St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 23, 1924

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LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1924—36 PAGES.) is UED FOR c Ut bone PLUS BEL PRICE PLAN an b ** System as and Tend- fo Increase Costs. ESS Aa VARIOUS 3 RETARDED . Does Not Re- je Absolute Freedom ; netition. July 23.—The ' plus system of determin- } is held by the Fed- Commission to be not sfair method of compe- Sut @ violation of the Clay- ‘that ft is a means of mination. directing the United ‘Steel Corporation and its afie to abandon 'the system, 25 rolled steel products various points are d the Pittsburg base price ight charges from that city on, the commission as- is. a method of price founded on the law of demand. era of the system, the ion adds, tends to retard eel in all centers ex- rg. to | n and elim- ‘ition, and to increase mers to an amount § $30,000, 600 a year in ain 1h Western ted Press ON, ing Ordered. n and its subsi- red by the order iB Sransportation ‘charge the steel price in fu- A re 7 tuts ir opinion, holding foes not require ab- of competition” nor observance of sound ) 8, was filed by “Gaskill. iss, Gaskill held the mién without authority to tie steel corporation, op- is several plants within 2m maintaining the t all its plants. rar to Public Interest. on held specifically Pitt plus system is ry to the public interest, not 2 the jaw of supply and de- is te-fixing system suc *“nools,”’ and other methods, iat it is made possible by the * ination of the steel in- _ the United States Stee! nme in the announce- of its order what it believed the effect of abandon- ee — the commission Ad build up all steel pro- al consuming sections out- ‘ *Meburg; return to the Rand Southern steel users ural advantage of their lo- ecent ize the steel Indus- anal using steel prod- price competition steel producers, and _— alleged evils n the p wt 1 mit bd States Steel Corpor2- fe hearings and arguments me commission contended ie burg plus system was ot competition in the aU: ani that it was wy free operation of the mpply and demand. which was opened on mon's initiative, was one st vigorously contested in eee tor 32 middle 9 and Western steel ing in the tigut for the United States’ and its subsidi- ion the “Pittsburg id with joy today by rer and business men in and West. plus” plan is the a steel trade of pric- i@ steel products except t the Pittsburg price from Pittsburg to leas of whether i in Pittsburg. y of mills, independ- those of the United ; ‘ation, have been F quote only a. deliv- 2 ich includes the and industrial den- those in the imme - distriot on aie that — AMERICAN GLOBE FI VERS INVITED BY CITY TO STOP HERE ON LAST LEG OF TRIP Business Bodies and Newspapers Join in Urg- ing Airmen to Land in St. Louis on Their Way From Atlantic to Pacific Coast. Pacific coast. invitation. Leaders Will Dine Tonight. A group of leaders of business and civic groups will consider the matter at a dinner to be given this evening at Sunset Hill Country Club. The invitations for the din- ner were sent out by George S. Johns, editor of the editorial page of the Post- -Dispatch. Presidént Clarkson said the Chamber of Commerce would fol- low its telegram of invitation with any needed efforts to bring the flyers here. “The work done by St. Louis for the air service, in connection with last fall's events, was so substan- tial and so well recognized,” Clark- son said, that St. Louis should be able to get this recognitian now. St. Louis made a splendid showing in its preparation for the races. and the success of the events left a very favorable impression on the army and naty officials. We should do everything needed to back up our invitation to the world flyers.” Matter Before Gen. Patrick. Louis P. Aloe, former President of the Board of Aldermen, tele- graphed to Senator Spencer at Washington, asking that he see Gen Patrick. Aloe received today a reply from the Senator, saying he called on Gen. Patriek and laid the matter before him. “Gen. Patrick is very sympa- thetic and a strong friend of St. Louis,“ Senator Spencer wired. “He | fornia as quickly as it is possible to complete it, but that anything he can do for St. Louis he will do.” Senator Spencer adds that he will do everything in his power to help in the matter. E. Lansing Ray, president of the Globe-Democrat, expressed hearty approval of the plan. He said: “After the interest manifested by St. Louis in aeronautics, as evi- denced by the success of the air meet last fall, it is very Mtting and appropriate that the American fly- ers, on the last lap of their tre- mendous undertaking, should be en- tertained in St. Louis, the future center of aeronautics of this coun- try.“ Star Praises Plan. The St. Louis Star, in an edito- rial today, says: “The stoppage of the world flyers here would be an event of the greatest interest to the people of St. Louis, and of this section. It would also further advertise thie admira- ble flying field to the aviation in- terests of the whole country. It might be a large factor in finally getting St. Louis included in the transcontinental air mail service. “By all means let the progressive and patriotic business organizations of St. Louis get busy on this mat- ter. Now is the time. Let every- thing be done that intelligence may dictate, Our congressional rep- resentatives are not in Washington at this time, but a delegation to in- clude some of them might de sent to see the authorities of the War De- partment Aviation Service. „Where there is a will, there is a way. Shall we not have the will?” Lauds Invitation. The St. Louis Times says editori- ally today: f „St. Louis was among the few cities in the country to realize the possibilities of air transportation and to this end expended a large sum of money in establishing a fully equipped air field. It spared no expense in mainkg the internation- al air neet here last autumn a success. St. Louis, therefore, is en- titled to’ consideration in a plea for recognition as one of the land- ing places of the aviators in their flight to Los Angeles. “Civic and commercial bodies, the various aeronautical societies and all organizations, public and vate, should take immediate and vigorous steps to bring te world flyers through St. Louis in fair recognition of what’ St. Louis has done to promoté aviation. Prompt and decisive action is necessary be- fore those in charge of mapping out the route of the filers across the country have determined upon a @efinite course. Urgent repre- sentation of St. Louis’ just claim would no doubt bring this merited honor to the city.” Warren Goddard, secretary of the Commercial Ciub, said: *. 8 heartily in of having world 8 brought here Lambert-St. Louis Field, at Bridgeton, scene of last October’s In- ternational Air Meet, has been offered to the Unitea States Army Air Service as a stopping place for the American world flyers, on the final land stage of their globe-circling journey. Business bodies and the St. Louis newspapers will join in an in- vitation to the flyers to stop here on their way from the Atlantic to the A telegram of invitation, signed by President Clarkson of the Cham- ber of Commerce, has been sent to Major-General M.) M. Patrick, Chief of the Army Air Service, and this will be followed ‘by other messages, and possibly by a visit of a delegation to Washington to extend a formal ‘| nal proceedings. pri-| min against | 7 dec 3 ROBBER OF SHATTUCK HOME SENTENCED TO DIE M PARIS Alphonse Mourey Found Guilty by Jury on 22 Counts—Admitted All Charges. PARIS, July 23.—Alphonse Ga- briel Mourey, international crim- inal and ex-convict, today was sen- tenced to death, having been found guilty without extenuating circum- stances on all/of the 22 counts for which he was on trial, including charges that he participated in the robbery in 1922 of the New York home of Albert R. Shattuck, New York banker. Mourey took the verdict without flinching. Shattuck told Mourey’s attorney. that he would ask President Dou- mergue to commute the death sen- tence, which under French law was imposed for the commission of a robbery, with arms in hand. The jurors, also decided, after they had rendered the verdict, to make the same request. Mourey and his accomplices got | away with 390.000 in the Shattuck | robbery after driving household into the cellar... He * captured at n Zür⸗ Ma im France. Mourey at his tria! pleaded | guilty and admitted everything ex- tells me the trip must end in Cali- leept intent to use violence. The jury, which had listened ven- terday and today to evidence by | Shattuck, Mrs. Shattuck’s maid and | a deposition by Mrs. Shattuck, | awarded 10,000 francs damages to | Shattuck, who under French law was a civil party to the case be- | sides being ‘a witness in the crimi- The jury appointed an expert to determine the value of the jewels which had been stolen from the Shattuck home. FATHER AND SON DIE IN. MINE Fumes From Pump Believed to Have ong a Deaths. By the Associated HERRIN, Au. Ne 23.— When Joe M. Cravens and his son, Claude. failed to come home to supper last night, search was instituted at the slope mine, which the father owns and operates, six miles southeast of Herrin, and the bodies of the two men were found asphyxiated at the bottom of the slope. ‘Claude Cravens, with his bride of three weeks, had come from their honre at Freeburg on a visit and it is sup- posed he wandered down into the slope on a tour of inspection and later his father followed. Death is supposed to have occurred from the fumes of a gasoline pump. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. — erer ——— d 220 2 Highest yesterday, 86, at 4 p. m.; lowest, 74, at 6 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louis ani vicinity: Partly cloudy weather tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature. Missouri: Most- ty fair tonight and Thursday: somewhat cooler tonight in ex- 4reme northwest portion and in north portion Thursday. Tilinois: Gen- erally fair tonight an d Thursday, except local thunder- storms Thursday in extreme north portion: cooler Thursday in north and central portions. Sun rises at 4:54; sets at 7:21. Stage of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, 19 feet at 7 a. m., a fall of 5. Free Band Concert Tonight. urs Band, at Laclede clock. on Way across the countrz, geymo | “eccteacea ea Pass 3, eien @ Park, 7:30 to 10 „ Sa 7 the whole | arne ot the primary. W hy earlier action KLAN HANES TS CANDIDATES, ON A PINK SLD Sample Ballots Being Dis- tributed Bear Names of Both Republican and Democratic Aspirants. SLATE PICKED IN STATE CONVENTION First Appearance at Meeting Near Kansas City Where Initiations Into Ku Klux Order Were Held. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Po., July 23.— Distribution of thousands of pink sample ballots in Kansas City and rural Jackson County by klansmen has disclosed that the Ku Klux Klan is supporting a slate of can- didates for State offices subject to the primary Aug. 6, in both Re- publican and Democratic parties. This slate was picked in a State convention of klan delegates.héld in the hall of the House of Repre- sentatives in the State Capitol at Jefferson City Saturday, July 12. It is complete except that no Democrat is either supported or proscribed for Judge of the State Supreme Court, Division No. 1, and no Republican is mentioned either way for Secretary of State. Secrecy as to Names. Identity of the candidates who nary received the klan indorsement ‘as guarded with great secrecy at the time of the Jefferson City meeting and the intention at that time was to circulate the Slate among klansmen on the very eve was taken in Jackson County has not been learned as local heads’ of the klan, found at their offices on the fifth floor of the Continental Building, declined to discuss any phase of the gnatter. The ballot, which is aboyt four inches wide and about 20 inches long, bears no klan or other identi- fication, except the purported sig- natures of 10 men at the bottom, in compliance with a State law re- quiring all political literature to be signed by its sponsors. All but two of them reside in Kansas Citv. Its first circulatfon was at a meeting last Thursday night at Ab- ston Grove, a short distance from Independence, about seven miles exst of Kansas City, at which sev- eral thousand men and women at- tended a joint initiation of the klan. Several thousand more ballots were delivered to klan headquarters. however, while the Post-Dispatch carrespondent was there. Statements From Only a Few. Telegrams have been sent by the Post-Dispatch to all bot the candidates whose names appear on the klan ballot, asking for state- ments. Most of these persons are out campaigning, s0 responses have been received from only a few. Dr. Art fur W. Nelson of Bunce- ton, indorsed for the Democratic nomination for Governor, said that he had no statement to make ex- cept that “I don’t know anything about it.“ Nelsen previously had said that he is not a klansman, and that he knows nothing of the klan ritual. Sam A. Baker of Jefferson City. former State Superintendent of Schools, indorsed for the Republic- an nomination for Governor, could not be reached but George H. Hub- bard, headquarters manager for Raker at Jefferson City stated that “If such an indorsement was made, the klan did it on its own initiative. Mr. Baker frequently. has said that — ..-__ TAXICAB WAR IN NEW YORK; RATES 20 CENTS A MILE Previous Rate 40 Cents for First Mile—Many Com- panies Announce Cut. Special to the lost -Dispa:ch. NEW YORK, July 23.—Begin- ning Friday, New York's taxicab rates are going to a new low level. with a charge of 20 cents a mile straight. The first two days of the rate war brought down minimum ‘taxi rates from 40 cents the first mH. and 30 cents a mile thereafter, to 30 cents and 20 cents. At least half the city taxicabs already are operating or planning to operate on the latter scale. Last night Otto Gutfround., manager of the Premier Taxicab Co., announced that the 670 cabs of his company will begin Friday to install meters charging 10 cent. for the first half mile and 10 cents for each additional half mile. This is lower, by 5 cents for the first mile, than the promised rad of the newly-formed United States Cab Corporation, which précipi- tated the rate cutting. Fifty to 100 cars, operating at the 20-cents- a-mile straight rate, will be on th streets Friday, Gutfround said, and the others will follow at the new rates within a few weeks. The Yellow, Taxicab Corporation of New York, the 2500 cars o? which form the largest number on- erated by a single concern, hax made no move to lower its rates. whic emain at 40 cents the firs ‘6 — 4 * ö r 4 * or: “2 5 3 * * ’ — Ae er. a ee N 1 —. r —ͤ—ↄ—— — — — — me — ** 4 * 3 3 i * : 2 2 N . . —— PL EM tee <I