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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
LATE In SEASON
PLAYER TRADING
DOOMED TO END

Chicago, Aug. 15.-(By. The Asso-
ciated Press.J--Late season deals by
which clubs literally have been
wrecked and pennant cOntenders
strengthened through sales and
trades of players are doomed to go
the way of the spitballs and other
discarded customs of professional
baseball if National and American
League magnates hold to the notions
expressed at yesterdays confab with
Commissioner Landis.
Although no changes in the rules
will. be made until the next national
meeting, sentiment of owners was so
strong against late season trades as
to Indicate revision of the baseball
code to advance the time limit on
trades and purchases.
Most of the moguls favored this
change; they also voiced approval Of
amendments made following the play
er. limit restrictions by establishing
some date later than May Is for ap-
plying the pruning hook to club own
ers.
Barney Dreyfus, president of the
Pittsburgh Nationals tentatively sug-
gested a proposal to give the clubs
a month longer to cut their rosters
to 25 players.
He proposed the same date, June
Is, as the final day for making deals
for players.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15

at the desert towns which serve as
terminals for the Santa Fe lines
southwestern divisions, had got to
places of greater comfort. but little
or nothing had been done for the fruit
growers of northern Washington
southern Oregon or northern Califor-
mia, while but little more was being
done for those of the San Joaquin
valley to the south
The Southern Pacific traffic en-
ployes at San Bernardino ended their
strike last night and four trains
moved eastward over that route from
Les Angeles to Salt Lake City,. 4
Perishable freight embargoes con-
ltinue in effect. Growers and others
directly affected by the. tieups took
up the cudgel in their own defense
last night at meetings and made Wig
orous appeals to President Harding
for. relief.
| One gathering, asserting that dis
trict's $25,00O,O00 fruit crop = the
product of whole years work-was
injured, offered to supply and protect
men to man the trains to move the
fruit. At Fresno the meeting appeal
ed to the president and the heads oi
| the four great transportation brother
hoods-the engineers. firemen, con.
ductors and trainmen-to end the
strike and avert what appears to be q
| disaster to the fruit grower, or failing
| that to declare an armistice lone
enough to move the fruit crop.
A new factor in the situation. anG
one which experienced railroad mer
said might be we'll viewed with appre
hension, was the refusal of pumping
plant employees along the Santa FL
lines to remain at work. An inspec
ion by an Associated Press CORE
spondent disclosed that some of thu
water tanks at desert points alonl
this roads line between Needles an(
lSan Bernardino apparently were DIR.
and others nearly so.
4 Should the tanks fail to provid,
their usual supplies for locomotives
it was asserted by strikers that ever
such trains as were manned by off
cials could not get through.
i Unioi Leaders Reject Proposal
+ Washington, Aug. 15.-(By The AS
sociated Press.) LEADERS Of the rail
road labor organizations this after
noon made public their rejection o
President Harding's final offer for tht
conclusion of the strike Of the hail
road shopcraft men, but declared ef
4 forts to mediate the difficulties by di
rect dealings between railroad execu
tives and heads of the -four brother
hoods" were still in progress.
The union leaders, after confer
ence. made public a statement declar
ing that the railroad executives, b,
Il their responses to the Presidents fin
al offer. had also declined to &C
cent tse Presidents proposition," AM
had "iot even agreed to permit al
employees on strike to return to work
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
REGULATION OF
FEES VALID Is
COURT RULING
Important Decision Is Of Great
Moment To County Officials
In State Of Florida

Tallahassee, August 15.-The
county officers fee law enacted by the
legislature of 1921 has been declared
valid by the supreme court. A per-
emptory writ of mandamus was
awarded the state, directing that Ben
Campbell, tax assessor of Dade, coun-
ty, comply with the statutes pro-
visions. The opinion was delivered
by Justice Whitfield.
Although the case came before the
supreme court by the refusal of Camp
bell to make report to the state
comptroller of the net fees received
by his office as called for by the law,
it was really a fight waged by the
county officers generally to prevent
the prosecuting of their earnings.
The courts opinion held that the pro-
visions of the law including those fix
ing the maximum compensation and
providing for making the act effective.
are reasonable, complete and appro-
pirate regulations prescribing and fix
ing the compensation of county Off
cials, a subject within the law-making
power, not shown to be violative OF
organic law"
The case marked the second at
tempt of the county officers involved
to throw out Of the statutes any lim-
itation of the emoluments of their Of
flee. The first fight was waged on the
act of the 1919 legislature, and the
officials won. The 1921 legislature
again tackled the measure and, ac-
cording to the supreme courts de-
cision today, enacted provisions that
will stick.
A vigorous fight centered about the
measure in the last legislature. The
law provides, briefly, that the net
earnings of these officers working on
the fee basis shall be limited to $4,000
ANNUALLY, with the exception of coun-
ties with a population Of 100000 OF
more, where the limit is fixed al
81 500. Duval is the only county al
present to come in the 100, 900 class
The statute provides that the Of
ficers shall continue to receive all the
fees accruing to the Offices up to
fixed amount below the maximum
Then they receive. a certain percent
age of the fees, the percentage regu.
lating downward until the limit is
reached.
Opponents OF the bill are under
stood to have centered their legisla'
tive and legal fight on the grounds
that the bill is discriminating in its
provisions. In quite number o
smaller counties, it is pointed out, tn,
act will not serve TO curtail the earn
lings of the officers, as their net rev
enue will not even reach the $1,000
limit, while those OF the larger coun
ties are held within the limit allowet
the smaller counties,
/ In the larger counties marked re
lduction is made in the earnings 0
1.-THE fee officers; in a number Of case
las much as $4,000 or $4,000 annual
lily. The tax assessor In one of tn
Ilarger counties is said to have receiv
"A approximately $4,000 year under
10 Old system.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
CREDIT DUE KING GEORGE
FOR MAKING GOOD SPEECH

London, Aug. 15.-So many of King
Georges speeches are written for him
by his ministers as all the world
knows, that he never gets credit for
the good speeches he thinks up him
self. People always say: The speech
was all right, but some one else wrote
it for him."
This is not always true. In every
thing that relates to affairs of state
he speaks only through the mouths
of his responsible ministers, and the
speech from the throne" delivered
when Parliament shuts down. is far
from thrilling production. And
it is not his.
But King George made Il really good
address the other day in London at
the opening of the fine new building
of the London City Council. He
dwelt upon the wisdom of the men
of past ages in erecting fine buildings
in their cities and drew a picture of
the necessity of the vested authority
being adequately housed, as autho"-
ity meanly housed would be meanly
esteemed.
1t would be difficult to emphasize
too strongly the Importance of eff
cient local government to the general
well being of the country. the King
said and the handsome edifice of the
London County Council should stimu-
late the development of that sense
of citizenship so difficult and yet so
imperative to cultivate.
His Majesty undoubtedly wrote this
speech himself, and it has been most
favorably commented upon; neverthe
less he is getting little credit for it,
The world thinks it is the product of
some minister whose mouthpiece was
King George.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
SOFT COAL STRIKE ENDS With
SIGNING AGREEMENT BETWEEN
OPERATORS AND MINERS TODAY
SOME FISH YARN

Seattle, Aug. 15.-A sword fish
drove its sword through a six inch
plank in the hull of the Barken-
tine Monitor, her master Aft Han
sen, relates.
Capt. Hansen says the attack on
the ship was made somewhere in
the South Sea but that it was not
discoVereI until the Monitor was
docked at San Francisco to learn
why she leaked.
"The swordfish evidently took
the Monitor for a whale" said
Capt. Hansen, "as that is the
swordfish's favorite method of at
tacking the big mammals; making
dive and coming up from under
meath with great momentum. We
found the sword minus the teeth,
in the plank"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
roo MUCH FIRE WATER.

Calexico, Cal, Aug. 15.-The govern
ment proved the wisdom of Poor Lo"
in naming liquor fire water some
centuries ago. One hundred gallons
of liquor. cnofiscated by federal Gus
toms officers was ordered emptied in
the shade and when the liquor spat-
tered on the pavement is burst into
flames from the heat of the SUMS
rays.
The authorities moved to another
location and started pouring more in
to the gutter Immediately It burst
into flames and the flames flashed
up the stream of liquor and exploded
one of the tanks. The fire water was
then poured directly into the sew
90 ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
BIG DAY AT CAMP JOHNSTON

Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 15.--Today
was the big" day at Camp Johnston
where the two weeks annual tour
of duty OF the Florida National guard
is nearing it's close. 1t was Govern
or's day and Gov. Hardee and numer-
GUS members Of his personal staff
were at the camp to review the troops
this afternoon.
The governor arrived last night
indications this afternoon were that
the weather would not be. propitous
for the review. Rain began falling
at eleven O'Clock in Jacksonville and
the sky was overcast.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
MARKS LOW ERR

New York, Aug 15.-German marks
are quoted today by local banks and
foreign exchange houses at ten for
a cent, the lowest price ever recorded.
The normal or pre-war price of mark
was 23S cents. The price later dropped
to nine and three-quarter cents per
hundred marks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
HERE'S The LATEST.

Columbus, Ohio, Aug. ia local
taxicab company today advertised air
plane service to all parts of the Unit
ed States.
Business men wishing to make a
quick trip to Chicago or New York
or other parts are advised in the adj
vertisement that if they telephone
the taxicab company it will send a
cab to take them to the landing field.
An airplane kept several miles
away will arrive at the landing field
al approximately the same time.
The airplane is of five passenger
capacity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
!. COAL nEALERs no Nicer.

Tallahassee, Aug. 15.-Soft coal
dealers and large consumers have
been invited to meet with the state
railroad commission here tomorrow
TO discuss distribution of coal made
necessary because Of the strike of coal
miners
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
This Means Drastic Action

Drastic Action
15sBy Associated Pes)Presdent Harding
declared
will given the full
lection and aid of the government
President determined sad that the only the
of the strike
the federal
with the states would stand behind them
their they directed toward serving the public
is
within with comphen
including buH
ave metth governments settlement
would include recommendations
before and the
situation viewed by the government
advisers "havng his back
nothing further through
tiaion.
continued leaders
labor
called out strike These
striking
striking Foremost the
OF the brother
settlement with the
inclination toward compromise The
President and his cabinet today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
COAL STRIKE ENDS

Cleveland, Aug. lb.-(By the Asso-
ciated Press Both operators and
miners this afternoon ratified an
to bring about a part set
Element Of the soft coal strike, The
formal signing OF the agreement went
oYexs until q Joint conference, this af-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15

High Tension at Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, N. Mex, Aug. 15.-Las
Vegas was at a high tension today.
For two days the town has been
without trains, mails or fresh food
stuffs.
The state police, armed with ma
chine guns, were expected momen-
tarily, but officials said they feared
an outbreak before reinforcements
arrived.
Approximately $50 persons. railway
shop employees, guards and their
wives and children were virtually
prisoners in the railroad stockade
here and the union strikers were main
tanning pickets outside.
Governor Boyle who has been here
for several days addressed the strik"
ers late yesterday afternoon deliver.
> ing warning against Psychic jag
He told them clash between strik-
ers and non-union employees or be-
tween strikers and officials might
lead to something uncomfortable.
Expert Decision Today
Washington, Aug. 15.-Visible activ-
tiles here in the rail situation today
were confined to the mediation efforts
of the chairmen of the Big -Four broth
. erhood organizations in whose hands
(Ahe striking shopcraft have placed
heir case.
The chairmen who late yesterday
spent more than an hour in conference
with President Harding, again this
morning went into conference.-the
s representatives of the striking unions
The only hint of what might be ex'
pected came from L. E. Sheppard
president of the Conductors brother
1 hood and spokesmen for the union
chiefs, who said one of the matters to
be considered today would be whether
the labor men would ask for further
conference with all the executives OF
to meet committee.
Another matter in which a decision
{ might come today. according to Mr.
Sheppard, was the release of the shop
crafts reply to Mr. Harding, which
previously had been declared rejec
ton of his proposal to- have the whole
matter Of seniority rights referred t.
the Railroad Labor Board for deter
mination, and the botherhoods' owl
representative who was said to main
tain that the fundamental rights 0
3 the men on strike are more involves
than the question of seniority.
Deny jacksonville Reports
Jacksonville, Aug. 15.-R. M. Spark
man, secretary OF the local lodge 0
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers today denied reports curren
last night that members Of the BIZ
Four OF the railroads entering Jack
sonville, would notify the railroad
today they would refuse to operat
trains If guards are not withdraw
from the railroad property here
Sparkman said the subject was di
cussed at length at mass nieetin
( OF the brotherhoods last night but n
action was taken.
Feel Effecto Tie-up.
San Francisco, August 15.~( BY tn
Associated Press From the Cana
dian boundary lines south almost t
the Mexican border the Pacific coas
states today felt q bitter pinch fror
the railway tieups which have bee
degeloping lifting and clamping dow
again since Thursday night
Passengers who had bean mar0on&
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15
PRESIDENT HARDING DECIDES TO
AFFORD NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OPERATION OF RAIL SCHEDULES
States Will Be Asked To Cooperate With the
Federal Authorities In Making 1t Possible
To Resume the Usual Activities of Rail
~. and Passenger Transportation

Washington August l5(y the Associated Press)Presidnt
Harding will place the rail strike situation before congress and before
the country within forty -eight hours officially announced at
the White House this afternoon.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15

San FranciscO. August Ib.--7l BY the
Associated Press) From the Cana
dian boundary lines south almost to
the Mexican border the Paciflc coast
states today felt bitter pinch from
The railway tieups which have been
deBeloping lifting and clamping down
6esin since Thufsday night.
Passengers VINO had besn mafooned
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-08-15

Developments today in the coal
strike situation included:
Wage scale agreement between min
ers and operators in conference at
Cleveland expected to be signed this
afternoon.
Formal call for meeting tomorrow
at Philadelphia between miners and
anthracite operators to be issued to-
day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Possessive and Apestrophe

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Lcdocr:
S!r--Kindly advise me which is correct in
the following:
Mr.. Jones address wa. we'll received
Or MIR. Jonts's address was well received,
and the rule for the posse.sive in this par-
ticuar case. A. C. D.
Philadelphia, May I. 1922
Strictly speaking. and in observance OF
grammatical rule laid down by hlrh au-
thority the second forni-"Mr. Jones's ad-
dress preferable. adams Sherman Hill.
former Bo:lston professor Of rhetoric and
oratory in Harvard University. in a text
book used in the public schools. discusses
the posscssvs case of nouns. He says:
According 10 the best usage. proper names
ending in S Ior tho sound OF 81, IL but
one syllsb bic long. add s. after the apos-
trophc. as 'Burns's.' 'James's.' 'Afies's' So
do names OF two syllable when the sound
Of the additional q Is not disa greeable TO
the ear. az 'Dickens's.' Horace's' Phil
lips's.' Since. however. ears differ. no hard
and fast rule can be laid down. 'Hastings's'
for example. has too many SIS for most
ears. but perhaps no, for all"
Euphony, or what Is agreeable 10 the
ear. after all, plays an important par,
mon nouns, We say, for example. not "for
sake" Nor would we say for goodness's
sake" but FOR Soodn-ss' sake" etc. In
the sentence quoted by our correspondent
either form probably would pass muster in
what generally is regarded as good usage."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Soma for Mothers Day

To Tire Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-In looking over some Old songs that
I sang forty years ago came across one
which l translated. thinking 1t would be
appropriate for Mothers Day. and IL you
think SO. too. would you publish IT.
MRS. G. n. RANDOLPH.
Germanto May 8. 1922.
A SONG OF MOTHER
II with a mother you arc blessed.
iive thanks TO God ana b. contented.
Not every one in this wido world
Has such a Happiness extended.
II 4 dear old mother you still have.
Treat her with kindness and be blessed.
Then she may lay her weary head in
Peace for her eternal rest"
When first you came into this world
She watched Ger you with anxious long
ing:
At eve she cuddled- you TO sleep.
And. kissing. walked you in the morning
A nd were you sick she nursed you through
Watched all the symptoms. prayed the
most;
And IL all others gave up hone.
Your mother never deemed you lost
From her you've learned your first small
verse.
Learned how to speak Rnd what TO say.
She folded both your little hands
And taught YOU how TO sing and pray.
She guided still your infan,'s mind:
Watched faithful through the days Of
youth.
70 mother sive your thanks alone
II you still walk the paths OF truth.
And II your mothers gone to ''rest,
And she no more with kindness meet.
You can nt least her carly grave
Bedeck with flowers and sarlands sweet
4 mothers grave. a holy grsve.
For you an over-sacrcd place:
Go hurry there to this dear spot.
II threatened with life's maddenins pace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
THOMAS d. PARKE.
Philadelphia. May |. 1922.
Where the Gain In Daylight Saving?

To tie Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir---Since we have been working
under this unnatural. useless and artl-
fetal system. | have obtained the view {,
of "A large number Of people as to their
attitude toward this new farcical law
They gave their inyariable opinion of II
as n stupid and useless manipulation OF
the clock.
4 man who has arisen ar 6 o cloCG
now arises an hour earlier and burn.
ntir his gas. Wherein do We save:
They get home an hour earlier, is the
reply. Wherein is the gain:
To be driven to bed like a lot Of chii-
drcn IN order to save an hour IL II
-cnsclpsS idea and profits no one. cSpc-
cally H. they must listen to medley
Of inhnrmonious noises from a billiard
room in the rear. as the writer docs.
mingled with the jazz music on several
monographs from thOughtlcss people
who have no regard for the limitation
Of standard or artificial time.
In the morning we awaken with tn"
sensation that we have been robbed %,
an hour OF res, and hurry to our bus-
ness duties with an unrested mind ami
tired body. Wherein is the gain: Ted
us. il You can, The letter carriers are
lnaltcrubly opposed 10 the measure. 70.
they need their rest If any one does.
WM. II. SAILOR.
Philadelphia May 3. 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Helps VI: ;,.
digestion
-Qnd cleans q
coated tongue

Thousands of men and women
have found relief from various
digestive disturbances by eating
rleischmann's Yeast.
It is human nature to want to
md out why" So far as science
can tell US this is the reason:
y Fleischmann's Yeast is a food
abundant in certain elements
which arc necessary to health and
Ne itself. 1t promotes the flow Of
bile and of pancreatic juice. 1t has
4 remarkably beneficial effect on
the whole digestive process. 1t
cleans a coated tongue.
Try Fleischmann's fresh yeast
IN orange juice or in milk. Men
like 1t in milk shakes and matted
pilks. Women like it spread on
bread or crackers.
Keepyour digestion in the pink
Of condition and your tongue clean
and healthy by eating or 3 cakes
Of Fleischmann's Yeast fresh
everyday before or between meals.
BE sure it's Fleischmann' Yeast
the familiar tin-foil package with
the yellow label. Place a standing
ofder with your grocer today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-08
Calls Prohibition q Failure

TO the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger;
Sfr-Rofcrrng TO the letter Of Will
liam Parker printed in the People =
Forum in the issue of the EVENING
PUELIC LEDGER Of May . may tho
writer submit the following:
Mr.. Parker astounds W. with his list
OF statistics, but they don't mean any
thing. lie says. Give prohibition q
chance II has had all the chance il
ever will have. and is doomed to fail.
ure. To Offset his statement regarding
the insane. may we state that the su.
pcrintcndent OF police in this city re.
Gently gave out a statement showing
that arrests for drunkenness had dou-
blcd in some districts since prohibition
has been in force mot cnforccd). Not
many months ago our jail was over.
crowded. and today. as in the past tive
wears. crimes Of all sorts is running
rampant. And. Mr. Parker says, mos
Of the lawlessness is a reaction Of tn,
war" Bah WHY blame IL on "thr