Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

WEATHER ltiAL EDITION Continued Cold VOL 88 82 PRICE BURGLARS DISCOVERED THREATEN TO KILL COUPLE BABY Searches for Mother ORCES RUSHED RANCE READY UNREST IRES orce Pair She Dimly Remembers TO AVERT MINE POLAND ATER TO GIVE GROUND WAR IN ILLINOIS ASSASSINATION WITH AID ot A One It BERNARD KIRK HURT IN CRASH Mrs Ada Th president dld with The cloe acrid CONTAINING $1100 ciuiu nv rricivcu iiib vnny cuuvo lion here and was graduated from THHnghast Huston New fit lr nal 4 LATEST WIRE LASHES 5 Special Th ree i 27 LOST AS TUG OUNDERSHEAR SAULT REPORT SHIP ENGINEER LOSES CLOTHES TO RESCUE CAT de In HARDING GIVES BONUS PLEDGE defense far had Heaven and an impas to the press for aid in Although now 25 years herself the mother of a months old It is made world but more par Detroit for it was tn mother lived with the hotel bell nor is it in many directions rated at well above 4 1 4 LETCHER VICTIM Guest ells Robs Aged Doctor RELIANCE CARRIED 36 INSTEAD CREW 14 by the beat early this afternoon This city is experiencing the hot test December for years To Give Up Valuables SHOT BY THUGS i WHOSE CAPTURE 1 IS BELIEVED NEAR ACT PARTISAN DESPITE INSANITY MURDERER Illinois Politician Killed in Quarrel ernl hours following cold weather Monday day Is predicted in the front seat to the Bayer hos remained uncon the day showing out 'of his coma PERILED SHIP CALLS OR AID Continued and Tues Europe Already Begins Plan' ning on American Help Another War Averted Aid rent Pilsudski to Continue Dictator ship Idefinitely Election Now Impossible View Here Tonight and All Week Last time Sat Dec 23 New Detroit 4 JUGOSLAVIA PREMIER ORMS NEW MINISTRY Rescue Party With ood Clothing Beaten Back by Raging Storm DETROIT MICHIGAN New York Nov 17 Dr Henry Moeller 80 years old admitted a well dressed young man to his home In Went 57th street tonight to await a friend he said would soon arrive ''A few minutes later the visitor hit Dr Moeller with a blackjack robbed him of $22 and fled Mrs Moeller and two daugh ters were In the house at the time but knew nothing of the attack until they found the doctor on the floor in a daze THREE CENTS MASSACRE WITNESSES THREATENED DEATH WINTER GARREN OPENING 1000 now thrills and laughs See amusement page In papers Dec 26 The burglars had forced entrance through a rear door They were ransacking the buffet In the din ing room when interrupted by the return of the householders Owing to the shock resulting from their experience the Janisse family were unable to tell what had been taken by the thlevea Police were notified rested and charged with attacking Charleton after a quarrel Refuses to Leave Burning Vessel Until He Has Mascot Under Arm New York Dec 17 (By United When shouts of "tire" fol lowed by an explosion which rocked the cargo boat Vaba in her dry dock reached the ears of irst Engineer A Acggcrs he leaped from his bunk and reached for his Choose the Best Ballroom Particular dancers say Searchers Hope to ind Some Castaways on Nearby Island veterans organiaz represented at ths State and ederal Agents Are Dispatched to Williamson County Sunday Attorney Prepares to Introduce Mass of New Evidence Marion Ill Dec 17 (By Unit ed State and federal forces were strengthened in "bloody Williamson county" Sun day to prevent a new reign of ter ror following reports that farmers had organized in anticipation ot trouble with the miners Reported death threat against wltneaaea for th itat In the trlat of five miners charged with killing Howard Utoffman at th beater strip mine at Herrin last June have aroused both farmers snd officials to redouble their protection its Its the same time that the world must not expect too much Word here In Washington from the capitals of Europe is that ex pectatton of help from tnls country Is running high Confidential ro Relates How She or Tells of Sympathy or Reid Special to The ree Press and Chicago Tribune Atlantic City Dec Evelyn Nesbit Thaw now earning a living dancing in a board walk cabaret told Sunday how she had been through "the Hollywood dope and sympathized with Wallie Reid film idol the real nature of whose recent physical breakdown has just been published for the first time "I've fought the grimmest most heartbreaking light any woman or man could fight and I've won" said the woman whose name is known on every continent for the part she had In one of the most sordid of human th murder of Stanford White by Harry Thaw Has Defeated Habit beaten the drug habit which had me going almost gone for nearly a she continued day cured and off the stuff for good was at Hollywood I fell that hades for men and women if they have not the mental stamina and the knowledge the big thing to keep away The dope peddlers and their victims are waiting therS at every corner in every home at succession irom An Everyday Performance There seems to be no limit either to the size or to the variety of the things that ree Press Want Ads are called upon to accomplish and which they DO accom plish every day within a very few hours after they start to work early in the morning Every day hundreds of them bring results BEORE NOON repeated proof that ree Press Want Ads do bring results IRST CALL AD TAKER MAIN 9400 TRAIN CRASH KILLS ONE Pittsburgh Dec 17 One brakeman was killed and sev eral freight cars were destroyed by a spectacular oil fire near Braebum today as a result of a collision between two freight trains on the Conemaough di vision of the Pennsylvania rail road A through freight bound for Oil City hit a local which was approaching a siding Lynch of Pittsburgh who was in the caboose of the local was killed Ten cars including three oil tankers were wrecked Traf fic was completely tied up for several hours Photograph by Hit! 4 Ewinj Wazhlng lon 3RS WILLIAM NTOBY Gift Buying Simplified Would yon have all your gift pruBkrrs answered? Thea turn to the "Gift Buyers Guide" PAGE TODAY any mean Mrs Story is in Race for A Honors as every sea going radio operator is known thumped on the bulkhead of the first engin room and shouted for him to leave the ship as the flanus had al ready filled the holds of the vessel But Aeggers refused to leave The fin fed by oil and molasses in the holds burned out the electric wires lights went out and smoke thick and choking filled the room but still the engineer searched fur the mascot inally firemen saw a man come sliding down a rope carefully pro tecting a small bundle from the heat of the burning docks Aeggers saved the mascot but he sacrificed his clothes DANCING TONITE ARCADIABeat music Spectators BalconyAdv 9anyV Ran Ends Satnrday Night Pop Mata Wed bat New Detroit DECEMBER 18 1922 PAGES HEBREW AUTHOR DIES Jerusalem Dec 17 (Jewish Telegraph Agency) Elleser Ben Yahuda a world famous Hebrew author died here yes terday His sudden death came before he had completed what was to have been the largest Hebrew lexicon five of the con templated 10 volumes remaining unfinished Belgrade Dec (By United Press) Premier rasltch of Jugo slavia has succeeded In forming a cabinet In which Nlnchitch will hold post asforeign minister LINT MAN SHOOTS SEL IN HAND WITH REVOLVER lint Mich Dec Trying tn a loaded revolver Delbert Hess 22 years old of Baj City was shot through the right hand Physicians say amputation will not necessary There Is a call for Sampson It is not the call of a man nor theater cage confined to a single lobby or audi torium It Is the an arresting pltl able ot agrown daughter Jor her mothefvhom she Would not know by sight and has not seen a few to the wide ticularly to Detroit the daughter and may still live Adopted Here in IMIS The call originates In San Diego California and Is made by Mrs Margaret Kordatzky with fervent prayers to stoned pica her search of age and daughter Mrs Kordatzky said she had not been able to learn until a year ago even the meager clue for her that her mother's name was Mrs Ada Sampson That much she learned she said from the adoption papers by which she was given to Mr and Mrs Rogers of Detroit The adoption papers were signed she said eb ruary 28 1898 and her mother evi dently had given her the names of Blanche Celia the foster parents supplanting those with Margaret She never knew until about five years ago following marriage Louis Kordatzky in Detroit that the Rogers were not her true par ents she said and then Mra Rogers told her only the bare fact that she was not their daughter Ixmellnese reys On Her a little girl I read stories of lost mothers and daughters and they always struck mo with terror of a possibility that I might be an adopted girl or an abandoned said Mrs Kordatzky can remember of telling my fears to Mrs Rogers and of her laughing them away Then one day she toM me I was not her own child but adopted Perhaps she thought I was old enough then not to mind be cause I was married But I have been troubled with the thought ever Continued on Page Three rmunn Two or Colds Grip or Influenza and as a Preventive take Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablets The box bars the signature of Grove (Re sure you get BROMO) Adv Washington Dec 17 While pol 1 Itlcal parties are holding their breath in fear of a third party the National Society of the A i has had the situation thrust upon it Clamoring opposition greets the announcement Mrs William Story of New York will be a third ring third term candidate for the office of president general against Mrs Wallace Hanger of Washington i and Mrs Anthony Walne Cook of Pennsylvania i Within the organization chief I among the charges of arrant mis management charged against Mrs i Story was her ordering the moga i zine Issued free to the membership although it had been conducted at I a deficit of $6000 the year previ ously leaving the society liable for a further $20000 The magazine was put on its feet by the present president general Mrs George Maynard Minor In 1918 as president of the Emer gency Relief society of New York Mra Story and her two sons Ster ling and Alien Story were indicted The first charge was for withhold ing a check from an advertising so licitor from the Hero Land bazaar But the advertising man died and therefore the case was dismissed nothing being proved on either side Thereupon District Attorney Ed Continued on Three Coluxafl Six letcher HIS IL WASHINGTON AWAITS HARVEY'S VISIT HERE Hum op Mats Wed Sat Rast time Sat Dec 23 New Detroit that the bonus bill passed at the com Colonel ork city national commander of the Contloaed od Page Three Column Two Willing to Make Concessions to Germany on Debt at Price" Washington Doc 17 (By Unit ed Press) rance is prepared to make important concessions in her reparations dealings with Germany if the United States will assist in the economic regeneration ot Eu rope it was stated In authoritative administration quarters Sunday rance ot course will insist on certain advantages as her price tor these concessions it was stated Premier Poincare It was stated realizes that rance has aggravat ed practically all ot Europe and the United States by her policy to ward Germany and that hla country cannot take possession ot the rich Ruhr region of Germany without stirring up trouble olhcare therefore la willing to "trade" It was stated provided It la to hla advantage Harvey Wish Awaited American officials are moving with extreme caution In their dis cussions of assistance to Europe president Harding has made known that the United States willing to do everything within power to help Europe out of difficulties but he warned at ht Augustine la Dec 17 Melvin lleeker a truck farmer Take It To Lot Break It Open Escape With Content Yegg entered the grocery of George A Whe 6472 Chene street early Sunday morning and carried away a heavy safe containing $1100 and valuable papers The robbery was discovered at 5:33 Sundav morning by a patrolman who found the front door of the store open Later a citizen called the police to report a safe in a field near Euclid avenue and ordyce street The combination had been hammer ed off and the money taken Heat Prostrates Man But Not on Woodward Ave l)etril(N winter weather ngaln experienced a mercury relapse early thlv morning when the klok In front of the city hall registered drop from "20 de grees nbovp rero nt midnight to slightly below the 10 dogrre mark nt 3 ni A oattlng wind ninrked the new temperature drop At 1 Sunday the government thermometer on the 3lojentic building registered 32 degree which wiu attended by Special to The ree Pres? ault Ste Marie Mich Dec AVlth a storm raging at almost a gale force here Sunday night hope for the safety of the 27 missing men of the tug Reliance was diminishing hourly Much anxiety is felt for them unless they have reached the mainland The tug avorite according to a wireless dispatch was forced to take shelter and discontinue her trip to search for the lost men Driven by a blinding snow storm back into Batchewana bay the Ca nadian tug Gray failed In her fourth attempt to get to the Ill fated Re liance again Sunday afternoon The Gray was dispatched to the wreck Thursday but has not been able to weather the slorjn Wireless re ports from the Gray gave no in formation about the men Search Parties Searching parties will be dis patched from both Saults Monday morning unless trace of the wreck xictltns is received during the night The tug owners admitted for the first time Sunday that there were 36 men on board instead of the crew of 14 Seven of the survivors Mho abandoned the tug arrived hare Sunday Two others are known to be safe In a ramp The Reliance picked up 20 lum berjacks and two others when it was delivering provisions at the company's camps at and Tilot islands The survivors saw the Reliance for the last time nt 3:30 Wednesday afternoon At that time she was turned on her port side They did not see any of the crew or passengers If the re mainlng 27 are sheltered on one of the nearby islands they ar without provisions and may have perished ulncc Wednesday They had nn guns or ammuni tion Their only chance survivors believe was to go in their small life crafts to the mainland miles distant In Mke Superior to camps Communication with the camps In that locality la Impossible The missing men are virtually all Ca nadians only two being from the American Sault They are Williams captain nf thcReHanot snd Jehn McPherson Booth ish eries agent Mrs Jack Martens wife of the cook was the nnlv woman aboard She and her hus band left the survivors at a camp si mnrs rrom nrre for irraTmcnt serious Martyred President Died Smfl ing Betide Wife of British Minister Warsaw Dec (Py the Associated Press) The body of President Narutowics was embalmed Sunday It will be taken Tueadav to the ancient royal palace where it will he 1 in state during a great public ceremony The funeral will be held after the election of the new president Warsaw Dec (By VnltM Press) Poland may be driven back to dictatorship by tha death of Narutowics ('C Although a new election to ehooee the sueccor of the preeldent who was aesaeeinated Saturday by mentally deranKed artUt at the arc I exhibition has been ordered by the' cabinet the fierce political pee alone that cost Narntowlog hie Ute two day In office may make peaceful eelectlon of an executive Impossible A aledkl Slay Slay i Marshal who resumed supreme executive authority over Poland Saturday end claped on martial law and partial censni snip following the murder may be exiled upon to continue as virtual dicta 1 tor He turned over authority to! Narutowics only two day before the latter wee alaln Although the ynuna artlat who'z crept behind the president a Naru towlci was finishing an address at an art Institute ana shot him three times In the back has been declared Insane It Is understood hla act Is the outarowth of political oposl tlon to Narutowics which flamed up after his election and resulted In casualties Ntrutuwlcz who wo the flrt president of Poland was said to have been elected by votes of Jews Ukrainians Austrian and ether not of the purely type ot nationalist of Ex Regent Benefactor Long Leader in Michigan Affairs rank letcher 69 years old of Detroit and Alpena former re gent of the University of Michigan and an outstanding figure in Mich igan affairs for two score years 1 died Sunday morning In Harper hospital after an Illness of about two weeks which Involved a recent operation Organizer of the letcher Paper company and the Alpena com pany Mr letcher was a moving spirit in the reconstruction of the city of Alpena after the banks of the nearby streams had been strip ped of their forest wealth Largely due to his efforts that city was spared the fate of Au Sable to be come the commercial metropolis of northeast Michigan and for years Mr letcher had been an Influen tial leader for the entire region of Regent 16 Years Mr letcher was for many years a power in Republican politics in northern Michigan a con temporary of George Maitz and Al bert Tack when those leaders were at the hight of their power he sought no preferment for himself aside from the university regency which he held 16 years from 1896 to 1910 He refused a third term although it is unlikely he would had been opposed Born in Boston May 16 1853 the son of Mr and Mrs George letcher he came to Detroit with his parents when he was a young child He received his early educa (IIHZLSOWSKI Belief was expressed Sunday hy Hamtramck police officers that the capture of two Negro thugs who Saturday held up tho billiard parlor of uter Wiesrsek and rank Chrzanowskle' killing the former with a bullet wound and severely wounding Chrzanowski was a mat ter of but a few hours Virtually the entire police depart ment worked on the case Saturday and Sunday and some important leads are understood to have been uncovered Arrangements for the funeral of Wiesczek were not complete but It wan snid services probably will be held Tuesday The condition of Chrzanowskl was reported as more favorable Sunday and his recovery is looked for Tho robbers looted the cash reg ister of $493 Polurnre Consults Advisers Paris Dec 17 (By United Press) Premier Poincare consult ed with the chief financial ad visers of his cabinet until an early hour Sunday on the subject of im pending American financial "inter In Europe Count De Lasteyrie finance min ister Louis Barthou and Andre Maginot were closeted with the premier and It was reported they discussed position in event of an American loan to Germany rance apparently has received In timation of the step Washington proposed to take Although no offi cial word to that effect has come from the Quai d'Orsay the Inspired press has knowledge of a memoran dum received in officials circles here containing a ihint of what the White House proposes to do Only "Die Hards Oppose At any rate the rench govern ment is the first of those in Europe to take action upon the mere sug gestion conveyed by President Harding riday that there might Continued on Page Three Column our The spectre of death hangs low over the heads of farmers who testify against the miners accord ing to investigators from the state office who are rounding up evidence daily Additional forces of federal and state agents were rushed to Williamson county Witnesses who have already testified have dune so unwillingly authorities said William Goodman a farmer who testified against Otis Clark begged that he be excused it was said Re was reported to have broken down and wept in the of fice of the prosecutor Goodman said he feared for the safety of his family Accused Miners Confident The secret society of farmers which investigators said had vow ed it would "take the lives of ten miners for every farmer was said Sunday to include both Williamson and Johnson counties Attorney Delos Duty said he was prepared to introduce many new witnesses next week Damag ing testimony intended to link the five defendants more closely with the killing of Hoffman will be told from the witness stand ie de CIAl cu Angus Kerr chief rnnnaJ stnid thn stntA thtiM failed to make out case against tha five miners and expressed con fidence they would ultimately be freed by the court of ootball Star it Near Death at Ypsilanti Car Hit Pole on Road Special Th TM Ypsilanti Mich Jec ear was expressed at the hospital here late Sundarnfght for the recovery of Bernard Kirk University of Michigan football star who suffer ed a fractured skull and possible internal injuries early Sunday when an automobile In which he riding from Detroit to Ann Arbor was wrecked near here our other men nil former University ot Michigan students were shocked And bruised They were: Harold Covert eald to have been driving Eddie Usher former varsity football man at the university: Sewell latt and Cy renus Darling All but 'Usher ara renid' nts of Ann Arbor Usher Is a Toledo man The four were returning home from Detroit at 7 o'clock Sunday morning when their car a heavy sedan hit a sign post which had blown across the Belleville roar and had been covered by snow which fell during the night The rar believed to have been going rapidly because after hitting the pole and careening Into the ditch It went for some distance un til it camp up against a telephone pole with great force It was here that Kirk sitting was Injured Kirk was taken pltal where he sclous throughout Hftrna ff rnminif only a little before midnight Other members of the party were taken to their homes where they were treated by physicians None was in a critical condition It was said tho University of Michigan in 1875 later completing his education in the Boston Institute of Technology and Columbia University School of Mines Some years later he receiv ed an degree from the Univer sity nf Michigan When Mr letcher was a young man his father engaged In exten sive lumbering operations in the vicinity of Alpena laying the foundation for the letcher fortune The son interested himself In the affairs of his father and with the death carye Into their man agement expanding tne interests estate Is 000000 Give State IBO Acre Park Particularly did Mr letcher vnt himself to nrovldlntr new dustrfes for Alpena and he was suc cessful In that direction Just a short time ago Mr letch er presented the state of Michigan with a 160 acre pine land park on Thunder Bay river The park Continued on Page Three Colman ive JO1ILESS APPEAL TO KING London Dec 17 (By the As sociated Press) After a dem ontratlon of unemployment in Trafalgar square today a depu tation was sent to Buckingham palace in attempt to present a petition to King George The king declined to receive the men and referred them to the home secretary Only Means of inancing in Way He Assure Veterans Who avor Sale Tax Cincinnati Dec 17 A direct message from President Harding pledging his lipport to a bonus for ex service men providing a feasible means of financing the burden can be found was presented by Colonel orbes director of the Vet bureau at Washington before a joint conference of national and state executives of the Veterans of oreign Wars here Sunday In the conference were the mem bers of the national council of ad ministration and the department commanders of the veterans organ! ation Sale Tax Indorsed Immediately following Colonel address and a discussion which resulted in strong approval of a sales tax the executives unani mously adopted a resolution indors ing a sales tax with foodstuffs exempted as a means of raising the necessary revenue to finance the bonus Hamilton Cook Buffalo national commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War who was attending the confer ence by invitation said his organi zation would take immediate action to support the resolution The American Legion which is the largest oi tne tions was nut meeting "This means is liable to be Ing session of Rpedel to Th Tee Pre xrl no 1 111 T'lon 1 7 I Quinn Charleton former sheriff and present chairman of the Demo cratic central committee of PerrY county was killed here Saturday night his throat being slashed from MRS MARGARET KORDATZKY ormer Detroiter Adopted When Baby Grieve for Lost Parent 0 Bitter Presidential ight I Assured With Raking Up of Old Charges BV MAXIVK nAVIS mdlnAl Mr Hartemi was In a condition from exposure IUt of Lout survivora arrivlnc? Charle Currie CAnadinn Sault second engineer Victor Lind bnck St Joseph island deckhand Elmer Gordon Thessalon wheels man John ('ad'dle Garden River passenger red Gardner Quebec passencer Eugene Longpre St rome Ont passenger Ernie Mur phy Thessnlon Ont passenger and Mr and Mrs Jack Martens of St Joseph Island cooks who are safe In a lumber lamp 85 miles from here An Incomplete list of tho 27 bo Ueved lost uro: red Regan forest department Lake Superior company Sault Ont passenger Walter lxndpte Ht Jerome Que passenger John McPherson Soo Mich su Contlnued on Page Two Column our THUGSSTEALSAE Evelyn Nesbit ights Hollywood Dope Ring rt every party for a chance to trap another victim "Why I remember one party at Hollywood where cocaine was serv ed in a big sugar bowl I fallen yet and thought too much of myself to touch this stuff the sugar would be the remark every few minutes and all laughed at the big joke I knew what the stuff did to ynu and I was afraid as well as 'wise inally Her "But they got me I had a tooth ache one day one of those things that makes you wish you were dead makes you afraid going to live and suffer all your life 1 would not go to the dentist Too cowardly a ollies girl she had been that came along a dear friend of mine and sympathized fix you up in a minute she said and she did irst the needle a little morphine In my leg and then a piece of cotton fill ed with cocaine in the aching cav ity "In a few minutes I felt all right Continued on ace Three Column Three The president died with a JesC Letf on his nps the bullets cutting fbort a peasantry tha executive was exchanging with Lady Muller wire mo nruun minister details of the murder re veald Sunday Lady Muller 'together with her husband tir Max Muller were talk ing to President Narutowics follow 7 ing a brief speech he had made at an art exhibition congratulate you upon your election Thia la the first rhanca 1 have had to do Lady Muller said Narutowics assumed Thursday president mlld you should Three shots In quick poured Into hi back range cut him short rilsudaki Take Charge The air was filled with nAurtr Bmok a fid there wa confusion as the president sank to the floor blood gushing from wounds In his bark He expired with Sir Max and Lady Muller and other trying to aid him the sama interrupted smile on his lips In the resulting confusion soma claimed nsssssln sought to turn' his weapon on himself others said he offered resistance and tried to escape Whatever he attempted the crowd took matters In hand The youth whose name was given I as NUwadomskl was knocked Cvotlnued en aga Two Column 8lx Homecomers Roughly Handled by Des perate Crooks Burglars threatened the lives Mr and Mrs Harvey Janisse and their infant baby when the family returned home late Sunday night and Interrupted the robbers as they were leisurely ransacking the house Both were robbed of their personal valuables and roughly handled by the thieves be fore the intruders left Early Monday Mrs an Issa still wo unnerved by the attack and said she could not recall details of the robbery want to talk about it I cannot sleep now she said Are Dazzled Light When the Janlsscs returned home they noticed light showing below the earing some thing was wrong they hastily open ed tho dour and entered the hall The place was blazing with light It dazzled the couple and before they could investigate a harsh voice from the dining room shouted to them up your Then two men armed with re volvers camo In view and ordered the couple to enter the room Mrs Janlssee was holding her uany comply to hold started told to Lu re in demanded to know where her dia monds were claimed the crAms The while had searched her clothing and removed his money and jewelry Live Are Threatened The couple were told to stand against the dining room wall and nut to give nn alarm If they wanted vj me Anen me uc ports are being received on how I parted via the front door i ar xno various European govern ments are willing to go to Induce American assistance Mr Harding and Secretary Hughes are giving these reports careful study along with reports from their own agents In Europe plan of action will not be made known for several weeks It Is believed To final action 1 probable until the arrival here of Colonel George Harvey American ambassador at London He will be nere shortly after tho first ot the year Germany Eager or 8 AmbaRjmdor rif Britain Jusserand of rance and Wiedfeldt of Germany are keeping Hughes informed on the attitude of their respective countries Ger many is eager for assistance from the United States whether this as sistance is in the form of financial aid or merely moral suport on the reparation question In some quarters the belief per sists that this country will cajl an economic conference to settle the question of reparations settle their political differences as a means of economic regeneration balance their budgets and in return sanction a huge private loan in this coun try On the other hand other officials feel that this country cannot afford to call an economic conference because it has nothing to gain and everything to lose Both agree that the United States would not take action of any kind until absolute iron bound guaran tees to "keep the are exacted from all European nations involved Greek I Picked on Maine Coast Me Doe 18 Radid messages picked up here early to day said that the steamer Melpo was In need of assltauce Her po sltion was given as latitude 49 north hnd longitude 26 80 A radio gram from the steamer George A Washington said that tlie steering gear was out uf cuinmia slon Melpo a Greek steamer of 3154 tons ard commanded bjr Captain Samethrakls sailed frouv Immingham for Boston on Decern ber 9 her arms and could not with the request her hands in the air tihe to cry for help but was snill HI) Dfi BDOl rapidly searched her and Thembling she dis owners mp or other robber i 1 '51 UH 4 4 I i I i 3 Ji a Ac I Wil 42 s' i a 8 W1EM 7KK I JHM IO ca SgNS i 1 fL ti.