St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 4, 1923

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(Copyright, 1 ASELP WE CUGHT HSH TRY IT oN > ) SONEBOBY “TH} SEE IP tT’s [i] ‘} t, 1923, by H. C. Fisher, U. S. Patent Office.) a 5 e $a + af . 2: bs ¢ 4 ‘he gr 1, x fe : = 4 Sirs E 1 . : q & J a Ss ae Lee , ay RARE ATs, % 5 ae ’ 3 » rh fone to A LE OE ON AN CY ES i et spatch Sunday “aig - for January, 1923 5 of 112,902 Over January, 1922 ices No. 149. eer. __ ee TE i eR ie 7 , ai 2 v or there it leads to rumors | Other Ruhr ironmas- conversations with Dit was first reported several ~ ‘hat Btinnes was in Wies- denied. Now it is ad- there, but did not see m. He went to Wies- = on Page 2. Cotump =. Muhlheim to. | ! while those | who do not work miss the frankfur- | ‘ters. The menu for other meals is graded accordingly. About 200 have been eating at the “first table.” Harding’s Sisters Set Sail. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. Feb. Harding and Mrs. HH. V tere of President Harding, sa Buenos Aires today. otaw, sis- What the War Debt es ere SL OT A PEC OL A ETE LOLS LS LOL, ene DRY AGENT SHAKEUP. rast for St. Touts Missouri Upper | ‘a report that State Prohibition (eral three’ when it meets here next Friday 2 Miss Bigail draft of a pean Powers would undertake mutu- ilegG for 'al guarantees and reduction of arma- IN MISSOUR] FORECAST Commissioner Haynes Declines to Discuss Rumor That Gus ©. Nations Is to Be Removed. Post-Dispatch Bureau. 20 Wyatt Bidg. Feb. 3.—Definite confirmation of reports from Mis- souri that an official inquiry into the State prohibition situation is in prog- ress, foreshadowing important changes in the enforcement person- nel, was obtained by the Post-Dis- patch today frm Prohibition Com- missioner Rov A. Haynes. Haynes said that he was mak! thorough examination of Missouri conditions, isclosed to him ir ports. and intended to act in a man- ner that would be for the best inter- ests of the service He would this. he said. no matter who might be affected. It was plain from the commission- er’s remarks that he was not satis- fied with the results of prohibition enforcement in Missouri. He indi- eated that the inquiry would rot be confined to any particular cases of laxity, but would deal with the entire enforcement system. Silent on Allen Rumor. Ha‘,nes declined to affirm or WASHINGTON, as ad re- do deny Di- rector Allen is to be displaced, nor would he in any way forecast other changes that might be expected as a result of his investigation. Haynes said that reports to the spectacular raid of Gus O. tions and his agents on Chase New Years eve, had his office, but that he had not yet had time to study them. He would not discuss a rumor that Nations was to be transferred. Delighted With Progress. Telling of his recent western in- spection trip. Haynes said delighted with the evident progress that was being made in prohibition enforcement. He described his tour as having been highly § tinspira tional. The main problem now before the enforcement bureau, he said, was to obtain effective co- operation between the State and Fed- authorities under the concur- given by the prohibi- relating Na- ne was rent powers tion act. Haynes’ statement regarding the Missouri investigation tallies with re- ports that have been current among Missourians on Capitol Hill for some time. The belief is general among them that a change in the State pro- hibition directorship is impending. Senator Spencer, as has been told. al- ready has interested himself in pick- ing “Allen's successor.” DRAFT OF ARMAMENT TREATY Will Be Presented to League of Na- tions’ Committee Friday. the Asrociated Press GENEVA, Feb. 3.—Lord Robert Cecil will submit to the Armaments Committee of the League of Nations, the treaty whereby the Furo- By ment. , with | for funding Breat Britain's war-time debt to the United States was turned | feet* ne 2° the Hotel! reached | would be practically | ‘President ywareek, ‘it was said. isistently ‘friendly pected to Be Sent to Con- gress Early This Week, With Approval Expected. ATTACK TO CENTER ON INTEREST RATES Several Democrats in House Point Out That Rates Are Lower Than U. S. Pays on Own Obligations. By the Associated Presa. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—-The plan over to President Harding tonight by the Debt Funding Commission. Ac- by. the commission suggesting methods of. congressional action translating the results of the com- mission's negotiations into law. The statement was not made public. While the commission ina pro- tracted conference was formulating its views for transmission to the President, new rumblings of oppo- sition to the plan were heard in both the House and the Senate. At the same time, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the Republican lead- er°in the Senate, visited the White Hiouse to discuss the situation with President Harding and Representa- tive Mondell of Wyoming. the House Republican leader, conferred with Representative Burton of Ohio, a member of the: Funding Commis- as to ways and means of han- dling the settlement legislation in the House. ment 810M, Administration Plans. - Present indications are for the to send the settlement | plan, together with a brief message concerning it, to Congress early next | but this has not been definite- | ly determined. The administration appears confident that it can muster ‘all the strength necessary to bring action on the legislation before the end of the present session March 3, but Mr. Harding desiring to have everything done in advance that will speed tlement. Increasing evidence developed to- dav that House Democrats plan to oppose the interest rates contained in the settlement vlan i on the grounds that they constituted a dis- crimination. Several of them de- clared that the rates proposed to be applied on the British debt were ma- | terially lower than the United States pays on its own obligations. Obstacles Admitted. Members of the Funding Commis- are said to have talked frank- themselves as to the ob- be overcome in pushing legislation through was generally agreed, that _eomplicated legis- lation should be avoided and it ap- peared that the recommendations to the President urged that a complete change of the law be avoided at thie time. Administration officials, admitting that rocks lay in the path of the debt legislation, argued that the plan agreed upon and accented by Britain was just and right and predicted that it sion lv among stacles to necessarv Congress. It the Great also that a settlement with Great 3Zritain would be the first move to- ward breaking down what the Brit- ish delegation to the funding con- ference had described as a vicious cycle of world debt Baldwin Pays Tribute to Fairness of American Negotiators. Press BIRMINGHAM, England. Raldwin, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at the jewelers’ annual dinner tonight. said that al- though the question of the British debt to the United States was to a certain extent sub judice if-satisfac- torily settled, it lett the way clear ‘for closer co-operation between the two peoples than was possible before. This settlement was a prelude to the-settlement of European ques- tions. ' 3% the Aacrw ale Feb. 3 —Stanley would roll up against Great Britain) for years to come and the country might have drifted, to possible de- fault. but all that was over now, con- tinued the Csancellor, and the people would feel with pride that they had carried through the greatest financial transaction in the history of the world. The Chancellor paid tribute to the spirit in whith he had been met by the American statesmen, say- ing: “When we had once acknowledged the debt, they did all they secure a fair bargain and stand by us. [ was struck by the splendid fair- mindedness of their ministers and agents.’ ation ‘Mouor and ,counter between ‘Kingsbury avenue, and his neighbor, | Kingsbury, ’ ‘and resulted in claim#for each charging the other with assault | companying the plan was a state- | >Y Maffray, is represented as | | Feb. a final set-| ;ccunty, \find 12 ‘and blind,” because 'resident of Williamson (has not formed an although | in- accepted. They pointed out | ‘inquiry | Anderson's ‘changing of , would could to | ‘Doctor Drank Before Fatal Operation; Found Guilty of Manslaughter Milwaukee Physician Admitted 10 Tht PRESIDENT He Had Liquor Day He Handled Case. y the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 3. H. T. Brogan today was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth de- gree. Dr. Brogan was charged with hav- ing performed when an obstetrical under the influence causing the death of his He admitted on the witness =e - patient. Stand that he had been drinking on | the day of the operation but mrt ‘that he was intoxicated while forming his duties as a dancions cae $35, 000 IN DAMAGE SUITS RESULT OF SCRAP OVER DOG | Neighbors Charge and Counter Charge in Actions Following Fight After Protest. Difficulty over a dog led to an en- Arthur’Buck, 6035 Howard Maffray, 6027. damages, and battery. | Several weeks ago Buck filed suit | ‘for $10,000, alleging that on July 14 last he was assaulted in his home to stitch the severed Yesterday Maffray for 25,000 Was necessary parts together, filed a counter claim damages, alleging that in the en- counter his nose was broken by Buck. A dog, which was the prop- erty of Buck, been annoying Maffray’s daughter, Maffray states, and he went to the Buck home to give warning that unless the annoy- ance stopped he would either apply had ‘for an injunction in court or kill the in the “japped it is alleged and ’? animal. Buck, answer, became angry defendant under the chin,” at which Maffray struck back, Thereupon so@aeone Tocked the door and Maff- ray was set upon and badly beaten, | his answer charges. He that Buck was not hurt. ‘DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND MEN SUGGESTED FOR HERRIN JURY |Newspaper Says Has Not Formed Opinion Would Be Mentally Incompetent. Special to the Post-Dispatch MARION, Iil., Feb. 3.—The first 'yenire of jurors for the second Her- rin massacre trial has Been served and preparations,are going forward for the next tridt. which begins on 12. a weekly labor organizations of the says that the only way to get) case will be to) Miner, by the a jury for the next men who are “if there is any County wh Herrin by this time, his mental ca- pacity should bar him from duty.” The regular Williamson grand jury wil! convene next day, civil cases and to passing upon nat- County | Mon- ur aliztaion applications, but will take | no action in connection with the r ots. ‘COLLECTOR FOR DRYS SAID TO | HAVE GOT 20 PCT. ON $25,000 'must be executed in accordance with O. Bertsall Phillips Declared to Have Received 10 Per Cent or Eacesse— His Collections Put at $600,000. the Associated Press NEW YORK. By Feb. 3.— books showing contributions to the Anti- Saloon League of New York turned over to acting Prosecutor Pe- cora today, in connection with his into Secretary William HUH. conduct of the ieazue’s financial! affairs. It was stated that the records showed contributions ex- ceeding $1.0900,000 from 1917 to 1921, when O. Bertsall Phillips, who was the league's principal collector, per sonallv collected about $600,000 Pecora said he was interested sole whether the pro- regular in the ments original'y saiary to expenses ly in d.termining cedure had bee pa \ re corded as Phillips The entire matter have to be clarified, he He understood, he said, Phillips received 20 per cent on the ‘Arst $25.000 collected annually and /10 per cent on further sums brought it. ’ Oi clared. ‘WILL TRY TO | BREAK AIR RECORD If the debt was not funded, arrears| McCook Field “pilots F Expect to Hop) Off Tuesday or Wednesday. the Associated Presa DAYTON, O., Feb able weather conditions, Lieut. Oak- ley G. Kelly and John A. MacReady, McCook Field pilots, will start their endurance flight Tuesday or Wednes- day of the coming week, McCook Field officials announced today. The pllots will endeavor to exceed their endurance record flight of more than 25 hours, which was established in Fy Cal., last October. Provisions have ry a fuel supply sufficient to remain in the air for approximately 44 | hours. —Dr. | who struck him on the’ ‘mouth and tore the flesh so that it ence drafting the reply to be sub- declares | , with Any Resident who| delegates declared tonight that if _ morrow they would follow. The Williamsen County) newspaper owned | iwill stand as a declaration by “deaf, dumb | o| counselors chosen from a list drawn opinion about | jury r and the next will be devoted to | law and submit such complaints to | | competent Turkish authorities in or- sent a protest to the conference today were | ‘ment of the Armenians by the con- compensation ade- | that} ‘Turks to accept the allied draft of 2 uae Oe it $ id eC. enw | they have, he believes, a splendid op- ‘ized world under these terms. 'versation with ‘the T-2 while fiving over San Diego. | aa farate & been made to car-| Pages 1—8 _ PRICE S$ CENTS a a TIDAL WAVES STRIKE. HAWAII; EARTH SHOCKS | WIDEL Y RECORDED — —— — ——— ——— ee COUNTER TREATY = PROIECT PLAN OF TURK DELEGATION An- Be at Ottoman Delegates nounce Proposal to Presented to Allies Lausanne Conference. ‘LATEST COMPROMISE AFFECTS AMERICANS Proposed That Complaints of Residents in Turkey Be Submitted to Especially Selected Counsellors. | By the Associated Press LAUSANNE, Feb. 3.—The Turkish delegation informed the Associated | Press tonight that it will present a counter treaty project to the allies. At midnight entire Turkish delegation still was in close confer- the mitted to the allies tomorrow. The allied delegations are awaiting some anxiety,the Turkish ac- tion, some of them believing that the urks will ask for further delay, and as time to refer back to An- Both the French and Italian the Turks did not sign the treaty to- and the British departed, The Associated Press correspon- dent obtained a copy of the allies’ latest compromise on capitulations, which was handed to Ismet Pasha rtoday and which is of especial Nin- terest to American residents Tur- key. So as not to offend "Turkish delegates, this will not be _ incor-| | porated in the treaty of peace, at | the | |'Turkish delegation. Turkey engages to employ legal by the Permanent Court of Interna-| tional Justice. These counselors will articipate in the preparation of leg- slative reforms and will be assigned ~ judicial districts of the courts of |appeal ¢ at Constantinople and Smyr- na. and the ordinary courts at Sam- sun and Adana. The counselors will not sit as judges, but will have the right to re- ecive complaints from foreigners re- specting the administration of the der to insure strict observance of the Turkish law. Suits of foreigners the views of the counselors while Turkey recognizes the legality of de- cisions in civil and commercial cases reached by outside arbitration. The united Armenian delegation/ against what it calls the abandon- ference. It recalls promises made by the Powers regarding a national home and declares nonsettlement of the Armenian question is not con- opened fire with the stolen shotgun, ‘ucive to peace in the Near East. + SEPARATE COMPACT | BETWEEN U.S.AND | TURKEY INDICATED Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch and New York Wortd. opyri¢ght. 1873.: LAUSANNE, Feb. 3.—As the Lau- sanne conference nears its end, it seems probable a separate treaty will be concluded between the United | States and Turkey. Its chief points would involve protection of Armeri- can commercial, religious, scholastic and other interests in Turkey. However, Ambassador Child, the} American delegate, has advised the! — Near Flood Stage Forecagt the treaty. He told them plainly portunity to build up a modern state and win the confidence of the civil- The Post-Dispatch correspondent gathered this impression in a con- the American Am- bassador today. He has been careful not to make it appear that Washing- wished to come to a s€p- understanding with Turkey involving recognition of the An- gora Government and resumption of | ai samo relations. _He me'ntained a AN i A NI OC Determine . Number of Drug Addicts in Country Post-Dispatch Bureau, No. 20 Wyatt Bidg. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. EDERAL narcotic officers have started a movement for a survey of the actual drug ad- dicts in the country to replace what has always been mere guess- work in estimating the number. It is estimated that it would cost $100,000 t6é make the survey and agents assert it will be possible by investigating the right sources to ascertain the approximate number of drug users. At pres- ent, it was said, there is no way of telling whether there are 400,- 000 or 4,000,000. The survey would accomplish no special purpose toward elim- inating the evil though it would give valuable statistics which, if gathered at different periods, would show the results of en- forcement of the anti-narcotic laws. Col. L. G. Nutt, chief of the fed- eral reste forces, announced today the results of an investnga- tion of charges that narcotics are being used by high school pupils in the capital. He gave the school children a clean bill f health. School officials in- formed agents that because of the superivsion it would hardly be possible for students to use drugs of any kind while in school - without detection. LLOYD GEORGE MAY VISIT AMERICA LATE IN YEAR Former Premier Disapproves With-: drawal English-Spejking Sol- diers From Rhine. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 3.—Former Pre- mier Lioyd George, interviewed upon his arrival in London today after his return from Spain, said he was anx- ious to visit America, but..-that it would be late in the year, if it were possible for him to go at all. He expressed himself as “abso- lutely dead against’ the proposed withdrawal of the British troops from the Rhine in the present situa- tien and said he was sorry fhe Ameéricans had been withdrawn. NEGROES LYNCHED IN BEORGIA Shot Member of Posse Pudmtine Them for Alleged Robberics. By the Associated Press MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Feb. 3.— Two negroes were lynched near the line dividing Hancock and Baldwin counties today, following their shoot- ing of Lindsay B. Gilmore, a member of a posse that was pursuing the ne- groes, after their alleged robberies on the outskirts of this county dur- ing the night. The negroes are alleged to have bur. giarized two stores near Sparta, Ga., near here, end, besides money, to have taken a shotgun and ammun*- tion. Bloodhounds from the penitentiary picked up their trail early today. When the pursuing posse neared the negroes, the negroes and Gilmore fell, seriously wounded. Several shots were exchanged before one of the negroes was capture, His body riddled with bullets. The other negro escaped, but early to- night was overtaken and put to death. The lynched men have not been identified. MISSISSIPPI RISING RAPIDLY for Memphis. | By the Asagciated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 3.—As a result of recent heavy rains along its tributaries, the Mississippi River was rising rapidly tonight with a stage of 33 feet at Memphis, two feet below flood stage. predicted for late next } Suveew. lo Propeesite | i State | week A Weather Bureau forecast indicated that the Missiesippi would continue to rise for an indefinite pe- riod. Cold weather which prevailed | today along the Ohio River, however. | was expected to retard the rise in that river, By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., Feb. fendants, found guilty in the United States District Court here last week on charges of violating the Sherman anti-trust act in connection with an alleged conspiracy to damage loco- motoives by the use of quicksilver in the boilers. were sentenced to .16 months in prison ane nned $2500 each. Those sentenced were C. C. Han- union at Heuston, Tex.; 3.—Five de-| | ley, general chairman of the rail ma-)} _chinists’ John B. Youcham. secretary of the} union, and J. E. er James L SE A A a »blem Means to England Discussed by Lloyd George.. See Page 1, Part Il, The Editorial Section, ‘NUMBER OF LIVES os LOSS OF LIFE AND DAMAGE — 10 PROPERTY IN ISLANDS Center of Disturbance Not Determined, Observers of Points in Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and as Far South as Chile. REPORTED LOST Boats in Island Harbors Tossed About Like Corks, Foundations of : Near Shores Swept Away by Force of Water. } By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Two Alg- tinct earthquakes, one of tremendous and unusual proportions, the other of moderate intensity, occurred {o- day, but their exact location could not be determined from the records of delicate seiamographs, and scien- tists differed widely in their .“ as to the regions affécted. BR The first quake, the more severe of the two, was estimated to have been centered 5000 miles from Wash- ington. Its tremors continued for more than three hours a before they had ended the ographs recorded a second series of shocks estimated to be at another point be- tween 2600 and 3700 miles from Washington. i Center Not Determined. Seismologists were much at va- riance on their estimates as to the exact location of the major disturb- ance. Designation ranged from Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and the Arctic region on the North to Nerth- ern Argentina on the South. On the South the range was from the bed of the Pacific Ocean at a point southwest of Lower California to the vicinity of the Marshall Islands, between Hawaii and the Philippines and in Japan. Prompt radio communication Japan, however, disclosed no —— disturbances in that country. Inasmuch as telegraphic or communications brought no i gence of any earthquake in the ippines, Alaska or the countries’ South America, it is considered most probable that the disturbances were subterranean shocks or sea quakes which never could be definitely lo- cated. First Tremors at 11:13 A. M. The quakes began at 11:13 «@ Pe , when the first tremors were re- corded on the seism “ z 4 . jn @ e