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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15
CHICAGO HAS ANOTHER GREAT FIRE
Think Negro Is In
Hiding In Swamp

WrightsVille, Ca, March 15.-
Believed TO be hiding in the
Choopee creek swamp about five
miles from here strange negro
who yesterday slashed the CLOTH
ing of young widow near Kite
and then poured kerosene over
her body and set fire to her, is
expected 10 be captured by
posses of nearly 1000 heavily
armed men, who have the
thicket aImos. completely sur
rounded.
The negro is said to have been
seen early today about a mile
from the scene of the crime.
Several shots were fired at him
by members of a posse, but ap-
parently he was unhurt and
quickly disappeared into the
swamp.
The young widow and her
child were near ;he edge of the
Choopee creek swamp when the
negro appeared and demanded
money. He pointed a pistol at
her and is said to have grabbed
her nose to prevent her from
screaming. The woman had a
butcher knife and s!ashed at the
negro, inflicting a wound in his
throat. The negro then pro-
duced a small bottle of kero-
sene and poul ed it on the wom-
ans clio hes, she declared. As
she plunged into a small slouqh
of water, the negro hastened
away because of the presence of
the woman's brother and a ne
gro farm hand.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15
OBENCHAlN TRIAL
NEARING CLOSE

Los Angeles, March 15.-Another
day of argument today was ahead of
the court where the trial of Mrs.
Madalynne Obenchain for the murder
of her sweetheart, ]. Belton Kennedy,
is nearing close. Alfred F. McDon-
aid, junior defense counsel began
placing the defendants cause to the
jury late yesterday and was ready to
resume when court opened this morn
ing.
He was to be followed by Judd R.
Rush, senior counsel for the defense
and Asa Keyes, deputy district attor-
ney, was expected to make the final
argument for the prosecution tomor-
row.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15
HEARING IN EMBEZZLEMENT
CASE SLATED FOR TODAY

Miami, March 15.-Ha0eas corpus
hearing in the case of J. d. Myers OF
Miami, wanted in Salt Lake City.
Utah, under the name of Milton ID.
Joseph for the alleged embezzlemcat
eight years ago of $4,000. has been
continued until Saturday. The hear
ing, ordered before Circuit judge
Branning by the state supreme cou t
was to have been held today. My.
was arrested on March /.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15

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LAST MINUTE BRIEFS

Rome, March 15.-(5y the Associat.
ed Press )-Official announcement
was made from the Vatican today
that Pope Plus had extended to fif.
teen days the interval to elapse be-
tween the death of a pope and the
session Of the Sacred College to elect
hiS successor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Thursday,
cooler in north and central portions;
moderate 80 fresh northwest winds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15

Washington, March 15.-For the
third time the Senate defeated today
an effort to amend the four-power
treaty to permit participation Of the
outside nations in International con
ference over controversies arising In
the Pacific.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-15

Newmarket, Ia, March t5-Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Duncsn, residing two and
cne-half miles northwest Of here to-
day celebrated thelT 7srd wedding an
nlversary. Mr.. Duncan soon will be
sc years Of age and his wife q 81.
Both are IN good health.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
SLAVERY TO DATE

Slavery is always improving itself
as system.
1t begins by working its slaves to
premature death.
Then it finds out that badly-treated
slaves do not Except when they are
SO plentiful that they can be replaced
very cheaply) produce SO much booty
for their masters as well-treated ones.
Accordingly, much humanitarian pro-
gress is effected.
Later, when modern industrial me
thods Of exploitation are discovered
and developed comparatively, it is
found that continuous employment
under the same master cannot be pro-
vided for the slave.
When this point is reached the
master wants to be free to get rid Of
the slave when he has no work for
him to do. and to pick him up again
when trade, revives. besides having nc
responsibility for him when he is old
and not worth employing. Immediately
a feryent enthusiasm for liberty per-
vades the capitalist state; and after
an agitation consecrated by the strain;
Of loftiest poetry and the most spleen.
did sloquence Of rhetoric, the slave is
set free to hire himself out. to anyone
that wants him; to die in the work
house and to be told it is all his own
fault.
When it is presently discovered thai
this triumph of progress has been, il
fact. retrogression. the Progressive
Ireformers are again set to- work te
mitigate its worst effects by Factory
Acts, Old Age Pensions, Insurance
Against Unemployment, Wage,
Boards and what not. all producing the
that ''we live in a progress.
lsiye age
But this progress is only allowed
whilst the workers a-e gaining eff.
cheney as slaves, and their master,
consequently gaining in riches as ex
lploiters.- Bernard Shaw, in the Eng
ish Labor Monthly.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
THE NEW IDEAS
ARE OFTEN CRAY"

Don't laugh ii the man with the
crazy idea.
Forty-fiye years ago, Thomas "A. Ed-
|ison laughed at himself, because he
had a crazy idea. But he kept on,
and to-day in millions Of homes the
|phonograph plays.
Less than a score Of years ago. Lang
ley was laughed TO death because of
his crazy idea that man could fly.
The greatest mathematician Of this
country, Newcomb, demonstrated con-
clusively (9)" that heavier-than-air
machine couldn't fly.
The world has been laughing for a
hundred years at the crazy idea" that
women could, should, CT would vote.
Il was a crazy idea that two great
nations, with a boundary line between
them three thousand miles long, could
by treaty do away with armed camps.
forts, soldiers. ships of war on lakes.
But Canada and the United States ne
yer have any use for the soldiers and
the forts displaced by treaty.
Wireless was a Crazy idea" So
was Bells telephone. and Morse's tel
egrapk, and Whitney's cotton gin.
Many have thought Jesus Christ had
crazy ideas.
Don't laugh at the man with the idea
which seems crazy" just because it's
new. If there had never been any new
ideas we would still jail lunatics and
debtors, burn men for witchcraft, and
use pine knots for illumination. It's
not SO long since Republic was a
crazy idea" in government. ].
Some day. the man will be born
whose crazy idea" will end war, and
strikes. and anarchy, oppression and
crime and fraud. He will be laughed
at, as all leaders have been. But lei
US, you and me. be not among those
who deride, merely because moi YET
has it been given to us to understand.
A real idea of progress, of human
betterment, comes from God.
Don't laugh at it because you don't
understand it.-Ferndale Enterprise.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
A LETTER FROM SIBERIA

Editor Colonist
Hello! Here it's months since last
! say and heard from YOU. How ale
things, and what's newp wrote YOU
a long and descriptive letter Of my trip
and experiences some time, ago, but
have not received a reply, Write and
let fellow know what's happening on
The other side of the globe!
As for this burg, welI-it's in the
height Of summer and everything is
green and beautiful: bubbling with The
Joy Of Life. The weather IS great, with
long sunny days and cool, northern
lighted" evenings.
We have almost completed our IN
vestigation Of the plant. and confer
ences are under way for its complete
turnover. It's a gigantic proposition
with great possibilities.
It comprises a steel plant, which, in
a few years. will have Gary look like
toy shop. Also, having 4 saw mill,
wire mill. rail mill and locomotive con
struction shop. Last week | took 4
trip to The surrounding mining district,
which is also a part Of the project, and
viewed some fine gold mines, still I'M
developed en- a great scale. Immense
coal areas, fine red copper mines,
chemical factories with huge suIphuric
lacld tank generators. and steel mines
yes, the very ones from whose bowels
the lrans-Siberian Ry. was built.and
also the huge bells Of Moscow were
made. And there is enough left to com
pletely railify Russia.
Yes, there are great possibilities
here once things settle-w which hope
in the near future they will.
As for engineering practice, well,
there's an unlimited field here. At pre-
sent I'm oyerhauling a $500 H. P. gas
engine nice toy to play with. We
are using two 500 ton cranes, outside
OF heavy rigging, and we look like ants
on the side of a mountain.
Yes. its work and real work. And
tits a great feeling at the close of day,
when you wash your greasy hands in a
can of kenosene. then don Russian
outfit, take walk to the woods, jam
med full 0 fragrant and colorfuI flow
ers; and lie down BY the ripping
brook, with Russian grammar q
Swinburne, and just watch the clouds
lazily rolling by way up above, the pine
trees and the birds harmoniously chirp-
ling.
And you lie there in the Hills of Lou
lsiana and dream-yes. and also work.
So it IS and now I'd like to hear
how it is down in your place Of civil.
ization. Harry Ostroll, Nadejdensky
Zavod, Urals, July Is, 1922.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
WHAT STEINMETZ SAID

II wish could go to Kuzbas," said
the doctor, that is the place for the
working class movement to concentrate.
Its activities. America, as | see it, will
not be ready for any radical change
for many years. We have an advanced
industrial science. We have developed
La technique of production which in
many ways is superior to that of any
other country. American workers have
learned to work at terrific rate. In
Siberia, am told. the sIow-moving
Russians are amazed at this display of
energy and refer TO the immigrant
workers as the mad Americans. But
while America in technical way, is
able to perform incalcuIable world SER
vice, we are not sufficiently advanced
socially. politically, psychologically, to
permit those changes in our economic
system which are most necessary to the
development Of the race.
In too many industries to-day in
which wonderful machines have appar-
entity multiplied the productivity Of la
Dor many times, the machines are not
developing men enough to keep them
IN repair. This is not a class question.
| 1t would pay employers hugely to give
attention to the development Of talent,
Most of them cannot be expected to do
very much in this line, however, be-
cause they have not yet realized the
NECESSITY. Their approach to industry
is still unscientific. They approach il
frcm the superficial standpoint of prop
erty and profits, not from the wise
standpoint of service and human life.
Thus, they are quite apt 10 destroy their
chances of getting any profits, The
sailing in so many places of the indus
trial machine throughout the world to-
day may be attributed 10 the fact that
it IS viewed from the standpoint of pro-
perty rights and not from the stand.
point Of engineering.
That is Why am 50 enthusiastic
about Russia. Russia is ignorant in .
Technical sense, but wants to learn.
Kuzbas
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
TO MAINTAIN HIGH PRICES
lBn The Federated P,essl

East St. Louis. III. No reductionIin
the price Of coal is seen by E. j. COT
fey. president, East St. Louis chamber
.of commerce, who has returned from
a meeting Of the Illinois state fuel COM
mittee in Chicago There will be no
reduction in the price of coal this win
tel" Coffey says. and il would be
wise to buy as much coal as possible
now The committee has no power to
control coai prices, and the operators,
| believe, are attempting to avoid spe-
cial leg station to make this possible by
selling their coal at a fair price.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
ORGANIZED WORKERS ALWAYS
OPPOSED DEEDS OF VIOLENCE
by The Federated Press)

Chicago. -That the railway shop
unions have steadfastly set their face
against violence from the very begin
ming of the struggle, July |. was point
ed out today at national strike head
quarters. railway employees dept, A.
F. Of L.. in answer to Attorney Gener-
| al Daugherty's expected charge Of van
dafism and destruction Of property and
life in his appearance in federal courl
to make the open shop" temporary
INDUCTION permanent.
The first letter of strike instructions
issued IN the first week Of the strike
by John Scott. secretary Of the depart
ment, contained a circular warning
against all violence and giving the rea.
sons against violence.
"Oug strike circular" Scott said al
/ the time, warns members that in the
conduct Of every strike there are ire.
sponsible persons. not members of on,
unions who engage in disorderly activ.
lily which is then attributed to our or
ganization. Members are directed no
to associate with these elements excep
to dissuade them from their unlawful
conduct"
Attorney Donald Richberg of the IN
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23

ions sad: The position Of the shop
crafts regarding vandalism, or any acts
OF violence, in connection with their
strike, has been repeatedly stated from
time to time since the inception Of the
walkout
The railway unions have not only
agreed that perpetrators Of any vio-
lence in connection with the strike
should be punished, but they also have
sought to cooperate with the proper
authorities to prevent any illegal acts.
The union leaders have time and
again warned the membership against
any lawlessness.
The alleged discoveries by the police
OF plots invented TO explain away
wrecks due to defective equipment
have resulted only in the exposure Of
the ghastly third degree methods used
IN the police stations to wiring confes-
Sons by torture out Of The unionists
who are fortunate enough tc be seized
Tor this purpose.
No further evidence" beyond the
Irepudiated confessions has developed
al Gary in the police probe Of the Mich
igan Central wreck pIot.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23

The man Of brains sees difficulties.
surmounts or avoids them; the fool
knows no difficulties. La Bruyere.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23
Dollar-Up P Ger

Especially intend make Neano your future home Every
M then bricks your foundation Of the future civilization be-
the civilization rapidly vanishing and civilization based
upon cooperation only is dawnng in the eastern sky.
% duty end help make dream BY joining the DOL
.LARUP CLUB
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
EDWARD ENNIS TO SERVE
ON COUNTY ELECTION BOARD

When the Atlantic County Board of
Elections goes to Corbin City next
week to conduct the registry in con-
nection with the special election
which is to be held soon, Edward H.
Ennis, of this city, will erv on the
Board in the place of William Charl-
ton, who is now in Europe. The
County Board, in this case, is to sit
as a District Board of Registry and
Elections, as the new city as yet has
no election officers named.
The same Board will again visit
Corbin City next Thursday to sit for
the purpose of revising and correct
ing the registry list. On Tuesday,
April 18th, the Board will conduct the
election for Moyar, City Clerk, two
Tax Assessors, Councilman-at-Larg
three Councilmen for each of the two
wards to be created, and two members
of the Atlantic County Board of Free
holders.
For this purpose President William
Hauenstein will act as judge of the
election; Secretary Harry Lovett will
act as inspector, and e. LIE Roy
Adams and Edward II. Ennis will act
as the clerks. Both wards will vote
at the same polling place, two sep
arate ballot boxes being used.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
LOCAL

st. Margaret's Guild will meet nett
Wednesday afternoon, April Is, al 2.30
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Louis
Bell, on w. Verona avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Lutz are
installing hardwood floors and other
wise improving their attractive bunga
low where they reside at q w. Deoa
tur avenue. -
The Pleasantville Press has receiv-
ed from Congressman Bacharach a
small lot of vegetable seed which we
will be glad to distribute among u
friends while they last. First come,
first served.
Henry Crawford has accepted the
position of manager of the new Bailey
Service Station at Mortified. MI.
Crawford is a brother of Mayor CraW
ford, and is well and favorably known
along the Shore road. He will make
a valuable addition to the force of this
growing enterprise.
Piggy Wiggly Atlantic opened their
first store last Thursday at Massaeh Il
sets and Atlantic avenues, Atlantic
City, TO be followed soon by others IN
Atlantic City and PleasantVilie. THIS
is a stock company in which mar
Pleasantyille people are stockholders,
and they will conduct a chain of gro
Gerry stores in which the custome3s
wait upon themselves. Though new
in this section they are largely estaD=
lished in other parts OF the country.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
COMPENSATION AWARDED
BY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE.

At a meeting of the Township Com
mittee of Egg Harbor Township, held
on Monday at Bargaintown, Henry
Yunker, of Cardiff, a township road
employee, was awarded $50 under the
provisions of the Workmen's Compen-
sation Act for injuries sustained while
he was at work on a road scraper.
He fell when the drivers seat broke.
Fred Murray. of Mckee City, was
appointed as Waterman at the fire
tower at that place. A contract was
awarded to William Ralston for the
building of a road in Cardiff for the
sum of $225.
A delegation of ONE from Pleas
antville Terrace appeared before the
committee to object to the condition
of a road at that place. No action
could be taken by the committe on
the request as a part of the road COM
planned of runs through private prop
erty, over which the township has no
jurisdiction.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
Contest OF Will Soon
Coming Before Court
Niece of Elizabeth Faunce Files
Caveat Against Probate
of Document.

At an early date, to be agreed upon
between counsel, Common Pleas
Judge Robert H. Ingersoll will sit for
a hearing in the matter of the caveat
filed against admitting to probate the
will of Miss Elizabeth Faunce, an
aged ~spinster who died at her home
here recently. The caveat, alleging
undue influence and untestamentary
capacity, was filed with Surrogate AL
bert C. Abbott by Lawyer Elwood c.
Weeks representing Mrs. Elizabeth
Duffy, of Norristown, Pa, a niece OF
the deceased. The beneficiaries are
represented by former Judge c. l.
Cole.
In the will of Miss Faunce the
greater portion of the estate is be
queathed to a nephew, William M,
Fish. Minor gifts are given to Hat
tie Broomhall and Emma Farrar. Nc
mention is made of the caVeatriX in
the document which was left with
Surrogate Abbott but has not been of
fered for probate as yet.
In the cayeat no information con
corning the details of the alleged III
due influence or untestamentary ca
pacity are given. 1t was stated, how
ever, that the estate consists of a
number of properties in Philadelphia
worth 100000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08

proceeding, because City Solicitor
Louis d. Champion, also counsel fol
the Board of Education, has decided
that he should not represent either
body in a matter which involves pos
sible court action. 1t is rumored that
former Judge c.. L. Cole is to be re.
tanned for the Board of Education.
This question of school money has
been hanging for some time. With a
large number of pupils on half time
everybody recognizes the need of ad.
ditional school room. The difference oil
lopinion in the matter because
the Board of Education has decided to
erect a four-room addition to the pres
ent High School building as well as
to erect a grade school. Council ma
jority members are willing to vote
money for a grade school, but balk al
providing money for an addition to
1.-THE High School.
Some time ago the Board of School
Estimates presented a request tt
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
NEW FIRE APPARATUS
NEARING COMPLETION.

The new chemical and hose wagon
of ~Pleasantville Fire Company No. !
will soon be ready to be placed in ac-
tive service. Following the purchase
of a REQ chassis by City Council Cap
tain Charles Schmidt built a body for
carrying fire hose and the support of
the chemical tanks. Then he applied
a coat of the regulation red paint,
with which all fire apparatus is paint
ed. Next he applied gold stripes with
an artistic effect.
Then the chemical tanks were
mounted and now the wagon looks its
part as a fine piece of modern fire
apparatus. There is some little work
yet to be done on the chemical tanks
before the wagon responds to fire
alarms. The wagon will carry 500
feet of fire hose and 200 feet of chem
ical hose. The tanks will hold 70 gal
Ions of chemical and there will always
be a reserve charge of 20 gallons with
the wagon. This is sufficient to pu1
out quite a blaze if caught in time.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
PASSION WEEK PROGRAM
OF MINISTERIAL UNION.

The program of the Mainland Min
isterial Union for the United Passion
Week Services of all the churches has
been announced. 1t includes a gen.
eral exchange of pulpits by all the
pastors on Sunday evening palm
Sunday.
During the following week the serv.
ices will be as follows: Monday eve
ming, Central M. E. Church, Rev. Geo.
w. Toms, speaker; Tuesday evening,
First Presbyterian Church, Rev. Rich
ard B. Mahoney, speaker; Wednesday
evening, First Baptist Church, Rev.
w. L. Shaw, speaker; Thursday eve
ming, Mount Pleasant M. P. Church,
Rev. Thomas H. Hicks, speaker.
On Friday evening there will be a
united communion service of all the
churches held at Salem M. E. Church.
There will be an augmented choir un-
der the leadership of John S. Weav-
err; a short communion talk by Rev.
l.. d. Stultz, DID; closing communion
service.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-08
American Legion Is
Occupying New Home
Now Permanently Located in
Old Fire House Opposite
City Hall.
Gaining New Members

Mainland Post of the American Lee
gion is now permanently located in
the old fire house on First Street, OPP
posite the city hall, which building
was recently given over to the service
men by Council. AS the Mainland
Republican Club recently decided to
give up their rooms for the present,
the furniture of this organization was
placed in charge of the Legion and is
now in the new quarters. The Post
held an enthusiastic meeting on Tues
day evening, during which six new
members were added to the roll.
The club rooms have been newly
wired and Don a radio phone will be
installed. A Post paper is oon to be
published which will contain all the
doings of the post and ex%-service men.
1t will probably be published weekly.
National Commander McNider is soon
to visit Atlantic City and at that time
Mainland Post will send a large dele
cation there to greet him.
A census of all ex-service men is to
be taken including facts regarding
government insurance, bonus, employ.
ment, joining the Legion, vocational
training, physical disability, victory
medals, disqualification. Arrangements
are to be made for all ex-seryice men
to have their discharges recorded al
the County Clerks office, Mays Land
ing, free of charge.
William j. Payne has been elected
Athletic Officer. The Post is to have
a strong base ball team organized
which will have membership in the
MI
The Post will also stage a minstrel
show which will probably be held
about the first of May. The next
meeting is to be held on Tuesday
evening, April 18th, when a smoker
will be given. All ex-service men arc
welcomed at Post meetings.