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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20
DIR. W. U. GORDON
SUICIDES WHILE
UNDER CUSTODY
Veterinarian In Financial Troubles
Ends Life With CarbOlic
Acid

In the midst of financial situation,
which would not seem hopeless, how
ever, DR.. w. U. Gordon, of 402 West
Lemon street, committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid Saturday even
ing while in the custody of the Off
GERS.
DR.. Gordon was veterinarian and
has been living in Lakeland with his
wife and baby son for the last three
or four months.
He spent the day in Leesburg Sat
urday, and, during his absence, sew
eral bad checks signed by him and
amounting to $102, were reported to
the police department. He was told
of the situation when he returned Sat
urday evening, and Frank Francis, of
the Wilson Stables advised him to re-
port to the officers and get things
Strengthened up. He accordingly came
to the station and gave himself up
between 8 and o'clock.
Chief Wilson and Deputy Allen dc
companied Gordon to the Central State
Bank for conference. Here he was
told that the matter would rot be
pressed if he would make the checks
good, and he sent wire to his father
in Arcadia, Indiana, md expressed
confidence that the money would be
forthcoming
Leaving the bank, Gordon told the
officers he wanted to get some medi-
cine for his wife, and the officers ac-
companied him to Jewett's pharmacy,
where he is said to have secured the
vial with which he later ended his
life. On account of his profession, he
frequently had prescriptions filled
Having completed his errand there,
Gordon returned to the police station
with the officers and there asked
Frank Francis to go on his bond. Mr.
Francis agreed to do so if J. c. Swim
dell would also sign the bond.
Through all the proceedings, Gordon
seemed to be in the best of spirits,
according to the officers. He said that
he wanted to go home to see his wife
before being locked up, and Deputy
Allen and Officer McCranie were &C.
companying him in a car to his home,
when he took the dose that ended his
life.
The officers say that he had been
joking with them, when they smelled
N"i ooiiS aoiu, anu, turning, saw Inelf
prisoner with a two-ounce bottle at
his lips. He screamed twice and be-
came unconscious. In this condition
he was brought to the police head
quarters where he died in a few min
utes, the contents of the bottle having
been mostly carbolic acid.
The coroner's jury returned a YER
dict of suicide.
The deceased was SO years of age,
and came to Lakeland from Georgia,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20
POLK COUNTY PREMIUM LIs1, SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

Haven Cit Ex
Hamilton Citrus Ezehange End
seeding oranges Loomis Pierce 3rd
Best box Navel oranges L. QUINN FopOo
Best box d 1s oe e H e cirrus Eaeans
Best box ngernes Winter Haven Citrus Exchange. dst
Best Winter lave G Gt5Ss
Silver Exchange sehreck 1st
Largest and best bunch bunch Pope c"nss
Best Eureka Winter Haven Citrus ETchsng list
Best Best Rn Stasr wnas aen Citrus End
E.! :3SS sssssoiS ' SSs E..
@SS;S. ,sSa5
best individual W Reynolds End
Best Best s TTank
s: saS ham, oaks y Ps1sa
Best of bacon Highland Oaks Farm Pierce list
Best exhibit extracted honey amber Lestna Haskell 1st
Best exhibit of white Burt Johnson Lake alfred LIST
Largest and best display cigars Geke Winter Haven End
Best Best @ Sap ne s5 Judge rSes sao~ a
LIST
S ns aths eatse 1 1st
eoSeas clnord o LAKELAND and
Half 6ushs bush ecg beans Dr. Sylvester Lakeland End
bes EXHIBITS Fort Meade na
Best exhibit exhibit starch Benton Fort Meade 1s
Lakeland ist
Best palm Wemoreland Gardens Lakeland ;.;..... End
Vase listed Gardens
Pest exhibit i
BY measurement Hayes Mulberry i
6R s S of sStafr d pFGST' ndSne sOuny
- and CARAT of Haines City,
exhibit =. a a5S
Coffee stages Benton LIST
TangeOs Mr. McFarlane list and s saG
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20
OFFICIAL LIST OF AWARDS TO
POLK COUNTY EXHIBITORS AT
RECENT SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

ribbons different individuals given below
different
vas winning
will the different
possible
having bills against will please send them
accounting
commissioners by their meeting
exhibit
and the fair This refng from doing this hoping that the Jolt
better place in the final reckoning unable to raise the
had
obtain it. Promises like pie crusts broken when desired
policy fairs
WILLIAM CONNIE, Fair Commissioner
CWiiam Agent, Barlow Forda)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20
COURT RECORD
Real Estate TranSfers-Warranty
Deeds


Deeds
o. A. and Carrie Z. Lambert to l.
Leota and c. T. Bland.
Della and F. e. Thornburg to Frank
p. Dow.
DR.. r. p. Lacq and Rachel Lacy to
John T. Gardner
Leita Leota and c. T. Bland to o.
A. Lambert.
Grady and Aletha Caldwell to S. A.
Masters.
VIM. D. Vest Jr. and Maggie r.
Vest to VIM. d. Vest Sr. and Mary K.
Vest.
Ella ]. and John l.. Albritton to L.
W. Puffer.
C. w. and Ida F. Harrington to
Isaiah Williams.
]. B. and Sarah S. Briggs to A. P.
Stanley.
Geo. w. and Lillian NJ. MINDS to A.
P. Stanley.
c. V. and Leila NJ. Jones to A. F.
Stanley.
w. S. and Pearl Statzer to w. i.
Williams.
W. T. and Lucy D. Overstreet to B.
p. Seward.
John A. and Sallie S. Hendry to
Lura l.. Toole.
Marie A. and G. A. Davis to Cora
l.. ard w. J. Cameron.
Real Estate Mortgages
T. NJ. and Albirtha Mullen to H. NJ.
Richards, $4,000.
Mutual Iron Works to State Bank
Lakeland, $4,000.
Riddle-Palmore Lumber Co. to State
Bank, Lakeland, $500.
Ida B. Lusk to Central State Bank
$1,000.
Leila Leota and C. T. Bland to Cen
trail State Bank, $4,000.
o. A. and Carrie K. Lambert to Cen
trail State Bank, $500.
N w. and Laura Blood to Fedora
Land Company Bank, $4,000.
Edward and Lena NJ. Grass to H. ].
Shall Enberger, $4,000.
j. e. and Nellie Worthington to
Harry NJ. Cam, $1,000.
Lake Garfield Nurseries Co. to C.
G. Lockhart, $500.
Satisfaction of Mortgages
State Bank of Haines City to w. Il.
Mathis ct al.
Bank of Dunnellon to w. l.. Bassett.
Central State Bank of Lakeland TO
L. L. Kundsen.
R. E. Tyler to r. n. McDonough.
Southern Land Securities Co. to
Edw. E. Grass.
A. B. Goodwin to P. Phillips ct al.
K. e. L. and Sarah E. Farmer, to
l. r. and l.. H. McTeer.
Esther Nelson, executrix, to F. r.
Gongdon.
A. M. Klemm to Ellyn NJ. Nelson.
Southern Land Securities Co. to
John T. Hunter.
Polk County Trust Co. to Tom Null
let ct al.
Miscellaneous Items
State of Florida to P. V. Hall, tax
deed.
Eria X. and X. C. Milton to L. P.
Seward, quit claim deed.
Sanford Brothers to U. S. Hoffman
Machinery Co., contract.
A. l.. Robertson to U. S. Hoffman
Co., contract.
c. G. Brown to U. S. Hoffman Ma
chinery Co., contract.
j. 8. Wetherington to II. A. XII
patrick, bill of sale.
S. c. and Massie B. Hose to e. B.
Morgan, quit claim ded.
oakland Lumber & Supply Co. to
I. o. Chales, satisfaction of lien.
W. l.. Little to Irwin A. Yarnell, sat
isfactiOn of lien
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20

$500, and had money due him of fully
500, according to the information at
police headquarters.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20

Rub-My-Tism, aantiseptic and
pain killer, or infected sores, tet-
ter, sprains, neuralgia, rheuma-
tism.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20

his former home having been in Ar.
cadia, Indiana.
Besides the checks that he was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-02-20

notified to make good, he owed
about 800. However, he owned an
automobile worth between $500 and
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Market Gains
Constructive
I'm Character
Buying Movement Develops
on Harding's Declaration
of Opposition TO Bond
and Tax Plans for Bonus

Price movements in the financial
markets yesterday wcre constructive
in character. the leadership Of COM
modities and the foreign exchanges
being challenged in The afternoon by
the development of strength on the
Stock Exchange. This latter phase OF
the days record was made possible by
attitude toward methods of financing
soldier bonus payments. whereas the
excited rise in grain quotations and
the return to vigorous advance in the
foreign exchanges depended primarily
upon the influence of happenings over
the holiday at foreign trading centers.
The course of the stock market, af-
ter brief display of strength at the
opening due to the indicated abandon
rert of the taxation program attach
ing to the soldier bonus. was for a time
aimless and was dominated by profess
sional operators interested in this or
that speciality. A real buying move
ment did not aprear until declaration
was made OF the Executive $ opposi-
ton both to the special taxes and to
bond issue to finance the bonus Then
the upward tendency. which had been
limited to a comparatively few stocks.
ing a turnover exceeding COO 900 shares,
the average price of fifty stocks showed
an advance from 73.40 to 74.2S. The
best gains were made by such favorite
speculative issues as American Ice and
Mexican Petroleum. but important
gains were made in other stocks,
notably in the railroad and steel
groups. United States Steel closing
with gain Of more than . points.
American Can rose three points in con-
nection with its good earnings state
mcnt for 1921.
Wheat figured most sensationally in
the commodity markets. The opening
was SOS &c over Saturdays close, rep
resenting an effort of the American
market to cover the ground gained over
the week end at foreign centers The
advance was too sharp to be held, but
closing levels were 3$4 @5ssc net above
the preceding finish. Corn likewise
was higher on an increased export
movement. Cotton was favorab,y in
fuenced by the foreign position, the
rise IN this case drawing additional
support from publication of cotton
consumption figures. The net gain was
d8Gl53 points.
London largely directed the appreci-
alton in sterling. which was followed
by the other foreign exchanges. Ster-
ling sold AS high as S4.367s for cables.
subsequently easing off d cent. at which
point it was within fraction of the
opening. but more than &c up on the
day. OF significance in relation to the
market were the statistics of American
foreign trade during January, showing
exports valued at $279,OOO, 900 and i'm
ports at *216000,000 The reduction Of
the export balance shown by these fig
Tres, rather than the decline in the fig
gregatcs. is particularly noteworthy
following publication of the British re-
turns recording decrease in the Brit
ish import surplus
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Soldier Bonus Delay

News from Washington sholtly after
noon that President Harding had let
it become known that he vas opposed
both to the proposed taxes and to a
bond issue a. the means Of financing
tho soldier bonus payments came a. Il
distinct rehef to the financial district
yesterday Earlier The shift by Con-
grcssIonal leaders from the tax pro
gram TO a bond hotation had trans
ferrcd the nervousness created by the
proposals from the stock to the bond
market. Equally gratifying to bankers
were the request that action on the
bonus bill again be delayed and the
suggestion that the sales tax was
favored by the executive Many fnan-
ocrs have indorsed the sales tax, the
chief objections to whicn have arisen
in connection with the administrative
details rather than With the principle
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
RnrrOMs In London

Bankers who have been TOR
some time trying to bring to
this market a loan of the Com
monwealth Of Australia ware dis
appointed yesterday when advces
were received from London that an is
sue Of e5,o0o.ooo s per cent bonds had
been placed there. This means pre-
sumably that Australia's immediate
requirements have been provided FOR
and obviates for time financing in
the United States. The opinion was
expressed yesterday that the operation
might have been done more cheapiy
here. hut against any differential in
rate there stands the tradition Of Lon
don as the market where Australia has
regularlv borrowed.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Mexican Petroleum Gushcrs

If current production Of Mexican
petroleum wells is any criterion, there
Is no immediate prospect of Mexico
nearing exhaustion as a producer. IN
the opinion oi +. l.. Dohcny, pres dcat
who is authority for the statement that
five new Gushcrs were brought in last
week. one Of which may turn out to i,e
the largest we'll in the world. This
we'll had an initial flow at the rate Of
26 900 barrels a day. with d pressure
of .065 pounds TO the square inch
the highest pressure ever recorded. 1t
is said. 1t is located in the so-called
Terra Blanca field, about twenty live
miles south OF the Ccrro Azul pool
where the company has brought in
some famous gushers. Other wells
struck in the Ccrro Dicjo field had an
initial flow ranging from 10000 barrels
to $4,000 barrels. The Mexican Petro-
leum Company, according to Mr.. Do
hcny, is now producing twice as much
oil as any other oil company.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
L. S. Steel Common Touches 90

Traders who sold short The common
stock of the United States Steel Cor
poration last week after publication of
the untitled orders figures showing a
decrease OF more than 26.O0O tons at
the end Of January yesterday ran into
a buying movement that carried the
stock up TO 80 a few minutes before
the close of the market. This was
new high for the year. and compared
with S9"s, last weeks high Steel
trade organs state there has been an
Improvement in buying, which if con-
tnucd throughout the month should
result in n substantial increase IN or
dcrs for all companies in February.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
The LON Priced Hails

There is an import tant element in
thc financial district which believes
that no sustained rjsc in the market
can take place unloss II is shared IN
by the rails. This is stressed daily in
the market letters. nun Der cf pools
are said 10 have been organized IN the
lower priced rails, Including Chicago
& North Western. Rock Island. St PAIL
common and Kansas city Southern.
The latter became active yesterday
Earnings are reported to be running
at the rate Of por cent on the com
mon stock. Wnilc Novcmb Der and De
cember we're not 50 good as some Of
the carlicr months Of 1921 there is said
TO have been a considerable improve
lncnt in January The fact that Beau
mont, TcS.. s to be made shipping
por; was declared to be partly re pon-
siblc for the resumption of speculative
buying of the stock
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
In Wall Street
New Haven Financing

T.. }. Pearson, prsidcnt Of the New
Y ork. New Haven & Hartford. cx-
planned after meeting of The directors
yesterday that the company's applica
ti"u to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for loan Of S31 ,3Z4 900 was
for the purpose Of presenting the on
tire New Haven situation to govern
ment presentatives. Banker *
pressed themselves IN favor Of q gov
crnment loan in preferences to a pri-
vatc arrangeWen for meeting the E.u-
ropcan maturity. due April ! "As yet
there has been no formal action BIZ
the government IN tho Natter said
Mr.. Pearson. "Ne0otiatiou in conpcc-
tlon wlth the cXtcnsion of thc European
loan. wh icn mntures April !. arc still in
progr"ss. Tncrc * notuing definite in
connection Herewith yet 10 anuouucc' 80
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
independent Steel Merger

James A. Campbell. president of tho
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
is expected to be in New York to-day
TO confer rcgsrding the thrcc-compa
merger according to reports yesterday
from Youngstown. As usual. however
no definite information was lorthcom-
ing from local bankers said to be in
tcrcstcd in the consolidation. The
greatest obstacle TO a merger is the
question of valuations of the different
COMPANIES.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
{ Canadian Issues

Bond houses report that there are 4
number Of pieces of Canadian provin-
cial and municipal financing in sight
for the current month. but hold forth
little hope that many Of these viii be
attracted to this side OF the border. As
in the case of the proposed Montreal
borrowing. the issues will probably be
payable only in Canadian funds. Ne
eotiations are still ponding for a
81 900 600 or S5.o0o.0oo loan TO New
ctiri,.Nc%
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Montevidco Negotiations

Negotiations for the long-discussed
loan to Nontcvideo have again been ac-
lively revived, with prospects o. early
consummation, bankers interested SAID
vest rGay. Several details are still un-
settled, including the amount bu. these
are expected TO be arranged in time 10
permit OF an Offering within the next
week or ten days
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Paris Market HEAVY

PAKIS, Feb. 11.-Prices were heavy
on the Boursc to-day. Three per cent
rentes, 90 francs 50 centimcs; cx-
change on London, 80 francs So cen
times; per cent loan, rs francs 95
centimcs. The dollar was quoted at II
francs 81 centmes.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Foreign exchange rates again devel-
oped strength yesterday. sterling rising
more than &C above Saturdays closing
figure at one time. Final cable rates
showed a net gain of 2hc at 50 sc.
Continental rates ruled firm and
gains were made throughout the list,
especially in the Scandinavian group.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Money and Credit

Call money displayed an easier tone
yesterday. Opening and renewing at
, per cent, the rate was reduced to L.
per cent at noon and later to 4 per
cent. Loans based on Treasury ccrtiN-
Gates IS collateral worc negotiated
over the counter as low As 31s per
cent Time money was Inactive, bul
the supply available at ~ per ccut
showed an increase
Yesterday Year ago.
On industrial collateral s
On mixed collateral s
Time money (mixcd collateraD:
SIXTY days ........ Az a
Ninety days ........ As, oo
-Four months . 49,. 4%4 as
Four to six months. 1905
Bank Clearings Pank clearings at
New York yesterday were: Exchanges,
SA51 ,300,00O; balances, s75,S00,O 600.
Silver - London. 34asd; New York.
domestic bar, o91sc: foreign, 66asc;
Mc%ican dollars, 50lac.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-15
Transactions Ycsterd ay in Listed Stocks
Summary Of Stock Exchange Dealings
January to date

(Copyrvht. 1922. New York Tribune lnc.)
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
The Farm Products Exhibition

Richmond win cooperate with all its civic
agencies in the promotion of the exhibition Of
live stock, fruits, grains~and vegetables which
the surrounding farming community will con-
duct here Sept. Is to Is.
The display of agricultural exhibits will
bring together on one basis the varied business
interests of both the city and country. Every
line of endeavor will concentrate its effort to
make the exhibit worth of the agricultural
wealth of the community All the various
branches of the agricultural in~dustry-live stock
breeders, fruit growers, grain growers, poultry
fanciers, general farmers-have united in the
promotion of thes project.
A true community spirit has shown itself in
the working out OF the manifold details that con-
front the various committees in perfecting ar
rangements for the, show bySSept. Is. The zeal
andAearnest enthusiasm of the promoters are as
surance of the eminent success-o f the venture.
Representative Richmond citizens have been
placed on committees to cooperate with the CON-
mittees which the farmers will appoint. Many
Richmond business men have been active in the
management of civic enterprises and are able to
give to it a knowledge of details and an admin
istrative direction that will overcome any pos
sible handicap.
Persons from all parts of the.county and the
city of Richmond have been pleading for an ag-
r~icultural exhibition, conducted on a comprehen-
sfve scale, for many years. The one that is now
under way will richly satisfy their expectations
and give them abundant opportunity of seeing
what the county produces.
Entertainment features will be provided, SO
that the exhibition will have all the features that
are associated with a project of this kind.
With the enthusiasm of the county and city
back of the movement, there is no question that
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
Lord Northcliffe

The passing away of Lord Northcliffe at the
very apex of his achievements evokes the SYM
pathy of the American citizens, who love a fight
er and a destroyer of traditions that hamper and
retard. His rise to power and a great fortune
from a small beginning does not appeal to the
Americans as much as does the personality of
Lord Northcliffe and the traits of character that
were comparable to the successful men of this
country.
His work in the World war was sufficient to
bring him before the American public in the
light of a.champion who cared nothing for British
red tape, but ruthlessly demanded that=it be cut
to get maximum results. His newspapers eX-
posed both men and policies and dared to attack
great military leaders and the most cherished
traditions of the British military establishment
Lord Northcliffe kept the British public in
formed of the merits and weaknesses of the war
department. His exposures and demands for
changes probably were the most powerful fac
tors in England in helping win the war for the
allies.
After he had attained a fortune, Lord North
cIiffe remained on the job, refusing to do what
many Englishmen do, namely, to retire and oc-
cupy his time in leisurely pursuits. Until the very
last he was in the thick of the turmoil surround
ing the reconstruction period.
One of the delicate missions which he was
selected to perform was to come to the United
States to create a better feeling between the two
countries. He was chosen by the government
for this work because it felt that America would
listen to him with more composure than to a
diplomat. How successfully he accomplished the
mission, history will have to record. Americans
were impressed by his personality, even if they
did not indicate how far they were convinced by
his presentations.
Great Britain has cause to regret his passing
away in a period when his sagacity and fearless
ness might have proved of great worth in I'M
~tangling the knotted problems of the postwar
period. America always pays tribute to a man
of strong convictions, and in this instance shares
the grief of England for a conscientious chan:
pion of the truth.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15

10 marks which by tomorrow will have
the purchasing power of only g, be-
cause of the progressive depreciation,
he has n oinducement to save. In
stead, he is eager to urn his 10 marks
into some tangible article while he
an.
1t is reported that some Germans
have bought as many as 20 overcoats,
suits of clothes, and other similar com
modities for the purpose of getting rid
of their marks before they ~depreciate.
The life savings in marks of pre-war
workmen would not support him for a
month, perhaps not a week, under eX-
listing conditions of deprecated cur
rency and high commodity prices.
While Germany is working hard to
restore her prestige in the foreign mar
kets, the American government ex-
perts are convinced that American
manufacturers need not fear competi-
ton based on so flimsy and insecure
a foundation. The economic collapse
must come and when it does the Ger
man cost of production will leap up to
its actual economic level, ~unobscured
by government subsidies.
This will give the steady American
industries the advantage, and they will
in all probability be in a position TO
usdeTsell Germany on every hand. For
not only must Germany return to nor
NAL levels but probably must go above
them for a period because the arrears
must in some way be made up. Eco
nomic law is memorable. 1t cannot be
evaded. The burden Of full cost of
production can be lifted from a com
modify by such artificial means as Ger
many has employed and carried for a
temporary period, but sooner or later
its full weight must sag down again.
The weight, in an economic, national
sense, must be so great as 10 equalize
and make up the arrears, before a
normal level of cost can be reached
again.