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WEATHER X1 Cloudy 1 1 INAL EDITION 1 VOL 87 'NO DETROIT MICHIGAN MONDAY JANUARY 9 1 1922 WELVE PAGES THREE CENTS 1 1 lAm POLICEMAN GOES ON RAMPAGE IS SUSPENDED WINE POISONS 8 leyrorn tn nfnllprtlcj tliO the the AUTO SHOW DRAWS 30000 KO DETROIT to 'their ROMANCE ENDS and years old years old ''f: taken ALL BREAKS TUBE MAN IS SUOCATED 8 CONVICTS BREAK RANKORT PRISON IANCE MONEY VANISH CHARGE tn the SOLONS TO QUIZ SM NEWBERRY URNITURE STAIN GIVEN AS CHURCH GIRL MUSSING 5 DAYS RETURNS TO HER HOME NEW DISCORD MENACES ERIN AS DAIL SPLITS The rest 1 EATS OUR DOZEN RAW EGGS AT SINGLE SITTING THUGS STEAL SAE AS 1500 COPS PATROL BEATEN LEADER SAYS REPUBLIC STILL EXISTS De Valera Rallies Aids Into Private Session and Op posing action Meets WOMAN NOVELIST PLAYWRIGHT WHO DIED IN NEW YORK 4 CLOUDINESS SNOWS PREDICTED OR WEEK MNT TUBES Kazoo Records 21 Deaths Under Prohibition Law Special fo The rrW Kuhtmnauo Mlrlu Jan Church Has ailed Says Rev Pullinger Washington Jan The weather bureau Sunday Issued the following forecast for this week: Reg Ion of Great Considerable cloudi ness local snows and normal tem perature Two of Grand Rapids Victims May Not Live Report (Copyright by Ointive Leroy) MILS PEABODY fw ichigan Man Will Answer Queries After Speech" Is inished iu be" nicK rinnnn imi rARCADIA TOMGtl HA NCI NG Novel and ful' of fun Spectators invited Adm 15c Adv ro CHCITM Jan Pro of Michigan to study the (Photo from Bain New (service New York) GEORGE HARVEY embarrassing for a host to Invite his creditors to a dinner at which they might be asked when and how they expected to pay their debts In fact before the United States would even accept an invitation to such a party 1 Europe officials Continued on Pageyi'hrec Column Three ELDER IS IRST TO DRINK POTION i department of hrnlth nn ufl furr A Iht of prrwonn who hnvr died frdtn nlcohollr pnhnnlnjInce nntlonnl prohibition wt nt Into effect ihiw 21 fatMllllen In ICnlamuAoo city Alone of the death were laid by" the city bHeteriolugtata to the InipoMal billty of non eipcrta dlatlngohh Ing Im wee wood tilrohoi amt ftraln aleohol and to the fre quent presence In nioonnhiue eon Episcopal Rector Avers Re ligion Has Served Class Lost Power Urges Golden Rule The church has failed to touch the average man It has catered to class and sentimentalized too much" declared the Rev Sunday aft rnoon in speaking before the I abor orum or 'The ailure of the Church" Rev pullinger Is rector of Grace Episcopal church Virginia Park and Twelfth street Some hundreds of persons crowd ed the small meeting room In the basement of the Auto hall to hear the rector of Grace Episcopal church whoso remarks recently on prohibition brought sharp censure and criticism from other pastors No Mincing of Wards Rev Pullinger didn't mince words either He told them that he had been an apprentice in Lon don and had learned to swear He ssld that he had been in the army and learned to curse and mastered a new language which the army understood Pleading for a stronger type of Christian man a man more like the strong virile fine man that All Are Laler Recaptured as Boy Gives Alarm rankfort Ky Jan 8 Eight of the most desperate prisoners In the Kentucky state reformatory here' including one who is serving a life term for murder late Sunday es caped from the mam prison through a sewer Seven of the men got out ride the walls but were recaptured within an hour and the eighth was found two hours later hiding in the shirt factory The delivery was planned by George Miller of Covington KV serving five years tor robbery who served two terms in the federal 1 risi at ort Leav nwoi th Kan and is now wanted there as an es caped convict and Joe Pat Murray of Newport Ky serving seven years for storehouse' breaking and who has attempted to escape four times Recently some work has been done on the sewers ami the excava tions uncovered the main sewer Murrey and Miller It Is said hid a nick ami Sunday while 'convicts Wire pitching horseshoes In the yard broke a small holo In the large S' wi main The pair dropped into this walked a few feet to a trap ilnor in the factory Blockade raised th sewer cap climbed out ran throurh the shirt factory and es caped by climbing over the fence As I he men cjlmbed the fence (ircund the factories a small boy living nearby saw them and noti fied the guard on tho front gate who gave the alarm TO fxhume BODY IN DEATH QUIZ Special to The ree Prow nliMnvbnrr Pa Jan rank Lambrest got four dozen eggs Saturday for nothing AH he had to do was to cat raw He had walked into a grocery store where ho ordered and ate a dozen "hen fruit" The amazed grocer said he'l supply three dozen more gratis along with the first dozen if Lambrest would eat them too Lambrest obliged Morning service in the Seventh Re fonnotl church hero Sunday ctunn to an abrupt end when eight mem bers toppled over on the floor ot tho church near the pulpit a mo ment after they drank from the sacramental cup Into which by error someone had poured a poison ous furniture polish instead of wine The Congregation was thrown into confusion when John fllewald un elder 4tho first to sip the polish fellV unconscious A second victim dropped near the pulpit and six others collapsed in rapid succes sion Hum from Cbureli The poisoned men were placed in auiomoiuies ana taken homos Cod we've been cried II Terkeurst a furniture denier rushing church Members of the tlon followed him into I SRcInl to The ree "aginaw 8 Three bids hnvn been received by the finance com h'lltci nf (ho east side board of rmicntbn frr tho bond Issue of 1100000 which ima been author 'zed to finance tins new junior high "heol and Ihe building of another nc) gnd of school prnp 'ty The blds were all from bank 'OS syridh'aios nd the board's onrice (oniniltton wlll mak known dceltflon early this we as to dlMxsliion Congregation lees as 7 Others all To loor "M's Debate Is Seen on Issue Before inal Vote Is Taken Washrngron Jan Debate In the senate on the right of Truman II Newberry to hold a seat in that body is expected to reach a climax Monday when Mr Newberry plans to take the floor to defend himself against the charges of corruption In the Michigan elections The senator whose claim Is be ing contested by Henry ord his Domncrktin annonent on the ground that about $250 000 was' spent to win the nomination and election will read a prepared speech and according to present plans will then submit to Questions by any senator so long as the queries arc Senators have been warned by Senator Spencer Republican Mis souri chairman of the elections and Senator Townsend Mr colleague from Michigan that no heckling or "cross examining" tactics would be permitted Limit on Speech Discussion of the case will on Monday under an agreement limiting each senator" to one hour's speech on the main subject or any amendments but leaders declared Sunday night that should Mr New berry need more time a suspension ot the consent agreement obviously would be proposed and accepted The senator's speech it was: in dicated occupy more than an hour even without interrup tions Leaders in the fight to put through the resolution which would declare Mr Newberry to be the duly elected senator from Michigan say frankly that much depends on his presentation of the case and while confident that the resolution will carry they assert that he will offer convincing argument concern ing his lack of knowledge of the activities of his campaign com mittee Week's Debate Seen The senate faces probably a full week of discussion of the contro versy Many senators have signi fied their Intention of addressing the senate and a prospect for a vote before late in the week is not hopeful leaders said although un der the agreement a vote may be called forany timq afterMonda' MRS PEABODY AUTHOR IS DEAD ormer Conductorette Man With Whom She Eloped Are Held by Smith Police A romantic glamor surrounding an alleged trip to the west with Marvin A Blodgett 1108 McKin stry avenue was dispelled for Gene vieve Kaiser formerly conductor ettc on Detroit street cars with tho arrest of the two in ort Smith Ark late Saturday They are charged with trafficking in nariot ics and liquors I The two met in Detroit about eight months ago according to a pu rportod confession of uvf las Kaiser whose Detroit address was 9118 Anspach street and who soon is to become a mother An engage ment followed It is said and the two ft for somewhere In the west to make their fortune Blodgett left first according to ths state ments taken by officers and the girl followed soon afterwards Lived on Her Savings Charge The two Journeyed through many states living on the girl's savings it Is alleged They arrived In ort Smith in September Blodgett was on a visit to his wife and 9 year old child during the holidays it is said but returned for the west about a week ago it was on his return from this visit that federal agents at ort Smith said they nabbed him Miss Kaiser had been arrested previously federal agents asserting she had a part in traffic In nur aml wnisay uiougeti was as he left a passenger train Wife Stand by Mate girl nt the time of her ar Mil a iiAnnl IliBl I epi ipviinii i i less saying Blodgett had spent her savings earned as a conductorette In Detroit on tin West ort street line Stic blamed Blodgett for tho position In which she found herself Mrs Blodgett Sunday night de clared her husband who worked as a barber while In Detroit was somewhere in the west hut that she was certain be was on a purely business enterprise That be might have left Detroit with a woman she declared impossible J'otir armed men 'held up and fobbed Grover HaB fn his soft drink cafo at Beaubien Mroot Sunday night and escaped with 185 They entered tile cafe when ifal) wits nlono A confederate kept watch (Hitshle Two of 'them stood guard' over Un II after forcing him to lie ou the floor while the other two ransacked the place They ca caped in an uutomoblbs A report of a holdup 'earlier In the day was found to he false po llen say the Incident being the third of Its kind in three week ilarvcy W' Cook 1720 Ilmira avenue had reported that two mnn nt Michigan ave ntm and ourth street His stories of tha holdup conflicted police say Becoming suspicious they searched him finding JU It Is aUqged Juanita Dawson i1 years old who disappeared from her home at SOtti ourteenth avenue rWndnos lay returned Sunday Sh was the fifth high school girl to leave home and return within a week The uscapade accordlhg to police of tho Grand River avenue station was her second Sh Is a student al Northwestern high school and lives with her stepfather II Trend way Who declined to say where the had been on her latest trip rom hom Will Seek Settlement to Raise und for Soldier Bonus Detroit Prrio Prewa Bureau 40 1 Bldg Washington Washington Jan 8 George Har vey United States envoy to Great Britain is about to enter tho stage of international politics the set ting of which is Cannes in south ern rance as the tall man with tho horn rimmed glasses armed with a prodding stick lie will prod nations to pay the United States their debts new role Is tho out come of the Saturday night confer ence at the White House where Republican leaders admitted the contention of Joseph ordney of Michigan that the bonus must be passed this session And President Harding is now iloing his utmost to get at least an agreement lor payment ot debts on the installment plan wants to use the money to pay bonus "informal conversations" diplomatic term meaning "talking things over" will be entered Into by Mr He will state on what terms and conditions the United States will participate tn a world economic confere( a gath ering which will attempt to save Europe from financial ruin American claims will be urged to put nn end to wasteful European militarism It was learned at the White House that under no circumstance will the United States Issue invita tions for such a meeting It is pointed out that it would be most Widow Deterted On Wedding i Day Asks Arrest On $450 Mrs Della Volkman 6568 Scot ten avenue a widow expected to 1 sign her name beneath that ot Ed ward Rogers on a marriage certificate Sunday Instead she signed ft nn a warrant for arrest charging him with defraud ing her of $150 The hitch in her plans came when Rogers the $150 in his pocket decamped police say forgetting promises of marriage All preparations had been made and invitations issued for thy wed ding Mrs Volkman had emptied her house of roomers preparatory to quitting the rooming house busi ness forever Gave Me Diamond': "I met him through mutual friends three months Mrs Volkman said found we liked the same things and hail many Interests In common Ho took mo to theaters and paid ardent court which cul minated In a proposal of marriage throe weeks ago He gave me a large diamond ring but it fit and hetooklt saying he'd have it altered "We swent abpqt Jna! sedan cM rented from the Brown garage near the Griswold hotel and always had the spine chauffeur Arthur Nowsaskl Rogers promised me a large automobile a home in Virginia Park and declared rny every wish would be fulfilled after the mar riage "Last Wednesday ho loft with Nowsaskl to drive to South Bend Ind where he said he had tn set tle some business affairs Before leaving however he asked and I consented tn make him a loan of ttsn to cover an emergency he did not explain Itnuglit New urniture his rfr parturo anco with our understanding I gave notice to my roomers I was closing my house bought furniture and other things in preparation for tho wedding "I was Just addressing invita tions Saturday morning when a Mr Templeton from whom lie had purchased the touring car he had premised nu called at the house and said the car had not been called for and nn payments had been made "An hour later' Nowsnskl the chauffeur1 arrived In Detroit and telcnhoneif that Rogers had left him at Elkhart Ind on the roturn trip to Detroit from South Bend and that he the chauffeur had waited twen ty four hours in vain for his re turn from what was supposed to have been a five minutes' errand Then I notified the The police said Rogers Is wanted In Beveral cities under various alias es on ckirgoa of defrauding wqmeu in a similar manner as that chaiged In Mrs Volkman's warrant Mr Volkman said Rogers had been working on an Interior deco rating contract in tho Hazlewood aiari moots 31 21 Ilazlewood ave nue prior to paving Detroit The contract has been abandoned unfiti lehed she said Af a result of persistent rumors among neighbors of Mrs Eva Gray who died December 1921 In her h' rno In Wyandotte Heights that roriain ''peculiar" circumstances sur rn'itilfng the death never have been satisfactorily explained tho sheriff's dace represented: by Deputies Joe x'T Burman and Carl Brooks a thorough investigation of the rasalMar Orders for the 'xhumstion of the body and post mortem were 'obtained from the office Saturday The oeputics announced their Intention Complete the legal formalities Mi relay tho exhumation way take place early in the week 3 BIDS oOTlOOOOO SAGINAW SCHOOL BONDS Treaty1 Advocate ace Grave Problem in Setting Up Pro visional Government Dublin Jan 8 (By the Associat ed! Thee peace treaty has been ratified and prayers ot thanksgiving went up from the people in all the churches Sunday but Ireland continues to face inter nal disorganization giving rise to the greatest anxiety The spilt In the Dall Elreann has been hlghtened and Intensified by the vote on the treaty and tho fu ture was never more obscure At different hours Sunday the two fac tions held conferences at the Man sion house The Dall will 'meet again Monday in public session and all the members are expected to attend De Valera's Statua Is It has become apparent that Ea monn De resignation as president of the republic did not take an official form and the out standing question is whether he will make effective his expressed intention to resign and if ho does not what will become of the Dail Many believe that the opponents of tho treaty plan to keep tho Sinn ein parliament in being while supporters of the treaty en deavor tu establish a provisional government and carry out the terms of the peace agreements Mr De Valera's resignation ten dered to the Dail Elreann riday was specific he consented how ever to postpone action there on condition that a vote on the treaty should be taken within 48 hours At the same time ho plainly stated that he intended hap pened" to retire to private life When the vote was taken the resignation was not repeated Mr De Valera merely alluding to it when he arose and in a voice bro ken with emotion began to explain his personal position But he had not got far when he sat down un able to go on jnier Ije xaieia suaimvuvu meeting for Sunday exclusively confined to the 57 deputies who voted against the treaty and Sun day at the Mansion House prior to the private session of his associ ates he delivered a speech which was a clear 'Indication of Tris lion to continue the fight this time apparently not only against the British government but against he provisional government of the Irish free state which he said he re gards as a usurpation and to which the chief objection is that it derives Its authority from the Brit ish parliament May Be Voied On There were Sunday night who are of the opinion that the question of Mr Do Valera's sus pended resignation must be debated at Monday's meeting of the Dali The Inconsistencies In his declara on Teo r'Juuur ive His Shooting Perils Lives Causes Scores on Michigan Avenue to Seek Cover Carry Heavy Iron Box Out of Poolroom Unnoticed Get $150 While 1500 policemen were scour ing Detroit Saturday night in search of gamblers bootleggers gun toters and toher reprehensible persons burglars entered the pool room of Luther Mitchell 3489 Hast ings street and carried off the safe Tho safe with its door broken was found in the rear of 341 Ben ton street by Patrolmen Stone and Hutchins of the Hunt street sta tion after the robbery had been re ported Sunday morning The exploit netted tho thieves only 150 rank Nikoliel ound Dead in Gas illed Room A stumble over a gas stove tubo while entering his room at 2235 East ort street lain Saturday night cost the life of rank Nikoliel 35 years old the Police reported Sun day Nikolic! fell to tho floor of his room when his foot struck tho stove He lay there in a stupor while gas fumes from tho severed connection pcrn matcd the room When found early Sunday ho was dead Ho Is said to have a wife who at present Is visiting relatives iff Europe The body was removed to the morgue William 36 years old who gave ills home as Pittsburgh J'a was removed to Ifei elving hospital from Plymouth Mich Saturday night itilTerlnfc from wounds In hls throat said to have been self in flicted with a penknife Police are Investigating' Hls condition was reported not serious THUGS TAP NEAR BEER EMPORIUM DRAW $85 Calcutta India feasor Van Tyne has arrive! here political conditions In India DEMOCRATIC CHIE DiEJ St Louis Tan Dr Walter Watson aged 7fi of Mt Vernon 111 former chairman of the Democratic state committee of Illinois died hero today nfter a lingering Illness Slav HUSIIAM) Chicago Jan Moonshine claimed another victim ami dis rupted what had been a happy home when Mrs Henry Aus bnclt mother of six children killed her drink crazed husband to save her own and the life of her 12 year old daughter 1IIG11SH '1'0 PROTEST Wilmington Jan ormal protest charging unlaw ful arrest and seizure will bo made the British ambassador at Washington tomorrow by A Cdieman owner and Captain Thompson of the British schooner Messenger of Peace alleged liquor ship brought here In tow of the coast guard cutter Seminole yesterday Mr Coleman announced tonight dancing frek tonight The Pier Ballroom Club Wrote Many Works Under Name of Katrina Trask Saratoga Springs Jan 8 Mrs George oster Peabody writ er and philanthropist died of bron chial pneumonia early Sunday at Yaddo her estate here She was critically ill only a few days al though she had been an invalid for many years Airs Peabody's first husband Spencer Trask was killed In a rail road accident In 1909 and her mar riage to Mr Peabody a former member of the Trask banking firm took place less than a year ago Under the name of Katrina Trask she wrote many novels plays poems and articles She took a keen in ti rest in the movement for world peace and wrote a play the advocating universal peace which was presented on the professional stage One of her poems "The Conquering has en read at many gatherings throughout the country recently In connection with the disarmament movement Mrs Peabody was well known for her philanthropies in this city and elsewhere After the death of Mr Trask sho announced that by an agreement made between them that the TraAc estate Yaddo should become a home for artists at her death INJURIESATaLYo GIRL AS SLEIGH HITS STUMP Krww t'ii tn Thn Prr rt Reed City Mich Jan 8 Grace Bonafield Is dead as the result of an accident In sliding down hill at her farm home With some com panions she was taking the second slide when het sleigh hit a stump Her face was injured and what seemed to be slight Internal In juries caused her parents to bring her to the Reed City hospital While waiting for a specialist she died within a day ot I he accident When the editions (lid appear Sunday morning however they dis closed nothing sweeping other than new price ranges by Chandler and Studebaker which had been antici pated Anxiety among some of the weaker organizations represented In the show Is not altogether allay ed as yet however During the week the strongest companies in iield have scheduled big gatherings of their field forces announcements from which are be ing awaited with almost breathless Interest With quantity sains and quantity production a strong factor in the general situation those fac tories that have not the resources to give them the volume necessary to allow ot cutting down the margin of profit per car are on the anxious Seat The end of the week how ever should see all uncertainty re moved and permit everybody to go ahead with spring campaigns In the assurance that prices have been stabilized for six months or more Nash president of Nash Motors company whose views on the trend ot the Industry are noted for conservatism and sanity is in New York and in a statement Riven out Sunday says the time Is here when both manufacturer and deal er are being put to the real test and only the fit can remain Attendance Op Opening Day Signifies Great Interest In Exhibiton BY II WATSON New York Jan at tendance at the opening of the twenty second national automobile show approached 30000 persons according to officials This is the highest mark registered on opening day for several years and in behalf of the automobile men presages another record crowd for Monday when the exhibition is to reopen alter the Sunday interval The fact that the show this year contains a great number of view cars and new models of familiar cars is certain to attract the thousands that have clamored for admission to the grand central palace In other years the automobile men believe and will generate even greater pub lic interest than has prevailed here since before the war days! On the score ot decoratlonsthis effort by Samuel A Allies and his staff shows a great Improvement over the show of 1921' The general color scheme is in purple and gold with appropriate floral elaboration which makes an admirable setting on all four floors Whilo the color fashions of carsf 1922 show a marked tendency to ward conservatism there arc sev era! examples of bizarre novelty that are outstanding features Ono Is a Packard which Is quite start ling in black with red striping and another is a Lincoln in pure white with windows doors cowl and fen ders sharply defined in stripes of black: If there is any distinct trend in basic body colors it is toward maroon or plum in the darker and more subdued shades Always at show time the appear ance ot the Sunday editions of tho New York papers containing the special automobile sections is awaited with the keenest interest by the visitors from Detroit and other automobile producing cen ters This year there was more than usual eagerness 10 see them on account of general uncertainty and even anxiety over the price sit uation MUST ACE TRIAL BOARD ON SERIOUS COMPLAINTS ''1 Patrolman Kelly Stripped of Badge Member of orce Since October 1920 Scores of persons sought refuge In doorways when Patrolman Mat thew Kelly of the Eighth precinct fired shots from his re volver an argument with evo citizens whom he accosted at ifth and Michigan avenues late Sunday bight Kelly was suspended shortly af ter the occurrenceby Lieutenant Paul Schellcnberger rf the Trum bull avenue station Wil) ace Trial Bon rd He must stand trial before the police board on a charge ot being Intoxicated and firing hls revolver unnecessarily' according to Lieu tenant Schellcnberger A Detectives were called to tho scene of the altercation by alarmed spectators The officers took Kelly the Trumbull avenue station There he made a statement He was stripped of his badge and bus pendctL Witnesses told Lieutenant Schel jenberger that Kelly accosted two men at ifth and Michigan avenues and began to argue with them Several loud remarks had been made when the patrolman drew a gun and began firing He fired three limes None ot the bullets offset The citizens told the lieutenant that they did not know Kelly who was dressed in civilian attire was a policeman until the man drew the weapon and dlsplaw ed a badge (Ifficcra Take Him Home Kelly who was off duty was allowed to go to hls home follow ing hls suspension He was accom panied by officers from the Eighth precinct who were called to tho Trumbull avenue station by Lieu tenant Schellenberger Kelly was appointed to the police department as an auxiliary patrol man October 20 1920 He was ad vanced to a regular April 22 1921 Un bad had anv demerit marks He Is 38 years old and lives at 5460 Lincoln avenue The trial board has taken drastic artton in the cases of patrolmin fnund guilty of being Intoxicated recently Dismissal has followed onvlction in the majority of In stances says the Nash state menu "there was a loss of a quarter of a billion dollars on used rars by automobile dealers in the United States This cannot continue This condition must be changed and changed right now not in two or three time or moat of the retailers of tho country will be out of business and without tho retail er there can bo no automobile In dustry i' "Many pla nd have been suggested to rontroi the serond hnnd car mar ket but all that have been proposed arc too complicated depending upon the co operation of too many con flicting interests Trouble will have to bo solved by the common sense of the dealer himself "Automobile merchants mhst buy second hand cars at tho right price and that price only Until they atop bidding against each other this evil will never he eradicated The same buelness principles must applied In handling aeeoiid hand cars us In handling new cars" KttEHGEIt ARHIVE9 TUM) 45 or concert at Arcadia lan 10th Ticket at Adv Read New Era Association nd this iastie qn another page Salesmen read oUr want column ad Adv DETROIT CREAMERY BUTTER fresh daily At grocers Adr LADIES ire MEN 2Be Admission Dancing free every bight Harry Vail'S orchestra Be ffiining tonight our now and per mnnont polity Majestic Hall Room woodward at Adv Undertaker Declares Release Order Was Ignored between "the 'Wayne county coroner's office and Highland Dark General hospital appeared pos slble Sunday as a result of an al leged disregarded order from Deputy Coroner Charles Earl Saturday night that the body of James Rich ards be delivered to Undertaker XL (' Haley A hospital clerk is said to have refused to givp Haley the body after receiving this order He was quoted ns saying the ease wm In the hands of Justice William A i Rankin Haley got the body Sun day however1 i James Richards? 65 years of age: 1577 Wavafly avenue died at thu hospital Saturday night Ilia dentil was due accordtug to the postmor tern Sunday to a street car acci dent New day In which was knocked down and his spine in Jured Acting nn the request of a lives Undertaker Haley wdnt to tho hospital and Mlrod for tho body: tho clerk refused at that time and Hdby secured an order from the coroner's office The rdef was ignored Haley said and after he had departd ho was told by telephone that Justice Rafikln had ordered a post mortem and tho body would ba" re leased Sunday morning The clerk at the hospital said ho refused to comply with tho order until Justice Rankin who Is empowered to act as coroner tn Highland Park had been notified I Ha said tho ease was a matter of courtesy between "the two offices uneral services for Mr Richards will be held from the undertaking 'J Parlor Of HniiJ 'Monday mprnlng at 8:15 police Matter doors TO NAB IGHT SUSPECT haltering down doors of n' residence at 913 Peterson street police tmrly Monday morning ar rested Stanley Boto who is aG leged littve himself there 'after bitting an acquaintance oh the heftd wilh a club in shrunk: en quarrel He was jailed on a chargq ot disorderly conduct Two revuty vers neither loaded are said to havo been taken from him The arrest was made following an alarm by neighbors who noticed the barred doors and windows of the rcsIden'C BRITISH REDUCE RHINE 4 ARMY ORCE TO 2800 8 Tho army of occupation on the Rhine has been reduced to 3800 according' to recent announcement here this force It Is understood Is to remain I In Germany Indefinitely Ry tho treaty of Versailles occupation of 1 the Cologne bridgehead has two more years to continue LATEST WIRE LASHES Representative Detroiters Met at Random Agree City Needs Rapid Transit ive Detroit mon were selected at random in the street and asked wiial they thought of Detroit's need of a rajiid transit transportation service to supplement city surface lines Here are their statements: Batielie 55 Glendale ave nue: was not as large as Detroit when it began to lay its elevated system its population was only 700000 Any city's growth is stunted when itc transportation system is not ahead of the game I liaViS in Louis New York and Philadelphia for long stretches The tube made long Island what it is ast com mutation service helped build Phil adelphia Any public improvement that Is not an absolute luxury Is necessary I lived nine miles out the north shore in Chicago The 'L' made downtown in 27 minutes" Transit Must Withey: "I was lu New York the other day and went from Wil liams street to orty second street in seven minutes it took me 47 minutes to go over the same dis tance in a surface car Rapid tran sit must come to Detroit sooner or later 1 am in favor of the recent elevated plan turned down by the council because it hasn't the dis advantages of the ordinary elevated structure and is less expensive than a subway Any man who lives eight miles out Grand River and wanting to go to the theater is unable to go from downtown to his home have dinner and dress and get back In time You could do all that in little more than an hour with rapid transit facilities Su burban communities would double in no time" Chapman real estate oper "Any city will stop growing when Its transportation is inade quate it will reach a balance and then begin to lose This talk of enormous spending of money Is an economic fallacy If we spend someone else gets it and wo pass on to prosperity If you start an argument that every one will not enjoy the benefits of such a publicxSliito nnvor finu tttihHi UilULJ 3 IICM U1IJ j'MVlie improvement Wo owe something to the children who are coming on The indirect value to them and to any needed community is more than the direct outlay The deep waterway proposition Is going to change Detroit just as Manchester England was changed and she will have to step lively to handle her growth" Sa I bin Mould Start It Now Edward Hickey Woodward ave nue clothier: "I think we'll havo to grow a little before we tackle it although If wo did establish rapid transit there is no question In mind but that wo would grow up tixlL lf wc build we must have fast service at least as far as the Israel Hlmclhoch of Hlmclhoch Brothers Co Woodward avenue: "What wo need more sorely Is a commutating service that will link such towns Ann Arbor nod Pon tiac with tho city In better shape than they are now That Is what makes a large city Have you ever stood In the South station In Bos ton and seen tho jam of commuters bringing their money in to spend In the city? A fast regular commuta tion service on the railroads means a big suburban population As cen ter of population both Pittsburgh anil Boston lend Detroit What do we care about people living In the city as long as they can get to tho city? 1 know hundreds who work In Detroit who would live In the 1 'fresh air and quiet of pleasant surrounding towns If there was any way to get back and forth" ballan Woodward avenue jeweler: "Only a question of time when we'll havo to have it We might as well start now and get through with it it will bo a I general benefit to the whole town" Christ was and hot tho washy" type Kev Pullinger de clared: "Uur freedom Is being taken from us While we are sitting by they at 'stinging because you and I got 'guts' vnougli to stand side by side Men must unite and live the Solden rule "Wo see union men who are good union men In the nieetlug Outside they forget Today their dues fall behlnd TomorroW they come back pay their lino and are reinstated They arc union men and non union men "Now whst the hell Is the good of that? Urges Golilen Hole 1 "Wo: will not reaclr the pinnacle until ire united aml Jlvt the gnlrlnn rule Ims been held up as an om niscient omnipotent Incomprehen sible potentate He not lie is our father You home and say to your father 'Oh om omnipotent incomprt hr slhle father give ne a sausage' No you'd av 'ather 1 am That Is the way men should regard God church has sentimentalized too much It ha catered to Aire class to this and to that it has Costlnaed ou Three Column beten The eight victims are iht 60 years old Sit remont avenue HEEMSTItt 40 years old 1220 McReynolds avenue IIooGSTitER 56 years old 1040 Lincoln nvsmin JOHN IHEW tlD 3J 1335 Alpine avenue OiKEItsrM 6 1006 Aipln avenue A deimi in 36 years old 1325 Alpine avenue DAN VANDEHWOIIP 60 years old 711 remont avenue IL BOS 58 years old 113J Mc Reynolds avenue Itlewatd 'lrxf Victim The Church was quiet and the pastor1 Rev Arnold Vanlummel 1 was in the pulpit awaiting the end of tho communion service when lie was to begin his morning sermon: The supposed wine had been poured Into the sacramental cup Mr Rte wald drank first and It was passed to other communicants The cup was In tho hands of the ninth member when Rlewald stood up clutched at hls throat and fell un conscious Members of the congregation rushed to assistance and as they raised the poisoned elder Continued on Page Three Column Six hospitaTrefuses BODY TILT LOOMS IRES BULLETS Harvey To Ask Europe AT CROWD WAS To Pay American Debt DRUNK CHARGE i poisoned" prominent from tho congreiz a ha si ca They say he ran to a water tank inuu a uiock away plunged into it Tcrkeurst ono of the first drink the ootaon nnliuh to to most Serious condition and is not expected to llvo through th night: t' a pys Wfc' 5 1 I.

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