Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

WEATHER Snow' 2 Wr HTJUV 4 MICHIGAN'S 7 PRICE THREE CENTS BURY KARS POWERS ACCEPT ltUAJI MAYBIRY'X the be has that TO TRY ENGINEER SON IS HEIR JOHN BANGS Will B501 DRAW JAIL TERMS Views World Affairs LATEST WIRE LASHES the MICHIGAN PLANTS ntcd in magic ink You vf ONE ACCUSER CRIES IS ORDERED DOWN CITY OICIAL WHO DENOUNCES POLICE AS mils death by Inches Motor he said ordinarily pay no was with and KILLING GIRL STIRS REDORD and old DELEGATES END CHINAUDISPUTE en and re thc DAUR Adm mm 60c tor dancing Jeu He ear th de hla BRENNAN ASKS BEER'S RETURN IIL17ZAIH) HITS DAKOTA St Paul" eb 1 The worst blizzard In years was reported in South Dakota Wednesday night Nbrth Dakota also recorded a hervy snowstorm general over the eastern part of the state from the Missouri river President In Washington Slush PARLEY ACCEPTS HIS TREATY WITH MINOR CHANGES MISHAPS KILL 2 90THERSHURT 1 'I Old War Pensions Boosted By Bill i Brand He Puts oh Cleanup Squad in Trial IHH ON DEPUTIES Newport Ky eb 1 Disor ders In the Newport rolling mill strike zone culminated late Wed nesday in an attack in which shots were tired on a truck con veying deputy sheriffs The Are was returned after the deputy sheriffs said at lenst 15 shots had bean fired No one was struck 0 8 7 1 2 8 Parents Charge School Children Are Given No Protection rom Autoists Defense Refuses to Plead and Sends Panel Out Day I Early by Action Woman Devours 2 Daughters Other Horrors Cited Geneva eb (By the Associat ed Press) amine has reached such a terrible degree In the Orenburg district of Russlri that people are killing each other and parents are eating their children says a tele gram received here Wednesday from a representative In Moscow of Dr ridtjof Nansen bead of the in ternational committee of Russian relief The representative's telegram addressed to the Geneva bureau ot the International committe was baaed upon information received from a Russian representative at tached to the American relief ad ministration at Orenburg i The following authentic examples says the telegram occurred In the village of Tuliakova commune of Ardolanovsky canton of Yarma tCABlman named Tuhvatulla Hallln ate the body of hl brother A wo man named Ilousna ate two of her children and a man named Ahsam devoured his daughter Other cases of cannibalism were reported from the district of Corny near Orenburg whither people ar rived on foot having walked 200 to 250 versts in order to obtain American aid A verst is 68 ot a mile) Detroit Concern Sells Branches at Saginaw Bay City Chicago eb Armour and company Wednesday announced the purchase of two branch houses ot the Hammond Standish company of Detroit One branch is located at Saginaw the other at Bay City The two branches hv been hand ling Armour and company meat on consignment for acme time Charles Hammond 790 Parker avenue president of the Hammond Standish company left for Chicago Tuesday night He Is pec ted to return Thursday morning Other members ot the firm were unable to confirm the reported sale although they thought the deal for the two branch houses had been closed REIKD CtllNItAL EAITTIKS Tonight at beautiful Pier Ballroom Pagliacci carnival Scarab decora Rubs Elbows With Shoppers lo Get irst hand Look at Snow bound City Washington eb (By tho As sociated President Hard Ing went out for himself early Wed nesday evening and got a first hand view 'of tho slushbound capital 4 Having read newspaper descrip tions ofthe aftermath of the bliz zard the president decided to take some exercise and see for himself so accompanied by Secretary Chris tian he slipped away from the White House just before 6 and headed for the street shop ping district which ts to Washing ton what ifth avenue Is to New York and Michigan boulevard is to Chicago Thousands of government clerks other home goers and late shoppers were wallowing almost helplessly In the sea of sluslv or gingerly picking their wayver the dirty Ice covered paverngfits as they jos sfct HKTAHY 11 Kill naval limitation treaty adopted PAI AIM Every Tues Thur 36c No charge A1'V DRMIS DIES TRYON 0 Head of Rail Business Associa tion Separates Notables i Into Six Classes New York eb Instead of a learned discourse on transporta tion which members of the Rail way Business association expected to hear from their president Alba Johnson at tho annual meeting here Wednesday night they heard a talk on "Rainbows Optimists and Pessimists" President Johnson's address turned out to be a report of what "the great and near great ot Amer ica think of the trend of the times and their definitions of optimism and pessimism Authors of the re plies were classified according to their views as: alse optimists muscular optimists pessimists joke smiths the female of the species optlmu and gentleman optimists Homhday Pessimist The Hat ot pessimists Included William Hornday director of the New York zoo because ho said "All my friends have their umbrel las up In an effort to prepare tor the Henry fi Pritchett president ot the Carnegie 'ounda tlon for the advancement ot teach ing was placed In the same class because he 'said he was "anything but and complained of "having two Jobs when there were a million men without any Mark Sullivan Otf Sklnnt Owen Wister David It organ ot the National City bank Chicago Christopher Morley and William Redfield former secretary ot com merce were Included In the joke smiths column because they wouldn't take the questions serl REDS INVADE INLAND Copyright 1822 by Chicago Tribune Copenhagen eb 1 Bolshe vlk troops violated the frontier of inland today crossing it at Kaitajaerol After four hours' lighting with innish frontier guards the Bolshevlkl retired It Is reported that the Russians were making a raid on the innish peasants crops CONSIDERS SENATE PLACE i Columbus eb How ard president of the American arm Bureau ederation who arrived hero Wednesday night from the enst said he recently had been advised by Senator Kenyon that It waa the In tention to ask Governor Ken dall of Iowa to appoint How ard to fill Kenyon's unexpired term in the senate "If Gov ernor Kendall tenders me the place" Mr Ilowanjsald "I will submit the whole subject to the executive committee of tho Amer ican arm Bureau ederation If the committee Is unanimous In deciding that I should accept 1 shall do so" BM SHOALS IITHHOUR INAL VERDICT Washington eb 1 Pensions for widows and dependent children ot men who served In the army or navy during the war with Spain the Philippine islands or the China relief expedition of 1900 would be Increased from $12 to 120 tinder a bill passed Wednesday by the house and sent to tho senate The bill also Increases the num ber eligible for pension by provid ing that the 90 day service require ment does not mean 0 days duty outside the continental United States Enforced furloughs the 'till pro vides are to be Included as part of a service SENATORS TO ADDRESS I OOD CITY REPUBLICANS Battle Creek Mich eb 1 Sen ator Wesley I Jones of Washing ton and Senator Charles Town send of Michigan will be the speak ers at the Lincoln club banquet Sat urday evening ebruary 18 at the Masonic temple It Is tho first Lin coln club banquet held In Battla Creek In a number of years all rom Tree atal to Boy Scalds to Baby Workman's Skull is ractured fc (bmo persons were taken to De troit hospitals Wednesday as the result of accidents and two child ren died during the day of injuries inflicted in previous mishaps The most serious accident of the day was that in which a workman em ployed on the construction of the new Belle Isle bridge suffered a fracture of the skull 'E Rose 6683 lahef' avenue was the bridge workman' Injured He was struck by an lron bolt He was removed to the Evangelical Deaconess hospital Runaway Horse InJuresGIrl Rose was standing on the shore when thp cable of a'derrick at work 20 yards out In the river snapped and sent the bolt flying The man was above the temple EL Jones In charges of the work i for the Qreyllng Bros Construction company said this was the first riousl accldent that hid happened to an employe bf the company during the' 14 years he has been superin tendent Viola McGinnis 3407 Rivard street was severely' bruised 'Wednesday morning when a runaway horse at tached to A milk wagon of the Belle Isle East End Creamery ran onto the curb at Rivard street and Ro wena avenue knocking her down She Was taken to Receiving hos pital Lawrence Raels? 12 years old who lived on Peppei road west of the city died in hospital Wednesday from Injuries received when he fell from a tree in the school yard at West ort street and Pepper road Monday a Six months old red Wlckawz 6919 Vernor avenue died In Receiv ing hospital from scalds suffered when he fell into boiling water at his homo January 20 alls Give Hurts to Two WllllamKem 1439 Superior ave nue employed by the city forestry department to cut down trees fell rrom a tree Wednesday ana taken to Receiving hospital severe Injuries to hla head shoulders Anna Jurnvirh vori Dubois street was injured when a stairway railing In her home broke causing her to fall from the second to the first floor Her leg was frac tured Carl Probst (14 years old 8114 Charlevoix avenue and Louis Raetz 13 years old 91 13 Macon street were taken to Receiving hospital for treatment of injuries sustained when they collided w'hlle playing together Three Dy Autos Mrs Sarah Hunn 60 years old of Bay City who was visiting friends at 653 Milwaukee avenue Is in Receiving hospital with a com pound fracture of tho leg and' pos sibly Internal Injuries the' result 61 being struck by an automobile driven by rank Bromlaowskl 2311 Goodaon avenue Wednesday night Bromlaowskl was released by the police after making a statement Margaret Carnegie 19 years old 139 Dickson avenue was Struck by an automobile driven by Alex Kennedy 2113 Marquette avenue while crossing the street neardier home at 7 o'clock Wednesday even ing She was taken to Receiving hospital suffering from contusions on the head Dorothy NuttHl 7 yeart old 4663 Concord aventie was struck and Injured by an automobile driven by A Strlffler 6030 Bohns avenue at 8 o'clock Wednesday night She was'" Gratiot avenue between Bellevue and Con cord avenues at the time Her leg was broken She waa taken to Re ceiving hospital STRIE LOOMS IN LABOR RANKS IN VOTE CHARGES 1 1 aces Manslaughter Charge for 37 Deaths in Wreck 51 Valparaiso Ind eb William Long of Jackson Mich engineer of the Michigan Central train which was In collision with a New York Central train at Porter Ind last ebruary the wreck resulting In the death of 37 persons will go to trial hero next Tuesday Prose cutor Bartholomew stated Wednesday Long 1b under Indict ment for involuntary manslaugh ter According to the prosecutor there is a possibility that the case will be dismissed If the state Is unable to bring three witnesses ho reside In Michigan Into court The case has been postponed several times George Block of Michigan City Ind fireman is also under In dictment and Is to be tried after disposition of case The men's indictment followed testimony at a coroner's Inquest that signals were set against their train Parley Alto Agrees to Prohibit Use of Poison Gas for the safety of the little "Thev soaed through the school district In defiance of my signals or the "go slowly" signs and then laugh at me" he said Parents In the district are deter mined another fatality shall not result Many of them when Interviewed declared they often had seen cars' speeding by the school when children were at play No pressure was brought to bear to break up the practice however it was asserted a YOUTHS ARE ARRESTED AS HOLDUP SUSPECTS lRoy oster 19 years' old and Harley Meyers 20 years old both of 1703 Second boulevard were ar rested Wednesday and are fbeing held on charges of robbery while armed PprinnA who rpDnftfttt hciul ups and gave descriptions of ihelr assailants which police say corre spond with those of tke two youths will be called In Thursday In an at tempt to identify Ahem Millard Doursey 43 years old 1418 Rlopelle street was arrested on a charge of robbery armed and Al bert Simons 2002 St Aubin avenue was held for Investigation Wednes day In connection with a hold up committed at 1948 Monroe avenue Tuesday Louis Wilson 1633 Adelaide street and Albert Johnson 1940 Monroe avenue the victims of the hold up will attempt to Identify the men Thursday 'A Wonderful Magician And His Magic Pictures or Girls and Boys a rtitAHt tnv nrl can tnakc him wave his wand too All you do is paint tnesj pictures with ckar water and WATCH THE COLORS COME Juol like the magic you read about in your fairy books The flowers that were only bljck and white a minute before become lovely colors right before your astonisehd eyes It just loads of fun miss these tnagic pictures on pages 8 and 9 of the Magazine Section SUNDAY REE PRESS tied along or scrambled to get aboard tho scarce and over burden ed cars lappers with flopping ga loshes winter glrla in and young blades ujio Inhabit the capl tal'e late afternoon promenade street rubbed elbows with the pres ident as he trudged along some of them without recognizing him In fact the president voyaged through the slop almost a la Ho roun al Reschld and surveyed the dirty snow banke still plied neck high In the busy streets' three days after the snow stopped falling: wad ed through water and slush Tinkle deep in tho chuck holes In the pavemefits saw dozens of stalled motor cars and trucks and tho small army of workmen struggling with the mess Mr Harding Ventured as far down as the patent office with the secret service men puffing behind and then turned homeward to din ner going over practically the same route Common report has had It that the president was much interested in the plaint of capital citizens that the work of clearing up the remains of the blizzard is going slowly Well known Physician of City 72 Yeara Old Victira of Heart Disease Dr DaVld Inalls member of one of oldest families scholar and niedkat practitioner of na tional ifejiuUtlon died Tuesday at hia winterUiomt' at Tryon at the aga of 72 years Dr Inglis Was a ton of Dr Rich ard Inglis one of Detrolt's early physicians He was born December 27 1860 ollowing his graduation from tho Wnlvi rslty ot Michigan and the Detroit Medical college" Dr Inglis studied in theBellevue Hos pital Medical college New York city ana was graauatea rrom Institution in 1832 i ive tears later he married ny Baxter at Jonesville Mich hnt btriin uraeLk three years Her Later he took post graduate courses al Vienna and Berlin He was president of the Michigan State Medical society In 1906 ana )r 6f the Wayne County Medical society At the time of his retire ment two years ago he was a pro lessor of nervous and mental dis eases lit the D' trolt College of Medi cine consulting neurologist tu Har per and St Mary's hospitals and a nationally known authority on men tal diseas After retiring from active life Dr Inglis left his Grosse Ila home and moved to Ahn Arbor He had been wintering In North Carolina for three years Death came Tues day night from heart disease Dri his widow a sdn and two daughters The chil dren Are' Baxter Inglis attached to tho Wfuflit lying Held at Dayton) audMvho served In the aerial forces aorlng the war Mrs Dorothy City Mich and Miss Ixils Inglis a Detroit school teacher Brothers an sisters are: James and William Inglis both of Ann Arbor Miss' Agnes Inglis' Detroit and Mrs A Ann Arbor The bnd is expected to arrive In Detroit Thursday evening uneral services will be held from the Ham ilton chrpcl '3975 Cass avtnue at 2 in riday ervlce will be In charge Of Rev Lee McCollestor foimer pastor of lhe UnlvtrsalUt church In Detroit and now presi dent of Tufts college Boston Detroit 'Representative Would Have Congress Legalize Light Wines Also Detroit ree Bureau y(U Metropolitan Bldg Washington Washington eb 1 Members ot the house ways and means commit tee appeared friendly to the propo sition ot taxing light wines and beer for raising money with which to pay the bonus when Congress man Vincent Brennan of Detroit and Congressman John Phillip Hill of Baltimore appeared before the committee today advocating the legalization of light wines and beer and taxing the same to raise bonus funds "I think it will make toward greater respect for law if we make the Volstead act reasonable" Mr Brennan told the committee "Mil lions of dollars now spent to en force the law which Is not en forced at all should be turned over to the veterans In four yearqc lf we tax beer 29 cents a gallon we can raise enough money to pay the bonus" I Longworth is Interested Congressman Longworth of Ohio acting ch4(yman of the committee took a great Interest In what Mr Brennan said and Interrogated him several times xe "Do your' think wo can tax beer without specifically amending tho Volstead act asked Mr Long worth Mr Brennan replied in the affirm ative saying: "Congress has the power to determine what alcoholic content Is Intoxicating The su preme court decides matters ot law matters of fact are left to the con gress" A suggestion was made by Mr Brennan that beer of 275 per cent to 6 per cent should bo legalized He pointed out that he had voted for the prohibition amendment when he was a member of the state sen ate He said he had opposed the return of the saloon but did think that if the present law were re laxed it would make for it respect for law and order Opposed to Whisky He went on record against the sale of "hard liquors" such as whisky Congressman Hawley of Iowa a member of the committee asked Mr BrcnnatY if people could get drunk on 275 per cent beer "No" replied Mr Brennan He said that as matter ot fact a per son could get drunk' on coffee If he drank enough but that the average stomach did not have sufficient ca pacity to allow a person to get drunk on 275 per cent beer Mr Brennan told the committee that tho best people in Detroit fa vored relaxation of tho prohibition act because they belidved it would restore a regard for "law and de ceny" 4 MORE AUTOISTS British Yield Lease hold Japan to Re call Troops A bf the naval treaty will be found on Page 4 WnsWnrton rt7i (ny the A oclatfld Tho Washington negotiations for limitation of arms went reached their consummation Wednesday when a plenary session of thu arms conference gave defin ite and public approval to tho two treaties limiting navies and re stricting the use of new agencies ot warfare One of the covenants th is sealed itenVsWk! debl ealabllshes 2 ratio of capital ship strength between the flvo great powers and the other pledges them against unreatrlcted Submarine war far and us of poison gas Plenipotentiaries he States Great Britain ml Italy will form Mly affix their liuaturei leene Settled At' the same session the ar East ern wpig of tho conference moved forward toward completion ot Its tasks by announcing officially the terms of the Sban tung settlement and by giving final approval to nine of th resolutions adopted In com mute tn regard to Chinees prob lems Th agreement on Shan tung already has been put into a draft treaty between Japan and China and the other ar Eastern settlements are to bo embodied in at least twp gtHvui bevuvviiMwn wnicn wilt come before th conference shortly" As soon as Japan's Intention to withdraw from Shan tung had been definitely stated th British an nounced formally for the first tlma that their government was ready to band back to China the leasehold of Wel ttau Wel The rench let It known Wednesday night how Lrver that they expected to treat directly with Chin over possible re tirement from their leased territory at Kwang Chows Wan a decision which appeared to becloud the pros pect of any general eonfe rene agreement regarding the Chlneso leased territories Two other conference project one relating to the Chinese Eastern railway and the other to the prohi bition of Importation of arms Into Chins also encountered serious ob stacles when th committee work nf th delegate was resumed Wednes day Th Japanese made some tech nical objection to the Chinese East ern proposal which coupled with Chinese and rench opposition tu some feature! resulted tn appoint ment of a Japanese rench Chines sub cummlttf to consider ti compro mise Tho Italians and Japanese presented such pertinent reserva tions to the arms Importation reso t'ontlnoed on Page Three Cotnmn Two Capper Says aulty Construe' tion Caused Accident Washington eb? 1 Had f'lneerlng coupled with cheep laulty construction was held MiOhulhlo fnr tkr rrsllnnaA ttf 1 vof of the Knickerbocker theater fnd the resultant loss of nearly a hundred lives by Senator Capper of Kansas In a statement Issued Wed nesday after an investigation ot the lulu of the Ill fated structure The Kansas senator who said pre sented only his personal views lidded that District of Columbia officials who approved the plans for such construction as was used the Knickerbocker were responsible tv a large extent for the collapsei th building Girl Horsewhips ormer Employer 3(V Kept Home ollowing Death of 6 Year Old Speed era Are Denounced A wave of indignation among parents of school children In Red ford Wednesday followed the death of Jean Mercer year old daughter of Robert Mercer Redford who was run down by a motorist at Grand River aveuue and Newton street Tuesday while jubilantly skipping homeward to tell'raotho of the experiences of her first day 4n school Thirty children JWcre absent from their class rooms Wednesday Par ents declared they would refus to permit their children to attend school until proper safeguard to protect them from street? traffic ar established School had been dismissed early Tuesday afternoon Because of this fact letcher janitor who ordinarily attempts to make th streets safe for the youngsters was not on duty The child ac cording to spectators ran directly in th path of an automobile driven by Mrs Kane and waa crush ed beneath the wheel No blame was attached to Mrs Kane The little Kiri waa lifted from the street Uh died shortly after ward An account of th acci dent was carried Into their homes by the children The absence ol 30 of them Wednesday was tho re sult letcher the janitor at the school declared he often had seen young sters (Sts heed to his warning signals aqd show an almost criminal disre gard ones Champaign III eb Jb dard 65 years old' general man Mcr of the L'rbnna Champalgn Railway Gas anil Electric company vas horsewhipped In the public "mare here Wednesday by Miss Jessie Daniels 21 years old a for mer employe Miss Daniels de ai'eil Bedard had defamed her character Bedard said the attack was caused by discontent becau af th" had been discharged 9 2 2 PAG DETROIT I I A II A BRU A Sentences for Speeding Range rom One to Three Days our motorists convicted In Judge Charles Bartlett's traffic court Wednesday ot speeding were given Jail sentences ranging from one to three days John Mtanlev 1058 Holden avenue barged with having driven his car at the rate of 40 miles an hour in John II street was given three days and jjuarthelmew '2612 Hamilton avenue whom the police said drov 83 miles an hour In Jefferson ave nue was given one day tn Jail Morris Beach ot erndale charged with attaining a speed of 49 miles an hour in Woodward avenue drew one day and S25 Clifton Peck 1226 Lycaste ave nue arrested at Rademacher and ort streets for speeding was sen tenced to three days $4200 GRANTED WIDOWS SLAIN POLICEMEN Special to Th ive Piyss Grand Rapids Mich eb The city commission has granted tn th widows of Samuel Slater and Special Officer George Brandsma shot and kllUd bandits compensation of 62OO It Is tn be paid in 300 weekly Instal ments of 115 a Week POLICE TACTICS IN SOPER RAID Dissension In th rank of the Detroit ederation of Labor loomed Its weekly meeting in the La bof temple Wednesday night Vheu Martel business secretary accused a' delegate of attempting to stuft th ballot box at the board of director election last week "The ballot box was stuffed by one of the delegates" Martel charged "If it were not for dili gent investigation by the election committee now would Kav a board of directors for the coming year elected by a false vote" Delegate Collins made a motion to table th Investigation and elect a committee of three to pass judg ment on the charge It was voted dewn A two hour executive session' at non mombers of the federa tion were barred: followed To ore a CnM Is One Dnv Take Laxative BROMO QUININE tablets The genuine bears thfl sig nature of Grove (B sure you get BROMO) Advertisement Returns to Court Soon After Starting Deliberation to Hear Evidence Read San rancisco eb Tho case of Roscoe Arbuckle accused of manslaughter in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe went to the jury at 3:42 Wednesday after a trial covering three Weeks It was his second trial on the charge thfl first hav ing resulted In a jury disagree ment Mrs Estcle Baumelster one ot the two alternate Jurors who were excused when the jury retired said that in ijer opinion Arbuckle Is not guilty 1 Henry Ottenberg the other alternate? declined to express an opinion although he congratu lated the defense its Defense Springs Surprise Tho defense sprung a surprise by announcing It would submit the case to the Jury without argu ments This action so accelerated the case that thejury was able to begin deliberating a day earlier than had been anticipated The announcement came at the end of tho flrat argument by the prosecution made' by Milton assistant district attorney It had the effect of shutting off further argument by the prbsecu tlon as under the law fur ther argument' could only be a re buttal bf tho final defense sum ming up Arbuckle jovial and apparently care free most of the day was visibly nervous when the Jury re tired Azthrong was drawn to the court room for the final arguments and the police 'guard had Its hands full for the first time sine the trial opened 4 Return for Evidence Wednesday's session saw the con clusion ot the prosecution's rebut tal testimony Three minor wit nesses testified The defense an nounced that would make no qur rebutal and then began the solekloslng argument He at tacked In detail the testimony given by Arbuckle? In tile' first trial ot the case holding that no proper explanation had been given as to what transpired In room in the hotel St rancis when the comedian is supposed to have at tacked Miss Rappe i There was a moment of excite ment a little before 5 o'clock when the Jury came back to the court room not however' to deliver a verdict as many supposed but to have some of the testimony read to it again STATE SETS DATE Clerk Manager Deny Resist ing Sleuths or Threatening to Get Their Jobs BltteV denunciation of tho "rough shod rough handed" tactics said to have been by police officers who raided' cigar store in the Dime Bank building last ri day by William Maybury healthcommissioner (during the investi gation Into the affair by the police trial bqard Wednesday was inter rupted temporarily when one of the men who participated in raid shouted rederick Krzykowsky was clean up squad member who manded that Mr Maybury atop accusations He' was quieted by a chorus of "sit downs" from Dr James Inches police commisstonei and various other officials who tended the hearing The cleanup squad is operatedinder the supervision ot James bprott deputy police commissioner Maybury Resent Charge "No man can accuse me of hang ing around a gambling Mr Maybury slrouted during the course of hia address to the trial board "or years Soper's cigar store has been the only office I have main tained except that under my hat It has been like homo to me and I ask you Mr Commissioner to go to the bottom of this matter" Mr Maybury followed John Lodge on the floor after the presi tlDnt rf thA'fltv notinrH had dfi dared the 'situation "an unfortunate one" which" someone' had made worse by starting' an investigation that would bring only comfort and aid to the underworld the underworld can get any comfort and aid out of this I am sure it is welcome to Mr Lodg asserted Before the hearing got under way Wednesday Commissioner Inches announced he had asked Clarence Wilcox corporation counsel to be present because ho had been notified that Merrill Sopsr one ot the proprietors wouiu represented by an attorney Hear Stories of Raid Tho Investle ntlnn thus far been given to hearing testimony ot what actually occurred in the store while the raid was in progress by men who witnessed it The officers rederick Krzykowsky 3891 St Clair avenue Herbert Drumm 125 Rleasant avenue and Anthony Sorenson 4826 Greenwood avenue have not given their version ol th raid William McCrlsaken a clerk In the elgar store was the first wit ness called by Samuel It Williams attorney associated with Stevenson Butzel Carpenter Backus repre Kfintincr Mr Soner? He testified he was behind tlifl counter serving customers when a man whom he identified as Krzy kowskl pushed his way behind the Continued on Three Column Three "familyfleesas IRE PERILS HOME ilmington Man Enters Lists With Henry ord for Property Washington' eb: (By the As sociated On the eve of de livery to congress by Secretary Weeks of Henry offer for the government properties at Muscle Shoals Ala rederick Engstnim of Wilmington presented the war secretary with an amended proposal to complete and operate the Muscle Shoals properties for the manufac ture of nitrates for fertilizer The amended proposal was accom panied by a letter signed by Marlon Butler acting legal advisor for Mr Engstrum which recited the out standing features of the proposal as follows: Proposal la Outlined A guaranteed cost" to complete Returns from investment a basis of 400009 kilowatt gross de velopment this lease will pay to the government letter "says 3 504000 per yean tor 50 years or a total nt compound 4 per cent inter est of approximately 8637000000 this cash will be used to produce cheap nitrates for fertilizers or can bo turned Into the treasury at the option of the government Success of nitrate manufacture which can be economically used for fertilizer I dependent entirely on sale of power without the support of the power development and sale of excess power to finance the ni trate plants it would not be pos sible to continue the manufacture htul sale of nitrate The power end of the inquiry is solely developed for the benefit of the factory rne separation ox toe menu from power destroys the unity of the Industry Cut Cost of Nitrates lease proposes to devote the entire power development to the nf nitrates including the development of Improved meth ods for the reduction of cost ol producing niusw Quantity of nitrates annually produced Is limited only by the amount of excess power sold and the selling price ot nitrates fled bv the government 'The method proposed to finance by the sale of excess power the manufacture of nitrates is (he only possible method by which nitrates can be produced under present known methods and sold to the American farmers at a price Jess than the Chilean products Xh "We will be glad" the letter Con cluded "to consider any changes or amendments which you may suggest with a view to accepting the same if we can see our way clear so to STARmGEAT DEAD IN RUSSIA Blaze at Midnight in Store Be low Costs $4500 Jacob Medwell hla wife daughter rances nine vears fled from their home to the street in night attire when fire was dis covered in Midwell's drygoods store 8436 Oakland avenue over which they live shortly before midnight Wednesday The family were In bed when Medwcll smelled smoko He aroused his wife and daughter and hurried them to tho street They were able to return to their rooms shortly The Are was making rapid head way when Batnlllon Chief John Sullivan and several fire companies arrived Quick work by tho firemen brought tho flames under control riie damage 1 estimated at 4500 laitly covered by insurance MOVIE CRASH BLAME VOICED NAVAL PACT1 WAR OUTLAWED 111 'j Share in Estate of Late Author and Humorist Inadvertent filing ot th will of John Kendrick Bangs author and humorist In Nw York courts Wednesday revealed John Kendrlck Bang Jr a son 666 Van Dyk ave nue a clerk In the employ ot th American oundry company as on of the principal beneficlsrleii "Mr Bang Jr who a joint ex ecutor of the estate withdrew tho will from probate court In New York shortly aQer It was filed daring the filing waa a mistake The instrument will be probated In York county Maine where Mr Bangs Sr was a resident In the town ot Wells Th will was made June'7 192(1 Mr Jiangs bequeathed his book plate and other peraonel property equally to his widow Mr Mary Gray Banks and two ot 111 sons John Kendrick Bangs and rancla Hyde Bangs Ho left the remain der In trust from which the widow I to receive two thirds of th ln come and eaeh of th two eons one sixth A paragraph in the will rends "A to the nhare of my non Howard Russell Bang I set aside jQ0 'the said sum howevor not to be paid to him but In the discretion of my exdcutor to be applied to th needs of my granddaughter Eleanor Cary Bang daughter of the said Howard Russell Bang by bls first wife" ARMOUR BUYS TWO ARBUCKLE'S ATE ABAIR RESTS 1H HMSTJURY WORRIES OVER With Eyes Of Great ously Among the feminine opti mist Mr Johnson enumerated Mr Winifred SuckvIHe fltoner "wonder muth' of a wonder daughter and a wonddr on ln law" Elsie Janis Arnellta Galll Curcl Elsie Hili ami Mauu tiaiungton Boom Hurns on Optimist William Burna director of bureau of Investigation department of Justice wae listed a' a "gen tleman optimist" because he said: "Crime which In the past has been rampant has reached Its apex and is decreasing Out of the turmoil incident to a world conflict will come a civilization blessed with peace and prosperity In' which to brotherhood of man will be th dominant nut" Eugene Mayer Jr managlrig di rector of the war fin'lneo corpora tion described the railroads of to day a "the villain" In th drama In which appear "th producers who are suffering from an Inade quate return on thslr product and tho consumer who ar paying high prices for their needs" The speak er asserted that "th gross volume of bualneas Is In a way to undergo substantial increases during the year and In that fact lie hope fulness for tho railroad Industry and bnslneas which depend upon Th nasoclatlon re elected th fol lowing officers who served in 1921: Alba fl Johnson president: vice presidents: Salmon Roches ter Willits Chi cago Knox Taylor Hlghbrldge Woodln New York fl Allen New York Stephen Mason pittaburgh: Chsrlee Sy mington New York aecretary rank Noxon Harvey Mid dleton of New York waa elected to th newly created office of treas urer Ths Wednesday by the Waablnirton contsrti wiam Miiv iiunriv drat rutunitti Secretary Hughrtt i the conference by JON ES 1 4 NKW A t' HmsSa'C J5L' if?.