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C' WEATHER INAL Warmer Showers EDITION THREE CENTS PRICE DIBBLEITES CONCEDE DEEAT IN HAMTRAMCK HUGE PROJECTS 'i WOULD OLLOW GRADING CHIE 1 the As GRAND OPERA ft STREET SMILES PLANNED HERE rlCAIl BOWS AT TESTIMONY al the to big A i LATEST WIRE LASHES i BUILDERS PLANNING 1000 MORE HOMES GunsBark On Windsor Dock In Rum Arrest An hour aft May ree Press Radio Many ot thfn DOWN BEATS ELLMMANN IN HIGHLAND PARK RACE 5 SHOTS AIL TO HALT SUSPECT IN AUTOMOBILE HAS CLOSE CALL ROM AUTO GAS vim! ruction Ihjiiip it nd 2 BOYS MISSING REVENGE SEEN TRUCK STRIKES MO CAR OUR INJURED baa boon down the or mlli einbroll nothing for the happy over th relieved of the The the I by the aith of AGAIN CHOSEN AS MAYOR OR HIGHLAND PARK tf uuOtldi unublc Enthusiasm Greets Supervisor Who Tells Scholars of Big Athletic Event June 2 NOTED MINNESOTA EDUCATOR WHO IS STRICKEN AT HOME render nt th content plntlnK INTERURBAN SYSTEM PLANNED BY COMPANY 1 It RENCH RUSSIAN AIMS INDORSED BY PREMIER Soviet Opens War On Coast Rebels YOUNGEST CITY ENDS ELECTION TROOPGUARDED abducted and that ra the motive tire" Stanley Szlachto 4094 Roosevelt avenue DtnnchowskL It yearn halt Monday arc thought The motorist home In the package Into lie had Pupils of 18 Schools Hear ield Day Plans Dequindre St Improvement Holds Key to Industrial Center Near Pontiac SMALL ASKS WOMAN JURY House of (Jommons Approves Genoa Pol icy 372 to 94 Jezcwski irst Mayor Other Offices in Doubt Clean up Is Promised ties Nuh prrnoiia ilrelrlriK ft do mo uni olitnln part by rnl Ins the ree I'rcM Kndlo drpurt money ror fhcir pur iinderKtood by lur people Thin Mrvhi to ciiipmni' hiNinllntlon etc could pet oil needed dnfn by np plying to tklM'puprr Ihroittfh th? I OH DVXl EHS AM) SPECTATOR Tomorrow night at Arcadia Adm l6c Adv AMBUSHED PARTY IRES ON W'VA WORKERS BALLROOM ten MOWT Hertned party fur particular nopla dancing free Best music THUGS KILL 2 STEAL $8000 double In cold without LftBNldV was Mhot in a itn ot it and bituminous coal stopped work last Satur the United States and John Lewis president United Mine workers of Daring Holdup Enacted In Heart of Chicago Before Crowd of Spectators Chicago April 3 In an $8000 holdup committed early tonight within eye range of hundreds of persons in the heart of south Chi business district Policeman Ernest II Cassidy and Phillip Som mers treasurer of the Royal Build ing and Lojn association were killed by one of five robbers who escaped amid a fusilade of bullets in an automobile The remarkable daring displayed by the robbers Is Indicated by Hie circumstance that the scene of the crime corresponds to Chicago's loop except that on Monday night which is pay day in many the I are crowded 1 1 1 i a a short distance lire station Had No Eye witnesses mu aer wn blood Both men were shot warning back Neither of the victims gained sufficient cunsuiousncss make a statement Mr Sommers had been with Building and Loan association ive shots were "tired by po liceman at a motorist whn fled on Euclid avenue near Bussell street wnen commanaea to night None of them to have taken effect was seen to leave a vicinity and throw the rear of his machine started to drive away when chal lenged Instead of stopping he Is alleged tn have speeded away of an onlooker the police details of the arrest other admit that 'guns' were Lewis Declares Bituminous Diggers Will Stay Out Till Contract is Signed sav the committed except that on Monday night big industries there the streets Mores shuns and were open And only away was the pu Doubts Good Urges Stabilization Exchange London April By sociated The house of commons Monday night adopted 372 to 94 Premier Lloyd itipjlutiun calling for conference in the government's policy on the coining economic conference at Genoa Prior to thin the house 379 to St rejected un amendment proposed by John Robert Clynes laborlte which while approving an Intentional eco nomlc and financial conference de clarr that the government was not competent to represent the country at such a conference end did not have th confidence of th country Italian Succeeds in Drawing Light Directly Out of the Air iacIuI to The Eren' I Trim umd Tribune Jersey City 1 April fusing tin offer of $250000 lor his Invention Juan Tomadelli Itah Ian civil and electromechanical engineer has formed the Tomadelli corporation to develop and market wireless electric light which takes its current from the nit as sound waves are picked up by radio tele phone Tomadelli la 44 years old a Vene tian bv birth and an Argentinian through adoption He was educated at the University uf Zurich the University of Turin nnd th Poly In reply to questions by Repre sentative Black Democrat Texas as to why the union would not set tle with operators In states and districts where work could be re sumed under satisfaclory condi tions Lewis Insist'd competition would not permit operators to tlx wages locally without knowledge of wage scalr their competitors would have "Even it peratork ot Illinois for he added "are willing to sign up a new scale tor them Contlnueil on Page Tun olunm Three Service 1 In rM i i he effect Hint LLOYD GEORGE IS GIVEN VOTE CONIDENCE UK) HUHS Ob' PEACE Chicago April Meetings banquets and the display of flags marked the formal open Ing ot Canadian week designed to commemorate 100 years ot peace between Canada and the United States A formal procla mation WHS Issued by Mayor Thompson uiging observance ot the 'eek POLO SIVKIXC Del Monte Cal April 3 Major A Robertson formerly an army aviator who was In jured in polo game here yes terday between the Del Monte and Mldwick teams was In a critical condition today lie is suffering from concussion of the brain nnd a possible fracture of tho skull Detroit Included in Circuit Patterned After Methods Used by Vaudeville Opportunity is to be given De troit to join the circuit of the Unit ed States Grand Opera club being fostered by Andreas Dippel The former administrative manager of the Metropolitan Opera company and former director ot the Chicago Opera Is now In the city seeking suflicient backing for his enter prise which would give each city in the circuit one or two perfor mances monthly of grand opera of the $6 maximum scale Cincinnati and Pittsburgh ready have working committees of 1O0 and his plan Is to interest De troit Toledo and Cleveland in the jnovement If It develops as an ticipated the United States Grand Opera company will go on tout next fall Kansas Barons Decide to Cut Wages to 1917 Level Invite Parley Terre Haute Ind April 3 Two men were injured one probably fjtally in disorders in the Clinton mining fields according to reports reaching here Monday night Harry Davis 23 years old proprietor of a soft drink establishment at Syndicate three miles south of Clinton was fired on from ambush on his way home He is in a local hospital suffering with bullet wounds in the head abdomen and both legs orty shots were fired at Davis it is reported HISTORIC 1101 Ml 111 1151 Williamsburg Vn April 3 The Interior of the historic house nt the college of 55 llllain nnd Mary was part ly destroyed tonight by fire which Is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combus tion In cleaning rags In a closet under the stairway on the first floor No one was in the house at Um time the president Dr A Chandler being In Boston away from the present track tween Detroit and Pontiac and ting Into the main line some tanco east of North Detroit 5'1 th the fostallat Inn Intel urban and through line plan It Is the Grand Idea to final ly erect a suitable terminal here to supplant the ancient Brush street oetfot Tnmk acquired the Lake 1 4 1 nr'nnnrt Inoonr Mjz i i 'lUJU'' lfl Hl ju BriiAh street when the Lake Shore its terminal to theMirhlgan ntr(il depot But the actual location of the prdposed new Grand Trunk depot depends on many circumstances governed by futurn developments It may be placed where the pro posed new Dlx Hlgh Waterloo thor will tap the Grand Trunk (rnks It may go on the enlarged aite of the Grand Trunk Lake Shore right nf way land at Brush street near the river Some atten tion has been given to tho Jefferseft avenue crossing as a depot site eomo to Gratiot avenue and the Woodward crossing also has been considered With the big Improvement plan ned out Woodward avenue It Is the Intention to make Detroit again the renter of tlm through east to weH trn'TId on the Grand Trunk Through traffic now goes through tho Huron Sarnia tunnel or hooks up Continued on Turo Two Column live technic of Vienna Ill came here fiom Buenos Alrvs tfAvcral years ago The wireless light hlvh also apparently approximates the cold light long sought by science ta demonstrated tonight to reporters The lamp burns with a white bril liance in tiny position As it can not bo turned out a metal curtain is provided for It According to the Inventor a 100 enndle powT lamp which lit is mu juituctu ring to sell at $3 wl'l burn three years without attention process Is a closely guarded secret hut tho Inventor intimates that the light Is produced by the attraction ot chemicals In the base for and Interaction upon atmos pheric electricity A factory has been opened at Harrison and the company been incorporated under the laws ot Delaware Is tho way the company Its product truly ubgenr (luJly gruu muft" Challenges Entire List Because Only Men Were Called Vaukfignn ill April 3 (By As anointed Press) Lon Small Monday demanded that wom en sit on the jury which in to try him on charges of conspiracy to embezze state funds Through his attorneys he chal lenged the entire jury of Lake county because only men had been called Attorney Werner Schroeder read an affidavit charging no women had been called for the jury "there by depriving said women voters of their inherent to serve on tho jury PALAU nxME TONIGHT Only 2Sc 30c (hrhesiraWed eve Balloon Adv 320 HARPER Acain ree Press "Want Arts fiSire Advcrfiscr fit 3J0 Harper wanted to rent an at tractive room Just twelve words were used in The Sun day ree Press to put the deal across One ad brought in lite enough to rent a score or more oi rooms Ju' get this straight Press Want Ads CREATE RESULTS create tlicin quickly and at small cost CALI AD TAKER MAIN 9400 or take your id to any one of our 400 Want Ad one in vour neigh Relocation of Lincs on Wood ward Detroit as Traffic Center in View Announcement bv tho Trunk Railway that it is readv to lower tho grade of ils tracks alone Dannindru street from lofferin avenue to Hale street at a cost of 000000 drives jthe opening 5vedgc Into what It raid xvili prove one of the most gigantic runway improvement nlans in re cent 'history fl I'lseusslons of a big interurban railway system a through wet to cast service by the Grand Trunk with Detroit 'as the center and ouicr pzvtenrious plans nave been In progress for nearlv a rear be tween Grand Trunk officials nnd the veiroit Hoard or commerce with former President John A itoeoil representing ths board IHg Projects Thinned Arnntio th lle rex 4 i a xx UTzvV 1 have been hinging altogether on the hijhi pian tor uequinure street are these le local In rf th HranH TninV tracks along Woodward avenue from Royal Oak to Birmingham aJ a cost of some $2000000 and changing of that one track road i imim une morougniare Establishment of a great Indus trial district near Pontiac tn i tapped by a Grand Trunk line and fed by an excellent inters uijn serv ice over the Grand Trunk to bring the labor market of Detroit into easy touch with the proposed new Industrial center Howard Coffin and Boy Chapin of the Hudson Motor Car company and Sidney Walrtoni of the Packard Motor Car company are heading interests which have 1000 acres 'of land already acquired near Pontiac It Is planned to ronve the Hudson plant out there when the railroad facilities nre made adequate and the interurban servicola assured The taxation problem Is said to have driven the motor plants to take that atep Induxfrbil Center la Xevii It is also planned to gather from far andi near over the country ac iviruiv uiKriLS wnirii i principal market in Michigan and venter them all in the big industrial districL The (Hand Trunk plans lu serve that district with a spur oe hit dis Bystander Is Hit in Neck by Bullet as Tom May Pugilist Is Arrested by Police Wanted in connection with tho theft of 50 cesei of liquor from the home of the lnte rancis Mier nlcki Riverside six miles east tf Windsor Tom May former Detroit pugilist was arrested at the Wind sor ferry dock Monday night after ''a gun battle during which it Is Bald a bystander was shot by a car Because they fear It might hinder lli In their e' arch for the man who fired the shot that lodged In the nevk withheld than to The liquor that May Is alleged to have tarried to Toledo was stolen from tho Mlcrnhkl homo on the day that Mlernlr kl was burled in August of last yrar Harvey rrt'onnor who operated the night ferry between Windsor and Detroit for years was arrested shortly after the robbery Ho told the polio that Torn Mav and other men forced him use hid fast boat whb'h 'vns catitnretl by the Detroit r'llce after thi stokn lbinr hndlr en landed ahoy I IV II I Wrin 14) (it OU'lJf in antic inbllns curdlng to nor Hbry wau Intrr Hr Cable ta Ths rrs Press London April 3 The Moscow Soviet government has declared a ataie of war on the eastern and northeastern coasts of the Black a Us the re sult of revolutionary disturbances aecordltfg to an Ex change Telegraph rllspn I from Copenhagen Monday quoting ad vices rseielvcd ihare from Islng forr Gonornl Budenny the famous jtitsiitan invniry leaner ni 'lrrad lo Kuban to put rebellion RO I MICH I A S' A New York April Union leaders claimed the first vic tory for striking anthracite miners here Monday when they announced several inde pendent companies had offer cd to grant all of the 19 wage demands if the men would re turn to their jobs immediately Washington April Discussing before the house labor committee Monday reasons why 600009 an thracite minors day In Canada of the America and official leader of the strike declared anthracite workers had gone out merely to await re sults of peaceful negotiation with their employers over a new wage scale but bituminous workers were out indefinitely if need be to ob tain the signing of a basic wage contract Bituminous workers Lewis de clared before the commltteu which is considering the Bland resolu tion to direct appointment by the president ofx putnmisslon to in ves titfate coal industry' areout to indefinitely if need be un til operators uf the central com petitive field of Ohio Indiana Illi nois and western Pennsylvania slsrn up a basic wase contract ac cording to their pledge on which other coal mining districts ol the United States can set! SpccfiU to he I tveas n4 Chlcajm Trbune New York April 3 His quarrel with the Equity association which omp(d led the relnatatemcni of a Pollies chorus glt who had hern fired was given today by lorence Ziegfeld as his won fir closing the road toifr of tho 1921 ollies nt Washington Ur on April 15 a month earlier than usual solfon said Ziegfeld win result hi lossto the member of the Pollies east of $16OA0 weekly or $6Lim9 In nil a neat sum hr these laying off rfnys In the thf lairlcal Bessie Bnole was shortly before the opened in Chicago two jnonths ago And th Etiuity retaliated with threat of a walkout of stage bands Kha was reinstated hut Ziegfeld pro claimed that he was through with production in America and would eventually be forced by the alleged stand of the Equity to Iransfer his activities to England Physician and iremen Rescue Man Who Is Near Death Whih making repairs on an auto mobile In his garage at 7 42 Colling wood Rvenua Monday Likor was overcome by gascglne fumes and narrowly escaped with his life He found by his wife who went Into the garage a short time after he had started tu work on the machine A physician in the neighborhood was sent and a telephone mes sage to the fire department brought Rescue Company No 2 on Alexan drine near Cans avenue in command nf Richard I Beard The fire fighters made a fast run and with the physician the men worked over the man for a consid erable time Liker who wag able to be about Monday evening was loud in his raise for the assistance rcndeied the members of the rescue com pany This is the second kbit nf rescue woik done by the fire department thia week members of Ladder pany No 3 and Pipeman Allan Phil lips of Engine Company No 27 saving a number of persons in a two alarm fire on Junction avrnuo early Sunday morning PR VRLS XOR'I HltOP See Story on Page Elewn Column One Invents Radia Lamp OWNERS MUST That Burns 3 Years GIVE UP AVERS This result is regarded as exceed ingly satisfactory for the premier as the combined Isborltes and Inde pendent liberals number about 100 and the about 50 all of whom might have beonexpcctad to oppose the resolution Tho speech Inviting par liament to vote confidence In tile Genoa policy touched only lightly upon the political crisis at home and endorsed the rench policy toward Russia although Lloyd George displayed much sym pathy for a conciliatory attitude toward Russia It sought accom modation with the soviet govern ment lest by waiting It might even tually be necessary to deal with a still irreconcilable turist regime which might all of Europe While emphasizing that could bo gained by waiting overthrow of the soviet administra tion he accepted the rench sand point demanding guarantees with respect to debts and obll gutiuns and stipulating a probation of six months or a year but less if Russia gave th necessary guaran tees before full recognition was ac corded He indicated hlft belief in the insincerity of the consvrsiun of Nikolai Lenine nnd dm soviet to a diluted form uf communism Wulild bl a hll Ise Exrhungr the most interesting of Lloyd George's proposals was that exchanges should be subi'ized at some maintainable figure but no details were given as tv how he proposed to effect this except that 4 1 1 I I 1 a aa aa a a i uo nkiniiiqu uy svioe iuiii of international co operation and pressure Tha debate was rather tame It was onrly realized that thre would Ijc no break away of the unionists which would endanger the confi dence resolution hence interest dwindled until division was taken The rather unusual course mandlng division on tho main resolution was followed after tho Cfynes' amendment was defeated when finally 94 members recorded thir opposition tv the resolution of confidence The premier and hla supporters managed to keep the whole question ri Bolutely un tire Genua dscjsiun but a motion will be moved Wed nesday by Sir William loynsun Hicks unionist to the effect that the (pinion of this house lack of definite and coherent principle in the policy of the present coalition government can only be remedied by the establishment of a ministry composed of men united by iden tity of political Th work Of getting the hoolx Morted the ield day program this week will be taken op ao by Mlii Eath Shertaun an asltant aupervlHor who has charge of the ghie' ucthitiea In the grammar and Intermediate graderi Mli) Ethel qilii axitani director in charge of the health education department and Loren Boat auperviaor are puhliik ihe maa of detail work which rnut be cared for go th mammoth crowd which vllt Bello lie ield day may have an enjoy able time ield day activity began In earn est Monday In the Wahlngton Everett Bartow t'apron Blhup Knaell Lincoln George Norvell Duffield Smith Berry Gai fluid Balch Trowbridge Campau Wil liam and Harris schools which Mr Ciirnav 1 1 The schools are thmicht of bet if burden of expense of ield day by i iiu rv i i sen i are hoping that the plan ot tha health education department to sup ply th' with athletic equipment with the money raised by their en tertainment ordinarily ued for ield day financing will become a reality Dlbhlelte Lose Hope The return at 3 howeil that hi four of the six precincts Jetewkl had 3637 vote and Dibble PV' a majority of 538 Th the Dibble supporter admitted could scarcely be overcome In the two re maining precinct But long before 3 the Jeaewkl followers claimed the ve tory and were celebrating wlthlln horns drums and every conceive ahtc nolso making device In typi cal Hamtramck fashion they pa raded through the streets In malt groups and largo groups a few drunken but most of them sober and all of them hllarloux Dibble supporters of Monds? amno of them immediately became Jriewsklltes and altogether there was a big night In Hamtramck It was by all odds the biggest elec tion In the history of the town for it eras not only an election but an initiation The village of Ham tramcK Is no more It Is now a city larger If you Mease than Highland Park and econd in Wayne county the hai ter having been adopted With the election ot Jexewskl It la probable there will be a decided shakeup In tho city's affairs The bfti of tha entire Jezewkl cam paign was the town Some time ago the Grand Shore adjacent to the JOHN DOE IS IN AGAIN STORED BEER IN AUTO A man giving his name as John Doe 24 yars ofd Was arrested as 'he stepped Into an automobile on 55'oodward avenue near Congress i 1 1 i ari luu'lj't ainc rlflu OH ft charge ot dry law violation BoUco allege there T2 bottles ot Ca nadian beer In tpc machine: The b'er was discovered by Pa trolman Ralph Reynolds who wslt ed until someone should cntr the machine before taking action In the prisoner's possession were found card Inscribed with the name of Thornton 55' Sargent Jr A postal card addressed tn Sargent also was round The address was a fraternity house at Ann Arbor ormer Prison Clerk on Trial May Pleiid Slip shop Rec ords as His Defense One little incident broke the monotony of the trial of Charles Street former House of Correction record clerk in Judge William court Monday afternoon It came in the testimony of Ben jamin Pelham accountant for the evunty auditors when Assistant Btusuculur Allan Kent asked Pel ham whether he found any shortage in the records uf fines paid be tween August 15 and August 29 1921 and Vdham replied "No no shortages duiing that That was the time that Street was on his vacation defense to the charge of embezzlement of something over Hu00 of money paid to him at the workhouse to get prisoners ideas rd alter they had started serving their terms there appears to be a resolution that the handling ot money and accounts in the work house office was so slipshod in method that any one of a half dozen persons might have pocketed the money which failed to reach the county treasury or the CUUfl Accountant Pelham under ques tioning by Mr Kent reded off a total of $1612 paid in between Au gust and December 1921 in which cases the prisoners had been duly released but there wan no entry of any cash received on 4he book? though thore was a little mark which was said to mean on the official register book It wns in chocking hark the Neithr wa tn connection with the 1 election I 1 ather Asks Police to Search for ormer Boarder Alleges Threats A possible sequel to a shooting Is seen by police in the disappearance Monday of two boy chums 9 and 14 years old no trace ot either of whom had been found at 4 this morning rollco believe the boys were venge was The boys years old and Alexa old 4090 Roosevelt ftventta Last Saturrlrfy night Rta father William Szlachtn ahotf and wounded Rroka DngH who until last January 29 had been hoarder In his hntne Dogil was alleged to have attempted to smash In tho door of the Szlachto home and tn have shattered windows Police exonerated Hxlachto df blame in ths shnotlntr Szlachto after leaving Receiving hospital where a wound In his arm was dressed la alleged to have mad numerous threats In view of these parents of both missing bnya searched frantically for them nil night but neither th boys nor DogH could be found po lice report The playmates went Jo 'school srcinnr wonaav corn nnnn uisniiBea trom acnooi In thi afternoon they started for home tngnthcr They Were not seen by their parents nor by their class mates In school thereafter tVhen they failed to return at I the parents became anxious As hourt passed and they still were missing the police wern called All night the mothers kept watch to gether while the two fathers en gineered a search Dogll left the Szlach'o borne aft er a complaint agt him hud been made to police The trouble between him and Szlaclito followed N'ew York April Mrs Rita Do Acosta Lydlg sodntyleader aubpoonnrd as a witness in the suit of Mrs Halen Elwood Hlokes lo recover her dower rights In William 3 1 000000 estate was too 111 to appear In the supreme court today without endangering her life according to4ffidavlis pre aented lo Justice by liar attorney William Travers Je rome Amjot was elected yandotte defeating Benjamin by 250 vote "i tne election was of Justice Henry (toy Coomer Julien Three Women Man Passen ger Cut and Bruised a "cmen and a man were nurled from their seats In an street car and: cut and bruised late Monday night when a huge motor truck crashed Into the con veyance on Selden avenue near Tihrd ateet The impact was an great that one side of the street tar was caved In The Injured are Mrs Bertha Bacon 5335 Ooufth avenue severe ly bruised and cut by flying glass Mrs j'aiil George 3362 Hudson street slightly injured: Mrs Mar garet Tripp 4223 ourteenth street bruiMf'd am Jlnhsrt Tri Hr eUohilI aerated They hy taken to their iHHiiva oy ponce or me Bethune ave nue station The street rar us enint' An' Solden avenuo and iho iriirk naat Pollco the truck wm th wrong Bide nf the etrert me crasn ramo tne driver nf thCi: truck which fa owned bv tho Ad vance Cartage rompajiv jumped 7 from his seat and lied Wellington Bacon 2152 Michigan avenue operator of the street car wai uninjured i 1 SEEKS PROO $50000 BID Twv means for financing the pro ject have been worked out by Mr Dippel who bus had experience with errand opera enterprises 'for over 30 years Membership will be offered In the United States Grand Opera club in order to establish the company and subscription tickets for the oprn season wilD he sold No city will be included in the circuit ivu will the project be started until enough subscrip tions ror tickets are raised in every city to cover all the running ex penses Mr Dippel declares" San Carlo company playing at popular prices is making raid Mr Dippel proving that this country wants grand opera better the cast the greater are receipts which is demonstrated all touring companies including Scotti Opera company applying the principles organization efficiency and econ omy grand opera can be made self supporting and profitable and there Is no reason why grand opera backed by prominent citizens in tho various cities and guaranteed by subscriptions should not become a permanent institution In every large city Vaudeville Circuit Methods Rhall endeavor to accomplish this in a systematic way by ap plying the methods of the vaude ville circuits with continuous changing of bills and presenting headliners at every performance Mr Dippel Is with Mrs Charles Hammond local manager who will rail a meeting of those she thinks will no inter ested Un the project shortly after Easter At this meeting Mr Dip noi will present his plan for th opera circuit and endeavor to show that high class opera can be given at regular Intervals without a loss and without a guarantee fund the splendid opportunity offered them oy Thu iee Press to win a spef lal prize thia year Heretofore they have competed for the rCgula on board of education medal and that alone has rewarded their vf The idea of receiving an ad ditional pdz4 Is spurring all to quality for ield day competition Al tho Barstow school from Mliuntr carne Joo Corso who fol lowing graduation developed Into a splendid athelte Mt Cooney met many boys who are eager tu fill the shoes of(thc fleet Joe Taylor Torbert Win Council Seats Wilson Elected in River Rouge 3 itts morning of red Dibble admitted ffrist time that he was de hy Peter Jezewski for JOntE TtllSS ERIZR Seattle Wish April 3 shal Joffre vlsftrd tha public market here tndny having been 'specially urged to do so by Mme Jnffrc who accompanied him The marshal complimented the sales girl behind the tig cotinD on bMng nice pret ty little PLEtDM OH flURLES RIA Rome Anrll ft (Commenting on the deftth of Charles the Hcrvatore Ibunano expresses the hope that the Entente sentiments more merci ful than will provide for the former family ne newspaper comenus tnat to compel the State Want Version of Blackmail Attempt Erwlal to Tho Pre nl Cbltnio Tribune New Ymk April 3 Chief An Intant District Attorney ora to night mailer) to Max St uor at torney for Tex Rickard a letter nqueallng him tn produce hialiont aa soon as conveniently pos sible tor examination concert Ina him announced that find Walter ields an emp of Rickard in whowv apartment alleged the promoter had two young girU have proved in tile He said that the house was locked and Its windows weredar red and also' that he had been un able to learn who was paying rent for tho vacant apartment March Permits Exceed Any Month Since Early in 1 920 Living accommodations for more than 1000 Detroit fabnllles were' provided for In permits issued In tho lost 30 days for dwellings nnd apartment buildings rank Burton city commissioner of buildings said in his report for March made pub lic Monday report shows that the program for Alarch was $311450 morn than lor any previous month since early In 1320 embracing 403 single residences 08 two apart ment buildings 18 apartment houses providing 623 apartments and 37 stoics providing 41 apartments A total of 11 16 buildings Includ ing dwellings apartment buildings stores office buildings banks fac tories and shops garages ware houses and auto sheds and barns were Included In the March per mits the aggregate cost being es timated at 31245734 Ot tho 1146 new buildings IUD are to be of frame 131 of brick veneer and 35 of brick and tile ifteen will he of cement block ami three of reinforced concrete In March 1921 Burton's report shows only 1131 permits for new buildings were Issued Involving rr total cost of 24050330 Closed By Chorus Girl APBIL 4 1922 TWE NTY TWO PAGES Girls and boys In 18 schools hoard Monday of the plans of the health education department of Detroit public schools to give them the greatest field day they ewer have enjoyed June 2 on Belle Isle athletic tldl'l when 8000 of them will eompr lo for inedals and special prizes to be awarded by The De troit ree Dress The weather w' otfeh Monday as to allow the children their Hist teal opportunity to prepare lor Eic hl dey Many of them were in the acboul yards a soon as dll missed from clhssea In the after noon preparing for preliminary practice Much of the re as In many schools was devoted to run ning anrf jumping Are Enlbuslnntlc Cooney aaalslani supervisor In the department ot health edu cation who directs the competjtive athletics of Intermediate and pri mary boys discussed arrangements for the Held day with groups ot children and teachers Every where a note of enthusiasm and doalrt to make the event this ear the best greeted him Monday saw the start of decath lon and pentathlon testa which qualify a boy or girl for competi tion at Belle Isle Every girl must compete In fixe standard events and every boy In 10 events The acorn of each In the various events is recorded sod from these repre sentatives fo'r ield duy are hm err Tire a bool Is' allowed one represent lallve hr every evenl exclusive of the relays and a contestant Ix psi rnlfl 1 In ornpeta only once fho children already are uwnre of VOL 87 NO' 18 9 JezewaKI is a druggist and a lead er among the rollsh people He is not without political expcrleme nav ng served two terffur fn the New orlc legrslature from a liutrH ar tolnt peace In the township a yrar ago In Highland Mayor Edgar elected defeating yffibnu by a Vote of 4208 to 30 Hugh Torbert and I Paul commissioners the latter having a lead of only 24 IMvVT nrown' Jon 1 ki TO defeated Charles on Roy wer elected constables defeating Wll holT J' flandand Gilbert Krum chartir Binendment making thi office of treasurer aw 1 lnd "Stroller elective was defeated as was a 235000 bond Issue for a park In the north end jlmlrit la Vteanrlotte Major Hubert mayor of Charlr The surprise tho defeat ilftluoh bv Mi "I 1 office 12 years Edward Bryan was re elected city clerk and James Earl' thf" morning Hl am Maas John Murphy and ira Kreger were assured of elec tion as commissioners who would was doubt "Ith tha Burka and Bresnahanfactions formerly bitter enemies supporting him Kirby I Wilson was ected mayor of River Rouge receiving 1494 votes against far Albert Heuer Miss Louise Per vault was elected 9eeanurer defeat Ing Edmund Higgins 1457 to 935 aymond Peters lead all contest Continued oh rw Three umn gefB friends for ho featel first mayoc of Hamtramck It had been a day of excitement In new city The whole State i of Michigan had become interested $ii imp outcome or tne election no much so that the governor had sent 21) of his state trooper to watch th election and Sheriff Coffin bad added 75 deputies They made conslder ahle of: akshowfng hut were not needed Only two arrests were made and these by tha local police the for 22 years It had been bls custom for the last 15 years to walk each 'tvnuaj vciiniKr IV Lv vaiuiiifl have Inplr National bank and deposit the hltenn receipiH Hu was always accom panied by a policeman as guard Toniwht he carried 34200 in cash in checks In a "small satchel ENcorted by Gtinril He left the apsoHation at 830 Cassidy walked about three steps behind him He and hfs es cort were proceeding through tho crowded street when a machine drove up alongside them and four of the five robbers leaped out With out a word nf warning they began shooting officer Cftsaldy was in stantly killed by a shot in the spine tind Cashier Snmmers fell with two shots in the chest One of the robbers seized the satchel containing tho money as Sommers toppled over The thugs then shouldered their way through the crowd waving their smoking pistols in the faces of the specta tors who quickly made way They leaped Into their car the engine of which was running and drove away lensed and warrants were Isnued at Windsor for the May brothers' The man who fired the jhot when tho police surrounded car at the ferry dock escaped to Detroit it Is believed by the Michigan Cen i tral tunned was arrested the police received a telephone call from Detroit a man voice inquiring the shot hurt J' i rr l' Jy i 1 I I 'll" 4 4 I I 'Wrar 1 me lit llie i td hl rlmse offer they hint hern fii wniilfl lurmrii price niitl uhrrr ven an me nmzbr procuirril.

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