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I WEATHER 'J' Cloudy Wanner Mi I Vr AID UND IGHT 1 0 OER 5 ttiejce expends almost to the but ri i W50 LIVE 411 DETROIT NOW HIK PHILIP GIBUS LATEST WIRE LASHES i had 1ft 1 i' 1 i THINKS LENINE HAS EYE ON beta must signs in SEESRUSSIMS RIPE TOR PEACE QUICK ACTION IS SEEN WHEN GIVEN CONGRESS 0 LEADERS TO PUSH BONUS DESPITE MELLON UTO MAGNATE SENDS WEEKS vhich PtTS causo Representative itzgerald President of Vets Defends Chief of Treasury Woman I Pleads at Bier 1 JU I CABINET MEMBER WHO IS IGNORED IN BONUS PLANS you cross your Lucus the Sunday's ree EX SOLDIERS DIVIDED AS 10 GROUP ACTION Objections Raised by Secretary Will Be Ignored Com mittee Decides INDICT CONTRACTORS 4 Chicago Jan Three offi ctalfl of the Master Steam it association and three con tractors were named tn an In dictment returned by the spe cial grand Jury 'Investigating labor troubles It was learned today The indictments charge that the men conspired to fix the price of heating plants 60000 ATTEND MOTOR DISPLAY Decision to Accept Proposition Takes But Short Time Conference Is Held Takes Hand in Shfln tung Ne gotiations for irst Time During Parley Arc You Leading An Upholstered Life? "That is the great sin' of this generation" says Albert Edward Wiggain the well known cugcnist "America is dying off at the top" This interview will make you think whether you agree with Mr Wigglin' or not Magazine Section ree Press "Tet 'the: oil" no vol crals and the sent down Into the famine a future cron mneo benevolent we actually need however la to get together for the sake ot all civilization and mend the old empire if we alncerely want peace and a bit of presperity LISTEN TO Ttt RADIO At Liberty Kitchen every (evening while you Adv i xr a 11 4 IU iv ms harem "err (cveral slits! And Mary Sv nions an American Investigator In i' rvlr wed them Next Sunday's lee 1 lets Magazine Section S' 'I 4 BRAWNY COPS RESCUE KITTEN i HIGH IN TREE Loved Mrs Rosier Cries as She Caresses Cheeks of Man She Killed Philadelphia Jan (By thn Associated Kneeling be side the coffin In which lay the body of her husband who with hie stenographer she had Blain Mrs Oscar Rosier Wednesday pleaded tor forgiveness "I didn't mean It Daddy I didn't mean ft See on my bended knees I plead for forgiveness Oh what am 1 to she cried "I loved you Oacar Cod knows I loved With hesitant fingers she caressed the cheeks cold in death and bent down and klased him repeatedly Women Cut by lying Glass i Several Others Injured Three women were cut by flying glass Wednesday when a Mack ave nue street car In which they were passengers collided with a funeral'1 carriage at McClellan and Mack ave nues They ar: Mrs George Peters 11310 Pryor street Mrs Albert Pe ters 264 1 Chalmers avenue and Mrs Steinberg 1665 ullerton avenue They were taken to their homes Occupants of the funeral carriage were uninjured although the ve hicle was wrecked Thomas Accavittl 10 years old 1450 Leland street was severely in jured when he was struck by an au tomobile driven by Alexander Wil liams 1310 Alfred street at Rpssell and Leland streets Both legs and his' back were bruised He was taken to Receiving hospital The front of an street car was shattered In a collision late in the afternoon with a brickwagon at Buchanan street and May bury Grand avenue None was in jured Lawrence Karlek 1573 erdinand avenue was slightly Injured wht he lost control of his automobile and crashed into a cement wall at West Grand boulevard and Hubbard avenue Mrs Pearl Calaman 34 years old 5832 Rich street suffered cuts and bruises on the head Wednesday night when a hot water tank ex ploded in her kitchen The force of the explosion shattered windows In the house throwing her to the floor She was taken to Receiving hos pital Tier condition is not seri ous DECLARES RUSSIA READY TO BOW TO 1 TERMS WORLD 2 County Representatives Not Admitted at 'Conference Deadlock Results HARDING TELLS fGHINATOTAKE offer Trade Expert Says Red Leader Plans Operations Here "New York Jan 25 Nicolai Lc nine head of the Russian govern ment may attempt soon to trans fer headquarters of his world com munistic movement to the United States Philip Norton a foreign trade expert who returned recent ly from Russia predicted Wednes day at a luncheon of the American association Mr Norton said Lenlne felt that communism had failed in Russia but that he still believed In the ultimate destiny of Industrial de mocracy and wished to try It out uniter more favorable conditions' He pictured the Russian leader as an able man carrying tremendous bur dens and perpetually In fear of as sassination In granting interviews he said Lenlne received his visitors with two armed guards standing Watchfully behind him "When Emma Goldman and Alex tinder Berkman condemn Lenlne" Mr Norton declared "the rest of us had better examine him We may find that he is fighting on our side it the 7 otnSeit Soldiers Tnoidrntallv itzgerald Jin bls Interview revealed I that 'members of the house who are former sol diers are divided among themselves so far as group action Is concern ed The organization of which he Is president Ite said was designed for facial purposes and as Its di recting head he does ndt propose used as a bloc" Some of these men have been meeting weekly In the office of Representative Hamilton ish Jr of New York Republican and to day a dozen of them conferied about the Mellon letter In the office of Representative Royal Johnson ofSouth Dakota They denounced the letter but took no formal ac tion Mr itzgerald said he dfd Continued on rose Two Column I our Toklo be nexl week although the Japa government already has given DETROIT MICHIGAN THURSDAY JANUARY 2G 1 92'2 WENT TWO PAGES PRICE 2 Special to Thi ri Prw Kalamazoo Mich Jan 2' Miss Marr A superintendent of the University of Michigan hospi tal at Ann Arbor was elected pres ident of the Michigan State League of Nursing Educational at the clos ing session of the annual conven tion hero Wednesday evening The other officers are Mce prendcnt Miss Maudo McClaskie Instructor In Harper hospital Detroit secre tary Miss Margaiet Rogers super intendent of the ry hospital Detroit treasurer Alls Anna Coleman: atata Inspector of nurse training schools and chair man of the credentials committee MissGrac Mejtrs of Uwosso Akron Jan 25 Judge Philip JI Treash of the appellate court was Instantly killed and Woodruff business manager of the Akron school board was perhaps fatally Injured when they were struck by a runaway driverless mo tor truck here Wednesday night The driver of the Car Is under arrest The truck coasted flown the Mill street hill past three cross streets Including Market main thoroughfare and struck Treash and Woodruff as they were step plng on the curb I 10 Metropolitan Hida AVMahitiL'ttiii i I Washington Jan Regard less of the opposition of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Congress will proceed with enactment of a soldiers' bonus It was decided Wed nesday by members of the steering committees of the senate and the house at a joint conference Thn source for the revenue re mains undetermined but the interest from th foreign debt eventually will (Supply the cash To Debt OIU 1 The senate will pass the foreign debt refunding btll Thursday or riday but In the meantime mem bers of the house will meet in pri vate conclave and adopt a resolu tion pledging the bonus and pos sibly incorporating the Idea of util izing the foreign debt Several amendments will be voted on be fore the foreign debt bill Is pass ed but al! will be defeated Inslnnc republican leaders are paying no heed to the amend ment offered Tuesday by Senator Simmons of North Carolina rank ing democrat on the finance com mittee which was in effect the adjusted compensation bill They say they will pass the bonus hill hut not as a rider to the refunding measure The vote on several amendments Including one to speci fy the Interest the debtors must pay will be close Ex jiervlce men of the house Who have propelled the movement be hind the i onuir were a unit Wed nesday In reception of the reiterat ed opposition of Secretary Mellon to the bonus They vented their opinions of the secretary when the suggestion to pay the bonus by a tax on beer and light wines was nihde and said his objection! w'ould not even be considered "We will Ignore them" snlj Representative itzgerald of Ohio Republic an who Is president of the veter association of the house "But" he added see no reason for crit icising Mr Mellon because of this Pope Benedict XV His Portrait Just at this time a bcauti iftil photograph suitable for framing will be deeply ap preciated by all of the late Pope's followers It will ap pear in the Rotogravure Section Next red Press I t'H suggested that you i order your pape early MAKlli 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INAL EDITION ROBBER GETS 18 YEARS reight and Mail Pile Up as Crushers ail to Break Barrier at Straits 4 fc Special to Tho ree Ihw "Mackinaw City Mich Jan Held fast in a barrier ot icc that has cut off rail communication be tween tlie upper and lower penin sulas for two days more than 100 passengers in railroad coaches aboard the giant carterry "Chief Wawatam" faced a second night Imprisoned in the Straits of Mack inac tonight Therg seemed no prospect that the would be 'able to break het' way through rozen In about a mile from tlifi south shore she had made praftically no progress all day fhc "Santa Marla" ulster shin of the "Chief Wawatam" with" a freight train aboard also Is held fast the Ice a little further north She was bound from St Ignace to Mackinaw City Passengers Walk Ashore i Both ferries were built as ice crusheni and have powerful equip ment for smashing through but zero for almost a week has mads the task almost Impos sible vice tlocs driven Into the straits in the blizzard late last week have become a solid mass Close to the stfuth shore it is said the Ice extends almost to the bot Sir Philip Gibbs Declares am ine Sufferers Welcome Any Terms for ood 41 "A union of the world's leading powers how can dictate terms and Russia will accept them no matter how drastic they are 4t economic help and food follows Immediately on the acceptance of terms" Sir Philip Gibjis of England sajtj at 'Orchestra hall Wednesday sHe urged the United States dreat Britain rance and Germany to combine lit the reconstruction of tii old Romanoff empire There can be' no peace In Eu rope he said so long as the red army is mobilized As long as It lines the frontier the Polish army largely supported by the finances of rance will be maintained on the border So long aS there Is that drain on the rench exchequer she will demand payment of every mark of Indemnity from Germany Key to Problem" "It's a chain without a link miss ing" Gibbs said "With rance de manding an even pound of flesh: Germany will continue to undersell In the markets nf the w'orld Great Britain will be unahlq to compete nmi Ameiican exports will stay on American wharves' "A combination Of the large pow ers could impose absolutely flrastb' conditions In Russia In exchange for promises of economic aid The red and polish army could be demobil ized 'It would ease the fear and financial weight of rance and make it possible for Germany to get up again Russia Is the key of the world problem and we must have a certain intellectual courage In facing and handling the situa tion" Gibbs was in Russia when Le nin' abandoned Iris communist pro vrniiSMl restored to Its place the rights of" private property Shops began to open Two restaurants appeared in Moscow Tho only patrons were 13 members of the American Relief commission and two correspondents The' cheapest thing on the menu was a bowl of soup for 10006ft rubles and the Russian Is poverty stricken or his ltd pounds sterling thewar correspondent received a bun dle of 42000000 rubles upon en tering Russia Pride tags have risen proportionately Boots cost him 750000 lublea lie paid 120 000 rubles for a pound of tea 58000 for a pound of buttery and 60000 rubles for 10 c'garettea And the president of Kasar uni versity only gets 150000 ruhk a a month the average wage In Russia today Gibbs said of both a uni versity dean and mechanic In connection with the famine In the Volga valley about 300000 chil dren are getting one meal a day from the relief commissions but tho child population alone of the Volga Is 60(H) 000 rom one end of Russia tn tho other there Is not a bnr of soap in one hospital Gibbs found four patients various diseases in one bed In others he found no blankets instruments or anesthetics he saw farmers plow ing with stlclcs 'I am not hero as a propagan dist Sir said "but we can't stand about and say we don't give a 20000AIanloned Young Gibbs said he found 20000 aban doned children in one district 28 000 In another and in one town ho visited 50 houses with 600 aban dons'! children living In each He blamed the famine on the political upheaval the droughts InoR'Jft and 1921 which blasted with months of blinding sunshine the whou Volga valley harvest and reduced the grain from normal average of 14 Inches to 25 Inches and the wat which cost Russia 4000000 Ilves among them thousands of peasant farmers Before the war ho said Russia had 17500 railroad locomotives To day she has 2500 iv have great untappea Inted out "forests mln soviet government enough seed corn districts to provide if the weather is our gallant and braw ny police men' wearing do or dle expressing of determination marched sedately down Montana avenue Wednesday afternoon They had been detailed to Induce a kitten to descend from a tri In which It had taken refuge from a stray dog Thn kitten had refused to leave tho tree for three days and its serenades were dis turbing the peace of the neighbor hood "Kltteen Klttoec Klte nice little pussy come on down' they trilled Kitty did not heed A Council of war was held William Jankowski of the Davi son avenue station was selected to climb the tree He tried hut his portly frame Interfered with his agility A ladder was commandeered and Jankowski ascended laborious ly He descended with the kitten but not as he had expected "Pussy" had fastened her clnws In his hair and held on The three pother patrolmen drugged the animal from their com head and took It to head quarters It was charged with as saulting an officer Punishment will IfM ntencr In the Davison ave nue station Senators Already Study Plan rom Copies of Scheme Sent Them Henij ord signed the govern ment'll contract for thu purchase and tease of tho Muscle Shoals Aiai nitrate plant at his Dearborn office late Wednesday afternoon it became known last night Tbe declslon to sign the contract submitted by Secretary of War Weeks took but a short time and within a fw minutes after one of representatives arrived In Detroit from Washington the motor magnate was In conference with staff officials An hour later he had attached his name to' the document which Jf approved by congress will turn 'over to him the largest nltrgte plants In the world for a lease period of 99 years Early last night tho signed con tract was on its way back to Wash Ingtot) to be returned to Secretary Wtvk who will submit it to eon gross fot final action Senate Promises Quick Aetlna to The reo Press Washington Jan Quick sen ate action on Henry ord's offer to lease the government water power project at Muscle Shoals Ala wa promised Wednesday by leaders 'of the senate agricultural old's offer it was learned Will be backed by the southern delega tion almost to a man and will also gain support from Senators repre senting the Mississippi valley and middle western agricultural dis tricts Support of offer in the senate Is expected to be led by Senator McKellar Ten nessee A complete copy of the ord offer Is now in tho hands of the senators and they are giving it careful study prior to the transmission to con gress by Secretary of War Weeks of the contract covering the Detroit manufacturer's proposal to take over the government's Muscle Shoals properties TROLLEY UNERAL CAB CRASH 8 HURT 'St' Marooned in Ice ar erries rozen In r' "S' tom having been piled up by 'the winds Twice before within a week the has been held up sev eral hours by the Ice nnd each time on opening up a channel It has gone back to Its task of keep ing the straits open for naviga tion Jlach time the task has been harder She had more thiip 130 passengers nbourd when she became stuck Tuesday morning but 'many of them Impatient a the delay walk ed ashore a distance of about a inile over the Ice Others remain ed In the coaches and chair cars however unwilling to risk disaster in the Ice The train and vessel are well provisioned both with fuel and food it Is understood and pss sengets arc unilke' to mffr hard ship t'ards and matter have been placed at their disposal while awaiting freedom f' Mall Viles Up reight and mall have' accumu lated both nt St Ignace and Mack inaw City' The railroad yards In but cities are "congested Efforts to move it over the Ice in horse drawn vehicles a custom followed in other years have bqctv 'unsuc cessful however because of tho rough condition of the ice 'A few pedestrians have walked across but they report the footing very hazardous Lower Michigan freight shipments and mall now are being routed to the upper peninsula via Chicago? the railroads recognizingContinued on Page Three Column ive New Polk Directory Shows in crease of 10425 Over 1921 Population 'J 4 Greater Detroit' which includes with the city proper Jiighland Park Hamtramck and the' Grosse jPointe municipalities has a total population of 1113750 according to the city directory for 1922 just published by I Polk company This is an increase of 10425 over the population figures of last year the publishers say but add that it is below the normal rate of In crease' due to the exodus of the unemployed and interruption of the flow df labor into the city bv the business depression of the last year Tells of Detrolfa Greatness Thirty three pages devpted to a statistical department containing a 'vast amount of dataand clear ly visualizes Detroit's greatness Touching as II does every phase of commercial industrial and social life it forms an inter esting and Instructive chapter In the history of the city jTlie data in this department is declared to be authentic and comprehensive It includes a chronology of Detroit from 1669 to 1921 Slxty tpages cover a' department of miscellaneous information such as the federal state county and city executives electric lighting building public welfare recreation city plan and City arts commis sions civil service and other de partments clt boundaries as fixed by the new charter a digest of the charter ward boundaries new vot ing precincts with location of booths churches commercial or ganizations consular corps resident In Michigan schools banks' in the city and county trust companies 3348! Incorporated companies li braries tho poatolllce courts hos pitals newspapers and periodicals 1500 clubs and associations a full list of fraternal benevolent and la bor' organizations military and na val organizations and other val uable of Business Honscs our hundred seven nine pages cover a buyers' guide This section includes thousands of catalog ad vertisements of the leading manu facturing business and profession al interests of Detroit They have been carefully grouped by depart ments and arc Indexed under clas fified headings and otherwise In arlous parts of the directory In a bustling manufacturing city JlkoDetrolt the ned for this kind of information readily at hand Is regarded as great One thousand four hundred eighty five pages em brace an alphabetical list of names of citizens businss men and cor porations A classified business di rectory follows with 238 pages with the varied industries of Detroit grouped under appropriate business headings our hundred sJxty sevcn pages Include a complete street and ave nue guide end directory of house holders' The streets and avenues are arranged In alphabetical order the numbers being arranged nu merically and opposite each number is lho name of the occupant" Smiths Number hti'O inal pnges contain classified business lists for Royal Oak Bir mingham Redford Windsor Wal kerville and ord City Distinction of having first place In the directory is accorded to the surname Aagaard aud the last place to Zzuchof As usual the Smith family leads lit the number of rep resentatives In the list of names having 3650 followed by Miller with 2250' Johnson with 1800 and Jones 1200 The longest names In the book are Courteaechalnnas fiuayna Constantopoulos and Schim melpfennlg and the shortest are Ho Hy and Ax There are some odd and unusual surnames: six ars Bare one Is Barefoot three are Boors three are Rptters nne Is Babe There are six Countrvman one is Dubs one Is Blind six arc Bald three are Halt four arc Dull there are two Homes and 'one Despot there Is Continued on 1'nge fi Column 0 Michigan Day Brings Dealers rom State Rickenbacker To Come riday By WATSON Up to Wednesday night more than CO 000 persons had attended twenty first automobile show according to Manager Shuart The total is approximately 5000 more than for the first four days last year and bears definite testimony to the manner in which this year's exhibition Is being pat ronized by the public i Wednesday always tho peak day of attendance brought close to 15000 persons through the doors A large part of the crowd was accounted for bye the fact that Wednesday was "Michigan day which brought several hundred au tomobile dealers from upstate to see the show During the day hiislness meetings and banquets ot the Mldilgfln Automotive Trade as sociation and the Simons Sales compahyiwcre the principal special events Here riday Thursday day riday which will bo Manufactur ers' nay Is to be marked by the appearance at the show of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Vice presi dent of i the sKlckenbacker Moto company" who will In town riday morning Ever since the New York showfHick" has been covering shows In parts' of 'the couniiy where his car Is making its initial bow to the pul(ll': of the larger cities Byqulck jumps he has been able to make 'Baltimore Cleveland and Milwaukee this week and he Is to come home to Detroit for riday and Saturday Wired reports to the Rlckenbacke fac tory Indicate that the new caw is a center of attraction at' every point where It has been exhibited Simons Entertains Dealers Guy Gather presided over the assembly of the 'Michigan Automo tive Trade which brought 100 automobile dealers from all over Michigan to the Stat ler hotel at noou A report read by Manager Edenburn showed tho organization to be in a thriving condition an associa tion that has only been In exist ence eight months Captain Gilbreath manager of the Detroit Automobile club Spoke to the deal era on the benefits of organization particularly with regard to com batting adverse legislation Others who spoke were Guy Simons president of the I A and li ll Shuart manager Wednesday night Guy Simons convened an assemblage of 135 Overland and Willys Knight deal ers at the Hotel Wolverine at which the guests of honor were Wilson vlcc presldtnt' and general manager of tho Willys overland company Wilson of the Wilson oundry Machine company Pontiac and A Barber Willys Uverland's sales manager Mr Wilson who substituted for John absent through Ill ness outlined the factory and finan cial process of bringing the factory at Toledo back to normal ahd told the dealers some Inside Informa tion as to Intensive manufacurlng and merchandizing methods that ate to be employed for 1922 Wild Auto Truck Kills Ohio Judge i Controvcriy Leaves Case Prac tically Unchanged State ment Is Issued Despite tho prophecy ot immedi ate adjustment of difficulties aris ing betwi tn the state department and tho Waynu County council American Legion over a state order? that all welfare funds be turned 4 over to the state welfare offices for expenditure there was a dead i lock at the conclusion of a joint meeting of the state executive com 1 'si mtttee and a special committee ot the Wayne council held in the AfflrttVc atatss Wxxro Tlnl 'iri mln htfllrilnr WodnPfldq nvonfnr t' Although the matter had been re ferred to the County executive com mfttse by the Wayne County emtn ell during a meeting ofthat body at Monday evening two members of the committee were barred from the joint conference Wednesday eyening for three To 'rr a 4'elrt In One Dnv Take Laxative BROMO QUININE tablets Ths genuine hears the sig nature' of Grove (Be sure you get BROMO) Adv II DISPOSITION la rhown by the wav t'sJ say Da Witt handwriting expert' Then aha held her 3 months old baby close for the last time to the face of his lifeless father Daddy" she said to the child won't see him any After 20 minutes with the Sirs Rosier became so hysterical that her guards were compelled to lead her from the room She was taken directly from the undertak ing establishment to the county prison where she ll held without ball to await the action it a coro ner's Inquest riday Meanwhile th funeral of Miss Mildred Ileckitt the slain ste nographer was being held at the home of her parents In another sec tion of the city PALAU TOI" DANCE Every Tues Thurs Adm Men 50c Lafth 85c No charge for dancing CONTRACTOR TAKING OVER MUSCLE SHOALS SUCCESS PROPOSAL IS NOW UP TO PEKIN A Settlement Plan Provides for Return of Railroad to Orientals Washington Jan 25 (By the Associated The aid ot 1'resident Harding has been enlist ed by the arms delegation to bring Japan and China into agreement on Sban tung Taking a direct hand in the lYashington negotiations for the Si flret: time tho president WedneS day urged Chinese to accept the latest1 compromise offer and thus remove from tho field of con troversy a subject which hast be come a serious barrier to the prog less tof the' whole conference Next Move Up to Pekin Whether the' move Is to succeed appears to rest' largely with Pekin 'I'fta jiiaritiuittnrauv tiac iimivav ed informally their willingness to make the principal concession pro ii nnsea anti uw pavbiuvui appiucitii'i the Chinese only after the Japan cse ambassador had informed tho :) state department that his govern ment was ready to accept a tender of good offices The settlement plan sponsored by Mr Harding deals only with the return tho Tslngtao railroad substantially all other questions having been agreed upon in the separate exchanges between the Jananese and Chinese the proposal? Japan would abandon her proposition for a loan to China and tho latter wwuld purchase thetoad with treasury notes payable at option five to 15 ears hence China would receive? possession within five years but would with draw her opposition to retention of a Japanese traffic manager and chief accountant during toe period 01 payment' Although several days bo required to reach a final decision onf Immediate effect ot the' day's developments waft to bring Ipto re tiet tha importance of Shan tung in the general scheme of confer jwean acftompltshments 'As thene gotlatlons have been drawing to ay dose the eves of tha delegate have turned mhre frenuently to the slm rw merlng feud 't'er Kianchow and It A is privately admitted that It Is not by ftcddcnt 4h big issues of the' conference stand halted Just short of conclusion It is an open secret that until Shan tung i settled most of the commitments partially enter Sk ed Into here must remain Indefinite Naval Treaty Exninlped The naval treaty complete ex i ept fur the fortifications article was given another examination by the committee of 15 but no changes were made It now Is recarded as probable by some delegates that word regarding the fortlfloatlcns proposal will come rrom fore next week although 411PV bv'VSDHINI UIIVUHJ SIUO IV gelt Its approval to all but details of the article's text VK meeting the ar Eastern committee was equally in conclusive the delegates debating without final action thn situation 'm ef wireless facilities In China It was voted to reconsider a resohi jr non adopted on ix cemurr 7 to re strict use of wireless plants and after Klihu Hoot had presented a substitute for his proposal of Tues day the whole subject was referred tn a sub committee At a meeting later In the day the' sub committee likewise discussed the various pro resolutions without action Another sub committee howcevr considering the plan for an Inter national conference on rules of war virtually decided to leave the conference caill to be Issued by the tincritan government with the un demanding that some i European nir TCICCLK! III' PIKCC m' rung It WftK the sense of thn fiih commlttcc that the conference should take place within the next Htrcfl mouths Ilnnllng ulfills Role' In moving to bring the Japanese nnd Chinese together on Shan tttng President Harding has fulfilled the role predicted for him by many ot bls friends when the conference be gun By those close to him It was raid then that by holding aloof fiotn tho ordinary course of the ne gotiations he would he in a posi tion to step in as an Impartial mediator should an Impasse threat en the conference program Mr appeal Wednesday wns made direct to Minister Szc ot lhe Chltt' se delegation who went to the white House with Secretary Hughes The three went over tho points of dlffrenco carefully the I'tCkident' giving evidence of the touch he has maintained with the negotiations as they have de veloped through more than 3ft meet ings ot the Japanese and Chinese I'I' nipotcntiarles Special to Ths Press A Chicago Jan 25 Miss Genevieve liejnolds a stage celebrity for near ly half a century died Wednesday A the American hospital of pneu monla after an iliac's only a tC' hotirs or the past 30 years Stlss Rey holds hud played "Grande "Ith Robert Matirell 1 "Sim was the last of that UtiB old school ot 'Grande said Mt i Mantell Wednesday VShe had all he attributes associated In the Vlc imrlod with th word 'lady'" i Reynolds also appeared in the support of Henrietta Crossman ''ailrms come lies Mls Reynolds's home was In New Tork" i 1 HE rlGIIACCI carnival f'aturfng old style dances tonight Seo Scarab Ball Adv URNACE OR 1 TOMORROW Can give you heat in a few hours Easy terms Estimate free Call Northway 2811 Holland urnace Ctx i WHOSE HAIR lJTT4ISt demanded his wile and snatching up the shears' begun to chop off her hair And hut rend nil about k' ln to 1J Happy Thrush Married ree ress Mag azine Section Two County Men Barred The state I committee following ffA the refusal of the Wayne County council to endorse I to action re questing that all funds expended by the county welfare office' in the relief of former service men be ac counted for to the state office In Vlted a committee to meet with tnem Wednesday? Three memberK of the county executive committee' eonatltutlne a nuorurn were nrea ent and but one rank Mltzel was admitted to the conference At nf thA ntdlrt a ilfsr tXLHt th rnmmlHA 1 at 8 went Into executive sea A slon behind locked doors No mem her! of the county committee or the press were admitted Two hours later tho state adjutant invited Mil zel Peter Devine and Ernest Lajoie to sit In the meeting ignoring the presence of two other members the committee Neither Devine nor Lajoie are members of the execu tlvA (ftmmlltAA'nf thrt WnVr A (V saw WMSSfcf Stevens Authority RuasGoaed 'Asked why selection of these three men was 'made to represent the Wayne county council in the conference Paul Martin Michi gan state commander of the Ameri can Legion presiding said that Jlitscl Devine and Lajoie were a special committee appointed by Kenneth' Htevens chairman of the Wayne county executive com mtttee to represent the council Other members "of the execotivo 1 eAM Ivlli 1 ll 1 a oeciatcu inai nairman Stevens had no authvrity to appoint such a committee contending that the matter had been referred di rectly to the executive committee The meeting concluded with a' successful motion ly the state com mittee thatsa committee of th" Wayne county council get In touch 1 with the state committee to work out some solution of the difficulty BREAKS NECK COMBING HAIR'' Death Calls Last 1 (J v1'' 'j of Maloff Convicted of Part in $13680 Holdup of Ameri can State Branch CarL Maloff 251 years old was sentenced to 18 years in Marquette prison late Wednesday by Judge Harry Keldan following his conviction on a charge ot robbery armed He was accused ot having participated in the robbery of the Davison avenue branch of the American State Bank "January 29 1921 when 13680 was stolen' A heavy guard of uniformed and Plainclothes police officers brought Maloff from tho county jail to the courtroom and mingled with the crowd of spectators during the trial Hcscue Plot Rumored "The reason for'the extraordlnary precautions police said was the re eel pt Of bord from Cleveland where Maloff was arrested that several of his friends were planning to attend the trial and attempt to kidnap the prluoner or kill William JJunotT one of the witnesses Duuoff who was convicted for hl part in' the robbery last brought to Detroit from Marquette where he is serving 18 years' to testify against Maloff Ills testimony taken WednesdayWhich Included the identification of Malott as dne of the robbers as slsted the prosecution materially in the conviction of Maloff' None of the three bank employes who were held up was able to Iden tify Maloff They testified they saw but one thug a man who forced them into the basement at the point of a revolver man was not Maloff they said No Demonstration Made Dunoft said ho had been hired by Maloff and three other men to drive them to the scene of the hold up He denied knowing any of the men prior to the hiring of his car Alaloft took the stand in his own defense but offered nothing by way of testimony except a denial ot his guilt According fo the police a plot had been hatched to prevent Dunoff from testifying against Maloff' The plan was for several' friends' to intercept the officers bringing Maloff and Dunoff from thO county jall'td the courtroom and' shoot Dunoff and If possible slip revolver to Malott so ho could shoot his way to freedom if the op portunity offered While a large crowd attended the trial no demonstration of any kind was made Other Trials In 'Abeyance ollowlrig the sentence Maloff was handcuffed between two other prisoners and escorted back to his cell under heavy guard Maloff was arrested in Cleveland three weeks ago by Detectives Thomas Creedon and William Col lins who also arrested Dunoff Two others wore charged with participating in the holdup but the cases against them were nolle pressed to permit tho gathering of further 1 Vertebrae Snaps as Nurse Un ravels Snarl Swlal tn The PltWlnd Chicago TriVun Syracuse NJ Jan The re sult of a broken neck suffered whlle'comblng her hair Miss Helen Vickery 21 df Schenectady senior nurse In the hospital of the Good Shepherd In tbs city has been lying motionless on a cot since Sunday She has been warned against ev me slightest movement physicians might bring sure on the spinal nerve and paralysis' and death Mias Vickery neck has placed in a plaster cast and remain there Indefinitely No of DArAlvUtia hflVu lirmunrol dlcating that the spinal cord Is functioning As long as she re mains motionless and gives the vertebrae a chance to mend she may recover While combing her hair Sunday night Miss 'Vickery encounter'd a snarl She turned her head and pulled the comb through tt The force of the jerk dislocated the vertebrae just below the nock and chipped off a piece from the aide of me vertebrae thq Ray has dis closed Her condition is a parallel to that of Harry Herbert a Syracuse uni versity football player who was hurt in a game la st November He was treated in tho same hospital ano sun nas nis rck and shoul der In a plaster cast STATE NURSES HONOR TWO DETROIT MEMBERS Pittsburgh Pa Jan The Pittsburgh Goal Producers' as i aoclation representing tho op erators of the Pittsburgh hltii mlnou coal fields today forma lated a tiew mining wage scale effective April 1 J922 The scale while lower than that ex isting in the contract with the A United Mino Workers of Amer lea expiring April 1 Is said to be 36 lo 4ft per cent higher than the wages paid at the out break of th wr A DM IT 1 1 ITS Chicago Jan 25 Mra lu rille Van Hoff Hanley arrested In connection with a forgery confessed today according to Gthe police that she committed several robberies single hand ed two or them atter she drugged her victims theft during the last months mostly jewelry and clothing' totalled more than 350000 the 'police said 1 a NOTED DOCTOR DIES New York Jan 25 Dr Louis JL Landman 64 of Cincinnati'oculist who 'went to Palestine two years ago to open a clinic for the treatment of 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