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INAL WEATHER EDITION air 2 4 8 VOL' 87 2 KILLED IN IGHT WITH OUTLAWS TO DAUGHERTY NEAR METAMORA 4 and MILES MIIK1EY JOHXSOX 3 HUGE STEEL IRMS MERGE BANKERS LAUD RESERVE CHIE By 1 LA OLLETTE OES TALMADGE BEGIN CAMPAIGN resolution the GRANTED DIVORCE A a I AT WK ON POLE LATEST WIRE LASHES if Isle Decathlon ield 1 Oser Amours Wont fluid day conviction however that A i 1 IN DODGING BOY BELAST IRING IS INCESSANT II SLAIN 43 HURT HE GRABS SENATOR AS IGHT NEARLY DISRUPTS SESSIQN RAUD INQUIRY DEATH IS LAID 2 Pursuers Are Hit As ugitives Battle ROW ON TARI ENDS AS TWO CLENCH praised Gov hla "loyalty conscientious THE I'lHH 11 tLMlOOM fordone who appixdatc Adv gen non bear their for and PRISONER CALLED BAD CHECK PASSER atno York for Instance has the silliest cheapest of this man John Dylan while Chicago In William Hale Thompson has a Continued on Pnge Three Column Three Steamers leave dally for Buffalo 11 tot Cleve Adv 1 Pinchot Justifies $120000 Vote und Pair Locked Up Robbed of $25000 BITTER INSINUATIONS HURLED BY BOTH SIDES MACHINE GUNS RIDDLE REUGE dltN In their wnmp biding place ii nd elided lhe buttle I A Republicans Organize to Beat Candidates THREE CENTS UPROAR IS STARTED BY VOTE ON BRICKS Attorney General Influenced Committee Vote is Charge in Heated Debate 500 armers Police Chase Thugs to Swamp Shopkeeper Complains Captive Gave Worthless Paper In the arrest Thursday of Christo pher Harleston 41 years old 435 East Columbia street the police do elure they have corralled an Indus trious passer of bad checks Harleston was locked up charged with uttering and publishing two worthless checks totaling $14 4 on the irst State bank He was taken into custody at a notion store on Gratiot avenue The shopkeep said Harleston bought $20 worth of merchandise Wednesday tendering a check 'for $146 which Grand could not cash at the time Harleston it is alleged promised to come back 'Thursday for his change When he appeared Grand sent for the police Detective Lieutenants John Hayes and James Redmond say they found Ire HarJoston's rooms checks purporting to have been signed by Krotzlk 672 East Kirby avenue They state Krotzlk declared the signature was not his Poindexter McCumber Grap ple for Minute As Rebate Grows Heated al Woodruff Admits Setback but Promises ight Will Continue Washington June The war frauds fight raging for days in tho senate broke with unexpected fury In the house Thursday 10 minutes after the rules committee had re scinded its action in giving right of way to a Republican resolution for investigation of thy lack of government prosecution of alleged war gratters Charges by Chairman Campbell of the coininitteo that the Democratic attacks on Attorney General Daugh erty was the only way in which they could war crooks" threw the house Into disorder There were cheers from the Republicans while the Democrats were silent save one who hissed Chicago June A new hydro aeroplane line to operate this sum mer between Chicago and points north to Mackinac for the benefitf Chicago summer residents ofMichigan resorts was launched Thursday when a trial trip was made to Benton Harbor At present there are three In operation but four more will bo added Truth in ord Leland Breach Rumors Declares Attorney Persistent rumors of a breach between the ord and Leland in terests in the Lincoln Motor Car company and of resultant sweep ing changes such as the resigna tions of Henry Leland and Wil fred Leland and a general shake up in the organization were said Thursday to be without foun dation and probably based on general which natu rally resulted when Henry ord and Edscl ord purchased the Lincoln plant taking it out of the hands of a receiver Harold mmons attorney in Lincoln company matters declared Thursday that neither of those exe cutives had resigned and added that only adjustments such as nat urally followed the acquisition of the big Lincoln plant by the ords liuil been made and are still being made but that no major changes in the organization had occurred ilther In the sales or executive de partments Several changes the personnel of the organization and some shifts from one department to another have occurred It is stated and these ehangfs are believed to have given rise to the widespread rumors cur rent In financial and shop circles and told in the form of a variety of vert'ons of a Magazine Section ree Press Midvale Republic and Inland Companies Complete Deal New York June 1 Thomas Chadbourne attorney late Thurs day announced adoption of a plan whereby the properties of the Mid vale Steel Ordnance company Republic Iron Steel company and Inland Steel company will be unified under ownership of Mid vale The name of the new cor poration will probably be The North American Steel corporation The terms of the plan were out lined as follows: "All existing obligations of the three companies are to be assumed by the unified company Existing preferred and common stocks will be changed into preferred and com mon stockq of the unified company It brought from Representative Garrett of Tennessee Democratic leader the assertion that Chairman Campbell who In the first Instance had voted to put the investigation resolution before the house had been induced by the attorney gen eral change Vote and vote not to investigate the department of justice" After Hr Garrett nad presented a letter from A Mitchell Palmer for mer attorney generaj courting an Investigation by congress Repre sentative Mondell o( Wyoming Re publican leader declared he was glad the committee had rescinded its action Electrocuted as Hands Touch High Voltage Wires John Torranzo 30 years old lineman employed by Trenton branch of the Detroit Edison com pany was electrocuted Thursday afternoon when hl bare hands came In contact with two high Volt age wires while he was at work on top of a pole just inside the town limits The body was still hanging from the pole when an ambulance arriv ed from Wyandotte It was remov ed to morgue there Judge Maloche of Wyandotte has ordered an Inquiry for June 0 Torranzo lived on ourth street Trenton He leaves a widow and three children AIR LINE IS PLANNED TO MICHIGAN RESORTS Postmaster John TV Smith has tabllshcd In the post office a bu of Information for tourists Arthur Books who ig ip charge "i it Is prepared to tell any In 'luirlnu tourist tho rates of the hotels in town and he I'liellhood of pnttlnj accommoda at any of them what Is doingf tho theaters and picture houses iiin bfsgf roads to take for an auto drive in any direction the Population of fhe city the tax rate In short that a tourist bo likely to be Interested In 1 bureau will not be contented J'1 J'1 collecting the Information nut will havo Jt checked up fromhv to day to keep it accurate jvcla! The ree Press Los Angeles June 1 orcing their way into the residence of Mrs Rowan Thursday three armed thieves locked Mrs Rowan and her maid In a clothes closet and then looted the place of jewelry valued at $25000 according to police Told Me to Get Screen Star Says in Court Special to Tlie ree Proas Los Angeles Juno 1 After eight minutes of testimony Constance Talinadge screen luminary was granted an Interlocutory divorce decree Thursday from her husband John I ITaloglou ort the grounds of crueltv The film star and her mother Mrs Margaret Talmadge wore the only witnesses told mo he was through with married life and to pack my things and get Miss Talmadge told the court would go around the house for da vs and ignore me" she add ed The beautiful film star's mother affirmed her statements Pialoglou filed a technical ap pearance but was not In court In person and no opposition was of fered uses pair she DIRECTNESS Directness is a test of com petency It took Lincoln but i three minutes to delivei his famous Gettysburg oration A ree Press Want Ad is the most direct the shortest the most economical and most restiltful method you can secure in Detroit to ac complish the thing that you want to do You go straight to thousands of the best homes in the morning You arc certain of results before the afternoon newspaper is even printed CALL AD TAKER MAIN 9400 Wistful Beggar Maid Puzzles All Pontiac Philadelphia June 1 Gifford Pinchot would spend $120000 again ft defont an organized machine the Republican gubernatorial nom inee said Thursday tn answer to the criticism of States Senator Harrison Mississippi tn the senate Wednesday that primary campaign expenses were a second edition of the "Newberry "The wonder that an Intense machine could be defeated without a larger expenditure" Mr Pinchot said crutches and the childish wist the hearts of Column Six The resolution which was adopted described the reserve board act as having been of "incalculable bene to the banks of Detroit as well fin the nation and ernor liaruing far sightedness After adODtlne the bankers listened to an address by William Starr Myers professor of political science at Princeton uni versity and lecturer at Columbia university on "The Duties of Citi Myers called his talk Stock" and the title was no mis nomer because he apparently took stock of everything In the political and civic life of the country Ills speech was filled with witticism and Investlve and he digressed often Io tell an apt story Well Like Tipping Mother In one of hls digressions Myers declared that the proposed soldier bonus is because in hl opinion "It Is Impossible to pay the soldiers for what they did for America and for the civilized world "Their services were above price and the idea of paying them a bonus seems to me to bo not unlike the thought of tipping one's mother" he said He declared that majority of the senators and members of the lower house of congress who favor the bonus do not do so from con viction but from cowardice" Saying that exempts Detroit from the statement because he knew nothing of Detroit's government he declared that municipal government Is not a sucrose and illustrated hla statemint by holding up to scorn the city governrneta of Now York and Chicago Adopt Resolution at Banquet Asking Reappointment of Gov Harding Detroit bankers at their semi annual dinner at the Detroit Ath letic club Thursday night adopt ed resolutions Indorsing the feder al reserve act and by a rising vote petitioned President Harding to re appoint William Harding gov ernor ot the board when his term expires next August The resolution Was offered by William Gray vice presloent ot the irst National hank Who in a brief preparatory talk declared that he and every other banker ana jrysl peas man wants to keep the ederal Reserve hoard out of politics may happen In a year Oser already nearly 30 years Mathilde's senior will be older and Mathilde herself may aee things dlfferenty A year also would give time for Mrs Mc Cormick ana ner attorneys io dig deep Into Oser's history At the hearings Thursday it was hinted his record would not bear close Inspection and that he here tofore has been a suitor 'for rich American women Asked for names of some of these women attorneys lor Mrs McCormick declined to give them but said there were "grave reasons why the 17 yenr old girl should not become the bride of the aged European" It is said Mrs at torneys are prepared to show that Oser has been conspicuously atten tive to unattached American wo men and girls especially those with fortunes at his riding school and around Zurich hotels Mrs McCormick aside from op position to her daughter ftmrrylng a man threo times her age calls attention fo the fact she' would threby lose her American citizen ship and that her great fortune would pass under contorl of the Swiss government which would en tail many complications She says through her attorneys Oser's for tuna consists solely pf $XOOO cash and an assured Income of $100 a month Insufficient to pay the bills of John Rockefellers grand daughter an offi cial capacity In Pontiac would Ilka to know also who is 'lA'intle Van" who also is held out there after popping into the strange nivsterv of Tontine vs Gladys Heed like some astriil messenger and after eating up a perfectly good Because the decathlon entries this year mounted to more than 600 bnvs who will contend for the medals and special prizes given by The Detroit ree Press more work than usually necessary for thia meet will have to be done onMrCooney said Thursday he In tended to follow the policy of the pentathlon officials In tabulating the results Immediately at the con clusion of the meet thus affording an opportunity to announce the winners eailler than In previous years and relieve the youngsteis telegram just when seemed as though there might be a chance for the Pontiac police to get some Solution of the deepest mystery that has "shrouded" anything in Pontiac for many years Gladys Reed materialized her mysterious little self in Pontiac the night of May 10 a babyish slip of a girl with light brown hair Just touching her shoulders and big light blue eyes with a baby stare of almost bewildering Inno cence and childishness She was dressed like a child of 14 not a flapper of II but a child ot It with a middy waist a short skirt a soft "slouch" hat of gray and a gray coat rather shabby of just knee length 1st ful I title Creature The next day she was begging In the factory district and even in the shops themselves She Watched her chance to slip In among the workmen and Jhe was reaping a liarvest when juvenile authorities were notified and ask ed to Investigate It was not a terribly sad story she told Just a touching little ap nea anil the baby stare ami tD fulness of her we 'n I Vl till nil VAt1s Driver Crashes Into ParkedL Car Two Children Are Injured in Traffic Joseph Szwed 5711 Koperniek street is in Receiving hospital with internal injuries and numer ous body bruises and Mr and Mrs John Segal his guests are in even more serious condition because ho crashed into an automobile parked hear Michigan avenue on Proctor avenue Thursday night rather than run down a small boy who had darted into his path Szwcd was driving on Proctor avenue when a boy ran so closely In front of his machine that he could not stop Coillsion Is Inevitable Automobiles were parked along the street on both sides of him and to swerve meant colliding with one of them In a fraction ot a minute Szwed decided to swerve and take the consequences Hls ptachine was overturned and hejvas thrown to the street Mr and Mrs Segal 3503 Koperniek street whom he had in vited for a ride were trappyd in the rear scat Segal sustained a cone pound fracture of a rib and had hls right letr broken Mrs Sbgal suf fered cuts bruises and probable in ternal Injuries When tho excitement following the accident had subslder the boy who hud run into tho street could not be found The automobile which Szwed had purchased last week was wrecked other street accidents during Hie day resulted In Injuries to two chil dren Drivers Arc Released George Brown 7 years old 1928 Brewster street was struck by an automobile at Gratiot avenue and Chene streit and taken to Receiv ing hospital with a fractured skull The machine was driven by Joseph Cosco 2253 Wilkins street Cosco was not held Gordin Nourmes 5 years old 94 Watson street was struck by an automobile driven by William meri 321 Connors avenue Thursday afternoon Palmerl took the boy to Harper hospital where physicians say he may be suffering a fractured skull The autolst told officers of tile Bethune avenue station the child had run in front of hls car was i cleaned stock Is to have a par value of $109 per share is to be 7 per cent cumulative is to be redeemable at $115 per share und accrued dividends and is to be convertible for 12 years Into com mon stock at the rate of five shares of new common for four shares of new preferred The common stock is to be without par value "All assets of the three companies are to oe owned by the unified com pany except the Nicetown plant (armor making ordnance and futging) ot the Midvate Steel com pany which is to be transferred to a separate company witli a capital of 590009 shares without par value in the new stock will be as follows: Under the plan Midvale company stockholders will icceive 75 per cent new common stock 25 per cent stock In the com pany formed to take over the Nlce town plant "Republic Iron and Steel prefer red stockholders ate to receive dividends In cash to date when the new preferred dividend begins to accrue and 100 per cent In new pre ferred stock "Republic Iron Steel common stockholders are to receive 25 per cent new preferred stock which is be purchased from them nt $9e a share and 70 per cent new com mon stock: "It Is Intended to provide $20 000000 additional cash working cap ital from tho sale of common stock Negotiations are pending Mr Chadbourne says for the acquisition of other properties but Irrespec tive of the outcome of these nego tiations Midvale Republic and In land companies proposcyto proceed with these merger plamC Hus Muny Tile Republic Iron Steel com pany has blast furnaces at Birming ham Ala and Youngstown Ohio: steel works tube works sheet and bar mills and bolt and nut works at Muncie Ind a special mill at Davenport la apd a small plant at Chicago The company has coal mines In Alabama and Pennsylvania and Iron ore deposits in Alabama and "the lake country" including Mich igan Wisconsin and Minnesota The Midvale locations are at Coatesville and Johnstown Pa with coal deposits In Pennsylvania and Iron ore in the lake country The Inland plants are at Chicago with coal in Pennsylvania and southern Illinois and iron in the lake regions HATHAWAY RAIL OICIAL PASSES AWAY Speakers for each the methoda of the tag investigations charged Democrats Continued on Three olumn ive Soldiers Using Machine Guns Bayonets in Efforts to Suppress Disorder ta lint Mich June Wil liam Buckler shot down Thursday afternoon during a running battle with the Meta mora bank robbers was re ported to be In a dangerous condition at Goodrich hospital early this morning and fears were expressed that he may not recover Milwaukee Wls June (By the Associated The citi zens republican state conference organized to combat Senator Luullette and hls slate of slate candidates Thursday declared its campaign will be based upon a tight against communism UUo Bosshard nf Lacrosse chair man in announcimt the standards of the conference asserted thatSenator liullette and hls faction had Joined hands "with the Socialist party dominated by former Con gressman Victor Berger and the Non league and "wcr open I ng the way for a communistic Nine hundred delegates wei present representing every county Charging that Senator LaEollelte and hls followers to suit their own the Jaws and progressive policies which brought Lal'ollette into ascendancy Chair man Bosxhard said the Citizens movement would take up these dis carded planks in Its own platform and adhere strictly to the Republic an party rhulnnan Bosshard declared Lh l''ollidte outside the republican or ganization and said the conference utild express its gratitude to all Republicans and also the belief that President Harding and his ad the LLOYD GEORGE TRIES CONCILIATION AGAIN Big Problem Into Small Miys Marjorie Wilson "and solve them separately It is better to climb a nionntain taking many small steps Hian by trying to scale its There arc Eight Tested Rules for getting your problem in li'diiil Everybody who is con fronted with a serious prob lem which must be solved at oner will find a world of helpful suggestions in this article which will appear in the DETROIT MICHIGAN RIDAY JUNE 2 Minneapolis Minn June 1 Wil liam Hathaway G7 years old general paseenaer agent of the Chi cago Rock Island and Pacific rail way died 'Wednesday night while talking with friends at hls home it waa announced Thursday Hls death was attributed to heart dis ease WritiOE "A congressional investigation this time" he said could serve other purpose than that of delay of muddying the water or prevent ing the prompt of the grand jury and ot the courts" At the outset ot nis speech Mr Campbell said the activities a man In the Chicago convention will nut operate in hls defense In the grand jury and that the "presentation ot a name to the Sen raneiscq convention wll) hot ex empt hls name from presentation by the grand r' The chairman asserted that In the cases being presented to the grand jury and to ho presented the tutor ney general hopes to "put the halter on those conspicuous crooks who conspired to defraud and rob the government during the war and lead them to the Bnndleil side attacked other respect Mr Campbell In congress Is Being Made Ready School Officials Make Survey of Site of ree Press Prize Competition Saturday Loreu Post supervisor in the de partment of health education and Joseph Cooney who Is in charge ot competitive athletics spent riday on Belle Isle survey ing tho Island athletic field and drafting a layout for the decathlon meet there Saturday and for tho ield day games on June 9 Work of putting the field In con dition for the decathlon by land scape men from the board of edu cation will begin ridav morning under the supervision of Mr Coo prepare the field In such a manner that many ot the pits constructed for the decathlon may be utilized for British Cabinet "Approves Plans for Military Operations Uy Cal lo io Th ree pretm Belfast June The last twenty four hours have been the bloodiest in Belfast since July 1921 our teen were killed 43 were wounded and there have been 19 fires since Wednesday afternoon Apparently tho republican gum men who started the riots are not among the casualties They orally escape leaving tneir combatant co religlonlsts to the brunt of the reprisals for deeds The firing Is incessant Compared with the Belfast turmoil the frontier activities have become insignificant After a lull during tho night in cendiarism began again Thursday Local mobs got out of hand anil burned housese from wjiere tiring was suppose to have come Be tween Volleys the screams ot Wo men were heard Bodies lay for hours in the streets as nobody dar ed pick them up Wednesday eve ning mobs attacked bars belong ing to suspects and boys peddled liquor through the streets Often bombs started fires Among the killed were a paralyzed beggar and a woman and her daughter Thu firing here suggests an ac tive day on the i rent in rance but most of the shots go wild or into the crowds Youngsters tore eq out of employment by the de piession in the shipbuilding in dustries have Joined mobs in hopes ot getting loot Sinn eincrs employed a machine gun with little effect Thursday (Copyright 1922) Plans for Military Action By British Are Approved 111 1IEXRV WALKS Cable to Tho press and Cblcagc Tribune London June 1 Lord Cavau chief of the imperial general stall atteiideu "rue cabiiR meeting 4it Downing street silay and plans ol outlined and prepared for mili tary operations in Ireland by Brit ish troops to suppress the outlawry It is understood' that a majority of tile cabinet Including I'llme Min ister Lloy'4 George approved the plans which Lord Cavan and Sir Gaining Worthington Evans mo minister of war are pi pared to put into execution on a few hours' notice should the goveinenc give orders for military action in Ire land Reinforcements of British troops have been ordered to 'Ireland the first battalion of the Manchester regiment which recently arrived at Guernsey from Ireland being or dered to Belfast immediately It is believed that entry of Brit ish iruops into action is imminent it the border warfare and Belfast lighting continues Owing to the sudden and extremely aggravated situation Ireland Lloyd George has postponed his de parture for Orleeleth for the Whit suntide holidays He sent his family but will remain at Downing street himself Lord Balfour teas called mtc the Irish problem tor the first time when the prime minister inked the acting foreign minister to seek to mediate between Sir James Craig and the Marquis of Londonderry who arrived Thursday morning and Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith who arc still here At request of Lloyd George and following receipt of dispatches regarding the critical Continued on Page Three Column Twe And Who Eats Her Telegram Only Adds to Deep Dark Mystery Glflily Rood stood face to face with hfg loving Auntie Van who had come to take her home from the Juvenile authorities in a few days ago and never recog nized Auntie Gladys Reed ornir'IiAU wIlAH hogs but doctors who have given her an orthopaedic examination dare that nothing the mat ter with her trim means of loco motion llow Old 1b Gladys? Gladys Reed she is IS ap pears to about 14 and is reuls terd by the J'ontlac police as about Who Is Gladys Reed? what about everybody In Robinson Cause of Outbreak By Opposition to Ballot Before riday Washipglont June Running l5 minutes beyond the time set for nidtting thS senate brought its nicht Io a dose Thursday nldit I considerable disorder Much of tlie after dinner session Ms devoted to heated debate on the urius phases of the dye schedule which us had been predicted de veloped into one ot the bitterest lights the tariff measure The interchange between senators brldta'R opposing views on proposed posts on dyes became mole point 1 as the evening session progress 1 in the last minutes a per sonal encounter between Senator MeCumberrtepubllcan North Da huts In of the taritf fill Senator Robinson Democrat Arkansas was apparently ntirrowij I verted I'llnch In Senate Vlvanelng to tlie center aisle to meat each other the senators fvund nator King Democrat Utahlanding between them Then Sena tor Poindexter Republican AVash jiigtnn moved across the chamber and took Senator McCumber by the shoulders The North Dakota sena tor resisted and for a moment they were ellnejieil Meantime there was a general hubbub on the floor inally an mnnl recess Until P'rldaV was reached Senator Robinson i agreeing at tho request of Senator Curtis Republican Kansas to with draw hls motion for adjournm nt so that a recess might bo taken Row Over (luKling Tho disagreement between Sena tors McCumber and Robinson arose over the qu stlon of tho senate quit ting until riday The Democratic senator desired that thu session lie ended without a veto on thu biick schedule which was taken up after one vote on the dye duties as some of them wanted to discuss it furth er Senator McCumber said lie thought a vote could be obtained Thursday night A point ot no quorum was made and after a roll call disclosed that only 44 senators were present the sergeant at arms was directed to bring in absentees The second roll call showed 45 present and afterome discussion Senator Robinson moved to adjourn who have trained tor weeks to compete in the decathlon ot the suspense after they have niadu their records "We will have a more difficult task In compiling the decathlon records than was the declared Mr Cooney "because them are more than double the entrants and every contestant participates in 10 tests compared to five In the pentathlon" Mr Coonev has recruited a large force of officials from the health education teachers In the sihcols who will be on hand to aid in ording the tests and figuring the points earned by each contestant Enthusiasm la Mounting Meanwhile enthusiasm In the schools over field day Is mounting mid everywhere athletic directors are directing their attention to Im proving stho ability of their repre sentatives The official check of the pentath lon records being made under the supervision of Tlieilo and lorence Wolf will be completed and any corrections to the original tabulation announced riday Thousands ot entrant In the field day games arc planning a ptl grlmate to the show windows ot Bird fc Sons on Woodward ave nue near State street next week where The ree Trees medals and prizes championship banners and trophies will go on display for five days 1 9 2 2 0 A Abducted By Arabs i was only one of many hair raising adventures which be fell Editli Rand an American girl in India and the thrill ing part she played in sav ing tire life of John Donovan English cavalryman who had the misfortune to fall into the evil hands of The Vul ture a leader of slave cara vans ives this novel its in tense interest House of By Harold Lamb The novel appears in the Magazine Section of The ree Press next Sunday lint Midi June 1 I thtiffs members of a party four who robbed the Metamora State Savings bank of $15500 Thursday morning were shot to death by a posse of 500 officers and farmers in the Coleman woods near Hadley Thursday afternoon after the fugitives had wounded William Buckler of lint a Pere Marquette rail road detective Buckler is in a critical condition at Goodrich hospital Machine gun ballets fired by De tective Sergeant Shirley Johnson ot the lint department were the determining factor in quelling the high powered guns of the remain ing two robbers who were ambush ed behind a tree In a dense swamp The bank at Metamora wss rub bc1 at 9:39 a Cashier Ward Peek and Assistant Cashier Omar Potter were locked In the vault They made thefr escape later end gave the alerm Although the robbers were in the bank 15 minutes and scores of Mn tamorg residents knew thefr pres ence no attempt was made to cap ture them As they sped away In their car Donald Gleason proprietor of a store near the bank: tired at them They returned his fire and ha received a slight flesh wound on the arm With Peck Clarence Kibble and Homer Rayment he took up the chase In an auto and called Sheriff Beker At Thomas the robbers were en gagcil in a running fight by a group of Metamora men following tn au tomobiles Many shots were ex changed at Thomas before the thugs speeded away from their pursuers The robbers abandoned their au tomobile near lake near Ortonville A posse quickly was formed among neighbors and the robbers took refuge in the densi woods nearby Telephones were pressed into ser vice and help was called from mllea around Officers from Genesee Ia peer and Oakland counties respond ed A posse of 500 armed men soon were on the trail At 11:30 the men were sight ed by Bernard Smith and Joe Buhl in the Coleman woods They pur sued and women at the Smith farm phoned neighbors It was a few mlntRes later that the robbers walked Out of a swamp and came face to face with Leo Cunt inned on Pare Two olumn Three linenanTkiiled VICTIM BANK ROBBERS' BULLETS IS CLOSE TO DEATH POSSE TAKES TWO Sallisaw Okla June Trap ped in thu hills seven miles northeast ot Muldrow two men were captured tonight by a sheriff's posse and brought heie in connection with the robbery today of the irst National bank ot Muldrow The men gave their names as Reece and Monroe Cook Price was shot in the back while at tempting to flee 'His wound is not serious Cook surrendered halt an hour later when sur rounded in a thicket SPOKANE EELS 'AKE Spokane June An earth shock lasting three minutes was felt by many persons here late today Som reported that the shocks were accompanied by a heavy rumbling Dishes were rattled and In ope Instance a chimney was reported dam aged MAHTIAI LAW DECREED Berlin June (By the As sociated Press) A dispatch from Heuthen' tipper Silesia says the Intcr Alllcrt commis sion haa declared martial law throughout the urban and rural districts ot Kattowltz Glelwitz Hindenberg and llybnlk Silesia The newspapers in Silesia are being censored Both actious Illumed Dublin June The court of Inquiry which has been inves tigating the killing of Briga dier General Adamson at Ath lone last April announces that death was due to Indiscretions on both sides It declares that it Is Impossible to place the responslbljltj for the dis charge of the first shot or whether it was accidental or otherwise The court expresses the conviction however that the shooting of General Adam son was unpremeditated DANCE tLAIh dN THE Tonight GOLD PRIZES All eligible AdV HUT WATER DAT ANTI Just turn ths faucet Call West 15 PARROTT HEATER Adv Bear Scrutiny Is Hint Mrs Lawyers Refuse Details Wedding Seems Doomed spiclul to The ree Press from Chicago Tribune Chicago June Itretllctions are being freely made that Max Oser Sw'iss lionwnian will not marry Mathilde McCormick Conferences were held Thursday between at torneys for father Harold McCormick president of The International Harvester cor poration and her mother Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick re cently divorced While the nature of these conferences fs guarded carefully there are strong Indica tions a compromise has been reach ed whereby Mrs McCormick will end opposition Io Harold Mc Cormick as guardian ot Mathilde providing tho daughter Is not to be married fo Oser or to leave the United States until she fs ot legal age April 8 1925? In the fave of the activities here dlkpatchei from Switzerland quotu Oaarau saying ho will marry Ma thilde despite her oppo sition but the probute court may rule she Is not to leave its Juris diction until ot age Many things after eating a perfectly good on lUKgriiree Column tx 3 IN AUTO HURT LINCOLN MOTOR SPLIT IS DENIED niinifitrtitlon are entitled to thanks of the BUREAU IN POSTOICE ORMED OR TOURISTS ditlon for the decathlon by land scape men from the board of edu cation wll) begin ridav morning I I Efinrte will be put forth to of the pita conatructed 7 I III 11 i I VC" '14 I itiio IIII1M1O i wk fT' fhSn or Lives The re 1 Hr mnrklna I wo hnn I 'll JI It.

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