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WEATHER LOVE ISLAND' Colder TEN CENTS PRICE 126 PAGES SUNDAY POLAND UNDER MARTIAL LAW AS REIGN TERROR GROWS BRENNAN ASKS LAST SPAN ISLE BRIDGE LOATING IN CANADIANHARD COAL: EMBARGO habit HEin ha know juat when BRIDGE STEEL SAYS RYERSON ARMERS EAR ALL IN PLACE HERRIN MINERS POSED AS Would Transfer Problem rom method was almple When a baby because had by Byerson that 1 was by a Hindoo serv according an Invest) 5 Contnlurd on Page 14 Coin: HOLDUP MEN ROB I Rear End Collision Occur at yj ion End of Theater Rush vU comt order Issued by Judge HarrylrePt December 7 GROCERY PATRONS Hour has two women house gave the physician during a pre' 1 a Noirrn conk Hminnrv test of sanity DAUGHTER LEAVES OR CAPITAL llBle JudKe James It vav vniiinu ThurB(lay to nulr int Mrs ord Take Insurance Cut Saves $300000 to Detroit amily of our LADY BOOTLEGGER Tt in excess oi Amounw ui is The defendant denied illegal than t))at sum will be rebate(1 only The prose 43 lose half my farm than wife and little children lived three legal fire the and of as the essence nf a which Germany followed by the effort finally to sum which will be required In th ns for the No date 1 arraignment BERLIN TO ASK WORLD PARLEY IN DEBT MIXUP Tiik i Huge One elimination of other hazards COLD WEATHER SNOW PREDICTED OR WEEK CHAOS SHADOWED LAND MAY SET UP DICTATOR said Mrs ord brother ready to bring the money here deposit to secure the bond I would nut let him 1 think much cash will buy me a nice motor car when I get out of Run End Saturday Mght Pop Mata Wed SaU New Detroit Reid Winning (ight Against Drug Habit 1000 new thrills and laughs See amusement page in papers Dec 26 Charles Vetter his wife Agnes and their two smalt chil DAACE ARCADIA Aft Eve Balcony IAdv The German explained has the exact sum could pay because even though the highest possible figure were named rance would be almost certain to believe that: the Germans had pur posely named much too low a sum In order to have a margin for bar Continued on Two Column Three that service they demanded a $1500 fee from me and my broth er kitchen of their home 93LO Quincy avenue early this morning over vonie by fumes from a gas heater They were brought to a neighbor's house and resusclatfd They are be lieved out of danger VOL 88 NO' 81 conditions cannot be eliml that three professional of Detroit had offered to released by signing her search of wit understand a As he wrote the sound of foot Im Treated treated well at the jail al the thought of being held and but that new The young wife's hope of leaving her cell Saturday by authority of recorder's court was dashed when her attorney Maurice itzGerald failed to appear before Judge Hes ton at the time wet for continuing his argument Inquiry ov the telephone revealed that wife had been suddenly taken ill and he was taking her to a hospital for treatment Judge Heston con tinued the hearing until December 21 and Mrs ord was returned to the jail much depressed by the turn her affairs had taken Shehad been confident that the court would uphold the contention of her lawyer that the charge against her did not comprise an overt act under the law itzGerald mailed a written brief to the court riday night containing legal sup port tor nis argument and considered himself in other regard a model young DAACIXG ROOTS AT THE PIER livery nlffht A positive sensation Something new One of the reasons this ballroom draws largest crowds All hooka sold fit 10 discount Hirgins Bookstore 431 Woodward (REPUBLIC NEAR CIVIL CONLICT CHIE IS SLAIN HINTS AT CONSPIRACY RAILROADS MINES Here Tonight nnd All Week Last time Sat Dc 23 New Detroit Dingeman restraining him from in terfering with Or molesting his wife pending the divorce suit He lives in his home at 381 West Grand noi evara Keepers anu vegro COOK MRS PIKE NO 2 IGHTS CHARGE WIE NO 1 JILTED STEALS BANK DEPOSITS MRS MORGAN BRANDED DETROIT MICHIGAN To advise congress as to the wisdom ot embargoing coal ship ments to other countries It is the conviction of Mr Bren nan that the Information once available will justify tho actio he is contemplating If he Is success ful in getting this resolution passed he will It up by a joint reso lution declaring an embargo on the shipment ot hard coal to foreign countries cannot understand why Mr Spons the federal fuel dlstrlbuto has not before this time establlsh Contlnued on 4 Column 1 ELEVATED TRAINS CRASH INJURING 2S Stwry by Ones Ollier Magazine Section AITH URGES Toronto Dec 16 Apparently! cured of following treat ment she has been undergoing here since last August 15 year old Elizabeth Hughes daughter of Sec retary of State Hughes left here for Washington am though in the company of some of my fel low prisoners is certainly not too pleasant for me My father a very old man is living on a farm near Contluued on Pnge 4 Column 3 Orchestra direction Chester Ever hard is back at New i Adv I 1 I ili of nn VCstui? Ifsffersnn street car leaped the tracks at St Jean avenue and crashed Into an automobile injuring four persons one of whom may die lata Satur day night Mm Anna Korman 29 years old' 3485 Hart avenue is in Receiving hospital with concussion of the brain and is near death phy sicians reported The others in jured living at the same address went to their homes after receiving ti eatment They are: Steve Kor man 28 yeanPold husband of Anna lacerations uf the face Adam Ay men 21 years old lacerations of tht tace Matilda Aymen 18 years old contusions of the arms and knees a ''polish upon Italian I lines and the organizing of tbl al Miintrv fhw onmmittoA re pleaded Qrt aturdav The adjustment of rates win mean a saving tu the people of the city of betw and $300 OOo a year according to the com mittee Local Insurance agents have announced that they will re bate as rapidly as possible amounts in excess "of $100 Amounts of less Washington Dec 16 (By United press i Weather outlook for period December 18 23 inclusive: Region of Great Lakes: Considerable cloud iness snow at the beginning of week and strain about Thursday cold weather Cali Ad Taker Main 9400 nf enmity between farmers have appeared trial thus far nf the charged with the mur Alice Woomer 28 yeMrs old ivkru taav oootiesrirer i gunty wnen arragnea aacuraay morning before Justice George Scott She furnished $500 bonds Bert Post of the state depart ment bf public safety made com plaint alleging he had found a pint bottle of whisky a quart of wine and two gallons of beer in room possession of the liquor or that she ever soia any 01 it sne naa in the same room nearly years she" declared ard hart a right tu possess the liquor eeling Than Bay Slayer Suspect Sends Yule Note to Widow upun demand Department fn Expanded The announcement of the reduc tion says: reduction has actually been made possible by the foresight of the city in provming anequate defenses tn meet the needs of 1 ltLIIUir 14i'VliLK tUllllllUlHi has entailed the construction jid ti nn 1 uirire ater mains well as the extension of teeders Improvements in pumping facili ties stabilizing of the cltys water supply the erection of numerous fire stations the acquisition ot more than a hundred new pieces of apparatus 4he construction of Says Stick to Army Cap tain Matter What Papa Does National Assembly to ConvaM in Haste to Seek Way Out of Crisis Representative Introduces Res olution in Congress to Speed Action ijt itying Si in plified If ou would find the an nier to all your gift prob lems turn to the Buyer Page i6 Part 1 TODAY Chicago Pec United Pyessj'Wife jO Saturday fought for the release of Captain Charles II Pike United States medical corps who was held in an Indiana jail on charges of bigamy i sworn to by woman claiming to be wife No 1 While Mrs rancis Helle Pike daughter uf a Chicago attorney clatcd she would stick to Pike m'attcr what papa Mrs Mar gery Tike alleged first wife con sulted with attorneys preliminary to thek arraignment of the captain Pike was spirited away Wednes day from No and rushed to Crown Point Ind where he was held under 3UOO bond on the big amy charge He asserted Saturday that he met Margery Beddoes while a student at Swarthmore He said they attempted to find happiness to gether but falling signed an agree ment in part and not Interfere with each other Pike produced a letter alleged to have been written by his in Colorado Springs Colo a lew days after his marriage to No Thd letter expressed wishes that Tike would find happiness Id his marriage Pike No 1" who came from Colorado to press the charges told tire court that a child was born as a result of her companionship with I ike and had been adopted by a wealthy family I Pike asserted that he 'parted from ike No in 190G Battle With Ice loes Marks Bolting of Huge Span to oundation The last span of the new Belle Isle bridge was bolted Into place Saturday afternoon after an all day battle with the ice foes which jammed the river The span was swupg lntoJplace at 4 with out accident At the head of the island in the yard where the steel spans are fab ricated 4wo barges were placed under thenormous steel structure which constitutes the reinforcement for tho center span of bridge These barges are towed Into position usually by the tug but Saturday afternoon two tugs tnd two gaso line launches were used djugtezlxxg the great span through thelce fields Earlier in the day a lug was Rent into the river to break a channel through the ice but the ice would not flow past the three sets of piers near where the bridge is being built It was necessary for the tugs to break their way as they pro ceeded When the span reached the abutment upon which its center was to rest the large straddled the abutment and were filled with watrfr allowing the steel to sink down on the bolts set in the con crete abutment Some of the city officials in terested in the completion of the steel work of the bridge braved the Inclement weather to view the event Concrete work on the bHdge is greatly hindered by the Aidweather and progress from now on through the winter will be much slower but other work will progress faster in the spring the builders de clare The steel work which is the foundation of the bridge structure Is now completed aciUi Band Rally to Ovt Weak Cabinet Now in Power 1 Want Innocent Person RMd started I think it was when they were working him terribly hard in New York about a year and a half ago he came back he wasn't the same happy boy 1 had married When he got back he was pick his fever wag some times 104 de grees know where he got Jn the colony or how much But I believe it was Ihiuor just as much Continued on Page 11 Column 5 i inf i ri i iv Ar vrin 1 oiri 9 0w'were fliied with passengers Society Woman Bail Gas Overcomes Insanity of Prisoner Puzzles Authorities Worry Is Seen Wearing Him Line 10 Against Wall and Go Through Their Pocket! Ten persons were lined face to the wall with thf persuasion of several revolver shots fired into the floor and their pockets rifled by two hold up men who staged a spectac ular robbery at the Esser Brothers grocery and meat market 8885 Llv ernols street at 9:15 Satur day night They cleaned out the cash register of $175 or 15 minutes the thugs remain ed in the store going about their task with thoroughness and sur prising calmness Mrs Laura Pearson 8884 Stoepel avenue walked beside the thugs as they entered and was gruffly com manded to in She lust $2 Ernest Vanderhuff 9003 Monica avenue another customer was rob bed of $2 Charles Patrick 9081 Monica avenue butcher in the store was relieved uf $17 Arthur Esser wus in charge of the shop 11 A hail of bullets swept close to the feet of some men who were slow to obey The terrorrized customers then promptly faced the wall as they were told As one of the hold up men stood guard his pal went down the Hups turning the uckets insid out Two up men attacked Oscar Swartz manager of an Atlan tic re Pacific wture b3? Adelaidetropt and rifled the cash register of $40 late Saturday 12 year old clerk Dora Sapee 986 Watson street was nut molested The man ager was forced Into a rear room at the point of a revolver and struck over the head with the butt of a revolver when he resisted Teller Get Even With World by $1300 Embezzlement He Tell Jilted by his sweetheart who married the other man Thanksgiv ing day Casmer Zareckl 21 of 4427 McGraw avenue got even with the world by embezzling 1 300 from the branch of the Peo pies State bank at Thirtieth and Warren avenues where he' was em ployed as a teller he told detec tives who arrested him Saturday The money he said he used in hiring taxicabs and buying drinks for parties ot other men and wo men although himself never drank every mon Bls money was deposited In savings ac counts he entered the amount in the passbook but failed to enter It on the bank records All went well until a woman ho had de posited more than $1000 and whose account showed only 400 attempt ed to withdraw the entire thousand while Zare'ck! was at lunch The main bank was notified of the shortage and sent for Zarccki his superiors he told the whole story and repeated It Detective Sergeants Edward Graft and Jo seph Garvin whu arrested him on a charge of embezzlement New York Dec 16 A rear rfin(tr collision of trains on an elevatfr line of the Intorborough Subway System occurred on a branch which connects tbtj( Lexington Avenue line with the West arms district Early reports by police were that 1 the injured numbered 25 of whom a motorman named Kehoe waa said to be dying Many of the others were injured seriously i The collision occurred Just at 4Ej tail end of the theater rush hour at the Hunts Point station oxf the Lexington Avenue branch at Elder and Westchester avenues Both trains were south bound Dorothy Davenport His Wife Tell How Love for Her Aided in Battle Los Angeles Cal Dec (By United A greater human interest story than any ever depict ed on the silver screen came to light Saturday in the heart ot Hol lywood' when reports were con firmed that: ReiiT one of the best known stars infilmdom after breaking physically through the conviviality ot his weath er" friends has redeemed him self through the love of Dorothy Davenport his wife who stuck by him through thick and thin for better or for worse Although lying weak and HI at a Hollywood sanitarium "Wally" has conquered the narcotic contracted hv overwork and nom nia and is on the upgrade of the rqad to health and sane living ac cording to his wife and mother in law whs are happy despite all the notoriety that has come to the star About two years ago 'when "Wally" was skyrocketing to cess and fame according to Mrs Held he began to bo surrounded by "friends'' who Imposed on his good nature "It was inevitable under the clr eumstanees that he should resort artificial stimulants" said Mrs Mixed Up in Troublei I Her Assertion Mrs May accused of seek ing to hire gunmen to slay her husband Ney ord refused to accept her freedom through a bond ottered for her by a "prominent so ciety woman of Detroit" She re fused to reveal the woman's name The story of the proffered assist ance and its refusal was given out Saturday afternoon by Mrs ord who coupled with it the further statement bondsmen have her bond 1 3ry 'ihe prisoner declared that her reason fur declining the assistance tendered by the prominent Detroit 1 society Woman referred to was her disinclination to 'let an innocent woman get mixed up in my untZrrtu nate Mrs ord declared Saturday that Burton the Toledo man who first told the aliened plot to encorn pass the murder of Ney ord is himself under bond awaiting trial on a serious charge tn the Toledo courts The woman added that she had at one time lived in the Burton home but that the financial difficulties had apparently led him to try to make money for himself by making a false charge against ier 'i am very greatly disappointed that 1 am compelled to gtzback to I my cell for over Sunday wheu I was I sure 1 would be set at libel said I the accused woman I am going to bear up under the truu i ble until I am freed by the court I shall not break down but will go through the affair as a brave woman should oday and Every More and more people are learning the tremendous pro ductiveness of ree Press Want Ads no secret ibout their great pulling pow cr Their day of work be gins long before daylight comes they are read at tbou sands of breakfast tables and they send your messagestraight to those you desire to reach several hours before other papers are even print ed or RESULTS BE ORENOON Cites uel Situation in Detroit and Windsor Brands It 1 National Reproach i Detroit ree Prew Bureau 302 Metropolitan fl nk Washington free Preas Private I taxed Wire Washington Dec 16 Protesting tlat the people of Detroit are un able to procure anthracite and that they are compelled to resort to soft coal and other substitutes to keep their homes heated Rep resentative Brennan Saturday in troduced a resolution looking to ward an embargo upon the' further shipment of hard coal into Canada "It is cause for national re proach" Mr Brennan told the house people in the United states are threatened with actual suiferlng for want of fuel while Canadian coal dealers advertise un limited quantities of American thraclto for immediate Want Congress to Act ederal uel Distributor Spens has not yielded to demands that he shut oft shipments to Can ada He fears retaliation by the Canadian railroads on certain goods manufactured in the dominion and needed In the United States In face of Spens' disinclination to Impose I an embargo by executive ordjr a movement is on foot in the house to stop further shipments by mean of congressional action' The New England delegation is almost unan imously in favur of some such course Even tho speaker of house Mr Gillett' of Massachusetts is so Impressed by deprivation of Amer icans that lie has promised to rec ognize Brennan next week By this means tho Detroit representative can call up his 'resolution for a vote If the committee to which it was referred does not act quickly Tho Brennan resolution requires of tho fuel administration: To submit to congress figures on the amount of anthracite ship ped to Canada and other foreign countries since September 1: 1822 and ths proportion which that amount bears to the total normally consumed in thij country Seeks Data on the pencil oy ms siue iuq Hie sueeestlon that the I message while not mailed to Al 8 enmahnw rMfh Duqurinuc nvuiu in thu distant New Mexico town This is the third attempt Mendell has made to get in communicationwith Rollins' widow alnee his ar tie UiU caiui day he was earnest in his belief that Dr Edward Warren would transmit to Mrs Morgan the assur ance of love which the prisoner limlnarv lesi or uenawm twi Dr Warren with William Ballard is member of the two man commission appoimeu stttt Cl UUUiC AV ThuPBriois tn inntilrrt into Mendell mental condition Doesn't th doctor think my love for Patty is sincere Men dell queried Whether the man accused of murdering husband of the woman whom Mendell untiringly has proclaimed to all comers In county jail as his sweetheart is actually insane or merely feigning mental derangement is one ot the nuzzling questions which 1 rosecu tor Gilbert Jland trying to unravel before the prisoners ex amination on the murder charge set for December 27 is held Dnya Cell Worry Mendell Drs 'Warren and Ballard who are keeping Mendell under cldse ob servaiikt' are said to be ot opinion that eight days Imprisonment and worry in a cell miht have produced a temporary mental un settlement That condition it is beiievta could not ue legataed as Insanity in which event Mendell would have tn be tried on the mur der charge which the prosecution has brought against him Vrosecutor Hand said Saturday he had wired to Ann Arbor Inviting an eminent alienist of the 'univer Politician to inancier and Econoihist IIV GHATON WILCOX Special to The ree ana Chlcngo' Tribune Washington Dec 16 With Washington administration officials still silent on this plans for aiding in a peaceful set tlement of the reparations tangle In Europe it was learned from an official source here Saturday that the German government believes the whole question of reparations phould bo taken out of yie (lands of international politicians and en trusted Jo a commission to be com "posed financiers and economists Such a corruni8ion Germany urg es should be composed of repre sentatives from the United States and from each of the principal al lied powers An alternative sug gestion Is for a commission of ex clusively American financial experts but Germany herself recognizes that rance never would agree to such a proposal German Jan Outlhed The proposed international com mission once formed tho sugges tion from Germany provides should at once begin a thorough survey of resources tu expedite which the Berlin government would open up all uf Germany's books and records of every description The plan further contemplates that at the concluslon of Its inves tigation the commission should fix upon a definite figure as the maxi mum sum Germany could pay as reparations This figure should then be communicated to the Ger man government with the request: you and will you pay this The foregoing is line of procedure would like to see allies in a definite fix tioon the exact payment oi repara devastations of the government it was hesitated to name which it believes it a creditable high pressure system extensions in the fire alarm system the schooling of firemen in the fire department's training school the very effective work of the fire pre vention bureau as' well as detail ing of an arson equad by the po lice department This increase in fire fighting facilities has of course been ac complished by a substantial de crease In fire losses ally' Hn Pop Mat Wed Sat Last time Sat Dec 23 New Detroit rA dv 1 a A orm Protective Society to Guard Witnesses rom Diggers Marlon Til Dec 16 (By United Press) Rumblings of suspicion and fear echo from hill to hill throughout 'Williamson county The farmers rearing their testi mony In the Herrin massacre trial is breeding a spirit of hostility among the miners have organized a secret protective society to guard their families from vengeance lives of ten miners for every farmer killed because of hla testi mony In the Herrin is said to be the slbgan of this society These facts were revealed to the United Press Saturday night by special Investigators who have been working throughout Williamson county in na have gone oft by myself and crien line to tell one giant farmer conressen gutvi have no fear for my life but i a ratner nlaca mv in the path of a this farmersaid The farmers while admitting the miners have issued no threats or ganized their society on the quiet to for probable emer special state workers as serted No signs miners and during the five miners der of Howard Hoffman al the Lee tor strip mine last June But under the surface there is another story according to inves tigators In the quiet confinement of the farm house and out in the seclusion of his own barn yard the farmer is brooding over the possi bility that the same savage meb that snuffed out tho lives of 23 men last June will swoop down on bla home and commit further acts tof violence Meanwhile contending attorneys work feverishly In preparation for the strenuous proceedings expected next week The state plans to com plete its case by the end of next week Pefense attorneys are re ported laying a network of traps designed to dlmlnishh the value of the testimony More than a score of witnesses testified for the state during tne first three days of testimony taking Approxipiately 75 more are expect ed to be called In the coming week By Catftr 'Hie Prs Uifsaw Dec Poland UaDl tonight on the brink of civil win The assassination of President Gabriel Narutowicz precipitated crisis so grave that martial law was proclaimed Ths pt evident was shot down by an artist named Nieviadomski juat one week after being elected i A'im 4 was arrested on the acene and hie' interrogation led the police to bw v' lieve that hU mind had been turaed by readlag accounts of the political it troubles in this country ascUtl Hands Gather A Banda of Polish ascistl afa gathering arid are threatening vlg: 3 orou measures to gain control nt the government On the other hand the Socialists are arming for conflict mean while muttering threats of war againsv the Polish Nationalists The situa tion is acute There is only a make shift cabinet to handle the crlaUr as the resignation of the minister was tn the hands of president Naru i towlcs when he was shot down The president was aaeassinatad while attending the opening of aa art exhibition The assassin ap proached as though to pay his speets Suddenly he extended hla hand holding a revolver and fired three times in rapid succession The president' collapsed amid scenes of confusion and excitement While some nf the bystanders seised the assassin and overpowered him oth ers rushed for doctors and polica Narutuwlcs was dead when medical I help arrived Troops Ready for Outbreak Nieviadomskl was taken to tha police prefecture where he was questioned In the meantime mem bers of the cabinet gathered and proclaimed martial law The city seethed with excitement and troops' were held In Instant readiness for an outbreak The prisoner told a rambling story of his crime hnd the motive He said he believed he had saved the country from disturb NlevJadomskiXt friends 'said beThad shown signs ot mental derangement although he did not appear to be dangerous political disorders broke out In Poland immediately after President Narutowicz was sworn InKa week ago Missies were thrown at him In the street and subsequently five persons were killed and 20 wqund ed In street fighting Nationalists then decided to form a 1'oiian rascisti upon nnnv ia iiiii winn Political enemies of Narutowlcs who was serving in the cabinet foreign minister when elected To president claimed that he did not The may Involve too great an expense to warrant However it is possible that the city will within the next I year be given the highest classifi cation possible change In classification In volves an examination and re Continued on Paae Three Column Two A 16 Page Book of Madonnas Edgar A Christmas Poem Here are two Christmas souvenirs that no ree Press reader will want to miss and doubtless many will wish extra copies to send to friends The booklet will be 16 pages of Rotogravure 5 by 8 inches each page carrying a reproduction in sepia tones of a Madonna the name of the picture and artist It will be a lovely thing to own or to give to a friend Mr Poem written especially for the occasion will be printed in an appropriate holly border and of convenient size for framing Both These Big eatures Will Appear Exclusviely in THE ROTOGRAVURE PICTORIAL Next ree Press ORDER YOUR COPY IN ADVANCE 1 7 Car Strikes Auto: 4 Hurt 1 Is Dying The ree Press photographer caught being floated into place the steel work span necessary to com plete a continuous structure across the Detroit river from Jefferson avenue to Belle Isle Each section has been constructed at the upper end of the island and floated down on barges into position to be riveted to an adjacent section That Albert Ryerson versa tile lovemaker and alleged head oi a local chapter of the Order of the Temple of the Orient often told her he was the "rein carnation of was the statement Saturday of Maie Mitch ell Ryerson his 18 year old wife who after a tumultuous 29day sojourn in Riverside drre home in Windsor is suing him for divorce charging cruelty Interviewed in a downtown ar studio where she has been employed since tJecluKraUuu iuystl cism? oi' the Canadian shore home Mrs Ryerson emphatically denied there had been any "romance" or in her motive to discard her middle aged husband through the divorce nn the stairway ssxzss' sx IV sc0 Utty Mill! stalilD livpo j' it tu blut from her memory forever leading to the cell Mendell quickly tho tragic history her life as dropped the latter paper and laid hla wife the pencil by his side lie readily colony uf artists who otnoa rtiu ttiinc nr kjswv fciv sssaca U1 IbJCIBUII divorce bill have Hocked to her standard soiree in the Chalet studio 135 Jefferson avenue Saturday night 1q her honor Kynrson has been served with overrule the defense nlea and hold th young woman for trial before a J'nTon Ute notn thi II I UAITBKS Press Stuff Correspondent Bar City Dec Declaring he ri "tnnior than and de jected over the failure 6f an at tempt to smuggle a letter to his through the mails Harold Mendell held in the county jail here 3n a charge of slaying Rollin Morgan husband of and his pal Saturday handed the ree Press correspondent a message ot Christmas cheer for Rollins' widow now at Albuquerpue and said he hoped it would eventually reach her hands 'Hunny ran the message which Mendell wrote with a pencil signed "Harold" "Cheer up keep your courage and everything will come out all right in the end Keep Your ulth Trost' "You may not hear from me for months before iny trial is over Keep your faith and trust no mat ter what anybody tells you "There'll be no Christmas for us HHlir UUL IL SlU MC liCUH't sse glad you vent back to take care ot the kiddies for they need you more than 1 do "Don't forget and cheer' up Yours Harold" Mendell wrote this message after he learned that a letter he handed eatller In the day to a local news paper reporter had been intercept ed by Sheriff Theodore Trudell In substance the tirst letter re sembles the message Mendell gave to the re Press in fact when told the earlier missive would not be mailed he said the message ad i dressed to "Hunny" another pet name for Mrs Morgan might serve as' a substitute He was satisfied he said that publication of the note in the ree Press would bring it within reach of his sweetheart Mr Mendell the prisoner's wife was quoted In a talk with news paper men during hcr visit to the county 411 riday night as brand ing Mrs Morgan as a "scheming and accused her of having wrecked the Mendell home I Mrs Mendell's accusation when repeated to her husband brought no response It was a few minutes inioe thnt Ka nrmliirprt Reran (t fmm a nhlf In his OplL Hllti ant whom he had employed a a JtKer ded for Mrs Mu chauffeur are false and given only wi( writing ttie mis In his desperate attempt to try hi sve he hesitated with half closed case in the newspapers Marwen cycs Jamshed the man ha tnentinnn ha1 always respected'' my position and on several occasion has nrpvntAU iy IU I 1 ft ft tisAts viii vw Ityerson from carrying out plots inquirers that he felt dopier against my tian during the past four days and The girl assented she is said he found things difficult to oniy or uuuiiiiing a invoice irom her husband wants of his muny if he has AC me jhfswiiu nine me city lire defenses are being rated by I Continued Pnge 4 otumnZ AU 1 lilt? riip pivvi vri iBvi iviiiau speclion bureau co operation with the National Board of ire Underwriters Althrough final reports will hot be available for sume months the work has pro 6 rested to indicate that etroit will be transferred from the second to the next higher class in the ratings of the Michigan In spection bureau This re classifi cation will place Detroit in the same group with Philadelphia Bos ton and Baltimore in respect to classification no cities being In the lowest classification It is antici pated that when the survey Is com pleted Detroit may have as few demerits in the wav of fire hazards as any American city Certain de merits such as tho clue to cli i matic nated Increased Efficiency in ire ighting Reduces Rates 3 to 5 Per Cent Insurance rates upon all build ings in the city except dwellings will be reduced 5 per cent and the rates on contents of these build ings 3 per cent according to the terms of an agreement reached Saturday between the Michigan In spection bureau and the fire insur lanco committee appointed by has yet been set for the Mayor Couzens several months own Thn AAinniittoo hynnpfl thff agreement to jonn i ine mavor Saturday afternoon DENIES SELLING LIQUOR The rates on dwellings are "ow jiuw as must oi auj uiucr vxij si DECEMBER 17 1922 Av nflr ear but It can't be helped Told Her He Was 7 nation of rit Dopier Than liver Before starting lie bad complained than during the past four days and A i MbWaf I i J' It! 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