Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 20, 1914, Page 1

- Couviry cin VOLUME IIL LAKELAND, FLORIDA [ N NFTF NITH ATTON BEN JOHNSON AND JOHN R. SHIELDS HAD LIVELY EN- COUNTER IN COMMITTEE Johnsen Had Made a Statement That Shields Had Collected Large Lob- byist Fec in Policemen Case (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. sentative Johnson of Kentucky, and john R. Shields, a local attorney, engaged in a fist-fight today, which proke up the meeting of the Touse committee on District of Columbia. After Shields had Dbeen knocked Jown by the tall Kentucky coneress man, he broke away from two cl¢ 20.—Repre of the committee attempting to hold | shouting “Get me my pistol; A dozen him, i1 kill him." in the room when Johnson left, bat] his demand for firearms cleared the room and there were none when he returned and the incidont v 8| or The foeling against eapital is closed. The «(lash came after!very strong here, as was shown at Shields had presented the case of [the iirst of the year when the unions the Washington policemen asking|withdrew between four and five mil more ray and Johnson said he had lion dollars from local banks, de heard that Shields collected “a|claring that the money was ln"]n& large lobbyist fee." | used by merchants and manufac | turers for the purpose of opposing SULZER EXPECTS PROGRESSIVE HELP Albany, N. Y., Jan. 19 library department of the State Legislature resumes its S08<{\v 0009 Club, of which Mrs, 8. T sions tonight and William Sulzer Floteher is chairman, has arranged the deposed gOvernor, now a Mem- . iy R T, Wyehe, a lee ber of the Assembly, promises ol v o0 story telling, to speak be make things lively for the Demo| e tje Woman's Club at its meet crats, e is fighting to have a 'es | hursday afternoon. The mem olution introduced calling for a 2en-1, the elub will, on this ocea eral investigation of alleged politi . enjoy a rveal literary treat cal abuses, by an Assembly commit tee. It is expected that his efforts will he blocked from the Democratic but Mr. Sulzer says he is vely upon assistance from the I'ro orcesives and some Republicans MME. ALFREDO ALEMAN iy on thefr honeymoon. Senor A v attache at the Pt his bride is the da fary of state A AN A AN AT AAANIS T of Pé BIDS OPENTD FOR MONTANA FROJE Great Falls, Mont.. Jan. - 1s were opened at the ( United States bere today for materi connection with irrigatiofh lects in”" Montana. About ¢ Pounds of steel reinforcement are needed for the work to be dor® recl men were| | i | The 1 in Washington with her | ! d IBIR ORGHNZER HOBBED OF Ppen Was Enroute to Convention of Unit- ed Mine Workers, Which Opens Today at Indianapolis (By Associated Press.) Clarksburg, W, Ve oan: 90 J. B. Olden, who says he is a union labor organizer of Hagerstown, Md., on his way to United Mine Workers' convention at Indianapolis, eas robbed of Union papers in a Balti- more and Ohio train near Morgan- towi early today and the assailants escaped Persons in the car at- tempted to interfere but were held hack until the men Jumped from the | Mine Workers Gather Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20 | | The international convention of the | United Mine | labor | LECTURER ON STORY TELLING TO BE HERE BROOKSVILLE'S GREAT GOV'T ‘ DEMONSTRATION FARMS TUESDAY, JAN. 20, 1914. CF MESSAGE ND DISTURBANGE O LVEAED B | 4T ORLAHDIN PRESOENT| PRISDN TODM HE OUTLINED THE POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION TOWARD “BI& BUSINESS” Industrial Freedom and Business ( Peace Were the Main Points Touched on in Message (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. business 20—A message of and industrial peace freedom was delivered by President .|FEDERAL JUDGE CALL Ma., Jan., 19.—The nt of azriculture, Wash | iy 1 1 of for | 1 a tract ol half the ) hle 1o f o has | 1 the . shows a remarkable and for two seasons t as been having ‘)uh ¢n to show that 1 tuber should rapidly I commercial value as While the proposi handled almost con- v the department it that I after the the proposi 1s of propagation nd ¢hat the growing nitted to the A 20, —The tion office 490,000 reclam ( for ement bars to be - irrigation project | | | ident was again applauded, tional ofiicials recarding the plans it will more acute. ' the country.” lacksonville, Jan 1 \ letter | 1'ro Jud Rhydon M, Call, at Stafford Sprines, Mi SISsippi, to hig private cretary Raleigh M. Wilson to Congress today. A gale " applause swept the hall when he gan his addres Legislators and Workers opened hove {spectators sat in silence as the pres- today. An unusually important {ident outlined the administration’s session is assured, because the ro-|policy toward “big business.” Rv- cent trouble between the unions and fery available seat in the House cmployers of this city will be dis- | chamber was occupied by spectators, nesed \ proposal will alse be fdiplemats, cabinet oificials and for- | ' to change the headig 'S mer congresgmen . 13!\511; Indianapolis to some other city | At the close ofhismessage the pres- R 1, 1., is anxious for the hon Differ- nt by na- opinions are expressed mes- sige. Speaker Champ Clark said: “Its aovery fine message.” Repre- sentative Murdock, of Kansas, lead- er of the House Progressives, de- clared: “The president's plan is in- adequate and, like al inadequate render the trust evil Murdock added, “The president is well intentioned.” Rep- rosentative Underwood, leader, lent’s niess Democratic “The pregi- points the way to pro2ressive remedial legislation and House said: age at the same time it Jeaves no cause for alarm by lezitimate interests of FLORIDA MASONS N SESsioN lacksonville, Fla Most Worshipful Florida, convened v Jan, 20-—The Grand of \ceeptea Masons, today in Lodge I'ree and here and Masonic I'emple VIl be inggession three IS GETTING BETTER Dowling, this mornine Says that the udze is so far as n ; tean see, as well as hie ever was; that he {g drinking the water “to heat the band,” and cating everything in sight.” Judge Call says that ing him there not yet the only thing keep is the fact that he is getting bha rapidly as he thone friends, ¢ his strength as 't ne would, [js circles and in the will be glad when IS among them again I court section cenerally, WE NEED SUCH A LAW HERE BADLY Berlin handles a Jan 20, Anyone who gun ip Germany g held strict accountability in America, as instanced by al to more than a re- member of 1% party in Prussian Saxony ission court utiy decision A\ of a comrade to The owner hand- ile the Zun man was linzg a dis young arby. The own 3 gentenced to one while the | the man has to The s crim- PENITENTIARY AT MACALESTER WAS SCENE OF WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER Three Guards, a Judge and Three Convicts Are Among the Dead; Pistols Smuggled to Prisoners (By Associated Press.) MacAlester, Okla., Jan. 20.-— There were no disturbances at the State penitentiary today where sev- en persons were killed last night in reitta Peterson. a [battle between the ulards and three convicts attempting to escape. The three convicts were killed after they shot to »death the assistant warden, two guards and Judge John! R. Ward, a visitor at the prison, and also wounded another guard. The convicts used a 2ir] telephone opera- tor as 2 shield in effocting their exit, The zirl was shot n twne 1eg by a guard. The warden is investigat- ing the means by which pistols were smugzled to the conviets. HAMBURG LINERS TO STOP AT QUEENSTOWN 20— The Queenstown, Jan. Hamburg-American liner Thaetia, "I L. Thompson to L. N. the first of the German liners to call [ Kin. OF RIGID LAWS at Queenstown, will receive a warm \ J. Penrod to J. D, West. 0 welcome when she lands today. The .h"“‘]‘ E. Myers to A. D. Wil Denvor, Col., |\Jam. B50.-—The officers and erew will be tendered a k",'?' Seventeenth Annual convention .of civil recepton. The calling of the ]'- ”‘- Burton tny .’\.v D. Wilkins. the American National Live Stock Thaetia at this port one day before| \.\' . Hallam & Co. to Lisbeth Association opened in this city to- the opening oft the rate conference 5"”1”" . day with a larze number of the lead- in Paris, scems to indicate that the ¢ W. Van De Mark to W. D, transatlantic steamers are the PROBING INTD SPEERS NENTAL CONDITON on (By Associated Press) Macon, (a., Jan. 20.—The sub- committee of the louse judiciary committee resumed congressional in- 5 of oflicial mis deral The committee re :ation of charg uct against | speer today vestl col Judge KEm simed examination of witnesses re arding the mental condition of the inrist | LEADERS OF LUMBER INDUSTRY GATHER | prominent A in the vmerican Jumber trade have arrived the convention of | Agsocia- Indianapolis Jan, 20. number of men here to speak at the Retail Lumber Dealers’ tion, which opened today. One of the important features of the meet- ing will be the disenssion of plang which will bring about closer inter ests between the lumber men and their gons, g0 that the boys will con- tinue in the husir fathers have® established . ss their TOBACCO EXPERTS HOLD CONVENTION im- here Fla., Jan. An convention that began is that the tobacco examiners, Tampa, 20. portant today expert government's who have from the various big bacco import points of the country of assembled to to exchange views and go thronch actnal processes of examining to baceco importation. Plans will also |be discussed during the meeting for mor standardizing their generally '.\Hl'k. GOVERNMENT HELPED HIM OUT OF JAIL vithdrawing vho held more leni man ted Was an inexperi- nced hunter, AUTOMORBILE KILLS BOY Clearwater, Fla., Jan. 19.--Dor- sey Hudson, a 15-year-odd orphan boy, was run down and almost in- stantly killed here Saturday after- noon by an automobile driven by Dr. A. L. Bowen. Witnesses say the boy was playing tag in the street and ran in front of the car. Hartford, Conn., Jan. 20.-—TJohn E. O’'Donnell, whom the of | Pardons recently decided to release [ from rison today secured iz 1 lfl ase through q %fi'l! inell is the same man wiom | Theodore Roosevelt once pardoaed ;m- was sentenced to four years in | last September for birglay prison {in Ridgefield. Attorney ! Reynolds and Postmaster (i« Burleson sent earnest letters his release on the ground that he invaluable to the secret genera! N service PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE COUNTY DIRT IN GREAT DEMAND Transfers of Realty as Reported by Polk County Abstract Co for the Past Week M. G. Hastings to Chas. Frazer. Malloy & Miller to Chas. Frazer. Florida Highlands Co. to V. D.|AT POLICE STATION MOORE DE- Hanmond. L. A. Shattuck to W. S. Pres- ton. G. W. Mann to Lela Edwards. H. Gray to S. M. Wilson. Grant U. Conant to Florida Good Homes Co. J. D. Robertson to 0. V. Haynes. V. J. Walker to S. A. ‘Walker. M. D. Raulerson to Mrs. Ien-jt C. J. Baldwin to Mrs. ta Paterson. b van. ( Harrell-Johnson Co. to R. Harry T. Lewis to B. O. Flood, |neighbors. Moore was detained om Payne & DeVane to John Logan. |t murder charge and the girl sent John Logan to J. M. Langford. [home. Malloy & Miller to Henry Ken- ler, Malloy & Miller to Henry Ken- der, Sessoms Inv. Co. to Mrs. J. H. Jordan. Peter Vogles to Mrs. J. H. Jor- dan. R. G. Harkness to Mrs. J. H. Jordan. (farrier, ance. One of the matters to be L. A. Wolf to W. D. Carrier, considered will be the rigid enforce- 0. 0. Harris to R. C. Sparks. ment of the regulations of the bu- ?. M. Davis to Otto Harris. reau of animal industry on the 'N‘::sunm Inv. Co. to 1. ®. Jen- mange question, which the stockmen kins. clam is causing them unnecessary John B. Speth to Haring & DBo- expense and hardship. * sert Co. b onsersS gttt R. H. Bryson to W. A. Grass. Isquad in prosecuting postoffice rob- beres. Ida White to D. M. Pipkin. Malloy & Miller to Board of puh- instruction ., C. J. Wilson to Waldo & Ross . Cain & Fleteher to D, M. Blood- worth, State lic ( Phosphate Co. to Swift & P. Michener to Florida :nuli Land Co, Lakeland Manufacturing Co. to Tohn Legan | John Lozan to Robert Pate. \ A. D, Gilley to 1. §, Booth . Flarida Fruitland Co, Lo L 6 R 7 Johngon . | | I". \V. Ohlinger to 7T, W. Stone. P W Ohlinger to T. W, Stone., Sarah R, Finney to p, v, Ryals. | N. E. Thornhill to M. Il. Thorn- hill. ‘ A. B. Day to M. H. Thornhill . Ui o8 Kelly to W, B. Warfel . Florida Cood Homes (o, to W, B. Warfe). Jo M. Campbel] to L. S. Kelly. W. B. Warfel to Florida Good Homeg ('o. Fatch & Rogers tQ A. W. Pow- ers, l U. A. PLightsey to W. 11, Lewis. Futch & Rogers to Dr. P, H. and! M. G. Hanna. Florida Development Co, to P M. Baldwin, John B. Colling to George P, | Way. Mrs. Margarct Waggoner to D, B. Dickson, Asa Brantley to Cora P. Dickson. | Mary I. Smith to Trustees of | Lakeland Baptist chureh, Pike Adair to Mayetta Williams. T. W. Stone to W. p, Huie. G. K. Burkett to M. J. Yeo mans E. F. Wilder to Polk county Monday, Jan United States to J. i { 19 | P. Christian. 1 Trustees Internal Tmp. Fd. to P | | | | | P. Christian. Geo. W. Hendry to J. P. Chris- tian I. 11, Johnson to Trustees M. K. hureh. | Carter Mfg. Co. to W. S. Pres w y C Kicklighter to .l»nni»-} L iriffin to R. N. Jones. | F. E. Moss to C. A, Stradley. | Florida Development Co. tb Han | sen & Togerson. | Florida Development Co. to Olaf Hammer. Annie Hall to W. J. Platt. | | J. W. Scally to Will Hurst. ; KILLED GALS The Daughter of Victim Told the Moore, an auto supply man, entered Miss Eleanora Fredhoff and told the Henreit- |desk sergeant that he had killed the J. Be-| & Mreidhofl Pip-|STOCKMEN COMPLAIN ing ident matie corps this cvening. the ¢ No. C4 i 5 KON I lsToDr CLARED HE SHOT IN SELF DEFENSE Same Story; Case Being Investigated (By Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala., Jan. 20.—C. King he police station early today with s father in self defense. The irl corroborated Moore's statement. was found dying by his CORRECTION IN HONOR ROLL GRADE VII B Mabel Mathias. Louise Rocquemore. Hugh Walker. Albert Murrell. Ksther Gill. stockmen of the west in attend- Washington, Jan. 20.--The pres- and Mrs. Wilson will give a linner to the members of the diplo- It will be of brilliant affairs of ason ., ne the most T ey o e When Mre. William F. Draper gave her costume ball, the most el borate soctal affair h 1d in Washington, her daughter Margaret, who assisted in re- ceiving the guests, was dressed, as here photographed, as Marie d’Anjoq, the wife of Charles VIL of ¥'rance. AT NNy