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SENSIBLE IMPARTIAL 1NDEPENETNT N. '6- I I A A I The Weather Ton Ig lit--Cloudy. PRESS TELEGRAPH SERVICE TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919. TWENTY-FIRST YEAR--6688. PRICE--THREE CENTS PALMER GOES 50-50 WITH ATTORNEY GEN'L THINKS PLAN IS IDEA PACKERS AGREE TO DROP SIDE LINES, IF GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS CHARGES Chicago, Doe.

Five" packers todny prepared to remove iruuiy of: i irons from the fire. -Bowing to tlic government's compromise- proposal, announced late yesterday, and with an' admitted eye to' jniblic opinion, thy packers within the next two years' will lop off approximately forty sf their principal side lines. Opinions were divided as to the effect on the high cost oi: living. Morris and Company said. "Time alone can tell whether, bur activities were iu the interest of the public, or not." Heads of the packers protested i an agreement was readied on the basis tha't the government i a i the injunction suits which will uc filed in federal court, a the packers have violated no laws, The 'main hopes of the packers an acceding to the dissolution plan to removu i suspicion from the packing business, they said.

They said they wished to "do their part in aiding the nation in passing through the period ol reconstruction and unrest as little' friction: as possible. A and Company declared 1 hey were abandoning a. position INVESTIGATORS SHAPE, CLOGGED WITH ICE; ADVISE LIGHT CONSERVATION CHUNKS OF FROZEN WATER ENDANGER EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC PLANT Bad Thaw, Filling Stream With Slush Ice, Would Mean Trouble. FEAR CAUSE FOR SUICIDE, CHARGE EX-CONVICT HELD AS AN ACCESSORY BEFORE THE -FACT IN. MAKES APPEALTO WILSON HIMSELF SENATOR LEWIS SAYS LIQUOR RULING IS- NOT A I BIG HOLDERS.

COURT ADJOURNS Palmer States Lift Wartime Ban Until Treaty Ts Signed. i Evidence Will Reveal 'That Chloro- iforrn Was Administered Through Open Window. LIQUOR VIOLATOR, HAVING GUILTY, NOW AWAITS SENTENCE'FROM JUDGE. NIGHT FLAMES WRECK CULMAN-BOHRER STORE U. Distributing -Company' Gets Judgment--Work -This Afternoon On Mikesell Vs.

Wade. (B United Washington, the to lift' the wartime ban on liquor, of Illinois; held a long with Tumulty, today. 1 Lewis believes. tha't as a. business of stocks 4 whiskey should be given a chance to dispose of I the eighteenth amendment becomes effective.

While conditions up the river, beyond the city electrical plant, are better today, the end of the trouble from ice jams this winter, is not in sight- There will bo more trouble, and plenty of it, unless the elements are merciful. Superintendent William Love and Commissioner C. S. Longnecker made, a trip of inspection Thursday. They went to Slight's then walked a mile upstream, as far as the Krauso bridge.

There the ice had. piled up against Hie bridge to such an extent that the a was running around one side of it. This process had worn some holes in the ice coat- Ing, through i it was plain to see that cluinks of the fimen substance were gradually breaking -away and Clouting down stream, beneath tlio lop ice. At Nichols' bridge, downstream, conditions were' about the except that the banks arc high that water could go aronm'l the bridge, and was compelled to lake its I. can- M6i-ganneld, 1 i the ban witnesses the prosecution-in the case of tho Commonwealth against Brastus Millstead, ex-convict, to bo tried for murder as "an.accessory before the fact," in the suicide of Rob' e.rt December 7th, may be called upon to testify regarding an alleged attempt to chloroform Morehead through an open bedroom window.

Jt was tear, inspired by Millstead, the charges, that caused Morehead to suicide. BREEDERS PLAN ANNUAL MEETING i the peace has been ratified, and the'proclamation of demobilization palmer declared today. The Supreme Court's decision, on wartime prohibition 1 strengthens him iu this opinion; which he 'held previously, it. was said. TOSSERS SHOW GO00 FORM HUTCHINSON A FIFTEEN RECRUITS' AT I WOR'KOUT A NIGrfT.

was sound natural course. und.UUiis.SHJla.blc legally," because At Helm's bridge, a uotcli was cut desire to bead a knee to I' 10 ice jam, l.hc 'wti- Secretary States Yearly Session. One Of Best Ever Held In Michigan. lic opinion. 'packers i re- twelve main lines' Initter, eggs, gelatin, oleomargarine.

chee.se, soup, 1 i i and sporting goods. t'er'was passing. A man kept at tho'gates at. the power to The of tlio Northern Michigan Shorthorn ass'ocia- that are, being "completed 'to make the annual meet" on, Dec. i the five," jiuide public late yesterday, was under close scrutiny today.

His statement was a Studied, and it was will be asked to explain more how the agreement wsts cirri vecl a a a sort of promise, if any, he made to the packers in for their a a of his terms. Palmer's position is a i he has been i tin; a a i a i a. the packers, whereby they released i control of a i and agreed to federal super-vision of i and business--or of facing' oral years of in a courts in prosecuting a i i ju'tions. against I he packers. kee'p them raked froo ot slush ico.

Conditions just now arc not serious, but would be s--o should there a thaw, which would (ill river with soft ice. I all depends on how the ice goes out, wliBther 'or not there w.il-1 be much trouble. Love is doing his best to keep l.hc service unimpaired. Christmas is a hard sl.ruin on tho 1 comfortable margin, will--be printed in Che association, January 15, one of greatest gatherings enthusiasts ever held in Michigan The complete will be announced soon. For.

the bonbllt of those who do not take large agricultural papers, the International Sh'ortliorn sale list, which topped ill I tlio other breed 'sales by a Impossible Yet To Predict Quality. Of Present-Prospects Are ft being'impossible to complete the work or the December term of Circuit Court this week', an adjournment will probably be taken tonight until after the Christmas holiday. Jurors will doubtless be aske'cl to return Monday, December when they will work three and theiv lay off again for Uie- New -Years holiday. In Circuit Court yesterday, 'George lUcCool, held, for violation of the liquor pleaded g-uilty. Sentence was not passed by the court.

There are three or four prisoners awaiting sentence, and all will probably be disposed of at one time, possibly this afternoon. In the case of the U. Distributing Company vs. Ilitlph a jury returned a judgment for the plaintiff in the-sum of $180. This suit -involved purchase of a carload of coal, demurrage, loss of isome of the' coal PIVC 9 I I I 1 A DEFECTIVE WIRING IS BE- OilL OUIIUH I LIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF GRO- ENTERTAINMENT S.C-HOOL CA-NTATA CAL'LED "A 'LOYAL iSANTA C-LAU'S." CERY STOCK Fire Confined to Rear of the Building, But Water and Smoke Work Havoc.

Defective wiring Is believed to be H'cld- a Christmas Exercises At I responsible for a (ire that did several I-1 llniiQsmrl rlnlljlra 1 (n I hrt This Afternoon, For All 'Students. Students of the St. Francis -Catholi; school will present a 'Christmas cantata, "A Loyal "Santa Clans," at St. Francis A i i Bleveiil'; street, Sunday evening, Decembc-r -1. In addition to tho cantata there will hy theft, etc.

Tho defendant had once an ox( oiu program of special loiulerect payment.for the fuel, deduct- Si Parent.s of students aiv iiig'for-demuiTags and j-jaying for just l.liut amount of coal received. The Judgment is for approximately cordially i i as well as any ers interested. This afternoon the annual Christmas more than the amount originally tend- a is given at the St. iM-ed in payment. Francis school.

Christmas -trees and is now occupied with tlis suit of L. 'If. Mikesell against John Wnde. Jt is an appeal case. A.

SELECT OKLAHOMA VET AS MODEL FOR ARTIST PAY TOO LOW, SAYS KUHN To Announce Soon, Is Belief. partment, because HO many lights arc being used. Tho only ro (HicKt of the department is that no current be wasted and that no lights be used that are unnecessary. Lowlands up the river have flooded to such an extent that many people in that i i i are nervous about sending their i to school where it is necessary for them to cross bridges'. People i i in the river valley Cor 20 years and longer say they cannot vecalL-n winter when river has over as it has frozen this year.

Even at the oxbows, where the current is swiftest the river is frozen oyer the Record-Eagle i i tho next day or two. NEW TRIAL OPENS Twelve Men, No Worrien', To Try "Alleged Freda Lesser. H. fliitchitisou's 'High School basketball litLeen at Ike third -work-out afternoon, and several more are expected to on'haiid for As yet it is impossible to say-'anything definite-as to-what kind: of a i can be picked from this material, but 1t noted with' considerable satis-', faction that the -squad is showing some surprisingly 'line Following arc those who practiced yesterday-: Joe Thorpe, Robert Straub, Chervenka. Walter Biddings, Leo Anderson, Jack Flaggart.

l'ird Kenneth Victor lOwing, A Ericlcyoa, John Langworfhy, Loiigneckor, Jp.ss Braddock, Frank and Elwood Swar.ey. Dewarrciix Chooses Indian As Typical A i a Fighter. WON'T PROSECUTE Washington, 'Choclnw Indian Calvin, Oklahoma, was in that company of States soldiers which lired the. lirst shots at the Germans, an'd who was near the lighting line. 1 -when the last gun was heard, has been chosen by Dewar- Veiix, the French artist, as the.

model observance, of the Yuletlcle features. Tho complete 'program for Sunday evening's entertainment is as follows: Opening Chorus, "Holy -grades. Recitation--'B. Quigley. "Santa room.

Recitation--lEii'Smio Miller. and -Hh grades. He.clta.tlon--Roberta Send. Selection--Orchestra. Cantata, Loyal Santa Claus." dollars' damage to the City Grocery and -Meat 127 South Union street, last night.

While th-j building was insured, the stoc'k ownel by. Messrs. Oul'man and JJahrer, was not completely covered. The llamas were discovered at and an alann was sounded from Box No. lli, corner of Kront and Union.

When the firemen arrived, the rear of ilic store was in lUiinos, thu heat the i i being terrlllc that it cracked tiio large plalo glass windows in front of tho 'Store. iKIrcmon broke the I door, pulling a line of hose behind them, while two ilncii were stretched -to the rear entrance, where the fire had gained considerable headway. Flames had a a started from i i in the basement, over a -toilet Opening 'March and 'Chorus--Grades. a (School Mates) Vereau and B. -Cook.

We're the Boys--1th, Dili and grades. The -Hap-py Time, (soloist Louise 1-09111, rapidly eatiiiK their to the first floor under the stairway, and spreading along under 'the steel ceiling. At. "the same time, flames went up the back wall to Ue floor of tho 'second story. Because -of 'the location of t.lie bliue, it was extremely i i to fight.

a llie water i steam as fast as it was thrown on the P.ro, the steam 'being so dense that flro nen had for of the true American i HuellmnnteD--G'o'rls. B. 10 find iheir way iliraugh the building with the use of bine-ns. G1.H was ten o'clock before Uie last a was put om. There were many JJOU.1 ptlU NO H3UI3JU BABY BOY BURNED Mother Returns From Shopping Trip And Finds Tragedy.

Angeles, Dec. 1.0.---Twelve men were in i box In the i a of a chargecl with the der of Freda Lesssr. when the i of was resumed 'today. Two expected to a beim i wei'e excused. The nia.iorit.v of -the are past i nge.

MINERS CONFER Palmer Says Strike Injunction" Has Fulfilled Its Purpose. To Either Endorse or Repudiate Their Officials at J-an'uary Session. Washington, iDec. doea not I to prosecute for' i a i the anti-strike In- -Injunction' accomplished its purpose, he'-told t-he aii'b-committee 'ot the interstate commerce com mission today. AGAINSrOCCUPATION Lansing, Hoc.

1 Steeper is ox- i to A successor to Justice Franx 'C. 'Kuhn, former chief I of justice of the supreme court, who resigned, effective January 1st, shortly. "Inadequate compensation" is the reason given. FROM SCHOOL-- Robert Hastings, who is attending the Tl. L.

Preparatory School at Annan: olis, before entering the United States Naval Academy, arrived homo Wednesday evening to spend liis vacation 'at tlio home of liis parents, Mr. (By 'United Press.) Detroit, Mrs. Cad con did her Christmas shopping yesterday an overheated stove Urea the house and burned her son to death. I I i a a i 1.9. Delegates local unions of tire i Workers i meet in 'Columbus, O'hio, a a fifth, to endorse or repudiate the 'Present organisation.

a i i a i of PROFESSOR'S ASK A I Arbor, i i pro- I lessors wcro to ask for more, today i HE UP -POOR K'lOjDIS, Dec anil Mrs. llulph Hastings, Webster raised over ten thousand dollars the poor kids' Chriut.nias, yesterday. KEEP TAB ON PAPER. (By i Press.) Washington, Dec. were taken in Congress today to keep ac- curate'check on the amount of paper publications of 'the country will conserve as a result of the recent arrpeal of the House Postoffice committee tor an immediate recTuctiqn of ten per cent.

PLAN I I TMIP--Dr. and Mrs. W. J- Kinyon, accompanied by Mrs. CiiSHio Whiting.

sl.rool.. Icavo tomorrow on a trip -Boston, Massachusetts, Now York and I'rovi- deuce, Rhode Inland. Dr. Kiuyon expects to spend, ubout Mireo. weeks in Uio cast, Kinyon remaining eight weeks ii).

Providence. COLLECT A -J. H. Buell. treasurer of -Garlieltl will bo at tho Traverse City 'State Uunlc tomorrow for the of collecting taxes for the J.ownship which ho represents.

RECOVERS--Miss Hazel Colcman, a Stato Hospital nurse, ill.following an operation for appendicitis, has so far recovered as to be able to go to her libinc. West I31evtjnt.il street. services were employed as mudi fighter. The picture is to hung i The Street Hormutli. possible, French.

Federal Building at Paris; (Selection--Orchestra. i ii is i -at this time to with those of other Allied soldiers. Bye Lo 'Song--Primary room. estimate tlio a a an insiirfiiice Otis W. Leader trained with the Angels--'Our Girls.

I a is on the w.ay IICTP and is ex- Blue Devils when he first went Selection--Orchestra. before night. The p.cuial dam- to France, and was almost continuous- -Christmas Fairies--5th. and (ith age from was confined to the ly lire while he served over- grades. of the store and the base.ment, i sens.

At Chateau Thierry, Mete, St. Uttlo Boy and Queer Girl--J. Bnr- the damage from smoke and water Mihiel, Verdun and made deti and'C. riorum. will run into considerable money, a splendid reco'rcl of bravery and was iSnow Fairies--lircl and -Hh grades, There is scarcely an a i of stock in citeci for his action at Chateau Thicr- -Army--'Our Boys.

i store but tliat was damaged in i ry when for three days lie with ISanfa 'Claus--'Mi'. i respect. i a larso cooler, at the the Infantry after the entire gun crew Farewell to Stnta--Chorus. I a of the store, was practically which he was fighting had been i wrecked. killed, and the gun destroyed.

At this A AW (TTRIOTIS Dainaso to the second siory wus time he captured two machine guns A lo slight. This is used as store.room, eighteen prisoners. i downstairs business. This is Leader's body is covered a i i To a i a 1 of the basement, where tho with mustard gas for which ho Ex-Aristocrats, Tabors. idama'ge was largely from water and still has- to have meclica) The i i is owned by Mrs.

'Paw Dec: i i t. The loss on tills is ap- the' little Jail hei'e are worn I proximatcly- Sl.yOO, covered by smooth by curious tow'nspeoillo, for i insurance. I is understood Int lire a who to catch a i i i i i i on the stock and i glimpse of the Tabors, one-time (s I 0 iwl a this will toc'rats Lawion. not'c-ovur dnmase to the same. from i long i Mrs.

The loss of business, at Uii; holiday-Sarah a a a a i hist BC ii. will bo a sorlous one to tho Fi-ume Doesn't Wan.t -Ancl i His Men. London, Dec. i i 'pla council has voted forty-four to our against continued occupation of Fiunie -by 'D'Aniuinzio, despatches said today. fBy United" Press.) Paris, Dec.

delegates here announced today, the Gleuienceau. h'ad i them 'that German prisoners of war in. Franco will- be re-, turned i i a i waiting for signing of the protocol. He isn't i i down for the rest of bis life telling war stories to his children and friends! Not The man who was' a the type of true -American fighter is stiH action. 'At Oklahoma City i i taking training the direction of the Federal Board for Vocational Education iu mechanical and electrical engineering.

After 1 completing the course there he is to continue in advanced work along the same lines iu Kansas City, Missouri. n.re in separate cells. GREAT MUSICIAN DIES SENDS RUSS MISSION Italy Dispatc'hes. -Delegation Soviets To Peace. To Aid BREAStRS HOLD PAIR OF AMERICAN JACKIES Washington, Dec.

American a i a been held in jail in, Mazatlan, Mexico, since November 12th, on a charge of assaulting a Mexican citizen, the State Department announced today. The American consul'has asked for speedy "trial'for" the sailors are Leonard and H. O. Martin, the department said. WHO-'IS THIS? Washington, Doc, Wilson today was in fuj.l charge of the Mexican situation, Carranza's reply, to -the last 'United demanding Jenkins' release, has been submitted to the chief executive, it was learned authoritatively.

London, iDec, I i government is sending a mission to soviet to discuss plans for 'bringing about peace. accord-Ing to wireless from 'Moscow. I SOON--C. W. Fuller, minister of tho Christian church, who was called l.o West 1 Virginia, by telegram, to tho bedside of his father, will return homo Friday or Saturday, after attending the In- tcreluiroh World Conference l)c- troll, which convenes December IV.

in. ll.e leaves his father Hume Clcofonte Chicago Co. Director, Succumbs. 'Chicago, Dec. Cum- panlni, famous 'musical director, diail at St.

Luke's hospitiil here toduy, i i a two i a i i i i i i i i i i i i nil on aonml'wy Ho was director of the i Chic a go O'pera A A I FAILS7 -DublUi, 'Deo. a tic in pi. to' usHawKinate 'Lord French, i i a Irelruid, railed uuluy. Hi.s escort was A Uetrolt, Dec. I a a i a i be un tho U.

afi.or Sunday, i i i concern, and the pvi'blic i in ex- i i i i a I I adjustor arrives today, it is hoped to be wblu to ri'oiK'ii the store for business by first nf next week. Opera Serious, and yt humorous sid'. of the tire wurc the experiences Pratt and Da.vc After tlio llamcs had lieeii extinguished Judge PniU WON I the building, whoit ho stoppeil on a a i at tho top of the a i to i second story, The i boards snapped and ho fell i i to Ilrst floor landing, bruising himeslf and i i his ell ilia, overcoat stem to stern oh protruding' ml 11. This i Campbell was goin.g Hi rough tho build- i i he slcppcil I same hole. Only hiii siv.c prevented lihn from going but liu diii coiuc iu contact i tiic protruding nail, and tho time i.his url.iclc was written, hu -was in bed i bell wiic, iJiitchiiig'lilji-troimors.

RATIFY PROTOCOL Berlin, Dec. (Delayed)-- The Eeichsfcag today ratified the to the peac.e treaty, which 'the German delegates, signed at 'Versailles in whereby the 'of the consti- ution, providing- for a future" junction between Germany and Aus''" A FOR KAI.AMA2IOO--Mrs. ,1. P. iJoHkw.

daughter Kemi, aud son" I I Wosi. Kighlh Ktrcof, loft thin noon for where they will spend the Christmas holidays witli. Mrs. Boskers Wilma, Josephine and Mrs. C.

Itynbrand, (tormcrly Miss Ann UosUer,) bcsidcs- othc'r relatives wli.o. reside there. is FO.RWARD I SOUTH-- Ceraid Gricglvoi' 'Noasen'-Clty, who enlisted recently'Utjihe" local recruit-. i'ng station one'year's Bei-vicu in the Medical left yesterday fov headquarters at' Grand Rapids..