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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
FORD TO MODIFY ORIGINAL
RAILROAD PLAN

Washington, March 11.-Henry
Ford whose purchase and operation nf
the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton R. r
has been followed with considerable
interest in the railroad world, has de-
cided to modify his original plan for
its corporate reorgaiation according
10 indications given by the intersetatc
commerce commission records. Short
ly after purchasing the railroad the
auto manufacturer organized a new
company called the Detroit and Iron
ton for which he secured Interstate
commerce commission permission to
issue 81 100000 In capital stock and to
build new line of railroad in Wayne
county, Mich. supplementing the
original system. In addition Mr.. Ford
sought permission to turn the entire
properties of the Detroit, Toledo G
lronton over to the new corporation
under lease and to have the new COM
rany guarantee outstanding securities
issues of the old railroad.
Certain minority stockholders oD-
posed to Mr.. Fords reorganization
plans entered objections in the com.
mission investigation of the matter
and the commission recently issued
an order stating that "the applicant,
Mr.. Ford, requested that these mat.
ters (the granting of the leasel be
held in allegiance. and accordingly no
action has been taken
The commission also noted that it
docs not appear that the applicant
desires to press the matter to a con-
clusion at this time, and in order to
close the record applications will be
dismissed"
The action of the commission con-
sequently leaves the Ford railroad
properties exactly in the situation
that they were in when Mr. Ford ac-
quired them and in case he desires to
lease the Detroit. Toledo & Ironton to
the Detroit & Ironton it will be
necessary for him to make a new ap-
plication.
The Michigan public utilities com.
mission coincide with the l. C. C. in
giving Mr.. Ford the necessary per-
mission to issue securities for the new
company and to permit it's construc-
tion of new line. The federal com
mission has, it was pointed out at it's
office today, not passed upon the nub-
lie policy or the advisa bility of allow
ing Mr.. Ford to make the transfer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
INTERSTATE COMMERCE TO HEAR FINAL
ARGUMENTS In RATE INQUIRY TODAY

Washington, March 11.-Counsel for
railroad labor organizations joined the
shippers before the Interstate Com
merce Commission today in the final
argument of the general rate inquiry
in urging reductions, but insisted that
the desired effect be brought about by
a sacrifice of earnings on capital and
not by cutting wage rates of en-
ployees.
Glenn E. Plumb, presenting the la
Dor brief, asserted the committee, had
no power to make findings about
wages but did have evidence that in.
terest rates materials and costs of
operation all had declined, and fur
ther that the value of railroad prop
erty used in transportation was less
than the figure set for It,
"The evidence clearly shows" Mr.
Plumb asserted, that prices now
charged for transportation act as en-
barge upon transportation; that in the
case OF many commodities and many
classes of commodities the rates
charged more than absorbed the to-
tai difference between the price OBJ.
tainable and the cost of production;
that with such level of rates indus
try cannot be restored"
Present freight rates will check II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
THE BIBLE A COLLECTION
OF LITERATURE, NOT TEXTS

Chicago, ILL.,, March 11.-"Contyary
to general supposition the Bible is not
q collection of texts for ministers to
preach from" Theodore G. Soares,
professor at the University of Chicago
and preacher at the Hyde Park Con-
gregatonal church, declared in an ad-
dress here. at is a collection CT lit
erature, the greatest which was de-
veloped before the coming of the
Greeks. Benjamin Franklin recogniz-
ed that" Prof Scares substituted a
dramatic reading of Ruth for US al
sermon from a text.
while Franklin was in France dur
ing the period when the age of rea-
SON had swept away reverence for
the Bible" said Prof. Soares, "he re-
marked at a meeting of a skep ical
society. In the course of my anti
quarian researches I have discovered
rare Oriental tale in an obscure
volume | should like to have it read
at some future gathering ofthiscir-
Gle The members enthusiastically
insisted that the esteemed DIR. Frank
Inns discovery be introduced at their
next meeting.
THAT would he unnecessary, said
Franklin. as the story is already
widely published in volume which
contains many others of equal merit
the Bible"
Prof Soares said that aside from
its purpose which was TO combat
nationalistic bieotry. Ruth is a beau
tiful prose idyll.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
MRS. OBENCHAIN
MATCHES Wits
WITH ATTORNEY
Denies Ever Having
Married Kennedy on
"High Seas" Never
Loved Burch Only as
Friends.

Los Angeles. March ll.-Madalynne
Obenchain in her cell in the county
Jail. rested from the ordeal of two
successive days on the witness stand
n her trial for the murder Of }. Bel
ton Kennedy, her sweetheart.
No session of her trial was he'd,
court having been adjourned yester-
day until Monday morning, when she
will return to the stand AID the pro
sacution will resume its cross eXami-
nation.
1t is expected the state will devote
considerable time to cross examining
the defendant on points leading to
the Staying of the young broker in
her presence on the steps of his cot
tage in Beverly Glen. suburb. Au-
gust 5, last.
Already she has been .quizzed rig
idly concerning her relations with the
three men who have occupied the
most prominent places in her life
Ralph r. Obenchain, Chicago attor-
ney. her former husband, present
suitCr and member of her counsel; Ar
thur C. Burch. OF Evanston, ILL.,, Jointly
indicted with her for the murder OF
Kennedy. and the young broker him
sell.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
CHARGES VICE
RAMPANT AMONG
ST. LOUIS YOUTH

st. Louis March 11.-VictOr ]. NIL
ler, president of the beard of police
commissioners. was prepared to ap-
pear at a special meeting of the board
of education here this afternoon 10
submit proof of his charges that vice
exists in Soldan high school, many
students CT which are children of
wealthy West end residents.
The special meeting was called yes
terday after publication Of Mr.. Mil
ler's charges that he had evidence
that girl students of this chool had
formed a secret organization which re-
quired of all applicants for member
ship that they must have violated the
moral code. A similar organization
existed for boys, Mr.. Miller charged
in his statement, which was made at a
community meeting.
Mr.. Miller said he had received a
number of telephone messages and
written communications which had
convinced him that his statement
was not strong enough"
Members of the school board and
heads of all high schools demanded
lltdt wi. DiliiS pCLOlC lihCil GA
facts on which he based his charges
These officials were unanimous in
their criticism of Mr.. Miller's failure
to have brought this matter to their
attention before making his charges
at an open meeting.
Gov. A. NJ. Hyde, a strong advocate
of bettering Missouri's educational
system, has communicated with Mr.
Miller by long distance telephone but
the conversation was not divulged.
Gov. Hyde issued statement at JEFF
terson City last night in which he ap-
proved of the demand of the school
board for substantiation of the
charges. The governor is expected to
reach the city tomorrow to discuss
the matter with Mr.. Miller and men,
bers of the board of education.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11

they do not entirely destroy the wa
termelon business of Georgia forever,
Senator Hoke Smith of that state de-
clared today in arguing for southern
watermelons at the Interstate Com
merce Commission inquiry into gen.
eral transportation levels.
''If the freight rates on watermel-
ons," asserted Mr.. Smith, "are low
cred to figure which will leave a
profit for the growers, it is probable
that this business will increase and
become profitable to the growers"
Mr.. Smith asserted that melons are
shipped during periods when railroads
have normally the lightest traffic and
require no special equipment. Conse.
quently, from the economic point of
view, he said, the railroads should de.
crease the charges.
Watermelons, manufactured iron,
steel, cast iron pipe and building ma.
terials, Mr.. Smith declared, are Civ.
en- identical rates under freight clas.
sifications and this of itself he con.
sidered unfair. Unless reductions are
granted by summer, he said, in con.
cluding, railroads cannot look further
to any considerable freight from Geor
gia out Of melons"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11

philadelphia, March 11.-The PIE
siosauran monster seen in Patagonia,
according to reports from the Buenos
Aires Geological Gardens. is not a
mythe. snake or a turtle. in the be-
lief of Lieutenant Commander o Be
vilaGua. now at the Philadelphia navy
yard The naval officer said today
that he had seen a mOnstrous animal
off the coast of Patagonia sixteen
years ago that resembled descriptions
cf that reported to have been seen
recently by an Englishman named
Sheffield in the same locality.
Lieut.. Bevilaqua, who is comman-
der of the U. S. S. Kaweah, said that
during 1906 while in the Straits of
Magellan about 500 yards off the coast
of Patagonia he saw the monster one
afternoon. 1.-THE visibility was high
and do not believe could have been
mistaken" he said. ~ was scanning
the skyline toward the shore and l
heard splash and saw a huge ice
covered boulder splash into the sea
from the rocky shore. A moment Ia
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
UNCLE SAM IS
AFTER PAYMENT
FOR RHINE ARMY
Says that United States
Should Receive Re-Im-
bursement for Main
tanning Army on The
Rhine.

Paris, March 11.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. THE demand by the
United States for reimbursement to
the extent of S241 100000 for the ex-
penses of its forces in the Rhineland
before any reparations are paid has
provoked surprise and perplexity in
French official circles. There is also
some pointed comment in several
morning newspapers.
A French semi-official says that the
American claim comes exactly at tie
moment when the accord based on the
Cannes project was about to be real
led, and that it tends to destroy the
whole system of reparations so labor
ously elaborated by the allied ex-
perts.
The Echo D'Paris declares it is un-
doubtedly too late to give the United
States it's share of one billion gold
marks paid by Germany on August
80. last, as Belgium and England al
ready have received their allotmentS.
The allies certainly cannot refuse to
give the United States it's due, the
newspaper adds but this question
must be determined-of what utility
is an American army on the Rhine if
it isn't in political cooperation with
the allied governments"
The Matin1 thinks the American de-
mand creates paradoxical situation
in law, because the United States is
at the same time responsible to and
Independent of the allies-responsi-
BILE in it's claims, and Independent in
it's policies regarding Germany with
which it has separate treaty" The
newspaper declares that if the United
States persists in this claim and the
Belgian claims and the sums the
French government expects are ap-
preciably discounted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
Two Young Men In a
Closed Automobile
When 1t Headed Into
The Deep Waters of
Matanzas Bay Early
This Morning.

st. Augustine, March 1.-THE bodies
of two men, Godfrey Foster, local ci'
gar manufacturer, and Joseph Orta-
gus, local merchant, are believed to
be in a small closed car which
plunged into thirty feet of water
through an open draw in the bridge
between Anastita Island and st. Au-
gustine early today.
Foster and Ortagus left beach re-
sort shortly after midnight for st.
Augustine and the draw had been op-
ened to allow small motor vessel
to pass. The bridge tender declared
the first he knew of the accident was
when he heard a splash in the water
and saw the car sinking.
Attempts to raise the machine dur
ing the morning were fruitless. At
one time the car was pulled almost
to the surface with graphing hooks
when the coupe top gave way and it
went to the bottom again. A diver
arrived from Jacksonville shortly be-
fore noon to attach ropes to the ma
chine and pull it up.
Foster and Ortagus were believed
to have been alone as only they were
in the machine when it left the beach.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
I2ZIX''|.:..:{.l !!
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS

The storm center which was over
Missouri Friday morning has advanced
eastward owed the Ohio valley to
Pennsylvania. 1t has caused rain
generally over the country east of the
Mississippi and has been followed
by cooler weather. A ridge of rela-
lively high pressure extends from
Lake Superior to Texas, and generally
fair weather has prevailed over the
plains states and the west Gulf states.
In the west the barometric pressure
is low with centers of depression over
Montana, Colorado and Nevada. Rain
has fallen over the Pacific states and
snow over Nevada and Utah. 1t is
somewhat warmer over the Rocky
Mountain region and the northern
plains states, but colder over the
plateau region and the Pacific states.
Indications are for partly cloudy
weather in the vicinity of Tampa to-
night and Sunday. Cooler tonight.
WALTER j. KENNETH
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
COMMUNITY FUND PLANS
NEARING COMPLETION

The plans for the community fund
campaign next week are rapidly being
put in final shape by the committees.
The Red Cross. Boy Scouts. Y. NJ. g.
A.. Camp Fire Girls. Y. w. C. A.. Trav-
eler7' Aid and Associated Charities.
all Of which are federating under the
Lakeland Community Welfare League.
will go to the peoDle Of Lakeland for
their support during 1922 through the
Community Fund"
One pledge for the entire charity
and welfare work of all these organ
atoms will relieve the business men
and the citizens of constant drives. So
licitations. and annoyance from bog
sing and be welcomed by many who
have had these constant calls upon
them in the past
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
CHARTER BOARD
OF nine TO BE
CHOSEN TUESDAY

The election for members of the
charter board will be held Tuesday.
Those who have paid their poll taxes
for 1921 and 1922, if otherwise quail
fed, may participate in the election.
1t is stated that many voters have
failed to pay their 1922 poll tax, bus
it is now too late to make good on
this point for Tuesdays election as
this matter must be attended to ten
days before an election for qualiiiCa-
tion in that election.
This election was called by the city
commissioners. who. however, have
no jurisdiction over the board. Imme-
Giately after the election, the board
will organize and elect its own chair
man. The city clerk will be clerk Of
the board The work of the board is
the drafting of new charter or a re.
vision, of the old correcting amhi-
guities, embodying the amendments
and otherwise being dapted to the
present-day, and so far as possible,
the future needs of Lakeland. The
new charter will be submitted to the
voters for ratification and will become
effective, if ratified, on a date to be
ramed in the charter.
The board will consist of nine men,
bers, which will be chosen from a list
of names placed on the ballot by pc
tition of the required number of vot-
ers. The ticket is as follows:
J. c. Owens. DIR. c. B. Weeks, j. S.
Jewett, o. C. Lanphear w. w. Chase,
c. l. Dwiggins, l.. w Bloom, Harry L..
Brown, ]. l.. Gibson, John F. Cox. j.
F. Council. d. c. Warner, F.. II.
Thompson, L. f. Ellis, W. ]. Merrr..
c. E. Todd. w H. OFT. ]. w. Buch-
anan Jr.. r. b. O'Steen. j. E. Melton,
Omar. Mcdaniel. B. F. Wilson, DR.. w.
r. Grower, n. A. higgins, u w. Iver-
sen. Miss May Tomlinson, Harry
Brush. ]. c. Williams, G. U. COnant
and w c. NOrvell
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
SHARK CATCHER HERE

C. L. Vandercook, of Howell, Mich,
who made himself famous last winter
by catching 81 sharks at Punta Gorda,
is in Lakeland to spend the next three
weeks, being located at the Bridges
Hotel. Mr.. Vandercook has spent
many winters in Florida at st. Peters
burg and Punta Gorda. He has spent
this season at the latter point, but
is off form this year, owing to the un-
satisfactory state of his health, so
that he captured only 35 sharks this
year Mr.. Vandercook fishes with a
400 foot line and makes a specially
of catching salt water cat fish as well
as sharks. He is much pleased with
Lakeland in spite of the absence of
sharks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
LIBERTY BONDS

New York, March 11.-Liberty
bonds closed: 3hs, 9696; first As,
$3.50; second As. 1922; first 4As,
97.4O; second ANS, 974O: third Az s.
9S.40: fourth Ans. 9754; Victory. Sa4
10000; Victory Az. 1OOSO.
New Orleans, March 11.-Cotton
closed steady at net decline of to
s points. closing bid. March 1875 {:
May 1874; July 1851; October 1891 !:
December 1911.
New York. March 11.-Cotton closed
steady. Closing bid: March 1892;
May 1903: July 1870; October. 1856 :
December 1915.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
HOW ABOUT LAKELAND

Ocala, March 11.-Additional towns
throughout central and south Florida
have advised that they will have del
egates here Monday at the convention
called to organize a capital removal
association to take charge of the cam.
baign to move the state capital from
Tallahassee to some more central
point. The latest places to send no.
tice of their expected participation are
Montverde. Sarasota, Clermont, Kis-
simmee, Crescent City, Inverness.
Wauchula, Ft. Meade and Brooksville.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
MURDERED SITTING IN CHAIR

Riverside. n. j.. March 11.-John
Theodore Bunen, an amusement nrc-
motor and owner of the Doris-Ferr
Ari circus, was shot and killed last
night while seated near first floor
window of his home reading. A full
charge from a shot gun struck him
behind the left ear. There is no clue
to who fired the shot According to
Burlington company authorities today.
three men were seen by neighbors to
park a motor car near the Brunen
home just before the shooting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
ROB CLERK OF $4,000

Brownsville, Pa, March 11.-Albert
Flemming. manager of the w. ].
Rainey and Company store at Allison,
Pennsylvania. and C. o. Evans, chiee
clerk, were robbed of approximately
100000, the company's mine payroll,
by six bandits who held up trolley
car three miles from here today. 81
mer Hill, who accompanied Flemming
and Evans as guard. was shot, but
not seriously wounded. The bandits
escaped in an automobile.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
WENT TO DEATH THROUGH OPEN DRAW
ANASTASIA ISLAND BRIDGE AT
ST. AUGUSTINE SCENE TRAGEDY
AT EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING
INDUSTRIAL SITUATION BETTER

INDUSTRIAL SITUATION BETTER
Washington, March 11.-Indication
of improvement in the general indus
trial situation was seen by officials in
the report of February postal savings
transactions, showing a slight increase
in deposits over Withdrawals for the
first month since January, 1921. The
total net deposits on March 1 was
shown to be approximately $145,0OO,-
900. Substantial increase in deposits
was reported generally by the larger
post Offices, it was said, but these
were largely Offset by the decreases
at the smaller offices. Considerable
improvement in the latter was expect
ed, however, with the approach of
spring.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
I.ll24:,yGg....l News.
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GOLD MINERS BOMBED

London, March 11.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press)-The Trades Union hall
at Benoni, near johannesburg crowd
ed with South African gold mine
strikers, was bombed by an aviator
today, says a Central News dispatch
from Johannesburg. The majority of
those assembled were killed and the
building was destroyed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
INDUSTRIOUS SEA ANIMAL SIGHTED
RECENTLY OFF PATAGONIA COAST

ter large animal appeared at the
point from which the boulder had
dropped and looked out toward me.
"The head was like that of a horse,
and the neck was fully thirty feet
long. It was not turtle because tur-
ties do not have necks of that length.
| am equally sure that it was not a
snake because snakes do not live in
ice and snow" 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
BREAD SC LoAE In MIAMI

Miami, March 11.-For the first time
since pre-war days bread was sold in
Miami for five cents a pound loaf to-
day. Hazards chain of produce stores
this morning cut the prevailing price
from 10 cents to cents after making
arrangements with local bakery. All
other stores of Miami are charging
ten cents a pound loaf.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
GREEK CABINET WILL RESIGN

London, March 11.-According to a
message received by Reuters from a
Greek semi-official source, the cahi-
net of premier Gounaries, will resign
as a result of the adverse vote yes
terday in the chamber of deputies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
UNDERWOOD OUTLINES HIS STAND
IN FOUR POWER PACIFIC TREATY
In MESSAGE TO SENATORS TODAY
TAMPA ATTORNEY RESTS
EASILY AFTER AUTO ACCiDEN-

Miami, Fla, March 11.--IIuch G.
Mcfarland. the rs year old attorney
of Tampa, who was badly injured in
an automobile wreck near here
Thursday night. is reported to be rest
ing easily as could be expected today,
considering the extent Of his injuries.
Five bones were broken. including his
collar bone, his arm and five ribs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
SECRETARY HOOVER
NOT TO RESIGN

Washington, March 11-Declaring
President Harding had strongly ex-
pressed the wish" that he remain in
the cabinet. Secretary Hoover today
informed Mayor J. Hampton Moore, of
Philadelphia. he could not accept the
director genership of the Sesequi.C Cen
tennial exposition to be held in Phil
adelphia in 1926.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
KERRIoAN LEADING IN GOLF

Jacksonville, March 11.-Geo. Ker-
rigan, of Saransworth, N. j., who was
five down at the end of yesterdays
play, led the field at the end of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11

third round today in the Florida open
golf championship tournament here,
turning in a card of 73 for the morn-
ing round for a total of 221.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
REVOLUTION IN TRIPoLI

Rome, March 11.-(By the Associat-
ed Press)-A revolution on a large
scale has broken out in Tripoli, says a
dispatch to the newspaper Ilmondo
from it's correspondent in the capital.
The rebels have cut the railway in
many places and attacked the Italian
garrisons.
At Azazia two companies of Italian
soldiers surrounded by rebels are re-
ceiving food dropped from airplanes.
The Italians have evacuated Chatter
and Zavia. The latter is on the coast
about 125 miles east of the city of
Tripoli.
A Tripoli dispatch by way OF Rome
on February 13 told of fighting be-
tween rebels and the Italian forces
at Misurata, near Azizia. 1t was then
stated that the Italian government re-
garded the trouble as an isolated DEM
onstration.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-11
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Sunday; cooler in
north and central portions tonight.