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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
SAYS CIVIL WAR
PREVAILS AMONG
RUM SMUCCLERS

Washington, May 17.-Civil war has
broken out among Florida rum run
ners, B. W. Andrews, head of the le-
gal division of the prohibition unit,
returning today from Miami, reported
to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
The result is, Mr.. Andreds said that
the smugglers are tipping off the en-
forcement officers when the ships of a
rival fleet are due and many seizures
have been made.
Smuggling" Mr.. Andrews said,
"has been reduced so per cent due to
the cooperation of the coast guard
and other checks which have proved
most effective" he said. He added
that convictions were obtained in al
most every case growing out of the
recent Florida clean up and that the
federal court administered Jail SEN
tences in practically every case.
Miami Denies Story.
Miami, Fla, May I7.-Miami law
enforcement officers said today they
had heard of no civil war among the
rum runners operating in this vicin-
ity, and no smuggler is known to
have tipped off any liquor ship of a
rival fleet and no recent exposures
have been made, as reported to Com
missioner Haynes in Washington to-
day by B. W. Andrews. head of the
legal division of the prohibition unit
who has been been in Miami
In connection with Mr.. Andrews
report that convictions were obtain.
ed practically every case growing out
of the recent Florida clean up and
that the federal court administered
Jail sentences, an analysis of the
work of the federal court in session
here nearly a month shows that only
four were convicted for the sale of
intoxicating liquors and eleven for
having Illegal possession of intoxi-
cants, while two pleaded guilty to
selling intoxicants and nine pleaded
guilty to possession of whiskey. Fiji
teen were acquitted.
Only five were sentenced to Jail,
four for six months each and one for
three months.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
HUGE ELEPHANT
ON RAMPAGE
CAUSED A RIOT

Walla Walla, Wash, May H.
Tusko, described as the largest ele-
phant in captivity, in a special dis
patch to the Ledger today was said to
be peacefully consuming his fodder
with a circus at Bellingham, Wash.
after an afternoon, night and morning
of rampage that stretched for thirty
miles around Cedro Wolly, Wash.
Tusko hurled his keeper, H. Hendrick-
son, thirty feet in the air. Several of
Hendrickson's ribs were broken. Tus-
ko proceeded through the streets Of
Cedro Wolly capsizing three automo-
biles and turning a dance into a riot.
Then he headed for the hills.
Flattened fences and orchards and
calls from excited farmers and loggers
betrayed Tusko's line of flight to sew
eral hundred men and boys in pursuit.
At one logging camp Tusko uprooted
three telephone poles. A farmer look
ing out of an upper story window,
gazed upon the elephants mighty
back, hunched in an unsuccessful ef-
fort to overturn the house.
A barn proved less staunch and,
after breaking through the barn, Tus.
ko ate his fill and tben proceeded on
ward. At dark Monday the several
hundred pursuers made camp in the
woods, taking up the trail at day.
break yesterday.
1t was in valley known as the Gar.
den of Eden that Tusko apparently
returned to normalcy as calmly and
as suddenly as the spirit of rampage
had possessed him, Sauntering nm 10
two other elephants that had been In
cluded among his pursuers, Tusko
meekly permitted his recapture.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17

Ed Mosely and Mrs. Goldberg of Mar.
lin.
Rescue parties hurriedly gathered,
dragging many of the struggling per-
sons from the water before they went
under. Boats and RATS quickly
thrown together aided in the work.
Several of those rescued had drifted
to the falls three miles south Of the
accident before they were taken from
the water.
Those rescued were all in a more
or less serious condition. Mayor F.
M. Stailworth who was among those
who went down, was rescued several
miles down stream.
A small automobile occupied by a
child, went down with the bridge The
child had not been found tonight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
WOMEN GOLF EXPERTS TRY
FOR SOUTH'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Birmingham, Ala, May 17.-Today's
pairings in the championship flight
in the eleventh annual tournament
of the Southern Golf Association for
Women promised matches of unusual
interest.
Mrs. Dave Gaut, of Memphis, meets
Mrs. Henry Geismer, Birmingham and
Mrs. Dozier Lowndes, Atlanta will
meet Miss Priscilla Rogers, Texas
contender. r
Mrs. Gaut and Mrs. Lowndes, stel.
lar pair, have been picked by the
tournament fans for the ultimate
fight for the championship honors.
Mrs. Lowndes, who finished one
stroke ahead of Mrs. Gaut in the
qualifying round, was closQ behind
her Memphis rival in yesterdays
play, shooting a 80, three strokes
better than the Atlantan's qualifying
round and only one stroke behind
Mrs. Gaut.
Today's round found seven Allan.
tans in the championship division.
Memphis was narrowed to three and
Birmingham two. Galveston. Jack.
son, Fort Worth and Knoxville had
Cne contender each.
The championship field will be re-
duced to eight by today's round.
Other pairings were:
Mrs. Mat Murphy against Mrs.
John Armstrong; Mrs. Ben Humphe
reys against Mrs. L. H. Beck, Mrs.
Ben Gatins against Mrs. Thomas
Payne; Mrs. T. T.. Williams, against
Mrs. Margaret Ashe; Mrs. George
Harrington against Miss Rosalie May.
er. and Mrs. Kenneth Duffield against
Mrs. George Thompson. ,...
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
KEYSTONE STATE HAS REJECTED AL TER

fused to notice her when she hailed
it. In her opinion this was her own
car being taken back to Lakeland or
some other point in this direction.
Mrs. Brokaw was on her way to her
home in Centralia, Illinois, and her
car bore an Illinois license tax. No.
31S411. She says that one of the men
who took her car wore checked trous-
ers and a white shirt with sleeves
rolled up, while the other wore dark
suit and a cap.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
STATE RESTS ITS CASE

Charlestown, w. Va, May 17.-(By
the Associated Press. THE state
rested its case against VIM. Blizzard
on a charge of treason at Ills this
morning. The defense at once moved
to compel the state to elect upon what
overt act Blizzard committed, it relied
upon to sustain a conviction.
Wis, EEK
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
MISS CECIL LElTcH WINS.

Sandwich, England, May 17.-(By
Associated Press Miss Cecil Leitch
British woman open golf champion,
today defeated Miss Grager Garrison
by s and 7 in the ladies' golf cham.
pionship tournament.
Miss Edna Leitch. the champion's
sister, defeated Miss Latham, 5 and
4, and Miss Joyce Wethered defeat
ed Miss Phyllis Reed, 6 and 4.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
DEFER TO COMMONS

London, Nav 17.-(By the Associat-
ed Press. THE British cabinet has
decided to defer to the wishes Of the
House Of Commons and appoint a
committee to inquire into the educa-
t'o1al program on which the govern
ment was defeated by a narrow ma
iority last night, Austen Chamberlain,
the government leader, announced in
the House this afternoon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17

New York women always try to pay
for their shopping with the exact
change, while the men invariably Of
fer bills. according to the efficiency
expert OF big department store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17

A pest of snails, imported originally
for edible purposes from Sicily, is
threatening to destroy all vegetation
in LaJolla; Cal.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-17
THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday;
probably showers in extreme north
portion.
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Action and Reaction.

SAS&AVA SAN 1SeACI10ms
THE Railroad Labor Board seems
L to have abandoned the principle
Of living wage in fixing the COM
pensatton OF railroad men. The
board declares that it Is for a living
wage. but against "the" living wage.
Which 10 moro or less quibbling
Unless the board considers, first of
all. other factors in wase-making,
the cost Of living, 1t is not following
the principle Of living wage. If it
does consider seriously and primar-
lily the cost Of living in determining
what q fair wage shall be. then the
labor market may not be considered
at all. Either labor is a commodity
or it IL not. II it is a commodity,
living costs have nothing to do with
1t and to talk Of American standards
of living for American workers is
mere rhetoric. # living costs do
enter into wage-making, then a liv-
ing wage must be established by a
board like the Labor Board. quite
apart from the price of labor on the
auction block. In connection with
the announced abandonment OF the
principle Of the living wage comes
tho movement to abolish the eight
hour day. Reaction seems to be get
ting chesty. But hold! Along comes
Senator Borah with q threat of a
new party! When things get at their
worst they begin to get better. Ac-
ton begets reaction, and reaction
breeds ito own remedy. It's . great
naiornS lh1e lffA 0eAAy, tmynl
Evening star., 1922-11-12
BY HENRY ". BUNN.
.HE following is a brief summary of the
most important news of the world for
the seven days ended November IL:

United States of America.-The jubiiant
bray of the jackass and the melancholy
trumpetings of the elephant are heard in the
land. The republican majority IN the next
House will be seventeen, instead OF the pres
ent 165, and in the Senate it will pc ten' IN
stead of the present twenty-four But the
things worse than that. from the admnistra-
tions point of view for there are SO many
progressives, with a large "P,' among the
republican recruits for the House and so many
independents, with a tall 81" among the new
tenators- to-be that G. O. p politics Will nave
.ard shedding after March 3, 1929
The vets are very gleeful, pointing to the
wards and Mr. silver: to the republican de
bacle in New York Qargey attributable to
Sead ae TO BY the voters of illinois
and Massachusetts, to, Mr.. Volstead's defeat
and other @ They So Me
sympathizers On the other hand wayne
asserts s that to certan dy
triumphs. as in Ohio The truth IS prooaoly
somewhere in the mddiewa certain defnite
declared itself. but not numerously enough to
justify victory parades.
suits was the ratification by the Oregon
electorate of the state act recurring children
between the ages Of eight and sixteen to at
tend public school. Presumably one may ex-
pect agitation for federal act in that sense
to undertake the navigation up Salt river are
MIR. Beveridge Of Indiana, Senator France of
feated by the farmer-labor candidate) Sen
ator Pondexter of Washington, Mr. Mondell.
pu" and MISS Alice H ROBERTSON Of OKLAHOMA. .' and
among the democrats. Senator Hitchcock of
Victor Berger. socialist is again elected
representative from Wisconsin. and this time
will probably be allowed to take his seat.
*.k X
'Tis to be hoped that Lloyd George will
tho ;,,,,it ~
country and make lecture tour of the United
States. His speeches might have wholesome
effect on American taste in oratory. Our
people might hereafter demand wit humor.
lightness, and since the domestic supply of
orators to fill such demand is tforgive me)
almost nil. we might have speechless phase,
lucid interval in politics.
The President has summoned Congress to
meet in special session November 20.
Though not stated in the proclamation.
Congress is to meet for action on the ship
AZ; Aftsr a ali; i, those gold s.a.e, Of croesuz.
Dr. Howard Crosby Butler found the site
of ancient Sardis. were not lost in consequence
Of the disturbances in Asia Minor. but are
now safely lodged in the Metropolitan Museum
in New York city. There is TO be sardis
gallery in the new wing Of that museum.
United States last year. But. with all our
murderous activity (ncreasing and far sur
nations). to our shame. it must be admitted
that we have not contributed much to the
According to tie Associated Press. Clemen-
ceau. on the eve of>embarking for the United
States, ni says; IL consider an entente n between
peace in Europe. My task is to make the
that and if fail
tried
Great Britain.-Loyd George is fain to con-
tent himself with the hope of winning enough
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Policeman a Marksman.

Policeman Dohan of New YORK
should be proud Of his marksman-
ship. He shot at a human moving
target and scored 100 per cent.
A hungry man entered a restau-
rant, He had no money. He ordered
a meal. He ate it and then ran past
the cashier in making his getaway.
He did wrong when he made a dash
for the door. He should have ex-
plained to the proprietor and then &C
cepted the consequences. But starv-
ing men are not normal. Probably
the meal he had eaten did not restore
sanity.
present. Pistols, Of course, were
made to kill. The officer dred. the
target fell. The man was removed
to the hospital and died.
He risked his life to satisfy the
cravings Of hunger and lost-lost be-
cause Policeman Dohan was good
marksman. His nerves were steady
even when shooting at a starving man:
And vet probably most Of us would
prefer the peace Of the grave In which
the hungry victim sleeps than the
pricks Of an aroused conscience such
90 viii trouble the slayer, crack shot
though He be, Memphis Commercial
AppeAl. ssss x s
Evening star., 1922-11-12

functions. It is easy to understand
how the country whose representa-
tfves control to a large extent the
military policies Of another govern
ment will be favored.
Another point to our disadvantage
cited by Navy officers is the fact that
foreign missions in South America
have been guilty Of spreading propa-
ganda against the United States.
Much harm to our relations with
through such propaganda
Navy men believe the time is al
most here when the Latin American
republics will turn to the United
States for all their help. That will
come when practical pan-Ameri-
canism has been made q reality and
something more than a topie for
pleasant conversation,
Evening star., 1922-11-12
Women Of Washington Always
Influence on Nations Affairs

well illustrates the salon influence q
the elder days. The Electoral Com
mission on the gallery floor Of the Sen
ate lobby. the portrait OF Morrison r.
preme Court, the portrait Of James A.
Garfield in the room Of the House COM
mfttee on appropriations and the por-
trait group Of justices OF the Supreme
Court (crayon) in the conference room
Of the Supreme Court are the work o:
Corneia Adele Fassett.
Eight CAildren No Handicap.
Her early life devoted to music,
having worked on ivory and received
such training as the then frontier
town Chicago afforded, and polishing
or with three years Of study and
travel abroad under Melssonier. Mrs.
Fassett, the mother of eight chill
dren, opened her salon in Washing
ton in 1875, when she was forty-four
yearD old, and became national
fiKure. Her studio entertainments
were considered one Of the most en-
joyable and educative features of the
social life Of the capital.
Her large portrait Of the Supreme
justices Of 1876 was exhibited at the
Centennial. and now hangs. 50 pre-
viously stated, in the Capitol. Exc
cutting 30 many portraits of men and
women prominent in public life made
the creation of the painting of ''The
Electoral Commission" q reality. The
artist established her studio in the
Capitol for two summers. during va
cation Of the Supreme Court. in which
chamber tho sessions Of the commits
sion were held. in order to give
faithful representation Of the room
a. well as the scene and its attend
ants, the Individual portraits being
painted from life in tho artists home
studio.
The Washington women of today
have notable exemplars to pattern
after, and theirs. is the widened OPP
portunity n exert a cultural inhu-
ence in thu hurly- Of politics
that sometihe brings unpublished
of the. Capital city. observed Of 81
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Evening star., 1922-11-12
SENDING NAVAL MISSION
TO BRAZIL IS EPOCHAL
Closer Relationship With Latin American
Republics Expected to Be
One of Results.

now commanding the Brooklyn navy
yard, who accompanied Secretary
Hughes on his visit to the Brazilian
exposition, will head the United States
mission. The officers who. will ao-
company him are experts in the con-
struction of yards and docks, naval
training, gun firing. submarine and
torpedoes, medical work in the Navy
and other branches Of naval work.
Rear Admiral vogelgesang VIII rank
office in Brazil. and his ofhcers Will
bear their present ranks. Each omcer
will be appointed an adviser to q de-
partment Of the Braztlian navy. and
will virtually have charge OF Its work.
Rear Admiral vogelgesang will CO.
operate with the Brazilian chief OF
staff Of the navy. All expenses Of the
mission are borne by the Brazilian
government.
Part Of Brazirs naval program in.
on the Ribera river. In the state OF
Rio de Janeiro, and Ave naval sta
tions, two in the north. two In the
south and one in Rio de Janeiro.
Admiral Vogelgesang Is being &C
companied by Capt. L. ~ overstreet.
r. S. Holmes. A. E. Beauregard, G. O.
Gill and william Baggaley; Lieut..
Commanders P. L. Carroll and w. r.
Munroe, Lieut.. John .. Pennington
of the line. Commander P. 8. Rossiter.
representing the medical department;
Corps; Capt. ]. A. Furer, the Con-
structicn Corps; Capt. T. A. Kearney.
manager of the navy yard. New York;
Commander Aubrey w. Fitch OF the
mine laying destroyers. Atlantic Meet,
and Commander 7. g. Ellyson OF the
IN
The Brazilian mission will repace
the naval officers who have been in
Brazil for two years attached AZ In
. structors to the Brazilian navy. This
mission makes the second OF Its kind
the United States now has In South
Other Latin American countries have
foreign missions instructing their
army, navy or flying corps, and q
number of former German officers are
said to have found lucrative employ
ment with some of the smaller re-
publics as instructors Of the army.
Gratifying to Americans.
Naval officers familiar with the
work of military or naval missions In
foreign countries are gratified to see
Latin American republics turning to
the United States for aid In improving
their military establishments. It has
always been a source of regret
tinged with a certain amount Of justi-
fable jealousy-to see European coun-
tries gaining a foothold in the good
eraces Of our next-door neighbore by
sending them military or naval mis-
sions. For these missions exercise an
influence which extends out and be-
yond the army or navy ana Is felt
in the Political and commercial life
Of the nation. Military or naval men
in Latin America have played un-
usually prominent parts in running
their governments. and in some Of the
republics today one finds that the
army ii virtually the government, it,
Eof5lcefs eontrollfn9 either directly ~
Elaa aireskly tlse xoeefnmeAtss Ftossa
Evening star., 1922-11-12

Horn to unite with the British in showing
bold front. even to the point II they think 1t
jority sentiment in France now appears TO
he against the Turks.
seem to have Ignored a demand from Aneora
that foreign warships obtain the consent OF
the Turkish nationalist authorities before en-
terfng Turkish ports, and more to like effect
Angora government has notified to the allies
other engagements Of Turkey with the allies
antedatins the Mudania convention (the
the Ottoman debt. the sanitary convention,
ete). and. apparently. Rafet Pasha was in.
rate. he proposed to take over the customs ad-
ministration. Whatever the scope Of the Of
hr nnaer
Of martial law. What answer. if any, they
of nationalise eendarm.. 9camouagsd 'Grie soi
diery) in constantinople does not appear.
The allies cite ne the MSaros now the
the Turks, they claim. are Violating: Ferid
should speak by the book. throws light on the
attitude Of Angora: The treaty Of Mudros
dition Of being reborn. we are beginning all
cora and the allies at Mudana viii Se Carried
out. Everything else will be settled on the
In other words. the victory over the Greeks
was victory over the allies and wipes out
M az se Such s s
seems to imply that the British have no busi
n e w
at Lausanne insist upon these Implications
es to be
back the Mosul toiD district of northern
Mesopotamia and certain parts Of Syria, as
the claims Of the national pact are now min
imum claims. When the national pact was
repudiated. The Greeks had not been licked
The nationals were only beginning to feel
their oats.
There will certainly be fun at Lausanne
Lord Curzon is wisely holding out for
plete Anglo French understanding on tho near
east prior to the Lausanne conference 1t will
not be easy to achieve. but without 1t the
conference will open obviously. Apparently
the date Of opening has been postponed to the
goth. Unless the Turks hold their wild
the allies at constantinople yield not one jot
or little. there probably will be one. With
There is talk Of Greece joining the little en-
she should certainly be able to count on the
against aggressive action by the Turks More
over. France il the protector, to speak, Of
choose between the Turk sad the H TITUS 1tte en no
tente. would almost certainly back the latter.
There Is q s1gnfncant report that the Vfckers
company. which Is headed by that man of mys-
terry. Sir Basil Zaharoff Greek born. English
knighthood), Is furnishing material on
credit to the nations of the little entente and
to Greece.
It is reported that the action Of the Aneora
assembly respecting the caliphate has aroused
deepest resentment in Egypt. and especially in
the great Moslem university at Cairo There
is that danger (and for Christendom that
hope) that the sword Of Islam may cut both
ways.
Tho British like to think that. in conse-
quence Of Angora's caliphate policy. Moham-
medan agitation in India has longer a log
ical leg to stand on. 1t does not follow. there
fore: that The agitation will ceaseIt's hard
There is famine and disease among the
thousands Of refugees on the Greek mainland.