St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 8, 1919

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. es Se - a ~ B42 4 WOR SUN ae? ere Be aaa 7 a aia ne ae ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH EL OP RE EL WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1919. ae ain CPT WT, = SRE oI Re ER RR A RENE aie ope and instead of 10 p. m. | when the trumpeters announcetl thy | ¥ Peace and her white doves . Flag, borne by sturdy~ fellows in Khaki, brings in Victory and Lib- erty. Perhaps not everyone would have understood everything in this hand- a Somely costumed ballet without the | but) everyone would have known that it | the program, _@utline given in Was about War, America and Vic- by the children in white were especially at- tractive. The Prophet's train, like some oth- trains, was behind its schedule, arrival of the gues: of the evening. ’ This lef’ an interval of waiting, “which none of the sociable grou; im the balcony seats had any diffi- | @ ity in filling in, but which was Wearisome to «we of those standing b hind the seats and at the north Fiend of the arena. Verdi's “Aid.” grand march, whic’. h:-s become linked with the tradi-. tion of the Prophet's ball, was heard as the Prophd and his masked fol- 1 ers in 21 groups of six to 15 each _ Bere led in by the committee. Polish > Peasants and Cuban planters re- ' @uired each the arm of _ a member! of the committee, as mOch as did - flaxen-braided damsels from Alsace “The lines marched and counter- - marched until there were six double moving in opposite directions. they finally passed o=t, a digni- members Of the Reception Com- fittee stood at the parting o Ws and took the part "AND : ~~ we L, . 7 _ 4 the ~“- lutely relieved and prevented by Nature Treatment e & Dolph Drug Co. Stores in St ili be glad to show you Cascade,” explain eration and will give you, free on re- quest, an interesting little book by Chas. A. Tyrrell of New York, a noted specialist on Internal Bathing for 25 years in that City. Cll minder to ask for the fret opportunity. ADV. »00klet TAKEN DOWN And stored for Winter. We have hed 23 years’ experience in &t. Louis and guarantee satisfaction. Lowest prices consistent with good service. Phone / Lindell 403 Delmar 2362 (PE TRAL TEN; CAWNING Co." 3818 Laclede Av. —S ? \ Jefferson RBar- received | doing a lot of talking for it} this the *'J./ its simple op- | Dr. | this as a fe-'| at your | picture houses. Two Killed in Airplane Fall. FIUME, Oct. 8.—A two-seated air- | |'Rheims practically unscathed. | Belgian Plane belonging to the squadron at- tached to the army of Gabriele d’Annunzio caught fire Monday while flying over the city and fell near the Goverrnment--palace. aviators were killed. admiration | attrac- | maid, | ‘wrong end of Miss Ken-| probably as great as ‘assembled on a similar occ asion. gton | ihad been mana {that point and it was torn from the ‘an enforced hundreds of | and | persons went to hotels and clubs for | |demonstration of ‘tween the old and the new gystems | ‘tric a con- | Be | /there ‘able Both | LYKNU LIKE NEW The “‘One-Cloth’’ Polish \ Leaves a dry, last- ing lustre. You don’t have to go over surface a second time. Saves Time! —Saves Work! Use Little! Rab Dry! /gium, | passed all the others, ' onst Was which | threatening to die on |if their love is not requited. performance was romantic, if One looked in vain for'| D’Annunzio, on’ _ convincing. the high-flying poet. . though _ George they would have believed him | ‘because he never PROPHET USES TORCHLIGHT AFTER LOSING TROLLEY l and strong liquors, was made per-, /manent by Monday’s plebiscite. spite this prohibitiom arrests for in-' in- | King Reaches Coliseum Fed Up With Kerosene F umes After Riding Two Miles in| Blaze of Flares. | ‘SIX MILES OF CROWD WATCH PARADE |cited over the question, | Knudsen Dignified Throng Sees Rare Combination of Color Ef-| fects in Decoration and Lighting of Floats. | ' quor. ‘law trouble wagon was at the the Veiled Prophet's | | parade last night. It was following | Democ racy to see that the world was The oe! made safe for it, when it should have f been close on the heels of Peace, the ‘logical place for a trouble wagon |'when Peace has a Prophet who de- pends on a trolley for his illumina- tion. After crowds thatwever the | Prophet, who had not been over the accustomed route since 1916, came to grief at Seventh and Olive streets when he lost his trolley. It slipped out of the hands of the receiver who ging it so well up to through any Di issing float. Thus it happened that there was reversion to the econ- omies of the coa’ oil lamp days of long ago and the Prophet reached his destination at the Coliseum well fed up with kerosene aroma and pungent redlight fumes— and he had left his gas mask at home because he thought the war was over. Jani- flares and torches had zaries with 3 place of the deserting taken the trolley. Old and New Systems. The Prophet's float was the only one affected by this light mishap, which gave occasion for a striking the difference be- night parades. of illuminating Four miles of crowd had seen the | Prophet's float bejeweled with elec- lights before the accident and miles of crowd saw it in the but more lively light of afterward. two less brilliant, flares and torches A rare combination of color ef- fects in decorations and lighting rade the floats in this year’s parad> u.tusually beautiful” The groupings also were good and some of the cos.- t’mes mos elaborate. The Prophet had chos his retainers appear as the allied nations which won the war, with representations of Peace and Democracy thrown in 1 192-g00d | measure. a The “cut-up” spiric onjthe floats | was not so menifest as ih previou§ | years. In keeping with the inclina-! tions of a | the chosen subjects’of representation. was a moredignified effort usual to “hold the picture’ in various 1. bleaux. The crowds. were quieter, with little of the, us.al carnival spirit, though here | and there in the downtown streets slapsticks, ‘“‘ticklers” and confetti made their appearance. All along the line there bursts of hearty applause float representing France, with fine reproductions of the Arc Triomphe and the statue of Joan of Arc, which withstood the siege of The to have citizens of than the 4 ) were | the its tor float, with its spires, lacemaker and sturdy miner, was warmly greeted. In the order of their passage the floats were Victory, carrying the Veiled Prophet; Peace, the States, France, Great Britain, Portugal, Brazil, Papan, Italy, Poland, Rumania, Greece, Cuba, Porto fico, Hawaii, Islands, Alsace-Lorraine Serbia, China, Philippine ,and Democracy. the China float and bril- For with gorgeousness its richly decorated liantly lighted pagoda and the gaudy | costumes of its banner bearers, lan- tern carriers and Geisha girls, to say nothing of its fearsome dragon, sur- though Brazi! with its exotic maidens riding on a harnessed crocodile was a close sec- ond. On the Hawaii float the “girls.” who really weren't girls, tried with only moderate success to give a dem- ration of the hula dance. This most realistic when the float was jolting over street car crossings Swaying of the broomecorft skirts. “Ttallan Flirts.” mummers on the Italy float freemed to have an idea that all Ital- ian girls are unconscionable flirts. “sighing like furnace,” clapping their hands on their hearts an:l the premises Their The this float. The pantomimists on the Poland float rode in a strange buf familiar looking vehicle, which, after some thought, was identified by the crowd as a coal wagon. This quent suggestions to “put cellar.” As the float went down Fourth street, the south Pole drove the horses and the north Pole played ap accordeon. George Washington was on the de. | mocracy float. Some in the crowd suspected At wasn’t Geeorge at all, if he had told them hy.» | everywhere. _ tion. whisky, brandy and other strong li-' ferson mot ithe | including | land, sobered world and with; . woman 'factory inspector, de | United | Bel- | added involuntary zest to the not! led to fre- | it in my! = ' Waa ld a lie. j NORWAY MAKES WAR-TIME PROHIBITION LAW PERMANENT Plebiscite Upholds Premier, but Ar. | rests for Intoxication Steadily Increase. By the Associated Press. CHRISTIANIA, Oct. ¢.— Wartime’ prohibition, operating since Decem- ber, 1916, and forbidding the sale | and private importation of spirits | toxication have been steadily creasing throughout the country, and in some places have been higher than before wartime prohibition was put | into effect. Substitutes for denatured alcohol, liquor, especially are being used Illegal distillation also | is increasing, especially in the | districts, according to the official re- ports. ; The country has been greatly ex- and Premier announced that he would resign if prohibition failed of adop- The measure applies only to Champagne and all other wines and beers are not affected. The governing prohibition in the United States figured in paign to a considerable extent. D. S, €. TO BE GIVEN AT REVIEW AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS Parade Will Take Place Tomorrow. When James O'Neal RKRe- ceives Decoration. The formal decoration, | Distinguished Service Cross, James Lee O'Neal, 19 7700 South Broadway, with the years will be vate old, the occasion tomorrow morning of a’ parade and review of troops at Jef- barracks, where the cross wilh, in the presence of the troops, be pinned on him by Col. McFarland, the barracks command- /ant. AS Was told award was made, O’Neal was deco- rated for volunteering. to carry mes- sages through machine gun fire so that the commanding would not order any man to attempt it. The action was at Sierge, 5. Three days later O'Neal wounded, lie was a member of L Seventh Infantry, a regular unit. lie also Was decorated Italian war cross for heroism on was Company, army that disaster. O'Neal. . He is a son of James FOREIGNERS 10 VISIT HERE Business Men of Four Nations Will Be in St. Louis Nov. 6. The party of French, English, ian and Belgian business men, who will tour the country as giiests of the United States Chamber of Commerce, visit St. Louis Nov. 6. There are about 80 men in the party, which will attend the international] conference session at Oct. 18 to 26. Seventeen cities are Philadelphia, gion, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Chicago, Detroit, will Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Cleve- Washin St. Louis, St. Paul, suffalo, New York. Deputy Inspector in Jail. Special to the Post-Dispatch SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Oct. Charged with annoying a schoolteacher on her way moving picture show, home from a rural | the cam-'| ' of Pri-, Munroe | in the Post-Dispatch | March 9, wher announcement of the' officer | Oct. | with | Rochester, Boston and | The tour will begin at ‘the close of the conference and end) | Nov. 28. | $.—| young | BOLSHEVIK LITERATURE TAKEN IN GARY RAIDS |Gen. Wood Says Most of the: Trouble There Was Fomented by Radicals. De-- By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—Federal sol- diers and Indiana State militiamen | preserving order at points violence had threatened léd to a bet- terment in the industrial situation in | the Chicago steel district in the last 24 hours, according té mill opera- tors today. They .asserted that of the employes under protection many additional] returned | to work yesterday and that more are) Strike leaders ex- pressed themselves as satisfied. At Gary, Ind., under military trol, three alleged radicals were ar- rested, questioned and released, and inflamimatory literature and ‘arms were seized. sen. Wood, who returned to Chicago, issued a state- ' ment saying most of the trouble at |Gary was fomented by radicals. Militiamen at Indiana: Harbor and East Chicago, Ind., maintained per- fect order. Nineteen alleged | pigs” at Indiana Harbor and East Chicago were closed after Federal | operatives notified Adjutant-General selling liquor to expected back. Smith they were | strikers. Among the was Socialist headquarters. A big red flaz was found. The raids pro- duced more than a ton of radical literature, according to officers. it was confiscated. Intelligence men re- ported they found pictures of Lenine and Trotzky, a quantity of Bolshevist literature, a rifle and several pistols in the home of Paul Glaser, attorney for the strikers at Gary. “The best labor element stands absolutely for law and order, said Gen. Wood. ‘This was easily determinable. Members of the ,.American Legion and citizens gen erally responded at once to mayor's call for assistance."’ in Gary Strikers at Ww: arren, - Ohio, Say They Have Reached Agreement With Company. By the Associated Press, YOUNGSTOWN, ©... Oct. where | and He Left Her Pennilicss. military | con. | ere | derbilt, Mrs. Stewart Duncan Pres- | “blind | places raided at Gary | . ident, C. H. the; ° ‘ 8.—Ne- | officials of the Trumbull! Steel Co. at | | gotiations between union leaders and | ST LOUISAN, DECENT.” | wom near here, lead to a state- day at strike headquarters | par i pore Ptnedtng with the company /to permit reopening is expected soon. Negotiations were taken up at the re- ‘quest of the Amalgamated Associa- | with the company and want to effect lan agreeinent for the rest of the em- | ployes so that they can go to work. MRS, REGINALD C, VANDERBILT GIVEN UNCONTESTED DIVORCE | | : ‘DIVORCED, WEDS INEAST | tion of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, | | it was stated, who havé an agreement | Isaac T. Cook, Manager of Downtown Buildings, Marries. Miss Lillyan Sherwood, “ae i2i Isaac T. Cook, Union bouwle- vard, manager of the Arcade, Wright | Testimony Sram She Saw Husband ; dome Chemical bulldings, and Miss Twice in Two Months in Parts, Special to the Post-Dis NEWPORT, R. 2 ag Oct. than five years, Mrs. Cathleen Nelil- |son Vanderbilt received a from her husband, Reginald C. Van- derbilt, in the Superior Court, | Judge Doran yesterday afternoon. Testimony was entirely by ‘tions. Custody of the only Cathleen, goes to the mother. child, There tion was uncontested. Testimony submitted by Mrs. Van- , ton of France, a friend, and Qabri- -elle A. Murat, a governess, hinged j} upon a trip to Paris in 1912. derbilt, Mrs. Preston erness followed, in an effort to patch |up matters. During two months | they, were there, Mrs. Vanderbilt saw her husband only twice at din- Vanderbilt suddenly returned leaving his wife penni- less in Paris. She sent a wireless to the Vanderbilt agent, C. M.° Wil- liarmson, Which reached the latter in |} mid-ocean, and he radioed back ar- ranging for her transportation America. Since that time, the depo- sitions stated, the petitioner had not | lived with her husband. Kirkwood Painters Form Union. Painters, decorators and paper hangers at Kirkwood organized the i St. Louis County Local, No. 1199, last week, with 27 members. The following officers were elected: Pres- Lautermilch; vice presi- dent, A. Dohr; recording secretary, H. L. Venneman; secretary and treasurer, C. A. Bartley; conductor, we alter Hepps; warden, Andrew Bopp 'Jr.; trustees, Joe Flanderean, John | Lautermilch and James Liberty. Sev- eral contractors were present and in- dorsed the movement. ner. to America, $.——-ON | yesterday grounds of willful desertion for more | divorce | before | deposi- | was no cash settlement and the ac- Van-| derbilt went over first and Mrs. Van- ' and the gov-| to’ Lillyan Brown Sherwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sherwood, 5666 Chamberlain avenve, were married in New York City. The ceremony was at Marble Collegiate , Church. Cook was divorced by his former i wife, Mre. Jessie McRea Cook, 4314 Lindell boulevard, Aug. 13 last, who ‘charged desertion. The Court gave Mrs. Cook custody of their 17-year- , old son, Carleton, and $16,000 cagh and $500 a month alimony. Miss Sherwood has been in New York studying music for some time, -and living with her cousins, Maj. and Mrs. Holland Sackett Duell, who reside at Ardenwold-on-the-Hudson. ' She formerly was a telephone opera- tor at a downtown trust company. Following a three weeks’ honey- moon trip, Cook and his bride will | return to St. Louis to reside. : 'WIDOW TO RECEIVE $250,333 | ESTATE OF GEORGE L. EDWARDS EE ee ew Will of Broker, Made in 1903, Names Wife As Sole Beneficiary; Inven- tory Filed at Clayton. Mrs. Florence Noble Edwards, sf _ South Kirkwood avenue,~Kirkwood, ‘is the sole beneficiary of the $259,- $23. 73 estate of her husband, George Lane Edwards, senior member of the |A. G. Edwards & Sons brokefage Co., | who died of heart disease in the of- fice of his attorney, July 11. An in- ventory, filed yesterday at Clayton, lists $232,951.23 in stocks and $6765 in bonds. The will was made June 30, 1903. It provided for a $10,000 trust fund to be used for the education and sup- port of a son, George Lane Edwards Jr. He-was killed by shell fire in France when serving as a First Lieu- tenant Albert N. Edwatds and Bdward Hidden are trustees, ——— front following the Caporetto| le le at = & — ~~ “ rr ~~ ™~ af ~> . =» ay, -—_* e = 7 a™ « 7. __ _— ‘ea «ce ~~ "= 9 | | [tal- | trade Athkantic City to be visited, | Ww a 4 2 TL, © J > — ~~ ~~ sae ce ee - > 2 = Charles H. Hug of St. Louis, a reputy) is in jail at Lamar, serving a term of five days in addi- tion to a fine of $50. Hug was ar- rested yesterdy by Sheriff Sewell and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Allen. cathedral | dog-drawn milk cart, vener- | coal | “Sealed” Victor Records 3 From the New October List ("oo Coo Who Did “Tt? 3) Smith’s Orch. 1860] R5e : .Shannon Four American Quartet 18605 R5c I've Got My Captain Work- ing for Me Now...Murray And That Ain’t Al...Fields 18604 85c

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