Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 20, 1914, Page 1

Published in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State THE LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRA e N— JOLUME II ——————————————————— LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1914, No. 166 0 LD SESEo THS AFTERNGO WIRE WITH MEDIATORS News Yet Received as to the Whereabouts of Parks cr IIs Anxious to Keep Himself in the U. S. Consul | Next year's roerop in Cuba is | Public Eye o. the e stimated at 2,400,000 tons Nation By Associated Pre jiess than t i,y pa.. Palls) May. - 20, T establishe (B8 1 Fress,) ierican mediators who will Sl Oyster 20 Roosevelt mpose Mexico's difficultios | pppq g o \WAS-back in now honrs sl : L P af lis arrvival n South America the Uniteq States, will open t Ll b | Y 8 iy proceedinzs at three o'clocl ! ind plans the dest campaign of I z : - e i 1 career il 9 9 LYt bis afternoon, are there already. | IES“N”NY TUDAY“ ol R W RRL DRI AT ; ! h I {lantie to the Pacific and mak, shor representatives arrived | . ; ; il : norning. The United Stat (By Associateq Pross) SIELTINS glR He will sail for Spain plocation i A 1 gide of the river. Duke of Conneaught, the (a Martin Burrell, minister of and ex-Senator Lough- servative leader, to welcome lomats. Today’s program in- d formal introductions and in- lange of courtesies and the adop- of a plan of proceedings. sador Degama is leader ated tture Amba { nediators as senor diplomat. he mediators are preparéd to fore the United States and Mexyi- to govern proceedings. The Uniteq States delegates this 1tor, United States Mexican delegates the mediation conference paid W mal visits to South Ar.erican diators here this mornir This preliminary to the first session of ¢ mediation conference. (By Associated Press.) Vashington, May 20.—Adminis- tion officials today watched the Nican mediation conference which Ran at three o'clock this after- bn at Niagara Falls. The presi- pt has a special wire from the pite House to the Uniteq States egation. United States delegates | submit all important matters to president before they act. The ite States this morning is still iting news of Private Parks. Re- ts at Vera Cruz are that he was I by Mexican federals. Definite of Uniteq States Consul Silli- supposed to be on his way to ico City from Saltillo, are also The administration is un- as to his safety. Reports from Kico City indicate that rthrow is imminent. Tt is report- that fierce fightIng is in progress altillo and that Villa has defeat- Ve thousanq federals at Paredon, much ammunition and Huerta's (By Associateq Press.) Vashington, May 20.—So per- eot is silence regarding United “s Consul Silliman that some of- Bis fear the Mexicans have killed Secretary Bryan asked United ® Consul Hanna, at Monterey, Send 2 messenger to Saltillo if Fible to see if Silliman has been ased , ANKERS’ ANNUAL MEETING 1o Washington Bankers' Asso- 100, which opened in this city to- b Interesting talks and discus- S Wil be given on bank taxation, advertising, discounts, the Pan- tanal and legal points in the ) will talk on “Title and Legal 'S Tnvolved Therein,” and ver May 20.—Members of Movement of Eng- rhood and Wales, to )0, sailed today f les, where ternational Buffalo, ng the latter par they Brothertl HITE HOUSE CONNECTED BY making preparations on ! | government general, has del- | Bra- i I lay | I representatives rules and regu- | priing paid their respects to lhwy KIng business. w. H. Winfree, dent of the Spokane Title Com- At- *' Kizer wil] answer any ques- °f law ahecting the banking BRITISH ISLES ROOSEVELT MARRIAGE PLANS Lisbon, May =0.—Kermit Roose- velt is expecteqd to arrive in this city today, having separated from his fa- ther and their exploration party 'When they reached Barhados, Tt i_s thought the marriage of M Belle Willard to young Mr. Roosevelt will take place early in June, in the Brit- ish embassy at Madrid. Miss Willard is the daughter of the American am- bassador to Spain, and g % _ reat prepar- ations are being made for this wed- it will be the fir ding men I of n actir an |TO LAUNCH STRE;N:UOUS POLITI- T ———————————————— TEODY WILL [0UR 0. 5. FOR PRESIDENCY Washington 20 Chas. 'S Mellen, former sident of the New | Haven railroad, wag ready is {morning to resume e testimon fore the Interstate Commeree i com {mission investization into the finan cial deals of (hat road whereby | |Stockholders lost millions. The ex i pectation of further sensational de- | Velopments has increased public in- terest in today's sossion IBLEASE NOT CONTROIL- LING COMMITTEE | Columbia, S. €., May 20.—The | Lemocratic State convention is be ing del Blease are hield in this city today, and the for minority . fates instructed Governor The will be tar in the question of primary retform given consideration at this conven tion H . | A SEALERS MEET IN WASHINGTON | Washington, May 20 The an nual conference on weights and measures opened today at the Burcan of Standards and will last until the d. Sealers from all the States are present and reports and discussions will be heard on the campaign which is being wage( to secure accuracy in the whol used in of all scales and measures e and retail commerce desceriptions METROPOLITAN GOLF TITLE GAMES Englewood, N. J., May 20 The tournament for the annual cham I pionship of the Metropolitan Golf > began here today, over :» Association ] tthe links of the Englewood Country YClub. The qualifying round for the | eh vionship will run off today, Lthirty-six holes final contest will be plaved on Saturday | AMERICANS SUPPORT y LONDON OPERA London, May 20 Tt echam season of grang opera which opens this evening, is strongly supported by the Anglo-American Society. The li.sl includes King Manuel of Portu- gal, Price Arthur of Connaught, the Countess of Craven of Strafford, Lady Randolph Church- ill, Lady Canard, Mrs John Astor, Mrs. Sam Newhouse, Mrs. Ernest Cunard and Mrs. W B. Leeds. The Beecham geason promises to be a se- Princess Hatzfeldt, Cora, Countess and Princess rious rival of Covent Garden N. Y. RACING SEASON STARTS New York, May 20 —The racing State will open Belmont continue geason for New York races held at will the Jamaica with today Park there until track will ther gth until th three days wil meeting to make at Piping meets June 6; be used, 27th from r a program from Two or this fth or be cut (Oluey declined service the president | CAL CANPAIGN in ten days to attend his son Ker- mit's That political He has arranged to wedding there only breg ks into his campaign until November 't touch with the party Proaressive leaders and get in HARDING SUGESTED FOR PRESIENCY 0F RESERE BOARD Associated May Bankhead and Ose (By Press. ) Washington, 20 Senator r Underwood to- day suggested to the president the appointment of W. P. . larding, of Birmingham, as governor of the federal reserve board. Since Richard has been considering men available for this important post POLITICS AND POLITICIANS Colonel Roosevelt has lost fifty-five pounds as a result of his South American trip July 10 has been selected as the knocking off time for Congress, but the may chanze change in the program. Mexican situation cause a Ex-Governor ank J. Hanley of demand as a Indiana is in great speaker for the cause of temperance throughout the country Germans are complaining because | the has thanked for their assistance in getting Americans Uniteq States government England and Germany | out of Tampico without acknowledg- ing the services of Capt. von Kohler of the German gunboat Dresden to whose courage the Americans U\\‘v’ their safety Some mean person has looked up the parish record and discovered that the bride of a fortnight ago was baptized “Ellen” and not “Eleanor.” The government of Western Aus- tralia has decided to participate in the Panama-Pacific Exposition of The Australian representation States is San Francisco of all of the now assured John P. Kirk of Ypsilanti, brigadier genera]l of the Michigan Guard, is being boomed by his friends for the Democratic nomina- lieutenant governor. Gen tion for A parcel post system has been es- tablished between the United States and Greece. Twelve cents a pound will be the rate from the United States. Package must not weigh more than eleven pounds | Winn Powers, the “people’s candi- who was elected mayor of St date, aul recently over Louis Nash, re- ved a plurality of more than 00 ’ al return show. The elec- t held in that city | ion charter. Irn]l of the evidence today . PENNSLUMN NOMINATES H ~ CANDIDATES PETROSE, PALMER AND PINCHOT FOR U. S. SENATE { McCormick, Brumbaugh and Louis Are Nominees for the Governorship | B (By Associated Proess.) Philadelphia, Pa., May 20.- Boies Potrose, Republican; A, Mitchell § Palmer, Democrat, and Gifforq Pin- chot, Progressive, were yesterday nominated candidates for Pennsyl vani 's United States senatorship in State-wide primary, Mance C. McCormick claims the Democratic nomination for governor; Martin G. the firs Brumbaugh is the Republican nomi- nee ang R. D. Louis the Progres- DAGO FRANK'S LAST 0T O BEGKER THL (By Associated New York, May 20 Press.) Dago Frank's contession just before his death that he never Becker's name until atter Rosenthal's murder, was ruled I heard delegate convention of the Republic ' an party of West Virginia is holding . on in this city this i for the purpose of accepting or re- | 1 \ | afternoon jecting rules passed upon by the Re publican national committee, rela at par and accrued interest The bonds draw 5 per cent interest per|! annum, angd were awarded to the banking firm of Heehler, Cummings & Pruden, Toledo, O. This announcement came after the commissioners had completed what is without doubt the biggest week’'s work in the history of the board, creating a fund that will give the county a large mileage of brick roads, radiating from Orlando to the that are sive. ported which it and others, MINE LAW EFFECTIVE TODAY Cleveland, Ohio, May 20.—The new “screen” law which cauvsed the recent shut-down of mines throwgh- out Ohio, becomes effective today. This law provides that Ohio operat- ors shall pay their miners for all the coal they mine, while competitive operators in Pennsylvania and In- diana, through the recent renewal of contracts at Chicago, will continue to pay their men only for coal that 'he Ohio Leg assed this passed over a screen. islature at its ! the run-of-the-mine W providing for pavment of ers on a basis the operators, mtending thiey could not meet the demands of the United Mine Workers on this ba suspended busing hoping the law will be helg unconstitntional or that it will be repealed I | CAPT WIkSTON U5 ARTILLERY A SUIGID SHOT HIMSLLF THROUGH THFE HEAD THIS MORNING {None Saw the Act: It Is Believed He Was T9 aporarily Insane (By Assoq $.) Brownsville, May 20,— wtain R P. Winston of the Unit- od States artillery ghot Limself RACE RIOT REPORTEL, e AT GUATEMALA " (B Orleans, Associated Press.) New May 26, -Eftorts | ) made to contirm riots at Guatemala in | is said sixty-four negroes {p tid a hundred Indians were killed. |, being race REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS with the elerk of nished by the Security Ab- 1. the re- |y, ¥ oinsane. None saw the act (By Associated Pres Washington, May 20 The Lever 1 to regulate cotton futures and ading has been agreed on by the ouse agriculture sub-committee. he full committee may consider it MMOrrosw ., SONS OF VETERANS T0 MEET FRIDAY NIGHT There will be a moecting of Camp Kirby Smith, Sons of Confederate stract & Title Company.) Veterans, helg at the City Iall, Fri- Florida ang Georgia Land Co. to aoster Hall. ith P. R, Goldwire (o DeVane & [n lull. or do Yo Bell to 1. 1., Waring or I'rank J. Senn to Clara R. Dick. lohn D, Clark to W. W. Clark day night, May 22, at 7 o'clock, for ¢ transaction of important busi- S5 Kvery member and every son grandson of a Confederate Vot- an s urged to he present JEREMIA B, SMITH, Commander. James M ands Co. Florence Stanislaus Prince hurton to Florida High- R. Ryals to Fields to Fields to K 1d K. R lorrison t McCormick to J. Fields IPields. Fields to James . Wi HEAVY MELO& CROP MeRae and Memminger to Lake- iiging lang Phosphate Co. A 3 i J. G. Boyd to Thomas L.. Wilson. LABOR NEWS AND NOTES San Francisco, Cal., May 20 —The J. A. Wilson to T, L. Wilson. first (rainload of canteloupes en M A Wilkohicto 1 N Hooker The high cost of living problem route for eastern cities, will leave oms Investment Co to G. V. has been solved in some parts of here today. The crop prom to be Tillman. Mexico by breeding rats for food. A exceptionally heavy this v and it May 16, 1914 large white variety is raised, which, is estimated that the Southern Pa- Toeanii 0 RI{,;“,(_'O to Flossie v, |t 18 ilfiffl""“‘(l by the market women cific will need 5,000 cars to move jt L adbiatar. who offer them for sale daily, are to eastern and southern markets. Fla. Dec, Co, to Miss Lillie A. young, tender and delicious and Beginning with small amounts sent Nelugn. make fine sandwiches out by express a few years ago, (ali- Walter W. Taylor to Lewis D. e g fornia canteloupe shipments have Wilkin . > The city of Dixon, 111, hag passed erown until during the six weeks of J. Paul Shinn to Mrs. J, 8. |an ordinance that every saloon shall i son, the shipments total wp to litohoork. be closeq by 10 o'clock at night and 1y seventy million melons. David Burns to Arthur D. Ash- |the deor key given to the policeman st e e ton, on the beat STATE CONVENTION Fla. Dec. Co. to H. B. Swarts. o OF REPUBLICANS D. €. Boswell to W. F. Taylor. Out of 170,000,000 acres planted W. A. DeWitt to Exona Agnes|to corn each year in all parts of Charleston, W. Va., May 20. A Rebn the world, 105,000,000 are in i Uniteq States. Three quarters of the world's greatest crop of this igreat cal is grown under the American Walter s QW May 18, 1914, Nannie R. : : I. Whidden. tive to the election of delegates to R the National convention . i ORANGE COUNTY SELLS ENTIRE | /. . ar BOND ISSUE OF $600,000 AT PAR ‘." “‘I“"‘"\ Orlando, May 20.— Orange county | Bate. has establisheq another high-water mark in material advancement, its| B. M. commissioners having disposed of Mrs. the entire $600,000 road bond issue | Pharr. Adams to L. Hudson to L. Lois McD. Boulware to H er Sessoms Investment (‘o. to Daniels. Eleaine rie T ke Ebert. Rothleder. Lake Wales Land (o Ebert. Wales Land Co, J. Win Jackson . A. (ul- A plan agreed upon by the officialg and attorneys of the St. Louis Unit- ed ailways (o, and the city law de partment, wherchby the railways company will issue universal trans- fers, has been submitted to Grimm of the Cireuit Court Judge Clevelang Jewish bakers demand an eight-hour day for journeymen in the shops, $20 and $24 a week for oven and second hands, an increase of $2 anq $4; overtime at 60 cents an hour; a nine-houg day and $16 a week for auxiliary workers and A. lowden to Julia B.|$4 and $5 a day for substitute sec- to Mrs to M. Ma- M. ond and oven hands More than 4,000 newsboys, under the oversight of the State Industrial commission and the Milwaukee com- Paul E. Renault to A. M. Thrash- (mission of street trades, from whom er and others. they get their licenses, have onga- |chief towng and communities. The I. H. Walker to Paul E. Renault. [nized a republic that has its execu- county’'s splendid financial standing, Herschel P. Walker to Lila M. |tive, its legislative and its judicial backed up by its great citrus indus- | Walker. branch. They have the city into con- try and large trucking interests, was Florida Development Co. to T. M. [gressional districts and have all the no doubt the chief basis of the com- | Haston. machinery of nominationg and elec- missioner’s ability to float such a Florida Development (‘o. to Mrs. [tions large honq issue at par, and espec- |Helen A. King. - ially at a time when other counties L.. D. Robertson to S. S. Griffin. George W. Crossett, the 78-vear- were having much difficulty in dis- E. A. McColskey to S. S. Griffin. |old honorary president of the posing of bonds for the same pur- J. A. Sutton to ¥. H. Willford Young-Old-Men's Association of pose D. H. Sloan to Jesse L. Vermillion. | Cleveland, Ohio, tells of an organi- — Anna W. Starnes to Wilkes & |zation started by several elderly BOXING NOTES | Lanier wealthy men of that city to help old Denver, Col., May 20 (‘)..un’,mrmi W. J. Howey to Francis A. Jack- |and gray-headed men in getting and Benny Chavez, j<on work. With between 200 anq 300 ght of Trinidad, Colo., | May 19, 1914 names on their books, they hay n round hout | Harry O. Dunmire to Geo. R.|ready found A |