Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 30, 1914, Page 1

"l;“ b e S s e st T D E PUBLISHED IN.THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE gLUME IIIL NE WORKERS HROWN IN AN UPROAR irsE OF THE DISTURBANCE 7AS A CHARGE OF DRUNKEN.- NESS AGAINST GOMPERS MONTANA FARMERS PROGRESSIVE Jan. Hamilton, Mont., 30.— Many noted speakers of the east will speak before the Farmers' Institute, which met here today for a two days’ session. They include Prof. \Waugh, the noted landscape gardener of Massachusetts, Dr. 0. H. Kern; of Illinois, who is a leader in rural edu- caction; N. P. Hil of Michigan, the lccturer of the National Grange, and Frof. Memforid of Illinois, a fore- most livestock expert. Farmers of litter Root valley are deeply inter- ested in the institute and are pre- paring to introduce progressive ideas. GA. BANK ROBBED OF 4,000 LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) Lyerly, Ga., Jan. 30.—The Bank of Lyerly, a State institution was b the platform near him and shout- |robbed of $4,000 by burglars during i “slander” at him. The conven-|the night. They stationed sentinels on was thrown into an uproar. and blew the safe vault. A posse is Mr. Gompers made a spirited an-|searching for them. < cer to McDonald and in his address —_— e characterized the charges as slan- HEARING ON TRUST grous and libellous. LEGISLATION BEGIN Iy :Donald, of Illinois, Declared Gom- pers Gloriousiy Drunk at Seattle Convention (By Associated Press) Ipdianapolis, md., «Jan. 30.— el Gompers was charged with inz ‘“gloriously drunk” at the Lattle convention of the American kderation of Labor by Duncan Mc: bnald, of Mllinois, here today. Mc- onald spoke before the Unites Mine orkers of America. Gompers sat (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 30—The inter- state foreign commeree committee of the House today opened hearings on trust legislation. The committee Las Lefore it several bills embodying ad- ministration proposals. The mem- bers said, however, that these meas- ures were not yet completed and the whole subject would be gone over in the committee. ORRIE STATUE UNVEILING IS POSTPONED Jacssonville, Jan. 30—C. Adrian illars, the Jacksonville sculptor, ho is making the statue of Dr. ohn Gorrie, the Florida man who pvented the method for artificial re- igeration, is in Washington, and hates that the statue, while almost mpleted, cannot be made ready for he unveiling on Feb. 4, as was an- ounced from the capital one week c0. There remains to be done the nal chiseling of (e expression incs on: the face to btring out the rtist's conception of the character nd expression of ‘the great Apala- icola genius, and in addition the lacing together of the pedectal for he statue. The date of the unveil- hg will be announced later, it be- g impossible now to say when it ill be. Mr. Pillars is pleased ith the work so far, and critics who e seen the work pronounce it far iperior to many of the statues now i the Hall of Fame, and declare hat the nattralness of the pose and SUFFRAGISTS MAKING PROGRESS Buffalo, Jan. 30.—The delegates from different parts of the State who are here for the purpose of starting an active organized campaign in wégtern New York maide substantial progress i their work today. Or- canizations were formed in each of the election districts; following this suffrage arzuments were given to those who can properly bring them before the publie, and a speakers’ 1class was formed. This afternoon a mass meeting was addressed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt and Mrs. An na H. Shaw. ¢neral contour of the figure are l0st excellent. SEA SAFETY RULES READY London, Jan. 30.—The conven- HINA LEGALIZES BACK tion carrying the rules for safety at sea, .whi(-h has been under discas- NUMBER RELIGION sion and consideration in int sion and consideration in inflera- sion and consideration in interna- tional conference for some time, has heen campleted and in due to be signed today. It provides that dis- putes as they may arise will be sub- ritted to The Hague by agreement between both parties. This is a vic- tory for the American delegates. Another American victory 8 a pro- vision guaranteeing a patrol of the iee in the {erelict zone. The pro- posal for this was presented by Sen- ator Lewis of Illinois. The senator, however, gives credit for its adop- tion te Captains Boullard and Coop- ¢r of the U. S. Navy, Capt. Com- xandant Bertholf, chief of the di- vision of the revenue cutter service and Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, com- missioner of the Bureau of Naviga- tion. The convention also contains a provision that during a fog or.oth- er dangerous conditions ships must Peking, China, Jan. 30.—A bill regeribing the worship of heaven of the Chinese Republic was assed yesterday by the administra- ive council which took the place af he Chinese parliament recently dis- lved by President Yuan Chi-Kali. he measure was submitted to the ouncil by Yuan Shi-Kai himself. TRUS GROWERS ARMING AGAINST PEST Uplands, Cal., Jan. 30.—Citrus rowers today met here in pursuance o a call by the State Horticultural ommission to plan ways and means or exterminating the ‘‘mealy bug,” vhich has infested the orchards near bere. A concerted plan of extermin- tion will be adopted. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Thursday, Jan. 29, 1914 G. H. Alfield to R. M. Marler. G. H. Alfield to R. M. Marler. F. Williams to A. M. Dukes. J. G. Carter to C. L. Morrison. T A. Counery to C. P. Counery. G. A. Alred to H. K. Olliphant. John F. Cox Realty Co. to G. 1. Eailey, Jr. W. K. Piner to Julia B. Piner. R. C. Coibert to J. P. Williams. J. T. Page to C. J. Page. F. C. Willey to E. B. Willey. D. B. Dickson to E. H Youngs, properly - equipped for life saving. Senator Lewis said that all these vic- tories for the American /delegation were largely the work of Professor Alexander of Washington and the American officers. NOTED CONFEDERATE VETERAN IN DISTRESS Louis, Jan. Co!. Morti- who during the eivil the famous “day- in Lee's army, and St. 30.- mer Stovall, r war commandeid Z 2. - 3 s .Hnr\_u A J. Davis to E. N. Davis. light artillery m is. | now 2e¢ City, yes- W. H. Johmson to D. H. Davis. E“o.\l a rrrn.n] tr:{rr\?{:;x{]l:n”r"r; y“' B. F. Myers to Annie C. Alder-|terday appealed May Hen . an\, ; Kiel for aid in reaching New York. : - {Colonel Stovall, who is 84 years nltl; i h -l w .ompanied by his-wife. After The annual meeting of the Atlan Iuas acc 02!1pén‘1fr 2 )3 - agh - . Okeechobee and Gulf railway |the war Stovall went to Xi vas held in Tampa a few days ago, " colony of other Confederates. To :ud it was definitely decided to re-[Mayor Kiel he said he was the own- sume work on the cross-State rail-|er of mining property near Cuerna ad will lead from Tampa to Fort|vaca, Mexico, but was robbed before Lauderdale. |he was forced to flee. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JAN, 30, '1914. FORTY NINE LIVES LOST WHEN TWO SHIFS WENT TOGETHER THI: MORNING OLD DOMINION LINER MONROE WENT DOWN OUT FROM NOR- FOLK; WAS RAMMED BY MERCHANTS AND MINERS' SHIP NANTUCKET Twenty-four of those Drowned Were Passengers on the Monroe and Twenty-five Were Members of the Crew; Eighty- five Were Saved (By Associated Press.) tut is making its way vack to Nor- iNorfolk, Jan. 30.—Forty-seven!fo'k today with eighty-five people lives were lost when the Old Domin- |rescued frow the Monroe. The ves- ion liner Monroe was rammed and sels met in a dense fog and it is be- sunk off Winter Quarters this morn-|lieved the Monroe sank in a short ing by the Merchants and Miners'|while. She carried fifty-four pas- liner Nantucket. Tyenty-three of [sengers and & crew of seventy. How those lest were passengers anid twen-|many of the rescued were passen- ty-four were members of the Mon-|5€rs is unknown. roe's crew. The list of passengers| Lne Monroe was expected to lar- edy . |rive at Norfolk this afternoon. The Icst or unaccounted for incluides W. revenue cutter Onodaga hurried to L. Bolton, Newark, N. J.; W. C.[the scene, but no word has come Claus, Milwatkee, Wis.; djeut. B.|[from her. The Old Dominion liner Curtis, 8. C., Brooklyn; J. Edward, |Hamilton, bound down from New U. S. A.;. Ed Gorman, Philadel- ::rk is bell;v:;}l may lh‘m’e been near R 4 i T e scene o e accident and it is phia; Mrs. D. Gibson, New York; regarded as ‘barely possible that she <. Haskell, Cortland, N. Y.5 W. H. | yicked vp some of the Monroe's pas- Ingram, Sumter, S. C.; E. P. Li-|cengers or crew. cons, New York; J. O. Kakamato,| James O'Connell, vice president of Japan; W. Pole and wife, Grey, Va.; |[the American Federation of Labor, J. F. Ray anid wife, New York;|was a passenger on the Monroe. The Miss Snyder, New York; 0. Wigner, Monroe was on her regular trip U. S. Marine Corps; Williamson,|from Norfolk to New York and left New York; Mrs. Thomas R. Har- here at seven o'clock last night. 1ington, New York; Miss Haviland; The Nantucket with eighty-six Mr, Joleff, Mr. Lewis; Mr. Vernon; survivors of the Monroe arrived here Miss Seville, all of the Macaria The-|at :30 this afternoon. Many of atrical Co. those rescued are ill from shock and he Nantucket is badly damaged,'exposure. 1 GLYNN BEFbRE ‘ BAR ASSOCIATION L'ENGLE INTRODUCED IM- PORTANT BILL Washington, Jan. 30—Represen-, tative L'Engle inl.rnduv»fl )‘rsl(vrxlaly"']I:m promised to speak o .“"“0':“‘,"! bill, which has theigy oo par Agsociation in this city to- .vm-.km,u of the postoffice department, night on New York's protest against which (Axu-n«.!s the pflrc(\ls post “’Jhc bills in Congress which will give cover the shipment of seeds, cut- the secretary of war jurisdiction' New York, Jan. 30.—Gov. Glynn | before the| | slow down, and that ships before Federal Reserve Organization sailing must have certificates issued |mittee, which is holding héarings on | well-ventilated at the wharf showing that they are the western coast, arrived here this tings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants, over additional water power rights : All of these are specifically ex-’m Niagara Falls, granted by the re- ciuded from the parcels "'O‘s‘ as ”"f cent treaty with Great Britain. For- law now stands. Mr. L’Engle has mer Chief Judge Kdgar M. Cullen, a letter from Assistant Postmnslv'r‘“.h“ voted to retain Sulzer, will G"_““"“l Dockery approving the pro- speak on “The Decline of Personal’ posed legislation. Liberty in America” &t Carnegie Hall tonight. SNAP FOR GOOD CONVICTS 5 IN OHIO PEN Y. M. C. A. HELFS DDOGRANT Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 30.—Dr.{ Cclumbus, Ohio, Jan. 30.—Ohio’s Peter Roberts, of New York, immi-|hymane *“make men” policy, now gration secretary of the internation- 'governing the most notorious State al committee of the Y. M. C. A.,|penjtentiary of the past in the Unit- will meet the local Y. M. C. A.led States, will advance another step officers and prominent magufactur-|within a few days when Warden P. ers and business men tonight 10 E. Thomas, eriminologist, non-polit- plan ways of assisting immigrants coming to Milwaukee' from Ellis I8-'yvj1| open his “hotel” for “ land. A systematic method of 10-(record” prisoners. Tish will be adopted. BANK RESERVE (o Portland, Ore., Jan. 30.—‘!’he’thlevu with “clean records” will beli dermitory. Every one of them will sleep at night in a morning and complesad their work [comfortable iron bed of the hospital this afternoon. They will reach San type; will have a locker; a bag; Franeisco Sunday afternoon and will|roomy rocking chair, a plain/ oak|t have conferences in that ecity on the preparedness of the bankers in the west to assist them. neatly crease his grey regulation | b VOTING TRUST TO BE ABOLISHED New York, Jan. 20.—The véting tinst of the Guaranty Trust Com- pany wi'l probably be abandoned to- day at its meeting, following the; plan of the severance of the voti trust relations of the Bankers’ Trust Company in October. This will be in compliarce with stock exchange erd clearing house reforms brought| chout by the Pujo committee of Con- may deposit his shoes and draw forth |1 a pair of bed room slippers, seat himeelf in a big rocking chair, light his pipe and under the rays of'his able electric lamp scan th- Minnesotta parties have acquired ]al’tor the Indian service to protect |Iral appointee and humanity expert, [sured the perfect |days ago and when proof was madé The hotel—for |by the city of Pensacola that its de-|Wounded cating them and teaching them Eng- gueh it will be--will not be surround- |posits in the bank on the date of the ed by steel bars. Far from the sys-|failure exceeded the bond, the sure-|leged, at the tem of the.past, it will embrace an|ty company forwarded the check. |Wellto«do contractor of that lac innovation never before attempted.|The city loses about $300 on the Immediately after UV One hundred and twenty burglats, [transaction. The bonding companies |8hotgun into the COMMITTEE TRAVELS veges, porch-tlimbers, pickpockete,|which insured the city deposits in |8¢cured assistance ; bad men,” embezzlers and plajn|[the Pensacola State bank, amount- com- removed from their cells to a roomy, |to pay the amount of the bonds. stand, and an electric drop light. A|looking for a 1dst boy by the name [t0 enter the roo Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Their(prison bar won't be in sight. After|of Howard Durce who left his home work has been much facilitated by|the day’s work is done and the pfis-|in Atlanta on Jan. 2 and who, ac- cner disrobes for the night he will|cording to hfs widowed mother trousers hang his coat on a hanger|The scouts have offered to join injhouse and place the apparel in a steel lock- [the search for the lad at the request | Window er. built for the purpose. On an up-|of the grief-stricken mother, per shelf he will find his clean cloth-|lad is 14 years of age, but is large [crawled u ing and ih a lower compartment he|for his age, weighing about 12 lay's news from the evening paper. |meeting is increasing in Servieés at 3 p: m. and at 7 p. m. heavily No. 78 oPtER DIDN'T CANADIAN LABORERS PROTEST) Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 30.—Follow- ing a call issued by the British Co- lumbia Miners’’ Liberation League asking that today and tomorrow be set aside as a 48-hour ‘*‘holiday’ ‘in protest against the imprisonment of the 39 miners now in jail at New Westminster in connection with the hig strike on Vancouver Island, HE[A I,VES many factories and mines were \ closed in different parts of the Do- WAYCR v rinien. President James Walters of TfiUgigAgé)ggw the Dominion Trades and Labor Con- GATING COMMITTEE sress is opposing ihe movement, gtating that the League 1is acting S y gt contrary to the attitude of the Con- Pe?fl;(lse%nah:igném?dspfirlyl i il Could Threw Him AREITRATION TREATIES (By Associated Press) Savannah, Jan. 30.—W. W, b Lamdin, an attorney of Waycross, I" HE HAIIHE“ testified before the Speer investigat- ing eommittee today. He described i bankruptey cases in. which he al- (By Associated Press.) leged Speer showed favoritism for Washington, Jan. 30.—The Sen-l|his son-in-law, Heyward, and said ate foreign relatfons committee to-|the firm of Isaacs & Heyward ap- day voted tc recommend the imme-|peared unduly prominent in several diate ratification of the general ar-|lig cases. Litration treaties with Great Britain end Japan and twenty-three other ,nations, which have been pending|JACKSONVILLE NEWS LANDS IN SHERIFF'S HANDS since last summer. UNCLE SAN PLANS Jacksonville, Jan. 30.—With its TENPERANCE FOR INDIANS|isoue of Tuesday the Jacksopville i News ceased publication. This morn- Denver, Col., Jan. 30.—Follow-{y;0 ook B Turner, a deputy fro ing a call by Commissioner of Indian gy 1y nowling's ofice, served ‘a Affairs (ato Sells, a conferehce of the officers of the Indian service, writ of replevin upon the publish- o Rro Chargea WIth b entoRas: ot for the Southern Fixtures and ment of the law for the\suppresslon Supply Co. and removed from the 98 the {500 ra e ninonk he iRy premises the office fixtures. Three dians, is being held here today. Re- |98y 10ads of Turniture were carted D0kth BloWed ialtiahtenlng Lot the gway by the officers of the law. The lines on the liquor traffic and mhny first fssue of the News came out on prosecutions of offeniders. Plans of Dec. 15 last, and contained forty- action for more effective work on four pages of eight columns each new lines were arranged, but not Wwith the exception of the four pages given out, Commissioner Sells will of comic, and four pages of maga- go from here to Mugkozee to look zine, which were seven columns. The first issue of the ‘paper was filled with advertising, and looked pros- rerous. The paper was established by Clarence B. and Albert Hanson, who came here from Birmihgham, via Mobile and Pensacola. They came advertised as the leading news- paper men of the South, and finan- cially interested in newspapers pub- lished at Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Alabama and Pensacela, Fla. They came 'advertised as be- en their liberty in the past two days Ing possessed qt immense sums of by Judge Anderson. Judge Anderson|TOReY, and the heaviest backing of stated that he released the prison-| 3y Newspaper owners in the South. minors in probate courts. . \ JUDGE RELEASES PRISONERS BY WIIOLESALE Jackscnville, Jan. :{(l.—-—.]u'dge W, W. Anderson again visited the city prison farm yesterday and released thirty-six prisoners. The number re- lcased yesterday makes a total of fif- ty-four prisoners who have been giv- 'ers at the_request of the city farm|1PeY came with a splendid newspa- officials, who stated that many of|Ver Plant, with all the equipment the prisoners were suffering| from|hecessary for getiing out a good diseases of a serious nature. The|NeWSPaper. It looked like . every police court judge stated that these condition was auspiclous and the prisoners were unable to work on ac- backers of the paper claimed to be count of the sickness and that due|PoSsessed of everything necessary to to the crowded condition of the farm |TM&ke & success of it. But after » i+ was deemed advisable to give some | VETY brief existence the News was of them their liberty. ferced to suspend, on account of a lack of circulation and advertising patronage. SURETY COMPANY PAYS UP Pensacola, Jan. 30.—The rlu‘r of Pensacola yesterday received a check [FATALLY SHOOTS SUITOR for $25,000 from a Baltimore surety FOR num.m company, the amount of the bond of ——— the First National bank for city de-| Jacksonville, Jan! 30,—Jonn rosits. The bonding company in-[Max Metz, a citizen.of Flora] Bluf!, city money about sixty[® few miles down the St. Johns rlv: er, was shot and perhaps fatally In an altercation with Hans Kirk late last night, it is al- home of the latter, a discharging a side of Metz, Kirk to bring the in- H.’hosplm in this mmediately himself up to the sherift nn:rl’-d::: ting the shooting, and was placed in Jail pending an investigation of the ! flalr. In a state . ment b Miami, Jan. 30.—Turning detec-|Metz had been prowling "o‘)l'ndxl;;, ives, the boy Bcouts of Troop 2 are|house for severa nights attempting m of his daughter. He is also said: to have shot once into the house the night before when he 1 “‘, Was refused admittance. Lagt night ity.'(Metz is said to have approacheq the n;dt h:tumpted to open the o room ogeupied by th The [daughter of Kirk, ‘after whic; h: nder the house, Kirk al- jured man ‘to the ng to nearly $200,000, have refused|city by boat. bt LOOKING FOR LOST BOY elieved to be in Miami or viein 5 or|leges that h r Moo vk e shot Metz when he b ; ened the life of his daughter - BOEL 0 e, and himself shoulq she refuse to GOSPEL TENT MEETING marry him or consent to his atten- tions. The dischar i = ge of th - Mitchell and Leagin's gospel tent sun occurred during the altl’:cai:':': interest. |Metz 1s said to have been ‘drinkinz during the day. Kirk will All are Invited to a:tend, espegial- [De held pending’ the condition of the eress. This is really the first move|4,000 acres of land in the Astor sec-|ly the preachers ang singers. Near|injured n : toward the abandonment of the in-ltion of county and will endeav-|corner of Main and New York ave- | Metz has ::t 'a :t B {c1 to cetonize the tract. nue. o S. R. MITCHELT N slight: chance to ra- terlocking directorates cover. ' He is about 45 years of age,