Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 17, 1913, Page 1

€ SOENT O 68610 DIED TO0K BEEN ILL THREE WEEKS NEUMONIA AT HIS HOME IN NASHVILLE rved as President of the Road for Past Seven Years; Was Inventor (By Associated Press.) hville, Tenn., Dec. 17.—John omas, 57 years old, president INashville, Chattanooga and St. Railway, died at his home 2 o'clock this morning after ess of three weeks with pleural onia. He was a native Ten- n and entered railway work arly age. He rose rapidly and ected president of the road in pventor of the pneumatic and signal system. G AUTOMOBILES BIG INDUSTRY IN DETROIT oit, Dec. orty-three automobiles have eported stolen in the city of a year. It is estimated the heppard have made thirty-five , and Detectives Dwyer and pproximately the same num- A majority of the cases went t, but the, mere fact that the ere brought before the judges tually punished as a result of tomobiles stolen in Detroit. AY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS ressman Frank Plumley, of nt, was born in Eden, Vt., 7, 1864, is a lawyer by pro- and has represented the Unit-| was selected by France and nezuela as umpire in the -Venezuelan mixed commis- hich sat in Northfield in holds honorary degrees from universities, and is an author- international law, Was elected Sixty-first Congress and re- to the Sixty-second and Sixty- ongresses. [ME DIMINISHING IN JAX sonville, Dec. 17.—That s diminishing in Jacksonville ¥n by the figures taken from tter at police headquarters for ar, excepting December. Al the department has been in- | by a few men, a comparison e 1912 report shows that far rrests were made in the eleven b of 1913 than in the whole of ar. Murder cases have been his year than in any preceding liere having been eight mur- 1913 as compared with twen- of last year. FULL OF MONEY f cash by parcel post known to! stoffice authorities was made ay when a purse containing as mailed at the Chicago post- f the Hotel Sherman by C. R. | @ Muskegon, Mich., Heat went home, forgetting| rse, and wired back asking the anagement to forward it to barcel post. [ELS GUEST AT BANQUET York, Dec. 17.—Secretary E will be the guest of honor at nal dinner of the North Caro- ght. 2nd street. He was considered an author-, railroad appliances and was; 17.—Five hundred' 3541t that P approximately 1,200 machineslTo DINE MAYVl;)h‘ g not be taken as indicating glas Murray Butler and Dr. A. Jac- hey were convicted and pun-|gpi, Three men are all that have| es on the mixed commissions ! | i at Britain and Venezula and| d and Venezula, sitting in Ca-| J‘!u.w, six, Florida two, South Carolina SENT BY PARCEL POST s ago, Dec. 15.—The first ship-| Tenn The money was left with the reducing representation business | fore night. ciety of New York at the Pla-|change “lawful money redemp The secretary and Mrs. |to ma b are guests of President Ru-|deemable. Patterson of the soclety at 32|to arrange for 2 { night. umnnmunllE mmmt% m'MHS. PANKHURST |GRAFT BEING « |STEAMER TESE (By Associated Press.) Rome, Dec. 17.—The Pope this morning showed great emotion when told of the death of Cardinal Rampol- la and issued a statement saying that he was one of the greatest men in the church. Rampolla was closely associated with Pope Leo in the movement for the reunion of Chris- tian churches. He was taken ill yes- terday, grew worse last night and died before the arrival of a physi- cian. ' EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE -+ LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DEC, 17, 1913 i N FANAMA RELEASEDFAON | LN L T00iY 10 PAGES No. 38 FULLLS NETHGO IPPONTHENTS BADLY DAMAGED (By Associated Press ) New York, Dec. 17.—The steam- er Tennessee of the Bay State Line, reached her pier here this morning badly damaged after collision with a schooner. Passengers were fright- HOPE TO PASS CURRENCY BILL | { VVashington, Deec. 17—t s hoped a final vote on the currency | /Bill will be taken in the Semate to-' day, so that the members of the up- per house will be able to get the? matter to the conference committee of the two houses to be agreed to and - approved by the president in time for' Christmas holidays next Saturday. ! Opponents of the bill still content, however, that it is the cause of the ; great depression in bhusiness through- ! out the country; triends of the meas- jure are equaelly nositive in declaring }\h;\l it iz setting its share of abuse i that alw new tariff, ! which is ex,ccted to meet some dis- i turbing There is no resident Wilson will be 2lad teo see the bill disposed of at as. carly a date as possible, | greets a conditions. since July 1, 1913, This at the B i ELECT MITCHELL ‘ cars represent a value of $1,-! | 0. Police Commissioner Gll-: New York, Dec. has put four detectives work-;hp tendered lusively on stolen auto cases| pypr.oy Mitchell, the members of the, nce July 1 Detectives Parker|)ourg of estimate, District Attorney!England on the very sirength of past 17.—A dinner will to Mayor-elect John’ (‘has. S. Whitman and other county- officials-elect tonight by the citizens and merchants of Harlem. Other guests of honor will include Mayor Kline, Andrew Carnegie, ex-Mayor Seth Low, Oscar S. Straus, Dr. Nich- REPORT MADE ON THE WHEAT CROP (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17.—The de- partment of agriculture today an- nounced the wheat acreage as 36,- 506,000 acres. Crop condition on Dec. 1 as 97 2-10 per cent normal. Ten-year average is 89:2-10. Seminole Heights, tn Tampa, is‘: soon to have her streets lighted with | electricity . | PLCNST) GINPLETE PLANS (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17.—The Re- publican national committee met| again today to conclude reform measures for reuniting party fac- tions and will finish a plan for re- ducing representation of Southern States in national conventions The plan for rearranging repre- sentation in conventions would give each State four delegates at large, with one from each congressional district, other delezates to be chosen on the basis of the Republican vote in the States. The congressional elections of 1910 will probably be used as the basis. Representation in the national conventions would be reduced by seventy delegates; the South would lose sixty-two delegates and the North eight; Alabama would six. Louisiana seven, ight North Carolina two, e four, Texas fourteen, Vir- Mi ginia five. After several hours’ discussion tho: Republican committee turned over| to a subcommittee the whole plan ofj The sub-| committee is expected to report be-| WSS | - | TO MAKE CHANGE (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17 —At a con- ference of Democratic senators to- night, it is proposed to eliminate {he( deposits guarantee feature from the 11 and also proposed to tion” ke it read, “Treasury notes re- » 1t is planned if possible; vote Thursday currency bi inaturally mean the elimination of | \Wright, who, with his brother, the | zether underserved considering the| W. J. Reddick............. WAS IN STATE OF COMPLETE|IRREGULARITIES CHARGED BE-|ened but none hurt. COLLAPSE FROM HUNGER STRIKE Was Taken to Suffrage - ters; Will Be Sent to Swi land to Recuperate (By Associated Press.) London, Dec. 17.—Mrs. Emme- line Pankhurst, militant suffragette chief, was released from Holloway jail today where she has been im- prisoned since Saturday when she was arrested on arrival from Paris. She was in a state of collapse from hunger strike and was taken to suf- frage headquarters in an ambulance and sent off to Switzerland to recu- perate. ST. LOUIS FOR CENTER St. Louis, Dec. 16.-—A history- making epoch takes place here to- day when, for the first time the Alas- ka seal catch is disposed of through an American house instead of through London, England, as for- merly. The change was made by Secretary of (Commerce and Labor Redfield. For many years it has TWEEN COMMISSARY MAN. AGER AND CONTRACTORS ‘Amount Involved Is Not Known, But No Loss to the Government Has Been Discovered (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 17—Charges of irregularities in dealings between John Burke, commissary manager for the Panama canal work and con- tractors who furnished supplies are being investigated by the govern- ment. So far no loss to the govern- ment has been discovered. The amount of money involved has not been determined. The war depart- ment is trying to ascertain if Burke received commissions from the con- tractors. The investigation has been under way six months and the offi- cials admit that the charges against Burke were made by Charles R. Walker, formerly under Burke. He alleges that Burke gave contracts to a company in which he was financial- ly interested. (By Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 17.—Officers of been as natural to associate seal furs with London as with royaity. Apart, too, from the mere disposi- tion of the furs themselves is the fact that a great tanning and dye- ing industry has been maintained in control of the Alaska seal output by British houses. It is fairly evident that this industry will be removed from England to America in order to further facilitate the home produc- tion of an article truly Américan, in its very aspect. Another consid- eration is the fact that this step will the heavy duties which in the past have added to the prices of seal skin garments in America. Today buyers from the world’s leading fur establishments will bid]| on the 1913 catch, consisting of the thousands of raw skins taken under the present laws governing the Alag- ka output, which favor the develop- ment of the herds. T0 DINE ORVILLE WRIGHT New York, Deec. 17.—Orville late Wilber Wright, made the first flight in an aeroplane made in the United, States, ten years ago today, at Dayton, Ohio, will be the guest of honor at a banquet given by the Aero Club of America tonight. Many of the most prominent airmen and scientists of the country will be present. President Wilson is ex- pected to send a letter of congratu- lation. POLITICAL NOTES FROM NATION'S CAPITAL When the administration begins to press the ratification of the protec- torate treaty many senators believe the whole subject of American-Nica- raguan relations as they developed when Philander C. Knox was secre- tary of State will be Investigated. There is a feeling that Mr. Knox’s| treatment of the Zelayan government | was not altogether warranted and; that the execution of the Americans, Cannon and Grace, while constitut- ing harsh treatment, was not alto-! kind of warfare that they carried on. | i Charles F. Murphy's leadership of Tammany Hall and of the Democratic ! orzanization of New York is threat-| ened more seriously than his inti- mate friends are willing to admit. It has been suggested in the National Democratic Club, where Mr. Murphy coes, leader and | seldom that the those who are known to be his con- !, | fidants are actually not aware of the| re; IN CURRENCY BILL | details and the s-trung!h of the mn\'e—i”,,:\ une .|n_4-im1.>ly \vfl?k«-:], gesticu- - | ment among influential Democrats to|lating and talking excitedly toward force his retirement. | | Since the last list of contributors|ihen a goodly crowd of curious spec- | will have been published, the following ! tators were certain that the Dono-!course of time to the satisfaction of | have contributed to the fund for the|hoe-Lee-Logue act was part of the|all the powers concerned and for the uniforms for the fire department members: the Panama Railroad Company today said they knew of charges against John Burke, commissary manager for the canal work, only by hearsay. They audited his accounts but had no other relations with him. CONGRESSMEN LIKE TO POSE FOR THE MOVIES| More and more each day is that important adjunct of national gov- ernmental life, the statesman whose official duties bring him to Wash- ington, figuring in motion picture films to be shown around the coun- try. In recent months the moving pic- ture producers have invaded Con- gress to an extent that bids fair in time to capture in the “movies” the forms and visages of practically all the noted solons of the Senate and House, cspecially those whose names become associated with popular pub- lic projects, both those of deep in- terest to sowme especial locality or city, as well as those that are na- tional in scope. And, forsooth, it must be said, the solons like it, and when one of them is invited by the “movie” man to do a little “stunt” in connection with some pet legislative project of his, the rule is that he very promptly ac- cepts the invitation, for he knows the picture is quite likely eventually to be exhibited in his district. Apropos of this. an amusing inel-| dent ocgurred recently on the east front steps of the House end of the capitol. Three Pennsylvania con- gressmen, Donohue and Logue, of Philadelphia, and lLee, of Pittsville, have been making a vigorius fight for a 1,700-foot drydock for the League Island Navy yard at Philadel- phia, a project of vast interest in the Keystone State. A moving picture firm asked them to do a ‘‘stunt of walking slowly down the long, wide marble steps to- ward the camera, discussing heated- ly the drydock proposition, an invi- tation they accepted with alacrity. They had a couple of rehearsals in which d.eec was told to stop talking with both hands, Donohoe to stop his “erinning” and Logue ordered peremptorily to quit trying to mo- nopolize the “center of the stage.” By some curious fau pas, the three distinguished Pennsylvanians hecame tangled up in a professional moving 800 io of a lurid drama of picture national politics that was being tak- en on the great white steps at the same time much to the dismay of the professional actors participating in the fiction picture. The actors almost jealous jealous of the tic acting of the statesmen as the camera reeling off the sensation- NEGRO LYNCHED IN ALACHUA COUNTY Hawthorne, Fla., Dec. 16.—Henry White, a negro, 20 years of age, was lynched at Campville, a small village five miles from here, at an early hour Saturday morning by several hundred infuriated men who found the negro under a young woman's bed. Young men from Hawthorne were calling on the young woman when they heard a noise in an adjoining bed room. Upon investigation White was found under the bed. He was promptly carried +into the yard, a rope secured and he was swung up by the neck.| The limb parted and the negro fell, but he was promptly riddled with bullets, his body being found early this morning. Some excitement exists. among the citizens of both Hawthorne and tained for trouble among the blacks. OBSERVE AERO* PLANE'S BIRTHDAY Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 17.—The tenth anniversary of the first aeroplane of Dayton, Ohio, is being generally iobserved throughout Ohio today. Is- pecial prominence is being given the event here when an aeroplane exhibit has been arranged at the Toledo Au- tomobile Show by Harry N. Atwood. GLEE CLUB TO CANAL ZONE New York, Dec. 17.—The quartet of Penn State Glee Club sailed today for the Canal Zone, where they will remain for two weeks as guests of the United States government, giving concerts in the various club houses along the line of the canal. TO DISCUSS RUSSIAN TRADE New York, Dec. 17.—The newly appointed commercial attache to the imperial Russian embassy at Wash- ington, Mr. C. J. Medzikhovsky, will be the guest of honor at a lunch- eon given by the American Manufac- turers’ Export Association at the Whitehall Club today. He will speak on “The Ways and Means of Extend- ing Commercial Relations Between ‘Russin and the United tates." 95 BODIES WERE RECOVERED TODAY (By Associated Press.) Castle, Col., iy ) Twenty-five bodies of thirty-seven men killed in a coal mine explosion here yesterday were removed early today and three more located in the workings. Plans have been made for a general funeral at which the victims will be buried in the ceme- tery with those killed in the explo- sion of 1896. New Dec. WANT AEROPLANE MAIL MEN Washington, Dec. 17.—If the ef- forts of the Aero Clul of America are suceessful delivery of mail by aero- plane will soon he a part of the United tSates gervice. The committee on postoffices and roads of the house has reported favorably on a bhill appropriating $100,000 for the carryinz of mail by aeroplane, and the Aero Clnb is working to have the by the House today, which is the tenth anniversary of the first flight the Wright brothers is to use the postal hill passed made by >I.,]l' aeroplane in such places as the Phil-| ippines, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. idea The is still a| subject of interest in diplomatic cir-| cles, but seems to have ceased to hoi A majority of | Mexican situation a cause for anxiety al drama It was some time before matters could be s htened out, and even professional film, although the “movies” stage manager insisted that British ministers, it is believed, are| inclined to the opinion that things work themselves out in the| best interests of Mexico. Everyone is agreed upon one thing that the 9. F. Fredenburg........... $1.00|the representatives were only wanted | downfall of Huerta cannot be much 1.00 because of their drydock fight. longer delayed. Campville, but no fears are enter- | flight made by the Wright Brothers,|. WHERE EVERY MINISTER IN THE STATE WILL BE LOCATED THE COMING YEAR Rev. D. B. Sweat Was Changed from' Gary to Manatee After Con- ference Adjourned In yesterday’s Telegram appeared the appointments of Methodist minis- ters to the Bartow district, and oth- ers in which Lakeland was interest- ed. The following are the appoint- ments in full: Palatka District Presiding Elder—Smith Hardin. Palatka—W. M. Poage. Crescent City and St. John’s Park —S. I. Hendrix. Welaka—To be supplied. Seville——R. E. 4. Folsom. DeLand—I.. D, Lowe. Bunnell—L. D. Haynes. Kingston and Daytona—H. By Partridge. New Smyrna—J. Q. Wells. Sanford—F. K. Steinmeyer. Oviedo—A. L. Hope. Hawthorne—J. L. Folsom. Melrose-——W. F. Jones. Rodman and Fort MeCoy—G. H. York. Maitland——K. D. Jones, supply. Orange Springs Mission—W. H, Slaymaker. Anthony Circuit—M. H. Outland. Starke—B. T. Rape. Citra—W. J. Nease. Reddick—J. C. Pace. Micanopy—G. S. Henderseon. Altoona Mission—1. B. Roberts. Umatilla—J. B. Rooney. Apopka—G. D. Reeves. Winter Garden—H. Steenbock. Enterprise—W. J. Bartlett. Jacksonville District Presiding Elder—Ira S. Patter- son. Bryceville Circuit—E. J. H. L. Ezell, supply. Callahan—R. L. Honiker. Fernandina--1. W. dongacre, T. J. Swearingen, supply. Green (‘ove Springs—J. M. Glazier. Hastings-—J. W. Palmer. Hillard—J. W. Hines, supply. Jacksonville—First church, W. J, (‘arpenter; City Mission, R. A. Guy, R. E. Mood, one to be supplied. Marvin- . J. Patterson. Hardee, Parker street-—F. Pasco. Phoenix Park—W. T. Brantley. Riverside Park--J. S. Chapman; St. Mathews and Kings Road—J. . Jones, . L. Ley, supply. Springfield—J. A. Hendry, Wesley Memorial—C. W. Inman. McClenny—Gus A. Davis. Middleburg Mission—D, D, Dief- fenworth. o i New Augustine—(G. C. Herndon, supply. St. Augustine—IL. F. Chapman. South Jacksonville—J. E. Wood- ward. [“4 W. Cramer, supply. State Superintendent Anti-Saloon League-- (. W. Crooke. Agent Anastasia Methodist Assem- bly—W. G. Fletcher. Gainesville District Pregiding Elder-—J. W. Bigham. Alachua-—-H. J. Haeflinger. Jeunings—To be supplied. Jasper-—J. T. Mitchell. White Springs—T. E. Weaver, Melborne--E. K.| Denton. Live Oak--W. A. Myers. Live Oak Mission—D. G. iel, supply. Fort White——Thomas Williams. iligh Springs—A. J. Bennett. Jronson Mission—W. H, Newkirk (Cedar Keys-——H. C. Gainesville—(', Gainesville McDan- and Nance. H. Summers. Mission—E. (. Kil- gore, dake City—H. T. Gaines. Columbia-—J. F. Clarke. Lake Butler—H. Logan. ? Tallahassee District Presiding Elder—J. P. Hilburn. Apalachicola—T. I.. Z. Barr. \ucilla and Greenville—T. R, Adams. Bristol-—J. W. Hypes. Carabelle—C. F. York. Chattahoochee—R. A, Sowell. Fenholloway—E. T. Breeland. Havana—Paul Fletcher. Hinson—J. D. Mur:. . Leon—F'. L. Crowson. Madison—C. F. Blackburn. Madison Circuit—R. I. Allen. (Continuad on Page 8.)