Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 1, 1913, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PARTI‘ OF THE BEST STATE OLUME O SCHO0L BONDS WILL BE VOTED ON' SATURDAY TOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MAKES APPEAL TO GET OUT BIG VOTE THAT DAY. [Every Citizen Who Has Children's Welfare at Heart Will Work and Vote For Bonds. On next Saturday, July 5, the reg- stered voters included in the Special ax School District Number One will have the opportunity to vote for the gsuance of bonds in the amount of 50,000.00 to be apportioned as fol- OWS ! $17,500.00 [ r the enlarging, im- jroving and placing anitary cond‘tion the present school uilding in tlc city of Lakeland. $27,600.00 for the purchase ot juitable site and the building of a nodern school house on the south ide of the city. $5,000.00 for the building of a chool for the negro population. This is according to the action ot he local School Board and approved by the County Board of Education. 'he plan has met with satisfaction on he part of the citizens generally: here being a few, however, whom it ems to be impossible to please and ho apparently fail to realize that Lakeland has grown out of the vil- age class, is growing,' and will con- inue to grow, and that it is more ex- pedient and economical to build for omorrow instead of today. The plan outlined will give the istrict not only what it needs and as sorely needed for a long time, re- feving a sorry condition of things, but it will be one of the best adver- isements to the outside world, and hose who have eyes on Lakeland as R future home. One of the first ques- fons asked by an inquirer is as to ke quality and quantity of our pchools. Up to th& present time we ave had to dodge this question and thereby. The present plan of pchool extension is looking to the ime when it will be necessary to have ward schools, with a central igh school, the ultimate outcome of city's growth, It is up to the voters of the dis- rict, therefore, to come to the aid f the School Board in this Bond lection on Saturday, and see to it hat sufficient votes are cast in order carry the measure, so that the re- ef, so necessary and vital to the in- rests of the whole district, may ba prthcoming and the improvements otten under way immediately. Every oter =hould not only do his duty on turday by coming out to the polls nd casting his own vote but he hould interest himself to see that is neizhbor does likewise. The hond issue should carry with- ut qliestion, but let it be by a good ousing majority. If the present hool racilities, or lack of them, ave to be longer continued, it will e for the lack of sufficient interest In the part of those whose duty and Pportunity it is now to settle this Xed quesion. The honor of Lakeland, the char- ter of her educational facilities, e anxiety of paretns and the phy- cal nad mental welfare of our chil- ren, as well as our progress and de- elopment, depend upon what the oters in this district do or do not do ext Saturday. Let all questions of etty detail be put aside and give Place to consideration of the main uestion at issue. Details will be orked out in accordance with th:: shes of the majority when the time pmes. Remember the time and place to ote—the Board of Trade room in he city of Lakeland, Saturday July . Lakeland expects that every man jhat day will do his duty. * G. B. MURRELL, H. D. BASSETT, W. R. GROOVER, Board of School Trustees ————— Thetwenty-eighth annual eatal- ogue of Rollins College, Winter k, has been published and is a 08t attractive book. in thorough|g AUTO TOUR TO COAST. Indianapolis, 1nd., July 1—This evening the Indiana automobile tour te the Pacific coast will leave this city under the auspices of the manu- facturers of Indiana. The journey will be a pathfinding expedition for the road which it is proposed to tuild from the Atlantic to the Pac- cific ocean. Stops will be made at Terre Haute, St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles, where the wutoists will be extensively enter- tained. Commercial vehicle manufacturers are seeing great possibilities in the tcur for demonstrating their pro- ducts. In addition to, four trucks in the commissary squal two others will carry supplies, such as gas, water and oil, materials for strengthening bridges, a lage winch and tackle, confetti, etc. Another will carry tire equipment and an electric vulcanizer. One truck will have a complete elec- tric lighting system and wireless tele- graph outfit of sufficient strength to keep the tourists in touch with Kan- sas City, Denver, Salt Lake City, or an Francisco, while the are camp- ing on the plains. The party will probably remain in San Francisco for three or four days, and then tour southward to Los Angeles. The fur- ther possibility has been suggested o shipping all of the tour cars from Los Angles f" Portland by boat. 200 3. 5. WORKERS HERE NEXT WEEK Wil Be Entertained In the Homes Of the Methodists Of the City. Lakeland is to have within her borders next week a great crowd of Sunday school workers from South Florida. It is expected that fully 200 delegates will be present represent; ing the Methodist Sunday schools of the Bartow, Tampa ,Miami and Ocala districts. Each Sunday school is entitled to thiree delegates, and Mr. R. E. Lufsey Lias been designated as the one to whom the names of delegates are to be sent. Lakeland has agreed to open her homes to these Sunday school people, and a pleasant occasion is anticipat- ed. It will give the city a fine op- portunity to put her best foot for- ward, and make a good impression on her visitors. The program arranged for the oc- casion includes many special fea- tures of peculiar interest to those en- gaged in Sunday school work. Lead- ing experts in Sunday school work, beth in Florida and in other States will be present to deliver addresses, conduct institutes, round tables, etc., tor the information and inspiration of those who attend. The speak¢rs include Mr., Way, field sderetary of the (‘arolina Copference. Mr. E AV.\French, Superintend- ent of Sunday !choo] Supplies, Nash- ville, Tenn. Mss Elizabett\ Kilpatrick, Field Se¢retary of the \North Mississippi Conference and tedgher of the larg- ¢st men's Bible clas: Methodist church. Rev. C. W. White, Feld¥Secretary of the Floria Conference. Mr. C. H. Mitchell, of ~Arcadia, teacher of one of the best organized n.en’s classes in South Florida. The Conference will open on Wed- nesday night, July 9th, and the exer- cises continue until Friday night, July 11th, This meeting follows a similar one at Live Oak on July Tth, 8th and Oth, arranged for the workers in the Tallahassee, Live Oak ‘and Jackson- ville districts. The Florida Christian Advocate, ufficial organ of the Florida Confer- erce, published at Lakeland, is get- ting out ap illustrated Sunday school edition this week, containing much matter concerning these conferences, and the Sunday school movement generally. J. M. South POTATOES EIGHER. London, July 1—The potato short- age in England has caused prices to advance nearly $2.50 a ton. Po- tatoes are selling at nearly twice the price they brought this time last LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FLORIDA, JULY 1, 1913. 0LD SOLDIERS oHELTERLES LAST NIGHT == JGONPERS SIS L0 S MULHALLSTORY /5 CDARECT MANY LABOR LEADERS WILL TESTIFY TO EXTENT OF LOBBY OPERATIONS. Important Disclosures Are Expected When Investigation Resumes Tomorrow, (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 1—Important disclosures are expected when the fenate lobby investigation resumvsl temorrow, as since the publication oi Jiartin Mulhall’s story of operations to influence legislation for the National Association of Manufactur- ers, many labor leadors, congressmen and others have oifered to appear and testify. Louis S. Siebold, a New York newspaper men, who prepared Mulhall's statement for publication has accepted service, and will detail the nature of letters and telegrams which Mulhall agreed to furinsh, Samuel Gompers, President of the American Labor Federation whom Mulhall said was an object of at- tack, and bribery attempts, has con- firmed his story. Gompers has is- sued a statement prepared in 1907, detailing the plot laid by Broughton Brandenburg, now in Sing Sing who claimed to be an employee of the American Manufacturers Association. PRES. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION KNOCKS MULHALL. (By Assoclated Press.) San Francisco, July 1—John Kir- iy, Jr., former president of the Nat- ivnal aSSociation of Manufacturers is willing to appear before the Con- gressional Lobby Investigation. He has required a postponement of his appearance for several months. Kir- by stated he did not know what pa- pers, letters or records of the Asso- ciation Mulhall had sold to the New York World. He said Mulhall was discharged by him because of the ob- jectionable nature of work done. He declared Mulhall's salary was small and denied that Mulhall had spent large sums. He admitted the field agent's work was largely in Wash- ington. TORONTO GOLF MEETING. Toronto, Ont,, July 1—The 19th annual meeting of the Royal Canal- fan Golf Association began here to- day and will continue until next Sat- urday, inclusive. The program in- cludes the amateur championship of Canada, the interprovincial club team match, annual #nd consolation competition. match, handicap NEW CUSTOM RULES. Washington July 1-—The new rules marking a sweeping change in the customs service went into ef- fect today. With the reduction of the number customs districts from 162 to 49, the keynote of the new regulations is a concentration of customs admin- istration in the hands of the collec- tors at the headquarters of each dis- trict. ol Collectors of customs along lhel Canadian border, who for years have erjoyed perquisites from the sale of manifests and other customs blanks, ro longer will receive such gratuit- ies, which, at some ports, where the statutory salary of the collector has been comparatively insignificant, have made the aggregate compensa- tion of the collector $15,000 to $20,- 00y a year. By the reduction in customs dis- tricts, 113 collectors automatically will lose their jobs, and other‘ cranges in personnel to effect a large| saving. CANADA'S BIRTHDAY Ottawa, Ont.,, July 1—Canadians today are celebrating their 46 birth- dayanniversary, marking the union of the five British North American provinces. Appropriate exercises in honor of the event are being held throughout the dominion. DELAYED TRAINS CAUSE THOUS- ANDS TO BE UNCARED FOR UNTIL DAYLIGHT Great Reunion Opened With 55,000 0ld Soldiers Gi Both Sides Present. (By Associated Press) Gettysburg, Pa., July 1—Despite tiie efforts of the Regular Army to Movide for veterans, thousands of old .oldiers spent last night on the bat- tlefield with nothing to sleep on and shelterless, That was not the fault of the regulars, and not the fault ot ihe veterans. Railroads did the best tley could, but train after train was delayed, all arriving after midnight, and arrivals continued until attec daybreak. Major Normoyle, declared that . probably thousand veterans will arrive beforce night, tive thousand more than the highest estimates. Every veteran will be cared for, given tents, food and made comfortable. Many vet- erans spent last night around camp fires, all cheerful, courageous, but admitted the ground is harder than in 1863. quartermaster, fifty-five Opening of Re-Union Fifteen thousand veterans of the blue and the gray, packed into one great tent today at the opening ex- orcises of re-union, and greeted the distinguished orators with cheers I'he chief speakers of the day were Secretary Garrison, General Benmett tl. Young, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate veterans; Governor I'ener, of Pennsylvania; General Al- fred H. Beers, Commander-in-Chiet ¢f the Grand Army of the Republic. I'he speakers dwelt upon the remark- :ble nature of the gathering. They gald that no animosity now exists between the men who fought so bit- terly in the sixties. 50,000 old vererans of the war be- tween the North and South are en- cumped on the field here, the scene o the greatest battle of the Civil War, The old men are survivors of the armies that opposed each other fifty years ago in that bloody struggle, but {hey meet as friends and comrades, now, not as foes, of the fiftieth anni- versary of that mighty engagement. They have lived long enough to for- +€t past bitterness, and to remember only the courage and the soldierly qualities that made Gettysburg one ¢f the greatest battles of the world's history. The reunion will last next Friday. Today is known as Veterans’ Day, tomorrow will be Military Day, Thursday as Civic Day, and Friday, of course, as National Day. The outskirts of the great bat- tlefield look like a tented village. Under the regulations being enforced, the State of Pennsylvania and the zovernment are furnishing enter- tainment to veterans only, and no old roldier is premitted to quarter anv member of his family in the camps Immediately adjoining the camp is a great tent for reunions and here- in will occur all the exercises, ex- cepting the military parade and fire- works. The reunion has drawn hun- dreds of thousands of people from every State in the Union to Gettys- (Continued on Page 4.) throughout IHOMPSON HEADS HARD WARE TRUST New ljritziilx, Conn., July 1— Henry C. M. Thompson, of New York, teday became president of the $12.- 000,000 American Hardware Corpora- tion, succeeding Charles M. Jarvns, resigned. Mr. Thompson was graduated from Yale with the class of 1883. Soon afterward he was engaged by P. & F. Corgin, heads of the American Hardware Corporation, as a traveling salesman. Fifteen years ago he was appointed Chicgo manager for the Corbin concern. He then becam:2 associated with Hoggson Brothers Company with whom he has been identified for about ten years. . | gervice today. C 0. D. PARCEL POST. Washington, July 1—The collect- on-delivery feature was added to the Parcel Post Department of the postal Under the new regu- lations a parcel bearing the required amount of parcel post stamps may be sent anywhere in the country, and the amount due from the purchaser collected and remitted by the Post- office Department. The parcel must bear the amount due from the ad- dressee, and the collection will be made if the amount is not in excess o1 $100. The fee, 10 cents, is to be aflixed by the sender in parcel post stamps, and will insure the parcel for no more than $50. The collection feature was 1ot pro- vided when the parcel post system was put in operation, because it was «desired to simplify the work of post- nasters as much as possible in the first days of the service. After today parcel post stamps will not be required, as ordinary stamps may now be used on parcel pest packages. There will be no more parcel post stamps after ihe present issue is exhausted. PANAMA ZONE A DRY PLACE. Colon, July 1—The law forbidding the sale of liquor in the canal zone wen into effect today and the oases i1 the Panama desert have disappear- ed. GREEKS BEGIN WAR UNSBULGARIANG Action Taken Because Of Bulgarian's Disregard For Peace Treaty. (By Associated Press) Berlin, July 1—The ' Greek eign Minister this morning informed the correspondent of the KFrankfor: (iazette at Athens, ‘that the Greeks inended to begin war on the Bul- garians today without a formal decla- ration. He sald the action of the julgarians in crossing the boundary was disregarding the peace treaty, 'nd forced Greece to take the offen- Greece is unwilling to assume the responsibility of war by declara- tion. Sofia dispatches to London this morning said that the Bulgar- from Servian Kor- sive. jans fighting Greecks Islap to Eluthera. Bach clalm the ther is responsible an dare trying to shift the blame for fighting. POSTAL SAVINGS BONDS. Washington, July 1--Beginning today the government will, in future, issue postal savings bonds in lieu of postal savings accounts. In no other way may the new bonds be secured than through regular postal savings Interest will be paid at the rate of 2 1-2 per cent per annum after July 1, 1913, The bonds are redeemable at the pleasure of the United States at any time after one vear from the date of their isurance. In case deposits are converted into bonds in less than one year from the date the certificates began to bear interest, the interest on the deposits are forfetied, just as though the de- posits were withdrawn for any other, purpose. accounts. NEW LAW DUE TO MISS WILSON. Wilmington, Del.,, July 1—The new law limiting the hours of em- ployment for women to ten hours daily, except that therg can be one twelve hour day in a week, went in- to effect today. This is the bill for which Miss Jessie Woodrow Wison made a personal appeal before the legislature last winter. NEW HEAD FOR V/. POLYTECIL Richmond, Va., July 1-—Dr. Joseph D Bggleston, former state superin- tendent of public instruction, and ater engaged in fled work for the United States Bureau of lducation tecame head of the Virginia Poly- teachnic Institute today. TEXAS HAS NEW MOVIE WEEKLY moving feet of history, San Antonio, July 1-—A picture weekly with 1,000 film, to be devoted to the scenery, current events and inlus- tries of the State, made itz appear- ance today, under the nzme of the Tattler. — No. 205 FIVE FOREIGNERS BURN TO DEATH NN, Y, HOTEL ELEVEN OTHERS JUMFED FROM WINDOWS AND WERE SER- IOUSLY INJURED. The Hotel Was Crowded With For- eigners, Many Of Whom Lost Their All (By Assoclated Press.) New York, N. Y., July f{—Fiva toreigners were burned to death late last night in an old down town hotel. Three men, a woman, child, and six others were dangerously injured when forced to jump to the streets from windows . The building was crowded with foreigners booked to sail for 'Europe this morning, and many were forced to leave their clothing and money to the flames. Some lost their all. Police are in- vestigating the fire which was sim- ilar to the one extinguished in the Ancient hotel recently. DIGNITY IN SILKEN GOWNS. Boston, July y—All of the justices of the superior court today donned new silken gowns similar to those worn by the members of the Suprema Judicial Court. It is declared they will enhance the dignity of the bench. The new dignity will cost the State about $2,800, INTERNATIONAL WIRELESS CODE Washington, July 1—The inter- rational orse code and conventional signals adopted at the recent Inter- ational Radio-telegraphical Conven- tion held in London come into use today. The system was devised for the purpose of simplifying communi- cation between vessels at sea, parti- cularly with view towards avoiding confusion when vessels of different nationalities exchange messages. —— WORLD DOPE CONGRESS. The Hague, July 1--The Inter- national Opium C(ongress reassemb= led here today. Dr. Hamllton Wright, who is an authority on the subject, represents the United States. Practically all of the nations of the world that have any possibile con- cern in the opium traflic are repre- scnted, except Turkey. That country heretofore has re- frained from participation, uwler the apprehension that the restrictions would cripple one of its important industries. As it has developed that the Turkish opium is so high mm prade as to be valuable chLiefly for medica« al purposes, it is expected ‘Turkey will se fit to adhere to the general agreement. Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE. Bay-Lake-George, N. Y., July 1--The eastern city conference inder the auspices of the natlonal board of the Young Women’s Chris- tian Association of the United States hegan here today and will continue for ten days. The morning will be given up to Bible study courses, mission study courses, community study and various other classes which give preparation for real service in the community. The afternoons will be devoted to recreation, including aquatic sports, tennis, basketball, field day sports, swinmming, rowing and walking ex- cursions by boat, and drives to the places of historic interest and scenie beauty in the vicinity. The evenings will be general social times with an occasional lecture. Silver COAL OPERATORS MAY STRIKE. Washington, July 1—Representae tives of fifty coal companies operat- ing practically all of the mines in the ew River, Pocahontas and Vir- ginian coal fields in West Virginia are today waiting to hear that their employes have struck. The men have made a demand to have their unioh recognized and the operators have re- fused. In case of a strike several thousand will be Involved in each of the fields.