Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 4, 1914, Page 1

R Y S R D S { AND LT 3ENT S5 S 'DEMOCRATIC B JESSMAN TO SERVE 11-2 8: ALSO FINED $1,000 Y K./ Recently Convicted of Il ssociated Press) boss, and congress- @r Democratic | Willlett, former ; “sentenced today ,0"3’% d six months in g y $1.000 fine. tly convicted of ule money in 0 Willett's candidacy q 880 for a State the SENATE DEBATING ON SEATING OF GLASS (By Associated Press.) Vashington, Feb. 4.—The vote cn seating Frank Glass as senator from Alabama is expected before ad- journment. The Senate again took up debate on his case today. Senator Goft declared that Glass could not have been selected legally because the amendment superceded 2ll previous provisions for a choice of senator.” This, he declared, in- 0SS AND validated any power the governor ever had to appoint. The question was raised as to whether a senator is a State or federal officer. Oppo- nents of seating Glass declared that the office was uader control of the United States government and the governor could have no power over it. , Feb. 4.—joseph Cas-|FOR AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Duluth, Minn., Feb. 4.—Under to serve|the auspices of the agricultural ex- Sing|tension division of the university, They jan original meeting for agricultural|¢jonists. il-| interests is being held here today in connection |¢id of rural school workers. Govern-|yninister of war, was Killed in the several jrent experts from <Vashington and|fighting when the revolutionists un- judzeship. rirom the remotest parts of the coun-|oxpectedly attacked the palace to- t, according to the iestimony,|try will be concerned in the effortsfq,y Dr, Augusto Durand JIDENT 0 PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4, 1914, No, 77 R TAKEN PRSONER I MG 0F WARHILLED TODN REVOLUTIONISTS STORMED PALA CE TODAY AND CAPTURED PRES: |FIVE BURNED TO DEATH IDENT BILLINGSHURST; GENZRAL VARELA WAS KILLED DURING T HE ATTACK . The Palace Is Now in the Hands of the Revolutionists; Alarm Prevails Throughout the City and All Business Has Been Suspended (By Associated Press) Lima, Feb. 4.—Guiltermo Bil- linghurst, president of Peru, was teken prisoner today by the revolu- General Varela, the premier and , former t hi8 nomination from Cassidy.|for agricultural education and "‘"'|ru\'oluti0m\ry leader, has taken pos- i8 T. Wilter, a politician con- [velopments, as planned. TWwo repre-|gsogsion of the palace and it is be- ‘as &Q.hem‘pon'fnr Willett and [sentatives of the department of farm lieved he will reorganize the govern- ¥, was sentenced to =& and fined $1,000. IMERS BECOME DEALERS neapolis, Minn., Feb. 4—The - 18’ Grain Dealers' Association began a three-days’ session o plan an extension of their ¢ fative plan. This organization ]sned l?‘ farmers, who deal di- with purchasers of their pro- ‘hus doing away with the mid- €1, Great m utual benefit is ¢1 from these conventions ¢ ’fl* and later methods of ng ‘their produce are Wis- ) TAB0OS TANGO 7 iom, Eng., Feb. 4—Arrange- have been completed for an » al dance at Buckingham Pal- month. The king and queen of dancing, as are almost|p.. .\ younger members of the royal| .\ \arq Society, declares that the U, Princess ' Mary, a skilful ¢, will be allowed to be pres- 1ough she is not to make her * ance at any court function ¢ he I8 sixteen. The tango will ! AL, ESTATE TRANSFERS Ll‘a by the Security Abstract P I;T“J‘e Co., Bartow, Polk p 7 County, Florida) Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1914 V. Chiles to Joe T. Cooper. b Mobley to Mrs. M, es. n : U1 Paulus to Margaret C. e RS Ft. Meade to Mistress C. g . #Weidner to Harry M. ¢ & < n : oadholtes to J. E. Fry=. ] obinson to Fannie Me- Lampe to David M. Wil- en Realty Co. to Scally iley to W. A. Hartline. dwards to W. A. Hart- d A. E. Robinson to W. and A. E. Robinson to oan to P. E. Chunn. Malcolm to H. D. Bas- ilpin to H. D. Bassett. emple to H. D. Bassett. Davis to D. W. Stokes. . Pope to C. J. Kennedy. Burkett to Geo. S. Gul- J. Dorsey to Henry : & Lewis to R. W. Han- Culpepper to W. N. Den- pnty to R. V. Bryant. RMY INSPECTION ville, Fla., Feb. 4.—First Gregg, inspector-instruc- A., is holding a special three [manazement of the agricultural de- rartment, Washingion, and a gov- ernment expert who has charge of field work and land clearing, will deliver lectures. MONUMENT 10 WIRELESS OPERATORS (By Associated Press.) New York, Feb. 4.—Work will soon begin, it was announced today, on the memorial monument here to 'Jack Phillips, the wireless operator on the Titanic and other operators, who have given their lives at sea. It will be a fountain of the finest white granite and will stand at the base of the tower at Battery park. DOPE HABIT IN BACK BAY Mass., hase, secretary of the Watch Boston, Feb. 4.—J. exclusive districts of the Back bay are suffering from the ‘“dope” habit, as well as the poorer quarters. The cases of two druggists and two clerks are being heard today. The men are charged with unlawfully delivering cocaine anid heroin. Mr. ‘Chase considers these crugs one of the greatest curses of modern civili- zation. “It is allied with the white slave traffic and is utilized very gen- erally to the advantage of the white slaver,” he said. SECOND DAY'S-BIBLE CONFERENCE Washington, Feb. 4. conferences which The Bible here this| week, under the auspices of the Lake Bible Conference, was well attended yesterday. The interest in and there have beepn many volunteers of serv- for meetings' to he held on the Such began Winona the work is spreading ice the six-day leading cities. eminent teachers as Wm. Jennings Bryan, the Rev. Dr. J. H. Jowett, of New York, the Rev. Campbell Morgan and the Rev. Dr. Wm. Bilderwolf, are among the volun- teers. SWEDEN AGAINST ; COLD STORAGE LAW Washington, Feb. 4.—Sweden and Norway have protested, through the State department, to the cold storage bill on which the House commerce committee began hearings today. The Swedish legation point- ed out that Sweden exports both salt and preserved fish on a large scale and protests against the proposal to limit storage to two months. THREE PROMINENT MEN ARRESTED FOR MURDER Tallahassee, Feb. 4 . —Sheriff Houston has landed in jail here B. Matthews and Joe Newell and a negro, Jim Murphy, accused of the murder of E. R. Strother, whose body was found near the tracks of the Florida Central M. Bolton, G. of the companies of the railroad in November, 1912, robbery ioned- at this post today. o BL s evidently being them otive of crime. ment. When the attack on the pal- SUFFRAGE ON SANE LINES London, Eng., Feb., 4.—A great mass meeting will ,onight open the political campaign of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Socie- ties. This onganization, working only along constitutional lines, is making ‘“‘a united and constitution- al demand from all classes through- out the country for a government measure for women’s suffrage.” In a review of the work of the past year it is pointed out that increased pres- sure has been directed upon the gov- ernment in constituencies represent- ¢d by anti-suffragist mrnisters, and upon strengthening the positio of the dLabor party, the only party in the House of Commons which has made the women'’s cause an integral part of its policy. FRENCH CLASSICS IN FRENCH New York, Feb. 4.—The first of six classical plays will be presented here today by the mamagement of the Harris theater. They will pres- ent weekly on Wednesdays until March 11, dramas by Victor Hugo, Racine and other noted playwrights, in French. . DELAWARE WOMEN ACTIVE Wilmington, Del., Feb., 4,—Ev ery woman’s club in the State is rep- regsented at today's conference un the direction of the Delaware State Federation of Woman's Clubs. will selected the convention in Chicago in der Delegates be for June. TO CONVERT MOSLEMS Toledo, 0., Worl's School touring parties met in this city today. They traveling in the of Christianizing the Moslems. The Ohio Sunday School Association has called upon all of its field workers and county superintendents to at- tend the meeting. The needs of the Moslem world will be eoncisely set forth by distinguished men in the party, among whom are Marion Lawrence, the world’'s greatest Sun- Feb, 4 The Stnday Association are interest day school authority; the Rev. S. M. Jwemer and Rev. S. R. Van Trowbridge. THE GORRIE STATUE IS NOW IN POSITION Washington, Feb. 4.—The statue of Dr. John Gorrie of Florida, who lies buried at Apalachicola, has been placed in Statuary Hall in the capi- tol and preparations are in progress for the presentation exercises soon to take place. The statue will oc- cupy a place between the space al- lotted the State of Maryland and the marble statue of Frances E. Willard of New York. Dr. Gorrie achieved world-wide distinction as the inven- tor of the first ice-making machine in the world. In honor of his ices, not only to the State of but to the world at large, | is now to be placed-alongside those cf other great men of the nation as one of the two from each State per mitte act of Congress i by ace bexan thousands of the inhabi- tants dashed into the streets panic stricken, but so far as known only killed. Alarm prevails throughout the city anid business is suspended. Billingshurst's overthrow is at- tributed to his economic policies. He one non-combatant was recently cut the salaries of officials' and otherwise lowered the annual expenditures in order to place the country on a firm financial basis and this made him unpopular. -~ MILLION DOLLAR Macon, Ga., Feb. 4.—A hearing will be given here today for any creditors objecting to the sale of the unpledged assets of the Yaryan Naval Stores Co. of Brunswick. The creditors’ committee contenils that the property, which includes plants at Gulfport, Miss., and Brunswick, and manufactured stock valued at $300,000, can be sold for $£900,000. They declare this amount will be sufficient to pay all claims against the company. | BEMOCRATS NOT I ! FAVOR OF SUFFRACE | (By Asscciated Press) Washington, F¢b, 4.-—Majority Lt‘il:ll‘l' Underwood today declared in a speech before the House that the Democratic party was opposed to woman suffrage. He made it clear that the Democrats did not intend to allow the suffrage question to come up in Conzress, but regarded it as an issue for the States to settle. IN MINNESOTA (By Associated Press) Memidji, Minn., Feb. 4.,—Five men were burned to death and sev- serious injurics when fire destroyed a hotel at Kell- lier near here today. en others received PREMIER'S DEATH IS EXPECTED HOURLY (By Associated Press) Baltimore. Feb. 4.—Robert G. Bremner, the congressman who has undergoing radium treatment for cancer, is weaker teday and his death is momentarily expected. been RESERVE BANK HEARING Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 4.—The ireserve bank organization Itee arrived in this city today. Hear- liufzs here will extend over two and a half days and all cities in lower California are represented by dele- MRS, BROWNLOW DEAD AT KNOXVILLE, TENN- (By Assoclated Press.) Knoxville, Feb, 4—Mrs. Willlam G. Brownlow, widow of Former Gov- ernor Brownlow, died today in the ninety-fifth year of her age. She was widely known in the South. commit- | PRESIDENT DENOUNGED FOF PASIRE ENBARG MEXICAN NEWSPAPER DECLARES HE WAS INFLUENCED BY U. S MANUFACTURERS Custom Officers Notified to Place No Further Restrictions on Arms Into Mexicc (By Associated Press) Mcxico City, Feb., 4.—*President Wilstn has droppe:l the false mask of liuertan friendship and declares himself the friend and protector of the rebels.” This seven-column headline was placed by El Pais over its account of the raising of the em- bargo on arms from the United States. The newspaper declares that American manufacturers of ' muni- \tions of war are behind the presi- aent's proclamation. i (By Associated Press) ] Washington, Feb. 4.-—(Customs agents and officers of the border pa- “(rul were given instructions today to place no further restrictions on the exportation of arms to Mexico. This is in accordance with Presi- dent Wilson's proclamation issued late yesterday. The promulgation cf this order marks a new era in the relations of the United States to Mexico. Not since hostilities op- ened in November 1910 have either federals or rebels been allowed to import arms from the United States on an equality. West Tampa business realty is re- ported to be selling as high as 81,',0 per front foot. ¢ ~Lakeland’s Early Boosters oL four ere then prominent land News and in mov t &) e == N.Y HETHERINGT IRviy &2 ' e e -/ L\, L2 S o R G F. LOWRADS OMLINGER . £l CHILES the pictures of the mer printed in the