Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 16, 1913, Page 1

T 0 0.E CHURCH S TO LAKELAND FROM 0CA- ; REV., JENKINS GOES T0 TAMPA HEIGHTS pp Announces Those Who Were Assigned to the Bartow District (Special to the Telearam) lahassee, Dec. 16.—Bishop ison read out the appointments morning and the present session e Florida Methodist Conference to a close. The following are ppointments for the Bartow dis- psiding Elder—J. R. (‘ason. va—O0. Bogges. cadia—E. F. dey. rtow—J. F. Bell. rmont Circuit—G. W. Gate- wling Green—W. B. Tresca. pply Fort Meade—J. L. Kil- rt Meade Circuit—W. J. Reed. pply, Fort Myers—George F. st Fort Myers—J. H. Daniels. ostproof and Sebring—M. C. n. thleen—M. T. Bell. keland—J. B. Ley. Iberry—G. S. Roberts. pcatee—W'. G. Strickland. nta Gorda—T. H. Sistrunk, olls Butler supply. auchula—J. L. Griffiths. inter Haven—H. R. Barnett. pines City—J. W. Austin. xieland and Myrtle Street—W. Steinmeyer. ssimmee—S8. W. Lawler. mpa Heights—I. C. Jenkins. pith Hardin. ry—D. B. Sweat. Edgar Wilson. 1 METHCDIST MINISTED TS MINISTRY AND CHURCH jami, Dec. 16.—Rev. R. V. sson, pastor the past year of the;’ Methodist church here, has de- 0 not only to leave the ministry| has withdrawn his membership p the Methodist church, accord-| to the following telciram: Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. . toneman, iami, Florida have withdrawn from the minis- and membership of the Methodist ch. R. V. ATKISSON. the above brief telegram, Dr. sson announces his having tak- 14, p step that his intimate friends|gyrance to administration P been aware he has been con-|ipat they plating for some time. st what form of activity Dr. esiding Elder, Palatka District|the regular party custom. L \KELAND PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST S:I‘ITE JURY 10 TRY HoBBs WAS DRAWN 100AY (By Associated Press) Vicksburg, Miss., ; ter futile efforts to head cfl a trial State Senator G. A. Hobbs, today watched the selection of a jury in the case in which he is charged .with receiving bribes. dieutenant Gover- nor Brewer is an important witness ‘l’or the State and very prominent at- torneys are engaged in the case. Telephonic devices figure in the evi- dence. G. 0. P. MEETING TODAY Washington, Dec. 16.—Members of the Republican national commit- tee from every State and territory in the Union are to attend the big pow- wow today. The meeting will be devoted to a discussion of party mat- ters. Chairman Charles D. Hilles and Secretary James B. Reynolds, Reynolds, having made this plan in the call issue for the conference. ; The decision to call the national ‘committee results from the repeated requests of the Republican party. The principal changes demanded are In'the basis of representation from the Souihern States at national conventions;, and in the method of electing delegates from States 'that have proimary laws covering that subject. 1t is expected that the na- {tional committee will not agree to the calling of a national convention without protest on the part of some of its members, who claim that the committee itself has ample authority to make the necessary changes in rules and regulations. California, lowa and South Dakota, however, have statutes which provide for the election of delegates to national par- ty conventions on the State-wide plan. The law committee holds that the national committee has author- ity to make exceptions in calling the special convention as to conform to the State laws which conflict with The law committee, in short, has taken spo- cial pains to make the legal phases flitor Florida Christian Advocate|of the situation fit public sentiment, all of which has an important bear- ing on the main ‘‘get-together’ issue which interests the Repubiican leaders. The law committee of the {national committee at its meeting | here several months ago, includes (harles B, Warren of Michigan, Senator Jones of Washington, Sher- man Granger of Ohio, Roy 0. West of Illinois, Representative James A. Mann of Illinois and James A. Fow- ler of Tennessee. |OFFIGERS DECLARE IT WAS ONLY A JOKE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 16.—Officers of the order of Carabo today sent as- officials felt no hostility toward the president’s Philippine policy. They said the satires at the dinner sson will now take up, is notfjast week were in spirit of fun only. Wn as yet, but his hundreds of hds in Miami indulge the hope he will return to this city and|MAY CALL me identified with it. ASTD WITH LAKELAND POARD OF TRADE BOOKLET|"" ' 10 O ere today. STATE-WIDE STRIKE Denver, Dec. 16.-—A State-wide ctrike may be called in Colorado aft er the convention of the allied trade The meeting is being held at the cail of . R. W. Janes, a wellknown| ., yicpenan, president, and W. T. estate agent of Tampa, in the s " a business letter to the 0 says: J. dten f 936 . Apt. 2, Chicago, 1! was in 01T1~e one day last w He very much pleased when I Wed him my Lakeland Board of de Dandy Folder. He would ap- fate receiving one at the address Wn. Stating that he was an own- pf 40 acres in The Highlands of eland was all that prevented me 0 selling him in Lakeland. Can you give me the name of the It having for sale the finest and t proven profitable combination e in your county? We eztend to you heartiest com- hents of the season from the city Wwo hundred ninety-two million s as one of the records of it8 fufacturing interests.” Margate REIGNERS POUR INTO EL PASO (By Associated Press.) 1 Paso, Dec. 16.—Two hundred foreigners including sixty ericans arrived here on a special 0 from ‘Chihuahua today and firmed the stories of Villa's tment of the Spaniards. secretary of the State Fed- Hickry, eration of Labor. The State- -wide walkout will be sympathetie, if called, for the purpose of aiding the United Mine Workers of America in ir struggle in the southern and the: Secretary northern Colorado areas. of Labor W. B. Wilson has returned | to Washington, having failed to bring about peace between the work- ers and their employers. The ope- rators have issued an ultimatum in which the striking miners are given until Jan. 1, 1914, to return to their work. BANK ROBB - AUGHT IN KEY WEST Key West, Dec. 16.—To all ap- pearances the man who successfully robbed th $200,000 on Oct. 4, 1912, and got | away with $150,000 of it. has been | captured in Key West, of those slips that every eriminal makes at some time in his; career. The man, Julio Gonzales, is at present in the county jail, held under a $2,000 bail for the criminal court for obtaining money under false pretenses. UNLUGKY O e National Bank of Cuba ohflxhationa will ‘be forgotten at the; through one| successful | the Progressive LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1913, G, WOMAN | FOR SEVERAL | MURDERED By MURDERERS| THREE NEGROEE |CHARGES AGAINST WHALEY DISMISSED (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. .—Charges of political corruption against Con- gressman Whaley of South Carolina made by Mayor Grace of Charleston were today dismissed by the House LYNCHINGS roox PLACE IN|BLACKS wmm ARRESTED AND (elections commission. LOUISIANA AND NORTH ONE OF THEM HAS CON- FESSED TO0 THE CRIME - CAROLINA Two Lynched at Shreveport, La.;|Mob Formed Last Night, Many Mem- One Lynched at Willis- bers of Which Were Arrested ton, N. C. and Liberated Today (By Associated Press.) (By Assoclated Press.) Williston, N. C.. Dec. 16.—| Augusta, Ga., Dec. Cleve Culberson, recently convicted|negroes accused of slaying Mrs. of slaying three members of the Dil-|Jefferson Irby, near Wrens, Ga., lon family, was today taken from|were brought to Augusta early to- jail and hanged from a bridge near|day in an automobile from Waynes- here. boro, where they were threatened - last night by a mob. It was feared (By Associated Press.) the militia could not Shreveport, La., Dec. 16.—Two | prisoners and troops guarded the negroes named Williams were today | Waynesboro jail throughout the lynched by a mob at Blanchard, La.,[night. Many mob members were after having ocnfessed to killing Cal-[arrested. The negroes are accused vin Ballard, a white man. Ballard’s|of killing the woman over a 50-cent body was found hacked to pieces in|debt. a store Saturday. George Hart, one of the negroes, is alleged to have made a confession ’here to the sheriff. It is claimed he said that Robert Paschal, one of the negroes, attacked Mrs. [rby and then cut her throat and that three of them dragged her outside the house and crushed her head with an axe. The members of the mob arrested last night were released this morn- ing. U. 5. INTERGEDES FOR SPANIARDG (By Assoclated Press.) THIRTY MI ENTOMBED T NEW CASTLE, COL. (By Associated Press.) Grand Junction, Col.,, Dec. 16.— Fifty miners are reported entombed by an explosion at New Castle, Col. The cause of explosion is not known. The mine is owned by the Rovkv Mountain Fuel Co. BEPUBLIGANS P PLAN HOW T0 REORGANIZE (By Associated Press ) Washington, Dec. 16.—The Re- publican national committee today ed States government has interceded faced two propositions to reorganize |successfully for the Spaniards who the party and to unite discordant|complained of mistreatment when elements. One of these calls for a|(hihuahua, Mexico, was taken by special national convention to re-|the rebels. This announcement is adjust the system of representation;|made by the State department. The the other plan opposed the conven-|advices sald that foreigners general- tion and would have the national|jy except Spaniards, were protected committee fix the re-apportionment|from the first. The United States plan, which would be ratified by Re-|yndertook to see that Spaniards were publican State conventions. The 1aWw | otected at the request of the Span- committee recently decided thac the|igy ambassador. committee could not fix the re-appor- tionment plan solely on its own au- thority . ALL OF US 22 CENTS (hicago, Dec. 16.—Candidates AHEAD OF THE GAME for United States senator, represen- tatives in Congress and other offices Washington, Dec. 12.—Each in-[to be filled next year, will be given dividual in the United States is the-|consideration at a State-wide con- oretically 22 cents richer this year ference of Progressives held here to- than last, according to the annual re-|day at the Chicago Progressive Club. port of the comptroller of the cur-|The State central committee and the rency, issued yesterday. The total of |chairmen of the various county or- uctual money now in the country,|sanizations meet this afternoon, a including the amount held in reserve |public reception being held in the in the United States treasury is $3,-|meantime, and this evening there 720,070,016, and if this stupendous will be addresses by well known amount of circulating medium were [speakers. Raymond Robbins, State equally divided among every man,|chairman, announces that sufficient woman and child within the con-|money has been subscribed to dis- fines of the United States each would | charge all obligations of the State have $34.56. Last year this per cap-|committee. It is understood that a ita average was $34.34. This is the|$10,000 debt was incurred during highest per capita average yet at-|last year's campaign. tained excepting in the years of 1908 and 1909, when it reached $24.72 and $34.93 respectively. ILLINOIS PROGRESSIVES MEET TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS (‘ongressman Rufus Hardy, Demo- crat, of Corsicana, Texas, born in Monroe county, Mississippi, Dec. 16, PINKERTON ST AYERS TO GET STAY X G " 1855; educated at private schools in TR . e Media, Pa., Dec. 16.—Georse .1, . ¢ tne old Cathright school Marsch and Rowland S. Pennington, |Somerville Institute), Mississippi, charged with the murder of 8. ‘ewm!dnd the University of Georgia; mem- Pinkerton, the young tax collector ber of the Phi Delta Theta Frater- of Edzmont and overseer of a group Yunt nity; married in 1881; admitted to of farms in that township, a: the bar in 1875; elected county at- month, are scheduled to come to torney of Navarro (-mmty in 1880, trial today, but it is believed that and re-elected in 1882;: elected dis- their cases will be put over ”nmitrwt drtnrnm for the lhlrtnonth jt- spring, attorneys for the accused dicial dlstrlct, composed of Free- pleading lack of time in the prepar-| ... imoctome, and Navarro coun- ation. The murder was done {or.“es in 1884, and re-elected in 1886; the purpose of T°_"Y’"-‘" Each - man elected district judge of same dis- puts the resnonsibility on the other. trict in 1888 and re-elected in 1892, R retired from the bench in 1896, HONOR MEMORY OF elected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, TIMOTHY WOODRUFF Sixty-second and Sixty-third Con- gresses Brooklyn, Dec. 16.—Party af- memorial meeting for Timothy L./ So many city employes buy jewelry Woodruff, formerly lieutenant gov-|on the instalment plan and borrow ernor of New York and organizer of money on it, giving dealers assign- party in Queens'ments on their salaries, that the ad- county, to be held in the Academy of justment division of the finance de- Music tonight. Charles A. Aron-|partment has employed a staff of ex- stam, vice chairman of the Progres-ltra clerks to settle the judgments. sive county committee, will preaide Comptroller Prendergast is consider- and a number of distinguished men | ing legislation which will put an end will speak. to the practice. 16.—Three | protect the|ticular. ific of dealing in opium, G00OD ROADS MOVE- MENT IN CANADA London, Ont., Dec. 16.—The provincial highways commission ‘meets here today in an effort to gain the pulse of the good roads move- ment. Provincial Highway Engi- neer McLean outlined the special de- sires of the commission for these meetings, which are understood to be merely the precursors of others. There are seven matters on which information will be sought in par- These include: 1. The benefit to be derived from road im- provement. 2, The kind of roads con- sidered desirable for the locality re- presented. 3. The sources from which revenue for roads should be derived. 4. The value of statute labor. 5. The classtfication of the roads and the governing body in which control of each should be placed. 6. The roads of the locality, which are or which should be con- structed on main roafls for local market or other accumulated and im- portant traffic. 7. The width of tires and the control of automobile, traction engine, motor truck or oth- er traffic. G00D WELCOME FOR FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION Key West, Dec. 16.—According to the program of the meeting of the Florida Educationa) association to be held in Key West, Dec. 30, for three days, it will be one of the most ex- any held heretofore. Aside from the regular order of business, a num- ber of events have been arranged by the local educational body, and ban- quets, launch rides, visits in car- riages to different points of inter- est, and other interesting events will be on the entertainment program. It is the intention of the committee | on arrangements to do everything in their power to make the stay of the educators one long to be remem, bered, 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. PIG REALTY DEAL PULLED OFF IN LONDON (By Associated Press) Dec. 16.—The estate deal lL.ondon, biggest private real of record was completed today when the Duke of Bedford sold nineteen acres of land in the heart of London to Har- ry Mullaby Deeley, Unionist member of the House of Commons. The pur- chase price was many millions of pounds, sterling. The figures arej withheld. The agents said the price exceeded by several million pounds | the largest sum ever before paid for a single piece of property. BROWN IS AFTER CHINESE . OPIUM SMUGGLERS Jacksonville, Dec. 15.- -United States Marshal J. C. Brown is de- termined to break up the illegal traf- in which a number of Chinamen are declared to be interested. Marshal Brown and his deputies this week arrested Lou Gat, alias Wah Hop, on the charge of smuggling opium, finding evidence which indicates that the Chinaman has been doing business on a large scale. The officers believe Chinamen of Key West, Tampa and other points are engaged in the same traffic. PREACHER SUSPENDED | FOR THREE MONTHS Tallahassee, Dec. 15.—Dr. E. C, Hudson, of Southern College, was found guilty by the Florida Method- ist conference here Saturday of pub- lishing articles inveighing against the doctrines and policy of the church. He was suspended for three months. If at the end of that time !entertainment and instruction. the offending articles are not retract- ed he will be suspended from the con- rence. ference e No. 37 GEONs FROM LPART3 .5, NOWINATLANTA GATHER THERE TO ATTEND SOUTHERN SURGICAL GYNEC- OLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Dr. John Brown Young, of t. Louis, Is Presiding Over Distinguished Body (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Dec. 16—Noted surgeons from all parts of the United States were here this morning at the open- ing session of the annual meeting of the Southern Surgical Gynecolog- ical Association. Papers on various difficult operations were read. Dr. John Brown Young of St. Louis pre- sided. MANY SIGN UP AS ' CHAUTAUQUA GUARANTORS The towns and villages of the United States are fighting the cities for existence. The local merchants and wholesale the big city mail order houses. They have started the community develop- ment movement to arouse local pride and make the farmers and towns people see that their best interest lies in getting together and stand- jing by home enterprises. In this getting together of town and coun- try they have suddenly stumbled 'upon the fact that the Chautauqua movement is a big tactor. Realizing this fact The American Lumberman, Aug. 30, 1913, says: “The annual Chautauqua now occupies so large a Washington, Dec. 16.—The Unit-|tensive and of a wider scope than|Place in the modern scheme of edu- cation, entertainment and enlight- enment that little remains to be told of its efficiency in carrying light into the dark places. The Chau- tauqua takes everywhere the latest and very best thought on the most vital subjects.”” The purely educa- tional value might be elaborated upon, but at the same time it inci- dentally affords the cleanest of en- tertainment, and that at a time when much that is unclean, degrad- ing and debasing is clamoring for attention. The time has come when the com- munity must provide all of its peo- but especially its young people wholesome and inspiring No means is known that has been more universally adopted to accomplish this worthy and necessary end than the Chautanqua. If you are really interested in the good of your own community, and have its welfare at heart; if you desire for your chil- dren and friends the broadening in- fluence of the 1914 Chautauqua, and for your community of Lakeland the ple, with clean, many great values to be obtained from this assembly, join your name with these who have stood as the guarantors for this assembly of 1914, It might have been that you were out of town when the superin- tondent, (', Rucker Adams, tried to see you. The following people have ex- 'pressed a desire by signing as guar- antors: H. J. Drane, C. W. Deen, 1.. M. Futeh, J. W. Scally, N. A. Riggins, J. L. Skipper, John F. Cox, H. D. Bassett, 0. M. Eaton, F. D. iryan, M. 17, Hetherington, Samuel I'. Smith, \W. K. Jackson, W. D. Nowlin, I. . Jenkins, Jeremiah B. Smith, Chas. M. Jones, &.. F. Hen- ley, U. G. Bates, J. E. Melton, Wm Steitz, E. 1. Young, Jr. If you de- sire to join this enterprise call upon or address C. Rucker Adams at Ho- tel Kibler. RAILROAD NOTES W. C. Brown, former president of the New York Central, predicts government ownership of railroads or higher rates. The Canadian Pacific directors are expected to issue another statement shortly, announcing an additional distribution of stock worth perhaps $60 a share. The Lehigh Valley I:. put in ser- vice in New York harbor two re- frigerating barges, each 90 feet long, and three more are to follow. These are used in transferring fruit and other perishable freight to steamers. houses are fighting