Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 28, 1914, Page 1

e ————————— JOLUME IH TRUOPS RDERE COAL FIEL PRESIDENT STUATION BORDERS ON CIVIL WAR IN STRIKE ZONE president Took Action After Confer- ence With Cabinet Today; Situation Serious (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 28.-—-The pres- it today decideq to send federal s iut(; the Colorado coal fields, here virtual civil war exists, This ision followed a cabinet meeting and plans for the dispatch of troops being worked out jghis after- Geveresr Ammons asked thay al aid be sent to control the wation growing out of the coal niners’ strike. are 100! BANK LOOTED, DIRECTORS SUED Hartford, Conn., April 28.—An nteresting case will be heard here lay when the suits for $390,000 nst the directors of the Windser s Savingg Banxk for personal lia- lity for obligations of the ".:\.. to trial. The bank was looted v the late A. W. while the defendant The direct uns relative bank, Converse, treasurer, ctors were in office. ; were gued in four ¢ ) their terms of osice and the suits o brought by Reccivers Lippit anc lolt . MURDER TRIAL OPENS Rockville, Md.. April 28.—Wil- fam J. Fisher, the Isthmian Canal omm ‘on clerk charged with the murder of Wihlliam L. Altdorfer, was ut on trial here today. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Furnislied by the Security Abstract anq itle Company.) April 27, 1g14 J. C. Baldwin to Nettie O. Bar- hite E. E. Skipper to I. S. Smith. George W. Rhoden to Marion H. Blount . who | o p— Here is one of the men who re- joiced in the prospect of war with Mexico. He is a marine, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, and is gaily going aboard ship with his com- plete equipment. I NOWLINS FIE DAL AODRES The following eloquent dddress was delivered at the Memorial day exercises Saturday by Dr. W, D, Nowli Ladies and gentlemen: 1 am su?u some of you are not aware of the facy that 1 am a Confederate Veter- an. I woulq have you know, however, that 1 joineq the rebel forces in the grand old state of Tennessece on the 10th day of March, 1864. I mounted the breastworks (of a noble southern mother); 1 raised the rebel yell; I fought many a harq battle—coming out sometimes wounded, but always victorious—with whooping cough, measles, colic, etc. (Applause.) The occasion which bringsg us to- gether today is a mark of the high character of our civilization. That nation which fails to honor her he- roes will soon have none to honor; Sam Jenkins to John Maxwell. J. 0. Driggers to L. C. Morrow. J. K. Kelley and otherg to Irvin Kelsey . and that people which fails to re- | N. L. & A. E. Robingon to Plant{ .. "1 104 will soon have no re-, ng. ¢t for the living. Indeed, that na- W. J. Howey to Grace Lasley. tion which fails to honor her herees W. M. Hampton to Wilbur F. = ang respect hier dead will soon lapse, itchfleld. i et not alrcady lapsed, into Harriet Thurston to trustees of has barbarism he Mt. Tabor Baptist (‘hnra-h.. T Edwin E. Boyle to Louis A g stars were noble self-sacrificing e » nen; men of courage, conviction and Sonn A BIC\\UIay L Al {character. They fought for principle Pt 3 4 wmd not for pay. They believeq they T. L. McAulay to R. W. Han- were right and that there was noth- | ok 5 ~|ing for them but to fight. They were J. B. Plant to R. W. Hancock sk e Lhas salingl by, wh:satd e o he wag ‘“gwinter” do something, whereupon the teacher said: “Don’t POLITICS AND POUTICIANS vou €ay gwinter any more The e boy with astonishment replied: Friends of Colonel Roosevelt say hat he will begin his first political uslaught against President Wilson the coming campaign. “\Well, professor, vou ain’'t gwinter say gwinter, what you gwinter say?” T(; him there wag nothing else to say. To the noble sons of the south after the war began, there was noth- ing for them but to fight, and they did it heroically. Be it said, however, to the credit John Fields, who has been nomi- ated for governor of Oklahoma by e Republicans, is a newspaper fan. He ig connected with one of j th ' e Oklahoma City dailies in an edi- |of the olg veterans still living that al capacity. It is reported that Provisional "esident Huerta of Mexico has ght a monoplane fro mthe Moi- t Aeroplane Co., but it is doubt- | what time it will be delivered to Ero i Uncle Sam would not have much Miculty raising regiments of col- Wing universities and ¢ been anxious to fight ever since lexican trouble began. ress may disagree upon other fnded a¢ the discretion of leemed necessary. % men, for students of all of the jover there, colleges ns but in the matter of mak- | (Here the var appropriations it never fails t quickly. When President Mec- v sent in his Spanish war mes- % hoth houses promptly voted an Popriation of $50,000,000, to be the ®ident anq for whatever purposes more patriotic citizeng do not live than they. ff their country needed ‘them today to defend her honor or protect her borders, old and feeble as many of them are, they would go to the front. They would not be like a man in this city the other day who, when the boys were speaking of go- ing to Mexico, said: “Well, boys, I'm not going for two good reasons In the first place I don’t know the way and in the secongd place I'm gun shy anyway, and it wz:|.n take more men to keep me in lin than it would to do the fighting These find th av and not "gun | way and old veterans would aker had to wali prolonged applause Wwas ov the Daughters of the ¢ the As to federacy they are d sires nr;.l are therefore noble women Blood will tell. A pig dressed up and in the parlor is none the less a pig. A high toned cultured gen- tleman is a gentleman though re- ters of noble WAR NEWS PLEASES HIM Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State LAKELAND, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1914, NEDATION AGRED T0 B HUERT, G, FUISTON NOW N CONNARD VEBK CALZ UTMOST SECRECY OBSERVED BY DIPLOMATS WHO ARE ACTING AS MEDIATORS 4 It Is Reported That Federals Are Try ing to Cross the Border Into the U. S. Near Laredo, Texas (By Associateq Press,) ances thag he woulg protect Ameri- ? A cans in departing from Mexico. Washington, April 28 The Span- I il ish ambassador today formally in- Yo bt the thrés Btk Katishlos eral generals and their ('nlmnmn(ls nations who act mediators re- [ o : “““"“1‘1“1.’4 o cross into the sumed their sessions today in an ef- : mu."d‘ s thm)-. g “‘lmw - fort to compose the Silllfliiflll. Their e "(~I“)rdlll{:~ gl . deliberations are surrounded by the e ml\u'us: S AR ? were recently driven back toward utmost secrecy and the sessions are g e . by the rebels ang it is expected to be continuous through- belleveq they are the same that re- out today anq tonight. ; . General Funston and his United T s e States troopg have arrived at Vera % (ruz anq are preparing to land ac- cording to dispatches received at the war department shortly before noon. Rear Admiral Mayo at Tampico re- (By Associated Press.) as the border (By Associated Press ) Vera ('ruz, April 28, Huerta has abandoneq any intention of making an attack upon the Americans at nst the Uniteq States. o ; Wlio g Vera Cruz according to passenzers 1 a nay Chie the itetovnl dfovaeni ing from bevond the American are making further overtures to the lines. They said that the federals constitutionalists for a combination “]“; ‘ {h '.m“«l Vera (ruz were m MRS. P. V. PENNYBACKER 3 o No. 148 ot NIORS GAVE P LENDID PLAY “T00 MANY WIVES” ENJOYED BY LARGE AUDIENCE Players Acquitted Themselves With Credit Presenting Highly En- tertaining Production Clever acting, laughable situa= tiong anq pleasing stage settings, all combined to make the Senior play, “Two Many Wives," given last nighg at the Auditorium a brilliant suc- cess. The house was filled with a large angq appreciative audience, and to say that the playerg came up to the full expectation of their friends and “then some,” is a very mild expression of how well each per- former acquitteq himself. The sceng of the play was laid in Dr. Sheppard’s consulting room, and as Dr. Sheppard, Lloyd Hooks kept the house in a roar, as he became in- volved in first one difficulty and then another. Although secretly wedded to Miss Gladys Wilsoft he is visited by a distant cousin, Mr. Iforest Clonts, who wishes to sce the doctor weddeq to ecither of his charm- g their way further inland, Unit-| M Perey Vo Pennybacker, presk-ing daughters, Miss Annie Cargill od States anthorities here do not ex- '\1\',"” o1 i LAnaLAl - Heusrasion. O iNyes ndl Mg aedieia i aniane : : ) j omen's Clubs, will preside over the The wife, lovely and bewitchin (By Associateq Press.) peet to attempt to widen the zone |goscions of the twelfth biennial, 10 be |y - it LRl under their influence until orders [held in Chicago June 9 (o 18, Mrs, | RS ion the scene when the fair Washington, Apr. 28—BEncouraged | omo from Washington. Nt is under- Pennybacker is the widow of Perey |CFeatures are planning which will be by receipg late yesterday of luer- stood that there will be no move |V, l'n'-umb;.«‘lu r of Tyler, Tex., \\'lnn-n the one to sacrifico herself on the al- ta’s formal acceptance of mediation, pending mediation by the South [she married in 1884, Sho is the | tar of love, which makes the dear American officials today waited for \mt an legations. daughter of Dr. J. B. and Martha Hard- | Wife believe that she has married the the representatives of Chile, Argen- eS| wicke, and was born in Petersburg, [ most outrageous flirt in the world. tine and Brazil to take the next (DiAsab o atadl BasR ) Va., in 1'\61'.‘ She s Lh.n uuth‘or of a[The two dear husbang hunters, how- steps. Until early oday the envoys e e e T history of Texas, and since 1901 has |over, have ardent admirers in the were in consultation over plans for meditation. It was felt that Huer- ta’s acceptance considerably im- proveq the situation. The reports are that Americans are rapidly finding avenues of escape from the danger Tunston ang the Fourth army bri- gade arriveq here shortly before 10 this morning and General Funston will take suprema command of the city immediately after coming ashore. His troops are being unload- zones in Mexico. ed from the transports on which ¢oincident with the conference of |they came from Galveston. mediators, President Wilson and (By Associateq Press.) cabinet met in regular session, the Laredo, Texas, April 28.- -The Mexican question being the foremost [constitutionalists at Nuevo Laredo subject of discussion. The Brazilian ambassador informed Robert lLans- ing, counsellor of the State depart- ment, that Huerta haq given assur- e et ee——————————— e e——————————————————— duced to poverty Daughters of the ra These Confed- and rays. Southern were just as noble in their bearings, and as queenly in their races, in their “homespun,” in the days of their poverty, as they were before, and are today, in their silks and satins. “hey willing and bore wracefully their part of the struggles of pn\vrl»y during the reconstruction period . But we are here today to pay tri bute to the memory of the heroic dead; those who have fought their st fight; those who have gathered around their last camp fire; those | who are now camping on the eternal camping ground. Wp come today with flowers, rich ang rare, gathered by maidens beau tiful ang fair, from gardeng far and near, for the graves of heroes who knew no fear. W, are not idolators; are hero worshippers. 1t is not our pur- pose to benefit the dead, but to bene fit the living, by doing justice to the dead. They died for their coun! trv and therefore should never die in the memory of their country. we no today reported to American authori- ties that federal trops were trying to cross the border near Laredo. Army held offices in women's clubs. JAILED FOREIGNERS TERRORIZED AT GARDOVE (By Associated Press.) “ Vera Cruz, April 28.-—Eighty-five foreigners, including Americans, are held in jail at Cordove, subjected to miserable surroundings and stantly threatened with assassina- con- officers are on the lookout. FAIRY SHOEMAKER AT AUDI- 1e Fairy Shoemaker,” cale at the Red Cross Pharmacy The part in this beautiful play: following children will Fairies Cleona Bates. ‘Bvelyn Owens. Margaret Marshall. Christine Clough. Eileen Blanchard. Francis Grether. Ruth Bryan. Margaret Jewett. Laura Pillans. Dorothy Doyle. Edna Mae Doyle. Eva fLouise Tweedell. Virginia White. Sara Trammell. Ella May Holder. Ouilda Temple. Leonard Lipscomb. TORIUM TOMORROW NIGHT Tickets for Miss Maude Steinmey- er's play by her kindergarten pupils, are now on $ ence to be held in this city today, tion by jailors. The prisoners must sleep on stone flagging and get food and water only when favored by the I\\'him of their jailors. TO REMOVE RIVER TRAFFIC St. Louis, Mo., April 28.-—Gov. IEberhart of Minnesota will be present ag the river traflic confer- take | and has urged other governors of the city on the Mississippi construet ade- quate river terminals in the form of docks and warehouses, where river freight can be loaded and unloaded onto and from the boats, these facil- ities to form a chain of terminals river traflic. Such a chain woulq be operateq at a saving to the “oat lines, and would be a source of revenue to the cities maintaining these facilities. Rail- way officials have expressed them- selves in favor of the revival of river caleulated to increase traffic, explaining low rates and heavy traffic are encouraging the sending of the heavier freight by river, provideq river terminals are persong of Shelton Meharg, who was in love with Miss Mayes and Will Hetherington, who very much ad- mired Miss Lanier, his devotion at times bordering on an acute attack. That other fish could exist in the sea for the two dear girls, was demon- strated by the shy, sweet lookg they y Would give their lovers ang the oc- casional embraces which, shams, Tooked almost like the rea] thing, though While the love making was going on, it suddenly developed that thg doctor was expecting his maiden aunt, whom he had never seen, and on whom he wished to make a most profounq impression. Will Hether- ington, his best friend, told the girls that he thought it would be great fun to dress up like a woman and im- personate the aunt before her arriv- al. Overhearing the plans, Aurora, the maid, Missg Georgia Fannin, and, by the way a whole show in herself 50 well did she carry off her difficult part, decideq that the dear doctor, Mississippi Valley Stateg to be pres- | whom she wag in love with, too, ent it possible. The conference pro- ishoul nog he made the vietim of the poses to adopt a plan to have cach {eruel joke, so at the first opportun- ity she informed him what was in store for him. Within a few minutes, the real aunt, Miss Esther Heath, ar- riveq on the scene, and, thinking it wag Will dresseq up, Lloyd, in a very forceful manner let his visitor un- derstand that no foolishness would be allowed, and, after throwing the fair lady on the couch, declaring he would amputate every limb in sight, ete., and on another occasion throw- ing her into the bath room, her wet clothes heing brought out later by the maid, which showed where she haq landed, it was little wonder that when hig friend finally arrived he ST AT Their work ig done. Peaee to their memory. Green be the grass where gleop the brave and true Gentle be the zephyrs that sweep over their last resting place. Forgotten be the struggles and animosities of the past and bright the vision of the meeting bevond. May God bless the memory nf-vhr:sre noble patriots and bless their song and daughters who are left to bless their country May we prove worthy of our noble sires. Thelma Hester. Shepherdess Alice Eaton. Cleo Weeks. Claire Streeter. Nellie Sanders. Shepherds Linwooq Arendell. Therm Marshall. Pete Sanders. Morton Lumpkin. Arnol Willhide. nearly two million dollars are on the show which SUNDAY BACK IN BASEBALL William Hampton. : Hines Petormann. ] e Phillip Miller Julian Williams ay Day. the close of his Scranton, Pa., :m paign, and is conductinz services 1 Villiam Norvell. Chief Shepherdess- Alice Eaton thig city. : exhibit at James Willhide. here today, held by the Golden Gate Kennel Club, | whichwhich will be judged by O | Veeder. Both these officials are well- constructed to give the railroads a direct boat Hill is who are in favor of the revival of river traffic. connection. James J. among the prominent men FORTUNE IN DOG SHOW San Francisco, Cal., April 28.— Blue-blooded dogs to the value of opened The show will last hree days and Judge A. Albright, r., will pasg upon the merit of all ntries except French bulldogs, F. 0 : 2 | Shcemaker known breeders of blue ribbon win- 1 as "B 1: -| Arnold Willhide. ners tiom New. Yoik. and it nown as “Billx inday came here after| Pedlar G Washington predicts the retire- ment of Secretary of State Bryan within a year. mistook him for his aunt and treated him with the respect anq admiration ho wished to bestow upon his un- known relative. Will made a very sweet, demure looking girl, but when he discovered the il treat- ment being accorded the real aunt, 'he disclosed his identity, and like many practical jokers he found it had gone too far. Explanations were then soon in order, and the fair bride took her rightful position by her handsome young husband, having completely won over the critical aunt; Wil ang Shelton claimed their jewels, Miss Lanier and Miss Mayes, and Aurora, who had already donned her wedding veil for the doctor, decided to take Lester Wheeler, who as the doctor’s valet, playeq the part exceptidhally well, his good looks being set off to splendid advantage by hig uniform. The role of the dear old Trish land lady, who was always wanting her (Continued on page four)