St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 7, 1924

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L’ MILL POND ~ oN TAvy OD ANT U. ALONG WITH LIL” BASKET OH-IM SOME SKATER-BOSS p Ses 8." epee, IKATES NE TO LET ror BIRDS BUGS WAG: TAILS 10S PEN NouRA x -HOO-00-WERE ING A WHALE IF A TIME- POPSY gt, ie ~ he - se sai, at iG hie 27 ge Offers Today _ THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORES Are Making Their Weekly &ee Page 20. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service VOL. 76. NO. 121. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1924—28 PAGES. - PRICE 2: INNING PLAN IN io PEAGE WARD GOES 10 POPULAR VOTE Until Ballot Is Taken — jury Headed by Elihu :s Root Unanimous in Selec- tion of Them From 33 Soot eee eas 2 JS PIVOTED “ON WORLD COURT ip in the League of Nations as at Present ~ Constituted Not Re- 4 _ quired, but Drift Is That g pe Mes- ————— The winning plan in the Ameri- ~ ean Peace award ereated by Ed- W. Bok is made public today baad is printed herewith by the Post-Dispatch. The name of the guthor, whose theme immediately earns a money prize of $50,000 and bly another $50,000 later. on, ; pnot made public, and will not be la “national referendum” has held on the plan. The Jury of Awards of which u Root is chairman, announces fat but one ‘member of the jury fié5 plans ws who wrote the plan. That beris said to be Miss Esther tt Lape. The jury received - it was unanimous e that No. 1469 was the best The plan is the work of one n. Therefore the four addi- 1 awards of $5000 each for tts of plans that might be woven ‘the best plan will not be ded. Mo the national referendum, by ONS h-the Jury of Awards hopes Oblain an expression from the an people of their opinion of “the ° ‘plan, the jury will have the ' Masistance of virtuatiy all the large @ailies in the United States. Be- : tides these, some p00 smaller dai- “lies and 7000 weekly papers will publish the plan and print a ballot ying the reader facilities for vot- i cu . Many magazines of large cir- lation -will do the same, and a farge number of copies will be cir- to ‘tides these. - Culated independently. | This independent cireulation is be carried on through some 70 vagina rgunizations, such as the rican Legion, the Federation Women’s Clubs, and others. Be- 100,000 clergymen and ay amie’, have been asked a reader is asked to vote Yes or Ain No on “Do you favor the win- & plan in substance. If he de- trey to go bevond this Yes or No xpression. he is asked to send his ended views to the committee. - ballot and ‘the jury’s summary of the text of the plan will be found p Ach. Pase 3 of today’s Post-Dis- > As niidtnd by arranged the pay- fen of the award was to have made in two installments of 00 each, the first when tho made its selection, and the Md “when the plan in sub- and intent is approved by United Siates Senate: or, if when the jury of.award decides un adequate degree of popular PPort has been demonstrated -for mt waiting on Beause Of inevitable delay in. fot the impossibility of secur- “pproval of it by the Senate. decision to make payment in if popular te St approves with- the Seyate was hed. 7 | The contest closed on Nov. 15 A "ha EThe staff undertook the wort: ing out the possible wheat the definite chaff. Seme 200 nuscript, it. is understood, this preliminary test and turned over to the Root com. of og *e which reached its decision Mmber, the winning plan be’ Presented to Mr. Bok on the ore Christmas. © to International Court, Plan provides primarily for adherence of the United States Permanent Court of Inter- 1 Justice, and “that with- ‘Becoming a member of the of Nations as at present Uted, the United States Gov- t whould extend its present On with the league and Participation in the work assembly and council” un- certain conditions and reserva- Which are specified under headings: “Safeguarding of ree Doctrine.” “No Military or fe Force.” “NoAObligations Versailles Treaty,” “League to All Nations.” end “De. t of international Law.” “No Military or. Beonomic > ; - es ee | lows: follows: I. Enter the Permanent Court. ing conditions and reservations: 1. The United States accepts the tion of any foreign state. authorized such action. _ governing state that wishes to _ the revision and development form for consideration, to the if not a law-making body. on Page 13.) The Prize-Winning Peace Plan T HE Policy Committee of the American Peace Award, in mak- ing public the prize plan, presents a summary of the plan un- der the heading, “The Question to Be Voted Upon,” as fol The substantial provisions which constitute the plan selected by the Jury of Award, and upon which the vote of the American people is asked, are hereby submitted by the Policy Committee as That the United States adhere to the Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice for the reasons and under the conditions stated by Secretary Hughes and President Harding in February, 1923. fi. Co-Operate With the League of Nations, Without Full Mem- bership at. Present. That without becoming a member of the League of Nations as at present constituted, the United States Government should extend its present co-operation with the league and propose par- .ticipation in the work of its assembly and council under the follow- Safeguarding of Monroe Doctrine. ment of mutual! counsel, but it will assume no obligation to in- terfere with political questions of policy or internal administra- In uniting its efforts with those of other states for the preservation of peace and the prometion of the common wel- fare, the United States insists upon the safeguarding of the -Monroe Doctrine and does not abandon its traditional attitude concerning Ameriean independence of the Old World and does not consent to submit its long established policy concerning questions regarded by it as purely American to the recommen- dation o: decision of other Powers. NoeMilitary or Economic Force. 4 2. The only kind of-:compulsion which nations can freely engage to apply to each other in the name of peace is that which arises from conference, from moral judgment, from full publicity, and from the power of public opinion. The United States will assume no obligations uader Article X in its present form, or under Article XVI in its present form in the covenant, or in its amended form as now proposed, unless in any particular case Congress has authorized such action: The United States proposes that Articles X and XVI be either dropped altogether or so amended and changed as to eliminate any suggestion of a general agreement to use coercion for obtaining conformity tothe pledges of the covenant. No Obligation Under Versailles Treaty. 3. The United States will accept no responsibilities under the Treaty of Versailles unless in any particular case Congress has | / League Open to All Nations. 4. The United States Government proposes that Article I of the covenant be construed and applied, or, if necessary, redrafted, so that admission to the league shall be assured to any self- able vote of two-thirds of the assembly. Development of International Law. a 5. As a condition of its participation in the work and counsels of the league, the United States asks that thé assembly znd coun- cil consent — or obtain authority — to begin collaboration for for this purpose the aid of a commission of ftrists. mission would be directed to formulate anew existing rules of the law of nations. to reconcile divergent opinions, to consider points hitherto inadequately provided for but vital to the main- tenance of international justice, and in genéral to define the social rights and duties of states. commission would be presented from time to time, (Complete text of the prize-winning plan, with the author’s reasoning, and the ballot to be used in voting on it, will be found ln League of Nations as an instru- join and that receives the favor- of international law, employing This com- The recommendations of the ‘n proper assembly as to a recommending Lr. TIBETAN OUTLAWS CAPTURE CHINESE TOWN OF BATANG j American Missionaries, Advices | Say, Were Assured They Ww ould Not Be Molested. By the Associated Press. PEKIN, Jan. 7.—Belated of the capture by Tibettan hordes, | in mid-November, of the remote, Chinese town of Batang, in the! western part of the province of) Szechwan, near the Tibetan fron- | tier, has reached here. According) to a telegram from Suageins: | Szechwan, the town was taken Nov. 17. The leadete. the message says, assured the American missionaries, the only missionaries there, that| the ywould not be molest::t. Batang for years has been at the mercy of bands of Tibetan out- lawstin Chinese controlled terr- tory. These bands, it is explained, are not in any way cornered with Tibet proper or its populkition. KANSAS CITY RETAIL LICENSE TAX DECLARED 10 BE INVALID United States Supreme Court Rules on Levy Based on Annual Gross Receipts. Ry the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The mu- nicipal: ordinancé of Kansas City, Mo., imposing a license tax on re- tail merchants, based upon their annual gross receipts, was in ef- fect declared invalid by the Su- préme Court today in a test case brought by the Times Square Auto- mobile Supply Co. ee SMOKE SCREEN REAPPEARS Dying of Brecae Plunges Business District Into Semi-Darkness. With an almost complete absence of breeze thie afternoon St. Louis’ downtown smoke screen began to lay itself shortly after 2 o'clock. The wind velocity recorded at the Weather Bureau on top of the Rallway Exchange Bullcing was two miles an hour. There was no perceptible breeze in the streets, The semi-darkness was caused by news, smoke alone, no fog being present, the Weather er stated. 4 4 sa a cg £ wie. cy a FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY ; LOWEST TONIGHT ABOUT 28 THE TEMPERATURES. Sm: Mi a 6 oc ee 4 eR Me oe 27 ORS RG ea y+ a. ae 6.5 ae ee an Usa. ck a 6% 24 _» 75 ee a, Mi ws 6 ee 6 25 Se ee ae 25 OO gaa. ae AR ae RES 26 Tite s ceaaa 39 Re eae ee 27 Se ae aa 40 Highest yesterday 30 above at 4p.m. Lowest 4 below at 12:15 a, m. -_ — Official cast for St. Louts and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tues- day: warincr Tuesdas: lowest temperature to- night will he about 28 degrees. Missouri: Fair tonight end prot- ably ‘Tuesday; rising tempera- ture Tuesday, and in extreme north- west portion to- night. Iiineis: Fair tonight, som-«- what warmer in northwest por- tion; Tuesday fair in south portion; increasing cloudi- ness in north portion; rising tem- perature. Sun rises at 7:20. Sets at 4:56. Stage of the Mississippi River «t St. Louis: 2.1 feet at 7 a. m., fall of 9 of-a foot. ORDER STOPS dh...1nG ON LAKES ‘N ALL PARKS Skating was ordered discontin- ved on the lakes In all the city parks this afternoon by the Park Department, because of water on the melting surface and the at- tendant danger to skaters. Today was the fifth consecutive day of skating here, the cold snap having given ice devotees their first fling of the season last Thurs- day. Y¥esterday the lakes were thronged by Sunday,crowds taking advantage of the combination of good ice and a rising temperature. fore- | |Oyez ! COME VINTO COURT, SURTAX TONS OF IGE FORM SHROUD FOR RUNS OF $1,000,000 FIRE Throngs Visit Scene of Con- flagration at Broadway, Fourth Locust Streets. BIGGEST BLAZE IN ST. LOUIS FOR YEARS Four-Story Building of Day Rubber Co., and Adjoin- ing Structure Destroyed With Contents. and Throngs continued today to view the ice spectacle at Broadway, Fourth and Locust streets, left by the $1,000,000 fire of . Saturday night and Sunday morning, the biggest St. Louis conflagration ,in many years. / Fourth street and Broadway, in front of the two destroyed build- ings, were open to street car and automobile traffic, and barricades of ice, chopped from the pavement and the sidewalks, stoo4 between the car tracks and the curb. Lo- cust. and St. Charles streets were also open. Tons of ite shrouded the ruins of the four-story Day Rub- ber Co. building. 4th North Fourth, where the fire started at 10 p. m. Saturday, and the wrecked shell of the adjoining Broadway building, number 415, where the stock of Ray’s Credit Clothing Co. and part of the Rhodes-Burfors House Furnishing Co. steck had been destroyed. Remnants of floors sagged with the weight cf their} ice harvest, and the white glaze cascaded down the jagged edges of broken walls. Poles and wires bore a like glistening weight. Ad- joming buildings, their walls in- tact, were ice-coated. Deep Ponds Frozen. In the excavation for the Federal Reserve Bank bDhilding, to the south of the burned buildings, deep ponds had frozen, and the construc- tion chasm, one-half a city’ block in area, had the appearance of an ice quarry. The two destroyed buildings were part of a group which the B. Nugent & Bro. Dry Goods Co. had acquired by purchase, or by 99-year leases, as the site for a projected nine-story building, to cost $3,000.- 000. Nugent’s owns or has leased the entire half-block, between the Federal Reserve excavation and St. Charles stree., on both Broad- way and Fourth. but no~-definite plan had been announced for wrecking any of the buildings F. A. Cramer, vice-president of Nugent’s, said today that the mat- ter of insurance adjustment would take up the company’s attention for the next few days, and he coul€ not say whether the building pro- ram would be hdstened as a Yre- sult of the fire. Estimated Loss. Cramer made a round-figure es- timate of the, loss on the buildings at $500,000. This, with estimates obtained-by the police from differ- ent firms affected, makes the fol- lowing showing of loss: Buildings ....- . $500,000 Day Rubber Co. ‘stock . 150,000 Ray’s Clothing stock. 50,000 Rhodes-Burford stock’... 100,000 Printing Co. Shallcross stock, watOr ...ceecer-s 150,000 Bauman Safe Co., water 560,000 Sch roeder-Trémeyne Co. 100,000 K‘ederal Reserve excava- tion, machinery ....- 15,000 Total eee Poy $1,115,000 ‘would ti some figure estimates -_ sufficiently to Continued on . Page 3. Column 6. : Used Autenasbillee : : As Specified When vou read the description of a used cat in the Post- -Dis- ¢ p.ch’s Class‘fied “Automobiles column and it says “tn per- fect conditnon.’ FF ‘completely ? o erhau' 4 and repainted” you ¢ may reasonably sure that the ea~ is wortl going to see. ) ( in fact. mauy o. the cars ct- ¢ fered for wale here have che ! appearance o: Just coming from . the factory Their service-giv- ing qualities are easily demon- strated. Look over tue columns and se- lect the cars that interest you; ask for 1 @emonstration, and you will be delighted tu» find how reasonably yeu tnmay buy @ rood car aim the pleasure it brings. a ie th ta an ae Uwners of cars for sale may reach a mort responsive audt- ence of busere through this same mediuin A description of your car: wil! bring buyers. Write your ac today and leave it with i i i i ai ae ie ae OO a a al al a i i di i ie a a a a ae a ee ane a ee ee eee ee oe The Post - Dispatch St. Louts One Big A:.tomobile Directory The Perfect Market-Place : panies joined SUPREME COURT HOLDS ROADS MUST SHARE EARNINGS “Recapture Clause” of Rail | — Act, Providing Return to U. S. of Half of Excess Above 6 Per Cent Valid. HELD WITHIN TAX POWERS OF CONGRESS Action Broyght, by Texas _Line Was Opposed by Security Holders and a Number of Large Roads. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. %—The recapture of excess earnings clause of the Transportation Act was deé- clared valid and constitutional to- cay by the Supreme Court. The decision was handed down in a case brought by the Dayton- ioose Creek Railway Co. of Texas, and in which a number of impor- tant railways joined, pleading that the provision would result in con- fiscation. } Case Originated in Texas. The first concerted attack by the railroads « on Act reached the Supremé Court in an appeal brought by the Dayton- Goose Creek Railway Co. to test the constitutionality of the ‘“‘recap- ture clause,’ under which railroads are required to return to the Goy- ernment one-half of their’ earnings ineéexcess of 6 per cent on the value of their property used in transpor- tation service. A number.of lArge railroad com- the Dayton-Goose Creek Co. in its attack, contending that the returns from rates fixed by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission must be assumed to be fair and reasonable. Other roads, how- ever, were not of this view and re- frained from joining in the case. Located entirely within the State of Texas, the Dayton-Goose Creek road instituted its challenge in the Federal District Court for the East- ern District of that State, and lost. The court held that the law re- quiring a return to the Government | of a part of the excess earnings was in effect an excise tax and within the taxing powers of Con- gress. In appealing to the Su- preme Court, the _ railroads con- tended it was beyond the power of Congress to determine what they should do with their earnings, and that to deprive them of legitimate profits was confiscation. The National Association of Owners of Railroad Securities joined in defending the clause un- der attack. President Coolidge, in his mes- sage to Congress last month, di- rected attention to the case, sug- gesting that the decision of the Supreme Court should be awaited before any further railroad legisla- tion were enacted. Contention of Railroads, Those attacking the “recapture c'ause’’ contended that the power of Congress in regulating rates was limited to protecting the public against unreasonable or discrim- inatory charges, and that the rail- roads, without regard to any action Congress might take, were guar- anteed protection in the courts against confiscation. If rates fixed by the Interstate Cammerce Commission produce more revenue than the railroads are entitled to receive, then the asserted, should If the rates were nee sald. commission, they lower the rates. too wow ne railroads, A a " ; ee oe : OS ae ite C a ep ee A Re et ees * ABE Meg Owe Rr é cP es # 3 SET a SEB FER SF . hee ES j 7 5, of the woutil- ; tection. had preserved unim- the Transportation Act, they argued, the shipper’s right of reparation for excessive charges, and the railroads were required to refund, they pointed out, whenever it was proven that a rate was ex- cessive. Thus, they contended, the effect of the “recapture clause” was to subject their earnings to double jeopardy. Objecting also to the decision of Congress that they should earn only 6 per cent, the railroads in- sisted that no part of their earn- ings could be taken away until the courts had determined to what ex- tent. if any, their earnings had been excessive While no carrer can insist as an absolute legal right Congress paired in on receiving more than a fair re- turn, they said, Congress has no power to determire what shall con- stitute a fair return, that being @ question for the courts. Object of Statute. The Government contended that conditions affecting ratiroads at the close of Government centrol warranted thé enactment of the Transportation Act. whose object was to restore the transportat!.n lines to sound financia] conditions, Rate making by groups, while tn the interest of uniformity, results, Continued on Page 3, Column &. ti nnpe Dantes v0 OF a Ae pe ee PUTNA’ DIXMUDE COMMANDER'S BODY INDICATES DIRIGIBLE EXPLODED Examination ‘Shows’ All. Limbs Broken and That. He Was Dead Before Falling Into Sea. By the Associated Press. ' TOULON, France, Jan. 1h medical examination of the body of fieut, Granadan, commander of the dirigible Dixmude, has shown that the officer received a violent shock, that all his limbs were broken and that he was dead be- fore he_ fell into the sea. These facts, the experts believe, show that the dirigible exploded and that her cars fell with terrific speed, the bodies of the crew being hurled against the _ sides of the cars when the Dixmude struck the water. All the cars were closed except that of the commander. STUDENT AT KEMPER SLAIN ABOARD TRAIN BY SCHOOLMATE | ee gee By the Asseoctated Press. TEXARKANA, Ark., M. Hawkins, ~15 years old, of Shreveport, La., a memiwr of a party of Kemper Militavy Acad- emy students returning to scheol after a noliday visit .» their hormes in Northern Louisiana, was sot and killed aboard 1 traia near Tex- arkana today, as a result of a scuf- fle with J. R: Wimberly of Ar- cadia, Lé.., a «croolmate. which is said to have followed an argu:nont over the possession of a pipe. U. S. EXPERTS REACH FRANCE Dawes.and Young Informed of tn- terest in German Inquiry. vy the Associated Press CHERBOURG, France, Jan. 7.— Gen. Charles G. Dawes and Owen D. Young, two of the American members of the expert commit- tees which wil! inquire into Ger- many’s financial condition and re- sources for the Reparations Com- mission, arrived today and were welcomed by Frederick Bates of the Reparationh Commission and on behalf of the Gbdvernment by Assistant Prefect Gregorie of Cher- bourge. A special train. with the ship’s passengers. leaving about noon. is due to arrive in Paris at; 6:30 this evening. The American committeemen are looking forward to rather stren- uous days of work tn Paris They were informed of the uncommon in- terest in their arrival among the members of the Reparations Com- mission, among their colleagues on the expert committees an@ in the higher political world here. and of the various engagements already made for them. Jan. 17.-—J. Californians Motor to Keep Cool. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.--Citrus growers, who last week stayed up all night. keeping their orchards | by @warm, put ‘away their smudge pots yesterday and climbed into their family automobiles in an effort to escape the heat by motoring along | had the ocean front. The thermometer registered 80 degrees. IFE OF MANA OF NOVELIST WILL NOT SEEK DIVORCE Connecticut Woman Says Part of Husband’s Work for Nina Wilcox Putnam Was as Chauffeur. By the Associated Press. MADISON, Conn., Jan. 7.—Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, nuthor, is expected to arrive here shortly from her winter home at Del Ray, Fla., to consult her af- torney in the matter of a divorce decree granted her last week 1t Providence, R. L, and then vacated, pending explanation by her as to her legal residence. Mrs. Sanderson, it Is understoo., is on the way from Florida accom- panied by her business manager, Ellsworth Bassett of this town, who, during the summer, was in her employ as chauffeur. He went South to look after Mrs. Sanderson's ordnge grove several weeks azo. | Mrs. Bassett and young son live with her mother here. She is em- ployed at clerical duties and plays on a woman's basketball team. Mrs. Bassett said today that, al- though Mrs. Putnam had discussed with her the matter of a divorce, she does not contemplate divorce action. Baasett. she said, had con- tributed weekly to her support and his payments came regularly. Some months ago, she said, Her husband went’ elsewhere to live, after he had explained that his duties were such as to require him to live away from home. He was employed ai the time, Mrs. Bassett said. by Mrs. Sanderson and a part of his duties were those of a chauffeur. She had also understood that Baasett had accompanied his employer on Business trips to New York. Phila- deiphia. Pittsburg and to Canada. Mrs. Bassett said that, havin, “fuatice on her side,” she had not thought of the likelihood of being made a party to any divorcee action Court Ordered Diverce Decree Va- cated, Pending Inquiry. A divoree decree cranted to Nina Wileox m Sanderson from Ree-rt J, erason, at Providence. R.- I, i Chester W. Bar- rows, Jan. 2) ordered vacated the next day by the Judge until such time as the novelist should watisfy the court that she had been a reaident of Rhode Island for - mage than two years, as required the divorce law. | The vacating order followed an eon: tye by the Providence | ournal, which , ‘Aserted the writer had lived in Providence, only oc- casionally, for less thalf half the FORBES ACCUSED AS LEADER IN FRAUD CONSPIRACY IN CASE OF VETERANS’ BUREAU | “CORRUPTION : a ° * wes ear “ei HOSPITAL CONTRACT - AWARDS INV OLVED Sale of Supplies et One Is Named. sia : ase oe . : . By the Associated Press. pie of WASHINGTON, Jan. | Ae Charges that Charies R. Fores, former dir.ctor of the Veterasis’ Bureau, “was a leading actor tn dh established conspiracy to defraud the Government,” are made« John F. O’Ryan, of New general counsel, in his rep pital at American Lake, Wag #1.307,000, although it wi lowest bidder. “This investigation aia tempt to develop the.c ' which enabled the E aad, “except that the made ostensibly one time completion.” “The Chicanery of fense the public the ractors were the War and Navy O'Ryan «ald Forbes’ ie sttain the objects of the i vey but. eo far as ponsible. | 4 | responsibility to the War an a Navy Departments, c ~@ rartmest was charged with ‘rlopment plans.” report continues, byt “pon the right te sign t | hut to refer to the what was done aa the réesponalbt - ‘ty of the other d: ‘ffeort was apparent tn ation le on the chieanery of ae in dete > stion to see that the lac z ~~ Continued on Page 2 Columes &. | est 4 = Agen Aye ete gs ie 6 ee a ss “ “nee with hie cther cohapitators ke time to have the a hngpillae elite “es eh. ‘ ow “2 7 Pa : pe PAE ye - “ = di — 2 a a, + “Tits wae * the gue E ¥;