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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
RETAIL FOOD PRICES SHOW
UPWARD TREND PAST MONTH

Washington, May 10.-An upward
trend in the retail cost of food was
noted today in statistics made public
by the bureau of labor statistics Of
the Department of Labor. Reports
from fifteen cities showed increases
from March Is to April Is ranging
up to 3 per cent, while only four re-
ported decreases and only one of
these, Fall River, with 2 per cent,
showing more than one-half of one
per cent decline.
The cities reporting increases were
Savannah. 8 per cent; Mobile, 2 per
cent; Birmingham, Charleston. Co.
lumbus, Dallas, Indianapolis, Little
Rock, Manchester, New Orleans and
Seattle 1 per cent; Buffalo, Louis
vile, Omaha and Springfield less than
ive-tenths Of one per cent. Butte,
Rochester and San Francisco reported
decreases of less than five-tenths OF
one per cent.
For the year period. April Is. 1921
to April Is, 1922, the bureau reported
the decreases in Savannah of IL per
cent; Birmingham, Columbus and Lit
tie Rock, 10 per cent; Charleston
Manchester and Omaha, per cent;
Dallas, Fall River, Indianapolis, Mo
bile, New Orleans and Springfield.
per cent; Louisville, z per cent; Buff
falo, Rochester and San Francisco,
per cent; Butte and Seattle per
cent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
SENATOR REED IS MILD In
HIS ILLUSIONS TO WILSON

Cape Girarddeau. Mo-. May 10
United States Senator James A. Reed
candidate for nomination and re-elec
ton, in a campaign address here last
night said he regretted to have to
mention the name Of Former Presi-
dent Wilson but that he had PRO
found sysmpathy for the former
president in his Illness"
There has been much misunder-
standing about my differences with
the former president" Senator Reed
declared. He asserted that the
statement that he voted against ev-
erything the former president want
ed was both untrue and unjust.
He said he was being criticised for
fighting the former president because
he insisted upon hearings of the fed
eral reserve bill which bankers said
would plunge the country into panic
unless amended in many particulars
Reed criticised the bureau of infor-
nation which was operated by the
government during the war and said
that a few requests to the Senate
was all that was necessary to defeat
the censorship bill
Reed discussed the attitude toward
Capitalization of the government and
declared that was just the opposite
of what was intended by the founders
of the government
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MADE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO
TAKECAREOF COUNTRY TRADE
Faithful Dog
Chief Mourner
Masters Funeral

! Jacksonville, May 10.-A large col
lie dog was one of the chief mourners
at the funeral here today of its mas
ter, ]. D. Crabb, an eleven-year-old
lad who was suffocated to death Mon
day night when tunnel the boy and
his playmates had dug under his
home, caved in. The collie was at
the mortuary this morning when it
was opened, and during the funeral
services in the chapel took place
under the casket, where his bowls
were so frequent as ointerrupt the
proceedings. When the casket was
placed in the hearse to be taken to
the train the dog climbed in and all
efforts to remove him were unavail-
ing. He made the trip to the train.
When the tunnel caved in 81. D. s."
mother and the dog began digging
for the lad at the same moment. With
the removal of the body the collie
was locked up but broke out, and all
day yesterday he remained at the
scene of the disaster, refusing to be
drive naway.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
TERMS CROKER
WILL HAVE NOT
BEEN PUBLISHED

Dublin, May 10.-By Associated
Press)-The provisions of the will
of the late Richard Croker, former
Tammany chieftain, have not yet been
definitely announced. 1t is learned in
reliable quarters. however, that some
of the statements circulated in
America as to the disposition of the
estate are not entirely exact.
AS to statements that the entire
Irish and Palm Beach estates go to
the widow, it is pointed out that Mrs.
Croker got both Of these estates more
than three years ago. Since that
disposition was made of the two main
estates. Glen Carin castle in its en-
tirety has been the property of Mrs.
Croker, including even the race
horses, which she leased to her hus-
band. He ran the horses as lessee
in his own name.
1t is fact that there is a will, but
the instrument does not contain lega-
cies of 5000 to each Of the children
as part of a trust fund, as has been
stated in America. Practically the
only assets Mr.. Croker had after the
settlement made with Mrs Croker
consisted of funds which are now the
subject of litigation in America.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
WEAK SPOT In
ARKANSASCITY
LEVEE ALARMING
Red Cross May Have To
Ask For National Aid
In Its Relief Work for
Thousands of Destitute
Who Will Soon Be
Without Food and
Clothing

Pine Bluff, Ark, May 10.-An
emergency call asking that $50 men
be rushed to Arkansas City to help
work on weak spot in the levee Of
the Mississippi river which developed
there last night was received this
morning by the local Chamber Of
Commerce. The report did not give
details but said that men were urgent
ly needed. Fifty men were collected
and sent on a train this morning, and
others will go by truck this afternoon.
NATIONWIDE APPEAL PROBABLE
Natchez. Miss May 10.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Distribut Of
food to all relief camps in the area
flooded by the Weecama crevasse in
the Mississippi river in Louisville is
now under way under the direction of
G. p. Bulls, member of the Louisiana
food relief commission. The supplies
are issued by the Red Cross with the
assistance of officers of the Louisiana
National Guard. 1t is estimated that
not less than $4,000 people must be
provided for
1t is stated by Joseph c. Logan, as
sistant manager of the Southern d.
vision of the Red Cross, that the West
Mississippi food relief commission
has sent Congressman J. w. Collier,
of Mississippi. a resolution urging
that he see Red Cross officials and
President Harding in Washington rel
alive to nationwide appeal for vol
untary contributions to relieve desti-
tuition among flood sufferers. The
resolution declares that the Red Cross
is not in position to give funds and
that thirty thousand people of Missis-
sippi and one thousand from Louisi-
ana who have taken refuge here will
be without food within seven days. It
also states that it will be necessary
to feed the flood sufferers for at least
sixty days and that at present the
West Mississippi flood commission IS
entirely without funds. the $4,000
placed at its disposal by the Red Cross
having been exhausted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
STEADY ADVANCE
in BUSINESS is
ACKNOWLEDGED
Trade Conditi o n S
Throughout the United
States On the Upward
Trend According To
Head cf National Man
ufacturerS

New York, May 10.-Business and
trade conditions throughout the Unit
ed tates, as reported by 30,00O,OOO
manufacturers to John E. EdgertoE
president of the National Association
of Manufacturers today, show
stable, sane definite and continuing
advance"
1--WE have not only turned the
corner" Was Mr.. Edgerton's summary
of a survey of the industry just COM
pleted. We are now leaving it very
far behind. Business is on the up
grade in practically all of the basic
industries"
The survey was made by question:
nairres and reports of which were re-
ceived within the last "a hours SO
that ito represents conditions of to-
day.
1.-THE great majority of our basic in
dustries report that the present trade
is fair to good; some say it is ex'
cellent; but only small part say
it is poor" the report continued.
There is a general tenor Of bright
prospects for the future, and a great
many of the industries not only re
port that they are employing more
men than they were year ago but
that they are looking for a still fur
Their increase in their forces when
the fall work sets in"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
MOOSEHEART HOME FOR AGED GOES
TO ORANGE PARK NEAR JACKSONVILLE

Washington, May 10.-The supreme
council of the Moose order has author
lied the lease for two years, with an
agreement to purchase for $4,000, Of
q winter resort property at Orange
Park. Florida, near Jacksonville, for
use as a home for the aged, It was an
nounced here today by e. J. Henning,
assistant secretary of labor, who IS
an oficer OF the fraternal order.
Arrangements are being completed
to transfer to the new location con-
siderable number of elderly members
Of the fraternity who have been under
care at Mooseheart, Indiana. where
the lodge has home for children. II
the two-year experiment IN Florida
proves satisfactory, the supreme coun-
Gil intends to enlarge the property
and build q permanent establishment,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
Hour Limit Placed On
Cars Whose Occupants
Or Owners Are En-
gagged In Shopping In
Stores Fronting On the
Tricky Congested BUS
mess Thoroughfares

I The city commissioners met in reg
ular session Tuesday evening.
The five bids submitted fol the new
sanitary closets were opened and TAX
en- under advisemeIit by the commits
sioner on sanitation.
T. ]. Appleyard, Jr, and Edwin
Spencer, Jr., appeared on behalf OF
the Florida Equalization League, to
ask that the city contribute $500 to-
ward the expenses Of the hearing to
be held soon before the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Atlanta,
Georgia; Polk county, Barlow and
Haines City having already contribut-
ed. The matter was taken under adj
visement.
Ordinance No. 80 was introduced
changing somewhat the present traf-
fic regulations. According to the new
ordinance car owners will not be al
lowed to leave cars parked for longer
than an hour on Kentucky avenue, be-
tween Main and Pine streets, or on
Main street between Kentucky and
Florida avenues, and provision Is
made that at the expiration OF the
hour, the traffic officers shall take up
the car and hold until thesfine is paid.
The commissioner on public institu-
lions was authorized to have the Gem
eteries resurveyed and a map made
for record.
A petition for water main on Lin
coin avenue was referred to the COM
missioner on municipal utilities for in
vestigation.
The commissioner on public utilities
was authorized to advertise for bids
for service pump and fire pump,
part of the new equipment proposed
I for the water plant. Bids will be op-
ened June /, at 1870.
The sanitary department was au-
thorized to notify property owners to
install the new closets called for by
ordinance No. 800.
\ The contract for the deep well
pump was not awarded, as the super
intendent of the water plant is still
going over the bids.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11

into a finer and deeper sense of bro
therhood.
"A railroad organization can do it.
self no greater wrong than to be-
come so engrossed in the pursuits
of its own ends as to forget the
rights of the employee and ignore
the interests of the public. The OBJ
ject of your organization is to secure
all that belongs to the union men
and no more.
Critics in haste and ignorance
sometimes compare the wages of men
in transportation service with clas-.
es of labor of comparatively little
skill, hazard or responsibility. Thu
task Of the labor board is difficult
one. With insufficient powers it
Is supposed to work wonders. With
out the benefit of presidents, it must
act in matters of tremendous impor-
ance to everybody concerned. Let
me assure you that the members OIL
the labor board approach their tasks
with a desire for a square deal for
all.
None of us can make a greater
mistake than to permit the we'll be-
ing of our free institutions to be
submerged in industrial antagonisms
I would not discourage the efforts of
any man or gainsay the right of any
organization to battle for the better
ment of human conditions.
81 would urge that the struggle be
made within the limit of the constitu-
ton and the laws; that the ballot
box be the ark of the covenant and
that we all have a care that we give
no aid to those who would pull down
upon our heads the temple of liber.
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
FREED PRISONER SAILS

Southampton, England, May TO-
(By The Associated Press.)-Chang.
ed from ''lifer" to a free man thru
the efforts of Lady Aston and John
w. Savage, American consul here,
Charles Smith sailed on the steam.
ship Majestic today for his native
Virginia.
After serving fifteen years of a
life sentence for the shooting Of Ed.
Guerrin. rival for the affections OF
Chicago May" Churchill, Smith was
released yesterday from the Dartmoor
jail on a deportation order signed by
the home secretary.
Smith said he was going to his peo'
pie in Virginia whore he intended to
make fresh start. Il have finish
ed with my former associates and the
old, life." he declared.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
GUEST ON FLOOR ABOVE SAW
ATTEMPT MADE AT SUICIDE

New Yor, May 10.-D A. Bats, of
Wilson, N. c.. attempted suicide at
the Hotel McAlpin today by stabbing
himself three times in the neck with
a pocket knife. He was removed to
a hospital in a serious condition.
A note addressed to my Friends"
was found In his room but the police
refused to divulge it's contents. There
were also letters addressed to Mrs.
o. ]. Harrison of Elm City, N. c.. and
Mrs. ]. H. Chauncey Of Miami, Flori-
da, and request that telegram be
sent to Sheriff b. +. Howard, of VIII
son. apprizing him of the act.
The letters to Mrs. Harrison and
Mrs. Chauncey. his daughters. refer
red to life as burden and said thar
he hoped he would meet them in hea-
ven. Only two cents was found In
Bats possession. 81
A guest occupying q room on tho
18th floor, happenings to glance out
of the window saw Bats In q room
on the floor below standing before
IA mirror stabbing himself In tho
throat with q gold plated pocket
knife
Cards found in the mans effects I'm
dictated he was IN the real estate ana
investment business. fVtrginia l61f1
IL speciality read one Of The instrI1
|t1Ou8s & b s. Il ... h & " "a 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
NORTHERN PLANT
TO Use FLORIDA
PHOSPHATE ROCK
New Jersey Fertilizer Factory Will
Depend On This Section For
Important Ingredient

E. Smiley of Philadelphia, is leav.
ing Lakeland today after a short bust
ness trip here as the representative
Of /. p Thomas & Sons of Philadel-
phia, who expect to open a fertilizer
rlant in New Jersey with license
to manufacture under the Kreiss pro-
and chemical company of Lakeland
have South Florida rights. Mr.. Smil.
ey is here to secure Information and
prices on South Florida phosphate
rock, which will be used in the New
Jersey plant The factory expects
to turn out 100 tons a day of the fin
,ished fertilizer.
Mr.. Smiley spoke interestingly and
Enthusiastically of the Lakeland pro.
ject.
THE Lakeland plant has the ideal
location" he said. "and is very TO-.
tunate in having Mr.. Memminger ans
Mr.. Deem in the project" He went
on to explain that the local concern
is almost inside the largest phos-
plate mining section in the world,
and is inside the greatest fertilizer
using section of the country, and is
near to ports. In regard to the last
point, Mr.. Smiley believes that a
large export bushes will develop on
the non-acid fertilizer and that the
local company will he the logical
leaders in this trade. both on account
Of the location and because it has
men with it who know the foreign
trade and foreign conditions. He
said further:
'Mr. Memminger and Mr.. Deem are
we'll known and the fact that they
were starting factory here had
great weight with the northern NAH.
ufactcrers in influencing them to
take up similar project"
/ On account of the Importance Of
the article, two typographical errors
in the previous account of the pro.
iect of the Non-acio Fertilizer AM
Chemical Company should be correct
ed. The missing figures In the
paragraph about Germany's payment
Of non-acid fertilizer ON war indem
nifty to England, are three ciphers
the correct amount being 100000
tons. The other error is an extra
cipher in the capitalization Of the
company, the correct amount being
100000,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
ALL-DAY PARKING OF AUTOMOBILES ON BUSINESS
STREETS RULED OUT BY CITY COMMISSIONER
BASIS OF CHRISTIANITY MUST BE
BASIS OF SOLUTION LABOR DISPUTES

Toronto Ont, May 10.-Combined
common sense and Justice to all per-
sons concerned in railroad labor dis
ten of every problem Affecting the
relations of railroads and their en-
rloyes. Ben w. Hooper, chairman of
the United States railroad labor
board, said today before members of
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men in triennial convention.
81 am impressed with the dominant
Importance of the human element in
all labor controversies. There can
in reality, be no such thing as a con-
flict between capital and labor. Capt.
tai is only the accuulated results of
labor. The capital of. today is the
labor of yesterday. There may be
controversy between the man who
furnishes the labor of yesterday and
the man who contributes the labor
of today This is merely contest
between man and man, and not be-
tween the laboring man and some gil
gantic ogre as the soap box orator
so vigorously proclaims.
"As l sit upon the railroad labor
board, / see before me men animated
by the selfish instincts of human ma
ture. On the one hand are the men
who represent the owners of the la.
Dor OF yesterday and now typified
by dollars, trackage and general
equipment. On the other hand is the
living pulsing labor to today. Both
are essential to the efficient opera
ton of railroads.
THE only thing for which we can
reasonably hope is that, as the years
go by the beneficent spirit of Chris.
family will soften the hearts of men
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
TWO POLICEMEN
SHOT TO DEATH
in LABOR WAR

Chicago, May 10.-The police today
raided the building trades labor head
quarters and arrested three of Chi
cago's biggest labor leaders-"Big
Tim Murphy, Fred Nader and Cor
nelius Shea-in connection with bomb
ings and shootings which early today
resulted in the death of two police
men and serious injury of a third.
Chicago, May 10.-Two policemen
were shot and killed, another wound
ed and two buildings bombed early
today in disorders police attributed
to labor warfare. The shootings were
followed by a running pistol fight
in which the killers eluded the pU'
lice.
Charles C. Fitzmorris, chief of po-
lice, Immediately ordered every po-
liceman on duty and directed that all
labor leaders of whatsoever calibre
be brought in. 81 have ordered de-
tention of every one who may have
any information of the workings of
labor attacks" he said.
The dead are:
Terence Lyons, 30, acting lieuten
ant; Thomas Clark, 50, patrolman.
The wounded man is Patrolman AL
bert Moeller. Although the killings
and bombings were in different parts
of the city, police believe they were
directed by a single band, desiring
to express resentment at enforcement
of the Lands wage award, a decision
handed down by X. M. Lands, former
federal Judge, acting as arbiter in
long drawn out dispute between tho
Trades Council of Chicago and con
tractors.
The buildings bombed were the
garage of Tyler & Hippach and the
Henneberry printing plant.
Patrolman Clark, who was guard
ing a building previously bombed and
under police protection, was notified
of the garage bombing and few min
utes later a taxi driver notified police
that three men were fighting with
Clark. Officers found him fatally
wounded. He had been shot through
the head and died on the way to the
hospital. Police believe Clark was
killed by men who Monday night show
cred the building with bricks and
escaped in an automobile.
Later, Lieut.. Lyons. seeing a cal
speeding past a traffic signal, com
manded 1t to halt. The occupants
answered with a volley which killed
Lieut.. Lyons and wounded Patrolmar
Moeller.
Since hte war of labor began thous
ands of dollars worth of property has
been destroyed and scores Of persons
injured.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11

Washineton. MAY To- Nat Gold.
stein whose fechnt nomination as in.
|ttfnttional revenue COLLECTOR at st.
Louis has Seen tho occasiQn Of much
9eneSe efificien1 hat asked that his
nomination " Withdrawn Colt
1ktir. r6dues, r1l6de Il s letter to
PRED dent Hard ING and read n the
<t11(e ~ Stn8fpf apencer Reps1bll
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
BE READY FOR
MORE BUSINESS
SAYS HARDING

Birmingham, Ala, May 10.-Mer-
chants of the country were urged to
put on steam and prepare to handle
the business of tomorrow by Gov.
Harding of the Federal Reserve Board
in an address here today by the
Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Asso-
citation.
Many indications of improved con-
ditions both in this country and
abroad are apparent, he declared,
and business men should forget the
of the past and make
ready for the opportunities Of the
future.
The situation today, Gov. Harding
asserted, is in many respects the re-
verse of what it was at the end of
1919, surplus goods having now gone
into consumption, and there being a
marked reduction in the goods on the
merchants shelves.
1.-THE fact that a revival in agri-
culture" he said, "has come much
sooner than had been expected by
those who regarded the low prices OF
last summer as permanent, has
brought new hope and courage to
the agricultural districts and affords
a basis for the belief that there will,
in due time, be distinct business I'M
provement in those districts
While the situation abroad is still
complicated, he said, there are many
indications of improvement, the ex-
changes Of some Of the leading Euro
|pean countries have become far more
stable during the past year, and the
money spent by the American tourists
now fiocking to Europe will add to
the ability of the foreigners to buy
American goods
"The past seven years" Gov. Hard
ing continued, "have been full OF mo.
mentous and stirring events, and
merchants have had their trials anc
their burdens. to bear, as well as al
other classes The worldwide, reac'
ton which followed the abnormal &C
Invites Of the early postwar periot
had a serious effect upon the bust
ness Of Wholesale merchants. but 1t
is gratifying to know how well they
have stood up under the strain, ant
lin view Of the evidences of improve
lment which are now apparent in al
sections of the country, 1t seems t
me that the time has come when thu
lenterprising business man may wei
Ilet others indulge In Lamentations
and recriminations over the past ant
devote his energies to working on
1.-THE problems Of today and preparing
| for the business of tomorrow.
Remember that this country o
Tours has never failed to demonstrate
it's tremendous power and that thu
processes OF production, distribution
and consumption will be continuou
las long as humanity endures. Let tn
merchants exercise their functions
las distributors. II business IL dull
send out your travelling men: u.s.
printers ink-advertise literally bu
judiciousiy, and the business that yo'
thus create for yourselves win stimu
late production and by reducing tn
number OF unemployed will add y
the purchasing poyer Of your Gus
toners"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
MOTION TO AID MINERS

Houston, Texas, May 10.--A motion
that the International Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemeu
now In convention here, contribute
$50, 900 a month to the United Mine
Workers Of America, each month dur
ing the continuance of their strike.
was made from the floor and placed
in the hands of special committee,
1t was learned today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-11
THE RoBERryoN CASE.

washington, May 1O.-British em-
bassy officials after final conferences
with Alexander q. Robertson. British
war veteran and sutton Of Miss Mary
Culberson, daughter OF Senator Gull
herspn Of Texas, declared action Of
the embassy on Robertson's charges
ofli dnapping by private detectives
would amount TO merely watching
toofk procedure which Robertson has