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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01

Versailles, Dec. 1.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press )-Henri Desire Landru,
the "Bluebeard of Gambais, smiled
last night for the first time since his
trial opened. A Pickering expression
of amusement crossed his face as he
listened to the words Of Judge Gilbert
sending him to the guillotine for a
series Of the most heinous crimes in
the history of French Jurisprudence.
THANK you, gentlemen said Lam
dru, flourising his weatherbeaten hat
in a mocking bow to the jury, and he
disappeared through the little door
leading to the Versailles Jail
While the verdict was awaited the
convicted slayer of 10 women and a
boy, spoke words Of encouragement
to his counsel, NJ. Moro-Giafferi, who.
tired and worn out after his strenu-
GUS efforts to save his client from
death, was on the verge Of collapse.
Strange it is that a man stand.
ing in the shadow of death should
console his defender Landru re-
marked at one time to those sitting
nearby.
He refused to be party to pc
tition asking President Millerand tt
commute the sentence to life impris
onment, which was signed, among
others, by the jurors.
II refuse to ask for mercy" h,
told the latter. "A man, Like mi
wants justice, not mercy. You thinl
am guilty; then let me die.
| His rem arka after reaching fhi
ceIl were also Characteristic OF thi
strange character, the record 0
whose deeds as unfolded In the ding,
Versailles courtroom has drawn th'
lattention Of all France and Of thou
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
STEEL COMP PANIES
PLAN MERGER OF
IMMENSE SCOPE
Half a Billion Dollars
Represented By Seven
Or More Concerns
Which Are Arranging
the Formation of a Gil
gantic Trust

New York, Dec. 1.-Reporls that q
merger of seven or more of the in
dependent steel companies was con-
templated are current in the finan-
cial district today. The proposed
consolidation will take in all the
leading producers and manufacturers
with the exception of the Bethlehem
Steel corporation and the Jones and
Lauglin company, of Pittsburg.
The capitalization of the various
companies concerned in the proposed
consolidation approximates S500,000,-
900 and the products of the various
companies cover almost every branch
Of the steel industry. The companies
named comprise the Midyale Steel
and Ordinance company; the Repub-
lie Iron and Steel company; Lacka
wanna Steel company; Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company; Inlanu
Steel company; Brier Steel company.
and the Steel and Tube company OF
America.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
OIL DRIVEN CABLE
ship IS LAUNCHED
AT BRITISH YARD
The John W. Mackay, Of the Com
mercial Cable Co., VIII Be
Biggest of Kind

New Castle on Tyne, England, Dec.
1.-The John W. Mackay. the first oil
driven cable ship of the Commercial
Cable Company, was launched ~ ester
day from the yards of the Swan, Hun
ter Wigham and Richard Company.
The John W. Mackay, it is said, will
be the best equipped cable ship, Her
length is 800 feet with a gross ton
mage of 400. The firm which built
her is already laying down another
cable ship for the commercial COM
pany.
Capt George Hunter, the aged man.
ager of the shipbuilding company, in
toasting President Harding eulogized
the American proposal to reducing ar
maments. Afterwards he informed the
Associated Press correspondent that,
although it meant considerable losses
in orders for his company, neverthe-
less, he felt the restriction was the
right course to pursue. He added that
staffs in the designing department
had been appreciably reduced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
In WALL STREET

New York, Dec. 1.-Covering of
short contracts in rails, shippings and
oil impaired firm tone to leading
shares at the opening of todays stock
market. Union Pacific, Canadian Pa.
fic, Northern Pacific, Chicago and
Northwestern and Norfolk and West
ern averaged gains ranging from frac-
tions to one point. Mercantile Marine
preferred extended its initial fraction
al rise to two points and Standard Oil
of New Jersey was strong with Mexi-
can Petroleum. The independent
steels made no immediate response to
overnight reports of a proposed mer,
ger Republic Iron and Steel was the
only issue of that class to register
more than a nominal change. Pre-
liminary quotations for foreign ex-
change showed a further brisk rise
in German marks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
RELICS OF OLD INDIAN
TRIBE FOUND In MARYLAND

Philadelphia, Dec. Discovery of
relics believed to be of the extinct
Susquehannock tribe of Indians, was
announced today by Prof. Frank G..
Speck of the department of anthropol-
ogy of the University of Pennsylvania.
His excavations were made four miles
from Fort Deposit, Md, in field near
the Susquehanna river. Remains of
tomahawks, wigwams and arrowheads
are included in the collection The
Susquehannocks are probably the
least known Indians on the continent,
according to DR.. Speck, although a
neighboring tribe, the Nanticockes,
survive today in a community in Vir-
ginia including more than 200 per.
sons.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
RAIL HEADS IN
CONFERENCE WITH
I.C. COMMISSION
Discussion of Contracts With For
eign Shipping Lines Is OBJ
ject Of Meeting

Washington, Dec. 1.-Representa-
tives of ten American railroads today
conferred with the Interstate Com
Board to discuss the termination of
contracts entered into between Amer
lean railroads and foreign shipping
lines.
Commissioner Thompson, of the
shipping board, presided. assisted by
Commissioners Plummer and Lisner.
According to figures compiled by
the Interstate Commerce Committee
two and one-half million tons of
freight were interchanged between
American railroads and foreign ship
ping firms both for inward and out
ward bound traffic in cargoes in 1920.
The shipping board feels that this
business should be diverted to the
American merchant marine and called
the meeting for the purpose of reach
ing an amicable agreement with the
railroads.
While no definite plan was an
nounced, it was believed the railroads
would be asked to abrogate their
"Si iooHiehe9' SoHIe VI WHICH terminate
soon and others may be ended upon
notice, after a year or more
The railroads represented at the
conference were the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and ST. Paul; Baltimore and
Ohio; Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic; Pennsylvania; Northern Cen
tral; Southern; Mobile and Ohio;
Grand Trunk; Great Northern and the
Boston and Albany.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
THE WEATHER
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

Pressure is high on the South At
lantic coast, and generally fair wealth
er has prevailed over the Atlantic and
east gulf states during the past twan-
ty-four hours. Rain has fallen in
northern Ohio, and in Texas and in
louisiana, and cloudy weather pre-
walls over the interior OF the country.
Areas of low pressure appear over
Minnesota and over western Texas.
The Texas disturbance is expected to
give strong southerly winds on the
Texas coast during the day.
Rain has fallen in Washington, Ore
gon, Nevada and Utah. Over Califor-
mia, high pressure and fair weather
has prevailed.
Temperatures have risen over near
ly all parts of the country, and are un-
usually high for the season. There
is no cold weather indicated for the
near future.
Cloudy, continued warm weather
may be expected in the vicinity of
Tampa tonight and Friday, with rain
probable Friday.
WALTER ]. BENNETT.
TamOa Weather RllrpaU
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
Ulster Also Refuses To
Accept An All-Ireland
Parliament = Hostili-
tites Not Resumed,
However, and Further
Efforts May Be Tried
To Postpone Clash

London, Dec. 1.-(By the Assocat
ed Press )-The possibility of re.
newed blOodshed in Ireland stares the
British isles in the face in conse-
quence of the recent break in the
peace negotiations which have pro.
ceded under truce for the last five
months.
The Sim Fein has stood firm on
its demand for an all-Ireland parlia-
ment as the basis of settlement, at
the same time refusing to concade the
allegiance to the British crown u
ster has refused point blank to scrap
her own parliament to enter an all
Ireland parliament under present
conditions on the ground that she
will come directly under the control
of the numerically superior south.
The latest plan, that for an all-Ire-
land parliament, under which Ulster
might retain her existing rights until,
or unless. she changed her mind. has
failed with the formal statement by
the Sim Fein delegation here that it
cannot be considered.
AS Il result in both government and
Irish circles the opinion is expressed
that nothing short of a miracle can
prevent collapse of the negotiations
and resumption of the warfare in Ire.
land.
The government heads are bend
ing their entire efforts to seeking
some unexplored avenue of negotia-
tion, but it is believed all possibilities
of settlement have been exhausted
during the lengthy parleys which
seem now to have ended
How long the truce will last under
the present conditions there is no in
dication. The Sim Fieners have ex-
pressed tins. ,i@@AIalt there has been
no formal announcement of the pact
by either side and this leads to the
belief that any spark of combat set
off in Ireland with the peace move
ment apparently deadlocked, may
start the confagration anew.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
GERMAN MARKS LOOKING
UP ON LONDON EXCHANGE
RESULT GERMAN VISIT

London, Dec. 1.-(By the Associat-
ed Press SHERMAN marks underwent
further marked recovery on the Lon
don exchange market today. Heavy
buying sent the rate to $50 to the
pound sterling, against yesterday S
close of $50; profit taking sales by
spectators who bought at the high
est figure caused occasional reactions,
but purchases predominated
The recovery was assisted by op-
timism over the negotiations now
proceeding between DR. Walter Rath-
enau, former German minister of re-
construction, and the financial heads
OF the British government in regard
to Germany's forthcoming reparations
payment and the possibility of a mo.
ratorium.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01

/ Washington, Dec. 1.-(By the AS
so; lated Press.) The situation re-
sultng from Japan's formal proposal
that the 60 per cent naval ratio al
loted her under the American limita-
tion plan be increased to 70 per cent.
was regarded by American officials
today as a delicate one but not with
out hope that her spokesmen ulti-
mately would accept the original
plan,
Entirely removed from the stage of
technical discussion as to the basis
of calculating the naval ratios on
present fleet strength the question
today, through the formal request of
Baron Admiral Kato, japanese dele
gate, that the ratio he recognized as
necessary to Japans security had
become Il matter for settlement by
plcnary delegates of the nine powers
and not by their technical advisers.
The proposal on this ground, it was
known today, had been presented per-
sonally by Baron kato tor Secretary
Hughes and Arthur J. Balfour, head
Of the British delegation with the full
support, it was said, of the japanese
government.
Regarding the argument of national
security the American delegates and
experts, backed by the opinion of the
British experts, hold that its logical
application would mean reduction
rather than an increase in the naval
ratio proposed for Japan. to which.
it is known on authority, they are
as strongly opposed on that basis as
'Cn the showing of existing fleet COM
parisons. With the subcommittee of
experts of the big three" naval pow
er8 at formal disagreement, on ad- /
journing yesterday as to the basis to
be used for these comparisons it was
considered today that further
progress could lay only in discussion
between the American and Japanese
delegates. 7
Dividing attention with the nava
situation today was the first meetingl
of the representatives of China and
Japan, with Secretary Hughes and
Arthur J. Balfour as respective heads {
of the American and British groups,
to lay Il basis for negotiations looking
to settlement of the celebrate ed
Shantung controversy. The Chinese{
delegates announced after accepting
the American and British offer of
good Offices in the controversy that
they were entering the discussions
prepared to accept nothing less than
unconditional withdrawal of Japa-
rese claims in Shantung. In the alb
sence of any definite indication of at
titude, it was assumed that the Japa-
neso spokesmen would contend for
the reservations insisted on in the
recent diplomatic exchange between
Toxic and Peking.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
TOURIST FROM VIRGINIA
SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES

St. Augustine, Fla, Dec. 1.-Walter
A. Coontz, 50, a winter visitor from
Fredericksburg, Va, who died in
hospital here Tuesday night presum-
ably as a result of heart attack, sue
cumbed to injuries received when an
automobile struck him, according to
the verdict of coroner's jury. 1t
was learned after Mr.. Coontz's death
that car was seen to strike him inn
mediately before he fell to the street
and further investigation developed
that his skull was fractured as he
struck the pavement. The driver of
the automobile was exonerated by the
jury, which held that the accident was
unavoidable.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
WAR in IRELAND MAY BE RESUMED
CLERK OF COLUMBUS, Ca,
POSTOFFICE GIVEN BAIL
UfJDER ROBBERY CHARGE

Columbus, Ga, Dec. Arthur c.
Robinson. clerk in the Columbus post
office. charged with robbery of the
mails, was released late yesterday af-
the use Of decoy packages, post office
inspectors made the arrest and it is
alleged that two special delivery let
tcrs were taken from his person when
he WAS taken into custody, one Of
which was decoy communication. 1t
is probable that his case will be taken
before the United States district
court grand jury, which meets here
next week
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
PRISONERS IN INDIA SURROGATE
IN CLOSED RAILWAY CARRIAGE
Called for Water Which Was Not Given and Policemen In Charge Did
Not Notice Mesh Of Netting In Van Had Been Closed With Paint

without such attention; moreover, the
him to open the doors of the van with.
out the possibility of the prisoners
escape. When the Moplahs entered
the wagon, he testified, they appeared
to be in a healthy condition.
The policeman described the scene
in the van when the front compart
ment was opened at Podanur. All
the prisoners were lying down; many
we're unconscious and the others were
groaning. The inspectors for the South
India railway testified that the mesh
of the wiring used in the van had been
blocked by the fresh application OF
paint but that this condition was re
yealod after the discovery.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
CENTRE COLLEGE TEAM
MAY CLASH WITH BIG
BERKLEY AGGREGATION

Berkeley, Cal, Dec. berkeley s
champion football team wants to
play in an East VS.. West football
game New Years day but as no big
eastern eleven seems anxious to jour.
ney west, an opponent has not yet
been named. Last New Years day Cal
ifornia defeated Ohio State at Pasa-
dena
San Diego, Cal. has Centre College,
conquerer of Harvard, signed for a
game but has no opponent and there
is talk that California may make up
the deficiency. Then there is the Pas
adena game. with Iowa, Big Ten
champion, considering making the
trip. California would prefer Iowa to
Centre as the former is a representa-
tive state university.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
SUIT IS FILED TO
TEST NEW BEER LAWS

ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec. IA suit at
tacking the anti-beer law as uncon-
stitutional, has been filed in federal
court by the Falstaff Corporation
brewery. Attorneys for the brewery
declare in their petition that it was
not the purpose of congress to pro-
hibit the prescription of beer for non
beverage purposes as is evidenced by
the wording of the title of the nation
al prohibition act. They also quoted
the opinion rendered by Former At.
torney General Palmer permitting
beer for medical purposes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
AUTO LOAD OF WHISKEY
SEIZED AT SANFORD, N. c

Sanford, n. c., Dec. 1.-JSome com
munity has lost it's Christmas liquor
as the result of the police early yes
terday confiscating an automobile
loaded with more than 500 quarts OF
fine whiskies which had been stored
in local garage for the night The
owner of the car and liquor has not
returned to claim his property. In the
lot was whisket from Ireland, some
from Michigan and Canada, but the
creeks and branches of North Caro-
lima were not representedw.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
HOPE OFPEACEFUL SETTLEMENT
IS DESTROYED BY REFUSAL OF
SINN FEIN TO SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
LATIN REQUIREMENTS
MAY BE REDUCED BY
COLLEGE ASSOCIATION

Birmingham, Ala, Dec Among
the foremost questions for considera-
ton at the 26th annual meeting of
the Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools of the Southern
States, which convened here today,
will be that of reducing Latin re-
qurements for entrance in college
Other legislative matters concern
ing the general body of southern col
leges will be presented.
Memphis has asked for the next
meeting.
j. II, Kirkland, chancellor of Van
derbilt University, is president of the
association and is presiding at it's
sessions.
Every state in the south and West
Virginia are presented at the meet
ing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
FRED DECKER CASE Is
READY FOR WITNESSES

Columbia City, Ind, Dec. 1.-The
taking of testimony was expected to
get under way today in the trial of
Fred Decker, charged with the mur-
der of Leroy Lovett, in an alleged in
surance plot. The jury, composed of
farmers, were selected yesterday. Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Lovett, whose son
the state charges the defendant, to-
gether with three others of the Deck
er family plotted to kill, are among
the first witnesses the state expected
to call
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01

Thur, India, Dec. Testimony as
to the circumstances surrounding the
suffocation recently of GA Moplah pris'
oners while being transferred from
Shorapur to Bellary, in closed rail-
way wagon, was taken by the CON-
mission, of inquiry here today.
The reserve policeman in charge of
the wagon told of the prisoners shout
ing for water during the journey and
said be refused to heed their cries
beca6se iii was not customary to fur.
nish water on these trips before
reaching lPodanur. He said he had
taken prisoners, over the route. in
escort was not large enough to allow
similar vans on previous occasions
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
SMILES WHEN COURT
SENTENCES HIM TO CUILLOTINE
Alleged Slayer Ten Wives Coolest Man In Court When Exciting
Trial Draws To Cose-Refuses To Ask For Mercy

sands of persons in other countries.
1T has been a great show" he
added. II hope the public is salts
fed. give you a rendevoux for the
beginning of February or the end Of
March to show you how an innocent
man dies"
The last hours of the trial saw one
of the greatest crowds at and around
the courtroom ever seen in Versailles.
Pickpockets began operations in the
press of the gathering while the jury
was out and three men complained
that their wallets had been taken.
"If the trial had lasted another day
| would have been unable to find a
seat myself" Landru told the gem
darmes as he surveyed the throngs
struggling to enter after the recess.
Landru seduced his women victims
through promises of marriage. After
Turing them to his villa at Gambais
the prosecution charged that he killed
them and disposed of the bodies by
burning them in a small stove, after
first cutting them into small pieces
and crushing the skulls. The stove
was one of the principal exhibits al
the trial.
The motive ascribed to Landru was
that of robbery, various entries in g
notebook being cited to prove that he
kept account of the amounts derived
from each crime. The victims were
mostly mrrried women with smal
properties who had been separated
from their husbands The evidence
was principally cireumstantial. th'
only direct testimony being about {
pound and half !of bones, some O
1.-THE fragments of which were 81
|small that they had to be viewed nm
,kdar microecopes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
GOLFERS WANT TO LIMIT
ENTRIES TO TOURNAMENTS

New York. Dec. 1.-Dscussion of
means for limiting entries in tour
naments Of the professional golfers
association so that the qualifying
round of SO holes may be played off
in Il single day is expected to occupy
the attention of the association nat
iCnal executive committee at its
meeting here December Is. The time
of the year for the contest and other
conditions alsd will be considered,
because of expressed dissatisfaction
over this years event, played in mid
summer over an IS hole course
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
MORE SIDEWALK SIGNS

Tampa, Dec. 1.-More stenciled
signs on the sidewalks here this
morning followed the discovery of
two at the county court house yester-
day. Among the signs today were
"All crooks go free" "SelI the court
house," "Why pay jurors" These
signs began appearing after the ac-
quittal of Dewitt Adams and Philip
Licata, tried for attempted robbery in
connection with the hold up of an
automobile containing cigar factory
payroll.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
ZEN HUNTERS LOST
LIVES In MICHIGAN

Detroit, Mich. Dec. 1.-Ten hunters
lost their lives in Michigan during the
30 days deer season which closed yes
terday Two others are reported
missing and a score were wounded.
These hunting casualties bring the
total.for the year to %.
The proportional death rate for the
1921 season exceed that of any recent
year. owing to the smaller number of
hunters going into the north woods.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
TRIAL OF BURCH IS
STARTED THIS MORNING

Los Angeles, Dec. IA chronolog-
ical story of the alleged murder of j..
Bolton Kennedy, broker, from the
viewpoint of the prosecution, was ex-
pected to be begun on the witness
stand today at the trial of Arthur C.
Burch, charged with the crime.
Just how many witnesses would be
called to present the story--admitted.
ly one Of circumstantial evidence
was not announced by District Attor.
|ney Woolwine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
LEW TENDLER TO MEET
SAILOR FRIEDMAN DEC. 16

New York, Dec. Lew Tender,
the Philadelphia lightweighr, will
meet Sailor Friedman, of Chicago. in
15-round bout at Madison Ssuare
Garden on the night of December 16,
it was announced today. The men
will weigh in at the recognized light
weight limit, 1876 pounds, at o'clock
in the afternoon of the day of the bat
tie.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
NEW PASSENGER SERVICE

New York, Dec. IA new passer.
ger service will be inaugurated be-
tween New York, Nassau, the Baham'
as and eastern Cuba on Dec. 81, the
Munson line announced today.
The new steamer Munargo, of H.
900 tons displacement and with space
for 27S passengers, and the steamer
Munamar will constitute the service
Antilla and Neuvitas will be the Gu
ban points of CALL
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-01
NO TRACE OF POISON
IN LEE FARM WELL AT
BELDOC, NORTH CAROLINA

Columbia. S. G.. Dec L.. Absolute
ly no trace Of poison was found in the
water of the well OF the Lee farm at
Beldoc, S. G., by r.. f.. Parker, OF
Charleston. who made an eyamina-
ton. # was Gained the sudden
deaths CT several members OF the
family were &c used by drinking
water from the well in which poison
had been placed.