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be SktrMt jfrce GREATEST VnEWSPAPER WEATHER Cloudy Colder Have You a Movie ace? ConitJinea Ladd famena ef Ue flttidifl will analyte your photo graph saw today' instalment PRICE ree State To Retain EAR CIVIL Irish Constabulary WARINIRELAND BY COURT RULE OR RHINE PAY ROUSES BRITAIN MAGICIAN LAKE He No UP 1 MEN HELD AS BLACKHANDERS nut STRIKEPLANS AIDDETROITERS IRST VETS AIM WORRY UNIONS nr uno tans TRAGEDY DAZES MATTHEWS 10 RESCUED PILOT Worried Says nust US REUSES NEW BRITISH DIRIGIBLE in wan at hl Have You a Movie ace? nt! i ai Hrninniiin imo auKKCSion in and "'RrmPr' wB'Woag distance telephnno rail that It "aul MAY OPEN BOOZE LOW ACROSS DETROIT RIVER receiving the tit from Detroit cm USTOGETRUM ROM CANADA US DISPATCHES 2D SHARP NOTE to be his mother Robert pilot and only survivor ot persona who left here for last Wednesday in the ill 8 IH BOY SCOUT PARTY LOST IB RAIN COOL THEN WARM WEATHER DURING WEEK also who Rale4 that ship thor pur industrlal and or to outbreaks BOAT IS SWAMPED AS WATER STOPS MOTOR mails of the kind ot to uphold and preecrve the of Dodge in the bulne he declare may become affiliated with Western armer Dies at Age of 104 TIME TO TURN OVER NEW LEA DODGE DECIDES 39 22 DEICIT IK THE RENCH ACCOUNT IMMATERIAL ex co the De BRITISH CHIE WHO SEES NEW DANGER IN INDIA most isa Girl Thug Robs Bed Sick Woman LORD RAWLINSON Story on Paw 11 Column 3 Ontario Judge Says Province Cannot Halt Export of Alcoholic Liquors DRASTIC ULTIMATUM WILL BE DRAWN Plans 35 Hr Week or Workers Kalamazoo Mich South Bend Executive His Assistant Workman and 5 Boys Drown ear Influx of ex Service Men Will Make Unemployment Situation Worse to distrl unan means Return Belgian To Michigan Juggling of Bookkeeping Will Deter Pressing of Claims Lynn Ma March A trt robber makerf and armed etepped1 through a window Into the bedroom whore Mr Arthur Matrons lay kk early Saturday bound the woman with the bod clothe and ransacked the bureau drawer She escaped with other member of the family were asleep tn adjoining room The police obtained a de arrlptlon of the young woman from a baker who aw her lea tho house Aged Circus Rider Dies in Poverty WIIEKI1 TO I) I'ALAI Particular People Prefer Talala Adv Sneclnl to The ree Press Boston March 25 Tho courage of Mln Bessie rutman saved the $1800 payroll nf her employers Sat urday She wns rushed by three armed holdup mon while two men grappled with the robbers Waahlnftton March 25 Weather outlook: for the week beginning Monday: Region of Great latkes: Unsettled with probably rain over oast portion at beginning followed by cool and generally fair until Thursday or riday when It will There are only ten distinct TYPES of human you are one or another of them Mere physical' appearance has nothing to do with TYPE distinction PERSONALLY determines TYPE 1 Constance Ladd famous scout of the studios and chief as sistant to Harry Pollard discoverer and developer of screen stars will analyze your photograph and not only determine your screen adaptability but she will tell you your TYPE and tel! you what screen the famous artists you are in your TYPE CLASSIICATION 7 She will reveal secrets of the casting directors' labora tories where stars like Rudolph Valentino Alice Terry Vera Gordon Helen Jerome Eddv Pearl White Mav McAvoy the Gish girls and scores of others were ACTUALLY MADE AMOUS OVERNIGHT The first installment of these astonishing and authentic re velations appears Today Page 21 Part One net venture any political fearing If I do that Chicago March 26 Tho "Slamee twins osa and Josefa Blazek horn Joined together wero taken to a hospital hern Haturday One of them had just contracted yellow Jaundice and her condition was said to he critical Physician recently ex amined the twins to determine If It would he possible to separate them but decided that the necessary op eration would prove fatal Chicago Agent Destroy 350 000 Gallons of Whisky Beer and Wine Chicago March ederal prohibition agents Saturday dump ed 350000 gallons of wine beer and whisky into the Chicago river while several thousand persons gathered along the bank to watch the performance Tho liquor was ordered dumped Into the river by Prohibition Direc tor Gregory despite the fact that ederal Prohibition Director Haynes at Washington had auecrelorl In would bring undeserlhnhle publicity ami present too ostentatious a dis play Mr McGregor said It was neces sary to dump Hie liquor to provide storage apace and that he tried to rarry out hla plans secretly but that In soma way they had become known Jacksonville March 26 De claring chicken thieve ply their trade only on nights when there Is no moon Municipal Judge Beckhnm Saturday sent John Adams 73 year old Negro to jail to remain "until the moon shines again Detroit Open thl tonight 20o Adv Death of Stone Leave Second Vacancy for Governor to ill The vacancy on the state supreme court caused by tho death of Jus tice John Stone will be tho second during the administration of Governor Alex Groesbeck to bo filled by appointment Just a few weeks after he assumed office Gov ernor Groesbeck appointed Judge Wiest of the Ingham circuit to the higher court uport the death ot Justice lavius Brooke Although Justice Stone went to the supreme court from the upper peninsula and was generally un derstood tn give the northern penin sula prescntatlon on tho higher tribunal there Is nothing to indi cate that Governor Groesbeck's ap pointment when it is made will go to that district Wayne county similarly is not now lepreacnted on the supreme court and It is re garded as not Improbable a Detroit tr will be given the appointment riend of Judge Harry Dinire nian of the Wayne circuit bench arc understood to have advanced bis name In this connection Dump Liquor in River Despite Order HOTEL Tl llEII Dancing Pleasant surroundings Wonderful floor No cover MILLION DOLLAR BALLROOM Dnnclng 'knight and every night Graystone woodward at Canfield Adin 25c and Adv TEN CENTS oM a Special to The ree PresR Washington March 25 As Pres ident Harding and high officials of the government stood quietly on the side lines Saturday night a half million coal miners got ready for one ot the most gigantic struggles between capital and or ganized labor the country ever has witnessed Having abandoned all hope of bringing the coal operators and nifhe leaders into any kind of a confer ence to head off the strike sched tiled for April 1 federal ofllclals who ordinarily are called on to act in crises of this kind have decided that no action will be taken by the government unless suspension of work in' the central competitive Heid leans to an transportation crisis of violence Union Chiefs Labor leaders here look cm the forthcoming strike as the turning point in the development ot the American labor movement They fear that the defeat of the United Mine Workers the largest single Continued on Ihk Three Column blx WHERE TO DAXCB ARCADIA affords the most whae nnie afternoon and balcony Adm Was Asked to Take One Place of Wrecked ZR 2 Bv rAblf tn Thn PrM London March 25 The United State navy department has re jected British recommendations that the United Stktes accept a new air ship from Britain as compensation for approximately $200 non already paid the British government for spare parts for the III fated ZR 2 which buckled and exploded over the river Dumber a year ago it was irarnrn uiiuroay it 1iBeertalncd that naval officers have Investigated tho proposed of the British air fleet urged the United States naw take on Instead of seeking compensation for the spare parts contract Say He'll Show Detroit Is Made of "Right Kind of March 2S (By the Associated Prana) John Duval Dodge ann of the late John Dodge multi millionaire auto mobile manufacturer of Detroit has hat hl till of the gay life Just a soon a he can ettlo hla pending court difficult! here he Is going back to Detroit build a new $75000 home at Groe Pointe start In business tor himself and settle down he says He 1 going to show Detroit that ne istuff" name world Ils the general sale force of Dodge Brother although nothing definite has been ettled In view of uch a connection In announcing bls future plans to become permanently established In Detroit Dodge emphatically de nies the report that he complained Detroit wii not "lively" enough for him and that he intended to move to New York and take up a resi dence there But before ho can devote his time exclusively to future business and domestic plan he must go on trial In circuit court here on a charge of transporting possessing and furnlhlng liquor tn violation of tho pohlbltlon laws He la out on $2500 ball at present ahd occupying a suite of rooms in a local hotel March Max master and McCormick I ear ailure of Walk out Will Spell End of Organized Labor Washington March An nouncement was made Satur day by Chairman Noland of the labor committee that hear ings would be held next Thursday on the 31and bill proposing investigation of the coal mining industry by a com mission to be appointed by the president Representatives of both miners and operators will be heard Chairman Noland said Lodi Cal March 25 Pocarrr Varelas aped 104 who farmed In Calaveras county until he was 100 years of age died hero riday night: "My granndfather lived to he 120 years old but my father died 'young' at the age ot 90" he stated recently Leader of Troop Dies ight ing to Keep His Charges rom Sinking Rp elsi to Th Prv Dowagiac Mich March 25 our Boy Scout their scoutmaster hl assistant and two others who had been aiding them In construction of a scout summer home were drown ed late Saturday afternoon In Ma glclan lake 10 miles northwct of hare The party was trying out a new teel boat which had been delivered i onlya short while before and which was believed to be non slnkable Thera vu a high wind at th time and it I thought the boat filled with water and sank after tho motor elogged before they: could call for help IUt of Dead The de are: JOSEPH TAD OII 34 year old srnutmnater of South Bend and Mlahoivoka JAMES TAYIOB yrar old hl son I' JUDSON TAYLOTI' 30 year old Poughkeepsie March Once known as the famous bareback rider Mrs belle Lancaster i dd hero a long time she had been In want but steadfastly refused to accept charity she was about 87 years old Death duo to pneumonia Half a century ago Mrs Iancaster was with the Barnum shows King George Alarmed Calls Lloyd George Back rom Vacation By Cable to The ree PrrM London March 25 With the threat of civil war hanging over Ireland a call went out Saturday for a special meeting of the British cabinet on Monday to deal with tho dangerous Irish situation Premier Lloyd (Borge urged it is understood by King (leorgo him self is cutting uhort his vacation in Wales to assume once again the role of Irish pacificator Plan Ultimatum At the cabinet meeting Monday at which the premier Is expected topreside drastic proposals having the strength and extent of an ulti inatum will be drafted for submis sion later to Michael Collins of the Irish provisional government at Dublin and to Sir James Craig head of tne Unionist government of Ulster This is the second lime that King George has personally intervened in the Irish situation in' the hope of establishing peace tho other occasion being last summer when he took tho foremost part In pre paring the groundwork for the con ferences at Dewing street which resulted in a treaty being effected The Immediate purpose of Mon conference is to end the re Hcrirvia i i i 141CCi vv 111 VII I resulting in aaiiy slaughter 30 Pron Slain rom ebruary 11 to March 6 oren minprpd 17 Protestant and record have been toll of life has in than diminished charter granted the company by the federal government warranted thocompany holding liquor for exporteven though the license for a bonded warehouse had been with held Government officials Intimated Saturday afternoon that tho case may be taken to a higher urnurt Unless this I done they explained provincial of Herrs will bo power less and exporter! may carry liquor whore they will so long a they have clearance papers from tho customs department ordered to avoid unnecessary dis play In the destruction of seized liquors Commissioner eald Saturday Such Instructions he add ed wero Issued with a view to pre venting needless irritation through public destruction ot alcoholic bev erages Officials at the prohibition bureau said It had never been the policy of tho prohibition bureau to destroy seized liquors which had a commer cial value except upon order ot acourt Seized liquors It wan explained are held ending the outcome of court proceedings and upon the order are either disposed of at public sale to buyer holding per mit disposed of to laboratories for scientific purpose or to hospital for medical purposes Moonshine liquor however offi cial Btated la not regarded by the prohibition bureau as having any commercial value so that when an Illicit still is raided all tho captured liquor I destroyed on the spot ex cepting a quantity which is reserved us evidence against the moonshiner Zurich Switzerland (By the Associated Oser Swls riding fiance of Mafhlids daughter of Harold McCormick' Chicago has sold hl stable to a brother officer In the Swiss army and I preparing to leave within a few day ostensibly to visit rela tives In western Switzerland Oer personally refuse to give any fur ther Information concerning hl movement but neighbors artod that he would sail for the United State early In April to pend Easter with 1I bride to be and ha presented to the McCormick and Rockefeller furcillea Criticism of Lloyd George Bitter in Many Quarters of England BY DA VIM EDtVAHD London March I gather the Impression from the American newspapers that Americans gener ally imagine all the doings ot the Lloyd George government to be fully British meeting with the uni versal approval ot all Englishmen As a matter pf fact the home brewed criticism of Lloyd Georgs I almost a bitter In gome quar ter as ever the criticism of Wood row Wilson wa In tho Amcrlcan opposition pre ur be It from me an American to express opin ion on the subject but Americana max be Interested In the circum stance that the prediction ot tho breakup of the British empire are moat frequently heard right here tn Britain with Lloyd George named as the chief wrecker of course no one really believe them but British politicians of the opposition can cite many circumstance which they claim are evidence of the ap pionchlng catastrophe Witli Houth Africa In turmoil In dia in ferment Ireland In the de gree settled by the settlement Egypt gone entirely wrong serlou trouble In Persia and the home folk "roanlng under nch taxation as never folk were burdened with be fore the situation surely Is unique I Will opinion Words Used Are Plain if Not Diplomatic American Official Says Washington March Tho American government has sent to tho Allied powers another note sup plemental to that recently dis patched and designed to support its claim for equality with thuso powers in the payment of costs arising from the Rhineland oc cupation The new note copies of which were presented Saturday to the Brit ish rench Italian Belgian an I Japan government by American diplomatic official In the capitals ot those nations declared that whether or not there should be a deficit in the rench account for its occupa tion army coats of May 1 1921 the claim for equality on the part io uutu cnaies woum thereby bo affected I'lala Word Used The American government In it supplemental note In words char acterized by one official as plain if not diplomatic notitles the Allied governments that no juggling of bookkeeping as regards the Rhine land occupation costs will deter the United States from pressing what it considers a just claim A high state department official In making public the note explained that the original Identic notes de livered to the live Allied powers this week stated that according to information and accounts in posses sion of the American government it appeared that the amount duo to rance for its occupation army costs to May 1 had been paid in full as had costs ot tho armies of Belgium and Italy Recent dispatches from ranco it was said had intimated that the American government made a mls tan vln lhat rance had been and iho supplemental note delivered today was designed to forestall any such suggestions Ihe text of the supplementary note follows: its note of March 22 1922 the government of the United States stated that according to tho infor mation and accounts in tho posses sion of the Allied governments It appeared that the amount duo to ranco for it army costs to May 1 1J21 had been paid in full chiefly through deliveries of property Not Interested In Debit "The of the United States I now informed that it is proposed to postpone the debit to ranco for the value of the Saar mines as though delivery were made in kind during the year 1922 This government does not deem it to be necessary at this time to en jer Into questions relating to debits or credits Ij the account or to con sider the effect of the postponement of the debit foixthe value of the Saar mines and all questions of this character aru fully reserved It is deemed to be sufficient to say that it is the view of the government of the United States that the question whether or not there would be a de ficit In the rench account for army cost as of May 1 1921 upon a final agreed statement of that account Is a matter whlclt does not affect the position ot this government with respect to its right to receive re payment of actual cost of Its army of occupation upon an equal foot ing with the Allied powers" Ship on Rocks Pounds to Pieces I an American in England may make myelf as foolish a British correspondent in America some times make themselves when they "analyze" for tho London paper th American situation But It prob ably will be safe to summarize Eng own comment on the sit uation The British pres quit generally comments on the tact that many foreign observer believe that th British empire literally ha been seriously threatened with disinte gration or actually broken up bv Lloyd George and hl methods Even ord Rothermere brother of Lord Northclltfo and crushlngly im portant In British journalism ad mits that foreigners ar0 somewhat justified In thia belief that the greatest empire which the world' ever has known I on th verge ot crumbling Into dissolution He attempt to analyze the causes He attribute the outbreak in India very largely to Lloyd Inveterate hnstllitv to Tur a dangerous attitude for him to take because the sultan I th supreme head of the Moslem church which number fanatical follower bv million among tho Inhabitant of Britlsb ruled ttrrltory He ays Lloyd attempt to squeeze Turkey out of existence have Inflamed Mohammedan India throwing them Into th arm of revolutionary Hindu The Indian Continued on Pane Two toluon Three Declare! Swim Horseman Will Make Good Husband Special to The Pre Pre Washington March Mathilda McCormick 16 year old grand daughter ot John Rockefeller helres to million will make a "good match" in marrying Max Oer the 4B year old Swis riding mater In th opinion of Mia Mathilde Mos one of Oser's former pupils "He will make Ml McCormick a good husband" said Mis Mo "He doo not come from aristocracy hut neither doe she and I thing it will be a good match "Her fortune may have some feet on him but I do not think Herr Oser would marry for money: alone He Is not a poor man either He ha an income of about $19000 a year "Oser Is not a flirtation roan I never observed any sign of any love affair between him and hl uuier pupns wnue school" Un postofflcc ho became the enemy ot the rebellious patriots and as the people wero mainly with tho Volun teer Republican forces the populace came to look upon him as an agent of British oppression To no other considerable body of Irishmen wa the test of tho revolution so severe Bomo ot tho constables resigned rather than turn their weapons on their own people Others and th great majority stayed on Included In this latter group was District Inspector Murnane of the southern Tipperary district with headquarters in Clonmel and known as "thq best in Ireland" Murnnno was born in Dublin about 35 years ago when his father was attached to tho I bar Continued on Page Two Column onr Removes Barrier That Retard ed Smuggling Opinion May Be Appealed Quashing the conviction against the Essex Export company that was fined for keeping liquor in a warehouse that had not been granted a federal license County Judge Coughlin at Sandwich Saturday opened the way for an uninterrupted flow of liquor into the United States so far as Canadian laws arc concerned Judge Coughlin held that tho On tario temperance act cannot regu late export liquor warehouse By thia ruling the score or more of export companies may do business without fear of being stopped by provincial officers and license In spector who are enforcing the tem perance act along the border Convicted By Gundy The conviction against the Es sex company was made at Windsor two months ago by Magistrate Gundy who ruled that the com pany was guilty of violating the provincial dry statute by keeping liquor in a place other than a bond ed warehouse Barrister William If urlong counsel for the company took an appeal to the county appeal judge basing his application for a re versal of the magistrate's decision on the fact that the company held a federal charter to carry on an export business He further con tended that the province In no way could Interfere with a legal export business The Essex company wa one ot the first of many companies to start exporting liquor under protection of a Dominion charter The license for its bonded arehouse however was withheld because the provin cial licensing board refused to ap prove of such a method to evade the temperance act The federal gov ernment had the right to grant the license without approval of pro vincial authorities but declined to act In order to prevent friction be tween the two governments Haney Trie to Halt low Attorney General William Raney la using every legal weapon at his command to fight export of liquor from Ontario to the United States Alfred Morand and other officers ot the Essex company were arrested Toronto a few days ago with 50 cases of liquor In two cars Tho liquor Morand explained to officer who made the arrests was for export to the United States and in proof of this he showed clearance papers signed by custom officer "I do not think that the Ontario legislature has jurisdiction to im pose upon a Dominion government any such duty as that Impllcahly Imposed by section 46 of the temperance dho county judge said This section of the act requires that a person doing export business In liquor shall keep the liquor In a bonded warehouse or in other word a place where liquor Is law fully lodged under the statutes ot tne parliament or uanaua Hint nt Another Appenl Judge Coughlin held that Special Cabinet Meeting Called to Consider Grave Situation persons have Catholic and since the last compiled the creased rather Belfast has become the most notorious city In Christendom the only spot where mediaeval religious warfare persists The conference will miso deal with the situation on the north east border where Irish republican army insurgents and Ulster special poncj fae' another across nn land with tho possibilities of bloody collisions Increasing dally Collinn to Makes Protest Dublin March Declaring that he would make "some very clear statement" to Winston Churchill British colonial minister and would take up with the British govern ment the "question of England supplying arms ammunition and money to the Ulsterites for the purpose of carrying on war" Michael Collins premier of the Irish ree State's provisional gov ernment said Saturday night that he would arrive In London Tues day morning Indianapolis Ind March Emile Larnard a Belgian charged with wearing a military uniform without authorization ot his gov ernment was on Ills way to Grand Rapids Michigan Saturday where he will be held pending a federal grand jury Investigation Laniard's return to Michigan was ordered riday by Judge A Anderson In federal court lamard was arrested recently at South Bend Ind on the request of the Michigan authorities lie was also charged with Improper solicita tion of funds and with wearing a unlforirf to deceive Lamard pro tested his innocence The uniform he wore showed eight wound stripes He said he was wounded 13 times and gassed three times Twins' Go to Hospital More Belfast Dumb Blasts rielfast March ire rifle blasts ami bomb explosions ushered in the week end at Belfast A bomb explosion set fire to a shore store at Hrlge End and th store was gutted The town guar dians at btrabanc who refused to recognize the authority of the Lister government and swore al legiance to the Dublin government ousted from office Saturday night by the Belfast administration Street firing was so Intense here Saturday that in some sections the main streets resembled ahamblej after the rioting YVIII Explain to Dublin March Tho ball Elreann has ap pointed Dennis McCullough of Bel fast as apeclal commissioner to proceed to the United States and tn torm the American public of the Jill10'1 bortheastetn Ireland McCulloug salhd from Southamp ton Saturday on the Alauretflaia Beaumont Texas Hit by Tornado Sperls! to The ree Press Kalamazoo Mich March 25 Michael O'Connor father of Mr John Duval Dodge wa out of danger Saturday night a a mult of being almost strangled when a cap from a bottle lodged In hl throat Physician who attended him at a local hospital where he was removed Saturday morning for a time despaired of his life until they succeeded In removing th ob struction Professor Writes Edison Apology Madison WIs March Prof A Scott director in the course In commerce at the University of Wisconsin ha written a letter of apology to A Edison ex pressing regret for statements which Mr Edison In a letter to regents ot the university termed It was learned Sat urday A copy Of Prof let ter which the Inventor Is aald to have 'accepted a clearing away any differences that may have been created wa not made public Ordered to Jail Till Moon Shines Beaumont Tex March A "ffi tornado hit Beaumont and vicinity late Saturday leveling a jiumber of dwellings and damaging some business houses So far ns can be determined no one wa kill ed W'Itliln the city but six person seriously injured are In a hospital Two are suffering from broken logs and one from a fractured skull The damage to farm pro perty has not been determined annett a village 15 miles south of Beaumont was reported destroyed A man arriving from there told of one death Beaumont Tex March Tho Belgian steamship Kremlin Is pounding to pieces off Sabine Pass according to a telephone message to the coast guard station hero tonight The tugs Hudson and Calvert have gone to her rescue The Kremlin left Port Arthur ri day with a cargo of refined oil fur Antwerp Saturday at noon she re ported by wireless that she had grounded 29 mile out Two hours later she wirelessed that she was dumping her cargo to reduce her draft Within a short time camo a wireless message asking for assist ance Tho coast guard station re ported a heavy sea but little wind It was expected that all of the crew would be saved Members Who Kept Respect Nucleus of Police Davis inds BY ORREST DAVIS Pree Press Staff Correspondent ARTICLE Clonmel Ireland March 25 Before the rising of 1916 the Royal Irish Constabulary was of prides jit en rolled 14000 men all Irish sons of farmers and tradesmen an efficient upstanding set of men The constables were scattered throughout the island in city town and village barracks and in some isolated districts in lonely country strongholds These men were married for the most part and were sober substantial elements of the com munities which supported they) They were under strict dis cipline and had a tradition of 80 years of straightforwardness and integrity To their trainingo station at Bengars Bush barracks Dublin came police authorities from all over the world to study I methods It was a point of honor among the old constable to accept no present or favors If they entered a public house for a drink they In sisted on treating turn about Bribery and corruption were prac tically unknown among them With the Easter week rebellion however the lot of the I changed or tho castle government seized upon the well fashioned in strument of tho I as the read iest with which to put it down Be fore he had been the toe ot crime and evil doers the guardian of the people With the attack on the Dub Cinclnnnti March 26 Arthur Nnh president of the AN'ash Clothing company of this city who on January I made an innovation in American Industry by placing' his 2000 employes on a basis of 10 hours a week eight hours a day and five winking days In a week announced Saturday that hi was planning a still further reduction in the working time of the women employed by his company to a basis of seven hours a day and five days a week "After much study of th ques tion of women in Industry I have reached the conclusion that for th" health of women and for the sake of the America ot the fu ture Il would be best to employ women In factories only 35 hours a aald Mr Nash Britons See Crumbling Of Their Vast Empire Is DETROIT MICHIGAN SUNDAY MARCH 26 1 18 PAGES Ifnyne Oppose "Dlplny" Washington March 26 All eral prohibition agents have been Adv KIXGLEY 15 Trap Set at Place Designated in Threatening Letter Brings Arrests Seven men six' of whom were taken in a house at 3437 Riopclle street are being held by the police on charges of sending threatening letters through the mails Six the arrents were made after the police had captured Vin cenzo arranto 22 years old near the place where retro Naglno 9750 Grinnell avenue had been In structed to leave $1000 on pain of having his fingers cut off Naglno reported to the police riday that he had received three letters demanding that he place the money near the entrance of the Russell school Detectives waited near the p1ac4? and when erranto visited it after the hnur set they arroated him Search of his room la said to have revealed several black hand letters which had not been mailed The six taken into custody as alleged accomplices of erranto are: Nicolino Bernardo DeneUa' Nazzarene 33 Antonin Mlnlti 23 Pasquale Callabresc 29 hU brother Giovanni and lore Murclante All lived a the same address 3437 Riopelle street WAYMAY ASK HIGH COURT POST pr'jbniuy rain in it num1 6IIOW ripen 10 a to lo today Each paid ticket of admllon up to cloning hour tonight good on the $1500 lot and cah prizes nf $3on $20) and $U0 respectively Winner will be announced Monday Adv Sole Survivor of Ill ated in Delirium Describes Death of ive Miami la March 25 (By As sociated Press) Nursed by a wo man whom he believes in his de lirium Moore the six Bimini fated flying boat Miss Miami lay in a hospital Saturday night more dead than alive A submarine chaser took Moore off the tanked William Green early Saturday as she passed hero bound for Tampico rpicke up by the tanker lato riday more than 40 mile off the'East Indian Inlet a he elung to tho wreckage of hl flying boat Moore was tenderly cared for all during tho night by Mr William wife of an official of the Pan American Petroleum corpora tion who was a passenger on the ship This morning when tire re lief boat pulled alongside th big ship Moore refused to go without her HI Mind Wnnder Whn reassured that sho would be there he finally permitted him self to be transferred to the small er craft and be brought to a hos pital here where another woman took up the task of trying to calm hl wandering mind Piece by piece during the night and day Moore revealed the tragic story of hl experience aa he clung for two days and two nights to the wreckage the lost flying boat Nn trace had been found Saturday night of the budles of Mr and Mr August Bulls and Mr and Mrs Lawrence 11 Smith all of Kansu Pity and Mrs Dickson ot Memphis Tenn who one by one gave up their live as the struggle became too much for them statements while aboard the tanker were retold Saturday by Captain Charlea A Wachsmuth "I wa about 41 mile ott the Eat Indian said Captain Wacha muth "when Jut about dusk I sighted what appeared to be a human being feebly waving hl arm a mile off the starboard bow We drew close until we could dis cern a man who appeared to be lashed to a spar We hovo to launched a boat and rowed out to the rescue A heavy sea a run ning and It wa no easy task but after considerable difficulty we managed to get him aboard IB Cntlnue on Paas Three Column Two tlon of lb executive WILLIAM old WILLIAM old CLINTON old VERN MCRPliy nr workman who had been Mlslln In construction of the summer home PHILIP JIETZEI years old Taylor and the hoy war mem her of a working party which had driven to the lake In an automoblln to prepare the alt for the scout summer camp South Bend scout own Hemlock Island In tho lake They spent the early part of the day clearing away the underbrush" and late In the afternoon decided to try out their new boat flunk In Short Time Despite the heavy seas they set out with what was described by wlt nesse aa an overloaded boat or a time they seemed to have no trouble according to those on shore but a sharp Increase In the wind appeared to fill the boat In a few aeconds and it sank before the watchers realized their danger Harper nn automobile driver saw the boat sink and scoutmaster and boy struggling in' A the water He rowed within 50 feet ot Taylor as he sank for the last time 5 A ho wa going down Harper said Taylor was clutching his seven year old boy to hl breast a it In a final effort to save him Other boat put out from shore Immediately but because of tho wind and choppy surface they were tin able to reach the party In time to bZ of any assistance Sixty Rod from Shore The accident occurred 60 rod tromj tho weet end of the lake in 39 feedr of water The bottom of the lake a that point Is soft and full of weed Thl made tho work of the aeaichJ Ing party organized Immediately following tho tragedy all the hard er Sheriff 8 Wyman of Cast county and Coroner 8 Bryant with South Bend officials took charge of tho searching party com posed of farmer and residents of Contlnurd nn Png Three Column live OSERPUPILLAUDS MATHILDE'S CHOICE "Detroiters was adopted as the slogan of the American I egin tMi pivj lurui uuivuu uunug an ccntivn session Saturday The incident practice justifying slogan of giving preference trolt ex service men In the button of positions was Imously chosen as the best to offest the influx of outside labor Benjamin Bellows manager of the agency told the officials in a meeting at the agency Beaubien and Macomb streets that certain precautions were necessary to get the best results from the efforts of the Legion Precautions Are Urged "Laudable as this work is It may prove a rankenstein that may de stroy its creator if we do not adopt certain precautions" Bellows said "There is already a tendency on the part of ex service men in other lo calities to come to Detroit and profit by our labors If this situ ation continues tho labor condition at the end of a month will be more critical than when we undertook tls employment work "We will do everything possible for former service men regardless of location but the most important thing to us is to see our Incal vet erans placed in permanent jobs They have the first call on our services and will be accorded first consideration One employer in Detroit has suggested that care for unmarried Detroiters before tak ing cognizance of the married men from elsewhere and It appears a practical suggestion has awakened at last to the needs of the former service men and we are most co operation ployers Not Judge John aust chairman of the Ieglon employment bureau said the local bureau was not actuated by selfishness in regard to giving precedence to Detroit men but tho problem and solution demanded all of efforts and it should not he hampered by an additional bur den "The day may coine" Judge aust said" when we will be able to help our fellow veterans even if they do nut come from Detroit or from the Immediate vicinity and we will be only too glad to do so but the problem as it stands today is on for Detroit and Detroit alone and applications of outside service men will of necessity have to be turned dow The bureau placed 122 men In positions Saturday morning The afternoon was devoted tn assembling prospective positions was the lot of ex service volunteers In me anernoon ne omce was oughly cleaned and for this Continued on use Two Column $1800 Payroll Saved by Girl VOL 87 NO 180 A iz CT GEN i woe.

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