St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 31, 1923

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AVOID the SATURDAY NIGHT RUSH File Your WANT ADS for the | P . | BIG SUNDAY POST -DISPATCH | | EARLY SATURD, AY © Closing time is 9 p. m.—but don’t wait centil | closing time—Get better service by fili sad , RP ° S : ° 923. by the Int. Feat ng early The On! Eve» nN aqper in l. Louis W ; ; yes. Aye igs —_—_= | | y | g p : ith the Associated Press News Service. “VOL. 7 NO. 265. | ST. LOUIS, ‘THURS DAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1923—40 PAGES. Te go a PRI H2CE _--— —_————— ee — -_— — —————— ——— at ee a ~ . 4a: : _— = Sete ee *G0V. SMITH IS ina orzo DESPERADO SLAIN | 8 York Governor and-Wer and ny IN MEININCER TESTIFIES. | HEARING FINAL): 2"""222"" » BY POSSEMEN IN —— wn = Sten To Today’ WW THE GERMAN " -ARGUMEN SOW CANADIAN WOODS ea) gemma UNOCCUPIED AREA. {IN UWN BEHALF |lowest, 66, at 6 a. m. THEY RE) | ~r Eg Official fore- - | & 2, 9 Z ee J ‘ .. ’ , : —(? R Y li i FA | SAYING Yop cast for St. Louis | Leo Rogers, Trapped Repair- | f a eg, ssa ee? | i, f With F ooting in Saxony, ; NOW oe 1mh VY EN row: mot, = FOUND IN POCKETS : oe ame” | = VALLEY TO OPERATE showers in ‘ OF THE SITUATION }:2: | treme south ser-| Court With Fake Pistol. og : me | - . | | Reparation Offer Reduced. tion: not much . 4 : +2 oe plllagy Ltem- | Te ee | Es & 4 be % 2 vo mo te By Cable’ to the PestDiiniteh nub QUESTIONED ABOUT > Frien $s ‘vided ix in Advice asi Stage of the river at 7 a. m.. 12 ‘ Ay Ont... May : a fii ee Ome 5 La New York World. ‘Rector Emeritus of Chu HIS “CASH ITEMS”: ‘feet, a rise of .7 of a foot : tye , ta Ces m After two weeks of terror, this Fig , , : wis ; Y oe oo“: (Copyright ines. by the Preaee nd ‘ulitier | to Course to Pursue on | ° : ' 4 eae ba. % Publishing (os... the New York World | in Washington Also Noted Tae ' Ue y , 3 (00 ul STRUCTURE hinge ;: ; Peps rl Gy” "inp i. i b, CG ered likely to spread from Saxony. Se a s } } | Two oe a ithe ind severs ty ® Ve % BW where the mixed Socialist-Commuys-'| WASHINGTON May 41.—-Dr Commissioner Took Over Ry -the Associated Pree t (3 int lly } . ee , . e) oh I ie on / PES le iy ‘ee, ix mvernment virtually has «; fil-) ALBANY. XN. Ma | ite i the vouth vor ay , Y 4 it A | eae hy any Nas Caj.t-| James McBride § Sterrett, widely B k | s oh? ; ; ) “eh Pie Vey, mo ey. ga tae lated to them : = ' ank. s a crowd, mostly women, that packe. } : ' at ee y possemen a } ha ee fi ba OT AG ee aes mg known Episcopal clergyman and unt- . ae: y, en bY * age ye rhe “Proletarian Centuri.’ re TY “ ’ = ' ! ’ 7 ' 7} . fe : ¢ the assembly chamber \] lication Filed to 2h gi ands | ake Nipissing fYE, +, ae 4 ee’ ss url, e-)| versity Instructor, shot and \ hilleg | “ conimittees of workers NAVe® himself here today . Ky a Staff ‘ orres pomlent of the ’ 4 mene ; 1D] : 4 7) LOT \ Buildi Y | ro; os , ; Deaf ' . rs" . Arey ' . e 7 pi 4 “he ; y ; , Pe : ‘ | ] today opened a publ aad. ' gp ng Broad TE : ~, SO e : ; o iy, PO ge B 6} been recognized officially by tye intil a few moments before his Post-Dieoatch, : cy 4 , “si tpt ’ ry) ] - ; {) se ibii 4 , Uae 7 / LY, / SS . J W, : " , ym Sf } (; Tr , , | . : j and Washington. : AK. ee Va, j BES beeen overnment and are taking death, Dr. Sterrett had heen seated UNION, Mo., May 31.—Taking the Cuvillier bill for repeal of rs g | tera: f My ; A Y i,t | |, 4 cver executive powers. Withdrawal) wit ' ers ¢ = f; , | ¢ 4% ie, * a ; 2 lof the state police ia li} m members of his family on tae testimony in the case of Arthur ii fere State rain thities 7 mnougch ™ brough — ee, , iy ¥; ae UE i Me? Ss Me ; . ‘ police is likely to be the veranda of their home. Hie com- Velni h , vk, ; ; ry? re ’ ; 1« *s . ’ Wy 4 4 Au the, e ‘oe , : ‘ wie , ; F . forcement act , Tay ct : iliet fired bh t cto Ge vying £; Ka Ye Wig A Liu en oe pes fp plained of being tired, went to his eninger, cashier of the Night Ge (Copyright, 1933.) ’ ' | | anni ion . ine-sto iissSacrigh mater sit oan * ey i, an ie F494 a [(‘nder persona! direction of the’ Ledroom upstairs and fired the shot Dey Bank of St. Louls, on triai on. is cision has tressed as artment tore ilding ost ee , - jy) an iy ER > eo Saxe (‘hie » ‘@ . ic de ad bd ‘weunn | een huntiny Rog ig, | he gy, hagas LORE! ! Le xan Can ; of Police, Col. Scheutz-; which ended his life almost in-|an indictment charging the em Deze national importa! the fucu's , rt . ' Ly OZ > We, ., "tte 0 ial inger. five “Hundertschaften,’’ as the "sehinge*on : , me 2061575 : “Capt UG ITT. 4 4 Lh ya: yp Centuri also are called, were f , beh ! SPRERORE CC “8274, CPG, ORO OE St ine ce ve A . shin ng nus oi 185 rw . Le “tt Cee a a f i a, ‘re forme, ' Ste . 7 rear ' prohibition enforcement and as | te :, ) nn Re Climax to Dramatic Hunt hiya Le oe i ig ae, Hi, iin Dresden Tuesd: , +e DY SRerrett, Whe NGG )6 Ieee ee charging him with the , f Sy he Tt ae ane | tha ap” Me LL yg lla jin 5 resden uesda‘ Phey are or whe recto emeritus of All Sontls’ ne ganized to prevent looting and to'Chureh here. which he founded. He| ¥recking of the bank, which fail ’ keep stores from altering the csom-!|had served in various churches andi in January, 1922, with a loss of nore L924 ma peng “? ‘ a 7m "Tc nie 1 (nr ly. ; Le" peg SU MeLe price control commission's had heen a lecturer on ethics and “han $1.000,000 to depositors a gajained the CA) '§ miatt. m1 »? rita ; Aries i ro} ot . sharers 3 r fia — TP : —- ° , og vlan qd prices, which the OTT | philosophy in various educationgs!l ine re. 4 ‘ ‘sf 4 . j ae. »* S a 5 ns 4 ; iit ‘] ; ; -* . ‘tert j ib M } j , , - : ° Palmer Canf tas roniDe- | at leptt sund him t1 is w ; , | : ni ASR cn aac oe 3 we a WHISKY I$ ILLEGAL, WHATEVER Pye Yor the "Aslanse Se aearvelunital al me + - sr ede as ee “ wad > Director described the difficul-| feet sour! f St , ss reet The :, 7 ! ' . init n ee, i eee mr * Desa ih etl mrrccet Wt [praesent meee a “poten! | ' Te dita of Paot- | 2 é to" nnd ave. abvistnl aes 44) cane ed States Circuit Court of Appeals| him in any way for the advancen, iiaetion of liquor in mas Foye] ions yr ' ihe old at reas ost ' i oe , ) | i : ) | go , oey tj fror } Pregeertrioy . today ruled that the Government which were the basia of the indict# sty Rear, 15 000.000 to 1.0 ss ~ senting the Mte of the Fed Found Trail at Dastich: | Bt ce a, :, TATE nder which it | » in the general relazation amone need not prove the alcoholic content | ment in the case on trial, fork @ Vea serve Rank Building and a wag Th saat ty stil aks | = a a, Pe it in deta: the Socialists since the Hambure of whisky or whether if was fit for | Iie testified that in his deskDat yf Orvilie S Poland. State cou oe} frontage on F street. title of | no oe a ~ A ) the beret ; nronperty, conference failed to establish an en- beverage purposes, in cases whe ra |the time former State Finance Co ee Antt-Saloon + aly 4 wliteten: he ’ ee P the VERE ag | 7 | ’ ‘ > » on al snail 7 wo: ttdeniiia - ch internationale. the canmun- indletments charge violation of dry missioner Hughes took charge of 4993. by H. C. Fisher, | Piteres on the success of prohibiti Rotani: The company h: = 7 | | it wn effet ik onl I ge are trying hard to bring the dis-| 48 in while h the liquor is specified ' bank, were the same securities w Re« UL. S. Patent Office.) - q Atte: which Wayne ; ven- a '. {nis tract , 7 , ‘ ne — ‘ iry Tale ’ g fifuti i i? trac! working millions into the’ ap whisky Hugnes Gurware recived . cet i. rostate pdr Es: ae M . | , | ' nal d Rie eects | Mimiias: Cael Re dibeia tania it The opinion was rendered in af- ‘conferences with Katz He eaid ’ League was introduced t ‘ '? ll as : : 3 ; le es | s pa eid + tht ietetbates tart ary apecial privileges given biz) firming sentence imposed last De-| Katz gave him the policies and - = the drvs , eat in the mlicatia “f wogd “ 2 ’ of ti Peel: “A ail : , +i business by the Government cember by Federal Judge Mack on | eages on the boats as security | | PLACE : Ww Mumerically the drys got the } imap th pany plans tl mS % tt on we 7 , . ' 3 we | mi 1 ba 5 TG taxa [ | | rniitting them to draw mones aa’ seven bootleggere convicted of bring- | the 1Om ns. :* We CoRNER ‘ om the opponent bey rto n : ine +810! lenartment ‘ore build- ag a ! es . 7 itn a ; f tne action na -, The communist Rote Fahne ing 160 barrela of whisky from Can- Questioned Abont “Cash Items)" ‘clares a small group of industrial ada into the United States. Juige Questioned phou the car , as the Assembly chambe! ae oe io aT : rT ; aieiy } The } oe i? ? ‘ — . , ra? oe ‘ doa ww ifor th. +. ag Sie | , # uf pl ' vr 68 sd : mes id te o#e tmagnates have borrowed billions of | Morers said tema” Metninger tex tea that to be held, more than four urs w fore ‘ ameith, ' a me —_ fers tiie rif ‘ an | if) t hye eta ij ’ , ' | : ’ ’ | } eas ' ¢ — Ne , : > rik i ' A . unation "T hie vy ‘ " . if }* fiufyr opinion that if ar indlet- | , h hi , ~ j 1 ss y ’ : } 4 Mh 4 " ’ . , ; , | | . to buy dollars with it at 26,.400.ment alleged « violation of the® act 0 nll © business wit " nts 4 t hie Oooo! fe mf , —T ' Th ci ime tai | 4 23es8 the ATD)D. it j a ¢ ‘ ‘ ; +o , i" ory onel oly ment @ hen the mark hie ‘ gone dow ni sary for the (jovernment i ahow F for the , halt! eines, "He paid the or that the whisky wae fit busied himself it! tne affatr —_— — a - —r ' Mande ? MmMmissio ; o se mn to ' t where ~ - | | general ike i he Rul that it wha necessary to exp from rubliec hearing ‘ rif : | Shae | ' : ‘ ; ‘7? ° ‘ ’ ’ ™ ven) : : . x © ' ' . j ' } i "ne : ‘ ’ . | 7 Steg ) : ! mC Ape arh the Government I'nder thie statute Cprohifiition) they began, Katz owed the ion wor 1 he atarted about $25,000, and heing unable ie Tv) _ r ’ 2 . vy “ ad i} : | ’ . . five } apirrarance ft ; * next two years. 0 mnAny ' —_ , ) =! ‘ rie ” atne to uy pL bat ; é ‘ Prepond: ti , { feminine vent within three years, conditione ae at erresteny : , , i? rie yn "e marke. and can repay the Govern-\as respects whisky.” It le net wegeae- Of tne.didangntinas Ey’ | hardwa : ar ar ae tioning them for” aAmMm@MmMmuUuni ior; cy! ; ' reposed impror sia -. larger na ne > ry ty 6° O00. Ww here if j@a noe it la doa. that the whisky contained One- th K 9 . | ; . , nee av fr the 4 next _ , em ; | more Aan had ‘hem. sitting patient tnrougi wou tri e the amour A (Ore|.. ;, ; che ; ’ pet ! isseesrnen’ I lared nerceentur or more of alcohol by | mv r n ; r } wi Sri age parage and attempted ' : ' , that Katz came to him thr Tenoon ours } - si iF tere i ; ry) ‘S } ri A “ae } Tax I 4 . 7 Voitrne ' : ' 4? : ct al ' . ~~ * . — “a Riuher Strike ( olla pee , ’ ' j time for more rmraney, er7D ; ; rrr . | fr; 4 j fre heverage purposer if if is 7, Pverty dry was decorated with a (-irl mine d by Fall of Tombstone. a" oe ition | tT legisiatu , ‘ . shown that the acts were Committed | wie. wth " eee lhe 1 ) +} ‘ rhe | Sl ea collapsed yesterday ‘ fied 1 ‘ p a + op. alata en! . cylin. ae to wave what he already had tiny - re Cu ; wit espect ta ' : a 1 to the superior argument of dite a. ' (@d and.in which the bank whe Do we ‘? the slozan “For lk nest repes TRENTON Mo , | lars ow cs : fa of . ; ‘i , ' i of tu CANTON (0, ) NAILY NEWS Thite’ automatics and Winch acke (the statate prohibited, the bag éated because the boats were . Wet Banner Banished life S ata. = } . ae es atin heen ‘aii | ’ | 4 ast minute ratilies con- ‘ ontent need not be proven. ity for money advanced, Ste be outdone, m wet adherent [Dad fone ta a cemetery near One| ore Nee aie gone ov 60 woes BOUGHT BY JAMES M, COX! 222.26. rhat the language of the act is not| OS ete iestified he wi Repth om - _ a ‘ ; 1 a . a * nt I aq a : , , "ye , ve hea =a Bs tochum. Kaeen a ng wortmund i of any adele wach a in @t. Louis and would be 49° “When 1 nti-Salé prt dentally pulled over upon n other party headed dow: nat : plate n ‘ ia’ anyen.af, [tHe city Suthorities” cucames ‘oes eee nest Set. ae ee | ; | “a oe) tomer etiette a ats ' trey fir ieee “a | : tS ae ep | ae the French to arm their po PETROGRAD OPERA HOUSE employ of the Night and Imy comes dow nN a-preachin at aie | = MEAs wiitin 16 chind rr eer —— bn ; : ee ‘% : we ae : oreserve order and suppress in 1911 “in no certain capacity, woe ae sinful , ~~ ee } rnd } A tes ; n bys oe sage : ) - re communist demonstrations. Even BURNS: MANY DEATHS REPORTED | placed ina cage an a teller at in Gelsenkirchen, where the reds ene became aeaietant cashier in 19132 Seon put in h ad i Sa toed “tll wag hye inne , : . ** held the police, the atrike haa heen the Ave ia'ed reese enmahier tn 19174. Getting Ahead ' , - + hh, ae et e | — “a jurenased fi - a 7 — shandoned. and it is only a matter HELSINGFORS, Finland, May 31 Meininger tentified he first The bann: "Nfe wa = aw 2 Cee , , ri a e, :, ar . | ei gap o tow daye before the The Petrograd Opera Houte wasn Kets in 1626. when Katz. e de myer. for a! oy: Raised Rifle z ; t rhs , , emg s<. | a - propert owners regain control of burned last night and many in the | soe of the bank, applied to hilt E@atpenter. head of the Molly Pitcher Mow fast y: | aid | —— , ie antiete ot Oe he Teeten News |municipal authorit; audience were killed during @ panic- 4 joan, which was-made. He sal Club, which i- pos /? pronwy relw 3 “build as 3 — cached ; a hee - oe - mom Despite red arguments hungry stricken rush for the exits, according | ..4id not remember the amount Om and Ass-! man Louis A, ot fo © depends ine start fas t : - wil . : ne Kem a ere Se ee et, te an. | Workmén clutched at the 86 per'to a Central News dispatch recelved | awed the bank in the apring of 1 ‘ Vitter, = thee cre bie oe See , eo ul & dinped " : | | ping : a as A : te cent Increase in pay offered from | Pere Direct Faaminathion ‘Copyright, 1923.) - ings "2 7 omy ee ne : a en’ anal into the wate f tt R : iste etait od $F, egger : ' , » is ctive with | Berlin for this month pee ne» 9 Sher Bissag eS aaa: Tie Gece) Sane ar . ws . + | ; 3 Ri? ; | | ‘ “ ole 33 ; Nuring the red activities there was «rs caught fire and the flames quick - ger wae brief, heing intended te e . poof Contending Forces, | , ; | , fe aA | . comparatively littl sabotage Since ly spread to the scenery. The safety only hia denial that he had pre m. ida Bb. Sammis Wood! iff sure of the pre ern bys of ' , e | odpi ‘the French -have reported two at- curtain was lowered, but panic had |¢-om the Kats transactions coe. X., the . Sta | i oe see. ines ase raised a E z - “21 +B gylll HARDING AFTER BOOTLEGGERS |" *" to blow up the railroad |aiready seized the audience and io. tefore the jury his t RB member of th om mt dl + nel pd ane | , Png ci a ae hedra ‘Very Vme lines near this city. enone was a wild rush to the pe gee that Katz had securities In the A... Ce ' | tly wn Fy catiue ehtes Pisiattied. 1 , oni "'- , gag | Asks Washington Police to Curtail, ae rhe dispatch gives no details af to), sine time it was closed by floor leads nC rs 7 ." ame . aid scale | " . ; - hehe - a . Liquor Sale at Convention. Rahr Valley Industries Eapected to the number of was deat ce State Department. This was Hayward Opens Argament ee ; rite ned it t st i= mor | a te Aw | ws SHIN ON, Ms y 31—Presi-|.. wn. Phos. verse yp 2m, ee Petts nd sae _ eT taeuw ted no A\gain-t Re er | | 7 , ciate? caine . 6 : . ? , , wee! ned th: "ident Hard has given bis personal NKITESSELDORF. May 31.—The Killed in Plane View ing Own land. the advance to Kats and that myelin gt ae yay Ne eee eee tad in- 2 )trigger rote Thguatentnen ge Ps vag. Aaa on | ON e efforts of the Wash- |» valley industries, which were ""prerape ht, Pa. May 31.—A de-|Curities were obtained from vo wd ” | om! nt in happis Regs —w i i Se 11 $5 ~ oh the idea |" mm pol to prevent an orca ~ closed down by the strike (now end- | sire to see what his property looked | after the failure. cansiis wayward b ndependen: | terested in the excite: —e iced ) . nals boot! liquor during the § Tinere ed) of nearly 590.000 workers. 4°@\ wee from the air caused the death’ ‘Cireutt Attorney on ¢ : ! , | nvention here early in June be running agnin o¢xtlar Warren, O. of William Felder, «| @amination, attempted (© go into . = ia expected to ter ia “arm issaione! lames Thousands of mer) resume4 Pittsburg real 4 atate man, today. many details which had © not tevehbed upon in direet os “Campaic wert ad . e fou ' week th he appeared \ ~ = . poh ; “In g ‘linge of , ae » 6 r ao. , ee * oy pM, 9 work yesterday operating the pureps | yr Feider had just sold «2 number SE cteeee of Presitenl tnd tw ile ane ‘aie , “ gig * ago asta tardin calles itten ae in the mines and getting the Soflers | o¢ lota when he stv an air- " s ar Attorney (le neral rigtia 3 ; e - F . rf . : ; : " , P : , " raneorr . : ws , : ; hare af oad and furnaces ready and the man - ' hia ne wa tieg for pasmeencere Tell. peg moet (hetances the Re declared that “the repes! of 7 he Post - Dispatc hh (ood and | CA ' ’ sy youngster pe nities | eanven- chinery running im ce We! works ing one of his salesmen that he would the Mullan-(iace act ould e but): e+ touts’ One Rig Want Mrectary hoot , . = =~ »« bene 1wUuA | ‘ge reowdas — —s ery The bulk of the workers, tt in under- uke to see the property “from wap After denying that he @ Sestere, futile <o for as! ee The Perfect Market-Place “'"*” the lake was « toten from ) he was preparing 2) tion & aap. ng taggnetins a toodawill be ready to resume thelg above.” he entered the plane, whieh _ | |: le a it! be takem to curtail liquor’ - ~~ sar later fell in flames. ' ‘overruled. ned but vicious I t.rat - he ise OF Dy Mayo : tite , | » experiences Coutiaucd on Paar 2 Column 4. en Pase 2. ~ Coleman ‘ i) “guson and pation Leahk