Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

Qftjje Pjetrxrft MICH IOAN'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER nW WEATHER Show CENTS PRICE GUT PAGES xailwto YERS BRITAIN YANKSHIPHEL AT IRISH PO I Pboto fj WILSON NAMED EPAREPLEAS BORDERMAYOR OR NEWBERRY Oov whero thilr One ot the bullets struck Ha AUTO DRIVERS HELP CHILDREN EMPTY ROWBOAT HINTSO TRAGEDY Ju have 1 i SIX MUSICIANS KILLED WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO DECEIVED WHILE SEEKING LOAN CHARGE BRITISH LABOR LEADER MARY MacARTHUR DEAD sym Car was from year old In the rear the whistle i ASSUME DUTIES AS BUILDING CHIE present his their argu thelr briefs court LLOYD GEORGE TO PEN 1921 MESSAGE HOPE TIDE HAS REACHED EBB TURNS BACK SAYS DOW This is the first admission from Irish sources that De Valera has returned LARGEST BANKS ARE MERGED PHiTlHHOUDl PIE JAILS film CLOUDS LOCAL SNOWS ORECAST OR WEEK BERLIN REPORTS ARMY CUT TO 96000 MEN 4 921 NINE $275 SQUARE OOT PAID OR PHILADELPHIA LOT DAN CUPID TRIUMPHS IN DURING 1920 XV MICHIGAN SUNDAY I ANU ARY CAPTAIN WILLIAM III ItGESS Burrw tor yrs attached to tho tiro henijQuuru'ni atMft wlU nasumo hla diitlrM as suprrlnleudnt of buildings Mon day tnomlrtK inucccdlntf Jeyh I Hrn rlon who uaa placed on ths retirvd Hat' Saturday 1 Dan Cuphl sot a new rec and Brooklyn Barleycorn on the worst year 1 I yOL 86 NO 98 WRITES CONGRESSMEN ALLEGED DECEPTION Mayor James Couzens spent the New Yeay holiday "getting along satisfactorily" according to reports from Harper hospital where he un derwent nn operation riday morn ing His temperatures was nearly normal and his pulse continued at SI Bis physicians Drs Hugo reund and Max Ballln both ex pressed satisfaction with their patient's condition British Search Boat Which Put in' Same Day De Valera Is Said to Have Arrived 192 SAMPLES MR STOR SHY GIRLS tl Cleveland Jan 1 Six mon were Instantly killed and two other In jured early today when an automo bile in which they vzere returning from a New Eve party was struck by the Nw York Central "20th Century Limited" In Euclid Village near hero early this morn ing The men all members of an orchestra which had played for a New Year's Eve dance In the vil lage were crossing the railroad tracks when the truck they were riding in was struck hy the flyer The six musicians were Instantly killed Tho two Injured are ex pected to recover at The pier No better New Year resolution Quality folks Polite dancing Best ununc Ideal crowds Underwood Underwood UTUffiJ BALOtll OIL DIES IN NEBRASKA CALIORNIANS REVEL IN SHOWER ROSES $700000 ACTORY DESTROYED BY Sinn einer Deny They Know of Chiefs Whereabouts Mrs Carries Message London Jan Eamonn de Valera is in Ireland where "he enjoyed his share of the Christmas goose" it was de clared today at a meeting of the Irish Vigilance society by Tim McNulty who pre sided Albany Jan rank Gil bert deputy commissioner ot edu cation was appointed acting presi dent of the University of the State of New York and commissioner of education by the board of regents today to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Of Dr JohnH in ley The lesignetion of Dr in lev which was presented to tho re gent a month age wa accepted to take effect Jaimarg 15 itr inley 'will' join the rdtoilftl staff ot the New York Times I Heads of Big Public Utilities Predict Steady Return to Normal Conditions Bay City Mich Jan 1 A A Van Dyke said to be from lint was killed and A Ellery a lako captain of thia city probably fa tally Injured when an automobile driven by Ellerv was struck by a Michigan Central train at the State street crossing about 12 o'clock Inst Mrs Leaves Carries Message to Her Chief New York' Jan 1 Mrs Muriel MacSwiney wiiow of the lord may or of Cork Hailed from America to day carrying to Eamonn de Valera of the Irish a message that is well" among the sympathizers with his cause In this country This message to the Sinn ein leader was sent by his secretary Harry Boland who announced yes terday that his had landed in Erin to the Irish fight for Independence after spending 15 months fn the United States Several hundred Irish sympathiz ers surrounded Mrs MacSwlney as she entered the pier to go on board the steamship Panhandle State bearing aloft the three striped ban ner ol New Continued on Two Column Three IW GOVERNOR ATSTATEHELM 12I DANCE RESOLUTION Adv WHh dancc at PALAIS Simplicity Mari Inauguration in Lansing at Noon 3 Highland Park Arrests Bring Contributions to und There arc several ways In which a fellow can contribute to the Hoover fund for the relief of the suffering children of Europe One of them is to make a mistake In parking an automobile or driving it with a 1920 license in the city of Highland Park This will Insure a contribution to the fund Highland Park police never have been so active in enforcing traffic laws as in the last two days ur thermore they like the experience or off the desk ot the lieutenant of police is a large box with a slot in the top and a sign that reads: "or the Children of Europe" Persons who have violated the law are taken before the lieuten ant This officer assures them that they could be taken into court or lie made to pay nn Impounding fee of $3 but adds that perhaps the children of Europe need the money more than does the city of High land Park The autolst takes the hint and contributes No one Is allowed to suggest the amount but the uuto ist gives what he likes As they had given more than $250 in the first 24 hours it is evident there will be an appreciable amount to place In the Hoover fund when the campaign closes Monday night Special tA Th ree Prose Kansas City Mo Jan Two hundred maidens scattered from Jacksonville to Seattle today ar awaiting after be ing promised a theatrical tour around the world at a salary of $500 a week Hubert Sett! and hl wife are In the county jail be cause postal inspector learned ot hl alleged offers Settle hetd out his promises of a cruise" to any maidens who would send him $50 as a guarantee ot good faith it is charged Score upon scores agents declared ent him the faith" Al hl home hern Inspectors found several hun dred letter and photographs of girls most of them good looking One however weighed 137 pound Settle told her she was "Just th right the inspector laid Special to The ree Pre Berlin Jan Official announce ment was marie today that Ger many's armed forces have been re duced to 96 OCT men In accordance with the disarmament promise made to the Allies The statement added that 50000 piece of ordnance have been destroyed a well a 6 000000 rifles 60000 machine gun and 14000 aeroplane parts Special to The ree Press and Chicago 1 New York Jan 1 A continued Improvement In the condition of En rico Caruso was reported In ft New Year' bulletin from physician to day At 10 o'clock this morning the physicians declared he had passed a succ'iszful night and his condition is satisfactory While his recovery will be slow ns In serious cases of pleurisy there appear to bo no doubt now of the famous tenor's return to the musi cal world A telephone call from the Detroit ree and Chicago Tribune correspondent to the Hotel Vander bilt later In the day brought news st Caruso still doing very nicely" PLOT TO ROB ChTcAGO MAIL OILED 2 HELD Steve Kucadera Baked It for riend in Celli Now in Jug Aho The ighting Shepherdess A story of th the Imagined Western life Complete Today's Magazine SJttion Second Blaze in our Months' Hits Ann Arbor Plant Speclnl to The ree Pres Ann Arbor Mich Jan 1 hlra Saturday night destroyed the plant of the Ann Arbor Metat tt Stamp company for tho second lime four months The loss was more than' $70000n partially covered by Insurance The origin of th blaze Is undetermined Last September th concern was wiped out by a blase Just after Its new buildings had been completed and were ready for occupancy The damage totaled $200000 The plant was rebuilt and win th only one running nt full capacity when th lire Saturday reduced It jo ruins An appraisal was being made of the factory preparatory to Its sale to a West Virginia firm The In ventory would have been completed Monday and the plant sold during the first part ot th week Washington Jan 1 The pathy of President Wilson for dlnal Gibbons In his illness oxnressed todav in a telegram Secretary Tumulty to the Right Rev Owen JI Corrigan bishop ot th Baltimore Catholic diocese The telegram follows: president has learned: with sympathy and distress ot the cardi nal's illness and hopes he may very soon learn of a decided turn for the better" Cleveland Jan Merger of the citizens' Savings Trust company irst National bank Union Com tncrce National bank and irst Trust Savings company into the Union Trust company said to be the largest banking unit between New York and Chicago was launched here today Two other banks will bo formally taken In this month According to figures submitted by George Boulton president ot the Cleveland Clearing House assocla tlon the sly hanks handled 66 per cent ot tho $1 1815000900 ot total bank transactions of the city In 1919 and 70 per cent of tho $18225000000 total transactions estimated for When the two other banks ofll clally become members of the Insti tution the Union Trust company will have $33000000 capital and surplus 310000000 resources 225 000 depositors 100 officials and L300 employes Improvement Is Maintained Thinks About Baltimore Jan 1 Cardinal Gib bons has rallied from his relapse of yesterday after good night's rest and was much better todiy accord ing to newsrccelved at the arch episcopal residence shortly before 10 from Union Mills Aid tthe home of friends The Cardinal was reported as resting easily at mid afternoon and as having maintained the improve ment which set In this morning The message came Trom Cardinal Gibbons's secretary who was quoted as saying "his eminence Is feeling line and 1 thinking of coming home" 'e Thin reassuring news was con firmed later by a member of the hriver family th Cardinal's host who added that the doctor had just left after expressing himself as be ing "much pleased with the Im provement in the condi tion" it Hughes Contends Constitution Gives No Primary Jurisdiction Washington Jan 1 Senator Truman II Newberry will be in Washington Monday when the su 'preme court hears arguments of his attorneys for a reversal of his conviction under the corrupt prac ticest act in the Grand Rapids district 'i court Charles Evans Hughes and Martin Littleton of New lork who will case have prepared' ments and have filed with the clerk ot the Mr Hughes will contend that the act under which Senator Newberry and his co defendants were con victed Is unconstitutional Mr Littleton will contend Judge Sessions erred in many rulings these errors being largely respon sible for the verdict No Constitutional Primary Control According to Mr Hughes's brief "The federal statute in nuestion is without constitutional authority be cause: "(a) The only constitutional pro vision which can be Invoked to sup port the statute! Article 1 Sec tion 4 authorlzlngcoogress to make regulations with respect to itimeii places and manner of holding elec tions and representa "(b) The statute In question does Continued on Tag Two Column I I TO ACT AS PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY New York "Jan well known archer ord in Manhattan during 1920 John the other hand had ot his career sending fewer folk to the workhouse than ever before Records issued today showed that 43307 marriage licenses were issued in Manhattan last year and 23154 in Brooklyn In 1919 21530 per mits were granted to Brooklyn couples and in 1917 the previous best year In Manhattan the num ber was 41968 Only 176 persons of whom 77 were women were sent to the workhouse for Intoxication during 1920 Commissioner of Correction Hamilton announced In 1919 there were 429 Ouch coses There were 664 in 1918 1667 in 1917 2361 in 1916 and 4926 in 1915 Bullet ired by Celebratori Wound 4 19 Arrested i for Drunkenness Wishing to convey a httlo new year cheer to a friend in the Ma comb' county jail at' Mt Clemens Joseph Kucadera 3920 Dubois street baked a pint of whisky into a mince plo nnd took It to the Jail A a result ho spent the tiny In a cell and Jost what tho police believe to have boon a lucrative distilling business Kucadera asked a turnkey to send the pie to hl trirnd 'Die turnkey thought the pastry unusually thick nnd on taking the top off discover ed a flask lllled with whisky Kuea dera was locked up nnd Inspector Robert Clnre In charge of Detroit detective bureau notified by phon Officer ind Still Clare no nt pollcomvn from the Hunt street station to Kucadcra' home They found a good sited still in the house and lunflscated It Kucndera will 1 brought to Detroit when th Mt Ciemertt officer are through with him to answer the charge of operating a still live men were locked up In De troit New Year' eve for violating the prohibition law and a quantity of home mad beer and whisky was confiscated William Hurnstln 452 Goodwin avenue was arrested by Patrolman Georg WaUldron Loul Hrumvel 1S01 Mack avenue wa another citlien arrested and three pint bottle of raisin whisky that were found in the rear of hl barber shop wera confiscated Heventeen boxes of home mad hecr were confiscated when Louis Vdndaele 261S Mack avenoe wa arrested Homer Daubermeyer Van Dyke avenue I charged with violating the state prohibition law nnd Max ederman JOS Alfred street la chargod with violating th federal code The poheo Vederman wa selling Ntw Year cherin liquid fi rm Celebralnrs shoot our 'our then were shot by New Year's celebratot early Saturday morning and on man was stabbed by his room mate during a New Year's fight in their room rank and Ignntz Ka laski both rooming at 293 Brandon avenue started mt th new year In a fist fight podwlskl hit Kalaskl In the right eye with hla fist and its niifirpd tn have stabbed In th right breast Both nen were taken to the' Receiving hospital by the police wound were dressed Harold Hadad 1 17 1276 Main street was hts home tl tenln: to blowing and tho Ih 1I ringing short ly after midnight night Mat Brkamec 12668 MacKay avenue was celebrating the birth of th now ynr by (hooting oft a revol ver On ot tho bullet struck Ha dndd on the left log Inflicting a fivan HOTE1 CA Dll I AC A Musical Comedy Claaslo iieiio people hello lehed nil star cast to night Alvry li8ltSunday Washington Jan Weather predictions for th week beginning 1 Monday are: 4 Region of the Great i Normal temperature: considerable cloudiness and lecal snow Ohio Generally fair and' normal temperature Say Balfour Arrang ed 1917 Loan as acto Were Signed Dooming Guam wound 4 Shot With' Own Gnn While walking on Kirby avenue near McDougall avenue Shortly after midnight 'i riday night Mldarsky 654 Mitchell street Was shot in tlr back by an unidentified man was fakon to the Receiving hospital and surgeons who dressed hl wound say ho will recover Isvuis WosenkL 33 year olrL 153 Hammond avenue was shot in the loft elbow by some unknown per ron while he was in his back yard and JarnoIlonjoi 26 years old 161 Clinton strci (jaa shot in tho arm while examining his own revolver preparatory to celebrating the new year Tiro police department re ported only Hl arrests for drunken ness riday night Story in The ree Pres Lead to Reunion Stories In real life have a happy ending occasionally Just as they do In story books Not lung ago Louis Brushart unhappy under the regime of a' stepmother In a little Ohio town received a letter from her sister In Detroit telling her to com on here to live She was obliged tO slip away from home minus anv personal belongings and had Just money enough to reach Detroit Search for her slater at an ad drea on Jefferson avenue brought! the scant consolation that: there wa no such number a tho letter contained A sympathetla' pedestrian who found Ixuse wan rlerlng along the avenue took hr to Captain Kelly ot the Vol nnt' er of America and there) Louise found a home tor nearly tvtj: week The ree Pre published Louise' story and the lister Mrs Lelah Eldred saw it She had unfor Innately met the wrong tram and' taken for granted that Louise hall clded not to com A carele error In numbering had done tn1 rest Anyway they are together now and both ar happy Dublin Jan The American steamer which arrived here riday from New York and which was immediately searched by the military was still under a strongguard of armed soldiers today The members of the crew of the vessel remained aboard bin ad mission to the ship was refused to all other persons This morning the captain of the Pontla was permitted to go ashore on business connected with Gio ship but when ho returned th sen try on duty refused to permit him to pass Tho captain sent a written request to the officer or the guaru who allowed him to go aboard tho Pontia again i Cargo I Inspected Tint cargo of the Pontia 1 being overhauled to see if the vessel ha been used for gun running The Pontia putt in riday the same day Enrnonn do ar rival was reported "Leading Sinn elners and gov ernment officials alike deny knowl edge df the arrival there Valera They assert that hB did not arrive on board the steamer Pontia and telephonic inquiry at several Irish ports failed to reveal that the of the Irish re public" has made his entry into Ire land Some Sihn elners credit: the statement of Harry Boland secre tary to De Valera in theUnited States that De Valera has landed on Irish soil saying that he would not have made such a statement unless it was true Have a New Charge It Is stated that there would bis no need to arrePt De Valera on the old charge against him that of hav ing escaped Jail as he could have been taken into custody under the restoration of order in Ireland act The ground for the detention of Arthur Griffith founder of the Sinn ein and Prof John McNeill is the desire of the government to ascer tain the responsibility lor the al leged employment of republican funds on ambuscades and other op erations involving tho loss of the lives of troops and it Is said this desire might include De Valera as thd alleged Source of the funds There would be nd difficulty In De Valera re (palhing hlddcff KeftHiii long as lie chooses as there ftre many persons who although they wbuid not risk hajboDng the aver age suspect would give him asylum The expectation's that If De valera is In Dublin jie fli st'will consult his Intimates and then make known his presence and await arrest The dock workers have declined to unload the Pontia while the sol diers remain on board It' the troops leave the steamer the dock ers will discharge the cargo which the military can then search ashore The crew has been carefully ex amined It is considered that there was no possibility that De Valefa was on board the vessel when she docked In Dublin It is suggested that he might have got ashore dur ing the time the vessel was being piloted to the cuay 'S ashionably Gowned Women lee State Police Enter Blossom Heath Inn SD to The ree Ires Mt Clymens Mich Jan The fourth raid to be conducted by the state constabulary on Macomb coun ty road houses within the last week occurred at 3:30 Saturday morning when a squad ot troopers jn charge of Sergeants Harold Mul ber and Harley Sabin swooped down upon the fashionable Blos som Heath inn on Lake Shore drive near Margolies inn visited three days ago Blossom Health inn was crowded with Detroit Grosse pointe and Mt Clemens guests a majority of whom were fashionably attired in evening dresses Every table had been sold out weeks ago the management an nounced When the troopers en tered the place' a small panic en sued Women left the place with out taking their wraps male guests Were fairly trampling over one an other In an effort to secure over coats and hats from the checking rcoms while on the outside others were making strenuous efforts to start cold motors It Is claimed that (within 15 minutes after the arrival of the officer the place was cleared of all persons excepting employes Liquor Evidence Ileulroyed Several quarts of liquor and light wines were confiscated and left Just outside tho front door of the resort while troopers were tearing out gambling devices In a room on the second floor Three roulette and a' Klondike board were taken When Sergeant Mulbar attempt ed to leave by way of the main entrance he claims an attache held tire door and before Mullbar could force him away another broke the whisky bottles left outside and destroyed this bit of evidence Then followed a free for all fight when Sergeants Mulbar and Sabin endeavored to arrest Walter Barney and George Reynolds inally how ever the men were overpowered and brought to Mt Clemens where they are now confined Barney for investigation and Reynolds for re siuting an officer 1 our Warrant To He Issued Action is to be taken out Monday according to Mullbar against Wil liam McIntosh owner of Blossom' Health inn Edward Merrifield and Jack Smith Georgo Wilson an em ploye and IL McMahon Blos som Health Inn manager State police also announced that warrants taken for Jacob Margo Iles of Margolies Inn William unk Cliarles Duprey Arthur Smith and Ben Jackson of Edga water Beach inn will accuse them of being disorderly persons as to gambling apparatus tnken Irom their resorts was not In operation All court arraignments in nil raids will occur before Justice William Sawn Monday forenoon Philadelphia Jan I The highest prices over paid for real estate in Philadelphia was reported today in the sale of a three story building at ifteenth and Chestnut streets which brought $27500 a front foot or $275 a square foot The lot 20 by 100 feet was bought by th idelity Trust company from the estato of the late Hallahan for $550000 CONDITION MAYOR CONTINUES TO IMPROVE N1ED 0 BUT OOK HER CASH DANCING every Tuesday Thursday Saturday andr Sunday Roy orhtrai Majestic Institute Wood Watson! amous Spender Pasies Away at Poor Railway Employe Omaha Neb Jan Steele known widely in the east half a century ago as "Coal Oil reputed then to spent a comfortable fortune when oil was discovered on his Penn cyivanla farm died of pneumonia yesterday at ort Crook Neb where he was station agent for the Chicago Burlington Quincy rail way Steele who Mas born in Shakley ville Pa In 1843 when a lyoung man is said to have attracted con siderable attention in New York by throwing away money to boys end men on the street apparently be cause he liked to see them scram ble for It He came west 45 years ago and had been in the Burling for 37 years Eight years ago Steele worked as a trtfekmun at ort' Creek but later became agent for the rail read His wife says after the dis covery of oil on his Pennsylvania lnd years ago the money flowed' In as a royalty They were mar ried at th time The publicity which th newspa pers gave his newly acquired for tune and the manner in which he erjoyed spending it made him an object of Interest wherever he went When hs came when the days of tho royalties were over lie flatly refused to talk about the days of hi wealth The family lived in the station house In four tiny rooms 9 Out of 11 New Year Babie Are Boy Mrs Shotwell Is irst' Mother Th first baby born' in Detroit on New Year's day so far a can be ascertained was a boy born to Mrs Jennie Shotwell In Providence hos pital' when the year was just on hour 40 minutes old One hour lat er tho stork returned to the same hospital with a boy baby for Mrs Sela Vreeland whose home Is at 5571 Winslow avenue Back again he came nt 4:40 with a boy for Mrs Goings st Mary hospital was the next to receive his visit at 5:30 with a girl for Mrs rank Kelleher 75 Sibley avenue Then camo a series of visits to tho Woman's hospital each time with a baby boy Mrs Arthur Williams 536 Garfield ave nue 'was first to receive at 7:14 At 8:30 a boy was born to Mrs Harold Peacock iwlfe ot a Grand Trunk railway employe At 9:18 It waa Mrs James Henderson 3250 Vir ginia Park At 10:31 Mrs Sayam an employe of the hospital and at 11:33 Mrs Christopher Hannhard 2379 Winslow avenue In the mean time the stork had paid a flying visit to Harper hospital with a boy for Mrs McClure 1730 Blaine avenue and at 3 In th aft ernoon brought a little girl to Mrs Roy McCormick 17 J9 East Grand boulevard at St hos pital Qut of these It babies' arriving on New day only two were girls and both of these were born in St hospital Grace was the only hospital in the city that did not receive a visit from the stork troopeRs'raid OURTH RESORT HELbE ISLAM) SKATEHS A'OTICE nrlirlnal Tlelle Island Red night Throo other inrn were In tho Served Steurnlng Cor ield car but escaped uninjured Adv Occupants Signal for Help Then Disappear rom View Bernard Abbott' engineer of th Unitd States survey steamer Don i Aiderman JI Grant Duff "of Aiulii rstburgi risked their livesSaturday afternoon by putting out 'in a skiff to head oft a boat that Juul burn seen drifting down Limo Kiln crossing in the Ice pack but iviien they reached the derelict it i as empty I The nport that readied Chief ot vvnarton ot Amherstburg pas that two men haff bien seen in I'1 beat one yf them waving his piu to attract attention from the isuore Thy oars broken up were leiiiid ilosu to the boat he raft ls in lcneth painted "green and is a portable engine in the Stern i to was nothing to indicate its The boat was taken to Blanc and the Detrot police lave been asked to ascertain It unV Detroit men missing 1 lie lee pack at Amherstburg is ol the heaviest ever seen a time'll was feared that the tl of dredges and steamers at the' wharves would be carried awny from the moorings Mill riii i uau mvvii uuiito up I Sil turday night The channel is oovu ail the length ot Bols Island protest restricting GRAIN UTURE DEALS 'i eclat t0 The ree pre and Chicago tv 'Tribune Whinglon' Jan 1A Protests 'of Proposed legislation re ir ting dealings in futures on the iyaKo hnaril of trad and other nn exchanges were received committee on agriculture er JrPm eading Chicago bank from the bankers action as is be advocated by Senator Capper of Jibbas and others would have consequences from a finan nnr standpoint and asked nn op nnlty for tiie banking interests fird before the house com nntti'O next Tuesday Special to The re Press Washington Jan King Gporge of Great Britain today cabled New Year greetings to President Wilson The cable from King George was as follows: president of the United States of America: the beginning of the new year Mr President I hasten to of fer you my cordial good wishes for your happiness and welfare and for the prosperity of the United States of America "GEORGE "Best wish nbw year" said a message from Ear! Reading former Bpecial envoy from Great Britain to the president BAY CITY TRAIN HITS AUTO 1 DEAD 1 DYING By Cable to Th rv Press London Jan 1 Premier Lloyd George is considering Issuing a Now Year's message to the world in which the keynote will be optimism hope for world peace and the out look for economic stability It was learned at the official residence today Tha sec retary said Lloyd George wa fol lowing closely the American dis cussion on reduction oi sea arma ments but that he considered there had been no development of suffi cient Importance to cans him to ex pand his statement on th subject tn the dominion representatives on December 22 CLAIM HE DUPED 200 GIRLS IN JOUR SCHEME 'i 1 Cry Made on £ve of Arrival of British Envoy to Seek Renewal Special to Th Mys Pres 4Vasliington Jan Almost on the eve of the arrival this coun try of ish treasury vn tension of time in the payment of huge debt to the United States William Denman of Cah iornia' ex chairman "of the United S'ates shipping board tonight ad dressed a letter to every member of congress inviting attention to the circumstances surrounding original British loan and charging that it was' obtained by Arthur Balfour through ity anu urwyuvu i Penman was one ot the American 'negotiators with 'tho British mis sion when it came to thi country In PUT Tn I1 letter tonight ho indorses the renewal of the loan but suggests that It should not be renewed with "that nalvo trustful ness which so Intensities tho shock ot the disclosure of its simplicity" Would Point Out 5S rf The loiter said: "In the spring of 1917 the 'Bal four mission to the United States secured lor Great Britain a loan of upwards of $4000 000000 It was a willing transaction between liberal America and liberal Had the deception uad in procuring It been known to our government the consideration of the loan probably would have had less of good will and more of substantial security for our national interest in the Pacific Britain is now seeking to renew this loan and substitute dis tant payment nqtes for Its maturing obligation This seems a timely op portunity to point to a typical case uf that duplicity and lack ot candor In Britain's foreign renresentatlve I which have placed a barrier between I Cite liberals ot oom countries "Mr Balfour arranged for these moneys In the month of May 1917 Tliff protestations of deep friend ship for the interest of the United Statis filled our press and Wanned Ilils auditors in the halls of congress ami at tnc tanie wnere our Hos pitality was extended to him While he was making them the ink was hardly dry on the last of the three notes constituting the so calloil re laret Shan tung treaties' which fromt it naval standpoint destroyed the island ot Guam probably pur most valuable naval base in the Pacific I Compare It to German wn hv lagrutinenl with Great Britain con urnied in the possession or tn Marianne group oi Island! which placed an unsurmoun table barrier between us and the north Asiatic coast and the Japanese islands Great Britain' price for this' was tiro British control of the islands of the South Pacific which In tne event of hostilities to which such diplomacy Inevitably tends isolated Guam from the Philippines I "Britain's action was comparable to a secret treaty 'with Germany say 30 years ago whereoy at a price we agreed to secure her the island of Heligoland "it is obvious that Mr Balfour owed to us this disclosure of 'tho existence of these agreement Why mu not requires no lurtner ex planation than his quest of tbe $101'0(100 000 "It will help liberal England and the growing mistrust of America towiad her to continue an active deception in addition tosupnrcssion of the facts at the time the loan negotiated Tuson Runs Second Alderman it England Third in Race for Windsor Office 11 Wilson was elected mayor of Windsor Saturday defeating his nearest opponent former Mayor Tuson nearly two to one and Alderman England by an even heavier vote There wvt'o1 1 candidate for al derman with 12 council sent to bo tilled Return from 28 ot the 30 sub divisions indicated the elec tion Of Howell ramr Jackson Urquhart Samuel Keyser A Strong A Hooper McTavish Robert Weber Mit chell A 'Wood and A WWar I UVe men wcr elected to the school hoard In a held of seven The sueccsslul candidates arc 11 Guppy McGregor II Neal A peddle and Dunton Barnwell was elected hy dro electric commlgsicner by a large majority over Wholton Chatham Ont Jan red Briscoe was re elected mayor ot Chatham today by a majority of 28 unofficial In four cornered fight Newkirk Reeve and A McLean were the defeated can didates In the order named II Mal comson fc Campbell Gray Sheldon Sulman itz simmons 51 Mlndorff Harring ton and Victor Laurlston were sleet ed' aldermen and 11 Westmanwwter epmmlslonerjThe by 1 ws granting fixed assessments to th Excelsior a Knitting company nnd change in civic form ot government to commission manager carried by CARDINAL RALLIES IS ON MEND VIEW AUTHORITIES MIW HOTEL CAIHLLn A Musical Comedy Classic i HELIO EOPIK HELLO I Distinguished all star cast to night HEhTltlt I UMllEll COMPANY Every Sunday Included Ad London Jan 1 Miss Mary Mac Arthur secretary of the British Women's Trace Union league and vice president of the International congress died at her heme in Golder' Green this morn ing (Mina MacArthur who was born August 13 1880 was married in 1911 to William Anderson a member of parliament" He died In 1919 nnd his widow resumed her maiden name Miss MacArthur wa a member ot tho British delegation which attended the Washington labor conference In November 1919 In 1918 she wan nominated for paillament but was defeated KING GEORGECABLES WILSON HIS GREETINGS Telephone Company Plan for Expantion Announce Preridcnt Kuhn Business and industry in De i troit have passed the crisis and arc beginning the new year withj I every of sure if slow re I covery of healthful normal condt I tions according to the heads of I two of the big public utilities I the Detroit company and 1 the ichigan State eiephene fr I cu iipany which due to their re I lation to other lines of activity can be taken as reliable baroni SA( I liters of conditions and prospects tw Ii President ranz Kuhn 'iff 1 telephone company alt Saturday when asked! how hl company 1 viewed the prospect for th com Jl Ing year that tho outlook for re I sumption of normal condition in Detroit warranted the' company I proceeding with plan for th ox panslon of it rvlc sufficient to ft I care for the normal demands of In I creased business and for th normal I growth ot th city I Alex Dow Optlmltle I Alex Dow head of ttie Detroit Edison company said: I) and industry In Detroit are facing' th new year with every prospect ds for a return to normal condition The recovery may be and undouht 'f edly Will be slow but it will bo non the Iws sure plants will resum opera 1 tii na Monday others will take until th middle or latter part of thel month to finish their inventories and will resume production then but 1 am sure thnt the end January will th trend ciently strong toward normal to noticeable" Mr Dow aaM that In hie nnininn th various clement which con (v' spired to bring about th present danresalon havo nearly knent tlielr force with th result that the a pressure Is relieved and the pendu Him will begin to swing In the t7 other dlre lion slowly at first butr with Increasing momentum Slowlng Dowa Process Traced "The Inability of the railroad to Cope with ths transportation prob p' 1 the last three years the de manti for production nt whatever! cost during th war th abnormal extension of credit and the ill ad 1 vised saturnalia of buying In which the country ha indulged together Ij with a slight over production arei'' X' the chief factor whkh brought i abont the (slowing down indus try" Mr Dow said people buying ex 1 ttavagantlyth railrqed began get Into a position to handle thslrr urruJii ucgdii cu uu rr i Rtrlctcd nnd the result lias tmn I on Paso Two Column Two i TALE IN REALLIE HAS HAPPY' ENDING Pasadena Calif Jan' All Southern California boulevards led today to Pasadena where th thirty second annual tournament ot rose attracted a crowd animated at 500000 Th tournament pro gram Included throe major event' The first was the floral pageant More than a million flower were said to have been used In the dec oration of th 125 floats which con tended for prizes The second wffsthe emit versus west football gatno between th teams ot Ohio Stat and University of California which wa to begin at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon The third was to be th tourna ment ball tonight Aff! CARUSO IMPROVING: PASSES RESTUL NIGHT Special to The i'ree i reee Chicago Jan orwarned of th plan of th plotter pOBofflc inspector and Chicago detectives foiled a plan to rob th mails her and two men each a former mall wagon driver are under arrest to day The men arrested Leo Meyer of Chicago and Clifford Klddlngr of la wore captured as they lay in wait for an automobile truck that gathers registered mall from a number of outlying postal stations They had planned to blockade the road way overpower the drlvcrurnd make off with the truck and It load Their former employment a wagon driver aro under arrest to Meyer and Kiddinger knowledge of the fact that valuable mall was car ried on th truck they sought to rob s' ihGHEST PRICES PAID for dia mond watches old gold platinum silver etc WM II HEL CO 609 Bowles bid cor Grand River and Adv Pickling waterproof acid nr specialties make Chief Justice 4 Steere Gives Oath Soldiers Lend Cere monies Military Bearing BY ROBERT ree Preu Staff Correspondent Lansing Jan 1 Michigan made Alex Groesbeck of Detroit its chief executive at 12:12 this afternoon An audience that taxed representa tive hall in the state house to ca pacity stood chilled by the cold simplicity and dignity of the cere monies until the new governor gave his solemn oath of office when the same audience applauded and stamped its approval The demon st rat ion lasted two minutes The 1921 inaugural Including an Invocation oaths to the eight state officials brief remarks by the chair man and singing ot the national anthem by the audience lasted 26 minutes But it was just as im pressive as It was brief 'Hands on th clock that hang in tne rear of the house ot repri sentative wer about to mAt 12 noon when the procession vend ed its way down the mlddleaisle There 'were enlisted men and ma jors of the new Michigan national guard In the file All eyes were trained to tbe head ot the proces sion where Governor Groesbeck marched at the side of Governor Sleeper Sleeper In Procession Arriving at the rostrum ernor Sleeper George 1 Lusk mas ter of ceremonies and Chief Jus tice Joseph Steere of the Mich igan supreme court mounted the platform the remaining state offi cers seating themselves In seats im mediately below Without prelim inaries the program began with two musical selection Chairman Lusk then presented Chief Justice Steere who in turn administered the oath of office of governor of Michigan to Mr Groesbeck In these simple words: "Do you solemnly promise that you will support the constitution of the United States and the con stitution of the state of Michigan in your office a governor to tho best of your ability?" And with his right hand held high In a dignified manner Gov ernor Groesbeck solemnly replied: "1 do" At that moment the' audience spend itself ot its pent up enthus iasm and give approval in a pro longed demonstration i Sevep Cithers Sworn In remaining state officers were administered oaths In the following order: Lieutenant Governor Thomas Read: secretary bf state Charles Deland state treasurer rank E' Gorman auditor general Oremnl uller: Merlin Wiley at torney general justlceg of the su preme court Nelson Sharpe and George Clark Chairman Lusk took occasion at this time to make a few remarks concerning two of the state officer who were retiring Albert Sleep er governor for the past four years and Coleman Vaughan secre tary of state for ti last six years The audience then stood and sang and tit 1921 Michigan inauguration was a memory $11 4 dlos In w' 'A a A v' LL jx bv Itw A Jr waB DKdiBi Am UK Jl IETR0IZ 1 I I Uf '4 1 I 1 I I I 4 AV I I I 4 In.