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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
SAYS GOVERNMENT CAN
GET BIG POWER REVENUE

Washington, May 13.--The govern
ment could obtain approximately $S.-
250, 900 annually from the sale Of pri-
mary and secondary electric power
developed at the Muscle Shoals power
project, Oscar Merrill, executive Off
Ger of the federal power commission,
declared today before the senate agri-
cultural committee considering offers
to complete the Tennessee river prop
critics.
Mr. Merrill said his figures were
based on a contemplated hydro-elec-
trio installation of $4,000 horsepower
at dams Nos 2 and 8. He added that
the figures, while illustrative, show
what can be done with the properties
by either the federal government or
a private agency.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
TWO STUART BANK
ROBBERS CAUGHT BY
LAKELAND OFFICERS
Was Made At Plant
Was Due To Leave for Northern Pons-Thd Member Of
Gang Has Evaded Capture

With pockets and suitcases heavy
with loot, two of the robbers OF
the Stuart bank were taken in hand
in the Seaboard depot at Plant City
shortly before midnight Friday night
by members of the Lakeland police
force.
The men had arrived in Plant City
by taxi from Lakeland and the three
had purchased tickets for Savannah.
Six minutes before their train was
to leave, Officers Whiting and McCra-
ME of the Lakeland traffic squad,
chugg-chugged on the scene on their
high-speed motorcycles having secur-
ed the assurance of Officer Dormany
of Plant City. Though look
ing for three men, they questioned
the two in sight and found them so
wary and nervous that they placed
them under arrest and lodged them
in the Plant City Jail, with special
guard around the Jail. Chief Wilson
and officer Zebendon reached the
scene by auto.
The money, thousands of dollars,
was not counted, but was thought to
be practically all that was taken, es-
t1mated at betweent five and six thou
and dollars. The loot was found in
the pockets and suitcases of the men
following their arrest, and the large
number of 500 bills dazzled the eyes
of the Lakeland officers, who fairly
staggered under the weight of it as
they conveyed it to the State Bank
OF Hillsborough, the authorities open.
ing the V1u1tS tn t.apaiUp II
The Plant City police force, ann
the four Lakeland officers made a
diligent search for the third man, but
gave up and the Lakeland men re-
turned to Lakeland at an early hour
this morning.
Police have no doubt that they hava
the men wanted for the Stuart rob-
berry. To the quick wit of j. w.
Bow, proprietor of the fremont bote,.
and the quick action of the Lakeland
police is due the capture of the much
wanted men.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13

when he found himself in the hands
of the law. Davis is apparent
l.. several years older, and conducted
himself in a cooler manner.
1t is believed that the third man
is in hiding in the woods near Plant
City and the search is still going on.
Sheriff r. c. Baker. of Palm Beach
accompanied by Deputies j. II. Gamer
of Lake Worth. f. f. Nepps, of Fort
Pierce, and j. c. Padgett, OF West
Palm Beach. arrived in Plant City
this morning and every effort is being
made to apprehend the fugitive.
Stcry OF Robbery.
The bank of Stuart on the east
coast was robbed at noon Friday by
three men. one of whom was disguis
ed as u woman. They drove up to
the bank in an automobile and held
up the cashier and his assistant and
{. customer at the point of a revolver.
forcing them into vault. They took
the money from the counters, estimat-
ed at between five and six thousand
dollars and made their escape
Much of Loot Missing
Sheriff Baker and two deputies
passed through here at noon today
with his two prisoners. whom he is
escorting in a big touring car back
to Palm Beach by way of Orlando and
Daytona.
Examination of the money in the
Plant City Bank revealed that the
sum did not come up to expectations,
as it totalled only $2,300.25. the total
taken being $S,113.14. Whether the
missing man has the rest of the cash
with him is matter for conjecture.
The escaped man is described as be-
ing about thirty years of age, height.
feet. ten inches; weight 150 to 100
black eyes and hair. smooth face, high
cheek bones. rather slim face, medium
complexion. He was wearing a gray
suit. cap, and blue tie. low quartered
tan shoes. He is supposed to be
armed as the other two We're, who at
tempted to use their guns when ac-
costed by the officers at Plant City.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
Will Be Great Event for
Lakeland and VIII Be
Attended By People
From All Sections OF
Florida Interested In
the Welfare Of the Col
lege

AS a climax of the collegiate year,
supplementing in interest the regular
commencement exercises, will be the
program that is to be given in con-
nection with the laying of the corner
stone of one of the buildings of the
Greater Southern College here in
Lakeland, these exercises ODE con-
Quoted May 25 out at the college
grounds on Lake Hollingsworth, with
members of the faculty and the stu
dent body and alumni in attendance.
Arrangements are being perfected to
make this day one of special impor-
tance in the college calendar, and it
is expected that every student and
alumnus of the school who can pos
sibly attend will be present in Lake
land on Thursday, May 25.
AS it has been planned, the corner
stone laying exercises will be con-
Quoted in the afternoon, beginning at
3 o'clock Music for the occasion will
be furnished by the Southern College
orchestra, with Prof. Albert G. Vre-
denburg in charge. A professional
will be formed on the lower part of
the college campus, with the members
of the faculty, the alumni and the
students marching in the order
named. The professional will end at
the stand that will be erected for the
exercises. Upon this stand will be
the speaker of the occasion, who is
to lie the newly elected bishop for the
Florida conference, and the members
of the board of trustees. After the
invocation and the address of the
bishop. expressions will be heard
from representatives of the board of
trustees, the alumni, the faculty, and
the students. Members of the present
junior and senior classes of the COL
lege will have special part in the
exercises. The list of names of the
students in these classes will be
placed. with other matter, in the cor
ner stone as records.
In order that every student if pos
sble may attend, the college has ar
ranged for the transportation of the
students by means of busses, the trip
TO be made to Lakeland early in the
morning and the return trip early in
the evening. The Chamber of Com
merce of Lakeland will act as the
host of the student body for the noon
hour, and a luncheon will be served
to all the students and faculty at
some hotel in Lakeland. In the even
ing the students will be entertained
through the courtesy of the Methodist
churches of Lakeland, the Epworth
Leagues of these three churches hav-
ing undertaken to provide for refresh
ments and other features of an en-
tertainment program. Former stu
dents and alumni will also be cared
fer through the hospitality of the peo
pie of Lakeland, as luncheon in
their honor will be given at 1890
o'clock at the Hotel Thelma At this
alumni luncheon the bishop of the
Florida conference will deliver the
address. 1t is the earnest request of
the college management that every
former student and alumnus of
Southern College, the Florida Con-
ference and the Florida Seminary be
present at this notable entertainment
to be given in honor of former stu
dents of Southern College and the
two educational institutions that pre-
ceded it in the Florida Conference.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
GOOD PRIZE FOR MELONS

Lady Lake, May 13-The first
three cars of watermelons shipped
from Lady Lake this week brought
5000 at the platform.
Twelve cars left Lake county the
following day at prices only slightly
lower The county's melon acreage
this season is only 4,5O0 and while
the drought has reduced production
it is expected the prices will more
than make up the loss.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
LAST CALL TO VOTERS

A long distance telephone call from
Barlow at $3.50 this afternoon, put
through at the close of severe
thunderstorm in that city, gave the
information that the office of the
county tax collector, J. p. Murdaugh,
will remain open at the court house
until six o'clock tonight for the re.
ceipt of poll taxes. This will be the
last opportunity voters will have to
qualify for the coming primaries and
other county and municipal elections.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
MRS. POPE SEEKS DIVORCE

Jacksonville, May 13.-Frances NJ.
Pope has filed suit for divorce from
her husband, John H. Pope, local at
torney now serving life sentence in
connection with the murder here last
September of George H. Hickman,
theatre manager, by Frank Rawlings,
it was learned today. The attorney
representing Mrs. Pope confirmed fill
ing of the suit but declined to discuss
the case. 1t is not known on what
grounds the decree is sought. Pope,
after working on the roads in Jack
son county several months. filed an
appeal to the supreme court and was
brought to the Duval county Jail
pending the outcome.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
JAPAN REMAINS LOYAL,

Toxic, May 13.-(By Associated
Press Japan has no intention at
present of negotiating a separate
treaty with Russia it was declared
at the foreign Office today. Japan's fu-
ture course of action in this connec-
tion has not been discussed, it was
added. and she will abide by the re-.
suits of the Genoa conference.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13

Genoa, May 13.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. AS the result Of
the meeting of the economic con-
ference sub-commission on Rus
sian affairs today, the situation
became so critical that it seemed
doubtful whether the British and
French positions could be recon-
ciled.
All Hinges on Russia
Genoa, May t3.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-The sub-commis-
sion on Russian affairs of the eco
nomic conference met today to
consider the Soviet reply to the
Allied memorandum outlining
conditions on which the powers
would undertake the reconstruc-
tion of Russia. While the Russian
note has virtually disrupted the
program of the conference, and it
appears that a general agreement
with the Russians at she present
meeting is improbable, commits
sion may be formed to investigate
such details as credits, debts and
the treatment of foreign private
property, with the hope that some
thing constructive can be accom-
pliShed.
At Washington the United
States and Japan initiated what
Europe considers a hopeful era
for peace and cooperation in the
Pacific ocean; at Genoa the pow
ers had to erapple with far more
formidable problems than the
friendship of two states and the
concrete jurisdiction of the cur
taiIment of navy armaments. &C.
noa's task has been 80 reconcile
communism and conservatism.
And communism has demonstrate
ed that if it dies at all, it will die
hard.
The first battle has been indie
cisiVe. Where a collective agree
ment with Bolshevism has failed
for the time being, there are many
who profess belief that the indi-
vidua agreements with Soviet
Russia may succeed, each country
opening a door into Russia by Of
ferinq credits to the hungry So
Wet government which is cIamor-
ing for gold. Thus the courtship
of Russia would be conducted in
diVidually with the Soviet prob
ably happier at receiving her suit
ors separately.
While the pessimists are pro-
claiming the Genoa congress is
dead and saying that for decency's
sake it would be given a ceremon-
ious burial, Prime Minister Lloyd
George of Great Britain, alarmed
at the possibilities of new poIiti-
cal crises in Europe, is striving
with other leaders to create
binding truce which will prevent
new schisms and put off the dan
gers of war.
Prime Minister Lloyd George
in opening the discussion, said the
Russian reply was most provoking
and unsatisfactory, characterlzing
it as typical of Soviet diplomacy,
which, he said, always introduced
such arguments at time when
people were trying to do business.
He thought, however, that in SUBJ
stance the document showed that
the Russians wished to come to
some arrangement If possible.
Everybody, Mr.. Lloyd George
remarked, had their differences
with public opinion at home and
1t was no. right for other states
men to criticize the Soviet repre-
sentatives too severely. He said
he thought the breaking up Of the
conference because of the Russian
document would be serious for Eu-
rope and Asia.
Mr.. Barthou, for France, said
that five weeks of consideration
of the Russian questions at Genoa
had been without result and 1t
Continued ON page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
ENORMOUS TRAVEL TO MIAMI

Miami, May 13.-vice President
Beckwith of the Florida East Coast
Railway Company gives out the fig
ures that in the period between Oct.
l and May l, last, $1,000 persons were
brought to Miami on the trains of that
railroad and that 10000 persons were
carried out.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Sunday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-13
SOVIET PROGRAM
CAUSES CRISIS
in WORLD PEACE
Russia's Determination
To Maintain Principle
Of Communism AS
Against Capitalism the
Crux of the Entire Sit
uation At the Genoa
Conference

Genoa, May 13.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. AS the result Of
the meeting of the economic con-
ference sub-commission on Rus
sian affairs today, the situation
became so critical that it seemed
doubtful whether the British and
French positions could be recon-
ciled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
CITY MANAGER GETS
BLANKET AUTHORITY
ON FLOOD PROTECTION

City manager George Grupe was Civ
en- blanket authority by the city com
mission this morning 20 use whatever
means and TO incur whatever expenses
are necessary TO cope with any emer-
gencies which might arise in conncc-
tion with the present flood condition
in the Rio Grande.
This right Included the privilege. Of
hiring necessary assistance in the way
Of men expending money on nee
cssary material.
suggestion made by Rev. ]. b.
Frigon tnat the commission take some
action on the bend where the river IL
cutting into Levce Street, south Of
Eleventh was discussed and il was de-
ciGed that work would begin on the
levee there as soon as possible, by
throwing brick and brush into the bend,
along the bank. Work will also begin
on the street itself. a. AZ the present
time il has been cut in until IL is danger
ously near buildings on that street. 1t
was ordered not TO throw any more gar
bage into the river al that point.
&. L. Jcssup speaking for a committee Of
Chamber Of Commerce members, COM
posed of :. c. Tucker, Jesse bennett and
". +. McDavitt put before the commits
sion the proposition of changing the
numbering Of streets in Brownsville.
The suggested change is that street
numbers start with First street at the
Fort Brown wall and extend out north
indefinitely. A committee was appoint
cd TO consider the matter.
The commission decided that il would
make necessary adjustments in regard
to storm sewer stopping on the Es-
cobeda property near the Grammar
School and voted TO extend the sewer
on through the property This mat er
was brought before the commission by
II. Il. Galbriath.
A petition Of meat market propric-
tors to the effect that meat was being
sold at retail grocery stores in violation
Of the city ordin lnce was considered
and the city health department was in
structed TO eaforce the ordinance in re-
gard TO the matter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
FORCE PEOPLE
QUIT HIDALCO
FOR INTERIOR
Situation Becomes More and
More Serious in Hidalgo
County Today,

McALLEN, Texas, June 20. Civ
ing no credence to rumOrs or to
prophecies as to what is going to
happen, there are fifteen thousand
acres of crops valued at one and one
half million dollars now under water
on the first lift lands of Mission, Nc
Allen, Pharr, San Juan and Alamo.
Rumors Of loss of life or grave
danger to residents Of the first lift
are without sound foundations.
Many were taken out in boats this
morning and this work continues.
They were workers on levees and
residents who had refused to move.
Residents Of the town of Hidalgo
will be compelled to cross to Rey-
nosa or come to McAllen and Pharr
by officers Of the law. No loss of
ute has been reported up to this hour,
(2:30 p. m.). Railroad men say this
afternoons train will be the last on
account of the water on the tracks
west of Mercedes.
Irrigation district managers and
superintendents from whom all this
data and information have been Sc
cured believe all first lift lands, in
cluding thirty thousand in crops, will
be inundated by this first flood.
First lift land comprises twenty
per cent of the irrigated section of
the Valley. First lift land in crops
comprises less than fifteen per cent
Of the Valleys crops. To illustrate,
Hidalgo County Water District No
2 has Al, 900 acres planted to crops.
these, twelve thousand are on first
lift land and twenty nine thousand
on second and third lifts. Second
lift lands are safe.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20

aLly, observers say, 10 the ever in
creasing spreading out of waters at
points up the river. Water contin-
ues to spread out over the Mexican
side opposite Santa Maria, and the
Arroyo del Tigre, which runs south
about twenty miles west of Mata-
moros today was reported almost as
wide as the Rio Grande itself.
The Salado river, which emnties in
to the Rio Grande near Zapata, Tex
as, south of Laredo, was reported
this morning to be on rampage as
result Of reported seventeen inch
rain in the mountains in central
Coahuila on Sunday night.
The flood from this river was re-
ported to have destroyed the iron
bridge at Rodriguez, Mexico, between
Monterrey and Laredo, Texas, which
destroys all railroad communication
with the interior of Mexico, since
the Matamoros- Monterrey line has
been out several days, and the bridges
over the Rio Grandc at Eagle Pass
have been destroyed.
The water from the Salado, com
hined with the flood now coming
down the Rio Grande from Laredo
is expected to further cOmplicate the
situation in the Lower Rio Grande
Valley.
Laredo reported ut 9:45 o'clock
this morning that the river was 10
feet and still rising. At 7:i5 o'clock
1t was As feet high, and nj the time
was going over the floor Of the new
concrete bridge, just recently opened
to traffic there.
A telegram from the Chamber Of
Commerce at Laredo to the Browns
vile Chamber Of Commerce just be-
fore noon said:
THE crest of the flood passed
this morning, reaching about six feet
higher thon in 1919. The wagon
bridge il safe, but flooded. The rail
road bridge is intact and above water
and transportation will not be inter
rupted." This last probably did not
take into account the destruction Of
the iron bridge at Rodriguez.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
WEBB-ZAPATA OIL FIELD
ONCE AT GULF BOTTOM,
DECLARES GEOLOGIST

formation If Webb AID Zapata counties,
Texas The EcoIogiStS are confronted
with few outstanding facts that must
he considered before any accurate con-
clusion can be- reached. The first of
these is the slope Of the country. cs-
peciaily the bed rock ani the differ
cnt chains II hills. their position and
trend. and their composition. Some Of
them are composed of loose shell, small
flint rock and dccomposed shaIc an,.
some. Of natural soil and rock. II il
consensus of opinion that all the cour-
try in this district was M one time a
shallow sea. with deep channels cf wa
ter winding among many islands and
reefs. The bottom of the sea slopiue
from the north and northeast e. the
south and southwest to the shore line
that il very easily traced hy the quartz.
itc along the ridges. or as it is COM
monty called the escarpmcnt and the
wells and springs Of good water on ono
side and salt water nE the other Just
south ~ Laredo H. the first evidence 80
the unbrokrn shore line that runs south.
nearly parallclnS the river for several
miles then turning to the east and
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
BULL { TINS
ON FLOOD

Donna Rose 1-2 feet last night.
Break Of $50 feet in levce at 3 o'clock
this morning.
Roma. Rise of feet since ycstcr-
day.
Mission Stage 2G.50 above normal.
fall of rs Of foot since yeste rday.
but apparently rising again.
Rio Grandc City-Rivcr 2O.3 feet
above normal. and rising. This IN fall
Of about feet under recent high water
mark.
Pharr rr-Stage 1Oi.G, sea level measure
ment, a rise Of about foot in the pas.
twcnty-four hours.
San Bcnito Stationary
Harlngen-St Stationary.
La Feria-River. stationary. Arroyo
Colorado is flowing about half full, and
rising rapidly.
McAllen-Resaca south of McAllcn II
rising Mt rate Of three feet an hour.
Towns on second lift in no danger.
Mercedes Washing out OF small wood
culvcrt 70 the west Of Mercedes makes
crOss-the Valley auto road impossible.
Water is confined, however. and no
flooding is anticipated at present.
Laredo Estimated stage of 80 feet
above nomal and rising at noon. Expect
CT 10 begin falling tonight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20

Lower Valley people who have made
the automobile trip between the Lower
Valley and the Laredo district and have
expressed wonder at the formations
fouad there which i,dicated the gulf
once extended into the Iapata country.
wll he interested in letter written by
William Curry. A gcologist. To The Sa.-
Antonio Light
At one point on the road near Ia
pata the tourist goes through cut
opening into an old river bed. and finds
rhcrc he'd of oyster shell probably
twelve feet thick. There is also "A Pc
trified forest in the Roma country. and
there have been found petrificd oyster
shells which ar. a foot in length \
Snccimcnof one Of these shells may he
seen N the Brownsville Chamber of
Commerce.
There i numerous other natural
phenomena in that section tending to
prove the CONVENTIONS Of the gcolrgisI.
whose letter follows:
With all due respect for the opinion
of those who may differ with me, |
submit you herewith. my belief and
theories concerning the structure and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-20
Army Offers to Assist
City or County in Much
LeVee Protection Work

Authority has been received at the
post headquarters, Fort Brown. to as
sist city officials, or county officials in
the construction Of lcvces on points on
the river south Of Brownsville and the
post.
Engineers al the post said yesterday
that there were two places below Fort
Brown where the water would 20 over
in case there was another foot rist in
the RIO Grande. In case these places
gave way, one of them would lead TO the
flooding Of much territory surrounding
Brownsville. This is the cut on the
Wells place, two miles below Browns
Vile. They said at this place, IL IL
about fifty feet between the river and
the Resaca, and once the wafer started
over the bank into the rcsaca, the cut
which would result would be so large
by the time that the level Of the resaca
was up TO that Of the river. that IL
would he practically impossible 10 re-
pair il, said post engineers.
The next dangerous place is about
one-quarter Of a mile below the post
and j. on the property Of DR.. Frcder-
lex Combe. Permission has been re-
ceived from DR.. Comhc TO erect lcvces
on this piece of ground. The Combe
property Is in a sort of horseshoe bend
with ridge going down the center Of il.
Levecs Of Fort Brown extend part of
the way up 10 the point Of this horse
shoe. and the weak place j. between the
end Of these levees and the ridge in
the center of il. II is desired TO con-
struct levee across this low place.
Twenty teams and road slips will b.