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PUBLIC library 5 JBjetwit Jfm I I'll I I I WEATHER air 11 4 VOlT 87 NO 200 DETROIT MICHIGAN SATURDAY APRIL 15 1922 HEIGHT EEN PAGES PRICE: THREE CENTS STARTS MA OBE CITY PRISON ESCAPE SENATOR JOSEPH RANCE GENERAL TIARAS BEASLAL MONEY PLANT CLOUD CLEARED WOODRU NOT TO QUIT IGHT I klrta 1 been drowned Some I action i would A have carrb out my threat to moveU1LlnB ham t0 1ay 0t of hH Impeachment It Is high time Im WerB unabe t0 the department uf justice forgot the lr nogs and en after GETS DIVORCE Is of Cuts Own Throat To Cheat Gallows ASKS SENATOR BE PROSECUTED IS HERE TODAY TO URGE AID OR DISABLED VETS nt an iinusu1 Pt Ca Redman form that perfectly WOULD OUST HIM OR LETTERS TO GENOA DELEGATES Good School Athletes Must Be Good Pupils Scientist Lauds Evolution Theory LEVEE breakson MISSISSIPPI HEAR CAIRO ILL 14 CONVICTS HAVE LED SINCE IRST YEAR IRST VENTURE EMPTIES SEVEN SAES Mr Buffering from an ailment Norfolk April Six firemen were Injured three probably fatally when two Are truck met In a on collision here riday Both ma chines were wracked none of the occupant eacaplng unhurt Rebels or Centuries Liberty Mocks Irish Never Again Prepare Be hind Another Says Legion Chief Even Greatest Cynic alls Victim to Cupid national Legion chief was to In Detroit at 3 a today national tour Inspection already has taken him into since last November Chicago April 14 Chicago's 40 000 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America expect to establish their own bank to be known as the Amalgamated Bank and Trust company it was an nounced riday The new institu tion will open this spring with a capital of 200000 and surplus of $100000 it was stated and the funds of the national organization Including 150000 members will be banked here 30 eet of Side Could Be Pushed Out is Admission of Superintendent Columbus April Modern the orists who refuse to accept the doc trine of evolution were character ized as ignorant and prejudiced by Professor Osburn president of the Ohio Academy n( Science in an address before that body here tonight Chicago Workers To Establish Bank $50XM) Taken tn Clrvrland 1 Cleveland Ohio April Dia monds and other jewels at more than $50000 were secured by three robbers Just before noon rl I day In a daring daylight holdup of the store of Max Kiirjan in the Hanna building on Euclid avenue Only one of the robbers was masked I After looting the store of gems the robbers made a getaway and fled in the crowd of downtown shoppers little fry for a time and go after someof the big powerful offenders" A conference which Representa tive Wdndruft had riday with Sen ator Hiram Johnson of California is viewed by political observers as significant While Woodruff would not say what the purpose of tho meeting was It fa believed that Johnson and other Republican sen who do not harmonize with the administration are preparing to open up oratorical guns against tho attorney general nnd the secretary of war on the floor of the senate taST PEORIA RESIDENTS LEE CITY IN TRACTORS Storm Raging in Northwest Is Expected Here Sunday Leave the new suit on the back of a bedroom chair Sunday and the new dress and satin pumps In the cloth a press Normar Conger in charge of the local 'flees of the United States weather bureau say he's afraid the weather will bo stormy However weather men are not always infallible Many fair flappers who have purchased new silk hose and periwinkle hate take the attitude of the scrivener who wrote a motto now hanging on the walls of sundry and various police stations The motto Is "Don't give up the hearse comes around" Conger bases hl" prediction on the fact that a storm Is raging In the Canadian northwest It is due to drift down this way about Sun day he says Generally fair weather is predict ed for southern states and that por tion of the country west of the Mississippi Watchman of Building roth Which $100000 I Taken Admits Complicity New York April 14 Police Cotn 4 mlssloner Enright riday ordered all precinct captains to "sleep on 1 i their arms" after detectives had revealed an alleged plot of gang stars systematically to rob office gafes below the "dead line" In tho downtown financial section 1 The order whlrtl followed a con I fession said to have been made by I George Breckenridge a night watchman In which he Involved a band of safe crackers and a girl accomplice In the robbery of seven offices in a single building Thurs day night directed the precinct espe tains to remain on duty virtual! 24 hour! a day sleeping at the station houses Instead of going home a had been the custom All Vacation End In addition Commissioner En I right temporarily abolished the po Hee vacation list thus keeping on active duty 200 men a week wh were scheduled for leave of abl sence A considerable of these men will be available for extra patrol duty1 in the financial district it wa sold The order was to become ef fvctlve at midnight Breckenridge was still In custody' riday night while police aoughc the stenographer known a Raby" former pal of a prisoner at Sing Sing "Gay Baby" according to tho watchman's alleged confeaalon was an advance worker for the band1 which 'Thursday night a 20 story insurance building crack ed safes on seven floors and 1 with booty estimated at near ly $100000 Breckenridge who flrat said he had been slugged into un consciousness bound and gagged by the bsndlls later admitted ho aided them jn their work po lice assert Aaotber Itobbery Listed i i Another robbery was added ri day to the long Hat which detec fives are trying to clear up when John A Hance Broadway broker Informed the police that burglars had roused him and his wife from bed and compelled them to reveal! where the family Jewels and east were kept The burglars entered the home hy a third story window Hance re ported and left by the same route taking with them several thousand dollar" worth of jewelry and $20!) 1 In cash Lakeville Miss April 14 Maney Kelly under sentence to be hanged here at noon Saturday for the mur der of Prohibition Officer Greene and Town Marshal Dunham at Brighton near here more than a year ago today cheated tho gal lows by committing suicide With a small pocket knife ho had con cealed In his shoe Kelly slashed his throat In the presence of the minis ter and as'tha procession of offi cials was formed to conduct him to the place of execution Mall Robbery Attempt oiled Special to Th ree Pmi Granite City HI April A daring attempt hy a lone robber to 1 rob a United States mall truck of In currency was foiled short i Jy before noon riday by the watchfulness of postotflee Inspectors' stationed along th route Which th truck followed ollowing pistol duel In which a score of shots whistled through the streets of the business eotkn of town Paddy Conway of fit Louis former convict was arrested charged with the attempted holdup Bobber Clue ound Special to Ttw ree Press Oklahoma City April 14 Kay county deputies believe they had obtained a clue to two robbers who robbed the Cncas State bank st Un cas about 20 miles north and west of here securing almost $2000 tn I cash and Liberty bonds The rob bora after obtaining th funds from the bank crossed the Arkansas river Into the Osage country Ati noon travelers reported having en two men In an abandoned cabin opposite the Arkansas river Easter in All Its Loveliness in Sunday ree Press Rotogravure A reproduction picture made In thedral by Ize the front page tvnlflea Easter A roil live bunny posed for a series of Easter picture that wlH delight the children Tho photo graphs are by Harry rees famous photographer of animal pete A most remark able and beautiful picture which expresses the spirit of spring time our Pages of Magic Easter Pictures for Boys and Girls Isn't that exciting? Eggs and rabbits and flowers aU waiting for you to brush them with clear tnd then oh what col ors! Bister takes little Bobby to church Holland Kiddles Hunt for Eastr Eggs The airy Prince Shows Zenna Mae just where to look for eggs There are also stories for boys and girls a page of pussies an Easter Basket Cut Out toy Bed Time Tales for ths little folk Scout nows and a number of other good features for every member of th family In Sunday ree Press boys who are less than lo years of age according to grade report Any boy under 15 regardless of whether ho 1" In high school or the grades may entert Boys who have passed their fifteenth birth day but not their seventeenth may enter only by accepting a handicap of five per cent on the total num ber of points they cam Boys 17 or over are not eligible to compete Skill Endurance Teat All discounts for hoys over 15 years of age will be made before awarding medals Any boy qualify ing for a gold medal will receive it regardless of the grade ho may happen to be in at the time In entering candidates In tho de cathlon In which The ree Press will also present medals and prizes schools are urged to enter all boys who have made the required num ber of points in their school trials Th decathlon is considered to bo a check on the accuracy with which th trials are recorded as well as a test of endurance speed and skill of the entrants School yards throughout th city have been the scenes of activity during vacation week 1th the permission of school authorities the jumping standards have been out much of the time for use of boys intending to try to qualify for this event In the field day Although the approach of decath lon and pentathlon events Is anx iously awaited by the scohol chil dren field day still remains the most popular because of the larger number of prizes to be given by The ree Press and the opportunity for more boys and girls to com pete 1 arrange rot partv for ARCADIA EASTER SIOADAV Biggest dance of the season Spec tators ljivlted Adm 20c 30c Adv era at its hotel suite' and let it go at that Its whole alm may be summed up In one sentence of the 35 yiar old general who has seen enough action to liberally pepper 60 years of life: "Opponents of the ree State al ready have given evidence of their Continued on Page Three Column Six make response Even upon being reminded that the public importance of the controversy outweighed any sens of personal privacy he again refused to discuss th letter When pressed for some answer Shaw left town At his Adelphi terrace house where Sir James Barrie say ho used to se Mrs Campbell visiting him when she visiting Sir James his secretary refuses to di vulge his address Insisting that he has left the country Mrs Campbell likewise stands up on what appears In the book that tho letters were written purely to amuse a sick woman Hut those among her friends who have seen the advance proofs smile slyly and say that notwithstanding the di verting character of the letters and they certainly are diverting In beat vein there wae some thing real revealed beneath the skin of the world's champion cynlo where women are concerned Those same friends insist that In like manner th most human quali ties He beneath Shaw's super hu manity and he Is actually the gentlest most amiable sort of creature most likely to fall under the spell of Mr Campbell (CoprriSht 1SH by Ney York HwaMI DETROIT'S gMARTEST DANCERS dance at the PALAIS DH DANSE loyd music unsurpassed Adv SINGER Worcester Mass April Harrington Botassl of Shrewsbury a concert and op era singer wes granted a dl vorce from her husband Botassl of Athens Greece by Judge Sanderson in the superior court today She charged deser tion HUNT OR PREACHER Peoria 111 April wards totaling several hundred dollars have been offered to night for word that would lead to the whereabouts of Rev Leach Methodist minister who disappeared Wednesday night after delivering a sermon In his church Included was a $100 reward hy a local paper for which the minister formerly was a feature writer PLANS I ARB REVEALEDt BV JAILED No Thefts or Serious Irregular ities ound in Engraving Bureau Inventory Ill' ARTHUR SEARS IIIINNINIL Special to The ree Press end Chicago Tribune Washington April No thefts bond duplication or other serious irregularities have been disclosed up to date by the audit of the bu reau of engraving and printing which practically was completed riday night according to the treasury department Minor discrepancies in account ing for the number of sheets of bank note paper transferred from one division to another have been discovered but no shortage In the amount of paper and completed cur rency and securities which should be on hand a high treasury official stated Spurious Bond There are no spurious fraudulent or otherwise unauthorized Liberty bonds or other securities or cur rency in circulation it further was stated No one who has Invested In Liberty bonds need fear that he will lose his money Th bureau which has been shut down since Its reorganization by President executive order summarily discharging Director Wilmoth and 29 other employes will resume operations Saturday except In one division where 15000000 pieces of paper remain to be count ed After the count is complete it will take about a week to compare the tallies for the final report of the audit to the president That bonds with duplicate num bers are in circulation has been established but they are not fraud ulent bonds according to the treas ury and tho number of bonds in circulation does not exceed tho authorized number Bonds present ed at the treasury for redemption have been found to bear duplicate numbers in some instances but they have been redeemed without question The interest account was found to balance regularly showing that the number of bonds In circu lation was not In excess of the number authorized and even tho bonds bearing dupllacte numbers also bore the Initials of tho regis Coatlnaed on Pate Two Colnmn ive Sunday ree Press Want Ads Must Be in At 12 Today If you're expecting to accom plish something worth while tomorrow to turn a deal to acquire help to sell a bath tub or a go cart or what not get your Sunday ree Press Want Ad in before twelve today come down to work Monday morn ing with the consciousness that the j'ob has been done and done well through ree Press Want Ads GALL AD TAKER MAIN 9400 or take your ad to any one of our 400 Want Ad Stations one in your neigh borhood "Our laws ar pitifully Inads to protect us against interna tional conspiracies but we seem to have a law to meet this particular offense The law against criminal correspondence with foreign gov ernments It enforced would go a long way to stop most if not all of the internationalist pacifist plot to make America defensele "We intend to do our utmot to have the law enforced We re not Interested at all In Henator rance except insofar as hl conspicuous Internationalist activities are en gaging' th nation and should be curtailed by enforcement of the law" 6 iremen InjuredIs Trucks Crash (Photo by Underwood Undarwood T) MME IXBIMO Mme Lubtmoff wlfo of the former Rulan roxernor genera! who Is reported to have been uTsated for alleged participation In a Czarist plot In Poland Before her marriage she was the CounteM podhorena a Polish millionairess and great land owner Politicians nnd quicksand were ths principal cause of the first mur muring Next Tuesday la election day and aldermen yhw with rrptexlty tho fact poll ing places In five wards are underater Tho law provides a polling place but Illinois river is filling tho polls fuller every hbur Quicksand beneath the city had nrajgcd down two large houses and had engulfed lrlck pavements in different part of the city so that travel by foot is no longer safe and boats were the two means ar travel Thursday Now there is only one safe by boat Hepnrt of aufferinir of farmers In flooded districts "about the city of the countless chickens and to GoUnder Knife Again I New York April John Mr Cormack famoim Irish tenor who ha been dangerously lit with auucimn "i io inrot will nave to undergo another operation to clear his throat of pus formations' HI physician Dr A Pont stated riday that by Monday the singer's throat which was still bad ly swollen would be ready for an other lancing Eligibility Tests Required En trants Study Hard for ree Press Prjzes Bettor athletics balanced by bet ter school work will be the goal of all grammar and Intermediate grade boys and girls with tho re sumption of sessions Monday after a week of vacationing during which time many of tho children started earnest training for ield day June when The Detroit ree Press Is to present medals and special prizes to winners among 8000 com petitors Tho department of health educa tion realizing tho attraction In th additional prizes promised by The ree Press may tend to overlndul gence In athletics by some students will see that eligibility rules as re spects competition In field day events the pentathlon and decath lon are rigidly observed He In Good Standing To bo eligible to compete June 9 In thjO field day games tho pen tathlon decathlon or any othst branch of athletics a pupil must ho in good standing in school and must not have been absent for more than five consecutive days next pre ceding the time of competition Aside from tho eligibility rule which holds a student must bo in good standing from the' view of good school work and attendance the ago of the contestant Is taken from the age grade report of Sep tember This age holds during the first semester andl one half year is added to obtain the age for the second semester Decathlon trials are now held for Splendid Sunday Reading Too MThe Paneled Boom' an antas Inu mystery novel by Rupert Sar gent IJnlfand 'Pat' Lot Af fair one of the nioet extraordi nary autobloyrephtoa ever writ ten revrallnir Intlniete love Ut ters written to the famous ac trees by some of the world's bestknown men "What 1 the Matter With the American lamlly?" Dr Charles Thwlng President Emeritus of Western Reserve be lieves it suffers because of tho outside interest wives and moth ers have acquired Rainy Sunday Another delightful story by Jack Lsit ree State General Says It Will Take Years to Develop Creative Energies The resplendent keys to tho city automobile ride around Belle Isle and visit to the ord plant De standard and nifty symbols of good will to guests went to the wrong parties A terrible error has been made Tho man to whom thov should have been presented arrived riday and apparently the municipal key ring was bare for there was no one around to present all or any onu of tho fellcitoua tokens to General Piaras Beaslal of Ireland He was at the Statler In tho evening head ing a commission from the Irish ree State Mind Hi Own Buaincs General Bcaalal voiced no Imper tinent opinions about' American women lie is not lecturing at the A or Orchestra hal at price he Is leaving the city for Chicago Saturday and his country does not want to borrow any money from the United States He never read Street" he told no luscious gags beginning and Mike were walking down tho street and he vented no irony or fulsome eulogy on American politics More over as one of his followers put it he had no illusion that tho gon falon of self determination was more than a temporary banner The commission called on Rt Rev Michael Gallagher in the evening afterwards met various Irish lead Letters of Shaw to Mrs Pat Campbell Reveal Ironist as Human After AH London April Was George Bernard Shaw In love with Mrs Pat Campbell the actress? That query with the news of the forth coming publication of Mrs Camp memoirs including a series of Shavian love letters has set Bohemian London buzzing Thar 1 no doubt of the genuine ness of letter" nor any doubt of th prlma facie warmth Hut Mr Campbell In presenting them say that as Shaw In timates call him wrote them mere ly to amusa and divert her at ths time she lay gravely 111 following a taxicab accident just after the war A woman whom Mrs Campbell mention a her "dear st and who also 1 on of Shaw clos est friend" told the correspondent however that she believed though Shaw may have begun the letter to amine th sick woman he ended by blng seriously singed The playwright himself refuses to discus th latter Reminded that the question was likely to rang among th great historic contro versies around the sentiment of public characters he declined to Reassurances and Action in Lincoln Cate ail to Silence Wolverine i Detroit ree Bureau 3V3 Metropolitan Lark Bldj Washington Washington April President Harding said riday that he personally knew the particulars concerning the government's 88 000000 claim against the Lincoln Motor company He said that there was nothing Irregular in the way in which the government Thursday night took steps to press for pay ment He further added that there was no neglect in protecting the interest in getting back other overpayments to war contractors He admitted how ever that thera may have been some errors In the face of reassurances vfrom the president Congressman Wood ruff still maintains that' the attor ney general has neglected to take action on the following claims which have been printed to him by the war department: Wright Martin Aircraft corpora tion $526747676 American Electro Products cont pany $205726172 Dayton Wright company $2s54 263 27 Bosch Magneto company $7000 000 Time to Get Hlg ry Woodruff Say "These rases have been in the hands of tho department of justice for said Woodruff riday through political Influence some one has beeif able to block oral action bythe department of justir I am however gratified to see that the attorney general ordered tho claim agalnsff the Lin ln Motor company pressed If he 'J 1 Police Head Holds All Cep tains on Duty Day and Night Cancels All Vacations Open Break ollows Months of Disagreement Washington April Woodrow blunt and unqualified re Pudiation of the so called "Wilson meMaK" delivered to the National club banquet In night by his ex set Tumulty brought riday of tho fact enoa i to Inside Democratic circles caPhal for months that a 'Gded coolness exists between Mr and Is former aid inK Mr' public dls that Tumulty is his spokos In things political lies a story tJamenL tcadllz rowln os J1'1 'ondltlon would have broughtout an open split before Mr Wil the White House It not been lorJ? of the former pres anu embarrassment that a course would have entailed hi trying last days In the House during Mr Wilson's abroad when Tumulty lit conducted the executive end nCCordlnr t0 hi0 president Is said to highly displeased at some Suri Pbllclea of the White House aurlnS hl absence dancers wim attend ABCAniA TONIGHT ua any other place In the country 4i5'' orchestra Spectator's balcony ami 20c Adv hTR0X CKEAMTRT BUTTER nurned frrh dally At grocra 75000 Acres Mostly Com in Peril Quicksand Swallows Beardstown Houses I Arkansas Town is Submerged New Orleans eels Safe Though River Rises St Louis Mo April A terrific hail and wind storm caused damage estimated at300000 in' eastern Missouri and southern Illinois today The storm was accompanied by unusual darkness A 60 niile an hour gale uprooted trees smashed plate glass win dows carried off roofs tore i down chimneys threw pedes trians against buildings ly ing debris injured several per (ons Windows of trains en route to this city were broken by the hail which was report ed to have been three inches 1 deep at Hermann Mo 11 Cairo IDs April Two hun dred feet of the main levee at Aldridge near where the big I Muddy river enters the Mississippi collapsed and the water I probably trill overrun 75000 or 80 000 acres of land according to a report received here The report of the collapse was received at the local office of the Missouri Pacific railroad The 1 threatened area Is principally low lands and no loss of life is expect ed A great part or tneiana under cultivation and thousands acres of corn are endangered Qelckaand Vndgr City Beardstown Hl April 14 (By th Associated Press) Exodus of homeless from the flooded city of Beardstown started riday Habit able house are cramped Three fourths of the people are homeless Water has risen above all previous hlghta and riday developed a menacing current through streets which added baleful evidence of quicksand caused the first outward eigne of anxiety The Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad the only line remaining In operation had workmen building their tracks higher in the hope they may survive the flood's crest Uniforms of the Salvation Army were seen In many parts of the city Baked doughnuts were car ried by boat to second story dwoll 4r and to 500 or more persons living huddled In tents when voer re elected Perry Steven to the rural high school hoard giving him 1IH vote to 20 for Seth enton abort klrt candidate Steven achieved notoriety when the school hoard nt which lie was bend decreed that thr skirt of Klrl pupil must extend three Inches below their knee inland inode skirt enm pulgn lime friend of Steven averring Xhat he was doing the right thing for the home mid youth of the commuully while enton' backer nld national llhertle were la danger from Much order Woman Wants to Punish rance for His Letters to oreign Envoys Special to Th re Pr anl Chicago Tribune Washington April ormal complaint was Bled here riday against Senator Joseph I rance Maryland by Miss Mary ECU breth of New York vice president of the Woman Patriot Publishing company who asks the attorney general to prosecute the senator from Maryland tor alleged violation of the statute prohibiting criminal correspondence with foreign gov ernments because of his comunl cations to foreign delegates to the Genoa conference Miss Kllbreth cite the statut with the fact that tn 1920 President Wilson held even the Republican' candidate for president to account ability under It She cite cable messages sent by Senator rance April 11 to Lloyd 'George Barthou acta Wirth and Tchltcherin at the Genoa conference a violation of the act Text of Iter iSiitemcnt In making het complaint public Miss Kllbreth iucd th following atatementi "We have documentary evidence that a number of llien men and women are engaged In criminal correspondence with agents of for eign governments In violation of the law or engaged in International cosplraclc to defeat measures and cripple the army and navy of the United States We have been sub mitting much evlderfce to the proper government authorities for some time "Moreover Sinister lobbies of an International character are operat ing 'pressure' systems on both legislative and executive branches of our government But when a United State" senator openly ap peals to German Socialist and Rus sian bolshevlkl to bring on his own government in order to further one of his pet measures the time has come to call a halt by criminal prosecution It the formal complaint of a citizen to the attor ney general can accomplish that result MAC WIDER HITS PROPOSED GUT IN NAH ORGES Long Skirt Issue Wins Re election To'Schopl Board inland Ku Aprilweeping vlefory for PLOT TO LOOT NEW YORK INANCIAL DISTRICT IS UNCOVERED Banquet at Temple at 6 to Be ollowed by Armory Mass Meeting Deploring the reduction in naval man power as recommended in congressional committee on tho naval appropriation Hanford Mac Nider national commander of the American Legton who is to bo the guest of Michigan Legfonalres in Detroit today declared through his secretary riday night that again can we hope to prepare be hind the fleet of another nation as we did in the World The arrive In a which 44 states Speaking on an average of five times a d2v MacNlder has strenu ously urged that congressional dele gations be asked to vote for the of the Langley bill which provides for the expenditure of ap proximately $19000000 for hos pitals for disabled soldiers The welfare of the war's disabled' has been the keynote of his addresses throughout the country ought Cut rom Start Since the beginning of the dis cussion on the naval reduction ques tion MacNlder has fought valllantly the proposed reduction in navy per sonnel George Harvey his sec retary who arrived in Detroit late rldav authorized the following statement by MacNlder on the naval question: of the drastic reduction In man power of the American navy proposed in committee amendments to the naval appropriation bill now before congress the American Legion desire to place itself on record as being squarely behind the president In his wise and patriotic stand for the retention of a suffi cient number of officers and men adequately to man the fleet remain ing to America under the five flve ratio agreed upon at the Washington conference on the limitation of armaments and recent ly ratified by the senate safety of our whole coun try depends flrst'of all upon the navy irst Ilne nt Defense "It is our first line of national defense in time of war ahd must be kept as an impregnable bulwark behind which complete national mobilization can be effected Never again can hope to prepare be hind the fleet of another nation as we did In the World war "That officer" and men must be trained for war in time of peace was shown in the late war when we spent the first year of mi par ticipation In expanding and training our navy for action due to its un readiness But In of the fact that the recent ordering out of com mUion of 150 destroyers was not required under the naval treaty the congressional committee now recom mendR further restrictions which will necessitate our tying up so many additional ships that Amer ratio will be actually Ij88 than three as compared to the five pro vlded for as our relative standing i among great navies of the world would place America In the position of a second class naval a position which those wno served with the colors during the World war believe would be disas trous for many reasons It would threaten our position in interna tional politically and com mercially weaicen our himimiviir of the Monroe doctrine and other policies particularly American and might render our voice when future suggestions for further reductions In international "al strength are brought forward The of falsa security enKcndcre by unmanned ships would bo fatal In times of stress "The American Legion is Aquarely behind tho administration in its stand and believes that when the Continued on Page Three Colamn ourLATEST wire flashes RECTOR IS MISSING Duluth Minn April thnrlties tonight were investi gating the disappearance of George Jerome Dickinson acting rector of the Church of the Ascension who has been missing since Tuesday MURDERER IS bunged Belton Texas 'April George Hornsby 28 I paid the extreme penalty on the scat ford here today for the murder of Weatherby automobile dealer at Brownwood last year Hornsby In a speech on the scaf fold reiterated his Innocence GHONNA resting wkiu Rochester Minn April Dr Mayo who operated on A Gronna former United States senator from North Da kota Wednesday said that hi condition tonight as "good as could be expected Mr Grnnna 1 abdominal Only ive Have Been Recap tured and Returned Leav ing Nine at Liberty Mayor James Coubens has start ed an Investigation into the "weak hess" la the administration of the House of Correction which Is al lowing prisoners to escapo in a way that Is decidedly Irritating to the mayor The Irritation la shown In tho letter which he sent riday afternoon to red Butzel president of the board of commis sioners of tho house of correction The letter follows: "Dear Sir: I note In this morn press that seven more prison er have escaped from th house of correction "It seems to me that every few days I hear something to this effect and I would like tn have a report of this matter In particular and a general statement as to what we may expect of th board with rela tion to this weakness In the admin istration of the institution "Your very truly "James Couzens 4 Only Superintendent Stutsman's comment on the escape of seven prisoners Thursday night and of 14 since January 1 was the frank admission that if prisoners want to get out of the workhouse they can and will get out "The morale of our prisoners Is the only real wall wo have" said Superintendent Stutsman "We are overcrowded the build ing Is not fitted to keep prisoner jn and It would cost a half million dollar" to make It strong enough to prevent escapes" he added "I can show you walla here In the factory and shops where the long termers as well a the short termers work that a man can go through In 15 minutes of easy work I can show you 36 fcot'ot wall that a man could push his way through and probably bring down the roof with It" Could Easily Escape He pointed to a long row of semi basement window visible from the office are prisoners in there" he said "There even a heavy screen over thoe window No bar Just metnl sash The men could get out of there In five min utes if they tried to Only the morale of the Institution keeps them In" Superintendent tutsmsn pointed to an ordinary cross wlro screen on the office window "That's the sort of bar that th "even mn escaped through from the chapel gallery last night" he sold "You see there wasn't much to pevent their get ting out" Superintendent Stutsman was alli ed whether there was any way in which long termers or doubtful prisoners could be kept In the strong part of the house of correc tion while "trusties" could be al lowed In the less secure portions He said there was not "Wo are was his Continued on rage Three Column Two STORMY WEATHER EASTER PREDICTION liVa tht lf hnca Refagee BI Stores Peo la in April 14 Tractors sre being used to take residents ana their belongings out of the Mit Peoria drainage nnd develop ment district following warning 'ns dike Is not expected to with on Pago Two Column ive TUMULTTHROUGH AS 1 IM II ARCAIH ATERNOON Student" Invlt Adv HIE IEll BALIHOOM dancing party tonight WEALTHY WOMAN HELD AS CZARIST PLOTTER REPORT OS 2' a jr i IV mH 1 te I 1 ywz a.