Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 6, 1915, Page 1

[-R-R-R-R-3-1 pcal tzem‘ner- =3 eRoRRQ THE LAKELAND EVENING TELE PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART 6F THE;BEST STATE BOOST—REMEMBER THAT SATAN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN. GRAM (==X N-5-X- ] © Weather Fore- £ ©cast: Rain to-%¥ ©night. Thurs- % 9 dav fair. k=4 OO0 [LUME IV ussians Defeat Turks; Bad Weather ow Prevails DICAPS GERMANS IN AD. VANCE ON WARSAW | i | I { | | CH CONTINUE TO ADVANCE ALSACE; DEADLOCK IN THE ST CONTINUES; TL'RKS‘; UTED BY RUSSIANS (B Associated Press) don, Jan. 6.—The Russians| apparently scored heavily t the Turks, and Ay : rad reports the rout of two invading columns to the defeat of the eck The Russ t the Germans is without re- Bad ) h Austrians n campaizn weather handicaps the n advance The k continues in the west and ench invasion of Alsace con - The Germans say they ' advancing in the cast. on Warsaw. are WAY AND CLARK CLASH ON CHILD LABOR Gov Trammell \ this office LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 1915. Has Served One-Half of H@g : Term LAKELAND'S DISTINGUISHED SON HAS “MADE GOOD" REVIEW OF SOME OF THE MAIN EVENTS OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS \ I'he Ttn the close of of Governor ation and in ennium just closing have been stones marking others the roSTess, beginning o new policies of govern ment in Florida The lic career of Florida's present chief brilliant and successful pub- executive before he reached the zov. ernor's office, and the fact that he is the youngest man ever elected to in Florida-—having his duties governor en- tereq upon as a when only thirty-six years of age— (By Associated Press.) have caused the people of the State N hington, Jan. 6.—Dr. A. J. (to view with possibly more than il ay, Southern secretary of ysual interest Governor Trammell's ons tional Child Labor commit-|agministration of the affairs of the J d David Clark, of Charlotte, State. And it may be well said that an editor, clashed at the {paught has occurred during the past}, 0CK bor conference here. Clark tywo years to detract from his splen- d against national legislation {did career. n Blg .chl:]dllabor v‘.md sald ““"{ A review of the governor's work ve abolished vice and Sunday |y, gate is interesting. One of the rce 91 Bl eIt:Zv:‘:rl:l\:::oss;mL‘ls)rsm:;l:d‘mm" features by which an admin= = 25ps 17 istration is judged is the legislation , Spencer ‘:m:;‘ed s(tlarks father, chief| o .teq and put into practical op- CER O e ate supreme court, | .. ion E‘,w' 51"‘" child labor law con=| A¢ the gincle session of the legis- ng ol lature held during the present ad- i ministration the following are L URDERERS TO some of the measures which Gover- ; SON. HANG THIS MONTH | ;o Trammell advocated and recom- UNERS {mended that became law: ifinished ola, Jan. 6.—Bd Maddox “mp,constitutional amendment ork Warr met Thomas, NeEroes, CON- |,y )igning office of county treasurer, . Residd l,'““:_:"l:’o:"t;:‘:‘:f‘sl:l‘1_“;:;“ It is estimated that the discontinu- : *ling of this office will save to the USETTS A ':fl"d SO ARE LU countics one hundred and twenty- d. jidtiey ns tosale, Jan five thousand dollars annually. Lakelan eath warrants received yes om.Gov. Trammell's offices, ?« R b date for the double execu- land, Fl ne of these negroes goes to eland, Firf ws for killing a white man, e other killed a member of T 10&": They have been in close Bi l‘ld\ni ent since their conviction F‘u rida months ago, and as one of of esseg to be a preacher, they ged in prayer most of the “LAWYER of Court ¥ Pf;fih Rex ESTATE TRANSFERS peclalty d by the Security Abstract tle Co., Bartow, Fla.) Jan. 4, 1915 atterson, Jr., and wife to . RICHARN ) SURGE! 6, Elliston ™ e 1 chet. a %‘;::g 301 atterson, Jr., and wife to Bichet . HOMPSON h Harrington to Doley PUBLIC nilding Adlia Pierce to Jordan R. Res, 312 F o draftine | L. Manley and husband o . Pierce. g;nd abstry’ A. Riley to Annie A. s May to Michael D. May to Garrett J. Burke. Stephens and wife to W JATSON. ¥ Repeal of the railroad land grant act. A railroad now projected through large tracts of State lands and but for the al of this old law it would have had to acreage worth millions of dollars Establishing State prison farm. The State now has one of the most is claims creditable prison farms in the entire country Salaried probation officers in order to make the juvenile courts effective. Law prohibiting all forms of cor- ruption in prima and limiting campaign expenditures. Governor Trammell author of this measure. Increasing number rural school in- spectors from one to two. Measure providing additional funds to extend the work carried on through Farmers' Institutes. Changes in pension laws admit- ting certain classes of worthy Con- soldiers heretofore s was the federate cluded. An act making it feasible for live companies to do stock insurance business in Flori An act author of the license of any insurance com omptly the two zing the cancelling pany failing to pay mium tax per cent | An act authorizing State propert ex—= No. 54 TROOPS IN WARSAW READY FOR FIGHT | i In this photograph, taken in Warsaw, the Russian troops are seen preparing to go out to the fighting line, and mingling with them are their mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts. Refused To TalkOnU.S. Prepz_lff:dness' DANIELS AND GARRISON HADN'T A WORD TO SAY REGARDING LAST NIGHT'S CONFERENCE One Hundred Injured And One Dead In New York SubwayFireThisli‘iprning Legislatures O Of 8 States In Session (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan, 6.—The legisla- tures of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, New York, Michigan and [Illinois convened today. Maine has a Re. publican House and Democratic Senate. Illinols is divided on the prohibition issue; the others are Re. publican . IN EXCITEMENT IT WAS RE- PORTED THAT T\ ENTY WERE KILLED BUT THIS IS UNTRUE; FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO FIGHT WITHOUT FIRE APPAR- TUS o (By Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 6.—Secretarics Daniels ang Garrison and congres- sional leaders today refused to dis. cuss the conference on military pre-| paredness held last night at Secre- tary Garrison's house. It is under- stood that definite conclusions were not reached. ————————— ers of the State more than a half |mimon dollars over what they would have paid had the millage remained as fixed by the legislature; and it will mean that regardless of the in_ crease in assessed valuation there will be approximately two hundred thousand dollars ad Ralelah, N Wk ke collected this year than {geper, sembly convened today for ixty days (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 6.— More than 100 were injured but only oneknown to be killed in a subway fire dur- inz the rush hour this morning. In the panic and confusion the police reported twenty or more killed, but it was later discovercd that this was untrue. The fire, which was near 55th St. station, was discovered at 9:30 and three alarmg were sounded and am-— bulances ealled. For the first time in the history o the firemen the bat. talion chiefs w » summoned to fight flames and rescue the injured with- out apparatus. Fire Commissioner tamson took eharge of the situd jtion and rescued many from trains blocked between stations. Mr. Adam- (By Associated Press.) less valorem a session of More Revenue for the School Fund i The principal of the State school fund, in round numbers, amounts to ! ] [) lson ordereq every pulmoter in the one and one-half million dollars. Tn Hardwlc S city brought to the scene. former years it was the policy to in-| The flames and smoke issued | from uncovered manholes and fire vest this fund only in State bonds, | paying an average of three and one- half per cent. Durinz the present administration a considerable por- men entered for rescue work through The fire started in th Resolution |- e ( Atlanta Auto Thief Killed On Roof Of Club Bldg. POLICE, HOWEVER, CLAIM THAT | THE YOUTH COMMITTED SUI- CIDE. WHEN FOUND HE WAS HEMMED IN AND ESCAPE WAS IMPOSSIBLE (By As-oclated Pross.) Atlanta, Jan. 6. —Walter - dett, twenty years old, sonzht hy county offieers as an auto thiet, was | killed on the roof of the Woman 1 Club nflding here this mornine. | The poliee say it was snicide. Ofli cers pursued him throushout the and cornered him in he jumped the roof of the club building. The police say that when escape seemed impossible Burdett fired onee at the officers and then shot himself. night and a room from a window to| Lynchers Aof Negroes Not | Indicted (By Associateda Press.) Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 6. special Lowndes county grand jury convened by Governor O'Neal to in- vestigate the 1ynching of Will Jones, negro, adjourned this morning with- out finding indictments. Jones was Iynched for attempting to assault a whitg girl. o SUGAR BEET FIELDS RAVAGED BY SHELLS Paris, Jan. {The sugar beet fields retaken by the French have not only been ravaged by shells, lacerated by trench diggers and fur, rowed by the wheels of gun car. riages, but have been o trampled hy infantry and ca ry that the ex traction of the roots became a diffia cult problem, not yet entirely solved, It is the modest heroine of the war, the French pes s working on it in the unoceupied re= ant woman, who i gions close to the battle front where she can not only hear it but see the smoke of it. In all this region the plow fol - lowed closely upon the conflict and said The the tion of these investments matured and the money is being re-invested exclusively in Florida county, dis_ trict and municipal bonds, paying from 5 per cent to 6 per cent inter- est, which bring to the fund a much larger revenue, stimulates the mar- ket for the Florida securities, and keeps the money in the State. Appointments During the past two years Gover- ing the president to submit all| nor Tramme!l has been called on to (documents regarding England’s dec_| fill by appointment a number of offi aration of naval stores as contra - ces and he has constantly endea band. ored to select clean, competent men. His appointees are making good. Complaints Against Officials vernor Trammell has removed twelve officials during the first half of his term—more than were moved in the two previous adminis- This does not mean, how- removals are made upon for often Passed By o e The Senate| there was an explosion first. rush for escape started when train stopped. { HERE'S HOW THE WAR PAYS THIS COUNTRY Louisville, Ky., Jan. 6.—Work on eight thousand portable kitchen wagons for the French army will be begun here today. The value of the order is placed at $250,000. An_ nouncement of the contract was made last night by the president of !a Louisville wagon manufacturing company The French government specified that the wagons be ready in three months. (By Associated Press.) i Washington, Jan. 6.—The Senate | ipasseq Senator Hardwick'sresolution | ——————t governor has followed a policy of !strict conservation of the public in-j terests. Lands have been sold only at a fair market price and efforts to get them for a song have been un- availing 1t ed that county will soon issue $10,000 in bonds for money to oil the highway through the county. Ta Dade In General The governor takes time from the presg of work at the capitol to visit trations main that complaint, ever, every Floride - destroyed by fire to bo replaced with fare frivolous or are based on polit- |the State institutions and many of | en to Polk county, Flor-|\ =" 'L 4s of the insurance on the ical prejudice and personal malice. [the improvements at these institu “ ! Pardons tions have resulted largely from Knowles and husband to|™ (" ot providing for local .n-.m.,‘ Pardon applications are also a|these visits. The tuberculosis sani- nd, Fla. Tbee . problem in the governor's work. No |tarium at the hospital for the insane | 294 Red nvestment Co. to J. D for a State labor in-|pardon can be granted by the board |is one in which he has taken espec- | without his approval. There has | ial interest. [ o Adams and wife to John e the work | been no indiseriminate abuse of the It is not possible in a brief space A1 ure for en I | g 1 ETERSON . ¢ the Boys' Corn Clubs and the|pardoning power. Each case is care_|to mention more than a very limited ¥y AT L' . Adams to John D. Shat_| e canning Club fnlly considered and a thorough in-|part of the duties, the work per-| ' Buildin® "'A measure authorizing and di-|vestization made. Only a relatively | formed, and problems to he dealt courts. H Lang and Sec. Co. to ,_.,', ng the State Board of Health to small per cent of the applications|with by the governor; but if the d and con Kern . take action for the control and the|are granted record of each day’s gervice could be lement and wife to Hugh | ..4ication of the southern cattle Drainage fo Everglades {given, there would be much to indi_j 1y, 100 B tick The Everglades drainaze has been jcate Governor Trammell's loyaity | e dd y'\- Wear: to Daisy L. Wi The governor also launched 2|a big question in Florida for and devotion to the interests of the | S, IRVD 3 movement for the federal govern-|and the State has been working at | people of Florida in all matters he- | Sy Clark and wife to C. B. | ont to ac the in some way since Governor|fore him, and ample proofs of his ) Kentucks East inland vard's campaisn. But during knowledze of public affairs, his busi-| B i 0, ang resent ¢ n ) ore ' ness ability and sound judzment in | pyer and wife to R. C.|aterway ween and 1 nt admin n mor ‘Am' FORT g 7 “ p ! definite plans have|conducting the affairs of State HECRUS ife t D sures were rec— | heen led than ever before, and| The past two ycars have dem eland Post and wife to J. I AT ¥ § akets — Trammell on |at the same time the drainage ope ra- |strated the faet th the we E —-.FL,‘ Bank and Trust Co. to led to take |tions pushed as fast as the resources the present governor is proving emi-| ngk 1 Ine Gray 1t he hopes zet them |and financial conditions permitted. ;nentlysat ctory to the peo The Z!EKO.:IEER . Bank and Trust Co. ta|passed by the mext lecislature The present administration secured | governor has been “on the .,mb con=| 4 ‘Man Reduction of Taxes action from the last legislature au_jstantly. He works from eight until '"filfiv('fi" Bank and Trust Co. to| One of the thinzs accomplished by |thorizing the drainage district to Slx’ur seven six d in the week, Sates & grectt] len Governor Trammell which stands}bond and a board of en rs of na- | and many nights he may be found Nag. Lake at d Georgia Land Co. to]out prominently to his credit is the|tional reputation was secured to!in the mansion library working un- ; ph. ; lredncvi.-m of the State tax levy. Last [draw up a comprehensive plan for|til a late hour. Always very busy, 2 ’ is tre ous under-|yet always pleasant and courteous, x RUNYAN lden and wife to W. F.!fall he ordered a reduction of the|carrying out this tremend ¥ ys P oaisir Sibe: artillery <4 ven and |taking. able and courageous, frank, firm, rian 18, Raymond® _ State tax millage from se T - city against the German army. dmin Nrmsl!'e . McAuvlay to J. P. onehalf to five and one-half mills. Public Lands yet considerate, he holds his popu- : In the sale of public lands the|larity with the people of Florida. extra charg® ice phone 303: e Phone 410 The reduction will save the tax pay= seeding n arily followed so hard upon the plow that some apprehen- sion was felt as to the summary preparation of the soil; there was no time for harrowing but the seed caught and the new crop showed its head even while the pointed helmets across the line were taking in the last of the belated harvest. [Statisticians say the seeding Is little inferior in acreage to that of 1913, EPISCOPAL CONVENTION IN MIAMI SUNDAY Miami, Jan. 6 For the first time {The consul's only Black Small Pox Breaks Out In City Of Vgrg Cruz ‘THE PUEBLA BATTLEFIELD GIVES UP CARLOADS OF DEAD; REPORTED THAT VILLA AND ZAPATA'S FORCES OVER- WHELMINGLY DEFLCATED (BY Associated Press ) Washington, Jan. .- -The black mallpox has broken out at Vera Cruz and that town is in the throes ran epidemie, according to reports from Consul General Canada to the de Carloads of dead and vounded were brought 'uchla battlefield tod State partment today. in trom the information from Carranza sources was that the Villa and Zapata troops were overwhelm= ingly defeated FLORIDA'S NEW SUPREME COURT CONVENES Tallahassee, Jan. 6.—The su= preme court convened for the spring term of the new year at 10 o'clock vesterday. Justice W. A. Hocker, for many years supreme court jus- tice, retired from the bench, and was succeeded by William H. Ellis, former attorney general. Judge Hocker declined to run for re-elec- tion last November and Mr. Ellis was clected in his stead. The court first proceeded to cast lots as they are required to do under the consti- tution to fill the office of chief jus- tice, left vacant by the expiration of the term of office of Chief Justice Thomas M. Shackleford, who, how< ever, was re-elected last November as associate justice, and will hold for six years from today. Assoclate Justice R. Fenwick Taylor, for twen. ty five years supreme court justice, and three times before, chief justice of the supreme court, was the lucky justico when the lots were cast, and was immediately sworn in as the new chief justice of the supreme court, to hold as such until Janu- ary two years hence, when hig term ‘expires. Chief Justice Taylor comes ¥rom Gainesville. Judge Hocker who {retireq from the bench on account of poor health, was for many years circuit judge of Ocala circuit, and Tater served several terms as Sue premo court justice. Judge Ellis, lwho succeeds him, is a prominent Yiguro in State politics, and was for= merly attorney general, being des feated for re-clection to that office iby Governor Trammell in 1908. The present personnel of the supreme court is: R. Fenwick Taylor, of _Gainesville, chief justice; J. B, !Whitfield and William H. Ellis, of Tallahassee; Thomas M. Shackle- ford, of Tampa, and R. S. Cockrell, ot Jacksonville, associate justices. 187,000,000 FOR AVIATION PURPOSES APPROVED (By Association Press.) . Washington, Jan. 6.—The Houss naval committee approved the naval hill provision for a strategical bu- $n the history of Miami the annual ! onvocation of the Diocese of South= ern Florida will be helg here. Clergy mnd delegates will from jwest coast, the central part of the come ‘State and the East coast the ! reau, also the million dollar aviation appropriation. Division of Dade county is still a {live issue at Fort Lauderdale where meeti being held to | Ysecret are promote that end.