South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 336, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 December 1920 — Page 1

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Injunction Restrains CommitttMi From Taking Builders9 Bureau Books. "EVIDENCE DESTROYED" Arrest 16 on Charge Brin dell Council Fail?? to Appear in Court. NEW YORK. Nov. CO. The Builders' Supply bureau was suc"swful Tuesday In blocking inquiry into its affairs y tho Joint legislaUve committee investigating the building trust. Official of the bureau declined to answer questions put by Committee Counsel Samuel Utermeycr. and obtained a rupreme court injunction retaining the committee from retaining possession of the bureau' Looks and record after they hil seized them by a serjeant-at-arms. Whllo the committee wan making ain attempts at Its hearing in tho city hall to take evidence from unwilling witnesses who repeatedly adjudged In contempt, 16 members of the Kmploylng Metallic. Furring and Iithlng association were ararresteil on charges of destroying evidence needed by the committee. They pleaded not guilty and were released in $1.000 bail. At the same Time there, was unusual activity in the criminal courts building. Judge Mulqueen also ordered the continuation of the November additional grand Jury which ha already returned several indictments in allegJ building graft cases. llaclicr on Trial. The trial of Georgo Hacker, million.' iro builder, charged with perjury in connection wltli his teImony before the committee, was also progressing. Owing to falhiro of counsel for Robert P. Brlndell, president of the biiiiillng trades council, under indirtment for extortion and attempted extortion, to appear before Judge Mulqueen and make any motion to ellscus the Indictments, it was reported that Mr. Untermeyer will move that the labor leaders' trial be i. gun within the next two weeks. Brlndell had been given until Tuesday by the court to make any motion he desired. Joseph Penny, chairman of tho Builders' Supply bureau, and John Philbrick. former chairman of the bureau, defied every effort of tho ommittce's counsel to get thorn to testify in th proceedings and activities of tho bureau. Mr. Penny i.ot only declined to answer qu tlon for the rounsol but also refused to look at tho books and record of the bureau cn the deck bef.r him and Identify them. Refore b aving the stand Mr. Penny was adjudged in contempt of the committer 15 times. Mr. Philbrick. who was adjudged four times in contempt, took the MTiic position as Mr. Penny, standjeg on hU constitutional rights not (continued on page fuub.) POLICE HOLD TWO SUSPECTS Believe Headway 3 la de in Solving Mystery About Crime Wave. Local police authorities are believed to have gained headway into the mystery surrounding the numerous holdups and rohherles which have occurred in South Bend lately, when Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday eer.ing they arrested two nu n. who are being held as suspects. Police omeials las: nicht refused to make public the nanus oC the men tr the nature of the crimes In which they are suspected of being implicated, but it is believed they lire being held fur questioning concerning certain robberies. The police also hae ral colored perfor.s under urvr illan ce and several arrests are expected to bo made toon. Several holdups have been reported to the police department during tho last seeral days and so far no arrests have l en made as a result of the crimes. Following the report Saturday r.'.ght of the holdup cf two meat markets by two cohered men. Asst. Chief of Police Casidy personally visited the many notorious negro "holdouts" in the city in r.n effort to identify the two men who took part in the robberies. He was unsuccessful. During the last two weeks but f' W nights have passed without reports of holdups being submitted to the police. In most of the ra-s negroes are sa'd to have taken the b adir.g rob s, although in ethers uhite men have t en Mip'Ctod. Dr." of the in n arrested Iavt r.Ight is ald by the jdice to have a I r.g police record in this city. Both of the men. it whs said, will b questioned by Chit f Kline and .last. Chief Cassidy u

Trainman Find Body in Field Near M ilford ELKHAIIT, Ind. Nov .10. An engineer on a New York Central passenger train yesterday discovered the lifeless body of Emanuel Osler, öS. lying beside a fodder shock on the Robert Vale Farm, near Milford. Oster had been employed by Vale to shuck corn and is believed to have suffered a heart attack while alone in the field. Outer's failure to respond to a signal given by tho engineer caused the train to be stopped while trainmen investigated. Oster had been dead some little time when the body was found, it is believed. Mrs. A. II. Crlpe, of Goshen, is a step daughter of the dead man.

DEFENSE QUIET OH TRIAL PLANS IN WRIGHT CASE May Use Same Witnesses That the State Will Introduce. IA PORTE, Ind., Nov. 30. With tho calling of additional members of the first verire of Jurymen for Wednesday morning it is expected that the jury for tho trial of Jack Wright will be completed late Wednesday. Attorneys in the case said they believed evidence would be submitted Thursday. Of the pre-sent venire 21 men have be?n called to an attempt to fill the panel for the trial of the alleged slayer of Henry Muevsel in South Bend live years ago. Nino wf tho men called were members of the September term of the circuit court's regular panel. Three of the veniremen examined by tho defense Tuesday afternoon were discharged when they said they believed Wri:;ht guilty of he charge. They said that the mere tact that th? prisoner .as in court was sut"cient to prove to them, that he was guilty. It is believed that the defense will attempt to show that Wricht had no part in the shooting and was out of tiio city on the nis;ht of the murder. Counsel for the defnso refund to say whether they would call witnesses for the trial. When asked if they lnler.ded to introduce witnesses for the defense, Atty. Gilliom said: "Wo will lirst .sec how many the state puts on and we may use the same witnesses for the defense." Wright has regained his composure and sat as uaal Tuesday between his attorneys, chewing gum. Plan State-Wide Meets To Aid Universities INDIAXAPOLIS. Ind.. Nov. 30. Meeting in Fort Wayne, South Hend, Evansville, Terre Haute and Muncie will be held within the month with a view of creating titnent in favor of action by legislature to Increase the tax for Indiana university. Purdue next levy university and the State Normal school at Terre Haute and Muncie. Announcement of the meetings, made hero Tuesday niiht by tlu committee in charge of arrangements, did not state when the meetings would be held in each of the iritb., but the plan is to tell of the financial p'ight of .the schools. Protest Occupation of Santo Domingo by U, S, PCPNOS AIRKS. Nov. 30. The Argentine and Uraguayar. aowspaj.ers Tuesday published a telegram from the "Press congress" In the republic Santo Pomingo addressed to the Press cluis in the cities of Montevedio and Puenos Aires, protesting against Amerrcan occupation of Santo Domingo. They urge th Argentine and Uruguayan newspapers to influence public opinion in favor of the independence of Santo Domingo and the reinstatement of former Pres't Henrique z Y. Carva-jal.

Now Stephen Will Ask Proof of All He's Told

Stephen Ker.dzicrskl has lost much of the faith in human nature which is tho basis of contentment. He i angry very angry and thinks he has a cause. The trouble st irted over a divorce which his wife IT.a Kendziorski. obtained from him through the regular routine of a court which grants divorces nearly every day during the session. Stephen thinks he has been made the victim of the. double-cross, or the badger came. It all came about when his wife started an action for diva roe, and then to'.d her h us'., and that she had a-andone-d it. They lived together all the time, taking th. ir iitt'.e- quam-is and their troubles with the philosophic attitude so crmmon to married ccup'.cs. who have discarded the be'.ief that marriage is a bed of reuses, or one grand sweet song. I-ena apearcd in superior court with her lawyers on Nov. 23, and

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ACCEPT POST AS MEDIATOR Offers Help in Bringing Peace Between Turk Leader and Armenians. MAY SEND MORGENTHAU Ex-Ambassador Seen as Logical Representative of Government Head. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Pres't Wilson, Tuesday proffered his "personal mediation through a rcpreHontativo" to end hostilities in Armenia. The offer was in reply to an invitation from Paul Hymans. president of the council of the league of nations, transmitting1 a resolution adopted in behalf of Armenia by the assembly of tho league at Geneva. Nov. 22. It requested that "the horrors of the Armenian tragedy" be brought to the attention of tho powers with a view to entrusting some power with tho task of taking the necessary measures to stop tho hostilities in Armenia. Tho United States although not a member of the league, was included among the nations of the world to whom the broadcast invitation was Issued. Adoption of the resolution was preceded by some discussion of the j feasibility of organizing an inter national force- to intervene in Armenia, availed alternately by Turkish nationalists, the bolshevik! and other tran.M-Caucusian elements. No Military Aid. In his reply Mr. Wilson said he waa without authorization to offer or employ the military forces of the United States in any project for the relief of Armenia, or any material contributions requiring the consent of congress "whicn is not now in session and whose action .1 could not forecast." The president declared, however, that he wa.s willing, upon assurances of the moral and diplomatic support of the principal powers to endeavor to bring about peace between tho contending parlies in Armenia through arbitration, lie asked suggestions as to the avenues through which the proffer should be conveyed and the parties to whom it should be addressed. Among olllc'als in close touch with the provident it wast suggested (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.) MINTED VENISON PROMPTED DEATH Coroner Completes Inquiry in Sudden Death of Miss Travis. IMPORTE. Ind.. Nov. 3 0. Gertrude Travis, age 22, died of chronic myocarditis, a disease of the heart muscle, according to the verdict of tho county coroner, who Tuesday completed the formal examination of the body. The girl died suddenly in her rooming-house here farly on Monday. "There was absolutely no evidence of any mysterious facts in this case," Coroner Ieeds aid. "The letter found on the girl's dressing tab'e and addressed to her sweetheart contained nothing that might have been construed as mysterious and indicated that there had been plans made for an early marriage and the purchase of Christmas presents by the two. The fact that the girl had been in Chicago Sunday night and had been with a party of friends in a restaurant, partaking of roast venison. seems to have pome case, according to "There was evidence son was s'ightly caused a disturbance bearing in the the coroner, that the venitainted. This in the stomach which in all probability ed the heart trouble." precipitatwas granted her divorce, together with the custody of her three children, certain property rights, and attorney fees, all of which her husband "had to pay. Then she wer.t home to live with her husband again, and did not seek new fields. as most other divorcees She did not tell him of the divorce, anel the first intimation l)xi Stephen Jaad that It was granted came from the newspapers. The discarded and disillusioned husbanel burn?d up the pavement toward a lawyer's ott'.ce. where he poured the tale of hLs troubles inte the ear of the sympathetic barrister. The result was the n'.ing of a motion in superior court to have the divorce decree set aside, and that the defendant be permitted to appear and defend tho action. Stephen is going to demand proof of everything that is told him hereafter, he saya

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I"5essie Thompson, 1C, and Kthel Quinn, 19, two pretty Perryvni'?. Ky., girls, were arrested in the freight yards in Chicago on their arrival there from Kentucky in a "tälüedoor" Pullman. They said they wanted to see the bright lights of Chicago and not having the necessary faro had decided to "hop freight," riding on the rods under a box car. They are being held awaiting the arrival of their respective fathers, who will take the cirls back home.

DELEGATES HERE FOR CONVENTION Electricians Open. Two Day Session Today at Oliver Hotel. With the hotels of the city crowded with delegates everything is in readiness for the opening of tho annual convention of the Indiana State Association of Electrical Contractors and Dealers, which takes plfee at the Oliver hotel at 9:30 t i- morning, according to F. H. &. '.iumaker. who is in charge of the program committee. Over 200 electrical men will assemblo In the Rotary room of the Oliver at the appointed hour and after being welcomed to the city by Mayor Franklin It. Carson the convention will formally begin. Att. A. E. Martin of South Bend: Morse DellPlain. Hammond. Ind.. and J. J. Keith. Peoria, 111., are scheduled to make speeches at th? morning rcssion. llanquct in Kvrnlnp. Election of ofheers for tho year 1921 will occupy the greater portion of the afternoon, while a p'ace for rext year's convention will also be selected. Tn the evening the entire delega tion will bo bar.oueted and cntT-! tained in the Rotary room of the OlUer. William Goodwin and Samuel Chase, two of the biggest men In the electrical business in th? country, will give the main speeches of the evening. Thursday morning the delegates will be given a chance to see a few of the manufacturing industries of the citv and they will also be taken on a visit to otre uame universu and St. Mary's academy. At noon the delegation will be the guests cf A. It. Erskine at a luncheon to be given at the Studebakcr plant. Head of Condensed Milk Co. Dies After Operation INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Nov. SO. William T. Wilson, age 3. president of the Indiana Condensed Milk company, one of the largest concerns of its kind In the world, died Tuesday at a local hospital after a surgical operation. He had been ill only a few days. The company of which Mr. Wilson was the head operates plants at Sheridan. Ind.; Lebanon, Ind., and Albany. Wis. Mr. Wilson was born in Richmond, Ind. Fatally Hurt in Attempt To Defeat Jail Delivery MEMPHIS'. Tenn.. Nov. 30. George Reeves, a jailor, was shot and fatally wounded at the Shelby county jail here Tuesday while attempting to prevent the escape of Clyde Hamilton and two other men held in the jail pending trial on charges of robbery. Hamilton, who is said to have fired the shots that mortally wounded Reaves, and the two other men escaped. McClure Undecided On Candidacy for Speaker ANDERSON. Ind.. Nov. 30. John F. McClure said Tuesday nicht he will definitely decide by Wednesday evening as to whether he will be a candidate for speaker of the house In the next session of the Indiana legislature. A non-partisan meeting is being arranged here for Wednesday evening by Mr. McClure'a friends.

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-' v SAYS IMMIGRATION LAWS UNENFORCED Canadian Border Force Inadequate' and Underpaid, ' Seigel Testifies. NEW YORK, Nov. 30. Rep. Isaac Siegel of New York, a member of the house committee on immigration declared in a statement hero Tuesday that the immirration laws go un-enforceel along part of tho Canadian border and they can not bo carried out rigidly until the Inadequate, under paid force of inspectors and other employes is bolstered Up. Returning1 from an inspection trip along nections of the boundary and at Montreal, where he collected data for presentation to the committee. Hep. Siogel said he found the-e were 75 entry places between Canada and the United Statey and only 21 eloctors to examine the immigration. Tells of Conditions. The employes of the immigration dei-artme'nt are discontented b?-caui-o of the low salaries, long working hours ane. other unpleasant conditions and many are resigning", ho added. Stressing the importance of the gates to the north he pointed cut that 12.000. C00 persons pass to and from Canada anel the United States annually. "Despite the: law requiring each immigrant to undergo examination then was only or;: doctor at Montreal te inspect 700 Italians who recently arrived there anxious to enter America," Mr. Siegel salel. "Chinese merchants 'arriving in Canada on their way to this country havo to wait several we?ks in Ottawa and Toremto for permission from. Washington. As a result many become disguested and decided to buy elsewhere in the future. Teachers Committee To Meet January 18 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 30. The constitutional convention of the Indiana State Teachers' association will be held in Indimapolis next Jan. IS, according to the announcement Tuesday of the executive committee of the association. County delegates to the convention, it was announced, are to be seK-cted at the meetings of teachers that the committee called, to be held between now and Dec. 1?. The principal question expected to come before the state convention is the revision of the association's constitution so as to abandon the state convention In InelianapolLs, and to substitute several district meetings in various parts of the state. Farmers Discuss Fight Against Drop in Prices FORT WAYNE. Ind.. Nov. 20. Diseussüon of the proposal to organization farmers for the purpose of combatting the price decline? on the farm products occupied the attention of the delegates to the convention of the Ancient Order of Gleaners here Tuesday. The project of an Indiana cooperative clearing ho'.!5 Was also introduced but all df tinite Action was postponed until tom rrow's srssion. The election of state eftVers following the annul banquet will mark the close of the conference Wednesday night.

MOSS ACCUSES TREADWAY OF PEIRCE DEATH

"Al Smith and Treadway Killed Him," Prisoner Tells Detectives. POLICE SEEK SMITH Pair Had Planned to Put the Blame on Phillips Girl, Moss Testifies. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Nov. 30. "Jack" Moss, arrested In Pittsburg in connection with the killing here a week ago of Henry T. Peirce, was brought here Tuesday night by detectives. He was locked up in central police station, where It was planned to put him through a vigorous cross examination during the night. On the way east, according to Detectives Mulgrew and Kelly, who had him In custody. Moss talked freely of the case. He protested his innocence of actual participation in the slaying of Peirce, declaring, the detectives fsiid, that it had been done by Peter D. Treadway and "Al" Smith and that they had planned to put the blame on Marie ("Roots") Phillips, who with Treadway was arrested last week in Wheeling, W. Va. Treadway and the girl, who also is known a.s Sue Rogers, in statements given out by the police after they wer brought here from "Wheeling, said that Smith and a man known to them only as "Jack" struck the blows that killed reirce. Inspect Smith's Capture. Moss is the man they referred to, the detectives nay. Smith has not been, captured, but his apprer henslon waa said Tuesday night to bo only a matter of a few days. Al Smith and Treadway killed Peirce and they planned to put the blame on 'Boots' Phillips," the detectives quoted Moss is saying. "It was while we were traveling from Baltimore to Hageratown, Md., in Pelrce's motor car that they told her they would put the Job on her. The girl was scared and threatened to Jump out of the machine. Treadwav later told her they were only kidding her but they really figured to blame her." Mos-s told the detectives how he (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.) LOSE HEAVILY IN FAILURE OF BANK Institution Unahle to Realize on Loans Netting 355,000, Said. NILES. Mich., Nov. 3 0. Inability of the Commercial National bank at Iiaroda, a hamlet near here, to realize at th'i present on a loan of $30,000 mado to the Victor Motor Truck company of St. Joseph and a $25,000 loan made to the St. Joseph Canning company was given Tuesday as tho reason for the failure of the banking institution, the doers of which have been closeel for more than a week. The bank, with a capital of $123.000, has $70,000 of the amount intact, it is understood. Action to declare the private institution bankrupt was taken Tuesday by representatives of the 123 depositors, who are engaged on a small scale in the fruit growing business in this vicinity. Diversion of the funds will be asked and it is believed that the depositors wiil ! realize about 60 cents on the dollar. The bank closed a week ago with the death of Fred Swink. a stockholder, and failed to reopen after the funeral. Swink was the father-in-law of Albert F. Ricks, president of the bink. Ricks refused to give a statement when seen at the bank Tuesday. Rank examiners are expected here soon to audit the books.

Haitian Bandits Killed 2,000 Officer Testifies

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti Nov. 20. (By THE A. P.) The naval court on inquiry investigating the actions of American Marines concluded its hearir.g in Haiti Tuesday with the examination of Lieut. Colonel Hooker, of the Gendarme who testified to the belief that two thousand peaceful Haitians had been killed by bandits in the last few years. He declared that from March 1913 to October, 1919, large farming and Bottlement areas were completely wiped out by un-uniformed bar.dir roaming about under the leadership of desperate chiefs. Colone l Hookes, in his testimony, pave a ftartling Idea of the methods; of the outlaws, citing nearly a dozen cases to show how Marines and Gendarme captured by bandits were mutiHated. He said that in every instance they were decapaclt-

Laporte Boasts of First Woman County Officer LAPORTE. Ind. Nov. 3 0. Laporte county today has the first woman otlicial in tho state, the commissioners in session Tuesday making the appointment of Mrs. Kittie Crumpacker Spore to succeed the late Alfred G. Kimble, a former federal Judge of New Mexico. A brother, Thomas Crumpacker. Is serving as county auditor here. A number o women were elected to public office in the recent election

but will not assume their oil duties until the first of the year. RENEW VIOLENCE IN STRIKE ZONE; FIRE ON TROOPS Soldiers and Deputies Wounded in West Virginia Coal Region Frays. WIILAMSON. W. Va., Nov. 20. Renewed violenco Monday and Tuesday was reported from several point9 in the Mingo county coJ strike zone anel nearby, late Tuesday to military authorities and to the olficcs of the coal operators association here. The most serious occurred at Baranshee of the Kentucky side of Tug river, across from Matewan, W. Va, where two deputy sheriffs were wounded, one seriously, when they attempted to make an arrest Tuesday. Col. Herman Hall, commanding the provisional division of troops in the J-.-trike zone, said he had received word that two soldiers stationed at Roso Siding, 'W. Va., were lired upon Sunday, tl'o day the troops arrived. There were no casualties. L. K. Armen trout, manager cf mine No. 2. Borderland, W. Va., was in Williamson Tuesday to report that a motornian in his mine was fired upon when he stopped his train to remove an obstruction on the track between the mine and th tipple. He was not wounded. Both Col. Hall and Mr. Armentrout said in describing their respective incidents that the shooting came from the Kentucky side. Deputies Wot'nde'd. The deputies wounded at Baranshee, Tuesday were William Trances and Everett Dotson, according to tho mine orator associa ion. W. A. Wilson, superintendent of Vulc?n colliery, near tho scene of the shooting, declared the df putifs had gone to arrest John V. Vance, on a mi.sdea.mear.or charpro and as they were leading with their prisoner a shotgun charge from a house nevarby jbtrv-ck Frances in the neck. Several persons who were1 in the house at the time arc in custody at Froehurn. lV- and .-uthoriti-s arcseeking Nathan Beavei, who 1'e-d to thu mountains, Wilson said. Reav r will be charged with the shootinr. acording to Wilson. Frances: is in ' a hospital at Welsh, W. Va. CapL E. 1a Brine of the provision al battalion declared notices of C"l. ,' Hall and Gov. Corn -.veil advising the community of the establishment of, military law in the district had been ; torn down at Nolan, W. Va. j Fixed baynets were in order at Mate-wan, Capt. Brine sa'. 1. C j. j 1 1 n II in commenting -ipon tho situation said that the civil authorities will continue to act under the di rection of tho military until such time as the Hilnati Jit may become acute. In that r.i h e!ocia.-ed a I'nited States commissioner would probably be f.cnt here to act. Chicago Police Hold 38 Alleged Radicals CHICAGO. Nov. .10. Thirty-eight alleged radicals were arrested by the police Tuesday in a raid on I. W. W. headquarters. S-veral thousir. I pamphlets, said to be of a tionary nature, were seized. revo.ued. and their vital organ r noved and scattered along the trails. Two marines were burned t death after torture. Col. He.cKer asserted. He testified Tha. lieutenant had been killed, th heart and liver distributed and eaten, and the brain removed to grease- bullets for the bandits guns. The records, he said showed that 22 Gendarme officers were killed. Dorcas Williams, a errt-ant cf Marines accu.-d f,l killing Garb-r Jean hast year. Tuesday entered emphatic denial of guilt. He declare i Jean's house was midway between the bandit ar. I tho Gembirrr.t during a battle at Miisade, and aid that, he-arir.g that Joan was intimate with the marauders, he summoned him. He testified Jan appeared with a towel around his neck and a blanket about his ntomach, ehowing he had been wounded.

COLBY TAKES STEP TOWARD RECOGNITION

Aks Commissioners Be Appointed to Draft International Pact. PESOUEIRA HAS NOTE Mexican Government Actuated hy High Purposes, Secretary Savs. WASHINGTON. Nov. f.0. A formal statement from Sec'y Colly that commissioners be appointed by the United States and Mexico to draft a treaty upon which can 1 -based resumption of full iliplomatio relations between tho two governments has been taken to Mexico city by Roberto V. lVsoueirn. Mexican conlidcntial agent in Washington. ThL was disclosed Tuesday niül.t when the state department mad public Mr. Colby's answer to Mr. Pesqueira's recent letter urging recognition by the United States ef the government of Mexico. It an handed to tho Mexican agent before his departure Thanksgiving day to attend the inauguration of Prrs'telect Obregon of Mexico, December 1. Referring to his conversations with Mr. Prsqueira, Sec'y Colby in his letter said that they served to lavo no reasonable doubt if "thhigh and enlightened purposes that actuate the present government of Mexico." Correct Misunderstanding. Aa to article 27 of the Mexican constitution. long a stumbling block to complete understanding between the two governments, Mr. Colby said the statement in Mr. Prquetra's Tetter that it "is rrnMt net bo Interpreted as retroactive or violative of valid property rights"; should "allay the fears of those who have acquired valid titles" in Mexico, adding: "I can conceive of nothing better calculated to correct the misunderstanding." "It only remains." Mr. Colby continued, "to give these, understaniIngs a form which I usual in dealings between friendly f-tates and I have the honor to suggest that commissioners be promptly designated by both Mexico and the United States to formulate a treaty, embodying the jtgreomcnts which have been reached as the result of your succe-ssful mission." The text of SeCy Colby's letter, dated November -f.. follows: "The conversations which vhave had Hnce the receipt of your notable letter of October 2C, I am very please. j to say. have been entirely In keeping- with the spirit :.n tenor of the exjr prions it contained, and hae ejuste confirmed the a g r e e a b 1 e anticipations It aroused. II lationi Friendly. "I think I may sav, ns ene of th results of these d:seusions, that no doubt can reasonably be entertained of the hip.h and enlightened pnr-u-cjNTINUIID iN PAGE FOUR.) GIRL HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT j Urban Car Jumps Track at Washington and Cliapin Streets. Failure of the aJr brake n w,rIs attributed by Fred Stubl-s tre motorman, t-Ji the cause; for car No. 1' Cha.pin st. line, jumping ti. t: if k at Washington and Chapin -t. about 10--J. a.nd the city o'ciock Tuesday nigh:, ear continued its plurt;Gray others. The ear crew two the only pTions r:.l. I than Mi Lisia v,ho were on the i . car, escape. 1 injury. According to Stuhbs he npp! the air hrak'-s as his ear near' the Ch'ir-m s. turn on V,'. Washir.. .on st. The car was running at a. fair rato of pneei, and failure of ti.t ral es to work caused the r-ar leave the track, jumping the e . : : and tearing the body from th trucks. Two ted jhor." pedes a;; d fi eh-ctri..: ! l g bit r- Je wre tr rn d : an dthe city car continued its plur into th' iron fence near the eh,r home, doing cor.s-.cbr .Several yards of th f.nc" wbroken down. Srond Within Wtvk. Mi-s L.di suffered a slight eut bove the ye a- well as other nJ:.cr Injuries, it was aid. She wr.s given medical attention and v ; "ater taken to her horr.e. Otb.s.r o.-cupar.ts of the car escaped injur. other than b-ing slightly shaker, up. A number of persons who wc-ie pasc ngers on the ci.r as it 1 ft tbv downtown district had left the a before th accident. The accident last r.Uht is the e-c-r.r.d within the week on city line. Sunday night two Clrclf av. ca:s crashed head-on on MichUan between Har.ey av. Ar.d Indiana a v. No one was injured.