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LAKELAND, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1920
BOOST REMEMBER THAT SATIN STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN
JlORIDA CONGRESSMEN WILL
REFUTE THE ASPERSIONS CAST
ON STATE BEFORE COMMITTEE
No. 53
vklejs Assertions Regarding
Outrages Against Negroes in
Fbrida Made by Witnesses for
tbe Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People-South
ern Congressmen make Denial
of Charges.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 31. Members of
Florida delegation announced to
that they expected to go before
House census committee next
ek and refute the charges of dis
inflation against negro voters in
it state made by the representatives
the National Association for the
hancement of the Colored People.
Walter F. White, assistant - secre-
Vy of the organization,, aroused a
vm of protest yesterday when he
Verted before the committee that the
Uority 6t the whites In many south
communities were lawless. Rep-
Wtatives Larsen of Georgia, Bee
Texas and As well of Louisiana, ob-
tad to the .reception of such state-
tits and urged that witnesses con-
themselves to facts instead of
kading reports and unverified ru-
rs or biased opinion upon the
rd.
;hairmaa Siege! stated that the
imittee would let the witnesses
le their statements and then ques-
them afterwards.
fhite criticised election methods in
fcsonvllle and referred to the
TWO BIG ROBBERIES MARK
PROGRESS OF CRIME WAVE
HIGH OFFICERS KILLED
Cleveland, Dec. 31. W. W. Sly,
president and George Fanner, vice
president of the Sly Foundry com
pany, were killed by bandits today
who escaped with the payroll after
holding up the men at the com
pany's plant today.
BANK ROBBER KILLED
Springfield, Tenn., Dec. 31. An
unidentified man entered the Peo
pie's Bank today and got $50,000 in
bonds. He stood off the bank offi
cials and then dashed out, shooting
an officer in the leg as he ran. He
took refuge in a store room where
he was killed by the police.
SGT. HAMPTON
TRANSFERRED TO
CAMP JACKSON
Sergeant H. E. Hampton, who has
had charge of the local recruiting
station in the Deen-Bryant building
for the past year and one month, has
received a transfer that will take him
to the 11th Infantry, whit is sta
tioned at Camp Jackson, where he
has been appointed ward officer. Mrs.
Hampton and children will remain
m riot. He asserted that between I in Lakeland temporarily, as the chil
ly-two and thirty-five persons dren are in school here.
f burned at Ocoee by a mob which By the transfer Sergeant Nichols of
fire to their buildings. He also. the 60th infantry, will take charge of
the Lakeland office, which is to be
continued permanently.
Sergeant Hampton has a remark
able record for service in Uncle Sam'a
army.'figvtng" eera;"Tn the Spanish
PARSON RECEIVES
PERMISSION FOR
FLIGHTTO CALIF.
(By Associated Press.)
Douglas, Arizona, Dec. 31. Lieu
tenant Alexander Parson, winner of
the laBt year's air race across the
continent, today received official au
thority to attempt a- flight from Jack
sonville, Fla,., to San Diego, Cal., in
:4 hours. He will leave Jacksonville
Feb. 22. He plans to make the trip
in three laps, with . only , forty-five
minutes consumed in making stops.
An aviator will also start' from
San Diego for Jacksonville on the
same day. The flyers will stop only
at Houston and EI Paso, Texas.. From
Jacksonville to Houston is 804 miles;
from Houston to El Paso is 660, and
from El Paso to San Diego 615..
SMALL POX RAGES
IN EAST CHICAGO
'CAUSING SHUT IN
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Dec, 31. Half the city or
East Chicago, Ind., is under quaran
tine 'as the result of an outbreak of
smallpox yesterday. Seventy-four
j cases are reported, and,about 12,000
persons are confined in the quaran
tined area, which is inhabited mostly
ay toreigners.
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RUSSIAN REFUGEES
I TO INVADE MEXICO
MICHIGAN SOLONS ARE
ALL OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
(By Associated Press.)
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 31. Michi
gan's all-Republican sate legislature
will convene January 5. The session
will be the first one in recent years In
which the Democratic party is not
represented. Two Democrats were
l j(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Dec. 31. Sixty thou
sand Russian refugees from the
Crimea are expected in Mexico with
in 'the next few months, according
: to a report recently made to the De
partment of Agriculture by one of
its agents who has Just returned from
the Near EasU The agent declared
that many of the Russians will em
bark for Mexico within a few weeks.
(The government has signified a will
ingness to receive them.
members of the last legislature but
neither ! of them made the run this
year.. I ,
LYNCHINGS LESS NUMEROUS IN '
. YEAR 1920 THAN IN FORMER
YEARS ACCORDING TO FIGURES
DUBLIN HAD MUSICIAN
' , v WHO FIDDLED AT FIRE
(By Associated Press.)
Dublin, Dec. 31. There was a
Nero who fiddled during the burning
of Granard by the "Black, and Tans"
last week. He was a roving musician
who makes the town hi headquarters.
According to the story told in the
town; the musician, awakened by the
tumult, rushed from his lodgings with
his precious violin under his arm.
He was captured by the police, and
under threats compelled to walk
down the main street playing English
national airs while the town was
burning.
alleged outrages In
ped other
le Florida members of theHxwse
lent interrupted , the testimony
IndtlBT denials otthe -state-
jl3 .reflecting upon this state. It American war, the Philippine insur-
agreed that an opportunity should , rection and the world war. He saw
pen them to appear before the
mittee and refute White's charges.
PES
LIKELY TO
IAD CABINET OF
NEW PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press.)
prion, Dec. 3111 Irreconcileables
their inning with President elect
ling yesterday. Senator Knox, of
sylvania, throughout the treaty
one of its bitterest opponents, in
lawed Mr. Harding yesterday and
paway smiling and confident that
coming president would employ
of the timber of the Versailles
w in constructing his new league
ptions.
sely connected with the visit of
there was a conference with
M. Daughterty and Will H.
after which it was whispered
N that the name of former Jus-
Charles E.' Hughes had been vir-
agreed upon as the first in the
cabinet officers.
lere is no confirmation of this
F. but the. fitness of Hughes for
of secretary of . state is gen-
conceded, and it is agreed by
ricnds of the incoming adminis
F that it would be an approprl-
fPPointment.
Ffes G. Daws and John W.
&re beine nrominently dis-
P hi connection with the treas
Wfolio;
Nation plans were discussed
with Senator Knox, E. B.
f"4 and Jess W. Smith, secretary
f committee having the inaugu
f Plans in hand. '
seventeen months' service in France.
The unusual thing about his record is
that he has served continuously for
over thirty years and is now entitled
to retirement at any time he wishes.
This he does not intend doing, how
ever, Blnce his new appointment, and
stater, that he intends to remain in
,tlie service.
Under the direction of Sergeant
Hampton the local recruiting office
has been very successfully carried on.
In point of number of men enlisted
the Lakeland station is the third best
station in Florida. Since the Sergeant
has been in charge the number of
enlistments has been increased from
three to about twenty a month.
Twenty-four men were sent from here
into the service during the present
month.
In leaving here, Sergeant Hampton
states that he wishes to thank the
people of Lakeland and especially the
business men for the co-operation
piven him and for the friendly spirit
that has obtained throughout his stay
here.
(0 BANDITS CAPTURED
ARMY OFFICERS WHEN
HOLD UP TRAIN IN N. C.
WHITESOX PLAYERS TO
BE EXTRADITED ON A
CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
(By Associated Press )
Chicago, Dec. 31.The charge un
der which it is hoped 'to extradite the
White Sox baseball players indicted
on charges of throwing games in last
year's world series, is conspiracy, the
state's Attorney announced today.
Conspiracy is a felony and an extra
ditable'offense. PRESIDENT TO VETO
FINANCE BOARD REVIVAL
Washington, Dec. 31.-President
4Via martin-
Wilson is expected to w
tion reviving the war finance corporation.
1
'By Associated Press.)
N. C, Dec. 31. Two ne
4 up a .Norfolk and South
nger train on the Neuse
Se b.ere after midnight.
over the tender and cover
ogine crew with revolvers.
FLORIDA SHIPPERS, WIN GREAT VICTORY
IN FIGHT AGAINST DIVERSION RULE
Jacksonville, Dec. 31. Growers
and shippers of Florida won a com
plete moral victory In their confer
ence yesterday in Jacksonville with
traffic executives of southeastern and
eastern railroads on the subject of
cliversian privileges on citrus fruits
and vegetables, even though some de
tails remain to be adjusted later with
northern lines, and the case must
be heard by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. ,
A large, number of citrus and veg
etable 'growers and shippers' canife'o
Jacksonville to meet the railroad ex
ecutives. At' a preliminary conference
Welnesday night the shippers selected
a committee of their number to han
dle the presentation of their case,
which was moBt ably madetoday. J.
C Chase, president; J. H. Ross of
the .Florida Citrus Exchange, E. D.
Dow, traffic manager and George A.
Scott, sales manager of that organi
zation; John F. Thomas, George Wil
liams and W. HMouser for the Flor
ida men, made a tremendously strong
case against the proposed new re
strictions upon diversions. Dr. Ross
pleaded with the railroad men "not to
lay the last straw upon the back of.
the camel which already is overbur
dened by outrageously high freight
chargesfahd high costs of production."
The speakers were heard with grave
attention by the railroad men, who'
then adjourned to talk things over
among themselves. - -'
At 4 o'clock began an informal con.
ference of the committee and the
traffic officials. At the end of an hour
and a half the officers of southeastern
railroads announced they were-'convinced
fef the iustiCft of the caa nr'i.
sentc jnine! growers and agre4 to
withdraw their proposed new diver
sion rulaft, allowing shippers all the
former diversion privileges south of
the Ohio river, but by mutual agree
ment a charge of $5 per car will be
made for the detention of cars at di
vision points for more than forty
eight hours.
What action Will be taken hv north-
ern lines is not yet indicated. Under
the circumstances it will be necessary
for Florida shippers and the Florida
Railroad Commission to go ahead
with the contest of this case before
the examiner of the Interstate Com
merce Commission in Jacksonville on
Jan. 21, and a final hearing before
the commission inWashington on
January 31.
WELL ATTENDED NO-FENCE MEETING
AT BARTOW PERFECTS ORGANIZATION
!rs wera nntiirel hv army
f oard the train.
Trk, Dec. 31. De Valera has ! comfortably as
f afeiy in Ireland, his secre
L E Erie, a brakeman for the A.
C. L:, was injured yesterday after-,
noon at Trilby, when in starting to;
climb down from the tot .of a car on
freieht No. 208, he failed to get a
Sold on the ladder and fell to the
ground, severely bruising one hip. A
' mfnnr bruises also resulted,
ZZ ines are noU considered
serious. He was brought to the Mor
Hospital, where he is resting as
;".mv.i can be expected. Mr.
- Erie makes his home at the Orange
Bartow, Dec. 31.-i-At a well attend
ed meeting held here at the Court
House Thursday afternoon which was
called for the purpose of completing
the organization of the Polk County
No-Fence League, to be a subsidiary
and work in conjunction with the
Florida No-Fence League, the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
J. Walker Pope of Winter Haven, and
six vice-presidents as follows: H. E.
Fairchild, Crooked Lake, C. C. Martin,
Mulberry, E. L. Mack, Lakeland, Mrs.
W. L. Stillwell, Lake Hamilton, Mrs.
C. F. Gardner, Lake Alfred, and Mrs.
W. F. Hallam, Lakeland. It was also
decided that the vice-presidents shall
constitute the County Advisory Com
mittee of which the president shall be
ex-officion chairman.
After the election of officers the
meeting was thrown open for public
discusion, and the question was asked
by someone as just what was meant
by "No-Fence", and the question was
Answered by an explanation that at
present the assessed valuation of
range stock in the state is less than
two per cent of the total assessed
value of all property In the state, and
under existing laws any property such
as groves, farms and truck gardens
must be fenced against depredations
of the free range stock and even
when fencd are not safe, but under
the proposed changes of these laws
the cattle, hogs' or whatever stock it
might be capable of destroying prop
erty of other people would have to be
fenced in or else the owner would
have to provide other meaw to pre
vent his animals from- doing depreda
tion to the property of others. At
tention was called in particular to the
fact that at present if an autoist
through no fauit of his own kills a
cow on the public highway he must
pay for the cow, while if he under ex
actly the Bame conditions runs over
and kills a child it is an accident,
proving that cattle at present are giv
en more privileges than human be
ings. , j
A paper endorsing the No-Fence
movement was presented and read
and proved of much interest. This
paper was from Dundee which has a
total registration of 43 voters and
everyone had signed It.
Among those present and taking ac
tive part in the discussions were J.
W. Sample of Haines City and Vet L.
Brown of Bartow, respectively Presi
dent and Secretary of the Florida No
Fence League, J. Forrest Caldwell, T.
T. Hatton, J. G. Gallemore of Bar
tow; J. C. Swindell, A. J. Holworthy,
Mrs. W. F. Hallam, Mr. Williams,
of Lakeland; Dr. M. Sample of Haines
City; Mrs. Stillwell of Lake Hamil
ton, Mrs. Huie of Dundee and Mrs.
Gardner of Lake Alfred. 1
Now that the Polk County organiza
tion is complete and judging from
sentiment expressed from all sections
this county is going to be a very val
uable adjunct to the state organiza
tion in getting the matter before the
Legislature this spring, for the pur
pose of obtaining such legislation that
will enable the people of the State
to say by their votes whether or not
the proposed changes shall be made.
Any persons throughout the State
wishing to aid In this movement may
get further Information by addressing
either the President or Secretary of
the State organization.
MANY JUBILEES
CELEBRATED
COMING YEAR
Washington, D. 1 C, Dec. 31.
Among the Roman Catholic prelates
in the United States th$ year about to
begin will be prolific in celebrations
ot Jubilees and anniversaries marking
the milestones in their respective ca
reers' in the' church. Dignitaries of
all ranks, from bishop to cardinal,
will be, represented in the list' of cele
brants, v-;'-;',' 'V
In May Cardinal O'Connell of Boa
ton will, observe his twentieth year
as a bishop and later In the year will
see the tenth anniversary of his ele
vation to thi cardinalate. .
Rt ; Rev . Theophile Meershchaer t,
bishop of Oklahoma, will celebrate tlfe
thirtieth anniversary of his 'consecra
tion; and . alsV his golden jubilee in
tho tiriefithnflfl . An nth or nroloto .nti.n
wyfo&cii4atM
the bishropric Ja Rt. Rev. 'Christo
pher E. Byrne, bishop of Galveston'.
Archbishop Glennon of St. Louis
will reach his twenty-fifth annivers
ary in the bishopric. Other prelates
to "celebrate their episcopal silver
Jubilees are Bishops Hobun of Scran
ton, O'Dea of Seattle, and O'Gorman
of Sioux Falls.
Bishop O'Connor of Newark, N. J.,
will celebrate the twentieth anniver
sary of his consecration and Bishops
Morris of Little Rock and Walsh of
Portland, Me., wiil attain their fif
teenth anniversary in the episcopate.
Those who will celebrate the tenth
anniversary of their consecration are
Bishrops Schrembs of Toledo. Ward
of Leavenworth, and Gunn of Natchez
On August 11 the Most Rev. James '.
.T TfAfino will rnmnlfltn o ,1 n ,1 A n I
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strvlce as archbishop of Dubuque.
The Rt. Rev. J. Henry Tlhen, for
merly bishop of Lincoln and now head
of the Denver diocese, will also ob
serve the tenth anniversary of bis
consecration. '
Bishops McDevitt of Harrisburg.,
Brossart of Covington, and Lawler of
Lead, S. Dak., will observe the fifth !
anniversary of their consecration. 1
In September the Rt. Rev. Henry'
Gabriels, the venerable bishop of Og
densburg, will complete sixty years In
the priesthood. In July Archbishop
Messmer of Milwaukee will celebrate
his secerdotal golden Jubilee. Bishop
Allen of Mobile and the Rt. Rev. Jo
seph, R. Conroy, auxiliary bishop of
Ogdensburg, will celebrate the for
tieth annlyersary of their ordination.
Five prelates will celebrate their
thirty-fifth lyear in the pfriesthood.
They are Bishops Tlhen of Denver,
Kelley of Grand Rapids, Schinner of
Spokane, Muldoon of Rockford, and
Corbett of Crookston, Minn.
The Most Rev. Albert J. Daeger,
archbishop of Santa Fe, will celebrate
his silver jubilee as a priest, and
Archbishop Dowllng of St. Paul will
complete his thirtieth year in holy
orders.
The twentieth anniversary of their
ordination will be celebrated by1 the
Rt. Rev. Anthony Schuler, bishop of
El Pasco; the Rt. Rev. John T. Mc-
Niholas, bishop of Duluth; the Rt.
Rev. Thomas W. Drumm, bishop of
Des Moines, and the Rt. Rev. John
M. Gannon, who has Just succeeded
to the bishropric of Erie.
Tnskegee Institute Gives Out Re
port Showing Number of Illegal
Executions in United States
Texas Leads With TenFlor
ida Is Credited With Seven
Victims NumBer 61, Including
8 White Men and One Negro
Women.
(By Associated Press.)
Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 31 Lynchings
were less numerous in the year 1929
than last year, the Tuskegee Instf
tute's records show'. . ' V , '
Sixty one persons, including eight
white men, and on& negro woman,
were lynched, compared with 83 last
year, and 64 in 1918. '
Authorities prevented lynchings in
56 instances this year, of which forty
six were in the south. Armed forces
were used to repel mobs on fourteen
occasions. '
In four instances mobs were fired,
upon. Seven attackers were killed
and a number wounded.
By Btates thp lynchings were,
Texas 10, Georgia , Mississippi, Ala
bama and Florida, seven each; Minne
sota, North Carolina, Oklahoma and
California three each; Arkansas, Kan
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio,
South Carolina and West Virginia.
one each.
TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
WON BY UNITED STATES
Aukland, N.'Z., Dec. 31. Austral
asia lost the tennis laurels here today
to America, and the Davis cud. em
blematic of the world's team tennu
championship, will repose under the
stara a,nd stripes for the next year
America has won the cup. Australasia
won it six times and Great Britain
five. William T. Tilden, ot Philadel
phia, and William Johnson of San
Francisco composed the American
team.
THE WEATHER
ONE LIFE LOST IN
FIRE AT FORT WORTH
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. .1. One
man was burned to death In a fire
GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS
The weather has been -generally
fair over the eastern half of the coun
try, under the influence of high bar
ometric pressure covering the upper
Lake region, Ohio valley and the
Bouth eastern states. Temperatures
have risen slowly. Light frosts were
reported this morning at Gainesville
and Eustis and killing frost at Jack
Bonville. The lowest temperature re
ported in the State was 34 at Gaines
ville. la the west pressure is low over the
Dakotas, and high over the Pacific
coast. The weather has been gener
ally fair, except for light rain on the
north Pacific coast, and light snow In
North 'Dakota, Wyoming and Utah. It
is warmer over the Plains states, and
slightly ooolcr over the Plateau re
gion and the Pacific states. .No zero
temperatures are reported anywhere
this morning.
Indications are for fair and contln-'
ued cool weather in the vicinity ot
Tampa tonight, and for partly cloudy
and warmer weather Saturday.
WALTERN J- BENNETT,
Weather Bureau, Tampa, i
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Temperature Elsewhere
Atlanta ... , 50 40
Boston 42 36
Buffalo 38 32 j
Chicago 40 34 i
Denver 60 28 f
Los Angeles 48
Louisville 44
Memphis 52 52
New Orleans 68 52
New York 44 36 :
St. Louis i 54 42 '
St. Paul 30
San Diego 46
San Francisco ..... 46
Washington 52 32
Florida Stations
Jacksonville ... ...52 44
Key West 70 68
Miami 76 66
Tampa 61 49
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and damaged nearby buildings hers
today.. The loss is estimated at
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