Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 12, 1913, Page 1

LAKELAND EVE PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST S | ACEPTED E CHOSEN JSCHO0LS E] R ARCHITECTS ILDING ; MENDEN- S ADDITION , on Lake Morton, as Site for South School L over the various sets itted by several com- s, the local school bt accepted the plans per for the new school he south side. The . D. ..endenhall for p the present building fed the most satisfac- ‘consequently adopted. chool building will be pst arranged and most State, and will also handsome appear- provision for conveni- heaithfulness has been ng u splendid system of | 2 the board decided to operty of Mrs. fton, as the location for | ding, and today the pa- g drawn looking to the his property to the sub- | ' location is ideal, over- lake and easily accessi- | in all portions of the | f the city. The price at | Do was obtained, its other board to decide (i th 4 that this t satisfactory site a vail- | only two oth $0 learned were offer were red price or other ‘ advantageous as the Me- Psition . mre shaping up satisfac- _‘ rocuring excellent school d the community is to tulated on the outlook. the bonds was advertised eland News yesterday. t, cons either for rea- NEWS AND GOSSIP 'k, July 12.—District At Mitman, who has been run” B0 grafters and crooks, has ght red-handed in the act himself. No alarm, how- hag simply appropriated 1f some of the campaign 0t his opnonents—has stol- hunder. Next week he ayoralty boom on a firm d one of the features of t attorney's fight is going ing picture exhibitions. e will sow some of the has accomplished and hag taken to accomplish His followers say it will eat education for the peo- hitman’s boom is not the that' is on the political fhough. There are several candidates. Rumor places ly among them the name or Sulzer. The funny part is, too, that Tammany is willing to run Sulzer, al- e had been fighting the on bitterly since he be- f executive of the State ry. Tammany’'s support be on the theory that he bharm at City Hall than Janana Buyers' Protective n Is making preparations pue its fight a;'inst the ariff, by sending a second the president. The duty calls for five cents on ev- of bananas imported into iry and the dealers say that cause an increase in the he poor man’s luxury. It d by the association that ase in cost, the consumer | pany times the nominal tax nts a bunch. In order to r the action of this tax rter will er or wholesaler will make | Honal increase, and the re- Il be compelled almost to Is prices in order to derive ofit — Nassau County Leader says will have an up-to-date factory next year. Mecl.eod, | advantages, red | CONGRESS IAY LAST AND IT MAY NOT Washington, July 12.The severe weather of the past ten days ig get- ting on the nerves of members of Congress and one wit of the upper house said today that unless sen- ators “are allowed more liberty in the matter of dressing,” they are apt to put through any kind of leglslatlon for the sake of getting yaway to the country or seashore where it is cooler. Just how the president stands it so well is a gen- eral query among senators and con- | gressmen. that Mr. Wilson has sent word to his family in New Hampshire that Ihe will not join them for the sea- 'son until Congress adjourns. What with the discomfort some of the leg- islators are undergoing as a result of recent alleged disclosures of lob- byists, combined with severe heat, ‘\\'ashmgtou life is anything but the | beautiful dream it has been pic- tured. FARMERS UNION 10 MEET A GAINESVILLE Interesting Program of an Important Gathering to Be Held on July 26th | | | | | | | The seventh annual convention of | the Farmers' Educational and Co- operative Union of Florida will open "in the Auditorium of Agricultural {‘hall of the University of Florida, at ! Gainesville, Fla., on Wednesday, {July 1€, at 10 o'clock a. m. The | Wednesday meeting will be open to the public and everybody is invited | m attend. All farmers especially siould be present. PROGRAM. Wodn»sday, July 16. i s i Gdress for the city 10 A, Nt iainesville, Trade. | Teache: | of Florida. Resp »-—-By a representative of the Farmers’ Union. 10:30 A. M.—Rural Crefits, or a Farmers’ Banking System, Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. 1:30 A. M.—The Importance of a Marketing System for Farmers, Ir. S. J. Cowen, field agent of the American Society of Equity. Dis- cussion. on, and Board | of A. Thacks dean of the Jollege, for the University on, Dinner Hour. 2 P. M.—The Value of an Agri- cultural Education, Professor J. J. Vernon, dean of the College of Agri- culture, University of Florida. 2:30 P. M.—The Farmers’ Union —\What It Is and What It Is Do- ing, Hon. C. S. Barrett, National president of the Farmers' Union. 3:30 P. M.—The Value of Tick Eradication to Farmers, Dr. C. F. Dawson, veterinarian state board of health. Discussion, Professor C. L. Willoughby, Department of Ani- ' mal Husbandry, College of Agricul- ture, University of Florida. 4:15 P. M.--The Experiment Sta- tion—What It Is Doing for the Farmers, Professor P. H. Rolfs, di- rector of the Agricultural Experi- ment Station, University of Flor- ida. Let everybodv come and let’s have a good time. Respectfuily, M. S. KNIGHT, State President of the Farmers' Edu- cational and Co-operative Union of Florlda MASOIS OF COUNTRY WL VST PAGARA Louisiana Consistory Will Go to For- eign Country to Exemplify | a Class (By Associated Press.) raise the price | e than five cents a bunch. | New Orleans, July 12.—Masons | from the entire United States will | i make a trip to Panama on July 26, | {when the Louisiana Consistatory »mplify a class there, This is the first trip the Louisiana body ever made to a foreign country for a ilar purpose. Panama is now under the jurisdicton of the Louis- |lana Conzistatory. William Wethe will arrive | West Palm Beach this week with a | large force of carpenters and me-|will e totally suspended for a year. | says: chanics to begin the erection of a large new hotel. ber. | Anl the worst of ft is! i the Committee s of Welcome: 1‘ mayor | Mulhall's | street. In: The new hostelry | will open about the first of Novom-[ LAKELAND FLOREDA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, i913. MULHALL GIVES [ESTIMONY 10 LOB6Y PROBERS DESCRIBES POLITICAL METHODS OF AMERICAN MANUFACTUR- ERS’ ASSOCIATION Evidencce of Lobbying Is Brought Out by the Investigations of (By Associated Press.) | Washington, July 12.—Martin M. Mulhall faced a difficult situa- tion this morning, when he found himself under subpoenas to appeir before separate coagressional coin- mittees, sitting simultaneouyly t different ends of the capitol. Mul-| hall ‘was summoned by the Senate House lobby investization to tesitfy regarding alle ed lobbying by the | American Manufacturers’ associa- | tion. A clash in authority betwecu' the committees caused the Aifficulty. | The Senate committee served the | first subpoena and had Mulball in charge of a deputy ser ount-utv:\rmsi this morning. A mass of evidence | in the form of letters and papers re- : ,l:xlixrz to the Mulhall charges was | on hand when the Senate commit- | tee met . ‘ Mulhall described the activities of | the American Manufacturers’ asso-f | | | i ciation in politics. 1le said gener- ally it supported the Republicans, and opposed the Democrats who azainst ther attitude toward Mulhall deseribed the work in rsey to defeat Representative s in 1904, Tle said he went | tterson and hired members of | zed labor on a weekly salary ht Ilugh Ie denied t this was bribery. Senator Reed s, tatement of the efforts to enator McComas was ap- case of attempted | were labor. New Iugh s influence parently lobbying. a clear EUROPEAN NEWS AND VIEWS. London, July 12.-——If Amecrica needed any furher evidence of the friendly feeling which Great Britain entertains for her, certainly she had it this week in the reception given to the members of the agricultural commission. They have been feted, wined and dined during their pleas- ure hours and given every possible assistance by representatives of the government in conductng their in- vestigations into co-operative sys- tems that exist between official England and its farmer population. The commissioners leave today for Ireland, delighted with their stay in England. New York can forget its own po- lice scandal in a study of Berlin's trouble. The trial of three vice squad policemen of Berlin, just clos- ing, illuminates the methods of the German city, to segulate the demi- monde, which, if it were reported from the United States, would im- mediately oe termed ‘“typical Amer- ican police corruption.” The men accused were Policemen Thiede, Bachmann and Seegebarth. Thicde's wife wag accused of permitting her husband and a woman informant to meet at her home. The three police- | men are members of a specal squad whole sole duty is to control the demi-monde. They were accused of accepting bribes of money, food and clothing from a woman. In September, 1911, a Berlin pa- per published a letter from one of the accused policemen to a demi- mondaine named Ortmayer. An in- vestizgation followed and as a result thereof twelve policemen were sus- pended. None of these were rein- stated, as the only testimony against them was given by women of the business has been for th Dresden v hindered In H | and there have !e | comnlaints frcm Many of thke 20,000 have been use for time. The continuous |angered the govenment, which has| annonced that if the gubscribers do not quit grumbling the service! serviee stant .m‘ts | £S weecks at a | i | Starke is likely to have a hand-! ed by the government next spring. . o The war office RS GIVEN POWERTOBRING ABOUT PEAGE ALL BELLIGERENTS IN BALKAN WAR AGREE TO INVOKE RUS- SIA’S OFFICES Bulgarians Kept in Ignorance 'of True Conditions and Do Not Know They're Licked (By Associated Press.) Vienna, July 12.—Messages from Sofia say the reople of the Bulgar- ian capital do not know the actual political and military Balkan situ- ation. Newspapers have been sus- pended by thoe government to prevent the spreacing of unfavorable news. continues to issue fav- orable reports of Bulgarian suc- cesses. Until last night the resi- dents of Bulzaria's capital «id not know the Ruwmanians had crossed the border and had occupied a con- siderable territery. (By Associated Press.) Saloniki,. July, 12.—The Greeks have taken the eity of Seres, re- cently heic by the Bulgarians. Mar- tial law has been proclaimed. Bulgarians massacred two hundred Greeks, including leading citizens, before leaving. (By Associated Press.) Sofia, Bulgaria, July 12—All bel- linerents in the DBalkan Russia full power to find a to bring hostilities to an end. eiven way Rioting at Sofia (Ry Associated I'ress) London, July 12.—It is reported that & mon stormed the covernment oflices at a teday and came contact with the military. The sol- dierg- fired a volley and many were | killed. It is rumored that the royal | palace is surrounded. NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN TUR- KEY AND BULGARIA FAIL (By Assoclated Press.) Constantinople, July 12.—Nego- tiations between Turkey and Bul- garia regarding the future fron- tier line have utterly failed. The government sent a note to the com- mander of tha Bulgarian troops last night demanding the immediate evac- uation of all the territory south of the line from Enos to Midia, other- wise the Turks will drive the Bul- garians out. COLONEL CALHOUN GETS A SNUG BERTH Col. J. D. Calhoun this morning received official notification of his appointment to the post of deputy collector’ of customs at Tampa, con- firming the general belief that he would get the place, as announced in The Times several days ago. The post carries with it a salary of $3,- 000 per year. It is the second best paid position in the customs service of Florida, ranking next to the posi- tion of collector for the Florida dis- | trict. It .3 a very important post, because Tampa's customs collections | are more than three times the com- bined amount of collections at all other ports in the Florida district. Colonel Calhoun gaid this morning | that he would take charge of the of- fice as soon as he has made bond. I all likelihood he will take charge Monday or Tuesday of next week. The appointment of the former newspaper man is one that is pleas- ing to the great majority of the peo- ple of this city. Colonel Calhoun, | besides being popular, is one of the best informed men in the State, on general matters, and as former sec- .retary of the Poard of Trade and as | a newspaper editor, he has been in cloge touck with conditions in the cizar manufacturing business, which | pays the great bulk of the customs taxes here. He is a map of tact and :nergy ond it Is anticipated that the appointment will turn out to be (-mnphiun: an exceptionally good one.—Tampa |ists fonght fiercely. Times The Tampa Tribune of the Tth drunks yesterday that three wagon loads of them had to be transferrel some new postoffice building, erect- ' to the city stockade to make room ' shots w for more at the city jail.” The | war have | “The city Jail got so full of ' fA PERRY CELEBRATION | IN CLEVELAND Cleveland, Ohio, July 12.—Be- ginning with religious ceremcnies in all of the churches, the Cleveland celebration of Perr,’s victory on Lake Erie will start with a swing and continue throuchout next week. Many prominent speakers from all parts of the co: ntry will participate in the observancce and there will be visits to historic sports. CANADA CAR FOR TEXAS CONGRESS Corpus Christi, Texas, July 12,— Men interested in the meridian high- way from Winnepeg, Manitoba, to Laredo, Texas, arrived here today to attend the Texas Good Roads Congress, having come over 2,000 miles by auto. Another party has motored from Colorado in the in- terest of the Colorado-to-the-gulf highwny. % GREASERS THREATE 1.5 WSSO0 ! Anonymous Letter to This Country’s | Representative in Mexico Being | Investigated (By Associated Press.) | Mexico City, July 12.—An anony- mous letter threatening to blow up the United States embassy was re- ceiveel by Ambassador Wilson lhisi | morning. IHe immediately referred | the letter to the Mexcan foreign of- | fice for investigation. iINTERNATIONAL CANOE RACE | -For the first | interna- | New York, July 12. [time in eighteen years an [ tional contest for the sailing canoe is being held off the Marine float in the scene of many international struggles. The races will be con- | tinued tomorrow, with Monday as | the date if a third and deciding is necessary. Among the entrants fare three boats belonging to Ralph | H Britton, of” Gananoque, ('.\Illl(lxl,\ \\Im won the Canadian champion- ‘blll[) last year, Originally offered by the New York Canoe Club in 1885, the In- ternational Chsallenge Cup for sail- | ing canoes created plenty of fun for a period of morg than ten years. The | New York Canoe Club has been its Adefender and never bhas it lost a se-~ ries. Its history is as interesting as is that of the America’s cup. In 1886 the Royal Canoe Club of London sent over Warrington Baden-Powell | and Walter Stewart, and, although the former was the first canoeist to design a canoe that would sail to windwiward, the Englishmen were beaten by C. Boyer Vaux and Wil- liam Whitlock. Two years later | Walter Stewart came over alone and | was beaten by Reginald S Blake. In 1890 Ford Jones, the champion canoeist of Canada, started his long and unsuccessful campaign to cap- ture the cup. In his first attempt h: was beaten by H. Lansing Quick. {The following year T. E. H. Bar- rington was the winner, and in his last attempt in 1892 Ford Jones was ' beaten by T. S. Oxholm. In 1893 {Paul Butler defeated Charles k. Archbald, another Canadian, It wa‘)l the last race for the trophy until {the present series. The present challenger is the Ga- i nanoque Canoe and Motorboat Club of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. - ORANGEMEN FESTIVAL DEVELOPS INTO IO Bricks and Shillelahs Used on Each Other Are Turned on Inter fering Policemen- ‘.lln;;il) and Field Clab's Wy, 1 ud at Graves which course former ycars m | race (By Asgsoclated Press) Belfast, July 12.—Riot- occurred this morning at the ! celebration of the Orancemen’s July | festival. Many windowws were smashed and a number of civilians injured. The fac- tions of the Nationalists and Union- | When a lar:ze of police charced the rioters | with clubs the factions joined forces {and fought the officers. The ci\'il-‘ faus used sticks and bricks. The fighting las’ed until five o’clock lwhen the crowd dispersed. A few | ere fired, and one arrest wu' Ireland, 15 | inz and police were body made. { hills. | | bandit di1 not get any money. | Man it G TELEGRAM IE 0.0, GONFERENGE WAS PLEASANT AND INGTRUGTIVE MANATEE CARRIES OFF BANNER FOR BEST SUNDAY SCHOOL IN SPIRITED CONTEST About 175 Delegates and Visitors Were Present and All Enjoyed Their Stay in Lakeland The Sunday school conference con- ducted in this city came to a close yesterday afternoon, following the awarding of a beautiful banner to the best all-round Sunday school according to the adopted standard of excellence. The banner was awarded to the Sunday school at 'hluxnaxt"<‘, but it is understood that St. Petersburg, Fort Meade and perhaps some oth- cers were running Manatee a close Fort Meade was only two or points behind the successful race, three school. The conference was voted by all to been a deeided success. There vere about 175 delesates and visitors here from points outsile of the city. Resolutions were adopted express- inz the appreciation ol the visitors for Lakeland's hospitality, also thanking the offi and visiting have ;uu‘m!u.s of the Sunday school team for theis The conterence adopted the same oxan gelected by the conference ag ve Oal, “A standard school ery church.” or W. L. Clifton, withiers Neon outhern Colleen, eflicient services, ViZz,: rofe presilent Wias one the Lo the confer- talks the Impres- of prominent visitors fa his boefore hody made a very favorable slon, Miss on wd -. Kilpatrick completely won the crowds of Sunday school work= ers who giadly heard her every day, and the same may he said of Mr, Way and Mr. White, The closing consecration service was conducted by Mr. J. M. Way, fand the visitors and delegates Kknelt about the altar for the closing | Prayer of consecration to the great Sunday school work, Then while the audience sang, “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” there was a generpl hand-shaking among the throng, and thus passed into his- tory one of the most pleasant and successful gatherings of the Sunday school forces of the Methodist church in Florida. A number of pastors were in at- tendance anq two of the presiding clders were here: Rev. 0. A. Thrower cf the Tampa district and Rev. J. R. Cason of the Bartow dis- trict. (By Associated Press.) Coloreslo Springs, July 12.—A masked band attempted to hold up the night clerk of a hotel at Mani- tou tedlay. e shot and killed the night watehman and escaped to the A posge is in pursuit. The 66-YEAR GYMNAST AT LEIPZIG — Leipzig, Germany, July 12.—Au- gust H Sprinzer, of Seattle, Wash., has arrived here from America to participate in the nternational meeting of the German Turner so- cieties-which bezan today. He took part in a similar contest in this city fifty years a,;o, as a junior. This year he comeg back sixty-gix years young, but a wrestler that many Germans fear. About 90,000 from all parts of the world are attenl- ing the meeting. (By Associated Press.) Waskin~ton, July 12.—Secretary Houston reccived a protest from the ter, Ensland, cotton asco- ciation acainst ths practice of cere n n ginners of mixing arious staples of cotton in the same The sceretary is urced to make representations to the Southe ern exchunges, g them to in- America bales. | form the ginners of the necessity of keeping the st °S separuleA Splendid progress is belng made on the foundation pillars for the new 125-room Tarpon Inn, being erected in Tarpon Springs.