St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 4, 1919

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OVEMBER 3, 1919, (Copyright 191 2, x rn. L Goldbers:) oy wl THEY 79 LY OR LATER: | D MILES > Fleece} = t=As MONMTH - e oe Pre Her se sa ial a a li Rl te la » With the -- —-2— —- -—— -— —- -_ +. in St. Louis The Gay meehing Paper —-—— an i. eee - _ -—- — ee - -- _— we ee —— ‘ity ptt thes «} -—— - _——_——-—_— -— pon HEALTH MAN = CHARGE Ot } IMPURE MILK HERE ™= Council to Rule on Op- posing Declarations of Fed- eral Men and City Health Department on Milk. 30 FEDERAL EXPERTS SAY IT IS DEPLORABLE. One of Them Asserts Almost None of St. Louis Dairies. Practices Proper Steriliza- tion of Cans. Charges of the United States De-| partment of Agriculture that condi- | tions surrounding the production of| milk for St. Louis and its distribution | at Valley Park, 18.5 feet, a fall of 1 | of Sergt. William Smith and Patrol- ‘man Thomas Ward, in a pursuit fol- | STRIKE and | ST. LOUS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1919-—26 > PAGES. A ee ee ee -_———- FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH RISING TEMPERATURE } | THE TEM PERATURES. | @eus Xp Official fore- cast for St. Louis . vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow; ris-— ing temperature | tomorrow ; lowest tempera- WORST COA ee ISA be abeve § the freezing point. Fair tonight and probably tomor- | row: colder southeast tien rising por- tonight; tem per- uture tomorrow. Tllinois—Gen- erally fair to- night and to- - morrow; the | ture tonight will | M isss ouri-—} in | Says He Fired on Neither of »u =» some- | what colder tonight in extreme east | and south portions; ture tomorrow afternoon | and west portions. State of the rivers at 7 a. m.: sissippi at St. Louis, 16.6 feet, a fall of 1.5 feet; Missouri at St. Charles, 19.4 feet, a fall of 1.1 feet; Meramec | in north to householders here are deplorable | f°0t. and the denial of the Health, Com-| missioner’s office of the truth of. fnose charges, have been placed be- fore the Executive Committee of the. Central Council of Social Arencies to permit that body to determine, if | possible, the fact, and to suggest, if it can, what shall be the remedy if a’ remedy seems needed. The Covern- ment charges were subinitted orally and then in writing by W. M. Whar- ton, chief of the St. Louis inspection office, Bureau of Chemistry, Depart- ment of Agriculture, at a meeting of the Executive Committee two weeks | Dr. G. A. Jordan, Assistant Health¢*timulating titles. Commissioner, gave the city’s reply yesterday and was raqguested to put! his case in writing. The committee | fet Nov. 13 as the day when it would | consider what its action should be. 30 Eaperts Used. In summary, the charge of Government is given in this sentence from Wharton's statement: ‘During the course of investigation in 8t. Louls, the U. S. Department of Ag- riculture has used more than 80 dif- the Nutty Princess’’ ferent experts and there is not one | of them but would tell you that the condition of the St. Louis milk sup- ply is deplorable.” Dr. Jordan's reply that while conditions were not perfect, ing steadily and were better than the average large city, a fact, that was established by the city's in- fantile death rate, which in 1917 he declared to have been the lowest of the cities of the country. Referring to the recent indictment of 16 milk producers in the Federa! | of having sent iithy and watered milk to St. Louis. Wharton declared “St. Louis will get pure milk, if not now, then at some | future time, but if this opportunity i not accepted it may be 10 years | before pure milk is an accomplished | lact.” Wharton reviewed the efforts of | his department to correct the con- | ditions of milk cans as they are sent | from the St. Louis dealer back to the producer. It is the practice for the distributor to be charged with > the cleanliness of cans, because his | lities for sterelizing are com- | monly better than those present on | the farm. He submitted a published account of the survey, an extract from which follows: : Physical Condition of Cans. (184 Examined.) | Number. Fer Cent. Interior of can: Dr BA seedoo ce cone Dry De Contained filies..... 7 Udor of Interior: 0. K. 41 Tre bescececoccs! 68 TS o¢eescece 04) OO . Ee 83 4 Sterilization Negiected. The conclusions of the expert making the survey (not Wharton), Was: “The investigation showed that the empty milk cans returned by the city dairies to the shippers ‘onstitute a serious source of con- famination, in many cases sufficient to seriously injure ‘or completely Tuin the milk even though produced under the most sanitary conditions.” The further conclusion was that vir- tually none of the St. Louis dairies practiced proper sterilization of cans. yesterday in St. Louls | i Wharton declared that he ap- Peared with the report before the &. Louls Milk Dealers’ Association and discussed the need of clean milk ‘ans. “After having brought this information to the attention of those Concerned, would you not suppose that they would have improved thetr can-cleaning processes?” he asked. “Indeed, they did not, or at least nly one or two dealers improved processes.” Country Gets Foul Cans. | He further declared that an in- Yestigation in 1919 established that old conditions were existing— “foul milk cans going back to the Country to be filled with milk.” on to the condition of St. Louls milk itself, Wharton declared ' that In 96 samples of milk arriving St. Louls from Illinois, analyzed this year, tt was found that 34.7 per ’ Gnu wv as| they were improv- | he = in. | | same period of 19818. ' his desire to furnish his ee ae ee we ‘POOR MR. SHAKSPEARE NOT ABLE T0 WRITE CATCHY TITLES | 2:80 p. m. today. Actress Suggests “Big "Dick" “Richard the Third” and “The , Nutty Princess” for “Hamict.” {fiv the Agpociated Press LONDON, Nov. 4.—Justina Warne. dramatic actress, finds explana- tion of the question as to why Sha spearean plays seldom win financial reward in what ehe terms Shak- speare’s inability to give his produc- tions catehy titles. She repertoire of the bard's plays rechris- tened to meet popular demands an %~ an rising tempera- | Mis- | |of the jlowing an ep ali to rob the bank for | ‘who told | policemen \ing beaten 'lorest Park at Fuggests a, for | She suggests “How Could You, Ju-'| liet?”’ us more appropriate than plain “Romeo and Juliet.”” She also would substitute “Call of the Flesh” “The Merchant of Venice,” “Stran- gied in Bed” for “Othello.” “The for “Hamlet,” “Hon, Whom Do You Love?” for “Henry Vv.” “Big Dick” for “Richard the Third,” ‘The Knife” sar,” and suckle” Drean. “Moonlight and for “Midsummer Iloney- [MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED HERE SHOW BIG INCREASE Night's | ‘from that hit Smith he said: ‘all I know ibhank with Charles berg for | 'trolman Ward was killed for “Julius Cae- | 1464 More Were ane Trom Jan. f » to Oct. 1, 1919, Than in Same Period aaet Year. The number of marriage licenses issued in St. Louis between Jan. ! and Oct. 31 this year was 1464 great- jer than the number issued for the The marriage license clerk attributes the increase in the return of men who served in the war. The issuance for the pertod in 1918 was 6630 and in 1919, 8094. The number of licenses last,month was nearly double the number in Octo- ber, 1918, the exact figures being 1601 and 631. | policemen headquarters, WANT NO GIFTS AT WEDDING ae eK + Special to the Post-Diepatch. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.—An un- usual feature marks the invitations to the wedding of Miss Ruth Re§, daughter of Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. The invitations bear the request: “Please send no gifts.” Miss Rea will be married to Lieu- tenant Commander George B. Jun- kin at her father’s country home at Bryn Mawr on Nov. 15. According to some friends of Rea, daughter with everything that she may wish is the cause of tel nosis request. Iie also feared that Pennsylvania Railroad @émployes might feel called upon to send gifts. ,bery and that he went out with De- Lieutenant Commander Junkin led | a company of bluejackets from the Utah when they captured the cus- toms house at Vera Cruz in 1914. - National Advertisers Know RESULTS Are Assured Out of town buyers of adver- tising space were of one mind yesterday when they selected the POST-DISPATCH ses their St. Louis representative. These National Advertisers were not influenced by sentimental rea- sone. but know by profitable ts follow POST-DISPATCH publicity. Monday's figures: Post-Dispatch alone, 39 cols. Three out of all send of the | others 33 i Why? hes THispatch ts lcoked + as che. standard 8&t. Louls newspaper, by which ‘all others are gauU ed. qr teraeet circulation of ary foe cna 7 that profitable Re- Touls newspaper, daily or Sunday. We i eh ape» 4 wh tw tinge! ee tee = ‘war-time prohibition and the food ‘and fuel control act. ' | ' | ‘said at the White House, and he was | itive work. ‘NUMBERS FOR SOVIET CHILDREN! ,Chrisfian names to children, it is re- tem.” /‘“Petkiff, one, two and spectively. / i ‘also provides FATE OF MERAMEG ™e aR™yfatas IN FEW MINUTES TRUST ( PER ONLY RUFFLE BABY 0. ROB ldehn Young frown lll, 16 Months Old, Is Son of a For- RESTS WITH JURY). me-vete Porte Onn John Young Brown III, 19-months-, old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Young Brown Jr., 5929 Nina place, experi- enced two falls within a few minutes (last Friday either of which might have caused serious injury, but Signed Confession Only meither of which more than ruffled After Police Used “Third preg | Degree” Methods on Him. He first fell from a second-story | window of his home 16 feet to the 'jawn belovw. | ae PRICES, HOWEVER, ‘Youth on Trial Says He Jan. 31. His nurse was so thor- oughly frightened that she fainted as she was carrying him back upstairs. Jhe nurse fell grhackward and the baby tumbled down a dozen steps. st taken to St. John's Iflospital, N-ray could find no injury. baby had been sitting in a Patrolmen Killed and That window. his weight against the * ‘screen causing the hooks holding it He Warned Companion to bre He fell upon the screen: Not to Do So. ADMITS ROBBERY BUT DENIES KILLING vv ‘ i § Wage Scale, but With Price More Than _ Doubled, Wages Were Stationary. as it struck the ground. The baby’s grandfather was Jechn Young Brown, former chief surgeon at St. John’s, whose funeral | the first | occurred yesterday in Henderson, | 'Ky. His mother formerly was Miss ' Elsa Zeibig, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Zeibig, 37 KRings- bury place, who was Veiled Prophet Queen in 1914. Dr. . The strik peatedly asked this question: war is over where the operators are concerned, our wages They “Werg being held to the terms of their contract, was to run “during the continuation of they while the ‘nment the were The case of Barl Hunter. ing coal miners have re- Meramec Trust Co. robbers (tried on a murder charge as slayer ier; "t ia -* why are concerned?” _— - — - MAN, 70, DIES OF INJURIES BY AUTOMOBILE LAST THURSDAY Contractor Was Struck While Under |, Umbrella in Rain: Driver Took Him Home. bernard Lb. Reilly, (3132 Lafayette avenue, a ecntractor, died at 6 a. m. took to 'st. John’s Hospital from a fractured that pur-'* suffered at 11 £4o’clock iast Thureday night, when knocked down | in front of 3154 Lafayette avenue by an automobile driven by Erwin J. Hianks, 41, of 2831 Lafayette avenue, /secretary of the Plant Seed Co. Reilly was crossing the street heavy rain and was carrying an brella., Hanke took him home and left a card bearing his name and address. The following:day the seri- ous nature of the injury was noted | and physicians advised Reilly’s re-| moval to the hospital. Ilanke was arrested when police- men received a report of the acci- dent. He furnished bond and said that he was driving at a moderate speed and did qot see Reilly until the latter stepped into the path of the car. Reilly’s death was the seventry- ninth automobile fatality here since Jan. 1, compared with 73 in the cor- responding period last year. June 12 last, ent to the jury at which the war,” The hearing wus concluded yester- pointed out, Cove. day with the testimony of Hunter, been peaten by Street ob- last war restrictions on price tained by lifted | Jan. A Post-Dispatch gating Was true of havins operators at the Wyoming 21. and of bee , 70 years old, | railroad today at’ investi- this complaint found that it operators have Station after his capture reporter later by he night headquarters de- tectives, who, said, him that the been charging considerably more for domestic coal than they did before the restrictions were removed, while the pay of the miners has remained, the same. For example, the roint out, the operators have been charging as high as £4.50 a ton for coal and paying the miners the same for kul] pose. Hiunter testified that written confession only after he had been subiected to these “third de- gree” methods by the yp. lice. He ad- mitted that he took part in the bank robbery and that he fled from the man and was of Pa- | trying , he made a ina uMm- at in increase increases $1.75 a ton. the mines resulted the retail] price. Prices From Ketail Firm. When asked for the prices The price in basement when in with Bergman in the 4625 Minnesota avenue ‘anture them. Denies He Fired Shots. Sergt. Smith, shortly before this, had been fired on from the same house and fatally wounded. Hun- ter denied he fired on Smith, and when asked where the bullet came “Por dropped t> who fails to make a return on a mar- riage within $0 days. In former in- , Vestigations it has been found that the unreturned licenses were never ' usedi and in a small proportion of cases ignorant persons have supposed | that the license was all that was! needed. Hoagland and Vasey, but -e: ten. tectives was not WILSON SIGNS DEFICIENCY BILL It Carries Funds for Enforcing Pro- hibition aml Food Laws. Ry the Arsociated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-—Presi- dent Wilson today signed the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carry- ing $2,500,000 for enforcement of The measure $6,000,000 for the Alaskan Railroad. Improvement in the condition continued today, President's it was permitted to do some other execu- _ Extraordinary Sexsion of Parliament Has Been Called for Nov. 10. Bolsheviki Reported About to Forbid le Use of Christian Names. Ry the Aesoctated Press STOCKHOLM, Oct. 15 (By Mail.). —jJeaders of Russia's Soviet Govern- ment have forbiddden the giving of | here Oct. 24. at which they pledged each other not to exceed $3.25 a ton ‘for any grade of coal. It had been pointed out at a meeting the day be- fore. at Chicago, that the anti- profiteering law, Continued on Page =, City cattleman, who died last Apri! | at San Antonio, Texas. The Drumn. jestate is appraised at $1,594.910-6)5, land will pay a tax of $204,864.59. —_— — _— - | | IF YOU OWN A LOT AND NEED | SOME MONEY. find a buyer through | the “Want” columna., Are you going to the theater or movies tonight? If so, see Page 17. Cetamn 5. ~“ By the Washington Correspondent of | ‘If the | over where | COAL OPERATORS TECHNICALITY M GOT MORE MONEY DECIDE FATE 0 BUT MINERS DIDN'T TREATY IN SENATE Strikers Say They Were Held Lodge Says Hitchcock Could to War Contract After War Not Bring Up Compromise | | Ella Largura, secretary of the organ- Restrictions Were Removed | Ratification Resolution After Killing One. MAJ ORITY PLEDGED TO WERE ADVANCED LODGE RESERVATIONS | Cost Was to Conform to Anything May Happen as. Fight Nears Close—Lodge, , Hitchcock and Marshall Confer on Procedure. the WASHINGTON, Nov. timate fate of the German peace the Senate may hinge on Post- Dispatch, treaty in ‘one little question of parliamentary ‘the dispute. | deed, miner's | wages as when they sold the coal for , for the procedure. Discussions growing iout of the ef- fort to fix a date for ‘the final vote fairly clear the expected ents leading up to the In- have made course of ev jection of this crucial It is quite possible—in- anything piessible in the figit--that sonye contingency | to disturb the orderly exe- cution the Repulllican leaders’ plans. President Wilson, who prob- ably will confer with Senator Hitch- cock this week, may be able to put a new weapon into the) hands of his followers. But as matters now stand, adoption of the Foreign Llelations Committee's reservations, including those of “killing” effect, is inevit- ible. Senator Lodge) says that at! least 49 Senators are pledged to vote bulk of them, and Hitchcock is treaty may arise of does not dispute the ajtcuracy of the which operators have sold coal since ' /vations. $1.75! ity had ‘treaty, ' claim. Against Ratification. them, toward Vote first step, Would The lution the “‘killing’’ reservations are insert- ed the thick-and-thin) supporters of the treaty on the Democratic side will have no optiom but to vote against ratification. Ile reiterated vesterday that he was absolutely cer- taln that in this event number of votes fome one-third of the Senate) couid mustered to defeat the resolution. If the Lodge resolution is defeated Tlitchcock wil! proposé a new resolu- tion, containing ‘‘mmild” reservations on which the Demorrats and the niiddle ground Republicans unite. Here the will treaty to reconsider? more than be parliamentary question arise: Can consideration of the be reopened without a motion Hitchrock says that! it can; that, the Lodge resolution having been beaten, it will be in or- der to take up a new resolution. Lodge maintains that the discus- sion can be resumed unly if the Sen- ante passes a motion to reconsider. Assuming that the fight will reach this stage, a ruling from the Vire President will be required. He will. it is expected, support Hitchcock. There will then be anLappeal from the decision of the chair. The ap- peal can be sustained by a majority vote. If Lodge can hold the major- | which he now un =. S| througheyt — almost complete pale | RR EE Koh Gor