St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 2, 1923

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XOMIC PAGE SATURDAY, hte i SEPTEMBER 1, 19388. “ij satch Want Ad Opportunities | Sunday Post-Dispatch Today 96 Pages = ———— a —ECTONAL AND BUSINESS SERVICE, ° D FIRST NEWS SECTION, q x FOUND ARTICLES. SECOND SECTION (SPORT), 4 : ( ' 7. t AND SITUATIONS. THIRD NEWS SECTION, 8 PAGES. 3 a . ss ae /MeMurry struck him in the face, Fri-. Proposed Regarding Mili- Unduly Severe Sentences.” : Hellenic State, Document Occupation Is Provisional, | day at the downtown office of the! tary Operations. By the Associated Press. of 12-Story Tower. LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Sept. 1.—| | : Church Board of Finance, after a} BY the Associated Press. | Asserts. Backing Demands. discussion regarding Pastor Mc-| MADRID, Sept. 1.—The Spanish About 550 delegates to the four-| ) . . ; _Gehee's activities in the Ku Klux| Cabinet presented its resignation) President Back in Capital After | teenth annual convention of the Na- | : | Klan. tonight. At the meeting preceding | 4 > ; tlonal Association for the Advance- |, Sail Aboard the Mayflower. | vent of Colored People, being held By the Associated Press. | By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press | ; The minister hopes that the Paice . | the resignation, Miguel Villanueva, : in Kansas City, Kas., today visited ' GENEVA, Sept. 1.—The Greek | SENEV 2 ite state | | a pt he ipa | GENEVA, went 1.—Uncertainty as Court will get the case first, and he | Me calling attention of the League| to whée?Mtr the Greco-Itali-1 conflict | yesterday obtained a summons call-| Minister of Finance, voiced strong g,..14: to the Post-Dispateh. the Federal penitentiary here and OSAKA, Sept. » o= With the exception of the WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Presi- | were allowed to converse with the 64 ; | Nations to the Italo-Greek con- | {js really officially before the League| ing for-the bishop’s appearance! opposition to a plan submitted by'| : negro prisoners, held in @nnection Shiba_road, the whole of Tokio is burning. Part. within the next two weeks, on a | the general ataff relating to the gent Harding liked company and of the imperial palace at Tokio is reported to be a et and asking the earliest action| of Nations is causing much discus- | peace disturbance charge. The; military operations in Morocco. with the riots in Houston, Tex., in | whenever he went sailing down the | 1914 ible, under the provisions of the! sion among the deiegations here for! *. . | ¥ s ’ | bishop, whose headquarters are in| The Minister of Labor and Com- 3 Teague covenant, was made public | the assembly. | Louisville, is expected to be in St.| merce also sought to convince his Potomac on the presidential yacht These prisoners “are the victims today. There is some disappointment that} Louis this week, and will probably; colleagues that it was impossible to| Mayflower, he took his friends along, of unduly severe sentences,” W. If. bl} a cee | 4 . j : ™ The note, addressed to Secretary-| the Council did not take a more! >be served with the summons. = | ipeadet funds necessary for the op-| always a Cabinet officer or two, a ggg tages oo naa agrtermses es ADIAZE. | : - - vs os , ; : | nan addre | Beneral Sir Eric Drummond. and definite stand this afternoon with| “88 '" Kansas City yesterday, and/erations demanded by the general| ,.attering of Senators and some of aa not eriminais and aan | —--- 7 . ee eee 5; _| denied McGehee’s charge of a fistic| staff because of thé enormous ex-| int 7 6p . | The Mayflower became a p easure |; ’ je : : , . ee oe te Me wot Hksly 10; would have te. qurvenier el thet sai AMERICAN PEER’ WANTS RIGHTS: virtually at a standstill 26 hours later. The only means of obtain- place on Greek territory which | Would eran no acts of a nature | hear the Rev. Mr. McGehee’s com-|funds put at his disposal for the } | . : ‘ ‘ e Mhas caused consternation through-| ‘'® @8éravate the situation. On the/ plaint officially, but the minister ex-|improvement of public. works. | Again today the big white yacht! 1 oxpon, sept. 1.—Viscount Ex-| ing intelligence from the island empire since the shocks had been t the whole country and aroused | other hand, there are many delegates| pects to be there and to'teil the Alvarez Zueldes and Luis Arami-|8alled down the Potomac. Some- | mouth, Prof. Charles Ernest Penew | through the Tomioka station of the Radio Corporation of Ameria, i ° ' t* a feeling of violent and unanimous as an executive hod . aati - wee to file a complaint against the | new ministry. Py flanked by piles of official docu- who haa arrived in England with his | located in an isolated position 144 miles from Tokio. j! Mdignation among the Greek peo- | ys se'y| bishop with the committee on ments, letters, petitions and other! wife, formerly Miss Gray of New) E ; ; ’ -~- , , ach of the brief messages emanating thenee brought word ple. er to a brief adjourn- Episeopate of the General Confer-| BALL ROOM IN BAGGAG F hates goemmannty papers. This lonely fig-| york, is anxious to take his seat in ; 5 ; S B ; & = Ri aat Detientan ‘ie the! Ee ence. E A ure was Calvin Coolidge, escaping | the House of Lords, his cousin, Sir! of greater severity or wider spread of the disaster. ; se i” i . i ’ € - . : i > . i . : . . : g nm any case, there is considerable| Appointments of ministers to St. from the White House treadmill! pernard Mallet, said in an interview | Most of Tokio was reported burning, with many important. 4 ra nmission appointed bv the Am- uncertainty, as the Council's action | Louis pulpits will be made by Bishop Equipment Marks Innovation in ‘that he has not forsaken for more. here today. F : . : we 4 a dors Council to establish a /in nowise commits it to interven-— McMurry at the Sikeston Confer- Traveling Accessories. ‘than an hour at a time since destiny | “Tle is anxious to become a nat- | buildings collapsed. Yokohama was badly damaged by the shock it r a2 re 5 i ‘4 i. e » a > » P ‘ . ‘ ‘ s were +ne between Southern Al -| tion. ence. The Rev. Mr. McGehee's call | PY the Associated Press. ‘made him President. To be sure! yralized Englishman and take his|and succeeding fire. A tidal wave, with heavy damage and many 14. Ny = a, Greece were ae | ue delegates generally are of the’! on the Bishop Friday was made in. CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—A former) wre. Coolidge was aboard, perhaps | rightful place as the ‘seventh Vis- f heB fs oa. Fi had ke | Y | . nown persons a few miles; opinion that the eritical moment of! order to discuss the matter of his | baggage car, transformed into a ball-| knitting, and so were Judge 4nd) .ount” Sir Bernard declared. “He | vessels lost, Was reported rom the bay 0 uruga. Fires hac bro en Zé fom the Greek frontier. _the League has arrived and that the| reappointment at Haven street. room and theater rolled out of Chi- | Mrs. Richard Irwin of Northampton, | pa, consulted the British authorities | +4 in towns as far as 84 miles from Tokio; and the disaster ap- | “The moment we learned of this| ®UPreme test of its efficacy in pre-| where: he has served two years, or |... oni ‘ ‘the President's former home; Judge|and it appears that he can oniv'| ; , ete Fegrettable action. the Greek Gov-|*¢TVing: peace is furnished by the\a transfer to some other desirable | 28° ‘°Wa™d Washington over the! oan of the Virgin Islands; an4|;egain his British citizenship after peared general along the east coast of Japan. The only survivor iment took energetic steps to dis- | Greek appeal, submitting the con-!| pastorate. The Bishop said on this} Baltimore & Cae Rallroad tonight, | Commander Drake, of the District | seven years in this country.” ‘so far reaching the radio station said the number of dead in Tokio : er the authors and expressed to ——__—__ —_+-—— ‘ F the Italian Government the pro-| Issue Waiting on Rome. , Gehee: | accessories. | ‘This was the first sailing ones | FIRE PUT GUT WITH MILK | alone ‘‘was incalculable. ; und regret of‘the entire country... , ¢ Oe “You are looking for an appoint-| The car has special equipment for the Coolidge regime, and it offered | | ° . | be toatl ey rete ca The attitude of the Italian mem- ment from me, but you Ponies yas both ballroom and theater, andiq striking illustration of the vast | ne RP eg | Tokio Water System Destroyed . | | etinamte se apm a 3 . bers of the council is much com-/! jy» |should it prove practical many oth-/! qifference between the gregarious | ® IBERTY vl LE ii. Sept So The water system of Tokio is destroyed and the flames are spread- my of the inate and easing 64 | ee —a_ It is noted that, while The minister said last night at his | ¢™S May be added to transcontinen-| Mr. Harding and the solitary Mr. A delune of milk on the roof of the | ing tq surrounding towns, according to a message received tonight by aed circumstances of ot gan eee te, fen in * nami home, 6436 Vermont street, that his |‘t#! trains, according to rajlroad of- | Coolidge. Ben that hak farmhouse home of A. Bredenberg, | the Radio Corporation from the stiperintendent of the company’s station zz » &§ ¢ i . » ) ¢ S = j j . j a, . . ‘ ‘ ; A me, the Italian © Government. | salandro castes tig whom soem pe plans for the future were in doubt, | ticéals. x ¥ rene elise ef pom ebticial ‘near here, saved the property from | at Tomioka. | | bugh its legation in Athens. ad-' atine enndattaiy but that he might seek to enter some | ; ath ik | been the we - bess 4th its destruction by fire. tonight. lwo The Radio Corporation's superintendent sald he obtained his in- Gates, respectively, shook hands | other conference as this one is a Youth Killed When Rut Ditches! and political fraternizing, with its barns and other outbuildings were| : ) ; rd pore ,| formation from a morning paper at Sendai, a large seacoast town about &. to the Greek Government a's , mathe | j , | - Rote in which it threw the mora‘ ooreialy after the council meeting. parently to be closed to him, Anto. | present master immersed other oes: destroyed with an estimated loss. of | ‘ ; os ponsibility and } Nei ; - | Italy has not accepted the jurisdic- ‘Active Advocate of Kl! By the Associated Press. and pouring over the papers scoopec $15,000. When the house caught 200: miles north of Tokio. Tomioka is about 144 miles north of Tokio, oo y an mplicit material tion of the council, and the real . om. WINONA, Minn., Sept. 1.—Alvin/ yp from his desk and brought along fire from sparks, W. J. Woodin, a! The message read: | onsibility for the crime on the | I : Si las epr he Ley rs 7 rs - ; r g p iss i] ’ > , e Ss Since st : ing the Ley. Mr. Zezat f 1 7 rer ld. was c or , ie mea aboa d hip. , ; ssue will « ome up only aft PI ignor I I zab of W inona, yea 0 to of upy his ti , h i neighbor, hurried to the roof with “Seve re earthqua ke Tokio and vicinity at noon yesterday; , railway ’ ‘ | i k Government and demanded | Salandra has heard from Rome and | McGehee ha een known ; killed whe an automobile driven | Mr. Harding used to go on such : 11 ) ; oe of ratification and re-/the council is informed of whatltwo st Sa ee na a by his steistatae: Joseph Leche, brite ho get ool oi: from the cares cena ae ae best ba sed st | stations near Tokio collapsed and no means to reach Tokio. Heavy : Ne ere | Italy's decision is. | ‘is actively engaged in advocacy and ~idring A089 last Pena Sgt prens and concerns of en ee ta diuld to extindeiee the dinesee aaah damage in Tokio. Water system destroyed and many big butidings cole Miers. etc te tite seeped 5 Se hag serine Boor defense of i Klux Klan. The , aaate ae ee ak . OF Ee ae at witad agatn. Mr. new place they broke out. ‘Inpsed with outbreak of fire in various places. Filameé spreading to- 4 4 bor of the nation. siete the EEL NR PORE 4 represent- fy pe tel ne aba bode cise of ‘and plunged orer an embankment. | Coolidge went away to find compara- FAIR SUNDAY ANS mONDAY: vard Asakusa, Kanda, Hongo, Fukagawa and Shitaya. Heavy casualties - odegg 8 m4 hee + ny . : “The Greek Government replied ed by Hjalmar Branting, and the the advantage of having no Bishop ee gen Ome ee eae oe cle “| tive solitude and time for iaonaa TEMPERATURE ABOUT SAME reported. Rumor afloat that all traffic suspended throughout Tokie. Bi onl Office. | wy & note in which it refuted the Anglo-Saxons, represented by Lord to report to. Pastor McGehee’s - . .; trated pondering over the probier THE TEMPER. Refugees running all directions, | On contained in the Italian Robert Cecil, came out strongly in ¢trguples with his Bishop became An Expert Says of | Sekore him. turned to Wash- HEPE 1S ONE 3 “Principal buildings burned down are a large department store at Se re oe ae | (LEAGUE BETWEEN Ueno; 12-story tower at Asakusa; Manseibashi rallway station at Kabje: Fon THe Fimer | Y Rot and . isi ’ f ror > | . : ’ TIMG IN MY : to aeaee sunt twas quite un wo sage _— ——. taking up the known in April, when Bishop Mc- v 4 ington tonight so that the President | ; es meet the demands the note situation and boldly asserting all ygurry forbade him to deliver an an- Sr Louis ae ies atterrdance at church | [WAR AND PEACE SIPS FM STRING, | ned. Animated, however, bythe authority conferred upon it by! nounced sermon in defense of the " wevidee scaiabvew ; , servic : peaerryY! TAKS | q R keen Gesire to close as soon as the covenant and putting to a test wisn. The sermon was not deliv.) ical Rub ate ome : MAN SEEN TO FALL OR JUMP THAT, Yev i memole inthe general interest the the authority of the council to adju- | ereg Bice stire: /]. ’ seent that might seriously af- | dicate in the case of wena reg- Pastor McGehee said yesterday , hie ee te eee e met the g0o0d relations between the | ularly val ed before it for a threat sale he attvibuted this Se alia aan Bag MB. gon dg un eaten | M SAND BARGE Governments, the Greek Gov-/|to break the peace. to a member of Haven Street than it is now.” INTO RIVER FRO ’s Account of Disaster | mt offerd to give Italy satis-| Greek Spokesman Hear. Church, opposed to the klan. who . : Fie vase Refugee’s , Pad en and reparations, which were Nicholas Politis, the Greek made an appeal, through an influen- ame aan cavantinr af, for | Hat Found Later Identified as Hav- hes The Hadio Corporation tonight received from tite station at ’ ing Belonging to William Stege, ~ Tomioka, Japan, a first-hand story of the earthquake in Tokio from @ — erated in the Greek reply | 1ed , "me ¢ he fact bout the growth x7 ply. spokesman, was heard immedately tial layman, to the Bishop. He said peg iF ange BR burbs tials “W. 8.” . ial es ee easton gr oe aes : Offic fore- | refugee. The refugee said that at the first shock fires broke out et “By this step which will be when the league council went into Bishop McMurry told him. at the : : P . , 3 sagt ik —e 8 substantiate this statement ° mec to be extremely conci- session under the presidency of Vis- time, that he was not opposed to him and offer at the same time, Eaiee cast for %. Louls . th it + Greece made the maximum count Ishii of Japan. The former 'belonging to the klan. but did not an argument in favor of in- A middle-aged man was seen to , and Missourt: various places : © My. ee ———ew COmMmpatible with the hon- Greek Foreign Minister made 2 wish to have him split the parish ee ate cana ‘ jump or fall into the Missiesipp! | rv Fair Sunday and The fiame? originated in the Mittkoshi Department Store and : “ Leal 4! ’ ‘ ; : 82d sovereignty of Greece. In| good impression by his klan activity At that time. fering their most attractive River from a sand barge at the foot | 7 Monday : not; spread to ‘he Metropolitan Police Board s building and the Imperial its reply to the Italian’ . Lord Robert Cecil, of the British. he said, the Bishop charged that he values. | of Davis street at 5 p. m. yesterday. much change in Theater. These were burned to the ground, as were many other large + Seta in Athens, the Greek Gov- | delegation. declared there was no,was in the pay of the klan, and Read their announcements A hat believed to have been worn | masiny § 9: setae | bulldings. | : he és , ap. , . : +e ‘ a * oe 9 x investi- : te place the dispute be- council to deal with the conflict nor the Bishop replied, “That's a lie.” Estate” columnes and was identified by ly cloudy Sun-| , epte i tba. dae gare : day. said that 700 persone were reported killed when the 1 the Council of the league with of its duty to do so Recently he wrote to the Bishop did offerings listed here ' Harry Stege. 18 years old, as hav- ; Pos geet ni "ew to Srriving at a friendly and! Hjalmar Branting. the Swedish asking as to his rrospect for reap- ; sda » he § ae belonged to hie father, William Week's Weather Outlook. Asakusa fell. Many boats sank in a tidal wave in Ae, = _—" Settlement. 'pefresentative. agreed with Lord pointment, and the Bishop wrote aed — pre Ae Stege, 46, of 8111 Rellly street, a w ASHINGTON Sept. 1.—Weath- | Most of the houses at Numazu collapsed, the ~~ T fs "" fs ‘e nting you with these Fobert and said that the mhole him a short note. making an ap- to give you the details ‘i ¢actory foreman. Stege said that ai pen vteens lor the week beginning | the Imperial railwaystation was swept by fire ee ma the [ithe hhnar by order of | world was looking to the league for pointment for Friday morning. at ‘ ‘ his father had been drinking con- os aay inciede: | Th iw station at . aide: Gree . Then Signor Salandra said the Finance Board office in the Se- The Post - Dispatch ') siderably of late and had threatened | Monesy ast ot dad tower Sty collapsed. e railway 0 Ueno bu : The initials “W. 8." were Upper ee ae imperial palace is in danger. _ a evernment to we Babar f x ead 4 ted si ly to reserve curity Building ~e Sig questi -' that he wanted simply t rve rit; ; ; ; . suicide. . fair with mi senna 9 ating the right to speak on the question’ The Rev. H. H. Johnson of Kirk-|, 5t- Lowis’ One Big Want Directory 1 in the hat. The body has not been peg Bin : Sad , Prince Regent Hirohito Ptue of articles 12 and 15 of the of the competence of the league | wood and the Rev. R. E. Ledbetter | The Perfect Market Place | recovered. se agen rane the cana part: SO — Sue fied saeaeeneemaaamtatipate te OT a ee 6 F ; ag Continued on Page 2, Column 42. Continued om Page 4; Column 5. ROME EON OE ERO man struggling in > the building occupied by the Peers Club; the Tokio arsenal. | “Many disastrous accidents have been reported. . A number of trains running to Tokio have been wrecked during the quake. It ts also reported that a severe tidal wave struck the coast of Yokohama. ; : &- No damage western side of Shizuoka.” : - >> } — —— © 2+) ~ ok Wl i oe eis Fh sey a