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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
Rail CLERKS
ASK EXTRAPAY
FOR OVERTIME
Also Demand An EIGHT Hour Day
Disputes UD Before Labor
Board for Settlement

Chicago, Jan. 10.-Extra pay f0r
overtime work and the eight hour day
we're, the principal points sought b.
railroad clerks in Controversies over
The rules If the clerks national agree.
ment which were up for consideration
by the United States labor board to-
day. The board expected to COM
plcte its draft of new rules within
two weeks, and PRONUNCIATION Of new
SO. of rules to replace the agreement
made under federal contEl is looked
tCr by February Is.
Eight rules Of the Old agre ment af-
.ect the clerks pay and these rules
navc been tho subject CT the creates;
disagreement in negotiations during
the last few months. Like the Nat-
iunal agreements OF other groups o:
railroad employees, the clerks agree
ment WAS ordered replaced by new
rules which the board directed the
employees and the carriers to draw up
by agreement. The disagreements re
sulting fl2m such negotiations were
referred to the board.
FCrty-four roads submitted dis
agreements on rule that the rule cali
ing for time and one-half pay after
eight hours work, which the clerks
wish continued
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
FAST TRAIN HITS
BUS LOADED WITH
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Four Instantly Killed and II OH
ers Injured at Van Wert, o.
Train Hidden By Fog

Van Vert. Ohio. Jan. t0.-Fo",
children were instantly killed and
seventeen others were injured short
ly before o'clock this morning wh"r
p school bus was hit by pennsyl
vania fast train three miles east o..
here.
Three ambulances and all ayailahin
physicians in Van West Wore rushed
to the scene of the crash.
Preparations were made At Nan
Vert county hospital TO receive tEs
injured children as soon Gs they We,
given first aid and could he moved.
There were thirty-three children n
the bus when it was hit. it being or
of the four which takes the pupil
each morning to the township schot
Joseph Overhault the driver Of IL
motor bus. did not see the approach
Sia train on account OF the heavy fog,
IL was said
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
AEROPLANE TO BE USED
In SEARCH FOR MISSING
COOK CO., ILL.,, MAN

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 10.-Use of a
national guard aeroplane to aid today
in the search for James Maher, coun-
ty commissioner of Cook county, for
fourteen days believed lost on
Lake Superior, has been authorized
by Gov. j. o. Preus. Tub boats 10
by Gov. J. O. Preus. Tug boats to
scout around the numerous small ISL
ands in Thunder Bay, where it is
thought Maher may be, also were au-
thofized by the governor.
Maher left Grand Portage on De
cember 81 for Port Arthur, Ontario,
and was lest heard of at Cloud Bay.
Becoming alarmed at his fathers
prolonged absence. Donald Maher,
IS, walked the AZ miles from Grand
Portage to Port Arthur to start a
search. Today young Donald is shik'
ing back to his home, confident that
with the aid of the aeroplane, and the
tug boats, his father will be found.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
DE VALERA WALKSOUT OF Dali
ASVOTEIS ANNOUNCED FOR HIS
SUCCESSOR AS HEAD OF NATION
BANK PRESIDENT TRIED
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF
$4,000 OF BANKS FUNDS

Richmond, Va, Jan. 1O.-Harold
Gordon Blundon, former president Of
the Commonwealth Bank of Reedville.
Va, charged with embez2iing and
$4,000 of the bank $
funds. went on trial today in the
United States district court here.
more than sixty witnesses have been
summoned and the trial is expected
to Ast a week. Blundon is a member
of the staff OF Governor Westmore-
land Davis and declares he viii prove
his innocence.
An investigation into the hanks af-
fairs was made by federal agents fol-
lowing the burning of the bank or
the night Of January 81. 1921. AS a
result of the investigation. >Biundon
was indicted on fourteen counts
charging embezzl,ment and misap-
preparation OF the banks funds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
CITIZENS OBJECT
TO MAYSFORP.M.
AT TALLAHASSEE
Has Not Been In Sl2!e a Year anG
Stands Low In Examination
Under Civil Service Rule

Washington. Jan. 10--Prot ts
which we're characterized as mos
vigorous" were made today before
senate committee against he coniii%
nation of w H. Nays, nominated Oy
President Harding to be postmaster
at Tallahass G. Fla. Although the
committee consideration was behind
closed doors. l. WAS learned that rep
rcsentatiyes cf Tallahassee strongly
objected TO !ayorab acton on tae
nomination.
1t was understood t. have b cr
claimed that Mr.. Mays was hardly "a
citizen" of the state and even now l.
not not now residing in Tallahassee.
The charge was mad. 1t was report
ed, that he did not have the high 81
grade OF the three who !e1d il the eN-
animation and 'ha' h6 had arrived t.
orjda from PenDsl lyania less than
a year ago.
At least one of The with sses le-
fore the committee was said to haY,
urged that the name be Withdrawn
and another, that of a local man who
had lived in the city practically all oI
his life. be substituted
This request, 1t was stated. may be
referred to the committee by Sena-
ltor Fletcher of Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
cCUMBER TAKES PLACE
OF PENROSE AT HEAD
OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

Washington, Jan. 1O.-Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, was select
ed today by the COMMITTEES on commit
tees as chairman of the senate finance
committee to succeed the late Boise
Penrose. Senator Freiingheysen, OF
New Jersey, was selected to fill the
vacancy ON the finance committee.
Elevation of Senator McCumber to
the chairmanship of the finance com
mittee will leave vacant the chair
manship Of the pensions committee,
but the committee on committees de-
ferred selection of chairman of that
committee.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
MORE JUDGES,
DEMAND OF Bar,
SAYS PRllEEtSTD EN'E'
H;Ilsborough County Bar Associa.
ton Banquets National Ex-
ecut;ve Committee

Tampa, Fla. Jan. l0.-The immedi-
ate need fer more federal judges to
dispose Of the thousands of cases
awaiting trial in the federal courts
was pointed out by President c. a.
Severance. st. Paul head of the
American Bar Association the eXecu-
tive committee Of which he was .
guest last night a banquet given.
By the IIillborcush County Bar As
sociation.
The executive committee of the as
sociation and the national conference
Of commissioners on uniform state
laws m0tored to Tarpon Springs and
Clearwater this mCrninrS
The selection Gi lie fJ22' vJl, ,..i.
ton city Of the association will be
made at business session tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
Goes After Lawyer

When Jchn A. Cutchings of Rich
mCnd. Va. counsel for Major Ople.
took the witness. Fox went right af-
ter the lawyer.
81 know what you want to do, ne
exclaimed, shaking his finger. "Hon
are trying 20 make a fool of me. You
can't do it,
Cut, hings tried to fix the exact da'
cf the alleged shooting.
How do you know so much about
this" Fox shouted. You were back
lat headquarters thirty miles away.
Il was where duty sent me- said
Mr.. Cutchings who was attached 10
the 29th division headquarters.
Another Witness
S onewa'l Jackson Albion of Kerns-
town. Va, decar he saw "Ma{or
Opie shoot an American soldier in
cold blood
THE runner who was shot. was
running toward the Major said Al
bin. 81 saw him hand the major q
piece OF paper which Major OD,c
fg!anc d at Then the runner turned
his back and started tc walk away
when Major Opie shot him. Opie
gazed at the fallen man for a few
minutes and then moved on.
Albion declared 100 or more per
sons could have seen the shooting
The witness was gassed in the wal
and has been unable to work he said
While testifying Albion pointing to :
spectator asserted that the man hat
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
CARNIVAL DREW
CROWD AT BALL
PARK LAST NIGHT
Excellent Collection Of Shows and
Attractions Delighted Lake
land People

A genuine hit was made last night
by Roberts United Shows at the Ball
Park, the attendance being large and
the crowd displaying evidence of
pleasure at the entertainments and
attractions.
1t is an exceptionally good carni-
val, which tn eAmerican Legion and
the Women's Club have brought here.
The funds derived from it by these
organizations will be used for worthy
purposes. Lakeland's loyalty TO the
Legion alone is sufficient incentive
to any one to spend an evening at
this park, especially as he will be as
sured an all round good time, with
nothing Objectionable to mar the
pleasure.
Last nights big crowd will prob
ably be increased tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
STATE EXPECTED TO
COMPLETE EVIDENCE In
BAIRD LYNCHING CASE

Hamilton. Ala, Jan. 10.-The state
expects to complete its case today in
the trial of Sergean, Robert L. Lam
caster who with sight other members
o. Company NJ. Alabama National
fuard. is charged with lynching Will
liam Baird. a Walker county miner,
on January l3. last year. New wit
pesses introduced by the state caused
Increased interest in the trial today.
Mrs. William Baird. wife OF the slain
min.r, with q son in her arms, born
otter Baird was lynched. was a wit
ness for the state.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
FRENCH PAPERS
CONDEMN BRAND
FOR HIS POLICY
Say That He Has Lost
All That He Gained for
the Nation-Economio
Conference Dragging
Alcng With No Visible
Results-Germans Tc
Take Part In 1t

Paris, Jan. 10.-Attacks on Premier
BRAND by the French press grow in
severity and distrust of England in'
creases, as mere becomes known re-
garding the agreements reached at
the supreme council meeting in Can
nes.
Andre Tardieu, writing in former
Premier 'Clemenceau's new organ, the
Echo National. which appears for the
first time today. leads off with a
diatribe captioned, "The Cannes Re-
treat" He writes: 'In four days
BRAND has aggravated irremediably
the situation created during the past
year by his policy. and has torn up
the promises he made in December to
the senate and chamber"
Premier BRAND appears to have few
friends in the press. The Figaro
echoes the Echo National.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
p Provisional Government
VIII Administer Affairs
Until All Formalities
Of Taking Over the
Government and Call
ing Election Are Com
piled With

Cannes. France. Ian. l0.-By the
Associated Press. Modification of
endorsement by the British cabinet
OF the written pledge binding Great
Britain Immediately to aid France to
The full extent of her military and
naval resources in cases Of aggression
by Germany is expected from London
by tonight. The pact agreed upon by
Prcmiers Briand and Lloyd-George.
was telegraphed to the British capi-
tai last night.
The council planned to re"ass to-
day until five r. m. while a sub-com-
Wittec engages in the delicate task
oi framing an invitation to the forth
coming meeting of the supreme coun-
ell and economic conference. to the
IluSsan soviet government.
Meanwhile the French delegation
is awaiting results of consultations in
Paris regarding settlement Of the Ger
man reparationS questions
The council is to discuss this mat
ser 18th German delegation headed
ny nr. Walter Rathenau. which is ex-
pegted to arrive from Berlin tom0r-
row.
The council plans TO impress upon
jh' G2rman delegates the fact that
the allies cannOt longer tolerate dis
order in Gcrm9ny's finance
The French have proposed that the
allies appoint commission to take
chrrce of the German debt in case
She defaults in the reparations pay
meHta. Mi Lloyd George. however.
prefers To give the Germans a chance
10 put their finances in order and bal
"nce their budget before adopting
lWther measures OF control. .
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
WITNESS TELLS
OF SEEING OPIE
SHOOT SOLDIER
Saw Him Kill the Man
North cf Verdun But
Kept SiIert for Fear of
Letter Advising Him To
Say Nothing About Il

Washington. Jan. lO-Chas. T. Fox,
1r K Rchmond. Va. testified today b.
!ore 4 senate investigating committee
that he saw Major FIicrcme l.. Opie.
Of S'auNton, Va, shoat soldier in
lhc LJci; north Of Vcrdun in 1918. o.
Full Record
Washington. Jan. 10.-Complcte
records in the cases Of American sol
iinr4 hanged after court martial in
France were cabled Immediately to
the war department, Colonel Walter
4. RetheL assistant judge advocate
General in the army. testified today
hoGcre a senate committee invcstigat-
in charges that soldiers were put
30 death without trial.
CCl. Bethel had been pressed by
Senator Watson. Democrat Georgia,
whose charges in the senate led to
appointment Of the committee. as tC
Nhy no reports of legal executions
were made public until long after the
armistive.
Names Of men hanged were not
given to the press out OF cOnsiderd-
iiou for relatives. the witness said.
King. of Wilmington, y. G.. who, ac-
"Cydiug to previous Witnesses, was
killed by orders OF Hard Boiled
Smith, an officer in charge of pris-
ON guard, Col. Bethel reiterated thai
available war department records
indicated" that King was killed in
action or died of wounds. No cvi-
danae. hn said. has been obtained to
support this charge that King was
murdered, and information to this
effect has been conveyed 10 his fam
ily.
Saw Opie Shoot Man
The man shot was wearing the
American uniform" said Fox. was
$50 feet away. AS the boy was shot
hn threw his hands in 1.-The air and
lhppi ii 1.aI. do not know IL the
man died. Sergeant Kane also saw
the shooting
FoX declared the soldier was with
in six feet OF the Major when the
shooting took place. that he had an
preached the officer and was moving
of.
DO you know Opie?" Chairman
BrandgGe asked.
u was positive it was Major Opie.
There was much talk in the company
Company b. 10th infantry. The
mon wondered why the boy had been
shot but they were afraid to ask
about ii.
You made no complant?'
NO, sir was afraid
Asked why he did not report the
ease to Lieut. Maring of Richmond,
Fox said:
That guy would shoot me; he
Stpldn't take any foOlishness.
Fox gave Chairman Brandgee a let
Ter from Moring, written from Casper,
Wye, saying he was sorry to hear
about Major Opie.'
Fox did not want all the letter read.
saying it contained some rough
stuff
Il am used to rough stuff in this
case" the chairman said.
The letter quoted Moring as say
ing he had heard the soldier was
running away and that Opie had a
right to shoot, and advised Fox not
to say anything about the case "un-
less you actually saw the shooting.
adding that rumors did not stand up
in court.
Banging the table. Fox shouted that
he saw Opie shoot.
II saw it with my own eyes.
From Mornings letter. he believed
that "Opie was justified, said the
chairman.
We'll, | don't" Fox declared.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
GENERAL FIRE ALARM
TURNED IN AT PITTSBURG

Pittsburg, jan 1O.-A general fire
alarm was turned in this morning for
a fire in the fifth avenue business dis
trict. An hour after the first fire
companies reported a five and ten
cent store, where the blaze orig mated,
fremen were still unable to enter the
building.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
coNEERRlNo ON RAILROADS

washington, Jan. lO.-Secretary
Hoover, acting with the approval Of
President Harding, has entered upon
series of conferences relative to
railroad labor questions in which
meetings, chiefs of the, railroad labor
unions and representatives of the rail
reads of the country are participating.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
NATIVE AMERICAN SEAMEN
SOON TO BECOME EXTINCT

Chicago. Jan. 10.--Natiye American
seamcu soon will become as extinct
as the do-do, according to the Inter
national Seamen's union, holding its
twenty-ffth annual convention here
The union charged that the percen-
tage Of American salts" in shipping
board and private vessels is now only
is. whereas in May last 1t was 80,
The Union asserted that the United
States Shipping Board is not encour-
aging the Yankee seamen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
THREE KILLED In FIGHT d"
WITH REDS In ITALY

London, Jan. 10.-In a fierce fight
between Fascist and Communists at
Bergiola, near Carrarra, Italy, three
persons were killed and a dozen bad
ly wounded, says Times dispatch
from Milan. Caabineers who inter-
vened we're fired upon by the rife
men of both factions. Wholesale ar
rests followed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
FAMOUS JfF STATESMEN
GIVEN P0STHUMOUS HONORS

Toxic Ian. 10.-(By the Associated
Press. .l---Narquis Okuma. who died
early today. has been given pcsthum-
Gus honora hy Emperor Yoshito. lie
is given court rank, Junior grade, and
Is decorated with the Grand Gordon
a the Chrysanthemum with collar.
\ recognition OF his services for the
.tato.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
PEPPER is swORS IN

Washington, Jan. 10-George Whar-
ton Pepper took the oath of office to-
day as United States senator from
Pennsylvania succeeding the late
Boise Penrose. The oath was admin
istered by Vice President coolidge at
~ O'Clock.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
cermans Reach Paris

Paris, Jam. 10.-(By the Associated
Press. THE German delegation
which is to discuss the German
reparations question with the allied
supreme council, arrived in Paris
from Berlin today. The delegation
comprising ixteen members headed
by DR.. Rathenau. found an invitation
from the supreme council to proceed
to Cannes awaiting them at their no.
ta1 ''N 10 % ,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
u, Is. Not nnc.ded,

washington, Jan 1O,-An authorI-
tive statement was made following to-
days cabinet meeting that no decis-
ion had been presented by President
Harding and his advisors regarding
the invitation extended to the United
States by the allied supreme council
to participate along with Russia and
Germany in the European economic
conference to be held at Genoa in
March.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
Proposal To Extend Pact
Until 1887 Said To Be
One of Its New Provis-
ions Treaty Said To
Settle Status of Mer-
chant Vessel By Limit
ing Size of Its Guns

Dublin, Jan. 10.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. Arthur Griffith was elect
ed president of the Dali Eareann to-
day
Eamon De Valera and his follow
ers walked out while the vote was be-
ing taken. in protest against the NOM
ination of Griffith. Speaker MacNeill
put the motion for Griffiths election
and he was unanimously chosen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10
THE WEATHER

Unsettled, probably local
rains tonight and Wednes-
day Warmer northeast part.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-10

Continued on page 81
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-15

session to consider terms of a new
wage contract.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-15

-Compstition has forced other indus
tries to yield price stAndArds." Mr.
Thorns said, "and in transportation
whers We have simply substituted gov-
ernmsnt regulation for composition.
"the COMMITTEES could not consider rail-
roads sort Of sacred cows" in our
midst immune from fundamental laws
OF society and commences; free from
necessary lower charges for services
as other prices declined, unless public
regulation 10 to become . farce"
Mr. Thorne asserted in his belief that
railroad earnings would stand the r.
duction fixing them at the rate Of
more than one billion dollars annually
during the last few months" declared
that fewer miles of railroads wsre IN
the hands Of receivers last year than
any year since 1912 and asked the
commission to contrast this situation
with that in general industry which he
said showed profound industrial de-
pressions," thousands OF factories
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-15
SHIPPERS MAKE new PLEA FOR RATE CUTS

WARRINGTON. Me-oa 1l.-Rail-
roads constitute the only great indus
try in the country which has not been
compelled by the laws of commercs
and industry to reduce prices and re-
duce costs." according to . brief filed
within the interstate commerce COM
mission, by Clifford Thorns. spokes-
man for the shippers in closing the
general investigation into transporta-
tton rates.
wholesale prices Of commodities have
dropped fifty per cent and interest
rates on money two per cent since 1920
when the last general advances were
put on railroad service charges. the
brief asserted and tho time has come
when that advance must be removed.
"If all OF it cannot be taken at one
time" the brief continued, then let
us in good faith eliminate third or
a half OF 1t, removing in substantial
amounts the transportation burdens
resting upon those basic necessities
of life which are essential to our well
fare
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-15
CHOIR SINGER
CONTINUED from Pas. one,)

Forthcoming SOON
Moore waived preliminary examinat ton
in city courttoday and was held to
the grand jury under 5000. He ap-
peared in court highly nervous, twitch-
ing and jerking constantly. Later when
questioned in his cell regarding his
frequent marriages. Moore said: NI
think Il WAS all dus to my nervous con-
dition."
1T seemed that as long A. was
petted and babied my condition was
improved. At other times I would feel
depressed and lonely and want to run
away. Then would meet someone
else and would fall in love with them
for a time"
Moore was taken in custody in MIN
neapolis several days ago by an cper-
ativs OF . private detective agency as
the result OF a complaint made by
his last wife who was Miss Harriet
Evans, An Indiana school teacher He
was engaged to marry a girl In Mime
apoiis. when arrested. 1t was said.
Pueblo chieftain., 1922-03-15
BIG COAL STRIKE
CONTINUED from Pas. ons)

CONTINUED from Page ons.)
he added. rsterrins to the bituminous
situation there can no WACO contract
drawn up. II there is no wage con-
tract there wont be any coal dug after
April in any union mines. Mr.. Lewis
accused miner operations ossacia tions.
which have sought local conferences
with the union looking to the construc-
for position and shooting propa-
ganda-"
"Operntors in certain district" he IN
listed. would like TO get an excIu-
sivs right to tho coal market after
April I when all other mines are shut
up but could not make WACO con-
tracts until the bssis for = national
scale had been laid by a wage con-
tract into the central compctitio
field which will determine tho wages
and costs OF their competitors have to
msst and fix the relationships in the
coal market
Meanwhile" hs said. Coal COM
panieA can make . lot OF money" by
refusing to enter conferences, getting
out strike scares and frightening con-
sumefs into paying high prices for
coal" He also insisted that district
organizations OF the mine owners cx-
cspt II Illinois were supporting their
national officials In demanding the ma
tional settiemsnt Mr.. Lewis came
here today from Illinois and after his
conference with Secretary Davis left
with several representatives OF tho ma
tional union for New York, where tho
general scale committees OF the union
and the anthracite operators are in