Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 2, 1914, Page 1

THE LAKELAND EVENING TELFGRA —_— | PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. VOLUME IV 21 Directors of the N. Y., _ LAKELAND, FLORIDA, MONDAY, NOV. 2, 1914. Turks Are Preparing To — Gutierres NEW RULES EFFECTIVE New York, Nov. 2.—The amend- ments to the rules of the New York .Haven & Hartford Ry. | Protlaim a Holy War; No | Indicted by Grand Jury arrants | Issued For | Their Arrest WM. ROCKEFELLER, ROBT. TAFT AND OTHER SIG- NATARIES AMONG THOSE INDICTED Charged With Conspiracy To Monopolize Commerce; Max- imum Penalty Fixed at One Year’'s Impris- onment and $5,000 Fine (By Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 2.—The United ‘States grand jury today returned criminal indictments against twen- ty-one directors and former directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co., charging conspiracy in violation of the Sher- man anti-trust law to monopolize commerce, with a maximum penalty: of one year’s imprisonment and $5,- €00 fine. Those indicted were Wil_ liam Rockefeller, Theodore N. Vail, Geo. F. Baker, Willlam Skinner, Charles F. Brooker, John L. Bil- liard, George MacCuiloch Miller, D. Newton Barney, Robert W. Taft, James S. Elton, James S. Heming- way, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Charles M. Pratt, A. Heaton Robertson, Frederick F. Brewster, Henry K. Mcharg, Edward D. Robbins, Thom- as DeWitt Cuyler, Edward Milligan and Francis T. Maxwell. Bench warrants were issued for their ar- Tests. EDISON AIDS NAVY MEN — New York, Nov. 2.—A special type of storage battery for use in submarine engines has been invented by Thomas A. Edison, which will replace the present lead batteries. Mr. Edisont has been working on this battery for two years, but it was only recently announced by him to a party of 200 from the Brooklyn navy yard, headed by Lieutenant Sterling, who vigited the Edison plant in West Or- ange. The battery now used in sub_ marines generates chlorine gas when its cells become flooded with salt water. This gas weakens the crew and makes them susceptible to pneu- monia for months arterward. The new battery has received thorough tests and passed them all satisfac- torily. The invention is a small compact cell, taking only one-half the space of batteries now in use. It is much lighter than the old and produces more energy. SHORTAGE OF BEANS New York, Nov. 2.—White beans, on account of the European war, are jbecoming scarcer. Austria is one of he biggest exporters of this food product to the United States. They vere raised from that country in Beptember, and the stock of beans in pbonded warehouses in New York has been sadly depleted. The home own ‘supply is said to be of fair roportions, and it is hoped the sup- ly will prove sufficient. HE WHITE SLAVER CONVICTED Jacksonville, Nov 2.—That John 3. Wilson, arrested here as a white laver and taken back to San Fran- isco by United States Marshal J. . Brown, was convicted of the harge, was the information brought b here Thursday night by Deputy [Marshal L. R. Osteen, who remained for the trial. Wilson, who is said to have brought a married woman from the coast city, leaving her hus- band and five children, was trapped on Forest strcet by Detective B. F. Hogan, it is said, and turned over 0 the marshal. The proposed umiversal eight-hourang Wyoming . w has been unanimously endorsed by every labor organization in Cali- fornia. .House to be electea In (By Associated Press.) 3 Waehington, Nov. 2.—The Flo- ida parlor and sleeping car tax of! one dollar and a half on each hun- dred dollars gross receipts was up_ held as constitutional today by the supreme court. General Election Will Be Held Tomorrow Tomorrow , the general electicn will be held, and in manry States there will culminate campaigns of great political excitement. In this State, however, a nomination in a Democratic primary being equiva- lent to an election, the regular elec- tion {s a perfunctory and uninterest- ing piece of business, and many per- sons will not take the trouble to vote. State officers to be elected tomor- row, together with the names of the nominees, follow: U. 8. Senator—Duncan Fletcher. Representative from First Con- gressional District—S. M. Spark_ man. Commissioner of Agriculture—W. A. McRae. Two Justices of Supreme Court— Ellis and Shacklefora. Two Railroad Commissioners—R. Hudson Burr, N. A. Blitcn. Two Members House of Represen- tatives—Reed Robson, Lakeland; R. W\ Hancock, Ft. Meade. County Aseessors o Taxes—J. J. Boynton. County Tax Lanier. County Treasurer—W. G. Jones. Five County Commissioners—J. C. Swindell, Lakeland; R. H. Bryan, Winter Haven; J. P. Swearingen, Ft. Meade; Lancaster, Mulberry. The poles will be located for pre- cinet 10 in the Fire Station at the City Hall, and for precinct 25 at Harrell & Johnson's Livery Stable on Main St. The election tomorrow will di- wvert attention from the war news long enough for the American peo_ ple to say by their votes what they think of the aaministration of President Wilson and the Demo- cratic party. A new Congress is to be elected, and whrle we don’t ex- pect that a Democratic majority as large as the present one will be the result of the balloting we do con- fidently look for a majority; for we can conceive of no reason why the American electors, except those in hopeless and unthinking vassalage to mere party for party’s sake, should fail to endorse the work of the Congress which adjourned last week. In addition to the members of the every con- gressional district there are thirty- twn United States denators to be regularly chosen. It is assured that a majority of these will be Demo- crats. The election tomorrow will be particularly interesting as it will show the strength of the Progres- sive party in this country. In New York, fllinois and Pennsylvania, Mr. Roosevelt and other leaders of that party have been campaigning strenuously for weeks past in be- half of their ticket and it will be highly interesting to know the re- sult. The terms of twenty-eight gov- ernors will expire early in 1915, their successors to be elected this November. Georgia will elect a new governor in July, 1915, and Ken- tucky in December, 1915. The States to elect governors in Novem- ber are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkan_ sas, California, Colorado, Connecti- cut, Idaho, Towa, Kansas, Massa_ chusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ne- vada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore- gon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island South Carolina, South Dakota, Ten- nessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin U. Collector—F. M. ~ Formal Declaration Yet THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE AMBASSADOR OF THE TRIPLE ENTENTE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE IS REGARDED AS OPENING OF HOSTILITIES Germany To Get Nine Million Dollars War Indemnity From Brussells; Germans Claim They Are Meeting With Success In Northern France; Russians and Aus- trians To Begin To Battle Again (By Assoclated Press.) +warships then disappeared. Damage London, Nov. 2.—War has not trivial. yet been formally declareé¢ in Tur_ key, but the withdrawai of the BRUSSELLS TO PAY triple entente’s ambassadors from NINE MILLION TO GERMANS CLAIM CODITIONS FAVORABLE IN FRANCE (By Associated Press.) Berlin, by .Wireless, Nov. 2.— Official headquarters issued the fol_ lowing today: Fighting in progress in the north of France is regarded as highly favorable. News was re_ (By Associated Press) ceived yesterday that the French| panig Nov. 2.—An official state- were thrown back across the Aisne| ..., this afternoon says the Ger- | at Soissons. German operations | ., aitack on the French left wing have been extended to Vordaun, OR|paiween Dismude and Lys continued the west front, fighting between | ,giq g5y without succesc. Little Nieupont and Ypres was probably the fiercest of the war and the death toll is great on both sides. A dis- patch from (racow says the Russians retrcated across the Riven San. El Imparcial, a Madrid newspaper, re- change elsewhere. | i Bt | (By Associated Press.) : Washington, Nov., 2.—Rosin and turpentine have. been removed from the conditional contraband list by England and the United States has been notified. Constantinople is regarded as a sig- GERMANY nal for hostilities. Turkey is re_ (By Associated Press) ported to have sent an expedition Amsterdam, Nov. 2.—A Berlin into Egypt. Apparently the Turks|dispatch announces that after pro- are preparing to proclaim a holy |tracted negotiations the war in- war. It is said the Egyptian Khe-|gjemnity to Germany from the city dive intends to ask England for an |of Brussels has been fixed at nine explanation of her attitude to Tur_|million dollars. key. e TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN GIVEN PASSPORTS! ports dangerous unrest in Algeria.’| Little change in the sitvation in north France today. Events in Po- land are shaping themselves for a renewal of the fight between the Russian main force and the Austro- German allles. The Russian left flank was crushed back by the Aus- trians in southern Galacia. The Austrians also report further suc- cesges in Buckowina. (By Associated Press.) TURKISH TORPEDOES London, Nov. 2.--Tewfik Pacha, Turkish ambassador to Gieat Brit- BOMBARD RUSSIANS SHORES ain, was handed his passports to- (By Associated Press ) day. Petrograd, Nov. 2.—The news- N papers report that the cruisers Goe- (By Associated Press.) ben and Breslau and four Turkish| Petrograd, Nov. torpedo boats yesterday bombarded |PO! dispatch says the Cruiser Goeben the shore near Sebastopol. The (W28 damaged in bombarding that Russian batteries replied and the port and returned to Constantinople for repairs. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS (By Assoclated Press) Newport News, Va., Nov. 2.— The Norwegian steamer Belridge arrived today with the captain and crew and men of the American schooner Charles W. Church, which foundered off the coast Saturday. (By Associated Press.) Pekin, Nov. 2.—A wireless from Tsin Tau says the Japanese attack continues. No details are given. | SHIPPING GREEN CITRUS FRUIT RUINING THE MARKET — (Furnished by the Security Abstract and Title Co., Bartow, Fla.) Oct. 30, 1914 William H. Pope to C. M. Scrog- gins. - Dollie Pope to . M. Scrozgins. A. X. Erickson, spec, mas., to M. Waring et al. Robert Tyler to R. K. Clark. Onesime S. Peliter to George B. Morisette. G. H. Whittmore to Mrs. P. John- son . ' Walter W. Taylor et al. to John Spinning. | W. F. Hallam & Co. to Luella M. Shaffer. ' G. B. Skipper to W. L. Rogers. S. D. Creel to W. M. Hampton. Oct. 31, 1914 Hulda M. Berkley to M. Snyder M. E. church. J. E. Bush to M. Snyder M. E. church. ¢ ! R. H. Bellmor to Grace M. Hable. Orlando, Nov. 2—‘““The shipment of green fruit,” declares A. B. Johnson, local manager of the Or- ange county branch of the Florida Citrus Exchange, ‘‘has already drugged the market, and rcduced the price of grapefruit to the lowest level. Up to the 27th 1,225 cars, mostly grapefruit, had been rushed to neorthern cities, glutting the markets with a quarter of a million boxes and bringing a decline of 50 ‘cents on the box, and as a result grapefruit is now down to $1 per box delivered, and hard to sell at ‘that—a deplorable condition which ‘was brought about by the shipment ‘of green fruit. Of course, some of the fruit was practically ripe, hav- ing been raised on the shell ham- mocks of the east coast, or far down ¥n Dade and Lee counties, where the trees had blossomed earlier, and where the fruit matures earlier than it does on the high lands cf other counties in the citrus belt.” G. F.- A special committee appointed by the State Legislature of Missouri to draft a workmen’s compensation act hag agreed upon tentative plans, ‘which will include the creation of a State industrfal commission for its administration. BCY SCOUTS AS MARKSMEN Washington, Nov. 2.—Begin- ning tomorrow, Boy Scouts of the district will be given an opportunity to become expert marksmen, using the gallary range in the National Guard Armory. Arrangements have been completed between the Boy! Scout and National Guard authori-l ties whereby the Scouts will be al- lowed to use the range every Wed- nesday afternocon. A number of the best marksmen in the National Guard will assist in the training of the boys. April, and the mining issue has as- sumed formidable proportions. The Democratic candidate for governor to succeed Elias M. Ammons is for- mer Senator Thomas M. Patterson, and E. P. Costigan is again the 2.—A Sebasto- ' Cotton Exchange, recently approved by the Board of Managers, becomes effective on and after tomorrow. One of the most important changes is that limiting trade in the current months to twenty-five days, this \being made necessary by a mew by- law, which requires that transfer- able notices be 1ssued five Jddys prior to delivery. Under the new rules all trading in any current month shall cease at noon of the last business day upon which transferablie notices may be issued. Vesuvius Is In Eruption; Populace Greatly Alarmed (By Assoclated Preca) Naples, Nov. 2—Mount Vesuvius is acain in eruption and inhabitants nearby have become greatly alarmed. Processions are moving io favored \shrines for prayers, fearing a repe- tition of the great disaster of 1906 when 500 were killed. FOREIGN PARCEL POST Washington, Nov. 2.—.Beginning tomorrow, the parcel post will be in operation between the United States and French Guiana. All Latin- American countries except Argen_ tina and Paraguay have now en- tered into parcel post agreements. GOING AFTER GAME LAW VIOLATORS Pensacola, Nov. 2.—Three prom- inent citizens wero arrested Satur- day morning by Game Warden J. F. Davis, who unhesitatingly states that others will be apprchended if they go gunning before Nov. 20, when the ouen season for all game’ begins. Those who were notified that they were arrested wore Sid Bell, George P. Wentworth and City Physician W.' D. Nobles, who are 'charged with shooting doves out of 'season. Mr. Davis claims that he caught the hunters with the goods two miles nortwest of Olive. They were not required to go to jail but were notified that warrants will be issued for them and that they will later be asked to give bond. The hunting season begins Nov. 20 and those who hunt then will be re- 'quired to secure licenses. The 1i! censeg are for sale at the office of the county judge. ' NOTED CLUB ENDS ! | Chicago, 111., Nov. 2.—The Cal- umet Club, one of the oldest and most exclusive social organizations in this city will be dissoived today and the doors of its handsome structure will be closed. The shift- ing of the wealthy resident districts, the invasion of commerce and man- ufacture in the eastern part of the First ward, and the rival attractions of new and more recently located clubs have contributed to the decline of the Calumet Club. The member- ship has fallen from 800 to 100. Among the founders and charter members of this organization were Marshall Field, Geo. M. Pullman, Ferdinand Peck, P. D. Armour, N. K. Fairbanks, and Ralph Otis. LOOKS GOOD FOR FLORIDA NAVAL STORES 2.-—Senator Washington, Nov. ! Fletcher is about to initiate an in- | ternational movement to secure an' may agreement that naval stores be shipped from America to Europe as ballast on cotton cargoes without danger of being seized ag contra- band. He will call on Secretary of State Bryan with this object in view. Now that cotton has been declared out of the contraband class, Senator Fletcher says there is no 1eason why naval stores should not hLave the same rights. He points out that naval stores being shipped in bar- rels cerves admirably as bailast. LOOKOUT FOR THIS $10 COUNTERFEIT Washington, Nov. 2.—Discovery of a new counterfeit $10 United States note, serieg of 1901, has been announced by the secret service. The bill is characterized as a fairly de- ceptive counterfeit, bearing the number E.-780440. Elected Pres. Of Mexico — THE AGUAS CALIENTES CONVENTION THERE- BY DISREGARDED CARRANZA'S PROTEST Carranza Will Insist on Retire- ment of Zapata and Villa to Private Life or Civil War Will Result (By Assoclated Prass) El Paso, Nov. 2.—The Aguas Ca- lientes convention disregarded Car_ ranza’s protest and elected Eulalio Gutierres provisional president of Mexico, according to an official re- port received here. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 2.—Carranza will insist on absolute acceptance by the Aguas Calientes convention of his condition that both Villa and Zapata retire to private life. Should they reject his stipulations civil war will result. GLASSBLOWERS' WAGES INCREASED 2 Kane, Pa., Nov. 2.—Ag the re- sult of an agreement reached by the committees representing the Nation- al Glass Workers’ and the hand window manufacturers, all the handblown plants in the country resumed operations today. The workmen have been granted an in- crease of 5 per ¢cent. The scale takes effect today and closes on May 29. More than 7,000 men are affected by this agreement. TO HASTEN RESERVE BANKS OPENING Washington, Nov. 2,—The first in- stallments of subscriptions to the capital of the federal reserve banks mre due today. It is expected that all twelve banks will be opened simul- taneously the middle of this month. One of the reasons for selecting a later date than that suggested by Secretary McAdoo was that there was @& vast amount of printing of regula- tion forms and stationery of various sorts, ag well as the reserve notes to be issued under the new system. One of the first direct efforts of inaugu- rating the new system would be the release of $250,000,000 gold reserves which would go far to meet the de- mandg of business at home and abroad for a prompt and practical means of paying debts and facilitat- ing credit. KILLED HIMSELF FOR LOVE OF MOVIE GIRL Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 2.—-Because he fell in love with a beautiful “girl on the movie screen,” though he had never seen the original, G. V. Wil- liams, 19 years old, drank carbolic acid in his room on Whitehall street late Friday afternoon and was found dead, with the picture of Alice Joye2, motion picture star, smiling down on him from the wall. An open Bible was by his side. The boy came to Atlanta several months ago from Middlesex, N. C., and went to work for a railroad company in the offices. He was lonely in the city, and made few friends. He began going to the movie shows, and his acquaint- , ances say he was especlally faithful in following the pictures in which Alice Joyce was featured. He talked often of her beauty, and exvressed a desire to meet her some day. HARWICK RESIGNS Washington, Nov. 2.—The resig- nation of Thomas W. Hardwick, re_ cently nominated for United States Senator by the Democrats of Georgia, becomes effective today. The election of his successor will be held simul- taneously: with the general election tomorrow. The understanding in Washington is that Carl Vinson of Milledgeville, nominee for the long congressional term, will have no op- position for succession to the vacancy occasioned by Mr. Harwick’s resig- nation. The congressman will as_ sume his senatorial duties following immediately the general election.