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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
Special Committee

Washington, Nov. 4.-The commit
tee today reported favorably on the
resolution authorizing a special COM
,mittee to investigate Senator Wat
sons charges.
Pershing Indignant
I Nashville, Nay. Alt Is the most
outrageous and untrue accusation
that could possibly be made, and alb.
s0lutely without foundation" General
Pershing said here today with refer
Ience to, Senator, WatsOn's charge that
American soldiers were hanged In
France without trial.
washington, Nov. 4,7-Another clash
occurred inithe senate today over the
charges of Senator Watson, Demo-
crat, Georgia, that American soldiers
had been hanged like dogs without
trial in France
Senator Watson told the senate to-
day that his charge that 21 Americans
had been hanged in France without
trial had been basedfon the statement
of a soldier who said he had seen the
gallows and had nbeen told by the
scaffold guard that this number oi
men had been hanged
When the senate convened an hour
earlier than usual to take up the Wat.
son charges. Senator Edge, Republi
can, New Jersey, opened with severe
criticism OF the Georgia Senator fol
/ attempting. to- place ip the Congress
,leionai Record, yesterday q photograph
LOT o. a.lgallows said to have been uset
by the army In France Senator Edg'
lsaid that Mr.. Watson had not request
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
Judge Carpenter Holds
That Trade Associa-
tons May Be Formed
For Purpose Exchang-
ing Price Lists and 9th
er Trade Data

Chicago, Nov. 4.-The government S
suit for dissolution of a trade organ
ization involving 13 makers of linseed
oil, was dismissed by Judge George A.
Carpenter in Federal District court
for want of equity, in his decision
filed today.
The suit Of the government was to
decide the question of whether trade
associations may be formed for the
purpose of exchanging price lists and
other trade data, was regarded as a
precedent, the ruling on which would
arect the standing of 5000 other such
associations through the country.
The suit was brought as a part of
the governments antitrust prosecu-
tions.
"Logis, which assumes that because
there is an opportunity to fix prices,
therefore prices are fixed, is contrary
to genius and logis of out law" said
the opinion of Carpenter.
ANY man is presumed to be inno-
cent until he is proved guilty. If the
Armstrong bureau is to he dissolved
merely because it afforded the mem :
hers an opportunity to fix prices, then
this court, with equal propriety could
be asked to dissolve any lunch club
where business men meet. This
theory hardly warrants discussion"
Judge Carpenter stated the question
involved in this case was whether
there is anything inherent wrong in
an agreement between producers in
certain lines to furnish each other
their prices and not to make any sale
deviating from the price list with
out Immediately notifying all the
others.
Business is no longer a game, but
matter of scientific calculation
said the opinion. "a merchant cannot
compete with another merchant un-
less he knows what he has to compete
against The day is past when the
business men of communities meet at
noon at the village blacksmith shop
or in the evening at the grocery and
discuss prices.
The government cannot seriously
contend" he concluded, that it is the
duty of every merchant to guard
against his competitor finding out
what it is charging. 1t would be an
impossibility. ..G.
Nor is it wrong for a merchant ito
find out what his riHalsIare charging.
If he cannot get it directly. and easily
he will necessarily get it indirectly
and at great expense and slowly"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
HOUSE OF COMMONS APPROVES ARMS CONFERENC
VETERANS GREET
Gen. PERSHING AT
NASHVILLE TODAY
Many Distinguished Men Attend
Reunion of the Thirtieth
Division

Nashville. Tenn. Nov. Veterans
of the Both division gathered here for
two day reunion. greeted the man
who led them and the other hosts Of
the American Expeditionary forces to
victory in France in 191S-Gan. john
j. Pershing.
The "Old Hickory members were
here in large numbers to participate
in the opening program of the con
ventiCn which included addresse by
Gen. Pershing, Governors Cooper, OF
South Carolina and Taylor. OF Ten
nessee, BriG. Gen. s. l.. Faison and
Maj. Gen. l.. VI. Lewis.
One thousand homemade cakes,
contributed by women OF Tennessee,
will be part of the lunches CT the vet
erann.
A parade in tha afternoon in which
al former veterans will take part
will be Il feature Of the afternoon
program.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
ANOTHER CLASH IN SENATE OVER CHARGE
OF HANGING SOLDIERS WITHOUT A TRIAL
Senator Edge Takes Exception To Georgia Senator's Statement and
Spirited Debate Folows-Probe To Go On

ed publication of the article printed
with the photograph, in a Passaic, n.
j., newspaper. The article showed,
Mr.. Edge declared, that it. was 'used
for a legal execution after a court
martial for an attack on seven~year
old French girl, who died from the
effects of the assault
Senator Edge asked whether Sen
ator Watson sought to justify his
charges of Illegal executions without
trial by presenting a photograph of a
gallows used in courtmartial exc
cution. r re.
"The issue in this. case cannot be
camouflaged." said l. Senator Edge
"No one claimed that men were not
tried and executed. The picture oi
a gallows used for punishment of a
brute is no justification of the charges
of the senator from Georgia. He can
not cover them over with photographs
and reproductions he offered yester'
day. The American people want te
know the facts, to have the senator
charges proven or disproven by mn
controyerted evidence" h}rt sli
Replying to the New Jersey sena'
tor, Senator Watson referred to th'
picture showing the hanging of tn,
negro for an attack on little French
girl, and demanded: "Since when ha!
lit become legal to disgrace the uni
form of the American army by hang
ing 1t at the end of halter?"
The Gergia senator called attention
that In the casualty listsb issued dur
ling the war; thereH eapp6aFed tn,
| phr ass dead; frpms 5ti7ef fc6skS Sss 9 an,
asked what were those c6ises.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
LINSEED OIL MAKERS PERMITTED
TOCOMPARE PRICES and DISCUSS
VARIOUS BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS
LLOYD GEORGE HOPES
TO VISIT AMERICA AS
CONFERENCE PROCEEDS

London, Nov 4.-By the Associated
Press. Minister Lloyd George still
hopes it will be possible to carry out
bet3re long his intention of going to
Washington and taking the leadership
of the British delegation at the arma-
ments conference, declared Austen
Chamber ain. the government leader
in the house of commons today. Mr..
Chamberlain made this declaration in
speaking on the debate in the house
on the forthcoming conference in the
American capital
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
ALL GUESTS ESCAPE
WHEN PUTNAM INN AT
DELAND BURNS DOVE

DeLand, Fla, Nov. 4.-Several
guests were rescued with difficulty
and others lost all their personal ef.
fects when the Putnam Inn was de
stroyed by fire here today with 4 los.
of $65, ,00O to the building and its con
tents.
All guests escaped without injury.
Flames originated shortly before .
Il. IN. in the furnace room in the base
ment and leaping upward through an
elevator shaft the three story frame
structure was ablaZe on all floors
when fire apparatus reached the
scene.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
AMERICA HIGHLY COMPLIMENTED In
DEBATE FOLLOWING INTRODUCTION
RESOLUTIONS BY LABOR MEMBERS
SOUTHEASTERN ROADS
ORDERED TO CUT RATES
ON BOX-MAKING MATERIAL

Washington, Nov 4 Southeastern
railroads which attempted by sched-
ules filed last June TO increase freight
charges on b0X-making materials from
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina points to New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania points We're
ordered today by the Interstate Com
nerce Commission to restore the old
er and lower schedules. The increase
by schedule set aside would be made
by applying to box making materials
the preliminary higher charges now
existing for lumber.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
HUNGARIANS PASS BILL
DETHRONINC CHARLES AND.
OUSTING THE HAPSBURGS

Budapest, Nov. 4.-Former Emperor
Charles was dethroned and the Haps7
burg dynasty was ousted from Hun
gary by a bill adopted by the Hun
garian national assembly today.
Count Stefan Bethlan, the premier,
introduced the measure in the assem-
bly, yesterday, and 1t was expected the
debate would last for at least two
days. Final action upon it, however,
was taken today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
TO TRY LENA CLARK

Orlando, Nov. 4.-Fall term OF the
circuit court opens Monday with the
case of Lena Clark. former pOstmls-
tress OF West Palm Beach, charged
with the murder OF Fred MiltimOre on
the doclb;. Her case will go TO the
grand jury Immediately, and 1t is be-
lleyed two days. will he consumed in
the investigation. Her trial, It is
thought, will begin the last OF the
week, set,.a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
MEDICAL BEER PERMITS
GRANTED BY HAYNES TO
TWO APPLICANTS TODAY

Washington Nov. 4. 4.-Prohibition
the first two applications from today
the frs two applications from brew
ers for permits to manufacture and
sell beer for medical purposes under
the new treasury regulations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE
COUNCIL DUE TO REACH
THIS COUNTRY TODAY

New York, Nov 4.--H. A. X. Van
karenbeek. minister of foreign affairs
for Holland, and permanent president
OF the League Of Nations Assembly.
and member Of the Dutch delegation
to the conference on limitation OF ar
Inaments, was passenger on the
steamship Rotterdam, due today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
RUSSIA NOT BOUND

Moscok, Nov. ABBY the Associat
ed. Press.)-Foreisn. Minister To
hicherin sent note to the entente
nations and the United States today.
saying that Russia Wills not tfeslehen
self bound by. the, DECISIONS cot the
Washington fconfsrehcehnands5 holds
herself free tor take any 1stsps 1ecees
sary to prevent thelprenforcement., ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
RESOLTTIONS ADOPTED

Washington, Nov. 4.-The New res
oIutlOn, ordering n special committee
TO investigate the charges OF Sena-
tor Watson regarding the treatment
of prlyates In the American expedl-
tiOnary forces, was adopted unanl-
m0nsly by the senate today after a
two hours WTangle
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
UNION MINES IDLE

Terre Haute, Ind. Nov. 4.-Eyery
union mme in Indiana was idle today
according to the district president OF
tho United Mine Workers. For this
reason. he said, no formal strike order
would be issued.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
Last Mjnure Briefs

JAP PREMIER STABBED
Toxic, Nov. 4.-Premier Hara was
fatally stabbed In the breast today at
II railroad station IN Toxic.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
B0R RANK RJ,NNERS

Philadelphia, Nov. 4.--Fiye men in
an automobile held up two runners
of the Corn Exchange National Bank
today, robbed them OF So 800 and eS-
caDPd,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04

New York, Nov. 4.-Charlie Wein-
ert, of New York, N. j., is to meet
Harry Greb, of Pittsburg, in Is
round bout tonight Fay Keiser. Cum
berland. Md, and Young Bob Fitz-
simmons, son OF the late champion
heavyweight. are scheduled for an
eight-round contest.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-04
LAKELAND AND VICINITY

Fair tonight and Satur-
day. Little change in TEN
perature.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
Millions Voted With Ease

On Thursday of last week Congress
passed a hundred million dollars def
cheney bill as if it were so many cents.
Among the items We're 81 millions for
the shipping board and Is millions for
rehabilitation of soldiers. That will
be spent by the present administra-
ton.
Franklin Lane, former Secretary of
the Interior, who died three weeks
ago, was n of the wise men of this
nation and had much foresight. At
the close of the war he conceived the
plan of caring for the returning SOL
diers and directing them t. the farms,
Mr.. Lane said: Congress, as soon
as it found | was really agitating,
passed laws making it impossible for
me to use a sheet of paper or the
frank for the purpose. The Republi-
can Congress found the Democrats
would get the credit"
Now millions are being voted and
spent to make up for that withheld the
past two years which hamstrung Will
sons administration.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03

Russia, having destroyed their au-
toeratic rulers, have been trying COM
munistic socialism the past three
years. While the rulers under the Gar
were far from the best, the other eX-
IRENE of an autocracy of thieves and
incompetent workmen was far worse.
Democracy is far worse a failure I'M
less the people learn to elect an arts
tocracy of morals and mind. An exec
utive of law should be a personal en-
bodiment and liver of the law, or else
government does not command respect
any more than a monarch. The rights
of property acquired and created must
be respected. To correct a wrong
against a person or property a new
rule of law should be made for the
person and State to live by. Consti-
tutional Democracy must be the basis
of the State. 1t has taken centuries
and bloody revolutions to learn what
Americans learned in colonial days.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
Utilities Will Pay Million More Tax

Railroads and public utility COM
panies throughout the State will have
to pay taxes this year on the basis
of the average municipal tax rate for
1921 instead of last years rate, as a
result of the passage of the Pierson
bill. 1t is estimated that the increase
ed revenue for the municipalities will
be between 81 100000 and 81 800, 900.
The local tax rates in New Jersey
were never so high and the average
all over the State will be the
rate for corporations to pay on NOV
able property like locomotives and
cars. This will make higher taxes
for utility corporations which must
get the money from the consumers ano
users of their means of travel.
The legislature was to save thou
sands when they did away with the
spring elections and publishing the
laws in the newspapers and have
a cheaper State government, but il
has grown to millions. The voters vii
be called upon next November to vote
to bond the State for a million or NOR
to rebuild benevolent institutions. In
stead of voting for this bonded deb
to be paid in taxes legislators shoult
be elected to restrict expenditures, b!
using increased corporations taxes t.
meet these needs. More should b.
used from these funds towards schoo
teachers salaries so as to lessen loca
school taxes.
With the decrease of alcoholic vic
| tins in public institutions and the car
given children by public nurses Their
should be soon a big decrease of per
sons needing public support in thes'
institutions created by law maker
| thru the Christian spirit of a righte
Y Gus State.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
A Defends America

Huntington, L. l., May 30.-William
G. McAdoo, speaking today at the
dedication of a tablet to the men of
Huntington who served in the World
War, denied "the ignoble assertion
that we fought merely to save our
skins and that we were afraid to
fight"
81 ~denounce as a calumny the state
ment that the brave men who fought
and died for America did so solely to
save the United States and most re-
Iuctlantly laggardly at that" said
Mr.. McAdoo. "These men fought be-
cause they loved liberty and were not
willing to have it swept from the
earth.
"But we lost on the battlefield of
politics, the victory over war itself.
Autocracy was left dead on the bat
tlefeld, but Mars, the God of War,
was Ge-enthroned in the political
arena"
I Rejection of membership in the
League of Nations, he said, was a
g great mistake, and he urged its pro-
ponents to endeavor to obtain a recon-
e siderationI of the verdict.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
Libel Laws Broad Enough

a4L4%A JaaA- 70 .N14
Buffalo, May 26,-A resolution ia
yeringI the leXtepsionie of personal libel
laws9i to cover nlibels. against creeds,
sects and races rwasyrejected today by
the Union ofIHebEeW Congregations.
Opposition to the resolution was led
1Bbg Rabbi N. IF rankiia, Of Detgoit, who
az deciareds that such a general LIBEL law
sdwoula be- contrary to the PRINCIPLES of
siifree speech and,4wepld9 involve news
nipapers2 of high standing in constant
qn1aWss1tts.y zidt sIGm god OF baIfy. -,
Al substitute resolution was adopted
sdexpress5ags ggatiff3ti9P be GN ef the
-nrsnd Ael Church the United States
tacks. The course Of the Attacks was
not mentioned in the resolution or de-
bate. n
niw Anfesoatfohcfe mn1ending thht the
-aeSuTdaSWgite bfawsfs ofblthea various
b states be- fHoreo lfbeealfg1 Interpreted
.ts@as. defeateano The Jews want no
TO special. pr ateges9 the 0opResitionade'
ewcIareH!s edG9 sbGm-emoE .ms9r9 soi. =
b6-.9lG2 TOf 2stTZ9d
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03

One of the strongest points made
against the Fordney Emergency Tariff
Bill, which recently passed both houses
and was agreed upon in conference,
was that with starvation in many
parts of Europe the American farmer
found no market for his products
there even at present prices because
of the inability of Europe to buy,
having neither money nor credit. How,
then, was Europe to buy at increased
prices? On the other hand, it was
pointed out the farmer would have to
pay a higher price for his farm i'm
Elements, machinery and fertilizer by
reason of the tariff imposed upon him
by the bill. The constant decline in
the export trade is the best evidence
of Europe's inability to buy. In Feb
ruary, this year, the trade balance in
favor of the United States was S274,-
000, 900; in March only 1892, 900 900, a
decline of more than so per cent.
Why did Europe buy half is much
in March as in February? Was it be-
cause a new administration came into
power which repudiates European
friendship and shows it by putting up
tariff barriers to trade?
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
TRIBUTES TO DEMOCRACY

On Memorial Day a replica of Hou-
denis bust of George Washington was
unveiled in st. PauPs Cathedral, Lon
don, England, as a gift of the Amer
lean people. A message from Presl-
dent Harding read at the ceremony
expressed the hope that the gift might
s'inspire the continued reciprocity of
the established friendship of the
American people for the British Ma
ton"
Premier Lloyd George, in his mes
sage read, regretted his inability to
be present, but sent word that lin
common with all of King Georges
subjects today, l am glad to know that
George Washington's name and fea-
lures are now unshrined forever
among our great dead in the crypt OF
st. Paul's."
Ex-Ambassador John w. Davis in
his message pointed out how fit 1t was
that Washington should stand lin
monumental form on the fruitful soil
from which his lineage sprang."
British Tribute
At the Memorial Day service at Ar
lington, Va, at which President Hard
ing spoke, Sir Auckland Geddes,
British Ambassador, said:
"As Ambassador of my King,
George V, as representative in this
Republic of his governments through
out the world, in the name of the peo-
pie of the United Kingdom, of the
British dominions and dependencies,
of the Empire of India, of British
communities on every continent and on
the islands of all the seas, in token of
their admiration for the gallantry and
devotion of Americas SON and daugh-
tiers of the great wal in evidence of
their sympathy for America, who to-
day mourns and glorifies her dead, and
in undimmed memory of the sacrifices
that America has made for individual
liberty, with your permission, Mr..
President, | lay this wreath upon the
flag of America
Italian Tribute
In Philadelphia, at Independence
Hall, Vittorio Rolandi RiccO, Ambas-
sador from Italy, said:
To-day we commemorate here the
memory of those who served their
country better and more generously
than they could have done had they
faithfully served it during a long in
iustrious life. Without enmity against
our former enemy, without undue pre-
and selfishness, both America
and Italy are e%ndeavoring to over
the financial and industrial crisis
which resulted from the war. But
The love of peace which inspires both
countries today and makes them
work for everlasting peace does not
make us forgetful of those who sacri-
feed their lives to give US such peace"
Mayor Moore, in his introduction,
said: "The Italian Ambassador agrees
With me that Italians who have made
heir home in this country should be-
come Americans and study the splen-
lid traditions of this nation. Italian
Americans and native Americans all
light for the same flag, for the same
for the same ideals of democ-
'acy."
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
SURVEY
of Salem County

General Facts.
Salem County is distinctly agricul-
tural, including 343 square miles of
territory which lies in the southern
end of New Jersey. Potatoes, toma-
toes and other trucking crops are pre-
dominant. The chief industry is can
ming. There are the usual stores,
creameries, machine shops and SINH
lar opportunities for employment in
cidental to community life. The roads
are good and form a veritable net
work throughout the County totaling
at least 1900 miles. $3.50 of the
farms are in the hands of owners,
1850 in the hands of tenants. Ten
antry in Salem County is decreasing.
2.-Population.
The population according to the
1920 census is 36,572, of which 1852
live in rural areas and 1000 in the
towns of Salem and Penns Grove.
There are about $500 negroes in the
County and between 1900 and 1,4O0
Russian Jews. The latter are farmers,
but a majority of the former live in
the towns.
3.-Communities.
The are fifteen rural communities in
Salem County. 1t should be noted that
this division excludes Salem City,
Penns Grove and Carneys Point re-
gions. These communities are more
largely social in their make up than
economic. A majority of them have
recognized leaders, 8 claim community
spirit and with the exception of n
or two places there is no religious
sectarianism.
4.-Agriculture.
The County is agriculturally pros
porous. 1t has a County farm bureau,
an Incorporated farmers exchange
and two or three other agricultural
societies. The censu figures for the
last two decades show that the yield
per acre on corn, wheat and potatoes
has been declining. The following
table compares the yields of these
crops for the two census periods:
= -. 80
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
The Presidents Remedy

At the Commercial banquet in New
York City last week, President Hard
ing said:
at is time for us all to get back to
work. That is what made our coun-
try great; it is what will put the whole
world back on the right track. x x \
With such earnest support we shall
not be long in putting our country on
the right course, ready for the signal,
Full Speed Ahead'!"
All those who do not have a job
should write and get one. He has
hundreds of positions to dispose of.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Salem County surrogate's Office

Estate of Mary c. Sparks, deceased.
Pursuant to the order of Loren P.
Plummer, Surrogate of the County of
Salem. mad On the t~wenty-sixth day
of April, 1921, on the application of
Robert N. Vanneman, administrator,
with the will annexed of the estate of
Mary C. Sparks, deceased, notice is
hereby given to the creditors. of said
deceased, to exhibit to the subscriber,
Administrator C. t. a. as aforesaid, their
debts and demands against the said
estate, under oath or affirmation, with
aforesaid order, or they will be forever
barred of their action therefor. against
the said subscriber.
ROBERT ". VANNEMAN.
Admir-. C. t a.,
Salem. N. j.
Dated Salem. N. J.. April 26, 1921.
4-29-9t