Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 21, 1913, Page 1

JAMES MANAHAN AKELAND E | case untjl after the trial of Leon | der. | agninst the action now. . high officials. | ments are com;ng within two weeks LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1913. FRANK WILL BE [THOUSANDS ARE REDFIRST FOR | SUFFERING IN \ | PHAGANMURDER, ALBANANHILLS GRAND JURY RY DECIDES TO MISSIONARY Y SAYS Popu-g POSTPONE ACTION IN LACE HIDE IN MOUN- | CASE AGAINST NEGRO TAINS FOR SAFETY. — Are Living On Roots, Herps,: Twigs and Are Without Any Shelter New York, July 21.—An Amer- fcan missionary in Albunia, has sent a message to Dr. Henry Otls Dwight. secretary of the American Bible Society, that the Servians are apparently nttempting the exter- mination of the population of the Albania districts. he Servians are patrolling the territory thjis pre- vent:ng the ingress or egress of thousands of refugees in the moun- tains who are without shelter and are eating roots, twigs and bark. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING Atlantic City, N. J.. July The exccutive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor is holding a meeting here today at the Strani hotel. President Gompers presides over the ecssions. While it is un- | derstood that the Erdman act and | the Mulhall confession will be dis- cussed, no statement will be issued until aftey the sessions. 1.con Frank Will Have To Stand Trial Before Action Is Taken Against Conley. | (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Ga., July 21.—The grand jury today decided to post- pone action in the case of Jim Con- ley, a negro charged with complica- tion in the Mary Phagan murder Frank, who is nccused of the mur- Solicitor Dorsey protested CRISIS IN MEXICO IS APPROACHING (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 21.-—Alarming reports that a crisis in Mexico is approaching were reccived here by The reports statod] that develop- gl— authoritively today , fraught with tremendous impor- | tance to the Huert: government. (By Associated Press) Washington, July 21.—President Wilson has asked Congress to de- | clde whether Admiral Robert Peary | may accept a decoration as grand ' officer of the Legion of Honor which France wishes to confer. A naval officer can not accept a decoration from a foreign natlon without per- mission of Congress. The Pol;sx;fol;'r;u\‘:y yér(l, which was closed several years ago by or- der of the Taft administration is to One thousand maries will be quarter- ea there. They will be brought from Philadelphia and Brooklyn. Florida & Georgia Land Co. Will | paca, Wis,, | | ‘ he reopened and made a marine base. | | Develop Fine Tract of goo Acres Having disposed of the major part [a $15,000 brick school house and 1, r G ed today ¥i thoueand : Fargo Co. » plice say he ' BUildlr, m a chest at \ 3 ) i ! D c Lannis & el ¢ Fl ) : James Manahan, congressman-at- — early $7,000. | large from Minnesota, {8 a Republlo- | was found | an, and nev;r before held a public of- | . rage. The | fice. He rdsides in Minneapolls, is | ——— ‘.confcsseli to | forty-seven plears old and married | fourteen thou- - NAAAAAAAAAAN Frank M. Cooper, of Punta Gor- da, has been a visitor to Whkshing- ton for the past few days. - \ e AGPHALT NOW BEIG gh! York ‘July I gt LD 10 STRETS Hudson river and ter pouting i resh oo bo'tom | Work of Putting éng Down the Top, B "“lmc‘)‘m‘ Dressing of This Material We : Was Begun Today. very low be- es of Today the work of putting down' [ the asphalt on the streets which are to be paved with that material was begun, the initial work being done on Nortk Florida avenue. Th;js s:and work will now proceed rapidly, and ! (By in a short time all the streets to be an thus treated will be covered with cyou poli this material. ‘ Mr. J. N. Hazlehurst, the city's B break into the | able engineer. states that every pre- of St. Matthew's | caution has been tiken to get t s asphalt coating pre red in exact. the correct proporti 80 that thi city will be assu of the most durable and sat factory work. Ex- pert chemlsts ave been engaged to supervise thg” mixing and nothing has been lgft undone that would tend to produce the best results. Owing fo the fact that the mix- ture {8 bfing put down at the very hottest fme of the year, it is nec- cssary fo make it of a consistency YO ORI pew pastor, Dr. R. | g vin 'fi 1 | suitabl¢ to such weather. otherwise bl '*hf”. eird ‘“01 in lower temperature it would be- . o 3 ; d, brittle and subject to Ch'lm;a'“ tastefully dec- har . Owing to this necessity, palmi:, and cut g to the uninitiated to be D the o irst the imprint of a short 1yinz a rf ecls of vehicles nd free from indentations, and giv. These. however, will “iron out,” ing a strect which:will be in prime condit at all seasans of the yo:r. smooth NOVEL PLAN TO Rg DUCE HIGH COST OF LIVING le ¢ m h Brooklyn. I'C Al BE oo E 93 ASTORATE OF THE WPTST G Gl'du nmtu and e\onmg ~ehurch was filled | | ations who gathered | in tWie wos in the ‘H that the y W zood ter'ges Lake- s scegrded him entir ade ion confortably ist Pagtoritm. of thd Baptist Washinzton, July attempt to reduce the high cost of | living by eliminating the middle- men in meats and green groceries through direct dealings with farm- ers, Is to be tried here by a con- | eern in which several office holders under the Taft administration are 1ufl‘h jals. Plans for the movement have been under way for some time but actual operation began oniy to- day. About 1,000 local housewives, mi:ny of the women of standing in | social circles, are associated with the | movement in a co-operative and ad- visory capacity. A preliminary survey of market | conditions in Washington has been | |made. and the published statist{es | | seem to plice the responsibility fi the soaring prices upon the middlef| Tebulation of prices taken In | 21.—~A novel ; man. Cfle ‘E IGAVIN all corners of the capitol allege prof- - : - - its ranging from 100 to 33 per cent. | 10\ all denomina- These admittedly are offset by waste NTIC Telesram wel- | and business costs. ! The new movement proposes to{ | zather provisions from the country- | side witl a fleet of motor trucks and | | deliver them to the kitchen doors In | of the South'sseai:1 boxes upon order given thcf d besides boing Jay before. The leaders of the gpeaker 1s also | movement gay they will pay the | combination re- farmer 20 p.r cent more than hel church a mln—, now gets and sell directly to con- bt man in the|sumers for 40 per cent less than they now pay. family and frels' will, prove a e city's church | dale has 1 of its subdivision holdings in and|$20,000 worth of hard rock roads near Lakeland, the Florida and|this year. It already has 600 peo- )Georgia Land Co. has purchased a|ple witLin las corporate limita and 980-acre trac* of what is regarded as | 1,200 getting mall there, and the particularly choice land for residen- | opening of Auburndale Lakeside tial, grove and truck farming pur- l Park will give the city an opportun- poses adjoining the city limias of [ ity to double its population Auring Auburndale on the west and touch-|the next year. Heretofore practical- ing on the shores of Lakes Ariana, ' ly all the clLoice residence property Lena and Whisler, close to the center of the city has This tract, which Is being sub-!been taken up. divided by the local surveying firm! Winona Park, of Brush & Selsmeyer into five and | of Lake Arviana. is regarded os one ten-acre tracts, has something more | of prettiest lakesida subdi- than a mile of excellent lake front- | visions in the county and the l~‘lnr-| s on both sides of the and Georgia Land Co. prn]m::nJ tuburrdsle road which is|to make Lakeside Park | led and surfoced wjith coually ataraetive through the im- Bartow rock, a part of the \\ provements preliminary to sale | eral road building prosram asrced! 1 throuzh a careful of | the board of county com- bLuyers certain restrietions hich will insure the right kind of | izens and artistic style of on the north shore the e and 11 Lakelauld soon to be gro Auburndale made scleetion upon by and The lake frontage his been cut into lots of fiv [t with of 1 with title runni to and includ re line \ all sher: rights. The Florida a Land Co. is openin boulevard along the sl Ariana, which boulevard will become part of what is known as Lakeside Drive, already opened, clayed and in use alonz the north | and east shores of this lake, which has an area of 900 acres and is one | of the most beautiful in Polk county, | In addition to ahis lake shore boulevard, the Florlda and Georgia Land Co. is clearing seven miles of. road throuth the tract and has a large crew of men in charge of D. | is justly famous for its lakes and its McCraney, of Lakeland, enganed in' groves, and is rapidly becoming clearing the entire tract of all pal. | known as a trucking center. With metto, underbrush, small second oak | the completion of the Lakeland.Au- growth, dead and down and dead ’ burndale highway. which {s part of standing timber, and In parking the | the Tampa.to-Jacksonville auto lands which this company belleves | road, it will be but a few minutes will be one of the most attractive | ride by auto from Lakeland. : subdivisicns ever put on the mar- Within thirty days Auburndale ket. Lakeslde park will have telephone Auburndale L1kPSIde park is the and free rural delivery service. as name given to t his new sub-division | well as daily delivery service by the and its onening is being greeted Auburnd:le merchants and thrice with practical enthusiasm by the | weekly free ice delivery. people o* Auburndale since it opens | The Florida and Georgia Land for settlemena and dovelopment a | fo has placed in chrrge of the saleg ' of land, lving close to | of Auburrdzie Lakeside Park Messrs, up to this time, ! Earl C. May, whose offic vill be in rizet by the desire of | the State Tank of Avburrdale bufld- In bulk. Auburn. ! C. Willey, who will 900 worth of con- quaiters with the 0 worth of hard rzia Jaid Co. in the threa new brick . Lakelanl but who tusiness blocks me two dozen | 1 rv‘:fli'le‘“nLIpA«l his time | dwellinrs derin~ the pact year and | tonrin~ the vorth in the interest of | {s making preparations to bond for | mf.: new enterpriee. | property an ilding Auhurndale Lakeside Park is but a | a half from the Atlantic Line station at Auburndale; t eizht milez from Lakeland; for- | wo from T mpa and about 200 outh of Jacksonville. The members of the Florida and Georzia Land | C'o. during their seven years’' resi- dence in Lakeland have been signal- ly successful in real estata enter- priges, the latest and in some re- spects their most striking success in local subdivisions belng Orange Park on the south shore of Lake | Morton. Auburndal, {8 one of the pret- tiest little cities in Polk county and approximately by 1 ch, a shore line and Const Georgi foot Lake choice piece to the ¢ I"ept of the owner " to ¢ A Florida ¢ e Is to «per crete walks, §2 clay roads, Munp bui'e | L experiment | the explanation of their findings MRS. EDWARD E. BROWNE o= - as . Mrs. kdward lkverts browne, wife of the new congressmian from Wau- takes an active part in so- ciety affairs in Washington. She has four children FARMERS GLUB HAD INTERESTING MEETING| Met Saturday at the Home of Mr. Maharg, Large Number Present, — The Lakeland Farmers' Club met Siturday at the residence of Mr. A. S. Meharg on South Floriia ave- nue with a good attendance. The meeting came to order by the fol. lowing address by President Coni- bear: “Ladies and Gentlemen and Mem- bers of the Lakeland Farmers' Club: I wish to thank you for the honor you have bestowed upon me in elect- ing me to be your president. But I assume the Auties with some mis- givings as to the wisdom of your choice. But will do my best to pre- side with fairness and for the best interest of the club. for I feel that this club has a great work to do in the future by bringing its mem- | bers more closely in touch with the extension work of the experiment station at Gairesville. “You are all aware of he that the general government expending large awmounts ol money to maintain an for the agriculturists of (he State. They hav, Led many things by actaal u' der standard which go far toward making periect knowledge, which it is yery ncec sary to Jisseminate amony the ple. Through the ular meet- ings of such an organizaion this is one of the ways of doing go is by the circulation of their letins and the dizscussion of them and d fact heen station there re: a8 as bes deductions by some of their ers. One of the popular methods throaghout the northwest is the holding of farmers’ institutes at Wi lgaiy i . | which gome of the university teach- ers deliver lectures on different sub. jects according to a previously ar- ranged program, which has widely advertised some time previous to the meetings. In all it has been found to be able to arouse more in- terest and draw a larger number of | farmers together to have in connec- tion with it something of an ex- hibi‘ion of farm products with the awarding of prizes. “Prof. Spencer has written me a letter on this subject which will be presented to you for your considera- tion and action later.” Letters were read from Prof. A. P. Spencer, of Gainesville, in refer. ence ,to planning a two or three days’ farmers’ institute meeting here some time in January, and there was o committee appointed to look after this, and take the mat. | er up with the Board of Trade. Mr. B. L. Hamner. of Tampa, was present to explain the plan of | orzanization of the Florida Growers' and Shippers’ Learue. After whieh a very sumptuous repast was partaken of. N i being called to ordar after the discussior was on the manazement of citrus groves. Meeting adjourned. F. J. JULIAN, Secretary? linner fall has | experiment | henefit of the | rules peo- |1 bul- | been | NING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE | [EAM2 Gr PEACE ;AEHEEI] 10 BY THE: BULGARIANS 'WILL CEASE HOSTILITIES | AT ONCE IF SERVIA AND GREECE WILL. Bulgarians Agree To Conditions Made By Roumania, Servia and Greece (By Associated Press) London, July 21.—The new Bul. garian cabinet under WM. Radosl- avoff formally notified the European powers today of their readiness to order a cessation of hostilities im- mediately if the powers can induce Greece and Servia to take a s;milar course. Accepts Conditions (B, Assoclated Press. ) Buchhrest, July 21.—It has been officially confirmed here that Bul. garin has accepted the conditions imposed by Romania and has also agreed to terms with Servia and Greece. EXAMINATIONS FOR RAILWAY VALUATION Washington, July 21.—The first examinations for mep to help the in- terstate commerce commission in its stupendous work of putting a physi- cal wlue on the railroads of the i country, are being held in all the | States and in the Territories of Ha- | wali and Porto Rico today. So great is the interest among those seeking employment that over 25.000 in. quiries have been received b ythe commerce commission regarding the examinations. Not only will a large force be re- quired to complete the Initial work of appraising the valuation of all of the railroasds of the country, but af. ter the final figures are obtainea it Is probable that a considerable num- ber will be required to keep the in- formation up to date. Thus it will be seen that the work about to be undertaken will be permanent for a great number of employes under the civil service. These who are ap- pointed when the work starts and | make good naturally will have the | best chance for advancement. As long a task it will he. Thesalaries range from $1,000 to $4,500, PR DEON SURISLE 0T " RO RS From the effects of a fall on the tairs of the Sunnyside ilotel, last d \ verdict to d the rinoon while nisht, at I in a state of intoxication Wim. Ahearn, a plumber. di an this morning, early hour cor- jury rend a this to Tax been for sometinie. hospital of that city Ahearn had been drinking more or less last weck, but had, through the kindness of friends sobered up pretty well yesterday. Last night, however, he visited a companion at Sunnyside. and it seems consider- able liquor was disposed of. In com- ing down the stairs Ahearn stumb- led and fell. It was not thought he was seriously hurt, but as he soon showed that he breathed with great difficulty and developed other alarming symptoms, Dr. Groover was called and did wha he could to relleve him. Death ensued about 3:30 this morning. There were no visible injuries that would likely cause death. which was probably due to internal hurts. | From papers In his possession it was learned that the deceased fore | merly resided at Kingsville. Nueces county, Tex:s. He was a member in good standing of the Odd Fel- lows at that pl aceandnf Plumbers’ Union. Joth these organizations promptly wired funds, the former $30 and the latter $100. | Ahearn was aged about 40 years, and was well liked by his asso. ciates. He was employed by the Model II:rdware Co., and had beea | working on the Kibler hotel bulld- [ing. He seems to have had no se- ’rxous fanlt except the one which was the indirect cause of his death, has an invalig in a hearn's wile