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ft WEATHER Cloudy' PUBLIC LIBRARY APR 1 A 1922 DETROIT INAL EDITION GIRL WIE CHARGES BETRAYAL WHEN HUSBAND SHOOTS MAN A' John McCormack Near ONV1GTS ES0APE HOUSE fl LINCOLN CO OR PROBE CORRECTION PKH AHIS ARM BLOG REVEALED with Intent tn grand larceny By LATEST WIRE LASHES PRISON MATE RING MEMBER HELD Stanley Gu GUARDS IGNORANT O' BREAK TOLD BY POLICE HE DEENDS ARM BLOC REVEALS ITS AIMS PURPOSES DRY DIRECTOR DAVIS IS EAGER RUSSIA IGHTS OR DISARMING for the one Six at 24O holding alleged of HO LD EX JUDGE AS BOOTLEGGER DENIES RIT BETWEEN SEL AND JUSTICE MEN Shoots Her Cousin As Traducer EHMKE BREAKS IN INNINGS AND TOES ALL modfhv dancing party' Pier Ballroom tonight No vulgarity It" April 13 An earth quake of moderate intensity was registered Thursday at the George town seismological ob servatory beginning at 9:20 a and continuing until' 9:50 a The center of the disturbance was esti mated at 1700 miles from Wash ington probably to the south 5 Reported Dead In Mexico ire Leap rom Jh loor Window to Roof Sdide to Ground By Rope STATEMENT OLLOWS WOODRU WARNING Romance rom Crooked Lanes of Constantinople Revealed in Highland Park Daugherty Says ederal Court Will Probe Alleged Overpayment Is from the edge of the ditch nearer to the fence s' The obstacle relay Is' a shuttle relay The first girl the dis tance across the fttd clearing the objects In the following manner: Jumping or hurdling over 4 the Continued on Page Three Column Sit believe dethoitkh i sucini Chicago April James Knag Thorne ended bls life by shooting himself and drinking poison In his room in a down tnwn hotel today His home was believed to have been In Detroit A letter said that he was ending his life because of 'trouble with his wife Considers It Probable urther Irregularities of Staff May Be Discovered is lu a scrtttlav of it by creating a furore minn has been made that seeks class legisia Its aim is tn profit matter at what cost our Pages of Magic Easter Pictures that exciting? Eggs and rabbits and flowers all waiting for you to brush them with clear and then oh what colors! Sister takes little Bobby to church Holland Kiddies Hunt for Easter Eggs 11 The airy Prince Shows Zenna Mae just where ta look for egRS There will be many other interesting things So watch for the Vladivostok government have occupied the town of COVELESK1E STEPS IN WHEN UHLE IS INJURED Sperlnl to The ree Pres 'Mrxlr City Aprl 13ve pcr sons are reported to bave beenrLv 1re which nearly de the mining town of Urua Th he aC Chihuahua Senator Capper Vigorously Denies Group Seeks Purely Class Legislation Washington April Legisla tion providing long term credits for farmers reduction of railroad rates adequate tariff protection for agrlcultuie products and develop ment of the Muscle Shoals Ala bama projects as a fertilizer pro ducer were announced to the sen ate Thursday by Senator Capper Republican Kansas as among the objectives of the agricultural bloc Other legislative aims of the bloc detailed by Senator Capper who re ctntly succeeded to the leadership ot the organisation Included mess ureS to give the farmers represen tation on the federal reserve board to restore state control over state railroad charge and to brand ail fabrics and cloths with ths amotint of wool or cotton contained Defending ths bloc ths Kansas senator said the "purposes of ths farm bloc are economic not polit "There are certain Interests which I regret to say have jow jun spoK'smen in press1 who ar weir added the eastern Wont to erv wolf at Senator Capper interests simply seek to escape loo close a scrutHy ofjthelr own motives i In the public charge the farm bloc tmn and that agriculture no to other Industry The men who make that charro lose sight of the lundamental fact that agriculture la basic that what 'contributes to its prosperity and well being un questionably benefits alt industry When agriculture is profitable the nation Is prosperous Is not class legislation to demand that agriculture have as good credit facilities as any other business that farmers be encourag ed to work together to Improve their marketing condition that the market gamblers and speculators and selfish class which has grafted off of the farmers fur many years be unmasked and controlled "The farm bloc does not recog nise the right ot any class to have an advantage at the expense of another group or of the population ns a whole The interests which oppose it fight the farm bloc be cause ft does not tolerate their pet piracies Vested interests have been bloodsucking the farmer long enough" The next step to be taken by the bloc the senator said would be to obtain enactment ot farm credit legislation Cleveland Clinches Contest With ive in Second Score 8 to 3 gpeclat to The ree Press aris April 13 Dora Cray Dun can mother of leader Duncan and Raymond Duncan 'exponents nt classical Greek dancing died Thurs day aged 72 She was born In St Louis JOHN McCOIlMAfK McCormack or his children Cyril Kevin and Gwendolyn According to' the physicians Mr singing voice will not be impaired through his illness although they say he will be un able' to sing for at least three months All immediate concert engage ments have been cancelled as well as steamship reservations for a trip to Europe which the singer in tondedto take May 2 Woman Drowns In Tub Orange April 13 Una ware that his mother Mrs Anna Berger 40 had drowned herself in the bathtub her son Louis on his return home from busi ness tonight washed dishes ho found on the table thinking she had gone shopping and waited fur her to appear Growing anxious lie went through the house and in the bath tub with a heavy blanket over the head he found her body Man Jailed as Pickpocket Dies of ractured Skull A thorough Investigation accord lig to Edward Conley deputy cor oner win be made to determine the uw of the death Thursday in Deceiving hospital of Louis Kramer 33 years old who was taken to that Institution from the county Jail with a fractured skull the day before Kramer an alleged pickpocket of Alfred street was arrested at noodward and Grand River ave last Saturday by Traffic rolfce nian Joseph Lessnau He was com nuttip t0 ula county jan to await 'lamination in municipal court Aloe Cousho in charge of the iarcot ward at the jail hospital that Kramer a drug addict II out of his cot Wednesday and siUNPit the injury from which ho 01(L Girls and Boys Magazine ree press 87 NO 19 9 Heir Of Ringling Goes Into Opera New Turk April Itbbert Ringling whose fatherand uncls picked the "big of the circus as the path to wealth and fame han foresworn the tanbark and the saw dust ring for an operatic career The' youthful sole heir to the mulU mlllton announced Thursday that he had signed a two year con tract for concert operatic and phonograph work under JC JiSin son manager for Tetrazzini and Tltto Ilufflo Young Wife Ries at Dawn to Take Vengeance for Alleged Insult Mrs Uessla Gutos 19 yeard old wife left her husband's bed at five Thursday morning and placed his automatic In her pockc' went to his testauraut at 4763 Casa avenue and shot tils partner and cousin George Viakos in the rightTist Thin she returned to he" home went back to bed and her husband knew nothing ot the event until the arrealed his wife These are excerpts from her state ment taken by the prosecutor Thursday Mrs Gutos who Ilves at 904 or est avenue west told Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ralph Clark that Viakos made advances to her some weeks ago she wa afraid to tell her husband and she continued to brood over th matter until Wednesday afternoon' when according li ncr statement sho de cided to punisn viaKos neraen cousin and Partner The latter la ft cousin ot Mrk Ini her husband and the two partners In a restaurant in Cass Toklo April 13 (By the Associ ated Press) Japanese troops have driven ths Chita government forces out of the neutral sone between them and the Vladivostok govern ment troops says a dispatch re ceived in Toklo from Vladivostok Ths Japanese have forced the Chita troops as far north as Shma kovka about 150 miles from Vlad ivostok and are approaching ths Usurt station a few miles farther north says the dispatch ins troops Olga Boston April With the cap ture Thursday of two men Boston police and federal narcotic officers said they had discovered a plot by which a gang of underworld char acters had robbed drug store's to obtain narcotics for use by robbers and others engaged In more serious crimes John Conley and Mark Eridge each 18 years of age were arrested after a struggle In the south Boston district They had 3 000 worth of drugs alleged to have been stolen from a drug store which Captain William Davis of Phila delphia "under cover" officer ot the federal narcotic squad said they had agreed to sell him while posing as a gunman Chita Army Driven Back By Japanese Charges Rum Running Plot of Nation wide Scope Department of Justice operatives Thursday arrested Joseph Mlchael skl ald by officers to live Junction avenue and are him in connection with an whisky running conspiracy ternational proportions States ommlsvioner 1 Hurd held the prisoner under $19 999 bond pending his removal Toledo where alleged confederates are being held Mlchaelski Is said by the depart ment of Justice to be a member ot a band With headquarters In Can ada and Mexico The gang meth od It is alleged was to consign a carload of whisky from Canada to Mexico and route it through the central states Various agent in cities through which the freight car would pass were notified of it number and given its description While passing through stales these agents would break the seal and take part of the whisky It Is alleged The car federal agents sav usually would arrive In Mexico emp ty As the person to whom it wu consigned expected It to be broken Into several route them was small chance for detection officers said ISADORA MOTHER DIES IN PARIS BOY SAVES GIUI Duluth Minn April Meric Brown aged eight tonight is the hero of Parkpoint Today lie rescued Mary Louise four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs A Senn from drown ing in Lake Superior MICHIGAN MAN HELD Chicago April 13 Three men idenlfled as David Verner heir to an English baronetcy A Kingsbury son of a for mer mayor Cassopolis Mich 'and Iloy Michaels of New York were arrested today on a charge of passing worthless checks totalling (1500 1 BODY OUND Stony Point April The nude body of a woman' about 19ycars old with theskull crushed in was found lato today in an isolated spot In mountains near her i Coroner William Stahlman said the woman had been dead at least nine months None of the clothing was found REUSE SCHOOL ORDEK i Corning Ark April 13 A1 though he held last night that the rule of the school board at' Knobel forbidding girl students from using face powder was' unjust Circuit Judge Bandy late today refused Miss Pearl Pugsley's application for a write of mandamus to compel the school board to readmit her to high school following her dismissal last September DETROIT MICHIGAN RIDAY APRIL 1 4 1922 TWENTY TWO PAGES PRICE: THREE CENTS 1'1' 'r 7 '7' 77 i I I I Easter In All Its Loveliness is pictured in delightful ways in the beautiful Easter num ber of the Rotogravure Section A reproduction of an un usual picture made in St Paul's Cathedral by Lee Redman forms the front page that perfectly typifies Easter A real live bunny posed for a series of Easter pictures that will delight the children The photographs are by Harry rees 'famous photographer of animal pets A most re markable and beautiful pic ture which expresses the spirit of springtime You will not want to miss the Easter number of The Detroit ree Press Scores of Services to Mark Good riday Observance 7 7 Stores will close and business generally will be suspended from noon today until 3 o'clock for ob servance of Good riday During the three hours scores of Good riday services will be held in all parts of the city by churches In connection with the services will be special music and sermons Univcrsallst and Unitarian church es will unite in their services Many ot the other deonminatlons will hold group services open to all in down town theaters The central downtowp service will be held in the Capitol theater on Broadway where it Is expected thousands will congregate Plot jp Uncovered To Steal Narcotics Get What You When you use Want Ads do always get what you "'ant a vast dififer 'nec in RESULTS If youmverlisc a certain thing for sale get a lot of prospects but make no sale the use A ree Lress AVant Ad W'll not only bring you the prospects but actually)1 what you wfint to sell ou will get! what you wantPect and pay for experience of Want Ad users They Know that a ree Press Want Ad gets the job done bfcfore afternoon newspaper is rn printed CALL AD TAKER main 9400 your' ad to any onenf pur 400 Want Ad Stations UhW One in y0U1 4 Declare Neither He Nor His Agents Defended Cr'nnian Convicted Bribe Taker James Ri Davis federal prohibi tion director for Michigan web comes an investigation ot his de partment nctl conskters it probable 'that additional Irregularities on the part of jniiic of his agents may bo un oviei he Mid ThUimay fol lowing the lecommendauon of Judge Arthur Tuttle Wednesday tn the United States district court that rfiice be probed by Attorney General Harry Daugh erty and the federal prohibition commlsslonet at Washington Judge Tuttle's demand for cleanup In the rank nt the prohi bition force In this stats was voiced In connection with his aantenclnit of Robert I Crtnnlan an agent on Davis's staff to serve three years In Atlanta penitentiary for accept ing a 1'40 bribe from a Wyandollo hotelkeeper Davis had previous ly Investigated the charge against Crinnian and exonerated him Khleld Crooks "I bellav It is my duty to stand back of any man In ny depart ment until am auro of his guilt" Davis assorted In explaining his at titude toward Crinnian Once 1 ftm convinced of a man a guilt I will be a severe as anyone could be I will not counts nunc ny thing that Is crooked It hen the ctubrge was first made that Crtnnlan had taken a bribe from Stinson the hotelkeeper I conducted an Inquiry end con cluded after considering ail the evidence that 1 wax able to gather to drop the matter Crinnian at that time was an important link in a ease we were Investigating and wa needed lit in court" I went cut of the city for ft few day after that and when I returned 1 learned that Crinnian had been kt rusted by department of I Justice aij'itts I immediately got In touch with Earl uuvis United States attorney end remarked to a him that nar evidence must have been found against Want you to push It' told the dis trict attorney will give you all (be assists niA In my power' amt did 1 gave red Hessler acting chief of the department of justice all the fact I "Nothing to Cover The attention of Davis wae called lint Inioronce contained In Judge Tuttle rutnarkg that a probe of lila department would disclose other Irregularities '1 think it quite probable that there aro the prohibition enforcement director said "becausa of the snares and temptations with which tno mun have to contend I want to make It plain that I wel come a most thorough Invoatlgav onflnned on Pas Two Column One SUSPECTED WHISKY ormer Prober Intimates New berry Townsend Tried to Halt Prosecution Detroit ree Ptmr bureau 302 Metropolitan Bank Rlditf? WashinRton Washington April Attorney General Daugherty Thursday night announced after conference with creditors of the Lincoln Motor company that' the government would Dress its claim for more than $9000000 against the receiver of the defunct company no doubt will promptly reach the fed eral court where the whole liability of the parties will be be continued vtj This statement followed tho warning issued by Representative Woodruff on the floor of the house Tuesday that he would move to im peach Mr Daugherty if he further interfered with prosecution ot the claim i Statement I Issued While a number of Detroit attor neys for creditors of the defunct Lincoln Motor company were pre senting pleas to Attorney General Daugherty behind closed doors Thursday afternoon II Scaife former official who until recently had lharge of investigating war contracts and who furnished the data as the basis of Mr charges against the attorney gen eral Issued a statement In which he attempted to implicate Senators Townsend and Newberry in the al leged obstruction to prosecution by the government of the claim against the Lincoln company Mr Scaife challenged tho truth of an interview given out by the attorney general in which the lat ter is reported as having advised Scaife to refrain from giving pub licity to the facts concerning the government's claim that the Lin coln Motor company had been over paid over $9000000 He said: Daugherty must have been misunderstood or misquoted be cause he never has mentioned the Lincoln Motor company case to me in his March 25 I did have rr rnnTorrnce with the attorney gen era) the purpose of which was to see that he became persofiltllyie qualnted with 'the conditldns that have since been disclosed on the floor ot congress Had Detailed Daugherty had before him my report ot March 18 which Mr Woodruff of Michigan read into the record on April 11 This report informed him that unless 1 action was taken the facts would bb given to the public He stated that he would have a conference with Col onel Goff and myself the following Continued on Three Column Three Tells Genoa Envoys Money Stabilizing Depends on Military Cuts BY GEORGE SEIDES Cable toThe ree Preu and Chicago 4 Tribune Genoa April 13 nrono sition for reconstruction if Europe next to disarmament contains points directly affecting America The almighty dollar will become the point of departure'for financial and economic discussion it the plan defined before the financial commission by President Rakowsky of the Ukraine soviet is accepted pound stand ing byo 'AvMJ: Russia wants fixed rates foA the dollar and 'the pound to 'weak money wants the dollar's purchas ing power stabilized and wants gold standard countries to give paper standard countries credits He Dlaarmnment one of Russia's big live did Thursday exactly what he told me he would He presented the disarmament question as ot first importance in every general discus sion at Genoa This caused Russia to come in conflict with Great Brit ain the same as Tchltcherin came in conflict with rance at the Initial historic session "My first Rakow sky told the commission disarmament because in financial reconstruction disarmament actual ly promotes Sir Robert Horne British presi dent of the commission Interrupted and declared the question had been suppressed at Genoa Be "But you cannot suppress the dis armament replied Ra kowsky: it IS barred out by doors it will come in by windows It is most Important because of largo Items of the budgets Armies cause new bond issues the van quished issue new money and even the neutrals in war are affected by losses of cbmmerce or stagnation and financial depression My first proposition is against the luxury of having armaments and against military I Kussia second point calls fixing of money rates between United States and England on Continued on Page Three Column avenue Before her husband awak ened Mrs Gutos arose obtained his army automatic revolver and left the house At the restaurant she began firing at Viakos who threw plates and pansi at her tn distract her alm He was successful In de stroying her marksmanship to such an extent that his injuries were confined to a slight wound on right wrist Mrs Gutos said she stopped firing when her supply of bullets was ex hausted but Detectives George Ny man and Oscsr Berry who arrested her later said two unexplodes cart ridges were found in the Charge He Gossiped Viakos according to Mrs statement has been circulating de rogatory gossip about her since the time of th alleged attack Viakos told police the whole matter was the result of ft financial deal be tween Mrs Gutos and himself He has been In' this country 10 years Nick Gutos ha been here for 20 year and Bessie came over seven year ago They have on child Teddy 13 months oM Tha hus band ik 33 vear old and served two and one half ars with the American troops UIIHHr TO IIANC PALYH by particular Dry Agents Jail Lorang of Highland Park Make $12000 Liquor Haul rank Lorang former justice of the peace In Highland Park was arrested by federal prohibition au thorities Thursday' afternoon after a raid at 'his home 105 Avalon avenue in which it is alleged more than 000 worth of liquor was confiscated A' v'The arrest raid followed a vigil ot five bourn at his home while the and Highland police" waited for a search warrant Two of the agents ac cording to their story went to the rantz Lorang hat store 155 Mich igan avenue in whic hhe is a part ner before noon and in a back room 'purchased some drinks and also five cases of liqttor at $100 a case from Mr Lorang As soon as they made themselves known Lorang agreed to go with them to his home and took them there in his own auto mobile 7 Arrived at the house they took no chance of legal technicalities but sent one of the party back downtown for a search warrant He did not return until nearly 4 o'clock and in the meantime the federal of ficers and a Highland Park patrol mafl watched to see that none of the liquor was carried away After all of the evidence had been secured tho former judge was tak en to Detroit police headquarters where he was locked up for the night He will be arraigned on a charge of selling liquor riday morning Mr Lorang was justice of peace in Greenfield township when High land Park became a city in 1918 and was automatically legislated out of office He seldom held court He was years employed in the Detroit postoffice before en tering the hat business 30 Minute Quake Hits South Region Death In TforiieSIlLIIOltCIM VICTIM LIVES Blood Poisoning Sets in When Sore Throat Causes Se vere Complications New York April John Mc Cormack world famous tenor Thursday night was reported by his physicians to be battling for his iifoin his Park avenue home where lie Is suffering from a severe affliction of the throat His physicians announced that while they believed the crisis was passed the singer was not out of danger "He is very HVrbut the crisis was passed last night" said Dr Harmon Smith one of the three attending physicians will be danger as long as the septic condition exists in Mr McCormack's throat S0ImacI fras taken seriously ill last Saturday Removed to his home ho was found to be suffering from a combination of throat af flictions diagnosed by Dr Smith as streptococcic sore throat and oderna ot the uvula Tliese complications were duo to a general infection of the throat causing blood poisoning On Monday according to tho Physicians the singer's throat had so swollen that he was threatened with death by choking He suffered a similar attack on Tuesday night the physicians said and was seri ously ill all day Wednesday his condition coming to a crisis Wed nesday night Members of Mr McCormack's family are at the bedside The singer has considerable difficulty in talking and his physicians have for bidden him to converse with Mrs 0 PRESS rTRD Tn HR Veteran Pole Touphed Up but Bengals Make Their Hits Count BY HARRY BULLION Cleveland April Though ths Tigers smote Joth George and Stanley Coveleskle as hard sod as often as the Indians solved the delivery of Howard Ehmkeaud Kennan Pillette they did not blend their safeties to such good purpose and a whole afternoon was spent by them in fruitless effort today To the last trench the Bengal fought their ancient foemen add they exhibited" more fervor than was shown the day before but jfhen Veach and Cutshaw expired in a double play that closed the re ntal the Cobbmen were beaten 8103 vj" Ho Two Bad Inning Two bad innings experienced by Ehmke eliminated the Tigers from any chance to reverse the verdict The Bengals clawed first at George Uhle who was obliged to leave the contest after coming in contact with a thrown ball and then Cove leskle but they didn't posess the happy faculty for grouping the safeties to good results There was a vast difference in the methods adopted by Ehmke and those pursued by the Indian gun ners however and the disparity provided tlio margin whereby the Indians finished tn the ascendency Both Uhie and Coveleskie compelled the Tigers to put men on the sacks through the power of their clubs while Ehmke generous to a fault provided gratis transportation to the Indians who surrounded the passes with sundry propelling in fluences that terminated ini visits to the plate Vv This About Ended It One spree on 'which "Ehmke strayed was sufficient to separate the Tiger from the iliopes of achieving ft victory Howard slipped the Indians three bases on balls In the stcifnd Inhlng and "ttrg'Ttt: dlans in turn wrenched four robust wallops which with a sacrifice fly netted five or four Innings subsequent "to the second Ehmke looked like' a stake horse and two hits both sin gles were all that broke the mo notonous way In which the Indians were turned back from tho plate but Howard soared again in the seventh where a combination of two singles and a pair of doubles accounted for three entirely super fluous markers i Uhle was original mound assignment but he was com piled to yield the post after Ehmke tunkrd hlni In the pitching arm in unflnned on 12 Column 1 WILLME DEATH Obstacle Relay Race Is ield Day eature Grammar School Girls Given 1 Special Incentive by ree i Press Prizes Grammar school girls preparing to compete for numerous medals and special prizes to be awarded the winners in Detroit public schools ield day June 9 by The Detroit ree Press are exercising great care in training for the Ob stacle relay probably the most in teresting event on the program for girls in junior and senior classifica tion A test of skill speed and ac curacy the obstacle relay annually has been well patronized by school entering representatives in field day competition This year with tho additional attraction in The ree special prizes for all winners girls are more anxious to carry off tho obstacle relay laurels Two hurdles each two feet and six inches high and one fence top crosi bar fpur feet and six Inches from tho ground' and lower cross bar two feet and six Inches from the ground make up the apparatus necesskry for the obstacle relay Tho race is run over a stretch of SO yards The first and third entrants start at one end of the lane tho second and fourth entrants at the other Twelve yards from the start at one end a hurdle is placed Twelve yards farther another hurdle is sta tion'd The fence Is erected at 13 yards from the second hurdle and 12 yards farther is a ditch seven feet wide The measurement of the last 12 yards from the ditch 'to starting poiut of second and fourth entrants amily Deterted in Old the Country Is Charge Note Book Prevent! Tragedy Romance tragedy alleged un faithfulness and alleged bigamy came to a culmination with a near fatal shooting In the house at 392 LaBelle avenue High land Park late Thursday in the presence of a girl wife who says she was betrayed in the far east of Constantinople Events leading up to the shoot ing as detail'd by Highland Park police involve Daniel George 719 Solvay avenue who is being held on a charge of felonious assault Kaspar Sarkisian his best friend and the man who was shot' a 20 year old 'Armenian girl and George's wife who Is said to be near death In Armenia Book Stop Bullet Sarkisian was saved from' death in the shooting Thursday night be cause he had in his coat pocket a leather bound book A bullet al leged to'have been fired by George was deflected by the book and im bedded Itself in Sarkisian's arm Highland Park police arrested George at 'the scene of the shoot ing with the weapon in hi hand they allege Here Romance Enter Then Romance entered George got as far a Constantinople In the narrow crooked streets of that city he caught the glances of a 20 year old war orphan It was a case of love at first eight according to Lieutenant I Cross of the High land Park police to whom these thing were related George fotgot about hl wife and hta children He asked the girl to marry him and she' consented Thus goes the story told Lieutenant Cross George brought his new bride to America The scene shifts to River Rouge George Nnd bls second wife were living In a cottage George became jealous of a neighbor There was a stabbllng affray The neighbor went to a hospital and George went to the county Jail 'j George eventual)jwas released from iftll While hn xi ttA kislan made (hi debut Into the drama Geohre telephoned Sarkis ian asking him to care for the Ar menian bride Sarkisian said he Wotild He placed the girl who wasmade homeless by arrest ln the rooming house' where the shooting last night occurred He had rooms there himself1' Ilenr of irst Wife While George was behind tho bars element entered into the plot The girl bride received a let ter from brother in the old country The letter which was ad dressed to George related in effectwo heard you wore coming home but that you met a girl in Constan tinople and came no further Your wife is having fainting spells and is very low Your children are wor The girl was disillusioned She told Sarkisian she never wanted to see George again George got out of jail He at tempted to reclaim wife No 2 He couldn't He became jealous ot Sar kisian The shooting followed BUSINESS TO HALT I AS CITY WORSHIPS DANCE AT ARCADIA TONIGHT Large ofchestrtJ Adm 15c Adv Seaway Debate at Chicago May 23 Chicago April 13 Governor from all middle western states will be Invited to attend the debate on the Great Lakes to ocean waterway May 23 before the Illinois Manu association Governor Miller of New York and Governor Allen of Kansas will be the de baters Relative of Prisoner Tips Off Authorities That Inmates Planned Getaway Seven convicts escaped from the house ot correction Thursday night So carefully did they lay their plans that their aMonce wag not noted by guards In the prison un til police ot the Davison avenue station tipped off by a relative ofone ot the prisoners telephoned that the break had boon made Police called the house of corieo tlon at 8:40 to Ml of the Jail break1 Guards said they knew nothing of it But after Investiga tion they found that prison ers were mlsulng Some Are Long Term Urn The escaped desperado' are: John Wilson 20 ear old sen tenced to from six months to a year for peddling drugs James Purcell 22 years old serv ing from 2 1 2 to 5 3 car for break ing and entering Harry Dean alias Henry R'bske 19 year old sentenced to from to 15 years tor assault rob James Cosgrove 21 years old 3 to 5 year sentence for Walter Wakdwskl 20 year old serving from 4 to ip years for stealing an automobile John Tatrukus alias Meyers 27 years old serving from 2 to 15 year for assault with intent to rob Joe Burnski alia Tursky year old serving from 7 2 to years for breaking and entering the night time imrnBKt arm Bntrukus cafiie to Detroit from The other have families In Detroit i Jump Trent The prisoners escaped by leaping Jrom a third story Window' to the roof of as wtnr the in then sliding from the roof to the ground on a rope they hud mad' readys The exact hour of their 'scape not kluWn but it ia be lloved to have been at least 1J min utes before an alarm was e'emulM? UW through which the 11 oorn bervice there adjourned shortly after o'clock The prls to tlielrvcells and the chapel was left empty pre sumably loiter investigation led to the statement by stuts "rerlntendent of the prison that the convicts probably had bld den in an iinte chamher in the chapel during services and had emerged after the room had been emptied It was then he believes they escaped He did not comment on how they had opportunity to hide in the ante chamber Wilson it was learned had ob tained a rope from tho prison fac tory and placed It on the roof of the wing adjoining the chapel He was a painter at the Institution and the Job gave him the opportunity he needed Step ather Gives Tip 1 The first Intimation of the break was received by Police Sergeant Winters of the Davison avenue sta tion The step father of one of the escaped desperadoes appeared at the station and presented a note in which he was asked to pack a grip with clothes and include some motley The note was signed by one of the prisoners who wrote that all was ready for an escape The approximate hour at which the break would be made was given Winters noticed that the hour al ready had passed and called the house ot correction and told guards been a Jt was then the Investigation began Police sent out a general alarm and filer were dispatched to patrol tho neighborhood of the house of Correction within a radius of miles No one could bo found who had seen th' convicts although they were clothed In the regulation blue denim shirts and overalls Descrip tions of tho men were sent to neigh boring cities and poilco were re quested to be on the watch The prisoners reached the ground at the southeast corner nt the house of correction It is believed that before their absence had been no ticed they had fled far from the neighborhood in an automobile that was seen near by Kir I 1 It.

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