Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 9, 1913, Page 1

PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN »THi* BES e IRKERS HERE o eONFEREN GATES m MANY PLACES RIVING TO Tm PART IN ° THE DELIBERATIONS. in Session " Night. uth Florida begins its work in church tonight, n planned by rd of the Flor- nference, “ 'B. church, South. onference &t Live Oak closes it and the workers who have here will come to Lakeland. services tonight will bezin at Lo'clnel. and the sermon will ivered by Rev. J. F. Bell, pas- t the "‘W church at A mct will Dbe: 'F.'I m to Children ” \orrow. morning at 8:30 o’clock onal services will be conduct- Rev. G. 8. Roberts, chairman Sunday school board. n9 to 9:8 there will be an nent of 8, and at 9:30 fizabeth' Kilpatrick, fleld sec- of the: M Mississippi con- 3 will talk om “The Possibili- an Organised Bible Class.” : 0. o’clock Mr. J. M. Way, field [n Iy of the Bouth Carolina con- * 5 will speak on “The Power Trained Teacher as Compared e Untrained Teacher,” and at — ¢k Mr. B, . French, superin- t of supplies, Nashvilie, Tenn., WO ure&k on “The Necessity of the ) st v i Mb ‘Bunday seisui conference IR & 0 d§ D SC | Sundsy 8ohool.” C. W. White, tield seccetary Florida eonference, will speak 30 0B *“The Elementary De- nt.” rere will follow reports from | es on the Standard of excel- afternoon will be occupied by 1e speakers with stirring Sun- | hool addresses, and at night . H. Cole, pastor of the Meth- ‘hurch at Coleman, will de- sermon, conference will be in session ‘riday night, when the ban- + the best all-round Sunday in South Florida will be , and the closing address delivered by Mr. E. E. of Nashville. y uQ delegates have sent r names, and some are al- rriving ia the city. Lake- ns het homes to them, and m & m welcome. of legates in attend- Nows. had intended to e Ill“.l those by whom ere .lmlned. but it was mpossible to secure them: ony—Miss Pearl Forbes, Miss 3ishop, Miss Ruth Pace. Ing Greem—Miss .S A. Cox, ____.dll Brown, Miss Eva Bryan, ““va Peoples, Clarance Bryant, y|amerom, T. L. Z. Barr. L ]mm..-w U. Lathrop, \~ ™ rma Lathrop, Miss May ln; A. Culbreth. t . M. 0. Williams, NN Ly u—'q.' A. Lassiter, B. C. , Mra& Bessie Nix, A. H. m. Pixton, Sherouse. Mr. and Com‘xlwlu Maud Wilson, | d Ncn,—cw White, J C.| e l Lawton Moon, R. 0. Meek. o1 I‘a hll-—“ Nora Brown, a I! le 10 —A. M. Daiger, Miss Grace Miss Mary McMullen, Mr. Mr. C. Whittle, Mr. R. Whit- —.—le Creek—MIiss Annie Cro- —— Miss Debbie Keen. *E. VanNess, G. addy, Mrs. C. L. Mral Cl&¥R, Emmett Carter. . Hallie Jennings, er, hur Freeman, Mr, ' Funk. his theme being, | ‘elation of the Church to the | Miss Mae | Fort Myers—S. A. Smith, H. E. Bouton, East Fort Myers—Mrs. Niblack, N. L. Wine. Orlando—Miss Pedrick. Plant City—Prof. T. F. McBeath, Miss Hattie Hendrix, Punta Gorda—W, A. Wier, Miss Jean Whittaker, T. Z. B. Everton. Charlotte Harbor—L. O, Curry. Sutherland—W. L. Clifton, E. W, McMullen, J. M. Diffenworth, D, A. Hendrix. Knights—A. W. Carlton. Winter Garden—H Steen-Bock, West Bray. Tampa Oak Grove—N. J. Gage, Miss Lottie Schneider. Bartow—Mrs. Holland, Mrs, Brad- ley, J. F. Bell, M. F. Bell. Arcadia—Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Jake Newsome, Mrs. H. M, Morley, Miss Hattie Smith, Mildred Morgan, Birtie Gore, D. G. Barnett, G. L. Scott, E. F. Ley, C. H. Mitchell, C. W. Deen. Groveland—E. M. Rice, L. D. Edge. G. S. Roberts. Haynes City—Rev. J. W. Austin, M.ss Kilpatrick, R. V. Bryant, R. L. Law. Sarasota-——Miss Knapp, Mr. and Mrs, Sistrunk, + Palmetto—Miss Ethel Perew, Miss Gretna Helms, Marcia Duncan. Sanford—A. R. Chappell, Mrs. H. T. Gaines, Frank Adams, Robt Mec- Kim, Miss Zachery. St. Augustine—R. T. Dillon, R. B. Jarvis, Eugenla Casey, W. G. Fletcher. Tampa, Hyde Park-—A. R. Bond and wife, Mrs. Oscar Worrell, Miss Bessie Johnstone. Selma Avenue--Dr. and Mrs. A H. Holm, Miss Lila Tanner. Visitors: J. E. Lewis, D. E. Phillips, W. T. Phillips, H. W. Bailey. Highland Avenue-—Miss Marie Monteraw, Miss Eula Janes, Miss i Aleine Parker, Rev. M. D, Ferrell. Gary—J. C. Diggs and wite, Miss Fssie Glass, J. H. Gee, J. R. Scally. Hil, FLOOD°NOWIISTATE s - BANK'S PRESIOENT : 'Cholen at Directors’ Meeting Yes- terday. W. G. Wilson Suc- ceeds His as Cashier, At a meeting of the directors of the State bank yesterday Mr. C. G. Memminger resigned as president of the institution, and Mr. E. 0. Flood was elected to that position. Mr. P. B. Haynes was re-elected vice presi- dent, and Mr. W. G. Wilgon was made cashier. The resignation of Mr. Memmin- ger was due purely to the fact that other interests claimed his time to an extent that he could not give the bank the personal atten- such is exacted by the State laws. retains his full interest in the bank with which he will be con- nected in the capacity of director. | Mr. E. O. Flood, the new presi- Aent of the institution, has been its cashier for the past fifteen years, his connection wth the bank extend- ing back several years beyond that time, when it was located at Fort Meade. The State is one of the old- est banks n Florida, it being *“No. 11.” It was moved to Lakeland from Fort Meade in 1892, and sincce that time hag been closely identified with the growth and progress of the city. Mr. Flood has made the up- building of this institution his life work, and as its head he expects | to enlarge and develop the business to its capacity, plans along that line having already been formulated. | Mr. Wilson has been assistant | | cashier for several years, and 18 thoroughly conversant with all the affairs of the institution, and ad- | & cashier. | A semi-annual dividend of five per cent. was declared, and the direc- | tors expressed themselves as much In—J. A. Hart, Will Walker. | gratified at the condition of the busi- ' ployment. - « Baget, Miss Claude | ness. The directors are C. G. Mum- | minger, P. B. Haynes, W. D. Mc- | Rae, W. T. Overstreet and E. O. | Flood. | Heights—R. L. Law, Mrs W. M. | i Evans, Miss Mabel Caruthers, ! Tarpon Springs—-M. T. Bell, A. E, i Winter Haven -Miss Rosa Eth- | vidge, Miss ‘Edna Sipple, Laurance | Harbaugh. tion he considered due it, and which | He | mirably equipped for the duties °‘Q | Hamburg or Berlin to furnish pros- | !AKEIM\D FLORII)A \\EDI\;.S"AY JULY 9, 131 OPERATION O MGONBS FOR APPENDIGITI3 CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE UN- DER SURGICAL KNIFE. Operation Successful and McCombs May Yet Accept Ambassador- ship to France. (By Associated Press.) New York, July 9.—William F. McCombs, chairman of the Demo- cratic national committee, regarded as probable ambassador to France. : was operated on yesterday for ap- pendicitis at a private hospital in Paris. The operation was successful and no complications have appeared. McCombs went to Paris knowing he had the disease und hoping for re- liet without an operation. It is said the president still hopes to persuade him to accept the ambassadorship. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS AT LOS ANGELES. | Los Angeles, Cal.,, July 9,—The twenty-sixth International Chris- tan Endeavor convention, which opened here today, has brought to- gether about 25,000 young people from all parts of the country. The program bears the names of a number of prominent speakers, among them Rev. “Billy” Sunday, Willlam Jennings Bryan, secretary of state; Dr. John Willis Baer, pres- ident of Occidental college, and Dr, Amos R. Wells, of Boston. More than 750 voices compose the | tions admitting Christian Endeav- or. Canada will send Hon. James A, McDonald, LL. D, and Rev. W. H. Barracclough; Rev. J. Corey will bring a message from the dark con- tinent; Rev. and Mrs. E. E. Strother will represent China; Rev. F. E. Harry, D. D., Australia; Miss E. M. Graham and Rev. Willam Patterson, D. D., Great Britain and Ireland. The Christian Endeavor Institute, which i8 one of the most practical | and helptul features of the conven- tion, will have the expert services of the following Endeavor leaders and pastors: Mr. William Shaw, Mr. K. P. Gates, Rev. G. W. Benn, Rev. D. A, Poling, Miss Elizabeth Hall and others. BULGARIA WILLING TOSNEGOTIATE PEACE War's Terrible Toll and Fear of Chol- era Make Both Sides Anx- ious for Peace. (By Assoclated Press) ported to have sent circulars to the European pgwers expressing her readiness to negotiate peace. Bul- garian and Servian leaders are re- ported as negotiating an armistice becausc the immense loss of killed and wounded. Both armies that cholera epidemlie, which has appeared, may get be- yond control. RAILROAD NOTES. of fear a has been authorized to take steps to secure to the railways the privilege of having counsel present at the goverment appraisal. State commis- | sioners ask the same privilege for | ,lhe general public, who, they claim, | have an equal right with the rail- [TUddG to express their opinions as| | the work progresses. | Washington State will probably establish an immigration bureau at | pects immigrants with detailed in- formation regarding Washington, included prospects of securing em- Moving pictures and pamphlets printed in foreign lan- ruages will be usel The recent Il.ozislaturc appropriated $35,000 for the State bureau of statistics. ;‘horm, to lead in the convention | singing. | Other famous speakers to address | the seswions are Rev. Charles M. | Shelton, famous author and pastor, and leader in each of the demonina- | Mr. Karl Lehmann, | Vienna, July 9.—Bulgaria Is re-: President Rea of the Pennsylvania © PAL fi“()—:‘ THE ATLANTA HAS A SHAKE-UP IN POLIGE GIRGLES POLICE BOARD DISCHARGES THREE POLICEMEN AND SUS. PENDS THREE OTHERS, Were Reported Guilty of Improper Conduct and Fired Despite Woodward's Protests. (By Associated Press) Atlanta, July 9.—Three policemen were discharged this morning, three suspended for ninety days and two exonerated on charges of neg- lect of duty by the Atlanta p oljcce board. The policemen were reported a8 having visited the resort of a negress. Mayor James G. Woodward opposes the dismissal or suspension of any of the accused, holding that the evidence is insufficient. Poljce- men on Aduty as members of Chief L. Bevers' vice squad, exposed the al- i leged remdezvous of o Cers at the resort. ANGLE IS TO BE TAMPA'S HARBOR MASTER. Usually in speaking of political Jobs it is appropriate to call them “plums” but in this case fish is more appropriate. At any rate, it (the harbor mastership) has been landed by A J. Angle, of this city, who has been casting his hook and line into the political seas for some time, Although he failed to make the big catch he expected in Washington, i D. € (Don't cuss), Mr. Angle never { lost enthngiasm, and, returning by j way of Tallahassee, anchored to the ! BLINDERS IOR MEN OR Vr_h_b FOR W 0'\IEN Boston, July J‘—-Tho mo(]ex‘n tendency of women to dress im- modestly has broubm forth a pre- diction of woe for them from the Rev. Frederick E, [eath, the Warren Avenuo who says it is ouly time before men will insist that women be shut yp at home. He says it is 20in3 to be a choice between women. “I have been most reluctant to speak about it,” says the pastor, “but the time has come when the plain duty. The womer have eon» toy far up and down our sireets every day co apparelied tha! the right minded citizen feels nothing but disgust for them. “Ana the end {s not Yet. Now they tell us we gre about to see a Paris offering caod the ‘expose toilet.” I understand the hobble ang sheath skirt will pe tame heside ft. *1 blame society, which sets the modes for the rest of us. And 1 de- clare that If the thing continues man will have to assert his man- hood.” RAILWAY SERVICE PROBE. —— Camden, N. J, July 9.~On its own initlative the New Jersey board of public utility commissioners ag Trenton have ordered an investiga- tion a8 to whether the Public Ser- vice Rallway Co. furnishes sgafe, adequate and proper service on the lines operated by it running to and from the Federa] street ferries, Cam- den. The board began today at the court house here, hearing the cage. The board's order states it8 inquiry will be made into the operation of Ith» Haddon Heights line, Clementon line, Gloucester line from Broadway, pastor of | Japtist chureh, | a question of | blinders for the men or veils for, men of Amerjca must rise to their | Young girls are walking | No. 210, | - PANIC STRICH POGITORS ARE INDED MONEY . RUN ON PITTSBURG SAVINGS BANK MET WITH A LIBERAL DISPLAY OF COIN. Confidence Is B.eing Kestored and Financial Situation in the Smoky City Improving. (By Associated Press) Pittsburg, July 9.—The run on the Pittsburg bank for savings was resumce this morning. The volume is less than on the two preceding days. Police regulations are main- tained and all receiving windows are thrown open for persons wishing to withdraw money. Those desiring to deposit found difficulty in being waited on and complained of thias circcumstance. W. J. Jones, elected | president yesterday, said this is an evidence of confidence. He an- pounced that all the tellers were at the service of those asking to Withe draw their money. LABOR NEWS AND NOTES, U} unemployed in Milan, There are | building trade Italy. 30,000 workers e s | A committee of the Kansas City Consumers’ league will inspect dairies. ; . L] . For fifty years Norwegian women {in the postal service have been paid the same salaries as men for the ,mme work. | zovernor who proved to be a buoy of | Haddonfield line, the crosstown [hope. The result fs that Mr. An-|line, Federal street line to Mer.i A home I8 to be estallished In gle in all probability will be Tam- | chantville and Moorestown, Pensau- | Californie. for thy aged and infin pa's next harbor master, and it ig an- | | ken and Westfield avenue line, North | members of the International Mur- ticipated that the annonncement of { Cramer Hill line gna Camden anq | ble Workers' Union. : the appointment will he made with- | Trenton line, I LISl IR ) lin the next few days. i Washington's “Lazy husband’s Those who have previously heen‘ law” provides for {mprisonment, | honored by the appointment to the position of harbor master of Tampa are Thomas F, McCall, C. R. Hawk, | Clark Knight and T. M. Wier - Tampa Tribune. TO REMEMBER 1812 H'.EROES Chicago, July 9.—The branch of the Daughters of 1812 hag inaugurated a movement to secure an appropriation of $1,200 for the crection of a bronze tablet to com- memorate the services of the fllinois soldiers of the war of 1812. A, G OF € GUBAN POLIEMDEA Dies from Wounds Inflicted in Street Pistol Fight, After Raiding Gambling Den. (By Associated Press) Havana, July 9.---General Riva, chief of the Cuban police, who wag wounded in a street pistol fight at- ter raiding a gambling club, died to- Ernesto Asbert, goy- Senator Arias, ! day. General ernor of Havana province, Morales, and Representative are under arrest. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF PERRY’S VICTORY AT ERIE, | (By Associated Press) Erfe, Pa., July 9.—This Is Goy- bration of Perry’s victory. Governo; Tener, of Pennsylvania, reviewedl | the State troops and inspected the encampment. The governor and, Senators | dressed a big crowd. A p.Vl‘O!PchnL | eal presentation of the battle of | Lake Erie is arranged for tonight A FAMOUS PICNIC. ) .P.iTtsburz Pa., July 9.—The or- nual event in Pittsburg for nearly seventy years, was held today. At this affair the rich and poor com. bine to help the orphans of the city, the number being unusually large in Pittsburg. inois | ernors’ Day at the Centennial Cele- | Penrose and Oliver ag.| FIRMER 60T I WRONG CAOND President of Farmerl Union De. clares More Manufacturers Than Farmers at Convention — (By Associated Press) Washington, July 9.—A. 8. smith, president of the Georgla Farmers’ Union, was a witness this morning before the Senate lobby in- vestigation committee, He 8aid he reckoned he was a farmer. The com- mittee asked him ahout the New Orleans meeting of the Natlonal { Farmers' Union c¢ommittee, and about the scheme to /increase cot- ton consumption to be discussed there. Smith sajq he heard many arguments there ahout the bad ef- fect of free sugar on the cotton in- dustry, and thought he was in the with a bad crowd. He declared hig letters to Senators Smith and Bacon asked that the looked after. DECISION TODAY AS TO PEARL HARBOR NAVAL DOCK. — (By Assoclated Press) Washington, July 9.—Secretary Daniels will today decide Whether the naval dock at Pear] Harbor, Ha. | waii, shall be completed or aban. | doned. The recommendations of { Rear Admiral Sanford will have much weight upon the decision. He‘ recently investigateq an acmdenh ! when the bottom of the work wol-I lapsed when the watey was Wwith- | drawn. When the project was | | started the naval officers expected | that the dock would eventually at- | ford an impregnable repdezvous for | the United States fleet. 1t was hoped | | that the work would be finished be- | fore the Panama canal opened. This | explains the necessity for immediate I\ | i action. —— Washington, July 9 __The govern- ment crop report to July 1 sho“sl | cent. of normal. Production 483,- 000,000 bushels of spring wheat— 73.8 production, 218,000,000 on farms, 35,515,000 corpn—condition 86.9 per cent; production, 2,971, 000,000 bushels. P A — .. BRI wrong place. There was more man- ! ufacturers than farmers at the meeting, he said. He found on his return home he had been mixed farmers' interests he | trial and punishment of husbands who neglect or refuse to work and support their families. LI The chief industry in a little vil- lage on the Cape of Shima, In Ja- pan, s pearl fishing, and the wora- en are the flshers. The men stay at home and do the housework | ¢ o & The organization of the British bollersmiths, which now number 62,000 members, recently ootained un increase of 60 cents weckly for those workers employed on battle- ships. Their wage now amounts to from $10.10 to $10.60 per week. Ld . - Cornelius Ford, of Hoboken, N. J., succeods Public Printer Samuel Donnelly. This position is one of the best places outside of a cabinet of- fice There were numerous candi- dates for public printer, receptive and otherwise, among them being President James M. Lynch of the In- ternational Typosriphical Unlon. ! Cornelius Ford is a member of the International Typographical Uniom and is actively working at the print- ing trade. He has been prominent ! for many years in the organized la- bor movement in New Jersey, especi- ally so as president of the State Fed- eration of Labor for the last ten years. He has also served three terms In the State Lezielature and exercised his Influence {u the direc- tion of having alopted legislation progressive in character. ken high school, and immediately Mr. Ford was born in Hoboken in 1867 and graduated from the Ho- boken high school, an1 immediately entered the printing trade and has bheen working at the business for thirty years. He was formerly a member of the Hoboken board of education for four years, and has always teken an actve part in any movement for the social uplift. WAR ON TRUCK BANDITS. — New York, July 9.—The Horse Owners’ Protective Association is to- day planning to stop the $5,000,- 000 yearly loss which New York merchants have been suffering be- cusae of thefts from trucks “Our new plan,” says Moses | phans' pienic, which has been an an. winter wheat condition 81.6 per | Frankel, managing director, “is to form a branch, known as the Truck Drivers’ Mutual Aid Sorlety. Truck owners, many of whom are already in our assoclation, will ba induced to employ only those drivers who belong to our branch body.”