Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 23, 1913, Page 1

EALOSES £ N HEAD il ! W si Atlanta, Gy . ould-he WAS IT A CASE 0F 100 | ‘.Lucu MOTHER-IN-LAW? | Brewer of ), 1s city wife mply the uni mare hallucing » Sept, 28 [g A. L. a brute and a murderer, or {g he( liappy 'm“ 0 of night- 1 question g J.mm ‘Hul jury I\ll ll'lll\%e fl;‘ | to thresh o i, Tollowiy o ;-, »l-‘.\[‘ of U‘ | Brewer on cop L of ife | She says th: i sy TIGGINS INSTANTLY ., )" ‘ . 1£D WHEN PASSENGER AND | 14 iy dovy | s pil..T MET ON MAIN LINg |50 ™ ‘ e 5 | : t lu her (v No. 83 and Extra Freight | . s iR . Inte Lacu Cther While , to find L # says U hustand beng- Cu;ng i High Speed Ing over her, with his knee on her IH 1688, and his fincors tichtly B onen ek s :\t-' clutched around her throat, With L s years | superhuman strength, according to v]l‘l story, she tore hersolf free from this morning at 2 o'clock | iord, near DeLand Junction, h passenger train No. 83 in ¢ of ’nzineer Bryan Higgins '1:'”.:‘11( extra 996, in charge of iver Munn Norwood, met in a k.o collision while going at the bout forty miles an hour, ins was instantly killed | the colcred firemen are both se- | injured, and one will prob- u; Ingineer Norwood saw the ITed | th b enor bearing down on him, imnodiately applied his brakes jomnsed, with the result that he rot hurt. ‘No passengers are r'-‘! injured. i mwer train had orders to | at ! cland Junetion until 1:45 the freizht, and at 1:46, the not having reached there, | er had the right of way ! out. Just about fifty |, south of Beresford, on a curve, vo traing went together, ard a of twisted scrap iron is about here is of the two engines to tell ale, the locomotives beinz driv- en (ot deep into each other. of the cars left the track, and de of a severe shaking up the nrers were unhurt. ginecr Higgins was found lying e the driving wheel, where he bern instantly killed. A physi- examined him and found only bruised place on his body, a wound in the head. The shock putleg lier airs. Brewer s e world ¢ een i law, i { he had no idea of hurting her | declares further that the .dh.r h magnified D and fled sereaming {nto an- other room. lie hasn't a thing in ust his wife, and that e as by his mother-in- LRELAD M WONDERRL BRDERES Sceretary Holworthy Comments on What Two Citizens Have to Say of the City Secretary Holworthy of the Board f Trade had morning when seen by representative, and when was the matter fire in his eye this a Telegram usked what said: ‘I was talking to two men yesterday and ove said: ‘ ‘Lakeland is putting on too many er Only yet a village, idoes not need for years to come. man, with a small she is aping cities and towns in the manner of public improvements which she A piece of unim proved property is hardly able to pay taxes on it as these public improve- d from the terrific impact of [ments continue, and will soon be two d concussion of the brain, killed him {nstantly. Mr. irs was a son of Superintendent trains is thought to have | forced to sell.” “The other said: becoming the best town in the State ‘Lakeland is fast Hizzins, and although only 23 by reasou of the public improvements of ave, was one of the best en- 's on the road. He leaves a and an infant child only two ree weeks old, the family re- R 2t Sanford. forning a train was made up iford and went up to the scene ¢ wreck, where mail and pas: § vere transferred, the belated raching here at 11 o'clock to- fiohonrs and fifty minutes late. fetor Chas. Barton was in the passenger train and ttor Hintto, the freight. Neith- [ 1 st b of tax never such doing.” “The first gtatement w a man who is now ment she can make. them the better. itself for vill not ameunt to much, aund | have Lieard of a improsements go broke thousand dol'ars she is making and the progressive spirit of her citizenship. These pub- lic improvements are the best invest: The more of A city afraid to public impro.ements fé 50 taxing in cily as male by r soveral his in improvitg 1 yroperty, which has been a veritalle e nest-ezs’ to him 1 0Lie: 10 ~:\_— ducing proocsition. The sccond ! MUST REORGANIZE ctatement was made by nan wlo, e thoueh a non-resident, has known * . 1., Sept. 23.—The Lakeland since her infacy. * of New Jersey, having “Lakelad is fertunate in that she f lled more than the re- h few men of the type first - )°r cent of the vote for mentioned. horeby making them a ["ieal party, are today se- I te committee at the pri- "“ <2me as the Republicars ")ts. This means a com- | N vhich for years has been ' e most important po- | Posts being filled with | en of the party. [ 1.a) PP 4374 sBiamsed | is FOOTBALL RULES | s Sant . e intercollogiate foot- ! . I ittee 23.—The annna! ' ¢ takes o1 Manhattan toni nf place ht the Chances be disenssed, inz geason. ieh there n 3 to their mea *ible be given d The coce orly all 201" will a.rend et TATIONAL MEETIN t. 22.—The Farm- Conerees began its an- herz today, with an attedance of dele- at f2ress looks out for ap Y% and delegates are ipa " EOVernors of State. are Mization of their State| . vil as very now 1 rot! Tves undesir ely loeat lace, rt of a few { ‘We 20, If it were so, surely Le in the rersion which tolay | vigorously deny, T 1 in a cit Lakeland interests of the farm- of anv lirgering M for the and grow.' » v.e would vil'aze class, an as uld most not not it de:fal wer a ‘oaod cld | mack. "‘ o h é v".‘ § { .‘;“ . L?“ \¥ \—“——“ O IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE LEST ‘~~-Q~N~*_—-fi—_-—- TIONTY, VAT W e . Yy LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPT, 23, 1913, e ———— S —————— T T Il i LOSE 00T AGAIN THAN'S FIGH Uf HUM bAN TODAY i a cell at police healquarters. HEY HELD THAT SULZER WAS A THE MAIN PART OF THE PRO- CANTIDATE WHEN KE MIS- USED FUNDS CEEDINGS DEPEND ON THE INTERPRETATION 0F LAW Court Ruled That a Candidate's Ac- In Several Instances No Precedents tions Were Inseparable From Those of Officeholder (By Assoctated Press,) WU Y Bobt s 8 8] day the last of their legal ammuni- tion in a final effort to prevent the story of the alleged misuse of cam- paizn funds from being told from the witness stand. A motion was presented to strike out three of the impeachment articles; these three deal with alleced misstatements re- tardine funds, and their allezed mis- use in Wall Strect speculations. The defense lawyers argued that these olfences a t impezchablo as it is alleged they were committed before Sulzer too) The presecution SWored t acts of a candidate th Loare almost insepa- riatite 1rom those in ofiice The conrt’s decision will elear the deck for 1 tual herinning of the teial By sociated Press)) Albany, Sent. 285 Sulzer's coun sel announced at the outset of toilay's seselon of the impeachment conrt that Governor wonld cease heneeforth to exercise the functions of the utive until the termina- tion of the trial Sulzer N« TENNTSSEE GOVIIRNOR RE PENTS AND JOINS CHURCH Memphis, Sept. 22.—Former Gov- ernor M. R. Patterson, in a signed statement made publie, declared he attorneys brought forward to- | diang is 7 would henceforth fight for nrohil)i-1 tion laws and for the strict enforce- nment of Tennessee's four-mile liquor law. Patterson was elected governor of Tennessee on a “‘wet” platform over Fdward W. Carmack. pardoned Duncan B, Cooper, after he had been sentenced to twenty years' impriconment for the killing of Car- The former statement eald he had lived an evil life, but that he had “experienced an entire change of heart” and would devote himself henceforth to leading the life of a Christian. lle became a member of the Pre ter- i church in Memphis a few days w0 UERGHT KILLED Bl 4 ROJ3H Latter Was Travc]ing‘ Salesman Who Robbed IMerchants in Scveral Citics (Ny Acgociated Prees.) Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23.— The body of Joseph Schlunsky, a merchant, wag found in the room of a local hotel here today. The room had 1een ocerpied by a man rezister- s W. R. Anderson, of Louis r. 1le had lieen shot throuch ind a rone was around his gaving %. The claver left a note tesd to rob Sehlan nd v ¥ The mvrilercr is 1 e leen a t 159 tord y tot \ 1 1 ) Ir t $x ) . ‘ 1 = ‘ 1 n o s Giata 3 3 the on t th 1| rd he montk Have Been Established ; Diffi- cult to Fortell Outcome (By Associated Press.) Concord, Sept. 23.—llarry K. Thaw's fight for freedom hegan to- day, is the outlook. T'he all-impor- tant extradition proceedings rest on the interpretation of points of law for which few precedents can Dbe found. Counsel for both sides are here fn force and maintain a conti- attitude. Many disinterested lawyers hold that the case will go from Governor Felker to the federal courts for final decision dent TFINAL DRAW INGS FOR INDIAN LANDS Gilasgow s Monte | suptl (285 =iiie final drawings for lands in the In- dian - preservation in Sheridan and Valley counties is under way here today. It is estimatad by experts that when this land 15 cultivated by the white settlers it will add about 20,000,000 more bushels of grain to the nation's annual production, Flax this year is running from 18 to 26 wheat from 20 to 25 buoshels per acre ad oats from 60 to 85 bushels per acre,. The total of reservation s The land alotted to the In hushels per acre, acreage settlement that is thus opened for covers 1,345,000 acres. NEW YORK REPUBLICANS MEET Sept. 23 -‘The Re- York, I publican State committee meets here Later he | tonight in Carnegie hall to select candidates for two court of appeals judgeships and attend to other busi- ness., Schurman, former minister ! Greece, will be selected as chairman sovernor's | however, of the convention. Willlam Barnes, is the dominating figure in the convention. He will direct an attack aczaingt the Progreseives and recommend the adoption of a plat- form denouncing Col. Roosevelt for his ‘unremitting attacks on the ju- dicfary and the character of the judzes themselves. ™ SEVERRL THOUSAND MINERS ON STRIEE Are Fightine for Recognition of the Union; Operators Will Not Compromise (Ry Associate Press.) Trinidad, Col,, Sent, 23.—S thonusand miners of the gonthern coa! fields today entered upon a strilie which he of everal as its chief purpose recoq- rator thit The Unit the stand nition nninm have taken a positive d with the 2,068, | The land | I under his son's name. | torney Whitman has desiznated two | alienists to In all probability Jacob Gould ! to i of hanging Leo Frank for the mur- | i her life and not disgrace her mother zette ILOI‘IDA GIRL ATIE SUICIL L lu ALS .AM; e l Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 2.. ‘ Jessie Smith of Jasper, Florida, the pretty 20-year-old white girl was convicted in the recordes’s | court Friday afternoon of a very | sordid crime and sentenced to who ! 8iX | mouth's imprisonment in addition | to a fine of $100 and couts, attow,it- ed to end her life next wormng in willowed tvo bichloride o mercur) tablets and within ten minotes was unconscious. She was rushed to the | St Margaret s hospital, where it wa reported she is in a dan: crous con dition. Jessie Smith, whose ri:hit name is said to be Marie Ilass er, | wife of II. \W. Ilassner, of .l.1:~;n-1'.| was arrested carly Monday morning | fn her room at a local hotel, :ll‘tl'l'{ charges of a very bad nature had been made against her by sv\'urnlw young white men. Her husband nr- | rived in Montzomery and when he | visited his wife at headquarters Iw} told her that he conld do nothing for her, as ha had no money. lear- | inz this from her husband's lips, she told him that she was going to end | and father. SCHMDTS FTHER 10 GONE TO 0, Hopes to Find That Schmidt Is Mas: querading Under His Son's Nane ated Press.) 24 The will (Ry Ass New York, Sept., father of Hans Schmidt from Germany, according to patehes here, in an effort to learn whether the confesseid murderer con- tined here is really the man he elaims The father still hopes, it sidd, that the slayer is masquerading District at- azed come dis- to bhe, is examine the |.|-nlml»ly tomorrow . prisoner, NO PROSPECT OF HANGING FRANK TILL NEXT YEAR Atlanta, Sept. 22.—In conformity with the statements ventured at the time by the papers that there has never been the slightest possibility der of Mary Phagan on the date orig- inally set for the execution, it is an- nounced today that the motion for a new trial will not be heard in the lower court until December, ead that in the meantime, there will be a respite to carry the time of execu- tion over into next year. An inter esting complication is the fact that the orizinal motio will not be heard by Judge .. S. Roan, who presided at the trial, but by Judge I1ill, who steps down from the State court of appeals to the superior court hench under an appointment from Govern- or Slaton. SOME D’ORE S‘TGGFSTIONS FOR CITY COMMISSIONERS Edltor Evening Telezram: In last evening's Telegram a citizen suzcest- ed the names of several gentlemen | who wonld make good commissioners in the event the commission govern- ment carrieg and the idea i3 a pood one and one that should be followed by naming a number of citizens who wonld be good material to select from I therefore sugzeest the fol- lowineo ‘.'»'urvl 1, R. 0. Cresap or C. M, Weeks, Ward 2, J. W, Seal-- ly and J. \‘.'. PDryant. \Ward 3, br . Smith or J. L. Skinner Ward 4, J. D. O'llearn or M. (i, AN mmiccioner at larve, ivlre Let each of thoee who are sn's ect. ! ] t whether or not they ted and let's ha [ ot to ¢ (Ry As ) v ] ¢ ( ditic 8 Very f 1 ttate of en rar ity abm teday. Roddenberry radually weak- | acre tract ot ! vas bonsht ner | ~Daytona Ca- | 2,070 fu. it News i | PRESIDENT F‘“Nl'_pn wy - ‘o, e ey S g gl I\ ? i ‘4 8 1"" b ‘g, RTPORT co: I-S LA YROM TUAT LE IS SULTERING VITIL PTONAINLG PUISONING HIGH- DS AN Judge Ilay Never Live to Tace Proe poscd Linpcachment Pioceed- ings Aainst him By Associate 1o Highlands, N. ., Sept. U, S, District Judze Kmory Speer is criti- cally ill or ptomaine poisoning here. He came here several days a o to recuperate from a general break- down. ! THE PRESIDENT GRELIS MIANI BOY SCOUTS In a telesvam which was read to !the local Boy Scout or:anization last night by Scoutmaster Comls, I'resi- dent Woorlrow Wilson areet- ings to the Boy Scouts on their re- turn to s The telecram read Seilt houl as follows: “White Ilonse, Washinaton, D, C. “My warmest grectines to you boys on your return to school. May the year bring yon every cood thing and strenzthen you in all the ideals ol your service. It is a pleasure to me to be your chief, hecause 1 know that good citizens withont number will come out of your ranks to coun- sel and serve the country we love. “WOODROW WILSON." President Wilson is the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of Amer- fca, and this year he sent mo wes to the troops in the United States, and his message was received last night with much enthusiasm among the Miami Scouts. - Miami Metrop- olis. UNION MISSIONARY MEETING \ On Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock the ladies of the missionary societies of the Christian and the Iipiscopal churches will entertain the ladies of the missionary socicties of the other churches of the city and any ladies in the city who are in- terested in mission work. The fol- lowing is the program that is to be given: Hymn No. 250. Scripture Reading. Prayers. Piano Solo--Valse Chromatique (Godard) . ...Mrs, W. A. Melton Select Reading. . Mrs. J. R. Duggan The Orphanace at Arcadia and What Is leing Done There ..Mrs. II. C. Stevens BlBCtatl o s vhae e Aiieie e ..‘\Irs. 0. T. Cason RO V. \\'atson I((-( If.ll]un PPap .Miss Winnie Davis Roach 8 In Moxieo .vvvoies ce+vevenen.o Mrs. J, C. Brown Hymn No. 249, A Short History of the Church Home and Hospital in Orlando and What I8 DBeing Aciom- plished There. .Mrs. Donald Adair Seleet Reading. . .. so L PR IR Anderson Vocal Solo—Selected. ......... ............ Mra, Rolt. McLean Recitation—The Joy of Giving ceevene W Mrss G T Flemming Hymn No. 261, Praver. \ complete { the cur- tod by nd Drig- nking coms nate the tem and nt irsue to erefal pa- e commits ill be three | is recady Parkershure , Sent. 23, -Vast erowds today at the open of the West Virsinian fair, havinz been attract-d by the ane- nouncement that Preeident Wilson would push the button starting the festivities in motion