Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

aURTON Si PIVUPi If WEATHER INAL air Cold EDITION MICHIGAN'S TRICE 4 fft I CARDINAL GASPARRI JEN BY 24000 5 our WILD ORGY ENDS LIE RICH GIRL 1 1 ZERO COLD BITS CITTANDSTATE SEE IRISH UNITY III BORDER PACT LONELY LAST COIN BUYS POISON POTION tho had ad had the Archie whose Sa tu have 312 PAROLED MEN EARN $2081224 IN DECEMBER Time in Jackson Prison 'Expires in England OREIGN JOIN IN TRIBUTE Denver (Col Jn 22 Mo rey chairman of the board of direc tors of the Great Western Sugar company died at hili' home In this city at 11 o'clock Sunday morning CONERENCE ENVOYS TO RELECT ATTITUDE then with It Is rep new orces Must Be Kept There to Protect Empire's Interests Says Uchida Bl hMi Two 'Attendance Taken to Indicate Show Again Will Break Record Ily AVATSOV Off to an auspicious start with an attendance exceeding 10000 per sons Saturday night' the twenty first Detroit automobile show regis tered more than 11000 Sunday Near zero weather late in the day failed to stem to any appreciable extent the crowds passing through the doors and as a consequence executives charge the 160 odd exhibits in the Morgan Wright building wore the tyroad smiles of anticipation that presages another record breaking exhibition Like the New York" show recently held and others that arc being held throughout the country the show In Detroit is full ofnew models of that kind that if any them were 'Parked for a few mln they in the attraction stronger bo to 300 models In a setting big exhibition are regarded as hav strongest reasons for agreement The Bel wos paralyzing all the agencies in Belfast ormer Ambassador to Welded Jjpendship Bonds of America "Britain London Jan 22 (By the Asso elated Viscount Bryce died at Sfdmonlh Sunday The end enrne somewhat suddenly Viscount Bryce had been staying in Sid mouth for the last three weeks and was extremely energetic to the last As a man of letters and a publi cist Viscount Bryce was a world llg'itrc Outside of his own country he was best known in the United Staten where since the' early eighties his Interests had so large ly centered that he was sometimes styled an Yankee" One remarkable thing repeatedly said of him was that ho knew America bel ter than most Americans His book "The American commonwealth" him been a standard text book In the schools of the United States for the pant providing the spectacle of a foreigner Instruct ing Americans in the workings and structure of their own life and laws as 'Do Tocqueville had done to some extent years previously in his "Democracy In America" Through his book through Innu merable addresses in this country end through five years' service as the British ambassador In Wash ington Viscount Bryce became one of the most table human links in the chain of friendly relations be tween the United States and Great Britain i i At the ago of 70 years when the European war broke out Viscount Bryce enlisted in the service of Ills i country by accepting an appoint i mi nt as chairman of a special com Abolished by Trent y' peace treaty abolished all reservations as regards the and It has been argued that J'ontlac Mich Jan 22 Iloosevelt Scott 21 Is held by police in con nection with the death of Cast 45 his stepfather throat was cut In a quarrel day night police allege state that Cast claimed to been robbed at a house which he visited He went for his stepson to help him to recover the money This was returned to him but on leaving the house he again missed It and accused his stepson of tak ing It A quarrel followed In which he was killed No charge has been laid against Scott finsclnl to The ree Press Vassar Mich Jan A farm house and most of the contents owvd by James Holliday five miles west of here In Tuscola town ship was destroyed by fire Sunday The loss la coveted Gy insurance ound in Street She Blames Man for Causing Her to Leave Her Home A girl who gave her name as Hazel Duvall 17 years old of Mon roe early Sunday spent her last dime for poison and dfaxk It In an attempt to end her life because she was lonely according tu police' to whom she told her story Shu as discovered rigid with cold lying In the doorway at 215 Monroe avenue at 5 Sunday morning and taken to Receiving hospital AVhen'' she had regained consciousness she told of leaving her home In Monroe Saturday for the first time in her life and of her despair at (lading herself alone in Detroit with nowhere to go and virtually penniless The condition Is not seri ous Hospital attendants declare the poison draught not sufficient to cause more than great discomfort She remains In Receiving hospital howerer because she said she has no other place to go She declared she was ashamed to return home The girl blames a man for caus ing her to leave home Sho refuses to give her parents' address which police arc seeking in an effort to effect a reconciliation Saturday night she stopped at the Detroit A A traveling bag containing the few belgnglnga she brought with her held nothing to Indicate her home address NEWSPAPER Sinn ein and Ulster Traders Also Gratified at End of Money Boycott Dublin Jan 22 (By the Asso ciated Press) The agreement be tween Michael Collins and Sir Janies Craig the Ulster premier concerning the boycott and the boundary between north and south Ireland although it had not been expected at this stage of the sit uation has been welcomed In Dub line as the first step toward Irish unity Both sides ing had the desiring the fast boycott distributing and the Belfast banks which do a largo business in lsoutli and west Ireland had been hard hit by re fusals to accept their ehecks or notes The task of governing the minority on northeast Ulster was einlmrraslng the Belfast govern ment which wqs Idced with re sistance as intense as that offered to the British government by the rest of Ireland Distress in North On ho other band many thou sands of northern nationalists arc living In acute distress and unable to get back to their employment They had felt that in the London treaty they had been forgotten and their delegates at a recent execu tive meeting of the Sin Pein ex pressed their disappointment and asked for guidance regarding their future policy toward the Ulster government Their delegates discussed the matter privately both De Valera and Griffith considered probable that their resantations influenced the Irish government to make a speedy settlement with the northern au thorities Moreover it had become increas ingly evident thera were acute troblems outside the be tween the north and the south which required co operation by both the governments The threat ened railway strike which has been postponed for a month was to af lect tno northern as wen as southern'' lines Also there arisen many points on general ministration upon which doubt been expressed as to who was proper authority to act The rail way serylces were reserved under the act of 1920 from both the north and the south and were to be dis charged by the imperial govern ment Multitudes Besiege Throne Room 'to Pay Homage One hundred nnd six men were ar rested and held in raids on gambling hotises Sunday and 128 were taken to headquarters and dismissed An alleged gambling house' at' 1708 St Antoine street was raided three times the cleanup squad finding games running on each occasion police aver The finding of an over coat with a revolver In one pocket at 708 Catherine street led to the arrest of Charles ralhner 2700 St Antoine street alleged owner of the revolver and 1' Mills owner of the coat on charges of robbery armed They are being held for Investiga tion STEPSON HELD IN DEATH I PONTIAC RESIDENT With Boats and Propeller Gone Vessels Stand By and Take Off Men Report Boston Jan The steamer Cen tennial State reported by radioto it that the new Norwegian Height steamer Mod had sunk in ndd ocean Tho message said the sun Ivors were on board the British Steamer Melmore Head but did not Indicate whether any members of the ciew were lost The Melmore Head also earlier reported she was standing bv the Mod 1200 miles off the Nova Sco tian coast and that she was taking 1 disabled vessel's crew The Mod in messages yesterday said she was In danger of sinking with her boats and propeller gone The Mod left Now York on Janu ary JI She Is a vessel of 2707 tons and available records indicate that sho Is a freighter Bor posi tion as given In the wireless mes sages Is about 1200 miles east of Halifax utes on a downtown burner would attract a curious crowd the automobile show Is hundreds of times cause there'are close all shiny and new which transforms the floor into a pageant of color Salesmen Arc Eloquent Secure in the belief that prices are now stabilized for the year the bright young men stationed in the enclosures designated for the vari ous makes are more eloquent than for years past in their explanations of this new motor and that one the better quality upholstery that has been put in especially for 1922 ard the windshield wings bumper or extra curtains that have been added as regular equipment since the price has been reduced ashions In cars this year tend toward a refinement of the models we saw in 1921 Body lines have been given a touch of grace here nnd there and If anything the cars look more rakish and low hung than in former years One new characteristic that is general is the "drum" style of head lamp which is coming in for general adoption by Hie principal makers of quality ears In models the chief new types arc roadsters and closed cars Ofthe former there are several that create a hew vogue for smartness in the category Among the closed cars there is a variety of new models in which the essen tial of driving comfort Is givcrfla new meaning with the added ad vantage that they do not cost so much more than a touring ear as they used to As a consequence more of them will bo sold i Big Gathering The week Is to be marked by sev eral big business gatherings of au tomobile men Members of the Michigan Automotive Trade associ ation representing local associa tions from various parts of the state are to convene at the Statler Wednesday noon to hear a series of addresses and the same evening the Simons sales company will enter tain more than 109 Willys Overland and Wlllys Knlght dealers from Michigan territory Ray Sher man manager of the Automotive Equipment asiodatlont Is here and Is to show films of a national sales promotion campaign both In the show and down town The show is to be open from 10 o'clock In the morning until 10:30 at night up to and Including Satur day ROBBERS GET $110 LOOT AT ALBION RAIL OICE GREATEST DETROIT MJLC1IIGAN MONDAY JANUARY 23 1 OURTEEN PAGES VOL 87 NO: 118' YlSUOlipiT JAMES IIRVCE mission to Investigate alleged atrocities commuted by the Ger mans in their invasion of Belgium It was an arduous task to sift all of the evidence but Ixird Bryce de voted himself to It with a thorough ness that has characterized all his previous research The result was a voluminous report sustaining In the onlnlon of the commission the charges' that the Hermans had committed Innumerable violations of the laws of humanity In Bel gium Throughout the conllict the fa mous statesman diplomat and au Contliuied on Pass Two t'oln'iin live MA RAH IIAILIH'COHATKIVS mhy still be seen and enjoyed at the magnificent Tler' Ball Adv The statement concerning paroled men issued for December' 1921 shows that 329 men on probation re ported to their various parole agents This number Is 27 less than reported during the previous month The report also states that 312 of the paroled men earned 32081224 and that 201 of the number gave 31213337 to their The average monthly earnings per em ployed men the past six months were July 37958 August 38710 September 38007 October 374 89i November 37323 and December 356 I 0 1 1: More than 1100 calls were made nt parole offices by mert on proba tion 1 THREE CENTS LATEST WIRE LASHES Syttem Alo Ad opted for Clerical Terminal Employe Chicago HL Jan Abolition jf penal overtime payments until ifter tho ninth hour of work and mthorization of "split trfeka" in stead ot compelling overtime pay inputs or two shifts for intermit tant work over a span of more than eight hours are important changes in rules governing railroad cleri cal and terminal employe Issued by the United States railroad labor board'' The new rules which become effective ebruary 1 supercede the national agreement made by the federal administration with the brotherhood of railway nd steam ship clerks freight' handlers ex press and station employes which has been In effect since January 1930 About 3000UU employes are affected a See Thousands tn Saving Through elimination of time and nne half pay for the ninth hour oi work the railroads are expected to save thousands of dollars although no estimate of the amount Is avail able The eight hour day was re tained in principle however as were collective bargaining and union recognition The new rules cover all points in clerical working agree ments not covered by rules negoti ated between Individual it oads and their employes Time and one half pay now ap plies only to the tenth hour ot work or thereafter and to hours worked if held on duty more than two hours when called tor extra work Sunday and holiday work wlll be pnld nt straight time except where the rail road agrees to do otherwise Iteopenlug of many small railway stations improvement of service to small towns and on suburban lines is expected to foltow the adoption of the new rule ns to Intermittent work It will now be possible for t'o railroads to place responsibleZnployes at the smaller stations at all train hours without the expense which they claim now is prohibi tive and which has resulted In the closing ot many stations and the handing of others over to care tak ers and janitors at some hours of the day Eight Hour The new rule announced by the board provides that where actual service is intermittent eight hours actual time on duty within a spread of 12 houm shall vonstltuts a day's work whena employes work more than eight hours with in! the spiin os when held longer than 12 hours to perform their work they are to be paid time and one hair for the extra time Under the old national agreement an employe received overtime pay after expiration ot eight hours from the time he first went on duty al though he may have had several hours of Idleness due to the fact that there was no train service nor any other duties' to perform The new 'rule will alsrf allow the railroads at larger terminals where tho arrival and departure ot trains Is bunched to employ baggagemen train announcers gaternen train and engine crew callers and em ployes in similar positions on spill tricks instead of having to maintain two shifts The new code leaves the matter of sick leave and vacations for em ployes up to the men and the man agements entirely Under the na tional agreement there was no rule securing these advantages tor the employes previous practice being continued POLICE HtlLD 106 MEN TAKEN IN GAMING RAIDS A high wind accompanying sudden decline swept streets most bare ot traffic Soo Is Hardest Hit Th vicinity of Sault Ste Marie Mich was hardest hit i Snow drift ed as high as the headlights ot railroad engines completely cutoft the city from towns farther north Mall trains were unable to enter the city and boats were un able to cross the Mackinac straits A futllq attempt was made to break the Ice in the straits Per sons having the upper peninsula for Detroit are forced to travel first to Chicago Many families were reported suf fering want of food In their snow bound homes in Petoskey county Highways and railroads wore completely blocked and can not be opened for several days All trains north of Cadillac were can celled A Pennsylvania line snow plow was blocked In attempting to force its way through A 50 mlle wind from the west packed Ice into the whole of the harbor at Ludington tying up in bound pare Marquette cat ferries several miles from shore Tugs were unable to break through to within hailing distance Traverse city was completely cut off from communication with the outside anow and wind having blocked railroads and highways and broken down telephone' wiresf'" 8 Below nt Marquette At Marquette the mercury drop2 ped to 8 degrees below zero ar ther north the temperature was re ported to be 30 below The cold wave is nation wide in Its scone mid western cities being the hardest hit Chicago had a temperature ot near zero at 8 in At Duluth the ntllclal rending was 20 degrees below with Milwaukee reporting a temperature only ifout degrees higher The temperature will to drop Monday morning and prob ably remain constant Monday after noon and night Norman II Conger In charge ot the local offices of the Weather bureau predicts SUGAR COMPANY HEAD IS DEAD IN DENVER TOMORROW tu Ballroom Thousand ot re dance In costume i WB watch from mezza poxes anil bnlconv decoration The these south all the British powers then reservi cd are now Irish powers and that as regards these services the new ree State government will be su preme even In the north A friend ly arrangement between the north and tho south was considered 'im perative Nevertheless the is expected to meet with criticism from the extremists" Both sides have given away something which they had vowed they would insist on It Is noteworthy that in the new plan for the boundary commission there Is evidence ot equaf'dlstruSt of British interference Under the treaty the commission was to con sist ot one man from the north and one from the south and a chairman appqjtited' by the British The Brit ish chairman Is now eliminated Republican I''lht olks Tralee Ireland Jan 22 (By the Associated Press) An attempt on riday to seize a police automobile when one civilian and one constable were wounded led to a three hour fght Saturday night between po lice and republicans' Several par ticipants were wounded I Hehl I Dublin Jan (By the Associ ated a gang of men at Kingstown Saturday night at the point of revolvers seized an auto mobile belonging to viscount ltz olan former lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland and disappeared with it Another crowd seized the car of James MacMahon secretary ot Viscount ltzalan while It stood outside the Abbey theakr here The chauffeurs ot both cars wen taken by the gangs to points miles away from where the cars were stolen and then released unharmed During the night 12 armed men held up the official ot the delivery department of tho Amiens street postotlice cut the telephone wires and made off with 25 bicycles used by messengers DAM'HDOM'g ABT SET ARE Palalslans Wfiy? Como tonight Adv DCTROIT BUTTER fresh dally At grocer Representatives Meet in Wash ington to Lay Plans zfor Week Washington Jan (By the Associated Press) Consideration of her own safety compels Japan to continue for the present her forces in the: maritime provinces ot Siberia oreign Minister Uchi da declared Saturday before the diet in Tokio according to a texl ot his speech made public Sunday by tho Japanese embassy 'Iho attitude of tho Japanese arms delegation when the question of Siberia comes before the Washing ton conference possibly will follow closely the policy an nounced by Count Uchida it was declared Sunday night To Open Discussion The foreign addross be fore the Diet probably will open active discussion ot foreign relations both In the house of peers nnd the house of representatives Under the Japanese system the min ister will probably be subjected to a series of Interpellations by the numbers of the Kenselkal the prin cipal opposition party as well as by members of opposition groups io the house of peers The Kenseikal party already has announced its disapproval of the maintenance of Japanese troops in Siberia The Japanese delegation at Washington held a long meeting Saturday to discuss its attitude during thu com ing week: nt the conference when it Is expected matters of vita! in terest to Japan will bo considered Count" Uchida 1 declared in bls speech Saturday that upon the re establishment of political stability in Siberia the Japanese would lose no time in withdrawing their troops He explained that the principal ob ject of the negotiations with the far eastern republic of Chita apart from a discussion of questions con cerning general commerce Was to obtain the assurance from tho Chita government that Japanese and property would be that there would be security of general traffic a removal of menace to Jap anese national existence and a safe guarding of industry The foreign minister was quoted by the em bassy as continuing: "We have no territorial ambition nor any inten tion to secure for ourselves exclu sive rights of any kind The occu pation ot Sagliallen Island has been caused by the unprecendented mas sacre at Nlkolalevsk and Japanese Would certainly discontinue It upon satisfactory settlement of that in cident by a responsible eltuSsian Count Uchida said it was a mat ter of sincere regret that not only have peace and unity not been re stored In China bub the situation there lately appears to bo develop ing in the opposite direction He added: llepes China Awakened "We should like to believe that such being a transitory prenomenon China Is now on the road to na I on Page Two Column unoUIcial It LAZ Jan 22 4 NEGRO YOUTH SPIRITED OUT REACH necUI to Th ree I'rviw Anniston Ala Jan 22 I Berry young Negro boy was rush ed to Anniston Saturday night from Gadsden to escape a mob reported to bo forming there following the death of Claude' Sissons white newsboy whoA the Negro Is ac cused of slaying ln 'a fight on the streets Sissons was cut to death Berry is the second person to ba sent here within a month from Gadsden for safe keeping Ruling Allow Extra Pay After Ninth Initead of Eighth Work I Special to The ree rew Albion Mich Jan "Stick up" was the command given Buchanan night agent at the Mich igan Central ticket olllce hern Sun day by two masked men who 86 iured'311() In bills and small coin trom tho money drawer While one robber kept a gun pointed at Buch anan the other tried tho dour to the office and finding this locked ripped away the screening In front pf the ticket window and climbed over Into the office and took the money Both men were heavily masked and apparently were for eigners one being 8 feet tall and the other a short man The robbery happened lo minutes after a' late train bad pulled out Only four cents were lpft ARM HOUSE CONTENTS ARE BURNED AT VASSAR "gdciisburg if Jan Sev 'iiy llva passenger aboard the ferryboat erdinand which went oiuound In Stf I awrcnce near''re early Saturday evening were transferred at o'clock Sunday ii'ornlng to another ferryboat Thetramied ferryboat was bound from ircseott Ont to this city when It "ent upon tho rocks After the PnsRengcrg ia(j jern removed 12 a of the rrew remained aboard" Half an hour later a ntorm oroki and a a( eotitlnulng Ef Sunday to rea the craft inikd The ferryboat Sunday night "as Pounding on tho rucks and r'n "l0 oJiprcssed for the safety the crew' Rescue efforts were Sunday night PRINCESS MARY TO WED LASCELLES ON EB 23 London jal) ft was officially Su'idny tlmt the wedding 1 rlncess Mary and Vlnountasuellcs will take I'laco ebruary CEHMAAS ON STRIKE Berlin Jan A hundred "Unemployed in south Germany temporarily engaged in govern ment road work are reported to be striking because ere Insufficient to support them in the style to which they are 1 iCooyrkht AIl EAST CONGRESS OPEVSrJ Moscow Jan 22e (By The': Associated' The con gress of oppressed ar Eastern peonies opened today In the' Kremlin Two hundred dele gates largely made up of com munists attend'd Zinovieff Ibolshevlk governor nf Petro grail welcomed the delegates Katayama represented Japan and Waa elected of tho congress man was ly represented CONVICTS I IGHT Convicts from Clinton prison proved faithful fire flighters early today when the village of "Dannemora was threatened by a blaze which destroyed the un occupied Adirondack hotel with an estlinat loss of 325(100 Warden Harry Kalscrjof the prison which Is opposite the hotel site released more than 10 of the Inmates to nsslst in combating the blaze The pris oners returned' to their cells cf I HELD OR 'Philadelphia Jan A for mal charge ot murdbr was en tered today against Mrs Cath trine Rosier who jv sterday shot 4 and killed her husband Oscar Hosier and hl stnognMiher Miss Mildred Reckitt in the offices oftho Rosier Advertls ing Agency of which was the head Car Breaks Thin Surface Sink Into 30 eet of Water Arthur ehn president and Russell" seeretay and treasurer of the Detroit Blue Print and Sup ply' company narrowly escaped death late Sunday afternoon when an automobile in which they were crossing Lake Orion at Orion Mich crashed through thin lec and sank through 3o feet of water They fought their way to solid ice and were joined by their wives who had crossed the ice in an au tomoblle ahead of them After get ting dry clothes they returned to 1 thHr homes In Detroiu 1 I ho two fainilica had been spend ing the day at a summer on (Ake urlon and were on their way home They were unaware that ice waselng cut from por tions of the lake leaving only a thin Burtaceo Attempts to recover the auto will bo made Monday TELLS NEWSBOYs'hoW ENGLISH VIEW Telling of his experiences while the American armv Schumacher entertained member of the (Hitrolt Newsboys' assoelaliort a their weekly meeting Sunday night In hali 13t East Adams avenue 1 In England he was present at a baseball gam wheiu he met the king Mr Schumacher told of an IhUdrnt depleting the English sense The army and pvy baseball teanifl composed mostly op Amerl were plac ing bases were tilled and the Enfjllnh umpire turned to tho barter find said win have to wait till that fellowr tffts oft the The entertainment of tfie evening was protldf by the newsboys who gave citations for which they woro given prizes of book and nwnejr by the association Horatio Earta presided womanTeapsfr6m 19th HOTEL LOOR TO DEATH New York Jan 22 Mrs XV Sherwood of Berkeley cal was killed Saturday afternoon when plunged from the window of her 1 room on the nineteenth floor of ths Hotel Commodore her body striking on the Iron of a'court where scores of persons Were at tea She had been guest at the hotel tne early in January i jjo but little was known nf lur there She was about 55 years of ago and was said to be the mother of several children MOLLY 0 DANCE NU'irP ARCADIA TOMGIIT SPECIAL ur dancers and spec Adm Adv Cardinal Gasparri Charge of Vatican Temporarily Rome Jan 22 (By the Asso dated Arrayed in full cero i moniaia with golden mitre gloves 1 and ring the body ot Benedict XV lies in state in the throne roony on tho floor Immediately below the apartment in which he died or many hours Sunday to tho? room where the pontiff had mdo his fight for life came a continue ous stream of officials the rep re 1 sentatives of foreign nations high prelates and others Then late ln th afternoon In gorgeous proecs slon composed of palatine guards gendarmes the Swiss guard secret chamberlains and honorary cham I berlalns the body was solemnly 1 transported down the royal stair I case through Clementine Hall into the throne room where it was placed on a raised catafalque which" the whole diplomatic corps paid devout reverence Thousands View Body The Sacristan Zampfni gave ab solution andtbx cardinals sprln kled holy water while the peniten tiaries unceasingly chanted pray era answered by the kneeling on lookers Immediately afterward tho doors were opened to the multi tudes desirous of looking for the lust time on the departed pontiff The sacred congregation conven ed Sunday morning when the cardi nals were Informed of the death With the exception of Car dlnal Gasparri the papal secretary'" ot state they gathered In Beno private apartments Gav parrl In dun and solemn form es corted by the Swiss guard ln fuiu dress and accompanied by the pre late and acolytes of the reverend apostolic entered the ap artments few minutes later He IJ1 atlminlgtcr the Holy Sco during' the interregnum With him also was Monsignor Sincere Uaidlnal Gasparri surrounded by the cardinals than proceeded to verity the death Benedict ex tending over the lifeless form a silver wand and: crying out: "Glacomol Giacomo! opened tho certificate of death and declared "Domlnu Papa Noster Mortnus Eat" thus announcing oifi dally the pope' death On leaving the pontifical cham ber Cardinal Gasparri stm escort 'd by the Swiss guard descended to the nrst floor where the Ion convened comDienclnrir Its deliberations at 10 jpDenth Come at a The official and semi official Vati can organs give as ths time of the death and tho Rome newspapers do likewise Car dinal In describing ths last moments? said the Assoelated Press correspondent who was the only American newspaper represent Continued Page 3 Column 2 2 takeTcyplunge ON LAKE ORION TRIP acts vs Rumors Publication in Detroit o( reports of the illness and death of Pope Benedict XV forcibly calls attention to the absolute need of reliability by newspapers Pope Benedict died Saturday at 11:59 tn'1 Detroit time hirst official and authentic dispatch of his death was received here by The Detroit ree Press at 1 :35 a ni Sunday and was Earlier editions of The ree Press detailed facts of the sort ous condition up to the minute of press time Only 'ac curate truthful and official information was published All Detroit afternoon papers in their intense rivalry to gain circulation to supplement that secured through in surance plans lotteries etc flooded the streets with edi tions some as early as Saturday noon' with false of the death of the Pope These untruthful statements and rumors were printed as facts from 6 to 12 hours be fore Pope Benedict died The ree Press prefers terverify all reports to the limit of its resources bcforij publication That has always been its policy It will be continued ormer Co ed ancT Vaudeville Star Takes Poison prelnl to Tho t'rr from Oilcairo Tri buns Chicago Jan 22 In the spring of 1903 Miss Ursula Thompson' beauti iul daughter of a wealthy manufac turer living In Kenilworth was In vited by two follow students at Norlhwcstetn unlvci Ity to enter vaudeville She accepted ns a di and her (list appearance "us in 'the old ort Sheridan beer pardon Three days ago she was found un 'onsi'lous In ji cheap hotel In com puny vvl'h 4 man Identified as Al fred Nichols of Julesburg Kansas City Both had taken Polson after ji wild debauch and Pu'li died an ambulance while bidng rushed to a hospital This is the final chapter in the rrei of a girl who had ever) thing in beauty wealth education friends nnd remarkable talent She "as a graduate of' Monticello semi nary and Northwestern university with high honors nnd was a star in the university class plays Later he traveled with a vaudeville team and scured 'Hiiceessea in various 'flies Her father and mother sep irated Iler Jafher Is now living in New York PASSENGERS REMOVED ROM STRANDED SHIP ''s Viscount Bryce Dies Suddenly in England IT LIES IN STATE i I 1141 'll' I 1 'V Arrest Conviction of Leader of Strange Sect Aroused All Detroit in 1897 Publication ot dispatches from England reporting the death there of Michael Millsknown as "Prince Michael" founder of tho House of David cult recalled to tho minds pt many of old time citi zens the founding ot tho sect known here as tho "lying Rollers" and the turbulent career Ot Its founder which practically came to an end when he was convicted and sent to Jackson prison on charges of Immorality it was 25 years ago that Michaelestablished hip cult In a house on Bethune avenue opposite where the Dcthuno avenue police station now stands 1 Wlrnl Aetion Arouse I'ollee Not long after the establishment of the organization coinplaints of the few neighbors who lived near the house which was then on tho outskirts of the city caused the police to take notice of tne actions of tho queer looking members of the House of David Stories of the weird ritual' Jn which they Indulged were told People appealed to the police to rescue members of their families especially girls and women who had been taken into the organization Eventually Michael who like the other men of the cult wore his hair and beard uncut was ar rested Several times he was ac quitted because there were no wit nesses with sufficient knowledge of the inner working of she cult to furnish testimony that Would con vict i i Change of Venue Given inally Prince Michael was ar raigned before Recorder Chambers while Colonel John Atkinson at that time one of the must able crim inal lawyers in tho country wak retained to defend him The first thing Atkinson did was to ask for a change of venue This was granted and Prince Michael was taken to Ann Arbor to be tried be fore Judge Ktnnie His conviction on a charge of lewd and lascivious sohabitatlon followed and ho was sentenced to Jackson prison where ho served between two and three years 's During thA time of their stay in Detroit tho membership of the cult under Prince Michael which at one time numbered about 150 prospered fln the face of strong adverse public opinion" Thcv established a print ing shop ai)d conducted It with profit The police' were In turn called jipon to raid the establishment and to protect It from attack by irate citizens who frequently treated thethree houses that comprised the property of the cult to showers of rotten eggs and bricks HUSBAND KiDNXPED HER WIE CHARGES I New York Jan Charles Sab hatlno (if Prookiyn Sunday was held in 31090 bail in West Side court on a charge of kidnaping his wife who Is suing for a divorce Margaret Sabbat Ino told Magis trate George Simpson that she left her husband two months ago and wont home to her parents on Riverside drive riday night she said she answered the door bell uuo on stepping Into the vestibule was seized by several men including her husband who threw a chloroform soaked'cloth about her head and carried her away She said she was then Imprison ed in 4 hquse on Long Island until she agreeolo meet her husband on a downtown street corner CAR COMPANY OICERS CUT ARES IN ADRIAN Special Thft rro ropfl Adrian Mich Jan Street car service for tho city of Adrian is assured for a time at least by the announcement of the officials of the Adrian street railway following the annual meeting The 10 cent fare will continue but six tickets will be sold for 4(1 cents instead of 50 cents as at present Detroit Get Chill Winds Snow Halts Soo Trains Petoskey Hard Hit 'With temperatures ranging from zero to 28 degrees below Detroit and all Michigan Sunday night were in the grip of the most severe cold wave in two years In northern sections of the state train service was demoralized completely and lllages were completely snow bound In Detroit the mercury registered zero at midnight at the thermome ter in the city hall kiosk and was still falling The official ther mometer the United States weather bureau offices atop the Majestic building registered a drop ot22 degrees In less than 20 hours the al fi wj Strait 't 'NWS KHZ 1 vr'' if a I 1.