St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 26, 1924

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COMIC PAGE MONDAY, FEBKUARY 25, 1924 not rr ey + i eee - © 479 AGENT WANTED “ ADVERTISEMENTS Were printed in the POST-DIBPATOH during , 1924—162 MORE than appeared in “THREE OTHER 8&t. Louis newspapers BINED! 9UIS’ ONE BIG EMPLOYMENT GUIDE - The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 76. NO. 171. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26. 1924-36 PAGES. PRI NOTICE TO ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS HE newspapers of this city have arranged as usual to compile the returns of the election in the rotunda of the City Hall so the public will be furnished with the result with- out waiting for the official count. The police officers stationed at all the polling places have been supplied with blanks gon ; ; -t || which the returns should be n | copied as soon as they are com- pleted. These blanks should ae be signed by the judges an@ Investigators Trying to : . | if ‘Francis’ Is turned over to the police offi- cers for prompt delivery. JOHN B. EDWARDS. | Chairman, Board of Election “Son; A. N. Palmer, Len- | 39 CENTS GOLDEN WEDDING - Zevely and GIFT TO PRUSSIAN COUPLE F. M’ADOO™ Commissioners. Government Accompanied by 1.200,000-000 Paper Marks. Copyrigtat “~ TO FALL ublis pny ee awd te Worid wa ancg the Post-Dispatc - ALSO MENTIONED = 7 ERLIN, Feb. 26.—Thirty cents toe ‘is the Prussian Government's idea %* of a nice gift for a couple on the > occasion fr their golden wedding. — Conversations to Following the Kaltser’s practice oa G rn 4 of making cash gifts to couples cel- Be Into Next; Mc- ebrating their golden or diamond | r’s Attorney Sees | A2niversary, the Prussian ex- | Walsh; on Trail of Mys- ‘terious “Mr. Hayes.”’ * ’ 7 chequer recently remembered Leo- pold and Marie Wolther of Treb- bin on the occasion of their golden wedding. Leopold and Marie were cele- brating in the midst of their chil- Gren and grandchildren when the deor bell rang and the Mayor an‘ Clerk of Trebbin appeared, all Set lawyer, was mentined a num- decked out in the soup-andad-fish of their office, and presented towhe Sof times in the telegrams ex- \happy couple a congratulatory cer- | between Edward EB. Me- |tificate from the Government and, publisher of the Washington la check for 1,200,000,000 paper st Palm Beach, and his em- | ™#rks, or, im plainer words, 30 . cents. , in Washington. Write Associated Tress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The namie of Francis McAdoo, a New Copies of Leopold and Marie were over- eprright, 1924 M messages were examined today |whelmed. ‘‘What.” the, cried. de Mark Reg Senate Oll Committee. Mem- “will we do with al] this wealth?” of the committee are seeking | mwhether this is Francis H./LADY ROSS NAMES NEW YORK | I'™ HUNGRY 1924, by the Press and Pulitzer | POLLS OPEN UNTIL 7 P.M. FOR VOTE ON AMENDMENTS Each Proposed on ‘ |ing supplemented by 'cratic bosses who control the river ‘wards of Kansas City. Change in Constitution Necessary for Adoption. Congratulatory Certificate From the | G. O. P. Makes No Fight on Any Proposition; Demo- crats Oppose Change in Court System. Efforts of the Democratic Cit) _Committee machine to rqil up a big vote in the river wards of St. | Louis today against propos@d con- | | stitutiona! amendment No. 7, te reform the State judiciary, are be- the Demo- Both the “rabbit and goat’ fac- tions in what are regarded as the wards of Kansus City coing down the line lessen the “deliverabie”™ were out early against the effort law's delays. This means that unless the voters who believe in good government £0 to the polls and support the move ment to that end, efit from congcsted failure of justice wil! ‘9 courts and defeat No. 7 _and other amendments along with it. Vote Indicatcd. vote was Very Light Majority of Ballots Cast|Former Field Marshal, Hie | those who ben- | | TREASON | LUDENDORFF ON onzm-Fo TRIAL FOR “BEER (ae HALL” REVOLT ' Head Shaved, and Wear. ' ing lron Cross, Leads) the Prisoners. | DRIVE IN THE RIVER |BEER TEMPTS MEN WARDS AGAINST NO. 7 ON HUNGER STRIKE’ Witnesses Against Hitler- {| ites Engage Hospital| _ Beds Preparatory Evading Duty. tO | FIELD MARSHAL LUDENDORFF GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER. * wcticar Sarars, rep. 20 —ape| _ AUTROR-PLAYWRIGGT, BEAD sanguinary events of '!ast Novem- | Gear of “Get-Rich-Quick Wali- ber, the “beer hal] revolution,” be- | geass and “Blackie Daw” , : , . Succumbs in New York. came again a topic of intense pub-/| fy the Associated Press. lic interest today with the opening | NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—George of the trial of former t‘eld Mars! Randolph Chester, 55 years old, shal Ludendorff and his nine as-/;author and playwright, died enrly ‘soelates for their parts in the at-/| today. ‘tempt to overthrow th: Govern-| | ment. While provisions for the press | occupations. Beginning newspe2per have been made in the military| work as a reporter on the Detroit academy, where the trial is being | News, he rose to become one of the held, the most important of the tes-| nation’s most popular writers of ltimony probably will be taken be-/| fiction. hind closed doors and the public (| ford” and “Biackie Daw” were two ‘sittings are not expected to develop/| of his most famous fictional char- much in addition to the facts al-| acters. He wrote a number of jready published. \books and plays _. Aside from Ludendorff. the de-| with his wife, Liflian Cheste-. fendants are: Adolph Hitler, lead-| Chester and his wife worked late er of the Bavarian “fascisti:” for- | last night on a new story. ShoMly (mer Police Chief Poehner; Dr./after midnight he complained of 'Frich, ex-president of the Munich! pains in his chest and Mrs. Chester district; Lieut. Henry Purnet, wholapplied hot towels. He took a hot i ' Cheeter left his OQhio home at an | | Carly age and engaged in various “Get-Rich-Quick Walling- | . ' in collaboration | $8500 TAKEN IN EARLY REED’S ATTACK ON MADOO READ “IN-UL S, SENATE : Senator Moses Compelled to Repeat St. Louis Ad- dress to Get Into Con- _ gressional Record. | | APOLOGIZES FOR sertion of Some of Hiram | Johnson’s _ Speeches. By CHARLES G. ROSS. ’ ; } ’ | LACK OF VIGOR) ‘Democrats Counter by in- | Campaign PRESIDENT SAYS LARGE APPROPRIATION BILLS ARE DISTURBING TO COUNTRY | | By the Associated Prees. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. T HE numerous bgis pone. | ing in Congress Cilling for | large approprirtions are regarded by Presiden Coolidge as disturbing to the? prosperity — and welfare of the country. Enactment of thede measures, in the opinion of the President, | would go far toward destroy- ing prosperity apd creating a situation from wich the coun- | try would be leng in recover- | ing. , A survey ofthe various bills involving appropriations which | have been iptroduced has con- | vinced the President that their | enactment wevld call for ap- | propriations larger than the en- fire expe@nditure of the Govern- | ment ogtside of the Postoffice | Department before the war. Ameng the measures which Mr. Coolidge regards ae inimi- | cable to the country’s welfare | are 4hose calling for increased | compensation to officials, pen- sions, the bonus, and for grants | of money to numerous spec'al classes. |\Chief Washington Correspondcnit of | the Post- h. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Sena- tor George Moses of New Hamp- ire. the principal gadfly on the Republican side of the Senate—the role ably fllled on the other side by Pat Harrison of Mississippi— MACDONALD SENDS NOTE ON ALLIED MILITARY CONTROL It Is Understood to Present Plan to Stop Warlike Preparations in Germany. By the Associated Press. PARIS. Feb. 26.—A note from || Auto Used by Party of MORNING HOLDUP OF BANK IN MAPLEWO ROBBERS EMPLOYES A REAR ROOM All Money Within Resch mt ¥ 2 ace s ” Five \is Ludendorff'’s stepson, and five! bath and retired, joking with Mrs.| entertained: the galleries today by Francis H. McAdoo is u | polled throughout the city during men accused of being Hitler’s aide: |Chester about his pains. reading inte the Record a report of Re = io the six hours the polls had been;|Lieuts. Wagner and Brueckner, Shortly before 5 o'clock this en . ofthe New Yorn law 1 Former Louisville Girl Serks De-|open up until noon, it being esti-|Capt. Roehm, Dr. Weber and Col./ morning Chester sat up in his bed, ee re es Prime Minister Macdonald of Great Britain to the allied Council of Am- bassadors regarding the resumption ef work by the interallied military ), £0n William G. Mc-| | An exceedingly light Egos | WOMAN IN DIVORCE SWIT) ponec tnrouchout a itil / Wary; J. W. Zevely, | Miller é& Otis. wen ure made in the tcie- io telephone cominunicatious By the Associated Press. on lh. MeAdoo, cornimitteemen said | t they added that it was not; Clear what matters were dis- aeed with him. * Others mentioned in the tele- include Senators, said A. ll Palmer, Attorney-General | t the Wilson administration; A!- . BR. Fall, former Interior Scc- counsel ior Mitry ¥. Sinclair, and Senators lenroct and Smoot of the Oil Com- Initter. Palmer was counse! for McLean ih the of! matter, and presented te the committee the publisher's Winall statement, which is sub- Melentily amended, that he had haned Fall $100,000 The references‘to Sevutors Len- MH and Smoot quoted statements | Wthem appearing in tthe official | Merd, it was stated The kaxeccutive Committec. Suddenly interrupting its public bearings. the Senate Oil ‘Committee eel its doors toduy and spent Mirly two hours looking over a f of telegrams sent from, Pehinzten to Fall. former Secre- | of the Interior, and Mclean. | they were in Florida. Some committee members hint- that the files had produced highivy interesting informa- General managers of the two raph con:panies had been sub- fin the hope of establishing mer Fall or McLean had been — Smmunication from Palm Mh with administration offtci- ™@ individual members of the tee. When the two wit- laid on the table the evi- usked to | by lagainst Sir Charles Henry cree in Sootland, Mentiuoning Incidents on Hunt. EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 2 lady Patricia Ellison Augus- | 6. | appeared —The divorce proceedings brought, West and south wards Ross |Tiver wards balloting lightly. votes had been cast. to be heaviest 000 the the in with Canvass of one precinct in each ' | night of Nov. 8, when Hitier at the! mated by tire Election Board at; Kriebel. that time that epproximately 14.- Voting | high treason. All but Putner are charged with The Nationalist “putsch” was ex- tremely short-lived. It started the head of his men raided a meeting tus Frederick Lockhurt Ross came, Ward of the 28 showed an aver-jattended by the Bavarian Govern- up in the Court of Sessions today. |#se vote at noon of only Lady Ross cites Mrs. Emily Key | largest vote in any one precinct! Cabinet overthrown. | Hoffmann as co-respondent. | Charles said the incidents alleged | by hunting trip in ‘in 1922 and he wished to get evi- dence from persons connected with iAhe expedition, adjournment until May, granted. Ross, | Loutsville, of £50 and the income of a trust $100,000. ‘Italian Being Studied by Copyright. scure ler, | markabie . ing | head and body, has been brought to | close. 'Paris to be studied by French meta- | | physicians. He is in charge of Dr. | take considerable hope from the | accusations of New York Counse] for Str Dalziel the petitioner occurred on 4a Fast Africa early and requested an which was It was brought out that Lady ; who was Patricia Ellison of | Ky... had an alowance a month from her husband fund of | Scientists. | 1924. by the Press and Pulitzer Publishing Cos... the New York World and the Post-Dispatch a itw-fifth | registration ‘one precinct of thé Second showed 136, Gme of the Third, 10, one of!von Kahr, the recently resigned Bavarian | Justice of the Peace |, considered estimated on that basis that | voting increases to a marked extent , later in the day, the total vote here ‘PROJECTS FIRE FROM HIS BODY | | expected French | Mayor ' election on - + The| ment leaders and proclaimed the Hitler named was 66 in Precinct 15 of the Twen- | himself Chancellor and Ludendorff |dietator of the entire German re- public. Ward. at clede avenues, which of 393 Euclid and La- has a total At that time bailiwick of Mile®) 12. one of the the fourth (in the one of the Fifth, 11. |\Sixth, six, and one of the Seventh. 17°? These are what are ,enerally the St. Louis river wards. Attaches of the would not exceed 50,000. Heavier balloting. however, is during the afternoon. Kiel has ordered that al! city offices close at noon to permit city employes to participate in This, with the probability ithe trial chamber Ludendorff was! His head | Heavier late Balloting Papected. at the head of the line. Election Board™had been shaved. unless|sack suit, the Iron Cros of the the polite, almost servile. The next day, however, Reichs- wehr forces under orders from Dr. military dictator, &t- tacked the Hitlerites and, after brief fighting, regained possession of the War ministry. Ladendorff Leads the Line. When the prisoners were led into He were a blue first class and bore himself with the air of a man who had nothing to fear. ler warmly, ehaking him by the hand. Hitler way coat. His behavior was super- deep bow every time he recognized PARIS. Feb. 26.—e al-| Feb. 26.—Mres. members of the iepubiicen City | dition for appearance in court. DENVER. Col. lowed to insert the speech witsout | Committee had decided-to cast in| They were offered pretzels. cheese. their lot with the advocates of/ sauerkraut, rye bread, wienerwurst Ethel Bagett Webb, 24 years old.| reading, and Robison again ob-! has left the Denver home of | jected. tion. commands a fair price > constitutional! revision and sup-/ pock: beer and other things for Charies Eichold, 66. her foster Watching the two clocks in the at any time. \; port all of the amendments al-'| which Bavaria is famous. but Senate fatner. to return to her husband. | Senate, Moses demanded te know express will upon the 21 amendments tr | the State Constitution proposed by | | the recent constitutional! ™ of Spectators. “Highly Sensational.” announcing the executive ses- Chairman mh, said it ¥ desire to decide which of | ’ TT an 107 to 22. _— } If You Want to > Sell Your Auto or “IA Mere prPPrrrper mes were “relevant.” At ; @hd of the long secret meeting | "id that task had a. Another member of |' fommitter, Senator Adams ? ), of Colorado, declared no from individual commit- bad heen found so far., “8ded that there was a differ-. opinion as to whether any- | “sensational” had been | » “I do not think there is | ling highly sensational,” said | r Adame ) : Chairmu: dismissed all the , 2 who were waiting to * & today’s open session, and | that when the public hearings | sumed tomorrow, he would | into the recor’ such of the *s the committee be- rent to its inquiry. Senators suid the records *he telegraph companies exam- toda by the committee | that McLean had a leased | "from the office of the Wash- “ Post to Palm Beach, and _™ Was kept closely informed ‘ not been An automobile that has been veed, but is good cond!- Gay, 39, at 2:30 p. m.; lowest, 21, at have | reall at i i PO DP PPP ABP APS ™ Plenty of men are on the ? though the committee and many of the bee “a a : lookout for cars at slightly (jthe ward organizations oe seo B von home declined to par gosnee pa a ee >| acted formally upon the question. | “Sickness” Among Witnesses. | Mrs. Webb recently was adopted | whether the presiding officer oye The cot surest and quick- ) |Anquiry, however, did or disclose | Predictions were made in many by Eichold after she and her hus-| be guided by the one in front ef est Ww is te scatter the sjany committeemen who are oppos- quarters that the trial will last but yhand had separated. At the time) him or the one behind him. news “broadcast that you » ing gerry ~ pe revealed thats few days. There are reports that!or the adoption Eichold. said he - § eS ), most of the <8 are actively sup-| many of the witnesses have been | | i | ruled him t) Q | maa he 7% , 'would make her his beir in ex-| Cummins again ou Lins Maen te: an i egag: Peee ices en ee Aeken ill and cannot possibly re+|-hange for the companionship she | of order in the morning hour, out In the Classified “Aufome- m: rt ag so cover in time to-give testimony in| would give him. Although Mrs. | immediately added, the front clock piles” ectumane tolting what st This Me as Per the fact that this particular case. It is even | webb by leaving Wichold's home | then showing precisely 1 o'clock.| euiinan the naiee of the car {ha Sr eae” Sie aye a re jeeeperes Teast Dr. von Kahr, for- land returning to her husband. re-!| “The hour of 1 having arrived, ~— ¢ and. the year in which it ¢ ae 08 é of aid sina the ee ewerias -entiery aianet, linquishes her lega! right to inherit | Senator is recognised.” jin the r¢o 0 ermen, through! and others under subpena to tes- ; : was made. How many miles ¢| ; pena to tes chold’s wealth, her action| Moses said he would have to read | ‘tt has run and the Sacption of amendment No. 11,' tify. have engaged beds in sani- par 4 rs _ way “make any ¢iffer-| the speech because the “sensitive eee ——— “Ts which would permit election of toriums and prepared to enter ~ : ie fatherly feelings to-| leader of the ntinority” (Robison) | impo ° inls by , ) s, | ence in j . etibinten O66 @Guidkly ot- those officials by wards instead of these institutions at a moment’s ward ber,” her foster father sal@.| had objected to its insertion in the | tracted through advertising ‘| &t large. 45 at present, marks @ | notice should an emergency arise. ‘ a= record, against all the precedents’ in the Post-Dispatch | pesewen with the negative attitude’ Ludendorff has made up his He w Senate. n When you have the ad ready 4 Although the latter is fighting only mind to te!) al! he knows as to who Radio Programs of the © was unwilling leave tt with or }| No. T openty, its members have originally conceived the putsch. ac- i\ghown no inclination to do amny-|cording to versions published here. | “ o a ~ The Post-Di 7T o ‘i¢ghing for any of the amendments. In these stories Ludendorff is suid e osti- Dispatc Activity of the League of Wom- to disclaim the ¥ on Voters and numerous other, tbe prime