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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
BR|T|SHERs ISSUE A
CHALLENGE FOR CUP
Royal Ulster Yacht Club of London
Seeks Series of Races for
Americas Cup in 1914.
(By Associated Press. }

London, March !. \ challenge by
lhc Royal Ulster Yacht club for a
series OF races for America S cup in
lall, made on behalf of Sir Thomas
Upton, is on tAe way to America. 1t
is expected to reach New York toda
or tomorrow l.ifi today expressed
sarYrisc When asked oi TIE truth OF
the repor, He alrluca, howc1.r,
is prejudice ae4ast "old feed Of
ifr' rules which haNr been over
Cpe. aad sa.d u aad challenged for
i. cs nnJ o,d conditions
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
SUSPECTED POrSONER HELD
TO THE GRAND JURY

Gainesville. March ; Il c Chace.
he aged white man who has been
in iail here since Feb. is. charged
with administering strychnine To ms
adopted daughter. Rena Chace, -
wears of age. near Waldo. was given
a hearing Saturday afternoon and
held in 900 bail for his appearance
b, fore the grand jury at the spring
term. 1t will be remembered that
the defendant admitted giving the
girl a dose Of medicine, which he
thought was calomel, on the night OF
her death. but later she died and an
autopsy developed the fact tnat
death was caused by strychnine'
Evidence at the coroner's inquest
also brought ont the Information
that rho girl had ordered strycnnine
from TWO places Starke and Paiat-
ka-and a partially filled bottle was
found in her trunk after her death
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
HIGH SPRINGS CAN'T DECIDE
WHERE TO PUT STATION

High Sprin :. March THE
wrangle betwt,. some of the citizens
and the Coast Line railroad regard
ing the lostilon Of new depot To
take the pace Of the one destroyed
by fire sA months ago, promises 10
reach t..c interstate commerce COM
mission if such a complaint can be
carried there.
The company decided to rebuild on
tie old site. About twenty-five up
:aWn citizens petitioned 10 have it
.ult on the Florida Southern right
af-way, AT the Main street crossing.
This brought the other end OF town
forth with counter petition slSncd
by about sefenty-tne persons. asking
that it be built on the old site The
latter won out with the company
and uptown merchants then appealed
t. the Florida railroad commission
where the company vas sustained
The uptown petition has been sent
to the interstate commerce commits
sion In the meantime High Springs
is doing without a passenger depot
and the railroad company is making
TO effort 10 rehlild for some time ia
come
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
SCHOOL BOARD MET
IN REGULAR SESSION
Matters of a Routine Nature Wer
Taken Up and Properly
Disposed Of.

Hartow. March -. The board o.
public instruction Of Polk county
met in regular session with all mem
bars present The minutes of IhJ
lest meeting were read and approved
The opening OF a spring term at
Lake Buffum was referred to the su
~ iintcndcnt for investigation.
1t was found that the patrons oi
,hr color,d school AT Mulberry, Bar
tow. Fort Meade. and Homeland had
complied with tn" requirements ol
the board by raising h. subscriptions
h,nds for paying the teachers for tn,
s,Nth month of said schools. II was
Ordered that IN" superintendent pay
Ilcse teachers the sixth months sal
ary from said amount and the next
month 10 be paid for from the zen
eral fund
The matter of the Polk county
teachers attending the normal at
Rollins college was discussed, and
Superintendent Parker was ordered
10 notify the teachers tcither by let
ter or through the press that th'
board desired all teachers that posi-
bly, could, to attend. as the charge
are very small a small amount for
table board will be all that is nec
es sary
The moving of the Fairview school
house to a more suitable location
was discussed and was deferred un
I'll the next meeting.
y. 4. Harris and Mrs. II. a. Smith
appeared before the board, askina
for payment of $3.50 due Mrs Smith
on the fourth months salary foI
teaching at the Cedar View school
II was granted
The petition, asking for the
change of name Of the colored school
known as the Pughsville school. "a
that of Oak Park, was granted.
The paying for the building and
material of the school at Millard was
deferred in order that the superin-
tendent and chairman of the board
might investigate same. Supt. e. 4
Parker was ordered to notify the pa
irons to meet them on Friday, Marcf
:. 1913, at Millard.
The resignation of Mr.. F. " Ga
yin. trustee of the Millard school
as accepted by the board
Mr. a. Hercules, representing th'
narican Seating Co, of Chica 20
resented a plat of the Mulberrl
f.el school auditorium. sherini
-- i35 chairs were needed for seat
80 purposes. andthe order for same
20 ether with four teachers desk
nd ono chair, was given his com
pany, same to be shipped out at once
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
H[ACLER1BREAkS HIP;
CONDITION CRITICAL
Sustained a Fall at His Home at
Palm Beach Early
Today.
(By Associated Press. }

lDaytona, March g. 4 report in
the Daytona News today says that
-. N. FlaSlcr, owner of the Florida
rast Coast railroad, broke his hip
ia fall at his winter home near
Palm Beach, and is in Il critical con-
dition He is aged 81.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
S|XTY-S|X MEN
LOSE LIVES IN
WATERY GRAVE
by Associated Press.)
ONLY FIFTEEN OF CREW ES.
CAPPED WITH THEIR LIVES.
Accident Occurred in North Sea
Ehen German Cruiser Rammed
Torpedo Boat.

lcrlin. March J.-SiAty six men
Ii -. ned when the German cruiser
Yorh rammed the torpedo boat NO.
last night In the North sea
o. (Iriie. land. The torpedo boat
! AK. only fifteen of the crew being
saved
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05

seventy lnOuSanQ dollars VIII be
expended upon the highways of st.
Johns county within the next few
months The JacksonNillc and Has
tings-Elkton highway is to be com
plcted Augusta Gravel viii BE- used
lor tho paving
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
MARSHALL BELIEVES
IN SIMPLICITY
fPv Associated Press J

W3shin gton. March 5.-Nice Pres
ident Marshall set the pace Tor Ban
ocratic simplicity on arrival at the
eapitol today. His bow TO sight
seekers At tho door Of the chamber
started full-fedged reception
Senators who sought to speak to him
had 70 fall in line with other visl-
tors.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05

After having worked quietly on
the proposition for several months. IL
is now given out that the business
men of Miami and Palm Beach have
perfected plans for the building of
trolley line to connect the two
cities
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
q. ICE FAMINE
SI CONE FROM MAINE

8 a'ed Press
b. With spring
+. Aav York ice com
less than one-sivth
j.. - three millions
zen harvested. Re-
:. ~holly upon Maine
Ia. aa.es are concentrating
ezs. 10 minimize the
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
BALKANS AGREE
''''''' ' TO HAVE PEACE
fRy Associated Press !

London. March Sit was an
roanccd today that all the Balkan
allies have individually accented in
the mediation Of European
powers for the conclusion of peace
with Turkey.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
2aBLE STATE OF MILL
HANDS IN ALBANIA

c Ma March >. Des-
Ato work in cotton
within a race" de-
ANA must do some
"a. conditions in fac
d contending that
hid labor laws are
- .er The protection OF chill
am 2 Oates, State prison
prepared a letter
ao given to Governor
lie annual report of the
= ut soon.
ar a5solutely illiterate;
5l % write. and exc out a
- ace by ignOrantly
eh trres of land says
t.e recruits who are
.2lt 70 cotton mill
az Aten employment in
a vast majority of
A+'" hook worm. are dull.
A tpa'hetic, have little to
'.e' are a race within
.afs no place in the
-e average cotton mill OPP
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
" SOUTHERN WATCH.
AaS FOUND AT ANNSroN

q Associated Press.)
! :, tla March 5.-The
|. y Cochran. watchman
4Fn Railway, was found
n IN front OF the At
carly today. A re-
H.. vas found In his
- mark OF violence
e body.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05

rca ). separate
today by the
leW Senate and
I" meeting, Kern,
acted chairman by
committee assign
H taken up. The
Iectci A. Mitchell
usylyania, to succeed
becomes postmaster
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
i Senate Convened at 1921.


as-4- March 5.--Tne new
l,e c,fplyl at T. 81 to receive
'oa ulrations but there was
a them from the Whi'e
), ,tsS2d to > y. n
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
TAFT WELCOMED
70 AUGUSTA
thousands of School Children and
Many Citizens Gathered
at Station.
lHy Associated press. J


Naeusta, March 3 A dcmOnstra
DN, welcome WAS given Taft when
3r guest OF the city for three weeks.
thousands of school children and
lndrcds OF citizens assembled at
'c station The Taft smile was
icll in evidence
The electro llghtS in the magnifi
mt Heard National Bank building,
Jacksonville's iallest skyscrapcr,
,rc turned on for the first time
turday night The building Is fif-
Ten stories high and is one of the
andsOmcst in the South.
he board presented to Mr. Hercules
n shortages on past orders, also
freight collections, same to be ad-
jnsted by him.
The treasurer made his report as
'pllows
General Fund.
balance on hand close OF
last month ........... $3,0C1. S3
To taxes on roll l912... 2,393.8O
To poll taxes 1912. 49,. 1900
- tax rndemptiOns tNo-
v.mber, 1929 .... 1922
TO interest on common
school fund ........$l,90 ,90s.45
Total .... ......$7,597. 80
u, warrants paid during
month ..... ..... 80. 2,928.75
To balance on hand. .$4, ,G2S.75
Aggregate Special School District
Funds.
balance on hand close Of
last month ...... .$S,133. 1S
To taxes on roll 19l2... 911.75
TO tax redemptions mo
vember. 1922 ........ 22.1s
lotdl ....... .$9067 Il
fiy warrants paid during
month ... .... 1853. .s5
balance on hand ......s7,797 "a
h" following warrants were is
H"d: On current expenses Nos. GA
- 'N7 inclusive. on PAGE % of war.
mi book amounting to s3i0.25: on
"h-district fund, Nos. 2743 to 27S-
elusive on pace 272 Of ". B.
mounting 10 s5,Gls %. on teachers
4'ariss Mes 19e In 9to inclusive or
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05
|RSI DAY UNDER
|[MOC R A I T|C
|lLE IS QUIET
t., cor LOST BUT FINALLY
FOUND HIS OFFICE.
|. y,9s.s No Office Seekers =
| Assn Unless He Invites
Them.
,.-ari.,ed Press }

Is-Atlatcu IACs''
march ) In the
issurl from the
. President Wilson an
l. woulc. refuse
lice in person
callers were the
ers. the first meet
AZ the nominations
senate.
n. r, official act was to
now H.c rtsiSnations OF Taft
@ All assistant secre-
:. .rious departments.
n taH hft the cabinet meet
j. My. but arrived final
I ~ St.'y apartment where ne
e-...od ay Knox Similar scenes
s1 other department Of
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-03-05

lle board presented to Mr. Hercules
~ shortages on past orders, also
freight collections, same to be ad-
jnsted by him.
The treasurer made his report as
'ullOwS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
The SenatOrship

Word comes from Montgomery that
Governor O'Neal will in the near
future appoint successor to the late
Senator Johnston.
Alabama is entitled to its full quota
of representatives. There is reason,
therefore, why this appointment
should be made. Inasmuch as Con-
gressman Henry d. Clayton, in re-
sponse to the request Of the President
that he remain in the House, with
drew his credentials before the Senate
committee solved the problem as to
whether or not, in view of the seven
teenth amendment, governor has
the constitutional right to appoint a
senator, it is the privilege of Ala
bama's governor to require, through
another appointment, the Senate to
answer.
1t is generally conceded that Oscar
w. Underwood will be elected to the
Senate in the state primary next
spring. The man to be appointed
will have, therefore, but short time
in which to serve In this emergency,
instead of a politician, it might be
wise to commission a business man
who has not figured in politics, but
who has been for years the successful
head of the biggest banking institu
ton of the state, business man who,
in view of his achievements, has the
confidence of all the people, and by
virtue of his character, disarms the
oarping critic of his venom.
Why not appoint w. P. G. Hard
ing?
1t is probable that Mr.. Harding
does not desire the position. But it
is believed that if he is called in this
emergency, he will cheerfully respond
He has rendered other public service
when urged to do so, and has always
achieved success.
This man who has relieved the state
of past financial difficulties, might
be the man now to relieve the state
of present political difficulties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
Who Sold the Drugs?

A city grown accusta,sseYeehh to rob-
berry and murder is shocked by the
attempts upon the lives of Ayout
Walked and Hsrman Pollock. This COM
rnlnity is beginning to look upon
crime as /something which occurred
yesterday, occurs today and most
probably will occur tomorrow. Homi-
eide is regrettable,- of course, but a
person can get used to it. If he con-
tinues to live in Birmingham he will
have to.
A police force adequate to Birming-
hams size and reputation for lawless-
ness could not have prevented the
crimes of Monday night. The negroes
who participated in them were bent
upon rapine and pillage, and when a
negro gets that way he is bound to
do some damage. But the opening
sentences of The Age-Herald's ac-
count of the tragedies are of unusual
interest:
There was another outburst of
lawlessness last night. Three drug
crazed negroes fatally shot Awib.
Saeid, Syrian grocer, looted his
store. choked his wife and bruised
his child about 6:S0 o'clock at
Avenue A and twentyfourth
street. The three negroes es-
capped, and exactly two hours later
robbed the grocery store of Her.
man Pollock at Twelfth street and
Seventh avenue and wantonly shot
the aged grocer down.
Three drug-crazed negroes! There
are laws against the sale of drugs
which madden and brutalize. Where
did they get the drugs?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
Russian Jews Endangered

Even the fanaticsm Of kiev could
not bring the conviction of Mendcl
Beiliss, but his vindication at the
hands Of court may prove disas-
trous to his co-religionists. The
atrocities of Kishineff are still fresh
in mind. The Black Hundred has
gained new courage by the Russian
4 governments attempt to fix upon a
Jew responsibility for "ritualistic
murder" that anachronism brought
from the closet of antiquity to feed
. the flames of religious and race
hatred.
e Through its prolonged course, it
was evident that the trial of Beiliss
was due to an effort to furnish a
! victim for those who hate the Jews.
4 The prosecution ever dwelt upon race
animosities rather than upon the facts
: brought forth in the testimony. A
sacrifice was demanded, and Mendel
! Beiliss was most available. Had he
been found guilty and sentenced to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
POLITICIANS IN THE SOUTH
the Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
1t must be through mistaken sense Of
the dignity and common sense of the
south that many of the politicians In
southern states put SO many epithets and
sensational utterances into their cam
paigns There seems to be some idea that
the south approves of the statesmen who
indorse lynchings; who want to tear the
Constitution to tatters, and who call
every other public man a scoundrel.
Cole L. Blease of South Carolina Is one
of those who set the styles among the
politicians of the south. Recently he was
calm enough to remark that John L. Nc
Laurin, a fellow citizen, us a good man;
he would make good governor" Praise
from Sir Hubert was praise, indeed. Mr..
McLaurin. apparently, was SO nonplused
by the compliment that he forthwith
swore allegiance to Blease for life.
Even in Alabama the opponents Of Mr..
Underwood IN the senatorial fight feel
that it is necessary to make the absurd
charge that he is the Creature of Wall
street. and the tool ofsthe liquor inter-
ests' Such charges, of course, are an
insult to the intelligence of the people Of
the south. The persons who lend their
names to such charges must assume that
the voters of Alabama never read the
newspapers, are utterly unable to compre-
hend the laws passed by Congress under
Mr.. Underwood's leadership, and are
wholly ignorant of Wall streets attitude
toward the militant democratic leader.
What is the matter with these poll
ticians of the south? Are they unable to
appreciate the fact that the southern
states have been growing as fast, COM
mercially and Intellectually. as any other
part of the country? Are they unable to
realize that the people of the south think
for themselves, and understand public
problems and the needs of good govern
ment even better than the men who make
speeches to them?
Many OF the politicians of the south are
still living In the Dark Ages. They seem
to think that the preaching of anarchy
and the deliberate misrepresentation If
men and conditions will deceive the people
possible to fool some of tae people all the
time, and all the people some of the time,
but that it was impossible to fool all the
people all the time. The south is wide
awake and law sbiding, and is not to be
misled by its false friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
From the New York sun.

run tit lftW sun.
ABLE dispatches from London
yesterday contained the announce
ment of the final and complete
publication of Captain Scott's diary to-
gether with certain hitherto unpublished
materials which reveals the true mental
Antarctic exploring party. This south
polar expedition has been made very
real to the civilized world, due In great
measure to the fact that 1t was accom-
panied by an unusually expert moving
picture photographer
The scenery the animal life, the home
life Of the party, their methods of scien-
tific research, all these main features
were preserved in action and have brought
polar exploration very near to us. For
this reason the terrific events recounted
In Scotts diary become forcibly visual
lied. While OF course the picture ma
chine could never go far from the winter
quarters, still with 1t to help us the imag-
ination can do the rest. And no one
who has read the diary and witnessed
these pictures can fail to be haunted with
this question: Why did Scott. knowing
that he and his men were almost certain
to be doomed IL they pushed on to the
goal, persevere and play right into the
hands OF death? The only answer is
that as gamblers make god of luck,
even so do men facing known and in.
evitable facts and conditions.
As far back as December, the month
that should have been their finest, bliz-
yards wrecked their schedule. If Shackel-
ton had failed how could they have hoped
to win when they were already six whole
days behind Shackeltons time? Luck
would turnl How could it have turned
except for the worse? In the new ma
terial it would seem that not until March
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12

From the Portland Telegram.
Almost unanimously, the press of the
country has declared that Congressman
1obson made blunder when he attacked
Mr.. Underwood. In the first place the at
tack was incorporate and inspired, as it
palpably was, by Mr.. Hobson's aspirations
to become senator. the attack was felt to
be in bad taste.
But 1t is In the SOUTH and especially
in Alabama, the home of the two men,
that the most vigorous censure of the
Hobson course has appeared. Where the
attack was intended to count for some-
thing practical in favor of the Hobson
hopes it has proved a boomerang, and the
result has been that Underwood's stock
as q political hero has gone a-soarlng.
In this turn of affairs we must, OF
course, recognize the fact that there is
n marked difference in the distinction
these two sons of Alabama have won.
The one first acquired national fame as
the hero of a dramatic incident In the
Spanish American war Subsequent to
that, and after his election to Congress,
Mr.. Hobson kept himself before the coun-
try by reason of his ultra military and
naval viewsin which as most people
have regarded them, there has been a
touch of the eccentric. The earnestness
and sincere patriotism of Mr.. Hobson
have never been doubted by anyone so far
as we know, but obviously his fame has
been of the spectacular type
Oscar Underwood belongs to quite a diff
ferent class of favorite sons. He was
first an able and astute politician, and
having been sent to Congress, he soon
established his ability as one competent
to lead, when the political occasion which
might give him leadership should arise.
He knew how to play the game as 1t used
to be played, and there Is every reason
to assume that he played it. Up to the
beginning of the present. extra session,
there was very widely distributed opin-
ion, mildly in accord with the spirit of the
Iobson attack; but in the handling of
tariff legislation, during the past nine
months Mr.. Underwood has Jared better
in the estimation of the country. At all
events his was the master mind in the
achievement OF a mighty task and of all
times in his career he was most impreg-
nable to attack. 1t probably best de-
scribes the difference between the men
to note that Mr. Hobson did not recog-
nize the fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12

death, his execution would indeed have
been "ritualistic."
The right of country to permit
the murder of its own inhabitants by
others of its inhabitants is still recog-
nized. It is hard to see how the out
side world can interfere should the
anti-Semitic whirlwind again break
forth in Russia. The government
itself, no doubt, will attempt
promptly to curb any outbreak. But
ignorance and prejudice against the
Jew is still deeply rooted in certain
portions of the empire. The develop
ments of the next few weeks will be
awaited with feeling of apprehen.
sion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12

Waldo, police commissioner; Joseph
Johnson, fire commissioner, and Will
liam H. Edwards, street cleaning COM
missioner, will be asked to remain in
office. But not one of these is Tam
many tool. In fact, each of them has
fought the organization and been
fought by it practically for the last
four years.
These things are recalled here to
show that Mr.. Murphy's grip upon the
city of New York was not nearly as
tight as many persons believed. Muir
ply controlled the state legislature.
But that is about all he could positive
ly call his own.