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TTIH DETROIT FREE PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2. 1923. OFFICER SAVES ROBBER'S LIFE BRITISH ASSAIL DIVORCE LAWS KNIVES, SAW FOUND IN JAIL AL SMITH BACK ON JOB IN H. -Y, el course," ald "to advance In wtana, and haa been the principal cause of the advance In freight inien of which many farmer complain," "You alao aald." he continued, "the liierllclint manag-ement of the railroad opemtoia In deellnlnic to eetlle the strike laet summer when the atrlkere practically offered to rlve In, will also help to rob the farmers through expensive operation if "Vour conatltueni mi)H( the Tanner can hardly overlouk the fct that the real cause of the penalve operation' to which you refer, was the strike of the ehop employe, and that that strike was entirely without Justification." Miller, left the executive mansion for the four block ride to the capl-tol. only a guard of city mounted police rode alongside Ihrlr car, and the New Tork city police department band marched on the aide-walk.

Governor Hmith' Bret order a commander In chief of the ftate military forces was to Colonel Charles K. Walsh, commanding hi military escort, that th two regl-menta of soldiers. Including the Sixty-ninth of New York city, be sent back to th armory. Feared Mea'a Health. "I don't wnl those boye to get pneumonia marching around In thla lull." Al declared.

Tammany bravea who cam all the way from New York city railroad oltlclats estlmsted th influx of visitors at iO.uOO remained In their holel for th most part during the Inaugural cerenionlea. Only a few, headed by Mayor Hylan of New York city, wedged their way Into the assembly chamber, where the oath of office waa administered, TRAIN HITS PACK OF HOUNDS IN FULL CRY Flatirons, Shears and Can Openers Also Discovered by New Turnkey. A hack saw blade and two flat-irons were anion the urtlcle tound in the wards ar I culls of the county Jail, whin 'turnkey Henry Wuicner directed a thonuioi, Could Have Killed Him, But Nabs Him, Instead. Chlrauo, I. In a revolver duel anil i hund-to-bnnd irrapple with a thus! Mondav.

l'olicmsn Jame O'Ni'll. elth.iugh twice wniinded. per lisps fatally, refrained from kllllna; the robber, whom he dropped with a blow on the head, enVciliijr hi capture. O'Neill, a policeman for li years, waa co-nMteiided by his superior niHcera at th huspiial tor hi head work. The policeman, who was woundid In the chest and one letc.

witnessed a holdup In a restaurant, and hot as the robber fled. iVNell aid that the thug fired sit shots at close quarters, and, realisms: that ll man's gun was empty, althoush he could easily have killed him, and althoush danfc-erouely wounded, he Preferred to ceplure rather loan kill lit antagonist. PASfORSEEKS search ot the place and a "ham Downpour of Rain Mars Elaborate Public Inaugural Program. Hiiertal to Tlis FV" press snd OiIi-sko Albany. N.

Jan. l.Al Smith rnme back to Capitol Hill today. The east side New Yorker who began life at Fulton fish market for tho second time took the outh of ofllce sh governor of the Empire state. Standing In the midst of the hlfihest state dignitaries, he was sworn In by Judge John Yv'. HoKiin.

ot the court of appeals, a Ufa long friend. An all-day downpour of rain ne-cexsltated cancellation of the public Inaugural program which was to have given the new governor the to da so, unless her nushand. adjudged In one of th most sensational of trlala a dangerou criminal manlao, ahall die In th eour of hla Incarceration. Kven the judges who handed down thl cruel and astonishing d-cMon were somewhat aghast at that which thy were forced to do by the statute made and provided on the books. Lord llirkenhead since has declared: "It rel with parliament.

If and when it thlnka proper, to end a state of things which In a eirlilxed community and in th name of morality. Impoae uch an intolerable hardship upon Innocent men and women." laertla Block Way. In 1813 the royal on dlvorc recommended, among other thing, that dlvorc should granted upon grounda of incurable inaanlty aftr five year1 confinement. Thl recommendation, how-ever haa hot been accepted. A wave of Indignation sweep Kngland.

at the moment becua of the unfortunate position of this gently reared and charmlna- woman. Snntted to provide for he. own up-Sort andi of cour.e, unable to bope for any help from her Imprisoned "TVeemruaentlment generally favors a change. Only the well known Hrltlsh Inertia i the way. Letter addressed il ev.rj paXmentary candidal, before the recent election, brought Jew infavorabl.

rpll -fng is being don. or 1. proral.ad an CHILD HEALTH CRUSADE TO CONTINUES YEARS Newark VnV CSrCTflrrt of mer" examination of all the bar or the jail. In the ward occupied by Walter Hanson and Frank Wytnerbelaki. two of the men who escaped the county Jail a week aau.

the heck i FELTON DENIES RAIL CHARGES Western Carrier Head Attacki Senator -Elect Shipttead for Speech. Chtcsiro, Jan. 1 Samuel Fet-toa, pre West of the Chicago Orea Westers railway, and chairman of the Wester Railways Presidents Committee on rublic Relations, Monday sent an opn letter to Senator-elect Henri Fhlpstead, of Minnesota, criticising him for alleged of railway matters In a speech before the. City club, Wsanlngton. on December 6.

Kelto declared railway leaders who supported Shlpstimd In hi rampalftn, seek adopt Inn of th Plumb plan of fowrrnment owner-clitp and employ management of the railway, but that th public will determine th future of the roada. The letter, In taklnft up several reported lUKmrau by tjfalpatead. said: "Another statement mad by you 'U a follow: 'A railroad train operated by five mm can now carry ten times a much a Co did be carried SO yeara ago, yel In aplte of I ha treat labor eoirt reduction per ton mile. It roete the farmer more to ehlp end labor does not fret enough to keep It from Kelton eald that thn averace train now haul only twice a a much a 30 year ao. Inatead of labor ruat reduction, he continued, then had been an Increaee from 4 1s mill per ton mile In 101 to 02 mills per ton mil In 1921, while freight rat oa have advanced 47 per cent In la year.

"Thl greet Increaae In the labor coat of operating- raliroid la due. taw binds ws found lying on th $213,507 IS FIRE LOSS, BATTLE CREEK REPORTS ffoeclel te The Pre Press Hattle Creek. Jan. 1. Fix res mad public.

Monday, ehow Hattle Oeek had the largest fire loss In 1923 for 20 yr. totaling 1211.507. Trseee are "rock bottom" estimates on losses, following- Insurance adjustment. In addition six Uvea wee Inst In fires. The Peventh iy Adventlst taber-heile, Harden theater.

Ilegent Theater building, llrokett Hardware tone, and oppenhelmer Cigar coin-par fires were the five largest. There were more public bulldlwr flre.i than usually occur In a decade, for In addition to the above, post theater. Klrst ltaptlst church, Junior high school, and other such buildings had fires, whll the Hatvatlon Army barrack was destroyed, and St. mo time later the Salvation Army was burned out of new 1 1 rioor of in corridor. Uuth men disclaimed any knowledge nf it.

Two knives and t. Rutherford Case, Leaving Woman Tied to Maniac for Life, Criticizes. London, Jan. i. How would American women like such a divorce law as would tie them Irrevocably for life to husbands who hsd committed murder? How would they Ilk a situation making It Impossible for them to get freedom from hopeless msnlacaf Fight Seems Hopefeaa, Those any many other complications, as subversive of the rights of womanhood, now maintain hre and ar being more or leas hopelessly combatted by tha lender of th national womnn'a movement.

The battle has been brought to a head by the extraordinary declalnn of the law lords in denying the appeal of Mrs. C. W. Rutherford frum the court of appeals judgment substituting a legal separation for a decree nisi granted to her In th divorce court. Mr.

Rutherford' husband, a lieutenant colonel In the llrltlsh army, waa convicted In 1819 of the murder a Major Seton and la now in llroadmoor criminal lunatic asylum for life in consequence. Kven Judge Aghast. The Rrltlsh divorce laws, as they stand, permit a woman to divorce her husband only when she can prove a case of adultery coupled with cruelly and the result la that unless the laws, are amended Mia. Rutherford, a young, charming and hlghlv connected lady, never will be able to remarry, should ahe wish London, Jan. In full cry after a fox near Ashby-d-la-Zouch th had been sm.iitKled Into the Jail Atherstone pack crossed the, rail MM iwuhu.

mere were three bent nail. Iv safety raaor blades. nockef knlftt thra. greateat ovation In tne state's history. Formalities which have been observed for a hundred year were dispensed with because the streets i c.n opener.

everal poon handles and way line and war scattered by a passing train. Three hound were killed outright and ona had to be through which the parade was to Wugner said that during; hi previous term a turnkey at the jail, no such thlOK were allowed In Hie wards, and that hereafter oris- shot. "We made signals to the train to atop," the master. Maajor W. E.

Lyon said, "but apparently they have paiaed were ankla deep In slush and even momentary exposure to the elements meant a drenching. were not noticed. The fox crossed Honor (iunrd Omitted. Kven the traditional honor guard DRY LAW VOTE Volstead't Successor Backs Broad Program in House. Jun.

1. Before the United States enters any future wars. Rev. O. J.

Kvsle. of Benson, elected to congress over Andrew J. Volstead, author of the prohibition enforcement act, la In furor of a national referendum on the matter. This la on of the "planks" he will suuport durinit this term ol office, he told The Aoclted Cress. A for prohibition, declared It was not an Issu In bis campaign, but la wUIIiik to so on record as "lust as drr a Volstead, with oer- oner would not be allowed access to any eating Implements eirept the spoon with which the J.ill food is served.

lie said t0 that there would he a few new lock placed about the Jull. hut that the ward door from which the mun escaped would not be changed. "If those door are properlv locked, it will tak dynamite to a-et k. h.m k. ML.

of stat cavalry trooper waa omitted because the horaea could not hold their footing on the ico which the line Just aa the train, came Into view and th hound went in hot pursuit. "They have often crossed when a train has been pasilnu and had always get clear. In most case train pull up when a pack la crossing. "Whenever hounds follow a fox across the railway they are blind to everything else." promote child neai.ii au Fai-ao fare will be Inaugurated at sargo, I thla month and will be con-ducted for five years, th. American Health association announced Mo The work will Include In.

struc'o i for mothers, home health habit, and phy.loal education. covered the streets under the coat LEE LODGE, COLLEGE PRESIDENT, IS DEAD Oaffrsey. 8. C. Jan.

1 Davl Ixidge, prealdant of the Limestone college lnc 19. died here Monday after an attack of acute Indigestion. President Lodge was an author and member of several of Washington. i. C.

clubs, where he received hie early education. He was a native of Maryland and was 17 years of age. ing of slush. When Oovemor Hmlth and the examination of the bar consisted outgoing chief executive, Nathan L. or testing me scunity or every oar eiriams wim a nsiomsr, 200 CAMPS FOR GIRL SCOUTS TO BE OPENED hans a little to spare." Here are ew or the declaration Reoreeentatlve Kval stands fori New Tork, Jan.

1. Two hundred canipe for air I scouts are to be opened In varlou parts of the country next winter, Mr. J. 8. Rlppln.

national director of the Olrl rteout Inc. announced Monday. The winter camp at Hrlar C'llfl Manor. N. which olosed today, has proven such a success." Mrs.

Klppln said, "that such camp will hereafter be maintained for 4 Heceal of th Each-Cummin law. and th enactment of "a Just and equitable transportation law." A marketing program "of real nrdnav-kliOumber tariff rates. Htrlct enforcement of all lawa. In- eluding the nrohlbiilon enforcement act. WOODWARD, GRAND RIVER AND FARMER AVENUE A r.ierkln weoeram of real ro-operatto) se nattlng an end to control by monopolies and pec college i education! a The following college-grade course! in Commerce are offered by the Detroit Commercial College: Four-Year College Course (36 months) in English, Commercial Law, Business Organization, Banking, I Finance, Accountancy.

Commercial Mathematics, Economics, Salesmanship, Advertising, Foreign Trade, and Secretarial Science. Two-Year Business Administration Course ulator of th market." A reconstruction of the federal reserve ai.d federal farm loan ay- THE DANGER OF PNEUMONIA How You Can Avoid It teme "an aa to take the control of money and credits from Wall street peculator and make the credit of the nation available upon fair term and without discrimination to business men, farmers and home builders. Reduction of federal tsxes. "by When you have a cold and neglect it you are in great danger of pneumonia. curtailment of the eight hundred million dollar now annually expended for the army and navy, recovery nf the hundreds ot millions stolen from the treasury by war proflteera, and by collection of accumulated Interest upon the twelve billion-dollar loan to forelfn government." Increasing taxes on large Incomes; making Inheritance and Income taxes pay the war debt; adjusted com- One-Year Business Administration Course Two-Year Commercial Secretarial Course One-Year Stenographic-Secretarial Course Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges, Business High Schools and Business Colleges are given credit on these courses.

THIS IS THE COLLEGE THAT WON IN ACCURACY in the 1921 and 1922 World School Contests in Gregg Shorthand and Touch Typewriting, in which 11,615 students competed. The pure food elements in Father John's Medicine build energy to re ponsatlon for soldiers paid from ex. (ess profits tax: protection of worn en and children In Industry; conservation and national control of jj inaicaa ot ensuring tne hardships of dormitory life in distant national resources, and a reterem dum on war. HORSESRUNAWAY, sist cold and grip germs. i name, you are a Ut- trotter, and enjoy the many advantagea of this nationally-known college of commerce.

INO 8CHOEOLSPENmG IS WEEK DAY AND EVEN" Apply at the College office, 601 Woodward Building, 19 Clifford or write for the Catalog an interesting book that will help you solve your educational problems. 'V R. J. MACLEAN. PRESIDENT 19 CLIFFORD COR.

WOODWARD AVE. The gentle laxative effect of Father John's Medicine helps to drive out impurities. CITY EMPLOYE DIES Father John, Medicine soothe nad heals Ike flalnsj of the breath la paeaaa-ee. ton ar when row take Pa 4 Passengers Hurt as Car Hits ther Jeka'e Hedlclae beraase It Is srunranteed tree from aleokol or dan- i l.PHONES MAIN 3880. CHERRY 1172 From Paris, from Porto Rico, from the Philippines and the best American makers, come the Treasures in this serous drwaa In any (arm.

Mlxty- Interurban. Lacey II. Nelson, li year old. 4SI1 Kohns avenue, was Instantly seven years In use Advertlaemeat. killed Monday afternoon when hurled from a city dump truck at Kalrvlcw and Can field avenue.

The hirmi sMarherl to the tnu'lr fSmj, felirhtened snil run awsv Ttij. Sale Lingerie anuary driver of the truck, Harry Richmond, 4HH Kohns avenue, with whom Nelson waa riding, lost the r-lns. The body waa taken to the morgue. A New Building for the New Year our persons were sngntiy nun late Monday afternoon when a Ml. Clemens Interurban collided with a crowded Haker street car nt Gratiot avenui and Brush streets.

i 1 1 Tn Lingerie of exquisite daintiness beautifully made in fine silks and cottons thousands of garments at savings that will create a furore. In some instances savings are half. 1 rentlne, 20 years old. 2311 Macomb 'street; Florence lurrenune. William Cameron, 38 years old.

824 Greeley avenue, and Miss Pearl I Kazmler, 22 yura old. 9321 Conant avenue. Several other riders In the Haker car were knocked down by 111,7 II'IIVT III" The Interurban was going north on Ilrush street. when the east bound Baker car split the switch at the Intersection. CLAIRE SHERIDAN BACK ON D.

S. SOIL Early in 1923 (about March first) a new building will be added to Detroit's business resources. The Park Avenue Building is situated at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and Adams Avenue. Twelve stories high, it overlooks Grand Circus Park. It completes the splendid panorama which includes the David Whitney Building, the Hotel Statler, the Hotel Tuller, and the Kresge, Stroh and Fyfe Buildings.

To be devoted to exclusive shops and high-class offices, the Park Avenue Building is being finished in a style befitting its character. Supports Kipling Story; Calls Turkey "Spiritual Home." Fpeelal to The Tre. press and Chksgo I New Tork. Jan. 1.

Mrs. Claire Sheridan, sculptress and writer, whose Interview with Rudyard Klp- lllng last summer In which the poet commented on America's late entry In tho World war, caused a stir In political and social circles both In I America and England, arrived here today on the steamship Adriatic, ac-'companled by her seven year old 1 son Richard. Mrs. 81ierldan reiterated her Inter Fine Silk Lingerie Half Price Odds and ends left from the Christmas season. Much of it is slightly shop soiled, but since it all washes, this does not interfere with the possibilities for service.

All very fine and dainty. Included are petticoats, gowns, envelopes and camisoles. Crepe de Chine Envelopes, $2.98 Fine quality crepe in pink. Trimmed with lace. Bodice and regular tops.

Crepe de Chine Night Gowns, $5 With and without sleeves. Made with square and necks. Crepe de Chine Camisoles, 89c Slip-on with regular and bodice tops. Trimmed with lace.1 Crepe de Chine Petticoats, $5 With elastic tops and trimmed with lace. $1 $1.25 Envelope Chemise, 69c Made of fine quality, dainty white cloth with lace and embroidery trimming.

$1 and $1.25 Petticoats, 69c Some have double panels. Made with straight lines and little fullness at top. Lace and embroidery trimmed. $1 and $1.25 Night Gowns, 69c With and without sleeves. Round, square and neck.

Made of fine quality cloth. $1.50 and $1.98 Night Gowns, 89c In flesh and blue batiste as well as all white trimmed with lace and embroidery. $1.50 and $1.98 Envelopes, 89c Dainty styles with bodice and regular tops. Blue, flesh and white. Hand-Made Night Gowns, $1.98 From Porto Rico and the Philippines.

Dainty ones with hand drawn work and scalloped embroidery. Hand-Made Envelopes, $1.98 Bodice and regular tops with hemstitching, drawn work and dainty embroidery designs. $3.98 and $4.50 Hand-Made Skirts, $2.98 From France and the Philippines. Dainty ones with hand work and attractive embroidered designs. Floor.

French Lingerie This is the most beautiful lingerie in the world. Made by hand and skillfully embroidered and trimmed with drawn work and hemstitching. It is durable as well as dainty, for only the finest materials are used. $7.50 French Night Gowns, $5. $10 French Night Gowns, $7.50.

$12.50 and $13.50 French Night Gowns, $10. $15 French Night Gowns, $12.50. $5 French Envelopes, $3.98. $7.50 French Envelopes, $5. $10 French Envelopes, $7.50.

$12.50 and $13.50 French Envelopes, $10. $15 French Envelopes, $12.50. $5 French Petticoats, $3.98. $3.98 French Petticoats, $2.98. $7.50 French Petticoats, $5.

$10 French Petticoats, $7.50. $12.50 and $13.50 French Petticoats, $10. $15 French Petticoats, $12.50. $6.50 French Combinations, $3.98. $7.50 French Combinations, $5.

$2.98 Plain Chemise, $1.98 $3.98 Plain Chemise, $2.98. $7.50 Plain Chemise, $5. $10 Plain Chemise, $7.50. $13.50 Princess Slips, $10. $15 Princess Slips, 12.50.

French Lingerie Half Price One lot of French lingerie, including envelopes, night gowns, corset covers, petticoats and combinations, slightly soiled from Christmas display. Made of fine materials, hand embroidered, scalloped and trimmed with genuine laces. $3.98 to $4.50 French and Philippine Envelopes, $2.98 Bodice and regular tops. Made of fine and very dainty but also durable materials. Made entirely by hand.

$3.98 to $4.50 French and Philippine Night Gowns, $2.98 With and without sleeves. Made all by hand with the characteristic drawn work and embroidered designs. Second view with Klpllns. aaylnfr she tnoupht too much had been made of the Incident in the United States, and said newspaper work was the most Interesting work she had ever done, putting It ahead of sculpture. "Turkey is my spiritual home.

The Turkish attitude toward women Is said Mrs. Sheridan, In telllnR of her travels. "Ot all men, I don't know of any race that has tho finesse of the Turk," she added. Mrs. said she hoped to return to Europe In a few weeks, flie came here to see her daughter ill 'fill '4 "'I I II ll It'1! 'll 'l Marcaret.

who Is being educated In America and whwo met her at the pier. Mrs. Sheridan wlshts to go back to Ktrypt. She wanted to know about Charlie Chapin. "Is he married yet?" she asked.

"You know Charlie was reported en-gfted to me. lie la an Intelligent man." Uottt Tullfr it iirtt If touth. U. S. SHIP IN DISTRESS OFF BERMUDA, IS REPORT ii ii ii ii mi! ftilfiHIlici pi Washington, Jan.

1. The shipping board steamer Fluor Ppar Is In distress east of Bermuda, ac- cording to a wireless message sent I out by her and picked up Sunday night by the Har Harbor Radio 1 station and relayed Monday to the navy department. The message gave the location of the ship, which Is of about I. GOO tons, aa 250 miles eaat of Bermuda, and said she was encountering heavy weather, and "unable to control leaks." Attempts were ecade by the navy department without success to get In tou-h with the vessel. Messages also were sent by the tmeiit to the British naval station at THE PARK AVENUE BUILDING.

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