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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
KANSAS STRIKE
CASE IN FINAL
STRENGTH test
United Mine Workers Convention
Nav Order Strike Called Off
By District Head

Indianapolis. Sept. 2G.-Both fac
tions among delegates to the annual
convention of the United Mine Work.
er5 of America lined up today for the
final test of strength on the KAn,Is
strike cases. the issue being 10 decide
whether Alexander IlOw;t. president
OF the Kansas district, would be di-
rected TO order strikers back to work
at the Dean and Reliance mines.
Howat called a strike because the op-
orators attempted to change working
conditions of the miners. President
John l.. Lewis denied this contention.
asserting that the issue was whether
the union required its own men to full
fill their contracts.
While both sides were preparing to-
day for the showdown, it was doubt
ful whether the vote could be com
pleted before late Tuesday. Howat's
followers were planning to demand Il
roll call vote and almost day would
be required to poll the delegates in
diyidually.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
GEN. PILSUDSKI
HEAD OF POLAND
WOUNDED BY SHOT
Fired On By WouId-be Assassin
and Has a Marrow Escape
for His Life

Lemberg, Sept 2S.--Gen Joseph
Pilsudski, president of the Polish re-
public, narrowly. escaped death by as
sassination here last night He was
entering an automobile az City Hall
square on his way to a theater after
attending a banquet in his homer
when three shots were fired at him
Gen. Pilsudski was not seriously in
jured, but Count Gabowski, who was
accompanying him. was wounded in
the leg. The president directed his
chauffeur to drive to a hospital and
after being assured that Count Ga
Lowski's wound was not serious. in
sisted on going to the theater, as he
had intended. He was enthusiastic
cally cheered by the audience when
he entered
The would-be assassin attempted
suicide bu; was arrested before H.
could end his own life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
WOMEN'S PARTY HAS
PROGRAM FOR SECURING
EQUAL BUSINESS RIGHTS

Washington, Sept. PA wo-
mans bill of rights" proposed for
enactment Ey the federal and all state
governments to remove all legal dis
elimination against women was out
lined today in a statement by the
National Women's Party.
The program includes new consti
tuticnal amendment. declaring thai
no political. civil or legal disabilities
or inequalities on account of sex OF
on account of marriage shall pre-
vail, together with bill to give wo-
men the same rights, privileges, and
immunities as men"
1t was announced that Senator Cur
tbs, Republican. Kansas, and Repre-
sentative Fess, Republican, Ohio
would introduce the proposed conSti-
tutional amendment in congress Octo-
ber /, and that copies of the new bill
had been sent to all state chairmer
cf the woman's party except Wiscon-
sin. which already has enacted the
law.
Women should have the right, upor
marriage, to choose their names and
have equal voice in custody of theii
children, legitimate or illegitimate
under the proposed new bill of the
women's organization.
Other legal rights for women in
clude:
Suffrage, eligibility for all offices
freedom of contract; choice of domi
cile, residence or name; jury service
acquisition and control of property
control of labor earnings; eligibility
for fiduciary positions; equality il
grounds for divorce and immunitie:
and penalties for sex offenses.
All common law disabilities o.
women would be abrogated under The
legislation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
WITNESSES ARE
EXAMINED In THE
ARBUCKLE CASE
Further Details Of the Famous and
Fatal Party Given To the
Investigators

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-Mrs.
Bambino Maude belmont, who swore
to the complaint accusing Roscoe
(Fatty) Arbuckle of the murder of
Miss Virginia Rappe. was announced
as the principal witness who would
be called at the comedians prelimin-
airy hearing, on that charge in police
court here today. Mrs. belmont was
the companion of Miss Rappe at the
party in the Arbuckle suite at the
Hotel st. Francis at which the girl
is said to have suffered fatal injury.
The plan calls for Mrs. Belmont
to take the stand after DR.. Arthur
Beardslee, house physician of the St
Francis. and Al Semnacher, Miss
Rappe's business manager. Mrs Bel
mont, it was announced last night.
will be requested to testify as de-
fense witness. Arbuckle's attorneys
saying important details were left
out of the previous testimony.
Semnacher was to have testified to-
day but the prosecution repudiated
him.
DR.. Bearlslee attended Miss Rappe
after she had been taken ill and, ac-
cording to District Attorney Matthew
Brady, his testimony is considered as
extremely important to the state as
showing Miss Rappe was injured in
ternally before the first medical treat
ment was given.
Brady said last night: I'VE are sat
isfied with the progress made in the
Arbuckle case. | wish to make pub
lie. though, the fact that we are. not
trying to hound any man or attempt
to force a conviction of a person on
any charge. All we are trying to do
in this case is to get the truth and
punish those responsible for Miss
Rappe's death.
Other prosecution witnesses whom
Brady expects to have take the stand
today or tomorrow are Miss Alice
Blake and Miss Zeh Provost. who
were guests at Arbuckle's party.
That every woman witness will be
closely examined by Arbuckle's attor-
neys is the expectation of Brady. The
screen comedian is spending his six
teenth day as prisoner in the hall
of justice where he has been held
since his arrest on charges in con
nection with the death of Miss Rappe
Todays session of the preliminary
hearing was announced to begin al
10:30 a. m.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
CHICAGO POLICE
TO BE FIRED in
WHOLESALE LOTS
Half of Force Said To Be Guilty
of Violation of the Federal
Liquor Laws

Chicago. Sept. 2G Dismissal of
Chicago policemen in wholesale lots
was presaged in official circles today
as a result OF the federal investiga
ton of violations of prohibition laws.
following announcement Saturday of
Chief of Police Charles FitZmorris
that be believed half the police force
of more than 5000 may be involved
in liquor law violations Charles F.
Clyne, United States district attor,
ney, promised his cooperation TO
sFitzmorris and is today ready to fur
nish list of all officers falling under
the charge of whiskey-runnmg and
bootlegging.
Chief FitZmorris has announced his
intention of dismissing every man i'm
plicated in liquor deals and claims he
has list of men that can replace
hundreds of policemen. if it becomes
necessary to dismiss that many.
In statement issued last night
the chief termed prohibition failure
until the liquor was cut off at its
source of supply. Yesterday hundred;
of policemen were transferred and re-
assigned and the transfer order, it
was predicted. will hit the detective
bureau in a day or two.
Four police sergeants. now out on
bonds in connection with the alleged
extortion of bribes in liquor cases
have been questioned by states attor-
neys. 1t is believed another of the
officers has been implicated Harry
l.. Brin, assistant states attorney wa
today to begin an investigation into
this phase OF the matter.
Chief Fitzmorris today expressed
the belief that several outside the ser
vice, including politicians, were in
volved in the liquor deals and the dis
trict attorneys Office today planned
to investigate this phase of the situa-
ton, promising the chief full details
of the law violators.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
Discussion of Ways and Means of
Using This Form of Pressure
Occupies Much of the Time of
the Leagues Session Today
Amendments Are Offered To
Article XVI

Geneva, Sept. 26 Methods of ap-
plying the economic weapon of block
;.de against country which violates
the covenant of the league of nations
came before the assembly of the
league when the blockade commits
lion presented its report. The com
mittee found it impossible for the
league t. determine beforehand and
detail the steps of an economic ma
tune that would have to be taken
interruption of diplomatic rela-
tions would first be limited to the
withdrawal of the heads of diplo-
matte missions The committee held.
however. that while consular rela-
tions might be maintained, if pro-
longed application of economic pres
sure were necessary, i should pro-
grcSsively be made more stringent. In
the resolutions that were proposed.
porvison was made that certain
states might for Il certain period, be
released from the Obligation of
blockading another nation if the con
ditions were such as would involve
csrecial danger to those states.
An important question facing the
assembly at the beginning of this de-
bate was how to get action on the
proposition of the committee under
the rule requiring unanimity, this
rule net yet having been abrogated.
Lord Robert Cecil. representing the
republic of South Africa. recently
made motion thai the rule be sus-
pended but it was referred to the con
stitutional committee. An effort will
h,, Il
motion before the balloting begins on
the question of blockade.
1t was believed here that unani-
nifty on. the regulations is impossible
In addition to resolutions inter-
preting the covenant of the league.
the committee proposed an amend
ment to Article XVI Of the covenant.
which provides for united action
against a state violating that agree
ment The amendment follows:
The council of the league will give
an opinion whether Il breach of the
covenant has taken place. When the
council gives such opinion, votes of
states charged with having committed
a breach of the covenant and of states
bringing the charge. whether they are
members of the council under Article
" or have been specially summoned,
shall not be revkoned in determining
whether or not there has been Il
unanimous decision"
Another proposed amendment
reads:
The council may. in the case of Il
particular member. postpone the
coming into force of any of these
measures for n Snecified period where
it is satisfied such postponement will
facilitate the attainment of the object
of the measure to be applied, or that
it is necessary in order to minimize
the loss and inconvenience which will
be caused such members"
This amendment is proposed to sat
isfy the Scandinavian members. who
demanded exemption from the obliga-
ton to blockade when the measure
was applied to neghboring states.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
POLICE FIRE ON STUDENTS
WHO START RIOT AND DEFY
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY

Athens. Ga. Sept. 26-The cases OF
four University of Georgia Students
charged with rioting and disorderly
conduct in connection with a clash
with the Athens police Saturday night
was slated to come up for it's first
official hearing at police court this
morning. Those against whom
charges were preferred by the police
Saturday night are:
Rayford Brwon, Olen Hubert, Paul
Scoggins and Herman Gaunner.
r. l.. Strange and Stevens. the
students who were grazed by bullets
when the police shot their way out
of throng of students around their
car, were at classes today apparently
but slightly the worse for heir ex-
'perience.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
SIBERIANS TIRE
OF SOVIET RULE
AND PLAN REVOLT
Memorial Issued Calling On People
To Set Up a True
Democracy

Vladivostok, Sept. 26.-Leading
peasant members of the local assem-
bly, have issued a memorial which de-
clares that they are weary of dictator
ship, Bolshevism. political adventurers
and reactionaries and want true de-
mocracy which will end the civil war
that is tearing Russia to pieces.
The statement urges the convoca-
ton of truly representative constitu-
ent assembly which will lead to a
strong and united Russian govern
ment and make it possible for the
people to work calmly for the recon
struction of destroyed homes and for
a mighty and free Russia. 1t declares
the signers are ready to support in
the Far East a democratic republic
with a national assembly elected on
the basis of general voting with pro-
portional representation and without
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
HICHWAYMEN ON
CRUTCHES BAFFLE
POLICE PURSUIT
Held Up Man and Robbed Him of
Twenty Dollars-Made Him
Drive Slowly Away

Washington, Sept. 26.-The police
today are looking for three highway
men cripples, two on crutches and the
other hobbling on cane who last
night held up Thomas Payne, of this
city and robbed him of 500, accord
ing to Payne's complaint to the police
Payne told the police he was sitting
in his automobile accompanied by a
young woman, on road about 100
yards from the Walter Reed army
hospital, when at pistol point he was
forced to leave the machine by three
men who hobbled across the road with
him, two on crutches and the other
on cane, appropriated 500 and then,
ordering him back to the car, threat
ened to shoot unless he drove away
slowly. He described all three as
hatless and coatless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
THE WEATHER
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
High pressure overlies the districts
north and east of the Ohio Valley and
moderately cool weather prevails in
this section. A slight disturbance is
centered this morning over northern
Louisiana attended by scattered show
ers in Alabama, Louisiana. and west
ern Tennessee and central Texas with
locally heavy rainfall at New Orleans
and Birmingham. Scattered showers
also occurred in the last twenty-four
hours over the Florida Peninsula.
West of the Mississippi river mod
erately low temperatures extend over
all sections except California, caused
by high pressure over the middle
plateau region. Low pressure areas
overlie the northern Rocky Mountain
region and the extreme southwest sec
lion.
Indications are for partly cloudy in
he vicinity of Tampa tonight and on
Tuesday. Thundershowers probable
tonight or Tuesday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
PRESIDENT TALKS ON UNEMPL OY MENT
CONFERENCE OPENS AT WASHINGTON
WITH ALL MEMBERS PRESENT AND
HIGH INTEREST IN PROCEEDINGS

we could become normal again.
Liquidation, reorganization, read
justment, re-sestablishment, taking
account of things done and sober con-
temptation of the conditions and the
open, sure, onward way-these are
inevitable and who thinks they might
have been avoided by this plan or
hat; or this policy or that, or this
international relationship or that,
only hugs the delusion, when reason
is needed for safe counsel
You have been summoned to coun-
sci all of America to apply your
knowledge and your experience in re-
lieving a condition which concerns
all America the president further
told the conference. specifically
you are to deal with unemployment,
20 suggest a way to repairing the ar
terial circulation which is the very
life blood of the republic.
There is always unemployment
Under favorable conditions, | am told,
there are a million and half in the
United States who are not at work
but there is excessive unem.
ployment today and we are concern
Gu, not alone aD~uI us ulmlnutlOl,
ut we are frankly anxious, under
The involved conditions, lest it grow
worse, with hardships of the winter
season soon to be met. The
problem Of unemployment is the most
difficult with which we are confront.
ed.
But there are no problems affect
ing our national life and the welfare
OF the American people which we
cannot and will not solve. Ii we fail
today we will try again tomlr
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
LEAGUE OF NATIONS SPLANS FOR
APPLYING ECONOMIC BLOCKADE
WEAPON TO PUNISH NATIONS
PULLMAN STATEMENT
SHOWS BIG DEFICIT

Chicago, Sept 2G The annual
statement OF the Pullman company
ior the fiscal year ending July H.
1921, made ruL ic today "hows to'al
revenue OF SCI ,242, ,066.91 including
$6O,3l5,7177G from the earnings of
cars for eleven months ending July
81. Total expenses including declar-
ed dividends $J,599, ,S20.00 were $40.
720, ,902 %, an excess If expenses over
revenue. chargeable to the surplus ac-
count of $3.47S,S3S.92. Total assets
are given as $163. 3.24S,9 ,9S9O3
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
BAD WEATHER
HALTS AIRMEN
IN MANEUVERS
War Department Forbids Tests
Which Might Result In Loss of
Life-Fire In Hold of Alabama
Is Extinguished - 5000 Ma
rines To Parade Over Wilder
ness Battlefield

Norfolk. Va, Sept. 26.-Weather
conditions today are favorable for Il
continuation of the attacks by army
airmen on the battleship Alabama,
anchored off Tangier island in Chesa-
peake Bay. A stiff northeast wind is
blowing in the bay, and as the war
department has forbidden tests when
there is danger to.aviators, it is like
ly that no bombing will be done to-
day.
Gen. VIM. Mitchell, assistant chief
of the air service. will map out the
final program today, working with Col
llanforth, commander of Langley
Field and president of the board of
observers.
The fire in the hold of the Alabama
has been eXtinguished and the observ-
erS went aboard this morning to de-
termine the extent of the damage done
by the lighter demolition bombs used
Friday and Saturday Aviators who
flew over the battered hulk of the
Alabama yesterday said that her su-
perstructure was badly wrecked but
that she was not taking water to any
great extent and presents an upright
tNti XVI. +AS tt lildlltI vi ldtI DOlllDS
sufficiently heavy to give the ship
fatal blow had not been used, al
though the LOO pound armor piercing
shells used Saturday afternoon
wreaked considerable destruction The
wind at Cape Henry this morning is
northeast 26 miles. and shows indi-
cations of increasing its velocity.
Quantico, Va, Sept 26.-Five thou
sand marines. the largest military
force assembled in the United States
since world war rehabilitation, left
here before daybreak today to par
ticipate in the maneuvers of the Ma
rine Corps in the region where the
civil war battles of the wilderness
were fought three score years ago.
Maneuvers today consisted of a march
of 10 miles to Acquia creek where
camp will be made for the night. To-
morrow's march will take the force to
Fredericksburg while on Wednesday
the scene of the battles of the will
derness will be reached. Tactical ex-
orcises will be held Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday in the presence of
large number of high government
officials including possibly President
Harding.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
IN WALL STREET

New York, Sept. 26.-The strength
of rails impaired a steady tone to the
stock market at the start of today's
session. but reaction set in almost i'm
mediately on further offerings of oils.
Royal Dutch, which unsettled last
Saturdays session. opened at a recov-
cry of ~ points. Mexican Petroleum
fell 23s, and shipments. motors and
shipping as represented by Baldwin
Studebaker and International. gave
way. A new low mark for Marks OF
.0S75 to .0SS directed attention to Ger
many's unstable economic status.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26

conditions as to religious. national or
political views.
The memorial continues:
"In the circle of economic problems,
the peasantry does not want a general
naturalization of industry or the un-
limited predominance of the capital
lists, who are mostly seeking unlimited
profit, despite the real needs of the
country and of the laborers occupied
in their business.
personal initiative and private
property in trade and industry must
exist. The peasants will insist upon
1 governmental regulation and pub
lie control of the economic activities,
thus protecting the interests of the
laborers, consumers, the state and in
dustry. Naturalization is acceptable
only for those branches of industry
which bear a general state signifi-
canoe. The state must support by all
means the independent cooperative
establishments and public initiative,
the cooperative apparatus to be used
principally i'm matters of the supply
and distributing of objects of general
use and consumption.
Neither civil war, nor Intervention,
which is feeding it. nor communism
nor reaction is acceptable to the peas
ants of Russia because all this brings
economic disorder .and disrupts our
country"
An anti-soviet government was sci
up in Vladivostok last spring with the
aid of troops once in the army of Ad-
miral Kolchak at Omsk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
STATE CONTINUES TO
CHALLENGE MMBERS
OF TEMPORARY PANEL

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 26.-The
state continued to challenge members
of a temporary panel when the task
of obtaining a jury for the trial of
John Pope, charged with murder in
the first degree, was resumed in cir
cult court today. Two members of
the panel were dismissed early in the
morning session and the state still
had about half of it's ten challenges
end court attaches are predicting that
the jury may not finally. be obtained
before the end of this week, if then.
While playing beside wall in a
coal yard at Bridgeport, Conn.,, two
small children we're buried alive when
900 tons Of coal burst the wall.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26

Cornell University received $1,000,
900 under the will Of John McMullen
head of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
Dredging Co.,, who died at Norwalk
leaving a $2,000,000 estate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26
PENSY EXPECTED
TO REJECT HELP
OF LABOR BOARD
President Asserts Right Of Carrier
To Deal Directly With His
Employees

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Refusal of the
Pennsylvania railroad to negotiate fur
ther with the United States railroad
labor board over the shop crafts cleo
ton dispute was expected today when
an oral hearing before the beard is
scheduled. Samuel Rea. president ol
the road, in letter made public last
night, asserted the right of Il carrier
to deal with its own employees without
the intervention of individuals or or
ganizations whose manifest object is
the denial of the fundamental right
of the employer and employees to deal
in the first instance directly with
each other respecting wages and
working conditions in which they
alone are directly interested.
The company on August "A asked
the board to set aside its decision
calling for new election of shop
crafts committee to negotiate with
the carrier. The board granted the
companys request but limited the
hearing to certain points.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26

When lightning struck barn near
Muncie, ILL.,, 1,400 sheep were burned
to death.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-26

LAKELAND AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy with prob
ably thunder showers tonight
or Tuesday.
The Republican journal., 1921-09-15
NORTHPORT

l. H. Havener of Searsport was calling
on friends in town recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Sheldon and son
TENDED the Waterville Fair.
Miss Louise Whitcher of Allston, Mass,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Chester Shell
don.
Mrs. F. M. Wadlin visited in Castine
r gently, the guest of Mrs. Judith Par
ker.
Miss Ruth Mcfarland of Thomaston
has been visiting friends and relatives in
town.
Mrs. Hattie Meader of Auburn has
be en- spending few days with her aunt,
Mrs George Jackson.
Mrs. Elizabeth Perry has accepted a
position as assistant postmistress in Uni
ty with B. F. Ham, P. M.
Quite number have had electric wir-
ing for lights and power installed in their
homes including F. M. Wadlin. M. D
Mendall, Joseph johnson and others.
The forest fire near Temple Heights is
still burning under ground. Watches
have been employed day and night for
over a week, as it keeps breaking out in
unexpected places.