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£ 111 WS CONVENE JESOAY pATE PREPARATIONS BE- \DE 10 ENTERTAIN THEM b Wil Be on the Ccnvention o Week: 0dd Fellows and s Doth Coming Bankcl ook will be a busy one for ‘ Tuesday, Wednesday State 0dd Fellows’ t here, also the v and Saturday will be in ses- cntions holding their \uditorium, which is 1 in g al 1 i 1 b g for such gather- ; im 4 nants have m:uh-' AN AR N 4 0 , decorate their store | N =, town will present a | to the visitd™ when ‘.\ lave distin I the city Tuesday. Monday LIS ULl { in decorating, and ““ i placed across the | man from Y is vich will appear the | well known New York 1o Lakeland,” ete. | eity, wher Eh S 1l of “‘]“.\ “ winter, ; | week in royal ! to both conven- | carrying a dakeland and e prograin nvention: OB dally sogsion Grand vork, exem yoeree by Uni most | are busy 12 degree team ! Apri]l 22 me ceremonies at m.--Crand lodge conven 1 Rebekah (0 )5 0) 0 S \fternoon session (.mml \fternoon s Re- m.-Subordinate degrev competing teams. Mlursday, April 23 | \lorning session of Morning session Re- on sesgon Grand moon sess@®n Re- to ride around the pEiekal Assembly. Rebekah ng teams., i Lodze Committees rangements — Guy Swatts, W.. P. Pil- merman. 'Ommittee—Guy Aren- Mebhonald, ttee—T. E. Robert- J. Q. French, L. Raffo, H. O. degree ttee — Hon. O.. 0. Rogers, Dr. uator H. J. Drane, b Hon. 1), Bryan, Hon P. E. Chunn. 1bly Reception Com- fary E. McDonald, Robertson, Mrs. Katie s | M. Baker, Mrs. fmbie. Mrs, Elizabeth - - ;’m M. Eaton received a * dlternoon calling him "% 00 business, and he ‘:' No. 82 tonight for M. Eaton very much re- s time as he very b el oTe Bext week “lcoming and enter- %o conventions which re. but as it is im- ch New York at . he will have to sure of remain- ENT OF HUMANTTY U5 N. 7., April 18.—A ¥ n" “"*Jvcts dealing with ' Of humanity will be ' 4nnual meeting of ‘onference of Char- , which began o0 here today. ! and ther | t Mus ohnson a |l| are visiting at the home ot lI-I. H Wl ‘ The yvoung of Mt il ‘ni;:h( as a surprise to Miss the anniversaey of i birthd marchi marches were Mr to his 1 K. Pearce called at the home of Wednesday \| M latit Monday. FINE ENTERTAINNENT The oo Wood Lowman at th avenue and L. was a most ¢s attonded which thorous ¢ Woodward's did musical fea Mrs. S0 T. Fle man. The latter s was heard at its best the various sel I kind responses encore. Mrs. reputation as il tained In her admlr vompanist. T f program Wwas T nder Part 1 (a) “Waitinz (b) “An Op (c) “Sprinz ¢ (d) "Ma A« Clutson. : Part 2 Lecture A Her Dangers.” Part (a‘* “An Beresford (bt “Pro 5 (e—"A Child's (d) “The I Marsh. The first sbibC from Bunne! ern markets st LAST EVENING (By Associated Press.) Washington. April 18 Washing neton waited on Mexico City again 1 . but, while Huerta was delib- ting over his answer to ‘ue Unit- | ed States’ demand for an unqualitied | salu the American fleet was pro- feeeding ag tull speed for Tampico. | Huerta's reply to the latesg repre- ‘ tat of the United States indi- ¢ d today thay e is inclined to jeonti quibblins This became { vioas the disnatehes from Charge 1ehiness at 2 tary 1) ¢ the to them before the } wmd the latter diately ) to \White Wi end nal ta i ] Con Mon and | wWa tatemen! issued | House today dent was called from the by dispatches from Charge ) 1 hurried to his of- 1 vrote on ' his own No. 140 A BIV IJNIIL SIX DCLOCK TAKE ss Monday for Auth JUNDAY NIGHT FORTHCOMING PRESIDENT WILL ACTION ority to Proclaim War with Mexico, Should Huerta Fail to Salute I'lag by Tonrorrow Evening [ Grace Evangelical Lutheran— First Methodist— ‘F] ce Metbodl’t— ¢t 1l Mr rst Baptist— \ and Orange Pueh, pastor : Baster - Ipis ) faif Gospel, John u cvenine d T:a0 o'clock re thrday a | to wanmmn — o the ustial preaching mberland Presby- t hoth morning and Jewis tomorrov., Rev lie is cordially Kentucky avenue John B stor prvices tOmorrow Bible a. m. Preaching at hy the pastor. Senjor ; Preaching at by Dp. J. B our t-0:50:D. m n., sermon pr. Wilson is among and foreeful preach- doubtless be greeted by 1 musical fea- ¢. Lovers of the should n church music McLean in some of his best 5 Baptist 8 school at S 1. m. and at Antisdel will preact wnd Sunday school at o 6:30 p. m , evening service Mr Me- 1 one of his fine solos. Jcome is extended to all ip with us. DS R — will be the usual services at L LD JOHN JACOB ROGERS MIFCHELL'3 ILANT MAY GET 20 YEARS IF NOT GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE WILL BE SENT TO ASYLUM Case Will Be Brought Before Grand Jury on Monday and Disposed Of (By Associated Press.) typewriter the statement giving New York, April 18.—Quick ac- | tion in the case of Michael P. Ma- Huerta until six o'clock p. m. to- ¥ E H' dhh ! . honey, who yesterday attempted to morrow. The exeentive arm of the assassinate Mayor Mitchel, is plan- naval serviee and the hoarg of aides ned by District Attorney Whitman. went into secret session to complete After arraignmeng today, Mr, Whit- plans for movinz ships and marines, Ill.illl \v:\|1(‘x'ls to take steps which i o : will bring the case before the grand Cre I8 no activi at »owar de- i 3 yoat the war de jury Monday. Mahoney faces twenty partment. A cabinet meeting was years imprisonment. or ine: hurriedly called. “Temporizing is at tion in an insane asylum. Mr. Whit- ait end,' snid one member close to man indicatedq today that he did not 1 appose efforts ave R i the president. “lluerta has had his DPpos¢ 4Il<:|l~. to hn\‘r the prisoner i v Hea declared insane I'rank I.. Polk, as hance, clals sd i > | L chane Icials say that the corporaton counsel. struck by the torees already at ‘Tampico are suf- bullet intended tor Mayor Mitehel, ig ficient to scize that post ang Vera better today. Mahoney, who is more l"I'H.'. The ships of Admiral Badger's v iy vaarm olil snid e ‘objects e sl el A od to the oflicial acts of Mayor | 3 : Mitehell. If was found that he had in sounthware | k written a letter also attacking ! eeret Bryan interpreted he Mayor Armstrong of Pittsbury and { ider satement to mean that John Jacob Rogers, who sueceeded | Colonel Goethals, covernor of the Hucrta " warantee an ungual |fll'I"l' Ames incongre from the | Pannma cang The mayor and IPifth M chusetts distriet, is a re ( y not think his Ly A YHIOTTO i S ! ; ; tar Republican with progrossive te [itet s the o A concerted plot ) 1 nia ! ut | dencies, and he believes in the preser- | | i : { "ation of the Republican party Ilu is | iy i 1A Q N { ! : woate of Darvard, and | GOOD ROATS ot { his home s in Lowell (4 | Y diie 1y BL S Moreland, 1ligliway: Con | | e : Ve ¢ e AR N ARTRGRR I sulting KEngineer,) onld give the pres- | RAILROALS MAY CONTINUE ek L p power to deal with the | EREST IN WATER LINES gty i \ ( i oncral way nroblem of HEIONS e B b ey y Associated Press.) | T I‘ 3 | i IH' s apoidll ey . whia Kind ol roads ) Hei peared | ! hat hody Monday. Washington, April 18- Railvoads |, e 2 ,‘ o “‘ o .l ‘ Phis was the action taken preeeding |y continue their interest in water | ?l ““l“. "l'[‘“ e ‘l‘!”l”\:”m;!“ N He Qe i 5 A % materials wir cost, and the traflic the war with Spain lines after July 1 if they apply for A e ; U A The e i fisath Qo 4 & 3 5 s 'O mements of a given section, As Fhe avmoureg eruiser South hako permission to the interstate com- | I‘ IR : | ‘:I : . - e A & o2 2 e wetween individual roads, it is easy }['L with 260 marines has been or-{ ) ove, commission, the commission Sz i l, jdered 1o proceed to Mare Island and fo, pyjed today. The Panama canal s Lge Bl Uit gkaonviLic b g . it e s 4 Nl s = Tampa'™ highway, with its presum ;p.ll\ ap 600 aditional mavines there fyoe whjeh provideq for divoreing bl I] 3 ANt .’”I b Y G . . : G - . ably heavy motor traflic, will require and go to San Diego, Cal, . and await railroads and water lines after that Y 1 4 Gy | 4 a more costly and durable type of date in cases where the two were Methodist |ln\‘ Sunday school at 9:15; preach the Free church tomor- Jing ag 115 also at 7 ®in the evening. , W. S. GARDNER. Pastor, Myrtle St. 'Vhl'm(ll‘!ArA Sabbath school 10 a n 1 Preaching by pastor, 7:15 p. m :’ Prayer mecting every Tuesday [nizht at 7:15 o'clock ! W L STIINMEYER 0| PPastor, First Presbyterian— I Tennessee avenue hetween Main :.|IH| Lemon W. S. Patterson, pas tor. Preaching 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning text, Rom. 4:8: “Bless ed is the man to whom the Jdord \\'il]’ jnot impute sin Evening subject: “The Purpose of the Incarnation of Christ .’ Sunday school at 9:45 a. 1 A lclass for all } Your Father's house welcomes I you Dixieland Methodist— Sabbath school, 10 a. m. Preaching by pastor, 11 a. m. Epworth League, 6:30 p. m. Prayer service every Thursday at 7:15 o'clock. W. H. STERINMEYER., Pastor. night All Saints’ Church— Sunday school at 10 a. m. There will be no other service as Rev. Richard Bolton will be in Plant City tomorrow !Christion Tent Service— Subject for morning service, “The Anchors of the Soul;” evening ser- "\i The Safe Way.” Thig will be the t tent service. The public is cordia invited The revival meeting closes tomor- row nizht. It has been quite success- ful in every respect, resulting in twenty-threeadditions to the church, and addeq interest among all the members. Several of the new mem- bers will be baptized in Lake Mor- ton tomorrow afternoon. competitive, gave discriminatory power to the commission. TWO0 IMPORTANT ORDINANCES IN THIS ISSUE Two important ordinances appear Telegram —one providing for the maintainance Morrell Memorial hospital fixing the closing oy pool rooms, linrg halls 10:36 o'clock in this issue of the ol and one hil bowling at and alleys the port last $70.000 ter week Commerce handled over mini of Tampa's was worth more than EOITORS CAN STOP OFF TO SEE LAKELAND jeons ideration road than a road from Mulberry to IFort Meade., To a layman, the question of how wide to build the roads may seem to be a mere matter of taste, but it is avery important in the cost of a road. Anyonc can readily un- derstand thay a road 16 feet will cost exactly twice as mueh as to S feet wide This should be given serious the standpoints and the effeet the roads. too narrow for two 3 without one of them the contral improved can be properly termed a Any road under comes under this roag will serve as mgh traflic as anything tup to 14 feet in width, the minimum width of a double track road. What increasing the width go to 14? Minnesota, has builg miles of 8-foot concrete roads with a 3-foot macadam shoulder on cach side. The macadam shoulder is not put in for the purpose of in- factor to surface wide surface one question Irom of trafli of requirements width on Any road that is vehicles the cost of to pas turning off of roadway single track road. Lt feet in head, exactly width yet an 8 foot is gained by feet Winona county, many above X unless we Tallahassee,’ Fla., April 18. ~Sec retary T. J. Appleyard, of the FFlor- ida Press Association, today re ceiveq the following telegram from A W, Fritot, division passenger agent of the Atlantic Coast Line at Jacksonville: “Arrangements will be made to allow stopovers at Lakeland from April 22 to April 24, on A. C. L. tir-kurs only acecount Press Associa- tion. { The round-trip rates in \uutl{ Florida territory to Fort Myers is as follows: Arcadia—$1.00. Auburndale—3$3.75 Bartow 20 Jrooksville Dade City——$4.50. Florence Villa--$3 .65 Fort Meade—-$3 Haines City $i 10. Kissimmee--$4.95 Lake Alfred-- 7.7 Lakeland—32 .65 Ticketg are on sale April 20, 21, 22 and 22, gooq to return by April 30-—that is, arrive at destination by midnight of that date. Railroad rates apply to everybody. The vice president and party will go down on train leaving Lakeland Thursday morning, April 23. The reception to the Vice Presi- dent and Mrs. Marshall is on for the evening of April 23, and parties can leave Fort Myers the next morning after enjoying this. Fort Myers wants you to visit her on thig occasion. creasing the width of the road but for the purpose of protecting the edges of the conerete from vehicles sarily turning and off oo in passing others. Wisconsin Michigan have built numerous Y and 10 feet in width. feet width will ade- neces: them and roads of §, Roads of & out |auately serve the traffic on lines of minor importance. For more impor- tant the width can be in- creased to 14 feet and on roads that will ecarry heavy fast motor traffie 16 feey should be used, increased to 20 feet, as these roads ap- proach cities roads, possibly, This covers the more genera] fea- of hizhway improvement. A subsequent article will deal with dif- ferent types of road construction, 20ing details of their mer- faults and cost, with particular to their adaptability to Polk county ‘Lakeland, Fla., tures into the |its, reference April 8, NEWSPAPER MEN MEET 1914, New York, April 18.—The Amer- ican Newspaper Publishers’ Associa- tion opened their annual convention here today, concurrently with that of the Associated Press. -