St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 30, 1919

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SERVE TO OPEN AVENUE TO RUSSIA | Lack of Credit, However, _ Probably Will Interfere ‘With Resumption of Trade With That Country. PARIS, June 80.—The official no-, the | tification to Germany that Blockade will not be raised until the treaty is ratified by Germany was in the form of a resolution adopted | by the Council of Four and present- | ed to the German delegation before its departure for Berlin. Condition- ing the raising of the blockade upon Germany's ratification of the treaty is régarded in conference circles as _ &,sure plan for obtaining a speedy » ratification because of Germany's food and raw material needs. As Ruesia is blockaded as a result of the blockade against the Central Powers, the opinion is held that. when the blockade of them ceases, there will lie no blockade against | Russia. However, Soviet Russ‘: lack of credit and inability to make | | financial arrangemen:s is looked | upan by financial advisers connect- | ed with the conference as a bar to' Russia's resumption of trade on a/| large scale. | Lansing Heads Mission. |» With the departure of President ie anne /Becretary Lansing becomes ot the Aterican: peace dele- gation, which will carry on negotia- tions on Austrian and other treaties un@ér consideration. But this ar- | rangement probably will be only temporary as Secretary Lansing ex- pects to return to the United States vbout the middle of July. Frant.| Polk, assistant Secretary of State. will replace him. Henry White is leaving for a week's vacation at the seashore and E. M. House is go-. ing to London; so Gen. Bliss and | Secretary Lansing will be the only | American delegates in Paris for the next few days. There. was complete realization .in Leace conference circles and in Paris | generally today. Secretary Larsing | this morning had a conference with American officials and later in the, day he planned to meet Arthur J. Balfour, the British Forcign feccre-. tary, and representatives of the oth-| er Powers to formulate plans for | carrying on the work rema'niag to be accomplished by the conference. | Following the departure of Per- nmard M. Baruch, Vance McCormick ond Thomas W. Lamont, John Fos- ter Dulle has been named as the leading expert adviser to the delega- tion’ which is now considering the economic problems connected with the Austrian treaty. The note to the Turks advising them that the conference desires their return to Constantinople as it is not ready to consider Turkish problems, make it clear that there is no intention to act until further reports are available the commission studying the Turkish situation. The Polish treaty signed by Presi- dent Wilson before he left Paris, | in which Poland agrees to guarantee the rights of minorities, probably will be published Tuesday. This treaty, together with the undertak- ing President Wilson signed with France was signed privately and was overshadowed byythe documents so ‘Seremoniously signed at Versailles. New Council of Ten. The counchi of the peace confer- nce, it is understood, again wil!) take the form of an interallied su- Preme council in which each of the. Sreat Powers will be represented by. two. delegates, According lows: Premier Clemenceau and) of State Lansing and Ed- ward M. House for the United States; Foreign Minister Balfour and vie-| ' @0unt Milner or Andrew Bonar Law ‘Great Britain: Foreign Minister mi and Guglielmo Harcon! for) es and Baron Makino and Vis- Chinda for Japan. foreign Minister Tittoni and the. other members of the new Italian @@legation to the peace conference Srrived here yesterday. They were Be ‘Hastened as Need of Food and Raw Materials in Ger- “Work Just Begun,’ Says President in Peace Message LONDON, June 30. By the Associated Press. PEACE message from Pres- Acer Wilson to the Daily Mail and the Weekly Dis- patch is printed this morning in the latter publication. It fol- lows: “Many things crowd into the mind tos be said about the peace treaty, but the. thought that Stands out itn front of all oth- ers is that by the terms of the treaty the greatest possible meas- ure of compensation has heen provided for peoples whose homes and lives were wrecked by the storm of war, and secur- ity has been given them that the storm shall not arise again. In- sofar as we came together to in- sure these things, the work of the conference is finished. but in a larger sense its work be- gins today. In answer to an un- mistakable appeal, the league of nations has been constituted and a covenant has been drawn which shows the way to international understanding and peace. “We stand at the crossroads, however, and the way is only pointed out. Those who saw through the travail of the war the vision of a world made se- cure for mankind must now con- secrate their lives to its realiza- tion.,”’ LIEUT. KITE AND. BRIDE HONEYMOON IN AIRPLANE Eloping Couple Take Sky Voyage After Runaway Marriage in Hays, Kan, Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, June 30.—-Lieut. and Mrs. Warren P. Kite, who were married last Tuesday at Hays, Kan.. after eloping from Larned, Kan., the _bride’s home, fre enjoying an ex- tended honeymoon, flying wherever | ‘3; the notion strikes them. At 11:30 o'clock yesterday morn- ing a few persons at the aviation field at Overland Park saw an air-| plane appear on the horizon. The airplane was a strange one, and the'| spectators were surprised when it swooped down to earth. But they were even man and womaem climbed out of it, Smiling. -They were Lieut. Kite and his bride. They had flown here from Junction City, Kan. Kite and his bride will start about 1 o'clock this afternoon for Joplin, Mo. a King Gives Medal to Negro Jumper. By the Associated Press. PERSHING STADIUM, Saturday, June American army, ner of the trials in the running 'broad jump at the interallied games today, was cheered loudly when he stepped up to the box of the King of | Montenegro after his success to re- _ceive from the King the medal of the fourth class of the Order of Da- | nilo. The grin on the bulky negro’s face was earwide as King Nicholas. patted him on the back after shak- ing his hand. m Are you going to the Theater or) | Continued on Page 2. Movies tonight? If so, see Page 11 more surprised when a. / i He said they were just honey- | mooning and probably would fly east | from Joplin. | field. His home tis in Spring- | 28.—Private Sol Butler of the. who was the win- | BELL COMPANY IMPORTS 44 GIRLS T0 BREAK STRIKE : ‘Manager Says Operators in Other States Sought Trans- fers and Will Stay Indefi- nitely. KINLOCH EMPLOYES TO MEET OFFICIALS Service on System Has Some Improvement, but Still Is Impaired—Bell Is Much Poorer. Importation of girl telephone op- _erators, to take the place of strikers, was admitted today by Manager Hale of the Bell Company, who said to a Post-Dispatch reporter that, as he knew* the number of girls who have come here thus far was 44. He said they came from Missouri, Ar- kansas, Texas, and a few from Chi- cago. More will be employed if they come, he said. Hale spoke of the strike breakers as girls who had voluntarily sought transfers from other places to St. Louis. He said they will receive the regular pay, with no bonus, and may remain here pernianéntly or leave ‘after the emergency is over, as they choose. The has history of the strikes strike breakers is the most serious obstacle to settlement, as the em- ployers usually insist on retaining those who have served in an emer- ‘gency, and the. strikers refuse to work beside them, or to yield their priority to them upon returning to work. Kinloch Strikers to Confer. Striking employes of the Kinloch Telephone Co. planned to confer with officers of the company in dent Reber’s office this after- noon. They will be accompanied by concillators of the United States De- | partment of Labor, by the Rev. Fa- ther Timothy Dempsey and by O. E. | Jennings, representing the Interna- tional Brotherhood Workers. Service on the Bell lines this morn- ing was much poorer than at any ‘time since the strike began last /Thursday noon. Calls were delayed indefinitely, and busy signals were given in a suspiciously of cases. The service on the Kinloch _continued to be meager, though showing a slight improvement over | last week. The time for the meeting at the | Kinloch offices was set by President | Reber, who sent a communication to | Jennings Saturday in reply to a pre- vious letter requesting a conference. Reber said in that letter that the Kinloch operators had disregarded their previous pledges, and that for Column 2. to the | ps, the council will be formed as | _ Foreign Minister Pichon for France; | - Met at the station by the Baron Son- . the former Foreign Minister, bee other Italian representatives who | ~ have been in Paris. The peace treaty was brought from | Versailles to Paris Saturday night | and deposited at the Protocol Office. | Marshal Joffre, who returned eto. : ‘and Marsha! Petain, both of. Were detained at their head-- ts, also were unable to be pres-— | Parle from London Saturday. eve- was unable to attend the cere- ‘at Versailles and Marsha! POST-DISPATCH alone POST-DISPATCH alone than the city, Globe-Democrat. Democrat. Repeated Records of Sunday Supremacy have appeared in this space for a period of 639 Consecutive Sundays, or Twelve and a Quarter Years Yesterday’s advertising figures furnished one more link in the long chain, when the Post-Dispatch alone greatly exceeded both of the other newspapers combined in every department of paid publicity. Total Paid Advertising— Home-Merchants’ Advertising— Both other Sunday papers combined POST-DISPATCH excess over both National Advertising— Both other Sunday papers combined POST-DISPATCH excess over both A Few Comparisons of the Sunday Post-Dispatch and Globe-Democrat The city circulation of the Post-Dispatch is more than DOUBLE the city circulation of the Globe-Democrat. The City Cireulation alone of the Post-Dispatch is more suburban and country circulation of the The city carrier cireulation alone of the Post-Dispatch is greater than the TOTAL city circulation of the Globe- 31 Cols. 347 Cols. 84 Cols, 201 Cols. 162 Cols. 3D Cols. 72 Cols. 51 Ools. 21 Cols. 158 Cols. 134 Gols. 24 Cols. — so far usually shown that the presence of | Presi- | ' Steel of Electrical’ large number) ment hearing last week, civil division | parole of Mrs. Elizabeth G. ‘years old, |who pleaded guilty the embezzlement of $16,000 from | fidential secretary wrote a letter to Judge serving a two-year term. } | Maj.-Gen. Graves Says 'Romanovka. ‘the ec “MADE A NEW DAY,” DANIELS TELLS NC FLIERS IN WELCOME Secretary Saye He Ww ill Recommend | Special Congressional Medal for seaplane Crews. By the Associated Presa. WASHINGTON, June Daniels today welcomed home the commanding officers and crew of the American naval transatlantic flight squadron with the declaration that they had ‘‘made a new day and accomplished what not the wisest among us can see the end of.”’ ‘We can cross the Atlantic, have demonstrated,” said the tary. ‘“‘We can cross the .Pacific. can fly around the world. “T congratulate all of you gentie- men upon the achievement which is epoch-making in the history of the world. I congratulate you and 2.1! America is proud of you.” Before greeting Commander John Towers, the squadron commanil:- and Lieutenant-Commanders Al- Read and Patrick N. L. rr linger and their assistants, Secretary Daniels announced that he ibaa | recommend that Congtfess authorize a special medal: for and extend the thanks of the nation to the seaplanc crews, CLEMENCEAU PRESENTS TREATY TO CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES 30.- Secre- tary as you Secre- We H. er, bert C. “We Make Peace as We Made War, Without Weakness,” Says Pre- mier in Specch. By the Agsociated Press. PARIS, June 30.—In presenting the text of the peace treaty to the Chamber of Deputies today, Premier Clemenceau made a brief speech in| French Na-' Bor-— which he reca'tled the tional Assembly which met at dcaux in 1871, and added: “We make peace as we made war. without weakness. Internal peace is a necessity for externa! peace.” —— we M’DANIEL WILL WAIT FOR FULL GRAND JURY FOR U. R. INQUIRY _——— --——- -—_ =. ~~ Three Members Have Been Since Opening of Testimony Last Tuesday. Attorney McDaniel today indicated his intention to await a full attendance of the grand jury before procéeding further with the investigation of acts of United Rail- ways officials. Three jurors have been absent since the opening of tes- timeny last Tuesday. They are: Tay- lor D. Kelley, 4416 Westminster place, sales manager of the American Co.; Thomas H. Garrett 29 Kingsbury place, president of the T. H. Garrett Lumber Co., and William Deichmann, 3920 Greer avenue, pro- vision merchant. McDaniel said that he had not learned whether the missing mem- bers had returned, but that it was probable that no session would be held this afternoon. William Finn. roadmaster of the United Railways, was the last witness at the adjourn- which was Circuit Friday. ee ee PAROLE FOR WOMAN SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF $16,000 Judge Calhoun Acts on Recommen- dation of Dr. Saunders in Case of Former Secretary. The last aci of Judge John W. Calhoun upon his retirement today from the criminal division to the of the Circuit Court after one year and a half, was the Gray, 52 boulevard, June 16 to —— ee ee 3821 Delmar on Dr. Edward Saunders, 1541 South Grand avenue. Mrs. Gray was con- of Dr. Saunders and manipulated his collections. The parole was by agreement of _the prosecuting witness and the Cir- cult Attorney's office. Dr. Saunders Calhoun ask- ing that Mrs. Gray be released from The Cir- cuit Attorney's office reported that |an investigation of Mrs. Gray’s past | had shown it to be good. | retiring from ' , the criminal division, made a report, 'of his record. ‘paroles granted, Judge Calhoun, in It showed that of 171 only five had been violated. There were 74 convictions and 38 acquittals by juries, eight mistrials and 427 pleas of guilty. Judge Benjamin H. Klene will be- come successor to Judge Calhoun. 18 U, S$. SOLDIERS KILLED IN SIBERIAN ENGAGEMENT ee Fight Fol- lowed Attack by Bolsheviki on Railroad Guards. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 80.—Eight- een American soldiers were killed, one officer and seven men severely wounded and 17 slightly wounded in an engagement with anti-Kolchak forces near Romanovka on June 25. Major-General Graves, command- ing the American expedition in Si- beria, informed the War Department today that the engagement followed an attack by the Bolsheviki on rail- road guards. Apparently A Company of the Thirty-first Infantry was the only unit engaged. Second Lieutenant Lawrence Donald Butler was report- ed severely wounded, The officia: cablegrani consisted of only the single lin ‘Anti- Kolchak forces attacked railroad guards at Suchan branch, five, June 5th.’ and then cave asuailies repgprt. American , minor Absent | PRESIDENT SIGNS - RAILROAD FUNDS MEASURE AT SEA Appropriation Measure and Other Bills Acted Upon Were Due to Become Law Before July 1. REPUBLICANS FAILED TO MAKE A CASE Expected Criticis mof Presi- dent for Delay, but Tu- multy Sent Bills by Special Ship to Intercept Wilson. Ry the (sso lated Press WASHINGTON, June 30.—Presi- dent Wilson signed the railroad ap- propriation bill, the Indian bill, some measures and other docu- ments, which needed a signature to become law before July 1, in mid- ocean at 8 a. m., Greenwich time, to- day. 3 [It was the first time that a chief executive of the United States had affixed his signature to appropria- tion bills at sea, or, indeed, away from the continental United States. By DAV 1D L AW RENCE, A Special Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. WASHINGTON, June 30.—Presi- dent Wilson has signed the railroad appropriation bill on the ocean. The bill was passed by both Houses of Congress last week. Republican leaders pushed it through promptly so that no one might charge them with delaying back? payments due the railroads and large sums of money due to individual stockholders in in- terests and dividends on July 1. The Democrats saw the possibility that an accusing finger might be pointed at them because of President Wilson's absence in Europe. er words, 10 days would have to elapse before the bill could become a. law and in the intervening period all sorts of financial embarrassments might ensue to individuals depend- ing upon prompt payment on July al Secretary Tamulty Acts. Secretary Tumulty cabled Presi- dent Wilson to find out when the lat- ter would leave France but could not get any definite tnformation be- cause Mr. Wilson was waiting for the Germans to sign the peace treaty. He called on the Navy Department to ascertain how quickly a ship could carry the bill to France. Louis Howe, assistant to Franklin D. Roosevelt, in the Navy Department, suggested a dirigible. “But suppose the dirigible met with an accident and the bill was lost?”’ inquired Tumulty. ‘Then Congress would have to pass | a joint resolution reproducing the bill,’’ experts in such matters. So the President’s secretary de- cided to take no chances on a dirig!t- ble but to dispatch a vessel to France or to intercept the President in mid- ocean. Danicls Sends Ship. Secretary Daniels put a naval offi-, cer aboard the Great Northern with the aHe-important bill last Tuesday. Up to last week the President had been cabling his intention to sign bills. and this was regarded as suffi- cient authorization for the Treasury Department to pay money. But a ruling from the Comptroller of the Currency said such procedure was not strictly legal and must be dis- pensed with in the future. So the United States Railroad Ad- ministration decided to bridge the gap with some of its own working balance. This, of course, reduces the Railroad's Administration funds to a low figure, but the expectation of early reimbursement by reason of President Wilson's signature lessens the risk of such a tight squeeze. Today and tomorrow, by the Railroad Afiministration for back debts, rentals, equipment, ani so on, and to the railroad corpora- tions which in turn pay interest and dividend obligations. Filibuster Eimergency. It was this same emergency which caused concern when the Republic- ans filibustered at the end of the last session of Congress in the hope of forcing President Wilson to call an extra session at an earlier date than he seemed willing new Congress. The consequent difficulties In the period since March 4 have been met by large credit arrangements between the railroads and the banks of the country. But all this was to termi- nate on July 1, by which date ev- erybody fully expected that Congress would authorize the payment of a sufficient fund to meet the back pay- ments and carry the railroads for- ward until the end of Federal con- trol. Congress acted in due already those who had believed it unwise for the President to be ab- sent from the country were begin- ning to charge him with the conse- quences of delay in failing to make the railroad appropriations available July 1 But Sec | ontinuca on rage 2, Cele Te. season and by retary Tum ulty, who has ‘plant of the East St. | burban Railway, at Twenty-first and | In oth- | was the reply given him by the_ therefore, | nearly $750,000,000 is being paid out to convene the)! DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ENFORCE PROHIBITION — Those Who Try to Sell 2.75 Per Cent Beer Will Be Arrested Promptly, Officials Announce. By 1e@ Associated Press Ww ASHINGTON, June 32%. time prohibition, effective at night, will be strictly enforced by the of existing machinery that end. It was said at the department to- day that open violation of the law. threatened in New York and other cities, would be promptly dealt with by, Federal agents. Whether the de- partment’s present force will be able to break up secret traffic remains to seen, but in this connection offi- cials pointed out that the increased appropriation asked of Congress for general law enforcement would per- mit of a considerable enlargement of the department's force. Beer containing 2.75 per cent of alcohol is regardéd by Department of Justice officials as _ intaxicating and persons who undertake its sale —-War- mid- in so far as Department Justice can function to be judgment have specifically will be arrested, it was sald. A suit brought in Baltimore to have the courts determine whether such beer iy intoxicating within the meaning of the law is to come to trial tomorrow, but it is expected that before final is entered Congress will fixed in the en forcement law the amount of alcohol which beyerages may contain. In the opinion of Department of officials and many members of Congress, war-time prohibition will have no effect on the Reed amendment prohibiting the _ trans- portation of intoxicants into terri- tory where its manufacture and sale is foridden by local law.’ Informa- tion has reached the department that many persons living in “dry” terri- tory have stored quantities of liquor in ‘‘wet”’ cities with a view to trans- porting it after today, but enforce- ment of the Reed amendment will in no wise be relaxed. Justice a a oo, — oe FRE HALTS STREET CARS ACROSS RIVER Blaze at Switchboard’ in East St. Louis Forces Many Persons to Walk to Work. East St. Louis and nearby towns were totally without street car serv- ice or electric light between 7:40 and 8:45 a. m. today, due to a fire at the switchboard of the central power Louts and Su- State streets. The switchboard, which controls the distribution of power to the en- tire system serving Past St. WILSON FELIITATED BY CROWNED HEADS tion becoming effective at midnight, King George, King Alfonso and Emperor of Japan Send Mes- Sages on Signing of Peace. By the Associeted Press. ON BOARD THE GEORGE WA June 29, by wireless to the Assoc!i- ated Press.—President Wilson re- u ® . &. ceived a series of notable dispatches | today as he departed from France. | These messages came from King Louis, | @®°rse, King Alfonso and the Em- SHINGTON, Sunday, drink trade as camouflage to screen SALOON KEEPERS IN RUSH 10 GET LIGENSES 10 RUN TILL AUGUST 13 Excise Commissioner to Con- tinue to Issue Permits — Indications Are That Dram- shops Will Keep Open Be- hind Elaborate ‘Soft Drink’ Front. PUBLIC PREPARING FOR THIRST, HOWEVER Wholesale Liquor Houses Report Record Business With Buyers Taking Cases and Barrels — Bars Are Crowded Early. With national war-time prohibi- indications today were that St. Louls will tomorrow have an unprecedent- ed number of “soft drink” saloons, many of which will sell liquor, and will fo Red State liquor licenses as a protection against police interfer- ence, while they will pase the soft- them from Federal officials, who will have the task of enforcing the pro- hibition act. Hundreds of saloon keepers today | applied in the Excise Commissioner's office for new State licenses, good Bellev ille, Edwardsviiie, Alton anda) peror of Japan, and congratulated | from midnight tonight until Aug. 15. eather towns was destroyed. Ofl on the board became ignited and the in-| culation on thousands of wires lead- ing from it was burned off. Meanwhile power was brought from power houses at Wood River and McCambridge station and cars began moving, though the operation was frequently interrupted and cars, moved spasmodically. Thousands of persons who cross Eads Bridge to their work in East St. Louis daily either walked or sat in cars expecting them to move mo- mentarily. Those who sought tele- their delay found the telephone service inadequate due to the strike. Because of the lack of power, large packing houses at the stockyards, the plant of the Aluminum Ore Co. and other. large factories are operating with reduced forces. Many of the employes, who reside in St. Louis, were delayed in reaching work. The damage will be about $50,000 according to D. E. Parsons, gener- al manager. An original estimate of $500,000 was erroneous as the switchboard destroyed was a tem- porary one, which has been used since the original switchboard was removed last November for repairs. The fire, according to Parsons, start- ed from a_ short circuit on this switchboard. There are about 110 linemen work- ing on the board and the power will be fully restored this afternoon, it was announced. PEORIA BIDS. LIQUOR FAREWELL Ry the Associated Press PEORIA, Ill, June 30.—Peoria, which for more than half a century claimed the distinction of being the greatest distilling center in the world, today, aJong with other Amer- ican cities, is bidding a fond farewell to John Barleycorn. The great distilling plants, hit hard months ago by war-time legislation, now are food product plants, and the breweries have long since ceased making beer and are turning to other products. FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; SOMEWHAT WARMER TONIGHT THE TEMPER ATT RES la 4a 7 a oopeye JOHN, TAKE OF YOURSELF. Highest yes- terday, 80 at 3 Pp. m.; lowest, 66 at 7 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warm- er tonight. Missouri and lllinoin —Cener.- ally fair tonight and tomorrow; scomewiha't warmer in north portion ienight. Stage of the river at 7 a. m.. 1,.9 feet. a fall f .« Of a fvuut. truth ‘concerning the phones to call other means of trans- | portation or to inform employers of | people and and of freedom icent processes of peace and the ac- cords of a liberal policy. congratulating the congratulate you trate vou are, nation of the war they victory. tations on this magnificent triumph which runner of a great new era of the wrold's history, have gone before in the general dif- fusion of happiness and security.” sca in the the President on the large part he | took during the war and fn the peace conference. The message from King George | makes allusion to “the American and | British people, brothers in arms, who will continues ever in peace.” Wilson Reply to George. lows: “It gives me deep pleasure to ex- press to you my conviction of the of your generous great ends which have been attained by the present peace and the new ties which have been created between yvour own grea' ours. We are on the eve of realizing more than we alize them at the time, the real ob- jects of the great war. “The free peoples of the world, united erty and justice, have, representatives, wrought out a pian by which they may remain united in a free partnership of intimate coun- cause of justice the benef- the through cil to promote It is witn- in the choice of thoughtful men of every nation to enrich the peace by their counsel. I am happy to echo your greetings at this momentuus time of rerniewed vision and confident ‘ hope.” Yoshihito's Message. Emperor Yoshihito of Japan, President, said: “It gives me heartfelt pleasure to and the great people whose first magis- on the definite termi- in which you and to achieve final warmest feiici- in friendly did so much Accept mi the fore- I firmly believe is eclipsing all that President to Yoshihito. The President replied: “Your mafesty’s message of felicitations ts received with the greatest gratifica- It has been a privilege to co- operate with the very able represen- tatives of Japan in developing the terms of peace which Inevitably in- volved the interests of the whole world. 1 believe with your majesty that the results achieved forecast a new era in the world’s history be- cause they give promise of a peace in which justice will not be imperiled by selfieh initiative on the part of any single nation. “May I express my best wishes for the security and happiness of your people os King Alfonso’s Mesaage. King Alfonso of Spain sent message “On the occasion of the signing of the peace in which you have in con- with your country taken such a preponderating part, | am pleased to send you my most sincere congratulations, and I ask you to ac- cept my very best wishes and those of Spain for the happiness and pros- perity of the United States of Ameri- new era now beginning. I Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wil- tion. this function wish you, son a good journey. In reply the President said “T greativ appreciate your mes- Lventinued on lage &. Colemn &. They will not protect The reply of the President to the’ message of King#George was as fol-| message — become operative. could re-. to defeat the enemies of lib-. through their These will serve as a protection against the police, under the terms of a notification which Chief O’Brien received this morning from Excise Commissioner Lewis and sent to po- lice Captains for thelr guidance. the holders against Federal Interference. Excise Commissionet’s Stand. Lewis holds that Missour! has no State prohibitory las until next January, when the bone-dry law passed by the recent Legislature will His letter to thé Chief of Police reads: | beg to advise you that this of- fice will continue to operate as heretofore in the execution of the laws of the State with reference to dramshops of the City of 8t. Louis. There has been no change in the State laws regarding this matter. and there will be no change effec- tive until Jan. 20 next. This office will issue licenses tr dramshop keepers who are prop- erly qualified to receive them, and will continue as herefofore to hold all dramshop keepers to a strict compliance with the laws of the State. Lewis said that, of about 1600 icenses now in effect. about 1600 ‘ill expire at midnight, the remain- der being in effect until Thureday. or until July 10, or until Aug. 2. O# those whose licenses expire tonight, he estimated that nearly 900 had ap- plied for new licenses, and he an- ticipated the greater part of this number would take out the licenses todays The charge for a license good until) Aug. 15 its $112. and there is no rebate in case the holder is closed by the Federal authorities. Will Enforce State Law. Lewis said it would be the duty of the police to arrest those who keep open without State licenses, and that, as his letter indicated, he would in- sist on strict compliance with the 1 . a. m. and Sunday closing laws by those who take out licenses. ; Up to noon no special instructions for the enforcement of war-time pro- hibition had been received at the of- fice of the United States District At- torney. It was said at the office that all violations called to the attention of the office would be prosecuted. but no one in the office was prepared to state just what would constitute.« violation. Police to Report Violations. It was said that the efty Police Department was expected to repor apparent violations and that ft would then be the duty of the Department of Justice operatives, headed by Bid- ward J. Brennan, to investigate and report to the District Attorney. There will be no special activity by the Department of Justice opera» tives to detect violations, it was said While the action of the saloon men indicated that St. Louts would not be a very dry town tomorrow: yet the idea of a ceremonial observ. ance of tonight. as the last night of the unrestrained sale of liquor, con- tinued to make a strong appeal te the thirsty. It was too good an ex* cuse for drinking to let pass. evel though those whe drink and reel away may live to drink another day. 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