Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 23, 1914, Page 1

JOLUME I N GAIP E i NOTT 1 G ‘?}IiOUT TCLEPHONE OR TEL- L ‘\(‘1'3 \ssociated P UNCLE ‘S;\.\l MAY YET SEND HIS LGRAPH SERVICE i ‘ B oL L’\érlf‘\_lrl"L% MEXICO TO Teller, forn SE THINGS . Stalled by £is Sow “”, o i ‘ ; % witts: Street Cars Mot oI 4 n ot Benton and Disappear- Sanlig u: i ! e of E)jmu Foreigners Makes T : r\.l : 95, 1 Matters Serious By Associated Press.) ek in is the grip of ¢nlone lines are vor [llinois, 1 Chraska, Kansas jssourl b nowdrifts over a wide area erurban street ¢zl raffic is tions . (ounties of Florida: ince its organization last July, lat property heretofore had n assessed at a uniform wying from 10 per cent to 75 it of true value. This was in 'The tax commission, on at Tallahassee in ash value. tanged at once, that it was s year; but the hi}m to adopt our suggestion Mjourned without taking any b uniform assessment. This et them to comply' with the i assess at full cash value. dince then Wr previous suggestion, Me cash value, s and we approve this action 4 resolution. Ve suggest that all boards tunty PUBLISHED [N WORST STORN WINTES WESTERN STATES ARE The middle of the winter anil tele-| Many trains are stalled _Columbus, Kansas City, Indian- Iolis and St. Louis were among the rest cities reporting blizzard con- ) I55E35 PROPERTY 150 PER GENT. OF 115 TRUE VALUE bo the Tax Assessors of the Several Gentlemen—The tax commission, ben working to find the best plan|Pphiladelphia, he would ask the 30 padopt to get all assessors for the|religious denominations that belong ear 1914 to assess all property onl!to wiform basis, one county With|the Presbyterian Board in this work. wthcr, On investigation we found ion of law but was done by cus-|y ygains and the St. douis Cards are bm and consent among the assess-|que here today, and the new ball knowing ' remain in training until the end of bt these conditions existed, sug-|narch. wted to the assessors in.a conven- November hat they all agree and pledge them-|fing; squad of Giants start training flves to assess all property for the|pere today. It consists of all rar 1914 on the same basis of not|y,ung players, the entire catching e than 50 per cemt of its true|gpuff and Bix Six. We believed at that ine, and so advised the assessors, ud still believe, that under the ex-|colonels will leave here today iting conditions, which cannot be|mort Myers, Fla., bt to jump to a full cash valuef pay any other minor lPagie tax assessors / tin or making any agreement as to ® With nothing to do but to in- the assessors met ?n"émion in Jacksonville on Feb. ‘and passed resolutions adopting|Day,” since of agreeing| born the l? assess all property for the year|John H. 4 on a basis of 50 per cent of | movement s, which is in line with the sug-[lizht and K Btion made by us to the tax as-|of towns b¥ i ¥%0rs while they were at our re- educationa] lectures lues'z in convention in Tallahassee - it November, will be better for the|[MMENSE INCREASE I Bayers under the existing condi- Vineent This American H nas done much good fstanford ’ Thomp- We believe that|throughout the world, and brought| John Samuel Cannon to ‘ nowledge into thousands|son & Garland ‘ ts extensive system of A Ty, Tuten 0. Washburn & » Thompson. Carter-Deen Realty Company to :all!:dmw our order for a full cash AN e for the year 1914 and notify|three and a hal ;<|>]r ?;fiessors to assess all property |crease in el "” at 50 per cent of true cash|ucts of {1 t in compliance with this pledge| to the hish commissioners and school | last year. . rds arrange their special levies uepartm»'nf_o % to work to a full cash value|tal was ¥ Sment later as required by law. THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE A b v LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEB. 23, 1914 No. 93 taxes and o ———— - — JOLIN Seattle, Wash., Feb. 23.—The JOTIN annual meeting and clection ot the N BEHINED SN I, 5. SENNTOR T I | the {several withy (By Associated Press) (e B ) The Mex- v h the ) take part in! uation suin uppermost oiher enterpi sxamh i de-|", / wuh mind here. The execu- i ooand becan ! 5 g el e William 8. Benton and the and an { t i net. le left that oft _ ’ ppraranc of other foreieners u"d’hn--r and a2-in entered the - Juare have revived : talk of farmed intervention. Administra | ‘ | tied | [ | : {tion officials realize that the situa- | AN INVASION OF PRO- HIBITION WORKERS tion is fraught with all sorts of pos- sibilities. Thus far the State depart- New York, Feb, 23 Iht byterian church will send 250 tom perance workers into California, ('ol- orado, Washington and Oregon in an effort to swing these States into the dry column at the next fall election They will take with them motion picture films teaching lessons against ment has heard ouly Villa's version of the Benton killing. It is admit- ted that Villa had the right to ex- Benton if he attempted the commander's life. The story of Ben- ton's friends that he was unarmed and killed in cold Dblood is being carefully investigated. The consuls teute the sale of alcohol. Plans for thelyt Juarez and Chihuahua have been crusade were perfected today at a|urgently requested to use every meeting of the Presbyterian Board|yeans to ascertain the facts. of Temperance. (harles Scanlon, sec- retary of the board, said that at a meeting of the temperance commis Senator Shively, acting chairman of the foreign relations committee, conferred with the president today sion of the Federal Council —offyni Mr. Wilson gave him all avail- bas|(hurches, to be held tomorrow in|ahle facts regarding the death of Benton Senator Shively said af- terward that the incident was *still this orzanization to unite with iy process of investigation." ol IPINESE CONTRACTORS GRAFT CHARGE (By Associated Press) park is ready for them. They will Tokio, Feb. 23.—Three promi- nent Japanese contractors furnish- Marlin Texas, Feb. '3-—The ing supplies to the navy were ar rested today on charges of graft. Letters read in the house of repre- sentatives indicated that the naval scandal was by far more extensive than at first expected. High Japan- s officials are named as henefitting the Louisville, Ky., Feb. 2'.—~The X for|by graft. to begin spring _— = not | aining. They go further south| — REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS lub . Transfers Furnished by the (List of e . Security Abstract and Title ("0.) and curi ac- ) Sessoms Investment Co. to John CHAUTAUQUANG | Ferguson, Jr o AHE EELEHHA“NB J. W. Sample to Walter L. Ven- v ) Y o Mary M. Dueker Chautauqua, N 3's Fb. 23 J. W. Sample to Mary M. r in | Chautauquans the world over are Shallenberger & Conner 10T H A today as “(‘hautauyua | Lucas recognizing Hatcher, Sophia L. Holly to J. G. , February 21, 1914 w. Snell and wife to D. M. this dat famons Chan ellor, Bishop Washington State Society Sons of the Americ Revolution, will be held here this afternoon. There has been MAGY _EHAGAN NISHIGTONS SATHIN WIDELY CELEBRALED an IS CHARGED WITH BEING AN ACCESSORY TO THE CRIME it Washington, Keb 23 . —Senator WHICH HE DENIES i R W i = Swamson ol Vi ia | will " read o $ , Washineton's favewell address at Intrcduction of Testimony Regard-| bl e S | s : . 4 3 the observation of Washington's ing Disposal of Body Began Af- | .0 Ly the Senate tod: Vice Ve fl‘(‘ Jlll'\' “7"5 Scle(‘ted irthday by the Senate today . e h £ o & President Marshall selected the sin (By Associated Press.) ator as reader of this historic paper. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 23,—James A y . i i Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 23.—The Conley, negro, was placed on trialf| . i ; ¢ i Washington cclebration and trans- here today charged with being ac- for of flags will be held here today. This is the twenty-fitth anniversary of these which will in- chuyde speeches by men who are closcly connected with ekducational and patriotic interests of the city. A dinner will be given to George H. ceesory to the murder of Mary Pha- gan . He pleaded not guilty. A jury was quickly completed and the intreduction testimony began with the reading of the records in the trial of Leo M. Frank, who was convicted of the murder. The tes- exercises, of & 4 3 ¥ homas Post, (. A, R. timony of (onley, in which he said i 185 Rl i he helped to dispose of the body af- 3 T ‘I i ‘l 3 A Berlin, Germany, Feb. 23.--The ter Frank killed the girl, was read. : i American colony will celebrate Attorneys for the defense will con- tend that this did not constitute an act accessory to murder. The reading of the record pied many hours. Washington's birthday today. Mr. Gerard will preside. Other speakers will be Consul-General Skinner and occu- Prot. Shorey of Chicago. 90 2o, Alexandria, Va., Feb, —A big military parade and other events will mark the celebration of Wash- Tulsa, Okla., Feb. 23.——Society[ington's birthday, held as a holiday people from all over Oklahoma will| here today. Seccretary of War Gar- “tango” and ‘“hesitate” and do all|rison and Assistant Secretary of the ‘the other odd Hances, Oklahoma|Navy Roosevelt will be present antl style, here tonight at the big cab-|will address the George Washing- aret shows for the benefit of the Ok-|ton Birthday Association, under lahoma Panama Exposition commis- | whose auspices the program of the sion, and to assist in the construc-fday is given. tion of an Oklahoma building at the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. 56 WEN KILLED | WHEN TROOP TRAN WS BLOWN (By Assoclated Press.) Vera Cruz, Feb. 23.—A govern- ment troop train carrying fifty-five officers and men and an English en- TANGO TO HELP EXPOSITION BANKERS GETTING READY Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 23.— the secretaries of State bankers' as- sociations of the Central States will hold a two-day meeting here begin- ning today under the leadership of R. L. Crampton. The new national banking laws| will| be| thoroughly gone into. WETS OR DRYS. gineer, was blown up Saturday by Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23.— rebels and all on board were killed. | Court opens here today, and the This occurred on the Interoceanic “wets” and ‘“drys” are eagerly [awaiting the decision on liquor li- censes. Many more want privi- leges this year than did last. and wholesalers have also put in appli- T0 TR:RE%B?;I%?Y}&'DE’[RGINIA cations, though they have been barred in previous years. el e R GIRL PROVED NOT 10 BE GNE WlNTEfli (By Associated Press) | Springdale, Ark., Feb. The | railway, 140 miles from Vera Cruz. 90 28, Richmond, Va., Feb. —(Gov- ernor H. C. Stuart has signed the enabling act, which directs the gov- ernor to call a special election for 1914, on the question of State-wide prohibition, upon peti- tion of one-fourth of the voters who cast their ballots in the Novem- ber, 1913, election. Approximately girl found near here Sulurd'\:\' and ! 18,000 names must be upon the pe- held as Catherine \\'inlors,l is not titions. All persons who voted in the zirl kidnapped from lll.(llilllll un. the last general election and all wifo last March. Dr. W. A. Winters, of qualify to vote in the elections in Newcastle, 'Ind ., said on fl.I‘I’I\'u! here June are the electorate. If a major- this morning, that the child was not ity of votes cast is for the State- his daughter. wide prohibition, the law becomes effective Nov. 1, 1916. The act ex- empts from the provisions of the bill persons or firms now engaged in the manufacture of wine and beer for Sept . THEY WERE NOT THE TRAIN ROBBERS Tuscaloosa, Ala.., Feb. 23.— Sheriff Palmer has anounced that Washburn & Thompson. Mrs. Julia A. Cannon to Thomp- son & Garland. 3 i state of Florida to P. W. Daniel. N VALUE OF SOUTHERN EXPORTS and 23 —Forty- Vashingte B s y oo g illion dollars in- T. L. Waring to w. F. M(.hfilfl. American “‘wnm of prod- N. L. Bryan to W. F. Nich- neipally due fols o South. :)rmmpdul} ( ols i : rice of cotton for the| N. L. Bryan to T'.- L. \\ar‘:;gr. f:m.»m of the fiscal] W. P pillans to Nichols & Wa! first geven T 3 g 2l f compared with that period ofjing. et 5 ot Laveg +nday was reported DY the| Juliusg Thuemling L : ‘Ma“rwm‘m*rn‘* The to-| J. A. Ellerbe to A. (. Ellerbe. ommerce ‘;;n‘urnfv last vears,| Florida Takeland Homes Co. to iy . tt ox-|gart C. May. SGH,QOS.?M. value of cottod Ear 5 geven months Was8 ‘. H. Evans to V\.‘ d during the The tax et i X commission will visit the|porte 5 ,csame | g 06" 0 :;fl“"?m counties in the State and ' $38,000,000 moTe rh’n rla‘; ::‘L $12,- ;z . Gormley to Southern Land Uer with g iod last year, mine the assessors and use|period 3 .t and dairy |Securities Co. " eans in thelr power to sce that Joe B ??fiw?h;tnrn Bread-| Sessoms Investment Co. to R. w. Perty in evi is v ducts $15,000.90¢ & ; ! ery county is valuedfprodu o 000.000: cotton-|Gormley. g M assesseq on as nelrya uniform | stuffs decreased ;S‘T Labhit Caroline M. Brewer to A, W. is ag possible. We hope every as-|seed oil, $3,000,000 et 3 "in the State and every board . 57 _Bethesda| Inland Realty| Co. to Sven A% 1Y commissioners will work Jacksonville, h.'l-\._ - unfortu- | Werner . llie P armoni.ms)y with us to the end [ mission, & rescut I iis. 18 t0 b Mrs. Nellie M. Close to Allie % each county will bear its just|nate Girls it JacksoRT\t & recent | Arthur y Nikay Ttion o thiea- Hiocessary 1o Sue- (\onsivh-rl“"‘." imj : T. W. Bishop to E. E. Wilcox. “‘ful]y finance the State and meeting held @ Lester Hall to Elwood T. F‘ri‘ln(h. unty jan ch ir <allv & Bassett to H. P. Clegg. ¥ Bov 7 a an ch Secally & Bass 2 i ernments. We hope that|l iy 8 erbneoo B assessors will use diligence all taxable prop-rty on the tax and §3s it is unjust for some to pay to | thusiasm was ¢ a large 1 : ntri S improve the situa jons shipment outside of the State and i i 3 ) en - ar- into wet territory. he will release the three me rested today, C. H. Hardin, H. B. Waldrop and R. L. Preddy, in con- nection with the Queen and Cres- cent train robbery near Birming- ham Thursday night. The men ar- rived here from Birmingham Friday Dallas, Texas, Feb. 23.—Father,|at noon, and coincidently spent the mother and five children of one fam- | njght and were arrested at the same ily today were announced a8 Drizelgpot where the three men were ar- winners in the Texas industrial|pregted for the Bibbville robbery congress agricultural contests and|gome months ago, after their wild approximately $2,500.0f the $10.-|rige on a runaway train. The sher: 000 gold distributed to_;successful | says he has satisfied himself the contestants went to them. TRefa-|men are'in no-manner implicated. in ther, William L. Norman, of Kings |¢Ne Birmingham' robbery. ton, Teras, received $1,000 for the best four-crop demonstration farm, consisting of one acre each in cow- CONVICT LABOR peas, cotton, corn and maize. Mrs. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 38 Norman received the second prize of Charged with embezzling $6,262.88 $500 in the same class and the chil- | received on check from Goodin Reid dren were winners in contests open|g (0., of Cincinnati, for goods man- to them. The work was done inde-|yfactured by State convicts and con- pendently by each. verting to his own use State funds totaling $77.304.88, James G. Oak- Key West is soon to be visited by |jey, formerly president of the State the German naval attache, Captain|Board of Convict Inspectors, was ar- K. Boyed, who will visit the naval|rested by his own brother, Charles station there the latter part of the|Qakley, sheriff of Bibb county, at momth. Centreville Satudday. He gave bond. WHOLE FAMILY GOT THE BIG PRIZES GRAFTING ON STATE CABINET I \LEANDR, WENT THERE TO REVIEW THE PARADE CELEBRATING WASH- INGTON'S BIRTHDAY Tle Masons Also Celebrated, Wash- ington Being the First Master of the Alexandria Lodge (By Associated Press.) Alexandria, Va., Feb. —Pres- ident Wilson and many high offi- diads of the government, national as wcll as State, were present here to- day at the observance of ;'\luxun- dria’s century old custom of cele- brating Washington's birthday. Vice President. Marshall, members of the cabinet, members of Congress and Governor Stuart were among those who reviewed military and civie parade which passed the his- toric Christ church from which Washington was buried. The an- nual Alexandria Washington Mason- ic lodge celebration was an added feature. Washington was the first master of this lodge. o 23, OPPOSES EXEMPTING COAST WISE SHIPS FROM PAYING TOLLS Washington, Feb. 23.-—(Special) Senator George 1. Chamberlain is outspoken in his opposition to the repeal of that portion of the Pana- ma canal act which exempts coast- wise vessels from payment of tolls. He has traveled along the same road with President Wilson since the in- auguration, but as to the repeal of the free-tolls provision, which is now being championed by the chief executive, the senior senator from Oregon enters a positive but Wigni- fied remonstrance. In speaking of the agitation now going on Senator (hamberlain said; “It is my opinion that the demand for the repeal of that portion of the Panama canal act granting free tolls to coastwise vessels is inspired, in the first instance, by the Canadian Pacific railroad, and this in turn by the trans-continental railroads of this country. These latter roads have always opposed the construc- tion of a canal. Their emissaries were in Washington to oppose the passage of the Panama canal act and, having failed in that, they are now resorting to the field of diplom- wy, ready, if need be, to nlunge the cotntry ino i bloody war to accom- plish their purpose. “Suppose the Congress yields to the demands of Great Britain and repeals the free-tolls clause of the act, will that satisfy her? Not by any means, for, yielding to this de- mand, it will be followed by other insistent ilemands and among these will be the opening of the canal to railroad-owned ships. This is the real secret behind which the trans- continental ‘lines are hiding, both those in (anada and in the United States. “If these demands are complied with it will be insisted that we have no right to fortify the canal; that we have no right to pass our navy through the canal in time of war; that we cannot honor our treaty with Panama with reference to the passage of her vessels through the canal; in fact, that we bave no right whatsoever—except to expend about sixteen millions of dollars per annum in the maintenance and op- eration of a great national highway built by American ingenuity with American money. 3 Thomas Criggal, an old citizen of Sanford, died a few days ago, fol- lowing an attack of apoplexy. Thursday a car of cabbage was shipped from Fuliford and the fol- lowing day a“car of tomatoes left. A baby show will be one of the features of the DeSoto celebration which will be held in St. Petersburg the last week in March.