Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 11, 1914, Page 1

Publi;l1ed in the Best Town in the Best Part of the Best State TME I AVIATION RAGE LTER L. BROCK WAS THE '~ WINNER ¢ Was From London to Paris and Return, the trip being Made Today (By Associated Press.) REBELS PREPARE 10 (By Associateq Press.) Wasihngton, July 11.—There was a lull in Mexican news this morning, Obregon's rebels, who captured Guadalajara, are resting, prepara- tory to their advance on Mexico City, Washington officials are still wait- ing word from Carranza regarding the proposed conference with Huer- ta's envoys. It is reported that a ma- jority of the rebel leaders are against the plan. Villa's plans are unknown. EDUCATORS HAVE RETURNED HOME ondon, July 11.—Walter L. 3k, . dn American aviator. the first to land in London in a from London to Paris -and re- | today, He rested fifteen minutes sardelot, and continued flying to {8, returning later to London. (By Associateq Press.) St. Paul, July 11.—Practically all the delegateg to the National Educa- tional Association convention which ended last night, left today. COBB, BURUS AND CARR HEAD LEAGUES he Austrian’s women’s congress resolved to organize an interna- (By Associateq Press.) al housewives’ union so as to b~ (hicazo, July 11.—Ty Cobb still a reduction in the retail prices|jeads the American League with a ood. [Thed will boycott certain |patting average of 349. Burns of s throughout the world. Philadelphia heads the National League with 364. Carr of Indianap- Ess quATluN olis with 392 is leading the Fed- erals. “Elfl HNE SEssmN NAVAL OFFICERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO SMOKE he meeting of the South Florida ARG 8 Association held erday was attended by represen- at Arcadia (By Associated Press.) Washington, July 11.—Naval of- ves from about twenty newspa-|ficials today expressed pleasure at i published in about the same|(}o anpouncement that Secretary tber of South Florida cities. The | paniels had authorized the retention ting was harmonious "r”“l inter-14¢ popular brands of tobacco and 1g, “two l“glt,h) s“f&bm”s being other articles in the commissary to grappling with the prac- stores. It was rumored he would | every-day problems of the ting and publishing business. . schedule of prices for job print- was agreed upon, same having 1 prepared by experts of long ex- abolish them. BATTLESHIP NEVADA LAUNCHED TODAY ence. This schedule, which it B¢ Adaosikind Frins endeavored to make absolutely . BT ARSI sl - to both printers and their pat- Quiaby, MAR, AUy 18 =i o, launchea is a sister ship to the was launched last be com- battleship Nevada will be today. She Oklahoma, which March. The Nevada will missioned in January 'u"filrnishml every print- office in South Florida, and it doubtlesg be universally adopt- iThe only exceptions, or price “ers, it ll‘lpecled, will be some “he small *“‘blacksmith” shops, o will be looked upon as “scabs” 'the publie and the reputable iters. and the latter will be af- ed very lttle by such competi- , beople generally being willing REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (Furnished by the Security Abstract and Title Company.) July 9, 1914 ing to pay a slight difference for A. H. DeVane to E. 8. Hansher- : superior grade of work turned|gep " by the organized printing of- M. L. and A. E Robinson to Dan, b Killins he objeet of the Association is| M. 1. afd A. E Robinson to Dan to hold up the public, but mere- | kii1ins to standardize prices; : the printer may secure ble compensation for same may be said of advertising s, minimum rates being n by this meeting The Asso- | fon also will have a ¢l se for all foreizn ge of Clyde Glenn dll members are let | I r advertising wo exclusively | " mgh this clearing | lothe . he people of Arcadia through t! H. J. Bell to Elmer E rd of Trade, gave t} d 1| R t hearty welcome, and t treat it accorded the scribes will a 8 A Smith t s make them remember witl TN liest feelings t! prett ] gressive town of A\ 1 | ¥ y tees from the Board of Trade I Boyd to F ded by its president, M ] Fr . es, met the" editors at the sta and conducted t t At a House, wher t had been mad and pleasure. T guests of the slendid report a House. Mr. J iided In a ger in order (‘onsolidated Land Company to H 4 reas- | A Brown his work . M. Futch and others to J. W. |sumner, declded| geally & Bassett Realty | H. Albr Company advertising, In Floric and ompany H (‘ompany Albritton and anahel Morri- Miss Marguerite Straw Entertained mer, and after a br it ¢ A ening ot address, he introd 1 Mr teresting games w enjoyed by Mitchell, a vetera: tor, now Ant Laur Waring and red, who made a f 1 and |J s B vare winr the prize in aing talk on behalf of the Board |a ur 1test Arade. President I ries of During t veni punch ‘'was * Press Associat 1 2 neat {served and later 1ests partook appropriation respor {of dainty refreshments t the close of t! ter e r were Ruth West- automobiles r found in |brook I Oak, Fla.; Morine ting, and the editor r n- | Danr M s Grace Murrell; An- »d to the ball re they Waring, Gladys Da nessed an inter tr I Hazel Padrick, Marie ween Arcadia | | McR Marion Patter- s closing a very | t , Catherine Kaufman, ng vote of thanks 1 s and 3] Cook; Mas- splendid and lavish hospita Math Henry Coni- are, Paul Sam- t had been enjoyed, and i left Areadia with pleasant wlons of the city and ch will long remain wit Boulw Wil- , Dwight Cason s, Woodson LAKELAND, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1914, 10 BE SUED IN ENGLISH GOURTS CLAIMANTS CAN GET MORE OVER THERE Can Recover Three Millions in Eng- land; Only $97,000 in the United States (By Associated Press.) New York, July 11.—Federal court today ruled that the claimants against the Titanic owners may withdraw their suits from the ad- miralty litigation here and prose- cute for damages in the English courts. They can recover three million dollars under the English law. The United States statute lim- its recovery to ninety-seven thousand dollars. I CELHIEIBGEOEHEEPIPPPDIDBE DG City Manager McLeod Answers Some Questions Propounded ;5; By Jeremiah B. Smith S b i G B G DB B S BPRDD ¢ Q'iww'i*l“i"‘"v@“ Lakeland, July 10, 1914, Editor of The Telegram: Mr. Jeremiah Smith, of the inves- tigating committee, appointed by a (1) of called at my office yester- day and presented me with a list of questions to be answered by me. As it occurs to me that your read- | ers may be interested in the ques- tions propounded by Mr., Smith and my answer to said questions, I give | both herewith. 1. Has your duties as city manager meeting of oithzens Lakeland, been clearly defined by the city commissioners? If so, what are they?" Ans.—My duties have been defined by the city commissioners in ovdi- nance No. 166 as follows: (a) To oc- cupy an office in the city hall; (b) To require the enforcement of the laws and ordinances; (c¢) To exercise control of all the officers and em- ployes of the city and to prescribe and direct their activities; (d) To employ and dismiss officers and em- ployes of the city, provided that be- fore employing or dismissing any de- partment head the manager shall re- ceive a favorable opinion on his con- templated action from at least three of the city commissioners; (e) To superintend the works of construc- tion in all respects in which the [for an hour or so (which, 1 think, is city may have jurisdiction; (f) To|unfair), The firemen and engineers attend the meetings of the board of [at the power plant work twelve commissioners; . (g) To advise the {hours. board of commissioners at regular 12 “How many foremen in the meeting of the financial condition of |sanitary department? the city; to make at appropriate Ans.—There is but one foreman in times reports of any phase of city [the sanitary department--Mr. George activity. To suggest needs and means | Rhodes, Jr. of city betterment. (h) To perform 13, “Are city employes paid by such other duties as the board of |check?” commissioners may require by - | Ang.—White employeg are paid by lution or by ordinance; (i) To ap-:chec colored employes in cash. prove or disapprove the requisi .‘xm: 14. “What are their salaries?” of any officer or emplove of the city Ans.—The salary of the foreman prior to the purchase or other trans- ’nv the sanitary department is $85 | action in respect to the requisitioned ‘ per month article 15. “What portion of your time is 2. “Are you authorized to employ [required in your office B labor for the city?" | Ans.—The time 1 spend in my of 9n I am authorized to employ fice depends on so many different labor for the city, but do so through |things that I am unable at present the heads of departments |to state what part it is of the en 3. Are vou authorized to discharge "tire time I expend on my duties to employes of the city? If so, does this city I get to my office at 8 withority extend to all employes ex-[o'clock and remain there till 4 cept those elected by the people?” {o'clock, unless outside duties require Ans.—On the contemplated action i my attention, in which case a not heing approved by three of the com- placed on the office door stating missioners. No employes are elected {where I have gone and when I by the people {pect to be back. My program for t} ‘ 4. “Do you make up any of the afternoon, from 1:30 to 5 o'cloc | city pay rolls?” nilar to that of the forenoon. So |sey AT No, but all city pay rolls far, I have not found it possible to | are inspected by me. {keep any rezular office hours exce “Do you purchase any supplies 1bove Not inf thy { for the city?” le call a r le | all supplies are rm'.\'|v ning or at night n fact, 1 P me |'f ly to be called or r tel s supposed o be in |to at my residence even or nday. | charge and keeping the time of the|All of my placed at | sanitary and street depaftment the dispos I | Ans.—George Rhodes, Jr., is in|I have no | charge of th anitary departmen al inter r A. W. Davis is in cha of the|[to the welfare ¢ street department, ¢ for ‘the| € Ha ) 10 street cleaning and watering, which [keeping check 1 is in charge of Mr. Rhodes "m ht for tw r 7. “Are teamsters and street lab- { t extravaga or A orers paid for full time each week?” |tion of same? Ans.—Teamsters and street l:Alw»r-I Ans.—All feed r t No. 200 et ot e om |1 TANIG OWNERSIM. E. INGALL DIED TODAY AT HOT 5PGo HAD BEEN DECLINING FOR SOME TIME Was a .Financier .and .Prominent Railroad Man; Funeral at Cincinnati (By Associated Press.) Hot Springs, July 11.—DMelville E. Ingalls, financier and prominent railroad man, died here this morning of heart failure. He had been at his summer home here for some time. He had been declining for months, but his illness increased recently. His body will be taken to Cincinnati the tomorrow and held Monday. funeral will be HECHEEt ers are paid for full time only when they make full time, An exception is made to this in the case of certain holidays, such as the Fourth of July the city, which the and Christmas day, for men receive pay from though they do not work. 8. “Who is in charge and is sup- posed to be responsible for the city teams, stables, ete.?” Ans.—Mr. George Rhodes, who is in charge of the sanitary depart- ment, is in charge of the city teams and stables, and is responsible for the efficiency thereof. 9. “What is the city paying for day labor on the streets?” Ans.—The city is paying for day labor on the streets at the rate of $1.50 per day. 10. “What are they paying sani- tary teamsters? The sanitary team- sters are paid at the rate of $10 per week for nine hours' labor per day, with overtime when they work at night. 11, “How many hours are a city employe required to work?” Ans.—The number of hours a city employe ARE required to work de- pends on position he occupies. The street laborers, as above noted, work nine hours, when the weather per- mits, losing their pay when it rains STORSTAD RESPONSIBLE FOR IRELAND'S DISASTER (By Assocmted Press.) Quebee, July 11.,—The wreck commission today found the collier Storstad responsible for the Empress of Ireland’s disaster. on a detailed order from me. When the feed is received at the ¢ity barn a printed receipt is made out show- ing the quantity received, which re- ceipt is filed in my office, As the number of mules belonging to the city remains the same, any variation in the amount of feed used will be quickly noticeable. 17. “Do you buy the supplies for the light and water piant, such as wood, oil, ete?” The supplies for the L. & W. plant are bought on or- ders from my office. 18, “How do you measure wood? In the car, or after it is unloaded?" Ans.—The wood for the L. & W. plant is measured partly on the car and partly after it is unloaded. The measurement is made by the super- intendent of the I.. & W. plant, who removes the wood opposite the car doors, and measures the wood thus taken out. The wood back from the doors is then measured. The measurement of a typical ca: is as follows: Across the doors there are two tiers with the wood endwise to the doors. On each side of the doors there are three tiers with the wood placed lengthwise of the car. The inside width of an ordinary box car is eight feet nine inches. The wood is piled to a height of six feet. Each tier across the car is treated as a four-foot pile of wood in a rack. {There is thus the equivalent of six racks of four foot wood eight and three quarters feet long in the ends outside of the door and two more similar racks oppostte the doors. This makes a tota! of eight racks eizht feet, nine inches long of wood four feet wide and six feet high, which is the same as one rack 8 3-4x8 feet long or 70 feet long. The number of cords would be (70x6x4) divided by 128, equals 13 1-8 cords. This same wood when unloaded and re-racked would measure over 14 cords, due to the fact that it could not be piled with so small a proportion of spaces between the sticks as exists after the wood is shaken together by the mo- tion of the car. 19. “Do you take shipper's load and count?” Ans.—The shipper’s load and The measure- the superin- count are not taken. ments are all made by tendent of the plant. 20, “Is the city buyer, the plumbing sanitary inspector, under responsible the faithful clerk, the inspector, your city the 8- pervision, manager for perform- to you as cityr MRS, NELNS AND NNES TELL A DIFFERENT STORY INNES HAS NOT SEEN MRS. DEN- NISIN A YEAR Mrs. Nelms Declares His Statement False as He Saw Her in June (By Associated Press.) Portland, Ore., July 11.—Victor E. Innes, formerly United States ais- trict attorney in Nevada, today said he had talked with Mrs. Eloise Nelmg Dennis of Atlanta a year ago, and declared she had threatened to take her life then. Innes denied any knowledge of the whereabouts of Mrs. Dennis and her sister Beatrice Nelms. Innis said hewas Mrs. Den- nis' lawyer in her divorce case, but had no other dealings with her. (By Associated Press.) Atlanta, July 11.—Mrs. J. W, Nelmg flatly contradicted the pub- lished assertion of Victor E. Innes that he hadn't visited Atlanta and engaged in business with her miss- ing daughters. She said that Innes was here in June and says she talked to him. She declared Innes hypno- tized Mrs. Dennis for his own gain. INTERESTING MEETING OF FARMERS" UNION the An interesting Polk County meeting of Farmer's Union was held on Thursday, the 9th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. George, on the south shore of Lake Hunter, The meeting was largely attended by members, friends and neighbors. The welcome address by Mr. George and the table enticements were al- luring, the vanishing viands inclined the crowd to take to the water. An abundance of fresh fish, cooked and well salted, were appetizing, while the needed liquid (water and coffee) were in good supply. Chicken, cakes, pies, pickles, and bread in variety and out of proportion to the crowd. The ladies gathered boxes of frag- mentg while the men and children indulged in social chat and playful rantics about the premises. The cool veranda with chairs for most of tne members and visitors was .lu and many topics of interest taken resorted ance of their duties up. Plant physiology and control All of the officials named and all}of fruit bloom and buds came up other city officials are responsible easily and the phenomena of eap to me for the faithful performance |formation and circulation was in of their duties line, Then, warbles, and the new 91. “Has vour investications of jidea of their origin, was discussed by the city’s affairs demonstrated that [a part of the experienced men. The you have toos many ecity employes? annual ring growth of trees took : Having been only something over [Some attention. The spaces be- two monthg in my present position, [tween the rings showing past good I am not yet prepared to give a defi- for bad seasons. The State president, nite reply to this question. It | Mr. Thornhill, of Wauchula, was in- might be that it would be possible [troduced by the county president, to put the duties of the street de-[Mr. J. L. McClelland, and he ad- partment under the sanitary depart- [dressed the Union en the subject of ment, except that the head of this|!“The Principles and Needs of the department | monthly pure feod|Union,” advocating greater confi- inspections to 1 the grocers|dence and co-operation to bring and butcher of the milk [about better times in the country. il In that ‘ the repair The writer was allowed a few vork on t t onld be han-|words and spoke of the remedy: dled L f \ ler the head of More and Better Schools” for the t nita 1 neration, the children are r v {the pliant plants and can be sent to rks as |the ideals of the older members of the Union who see visions.” The ) d ty larousing to life is the fascinating t 1 to tike ar wring work of the live and conld ell-equipped chool teacher who it t th of- [ will be abroad in the land very soon, f it pre-arranged times so that After a short recess, the Union 1 v 1 not be Kkept|went into executive session, while va their I vould be the|the friends and visitors went into ca ! were made ) conference ad libitum, until the A ch ngement. | western rain clouds approached near F ! y clerk would |epough to cause the members to has- ! ) do Just to the | te, homeward ! Brother R. T. G r t W delegate to attenc 1 r T it Greenst th 1 properly to 1 ' N listed I R r t le mor 1 »d laborer’s wage ANy ALARY ; fifty dollars per he u ser- ntk The 4 S e ( | ( or. I hav aim t 9:00 lock a. m. b g ordin niR | 1D vill of= C '.:‘ )