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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
HARDING SEES
GOOD BUSINESS
FOR NEXT SEASON
Tells Omaha Chamber Of Com
merce Situation Is Bound To
Improve Shortly

Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 30.-Belief tina;
the national business situation is go
ing to improve in 1922 was expressed
today by President Harding in a mes
sage made public today by the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce. in connection
with an entertainment in honor of
travelling statesmen who work out of
Omaha.
President Harding said it was his
earnest hope that the travelling men
will continue in the coming year the
splendid work for American business
and national confidence which they
have always conducted in the past
1T has long been a conviction with
ME that no group of men do more to
spread the spirit and sentiment of
optimism than do these ambassadors
of business as | like to call them.
81 hope and firmly believe that the
efforts of those men and many others
that are being put forward will great,
ly aid business"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
SPANISH POLICE MISSION
LAND In PERU TO ASSIST
In ORGANIZING GENDARMES

Lima, Peru, Dec. 3O-A Spanish
police mission engaged by the gev-
ernment has arrived in Peru to re-
organize the corps of gendarmes
throughout the republic. The mem
bers of this mission are of the cele-
brated Spanish corps of the "Bene-
inertia" members of which have or
ganized the gendarmes of Mexico.
Cuba, Uruguay. Costa Rica, Columbia.
Salvador and Guatemala.
An American naval mission and a
French army mission have for some
years past had charge of the re-
organization of these two important
branches in Peru.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
POISON LIQUOR.
TAKES HEAVY
TOLL OF LIFE
Police Of New York Making Strong
Effort To Locate Source of
Bootlegging

New York Dec. 3G.-ruuce and pro
hibition officials today redoubed their
efforts to locate the source of poison
Gus bootleg liquor that has taken
three more lives, bringing the total
for the last six days to nine dead and
as many others blinded or seriously
i'll. The latest victims included d
gray haired woman. Mrs. Carrie Nolk,
who had been reported missing from
her home for several days George c.
Henry. middle aged salesman of
Brookline. Mass; Charles Williams. Il
negro. and John Dooley. a 14-year-old
boy. All were dead when discovered
or died soon afterward. except the
boy, who was reported in critical
condition at Bellevue hospital Sew
eral others who drank wood alcohol
when they thought they were drink
ing gin. are at the point of death at
the same institution.
Alarmed at the widespread ravages
of the poisonous liquor. the Kings
county grand jury has taken steps
to secure the cooperation of other
grand juries to root out and suppress
the traffic in bootleg liquor
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
GOOD BASEBALLS ACCOUNT
AVERAGES, SAYS JOHNSON

Chicago. Dec. 30-Ban Johnson.
American League president. said to-
day the Jack Rabbit baseball of 1921
which some players said was respon-
sible for much of the sensational bat
ting, resulted from the fact that man
ufacturers were again able to secure
good yarns for the spheres. When
the war made it impossible to use the
better yarn, a cheaper grade was sub
stituted, he explained. and wrapped
more tightly than had been the Gus
tom. When better yarn was again
available the manufacturers failed. at
the first, to- go back to the old meth
od of winding
Another cause, he added. was that
the rubber covering of the cork cores
was sometimes uneven in thickness
so that when the batter connected
where there was a good depth of rub
ber the ball streaked away in sensa-
tional fashion
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
FRENCH CRITICISED SEVERELY BY BRITISH PAPERS Y
FOR REFUSING TO ACCEPT SUBMARINE REDUCTION
ROOT INTRODUCES RESOLUTION
BARRING Use UNDERSEA BOATS
AGAINST ALL MERCHANT SHIPS
u. S. ARMY DIVISION
RUINED BY BLUNDERS

ST. Louis. Dec. 30.-Speaking
mt the 3Gth annual convention OF
the American Historical AsSOcia-
tlOn here today. Col. &. Lanza.
u. =. A.. asserted that "cvcry-
body numbered" in The thirty
fifth division of the American
army IN France on September 90,
1918. and that the division was
withdrawn for reorganization.
Col. LAMA said his conclusion
were drawn from an exhaustive
study OF the division operations
and the report sent in by officers
in the action. He sad copies OF
the communication in support of
his assertions were on file at the
war department. The division was
composed of Missouri and Kansas
National guardsmen.
Finding OF the par0le given to
Gen CORVALLIS by George Wash
ington after the formers surren-
der mt Yorktown in the American
revolutionary war was told OF by
Morgan p. Robinson, Richmond,
Va, state historian OF Virginia.
He said he found the document in
his office.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
MASSAGE PARLOR SAID
TO BE A DEN OF VICE

Chicago. Dec. 3O-Grand jury in
.dictments of three women. owners of
massage parlors, based on evidence
'of what States Attorney Robert f.
Grove terms, gross and increasing
secret immortality" were announced to-
day as the beginning of determined
campaign to rid Chicago of scores of
such establishments s" :
Attorney Grove stated that the in.
vestigation hatl'fevealed the thriftiest
and most pretentious massage parlors
which featured female attendants"
are said by investigators of the states S
attorneys to be in the loop district.
"Phere are hundreds of these places
in the city" said States Attorney
Grove; some of them, of course, are
legitimate and respectable. principal
ly those catering exclusively to won.
en-; but can see nothing respectable
about place where girls bathe and
massage men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
AT TWENTY-FIVE
FRENCH CIRLS'PUT
ON SPINSTER TOCS
St. GATHERINGS Day Is Largely De.
voted To Exercises By At
tractive Women

Paris. Dec 30.-St. Catherine's Day
is the day when all young French
girls who have attained the age of 25
without finding a husband put on the
bonnet of spinisterhood. although this
goes not necessarily mean that they
forthwith abandon all hope of finding
& suitable mate.
The girls who. work in the Paris
dressmaking al establishments made
high, holiday on that day. and those
among them who had become "St
GATHERINGS wore lace Eonnets made
by their comrades
In groups they walked along the
boulevards, generally five or six
abreast. arms linked. with the bonnet
wearers in the front rank and all their
escort of friends following. The
working girls We'd with each other in
the fancy costumes they. wore.
Wedding groups are popular, with
the bride beautifully dressed n4ir
silks. accompanied by bridegroom
in ccmic costume. tu4'
The Three Musketters. with cloak
and sword, slouched hat and white
feather, We're to be seen walking
proudly along the boulevards follow
ed Ey their admiring friends, but tbs
Musketecrs voices proclaim then
girls.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
DOCTOR LORENZ
INDICATED BY
MISS ARMOUR
Declares Her Hip Is Restored Tc
Use and Her Life Is Made
More Pleasant

Chicago. Dec 30-Publication of an
article in the journal of the American
Medical Association that the cure Of
Lolita Armour daughter of j. Ogden
Armour. Of Chicago. by Dr. Adolf l.n-
REM of Vienna, was mot cure" to-
day brought statement from the for
mer Miss Armour. who is now Mrs.
John j. Mitchell, Jr. In 1903 and
1904 operations Were performed by
DR.. John Ridlon of Chicago and Dr
Lorenz on Mrs. Mitchell.
81 cannot say" she said, that Il
perfect cure has been effected in cith-
er hip, but the hip treated by Dr
Lorenz is far better than the other
one, with which he could do little be
cause it had been too badly mishan-
died he said. myself believe that
had it not been for the work done
before he was called in my case he
could have effected a complete cure.
There is, of course, much jealousy
among doctors. and they are not
eager to see great honorS go to Il
foreign doctor. am very fond of Dr.
Lorenz and | feel that if had not been
for him | would not now be getting
so much pleasure out of life"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
RIOT IN GALLERY
OF MEX CONGRESS
0UELLED ARMS
Session Broken Up By
Spectators Who Take
Sides With Opposing
Factions and Start a
Free-for-al Fight Sol
diers To Remain On
Guard Till Peace Is Re-
stored

Mexico city. Doc. 30-CBy the AS
sOciated Press.I- MeXico's congress
sionaI chamber was invaded by armed
forces for the first time in it's history
when troops were called in to uuell
fighting in thu galleries between fac
tions sympathizing with the liberal
cOnStitutionalists party and the social
Democratic bloc Whips and canes
were used by the combattants in the
struggle. which arose over efforts to
win control of the permanent commits
sion which is to act during the recess
of congress from January l to next
September Election of this commits
sion has been expected for the past
fortnight and the galleries at each
session have been crowded by the
sNmpathizers of the contending
groups. The liberal conStitutionalists
represent moderate political opinion
while the social democratic is credit
ed with radical tendencies. Hooting
and shouting from galleries haze made
the sessions almost impossible and
last Monday Eduardo vasconcellos.
president of the chamber. ordered the
police to clear the galleries. This they
were unable to do. the crowd remain
Ing until the sitting was finally adj
iourned. Afterwards a fight took
place outside the chamber between
the two groups which il required
troops to quel Today Senior Vas
concelos asked President Obregon for
armed forces to maintain order and
the later placed 200 soldiers at his
disposal. The galleries were crowded
at an early hour and the usual disor-
ders began. whereupon the soldiers
entered the chamber and intervened.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
IN WALL STREET

New York, Dec. 30.-The last full
session of the year in the stock mar
cent irregular tendencies. Sears-Rce-
buck common and preferred were the
strongest features at early gains Of
3 3-S and 4 points, respectively, on the
Strengthening of the company's finan-
cial position, Coppers and other met
ais hardened substantially in Connec-
tion with reports from Montana indi.
eating resumption early in the coming
year of mining operations in that dis
trict. Rails, oils, steels and equip
ments showed no definite tone. There
was considerable selling of low priced
shares for cash to affect year end
settlements.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
NATIONS MAY BE
ASKED TO CONFER
ON UNEMPL

Geneva Dec. 30.-A recommends
tion that an international conference
be called to consider remedies fer un-
employment was adopted by the
Third International Labor Conference
recently held here The conference
also favored a further consideration
of the question of establishing an
eight-hour day for farm labor and al
50 of wider adoption of the half holi-
day on Saturdays, known as the Eng
lish week.
OF the seven conventions adopted,
three dealt with farm labor One of
these provided that children under IA
can be employed on farms only out
side of school hours. Another would
give the farm hands the right of or
Sanization enjoyed by industrial work
ers A third convention would extend
to them rights to indemnities for ac-
cidents arising out of their employ
ment, as enjoyed by other workers
Two of the conventions applied to
seamen, one forbdding the employ
ment in bunkers and stokehOlds of
boys less than is years old and the
other requiring yearly examination
of every youth under is employed on
ship.
Another convention adopted pro-
rYides for a minimum rest period of
'2l hours in all industrial establish
ments every week wherever possible
on the same day.
These were in addition to a conven-
tion forbidding the use of white lead
and sulphate of lead in interior deco
ration. as cabled at the time of its
adoption. The confsiiehne, also adopt
ed recommendations TO 1nroteet ,yem,
en- employed on fatfig Before anu af-
ter child ,birth., fgRVnfe proper hotsing
of farm hands, for Instruction in
scientific agriculture and application
to them of laws providing pensions
when they become i'll or old
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
MORE ALIENISTS TO BE
CALLED in BURCH CASE

Los Angeles. Calf. Dec. 30-Still
more alienists are to be called proba
bly, today to testify for the defense in
the trial CT Arthur c. Burch. charged
with the murder OF c. Bolton Ken
nedy. Three = ready have taken the
witness stand in his Eehalf and eX :
pressed the opinion that he was in
sane. The prosecution also has under
subpoena a number of mental experts
with whom it plans to combat the
testimony presented by the defense as
to Burch's mental condition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
CRASHING TEST ON
PETROL TANKS OF
AlRPLANE IS MADE

Aldeshot. England. Dec. go
Crashing tests of airplane petrol
tanks are being carried ont here by
the Air Ministry with the obiec' OF
discovering a tank that will withstan!
an accident without leaking or
catching fire.
The petrol filled tanks of different
makes, fitted with all sorts of "shoc'i
ahsOrberS," are shot down a 30 de-
gree slope at 30 miles an hour. land
ing en- Il solid concrete bed. Later
'hey will be subjected to machine gun
fire with incendary. armor piercing
and explosive ammunition and the
tank that best stands the test will re
"eive prize of 400 pounds and thera
are also prizes for second and third
best
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BANK ENCOURAGES SAVING
BY PERSONS OF MODERATE
INCOMES WHO SPEND FREELY

New York. Dec 30.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press 1.-The men included in
the category of "spenders" have been
made the special subject of solicitude
by the National City bank. This in
stitution has inaugurated an innova-
tion in banking circles in the form OF
a compound interest department
where accounts may be opened on de-
posit of 81 or more bearing interest
at 3 1-2 per cent compounded semi
annually. Except in name, it is Il
savings department.
"Of course we welcome deposits
from anyone an official of the bank
said, but our particular object is to
get deposits from the class of we'll
to-do people who have never saved
Systematically. There are great
many people with incomes ranging
from $4,000 or $4,000 a year upward
who never save anything"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BIG ITALIAN BANK
MAY BE SAVED YET
THINK OFFICIALS
Moratorium Granted By Court Ac-
.tion-No Other Roman Bank
on lido
Affected By Crisis

Rome, Dec 30.-(By the Associated
Press. 1.-The ,Banca Italiana di
Sconto, the doors OF which were clos
cd yesterday, has been granted a
moratorium by court action. 1t has
rot" been established that the bank
actually has failed, and there is a tei-
dency in some quarters to believe
that the crisis may be overcome. The
incident lowered lire exchange yester
day which went from 2290 to the dol
lar in the morning to 1850 in the af-
ternoon.
The Banca Italiana di Sconto was
the place where most Americans
transacted their business in Rome
The moratorium granted the bank dn-
der the courts action is effective for
one year.
Meanwhile the Banca Italiana dl
Sconto is continuing all operations
except payments. which, it is stated
will be resumed as soon as the tri-
bunal limits the amounts which may
/ be withdrawn daily.
No Other Bank Hit
Turin, Dec. 30.-The financia
league here has sent note to its
members in connection with the clos
ing yesterday of the Banca Italians
di ScontO in Rome saying that this
institution is the only one involved il
the financial crisis. Brokers have
sent a commission to Rome to take uI
with the government the question o
position of the exchange which has
been aggravated by the crisis.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
WAGE DISPUTES URGED BY
NEW YORK BUSINESS. MEN

New York, Dec. SO.-Compulsory ar
bitration of industrial, disputes as a
measure of protection for the public
is provided for in bill sponsored by
the New York Board of Trade and
Transportation to be submitted to the
state legislature. The proposed leg.
islation is intended to forestall un.
,jnstifable strikes and lockouts, it was
said, and by its provisions justices OF
The supreme court and the state in,
austrials commissioner would be EN-
pQWsreA to- handle labor disputes.
q n pRFe aggravated situationso or in
the sSEsht pf sxtEeme differences abe
tween enpl yers ihnd workers. tbssb n
N1qld Asts |jsh q: court ofrindnatylal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BRITISH AND
FRENCH BANKERS
in CONFERENCE
Very Important Meeting
To Investigate and Re-
form the Economic Sit
uation In Europe, Now
Being Held I'M Paris
Reparations Bonds Can
Net Be Floated

Paris, Dec. 30.-(By the Associated
Press. THE meeting of British and
French financiers and businessmen at
the French foreign Office this after
noon to grapple with the European
economic situation is regarded in
French circles as one of the most i'm
portant experiments since the first
efforts to bring Europe back to IA
peace basis
1t is generally believed that if the
conference organizes an international
consortium of bankers, merchants and
manufacturers, it will have an impor-
tant influence upon the future of Eu-
rope.
In French political CIRCLES where
all efforts of British business men to
intervene in European problems have
been regarded with suspicion, the i'm
preston is gaining that after all busi-
ness heads may be able to get ahead
faster than diplomats.
The failure of the allies to place
any portion of the German repara.
tons bonds which it is understood
have been offered in every market
capable of absorbing such paper. is
said to have brought about the pres
ent conference.
All ideas of making an enormous
loan which financiers agree is neces-
sary to set on foot the work of re-
storing Europe economically. has
been abandoned until it is seen what
the supreme council meeting at Can.
nes may work out in connection with
the business mems conference here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
WORLDS RECORD
FOR TIME FLIGHT
IS BEATEN TODAY
Edward Stimson Remains In the
Air Over rs Hours, Landing
Shortly Before Noon

Mineola. Dec. 30.-A new world :
record for continuous flying was es-
tablished today by Edward Stinson,
pilot of an. all metal monoplane, and
his mechanician Lloyd Bertaud, when
they surpassed the mark of "a hours,
10 minutes and second. made in
France in June 1920 by two French
men.
Stinson descended from the air
shortly after IL 10, after having been
in the air 26 hours, 10 minutes and 81
seconds. He was forced to descend
IN account Of faulty oil connection
with which he and his mechanician
had batt!ed since o'clock this morn
ing. They still had enough gas left
to have continued flying till sundown.
1t was excessively cold during his
fight and his start was made in the
midst of snow storm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
HARDING SENDS GREETING
TO OLDEST STAR EMPLOYE

Marion, Ohio. Dec. 29.-President
Harding in holiday greeting to Mar
in L. Miller, r. oldest employe of the
Marion Star. the presidents newspa-
per, said that experience has taught
him that there is even more happi-
ness in some of our humber pursuits
than there is in assuming RESPONSE
bility in high places"
The greeting. received by Mr.. Mil
Ter yesterday. was in response to one
he had sent the president few days
ago.
Miller, compositor, was one of the
employees of the Star when Mr. Hard
ing first became connected with it in
1884.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BUILDING ASSOCIATION
ENTIRELY OF WOMEN

Trenton, N. j., Dec. 30.-Articles of
incorporation for the Betsy Rose
Building and Loan Association of New
York, the first of it's kind in New
Jersey composed solely of women,
were approved today by the state
banking and insurance commissioner.
Every official of the new association
from counsel to members of the board
Of management is a woman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
MEX BANKERS AND OIL
MEN FAIL TO AGREE
ON WORKING PLAN

Mexico City. Dec. 30 Negotiations
between the Mexican banks and the
oil interests are continuing accord
ing 10 an announcement OF Secretary
de la Huerta. The favorable settle
mcnt of international financial pro-
Llems is expected within a ,hort time.
he said.
The sccretary's statement Was made
atter publication yesterday by the
newspaper FL Democra:a OF an cdi-
torial declaring that the neg ,tiations
had failed
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
FOOD DRAFTS SENT TO
RUSSIA BY FRIENDS OF
THE STARVING PEOPLE

Paris, Dec. 30.-Hundreds of men,
bers of the extensive Russian colony
of Paris are planning to send food
to their relatives and friends in Rus
sia through the agency of the Amer
lean. Relief Administration which has
opened an Office here to sell food
drafts.
The drafts are for S. and $40. The
American Relief Administration un-
dertakes to deliver the food to any
address in Russia in 80 days. The
money will be refunded at the end OF
that time if officials fail to locate the
person for whom the food was in
tended,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
NO OXYGEN ON PLANET
VENUS, SAY SCIENTISTS,
HENCE THERE IS NO LIFE

Swarhmore, Pa. Dec. 3o.-Investi
cation by f. S. John, director of the
Wilson observatory of California, and
Seth b. Nicholson, his assistant. indi-
cate that the planet Venus supports
nC life. they asserted in papers read
today before the American astronom-
ical society in convention at the
SprGul observatory. Swarthmore col!
lcge. Both declare they had discov
cred ne oxygen or water on Venus
and therefore the presence of even
animal life was precluded
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BREATH INSPECTOR TO
KEEP POLICE STRAIGHT

Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 3d.
Notice of breath inspector" to
be appointed by the police, insert
ed in the police roll call here yes
terday as a joke, was hailed as a
good idea by Mayor.Elect George
oles, who said today that he
would put II. into force when he.
assumes office Jan. I. The notice
said that the "breath inspector"
would sniff at all policemen every
four hours and that scents Of
! cloves, wlnterureensos peppermint
would put = bFs6ke mark on the
record Of the offending OFFICER.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
BOARD ORDERED OUT

Boston, Dec. 3o.-The board of d.
rcctors of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, today announced the remov-
al of the board of trustees of the
Christian Science Publishing Society.
The trustees at the same time insist
ed that they were in office and the
fact that their designations had been
offered to the supreme court placed
jurisdiction solely in the courts
hands, r.' i"t 7"4 PC
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
COLD EoR RUSSIAN RgLlEE

London, Dec. 3o,55Ann agreement
was negotiated here last week where
by soviet Russia will turn over to the
American relief administration sio.-
100000 In gold. TAR the purchase Of
grain in the United States. It was.
signed herei today by Walter Lyusah
Brown on behaif OF the relief anssins'
istratlon and Leonard krassln on III
80 hslf 81 thss soviet sevsrnmAfit. 4
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-30
POPULATION OF FRANCE

Paris, Dec. 30.--The official result
of the general census Of 1921 gives
the population Of France. including
AlsacalA Aorraine, SHsses Ses402. tae. of
Wilhelm 550, ,449 arfp pSereieasssr7eITa
gnopulAiion In 1911 was g S9,65lt09G, ins
|cladingY 1,1s2, esss foreienaspefe III