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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17

the date and amount of the appropria-
ton. The rate of expenditure should
be approximately 1925. 900 per month. "
Discussing the present state of the
work. General Beach says:
"All preparatory work in the nature
of camps, roads. railroads, plants,
shops, etc, is completed Earth eX
cavaticn for the lock is 80 per cent
completed and rock excavation Is per
cent. About &C per cent Of the eXca-
walton and foundations for the dam
are completed and about IS per cent
of the concrete placed. About AS
per cent of the excavation for the
lower house section is completed and
approximately 4.6 per cent of the con-
crete placed.
Following suspension of construc-
ton, property has been collected and
stored. rented floating property re-
turned and construction equipment
y aced in condition for indefinite stur-
age or lay-up. The navigation of the
river is completely blocked by the
work in its present condition
Describing the project in some de-
tail, General Beach says:
The existing project provides for
the construction of two lock d dam,
and ID powerhouse. 81 miles above
the railroad bridge at Florence. Ala.
securing least depth OF 9 - feet ut
extreme low water for distance of
147 miles. and for the generation of
electric power for the production OF
nitrates or other projects NEEDED for
munitions of war. and useful in the
manufacturers Of fertilizers and other
useful products. The length Of the
entire section is 1866 miles, its lower
end being 265.5 miles above the mouth
of the Tennessee River"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
FLORIDA GATHERS SMALLEST
ACREAGE COTTON FOR MANY
YEARS, FEDERAL BUREAU SAYS

Gainesville, Dec. IS. -Florida's cot
ton crop, on the smallest acreage har-
vested in many years. will be slightly
more than $1,000 bales this year, az
cording to the federal bureau of crop
estimates here. Last years crop was
1914 bales, two years ago 1922
bales and in 1918 29,415 bales
The acreage of Sea Island cotton
in Florida this year was larger than
last year and the number of bales will
be greater, the Bureau states, but the
crop is too small for an accurate es-
innate of production. Indications
this season however, point to grad
ual resumption of planting through
the old Sea Island territory of the
state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
CHILp ALMOST STRANGLED

Mrs. G.. Grab, 3116 Washington Ave.
New Orleans, La, writes: MY child
had a cough so bad she would almost
strangle coughing. Foley's Honey and
Tar relieved her cough, and recon-
mended to my mother Foley's
Honey and Tar gets right at the seat
of trouble, clears nose and throat OF
mucus, heals raw and inflamed sur
faces, loosens tightness of the chest
and checks Group. whooping cough,
bronchiel and FLU" coughs. Henley 5
Drug Store. adv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
GERMAN SHIP COMING

Jacksonville, Dec. 16-.The first
German ship to enter this port since
1914 is expected here in the near flu
ture, a shipping agent announcing
that the Germa steamer Franziska
sailed from Hamburg December 10
for Jacksonville with cargo oil
kainit. The vessel was recently con-
structed and is making her maiden
voyage. According to the agent, the
Franziska will be placed in service
between Jacksonville, New Orleans
and Cuban ports.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
TO STOP COUGHING AT NIGHT

When anyone is suffering from a
bronchial affliction or has a cough
that fingers on and grows worse at
night. the loss of sleep tends to weak
en- the sufferer and grows more
serious the longer it is neglected
Mrs NJ. Suter. CAT Longbrook Ave,
Stratford, Conn, writes: "Foleys
honey and Tar has given me great
relief from severe attack of bron-
chitis." No medicine stands higher
throughout the nation as famil.
remedy for colds, coughs and Group
Henleys Drug Store. adv
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
BREVARD COUNTY GROWER
INSURES ORANGE CROP AT
TEN CENTS BOX PREMIUM

Titusyille, Dec. 16.-J. j. Parrish,
one of the largest citrus fruit growers
on the East Coast, is the first produc-
err in Brevard county to Insure his
crop against frost. He has insured
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17
5000 boxes of grapefruit and

$4,000 boxes of grapefruit and or
anges
On the west side Of the Indian riV-
er the premium for the insurance was
ten cents a box while on Merritt island
the cost was only eight cents.
Because the island is surrounded By
water the average temperature IN
about three degrees higher than GAtt
on the mainland and the insurance
company recognizing the difference
charged a smaller premium on fruit
in that locality.
CUT THIS QUIT
INF this nlin nalf anclnnn Wffh g
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-17

and mail 1t to Foley G. Co., 1885 Shef-
Aelda Ave. Chicago, Ill, writing your
nans esd address clearly. You will
receive IN return trial package con-
tanning Foley's Honey and Tar Ccm-
pound for coughs. colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills for pains In sides
and back: Rheumatism. backache, kid
Asy and bladder ailAents: and Foley
Cathartis TAslsts. q wholesome ana
thoroughly cleansing sAthhrtic for
constipation, hliousness, headaches
and sluggish bowels. Henley's Drug
Store. adv.
q. 8. treasurer reports there. are
thnns pieces az paper currency and 80
| IN ehangp fee ssseSy mar, woman sHA
| cn1tA IN fW4 4HNNfF, z = & :,
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
ARbUCKLE TO
TELL FAC IS
ABOUT HIS
PA RI !
Film Comedian to Be His
Own Star Witness When
Manslaughter Case Goes
Before Trial Jury

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12.-Roseoe
("Fatty'') Arbuckle will lay aside his
cloak of secrecy and silence and bare
every detail of the Labor Day party
in a room of the ST. Francis hotel in
San Francisco, which is said to have
resulted in the death of Miss Virginia
Rape, Los Angeles actress, and the
subsequent charge Of manslaughter
against the film comedian, according
to statement made by Milton Co.
hen, his personal attorney.
Arbuckle will tell his story from
the witness stand in the Bay City Su-
perior Court, where he will be placed
on trial next week. He has signified
his willingness to answer any and
every question put to him by District
Attorney Matthew Brady at that
time, who has tried in vain to get him
to talk ever since his arrest.
Mr.. Cohen stated that Arbuckle
will be his own star witness. The at
torney would not indicate the manner
of Arbuckle's testimony, but he hint
ed that several disclosures would be
made by the comedian that would act
in the nature of exploding bombshells
in the courtroom. .' ~
Mr.. Cohen also stated that much of
Arbuckle's testimony would be sup
ported by dozen prominent Los An
geles business men and members of
the motion picture profession. These
witnesses, he said, are the ones for
whom he secured IL blanket subpe-
naes and whose names are being kept
secret.
1t was learned that District Attor-
ney Brady had issued subpenaes for
DR.. George R. Diven, Hollywood ply
sician, who is said to have treated
Miss Rappe, and AL Trealoar, athletic
director of the Los Angeles Athletic
Club.
1t was also reported that Henry
Lehrman, Miss Rappe's sweetheart,
might be called to testify for the pro-
secution. 1t is said that the defense
had offered to pay half the expense
of bringing Lehrman from New York
but no definite agreement had been
reached on the proposal.
Brady admitted that George Glen
non, house detective of the St. Fran
els, had made statement to him, but
he would not divulge its nature. He
denied, however, that the statement
was favorable to Arbuckle. 1t was
claimed that Glennon had told the Dis
trict Attorney that he had visited
Miss Rappe twice before her deatf
and interrogated her about, the al
legged acts of Arbuckle and the an.
swers he received exonerated the
comedian of all blame.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
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LETTUCE CROP

Practically all of the fruit grown
in California is now packed and ship
ped under standardized rules and the
results have been to greatly improve
the industry and increase the pros
perity of the growers. The truck
crop growers have been quick to see
the advantage of Standardization and
have been applying to the State De-
partment of Agriculture for inspec-
ton service.
Lettuce growers Of the Imperia
Valley are to hold a meeting in the
High School Auditorium. at Brawley
November IS, at which time an at
tempt will be made TO secure the con
|sent of all growers and shippers fol
the adoption of the United State
tentative grades applying to tina
lcrop.
In the past six years, the produc
ton of lettuce in California ha
grown from practically nothing to al
Industry of enormous size. In 1911
there were 27 cars shipped out of I'm
perial Valley. In 1922 the estimate,
shipments will be $500 cars.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
GENUINE BEER
PERMITS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED
But There Is No Beer for the
Relief of the Sick and Ailing
Did you sleep we'll last night?

Did you sleep we'll last night?
Are you a sufferer from insomnia,
or dementia praecox, anencephalous,
or something like that?
DO you think a little beer-say
about two gallons and a half-would
restore your sick and ailing BODY so
as to enable you to once more take
up the daily burdens of life?
If so, here is news for you.
The permits for real beer have been
issued by the government treasury Of
ficials and are now in the hands of the
proper officers to be issued to the
physicians wishing to engage in the
treatment of patients with this won.
derfully revivifying tonic.
Now, don't all get excited and rush
UP to the doctors office this after
noon.
Not single doctor in Ell Centre has
made application for beer prescrip-
tions yet. Several are likely to do
SO within few days and also the
drug stores will have to make out
their applications and lay in sup
ply of the 8 per cent brew.
No, just the forms have been shin
ped to the issuing officers in Los
Angeles and San Diego, but it is ex-
pected that they will be received
here in a few days.
But after You get your prescrip-
ton from your doctor you are going
to have trouble.
For there is no beer here and won't
be for a long time yet, and, horrible
to think, mebbe not at all.
The brewers are ready to mako tbe
beer. In fact, it is whispered that
they have large stock on hand.
But, they have to file their appli-
cations for permission to manufac-
ture the extra kicking stuff in Wash
ngton. And it is going to take sew
eral weeks for Washington to unbind
itself enough to get these permits out.
And, then some more horror. Meb-
be the Senate of the United States
Will concur in the action of the
House and pass the anti-beer bill be-
fore the brewer and the doctor and
the druggist can get around to YOU.
Anyway, the permits are out, and
mebbe the "sick" will get relief.
sometime.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
CLARK REGRETS
LANDING JOB
As CHAIRMAN N
Recall People Are Up Tree and
Grand Jury Asks Suspension
of Judgment
Mr.. Clark Booher, Chairman Farmers
Protective League:

lOleSllfc AedSue.
The Imperial Valley Press wishes
to congratulate you on the truth of
the statement which you made last
evening at the mass meeting held in
Brawley, and that was, "Unfortun-
ately l have been elected chairman of
the Farmers Protective League of the
recall movement"
Clark, you never made a truer
statement in your life; it sure was
unfortunate and The Press certainly
agrees with you. However, since you
and your friend Mark Rose voted
against the recall and to stand to a
man behind the Board of Directors of
the Imperial Irrigation District, we
believe that you have gone a long
way towards redeeming yourself in
the estimation of the people of I'M
perial Valley.
We sincerely hope that you will
stay by your last nights decision, and
this goes for Mark Rose, too. You
remember that when a vote was call
ed on the resolution endorsing the
Board of Directors of the district and
condemning the recall movement, that
there was not one dissenting vote. So
naturally the resolution had both
yours and Mark Roses approval
Another thing that we are glad to
know, is the fact that you told Messrs.
Stern and Mcclure that it was al
right with you to have the Board of
Directors hire some outside man, who
would be absolutely impartial, to act
as business manager for the District.
That was sure mighty fine of you, and
there is no doubt but that Imperial
Valley appreciates it. e., =.
In conclusion, east your eyes over
the statement of the grand jury fol-
lowing this paragraph. 1t looks like
that body was deadly in earnest and
that they We're tackling the Herculean
task of cleaning the Aegean stables
of Imperial Valley in a businesslike
manner. Another hunch gathered
from reading between the lines is to
the effect that the grand jury was far
from satisfied with the kind of evil
dence or lack of evidence that men,
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
PRINCETON-YALE
FOOTBALL TODAY
(By Associated Pressl

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Nov. 12-
The second of the eastern football!
classics for the season of 1921 will be
played in the Yale Bowl here this
afternoon, when the elevens Of
Princeton and Yale meet in their an
nual struggle. Dating back to 1873,
the annual gridiron battle between
the two famous universities is so sur
rounded and entwined with varsity
and football tradition that, with The
possible exception of the Harvard
Yale contest, it exceeds in interes t
from an eastern standpoint any 9TH
er game of the year.
Year in and year out, regardless OF
whether the two teams are Of excep.
tlonal power or merely mediocre IN
comparison with other college teams
of the same section, the battle of ths
Bulldog and the Tiger famed in song
and story, attracts record attendance
Each fall the Palmer Memorial Stad
ium, at Princeton, or the Yale Bow
here, as the case may be, IS taxed 4
capacity and thousands Of applicu
tions for tickets are returned for laci
of seats.
Today's game is no exception, fp,
the huge football amphitheater of th,
Blue has been sold out for weeks an,
tickets would command many hun
dred percent premium We're the,
available to the spectators.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12

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Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
TRYING TO REFORM
MEXICAN REPUBLIC

MEXICO CITY, Nov. Fright on
the heels of vain attempt to make
Mexico City dry" comes another re-
form movement in the form of a pc
tition presented to the Chamber of
Deputies to prohibit bullfighting
within the federal district, the con-
ter of which is Mexico City. The
petition is said to have the support
of several deputies.
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
HARDING IN
EL0Q UE n 7
PLEA FOR
Pc ACE
At Bier of nknOwn Ameri-
can Soldier in Arlington
Cemetery President Asks
for War on Wars

HC llle grave Ol lue unknown SOL
dier" in Arlington cemetery, Wash
ington, yesterday at noon, President
Harding gave solemn promise to the
nation and to the world, that the sac
rifice of millions of dead shall not be
in vain.
"There must be, there shall be, the
commanding voice of conscious civ
iliZation against armed warfare" the
President said. He spoke across the
flag draped bier of the unknown SOL
dier, buried here with regal honors.
not alone to the representatives of
Americas people, but to the highest
emissaries Of the worlds greatest
powers, gathered here on the eve of
the conference called to stem the
tides of future wars.
''To the defenders who survive, to
mothers who sorrow, to widows and
children who mourn the President
voiced the prayer, "that no such sac
'rifice should be asked again"
Then with tender tribute he swung
into the climax of his Grafton.
CAS- We return this poor clay to it's
mother soil. garlanded by love and
covered with the decorations that only
nations can bestow, can sense the
prayer of our people, of all peoples,
that this Armistice Day shall mark
the beginning of new and lasting
EZRA of peace on earth, good will
among men,"
Bending reverently over the casket,
the President, with the vast audience
joining softly, offered. up the Lords
Prayer as he closed his address.
II speak not as pacifist fearing
war, but as one who loves justice and
hates war;" Harding declares in
voicing his resolution that civilization
must make supreme effort to end
war for all time.
LET us give our influence and
strength, yea, of our aspirations and
convictions, to put mankind on high
er plane exulting and exalting, with
wars distressing and depressing trag-
edies barred from the stage of right
eous civilizations" he pleaded.
With vivid strokes Harding painted
the spectacular rain of death he wit
messed during a modern battle DEM
|onstration at Camp Benning, Georgia,
recently, when the earth trembled as
big guns sent shells shrieking over his
head and tracer bullets flew past in
ideally concentration.
"As this panorama of unutterable
obstruction visualized the horrors O.
modern conflict there grew on me the
sense of the failure of a civilization
which can leave its problems to such
cruel arbitrament," he continued.
Passages of melting tenderness fo,
the unknown dead that moved many II
the audience to tears were woven in
President Harding's attack on the goo
of war.
1--WE gather him to the nations
breast" he said simply, within tn,
shadow of the capitol, of the towe,'
ing shaft that honors Washington
the great father, and of the exquis;t,
monument of Lincoln, the martyre
savior"
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
MAIDEN
F0U n D A 7
B R A WILEY
R A CES
Ruth Conwell, Alleged to
Have Been Kidnapped by
White Slavers, Found Liv-
ing Life at AlamOriO

Ruth Conwell, a pretty 15year-old
girl, disappeared from her home in
Los Angeles Thursday of last week.
She was supposed to have been kid
naped for the purpose of sale to
ring of white slavers for the sum of
$1,000.
Her name and her picture with all
the lurid details of her going away
from home were spread all over the
front pages Of the Los Angeles news
papers.
Then along with the first report of
her disappearance came story that
she was held for $500 ransom, and the
police and the sheriffs and the con-
staublarly got excited about the mat
ter and statewide search for her
captors was staged with all the saw
ed-off shotgun accessories and Old
Sleuth methods.
graph in the Examiner of Los Ange-
les, however, solved the mystery of
her disappearance.
Yesterday up at Alamorio Park,
where the Armistice Day race was
held, Merrill D. Davis, publisher of
The Press, and Fred Nebel-Thau,
staff photographer of the paper. were
attracted by the sight of a pretty
slip of girl mounted on the hood of
big 12-cylinder car stamping her
heels in rhythm to the exhaust blast
Of Al Menasco's speed wagon, as it
wound round and round on the track
Nebel-Thau and Davis had both
read the Examiner story of the kid
naping of the young woman in Los
Angeles. Both had seen the very ac-
curate reproduction of her photo
graph.
And in the chic little maid perched
on the top of the big car nearby, wa
gering kisses against two-bits on the
result of the race they recognized the
missing Ruth Conwell
The young woman was dressed in
the same clothes she wore the day
she mysteriously disappeared from
her home in Avenue 81 in Los Ange-
les.
AS soon as Messrs. Davis and Thau
had satisfied themselves that they
had found the missing girl, they re-
ported the facts to Deputv Sheriffs
Cummins and Blake and these officers
took charge of her.
The girl at first denied her identity
but finally admitted that she was the
wanted girl. She declined, however
to make any statement except thai
she had not been kidnapped and that
she had left home because she had
been attacked with the w&nderlus
and wanted to see a bit of the big
world.
So far as the Imperial Valley is
concerned, her story begins last Mon
day morning when George Becker o.
FL Centre was driving his mach;n,
home from Riverside. At point OF
the desert road south of Pain
Springs, 116 miles from Los Angeles
he overlook the young woman brave
ly hiking it south as fast as her lttl
patent leather pumps could carry her
Becker offered her ride and afte
she had got into his machine he in
Imperial Valley press., 1921-11-12
A R N M|ST|CE
DAY GREAT
I ! N { FOR
Pr 0 PHI
Solemn and Heartfelt Obser-
ance by People of Imperial
Valley; Brawley is Center
of Big Celebration

A third Armistice Day has passed
into the records of yesterday.
1t was the slipping back of a glori-
Gus page of a glorious record of a
glorious day; and, it was befittingly
celebrated in all Of the Imperial VAL
ley.
There will be other Armistice Days
to follow the one of yesterday and the
year and the year before that. The
day is destined to live forever, even as
Independence Day and Memorial Day,
and to make for better civilization
and a better understanding of all the
things that go to make up pure
Americanism.
There was no spot in all the vast
territory of the "land that God for
got" which is eneompassed within
this inland empire of ours, that there
was not some observance of Arms-
tce Day.
Out in the heart of the desert, away
off of the main travelled roads, where
the only human being that is regular
ly seen is the mail carrier, the lonely
settler, who is trying to carve out 4
home and destiny from the sands and
sage brush and greasewood, stood at
attention yesterday morning for two
minutes with bowed head and prayed
to his Maker for the welfare of the
nation.
Thus it was so every place in the
valley. There was a solemn and
heartfelt observance of the day.
1t was likewise a gala occasion
After 9 O'Clock, when the whole coun-
ty stood at attention in honor of the
unknown soldier" who was being
laid to rest in Arlington cemetery in
Washington, the holiday spirit took
hold. The people got gay and joyous
and proceeded to celebrate the victory
over the Hun in any appropriate way
that presented itself.
The big celebration of the day was
at Brawley, where, at Alamorio Park,
the American Legion staged so
mile automobile race. a motorcycle
race and a number of prize fights.
And in the evening there were
dances wherever fiddle and tym-
pan could be got together.
The automobile race at Aamorio
Park, which is an annual Armistiee
Day event, was won by Al Menasco
in little Chevrolet car, which he has
been handnursing for the event for
the past two years. He drove con-
Isistent race and deserved the victory.
Fred Hackett, in C. f. Coggins' car,
finished second after whole lot Of
trouble with steering knuckles and
tires and such things, and Billy Max
well, after world of trouble with his
Case car, got into third place.
| The winner in the event took all
the money there was and he is con-
sequenuy happy today.
The prize fights We're fast and
snappy and clean. The big crowd was
treated to wanderful exhibitions OF
"a rounds of fistie battling, and alto
gether the American Legion pulled
great day out there.
In FL Centre, Brswley, Imperial,
Holtville and other towns OF the val
ley dances and entertainments we're
given in the. evening, and there were