Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 12, 1914, Page 1

7 PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE TEN PAGES GHED A1 ULBERRY n M FOR CUTTING | AN UNENOWN HTE MAN and Mob Then aight, Lewie Peck and . whose name could not g becn taken from mob and shot to or which the negroes O m&' oocurred Saturday af- o when '8 white man was as- | ile walking along the rail-| d“was robbed, beaten and se y cutil Three negroes were in vlrty} ‘ot assailants, and officers ted M‘lnd his companion and them before the man for iden- tion.. He was not positive they the men who attocked him, and | 1egroes were turncd loose. Lat- ; mob formed and went to the| ) where the nezroes were and| d them as stated . | e man who was so mistreated! comparative stranzer, having| in the neighborhood for only a time. He was ill at the time l 1s attacked. The negroes threw | t'over his head and thus over- sed him, but not. content with is said ‘the megroes confessed, |charced his cannot be verified. bad negroes, who had been in le for fillegally selling liquor, : 18 thought they mistook their|the records of the association is also|that similar action would help Calu- | for a man who had testified st them in & recent case. mty Alf Wilder arrested a ne- ‘o 18 belleved to be the third ipant in the crime, and now im in custody. , URED REPORT 'IElEPHl]NE DEVIGE (By Anocllted Press.) ghton, Mich., Jan. 12.-—The of the special grand jury in- iting alleged plans of the Min- nion officials, is said to have ecured by ‘a private detective \ telephonje device. Mine op- i claim the conversations be- ’ officials of the union, lawyers rike leaders were undisturbed report. ESS GETS ' BACK TO WORK hington, Jan. 12.—Congress d its sesslons today after a weeks’ rest and say that no time will be lost ing down to hard work. Pres- Vilson, it {8 reported, plans to vo important messages to the 5 one,; ing with anti-trust ion @ other, probably, 1e Mex! situation. It has ecided also to give early at-| "¢ Relessed fihen Man Did Not{to turn the funds over to the asso- l!lchlng took place at ised to attend a meeting and settle | When the meeting was ‘hey cut and otherwise abused|der They | give an account of the funds. Democratie | ve LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 1O [GROES MOt WSO 5 o More interesting 1ntormatlon rela- tive to the operations of Mr. Wendler is contained in the follow- ing notice taken from the Tampa Tribune yesterday: “With the proceeds taken in at WASHlN IUN the poultry show in this city recent- ly J. H. Wendler, secretary of the|STOPPED IN ATLANTA AND TOOK Florida Fanciers' Association, is al-| A TURN OR TWO ON THE leged to have taken his departure for Indianapolis without arranging PI._ATF;.RM Never Felt Better and Is in Fine Trim to Begin on Strenuous Work at Capital (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12.—The pres- ident’s special arrived at noon and remained a short time. The presi- dent walked back on the platform and said he felt fine. He announced that he would not deliver a special trust legislation message until next week and will confer with the con- gressional committees first. He will make trust legislation the paramount issue of the present session. ciation. Vice President S. L. Allen charges that the secretary of the show prom- up Thursday night, but failed to do so. He and his atorney, Doyle Carl- ton, intimate that unless Mr. Wend- ler shows up within a peasonable time with the money, warrants will be sworn out. The amount is vari- ously estimated at from $2,000 to $4,000. “When Mr. Wendler neglected to attend the meeting Thursday night, Vice President Allen admitted his disappointment. Anxious to obtain a settlement he said he and Council- ! man J. . BEtzl', who was an ex-| hihitor, went to Lakeland on the inoon train Friday accompanied by ‘tterney Carlton. Gone to Indianapolis (By Associated Press.) West Point, Ga., Jan. 12.-—Pres- ident Wilson's special, bound for Washinzton, passed here this morn- ing. All well, and the president’s ‘rom Mrs. Wendler he said he|health better than it has been since d the information that Mr, |election. Wendler had gone to Indianapolis to! judze ot a show, but will be back next poultry exhibit| there opened yesterday. “Algo they said they were in- Washington, Jan. 12.- formied that Mr. Wendler left Tam-|inquiry into conditions in the Calu- pa for Lakeland Thursday noon. [met copper mine region is desired by alled to or-;Senator Martine of New Jersey, if the | Mr. Wendler |inquiry can be had without intcrfer-i hence, it is;ill‘;; with plans of the department of justice and the department of labor. Mr. Martine says a Senate investi- Records are Gone gation brought peace in the West “That Mr. Wendler has taken all|Virginia strike region and he thinks e M.ARTINE WANTS CALUMET | MINE INQUIRY | week. The Senatorial nizht town and did not keep his promise to Thursday {was out of charged. As secretary of the fan-|met. BEGIN SENTENCES the records were removed from his office without his knowledge. As the jrecords are gone he says there is no way of getting at where the money went. : The }(x;o}:w_v 1lni(;l.utdcs tt];,e onilrauct; (By Associated Press.) ees pai exhibitors, the prices o - . i y A P New York, Jan. 12--Thirty gang- admission paid by the public, and ; : g ; sters this morning began five-day other moneys raised by private sub- N 2 sentences and three leaders are held scription. Five hundred dollars do-| 4 2 : P " without bail in connection with the | nated by the city and $250 given by S5 & = murder Friday night of Frederick | the county have not been paid over, i Straus, a German politician. Straus and these sums consequently are not 3 é ; was killed while passing a hall where the Fein gang was holding a dance. A member of the gang shot at an enemy and the bullet hit Straus. Dopey Bennet of the Fein gang, is held on a charge of two murders. in the hands of Mr. Wendler. Show a Paying One “Wendler told me Thursday that we would have enough money to pay all the expenses of the show,” Mr. Allen said last night. “I told him to be sure to attend the meeting that night so we could find out where we SPEED TRIALS FOR stood. ‘Oh, that’s all right he re-| ARGENTINE WARSHIP plied, ‘we are going to have enough | e [money to pay out.” I know this Joston, Jap. 12.--The manage-| much--Wendler did not show up at|ment of the Fore River .\‘hiphuildhm; the meeting. Co. hope to send out the new Ar ' T know another thing, too—if he | sontine warship Rivadavia for her| | does not come back next week we are | You can print that speed and endurance tests this week, When the new dreadnought steams; forth she will be in charge of Captain | | going after him. 1if you want to.” Other Unpleasantness | Joseph A. Kemp as navigator, while A litfle unpleasantness marred the|Frank 0. Wellington, assistant pres- jclose of the poultry show. Mayor|dent, will act as representative of McKay, it is said, restrained Mr. Wendler from charging admission. When the city gave $500 to pay for the company. For the Argentine Re- public Admira] Betbeber and most of his 110 officers will be aboard. She | to the rural credit questions, m the report of the commis- vhich recently investigated| redit operations abroad. took on a mew look to sen- tho had been away, for new have been laid in the Senate joining eorridors, replacing hich for nearly four vears had he tramp of senators, ate employes. Despite the an-| aent of leaders of the party uch work will be accom- S U predietions are made that 8 will not do much before ad-| mt next summer on account| 1ess conditions. 'EAL FOR 12.—The king committee The | pages | "REGIONAL BANKS fed- g a series of hear- he larger cities of | m¢ glde where regional | ¢ the premiums, it did so with the un- \dvrqdn(lnw that no admission be|pjer, and will be the first warship charged. Mr. Wendler, disrezard-|to moor at this, t argest dock in ing his understanding with the city,|the world. Severa ‘d”yfl will be re- Accord- | quired to put aboard the thirty car- will tie up at the new Commonwealth charged admission anyway. ing to the police, iternational Union of NDAY, JAN. 12, 1914, UGENE GRAL DIED EARLY THls MORNING DEATH WAS DUE TO EUREMIC POISONING FROM THE WOUND IN HIS BACK Was Paralyzed from the Waist Down Since His Wife Shot (By Assoclated Press.) Newnan, Ga., Jan. 12.-——Eugene Grace, shot at Atlanta in his apart- ments in March, 1912, died at his mother’s home this morning. Death was due to euremic poisoning from the wound in his back. He had been sinking several days. He was par- alyzed partially since the shooting. When the police were summoned by phone: they found Grace in bed in a pool of blood. Ile accused his wife, Daisy Opie Grace, of shooting. She {was arrested in Newnan at Grace's home and said she had shot her Ims-I band while scuffling for a pistol and did not think the wound serious. She 1§ later tried and acquitted. TO DISCUSS UNION WITH A. T. L, Houston, Tex., Jan. 12.-—-The biennial convention of the Bricklay- ers, Plasterers and Masons' Interna- tional Union met here today. of the chief matters for considera- tion will be the proposal to affiliate with the American Federation of la- bor. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 12.-—Congress reassembled at noon today and be- gan work. FROST TONIGHT 15 THE PREDIGTION (Special to the Telegram.) Tampa, Jan. 12.—Temperatures were below zero in the Dakotas and in Minnesota this morning. Pensacola registered 32 with heavy frost; Gainesville 38 and kill- ing frost. The forecast for tonight is for colder and freezing temperature in northern Florida; heavy frost in central Florida and light frost as far south as Miami. (By Washington, Associated Press.) Jan. 12.--The coun try' is in the grip of the first winter of the new year. The cold was cen- tral over Minnesota this morning and moving quickly eastward., Low temperatures due ip the gouth with frost as far as Miami, Florida. torm warnings on Atlantic ¢« from IHattergs to Maine. TIMBER WORKERS MEET Aberdeen, Wasgh., Jan. 12.—The twelfth annual nun\vntiun of the In- Shingle and Sawmill Workers opened here today. It is the first meeting of the organi- zation held since the American Fed- eration of Labor endorsed the affilia- tion of the sawmill workers and the with the 1n point of men employed the indus- try ig the third largest in the coun- woodmen shingle weavers. he did not admit|jpads of hand picked coal in sacks, the public free until compelled to do|and then her prow will be turned so hy the authorities. joutward once again and along the| it g | Maseachusetts coast. Transports are RETRIAI FOR SCHMIDT lexpected to reach Boston with the !1.000 troops who are to man her. It| New York, Jan. 12-—Hans Schmidt' i1l he close to May before she can | the ex-priest, has had his second | rned over formally to the Ar-| trial set for today for the murder of ' ventine zovernment. When she ar- Anna Aumuller. District Attorney|rjves at Buenos Ayres an ovation is| | Whitman has had the case trans- gesured | 8¢ rred to the criminal branch of the He declares that he N FOURTH TRIAL FOR HYDE lispleased with the way the first trial, which resulted in a disagree- | ment, was handled. | Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 12.—| —— | Hay es( d the death sentence TO VOTE FOR FEDERAL BANK after three trials, Dr. I ; Hyde will gzo before the court today Chicazo. Jan. 12.—At the annual for the fourth time to answer to the Thomas H and wealthy philan- stockholders of the charze of murdering entral Trust Co here otinz of the of Tllinois Swope, a noted jocated under the today, a vote will be taken on the thropist. The first trial resulted in n a hearing hare|matter of applying for admission to a conviction, but an appeal was tak- |, phia will each!the new banking system. Tt is under- en. There was a mistrial the second a federal reserve stood that the plan is unanimously favored. ,disagreed. {county and IN HUNTING LICENSES Jacksonville, Jan. 12, ling to the records on file in the of-|’ fice more than of the county judge, ) hunting licenses have been is- ued hunters to shoot game in Du- val county. The record shows that! ive county and twenty-three State] es were issued in October; 562 199 State in November; from the south side out. Onei Accord- | WEEKLY HONOR ROLL LAKELAND 3GHOOL Those who have 90 per cent or above in scholarship and who have S 10 B HOVED T been perfect in deportment, attend- ance and punctuality, are entitled tol have their names placed on the fol- , lowing honor roll: ' - ok it (:RADE XII WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE oyd Hooks. * GRADE XI OJINGA AND FLED TO THE Mary McKay. U. S. FOR SAFETY .. .. Lester Wheeler. Mary Owens. Care of the 2,000 Soldiers Is Already GRADE X Proving a Great Tax on the Frances Straw. Border Patrol Mary Grigsby. —— Lurlene Pillans. (By Associated Press.) Grace Hand. Washington, Jan. 12.- Two thou- el H(l'\l‘t;\rl(:l“ i {sand defeated Mexican federals who Ja (8 O Va . Vitginin Titeey fled across the border from Ojinaga ginia Lufsey. Gladys Turner. before the victorious Villa's consti- Annie Jones. tutionalists will be moved to Marfa, Lena Scally. Texas, the war department an- Chabie VT o nounces. The policy towards escap- Ilmer McArthur. 5 . i : Gladys Davis ing Mexican federals will not be |lflZ(“l Padrick. changed. The care of such great Marguerite Straw. numbers is a serious problem. De- Mildred Morse. {tails are in the hands of General GRADE VIl B ?Hlis»‘. commanding the border patrol. i2thel Cook. ! i Redella Gain., ! (Bi Askoctaten ress) Nannic Funk. | £PR0CINLG R Mad: ‘I’hiHi|'< | Presidio, Jan. 12.-—Since most of AL GRADE VT A [the federal army which fled from i | Ojinaga went into the United States, Mary Weaver. : ! D ;’ S{kah | General Villa, the Mexican rebel l\".w-n"I\uhI : leader, is preparing to retury to Chi- B Vi B huahua and then start southward on AoV Mitetai {his march to Mexico City. Villa be- ,,“’m: 'I'Imm‘l‘»« lieves Huerta's strength in the north H‘n--h. \\‘-»Il&le- ’ is erushed and he will have an army bl ”‘:‘ifl. |v‘ ( \,.,,,'“".(. jof 10,000 men for the southern cam- 0N teq 3. !!"li"ll GRADE VI A S George Hamilton. ’ Iissie Gordon. Mexico City, Jan. 12.--Charge Johnnie laynes. O’Shaughnessay arrived this morning GRADE VI B from a conference with John dLind Mildred Klausmeier. at Vera Cruz. He wasn’t incon- Mary McCaskill. venienced by the fifteen hour delay Norris Upson. at Orizaba, where a train was Mattic Burgner. burned hy federal mutineers. Charge Ellen Watson. O'Shaughnessay would not discuss GRADE VI C the conference with Lind. Pensy Richardson. Gerda Roess. GRADE V A Marguerite Owens. Helen Morse. Maxwell Williams. Virginia Clary. (lyde Norton. GRADE David Carter. Clifford Wilson. Freida Rogers. (harles Jackson . Annie Lou Jarrell. THAW STANDS 6000 SHOW 10 GET BOND (By Assoclated Press.) New York, Jan. 12.—The report of the commission to the federal court in New Hampshire that it is safe to admit Harry K. Thaw to bail was received here with conflicting emotions by lawyers, alienists and others who have taken part in the VB GRADE V C 3 Maynard Cobb various trials. Jerome would not Nettie Wheeler discuss the next move to return 5 3 Thaw to Mattewan. Dr. Austin Western Leighton. GRADE 1V C John Cannon. Geraldine Ellis. Hettie Belle Reddick. Edwin Franklin. I1lla Cameron . GRADE TV B Mortimore Haynes. lint, the State’s alienist, said he feared Thaw would kill him if freed. Other alienists took the opposite view. It is believed that Thaw stands a good chance to be admitted to bond, pending the decision on the habeas corpus suit. AD GOLFERS BEGIN TOURNEY Jilly Norvell. lizabe Itunter. ”l,l th "“ Pinehurst, Ala., Jan. 12.-—Mem- LaVergne Webster. - e . 5 TR bers of advertising associations from Mildred Smith. < " the east, west, north and south are GRADE W C | here to take part in the annual tour- Edward Bryant. nament of the Winter Golf League of Advertising interests, which began today and will continue through the week. Chicago and New York have sent especially large delegations and a record contest is I'X])(‘('V‘d. Letha Turner. die McRae. P Dawson Bates. Mary Lonise Boulware. CHARLES M. JONES, Principal . R WANTS TO SEE WOMAN TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORS IN WHITE HOUSE Ex-Congressman Robert Turnbull, New York, Jan. 12.—Sam Mer- lof Virginia, is 64; he was educated |win, the author, who says he wants at the private schools in that county|to see a woman in the White House, d entered the University of Vir-|will be one of a number of prominent inia in )-1871 and took the llu-kmnhnrs who are to speak at an au- of B. L. at that institution in|thors’ meeting at Cooper Union this jon; has been honored in|evening, under the auspices of the many v by the people of his coun- | Woman’s Suffrage Party, of the 25th ity s clected to the Virginia Sen-|Assembly distriet. Mrs. Paula Jaco- lat from his distriet in 1894, and|bi, the leader of the district, will | represented his county in the consti- | preside. Lincoln Steffens will dis- tional convention of Virginia in|cuss “Women as Human Beings.” 1901-1902; was sent as a delegate|Edna Ferber has accepted a seat on ;'. ym the fourth district to the Dem-|the platform. ycratic national conventions of 1896 |the Old Girls.” She will read “One of Ella Wheeler Wil- 244 county and 136 State in Decem-| nd 1904; was elected to Congress|cox has sent a new book entitled : .‘] i ERalOsY Sul 1S B B lare to fill the unexpired term|“The 3, to be read and after- ROr BB MOt lof the Hm:, Francis Rives Lassiter, | wards to be auctioned off Other = | 1 took his seat March 16, 1910. |spe akers of prominence to be present Active work has bezun on the pro {Tle is at present president of the | will include Percy Mackaye, Edwin resed car line running from S,.‘n\" yard of trustees of the State Female | Markham, Richarl La \}:\Il"-“nne. csonville to St. Augustine, andNormal school at Farmville, Prince|Corra Harris, Ellis O. Janes, Edna anes of man and engines are now ldward county, Virginia. Was re-|Kenton, Will Irwin, Zone Gale, Ar- time, and at thn last trial the jury busy on the first nine miles of track elected to the Sixty-second (‘onzr(qs turo Glacavvitti and Charlotte Park- ins Gilman. e R i e e ) without opposition.