St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 31, 1924

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iE BRI BRIDES’ HOMES dic. For Rent re the 1 8T- SPATCH in fin og (ORE than im ALL the other COMBINED! PNANTS READ POST.DISP4 TCH ADs. a Oe i RK oa POD AEE RR eas eg) e-em, * : OPPONENT ON THe BLICAN TICKET A LOW DOWN Cc | : DIRTY SKUNK croon) : a The Only Evening Paper in St. Lode With the Associated Press News Service ano NOTE eee 2 NO, 327. NOY FIT FOR | ie ! ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENI ING, JULY 31, 1924—36 PAGES. THE SOc; 5 os OF DECENT o -Z ITTEE DAVIS APPROVES BRYAN’S | pEPTS NEW ENCH PLAN. N _ : By I ’ y the Associated Press, Governor of Nebraska in ‘MONEY MACHINE’ MRS. FERGUSON DA pal ATION DAY” scans SOLD AGAIN, THIS INCREASES LEAD LQ TIME. FOR $2000 FOR SECOND'PLAGE Tony C. Secorski, Madison, ‘Possibility That Woman’ a __ iL, Mourns Loss of Hard- May Be in Run Off for, Sis regard Wor Savings in Ancient’ Gubernatorial Nomina-|" } AND LEOPOLD~ TIGATING CIRCUM SO ee ee eee -_— on eee ee ‘Nominee Says There te No Necessity to En- courage Civilians to Leave Occupations for Military Demonstration. ee ee ———a ee ees ae ee ee WORKED ALL RIGHT WOULD HAVE AID : FOR Twe ST GERS' OF ANTIKLANSMEN ji ‘ When Prosperous! Belief ensieceall She Would Friends Vanish, Buyer: Defeat Judge Robertson, Finds Only Varnished/ Ku Klux Candidate, for | Boards and Clippings. : Governorship. « A) can e = “ + 3 aes . t >" bo . A. - 8 > — ¥ Ss ea a ee eS gS Bay 2) Pee” * a. ? es —— 5 A a it a St yates, rae. * oe Se a ae x Ra. a 7. ay 3 f . Tl, oa 3 a ‘. a Ss, Se ee a Prt, Fe ae "Sew F -.. baa 3, Se eee ey be a5 % 3 * ca - a ; : y oe ~ 4 3 rs : ; PP on ; Sa * } _ ’ bis; ; + 7 . + ee ae - *, - * oar gin De® % oe OF. 3 ie a se o +h. *? eo. se ‘ DALLAS, Tex., again Mrs. July 31.—One | Miriam Ferguson, Tex | | ether, worth | as’ first woman gubernatoria! | Tony C. Secorski of apadinen, Ill., | mark separating her from Lyne? has today to show for the $2000, Davidson, her nearest rival for the | savings he accumulated with th@/ second place in the Democratic pri- gg of several years. mary standing, the Texas Electior | His desige to become rich led/| Bureau announced last night, af: FRY “SPOIL MEVER i. into the hands of two operat- | er the final tabulation for the da, | ors of the age-old money making had been completed. Mrs. Fer.- / machine swindle, which has reaped -_-—_——as Sc HAS PAID OFF $2,101,000,000 ON REPARATIONS ACCOUNT By. the Associated Presa. PARIS, July 31. ERMANY’S total! reparation payments in cash and mer- chandise are given as $8,405,- 932,000 gold marks (about §$2,- 101,000,000) in a revised pro- visional statement of the repar- ation commission as of June 30, made public today. About one-third of . “it: ‘ : t, consisting for the most , _ . . a ae oe ‘part of bookkeeping credits for e h participants in the cables, ships, submarines, etc., mee view the French plan as remains undistributed. The effort yet made to statement shows a revision in a ut a setilement of the number of credits because of difficulties so that the|| revaluation of German pay- fan be put into op- ments, chiefly downward. There i they are of the opinion is no allowance for the costs of 1 be a great step towarc the American Army of Occupa- tiement. tion. - was laid before the ex- . ~— Bb moon. After consideri®| STEAMER WITH DISABLED ENGINES SENDING S. 0. S. rat hour the committee ad- ea until 3 p. m. One of the U. S. Freighter Stanley From Ma- nila to Europe, Is Drifting ithe French proposal pro- @ board of arbitration South of Philippines. ; By the Associated Press. ‘to make a declaration of oye the part of Germany by Reparation Commission much i4ifficult to obtain than now. er Sgeovided for setting up MANILA, July 31.—The steam- to take care of defects; er Stanley, operated by the Ad- miral Line is sending out 8 O §S calls from a point off the island of Palawan, one of the more southerly islands of the Philippine archipel- Oe om wnt An | az eee : > ee (Copyright, 1924) CHICAGU, July 31.—Clarence | Darrow, chief of defense co for Nathen Leopold Jr. and : Police Sought to Bring Another Charge, But Say Their Re- quest Was Refused. of Arbitration to De-| NEW YORK, July 31.—John Ww. : to ‘Mobilization day.’ | . Davis, Democratic presidentia! can- | “Tl am cori the state- Swindle.. tio ° T * = Technical Default didate, @mnounced today after his | ments which I see in fe coe to , mn in exas Grows. ; | the effect that I am in disagree- 2 3 Chief Concession ee eee et we Wie th | ment with him or that his action ¥ entire accord with his running | has ih any way proven an embar- , ‘Offers. mate, Gov. Bryan of Nebrdska, re- | rassment to nie. On the contrary, | eae rn ie Somne test | TG oeertor of Nebvacms. to. thal a day. ' overnor effect that there is no necessity at) CE TAKES ; preadal ie Bryan tro view €X-/ this time to encourage ofVilians | Bu ‘no necessit rir bs at there besa Teave their occupations ¢for the t LEASE ON LIFE | eo ee Soe SOE: OR | purpose of engaging ™ what | , couraging civilians to Jeave their! would only be a military demon- r —_—_—_ | occupations “for the purpose of en-| stration without any practicabedu- 8 | Saging in what would be annually | cational effects is entirely sound. e for Evacuation of | a military demonstration without | “It is one thing to keep. the | any practical educational effect” is: ym litary organizations of the coun- Y Ruhr Is Based on entirely sound try in adequate practice; it is quite D Text of Statement. another to encourage demonstra- | ro Shown by Ger. |~ Pavis’ announcement was con- | tions, which can be nothing else, | Two varnished boards, ten by # . tained in a formal statement issued | at this time, when every energy |four inches and about five-eighths Buying Bonds. after he had conferred with his should be bent getting the world | inch nit ened ¢ campaign manager, Clem L. Sha-| back to peace and to work, calm- ---- ver. It said: gon the prejudices and passions mectated Press. of vender rtm ta hm Stata | growing out of the World War, and DON, July 31.—The mem- © occa-/| encouraging fruitful trade and a sion. to inform myself fully con-| commerce. In all these America f the experts’ committee of | cerning the views expressed by the! should take the lead.” lied Conference,. after | ---- ing the proposals submit- ‘the French experts, yester- GERMANY ‘& compromise plan to end nce deadlock over se- the Dawes plan German their belief today French proposals, with tions, would probably iptablé to the conference. . sal was accepted unan- : committee No. 1 of the while an amendment d by the British mem- Me morning was withdrawn, ench and British delegates Jat! ey each other on the lirn of events. One dele- Mrs. Edward Gresham, aunt.of Robert Franks, his father, as they appeared in court in Chicago, to the tes- timony in the hearing of Richard Loeb and Nathan Jr. for i oc traal of Robert. Yn earlier editions of the Post-Dispatch today pr dom was erroneously identified ak Mrs. is grap $1000 NGHEKS AND ON CASUALTY LIST | Bombardment’ at 11 P. M. im a ak wy, e ~~ ~~ ‘ a. Fee & —— mote ‘= —— this pm, ye ren _— . al a ae s Yen ntince and made went of thet citations in the patresoeh ig ae : ar *. tee LAS ’ be a. : , . > > : - ‘et 1) Bonet = : ty : 7 Me : . = a ‘3 - rs * w ¥ ; ' : 2 . Yd 5 ; yy ” n 6 ee Pg? yd ’ ‘ ee as 5 Es . P af ae i D4 ‘ Ps a - wey ae east Foss - cs. Zh 3 > S + : as aN ’ ee % > ; ‘ a - ~ : 3 + § ‘ a f Two Women Robed in. Con- fectionary Store on South Grand Boulevard. ae ae — TE (ry | ' HT , - i? ’ ; ' ti THOTT, of murder before you, and one the witnesses put on to give 4 dence in mitigation was an ist.”" “He gave evidence ot : not insanity,” Crowe countered, evi+” ie develop in the work- ‘the Dawes plan and still an- establishes guarantees y maneuvering out in kind. guson had increased her lead from WARRANT HEI I} {IP ,2 bountiful harvest in St. Louis in ye Reeaneiate-ataek Mrs. Fergu- recent yearg, and the swindlers,| son may be in the run-off of the with the aid of the two boards/two candidates receiving the high- speedily separated him from his/ est vote and eventually become the cash. first woman Governor in the Meets Prosperous Stranger. United States has heightened inter- Secorshi’s entanglement began | est\in her firm hold from day to last Monday, he sorrowfully told / day on second place. the police yesterday afternoon, The belief has been expressed wey oe met in petals > 69 Ol that Mrs. Ferguson, who is op- able and prosperous looking n- sed William A. Schollmeyer, alleged | ger who spoke Russian and intfo- rally chen pn terieng ae — burglar and automobile thief, and | quced himself as Steve Cheterbeck. feat Judge Felix Robertson, klan frequent involuntary guest of the/ Cheterbeck became confidentia! candidate and now leader-in the police, has estaped, temporarily at | and suggested that if Secorski- was) first primary count, fn 4 ‘run-off least, having a fifth criminal / looking for a way to make money| for the Democratic nomination charge to answer in court because | fast he could put him in touéh with equivalent to election Assistant Circuit Attorney Roy/an “opening” in St. Louis. A trip! The new totals include returns Fish thinks four charges are/to the city followed and Secorski| from 246 of the 252 counties in enough for him. The police today | was escorted to the Model Hotel| Texas. including 149 complete, with complained that the effect is tojat Fifteenth and Market streets, | a@ total vote of 654.196. “Beggar Princess’ Awakens - tell Scholimeyer he is free to do| where his new friend introduced The totals for the leading guber- as he pleases now, but Fish takes/ another stranger who also spoke! natorial candidates follow: Sleepers. ~ issue with their reasoning. Russian. Robertson, 181,808. Ferguson : Monday afternoon Police Ser- “Just come over to my room if/ 134,826. Lynch Davidson, 136.432 A supplementary curfew, at 11 geant Wheatley and his men found | you want to see something inter- “Nothing short of , r * ~ v “Ts 4 , . 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