Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 1

THE TP A IPTT eMMJMNAlL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS furnishes The Stats Journal Exclusive Kwt Credited "By A. LJTL JLU A SIXTY-EIGHTH YEAR Tonight-Snow Hurries, Colder. LANSING, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDA DECEMBER 20, 1922. Thursday Snow Flurries, Colder. PRICE THREE CENTS.

THE UNITED PRESS WIRE furnishes The State Journal Exclusive litwM Credited "By V.Pr Reinstatement Is Kis Poland's Chiefs III. A. C. BUDGET 1 Mason Prisoner Hunger Striker Judge Bartlett Plans to Have Sanity of Speeders Tested GERMANY MAKES' 10 PROPOSAL! I to Doctors Will Conduct Psycopathic Examination Determine Mental Fitness of Violators to Drive Automobiles By Judge Oiarlc Bartlett. i DKTROIT, Dec.

20. i Ey L.P.) (Copyright by the l'nited Press! Mental tests for automobile DKTROIT. Dec. 20. The lives speeders, to determine tlieir de-oi innocent children and pedes-igree of sanity.

ier inaugurated i -vis -J i I Suggests Commission to Fix Just Reparations Figure APPEALS TO AMERICA Believes Present Figure Unreasonable; France Rejects New Suggestion by the WASHINGTON. Due. 20. Ger many has proposed to the United Board of Agriculture Gives Okeh to Friday Plans HONOR LANSING WOMAN Ask New Home Economics Building be Named After Mrs. Dora Stockman Miehi ask the Airricultura! colle; li2: legislature, if th will state administrative board approves its.

budget, for for building i puriioses during the two-year period of and will also ask fori Yule Gift From "Boss" "Fatly" Arbm-kloj i' LL! 'Movie Czar' Givesi Comedian Yule Pardon BANISHED A YEAR AGO Was Acquitted of Charges Ini Connection With Death of Virginia Rappe L( U.l A Nt; FLICS, Dee. fr.y Jtoscoe "latty" Arbuckle. today was given a Christmas "pardon'- thy Will II. Hays, movie mentor, who banished him from iilir.dom almost a vear ago. Arbuekle was barred from the films following hj.s acquittal ot cnaiges oi manslaughter con- li'-ction Itaplie.

In I lays the "hrist's a guiii-futur- th th. death of Virginia i paruon. clai tiiat lie believeu rit Christmas and ot teachings would serve as both for Arhuckle in his -enduct and for the public ititude tov.iird liiin. i i I mm mm I JTTiJlOCK IS NTT states and the Allies the appoint-! of the city's psychopathic Tiient of an oxtiert commission to'ment. jl.

linn ior openiting expenses in'to have addition to the :1. year in i liim. the mill tax reoeiv.1 for that purpose. i), I WlfXl'iltO" Krilirll Man Arrested Charged With; Stealing Truck Refuses To Eat A hunger strike is brinr einuiuc- ted in the county jail at by i Charles McLaughlin, who was ar- rested bv local ollicers at Ila iiitts on a charge of truck from the Lansing Fu-1 'Gas company. Sheriff Hugh Silsby lannouncd Aednesday rn'trniiig.

The strike started Monday when McLaughlin, who has been con-lined in the county jail for about two weeks after lie had pleaded guilty to the charge in lugham circuit court, wxs caught in an at united ja.l breaii. Jle was being held in jail hile awaiting a trial M. lnighlin had sawed a long u. 0f tIie window bars with a saw which be claims into th sheriff ir in bis matt jail with! He had. Ss ana it is tiiougiit that he intended to tiie bar as a ueapori in making use intended escape.

However, reported threats by Mi-I-amihlin on the other prisoners llhat lie would harm them if they I told of his planned escape, brought the to the ears of the and tin- scape was forest i Followine; bis appr ailed. heusion (Monday. McLaughlin has to eat or tall; until ii-ihis freedom. No attempt made to force him to (Sheriff Sil-by stated that secures I being t. but he in- tended to have a physician make a i mental examination of the pris-: oner.

"Mclaughlin could not have escaped." said the sheriff, ''the inner bars of the window might have sawed but the outer bars imade of chilled steel would not been affected by the saw." McLaughlin lias been transferred from his former place of confinement to an individual cell. GIVES STORK IF tack on Workers Ilobert itiicer. Fuiversitv .....1 l'ennsyvaiiia graduate and snrviv I of the Herrin riots in which 2n r.on i iimon miners were killed. eiines-! day fined another periud on the wit-' ness stand, subject to additional EiiHFRRIWMIIRnrR ilLMMNi mUMULil ref used!" i i trians must be protected, at what ever cost. No penaltv can be too severe in the protection of human life and property.

With this in mind, hereafter I shall order a psycopathic exami- nation of all violators of speeding and wreckless driving laws to determine their mental fitness to handle automobiles. These mental examinations will be conducted i Dr. A. Jacoby. who is in charge depart- I believed am justified in tak ng this step because tin- time has Continued pn page two.

col. Several Dealers Here End of Supply Near, A number of Lansing oal dealers Wednesday morning were on what Lea Cahill. county coal administrator rallied the "ragged edge." The tremendous demand occasioned by low temperature ate into the local coal supplies to such an extent that the tonnage received from the mines failed to make replacements. Last week, however, the report of the county coal administrator shows that dealers received more coal for domestic purposes than any time for weeks. The receipts were SO carloads.

Hut one carload of anthracite. Fven ihis amount, if continued weekly, however would not care for local demand in event low temperature prevailed for any lencth of time, i The 1S4 carloads received last i week was less by carloads than for the previous week, but the amount of coal for domestic pur- 1 IT 120. S. WILL SOE I by Judge Charles L. Eartle re-1 icorder's court heie.

today. I This 1 deeisev deaths in this this ye action, it is beiie-ved. will e.y reuuee tne nunifer ot from automobile accidents city, winch, at the close of ar, will show a. marked ereas" uv't Tsi'i. Judt'r Rartlott recently s-t a precedent by taking drivers found guiity of' speeding to the morgue to view bodies of victims of auto- mobile acciden I bis plan, which he lannnunced just before going on the bench today.

Judge Bartlett will (Continued on page 2. col. 2) Col. Lewis Asked to Enlist at Ann Arbor to Thr Mute ANN ARBOR. Dec.

"0. Company 1. infantry, with st i-tion at Arm Arbor, Michigan, during a recent recruiting campaign, held an open luuise for tin; benelit of the relatives and friends of the Company. First Sergeant II. O.

Tubts diyplayeJ an eve for good Guard material when he tried to enlist Coi. Jos. 1 1. Lewis of the 113th Field Artillery, who was vistiiig Ann Arbor, incognito. Negro Gets But $8 From Cash-Box: Cuts Wires proprii-tor of a grocery store at MM DAMN LOOTSKEOfjMIf! i CORP Thus the total budget of the col lege, as approved by the stale- board of agriculture at its meeting Tuesday, will total i I.H'.'O the next two state tiseal years.

This biennial period will extend from July to June 3n. the two years for which the state legislature of will make all appropri I'ions. Tiie building program be asked is- as follows: horticultural building, greenhouses, and equipment. chemical Continued on Page 22.) Trustees Consider Changing Location; New Building Program Planned SS( t. iJt-c.

L'0. i V. J. Hioitd. if Owosso.

a ler ot" th beard of trust Albion tolleire. Wednesday that ill- board was Cunid'-rint; nioviri th- -e away from Ai-Immii a lid that wsso was AIM STRAITS, STARE i Critical Day Prospect at Lausanne Meet MUST REACH AGREEMENT rvf Tm.nnlTn oiiui ui iytuudiinuca xi tiations May Endanger Entire Conference LACSAXXE. Dec. 20. iKy A.

I'.) On the eve of what threatened to be a critical day in live life oi the 3.3'Jsanne conference. Ambassador ChiW last night had a conversation with Ismet about tho straits problem, whicli Lord Curzon Tuesday declared muFt. be disposed of immediately. It has become known that th-Ameriean observer-; a.t the conference believe an international con irol cern mitt ee associated with Nations as suggested ii the Allie.j plan for supervision of tiie Dardanelles, is unnecessary. Ir other words, the Americans beiievi, freedom of the straits Fhould be au actual freedom guaranteed bv treaty between Turkey and the other powers, and that i.

Ehouid r.e. be a freedom limited by on international commission. The American observers have mi far on tho conference floor limited themselves to statements of th--most general terms on the Darda r.eiies question, without as to how the straits should be kep: open to the commerce of the worio. and to the fleets of the Neither have there been intimatiot.e-cf America's attitude toward an international board of control. Allied leaders Tuesday rigi.r served notice that the- Turks today must either flatly accept or reject the Allied project for settlement the straits question.

Failure of the Dardanelles negotiations, it Is be lieved. will hardly effect the othe: problems the conference was callc i to solve. POLAND ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT Wojciechowski Will Succeed Assassinated Executive WARSAW. Dec. 20.

By A.P. Stanislas Wojciechowski wa: elected president ot" Poland Wed nesday to succeed Dr. Gabriti Narutowicz. who wag eissaEsinateif last Saturday. TRUCK TROUBLES SUICIDE Lansing Man Sboots Self CAUSE OE Mn Tells of At poses was much larger.

Sixty- Police ednesuay morn.ng were nine carloads of last week's re-1 searching for a negro who Tues-ceipts went to public utilities audi da evening held up W. L. ltlunk. Police Wednesday mornis 1403 Mooros Iiivt-r at the of a the cash register of iis contents ariioinitin $S- II thon the A.1M hoin as at a. tiieeting of the board a few days ago following Hie destrue- tion by tire of the main college building and will be.

fuither cussed a meeting of the b. in IH-troif. he said. The trustees arc said to be rd pOSed to SjiendlTlg It TlliliiOn did lar building fund now being raised, in a Town, which they say, has no better lire protection" than Albion, which is not progressive. All Ijotroit members are said to because ot its good lire proi, tra Ovation cen-ction and progress! vencss.

IS Uli HOSPITAL AT IONIA Plan Proceedings Against Wright-Martin Company WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. By V. The department of justice is preparing to file suit immediately for recovery of paid to the Wright-Martin aircraft 'corporation on war contracts.

'counsel for Attorney General Daughorty declared at tne hearing before the ihouse judiciarv committee today. Attornev A. S- ymour. a special! assistant attorney general, made the statement in an effort to knock down the charges of Representative Woodruff, republican of Michigan, v.ho appeared declaring he could submit evidence showing Attorney General Daugnertv held up suit against the corporation for more than a year after the government case was completed. Statement Is Answer Rumor of German Loan to! By DAVID I.AWKENCE Copyright lir2, fy The Stato Journal.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. J. P. Morgan's statement that he told the German ambassador that pros pects of a loan from international bankers were no better today than they were last June has the air of rumors and theories of American aid to Europe.

Mr. Morgan said what the Department of State was una-blo to say in answer to the unfounded fears of the "irreconcilables" and others who believed Minic radical departure in American policv was Uut Mr. Morgan's really ias anotner AIR CLARIFIED RYJ.P.IRH i eross-exainaination by attomevs de-' i runt and i.oggins, po-fending live laen on trial for inur-i have confessed, sprink-der in connection with tiie slaying. 1 tno confession with plenty of Officer, employed as a. bookkeep- SOod movie material, er at the strip where the prin-! Harris as quoted as saying he cipal riot occurred, was on in the robbery in order to tvlphon? wires and departed.

i i ne iipto ent.er (i me ature aoout eiocK. uiunrt toiu tne polic-'. and pointing a revolver at him, proceeded to "That's the w-av roo the till. I -io business." the duakv thief remarked as he disconnected the leiepiiutio i ir-s. cutting on means communication witli ties.

immediaN the The grocer tho police tho newspapermen by deny-lafter tho highwayman left the'infe various -interviews printed in store and the were fur-lilie French press. ni.shed a description of. tho rnis-l The former preiioer had a very TO BE REMODELED wceksjState Board Okehs Expendi fix a just reparations figure with-; in her capacity to pay. the United: Press learned today. France, through, premier poin-j are.

has just summarily rejected' the German proposal, according to information reaching highly au-i thoritative quarters here direct from l'aris. These important international are clearly indicative of he difficult task confronting this government in its efforts to find a practical way to solve the critical Kmopean situation and in some measure explain why the United States is shrouding its moves with secrecy and acting with extreme caution. Following is a complete outline of the German proposal which has been communicated to Secretary of State Hughes and Ambassador 'Wiedfeldt. the German envoy here, and to the capitals of the principal allied powers: 1. Germany sugesU a.

commission of financial and economic experts to study and determine a just reparations sum for tne war which is within Germany's capacity io oav The present reparations Su is more than S30.VOO.000.000 in American money. 2 Germanv would prefer that this commission be made up entirely ot appointees by he tmtodj States which would constitute American mediation, but under stands that the aineu puv. corned with tho reparations p.o bieTii would not agree to this. She. nronoses that the com- mission be partieipated in by the United States and the allies.

Z. Germany is prepared to of- fer every facilily ot this commia- sion arrivin at ltfe occasion ia what Germany should and oul'i pay throwing open tne books dealing with the tion of her internal affairs, and so s'ftn. naml r- a reparations lifTurc now i bat she is ready to iav. on tnei I'und that iTance ana tne allies would find it unacceptable. Germany feel3 that if; the --mi cm of occupation were ithdrawn from her territory she i pav double the amount ot ire pa ration she otherwise could meet.

at least a mucn larger am. 6. Germany would undertake answer rr eateiroricai "yes" or "no" as to whether sno accept and agree to pay the I that the expert commission (leclded upon. Information here is that premier poinoare is rejucting the proposal, takes the attitude that France insists upon the London ultimatum, which requires that i Germanv pav I32.000.0uu.000 gold marks or more than This sum generally regarded in the L'nited State-s as impos-siole. HOPET Los Angeles Police Chief Asks for Special Force to Work on Case LOS Dec.

(By F.l Chief of Police Oakes. today asked the city council for a soecial eecret service appropria- J10.000 to be used in run ninjr down iiOO dru who. are selling "dope to movie actors and others in this city. "There is a master mind behind this dope plot and an ring is distributing the stuff." said Oaks. "This vast quanlitv of narcotics is not flowing in haphazard.

The chief concern is to arrest the brains of the organization. "There are 00 peddlers known to the police. They will be arrested if possible, otherwise they will be driven out of town as vagrants." Chief Oaks expressed the belief that, incidentally, this campaign -nirht reveal information concern ing the murderer of Willam mond Taylor. Des- SOCIAL SERVICE BUREAU; ELECTS NEW DIRECTOR Reynolds was elected to membership on the board ot directors of the Social Service bureau Tuesday afternoon, to fill the vacancy caused by the departure of Robert Y. Spir from th city.

Anderson was chosen treasurer, the post Mr. Speir held when he re-signed. C. C. Carlton was elected chairman of the house committee of the Social Center.

TRL4L SET FOR POLISH PRESIDENT'S ASSASSIN 0 RUN DOWI MOVIE DOPE AGENTS I VeMcle Goes Ditch; Turn Realistic Police Charge Cinema 'Badj Men Staeed Robberv of i California Bank l. is AXGKLES. Dec. 20. i By IT.

P. Accused of turning from make-believe banditry of the movies, to the real bandit lite, two motion picture actors and three other men were hej.J here todav. They are accused of having staged the recent sensational robbery of the Fillmore State Hank at Piru. Calif. The robbery was I cnaracterized by all the dramatics oi tne movies.

The men arrested are: "Jinx" Harris, who played (Miiicner namut parts in wes tern pictures. F. J'. Giliett. wiio specialized ini poneem-ii aaro feur purls.

i Henry Loggins. a. inotorman. iJ. Pruitt and Virgil Moore, th" latter an aviator.

After loot had been obtained the five b.mdirs n-. I'l'esideiit C. S'lienee- an'' tix-year-old daugh- tf'r and took them to Los Angeles "j'-re were set free with Warning to "teen llil' niortage oi his parents' homestead at B'anchard, Okla. Seven hundred dollars of the loot nw is alleged to be enroute to nchard The arrests were brought about when detectives, after learning a suspect had worked on a movie being near Piru, secured the film and in it. Spencer, president of the bank, identified one of the actors as a member of the bandit party.

BRICK PLANT FIRE Locally $15,000 Loss at Owned Factory at Island City; L. F. D. Responds A Lansing fire department truck wan dispatched to Grand Ledge Wednesday morning in response to a call for aid, when fire broke out in the old section of the Hriggs company plant at Grand Ledge about o'clock Wednesday morning and continued to burn until noon when the liremen got the Humes under control. A loss estimated at $15,000 was oallsAl1.

wmoi? room ami iiie t'to. t'cuun in ne ion is said to be fully covered by in- i) tempted to call for as-1 the local lire I tm! "Ie 'sistance was sent to department. Hugo Dolfs. tin I chiof. ordered a truck and crv 'be sent to in the flames.

remain before the senate or be en me. tmaiicuig measure. 1 I i i I i stand most of Tuesdav, describing th.e mob's attack on the mine. 1 told of the surrender of the mine defenders and the subsequent death' I of 14 of the 4S men when thev werel lined up before a barbed w-ire fence jand fired upon. P.y falling on his face and then running a mile through the woods, where he hid until nightfall, Ofiicer I said lie escaped.

Throughout the day, he asserted, men went through 'IZZ testiueu ne employed at present in Kentucky as a mine '-iai i.y w. j. Lester, who owned the Herrin strip mine at the time of the riots. The witness said there were about lit) armed guards at tho pit! and arms and ammunition had been! ueaii one ana lire ot tne mob re-. Iturned when the mine was attacked.

RISE IN DETROIT 38 More Killed In Accidents SO far In 1922 Than In All of 1921 riETP.OIT. Dec. 20 P.v A. ATALITES significance. It means that he hasJcident in whi torn ranee mat lied bankers cann id from the ai-.

ue giver. Assassination of I 'resident Nar- utowicz of I'olanrl has resulted in changes in the country's leadership. General Lautsiav i i. top. is premier iat.d his place as head of the I'olisii army is taken by Marshal Joseph 1'ilsudski.

below right, former provisional president of I'obind. General Sikorski replaces Premier Stamboulinsky. wer left. Clemenceau Greeted Large Crowd; Tired by Ieor? from Wednes ious itiitod. Doc.

J'. Uy es arrived his in a hilar-hut apparently Hiiffer- from fatiyue- The "tiger" received representatives of the press in his stare room as the liner Paris was entering the port. A large crowd of rcia.ives mm iriejHis, as wen as corres- oomteofM 'tlii-tiiLTa rihers iilsii greeted him betore the steamer! iui ekud. Clemenceau began his stormy voyage. Ho appeared gay and vivacious, but under the surface his friends saw that his experience in tho Fnhed States had been almost too much for him.

He will go to bis Paris home for two and then taku a long rest country place in the Vendee at Vincent Du Jar. "I hope for good from my trip to the L'nited Siates," said M.i Clomenecuu. to The Associated. Press. 'However, let the people Ajdeeide.

I put my thoughts fully before them and they have ceriain- got sense enough to judce. It was apparent that there was a vast amount of interest in me personally, for which I am most grateful. It is a rare Iiter he added: "May lie it is too soon but it is my best opportunity. slay pl-ase, to our friends in the United States. My first thought on sight of France was that I was glad to be home: second, that I was sorry 1 had left tho nited States.

"'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from an old friend." N. Y. DRY AGENTS XFW YORK. lec. 20.

(P.y 1" Iesperate attempts of th' rum running fleet off tho three-miie limit to land liouor in New York for Chrismas trade the capture of a ship o-- carrying 5300,000 worth of whiskey, during the it was announced by Prohibition Director Appleby today. The ship. making a desperate dash for land with 4.0A0 cases aboard, was caught off Sandy Hook by the Hanson, llagship of the dry navy. It was declared to have been of several that left the Ult imas a few days ago with car goes or "Cnristmas cn-er ror vi- The skipper, however. insisted to Captain Dysart of the Hanson that he was cn route to Canada but started to put in here when his engines broke down.

HELP FOR COAST IN BOOTLEGGING FIGHT SAN" FRANCISCO 20- P.y A. P.J Fifty additional i.iki.i lei.ierai ii.oiiniiii'iii i-iiiui omcers are enrouie vaiuornia from eastern points to assist in a renewed compaign against boot- ilegging. nccording to word today the otnee of fa. I Jtutter, pro hibition director. II.

Wheeler, chief enforce- Jmeiit officer in California, said the would be concentrated Oregon. Washington and Cali- fornia on the Canadian and Mexi- bordol.s the idea of elim- i. I L'ntil bicycles Christmas 33.. II. L.

all 00 Willson. rllllll.N nn fi CATCH BOOZE SHIP I I i I i 5 to industrial plants. I lhe cloinsr of navigation on the great lakes may, it it( cedod. havs bearing on tho coal situation in th! aft and central The car situation i hna tint .1 i iiuil man iaeK. oi coal, eay coal dealers.

MOrCjan Partner Discusses! European Situation I NEW Dec. (Pv .) An address by Thomas lLamont of J. P. Morgan be-1 Ite- i foro the Council of Foreign lations Tuesday night, in which he! discussed prospects fo- a loan to I Germany, was regarded Wednes-I day as one of the most signilicant! statements made on the question. I The American people have no i intention of making a loan to i Germany, he said, because she is! not in any position at the present time "To inspire our people with confidence to buy its At the same time Mr.

Lament stated conditions under w-hich he believed a German loan might be floated in this country at some fuure time, not a large loan, but enough to enable Germany to "get over the hill." These conditions were, he said, the settlement of the reparations problem and the fixing of a definite sum so that Germanv would be aware of her obligation. "Fol lowing the fixation of this sum," he continued, Jermany must set out on a neriod of f-etlatioT-. Tin. jmay come with c-heme of the Alllrs for the sunn-vision i.C such deilation, including the administration of Germany's customs." Even if a loan is advanced, he said. "I doubt that Germany will be lent a.

sum sufficient to discharge her reparations debt." Mr. Lamont also took occasion to deny that the state department had sent the German ambassador to confer with Mr. Morgan here recently. He further expressed his opinion that the people of this country have the utmost sympathy for France and that they would Kimi 10 lenn money to her -on largo scale." a i i 4 KILLED IN TEXAS TORT ARnrCIt. Texas.

Dec. 20. By Four persons were! killed anil two others were serious-i ly injured when a street car struck! a Gulf company truck loaded, with workers, here todav. I The street car turned over on I AHT TALKS IN LOAN STREET CAR CRASH i tr i I i i ri' less the program drawn up by the b.terurbau near PtVVif' international bankers' i Kollowin- lhat tLCCidert he hid last June is revived. apparently been under a mer.t..! The key to the future lies in the strain, it is said, and it is though carefuliy worded document issued that when the truck he waf pilot them by Mr.

Morgan and his col-: ing was ditched at Mason Tues leagues. Will France permit her day and he worked until 6 o'cioc'-meinber ot the reparations com-1 Tuesday night to get the machin--mission to vote with the ma-, into opci-atir-ii. he became so de-jority and issue a. unanimous pondent that he ended his life Continued on page two. col.

He was employed as a truck drii Traffic mishaps in Detroit up i' noisnng room ana today, have cost 372 lives, accord-! n'ere to the hoisting 'ing to a report of the police partiuent. This was an increase of.T IOUT" compared with the hoi 1321. A total of 4.107 nersons have been Injured so far this vear. pared to for the entire year of! village liremen lure to Prison In- dustrial Structure Authority for the stat to remodel prisons the old; hospital building at Ionia estate formatory at an siimated cost not to exceed 00ft. was granted by tho state administrative board at itis Wednesday meeting.

While the estimate on the cost was placed at this maximum figure, Charles i-ilainey, chairman of the commission, stated it would probably not take, more than half that amount or" money to chnngn the building to an industrial structure. i ne siiite retormatory now about 1.200 inmates, or 10(1 ha pe cent more than it ever had before I the institution was rebuilt on the' enlarged plan. The problem now is to provide work for all of these linen. This proposed additional in- jdustrial building will be used for seme kind of manufacturing not yet determined and will employ prison labor, providing a large eunioer ot men wild work. i ne aumimstrutivii board it meeting Wednesday also authorized the payment of approved, unpaid claims of stock owners for slaughter of their tubercular Icattle.

to aboiir snn fuin. The legislative appropriation of for the present two vears" 11-21 biennlum for this nurnosn hv i xnausieu and this amount of unpaid claims rrmninoi Euchre Winner, Aged Man J)ies Police Fail to Identify Victim of Heart Disease In Local Cigar Store Shortly after he made two points a euchre game in which he was engaged in a local cigar store. Wed- nesday morning an aged man drop- ped back in his chair and despite i efforts to revive him died, par-ntly from heart disease. ne game in which he was en- i.eu nan neen going on ior about to minutes wlien tiie sudden at- iau.iv came. Jiis tnree opponents the game seeing his condition attempted to revive him but were unaide to do so.

Althonirli the tn.in lind hooo labout the lop nm i 5. L. Michigan where he died no one knew his name but a num i i I I IS SEEK JUDGESHIP LUetrOlt V0n2TeSSIliail Well- "Qualified for Circuit Bench, Says Harvard Club CTP.OIT. Dec. 20.

A.P.) SKBRE1IT0 This vear there have been -v-i i -in speeders have been found yruiiiy "THIRTY" WRITTEN FOR creant. 22 Civilian Employes Brooklyn Naval Base Arrested Tuesday NliW YORK. Dec. "0. fBy A.

Twenty-two civilian employes at the Brooklyn naval were arrested Wednesday on indictments returned several months ago by a federal grand jurv charging that government property to the than $1,000,000 since the war. value of more had been Molen The arrests were made by agents ot tne department ot justice. Tho grand jurors indicted 23 men after its investigation, of the alleged wholesale thefts which the authorities said included. loth- mg. oil anil various oiner m.iier Mais used at the navy base, 2'Ird man under indictment not found at tho i.aval 1:113 used at The was base Wednesday.

The investigation has been der way for months. un- SALE OF STEEL TOUN'ISTOWN, Ohio. x-i 2'? Llri'-r Hill Fter-1 Company inrtors todav approver! ftir 1'iitM t-i-i -i it tdr. rm fj rTTT- i une i ompanv on in I oasis oi lour snares or 11111 stock for one share of Sheet and: Tube st oi MARQUETTE BUSINESS MAN IS ASPHYXIATED MARQI'FTTE. Dee.

20. (Py A. George Derleth. 29, well known business man and world war vet out mi floor, his head -in'l snoulder under the car. AniPRlf an srHnnTAT SMYRNA MAY REOPEN c.

20. Dy A. reeived a nies XS VXXE D. jSmet richtinir there. iuny reoiea and iiriui ine nuLionaiisi suifnimi-in no objection to the American 'school.

carrying- on their work in 'any part of Turkey. STOLE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY- CHARGE COMPANY APPROVED llv in at GRAND RAPIDS NEWSlDEFEAT SHIP BILL Once Hit By Car I'j-vid Squires. 47, resident LTasi. Lansing, for a year half, ended his life "w'ednesda-. morning about 7 o'clock bv shooting lumseif.

The suicide was ap-parentiy caused by desuonuer.c--' from ill 1 ft-iiow ing an ac Suuires severe injuries when the trui-t he ti--. --t-i-. er between Lansing and Mason. Squires' luidy- was found We. nesday morning in the basemen1 of his home.

Center Ess Lansing, by his daughter. It wa- louiiit ne used it shotgun to ike his life, tfe is survived by hi- willow aud two daughters. The body was removed to th- Jolm Wood Fr.deraUing thapel iaiising. 1 leva iistes. eoionej said that inquest woul.l brt re cessary.

PONTIAC FIREMEN CHECK FLAMES AT CLARKSTON Pontiac. ii.iia"'.-. were FUOIlUcd ot damage could he WOMAN IS BRUTALLY TREATED BY ROBBERS CLEVELAND. Dec. A P-) Two robbers Wediiesd.

bound, gagged and badly wounded Mrs. Fleanor Sanchaly and then after her repeated assertion that 10 in cash and a check for was ail the money j-he had in i-house and her refusal to t- of secret hiding plac-s of her rreeie; tied a stocking cap about her face and threw h'ur into a pile cf biasing newspapers lrcm which sh was rescued bv tirenv.i). Ib clothing was scorched r.r.d she was annost suftoiated from Tho robbers escaped. names has been published consec-i utivelv for nearlv CO vears. sus-j pended publications Tuesdav.

The! Representatives of the Harvard I 'OMUt. Dec. 20. fcr A.P.t the week, in an effort to fl, "rhe'I t- chert. him to become a candidate for on Main eU.

there. circuit court bench at the spring i Jlx-'-. t''a. rc'nI and ta News will continue its month- 1 ir-j ly periodicals. I-utile eftorts were made again.

At one time the paper was the' in st'nate ednesday by sup- strongest democratic paper in the Porters or the administration ship- state. It was at one tinie also onei-Oi' to bring to a vote the ques of the nrc-dominatim- morning of whether that measure should Brennan's attitude tn i -t iu do irme osa, was not known herei have neen destroyed and Wednesdav. llames now threaten cthei- no. Pontine department sent an Pff in to help th local fire fight C1W" ers- mrkston is mile north o- riffllSTAKtN rUK KUddeK, striking the truck, pinning tiie oc-teran. asphyxiated in his garage eupants beneath if.

workersj Wednesday. The windows and labored for an hour before the hod-doors of the garage were closed and ies of the dead and injured could; Derleth's IhmIv was found stretched in the state Ft hns rhanied pers in hands severl times in recent A. I. formerly '-IirS -rn -n r.nh. one oi the most foroiul editorial writers in tho Mirhitian newspaper field.

I-ark of patronage is responsible for I In suspension, it Th flraml Rapids field i.s now narrowed down to on morn-ins and onn afternoon paper the r.rand Itapids TIerald and Trpn nnrnif rTo tit KAKKK I KM lPlh IN PROBE OF WAR FRAUDS; i iif oer leporteii mat a yoiung RapldH press. i Practice law ner term exnires The Harvard club considers him I weil lilted ror me oencn. a craduatc of tho Fniversity of De-1 trait nnd Harvard and served as; state senator, assistant corporation -ounsel. and attorney for the state. labor department begore going to! congress HARDING RENOMINATES TWO I.

C. C. MEMBERS WASHINGTON, Dee. 20. P.y A.

PA President Harding Wednesday renominated Interstate Commerce Commissioners Charles C. MeChord of Kentucky and Joseph B. Eastman, of Massachusetts, whose terms expire shortly. Open every evening-. Shop early.

Giiiinell Music Shop. I be extricated. COP SHOT, CIVILIAN yvuuniiti) in bUH rLAij EASTOX. Dec. 20.

(Ey A.j A policeman was shot and it. STORE PATRON 0. (By! CASSOPOLIS. Dec. A.

PA William Brown, tinner of Kd wardsburg. retired i villa; of 4S0 inhabitants in southern Cass county, w-as shot and killed Wednesday morning at 8:30 o'clock when he tried the front door of the Walter's general sto: Drown was mistaken by Night Watchman Reuben Maston for a robber and the watchman fired a charge from a shotgun into the ouyi ue arresteu. If it's from Bonp's, it's good. i WARSAW, Dec. 20.

(Ey A.P." The trial of -Niewiadomski for the asiss''nation of President Xa-i last Saturday has been set for Dec. 29, before a civil tribu- A six weeks period -of mourn- iiijr has been prescribed for the I military while the civil authorities will be in mourning for two weeks. i.o ll I ijeen ills SOn IIS often in the establishment with him. In a memorandum book found' i.o ceioii ii ijsnrs. i or-! oner, the nann- Kog Rurth.

617 W. Genesee was found and the police were attempting to establish his identity Wednesday afternoon. The dead man appeared lo be about 70 years of age. He was wear- ins a rtiirk- Muo cap. a halbv dark suit.

a grey sweater, and a brown vest. His shoes were bim with cloth tops. His hair was white and his eyi.s blue. I i tron Kemal today "ht! American college WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.

(Ey A.j aged man's back. Newton D. Baker who wasj Sheriff AVymati Investigating the secretary of war in President Wil-'case, Wednesday, said he did not son's war-time cabinet, appeared i know whether or not Maston policeman attempted to breaK up a street quarrel. and Specials Xmas Ilowers Plants. Smith Floral Co.

i. ocioit! tiie special leuerai grand jury which is in session here investigating frauds. L'ntil Christmas bicycles Sjr.00. II. all Willson.

eats. Bopp's Market for.