Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 7, 1914, Page 1

. LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, FERUARY 7. 1914 Wi BB W { TONCHT m MAGNIFICENT LIGHTING EM WILL GIVE LAKELAND 0ST CITIFIED APPEARANCE AN fi Kentucky Ave. and From " Fla. to Mass- On Main St- keland's Great White Way will mmte forth in all its resplendent ~ glory tonight and a new chapter in tli "history of the town will be be- m To very few, comparatively, " ‘will this splendid achievement mean 7mo're than an incident, used as we hve become to the rapid strides and progressive moves made in the last couple of years. But to the observ- mu., the thinking man, the man who has large interests and hopes, to 'those who see visions and dream dreams, the coming true of this i lmm means much more than can be lflé down on papeer. Not very many }'QM‘S ago the compietion of such a jpl!nund public improvement would been the occasion of a public hollday in the community, but be- yond a few moments of enthusiastic intercst and satisfaction on gazing . atithe sight, there will be nothing to y jifi,kato that anything very unusual “has taken place. This, we have said is ¥ w-w we are used to having i mitherto unusual things take place ¥ nflte often in this rapidly moving v H y mmuml\ o irm“ a close observance of the ‘/ em, this white o for Linjce- m‘ seems to be satisfactory, though, .btooluav it ha hll)e&nou of experts and be accept- M‘nfb an official test. It is very ilnuldl in many respects to the in- . stallation at Tampa. The posts are © mot quite so massive though fully as yet to pass the critical | AGRICULTURAL BILL UP FOR FINAL VOTE (By Associated Press.) Wasghington, Feb, 7—The agricul- tural extension bill was up in the S today for final vote. It has ly passed the House. It pro- poscs by a gradual scale of appropria- tiong to eventually extend federal aid to the amount of $3,000,000 annual- ly to State agricultural colleges. MICHIGANS LEAVE STATE TO CELEBRATE CENTENNIAL Chicago, 111., Feb. 7—To cele- brate the anniversary of the admis- sion of Michigan into the Union, the Michigan Society of Chicago will give a banquet tonight. Among the principal speakers will be former United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, Governor Ferris of Michigan, and Governor Dunne of 'Minois. Former residents of Mich- igan, who have become famous in the world of science, music, art or letters, will be elected to honorary membership in the society. HOPE TO CHRISTIAN IZE “MOSLEMS" Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7T—The Moslem campaign tourists are hold- ing a three day conference in this city, beginning teday. Dr. Bailey, former president eof the World's Sun- day School Convention, said this campaign was arranged after mis- sionaries from the Ilcslem lands had appealed to the Sunday School Convention . By arousing interest and securing fineoncial aid, much Moslems., LAKELAND DEFEATED TAMPA YESTERDAY Lake x.ln,l High Sehool basket the 'l‘:u- ball team »HillFvorough tizn pa, by the score of 25 to 19. The game had beep well advertised as evilenced by the immense crowd that was on hand. Before the team, escorted hy defeated wul irore T yesterday IS 1o Lakeland paraded ! game, the the band, orpamental and as serviceable. [, (gwn, and in front of the Kibler Otherwise the installation is prac-|pjgel, where their rival friends were tically the same. . stopping. Going back over the records Wei py thpee-thirty, the campus and find that on March Tth this project|g¢ipeets adjacent to the basketball was first mooted by Seerctary Hol- court, were literally filled with stu 1 wortiy of the Board of Trade at aiqu, (s anl town spectators. #00 meeting held that night. The prop-| 7pen followed the game, which U osition was met with enthusiastic| . undoubtedly the best game <ver fntercst and the secretary authorized | winessed on the high school court. to go ahcad on plans outlined by !y \og only a minute or so before the GRim. These plans have beon vork-l wowq pealizd that Lakeland had ed cu from that until the presentlyat hepr mateh, for the first time this dtime. It has been no easy job ""lu;m;n. It gradually dawned on the Pbring all the various elements into |y akeland Hizh School hoys. too, that ¥ harmony. Indifference, #nd even|yyis was no walkover, but a struggle | ®opposition has had to be met and the former has beep harder to combat Si.than the latter, for most of the oppo F‘”fiv it has been overcome and only 29. slight amount of indiffercnce re :k fmains t splendid work TO0 ing unanimous in it final | op {1 1d ¢h hare to turn 4 ghis olstac wppear vith the W on Vhien the b : 1ot i thrown on ¢ , the re tl J€ )i lan 10 €0. 1 n 1 the il e o | t y it ! ¢ several tio vhich b ¢ P 1 T ¢ ) O itio ind the 1 of man I'amj « [ ] tl cond half a It argume | 1 I f se sawe b rapidity, and| Briy owners know full secured the ball ustments, readjustments felt sentle tapping on possible .means have been adopted to] th »zul awaking to find the ball| bring the matter to its present con-|gpeeding toward the opposing basket. lusion. There is in the system|it was one mad scramble, every man pver forty-two hundred feet of in-ltrying to get his feelers on the pill. tallation, sixty-three handsome iron Btandards bearing five cluster lamps ach cluster giving out 340 candle power light or 3,400 candle power to the block, there being an average of ten standards to each block, five on either side the street and about si to seventy feet apart. The globes are the best, made Me- Beth Evans, of twelve and sixteen inch diameter. The whode ance is one of absolt and singular beauty. to be painted with two coa ially prepared paint, and @ paid for, the system comp turned over to the city to be main- tained thereafter as part of Lake- land’s street lighting system. The whele work has been done by T. L. Cardwell and will reflect great cred- it on this, his first job of the kind. It will cost about $4,500. la | " |lower end of to the finish. As has been the first goal into the the enough to ¢ in every game, throwing at the case blood, basket, Lakeland ilrew L diffieult con 15e Mere wag awful, spectators by this time had become frenzied with excite- ment, shrieking and yelling like Co- manche Indians. The players main- tained an oyster-like silence save for murmuring under The almost some inaudible their breath, when his rival tickled under the chin, or attempted to | give him 2 maspage. The sden® | was lwiicrous in the extreme to the ywd while the players displayed a equaled only by the pt- nx The contortions and f one or two Lakeland uld do credit to Barnum & hioh-class vaundeville back or in the air, they were confronted by the frozen starec of some one of Tampa's team. As cne mother expressed it, while her sonnie was lying on his back gazing the y blue him, “Oh! ( Continued on 5)) | Whether on taeir above page into can be done now to Christianize the’ t. The pace| TROOPS REMAI |NONEY ORDERS ON GUARD AT | ON PR W NCO GITY) BANK DRA ARE THERE TO PROII‘ECT HUER-|NEW MONEY ORDER LAW WENT TA AGAINST A RUMORED 0UT- INTO EFFECT TODAY; WILL BREAK AGAINST HIM BE GREAT BENEFIT It Will ake Several Weeks To Get the System In Good Working Order Monday Is the Day Set For New Uprising, But This Is Not Confirmed SRR Associated Press) (By (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7—T!1e new postal money order regulations be- T—Troops are palace, the Mexico City, Feb. : came a law today through the sig- still on guard at the GuEn N b nature of President Wilson to the '“SQT dt_a"( flltll“r’ g Zas A1bill in which they were embodieil Pre(.?au ion agains a rumored im-ly. oo oness This will give postal peding outbreak against Huerta. Re- money orders all the virtues and con- 2,50 i ports persist that 2,500 police Were |y yionooq of bank drafts and make pledged to revolt in company with 5 any moncy order payable at any SSHIE I LIOONES jmoney order office in the countr A telephone message from Guada- (It will be some weeks before the sys loupe confirms reports that there has' tem really goes into effect. How- been fighting there. Much excite-!ever, as detailed regulations have ment prevailed during night on d("bonn worked out the postmaster-zen- count of these reports and there is ajeral estimated that the change unusual activity among the troops. | wouldq of inestimabe aid to the February ninth is the date men-'pyusiness world. tiored as flxed for a new uprising in | the capital but there is no confirma- | tion of it. be HIS PATENT MEDICINE COULDN'T SAVE HIM DYNAMITERS APPEAL Apalachicola, Fla., Feb. 7-—The body of Dr. R. V. Pierce, of patent Washington, Feb, 7—IK. N. Zo- medicine fame, who died here Wed !line, attorney for the 24 men con- nesday, was forwarded to his late | et o P . . ' o, v N victed of participation in a dyna- home in Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce multi-millionaire mine owner founder the Dispensary Asso- was a anil president and World's Medical mite conspiracy, appeared before the United- States Supreme (‘ourt today fand argued for a writ of supers. deas u 1 error. Sentence has been stay- ciation of Buffalo, N. Y. He died ul pending the appeal. Zoline at his winter estate, St. Vincent's ;pl; ads: 1. That inasmuch us all Island, ecight miles from this ecity. lotf the defendants were alleged to During November of last year he suf Blave woen iu in e (huge of fered a slight stroke of paralysis, which seriously hendicapped his us ual activity, but he gradually grew better, and it was thought he would congpiracy to transport dynamite, all of the defendants should have been granted new trials instead of only six ‘or them. 2. That the defendants finally fully regaip himself, so were ‘doubly punisheid; once for con- much so that his specialist, Dr. spircey of transporting dynamite and Smith, whom had been summoned again for the actual transportation irom Buffalo, was attowed to return, jof the explosive. 3. That Ortie leaving his patient in charge of Dr. |MeManigal and Edward Clark, hav- . . Ferris, a local physician, A ing pleaded guilty to a felony, were relapse necesgitatel the recalline of incompetent witnesces and shonlid Dr. Smith from Buffalo. liave been tried separately. 4. The loffences charged were barred by the John MceDaide, a well knovn barber statute of limitations at the time of of Orlando, dropped dead from acute the indictments. 5 No Federal of ion recently. He was at the fence was proved. 6. That de rogister figuring up the day's cigions of Courts of Appeal conflict s when the attack seizeil him, in similar ce2ses. and lived only a few minutes YOUNG BUILDERS OF PANAMA CAilAL FORTS | | Secretary of War Garrison has designated a board of ranking officers to report on the defenses of the Panama canal, the construction work on which is being done by these young lieutenants of the engineering corps, George R. Goethals (right), son of the chief engineer of the canal, and Albert H. Acher, son-in-law of Col. H. F. Hodges, also one of the canal commissioners. the to the to be in trouble. lodge committee in charge { who of | Elks Brothers™ ! The granl| of the Court names want “Big to 1hoys who are movement to rescue delinquents, is headed by Edward Leach, grand ex- alted ruler of the Elks. The sub- stance of the movement is that the judge in receipt of the names of ‘Elks forwarding the motion, instead of committing or paroling a boy to the custody of a probation officer, will ask the “Big Drother" after and take care of this boy. Un- der this plan the little fellow is not obliged to report to the court or to a probation officer, but the report of the boy's conduct and progress will be made by the “Big Brother.” The boy won't know anything about it. He'll only know and realize that it's| mighty easy to be gooild when you have a friend to help you. ' ‘G0 TO CHURCH MOVEMENT" TAKES HOLD IN NEW ENGLAND Boston, Mass., Feb., 7—The Go-to- Church Movement, started in Chicago last Sunday has spread over the na- tion, and many cities are starting a campaizn with the name motive. To- morrow will be Go-to-Church Sun day for this city, and extensive pub- licity plans have been followed by very Protestant denomination, by | Catholies anil Jews, The move- ment has spread into smaller towns and villages, where the very hest and to look Sioux City, No. 81 R SRR, | W T Ok THE 00T TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY UWN ’ Freezing Weather Sunday Night I8 Predicted By Weather Bureau For Florida (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7—With a movement eastward into two separ- ate areas of depression cold wave warnings were displayed today in the Carolinas, Georgia, extreme north Florida and the interior of Vir- ginia, and storm warnings were dis- playcd on the Nerth Atlantic Coast. The southwest is still in the grip of cold wave today and temperatures are falling rapidly over the central Mississippi Valley. In Texas the mercury stood at four above at Ama- rillo and freezinz at talveston, Men phis reported fourteen above, a drop of forty-eight iegrees since noon yesterday. Nashville suffered a drop of forty-six from yesterday's high mark. Nine above at Indianapolis; in lowa, sixtecn helow; at Mitchell, South Dakota, twenty-five below . Tampa, Beb, 7-—Special to Telegram most permancnt results may be se- cured. The cold wave evtends into Texas and Louisian: It is freezing at Galveston, eighteen deg at IShreve port. B“AHD nf IHA“E HE[“ lnln.nn»m tor Plorida are fair il muceh colder tonight and Sun- EN]HUSIASIIG []IN 4|.l\ Possibly a light frost tonight,. ' Heavy frost and freezing tempera- ture Kunday night. The regular meeting of tue Board S of 'I'I‘illlll' \.\':ls held A.H the l‘t.lUAlllS of the TOMORROW WILL BE (,r;;umy.z'mun last night, a la‘uY ull.cn«l~ LABOR SUNDAY ance being present. A spirit of en- w ol thusiasm and optimism pervaded the rooklyn, N. Y., Feb, 7—A closer mecting and the general trend of ¢ gperation hetween the churcheg sentiment was toward strongthening fyn g the labor unions is being sovght the work of the organization along |y, (he ministors of all denomina- all Tines, and doing bigger things for | jong in this city, and tomorrow lakeland during the ensuing - year. | (hoy will speak on the labor ques- The members are proud of the Work jon yg it affects American life. v that hias been accomplishesl during g yeyed that thelabor organiza- the year just closed, as in addition to jong have much in common with steh big stunts as the white way, thej e ehurches anid o bitter under- wniversary celebration, cte., there [yynding of this fact will enlist the has been constant quict and effeetive Lo yocwil) of all lakor men. efforts of which the general publie knows little or nothing, but \\In«'h‘ St e hive done more for the advancemont |BRYAN OPENS BIBLE and progress of tie city than ang CONFERENCE other ageney. | - Mr. B. . Mooney presented a Washington, Feb. 7—Tomorrow plan for the approval of the Board, [Secerctary Bryan will open with an looking to the establishment of a address an extensive Bible confer- park, pavilion, ete., on enee, which will continue for seven . rker. Mr. Mooney went in- !days. Other distinenished speakers j Lo« iderable detail as to the con-: Will he Reverends br. . Campbell lr‘v u projeet, anud 1} yard veoag Morgan, of Lonidon, Dr. John Henry con that it would be a most ' Jowett, of N York, and Dr, Wil- i 1 Lin 1 N T 1" * e { | "“’VH 1 ¢ L lor \ the [ i1 ] ng a i to NEW IIEAD AT .’\N\'APOLIS 1 ( it / | wapoli . T—Capt, I \ 1 { ! 1 fon 1 e con i 1l 1 became oy | I W ot hiea i { at An- rier I | I superins t ntertained and the Board's work [ tendent Capt. € ng, at his own and membership boosted, Other auest, is transierred to sea duty matters iooking to the general wel-|As cominander of the Loui ) fare of the city were also discussed. |Capt. Gibbons wilr relicve Capt. At a recent meeting of the Board|Harry A. Field, sentenced to lose of Governors, M. A. J. lolworthy |five numbers for hazarding his ship was reelected secretary of the I:nur‘rl"’.\' running her on a shoal off Vera for the ensuing }x-:u'.'thv members, | Cruz. Capt. Field will becoma cap- more especially those who are famil- 0L tae ravy yard at Portsmouatt. iar with his work, recoanizing that |N. H. he is the right man in the riuhvi e | place, and that his services have INV.“SION OF SOUTH AMERICA been invalnable to the community. ¢ BY U. S- MANUFACTURERS le is on the job every day in the year puts an energy into his work that has five a power the ady ey ry interest and and enthusiasm his of ancement of | the cit) this section made for material of a good citizen ; rzht h interest and . Smith as president Holworthy cont and the fine boc composing the Board of the Lakeland Board of grow in strength and efficiency dur ing the next year, and it asks all citizens to help it boom, boost and build. = and many now hoasts was hro re through his untiring-: With Dr Mr. retary, | courtesy. | | and inued as sec of men Governors, Trade will v New York, Feh. 7—"On to South America” is the slogan of a large party from the membership, oo wne 1l linois Manufactur which left here today for Barb: Their leader is E. N. Hurley, jal United States Commissioner to South America, who will be under orders from Secretary Redficld of the Bureau of Commerce at Washington. The party plans to boost trade with Latin-American countries. The opening of the Panama Canal is ex- pected to make the proposed invas- ion of South American markets easier of achievement.