St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 24, 1923

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ee we ee ns ST.LOUIS POST-DISPAT The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. _ =—=>= Ee Dispatch Daily Circulation for December, 1922 187,003 COMIC PAGR JANUARY 23, 1928. FINAL EDITION | - (Complete Market rate - ST, LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1923-36 PAGES. “(SECOND BLANKET. 2a SOFT COAL MINER PRICE 2 2 CENTS STARS AND STRIPES $7.50 FOR 8 HOURS FOR DAY WORK Contract Pay to Be $1.08 a Ton; Area Affected Yields 36 Per Cent of Nation’s; Bituminous Tonnage. ‘iene > et ee French Action Follows Series of Strikes in Occupied Area, 70,000 Workers Still Being Out After Re- turn of Stinnes Miners to the Pits. A @harge of violation of the Vol!- stead act against George Lurie of 7143 Forsythe boulevard, University City, president of the Missouri Glove Co., based upon his arrest in the Cafferata cafe raid on Dec 23 by Chief Federal Enforcement Agent Gus O. Nations, was dismissed to- day upon motion of the Governmen:. As is known, the raid was the first | conducted by Nations under a blan- ket search warrant, issued by United States Commissioner Berry, a similar Mstrument being employed on New Year’s eve in Hotel Chase. Lurie’s preliminary hearing was down for today before Commissioner Berry. In advance of the hour set, Lurie's attorney went to the office of | John Cc. Dvott, special Assistant At- | torney-General, to inquire if -.the Government was prepared to pro- ceed. Dyott said not, that the Gov- ernment would continue that ca&e« generally. Decides to_ Dismiss. Lurie’s attsrney protested that such delay would be unfair to his client and demanded a statement of the reason. At that juncture Com- missioner Berry entered. the Associated Press NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Bitumin- ous coal operators and officials of the United Mine Workers of Amert- ca today signed a new wage agree- ment running for one year and cov- ering the tristate competitive field of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. This agreement will be used as a standard for fixing wages and working condi- tions throughout the rest of the bi- tuminous territory. - > - ~- ag 4 ee ES i ge GERMANS HOPE TO TIE UP RAILROADS MAJOR-GENERAL H. T. ALLEN. AGREED 10 PAY FOR Continued by French} PROIEGIION, BUL Seceamiot EETSOODAYSIN IAL ESSEN, Jan. 24.—It is. stated on French authority that the occupied territory of the Ruhr-will be com- pletely isolated from unoccupted Germany tomorrow. Trainmen Generally at Work but Service Is Below WNor- a ci ord was appointed Fed- ited Chief Justice Taft | was President. Judge ‘Republican uwnd is 57 |. - He was born in ‘ren- mand iS a graduate of Har- 1 © University of Cincin- ) wa assistant Attorney-Gen- ethe United States in 1907 @ has been, vice-presi- nerican Bar Associa- | RESULT > he dea WE? - ce i -Dyons; Kan Wwhivpea b Called On Girl at Little % $10,000 Damages. gag AM OO ae, a, - : 2 —" 2 ee ~~ «@ ee aatiiaatiiin sta _ by the Aawcinteé. Shenk. ee EHRENBREITSTEILN, Germany, Jan. 24.—The American flag was hauled down from Bhrenbreitstein | “(the fortress abovg'the Rhine at Co- blenz) #t noon today and American. troops soon aftérward were with-. drawn from the Rhine, ending the — | American particip&tion in the vecu- pation ‘which began four years ago. ' It was a day of simple c-remony. ~~ — ss Proprietor of Saloon at Re- nault, Ill., Pleads Guilty to Dry Law Charges and Gets Jail Sentence and Fine. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jan. 24.—After a 24- hour protest strike the workers in the Stinnes mines in the Ruhr re- a SAL With Instrument Like One putankhamen, at i.uxor, Egypt. iInous Area. than a reality. > : é |all descriptions. FOUR FARS Raid Was in Progress. with 1908 Named by, Then Prof. Breasted’s letter de- wall, two life-size statues of the March in Review. ' jof Tennessee since 1908, was the great seals of the king Tutank- the Federal *®uel Administration's joining room, took diamonds and Commission. ago, had-looked at a-diamond and “The Government will dismiss in a niere formality. volvers at him. One of them also charge,” Berry said. The agreement calls for $7.50 for j 4 jaa | | Prof. Breasted, after months of ex- ey | _\ Later Used at Chase. i ‘Before us lay piled to the ceiling “One,.is e&Specially beautiful, re ioe: > One of Holdu . nt to Succeed Jus p Men Had En scribed the second chamber of the ‘King, with sandals of gold upon the | ‘141 GERMAN WIVES Saday by President Hard- Two armed men held up M. B. | hamen. reid 1920. Copies were or- articles of jewelhy reported to the Agreement on the new contract TRYING 10 PARNER was reached yesterday by a joint isub-committee of 17. The tristate had asked that it be put away for the Lurie case,”’ ott said. me The c@nferees fixed Jan. 8, 1934, held up the clerk, Miss Lillie Noll, Lurie entered the Cafferata cafe eight hours for day work and $1.08 Gain of 18,184 Over December, 1921 IL. 75. NO. 138 WARRANT CASE cco university comics! AND OWNERS SIGN | 7, GS ; in Vetter Describes Opening | T. 9 of Burial Chamber. : By the Associated Press. 5 | CHICAGO, Jan. 24. — James | | Henry Breasted, Egyptologist of the | ; University of Chicago, in a letter to | . ° > , , friends here, made public today, de- no Charge ‘Based on Nations’ | tric de public today, de-| Contract for Illinois, Indiana ‘ . R ‘d f Caff f scribed the opening of the burial | al Oo erata Ca Clichamber of the Egyptian king, and Ohio Field Runs for Year; Standard for Bitum- leavation, discovered the tomb in 3 Two Men Hold Up M. B. | ‘conjunction with other Egyptolo- ean tea PROTESTS gists. The letter said: Pattiz i in Place i in Maryland | “When we entered the first door- : ; AGAINST DELAY | way. it seemed more like a dream | | Hotel Building, Forcing) - Him, Girl Clerk and Wom- George Lurie, Searched paraphernalia of an Egyptian king; | = ho golden couches, golden chariots in- ; an Customer Into Adjoin- Without Having Been Ar- | laid with precious stones,/a golden 1 | “ 3 | chair, chests inlaid with ivory in} | | ing Room. rested, on Entering When | patterns or hieroglyphics, chests of | | ——— TRAYS OF DIAMONDS painted designs of hunting scenes, Wild animals and processions s50 ; Federal Jurist AMONG THE LOOT delicately drawn and colored that American Colors Come Down it would vie with any Japanese art} py 7 } of *-e highest description.” in Simple ‘Ceremonies tered Several Days Ago 'tomb, which as yet, he said, had not at Fortress of Ehrenbreit- | [been entered. stein to Be Replaced by and Had Asked That al “One can peer * * * through a dated Prees | rie penal square opening. in the; weil, Tri-Color of France—Men STON, Jan. 24.—Edward Stone Be Put Aside for |One sees on the right, against the nited States Distric . se Regina Him. er the Bastern and Middle | ¥ feet, and each with a gilded staff grasped in both hands. “These seem to be-guarding the imi Associate Justice of the |) *'t% in his jewelry store, 203 is of white plaster ang covered with| T® NeW agreement, it’ was an- ‘WILL COME TO U,'S. Dourt to fill the vacancy North Ninth street, in the Maryland : ng 7 nounced, is virtually the same as | © ae ietitvoment. of Justice Fiotel building, at 1:20 p. m. today, that which expires April 1, based on ; and after forcing Pattiz, a girl clerk “Here it is believed is the peel "a trance the burlal chamb ngs and a woman customer into an ad- = Abe me sey ggractenlety ese | devon sent immediately to Président chamber is to be opened; will be Harding. Attorney-General Daugh- ’ found the king.” erty and John Hays Hammond, police as being worth about $20,000, chairman of the United States Coal and as being insured for oné@-halt that amount. One of the men, Pattiz said later, had called at the store about a week \field produces about 36 per cent of j the nation’s 500,000,000 annual bitu- him. When-he entered today, with Pal Y-WiGGLY STOCK minous tonnage. Signing up of the his companion, he asked to see the rest of the operators is regarded as same diamond, and Pattiz went to 2s rah thee my Se peers Reel od Se ee coke ates. oe aac the date for. reconvening to draw ng the sa oth men pointed re- he def nt,” Lurie’ . ’ ete Lae Ee § : *. f [counsel ae wes * ‘toe ~ ~4Certain Interests Undeér-Hrenityhap an agreement to cover the year “The Oompisstoner will as: by,Chicago Exchange After | | »@sinfming April 1, 1924. and the customer, Miss Marguerite Complaint Bauer of 4007 West Pine boulevard. P : The two mén marched the threejas the raid was in progress. Imme- a ton for contract miners.. The con- into 4 room adjoining the store, arid /|diately after’ hig entry. one of the tract is for one year instead of two, : as the union had sought. Ninety.days Im jail and a $600 fine By the Associated Press. * ' 4 ~ Boys,” ‘ > ON, Kan., Jan. 24.— “Little River Girls for adopted by a jing& men at Little Riv- ay cost that town in the 1 of $10,000. at he had been whiygped ves by 2 crow of ‘Little River when he ms Sreeng lady there, I.er- - , Kan., youth. has the town for $10,- Tt young men of Little ta! é i y Te % ‘at - UR y ‘Kansas mob law. ‘Fesented outsiders call- River girls and have M™ measures to disconr- ordered them to lie on the floor. There one stood guard over them while the other hurriedly looted the | store. Showcases Rifled. All the showcases were rifled and trays of diamonds were taken from the windows. Pattiz afterward re- ported that among the most valuable articles taken were 4 $3500 diamond bracelet containing 100 diamonds, two platinum diamond-set wrist watches, valued at $1000 and $850, and five’ solitaire diamond rings, worth $500 to $70 Oeach. A box of unset diamonds was re- ported as having been taken from the safe. The men were not seen by any of those in the store, in their arrival] or their departure, and it was not agents conducting the raid searched him, without having arrested him, and finding a -silver flask, said: “You're one of those guys we're looking for,’’ and placed him under arrest. Must Be Arrested First. The Federal Court in this district has held that a man cannot be searched, even though the officer possesses a search warrant naming him, until he first has been arrested. Lurie was taken with seven other customers and 11 employes of the cafe to the Page Avenue Police Sta- tion and held four hours before he obtained a bond. The bond fee was $30. In addition, he has incurred attorney's fees and has complained that his arrest caused him publicity and other annoyances. gation of the alleged corner of class A stock of Stores, ress the Business Conduct Committee of the Chicago Stock Exchange. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—An investi- the Piggly-Wiggly was reported in prog- under the direction of Inc., today The committee started its inves- RICH WIDOW SAID TO HAVE MADE WILL IN FAVOR OF DUKE OF YORK ll6én. Mrs. Ronald Greville, Brewer's Daughter, Is Intimate Friend of Queen Mary. tigations floating supply drawn it from the market. It was understood that the action of the Stock Exchange followed the complaint of a member broker, who charged that he bought a block of stock on the New York market, yesterday whether there is basis plaints that certain absorbed the major portion of tht of the stock and interests have (Copyright, 1923.) LONDON, Jan. 24.—It. reported that the Hon. Mrs. Ronald Greville has made her will In favor of the Duke of York. If this is true the King’s second son eventually will be one of the lag. est owners of brew- ery stock in Great Britain. Mrs. Greville inherited from her father, William McEwan, an Edin- burgh brewer, a fortune .estimated is widely sumed work today, “in order to con- tinue the production of coal for una- occupied Germany,” it was an- nounced. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, Jan. are making every effort to enforce the railroad strike, for they believe down of all the mines in the district within five days. One thing they rraking the strike effective only in the Cologne bridgehead, thus cutting off French communication between the Ruhr and France by way of the railroads and the Rhine. The func- 24.—-The Germans its success .will mean the closing are considering is the possibility of for manufacturé of iltcit liquor un- dér an alleged agreement with an East St. Louis business man who was to receive 90 cents a gallon “‘protec- tion money,” was the sentence passvd yesterday in Federal Court at Hast St. Louis upon Edward Dashner, 43 years old, proprietor of a saloon at Renault, Il. Dashner had pleaded guilty ‘to manufacture, possession, transporta- tion and sale of liquor. His attor- ney, C. B. Thomas, informed Judge English that Dagshner had told: him of entering into an agreement with an East St. Louis business man whereby Dashner would be granted immunity from arrest for violation of liquor laws if he paid the East St. Louisan 90 cents a gallon “pro- tection money” for each gallon of The veterans of the Seventh Machine Gun Battalion, — abet Division, who fought at last battle of the Marne, had on honor of assisting Major-Genera) the at the last retreat this noon. These . néncommissioned officers were: Sergts.. Dewey Wittner, Lester Kel- baugh, Charles Long and Frank Eh. ley of D and M. Companies. When the flag fluttered down thie staff over ancient Ehrenb two details of French soldiers, nuifi- — bering 100 men, and a French band | Four Sergeants picked from among’ Henry T. Allen in lowering the colors . the tri-color of France took its piace. . % For the latter part of the ceremony $ were present. March Through Coblenz. After completion of the flag ahs mony, thé troops passed in review before Major-General Protege and marched through the Postern "of the fortress. Descending the the garrison joined the of, the Eighth Infantry earty | afternoon and the regiment, ing the Rhine into Coblenz, | through the city to the railroad sta> tion to entrain for Antwerp. ~ first section of the regi left the station at 3:45 o’ : to be followed by the second de tachment at 9:30 in the evening. transport St. Mihiel sails ‘night. . Not a shot liquor Dashner sold. money was to be paid after sales were made and no actual payments were made, Thomas Said. Dashner’s alleged purchase of pro- tection, made known some time ago to the Intelligence Unit of the Da- partment of Internal Revenue, re- sulted in an extended investigation by that unit, results of which have not been disclosed. to Give Data. . When Attorney Thomas told of the agreement in court yesterday, the United: States District Attorney asked if. Thomas would: furnish ail data concerning the alleged. agree- ment. Thomas said he would, ‘The District ,Attorney announced he would prosecute all. persons involved if the charge was substantiated. In passing sentence Judge English said that if half the chargés made in the case were true both Dashner an4 the man with whom it is alleged he conspired to violate prohibition laws | should be in the penitentiary. The alleged agreement was made while Charles F. Short was chief Prohibition Enforcement Agent for the East St. Louis District. Short said yesterday that if anyone prom- ised protection claiming to repre- sent him it was without_his know!l- edge. Before He Made Any Sale. Dashner, through his attorney, said that, acting under the alleged protection agreement, he set up a still and was manufacturing a large quantity of Hquor.. His still was raided and he was arrested before any, sales were made. at £8,000,000 (normally $15,000,000), a large part of which is in the form of brewery and distillery shares. Mrs. Greville is an intimate, friend of Queen Mary, being one of the few women with whom the Queen takes tea without the formal presence of a lady in waiting. Mrs. Greville has no children and her husband died in 1908. It is recalled that shortly be- fore the announcement of the Duke of York’s engagement to Lady Eliza. beth Bowes-Lyon, Mrs. Greville ga*’e a dinner dance for them. Counsel for Lurie today filed a motion for the return of the flask. The attorney stated he had asked Commissioner Berry for the flask, following dismissal of the charge against Lurie, and was informed the commiasioner had no further juris- diction and no authority to return the flask. Judge Faris said this question of jurisdiction nounced he would hear on the motion on Feb. 5, the, next regular motion day in Fedé¢ral Court. By BLIZZARD SWEEPS SOUTHEAST Three States Recovering From Storm Under Mantle of Sleet. By the Associated Prees. ATLANTA, GA. Jan. 24.—The Southeast early today is recovering from a severe blizzard which swept three states Tuesday, leaving it: mantle of sleet and ice. The stor covered Northern Georgla, Sout Carolina and Western North Caro- lina. In Atlanta, power lines were put out of commissi®n, streets were blocked by falling trees and tele- phone and telegraph service was badly impaired. In North Carolina, a rain which began early yesterday morning turned into sleet and held the Western section of the State in its grip far into the night. Winston Salem, N. C., reported a 20-degree drop in temperature and Asheville was under a blanket of sleet. was unable to obtain immediate de- livery because none of the _ stock was available. The Piggly-Wiggly Stores, Inc., has outstanding 200,000 shares of class A cor-mon stock, one-third of which is owned by the Piggly-Wig- gly corporation. MAN FALLS 9 STORIES: LIVES + Workman Said to Have Excellent Op- portunity for Recovery. the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan: 24.—Picked up for dead after falling nine stories from a new building on which he was working yesterday, James Moran was declared to have an excellent chance to recover. It was said he had-five fractured ribs, a broken shoulder blade, his right lung punctured and internal injuries. THREE OFFICIALS REINSTATED Thirty at Bureau of Engraving Dis- missed Summarily Last March. By the Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Reln- statement of three of 30 officials of the Bureau of Engraving, dismissed OF THE STATE cast for St. Louis summarily last March, was an- and vicinity: nounced today at the Treasury. A 1S_IN THE Fair and colder fourth, it was said, has applied for tonight, with the | a wage increase of about 80 per cent reinstatement and his application | lowest -tempern- | over the January scale, effective Feb. probably will receive favorable ture about 22;/1. The extra allowance for the in- action. “Passing the Plate” by Radio. tomorrow, tn-| creased cost of living will be almost MT, SHUSHALDIN IN ERUPTION By the Assoctated Press. creasing cloudi- | doubled. ness and cold. The French authorities have given CHICAGO, Jan. 24.—~Passing the} By the Associated Press. collection giate by radio at the ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 24.— known whether they used an auto- mobile. Miss Bauer was hysterical after “the robbers’ departure, and restora- tive treatment was given to her. } List of Known Con- Pattiz went to the Bertillon room araewents. at Police Headquarters and looked o over photographs on file -there, in KJ Jan. 24.—Boot- the effort to find a picture of the » have done a pr@fitable robber who had made the previous : New York during the| visit to his place. His said this man “Warned today that! was small, about 35 years old, and | be expected to pay in-|o¢f foreign appearance. The other pe their illegal gains. man, of whose appearance he did MPpleby, prohibition zone] not get so good an idea, was larger, pnocd that he was pre-|and appeared to him to be of Amer- f bootleggers known to ican birth. )money, which he would einer Revenue De-l1 ONBEST WAY AROUND IS THE CHEAPEST WAY HOME New York Firm Sends Its New York Mail From Berlin for Fourth of a Cent a Letter. Ry the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—lIf it costs two American. cents to majl a letter to a next door neighbor in New York City, how much does it cost to send the letter 3500 miles from Berlin to New Work? The answer, one-fourth of a cent) is given by a New York business house which has taken ad- vantage of the depreciation ef Ger- man curréncy. An advertising circular restive in New York today from the New York concern, sent from Berlin, printed apparently on cheap German paper, stamped with a German 560-mark stamp, :ost, at today’s exchange rate of 20,000 marks to the dollar, one- eighth of what it would cost to send it directly. AS WARNED INCOME L BE LEVIED ON THEM i Sone Chief Says He Is tioning of the immense _ railroad yards at Cologne, in which practi- cally all the lines from the Rulir converge, is absolutely necessary; they say, to the French lines of com- raunication. They expect no inter- ference from the British and look upon a strike at Cologne as a favor- able weapon to drive a wedge» be- tween the British and French. 70,000 of 550,000 on Strike. There were about 70,000 workers idle out of the 650,000 in the Ruhr at noan today. It was stated early today that the number of industrial workers an: miners on strike approximated 200,- 000, in addition to the personnel at the railroad stations, which are oc- cupied by ‘troops. It was further declar@a-that, if the French court- martial passed sentencé on Fritz Thyssen and other mine directors, 560,000 miners would consider strike action. The workers who had left their jobs included, it was said, 100,00 miners from the Stinnes pits and 65,- 000 steel workers from the Thyssen plants. The mines owned by the Thyssen,interests, employing 560,000 men, have. not ceased to operate. ‘All the state mines are working. The Ruhr coal miners today received raised a and. an- arguments FAIR AND COLDER, WITH TEMPERATURE TONIGHT ABOUT 22 ' law, information given rs in making their dential and cannot He to another Federal the purpose of pros:- ~ THE TEMES Ue. ey ‘ S SPENT $7,618,388 IN AMONDS IN LONDON Taken as Sign of Re- Inside the fort there was from the wilitewashed walis the p trait of Washington ae ' GD ~9> Op dS Highest yesterday, 33,-at 1 p. m. lowest, 27, at 5:30 a. m. Official fore- HE CAPITAL Jan. 24.—Americans in Qamonds in London micentrated in one stone Sn 97,152 carats. The 97:618,388, as against less for the preceding ‘regarded as a sign sperity in the United also imported in 1922 h of pearis, three as in 1921. ° for Street t-Dispatch. * * CITY, Jan. 24.— ‘Toolis of. St. Louis Za bill in the House | P Hy a Brother Boosts Nations for Governor Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 24.—Gus ©. Nations, chief prohibition enforce- ment officer in St. Louis, is being | romoted for the Republican nomi- | @ require installation of | nation for the governorship, wens pt f, treet cars of the Unte- | promotion being in the colum 1 St. Louis. The meas-|the Jefferson. City —Post, whic the same sort of |owned and edited ‘by a brother * on automobiles, Gus. ail Thef OST-DISPATCH Sunday Circulation is More Than 420,000 Exceeding Both Other S Louis S Cars. Missouri: Fair|an Essen priest 15,000,000 marks tonight an q| with which to buy food for poor probably tumor- children. It is announced that 500 broadcasting of the weekly services| Mount. Shushaldin on Unimak Is- row; colder to- a of port. Benpe er Abt write of Chicago's Sunday Evening Club, at|land in the Aleutian archipelake night. - a Baill ee chee an Orchestra Hall, netted more than | was in eruption a few days ago, ac- Illinois: Gen- a ks Coke ) $175 from radio fans after one re-|cording to a wireless message re- erally fair to- whe + a ge pe tia cent service. More than $100 injceived here from the steamer Star. night and to- Auger linasscars. ae oll anonymous contributions ‘were re-| The message stated that Shushal- morrow; much aed he by the Be min @ A rmicho yore _ ceived by mail. “I am a ‘listener | din then was quiet, but that stan | colder tonight. cause of an article a Sean thatthe in’ on your Sunday evening services | Paviof. the top of which is believed Stage of the - ning di on en gyn and am glad to inclose a check for/|to have blown off when it erupted fiver at 7 a. m., | CUR? rege Pb >» gs ccmtiaras $26 in appreciation of this privi-|recently, was emitting smoke slow- 1.2 feet, no otage rovoca lege.” ly. change. 3 - Continued on Page 2. Columa . —_—— aimee eee A TL TT a SS e - vars - 7 . - > ‘ 4 ee : ~_aee sa 4 f - : : " : a .” . ae 4 a : Ly A” Dolley tay iat «oe Rese Oe ass ¥! : a = : —- — ers ary”. ewes a = | aes. ) CPT ROD AE, ELEM ekg <SRaPUe ities ee