Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 12, 1913, Page 1

NO OPEN SALOONS IN ST. ' St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—The su- preme court will decide the question K'll.s “N[ ANn "or whether or not Tax Collecton Mc- ’Mullen can refuse to issue licenses i for saloons, after such licenses have | been granted by the county commis- isioners, without the intervention of !a lower court. At a meeting held here’ yesterday afternoon it was de- ATION SENT cided to take the case to the supreme z ]court direct instead of filing an ac- coM ition in the circuit court. Applica- KILLED BY THE TERIFFIC ! ! EXPLOSION tion will be made to the supreme — (By Assoctated Press ) *Crus, Dec.. 12.—The rebel Made returnable to the whole court. e . i A decision is expected in two weeks. Jlt*lln‘ Tampico was driven ! % R R th'great loss; according to Gen. ‘tha ‘federal gommander here. pope to get the licenses so the sa- said reinforcements have ar-|ioong can open before Christmas. relief of the federal | ", A dispateh from Mexico ity fampico was in the hands of the ils &t & late hour last night. Dec. 12.—At the an-| Jof the American Museum to'be held this evening, the s made by the judges of the, ts at the International Exposi- i Safety. and Sanitation being t Grand’ ral Palace will be nced, Among the distinguished i are Judge . H. Gary of the trust, m #sioner of Educa- “llley,luw-(}eneral Rupert Fire Commissioner Johnson 8. Al lmont. The Unit- ites gov mnt is one of the t exhibitors at the exposition. i MRS, W, 0. WRAE L i ' [ [] * (By Assocleted Yress.) ! sidlo, Texas, Dec. 12.—Federal s at i the Mexican bor-| b y momentarily eX-| 4 4o, which brings deep sadness } ; bel bands '~ ;:;t?fiu:l::\‘:&i deRt‘;\:?lvifi:zg into many hearts occurged last night I | h mbers and it is bp_‘whvn Mrs. W. D. McRae passed . they are oply'waiting foc re- /away after an illness of nearly three e federals will i fered greatly. Her death comes as #lege, but have the » great shock to her friends, who {tage, of obtaininz provisions yere unaware that her condition had the United Btates. Ojinaga|grown more critical during the past almost OW to six or seven| Mrs, McRae was operated on in Jacksonville about two months ago !for gall stones, and after her return home she began to improve, but R LOAN SHAB.K:;L_HM and during the past three days wing worse. A 12. udg- | She has been steadily gro st D D_I;Jraki Her son, Dr. Earl McRae, was wired B arded to Josepl;lf°r Wednesday night, but will not | In & decision of| ‘M. McRae was beloved by all $ court. Stalker ‘Who knew her and she claimed a . 3 $25 in 1908 laree circle of friends whose hearts s "" in Kansas City, | 2™ bowed in sadness at her untime- hort months ago, she he loan. Suits|ORly & few & d & “thzn he was un-|Would have been the last person to 's claims caused have been thought of to pass away e so soon. She was a consecrated expense, id, and resulted ‘ r“, “w' positions. Fin- social circles of the city and in her R p fef-stricken family ‘damages against | Passing the gr oh‘le& mgtte foumi dis- | have the deepest sympathy of all. . The funeral will be conducted to- ount ‘tht g e court to- :‘:fl ;‘m%rem the First Methodist church. ...L—‘p-.i-—— (By Associated Press.) Wilson’s cold is improved today, but his physician is taking no chances and ordered the president to remain abed., Mr. Wilson wants to attend ly won't be permitted to leave the house before Monday. Dr. Grayson is determined to have him absolutely free from cold before he risks expos- - DIED LAST NIGHT ) sement i‘%&:fl'fl Chihuahua 'ponths, during which time she suf- (nly has attaloed a population | ey days. ! about two weeks ago she began to de- employe of |Teach here until this afternoon. '-,fi ' he was to pay $2.50 ly demise. The picture of health i el Christian and a leader in church and v IM i 20000 morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from Washington, Dec. 12.—President a banquet tomorrow night, but like- ure. AD NEWS FOR FLORIDA inta, Ga., Dec. 12.—The cold ) er is%having one good effect on art of Georgia. It is freezing m, ‘hobos, professional and tfamps, and sending them urrylag southward across the ito FI orida. fice GOVERNMENT'S ESTIMATE OF COTTON CROP Washington, Dec. 12.—The de- partment of agriculture is expected to make announcement today of its estimate of the size of the cotton crop. The government’s report will probably be followed by private crop estimates of more than usual inter- est. In the cotton sections of the country the matter of mill takings, exports and consumption will loom up large as soon as the trade can month the small in Georgia have er before for this rida, up to now, espondingly less. will have a rest.. begin their mi- ment's report. On account of th uncertain weather of the garding the report, many .declaring as many predicting an unfavorable JBTOM OFFICIALS | eport. - led Press.) 2.—Customs offi- shipment of two ‘Germany. It is TODAY’S BIRTHDAY HONORS United States Senator William P. was admitted to the bar in 1867; has a negro railroad |served as State’s attorney, commis- jrown from a box|sioner of State taxes, members of death last Sun-|both houses of the State Legislature reight yards near|and as governor. He is serving his duct in Jackson-|second full term as United tSates IQRQOT . This writ will be granted by one of the judges of the court and will be | | This course was decided upon by the| “wets" 80 as to save time and they |Stantly killing a young woman em- g ; . icourt for a writ of mandamus to com- ] ‘ rhbel' ;‘:i:: Heav .pel Mr. McMullen to issue licenses by Thirty Discharged oy b g {to the saloons of Pinellas county. 7 Thirty Discharge Workmen (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 12.—A bomb sent by express exploded today in- ployee of a bottling plant, named Ida Anusewitz. 'the officers of the force, lost an ear, and another employe was cut by fly- jing glass. The force of the explo- sion wrecked the room and tore a hole through the floor. Employes connect the explosion with the re- cent discharge of thirty workmen. The proprietor denied the discharge and said the men were working at | the plant today. He said he had no | enemies. | BRITISH ARMY SCANDAL GROWS London, Dec. 12.—It is reported that affairs in the army scandal have taken such a grave turn that King George himself has threatened to ask a special investigation of the entire matter. If all stories can be be- lieved the revelation will be that it was the recognized thing for officers to pay their debts out of the pay of the lower ranks. It is understood that a commission of inquiry will begin work early in the new year. SUFFRAGETTES HAVE HAIR PULLING CONTEST Butte Mont Dec. 11.—"For God's sake, women, quite your fighting and g0 back to your meetings and try to act like loving sisters,” Police Judge Thomas Booher told several women suffragists who were on trial before him yesterday on a charge of dis- turbing the peace when the two fac- tions clashed in an assembly hall and the police were called in. The women engaged in a hand to hand contest over the possession of the gavel. Judge Booher dismissed the cases, telling the defendants that it would be useless so var as any good to the community were concerned to fine them and that he was “thunder-: struck that educated and refined women of Butte cannot meet in social sessions without fighting.” | e ATLANTA IS RENO OF THE SOUTH Atlanta, Dec. 12.-—Atlanta is pre- paring to re-establish her title this week as the Reno of the South with the heaviest superior court divorce docket in her history. With more {than 500 divorces already granted in 11913, the present calendar has 179 imore, and before tonight it is be- lieved the total will run to nearly {200. Only a small proportion of the }prinrip:fls in the divorce cases are ilife-long Atlantians. The remainder are made up of that floating popula- ftion that comes and goes from year to year. Atlanta is suffering appar- ently not so much from the incom- patibality of its own married cou- ples as from the fact that Georgia is {an extremely easy State to get a di- vorce in. NARROW ESCAPE FROM PENSACOLA HIGHWAYMAN Pensacola, Dec. 12.—When Nick ) Florida’s turn for . opn. | Mackers, a Greek, proprietor of a take its attention off the govern e |store at the corner of Spring and Past fort- Garden streets, failed to throw up his north again Inf i ivere is much spocdlation re-|hands at the command of a highway- man last night, he received a bul- that it will be favorable and almost |'¢t in the back, but it is not thought that his wound will prove fatal. There were two other Greeks in the store at the time, but they became so excited when the shot was fired that they were unable o tell the po- lice in what direction the would-be Bce the order was|Dillingham, of Vermont, was born at | robber went after the shot was fired. fthe importation of | Waterbury, Vt., Dec. 12, 1843; re-l . ceived an academic education tmdI The Greeks say that the party who did the shooting is a young white man, about 22 years of age, and that they believe they would recognize him if they saw him again. Officers went to the store immediately after Mackers was wounded, but the man who fired the shot has not yet been arrested. Thomas McCabe, one of | LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DEC, 12, 1913. GERMANY WILL NOT EXHIBIT INJURED TWO! ~ AT EXPOSITION YOUNG WOMAN WAS INSTANTLY|WITHDRAWS BILL FOR APPRO: PRIATION OF HALF MILLION FOR PURPOSE Bomb Thought to Have Been Sent{Be Waste of Money as Creditable Showing Could Net Be Made In Tyne Left (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Dec. sevéral stute strohg objections to the bill. ure referred to confidential ments which it is understood con- cerned a British and German agree- ment to stand together in the mat- ter.. Dr. Theodore Lewald, who was German commissioner to the St. Louls exposition, declared that a worthy exhibit could not be prepared andisent to 'Frisco in the fourteen months before the exposition opened. He said it would be'a waste of money. TO ACT ON $120,000,000 FUND Chicago, Dec. 12.—The stock- [holders of the Illinois Central rail- 'road have been asked to meet here to- day mainly for the purpose of con- sidering the issuing of a $120,000,- 000 refunding mortgage and to se- cure authorization for the same. An attempt was made to settle this mat- ter at a meeting, held last month but it was not successful because the directors’ resolutions covering the financing proposition were still un- dergoing inspection by western bank- ers. The details have all been ar- ranged, however, and it is not con- sidered likely that there will be any very strong opposition to the financ- ing plan. ESCAMBIA SHERIFF DEMANDS INVESTIGATION BY AUDITOR Pensacola, Dec. 12.—Denying ab- solutely that he was, in any manner, a party to graft in the padding of mileage bills or otherwise and de- manding investigation at the hands of the State auditor Sheriff A. Cary Ellis Wednesday morning assured the members of the board of county commissioners that any irregularities | that might be found in his (le[mrt—' ment, either now or hereafter, would be made good immediately. The meeting Wednesday morning tol- lowed a somewhat stormy session Tuesday night, at which Clerk Mac- zibbon alleged that the records of his office showed that deputy sheriffs had been padding the mileage]| charges in connection with arrests and the summoning of jurors. A telegram was sent to the governor Wednesday smorning by Sheriff Ellis asking that the State auditor be sent to Pensacola immediately to check up the records of the sheriff’s office. \ special meeting of the board of county commissioners will be held on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock for the purpose of investigat- ing the charges and passing upon the sheriff’s cost bills. next MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH CONSTITUTIONALISTS Washington, Dec. 12. During the past few days there have filtered official circles reports which are to say the least, not reassuring. From high authority the statement comes that still foresees a very difficult 12.—It was decidea todsy to withdraw the bill for half a million dollars appropriation for a German exhibit at San Francisco as ministers entered The committee report on the meas- state- G00D WELCOME FOR FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION Key West, Dec. 12.-—According to | the program of the meeting of the to 30, for three days, it will be one of the most extensive and of a wider scope than Aside from the regular order of business a number of events have been arranged by the local educational body, and banquets, launch rides, visits in carriages to different points of interest, and oth- er interesting events will be on the entertainment program. It is the in- Florida Educational Association be held in Key West, Dec. any held heretofore. tention of the committee on arrange- | ments to do everything in their pow- er to make the stay of the educators one long to be remembered, and to so fill the days of the sojourn in Key West with joy and happiness as to have all of them truthfully say that they are glad they came, and sorry they must leave. MONA LISA Wi~ FOUND TODAY ' (By Associated Press ) Florence Dec. 12.—D'Vinci's mas- terpiece painting, lalled Mona Lisa, whose disappearamce in 1911 created consternation, was found here to- day. An Italian who stole it was arrested. : THE PEN GETS THREE WHITE SLAVERS Savannah, Ga., Dec. 12.-—In the United States court yesterday morn- ing Judge Walter B. Sheppard sen- tenced three white slavers to the fed- eral prison in Atlanta. Allen H. Young and Charles Crosby, young QUSTIVG GF MRS, YOUNS CREATES ST~ LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SUG- GESTS STRIKE OF ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN Club Women Will Strive to Remove Members of Board Who. Voted Against Her (By Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 12.—No single po- litical incident of recent years has caused as much excitement here as the forced resignation of Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of schools. Barrett O'Hara, lieutenant governor of Tllinois suggested a strike of school children and teachers against the action of the school board. Club women are planning a mass meeting tomorrow, which aims at the remov- al of the board members who voted against Mrs. Young. HE NEEDED A SPANKING St. Petersburg, Dec. 12.—After spending a day and night away from home, his whereabouts unknown to his mother, Kenneth Ramasuer, age 11, last night returned from Tampa, vwhere he went to pay a little visit to Fire Chief Hackney, an old friend of the family. The boy left home Tues- day morning presumably to attend school, and did not return home in the afternoon. When he failed to come home to supper his mother, men well known in Savannah were|Mrs. J. G| Ramsauer, 321 Fourth each given a sentence of one year|avenue, South, notimea the police to and one day. They induced Margue-|look out for him. The obsence of rite Slagle and Mrs. Nellle Strange, |the young fellow from home was the then Nellie Frank, to come to Savagy | means of almost prostrating his nah from Jacksonville in May, 1912, | mother, as it was feared that he had for immoral purposes. Young’s sis- ‘talten into the bay and was drowned. ter was in court when he was sen-|Efforts on the part of the police to tenced and created a scene, Sheflocate him failed, and hijs where- had to be removed. John, alias Jack 'abouts were & .mystery until he re- Derbyshire, was sentenced to a year|turned home last night. and a day for bringing Mrs. Emily Kalman to Savannah for West Brownsville, Pa. The woman re- ported this case to the authorities herself last week and Derbyshire was at once indicted, tried and convicted. Mrs. Kalman expressed regret that she had left her home with the man. BATTLESHIP VERMONT PADLY GRIPPLED (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 12.—With the! main shaft broken and several com- partments flooded, the battleship Vermont is creeping toward Hampton Roads on her return from a Mediter- ranean cruise. She is under the con- voy of the battleship Delaware and is twelve hundred miles out. She will arrive in five or six days. A radiogram from Rear Admiral Badg- er said there is no cause for alarm. NEGRO EMPLOYES OF A. C. L. IN MURDEROUS FRACAS Jacksonville, Dec. 13.-—-As a re- sult of an argument between several negroes on the Atlantic Coast Line shuttle train, which I<-.fl the Union, Station at 6:30 o'clock his morning, Henry Bradley shot and instantly killed Thomas Odom. DBoth negroes were employes of the Atlantic Coast Line terminal yards. Bradley was placed under arrest a short time af- ter the shooting during a search through the yards by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Plunk and taken to the coun- ty jail. According to the statement of the confessed murderer, it is said| that Odom and another negro by the problem in Mexico if the constitu- tionalists overthrow Huerta and if Caranza should assume the presi- dency. There are members of the di- plomatic corps here who are endeav- oring to ascertain what guarantees there are that all factions of the rebels will stick together and unite on some man for the presidency and will give him that undivided support essential to the task of restoring peace and order. Two steamers with cargoes of ma- hogany logs are expected in Pensa- cola this week, and these imports, with the amount already brought in name of Bailey had been quarreling, whep Bradley, partly intoxicated, joined the argument. Odom, it is said took exception to the intrusion, and offered fight, drawing a pistol from his pocket. Bradley immedi- ately fired in the direction of Odom, striking him in the heart. O nly one shot was fired, and the negroes quick- ly left the train. The body of Odom was found on the ground near the| tracks, where it had been removed by other emploves. It was later| sent to the city by the authorities to! a local undertaking estaglishment. ' A small caliber pistol was found in| the dead man’s pocket and a large' pistol was taken from a negro, ln’ COME % FLORIDA AND LIVE ANOTHER HUNDRED Sleepy Eye, Minn., Dec. 12.—Je- rome Yates, aged 103, has come here from ldgemont, S. D., where he has been visiting a daughter and will make his home with his son, Rélph P. Yates an engineer on the Chicago and Northwestern railway, in this city. Mr. Yates was born in Johns- town, N. Y., in 1811, during the administration of sames Madison, and has lived through four great wars-—the second war with England, war and has seen thirteen of 100‘- the Civil war, the Mexican the late Spanish war-—and the country expand from colonies to a world power 000,000 people. BUCKS FOUGHT TO THE DEATH South Orange N. J., Dee. 12, — After fizhting for two hours, two male deer belonging to the I ssex county park commission locked horns carly today on the hillside paddock at the South Mountain reservation, and had to be shot to end their suf- ferings. It is just a vear ago since a dozen maimed bucks and does were found on the reservation. Alonzo (‘hnreh, secretary to ¢he park com- mission, summoned Dr. Hornaday, of the Bronx Zoolozical Garden, to solve the mystery. He found that it was the geason when the larger bucks become vicious, and a number of them were shot. This afternoon two other bucks which had shown mur- derous dispositions were also shot to insure the safety of those that re- mained. DEATH PENALTY FOR VIOLAT- ING PROHIBITION LAW Juarez, Dec. 12.—The Mexican military commander at Juarez today issued an order imposing the death penalty on any one who violated or attempted to violate the prohibition law. The penalty applies to those who attempt to purchase liquor as well as those who sell it. The order, issued through the chiet of police, says: “It has come to the attention of the military authorities that mer- chants and saloonkeepers have been selling liquor in violation of the pro- hibition law. Notice is hereby giv- ,en that any attempt to violate the law through the purchase or sale will will make that port lead all others;whose possession the murderer had be punishable by execution before a in the United States In mahogany. left it. firing squad.” . & < St