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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-24

Florida newspapers, commenting
|upon the appointment Of G. G.. Mem
mnger, by the commerce department
of the government, to 60 abroad and
study the needs of the European
countries in the matter Of phosphates.
are convinced that the selection Of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-24

not surpassed by anyone, and his gen.
eral information Is extensive and
valuable. The government has chos-
en- wisely in selecting for this i'm
portant work a man whose ability,
integrity and enterprise are thorough
ly understood wherever his name is
known. Jacksonville Times-Union.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-24

dts kind In the world"
Tanlac Is sold In Lakeland by Hem
ley and Henley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-24

Labrador's area is 100000 square
miles.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-24
NEWS BRIEFS

London has 10000 old age pension
ers.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
OYSTER SHELL DEPOSIT IN BAY
HAS UNTOUCHED STORE
OF WEALTH.
TEREsT BEING DEVELOPED
sety Visits Deposit To Get Accurate
Information Regarding Area and
Other Details reasure Valued
at Millions Of Dollars.
New 0rlea r,

New Orleans
sunken treasure, perhaps worth
lions OF dollars. definitely located,
81 accessible. and deposited but a
feet below the surface Of the wa
les n AchafaIaya bay near the
nth of the Atchafalava river. II
nown as Point an Fer Reef and is
sgsllt up of billions Of oyster shens,
cuzaulated there through centuries.
estimated that the reef contains
forty TO fifty million cubic yards
q shell, worth ST per cubic yard at
le deck in Morgan City, the nearest
dipping point to the reef
be reef Is to be thoroughly IN
ed. accurately measured and ar
ard, ii is hoped, exploited to the
oyster shell. s party composed
Commissioner NJ L Alexander OF
ss state Department Of Conserva-
state Highway Engineer Dun
Bstie r. " Glenn, senior high
ineer of the federal Bureau
lie Highways Alfred Mead,
lesee of the reef from the Censerva.
Department. Harry Gamble. as
attorney general; Thomas II.
Hayden. highway contractor
xssEon. Tex. and Allen Buie
the reef last week.
reef is developed, said
oner Alexander just before
It viii bring to life a
asset that has existed for hun
g years. constantly growing IN
he oyster requires salt wa
ge quantity to survive. The
this is the reason for the
enosff CT shell which has ac.
ea ct Point au Fer.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
LAMONT, YANKEE FINANCIAL WIZARD

Following the Klotz failure to sad
die the international pool of all war
debts upon the peace conference,
which would have left the United
States to carry the allies financial bur
den, the American financial experts.
headed by Thomas w. Lamont. have
rejected the British plan formulated
By r. III. Keynes of the British treas
ury providing for a $4,000. .O00,0 600 bond
issue to Germany, to be guaranteed by
allied and associated powers.
In the opinion of the American dele
cation, including President Wilson, the
British plan is obnoxious to the Amer
lean people, who are realized to be re-
luctant to become guarantors for Eu-
ropean loans. Furthermore, the S5,OO0,-
100000 loan to Germany is thought to
be necessitated only because of the
shortsightedness Of the European
allies, who insist upon extracting all
the liquid assets from the Germans
and then want the United States to
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
INA" BURDICk, SALVATION ARMY

ma" Bur1ick, sixty-year-old Sal
walton Army lassie and war heroine. is
back from the battlefields Of Europe.
It wasn't her silver hair alone that
made Ma Burdick, who was one Of the
first women war workers to go abroad.
conspicuous among the gallant band
that served under the Salvation Army's
red shield behind the trenches. She
held the pie-baking record for France
with 324 pies made in "a hours. OF
f1apjacks she made so many that no
body ever had the energy or patience
to keep score. She fried doughnuts.
too. aud then carried them to the sol
1iers as they came from the trenches.
She mended the doughboys' uniforms
and gave first aid treatment to more
than one wounded man.
After months Of labor from day
light until long after dark, Ma col
lapsed and had to be taken to hos
pifaI II Paris. She regained her.
strength there. returned and remained
1t her dutiez behind the trenches IN
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
vOA BERNsTORFF, TYPICAL GERMAN

Count Johann Won Bernstorff, dis
missed ambassador to Washington,
evidently has typical German mind.
When Germany decided to counter the
American and allied claims for dam
ages which the allied population suf-
fered as q result of the submarine war
fare, Won Bernstorff prepared the doc
ument which sets forth these counter
claims: Germany has bill for $13,-
650,OO0,000 due, she contends, as comS
pensation for injuries to the health of
the German people and to the nations
strength arising from the illegal
blockade" which, Germany asserts,
was imposed On her "in violation of in
ternatiOnal law"
Items in this bill include: Value
of deaths due to malnutrition, ST.
100,OO0,OO0; lost of productivity, ST.
250,0O0,O00; Industrial value of lives
lost by starvation. $2,OS2, 100000.
The memorial is an interesting
document. 1t fixes the valuation of an
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
GLIDDEN, AIR SERVICE PUBLICITY

Capt. Charles j. Glidden has been
made chief of publicity of the United
States air service, with headquarters
in New York 1t is stated that the
air service viii soon open a recruiting.
campaign to secure nearly 10000 men.
Captain Glidden for several months
before the armistice had charge OF air
service publicity in New England and
then from Omaha.
Captain Glidden is a remarkable
man. Although sixty-two years of age.
he looks not day past forty-five. He
made the long distance telephone, built
the first one and developed its use
through advertising many years ago
while president of the New England
Bell Telephone company. Later he
was president of the Bell Telephone
company in Texas, where he did pio-
neering work in telephone develop
ment
Still later he became balloon en-
thusiast, and has a record of having
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

New York-Twenty-seven thousand
troops of the American expeditionary
force stepped ashore at New York
Thursday from eight transports which
nd brought them home from France.
This is the greatest number of dough-,
boys to debark at this port on any one
day. Virtually all states were repre-
sented among the personnel Of these
arrivals. Aside from the casuals,
units comprised parts of the 28th, 29th,
S2d, 33d, list, 18th, SD, 83d and seth
Divisions, former state National Guard
organizations, the first five made up
Of the former state guard and the 9TH
er four comprising draft troops.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

John K WegmaRn of New Orleans
was elected state deputy OF the STATE
Council of Louisiana, Knights of Co
lumbus, at the closing business ses-
sion Of the thirteenth annual conven-
ton in Bogalusa John T. Block was
elected state secretary; Emile Soul
ier, state treasurer; Judge B. Boude-
Ion of MarksVille, state advocate, ana
L. E. Purrano of Alexandria, state
warden.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Caldwell parish Is stirred up cvei
the question of road bonds. Some
time ago the police jury issued bones
to the extent of $4,000 for the build
ing Of a model highway from Colum-
bia TO the 0uachita parish line, and
sold the bonds to the Third National
Bank of st. Louis for considerable
less than par, it is said, and which
certain citizens are asserting was In
violation Of the law.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Upon learning of the agreement be-
tween the various candidates for
governor at the recent meeting at OPP
elousas to hold OF the formal open
ing of the political campaign until
fall, the South Louisiana Fair Asso-
citation wired the individual eandi.
dates extending an Invitation to be
the guest Of the fair association on
the opening day, October 2, to formal
" open the campaign.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Passage by the house Thursday Of
a deficiency bill providing urgent ap-
preparations of $45,044,500 for war
risk allowances to soldiers and sailors
families and civil war pensioners made
another speed record for the new
house, which Wednesday adopted the
woman suffrage resolution.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Kenneth Mckay, recognized as one
of the best farmers in the country,
who died at his home near Ethel =
few days ago, was given credit for
having made a beauty spot of fertility
out OF one of the most barren fields
in the state. Railroads and other in
terests used 1t as a show place and a
demonstration of possibilities when.
they brought visitors or settlers this
way.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

~ in
Whn the autonobHe came along possibilities
py
automobile reliability
Of
offered the dden
OF to
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

A special meteorological station to
aid in the detection of West Indian
hurricanes, for the benefit of the
states along the Gulf of Mexico, is be-
ing established at Fort Myers, Fla,
by the weather bureau, and will be
IN operation about June l.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Recommendations of the wire con-
troll board that legislation returning
the telephone and telegraph systems
of the country to private ownership,
provide co-ordinated operation of the
various systems, and fixing of rates
by the interstate commerce commits
sion, were forwarded Friday by Post
master General Burleson to the house
postoffice committee.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
HOME AND ABROAD
CONDENSED ITEMS OF INTEREST
TO OUR READERS.
The entire GLOBE CIRCLED
important News of the Week Gathered
for. the Busy Reader-State,
Domestic, Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

Bills and resolutions almost equal in
number to those presented last Mon
day, when congress convened, were
introduced Friday in the senate.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
z PARAGRAPHS.

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tysone majors, forty
ss.Tss' ,;,s,,sa,,s,,ts
,s ha;ns aavotaa -
1900 a cattIa tick hafore
sss.s .sss4e Is ~ clean b,,t tlse.
s ss,.S s9saiTv- cattle intsus-
;s ssls.s federal quarantine
s.ssssIs s.sIs.s An. ns sources of
-. ss:ssss
Vebh Of Monroe
s.sIa 81 ygilI favor MAJ
s.x~ ssVses common carriers.
IS 1sssTseas a,sv q, proposition max
ssss,s.ssssea common purchas.
sa,.s vstssi druggists frorIa
zs.ssaassa serenfIv fo attend the
sssxss-ss. a,,,,,,al. meeting Of the
ssss.ssssns ssssts I7l,sr,aaceutteal Asso-
ss=s r4.,.,srenf yVaadmen from
sS j gs.,.sy,s,,I .uare IN Lafayette.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

More than thousand dollars worth
OF silver was stolen from the resi-
dence 81 i ~, sihert of Baton Rouge.
Mr Sibert hes advertised areward Of
$500 for the return Of the stolen 81
yer.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

way.
Election OF officers and the appoint
ment of committee to take prelimi-
nary steps for a nationwide advertfs-
ing campaign to encourage greater
consumption of rice by the American
people, composed the principal bust
ness OF delegates at a session of the
convention of the Rice Millers' Asso-
citation Of America T. A. Foster, Lake
Charles, La, was chosen president.
J. F. Odom, district attorney of
East Baton Rouge, is looking into the
legality Of a recent alleged combina-
ton of Baton Rouge bakeries to fix
the price of bread The bakers re-
Gently made an agreement regarding
the price of bread and attempted to
compel grocers to sell their bread at
the same price as the bakeries.
A memorial tablet containing the
names of seventy-eight Methodists,
who saw service with the United
States armies in the European war,
is now being prepared by commit
tee OF the Methodist Church, and will.
when completed, be placed in the
church at Monroe with appropriate
ceremonies.
Even goods at Z. S. q. are not ex-
empt from the lure of nicotine, ac-
cording to returns from a referendum
conducted By the Reveille. The re-
turns to the question. do you
smoker? was answered in the affirm
ative by ten. goods. while eighteen
voted in the negative. Ninetyfour Of
The male students were smokers and
seventy-seyen non-users Of tobacco.
]. L. Bryan, president. manager and
largest owner of the Natchitoches cot
ten oil min, which was destroyed by
a IRE which originated in the linters
from hot box, estimates the follow
ing loss. Plant, $50 600; raw ma
terial. $4,000; meal, oil and other
products, $1,000: q total OF $4,000.
As an evidence OF the progress
which is being made IN the work OF
tick eradication, in RapIdes parish.
Dr.. G. r. Rranigan. federal inspector
in charge of the work. reports that
the total number Of cattle dipped dur
ing the month Of April was 75.52s.
"
Monroe,s claim to q captured Ger
man cannon as the result of the cit.
les Of Monroe and West Monroe sub
scribing practically the whole of the
parish quota in the late bond drive.
viii probably be allowed, according TO
word from Frank NJ. Smith OF Dallas.
The work OF dredging Bayou Teche
IN Sc. Martin parish and connections.
IS progressing rapidly and the rice
rarmers are happy at the prospect of
abundant water supply to guarantee
they win be able to grow rice this
season without limit
The selective draft machinery IN
Louisiana passed out of existence when
he Office of the adjutant general clos
"a recently The ofice of the adju-
ant general now returns to its pre-
var status as head Of the state Ma
ional Guard.
More than q thousand dollars worth
IL silver was stolen from the resi-
lence or r. w, Sibert of Baton Rouge.
Nr sibert has advertised asreward of
800 for the return of the stolen 81
Ter.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

The selective draft machinery IN
Louisiana passed out of existence when
the Office OF the adjutant general clos.
ed recently The ofice of the adju,
tant general now returns to its pre-.
var status as head Of the state Ma
tsona1 Guard.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
FOREIGN NEWS.

Bread and peace" was the thunder
ous cry at a great mass meeting Of
radical socialists held Friday in the
plaza in Berlin before the palace
where William Hohenzollern dwelt.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

session OF the State
Is hsId he VIII favor maxi
Is common carriers,
any proposition maxi
ses common purchas-
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

A memorial tablet containing the
names of seventy-eight Methodistz,
who saw service with the United
States armies in the European war.
is now being prepared by a commits
tee OF the Methodist Church, and will.
when completed, be placed in the
church at Monroe with appropriate
ceremonies.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Philip
Manaker, rs years old, fell to his death
Friday while flying over his home
town, Fulshear, Fort Bend County,
Texas, in a DeHaViland airplane. The
fatality occurred about quarter of a
mile from his home, where the young
aviator's parents stood watching his
flight.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

The work OF dredging Bayou Teche
IN sc Martin parish and connections.
is progressing rapidly and the rice
farmers are happy at the prospect of
abundant water supply to guarantee
they viii be able to grow rice this
season without limit
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Bolsheviki forces in Russia have suf-
fered a severe defeat at the hands of
General Denekine's troops, which have
made 10000 of the enemy prisoners
and captured % guns in operations
against Tsaritzin on the Volga River.
British warships have put to rout a
bolsheyiki flotilla in a fight in the Gulf
of Finland
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Monroe,s claim to q captured Ger
man cannon as the result of the cit.
les Of Monroe and West Monroe sub
scribing practically the whole Of the
parish quota in the late bond drive,
viii probably be allowed, according TO
word from Frank NJ Smith OF Dallas.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

sorky retail druggists from
s nsrts Of the state gathered in
6aleans recently to attend the
sYenfh annual meeting OF the
lana state Pharmaceutical Asso-
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

]. e. Bryan, president. manager and
largest owner of the Natchitoches cot
ten oil min, which was destroyed by
4 IRE which originated in the linteTs
from 4 hot box, estimates the follow
ing loss: Plant, $50. 600; raw ma
terial. So 900; meal, oil and other
products. $1,000: total OF $4,000.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

J. F. odom, district attorney of
East Baton Rouge, is looking into the
legality Of q recent alleged combina.
ton of Baton Rouge bakeries to fix
the price of bread. The bakers re-
Gently made an agreement regarding
the price of bread and attempted to
compel grocers to sell their bread at
the same price as the bakeries.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

AS an evidence or the progress
which is being made IN the work OF
tick eradication, in Rapides parish.
Dr.. 6 T. Rranigan. federal inspector
in charge of the work. reports that
the total number OF cattle dipped dur
ing the month of April was 1888.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Representative Lanham Friday in
troduced a bill in the house calling for
an appropriation of S1,75O,000 for a
new federal building at Fort Worth,
Texas.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

approximately 22.500 acres of rice
has been planted in Calsasieu parish
Louisiana, to date, and with satisfac
tory weather conditions the remainder
of this month and June the total area
planted will probably go to $4,000
acres or more.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

Nearly fifteen hundred men and
women employed by the Mergenthaler
Linotype Company of Brooklyn, N. Y,
went on strike Friday in an attempt to
enforce demands for 44-hour working
week and 'the prevailing wages of
the community" The company Off
ciaIs said the workers also demand a
closed shop.
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1919-05-31

National suffrage for women was in
dorsed Wednesday by the house of
representatives for the second time
when the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment resolution was adopted by vote
Of 304 to SO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01
DEATH FOR sLAYERs
Villa Vows Eternal Vengeance for
Death of, His Chief Aid

-.
El Paso, Dec. Death by
burning at the stake is the punish
ment Francisco Villa has sworn to
inflict on those who had any con-
nection with the capture, arrest,
trial aid execution Of General Fe-
lipe angeles, according to word
reaching here last night from
Northern MEXICO. Villa agents say
he had been informed of the death
Of angeles, but they refused to say
where he was or how, the news
reached him. Unofficial reports
said Villa, was near Pillar de Con-
chos, SO miles north of Parral, near
the scene Of the Angeles capture.
Tears rolled down the bandits
cheeks, it is related, when he was
told of his chief lieutenant'sh fate,
and seldom have his followers: seen
their leader weep. They watched
in. amazement. Villas grief was
succeeded by ungovernable rage.
He made a speech, declaring eter-
nal enmity to President Carranza
and promising to avenge Angeles
death by burning all who had any
connection with it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01
GOVERNMENT SEXES FOCAL
Chicago Schools VIII be Closed for
Month as, Well as. Nom
Essential Plants

Chicago, Dec. while govern
nors of coal producing States were
holding conference to make plans
to- save the country from the coal
famine, T. w. Proctor, chairman
Of the regional coal committee, an
nounced yesterday the government
had seized all coal in Chicago.
He instructed the Chicago Coal
Merchants Association to form a
committee to distribute coal at the
governments direction.
George Vt. Reed, chairman of
the Coal Merchants Committee,
announced he; would ask that the
schools of the city be closed for a
month. :. He; said the list Of non
essential industries had been ex-
tended to include packers plants and
clothing manufacturers. He said the
Chicago packers had coal enough
to maintain steam for fire protec-
ton, but not for operation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01
BETTER THAN CALOMEE
Thousands Have Discovered
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
are "A Harmless Substitute

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub
stitute for calomel-are a mild put sure
laxative, and their effect on the liver IS
almost instantaneous. These little olive
colored tablets are the result OF LIZ.
Edwards determination not to treat
liver and bowel complaints with calolnel
The pleasant little tablets do the
good that calomel does, but have ne
BAD after effects. They don't injure the
teeth like strong liquids or calomel;;
They take hold OF the trouble and
quickly correct it. Why cure the liver
al the expense of the teeth? Calomel
sometimes plays havoc with the gums.
So do strong liquids. 1t is best not TO
take calomel. Let DR.. EdwarSs Olive
Tablets take its place.
Headaches, dizziness" and that lazy
feeling come from constipation and
disordered liver. Take DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets when you feel "logy. and
"heavy." They clear" clouded 6raln
and ''perk W" The spirits \locand2 Csc.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01
SENATOR INDICTED
Million Dollars Alleged to Have
Been Spent to Elect New
berry in. Michigan

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. l.
Truman H. Newberry, United
States Senator from Michigan, was
indicted by United States grand
iurv Saturday for corruption, fraud
and conspiracy in connection with
the election by which he obtained
his seat in the Senate, defeating
Henry Ford, his Democratic oppon-
ent.
Judge Sessions indicated that the
evidence before the grand jury dis
closed the fraudulent expenditure of
between 100000 and 100000 in
connection with the election.
With Newberry, 1873 other persons
were indicted by the grand jury on
the same charge. The names OF
all but twelve most prominent
were withheld from publication by
Judge Clarence w. Sessions, pre-
siding, until warrants could be
served on them.
Among those named were Fl. A.
Hopkins, of St. Clair, Michigan,
principal legislative clerk secretary
of the. United States Senate; John
s. Newberry, brother of the Sena-
tor, Detroit, and Paul H. King, of
Detroit. King was manager of
the Newberry campaign committee.
Government officials asserted the
testimony presented to the grand
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01
MOB KILLS A NEGRO

!, Foxworth, Miss, Dec. lin
.mediately after he had been ldentl-
fled by white girl as the man who
had attempted to attack her, Ne
Vile Foxworth, negro, was taken
from officers by a mob and shot to
death here, late Friday.
The girl, on her way from school,
said the negro followed her in the
woods. She ran and he gave chase
but she outrah him. She had rec
oenized the negro, however, and
his arrest followed. A mob form
ed and Immediately overpowered
the officers and shot the negro t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-01

jury. had revealed a, political scandal
that in many respects was without
parallel in American annals.
tt was alleged voters were bribed
election boards corrupted, editors
subsidized and moving picture the
aters bought up in the endeavor to
defeat Henry Ford first in the pri-
smaries of both parties, and later,
when he had won the Democratic
nomination, in the election itself