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

— VOLUME II TIGAL 0T NOW BEGIN ) SINNER Ww. HANCOCK AND W. E R. 'R0BSON HAVE ANNOUNCED FOR REPRESENTATIVE a board of directors consisting of the above officers and with the ad- dition of Solon G. Wilson. This young company {s doing a fine service for Poly county, business f the land owners and it has a hn‘ht before 1t, Baltimore, Md., Feb. 19, Knights of Columbus' will give a big charity ball tonight. The pro- ceeds will be used to start a fund for the establishment of a non-sec- tarian tuberculosts hospital. A large congressional representation is expected . -The ~J. Young and Werner G. Jones Have Entered the Race for County Treasurer OFFIGAL MINOTES OF | GITY CoBSION Feb, | | | | | In today’s issue of the Lakeland ews appear the firstannouncements the candidacy of aspirants to bunv ¢ ‘lices, wiia the exception o. hat of Mr. W. G. Jones, which has een published in the Telegram for pme time . Two candidates make their formal ids for support in their aspirations b become law-makers for the State Ind county. Mr. R. W. Hancock, ho served as one of the representa- vos from this county in the last baislative session, is a candidate for e-clection. Mr. Hancock made an xcellent record, and was recognized y his fellow legislators and the ublic generally as being very con- ientious and efficient, and he en- ers the race for re-election under ery favorable auspices. Mr. W. E. R. Robson—known Laleland, “‘{‘l Regular ion of mission with all Minutes of Feb. approved. Free Methodist church petitioned for annual permit (o hold street meetings. On motion the mayor was requested to grant such permit sun- ject to the resations of the ordi nances; and the matts of designa:- ing places for the meetings was re- ferred to a special commission of Messrs. Toph Men denhall. The commissioner of sanitation was | empowered to give relief to G. E. Southard on South Florida hore familiarly as “Reid” Robson—|SeWer, and to employ a man to locate ¢ Id and record lovations of sewer taps in pakes his announcement as a candi- ! : i ate for ropresentatlve. Mr. ROQSOII the paved district when app Il.IllUIl\! 5 o succossful and prosperous grow- are made llnr ,~‘.|n.. | r and cattle man, and enjoys the| Omn motion th it cquaintance and friendship of a meals of the Laklana Military Band ainta 18, 1914, the city com- members present. 4 were rcad and Flanazan and avenue | raiiroad rares and arze number of people all over the[dnd of the Voinieer Fire Depart-) ounty. In the last election for this;ment at Tamia during Gasparilla S rap. rore | 116, t fice he received almost enough|Week were ordered paic o The Lakeland Band was granted otes to land—indeed, he was en- . itled to enter the second primary, | rmit to erect a band stand in Munn but declined to contest with Mr. park subject to the approval of the ancock, who led him by a narrow commissioner of public institutions. margin, This will naturally strength- Petition of D. D. Elliott for relief n him in his present race, and he in assessment for 1913 x;nw.:\\‘;ls re- vill undoubtedly receive very strong ferred to the ‘|?~ v .;u.xd‘.[.:;x xf)]:)- upport . missioner of finance fm. adjus ‘nu lll § The commissioner of public im- i -E. J'. kil Ot EALON, I provement Wwas instructed to give !h‘ gffcsof fcounty :‘l::flsyl:;il; bz:)ll‘(l immediate relief to the conditions on ffoung was for seve H East Orange street Lights and water donated to the Chautauqua tion for the present session A special commission of Messrs Mendenhall and Toph was appointed to assist the commissioner of finance keeper in the treasurer’s office and s thoroughly acquainted with the flutics of the treasurer. He is physl- ally disabled and appeals to the oter on this ground, and also on he further ground of his efficiency and fitness for the position. There is were on motion | Associa 3 to report at next session the advisa- o question but that he is entirely Hility. the purnoses for which, ol ualified and needs the position, and ”‘l“ ”':”MN ik e bond his candidacy will doubtless be very s e fop LT i) ffavorably regarded by many voters. s \s stated, Mr. Vg, G. Jomes has| S+ i Hrubakat bp alr announced § as a candidate| ,”‘. A g : ilowed | surer, and it is generally un ',[. : s o eeuetall derstood also that Mr. J. T. Hamm| SR i a candidate for re-election to| position. | candidates are e various offices to be filiul.f ; b 7 5 hese are all whose official an-|, : i i mentioned | e \ ent | an } tonncements have been authorized. | / t g the The contests promise to be very in- e teresting, but it is very apparent| f or that a large number of voters will| = e vire respect be deprived of their votes by reason| ® Mavod 3 1 fil of their failure to register, as it 1 $eems difficult to make the averace Man understand that, mo matter if} ... the commissior Be has already registered, it is nec- i pal manager | v to register again, and this tx' i prev | ind th [ "'<! be done before March 2. e was instructed to advertise th ‘ clerk wa T sram and in Record for ap- ! NEW OFFICERS OF ABSTRACT plications which e received (0. ELECTED TUESDAY NIGHT|.ior ¢ v Eooas” 0P e xe he “0. K § [,,'}, f pauper, was Bartow, Feb. 20.—The annual|g;2 50, t | heeting of the stockholders of the nrdurf'l1 B voit wid phatten ml [ Sccurity Abstract and Title Com- zm"':- ' “to repair roof of his bany was held at the office of the|f. Watser ‘mpany in Bartow, Tuesday even- shop i the board lug, Feb. 17, 1914. At this meeting| 1 : to the com- the general manager, H. W. Smith, fon with power Made a report of the progress and tondition of the company. This re Supt. R. L. bort showed that the company s in o dated Aug. 6, 1913, and ad- Most! excellent gondition. It Wwas AN o the City Council, calling dressed t : -~"- :nnvii?.'m»‘ at the atte 0 find that their company is prac- 1ants was re-read ight and wa i 1 ? Very gratifying to the stockholders | | tcally out of debt and is self-sus-|! tore the commission at his| e taining. Although the company |Deio™ %35 been writing abstracts for only F. Cox et al for & & little over six months, the book's 0% that a large volume of busi-|™ 1¢ss has been dome, and each month ieipal $hows an increase in the volume of (P ,‘ o bl"nesg and report ls:lonflr of mu- 1n W»qiga!mn omm for activ ad- potion the The following officers were elect:[ On ';0 - o ® for the ensuing year: R. B. Huf- journed. Chairman. faker, president; Frank Thompson. * president; L. J. Clyatt, secre-| AU City Clerk.. SWATTS, tary; H. W. Smith, treasurer, and H. [ {and muttered Hfluential ' | the .! meritorious projects LARELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1914. BIlH RANCH SEARCHING FOR | OWNER KILLED | BANDITS WHO REBELS| GTOLE $40,000 BENTON WAS EXECUTED WHEN FOUND GUILTY OF THREATEN- 'THREE MEN HELD UP QUEEN & ING VILLA'S LIFE No Act Since Cumbre Tunnel Disas- ter Has so Stirred the Border Cities of Mexico (By Associated Press.) El Paso, Feb. 20.—William Ben- ton, a wealthy ranch owner and British subject, was executed by a rebel firing squad at Juarep Tuesday night. This information was brought here by United States Con- sul Edwards today. Benton was tried by courtmartial and found guilty of complicity in a plot to take Villa's life. No act of the revolution ex- cept the Cumbre tunnel disaster has so stirred the border cities. Villa left suddenly today for Chihuahua imprecations against him are heard on eVvery hand. Benton was last seen Tuesday {morning, making his way to Villa's house in Juarez. He said he was going to tell the rebel leader what “he thought of him.” Rebels had raided Benton’s ranch. It is said {that at the time of Benton's arrest | Villa claimed the former had threat- jened him with a revolver. Benton wias a blunt man and had many in- friends and admirers who characterize Villa’s act as wanton murder. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 20.—The Brit- ish ambassador had appealed to Sec- retary Bryan to protect Benton fol- lowing his disappearance fromJuarez Tuesday night. IOMINSTRATIONS RAILWAY BILL 15 1AKING SHAPE (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 20.—After lengthy committee hearings, the 4d- railway capitalization ministration 'm]] began to take definite form to- lay It was said on good authority that it will contain these provisions: Im lroad corporations will be permit- ted to issue stocks and bonds only on yermission of the interstate com- ree commission; corporations must show that the proceeds of s will be applied for actual nec- ! xpenses, upkeep and exten- ng; public hearings will be held ‘ation to issue and other offi- yorations' appl directors personally r of the penaltic s will be made hle f ion law, or violat h mprisonment (‘hairman S. M. Sparkmap of the of river harbors' committie in speaking of the and rivers House “land harbor appropriation bill, which ".}hv will report this week, said: “The bill is not a large one when 'vou come to consider the old proj- ¢ the all ects to be takep care of and | great demand for news projects, of which is based upon the rapidly growing commerce of the country. «wThe estimates of the army engi- neers charged with river and harbor improvements to carry on the work {on projects already adopted and for maintenance, was a little over thir- ty-four millions of dollars. Then \\:o had before us new projects fav- orably recommended by the engi- neers amounting to upwards of ninety millions. All of these were good projects; that is, projects that ought to be taken care of as rapidly as possible. “The committee, not being able l 4o take care of all these worthy and ‘ was compelled to select those that seemed most ur- gent, and, therefore, recommended he adoption of seventy-eight. While the tota]l cost of these projects will rup to something over thirty-one millions, the amount of the initial appropriation is a little above five millions. at- tached Washington, Feb 20— (Special) r golden jubilee CRESCENT NEAR BIRMING- HAM LAST NIGHT Covered Mail Clerks With Revolvers, Stabbed One and Made Swift Getaway (By Associated Press) Birmingham, Feb. 20.-—Railway detectives with blood hounds today are seeking for three bandits whose hold-up of the Queen and Crescent passenger train, No. 1, twelve miles north of here last night, is believed to have netted them in the neigh- borhood of $40,000 although the ex- changes in the organic composition act amount taken is not yet known. The robbers overlooked a consign- ment of $10,000 in registered mail. The train had just left Attalla when three men emerged from hiding in the tender and covered the engine crew. They detached the engine and mail car and ran them two miles down the track when they forced an entrance into the mail car, covering five mail clerks and stabbing the chief mail clerk when he hesitated to reveal the location of the regis- tered mail. After rifling the pouches they cut off the engine, escaped in it and abandoned it near Birming- ham. Last week the St. Petersburg or- der of Elks celebrated its third anni- versary. Three years ago the order was started with a mere handful of men and now the roster holds the names of 212, STREETS FLOODED L05 ANGELES; AUTO RAGE POSTPONED (By Associated Press) Angeles, Cal., Feb. downpour during the night increased the scriousness of the flood situation in southern Califor- nia today. Many streets are floodeid; there is much damage to orange groves, and railroad traflic is every- badly crippled, some interur- ban lines entirely suspended. Three fatalitics are reported thus far. Un- less the rain ceases by 4 o’clock this afternoon the Vanderbilt set for tomorrow will be 1.08 20.—A stead where cup auto- mobile race postponed . K. OF 2.'8 GOLDEN JUBILEE B0 Fab. of Pythias are fifty the order having been founded on Feb. 19, 1864, and will be marked with appropriate celebrations throughout the Stateg are represent- Washington, 20. The Knights years old yesterday tionally celebrated in this city for three days, and all the orders throughout the tateg are represent- delegates. Secretary of State who is a member of the or- der, and Thomas J. Carling, s preme chancellor, of Macon, Ga.. will address the assembled Knights. ed by Bryan, HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER THE CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE SPEER (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 20.-—Conside- ration of the charges against federal Judge Speer, of Georgia, will prob- ably be taken up by the House ju- diciary subcommittee tomorrow. The limit of time allowed Judge Speer for filing a brief refuting the charges expires today. It was said that ac- tion would probably be deferred un- til the trust legislation program had been disposed of . A body of representative business men of Orlando are organizing a building and loan association. AGRIGULTURAL BMLL CARRIES §18,947,000 (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 20.—The agri- cultural appropriation bill carrying $18,947,000 was reported to the House today. It proposes many of the department and appropriates for public roads $350,000, for cattle tick work $400,000, and for meat inspection $300,000. AMERICAN HEIRESS . WEDS COUNT London, England, Feb. 20.— The wedding of Miss (iladys McMil- lan, daughter of Mrs. Spencer Pen- rose, of Colorado Springs, and (fount Paul (‘ornet of Brussels, took place here yesterday. They were mar- ried at the home of Lady Harring- ton, the bride's aunt. Count Cornet is & member of an old family, and the bride is perhaps the wealthiest Colorado heiress becavse of the Me- Millan-Penrose millions. The count and countess will residc in Brussels, but spend much’ time in Colorado. Miss McMillan was presented at the Court of St. James by Mrs. White- law Reid. ANOTHER SUCKER CAUGHT AT OLD WIRE-TAPPING GAME Jacksonville Feb. 20.—Leon Warner, a young man, of New York City, notified the local police yester- day that he had recently been maie the victim of the wire-tapping game to the amount of $10,000 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. After telling his story, Warner was informed that the department had recelved.a tele- eram from Chief of Police Easters of St. Petersburg that three men were under arrest in that city, sus- pected of members of a fam- ous gang of confidence men wanted in this city. . 4. Sandford, one of the names in the tel accord ing to Warner, corresponds with the I who as sisted the will be made St. Potershurg. Petershurg local being name of one of the m. robbery. An attempt to i:|rlnlil'y the Chief 1 telegrs tha is thonght to in men in of 1o of be St in his the the Larry police, stated one men in custody Summerfield, one of the fam- ous gang of New York “con’” men. { THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM | PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE - No. 91 CRAUTAUOU A SUCGESSI0N OF FINE TREATS SPLENDID TALENT HAS MADE EACH DAY’S PROGRAM ONE OF ENJOYMENT Dr. George R. Stuart, the Talented Orator, Will Speak onight on “Opportunity” Last night rounded out a week of (‘hautauqua and now but two days of present session remain. In looking back over the sessions—the splendid lecture of Dr. Stuart, read- ings and musical numbers of the Beulah B“cl‘ Quartette, Ross Crane's splendid entertainment, Madame Mountford’s lectures Miss Willis’ readings, Mrs. Cole’s pleasing lit- erary treats and other interesting and enjoyable features of the dally programs, it can be seen that Chau- tauquans have been enjoying some very fine talent, any one entertain- ment being worth a great deal more than its cost. Last night the Rhildaffer-Gailey Concert Co., gave a program of clas- sical numbers, and a burst of enthus- iastic applause greeted each num- ber. Madame Rhildaffer is recog- nized as one of the country’s sweet- est singers, and last night her won- derful voice was heard to splendid advantage. Miss Gailey is a violin- ist of great ability and her numbers and that of the lovely pianist, who gave two brilliant selections at the opening of the concert, went to make up a program pleasing to all lovers of high class music. One of the many decidedly unique features presented to Lakeland Chautauquans is the work of Mad- ame Mountford, who has delivered two splendid adidresses on the Holy ‘Land. Madame Mountford was born in Jerusalen and has the knowledge as well as the dramatic ability that enables her to present to her audi- ences in realistic manner the life and customs of the Holy Land which are today the same as those of two thousand years ago. She carries with her many costumes and articles of everyday use in Palestine and with these she illustrates her lectures, so that Biblical allusions that have heretofore been mere words take on a meaning rich and picturesque when explained by this gifted wom- an. the »I‘hp otler names given were Charles Lane Scott, C. L. Sandford and Sid . Henry. FINANCIAL REPCRT OF FARMERS' CLUB FAIR $300.50 38.00 Received for advertising. .. Contributions Sales of exhibits at the fair 22.46 Total receipts .$360.96 Paid in premiums .$126.75 This morning Madame Monntford {condueted the Iible hoor, and Mrs. | Adlams gave her usual health lecture at 11 o'clock This afternoon the | Trojan Trio and the Rovers Goshen Rand rondering a most pleasing nrogra, following which Dr, W. K. Pinov is to lecture on “The Phil- csophy of 1t." Dr. Gecrge Stuart Tonight \zain that prinee of! lecturers, ||ll'. George Stuart, will address Chautauquans tonight, taking as his stthject “Opportunity.” Dr. Stuart, we feel sure, will have some fine things to say on this subject, and it will be a treat that no one should miss, and those who have not at- tended the Chautauqua will get more than their money’'s worth it they buy a ticket and hear Dr. Stuart tonight. Tomorrow’s Program 10 a. m.-—Bible Hour. “Pur- pose,” A. C, Turner, Y. M. C. A. of Tampa, Fla. The president declinea to speak, but|Paid book store... .. 1.17 11 a. m.—Health lecture, “Mod- will receive delegates at the capitol|Paiqg J.G. McCrory 4.05 ern Eugenics,”” Mrs. C. Rucker tomorrow, the second day of the|Paid D. B. Dickson .25 Adams. meeting. Grand Chancellor Clem F,| Express, handbills . .30 2:30 p. m.—Prelude Concert, Kimball, and Grand K. of R. T.|Postage .. ...... 1.20 Rogers’ Goshen Band and Orchestra, 8., John H. -Merckens, sent to all)B. H. Vanslickler with Miss Pearl Gross, soloist; Miss lodges an address referring to fact expenses solleit- Helen Cosley, accompanist; Miss Ma- that many will not live to see the| ing ads in Tam- bel Roszelle, child dialect. Address, centennial of the order and asks| pa .......... .. 6.00 “The True Life of Jacob,” Madam that the celebrations of this jubilee|Geo. Fidler, labor.. 10.00 Lydia V. Mountford. be of such a nature as will be re-|Various small items. 2.20 4:30 p. m.—Closing of the C. L. membered by all for their patriot- Ev. Tel. printing. 110,50 S. C. Round Table, conducted by ism, love of fellowship and their Mrs. Ida B. Cole. sentiments of loyalty to the home.|Total paid out.... m.—Grand week-end con- At 9:10 o'clock tonizht throughout the land to a toast o “Pyhianism” will be offered, so that from border to border at the same moment all the voices will express substantial- ly the same sentiments at the same time. The St. Cloud Canning and Man- ufacturing Company has opened its plant. Balance on hand This balance will be held for the next fair. T. S. CGLIFFORD, Secy. At the last meeting of the board $2693.42 8 p. eonamms LAEE o Special numbers wiil be pre- sented and many features of more than ordinary interest will give va- riety to this closing grand concert; pure, clean fun will prepare all for a better Sabbath. of county commissioners, held in Bartow, plans were adopted for the|{ The St. Petersburg Baseball new Polk county jail. Bids were'league is to be organized in the advertised for. Sunshine City at am early date. 7 s e e g g