St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 8, 1924

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— aie ; - ee meme rs mes ao 3 goa Sic AT eS Ey ae Op Re - m today. in Operation After Drop». CONVENTIONS TODAY | Wouta'ciaim only 10 of the ttt oa Force Way Through Debris. : ad counties of the State for Reed. a a ping It on Floor — He | and canceded. that! he would day It Will Be With Caen Che Are Ab q Little Comfort in Voting poner, Soar A Bn rural con- , | for: MeAdbo—St, Louis|| The 1° counties which are|| ewe, Coumell Saye. GUARDS KEEP BACK Dr. Ernest BeNagen, 33 years z 2 | claimed for Reed are Audrain, | | Ward Meetings Tonight | ree. Sa See Nomen Complete details concerning the | RELATIVES OF VICTIMS - = Legh Kansas Republican Leader | — 5s Refuses to Be “‘the Goat” Gn | Satisfies Committee Gye and Z, | He Is Not the “Prin- | cipal,” Despite Bennett’s | eT a Vi Wu Z F, Testimony. Ag etree 7s * Oe" at dn ‘e'« $e ent, . = > _" | MLEAN EMPLOYE’S WANT A / old, of the Plaza Hotel. who admits Cole, Warren. Ste. Genevieve 6-EH? ap THING ' | a performed at least 80 op- —Turbulence at Sessions || Berd — ie serge These con- |formation of the “Associated Build- | HA BEIN: : ‘6 | erations in St. Louis in the past 18 | . | stitute less than 10 per cent of ||ing Interests of St. Louis,” an or- T KING A GUARD 1 Editor Revealed as “Trusted ican ‘| Out in State | the counties of the State. | . . KOU Per i months although not licensed by | ° | ‘ganization including the employers} peClal Trainload of Doctors and Nurses PREFER? JAIL Messenger Who Carried the Missouri State Board of — em i Oe 18 per Cam of the building B . ! > Ee 2: a, ° mutation of Morse’s | Health, is held today at police, Democrats of Missouri. for ene | CLOUDY, WITH LITTLE | craftsmen here, were disclosed fol- eing Rushed to Scene From Salt Lake : : Sy Com : , headquarters. | second time in four years, yester- CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE | lowing a meeting of the group | City Blast Att ib d ‘ oe | Sentence From White A warrant charging him with day repudiated Senator James A. | ,;ecouncil in the Chamber of Com- Tl ute to Dust ; ay y practicing without a license and, Reed. Decisively they rejected his THE TEMPERATURES. /merce Building yesterday. Accumulation /% oe z A ouse. holding himself out to cure pa-! plea that he be declared their: ! . o 2 th ‘oo : S| MB... 28 | It was also announced that the} _ = . My . 07% : tients was issued today. Conviction | favorite son candidate for the a a! I site 29 10 a. ~~ epee 43 association had notified the Inter- | ; AB = FF 7 ‘ ~~ ' . ; i 7 = : ‘ Ko) # *pe) : . , : P , 2» A€ eis > ‘AC aie E ( ' ae o taronate ao nb rented | na a re a | Democratic nomination for Presi- i = ms 28 2 bode. “essay } national Hodcarriers’, Suilding and By the Associated Press. - F vie shington Corres oO & t of of ys a year, | » thn Pines 7 ; | &@ a. m 28 1 p. m 341 ¢ ane Whtened x ’ ry T Cee | f the Post-Dispatch. ‘or both. As an alien, being a citi- | dent. Of the first +0 counties to! 7 e. n “8 2 : 1 136 | Commen Laborers: Ente seem) CASTLEGATE, Utah, Mareh 8.—One hundred and seventy- . ber fi WASHINGTON, March 8.—To- | zen of England, Dr. Behagen also | "®Port, 60 went against him. | cil that, unless the employers’ offe: | five men employed in the day shift of the Utah Fuel Co. mine — ee $33: day's session of the Senate Oil in- | faces possible deportation. So overwhelming was the _re- Highest yesterday 38 at 3:30 p.j}of a 10-cent hourly increase was) No. 2 were ent bed by ‘ ; “ica ot eases sfadigge "ke D Behage , g —— 7 : m. Lowest 22 at 7 a. m. ; ‘ ) ; +40. = Were entombe y an explosion at 9o clock this mo : ~ Bes 3 vestigating committee—a highly | r. Behagen was arrested yes-|fusal of the rural counties to re-| opficial fore accepted by noon Monfay, the | = igs , rning. — = : a ORME ae ne en terday, just after leaving the home| ceive the Senator back int ~ Boos the | mine today is the normal full time Re ae ETTEN : a sais : canes |mitted that the Senator will tonight will be re 3 tents company and others left this city | production force, accordi : rhe committee adjourned late to- Jan. 26, using a common sewing ctnditeiee, not creases be stopped, a buyers’ strike : dnt toad ‘ , ° , according to the — . os nf needle, snd thet-atier éropeing | tts single rural congressional! about 28. | avoided, py building seein: on a special train at lf o'clock for | company officials. 3 oy — : ag! SAth ‘Tuesday. | a Ithe needle on the floor, he picked “istrict, of which there are 12 as Missouri: Snow lof St. Louis stabilized.” the NS ke ee eae cod CoM weather prevails Ramee RE eens a. one 7 eee Gegtnga xd amplgnsge arm ‘it up and resumed the operation | compared to four in St. Louis and tonight and to- | Officers Are Named | equipment from the other camps | today and will be of considerable — BILL GAVE NE m *elf to be made a “goat,” and in | without sterilizing the needle As | Nansas City. MOrsOw , not i Officers of the ormnataation are of «the .Uteh Fuel Cee Sea ee: Se ee workers once — us? A ROTTLE OF a 60 doing he oby iously had the full a result. it is charged, Mrs. Mon- Some of Reed's advisers admit- much change ip | -_ npenies. ar preatfiént: William rushed to the scene. ; they are enabled to penetrate the © > ‘ MOOCH TO KreEP ig shal ae gale gate pe a ko's right eye became infected and /‘¢d it was probable the reversal in | temperature. le “Mieher, first vice-president; J Details of the expjuslen Are. ack: | ae ae moc el For Nie ‘ tec, Democrats and Republicans | ae nies siet its sight and may lose | Missouri would end his campaign LUlinois: Most- yp }' M ietor T.. hoor a 4 bE bee at the company offices here) Relatives of the men entombed ~ . eee palike. _ f am -ell for the nominati > ;, | ly cloudy tonight ak . oe ee vice-presi- | according to Joseph Carnley, chief! rushed to the mine Ss es ; Be , aoe Re ’ the sight of the left eye as well. € ation. Reed, who is |’ » —} dent: Earl V. Powers, secretary: D , 08 line as soon as § ee: nnett acti 8 yesterday that | Says Charges Are Absurd. here, would say fothing for pub- and tomorrow; | t. Cotthes par ~saPese feces ; e clerk to the superintendent of the | word of the disaster was spread — | ae Curtis was the ‘principal’ in the | The charges against him are ab- lication. | snow probable. MAR - - Murp] ¥ te +3 nin, gate ‘ ee mt “ company’s property. The extent of throughout the small community | 4 famous message that the editor : . ‘ | exce raf 1& ms ££ | Murphy, executive secretary. Ther? /the casualties has not been de-/ and it has bee . d d based on persecution, Dr N ~~ pt ain or = . n necessary to surd and base: persec . Dr. Not Whof& Unexpected. be . = are 355 members, estimated as em- ; erel : | Ee |snow in extreme| z i heh te 000 é = | termined. Rescue teams now are) tablish guard lines to prevent pi nes ploying 13,000 of the 16,000 buile- |. geavoring to enter the mine, ac- | interference with rescue teams. — = _ sent to E. B. Mc Lean, owner of the | ; , ' er Washington Post. at Palm Beach. Senator Wheeler Expects yg, 8 waged er x sipyagne Sr Reed's defeat is not altogether } south portions; Pr oe ; ques ' sserted. nite ema os i whee ing craftsmen in St. Louis. , , ° Jan. 29, last. Bennett attempted Prove Fall d Doheny one for which he charged only unexpectedseby him, as his fina!' not much change in temperature. The “teeth” ri pions So Ae cording to company officials. | > a to explain the message by saying lsi00.- he used his own sterilized speech at Louisiana yesterday af-| Sunrises at 6:21 a. m- Sets at/;. i? ad f | nrc ve tre fire-fighting | SPEECHES CARRIED * Bere er. Bett on 8 d Sinclair I! lsurgica) needle, took only one stitch | ter outi Ai | 6:01 p. m. is a group council made up o* |apparatus, oxygen tanks are being | = ; A A eas Cette and in part | an inciair nterests surgical n le, took onl ternoon contined the statement “ ae BAGS S| three representatives of the em-| rushed to the mine: Hxpert miners BY 4 / : is and in part { land did not drop it. The operation | ,,. : , | Stage of the Mississippi River |... cies sxe og Oo n . Expert miners | LONDON | on impressions he had gathered at ° | Rage Pe a we that even if he lost Missouri. he|!.- tas GAS Cobtiat® © ployers of each of the 13 crafts in| trom Clear Creek, Sunnyside and : 2 re i) at\ Were in Plot was a “perfect success,” he added.) 0 iiag es , ie) at St. Louis: 12.2 feet at « a. M., line Hody. This governing body is | ae sagen AND 4 ‘ @ White House conference of the 5 When the operation was over, ples to drive the final nail in!a rise of 1.4 feet. | set BP el PR. . ~ “| Spring Canon are enroute to the SAN FRANCISCO “4 : | President with the newspaper cor- | Dr. Beha en savs he advised the he political coffin of William G.| empowered Ke er rules, re&t- | scene to aid in the rescue work. g * Tespondence. | By the Associated Press. | dations 9 veeein et home, im- MeAdoo,. his leading rival for Mis- | jlations, prohibitions, or edicts not entrance Blocked by Debris. | . ‘ " 4. Denies President is “Principal.” | WASHINGTON, March 8.—Wit- 3 ie he avers, she went out and souri support. _ . Weather Forecast for Week. for soma with the constitution or} ‘phe explosion in the mine was Spread of 7000 Miles Ach | © He denied that the President was | nesses subpenaed from the south- | caught wale in the right eye. the The anti-Reed sentiment régis- | Ey the Associated Press. yf ag eas followed by a series of smaller | in Broadcasting From | 7 the “principal” to whom he had | West by the Senate committee in-| infection and blindness resulting. fered yesterday was voiced by Dem-| WASHINGTON, March 8.—The 2 Se — gee blasts, according to company of- | oN Be | delivered a massage Yrom McLean | VeStigating Attorney - General | “She would have been well today Spates sitting as participants in| weather outlook ofr the week be-| ide ort ofa iowtal A. . ee ee vere er eee er ee ~s : oo. and who replied with an expres- | Daugherty will be asked about the! ‘¢ she heeded’ by advice.” he main- biped and township conventions |ginning Monday: perry nae ea a ~ ype rete ga plosion was so geat that, the eN- | gnecis: to the Post-Dispatch % sion of great appreciation. ‘alleged activities of American Oil/tging, Since the operation he says hroughout the State to elect dele-} Upper Mississippi and .Lower ‘entiation Mi rt . Pl b ie | Panes to the property, Was MS) aw See March 8.— Radio | After Curtis’ testimony today, it )interests in promoting the present | ne nas made unavailing attempts to iets wast Aenea county conventions | Missouri Valleys: Generally fair | ciation: sodanne pe ae ii “ng slope mine, was blocked by debris. | achieved new marvels last night Bi looks as if the McLean people will | Mexican revolution. lsee his patient and yesterday visit- oday. The meetings today will ‘but with probability of local snows | aed oa wel i a vie — Seven rescue teams, cospposed of | By its aid the voices of speakefw | pave to find a new “principal.” Senator Wheeler (Democrat).|eq her home only to find other ean delegates to the Democratic ‘Wednesday or Thursday; cold at elena pees aaa ap . voir n- | six men each, from the other prop- at the banquet of the Massachusetts = 3 For Curtis showed, to the evi- | Montana, said today he expected! physicians in charge. He was ar- State Convention at Springfield |beginning, normal temperature 4 ama ms eases ey — cnt erties of the company at Castle Insttitue of Technology in the 7 dent satisfaction of the committee, |t® Prove that former Secretary | rested as he departed: saints | thereafter. pene “a a yreten pws: Gate, as well as teams from the waldorf Astoria were onsen sini | that he was not the man referreq |Fall and the Doheny and Sinclair | aise tap thoenst Although instructions for or! seiecternserentemcenetiiecein ae me tomcionid a ; yea Hiawatha and Kenilworth mines, | yjtaneously to listeners as far enat S| Pt After Curtis, by his own re- |i! interests participated in a con- ae eta on thinks he is be- |28inst Reed which will be carried | “NORFLEET'S MAN” SENTENCED F tte ssh 3 et ARBOCAIED: and 5"-|now are endeavoring to get into as London and west to San Fran-_ | Guest, had testified, making sub- |SPiracy to further the revolt. ye a _ a he lee Baga i ‘by delegates to the State Conven-| parton me Metal Contractors. _|the mine by means of the small pons am ; Mantially the same statement as! _ [he Witnesses will be asked, Raid which he terms a “closed /tion will not have been determined | f x Aiea ite. peo ge employers | entrance in the rear of the mine. | It is estimated miilions had the : that he gave to the newspapers yes- Senator Wheeler said, whether | sone ony haope nd few of whose | Until today in the county conven- J. B. Spencer Is Last of Four Men “esenatcaiy er fo join the or-| At noon no bodies had been | opportunity to listen in. The radi : ) erday, Bennett was recalled to the | these interests participated in vio- | vitorarganane mre intaion anil ag | ions. the verdict of the township |_ !™plicated in Swindle of Texan. jovomayg rene - — month. An advis-/taken from the mine and none of | stretch from the Atlantic to wale 7 ‘ Stand and said that ses Senet ‘lations of American neutrality by | members, = san? 13 . ia . | meetings yesterday is regarded ag | By the Associated F’reas. | Oe council is provided for, to be | the entombed miners had been Francisco was approximate! 7000 ke: P™ust have forgotten one or tw ‘the shipment of arms and amuni well pancreas ait : pede he final in effect FORT WORTH, Tex., March &. ,;made up of representatives of thé) rescued nattiel: The number of h A née” . af 3 : 1h. a from Lyola College. 18 ffect. | ‘ eo agg ail ‘isting ; ca c : : of hearers ; ; was graduat B* That verdict. however. carries |—-J. B. Spencer, arre sted some time |; Amer ican Institute of Architects; | Federal and State mine in - ‘the distance- constitute neon a » Mher conversatic iti ac he | Sations that he ‘i: tion across the border. ; : eee be 3 sell Copenhagen, Denmark, and .took | . ; ~ Committee. He hastened ago, he applied to the State Board | dicate. was not McAdoo versus back to the hearing room, got per- | oe. of Health for a license to practice t d t ight ye in th en-|ers regardin the withd 1 of & TN — Pail sent e rear: - > f a4 r aw : ; | Mission to resume the stand anid .,. We expect to prove.” said|., which he says no action has Reed, Oi Sa Drececcoteapenaghn Gam intaiggtnges dap oan the proffered 10 c i une «| here and messengers are being em- | Their voices were picked up and — | Bgain repudiated the testimony of Wheeler, “that the violation of . é‘ 2 Slt se io Reed’s Waterloo comes at the! itentiary. Norfleet, more than three| * re 0 cent hourls in-| ployed to carry information to the | relayed by WIA here. WGY at a 3 ; the McLean erhpléve hate ¥:. O..] neutrality in the furnishing of been ta cen c 8 oe in getting a com-.§ interests in the United States.”’ | sist of a suc gs iere and six former Governor Gardner as tha | prison, one committed suicide | matumm the employers expressed ing | are aw netettad na , e ! f of sentence from Prest- | { leak in Texas of tl} \weeks un@er Ur. Fucns, é | weenet. | While bet held in jail d Spen- | ‘hemselves as ‘re ij ‘ight | : “i oe | . | reated ne! next craft whose demands |,+,..ned men were dead or alive, al- | -°% “ere heard in London. WELL BLT HUNGRY AND . . 4 of 1920 Walsh the ae | vestors Who know that here | her at an office on Missouri av- the Republican nominee, at tie the land over which this }]| must be considered are the paint- om — aihinal nl ce TRUST You ARE THE E me record wan wae en pubes | 5 sheloest abiacinns From ee 5 | enue in East St. Louis, from last Seneral election. It often ha; been | Man of Destiny ruled. ers. Their agreement with employ- etree % urs ‘eve caeaae death BREECE RECOGNIZES | : The ree ng | } 1 ee ‘September to December, charging Charged that Reed was nominated |} -eri What Is om Every || ers expires March 15. Painters’ | other things, she said. cratic primary te help nominate and social mentors of the Gay’s meeting ag“ridiculous.” In| and the mine runs back APPTOX- my the Associated Prens. Brace ay) § Je a Thomas B. Folder “ aS re rt i? ns et city or suburban 2. — , him, and then scratched eels Own | Hardings. they had a color- substantiation of their character- | pment . fey ets — aed BERLIN, March §.—Greece was: ae | 3 Mt of jail. it ile chaviad . ‘ Py mee ITALO-RUSSIAN PACT RATIFIED tickets at the general electt..n to ful career until the oil scan- ization of the demands, employers | WOF ng ® pa * 0 ng |, added today to the list of n ame Ss | Q { Bennett was the . se Ready response to good real —_———-----. finish the job of returning kim [o da] spattered up the head of cite the following working condi- | of the coal ve ee an that have recognized Soviet R sia. be 4 » “trustes : oo State ' )| By the Associated Press the Senate no tions asked: Because 0 e obstructed en-| The recognition, accerded in an” OSse ” ; estate buys i: ‘ : r Mus n 1e¢ present figh teen 6a Now. Aviation’s Greatest hf- . ; | aot ~ Es G mutation rought back the ery riage sey Ry | poe 4 ¢ | solini and M. Jordanski, represent- been without that help. as his op- : t ate ‘ it Around the from among the men in each shop | hate been unable to determine} conditions. The signatories W ee = ie papers. audience by 78. than the (| re of Russia, ye nga 3 & a parr ‘ ort: A Flight - or »| ev : ximatelv where the first! c ting q "een Welsh remarked eter |? other Sunday newspaper qi sitadlien saahe ‘yesterday signed ponents through their control of World—Particulars of the |} on — 7 — ee gee ae on ore wo Nere the * Cones Aussem, ting ~ | ~ r 3 Ing from the vec ced, after reaches. ¢ | the aang ong the treaty of |the State Committee made certain: forthcoming attempt by U. shifted from the job unt e fuu | dias occurred, / Russia, an M, Canellopoulos, the e re t evidentiy rt a that Ben- | sermon ia 79 gation and customs {fn their call for the conventions ¢ Army pilots; with photo- ‘completion of the work thereon. 200 Lost Lives in 1900. Greek Minister to Germany. _ iis / = chars ST RLEPHRONEZ IT TO ‘INDIANAPOLIS, March §.—-Mrs.| Missouri will have 36 votes in , every construction project whether their lives in an explosion and sub-| NEW ORLEANS, March aa ~ - eS ROP e . . , ‘ 4 ; 4 » . . 2 ¢ ee ‘ : soo Re S . : , le » “ ; : = | WA —_ * ae th , that’s true. I met him ) ,,, . ‘| Mary Alice Gray, 73. sai ithe National Convention, of whic’ Order Y our Copy there is any painting to be done or | sequent fire in the winter quarters nacio Moran, former : Sa at time. 1 xk / / pP : aid to be the aide bre a i ee . e Ve st- : ‘or lof J: « Whiten : our wi « , tee r.. 4 ‘mine o a . - , ~ . ca to get x new he was try | ic ost Dispatch original of James Whitcomb Rilev'’s i|four will be cast by elght delega Tod not. Another working condition f the Utah Fuel Co. at Sco- 'sul-General at Berlin me Ps Con 2 Be a Ect et Tell f Olive 6600 orG oniral 6600 -ipoem, “Little Orphant Annie.” died at larce with a half vote each and ay which employers termed ridiculous | field Utah, near here. here last night after an — + ; tinued on Pa “er sperma ae WO sf " Vv 7 aittinwae : _—-—_——_-—— Lag ee AONE ~ ° Castile Gate is a mining com- tlonal search. a3 ge 3, Column 4. ( yihere yesterday, i . : _-————— Ceontineed on Page 2. Column 2. m paid PPO PPP LP NM AN wut Continued on Page 6. ¢ column 2. a an a — ee ~~ . ee 5 ¢ ; ’ me oS ier ae A ie % geesoh pce Ne aiigs Re eS ‘ eee