St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 14, 1923

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al f a. * GP hi “a a PE EOL TP PER Be, al LT Ae ee, AMEN. ge > +. We 5) OO ates Saat | aa , Tis _ —S WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1923, === AVOID the SATURDAY NIGHT RUSH File Your WANT ADS for the BIG SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH EARLY SATURDAY Closing time is 9 p. m.—but don't wait closing time—Get better service by filing early “nmtil ——— ~—_- - ———— -- — a 37. LOUIS POST-DISPATC The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. ———— ‘soa 75. HODCARRIERS FOR. PLASTERERS WANT $1.25 AN TOUR Now Getting $1.12’ and Demand Is Denied — De- NO. 279. Started by Plasterers. ® DEMAND REJECTED BY THE CONTRACTORS | (Copyright, 1923, » IONS-NOR7I5 | ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, i 1923—40 PAGES. PRICE 2CENTS |JOB AT $6 NIGHTLY OFFERED HEIFITZ, NOTED VIOLINIST | Playing in Paris Restaurant as “Just a Young Russian,” He Makes Apache Weep. a opgrignt. Pass. had the Drew End shing the rk and the Donen RASS ) PARIS, June 14.—A _ party Yulitzer ‘orld ‘Americans entered an all-night res- | taurant in Montmartre, about break- | fast time. | Tinist. velopment in Controversy Ss | - Secretary of Employers Says’ the party, ‘and played. Play, e Volinist bawed graciously, seized a violin from the chef d’orchestre An Apache about strike his partner halted his arm in midair as the magic sounds reac —t Kis ear. He burst into tears. In the group was a vio- | " his companions entreated, | to | INVESTOR IN SPIRAL PLOW COMPLAINS; INVENTOR SOUGHT Lytle S. Adams Charged in With Having i cf | Warrants: Obtained Money by False | Pretenses. TOLD NEIGHBORS HE The place became silent save for | the notes of the violin. All eves. WAS were on the musician, especially those | of the proprietor. He approached | i “You have here ae master,’ he | Office" Here Closed — Stock Was Sold at $100 a Share. Ttre GROOM It Is One of Anticipated | cried, ‘“‘May I ask who he is?’’ Serr SOME With a twinkle in his eye, one of, TAINS FOR : Moves to “Pyramid Labor | the Americans said: F f - “Oh, just a young Russian.” q Prices. “Then,” said the Maitre d'Hotel, | : Plasterers - hodearriers are de- manding $1° day, development wage controversy cipitated Monday “4 in the of the building trades which -pre- by Oo plasters, was mm a walkout journeyman to their demand for $12 to $14 a day. The hodcarriers for ae | have been making $1.12% an hour, or $9 a day. Their demand for an | increase to $1.25 an hour, $10 a day, was rresented to the executive com- mittee of the Contracting Plasterers’ Association at noon today, statement that it would be tive tomorrow. After a an increase from | effec- was refused. Prank Boyd, secretary of the em- ployers’ group, said most of the men had been @ut since the plaster- ers walked out |Monday. About 300, hodcarriers are involved. . Demand Flatly Rejected. “We will have no meeting to is- -euas this turn in the situation,’ Bovd sald. “We told them it would be “Impossfhle to meet their demand, and they left—that's. all.” Boyd said this demand in 'with-the anticipated result the plasterers’ walkout would have, and suggested that it meant other labor- ers would fadl in with the movement to “pyramid prices of building !a- bor.” “This is just one of a few more to come,” he predicted. John A. Hanlon, secretary, angl other officers of the union could ' not be reached for a statement. Plans of Employers. The employers have decided to work for solidarity in their refusal to meet the demand of the jour- neymen plasterers—about 400 in number—so that, Boyd said, ‘‘no obstreperous owner or architect can go ahead and pay any price just to get a job finished without regard to the harm this action may do others.”’ Plastering contractors and _repre- _Sentatives from the Chamber of "Commerce, Real Estate Excharge and other civic bodies interested held two meetings yesterday to. discuss Mark Reg. U. S. Patent Offic.) ‘ight, 1923, by H. C. Fisher, * y is | latest with the | discussion | lasting about 6 minutes, the demand | | | line | } enforce | | | ! | cently the plasterers’ walkout Monday. “If we can get the real estate men, the Chamber of Commerce and all the employers together on this, We can Prevent intolerable increases’. in building costs which can only result in a ‘buyers’ strike,’"’ Boyd asserted. Mectings Were Executive. The contractors and sub-contrac- tors met in the contractors’- of- fices in the Columbia Build- ' ing. and the business men and rep- resentatives from the contractors met in the offices of the Master _ Builders’ Association. The sessions were executive. “General discussion of the situa- _tion marked the session here,” E. J. McMahon, secretary of the Master Builders’ Association § said. “The ' &roup will hold another meeting to- | Morrow afternoon, after having in- vestigated the conditions causing the walkout. We wish’ to offer our hearty co-operation in every way to end the difficulty amicably.” | The contractors also propose, | Boyd said, to tie up building con- AINED “To Become, | — NO HORSE, He THE PLAY=— CTICE. Hu TT UF | Struction if necessary, although ex- Pressing the hope that this would /Rot result. “That,” said Boyd, “is the ultimate resort. /f© do that. But we can go for, it least two months without hindering. Major construction appreciably.’ Pian of Contractors. Up to where plastering begins. On /™any large buildings, this will not! be for several months yet. » The journeymen plasterers at pree- (ent are adamant in thelr demand, and have nothing to say about the. ‘Situation, It is estimated some 60 “ere at work at the $14 a day acale, Which is $1.75 an hour for an eight« hour day, but these are work'!ng, “*mployers state, on small jobs \o be. AWickly completed. Employ ers fear the success of this Walkout would be a signal, Boyd “Added, for other crafts of the bulld- ‘NE trades to “pyramid prices until building costs would increase at reast Per cent, and perhaps as high «e » or 40 per cent.” Contractors are arranging (two again for tomorrow, of the We don't want. | ! j _ The plan is to continue construc: | tion in all other lines of buiiding | that met yesterday, ond’ on Page 3, Column 2. a ¢ j 2. a | Amounts _— “he must be poor. 100 francs ($6.37), night to play | here.”’ ‘| The violinist was Jascha _Heifetz. ee ee eendenie DOERING'S BOND PUT AT. $60,000 ON INDICTMENT =: Filed .at $50,000 Cases of Two Others Held for Mail Truck Holdup. in Federal fixed the Doering, 000. Judge Faris today of William F. Egan ganster, bond ht $H0.- and the bonds of David Weis- William at $50,000 each, im connection with the returning of an indictment charg- ing them with participation in the dowptow robbery of an armoread mail rua April The three have been at liberty re- on bonds of $25,000 each, the indictment was returned | today, Horace l.. Dyer, s ecutor, asked that the made much higher, and suggested $75.000 each. He said that not all the loot of the robbery had been recovered, and that $135,000 of money and negotiable bonds, taken by the robbers, were still missing, and were presumably in their session, Thomas B. Harvey, the accused men, said they had had difficulty in furnishing their $25,- 000 bonds. After his statement, the court announced the increase in the an man and Willian.son ~~. When bonds be pos- attorney for bonds. The men’s bondsmen ewre present, but did not say whether they could ¢cover, the increase re- quired from a total of $75,090 to $160,000. At the time of the arrest of Doer- ing in his bungalow home in Ricn- mond Heights, April 19, unsigned Federal Land Bank bonds anivount- ing to $1,139,860, composing the greater part of the Idot, were re- covered. Williamson was yardman at Doer- ing’s home. Weisman lives in Johnson City, Ill, and is charged with helping to dispose of stolen bonds. Judge Faris set the cases for Oct. 17. BON VOYAGE GIFTS NOW ‘WET’ French Speed Departing Friends With Baskets of Liquors. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Jun 14.—The “drying up’ of the transatlantic liners has revolutionized the selection voyage gifts to departing friends. Baskets of fruit formerly Went to steamship passengers. Today the baskets are filled with an assortment of wines, champagnes and brandies, with occassionally a cocktail shaker added. A number of the Parisian wine shops have caught the idea of, | making a specialty of assembling the proper outfit of a week's drinka- bles. In the Heart of Home-Land Around this city are a score ‘of attractive suburban homelands, and in their midst are lovely homes and homesites awaiting far- sighted, fortunate buyers. You will always be glad if you act upon the suggestion to, buy now, for real estate in. and around Sst, Louis MUST increase in value. the properties offered by St. Louis’ reliable real estate dealers in the “Real Estate” columns. to- day. and every day. They will put you In jouch % ith many desirable iseatione at the most attractive terms of sale. 4 Realize the jo ownership ~= The Post - Dispatch} St. Louis’ One Big Want Directory > The Perfect Market-Place } Tnvestigate ys of home I will give him) (Whitey) special pros- | Lytle ral plow, ove Pare at the rate of 30 or 40 day, is being sought by the pronvadty on warrants charging him, ‘with obtaining money by bmn He lived S. Adams. until two ago, going Ww est. Four warrants charging him Peete: obtained by misrepresenta- tion a total of $20,000 from Dr. J. Hosterman of Crystal City, Mo., ha been issued by Justice of the Peace W. P. Pilliard of Joachim Townshi», Jefferson County. Misrepresentation Alleged. | “He obtained a lot more than that )amount from me.” said Dr. Hoster- i'man over the telephone today, ‘but 'T have alleged only specific ithat he got on certain days. Others | down in this part of Jefferson Coun- tv have lost large sums of money, | toa. but they are not saving anvthing about it to the prosecuting officials. | ‘Adams organized the Spiral Ma- | ehinery (o., and had a Plant in | East St. Louis and an office in St. | Louis. He sold stock at $100 a | share. His invention had merit and if the affairs of the company had not been mismanaged the plow would be on the market today and ‘the company would be making money and declaring dividends. “Adams represented to me and others. when he sold us stock, that the company was free from debt and was the sole owner of the patent on his plow. that there 500 against the patent company only the patent. “The plant at East St. Louis been shut down for a year and the company’s office in the Railway Ex- change building was open for only a month last summer. Adams has gone west, to California or the State of Washington. I don't know which IX ‘e a mortgage for $32.- and that the lessee of the is is has ‘The hooks af the company show that stock amounting to $700,000 was sold, but I have reason to be- | lieve that only about $200,000 was sold and that most of that was dis- posed of here in Jefferson County.” Plant Closed Year Ago. At the Webster Groves address it was stated that Adams had occupied the house until two weeks ago, when he departed, telling neighbors that he was going to make his home in the west. The telephone at the East St. Louis plan was disconnected April °7, and the company’s two-room of- fice in the Railway Exchange Build- ‘ing was closed about a after Adams and two assistants had eae it about a month. ee = SEATTLE TROLLEY FARE RISES of bon) Will Be 10 Cents, or Three for 4 GOING WEST Plant at East St. Louis and | inventor of a spi- | designed to prepare gro@md | false pre-. at 469 Lee avenue, | 7 Ss, weeks | ao he-told neighbors he was’ ° } with | amounts | We have since discovered | year ago, | EXPIRATION OF 5-YEAR TERM | a ae victed at Chicago, Reduces to 50 Number of Men Still Being Held. / By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chief Washington Correspondent of a European tour, the Post-Dispatch. ivisited every capital WASHINGTON, June \has just been received here by / Dn EEE s on the | day that, FREES “POLITICAL” PRISONER Release of W. H. Lewis, One of L W. W. Con- ,ocrat, of Montana, who is here «ftr during which the. conti- 14.—Word | nent, declared in a statement yester- “while we still refuse he to Joint Amnesty Committee that ~.”./| release ‘political’ prisoners—the vic- H. Lewis, one of the I. W. W. pris-| tim of war hysteria—our boast that oners convicted at Chicago in 1918,] America is the ‘land of the free and has served out. his five-year term,!the home of the brave’ must sound /'minus the time off allowed for good | like mockery in the ears of the ‘behavior, and has been released. , world.” This reduces to 50 the number of | The United States, Wheeler em- “nolitical’” prisoners remaining in phasized, is the only country which Federal prisons. /has not released prisoners of this Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Dem-' class. Ae oa ee — oo -_ —_- —_ HAPPINESS OF CROCKER BY, RECITING POEM, | | | | > Judge .—Says Undue Influence * Cannot Be Inferred. Wounding Playmate. Accidental discharge resulted vesterday-in Joseph Spanberger, the Associated Press DUBLIN, june 14.—Addressing the jury 1@ the Richarg Croker will Ry the Emphasizes This toe “a Flourishes Revolver for “Miles| Standish’? Emphasis, Fatally of firearms death of | immigration officials when. the 14 years old, of | | -see- WITH WIFE STRESSED SHOOTS HIS COMPANION .. | of four men sengers, missing from the two-mast- || |which was found drifting off Sandy Hook | battle of pistols and axes, NINE KILLED IN BATTLE AT SEA IN SMUGGLING. PLOT | | —~- Four in ‘me of British | Schooner and 5 Chinese Victims of | Pistols and Axes. Passengers FIFTEEN FOUND ON DRIFTING — HELD | __ Declare Crew oer to Rob 20 Chinese Being. Brought to U. S. at $500 | Each — Captain Missing. the Aseochited Press. NEW YORK, June 14.—The crew and five Chinese pas: | ed British schooner Mary Beatrice, in a according the surv.vors to! last night, .were killed to stories told by was brought into Quarantine today Three of the 15 Chinese survivors) were taken to the hospital at Granite City, and John Drozda, 9, case today. Attorney Lynch, repre- : _, | Of Madison. senting Mrs. Bula Croker, the wic- Joseph, the son of Mrs. Julia ow. said a photograph of Guy Mite | Spanbareger, a widow, of 2923 Den- /rone and his wife had been hawked,ver street, Granite City, was shot in about America and shown to hun- ithe abd@men at 11:40 a. m. with a ireds of seintias ie “teat revolver flourished by Orris Ste-. dreds of people bv investigators, but wart. 17. of 2420 Nevada avenue, | that. the jury had heard nothing of | while the youths. both Boy Scouts, how many failed to recognize the! were at Gabaret Slough, near Gran- ; woman as Bula Croker. lite City He died in an ambulance Bula is alleged to have been’ the! to a hospital. Stewart. testifying. last the inquest. at which a accidental death was returned, he and Joseph had decided to school” swim and some target practice. erward they ; (on the way legal wife of Marone when she wen? through the marriage ceremony with Richard Croker Sr., whose last will, in her favor, is being contested ' by the Croker children. The attorney said that Richard Croker Jr.. and a director of the Trojan Film Co., had found Mrs. |MacDonald of Moncton, N. B., at los Angeles. Mrs. MacDonald was 'one of the witnesses who identised Mrs. Croker in court as Mrs. Ma- To amuse’ himself he began re- rone Pa oe ‘ 2 oom Pe en EArt ae _leiting parts of Longfellow's The Nad? qromeced roar ae ees | Courtship of Miles Standish.” On pupil in Muskogee Ok. a d ti |speaking the lines recounting the | . nr eet ct eG ne bravery of Standish, Stewart said, program of a recital given in that | eae he revolver for em- place. these documents covering the | he Hlourisheg éc°- zed, in- period in which she was alleged 10} Ph@s!s. and it was discharged, in have been with Marone at North- flicting the fatal wound. ampton, Mass. Evidence from Sih.) John Drozda was shot in the Mike| kogee witnesses also proved her! by a “Jack-knife pistol,” which ike | presenee there at that time, he said. | Keneski, 40, of 901 Washington ave-| his The name of Houston B. Teehe, of | 2Ue, Madison, had pulled from his) | Orientals. the United States Treasury, sta-| Pocket to show the boy, who was tioned at Oklahoma City, had buying cartridges for his “ deen | Edmondson | July i ery. given as knowing Bula at that time, he: said. and the plain- tiffs could not contradict this. one. In summing up, the Judge empha-! sure of a spring, The knife-pistol, night verdict of | had found resting places in the deep, at boarded (of the Orientals, Island. The remainder were tained, authorities. When the Mary night Beatrice by making last officials, signs, dicated his comrades and the mem- bers of the crew wno were mis3ing } iti said | but did not explain in what manner “out ‘they had died. and‘ go to the slough for a Aft- to await the noon hour before g0o- ing home, Stewart with the revolver, which he had forgotten he had re- loaded after the target practice. | j climbed upon the levee | | | clandestinely can Abandoned As Food Runs Low. Shrugging his shoulders he pointed over the side. The owner et the vessel. with whom the Chi- nese had bargained in Havana to land them-on Ameri- he said, had abandoned them and his ship when their food stores ran low eight days ago. Each soil, of the Chinese was understood to have paid the owner $500 to be | landed here. The story told today in Chinese | to an interpreter was of a pitched battle with axes, pistols, marlin 'pikes ‘and belaying pins. It was Fourth of schooner the fight was pistol in a Madison confection-|the white paint was covered with which fires! blood °°-caliber cartridge by the pres-| was discharged as The boy, dead over the side. | sized the fact that the late Mr.|Keneski was exhibiting it. Croker had found peace and hap-| died last night at St. Elizabeth's Hos- piness in his domestic relations wita pital. | his second wife. Concerning the | Keneski has been held for the charges of undue influence which/| Coroner. A warrant charging him Bula was alleged to have ,brought +o bear, the Judge said that under the law it was not sufficient to shaw that a person had the power to over- bear or to influence, bnt that af- firmative evidence was required that such power had been exercised and that the will was obtained thereby. SALE OF SARAH BERNHARDT'S EFFECTS TOTALS ABOUT $60,000 Canopy Bed in Which Actress Died | Withdrawn; Sacred Articles Bring Good Price. By the Associated Prese Washington avenue, boy, before his son's death. $100,000,000 Bond Issue To Voted no in 1924 By the Associated Pres SPRINGFIELD. ok With all obstacles in Governor Small's $100,000,000° June but the put up to the people with attempt to kill was issued on complaint of Andrew Drozda, of 1015 father of the ILLINOIS ROAD BILL PASSED Be 14— the path of road PARIS, Jurte 14—The final day of; hard roads. Quarter, After Saturday. ‘the first sale of* Sara® Bernhardt's The bill, whichypassed the House By the Associated Press } Anomvegge realized 127.895 francs. a! yesterday afternoon, went to the SEATTLE, -Wash., June 14.—En- al of 307,070 frances (normally |Senate last night, where concurrence actment of an ordinance raising | ahout $60,000) for the three days. in all the House amendments was fares on Seattle's municipal street | The great canopied bed on which | voted. The bond issue is to be sub- /railway system from 5 cents to 104 the famous actress died, was with-| mitted to the people at a general |cents, or three rides for 25 cents, penton from the sale. The highest | election in 1924. was completed yesterday with the| priced ot, consisting chiefly of signature of Mayor Brown. The in-} sacred objects sculptured in “woud | | FAIR AND WARM | creased fares will become effective Saturday. The 65-cent fare. which has been 'in effect since March 1, was aban- 'doned by the City Council when it was shown that the trolley system was losing more than $3000 a day. /'Mayor Brown, who at first opposed | the increase, said it had been demon- | strated conclusively that the 5-cent | fare would not pay under present! ‘conditions. LID ALREADY ON IN SHELBY ! anti-Saloon Chief Approves Condition of Town. vy the Aspociatetll Press ” SHET BY, Mont., ‘evident now that the lid. is on in: foontng deciared the Rev. Joseph | | Pope, Montana superintendent of the | |Anti-Salfon League, who. left yesterday after a four- day visit. “During the 48 hours I have been in town I have seen but one man un- der the shadow of the moon, and he was not disturbing the peace,” the reverend ‘said. Shelby’s volunteer police force of | June 14.—It is lice, Peter Alsup, and Sheriff Benja- | police the town the week Dempsey-Gibbons fight. Moral | here | Leow boys, under the local chief of po- | ‘min, already is being organized. The) ago by the late Ar cowboys will be deputizedeand will) Stuck. of ow brought about 11,000 francs. A rug | ' made from the skin of an antelope | . } hilled by Madame Bernhardt while | hunting with the late Czar near’ THE TEMPERATURES Moscow, brought 287~-francs. Bee lr a Speer a pe 8 a. ee Se | a Me Ws ne se iba ri Ro’ Bn o's Oe'ee The sale of Madame RBernhardt's! 3a m......... 70 10 ae, Aaa libr , °j yt - a eS Me 0 ee oe i Me ae brary, will begin June 25. ae BA 2b et « Br ae tt yl Aine oe: 2 RY Qiedcksns SMe Me taowdgs 73 2p. mm. ‘ WCE JAM | | IMPERILS HOSPITAL | institution on Bank of Yukon River | day, 82, at 4 p.| land and Carthage, Africa. Must Be Moved... oe m.; lowest, 64, at A brother of the new priest is a | By the Associated Press. | 5 a. m. Dominican Friar in France, and a | SEATTLE, Wash.. seins 14.—Pa-, Official fore-/| sister is a nun in Trinidad. Father , tients in the Stuck Memorial Hos-. cast for vee met John will celebrate his first solemn pi ‘ ue and vicinity —j|mass next Sunday morning in the pore within “ke. Ageia amma et Fair and warm ' Church of St. Benedict the Moor. He nowly escaped death a few wéeke | tonight and to- | will remain in this @ity a short ‘ago when the building was damaned | morrow. time and then go South to do mis- ~by .an ice jam in the Yukon river, Missouri—Gen-! sionary work among negroes. according to word received here to- erally fai# to- day by Dr. Grafton Burke, physician in charge. Dr. Burke is on his way back to his post after buying supplies, in- , cluding a powerful radio outfit. He said the building; a two story struc- ture, 150 feet long, would have to be moved back from the river bank for safety. The institution, which is conducted by the Protestant Epis- copal church, was founded a decade chdeacon Hudson. Its patients frequently are hundreds of miles by dog row; warmer in west and tral tomorrow. fair | | ; | erally ' ' ; ' ’ ’ ' ) | | night Stage of the river at 7 a. m., feet, a rise of 1.1 feet. peam. ; TONIGHT AND TOMORROW Ss *-* Highest vester- night and tomor- somewhat tonight cen- portions; continued warm Illinois — Gen- to- night and tomor- row; warmer to- in north- west portion. 18.4 bond bill removed, nothing remains | signing of the measure to| the question of whether they want to issue bonds ‘for the second State-wide system of | dies, now stationed at Fordham Uni- versity, | John, negro, was ordained a nriest ‘in this country. precipitated, it was believed, by the failure of the skipper to carry out of the bargain with the deck of the waged until part Up and down the British sailors and hacked and beaten The survivors heaved the and four five Chinese lay to death. Chinese Hoist Distress Signal. The remaining 15 Chinese, though ignorant of the sea and the ways of | ships, were favored in the ensuing days by fair weather. The craft drifted aimlessly. Its larders were emptied. A distress signal was hoisted to the masthead and it was thus she was sighted by Pilot Hall of Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. It was after the owner of the vessel had abandoned her that the fight occurred. Some of the Chi- nese declared the trouble was starfed by members of the crew who tried to extort more money from them in order to carry out the skip- per’s promise to land them. NEGRO ORDAINED CATHOLIC - —— er "raft | de- | pending investigation by the! Was | , AMUNDSEN RELIEF SHIP ESTABLISHES SEAPLANE BASE AT SPITZBERGEN the Associated Press. CHRISTIANIA, June 14. E steamer Flint, which has | on board a parte which will go to the relief of Capt. Roald Amundsen if Amundsen requires aid during his coming flight from Wainwright, Alaska, to Spitzbergen, has arrived at "Seal Bay. Spitzbergen, and estab- lished a flying base for the sea- planes on board. | ee ——————————— Capt. Amundsen late this month Will undertake to fly across the North Pole, starting at Wainwright, Alaska, and land- ing at Spitzbergen. The craft in which he wiil make the attempt is an all-metal monoplane, specially constructed, and is cap- able of remaining in the air for more than 26 hours. It is now | at Wainwright, in readiness for the trip. Lieut. Norwegian naval: aviator, serve as pilot on the flight. Whether the flight will be a honstop dash over the 2,000 niiles of polar ice or a series of hops will depend largely upon ice conditions and prospects for making safe landings on the drift. In case a nonstop flight eee will Oskar Omdal, | | | DREW LARGE SUM is necessary, Capt. Amundsen believes, the plane will negotiate | the distance in about 15 hours. - —— Presiddaa’s Advance Man Suggests White Trousers for C ommittee _|Plan Heard for Dress; een Blue Coats, for 400 Who Will Greet Harding. The suggestion was made today that members of the committee of one | |approximately 400 appointed to act as ‘a Mayor's Reception Committee ‘to the President next Thursday, wear , white trousers and blue coats when | tee assemble at the incoming spe- cial train at Lindell and Union boule- vards. The cemmittee met at City Hall. Chairmah F. W. A, Vesper said that Walter F. Brown, special represen- tative of the President, had given the suggestien as to dress. Summer photographs of the President have indicated that the combination suits his taste quite frequently. No change has been made tn the | President's program. He will ar- rive at 4 p. m. and will be escorted in an automobile procession east from Union and Lindell boulevards to Eleventh and Locust streots, where he will participate in the cere- monies of laying the cornerstone of the new City Club building. After- wards he will go to Hotel Statler fér dinner with his party and will .make his chief appearance and speech at a public meeting in the Coliseum at 8 p. m. ‘OHIO DRY AGENTS ACCUSED | OF ‘TERRORIST METHODS’ Improper Use of Warrants, ‘Planting of Evidence,’ Abuse of Au- thority Charged. By the Associated Preas. WASHINGTON, June 14.—A charge that prohibition officers in Ohio have resorted to “terrorist methods s«arcely «~ceeded by the communistic regime in Russia,” was made in a statement last night by W. H. Stayton, head of the Associa- tion Against.the Prohibition Amend- ment. The statement quoted from a letter written by Dwight Cusick,a New Lex- ington lawyer, declaring that in PRIEST IN NEW YORK CHURCH Father John, Sixth of His Race So. Honored in U. 8., to Be Mis- sionary in South. Special to the Fost-Dispatch. NEW YORK, June 14.—With Bishop John J. Collins, 8. J., for- merly Bishop of Jamaica, West jae | officiating, the Rev. Joseph of the Catholic Church yesterday morning in the Church of St. Bene- dict the Moor. Father John is the) sixth priest of his race to be ordained Father John, who is a native of Grenada, B. W. I., was educafed at St. Joseph's College, Baltimore; La- val University, Quebec, and by the African Missionary Fathers in Hol- Air Squadron Reaches Kansas City. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 14.—A squadron of 12 airplanes arrived at Richards Field here yesterday from Kelly Field, Tex., to take part in an air meet Saturday and Sunday. Maj. lewis H. Brereton is in command of the squadron. Among the pilots are Lieut. G. A. Woodruff, who recently made a flight from Kelly Field to Porto Rico, and H. G. Crocker, who made a nonstop flight from Ellington Field, Tex. to Se ‘Field, Moun: Clemens, Mich. . s ital Pv tees Tae Perry County search warrants had been used improperly, householders had been mistreated at the least pro- test, and those who showed dislike ‘for prohibition had been imposed on by the “planting” of evidence and in | other ways. In Summit County, Stayton said, a State examiner's re- port showed that there had been much abuse of authority. “In this fashion,” the statement concluded, “ ‘darkest Ohio,’ in the grip of the Antisaloon League, pro- ceeds to the extremes of the com- mumistie regime in ‘darkest Russia.” HIGH HONOR FOR MISSOURTAN English Bar _ Calls ‘Special Seasion as Tribute ‘to Rhodes Scholar. |' By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 14.—John G. Madden of Kansas City, American Rhodes Scholar, was called to the English bar mony last night when the benchers of Lincoln's Inn held a special ses- sion. Madden's examinationg at Oxford interfered with the official ceremony for young lawyers but in view of his brilliant scholastic revord a special session was held, the call being moved by Lord Justice Young- er. Madden obtained the hightst honors at. Oxford Law School and in the English bar examinations. He won a certificate of honor in the bar finals, in recognition of which he was named “senior stu- dent” at Lincoln's Inn. It is the first time an American has been ac=| corded this distinction. Madden was pamed a Rhodes scholar pre en gete from the University of a ee Se eee e 2s AP S: ae hte * * A ; aren, Fortified Town Said to Be in Hands of Peasants. By the Assoclated Press. BUCHAREST, June 1¢—enualh | (a fortified Bulgarian town 50 sallea’ west of Varna) is reported in hands of peasant guards, accord to informatiouw which reached here yesterday. The Shumla district said to have become the moat portant center of resistance to new regime. Armed ara to be marching fin Northern Bulgaria and to clashed with. government troops Bela, between ‘Tirnova and R chuk. Insurgents aleo are re asthe on Varna. ce P raanpsrmvckbre a Sofia, says that Premier gave him emphatic assurances | he had not the slightest prconacyn f to allow the revolution to degen ate into a military dictatorship. military and bourgeoise had made a coup, he said. but bourgeoise would govern the try. It was too early to the policy of the new Cabinet ward the question of a outlet to the Aegean. The general impression tn is that although the new is a strong man hie Cabinet it difficult to run soammae te (wishes of the . ing to a dispatch to the tas staunchest defenders of the former deputy, who had undertaken a sap | (ie * The PR) tay ‘A A brother of former Premier Sta >" 3 ai