Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 20, 1913, Page 1

) PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STA oLUME 1. K5 READY D AGGEPT A5 PASSED LAST NIGHT AND WILL SOON BE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT [ e bers of House and Senate Are fiow Getting Bill in Shape for |’ o Signature (o ated Press.) | New Yo 20.-—The passaze | the currency bill finds the re ready to accept its salient f res although they fought the meas | o us first proposed. ved that any of the thirty-six na-| bnal banks here will relinquish the eral charter as many threatened. s Dee’ bank It is not he-| (By Assoc.ated Press ) | Washington, Dec. 20.—The flnnl‘ brk of preparing the administration rrency bill for the president's sig- ture began today when the House d Senate conferees met ir differences. An effort will be pde to complete the consideration the bill so the president may sign by Tuesday. The principal points difference are on the number of ional reserve banks, the guaran- p of deposits, and the time limit on prtgages which national banks may pke on farm loans. The first step er the measure becomes law will the forming of the federal reserve ard of seven members by the presi- nt. This board will make arrange- buts for changing the currency sys- to settle _AMERICAN STATES 70 HAVE TALLEST BUILDING New York, Dec. 20.—The Pan- nerican States Association, which ently bought the site at 57th and th streets and Broadway, expects fay to complete plans for erecting e tallest building in the world. e proposed structure, which will known as Las Americas, will be 1 feet in height. The height of e Woolworth building is 780 feet. e original plans for the structure, epared by Francis H. Kimball, lled for a building 901 feet in ight. The building will be used a center for prominent exhibits of ! e products of Central and South herica and Mexico. The cost esti- ted by Mr. Kimball is $12,400,- 0 for a structure of 18,255,968 bic feet. The total cost, including e land, according to Robert Lee fnn, the manager of the associa- n, will be $16,000,000. It is ex- ted that rentals for each floor will ing from $75,000 to $100,000 a ar . GED LAND SWINDLERS ARRESTED IN JAX | Jacksonville, Dec. 19.—Charged | der an indictment returned in the feral court at Kansas City Wwith g the mails to defraud several ousand purchasers of Florida Ev- glades land, R. J. Bolles and Jes- L. Billingsley, after being for- lly arrested yesterday by United ates Marshal Brown, waived ar- isnment before Commissioner ennan, who fixed their bonds at 000, and set their cases for hear- g March 10. The warrant for the est of Bolles and Billingsley Was fued under the indictment found at|yy ansas City. The warrant and 2 DY of the indictment were sent t0 e judge of this district of the fed- al court, who, in accordance With ¢ law, ordered the case brought fore the nearest United States com- issioner, who happened to be Frank . Brennan, of this city, for prelim- ary trial. R el z J. H. Havlin, or Cincinnati, 2 talthy hotel and theater man, is URRENGY BILL - B Brooks; ASK GOVERNOR T0 INVESTIGATE SHERIFF —_— FRESIDENT JEGI] chsacola, Dee. 19,—After con- | & @ session ot all day, in which mlun 1nous testimony cludin was ‘l\\ll Ul 060 | yad e ,\u d pay by the sherift .md' the bouard of luum_\'; last night passed ‘J‘ Iu MIS ISSIPP' | tion unanimously to Lorward to| SOVEILOY a copy of the testimony, ‘ Lo L other information! b out et the hoadine, roe) WILL PROBABIY LEAVE NEXT Btion drattion ungilt' TUESDAY FOR PASS CHRIS ciore the board ad- e | ourtied offered to make wood the| Wil Spend Christlnas and New Year UNOUNL Of the excess charses made| Holidays at That Pleasant | | dsainst the county, but lee‘ Resort ard took the view that the L,m\l-' R Lor was the proper oflicial to act, .md (By Associated Press) | ill put the entire matter into his, Washington, Dec. 20.—#President | Wilson will leave here possibly Tues | [day for Pass Christian, Miss., ful'- He expects to | \151\ the currency bill before Monday | night. | ‘l]ll'\L weeks' vacation. IHIEF WADE BlG HAUL_LAS[ Nmm:mm e | ORDER IS ENFORCED eo—— Dec. 19.-——That the State tax commission’s orders would mean 10 s man for the ber Co., verert, iraveling sales- | Southern Tire and Rub-| vith headquarters in Or-' robbed last night at the! 10tel, an unknown thief | Tampa, taxes for Hillsborough coun- ty, to the extent of $18.50 on every piece of property valued at $1,000 on (the 1913 tax asscssment roll, is the e | eileulation of M. E. tax Mr. Sparkman is one of the five assessors who signed the call originated by H. L. Turner, of Duval county, for a convofition of as- |sessors and county commissioners in | Jacksonville about Feb. 1. Because the State one-mill school tax and one-half mill board of health tax jcannot be changed, and the county $120 signed | gonoo1 tax and special school district taxes are not under the control of the tax commission or governor, taxes will be higher though no great- er revenue is derived for the general county funds or for the general reve- nue and pension fund of the State. higher lando, Dad Hines having ente wWas red his room and stole! which his trousers ‘ontaine ; : 1561’3, contained Sparkman, following: & i assessor here. one wateh, Ingersol; greep leath- er fob with amethist watch charm; two fifty dollar bills; one twenty dol- bill. all amounting to about $265. lar balance in tens, in to The South- for $125,i was also One check payable ern Tire and Rubber Co. signed by J. L. stolen, by Dr. another note for $84 signed by (*. H. Walk- er; one note tfor $84 signed by W. two notes for $41 signed by Maxwell Bros.,, Mulberry; one note for $84 signed by d.eon Prine; a receipt for a note left for collec- tion from the bank at Wauchula, and a black folding purse with Elk's head in the center. The thief entered the room from the rear porch on the second floor and made a successful getaway with- out awakening Mr. Everett, who did not learn of his loss until this morn- ing. Deputy Sheriff Dan Marshall and the city police were notified and i (81} Skipper, as was a note tor Samuel F. Smith; NEGRO SAVED FROM GALLOWS St. Petersburg, Dec. —Just when he had given up all hope and ihad made up his mind that he would have to die on the gallows, Jim Pres- ton, a negro wife murderer umder sentence of death, was notified that the State pardon board had commut- his sentence to life imprison- &% A0 WOrking on [he sme. Sk ment. Preston was the happiest man tilieve, 1t 1o hecile DEsk 05 B prn: in the State yesterday when he start- tessional crook, who wnsl Bwarg of ed for the State prison convict camp the amount of money carried by Mr. ik Aenuly. hsTI altHop sk K Ryerott; was going to that camp to stay until he died or vas pardoned. The Tampa 'lnlnmo gives cordial encouragement to d.akeland’s coming anniversary celebration on the first day of the coming year and assures us of full support and sympathy and Chicago, Dec. a large attendance from Tampa. We[that by the first of the year the Chi- expect that, of course. Tampa is our |cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul will big neighbor and friend, and she has|have decided upon the type of equip- as much right to be proud of Lake-|ment to be used for the electrifica- land as Lakeland has of her. We|tion of its main line over the moun confidently look for a big Tampa del-|tains of Montana. Tt is said to be egation at our blowout. practically certain that the overhead £ trolley will be used to eonvey the current to the electric locomotives. C. W. & ST. P. PLANS 19.—It is expected DS FILED FOR - XECORD IN POLK CCUNTY RS Furnished by Security Abstract an Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) TACKLED THE WRONG WOMAN West Point, Miss., Dec. 19.— Mrs. Estelle Henry, manager of a shooting gallery connected with a j. I.|carnival company, yesterday shot and December 19, 1913. Strickland Lumber Co. to Citea Aethil: Pulien: 8 Drubably Knowles. e T wounded C. C. Colbert, both Strickland Lumber (0. J voung men and members of prorpi- Knowles. nent families. The woman is in jail. h s John Hender- James Henderson to Jo Mrs. Henry clatmed Colbert made an insulting proposal. Felton was a by- stander and was shot aceidentally. son. Ja A Earl C. May to W. Florida and George Land Co. to) Robertson. |NICE FORM or cxmsnvms GIFT 7. T. Rober Wilson to Walter Sherertz. Hicks toH.W.Powers. T. Robertson. 0./ New York, Dec. 20.-—Christmas Wi B0V P | presents in the subway this year will i : [be 85 zold pieces. The board of di- DeVane & Holl $8:. W (unn"‘lr‘ rectors of the Interborough Rapid Sarah J. Wood to B B e ‘Transit Company has authorized dis- W. 8, Prostetl ¥ Wk Die PR \tribmion of the coins among em- | - " | ployes earning $115 a month, who been with the company since 1, 1913. It was said that 14,000 R. E. Gandy to Banks Bashore. E. P. Gardiner to W. H. Lewis. Finedity and Columbia Trust Co. i 4 Georgia Land Co. H. Under-| have Jan. ‘\ub\\‘aF employes would receive the gifts. Employes of the elevated and | surface lines will receive gifts in to Florida an : . N Rogers to W. ill. 4 " ull to D. W. Crum. aving plans drawn for a beautiful bter home to be erected in Miami. be home will be built of reinforced bucrete and will cost $14,000. Work I /mmoneod on it at an WU P DeVane & H money. i it Audobon O A B e first meeting of the lors of| Over 200 new members joined the i thon BAEURE = fation {n St. Petersburg Pensacola Commercial associa 'last week. Th Soclety Was held 1 the Belmont hotel yesterday. {were (of the diamonds in this country alone LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1913, GERMAN GOUNT KILLED W Al NEPH HEARD NOISE A ND LN’lLRLD HIS' WIVE'S ROOM TO FIND NEPHE'N THERE Shot and Killed Foth Witacut a Mo ment's Notic2; Maid Only Wi ness (IBy Associated Press.) Graetz, termany;, Dec. 20, Count lionaire Polish nobleman aud mem ther of the German parliament, shot and killed his wife today. made by thieves and his wife's room, where he found the! countess and his nephew He fired without warning. attendant was the only witness and she also was wounded. The count notified the authorities of the trag- edy. together. TO 0BSERVE PEACE SUNDAY Washington, Dec. 20.—The Amer- ican Peace Society urges the observ- ance of Peace Sunday tomorrow throughout the United States. Thou- sands of letters have becn sent to pastors of leading churches in larger cities urging special service through- out tomorrow. The third Sunday in December was selected as peace Sun-| day by the International Peace Con- gress held in London in 1890. Since then this day has bee nalmost uni- versally celebrated by speecial serv- ices in all churches. GEM TRADE G00OD s this year, Matthias Mielssynski, a mil-/ B0A8D OF TRADE and' nephew early | He heard sounds he thought | entered | ‘I)r. Qi B New York, Dec. 20.—It has been frequently noted that the importa- tions of precious stones furnish a pretty good barometer of business conditions. It is supposed that peo- ple do not buy luxuries when they are likely to need ready cash. If that be true there is nothing the matter with this country’s prosper- ity, for this year is by 30 per cent the best previous record of jewel im- ports. During the year $57,000,000 worth of precious stones will have passed the customs men. The value, is enough to ransom a long row of kings. According to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce they are worth a billion dollars. The new tariff law does not seem to have had the effect, as gome persoms seemed to fear, of causing a big reduction in diamond importations by making it more worth the smuggler's while to| bring them in by the ““wnderground” route. R’ 1'[’ RESOLUTIONS 0S RESPECT Whereas our heavemly Father has called from duty here to her heaven- Iy home our beloved' Sov. America F. Gilbert, be it Resolved, That we, the members of Alamanda Grove, No. 66, Lakeland, Fla., extend to tlee family our deep- est sympathy and trust that the hand of the Great Ruler may rest upon them this sad hour of bereave- ment, therefore be it Resolved, That these placed on our records, a copy resolutions be be sent to the family and copies be sent to the Evening Telegram and the Monthly Tidings. COMMITTEE. OFFICERS ELECTED FOR STATE LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION Gainesville, Fla., 20 . —At the session of the Florida dive Stock Dec. Association just coneluded here the following officers were elected for the Hon. C. F. Barber of Cham- ensuing year: Macclenny, president; Z. . bliss of Ocala, first vice president; F. E. Bugbee of Hastings, second vice president; S. H. City, third vice president; J. C. Henry of Live Oak, fourth vice pres- ident; C. L. Willoughby, CONGRESS TAKES A REST Washington, Dec. 20,- ular session of Congress took a hoii- day recess today and many members Jul’ the upper and lower houses are [l('a\‘in;: for their respeetive homes to | spend Miany {who maintain homiss in Washington, ‘\\1]1 renain here and ]Hl‘lltl]nh the yuletide festivities. With bhill disnosed of, the Christmas nators, in the fcurreney nresi- dent now plans to take ;Ip a fight also egisla- President Wil- Misse v for against the trusts am | tion for ariay reform. son, Mrs, Wilson are als Wilson and the » leaving the a ten-day vacation, whicli means thot | there will be 10 New Yeuar reception conaress resures its ses sions Jan. 15, (914 NOMINATES DFFICERS The Bourd of Trade met last night A womuu!'“'l nominated the following wmem bers to serve as oflicars of the Board fer the ensuing year: Far President-—11, D. Mendenhall, Smith, M. B'. Hethering- Wm. Steita. Vice President-—John I, George 2. Southard. For Treasurer--A. (1 F. Hetherington, K, 11 Bourd of wovernors elected) —J. L. Southard, A. C. Cloxs W A0 W. D. For ton, Edwards,, Cox, Shalffer, M. Youngs, Jr. teight to he Skipper, Shaffer, W. Geo. 19, John K, Kdwards, S. Moore;, Wm, Steitz, M. . Hetherington, G 1. Alfield, O. M. Eaton, O. 8. Hun- gerford, Gus Palmer, Dr. 8. F. Smith, II. D. Mendenhall, R, G. Paterson, €. A. Mann, R. L. Mar- shall, Geo. C. Fidler, Dr. W. 1. (‘onibear. The annual meeting, at which the election will take place will be held on Jan. 2. ' The last regular meeting of the present Board of Governors will be: held on Friday next, the 26th in- stant, TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS United States Senator John Worth Kern, Democrat, of Indianapolis, was born Dee. 20, 1849, in Howard coun ty, was educated in the com mon schaools, Nerinal Collage at Ko~ komo, Ind., and graduated from the law department of the University of Miehigan with degree of bachelor of laws, class of 1869; by profession, a lawyer, practicing at Kok mo, Ind ., until 1885, since that time at In- dianapolis; member of bar of Su- preme Court of the United States and member of American Bar Associa- tion; was reporter of the Indiana Su- preme Court from 1885 to 1889 and edited and published seventeen vol- India reports, volumes 100 to 116, inclusive; member of Indiana State Senate 1893-1897; city solici- tor of Indianapolis 1897-1901; spe- cial assistant United States district attorney 1893-1894; Democratic can- didate for governor in 1900 and 1904; Democratic candidate for vice president in 1908; is married and has three children; was nominated as the party’s candidate for United States senator by an unanimous vote of the Democratic State 1910, and elected to the Senate by the Legislature Jan. 18, 1911, re ceiving 90 votes as against 60 votes received by Atbert J. Beveridge, the Republican candidate. His term will 1915, Ind.; umes of conventionp in expire March 3, PARCEL POST SWAMPED WITHE CHRISTMAS PACKAGES The par- is being swamped all over Washington, Dec. 20, cel post the country by the tremendous num- ber of Christmas packages, all esti- mates having beep exceeded. It is un- derstood that Postmaster Burleson is considering a scheme to have addresses of packages notified when parcels are received and asked to call for them. Officials believe that only one-third of the parcels received General Wilder of Plant|can be delivered next week. Thirty-six thousand boxes of or- The reg- | zeceive for Christmas, L AKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM 12 PAGES OLUTION ELEGRAPH LUNPANIES | AMERICAN CO. GIVES UP ITS IN- TERESTS IN THE WESTERN UNION TE No. 41 This Is the Greatest Anti-Trust Vie tory of the Present Administration (By Assc Washiigion, est anti-tevst | Wilson's o in ted Press.) Jed 20 Prosident the volun- tary dissohition of the so-called Tele- vietory of tiotion phone trust, brought speculation to- jday as to the outcome of the move= of and telegraph lines. It sud that the govern- ment ownersaip plan will be urged in Congress administration ment for goverament ownership all telephone is generally ‘A8 an measure. (By New York, Asgwciated Press,) Lee. 20-—lnformation from Washington that the American that the Anierican Telephone- Telegraph Company had agreed to give up ity ‘nterests in the Western Union, brought no swprise in finan- cial circles. I3 was expected just though the combination has been hard faught since its for- mation in 1909, The Postal people and Independents have assailed the combination at all times and the de- partment of justice has counstantly been urged to ack against it. A suit ‘for dissolution is now pending on the Pacific coast and the separation of the two big companies is not be- lieved to be difficult. not. now, GOTHAM NEWS ANDI GOSSIP New York, Dec. 20.—At this sea- son employes of the big corporation begin to figure on the gifts they will but this year it is predicted there will be “lean pickin's.”” The passing of the New Haven dividend has been a blow to many people wio give liberally at Christmas time, and there are the generally bad conditions also to take into consideration, The year has been a poor one for Wall Street, stock exchange firms; except in the case of [a few, have saffered heavily. Those with big establishments have lost much money. The trust companies, banks and big financial institutions have also feit the effect of the slim market. There is one class of deal- ers whose employes, however, are looking forward to something good in the way of Christmas gifts. These are the firms that handle Standard Oil. They have been doing a rush- ing business anad their employes have been complaining of being over- worked. The usual practice in the big’ trust companies is to give em- ployes a pereentage of yearly salary, varying from 5 per cent to 25 per cent, the latter a mark of a very good year. The private banking houses have given big bonuses, in some cases during the most prosper- ous years employes having received their full year's salary. Stock ex- change firms in the big years of the past have distributed bounties with a lavish hand but the present year promises to be a moderate one all around. It the plan of Jacob A. Riis, Bish- op David D. Greer and their asso- ciates on the New Year's eve com- mittee don’t go away, the city will hear the singing of old-time hymns and songs by the members of many singing societies in Madison Square and Union Square Parks on New Year's eve this year. The contract for the construction of the new Meres block in Tarpon Springs has been let and work upon the structure will commence this week, the contract calling for its completion within ninety days. There is a possibility that before Gaines-|anges and grapefruit were shipped|long two lines of steamships will be ville, secretary, and J. M. Scott of from the freight house at Cocoa dur-1in operation between Tampa and Hae Gainesville, treasurer. ing the month of November, vana, { i ¥ ¥ i # i i |