rolfs and Spencer have 21l addressed these people since last January. An urgent request came a fcw days ago from someong to be vith them on Saturday, the 21st, which request was granted. The Lekeland Farmers’ Club has been in cxistence for a good many years. They have held together and their iembership has gradually increased. These clubs, when organized for the inomotion of agricultural interests, and properly conducted, are capable of accomplishing much good.—Uni- versity Notes in Gainesville Sun. THIS IS PRESIDENT’S WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. (Dy Assotlated Press.) Washington, D. C., June 24—To- dey is the twenty-cighth anniver- sary of the wedding of President and Mrs, Wilson. TLe marriage was solemnized in 1885 in the home of Mivs, Wilson's grandfather, Rev, 1. S. Axton at Savannah, Georgia. BIG WOIL SALE. Talpa, Tex., June 24— Talpa wool :rowers will sell on tomorrow over 146,000 pounds of wool stored in the arehouses here. Tihs is one of the ¢st inland wool centers on the Santa Fe. ENCOURAGE BOYS TO PLAY GOLF. Plainfleld, N. J.,, June 24—The second junior metropolitan golf championship meet at the Plainfield Country Club which began today is expected to set the establishment of a new mark for a boy’s golfing event in this country. Speclal features are ratches for young boys. DON'T WANT THAT FIVE MILLION TO GET AWAY (By Associated Press.) London, June 24—Society crown- ed the probate court today at the be- ginning of the suit over the will of John Murray Scott, who left five million dollars to Lady Sackville the wife of Baron Sackville. Maleolm Scott, a brother, contests the will, clleging thot Baron and Lady Sack- ville used undue influence to obtain tac bulk of the estate. MURDERERS 0 | GRAND VIZIER PATHEPENALTY TWELVE MEN WHO COMMITTED DASTARDLY ACT, WERE HANGED TODAY. Don’t Take the Turks Long to De- cide About Meting Out Justice: (By Associated Press.) Constantinople, June 24—Twelve men sentenced to death in connec- tion with the assassination of the late Grand Vizier Mahmoud Schef- ket Pasha werg hanged this morning in the Bayazid Square. @ RAILROAD NOTES. President Chas. S. Mellen of the New Haven, denies reports of being unwilling to be examined in con- nection with the latest disaster on his system, near Bridgeport, Conn. . . . The Remney branch of the Balti- more and Ohio is profusely bloominyg with flowers for a distance of twenty- oight miles. The posies grew from sceds spilled through a break in the floor of a freight car. . . : The Government has lost its stub- bernly contested fight against the Balthmore & Ohio Railroad Company to remove a pier from {ts bridge over the Ohio River at Parkersburg, W. Va., in the interest of navigation. L] L] . . It is understood that the Iron Mountain contemplates the establish- ment of a fast freight service between Memphis, Tenn., and Little Rock, Ark., connecting there with an early morning train that runs to Denver via the Missouri Pacific. . . . According to an official of the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe, the general movement in freight in prac- tically all commodities keeps up very well. With the exception of the movement in lumber, which is lower by 18 per cent, the percentage of in- crease in the volume of business handled over that of a year ago is noteworthy in every respect. . L] . Double tracking part of the lines in Nevada will cost the Southern Pa- cific Company $2,134,180, accord- :Lg to an itemized statement fileu with the State Railroad Commission. ‘I'he company sought permission to is- sue $20,000,000 in 6 per cent. two- year notes for improvement purposes. About $10,000,000 will be expended in California and Nevada. L] . L] The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pzul has filed an appeal in the United States Supreme Court from a decis- ion of the Wisconsin Supreme Court which upheld the Wisconsin law re- quiring that the upper berth in a slceping car be kept closed until ft is sold. The rallroad contends that each car is divided into units of space and inasmuch as they are com- relled by the Interstate Commerce Comfission to file a tariff stating the rates for each section of space, they would be violating the la.v oy allow- ing a traveler to have two units of space for the payment of one. The Leigh Valley is testing acety- leng gas flashlights in connection with its automatic block signals, as well as in its audible and visible highways grade crossing signals. The tests are now being conducted near South Plainfleld, New Jersey. The object of using flashlights in place of the steady burning lights is to make the signals distinctive so that there may be no more possibility of con- fusing them with other lights than there is of confusing the rays of a government lighthouse with the other lights on shore. VISITOR HONORED, Miss Nell Booth, of Lakeland, is the guest of Miss Hester Twith at her home, Macfarlase Park. One of the happy events of her visits here was the party given in her honor by Miss Twith. A number of the young people of the neighborhood were in- vited to enjoy this delightful even- ing with the honoree. Mrs. Twith was assisted in entertaining by Mrs Jumes Macfarlane and Mrs, Ramson Fernandez.—Tampa Tribune. PELKY FOUND “NOT GUILTY.” Calgary, Alberta, June 24—Anhusl, Felky, pugilist, last night was ac- quitted of a charge of manslaughter which was placed against him as a result of the Jdeath of Luther Mec- Carty, who died in the first round of a scheduled ten round bout at the Burns arena heer May 24, last. 1t was charged by the government that McCarty died as the result of a blow administered by Pelky. The jury was out less than an hour and 4 half before a verdict, although Chief Justice Harvey’s charge was sald to e unfavorable to the Aefendant. In kis charge Justice Harvey admitted that there was some doubt as to whether or not the contest was ille- gal, but he said there was no doubt that death had been caused by a blow and that the jury should consider only whether the defendant was guilty of causing the death of his opponent in an effort to win the prize placed upon the contest. BA. LEGISLATURE CONVENES TOMORROW Numerous Candila‘es Qut For Speak- of House inl Presideat of S:nate. (By Associoted Press.) Atltanta, Ga., June 24—Thg 1918 session of the Georgia Legisjature convenes here tomorrow. Candidates for speaker are W. H. Burwell, R. M. Hardeman, J. E. Sheppard and C. A. Sheppard. Candidates for president of the Sen- ate are J. Randolph Anderson and J. T. Allen. PLYMOUTH REMEM. BERS BEECHER. Brooklyn, N. Y., June '24—Had Henry Ward Beecher lived to see. to- cday he would be one hundred years old and Plymouth church, which grew into nation-wide fame under his pastorate has planned a week’s celebration in honor of Beecher'c centennary. John Arbuckle, the svgar king, has given $100,000 to be used toward builling a memorial Itilding for the great preacher, TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS, Hon .George Von L. Meyer, former Secretary of the Navy, was born June 24, 1858; was educated in Bos- ton schools and at Harvard Univer- sity; he {8 connected with many prominent business and financial firms in New England and has serv- ed his city and State os well as the uation in an officlal capacity. Since his retirement as Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Meyer, with his family, has been resting at their summer lome in Massachusetts, CKSONILLE WUST HAVE NEW DEPT This Edict Went Out Today to Tern- inal Company and Railroads, (By Associated P-oss.) Tallahassee, Fla., June 24—The Railroad Commission today ordered the Jacksonville Terminal Company and all railroads entering into Jack- scnville to erect a new union sta- tion on the site of the present depot. July fifteenth is set for the hearing on the specifications. ELEASE ACTION CAUSES ASSISTANCE TO CEASE, (By A 1ated, Press) Columbja, & 4 «Cpo, Jiine 24—Adq. tant General Moqre, of South'tigfo ¥ line, today received a telegram from | General Mills, Chief of the Division Militia of the United States Army, stating that no further federal u-. sistance will be afforded the South Carolina militia owing to the attl- | tude Governor Blease takes toward: the enforcement of the Federal Mili-| tia Law, > —_———— CONDEMN RAGTIMES AND CABARET3 Langing, Mich., June 24—At the twenty-sixth annual convention o;‘ the Mich!-in Musie Teachers' Asso- clation whih opened here today, bit- fer condemnation was made o('n;'- time music and cabaret shows, No- GEDRGIAN BEAT DALGATER AND THENHUNG POLICE ARRIVED IN TIME .1% RESCUE BLEEDING GIRL ARD » 4 PREVENT HER DEATH. Brutal Degenerate Was Arrested and Lodged In Jail Without Bail. (By Amsociated Press.) Augusta, Ga., June 24—Charges: |that he last night fastened a chaim aorund the neck of his fifteen-yease old daughter, Nellie, and suspended her by a chain from a meat hook im ' Lis butcher shop and then beat her with a butt end of a buggy whip un ti: the blood flew from wounds oS ° her shoulders and body, were made: 2gainst J. J. Johnson, who was ar= 1ainged today in the recorders court.'’ On motion Johnson's attorney had the hearing continued until Friday.,” * " Policeman R. M. Moore stated hef was called to the scene last night by neighbors who heard the girl's screams, and found the girl chainad, hanging from a hook, and bleeding from wounds. Her father stood by with a whip in his hands. Joh was arrested and was refuséd bail: by the authoriti The fatHer sald¥ he whipped his daughter becdusé Bw:' could not control her. CONFESSES T0 PAYING \ FOR FOLK'S MURDER, Montgomery, June la.—HoM.fi Carmack, aged 21, confessed tonighe- in the presence of his wife, that het was impelled in killing J. J. Folks, whose mutilated body was found: in. o A i his store at Phoenix City, Ala., this . morning, according to a special to. the Advertiser. Folks throat had - been cut. Carmack said he did not kill Folks but that he planned with another man, who he named, to do the deed, e sald that they divided the money obtained from Folks’ body. The other man named has not been arreste ed. AFTER NEW YORK CENTRAL. New York, June 24—The plans of the New York Central railroad fof running its lines along Riverside = Crive, come before the Board of Esti- mate and Apportionment today. Ale though the railroad claims that the plans will improve the city, it 1s & foregone conclusion “that they will be killed at the meeting, ——————— ADMINISTRATION : MEN MEET BANKERS. Baltimore, Md., June' 24—At the aunual meeting of the Marylana State Bankers in session here, several men prominently connected with the financial side of the new administra~ tion will deliver adiresses. The Bov- ernment experts will also hear what Maryland men of finance think of Secretary MicAdoo’s new emergency currency plan, ——————— LEDOUX TO MEET CAMP], Vernon, Calif., June 2 Ledoux, the French b.n!:l:c :::: pion meets Eq Campi at MeCarey's Pavillion here tonight. The mil) ia for twenty rounds and Ledoux has promised to give Johnny ‘ next chance, i e I (By Assoclated Pres. . Washington, D. C., June z:—a;.- Etor Walsh of Montana, Tesumed his antl-free sugar speech today whes the Democratie caucus comvened. Senators Newlonds, Randell, Thorne lams, vere pert the ame ready to sup. provision for free sugar Senator James Planned to fight for free sugar, leag the —— iy '.. EXTOL TEACHER'S Liv, | . Cedar Point, Ohio, J -Hune 3 » June 24— dreds of teachers trom all parts of the State are attending the sixt; atnual convention of the Ohio State Teachers Association : here to day. The Which began 2 y 28 well as given ”'“ -’.‘ the principal theme tor ndment to eliminate the - Coulon the in 1916 — °