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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
Federal Charge OF Pos
sessing Liquor Unlaw-
fully To Be Tried After
State Case Is Disposed
of-Extensive Prepara-
tions On Both Sides

San Francisco, Nov. 14-Roscoe c.
! (Fat-y) Arbuckle. fayorite motion
picture comedian. went to trial today
on charge of manslaughter growing
cut OF the death OF Miss Virginia
Rappe, motion picture actress. Sep
tcmEer 9. Scores of witnesses on
10th sides awaited the call to the
stand.
The crowds began to surge early
about the narrow corridors on the
third floor of the hall of justice
where the trial court is located De
spite the fact hat the admissions
were limited to approximately 300.
which included more than score of
newspaper men, hundreds picked
points Of vintage to glimpse the prin-
cipals in the big legal drama as they
went into the courtroom.
For more han week the contend
ing sides have had their decks strip
ped for action, and the eagerness
with which they collected all posi-
BILE evidence indicates hard ami
bitter contest
The trial was to have started last
Monday but an election and Armistice
Day so broke up the time that post
ponement until today was granted
In the two months that have
elapsed since the commission of the
alleged criminal act by Arbuckle, the
defendant has been been in prison for
several days, has had a preliminary
hearing on a charge OF murder, which
was reduced to the manslaughter
charge on which he went to trial to-
day, and has been made the defendant
in Il federal action charging the pos
session of liquor illegally. The fed
eral charge remains to be tried and
will presumably await the action in
the state court.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
POLICE FORCED
INTO STRUGGLE
WITH PRISONER
John P. Grant, Wanted for Lough-
man Robbery, Rebels Under
Arrest

John P Grant. of Lockport. Ala
hama, took Il notion to rebel against
the Lakeland officers Sunday noon
after having been arrested on infor
nation from Loughman, where he is
said to have robbed the commissary.
The information was telephoned
from Loughman about noon Sunday
that Grant was accused of the rob-
berry and was thought to have come to
Lakeland on Train No. S3. Chief Will
liams and Lieutenant Sineath started
on Il search and found Grant in the
smoker of the Tampa train He was
forced to admit his identity and
agreed to come to the police head
quarters quietly, but when near the
station, the party having come across
lots from the station he suddenly
dropped his suitcase and thrust his
hand into his right coat pocket. The
chief ordered him to withdraw his
hand and he persistently refused to
do so. Lieut.. Sineath grasped his arm
and E. l.. Tiller came to the scene
and all three men struggled with the
fellow The officers got him down
but he still refused to take his hand
out of his pocket until hit on the head
DN gun Ill llle vi tHlcl w IL
liams. The officers and Mr.. Tiller
were under the impression that the
prisoner was attempting to draw a
gun, but he had nothing in the pocket
but the purse of pennies and pocket
knife which he is thought to have
been attempting to draw
When accosted by the officers he
was carrying a suitcase and a small
handbag. Chief Williams took charge
of the latter and it was found to con
tain many of the articles said to be
missing from the Loughman commits
sary.
Grant, who is said to have been
employed in an Orlando pharmacy at
one time, says he has been looking
for work since last June and a diary
carried by him shows that in that
time he has been in seven states.
When asked the reason for his re-
bellious conduct. he is said to have
replied that he knew things were bad
for him and he might as well make
them worse. He will be taken to
Barlow today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
Nine PERSONS
BURNED TO DEATH
IN A TENEMENT
Five-StOry Building, Occupied By
Fifteen Families, Scene Of
Destructive Fire

New York, Nov 14-At least nine
persons are believed to have been
burned to death in a tenament house
fire early this morning. Five bodies,
all unidentified, were found huddled
together near doorway on the fifth
floor of the building and firemen la
ter found three more bodies, none of
which was identified Two men and
one woman were seriously injured,
while 80 others were treated for
abrasions and shock
The building, five story tenement,
was occupied by fifteen families. In
vestigation showed the fire had orig
mated in the basement and roared
up through a shaft to the second floor,
where is "mushroomed" spreading
through the four upper stories of the
building.
Many of the people who lived in the
tenament groped their way to win
dows, where they clung to ledges and
screamed for help. Post office en-
ployes from a sub-station across the
street saved many before the firemen
reached the street. One man became
exhausted while clinging to window
ledge and fell to the street. suffering
a fractured skull.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
TEST OF EINSTEIN THEORY DESCRIBED
INPAPER READ PROF. "A. A. NICHOLSON
More Accurate Measurement Of Velocity Of Light First Step TOwart
Determining Accuracy Of Enstens Deductions

"The practical results obtained
should the experiments prove sue
cessful. would be the use of it as a
substitute for the elaborate triginom-
itral basis for the measurement of
the distance between two mountains
from so to 100 miles apart. he said
That sort of problem when it must be
obtained within a few inches is very
difficult and mathematically compli-
Gated under present conditions. II
we knew the velocity of light abso.
lutte y, such measurements would h.
ample matter.
more accurate light measurements
would Certainly aid us in gaining a
more accurate knowledge of the stel-
lar universe. 1t might also be of aid
to artillery officers, especially the
coast artillery, in the preparation oi
firing data
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
FRENCH BILLIARD
CHAMPION TO PLAY
AT WORLD TOURNEY
VIII Meet Walter Eochrane of
Frisco Tonight-Gther No
tables To Play

Chicago. Nov l4-Play in the
worlds 1872 balk line billiard tour
nament will open here tonight with
Roger Cont. the French champion
meeting Welker Cochrane. of San
Francisco. in the frs game
Considerable interest is attached to
the first afternoon game tomorrow
Ora G. Morning. star of Dan Diego,
will oppose Edouard Horemans, the
Belgian star. This Will be He4e.
manss first championship test in
America.
Young Jake Schaefer Jr.. son of the
famed wizard. who is regarded as
Willie Hopes most formidable cp-
ponent will meet the Chicago vet
eran. George Sutton, in the second
afternoon game tomorrow.
Hoppe, the champion, will not get
into action until tomorrow night when
he meets the loser of tonight's match.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
NATIONAL GUARD NOW
ABOUT EQUALS REGULAR
ARMY, IS ANNOUNCED

Washington, Nov. 14.-With a to
tai of 10000 men enrolled. national
guard units recognized by the fed
eral government have reached a
strength almost equal to that of the
present regular army, it was an
nounced today by the war depart
ment.
Organization of new units, to bring
the national guard up to it's author
lied strength of 222,S77 men, is be
ing prosecuted vigorously by all the
states, with strength of 6,0S9. re
ceived federal recognition during Oc
tober.
New York state, with an enrolment
of 1858, has the largest organization
at present, and Porto Rico is first in
percentage CT recognized strength to
the number authorized, with a rating
of 80 per cent.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14

Chicago, Nov. 14-Experiments per-
fected recently and by means of
which it is hoped to test the accuracy
of the Einstein theory, were describ-
ed in a paper prepared by Prof. AL
bert A. Nicholson, Of the University
of Chicago, to he read today before
the national academy of science. The
apparatus developed by Prof. Michel
son consists of a mechanicism for
the more accurate measurement of the
velocity of light which he says he
hopes to have perfected by next sum-
mer so that the exact speed may be
measured within two miles per sec
ond AS to the Einstein theory, he
said he did no. know of any definite
facts developed this summer at the
Mount Wilson observatory in Cali
fornia, which either proved or dis
proved it, His experiments are NOT
yet completed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
THRONG COURTHOUSE AS
ARBUCKLE CASE IS CALLED FOR
TRIAL ON MANSLAUCHTER CHARGE
COURT REFUSES TO HOLD
WOMEN CHARGED WITH
FAVORING BIRTH CONTROL

New York, Nov. 14-Refusal OF
Judge Corrigan to entertain disorder
ly conduct charges against Miss Mar
garet Sanger and Miss Mary Windsor
arrested last night when they detiel
police orders to cease addressing a
birth control meeting, placed the pol
lice department in Il dilema today.
Magistrate Corrigan's complaint clerk
first refused to draft the charge on
the grounds that the police had not
presented sufficient evidence to war
rant such a complaint. When the po-
lice insisted the clerk referred the
matter to the magistrate. who backed
him up.
MAGISTRATE Corrigan then summon
ed Capt. Donchue. who ordered the
arres's, to ascertain whether the po-
lice had any further evidence of dis
orderly conduct.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
NEXT MEETING
OF CONFERENCE
Held TOMORROW
Comment On Hughes
Naval Proposition Is
Favorable In Great
Britain = Representa-
tives of Foreign Ma
ticns Working Pro
gram for Sessiono
Accent in Principle

Washington, Nov. 14.-Great Brit
aims acceptance sin principle" of the
American proposals for the limitation
of naval armament was definitely
forecast today in statements on be.
half of the British delegation. ia.
pans acceptance "in principle" at
least, is forecast by Baron kato and
others of the Japanese delegation.
Great Britain's principal consider
alton, it is understood, in framing the
reply which Arthur BaIfour will make
tomorrow, has been, What will be
done to bring France and Italy with
in the scope of the limitation plan.
1t is understood the American dele
gates have impressed on the British
the advisability of first disposinq of
the question as it affects the three
principals, the United States, Great
Britain and Japan.
Acceptance in principle is a dplo-
matic phrase which does not neces-
sarily assure acceptance in the orig
inal form.
Washington, Nov 13.-With the
next general meeting of the confer.
ence on the limitation of arms sched
uled for tomorrow, heads of various
delegations hoped to agree today on
at least tentative program of pro-
ceedure For the purpose of arrang-
ing preliminary details two important
meetings were to be held during the
day-cne this morning to discuss the
program for armament negotiations,
the other this afternoon to shape up
procedure for the forthcoming de-
cision on Far Eastern questions.
Heads of the American, British.
French, tia ian and Japantsse delega.
tionS, as well as the members cf the
committee on program and procedure
for Far Eastern questions, which
meets in the afternoon.
A meeting of the American advisory
committee of q also has Esen called
for this afternoon at which Chairman
Sutherland will announce the person
mel of the six subcommittee already
authorized to handle special subjects
before the conference.
Preliminary to further conference
sessions the delegates today continued
Secretary Hughess proposal for the
reduction OF the British. American
and Japanese fleets and for 10 year
naval holiday. While spokesmen for
Great Britain and Japan continued to
confine themselves to guarded com
ment. the American delegation was
encouraged by the attitude of the rep
resentativcs of the other two powers
affected ly the proposal, and were
confident that there was at least no
possibility cf a flat rejection of he
plan and that ii would form the basis
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14

OF Whatever agreement is reached
Naval officers, in discussing the
proposal, emphasized as an outstand-
ing feature the fact that the United
States would be left without battle
cruisers. while Japan and Great Bri
tain would each retain four of these
ships. the newest addition to capital
fighting craft. BY suggesting such a
program it appears that the United
States sought tG convey the concrete
assurance OF the unselfish purpose
with which it has entered the confer
ence as declared by President Hard
ing in his opening address.
Comment Is Favorable
London, Nov. 1.-THE American
plan for 10 year naval holiday and
the scrapping of all but limited
number OF warships calls for much
less sacrifice on the part OF Great
Britain than by the United States and
Japan. in view of the naval CORES
pendent of the Daily Mail.
The pr posed sacrifice, he says.
would be heavy one for japan and
The United States, but comparatively
iriffling for Great Britain. as the lat
ter had not incurred any great outlay
on the four new ships just ordered
The American scheme in
vo,ves no injury to British interests
for in fact the British navy today is
third in postwar ships and ocean GO
ing submarines, the two factors which
will probably count for the most in
future naval warfare. The
real question is whether Japan will
be conten' to accept conditions which
place her navy in a position of per-
manent inferiority.'
O'her correspondents point out that
Great Britain has taken the lead in
leduc ion OF naval armaments, her
c-rapping of warships since the ar
m stice having been. up to April, more
han 800 vessels, OF which three hun
dred were destroyers. Statistics are
printed to show that neither Japan
por he United States has gone very
far in this direction.
All other news is Subordnated to
Washington dispatches in this morn
ings papers. The drastic proposals
for naval limitation naturally hold
first place. but the speeches of Pres
ident Harding and Mr.. Hughes are
also fully reported, while ether dis
patches describe the effect produced
in America and the attitude of The va
rious delegates toward the American
proposals.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
CAROLINA AND CLINCHFIELD
RAILROAD WANTS BIG LOAN

Washington, Nov. 14.-The Caro-.
lima and Clinchfeld railroad asked
through the |. C. G. today for gov
ernment loan of S6,OO0,0 to refund
existing Indebtedness, offering to de-
posit $7,000,000 of its funds with the
treasury in security for the loan. The
road said it desired $3,000,000 of the
amount to pay off gold notes matur-
ing at an early date and $1,00O,0O0 to
take up an Indebtedness already in
CURED to the government.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
GARMENT MAKERS
CALLED OUT ON
STRIKE TODAY
Protesting Against Piecework Sys.
tenn and Longer Hours Is
Cause of Trouble

New Y'rk. Nov. IA. Sixty thousand
garment workers were called out or
strike this morning in protest against
the piece work system and increase
from Al to 40 hours a week which was
to have Geen put into effect today by
their employers. Indications are that
The struggle might be prolonged
The International Ladies Garment
Workers Association and 80 shops
were affected.
Efforts at arbitration have failed.
Louis Lustig, president of the Cloak.
Salt and Skirt Manufacturers Protec-
tive Association. charged hat the
union workers failed to aid the EN-
ployers in their efforts to increase
production and thus lower prices C.
women's clothing. The strikers
charged the employers with violating
Il trade agreement which left the
question of working conditions to a
bipartisan commission, which was
to have reported November /. The
piecework system means return to
the "sweatshop" they declare.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
HARDING GOES TO FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY FOR
INSPIRAT TION IN DEDICATIN VICTORY MEMORIAL
PRESIDENT DRAWS INSTRUCTIVE
LESSONS FROM CHARACTER OF OUR
FIRST PRESIDENT, GEO. WASHINGTON
JUCO SLAVIA REJECTS
BOUNDARY DECISIONS

Belgrade. Nov. 13.-(By the AsSo-
ciated Press.) )-JugO Slayia cannot
accept the decision Of the allied cOun-
Gil of ambassadors determining the
boundary line between Jugo-Slayia
and Albania, the cabinet decided mt
a meeting last night. A note to this
effect will BE- sent to the allies.
II is stated i'm official circles here
that the Jugc Slav troops have not
advanced beyond the legitimate bOun-
daries of Serbia The council of am
bassadOrs recently sent note to the
JugO Slav government demanding im-
mediate withdrawal OF troops from
territory within the limits previously
defined by the council.
The newspapers are unanimous in
declaring the councils decision un-
Just and urge strong opposition to a
further meeting OF consultation on
the subject. Thirty thousand troops
are believed advancing towards the
SeI ban border.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
NEXT SATURDAYS GAME
MAY DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP
OF WESTERN CONFERENCE

Chicago. Nov. 14-The 1921 cham
pionship of the Western conference
virtually hinges on he Ohio State
Illinois game next Saturday, when
the Buckeyes meet their bitterest OPP
ponent cf the past year, while Iowa,
the other undeleated big ten squad
has in prospect an easy victory over
Northwestern has failed to win Il con
ference game this season.
Ohio state must defeat Illinois To
divide the championship honors with
Iowa. while Wisconsin, with four vie
tories and tie with Michigan Satur-
day, hopes for victory over Chicago
next Saturday to retain the position
of runner up.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVES DEFEND
RECENT DECISION Of. c, {. COMMISSION
Fred H. Wood General Attorney p Railway, Says State COmms
siOn Have Not Had Their Powers Usmped By National Body

Washington, Nov. 14.-Railroad
representatives before the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee today
defended the interstate commerce
commission which has been charged
by state railway commissioners at
recent hearings of having usurped the
powers of state commissions.
This is not a fact Fred H. Wood,
Of New York, general attorney of the
Southern Pacific Railway declared.
adding that the federal commission
had not misinterpreted the transpcr-
tation act.
Other charges of the state railway
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14

education of poor or orphaned chill
dren and for the endowment of uni
versity in central part of the United
States Another specific bequest goes
to Liberty Hall Academy, now Wash
ington and Lee University, at Lexing-
ton, Va. A list of debtors are forgiv-
en- their debts To each of five neph-
ews he gave one of his swords with
IAN injunction not to unsheath them
for the purpose of shedding blood eX-
cept it be for self-defense or in de-
fense of their country and it's rights
and in the latter case to keep them
unsheathed and prefer falling with
them in their hands to the relinquish-
ment thereof
There is no selection of words
wherewith more eloquently to express
the full duty and obligation of good
citizen to his country. Let us be
thankful that the spirit of that in
junction has been borne in upon the
nation he founded and animates it
even to this day
las charter of good citizenship
and patriotic purposes this last will
and testament has many times been
an inspiration to me. commend
its thoughtful reading to whoever as
pires to his example.
His Farewell Address
I'VE are gathered as representa-
tives of great and sovereign nation
as inspired by him. | can think of
nothing more appropriate than to
study the farewell address and the
last will and testament, as compile
ments of each other. Neither of them
can be fully appreciated without the
other. The farewell ad lress was the
final adjuration of the soldier. the
statesman, the founder The will and
testament was the last word of the
Christian gentleman. the loving hus-
band, the devoted kinsman-and the
provident man of business. | am
prone to believe they contain a chart
by which captains and pilots of a
world in distress seeking harborage
from battering storms and raging,
unknown deeps, might well lay the
course of civilization itself
within a brief century and a half
the American people under Washing
tens inspiration have created a great
nation, added to the domination of
liberty and of opportunity. and we
may hope, afforded helpful example
to the world. 1t has not been accom-
plished without heavy sacrifices. At
fearful cost we had to wipe out an
ambiguity in the constitution and re-
establish union where disunion threat
ened
In fearful conflict we'll nigh as
wide as the world we were compelled
to draw the sword for the aid of hui
manity and for the relief of the op-
pressed. Very lately we have paused
to speak in tribute to those who lost
their lives in the strife for civiliza-
tion. We cannot too often or too
gratefully repeat that tribute and we
consecrate this institution as a me-
mortal and shrine, in reminder to
all the future of the services and sac
rifices of those who fought in the
world war
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14

commissioners that the interstate
commerce commission had raised
state rates with little consideration
10 local conditions also We're denied
by Mr.. Weed, who appeared as one of
the witnesses for the national railway
executives in the hearing of bill for
reference Of state rate cases to state
commissions.
The relation OF state rates to in
terstate rates is indisputable," he
said. THE raising of state rates by
the commission he added, was
necessary with view to the needs
cf the roads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
THE WEATHER
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

Pressure is relatively high over the
Atlantic states. and low over the
lake region and the Mississippi val.
ley. Rain has fallen in the lower
Mississippi valley, the east Gulf
states, and portions of the middle At.
lantic states, and rain or snow has
fallen in the Lake region, and New
England.
In the west pressure is low over
Texas and on the North Pacific coast
and high over the Rocky Mountain re.
gion. Snow has fallen in Montana and
Wyoming. and rain in Washington
and Nebraska. Elsewhere west of the
Mississippi the weather has been gen
orally fair.
Indications are for fair to partly
cloudy weather in the vicinity OF
Tampa tonight, with moderate TEN
peratures.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
SENATOR KELLOG HAS
HIS LEFT EYE REMOVED

Washington, Nov. 14.-Senator Kel-
logg, of Minnesota, was recovering in
a local hospital today from an opera
tion in which his left eye, sightless
for several years, was removed. The
operation was advised, it was said,
because of the fear that the sight of
the other eye, which now is unim-
paired, might become affected. The
senator today was reported in good
condition with prospects for leaving
the hospital in few days.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
GOOD WORLD FEELING MAKES
COTTON JUMP $4 A BALE

New York, Nov. 14.-Better feeling
inspired by the armament conference
in Washington, caused the cotton
market to jump about $4 bale today.
January contracts advanced to 16. 80
and March 16. 95. There was heavy
speculative buying and big demand
from spot houses, which we're partly
supplied BY southern selling.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
NOT STOPPED VET

Washington, Nov. 14.-The Ameri-
can naval construction program is
now progressing only at half speed
because of reduced appropriations,
and will not be stopped by the navy
department unless a definite interna-
tional agreement be reached, or on
direction Of congress-, Secretary Dem
BY said today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-14
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR
TELEGRAPHER WELL KNOWN
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MEN

Richmond. Va, Nov. 14.-Funeral
services were conducted here today
for Walter B. Keister, 81, a tele-
grapher who for several years was in
the employ of The Associated Press
here and at other points in the
south. He died from accute appen-
dicits, at a local hospital Saturday.
He had recently become identified
with brokerage firm here. His
widow and one child survive.