St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 6, 1923

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COMIC PAGE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 565, ran YoU HE: Fo A LiTri.& MOTHER aewhyu ts wmpealing for 9 house. giri to assist with the work? See posi -pisPatcy Hitt WAN’ ADS gt. Louis Best imployment Medtum 1923. meena ee 4 ee ee ame ae - -- —_———— ee eee —- 31. LOUIS POST- UISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. ee ee ee eee (Complete Market Reports) , EDITIO — na “NO. SY. ST, LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC EMBE R 6, a — — }/LTERATION TON CITY TAK BOOKS SHOW Lieut. C. H. Griffi LOSS By the Associaied Press Phowed no variation. automobdtie owner” class 45 cases in Which appar- § TRIED TO KIDNAP BERGDOLL AND HAS NO REGRETS, SAYS AMERICAN IN GERMAN COURT s Asserts He Was Prime Mover in Effort to Take Draft Evader. Who ‘Ran Like a Coward’, event. of need temperature Fri BROKER'S PROFIT ‘G. Herbert Walker Have Made $800,000, the ON GRANBY STOCK PUT AT $300,000 May Confesses ~~ — —— = — -— —_—~ ~~ so 192 5- j—48 PAG GE o. nme — — TT PRICE eu doth i ' ' GIRL SAYS ARSON WAS TO COVER UP FLIGHT WITH MAN Body of His Friend in Hilsing Put r ‘date for the Mexican presidency ) | dt is stated semiofficially that the marine forees at Vera Cruz have joined Gen. Sanchez in repu- A ST arrived here yesterday. they left Mexico City because of tivities in the district and has is-i ~~ sued a ploclamation announcing that any persons resiating his fol- > lowers will be pine to the , erpotat possible » on PRE NI ASKS.FOR TA REDUCTION, FAVORS WORLD COURT; OPPOSES BONUS President’s “Paramount” Point THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Je. ch ar_ex A’) al ke ah * cA Liye Vt ee ee UA 7 sane ‘442-4 oa Lt4 A«1 | The President was asked by Washington correspondents to write The statement by Miss Anderson} Out with his own haad what ke thought was the most tmportant pas- Li-e ya A A 4 f. AAL vi t vA oo. 4s ff - * Ou rp tir 4 VA CLs é oar es; f s f* ; yt cf denne ial ch La4 Ab 2a Let tly | / ea ant f-to)*. | eH. A+ Fe Oe wy Se Aw r4 Las Vai (444A Pore a . ‘ fo VA (i Soieci eo LLisA — ae Me, Tn | sage in his message, and Mr. Coolidge wrote what appears ahove. ee ee ee SANCHEZ, CHIEF. AT VERA URUL, DEFIES OBREGON Military Leader Said to Have Risen Against the Central Government ait Mexico City. A ee tee eee ——— te Aasociated Press MEXICO CITY, Dee. 6.—Gen. | ' Guadelupe Sanchez, Chief of Mill- | tary Operations in the State of Vera isv the Cruz. is reportec in unconfirmed advices received here toduy to ‘have risen against the Obregon (lovernment in favor of Adolfo de la Huerta. the Co-Operatista candl- diating the Central Government. A train from Mexico City for Vera Cruz was stopped last night at Orizaba and returned to Mexico City. Senor de la Huerta and various political leaders in sympathy with him are in Vera Cruz, having left Mexico City Tuesday, The. Heraldo do Mexico, which is the chief newspaper supporter of the De la Huerta candidacy, did publish this morning. The El Mondo, also a De la Huerta organ, has been sold and its director, Deputy Martin Luiz Guzman, has left Mexico City, sup- posedly for Vera Cruz. ‘pecial dispatches from Celaya, where President Obregon has been ,; convalescing from illness, state | that he is returning immediateiy t» Mexico City and that he will cvrive probably late tonight. not newspaper VERA CRUZ, Dec. and an umber of other Députies, They said | lack of guarantee for their per- sonal safety. Senor de ta Huerta himself said his decision was in-. spired by rumors as to measures” | planned by those opposing his can- | vy. He also severely criticised | _ the policy of President Obregon, tain which he declared was founded iS a traitor to man| ° ° ° . MOSBACH, Baden, Dec. 6. and God. The Bible says man niust Testimony m Suit for Cottage and Setting It J Asesment Fieures Re- Lieut. Corliss Hoover Griffis of stand by his brother. Bergdoll did $173 000 Indicates Afi (Cc du ed $1 062.000 b Hamilton, O., unburdened himseif! "°t do this. Instead he broke his , ; | irc. e ONnvrTr ° ™~. ila " vey X? ar : i F ee s irht, 1922.84 : Cc way ’ y ima’ Dhefore the. German court 2h “ote cap away like a coward. | a ° , 4 ergdoill was not in court, we-, ; WAN Fraudulen' Changes; Ir- here trying him for the pa ¢ be maining with the other writnesiona te $400 A SHARE, ‘SAYS SHE ASSISTED IN AW AN MAAK ¢ \ \ ti Will Be in played in the attempt to kidaan | in an antervom awaiting the call to BI ANKE OPTION 250 \S ; reguiar! i€s Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Ameri- | testify. $ BREAKING INTO GRAVE .\ ‘ = | \, YX : “an d_ait evader, at Lberbach last Lieut. Victor Nelson of Minne- | WSS IT TA by the Grand “*” | . si : WS Yr Take vestigated y i ites Cheeilta | palaces in detaj) Sota also is on trial. Each is liable Th S L 4 vial SAN To ease preguntas os "| to 20 years’ imprisor t 4 -¢] t t t | . YO 9 SERENE a 20 year prisonment if toe Asserted a . Lous. . Se NS ACQUIRE A Jury. now and why ne conceived the) jury decides the charge of Ate | s Denies Insurance Plot hia REAL COMPLEX plan to capture Bergdoll and take! tempted murder can be substan- Firm Cleared $25 a Share) Day and Night They Ht tn), him back to America. tiated Wi BUT 1 Sit OF a ce 3 2 eg | | f 3 DOE sayy’ | cures ALTERED IN Griffis repeatedly asserted he Nelson, who drove the car for | on 20,000 Shares—Com- | Saw Pursuin Fares She | MEAAS ANITTHING ! was the prime mover in the plot,| Lieut. Griffis when the kidnapinzg | ‘ ‘ . & , CASE OF POLI MICIANS | and that, while many American of-/ attempt was made at the hotel of | pany Denies Big Profit. | Declares | ficers in Paris were taware of his) Bergdoll’s uncle at Eberbach, hopes | “ = | plans, the Americ Ln Legion had | to prove that he knew nothing of} That G. Herbert Walker of G ; Dict. and John Kratz, D. | nothing to ws So ont ee | the plan, and waa only obeying I HT a " . £C Og oe Ges | By the Associated Press _~ Motives Purely Patriotic. orders of a superior officer. ‘see De porra ee “een es | NAPA, Cal., Dec. ¢6.—Miss Boro- ), lerael and Charles; Nis motives were purely patriot- Bergdoll Files Claim. } ment. brokers, Broadway and Lo-) 11. anderson, held liere with Kd liw« ee "Re ; ~~ ‘ 7 . “ _ | Pr 4 ‘ ’ ( h it ‘ at ic, Griffis asserted. He schemed,| Bergdol) filed with the court} cust street. made at least $500,- b eee 5, te teta A i, r ark ne ue tails | alae) Mike Ute eek Pee To | ard J, Sailstad in connection with | fee Among Those Wad) one iota of ccune other Ameri, | pore, today his claim against Grif-| 99, ang possibly as much at $800-| seo charge in Lau Cla with the aid of some other Ameri- | ¢j¢g « "ole ! men Rees i arson charge in Eau Clair: ° Al Fe 6st toe, Ete tone sien | fis and Nelson together with Faust 1000, in the sale in 1916 of the | : ag: 7 , Would Benefit by the «| Cans, it he himse lad NO idea OF! Gagrin and Car! Sherber for 600, | ‘ am a Missa aces . | Wis., today admitted to Napa au-:'} ls , ) )}a : fTaryv tts .P , Ses me IV © >it) yt Shith) ** : ; ti He ie V l Sees i ae 4 aarp atone | 900 gold marks. the equivalent of | : — st — mf : si ae 'thorities full complicity in the! tera ons in ax ailla- orce 2eF2a0 was In 1e nied | $15090.000, for personal injuries | the American 41ine, ad atit vile latiien’ ‘ E ie here Seer: | e urning of the house cont: yo , States to face the American GOv- | (Schmerzensgeld) and other iam [ing Co., has been testifieu in the | ong “A : aye COnchE iitineanti a charees fee pins : ce ES ete . 1e y of All: McI’nee 4 tions. ‘ote scala bashers ae __,: , ages in consequence of the alleged! yoceedings brougnt by Mrs.‘ Ida | wy oe Aten Scrnee = ae | One hundred million Ameri- | vonspiracy to spirit him out of Ger- Mary Loud, of 3219 Russell ave- | plot to collect insurance Delib ate chat was in the City ; Cans, Said Griffis, “know the | many and the wt hsequent attack | nue, against the St. Louis Union According to her statements, werate Chanses } yo *tdamnable things committed byj{ of Aueust 10 The elaim Includes | prust Co ; made to District-Attorney Thomas | Assessors’ records, seis stapes reduged | Bergdoll, who is American-born | doctors’ bills, Bersdol) asserting | “he St. Louis Unien Trust Co | ©. Anglim, of Napa, Miss Ander- 45 tax assessments of individuals ;vhose father was was American- _ that five stitches were taken in his! o-43; trustee of the estate of Mrs, | Son admitted that she had acconi- and business firms by a total) of | re Ry and who betrayed his | head after he was black tacked by | iar} Jane Hlanke, mother of Mrs panied Sailstad to the cemetery and $1 009 100 causing FS loss to the try in time of war. Sherber and Karl Schmidt ISO | fs ina chief beneficiary under rhe : aided in cdisinterring the body. The os siahly SSateaee ag # os de : “IT know we planned to violate) thar bis clothing was ruined will. Testimony has shown that | body then was taken to the cot- Sage ae = eity in tax revenue of $25.521.135. | the German as well as the I'rench | A separate item of expenditure: «. Walker Co. received a broker's | taé&e, she said, and placed in a pyright,. 1923, by II. C. Fisher, Me Pill be investigated by the grand! laws, but I did what I felt to be my/1s one gold mark fur the «1x wisto:| . —— "5S » share on 2?0-/Jnattress after which Sailstad | ie Mark Reg. U. S. Pat a |! eonmmission of $25 a share on | | —_" 6. Shere atent Office ) jury, following the accidental dis- duty. | failed. IT have no regrets. | eartridees fired by Beredoill tn AP | 00 shares of stock in the Granby: | started the fire which burned the y of FiceR, THERE'S ~— “covery of one of the gross irregu- | A man like Bergdoll who will not| shuffle. one of which = KiNed! transaction. or 2500.000. and that | house. , nal = . : . ; . ; . | ; , stand with his own brother in an! Sehmidt. Walker handled two deals on tae} MURDER Bains | ro ~farities yesterday. 3 | | sieieaiiatiadthiccaiibaiai teliteemerenin —=! side in this stock. ‘said she drove around in the anu- Done IN v" t bag. : The alterations, constituting the fb 1 “CONGRESS “ADJOURNS r At the offic_.s of G. H. Walker &@& | tomobile with Sailstad in which the AND JCF’ | biggest City cial! scanda’ since fhe I ‘ OLEMENCY FOR POLIT , 7 'Co., William L. Becktold. an offi- fico was ~ for about a hat? “¢ ; P ° > ¢ “cy o ‘olinare ré = > nn MM. Weare ayo eee” Oe 8 | PRISONERS : was not true that the Walker com- © ey alas 5 Pe sie he Ji at sesnsasnebialiioaill S * a , Vhile Sailstad was in one room | . | y pany received $25 a share for the; — | | $aewexclusively in the Night Hei | grenert of Special Committce Re- , Senate Passes Bill tor 85000 An- sale of the Granby stock nor any | °f the house starting the fire, Miss | tion of yesterday's Post-Dispatch ferred to Daugherty by President ual Pension for Widow of lother large profits. | Anderson continued, she was in Beneficiaries of thegeduced tax With Request for Prompt Ac- “3 ee pct a | “None of that is true and John cei hehe and heard him strike , A : ted tion. , en eee eee ee \I Goodwin (Mrs. Loud’s covnse.? | 1€ match. figures include a number of per: | snecte the Post-UVispaich. WASHINGTON. Tee. 6.—hHlave | ae aia Pe in not’ true” ‘said Beck. Financial difficulties caused Sail- Seer! Knewo ip politics.| as) wy ASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—All in- | ing perfected tt# organization ana ‘told. “We do not discuss our pri- | Stad to exhume the vody vi nis, ye ‘Well as some known th politics tn | dications today resi to ear'y nc President wee annua! vate business in the newspapers | friend, Allan McPhee, frum a cem: #4 eal) way Among the wpoli- | ance favorable action by the Presi- Bev peagglee the new Congress today land have no statement to make.” | etary near Lake Nebagamon Wis. | Melans are Charles Krutz, former | @©™! on the widespread call for ex- | 28 Its et Bet See) hetal wee | The action by Mrs. Loud ts to| 4?d bury tt in a cottage that his | gee Céunci! 1} ’ , ecutive clemeney in the cases of of the passine of Presiden’ Hard bass cover $172,000 from the trust wife might collect hi: 12 0V0 An Clitiah, and fh wrother | ne 0 i . | i th Se : , eet: see ance icles . ing 3. ' 7 siffbaadess 189) iihe “political prisoners, eetes oe eth Senate itt House ad icompany on the ground that 1735 | Surance policies, according to Sail- pe Kratz; D WD. Israel, owner of | port of the President’s special in- | /OUrBed until Monday out of -e- lal 3 - of Granby stuck in the| 8tac’s confession to the District At- i 4 ou . . ‘ ; > ? : or bondsman ; and State Senator | act promptly went forward from | privilege Roth ee oa Sa tnerease Over Option Price. ; My true epee is Idward J | Michael Fenne: lu \inney's | vie White House yesterday. the House. } ' Counsel for Mrs. Loud has con- | Poarged ge Rae Raye. a ; he » depar nt e 7 | : bes at he ‘sust | Ex aire, s.. wl > an fase, the reduction is a compara. | When the department completes The Honse unanimousiv adopted 'tended that. although seo is ae ae ‘edie sn chains pipes - . L: % *j } : , » ] je ; ‘ rn = : ‘ . » ‘ r e rive ¢ Oo , ren sb ait ; . . | tively trivia! one. and the prop- | Ale pol be the President will hav: 2 resolution hy Representative Rur- | company had given an op : >| tems henéres iles from lake N erty, while now Ix poe age ;oefore him a statement on the ton of Ohio anthorizing apromt. | the Walker Co. to buy the Granby . Reagge ee | erty, : ity NINDeY S NAME | Coces from all possible angles. It ment of a committee te be com | Stoc k in the Blanke estate at $250 a ace a Mlone-d formerly to the Lemp! is believed at the White House thit | posed of a House nemb-r tran ja Share, they had no legal right | of “gy 4 — . ' j , e6 2 ree anf Brewery. h " wil] lose no time in announcing each State. to 20-00 ‘pate with ito git e an option on any property MI oo ] 9] * ates erg eee © |} eat | - | ; +? ! ronogra pl : Ys fin Transposition of Figures. | decision after he receives the; similar Senate committee, in sug i held in trust; should not have a a Mecca a haga a n : eK Besides th Ltsereie ad a , combined recommendations of the raeting enme WAY in 7} ch Con i'turned over the stock to the brok- b d } ti d ts nie frie Pe ; ] s e celtberate shane: , ' é ‘ned tc , nds and | ty! a7 { IA ne | Cepartment and the independent | gress ean give evidence of its «> |ers, and, therefore, is liable to ae ht ul ° ( fc | ni Tr ® Wiecbare indicated bv erasures on | investigators. ‘egret over President Pardine’- |the Blanke estate for every penny riage toring . a "gga a | | | ASS r > ina i ® the city records. 12 instenceg of | Charles Nagel of St. Louis. for- | death. chad the Granby stock hrought | rm eviconin see v2 is oo hoy miele . or | = A i iy co a a8 ‘ona errors In transposition | mer Cabinet member who has bee SS ee a ee i} when subsequently sold by the | fies for # crash [ th x ee “fp P@ figures froin the Assessor's! 2n active champi kers ~ : ' # from the Assenjor's | .n ampion of amnesty, SQVIET RELEASES PRIS brokers, fs spine: (roe Sia St . | Sry et ink of dropping from sight. leav- | ae to the tax bills, have been | saw the President again a few days 3 ES ONERS | The trust company ‘fficials have ing no vy ord with ms wife or any. hat igh magi ccsents vy dec Gog ‘go and urged release of the pris- CONVICTED IN CHURCH RAIDS | stated they felt legally bound $e friend. With this thought in min re io favor of the taxpayer and | | ‘10ers a8 a measure of justice rath the option; that it was given In : : (OC ° I began to luok about and wait un- | inst \ t j . {} i ¢ arta sc sie ao oe ~ rey j j when the is ‘ } ean ge . ks oe: ah wn a mere “Christmas gift.” First of Group. tecluding Bishop | 0°? faith. = Lot ales heen | tl someone died In the neizhbor- | age . In these cases, of delid- | ‘my amnesty workers have no-| Benedict. Same Facing Death. trust company ne Geanie utes . hood f my stature, one who was, i Htent to deprive the city ef | tr ed recently a marked change In Given Freedom. glad to have sola ae . ie war without frienc. or relatives. | & enue. : | {| o attitude oft Department of Js- Ev the 4senciated Press outright for $2 50 " gma yt Vv beg ran ¢ think that it would ie p The inquiry, as far as it | ice officials. The. former ten- PETROGRAD, Dec. 6.-—The first only yh sa rig cage Fosensgth i easy to substitute a body for my ® indicates that th _ 4 | dorey di cattle vos ee eet en to alkers rt : . eile Se ithe: ia e responsi | Cer ey to answer appeals for clem- | of the group of prisoners sentenced sute that they obtained the dis- own, urn it and make a_ Clean elv to be placed on per: ;eney with remarks about the rray- + OUls . : . : brok getaway. or ws the e inw inf the Aanse eer, OTST i 'in connection with last vear’s trials jetin, informatien that the brok : : Mmpiov o lé Sssessor "3 | ty ‘) the overt acts allezve d . - ld t $460 a share “On Aug 17. 1920, l left Mau lee. Or those who had access to| against the prisoners has given for interfering with the seizure of ig et digs nr : oe rent to | Claire and went to Douglas Coun- Atsessor s books vay to intimations that the ea , | church treasures, including Bishop |for tt. The rye gate an hag ty on a supposed business trip At yt Sy ; ti out o hit a s i From a cursory examination ot | are being favorably considered * | Be nedict. some of eee were | Walker, 9 a Lake Nevogemon | learned that on , ; | original! 2 ‘ed t sath. he h would make too much mon*y . : ence so far tound ety offi@als ae a LE See WOON eR De originally sentenced o deat 1, Have ; : Aug 13 Allan McPhee. a casun! ‘think t leased, it W: red to- | out of the deal, and prevailea un- | Aus. toe, Mc , asu: y charg r@ of third- dex ree for: ' : a eel released, it aS announce Oo - f i } h: d A { ied tha rary Bry could | nfoxteation Commission Proposed | day. on him to give the Blanke estete riend, Na een burie tc ve , x ye plnced aginst) the] Ry the Assortater Prope ' $200 a share. tnsead of $250 pro- day. I went to the cemetery and oe OF persons who altered the WASHINGTON Dec ree m vided in the option. found the sexton. who proved to te ‘i tf individual guilt could be] potntment of a commission to de- | FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; ) Profit of $130,000 a friena of mine. He showed me! hed P > One Profit o 0,000. unishment for third |termine what alcoholic content of. ...| where McPhee. who | remembered ae ts | A deposition yesterday by Elias] - ry is imprisonment in| q peverage ts tn fact tntoxicating | was about my build. would fit tn Ba rttentiary hot to exceed isev ‘ eer mod S. Gatch of 5266 Westminster. place with my purposes. | int-nded to re. one: PEODORED TR a bi! introduced | THE TEMPERATURES. who was president of the Granby di , d d 'today by Senator Spencer, Repub. | turn, dig up McPhee'’s body an tes : aM te, Wess uscne sl Bee Whe oes 34/company. disclosed a Walker trane-/ 1 it a. my own and disappear “ Books Virst Prepared. ican. Missourt. ye Se ees eRe xe sjlaction in Granby stock that re- ni ge : oe ‘ a. Ml. « . «+? @. (Th, ~.seese : \ Rod i! is. igs ip making up ee ee ee 4 a ~~ *pihe : a ee 4] turned a profit of $130 000 Digs Up y- Of real estute assess- | ¢ 2 + CK onoore etl " <.''* Prepares tn March of dah ryy 8] Ba Mere see se SO OB mm cir laa] Gatch married’ trito the. Burnes We rape Phot payee hos. poe ee’ What are called his blotter |? Look lLhem Over! | “ ugh -eeauebeit 31 4 x Mm thon 46 | oenity.- whict oes - ie prow De on the morning of Aug These took , ee oe ial s-s"""| per cent of the entire Granby fs- | se hooks bearing) the , | Highest ses | 2. including 900 shares owned| 20 I returned to the cemetery. 4 Shown on the Pistrict Lars. W e Mean | terday 36, at ney hitrieelt’ Fe testified that all hi« found an old shovel and dug 1p “oc plat nre thrown open I$ ' | |FE 1S ONE 4:50 , ~h; stock was sold to Walker at $400 McPhee’s body. ! took the hody : ers when the vVitv Board : ‘ lowest . cas rried it to 3 EBanalization ite Se k The e00t: -elteken ane CONGRESS | ower 82. at). share gross. or $376 net. and thar paca Lon Be no Mees 3 | \§ oecs Gude? sa ine, tin AFTER ANCTHER aR pp all heavy stockholders. (other than 7 oer the Roard of Fqnaltaaltion | 2 ath ee ee Official fore- |. st Louis Union Trust Co as| then returned to the empty gra e. WMS, the Ritiumcnte Slscixe 1 ¢ the Past-Dispatch’s Auto- 2 ss) cast for st. t uae of the Rianke estate) re- dumped the empty casket into t. oUt the final tax hooks and |? nodtics" classified « Ont) st Louis and vi- deidad the eame price. | filled the grave and did my best Dills) anc sends them o|$ — i lca cinity: Forte 4 to make it appear that the erave DPtrotler The Compfrol- \ ¢ ‘hats the only way tn the 2] ne tonight a 6 Be .. SanEeS ne es eres son had not been tampered with é e checks the bills against |) world ce find ont how Bood } Friday; rising en ak Dike eran: neg Pe “The + xt day 1 dng McPhee’s t the ke. and forwards the pills | ( Rey COON BIO ae (6 an le ole 1918 by the Fidelity bod _from the gravel pit wrapped a City Collec tor, wh : ¢ mnie lid 4 | h Frida The ing ho sends snlene valuee they afe y. hia ust. Cc ft Canvas. and carried it to A SOU for collect , : lowest. tonteht | 297 Colam Tr °: laced Pi a oy aioe Le it's ao secret that @ little ill be eboot| ville. Ky, for the fwald tr 8 rpedwey Sea The SOMNETETT erations which have Been | : service rendered often — 7 This offer. he ond. was oanear : corpse jn ox eT nek ane ¢ 30 ' rent os which are onen to.) ¢ out matertails tmoatring ‘| Miss o uri: : | lat tas C but in the \seeascr’s | § the car tn anv wav That's ( Fair tonight to b books. W hich are SUP poOs- | Darticulari¢ true «ft the and. _Pridar: e ra only to the Aspes- | models offered nhere—many rising Meow ai ‘ Ce force. The bills, pre- | ¢ ature ay. are tn firet-claes shane : the Assessor's offic Pe, were i$ fllinots: air He correspond with the! al- r . investigation af them will 4a “tontrht ead RE. so that the Comptroller's put vou tn the “satisfied ; Fridays visto: er Fes cause the belief that The Post Dispatch i te ee a ee eo ee ' fo ws ot. Pt ee 1S ate eagusem ite Cee Seinen Semel gvcord © total of taxable _ é ; Redunc d fro $1,844 030 The Perfect Bpensertivanre sf ey Rat er oth on Peleg 3, Colma Be Bed eon Sun _vikes” at 7,06, to st ‘Louta 62.teot 2 ae PSR aie Bes 5 6.—The : pe Ss “4 #7 GHINESE BANDITS | Ry the ed and all who could not be identified 6.—-Adolfo , Yan-Gren, foreign missionaries sta- de la Huerta, accompanied by Sen- tioned at Lachokow have filed. The ator Zubaran, Deputy Prieto Lau-/| mission station there was burned rens, ‘chief of the Co-Operistas, the , and two native teachers are miss- principal party backing Huerta, | ing. BURN TOWN: 2020 DEAD OR INJURED Advices Reaching Pekin Tell of Looting of Lik- wankia in Attack That Occurred Last Month. meee ee Associated Press tEKIN. Dee 6.—-—Bandits sca'!ea the walls of Likwankia in South western Honan Province and to»? 10d burned the towr sone dave aco. according to advices receives today from a mission station at La Chekow tn Hupeh Province across the bourdary line from the burneé ron Two thousand dead and ed were left behind wh dits abandoned the smoking ruins of the town the advices said Al. though the attack occurred tn mid- November. details of tt were de- layed in reaching the rest of the world by the tsolated position of Likwankia. far up a tributary of the Hankiane River Int by NOtorious Outlaw. Led by the notorious Lao Yan- Gren, who has been terrorzing set- tlement salong the Nonan-Hupeh border, the bandits swooved down on the town unexpectedly. They used poles and ropes to make secal- ing ladders with which they sur- mounted the wall about the town. Groups of townspeople were tied together, kerosene was thrown over them and a match touched to it, turning them into living torches, the report said. It continued: “So numerous were the disfig- ured corpses that a big pit was dug wound fhe 945 were dumped therein.” Alarmed by the activities of Loa Continuing His Activities, Lao Yan-Gren, continuing his ac- & Pe FIRST MESSAGE | | Galleries and Floor Crowd- 4 HAS PROGRESSIVE. STREAK, AVARIETY UF PROPOSALS ‘Coolidge Covers Ground Not Often Entered by Presidents—Terseness of Expression Is Marked. } SAYS TAX CUT MUST HAVE RIGHT OF WAY ed and Many Outside Hear Executive — His Manner of Speaking Pleasing. | By CHARLES G. ROss, Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dee. 6.-—Presl- dent Calvin Coolidge broke his of- ficial silenee this afternoon with a series of short, sharp explosions, Delivering his message in person to the new Congress at a point session of the Senate and the House fn the House Chamber, the President declared against the ¢gldier bonus in a ton-word, une adorned sentence, «xpressed his unqualified approval of the Mellon tax reduction plan and indorsed the Harding-Hughes proposal of Ameirean adherenee to the World Court. In addition, the President, in a message taking a little, over an hour to delivér, put forth specifie recommendations on a large Vare liety of topics. <0 Le aie - 7 a ihe: oe) : wa MO Pe Re eae f ~ ee. seees 4hy pas #8 Lf e a ‘ . e Feed Mae ca as errs hi" ess 7 oo * c oe j ¥ . Nghe 5 ee tes : ft oe 5 Se . “i PP ie es oe ae ya he» ae MA . cs t he Mm Sata! DfES I Ps Oh ae be Sk eas s eS me rey et) Both on the part of Congressmen. and the Washington public, there was eager curivsity to see and hear the New England President. Long before he entered the Capitol at 12:30, the galleries were packed and crowds were clamoring for ad- mission. The floor of the chame ber, likewise, was filled. Wives of members, armed with tickets ef ccinission, were in many cases un- able to obtain seats. Some stood in the galleries while others found it impossible to make their way through the congestion about the door. (ne of those jostied in the crow, Mrs. Reed, wife of the Senator from Missouri, whose ticket wus sont in by mistake to Senator Reed of Pennsylvania. The ticket was retrieved, but only after all the gal- lerv seats had been occupied and ‘throngs were massed in the corrte - ors, Mra. Coolidge in Gallery. Mrs. Coolidge. en attractive fige- in a hat and suit of hennqg =| brown, took her seat in the front —— — row of the presidential gallery — aiid applause from the floor and the gallery. She chatted vivoctous« — ly with Mrs. Hughes, wife of the — Secretary of State. who had an ad- Jolning seat. Across the aisle in the same gallery, George H former Ambaseador to Great ain, and R. B. Creager of cme tue te - ne: at hee Re ed ES +) ee * i 3 5 wre