St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 23, 1919

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If you have a job open for a returned soldier see the official list of apPlications for jobs printed at the head of the Employment Wanted Column of today’s Post-Dispatch, or consult the Demobilization Bureay for ‘the Placement of Soldiers, Sailors and Marines 110 N, 9th street. Telephone Olive 7240, - Employers, Attention! tte ee ee in St. Paper ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Louis With the Associated a ew ee Ce - oe Se a = — The Only en eam aN eR ~_ é “ji _ VOL. E 71. NO. 331 - EVENING, LIGHT - 4 SS News Service Press JULY 23, 1919—26 P FAIR, AND SOMEWHAT 3 WARMER sommes GIRL StES ARM ge Soe OFFICER KILLED AT SIDE IN AUTO lowest 70, at 7 a. m. GUARDSMAN SLAIN | ay NEGRO; 2000 } SOLDIERS ONDUTY 1 1 IN WASHINGTON of Defense Force a Another Badly _ Wounded by Negro on " Street — Rain Helps to 4 Keep Down Disorder on X\\ Pa) |p Fourth Niche == I THEATERS AND OTHER a ver PLACES CLOSED Juse-um fo © BELLEAU WOOD VETERAN ASKS NG) Tot Ncevestunny Sale of Firearms Stopped POLICE TO STOP ARRESTING HIM »—President Confers With wounaea soldicr With Prison Rec- . Baker on Situation—P o- ofd Says He Is Trying to “Go Official fore- cast for St. Louis and _ vicinity: Fair and some- what tonight; tomor-. row, fair and continucd warm. Missouri and. Illinois: Fair to- night, somewhat | — warmer in north, GE D and west por- ERA od a an tions; tumorrow, fair and contin- | ued warm. Stage of the river at 7 a. m.., | 11.1 feet, a fall | of .4 foot. Board of Car in Kansas Shot Is Fired. ly First Lieutenant in 30th = 2 ing With Miss Evelyn Hall. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MICe AND i WIR ATS- UME | Straight.” 'one of Kansas City’s exclusive resi- ° _ Joseph Novy Trost, 32 years old,' dence districts, at 11 o'clock last lice and Troops Keep ,; 3515 Cozens avenue, an overseas night, drew a revolver and demanded . ;veteran of the Seventh Infantry, that Miss Evelyn Hall of 3516 Wal- Everyone Moving. 'who was wounded and shell shocked nut street stop the car. In the coupe in Belleau Wood, appealed to the po-| with Miss Hall was Fitzroy K. Simp- lice today to stop arresting him gon, 26 years old, a former First whenever they see him on the street at night. The arrests are made be- cause of Trost's former police rec-' ord, hé@ having served five years in the penitentiary for highway rob- Ry the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 23.—Al- though there was sporadic firing of firearms in some of the negro dis- tricts until early this morning, the | pery. major casualties in last night's; When Trost returned from over- clashes between white persons and | Seas he called at police headquarters | ; ,and announced to the detectives that) negroes consisted of only one white |}. nad reformed and would make no man killed and another probably | more troubje. The detectives shook | fatally wounded. Scores were in- | hands and promised to let bygones) : +» | be bygones. Lately the detectives| |: Jufed in varying degrees as a resu't | | have resumed the practi ee of of blows and fists, clubs and stones | P ce of “pick ing up” Trost when they have seen end the wielding of knives, but in him out late in questionable com- none of these cases was the wounds | pany. He was arrested last night at| under the left shoulder expected to be fatai. Union Station. tering a window of the coupe. The man killed last night is Isaac “I haven't done anything criminal| Deputy Marshal First to Arrive. B Halbfingers and the seriously ftince I got back from France,"’ Trost Miss Hall was holding him in her | wounded man was Benjamin Bei- | sisted togay, “and I'm trying to arms when residents, attracted by _mont, both members of the Defense keep straight, but it’s hard when/the shot, ran to the car. ' Guard, who were shot down on the they keep locking me up. In that) died almost instantly. 2 street by a negro while doing Juty in way I lost one job I had with a/| Harry Houston, a Deputy Marsaal _ one of the black districts. clothing company. I am ‘too nervous) of Johnson County, Kan., who was 2000 Soldiers on Duty. to do the hardest work, for Iam not| driving in his car in Fifty-sixth Despite the fact the capital was over the shell shock yet, but I think) street, heard the shot when ed camp, the fourth night cf if the police would let me alone T blocks away. Between his car and he race warfare was less violen* raat y apy in the street with one occupant. As he passed the car a man ran toward waving his hand, and shouted: WANTS NAVY TO CONTINUE © “irt* go. ‘There's ‘Been a shoot HANDLING WIRELESS BUSINESS: Houston did not stop to investi- i Danicils Says Inadequacy of Other | Systems Threatents an “Intol- erable Situation.” ee ee the coupe. By that time the other car had disappeared. Miss Hall is a daughter of the late By the Aassoctated Press. |W. M. Hall. She is 25 years old. WASHINGTON, July 23.—-Secre-| She was overcome by the tragedy tary Daniels, in asking Congress to: and was unable to give a coherent enact legislation permitting the Navy account of it. Department to continue handling Lieut. J. J. Dawson of the fire de- commercial radio messages, declared | partment at the Country Club sta- that “an intolerable situation in the | tion arrived soon after the shooting business world” was threatened be- and tried to calm Miss Hall. cause of the inadequacy of other in- | Miss Hall Accuses Houston. ternational communication systema. ‘“‘Hlow did it happen?’’ Lieut. Daw- " ‘son asked. | ‘There's the man,” Miss Hall ex- claimed, pointing at Houston. at \ ‘ou sure?’’ questioned Daw- Prelate Enjoys Best of Health and |... “te's an officer of the law.” Takes Daily Walks. ae | “I'm sure,”’ insisted Miss ba > | tv t} ~) j aol | . ’ | Major-General W. G. Haan, recently | 5° has’ been instructed to provide facilities | care of his new responsibii't:es. | | Official estimates are tha, 20,990 | American soldiers macrikui foreign | brides. A majority of these men were | emergency enlistments, however, and | sufficient to accommodate the rewzn- ' lars. Enlistment men in tha siaff! corps Will be ordered to reper: te) Washington temporarily and will be cClally selected billets. U. S. WLL SIGN TREATIES : Announcement by State Department; | Grecks Anxious to Know Our By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 23. — The’ United States will sign the treaties with Bulgaria and Turkey, it was an-| nounced today at the State Depart-| WITH PRESIDENT ..~ssmme"usie" will result from the War Department tion ports to transfer such men and _fantrymen ° Ethan Allen, the Sixth Cavalry at | No Other Solution. which will enable the soldier to take it is believed the regiments will be | distributed from that point to spe- Jiteutions, ment. | —_— — : — PARIS, July 23.—M. Venizelos, Premier of Greece, has cabled Presi- dent Wilson asking the President if the United States will sign the Bul- garian treaty. for the allies to decide what dispo- sition is to be made of Western any action which would send the covenant back for re-negotiation. | Sterling Friendly to League. The South Dakota Senator assured the President of his friendliness to the idea of a league and expressed a conviction that such a reservation as he outlined would be accepted read-. ily by the other Powers. He expressed | dissatisfaction with the withdrawal away from Bulgaria. delegates are unwilling to deprive derstood to have declared the lan-| Bulgaria of access to the Aegean Sea, | guage of the provision would permit’! and consequently the Greeks are anx- | easy withdrawal on two years’ no-! jous to know whether the Americans tice. ‘will participate in framing the Bul- Mr. Wilson's condition continued | garian treaty. to improve today, and it was ex-| pected that within a few days fo! would have entirely recovered from. the effects of an attack of intestinal | trouble. The President, however, | still is weak, and for that reason held conferences today in his study in the White House, instead of in the! executive offices. | Inguiry at the White House today JAPANESE DENY RACIAL CLAUSE TRADE FOR SHANTUNG TERMS Delegation to Peace Conference Issue | Statement as to Such | Assertions. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 23.—The Japanese ‘delegation to the peace conference | today issued a denial of assertions that the Shantung settlement in the_ German peace treaty was in ex-. change for the withdrawal of the | Japanese contention regarding the | racial clause in the league of nations covenant, Informal conversations on possible | compromises which would solve the} Shantung problems constantly ar?) taking place. The opinion prevails in| conference circles that some arrar.ge- | ment probably will be reached by which the gentlemen's agreemer.t formulated between Japan and other greater Powers that Japan shall ree | turn Shantung to China will be made) public. While this agreement was not for- | mally prepared and signed by ‘h:>! great Powers, it is known that notes! were made. Shantung provision of the peace treaty was President Wilson's per- sonal solution of the problem brought neither confirmation or denial and only the statemen at no comment would be made. Unable to Convert Japanese. Senators who have discussed the Shantung provision with the Presi- dent stated, however, that they had been given to understand that the President proposed the Shantung provision as a solution of the prob- but that he had found himself unable to convert the Japanese dele- gates to any other view. The Senators said they hal been told that Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd George represented to the President that they were bound by the agreements of their Governments with Japan, and that, if the Japa- nese statesmen were to be converted to any other views, the President i ne a WIFE OF LIEUT. “HARD BOILED” SMITH FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE ‘Charges Army Officer With Treating | Her As He Did Soldiers in ; Prison Camp Overscas. By the Associated Press. ’ SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 23.—Mrs. Marquirite Michel Smith has filed tn | the Superior Court a petition asking | for a divorce from Lieut. F. H. | (‘Hard Boiled’) Smith. She alleges brutal treatment. Smith's career as ‘commander of Prison Camp No. 2 in. France recently was the subject of congressional investigation. NEW YORK, July 23.—Lieut. F H. Smith, termed “Hard RBolled” Smith by the American Expedition- ary Force because of brutality American soldier pri ners for which he was convicted in France and sen- tenced to serve a year and a half in prison, whose wife began suit for it Diego yesterday, Is in the disciplinary barracks on (;overnor'’s where was taken on his arrival here Sunday night from Brest attempt. Senators calling at the White House today were the last on the original list of 15, but invitations for the other Republican Senators to call President's desire to con- fer with all of them before he starts orm his tour of the country. President Wilson has been devot- ing some of his time recently to get- ting together decouments used by the American peace delegation at Paris, which have been asked for by the Senate in its consideration of the treaty. The Foreign Relations committec com pli- economic fea- An effort will to complete the treaty text and has some ented financial and tures still before i‘ be made, however, , t? ; week Senators Reecived Yesterday. The President upon arising day expressed a desire to resun conferences with th Senators and by noon Wasa to his study. In addition to discuss- ing treaty subjects with Sena Calder New York, Edge of New Since his arrival Smith has kept to Jerseys and (*ummin of lowa, ii re. hits ‘if lie tx dlatrust ey. the eryvybody and acts iIike a in constant fear. hie fellow ers #283 The original sentence against Smith was three but this wee cut to two His offenses tneluded, in the Janguage of the official report, threatening bodily harm. using abuse. ive language, misuse of personal propert) not his oOwWwii, ind that he ‘struck prisoners under his control. ‘ emt i- his | daivurce San Republican Bow able to go Island he tors of appears ceived dale race riot in man who ia Washington At the White Hous sible to ascertain wiiether dent's iliness might intertere his proposed tour of the It is understood the President not contemplate starting on his trip before Aug. 1. The conferences at WW nite Continued on Page 2 Column 5. reports priszon- it WAS Ii Ppos- the Presi- with years, country. does thie ee % ; | ; It will be necessary | Thrace, which Greece wants to take | The American | creased wages. paid to a stenographer ‘tye union when ‘in acts that, if net ertminal, WELLS CUTS OUT SPY SYSTEM ON DISCHARGES BRA Receiver Declares Company Will Receive No, More Confidential Reports of Employes’ Deliberations Special Agent to Le7v# Service Aug. 1. ie CAR MEN'S UNION; a ‘ if. BATES RECOMMENDED BRADY’S DISMISSAL Counsel Says He Decided on Step at Time of Seaman Trial — Asserts Receiver and Associates Will Act in All Fairness Regardless of Company’s Past Record.” Rolla Wells, receiver of the United Railways properties, announced toa Post-Dispatch reporter this morning that he had ordered the withd wal of all secret lines of communi by which the, company has been get- ting information about the deliber+ ations of the street car men's unton, Also he made known the fact that he had discharged James F. Brady, confidential employe of the claim department, and a witness againat Ri¢hard McCulloch and Bruce Cam- eron. indicted president and former superintendent of transportation of the company. Brady will leave the service of the United Railways Aug. 1. Spy System Called Unfair. | As to the decision to cut off the supply of “inside information” about union matters, Wells said: , “I am doing this in tairneen te: Gap employes. In the future, their meetings are not going to be spied upon with the consent of the re- ceiver. “All such information will now cease to be received by the company. We are going to act openly and above board in our dealings with our employes belonging to the union. We shall be fair with them. As a mat- ter of fact, I do not care what goes on in the union meetings.”’ There has been a belief, up to thig time, that the United Railways Co. received immediate information of all the proceedings of meetings of the street car men’s union, and that it even obtained information as to the deliberations of the Executive Council of the union. This belief hag prevailed at union headquarters. Jackson Tells of U. FR. Plans. Julius Caesar Jackson, former chief special agent of the company, has related in his book, ‘“The United Kailways Referendum Burglary,” that his chief efforts and expendi- tures, for several years, were given to the task of spying on union or- ganizers and frustrating thelr af- forts. He says the formation of’ & union was connived at by the com- pany’s officials, who expected %& get an increase in fares which would bring in more than would paid out to the union men ina This plan did not work out well, as the union got away from the company. Spies at $150 a Month. An expense book kept by Jackson in which he recorded money he ex- pended for the empluymente of spies upon the union, showed that a union man designated as “South Side" paid $150 a month to inform ¢t compapy of what transpired in unlen meetings and that $150 a month was in Detroit, who gave luformation of what was being done at international head- quarters of the union. It showed also the employment of a man tn Fast St. Louis to report the dot of the union there, the retention of cigar girls and stenographers in. local hotel to acquaint him with € movement of international offictals of they came to Sf. Louls, and the posting of a regulgg, watch at Eads Bridge to watch union men and officials as they came from the East Side to St. Louts. Wells did not conneet the @jigy charge of Brady-+with the deetston tf cut off secret service about unfée ,. matters. He made known Bra | discharge only in reply to questi hesed on reports tha’ Drady wae about to leave the service. ~~ Discharge Recommended by Bates. “The discharge of Mr. Brady was recommended by Charles W. Bate, counsel for the receiver.” Welle aai@e “Mri Bates can make a further etatermnent if he wishes to.” < Rates, when questioned, aaid “Brady was diecharged becatiseed of hixw testimony in the Beaman reeeive ership sult of his own participation were at loust reprehensible. 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