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itH1 1 Slttoit Ww GREATEST MICHIGAN'S VOL 8 6 0 CENTS PRIG a Present Statement Ask Mac DUR CAR HITS at 4 I wan lavish 1 ALL DAY READING TOWN IN ALABAMA be 2 DIMES INED $37 HOLDUP IN NATTY GARB GETS GEMS 20 NEW ACTS HINTED IN GREESON TRIAL I 0TI8 I LLI1L frf 4m WEATHER Cloudy Colder RYPROTESTS ITS DISMISSAL SHIP ASKS HELP MANY OK BOARD PEABODY WEDS WIDOW ORMER ASSOCIATE to the old his uscfut Judge Heston on ebruary 1 and out of our hands the shoulders of SPEAK OR BOARD he declares CITY MAY ILE APPEAL ROM RULING MONDAY VETO ONABlYiMIT IS OVERRIDDEN THIS MAN IS CHOSEN OR HARDING CABIN ASKS THAT US LEAD WORLD I HORRO QUITS AS GOVERNOR PHILIPPINE ISLES ss Evening printed a the the be lli the IONIA WARDEN WHO QUITS 4 KE STATES JOIN PROTEST I 'H i' testimony oa getting a Gilchrist Mrs Gilchrist that Carl Ruegge the ar whotn she posed was 60 Otu uller Reformatory Head for 27 Year Announces Hit Decision 4 Order Given in Response to Request of Company It Surprise KHAMIS ni limv HAimiNON 1 Manila 1 eb ranck Burton ItarriMin governor frv ra( of th Philip Dino lalnndj today cabled bia realKnatlon to Prtmident XSIUton tilth a rvaueal that it ba accepted March 1 Washington eb 5 Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday nrc: Ohio valley and Ten nessee region of the Great Lakes unsettled probably occasional snows or rains temperature near or be low normal Professor Suicide Believed to i Have Had Spiritualistic Pact With Girl lint eb 5 Harry Alexander assistant cashier of the Clio Htate bank who charged with com plicity in the robbery of the bank on December 22 was Saturday bound over to circuit court under 11000 ball which was furnished Three men have already pleaded guilty to the charge and have been sentenced Saratoga Springs eh Mrs Katrina Trask authoress was married here today to George os ter Teabody of New York' She was the widow of Spencer Trask bank er who was killed In a railroad ac cident several years ago Mr Pea body Is a former member of the Trask banking firm but retired In 1906 Ho Is a director and vice chairman of the New York federal reserve board formerly national treasurer of the licmocratlc party senior trustee of Hampton Institute at Hampton Va and a member of many clubs SLEEPING SICKNESS GAINS IN CLEVELAND the crime was committed by a maniac Mr Malherbe who lives near where the body was found raid his daughter had been spend ing the evening with friends and apparently was killed while return big home NAMES WOMAN DOCTOR IN $10000 LOVE SUIT oil NIN ETY TWO PAGES Washington! eh 5 Locations for this year's reserve olllccrs' training corps camps were an nounced today by the war depart ment as follows: irst Second and Third corps areas Plattsburg ourth and ifth col ps areas Camp Knox Kentucky Sixth corps area ort Cheridan Chicago 111 Seventh euros area ort Snelling Mlnnso ivhih corns area ort Logan Colorado and Ninth corps area Camp Lewis Washington Battle Creek Mich eb Day light robbers looted the lodge of Nichols hospital hero of Jewels and money totalling $550 Thursday morning it bettlme known here Saturday The affair leaked out after being suppressed three days by the police Night nurses were asleep and the day purses on duty when the robbery occurred WEATHERMAN PREDICTS WEEK SNOW AND RAIN (Photo from Bala News Service New York) ML I LON Andrew Mellon Pittsburgh banker and formerly a director of the Penney) viola railroad haa been given the port tollu of sei rotary of the treasury in Presi dent Harding's cabinet Special to The ree Press Kalamazoo Mich eb 5 Alleg ing alienation of her husband's af fections Mrs Edna Grice of Aurora i His riday fllOd suit here against Hr Alice Barker Ellsworth of this city asking $16000 The suit was based on an alleged meet ing of Earl Grice the husband and the defendant in Chi cago Dr Ellsworth one mt the leading woman physicians of south western Michigan has been a prac titioner tiere rrr more CLIO BANKER IS HELD OR TRIAL IN ROBBERY By Cable to The ree London eb The Slamlorrt fht nfternnon report that Wilson will visit London within a month alter having office Washington eb Reports that President Wilson would visit Lon don shortly after leaving office could not be confirmed at the While House this afternoon Admiral Grayson the physician said that when President Wilton was In England before the rfn fi fint'f lw filUtOd thllt after leaving office he would like' to Murn to England and visit his ain Mral home at Carlisle The president has made no men tion of guvh a trip recently how evci jr Grayson said THE MATING THE BLADES i complete dotftHfl fmrmrt nnvei of AU by Abdullnh 3 4 Today's Magazine Section wmnvrnG ihweiw Particular people prefer Adv rnicri paid tor dia monds watches old gold platlmm silver etc WM IL BL GO Bowles bldg cor Grand Itlvsr aad Griswold Adv jrw i on i at i mw Modern The 1'iep Moa Adv i London Paper Announcement Not Confirmed at White House Most Remarkable Document of the life of the cx kaiscr since he secretly fled from Germany when defeat overwhelmed him was written by a niece of the man in whose home the exiled kaiser lived The story has been secured by The ree Press and will appear in six instalments not fail to read the opening chapter in MAGAZINE SECTION Bandit Enters as Customer Robs Jeweler of $500 A bandit fashionably dressed rotls'l John timoger jeweler at 1229 Ema orest avenue of watches anil ji welry valued at $500 shortly bvfmc noon Saturday The man who Is about 27 years Olri asked Smoger to show rings Ho chose a $38 ring snd t'ndered a $50 bill In payment "h'li Smoger turned to make drauge tha bandit dreW a pistol and ordered the jeweler to KO to a DiGi room and He flat on the floor bandit escaped with 11 three gold rings and a diuurni! ting HUNGARYTROHimTS ALL TALK RESTORATION Bv Table to The ree Press jAtndon eb 5 Jews in London are not satisfied with the terms of the British mandate for Palestine according to the Jewish Chronicle In1 voicing Jewish ojilnlon this newspaper today said: "The terms do not sufficiently concede the pub lic security which Jewish nation ality rightly for the forma tion and maintenance of our na tional being" BATTLE CREEK NURSES ROBBED $550 GEMS rliilapest eb Premier Teriky replying to nn Interpellation 'be assembly today declared tbo government proposed to eliminate 'imstlon of restoration of the monarchy from parliamentary dls mission and promised to prohibit JrrT''ignndn on the subject Tho assembly by a vote of 119 to 17 approved the government's de i cislnn PllIJN cATITEDltAL MISSION Merer end Hadley tonight and this week at St Paul's S'ltlfnl Enlscopnl Cathedral Wood rvT' nt Hancock 7:30 Cathedral iilgi'i V0tTs' assisting to 1 looked upon him as a testified that MEN'S $4 Nf'III'ON pj gf Blue Bhd Tea i'i 1 12il armer St Adv llulblrrs' Show Mar r' Bv Cable to The ree Press London eb Eight millions of men woffien and children In Great Britain are on the verge of starvation as a' result of unemploy ment the Dally Herald official or gan of the British iabor Parly declared today The Labor minis try announced that the total num ber of idle workers Is now 1U5'J8OII but the Daily Herald pointed out that fully 1000000 unemployed had failed to register while families and other dependents would bring the aggregate number Of sufferers to about 6000000 TRAINING CAMPS CHOSEN OR RESERVE OICERS Defense to Introduce Added Witnesses Testimony Something new In the second trial of Mlelmci Greeson charged with the murder of hie wife Lillian last July was hlntr by the defense In the proceedings before Judge iCeldan Saturday No announcement of the theory of the defense has been made but At torney Edward Barnard said Satur day be had wltnossos to In trod mb wlin had not appeared In tho first trial Ho will argue that tho wife met her death at her own hands It Is believed contending aS he did In the first trial that she tried tomt her throat nnd then foil against the window sill fracturing the the jury In locating point of fracture a human skull has been brought Into court and will be used Instead of the draw ings that Vro used in the Hist trial Jj DIES TO PROVE DEAD CAK TALK Rouse Again Votes to Stop Enlistments Until orce a Drops to 175000 i Had Been Student of Occult Desired Science to Hive i His Body He Said Believed to have entered into pact that if successful would an swer the great problem of exist ence after the grave Professor Thomai Lynn Bradford gave hit last his hie His body was found in his room at 2500 Howard street with the gas turned on Nearby etidenlly where they had dropped from his hand were found several typewritten pages on 'Can the Dead Communicate With the Liv ing?" Somewhere in Detroit is believed to be a girl who is anx iously waiting for him to prove his theory ProiMor Pradfonlv was abdut 48 year old wa a graduate from Columbia College nt Oratory Chicago lie was a dramatic and humorous reciter and Impersonator and Is said to also have been a de signing mid electrical engineer Ha known to have rena mucn on and and was a fluent conversationalist Ho was born hi Detroit It Is said He told Patrick Marcotte In whose house ho roomed' that hoe had seven brothers two of them physicians it nd that his father had been a tanner anted Body to Go to Science riend report that It was the mystical the occult which greatly Intrigued the man taking pioced Yncft over other affairs of more ma terial and worldly moment "When 1 die my? body goes to science i It lx to be sent to trie Michigan Medical institute' Any how my body does nut amount to inurh" thu statement Brad ford made some time ago accord Ing to Mr Marcotte Mr Marcotte eatd Bradford told Mtn he recently Inserted an adver tisement In a Detroit newspaper asking anyone who was Interested In the subject of whether the dead can communicate with the living to write him and that ft was an swered by a Detroit girl who he said visited Bradford fur a talk on (IIP BlllJJt'kk It was in some sucn conversation ac thia that Bradlord is thought to have come to a decision that there was but one way to solve the mystery Two minds properly attuned must needs ba used and one of those minds must shake off its earthly mantle he is Said to have held According to Mr Marcotte Brad ford went to bed early riday evening and requested that If any one called to tell them' he 'Was out and not roturn until ablate hour 5 'v When lie did not sent Bradford Saturday he went up to hla room and approaching the' door found gas "was pouring front under the doorslll He pushed the door and: found It? open On entering he discovered thip man In the bed dead Coroner Burges was sum moned Ho pronounced death due io suicide by gas and ordered the body removed to Hie morgue Wrote Hook on SpIrUunllem According to Marcotte Brad ford appeared at the store eon dt cted by the former riday He was asked If ho sdesired his laundry Bradford lx said to have asked "How much Is H7" "Eighty seven cents" was the re ply "If I had that much I would be a millionaire" Bradford Is Bald to have retorted But five pennies were found In the clothe Several pawn tickets three cheap watches sever al works on spiritualism and two trunks were among the articles found in his room by Dr Burgess Mrs Marcotte says that Bradford told him that In his younger days he was a star athlete and wu Champion pole vaulter Of the De troit Athletic club 1I would often put on a free): coat and Imperson ate Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde and this seemed to be one of his favor ite impersonations Mr Marcotte said Bradford Is said to have been negotiating fur the publication of a book of spiritualism which he had written Holdup Man Pleads Guilty Sentenced by Keidan After pleading guilty to the rob bery of two stores rank Patter son was sentenced to trim cven and one half' to fifteen years In Jackson prison Saturday by Judge Keidan the maximum being recoin n'llded' Patterson admitted holding up two Smith stores on Mt El liot avenue in the first job Janu ary 13 he took 5393 from Albert Lueffler "451 Harper avenue a clerk In tho second store he held up and robbed Burton Dawson 29 Wales street of $1789 This rob bery was January 25 Patterson used a revolver In each case Ho was arrested a fjw days after the robberies by Defectives Hoppe and Taylor John Duddich convicted before Judge Jeffries of felonious assault was sentenced to from one to three yours In Jackson prison Saturday He was charged with slashing Luka rodanvlch with a knife January 7 A house can be rented but a 0 CARS STOP CROSSING MACK LINE Say Heston Was Not in Court Throughout Trial of reedman Montreal eb 5 The body of a young woman found in West Mount last night with the head Passenger Liner Silent After irst Call rom Sea Near New York New York I'cb 5 Wireless messages sent out to jearn the fate of the Morgan line steamship Momus carrying many passengers and cargo that was reported to have collided late today with the steamship Moorish Prince in theheavy fog have failed to bring a responxe at a late hour tonight OfffUals believed that the dam age It any was slight and that slio proceeded on her voj igc to Now Oilcans Tiio lieavy mist virtually tied up harbor irntfic throughout the day and on Hand two persons lost their lives through collisions due to tho fog A Mrs David Carlson of Long Island was killed when her auto mobile collided with a Long Island llailroiul train Henrv Jackson of Ituthertord a motorman Is deed from injuries suffered when two trolley car collided ut AV ood Lridge 'A slight rain tonight vdissipated the fog and only then did harbor truffle begin to move 'At noon whetv the gray curtain Somewhat lifted a fewst e'dmers slowly crept Narrows1 and others that had anchored outside begun milking way slowly ward 1 Called by Judge Cotter or the theft of two ditnts from a pile of 'papers at orest and Woodward avenue Saturday mom i Ing Charles Johnson 130 East Columbia avenue was fined $17 by Judge Cutter with a alternative of 3t) days in tho house of correction Sergeant Bernard MaJiltuelster of the motor division saw Johnson take a paper from the pile left there through tho courtesy of the newsboy for the convenience ot early morning car riders and then saw him take two dimes from the pile of money lying on the papers "1 am surprised you left any o' tho pennies that were on tho 1 papers" Judge Cotter told Johnson "A cheap a thief as one who will steal from a newsboy will take any amount io matter how ARTIST SEARLESSUED WIE CHARGES NEGLECT Providence eb Victor Searles artist and wrilef who In lu titeu $3 ititirimi from his uncle Edward Searlne of Methuen Mass today was sued for divore Mrs Searles allege wilful deaerx tlon and neglect Tztst year Mr Searles filed similar petition and arles filed a eross sult naming John Bnbarlan as co respondent The alt was dismissed ONLY 16 DEMOCRATS SUPPORT PRESIDENT Sees Show Unnoticed by the Crowd After Posing for Movie Man New York eb 6 Mrs Warren Harding future "flint lady" to night slipped unnoticed Into a fifth row orchestra seat of a thcatei here and watched the performance unhindered by a curious public who had not the faintest Idea that New York's distinguished visitor was in their midst Aitnough she has spent six days selecting gowns for her white house wardrobe she said tonight she felt rested by her visit Shopkeepers and modistes patro nized by Mrs Harding are making all haste with her orders and when she leaves for Washington tomor row afternoon her new clothes will go with her They were deliv ered to her hotel today Two girl scouts called at her hotel this afternoon and presented Mrs Harding with a bouquet of orchids They were told by Mrs Harding "It I had my life to live over again I would be a girl scout" or the first time today Mrs Harding posed for movie man He' had haunted the hotel since last Monday and finally followed the girl scouts to her suite Mrs Harding accompanied by airs iiarrv xcw ana Mrs McLean will leave in aprlvate car tomorrow afternoon at 2:2) for Washington Mrs MC Lean will be Mrs Harding's hostess there until next week ROBBED 2 STORES IS GIVEN 15 YEARS Representative Sisson Says He Would Even Approve Use of Dum dum Bullets AVashington eb The hor rors of gas warfare pictured today in tho house by members op posed to an appropriation $15o0 0(10 for the ehemieal warfare serv ice of the army An amendment by llep Montague Democrat Virginia to cut the amount to $ll0u000 however was voted down nearly 4 to I and the amount carried in the army appropriation bill remained unchanged a Declaring that thfe use'of gas "de stroys the last vestige of civilized warfare" Mr' Montague said the "entire woijlil was horrified" when the Germans began to use gas but that nations which deplored Its use most were now conducting experi ments to make It still more deadly and 1 Representative Sisson Democrat Mississippi favoring the $1600000 appropriation declared the I'nlted States should make war srt fright ful that an enemy nation would gret having tneklcd Uncle Sam" He urged that this country keep ahead of others In inventions for warfare fur Its own security "If we Ver get Into another wat" declared Mr Sisson: "1 want tho United' States soldiers kill a many of the enemy as'qulekly aspossible with the smallest possible lossOf life to themselves" dum duin he was asked "I don't see much difference be tween shooting a man with poison ous bullets and killing him with ones not poisoned" Mr Sisson re pnea Cleveland eb An Increase In the number of cases of sleeping sickness In Cleveland within two weeks from 10 to 18 with nine death from the disease tn January was reported today by Dr II Rockwood city health commis sioner There were only li deaths last year Tho 18 cases reported here constitute the largest number at one time so far on record One man died from the disease today SURAGETTESTATUES READY OR UNVEILING Washington eb 5 The statues of Susan Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott pioneers In tho women's movement ached the capltol totday They will be unveiled In the rotunda on ebruary 15 Thfrty alx national women's organizations gave it as a tribute to their leader In the long light fur suffrage Jane Addam of Chicago will preside at the un veiling ceremony SKIPPER EX YACHT DIES IN BERLIN Berlin eb 5 Admiral Count riedrich von Haudlssln former chief of the German admiralty staff Is dead He formerly was personal admiral to the ex kalser and for three years commended the Imperial yacht He entered the navy In 1873 and was retired In 1913 Hc was 69 years of age CATiniEIHUL MISBION TONIGHT Mercer Hadley 7 day mission o'lna tonight In St Paul's beautiful 1IOM must bo owned or plans see I Episcopal Cathedral Wandward at KEVIHK'K bUMHEIt COMPANY Hancock 7:30 Cathedral Choristers Adv 1 70 voices aaalsung Adv All Will Be Represented Meeting Urging Change in Act All' the states bordering on the Great Lakes are to be represented at the contete'iec on the seamen's act to be held this spring MacLean brought the matter to the attention of the tnlajid waterways conference held iti the Chicago Association of Commerce riday Although the meeting' was one intended to boost the 'waterwaj' improvement re alized that unless the seamen's law was amended the opening of 'the St Lawrence 'to' the Great Lake'k would benefit only Canadian ves sels for it would drive American yessels out of business A The Chicago conlcrcnco was one of chairmen and secretaries bf the committees? appointed by the vari ous commercial bodies in the lake cities and even in those inland towns whieir feit that their future was dependent upon readmitting ocean shipping to the Great Lakes Detroit was represented by AV AV Nichols member of the port devel opment committee of the Board of Commerce It Maclean chair man of the inland waterways com mittee and Thomas Munger hcc retary of both these committees A legislative program was agreed upon but it was not decided who would present the bill to congress It Is expected that the International Joint commission will present Its report to congress within 30 days and it is hoped to get the bill in troduced at the special session of congress in the spring Leo Harmon bf Manistee will introduce a bill in the legislature providing fur an appropriation of $20000 for the support of tho stute tidewater commission and the rep resentatives of other states prom Ised to do what they could to get' similar appropriations and also tx get resolutions adopted by their legislature placing tinlr stales squarely behind the waterways and thus influencing their representa tives in Congress When this is ilone an extensive publicity campaign will be opined it is expected that the consent of the American epngress ano me lainauian parliament can obtained by March 4 1922 800010001DLE BRITONS ON VERGE STARVING AXIT 1 IIHDnDM Ullin HAILDLLI i ACING PROBE TOllUITNONDAY New Move Leave Commi sion Up in Air Unprepared Schram Sayt of the municipal rail way cars over the tracks it 'the Mack avenue intersection of St! Jean avenue was discontin ued by orders of Joseph Good win manager of the city" lines late Saturday afternoon The stopping of the city cars from crossing Mack avenue followed a request for such action made by Elliott Stevenson attorney for the to Clarence Wilcox corpo ration counsel Mr 'Wilcox feared the city officials would be called into court to answer to contempt if the cars were not stopped i Junges Hay Hart of Midland and Clayton Johnson of Cold water in an opinion handed down riday held that the crossing of the U1L tracks by thu city was illegal in view of an injunction paving tieun isauee at tne time crossing was laid forbidding work Tho city officials did not llevo however that the court tended that the operation over crossing would discontinue iinme dlately A further court order was I expected and the cars continued to run Saturday despite the opinion of the judges AVere Malting Definite Order The request of Mr Stevenson to stop the cars came ns a surprise to the street railway commission and Mr AVUcox who were waiting for a definite order which was not expected to be Issued within a week Hoss Schram secretary of the commission said Saturday aft ernoon that the request of Mr Stevenson and the opinion of the court left "the commission up In the air" Mr Schram said that Hinton Spaulding one of the 1 attorneys was in court ri day afternoon and agreed with Mr AVlcox that nothing further would be done until both and city attorneys went before: the judges ana agreed upon tne nature or tne order to be Issued The request for the city to stop its cars found the City unprepared" for the situation In1 view ot' this agreement Mr Schram eald As a result of the stopping: of care nt the urossing paseengera us Ing the AL 'Saturday evening found it necessary to get off at Mack avenue and walk across the Di tracks to a waiting M' tar 'Mr Goodwin said that he had his schedule so arranged that there was no waiting after walking across the tracks Car to car trans fers were issued Result of orced Crossing The stopping of the cars is a result of the action of the city officials in forcing a crossing of the tracks January 9 At that time the crossing was made by 100 employes of the department of public works while 20u pulice Contlnued on Page Two' Column Nix HAS LIE TO SERVE AND NEXT ONE TOO The ExKaiser In Exile By Lady Norah Bentinck The fu st authentic eye witness story of the daily life of William Hohcnzollern while prisoner for eighteen months at Count Hcntinck's castle at Amerongen This (Copyright D21 by Chicago' Tribune) Manila eb Judge Harvey of the criminal court here won a repu tation as a Solomon today A life convict from Bllibid prison was brought before him charged with murdering a fellow prisoner: As death sentence In the Philippines is limited to certain cases Judge Har vey wax stumped for a short time but finally solved the problem by Imposing another life sentence on th? slayer to begin as soon as the first one wad completed JEWS IN LONDON SCORE MANDATE BRITISH AUTO 2 MAY DIE Machine Thrown 200 eet It Demolished Two Other Men Badly Hurt Two men are dying and two others seriously injured as the re sult of a Ann Arbor freight car colliding wlih a touring car on the bix mile road and Mich igan avenue in Springwells Satur day night The automobile was cut in two and hurled 200 feet lhe driver of the auto Leo Wriske of Sharon escaped unin jured ''V'l 111 lam ott of "Addison avenue' was taken llecelving hospital In dying condition' George Wols of 4389 Western avenue was taken to ord hospital ln the same Charles Ott father of William was severely gashed about the hegd and body and William Linske ot 3925 Trenton avenue was taken to his homo with severe lacerations about the head Chief Burdunson of the Spring vine notice force took two of the men to a first aid hospltal ifrom which they were transferred to De troit hospitals VI CAN IND NO AUTHORITY OR $16566900 LOAN New Xork eb? 5 ftepreseiita tive Lester A'ollL pf Brooklyn announced today he froiild' intro duce In congress resolu tlon'calllng' for all data and Infor mation relative to the loan of $16 565900 made in 1918 by the War inance Corporation to the Brook lyn Rapid Transit company "In following up thu negotia he Raid "I learned that the war finance corporation required the consent of the city of New York before granting this loan which was from Comptroller Craig I have been unable to find his authority tor giving such con sent Comptroller Craig said this sub ject was discussed with Mayor Hy lan and Eugene Meyer managing director of the war finance corpora tion at the time the loan was ne gotiated YOUNG WOMAN SLAIN BY MANIAC WITH AXE Propoaed Legislative Inquiry Into Priaon Affaira May' Be Dropped Kneeisl to The ree I're Ionia Mich eb 5 Warden 1: Otis uller head of Ionia Reform atory for the last 27 years will tender his resignation to Governor Groesbeck Monday hi making' this announcement Jate Saturday' evening Warden uller declared A lie bad no knowledge of any sim' ilar action that might be plated by members of the board of control two of wloin Alfred Locke and Albert Stickley haves" ''4 been a'ked by the governor to 5 1 sever their connections with the' board Ai Tho resignation of Warden ui ler one of the beat known prison Wvif offlel tls In the state follows sun Rational charges of riots In the orison dlninir hall one as recent as last Tuesday made by the legt lallvn committee which Inspected the prison and which led to the passing of a resolution' riday au inorizing uus voioiiuiii is iues tlgute prison conditions at greater length an inquiry wnicn naa set to commence Ind anislllg day Saturday's unexepected however It la believed will tho plans of the legislators 10 They Be Reinstated Keidan Refuses Plea Declaring 1 hat they were gross ly wronged bv Judge William Heston when lie discharged them last week from the panel of the municipal court because they ren dered it verdict of hot guilty in the case of William reedman charged with robbery while armed 10 mem bers of the jury presented a state nient to' Presiding Judge Keidan Saturday asking that they be rein stated "'Vo be vindicated or nun uuiuu on tno panel" saiq Oriudyu foreman of the jury May Start Ivll Aellon "The men will not be reinstated" Judge Keidan said Saturday Saturday afternoon It) of tho jury men met and offered their state ment teethe press declaring that they would Institute civil anil other action If necessary? to clear their names of the "disgrace" which they say tho dismissal has placed upon them They have been unable to find rank McKernan whoso ad dress was given as 773 Oakland avenue and are not sure whether he would sign the statement they have prepared All the others with thq exception of John Young 2iil2 Sherman street appeared and he Is willing to stgn hey say submit to the people that the responsibility of the facts In the case was taken from us and placed upon the shoulders of the court It has been said that Judge Heston declared tho verdict was a great pilscarrlagc of Justice and we hon estly and earnestly submit to the people of this statu that we were In the Jury box throughout tho en tire trial and further that we hoard each and every particle of evidence that Judge Heston was not in the court room listening to the evidence all the time and we do notthlnk'it fair and right to iuko me veruici and place it on Judge Heston "The Jury saw the evening of among other things he said that the fact there had been so many acquittals In his court room this terms coupled with this verdict led him to believe it wise to take some sort of drastic action that he call ed Judge Keidan by phone on Sun day and asked permission to dis miss this jury" Replying to the assertion con tiiaed in the statement by the dis charged Jurors Judge Heston Sat urday declared that the recital of facts was in error insofar as it averred that other cases had en tered his decision to dismiss the men now protesting Dismissal wan based he aal(b solely upon tho record qf tbs' reedman case and there wayhd occasion to go out side of that to justify hlg action''' 5 Mistaken Iilcntltyr Tke' Sayq The statement tells of the mis take whkh the juror say Julge Keldttn made (iln presuminjvtmit MhcCreadye was the father of a man with a criminal record end that his Identity was mistaken MaeCreadye having no children "We submit to the people the statement continues "that it looks) to Us that It wasn't because of our verdict we were discharged but be cause of mistaken identity We wish to stand upon our record and again Continued on ags Three Column Two SAYS Ml TUB 8)eclal to The ree Preas New York tb Twelve hun dred passengers on two Manhat tan bound Brooklyn Rapid 9 ransit trains were badly shaken up during the morning rush hour today ns the result of a rear end collision at the Norwood avenue station of the Lexington line mrshading goes INCOG TO THEATER Poetry and Cigarette Kept Gil christ Busy Wife Declares Special to The ree Tress from Chicago Tribune Chicago eb The eccen tricities of genius were revealed ttday by Mrs Charlotte May Gil it an41s4a avil! lot (nnNi muaw defendant in a divorce suit crushed by an axe was Identified brought by her husband poet es 1 today by JoSeph Malherbe as savlst anti heir to a large fortune I of bls "daughter Adeline ovniinble i I olice expressed the opinion that I1V The court was packed Mun and women tilled the aisles and jammed every available Inch of space in the hope of hearing some glimpse of tho nude photographs ot urs testified lai nr years old and that she had posed for him more than a hundred times 'Outside ot posing 1 was not In terested In Mr Ruegge" she said "You were Interested enough to address him as uear Yes Mr Gilchrist Ruegge had followed her from New London Conn and established a studio in the Edgewater Reach hotel Mrs "pancy" face be came vivacious as she pictured her life with her "literary" husband "He used to Hu around In bed all day while I did the housework" she said "I nover saw his face while he was eating All 'I ever saw was his newspaper or a book "Often he would fill the bath tub with warm water then lock hlm self In the bathroom light per fumed cigarettes and lie in the tub all day reading House Moved Along With Autos and Live Stock Rped11 to The ree tH Haileyville Ala eb cy cline struck Haileyville at 4:30 this morning Houses' were moved garages automobile and live stock were blown away Telegraph and toleptiono connec tions wire broken So farino is reported injured A house was removed 101) yards Into Mineral Springs Hollow Mr and Mrs McNobba and three chil dren escaped to a place of eafetg: just before the house was carried away The family of Duncan wo uninjured when the residence was blown off Its foundation A cow was blown over a fence without Injury No reports have been re ceived of the cyclone striking 1ft' any other section i Lum sw even though 15 witnesses inmates ofthe prison have been summoned lov Lansing Monday to give Resignation Nut Asked Warden uller Saturday night denied that his resignation had been requested "I have been planning for some time to resign the first of nexli Mr uller bald Saturdav bight "but I have changed my mind and will tender my resignation at' once" Asked If ho knew whether thA members of the board of control hnd decided to resign Mr uller said he could not say "That a matter that rests en tircly between tho members and the governor" he added Committee Wanted Resignation Pontiac Mich eb 5 that Warden Otis uller of the Ionia reformatory resign at once and the entire board of control be re moved forthwith was voiced hero Saturday Representative A' Green member of the house com mil tee on Ionia which was author ized by tho legislature to inquire more deeply Into reformatory at fairs "The opittWJrTITfWtflfHftiee fs practically unanimous'' Mr Green said "that Warden uller should re sign and the board ot control be re niovert uner belongs school and has outlived ness io in mail muon "When our committeo visited th a reformatory Mr uller In his description ot tho food fur nished tho Inmates but he seemed' to prefer that wo spend our time in ids office rather than looking about the place In tho barn he poke to and putted the cows but on pass Ing through the reforniutrg'y he did not speak to a single Initiate' CYCLOWSTRIKES' ci DETR MICHIGAN' 1) A Action ollow Quickly and Without Debate After Mes sage Is Read Washington eb The joint resolution directing the stopping ol enlistments until the regular army is reduced to 175000 men was pass ed tonight by the house over Presi dent veto Thu veto was overridden by a vote of 371 to dli ono member vot ing present The president's veto message was not read to the house until six hours after its formal delivery but once read action was Mondeil Gets Busy Ileprescntativo Mondell of Wyom ing the Republican leader said thu niessage presented no arguments 'bad not already been before the body and thatf utthei' discussion wa unnecessary 'Ho asked lur an ininndiate vote A million to ndjourn offered by Reprcscniuuvr nniuv vviiiwi ai Arkansas was voted down over whelmingly' G'A All the 16 members voting to sus tain tne prcsineni with ueinwru 1 1 a rri viA iinii 3rd Tliey WtHVi Jrv icAun Piauu erini ('fltnuttr ppnnsvivn New roi'K vouuy maryj Eagan' New Jersey isher 'Iwiues see: Igoe Missouri McAndrijs llli nols Minahan New Jersey Pell Mew York Raker California Sims irnnrsRenl Tairue Massachusetts Weaver North Carolina Welling L'lali Lee1 Georgia voted present Those voting to override the veto Included 92 Democrats i Motion is expected to be taken on the veto early next week in lhe Senate where it was Haul prospects wtre favorable for overriding 'the president Returning the measure to tho house the preslfient said he was to sco in the condition of the world at large or in the needs ot the United Slates any change" that would justify a restriction upon the minimum enlisted strength of 280005 men' provided for in the re cently "enacted army reorganiza tion bill i Would Destroy HalnnCc Quoting the resolution as restrict ing the enlisted strength of the army ot J75000 men tlie president "No provision is made In the reso lution for the preservation ot any proportionate strength in the Com batant corps ofsthe urtny and a mere discontinuance of enlistment would a long time preserve lhe staff corps disproportionately enlisted and the'eombatant corps Insufficiently manned to maintain the instruction and training which ought to be assured If an army of 175900 njen is to efficient in proportion to Its aggregate num ber in tho foil th day of June 1920 1 signed a bill passed by the pres ent congress providing for lhe rc orgnnlzationof the army Because of the profoundly disturbed condi tions of tho world afid In order that full benefit might accrue to the people of the United States from Continued on ii Column live WILSON WILL VISIT ENGLAND IS REPORT nd 'I I I 1 III I nilimi I i By 1 8MP' Jfl I 1 1 iMt i' ilsa vara wsilWItate vlW 1 3 i.

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