St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 3, 1920

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tch Circulation Gained 10,998 Circulation Figures Filed With United States Government Months ending October 1, 1918-1919; JT. i ee ee wwe 7? ~~ — a ia Rte ee Ne ee were ee QUIS POST-DISPATCH Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service E VOL. 72. NO. 127. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1920—14 PAGES. CAN see ING BOT TY PERSONS HURT IN WRECK NEAR ST. IOSEPH Five Chicago & Great West- ' ern Coaches Leave Track ' at High Speed and Roll Down Embankment. OF 40 CALLED SERIOUS Twelve Passengers Believed ' to Be Fatally Hurt — _ Broken Rail Said to Have Caused Wreck. “By the Associated Press. _ 8ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Jan. 3.—Eighty — were injured, one dying, put 12 were probably fatally hurt, ond 40 dangerously hurt, when five nger coaches of Chicago and Great Western passenger train No. "8 rolled down an embankment early ‘today near Weyth, Mo., when the train was running at high speed. It is believed the wreck was caused a broken rail. | Several of the coaches turned ‘sompletely over while the first two '@nd last three cars in the train f 19 remained on the track. The en- gineer ran his engine to Savannah, Mo., where he reported the wreck and returned to the scene of the ac- cident. More than 60 of the in- jured are in St. Joseph hospitals. The others are at hotels hers, or fed on their way. the rolling coaches crashed into ph poles along the right of way, and for several hours wire com- Unication with Wyeth was § sev- Not until the train bearing injured reached St. Joseph was magnitude of the wreck realized. BE. J. McGrath, Aiken, Minn., died ma — here following an — — = ade Mark Reg. U. 8, Pat. Office.) nq (Copyright, 1920, by H. C, Fisher.) Re ee following are believed to be y injured: Ta. Ruth Jackson, Des sciiadens O. R. Hansen, Glenwood, Minn.; 1 Hollingshead, Red Bow, Can- ada; Bruno Palowsky, soldier, Chi- ‘wago; J. C. Jones, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Ruth Hensey, Boone, Io.; L. B. on, Blue Rapids, Kan.; Mrs. H. Giles, Conception, Mo., and Mrs. . V. Toomey, Kansas City. . Among the Injured. | ' Among the other injured brought "0 hospitals in St. Joseph were: Dr. . L. Hoag, Fast Las Vegas, N. M., leg crushed, shoulders bruised. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dwyer, nine children. Hall Summitt, all cut and bruised about the les; mother and baby in serious tion. Bweld Belter, Gibbons, Mich., body 3 r ‘bruisec \ J. V. Frost, Cedar Falls, Io., back a. L. Spry, 0. C. Boyer, Cedar Falls, Io., bad- cut about the head and shoulders md chest crushed. Charles Duffy, Glasgow, Mont., hip and right shoulder contused. J. Heimerman, Chilton, Wis., body ih and leg wrenched. Albert Harms, Brookton, mt., left side and right arm lacer- ; her infant child was unhurt. | H. F. Hensey, Boone, Io., head and ips cut and bruised. | A. Shud, Clemons, _ Mollie Ellendge, #o.. cuts about the head. , aire. E. Plant, Minneapolis, Minn., i back, head injured; critical. pao oranen Among the Hurt. 2. Springer, Minneapolis,. Minn., ©, Pullman car porter, back \ ned; serious. oO. as Cole, St. Paul, Minn., back head injured; serious. Muenze, Minneapolis, Minn., conductor, two ribs broken scalp wounds. ‘ ©. Musser, West Union, Iowa, and head hurt. M. Wallace, West Union, Iowa, aa and arms cut.and bruised. 'E. D. Dunlap, Mansfield, Minn., 1 and legs, cut. Waterloo, Io., back db By + Gifferent, better than all and electrical treatments, is lous phelactine process, It's thing that actually removes as well as the hair on the «It does this very quickly, the skin perfectly omeety oa & stick of prepared ph your druggist today, follow ne, and with your « Io., body Marshalltown, 6 A a ay oe “Ales tAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ; LOWEST TONIGHT ABOUT 20 s THE TEMPERATURES. m One why. Official forc- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Warmer tonight with the lowest temperature about 28. Illinois: tonight and to- morrow, warmer tonight in east and south por- tions. Illinois: erally fair to- night and to- morrow, warmer tonight and in northeast por- tion tomorrow. Stage of the feet, a fall of .5 Gen- river at 7 a. m., 3 foot. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday include Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys: Gen- erally fair and normal temperature, but snow probably the first part of the week. GOV. GARDNER'S HAM DELICIOUS, SAYS MRS. WILSON, IN LETTER President’s Wife Says Present Was Enjoyed Christmas Day; Sends Best Wishes From Executive. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 3.—Go Gardner today received the follow. ing note of thanks from the wife of | the President: “My Dear Gov. Gardner—The President and I wish to thank you most warmly for the ham which y: have so generously sent to him and which we enjoyed so much on Christmas day. You were, indeed, most thoughtful to give us this pleasure. The ham was, indeed, dé- licious, and was exquisitely cured. “Messages of good cheer such as you sent to the President cannot fail to hearten him these tedious days of his convalescence, and he has asked me to assure you that words from a good friend like you give him cour- age in the difficult situations which arise daily. He wishes to join with me in best wishes to you and Mrs. Gardner for the new year. With many excuses for this dictated let- ter, believe me, faithfully yours, “EDITH BOLLING WILSON.” DEATH OF MAN FOUND FROZEN IN ALLEY DUE TO WOOD ALCOHOL Chemical Analysis Made of Stomach of Henry W. King, Who Was Fiano Player in Cafe. Henry W. King, 35 years old, of the Panama Hotel, Ninth and Market streets, whose frozen body was found early yesterday in the snow in an alley behind 1012 Grattan street, cied from wool alcohol poisoning. This was disclosed today when a chemical analysis was made of the contents of his stomach. Where he obtained the wood alco- hol has not been ascertained. King was a plano player at the Pine Knot cafe, Sixth and Pine streets. FLYING SLED DOESN'T WORK Modern Darius Green Gets Icy Bath in Mississippi at Savanna, Ill. By the Associated Press. CLINTON, Io., Jan. 3.—When the wings on the aerial sled invented by Charles Runyan of Savanna, IIl., failed to lift him over an airhole in the Mississippi River yesterday, rider, sled and all went into the icy water. Runyan was rescued, but the sled disappeared. —_—_— - a In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch Union Man Warns of Bolshe- vist Propaganda—Says it is growing peril and that 10,- 000,000 are reading about it in Socialist papers. Vienna a Oity Facing Extinc- tion—A graphic story of a great city without business where 2 000 are striving to live when only one-tenth that number can be _ sup- ported. GC. Edwards, Hibbing, m., chest and legs injured. ™” J R. Stam,. West Union, Iowa, leg and back sprained. | Ben Herdlichka, Humboldt, Io. leg broken and head hurt. | ‘James Herdlichka, Humboldt, Io., Sk injured and internal injuries. mre. Addie Wallace, West Union, ®%, eye injured, wrist broken and hurt, ) ‘Mrs. M. A. Spaulding, West Union, oa hurt. rs. Marcus Lauritsen, Minneapo- leg broken, condition criti- B. 8. Morse, Nashua, Io., col- broken, critical. . 8. Moree, Nashua, Io, hip and Slater, negro Pullman —_ - believed to be broken Weschler, Sterling, Nl,, ut anicle crushed. | . EXngieking, Waterloo, Io., € A New Plan for the Regenera- tion of the River Front—An interesting design by a St. Louis firm of architects to help the downtown part of the city. The Kind of a Man Berkman Is—Why the chief anarchist has been deported to Russia. Strange ~ gy porte of a Former 8t. Diplomat— A remarkable story in which a man who represented one of the recent enemy countries in St. Louis is the central figure. Another Panny Hurst Story— You will find ‘‘ Would You?f’’ in the best vein of this bril- liant young St. Louis writer. Order your copy today Fair | $289,000 BY WILL GOES TO CHARITIES PICKED BY LAWYER Mrs; Elizabeth Waddingham Obtained List From Attor- ney Who Was Advised by Chamber of Commerce. ‘LARGEST IS $75,000 TO MEMORIAL HOME Twenty Institutions Benefi- ciaries Because of Desire to Do Something for Per- sons Without Friends. Eighteen St. Louls and two East St. Louis charitable institutions are beneficiaries of bequests totaling $285)000 in the will of Mrs. Elizabeth Waddingham, widow of William Waddingham, who died last Sunday at her winter home in St. Peters- burg, Fla. The will was filed here today in the Probate Court. For four years before her death she boarded, when in St. Louis, at 4033 Connecticut street. In addition, she makes money be- | quests totaling $30,000 to friends and ‘distant relatives, and declares that | ithe residue of her estate shall be di- | vided among the charities she names | specifically. The largest of the be- quests is $75,000 to the Memorial Home at Grand and Magnolia ave- ‘| nues, to be used in construction of a wing to the building, which is to be a memorial to her husband. —- Help Those Without Funds. ' All this is done, she declares, be- cause “of the lessons taught me by life, none is more firmly impressed upon me than the value of “friend- ship.” “Therefore,” she continues in the will, “my desire in my last will is to show my appreciation of my deepest friends, and to help so far as I am able those in St. Louis and East St. Louis who are without friends, and who, at my death, may be in great need of assistance. I do this in the name of my husband who lived, prospered and died in this community.” Samuel W. Fordyce Jr., a lawyer, who is named with the St. Louis Union Trust Co. as executor, said that when Mrs. Waddingham was ready to make her will in 1913, she asked him to prepare a list of worthy charities. He said that he consulted the Chamber of Commerce approved charities list, and from further per- sonal investigation did as directed. Mrs. Waddingham was 75 years old. Her funeral will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow from an undertak- ing establishment at 4449 Olive street. A death notice in today’s Post-Dispatch states that “friends and relatives are invited to attend.” Mrs. Waddingham’s husband died 18 years ago, afted accumulating a fortune through purchases of prop- erty in St. Louis and East St. Louis. List of Bequests. Following are the bequests: Home of the Friendless, South Broadway, $20,000. Father Dunne’s Newsboy’s Home 8010 Washington avenue, $5000. Father Timothy Deémpsey’s insti- tutions at 1111 North Seventh street, $18.000. St. Louis Provident Association, $5000. St. $3000. Provident Hospital (Negro), Lawton avenue, $3000. Bethesda Charities, 3645 Vista ave- nue, $15,000. Blind Girls’ Industrial Home, 5235 Page boulevard, $8000. Non-Sectarian Old People's Home, 3426 Franklin avenue, $20,000. Old People’s Home, 1217 North Jefferson avenue, $20,000. Old Ladies’ Home, 4431 South Broadway, $25,000. Russell Home and White Cross Association, 3217 Washington avé- 4431 Louls Children’s Hospital, 2824 nue, $12,000. St. Louls Maternity Hospital, 4518 Washington boulevard, $10.000. Martha Parsons Free Hospital for Children, $2000. Women's Christian Home, 1814 |Washington avenue, $5000. | Little Helpers (Catholic), 4012 .Washington boulevard, $15,000. Old Folks Home for Aged and In- firm (Negro), $10,000. Memorial Home at Grand and Magnolia avenues, $75,000 for -the erection of an additional wing to its building. Henrietta Hospital, East St. Louis, $9000. St. Mary’s Louis, $9000. Orphans’ Home at Des Peres, St. Louis County, one-fifth of the pro- ceeds from the sale of property at that place. The residue of the es- tate, after the specific individual be- quests are paid, is to be distributed among charities named specifically above. Individual Bequests. The following Individual bequests are made: Mrs. Helen Cole, Mem- phis, Tenn., a friend, $5000: Mrs. Eula D. Horn, Memphis, a friend, $5000; Mrs. Sarah Heath, Webster Hospital, East St. Groves, a friend, $2000: Mr. and Continued on Page 2, Column 1. | ‘cutive committee, said that she con. ito be. ARTIST THREATENS SYMPHONY SCENEIN COFFEE-AND-MILK Designer Says Moreover That Both Criticised Stage Setting and New Creation Must Be Paid For. COMPLAINTS FOUND AMONG DIRECTORS One Believes That Plumed Birds Are “a Trifle Hot’ and Another Says Firmly, “It Will Be Changed.” A conference was held today be- tween the Executive Committee of the Symphony Society and Tom P. Barnett, artist and architect, to de- cide on a new stage setting for the Symphony Orchestra, to supplant the present green one, which gave some of the patrons the blues and made others ‘“‘see red.” Barnett designed it, and since it-was first revealed, on the night of Fritz Kreisler’s second concert, discussion of its virtues has | been vehement. In endeavoring’to trace some of, the criticisms to their source, a Post- Dispatch reporter found that some| came from members of the Execu- | tive Committee, which accepted Bar- | nett’s original design. Scheme -‘a Trifle Hot.” Mrs. John Fowler, of 35 West- moreland piace, member of the exe-. sidered the setting “too glaring,” and | “not dignified for the orchestra."’| While, she said, it is hardly loud enough to drown out the music, it is rather loud, adding that while a warm coloring might be desirable, she considered the present scheme “a trifle hot.” “One is always conscious of it,’’ she said. “It dis- tracts your attention from the or- chestra.” The setting fsllows a Georgian drawing room, the green of which is broken by mahogany doors and black ‘total loss. oriental panels, with busts of Bee- thoven, Mozart and Haydn over the | doors. Birds of gaudy plumage! adorn the panels, and there are two chandeliers much like bass drums. “Going to Be Changed!” | Mrs. Horace Rumsey, another | member of the committee, who has been one of the chief critics, said) that she felt she had said enough, adding: ‘‘The public doesn’t like it, and it’s going to be changed. ‘That’s enough.”’ Ewing Hill, also a member of the committee, said the set “might be thoroughly artistic,”’ and still not be appropriate.‘‘ He thought such a design might “go big’® somewhere else, but declined to say where. It had been suggested that Fred Stone might use it in “Jack O’ Lantern,” he said, but he declined making the suggestion or agreeing .with it. He said he deeply respected Barnett’s art judgment. Continuing inquiry among the committee, a reporter asked Mrs. M. A. Goldstein what she thought of the “esthetic” set. She replied that it was “too decorative,” and ‘“‘not suf- ficiently in one tone.” George D. Markham, another member, said that, personally, it didn’t make-a bit of difference to him what color the set was, as he always closes his eyes during a per- formance, “I go there to hear, not to see,”’ he said. They'll Pay for It: _ In view of these criticisms, the reporter asked Barnett, the artist, what he had to say about them. He remarked, at first, that “the trou- ble with most of those symphony people is that they know about 4Sswx~ much about art as they do about music,” and he then proceeded to dictate a verbatim statement of his attitude in the matter. He remarked, in addition, that if the symphony society thought they were to get the design for nothing, as has been stated, they were mis- taken. “They'll pay for the one that is painted out, and they'll pay for the new one,” he said. Barnett, who in addition to being an architect, is a painter whose work has taken many prizes, was called about Nov. 1 to design a new setting. He presented a design which was accepted, and it was ex- ecuted by Toomey & Volland, a firm of scenery painters. Barnett’s statement of what hap- pened, and his reply to the critics, follows: Pleased With Renaissance of Art. “I note with pleasure the renais- sance of art in St. Louis. It is a hope- ful sign to see a community so thor- oughly imbued with esthetic uplift. “It appears that the stage setting has attracted more comment and at- tention than the Symphony Orches- tra has since its organization. “T am giad my musical sensibili- ties are not so easily disturbed as the delicately attuned art critics’ appear “Three things were required in the new Symphony stage setting—a full realization of the orchestra's tonal Contined on Page 2, Column 4 {> ‘ SHIPMENT OF PORK 12 DAYS COMING FROM ACROSS RIVER Packing Company Sues Ter- minal, Saying Meat From Stock- yards Spoils on 3-Mile Trip, A petition filed today in the City Court of East St. Louis by Morris & Co., against the Terminal Railroad Association, discloses that it required 12 days for that line to haul a car- load of pork from. the National Stockyards in East St. Louis to the Booth Cold Storage plant at Main and Ashley: streets, a distance of scarcely three miles. By reason of the delay in transit, the pork spoiled and the packing company now asks $1200 damages. The car, it is alleged, was loaded with 63,542 pounds of the choicest cuts from the hog, Feb. 23, 1918, and started on its three-mile journey across the river. It started all right, but other things happened about the same timeé and the consignment that was expected to arrive on the same day, did not reach its destination un- til March 7, just 12 days after leav- ing the packing house sidetrack and meat of all kinds in perishable freight. The car must have wandered afar with its valuable shipment, but just where it spent its time is not dis- closed, since the defendant corpora- tion has not yet presented its ex- planation. It was only a short timé after the Government took over all the railroads, including the Termi- nal’s properties, and it was at the height of the heaviest traffic of the war period. Morris & Co. claim that by reason of the time consumed in delivery, $300 had to be spent in handling ‘and overhauling the pork, and that $800 worth of the shipment was a Other expenses caused a net loss of $1200, which the Termi- nal, or rather the Government, since the shipment was made under Fed- eral operation, is asked to make good. Inquiry at the Terminal offices elicited the reply that nothing was known of the case, but that the whole transaction would be speedily investigated. It was said that cars were sometimes improperly billed and sent a long way in the wrong direction before the mistake was dis- covered. Something of this kind must have happened to the pork, in the opinion of one of the officials who said the ordinary procedure would have delivered the car on the same day it left the abattoin. MAETERLINCK’S ENGEISH-FAILS.. UNDER TEST OF LECTURE Audience Shouts Him Down anil Friend Reads Text—Remainder of Speeches in French. |Special to the Post-Dispatch. YORK, Jan. 3.—Maurice English broke down under the test of his NEW Maeterlinck’s completely first public lecture last night at Car- ‘negie Hall. Dr. Merle St. Croix Wright jumped into the breach and translated the Belgian poet’s words as he spoke them for the benefit of an audience, which scarcely knew whether to be amused, indig- nant or sympathetic after half an hour of this duet, as the poet him- self laughingly termed it. A messenger arrived breathless with a copy of the address in En- glish, which Dr. Wright read. The remaining lectures of Maeterlinck’s American tour will be given in French, it was stated last night by his friend, Henry Russell. Carnegie Hall was filled to the topmost gallery with friends and admirers of the poet. This audi- ence wags tolerant of the Maeter- linck accent perhaps longer than the average American audience would have been, but it was only a few moments before there were cries from the audience “En Francaise” and “We can’t understand a word.” During the course of the lecture the poet stood at Dr. Wright's side, listening carefully to his pronuncia- tion as he followed it page by page on his phonetic manuscript, main- taining all the while a calm and unperturbed demeanor. Maeter- linck, it is said, started studying English six weeks ago. LLOYD GEORGE IS EXPECTED TG ACCEPT CARNEGIE ANNUITY No Apparent Reason for Premicr’s Rejection of $10,000 a Year, With No Private Fortune. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, Jan. 3.—There is every reason to believe Premier Lloyd George intends to accept Andrew Carnegie’s bequest of an annuity of $10,000 a year. As the bequest was not sought and was un expression of Carnegie’s personal admiration, and was not fettered by any conditions, there is no apparent reason why the Premier should decline it. He has no private fortune, and if he left office tomorrow he should have to return to work in the small law firm in which he was a partner with his brother. There is no pen- sion attaching to the premiership, as such, and all the available political pensions allowed to ex-Ministers are already taken, even if the Premier would accept one, which is doubtful. Wood Cancels Speaking Date. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.--It was an- nounced last night that Gen. Leonard Wood had canceled his acceptance of an invitation to speak next Tuesday night at the annual dinner of the Ohio Society of New York. Gen. Wood gave “a pressing military en- gagement” as his reason. AGA To ARE SEIZED IN RADICAL ROUNDUP IN AND NEAR GITY 32 Arrests Made in St. Louis, 25 in East St. Louis and 18 in Franklin County, Illinois. LAWYER’S OFFICE AND PUBLICATION RAIDED Communist, Socialist and Soviet Literature Seized— Most of Prisoners Are Austrians. Fifty-seven persons, 32 in St. Louis and 25 in East, St. Louls, were arrested between 8 o'clock last night and 3:30 o’clock this morn- ing as this locality’s contribution to the nation-wide search of the At- torney-General and Department of Immigration for radicals who they believe can be deported. The raids here were not com- pleted and agents of the Govern- ment today are seeking others whom they have card indexed, but whom they were unable to find dur- ing the night. Eighteen prisoners were brought to St. Louis at noon today by six agents who worked out of West Frankfort, Franklin County, IIL, into the heart of the coal mining district astenight All were foreigners, and the man soei of them were coal min- ers. Except in a few instances, no radical ‘literature was found. The prisoners were being questioned this afternoon regarding their connection |; with the Communist party. | Radical Paper Raided. The raids were participated in by 25 agents of the Department of Jus- tice, the force of James McLaughlin, chief agent in St. Louis, having been augmented by operatives from New Orleans, Nashville, San Antonio, Fort Smith and Little Rock, by two Deputy United States Marshals and in St. Louis by six city detectives and in East St. Louis a like number of the local police. The city of St. Louis was divided into districts and squads of three and four men vis- ited places assigned to them. These included the office of “The Melting Pot,” a radical publication at 809 Pontiac Building, and the of- fice of Sigmund S’Renco, a lawyer, at 312 Times Building. The offi- cers had search warrants. They went to the homes of S’Renco and | Henry M. Tichenor, publisher of “The Melting Pot,”’ and took them to their offices. Neither was arrest- ed. Quantities of Communist, So- cialist, Soviet and other radical lit- erature, together with copies of “The Melting Pot,” were gathered up. Noné of the literature was new to the agents, though much of it was of the sort heretofore classed by Gov- Raids in East St. Louis. The work in East Bt. aided by the roster of the * ‘South Slovac Asso- ciation No. 55,” chartered by the district executive committee in Chi- cago of the Communist party, a copy of the charter being taken. This was found in the tailor shop of John Kuk, an Austrian, at 324 Exchange avenue, secretary of the association. The meeting place of the associa- tion, a room over a saloon at 1116 North Third street, also was found and a quantity of Communist litera- ture taken. All taken in both cities are al- leged to be members of the Com- munist party. The Communist or- ganization pledges its members ‘“‘not to compromise, but to wipe out the bourgeois - parliamentary state.” This means the destruction of Amer- ican representative Government and is viewed by the Government to constitute anarchy. The roster was found to carry 38 names, written in red ink across a page of a large book. It was evi- dent that some of the 38 original members had been dropped from the rolls. One of the publications taken here was “The Proletariat Revolu- tion in Russia by N. Lenine and Leon Trotsky.” The translation was by Louis C. Franca of the New York Communist Press and the book bore a rubber stamp “Iabor Book De- partment, 940 Chouteau avenue.” That is the address of St. Louls Labor. a publication of St. Louis Socialists. Copies of a manifesto setting forth the principles of the Communists also was taken. | fe the men were arrested they jwere taken to the offices of the De- Continued on Page 2 Columa 2. 4500 ARRESTED NATION-WIDE DRIVE INST RADICALS — Where Arrests Were Made and Number Taken in Raids on Radicals EPORTS from more than 40 cities throughout the coun- try today show that more than 4500 alleged radicals have been arrested in the latest De- | partment of Justice drive, ap- proximately as follows: New York City. 700 Paitimore. — Detroit. - Mich.. 090 Lo ell. Mass Chicago, Ill... OO St. “eente Mo. Jersey City, N. J. i10 Oakland, Newark, 32 Chelsea. 582! — 5 Haverhill, Pittsburg, Portiand, Ore... Louisville, Ky.. Holyoke, Mass. mitpncaperta Philadelphia. i is =0Ses 83 61 1 Grand Rapids, Mich, ‘ “oan Buffalo. i. . & 156 Milwaukee. Wis.20 be Cleveland, O...100 Des Moines, Io, copes, Conn. 116 Rridgevort Conn, . 63 Paul, nn oe Neb cS awrence, Masa: 35 Toledo. O. Boe . 52 Waterbury. . 46 Cc Youngstown, to Ro, Springneld. Mass. Omaha, Kansas Kan. BS aa nowetiititen” asta Arrests reported singly or in groups of fewer than five prob- ably will aggregate an additional 100 to 200. r. W. PAPE 10 SUCCEEL CUNLIFF AS PARK HEAD City’ Forester to Take Office| Feb. i—Long in Service . of Department. The appointment of Fred W. Pape, City Forester, to succeed Nelson Cunliff as Park Commissioner, ef- fective Feb. 1, was announced today by Director of Public Welfare Schmoll. ; Pape, who is 42 years old and re- sides with his wife and at 3329 Pennsylvania avente, is Re- publican City Committeeman from the Eleventh Ward. Cunliff, as has been told, resigned Wednesday to as- sume charge of the $1,000,000 hous- ing program of the Chamber of Commerce. Pape, whose salary as City For- ester was $2000 a year, will receive $5000 annually as Park Commis- sioner. He has been in the forestry division of the Department of Parks for seven years, six years as assist- ant superintendent and one year as superintendent. For 3% years he served as general superintendent of parks under former Park Comefis- sioner Franklin L. Ridgeley, during the Walbridge administration, filling out the unexpired term of his father, who was killed. He comes of ‘a family of florists, and assisted George Kessler, the landscape artist, in laying out the botanical decora- tions of the world’s fair. Sought Park Executive, Director Schmoll,. who is also chairman of the Republican Gty Committee, said that in selecting Pape he had in view a man who was most familiar with Park Depart- ment work, a good organizer and a good executive. He said that he con- sulted with Cunliff and that the lat- ter agreed that Pape possessed those qualities. Pape told reporters that his ap- ‘him. ernment authorities as objectionable. | gram in view, but believed that he pointment was a great surprise to He said that he had no pro- would continue Cunliff’s policies, as Louis Was | he was in sympathy with the present unexpected discovery Of | .vetem of Park Department work. He said that he believed strongly in playgrounds and would devote much attention to beautifying the parks and promoting their various activi- ties. Will Seek Larger Salarics. Director Schmoll intends to recom- mend an ordinance increasing the salary of General Superintendent of Recreation, the position held by Rodowe Abeken, from $200 to $390 a month. Men holding similar po- sitions in other large cities, he said, are receiving $5000 and-$6000 a year. He said he also would recommend the increasing of the salary of Di- rector of Community Centers, Miss Sarah Wolf, from $1800 to $2800 a year. “The city has not been paying good salaries to its Park Department offi- clals,” Schmoll said. “That is why we are losing Cunliff.” Pape will have under his direction about 800 employes, whose annual salaries total about $600,000. WOMAN SMOKES CIGAR ON SHIP Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. | NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Mrs. Carl Sorenson was calmly puffing a Ha- vana cigar in the smoking room of the liner United States when tho ship arrived yesterday from Copen- hagen. “Other women smoke cigarettes. I don’t like them and prefer goo! cigars,”’ she said, and flicked away, the ash. Mrs. Sorenson was travel- ing with her husband, a sugar plant- er of the Virgin Islands, and their ,two children. ?* 7600 HELD ON PERFECT CASES; COMMUNISTS ie Bt OD Department of Justice Acts With View to Sending at — Least 3000 Persons Out of Country ag Undesirable; Many Are Released. PLANS FOR SOVIET IN U. S. REVEALED to Overthrow Government by Force Made; Efforts to Organize Negroes to Hel in Movement Disclosed. ————— ee By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. sweeping drive against agents of the Department of Justices — are completing today nation-wide — raids against communist organiza. — tions In which more than 4500 per- 3.—In a General Charge of Attempt t $ 2 sons have been taken in pape oe: 3 the view of deportation of¢ radicals. Ralds were made tn more than 40 cities, beginning at 9 o'clock last — night. Assistant Attorney-Genera! Garvan, in charge of the said more than 2600 persons were held on “perfect cases,” and that the raid promised to be not only the greatest in scope, but also t An re- sults of any i city where the” raid was set in motion, he said, success attended the efforts. Four thousand warrants were issued, but the ar- rests exceeded that number. Many of those arrested, however, were re- leased after examination. Besides the 2000 “perfect cases,” Garvan said, Federal agents obtained suffi- client evidence to justify the arrest of others. Among those taken “into custody were men regarded by tho Government as ring leaders in anar- chistic propaganda. | Evidence gathered by Department of Justice agents will be turned over to the Department of Labor, which will be asked to deport the radicals. Transfer to Ellie Island. The transfer to Ellis Island of 201 radicals at New York h for de- portation proceedings ter being questioned all night by department agents was begun today. More than 400 persons arrested were released for lack of evidence to connect them ‘vith revolutionary doctrines. A boat load of 107 radicals was sent to Ellis Island from Newark. It is said that sailors plying be- tween this country and Europe had been engaged as secret messengers between “reds” in America and their brethren in Boviet Russia. The, United States transport Kilpatrick. sister ship of the Buford, now on t high seas with the first consignment of deported radicals, probably will be used to transport the second con- tingent. Tt is said at Ellis Island that the sailing date for the second “Soviet ark” probab#“would be Jan. 16. In addition to the transport Kil- patrick, the army transports Amerl- ca and President Grant may be used to transport to Soviet Russia some of the radicals. In Newark, WN. J., department agents believed they discovered a cache of arms and equipment for de- struction in last night’s raid. Twen- ty-five rifles and some supposed bombs were seized. The bombs were said to be similar in construction to those sent through the malls to # large number of public men last summer. Against Communists. The raids last night and earty to- day were conducted particularly against communist and communist — labor groups of radicals, the . partment of Justice announced. 7 general charge of attem to over+ throw the Government by ant violence was placed against those ar- rested. | The agents particularly searched for incriminating documents, some of which they claimed revealed plans to establish soviets throughout the country to be later merged under. soviet council similar to the Council. Harry Winitsky, * secretary of the . >) P f ee y-4 Lee EPORTED ax ‘Nei wr +e “a WZ zt) Communist party of New ag oe _ we *. a