St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 6, 1920

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(upon to take up the fight in every | Stocks Drop 6 to 15 Points 2 he eo 1% | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Plans (section of the country, and to exert | ie fs Commerce Accepts Va- for the most aggressive and general | every effort to elect only such public to New Low Record Hour ‘| [we | ae i a “ae on ‘1 geile, ie ee i OA A A I mie i oe liti ampal d by | officials as are favorable t - Af . TI political campaign ever wage y | as are favorable to the prin er Openi ; en| Ee F --- ——---— cancy Caused by Death of | the American Federation of Labor. ciples of organized labor. It was wi th | Public erals ' were formulated at a meéting here said that a vast army of organizers . . wer | 6418 Cases Since Jan. 19, of Dr. John M. Grant. rosary of a general committee com- ,and workers would be recruited for Climb as High as 12. fe _ After Influenza posed of the Executive Council and the campaign. | Battering of Storm Every member of the present | Which 1300 Have Been ‘the heads of all departments of the | : Deaths Discouraged c . OF SAME POLITICS | federation. House or Senate offering himself for ‘MANY OF HEAVY | Undermines Lighthouse 'NDERTAKERS have been Terminated by Recovery t was said officially that the re-election who has by his record | . il in 1764 aamea 6Uhbylh«6CUméDr.lCUM.UCOCUG. OC ) AS LATE MEMBER jcampaten to be conducted in con- ‘shown an unfriendly spirit towards LOSSES RECOVERED) English Built in Woodruff, chief diagnosti- or Death. | | inection with the general elections in | organized labor, it was said, will be WILMINGTON, Del. Feb. 6 | |November not only would be aimed |opposed by the labor vote, which | A LTHOUGH Henlopen Light, 7} clan of the Health Department, one of the famous land- to make every effort to prevent | | at members of Congress, or candi- |federation officials placed at about | Mayor Favors One Woman dates for, unfavorable to organized | 4,000,000. ‘Uz S. Steel Rebounds hiees marks of the Atlantic Coast, the olding of public funerals in : the 68 MORE ,FATALITIES , From Each Party on Board labor, but also at unfriendly candi- President Gompers presided at the Par After Falling to 97% ‘| has been undermined by the bat- of persons who have dates for President, Governor and session today, and there was the full- tering of heavy seas and storm ied of influenza-pneumonia, |) MAKE TOTAL 622) : but Believes Voters Should for members of state Legislatures. est discussion of the whole question. sae '| of the last two days, it wae said | | Call Money Eases From | * “ ee ’ | No special order forbidding | To Cover the Country. l’ormal announcement of the feder- by shipping men here today } ee, funerals has been issued |. | Pp M tt . ae - pgp tg ~* oe ae ‘by the department, but Dr. > | ats on atter. very trade and craft affiliated ation’s plans expected after tne 17 be in no immediate danger. The 5 Sy ade called attention to 26 New Cases at City Hos- | to 10 Per Cent. velocity of the wind decreased the ordinance forbidding public . ° | —_—_— considerably during the night funerals in cases of death from pital, Where Children Are W. Frank Carter, president of the; ‘COMPARISON OF Ry the Associated Press. and it is believed the light would FEDERAL AY “BARTENDER NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-—Prices of | again weather the storm in safe- contagious diseases, as one . ° Chamber of Commerces has been | which should be observed at this Now Being Admitted; offered appointment by Mayor Kiel | SOME PRICES IN 'stocks tumbled today under heavy ty. A report that the structure | | selling despite improvement in for- was leaning could not be vert- fled as the telephone wire there Some of the undertakers sug- | Seven Deaths There. crane oye ingeir mee ox ot | 1913 AND TODAY | ind ail a t | eign exchange. Leading issues at ucation caused by 1e recent | TRAPS LIQUOR CrFKER is out of commission. Harry dated by Heavy Seni | gested that it would be better || | death of De Jétin BM. Grant. He has! drepped from 6 to 15 points below | Palmer, chief keeper, a-d three with a Serene federation will be called ' meeting ends late today. _ et ee to make the request of pastors 62 chirches. Severa) public fu- The number of deaths from influ- neccuited, Wes Garesal sencudeemant t Sugar Was Five Pounds for 24 | the opening and made new low rec- assistants, refused to ‘'ecave the lords for the current movemert. |} 'Ueéhthouse, which was built by Bv the Associated Press, nerals have been announced in enza and pneumonia for the 24-hour ; | is being withheld pending official | Cents Then—20 Cents a | Leases of 2 to & the English in 1764. | BOSTON, Feb. 6.—Al € the cases of persons who died || period at 4 o'clock this afternoon | —— . : e ois | . , > ® polnts were numer- | | -*s notification to the Mayor by the| Dons Apron After Raid at 1427 Pound Now. (ous and United States Steel fell to | were dircted in New England tex from influenza-pneumonia. was 56, a decrease of 12 from the board: that a vacancy exists “a i . Fj ~ a ' number for the previous 24 hours. | Garter ‘said that in general schoo) | South Proady KAS gfe ms gl re kre ees: epee wel bee) uxt fein f 63 There a s yg eros na! padbdenttpimichrsytcics es pS , ' | mer Wanted “$30 Stuff.’ are periodically , publishing price | nths. re wa 1iowever, wil LINER AGROUND severest blizzard in a decade, LO A ME PTE a closing in which many of the losses | transportation demoralized and t rta 1 ‘ ) teachers were underpaid, but that . | A marked decline in the number! he would-enter the local situation re- | comparisons between these times! were recovered. . of new influenza cases was shown garding what can be done to advance | A member of the prohibition en-| and the ante-war days, when a dol-| Prices opened 1 to 7 points up, ephone and telegraph service c , industrial . , ¥ by the official reports of such cases ah og 2 >: aha pore inttnn of ¢ ‘forcement squad of the Internal Rev-|lar was what it professed to be. but reacted after the first hour and | siderably impaired * Dipar ‘ coInpiex ( ' HES (}f MENINGITIS for the 24-hour period ending at 9) poara of Education will ‘aiinen. | enue office, today put on a bartend-| Herewith is a table prepared frorn acon there wes shar , pp oe pot | community life was paralyzed © , 4 ‘ ‘ y reant "as acce erate ) er a ' er’s apron and took- charge of the | prices quoted by a St. Louis popular client ell naan sibs In Northern Vermont, which a. m. today. The number was 475, Yarter is ; * rt M ‘ as Carter is a Democrat. Dr. Grant ‘saloon of Joseph Haderlein, 1437] i | was spared the fury of the storm, — a * f ee eee ee which is 206 less than that of yond ba a Democrat, ‘South Broadway. following Hader-| Price cash-and-carry grocery firm in Declines of 6 to 15 points from | preceding 24 hours, and 282 less than The Mayor said today that he had | b.in’s arrest on the charge of selling|@n advertisement in the Post- | the opening prices occurred in Gen- Nearly °0 trains were 1913, and prices | 'eral Motors Mexican Petroleum, stalled throughout New repose a ee Harry - M. Crutcher Succuml)s!/the number for the 24 hours ending now aap de hie conerpene liquor unlawfully. fee he metres spate whos scl + bad Cuadiede eu ena: Dua ; art sorts tx Ce vicinity . , . “tai . ore |. a oo ‘ pigeon to see what wouk lappen. ther|/ in an aadavertisement o ie same | . Xa: any, 4n- n majority in After Three Weeks’ Illness Wednesday morning, which was 757, | the appointment. Women had be- | wallteeet 8 ro the squad intein ah in con- firm printed in this newspaper yes- ,} dustrial Alcohol, American Woolen chia city. rem them was Beginning With Influenza. the highest number for any one day} gun to circulate petitions asking for nahi ane ierday. In many cases, the brands ) and General Electric. Merchants’ Limited from since influenza becanie prevalent, the appointment of Mrs. George | Soon a telephone call came from specified are the same: . With eterli ng worth 10 cents more | York, stalled seven miles | Jan. 19. Gellhorn, 4366 McPherson avenue,! a man, speaking with a German ac-. 1920. to the pound than yesterday and with | Old Dominion Steamship. Providence, Harry M. Crutcher, 30 years old, Mr, = ua ed chairman of the Missouri League of! cent, who asked what was the mat-| Butter Y. 65c Ib. | francs opening at 14.32, also a good | _ The freight problem was “Or a 0 to the Mayor, died at his Ty Greagemetnet an rem Seo. | Women Voters i ter with the front door of the saloon. [Sugar . : 20c Ib. | adv ance, the early market showed | With 104 Aboard Runs ered serious today, and railroad f- . home, 3303 Humphrey street, at:8:05 | ing é4-hokr setiod sre aoa i The Mayor, when asked why he) The front door bore a sign, placed !Soap, laundry...12 bs., 25c 10 bs.,56c | Strength all along the list. Sterlirg | | Siclats announced that right of Way mu. m, today of meningitis, following | geciine the total westerday being 68 had decided not to appoint a wom- | there by Haderlein, which read!Sauerkraut ... 4)b.for5c 6c perlb| went to $3.39 soon after opening. | Ashore Mile Off Rocka-' / would be given to milk and influenza and pneumonia. He had and that of the previous day ~- jan, said he felt that he ought not to| “Closed by John Barleycorn.” The| Sugar Corn-— | By the end of the first hour, how-! ' perishable g00dr. been ill about three weeks. Yesterday’s reports were vy ka take from the voters the privilege of | inquirer was told to come in by the! No. 2 can...... 5¢ 12u%ciever, sterling had dropped back to | way Point, Long Island. : TS aR KS , _He had been in Mayor Kiel's of- equally atewalend influe = 4 ©@ | deciding whether they desired the/ site door. | Prunes 3 Ibs. for 10c 14c Ib. | $3.34%. : New York City Burled Under fice six years,’ serving as assistant monia. some of. the abies hae A mii innovation of having women on the| Soon the man appeared, He. car- ‘Navy beans.... 6Ilbs.29c 3 Ibs 25c In the afternoon, to complete an ve oor secretary the first year and a half, | Onl some of . “ 5 ot having | poard, and yarticularly that such a|ried a wicker-eoversd demijobn. and Biggs, dozen 568c | acrobatic day, the market had one | the Associated Hrées, > ee ; cad. Wreen and since that time as secretary. Th total ste p f ‘ pore 'step should rot.be taken in a tem-/{ he asked where Haderlein was, “'te's Pork shouldefs. Ib. 20clb.| of the wildest closing hours in | NEW YORK, Feb. 6.--The steam- W YORK, Feb. 6.—~The He was elected president of the ee | aa —, er o ers rreTy re- | porary appointment for the filling | sick, ' said the man behind thé bar. ;/Ham 16¢ Ib 39c Ib. | months, with a big rally after the | Ship Princess Anne of the Old Do- | #74 unusually bigh tides which P ace san. 1 Ss 6418, of of a vacancy caused by death. | “Well,” said the visitor, “I want ‘Sirloin, porterhouse > Jieavy declines earlier in the day. minion Tine, carrying 32. passengers lashed the North Atigntle coast community advertising section of q - ‘the Advertising Clubs of America at sian Regd wan A309 a been “I believe there should be not only!a gallon of that $30 stuff. If you| and tenderloin |The easing of call money from 17 to |and a crew of 72 from Norflok, Va., | ‘he last two days, aceompanied by @ ‘the conyention in New Orleans last soiten an % y te in ery, officially re-} one woman on the board. but two.""| don’t know which it is, I wil) show; steak ......1.17%elb Not quoted}19 per cent caused advances of 2 to, to New York, ran aground one mile | bitzzard which blanketed most of ht. September. | ? Thé sumbe ¢ de ths f he said, “one of each party. I shall; you the barrel. I've been getting it | At the bottom of the 1913 adver- | 12 points after declines as high as 15 | Off the coast at Rockaway Point, | Ore Ory eS ee ee Droste In addition to his regular duties |. cas re remy , —e on eae these | favor the naming of a woman by the | every day.’ 'tisement, was this quotation: “Whis- | points earlier in the day. In some in- ; Long Island, in a heavy storm early Stadually subsiding early today, he served as the Mayor's personal deaths pacts Soe einal wer xt Winbowmary Republicans at the next election for He pointed out the barrel, and paid | Ky, highly recommended for family | stances losses were fully recovered. | today and Sent out 5 O 8 calls for joavsin a trail of destruction se representative at all conferences enza Desan f0 @P- | members of the board. But the vot- | $230 for a gallon of the contents | use, mild; mellow and well-aged, per | United States Steel common rebound- assistance. Tugs from army trans- suff ering in thetr wake. ’ Which arranged for the welcoming ers should pass on the inatter.” 'Then the hidden members of oy quart, 54c.” ed above par after selling at 97%. | port headquarters at MHoboken,| Estimates of the property damage | from influenza, a total of 622. | . wrecking tugs and a police trol |run well beyoAd $2,000, 000. Several home of returned soldiers and the At Whe cit? ‘heenitht.: 36 new tn. | Mrs. Gellhorn had been indorsed }aquad popped out and arrested hin. | —-——--—-—— --+ r ‘ 04 meh a Ms pa mere ide Site Gite aie he % st ished visitors, 4h oF RNR oe EE ee ats * ‘en > : ‘ Favor. | ?oat went to the aid o 1@ stranded | nd steamers ere reception of distingu fluenza cases were received in the | Y Several women’s organizations, He said he, was Nick a o member ‘ACCUSED OF FAILING T0 DELIVER oe piameng ~¢ eta a bs ‘ite ren tail, the horse’s neck, the silver fizz | them, Ooch accidents at two theater Pennsylvania avenue, Past St. were admitted to the city hospital , +}; monts for the air trip prrecieer od ag ide > tt “ = ir ns was oaths beh “weg Lizzie, 5, were discharged from the Sunday s Post-Dispatch aunt due "the Pore ae 2 ~Dotog ie LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE! stsvour ¢ of dtacon, the incumbenc |to ‘oolong and the Tago “wa "re | mobile, driven by, Leo Mor- hospital yesterday as having recov- An Unusual Interview With H. big Paris hall, but arm beade var: a OL Rieger was cited seven times and | placed’ ty, the ‘prim Sehina uD, on. stationed at Governor’ I ; : ered from influenza, shortly before sit Pe TAE TEMPERATURES. Con. Rieger was cited seven times and | placed by the prim china cup, | vison, stationed at Governer’s 18 years old, an enrploye of the ley'’s wife and t hild G. Wells— Famous novelist, ||| ters forbade the fight. | received the, Duringnmmes nerves giase Hess Commiesiog Co. Beck- Billingsley's wife an wo c ren visited by a Post-Dispatch | 1 a. 1 Cross for gallantry in action durin Ot we ten ak oe a was struck by 2 falling gieanei ‘ran wild on Collinsville ave- | ‘Y*"® admitted to the institution, suf- correspondent at his London ||| D Bees eeesene r ae A oe bed, pease ose &| It was the first of the “afternon | was struck by a falling a tn, Cobneite ave were admitted to the | a cerreepondent st hie Londoa ‘WOMAN HELD FOR RANSOM wert aoe Reged od y teas to be given daily at the club.|in front of the playhouse in who was killed. Becker said Children are now being recetve a human history of the human Highest yesterday, 45, at 5 p. m.; Col. Ri led the t s which | and the number of acceptances was| were troken ‘ond it is Seats ear was used without his con- |** the City Hospital, as well as at the race. Husband Says $500 Is s Demanded for | lowest, 32, at 6 a. m. ecsene When t - | ourpetaing ¢0.tha aio mampasenses (her ehals See aiEeanT oe Children’s, Hospital, a part of the Her Kelease in New York. | 7 Official fore- | C#Ptured Exermont. W 2 to America | inden te ce cnnneoneet, | hin Sues Tel See ree ist 3 » suffered a fracture of the | Barnes Hospital group. ‘Brunt’ ’— excellent ||| By the Asroctated Press. cast for |e ee a ees mye gwd om in the hours designated an “ten |ef the Mivell Shenaie im iad £ 3 : “ short story by Fannie Hurst. ||! CLEVELAND, Feb. 6.—Mrs. Lena | Ko LAW AGAINST Touts and vicin.|C°!. Rieger was in command of the! room in the hours designated as “‘tea | of the Rivoli Theater in PRICES TAKING: 138th Regiment and led its parade | time” and there was much sober dis- and other injuries. The jury ; | eat Complete in the Magazine Sec- jj | Stevens, 22 years old, kidnaped from OTHE ity: General! ker was ponsible. Death of Pastor of St. Panl’s Church tion. her home here two weeks ago, is AN R DROP. cloudy penne esd through St. Louls. ‘cussion of current events as they More Snow and Wind borecaat ter Bec ree sipped the unwonted beverage. Atlantic Coast. “4 ‘Mability insurance paid Not Cause by Influenza . : ' . being held in New York for $500 tonight and to- - the heirs of the man whe Ineuiry wae made by the Health As the Camera Saw Lincoln—A A Rass nm o TY g eo , * didiedeant as to the plans for the page of historie photographs of lebanese neyoee °° vee ba rt se ats morrow; not COMPLAINS OF CENSUS WORK | ' pedir mre aa xt was | By the Associnted Presa, a | EGYPT | court te ae aac ingly repradnred in to Bete ill, tee eae ee temperature: the; A complaint of incomplete census sampled it said they believed they |24 hours of snow and high - TIMES PLANE Tourt, BD , ; : jing to the police. | eat tonight | enumeration was made by Alderman could learn to like it. Wafers were diong the Atlantic Coast from , r *hureh, this funeral being an-,| ravure Section. low x e s reve as,-s Charen, ee ‘ MD my, » | £ | The message came from the young | S will be slightly! Tamme at last evening's meeting of werved with the tea. ‘and to Maine was forecast today § nemncen te take piace Derg Buffalo Bill, as His Wife. Who jwoman'’s hurband, George Stevens, ANY « Yl above the freez-|the Board ef Aldermen. Tamme. The service cost about the same as the Weather Bureau. mV, b, 4.-—The 1 airplane this eftérnoon. lt was stated that Was a Native cf St. Louis, ‘who = Na been searching Eastern | } AN ing poiat. . bwho lives at 1612A Market street. mixed drinks formerly cost at the The peak of the storm is now. oe ; 3 club, 25 cents, but there were not as' New Engtand, where the eo ie see ees BP London, | Dr. Court aide. ~ wen wet egret aA Kucw Him-—A very heman and cites for -her. Mie | | Ow said no census enumerator had arrived ‘here from influenza, es at first reported, but by syinpathetic picture of the Se.” Se Se | an TN Missouri and questioned him or any member of |™4ny “repeat” orders and no treat- | Yall of snow tn the Fast this today for Halfaya, | enteritis. The department. there-| egg eke | | | « llineis: Mostly , Tr — ¥ | “ait Biection to the great plainsmon by his com- Legality of Ratification Upheld. 41,4, his family. He expressed surprise | '"S. en will be served each aft- --20. inches-—- was recorded “ys ° sie na aban maast. ' eg wl ary ee * panion of 50 vears. Ky the Associated Prews. | cloudy tonight that there should be neglect of such | ¢Tnoon if there is sufficient demand | places. The fall continued . “i> public funera Pace Sees ah ) DENVER, Col, Feb. ¢.—The le- and tomorrow; 8 central and populous neighbor- | for it. from the Canadian border to Ce — ee ‘heh one on Cape Plight. ‘ Som “4 Extreordinary Skating ftalite of the action of the Colorado ' not much | hood. | Virginia and covered a path as a rob, 6A Berlilsh Gov- funeral of Miss Mary Hill aver | Stunts” —A page of unvens! Legisiatuve in ratifying the prohihi- change in tem-| Alderman Godfrey remarked tit! French Chamber Votes Confidencs,| west as the Upper Ohio Valley. = E. nt a Dean Dav's’ Residence. photographs in the Rovogra- |) tion amendment to the Federal Cop- | peratyre. the police were making a@ canvass to| By the Associated Preas. | Rathroad traffic has been <a A . Stag of the) check up on the enumerators. | PARIS. Feb. 6.—Confidence tn the | cusly interfered with, reports ee, Re la 1 me er ee ' As a reayit of the Health Depart. | vure Section. stitution without submitting the | cS to Cane Tow, enter request that no services < Order Your Co Now question to a referendum Vote was! . : river at 7 a. m..' Tamme replied that “a lot of people Government was voted by the Cham-/| Ratiroad Administration — Y after- | held in churches for persons dying PY | upheld by the State Supreme Court | | 9.6 feet, a rise ef\are tmid about giving information| ber of Deputies today. The vote! passenger trains runni JJ on Monday. ’ ae Sees .1 of a foot. to policemen.” was 513 to 68. Sentinued on | Page 2, Cotwmm 4, { | | A re DU Ee 6a er ORE SRE et RE ot, SED OM eee gO ae enna eet meee aes Sheers Ee ce NE Rae ee er eee gene « 2 Pees pa ee ee Rie ee ee — - geeeocestzmac ee p02 % SARTO 2 eee ee hee oe a i Ww eer and St tt lane Rita we +. wee iid :