Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 16

ffitje Pdrdt ffrtt II A 16 ANSWER Drug fl OICE THETS Destroyers Uncle Sam: reckon the time to talk peace is after we square accounts' dertaken dlr is Th dparj Hands Are These? hour Model Eighty ive our Si 'A More Comfort! Gif It many years Late Summer Evenings angry vhen WHOLESALE and SERVICE DEPT RETAIL SALES DEPT Grand 1939 Cor Cass and Willis Grand 1937 742 Woodward Ave DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE Every Victrola and Everything for Victrola KLOKA PLEADS GUILTYTOTAX how this like for for that as money at the is said propa Suffered Ten Years and She Get 'Any Relief Until She Took Tanlac COURT TO PRONOUNCE SENTENCE SATURDAY 10 YEARS IS MAXIMUM con new men that pro See us today about your Model Eighty five Overland lHlity: IS I made or its economical thirty five horsepower motor and its all round mechanical excellence this Overland is famous the world over has held all sales records for cars of such com fortable size every year for Whose special to The re Pre Camden? Aug 39 The mine layer General William Graham was launched today from the ways ofthe New York Shipbuilding com pany She is to be used In harbor work Her sponsor was Miss Mary Graham Burrage of "Concootook IL for whose grandfather the ves sel is named BE RIGHT TO KEEP SHE SAYS the same price and see much more you get in Overland at $895 than a amount of money will buy in any other car Konnl bunk deposits of $5448703 In 1916 (Hitman Puta Total nt 950000 Cuunty Auditor Gutman expressed the belief the estimate oL $iuOOuO ns the total of Kluka's defalcations was exsskve and that when all uf the tangbd accounts nnd the trans ferred funds are straightened out by the accountants now working on the books the amount will appear as about $5UUltOx To offset thia the county has at tached all property belonging to Kluka which could be found The Baton Rouge La? Aug 29 Ad jutant General McCrory of Louisi ana today sent a telegram to the war department recommending that separate trains be furnished for the movement or wnue ana troops ruMed Him for tear said had been willing Kloka money but had when the household agam to congre gate in And when a Victrola specially welcome Strasburg Shop has a complete stock of and records In fact it tae most complete rec ord library in the Let Strasburg Shop Help you with your Victrola purchases worked stroyer durtlon employed ripMlirnS It n('nmmRniitions i mad Vice Admiral Simk and hls facers hase on the actual exper ience of American in the North sea considered taking $10000 mortgages on property we regarded as worth less than Mr Buhrer said he was confident $20000 at least cold he raised on the property Then during the progress uf the Kloka rase Mr Bunrr had testi fied that Kloka had paid hack to the county 10000 or thereabouts But as later revelal In the trial showed that what paid back frmn one hand hr took from an other the $1u0u0 credit hardly would stand in the adjustment I be conditions not understanding "The plea must be sfthi wices mined nearly 85 record breaking Ust year while district mined $1200 Suit Echoof Tony Dream of Home When Anthony Kloka was lux uriating in the affluence of his lucrative position in th mortgage tax department at the counv building he planned a house It was to be a fine structure the drawings show occupy ing a commanding position on East Grand boulevard But the plans of mice and men go oft astray as someone has said All that remains of this ambitious project todhy a bill against Kloka for $1200 for architectural services in drawing these plan And on hls U1 the architects Wells Bal Io Wednesday filed a notice of suit against Kloka through their attor ney Lyle Younglovq Alfonso to Cabinet Madrid Aug King Alfonso left Santander this morning by auto mobfte for La Granja After a short stay at the royal palace there he wifi resume journey towards Madrid arriving at the capital on Thursday to preside at a cabinet meeting rom Lake District Washington Aug 29 The Lake" superior district per cent of the iron ore output the Birmingham about eight per cent and the Chat tanooga and Adirondack districts both increased their output The output as computed by the United States geological survpv wc 75 if7 tons Ore shipments from the mines aggre gated tons an increase of 40 per cen over the previous year and xTTrn valued at $181 902277 an increase of 80 per cent Pig iron production including ferro alleys amounted to 39434 787 gross tons an increase of 9 518541003 oY 32 per rent over the previous year previous announce ment that the increase was 29916 21: gross tons was erroneous Pig iron exclusive of ferro alloys was valued at $66356811 8 HARBOR MINE LAYER IS LAUNCHED IN EAST Jasnowski Certain Bonding Company I Liable Low Ap praisal of Real Estate Is Sur prise to Auditor Buhrer Ills face gray with an pallor and Ills trembling linger tips drumming an aiiabie on the bark of the chair on they reatel "Tony' county building's IAKt tIJOon a far I eould learn from the rrvelationn made to this board" aaid Mr Iluhrrr "We assert on the mortgages just as a ank would do We have Wit lie: changed tils ininl about helping to "You ude moiuy though tnttoo which Kloka the 'good brought his trial on the charge of embezzling county funds to a epee tacular end Wednesday by plead ing guilty The courtroom was crowded with spectators waiting to see and hear Kltcw on the witness standeager to learn what sort of story this man would tell to free Ipmself from the of theft false en try anti Juddling of mounting to a total actually in evi dence of close to $25000 while It the claim of Attorney General Groes beck that the peculations will reach nearly $luv000 Old hinile IIiin Disappeared Instead ot the defiant Kloka who had for fore stalled detection by the pure nerve back of hls assurances that "every thing was all right" the spectators saw a crushed hopeless shadow of the rotund an smiling "Tuny" Kloka of the big motor cars and the champagne bubbles and the ever ready check book Kluka dared not face the pitiless cross examination of Attorney Gen eral Groesbeck entrenched behind an Impenetrable mass of figures pil ing up hundreds and thousands uf dollars of In the of the mortgage and bond tux de partments of the county building and traced down with consummate Skill through witness after witness to eliminate every hand but the hand of Anthony Kloka Nor did he dare refuse the Invita tion of the waiting witness chair and allow the jury to pass on the case without some pretense nt refu tation of thS solid chain of testi mony Kloka rereonnlly Pleads So after a recess of a halt at the end of the during which time Kloka had been in conference with his counsel At torney Murtha at the re suuiptjon uf court asked that the jurora be excused for a moment "After consulting with my client and upon advice" Murtha "1 wish to nsk the court ut this time to permit my client to with draw hia former plea of not guilty and to enter a plea of guilty ns charged The dropping of a pin In the court room would have mad an cchu "I'll hear that I'roin the defend said Judge Connolly and Kloka struggled to hls feel "Do you want to plead guilty? asked the judge "Yes under the conditions Kloka mutterea "There must said the court the full reply "Yes i Kluka 10 Year Maximum Attorney Grucsbcck consented to accept the plea nnd Attorney Mur tha assured the court the idea was made freely and voluntarily by hin client with absolutely no agree ment or understanding between prosecution and defense The jury was railed back in formed of the change of pion nnd discharged Then Attorney Murtha asked sentence be deferred for a time pronounce sentence Satur day morning" said the judge A few minutes later Kloka ttas led away to the elevator down to tile tunnel io toe cuimi? jn The maximum penalty tor me a fense charged Is 10 imprison ment I'onntv Auditors ininrer uuuumh and Moeller expressed hopes Wednesday snernoon iiiai i Wayne county treasury will be i 1 frv ihn tintmnnlM ana thousand ot rtollnrs which to make up "Tony" Kluka's per a Wreck of the of Old Breaks Down and With Voice Trembling Admits Huge Peculations "I experienced such wonderful re lief after taking Tanlac that I think It would be right for me to keep silent about it" said Mrs Bessie Bentley of 1020 Trum bull avenue the other day "I had suffered all of ten from a chronic case of stomach trouble" she explained "and though I tried about everything I could hear of to get relief nothing did me any good and I got ateadily worse till I had almost given up hope of ever getting well My sys tem was all run down 1 had no ap petite and the little I forced myself to eat did nw hardly any good I was constantly having attacka of indigeation that would tear ma all up and leave me ao nervous I could hardly get a wink of sleep all night and by morning I would be so fagged out 1 could hardly get up I often had splitting and felt so tired and worn out when I got home at night 1 was simply broken down and not fit for a thing "When Tanlac was put on sale here 1 read the statements from De troit people and thought if Tanlac was good for them it ought to be good for me too 1 more than half finished my first bottle be fore I knew it was getting at the seat of my trouble I have taken only bottles so far and I am boasting of my appetite to every body I know My stomach has been toned up and I can eat anything I want and have no trouble like I had before I sleep like a babe and get up in the morning feeling as fresh as a daisy and neve have that tired no account feeling any more and just want to be on the go all the time When my husband saw how much Tanlac was benefiting me he began taking it too and Just as enthusiastic as I am about Tanlac is sold in Detroit by Cun ningham's drag stores and In ord City by Adver tisement Inlin Handing Company Liable Whlle'Auditor Buhrer admitted he feared' the quratiun uf liability might be raised by the surely com panh fornwr Tn aaurer Edward bund Auditors Moeller and Gutman insisted the bonding com panies would he held lu strict hc oount for any shortage in the accounts not made up by at tachment of property and by anv other asseta which might be turned over by Klka to slwnv hls good faith in throwing himself upon the mercy of the court Prosecuting Attorney Jasnowskl always has scouted the Idea any ap parent laxity in reporting the vari ous discoveries in the Kluka case to the bonding companies would In validate the bonds of cither County Treasurers Stein or Vergnuw each of whom was under bonds to the rountv and state In the total of $410000 of which $150000 was to the county as treasurer $50000 custodian of the sinking fund $20 000 to the state and $lo000 as cus todian of the unknown legatees' fund Another county official expressed It as hls belief that any dereliction or duty by anv county employe such as failure report In the office could not be us against the people of the county to deprive them of th pro tection of bonds given by their offi cials Mr Stein you testified you did not contribute toward any jackpot to make up the shortage known as the Alllngtii claim for which William check for and $580 that ou said you received from Kloka was given?" Groesbeck asked Witness repeat ed he had not contributed "Didn't you cash ft check for $3Uij at on that day?" wa asked Mr Stein said he did but did not rash the check until after tlie A 1 1 i on claim was paid "You hatC asked me whether it would be all right for you to loan Kloka some money to inert th claim and I had advised you that it asked Murtha dein with "He during 1918 the navy will destroyer force comparably any power designers have already out a standard type of de on which tip quantity pro machinery proposed will be ine new stanuarmzea understood include as to equipment ilrnl Qtnife Bnrl Is $19625 Stock held by Kloka in the Po lonia Publishing company Detroit and Weiss ibre Container corporation is appraised at $2825 A lot on the ooulevard south of Mack avcn'K1 Is appraised at $7500 two lots In the Charles Irtohrman subdivision fit $25(H each and two lots In the North Uhvne subdivision at $650 each a total of $13idu as appraised value of the real estate Then there is the automobile attached by the sheriff valued al $30u0 Real AjiprnLul Styprises Buhrer Auditor Buhrr expressed sururUe Wednesday at the appraisal or the real estate The auditors had accepted two of $500o each on real estate to "cover the taxpayers" for shortage The appraised valu of the realfate promptly questioned by Auditor Buhrer when the Ivtiuu accepted by the auditors were culled to his attention Whv that propt rty is orth at AUGUST 30 1917 Wneliner later explained It off the witness stand Kloka and Marie Olsoewskl bis sweetheart had quarreled Kloka came io me uime uu mood Wnollner "kidded" him Kloka said through with her for good" be back there said Wuellner and Kloka wanted to bet he wouldn't The bet finally was reduced to a $35 riit of A few davslatvr Wuellner ask ed Kloka nil go errand buy your said Kloka sheepishly The old familiar bogle of thejury which usually crops up at least onye 1n every import ant trial made its appearance Wed nesday at the opening ot court when rumors that one juror bad openlv expressed the opinion Kloka was guilty and "should get the were brought to the atten tion of the court Judge Connolly while declaring Latest Types Will Include Sug gestions by Admiral Sims Washington Aug 29 President Wilson approved today of ttie navy department for the expenditure of an additional $350 000000 for pew destroyers to com bat German submarines The pro ject will be laid before congress immediately by Secretary Daniels Provision will be soughl to ex perid $225000000 of the tolal ap propriation on construction or pur chase and expansion of engine and shipbuilding plants The present destroyer building capacity nf the country is fully engaged on tracts already given To reach labor centers where skilled can be found It is indicated the engine building plants posed will be placed in the interior of the country More DeKtroyerN Needed A navy department statement an nouncing the approval says in part: "The general board of the navy the chief of operations of the navy and a special board on the subma rine menace recently ordered to consider and report upon the whole Tubject are agreed in believing hat at present the construction of a maximum number of destroyers is the most desirable material de velopment for the navy and a vital military Necessity and have so re ported to Secretary "In order to undertake with rea sonable assurance of early comple tion the large number addition al destroyers which the military situation renders desirable it will be necessary to provide entirely new facilities for building the hulls and machinery and their appurten ances The navy department has been in cbnfrene with various shipbuilders and machinery ers of experience In destroyer work and is assured that it is physically possible to provide these addition al facilities It will be desirable to locate those which are not nec essarily on the seaboard in the in terior of the country In order to facilitate obtaining the necessary labor which Is in scant supply in shipbuilding trades at present Act on MmR's I ilea "Moreover if this project is un rlAt'tnlzuti 1 irui on I nronint urflfin 1 rm rt mi hn rvAVnl mnriA the number of destroyers now building or the additional num bers contemplated in the new pro ject It is known however that when vessels now under construc tion have all been completed which win ue haveA to that he was not Inclined to place great importance to such rumors asked for but piea of guilty made the affair a closed In cident through the testimony in th case prompt payment of tin demand of the auditors for the first $1700 shortage found by Accountant Btrnjamhi Pelham had been re? it ircd to by each of the as teir reason for believing Kloka really was sincere In hls protesta tions thav ho would make good Hn "clerical he had made And right near the end of the trial Attorney Xlroesbeck discov ered masterpiece of jugg ling Kloka had obtained posses sion of his own check given to pay $1700 shortage and turned In to the mortgage tax department by using the Kongy iand cdnpany vk fur $le6R0 and another fr $2o to take the place of hia own check check bouk was Intro duced in evidence at the Wednes day sesbion hen Sheriff Stein wascalled for furtacr cross examina tion by Atlorneyf Murtha Mr Stein did not recall or did not remember most of the trans actions which Attorney Murina asked him about with the check book as the guide Stein admitted that Kloka had spent mciiey at different Hines fur campaign advertising and cam paign supplies to help can didacy for sheriff hut said "Mr Kloka said he was going to do some advertising for There was a check for $400 cam paign pictures March 12 Mr Stein rrtnemberd Kloka ordered them but raid he refused to use them March 2b Kloka drew a check for $196B for match boxes with stein's campaign ad Then there was a check for $85 for score card adverting nd I2R30? in May for more matches and $7569 in May for more score and 614R5O in June for pencils wrlth advertisement July showed $70 for cam paign $178 for campaign GO for pencils $37 for bamSr 15859 for banners and AiiKUat check ahowed payment nt Melilrf Of 17560 1 2194u 1:560 61o0171 10 and 1 1 5 tor advertising In English and Polish papers Kloka Totsl Ontlsx Mr Stein did not recall the In dividual Itema He rer lembered In a general way that Kloka had said he was "going to do some adver tising for him" The total of the campaign ex pense of Kloka as shown by the ebecks wss J1SI76V4 Allington claim veto willing to loan him i was iuKvu "1 thought enough of the man to huxe trusted him with everything illt Vl'iltx fluid MIPIIIL ii clinhi hranlr ill Hitt VOlC1 told me it was a case of his going to jail the next day He was wor ried to "You were worried some your self was the retoit "1 never thought lie would bring on such stuff as said wit ness Joseph A Wuellner the first wit ness in tliv case uas the last to be cruss He tailed to stumidv over the hurdles Attorney Murtha placed for hinn on the othr hand he was the first wit ness to rout cross examiner Wuellner testified it was true he kpt check book for Kluka and wrote many of the checks lie also denied ever receiving money from Kloka Turning to check stub payable to a tailor Murtha demanded you cash that checR a $35 suit that Kloka bought you for work you had done Not for work said witness i het we had" said the attorney "And Mlrnt sort ot a Mr Kluka had had a (ailing out with his gtri and he bet Never said Mr Murtha hurriedly will only take up time "But Hke to explain about that bet" said Wuellner with grin "Never mind" said Mr Murtha and skipped to the next question Indianapolis Meeting May Set 85 Per Cent of Ore Cornel Scale for Michigan Special to The ree Saginaw Mien Aug k9 When he Michigan district miners meet in convention here September It they will ask for a general 20 per cent increase in wages according to the district prudent John Crutchfield Action taken in Indianapolis at the and operators confer ence will have a great deal of bearing on he Michigan case ac cording to this official While Mich igan is not in the competitive Utjj with central states working con ditions are governed by action taken there president Crutchfield he was not aware ot the proposed meeting in Indianapolis and did not believe any of the miners knew of the ses sion when tney passed the petition calling for a conference in this dis trict If the operators grant the proposed increase it will be written into the present scale agreement With the average cost of produc ing soft coal in Michigan less than a tun Governor Sleeper said to day ehat when the state committee had completed its survey they would ask President Wilson fix the price of Michigan mined I coal WOULD MOVE NEGROTROOPERS SEPARATELY This Overland is faiand away the most comfortable car sold for anywhere near so low a price There is solid comfort in its roominess the wheelbase is 112 inches which permits large comfortable seats with plenty of leg room Then there is riding comfort as sured by forty eight inch long cantilever rear springs which ease the car over rough roads and permit speed with comfort Compare these comfort features with other cars sold at about The Simons Sales Company Allie Lose Hope of Getting Wilson Approves $350000 Her Aid: Von I 000 Appropriation for Mort Hand is Seen ARGENTINA WON HORNET LEETs coal miners ASK superior mines OYER BY KAISER GETS MILLIONS 4 German Promise Not to Sink Ships Recalls Broken Pledge to Washington Aug Any hope here that Argentina would support the allied In their war against Germany virtually has been abandoned arf a result of the Ger man success in sat isfying the demands of the Bnenos Aires foreign office in connection with the sinking of the little AT gentine sailing craft Toro agreement to pay in demnities for ships sunk and her promise no to destroy other ships under Argentine flag caused Secretary Lansing to point out to day that the imperial government had made a greater promise to the United States and then had broken her word Promise i Hollow The facts Indicate that Germany will not be embarrassed by keeping this latest promise because Ar gentina no mercantile marine in transatlantic trade The outcome has created no great surprise here Since Brazil and a few other South American nations aligned themselves against he methods of Germany agents of the Kaiser are known to have been un ceasing in their activities in Buenos Aires Captain ion Papen former military attache here whose with drawal was requested because of his unneutrai acts now is Argentine capital where he to be directing ganda It became known today lurro nart nf thrt fiprmin that was American banks at tn beginning of war with Germdny has been transferred to Argentine banks Some of this money been jnvested there but most of it is held in accounts position may prove an embarrassment to Brazil her neighbor the north Brazil is at war although no declaration of war has been made Her fleet patrolling the south Atlantic in co operation with the American fleet and her mercantile ships are being protected in their transatlantic voy ages in the same way as are Ameri can ships It Is regarded possible that the presence of active German agents in nn adjoining country might interfere with her program There has developed among a large part of the people of Argen tina widespread pro ally senti ment Vi 'V T4K AIM I aifi 1 1 TO Uh Il J1 1 Negro i'4 II il a Lx i 7'1 vi yayyj MB I m( I Cw Mt 23t A a wA i 1 4 i III ifi momirirji7 1 II 41 11 I ''ir I 7 a i frS IV Vtf £: w4 jl Ml I Il Bl 1 1 i iJfi 81 A III 1 695 1 1 I ii 1 7 rrrrtfgr lui 1 MB1" rfrn i i i 5 I I tYJJ Th 1 1 11 17 ilhl 'It JI Il Kfl Uli fwj II? 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