St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 24, 1920

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Euclid 1S SUFFERING sind | templated, but Principal. — | | Purpose Is to Procure F GARNER i s tor Decl He W a | enator Declares He as | & FRO ae ' és | A. C. Heffuer, 37 years old, of | | — . KIND OF | | “Go-Between” for Col.|GIRL'S SPINE AND woot Frankfort. ill, disd at the ‘ity SE Ot an Make |(Heslth Commissioner Pre- dicts Every Person Not Im- Funds for Nurses. ——= MONKEY FAME House and Great Britain) | BOTH HIPS BROKEN) "°*?!*! #¢ #:0 % m today Influenza Masks | mune Will Be Attacked bullet wound in the abdomen Before U. S. Entered War. a ff F — mabtagtbein, sarees he r HE Red Cross desires vol- r urrer rac- unteers to sew on the 10,- hree Othe ? S 000 influenza masks that With Influenza. SARCHH wee a. VB. LIKE To FIND OUT WRAAT'S Good FOR. COAL-ofl POISONING Es 72. NO. 148. i Hospital After Encounter With W. S. Johnson, Who Says He Fired When At- tacked. sia eS A, bp Las pitied eee ee pei es ct Sate no 4 ems trace. 3 See a ae ne Gs fet Receiver May Put Regulation | Into Effect at Any Time | After 10 Days. | Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 24.—The | ot | Public Service ,Cotmmission today au- ‘thorized Recéiver Wells of the United Railways to put into force at years . any time after prohibiting all cars. ! 170 NEW CASES REPORTED IN DAY. in- by 10 days a smoking regulation old. a real estate dealer, when they on street | fought in Johnson’s office, Room 57, ° Three Deaths From Disease have been cut out. imht, 1292°0. Mar Reg. L | Phu u >> —~ | by Tl (. Fiahber, S. Pat. Office.) (insect! a m after a storm ?-—Mexico 4 ger. ir Car zing our radiator freez- -roof—then forget adiator. Johnson’s d inexpensive. It on lasts all winter. Natural History Explorer » rious speech. “} spent 30 years ¥: - DIES SUDDENLY werers to tus eur Said He Classified Sounds by Which Monkeys Hold Communication. | By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 24-— Richard L. Garner, African explore. | and author, nounced that he had found several sounds approximating a monkey lan- | guage, died at ai hospitel here Thursday night. | Garner was taken ill suddenly it ‘ hotel several days ago and his | tity Was not known until after is | death. who some years ago an-. ee oe oe Garner Confined Himself in Cage to Study Monkey Sounds. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Ofiicials of the National Zoo recalled vividly | » today the experiments of Garner in | the effort to discover a monkey lan- | guage. They said that at one time | during an exploration in the African jungles he confined himself in a cag» in the hope of distinguishing the va- rious “‘wahoos”’ of the monkey and gorilla and what meaning they actu-. ally conveyed. | One of the first steps taken by | Garner toward translating the va- | sounds of monkeys was to record: them on a phonograph and ‘through this, it was said, he obtaine? four or five distinct sounds which, when repeated to the animals, indi- cated that ,they meant words of Picture of Man Kissing Ape Caused Garner to Bring Suit. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. in travel in the French Congo and other portions of | South and Central Africa, studying the lives and habits of animals as a representative of the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, the New York Zoological Society and other | erganizations for research in natur- | al history. | He attracted wide attention in 3 1905 when he wrote that he was go- | ing to West Africa to study the ' ™eans of communicat’on used by . &pes. He made several trips in an > effort to reduce the ape language e to writing and last May announced here that he had found a monkey ' in the Congo that talked to -him. A | controversy was. started among nat- | > uUralists as to whether he had been Mistaken. At this time Garner a brought suit against a photographie | COmpany for $100,000 damage for _ Permitting publication of a man, py eteoribed as himself kissing an,ape. | ' ' | 24.—Garner | | | ' “TWREGTOR OF CENSUS EXTENDS |: | TIME FOR WORK INDEFINITELY _ Assures Workers Count Will Be Fin- ished Regardiess of Former . 15-Day Limit, ; By the Associated Press. — : | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24,—While | it had been hoped to complete the ‘ enumeration work in the fourteenth _ decennial census in 15 days, Director - 8am L. Rogers, of the Census Bu- Peau, said today the time would be ’ extended and that the count of the Population of the country would be completed regardless of the time His announcement was made as the the result of the request for ex- n of time received from Cham- | of Commerce and other organi- | rations in a number of cities which _ ‘SPparently were under the impres- Sion that 15 days was the limit fixed by law for the enumeration and that _&hy work not completed in that time 3 would remain unfinished. 3 tor Rogers said the enumera- “ tion had not yet been finished in any ‘Of the larger cities, but that some re- ' turns had been received from a num- _ ber of them. AT LILLE FOR TRIAL » the Meeeciated Press. LILLE, Jan. 24.—-Seven more German soldiers, among them a Cap- » Who are accused of thefts and pillage during enemy occupation of “sew city, have arrived here and are _Mcarcerated in the fortress. «, 2» SS rr ~ ; siete i a rae sy, Sara ih Dae ee Pe eiaitea _ —— PROMOTED CANDIDACY ’ | } Mining Engineer Is Called a “Get-Rich-Quick” and J. Rufus Wallingford Is Pro- posed as His Opponent. By the Associated Presa. WASHINGTON, Jan. ‘of the go-betweens between Col. ‘House and members high in the Brit- Ash Government during the negotia- | tions preceding the entry Bi the United States into the war,” Sena- to teed, Democrat, Missouri, tures—Mother Least Seri- ously | Hurt—Patrolman Walking Beat at Time. The wife and eight children of Patrolman John Fitzgibbons of the! pital. Page Boulevard District Jumped from | ‘ing home, 2928 North Euclid avenue, ‘about 5:30 a. m. today, | second-story windows of their burn-| |in self-degense while Fitz-| gibbons was walking his beat in an-) 24.—Charg- | ‘ing that Herbert Hoover was “one | slightly. years old, ‘launched a vigorous attaCk today in | ‘ing major injuries were: | the Senate against what he charac- terized as Mr. Hoover's moted boom for President.” Senator Reed said Mr. Hoover way ‘self-pro- 'so close to the British Government ‘that “the constituted a convenient | connecting link,” member of the Senate who doubted his statement to introduce a resolu- ,tion of investigation. Declaring that Mr. Hoover “served | said | the British service, Senator Reed Hoover ‘‘never cast a vote in United States, since this war to qualify himself.” Called Himself a Liberal. “When he was he was a ‘liberal.”’ Senator Reed said. “Apparently he ha& not been tn the United States enough to know the other part of the city. All were injured, but some only The most seriously hurt was Miss Margaret Fitzgibbons, were fractured, and David, 22, 19 | whose spine and both hips: left | arm and ankle fractured and intern-. al injuries. pital. Richard, 26, left They are at Barnes Hos- | ankle fractured | 'and affected by inhalation of smoke. | and challenged any | by Catherine, 11, left ankle fractured. Doyle, 18; John, 15; James, 13, and Mary, 6, were bruised and affected smoke. Mother Only Slightly Bruised. The mother, Mrs. Mary Tl itzgib- bons, was the last to jump. She was the least seriously injured, suf- ly slight bruises. a tutelage all of his adult life” in tine | fering on & not learn of the when he made his Fitzgibbon did fire until 6 a. m., regular half-hourly He was relleved from duty | ‘ond hurried home. asked as to what) party-he belonged he said he thougnt | names of the political parties in this | country and has to designate hinis.lf | as a ‘liberal,’ ganization.” “I think Mr. Hoover’s nomination / would put the finishing touch on the league of nations and that the league would surrender the sover- eignty of the world to the British empire,” the Senator continued. In addition to her own votes Great Britain would control the votes of Portugal, Greece, France and Bel- gium in the league, Senator .Reed said, adding that Belgium imperious will,” and that France, according to high French officials, |} had admitted that she was depen- ‘dant on the British army and navy for protection against German at- tack. Call Him a “Get-Rich-Quick. oe Senator Reed said that if a Brit- ish controlled league of nations were to be established. this country ought to have as possible to represent it, not Mr Hoover?” Referring to reports that Hoover made $10,000,000 before he was 30 years old, Senator Reed said he was a “get-rich-quick” and turn- ing to Senator Lodge, the Repub- lican leader, declared that if Mr. Hoover were nominated for the residency the only thing that could ave the Republican party from de- feat was for it “to nominate J. Ruf- us Wallingford.” “Then we'll have two horses bred alike,”” he added. Declaring thet he understood that “the gentleman from London” re- cently had bought two newspapers, the Missouri Senator said he did not } know for whot purpose unless “it. was to keep the people from nomi- nating Mr. Hoover.” Mr. Reed spoke for half an hour and no reply was made to his ad- dress. MRS. ROMSEVELT IN SOCIETY OPPOSING RETURN OF DEAD Rv the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Mre. Edith Kermit Roosevelt, widow of Theodore Roosevelt, is honorary president of an association of Gold Star Mothers and Fathers organized here to oppose return of the bodies of American soldiers killed in France. At the organization ‘meeting yes- terday, Col. Edward Olmstead, As- sistant Chief of Staff of the Twenty- seventh Division, and several army chaplains spoke against transfer of the dead, asserting it was inadvisable for practical as well as sentimental reasone. Skating mm All the Parks. There is skating in all the city parks today, and will be tom uniess there is an unexpected perature rise. The prediction of the Weather Bureau is for lower tem- perature tonight and continued cold tomorrow. a British political or- | ithe stairway “was in| |no condition to resist Great Britain's | the home at $1500 and to the furnt- as nearly a British subject | “so why | Noordam ifur auction in St. Mr. | row | em- | All the members of the family ex- | cept Margaret, had been carried into | the home of Joseph Sullivan at 2926 North Euclid avenue, next door. Three physicians attended them there. Blaze Starts Under Stairway. The fire started in a closet under | leading from the first | to the second floor. Members of the family said they supposed it was caused by crossed electric wires. Mrs. Fitzgibbons and other mem- bers of the family were awakened by the crackling of flames at 5:15 a. m. They found the stairway and upper hal) ablaze and access to the lower floor cut off, the only egress left being their bedroom windows. Firemen estimated the damage to ture $6009. home. Fitzgibbons owned the GERMANS COMING TO ST. LOUIS| Five Arrive in New York on Way to Fur Auction. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Five Ger- mans arrived here on the steamshin vesterday to attend Louis. Germany must now denend on this country for furs, they said, as few pelts wer coming from Russia. Their passports had been vised by the United States consul at Rotter dam, but they were detained at the pier until they arranged for bonds. By a In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch Kansas’ Radical Industrial Experiment—Detailed analy- sis of the plan toe solve prob- lems of the present crisis that will be adopted by State that is not afraid of trying something new if it looks rood. ‘*‘The Bullfight in Madrid’’—A striking reproduction in the Rotogravure Section, of a re- markable action painting by A, von Wagner. ‘ Winter Sports on Snow and Ice -—-A collection -of photo- graphs of interesting scenes reproduced in the Rotograv- ure Section. American Woman Has Thrilling Escape from a South Sea Island Cannibal Ohief—An intensely interesting narra- tive from the fringe of the world. Is There a Living Brontosaurus Awaiting Capture in the Congo Jungle?—-An_ absorb- ingly interesting story of what an American expedition hopes to find. | ‘*Home Grown’’— Another good story by Fanny Hurst. Order Your Copy Today. : —— /am 'started beating him on ‘help, was Henry ‘employe of Johnson. on the fifth floor of*the De Meni! building, Seventh and Pine streets, at 12450 p. m. yesterday. He alse was shot in the right wrist. Johnson, who was struck on the head with a heavy brass cuspidor. is under treatment at the city hos- | After Heffner went to “raised a disturbance,”’ and he fired when Heffner tacked him with the cuspidor. refused to make a statement the cause of the quarrel. At the city hospital today Johnson his , 7 at- the shooting he sail, office and | The order is the result of the cent application bv der by the commission him to make such a regulation. commission, however, instead of “directing” hibit smoking. re- ‘directing’ “authorizes” him to pro- hearing A. T. Perkins, said that - At commission, ceivership a recent Col. manager, re- the ‘company was having great difficulty | |in trying to enforce the He | | as tw | | ‘e no smok- | Wells for an or-| The | before the ing’ rule and wanted an order from | the commission to back up its ef- forts. He also suggested the passage of a city ordinance prohibiting ence of an emergency due to the in- smoking on any part of a street car, at any said Heffner and another man whom |} he would not hame went to his or- | fice and asked for a conference wit h j him Thursday fused to talk with them. He = |Heffner entered his office alone yes- Of the other children those suffer- | afternoon and he re- | terday and insisted on talking with | him privately. When he refused to go into a private office with Heff- | he said, Heffner exclaimed: going to kill “you.” and then the head calling for fire on ner, with a cuspidor. After he said, he opened Heffner in self-defense. Witness Refuses to Talk. The only witness to the encounter T. Turrentine, an office He refused to make a statement, saying he had i been “asked not to.” call to the sta- |, unless he has voted tion from a police telephone box on hospits 1], his beat. | ald. | West Frankfort a year ago. sips in business,’’ he sal. | tha | | Johnson } the | | iwhich was scrawled: when taken to the city said he had‘heard that Johnson ha@ been talking about Mrs. Heffner and he went to Johnson’s office to ask him about it. He said he came to St. Loufs several days ago and had been stopping at the home of his wife's mother at 3620 |Dodier street. “T wanted to settle this thing.”’ Heffner, he |terday and he wouldn't talk to me. I went there again today. an automatic pistol and I tried to defend myself with a cuspidor and | he shot me.’ Says Slayer “Turned Him Dow.” Later Heffner indicated that busi- | ness troubles may have had some- thing tp do with the quarrel. tle said he and Johnson had been busi- ness associates for Johnson moved to St. Louis from ei | set up “but when Johnson got on his he turned me down.’ Johnson said he had never heard | of Heffner’s accusation that he had talked about Mrs. Heffner. He said they had been in business together | in Mount Vernon, Ill, about five’ years ago, slat ¢ ness connection. On a table in Johnson's office po- licemen found a sheet of papér on “Ww. S. Jonn- son shot me.” Above this was writ- ten Heffner’s name. Turrentina, Johnson’s clerk, said he wrote note at Heffner’s dictation after the shooting. Johnson was found in a room four offices removed from his own office. He gave his address as 4307 Mary- land avenue and said he was sin zle. KANSAS GOVERNOR SIGNS ’ DRASTIC ANTI-STRIKE BILL | pleaivaien Establishes Court of Indus- | trial Relations to Settle Disputes and Fix Wages. | By the Associated Press. | ‘trial legislation, TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 24.—lIndus- said by the} sd ' tion | food time. 'MONDELL OPPOSES $150,000.000. FOOD RELIEF LOAN TO EUROPE Republican teader ies Objects to $1,000,000 Appropriation for Army Airplanes. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. to the proposed relief loan to Austria, °4.---Opposi- Poland ‘tions on $150,000 096) and Armenia and to an appropriation , ‘of $1,000,000 | charges for additional army airplanes was expressed in the House today by Representative Mondell. the Republican leader, who replied to by Representative Kitchin of North Carolina, former Demo- cratic leader, that the Republican Steering Committee had blocked the relief bill before the Ways and Moeais | Comniittee, ‘the people ‘to~provide funds: for rope, all the 'to be should be moneys of) hue adding that not were Careful consideration given before “taking the " Mondell said, sob stories about Europe believed. teferring to his opposition to the ‘airplane appropr igtion, the Renubli- | “I went to Johnson’s office yes- r can leader said someone had said immediately ‘ment of nurses ta wait on poor pa- and Eight From Pneumo- | nia in 24 Hours— One| Family of Four Ill. After a conference at noon today with Health Commissioner Starkloff and Director of Public Welfare | Schmoll, Mayor Kiel announced that he wili issue, Monday morning, a proclamation declaring the exist- ;- — — eee ee ee ee fluenza situation, the Health wh and empowering Commissioner to take atever steps he considers neces- | sary for the public welfare, subject | ,;to Director Schmoll’s approval. The proclamation will be identi- | cal With that issued last year, which the drastic under | restric- | amusements closing business and were imposed. However, Dr. Starkloff said he did not contemplate restrictions at any this time. The principal purpose oF the proctamation is io make funds | available for the pay- tients, he said, without going through | the cutomary formalities and delays. He added, however, that the procla- mation would enable him to order | restrictions in force at any time if he decided it was necessary. preceding & a. the ‘Great Britain was expending $550,-. He drew | 000, 000 on her | | 10 years before) | | and that any difference | they had were the result of this busi- } ‘revolutionary in character, was com- | pleted in Kansas yesterday when the ‘Legislature enacted a bill establish- ‘ing in the State a court of industrial relations having jurisdiction over es- sential industries invested with a public interest. The bill, signed by Gov. Allen, affects food, clothing, fuel and prohibits strikes or lockouts in these which was | transportation, | ,industries and provides severe penal- | ties for conspiracy to promote strikes | or interfere with production. It also | ) provides that the court can fix wages | i and settle | (unteer miners under the protection | half of industrial disputes in these industries and as a court of ar-_ bitration to consider disputes in other | mdustries not listed as essential. was passed by large majorities in both houses. The Governor announced that would nominate the three bass of the court today and that the Sen- It) 4 ate would hold over to consider con-, firmation before the special session|ecr predictions for the week begin- , ends. The legislation is the outgrowth of the recent nation wide strike of soft coal miners, which caused the mines_ in Kansas to be placed under a State receivership and operated with vol- of State and Federal troops. THe KaisER. many to be. air service. “If England can do that,”’ he said, nounced that all .excluded from “then a resolution ought to be passed | Congress compelling her to pay) debt to the Unitie:l| | by | interest on her | States.’ Representative Gerner, Texas, suggested a loan of $50,000,- 000 to Europe. represent only the grain corporation, “it is only whom it was made.”’ ‘SOVIETS WOULD ENFORCE SEVEN DAY WEEK AND 12 HOUR DAY profits of he said, Helsingfors Re ports That New Rule Is Being Applied With Utmost Severity. LONDON, Jan. 24.—A dispatch to the Central News says the Bolsheviki farce the population to of Russia compulsory All working classes introduced a day of 12 hours. are affected. severity. CONTINUED COLD TOMORROW; LOWEST TONIGHT, 12 ABOVE enae received at THE TEMPERATURES Official forecast ‘for St. Louis and | vicinity: Cioudy and colder to- night; lowest tem- peratare about 12 degrees above zero; tomorrow fair and con- tinued cold. Missour i— Mostly cloudy and | colder tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cold. Ihlinois—Cloudy | and colder to- night; tomorrow fair and colder. Stage of the. river at 7 a. m.. 3.4 feet; no change HAS PULLED DOWN HIS HOLLAND SHADE. w-S TON, Jan. 24.—Weath- ; WASHING ning Monday include: Upper Mississippi and Lewer Mis- rouri valleys: temperatures rauch below first half of week with fair probably some moderation second , week, with ‘ snows. Democrat, This amount woul@é|., needing | should 170 New Cases. The number of new influenza cases reported to the Health Depar:- ment today for the 24-hour period m. was 170, making the total nmber reported since Oct. 1, 557. There were three deaths 1n 24-hour period preceding 5 p. | m., yesterday, making the total since! Oct. 1, 19. There were eight pneu- monia deaths, Health Commissioner Starkloff an- visitors would be city institutions until | it appeared that the period of any| | possibility of an epidemic had) passed. Exceptions will be made in. | extraordinary cases. During a conference in the fore-| noon with Miss Grace L. Anderson, superintendent of municipal nurses. the Health Commissioner announced | Weve | that, begining Monday, the corps of | ac Ny | due the people from | municipal nurses, augmented by vo!l- unteers now being sought, would be at the service of the public. Those assistance ‘during illness notify their district police | station, which will velay the call *9,; the Health Department. Miss An- | derson said that she had 40 nurses) and aids available for this duty and |} desired to obtain 100. | One Death in Hospital. There was one death from influ- 'enza at the city hospital in the 24- It is said the new rule! wife Susia, is being enforced with the utmost | 44. | tovsky, from Helsingfors | pour period ending today at 8 a. m., are trying tO/ and 21 new cases were received there | | during that work every day in the week and have | time. The new cases included a family working § of four persons—-John Betterton, 42 915 Benton street; his! 38, and their daughter, and son. 5. Mrs. Goldie Molos- 42, 4242W Page boulevard, | and her daughter, Rose, 16, also | were among the new patients. here have been 79 cases of influ- | the hospital since Tuesday. On that day there influenza patients already years old, were 10 | receiving treatment there. ,} who has been Mother of Four Dies. Minnie Spanavell, 26 years! was removed from her Menard street, Monday, suffering from pneumonia, died at the city hospital last night. Her ‘four children, the eldest of whom is | 8 vears old, who were taken to the House of Detention, and her husband, in a Pueblo (Colo.) Mrs. old, who home, 1411 ‘asylum for two years survive her. ‘ant ‘three of their | | ‘of Mrs. Vance J. Higgs of 5539 En- wife of Special Assist- Higgs, Mirae Mrs. right avenue, Attorney-General children are treated for influenza, anda Prien child, a girl, has contracted pneu- | 'monia following an attack of influ- | enza. Twenty-seven additional cases of! ‘influenza were reported today to the | East St. Louis Board of Health, mak- | ling a total of 108 cases reported since o’clock this morning, at the home Jan, 1. A nae ‘BURGLAR TOOK BATH AND NAP: A burglar who enteted the home Cc. W. Jones, 5573 Vernon’ avenue in the absence of the fam-' ily prior to 2 p. m. yesterday is be- ‘Wiliam H. Yrangements for REV, CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, | scores of books dealing with adven- ' rado, ‘in Allegheny, ,eration.” “The Chalice of Courage” | in a Southwestern State came About 50 persons have been working for the last two days. More than 250 are needed to make 1000 masks daily, as is de- sired. The hours are 10 a. m. to || 4:30 p. m. except on Saturday, |! when they are 10 a. m. to l p. m. f) Volunteers should go to Miss |! Grace Taussig, Room 815, Equi- || | ' | table Btilding, Sixth and Lo- cust streets. | COUPLE | IN IN TAKE TOWER IN RIVERILL ' WITH INFLUENZA. | | Condition Too Serious to Permit | Removal Across Channel and | Doctor Goes to Them. * Mr. and Mrs. Orville Gaubel, who intake tower out in| Kiver at the Chain of Rocks, north of the cl'y. are con- | live in the new the Mississippi fined to their home in the upper por- | tion ef the four-story tower, suffer- ; ing from infiuenza. Dr. cian of the visited diagnosti- | Hlealth Department. who them this morning, found | Maal, whe had been sent to the tower to do Gaubel'’s work, also ill, suffering from a severe cold, but able to be about. The condition of the Gaubels is too serious to allow of their 3rice Bdwards, a ‘part of the river channel! in a skiff, | ‘and to the river bank over rough ice, } so it will be necessary to send a phy- No ar- | have yet Ssician to see them daily. nursing been made. Dr. Kdwards drove 'Rocks in an automobile, but could not traverse the frozen portion of | the river with the car. ' Gaubel is stationed in the tower to; regulate the inflow of water to the | pumps, and guard against damage by | to Chain of his illness | by a private | waterworks | blesome. ‘and that telephone yesterday. lie reported of his wife line to the AUTHOR AND CLERGYMAN, DIES Succumbs to Pneumonia in Yonkers | —Was Railroad Man in Missouri in Youth. By the Assoctated Press. YONKERS, N. Y., Jan. 24.—The, lev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, well-| known author and Episcopal clergy- | man, died of pneumonia at his home| here today. He became Ill Thurs- day. A graduate of the Naval Academy | and an army chaplain in the Span- ish War, Dr. Brady had _ written tures and battles on land and sea, | most of them novels with a his- | torical foundation. His varied experiences included | © work for the Missouri Pacific and | Union Pacific railroads after being graduated from Annapolis in 18832. He gave up railroad work to study | theology under Bishop Worthington of Nebraska. Hils religious career included service in Missouri, Colo- Kansas, Philadelphia, Toledo, | and New York. Th 1914, he was ap- | pointed assistant minister of &t. Stephens, New York, and held this | position at his death. He was born | Pa., 61 years ago and | was twice married. Among the more successful of his | works were “The Island of Regen- and “Richard the Brazen.” EXPLOSION ASCRIBED TO BOMB ee eee Front Porch, Door and Windows at 5728 Garficld Damaged at 1 A. M. Policemen are investigating an apparent bomb explosion at ] of Frank Oliveri; 5728 Garfield ave- nue. An explosion, which awoke members of the family and neigh- _bors, broke the glass in the front door, a window pane and cut a hole, six by 10 inches, in the flooring of the porch. _ day | was reported. cases and deaths reached 18 and remov al, umber. of cases 1034. down the ladder of the tower, across |" elevated § cars. Mayor Oliveri, who is an art glass work- | Heved to have taken a bath and a) er, employed by the St. Louis Lamp- | Cold weather with | normal | on weather | used, the bed was ruffled and its! lives in the home, which he owns, nap. Imprints of dirty hands were found the bathtub, towels had been | linen bore the marks of muddy shoes. occasional A pair of cuff buttons valued at §15° brothers. was the only thing taken. shade €Co., 1235 North Broadway. sald he had no enemics and had not received any threatening letters. He with his father, mother and feur The dwelling ts a two- story brick. ‘NURSE SHORTAGE GROWING SERIOUS Working Forces in Industries Reduced 10 Per Cent— Factories and Restaurants Closed for Insanitation. Br the Associated Prese. CHICAGO, Jan. 24.——-New cases of influenza during the last 24 hours dropped more than 400 under. the total for the preceding period and new cases of pneumonia also de- creased, but deaths from both diseases continued to increase. Today’s total of new influenza ‘cases was 1808 as compared to 2230 New pneumonia cases to- against 321 yes- yesterday. numbered 307 terday. Deaths today enza, against 41 were 51 from influ- yesterday, and 47 ‘from pneumonia as compared toe. 4y Friday. The highest death record for any .£}3 hours since the epidemic began There were 2513 new 101 deaths, at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station totai the total Dr. John Dill Robertson, Health ‘Commissioner, predicted “the con- tagion will continue until it has hit every person who is not immune.” Industrial establishments today reported their working forces had been depleted 10 per cent by the epidemic. Shortage of Nurses Serious. Health authorities still were struggling with a serious shortage of trained nurses. The Health Com- missioner recommended that 1000 nurses on special cases in hospitals ‘floating ice, which is not now trou-|be released immediately for emer- gency work and their places taken by student nurses. Dr. Robertson renewed his efforts ‘for better sanitation in restaurants - in surface and. ‘and for more heat He the requested th@ licenses of a number of restaurants. and others placed for ‘genera! insanitation” which he said twag aiding the rapid spread of the epidemic. Protests Against Use of Whisky. Health Commisivsoner Robertson yesterday launched a vigorous protest against Congressman Sabath's ef- fort to obtain legal permission to use whisky for influenza and pneumonia. “Alcohol is one of the greatest pre- to revoke disposing factors we ever had for “pneumonia,” he said. “Whisky is not a fire for the ‘flu’ nor a remedy. It does not assist in any manner jn tighting either one of the diseases” In his campaign against podsibl, sources Of spread of the epide the Health Commissioner ‘asked the Chief of Police to close a candy factory for general insanita- tion. Fifty-one men arraigned in the court for expectorating in public were fined $1 each. a oc. .. Sufiucnen Not Gencraly Epidemic in the Southwest. By the Associated Press. pte KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 24— , Observers here are of the opinion that although there is considerable influenza in many localities of the southwest, there is nothing to indi-, cate that the malady is generally epidemic, or that it will become ath | The only official figures available today as to the total number of cases Kansas where reports to the Health Department showed 413 persons fil. One hundred deaths from infiuen- za have been reported to the Health Board since Jan. 16. Of these 50 have occurred in cases which devel- oped at two automobile schoole here, health officials say. Detroit Reports 760 New Influenss Cases in a Day, By the Associated Press. ‘ DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 24,—— Feven hundred and sixty cases of in. fluenza developed yesterday, b ing the total to 15623. Pn cases total 170. Deaths from these diseases since Sunday number 14. Great Lakes Naval Doctor Says He Has Isolated Influenza Germ. . 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