Traverse City Record-Eagle from Traverse City, Michigan • Page 1

Jl The columns of this regional newspaper are fluard- ecTa0.al.nst bias, unklndness and objectionable readinfl, ECORD- I I A GREATEST DAILY Weather Report Tonight--Fair. Tomorrow--Warmer. JNITBD PRESS TELEGRAPH SERVICE TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1922. ALL CUT OFF Feb. been heard from th cities apids for three clays and apparently all of oSid a without means of No trains sire running in the mining country -of the instil a.

Chicago, of escape the i eat MAY ESCAPE eastern coast may mid-west; the N'ew York A I A 4 reau said today. The storm is coming' as ff jTM Ohio, Pennsylvania and western New York, A drop in Ls recorded here today, The northwesterly gales Kccrnecl to diminish tonight, FIVE KILLED Chicago, Feb. Winnipeg Express Great -clow in northern Minnesota this morning', a th etraln crew. The three andfl plow went over a 20-foot embankment. Beside the five k1le nine persons, including one passenger, were seriously mjmecl.

The accident occurred at Waverly, Minn. Selected By the Board of Directors at Friday Meeting. TO IMPROVE COURSE TWENTY-FOURTH 'vEAR-7180. PEIOB-THBBB FOOD This Will Ee Biggest Organization For The Coming Year. Of i tec FAILS TO CARRY Washington, Feb.

24. -By a vote of 5 to 3 the sub- of the House Ways and Means committee today inrit a sales tax to finance i i bonus. voted CAN'T PRACTICE Hot Springs, Feb. Baseball players here for then rrTcticc, are unable to work out because of weather conditions Babe Ruth has had several offers from oil promoters to start a Babe Ruth Oil company. He says he is willing, pro- he doesn't have to finance it.

PAYS PENALTY Paris Feb, Briand commute tlie death sentence of Landru, the French went to the guillotine at dawn today, It is claimed that Landru murdered 32 women, 10 of whom were his wives. Through the courtesy of James Moiilton and Tracy Brown, both of whom have radio i i the Record-Eagle Is able to present herewith the latest news flashes from the outside world, the first to filter into Northern Michigan since Wednesday night. 0. Joynt is the new president of the Traverse City G-oir and club. Ho was elected to this honor at the first meeting of the new board of directors, held at the a a Friday i S.

Morgan was elected vice- i and i Boors was reelected a a Pres- i i a once a i a i i and preseason work oi the new board i be started. Prospects the coming season were discussed at Friday night's meeting. The general i i among the oi' the hoard was that the big task con- i them this year is improve. of the a i course, more a a i else. By this is meant seeding, fertilisation and a effort, to i the Several i were made on the and in l.he last season, at a heavy expense.

This i not bo neces'- i year, it is hoped, and for this reason release considerable i regulars-revenue to be on the course. The Traverse City G-olf and club enjoyed a prosperous Take a S.nmUiy a wal'k i the woods near Traverse City and carry with you a sack of gram for starving grouse. This is the appeal issued today, officers of the Or ami Traverse Conservation- -League';" Two of investigation developed the 'fact that while the partrklge escaped death from Wednesday's they are confronted, with starvation as ice seals away- i food I eague members deposited a i of cracked' corn in 'grouse i cover today and i continue the work A thicket of evergreen trees adjacent lo the city shelters either grouse or pjieasiants, 'Giraln should 'be placed on the side of in a small and a few kernels broadcasted'. resident of the city should mis-a the splendor of the ice festooned forests," said one worker i noon. "The walking is immense.

A horse can travel crust a and no a being needs snowalioss i this lasts. Vive of grain.may save the lives of a score of i and anyone who can interpret tracks in the snow that i are "etching most pathetic story of their hopeless fight against The has established a cbnv station in Art barber shop. Any i i i a will be given a -five pound sack of corn i agree to spend an hour; or so a i into the woods and i i i the food. Only Mie fact that the sleet r-Vrt of i week came in the niijtht ruffed grouse were i in the trees, saved dreds' of b'irds from Ijeing investigating committee of the Grand a in a trip of afternoon; Had the sleet fallen when' the liirds we're 'burrowed in the snow have been a severe; loss of -grouse through the snow freeing over and i the birds' i out. saved from the sleet menace, the grouse are facing a serious food shortage.

Their "tracks Friday show where the only food they can find is where a poplar brush to -grow beneath the 'branches! of-! and the were 'sheltered from sleet. The grouse tracks go from one piece of brush to anoth.er, indicating clearly where the Xirds walked a seeking a bud w.hich' is not ice coated. It is likely t'Jiat some effort will bti made to scatter food for the birds if the ice does not fall immediately. Thaw Brings Gleam of Hope to Patient City. nlsws year If the renders of the Record-Eagle will stop to consider that Trav- City has no physical connection with the outside world whatever, If nil wires and rail traffic being cut off, the fact that the clomcjs of the outside world come floating in on the air brings home the remarkable development of the wireless telegraph.

The messages Friday night came from the Westin.flhouse broad- a i stations at Springfield, East Pittsburgh, Chicago, pnd Roselle Park, J. At the same time the complete program of -th" Detroit Symphony orchestra was being broadoasted. soon as proper arrangements can be made, the Record-Eagle will install a wireless receiving equipment as a matter of protect.on against a repetition of the present storm, situation. brought a a i report of i storm, "Twenty miles south of here not a telegraph pole is standing," Mr. declared today, "and shade trees aren't Big Rapids, -Reed City and Kvart are i worse than, Traverse City people can imagine.

Power jiJaiits have been wrecked, buildings damaged, and a Big- Rapids 00 i of telegraph poles are "Prom a we saw along the way, I don't t-hink, it i be possible to get a a i before i a Tracks a two inches and move of ice covering in a places. and followed the and 'N. 1C', roadbed to en aiul thence made it 'cross count reaching hero practically ex- a But in a sense they are nursing swollen feet today to no avail, for U. T. a ton i whjcli they hiked to attend has been postponed for another the past season, and prospects Tor 1922 aro even better, with an i and course.

Marooned among i and ice sheets sonville for two days, a Warden Mark Criws city set out on a 27-mile the snow of Thorn District of this "mush 1 A. B. AND A A FROM A A Salesmen Make Long Trip In 'a Day But Are Utterly Exhausted Today. rin-Hiuv ir miles i sido of the sleeted barrier lo tho a and comfort of i i City on tho i A. B.

I i and a Hurley, local Express And a i a Both Games Were Illegal. Say After a Year, Ex-Service Men Start After Money For Memorial SHOW COMES NEXT A protest and a counter protest a i for the i in the bowling league. The a i a protested Mie game in i they were defeated by the last Tuesday, because the Yunkors had some strange players. tho ExproRS company protests the gamo in i tho Ro tarians beat the i and went i a tio i the Express team for first Tho Express team claims the a knew the Yunkers line-up wns not as usual and agreed to it before the protested game was rolled. i this arguing is going on back and It was a that the league schedule has been lengthened and for six more weeks the teams i keep on.

rolling. Manager Anderson Will Not Disappoint i Theatre Patrons. WOMAN MEMBER OF BOARD KEEPS BUSY Marooned Here But Manaqes To Keep Occupied At Hospital. salesmen, were the first hore with word oi' tho othors have seen it, i Friday morning i i in the i from -Kalova. i two days at Reed City and a i before the roal sot then isolated over night at roa(-l) in as and If a i service Js resumed any time between now and Sunday a "Over the Hills," the feat i scheduled for the Lyric theater for Sunday, will be shown as a However, if no train service becomes a a i a a a Frank announces that he has, reserve, a film never before seen in Traverse City, Charles i son in "The Golden God," a tale of 'love, mo and quick action in New York.

GET TO a in tho county a a i good i horso alul and a iiumlioi ot readouts from the rural districts were in town Friday on busiaess. Merrie H. Abbott -of the State -hospital commission, who has been at the hospital for several days, has been a very busy woman i her stay here. s. A bo 11; w.h o.

as a el 1 trained legal first, better than all else, 'a hc.me-maker a and as she has visited every part of the hospi- i a The dining- rooms, store rooms, bakery, I meat market, the store, I ing room, the and the 1 wards and sleeping rooms, in -fact, every place, work is being for the comfort and well-be-. i of the' a i and a a careful and exhaustive survey of each and every department of the hospital she only words of commendation and praise for the a in which the work as a whole and in detail is being conducted. She has thonnishly her work here, aiid has been too busy regret a t-hu starm lu-s her in City longer than she had planned tu stay she came. at Friday i and reached at 9:00 at i a i a tale of an almost completely desolated territory in the wake of the i a i storm. i apparently in the very center of the fury, was by the storm in a condition i a i a to who have been in Traverse City i it.

all, Mn 1 Craw reports, Telephone and telegraph poles stand as stumps, shorn of all vestige of wires, i shade trees are i peel and shredded to the bare The elements assembled for their assa.uR on i territory Tuesday i and con- i a a that l.he greatest weather marks re- the oldest inhabitants. i tower at the Thorn psonvi lie station stands a a reminder of the storm, with every one of the myriad of wires i dispatched directions along the M. and Ann Arbor railroad torn down by the sleet and i By Wednesday i the power company at Thompsonville had been put out of commission and Che villagers about homes by a and lamplight while the streets were' dark. Prep a i i i i i ty, women went about the streets in rubber boots all Wednesday a borrowing candles or lampwicks from their neighbors, Mr, Craw states. Thompsonville's a i park of shade trees opposite the railway station is probably the storm's most complete memento.

Trees planted by the village 25 years ago were stripped and broken down Ipeyond recovery WALKED HOME The party of 15 men, mostly stranded a i salesmen, reported starting; out with sleighs Gi-ty lastv night, didn't materialize. Rev. M. W. Ross, rector of Grace Episiopal charch, hiked over IS miles of crusted snow to lie- here for his Sunday services and reported that the attempted i party 'make it.

The last train that, reached Traverse City, -Wodn'esday'. night, served' Thompsonville. With all wires down the station a 1 had no word of the train i it reached tlie village, late, a the intended passengers from Thompsonville, including Craw had turned in for the "nigh'fc" Starting from Thompsonville, Mr. Craw found devastation complete along the Pere Marquette north, beyond comparison with the storm effects in Traverse. City.

"Of conditions south of Thompsonville could report i but it was between Bendon and Tnterlochen. that the storm seemed to have i i i Near Mr. Craw picked up a foot of telegraph wire i had tin ice coating two and a a inches diameter and weighed one pound and five ounces, "Fully IfiO poles are down along the P. M. tracks between Thompsonville and Wallin," tho warden declared.

"For two miles there wouldn't be one polo standing and then there'd be a clump of three or four. People who have been in Traverse-City during the storm know i of it. Traverse City isn't suffering at compared to cities south of here a little way." Twenty-three stranded tram sients bid Mr. Craw good-bye he started his bike homeward, among them Mrs; Charles E. prominent Cadillac, 'woman and LaVerne Spafford, secretary of the "Michigan Christian Endeavor Union of.

Grand Rapids. The night before hotel guests had cleared space in the lobby while a colored entertainer, also -marooned, provided enlivement for the evening. Mr, Craw attempted the bike so as to. be in attendance a the of the Grand Traverse Conservation League in "this city Friday night. IS POSTPONED Musical Production Is First -Method For Raising For Home.

With Uie A i a Legion undertaking its first money raising effort a a- year, and planning this as the initial step of an active campaign, Traverse City's proposed community memorial i i he- bins to assume a place of reality. A memorial has been talked of since Traverse City's sons arrived home from the World War and various plains suggested for i ing it. However, it remained for the Legion to take the reins in hand, under the direction of Dr. G. A.

'Molliday, pest commander, and launch plans for a structure that would not be merely a fitting memorial utb the World War vet- ertns that would serve as a home for activities of the entire community. was planned'-to provide a huge a i i suitable for the largest conventions -held in Northern Michigan, and a gymnasium to provide 'for extensive athletic activities, as well as a suite of Legion club rooms. 'A decided impetus was given the memorial plans when Col. Guy Wilson, staje Legion commended the effort; 1 at a public meeting here last year and prophe- that Traverse City would find I the building one of its most profit- able investments. I A i a has been a i by Bowen-Uolliday post or presented to the cause and now the iLegion.

announces an active continuation of the campaign, look( ing toward a i plans for erec- tion of the i i shaped when Dr. Holliday returns from A Arbor. it runs true to form, the -musical show which the post is rehearsing for presentation March ami 9 nl the City Opera add several dollars to the memorial: And while a few dollars is but a comparatively small drop it will at least show that the Bowen-Holliday members are keeping their aim actively in view, winch seems to be of chief Importance it the plans are BOOH to be realized A A play entitled "The High School Freshman," will be afc St. Francis auditorium on Monday night by the boys of St. Francis high school, the lvJ used for the benefit of their Athletic Association.

OF A IS MADE PUBLIC. Three Women Are Drawn To Do Jury Duty For Next Court Session. Three women havo for jury duty' during, term of Circuit Kelley, Grace Ransom been a the March Mrs. Ruth and Laura Beers are the three drawn. Following is alist of the, jurors: Thomas White water Township George Bates, Precinct On Traverse W.

F. Smith, Preci net Two, Traverse Ruth Kelley, Precinct Three, City; A. B. Huellmantel, Precinct Four, Traverse City v- Charles Hall- 'Precinct Five, Traverse Ernest S. Acmo ari: Blair City Tn keeping with the general policy of isolation, High East; school basketball game, postponed Clyd'e Fife Lautnev, Theo.

L'em- from last night and announced for if. the visiting team could reach the city, now definitely postponed' until the tie-up is over. If everything goes, well the ga-me will be played here March 10. A LITTLE BOOST--One Of the patients at the State hospital who, by the way is an omnivorous reader, says, that he doesn't give a "hoot" if we haven't had Detroit, 'Grand Rapids and Chicago papers for three days. "We have the Record-Eagle every day and news that is news', and orth telling, will be found i a that." Lako.

Township; S. parfield i 'Grant'. Township: 'Willard 'MarshV Township; Joe Lake Township; Frank Kdepele, "Mayfield Township; John Sitters, Paradise Township; B. S. Nelson, Peninsula 'Township; Grace Ransom, Union Township; Archin Brown, Whitewater'Township; M.

Culver, Precinct One, Traverse City; W. R. Two, Traverse City; Laura Beers, 'Precinct Three, Traverse City; A. A. Mc- Dermof.t.

Precinct Traverse City; George, Smith, Precinct Five, Traverse City. WARM WEATHER ONLY METHOD OF OPENING RAILROADS SOON. BULLETIN. E. J.

Liddy, representative of the Pennsylvania, system, in this city, stated this noon that trains were now operating between Grand Rapids and Cadillac and that an immense force of men is at work between Cadillac and Walton. It is possible that, a main line train will reach Walton some time Sunday or before, W.hilo thin city war. ar, effectually cut off from the outside world as at any time since the sleet storm which started Tuesday a slight morsel of en- 'cburageinent war. held forth by the railroads that trains might be through within another 4S hours. The Manistee Northeastern road had a wire open to Cope- mislv the Pennsylvania wire was working LIS far as Kingstey the Perc Marquette wire went to Bendon.

Both the Citizens and Bell companies had no wires south and the telegraph offices held forth no encouragement of wire service for two or three days. Although an intense thaw might make it possible to run a train into this city on one of the three roads, it is not at all likely that the first train will reach here before Monday if then. Tho problem facing railroad men Is one of pick and One railroad man said it would cost approximately $2,000 a day to open the roads while another stated' that a man, with pick and shovel, could only work through five roads of ice and snow daily. Thus it may be seen, the railroads are up against a slow, expensive job. i Tt is understood that the Pere Marquette started out with a snow I plow Friday afternoon but it could get only as far as Boot Lake on the south edge of the city.

It is also rumored that a Manistee Northeastern train is stalled near Interlochen and a. crew of 60 men has failed to move it. The locomotive is said to be of coal and using wood. Another story from down toward Tnterlochen is to the effect that at least one-third of the state pine in the forest at Pine Park, went down with the storm. The Citizens Telephone company had one crew working in town where the work was rather well cleaned UP, stated this Two crews have been started out into the country but it is not likely that outride wire' communication will be established for two or three days.

The cracking of roofs continued to echo through town last night and today. Tho weight of the foot or more of snow and ice which fell is forcing home owners and industrial plants to get men on the roofs to bring relief to the groaning girders; Apparently but one, thing ran work toward an early throwing off of the ice shackles, and that is an intense thaw. The sun this morning started to loosen the thick coating of ice which enshrouded every exposed surface and toward noon the ice was dropping noticeably. A high temperature would help loosen the two inch crust under which railroads are buried and thus speed the work of opening the various lines. Somewhere south freight and in nil is piling up for Traverse 7 Grand Rapids is the most probable point for this collection aild the train through will bring only mail.

A short canvass of the food sources this morning indicates that the city is well supplied with the staples and coal dealers say they have plenty- of fuel- on hand to carry the city, through a longer period of isolation than" is likely to take place. Traffic on country roads, while carried on to a small degree, is most difficult. In some places horses and -sleighs can slip over heavy crust but -where the crust gives way it is a serious thing for the horses as their legs are cut to ribbons by the sharp edges of ice. of hauling snow off the main streets continued today and still the middle of the road is. two or three feet higher than it should) A I LEAGUE MAY BRING P.

S. LOVEJOY HERE. Smoker Will Call All Members Together Just Before Season Opens. A membership round-up of the Grand Traverse Conservation League in the form of a banquet or smoker: to be held the Friday night before the opening of the trout season May 1, was decided upon at a meeting of the held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday Tt is probable that P. S.

Lovejoy, formerly of the faculty of the University of Michigan and the United States Forestry service, will be here to address the League upon the connection forests and fish and game. Lovejoy is one of the few authorities in the United States -on forestry and allied topics. This smoker will take on the nature of a membership round-up and a getaway meeting for the trout fisherman. The first of May will be but two days away and the fishermen will be on their toes, waiting for tho starting bell. Tt will also be used as an opportunity to remind the members, who are about to head for tho streams, of their duties as members of the League.

President Harold Titus of the League announced Friday that ho would appoint a League member to act as chairman of all lish planting activities and another to act as special investigator of all propagation information. HERE'S A CHANCE FOR SOME YOUNG MAN TO GET RICH OLD TIMER HAS AN IDEA THAT A LOT OF MONEY MADE. "I got. i idea," the Old Timer said, a scratched, his gray head. "What is just, this.

If I was a young an' out of work, I think J'cl make me enough money to last" the rest of the winter. I'd get me a toboggan somewhere, an' a pair of snow shoes. Then I'd advertise the fact that I was goin' to get to. the nearest postoffice which was workin' and tho nearest, telegraph station that wns runnin' an' by: Judas I'd get there. There's a lot' of folks here 'd pay a half dollar or a dollar to get a tclsgram or letter out an' some young feller ccukl sort of clean house on the, proposition." Tho Old Timer squinted, up through tho ice coated t.reefi.

"If T. wasn't as old an I am I bet I'd be half way down the Pere Marquette right of way with a whole toboggan load of letters an' telegrams." Feb. 25. (United Press). --College golf will soon be a major sport in the western conference in the opinion of Coach A.

A. Stagg of the.University of Chicago. This spring is to mark the dawn of a new day for western collegiate golf, he believes. will the beginning of the time when golf will rank with' track and other' pastimes of the warmer months. Throughout the there' is being manifested a new in the game.

Golf in the big ten will be among, the matters to be discussed by coaches at their meeting here 'March 16-17. be. Hundreds of loads have been dumped in the river and every available man has been put to work with pick and shovel and it will be two or three days before the crews can get back into the- residential sections..