Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 26, 1913, Page 1

B ASKEL WITNESs 10 AR FALS jpT. PECK TESTIFIED SULZER | oLD HIM TO DTNY HE MADE CONTRIBUTION timony, Startling in the Extreme, Marked Today’s Hearing in Fapnous Case (By Associated Press.) Albany, Sept. 26,—Duncan W. k, State superintendent of pub- works, testified before the Sul- | trial this afternoon that Sul- | kb had asked him go deny under th that he made a $500 contribu- b to the Sulzer fund. Henry L. preanthau also testified that Sul- asked him to be “easy with him” | called to the stand. (By Assoclate i'ress.) Albany, Sept. 26.-—Two most im- rant witnesses in the Sulzer im- dment trial who drew large | wis to today's sessron were Lonis cy and Frederick L. (ole- paicn secretary and st of the contributions. Colemell krown as Sulzer's “Wall Street pmy. ! The abandonment last it of efforts to pass further im- ahment articles pleased Sulzer's ends. vho insisted today that the ou for this action was because t onoush voteg could be mustered. EER UROPEAN NEWS AND VIEWS m, Sept. 26.—Within vo weeks London will zreater part of its visitors, for the homeward rush Americans is in its height now. | of 110 steamers leaving for New rk are taxed to their capacity and is said that business men in a hur- to eet home are offering all kinds prices for accommodations. The siness rush is really succeeding e theatrical rush, and then will e the rush of social leaders who | e anxious to get home for the! : show and other important | fits. Many Americans who make ir home in England are also tak- short visits to their native res cither for bustness or pleas- the have Amer- Paric has prepared for King istantine of Greece a reception of | ly cold civility on his visit to ance, pise that he has been showering the German army. Every possi- F Drecaution has peen taken to 0id a repetition of the hisses and | hostile manifestations with | bich the Parisian street yourhs in j i) oreeted the late Alfanso XIT, f0 arrived in Berlin after atund- F the (lerman autumn manocuvres, rinz which he was created an hon- 'Y c'onel of Lancers of the Prus-' 1 Ciird Corps, hut King Con- tine will have nothinz pleasant feral! in future in connaction With Fresch visit. tis not generally known that the 2l1rs of two Danish cabinet ¢ are in domestic service in They are Miss Gerda Pe- “ehter of the Danish min- rienlture, and Miss Keiser 17hter of the minister of They have come to Lon- ™ the English languaze customs and manners ally enlarge their minds n their outlook. Mr. isited London recently re called on his dauch- Ince where she was em- "ter he explained who che s mistress allowed her tn accompany her father sizhts of London. Feler + he was ndnr "d in an interi " o courage and indenend- it his daughter Me-laved ting the wor'd in ' "ty for one nf “er ‘ivth nts. Both «ir's “ave 'y refused to look upon § 2s notabilities and have !0 give newspaper inter- or un- —— ® numpkin vine growing in g o " Of W. T. Walker in Or- % “orne 126 pumpkine in ™0 sears it has been planted. e urecky was formerly Sulzer's handled because of the unstinted DARROW TO LECTURE 1 Minneapolis, ) i \Iinn Sept, 28 o arence §, Darrow, the noted law- yer, Will make hig flist public ad- dress in thig city next Sunday, since lua return llfrom the Pacific coast he has been en ag ‘nom fcr his freedom onéth:dch‘:rg: of bribery in connection wit the | tridl of the McNamaras, He will | ‘ p ak on “Modern Industrial COlldl-‘ ‘tmns..' and the labor unions have prepared a great welcome for their | | champion, | ‘ TO FILE HIGHER RATE New York, Sept. 26.—The Balti- jmore and Ohio Railroad Co. is com- ,pletm" new tariffs for an advance of approximately 5 per cent in freight rates between New York and »(]n('a"o which will be filed soon :Wllh the interstate commerce com- mission. It is explained that the new tariffs will not affect the ¢ 'n's' ‘of the question beyond the fact that {the commission will then have l- fore it the actual rates which the ‘oastern roads desire to put in farce. NEIRLY 2000 PERSON WIINESSEI] BALL GAME Lakeland Lost to Bartow by Score | of 2 to 0, But It Was a Good Game Nevertheless ; Before a crowd estimated to num ber between 1,700 and 2,000 people, | Lakeland and Bartow yesterday | nlayed the fastest game of hal] ever | witnessed on the local diamond and, although Lakeland proved a loser, {the score being 2 to 0 in Bartow's favor, everybody went nome in hich zood wing that both sides plaved splendid ball, Wallace was in the box for Laks land and piteched a beautiful game, In third inning Take unfortunate error which allowed Bartow to get two men on The next ny knocked a two bacger and Jartow to run in the two ecores, a' ter which neither side scorel and Lakeland went down to defeat not | without o considerable amunt of | :glory, however, for tne boys ulaved |fine ball and everybody who wit- Inessed the game are confldent they {will prove winners when the ruhhvr, is played, which the two teams con- humor, he the land made an bases. man a'lowed template playing in Bartow p-xt | (Thursday. The following was th ' score: RHE| l’hrtow... 002000000—2 4 | lnakednd 000000000—0 5 2, Summary—Base on balls, off Coa- 'goy 3, off Wallace 1; struck out, by Coasey 11, by Wallace 8. | patteries — Coasey and Davis, | Wallace and Lawler. P. Walton Rast, tax collector of | Daval county, was suddcnly strick-| en i1l a few days ago, at 'irecn Cove | Springs. A physician was called ‘from Jacksonville and | was taken to his home in that city. FIST WAL TRAI | committee Mr. Rast 1;mmph]r*t shows that REST LA'LL LAND, FLORIDA, TCWN IN THE IRIDAY, SEPT. 26. 1913. D ——— REST PART OF THE ORBEAS HELOUP BIBBILLE ALA. POSSE SEARCHING FOR THIEVES MISTOOK DEPUTY FOR ROB- | BER AND KILLED HIM | Robbers Cut Engine Loose, Dynamit- | ed Express Safe and Got Away With Their Booty (By Associated Press.) Birmingham, Sept. 26.—Posses of deputies from this and adjoining counties are searching today for rob- bers who last night held up the Queen and Crescent passenger train near Bibbville, Ala., shortly after midnight. James Bonner, a deputy from Birmingham, killed near Cottondale at 7 this morning by a Montgomery deputy | who mistook him for a robber. Two robbers forced the engineer to cut | off the two express cars. So\vruli {shots were fired into the mail and | | |express doors and the eserks were | frichtened out After it was «Iu-“ Itached the scction was run a short ;«ii.~|.nvw and two charges of were exploded in eracking fin express car safe. The amount of the hooty obtained is unknown. dyna mite (By Ascociate Press Meridian, Miss., Sept. 20 The engine of an Alabama Great South- ern train that was held up carly to- as found near Englewood, ! Al this morning. The rohbers evidently rode a short distance after ! the robbery, then set it running wild wid it stopped when steam was ex- | hausted i TLLY WO I DIES OF WORR ! of heart failure here today. sherifli\\'hivh cost six lives. was shot and|years old. FIOR CF wmn% (Ry Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 26.--Senator | Tillman today went to the White |t House to protest against the nomi- | I nation of Frank Weston for United ! attorney in South said that Weston states distriet (‘arolina It is the ‘nlminMr:lLion. Tillman recom | mended J. A. Thurmond. BANKERS TO AID AGRICULTURE (‘hicago, Sept. 26.-—The annual convention of the Tllinois Bankers' Association, which began here today, will take up the subject of agricul- | tural development, making the dairy a topic of special Interest. A pam- phlet has been issued by the associa entitled ““$50,000,000 in Our ' getting forth a report of the on agriculture. This the average | farm income from dairy products in 11linois is only $125 per year com paring with $143 in Towa, $187 in $204 in Wisconsin, and | tion Reach,’ ! Minnegota the average number of cows to the |of appeals. In {committee WHESTL“B MATCH The wrestling match held at the t nicht between Prof Mann of this Auditorium lag Grundahl and C. A. city was won by Grundahl., He se '\l"l\l the first fall in ten minutes 1 N n T ( T to the t t t I | ; Y‘ ‘ ol al Prof 13 C | 1 Minr . He has ace ‘v~ 2 antae and it +oh il ‘he held ;‘f":‘ at l!! Ayditorinm theater on next month. for the middle- | l-: of Florida tile at present or about the 25th T‘]q match will chamnior he 1ds tha ahl holds I it arainst all com- Gru and will de rd ers at his welght [farm in Illinois is 4.2, against 7 has been tentatively agreed upon hy} {ter which ENGINEER IN LAGAD WhECH SUSTAINED STROKE OF HEART | FAILURE WHICH CAUSED | HIS DEATH Was Brought About by Constant _Worry Over Fearful Wreck Last June, Which Cost Six Lives ‘By Associated Press.) New Haven, Sept. 26.—Apparent- ly from grief over the loss of life in the Stamford wreck, last June, Charles J. Doperty, an engineer of one of the trains that collided, died He haid worried constantly since the wreck He was 31 i | REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS stract and Title Co . Bartow i (Reported Daily by Secur:ty Ab September 25, 1913 | 1t Keough to I, 1. Thomp- 8010 Jo 1. Eflinger to Dexter Ponid. I'. E. Chunn to Moor & Jewett. | Moore & Jewett to P. 1. Chunn. | . . Collins to Oscar Skipper ! (', l.. Morrison to Coronct I'hns--g phate Co, | Na M. Reynolds to I.:xrinxj Driggers. | Nancy M. Reynolds to M. . | Deeson Naney M eynolds to Robanie lOverstrect | Adam Buek to 11, €. Woodard STILL GHEWNG G CVER GOTTON FUTURES (By Associate Press. Washington, Sept. 26.-—The troversy over cotton futures in the ariff bill was reopened today in the { conference. Senawe conrerees pro- posed to recede from the Clarke amendment and drop the entire pro- | vision from the bill. louse con- | terees refused on the ground that the House should have an opportun- ity to vote upon the proposition whether the matter be Hropped. [arly this afternoon a long contro- | versy seemed in prospect. i Senator Clarke and Representa tive Lever were both called before | the committee today and argued for | their respective plans. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK AT ROCHESTER con Rochester, N. Y., (‘olonel Roosevelt reaches tonight and will confer privately | with Progressive leaders. Tomorrow | he will be the guest of honor at a chumber of commerce luncheon, af- he will National Progressive party over the Sept. 26. this city ! confer wit 'h‘* | It is shown that | question of candidates for the court The will Progressive State the formal make [New York, though the average gize |pominations in accordance with the | of the farm in Illinois is 129 acres, 1zainst 102 acres in New York. H linois farmers are urged to doull the averaze number of cows, hous and other live stock. F\"‘ WORKS AT 71 R P t ( lenrre ¢ tha Dead ! I ' for ) o t 1 nt of NEWRERS OF POUGE B GET 1T “IH THE KECK" T \ te Press op \ police Sept. 26.— zoant and d early today lo, after he patrolr by C Adiscov- He cond during open vastization the night incted a personal in-' decision of the conference. EXHIBITION AT LUTHERAN CHURCH REPEATED TONIGHT The gtereopticon entertainment tot I.atheran ehnreh last night ol hv oy audienc i ber we resent to st I 3 0 ' b ' P \ tonizht in t i L } t ) ts in the 1 remedied and it ¢ th full distinet- A large audienee is ected UAERS DISCUSS CURRERGY BILL neiat m! Press ) s1and bankers today discussed the Er American currency bill before the Senate } e committee. General the acreed with provisiong { vita] changes. and s | jsentenced |gpite the fact ilw about a million dollars by Oct. 1. { The Talladega Daily Mome in MILL HELP NEEDED —East- | woolen Putnam, Conn., Sept. 26. ern Connecticut cotton and mills are suffering from the greatest scarcity of skilled labor that has been experienced in the history of this section. Factories have more business than can be turned out for several months to come.. The weath- er of early spring caused large num- bers of the French Canadian mill op- eratives to make their annual pil- grimage to the Dominion earlier than usual. They are not coming back in numbers to meet the demand for their services. Other classes of help obtainable are mostly grants from Southern Europe, who eratives as the FKrench Canadians who replaced the Irish and Scotch in the eastern Connecticut mills. Year by year an increasing proportion of the French Canadians has not re- turned to the mills. Their farms in their home land are more attractive as the prices of farm products ad- vance and they are able to make a | A considerable | good living at home. number of them have gone to the Northwest Provinces of Canada. COLENAN GUILTY OF FATHER'S MURDER Thivd Trial of South Results in His Being Sent to the Pen for Life Carolinian \ssociated Press. ) (By Lhnon Ba s G HSunl it deelliangy? Coleman found cuilty of the P murder of his father, Robert Cole wan, last Januvary. The jury re turned a verdiet shortly after mid- uight after four hours' consideration and recommendad merey e was to life imprisonment; it was the third trial. {ATLABATIA TTARD UP, BORROWS $100,000 FROM PRIVATE CITIZEN Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 26, Before leaving Montoomery for New York, Governor O'Neal a ofter of Jo H. llicks, a Talladegn banker, to loan the State one hun- dred thonsangd dollars. Details of the teleeraphie correspondence are fur- ished in a Talladega newspaper. It is understoed also that several Ala bama banks have voluntecred to aid the State financially, and indications are that the credit of the common- wealth is still splendid at home, that the deficit epter the de- will Sat- urday's edition, announces with a degree of pride that J. 1. Hicks tendereg the State a loan of $100, 000. He wired Governor O'Neal Saturday morning as follows: “Will loan you one hundred thousand dol lars for State. Deposit Talladega National Bank." “At 3:30,” says The Home, “Mr. message saying his proposition was accepted by Governor O'Neil and the |moncy was at once placed in the Talladega National Bank.” Al though Governor O'Neal went to New York, it wag said for the pur | pose of arranging financial assist- ance for the State in the east, san- guine oflicials express the helief that 'the State's institutions may make it unnecessary to call on astern money markets to tide over the common- wealth until revenue beging to roll BALAOAD T0 DISPOSE OF GOAL PROPERTY (By Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Set, 2¢ I'he Penn ilrc toda announced t it had arranced to dishose of thracite coal companties oper- part of it tem for forty T The name of the purchaser vas wholly unexpected and no ex- lanation was forthcomin It was r ored that fear of rederal prose- cution under the [lephurn act might the cange The gystem produced rd trangported ten per cent of the entire output of anthractte Tonight the yonunz radies of clacs No. 7 of the First Pres will t the Oranes yyterian Sun- “silver so- from % to A most delightful pro- dav srhool have a hotel O o'clock. has been arranged—the most Zram talented musicians and readers of city will take part. No admis- ons will it a free- be charzed, ju vill offering Averybody cordially invited immi- | i | Sheriff Was Overpowered and Negro make by no means as satisfactory op- ! tor a candy party. BEST STATE e e S — 28 1 M Y T No. 275 i e | KENTUCKIANS NCH NEGRD AT LITGHFIELD 'HAD ASSAULTED AN ELEVEN- YEAROLD SCHOOL GIRL OF THAT PLACE Strung Up in the Public Square Early L'oday (By Associated Press.) Litchtield, Ky., Sept. 26.-—Joe Richardson, a negro charged with assaulting an eleven-year-old white school girl, was lynched here early today. The sheriff was over-pow- ered and the negro taken from jail and hanged to a tree in the public square. HOLLINGSWORTH ITEMS The porpoises who injured their several members last week are rap- idly improving. Quite a number of the young folks and a few of the old folks, gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus- meier on Friday nisht of last week The young peo- "ple enjoyed themselves playing cames, amoeng which was the old- time honored game, of *‘we're march- ing 'round the level,” and others whose names we did not cateh. Oh, “tudee” was mixed up in the per- CWilder in the donkey's contest. Hicks received a formance as were also cake and lem- onade, Then the “pore” old donkey canme for his abuse and he got it “on and most every place ex- belonged. The “pet came in for its share of Joe Reynolds won the uava contest and Enoch In the night the food-night, very pleasant the neck' where it uava cept trouble too. prize in the ¢ the 1 honrs of puests bade their hosts thanking them for a evening. The Medulla and Hollingsworth haseball teams crossed bats on Sat- urday last and after a hotly contest- ed game the Medulla boys took the pennant to the tune of 4 to 3. Mrs. 15 .A. Blaine and son Bil- lie have returned after a summer spent in Kentucky and Indiana. Mr. J. A. Kinsinger is having some logs hauled from his place to the mill to be converted into lum- ber. Work has begun on Mr. I. lfams new house on the old property . The people who bought the west half of the Treumper place have ar- rived and are living on the place., SCRIBE. Uil Wil- Flood MR. AND MRS. BIEWERE ENTERTAIN Mr. and Mrs. Biewere, assisted by their daughter, Miss Bertha, very delightfully entertained last evening in honor of Miss Rosalic Swindel who left today for Lake City, where :oes to re-enter Columbia Col- for the coming term . Delicious refreshments were served and at a the guests departed, de- claring the family vo we mne enter- tainers. she lese late hour R. R: Homlin, from Ilillshoroush county, State representa- who ive 1 is a'sn one of the four State pricon and jail inspectors sas i Bartow Monslay. Mr. Tomlin was here to inspect the Polk county jail and prison camps, and he =wes a very flattering report as inds them here Ilis statemer that he finds no complaint th the prison- ers and says that ¢ | conditions at the jail and ca re better than he has found el here in his examination work. T ¥ ressed himeelf as highly with the news that Polk connty is pre: ng to build a large and modern jail bui'ding.—Bartow Note in Tampa Tribune. pleased o Russian minister of the in- has finally conscuted to allow of members of the royal f1r-ilv to he exhibited at the moving it theaters, under restrictions suitable to their di Such films are not to be shown to accompani- ment of music. They are to be marked in the programme as speclal items, and furthermore, to empha- size their superior character the cur- in ic to he lowered before and after the film is displayed. ‘nity "