St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 8, 1922

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COMIC PAGE DECEMBER 7, 1923, Kecfe Sox preers " little vet on the aseball so will say e lixe as if the fe there hands ful] pennant next yr. ied to make a Was another xtar witch I dont wane as boosting but | Ague on there head | the Central where for Terre Haute might say. icle will write {n’ lifferent deliverys ; ‘boys has such so will close for (Copyright, igg : NAU BE VILLE Bb You Bapy’T tA APPLAUSE, / Sy Ud ) Ke x\\ \\ ‘A \ \ \ \ f GAIN 24 HOURS BY DOING IT TODAY ‘WANTS received up to 10:30. Helps, Lost, Found, Death Notices up to 12:45 p. m. Bigcest City Circulation—Best Results —_—-—-— - — me — nl 93. aSOENT URGES STRICT ENFORCEMENT PRURIDITION LAWS | —F vats [ Ouls AI ASTORIA URL. 30 BLOCKS BURNED Most of Houses Destroyed — Two Deaths and Number of In- jured Reported. Tells Congress Repeal of Eighteenth FLAMES EAT PILING Z » Amendment Is Unlikely and Would Z, Apply Law Rigorously. i PROPOSES THAT RAILROAD LABOR BOARD BE ABOLISHED Suggests Labor Division in Commerce Commis- gion With Power to Enforce Rulings — Fa- yors Child Labor Amendment and An- other to Restrict Security Issues. — By Charles G. Ross. Ohief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Special interest attached to what ident | Harding, in his address to Congress today, had to say | as high as $15,000,000. dou prohibition. Conditions relating to its enforcement, he said, d come to ‘‘savor of a nation-wide seandal.’’ ibition, he added, had not only not been removed from politics, — ee -- eee ight, 1922, by H. C. Fisher, tered JU’. S. Patent Office.) Gin the minds of many voters, ithan 30 blocks of the ' | } | the bank of the blaze had not | lm. ' - |}miles from here, The question of | s : }need of money, ‘been burned and cash was overshadowing all other | tions. It was ‘‘distracting the public mind and prejudicing | — of the electorate.’’ é President declared it might as well be recognized that the, ighte math amendment was not likely to be repealed. m ‘the statutory provisier’sfor its enforcement”’ He did not (that is, the | ms of the Volstead act) were contrary to ‘‘deliberate public | ‘ if opinion was opposed to Me laws, then “rigorous and literal reement will concentrate public on any requisite modifica- f 's Governors’ Conference. ‘The President saw a ‘‘certain lack }Gefiniteness” in prohibition en- meement due to the concurrent au- y of State and Federal Govern- mits. To seek a cure for this de- & he purposed to call the Govern- tof the states into conference ith him and he hoped that out of semen would come defi- policies of national and state co- ) in administering the laws. iE Pedsicent touched upon many in his long message. Relief M agriculture through the broad- BS Of existing credit facilities, was ‘ong ¥ Urged. Judging by the ap- > me recommendations along line touched a responsive chord. # asked for prompt enactment of dig measures at the present ie President then turned to the evoad problem and again evoked Clapping when he declared could be no permanent good mine for agriculture without “bet- area cheaper transportation.” ithis portion of his address the heident came out vigorously for on of the inland waterways. ) f Benelce From Waterways. PPlause followed his declaration “we ghould more effectively Up our rail carriers with > “atriers by sea,’’ ® ought,” continued the Presi- ‘to reap some benefit from pntreds of millions expended and waterways, proving our ca- to utilize as well as expand. tht to turn the motor truck frees feeder and distributer, A ofa Gestroying competitor.” as ,Ameclated ivan. yay to the transportation # Rail m, Mr. Harding proposed that ead Labor Board be abol- with the substitution of a la- On in the Interstate Com- *Commission with ample pow- Peqdire its rulings to be ac- both parties to a disputed | “g The executivé also pro- vay the law require the car- their employes to institute and methods to negotiate be- *mselves their constantly differences. peaiting appeals ernment body Character as are Dublic welfare. fination of all transporta- lities was urged by the Pres- , an would include not only ) Ways, but motor truck ) tion as well. He “ in- oe the system of paral- hi roads with truck roads, : ent from the steam ‘Insten naking the motor Tine an for ag As to re hemeelves, Mr. Harding tac) to disputes | likely to| suggested as ways of increased econ- | omy and efficiency lines into systems, interchange freight cars the consolidation of fa- the merger of | of | cilities and the economic use of ter-| minals. intercarrier, co-operative ship, and most economical operation,’ adding that they could not fun ction | in harmony when the recent strike threatened the paralysis of all rail-| Way transportation. More Credit for Farmers. More extended credit for the farm-| ers was strongly urged by the execu- | bia River. had tive, who declared that the very proof of helpfulness already giv n was the strongest argument for the permanent establishment of widened credits. reau might well have its power; «n- larged to provide ample farm land credits. Two constitutional were proposed. One would Congress authority over child labor and the other would restrict the is- sues of tax-exempt secv'lriiies, which are declared to be “drying up the sources of Federal taxation nnd en- couraging unproductive and extrava- gant expenditures by states and mu- nicipalities.” Enactment of legislation providing Continued on Page 2, Column 1. _ He declared that the man-| agers of the lines were without that! relation-| “so highly essential to the best] on L:ro- }a. m. jat 2 | beyond control by eating and almost futile out seagoing commerce principally built large part of iit duction credits as well as enlarged | residence district is on high ground. was named | Astor, | were active farmer. is satisfied. SUPPORTING CITY) | ~ |Money and Bread Needed as ' | | Leading Business | March ‘usually All Banks and Bakeries | Are Burned — Hundreds Homeless. iy the Associated ASTORIA. Press. Ore... Dec R "Ioalr oc . + .+ bus ness distri and a part of the residence district. Sloce i fees to pay most of the leading business hous“s | and banks had been destroved at today by a fire which a. m. The conflagration beneath the piling upon which the city is built on Th ll ¢ Columbia River. been checked at Two deaths were reported there were rumors of many VU noffic estimates placed the loss lal Word was sent to Portland. Astoria was in as all the that locked in the All bakeries have burned and brvad also are needed. Hundreds were homeless noon, and the activity of the munity was prostrated by the of flames which were fought by the fire-fighting forces of both this city Portland. Dynamite, used in attempts to check added to the destruction. reports trom fire-swept area early today, Staples, president of the Bank Commerce, fell dead. Patients were ren from Mary's Hospital. all the windows of which were shattered by explosions of dynami or gasoline tanks. The Astorian, new building Comm distant from 'the devastated area, began moving at 8 o'clock. vaults. needed. befor. com- blaze, According to of loved st iC) te occupying a ercial street, Astoria, at Mouth oe ( fetibesben. 14,020 Population. PORTLAND, Astoria, at the mouth of the Colum Ore., lec, S 14,- I¢s | is in a Our a population ' 020, the 1920 census showed. | lumber. He says the farm loan bu-| The business section of Astoria is) along the river bank and aj} is on piling. The Astoria was established more than | QV". ndments | a century ago as a trading post an | sive | Jac agents | in honor of John pioneer trader, whose at the post. Horse Traded for Rooster. Dec. 8&.—Fritz ' Special to the Post-Dispatch. i HALSTED, Kan., Kreimeyer traded a rooster for a| horse last week. William Pjesky, | who took the rooster, says he What Happened When a Movie Magnate Took His Beauty Prize Winner Into His Home as His Wife’s Companion—A Triangle Story with unusual phases. ‘Oh, I Sent the Poison to the Wrong Woman!’’-—-The_ ex- traordinary explanation in her own defense made by a former convent novitiate who killed the mother of eight children with arsenated chocolates. Pictures in Newly - Discovered Catacomb May Be of St. Peter and St. Paul—Workmen were excavating for the founda- tions of a garage at Rome when they made one of the most interesting finds of recent years. Told by an Illinois col- lege professor who has returned from trip to Italy. Lloyd George Answers Clemenceau Through the Sunday Post-Dispatch The first of a series of articles by the War-time Premier of Great Britain in reply to the American speeches and articles of the great Frenchman with whom he sat in war councils and at the Peace conference table. will appear in leading papers in all countries of the world, and in St. Louis, exclusively in the Post-Dispatch. Other Features in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch ~ “NM These articles Murder by Mental Suggestion— Youth pleads that married woman drove him to terrible deed by telling him econstant- ly how it might be done and subtly holding herself out as the reward he could gain. **Behold Your Victims!’’—The remarkable war on automobile spéeders that is being eon- ducted by traffie judges in two of America’s largest cities. A Woman Alone Among Canni- ba's: Daring Fate In Savage Melanesia — Sharks, devilfish, alligators and wild boars, be- sides the fierce mountain dwarfs, figure in these epi- sodes by a noted explorer and writer. She denies that the incidents Were ‘‘adventure’’— and gives a curious reason. Lot | ! banks had! ? | spread | _ordinance providing for the impri+- the | Morris | and | injured, | 100 | been | Beds | (amination ithe opinion that the Board of Alder- ‘the discretion the | | ef | => 08 iSrit | posing Has | -’ -| GEN, WOOD RESIGNS OFFICE OF (the office | pressed | eral i was officially WM, ALLEN WHITE CASE DROPPED } By i ceint i night by | to | parently friendly duel between Henry J. Al- i cero and ' dismissal today of charges of violat- ' trial | White | sign in the window of his newspaper office, the Emporia Gazette, ithe nation-wide railroad shopmen's | strike, |i ers. ELECTED TO $10, 000 | OFFICE; DIDN’T EVEN | | PAY $5 FILING FEE New Collector of St. Louis Coun- | ty Considered Chances Hope- less; Spent Only $40.50. Fenton Rudder, Democrat, backed by the Clean Eleec- ‘tion League and elected Collector of | St. Louis County, did not, thing | enough of his chances of election to! $5 filing fee. Nevertheless l begin a four-year term next with the expectation of re-/| ceiving $10,000 a year from the job, | the maximum of fees which the Col- | lector allowed to retain. A member of the Democratic | County Committee, which is entitle. | to collect the filing fees, said today | that the committee had such a nard | time getting candidates to run in a, county where Republican nomination had been equivalent to eleec- tion, that receipts were issued to the candidates for the fees, but the fees were not collected. Rudder said that he had not beer riven a receipt, but that he had prid | little attention to the whole matter because he thought his chances were | slim. When the ipaign of the Clean Election League made it ap- | parent he had a cha he gave the league $100. The present Collector, | Albert Wilmas, is of the opinion tnart Ces to get enough all the expenses of the and still retain for himself the! um of $10,000. Rudder, who I‘enton, is undergtood to be He spent $40.50 for in-| cidental items in his campaign. | John _who was pay the he wil 1S Ca’ nce his suc sor ought office maxim lives in well-to-do. ‘LAW TOJAIL TRAFFI VIOLATORS “LEGAL” : Counselor Believes Aldermen Has Right to Pass Ordinance. | City Counselor Haid. after an ex- of the city City charter, is of ' men has the legal right to pass an} onment of traffic law violators, at! of the Judges. at present allows any- thing but a fine for a traffic vio- lator. The maximum fine whieh be imposed is $500. member of a recently appoint- | Haid, Roy F. ton of the Automobile Club ang | Remmers of the Safety are a committee to deter- | the Board of Aldermen has an ordinance im- | Haid’s com-| a’ ~»W city ordinance may Haid traffic by is a general | comrnittee the Mayor. liver T. Council, mine if the power to create jail sentences. will report to the General} ic Committee, and its decision > forwarded to the Board of. ‘n. PROVOST OF PENNSYLVANIA U. | Decision of Governor-Gencral to Re- tain Post in Philippines Announced | by War Department. | WASHINGTON, Dec, 8.—Major-| (eneral Leonard Wood has resigned | of provost of the U:niver-| Pennsylvania in order that! might comply with the ex-| wishes of the administra- | and remain as Governor-Gen-| of the Philippine Islands, it announced today by, the War Department. sity of he tion”’ This action was forecast in a spe-' cial dispatch to the Post-Dispatch | from Washington vesterday. | Attomey- General Directs Dismissal of Charges. the Associated Press. EMPORIA, Kan., Dec. 8.—The re- of a telegram directed last Attorney-General Hopkins Attorney Borgaline, ap- wrote finis today to the County and his editor of Kansas, Allen White, (Governor William author. The Attorney-General directed the len, ny, in ga provision of the Kansas Induas- Court law preferred against after the latter displayed a during The placard expressed ‘49 per cent sympathy” with the strik- White’s trial had been set for today. Bifocal Fyeglasses to Be Cheaper. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, Dec. 8.-—The price of eyeglasses, especially of the bifocal type, will be materially lower next year, it is asserted by Dr. D. E. Sharp, an executive of one of the largest concerns in America engaged in the manufacture of magnifying glass. Patents which now cover this type of eye-glass will expire, and with the resulting competition among manufacturers and the elim- ination of royalties, material reduc- tions should come, he said. _The City Circulation LN, eo i ae a, Daily POST-DISPATCH alone approximately Equals .i*i. Daily Globe-Democrat re Of This Amount Nearly $1,- Board | by and that | ed, |a representation , in oll | tory | $1,264,813. ‘TWO ARMED MEN IN AUTO ' company’s i tie ' oT. eee. POST-DISPATCH i bed Cay beamed — in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. > ———————— ™~ "= ——eEeE————————— — — . 5 ele ees ” oe _— FINAL EDITION (Complete Market Reports) ad FRIDAY EV ENING, DECEMBER § 8, 192256 PAGES, ce | ee RORY 0’CONNOR AND JACOB LAMPERT'S ‘WILL IS UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT —_ - LIAM MELLOWES PUT O DEATH IN DUBLIN Decision of Jury in St. Louis |} Probate Court in October, 1921, Sustained by State Tribunal. ESTATE VALUED | e AT ABOUT $1,250,000 200,000 Will Go to Cigar Manufacturer’s Sister Un- cer the Decision. The will of Jacob Lampert, manufacturer, cigar | disposing of his estate | of more than $1,250,000, was upheld | today by the State Supreme Court, | Division 2, in a decision which sus-_ tained the action of a Probate Court jury in October, 1921. | The principal heir named in Lam- pert’s will was his sister, Mrs. Rosa/| iraff, of 5349 Pershing avenue, whom he to nearly and made bequests amounting $1,200,000. Eleven nephews, children of two de- | to! nieces | lrish Republican Leaders Executed in Reprisal for Murder of Deputy | } | | | ceased sisters, filed the contest suit. | - illeging that Mrs. Graff unduly fluenced him in making the will and | his mind who was a bachelor, poisoned Lampert, lived | in-| against them. | at the Graff home. The court’s decision was (Commissioner Reeves, Judges of Division 2 concurri ng. As to the charge of wrongful influence, the opinion cited authorities to| , show that such influence, to suffice | Opening Statements be | shown to have been exercised at the | for overthrowing a will, must time when the will was executed, a showing of general in- fluence, growing out of natural af- fection, does not meet the require- ment. written the | SELECTION OF HERRIN JURY 1S COMPLETED Made Trial by | State and Defense in of Five Men. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MARION, IIil., The issue of influence, it was add- | kes try five men charged with murder had been submitted by the trial! court to the jury and determined by | the jury. the issue of fraud from the jury in this respect, it was stated, trial court acted properly. The preme Court held that it was the | influenced Lampert against his nieces and nephews who were suing More than 160 witnesses heard in the trial in the Court. The jury's verdict was by a | | vote of 10 to 2. Lampert’s estate consisted largely of stocks of the kind described by) brokers as ‘‘gilt-edge,”’ but had of the’ and mining stocks. showed The inven- ROB CLERK OF $505 PAYROLL | National Candy Co. Employe and Driver of Wagon Held Up on South Main Street. Two armed robbers in an auto- mobile at 3:15 o’clock this afternoon | held.up E. National Candy Co., box factory, Main street, and stole a satchel con- taining $505.88. Eichor was taking money to the plant for tomor- row’s payroll. The robbers drove south on Main to Spruce street and then turned east and escaped. Eichor was riding in one of the company’s wagons when the robbers drove uup and, drawing revolvers, commanded Eichor and the driver to lie down in the wagon. The robbers then seized the satchel and drove away. JURY RECOMMENDS LIFE TERM FOR NURSE WHO KILLED DOCTOR Miss Catherine Encinas Convicted of Murdering Superintendent of Arizona Hospital. By the Associated Press. FLORENCE, Ariz., Dec. 8.—Miss Catherine Encinas was found guilty of first-degree murder for the slay- ing of Dr. W. G. Randall, Florence physician, by a jury in Superior Court here today. The jury recommended life prisonment. Miss Encinas had been a nurse at a hospital of which Dr. Randall was superintendent. She shot him Aug. 30 last after calling him to her home, in front of the 314 South} im- Britain Recalls Minister. By the Associated Preag. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8-—A dis- patch to El Mundo from Guatemal City says the British Minister to Guatemala had been recalled on charges of having mixed in the poli- tics of the Republic. Available data shows that Hugh William Gaisford was appointed Min- ister to Guatemala, Honduras, wee The trial court withdrew | , and ; the panel iq were | afternoon also | speculative | |two of whom a total par value of ‘panel of four men accepted by both ' sides today consisted of E. ragua and Salvador in 1920, e ae the and Ee Oe (in connection with the Herrin mine killings was completed shortly before noon today when the State accepted of four jurors presented the The last cepted for jury duty was E. man ac- S. Webb, by defense. 'shown that any false statements had (44 years old, a farmer. this fixed in the jury Hartwell After swearing Judge Probate | Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock as the time for making the opening statements in the trial. Jury. comprises 11 formerly coal The final 11 Farmers on The jury farmers, were miners, and one miner. S. Webb, Charles McInturff, Nathan Pendland and Avery Greer—all farmers. Jurors previously accepted Oscar Swanner, James Weaver, Hen- ry Riddle, George Cox, W. H. Da- | vidson, Sam Watkins, Hiram McMil- ‘lan and George H. Craig. Cox is are: C. Eichor, a clerk of the|a miner and Riddle and Watkins are former miners. The State accepted Cox when he stated he could render an impartial verdict. Fifth Week of Trial. Selection of a jury to try the five men nas been in progress since Nov. 8, almost five weeks. The five men to be tried are Otis Clark, Bert Grace, Peter Hiller, Leva Mann and Joseph Carnagi, murder of Howard Hoffman in the mine massacre, in which 20 non- union and three union miners were killed or fatally wounded on June 22. The average age of the jury is 41 years. More than 200 men have been examined for jury service. A pre- ponderance of coal miners as venire- men reached a point early tn the trial where the prosecution demanded that contributors to miners’ defense funds be disqualified as jurors. Judge Hartwell ruled, on Nov. 31, that persons having an opinion as to whether the massacre was “lawful” or “unlawtul”’ were disqualified from jury service. A number of prospeéc- tive jurors were challenged because of this. FIRST STRAWBERRIES $1.75 QT. Shipment of 64 Quarts From Fior- ida Sells Quickly. The first shipment this winter of Florida strawberries to arrive in St. Louis sold at retall today for $1.75 a quart. At noon the greatest pro- portion of the 64 quarts had been ‘ sold to hotels. They were received & Co., 903 North Dec. 8.—The jury charged with ther - Times Combined, and E “WAR TO THE DEATH,” SAYS MANIFESTO ACCREDITED TO IRISH REPUBLICANS By the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec: 8. HE Irish Republicans, says T: dispatch to the Evening Standard from Dublin, have issued a manifesto describing Timothy Healy, the Governor- General, as a lifelong enemy of the nation. The tmhanifesto adds: “The fight will go on as long as there is a man in Ireland. It is war to the death.” NEW ZEALAND APPARENTLY AGAINST PROHIBITION Incomplete Keturns Show Majority Rejected Licensing Proposal— Gains by Labor Party. By the Associated Press. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Dec. §.—Incomplete returns from yester- day’s licensing referendum today showed a majority against prohibi- tion. In the voting for parliamentary seats, labor has doubled its strength. The Government reform party has won 39 seats thus far while Labor has 17 and the Liberals and Independ- , ents 24. MAN KILLED SHOWING CORONER HOW HIS WIFE MET DEATH Touching of Electric Light Socket Cost Lives of Pair at Fond du Lac, Wis. Special to the Post-Dispatch. FOND DU LAC, Wis., Dec. 8. Mrs. George Kohls was instantly killed when she touched an electric light socket in a closet of her home yesterday. Her husband, showing the Coroner how his wife met death, was killed in the same way. Mrs. C. M: Keyser was thrown 10 feet and burned when she attempted to turn on an electric light in the basement of her home. FAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT ; LOWEST ABOUT 20. DEGREES eg 8 60 epPPPPre 4 Highest yesterday, 64, at 2 p. m.; lowest 45, at 12:30 a. m. Ye TRISH FREE ATE. WAS NO ER > EXECUTED WITH ‘TWO OTHERS IN REPRISAL FOR HALES MURDER Republican Leaders, Taken in Four Courts Rebellion, Were Sentenced During Night — Army Says Step Is Warning to Those “in Conspiracy of Assassina- tion.” O’CONNOR ASSISTED TO EXECUTION PLACE Prisoners Are Blindfolded and Marched to Doom — Three Priests Present — Free State Soldier, in Hos- pital, Shot Immediately in > PaRpsociated Press. DUBLIN, Dee. 0’Connor and Liam Mellowes, together with two other Irish rebels, were executed in Mount Joy\ Prison this morning, it was officially announced. The two other men executed were Joseph McKelvey and Richard Barrett, both prominent Republicans. An official army report states that the four men were executed as a re- Hales, the Deputy shot yesterday, and as a sol@mn associated with them “in the con- splracy of assassination against the representatives of the Irish people.” The proclamation issued by Rich- ard Muleahy, the Minister of De- fense, on behalf of the — Coun- cil, read: “A conspiracy exists to RS, 3 the members of the nation’s Pérlia- ment, victims. To safeguard the Hyes, of the people’s representatives; safeguard the life of the nation, self, the sternest measures are ne essary. ve The prisoners »were tried by a mil- found guilty and sentenced to death. Three Pricsts at Execution. - The death out at 9:20 o'clock this morning. Three priests were present. The prisoners, blindfolded, were ma had to be assisted to the scaffold. scene by insisting that, morn- ing’s executions be prakle- By mced discussion and a division was in which the a otand Sn Staton. 4 af og i F% * “yt on ae awe oO t *¥ © 8. — Rory | prisal for the assassination of Sean - warning to those . and has already claimed two . _ to, itary courtmartia!l during the night, » sentence was carried to the place of execution. O'Connor | When the Dail reassembled this afternoon the Laborites provoked. a. .. 4 ens wae Seven ’ . . - ert es alt aeitiaen. .cnadpapettn tienen aaa “ - - = ater mony a a dent Cosgrave strongly opposed a v- ve oy —— ; as ae ie er ae ee SEE RE a ee es, stem enlist pate nw ages , Re ee ee ee ec — . o a ae aes “> tring yenee ind = - oer+? ee ee ee ne SOKO CRSA ATO yore, ons een