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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
DEMPSEY Y-WILLS TO
BATTLE IN LONDON
IS LATEST DOPE

New York. April 2i The p0sSbil
lty of Jack Dempsey and Harry WINS
negro heavy-weight contender meet
in9 in championship conto t in Lon
don this summer. doomed today on the
strength of "A cablc%ram from George
Mcdonald. English promoter arc0rd-
ing to ID. rollings English fight man
ager now in New York. who received
the following message las; night from
Mcdonald.
Can you get Will, to come to Lon.
don to box Demp ;cy?" Wills wh"n in
formed OF the cablrS:am announced
he would be ready to depart on the
first boat. but his manager offered no
comment except to say he "could SEQ
no reason for leaving yet" Dullin :
did not indicate whether he had
sought a definite reply to McDonald's
cablegram.
Dempsey so far as known here has
not signed articles definitely for any
match in connection with hi; present
tour of Europe, although he has an
nounced his willingness to meet Car
pentier in a return engagement. or
any other European cuntrndcrs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
COAST LINE WILL
RETAIN TRAINS
NOS. 32AND s.
R. R. Commission Grants Cham.
Der of Commerce Request
for Sunny Jim"

The railroad commission evidently
lent a favorable ear to the brief filed
with the commission by the Lakeland
Chamber of Commerce protesting
against the discontinuance of passen-
ger trains Nos. 32 and S5, operating
between Lakeland and Ocala. and
known as sunny jim"
The commission had under consid-
Grafton the request of the Atlantic
Coast Line railway that it be permit
ted to discontinue certain trains, in
cludng sunny Jim"
The Lakeland chamber of commerce
in its brief set forth that the dis
continuance of these trains would
work hardship on the people living
along the line and accustomed to de-
pend on this means of transportation.
and that this hardship would be out
of proportion to the saving that the
railway company could effect by the
change, as contracts with conductors,
engineers. firemen and other employees
would still exist as well as the eX-
pense OF keeping up the tracks.
That the commission saw the mat
ter in this light is indicated by the or
der just issued, in which the petition
of the railroad for the discontinuance
of these trains was denied.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
ON WALL STREET

New York, April 24.-In the stock
market the week opened with further
accumulation of buying orders and
new high records for the movement
by such issues as General Electric
Pullman, Norfolk and Western, ami
New Haven. General Electric lei
at two point advance and United
Fruit and Barnsdall "A" gained l..
each. United States Steel common
and preferred, forfeited small frac-
tions and moderate reactions were
made by Baldwin, Studebaker. Sim
clair and California Petroleum Royal
Dutch was heaviest of the foreign
oils losing l IA points New York.
Chicago and ST. Louis featured the
stronger rails at one point advance.
Steadiness was shown by foreign eX-
changes. Sterling holding at last
weeks best quotations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
COURT TURNS DOWN PETI-
TION OF LOUIS HILL, AS TRUS-
TEE FOR JAS HILL ESTATE

st. Paul. Mimi, April. EXPEDITIONS
of contending heirs of Mrs. James Hill
for appointment of either the North
western Trust Company or Louis w.
Hill as administrator of her $12,000,-
600 estate, were denied by Probate
Judge Howard Wheeler in decision
filed today.
Judge Wheeler held that the con-
troversy among the children had dis
qualified both applicants. Unless they
agree on an administrator or admins
traitors by May the court will make
its own selection.
The controversy resulted in long
hearing in probate court here, with
one cOntending group OF seven heirs
of the late empire builder, by James
n. Hill of New York. the eldest son
and with Louis w. Hill, chairman of
the Great Northern Railway, Joined
with one sister in the opposition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
BIG SMUGGLING
PLOT REVEALED
IN TAMPA TODAY

Tampa, April 24.-One of the big
gest smuggling plots ever attempted
on this coast was revealed today by
w. A. Whalen. in charge of the local
immigration office. According to Mr..
Whalen nine men are in Jail here
charged with completely in the land
ing here Saturday morning of twenty
nine Cinnamon. The Cinnamon were
landed here from the auxiliary
schooner Eta Mildred. William Hood,
captain of the craft; Pete Rathy, an
American; John Harris, a negro and
Christoper Tillman. John d. Chris
tian and T. Christian composed the
crew and have confessed, according
to the official. Howard Thompson.
Ezra Atkinson and Jackson Palmer
were also taken into custody charged
with cooperating in the landing.
The Chinese were taken aboard at
Cardenas, Cuba, the inspector said.
Members of the crew were to receive
$4,000 for making the voyage Fol-
lowing the landing the Chinese were
rushed to the city by automobile and
have not been apprehended. Every
avenue of escape is being guarded
and the official believes they will be
apprehended. He believes they are
being held closely confined some
where in the city
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
NEW JAM COOLER AT
SOUTHLAND FACTORY

AT the factory OF the Southland
Citrus Products Company. makers ot
the Southland grapefruit and orange
Jams, grapefruit candy and other de-
icacies, new jam cooler has just
been installed and is proving highly
efficient. This new equipment is the
invention of W. H. Bussabarger now
with the company. and for some years
connected with the factories of tn,
Curtis Brothers
The cooler is twelve feet long by
three feet wide and is made of gal
vanized iron. The cooling process is
effected by circulation of cold
water.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
MARY GARDEN
RESIGNS AS
DIRECTOR

Chicago. April "a Although Mary
Garden. director of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company. resigned the position
in n statement made public last might
her followers drew from it tn idea
that 81 Nould cpnttm" with the or
ganillt.un - a singer. Miss Gar
den aunnuur"N nothing definite con
c"r,ii. Yea Hans for the imm"di-
ate future but il was expected that
She would leave for New York today
ostensibly for Il cunirrrnc" with her
concert manacr Charles Wagner, whn
is reported to have offered her S21G.
600 for a tour next season. Later
she may go to Europe for Suiourn
Miss Gardens withdrawal from the
leadership of this ritY's opera was
quite as dramatic as her entry. She
spoke spiritedly of AmcricaniSm and
Of American ideas in Opera and said
that her fighting blood urged her
to stay but that her reason hadc her
to go. Her tenure Of office was
marked with considerable turmoil
II began January 81 last after Gino
Marinuzzi had resigned as artistic di.
rector At the suggestion of Harold
+. MacCormick the position was Of
icred to Miss Garden.
During the time she was director
the organization losses were placed
at almost 81 900 900 the largest in the
history. This. as in the case Of Pre-.
vious deficits, was borne by Mr., and
Mrs. Harold f. MacCormick. The
largest previous deficit was said to
have been S375.0O0.
! In explaining this years deficits
Miss Garden said II was due to the
fact thatMcCormick had told her to
make his last year as hacker of the
company a gala affair
, Miss Garden received no salary as
director, her only compensation being
the fee she received as an artist. be.
ing placed at about $4,000 a perform
lance .s-.- --'s..Ns. .'s4's fst'--s
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
ELIMINATE STORAGE BATTERY
IN RADIO RECEIVING SET

washington, April 24.-EliminatiOn
of the storage battery. the most eX-
pensive part of the homemade radio
receiving set. is now possible, accord
ing to the Bureau of Standards for
the Development of Commerce.
The receiving sets which are now
used in receiving radio signals or
music over distances of perhaps hun
dreds of miles require store battery
to light the filiaments of the eltron
tubes. The battery must he charged
from time to time, it is bulky and
heavy and the acid in it is a source of
danger and damage to the household
and altogether it constitutes a draw
back to the general use of radio sets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
GERMANY WILL
NOT REPLY TO
SECOND NOTE
Delegates Feel That
Some Beginning Has
Been Made Toward
Rebuilding Deranged
Economic Machinery of
Europe

Genoa, April 24.-(By the Associat-
cd Press. )-Once more today the
gyrating Genoa conference, which has
been alternating between fears and
hopes, and punctuated with political
crisis which threatened to destroy 1t
altogether set itself grimly to the task
of readjus ting the economic life OF
Europe.
The announcement by the German
delegates last night that they would
not reply to the Allies second note,
because they did not wish to endanger
the success of the conference, was
received everywhere with frankly ut
tered words of relief for almost every
body was beginning to despair secret
" that the conference would end
without achievement. In all quarters
today were heard words of praise for
the patient efforts of the Italian lead
ers to re-establish harmony so that
the conference might concentrate up
on the constructive problems for
which it was organized. Six sub-com-
missions were scheduled to hold meet
ings today and the committee of eN-
perts on the Russian question made
plans to take up seriatim the report
on the reconstruction of Russia pre-
pared by the Allied experts who met
in London. This report concerns not
only the question OF the handling of
Russias debts. but also matters vital
to foreigners in their rela with
Russia, bearing on the legal prOtec-
tiOn they are to have in their dealings
in Russia.
The Soviet delegation has over
thrown for the moment its noted
memorandum issued a; an answer to
the experts because it is in contradic-
ton with the later Russian note ac-
ceptine the Allies terms as basis
of discussion. Russian spokesmen
explained that the memorandum,
which the powers found unpalatable.
merely voiced the opinions of the So
Wet government in the first stage of
the negotiations whereas now they
have decided to modify their earlier
opinions.
They were careful, however. to
make the reservation that this moli-
fication was contingent upon the sue
cessful outcome of the present pour
parlers" but the conference has pro-
duced so many shocks and sensations
that mere phrases no longer are caus-
ing the panic which they did at the
outset of the deliberations.
Everybody seems to look forward
to some concrete results and then to
return home feeling that at least
hopeful beginning has been made to-
ward rebuilding the deranged eco
nomic machinery of Europe. Such
seems to be the spirit at the opening
of the third week OF the conference.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
WILL HOLD ANNUAL CRUISE
AT ANNAPOLIS AS PLANNED

washington. April 2l.-DecisiOn n
hold the annual cruise Of the training
If men of the first three classes at
the Naval Academy was reported to-
day by Secretary DENLY after Il CON
Hrence with Admiral Cootz, chief of
naval operations; Admiral Jones. com
mandin@ the Atlantic fleet. and other
officers.
After examination Of the fuel Si,u-
alton in the navy resulting from re-
|tricti0ns imposed by congress on
the amount of fuel available for the
remainder of the fiscal year, it was
decided that by abandoning certain
fleet activities it would be possible to
employ two or three ships in an alb.
hreviated training cYuiSe for the mid
Shipmen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
NEW WILLARD'S
FIRE ROUTS OUT
MANY NOTABLES

Washington. April 24-Guests at
the New Willard Hotel with the mem
ory of yesterdays blaze still fresh in
their minds--or in their dreams
were aroused early today by the
clatter of fire apparatus called to ex-
tingush small blaze among debris
in the tenth story ballroom wrecked
by the fire a little more than twenty
four hours before.
This mornings blaze. although not
considered dangerous and quickly put
out caused number of guests, Cs-
pecially on the upper floors to crowd
into the corridors.
Most of them, assured by hotel at
tendents there was no danger return
ed to their rooms hut others were
more skeptical and remained on the
watch until the. fireman had depart
ed. Workmen today began removing
the final traces of theGdamages yes-s
terday and teh announcement. was
made with the exception of the bail
room the restoration would be .son-
rlete. CMTDrl
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
DECENTRALIZATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE
BUREAU INTO ORIGINATING DISTRICTS

Washington. April "A. Deccntraliz.
",iun oi the Internal Revenue bureau
at Washington to permit Of settle
mrnt OF claims and auditing OF re-
turns tn be- handled in the 0rigni-
aiing districts was under considers
lion TO-DAY 10y the treasury.
SECRETARY Mellon yas understood -
have briur,. him proposal that sue, i
a plan be- given Il trial in four paci-
lie districts. ii feasible, il may b"
adopted in the 81 districts through
out the country.
The plan was said to have been
-ug2"Strd by assistant secretary DO
yer of the treasury, who is i'll charge
Il more rXprditluus and efficient hand
Of Internal revenue with view to
ling OF tax business by the govern
mcnj approximately 0U,UUU claims
experimenting one billion dollars re
main to be- settled it was stated, and
the opinion was advanced that thru
decentralization OF the work which
Huuld bring the government to the
people rather than requiring claim
ants to come to Washington pending
eases could be- more rapidly diSpoS-
ed of
Income tax returns is was asserted
could be- audited more quickly in the
districts where they are filed than
ii they Were sent on to Washington.
Distribution through the country ot
a large portion OF the revenue bureau
personnel no doubt would follow the
adoption OF such "A plan as the revrI.
ur experts now in Washington couln
be transferred To the various districts
to handle under the supervision of til"
internal revenue agent in charge. the
same class of work they have been
passing on at headquarters.
Secretary Mellon il was thought
probably would render IA decision as
to whether the decentralization plan
should be given trial on the Pacific
coast
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
XII KLUX KLAN
ASSISTS STATE
IN AUTO CASES
Local Organization Sends $125 To
Attorney Peterson For Use
In Investigation

The Telegram is in receipt OF a com.
municaton from Abraham Lincoln
Klan No. ) Knights Of the Ku kluN
Khan, the local organization. giving
the information that the Khan has sent
$l2j to j. Hardin Peterson. who has
been employed by Interested citizens
to assist the state in the prosecution
of the cases against the men accused
of being members OF an auto stealing
ring, and setting forth resolutions cX-
planning the use for which the money
is Intended.
The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas. there has come to lhr at
tcntinn OF this organization the theft
of many automobiles in Lakeland and
Polk County and
Whereas. this organization stands
for the enforcement of the law and
the administration of Justice To all
without fear or favor and
Whereas. We have learned that Hon
j. H. Peterson is assisting The other
members of the court in this invcsti-
cation. and
Whereas. there are certain rNpcn SOS
necessary for a full Investigation for
which the state provides no funds
therefore be il re solved by Abraham
Lincoln Klan no. !, Knights Of the
Ku Klux Khan.
That to the court officials and those
charged with the administration ol
the laws in our county and stat" We
hereby pledge our full support and CO.
operation and be- it resolved
That this organization hereby ap.
propriatrs and tenders herewith the
sum OF Sl2l to be used by those hay
ing this INVESTIGATION in charge in or
der that a full and complete inquiry
may b" made into these automobile
thcits 50 that full and compl"t" jus
ticc may not be delayed or miscarrird
Signed.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN KHAN no :.
Knights of the ku KluX Khan
OF Lakeland. Fla
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
AUGUSTA MAY LOSE THIRD
BASEMAN DUE AUTO MISHAP

Greenville. S. c.. April 24.-Attend-
ing physicians today entertained little
hope that Herman Merit third base
man on the Augusta baseball team
of the South Atlantic league can sur.
vive the injuries he suffered early
Sunday morning when the auto in
which he and four other members of
the Augusta club were proceedin-
from the city to Augusta was wreck
ed. Mr. Merritt suffered n broken
back and while physicians say that
he may linger for several weeks they
see no probability that he may recov-
er
Wilbur Davis. first baseman, Art
Trefrey. left fielder, Orien Masters,
pitcher. and Weidel, catcher were
the other occupants of the car and
escaped with minor hurts
Davis may be out of the game for
several days
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
FINANCES BIG
QUESTION IN
RUSSIA NOW
Bolshevik Government
Seeking To Bring Its
Financial and Other
Affairs To a Sounder
Basis By Work At
Home

Moscow. April 24 oHy Associated
Press. While its drlcgdtion at Ge-
noa is trying To reach an agreement
with III" European powers for eco
nUmic aid for Soviet Russia. the Boil
~hrvik government is seeking to bring
it, financial and other affairs to Il
Suunder basis by work at home
The All-liussian communist party
congress- has been the preliminary
battlefield on which this International
STRUGGLE to bring order out of chaos
in Ru sian finances has been fought.
Against the few remaining mem
beers Of the Communist party who still
cling To the idea thai money should be
eliminated. NJ Sokuinkolf supported
by the majority. carried his point that
sound monetary system for Soviet
Russia can b" gained only by curtail-
in@ the issue of paper money. on one
hand and by collecting take; to bring
the money back To the government. on
tn" other
SokOlnikon said that RusSia's in
dusIry and economic resistance was
now dependent upon The amount of
"hard' and foreign money the gov
rnmcnt could get into its hands. To
attempt To 20 ON Il gold standard i'm
mrdiatc!y he declared would he futile
aS tho recent attempt to calculate
taxes. etc.. on u gold haSi had failed
hrrau~" Of the impossibility OF setting
cNChan@" rates quickly enough to
kc"p up with tn" market fluctuations.
Up to tn" last of March. twenty-five
trilliun paper rubl"s had heen issued
in 1872. it developed at the confer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
POINCAIRE
SAYS GERMANS
ARE UNFAIR
May Have Had Treaty
Planned With Russia
B e fore Conference
Opened - Must Get
Down To Work Or Re-
turn, Poincaire Tells
Delegates

Bar-Le-Duc. France, April 24.-Dre-
mier Poincare said in speech here
today that if the French delegation at
Genoe did not go ahead with its work
under the agreed conditions. France
would regretfully have to cease par
ticipation in the conference.
Referring TO the charges of militar
ism and Imperialism made against
France. NJ. Poincare said:
The imperialism of France is a
current theme in some countries in
which We are charged with ulterior
motives of conquest | do not know
of IA single French public man who
has ever advised territorial anneXa-
ton. But who does not understand
today after the Rapall0 accord (the
RuSSO-German treaty. the imprudence
there wOulu De in our disarning toe
rapidly.
THAT accord brings out into the
full light the sympathies which had
developed in the darkness between
the BOlSheVik and the Germans How
many persons wrested from their con
fidence of yesterday will not now ad-
nit that the cabinet WAS right in de-
string to insist for the moment on
eighteen months military service.
NJ. Poincare referred to the discov
cries of stocks of arms and munitions
in Silesia. the fornHatio of police or
ganizations in Germany composed OF
former non-commissioned officers
which, he said, were so easily trans
formed into framework Of military
force.
He insisted that these things, a.
we'll as the Pan-German situation
justified the precautions OF France.
Things are going in Germany, he
said, "as if the pan-GermanS were
watching for an opportunity to TO
ment trouble sooner or later on then
eastern frontier with Il view to gettins
back by force the Polish regions TAX
en- from Germany by the treaty OF
Versailles
What is going on at Genoa" con
tinued the premier, "singularly con
firms all we knew of the state q
mind of too great Il portion of the
empire. How long back had German!
prepared the treaty with the Sovie
government and are we sure the
treaty has been entirely published.
Is it or is it no. accompanied by Sc.
cret clauses? Is it simply shield fOI
political and military conventions"
AT any rate" added VI. Poincare
the coming together of Germany and
the Soviets was ii great menace to Po
land and in indirecL menace t.
France.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
NON-UNION MEN
HURT IN ROW
WITH MINERS

Pittsburgh. April "A. Drmonstra-
tions against non union miners ON
their way to work marked progress
of the coal strike in the Fay EFT"
County region today. Several men
were hurt. none seriously and two
women wrr" arrested and taken t..
til" county jail in Uniontown.
The first demonstration occurred
at the mine Of The Amend Coal Com.
panv four miles from Unionl Own,
whore a crowd Of strike sympathiZrrN
in which there were Il number OF
women armed with pok"rs and pep
per shakers mot the men ON their
VIVA TO work There was something
Of Scrimmagr before the state po'
lice arrived and dispersed til" crowd
arrcsiing Mrs Louis Srrman and Mrs
Caroline Cook They were taken tn
Tniontown and will be given Il hear
ing before the Justice this after
noon.
Superintendent lIarlin tlinmltf
was struck with poker and had pep
per thrown in his eyes. TIL" com
pany miners. numbering -. were de
Ulareu ny the indndE 'Hi'ut ~ nav
succeeded in entering the mine.
The other row was AZ III" Collier
mine of the II. G. Frirk Coke Com
pany where large body of men am
women gathered and urged themrl
not to return to work.
Uniformed guards AT the mine RAJ
out a line of fire hoSe and pr"par
ed to drench them. The water. how
ever, was unavailable but the sigh
of the hoJe. reports to thecountN
authorities said, threw the womel
into panic. some of them becoming
hysterical They were allowed t'
go home after promising to engage
in no more demonstrations. Eight!
men were said to be working in thu
mine.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
France Will Make Germany
Pay Up Is Claim OF Poincarc

Bar-Le.Duc, France, April "a.
Icy Associated Press) France
will, if necessary. undertake
alor'e to see tha: the treaty Of
Versailles is executed if the Ger
mans default in their repara-
tions payments, Premier Poin-
care intimated in a speech be-
fore the general council Of the
department Of the Meuse today.
The 31st of May when the
Germans must either accept the
conditions laid down by the
?epara.ions commission or de-
fault in their payment. is ar i'm
portant date for France, said the
premier. It is Frances duty, he
added, "in full independen to
assume the duty of maintaining
IAN we have ever asked and
all we ask today is the execu-
zion of the treaty" said M. Poir.
care, land that we must have
and shall have. This peace of
Europe depends upon it. Our fu
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-04-24
PLAN TO ERECT SCIENCE
BUILDING IN WASHINGTON, D. c

Washington. April 24.--Plans for
the erection in Washington of ST..
100000 building as the home of the
national academy of sciences and the
.Iational council and a center for am.
munition science in all its fields were
were announced today by DR. c. L.
Walcott, president of the National
academy at the opening session of its
meeting here. The building which is
expected to be completed by year
from next fall. Dr. Walcott said, is a
gift of the Carnegie foundation of New
York Facing the Lincoln memorial.
in Potomac park, from the north, the
structure, 1t was said, would be Of
simple classical style, rising three
stories from a broad terrace and hav-
ing frontage of $50 feet. T