Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 11, 1913, Page 1

| j I MILLION DOLLARS W BUILDINGS ew Year With the | Prospects for | reater Growth i i } [ ar citizens do not realize what | ress Lakeland is n..iing and has » during the past year. \We :m-: _all the time and are retting] < to the idea of one or more new, ences each day, with one or two 1088 blocks thrown in x‘:w-h}\ '/ h to preserve the balance that) » few stop to consider what this| 18 in the way of commercial and strial progress. The secretary ¢ Board of Trade submitted some E“stlfl'w'ffio Manufacturers’ Ree- le ast week which will open the C( of some of our citizens when rlnok at the totals. The pessi- )"Eol last year told us we were g0- 11,00 fast with our total of vearly million dollars for improve- II."l lmtm have been so busy WInolila our own way that we Dot heard his knocking Nihll year he.will have to mourn {mprovements double in cost of laat year. The list is as Vs 4 $100,000 125,000 15,000 15,000 20,000 18,000 12,000 12,000 15,000 10,000 8,000 16,000 10,000 15,000 building 4,000 3,500 mt ‘hotel, 7,500 ‘e Restaurant, addi- [ L 4 000 L. R. R. Co, freight ot and transfer sheds 85,000 . L. R. R. Co. yard sks and shop improve- paving ., age ... . 300 new hp\u‘es, cost- from $1,000 to $12 - , average mot less 1 sn.po‘o each 900,000 1l $1,794 000 | se figures regarding 300 new | costing from §1,000 to §12,- i ; veraging mot elss than $3.000 |, under, | by some | are considered wcil than over the may contractors who h: nishing the information, r‘m]l 1ly adverse criticism received gecretary from some who have | he figures is that they are too| vative. = | pessimists may cay that now | ve assisted t we can go no further, which | Stead, new in Boston, were given mlts Stead last night as follows: Is us of the good lady who| nto the office of the Evening| am on the second day of No-| s, 1911, the day following | o which the first copy of our| japer appeared. She compli-| | the first copy of the paper uch but was particularly anx- and God are the same here. Give| . ’ 1 getrom whence the mat- | and succeeding is- The real growth | Just begun. Some- } ost ended is the e were traveling y months of the r behind now to l be the man who year fails to keep rd and irresist- ss in Lak a jiam D. PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PAR AGTRESS 10 TEST INGOME TAX LAW (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 11.—A suit to test the constitutionality of the new in- come tax law was begun here today by Elsie Dewolfe, a former actress, now resident of France. The suit claims inequalities in grading, mak- ing the law unconstitutional. The DeWolfe suit was thrown out of court this afternoon by Judge Landis because he held that the fed- eral court did not have jurisdiction. This will send the case direct to the United States court. LAKELAND MEN TO OPERATE LIGHT AND WATER PLANT ‘AT AUBURNDALE Auburndale, Dec. 11.-—Some of ¢ most prominent capitalists and McRae, H. E. Memminger, (. 0. Pinch and T. I. Woods formal- ¢ applied to the City Council Mon- y night for a franchise for an elec- tric light and water plant, to be in- stalled immediately and to be in op- eration just as soon as possible to se- cure the equipment and have it {Dlaced. The applicants stipulated in their proposed franchise the maximum rate to be charged for both water and ‘lizht, agreed to a clause under which the city may purchase at the end of ten or twenty years, and only asked that the city secure a site for the power house, and make certain allowances as to taxation for a period of ten years. The franchise, as outlined, was re- reived by the City Council and, with a few changes is acceptable to that body. A conference will be held this week during which it is believed that an agreement will be reached entirely satisfactory to both the city and the gentlemen who propose to give Auburndale these much needed improvements. In addition to giving water and lighting service, the Lakeland peo- ple propose to utilize their power for the manufacture of ice, and for a high class modern steam laundry which, like the other plants will sup- ply neighboring communities as well as the people of Auburndale. ATTEMPT 10 ASSASSINATE R LIONEL PHILLIS (By Associated Press.) Johanneghurg, South Africa, Dec. Lt -An attempt was made today to sinate Sir Lionel Phillips, the South Africap gold magnate. One bullet entered his neck and one ontered his thigh, but he will recov- er. A Dutch storekeepor was ar rested for the crime. It is helieved e was actuméd by the loss of a law- 1it & net Sir Lionel. FAMOUS EDITOR SENDS MES- SAGE FROM SPIRIT WORLD Boston, Dec. 11.-—-Spirit messagzes rom the late William T. Stead lost in the Titanic disaster, received by his daughter, Miss Estelle Wilson by Miss “Never fear death; it means more than anyone has discovered. The fullness of life is here. gle to get the right union with those who have been left, If I had only one message to give it is love. Love| more time and patience to thought transference—it will unite us. It will make it possible for us to com- {iizens of Lakeland, including Wil-| It is a strug-| ING TELEGR. et T OF THE BEST STA —— LAKELAND, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1913, NACONHOTEL [BOYANODGIRL BURNED EARLY | FARMERSARE | THIS NORNING| N WASHINGTON FIFTY GUESTS OF THE HOUSE|CHAMPIONS OF THIRTY STATES|Pic®: but the rebels resumed the ESCAPED IN THEIR NIGHT GATHER AS GUESTS OF DE- Fuzht,‘ The fire of the rebel force, it CLOTHES PARTMENT AGRICULTURE is said did little damage, but it is L . |admitted several shells exploded in eral Declared They Lost Jewels;|Eoys Had Been Entertained Before | sl Phe rebel force is estimat- One Salesman c]aimjng Loss But This Is the First Time ed at six to ecight thousand, and it s is believed it is the same army that of $10,000 Girls Includ e : $ Ly f”,ll ed |1-umun-(] Victoria and obtained fed- { eral arms. TAMPIGD 15 BATILE 1N NGO ed Press.) ec. The Mex- today claims to have received information ck on Tam | | (By Associat Mexico City, D ican government war office of a repulse in the atta iSev (By Associated Press.) Macon Ga., Dec. 11.—Fire de- stroyed Hotel Williams here early to- | Dion hoy and girl farmers from thir- day and drove more than fifty guests| (¥ States arvived here today to stay into the streets in their night clothes. "'_“‘ Nas e "‘”“S(S,(‘" the dupzn't.nwnt {Two women cut off by the flames|" “* ”“"”“' HanEmeh IR [were taken from a window. A bridal [ C/Ampions in the party. For several | AP TR A a8 awar [couple lost their presents valued at|¥"'1% te¢ department has awarded a (By Associated Press ) Washington, Dee. 11.--The ('h:lm-’ (By Associated Press ) ' Washington, Dee. 11.-—Official reports to the navy department to- day from Rear Admiral Fletcher say | [the constitutionalists are gotting thel best of the battle .n the attack on : Tampico. Foreign residents have!| ) ) $23,500 and a jewelry salesman [P to the bovs, but this is the fivst |00 ramoved to a point near the wa- claimed he lost a satchel containing|''™m® £ivls were included. There are . toont under the protection of bat- $10,000 worth of gems. There was ‘“j”".\' as many girls as boys. T hey tleship guns. 0f sndangered they 10 loss of life. The damage is esti-| W1l spend a week sightseeing and | i o romoved to ships. Fighting the leaders of the club movement will spend the week discussing ex- tension of the work. mated at $100,000. has continued since yesterday. . ‘POISON NEEDLE NEW TOOL OF CRIMINALS (By Associated Press.) | Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 11.-— { Captain Rantzan, of the Hamburg American liner Kronprinzess Cecili, | today cabled the head offices of the | company here that his vessel was taking refugees aboard at the Mexi- FINE OPENING FOR A TOUGH BOY ('leveland, Dec. 11.-—Police and government officers today are search- T T 1 ing for two men believed to be mem-| Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 11.--Juve- 3 ¢ »|nile and truant officers here were to- bers of the New York *“poison needle” [ iihien i gang. whot are allegedp to have at-|day asked by Juck Robbins, president can port of Tampico where fighting hed (hstbe BAlor of NG Yore of the National Fellowship Club of | Petween the federals and rebels be- said to be a United States immigra: | Chicago, for assistance in finding the | Ran yesterday. tion inspector, and robbed him of ‘.'tuughust” boy.in the city. After he LOOKS GOOD FOR PENSACOLA valuable government papers while he is }uvau-d he will be offered member- AR was under the influence of the drug. ship in the Last Chance Boys’ Club, While physicians were reviving Ba- and with eleven others taken to a ker, the two men who had carried|T@nch near Reno Nev., where he|jino practice. Senators Fletcher and him to the hospital picked up his|Will be given an opportunity to be-|pruay caled yesterday on Secretary bag and fled. Two governmeng®pa-jcOme & good man. Recently Upton|p,niels and presented the Pensacola pers, supposed to be reports on white|Sinclair, Robert Hunter, Jack Lon-| jajms with such eloquence and slave conditions in this city, were in|d40n and Jack Robbins formed an' or-| ;.o that orders were issued direct- the bag. The thieves have not been |Banization having for its object the|;, . captain Simms and Commander caught. ' That Baker himself was a saving of a dozen of the worst boys Harrison to make a report on Pen- victim of the needle is thought pos-|ID the country and Mr. Robbins Was|gola ag a site for target practice. sible. Doctors at Lakeside hospital chosen to select them. Already bad |y, Dobson also presented the mat- said they believed Baker was a vic-|P0Y8 have been located .at Racine,|or of using the Pensacola navy yard tim of heart trouble but admitted|'Vis:: Mishawaka, Ind.; BEast St.[ijqustrially for the repalr of ships. that a drug injected into his veins|0uis, TIL; Lima, Ohio, and St. Louis |16 yrged the advantages of estab- might have caused his illness. Mo. No boys over 12 years old are|jjshing there a yard for general re- e considered. pair and building of ships. The i matter was taken under advisement. 0IVAGA GETTING EADY FOR BEBEL ATTCY (By Associated Press.) Washjington, Dec. 11.--Pensacola g:uy be designated as a place for I T0 HELP THE FLORIDA CATTLE INDUSTRY | DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRY FOR THE PREACHERS Gainesville, Dec. 11—The Florida State Live Stock Association is ma- turing plans for its next annnal meeting to be held in the College of Lakewood, N. J., Dec. 11.—Dr, Myron T'. Shudder, of New York city, speaking before the New Jersey Sanitary association here vesterday, | | TE PRESOENT 15 oA 10 IS SUFFERING WITH A SEVERE COLD, WHICH HE RECENTLY CONTRACTED No. 33. Was Improved a Few Days Ago, But | Suffered a Relapse When He Took More Cold (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dee. 11. -President Wilson today remained in his room, unable to shake off the severe cold which has been clinging to him for a week, and he intends remaining in bed until he has fully recovered. He improved a day or two ago, but took additional wisich affected his voice, cold GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT AT SAFETY EXPOSITION New York, Dec. 11.—The United States government has sent an ex- hibit to the first Ixposition of Safety and Sanitation which opened here to- day in the Grand Central Palace and will continue until Dee. 20, under the auspices of the American Mpnus- eum of Safety. The display consists of a series of demonstrations show- ing how the government cares for ’:its soldiers and sailors in time of war and peace. Following the usual international practice, there will be five grades of award—a grand prize, gold, silver, bronze and honorable mention-—for the best safety, life- saving and health-promoting devices in every industry. The juries which are now being selected, will be com- posed of eminent scientists, techni- cians and industrialists. Safety and health promotion in every branch of American industrial life—manufac- ture, transportation on land and sea; engineering, mining, in all of their sub-divisions-—will be represented. There are also exhibits from many of the twenty-one museums of safety in jurope, showing the progress that has been made abroad in the conser- vation of human 1tife. The Army and Navy service has equipped a field hospital, including mess, oper- ating and ward rooms, with a detail of men who will produce actual con- ditions of camp life. The disposal Agriculture at the University of Ilorida, in Gainesville from Dee. 16 to 18, 1913 . his organization is one year old, and has for officers Hon, I*. Barber, Micanopy, dent; Mr. Z. (. Chambliss, of Ocala,| startled many of his hearers hy de-| Presidia, Dec. 11.—The| claring his belief that in a decade! i building of defenses in the Mexican | isters of the gospel “'m-i?mrn]vr town of Ojir 1 in expecta- ifter their Sunday sermons, lay aside 4y of a rebel attack proceeded ae their vestments and be found umpir-| i ey today. The bulk of the Mex- Texas, S0 mi 1or ( of presi vice president and Prof. C. L. wil-[inz Sunday baseball. Dr. Shudder, in 'jean federal troops who fled from loughby, of Gainesville y.{lis paper on the necessity of open|chihuahua, are ready to make their | The work Aduring the present season | hools and playgrounds, said he was ! |a¢t stand to save the remnants of | has been in co-operation with the|dbsolutely convinced that orderly {jyerta’s army in the north. The reb- State Board of Health, and the Fed-|0tt-of-door sports on Sunday wereolg are hurrying to the attack before ! proper, and expressed the opinion the . cral Bureau of Animal Industry in federals have time to complete establishing county live stock clubsi’ hireh and other relizions institn-yhoir fortifications. ivillans are throughout the State, buildine eat-|'1ONS in the near future will not only ving into the United States and a tle dipping vfts and besinning the fanction but promote them. tring of wagons are brinains sup- | | work of eradicating cattle ticks and plies to the federals nmn® Marvfa, 15 fever., l'exas, the nearest raidroad point. [ WANTS NUNS AS NURSES NO BRIDE WAITING FOR HIM | 165 LIVES LOST IN TEXAS e | FLOOD; 20,000 HOMELESS: IR s Re i I T T TS TR | g T T that John Mills, to whom ¢he was en- $6,000,000 DAMAGE | ' rench eitizens, almost 175 000, have i ‘5 . . gazed had been eaten by cannibals %45 : T W | appealed to the Munieipal Conneil for !’ e 4 < (By Associate Press.) 4 : 2 . in the South Sea islands, where he | Houston Dec 11 The Texag, the restoration of nuns to their old y 4 § ’ g : A L nlnoas e Choupikal nuibaes As the Went last July witl party of scien- 1 a nOY& > - fves* 1 5 9 A 'S i S « 808, A8 i : o YR ) o i | floods cost 165 lives; drove 20 000 o i1s nrh fhontits Th Peoteantie tists from Carnegie’s Institution, a| people from their homes and caused | report to this effect having been pub he The citizens a property damage of $6,000,000. [all the petition agks that places This estimate was compiled today af- | ter the reports from the flooded dis The slowly passing into the gulf. lished in American papers, Miss Imu-‘ {6 im'-rfvrr"""vm“] Watters y married R. present staff Jester, of Woodruff, S. C., won her affections by sympathizing with her in the supposed death of the explorer. Today cablegram reserved for the sisters, they wish » rights of the e organization, hut think that i patients also have a right to express their wishes and that their rights are say do not who were received, crest is| V! >34 s i a was | oad traveled dur-| municate with each other more ac-! SCHMIDT IGNORES HIS FATHER urately. The reality of this other| WHO CAME TO AID HIM world i{s much greater than ima-| (By Associated Press ) gined. This is a new life. Go to; New York, Dec. 11.—The America and try to take up my | father of Hans Schmidt wept in work."” { court today when his son ignored his He came from Germany with his daughter to ald his son progecution is trying to prove that he aged resence. EXPECT ZELAYA TO GO TO SPAIN +1 priest was not insane when 1 11 .~Fory 1= Former kill Anna Aumaller nds of aya are actively plan- her for the e ng for his return to power in Nie- She says her ind ranted. aragua. The|™ equal to those of the staff, } GIANTS IN HONG KONG Hong Kong Dec. 11.—The New York Giants and the Chicago White received from Mills that he escaped from the cannibals and is on his way home to claim his bride. SOUTHERN GIRLS VISIT WASHINGTON Sox will show the Chinese how to Washingzton, Dee. 11, Fifteen v baseball today and tomorrow,zirls, one from each of fifteen Sonth- . nd the sale of ti ts has been very,ern States, are visitir Washineton laren From thie th take the 1 as a rey ! ) oxt tl " 5 1S } 1t a rat ¢ the Na- | tod tional iation of Railway com- siring g peppers missioners at its meeting here today, okra and other vegetables of waste, filteration of water, preven- tive measures arainst typhoid vel- low fever, and other infectious dis- es will be explained by processes. ""ERCRANTS TO KXEEP “OPEN HOUSE” ON JANUARY 1 Without ingle exeeption, the husine men of TLal nd have reed to keep “open house oy Jan, the day tie eity celobrates its 20th niversary, and the merchants have ied oop nto that effect which Tolloiw) ' an rt beingz made to ftin bration of the thir iry of Lakeland’s v Year's day, 1914; ong the features of red that the mer- town keep ‘open house’ di hant th that day, having previously extend- ed invitations to their customers and friends and prepared suitable souve- nirs for distribution on that oceca- sion, “Therefor e, the undersigned, in* order that the committee of arrange- ments may know definitely who and what to depend wpon, pledze onr- selves to enter heartily into their plans for a splendid obhservance of the occasion; that we will indivig- jually do the best we can towards decorating our places of business, ex- [tend the invitations referred to keep ‘open house’ that day until noon, distribute some suitable sou- venir of the occasion, and in all pos- ible ways generally co-operate with the committe RUNNING OVER BOY 1 1d 1 at- ) far or of 0. 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