Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 14, 1914, Page 1

| PAGES p— 5 I ERANTE W 100y by WAS GRANTED TODAY y JUDGE ALDRICH Until Case Is Carried to [, §. Supreme Court yelated Press.) N, I, April 14;—Har- naw's petition for writ of was granted today by Judg, Aldrich. The court powever, that the prisoner steps were taken to =+ to the supreme court } States. « hy unlikely that the ure will pass on the case sher. Meantime he will be ESTATE TRANSFERS ol by the Security Abstract & + Company.) Robinson to Cyrus Wolf- Rhoden to Beatrice Deacon, | May to Louisa Surrie May. W, Earle and others to Ruth Cummings. & Boswell to Florida Fruig pmpany . T. Patterson to Marie W. April 13, 1914 p. Martin, executor, to Erla . Wirt and wife to L. Vi- Wirt and wife to L. Vi- Swindel and V. W, Ste- ie Hall. Hall to P, A. Moore. W. Markscheffel to A. C. pL. (. Sullivan to J. A. B, Drawdy to W. F. Conant. to. Florida. Good pmpany , Good Homes Company to M. Kuhn. ; Pollard to G. B. Lightsey. Lishtsey to G. B. Light- Swindel and V. W. Ste- 0 P. A. Moore. Haven Co-operative Co. to rner, Flowers to S, F. Smith. V. Langford and wife to pVane Shockley to W, J. Howey fowvey and wife to Emery Weaver to W. J. Howey Howey and wife to Alda Howey and wife to Wray ey, OF MUSIC AT U. C. V. REUNION Fille, April 14.—Con- £ been signed by Maj. S. O, Jr.. as chairman of ‘mmittee of the Reunion ,:\-ixh five bands for the ¢re. These bands are " Cornet Band, of Ken- the Third Regiment Band, 7120, Texas; the Jackson on, Miss.; the Third f:an'!; of Chattanooga, 1A, P. I. Cadet Band, Al Tt g planned to se- ¥en additional bands. ¢ Made applications, and 1‘_“ that the final arrange- lade during the pres- e ———— PP RIVER LEVEES ——— [ Mo.. April 14.—The commission will 12 session today on T Mississippi here. Vil make an in- St. Louis to New give public hear- Doints along the ‘inected with the Mississippi riv- FHIES " COESSON OF LG VONGON |~ = ENTRE FLEET LAKELA’ PUBLISHED IN THE B EST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE 3 % Miss Mattie I v, aged seventy years, a granddaughter of former President Tyler, is here seen entering the White House, where she pleaded with President Wilson to help her re- gain the post office at Courtland, Va. She was postmistress there for 17 ,years, supporting herself and a sister on the annual salary of $650. A A A AN AN AN AN ANAAAAANAAAAAS TO DISCUSS FAIR WAGES Lansing, Mich tional , April 14 \ na- convention of compensation commissioners will meet today . John Mitchell and Dr. Darlington are the New Thomas York delezates present TELEGRAM WILL KEEP OPEN HOUSE TOMORROA AFTERNOON AND NIGHT Tomorrow is the day the Telegram keeps open house, and we want to sa) to our readers that we very much want to see every one of them on this occasion. As these lines are written it is raining, and we wonder what kind of weather wq will have tomorrow afternoon and evening If it rains your paper is deli to you every afternoon, th faced newsboys who carry the gram, braving all sorts of weather to get your paper to your door every afternoon. We believe that our read- ers will be willing to brave the ele ments one afternoon in should it be raining, we come anyway. Umbrellas coats shed lots of water, once you get here wo Knov be glad to see you and hop th 6o, and 1t vou to 1 rain ind when ing of gladness will be mutual .\~ stated before, if the hour to which you arg assigned does not sult your convenience, you.are a iherty to come at some other hour either earlier or later We hope for good weather. bu cag, we don't have it, the 1 ‘ hospitality and 200 will \...‘ out to burn at the Tel ' ing, and here's hoping . readers will be with us on this ¢ sion, whether it © shines. Plant in Operation W, believe there are ny would like to see how made, and we W full operation du i to 10. When you pi newspaper, it looks you will see tomor type sets the ty made up into pazes coming off the E paper fed into a press finished news p many operatior chines from roof to the oot from one end to the we say, Comé¢ STATE ;I;:RKS UP RAILWAYS Atl 3 A \ hta, Ga the ex railroad co will be taker the various railro showing caus be suned by ! withdrawn i able mileag taining th sion. | { LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1914 AGD FRAN B IOLEGA AL PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ADMIT- TED AS EVIDENCE In the Confession Gunman Charged Harry Vallon with Firing one of the Shots (By Associated Press.) New YoYrk, April 14. Interest- (L attorneys agreed today that the on of 20 Frank® Cirofici executed at Sing has no legal value. t Attorney Whitman said it ould not interfere with his plans 1o second trial of Becker for the murder of the Gambler Rosenthal, He added thar it before he wi Sing yesterday was hearsay evi- dence not admissible as evidence Vallon. Vallon was charged in the confession with fir- g one of the shots that killed Ros- enthal, Chief Counsel Melntyre for Becker admitted that the confession was probably not admissible as evi- Beceker refused to make any comment . against Harry dence FLORIDA'S BIG G. A. R. MEET St. Cloud, Fla., April 14.—The State encampment of the G. A. R. is being held in this city today, and will last over tomorrow. Nearly five thousand visitors are present, includ ing the officers of the Woman's Re- 1 Corps, and the Ladies of the G. AR INTERESTING SESSION OF ELNORA REBEKAH LODGE Elnora Rebekah Lodge. No. 4, sting meeting last 1 a very intere nizht at their hall. Matters of erear importance were ip and discussed. A new member was added to the lodge. Re- pleasant 1 social hour spent and arrange- receiving and entertainment of guests to the which takes place here on the 21st, 22nd | hments were served, a ments completed for the mvenion of Gdd Fellows Rebekah should put on her armor and appear at the next meet- roing to be some ing, for there is creat work done W, want and intend having a de- gree team; then we will stand sec- ond to none. See? A MEMBER. REPUBLICAN PREFER ENTIAL STATE TICKET April 14. The Republican preferential convention will be held in this city for the purpose of nominating a complete Republican ticket for State offices in the coming campaign. Th, work of the convention in nom- inating the ticket is subject to jcation by the Republican voters \ugust primary. Resolutions adopted in the nature of a reaular party platform, and it ig ex- pected party leaders will handle a few subjects which were not includ- Oklahoma City, OKla., State today «d in the lengthy resolutions of the Tulsa meeting. REPUBLICAN WELFARE CONFERENCE Mich April 14.—The (tral committee will meet in today to hear the report of composed of mittee, State League of Re- . on a State-wide Re- to be known as a a previous rall onference.’ At of the committees, May 21 ed upon, and the in this city. date deci nvention will be held B00ZY OFFICIAL RESIGNS April 14 i R, llahassee onere of Holmes resignation with been McDonald of and it said at ¢l n of the board of | 5 GMNTE NEW T WAS SENTENCED TO YEAR'S IM- PRISONMENT; $1,000 FINE Was Found Guilty of Violating Mann White Slave Act; Parts of In- dictment Invalid (By Associated Press.) Chicago, April 14.—Jack John- son, the negro pugilist, was granted a new trial today on the Mann act charges, under which he was sen- a thousand dollar fine. The court of appeals held that some parts of his indictment were invalid. TEXAS GUBERNA- TORIAL CONVENTION Fory Worth, Texas, April 14.--A State convention is being held here today for the purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate for governor in opposition to Colonel Thomas H. Ball. Texas has been going through the throes of a prohibition fight and the political parties have been threatened with division on this is- sue, There are many things of vital importance and many economic problems upon which both factions are united, and citizens who have given much time and study to the matter are in favor of further agitation of the question of liquor license. In the situation which now confronts the delegates the question of selecting a leader of such postponing vexatious stature and quence that all the constructive forces of the democracy may easily concentrate upon him mount . conse- is made para- RAILROAD NOTES Western railroads are preparing for extensive retrenchment., The meeting of New Haven stock- holders a week from today threatens to be a lively one The loss direet and indirect, of the last storm of the season cost the Pennsylvania railroad $2,000.000, The construction of two tank cars, especially equipped for fire fighting, is a new departure of th, (anadian Pacific railway. They were designed by the company and built by the American Car. Co. to a year's imprisonment, and The railroad committee, of the United Commercial Travelers has de- cided not to make a canvass of the State of Texas for a two-cent passen- ger rate at this time, principally be- cause of the heavy losses inflicted on the railroads by the floods of last De- cember. A leaflet of value to the San Juan mining district has been issued by th, passenger department of the Den- ver & Rio Grande. It consists of a map of Southwestern Colorado, com- prising the principal mining coun- ties, together with a table showing the value of the precious mineral output in each of the countieg from 1880 to 1912, inclusive, Now rumor says that it was not s0 much pressure for the time as it was the possible influence that will result from the proposed federal leg- islaticn against interlocking direc- torates that caused George F. Baer to resign as a director of the Le- high Valley Railroad Company. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com- pany has been made party to a suit started by the U. S. government, in | which it is alleged that the Lehigh is the dominant factor in a combina- tion formed to control th, output of anthracite from Pennsylvania fields it touches. railroad circles :v)m: the former owners of the Kan- {sag City, Mexico and Orient will ob- tain control of the lines when they are sold. The revenues have been considerably increased by the ar- ith the California fruits are | | rangement Southern Pa- whereby i being shipped over its lines to Kan- ‘gustine’'s future will bhe the { Beach for buildings No. 136 5 ORDERED 10 NEX SHORE PRESIDENT ISSUED ORDERS TO ATLANTIC FLEET TO MOVE Drastic Action Taken After Presi- dent's Conference with Cabinet Today (By Associateq Press.) Washington, April 14—General concentration of the Atlantic fleet at Tampico was ordered today by Secretary Daniels, The order fol- lowed the cabinet meeting in which President Wilson laid stress on the necessity of backing up the Ameri- can demand that the Huerta forces fire salute in apology. High officials are significantly silent but -it was said later in the day there would be a statement from the White House. The Atlantic fleet now at Hampton Thousands of Irish-Americans, rep: resenting all their organizations in America, will be present in Washing ton on May 16, when this statue of Commodore John Barry, “the father of the American navy,” {8 unvelled. It will stand in Franklin Park. The statue I8 the work of John J. Boyle of Wew York, and will cost $50,000, * WAAAAAAAAAAAAA SEVEN PERISH N IPARTNENT HOUSE “IRE N BOSTON (By Associated Press.) Boston, April 14.-—Seven persons perished in a fire which wrecked Melvin's five story apartment house, corner Commonwealth and Long ave- nues, early today. Another occupant of the house is still missing several hours after the fire and it is feared that he also was burned. (By Associated Press.) Augusta, Ga., April 14.—The dedication of the Archibald Butt memorial bridge has been postponed until tomorrow on account of rain. FLORIDA MURDERESS SENTENCED T0 HANG Pensacola, Fla., April 14.—For the first time in the history of Flor- ida, a white woman, “Sis" Hopkins, of Calhoun county, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to hang. Governor Trammell will set th, date for the execution. ‘‘Sis" Hopkins, the name the woman wag tried under, killed Tom Withington, over seventy years of age, near Altha, a small town in west Florida, four years ago. The woman, on her first trial, was found guilty of murder with a recommen- dation of mercy. The verdict of the lower court in admitting into evi- dence the dying declaration of the victim was reversed and on the sec- ond trial the woman was found guil- ty and sentenced to hang. TO PLAN REBUILDING OF ST. AUGUSTINE St. Augustine, Fla.: April 14 Of special importance to St. Au- April meeting of the Chamber of Com- merce tonight when a city plan will be discussed and the attitude of the organization towards policy to be followed in rebuilding the burned district decided upon. City Council has been invited and aldermen have voted to attend in a body. The Cham- ber of Commerce is anxious that St Augustine's distingtiveness shonld be carried out in the rebuilding by the adoption of a Moorish or Span- ish form of a all of \rehitecture for the buildings -al Sun says 36351,000 is now ing expened in West Palm Potatoes have begun to move from Hastings arload lots but the ments are not heavy as yet Roads, is ordered to proceed imme- diately to Tampico, also eight hun- dred marines on the transport Han- cock to New Orleans. The battleship South Carolina is en route from San Domingo; the gunboats Nashville, at San Domingo, and Tacoma, at Boston, are also ordered there. The torpedo flotilla at Pensacola is or- dered to be ready to go south imme- diately. The officials said that no ul- timatum had been issued, but that mobilization means to be forearmed should one be necessary. DEDICATE BRIDGE TO MAJ. BUTT Augusta, Ga., April 14 \Villi:.;n Howard Taft will be the prinecipal speaker here at the dedication exer- cises of the memorial bridge to Maj. Archibald Butt, which takes place tomorrow, Maj. Butt, military at- tache to President Taft. lost his life in the Titanice dis monies will he elabe br. The cere- ate and include the participation of the military companies of Augusta, Waynesboro, and Aiken, Ga., and other Georgia and South Carolina guardsmen will be present. Addresses also will be delivered by P. ¢'. Johnson and Car- ter Keene of Temple Noyes Lodge of Masons at Washington, of which Maj. Butt was a member. HARD TIMES IN GREAT BRITAIN London, BEngland, April 14, Slackness of business is expected in financial cireles here to lead many members of the london Stock Ex- change to drop their membership for a year. The members have had until today to decide what they were going 'to do, as their subscriptions ran until this date. Under the rules members may retire for a year and resume membership without paying an entrance fee, SEVEN ESCAPED AND ALL RECAPTURED Arcadia, April 14.--Seven pris- oners broke out of the county jail in the city Saturday night about 7 o'clock by drilling a hole through the brick wall under one of the up- windows and letting them- selves down by a rope that had been used as a clothes line in the jail. The last man down was captured be- fore he could make his escape. Sher- iff Deshong and his deputies were soon on the trails of the others, and by midnizht all prisoners were back in their respective cells. stairs UNHAPPY LOVE AFFAIR ENDS FATALLY Jacksonville, April 14 neral of Miss Mary E. Kerby, the 17-year old girl who was found dead in her room at 712 War- rington avenue early vesterday morning. under circumstances point- ing to suicide, it is said, took place yesterday afternoon from the resi- Th, girl was found with an empty phial beside her, thought to have contained ecarbolic acid A shattered love affair is believed to have been The fu- pretty dence responsible for her al leged act A\ zang of misdemeanor convicts are busily engaged in removing the; debris of the burned court housp in St. Augustine.