Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 24, 1914, Page 4

The Evening Telegram k auiisneu every alteruoon trom the Telegram Building, Lakeland, F.4. Entered in the postoffice at Laxe- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. F. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. sne gear ..$5.00 %1X moucn® e sion i nisisat BN ‘hree momuos ...... .. 126 Delivered anywhere within the iimits of the City of Lakeland for 10 =ents & week. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, a weekly newspaper giving a resume »t local matters crop conditions, sounty affairs, etc. Sent anywhere w $1.00 per year. ——————————————————————————————— Ieo. Frank, convicted of killing Mary Phagan, seems to have but one resource left, now that Justice La- mar of the United Stateg supreme court has refused him a writ of er- ror to. take his case before that court. He can apply for executive clemency. If he gets it 1t will hard- ly be anything better than a life sentence. Our court system is fear- fully:complex, but Frank has tackled every phase of it and has reached the limit of his tether at last. e DR R Lakeland wants to make it pleas- ant for all tourists of the right kind, for we are fond of such people and we want to assimilate them as permanent citizens. In this connec- tion here is an idea which comes from Orlando and it is not a bad one. That city has a ‘‘tourists’ headquar- ters,” wm :large reception hall with a emoking room, located at a conveni- ent place where visitors to Orlando may dwop in for a chat with other tourists, and where they may regis- ter and ‘find the registration of oth- ers. RS The way the United States army got into "Mexico at Vera Cruz, the way it conducted itself there, and the way :it got out yesterday ve- flects the‘highest credit upon every- tody concerned, from President Wil_ son and General Funston down to the rawest enlisted man. Tt was the successful 'temnination of the finest foreign episode in our history. The Mexicang got a taste of good local government .aud safety for life and property they were not accustomed to and which:they would be wise to profit by. PO That was a rare treat the people of Miami enjoyed Sunday when they heard William Jennings Bryan, our great gecretary -of State, speak in the Presbyterian chureh:there on the subject of “Peace.” He exalted it, as every truly wiso man does; de- plored war, as every truly wise man does, and matle rignt-thinking peo. ple in his audience thank God that the nation had as its prime minister in these dangerous times of high ex- plosives in merals as-well as physics such a man as Mr. Bryan to aid Woodrow Wilson in ‘keeping our country in honorable ‘'peace .and helping to allay the bavbarous war spirit of the worki. e AN INSINCERE ALARMIST Now that the facts hsve been brought out and it clearly appears that no affront was intended ‘to our flag by the Turkish awthorities when they shot across the bows of the Jaunch of the Tennessee in Turkish waters to warn the sailors that the port was closed, President Wilson’s dignified and sensible course in re! fusing to get excited and te wait for the full facts, has been thoroughty vindicated. Also Senator Lodge stands exposed as a spectacular alarmist and an in- sincere declaimer in his eritieism of the administration for not making a rash fool of itself over both the Turkish and Tampico Incidents. Lodge, of course, was “talking through his hat” for political pur- poses, but as he assumes to be a statesman familiar witn the delicate nature of the foreign relations of a great government, it 1s not to his credit that he should mave sunk to the role of a cheap, transparent demagogue in times like these when the highest wisdom is required to save this nation from entanglements with one or more of the warring powers. We never did think much of Henry Cabot, anyway. He is a most respectable gentleman, fearful- 1y, glacially, oppressively respect- able, and he comeg out strong on “family;” but he is the snob of the THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAKEL ——————————————, ¥ St l Not an honest man In Florida that ‘doesn't want fraud in the sale of 'lands here to be fully exposed and 1people guilty of the fraud adequate_ Iiy punished. But that is no reason {for the of 'some for the sing of others, and it Eis equally true that the man with ( his eyes open who makes a bad bar- gain in which there is no fraud on the part of the seller has no right to bring the latter into court on a crimina] charge because he is disap- pointed in the quality of the land he bought. We don’t know anything beyond the published facts about the case they are trying up in Kansas City in which certain land acgents are .charged with fraud in the sale of Everglades lands and in which the good faith of Flortda is to some extent involved through its drainage operations in that section, but we are perfectly sure that the State is a party to no misrepresentation in any land saleg there. The Orlando Reporter-Star discusses the case fairty and the following from its ar- ticle is good reading: “The appearance of ex-Governor Gilchrist, Governor Park Trammell, Comptroller, Knott, Treasurer Lun- ing, Commissioner of Agriculture McRae, Chemist Rose, and ex-Attor- ney General Wi. H. Ellis on the witness stand in the trial at Kansas City will go a long way toward giv- ing the public. the right point of view. Their testimony was simple, straightforward and to the point that the lands all were sold subject to drainage, that the feasibility of drainage and reclamation had been demonstrated, that the fertility of the lands had been proved and that the area when reclaimed would be the most productive of any lands concerning which they had positive knowlerdge.” vicarious punishment HERE'S ONE WHICH BEATS THAT It is odd how many persons there are who think they know how to Tun newspapers. There are hundreds of men in every city who insist on dictating to or advising a newspaper what to print and what not to print, and it is amazing the requests that come to every newspaper. This pa- per was.even asked not to print any information regarding the tragedy here last Tuesday night. As though a story like ‘that could be suppressed and kept from the outside world.— St. Petersburg Independent. We have one:that even beats that. Away back yonder in 1876 when the whole nation was shocked by the dreadful news one day that General Custer had been 'killed and the Sev- enth cavalry almost annihilated by the Sioux in rthe bhattle-of’ Little Big Horn, a lawyer rushed into the of- fice of a daily paper in Texas, wild with anxiety, :and ;gdaid to. the writer of these lines, who was editing that Texas paper: “‘For God's sake don't print a word in your ‘paper this af- ternoon about that battle. “My gon is a lientenant im 'that :regiment and 1 fear he has been killed. My wife reads your paper every afternoon; she hasn’t yet hewrd -of :the 'battle; we are keeping it from her, and if she reads about it in the paper ‘it will almost kill her. Keep 'the news out for a few days anyway until we can get some definite information about our boy.” Now what do you know .about that? The lawyer was informed that the paper would be eternally dis- graced if it kept out thke biggest piece of news in all the world on that day just to spare the feelings of his wife for a few hours, without in the least affecting the faet of the life or :death of her son; YHut he couldn’t see the point and left the office im -4 kicking state of mind be- cauge his ‘‘‘reasonable request” had heen turned down. Fortunately the lieutenant had not been killed and lived to earn distinction in the army through many years of service. The moral to this true story is obvious and f{llustrateg the diffculties news- paper men have frequently to en- counter in dealing with the selfish- ness of men. —_————— TOY FACTORIES BUSY Binghampton, N. Y., Nov. 24.— Toy and novelty manufacturers in this city and vicinity have received a number of big orders usually sent abroad.— One company, which un- til this year, met with sharp compe- tition from German factories, is rushed with orders, and is working three shifts of eight hours each in an effort to supply the New York toy trade. It is believed that this increase in business will be perma- nent, and plans have been made for Senate, and while stuffed with book- icnlarging the factory. The class of learning, there isn't a trace greatness or originality in him, and in all his long years of senatorial service he has contributed nothing to the statesmanship of the country. Hig efforts now to embarrass the ad_ ministration, obviously insincere as they are, have reduced him in focus to about the smallest public man of his class in the U. 8. A. ot 'toys made by this factory 1s differ- ent from those of German manu- facture, but the absence of the Ger- man toy has created the demand. There is a market In Europe just now for miniature American flags, made either of silk or cotton bunt- ing, put up in the form of stickpins. |American citizens there find the flags very convenient. AND, FLA. ——mneat e NOV. 24, 1914. 0 BT A SQUAD OF BLUE COATS W THE WOUSE HE IS¢ ARG : DR00K 1Y STOPTHIEF HOLDS THENATBAY WHLE NS GRLAHLPARES KER ESCAPE © AUDITORIUM, TOMORROW NICHT a series of laughing unconventional “STCP TRIEF" AT AULITORIUL WEDNESDAY ncument ferm thrillin In “Stop Thief,” a farce by Car. The includes Bert Leigh, lyle Mocre, absent-minded people Misg Hazele Miss Edna who cache valuable articles and areOliver, Misg Latimore, Miss Forrest, cast Bur-es:, then unable to remember the hidin2 Helen Dale Devereaux, Ed- places, a pecularity condoned undervard Lawrence, Pzul Linton, Edwin the cloak of kleptomania, are soPye,Clyde Smith, and the original realistically characterized that theGaiety theater, N. Y., scenic produc. eventg leading up to the final de_tion. e Sl ot : PRINCE OSCAR, KAISER’S | Official Weather Report | Tampa, Nov. 24.—The fullowing'; ir the weather preaietion: For Tampa and Vicinity—Partly | cloudy tonight and Wednesday. i For Florida—Partly -cloudy to-| night and Wednesday, probably rain | Wednesday in extreme northwest portion. i ‘Winds for the East Gulf—Light | east to southeast. ! iWinds for the South Atlantic— Moderate northeast becoming varia- ble. General Weather Conditions Pressure continues high over the i eastern States, the crest of the high | being over North Carolina this! jmorning. Generally rair weather {has prevailed over the country east ;o! the Mississippi; except local rains at Titusville and Chicago. Another area of high pressure covers the !p]nteau region. Pressure is relative- 1y low over the southwest, ani over | western Canada. Rain has fallen over Texas and southern New Mex- ico. Elsewhere west of the Missis- sippi the weather hag been fair. | Temperatures have fallen slightly cver the north and middle Atlantic States, and have risen glightly over the Gulf States, the Mississippi, Chio and lower Missouri valleys and the Lake region. They are gener- ally below normal this morning east | front when the war began. The re- of the Mis:iesippi and west of the|Sult is that now he is tn a hospital Hocky mountains. Over the plaing |and the physicians do not hold om' States they are slightly above nor-i!"‘*‘fl‘ hope of ‘his recovery. hmal . Indications are for partly cloudy weather in the vicinity of Tampa to- night and Wednesday, with little cow V. S A change in temperature. Winds wnliar:.:,\;m:f-‘::s' :::e l;’:-~hla|mrate be Right easterly. the big padlowa Red %‘1 ik | U Toss benefit }porfof‘mance to be given at the Met- tr‘opnlnan Opera house this evening. The fund: raised win be given for the relief of the women and children refugees as well as the wounded soldiers of Europe. Some of the leading society matrons have given ;thoir support -— e The horrors of war were too much for Prince Oscar, one of the five sons of the German empeor, Never- theless, he insisted on going to the PAVDOWA FOR RED CROSS MUST PAY BY NOV. 30 OR 50 PER CENT PENALTY Jacksonville, Nov. 24.—All re- turns of special war taxpayers must be in the hands of H. H. Lewis, collector of internal revenue, before the close of business, Nov. 30, and! the office is busy sending out notifi- to this performance, among them being Mrs. H. 0. Hav. cmeyer, Mrs. John H. i f H: Mrs. E. SALONG, cations to bankers and other busi.!: H. Harriman, Mrs, W K ness men. Failure to make the re- |’ 2nderbilt and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, turns before this time puts a 50 per T ———— : cent additional penalty mn force, and| !t IS estimated that tpe French any person who afterwards carries | SOVernment is now spendine on a taxable business, after the tax |$5.000,000 on the is due, and without payment of the | POWever, is less than du s tha ring the first same, becomes liable to fine or im.!'WO months of the European scrap prisonment . ’ : o fin addition to bankers, the follow. .\ ing classes or concerng must mako'covnns DENSELY%OOKS LIKE the return during the next six “In all m ENAMEI" days: ¥ experience Brokers, pawnbrokers, commerciai ,I AR e bankers, custom house brokers, pro- prietors of theates, museums and of concert halls, proprietors of cir. cuses, proprietors or agents of pub- lic exhibitions, not otherwise enu. merated, proprietors of bowling al- leys or billiard rooms, commission merchants, dealers in leaf tobacco (all), manufacturers of tobacco, manufacturers of cigars and manu- facturers of cigarettes. about war. This sum, as a painter equal of ~ It will cover more s it better, than anyt used. Its finisheq like Enamel . . B MASON, M. A “Marshalj, Texas." urface, anq cover hing I have ever —— appearance looks “Hands off” will be the policy of the administration at Washington now that the American troops have been withdrawn from Vera Cruz— For Sale B provld:d American interests there MODEL HARDWXRE co are not menaced. Lakelang, 3 Fla, SON, DNGEROUSLY ILL |} wm‘ S AAREEERLIASE SRS E S 44 & % The Wise Ones Shop Early And buy their Christ- mas Gifts at the Book Store We specialize in urusual Gifts at attractive prices. Office Phone!348 B.acki Beutify your Lawn, Let us tell you how, Little it will cost. & Lakeland Paving and Costruction (g § GEPQPOP LT TEF OB OHB QRO 207 to 216 Main St. a5 s LAKELAN) SLLP S0 SS SO0 Good Things . To See E are receiving daily the largest line of Merchandise that has ever been shoy in the Jewelry and Sundries lines. Thjs mears Easy SHOPPING for you. 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