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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
Section Status of Corporate
Powers

OWCIb
The adoption of this form of com
mission government shall in no sense
be construed to increase or diminish
the powers vested in the municipal
corporation of Polk county, Florida,
known as the city of Lakeland.
Section 2-Transposition Of Powers
All governmental, legislative, ex-
ecutive and judicial powers Of the
said city are vested In the said COM
mission, subject to such limitations
as officials or functionaries labored
under prior to the adoption Of this
form.
Section 3-Powers of the Commission
Powers, duties, or capacities. the
exercise, performance, or fulflllment
Of which, respectively, as designated
under laws or ordinances as they
now obtain for a named official or
functionary, shall be exercised. per-
formed, or fulfilled under this COM
mission form in manner and form
hereinafter directed. and such acts
or ordinances shall be Of effect as
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Whereas, petition signed by a
number of the qualified electors of
he city Of Lakeland has been pre-
seAtcd to the city Council of the
said city asking for the calling OF an
lection for the purpose Of submit
ing to the qualified voters of the
SAID city of Lakeland the question of
establishing commission form Of
Government for the city Of Lake
land;
And. whereas, the City Council Of
he city of Lakeland did, by two
birds vote pass favorably upon the
petition,
Now, therefore. in pursuance of
The power vested IN me as mayor
nnder the charter and ordinances Of
the said city.
BE 1T KNOWN that an election
will be held in the city of Lakeland
III the Sth day of October, A. D.
1913, for the acceptance or reject
ing Of commission form of govern
neAt for the city of Lakeland and
'cr the election Of five 50 commits
.ioners; one to be elected from each
respective ward and one from at
.aigc, the said commissioner from at
ar1e shall be known as mayor; said
Alection TO be held in accordance
With the revised ordinances of the
ity Of Lakeland.
o NJ EATON, Mayor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
LEGISLATOR RUSSELL
APPEARS FOR THE DEFENSE

The editor of the Palatka News
was a member of the late Legisla-
ture and he stoutly defends that now
celebrated law VIII en- divided the
State into four congressional dis
tricts, about which we have heard
so much lately as law which de-
stroys itself by it's own terms and
cant be operated. 1t is fair to lis
ten to Lawmaker Russell on this is
sue, even though Claude LEngle
seems to think that he has no
Fourth district to run for Congress
in and will be a candidate next year
as congressman -at-large. Mr. Rus
sell says with some FEASIBILITY:
"The law means exactly what it
says: This act shall take effect at
the expiration of the present terms
of Office of the congressman now
serving from this State. The terms
of office of present congressman eX-
pire March i, 1915. One is sorvin :
the State at large, one from the
First. one from the Second and one
from the Third districts. Would a
law which deprived these men from
representing certain counties com
prising a district for which they
were elected be effective? Could the
law rob them CT a part OF their dis
tricts? and, if it did make the at
tempt, would it be good law?
Scarcely. The new rcdistrictins
law is all risht 1t means exactly
what it says, and it says exactly
what it means. 1t means that ne"
congressional districts have been
created to become First, Second,
Third and Fourth congressional dis
tricts of Florida when the present
men serving from differently consti-
tuted districts have filled the terms
for which they were elected to rep
resent those districts. The LeSis-
lature did know exactly what 1t was
doing, and it did exactly as 1t in
tended to do. These papers and the
politicians jumped to their conclu-
sions; they should have waited un-
til they had read the law.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
SEPTEMBER 80 IN HISTORY
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176S-The British garrison landed
in Boston and occupied the
Town House and Faneuil
hall as barracks.
1770-George Whitefeld, one of the
founders of Methodism, died
in Newburyport, Mass. Born
in ENGLAND, Dec. 81, l714.
17S1-Yorktown invested by the
American army ard French
allies under Washington and
Rochambeau.
1799-The Nea?o'it2ns occupied
Rome.
1S30-John Lee Carroll. governor Of
Maryland, lS75--o. horn in
Baltimore. Died a Was>ing-
ton. d. C., -, -, 1911.
1S62-Confodcrarcs yie;o~'a-s ut
the battle Of Newiorja, -.
1ST4-The Fiji is'a"'s lie ar Int
ISL posacc-.--s
1911--More than 20 persons wore
drowned BY the breaking of 4
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY HONORs

Miss Della orrey, known as ex-
President ats Aunt Della" is
80 years old today. She makes her
home at Milbury, Mass. in stately
old mansion on Elm street. She
spends much of her time in admin
isterinS to the poor and planning
methods for carrying on the work
Of the various philanthropies which
she is unable to personally handle,
because of her advanced age. Aunt
Delia's" favorite pastime is making
applepies for VIII as she calls
Prof Taft.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30

The Albany (Ga. Herald tells
about the recent South Carolina
case in which the mob, wanted to
lynch a nero who was subsequently
proved innocent of the crime, and
heads its article Warning to
Lynchers :" A clear waste of good
space and gray matter! Most men,
bers of the lynching mobs don't
know how to read the newspapers
and wouldn't II they could; and it
is reasonably sure that those who
can read never peruse the editorials,
The onlyeffective warning to lynch
ers is the kind that South Carolina
sheriff gave them from the blazing
muzzle of revolver. with a real
man behind the gun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
GEN. COX'S VIEWS ON
COMMISSION FORM OF GOVT

Editor Evening Telegram: VIII
you please publish this editorial
from this weeks Golfers as my con-
tribution to the discussion of com
mission form of government.
Out of the Galveston flood came
the commission form of government.
So strange and wonderful is the in
terplay of forces in human affairs
that the winds and waves which
raved over the brcakwater on that
awful day brought about political
reform more significant and more
keenly needed than any other new
thing in American politics since the
civil war. Nobody could have pre-
dicted it. No one of the hundreds
of cities which haze adopted this
better form of city government could
have believed 1t If prophet had
laid bare the strange development
on the day of the storm. In the
presence Of catastrophe Dayton's
municipal government went lame
and broke down. A commission
form of government was set up,
quite without the pale of the law
and, according to the principle men
toned in the Declaration of lnde
pendence under which the principle
of order, incapable of being de
stroyed, reverted to the mass of the
people when the regularly constitut-
cd authorities become deconstituted.
This. however, could not last beyond
the crisis producing it. Ohio's fine
new constitution allowed Dayton
home rule if she wanted it which
she emphatically did. Out of the
mud and slime of the Miami bloomed
civic spirit and new charter. At
the November election Dayton will
elect her city officers-five and no
more--under one of the most pro
gressive charters in America The
five will be called commissioners,
but the one receiving the highest
vote will be called mayor These
mon will receive small salaries; like
the directors OF a corporation, they
will not be expected to give their
Whole time to city business. In this
~osNcct the Dayton plan differs ma
tnriNlly from the Dcs Moinos plan
It preserves, however. the popular
features OF the recall, the initiative.
the referendum. and the short bal
lot The commission is a lcgisla
tive body again like board of di-
rcctorS Like such board, again.
it hires a general manager to run
the business. This functionary they
may hire and fire at will, and find
him wherever they can. He may be
4 specialist in city government and
II NONRESIDENT vi inc CITY ne Will
he to Dayton what German burgo-
master is to his city. He will be
the govornment-subject to the will
of the commissioners This is the
last step in fixing responsibility and
focusing powers. 1t may be con
fidently predicted that it will work.
The flood brought good to Dayton
And the beneficent contagion
spreads. Springfield, only few
miles from the Gem City," will in
all human probability adopt the
Dayton plan for the government Of
her $4,000 people"
If these principles hold good in
the management Of our banks, rail
roads and other corporations, see
no reason why they will not be good
for lakeland.
Yours truly. J. A. cox.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30

Surely that must have been either
a bad joke or mistake in the fi%-
ures in the story from Jacksonville
which Lays that for the medical
proving the death of the late E. o.
Painter of that city, who was heav-
fly insured and died supposedly by
drowning, the estate was asked by
the doctors to pay fee of 10000;
500, 600 IL they did not have to an
pear in court, ard s15o,oOO if they
were called upon to testify. That
makes those Harry Thaw Atheists
look like pikers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30

Dunnellon is now saloonle less
town. And we beg to remind our
contemporary which suggested that
we build another church to even up
matters that Dunnellon has four
churches and no saloons. --Dunnel-
Ion Advocate.
AS the contemporary referred to,
we extend hearty congratulations to
redeemed Dunnellon on the beautiful
reversal of conditions now prevail
ing there. Four churches and no
saloon is just about the right pro-
portion in a community of the popu-
lation of Dunnellon, and while
there can be no reasonable OBJ
lection to more churches the saloon
should remain just as it is-a van
ished and undiscoverahle entity now
and forever more, the baseless fabric
of mighty bid dream.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
Eroln tire same Office Ia issued
TIE LAKELAND NEWS

tFlE .IlKLTA Nd me We
" weekly new Spaper giving 6 resume
~ Local matters. crop contit,ons.
Tor 30 per yaai
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
\ RESOLUTION TO ES-
TABLISK A FORM OF COM.
MISSION GOVERNMENT

Be it resolved by the Council OF
the city Of Lakeland, Florida, that
In manner and purport hereof form
Of commission government is adopt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30
mill dam at Austin, Pa

mill dam at Austin, Pa
1912-Governments of Bulgaria,
Servia and Greece ordered
the mobilization of their
armies against Turkey.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-30

WHY PAY RENTING will sell
you a lot and build you house on
monthly easy payments. See
Orange Belt Realty Co., R. NJ,
Marler, manager. 1852
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07
American League Games.


CLEVELAND. July 7.-Cleveland took
two games from Chicago yesterday. 6
TO 2 and Z to o. I II. Il
In the first game both Cicotte and
Falkenberg were wild. but the latter
received better support in the pinches.
Chicago scored in the sixth ON Collins.
single, Graney's error and singles by
Bodie and Schalk. and again In the
seventh on Cicottes double and Lord 8
single In the second Cleveland scored
on Rath's error, Lajoie's single. and
Ryan's sacrifice. IS. - a-.i
Ryan's double scored one for Cleve-
land in the sixth, and Weaver's wild
of Ryans long fly let in two more in
the seventh.
Mitchell had Chicago at his mercy in
the second game. while Cleveland bat
ted Russell and Benz from the box.
Weavers single In the sixth was the
only hit secured of MITCHELL In the
ninth Mitchell filled the bases and then
retired the next three in order. Scores:
Cleveland ......--...- . 00o32 Is
nee hits-Ryan. Johnston. Jackson. Sacrifice ny
Ryan Stolen Discriminatory. First base on
pitched balis1By faiienSers FS SssS.lt Badiei.
Struck out-By Falkenberg. 6; by Cicotte, ).
hIslso First bsse On
land. 8; Chicago. s. Umpires-Messrs. Evans
and Sheridan Time Of game-2 hours and 2
minutes.
Cleveland .. o o 21 % 4 o x-7
Chicago .......-.....O o o % 90 . 90
Two-base hits-Johnston Ryan. Three-base hit
Chapman. Sacrifice hit-Ryan.~ Sacrifice hy-
Turner. Stolen base-Rath Hits-On Russell,
Q in innings; OF Benz. in innings: OF
Smith. l in innings First base balis-On
Mitchell. 4: on Benz /. Struck ont-By Mitchell,
4. by Benz. 2. First base on eryors-CleyelaDd,
!: Left on baSes-Cleveland, 81. Chicago. 8.
Umpires-Nessfs. Evans and Sheridan. Time Of
game hour and As minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07
National League Games.
Cubs Throw Away Game.

CHICAGO, July 7.-Chicago and st.
Louis broke even in double-header here
yesterday. the locals winning the first
game. to 0. while the second game was
forfeited to st. Louis, to o.
The locals punched hits Off Harmon in
the opening game. and had little difficulty
winning behind Pierce's fine pitching.
1t was agreed by the managers Of both
teams that the second game should be
called at, O'Clock to enable the visiting
club to catch train for the east.
. Overall. who had not performed on the
slab since he wrenched his back month
ago. was selected to pitch for the locals
enough hits in the opening inning to
retired the locals in their half and Man.
ager Evers began to stall"
When Overall went to bat. he had one
strike and Bresnahan who was in the
clubhouse. was sent for to bat in his
stead. Bresnahan walked leisurely across
the field and the crowd began to hiss
Finally he stepped into the batter's box,
and when the pitcher got In position he
stepped out OF the box and wiped his
eyes with his handkerchief, but the UNI
pire made Sallee put the ball over and he
called, "One strike"
The next inning Ruerbach came in to
pitch and he took his time warming up.
Mowrey opened with a single to left and
stole second Then the locals began toss
ing the ball about and Mowrey was final
ly called out at third. Konetchy followed
him with home run in the fourth inning
Wingo laid down bunt to Ruelbach, and
the pitcher threw the ball wild to first
The sphere was relayed to Evers in plenty
Of time to catch Wingo at second, but he
made no effort. and Wingo went to third
with the home players still inert. At this
juncture, Umpire Eason. who had eau
toned the locals and Manager Evers
about their attempts to delay the game,
walked. TO the stand and said that the
game was forfeited to st. Louis by the
score of to o. Altogether only three
innings were played in almost an hour
Score of first game:
Chicago .-....-.... o / o 2 Ks
81. Louis -,.-... 1900 o D o o o o 90
Two-bsse hit-Cathers Three-bsse hit-Evers
Sacrihce hits-Mowrey. Brdwell. Double plays
Hauser to Konetchy; Wingo TO OLeary: Evers
TO ,Bridweh TO SAFER. Left on bases-St. Louis,
Chicago, 10. First base on balls-O6 Pierce
y on Harmen. Z: Struck out-By Pierce. 8: by
Harmon. 8. Umpirea-Messrs Brennan and Eason
Time OF gane-2 hours and minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07
NO MORE CAST-OFF PLAYERS
TO BE BOUGHT BY GRIFFITH
Nationals Manager Realizes He Must De-
velop Youngsters to Secure Depend
able Periormers-New Train
ing Policy in 1914.

, late. it is by no means a certainty
that both games will go to the Ma
tionals.
In fact. the team will have to play
like it did in Boston to accomplish a
dual victory and not like 1t played in
the afternoon gene July 4, when there
was noticeable lack of spirit in the
ranks
Griffith is planning two innovations
for next season. He is almost certain
! to send all his regulars to West Baden
Springs Ind, for ten days prior to the
| training season. and he is certain to
make some sort of an ARRANGEMENT
whereby the players will live on the
outskirts of Washington during the hot
days next summer.
The West Baden trip is for the DUR
pose Of conditioning the players before
they start their real work in Char
lottesvilIe, or wherever they may train
and he is. absolutely convinced that the
team will play higher grade Of ball
if the players can be so located as to
make it possible for them to have a
cool sleep at night
That the PLAYERS are handicapped by
the hot nights in Washington is proven
by the difference there Is in their work
when they get away from home 1t
really does not look like the same ball
team. Patrons of the sport who see
correct idea of the teams playing
stdength. To be seen at their best the
Nationals must be seen on foreign
grounds. Griffith believes that the change
of climatic conditions is responsible for
this. and for that reason he has his heart
set on having summer home for the
players next season.
1t is to be expected that both Milan and
Moeller will hit better from this out than
| they have heretofore. Both are natural
300 hitters and they are sure to make UP
the deficiency that now exists in their
average before the season closes. Players
of batting ability who go poorly during
the first half of a season often take a
material brace during the closing months
Of the season and make up ground lost
earlier If this happens 1t is sure to
make a big, difference in the Nationals
playing during the present trip
1t is really to be regretted that present
conditions are such that there Is no room
for Joe GedeOn in a regular position. Joe
is undoubtedly good ball player right
now. He has shown marked improve
ment since he Joined the team. and ir,
practice at short before the game he
gives really sensational exhibition
Gedeon Is. Of course but nineteen, and
no doubt has a lot to learn, but he would
develop more rapidly IL he were in the
game all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07
RICHIE MAY MEET
FREDDIE WELSH NEXT
Champion Receives FIattering
Offer to"Fight English Title
Holder and May Accept.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July 7.-Cham-
pion Willie Richie will not want for
matches If he feels like getting back into
the ring soon. Already Leach Cross. Har-
lem Tommy Murphy and Freddie Welsh
have filed applications for a chance at the
lightweight title.
There Is possibility that Richie will
make his next appearance in O ring in
September. Promoter Springer Of Van
couver. B. c.. is anxious to get Willie to
box Freddie Welsh at the Brighouse
arena.
big house would assuredly greet the
champion If he met the English title
holder In the Canadian city. Springer
has made Richie good offer, and 1t Is
stated that Willie is inclined to accept
Leach Cross, by his decisive victory
over Bud Anderson. has forced himself
into the front rank of championship con-
tenders. Having removed Joe Mandot
and Knockout Brown firm his path to-
ward the top Of the heap. Anderson was
figured sure winner over Cross by the
Los Angeles fight followers. but the New
York dentist won easily from the Med
ford boy.
Cross gave an impressive exhibition on
the OF July ana Is entlIleQ 10 a
lot of consideration. The promoters will
probably find him a good card from now
on.
Cross wants to box Richie for the
championship: but is not averse to taking
On somebody else if Richie is not ready
to give him a date soon. Tom McCarey
may match Leach with Toe Rivers next
month and Jiffy Coffroth is said to be
angling for a Cross-Tommy Murphy bout
for his date in this city in August.
Richie has received several good offers
to appear in vaudeville and states that II
he accepts he will limit the engagement
to four weeks. as he does not want to
start on another long tour Of the cir
cult.
joe Rivers will remain in San Francis
co for few days and. then return to his
home in Los. Angeles. He is disappoint-
ed. however because he did not win the
championship. but he intends to work his
way up to another chance by meeting
some of the outher contenders and sub
stantiate his statement that he can do a
lot better than he showed on the Fourth
of July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-07
PHIL LIES PROVE THAT BASE
BALL IS FUNNY GAME
Four Straight Defeats From Brooklyn and
New York Are Inexplainable-Mack's
Generalship Keeps Athletics Ahead.

jectives in the largest dictionary IN
America, he would find himself shy few
when he began TO discuss Connie Mack's
team. Every day, they do something
which makes them more wonderful II
there's any team in this land that can
stop the march of the Athletics to the
worlds series. it has not been located at
midseason.
Just look at the games in Boston. The
Red Sox are supposed to have a rather
classy aggregation Of ball players. They
morning of the Fourth. In the after
noon. they started out again to win.
When the eighth round started, Boston
was leading. 81. That did not brighten
Macks men. They tailed three runs In
the eighth and another in the ninth. WIN
ming SD.
Saturday afternoon the Red Sox again
started to waiiop the league leaders.
Bostonians were on top. 80. The Ath-
letics put over a rally which got them
FIVE runs, and, although Boston came
back with three. they stopped there and
the game went to Connie, I'd. That's
the kind of base ball that counts.
Last week a man who Is supposed 90
know something about base ball sad that
Providence was with Manager Mack. He
insisted that a major league leader who
had to jockey his pitchers as Connie does
his was simply lucky We are forced TO
disagree with any such statement. Mack
has shown almost uncanny wisdom in
handling his twirlers. but IL has been his
tactical knowledge of the game and not
luck. His position in the race today only
proves that Connie Mack 10 wonderful
base ball general-the most wonderful in
the land.
The Athletics start west after two
games In Boston this afternoon. They
play in Cleveland. Detroit, Chicago ana
st. Louis in the order mentioned. Such
thing as a brief slump during that jour
ney on strange fields might happen. But
with very nifty lead of eight full games.
who should lose any sleep over a slumpf
Apparently, Mack has confidence enough
in Brown. Houck and Bush to start them
in the box now expecting them to go the
limit of nine innings. And they are doing
ii more often right along. But the wise
Connie always keeps an ace in the hole.
That ace is Chief Bender. who rushes 70
the rescue when the going Is rough ana
there Is still chance to save the zane
If the Indian is doing too much. Eddie
Plank takes a hand at tne salvation OF
young members Of the STAFF.
Two years ago II was believed fha'
Bender and Plank could not be worked
out of turn without dire results. But the
great general has mapped his campaign
SO that the brilliant pitchers can work
out of turn and still conserve their ene'-
gies. That is why say that il Is not
luck, it's brains.