Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

MA 'J Pjpj MrMt A GREATEST A NEWSPAPER 4 AY DIRECTOR fb GANDHI ARREST ROUSES INDIA PANIC STRIKES HUGHES LAYS PACT ENEMIES afor I nilcnvimd Im on tk a 4 I I rlS SCI Judge eruted I Condi Seven Row 750 Miles In Skiff to Save Crew of i A the licenses to fraudu I investor M': At Ml! TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE IGHT IN JOHANNESBURG OUR PER CENT TOWN KIN TO DEAD SOLDIER Unified State Drive Against rauds Urged Ttlall Intn SEEKS TO OUST POOLRECEIVER H' It seems tu be that in way the American delegates been Imposed upon or that were induced to accept pome cunningly contrived by others ree State PerplexedSMl BROKERS By Attitude Of Labor AR ARNEDlBE Davis inds Spirit Of Loyalty Strong In All WREST OR QUIT I State to Contnue Drive Until Every ake Concern Is orced Out of Business 'They Have Very Poor Con ception of Secretary Writes to Underwood vife BY LOVELACE Contributing Mnanclal Miter NEW DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED IN DETROIT BALLOTS APRIL 17 DECIDE ISSUE IS CULPRIT HERSEL ACCUSED RETALIATES I15MENKILLED rinn iiiiur 1111 fin i i 1 11 ffl SO ARICA i I 1 refined dancing 3 DETROIT MICHIGAN Woman Charges Manager of Unitarian Party Scratched Nose Grabbed Ankle 1 p'em nreeHRnry tn of Skv laws provide lHr ma Is ftreehl Th ree Press Albany March Headed bv Will It Hays former postmaster general and now supreme heed of th motion picture industry In the t'nited States "The Motion Picture producers and Distributors of America" was Incorporated Satur day with the secretary ot state yob 8" NO 19' MltIiOX DOILtll BALLROOM Gravston J2t5 Woodward between WllHs and Canfield whore reftnernent reign Naw Graysion Orchtrtr The sensation of Detroit has arrtkd Ad mlssl'ir Ladles 5 men Adv The Owner of Lary i llrrlna story of the Went by Wrtltn Patterson Whit Magazine Section WEATHER Another Thrilling Detective Story Another of urlpplnc delerlh nfnrlen rn tnru In thl tu nni will be found on page 0 Don't nil It Open Warfare Now Raging Between Striking Miners and Soldiers Police 18 EX VETERANS shot down WHEN AMBUSHED Stevenson Chosen Acting Head of Traction Co Stockholders ot tho Saturday ratified the contraot and nearby High Lights in Purchase Proposal Tin city Rhnll pny to the eow puny for nil line ear hnrntt eenl etat elc within (he rlty of Detroit IHh bind Park nnd Hnmtramek repthig the Interurban hnlldlntr UrfTemon venue nndBate wtrert 15 acre of A 4 nere plot op posite the ord plant In lflgh lund Vurkt 13 acre of hmd nt Grand llHer and Mackinaw mrnur The company hH receive alon payment of U77t)OOO and semi annual payment of f500 imm each until December I 11)32 when the Anal payment vlll be made The city will pay Interest at (he rut of air per eent on all deferred pajment if the voter approve the con tract the city ahull take over the Hue on or about Muy 15 1922 The city obtain unmcthlng In rktra of 300 mile of the pan truckm 1157 car Includ ing 502 large double truck rar 19H lance trailer and 3ffi araullar The company shall be permit ted for the present to operate Ha inlemrhttn car to atatlun at Jefferson avenue and Hate street and shall pay the rlty for use of the tracks a nm tn be agreed io by both parties copyright bv Harris Kurina V'skh InNtnn I Clashes eared by Britain Which Strengthens Mili tary Grip Bv Cabin Th PrM London March 11 ull military precautions by the British govern ment to cope with disorders in India were in full swing Saturday night The government was appro hensixe that arrest ot the chief na tionalist leader Mahatma Gandhi lyould be followed by outbreaks of violence hut none had been re ported up to a late hour Gandbl arrest is causing tre mendous excitement but there have been no said a dis patih late Saturday night frpm Cal cutta to the Sunday Observer "The rince of trip in India had the ffect of orbing the passions of the Aun ks Montagu II Garvin famous British edi tor editorially attacked Mon tagu resigned secretary for India ana ioraB Beading British viceroy In India men have torpedoed Brit ain's said Garvin de lay lif arresting Gandhi is ijkely to unite and inflame still further the iiiemles of Gleet Britain's Indian policy The ministry must mend or muddle and to muddle might end th At the India olliee it was an nounced that no advices had been received indicating that the extrem ists 'were planning i reprlsals for Gandhi's arrest Trior to his arrest at Ahmedabad Avlnro he was editing a Nationalist newspaper Gandhi Issued a public appear to the people to remain quiet and carry on the non co operation 1st program with clockllko regular ity "ami with the speed of the i'unjab express" i Gandhi said he thought that the riintlnneil on I'uge Two Column Three In times of stress they all talked it over everybody from the cap tain to the cook And for sheer daring anil pluck the decision' of six sailors to take an open life boat and strike across the stormy seas for miles away has few parallels among: ocean adven tures "Equipped with food kerosene oil distress signals sea aflchorjl an oil stove and an extra mast and sail the little 22 foot craft set boldly out with its crew of six an the six men to wait on the barren land sails were set and the lit tle company dividing into two watches worked at the oars whan the wind failed Each watch com prised three men one man reliev ing one of thd rowers every half hour The wind was not always kind: once for two lung days they lay becalmed Again having rowed 25 miles In the teeth of the gale they were driven back 10 miles Rain added to their discomfort When the sun shone the heat was oltiless: and they were glad to con vert tlie sails when not in use into covers to protect them from the sun At night the cold was in tense "Hay aftrr day they struggled on toward Buva sighting no sail In that broad expanse water or 11 dreary days Um perilous trip lasted nnd at last the adranturara arrlv at their haven I he British ship Chatham the first encountered was hailed ew words were re quired In explanation (j bring forth a hearty welcome Weary and sore they got aboard the warthlp stiff worn tln lr llrnhs that van aboard one and all fell down oti the deck crew were made comfort able The rest of tlie men were rescued fry a Vnited btates war Says She Used Pistol to Scare Intruder He May Die Charles Ryan 34 years rld of 1533 Second boulevard who was taken to fivlng hospital several days hko differing from bullet wounds In Hide and back was phot by Mrs Jesdc Lacey of 1217 Porter street police charged late Saturday night When Ryan persisted in his de termination not tn tell the circum stances surrounding the shooting James assistant prose cuting attorney and Detectives Johnson and Kyekman sent for Mrs Lacey and her husband Jack Lacey and took their statement rise oillcera announced that Mrs Lacey tratifled that Ryan and three cotnpanmna came to her residence in the Milford apartments at the Poiior street address Monday night and demanded liquor Both she and her husband insisted that there was no liquor in tho apartment Mrs Limey said and then Ryan and his comprinions started a disturbance hich resulted in Lacey attempting to cleet them according to the When Mrs Lacey found that her husband overwhelmed by numbers Mas 1 sing the encounter she gut a revolver and as she believed fired into the floor the statement con tinued The bullet however struck Ityan The wounds may bring death Ryan because he did nut seek attention for nearly 48 hours aiix being shot The statement of Mrs Lacrv and hr huaband was aupporled by the Janitor of the apartment of said Mrs Larty was exon 'u utc I against Bank Exchange Press Co operation With Authorities Seen as Remedy reason that their operations seldom i omo to the attention of organized exchanges and also because the most effective way to prevent fraud is to not grunt lent promoters it would not Imposa additionn MS to ehincrv or larger appropriations as necessary to Insure a more stringent enhuxement nf existing laws There should for example no a morn care ful examination of applicant for a llwneo as broker or Investment bunker ao that It will never again be posjlblo fof a binkula to obtain a without the commission knowing that such a man is In ex istence instead lining a mere matter oiitbiurd on 1 wo 4 ulaniu lour Newell Petitions Court to Remove Representative of Mine Stockholders Asserting Harry Lyon of Ann Arbor appointed receiver for the Eureka Croesus Pool association is representing Eugene Davis and Gerald Evans ousted officials of the pool and not Its members Jesse Newell Saturday filed suit for the removal ot Lyon and the appointment of a disinterested party as receiver Lyon was appointed receiver for the pool in January by Judge Harry Dingctnan upon the showing of Lyon and other stockholders that Davis and Evans had dissipated the holdings of the pool Sought to Control Company The Eureka Croesus Pool associa tion Is an organization ot Michigan stockholders In the Eureka Croesus Mining company who a year ago placed their holdings said to represent approximately $6uu000 In the hands of Davis and Evans for tho purpose of controlling tire af fairs of the company and disposing their stock to the best ad vantage In the application for a receiver it was alleged that Davis and Evans had used tho assets of the pool to pay bltrh salaries to them selves and for the operation of an expensive suite of offices as well as for travelling expenses It was also charged that $121)00 was taken from the pool for engineering ser vices The $12000 for engineering ser vices according HlArt nv 0wr have been drawn ostensibly for the purpose of Influencing the Michigan State Securities commission to ap prove the sal of Eureka Croesus stock in Michigan which approval was never glvn Hearing fief for riday In ids petition Newell declares that there is no intention to call into question the Integrity of the svrurltlua commission but that the $12000 was appropriated to their own use by Davis ami Evans after making the excuse it was to be used to the commission Hearing on the petition was set for next riday ncioie Afioipn uarsenneo before Prosecutor UV HRATON U1L( (X a'peciai to' Tao and Chicago Tribune Washington March Secre tary of State Hughes wrote the four power Pacific treaty The secretary volunteered this informa tion to the Democrats who have been seeking to befuddle the treaty issue by intimating that the treaty was written in England or Japan and brought oyer here and forced upon the American delegates to the arms conference Jn a letter to rwood Democratic member of the American delegation Secretary Hughes dis poses of tho authorship issue and denies intimations that the Ameri can delegates were induced to ac cept "a cunningly contrived foreign scheme opposed to iVtiericpn in? terests "A very poor and erroneous cori ceution of the work in connection ith tlie the secretary wrote ailure to ratify the treaty he declared "would be nothing short of a national tlie slightest mystery about the treaty or basis of sus picion regarding it" Ilia secretary said in his letter which Senator Underwood read to the senate this afternoon "It is a straightforward document which attains one of the most im portant objects the American gov ernment has had in view and is of higll importance to the maintenance of friendly relations In the ar East upon a sound basis "I 'understand that the cotTfae of debate in the senate upon tho four power treaty questions have been raised with respect to Its author ship some have they nlaii and opposed to ur intoreats 1 "Apart from the reflection upon 1 tlie competency ofthn American delegates such intimations betray I a vciv poor and erroneous concep tion of the work In connection with tile conference no part ot which 1 Whether within or outside the'eon ferenee was begun pros 1 or coiiclii'iivi in intrigue fnliimn 7 1 UIIIIUUVI htHily methods of soutvl investment and specttlalion The raiils by iruutluleni promoters must be curbed by tho state foi thu Im I Pa Street club are for Arthur Griffith and Mich a 1 ColBns to a inan al though before the' treaty to vote anything but Unionist marked a member for ostracism The small Irish manufacturer and merchant cannot outdo thu Kildare Street ers In sincere loyalty to the new regime Griffith appeals strongly to busi ness He is set down ns a a man Who can be trusted not to tamper with the social and industrial systems to the hurt of Continued on Page Three Column Two Lines Of Industry BY ORRESt'dAVIS ree Press Staff Correspondent 1 akti ia: Dublin Ireland March 11 The Irish business man today is in much the position of a gentleman who having outdis tanced an angry bull in one field sees another steer whose in tentions he cannot make out between him and the open road He is glad that the chase by bull No 1 is ended and the wall of safety has been reached and he is optimistic if not cheerful about his prospects with bull No 2 A The industrial and trading interests of Ireland have just emerged from a disquieting period During they were harrassed by restricted buying imperfect tansport and the multitudinous obstacles to commerce in a warring land Now that the country is making its first try at self govern ment business is relieved of one burden but there still remains the uncertainty as to whether a political experiment will succeed in checking uisoruer anay working out satisfactory financial policies Beyond that and further 'eomplicating the situation is the question of whether labor will be a help or a hindrance to the eco nomic reconstruction of the coun try Irish business men are hopeful and desperately loyal to the ree State About that latter statement i there can be no doubt The elderly managing directors who settle world affairs nightly in tho Kildare i Latest Come rom Royal Oak lint Pontiac Although the Detroit police Sat urday received reports of the pres ence of Rae Besse whb disappear ed from bls home 1522 Jefferson avenue March 3 with his two small sons at three different places th runaway whereabouts still were a mystery ter the police and to the wife late Saturday night The first report came front Royal Oak saying that Hesse eand th" boys been located living In a house near the Eleven Mlle road and another came from Pontiac whence It was said Bees had been seen with bls sons going to ward lint jThei police refused" to divulge the origin of the third report but In sisted that all threo rumor had proved to be unfounded as far as their Investigations had reached at least The police still believe that Besse who Just before hi departure told his wife Mrs Barbara Hesse that she would never see her sons again because lie Intend to destroy them is hiding Jn Canada not far from Detroit The police believe that Besse and th two boys Raeburn seven years old and Eieudune six? are alive While the police and friends are rrhlnff Detroi madisn itle Mr Bosse Is pros with grief and fears that her husband will keep his threat and Slav her children Mrs Hesse Is under the car of a pfiyslntan constantly and her re? over13 regarded a doubtful if hr suns are not restored to her In CHa ill It PP 1 to the petition was alleged to Declares She Kicked Him in Stomach Discord Bared in Story to Prosecutor How the spirit of brotherly love and friendly good will that la sup posed to prosldu over the meetings and parties of the "Get Acquaint club of tle irst Congregation al Unitarian church Woodward avenue and Edmund place was put to flight and the detuun of discord Inciting niemners tu assault and battery enthroned in its stead was told Saturday in the prosecutor's office by Mrs Rose Rinker 3000 ifth street a member of the club Mrs Rinker asked and was grant ed a warrant charging Robert Down le 3117 Twelfth street also a member of the club with assault and battery Charges He Scenlehed Her Vow Site told the prosecutor that she attended the last meeting of the club where games of cards were among ilia entertainment offered Downle she alleges was In charge of the party as superintendent ot recreation for the church One of the players she said com milted some breach of card party etiquette to which she took excep tion She said that she reported the Incident to Downle Instead of sympathizing with her or offering to see that the offending Card player did not repeat his or her offmse Mrs says Downie began upbraiding her tor concerning herself with affairs that were none of her business shook his linger so close to my face that he scratched my nose" Mrs Rinker told the prosecutor But that was not all On tho con trary It was th least of the things that happened Mrs Rinker declared The climax came she says as she was leaving the church Downie seizing her by her ankle tripping lit and causing! her to fall downthe steps The bruises received In the fall constitute the basis for the assault and battery charge 1 Mr Downle who says he came through the fracas with a scratched face and a kick in the abdomen de clares that Mrs Rinker had made herself obnoxious to everybody throughout the evening and aftar she had disrupted the card game went to the lower floor where dan cing was in progress and tried to break up that partytoo ''lwas downstairs in dancing room when word came to ma that the woman was creating a disturb ance in the i ard party 1 went up to talk to her and tried to persuade her to leave the room at the Seme time offering to give back to her the admission of 85 cents whldh site had pafti "Hud Her "She said she bad had her worth and did not want the 83 cents back Despite tny pretests she went about iiom table to table about the wav she thought tile came should be nlnvil She oi not accuse anyonu of cheal Ing hut simply objected to the rules obtaining in the game 1 "1 told her she would it her have to cease disturbing the party or 1 leave the building Then she started for the dancing room declaring she would break up that party too I "Iler actions there compelled me to tnke her by the arm and force her through the door She Jerked away from me and kicked me vi cluusly In tlie stomach To piott et mysett 1 giaimeu nor tool ano in trying to recover her balance 1 had a chance to get a firm liold upon lier arms although before I did so she scratched my face 'Someone else called an officer and I turned her over to the pa trolman at the same time returning her 3j cents which she suddenly demanded We told the officer we did not wish to have her punished and that if he would see she did not i ritei the building again we 'would be satisfied tie took her out to the strei and that is all 1 know about Mr Downie said tho women of the church in charge of the card room aaid they hail seen Airs Rinker at their parties before but as tar as they knew sh had not created any trouble previously "We have been holding parties 6f this kind for three years and have entertained more than 2iiD)i) persons This Is the first disturb ance we have ever known" Mr Downie asserted No warrant had yet been served on him he declared i ev" March II lint Paul BflJe Utah Hnttirdav afternoon aft spending the night lost in a bllz ar 1 areurfling tn Wrss( I ece lvcil at the Reno airPeiJ Jlc was forced to land rmay whenohe ran Into a storm nrt In walking to Delle cumo lost watf uninjured nnd his plane "as not damaged MlCAIJlA SLPR I AlEI'Olt DtXCIXG Mnre daniuis patronize Arcadia jnn any other place In America turn fiauc'ng 3 this nffcr Adv nt'f 15:30 tonShl Adm 3D 30C Stockholders Ratify Sale Proposal Agreed On Arrest Brother Oi ostoria March Kono a Hioreughbrcd Airedale dog a to 1 addle Boy owned by Harding is In custody i got In bad through over ffinu larity with pedestrians He Jlevelopj a habit of nipping at the "re of strangers As a result sev complaint worn lodged against mni with the police and Im was up Kcno owned by 11 and Mrs ugenu Lym is the pet of the three Lynch children Lost Air Mail Pilot Is Safe A Schooner Wrecked on Barren Isle Where Vessels Call But A Once a Year Sneelnl to The rew an4 Chicago WasIffnRfon March the annals or the South Seas few stor les hold noro of adventure than docs a late dispatch from Ameri can Consul General Wilber at Wellington reporting the wreck of the American schooner Columbia River from Auckland for says the American consular bulletin made public Sat urday went well survfvflrs say fill just before dawn on the third day out when the watch suddenly reported close to on port "Th startled captain leaped from his berth and ran to the but too late to save the ship In fact so near was the rh that even before the anchor could be let go the schooner piled up her bow sprit hard and fast bn tho beach of Sunday island "Shaken but safe the officers and crew dropped over the bows and down on the to wander for dava over tlie barren rock Empty of all life it was except for a fewr sad enervated goats too blue from their own unhappy lot even to bloat a raucous welcome toitlio ship wrecked Americans "A ship calls once a year el Sun day island tho captain knew: hut ho did not know th time of the year Suva In the iji 750 miles awav the nearest ctvllizatlonl On the of the schooner food for what to do! "Like nearly all American crowds Auv sulAtaiitinl reduction the losses of Michigan citizens Lhiongh fraudulent promotions and bucket shops must be effected through co operation of the state tlie exchanges the ree and the tiauks supported by a better public understanding of jiveMnient matters The American public was swindled out of $750000000 by fraudulent houses in 192J according to treasury estimates When it is realized that this sum would provide a cash bonus of more than $150 for each soldier under arms at the time of the armistice and is in excess of one half the interest requirements of the entire funded debt of the the importance of curbing swindling operations can be appre ciated Recognizing the value of popular education as a most effective measure in reducing the frauds and of diverting investment funds into productive channels the REE has waged a campaign in which the methods iff bucket shops and fraudulent promoters have been exposed It is the purpose of this article to suggest further ton strttetive measures A St Augustine March 11 our pcraons two young women anl two youths were drowned here Sat urday'when a small cloa car ran through the open draw of the bridge between Anastasia Island and St A igu tine The ear went down In 30 feet of water with the occupants inside bivers have been summoned from Jacksonville to assist tn raising the machine The boys it was under stood were residents of St Augus tine while the young women were hotel workers Seacut Indorsed By Massachusetts i Boston March 11 The St Law rone Waterway project la desirable from tho atandpoinl of tho country as a whole anu Is feasible as an engineering feat In the opinion of a committee appointed by tlie Asso ciated 1 ndtm rles of MaasachusettaThe commit report submitted rl'lay concluded also that tli coat of tho project would be reasonable and that It would benefit New Eng land affording a large reliable and cheap source of hydro energy Probe Here Likely to Result in More Disclosures Two More Brokers Arrested Sracml tn The ree ri Lansing Mich March IL The securities commission Intends to continue Its campaign against dis honest and unethical stock brokers until every dealer who does not observe good business practice as well as the strict letter ot the law is barred Horn business in this I state Hugh McPherson banking ccimmissioner and members ot the commission declared a state ment issued Saturday In discussing his statement MC McPherson pointed out that there are certain things against which the commission can never wholly protect tho public Most important of these he said Is failure to ex ercise any sort of sense it cannot prevent citlzeps from giving their money to stranger in exchange for Holes and receipts that are absolutely worthless any more than the banking department can prevent the occasional passing ol bad checks The members of the commission fe 1 that their work would be greatly facilitated it the publicwould make more use of the inlor niatlon it has available It is ready at all times to furnish Information regarding companies that have been before it and to flnfonn the public whether any given stock has been approved or disapproved It desires also that those who lose through dishonesty ot brokers will communi cate vvttn it promptly "The commission would be glad to investigate any reasonable com plaint made against a brekvr Mr McPherson declared "if the pally making the complaint will i educe it to writing and sendit to the office of the Michigan securities comritisslon at Lansing "No broker house that is doing a legitimate business and obeying the law need fear tho commission The members wish to protect both the honest broker and the public Wo believe the majority Ot brokers are honest "10 "It Is our intention to drive nut ot business ttieflOroKcrs uia res unfair unethlcal Jnethods and Who the law aS well CIS the dishonest brokers If anyone Is in doubt about the character and standing of a broker he ehoud con sult his banker" SrhitKto Cohtinue Probe ji of Concerns Located HereMerlin AVI ley attorm geiH rfii when asked Saturday just how long Ernest Smith one of his as sistants I will be investigating fraudulent stock selling land in vestment schemes here said lie had instructed Smith to continue ms work In Detroit Working In conjunction wilit Paul Voorhies prosecuting al tornev Mr Smith who Wednesday suspended Redmond Co and Webb Lee Go Thursday will return to Detroit Monday to continim his Investigations Imre Just before he left the city day he intimaleil that there will he important developments next week as the result of other Investiga tions now under way A wansun Lincoln nuiining broker was arrested Saturday when he appeared before prosecutor Voorhies with his attorney Thomas BaRli 'Dime Bank building on a warrant charging him with violating the blue sky law Swanson who conducted his busi ness under tho firm name of A Swanson has been sought by the police since September 16 last wtoen Giovanni CardeRa 723 Cbene 'st rct to the warrant against him Hrlrasrd On Rnll i Swansun's statement that he had straightened out the financial dif ficulties which resulted in his ar rest and his plea that he be not arrested was unavailing when he appear eu Art via na Immediately following Ills arrest ha was 'arraigned before Judge Harry Keldan in municipal court and released on bond for examination March 16" i Assistant Attorney General Smith 'will conduct a bearing on tho pension of Webb Lee Co and Redmond Co March 16 In the county building wlvm it will ba de termined whether to make the suspensions permanent Scnftle Man Arrested Here sjj Learning that federal officers were looking for him on a charge of using the mails with Intent to defraud A Trathen vice presi dent' of the Mutual Sales company Seattle Washington surrendered himself to United States Marshal Henry Behrendt Saturday Herbert I ihunmond the bead of the con cern is under arrest In Seattle and when ft was ained that Trathen was in Detroit the warrant was sent to this city It was charged that tho coffipany advertised in the Scuttle papers for men who had from $500 to $730 to invest in the stock zit 1 1 ai ntf tliMllV Ifi fiaV and ner manent eniployini nt and promising to buy bank their stock ahotiid they nt any time fi el dissatisfied This promise was not lived up to some of the men declare and the post 'office department took up tlie case on account of the advertisements hat iiig been sent through I he malls Trathn says that If there wa any fraud intended he Is unaware of inn inu fompanv In good A nominal bond of Jl'ffiO was required by Commissioner Stanley Jit Trathen will return to Seattle his own New ilm Body Headed by Hays bmui on the Capetown Union of Jtarrh ollowing break Premier Smuts rruA rmintry must for very considerable trouble and bloidshed upon an unanticipated EcalQ Guerilla warfare had broken out between the striking miners and I th police oii a big scale Premier Smuts Is going to the Rand to take nersonal charge ot the police and fo direct the military operations against the strikets Troops are patroling the atreets of Johannesburg The residents have been warned to remain in doors A number of men were I kll edand wounded when the strlk 1 eri headquarters at Benoml was struck by a bomb said to have been thrown from an aeroplane 1 The South African authorities will ika stern measures to prevent the strike front taking a political trend JS Die In Amhunh Johannesburg Mareh (By the Associated A Scottish de iulimenl was ambushed at Benonl Saturday by strikers hidden in a plantation who suddenly Poured heavy fire into th0 8odlerrklJ1(n? lit rtf '4hcm and wounding 5 Most uf the detachment were ex service "Vhe Rand Daily Mail places ri casualties at 600 of whom 80 are believed to have been killed The situation Is regarded ps some what Improved Many lorry Bombs Jeppc a suburb adjoining Johun r'umg was seething with strikers Saturday afternoon Most ot the nun were armed and some carried bombs They are" credited with planning to hold up the police In that area so as to prevent them Hum reinforcing other points par ticularly Lordsburg where inter mittent firing was continuing At Brakpan and Benonl tlie strikers apparently had obtained the upper hand at least temporarily ami numbers of dead and wounded were lying in the streets Mrtota MAN EXONERATED Gen Smuts Determined to Quell Disorder Residents Warned to Stay Indoors chMlat to The ree Prrre london March Regular war raging in tho Rand in South Africa between striking miners on one side and soldiers and police on ffie other according to advices re ceived here tonight from Capetown and Johannesburg 11 Mnrl than 115 mn hB're been killed in two rlys ln tho nlne Wd" and more than 700 were vounded Tho strikers heavilymd are giving battle to the sol dier and police at numerous places Job South Africa out said: be prepared MAIiCtl' 12 1572 12 0 I' UH: PRICE CENTS GEM ARRABTiSiW UR ACT PUTS UNIIED UP TO CIVIC VOTE IL en tered Unio by their directors for sale of the company's Detroit sys tem to the city The city council Tuesday night will formally call a special election for April 17 when the voters will ba asked to ratify the agreement and to appropriate 114000000 for the first payment on the contract for purchase of ma terials from the company and to defray other expenses incidental to the taking over of tho lines by I the city I The vot by which the stockhold I era agreed to part with their entire city system was unanimous Louis I A Gosselin Montreal director mad rx rt iTTvr ft I ths motion to ratify which was sec DllKlIIC I A I 1 Oiided by A Avila Gingras of the 111 1 11 I I A I ilk I I Pi 11 I A mo city A moment later JJ 1 LiLlIll JLvkJ I Moore Cleveland moved to make tlie vote unanimous and his motion was approved unanimously Harding Said to Have Warned i AH that is needed now is ap He Would Veto rending provai by the voters of tin city tn DM order to carry It three fifths of thal Bill I electors voting must approve the il I proposition If the proposal meets Special Th ree Press with their approval the Washington March IL Lon I will discontinue to operate street gress was in a panic Saturday cars In Detroit and pdsslbiy with night over the soldier bonus leg Islatlon i th city limits The condition of chaos was pro The ofliolals of the company have duced by the apparently authentic agreed with the city that the turn statement from St Augustine la I lug of interurban cars can easily be that President Harding would veto accomplished Uie bonus bill If ft wa passed as Mayor Couzens said Saturday that now framed by Republican mem he vas satisfied the city had made here of the house ways and means a good deal with the company Ho committee said ha had heard it said that the company could have been forced to Mondell Doubts Report I sell at a lower figure but the mayor 'Representative Mondell of Wyoin 1 said those who made nuch asser Ing Republican ledder and Itcpre 1 tlons were nut familiar with th sentative i'ordney of Michigan financial condition of the chairman of the ways and means Aa the case is now the stockholders committee said Saturday night that of the (L It stand to take a they had not hoar 1 from the presl great loss The mayor said that it dent on th compensation icglsla 1 the city had attempted to drive tion since he left Washington but I such a bargain that the stockhold that they 'were not prepared to be would not have bjon able to oh lievo po bad stated bis position so I any return then the lines could strongly in opposition to the pend not have been purchased and th Ing bill despite the fact that it I 0 yar war with the company does not come up to his administra would nave proceeded Indefinitely flat demand for a sales tax pl abti xvii RepresentaUve Garner of Texas 1 Mould Have fought Democratic member of the commit Rather than lose all they had In to intimated he had been Inform vested the stockholders would have ed that the president was to Issue pul up a fight tho mayor asserted a statement condemning sthe Re The franchise on some lines of the ttf enun miRrj ADO nn nt of the meeting of the ways IDUuD DURULARD and means committee from Satur I day until Monday as Indicative of I nnm a knowledge of Air Harding's standi I vnlQ IM I on the proposed legislation llU Hi IjVul Meet Ing I rtmned I 1 The meeting of the committee was I postponed at the request of Rr pre cr sentative Longworth and Bach 1 noD aares Homes and store arach members of the committee I who stated that thflr absence from! 5 Jewelry taken the city had prevented their at yea a tendance at a meeting Saturday! SS bbta'a riday night These two were the only ones on I anu early Saturday morning collect the committee to support a salesled J413 in money Jewelry clothing tax to pay the bonus an(j stamps according to reports Rumors wore current that Repre 1 vpuis seniatlvcs lungwort and Baeharaeh Police Saturday knew that the president would veto I Mrs Barbara Duprey 730 Bates the pending bonus bill and had in street reported Jewelry valued at tcntlonally absented themsfllves I mn a from Washington to prevent action ffora Saturday by the ways and means A burglar bioKe into St John's commute on the bill They desired Arbor restaurant 1526 Woodward time for the house members to con avi nu and took JSO from the cash eider tho attitude taken by the register 1 1 tho session of the house 7llB wljchA Schelll company Saturday kRemes atlvo manufacl urr reports in baturuay uarncr cttsh and made peatea eirorta to get into their nffloa as tsin iiL the record reports from St Au Brooklyn ave gustlno stating tho reported pool gJfa''nAw who tlnn ot President Harding mrtho mtf ma of jSdnre Wolf 3131 bonus Ilf was blocked each time I Mi hlaan avnu ka oi by Representatives Munn and Molt blnatlon oft the 'sJf bin were' un deiL able to open It Matter I thrown through the win dnw of th Aturo of nee LlnVItx The bonus legislation situation Grand River avnu a has complicated Hi badly mixed thief to make oft with two pairs of political conditions for tho Repub shoes worth $10 Continued on Pair Column I IBESSE THRICE SEEN REPORT This line up would be most effective as a starter 'Ihe state against fratitltileiil pnunotcr 2 The exchange nrlrrt shiiDs 3 The to aid by popular education I 'Tlie banks to help eliminate 11 frrntl 5 '1 be Bureau Meets Unique Situation in Adjusting In surance Claims Washington March Investi gating tho record of Dennie Taylor of Crystal Springs Miss a soldier who died at Camp Beau regard in 1918 theM'nited Slates bureau believes it has come across something unique in the way of family relationship Among other facts divulged was that Taylor exclusive of cousins was closely related to 4 per cent of the total population of his home town of 1395 residents i Taylor named as th beneficiary of his government term Insurance policy bls father who died leaving the insurance to next of kin The bureau quested from the family the names of those rela tives falling In the "permitted class" and in reply received a list five feel long containing tho nano and addresses of nine brothers six sifters six uncles six aunts 23 nephews 19 nieces six brothers in law eight slsters in lnw and a step fiioiher 84 of whom bear the names of Taylor The same Chris tian names however were seldom found twice Under the new adjustment for the payment of 45000 pol icy the st mother and 15 broth ers and sisters will each receive monthly Installments of $192 our Drowned A In Auto Plunge' i A a '3 1 II Ol I f' I i i I iW Si 'S I 1 rjS.