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WEATHER Rain VOL 8 7 KU 1 82 iffl INAL EDITION I'HICE: TIIUHB CENTS DETROIT MICHIGAN TUESDAY MARCH '28 TWO TAUBS A 1 1 6 IREMEN OVERCOME BY UMES ONE MAY DIE 6 BERLIN DEIES ALLIES SPURNS TAX DEMAOS Will Not Agree to Levy Amounting to 60 Billion Marks SENATE SUPPLEMENTAL PACT Ratification Excludes Mainland of Japan rom 4 Power Treaty Berlin March 27 (By the As i ociated Chancellor Wirth today told the premiers ot the ed erated Stales and Reichstag lead ers representing the majority So cialists Democrats Clericals and the German people's party that tho German government! would inform the allied reparations commission that tho 60000000000 marks tax levy was not feasible and that financial control of Germany as stipulated In its note of last week also must be declined The chancellor added that the government waa now confident of tho Reichstag's approval of Its stand when the issue is debated In parliament The premiers and the Reichstag leaders had assembled today to hear the chancellor's explanation of tho attitude on tho repara tions aommlsslon's decision They uro said to have expressed them selves as satisfied with the stand taken by the chancellor Supplemental our Power Pact Approved by Senate Washington March 27 The sen ate finally untangled Its parlia mentary difficulties over the four power treaty supplements Monday by joining the two supplementary agreements together and then rati fying them both by unanimous vote One of the supplements Itself In the form of a treaty defines the geographical scope of the four power pact so as not to Include the Japanese homeland The other at tached to tho first by ac tion in the form of a stipulates that Issues which are purely of a domestic character can not be brought before the four power Vote Is 73 to The vote on the double barrelled latification resolution was 73 to 0 opponents of tho four power plans joining in giving approval to the supplements because they inter preted the two agreements as limit ing and curtailing the operation of principal treaty Several at tempts to attach other reservations which had failed when the four power treaty itself was under con sideration were defeated by the usual pro treaty and antl troaty line up As soon as the vote had been completed Senator Lodge of Mas sachusetts the Republican leader called up the naval limitation treatv establishing a flve flve rhree capital ship ratio fur tho United States Great Britain and Japan Debate on it is to begin Tuesday and the administration managers expect to sec It ratified by an al most unanimous vote oy the end of tho week The plan of combining action on the two four power treaty supple ments was proposed by Senator Lodge after he had decided it was unnecessary to present two sepa rate ratifications resolutions The treaty opponents holding that the domestic questions suppx ment really was part of the four power part protested that the method finally settled upon by the Repub lican whs but a "weak and unsatisfactory" way to solve tho parliamentary problem confronting tho senate Mr Lodge and otherRepublicans Insisted ft would bo entirely effective Hitchcock 'Enters Debate By Senator Hitchcock of Ne braska senior Democratic member of the foreign relations committee it was declared that the senates action tn giving belated approval to the supplement an admission to Japan that the supplement provi sions are not a part of the four power treaty Other Democrats argued also (hat tho only procedure was to re consider the vote ratifying the four power pact so as to include the supplement in that ratification Adoption of the domestic questions supplement as a to the geographical supplement how ever was by a vivo voce vote Two attempts were made to at tach other reservations Senator rittman Democrat Nevada pre Renting the Lodge League of Nations reservation on domestic questions and Senator Robinson Democrat Arkansas Introducing again his proposal that outside powers be In vited to join In Pacific conferences affecting their Interests Tho Pitt man wervaUon was beaten 21 to 49 and the Robinson reservation was rejected without a roll rail Senator Robinson also sought without success to amend the sup plementary treaty so that tho Island of Sakhalin also would bo excluded from the operation of tho four power plan He argued that trouble on that island would be almost cer tain if Russia should attack Japan but his amendment was voted down 20 to 53 Senator Underwood of Alabama tho Democratic leader Jed the fight against It saying that It might lead to rejection of the whole four power arrangement by Japan 12 Wire Tappers Are ined $20000 ort Lauderdale la March 27 iner aggregating 20000 were Imourcd on 12 wlio tappers by Cir cuit Court Judge 13 Davis hero Monday aftor the men had pleaded guilty to a spcclflo charge of at vnipttm: to defraud ul Grand Rapids Mich million ddli'ar ballroom imncing tonight and every night Craytone Woodward at Canfield AJm 20o and 30c Adv Mlien You Order Remer Bonril Ct tho genuine by calling Weal 600 Keatilck Certified Lumber Adv New York Opens Drive On Women Smokers Arrest Ordered of Managers of Public Places Allowing eminine New York March Police Commissioner Enright tonight is sued orders for members of the police department to arrest any proprietor or manager of a hotel cabaret or other place of public entertainment who permits women to smoke publicly in their estab lishments The commissioner's order was Issued pursuant to the text of an ordinance adopted recently by the board ot aldermen and signed last week by Mayor Hylan Resorts Are Vlslicd Groups of detectives and police men immediately started on tours of amusement places and resorts In Greenwich Village Harlem the Bronx and along Broadway where blue Halos or cigarette smoke had been curling around the heads of JONRRI TnRRR IS CONING BACK California to Yield Alleged Swindling Broker to Wayne County Officers Charles Jonesi alleged to be the head of Sinkula Co and wanted here to tell some of the Intimate details of that stock transactions with Detroit foreign ers to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars will soon be handed over to Michigan officers in San rancisco on an extradi tion warrant It was announced from Governor office in Sacramento Monday that the war rant for extradition would be issued late Monday or early Tuesday The technical charge against Jones! is that as head of the Sin kula concern he violated thj blue sky law with $20000(1 named as the extent of the operations Redmond Hearing Adjourned When tho case of George Red mond brokers at 1064 Venob scot building was given an ad journed hearing before the Michigancurltlca commission In the county building hero Monday afternoon Professor Homer Albers dean of the law school of Boston university appeared as counsel for the concern whose main office Is in Boston The hearing which is to result In final action on the temporary aus penrion nf the license March 8 ground along all afternoon and then was adjourned until 1 Tuesday afternoon at Lansing Assistant Attorney' General Smith Is seeking to have the suspen sion made permanent and Attorney Mulford is representing the defense in its effort to have the license reinstated Sweet Smith testified that he bought 200 shares of stock at 78 December 23 and when it went up 2 1 2 points two weeks later or dered it sold by the Redmond firm but later was told there was market" for It Smith also alleged there was a long delay jn inr trans fer of his stock after he had sent bls cluck for payment in full and derided to sell It himself He testi fied he consulted the prosecutor and got action on the transfer a week later irm Presents Witnesses Dr rank Hessler testified that he paid for and asked delivery of hlj stork March 9 nnd did not get it until March 22 lie testified that he was told the delay was caused because his stock was In the New York transfer office but when it finally arrived it had only a of transfer and he had to send it to New York for trans fer himself The brokerage firm Introduced a half dozen witnesses who testified that their dealings with the con cern had been entirely satisfactory Many employes of the concern testi fied they had never heard office talk to the effect that Boston Montana stock was controlled by Redmond Hi Co $15000 Michigan arm Loan Washington March Approval of 121 advances for agricultural and live stock purposes aggregating $3324000 was announced Monday by the war finance corporation The loans Included Indiana $20000: Michigan $15000 and Ohio $76000 Opposes Plan of Premier To Recognize Soviets At Genoa Parley London March Rumors of differences of opinion in the cabinet regarding the Genoa con ference were current In the lobbies and political circles generally over night and are discussed by politi cal correspondents of the morning newspapers with the suggestion by the writers for anti government organs that a spilt In the cabinet is likely The known opposition of Winston Spencer Churchill secretary for tho colonies to Premier Lloyd views respecting recognition po litically of the Bolshevik govern ment seems to bi! the foundation for all the reports and tho fact that tho colonial secretary emphasized these views In a speech at North ampton Saturday Is treated In some (lunrters an Indication that hu Is refusing to follow the prime min ister in the latter's Genoa policy The parliamentary correspondent of the London Times says: "The dlverjfeneo of opinion be tween Mr Churchill and Mr Lloyd women smokers since early evening They passed the news along to the resort keepers and Its announce ment brought boos and groans There had been no warning of such an order and It waa taken as a Joke by many The skeptical were noti fied individually by policemen how ever and they Joined the others in dropping their fags underfoot "Goodbye sweet dreams sighed one bob haired young woman as she blew a smoko ring into the face of a detective and flipped her cigarette over his shoulder That joy killer is responsible for this? And we with a new gold fag case worth $25" Blow Smoke In ace In the luxuriously furnished wo men's smoking room of a theater on Broadway the announcer of tho order received what the flappers call raspberry" The loungers blew smoke tn his face gave him three rounds of sarcastic ha ha's and chased him He brought back a policeman and the manager and the women were convinced Everywhere the announcement raised a storm of indignationThe cry of who's the Continued on Pace Three Column Seven HALL MUMORD CLASHON UNDS School Board Officials Tilt Over Building Costs in inal Council Review requent clashes between Dr John Hall and Samtfel Mum ford both members of the board ot education marked the hearing on that department's budget before the city council Monday afternoon Dr Hall frequently took Issue with the statisticians regarding statements made before the coun cil tended' to show the necessity for expenditures in new buildings Dr Hall was no sooner in his chair than Mr Mumford was on his feet citing' figures by which he hoped to justify the proposed expendi tures The board of education as It ap peared before the council was said to appear to be anything but a happy family Dissension was tho keynote 'of the meeting with Hall' on one side urging economy and Mr Mumford Edward Devine Allan Campbell and the woman member of the board on the oppo site side fighting for the expendi tures Superintendent rank Cody sat between the opposing factions and did not enter into the dis cussion except when forced to do so allowing his statisticians to do the talking for him In Aceord for Dent There appeared tn he but one item on which tho members of tho hoard were reallj in accord that of sn appropriation of $25OOtiO for a school for tho deaf Dr Hall and Mr Mumford both urged tho council to restore thia item elim inated from the budget by Mayor Couzena A poll of the council after tho meeting showed Councllmcn Littlefield Nagel Castator Vernor Watson Bradley and Ewald in fa vor of restoring the item It was pointed out by the mem bers ot the hoard that this school was easenial if tho children hand icapped by being unable to hear were to be provided with proper facilities for obtaining an educa tion Councilman Vernor wanted to know if the hoard has sites for all the schools It desired to build Charles A Gadd business manager for tho board said It had all but one site Dr Hall contradicted this statement Mr Cody explained Inter that tho board had all but three sites Tilt Over Moore School Dr Hall and Mr Mumford also argued over an addition to the Mooro school Dr Hall said 428 children from Hamtramck arc cated at this school who should be sent back home The city re ceives $26 per year for educating those children The cost per child to the city Is $71 Allan Campbell of the board and Mr Mumford ex plained that during tho coming year Hamtramck would be com pelled to pay as much as it costs the city Dr Hall said two bond Issues for new schools in Ham tramck had been turned down be cause the residents there wanted to continue sending their children to Detroit The board made an argument to put back an item for publlcatlohs calling for $10000 which the mayor cut to $4000 In this connection Dr Hall said the price of publi cations had increased 18 times since 4 ontlnuod on Page Two Column our George undoubtedly la serious And introduces a fresh complication Into an already delicate parliamentary situation In the present condition of affairs It would require very lit tle more to make It Impossible for the cabinet to hold together "Mr Churchill docs not stand alone other ministers are disposed to sup port him hut precisely how far ho and they are prepared to go and the actual extent of the cleavage is rather obscure" This is tho gist of several other reports some of which hint tho pos sibility of Mr Churchill's resigna tion There Is a good deal of specula tion as to what course the premier will take If he finds ho is unable to cany all his colleagues with him on the Genoa policy but nothing Concrete has developed grETTATORg NIGHT ARCADIA Special Dance tomorrow night 13c Adv PIER BALLROOM CLUB NIGHT Bring friends and family Dancing free No jazz no embarrassments Adv PALAU "POr" HANCE TONIGHT pnly 25c 0 Hickman's Orchestra Wed eve Eccentric Dance Contest Adv HEALTH ENVOYS TO HELP PUBLIC BATTLEDISEASE Michigan Medical raternity Launches Slate Wide Cam paign of Education UNIVERSITY SPONsbRS NEW ERA SERVICE Scopes of Experts Put at Call of People as Teachers I Without Cost medical fraternity In cluding the state medical and den tal societies Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery and state department of public health Mon day night was committed to a state wide program of education in health matters that opened a novel era of service to tlie citizens of the state Thu cduCutloril program was ap proved at a dinner at the Detroit club presided over by Marion Burton president ot the University of Michigan following a series of conferences at which the general details ot the plan were agreed upon Experts to Address Publie This campaign provides for the sending of members of the state medical and dental societies of tho faculty of the state university and of the state department ot health into any part of Michigan where they are Invited by schools clubs women's organizations and all kinds of societies to address mass meetings on health subjects with out cost to the public or the organ ization The campaign was Initiated by the state university medical society nnd was accepted by authorized representatives of the four most conspicuous organizations in the state having to do with the public health It embraces medical men of the state and ot the middle west who stand at the top of their pro fession The purpose of the program which was adopted and which will be in operation within the next 10 days or two weeks was explained by speakers at the dinner to be a state wide effort to carry to the men and women of Michigan an adequate knowledge ot fundamental ascertained facts in regard to health and disease Dr John Sundwall director of the division of hygiene and public health at' the state university sounded the keynote of the plan Mach 'Illness ulled Needless He declared that 1500000 persons die In the United States every year and that approximately 15000000 persons become Incapacitated an nually either by general 111 health or disease and that the medical fraternity today has Information that would prevent 75 per cent of these deaths and disabilities if it could he put before the general public "That's the situation and our Idea in a nut shell" President Burton said when' Dr Sundwall finished hts talk To carry out the idea of the edu cational plan enunciated hy Dr Continued on aso Three Column Two GIRLMISSING TOWN UPSET Hundred of Jerseyites Search or Daughter SiM clal to Th rre PreuR an Chlrafto in min Woodbury March 27 This town nine miles south of Camdrn became intensely excited today over tho mysterious' disappearance of pretty little Ida Kramer 7year old daughter of Isadore Kramer a local butcher Several hundred of Wood citizens led by Sheriff Clark of Gloucester county and Mayor Victor Kugler Who is also chief of police of Woodbury and a company of volunteer firemen spent all day searching for some trace of the child who was last seen playing with a ball In the street before her home shortly after 7 o'clock Satur day night Rumors of kidnaping and an even worse fate for little Ida circulated about town in the afternoon and when the excitement had reached fever heat rumblings of a quick and gruesome fate for those respon sible for Ida's disappearance were hard Two chics which at flrat looked promising broke down tonight Mrs Kramer buoyed up with false hopes earlier in the day became hysterical in the afternoon and tonight was under medical attendance According to yoar old Willie Marks Ida away" while he was searching for the ball with which he and Ida were playing when It rolled down near Woodbury Creek on qno of his wild throws John Berry of South Woodbury told Mayor Kugler he had seen a middle aged woman with a hat and bedraggled child on a trolley car going to Camden about 7:30 Satur day night Berry said ho had heard the child turn to the woman and ask "Where is mamma? Please take me home to mamma" WHY WALK? Why walk when you can easily ride without any par ticular strain on your pocket book' Hundreds of mighty smart mighty gopd and mighty good looking used cars may be had at a price that will fit your purse They're advertised daily jn ree Press Want Ad Col umns Or better yet use a ree Press Want Ad your self to get what you' want That is the sure way and it means action pronto CALL AD TAKER MAIN 9400 or take your ad to any one 'of our 400 Want Ad Stations one in your neigh borhood Churchill Clash es With Lloyd George A WEALTHY BANKER WORKS HARD ON 82ND BIRTHDAY ij MW LEOKgV BAKER Nw York George Baker banker who In addition to a reputeo fortune of SJOOOOOtioO has the reputation of attending more meetings than any other financier In New York cele brated his eighty second birthday today at hla desk In the irst National bank He spent an extraordinary busy day he assistants declared "cleaning up" an un usual amount of business The banker began his boslneaa Ufa 79 years ago as a 12 a week grocer's boy graduating to a night watmah'e lob at Ki week! He became a bank clerk and bank cashier In turn and in 1863 helped found one of the first hanks nf which he became president in four years INBOCEBT SAYS RICKARD Promoter Brands Stories alse Tells of Life in Gold Camps in Alaska Special to The ree rrW New zYork March 27 The trial of Rickard reached Its dra matic climax Monday when the noted flport promoter took the wit ness stand in his own defense of the serious charge brought against him by 15 year old Sarah Schoen feld Rickard speaking hi an almost Inarticulate tone at once launched Into the atory of his remarkable career from the time of hla earlier life in the great ranches of Texas where he was born and sketching scenes of gold rush days in Alaska old western dance halls saloons and galmbling houses with all of which he was intimately acquainted To a court room on edge and eager Tex related his life in the wild days ot the old west admit ting having owned and operated saloons and gambling houses when they were countenanced by author Itles in Nevada California and Alaska Thes were all between the years of 1881 and the earlier years of the present He was questioned only once or twice during his narrative about his life in Ihe west and In Alaska and these brought emphatic denials that he ever had employed dissolute women In an gambliig place main tained He later said his first ses sion at th roulette wheel cost him $57000 the savings of months of gold prospecting gone In a night He never In his life ran a dishon est house he replied in nnewer to a query by Max Steuer his chief counsel The witness traced his life up to the time he camp to New York Continued on Psge Tho Column live LATEST WIRE LASHES CONTEST IN SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux alls March The feature of South primary election tomorrow is the contest between Governor McMaster and George Egan for the gubernatorial nomination on the Republican ticket TENANT LETS $2500 EHIHCT New York March 27 Sup porting hla claim that his In fant son had died us tho result of lack of heat in his apart ment a jury In the Brooklyn supreme court today awarded a verdict of $25fiQ damages to James Cnchenour against George Jackson owner uf a house in Brooklyn LEGION BEAD PRIVATE Culver Ind March Han ford MacNidcr national com mander of the American Legion became a private" In toe black horse troop here today Commander MacNlderwho came hero to attend the convention of 'state post commanders was made an honorary member of the troop of Culver Military academy GIRL ALLS TO HER DEATH New York March Mias Helen Klein 22 years old a stenographer of Hoboken was killed tonight when she fell down the elevator shaft of a Broadway skyscraper dropping 16 floors The girl was thrown Into the shaft when tho ele vator Into which she was about to step suddenly ascended Hylan Not to Run or Presidency Chicago March 27 John Hy lan mayor ot New York will nnt bo a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination In 1024 he announced today Mr and Mra Hylan were guesta of Mayor Thomp son at lunch today and In tlie eve ning were entertained at dinner by Arcnbiahop Mundelein Vurlng the day they made a tour the atock MILITARY LAW OR BELAST IS BRITAIirePLAH Situation There Called Worse Than in Any Other Part of Erin ELEVEN MORE SLAIN WITHIN 30 HOURS armers lee rom Burning Homes While Looting Continues London 3lorch (By the Associated The possi bility of estHbllshlng murtlul law In a art of Uelfust was foreshadowed by Winston Spen cer Churchill secretary for the colonies In the house of com mons Monday night He declared the situation In Belfast was fhr worse than In all the rest of Ireland and that the government was prepared to consider martial law with the military authorities By Cable to The ree rees Beltast March Eleven per aims have been killed or died ot wounds In Ulster during the past thirty hours Terror reigned throughout th night with rifle and pltol volleys and bomb blats In the streets Some of the street battles between Sinn elners and Orangemen rose to savage fury Looting and ires Rage Large forces fought fiercely In tho central business district shoot ing and throwing bombs indiscrim inately Many stores were set afire and gutted There was much loot ing1: Large stretches of the Ulster bor der are now desolate and deserted arms have been burned and the owners have fled A man and woman were killed in the outbreak ot firing our deaths were reported from Caledon County Tyrone The vic tims had all fallen in border fights iring was continuous along tho frontier ifteen arrests had been made here up io noon Throughout the week end sol diers and police carried on an up remitting search or arms Band In lying Itnlda Armed bands said to be detach ments from the Irish republican army are still making flying raids over the boundary The chief ob ject of these raids seems to be to prevent tlie destruction of the re maining bridge in the Clones dis trict which would leave Ulster safe from invasion Republicans attacked barracks in Donegal and a three hour battle ensued The attackers finally were repulsed and driven oft Six of the attackers were captured and sev eral wounded The Sinn ein boycott was re newed along the Ulster frontier Monday following the passage ot a 'boycott resolution" at the Irish republican army convention In Dub lin Sunday Unionists hav been ordered to leave the Ulster border Sinn etners have ordered the Bel fast telegraph office at Dundalk closed The Ulster cabinet met and ac cepted on behalf of Premier Sir James Craig the invitation to go to London tn a neace parley Sir James will go to London Tuesday and the pacification meet ing is expected to open on Wed nesday Special to The ree Press London March Tlie Irish free state act pasted the House of Lord Monday on third and final reading Maude Booth's Son Is Held as Insane SpucUI to The raa' Prew nnd Chlcasro Trlhiino Lox Angalea March Charles Booth 34 years old son of Maude Balllngtnn Booth noted as the head of the Volunteers of America has been arreuted on a charge of insan ity and Is being held In the psycho pathic ward at the county hospital for examination of his mental con dition it was learned today HE LAYS HOUSE OR ON BUDGET I Mr MRv 1 KErUKSKNTATIVE MONDXU See Story on Pag 10 Column MINERS URGENON UNION AID Appeal To 200000 Diggers or Support In April 1 Strike Indianapolis Ind March (By tho Associated With plans complete for the nation wide coal strike union leaders here Mon day awaited developments in their program for a complete tie up of the coal Industry through a call to 200000 non union miners tn 4nln tho 500000 union workers in the suspension of wprk next riday midnight No action however wal contem plated to be taken from the union International headquarter hurc but district union officials bordering the non union Adda were expected to make formal calls for action on the part of the nun union workers I uion Organizers Acthe The nature of the activities among the non union workers had been left to the discretion of the district leaders but within each field It was understood the union already had organisers who had born enrolled some time ago as non union employes Interest In the program of strik ing the non union fields centered largely in Pennsylvania where halt of the non union men are employed West Virginia too was a center of union attention for many stubborn battles have been fought there with the operators Other states with non union work ers who the union hoped to draw Into the strike were Alabama Ken tucky Tennessee Colorado and Maryland International President John IxjwIh was not at headquarters here Monday having advised his office that he expected to return here from Springiiclcl III his home on Wednesday other of the unions executive officers also were absent S(retary William Green being at hl home in Coshocton and Vice President Philip Murray in New York to take Mr place as had of the sub committee conference with anthracite oper ators over new wage contract operators tAm Optimistic or the soft coal fields no set tlement was In sight for any field' although both Northern West Virgi nia and Illinois union officials were to hold wage negotiations with operators Only a change of the policy might permit a set tlement and the union men here as sorted that they would not Ingin a retreat before beginning their fight However some union men were doubtful that the soft coal fields outside the central competitive field Continued on Page Two Column Three VICTIMS DROP OVER AS THEY REACHSTREET Lieutenant Shouts Warning Then Leads rom Building RESCUE TRUCK SQUAD APPLIES PULMOTORS Jewelry Store and Optical irm in Gratiot Avenue Suffer Slight Damage 1 Slx firemen stumbled blindly from a smoke filled basement at 553 Gratiot avenue early this morn ing and fell to the street overcome by fumes believed to have come from a smouldering composition of celluloid ahd rubber They were given first aid and rushed to R0 celvlng hospital where the condi tion of one was reported critical at 4 this morning ive were seriously affected but gave evidences of recovery The firemen are: LIKUTKNANT LKOHGK DEN of Ladder company No 2 (erloiialy affected but revived to a alight degree by the admlnlatratton of oxygen rilAXK ItAYKS $94 Hooker ave nue of Engine company No 1 IINIIV HOLST 1040 Eaatlawn avenue of Engine company No 1 HERBERT not LDS 1824 Second boulevard ot Engine company No DANIEL SULLIVAN ot Engine company No 8 EDWARD nt of Ladder com pany No i Dcnnert Shoata Warning The firemen had been in the baaa ment only a few minute when thy began to feel the effect of the gaa Lieutenant Dennert ahoutedra warning to them to get to the atreet and hlrneelt led the way Aa the men reached the air they col lapsed completely Other fireman rarrieo tnem to tne truck ot Racue company No 1 where pulmotor were apneo Aa tney partly roe vlved they were taken to Receiving hoepltal where 10 nuraea and aeve era! phyafefana worked over them for an hour The fire waa tn the baaement of tho Myron Optical company and tho Wright Jewelry and leather com pany A compoaltion uaed in mak ing eyeglass frames had caught fire it was said There was little flame hut much smoke The Injured fire mm succeeded In extinguishing the 1 fire before they left th basement It wes long afterward however be fore the smoke had cleared away jea Eater Rasmaeat Engine company 3 and Ladder company 2 were among the first th arrive and the men on them were th" first to enter the basement Other flrem'c did not enter until the smoke had partially cleared away Assistant Chief Stephen DeMay and Acting Battalion Chief Alex Thompson were in charge of the firemen The acene of tho blaze Is only about halt a block from a dry goodjt store where a score of firemen were injured by escaping gas fumea last summer Harkness Estate Totals 54 Million necial tn Th ree Press and rhtcaeo Tribune New York March 27 I Harkness who next to John Rockefeller was the heaviest holder ot Standard Oil stock left a gross estate of $54124963 when he died In May 1919 according to a report of the appraiser of the New York State tax commission filed today Legs! deductions reduce the net estate to $51419319 The Standard Oil holdings of Harkness were Invested In the Naw York New Jersey California and Indiana companies and amounted to $22554051) Much of the estate was Invested in industrial and pub lie service corporations such as Consolidated Gas company The widow Mrs Edith Hale Hark ness gets one half tho estate and the rest Is to bo shared equally by Louise Harkness a daughter and William Hale Harkness a son 'Plane Disaster Probed By Yankee Vim to Mark Rebuilding of Cork City Prepares to Begin Work at Once In Effort to Stimulate Industry BY ORREST DAVIS ree Press Staff Correspondent ARTICLE XVH Cork Ireland March 27 Cork is setting about the job of rebuilding her burned area with a dash and assurance that is quite Amcricanesque Recently a delegation of leading citizens called on Michael Collins to obtain the consent of the provisional govern ment to going ahead with building plans pending the payment of 2000000 pounds awarded in compensation from the British government said Collins your contracts start your men to work and the provisional government will guarantee the That was on a Thursday An enthusiastic member of the dele gation teleghaphed back from Dub "All la well Dirt will flying by naxt The excavators had not begun by "next Wednesday" but they will bo soon: and If the zealot quoted above and his colleagues have their way no time will be lost In the rebuild ing Cork was put to the torch more disastrously than any Irish city In proportion Her city hall her li brary other semi pubUc buildings and long lanes of business blocks went up In Hames from the Incen diary bombs of company Aux iliaries Qnckltss assort that 11 the auxiliaries' supply ot gasoline and bombs had not been exhaust ed the commercial section ot the city Would have been razed entire ly Cork suffered much but she in tends to recover the more rapidly The people are resolved to set to work at nneo to stimulate in dustry expand their trade and In reconstructing to go beyond tho pre war limits when Cork was the moat Important manufacturing city In the south of Ireland There has been an amazing res toration ot confidence during the five weeks sinew 1 was last here Energy has taken the place of tho Indifference noted on wy first visitWitness the action of tha Coauaued oa Jage XOree Cotanut Oix Miami la March 27 The Miami Airways Corporation own ers of the flying boat Miss Miami which was wrrki off Illmlni last with the loss of five Ilves re ceived a telegram from the navi gatlon bureau of the department of Monday requesting ail information concerning the Inci dents immediately surrounding thplane's landing In the water It will bo used In an Investigation of Pilot Robert Moore's charges that a fishing boat failed to heed his signals and Ignored the wreckedplane Moore In a statement after hfs rescue said the boat was close enough for him to read Its name but no attention waa paid to Ms cults for assistance All hope for finding the bodies ittf the live was abandoned Monday after an extensive search Moore waa reported as much improved Robbers Hold Up Loot Whole amily Chicago March 27 Nine artrfd and masked men tonight Invaded the farm Arthur Cutten wealthy board of trade operator near Downers Grove suburb hyld up Mr Cutten his family and aery ants nnd escaped with $500 tn cur rency considerable Jewelry and "it truck load of llqnor valued at ap proximately $90(10 The robbers ar rived at the farm In a large auto mobile gathered tlie members of the household Into one room took everything ot value they possessed made a leisurely search ot the house and cut the telephone wires before departing or folds rlp tlr fnfiuensa and as a Preventive take tunattve BROMO QUININE Tablets The gen uine heara signature of Groye (Be sure you get BROMO) Sc fc tinaeiiiw I.