Lakeland Evening Telegram
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LAKELAND, FLA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1920
N. 118
e.000 ROANOK
SHOPMEN WENT
Oil STRIKE Or
SYM PATHY
NOON TODAY
F PflESfDEKT SOON
I" TO I Pllir rn rs
lULtAVtrUK
STRIKE CALLED IN SYMPATHY
WITH CLERKS WHO ABE OUT
BECAUSE TWO NON-UNION
WORKMEN EMPLOYED
, (By Associated Press.)
Roanoke. March 31. Six thousand
organized workers of the Roanoke
shops of the Norfolk and Western
Railway were ordered to strike at
I noon today in sympathy with clerks
fho walked out' after the company
lrefused to discharge to non-union
workers accused by the clerks of in
sulting a woman employe.
WOODS HOLE, MASS.
(By Associated Press )
Woods Hole, Mass., March 31.
Members of the White House staff
here are arranging for the arrival of
the President and his official family
about June 1st.
CENSUS
ENUMERATION GIVES
LAKELAND
POPULATION
Send Ultimatum
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, March 31. Socialist lead
ers have sent an ultimatum to the
government demanding the immediate
suspension of military measures in
the Ruhr district under threat of re
newing a general strike. Three
o'.clock Thursday was the time-limit
set.
OF ONLY
7.062 RECOUNT
r
PROBABLY BE DEMANDED
LIBERTY BONDS AS CURRENCY
Senator Frelinehuvsen nrnnosPH an
llssue of up to thirty bilion dollars
north of bonds to be exchanged for
liberty bonds of the first, second, third
knd fourth issues, at the option of the
holders of the liberty bonds. The
Proposed issue would bear interest at
1-2 per cent, be payable in fifty
mars and be exempt from all national
ktate and local taxes, except estate
knd inheritance tax. .
The Tribune believes that the sug
gestion made a year ago by Samuel
lRogers ot Washington to be far sup-
lerior to the Frelinghuysen plan. We
have published this plan, before, have
Icommented on it, and have recom-
nended it for the consideration of
Icongross. , The need is great for a
istabilizing of the values of national
udebtedness certificates, and until
he promise of the government made
today is redeemed in values promised.
even if redeemed a hundred years aft
er, there is going to be unrest and
Mistrust in many circles.
The Rogers plan can best be pres
ented by republishing a letter printed
The Tribune last May, after it had
beeit Bent to Secretary of the Treas
ury Hon. Carter Glass. It reads as
follows-
When the government of the Uni
ted States gives assurances that ail
pf its financial obligations will be pro-
Ite ted, then the last dollar of every
'",u, WUAOU Will UD at IUO ULUUittllU
of tlie government. Should congress
authorize an issue of liberty bond cer-
Itiflcates with a currency value like
iie old silver certificates, the face
lvalue of all bonds would be main
lined. The liberty bond certificates,
p representatives of the liberty now
In existence, should have a date for
' demilHnn nnri hoar 9 nor nnnt in.
J ' hum WVU M LV.l V ...
i-rest and payable at maturity of cer-
1'jficates would be equal to any 'other
form of currency, with an increasing
Interest value until redeemed. Tam
M Tribune ,
Attack Police Barracks
(By Associated Press.)
Skiberren. County Cork, Ireland
March 31: Over one hundred armed
men attacked the police barracks at
Durrus with rifles and petrol bombs
last noght and a portion of the build
ing was destroyed. Two policemen
were wounded before the attack was
repulsed.
Forest Fires Menace Property
(By Associated Press )
Cumberland, Md., March 31 Hay
stack, Polish and Knobley mountains
are ablaze from forest fires hich U
a difficult fight on account of the high
winds.
To Consider High Rentals in Ohio
(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, 0., March 31. Gover
nor Cox called the city solicitors of
the State and the State Attorney Gen
eral to meet him Thursday to consid
er the rental situation as a result of
complaints of excessive rent increases
over the state.
DESPITE CITY'S TREMENDOUS GROWTH, PRESENT FIGURES
GIVE LESS POPULATION THAN TOWN
HAD FIVE YEARS AGO
CONGRESSMAN
D
TAKING
MATTER
EIS
UP TO SECURE
R UN
T
Preposterous to Believe That With Large Influx of New Residents,
That Town Has Decreased in Population
During Past 5 Years
S SOON TO
HAVE FIRST LEGAL
HANGING IN 50 YEARS
AMALGAMATING
DEPARTMENT STORES
Washington, March 31.Amalgama-
tt of department Btores in England
noted in official trade reports re
eved here as the latest development
tendency toward combination In
F branch of England's nflHnnnl ln-
ptrles. Big stores, especially those
we more important cities, aw Com
bing through imrnhami nr rnnanl!-
Nn and already it has become ap-
"ru to some observeis that the
Jwiness soon will be concentrated In
control of a few big interests.
1M American Chamber of Com-
SiT0e in Tnfln
k largest flfnnrfmfi-n sfnroa nf that
p recently absorbed three competl-
r and has branched out in South
'nca throueh Mia fttwrnln of a
rwtabllshmeat in Buenos Aires
W " ""6
jR force Is becoming more real-
England." the report said.
; movement towards amalgama
C ig nt expected to destroy com
pon, though it may tend to nar-
" "a scope. '
The rtML., n ,
v wurs on rTeeraasonry in
1 yntted States was written by Ben-
, " 'ranitnn and published as "The
C of Constitution."
(By Associated Press.)
Leavenworth,. Kan.,. March 31.
Robert F. Stroud, of Juneau, Alaska,
will be the first man legally hanged
tin Kansas in almost 50 years unless
IFresident Wilson saves him by exer
leiseof executive clemency.
The last legal hanging in this state
took place in 1870 and the death pen
alty was abolistied in Kansas in 1907;
but Stroud was tried and convicted In
federal courts for a murder commit
ted in the federal penitentiary here
8nd sentencedunder federal law to bo
hanged.
Another unusual feature of the case
is the fact that he would have escaped
with life imprisonment if he had not
insisted upon 8 third trial which re
sulted in a death sentence. If it ia
carried out, he will be the first man
to be executed in Leavenworth prison.
Stroud was serving a 12-year sen
tence in. the penitentiary for the kill
ing of a man in Alaska In a quarrel
over a dance hall girl, when in 1916
he attacked Andrew E. Turner, a
prison guard, and stabbed him to
death with a dagger which he had
made from a table knife, and carried
in a concealed pocket in his coat.
Stroud asserted subsequently that
Turner had called him a name.
For this killing Stroud had three
trials. In the first he was found guil
ty of murder and sentenced to death,
but the court of appeals remanded
the case on the ground that the trial
judge had failed to inform the Jury
of its privilege of bringing in a "qual
ified verdict" limiting his punishment
to life imprisonment. In the second
trial the Jury availed itself of this
Hegal provleion and sentenced him for
life. Stroud's lawyers felt that tttey
had gained a victory, but at the pris
oner's insistence the case was again
appealed, and at his third trial Stroud
was once more found guilty and sen
tenced to death. The case was car
ried to the United States Supreme
Court which affirmed the sentence.
Stroud has been aided by his moth
er. Mrs. Elizabeth Stroud, who came
from Alaska in an effort to save his
1'fe. She appealed to President Wil
son to commute the death sentence.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 31. Lakeland
census 7,062; increase 3,343, or 89.9
per cent.
The first news of Lakeland's cen
sus figures came in a special wire to
the Evening Telegram from the As
sociated Press. The count was fin
ished at Washington at 11 o'clock- and
the message was delivered at this of
fice at 11:36.
We were somewhat prepared for
disappointment, knowing the tend
ency of census figures to be lower
than anticipated; but we wre
shocked when it was discovered that
the count showed only 7,062 person
In Lakeland, an increase over the
Federal census of 1910 of 3,343, or
89.9 per cent.
What were regarded as conserve:
five estimates have been placing our
population at 10,000. We have
doubted that the count would show
that figure, but 'firmly believed that
the 9,000 mark would have been
passed. It will be a great disappoint
ment to Lakeland people to know that
we are on record as having from two
to three thousand fewer inhabitants
than had been estimated.
No one will bolieve these figures are
right. We do not pretend to say
where the error or errors were made.
We do not criticise the enumerators,
whose work was conscientiously done
so far as we know. TIi-to may have
been errors in tabulation, or in some
of the sereval processes through
which such figures reach the final
count. That there has been a very
grave error seems patent; and the
most convincing proof of this is the
fact that the State census of 1915
gave Lakeland a population of 7,287.
In other words the present figures
show that Lakeland has less popula
tion by 225 now than in 1915. There
is not a man, woman or child in the
community who does not know that
such a claim is preposterous. The
growth of Lakeland in the past five
years has been a matter of State-wide
notoriety. The Chamber of Com
merce has a list of 500 new people
brought here during the past year
through its agency alone.
Everybody who has lived here the
past five years knows the city has
grown steadily, and since the close of
the war this growth has been marvel
ous. ' t
Congressman H. J. Draue was seen
In relation to the matter, and declared
that it is manifest an error has been
made. He received a telegram this
afternoon confirming the flgureo sent
out by the Associated Press, and im
mediately wired his secretary as fol
lows: "George W. Safford, Secretary,
Room 309 House Office Building,
Washington, D. C.
"Your wire giving census figures.
Manifectlly a serious error committed,
as figures show less than state census
of 1915, and growth since State cen
sus is notorious. Please ask Director
of Census for re-checking, and to ad
vise you under what conditions re
count may bo had.
HERBERT J. DRAKE, M. C."
It is possible that a recount may
be granted, but, of course, it is im
possible to give a recount to every
community that may think it has been
slighted, and good grounds for such
action must be submitted. We will
have the aid of Mr. Drane and Mr.
Trammoll in any effort to give us
Justice, and we know we may count
on Mr. Fletcher's assistance also.
Whether an official recount is grant
ed or not, we believe the Chamber of
Commerce and Rotary Club should
combine in an effort to rectify this
matter, as far as it can be done, and
If nothing else is accomplished, we
can have the satisfaction of knowing
what our population really Is. We be
lieve 100 men will be willing to volun
teer for this work, and In that event
the census may be taken in a couple
of hours, on a designated day.
MOTHER AND FIVE GEORGIA WANTS
CHILDREN
Ml
WITH THROATS GUT:
T
I
TERM
(By Associated Press )
Elk City, Okla., March 31. Five
children and their mother, Mrs. El
mer Cowart, were found dead with
their throats cut and heads crushed,
in a tent in nhich they lived near
here today. A bloody axe and razor
were found nearby.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, March 31. President Wil
son's name has been filed with the
State Democratic committee as a can
didate at the. preferential 'primaries.
A petition with 118 names was filed
by H. B. Baylor, of Atlanta. Robert
Lansing and Senator Reed have been
LOOTING FREIGHT TRAINS
IN AUSTRIA
(By Associated Press )
Vienna. March 31. Looting of
freight trains particularly of food
stuffs and wearing apparel goes on
unchecked throughout Austria. Ua
less convoyed, it is said, a shipment
stands little chance of coming through
Intact. The robbers seem well or
ganized and armed and often so nu
merous as to resist arrest.
Gift cargoes from other European
states seem the favorite plunder, and
according to report- much of the stol
en goods has been found for sale in
the open market.
A large consignment of this char
acter from Sweden arrived this week
asked If they desire their names to go
.on the ballot. The petition was filed
'without the President's knowledge.
'and when the well-arranged food par
cels, containing flour, fats and other
! staples, were opened it was found
that a portion of the fat and flour
had been skillfuly removed from each
package and a sack of Austrian sal;
substituted to make up the requisite
weight .
One of the most remarkable boun
daries .in the world is thai between
Alaska and Canada. The line follows
the meridian without the slightest de
viation, regardless of mountains,
swamps, and forests,, and markers
have been set up. at. points, vtslblo
from each other over the whole 600
miles length of the boundary.
EDW. WARFIELD
EX - GOV. OF
MARYLAND
DIED TODAY
(By Associated Press )
Baltimore, March 31. Edwin War
field, governor of Maryland from 1904
to 1908, died here today aged 73. He
had been ill three months.
INTEREST IN
SUFFRAGE
SHIFTED TO
MISSISSIPP
(By Associated Press.)
Jackson, Miss., March ,31. Inter
est in the woman suffrage fight has
shifted from Delaware to Mississippi
today with Governor Russell appear1
ing before the House to urge that
body to concur in the Senate's action
yesterday in ratifying the Anthony
amendment. Suffragists are confident
that Mississippi will reverse the pre
vious rejection, but antis point to the
former overwhelming defeat of the
measure by the House, which they
say can not be overturned.
Democratic leaders, Including Sec
retary Daniels, Wm. J. Bryan, and
Chairman Cummings deluged the leg
islators with telegrams urging rati
fication in order that the Democratic
legislature might cast the deciding
vote. A vote is expected late today.
AURORA NOTED
MARCH 22(10
EXPLAINED BY
ASTRONOMER
(By Associated Press )
Philadelphia, March 31. The earth
was pasing through the outer con
fines of the corona or exterior
envelope of the Bun on the night of
March 22 when the inhabitants of the
northern portion of the United States
witnessed the great aurora In the
skies, says Professor Monroe B. Snyder-
director of the Philadelphia Ob
servatory. The astronomer declared In a
statement to the Associated Press
that the ''universal force of radio
action' on the Bun "hurled the final
atoms of an explosion, namely, elec
trified hydrogen and probably helium,
straight to earth."
Professor Snyder's observation?
follow:
"The recent aurora Is a fine indi
cation of the explosive atomic disin
tegration which takes place at the
surface of the sun and is responsible
for Its prominences, spots, and co
rona. Our discovery of the magnitude
and precise atomic order of the ex
plosion of the chemical elements in
the sun, and in the stars generally,
loads to conceptions of the eurrorn
and the accompanying magnetic anil
electric stormR, which are beyond any
doubt as to their validity.
"During the hours of Monday night,
last, the earth was, In a very true
sense, and to the delight of us all.
passing through the outer confines of
the solar corona. The same universal
force of redlo-actlon which disinte
grates the atoms In stupendous local
ised Krakatoas, or Mont Pelees, on
the sun, and produces the hydrogen
of the coronal streamers, then also
hurled the final atoms of that explo
sion, namely, electrified hydrogen,
end probably helium, straight to the
earth.
"Only within about a month of the
equinox, vernal, or autumnal- Is the
earth in an obrital position to be thus
successfully bombarded. The moving
electric hydrogen is. of. course,, an
electric current, and Is therefore
carried toward the poles of the earth
and round them by the earth's mag
netic force. The fascinating colors
of the aurora are due to the changing
electric excitation of the hydrogen
and other gases. The theory of Ve
gard, the Swedish physicist, which
has explained the wonderful curtained
FRANCE DEIS
REQUEST OF
GERMANY FOR
TROOPS III
RUHR DIST.
INSURGENTS REFUSE TO DISARM
AND ATTACKS ON NORTHERN
FRONT ARE CONTINUING
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, March 31. The German re
quest to be allowed to send troops to
the Ruhr district In the neutral ton
near' the German border has been de
nied by France.
(By Associated Press)
The Hague, March 31. Rebellion
German workmen resumed their at
tack on Wesel, according to a dis
patch to the Nieuwe Courant at Rot
terdam . Hamm, in West Phalia, and
several other places are reported to
bave been plundered. A general strike
has been proclaimed in Essen, advices
say, and is being carried out in tall
force.
CHURCHES MAY FORM
BOARD OF ENSORSHIP
(By Associated Press.)
Knoxrille. Tenn.. March 31. The
Holston conference of the Methodist
church has decided to present at the
General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church at Des Moines In
May, a memorial for a Christian board
of censorship of moving pictures. All
Protestant churches are asked to co
operate.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, March 31. A revolution
has broke out all over Turkey except
in Constantinople, Pester Lloyd, of
Budapest, says- according to a Basle
dispatch to the Fournier Agency here.
Disregard Order
(By Associated Press )
Berlin, March 31, A report from
the rebel military headquarters at
Muenster says the government's ul
timatum to insurgents to disarm has
been disregarded generally and at
tacks on the northern front are con
tinuing and reinforcements have been
brought up by insurgents.
Pass To Second Reading
(By Associated Press.)
London, March 31. The House of '
Commons has passed to the second
reading the Irish Home Bill today..
Butts Lumber Co., Destroyed at
Glrard, Ala.
Oirard, Ala., March 31. Fire de
stroyed the Butts Lumber Co. Los
one hundred thousand.
If the appetite of man were equiva
lent to that of a spider, he could eat
a prize ox In twenty-four hours, and
yet call for a ''snack" before going to
bed.
Septimus Winner, the Philadelphia
composer, was pald $315 for his fam
ous song. "Listen to the Mocking
Bird." His publishers made $3,000,
000 out of It.
auroras as due to hydrogen particles,
of positive electric charge, Is now
shown to be unquestionably true, In,
that it is but a logical result of the
explosive eruption of the electric hy
drogen from the sun.
"The well-known delay, or lac la
time, between thesolar eruption ond
the appearance of the magnetic
storm, and accompanying aurora, on
the earth, of about 45 hours, la due
to the time taken for the hydrogen
atoms to travel from the sun to the
earth. The rate of travel la about
575 miles per second, or somewhat in
excess of the .rate of the upward
movement of the gases in some of the
great solar prominences.
"The numerous and complex detail
of the auroral phenomena are found
thus to receive, for the first time.'
reasonable explanation. Additions!
confirmation of this explanation If
given by the fact that our discover
also prove that all the element
atoms, so wonderfully explosiv 'n
the stars, are structural product ;
hydrogen."
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