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i "A M'' -hit WEATHER: t- a B- 'wn VOL. JANUARY 1923. IUES DETBOIT, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, TWENTY-TWO ICE: THREE' CENTS ARREST 85V ARE VICTIMS BEAUTY OF FILMS WHO IS CROWNED MOVIELAND QUEEN Happy New Year Waits on Tidings of This Girl FIREMEN CARRY WOMAN OUT-OF BURNING HOME NEW YEAR SEEN AS STRONG TEST FOR MICHIGAN IN 1922 OF IP VIOLENT DEATH lS DRUNKARD HERE DURING 1922 2n Average Is 7 a Day More Than Principal Events Increase of 60 Over found Unconscious on Floor of Room; Accidentally ered; is Near Death. 1923 Promises to Be Important Period for Groesbeck Administration. in 1921, When Total Was Only 7,172.

Detroit's Life 1921; Homicides Number 113 During Past Year 85 PER CENT VICTIMS OTHERS FLEE BUILDING AS FLAMES PERIL THEM GOVERNOR BEGINS HIS SECOND TERM OF POISONOUS LIQUOR AUTO MISHAPS rarneretnne laying ef Maeenle Tempi. Temnl uratt saS -on lard. Aeroplane mall aervlen an 4 between Detmli nad -riser." Sjnlaaed la third nlae. tinenlng ef new Temple Beta El. Mar than M.S4MI numbers ef FATAL TO 186 si 195 Women Faced Court for Intoxication; Recorder Took In $462,386 in Fines.

Mr. John Barleycorn had a great Street Cars Take 44 Changes in Taxation System Predicted as Innovation to Be Considered. BY RAT B. JOHNSON. Free hw SI terrespendeat.

Lanslnc. Mich rw 91 Th. Odd Frllawa mareh In pa rade taring aannal aeaveafian. Si Inning in Detroit In 1922. It has been said that figures Lives, Railroads' Toll Is 41.

RV ilARHY SEXTO. Violent deaths to the) number of never lie. Granting this. Mr. advent of the new year marks th i 1 Barleycorn had a free hand 1n mi beginning or what promises to be an Important nertnrl in AGNES AYF.K8.

Im AnsrMesV Vc. 11 Ry t'tillM PrM I Detroit to the extent that he mid Mr. Volstead look like a piker. history, from the point of view of S3T were recorded in Detroit and Airn Ayera la tti qunn of movlrlfttid. aarley Itehertaaa.

far fce klrage hit Sax, pltrhed na-hlt na-rnn gams aaa iol man rearSes Srat base la game. April no. Oaealag af tba new- Central lira alarm atatlaa af tba lietralt Nre department at tbe earaev af Manna anal llaatlnajs street. Kaon atorm aa rat day af sprlas, Mareb 31. I.aat ran af Detroit are fle-partmeat baeaea, April 1.

Opening ef new Capital theater. Opening; af new aaartern af the Klrat National bank and Not only did the number of tne state administration- Its environs In 1923, an increase of 60 over 1921 when the list to Alter ft jrrana powwow nunoaj amonsr lb beat mlnda in Hollywtxal aha was rhnwn mm "nun of HuIIvWimkI" to rlV drunks who appeared In recorder's hile Governor Croesbeck'i first term, which expired at mlrintht on th Hollywood float in th Pamdana court during 1)21 exced the number during 1921 by an average of tournament or hom new iara uajr. taled 797. The list ia ISiO nam- bered 927, the highest in the history of Wayne county. Sunday, has seen the development of several policies In state affairs seven a day, but the number of violations of prohibition in cases strongly in contrast to those ihot There were ill homicides report of possession of llguor or selling had been followed up that tlma.

ed In and about the city as cam- t'enlral Savings baata In flae i surpassed the total of a year It la agreed by the mvurnn. an MYSTERYYEILS MAN'S MURDER those associated with him that the ago. It will be shown when flgurss are compiled. pared with til In 1)21. Th most brutal murders of the rear oc- i curred March when Itsy Basse, 'l residing on Jefferson avenue near real test of many of the inn.

new First National bank building. Lowest Mrs loan la years. otera af tba city O. K. purchase af l.

V. R. city lines. City swept by big eala alarm the afternoon af Annual 3. 7 tlons will come during the year, which begins Monduy.

Many Had (loose Victims. Charles W. Cnsgrsln, clerk of re. Klopells street, threw his two sons. Lteudonis, I years old.

and Ratbsrn. corder's court, has made figures for Fundamental Changes Seen. slew High pamplng station af th year public, showing that a to The 'fact that 1923 is a legislative Brush Street Grocer Slain in 1 years. Into the Detroit river at ths fxMf Itlopella street. He also ended" his life by leaping Into ths tba Detroit are aepartmeni opened at tba foot af KaaSulpb street.

New ferryboat l.a Sails plaeed year can also be taken as support tal of 9,730 men and women appeared In that court during 1922 on charges of being drunk. This total ing the prediction that It Is to be In rommlaalan an the ran be a year set apart Dy the discussion and Inauguration of (undm.nii Store; Money Is Not Taken; Wife Finds Body. In the mysterious shooting oi tween Detroit and Wlaor. Is against ",173 during 1121, and changes in some phases of administration of affairs of the common- -'A includes drunk while driving auto river. Teas Kill Three.

Holdup men were responsible for ths deaths of three persons. Thugs paid a visit to a lunch room on Dakar near Seventeenth Dodge lac, preeeated the atole with elarea new parka. I'arnard brlnrraft. award by mobiles, both men and women. weaun.

Although the cornnrailon It is estimated that .1 per cent Colonel J. Vlareat, waa tlonal motor boat rare. Samuel Adler, 37 years old, in his grocery store at 6569 Brush street shortly after 6:30 o'clock last night, police are confronted with 4r A streets, the evening of Jsnuary I. Aaeeuaremeet made that new Cntholle eathedral ta root S3 of this number are victims of bad liquor In one form or another. It Is a dally occurrence for prisoners imposed by the last legislature, haa been In operation for two years and furnished the state's income an opportunity to catch up with Its expenditures, the year Just beirln- a most baffling murder mystery.

uoo.OOO would be ererted. I N. Itelrolt laaarbrd. charged with being drunk to de No one witnessed the slaying, so nlng, with the legislature In see. GWENDOLYN PHILLIPS MARTIN.

clare their collapse followed one sion, is bound to see the subject of taxation given close attention. or two drinks of a potion supposed far as detectives have ascertained and the motive still was undetermined up to a late hour last night and may result In further changes to ba whisky. Judge I'llny W. CALLS AMERICA Authorities are Investigating th Marsh, who hears early sessions, in tne metnoas or levying the cost of doing the state's business. gontriDutes this as one of the Pulmotor Revives Victim; De- partment Responds to Many Alarms.

Firemen saved the life of Mrs. M. 40 years old, as she lay suffocating, from smoke, In her rooms at 3046 Sr. Jean avenue, early Sunday morning. The fire routed four other persons from their beds and drove thorn into the street.

The blaze Etarted In the room where Mrs. Marshall wn sleeping. The dense smoke awahened her and she struggled to reach the door. Before sbe could escape, however, the fumes overcame her and she foil In a corner near the bed. There firemen chancod to find her as Jther were leaving the room, convinced by the empty bed that no one was there.

Ehe was resuscitated but is still In a serious condition In Receiving hospital, Driven Rack fly Smoke. The first floor of the building Is occupied by Joseph R. Blanchet. About 3:30 a. m.

Blanchet awakened and detected the odor of smoke that was seeping Into his room. He searched, his apartment and found no signs of fire. Then he opened tho door leading Into the hall and was driven back by the volumes of smoke descending the staircase. Quickly cloning the door. Blanchet aroused his wire, their 3-year-old son, Joseph.

and his brother-in-law, Fred Bourdeau. The four hastily donned garments and fled Into the street. Blanchett ran at top speed to Knglne company 45, two blocks away, and gave the alarm. The company In command' of Lieutenant A. S.

Terhune responded. Shortly after Battalion Chief John Quirk and Ladder company 14, arrived. Firemen Find Woman. Lieutenant Terhune. Plpemen Joseph omnitz and Harry Palmer were the first to work their way into the house.

Entering Urn. Marshall's room, they saw the bed unoccupied and were fighting the fire when Terhtine's foot struck against the body of the unconscious woman. The firemen hastil carried her from the' building and a hurry call was sent for Rescue company No 3 and its pulmotor equipment, Dr. Harry U. Steele.

11280 Charlevoix street, nlso was summoned and he and members of the rescue company worked over the woman forsome time before she showed signs of reviving: Later she was taken to the hospital. The' rescue company was In command of Lieutenant Albert K. Dennert. The firemen confined the blaze to Mrs. Marshall's room.

Last Ilenra of Year Itnsy. The Detroit fire department closed 1922 with a busy day. From midnight Saturday until 4 a. m. Sunday, 10 alarms were received.

One was on Lenox avenue near Jefferson avenue, where a Ohrlst-mas tree caught fire. The damage was slight. Firemen also wore called to the foot of Fairview avenue, about. 2 o'clock to extinguish a blaze in a residence at 77 Obller street where an estimated damage of $200 was reported. The occupants of the house were away when the flro started.

The flajnes alno threatened the residence at 78 Obller street, three persons hurrying from their, beds to the atreet. mother who has not seen her son since he and his wet heart. Gwendolyn Phillips, ran away from home in July. "I'm not up here to bother Orville and his wife," Martin said, Sunday. "If they're happy, they have our blessing.

Hut Orville's the death ou the theory that the groccryman was slain In revenge. Wife Hears Shot. causes for the Increased number of Lonely Indiana Man Here in Search of Eloping Son and Young -Bride. BY- IlKl.EIf C. BOWER.

Today is New Year's, and In a room at the Norton hotel a lonely WORLD'S MODEL violators. While the number of drunks In Mrs. Adler was going to notify Much in the sams way that further tax changes be considered a continuation of the work begun when the corporation tax was imposed, so many of the changes or developments In store for the state during the coming year may be considered as continuation of the work begun during the last her husband that dinner was ready creased by a large number, the to tal fines paid shows a decrease ss In their apartment upstairs when she heard the report of a pistol baby of the family and my wifo has been driven to distraction because she hasn't known where he and Gwendolyn are. The Christmas compared with the year previous. shot.

She rushed down Into the International Labor Chief, Vis store, as a haze of smoke floated man waits the word which will make or mar the brightness of the coming months. And elsewhere In letter postmaraed J-'etroit is me only word we've had since they left in July. two years. Cite State Eeonoiay. iting Here, Sees U.

S. as Trade Tutor. in the air and found Adler on the floor, gasping for breath. The wife saw no one flee as she entered. una is cxpiamea jor the reason that 00 persons charged with being drunk were committed to Jail without a line or for failure to pay a fine, and 300 men and 33 women When Governor Groesbeck ran Adler's only words were, "Ma, I'm for office two years ago, there was "All I ask Is that they call me up or come to see me.

I'll be waiting In my room at the hotel aU day, if they'll only come." Gwendolyn's parents had wanted shot." "Europe In an industrial way is in a condition so bad as to be al Apparently the assassin repre were given pronation. Fines Total S403J.N8JSI. sented himself as a customer, for a state-wide demand for a change In policy In the administration of the state's affairs. The people were clamoring for greater economy ond for the reduction of taxes. The and when Louis I'sarls.

a cook, re-slated, he was shot and killed. Sidney Iloss, Jl years old, was halted on York street near Bacond boulevard ths evening of September 26. When he refused to turn over his money he waa fatally shot. Peter 8. Wleacsek, proprietor of a billiard room In JIamtramnk, waa slain by two thugs the morning of December 17, ths slayers escaping.

police Slay Holdup Maa. The records also show that th pollca caught a thug In ths act of holding up a cltisen In the eastern psrt of tbe city, and when he tried to sscspe. he was shot snd killed. A decrees In killings among th Sicilian feudists was three being slain aa compared with 11 In 1831. The victims were ftam Marino, John Nobil and Louie Faslone.

Marino waa shot and killed on Elmwood avenue the evening of April i. Nubile mat death at ran ana Marcus avenues tu morning of February i'aslon was slain in front pt his horns In ih north 1 eastern part of Ih rlty. Tho records' show that several men killed their wires, and In most oases committed suicide. Slaters af Two Rscaae. TVhll driving through Lincoln Park village.

July 1, Kobert D. Cochran, of Detroit, and Neat Do-t'eatlnaeS an Page Col. S. CROWS BARE SKELETON IN, BURNED STRAW most unbelievable from your vlw the groceryman had taken down four cans of sardines and placed her to marry another man. but she loved Orville and-there seemed no other' wav to happiness than for point ore in America.

Every na The total smount of fines paid In recorder's court for felony and mis Detroit are Orville Martin and his young wife, who, if they have any pity for. their parents, to whom they wrote for the first time Christmas day, will grant the request for an interview with Or-vllle's father, J. I. Martin, of Fort Wayne, Ind. ji.

Martin has come to Detroit In the hope of seeing th young couple or receiving word which may take back to a distracted them on the The cash tion facet a problem that is al governor pledged himself to the was intact and nothing had been prosecution or that work and was most tragic, although in each case them to run awav. -tne two young people nre together, but back In Fort Wayne are anxious hearts that will be 'Saddened all through the elected on that pledge. Immedlnte taken frjim the store. A roll ot cur rencv he carried was untouched. ly upon Inauguration, he Instituted demeanors, according to figures compiled by William Paul, cashier, in or 130,000 less than the year previous.

Fines Imposed tor ordinance violations totaled 162,030. The figures show that persons paid tines fur being drunk. Mis. Adler told the police her tho problnm is a different one. It would be a wonderful thing' if the nations of Europe could remold year unless Orville's father cun a program of governmental reor whtob has been, for Its wire message to say t.iat ha has seen the children.

themselves, so to 'speak, upon nusDnna haa iricu to couevi a out earlier in the afternoon, but had failed. She does' not believe her husband was killed while resisting lines that govern the industrial and commercial intercourse be a hold-up man. as he frequently avowed purpose, tne centralisation of authority and responsibility, to the end that greater economy might be practiced and closer check made upon the expenditure of the state's money. The legislative program necessary i no total nuiuoer ot women appearing In court on charges of being drunk was of whom t6 were released on suspended aen- FELLOW had told hor he would submit to robbery rather than endanger his BOY, 8, IN PLAY, tween the various states or tbe American union. That would do more to restore those countries tence, "2 given probation and 7 fined.

1 JW lite in that way. Finds Man Dying. tTollptr if.A tfnnt Palmer ave- for the Inauguration ot tne policy was put through, with the result that the administrative board was than anything else So thinks Albert Thomas, dlrae ETERAN DEAD SHOOTS UNC nue. who was passing, says he created- and state departments were consolidated, and several commissions and boards aholiahed. Power to authorize expenditures tor of the International Labor bureau, of Ueneva, Switzerland, snd recognised ss one of the highest authorities In the world on economic conditions generally.

Ijur- heard tno snoc ana rusnea in. nun the exception of Mrs. Adler, he was the only other person In the vl- a ii! i hnv, Inarn- for new buildings for state institutions. Including the university and the agricultural college, was placed od. He found Adler breathing his ing the World war he served as in the hands of the administrative last, as his wne Kneeieu ny nis slrirv nrthhlnr.

Ariler. who was shot minister or munitions for bis own country, France. board by tho legislature. Tho state accounting' division M. Thomas, with his party of once in the abdomen, was semiconscious and died In few minutes on the floor of his store.

with the duty of keeping close track eignt. reached Detroit late Sunday evening for a two days' stay, lie The slayer probably escaped Dy uM. anlMIIKP Tn Ai (hi he of the state's cxpcntiuures, was organized under the direction of expert accountants. with the forernintr as the sa would have had to go down some lient points in the new order of Steps to tne oaseiuniii, mu uiruuKii a hallway, and In the course of the flight open three doors. Mrs.

Adler said she heard a door slam soon after she heard the shot. Adler bad been In business at things, the uroesoecK iuiniiiiHi-tlon has functioned during the past two years. Reorganisation Carried Out. As a result of the policy adopted nd the organization thus creat me irunn wvicct. cmtj seven months.

He It survived by his widow and three children. Esther, nlne years old; Yale, eight. ed, several important events havo William Mitchell, 83, One of the Oldest Fraternal Mem-. bers Here, Expires. William Mitchell, 83 years old, and one of the oldest members of the Odd Fellows in Michigan, r.ied suddenly in his home, 2182 Helen avenue, Sunday morning.

Mr. Mitchell. was born In Carlisle, England, came to Detroit In 1859. For mpre than 38 years he was an engineer on the Grand Trunk railroad and after leaving the railroad was in the employ of the Mitchell Transfer company for about 10 years. He retired about 10 years ago.

Mr. Mitchell waa I lie oldest member of the Odd Fellows to take part in the Odd Fellows' parade a few months ago. He was a member of Michigan lodge No." 1. He Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Janet t.

James and Mrs. Agnes Hracht, and threo sons, Henjamln, William C. and George It. Mitchell. The funeral services will bo announced Monday.

MYSTERY SHOT maraed tne gunium i v. Threo large state institution! h.vA hosn the scene of re-organi and Mary, tour. A CHIEF iHlELDS MAKES YEAR'S FIRST FIRE RUN totlon and important changes of The total number of defendants who paid fines for driving an automobile while drunk Is 631, while others were dismissed and COO committed to Jail. Warrants Issued for the vear ending Decern her 911 total 12.457. according to figures compiled by Otto (Jcrsabeck.

warrant rlprk. Of this number 6.D64 were felonv warrants, which includes prohlhl'-tlon violations as compared with 0.309 felony warrants Issued In 1921. The total number of warrants Issued during the past 12 monthf shows mi Increase of approximately 1,000 as compared with the corresponding period In 1021. While the foregoing figures are for the period up to and Including Saturday noun, the Intel will be altered by not more than a down cases in any Instance. A large number of men were released by the police Sunday following their arests for being drunk.

The New Year spirit prevailed In the police department up to Monday morning as was evident In the case of six men who staugered from near beer saloon on itandolph street just, opposite police headquarters Saturday night. One of the number was thrown headlong by a companion. Ho picked himself up while the contents ot a broken bottle In his hip pocket trickled down his leg. He be-moRned the loss of his holiday liquor as he half crawled hack Into the saloon to get a fresh supply. A third companion held fust to a lamp post tn avoid falling.

In the meantime uniformed policemen passed a few feet away and turned their heads the- other way. Six men appeared on drunk charges, and a seventh on tho charge of driving an automnhll. while drunk. In nlRht court before Judge Jeffries Saturday night. Five of the drunks had the alternative of paying a 15 fine or languishing In the lockup 10 days.

A sixth received a suspended sentence, with a warning to "go and sin no more." Clement J. Schnnlnelker. 29 years old. 2932 MeClellan avenue, was up on the charge of driving a car while drunk and whs released on six munths' probation. N.

Y. NEW YEAR IS REALLY A "DRY" AFFAIR Activities of Prohibition Agents is on sn oniuiai trip to cuoa, Canada and other nations which are members of the International union, but has enlarged his Itinerary In order to spend several days In cities of the United States, In whose affairs he takes a deep interest, although this country is nut a member of his bureau. Nr. Thomas was met on his arrival by William K. Metiger and President Hurold H.

Emmons, of tho Hoard of Commerce, and with his party, was taken to the Detroit Athletic club, where he received number of the city's leading manufacturers and business men. A large part of his visit Monday will be devoted to the same purpose, and on Tuesday some of the large motor plants will be Inspected. The Thomas party Includes rtene Le Ilnin, Ueneva; J. K. Herbert, London, F.ngland: Paul Devlnot, Ijmlon; Manlcy O.

Hudson, Cambridge. J. Haddington Heh-ress. London, and F.dward J. Kheba, CJcneva.

DANISH KING HONORS FORMER ENVOY EGAN Th Michigan reformatory at Officers Vernon Mystery; Find Chauffeur License and Coins, -fy Puertol to The rWrs ,) Owosso, Heft. SliA ocflFf grows, which, for two rmjnthS, hov- i ered over the ashes of-8 Srw tl" on th farm of Itobert KitMN. VeV, non township, interested lrvan a farm -bind, sufficiently to cause Mm. investigate, lie found the of a msn in th center of wbatt3iad been the straw stack. .) Officers, investigating, fmind a Michigan chauffeur No.

34, aome coins, th iHet of a pocket book, anl knife. 1 il fleers believe the sHelton la that of a man from outaitle the county, ss no one has beanitrfported missing from, this couuty. Th straw In the slack was trim shed In July, snd burned fit the afternoon of October J. It stood tn the middle of the field, at least 40 rods from the nearest snd tbe cause of the blase, which dastroyed It. Is sot known.

The skeleton is that of a man of mall stature. Koth Ooodall and Shon declared they notions) th flock of crows flying around the ashes of the stark since last fall, but paid no attention to them. Th skeleton fndirated that the crows had picked off what burned flesh was left after the fire. Ionia whs the first of these to come under the governor's notice, with the result that a general clean-up, infliidtnir new personnel and ex tensive physical improvements took Accident Happens at Victim's Birthday Celebration; Bullet Hurts Another." Happiness at George Gowtn's thirty-second blrthdayv celebratiou gave way to anxiety and sorrow, and little Wesley Peek, eight years Old, came into tragic prominence at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon when the gun WeRley pointed playfully at Gowan, his uncle, exploded at his touch and sent Gowan to the floor of the Peek kitchen, 1722 Seventeenth street, with a bullet In his back. Gowan had come from h' home In Halfway to his aunt.

Mrs. Mary Peek, for' the birthday dinner she had arranged In his honor. The relatives who had also been invited were enjoying themselves In true holidy ffishlnrh -and" no' one observed young Weslnv slip away to the room of Floyd Churrh, a lay hidden in a bureau drawer. Mrs. Teek was stirring up the biscuits for dinner, while stood' n'ea'r 'the 'kitchen' sink watching her.

"Hold up your hands. Uncle George," came- -the" Command In Wesley's excited treble. Before Gowan could turn, there was a- flaah and- reportt -and a whimpering, frightened little boy replaced the bold highwayman who had entered peaceful, kitchen. The revolver's single shell had found Its victim. Now Gowan lies In, the, Delray Industrial hospital, temporarily paralyzed from the waist down.

His condition Is reported fair, though the danger of paralysis threatens. Assistant Prosecutor Harry S. Sohelnenmn took- statements from witnesses, from Oowin and the boy, but because of Wesley's age he is not being pending Uowan'a recovery. John Mack, 42, of 694.3 Mcrcler avenue, walked into Receiving hospital Sunday afternoon with his left forearm tied In an Improvised sllng. He explained that he hod been showing a gun Ip a friend when It went, off, sendlnir tho bullet Into his arm'.

The wound is not serious. Have Telling Effect On Celebration. peclal to The Free Preas and Chicago Tribune. New York. -Doc.

31. Crowds milling along Broadway tonlgtit saw and heard the well rectified gentleman who held up a lamp post with much ingenuity and 1913 was Just 10 minutes old when the first call' of tho year was received at the central fire aarm station from tho box at WVRt Fort street and Scntten avenues. Battalion Chief William Shields, three engines and a ladder company were at the scene promptly. No flro was to be found. Some Now Year's celehrator Is charged with sending In the alarm.

The last run of the expiring year was -at 11:59 o'clock Sunday night, when Battalion Chief (Jcorge Cree-gan and his men were called to Fourteenth avenue and Linden street. Firemen learned that a New Year's eve merry-maker had sent In the alarm. place. The tire at lonia which destroyed the administrative building and -the cell block In October. 1921, resulted In the rebuilding of the plunt and the installation of the dormitory system, to replace the old cell block system.

The dormitory system in an Institution such as Ionia was much In the nature of an experiment, and holnir watched closely by ROUTS THUGS the state officials and penologists all over the country. Prison Changes Made. New York. Dec. Jl.

King Christian of Denmark has conferred the Order of Distinguished Merit on Nfaurlce Francis Kgan. of Washington, former American minister to Denmark. Mr. Kgan, who served at Copenhagen under Presidents Roosevelt. Toft and Wilson, left the post Just before the signing of the Armistice In the World war In 1918.

Irregularities In the handling of 1 LATEST WIRE FLASHES the tunas at amum wore next brought to the v. result- FOUR KILLED IN AUTO CRASH III uiv ing In the arrest and trial of West. CBKW SAVK PKHII.KI) SHIIV I I the Business manager, nnu in re-organlzatlon of the methods of handling the industries at that a' ru, iimnntr the in Plymouth, Pee. 31. (My tho Associated Press.) Fire occurred aboard the Ounard liner Outlaws Flee Leaving 11 Bar-rels of Alcohol and Truck.

New York. Dec. 31. (Uy nUlted Press.) Four masked thugs were frightened away by one shot from a revolver, Just as they were about, to drive off with a truck of 11 barrels of alcohol, after gagging the night watchman, Kobert ierg. The shot also attracted the police, who found Herg lying tied.

Derg suld that the men had suddenly appeared and at the point of a revolver ordered him to put up his hands. They then tied and gugged him, he said, and took the alcohol down in the freight elevator, loading it Into the truck. He said that just as the men were about to leave a shot rang out, and they fled. Who fired the. shot is a mystery.

raver and roue vie waveu ni3 band at the passing, admiring, jealous the while he hiccoughed a cherry New Year salutation. He was a living illustration of the fact that you can't keep a confirmed drinker dry on New Year's v. But his very scarcity, by comparison to other days, gave incontrovertible proof of the ties of Pruhlbtion Director Yellow-lev's many agents. It was a decidedly dry affair New York's ushering 'n of the New Tear. Just a few wet apots hero and there, mostly on the nip.

And not nearly is much noise r.s there used to be. The takers selling noisemaklng machines along tho great white way were disgusted. They had never known such a slow night for the big eve. they said. Early in the day.

In fact fofr days before. Yelluwley had warned Nc York, he was' going to make it a drv evening. Hcfore miriniirht nla mates resulted in the death of the Antonla, bound from New York, two. days after the Christmas warden and tne appointment 01 me A celebrations. The Are originated from an undetermined preanii ojetuuvci -n Extensive building operations have as Detroit Hails 1923 also oeen maae at mo order of the administrative board.

The boys' industrial school, at I a I .11 I 1 (( Pfl tt A rigid investigation with the result cause in the linen store room, with only a steel bulkhead aep--eratlng this compartment from the fuel oil storage. The officers and crew wurked heroically and were able to-subdue the fire, and the passcnuers were only aware that something was amiss because- on' that day dinner was served late. that tne superintendent wss ie-placed. and a definite policy put Terence In taste Is the thing that wlnn a clientele for "Hamlet" and Wollle Williams burlesijuers, for Ifarold IJell Wright and Capek. Krctsler and Ted Lewis, f.r country into eneci unuer um rectlon of the governor.

.1. lmnnrtan innnvnttnn of Speeding Machine Wrecked When It Hits Telephone Pole. Baltimore. Pee. 31.

(By rnJted Press.) Four men were killed ami another seriously Injured' when ths automobile In which they were rid-in if struck a telegraph pole and was wrecked at the north, end of th Hanover street bridge early Sunday morning. According to the police, the machine, carrying a party from a Curtis Bay roadhonse, was speeding across the bridge, snd when tne north end of the structure was reached the machine skidded and crashed into the pole. The force of the Impact upset the machine, pinning the occupants beneath ft. One of the victims was decapitated. FIRE CAUSES SCARE IN BROOKLYN HOTEL Na ion's Aloof ess the Groesbeck administration has agents reported more than a score of proprietors of cafes and restau club golf, end African goir.

There ts so much of the rebel almUt the world that the mllen-1 nlum is several leagues farther on. apparently. Just when some polly-J been the Installation of systematic henlth administration in the state's Institutions, tinder the direction of Dr. It. Olin, state health commission.

Under this plan all state Institutions are Inspected regularly as to sanitation and the physical condition of state wards. Full time Ranked as 1922 Folly discussion next Sunday night, when he would touch on prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan and the Arbucklo rants, among them several of the best known, arrested for selling; booze or permitting It to be drunk in their places. The Palais Royal, the Palais de Passe, the Knickerbocker grill, the Plantation, the Hotel Pennsylvania grill, and numerous cafes of Greenwich village, were visted by the police and by the Y'ellowlev agents, Who made arrests and left advice bidding everybody get day by day dryer and dryer. The police lent a hand order of Commissioner Enrlght. Inspector Bolan had his liquor squads all over town, making visits and wherever possible grabbing flasks nft VlJkr-A rtnA th.ra V- r.

Pastor MacKenzie Charges U. S. Looks on While Rest of World Suffers. Churches' and Cafes Thronged; 'Phone Poles Wag as in Other Years. BY WII.I.IAM C.

1ER II ARIS. Here it In, a new-born year. Whether it is to have its picture in the ropues' gallery or with the immortals a year hence is up to you and the perverse fates. Choir boyB sang hosannas to it: th man about town raised his voice on the rim of the dance floor and wanted to know wa.zii-mas.ier with the waiter. While laxlrahs hurled themselves up to downtown canopies.

pulpiteers prayed for an era of pea-c. At altar rails people knelt and received communion: some people elsewhere carried silver flasks. Just Matter of Tnate. The beauty of watch-night services drew thousands at mldnigh to the churches. The beauty of even an adulterated Bacchanalia led thousands to the cabaret, where a slyer fellow than the ome-tlme affrontive Bacchus of pre-prohlbltion days reigned surreptitiously.

The character of any celebration simmers down to a matter ot taste. Perhaps both classes were ritht. in their owo lihU Uey wets. UiX- anniah fraction tne worm croons over some legislative baby and says. "Hello, Millennium, pleased to meet ya." it proves to be a case of mistaken Identity, It is like the hero sweeping off his false whiskers In the play, only with reverse English.

tirreat F.ret Another Woof. T-'suallv when the mustache of some legislative cure-all is snatched away something Is revealed ouite different from the thing expected. The cure-all. thus unmasked. answers witherlngly.

"Fooled again, eh?" and dashes out Contimird on I'ase Three. Calama Two. To t'nre a old In On Day I case. l-rnhlhltlon. he asserted, is prov MONITOR slltWVOIl DIF.a.

Mertden, Dec. 31. Charles A. Burr. 7S.

believed to bo the last survivor of the crew of the Monitor, which defeated the Confederate ship Merrlmac. on March 6, 1S62, died at his home here early tonight. PARLIAMENT DATE SF.T. Ottawa, Dec. 31.

The Dominion parliament will be summoned to convene here January 31, It was announced tonight by the Prime Minister. PIOSEF.It FI.VAXCIER DEAD. Rockport. Dec. 31.

George Warren Smith, prominent in New York financial circles half a century ago, and real estate owner In Omaha. died at his home In War-renton Park today at the nge of 97. He was born In Freedom. New York. Pee.

31. (By United Press) Klre broke out on th fourth floor of the St. George hotel In Brooklyn shortly after I o'clock Sunday morning. The fir department got the bias under control after it had damaged four rooms. The St George Is or of the lsrg-est hotels in Brooklyn, and -was ruled to capacity with holiday physicians have been -installed several of the large prisons and antlnned on Fae Two, Column Three.

WASHINGTON RECORDS SLIGHT EARTH TREMORS Weshlngton, Dec. 31. Moderate earth tremors which continued for an hour, reaching a maximum at 3 a. m. Sunday, were recorded by the Georgetown unlrerslty seismograph.

Father Tondorf. in charge of the laboratory, said the distance of the disturbance from Washington could not be ascertained. Prlnee F.ilwartl Hotel Prill room, Windsor. Dancing every evening, commencing Jan. 3.

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Mayor Hylan had given orders that all dancing was to stop sharp at 1 a. m. and police were placed in all the dancing places to ing a success "in spite of the opinion of a large pnTiortion of the people to the contrary." To holster his argument he read statistics on the progress toward aridness In the United States. Discussing this country's hands-nff policy, the pastor charged: "The United States Is the selfish victim of self-gratificaMon. She is looking to her own Interests while the rest of the world suffers.

The trng-eov of Smyrna was Just as murtv a blut on this country as it was on Continued on Paae Three, olumn Fire. DAtfCK AT GRAYSTOXTE TOMGHT Gay party for dancers and specta-cors. Adv. Attacking America's policy of isolating herself from world affairs with a spirit solely of self-gratification. Rev.

A. J. MacKenzii Sunday night discussed "The Follies of 1922" in Brewster Congregational church, Warren and Trumbull avenues. Achievements of the In the past year were highly encouraging, and they overshadowed the follies, said the pastor. Owing to the length of his sermon.

Mr. Mackenzie halted -before its completion and announced he would resume the see the law obeyed. Crowds did stopped. Take laxative PROMO QLININEj tablets The box bears the signature; of K. W.

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