St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 1, 1924

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BOARD OF APPEALS) in detecting the presence of ra-| Quotes General Duncan to | sea, The route caterea ee’ etg| Show Nebraskan He Mis- lary Session Tomorrow | fea and hie home” fe sur uio| construed Statement of «pected to Follow Wind. | search street cars the man may | Army Commander. have ridden on. PERSHING BACK AT HIS DESK p of Details in Commit-| es Today. _ | ELECTROSCOPE USED | | FOR RADIUM NEEDLE | $1500 Tube Missing Three An electroscope will be used today | for a needle ralued at $1500. Clyde O. Donaldson used the} radium | shortly after- | word he missed the precious nee- | A thorough search of the la- | boratory failed to reveal its “omang | | Under the theory that the PONE might have caught on the patient's | to where further DIRECTING “DEFENSE” TEST Army Commandcr to Retire Sept. 13: to Make Tour of Inspection. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Aug. Pershing returned today s Axssociaied Press. INDON, Aug. 1.—The je Interallied Reparation Con- | ice indicated early this after-| that they to settle! 1e Outstanding problems of the | erence up to them for solution, | re the afternoon wus over. le experts, who did leave | *retion of Sept. ming Street until 2 :15 o'clock | experts | expected to resumed persqnal supervision 9 not 12. ation Sept morning, returned to their | he will be retired automatically on Aissivts aati 4 ‘at 11 o’clock and during a| his sixty-fourth birthday, Sept. 13. | dent’s reply thereto. fhour session adopted the It was suggested at the War De- | aig as Dun- | partment originally that the De- Quoting Gen. Creorge A eee or the modifica. | tense test be held on Sept. 13 as|can, commander of the Seventh of the Dawes plan. They i adjourned to reassemble later; of staff and General of the he afternoon. Gen. Pershing’ himself fie problem of transfers allotted wag bates? aoe 4 ae of Hept. he transfer commisgion under Bmore ne 6 lla Dawes plan, is still causing ble. If the experts are unable wercome the difficulty on this t thie afternoon, the issue will ferred to the chief delegates. n D. Young of the Dawes the battle of St. Mihiel opened on that day of 1918 ilization it is expected that Gen. . \festrained hopefui- ever since Premier Herriot's | was produced, was enthusias- ized machinery is in working order by Mai.-Gen. Duncan,” the Gov- Vhen he lett the Sangrpmoe wehee. for Sept. 12. | foie ey “kindly advise me ay finish up this afternoon, whether it is your desire that the | ‘OLDEST WINE IN THE WORLD | pians. ana suggestions of Gen. the experts conclude. their k this afternoon, their reports be submitted to a plenary ses- ef the conference tomorrow. ‘Ameticans believe the invita- /*o Germany will be dispatched ight. in Museum Since. Correspondence of the Associated I’: csa. SPEYER, Bavarian Palatinate. Rhine Ww DIFFICULTIES est wine in the worid. The wine ry, Kate One watiom, One she according té Hans Runge, a s ec-| patriotic societies, as originally ) WERE COMPOSED lalist in antiques ins coir mt a | understood, under which the State | seek tiie Mane t Roman Thates| of Nebraska is officially co-operat- | By JOHN L. BALDERSTON, some 1700 years ago and has been ne: Coolidge’s Reply ion Correspondent of the Post-| k¢Pt in a museum here ever since. | President Coolidge replied as Mispatch and New York World. The department of the Speyer) eonows: (Copyright. )924). soak ca dae Seat elaygpen ee i “Replying to your telegram of Re iming grape LONDON, Aug, 1.—The German vines, wine glasses, wine presses aa ae: sae eevee. Ne -reen | Department plans contemplate a nm hurdie was taken successfully 1.—Gen. his | desk at the War Department and | of | plans for the Defense Day demon- | | He began also his last tour of duty as an officer ou the active list of the army, as _a compliment to the retiring chief armies. preferred, 12 be in the nature of a commemoration of | which | In connection with the test mob- | Pershing will make a tour within | the next.two or three weeks of the | Dug Up 1700 Years Ago and Kept July 13.—This little town on the | is the proud possessor of | what experts maintain is the old- DEFENSE | l_— Up te Local Authorities. | 'Byv the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. President Coolidge told 'Charles W. presidential nominee, Bryan, Department's plans. Gov. Bryan today made 1° ——E i /Army Corps Area, of Omaha, a ‘be a test of the mobilization plan but also a demonstration of the nation—both personnel TEST NOI ‘TO STOP BUSINESS, PRESIDENT SAYS ITelegram Made Public by | Bryan Points Out Patri- otic Demonstrations Are 1.—De- | fense day plans do not cal! for any | disruption of business in any way, Gov. Democratic vice in replying to | a request from the Governor for advice as to the scope of the War public ‘the telegram she sent to the Presi- dent regarding the proposed dem- | and the Presi- | Ss suying the event should “not only s | of the organized forces of the army, the mobilization of all the elements of and |'material,”” the Governor's telegram called attention to Mr. , recent | Libby secretary of the ‘and asked for advice. al Duncan’s plans and Coolidge’s statement to Frederick J. National Council for Prevention of War. that | A a heap ap "most accessible corps area head- Co event was not a mobilization, quarters in order that he may soul for himself that the new decentral- “In view of the plans outlined Duncan be carried out on Nation- Defense Day or whether Gen. suggestions should be disregarded and the Na- tional Test Day -plans be confined to the demonstrations on the part of the military forces of the coun- i night by the Interallied Re- ee used for wine) practice exercise by all military tion Conference after a stormy the nee ‘aeion wee o in forces and officials, national, State dramatic day in which a break- of negotiations and failure of Dawes scheme twice appeared ‘Itable. ' Anglo-American bankers ac- splendid state of preservation. In Next Sunday’s t the first subcommittee’s com- Post-Dispatch mise formula, the crisis which ® ‘ | deadlocked the conference||| Another of Those Poor” Wily a fortnizht will be seen Wendell Girls Is to Marry an Mtically solved. Well informed rome = mre uli nion believes they will. 518.000. & yeae placed her Inder the influence of the in- ‘ing news of an agreement on question of German \default, a ond minor deadlock, regarding tveries in kind, was solved by committee No. 3 after failure imree all day. fhe. only stumbling block re- ining at that time was the inch attempt to obtain an agree-| daughters in English seciety and saw Miss Katherine be- came the wife of the Earl of Carnarvon, while Miss Phil- ippa recently has announced her engagement to the Ear! of Galloway. ‘But I’m Not Dead at All!’’ Said 15-Year-Old Woody Hin- ton, Turning Up at His Own At to subject decisions of the) F ; Wes Transfer Committee in Ber- Rawver pres f — Aran i tiecanbes: compromise of folks by walking into the P cemetery where he was sup- committee No. 1, due to the, : posedly being buried. Through a wrong identification his parents had held services for another boy. Ex-Crown Prince of Saxony Enters Monastery to Forget Bian Foreign Minister, Paul Hy- | hs, provides that if the repara- | t commission agrees or refuses proclaim a German default un-| the Dawes plan, any nation or| amission may appeal to three | - ifrators under an American) ~~ Mother's Tragic Past— irman, to be appointed either he strange story of Princess Louisa is recalled to furnish explanation why handsome Prince George should retire to an abbey in the Black For- est and become a monk. The Woman Acting Mayor Who ACTED—When the chief of police refused to fire 100 in- | efficient policemen, she fired “Unanimous vote of the Repara- | } Committee or by the President! the World Court at the Hague. ' ‘mans Get Better Terms New Ruhr Agreemcnt. the Af®aociated Preas. "ARIS, Aug. 1.—The economic angement under which the Ger- Under | him. And the real mavor h industrialists in the Ruhr : a Set fe been delivering some material weed ong Te (ag. OD ua happened, meantime. The Great Chalice of Antioch. Barliest Relic of Christ and the Aposties— Found in wn- derground chambers at An- tioch, by: Arabs who were digging a cellar, this beauti ful vessel is believed to date from 60 or 70 A. D® And an iuner ~ of plain silver may be the Holy Grail itself. | Order Your Copy Today Oo ese. account and paying and export fees has been ed by;the dye. brick, tile. paper and other industries Ddasis similar to the extension upon by the mine owners | es Franco-Belgian commis- we ee ‘this extension the accord operative until the Dawes goes into effect, except that ® Aug. 15 the arrangement is ble by the arrangement. 4 EIS ey epipaeomamaan | necessary in * and local, associated, with steps to demonstrate the de- | fense policy enacted by Congress. | In this conection a patriotic dem- 'onstration has been suggested be participated in as | State and local communities. “In this connection a patriotic demonstration to be participated in as degired by istate and loca! While the plans of Gen. for the practice demonstration ‘dependent on state and local de- sires and are intended io be purely ' voluntary. Up.to Localities. “The letter of Gen. Duncan of | ‘May 20 to you from which you ‘quote in part undertook to make ‘this clear by -this statement: , ‘No ‘fixed form for these ceremonies is suggested. They should be planned ‘to fit conditions in each particular jlocality.. Their plans do not con- template a disruption of business in ‘any way. Gen. Duncan attempted | to make it clear in his instructions of July 16 in which he stated: “The hour of holding the defense jtest and patriotic demonstration will be left to the unit commander. ‘and the local committer t- that such assembly may be ay at ‘such time as will best suit lecul ,;conditions apd least interfere with pating.’ “The people of the several states ‘are expected to participate in ac- cordance with such opportunity as they may have for a patriotic demonstration. You are, of course at liberty | telegram to me and my reply. “CAL VIN COOLIDGE.” ; Democratic presidential nominee, it | t#!! of . Was stated last night that hie state- ‘ment approving the attitude of Gov. ‘Bryan on the defense test was not Continued on Page 3. Column 6. has been suggested communities. Duncan | Was exercise should |™Mmean was guide all components of the army mal mean for July, averaged since- ‘of the United States the plans for | 1873, Is . \the patriotic are to desired by DIVER CARRIES ON A CONVERSATION FROM By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Aug. 1. radio from the floo: the ocean off the end of uw atee}l plier yesterday. Jacksun told | of his sensations and describe | his surroundings as he waiked | on the ocean bed. A special microphone. car- | ried in the _ diver’s helmet, || transmitted his voice to a con- ‘| trol station on the pier, BED OF THE ATLANTIC. A. JACKSON, a diver. of C Philadelphia, talked by | ° of | i ———— ee ee SS nee oe ‘PERFEC PRICE 2 ¢ _— GOVERNOR TOLD HE. | TWO MORE STATE BANKS CLOSE, en 31 SINCE FIRST OF YEAR | Hickory County oe Farmers’ Bank of Callao in Hands of Examiners. i} Special to the Posi JEFFERSON Two more state banks were closed -Dispvatch. CITY, Aug. 1.— Institution and. } 'aminers of the State Finance De- | | : | today and are in the hands of ex- j partment. County Bank at Wheatland, ducted as a private bank, and the Bank of Macon Farmers’ Callao, County. ‘state supervision have closed since | the first of the year, as compared | closed in Mis- | sourt during the year 1923. The Hickory County Bank 'Wheatland had a capital stock of $10,000, surplus of $10,000, | total resources of $98,359.94, | cording to its report of condition, last. The deposits to- to 28 state banks of ‘on June 30, Thus far $31 banks under | They were the Hickory. con- | and | ace | taled $50,899:02; loans, $88,139; | and bills payable, representing | money borrowed from other banks, | 23,575.75. Bank Examiner, bank. ew private banks are Missouri. They no longer can be organized under the present law, it was said, but those now in istence are permitted under their old charter. The Farmers’ Bank of Callao, ac- cording to its last report of condi- tion, had a capital of $25,000: sur- 'plus of $3000; | 637.7 | total resourees $179,546; bills pay- | able $35,000. J. D. Freund, State —— left ee POLICE FORBID MEETING OF OPPOS'TION IN ROME “For Reasons of Public Order,” Is Explanation Given With Ke. straining Order. By the Associated Press. ROME, Aug. 1.—The police au- thorities order” | membershfp | admission. It ing of members of the | opposition parties which had been announced for Sunday. The announcements of the | meeting issued yesterday declared it would be strictly private, with | cards necessary for | was believed the in-,| were on |! discussions of situation important ternal political the program. | JULY MEAN TEMPERATURE 75: Within One-Tenth of a Degree of \ Coolest July on Record. uly, 1924, came within one- | terth of a degree of being the)! ‘cool July on official record here. | The Thean temperature for the | month, .the average of the daily | averages of high and low marks, | 75 degrees. In July 1891, the 74.9 degrees. The nor- ‘Inch more than normal. j | | the normal duties of those partict- | to publish your | Davis, Not a Pacifist, Belicves gal Preparedness. x the Aasociated Press. NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-—At the) |}headquarters of John W. Davis, 78.6. The rainfell month was 3.62 inches, or for last 19 PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH RISING TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. Pr ee 68 S a. m. — eek - f_a Pe BPR = Highest yesterday, 89, at 1:15 p. m.; lowest, 69, at 11:45 p. m. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity : Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday: warm- er tonight. ° UR OPERA aril IS PUTTING Missouri—Gen- erally fair tonight and Saturday: warmer tonight in north and cen- tral portions. eee oe is in charge of the | deposit® of $103,- | loans totaling $150,470.80» that: Bt. highness, in | Bahadur, | Province of Punjab, 'most India, ex- | to operate | 8: it . panions PRINCE FROM INDIA ON TOUR OF U.S. ARRIVES IN CITY ‘Ruler of Province With | Wife Who Wears Dia- monds Spending Day Louis. ‘ENJOYS FIRST NIGHT IN SLEEPING CAR, j His Highness and Party At-, Much Attention Upon Arrival — Wears} tract English Style Clothes. A picturesque party arriving in | Louis today was that of his the Maharaja Rajendra of Jind, northern- ruling Prince in and .servants, 14 in all. They 45 a. m., with his family, com- |ica, in which they will spend a day and night in St. Louis. They were taken in automobiles to Hotel Jef- . ferson. where a large suite of ‘rooms had been reserved, and ré- ‘tired immediately for breakfast. Women members of the party, particularly the Maharajah’'s wife, her highness the Maharina Sa- hiba, dressed in flaming blue silks, jand their three children, (5 years of age-——his - highness, Tika Sahib and Princess Diamond j}and Diamond Ruby—held attention “for reasons of public | of midway crowds at Union Station today prohibited the meet. | and hotel guests, | strode majestically first, and felt hat, kixcept he vardier——a man in ; ties, of medium build and wearing a Strides Majestically. At Union Station the looked the well-trimmed beard, tinged with gray. The Princess, Indian the children, companion and the dren’s English governess followed From the blue headdress worn by the Princess there peeped forth face almost childish in appearance and finely er’s eye was at once attracted to’ from the left nostril of a diamond in a of including the the which stood out small caste. featured. The nose, round setting, a mark The children, 4-year-old daughter of Her High- ness’ lady companion, Mrs. K. F. Mody, were also tn continental at- tire. Attired in English Mode. The men members of the party. Prince’s secretary, Chatterjee, Both spoke English brokenly, neither consented to discuss trip in any phase, their royal and Dr. 8S. B.' his personal physician. | buc all under the Prince attired in 'a brown sack English walking suit and swinging a cane. for his dark-brown visage European. boule- his middle fif- her chil. A observ’ | | except for two native servante:, who wore colorful turbans, were attired in PEneglish mode. They /were Maj. F. Simpat Singh, the| the | chief frowned an anv | in Her Nose, in St. ne ee ee 709 ON TRAL FOR MUTIY IN MANA reached Union’ Station at from Washington, D. | on a sightseeing tour of Amer- | 'told how ————— LOEB’S MOTIVE WAS TO COMMIT T CRIME: DEFENSE ALIENISTS MAY TESTI ’ COURT RULES — Judge Caverly in Deep Study | oe ’ PSYCHIATRIST DESCRIBES TAL » WITH SLAY 7.9 ee te Oo a ae ee : Co. et 4 ws “Daw ae BS, ha cane te wr. ee Her Se st) CS iS an ae + ~ rit ar oe * By PAUL Y. ANDERSON, — : a A Staff Correspondent of “oO meh Dispatch. mee CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—The of Richard Loeb, in the kid 2 » —Copyrient. Underwood od & Underwood. ° ee a ae |and murder of Robert. Franks, “to commit the thus vindicating his own chi picture of himeelf as “the nig criminal,” Dr. Writllam A. distinguished alleniat, testi ee day in the trial of Loeb and 3 a Pe aa eo FLYERS STAGE AERL CIRCUS’ DOWNTOWN Philippine Scouts Face Court | Martial for ‘than Leopold Jr., before Judge C 5 be 5% | Trav eling Airmen Thrill Crowds ‘erly, He declared that the | Refusing to | With tunts er F art a esided. one of the com- ot Mae; witness called, testified that he les of war, show- read to the he had advised > The “parade” .consisted . of «low | .onctusions. The’ al- {altitude stunt flying by Pilots Clyde An Ironical Tirade. of the soldiers | E. Pangborn. of San Francisco. baad Just before the ru on as the presen: iW. _E. Brooks, of Alliance, Neb.; a They are| plane changing »stunt by Milton Girton; of San -Francisco; and wing walking and acrobatics by Fielding handed down, however, Sta torney Crowe eeener the tators with a savagely ) BOY MISSING IN. WILDERNESS rade upon Loeb and chief counsel, Dae “gl chiet counsel, “Clarence If. Leininger, of Pueblo, Colo., the youngest member ,. of the. troupe. The demonstration lasted about 30 Chicago Lad Dt terfly,dtunt i By the Assoctated Press. DETROIT, Aug. of Indian trallers and teer searchers have failed to veal eo: trace of 7-year-old Walter” who wandered into the wilds of lake County Monday, ‘on | hunt and disappeared. “This is not a lawsuit, it. on But- : minutes, and caused a general n Michigan. craning of necks ‘by noon hour ppbssscpe he sald. “We aren throngs. a courtroom, but In a nw These are not two of the moat The circus was organized by Gates at San Francisco four years Ago. and has been “on the road” since. “In addition to those already mentioned the personne! of the or- ‘ganization includes. Pilot Lioyd Clevenger, of San Francisco; A. F. 1.—-The efforts 250 wetens) _re- blooded, malignant murde history, they are two little who have lost their way tint and need to have somebody their hands and ad ‘thar them light.” a pie > re Bloodhounds tave been tried 1 | vain. The boy came to Lake Gaia Hragits, «. of; Cheese, S ‘parnenuse sunt acee pepper By, ty with his mother from Chieago jumper; two mechanics, and an he went i old, advance agent. Gates, the three fad Om: ig pilots, and the three acrobats 4 © Mate’s Attorney wld nm”: named are all college men and, ee the details of a her ‘with the exception of Leininger, | UTGer in their presence, t From other sources, however, ty was just | Journey car, it a delightful novelty. was accompanied by tive /who said the tour from St. learned that the Prince ha | concluded his first night's in an American eet and that he had prorsunced The party a representa- of a world touring would carry the Prince to Kansas | Cit The maharajah and party went || India to England, | by ¥y. Degver and points west. ship from agency, | Louts | later sailing through the fiorde of | 1? Norway. The party arrived in New. rg York July 21 on tge Leviathan. at Frei Band Const Teatili man Park, 7:30 Illinois: Partly While in New York, the cited overcast tonight | CO™SUlted specialists on deafness, | and Saturday; | AUtomobile tours of parks and oth-_ possibly showers |er points of interest constituted Saturday: some- |‘? 4@y's program here. what warmer in. : west and north,: Too Fat to Drown Herself. persrens. ( SUpERION. “Win, A 1 Sun rises at 5:02; sets at 7:13. : — ‘ Georgianna Raycraft, 29 years old, of St. Paul. Minn. weighing 200 pounds, leaped from the Lamborn ,avenueée bridge into the bay today in an attempt to. commit suicids, ' but was too fat to sink. She was the Mississippi River 14.6 feet at 7 a. ma, Stage of St. rp eee ee Falkenbainer’s Band, at 10 o'clock. VYeat- police pulled her out. ' > \ 2? be i¢ : | “buoyed up for 16 minutes and then : ee ee Pe Real Etaie— Your Famaily’s | Protection i} You To buy a home its further protection. You would Mke them to con- place, comfortable The apahameats de ap es Pee che fine have insured You took that step to pfo- ‘ tect your family. } Post- Diaparen’s Estate" advert icing colamas help a man to « tly this i elaning there, es too young. A kindly should tell them a cid and’ tuck thém tn. aviation careers.during the .war as ce. who is but 19 years old, began their members of the "Army. Alr. Lure Is Strong. % The lure of this new form of }| cireus life is as strong as the call your life. | of the sawdust ring to thé tent show Fe ed wo yn oe a heat easy of >. best in or ita t. step