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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
In TIM ents Against
-Four Who Refused
to Testify.
NEW HAVEN CASE
BEFORE THE I. c.. c..
Chief Counsel Folk Invokes
Criminal Statute to Bring Out
Testimony Regarding Rela-
tions Of Billiard Company
With Railroad System.
Further Delay Sought.

Washington, April l6.-Indict.nents
were voted to-day by tho Federal grand
jury, 1t is understood, authoritatively,
against the four witnesses who refused
TO testify before the Interstate Com
'ncrce Commission last Friday concern
ing relations of the Billiard Company
with the New Haven Railroad system
me ~ i,,,r, inIictmcnts l probably Will not be
returned Tor severn! days. pending final
word from the Witnesses as TO whether
ihsy desire - change their attitude.
The men whose names are before tho
OF the Merchants National Bank Of
New Haven; samuel Hemingway. presi-
New Haycn; Edward !. Field and
samuel Morchouse. all OF New Haven
All TOUR are supposed 10 have official
connection with the billiard Company,
through which II has been alleged that
m!iIions o! dollars worth OF New Haven
SECURITIES have been illegally diverted.
iicnry Stoddard counsel for Whipple
ana Field, to-day notined Chief Counsel
Joseph w. FOLK, OF the Interstate Com
inercc Commission. that his clients, un-
nef ,, protest' would testify rather than
uncerSo the stigma OF an indictment
ana criminal prosecution
49, Ionhtraiued to submit.
gu notify us wrote Mr.. Stoddard.
that instead oc applying TO a court
OF civil jurisdlcticn to have the uues
tion directly determined By fudge
e,,. you im.end .r 70 resort to criminal pro
NSrNlHSS' therefore,, my clients are
constrained to submit"
-: Folk. in reply, directed attention
10 the fact that the commission had no
power 70 punish FOR contempt and az
a. result had been given authority bv
me Congress 10 proceed against recall
Gitrsnt Witnesses by criminal action.
he added tnat so long as he was Mt tn g
he2n OF the law department of the com
mission The criminal statute would be
INVOKED In every clear case OF the re-
calcttrancy or Witnesses
Later MI, Folk to.dnr
Judge Stoddard to ascertain whether
his citonts would be willing to produce
books ard papers OF the Billiard Com
paIS. To that Inquiry no response had
been received tonight
Homer =. CumTila. counsel for Sam
ucl heminkwa% ana Samuel Morehouse,
through kilograms TO Mr.. Folk toIaN
sought further delay in the criminal
proceedings. lie was notified that his
clients must submit their testimony to
tionS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
TERRELL NOT CONFIRMED

Ff1ibustcrinE by Southern Democrats
Delays Action I'm Senate.
Washington, April 16-Southcrn
Democrats flibnstering late to-day
against the confirmation or Robert III.
Terrell Il negro, as q municipal Judge
i'll tho District of Columbia, kent the
Senate in executive session for more
than three hours without reaching a
vote.
senator Vardaman, of Mississippi,
said he would continue the strugglo
until the last ditch"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
TAKEN AS APOLOGY
FOR DETENTION OF
U. S. BLUEJACKETS
Will Be Answered With
Tribute to Tricolor of
Mexican Nation.
TENSION PASSES
IN LATEST CRISIS

Return Of Salutation to National
Emblem Is Invariable Custom
in Naval Practice. and Does
Not Involve Recognition of
Huerta Government - Practi-
cally Certain That Many of
Vessels Proceeding South Will
Be Turned Back After Details
Are Worked Out-Closing of
Iampico Incident Will Have
No Bearing on General Policy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
JOHN R. M'lEAN IS HOST
ut Most Brilliant Hall of the
Eastcr Season.
Especial to Tie Times Dispat

Especial to Tie Tines Dispatch1
Washington, April iG--Thc most
brilliant bah Of the Caster season was
given Ivy John II. Mclean Tonight ut
his residence, on sherman Square.
Modern dances held the centre OF the
stage.
The ballroom. which Is the hand
soonest in Washington, is hung with
rare tapestries, and the only additional
decoration was the banking OF the
The guests included the most promi-
ncnt society people of Washington and
New York, ana numbered only 500.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
' GLASS ADVISED TO REST
Congressman In EKccedtuSIy Nervous
State From OyerNOrk.
Especial IL The Times-Dis

ISp"CIaI 10 The TImcS-DlSDItCh.J
Washington. April 16.--ConSrcssmnn
Garter Glass was compelled TO cancel
an engagement to speak tonight be-
fore the Chamber Of Commerce OF New
port News. and before the trades bodies
OF Clcveland. o.. on Saturday night,
ON account of his being in All exceed
inEly nervous state occasioncd by over
work. He has been advised to rest ~
much as possible for the next week or
ten days. &. II. NJ
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
WANTS TO BECOME A PEER
James X. Hackett May File Claim 10 Be
ueccxufxcd aa Duron

Especial Gable 10 Tho Times Dispatch.
London. april i6-Now that James X.
liack.tt, the actor has become a
wealthy man through an inheritance
from & niece. he has an ambition 10 be-
come - peer II he persists In his prcs-
ent determination he will hle a claim
to be recognized as Baron Tackett of
IIackcttstowu and Sheldon Abbey
County Carlow. ireland
According 10 his pedigree, which Mr..
HnClt"tt has worked out. he is descend :
cI from Hcket one OF the barons who
came over from France with William
tho Conqueror. whose name. lie asserts.
IS inscribed iii Williams six and Thir-
~ Nobles." dated l0G6. upon a pillar Of
Enttle AhbeN. Mcar Hastings
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
SHlVELY NOMINATED
Named ny Ohio PrOHressives to Make
CONGREGATIONAL Race.

wabash, md, April l6.--Bernard =.
Shively, OF Marion. was this evening
nominated for Congressman by the
Irogrcssivcs OF the Eleventh Congress
sional District. MIR. Shively's name
was tho only ono presented To the con-
vciiticn. and the nomination was made
by aCclama tion. Resolutions adopted
favored Statewide prohibition. the
prohibition OF shipment of liquor into
dry territory, indorsed the initiative,
referendum and recall, and the Hob
son Sheppard bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
ATTEMPT TO WRECK BUILDING
Dynamite with Lighted Fuse Found In
Mine Workers. Hall.

Special 10 The Tfmes- -DispNtch.
Indiana. Pa. April 16.--Twenty sticks
of dynamite with II lighted fuse at
tachcd were found to-day i'm the new
hall OF the United Mino Workers OF
America. at lselin. near here. Tho
fuse was distinguished few inches
wreck the building, which is nearing
completion, was made at the noon
hour. while tho men were at lunch.
There Is no clue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
NEW FEDERATION PLANNED
Tclirn May He Head of Body With
2.OOn. 600 E.mpIuycs nN Memhcrs.

Boston, April ls.--Charlcs ;. iIelleu
formerly president of the New York
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Company. may becom" the active head
OF a new federated body, with which
100000 railroad employees are afti
Hated.
II became known to-day that Mr.
Mellen had been approached on the
subject. and that he is giving II favor
able considerations. The new organiZa
tion, to be known as the Federated
Council OF Railroad Brotherh GODS. will
be formed Mt meeting OF delegates in
this city on April 26.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
HOOPER RENOMINATED
Unanimously Named for Third Term
Az GnNrrnOr of IenneAscc.

Nashville, TENT, April 16.---Govcrnor
u. w. Hooper WAS unanimously renom-
mated for II third term az Governor
OF Tennessee by the state Republican
convention yesterday. and Judge Samuel
G. Williams, an !ndcp pendent was noini-
mated for the Supreme Court.
The convention ratified the action
In its plan to reapportion tho South's
representation In the National Rcpub-
iican Convention.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
FLIGHT EARLY IN AUGUST
Wannnnker'S lIydro-A croplnne VIII Be
Completed In June.

Especial TO The Times Dispatch
New York. April i6.--Glenn r. cur
tiss. who is constructing RodInan Wan
amailer's transatlantic hydro aeroplane.
said to-day he expected to have tho
Graf completed early In June, and that
the flight would probably De attempted
early in August.
The framework OF tho boat liz al
ready finished sad MIR. Curtiss. ~
complete engine has been built Tor II
but il is possible that this will be used
only in tests. and that Il new one will
be built before the flight is attempted"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
CHURCH BY PARCEL POST
Levi. Wants Interested Persons to Send
Bri"Ls hy Mail.

Especial TO The Times -pispatch.]
WASHINGTON. April ia parcel post
church will soon be erected in Wenona
Md. If Representative David ]. Lewis
has MS way.
The church will bc built OF bricks
contributed hv mail bv Interested per-
sons President Wilson will he re-
uucsted to mail IL brick or two for the
church. No effort will be made to hav.
all the bricks OF uniform size. shane.
weight or color. Any old brick will
30.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
To nat,fy Dissolution pInu

New York. April it-It il Virtually
certain that tho stockholders of the
Railroad Company. IN New Haven Oh
Tuesday, viii formally ratify the dis
solution agreement recently entered
into with the Department Of Justice
After q meeting OF tho roads directors
hold here to-day. Chairman Howard Ell
lott announced that proxies, represent
ing more than half the outstanding
stock, had been received and of these
ah0r.s only IS. oDnoscd The plan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
suHrnrctIe. uurn Residence

l:Ondonderry, lrcIand, ADriI lG.--A
sufraScttc arson squad burned a large
residence here o-day. Apply for dam
ages to Sir Edward Carson" was on tho
placards they left behind them.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-17
WIII yi.it Cono,Iu.

Washington, April 16.-Slr Cecil
Spring Rice and Lady Spring Rice will
General OF tho Dominion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
PROFITABLE PRICES
FOR FARM PRODUCTS

The greatest encouragement that
can be given agriculture is profit
able prices for farm products. Crop
destroying insects have been a stub
born enemy, and Jupiter Pluvius
has played many pranks on the
farmer, but there is no pestilence
like low prices; they will sap the
blood of an industry.
1t is one of the most pitiful sights
in twentieth century civilization to
see a farmer after he has raised a
crop sit helplessly by and watch the
bulls and bears of Europe and
America trample over it, and yet If
the farmer will only organize and
cooperate he can successfully fence
out these animals that devastate his
products after the harvest.
The Florida farmer needs co-ope.
ration as badly as diversification.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
DEMAND FOR FERTILIZER
INCREASES IN FLORIDA

Washington, Sept. S.lThere
are 1885 farms in Florida that
use fertilizer, and the annual pur-
chases amount to $3,6O9,S53, &C
cording to a recent report of the
United States census bureau. Ten
years ago the annual expenditure
for fertilizer in this State was
$753,12O. Fertilizer purchases In
Florida have increased $2,S56,733,
or $40 per cent during the past de-
cade. Sixty per cent of the farms
of this State use fertilizer and the
average for the United States is 29
per cent.
In the entire nation there are
1,S23,OO0 farms that use fertilizer
and the present annual expenditure
is 100000. Ten years ago il
was $53,OOO,OOO for the entire ma
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
QUIT TAKING RISKY CALCMEL

Here is a vegetable tonic that is
far better for you to take than the
dangerous drug and poison called
calomel. You never can tell when
calomel is going to get you. That
is the worst thing about taking so
uncertain and dangerous drug for
constipation and liver trouble CAL
omel is liable to salivate You or to
knock you out" for at least day
the very next time you try it.
Lake Pharmacy have the mild
vegetable remedy that successfully
takes the place of calomel. This
remedy is Dodson's Liver Tone, a
very pleasant tasting liquid that
gives quick but gentle relief from
constipation, torpid or lazy" liver
Dodson's Liver Tone is fully guar.
anteed, and if you buy large bot
tie for fifty cents and it does not en-
tirely satisfy you, the drug store
where you bought it will prompt!
give you your money back with
smile.
Dodsons is fine for both chi.drel
and grown people.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The Tampa Tribune has received
a copy of the first issue Of the Dade
City Banner under the management
of w. NJ. Hetherington, recently
of this city, and speaks of it in this
kindly and complementing way:
Editor w. NJ. Hethcrinston's
newly-purchased Banner of Dade
City strikes out in the right direc-
ton for itself under the new pilot.
Mr.. Hetherington is, as far as we
know, the youngest editor Of gen
eral newspaper in the State. but he
secured his training from his tai
ented father of the Lakeland Tele-
gram and News, and he is qualified
to assist his father in making the
name of Hetherington a power in
Florida newspaper work. )"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
FLORIDA CROP STATISTICS

Washington, Sept. S.-The crop
reporting board of the United States
of agriculture today
gave out the following estimates OF
Florida crops for 1918:
Corn-675,O 900 acres, 1O.12a,ooV
bushels, sS,3O2,OOO farm value.
Hay-47,0OO acres, $4,000 tons;
s1,147,O farm value.
Oats - $4,000 acres, 100000
bushels, s63O,OOO farm value.
Irish Potatoes-12,000 acres
$4,000 bushels; s1,067.OOc farm
value.
Cotton (lint)-21S,OO0 acres
5000 bales; $5,564,O0O farm
value.
Tobacco-4,000 acres, 4,OOO,O0'
bounds; $1,240,OO0 farm value.
Rice-4OO acres, 10000 bushels
$4,000 farm value.
Sweet 900 acres
100000 bushels; $1,732,OoO farm
value.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

Henry Watterson Is nearly seven
ty-five years old and he is doing the
best work of his life right now. His
exposition of the true inwardness of
the European war, written without
passion or prejudice, is the best lit
erature on the subject thus far pub
lished in this country and it illum-
mates the issue and the causes lead
ing to it with most convincing
light. He puts the burden of the
.monstrous crime upon the shoulders
of the German kaiser, and American
public opinion seems to be rapidly
crystalizing to the same effect
Marse Henry has the courage of his
opinions on all subjects and he new.
er hesitates to say what he thinks
on public questions, and say it like
a gentleman and scholar, even a,
the risk Of offending the Sensibili.
ties of his readers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
OWNERSHIP OF POLK
COUNTY HOMES

The United States census depart
ment at Washington has just issued
a bulletin dealing with the owner
SHY of Polk county homes. The
important facts contained in the
bulletin relating to this county are
as follows:
There are $3.50 homes in Polk
county.
Farm Homes-Of this number
1,244 are farm homes; 963 of the
farm homes are owned by their &C.
cupants and are free of mortgaged
incumbrance.
The mortgaged farm homes num-
Der III.
Renters occupy 1862 farm homes
in this county.
Urban Homes-Out of total of
1862 homes in the county Ass
are urban homes.
There are 1908 urban home own
erS in the county.
| OF this number 124 are mort
gagged; 500 of the urban hcmes are
free of incumbrance.
There are 3,061 rented urban
homes in the county.
The census enumerators were un.
able to secure data pertaining to the
ownership of a small percentage o.
both the rural and urban homes il
this county.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

Frank Clark admits that he has
received letters and kilograms from
all parts of Florida asking him to
enter the senatorial race, but says
the time is inadvisable to make any
announcement on the subject as
there is as yet no senatorial va
cancy. He says he is opposed to a
"headlong rush" for it until there
is such vacancy. This is a hurry-up
age, Mr.. Clark, with the old tradi-
ton about the Office seeking the
man shot full of holes long ago and
office-seekers look long ways
ahead now. We take it from your
language, however, that there is nc
doubt of your candidacy If the va
cancy occurs and your name goes
on the waiting list.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The dispatches continue to pre-
serve an aminous silence as to the
fate of Jack Johnson over in Paris.
There is general desire in this
country to know that Jack IS in the
ranks of the French army fighting
for his adopted France. With Ger
man bullets whistling about his
head Jack would promptly shed his
swageer as the "champeen of the
world and might come oct of the
war chastened Afro-American-
French citizen, with the swelling
all gone, his diamonds in hook and
an earnest desire to be a decent col
ored person for the rest of his life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
unanimous

There seems to be a growing opin-
ion among the newspapers that Hon,
r. A. Gray in the Auditors office
at Tallahassee is excellent timber
for comptroller in the next State
election. The Madison News re-
marks that he can get every vote
in that Office without asking FOR it
We doubt if more competent man
for the position could be found in
the State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
WHY so MUCH RESENTMENT?

We have never been able to I'M
derstand the reason for that pecu-
liarly bitter and venomous spirit
manifested by some of the papers in
Florida against the efforts of the
commission to secute our State
representation at the San Francisco
exposition. 1t seems to enrage them
to have the subject even mentioned,
and on the slightest provocation
they empty the walls of their sar-
casm, irony and resentment all over
the commission as though there was
some concealed graft in the scheme
and honest men ought not to touch
it.
What is the "nigger in the wood
pile?" The commission is composed
of men of the highest character in
Florida and certainly it seems de-
sirable that our State should be rep
resented at San Francisco along
with the other States of the UnionS
If not, why not? The plan now pro-
posed by the commission to get a
Florida building at the exposition
and show the various sections and
resources Of the State by moving
picture films, imposes no tax upon
any one and is plain, practical
proposition which should be looked
at in a plain, practical way without
any display Of either sarcasm or de.
nunciation.
If the plan succeeds it will GER
tainly be a good thing for Florida
by giving it good advertising at the
exposition; if it fails, there ha.
been no harm done except to Flor
ida, which must go without the adj
lvertising.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The equal suffrage edition of the
Pensacola Journal, issued yesterday,
and which is entirely the work of
women in behalf of woman suffrage,
is most interesting paper and is
significantly suggestive of the
growth of the suffrage propaganda
in Florida. Many talented Florida
women contribute strongly written
articles to this issue of the Journal
and there are quite number of
photographs of prominent women in
and out of the State who are identi-
fled with the suffrage movement
We have neither time nor space now
to go fully into the merits of this
unique publication, but we can say
with entire truth that it is a pro.
nounced success and will richly re.
pay the perusal of any one, no mat
ter what his views concerning
equal suffrage. We suspect that thai
very talented lady. Miss Celia My
rover Robinson, well-known Flor
ida authoress and who has charg,
of the society columns of the Pen
sacola Journal, is largely responsi
BILE for this interesting issue of thu
paper and we congratulate the sui
frage cause in Florida upon he
conversion to it, for she is an intel
aigent enthusiast in all she Under
takes and a tireless and capable
worker.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The St. Petersburg Times says
that the Tampa Tribune is going to
support Gilchrist for senator. We
regret this, if true, for we should
like TO have the Tribune With us on
the winning side and thereby make
Trammell's election practically
unanimous.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

By paying it's educators what they
are worth, the Missouri State Board
of Administration is going to try to
stop the continued loss of efficient
teachers from the various institu-
tions of the State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

That genial humorist, Irwin Cobb,
Of the Saturday Evening Post, is in
Europe to observe the comic aspects
Of the slaughter in progress there,
and he and two or three other
American newspaper men attach
their signatures to a statement sent
to this country denying the cruel
ties charged against the German SOL
diers in Belgium. We hope he is
right, but we can't forget that he
made his Investigations while he
was in manner the guest of Ger
man officers who, of course, didn't
show nor tell him the unpleasant
things. Nor can we forget that
King Albert of Belgium, who saw
what happened with his own eyes,
states formally and officially that
these cruelties were perpetrated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton has ordered 1000 gondola
cars from Cambria Steel. the order
being contingent upon some finan-
cling the company has arranged.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

If the picture of Carranza recent
ly published in the American papers
is a good one, our voice is all Tor
villa in any vital issue between
those two individuals.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

Ohio Progressives have taken a
stand in favor of woman suffrage
and prohibition. An army of 3OO,-
900 women voters is participating
in Chicago's primaries today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08

The Southern Pacific does not an
ticipate trouble with it's telegra-
piers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

From the same Office is issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS.
A weekly newspaper giving a resume
IT local matters, crop conditions.
:ounty affairs. etc. Sent anywhere
Tor 800 per year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-17

FOR License through,
out the Parish of Jeffer.
son Davis. State Of
Louisiana.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-17
Rice Farmers -AttentiOn

November 21st next, between II a. m.
and 5p. m, there will be offered for
sale at the court house at Oberlin, at
administrators sale. three first class
rice farms, fully equipped with build.
ings, deep wells, pumps and machinery;
all located about three miles east of
Kinder and two miles west of Lauder.
dale, and known as the G. W. Ford
property.
Terms, twelve months credit. For
1uu particulars address Calcasieu Trust
& savings Bank. Administrator, Lake
Charles, La.