Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 8, 1913, Page 1

T IR0 SLFFMG WON'T FORCE ON CON- FHIS PRIVATE IDEAS N THE MATTER ithe Substance of an Inter e Held With Suffra- gettes Today 8y Associated Press.) gton, Dec. 8.—President pday told a delegation of ffragists that he favored a in the louse of Represen- woman suffrage, but de- est to urze the re- ss. lie told the dele- £ his office that if the party ‘it he could urge it, but he force his private views on . He said he confined him- gose things promised at the ARTOW MAN ADMITS & HIS BURG IS SLOW rson of Mr. S. S. Green, at least one citizen who at he isn’t living in any At- York or Lakeland, and in gue of the (ourier-Inform- digcources thusly on the pro- b e way proposition for Bar- thich he certainly hits the e head: lires courage to throw cold y any scheme which is ad- our shrewd and active ut when it is proposed at gpense to the taxpayers, to he city by a means of very value like the operation of vay,” one may venture to #hat it would be in accord- | democratic principles to it the proposition to a pop- P89 separate and apart from fler. To ask for-a blanket :‘lj,‘. to cover the expense @and other propositions more iOns, is to invite the defeat 11. There should be an y given the voters to vote no’—upon the same ballot roposition separately; oth- fhis white-way-Jonah among itions will sink the rest of with it. v y perally understood, the pur- as they pass on the trains the stations, an impression w is an embryo New York ‘where life is strenuous at ell as by day, and that we jay dogs— 'Whe won't go home till morning 'daylight doth appear. the wayfaring men though not greatly err therein if Iry away an impression of #babby residence streets with r “‘é siness blocks too remote to )l from either station, and as |d deserted after 9 p. m. as Tdamor in the wilderness; jt on Saturday night (unless something special going on) ity of our worthy citizens are fiour snugly tucked in bed. Ppossible that our commend- Mlce of retiring early might dgfid as a result of the installa- tion of fio “white way,” for it would fi‘\Mblo to sleep anywhere with- in its cruel glare, which they pro- to prolong till midnight. Such Ange of habits would be attended comsiderable amount of justifi- ‘profanity and perhaps some 88 of insanity from loss of sleep. ¥ considering everything; the ‘distance to be illuminated e ,«aonsequen't great expense, joney is so urgently needed for ygrounds and improved Bcilities; the discomfort it e to those living-along the pithin a block or so of it; number of trains arriving fall and the limited num- " ngers any of them carry; Qubtful character of the im- would make upon strang- blime being only one step ridiculous); may we not #lon whether the proposed lld be worth the candle bo. visibl PMitish heavyweight cham- George Carpentier, French , fight twenty rounds at 1 Sporting Club tonight Dec. 8.—Bombardier purse and side bet of MAIL GHRISTAAS PAGKAGES EARLY Washington, D. C., Dec. 8—Dur- the next three weeks Uncle Sam's infant prodigy—the parcel Post service—will be called upon to perform a herculean task in connec- tion with the transportation and de- livery of millions of Christmas gifts. Postmaster General Burleson, who is responsible for the conduct of this service, has made extraordinary preparations to prevent congestion in postoffices and to insure prompt de- livery of these parcels.' Several thou- sand additional employes will be added to the force during the holi- day season and the collection and de- livery equipment will be augmented wherever necessary. FEvery possible ing effort has been made to strengthen |these ; ! PERSHED TEUS FLO0D TWENTYFIVE OF THIS NUMBER DIED LAST NIGHT Twenty Lost Their Lives Today When Sudden Rise in Water Took Place (By Associated Press.) Houston, Texas, Dec. 8.—Ninety- six known dead in the Texas floods up to noon today, twenty-five of last night. Disregard of those parts of the postal organiza-|warnings gave a serious turn to the tion which will be under the great strain and Mr. Burleson stated to- day that with these special arrange- ments he is confident of the ability of the service to handle successfully the avalanche of parcels that will be thrown upon it during the rush period . The postmaster general is anxious, however, lest the public fail to co- operate with him in observing cer- tain important conditions necessary to enable the postal authorities to effect the timely delivery of Christ- mas gifts. In order to secure this co-operation he has caused to be printed for distribution throughout the country hundreds of thousands of ‘circulars and placards containing directions for the proper prepara- tion of Christmas gifts for transmis- sion by mail. Christmas parcels should mailed earlv. For local delivery they should be mailed not later than Dee. 23 and for out-of-town delivery as early as possible, but in any event in time to reach the oflices of des- tination at least two days prior to Chrtsmas. Glasswaree erockery, Christmas toys easily breakable, glass framed pictures, etc., should be carefully packed in boxes of metal, wood, leather, or corrugated pasteboard with sufficient excelsior, raw cotton, or similar matter to prevent the con- tents from coming into contact with any portion of the box. These par- *els should be marked ‘F‘ragile.” be PRIZE FIGHT WILL BE PULLED OFF TONIGHT Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 8—Packey McFarland of Chicago and Jack Britton of New York, matched to fight ten-round, no-decision bout to- night. RILBO MAY ASKe*—% gl FOR:POSTPONEMENT (By Associated Press.) Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 8.-—When the case of dieutenant Governor Bilbo and State Senator Hobbs is called here today for trial on the charges of soliciting ‘bribes, it is expected the defense will ask post- ponement or change of venue. A l}ig legal struggle” is predicted. HOPE TO SETTLE ALASKA BILL Sl Washington, Dec. Alaska are hoping that the Cham- berlain bill, providing for govern- ment construction of railroads in the territory, which is scheduled to come up today, will be through the Senate before the Christmas holi- days. The bill is put down for un- finished business, beginning today. Under the unwritten laws of the enate an unanimous agreement as binding as a rule would be in the House of Representatives, and it is not believed that a vote wil be tak- en to dispose of the bill unless the discussion of the currency bill makes it absolutely necessary. Advocates of the Alaska bill bave made a par- tial canvass of the Senate, and they are satisfied that a substantial ma- jority will vote for.the Chamberlain bill. Among the Republicans who are opposed to government owner- ship are Senators Nelson of Minne- sota, classed as one of the staunchest friends of the territory, and Burton of Ohio. On the Democratic side there are a number of southern sen- ators who will oppose the Chamber- lain bill op the same ground. So far as the Democratic opponents of the measure are concerned President Montessori, the 8.—Friends of | flood. Water in central Texas is still too high to permit confirmation of the reported drowning there which if added to the list would make more than 100. Twenty lost their lives near Brookshire early to- day when the rise swept a party of negroes off a knoll where they had taken refuge. “G00D SAMARITAN" SEED Larned, Kansas, Dec. 8.-—Many of the farmers of the State are sow- ing what is called “Good Samaritan Seed.” tI has been an unusually bad year generally all over the State and many farmers have suffered greatly. Only a few of them have any corn, the hay and forage crops are short and it is going to be a tight squeeze to get through the winter. The fall months are the real busy times in Kansas, for it is thep that the wheat is being sown and the hay and fruit and forage and corn are being harvested. This year Dbecause of the dry weather during the usual plowing season the farmers were six weeks or more be- hind time. 1In the western part of the State are many who did not raise a grain of wheat and who have had failures for three years in suc- cession. The more fortunate farm- ers have raised $30,000 to buy seed wheat for these farmers, and almost 60,000 acres are being sowp Wwith it. That is why it is called “Good Samaritan Seed."” DR. MONTESSORI TO EX- PLAIN HER METHOD York, Dec. New 8.—Dr. Ttalian kindergar- ten teacher, and perhaps the author of the most famous method of kin- dergartening of the present time lec- tures at Carnegie Hall tonight., She will explain how she trains children to bring out of them the highest possible good. Maria LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1913. 96 PERSONS il PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE 10 PAGES No. 30. D DEFEATED 7 PRSCENGER e T RESCUED FAON BUANINGHP RESCUE MYSTERIOUS, AS SHIP WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO CARRY PASSENGERS No Information as to Why so Many on Board Has Yet Been Ascertained (By Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., Dee. 8.—The mys- tery surrounding the reported res- cue at sea of 197 passengers from the liner Rio Grande during a fire off the Carolina coast early yesterday, re- mained unsolved today. Though va wireless has been reaching out in all directions for information cnly con- flicting reports have been received. A wireless from Virginia Beach last night said the British steamer Swag- more made the rescue but the Swag- more is docked at Baltimore. The liner Suwanee in the vicinity knows nothing of the rescue. The agents said the Rio Grande was reported proceeding to Brunswick, Ga. It is believed the British vessel Queen- more might have verified the rescue. TO DECIDE MRS. . WAKEFIELD'S FATE Dec. 8.—The board of pardons meets here the fate of Mrs. whose trial at- tracted attention throughout the country, the woman being charged with complicity in the murder of her husband. Thounsands of peti- tions have beep sent to the gover nor asking clemency for the young Hartford, Conn., State today to decide Waketield, mother. Mrs. Wakefield is sen- tenced to die on March 4, 1914, She has an aged mother who .is working as hard to save her from the hangman's rope as are the thou- sands of people throughout the State and country. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS Congressman Walter I. McCoy of New Jersey, was born at Troy, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1859; he graduated from Harvard College i 1882, taking the degree of A. B., then went to law school; has been a practicing law- ver since 188G; he was an alternate delegates to the Democratic national convention in 1904 and attended the convention in the absence of a dele- gate; was a delegate to the Demo- cratic national conventiop in 1908. Served as trustee of the village of South Orange for several years. Was elected to the Sixty-second Congress and re-elected to the Sixty-third Congress. ETCHER TAL I AND KIS FIAG SHIP Rear .\dwiral Frank r. Fletcher, commmanding the South Atlantic squad- ron of the Atlautic fleet, is now with his fighting craft at Vera Cruz. His Wilson will be relied upon to bring' flag ship is the battleship Rhode Island, here shown coming on at full speed. some of them into line. The Lakeland high school basket! ball team added another scalp to their list Saturday afternoon. The victim this time was the Winter Haven team. On Friday the city team engaged the boys on the high school court. The game was fiercely contested, and, though victorious, the high school boys were unfortunate in having two members of their team crippled. " Notwithstanding this condition (both * forwards crippled and the captain entirely out of the game) they apparently experienced no dit- ficulty in disposing of their more fortunate rivals Saturday. The game was fast from start to finish. The Winter Haven boys were kept on the defensive during the greater part of the fray. While the result of the game was never in i doubt, the visitors by their fast and clean playing elicited much favor- able comment from the crowds on the side lines. Prof. Kinsinger, of Winter Hav- en, refereed the game, and, while a great many fouls were called on the Lakeland players, the best of feel- ing prevailed throughout the game. After the game, Mr. Kensinger stated that the Lakeland high school team was by far the strong- est aggregation they had met this season . The following is the tabulated score: Lakeland—Phillips, 14 field goals, I foul goal; Iletherington, 2 field goals; Adams, 1 field goal. Total, 35 points. Winter Haven—Snell, 4 field goals; dee, 2 field goals; Hallinan, 1 field goal; 7 foul goals. Total, 21 points. Line up Live W (8 Wi i RIS Phillins: . oo | AN DR R Snell Hetherington ..R. F......... Lee Adams ......... C. . Hallinan Hagan ..... Diatilhs sl v rens Barnes Flanagan eR G e Jarvis Referee—Kensinger. Umpire—Groom. Timekeepers and Scorers—IElli- son and Armistead. The high school team thus far'has won every game played, having de- feated Dade City, Summerlin Insti- tute, Lakeland city tcam and Win- ter Haven in the order named. Now for Orlando, Kissimmee, Saint Pete and Tampa and were not modesty a prime requisite of a team aspiring to the championship, we would make a little prediction as to the outcome of the games to be played after the holidays. MEXIGANS MUST NOT RAISE PRICES (By Associated Press.) Juarez, Dec. 8.—General Villa, the rebel commander, today issued an order that all food stuff must be sold at normal prices and said if Ithv merchants raised the price he would confiscate the goods. He is trying to restore order, the leader declared . IMMENSE EGG SHORTAGE REPORTED Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 8.- Shortage of two hundred and forty million eggs on Dec. 1 was reported by forty-five of the largest ware- houses in the United States at the convention of the American ware- housemen’s association here Satur- day. High prices are blamed in part on the farmers’ wives not knowing the proper method of handling the product, and in not gathering and shipping promptly . hese high prices prompted the recent boycott on eggs by the housewives’ leagues in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas ('ity, by which the prices were forced down. MAY LET UP ON SHIP BUILDING SHIP BUILDING Associated Press.) 8.-—The House (By ‘ Washington, Dec, o g today passed a resolution requestin the president with due regard for the interest of the United States, to \r‘o»opvr:nw with England in a move- ment for an international holiday A A A A A A A A A P N NN S A A inmne. Of OTE Vear in naval construction. ——— | O . -. R IGERSKILLE DENOUNCED AG TRATTOR GEN. CARRANZA GAVE THIS AS REASON FOR THEIR DEATHS TO ARIZONA GOV. Declared United States Does Not Understand Mexican Conditions Sufficiently (By Associated Pr Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 8.—-A letter from General Venustiano Carranza, defending the execution of federal oflicers, was given out today by Gov- crnor George P. Hunt, of Arizona. It was in reply to a letter from Gov- ernor Hunt suggesting that a con- tinuation of the executions would be likely to lose the constitutional- ists American sympathy. Carranza Jjustifies the acts by declaring that many of those executed were trait- ors to the rebel cause and says that imperfect understanding of Mexican conditions has caused Americans .to put a wrong construction on the executions. THAT EVERLASTING PINELLAS SALOON ROW Thmpa, Dee. 8.—Judge Francis M. Robles on Saturday granted a peremptory writ of mandamus or- dering the Pinellas county board of county commissioners to call a local option election. An order held "'ready by Don (. McMullen, attor- ney for the “drys” of Pinellas coun- ty, was signed by the judge, making {the alternative writ issued a couple of weeks ago peremptory. Exception to this was taken by Judge C. B. Parkhill and W. R. Rowland, at- torneys for the board| Inquiry was made as to supersedeas bond, and an appeal to the supreme court is apparently in line. The county commissioners have granted permits to sell liquors, but the tax collector has refused to is- sue the licenses taking the stand that petition of one-fourth the elec- tors of the precinet in which it is desired to sell liquor must sign a petition for the license. That is under the provision of the State law which provides that liquors cannot be sold in a precinct without such a petition if it has never been sold there before. DEEDS FILED FOR RECORD IN POLK COUNT) Furnished by Security Abstract ané Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) December 6, 1913 Henry A. I’Engle to N. H. Booth, Myron C. Baker, et al,, to N. H, Booth. Irvin Raulerson to Leon B. Alt- man. M. L. and A. E. Robinson to N. N. Brown. M. I.. & A. E. Robinsop to Press McGhee. S. D. Crell to heirs of E, War- ren, deceased. A. G. Allen to Orren H. Ohlinger, Mary A. Flye to Orren H. Ohlin- Lula M. & J. R. Powell to Flor- ida and Georgia f.and Co. NEW YORK LEGIS- LATURE RECONVENES Albany, Dec. 8.—The State Leg- islature reconvenes tonight to wind up the business of the session, Among the bills to come up for con- sideration are those affecting direct nominations and workmen's compen~ sation. i WILSON T0 RECEIVE HUMANE DELEGATES Washington, Dee. 8.—Delegates to the International convention of the societies for the humane regula- tion of vivisection are gathering here today from all parts of the world, for the business sessions which will be held in this city this week. President Wilson will re- ‘rnivn the delezates during their '\'Y:I.\ in Washington (By Associated Press.) Washineton, Dec. 8.—A wireless lfrcm the revenue cutter Seminole re- | ports the Rio Grande in no further need of assistance but the message said nothing of passengers.