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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
STATE GRAPE GROWERS
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
In TAMPA WEDNESDAY

A number of people in this section
will be interested in the meeting of
the Florida Grape Growers Associa
tion, to be held in Tampa Wednesday
of this week.
The recent convention of the State
Horticultural Society devoted part of
the time to a consideration of the
grape growing industry, when DR..
Charles Dearing of the Department of
Agriculture reported unfavorably on
the status of the industry in this
state Officials of the Grape Grow
ers' Association. however, state that
DR.. bearings remarks were based on
experiments made generation ago,
and that they consider them entirely
offset by following speakers who gave
the interesting and calculating ac-
counts of the progress recently made
in the growing of bunch grapes in
Florida, as they consider Prof. Lord,
of the State University, the ablest
authority on grapes in the state, and
Colonel Fisher of Eustis, a practical
grape grower whose words should
carry weight.
1t is stated that there are over a
hundred members of the State Grape
Growers Association, which was or
ganized in Lakeland about a year ago,
and of which w. E. Bolles is presi-
dent Thousands of bunch grape
vines have been planted by over a
hundred growers, and it is stated posi-
lively that reports are decidedly en-
couraging.
DR.. S. A. Sylvester is Lakeland's
largest grape-grower, and his place
is known as sylvester Vineyards" in
honor of the large acreage part in
bearing, that the doctor has planted
to the newer varieties of grapes.
known variously as table, bunch, or
adapted grapes.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

tons throughout the whole country.
1T is a fact that the cotton mills
OF the South can produce finished ma
terial much cheaper than the New
England manufacturers. The rapid
growth of our mills in the past few
years is astounding, and | predict
that in the next few years the growth
will increase even over the war time
period. Advertising intelligently appli-
ed will have a large share in making
this progress rapid and permanent.
"Frcm a study of the southern mar.
kets we are led to believe that the
consumers of our territory realiz :.
that times are better because the cir
culation of money has increased ma
terially Collections in the South are
much easier today than they were
several months ago. The rate OF
interest has dropped from an exces
sive figure to the normal pre-wal
basis within the past few monthhs."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
81, 1000, 900 WAS THE LIFE
INSURANCE ON H. P. DAWSON

New York, May SIT has become
known through one of New Yorks
leading insurance brokers that the
late Henry p. Dawson carried $4,000
goo in life Insurance The policies
are spread over twenty companies
and most of them were written in
1917. Previously Mr.. Davison's in
surance did not exceed $50000O. the
broker said.
Many business men the other side
of forty develop high blood pressure,
he continued, but there was no sign
Of such in Mr.. Davision in 1917 when
the additional S1,50O,000 insurance
was written. The largest single po'
icy was for $500, 900.
The broker estimated that the
premiums paid in on the insurance
amounted to $4,000 annually and
said the estate was decidedly the
gamer because OF the comparatively
small amount paid.
The funeral OF the late financier
takes place tomorrow in the little
Episcopal church near the Dawson
estate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
BUILDING OPERATIONS In
UNITED STATES TAKE JUMP

Washington, May S.-Building oper.
ations in the United States increased
90 per cent in 1921 over the previous
year, according to a report of the
department of labor issued today.
Wholesale cost of building mater.
ials the report said decreased 81 per
cent I'M the same period and the aver
age total cost of one-family dwell.
ings in 1920 was $4,914 compared
with $3,925 in 1921.
Construction of one family dwell
ing increased II per cent in 1921
the report said; two family dwellings
I'll per cent and multi-family houses
departments and tenements) POI per
cent. Permits issued in 1921 were
estimated to provide for 1875 per ccrt
more families than those issued in
1920.
Thel department; statistics were
based on reports from 14O cities.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
BEDLAM CAUSED
BY PRISON RIOT
DREW BIG CROWD

Chicago, May S.-A four hour riot
in the Cooke county Jail was quelled
early today when Wesley Westbrook
warden, and thirty guards removed
the ring leaders from their cells one
pleasure of the prisoners over .
change in the method of admitting
visitors, led TO the outbreak.
The riot started on the fourth tier
Flaming blankets were dropped to
the ground floor Dense smoke al
most suffocated many inmates. With
steel strips torn from their hunks
the prisoners beat upon the bars OF
their cells. the bedlam being heard
for blocks. Crowds gathered at the
iail entrance and police were called
to drive them away
The women's ward is Just above
the fourth tier and close to the cen
ter of the disturbance. Four children
theirs and two other women were
committed last week on contempt
of court sentence. became hystercal
and Jail physicians were called to
quiet them. One woman, about to
become a mother. was reported to be
suffering severe nervous shock.
Tie warden said that after eA5h Of
more than 300 prisoners had a visitor
en- recent visiting day. packages
left mounted so high it required the
entire Jail force nearly all night TO
sort them. THE result was that
guns saws. files drugs and all man
nor of cOntraband came in tha iail -
he said
The warden decided to divide the
Jail into four sections and permit
only one fourth of the prisoners to
have prisoners at a time.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
Success of This Develop
ment Depends Entirely
On the Attitude of
France and Belgium
Who So Far Are Hos
tile

Genoa, May S.-(By the Associated
Press.)-Prime Minister Lloyd George
of Great Britain and Foreign Minister
SchanZer of Italy addressed today a
strong appeal to the Russian repre-
sentatives at the conference here urg-
ing them to accept the Allied memo
randum in it's main points and prom
ising Russia an international loan with
the understanding that the lending
countries would thus provide funds
Sor the reconstruction of Russia. The
,Allies would claim the right to make
sure, however, that the money loaned
was actually invested in the work of
reconstruction. 1t was asserted that
altogether the proposed loan would
amount to 300,O00,00O gold francs. 1t
has been declared that the Russians
were asking for three billion gold
rubles, or 25 times as much as the
Allied offer.
The Russian delegation had previ-
ously issued statement denouncing
the efforts it alleged France and Bel
gium had made to wreck the confer
ence. The statement called attention
to the fact that these powers, which
were predicting that Russia's refusal
to accept the memorandum would
break up the conference, had not
themselves signed the memorandum.
France Will Stand Pat
Paris, May Shy the Associated
Press)-"France," said high official
of the government today, will not
recognize the Russian Soviet govern
ment until the United States does.
France has kept a free hand in this
matter, and it makes no difference
what action the Genoa conference
may take"
Genoa, May Shy the Associated
.Press.)-It will be impossible for
Russia to answer the Allied memor-
andum until she has found out exactly
what powers stand behind the docu-
ment and what real authority it has,
M. Litivoff of the Russian delegation
declared to the Associated Press this
afternoon. 1--WE really have no Off
cial advice as to the exact position
of France and Belgium" M Litivoff
explained" And naturally we must
know definitely the position of those
two powers before we make reply.
Until we get definite written reply
on this subject we cannot submit
formal answer to the memorandum"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

Norfolk, Va, May S.-Five days at
sea in a leaky little ex-sub-chaser,
without food or water, battling to keep
the craft afloat and burning their
clothes as signals of distress, is the
story told by two Miami, Florida, men
who were brought into Norfolk this
morning by Captain E. d. Atkins OF
the schooner Harry G. Deering.
The castaways were B. j. Gardner
and ]. G. Truitt, both prominent young
business men of the Florida city, who
left Miami in the former sub-chaser
Saratoga Sunday, April 30, to give the
craft a try out. They had just pur-
chased the vessel from the navy de-
partment.
When twenty-five miles off Miami,
the sub-chaser sprung leak, and the
two men were hard put to it operating
hand pumps to keep the vessel afioat.
Their engine was soon out of COM
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
GENERAL WI FINDS FRESH
TROUBLES ON HIS HANDS

Hankow, May S-(By The Associa-
ted Press )-The' Peking- Hankow rail
way north of Kwanshui has been cut,
and it is reported that Chao Tsin.
military governor Of the province of
Honan, has started hostilities against
the forces of WI Pei-Fu.
Fighting was proceeding today at
Sinyangchow. 100 miled north Of
here, and some occupied yesterday
at Cheng Chow.
The above dispatch would indicate
that Wu Pei-F'u while successful in
his campaign against the Manchurian
general Chang Teo-Lin. In the vicin-
ity Of PeiSing was being attacked from
the South. Cheng Chow the north
efn most point mentioned IN the dis,
patches Is In Honan provinces, about
400 miles southwest of peking on the
Pekihe. aankoN rhiIiotd.
cnaoTain htl 1|fn Eofefn1f o.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
BUSINESS IS ON
THE UPGRADE
In THE SOUTH

Winston-Salem, N. c., May T.
(SpeciaD improvement i'll
business throughout the South is re-
ported by members of the Southern
Council of the American Association
of Advertising Agencies arriving here
today for the quarterly meeting Mon
day and Tuesday.
All the leading agencies of the
Southern states will be represented
and several northern ones are send
ing fraternal delegates. Benry Lee
Staples, chairman of the council, is
to preside A banquet Monday even
ing will be attended by many promin-
ent business men of the city.
w. R. Massengale, of Atlanta, the
secretary-treasurer, this afternoon
stated that his report would indicate
q large increase in advertising activi-
ties throughout the South since the
first of the year, with prospects ex-
cellent for still greater volume of busi-
ness by fall.
Business conditions in the South
are on the up grade" Mr.. Massengale
said From my own personal OBJ
servation | know that the South is ac-
tually buying that merchandise which
is aggressively being sold. and others
CT our members say the same thing"
he continued.
"The South has come to realize
that it has vast natural resources
and is not dependent upon one crop
for it's prosperity. l believe that the
South today realizes that it depends
more upon iself than any other sec
ton of the country, and this know
ledge is fastening prosperous condi-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
SOUTH FLORIDA
PRESS TO MEET
HERE MAY 1920

The South Florida Press Associa.
ton will hold its semi-annual two day
session in Lakeland. May 18th and
goth. and the program has been ar
ranged as follows:
Morning Session The Franklin
Printing Club.
Friday Afternoon, May 10, 200
l. What the public owes the news
paper-Isaac Van Horn, "The Florida
Bull" who knows 'em both.
2. Support of Civic Projects (Edi-
torial, News and Advcrtising)- &.
Powell. Lake Comics.
3. Circulation Methods. G. Gal.
lemore, Polk County Record; Mrs. c.
V. S. Wilson, Sarasota Times; Harry
l.. Brown, Lakeland Telegram.
a. Building up Local Advertising
George w. Adams, Avon Park Pilot.
s. Report State Associations Leg
islative ommittee-George f. Hos
mer, Manatee River Journal.
Evening Session.
"Ain't We Got ?"-(Sh-h-h!
Keep it dark
Saturday Morning, May 20, $3.50
l. Fair Rates in Advertising and
Job Shop-Gilbert d. Leach, Lees
burg Commercial; NJ. M. Lee, Win
ter Haven Chief.
2. The Open Shop--W. F. Stovall,
Tampa Tribune.
3. The Necessity for Greater Coop
Grafton Between Advertisers and the
Newspapers-L. l.. Roman, Lakeland
Star.
A. Inside stuff more or less conf
dental remarks) Thomas of
Plant City Courier.
5. The Question Box -(Bring your
questions and suggestions. Therell
be a place for them.)
Saturday Afternoon-1:30
1. How the Dailies and Weeklies
Can Cooperate-Charles G. Mullen,
Tampa Times; ]. E. Worthington of
Lake Wales Highlander.
2. Are We Sticking to Our Code
of Ethics?-Round Table.
8. On the Use of Clipping Sheets
Geo. H. Goolsby, Wauchula Advocate.
4. Election of officers.
Au Revoir.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
THREAT TO BLOW UP THE
AMERICAN LEGATION SOFIA

Sofia, Bulgaria. May Shy The
Associated Press.)-A threat to blow
up the American legation here unless
the United States brings about the
release of Sacco and Vanzetti. com.
munists under conviction for murder
in Massachusetts has been received
at the legation. The threat is con
tanned in an article in a clandestine-
ly published anarchist newspaper,
which, incased in a red wrapper was
sent to the American minister, Chas
S. Wilson.
THE second bomb will not fail"
the article says, referring to the ex-
ploaion of an Internal machine al
the legation on March II. The build
ing is being watched day and night
by special agents.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
OFFICERS OF PASSING SHIPS THOUGHT
STARVING MEN GAVE FRIENDLY GREETING

mission, and the 45-foot craft wal
lowed in the swells off the Straits of
Florida, Gardner and Truitt being vir-
tually helpless with no oars, sails or
other means of giving the Saratoga
momentum.
They had no signal flags and they
stripped off their clothing which was
burned at night as signals of distress
as long as their matches held out.
brought no response, officers on the
bridge of the vessels apparently think
ing the men on the boat were waving
a friendly greeting.
Weakened by hunger and exposure,
Gardner and Truitt were about to
abondcn hope of rescue when about
1870 O'Clock last Thursday morning 4
dark hull crashed into their boat. 1t
was the Deering skimming along un-
der full sail, bound from Tampa to
Norfolk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
DAWES BURGET
HOLDS PROMISE
OF BIG SAVING

Washington. May = lips and
shoes and sealing way as mu-
cilage, binding twine (iscellan-
eous groceries, figure Ke $1,000
100000 saving which Seor Dawes
from the gross exH Hnaitures of the
government during {922 as compared
with those of 1921. TIE detailed re-
port, sent by President Harding to
congress today, comprises nearly one
hundred pages of closely printed
items the scope of which would make
a large department stores offerings
seem quite limited in comparison. In
computing the economis saving re-
sulting from the transfer of surplus
material from one department to an
other Dr. Dawes is ere Cdited as saw
ing only the difference between the
market price" and the forced sale
price" Thus a quantity'of steel wash
ers and oil. transferred from the snip
ping board to the public printer re-
suited in a net estimSSd saving of
exactly fourteen cents; one army sad
die sent from the shipping board to
the interior department saved $3.50
and a quantity of sale 10 the marine
corps was credited with $11.97.
Pipes and pipe fittings, blacksmith
tools and boilers, complete" all came
within the survey along with more
deadly items such as cyanide of po-
tassium" which the navy turned over
to the treasury for some unnamed use.
Several millions of dollars in ships
transferred figured in the report
ranging from launch No. 449S, valued
at 5000 to oilers of the Ramapo and
Sapelo types entered at $685.. 900 each.
The replacement value of the oilers
was estimated at $1099,000 hut Di-
rector Dawes held that they would
only bring $464,O00 at forced sale
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
STATE FLORIDA DIVIDED INTO
THREE PROHIBITION DISTRICTS

Miami, May S.-Division of the state
of Florida into three prohibition dis
sricts was announced here today by
&. L. Allen, of Tampa, state prohibi-
ton officer Headquarters of the
three districts will be at Miami, Jack
sonville and Pensacola, with the fol-
lowing men in charge At Miami,
Fred Harrington; at Jacksonville,
George Gay; at Pensacola, L. r.
Ccbb. Harrington has been assistant
to Tom Foreman here, but Foreman
now becomes assistant to Harrington.
Gay was formerly assistant prohibi-
ton enforcement officer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
AMERICAN LEGION AND
AUXILIARY TO MEET

Tuesday evening at 7:45 at the Wom-
ans Club building. At the same time,
the Legion Auxiliary will meet in the
parlor of the Elks Hotel, the two or
ganizations, probably, meeting in joint
session later. The matters to be dis
cussed are the taking of the service
Lcensus, which is now in progress, and
he conservance Of Mothers Day and
= Memorial Day. Members and those
eligible to membership are invited to
attend these meetings. Membership in
the Legion is open to all ex-service
men, and in the Auxiliary to the moth
ers, wives, sisters and daughters of
ex-service men and of men who died
in the service.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
SEVENTY THOUSAND HOMELESS

New Orleans, May s.-Approximate-
ly 10000 men, women and children
are homeless in Mississippi and Louis
lana as the result of the Mississippi
river flood and Of this number 10000
are being fed, sheltered and clothed
by the Red Cross and other organiza-
tions, it was officially announced to-
day by various relief bodies. No pro-
visions have been made to aid the
10000 persons who have not reached
the refuge camps, it was stated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
PELLETlER DISCARDED

\ Boston, May S.-Thc liFbarment OF
Joseph c. Pelletier, recently removed
as district attorney OF Spfo!G county
was ordered By decision OF Judge
Carroll of the supreme court today
Pelletier had entered no defense con
tending that he was fpreiudgcd by
reason OF his removal,
The charges were the same-con-
spracy to eXtort money and improper
action in quashing indictments.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
GEN. WI. IS TOLD
TO GET OUT OF
TIEN TSIN CITY

Tien Tsin, May Shy the Asso-
ciated Press. Gen. WI Pei-Fu, who
came to Tien Tsin from Peking in pur-
suit of the Manchurian governor gen.
eral, Chang Tso-Lin, was ordered yes
terday by the Allied military COM
manders here to leave the city, as his
presence was held to be in violation
of the 1901 protocol He refused to
leave on the ground that he was the
acting governor of Chilli province and
would remain as long as necessary
for his purposes.
The bridges between this city and
Taku on the south side of the Hun
river estuary, were burned by the re-
treating members of Chang Tso-Lin's
army. Two thousand of Chang's SOL
diers were reported yesterday in
Tang Ku, on the north side of the
river where their demands for trains
to convey them to Mukden were
fruitless, no locomotives being avail
able. Frequent attempts at phone
communication with Tang Ku last
night were unsuccessful.
II Gen. Flu acceded to the Allies
demands to leave, he would have to
move backward to Peking as all COM
munication to the east and northeast
has been severed by the burning of
bridges and Japanese battleship is
preventing the dispatch of his forces
down the river in barges. The situa-
tion therefore is that while Chang Tso-
Lin had uninterrupted use of the
Mukden railway for two weeks dur
ing his offensive operations, his pur-
suer is now unable to use the road to
complete his victory.
A tug conveying the commander of
the British Curlew to this city yester-
day came between the hostile troops
on the river banks who are firing con-
tinuously The British gunboat Maraz-
son was sent down the river to convey
the tug here.
A number of Manchurian soldiers
were discovered last night south of
the former German concession here.
American and Chinese guards armed
with a machine gun were ready to
beat of any attempt at invasion, hut
the men proved quite docile and are
reported to have agreed to lay down
their arms If given food.
Honan since June 1916. He was born
IN 1870 and educated in Pei Yang
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
PATTERSON FUNERAL AT DAY.
TON

Atlantic City. N. j., May S.-Ar-
rangements were made today to take
the body of John H. Paterson found
er and chairman of the board of direc-
tors of the National Cash Register
Company, to his home at Dayton, o.,
for interment.
Mr.. Pattersons valet was his only
companion when the manufacturer
was striken with heart disease while
on train bound for this city In
search of health.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
NICHOLS IN puVAL JAIL

Jacksonville, May S.--Aubrey Mich
OILS. "a, of Greenwood. S. c., under
sentence of death for an attack COM
mitted in Volusia county last Decem-
ber, was again in the Duval county
Jail here today for safe keeping until
the day of his execution. Nichols
pleaded guilty at DeLand last week to
the charge of having attacked a wom-
an resident of that city and was SEN
fenced to hang. Governor Hardee has
not yet set a date for the execution
so far as is known here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
ON ROYAL VISIT.

London, May 8.-(By The Associat'
cd Press. liking George and Queen
Mary with suite including, Field
Marshal Earl Haig and Lord Beatty,
left today for Belgium to be the
guests of King Albert and Queen
Elizabeth. Troops lined the break
water at the Eastern pier in Dover
as the royal party embarked on the
yacht Alexandria, which was escort
ed across the English channel by
nine destroyers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
INSIST ON GUARANTEES

Wf(hington, May S.-The, AmerI-
can government is sanding unalter-
ably for the guarantees requested Of
the Obregon regime in Mexico nearly
a year ago and so far Gen. Obregon
aud his advisers have given no def
mite assurances that these guarantees
will be given in order to make formal
recognition Of their government pos
siblc.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
UP GOES GASOLINE

New York, May s.-The Standard
Oil Co. of New jersey and the Sim
clair Oil and Refining Company TO-
day announced an increase of 10 cents
barrel in the price of bunker oil.
The new price is $1.26H a barrel.
The Sinclair Company also has ad-
Vanced the tank wagon price of gaso-
line one cent a gallon throughout it's
territory.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
ANOTHER PENITENTIARY RIOT

Columbia, S. c., May "a mutiny
of $50 convicts in the state peniten-
tiary here early this afternoon was
put down after II of the mutineers
had been. shot by peniten:ary guards
and city police, two of them being
perhaps fatally wounded. None of
the prison guards was injured during
the outbreak. The Columbia fire de-
partment was rushed to the scene of
the trouble to give aid should aid be
necessary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
NATIONAL KU KLUx MEErlNc

Atlanta, Ga, May 9.-The first meet.
ing Of the imperial klonvocation, or
national congress of the Ku kIux
kian was held in Atlanta today, in
connection with the seventh annual
celebration Of the founding of the or.
ganization. According to officials OF
the order, when tn KlonVocation is
fully organized is will assume charge
of the affairs of the clan and will
have complete control.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
BROKERAGE FIRM FAILS

New York, May S.-Failure of the
brokerage firm OF Posts Brothers and
'compa1Ai was announced from the
Cffice of the New York Stock EX-
change today.