Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 27, 1914, Page 1

EN PAGES /_, | qUME D1 E W SCENE KILLING [STERDAY STRATION KILLED A YOUNG MAN [LEN YEARS OLD o Gave Himself .Up, His Action One of Self Defense .mall place about eight | akeland. was the of a Kkilling, Ray- 4 Laving shot and the former claim « that Owens, W' o Wi \ i and another olph, were inflnence of liquor imed R 10 postoflice and bhe e distastatil o T. Mallory, who in at they would have vere zoing to talk The men left the eral of the Fasom o the nearby wools, Liimed that Owens| pistol and threatened s companions. One; ws suceeeded in oget- away from Owens and a run for the post following. ~As the the postoftice, Ray-1i river for the tun rove up. it ) A AT CPE 2 lim Stratton made a home, nearby, followed Wens, who dashed after him as N N ¢ 1 \ ) his liome. Fearing for TURPENTINE OPERATORS - oo MEET HERE MRCH § < - - CLINICS BY NOTED SURGEONS rattoy grabbed his gun th others who were try- vay from the intoxicat- ran aronnd the house sev s. It is claimed that the to evade Owens for minutes, anid finally for whom Owens scemed greatest antipathy, ran *into his barn, warning to follow or he would m Owens followed, from his manner that L pistol, Stratton lIred, five ausine instant death. n ts the deed was commit- itton telephoned Sheritf Lo- w, what he had done to come for him, anid I Socrum yvesterday after- X him to the county last night. Stratton | Owens was unmar { wens the-sonof ‘Mp. Wi B . of Soerum The funeral J this afternoon at 9 b 2EAL ESTATE TRANSFERS l the Security, Ab litle Company. ) mns to Robt. Wier. bhenson to Frank H and others to Benj to Benj. F. Moody riton: Lo, Benj.i B« to Benj. F. Moody ¥ to Benj. F. Moody. Stewart to Benj. F. P. Smith J. W. Hol- and Securities ('o. to ‘ombach . Mack to Derienx J. tStment ('o. to Abram nto G. V. Tillman to C. I.. Morrison. erts to Y. L. Brack to Y. L. Bracken 3 FREI':HT SERVICE STOPPED Feb . 27 PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE —————————————— LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 1914, SIMESN D. FESS RN ASKG U5 RECONGIDER ING[MHAHGU OUTRAGES LIN (‘Ow‘”\v‘l TED SINCE ! CLARES CABINET ARMS WERE OETAINED roaj\mer boen (hanging ~of Clomente Vo government | Mexican note, not expecte] ihat CONVICT GIVEN A CHANCE Whitman wrote representation Hull had reformed. and desived | IFriday . { 1‘,1 | surgeons in this city 2 the young man's|ar EXAM|NATIUN 0F BENTON'S 'BO0Y WILL BE MADE I IN FLORIDA ropresentatives ,| danghter of Nunn STOKES QUALIFIES TO OPPOSE § WILSON FOR CONGRESS/|D’ixic Nunnaliy. has just been mar improvements {larly in San Fr w={ter of J. H. Nunnally, the Atlanta 70 BE RE- ¢ V. REUNION;resete CAPTURED FLAG TURNED AT U .~—Further rée ferry on ‘trap car” free spotting' of 'e sidings by the rail-|sixth helq here oday byjcal commerce commis-| LOOK HUERTA T0 MAKE REPERATION { IKILLING OF AMERICAN SHALL NOT GO UNPUNISHED, D¥ | The Hanging of Vergara Was Thor h Is Not Expected: That the State | cughly Discussed at Cabinet Department Will Reply | Meeting Today ( By Associated Press) i Washington Feh Ui I'he noogovernment r gara, an I American citizen, near Hildago, I'Mevico, as matter for reparation by [the Huerta zovernment Afiter & cabinet mecting devote] almost eon ;*Hrrlx to discussicn of the Mexican erbareo on arms | situation, it was announced today that every cffert would he made 1o Limpress the Mexico City government witi the feeline in the Unite)] States on the subject o Members of the cabi net talked over the Vergara incident Lat: gitont Tength I'hey believe the act has greathy shocked the Ameri can people and should not 2d unpun ished {COULDN'T STRIP P. M. GEN- ERAL OF CERTAIN POWERS (By Associated Press,) Washington, Feb. 27 An amenad ment (o the postoftice bill to strip fthe postmastor general of the power to lower rates and alter requlations Lol parcel post was throwy out of the Senate today by a vote of 2 lto 24 Minneapolis, Minn [iohis 25 1ing today and ending on [ March . The principal feature of i dinner at which Daniel AL Poling of Christian Kndeavor, will speak. Imaking this a meeting for civie het- terment . WS, EOWARIS FHEEI] WAS (By Associated Press.) Reading I’a eh el 2 Mrs { Kate Kdwards, nnder death sentence the past thirteen years for the kill inz of her hushand A pardon was secretly crant ed by Governor Tener and she w |l.’ll\>“ away during the nicht to b surrender | sin Jife anew She is nearly sixty a negro with whom she wag acenged | of being intimate. Four governors declined to set the date for her exs [ cution PACIFIC COAS FRAUD POSING Atlanta, Ga., Febh, 27 The oft renied bogus heiress and imazinary the Atlanta ‘candy king,” has again sprung into puhlic nrominencs The young very herself Miss an in question, w iiful and who ca ricd to Walter L. Clements, a 20 Cal vear-old lad in Los Ang &, the ;;ut‘n!'r“ll: to dispatches which havele '%rv.u- e Atlanta Miss Dixie Nun- nally for some time past has been of | posing on the Pacific coast, particn 1cisco, as the daneh- willionaire and club man Despit the fact that Mr. Nunnally never has been offici der time after time, the harming voung vomanp seems to have mana I ne "1'!")' fs8 to et away with the stor lout west. The story Miss Nunnally inow Mrs. Clements, volj was that' ad left home because of dis agresment had often p aded rds the| | were welcomed by “rnewsboys and street arabs some ruul\','l‘»‘ the intcrstate commerce commis- pretty, [sion. Alton B Parker urged greater vou're |unifermity an the procedure of the iC. ® FOR CIVIC BETTERMENTS | "“" iong | and the )mlp.v blushing girl, looking at the {The Christian Knacavor I'nion will} {3 | AAAAAAA A~ A AAA A A~ hold its annual convention in this| Wood | eity, heg the convention will be a (”i/‘“}lli]"WHllE Sux AHE of Boston, national citizenship su-! perintendent of the United Society | |'The ministers of the city and the| 3 X v Associated Press.) mombers of the Church Brotherhood | are co-operating with the society GOy peturn as vietors over the " hasehatl [ tendance. The conference is being world's tour serie which endeg native " UNDER DEATH SPNTENGE .. " - FOR HUSBAND'S MURDER . .0vinc o & « 1" S 1 Lackawanni thi Lackawanna Wester " | cars old She was convieted with thus competing cirenit Me- ad rricd to a speedy ond, AT ATTANTA HETRESS | (\anevar: toReunolis oa uhider ite CONFLRENCE ON NEGRO'S CONDITION [ \W. 1. Beveridze of the British education of improvement ' 4,y the lnioht, i development congregation af-| G TELEGRAM B —— TEN PAG ES No. 97 > N PORTUGAL 15 REPORTED THAT COUNTRY IS SAID TO BE IN A STATE OF ANARCHY AT PRESENT Portugal Cut Off From the Outside world; Details Are Meager (By Assoclated Press) Madrid, Feb. 27, -Portugal is in a state of anarchy, accorling to an wnneement by the state department I Srain today . Only meagre details ol the revolutionary movement are available hero, but it is known to b of considerable importance. All communications, even to wireless an;d the UsEde Wy eive s ibeen severed telecraohy Tetween ot ‘e Spanish cov rnment today he- canoa vigorous effort to ascertain what is taking place. (By Associated Press.) | [ieRnn: Ny Ry -2 On i \twnnnl of - poor health Licutenant (e N Bt ) B s R ’l|:l.\ as commander of Forrest's Cay alry, Uniteq Contfederate Veterans, gned to :58) (By Associated P Washington, eb 4 1, Taflt today WSy y v weged the House jn fickioy committen to upprove ihe the [hil Providing for reform in federal seourt took his young peonri proeedire e endorsed the . the couple throng of ‘What do | ae asked | plan to relieve rederal judecs of the jvight to appoint court attaches and e would require even receivers to be appointed from a list approved varions courts in the federal sys- s | L0IN CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT New York, Ieb. 27— Mayor John *. Mitchel opened this morning the for the dliscussion of unemployment. The mayors of the principal cities as White fwell as gov rnors ol States have ap- Giants ! pointed del tes, who are in at- yoes-[held under the joint auspices of the played, ] Nmervican section or the Internation- twenty fourpal Association on Unemployment and s won twofthe Ameorican Association for Labor | Legislation Reports upon recent {emplovment condition s formed an nteresting part of the opening ses {aion. bt the principal emphasis of W. COAL CASE the conterens wiil be on construe- ttive proposals tor prevention of un- _" iy osent Charles 1. Crane, : a0 the Chicago conunmission on the unemployed, is president of o vlean =oction and amensy the other oflicers are ilenry S, Denni- ot ol Boston, Charles P, Neill, ex- mumizsioner of the federal Bareau of Labor, John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers, and Prof. Charles R 1lenderson, secretary of the Chicago Unemployment commis- “Ision. The president of the Interna- tional \ssociation on Unemploy- ment is Leon Bourgeous, formerly president of the French Council of Ministers The vice president s Richarg Freand, head of the Ger- man Association of Kmployment Bu- reans, and the secretaries are J.ouis Varlez, inventor of the “Ghent Sys- tem,” and Dr. Max Lazard of Paris. Boarq of Trade, the leading English authority, is also prominent in the \ W movement abroad to The. part the tariff plavs in lack discussed the of employment will he considered. need speak-| DEMENTED MAN WILL L} BE TAKEN HOME TOMOR- wil ROW BY THE SHERIFF is show Herman Cranston, the man who certain |m-k«\d up mentally deranged passenger station Tuesday is still in the city jail, but the sherift of Elgin, 1., will reach ihkelnnu omn No. 85 tonight to take [the man back to his family and s Cranston ttended the Baptist | Gasparilla festivities at Tampa and 1{while there suddenly lost his mind. 12 unusually a ed, it is sup- osed by the pirate crew, as he has {been of the opinion that pirates are Youngfafter him ever since he lost his at | jmind He is rational at times and at other times is quite violent.