St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 2, 1923

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‘OMIC PAGE SATURDAY, ,ECEMBER. 1, 1928. a N\A — 4 ice, Ine. = oft fal advice, ch Want Ad Opportunities pes aa AT. AND BUSINESS SE RVICE, | ST. LOUIS PO! > FOUND ARTICLILS Pp WANTED AND sITU TIONS LES AND W ANTED TO Be INESS OPPORTUNITIES. P ROOMS, BOARDING HOTE] HOU SING Suggestions SS). AND HOMEs FOR RENT L, ESTATE OFFERINGS ae Ws ANS ANI) INVESTMENTS » Than 10,000 Betterment | BUY ee eee ee PART O ONE — | Two MRS, M’CORMICKS w os Nonofficial! | Advi ice peer Commission 21ational Oy ~s n y In of Commerce | sate American Fi- ae x to Serve. POINCARE 1 PING BALDWIN € to Assist Premier to » Office Attributed | tef Successor Might | With France at Me c ef s& 3 oclated Tress. : mmis,,Dec. 1.—-The unwilling- “ the American Government | | pe at members on the repara-_ * commission’ s investigating ses is a disappointment to | _ Government and the | ere of the commission, inas- | | as they believe the iack ran participation would | diminish the prestige with F the commission could have of | attitude was not and what circum consid- | } America ! cted, however, be done has already in such been mg “¢ wy * "> ot As expected another @ made to obtain American through ‘the com- gion turning toward the inter- Honal Chamber et Commerce of hich Willis, H. Booth of New York is president, with ‘a request that the charaber*! @esignate American of distinction in the fi- | ancial world to serve in an ad- Wisory way, The chamber inc hudes 2 countries and is regarded in rep- ations quarters as sufficiently de- hed from Governments and par- n interests to be qualified to it. ItS representatives, it is point- d out, wonld not be tied by in- ructions from any Government. Seth is in Paris now but he let) be known that he preferred not | oo ss.the subject unless it | Said take a more definite form | @ British were quite as anxious s French to have the Ameri- | Government join in the inves- oa Sir John Bradbury, Brit effort will non- bess . Member of the reparation com- | in discussing the creation, he “committees of experts, laid | 1 t tress upon the vital necessi- | | yf “American collaboration, but 4 ot yet ‘known what attitudg / British Government will tal ard continuation of the com- ) “in view of Secretary of | | Hughes’ objection to joining ! * hited inquiry. NCARE SAID TO | GIVING BALDWIN (HELP IN ELECTION DINAND TUOHY, aa pondent of the New B World and Post-Dispatch. “8023.. by the Press ani bu ‘tzer Cos., the New York W orld ithe Post-Dispatch. RIS, Dec. 1.—The belief here | 1 er Poincare, in sanction- figuiry by experts into Ger- B resource and capacity to mparations, was motivated by desire to help the Baldwin tration back to power in Rrearries with it the coral- at Washington might be well M0 abstain from a decision Bethe project until the re- oh. bieway ~ the English elections is | f Barthou of the Repar- mission today support- B Bradbury in a declara- 2 inquiry jwill be into Bof Germany, while in fers Poincare's action meeea or lauded as a com- at is understood that a ePoincare was informed ord Crewe that, in the fa revival of the entente, PMight be succeeded either with or MacDonald, both of nded to break immedi- }the French unless the re far more agreeable with * auterested in Budget. serauous duties of the ‘sec- RI aittee to be numed by the men—those of hunting out ™ Capital—are relatively | eer ds chiefly interested mon of wihrat latitude is ‘Sccorded the first com- Rite etter. to balance the rt sar ‘and stabilize cur- Ss who once said that on 1 Page 2, Letenn 2 "McCormick WHO MET GRACEFULLY MRS. EDITH ROCKEFELLE R McCORMICK, GANNA WALSKA Me- CORMICK. VERS. MRS. MYCORMICK NO. Wives, Past at Dinner Dancé and All Have a Good Time. newts! tn ths, "'spatch., “CHICAGO,. a eee eee epilogue has been written to the affairs of the McCormick family, which have been the object of much interest since the divorce of Harold F. McCormick and Mrs. Rockefe! McCormick and the marrin of the former to Mme. Gant ‘ski: and in less degree sip r MeCormick almost got and finally: did. the family, ler rs of cluai: . of Harold F. McCormick, and Ed- win Krenn, the attendant,of Mrs. tockefeller McCormick, met last night at a private dinner given hy Miss Elizabeth McCormick, daugh- ter of the late R. Hall McCormick, at the Casino Club. “T thought it would be pleasant to have all members of my family resent at my dinner dance,” said ‘Miss McCormick today. And society is wondering wheth- er charming Miss McCormick has a zest for situations, or whether she was really imbued by a desire for cordiality among the many members of the McCormick family. Thus the present Mrs. Harold F. McCormick, in a pale blue gown of beaded gauze, met for the first time her predecessor, the daughter of eee D. Rockefeller, stately in-gold 9rocaded satin. Th was no formal introduc- tion. The two did not sit near each other at dinner, but! later in the evening were seen to-chat togeth- er. And the hostess, in a gown of silver lace with touches of purple, won the admiraticn of all het guests by the perfect manner in which she ignored’ the fact that there were any cross-currents of human emotions that might spoil her party. Presented, too, for the first time to many of her new celations were charming Joan Stevens McCormick, Cormick, whose near marriage with Mary Landon Baker, occupied several chapters in the McCormick annals. Mr. and Mrs. L. Hamilton McCormick, parents of Allister, presented her proudly to friends and kinfolk. Col. Robert McCormick and Mrs. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Chaun- cey McCormick and Robert Hall were among other members of the family present. After dinner Mrs. Rockefelier Mc- | Cormick and Edwin Krenn de- parted for the batik ball where they occupied a box the rest of the evening. All members of the family were pleased that the rmecting had tak- en place, it was said today. It was inevitable, it was pointed out, and it happened most gracefully. Taken 10’ Minutes After Holdup. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—A robber today held up the entire office force of the Hill Button Works in Long Island ,City, escaped with $1500 in pay envelopes taken from the cashier's cage, and 10 minutes later was captured by the police. The money was recovered. ' j ' positive reality,” the United States should join the | that it| ' should take its seat on the Repa- | | rations Commission, | America World in- | past and present wives) | hours ' tures ' should | platform. HAS CHAT WITH NO. 2 ;grown to be one of the most dan- |gerous and complex problems with and Present, Meet | | cratic the English bride of Allister Mc- | |} ably involve America: | GARDNER IVES. HIS VIEWS UN - NATIONAL ISSUES ¥ “PRESSURE i ne HALL LESS SINCE Former Governor Had Pre- Director of Bureau of Muni- viously Been Indorsed for the Presidency by of | Editors Democratic State. FAVORS STRICT DRY a ORCEMENT | Would Have U. S. Join in World Court and Name Representative on Rep- arations Commission. Former Gov. Gardner, whose candidacy for the Democratic nom- | ination for the presidency formal- lly was launched in a resolution of 'indorsement adopted yesterday | the Democratic Press Association at Hotel Statler, last night at the association dinner announced Gardner platform. He advocated tion enforcement making ‘an actual and urged Justice, (‘ourt -of and said that on any would dominate it. Views on Prohibition. Gardner, without referring to his own candidacy or to the resolution which had been adopted a few before, outlined many fea- which ehe said he be in the next Democra Early among these was of pronibition, on board the question which se said: “ nquestionably prohibition has to deal who the nation has had its birth. Only blind they will not see realize that the law is whie since are so to those istration is considered. by millions by | | pressure the | prohibi- | and | that | seen international | believed | tic ly thereafter | draw a | pocket, | bacco, light | fail | being | |flagrantly violated and the admin- of people in this country today as | a joke. Undoubtedly, ing contempt and disregard. of all laws and threatens the very foun- dation upon which a democracy must stand. “The Democratic party, in its national platform, has never tempted to declare for or against Prohibition, The party has naver attempted to decide between the righteousness or of this question, but the Demo- cratic party has, from its birth. been the champion of law enforce- ment, acting on the theory that a! “@S the | taxpayer sertion difficult to dispute, and, intrusted | déed, with power, that we will make tne | law should be enforced or repealed. “Therefore, let us be frank with the people and say if prohibiton an actual and positive reality, that we will spend, if ne- cessary, every dollar in the Federal Treasury, that we will use every soldier and every ship to bring about respect and enforcement of this law. If, then, after a fair and positive test and a demonstration of exactly what prohibition means, the people do not like it, they have | it within their power to quickly modify or repeal it. The present Situation is not only dangerous, it is intolerable!’”’ Foreign Policy Discussed. On policy of the United States, Gard- | ner urged active participation’ in| international affairs. Ate ; ‘ | the sage unrighteousnegs | | for asking | only | tomed to this is. breed- | (away | much, | | Burks seemed ‘the subjects of no the subject of the foreign i letters to the Mayor declaring | within the past week. cipal Research Had Come DE C ‘E MBER 2 \ ANOTHER Sear JOKE, BUT IT WASN’T | ON THE IRISHMAN ——————— ——= — Ship Held an Hour for Him BURKS HAS QUII fore Going on Next Trip. Special to the Post-Dispatch, NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Just be- the Cunarder Samaria was about to sail for Liverpool! at noon today a messenger boy gave a tele- | ,gram to one of the sailing officials, to Be Thorn in Flesh of | Some Officials. DISPLAYED SOME ART IN ASKING QUESTIONS ee Personal Interviews Usually Went Off Pleasantly, but When Results Were Pub- lished It Was Different. —_—_—_— The question-mark figure the Jesse LD. from St. Louis interrogative personality municipal affairs, some City Hall offices the appears to be less to the square inch than it was in the pe- riod of Burks’ activity. Burks’ resignation as director of the Bureau of Municipal Research, which has rumored recently, was verified vesterday by in Washington, and Bakewell Jr., urks’ with the for which he was specifi- employed, ended Oct. 1. October. 1922, the for- mation of the bureau, and the em- ployment of Burks as its active head, were announced. Immediate- Burks’ to the City Hall began. Lofty of Brow, tall and brow and long of 7 with curved stem, would official's from and in been by reau. B year’s work bureau, cally Barly in visits Long of Jaw. rangy, lofty of His black was seldom seat him- Hie was aw. pipe, out of view. He self .beside a city tobaceo’ pouch iis the asking questions. In the art of pipe to have taken sons from the most noted interrog- ators, from Socrates. on. proverb that a soft answer turneth wrath did not concern him for the other do all the answering. But made could points. be without losing their lvice of a leading St. to his been put in but About the assertion Burks was accus- make, in .conversation occasional remark, ‘ “The ought to Know’’—an as- in- a sort of question in itself. Thorn th Flesh to Some. So the personal interyiews usual ly went off pleasantly. But when it came time to publish their re- sults, in the bulletins of the bu- reau, it was not so easy-to keep from stirring up antagonism. And the bulletins, first given out to the newspapers, and recently furnished to the newspapers and the public in the form of a weekly leaflet, ‘made Burks a thorn in the flesh io some city officials. ‘Mind Your Business” is the title of the weekly. Municipal power plants formed less than nine and the Board of Estimate and Apportion- iment, the latest of them issued The bureau business men, “Men making Louis man have Statements, questions.”’ jail for that this could be brought about | 0Utiined a plan of reduction in the without surrendering eigntym or independence of the country and without ‘becoming in- volved in entangling foreign al- liances. That portion of\his prepared ad- dress was: “I should the like to see a foreign policy and a pint- form bottomed on the principles that science and invention had made of the world today one vast family. Hence, that we are in the world and cannot escape being a par. of the world: that settled European markets for the surplus of our farm, forest and mine :re essential to our own permanent prosperity; that we are the cred- itor nation of the world: thar an- other European war would inevit- that we are a Christian nation and that it is our duty to throw our great moral weight behind the Master's mand that there should be on earth and good will towards men; that a demoralized war-torn old world, as well as civilizacion and humanity, looks with hopefui eyes to America for guidance and leadership. “Realizing Demo- CoOll- these’ truths. the | Democratic party should advocate immediate unreservedly and whole- heartedly joining a World Court of Justice. We should immediately take our. seat on the Reparations Commission, or any other proposed committee having for its purpose the adjustment of the reparations ‘Continued on Page 4, Column 5. peace | sover- | number of power plant~ employes, ,and consolidation of plants in some cases, which it declared would save the city $60,000 a year. At one stage in this discussion, Mayor Kiel adopted Burks’ tactics and asked a question. He ask whether the Bureau of Municipal Research would take the city power plants and operate them at. its fig- ures. Burks had wo answer for this at the time, but he later of- fered a plan for operation of the plants under contract, a proposal would be city, The request was not made, and it last accounts, the Board of Esti- trate was telling Burks that der existing conditions” it make no change, asking what the tions’’ not susceptible were. Dispute Over Janitor Service. On City Hall janitor’ service. Burks arrived at a similar impasse with Director McKelvey of-the De- partment of Public Safety. said that janitor costs at the Cen- tral Library and one large office building ¢understood to be Railway Exchange) showed possibility for the City Hall building. McKelvey made to of the replied thut the library comparison did not an-| and that other office buildings | ply, showed a cost approximating that | of the City Hall work. Other discyssions Continued on Page 2, 3 which Ceiumn 7. | message 'coming trom Boston. hour It was signed Thomas Connolly and in effect read that he with 11 oth- ers were to sail on the Samaria and the be late. from would was sent sender The Samaria was held for and a half when faced Irishman came pier declaring he was down the Tom | nolly. He issued in Boston. The Cunard keeled over. “Where are your other 11- who are to sail?’’ gasped an official. ‘“Thim,” smiled Conrolly, “Shure an’ they’re going on th’ next trip o’ th’ ship,” said the nonchalant officials nearly | Irishman. anl| of | Burks have been removed | i'characters ina Burks, | Paul | chairman of the bu-| ‘arrested as ition given by desk, | | fer tamp down a pipeful of to-) and begin | He grabbed his,grip and started up the gangplan. The Cunard of- ficials stood dumbfounded. Capt. Horsburge was at the gangway. There are not sufficient linotype to ind}- cate the forcefulness of the cap- tain’s cS 3 SUSPECT SAYS DIAMOND BROTHERS ADIMTTED MURDERS “We Had to ties Them Works,’ Nicholas Lucciano Declares Morris Dia- mond Told Him. iv the Associaten Prese. NEW YORK, Dec. 1-—Denials by Morris and Joseph Diamond they actively took part in the $43,- 000 robbery in Brooklyn on Nov. 14, when two bank messengers were killed, were contradicted; to- day by Nicholas Lucciano, who |was a suspect on informa- the brothers. In a statement to District Attor- ney Dodd of Brooklyn, Lucciano said that Morris Diamond gave him a first hand description gf the rob- hbery and: murders a few hours af- the crime. Joseph Diamond wes with his brother when he re- cited details of the crime, Lucci- ‘ano said. asking questions, | les- | (as saying The | person had to) Burks | his questions as soft as they| He formed to keep in mir ACQUITTAL IN LAST NAVY TRIAL sales- never | Burks | the | a great saving at | and Municipal Courts | -_--——_ - =~ = — etadetaigeag Pd Pad PAPAL PAPAL LP POLO LPS have | een /navy } and said that | the | ( if it were requested officially. | ( ‘une | eould | while Burks was) “existing conmdi- | change | “We works.”’ h had to give them the e quoted Morris Diamond in Manhattan, the night of the robbery. Lucciano, known as “Cheeks,” is held as a material witness with three other men arrested after the Diamond brothers were taken. Lieutenant - Commander Booth Found Not Guilty of Negligence. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 1.—Lieu- tenant-Commander Richard FT. Booth, eleventh and last of the officers to face courtmartial as the result of the wrecking of seven destroyers on Point Honda the night of Sept. 8, was acquitted today of charges of negligence. Of the 11 officers to face the court, three were found “guilty in some degree and eight were ac- quitted. The degree of guilt af- fixed by the court will not be made public until approved by the Navy Department in Washington. Stories of heroism in the Point Honda disaster, told at the trials of the officers, appear in the True Life Story Section of the Post-Dis- patch today. SUMPTUOUS YACHT SEIZED By the Associated lress. NEW YORK, Vec. 1.—The Dra- gon, described as a sumptuously equipped yacht, was seized by cus- toms men off Port Jefferson, Long Island, tonight, and a large quan- tity of liquor was confiscated, ft was reported to officials at the! barge office here. The yacht was said to be under Canadian registry, with a crew of six men. Details of the capture as regards the amount of liquor on board, or the owner- ship of the vessel, were lacking. i a a a a ~ i i i i i a i i ' 5 4 Spend the Winter’ : In Your Own Home? going to. settle somew here—some- time. Why not settle once and for all in a home of your own?” You down are St. Louis real estate deal- ers are offering many at- tractive homes for sale, and the advantages of ‘ home ownership cannot be > lightly overlooked. In the Post-Dispatch every day 2) until you find the location ‘and price which interests ( you and then see the owner (| or agent. You will both § find it advantageous. The Post-Dispatch St. Louist One Big Want Directory The Perfect Market-Place ~ew STATE asked him to hold the ship as | The | a train an | a ruddy | Con- | presented a third-class ticket ! ' FIRST NEWS PHT FIFTH N SU ~' PAGES. 1—10. SECOND SECTION (ST ORT). 10 ea \ews FOURTH NEWS SIXTH NEWS SECTION & PAGES. _SEVENTH . EIGHTH NEWS WANT SECTION, REAL ROTOGRAVURE SECTION, 8&8 PAGES. ee ek. —————————————————————— eeeooF. Sunday Post-Dispatch Today, 1¢4 Pages | SECTION. 10 PAGES. =. “Pact Be Atét SECTION. 20 PARES. EWS SECTION, 10 PAGES. NEWS SECTION, 10 PAGES. S SECTION, & PAGES. 12 PAGES. ESTATE: SECTION, 12 PAGES. NDAY MAGAZINE, 16 PAGBS. “OMIC SEC CTION, . PAG ES. ee a anne ene ES —_ = PRIC EB io CE ae es ‘HYDE TO DECIDE IN FEW ~ DAYS QUESTION OF CALLING and 11 Others——Others Were | SPECIAL SESSION ON ROADS 6 NOT YET AWARE 10 ROAD Chairman of Highway Com- mission Tells of Situation as Presented to Gov. Hyde Last Summer. ‘COMPELLED BY LAW |. TO BUILD IN SPOTS x. = Missour?’s Chances for Con- nected System Meager the | that | 000 on which to play. for Many Years Without By a Staff Correspondent | Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., 1.— The full measure of calamity which threatens the ‘ State has not dawned Dec. road upon chair- program Missouri yet, Theodore Gary, man of the State Highway Commis- sion said to the Post-Dispatch to- day. The Highway Commission last summer told Gov. Hyde that un- less $2,000,000 a year additional revenue was provided by Jan. 1 next, it would be highly proble- matical whether any more of the $60,000,000 bonds couldbe mar- keted next vear or that following. The commission made no recom- mendation, leaving the Governor to determine whether the Legislature should be convened to meet the emergency. ‘“‘I'nless the program is steered off the rocks toward which it is headed,”’ Gary said, “a blow will be dealt to road construction § in this State the effect of which will not be erased for a decade. Status of Finances. y Jan. 1 contracts will have been let for the proceeds of the $15,000,000 in bonds which have been sold. With the revenue now in sight we might possibly issue $2,000,000 in bonds during the lat- ter part of next year. I seriously doubt that and certainly sane busi- ness men would not go further un- less receipts in 1924 frottr the vari- ous sources of road revenue far ex- ceed\ our expectations. “Under the provision of the Cen- tennial Road Law compelling us to work in all the counties sim- ultaneously we have been able to build only a glorified patchwork. “We have built many miles of roads, a mile here, eight miles there, 15 miles somewhere else. We have constructed enough hard roads to reach across the _ State several times, yet Missouri has no road that goes anywhere either secondary or primary. route has some good road with bad stretches between. “I'nless we are enabled to issue | $15, 000,000 in bonds next year and ia like amount in 1925 the same | thing will have to continue, con- struction in little dabs. Effect of Lack of Funds. “By revenue, we can complete the con- ltracts which will be let by Jan. 1 and then work in large part will ‘have to stop. Our buying power lwill be decreased, we will have to ‘pay {higher prices for every ton of | stone and every yard of gravel, our | organization will begin to disin- ‘'tegrate and the overhead cost, now i'down to a little more than 3 per ‘cent, will soar. Maintenance may even have to be’trimmed and that is unthinkable. The morale of our organization, now at the pitch of a-successful football team, every man fighting to make work a success, will drop off. | “Some figures have been circu- ‘lated tending to show that /icommission has ‘danger of the computations are imises that no sane poreee accept. the situation. based on business man | $10, 000.000 of bonds next year on Every | | i ee IIS, GARY SAYS ‘Latest Currency Designed to Pre- | More Funds Immediately, of the Special to'the Post-Dispatch. The checks came three weeks ago. rere ior OB-lD CUP PREPS “Tf we do not get the additional with | the | exaggerated the. Those | pre- | The advocates of | St. ‘those ficures’ would have us issue | , foot. ’ HYDE UNDER FIRE OF EDITORS FOR FAILURE TO GALL ROAD SESSION AILURE of Gov. Hyde’ to call a special ‘session of the Legislature for enactment of legislation which Chairman Gary of the State Highway Commission declares is neces- sary for speedy completion of the State’s good-road system, although urged to do. so by scores of citizens in all parts of the State, apparently drew fire of the Democratic editors in session here yesterday. Among resolutions adopted by the editors was the follow- ing: “We deplore the disposition of the Hyde administration to approach and deal with prob- Jems of vital import from a viewpoint of political exped- iency rather than one for the public welfare.” NEW STYLE $I BILLS - RELEASED BY RESERVE BANK } | | general vent Alteration, by Making Any C hange Quickly Recognizable. Few St. Louisans who got new one-dollar bills at Federal Reserve janks yesterday noticed that the new “silver certificates” were of a different and simpler style. New bills of the one-dollar de- nomination were released yesterday in Federal Reserve banks through- out the United States, the first of the new currency recently author- ized by Congress, and bills of $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 denominations will make i ap- pearance soon. The new dollar bill bears a por- trait of George Washington on tha face, with a plain paneled back lib- erally marked with the denomina- tion of the bill. They are designed aléiig the lines of simplicity in or- der to prevent alteration by making any change easily recognizable, Government officials say. The old bills Wilf be returned to the National Treasury for destruc- tion as they are received by the banks in the ordinary course of business. As has been previously announced, no more two-dollar bills will be issued, REFUSES U. S, COMPENSATION Veteran Returns $1516 Given Him for Disability Incurred in War. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dee. 1. Lyman FP. Hunter has returned two checks totaling $1516 given him by the Veterans’ Bureau for disability incurred during the war, saying he was in the service only a short time and does not feel en- titled to such compensation. Upon discharge from the army he became ill of tuberculosis, He sought help from the bureau, and his claim was approved, but before he received the money he régained his health and obtained a position, PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND TOMORROW; COLDER TODAY THE ) ayer te a rURES. 4° ' 5 Official fore- cast for St. Louls and vi- cinity: Part- ly cloudy to- day and t- morrow; cold- er today. M iss ouri: Partly cloudy today and to- morrow; cold- er today; ris- ing tempera- ture in north portion. IHinois: Part-| ly cloudy to-| day, somewhat | unsettled this) morning; cold- er today; to-| morrow, fair. Stage of the Mississippi River at) Louis 4.9 feet, a fall of .1 of) Sun rises today at 7:02; sun sets | ‘the supposition that receipts from | at 4:39. | | ithe motor vehicle Hcense will in- | crease $500,000 over those of this| | year, which I think sets expecta | tions too high. Even then it would leave a margin of only about $200,- It will not do to jockey with the credit of the State to that extent. “The commission took its stand only after careful deliberation and is sure of its ground.” Week’s Weather Outlook. Ry the Assoctated Press. | WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Wea- | ther outlook for the week. begin- ning Monday includes Upper Mis- sissipp! and Lower Missouri val- leys: Considerable cloudiness, oc- | casional snows or rains; colder first of week and .frequent alterations of temperature thereafter. | telegraphic _railroad wreck at | nore Thursday night, ee WILL TAKE A TRIP FOR HEALTH AFTER CHRISTMAS Governcr Cancels All En- gagements for This Week in St.. Louis and Else- where and Is Now at Ex- celsior Springs for a Brief Stay. WILL CONFER WITH CHAIRMAN GARY Refuses to Discuss State- ments From Prominent Citizens, Most of Whom Favor Speeding Up Road — Work. Hyde. at Excelsior Springs said he would reach a decision this week as to the calling of a special session. of the Legis- this month to pass meas- Gov. last night, lature ures, ing out of the State Highway Com- mission’s good roads program. Hefote reaching @ @ecision,, thé Governor said, he wij) confer fur- ther with Chairman Gary of the Commission. Gary has said that the holding of a special session is necessary, if highway construction is not to be slowed down almost to the stopping point, at a time when the state is stili without one first- class, completed through highway. The Governor announced yester- day the cancellation of his engage- ments for this week in St. Louis and elsewhere, because of the state of his health. . He will stay at Excelsior Springs a few days, and he is planning a trip to Flor- ida, but will not leave until after Christmas. Now at Excelsior Springs. A Post-Dispatch correspondent who talked to the Governor in Ex- celsior Springs asked him what. he thought of'the statements of per- sons in all parts of the State sent to the Post-Dispatch in response to inquiries and printed Wednesday and Friday. In most of these statements, the Governor was urged to call the special session, to speed up the road work. Gov. Hyde replied that he dia not care to discuss the matter for publication. The first announcement of the Governor's plans for a trip to Florida indicated that he meant to go. immediately, and left the ime pression that the question of call- ing an extra session might be passed on to Lieutenant-Governor Lloyd. The Lieutenant-Governor yesterday would not state his atti- tude, except to say that he agreed with Gov. Hyde that the road com- mittees of both houses of the Legia- lature should agree on the-action to be taken, before a special ses- sion Is called. The Governor has. appeared to be deterred both by uwuneertainty whether the Legislature might take the needed measures, and by a further unce®tainty as to the possible political effects of an exe tra session at this time. Hyde Under Nervous Tension, Gov. Hyde has been under cone siderable nervous tension in the past few days, aside from the presa- sure of the road situation. He suf- fered a nervous shock in the recent: Pleasant Hill, 'and since that accident he has had difficulty tn sleeping. This haa. caused hig present urgent need for a physical rest. One of the engagements which the Governor has canceled was to attend the Gridiron Club dinner In Washington, next Saturcay night. He was to speak in the Coliseum before the State Teachers” Association. Tate replies, received by the ° Post-Dispatch yesterday to ita telee grams of inquiry sent throughout the State as to opinion on = cial session, were, Tike the Contiianel en Page 3, Columa ea to make possible the carry" —