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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
! IGHER COURT MAY GET CASE

Austin, Texas, May 49, The dis
trict court is trying today the ease
of the State of Texas VS.. Interna-
tional and Great Northern Railroad
Company, to determine the question
as to whether rec0nsigned freight at
Galveston and other Texas ports is
interstate or intrastatc commerce. 1t
is believed that no satisfactory de-
cision will be reached and the case
viii eventually go to the United
States Supreme court for final de-
cision.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
ST PUBLIC HEARINGS
BY W0MEN'S COMMITTEE.

PuIh Bend, Ind, May 1S.-The
mission to investigate conditions
FofKing women in this State
IA was created by the Legisla-
'dSt winter, will hold a public
E"ing IN this city today. Meetings
stuiately after this one will be
IN other cities. The govern
bureau of statistics and this
Aittee have been working to-
with a view to ascertaining
feal conditions as to wages, san
pa safety and other conditions
surround women who work in
factories and other, places of
seFlal employment. The commits
proposes to enlarge the scope of
'satlon, and it will ask all per
'Ao nave suggestions or recon-
-''lons to offer on the subject of
wing the working conditions of
10 submit them to the COM
ia at these hearings.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
|EGR0 LYNCHED
NEAR BARLOW
| At NOON TODAY
AS TAKEN FROM SHERIFF BY
INFURIATED MOB
d Entered Room O. Young Lady
at the Commercial Hotel in
Barlow Last Night

|chprtly before noon today James
\ also a noSro, was taken from
Il Sheriff OF Polk county by a MOI,
|cut midway between Barlow and
4 Lake, and was taken into a
|ana The reports of guns a few
|nl,cs later indicated that the ne
h had met With a deserved fate.
Noodscn was a porter at the Com
krrial Hotel, in Barlow, and about
b. o'clock this morning entered
/ room of a young white lady in
I hotel. She gave the alarm and
fnpd on the light and the negro
hired from a window and fled,
thout harming the young woman.
was arrested at Chubb this fore
pn and was being taken back to
Lt0W. when, about three miles
bm the latter city a mob took him
I'M the sheriff and dispatched him.
Noodson was a bad negro and had
item into trouble on account of
|minally assaulting two negro
|men Of Lakeland. He was tried at
'ast term of the Circuit Court.
b while there was little doubt
|his guilt, it was not proven. The
hrt therefore permitted him to 90
|e on condition that he would
Ee the country. He remained
but Barlow, however, with the re-
II as stated
Fhe Young lady recognized him
len she flashed on the lights, and |
is said that he admitted his at
ppted crime, also confessing to the
hult of the two colored women at |
keand, and a similar offence at |
fannah, for which he had served |
|erm in the Georgia penitentiary
was undoubtedly an utterly de-
lyed negro, and though lynching
always to be deplored, his taking
is undoubtedly a good riddance
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
SPECIAL MEETING
FOR PACIFIC GAS

Chicago, May 1S--A special
meeting of stockholders of the Paci-
fc Gas and Electric Company is be-
ing held in this city today, for the
purpose of receiving proposals for
permanent financing The directors
have a plan which they will submit
to the shareholders today, for their
approval, and if it is carried eastern
bankers stand ready TO furnish all
the funds necessary to the company's
refunding obligations and develop
ment plans. Just what means would
be employed in raising the addi-
tional funds was not stated, but it
would probably be a debenture issue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
BIG APPROPRIATION FOR
RIVER AND HARB0RS BILL

v-o,hirotor Nav re ,lSnociaII
w con, 'o aa,,,,,,tt,ao 81 mo sonoto
oor,ni,too an commerce which has
,o''I'I'''yG ,,,,,' ol os,,aiaaro,ion ~ tbo
7i''" ''' w. r.,,.1, ,n,nanrt.,ion I'm
',,el ".D .I gata .'',' M ranoiyod if on
s,",e '"t y, 49,, ba1 bonn, n ronort
-i"' i" -' '',,, ',,a s,,u ',,',,i,,no ~,
'ne o''' - -, .I,.,. ,,ara 50 many
W '"'.'' w.. ~ hoord on
senators 1',, "s'', 49, ,,..,. and 70 10 fn,,,c-
pro.'y'S r'','', wy ,.i,,,,,o.st,,,o 70 nro-
ora'7u' '"'' ~ . ,,i,,no on com-
olc' "Dg, .,, ,", ,.. tho ros,,lts Of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
WHITE RATS OPEN FAIR

New York, May 1S.-The big Ac-
tors Fair, which the organization of
players banded under the standard
Of The White Rats" held each year,
VIII be opened TT evening, and will
90 on for a week. This organization
has membership of 5000 and the
amusement field Legitimate. bur
lesque, vaudeville, circus, minstrel
and grand opera--all are represented
in some form.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
CANDIDATES FOR STATE Of
FICES FILE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

Tallahassee, May IS In accord
ance with the provisions of the new
Bryan primary law, which requires
the filing of the expense accounts of
the various candidates for State and
national offices, the candidates for
United States Senate, Congress, sec
retary of agriculture, justice of the
supreme court, states attorney and
other offices, have filed itemized
statements showing their respective
expenditures in their contest for the
office to which they aspire. The cam
paign expenditure statements as
filed with Secretary of State Craw-
ford show the senatorial candidates
to have spent the most money. The
candidates in the third
district are next in order. In the
race for state offices, T. J. Apple
yard, of Tallahassee, candidate for
of agriculture, leads
all other candidates in the amount
of money expended.
The sworn statement of the cam
paign expenses of some of the candi-
dates follow:
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
MUST FARES GO UP?

Boston, Mass. May S.-The
public service commission will this
afternoon begin hearings on the
proposition of the street railways of
Massachusetts, declaring fares must
be raised if they are to take care of
the appreciation of stock and proper
ly provide for the public
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
LORD CURZ0N RE-
SIGNS PRESIDENCY

London, May 18.-Lord Curzon
will retire from the presidency of
the Royal Geographical Society at it's
anniversary meeting to-day He has
been president for three years, hay-
ing consented the request Of the
council to accept a third year in Of
flee in order to see the society estab-
lished in its new home at Kensing-
ton-Gore.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18

San Francisco, May 49, Ninety
refugees arrived here yesterday from
the Mexican west coast. They came
on the British steamer Cetriana and
told of their escape from Mansaolla.
It is said but for the arrival of the
Cruiser Raleigh at Belicycdic the
would have destroyed &C.
triana in order to have wreaked
vengeance on the Americans.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
TO RECONSIDER THE
VANDERBILT CASE
(By Associated Press.

Oklahoma city, May u.s. The
Methodist conference today voted to
reconsider the entire Vanderbilt case
and voted to recommit the report to
a committee of fifteen and instruct
ed the committee to follow the spirit
Of the majority report Supplement
tary legislation was submitted to-
day The conference offered prayers
for the success Of the mediation to
compose the Mexican difficulties
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
BAPTISTS PROTEST AGAINST
VATICAN REPRESENTATION
tBy Associated Press. }

Nashville, May lS--ltt the South
ern Baptists' closing session today
they adopted resolutions protesting
against representative of the Vati-
can being at the seat of the govern
ment
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
NEGROES LEAVE FOR
AFRICAN SETTLEMENT

Jacksonville, Fla, May lS.-SiX-
ty-cight ngreoes from Suwannec
county sailed yesterday from New
YORK on the liner Baltic, for Mon
rovia, Africa, on the second stage of
Their long journey The first stage
was from Live Oak to Jacksonville,
iby rail
the previous Sunday was spent by
the negroes Of almost the entire
county in bidding farewell to the
crown. Those who have seen n ne
gro farewell in the South know what
it was
me third stage Will be from New
York to Liverpool, and the fourth
stage will be from Liverpool to Mon
IroVia
The first misfortune that happens
VIII set them thinking of the old
home way down upon the Suwannce
Rihber, and long to be there. and
can't come, because thousands of
miles OF water intervene. Letters
VIII be written to the "white folks"
in Florida, God-pitying letters for
help to get back home to die; and
many of those white folks" will
send the money for the return of
the home sick prodigals.
There were fify-nye tickets sold
for the crowd, and there were thir-
teen children so young that they
travel free,
After they bought their tickets
from jacksonville to New York. the
committee hunted up ] G.. Lam
Ter, the representative of the White
star Line, and he sold them tickets
from New York to Monroyia via
the African steamship line from Liv-
erpool to Monroyia The cost of the
steerage tickets from New Ynrk TO
Monrovia for the party was some
thlng over $1,000, and they paid for
the mout Of the leather satchcl the
leader carried and watched SO close
y all the time, and this added to the
fare from Live Oak to New York
made the total transportation some
thing in the ncighborhod of $4,000.
In addition to paving for their
transportation, the party carried
with them nearly $4,000 in cash |
or exchange, the price received for
their lands in Suwannee county,
which they sold at from $40 to SIS
per acre, including growing crops
and all improvements.
George G. Gales, the negro man
in charge of the party, and the one
who secured them for the African
project, accompanied them to Mon
rovia, saying that he had pledged to
hem that they could get there all
'lght, so far as man could arrange,
md he was going with them because
ne felt that his personal word was at
stake. He will come back In a short
While and take another party over,
md said that next time he expects
o take his family.
The party is going over to engage
n cotton and coffee planting, and
hey said that on arrival they will
'e given 100 acres of land each, on
which to begin their operations.
The land lies on the St Paul river.
n the republic of Liberia, of which
1onrovia in the capital city.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
LOUISIANA SENATOR DECLARES.
PRESIDENT MADE NO OFFER
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, May Is. Senator
Ransdell, of Louisiana, denied today
on the floor of the Senate that the
president sought to coerce him or
his colleague, Senator Thornton. by
means of federal patronage to vote
for free sugar.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
INTERNATIONAL PEACE
DAY In SCHOOL

Washington, May u.s. The chill
dren in the public schools Of the
United States celebrated "mtcrl.a-
tiona Peace bay Today, the ami
rersary Of the opening OF the first
lia2uo Peace Conference, which is
becoming universally recognized for
III" promotion Of sood fellowship
among men
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
yEGGS MAKE
RICH HAUL
ON BROADWAY
SECURED $4,000 FROM MOVING
PICTURE HOUSE
Sllenced Four Men, Blew the Safe
and Made a Swift
Getaway
tRy Associated Press

New York, May rs. Four men
entered Broadway motion picture
theater this morning. They impris-
oned the watchman and three work
men and blew the safe. They secured
$4,000 and escaped
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
HARRIS WANTS TO
Be GOV. OF GEORGIA
I BY Associated Press

Washington, May 49, W. b
Harris, director of the census OF
Georgia, rendered his resignation to-
day to Secretary Garrison in order
to enter the race for governor on the
Democratic ticket.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
HARDWARE MEN MEET

lalanapolis, Ind, May 1S.-The
uaI convention of the National
ail Hardware Association began
lree-day meeting in this city this
hing Delegates from all points
ne country are present, and in
sung business sessions are raised.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
HUERTA WILLING
TO RESIGN IF
NECESSARY
HAS AUTHORIZED HIS DELE.
GATES TO ACT
Peace Delegates Now on Last Lap
of Their Journey to Niagara
Falls
CBy Associated Press

Washin1ton May rs lluerta
Vas authorized his DELEGATES to sub
NIT his resignation if that is neccs-
Sary This was stated in dispatches
from a competent diplomatic service
N Mexico City to one Of the foreign
representatives here. This confirms
intimations by the delegates friends
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
LIQUOR FOR DRY" SPOTS

'aton Rouge, La, May IS, The
e Assembly convened today, and
Of the bills soon to be introduced
athered by Superintendent A w.
'nar Of the Louisiana Anti-Saloon
|gue, who by its passage, seeks to
P the shipping of liquor into dry
lsheS, making it legally possible
police juries to penalize such
pments.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
PHYSICIAN, HERON SELLER

''seport, Conn. May 1S.-Dr
a Gaffney was placed on
.o-ay charged with selling
LOT other than medical pur-
MS arrest was the result Of
months work by Pharmacy
,ss1oller Leverty. The physi-
''-ns the charges cannot be
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
ATLANTA ORGANIZES
HER RESERVE BANK
(By Associated Press. J

Atlanta, May 49, Representa-
tires of five banks in this reserve
district met here today to or2anize
/" reserve bank here. They will for
ward their certificate to Washing
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
U' s. CONSUL GRIFFITHs
DEATH IS MOURNED
lby Associated prass

LONDON May 1S,-The American
colony :. is mourning the death Of
Uniled States Consul General John
~ =. Griffith who succumbed to heart
ulsease' th He is mourned throughout
Tue country He was a brilliant
El speaker and one Of the most popular
United States officials ever in Eng.
land.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-18
INDUSTRIAL HEARINGS

New York, May 49, The federal
Commission on Industrial Relations
will begin hearings in this city to-
day
Evening journal., 1914-10-22
Fair Treatment for the Rail
roads An Urgent National Duty
lion lhe New York Trlbunel

sources of the railroads and cutting
down their earning power. II re-
cognized in the decision Of August ]
that the starving process had gone
dangerously far, although 1t refused
the very moderate request of the
Eastern railroads for Il fiat per
cent increase in freight rates Now
the disturbance of business caused
by the war has changed the plight OF
the railroads from slow starvation
to quick starvation. Yet the COM
mission seems little concerned. Some
of its members even want to rid
themselves of responsibility for the
patients condition by clGiming that
they have no more to do with his
troubles than with the troubles OF
other industries not subject to gov
ernmental regulation.
That Is an absolutely illogical
position. The railroads are the legal
wards Of the commission. 1t has the
exclusive power to look after their
welfare. They have no power TO
care for themselves. II is therefore
the commissions duty to see that
the carriers are permitted to make
a living in ordinary times and to
protect them against arnlhilation in
times of extraordinary disturbance.
No attitude toward the railroads
could be more odiOus than that OF
Mr. Brandeis, the commissions coun
sell He crihcises the Baltimore a
| Ohio Railroad for continuing to pay
dividends while it is discharging en-
ployes in order to reduce expenses
But II should be the first business oil
the commission to see that the earn
ings of the railroads are sufficient
both to keep a proper working force
intact and to pay fair returns tc
stockholders.
The commission should remember
also that more than a lust treatmeni
of the government-contrOil com
mon carriers is involved in an in
crease Of rates. The problem OF in
ternational exchanges must entel
into any rational rate decision. J.
the stock exchanges are to opel
again the dumping on this market o
vast quantity of American railroad
shares held abroad can be best de
layed by a establishment of tn
value of our railroad securities, base
7
best, much American capital will b
used up in taking care of the securi
ties returned from abroad. TIL
European governments will also bi
for large quantities of free capital a
higher rates, and it is obvious, as MI
Conant told the commission yester
day, that If American railways an
industrial enterprises are to obtai
any new capital whatever during tn
? next few years it will be necessar
i to make issues of securities very al
! tractive, not only in respect to tn
. rate of interest. but in respect to tn
I evidence that the interest and div
= dend payments are absolutely 81
cured by adequate earnings
r For that reason the Interstate Con
@ merce Commission needs to enlare
' it's vision and deal in the broade
4 national spirit with the rate que
n ton. Starving the railroads Is
dead policy In going literally
q their assistance the commissiC
= would help materially in tiding Il
S country over the present economic
= crisis.
Evening journal., 1914-10-22
The Historian of The War
CFrom the Boston Transcript

Not only is this the greatest war from
the standpoint of numbers that has
ever disquieted the world in modern
times, but It is the one that will be
the most difficult of historical COM
memoratiOn. History proper is
composed of three parts-tne chroni-
Gle, which Is a record OF successive
times; the narrative, which is the
story of the course CT events, and
the philosophical, which fixes their
causes and makes plain the resultant
consequences. To be of the highest
value It must be written not only
with skill and thorough completeness
of information, but with judicial inn
partiality. The true historian is he
who addresses his task with the one
purpose of presenting the truth that
succeeding generations may know
where to place the glory, if there is
any. and where to fix the RESPONSE
bility. The story also must be
clearly told Not all histories re-
fleet these qualities, but that IS what
they should do, and the further they
depart from that standard the less
is their value.
When the war is over there will
be alleged histories by the million.
There were never before so many
people engaged in the making OF
books as there are today and never
so many printing presses yawning
for their products. But we doub
Evening journal., 1914-10-22

whether during the present genera
ton there will be a genuine presen-
tation, full, clear and impartial, OF
the conflict that is shaking the civil
LIKED universe. Perhaps such one
will never appear. II it should it
would more likely be on the market
so years hence than five.
We do not believe that any Euro
pean will be qualified Cor this task
for many years to come. His name
is not on the horizon of letters to-
day The hatreds and prejudices.
the national predictions, are too
intense. This is hardly less true of
those nominally neutral than OF
those i'm the countries actually par
ticipating, for whatever direction our
sympathies may take on this side OF
the water they take a much stronger
form on the other. AS we expect the
United States to tender her good
offices when the time comes to dis
cuss overtures of peace, so we be-
lieve that the task Of writing the
history of the war can be most safely
entrusted to an American. Better
| than any one else he would have
| the benefit of perspective. In this
/ cosmopolitan country it is possible
| to obtain and appreciate the various
! viewpoints and assign to them their
proper values. But the task will be
a colossal one and thrcnged with
difficulties.
Evening journal., 1914-10-22

Obviously the greatest service that
the President and Secretary of State
can perform at this time. is to keep
the United States out of war.
1t is a task that may require all
their patience, all their foresight, all
their tact, all their iirmness.
Certain foreign nations are an
xious that the United States should
be involved in war with Japan or
some other country Americans
have no means of knowing what is
going On-what schemes are being
Matched, what temptations devised
to lure or drive this nation into war.
It goes without saying that any
American who plays into the hands
of the enemies Of this country, either
through false sentiment, braggadocio,
OF prediction for any belligerent,
helps to embarrass the President,
and is in effect a traitor, however
pure the motive Of his mischief.
The President will not be swayed
by these well-meaning warplots. He
will not butt in" by hurting an Ill
timatum at any country for alleged
violations Of the laws of war. He
will not play the role OF universal
prosecutor, jury. judge, and eXecu-
/ toner. He will not make war, il
necessary, to rescue the downtrod-
den.
The United States sympathizes with
the distressed. and its people are
anxious to relieve them. but not al
the expense Of complications which
Evening journal., 1914-10-22
Our First Duty Is To
Keep Out of Trouble
(From the washington Post)

might bring war upon this country.
The first duty, even preceding the
duty of helping unfortunate aliens,
is to safeguard the United States.
There is a day of reckoning for
any nation which in this age deli
berately violates the laws Of nations
and tie dictates of humanity. It is
not the duty Of the United States to
become the Don Quixote of nations,
rushing 10 the defense of the help
less at all hazards to itself, setting
itself up as the sole arbiter of the
worlds rights and wrongs.
The public opinion of this country
will express Itself in due time, in
common with the worlds opinion,
and il will operate more powerfully
and effectively than II it were fool
ishly injected into the midst of the
passions and clamors of war.
BY remaining at peace, attending
strictly to its own business, treating
all nations alike and exacting respect
for its rights from all, the United
States at the end will occupy posi-
ton where its counsel will have
weight in obtaining justice for the
wrOnged and peace for all.
Patriotic Americans will contribute
most valuably TO this end by refrain
ing from provocative language. by de-
sisting from efforts to ombroil this
country in Europe's affairs. and by
I leaving to tho constituted authorities
the management of this nations for
! eign relations.
Evening journal., 1914-10-22
OUR LEVY COURT Am IIcurs

ID UBLIc approval greets the action Of the Levy Court
in voting to continue, until after the holidays the
additional lights that placed in front of the
Court House for the Old Home Week celebration
That decision is especially pleasing Market street
merchants who have agreed to do their part in the
matter of keeping that thoroughfare brilliantly num-
mated until the first Of next year
With such a liberal spirit manifested by mer-
chants 1t would have been manifesty wrong for the
Levy Court acting for the general public, TO have held
back It would be well for Wilmington an its
business streets brilliantly illuminated throughout the
gear. wel-lighted city is its own advertisement