St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 31, 1923

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‘ ’ a \ R THAT B 00 a) te een THE NEIGHBORH OOD STORES Are Making Their W Offers Today See Page 16 . LIL TOY we RRI eckly El ee " 5 . " - . : e. . . t * Ps { On 7 . Re . e e » * - ‘ - ‘ * a 4 - 76. NO. 114. The Only Evening Paper in St. Louts With the Associated Press News Service. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH H DELIGHT oT. LOU, » MONDAY 10 COERCE IGRESS ON TAY BUT CHARGED ntative Garner of | Launches an At. on the Mellon Re- ction Measure. ERTS PEOPLE IRE BEING MISLED Va ‘ , H})} liy Pg a 4 7+. Rail Wide Campaign of | nda Has Been ied by Predatory | rests, He Says. Bureau Building | 31.—Rep- | of | Post-Dispatch 20-23 Wryatt FINGTON, John N. Dec. (;sarner, ST CLOSE UP J L GO DOWN ine Democratic the Ways and Means Com- ‘Se INTO THE SKY merm- on bill, conti - bas launched an attack lion . g “a huge cy on the erests” to Sy a nation-wide rda. lares he has positive Being evidence of the p “special privilege’ to le of the country to accept without evel considering | sions. re position mMthrougzgh a formal state- en out by the Democratic Committee vesterday | in Party Threatencd. ats are divided on a tax policy A serious rent rty ie threatened. one fac- marcir?g .a constructive meet the situation brought | WwW the announcement of the program ond the other in- on crying “a rich man’s " Candidates for the party ntini nomination are _ in- 4 meuhiican congressmen, eer of the House. will } bernnerats wath ancef- arame a” Wit Hetreta ry | and President Coolldge can- | ve. fter Congress meets this effort will be made to fic leaders to confer on a 4 Two propositions will r n One to write a tax reduction organized part of preda- stampede Con- campaign at Gg ur- get was made \ -eft he | bill | the effect of the Mellon ward the other to make! l euggestions for chang- | Measure now before the | ma Means Committee. Mtv lenders of the Houre | have placed their cards mble and are standing pat Democratc and progres- | ea move. If permitted | out their program. they | the Mellon bill. with- al change. to the House | ™ through under a rule admitted thelr hands by a combination of | and Democrats. by Chairman Hull. werner statement was issued corference of Democratic the House It was ap-/| ) by Representative Cordell! Mirman of the Democratic Committee. and repre- ' Finis J Garrett. minor- It fibes with Senator speech on the floor of just before the Christ- ay amons attack on the Ms aroused the resentment of his business friends in and may cause him tron- home State. for his maile i of appeals of former sup- ow a just and fair consid- of the Mellon recommen- _ “ s “Wec 5 oP | 1 ME THERE LY BI 1S HOUSE NEXT ¥ EA ROKE EVERY, € ek: Simmons is looked upon Ger of the McAdoo forces Senate It has become | that some of his as- | the McAdoo undertak- areaid hie attitude will | “eplit in the Democratic is generally understood Benator Underwood, for- ty leader of the Sen: Nm avowed candidate for tial nomination te vers Wisposed toward the Mel- * Fertions The differ. | EPinion on these two Dem- | al ators on the Finance | on the tax legislation | mye an important bear- | ice of the near future. | fiarner Statement. one a “ ete, ite , West, ‘like weather which | mometer had fallen 490 night. | drops, 'morning |weather of MUCH COLDER TONIGHT, ABOUT ZERO IN ST. LOUIS a ier TEMPER ATURE. SIQoewis~ # Highest ieilorgey. | Lowest, 35 at 11 64 at "D0 Dp. mM. ». Mm. .. Official forecast | for St. Louis and) vicinity: Snow this afternoon and early 6a FOR tonight: much colder to- night, with a cold wave and perature of about Zero; tomorrow fair and continued cold; strone northwest winds, Misssuri: tonixht, unsettled portion; With a cold wave *n east portion; tomorrow, fair and continued cold: strong northwest winds tonight Tilinois: er tonight, Fair except in east colder, with a cold wave: zero to 10 tomorrow, fair, colder near Lake Michigan; strong northwest winds. Sun rises at 7:20: sets at 4:48. Stage of the Mississippi River at St. Louis: 6.9 feet at 7 a. fall of .1 of a foot. Missouri at St. feet, a fall of .3. WINTER COMES IN RUSH FROM. NORTHWEST portion, venerally Charles: | Snow Flurries Accompany) Mile Wind—Zero Tempera- ture Due Tonight. Winter began moving Louis today when i 4 in on the first ripples |of the cold wave that is expected to serail the thermometer down to zero tonight swept. in from wiping out the balmy, spring- St. Louisans have been enjoying. “Om a temperatiffé of 64 M62 ereés at 3p m. vesterday. the ther when the 9 a. m.., "°“4-degree mark ; Was reached after a steady decline at mid- | from the 85-degree point A brisk 18-mile west wind Which accempanied the arrival of and get somewhat stronger Snow flurries began at 11 a. m.. but the increasing wind swept the flakes. At 3 p. m. the temperature had fallen to 18 degrees. making a | 46-degree drop in the last 24 hours. 82 to 40 Below in Northwest. The main sweep of the cold wave not expected to reach St. until tonight when the tempera- 1s ture will fall rapidly after declining | slowly during the day. The wave advancing slowly from Northwest, where it has been felt since Friday, bringing ranging as extreme degrees in 24 hours in some By 7 a. m. today the zero had extended as “ar south Texas Panhandle. with 38 degrees below zero, was the coldest place in the United States ot that time. although vesterdayv 49 below was reathed in.Montan1. The temperature was 138 below zero in Denver at 9 a. m. today. Six Above at Kansas City. Zero weather prevailed is 62 places as as this morning throughout the Northwest, | | ' | jai and in Minnesota, Northern Iowa ind Kansas At Kansas City the temperature was six above and at St. Joseph. Mo., four above was snow in many places. Continued cold is predicted for the Northwest and the Centra! Viains States Snow Falling in Moberly. Mo. *n Tt MOBERLY. Mo., berly’s second snow of the season began falling here at 3 o’clock this The grounJd was covered and the £10W con- rece by 6 o'clock tinued today. Temperature at Zero at Te aman the Amoctated Pr FORT W ORTH. “Tex.. With the temperature Amarillo this morning, West today was,in the grip of the coldes the winter. The Gov- ernment Bureau in Fort Worth re- ported a minimum of 20 degrees thie morning. The weather ts ex- pected to continue cold tonight. Amarillo, Hy Dec. 31. at zero aft ""exa « -__— a tem-, Snow and deciedly cold- | tem- | /perature 5 degrees below to 5 above zero in north jabove in south portion: ot St. | the | n: the cold will shift to the north-vest | substantial reductions to, Louts | the | sudden : line! the | emate Billings, Mont.. |" ~~~” Was Chareed EV ENING, DECE MB —_-_—_— o-oo sS_ ER 1, , 1923—24 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS ed n Girl and apt NEE SEES La — ee Leonard Shot to Death Behind Bar at Twenty-Second and Ran- dolph by Negro Highway- men. REACHING FOR PISTOL # WHEN, FIRED ON ‘Had Often Said He Would Hand Over Money in ' Case of Holdup, but Ap- parently Forgot To. Leonard often said ‘“stickups’’ came around pass over the “goods.” | But last night, when th@®e negro highwaymen rushed his sa- loon at Twenty-second and Ran- dolph streets and flourished re- volvers, he mechanic turned as though to grasp a weapon behind the bar. He never completed the act. One of the robbers fired and keeper fell over in his back, the and but a few Harry when the he would into illy ¢ as his the the saloon on with a bullet robber reached over holding the revolver |inches away, pulled the trigger again. Then amid a fusillade shots, perhaps a half dozen in all, which splintered the woodwork and broke the bar mirror, the robbers ran out and escaped emp- -handed. Wife Tells of Slaying. This account of the robbery and slaying was related today by his | wife, Mrs. Anna Leonard of 2636A Park avenue. who had waited on |one of the robbers a few | before and was behind the |within a few feet at the time of the shooting “It was all over in two minutes,”’ | she said to a Post-Dispatch report- er. unmasked. Two of them came and Twwerved 2 gines of root face. bar ‘ >) bar. in igarettes to the other A few minutes later they came back. with a third negro had a revolver under the he always said he would just the money over” if He m nave forgot. fired, and as Harry fell « robber reached over the fired again.’ Mrs. Leonard called hand ana when he did lenhoned the police Meavrer Descriptior be Robbers. Policemen found place two aged negroes, sdeaitian as regu- ilar customers, who were warming their hands at the stove when the attempted holdup took place, and they, with Mrs. Leonard, | meager description of the robbers The descriptions fit those of three negro robbers who Saturday night held up Joseph Brennan in his sa- loon at Eighteenth and Morgan and escaped with $150 and a diamond stud. | package of c safe, ropbers came ust the and ve r bar to her not te i she the MAN LYNCHED BY MOB IN ITALY With basins Stolen Relics of the Saints. By the Associated Press. ROME, Dec. 31.—A mob of sev- There | 'aecathedral a | Plies Across Dec. 81.—Mo- | |'quarreled. eral thousand persons stormed a in the district Avezzano, a dispatch from the lat- ter town says, and removed and Ivnched “i prisoner who was charged with Celano near of recep- of the number tacles containing relics | gaints.. “ndes With Passenger Py the Associated Press. MENDOZA, Argentina, Dec 31 —The first flight across the Andes in an airplane rorrying a passenger was accomplished today by J P Hansen, a Danish aviator residing Starting from o'clock this morning in Mendoza if 7:29 an American “sl Ti 29 Hansen arrived ia m. He used plane. _ — ——- ~— —_ Shot Dead Shielding Her Husband. NEW YORK,: Dec. 51. — Mr Anna Moncado was killed early to day shield her from fired bv Rafael Tri ano. a neighbor, with whom he had Triano is being sought trying to bullets ' bw police. nm anid here that Sena- Mm *poke for NMcAdoe. : Genied by mutual | Mthe two men. The Gar- t reads: is daily coming to. ‘the nation-wide propa- P commit the people and | Meentatives in Co erie to | tax bil! before all of ite = Were made known is the R buge organized conspir- part of the predatory in- | ‘ing ‘ntense However, | ‘shrine s ‘to get iof i moved, (standing in a sr ichapel lorated wit American people, — 1 te ithe appearance of the PRINCE VIGGO OF DENMARA. EXQUISITE ART WORK IN TUTANKHAMEN TOMB: Second Shrine, All in Color, Ornamented in Vivid Designs. Associated Press LUXOR. Egypt, Dec. 31. — The farther Howard Carter proceeds with the dismantling of the wooden the mortuary chamber the more become. Ry the canopy in of Tutankhamen’s its disclosures tomb. interesting Visiting the tomb today, the cor- 'respondent found the whole roof of | the outer shrine removed, as we'll | ‘as the great linen pall, sewn with | rolden rosettes, that hune over a rack so as tu surround the second | The of the outer | till\remain and one is able | ea not only of the size r shrine, but also of | dimensions of the shrine. sides an the exterio the rema rkable second. shrine and its bodily re- find one self arvelous «the shrine, to contain a good-sized al- walls are exquisitely dec- h hieroglyphics lightly in- gold and framed black lines. The sim- second t contents the secre Were as vet one would outer ‘ nough tar. The cised n dull three broad, “Ankh” key of in the eo-called LInted bol—the which is »D shrine where The «shrine orthy of Tutankhamen dully vellow gieaming on the doors are like of reddish The roof the same graceful curve as the top and the lid is ith a curious but most ekerboard design in It on aor nro is ,o lor. lintel plates cides. but and the two metal of the outer shrine, ornamented ¥ 4 prative ene iack and gold. The are ornamented with etriking representations of Tutank- hamen. On the left panel, the dess Nephthys stands behind the Cod Osiris. They are attired in full splendor, and to them the Pharoah, voung and slim, wearing the double crown of upper and lower Egvpt, ts offering a jar of wine and a flower. a3 " ors res feeble, Si dat *has been Probate Judge for Gold | golden | ? large | by ) of the chapel is strengthened by | sym- life— | outer | an altar would stand. | $ itself | ¢ is all) the | has i Satisfaction in These A’sed Cars Meaning the used which owne?ra are tomohbiles” columne of the Post-Dispatch. They include all standard makes: many of them have been put first-class condition and they willl give the greatest satisfaction and service to those who invest tn them of car ie not avalil- able. become the owner of one of these «ood used cars. The dealere and own- ers of them invite you to make a thoreugh investi- Ration of their merita. If a new TELEPHONEF® {TF TO The Post-Dispatch St Louls One Big Automobile Directory The Perfect Market-Place 4 . — > - Italy | | ductions ,| troops f cars > reliable dealers and ‘ advertising > over in the Classified “Au- ( the (| labor is scarce and em- | reduction program. There have been some slight re. in the French and Bel- armies in the Ruhr. but vithdrawn from certain 'Ruhr centers have not left the oc- cupied territory. BODY OF MONK TO BE BURNED the 1923 | gian Post-Dispatch and Dally News Copyright. (Copyriaht 1923.) MOSCOW, Dec. 31.—Petrograd | church members are disturbed over the decision of the Petrograd Ceun cil to burn the body of Father. ; of Kronstadt most famot® ‘or Special Cable to Chicago fi miracle working monks tn | = The body was buried some | velttgip tne greater part of the last ‘ago in the chapel of the Nunne _veare there except for periodica iof &t. John This nunnery i§ ®ow secularized and the nw lave been expelled. The a a from Petrograd say that part o the city is submerged under the |} waters of the Neva, which has ‘flooded its banks. Many factories |have Been inundated. The Neva is full of icebergs floating in from Lake Ladoga. | | | | | o 7 ' - ae ed a : ' ’ The number of deaths from t | | | | ? AMERIC INS SHOT ANOTHER CAPTURED BY CHINESE BAND 'Brigands Raid Town Where BOUNTY FOR CAPTURE OF BANDIT LEADER American Legation in Pekin Takes Steps for Libera- tion of Woman, Who Has Been Missionary for 25 Years. the Aasociated Press PEKIN, Dec. 31.—Followers of the notorious bandit leader, Lao Yao-Jen, captured an American missionary, Mrs. Julina Kilen, and By wounded two other missionaries, | Prof. Bernhard Hoff and Mrs. Hoff, in a raid on the town of Tsao-Yang, in Northern Hapeh Province, near the border town of Eiany-yang, according to advices received here today. The American legation has taken active steps to bring about the capture of the brigands and the liberation of Mrs. Kflen. The Chinese Government bat tered «.. rs | sentatives ee rhe ahasdlt of ¢ Lutheran Brethren of the United States and were conducting a mis- sion at Tsao Yang when the town was raided. Warned of activities of the ban- dits In the vicinity by the tuchun, or military governor, of the prov- Ince, they had vacated their station and embarked on river craft for safety. Later, however, on re- ceiving assurances from the tuchun that the bandits had been sup- pressed they returned to the mis- sion. Mrs. Kilen is 50 years old and her home is in Northfield. Minn. Prof. Hoff, 32, and Mrs. Hoff, 25, were married here last August, and only recently had gone to Taso Yang, accompanied by Mrs Kiler, to open the mission there. They formerly resided in Grand Forks and Abercrombie. N. D. The bandit leader, known both as Lao Yan-Jen and Lao-Yang-Ren, for weeks has been terrorizing “he frontier country along the north- eastern border of Hupeh Province and the southwestern line of Ho# nan Province. It was hie band which last November raided and killed or wounded annrortmee ly 2000 persons, some of whom were put to death with horrible tortures ; At that time missionaries a¢ Lea- hokow. a station about 40 miles from Likawankia, and a little fur- ther from Teaoyang. the station most recently raided, abandoned their establishment and sought safety in a larger community. Em- boldened by success, Lao Yang-Rer some weeks ago threatened death to all who resisted Tsaoyang i* approximately 65 (miles from Likwankia. (The province of Hupeh {ts tra- versed by the. River Yang-tse- Kiang. The capital is Hankow.) » Mrs. Kilen Has Been Missionary For 25 Years. ee the Ageoctated Pree MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Dec. 21. she lep is a veteran mission- orker in China. having spent 25 visits to ber home at Northfield She first went there with her hus- band. who died in China 15 years Mrs Hoff has been doing ' missionary work tn Chine for three years. much of the time with Mre were on their honeymoon in mountains some distance from Teao Yang unt!) about three weeks ago when ther their miasion. “compari wy Bra Mra. Killen A brother of Mra the the Rev A C. Oleen, nom of Seanebenas ” Continued on Page &. Column & - : ‘ bia 3 . 5 > Oy hr ee wy i Sag — = ns et oe - = is - 2 bie se hy o — — - ae eee 6 + eee geen -- > se * = - =>" 2 4642 we &* - +.g* = - . +