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

— N 0D I JEF O e 7 70 THIS EFFECT MADE pAY BY THE BRITISH CONSUL botion Proved That Villa fhen He Said He Was Ex- cuted by Firing Squad by Associated Press.) bington, March 23.—British percival's official report of ling of William 8. Benton, at no pistol shots were fired fight which resulted in his It lcaves the inference that stabbed to death. report, submitted to the embassy today, establishes ). the untruth of General ssertions that Benton was i by a firing squad; it also o corroborate reports recent- ved here that Benton was 10 death by one of Villa’s report does not make a defi- barce as to the manner of it says, however, that Ben- It to Juarez unarmed to pro- r the stealing of his cattle. D CHINESE LECTURER —— Pa.. March 23.—Represent- Republic of China in an offi- hacity and speaking for the ned people of that most mis- ood country, Dr. Ng Poon will lecture here tonight. in this city, Dr. Chew is the | f the Y. M. C. A. This Wm'ld} diplomat speaks perfect En- nd strange as it may seem to kho know few if any high hinamen, he is quite a hum- ilis lecture will be Modern during the course of which review the struggles of and indicates the duties of pore enlightened countries. etor is a graduate of Prince- itor of the oldest Chinese er, knows the world’s poli- ost intimately and discusses problemsg with ~amazing e is the man nearest to Dr. t Sen, the father of the new and his close relative, Dr. hg Fang, was for years the ¢lebrated ambassador of Chi- Vashington. Dr. Chew will the opium traffic and its ef- b world's politics with direct cc to China and the Chinese; fnity as it figured in the re- iom of China and immigra- bl exclusion as affecting this and China. Dr. Ng Poon s the guest of the National Association during his stay frica, and his present lecture being conducted by that or- ion HONOR OF COL. GORGAS on, March 23.—At the ban- be given this evening at the fotel, Col. Gorgas, as chief sanitary work in connection b¢ Panama canal, will be hon ' the heads of the medical fon in Great Britain. Sir|ten cars o Barlow, president of the College of Physicians, wil Lord Bryce and Colonial ¢ Harcourt will be present Iy others prominent in the ' and medical world. PAL STREET RAILWAY BONDS tford, Ont., March 23.— ® Dayers will today vote on & authorizing the isswe of de- S for the sum of $270,000 at 'ears, drawing 4 1-2 per cent The money is to be used burchase of the Grand Val Street railway, the proper “It of the street railway line ® building of necessary ex- tR'S COMMITTEE MEEING LIEUT. 1. C. PORTE navy, who is now been selected o« this country, has cne of the two pilots for the attempted crossing of the At- lantic in the kodm dro-aeroplane 1 Wanamaker hy 18 gained fame as A AP AAAAAAR STATE MARKETS FAVORED Glyvnn's su2gestion ot a chain of co- operative depots for the sale of farm appropriation of the initial expense of products, anc such markets, resolutigns endorsing it today. governor ask markets be i lieves thag t end to the e m by the State, and be- \is method will put & vils of the present sys- as is known by the Legislature is eagerly looked SELLING MINUS BUYING DOESN'T EQUAL PROFITS, half of the Investment Bankers' | rtg profits from the| Chamberlain asse ) e i laceepting this invitation, and appre nee are required confidence among the invest- |ors, and the cxpenses are Very heavy into consideration the fact that the differend Winter Haven, March 25 record breaking NEW BANK FOR PENSACOLA launching at an early date the 2 | Bank of Commerce V sidered Saturday eting of the directors ; . holders when the Alabama interests ; enresented by : were reJ r of the in- received and it, jtution has been ; stitutio i which had as well as ot were approved made to open t the stock|t soon as the uarter of a course “Iphia, Pa., March 23.—| scale committee of their 34 operators, United Minethe S o " today to further consider a - dSreement for two years f America, will meet in a HE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE « IO EXPECTS A FAVORABLE VOTE ON CANAL TOLLS EX- EMPTION Believes That Effory Being Made to Delay the Vote on the Bill (By Associated Press.) Washington, March 23.—Presi- dent Wilson apparently is not wor- ried over congressional opposition to the repeal of the canal tolls ex- emption. He told callers today that he expected a favorable vote as soon as the rivers and harbors bill was disposeq of by the House. He added that it looked to him as though a filibuster had started o the rivers and harbors bill to delay the vote on the tolls bill, but he said, smilingly, “Minorities always filibuster.” The president believes a number of Republicans will sup- port him in the fight for repeals of the tolls exemption. President Wilson said he had not future trading regulations and said he was not familiar enough with the operatijon of exchanges to intelli- gently plan reforms. No suggestion has come to the president from Con- ss relative to postponing anti- trust legislation. He said he saw no reason why there should be such postponement, but on the contrary he was sure the administration anti- [trust program was going rapidly forward. Mrs, larry Parker motored over from Tampa to spend Sunday with her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs, 8 A Clolts: MAKING PREPARATIONS ~ FOR PRESS MEETING Tallahassee, Fla., March 23.-—= Secretary T. J. appleyard, of the Florida Press Association, tonight received a letter from Mr. J. A. [ vans, chief of the bureau of plant industry, United States department of agriculture, \Washington, D. €., as follows: ‘I have yours of the 16th advis- ing me that the executive commit- tee of the Florida Press Association has requested me to deliver an ad- dress at the annual meeting at Fort Myvers, Florida. [ take pleasure in ciate the opportunity of meeting with vour association. I woulq sug- gest the subject, *‘Demonstration :/ Work in the South | | Dr. Evans is one of the most ‘;IJ-‘mn: gpeakers, and is thoroughly in earnest on a subject that should "he of interest to every Florida edi- proved facilities this State can millions of dollars to its agricul iral wealth without any additional EXPECT RECORP BBEAKING CROPL spenge over present methods. Sec- retary pplevard says he has heard Dr. Evans on thig subject, and his [ talk is very interesting Miss Agnes Ellen Harris, of the spected! department of home economics, Flor- :1‘!4 State College for Women, an- | other interesting speaker, has ac- | epted her place on the program. Vice President Marshall writes | with the press boys. ('ol. Morton Riddle, general man- lager of the Florida East Coast rail- way, writes: '-'1, will be impracticable to so ar- range that coupons from Fort Myers to Jacksonville can be accepted in from Key West. If it is concluded by vour association to take the vice cause to complain of the rate | will have to be filed as a tar- ff, and it will be unnecessary for vour members to be ider can cover the sale of tickets. to @ you cars on our so that you might get a good that he anticipates a great timcI 8 1 p.you will have arrangeme ”Si president orn this tr! just as/ no # hat we will name you. This, of d, and! special srevice, it is my In-f LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1914. AGAINST REBELS THE REBELS ARE NOW ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE CITY Federals Have Their Forces in Readiness for the Onslaught Soon to Take Plage (By Associated Press.) Bermejillo, Durango, Constitu- tionalists' Fielqg Basa March 23 General Villa’s march against Tor- reon was drawing to a close today. Only a few suburban towns remain between 12,000 rebels and the ac- tual attack on the garrison itself. Villa predicted that but few hours and little fighting will intervene be- fore the investment of the federal stronghold. He believes the federal generals wish to preserve their, forces intact for the struggle at the city itself. Officers on the extreme front to day reported that spy glasses showed Torreon to be very strongly and |, scientifically fortified, with vet taken any part in proposals for|i.nches so arranged that troops may move from one to another with- out exposing themselves. The big guns are hidden in pits on the hill- " Miss Herman {is the beautiful girl side and approaches of barbed wire| ¢rom Rutherford, N. J., who was ar- fences form a network before the entrenchments. (By Associated Press.) Washington, i ) The parleys at Vera Cruz between John Ling and Mexican KForeign Minister Portillo have nog reached the stage of negotiations or definite proposals, according to information reaching President Wilson. Little develop- ment is expected until after the bat- tle af Torreon. MOTHER MARY JONES AGAN A PRISONER (By Associated Press.) Walsenburg, (ol., March 23.— “Mother” Mary Jones is again a mil- itary prisoner in the strike zane. Shewas taken from a train from Den- ver early today by the authorities and placed in the county hospital under military guard. She will be held incommunicando. She was on her way to Trinidad and Capt. H. (. Nickerson ordered her to stop at Walsenburg on the orders of Adjutang General Chase. CONFESSES FACING ELECTROCUTION Ossining, N. Y., March 23. Pictro Rebacei, convicted of killing Anthony Marro in White Plains is {due to die here today. Earlier in the month he made a eonfession to Dis- trict Attorney Weeks, in which he tor He will demonstrate that \\'ilhil" vealed secrets of the Black IHand ISociety, which has been responsible for several murders in this country and the hold-up of many employes on the Rockefeller estate at Pocan- (tico Hills. He claimed he was the hired assassin of the Black Hand, and that if he haq not killed Marro, he would himself have met death at the hands of other members of the !society. His confession led to the | |arrest of several other men. view of the Key West Extension. “I very earnestly hope that I will be able to take this trip with you, and it will certainly afford me a great deal of pleasure to do it, if it is possible.” The special rates are progressing favorably, and it is hoped that they liew of transportation over our IIne{can be published in the Sunday dailies of the State by March 30. Secretary Appleyard is arranging for a syndicate story In all the Sun- day papers from New York down, with illustrations, for Sunday, Mar.|the other following him, to give him He hopes to work up the big- zest gathering of newspaper people to see South Florida, and note its i advantages, that has ever been as- sembled outside of a national gath- ering. . In fact, he hopes to make of service. rested in Sweden with “Affinity” Earl, the eccentric American palnter, both of them being charged with kidnaping Earl's son from a French school. LAWYER KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Columbia, S. ., March 23. Pringle T, Youman's, lawyer of Columbia and member of theo Rich- land county delegation in the lower house of the general assembly, was knocked dowpn and killed in the street Saturday night by an automo- bile driven by Harry T.. Davis, ga- rage owner, formerly a police chauf- feur. Davis is helq at police head- quarters to await the result of an inquest. Mr. Youmans, 55 years old, was married in Augusta three weeks ago to Mrs. May Bronson of Columbia. He was the eldest son of the late Leroy F. Youmans, at- torney general of South Carolina. He was a fellow student with Wood- row Wilson in the Barnwell school of Columbia and in the law school of the University of Virginia | GOLDEN JUBILLE OF ILLINOIS UENTISTS (hicago, March 23.- -Dentists from all parts of the world are in attendance at the golden jubilee meeting of the Illinois State Dental Society, which opened here today for a four-day session. The plans for clinies are the most compreliensive yet undertaken by the society. lx- perts from various States, frem Can- rada and from foreign countries will be grouped together and will demon- strate what their State or country has to offer. The clinies will be classified and divided into fourteen sections, in which will be included ments and enamels, porcelain inlays and jacket crowns dentures, full and partial; removable bridges fixed bridges, individual crowns, thera- peuties, surgery, analgesia and ane- thesia, and public service. There will be a large exhibition of dental appliances and the anniversary cele- brations will conclude with a ban quet at the Hotel LaSalle. BEGGAR WEARS DIAMONDS New York, March 23—Jesse Skin- zold foil, gold inlay, amalgam, ce- ‘ No. 117 PRESIDENT NOT \TORREON 1 | *™==7="* \ULSTER QUET [HOUGH TROOP3 dlILL ON GUARD ULSTER MEN ARE PREPARING FOR ANY EMERGENCY THAT MAY ARISE Declare They Will Fight Rather Than Be Ruled by Irish Parliament (By Associated Press.) Belfast, March 23.-——Ulster is outs wardly quiet today, though troops still maintain a heavy patrol at all towns. Under the surface Ulster men are preparing for eventualities. Sir Edward Carson said today that Promier Asquith’'s statement that troops were sent to Ulster merely as a precautionary step would not af- fect his course. “We will keep steadily in view,” he said, ‘our main object, which is to prevent our- selves being put by force under a governmeng we detest.” (By Associated Press.) London, March 23.-—There was less anxiety over the Ulster gituation today. The quiet passing of the dreaded Sunday and the assurance of the government that troops had been sent to North Treland only as a pre- cautionary step, relieved the strain incident to the home rule contro- versy there. ENGLISHMAN APPROVES OUR TARIFF New York, March 23..Sir Hugh Bell, head of a large Knglish steel “Imanufacturing company, lord lieu- tenant of the North Riding of York- shire, angq president of the Territor- ial Force Association, in a recent in- terview had only good words for the tariff and currency reforms. “I am a free trader,” said Sir Hugh, “and naturally T am delighteq to see the American tariff lowered. 1 believe it is the real policy of commerce.” When asked what he thought of the course of the Great Eastern direct- ors in getting the services of an American manager, Mr. Thornton. Sir Hugh replied: ‘“We often take Americans over to England in our business, bug we don't say at the time it was because we couldn’t find the right sort of men in England.” CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT Jacksonville, March Having seenred s \'v-l‘:llJ acksaws from out- side parti Jas. R. Crews, held as a prisoner for the Birmingham, Ala., authoritics on charges of white slavery and grand larceny, and 8. \. Hensley, being helg to face a trial on a charge of robbing the Southern Express Co., were caught at 8:30 a. m. Saturday in the act lof sawing through the iron bars in the window of their ¢oll in the Du- vall county jail. Saturday after- noon Sheriff W. 1. Dowling and Jailer Arthur Kenniston thoroughly investigated the attempted jail de- (livery in an effort to ascertain from whom the prisoners secured the saws. In this conneetion it is stated the fact was established that the saws were purchased at a certain hardware tore in the western part of the city A young white woman is said to have made frequent visits to the jail to see Crews and s sus- peeted of knowing something about the saws. FULLY IDENTIFIES TRAIN ROBBERS Atlanta, Maren 23—From a gang ner was arrested in this city on thejof twelve prisoners lined up at po- his “profession” so profitable he had two men hired by the evening to “cover” him, one preceding him and notice of the apprcach of the police. 'Tlm,\' failed to recognize two detec tives and he was arrested. When taken into custody he wore a suit ieut in the latest fashion and a fur- lined overcoat, to say nothing of al trains, if they run to suit{this Fort Myers meeting the crown-iring with three diamonds. He told If not, to give you special ser-|ing feature of his twenty-six yearsjthe magistrate he frequently madejoutfit at Fields' home, $9 Brookline as much as $30 a night at his trade charge of begging, and sent to the|lice station A. B. Merville a rall- work house for a month. He found'way mail service clerk, without hesitation picked out two as the men who robbed his train of $40,- 000 in Feb. 19, between Birming- ham and Tuscaloosa, and then beat him and stabbed him in the back. The identifieq men are A. 0. Per~ ity and W. B. Gray, who, together with R. P. Fields, were recently ar- rested and charged with cracking a safe at Grifiin, Ga Later, officers safe-cracking | discovereq a « street B S S e