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WEATHER Warmer A apb in MAKE DETROIT 20 OOO TRAINMEN Death Stills Touch GO TO TEH IN Of Master Musician TO BE LAID 0 REE PRESS HALL AME BY COAL STRIKE Will Have Portrait Painted in Loggia of New Library by Wiley 0" 6 NEW SYMPHONY PLANSOUTLINED LINCOLN IRM WOMAN HANGS ILESPAPERS ASBABIESCRY Reincorporate With CapL the MISSISSIPPI LEVEE BREAK IS EARED OR BAPTIZING DOG the letter the Baby Held for Debt Restored to Mother be Austria Would Bury Ex Emperor In State It Consent of Allies Is Sought to complaining: of the conditions amidst Ot Good News for Radio ans to make the 4 MrCOKMACK AT AltCAHK Next Thurn Evo Apr city from all parts made It a point to In St dignity and beauty program arranged She had never to herself be thorough care who be Rickard I he officers lieutenant to of them are gr neral staff coroner waiv an inquest re stilvldo their llcidn tH 'J ha Oc Ktid for and the the TO GIVE SPECIAL PRIZES IN ADDITION TO MEDALS Roth arrived tn i re i been with the WOMAN ON LIST IRST PHILANTHROPIST tprice LAUDS ACHIEVEMENTS ORMER OICIALS SCOURS STATE TO IND BUGGY StrnlU (Charles) he left us on Washington April 1 Northwest ern storm warnings were ordered by the weather bureau eSaturday to be displayed on the Atlantic coast at and between Cape Hatteras and Nantucket Mass Northwestern warnings were continued north of Nantucket to Eastport Maine A Ntorm was central southwest of Cape Cod early Saturday' and was moving northeast attended by west and northwest gales the bureau said nf the straits Zita were re in a newspa Vienna It la 1 922 116 PAGPS ALL HE WANTS IS MILLION ANY US GIRL TEN CENTS Austria It I tv LOW TOXHillT Orchestra Hall 8ij Adf emerged from the house or six of the braver spirits them mode a rush to rescue The crowd seemed about to horn of the abductors lensed their IELD DAY TO GET AID If I i GREATER AIM CHEADS NEIGHBORSSEE GIRL KIDNAPED Special to The ree Camden April 1 David Sparks aged GO who has 'been ab normal mentally shot and killed his daughter and then killed himself Saturday night at their homo In Iaurel Springs The crime was discovered by Harry Tobert husband of the slain woman when he returned from Philadelphia 4 ourteen Pairs of Concerts Instead of 16 to Be Given in 19221923 Season work as the trio shoved door and strode boldly screamed One of the clapped over her the same time encircling two Build Your Own Radio Set Templets practical piths elearif explained and illustrated by i rank 1 solar an I Metropolitan Section Incoming Directorate Pledges Itself to Policy of Con structive Usefulness CONGRESS PROBE OPENS AT ONCE Cooperates With Board of Education to Make Event Holiday for Pupils which ehe and het husband were living She said that they were Impoverished lacked sufficient food and had no (Ire In their quarters She expressed fear at that 'time that Illness would result Dr I'eluff former court physi cian to the Hapsburgs at Vienna Is enroute to unchal He left Vienna on riday after private persons had novaneen nim money trip Graphic revelations to which Charlr and duced were contained per article nrlntod In based upon a letter written by a former lady In waiting at the Vien nese court to Heron Schager who Is nt present winding up the Haps 101 for boys nro now In progress 11 is from these scores the schools select their representatives for the annual Hold day The first organized Detroit school field day win held In 1915 when l6on hoys and girls competed at ugar Island The final r'onlestaiits that year were snloi fed from a total enrollment of approximately14000 pupils according to Loren Post who Is In charge nt this branch of board of education work In 1921 about 7300 boys and girls took part In the events at Belle Isle This year selecting the final contestants from a total en rollment of approximately 137000 students Mr Post expects 8000 to compete In the finals June 2 Each school Is allowed one con testant in every event A separate program of events has been ar ranged for boys end girls Junior senior and Intermediate divisions are made for the field day compe tition In the boys' junior division five events are scheduled which Include 100 yard dash high jump broad jump relay and shot put Senior boys compete In the 100 yard dash high jump broad jump heavy relay light relay and hurdles Hoys la the Intermediate division partici pate In the 100 yard dash hurdles high Jump running broad jump heavy relay light relay shot put and Girls In the Junior division con test in the 50 yaril dash low hur dles dash and throw basketball I out i nurd on rase Two Column our Vienna Conservatory of Music from which he graduated at the head or his class He served as first violin and soloist for some years In the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra He also enjoyed considerable success as an opera" singer appearing In lead ing tenor roles In Prague and Ber lin Coming to this country he re sided virtually all of the time since his arrival In Detroit uneral services will be from St Aloyslus's church Tuesday morning Burial will be In Roseland Park cemetery DETROIT MICHIGAN 'Teddy's' Cousin Is Killed by Auto Sputal tu The ree ret Boston April Disregard date girls The baron is spoofing or one million dollars you ran ob tain him for a husband and be come a full fledged British baroness The baron whose name has not been divulged by Mayor Curley whose aid he sought in finding a wide property unencumbered financially intimates In his letter that he was good guy when he had but now ho Is on the meta phorical rocks am modestly writes the lord with the cracked notebook feet Inches fall fair to look at a widower I do not know whether you have any daughters or not and this is not written expecting that you have hut in hopes that you will know directly or Indirectly a young lady perhaps a widow fn the millionaire class who would care to marry me and become a Mayor Curley has turned the 1et i ter over to Thomas rmter Brit ish consul here and applications for the baron should be tiled with PniMal to Th' ree Washington? April 1 1 mgtruo tlon nf the Kn Kltix Klan was urged Saturday night by Senator Charles A Culberson Democrat of Texas In a letter addressed to Major prominent attnrrfey of Houston Texas and a former mem her of the Texas legislature denunciation nf the Ku Klux Klan created stir among his southern colleagues in view of his being a candidate for re election this year It was understood that Intention was to carry this Issue direct to the voters of his Mate Michigan's of has been opened at last More than 85 years after con gress approved kn act admitting (ho state to the American union the Detroit public library has es tablished roil of honor that Is really a of because it is the first effort on the part of any organization in the state to perpetuate in art the faces of the greatest sons and daughters Nine men and one woman have benrt chosen by the library commis sion because of their exceptionally distinguished and valuable service to the state: and their names and faces will adorn the medallions In the loggia over the main stairway in the new library building Thirty Names Susscstcd Three times as many names were suggested to the library commis sion and all save teh were rejected usually because the names submit ted were those of living men and women as It Is against all custom and usage and the canons of all recognized decorative memorial and monumental work to enshrine the living The 10 names chosen were: James Valentine Campbell Znrharlnh handler Thomas McIntyre ('oolry Hnvid Osborn arrand Douglas Houghton James Joy Henry II Ledyard William rederick James McMillan Nancy Manin rederick Wllev ona nt great artists of the United States who is a Detroiter a brother to George Wiley of the Wayne County A' Home Savings bank has been doing the decorative work in the library and he will paint the faces for the 10 medallions The work will require about three months Identified Alth History The 10 names selected which will adorn the medallions were chosen because they were actually or close ly identified with the history ot the state Selection of the name of Nancy Martin with but a single excep tion Is unique in the entire coun try that exception being a bronze statue erected in New Orleans to the memory of Margaret Haugh erty an Irish baker woman who devoted her life to the care and feeding of orphaned children Michigan's woman member ot the of Nancy was chosen as the pioneer philan thropist of Detroit When Nancy Martin who was a market woman died she left a small estate ot 12 acres fronting on Woodward ave nue near Harper to Harper hos pital and later these acres were sold atd from the proceeds the present Harper hospital was built Nancy Martin was the house keeper for Waller Harper who con Continued on J'uge Two Column Three William Yunck Organist of St amed Also as Violinist Expires at 69 William Yunck Internationally known as a violin virtuoso but more famous in tills tity and throughout the United States as organist and director ot the choir of St church Detroit's church around the died Saturday his home 421 Watson street at the age ot 60 years or more than 35 years Profsssor Yunck presided at the organ at St Aloyslus's church on Washington boulevard retiring only last fall Visitors to thia ot the country attend services because of the of the musical every Sunday hy Professor Yunck especially for the high mass They became as staunch In their enthusi asm for bls work as they were de voted to the pastor Monsignor Ernest A Van Dyke But Detroiters knew the dlitln guished white haired professor In a larger way than merely as an emi nent organist and choir director He was conductor of the Philharmonic club and for some time of the Har monic Singing society and was energetic in fostering musical af fairs in the city or several years he headed the violin department of the Detroit Conservatory ot Music and In more recent years taught In his private atudlo Professor Yunck was born In Cassel Germany He was a son of a colonel His musical education was received principally In the 'J'lIE DETROIT REE PRESS today begins publica tion of a Radio department which hereafter will be a regular feature of the Sunday issue On pages four and five of part five will be found news of the latest develop ments in radio science together with the first installment of a series of articles telling how to construct an efficient receiving set at small cost written by rank I Solar whose articles arc already familiar to ree Press readers Men Include Judges Politician Doctor Railroad Builder Industrial Chief ffrr Mr follows: Mr William Detroit ree Tress Detroit Mich My dear Mr Lowe: to reply to yours of the to Relieve 200 Officers in Capital OLIVER MOllOSCO Los Angeles "April Surprising their many friends Oliver Mitchell better known ns Oliver Morosco and Miss Selina aley well known Los Angeles actress who starred In the first production of "So Long Lvt'v'I Saturday eloped to Santa Ana Mo' rosco and HRs aley motored away quietly obtained a marriage license and worn wed by Justice IS Cox famous for his Jail sentences Im posed upon speeders In Orange county Tho marriage came as an aftermath of many months of liti gation between the theatrical man ager and his former wife Mrs An nie Mitchell of this city Bring Body rom Exile Vienna Reports Hv Cabin to Thu Press London April 1 The body former Emperor Charles of Austria who died Saturday In 'exile upon Madeira Island will be taken back to Austria for Interment In state if the Allies consent according to a report received from Vienna Sat urday night Charles was broken In both body and spirit and bin power of physical resistance wore at a low ebb His final Illness dates hack a fortnight to an attack ot Influenza Double pneumonia followed Wrote of ears Only meager details have been received from unchal regarding his final hours is known however that former Empress Zita was at her husband's bedside Becantlv she had sent telegrams to her friends she went to see Edward and learn ed he had been legally taken from lier That very day she consulted a lawyer who filr In her behalf a petition to have tho order of adop tion vacated Hearing was set for March 21 The day before that scheduled for tho hearing however Mr and Mrs Dlvlndorf camo into court and ex pressed their readiness to surrender Edward provided a hill for $40 for arrears In hoard was paid The mother have 40 but said she won ti AnnMVfir tn norrow it took her a wek to negotiate the loan and when She produced the money the Dlvlndorf she claims said the bill had grown to JSd She consulted Robert Toms chief assistant prosecuting attorney ri day and he told her to return Sat urday and he would what could he done Mrs Mtltnskl was on hand when the office opened and Mr Tome sent Charles A Parkes an investigatorm his staff to Interview the Dlvln dorfs Parkr explained to them they could not legally hold a child for non payment of a board bill and that If they did not give up the boy voluntarily the mother could easily obtain hl custody through habeas corpus They acquiesced Despite the fart that she had been advised that her former husband not her self was the one legally responsi ble for Edward's board she paid Mrs Dlvlndorf 115 and declared she would pay the balance of the debt If father didn't Edward and his mother went from the "County building to the home of Mrs Marsh V' rmlHon S4 Third street Wyandotte where she I going to help with the house work and where Mrs Vermilion has assured her Edward will be more Do Not Care Who It District Attorney Says New York April District At torney Banton Saturday took per sonal charge ot the investigation of alleged attempt to blackmail Tex Rickard internationally known sport promoter out of $50000 while charges 'made hy young girls were pending against him Two chil uren society agents have suspended in connection case am going to make a investigation and 1 do not it said Mr Banton very glad to have Mr come here and tell his story and 1 hope Im brings Walter ields one of his employe with film If my investigation warrants I will of course lay the facts before (he grand Mr Danton held a conference on th investigation with Ernest Coulter'' general manager for the society Saturday after noon Issues Involved In Miners' Strike Roads Affected Are VOL 87 NO 187 Maae Increase of 120 per cent on eouirart labor and fl dn for day tuber In the hliuml liniU field Miner veraluin lhn( thetrike wh forced upon the men and thnt It la ptrl of plot to kill the trade labor niciurnt In America Operator Version! Ilefuant of Che miners tn ucerpt the nafte dellnttnn made nrreaMiiry hy po( Hnr reeonat ruction nf ni nes brought on the cnnflict Asks Destruction Of Ku Klux Klan ully 8000 Boys Girls Ex pected to Compete on Belle Isle June 2 Detroit public scliools will hold their eighth annual field day on Belle Isle athletic field riday June 2 Tho meet this year will he held as usual under the auspices of the department of health educa tion of the public schools and prizes will be awarded tho winners in every event by The Detroit ree Press Two hundrftcl thousand children and their parents arts exnected to wltnes this gigantic athletic car nival in which more than 8000 boys ana gins in tne city primary ana Intermediate grades will compete To Award Prises Tt is the desire of The ree Prase working in conjunction with the ooara or eaucation to give the school children of Detroit a real holiday The ree Press will award a special prize to each winner In the various events in addition to providing the regulation medal giv en annuauy to tne inaivinuai win ners by the board of education and the school banners The award of prizes and provi sion of medals for the field day by The ree relieves tho schools of this burden this year and allows an opportunity for them to use the money ordinarily raised for this purpose to purchase athletic equip ment in the field dv The ree Press Is announced after acceptance or tne roilowing offer madft to Mr Prunlr rnlv snnav intendent of schools: March 28 1922 Hon rank Cody Superintendent Public Schools Board of Education Detroit My dear Mr Cody: In glancing over tho booklet of the board of education showing the schedule of events to be given for the school children I noticed that riday June 2 will be ield day for the primary and inter mediate grades Having in mind this event last year tho thought occurred to me that possibly the ree Press could be of great help tn the board of education and the school children by co operating with the board ot eaucation in making this ield day a big success 1 might add also that the ree Tress each year has hdd a ield day of its own The thought occurred to me that we might join hands with the board of education to make this date namely June 2 a memorable ono with all the school children of the city of Detroit The ree Press would he glad to offer pt izefl Lu an un llmitefi jrumber and I might add at whatever cost seems advis able in order that the school children of the public schools may have a real good outing at the ree expense If this meets with your ap proval I should be glad to have a word from you so that wo can begin publicity ftt an early date We of couihg will work In harmony with whatever plans the board of education has in mind for this date and will endeavor so far ns lies within our power to give the school children of Detroit a real holiday Very truly THE DETROIT REE PRESS WHUam Lowe Is Accepted reply to Hight union extend nrthlfleM tn nnntinln Men demand (urn 3tU Ontario Man inds Wife Suicide Children in Terror Her Mind Affected Hanging from the rafters in the attic ot her home by a self arranged clothesline while her four small children huddled together in sob bing sorrow on the floor Mrs Eliz abeth St Onge 2S years old 315 Patricia road Sandwich Ont was found by her husband late Satur day afternoon She was alive when he arrived but died shortly after ward inding the doors and windows locked when he returned from De troit where he is employed St Onge gained entrance to his home hy breaking a basement window Ho heard the subdued grief of hl four children and called for his wife "Mamina is upstairs she told us a lorg time ago not to come up she was busy" bls eldest child said The utsband ran upstairs and found his wife a suicide Temporary aberration of mind was ascribed ny St Onge as the cause ot his wife's action He told tho' police she had been mentally deranged In a harmless manner for nearly two years threatened violence fore SI enge said Dr the formality of turning a verdict of To tai of $15000000 Leland Stays As President Incorporation paps for the Lin coln Motor company a Michigan corporation were filed in Lansing Saturday with a capitalization ot $15000000 The officers of the new company are: Henry Leland president: Wilfred Leland vice president: Edsel ord second vice presi dent: William Nash secretary treasurer: Craig assistant secretary and' assistant treasurer The ord interests are represent ed by Edsel ord and 13 Craig William Nash secretary and treasurer held the same official capacity in the former Lincoln Motor company since Rs Inception' Directors of the corporation are: Henry Leland WUfred Leland Edsel ord and Henry ord The new corporation is Identical in name with the old company Its officers are identical save the addition of Edscl ord Mr Craig The personnel of hoard of director reflects both Leland and ord interests business of the Lincoln Motor company is at rtood tide" said Wilfred Leland "The stead ily Increasing schedule of produc tion determined' early in ebruary has been fully maintained and the Increase planned lor April will Since ebruary when the prop erty was purchased by Em mons in behalf of the ord Ixtland interests the concern has been op erating under a special arrange ment which licensed Mr Emmons to do business in its behalf The announcement was made that President Henry Leland will con tinue his active interest and con trol of (hr policy burgs' affairs in lows In part: Tells of emperor turned icrav slncn tober last I have to look after the seven children with tho help of ft Continued on Two Column oor our Men Break Into Mullett Street Home and Seize Screaming Child Residents of the block on Mul lett street between Chene and Du bois streets saw a big black auto mobile draw up before the house of 2231 shorlly after 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon In the car were four men their soft hats pull ed low to shade their faces As the machine slowed down: at the curb three of its occupants leaped to the sidewalk and stepped brisk ly up the steps to the front porch The fourth remained at the wheel An instant later Josie 16 year old belle of the quarter Jumped from tho chair where she had been doing some embroidery open the In Josie intruders mouth at her hark and arms Ills two companions grasped the girl atstho Waist and ankles and bore her bodily toward the street With his free hand each drew an automatic Girin ights Cnplors Josie began to shriek lustily as her captors gained the sidewalk She writhed and struggled desper ately to release herself but they held on They made a final dash for the auto at the curb which with engine quivering was ready to shoot away with cannonball speed at the merest tbiimii toucn of thy driver Mullet street Is far from a desert ed thoroughfare of a Saturday after noon and outcries had sum moned the whole block Men wo men ami children neighbors and countrymen of Josie's father Joseph I'etrnzelo rvere gathering In threat ening array as tho three armed kid naprrs New York April Robert Roosevelt Jr son of Mr and Mrs Robert Roosevelt of Washing ton and New York and a second cousin of the late Theodore Hoosea veil died In Knickerbocker hospItaU Saturday of mysteriously Injuries suffered riday night il Columbus avenue near Eightieth I street Police are trying to detei 1 mine whether he was the victim dtl 1 an attack or of an "automobile ne I ctrtent Roosevelt was 23 year old I 1 He was found lying In the trtl I by a patrolman bls skull fractujMlfcj and hla body lacerated In a ninis 1 1 that mystified both nollco and si 1 geons who attended him A If Young Roosevelt was killed 1 an automobile according tl story ot a telephone operator rl the Hotel Orleans The atitomobikfi speeding down Columbus struck him hurling him agalrrt Vi an elevated Tillar anti went va without stopping she said ahe wis told 1 Oregon Man inally Gets One After Long Search Medford Oro April The only new buffg in Oregon so far as a iraahtg vehicle honaa of Port land was able to fliacarn haa juat been sold at the little town of Gen ua) Point near hre A man at Condon ore wanted tn purchase a bugsy end sent hla order to a firm In Portland The firm reported it had none in stork He was insistent however and wrote the firm to get him a buggy If possible A search of Portland vehicle houses was made unsuccessfully and then Inquiries were sent in vain to Salem Eugene Pendleton this rity and othrr points inally a traveling salesman remembered having seen a buggy at store at Ventral Point Thrt buggy was purchased and ant to the Condon man HONOR PLACES noted producer UVLIVU lunvuu WHO ELOPES WITH CALIORNIA STAR special to Tho ree Press Miami la April Col Nutt general prohibition agent In charge of all liquor investigations In this section returned hen? Sat urday from a trip to Cuba Bimini and Nassau with the definite news that tho Bahama assembly is now considering a bill prohibiting the export of narcotics to the Vnlted States and that a general tighten ing up oi nquor exports may expected STORM IS ORECAST ON ATLANTIC COAST to Tho ro pr Washington April Nearly 200 army officers now on duty In the District of Columbia nro Io bo re iievori from duty as the result of an Investigation conducted by the Inspector general's department with a view to the reduction of the mili tary establishment In Washington It was announced at the war de riftrfiYifint Wiilnrln Th rango In rank from colonel Twenty tivo now on duty with tho RICKARD INQUIRY TO BE SWEEPING Public Ownership of Mines May Result rom Walkout BV IHAKTOH 1 1 ox Pneelai Io The ree Pre and ChlcasS Tribune Washington April 1 Tha coat strike may force the public io try the experiment of public ownership of the mines In th opinion ot Sen ator Borah ot Idaho chairman of the eenate committee on labor uni lean the whole coal Industry Ispeedlly reorganized tn the interest 1 of the nubile Senator Borah In a statementl Saturday "declared that 'the strike ould force a reckoning not alone between the operators and the min ers but between the coal Industry and the public The Industry cannot continue under It pretent system of operation and management heeald Settlement Before the house Investigating committee Saturday predictions of a speedy aettlement of the etrlka through alate agreement between operators and miners were made tiy A Ogle an Indian operatoralig I'ontlnned on 1'uge Two Column lv among Jnnio follow Two hold of Josie and stood facing tho throng (heir menacing automatics levelled directly at (he would be saviors The third threw her fotcibly into the tonneau The point ed muzzles turned the trick The neighborhood mob hesitated for a nionvnt and that moment was long enough for the two gunmen to hack up to their rar and stp In beside their rnnfedr rau and the squirming girl In tho tonneau The kidnaping car shot from thp curb without the (inlay of a fraction of a second sped at light ning pace to Chene street turned tho corner and was nut of sight be fore Dm Mullet street folk could catch their breaths Someone sent In a call for police Someone else summoned father who was awav from homo at the time Both arrived tn find the block in an uproar and nobody nblo to give a description of the kidnapers nr tn tell what the license number of the ear was i or even If It uore a license tag rorrli Is Citywide Detectives of the Italian squad Immediately began to scour the city fnr the stolen'glrl Warnings to bo on the lookout for her and her captors was dispatched to every policeman in the city and surrounding municipalities All persons who It was' thought might possibly shod light on the kidnap ing worn being sought out and questioned Tho police worn inclined tn the view that the girl was abducted at tho Instigation of some suitor whoso advances had been spurned English Lord Would Win Wife in America Make Her Baroness Rev Edwin Curtis Is Denied Pulpit by Presbytery Brookline Mass April The Rev Edwin Curtis of the irst Presbyterian church here whose al leged baptism of a dog and reported offering of grace In the words Thea oh Ixrd for the rench fried were the subject of charges recently had for mal announcement from the Boston Presbytery Saturday that he would not be installed as a pastor at the expiration of his period of proba tion which ended Saturday The decision resulted in ft sharp controversy between that ruling body and the congregation Only a small part of the congregation was said to be in accord A meeting of the congregation to consider whether it will accept the ruling will be held shortly and Mr Curtis said Saturday that the out come of the meeting and not (he decision of the Presbytery would determine his status All in Eastern District Kills Daughter Baby Then Self I hasten 23d Inst in which you offer splendid contribution to our I'Teld day which has been set for June 2 It is a pleasure to accept your generous 'ffer niado in behalf of the ree rees Thanking you for this mani festation of co operative bpirit I remain cordially yours RANK Superintendent Preparation for the annual Hold day already Is being made In th public schools The Pentathlon tests for glrla and Decathlon teats jr i airriina jnr noya 'u iiuw ij Is from Borah Would Have Public Take Over Mines Control I nr 1 EVAXH tpecidl to Ths rta Ptsm fnm (Tlcart Tri bun Chicago April Ths outstand Ing new development In tho na tion vvitie coal ntrlke came late to day with the announcement that 20000 rail workers in all probabil ity would be UM off by eastern coal roads during the coming week nTnJn lJ' 'trike HV 4811000 mine workera Idle and 4200 mines cloned according to etlmat at International headquarter of tha United Mina Worker of America Indianapolis on Saturday About 1500 open hop pit were till working They are In non union territory which In all ha been pro duclng about 40 per cent of the toft coal output Lent 1 batlafled John Lewi International 3 dent declare that th upenlon of work 1 "100 per cent efficient" by union member while nearly 1000UO non union men have already thrown In with the striker and are off the Job How far the suspension affect the non union Helds awae a real check up Sunday April 1 always celebrated as a holiday an nlversary of tho advent or the 8 hotir nay fnr the miners and this may have cut down work Saturday In some non union pit As tt stands the anthracite fields lie In are closed down tight with 15011'0 miner participating In the walk out In the bituminous fields auoiit 450000 men are reported out by the union making a total of 600000" t'realdent Lewi again pointed out that the tleup instead of being a "strike" Is "suspension of duo to the feet that wage contract expired riday at midnight and th worker are now without any work ing or wage agreement The unions lay the to tha refusal of Pittsburgh operators to enter it four stat conference ns stipulated In th agreement of 1920 I nict Itcports on Mrlkc Latest report from all parts of the country yield the following re vised union estimate of th number of men out Saturday! 7 Illlnot 85uO0 Indiana 3090(1 Ohio 40000 Iowa 12000 Pennurl I vanla bituminous 55000anthr cite 160000 West Virginia 45000 Alabama 2000: Arkansas 5000 Colorado 7 000 Kan 12000 Ken tucky 21000 Maryland 500 Michigan 2500: Missouri 7500' Montana 4000: New Mexico 2000 Oklahoma 8000 Tennessee 5400 Texas 2400 Ctah 2200 Washing ton 400 Wyoming 6500: Canada 3500 a Pennsylvania reports are that the state constabulary is moving from rural districts Into the mine fields In the Pittsburgh district which refused to enter the state conference reduced wage scales have been posted and the understanding ha been that ef forts will be made to run the mines This portion of the field I expected to be one of the pivot ot the strike and Is West Virginia and some ot the other non union territory Kansas Mines Idle Report from Katfsas were that the mines were Pile The order ot the state industrial court extend ing the old wage contract 30 days did not prevent the men quitting work The court let It Uv known that It would cot hold Idleness Ct the men a violation ot the courS order unles the men refused to start work after coal now accumu lated In yard and on side tracks had run out Congress will continue digging Into the fundamentals ot the strike next eek Monday President Lewis Is to testily before the house com mittee on labor Bahama May Ban Drug Shipments Cave in at Old Town Ark Growing Bigger Special to Tho ree Piess Memphis Tenn April 1 While the situation is eald to bn still un der control sonic fears of a serious break In the Mississippi river levee at old Town Ark were expressed here Saturday hy government en gineers hen it became known that an additional hundred feet of tho vro had caved In riday night The Line of 150 men which has been laboring to repair tlip dyke was rushed to tho point where the new cuve ln look place and started working on tilling It with sand bags It was said here Saturday that Hie high water murk In the Mis sissippi here probably would be reached Sunday but the fall Is not expected to slart until Monday Plans for the 1922 1923 season ot the Detroit Symphony orchestra are rapidly being perfected by the board of directors The perma nence of the Institution seems as sured The orchestra will Include 85 members next season the ame number ws maintained this year Contract already have been signed with all excepting about 10 ot the musicians Men of equal ability will be engaged to replace those who do not remain It I announced Ossip Gabrllowltsch conductor and Vic tor Kolar assistant conductor again will bo In charge finlarle on Seme Weekly llnel ourteen pair of concert will be given instead of the 16 pairs called fbr In this year's schedule Salaries of the musician remain on th same weekly basis and the directors an nounce they will assist th men to obtain engagements which will bring their total emoluments for the season up to the mark of 1921 22 The shorter season was decided upon from motive of economy A budget committee has effected largeavlngs In next year' programs which mean that whll the orches tra will not become entirely self supporting the amount of contribu tion for which music lover must be aked will be materially reduced There still remain approximately 115000 of the present season's short age to be made up Contributions are coming In fairly steadily and the public Is being asked to co operate In wiping out the deficit 0 that the next season may bn started ivlth a clean elate The board of director feel that the resuU of the Continued on Page Too Column Three PASTOOUNISHED Adoption Set Aside But os ter Parents Hold Child Un til Court Takes Hand Edward Mllinkf 4 year old gave his mother another hug leaped astride hl red velocipede which he steered with one hand while clasped his little ifundlo of clothes under the other arm and pedaled down the third floor corridor ol the I county building from th prosecul I Ing attorney's office to the elevator Saturday afternoon "Hurry up he called to Mrs Ida Millnskl panting In hl wake It was the perfect end of an anx Jou day for the mother riday had been altogether disappointing Saturday had dawned hi doubt ami deep misgivings But Saturday night for th first time since last August Mrs Mlllnekl Hept with a tiny beloved form clasped in her arm Mother love a It usually doe had overcome all obstacle Two year ago Ida and Paul Ml llnskl were divorced The mother was awarded custody of Edward then 2 year old Eight month agohe took 111 could barely atupport herself and had to appeal to her former husband to take their child Mllluskl placed Edward to board with Clarence Dlvlndorf and hl wife at 3147 Lycastc avenue ebruary 21 last the Dlvlndorf were granted paper of adoption Edward by Judge Edgar Durfee In probate court They 1 the father had not reappeared and that the boy had evidently been aban doned They wre willing to rear him a their own eon Of 11 this Mrs Mfllnskl knew nothing until March 2 when her health restored Intent It to Make Organization Bigger actor in Development Determination to take a leading part in the moulding of a greater Detroit and to keep pace with the development of the strength and Ideals was voiced In a alate ment issued Saturday by the Incom ing board of directors of tho Board of Commerce' Tho statement follow: "The Board of Commerce was con ceived and designed to function the civic heart of to oper ate aa a clearing houxe for the alms ideal ambitions and activities in tended to make for a better Detroit In which to live and a more pro ductive Detroit in which to do buet neas 4 IHgncfla of Tnak Realised 'To the tftflk and the reponil blllty of making thia Ideal a reality the directorate of 1922 brings a de termination to exert every energy and resource at its command The directorate approaches the problem! before it with a keen sense pf the bigness of the (ak and its far reaching possibilities and it ia sen sible too of the wide gap that must be bridged before purpose becomes achievement directorate enters upon Its premises without preconceived no tions or biased judgment It ap proaches the problems of Its admin istration with open mind and im bued only with tho determination to mak the Board of Commerce more purposeful more useful more workable and a more powerful In strument for the shaping and de veloping of a Greater Detroit directorate will Immediately so organize Itself that it may bo able to apply intensive study and scrutiny to every department of the activities The purpose of this searching Inquiry will be to determine how if possible those de partments and activities may be made to more adequately function in the interests of the board and for the good of the community Will tilfill Ohllgntlons "Proposed new activities will be analyzed and measured by the high est standards and If they possess those qualities that will tend to ward a more perfect organization a more wleldy and more productive body they will be given place In the board's program "If in the development of the purposes ftnd processes It shall prove desirable to eliminate or restrict or Increase any activity of activities then admittedly the directorate would be remiss in its duty did 1t equivocate or hesitate In the performance of its obliga tions tn the board members and the community at large "The directorate poasesses too an abiding sense of appreciation for the notable accomplishments of past administrations: but the Board of Commerce cannot 'rest upon its laurels however deserved or hon orable they may be The director ate is committed tn the idea that the Board nf Commerce must grow with Detroit It may be justifiably glory In Its past but it must at the same time be concerned for ILs fu ture The directorate nf this or any Continued on Two ont IHahl of nntlunal colleot hr btirgntnlng In the bhuinlnoua Induatr) flight of miner tt com pel operators (u lhe up to agree ments mnde under pressure at the Wilson ndmlnlst ration Right of union to bnc the rherft off privilege which has been drrlurrd legal ljr the rourls 5 1 ML 4" Iter JI I'MftwWw xy JKHfeh js 1 ya 7 WILLIAM VOCK Hr 1 JW1 5' 1 E'Eji' 1 I i I I i I I I 1.

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