Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

weather Showers INAL i EDITION PRICE THRE CENTS CLUES TO BAND Supposed Mtirdeted WOMAN ROUTS armer ound Here 2 ARMED THUGS 6 IN HARD IGHT i 1) 4 st JAMES gray MltS J'UBME DONALD8GN and kicked and beat STARATHLETES STOCK RAUDS WILL VIE TODAY CHARGED TO 2 SIZE ARMY SET AT 145530 LEWIS STRADER CODD TO RETIRE Andrew Of 12530 AT END LATEST WIRE LASHES Teague 1 Tex June POLAND IS TORN BY TERRORIST RIOT LAW NET pnrlal I Girl Will Expose Plot To leece Ward Son Bartlett Is Avenged or Pittsburgh Pinch and JIDGE CHARLES BARTLETT one half They are Plaine authorities that she has not for the scene of reestone Miss the described as be Police searched Oren i Detroit i answer woman with to delay 2 in the "an cco SHERJ IS IRED UPON WHILE MAKING? ARREST THEIR ROMANCE ENDS IN MURDER SUICIDE jr earfl Hr HAROLD McCOlUITCK The Detroit ree Press "Michigan's Gnatsa METAMORA CRIME GIVES TIP TO LOCAL GUNMEN RESIGNS AS HEAD INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER IRM is strength was re between LOORS ONE WITH IST EET EECTIVE ALSO DETROIT MICHIGAN SATURDAY wanted him there He was asked if he didn't know he had a wife at Montpelier and said he didn't re member 1 In Sunday ree Press A Wealth of Good eatures Baseball News Radio HARVARD ALTERS CUSTOM Cambridge Mass June The Harvard commencement exercises will be held outdoors this year In the Sever quadran gle instead of In Sanders thea ter as in former years The change announced tonight was made after petition by seniors to provide additional seats for their families and friends was alone her two house Just before Both escaped The thugs were Ing well dressed the neighborhood for without results avenue: George Martens 37 old 3114 Pennsylvania ave I 'evil os 40 years 3400 Beals avenue Evans in the children Navy Bill Nearly Beady Washington June 2 Predictions that the naval appropriation bill would be ready for the senate early next week were made riday night by members of the senate appropri ation committee revising the house bill ew important changes are to be made senators said in view of the agreement by the committee to accept the house decision tor an enlisted personnel of 86000 men ANGRY SUITOR SLAYSWOMAN KILLS HIMSEL followed by which to 21 its action Increasing the house figure on the size of the army from 115000 to 133000 enlisted men The strength of 12530 officers com pared with 11000 as voted by the house The senate disposed of the bill within six hours All committee amendments except those affecting the size of the army were acted upon within 'three hours Some opposition was expressed to the 133000 enlisted strength but Chairman Wadsworth pressed for the military committee figure and was sustained as was the commit tee action on every other amend ment to the house bill The meas ure now goes to conference One propose causing much debate was thfemendment submit ted by the agiiculture committee appropriating $7500000 for con tinuation of work on the Muscle Shoals project which the senate accented The Muscle Shoals amendment proposed for a time to re open the whole question of the government's policy on the power project but Chairman Norris of the agriculture committee declared no policy had been determined and tnat work further on dam No Tennessee river would be nomic crime" Although the army's agreed on by the senate rsrHpd na a comnromise the tigure of 150000 sought by the war department and that fixed by the house senators expect a hard fight before an agreement is reach ed with the house Chicago June Harold McCormick resigned head of the International Har vester company riday Declining re election Mr McCormick nominated Alexander fgge vlce prwsl dent and general manager who was unanimously elected An executive committee of five electro fruit the board of directors waj created and Mr McCormick nas named as chair nll of the new body The other directors chosen as members of the executive committee were: Cyrus 11 McCormick chairman of the board of director William McHugh general counsel and John I' Wilson consulting counsel not been mentioned or suspected until now hag kept her own counsel nut tne wnite learned riday only decided to speak but is on her way from Pittsburgh to the little rear office of Sheriff George Werner Id the White Plain courthouse a prey to an Irresistible impulse to AREREVEALED CLEANUP IS ON 1 r' 4 DAUGHTER VICTIM IDENTIIES MOTHER STEAMER GOES ASHORE Montreal June 2 The Cana dian Pacific passenger steam ship Montcalm which left Montreal today for Liverpool was reported tonight to have gone ashore a Point Bigot on the St Lawrence river between Three Rivers and Quebec 1000 WHITES ARMED PERU TEXAS NEGROES VpL 87 NO 2 49 ive alleged violators of the state prohibition laws were taken into custody riday afternoon when officers from the Hunt street station and Central headquarters made three raids on suspected places Several hundred pints of beer were confiscated along with a small quantity of whisky Police lost five gallons of evi dence when the arrested men suc ceeded in smashing a Jug full of whisky Those arrested were Phillip Van Tract 38 years old 3047 Marlbor ough years nue old Pseekos 30 years old and Peter Lusolls 32 years old both of 600 West Jefferson avenue a rt lli 1111 flic Mrs Gilbert had put out of the tne men entered ort Worth Report Says They Are Ready to Burn Homes Shoot Occupants Divided Into 11 Groups The boys already have been as signed to various groups for com petition There are 11 of these groups and great signs erected in different sections of the island ath letic Held will indicate to the en trant the various groups are competing The decathlon events include the chin standing broad jump over head shot 100 yaSd dash sit up running broad lump running high jump standing fxp step and jump Continued on Page Three Column Three plays ether know from Radin noun flrtd development! new of th imreen and piny: automobile financial and Indtiatrlal also a splendid Rotogravure Pictorial four full pages of the best of comics and pages for women are yours CHEW IS SAVED Auckland New Zealand June 2 All the members of the crew of the British steamer Wiltshire which went ashore off the New Zealand coast last Wednesday have been rescued Altogether there were about 100 men on board Policemen Seize Several Hun dred Bottles of Beer Teague Tex June A crowd Of men estimated at 500 lerft Teague riday night for a place near Klr vlne where it was reported 75 to 100 Negroes were preparing to march against the white residents of that section Deputy Sherlft John King and City Marshal Otis King of fir vine with a posse of mon Arrested Leroy Gibson a Negro In the aft ernoon at the home of Mose Gib son about five miles north of Teague ire rom House Three Negroes in the house open ed fire with rifles as they were leaving with the prisoner the offi cers reported During the battle Leroy Gibson was killed The officers said they were sev eral hundred yards from the house at the time of the firing and were unable to defend themselves be ing armed only with pistols They crawled out of danger and came to Teague where they communicated with Sheriff Mayo at airfield to organize a posse Shortly after 'the shooting of the youth between 40 and 60 Negroes are reported to have taken posses sion of a deserted house on the Powell farm four and miles south of Kirvlne said to be armed with rifles aad to have threatened to resist any attempt of a crowd of whites to enter the house Sixty whites joined deputy sher iffs at Kirvlne and left'immedlate ly for the farm Other Kirvlne citizens were reported to be on thelf way to assist In locating the Negroes Groups from Streetman Honnam end uorstcana also said to have left for the farm WIN LOYALTY YOUR MEN MIDDIES TOLD Twice Knocked Down Choked She Drives Gunmen rom Her Home Park Murder Mystery Solved When Bodies Lie Side by Side in Morgue Girls array color! with a snufll bruih and plain water OTHER EATVRKS for hoys and glrla ara WIggily'a Adventure!" pussier stories tool craft a baseball player cut out toy with bat In hands Bed Tima Talca stories and Stout news for Boy and Girl Bcouta Complete analyst of all of today1 a Big League ball garTivV i box er iiiiutending of the team and thlnga you would like to XKWS All the new everywhere for verybody What Arc The New IJooks AH About? Why iry to read every one? The ree Press offers you a service in its weekly reviews that will help you sort and choose "Wild Oranges" "Tubal and Dark all by Joseph Hercsheimcr Reviewed by Marion Holden irst Person Singular" by William Rose Benet Reviewed by Bernice Stew art "The Wild by Smma Lindsey Squicr Reviewed by Leila Bracy "War by Lucy Rubins Reviewed by Har ry Lurie Watch for these reviews in he Magazine Section ree Press BA COX JS ALIVE to Tho ree Preaa and Chicago HViliiin Atlantic City June Dr Thomas Edgar "monkey gland" surgeon announced here today that Irving Bacon the elderly newspaper writer on whom he operated last winter is not dead but alive and com fortably situated in California riends have believed since Bacon vanished from Atlantic Glty last ebruary leaving a note In which he told his wife "It will bo better for you and the children that I go out of your lives" that Bacon commit ted suicide Race War ollows Slaying of Young Girl and Death of our Negroes Dallas Tex June (By the Associated Press) Nearly all stocks of guns and ammuni tion in hardware stores at Kir vin have been exhausted it was reported here tonight More than a thousand men were re ported gathered at Simsboro and near the Powell fapn 1500 Boys to Meet in De cathlon Tests for Prizes Given by The ree Press Strength and skill versatility and endurance will count Saturday morning when more than 1500 of the best schoolboy athletes in De troit meet on Belle Isle in their annual decathlon competition for medals special prizes and a trophy offered by The Detroit ree Press The entries for this meet have exceeded by far those for any prev ious decathlon and are more than double the number that competed in 1921 The meet will be held under the supervision of the health education department and personal direction of Joseph Cooney in charge of boys' athletic activities in the grammar and intermediate gtades To Start At 8:80 if weather condition are favor able tho decathlon meet will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock Every boy who Is eligible to compete should be on the athletic Held at that hour prepared to enter com petition Out of the hundreds who will par ticipate in the dioathlon will step one boy as city champion Never before In the history of this ath letic event in public echools here has there been so much rivalry be tween youngsters who have be come the acknowledged leaders of their respective schools in the 10 weeks of preparation which have preceded the decathlon It appears that Alex Krenclckl Davison schoolboy star is the fa vorite from the north Detroit dis trict for tho decathlon champion ship Weeks of strenuous careful training have made Alex feared in his particular league However the west and tno east sections have candidates for this coveted title El Paso Texas Juno 2 Ben Jenkins Ji of El Paso a lieuten ant in the reserve corps and Ser geant Arthur Juengling of the twelfth observation squadron at ort Bliss were burned to death riday when their aeroplane crash rd against the side of a mountain and was destroyed by fire REUD NAMEDC6UNSEL EMERGENCY LEET Washington June Sangord reud of New York was appoint ed general counsel for the Emer gency leet corporation riday suc eeedlng Nathan Smythe re signed Pittsburgh Beauty Used to Bait Trap for Gang Leaves for East RY JAMES WHITTAKER Social to Th ree Press and Chicago White Plains June ar back on the night ot May 15 In which Walter Ward quarreled with and killed Clarence Peters a Pittsburgh woman disrupted the domestic peace of the whole Ward father George Ward son Walter Ward and the wives of both So much of seeming certainty grew riday out of Vie many un certainties into which Westches ter county officials were plunged by the arrival In White Plains of Jnmes Joseph Cunningham under arrest and freighted with a tale of blackmail counter oiacKmau midnight murder She Was to Bait Trap Thia and she has BANK ROBBER LAIR TRACED TO DETROIT 7 1 Senate Votes $341750000 for Running Expenses in Next iscal Year Washington June Carrying an appropriation of $341750000 the annual army appropriation bill was passed late riday by the senate It fixes the size of the army for the next year at an average officers and 133000 men Passage of the bill quickly after a test vote the senate accepted 49 Judge Jails Eight Smoky City Shriners and Convicts Them in ake Trial Judge Charles Bartlett who was "pinched'' for speeding in Pitts burgh during a Shriners' conven tion there April 8 got full vindica tion and a "Widow Zander" verdict of $100000 and $50 costs when ho had his Pittsburgh Shriner tormentors nabbed at the Bob Lo dock here riday evening thrust into jail on capias writs for false arrest and haled Into Judge Clyde I Webster's court late riday night and tried by a jury consisting most ly of policemen Not only were the eight mem bers of Syria Temple of Pittsburgh soaked for 510V000 damage to Judge Bartlett's potation feel ings Judicial dignity and a few other things that the Judge and the jury listed against the eight culprits but Judge Bartlett was triumphantly vindicated of the as persion that he had exceeded the tuulliiucd ou Pnae Three Column Three Say Lewis Strader Threatened When Divorcee Refused to Wed Him our hours after he shot an4 killed Mrs lorence Donaldson a divorcee 43 years old riday moru ing in Palmer park and then fietf 'i from tho scene Lewis Strader 1 a rejected suitor sent a bullet lutt) i hfg own brain All afternoon the bodies of the murder victim and the suicide lay on slabs in the county morgue Identity of the woman was a tery Detectives had examined her clothing with the most minute oars in a vain effort to find something that would reveal who she was try was not until riday evening when Miss Jean Donaldson who lived with her mother at 7420 Erbia ave nue avenae came to the morgue and Identified the corpse that the connecting link between Strader and Mrs Donaldson was forged Coaler Solve Myatery Edward Conley deputy coroner asked Miss Donaldson to name as many men friends of her mother as she could She mentioned sev eral including a certain Conley recalled the man whoso' body had been found at noon in a furnished room on Mt Elliott avenue "It Strader was it?" he asked Yes Strader that's It" said girl 1 Conley urged her to look at the body of the suicide The girl al ready unnerved quailed at this fresh ordeal Harold rieda 398 Meldrum avenue a friend who had accompanied her lo the moi gue and who knew Strader volunteered is the man who threaten ed Mrs Donaldson's life" rieda' declared after one Strader a ateam ntter roomed with William and Margaret Kev eney at 4265 Mt Elliott avenue Mrs Keveney heard a pistol shot about 12:30 She hastened room and found him across his bed a bullet hole through hie head In his band was clenched a 38 calibre revolver It was undoubtedly the same gun say the police with which Strati er had earlier in the day ended! the lite of the wdman whoso re fusal to wed him planted thd wiH to murder In his brain fc Happiness Denied Wni The double tragedy brought deso latlon to the Erbia avenue home of the Donaldsons It took fromTf girls not only a mother but'klLn tector andj breadwinner Twelv years ago Mrs Donaldson had sep arated from her husband tn New York and since then had worked to bring up her daughters JeatS now 23 and Jessie 19 The latter has been an Invalid for several years if Tha girls broken by their mid den loss riday night told of how their mother throughout her Ufa had sought happiness and was about to realise her desire only to be killed Seven years ago tho Donaldsons moved to uetroit ana tnree Continued on Page Two Coloms AOI Right now if you haven't already done so is the tune to place your Sunday ree Press Want Ad Twelve o'clock today is the losing hour Get in a momt'rit after that and you're too late no virtue in waiting until the eleventh hour Sev eral convenient methods at your disposal to place your AVant Ad in Sunday's ree Tress take it to the easily accessible downtown office call Main 9400 Ad Taker and a courteous clerk is 2' your elbow to serve yon or take your ad to any one of our 400 Want Ad one in your neighbor noon PERSHING REVIEWS 27TIL New York June 2 Outfit" 5000 etrong swung along with its old time stride today before General Pershing Mayor Hylan and bles in a review which Opened the second biennial convention of the Twenty seventh division HOI SE I AM ON" a thrilling novel by Harol tnnib woven about an Amerl an girl abdwted In India end the part she played in tha alcon' life "SVIIEN PROBLEMS TOO HPOE OR TOHAY SV1IL BE SOLVED" An Illustrated article by Mar jorie Wilson telling how th working of the human mind may yet become an exact science and co operative thinking may clear up the world' greatest perplex ities "SVNDAY AT TIA Another "Oosst CIoso um" article by Karl Kitchen telling some thing of tho Mexican town of Tla Juana OR BOYS IND GIRLS It" or "TEN SVEEK8 ITIJ A CIHCt Mere of the startling adventures and experience a youBg lad had while traveling with a ctreue "MAGir PICTLTIES" Ther are two full pages of these won derful pictures tn the Boy' and wtin a vast of those brilliant hidden waiting to be developed unburden her mind of an ancient story of how she and hr beauty were once used to entice one of the Wards Into a blackmail trap The trap was not sprung at that time She Is described as a blue eyed auburn haired woman in the early thirties Arnold Rothstein the one time notorious keeper of gambling houses was known a her friend end adviser The incidents on which her tale will ho based occurred in 1915 it is believed During that year Walter Ward was eec'eta of the Brooklyn team of the now defunct ederal base ball league and traveled with the club on Its visit to Pittsburgh and other cities Hl father who with Harry Sinclair the oil magnate was a munificent backer of so call ed outlaw baseball visited Pitts burgh frequently During their visit father and son frequented the Duquesne club which has a membership of prominent Pitts burgh politicians and sportsmen Liked Auburn Hair It was a subject of joking com ment by club members that young Ward showed a decided pre'rence for those of his women A ialnt ance gifted with auty' hair This It is openly said Pitts burgh was learned by a group of blackmailers who operate nation ally a hangers on of race tracks baseball parks and prise fight clubs The knowledge Inspired severe! attempts to capture the Ward Contlnaed on sgeTwo Column our Says He Recall Leav ing Wife Bullet Riddled Auto in Vermont Acting on more or less incoherent and jumbled advices concerning a bullet riddled and bloodstained au tomobile and a missing man De tective Scrgefints Garvin and Graft early today arrested James Gray 15 West Alexandrine street and held him for authorities at Mont pelier Vermont Police are frankly ussled and are not at all certain of what It any Gray is guilty They know however that they were requested to pick him up According to dispatches from Montpelier James Gray a farm er disappeared May 19 Ills auto mobile was found in a field It was riddled with bullets and blood stained A coat and vest covered with blood and Identified as belong ing to Gray werei found In the rear seat Later authorities at Montpelier according to their dispatches re ceived letters from Gray asking them to mall Montpelier newspapers to him In Detroit They abandoned a murder theory and wired Detroit police to arrest Gray When taken Gray professed Ig norance of his own Identity and said he recall anything about his past or what may have happen ed to him He said he was willing to go to Montpelier If anybody Addresses ound Admissions Obtained Prisoners to ace Another Victim Today Detectives today will start to comb the underworld of Detroit where they believe chiefs of a gang of bank robbers slayers automo bile thieves and bootleggers whose operations have left a trail of vic tims from the tipper peninsula to i the Indiana line are In hiding i Robbery of the Metamora banfi at Lapeer Thursday and the subso quent killing of two gunmen In a I pitched battle police believe tho chiefs of the gang regard only as an inevitable and unfortunate in cident In their criminal career ollceare awaiting the arrival here of Sheriff Ray Baker of Lapeer who will bring secret information elicited from the two prisoners held in connection with the Metamora bank robhery Detroit Address ound Information is said to be of ii startling nature One detail is that in a raid the lint home of Mike KolskI wounded suspect held at Lapeer police found a letter addressed to Stanley East Warren avenue Ssan kiwlcz moved from tho Warren avenue address in March it was learned early today but police be lieve he is still In Detroit What cl ics he know? Police aay they are to find him and then find out have many other clues to ork on and many strange circum lances await their investigation only a little over a week ago a taxi cab driver walked into police sta tion and told a story of a gang of bank robbers which was so amazing that police were dazed and did not elieve it possible They discredited the story In the light of recent disclosures they believe it and Mon day they will accompany tho taxi cab driver to'Lapeer where he will view the held there and the two dead robbers The taxicab driver is Qtto Kim mel Hl atpry has to do with events on May 24'' Ar noon day two men hired him to take them to Concord avenue and Grin nell street sn Isolated nelghbor hood "When he arrived there the two men thrust a gun against hl head and commanded him to be mute our others joined them The six thugs blindfolded Kimmel and forced him Into a rear seat of hi own cab Then they drove for mtlesT inally they stopped In a dense wood Kimmel was not sure if the exact location but believed It to be Just outside the northeast section of the city In the woods the six men dug rilles shot guns and several cases of ammunition from beneath a brush pile Load Ammunition Into Cob The ammunition was jJlaccd in the taxicab and tho party proceeded in its way Kimmel heard his ab ductors say they were bound for Rochester ona "bank lay" Somewhere on North Woodward avenue a tire on the taxicab blew out It was repaired Shortly after ward a second tiro gave way A little farther along the way a third gave out After the third tire had been patched one of tjjo gun men looked at hl watch He no ticed Il was after 3 o'clock the hank closing time Ho gave an exclamation of disgust and told hfs companions who Kimmel said were Polish It was too lato and the would upbraid them for their failure Kimmel was ultimately thrown from his cab at t4 mll and Ryan roads There he wrts bound to a tree and the thugs drove off In another machine He extricated himself from his bonds and walked Into Detroit Since then he has not operated his taxicab but has been resting In an effort to wear off tha effects of nervous shock our Detroit Suspect Held The police belief that the four men who held up the Metamora bank were members of a Detroit Rang was strengthened riday will: the mysterious appearance of four Detroiters at Lapeer and their flight from the up state town after viewing the bodies of tho two slain bank robbers The belief that au tomobile thievery and bootlegging lorm a part of the gang's operation was strengthened by data found In tho raid on Kolskl's residence In Hint The hand police say they are satisfied at least 12 men who work out of Detroit and find refuge here Jour shabbily dressed foreigners appeared at Dapear riday after noon and visited the morgue where the two shot to death In Thursday's man hunt were lying They view id tha bodies grimly and with a Continued on Tage Two Cpluuin Tlircc 2 Burn To Death In Wreck JUNJ 3 1 9 22 TWENTY PAGES DANCE at PALAI8 ON THE RIVR Cool open air fairyland dance pal ace Hickman's superb music Adv DAM TONIGHT AT THE PIER Refined ballroom 'with floating floor DETROIT CREAMKRT BUTTER churned frsth dally At grocers 6 Dead Many Hurt on Eve of Exchange of Silesian Agreement Berlin June 2 (By tha Asso ciated Press) On the eve of the exchange of German and Polish documents ratifying the Upper Si lesian agreement fresh outbreaks of terrorism by Polish insurgents were reported riday Special dispatches to Berlin newspapers reported that the: toll of the last few days' activities against the Germans totaled at least six killed in the Rybnik dis trict with scores maltreated and wounded In other localities be sides losse of property through raiding plundering and tha serious stoppage of railway traffic Tho conditions are regarded aa a prelude to a period of unrest which Is anticipated following final participation of the territory this month A number of the attacker were wounded and sent to hospi tals In Hindenburg when the po lice and occupation troop fruj i trnted an attempt to atorm a mine A mob of 3000 planned an An vasltin of Rybnik to force tho tqlwn to surrender to the insurgents but thia was thwarted by rnchJ and Italian troop reinforced by tanks arrested about 7 evening on West et by Detectives Daniel and William Heitman back from Lieutenant Sold Securities Not Approved By State Commission Police Say Promised Huge Returns Charged with violating the law James' A Packard 553 Harrington street was arrested riday night by detectives of the Scotten avenue station i Six was brought back to from Toronto Ontario to charges of a like offense Packard it is alleged bv Kaiser 1042 West End avenue the complaining witness sold stock to numerous men on the west side in what he called the Packard Auto Pales Syndicate This company was supposed to control an air cooling system for automobiles patents for which Packard claims are now pending in Washington According to the police Packard has sold more than $5000 worth of securities in his company since eb ruary 1 The stocks have not been approved by the Michigan State Se curities commission Kaiser the chlqf complainant says he was promised 100 to I returns Investment of $500 Others who Invested In Packard's company are John Evenlch 8162 Medina street and Albert Loesche 2209 West Jefferson avenue They Jointly invested about 2325 racKarq was riday i on street OX nnnnr 1 Six was brought Toronto bv Detective Charles Lambert of the office after a warrant had been is sued on the complaint of Orland Terry A ouser and Charles Shaw all of Detroit These three men say that Six sold them securities in the Producers Oil Syndicate of Kansas City Mo They invested about 82000 So far is known the Producers Oil Syn dicate is in good standing in the Missouri city but the stocks have not been approved by the state commission Officials say that Six had no right to make a sale IVE ALLlNTO DRY Watch Dog Takes Up Chase Police Seek Well Dressed Pair Attacked by two gunmen in tho kitchen of her home 1558 Porter street Mrs Geirrge Gilbert a widow late riday night fought desperately until she succeeded In routing her assailants She was twice knocked down and was chok ed until she was almost uncon scious before the fight ended The thugs brandished revolvers but did not fire them They fled after Mrs Gilbert had floored the tallen of them him Tha house George 8 years old and Mary 12 when the gunmen summoned her to the rear door They asked to be given permission to park an au tomobile In a garage which Mrs Gilbert maintains and by which she supports herself and the children Suddenly they forced their way in side and demanded money Mr Gilbert who had several hundred dollars" on her person refused the demand One of the thugs struck her and she fell to the floor Rising the woman approached the nearest man Ho struck her again and clutched her by the throat She was forced backward against a table With al at effort Mrs Gilbert freed herself and struck out with her fists Several blows told The taller man fell Mrs Gilbert kicked him across the kitchen and out the door His com panion followed him and both lied They wen pursued by a watchdog Get Them to Swear by You Not at You Roosevelt Says at Annapolis Graduation to The ree Press Annapolis Md June 2 tern your lives ao your men swear by not at you" This was the advice given in the 1922 graduating class of midship men here at the naval academy riday by Theodore Roosevelt as sistant secretary of the navy who made the presentation of diplomas "You may command obedience by your rank but' unless you command loval devotion by your character those under you will never servo as they would said Roosevelt "A good commander can always meet his men on a man to mon basis Respect for rank I im portant but respect fqr character Is even more Important "Battles are won by morale morale is largely devotion to and confidence in the leader It has been said that Napoleon won his victories because his men would march 10 miles farther for him than for any other living man" NOH ONIfl CHICKEN DI Ell DANCE moonlight Have you ever danced on the beau tiful ballroom floor of the six deck Great Lakes liner Noronic? On Tues day June 6 and Wednesday June 7 the flagship Noronic will leave Brush street dock at 6:30 for a de lightful moonlight sail returning at 11:30 Splendid ship' orchestra de licious chicken dinner radio con cert Tickets Including dinner 300 Leldich A Northern Navi gation Company 227 West ort St Adv ort Worth June A mob of white persons estimated at between 750 and 1000 left Kir vin late last night for Sims boro four miles south of the latter town determined to burn the residences of the Negroes and shoot the occupants as they come out of their homes a long distance message to the ort Worth Record from Kir vin stated at 1 this morning Mexia Tex June One white man was reported killed and two others seriously wounded by Ne groes at the John King farm two and one half miles southeast of Klr vlne riday afternoon The white men are reported to be relatives of Miss Eula Awsley whose recent slaying was followed by the burn ing of three Negroes and the bang ing of anotner Mr King grandfather of Awsley was reported among wounded Number I Unknown The number of Negroes said to be involved has not been determ ined although it was said to be a "good many" our automobile loads of county officers have lett nere to assist officers county Bragg of Water Com mission Urged to Run for Congress Seat Representative George Codd of the irst Detroit district form ally announced riday hU decision to retire to private life at the end of his present term in congress The announcement was not unex pected by Representative Codd'a friends In Detroit for there had been Intimations for several weeks that he would not again offer his services In the lower house Explaining hl decision he issued the following statement: have decided that I will not be a candidate for re election to congress 1 am fully appre ciative of tho fine honor that my constituents have given me but frankly I find that I can not afford to give the time neces sary to the performance of its duties in Washington away from my law office shall therefore retire to private life and devote my entire time lo my law firm" Representative Codd Is now in his first term in Congress Alter a number of year on the circuit court bench he resigned two years ago to enter the race for congress upon the retirement of rank Doremus Democrat who had repre sented the irst district five suc cessive terms He wa accorded tho Republican nomination without serious contest and had no difficulty upsetting the Democratic control of the district his victory taking from the minority party its sole Michi gan representation In Congress Only one name has seriously been mentioned so far In connection with the vacancy In the irst district that of Charles Bragg vice presi dent of the water commission whose friends for several week have urged him to become a candidate Codd's retirement following 'hat of Representative Brennan of the Thlrteeth district announced re cently will leave Detroit without veteran representation In the lower house Codd is a member of the taw firm of Codd Bishop and Kilpatrick Thugs Perpetrated Holdups Throughout State rom This Point a)' 7' iwL CSHnnV 5 wriMBWMWwrWni Sa 1 ft I fWy ML 4 3 I i I 'Vi ta ww 'Wk.