St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 14, 1920

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. s ' the majority report were given out. | The preamble declared that in the SUNDAY WANT ADS July 11 -- 8456 — —s le a Te a ad T.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Associated Press News he Only Evening Paper Louis in St. W ith the Ser vice iF YI N A LL EDITION BROWNS’ BOX SCORE VOL. 72. NO. 319. ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1920—30 PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS J PEMONSTRATION ~ OF 30 MINUTES IN 1 iso CONVENTION UNSETTLED TONIGHT, WITH SHOWERS, AND COOLER Highest terday, 93, at 3 Pp m.; lowest 73, at 6 a. m. Official cast for St. Louts yes- SE ET PATOOTIE! 9 A HUNDRED Pounps'! FOR LAFOULETTE | Is | | Starts’ When Picture _ Shown After Senator Sends | Word He Doesn’t Want. _ Nomination for President / and Speaker Declares He, Must Be Drafted. BITTER FIGHT ‘OVER PLATFORM Demand Made for the La Fol- lette Draft and Delegates _ Call for Reading of It; _ Single Taxers Nominate a Ticket. | Rv the Assoctated Press, CHICAGO, July 14.—Senator La Follette docs not “deem himself available as a candidate” for the new | fusion party presidential nomination. | He sent word to the convention here | today that he did not want the nom- ination. Immediately after Chairman Walk- | er had announced La Follette’s de- | cision not to accept a nomination, | Lester Barlow, leader of the World | War Veterans, entered the fight and| deinanded that La Follette be draft-| ed despite his wishes. ' He charged that the convention | was “boss ridden by a secret, in- ! triguing clique” and that its leaders were concealing La Follette’s plat- form for fear the convention would adopt it. His’ passionate appeal started an uproar and delegates de- mand that the platform be read. At psychological moment someone swung a large photograph of the Wisconsin Senator before the convention and draped it in an American flag. The Nonpartisan leaguers from the Dakotas started a parade with the State standards and State after State fell into line. Pandemonium reigned for 30 min- utes and was punctured with cries of “Read that platform” and “let's adopt it."’ As the parade progressed, the siate standards were carried to the platform and grouped about La Follette’s picture. J. A. H. Hopkins and Robert M. Buck of the Platform Committee which Barlow had accused of con- cealing the La Follette draft, shoved aco into the speaker's hands and told him to réad it when the demon- stration subsided. The Illinois standard was brought into the parade, but the La Follette supporters begged in vain for the New York and Ohio delegations to join the stampede. When the demonstration subsided Chairman Walker scathingly de- nounced Barlow for stampeding the convention by a subterfuge, denied ‘the charges of secret proceedings and refused to permit the reading 9f the La Follette platform. Platform Difficultics. Hopes for the survival of the new n party were at ebb tide as the -night conference of the new body's Resolutions Committee dragged along today in an effort to get together on a platform accept- able to Senator La Follette, A majority report of the Plat- Committee was partially pre- red today, representing chiefly labor party opinion, and mem- of the Committee of 48 stood y after its presentation to serve tice that Senator La Follette of nsin would nof run for Presi- upon it. In consequence, a of ti the majority report was still held back, for endeavors to iS reconcile the difference. > The preamble and two planks of States the “power of Gov- ernment has been stolen from the people,” classed the peace confer- ence as “a greedy spectacie”; said “masters of our Government themselves with the money of other nations to prevent _@elf-determination by helpless peo- ples.” declared that effort is now being made in the United States to discussion and strip rights and liberties from Americans,” and @nhounced that “into this breach step amalgamated groups of men /@nd women who perform useful with hand and brain.” “100 Per Cent Americans.” The first plank, entitled “100 per Americanism,’ called for re- of laws against espionage, crim- 1 syndical and sedition, and ed “ oration of civil lib- @rties and American doctrines.” Election of Federal Judges, and éstablishment of the initiative, refer- _@ndum arid recall, the referendum ‘MPecially applying to war issues “‘ex- in cases of actual military inva- " were demanded. , second plank. headed “abolish ceenee 60 Page s, Cotean 3S eae * wean ifrom the British Government. ‘pounders. batteries of special British make yet | aod vicinity: er tomorrow, with thundcrshowe rs amd cooler to- night. Misséuri— Unsettled weath- er tonight and tomorrow, with probable show- ers in south night. erally fair in north portion tonight and tomorrow: unsettled in south portion with showers tonight; cool- er in south and central portions to- night. HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF MUNITIONS FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA Briton Anxious to Find Out Just What VU. S. Wants With This War Material. Bpoecial Cable to the Post-Dispatch. LONDON, July 14.—An article in the Daily News by C. Douglas Steph- enson says “Since the armistice the American Government has shipped to America fore- | LAWYERS ASK $40,000 MORE OF GRAHAM ESTATE Additional Fees Sourt:t for Unsettled weath- | tonight and Services in Suit to Remove $600,000 Holdings From Hands of Trustees. $31,300 ALREADY | | lllinois —Gen- | | i | pending SPENT IN LITIGATION “nd * West portions to- | night; cooler to- | Trustees Took Over Income | in 1916 and Have Reduced Debts From $180,000 to $2200. Henry B. Graham, through his ex- pedient of putting his $600,000 es- tate in the hands of trustees who were empowered to pay his debts out! traffic. of the income and Iimit his persona! | allowance to $500 a month, has re- MOTORMAN BREAKS LAW, RE-ROUTES CAR. dow When Traffic Police- man Visits Car Shed. Edward P. Cross, 61 years old, a Hodiamont line motorman, was ar- rested at the car sheds at 7:30 a. m. today on a charge of having ignored | a traffic signal and having blocked traffic at Sixth and Locust streets at 4:30 p. m. yesterday. Traffic Policeman Moloney, who motorman going east ignored his sig- nal. to make the motorman back up, fic became congested. The policem:n waited for the mo- traf- torman to come back after making the downtown loop. but later he learned that the motorman, on the Wellston line tracks to Four- teenth street, where he got on the Hodiamont tracks. Moloney received permission to go to the Hodiamont sheds and arrest the motorman. There at 6:30 p. m. hé saw a motorman whom he iden- | go | loney, sulted in reducing his indebtedness| until he put his stool tified as the one who had blocked This motorman said his name was Clark. He said he would the police station with Mo- but asked Moloney to wait away. He to from $180.000 in 1916 to $2200 at the| went Into the sheds and did not re- present time, but litigation over the | trust fund has piled up $31,300 in/). climbing fees for lawyers and there are still) to $40.-) egg policemen arrested Cross when claims amounting 000 for attorneys’ fees. The showing made by the trust) | learned he him Moloney reported that the motorman evaded through a turn. the car shed. On a description given by Moloney, |he reported for work this morning. | Cross gave a police court bond. ‘fund in paying off Graham's debts| made no statement. thousands of pounds worth of guns | The American Government its at present shipping to America from England and sixty- 100 complete six-inch guns Theré are itzers, tc be shipped. “But the guns are of very use without ammunition. American Government has fore shipped to America shells of special British make. In the last six months alone the American Gov- ernment h shipped from England The there- at least 6000 tons of explosives. “Just what America wants with these guns and this ammunition is difficult to find out. The American embassy, the / American military at- tache and the American liquidation board in London are not prepared to make a statement uniess instruct- ed to do so by the State Department at Washington. The British Minis- try of Munitions, a party in this transaction, is not prepared to make a definite statement as to the amount of guns and ammunition purchased by the American Govern- ment from the British Government without the approval of the Amer- ican Government.” CHURCH TO ERECT 20-STORY OFFICE BUILDING IN CHICAGO Structure Will Contain Auditorium and First Six Floors Will Be Used for Religious Activities. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 14.—A 20-story bi llding, containing a church audi- iorium, will be erected on the site of the First Methodist Church at Clark ard Washington streets as a part of the coming centenary recon- struction program, it was announced yesterday by Bishop Thomas Nic- clson. Six floors of the building will be devoted to religious activities. The dedication of the structure has been set for May, 1922 “When our plans are completed” Bishop Nicholson, said, “the First Church will:be one of st nding achievements of Method- iam for the whole United States. It will be the radiating center whose influence will embrace the surround- ing conferences.” Part of the building will be rented f-r offices, the income to be used for church work. 99 QUARTS OF LIQUOR STOLEN Lawyer Report. Theft From Hee During Absence. Elmer E. Pearcy, 4238 Maryland aven's, a lawyer, taking an inven- tory at his home yesterday, after an absence of several days, found bur- giars who had ransacked the place in his a°wence had taker 24 q ‘arts of whisky and three quarts of gin, | whict he valued at $400. Five gallons of whisky on which was placed a valuation of $160 were stolen from the apartment of Clinton Brown, 5627 Pershing avenue, In the absence of the family last night. Two 50-gallon barrels of alcohol. valued at $500, were stolen by burg- lars from the warehouse of the St. Louls Coffee & Spice Co., 407 North Main street, last night. A back window was “jimmied.” VISITOR REPORTS THEFT OF $700 Philip C. Carlin of Oakland, Cal.. staying at the Portola Hotel, 1915 Market street, reported the theft of a purse containing $700 from be- neath a pillow in his room, where he hed left it while he went downstairs to breakfast today. little | ‘and ammunition which it purchased | ‘per cent ithe common ' Paper Co., i ly was secretary. complete batteries of eight-inch how- | -.°* ™ r} new | out- | was largely due to the fact, as recent- ly testified to in court, that in 1917 and 1918 the estate, received 120 dividends on sf stock of the of which Graham former- has resulted in Litigation which | 1916, | ) shares of | Graham | the piling up of attorneys’ fees was | begun in March, 1917, when Graham jand his wife, Georgine Graham, ‘suit in the Circuit Court to dissolve a agreement by which Grahan had put his estate in the hands of) the American Trust Co. and John E. Bishop in May, 1916. The suit was filed after Graham had sought to take the property from control of these trustees and put it in trust with Peter H. McFarland and Pau! V. Janis. Judge Falkenhainer yesterday heard testimony on the petition of the law firm of Wihilfley. McIntyre. Nardin fee of $30,000 for representing the | trustees in prvoceedings before the| State Supreme Court, which ruled that Graham could not tlissolve the trust. This firm ready has been allowed $18.000 for its work in con- nection with the case in the Circuit Court. Several lawyers testified that the firm was entitled to not less than $25,000 and that it ought to ask for $35,000. Evidence also was heard on the application of Thomas J. Rowe for an attorney's fee of $10,000 for rep- resenting Graham's minor heirs in the litigation. Lon Hocker, a lawyer, testified that “Rowe was too modest —he should have asked for $15,000.” Attorneys other than the Wilfley, McIntyre, Nardin & Nelson firm re- 'ceived allowances totaling $13,300 in | August, 1919, for their services in one phase of the litigation. The applications on which testi- mony was heard yesterday were taken under advisement. EUGENIE’S ESTATE $10,000,000 Holdings Include Jewels of Curtous Design. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 14.—The estate of the late Empress Eugenie is valued at considerably more than £2,000,000 (normally $10,000,000). according to the Daily Mail. Some jewels of curi- ous design are considered almost priceless. ——-— = filed | & Nelson for an additional | / named, ' ‘appointment necessary. Sugenic’s Body to Be Removed in | Spanish Royal Hearsc. By the Assoctated Preas. MADRID, July 14.—Hundred of the members of the Spanish nobility and hers visite... the palace of the I last time upon the face of the late Empress Eugenie. Masses were be- ing said continuously during the day. The Duke of Alba, who is expected to return to Madrid from Paris to- day, will accompany the body to En- giand, When the casket the palace to the station, is taken from it will be 'earried in the royal hearse. HUERTA ACCEPTS OIL PROPOSAL Be Final Agreement Expected § to Reached Saturday. By the Aasoctated Presse. MEXICO CITY, July Government has accepted in ciple the definite proposals of the representatives of the petrolum tin- terests, according to El Universal yesterday. No final agreement will be reachea, however, the newspaper says, until the conference On Saturday next be- tween provisional President de la Y'uerta an: the cl. men. Secretary of the Treasury Alvar- edo was to arrive at Tampico last night, where he will inspect the ,»e- troleum fields before leaving for New York. duke of Alba today to took for the. | WON pee clubwoman, | tering. REPORT SHOWS MOVEMENT OF COAL 50 PER GENT NORMAL —---— SS White House Officials Say Appoint-' ment of Fuci Administrator May Be Made Necessary. By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 14.—Presi- dent Wilson has been kept fully ad- vised as to efforts by the Railroad Administration, the Interstate Com- / merce Commission and the Coal Op- 'erators’ Association, in dealing with the coal shortage situation, and ee- pecially at lake ports. A report by Dy» DM. El ero, assiste ant-tecthe”’Director-Gewti.# of the! showing | Railroad Administracion, the present movement of coal about 50 per cent of normal, was sent to’ the President today with other docu- ments, Discussing rumors of the possible! of a’ appointment by the President Fuel Administrator, White House of- ficia:s warned against that such an official would explaining that an later to make the It was said the White House, however, powers to meet present con- not ency might arise at ample ditions were vested in the Interstate | | Commerce EBsch-Cummins railroad under law. Commission HANGMEN STRIKE IN GERMANY to Execute Murderer Until Wages Are Increased. Bv the Agssoctated Press LONDON, July 14.—The hangmen of Germany have gone on stftke for increased wages, says a Berlin dis- patch to the Exchange Telegraph today, quoting German newspapers. At Meiningen, according to dispatch, the execution of derer could not be carried out, the Halle and Munich hangmen re- fused to work. PURSE VANISHES IN POKER GAME Player Says Invisible Hand “ook It With $450 From Pocket. Bert Yorke, living at the Brevort Hotel, 412 Pine street, told police- men last night an invisible hand had relieved him of a purse and $450) while he was holding another kind of a hand in 1 poker game in room earlier in the day. ery o: the theft, he said, the game. Refuse * broke up Policemen investigating the report | questioned other players in +e game, but none could throw anv light on the disappearance of the purse, which, Yorke iid, had posed in his hip pocket when game started the _—_— + Kansas Woman Would Rather Losec Vote Than Tell How Old She Is. By the Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan., July 14.—Rather than give her agé when she went to McCarter, authoress left without regis- ‘argaret Hill Mrs. vention. Caccho-Slovak Members Plan Great- er Dignity for Discussions. Rv the Associated Press. PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, July 14.—Women deputies decided today to try to Introduce the practice of greater dignity and politeness by ngreed not to disturb sessions shouting protests or comments. TO AVOID ARREST Then He Jumps Through | caused the arrest, reported that he) gave the right of way to north and | south traffic and that a Hodiamont | instead | of making the usual loop, ran his ca! | north on Fourth street and went west | window of | _He | celebration of the Fourth, intimations | be | emerg- | that | the | the | a mur-| as | his | The discov- | re=- | into! parliamentary discussions, and have’ BOY AND GIRL DIE FROM JULY 4 BLANK | / ' CARTRIDGE WOUNDS Deaths Bring Total of Such in St. Louis and Vicinity— Two at St. Charles. — Cases to Seven This Year| | ANOTHER BOY While the policeman was trying | IS IN HOSPITAL Administering of Antitetanus Serum Delayed in Most Was Issued. ' Edwin Kilgore, 12 years old, 2530 Glasgow avenue, died last night at Bethesda Maternity Hospital, Vista avenue, of tetanus ’ from a blank cartridge wound suf-/|/latter’s request, 9 fered on July Jose,yhine Hermann, 15, daughte: |of Mr. and Mrs. John Hermann of St |Charles, Jied of tetanus today | Joseph's Hospital in St. Charles. She was accidentally injured on July 4 by | | | ' LLOYD GEORGE SAYS THE TREATY WIL BE ENFORCED Informs Dr. Simons Emphat ically on Coal Delivery | | | Question That Measures. | Necessary Will Be Taken. TRYING, HOWEVER, TO PREVENT BREAK ‘Marshal Foch at Spa and 3649 | George received Dr. resulting |the German Foreign Minster, Field Marshal Wilson Is Cases, Although Warning) Due Tonight to Go Over | Situation. of | By the Associated Press. SPA, 14.—Premier Lloyd Walter Simons, at the this afternoon, and July told him emphatically that the allies | were George | at St.) 6 blank cartridge from a pistol in the | ‘hands of u neighbor boy. | The number of deaths in St. Louis and immediate vicinity from tetanus | aint blood polsonliag resulting from blank cartridge wounds during the celebration of the Fourth of July now is seven. were in the city. Sales of Pistols Dlegan. The sale of blank cartridge pistols ard blank cartridges is fo¥bidden bv the ordinance governing fireworks, which provides a fine of from $5 to $50 for either sale or explosion. making arrest. during the 1920 hol- blanh cartridges, the police obtained information in only a few cases that the boys had bought their pistols or cartridges in the city. Most of them said- they lad purchase‘ the pistols in St. Louis County. A. eighth sufferer from tetanus, Louis Weber, 11, of 4124 Gratiot street, is in the city hospital! in a seri- ous condition following a burn on the! palm of his left hand by a firecracker on Ji.-v 6. Prior to July vv 1, the Coroner is- most trivial powder burns durirg the tetanus serum should be used m- mediately. Unless the serum is used immediately it has little effect, it _ being a preventive rather than a | Specific. he went to Dr. Nelson Potter, 54564 Grand avenue, who gave him emer- \gency treatment and told him to re- ‘turn for an anti-tetanus’§ injection. Teh boy did not return, Dr. said today he said, last Thursday and then ada- ministered the serum. [h? boy was ‘sent to the hospital on tha: day. Dr. iE. W. avenue said today that he the ‘boy in the hospital on Sunday ana i'that his jaws were stiffening at that ‘time. He administered a serum and 46 hours later gave another serum injection. Antitetanus serum was not ad- ministered to the Hermann gir! until} yesterday. which was nine days after her injury. Her wound Potter Siu*V slight at the time of the accident and /and She became) Britain, no physician was called. that anti- | | The allies, Lloyd declared. intended seriously to take measures for enforcement oi executiou of the Versailles treaty un- less the Germans meet the allies’ modified terms regarding coal. In an effort to compose the differ- ences between the Germans and the allies over the question of coal de- liveries by Germany and prevent a not bluffing. break-up of the conference here. a | series Fou eatns | r of the death arranged. ‘Sir Philip | George, | noon, ences In | ot informal talk which the Sfmons had with Kerr, secretary to Lloyd at the Villa Fraineuse this it was decided to hold confer- looking to this end between the Germans and Lloyd Gecrge and Following a brief secretary of Dr. | Premier Millerand of Frarce. iday period of loys caught shooting | ' net here held a / noon. sued a warning that in cases of the | going into the meeting. said: oO Tisiears exchange of views The members of the German Cabti- meeting this after- Dr. Walter Simons, the Ger- Foreign Minister, just before ““Ger- many is between civil war and inva- sion.” An official communique on the morning’s proceedings, issued at 2 o'clock this afternoon, says: “A meeting of the allied plentpoten- tlaries occurred this. morning with the collaboration of Marshal Foch and Gen. Maglinse (Chief of Staff of the Belgian army), in the absence of Field Marshal Wilson. The discus- jon was adjourned to allow a pre- between man ,all the military experts.” ; | Polish ! ° _ : ' When the Kilgore boy was injured | Jan Paderewski, Premier, arrived at Spa to- day. He refused to receive the news- paper correspondents. Germans Appear Firm. No disposition was shown by Ger- Ignace ‘(man Chancellor Fehrenbach and For- ' eign Minister Simons early | morning to yield to the allies on the Dr. Potter was sent for. ‘solved without Sanders of 1514 South Grand) } | appeared the coal question, question of coal deliveries. “The German delegation rezrets that the conference may be _ dis- further agreement,” lor. Simons to the correspond- “but we have done us muh «cs and await the action of said ent, we cou!d, the allies.” The _ allied Ministers equally firm in their decision that Germany shall deliver 2,000,000 tons of coal monthly. A deadlock was reached yesterday | by the allies and the Germans on Wilson military chiefs, Field Marshal the allied violently ill yesterday and was taken|were summoned to discuss possible to the hospital. Boy in Hospital. The Weber boy's mother salve after his injyry on July the wound apparently healed. terday, after arising. he complained of a stiffening of his arm and neck ‘and at breakfast he fainted. He was |taken to the hospital at 3 p. m. and a serum injected. His condition now is critical. Four children have ‘Louis of tetanus ‘eartridge wounds. Besides the Kil. gore boy, they were Emil Wuhr- ‘man. 16. of 4915 Ashby place. who died yesterday: Carl W. Bolle, 13. 2045 Blendon place. who died Juge 30. and Samuel Asher, applied | 5 alt died In St from blank on 5. of |1440A North Garrison avenue, who ier on June 28. mes Sparks Jr., 19, of St. 4 | GIVE AGE T0 REGISTER | charies. and James Smith, 8. of East | Madison, Ill... died last Monday from blood poisoning resulting from blank cartridge wounds. Fix %-Cert as Standard Price. McCarter spoke before | Br the Associated Press 14.—The |the recent Republican national con- | prin- | 14.—An agresc- between July reached PITTSBU RG. ment has been wholesalers and retailers in the sale WOMEN DEPUTIES NOT TO SHOUT of bread, according to announce- ment today. Under the plan, bread will be sold by the ounce tnstead of | enforcement | 1d | pected Yes- | | of | measures. Wilson ts expected tonight He is ex- to confer immediately with | Marshal Foch and with the allied Premiers. In some quarters there is expectation that the Germans wil) make a fresh offer during the day. Foch Reaches Spa. Marshal Foch and Gen. Wevygand., his assistant, arrived here Paris at 3:30 o'clock this and, with the entire French delega- tion, called on Premier Millerand to presem their respects on the occa- kion of the French national holiday. Later the delegates held a consu! tation before going to the confer- Ficld Marsha) to arrive here ,ence, -of increasing coal! production. TO SELL BREAD BY THE OUNCE City Hall today to register, Mrs. a ssablgae . Pictshere Wholesalers and Retailers the loaf, and three-fourths of a cent) has been fixed as the standard price. | All loaves wil] be marked. it is said, as to weight and purchasers’ will have the privilege of placing them +on the scales. Free i At Lafayette Park, 7:30 o'clock. ——{$—> = ee Band Concert Tonight. to 10 | Chanceilor Fehrenbach and Dr Simons suggested to the allied Gov- ernments that they send a commis- sion composed of Ministers and ex- perts to Essen to meet workingmen and their representatives for the purpose of talking over the urgency This proposal was made yesterday after- noon, but the Premiers have not re piled as yet. Dr. Simens explained to them his ig4ea was this could be done immedl- ately and the work of the commis- sion be completed quickly. not taking more than three or four day. The allied 1 . ters, however. d: not ap- pear disposed to enter into direct ne- gotiatio..e with the “ierman mining untons. The allied Premiers, having been informed yesterday that the mans were ready, called a meeting for 5:30 o'clock in the evening. The tierman reply on coal was ac- ceptable, and the summoning of Mar- shal Foch and Field Marshal Wil- son, it is understood, means immedi- not ate measures to enforce the treaty |ing a bond issue of $5,255,930.34 to! — ~Continee? on Pace 3, Colamn 6. conferences wae ’ this) BOLSHEVIK! REPORT FURTHER SUCCESSES AGAINSI Device to Silence Airplane Engines Invented by Swiss SWITZERLAND, July 14. Rv the Associated Press SILENCER for airplane saaines, more highly de- veloped than an automo- bile muffler, is announced by a Swiss airplane firm as the in- vention of its chief engineer. The first public demonstration of the device is to be made on the Geneva-Paris air service. It is asserted the noise of the motor is completely silenced and that the invention is of great importance from a military point of view. ‘ter of (of 3912 former | ' and Marshal Foch | oY Great | 'lenstein was constantly under Ger- not be recognized inasmuch as they fror | morning | appeareda| bY the Polish Foreign Office to al- (;er-)- of Aldermen CHILD, HIT SATURDAY BY AUTOMOBILE, DIES Driver of Machine That Struck 4-Year-Old Girl Is Arrested and Gives Bond. Harriet Neary, 4 years old, daugh- Mr. and Mrs. William Neary) North Market street, died at Mullanphy spital today from injuries suffered last Saturday eve- ning when etruck by an automobile as she was crossing the street in front of her home. Her death is the fifty-ninth automobile fatality in St. Louis this year. The machine was driven by Louls Rosenfield, 49, of the Bristo] Hotel, Pershing and DeBaliviere avenues, who said at the time that the girl had run across the street in front of his machine. He was arrested and gave bond on a charge of felon!i- ous wounding. The girl was taken to the hospita! in a passing automobile and was found to have suffered concussion of the brain, cuts on the legs and other injuries. PLEBISCITE IN EAST PRUSSIA ENDS 1N GERMANY'S FAVOR Vote Stands 45,289 to 15,081—Poland Protests That Germans Used Oppression. THE POLES TT Wireless Communique Re- ports Crossing of River Garyn and the Occupation of Towns Near Lida. POLES DRIVEN FROM SVISLOTCH POSITIONS ee a Rumor Says Reds Have Sig- nified Willingness to Agree to Armistice, as Proposed by the Allies. Be the Associated Preas LONDON, July 14.—Further ad- vances by the Bolsheviki itn their campaign against the Poles are re- ported in Tuesday's official com- munique, ceceived by wirzsiess from Moscow today. The statement reads: “In the direction of Kovel Wwe crossed the River Goryn, 20 miles southwest of Sarny, and are devel- oping our advance. Fierce fighting is proceeding in our favor. “In the direction of Lida we haye occupied the railway station at Prudy and Polotchany and Ushato- chka. “In the «trection of Baranovitchi we have driven the enemy, from his position on the river Svislotch and occupied Mikhanovitchi and Stas- ons. “Our advance along the entire front is continuing to develop eue- cessfully.” ° It is rumored in authoritative quarters in Spa that Premier Lioyvd George has received a message from George Tchitcherin, Bolsheviki ‘com- missary for Foretgn Affairs, acces >t? ing the proposals of the allies for an armistice between Poland and Kue- sia, according to a Spa dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph. Americans Using Bombing Plancs Against Advancing Reds. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, July 14.—The members of the Koscluszko aerial squadron, composed almost entirely of Ameri- cans, are using bombing Gothas along the southern front against the forces By the Aassoctated Press. WARSAW, June 14.—The plebis- | cite held in Allenstein, East Prussia, last Sunday resulted in a vote of 45,- 289 in favor of Germany as against 16,051 for Poland, according to fig- ures received here. The small per- centage of Polish votes is attributed leged oppression by the Germans. The Poles formally protested to the interallied commission July 10 and previously, demanding a delay In ithe holding of the plebiscite. The Poles charge that the Ger- mans used unfair methods in falsify- ing the voting lists and other docu- ments. They also contend that Al- man propaganda, the Germans us- ing such methods in this respect that the Poles were not permitted to place their arguments freely before the people. In her protest Poland asserted that the results of the plebiscite should of the were contrary to the spirit Versailles treaty. THREE LION CUBS BORN AT Z00 Elk Calf and a Fawn Also Added to Forest Park Colony. Three .ion .ubs were born at the Forest Park Zoo last Monday night, and an elk calf and a faw were born Sunday. T° -@ now are Zoo. The elk calf is the first offspring of the herd of 10 elk purchased last year from Yellowstone — —-_—_— ~-— WOMEN LIABLE TO JURY ‘SERVICE Rw the Assoctated Presse LONDON. July 14.—In accordance with an act of Parliament already passed. the Lord Chancellor an nounces that after July 15 women are liable to serve on juries under the same conditions as men. Husband and wife will not be permitted to serve on the same occasion. 12 lions at the New York to Increase Employes’ Pay. By the Areociated Press | NEW YORK, July 14.-—-The Board) adopted a last night ‘resolution received from the Board of Estimate of municipal employee 20 per cent. increasing the salaries A resolution was adopted authoriz- finance the increase. i of Gen. Budenny, the Bolshevik cay- alry leader. Gen. Budenny himself had a narrow escape from the bomb- ers while riding at the head of his forces. An overwhelming number of Bol- sheviki have been thrown againat the Polish left, which is gradually bend- ing southwest. The Reds are con- stantly bringing up re-enforeements. Women are reported taking up arms for the defense of Vilna, to- ward which the Bolsheviki are driv- ing along the railway from the northeast. Orders have been sent out by the Poles that Vilna must be held at all costs. The capture of Vilna would give the Botsheviki communt- cation with East Russia and sever Poland from the Baltic States. Minsk is in the hands of the Rol- sheviki. Fierce fighting in that re- gion continues. Appeal Made to Americans to Ald Refugees in Poland. By the Asesoctated Press. WASHINGTON, July 14.—-If suf- fering and starvation in Poland are to be averted, there must be imm diate practical ald from the Unit States, Hugh Gibson, American Min- ister to Poland, who is in ashing- ton, declared in an appeal issued yesterday to the American people, “Reports from vartous sources,” said Gibson's appeal, “indicate that thousands of refugees are pouring westward before the Soviet armies under conditions of widespread suf- fering and distress.” British Proposed Armistice Between Wrangell and Bolsheviki. Ry the Aesociated Presa. LONDON, July 14.-—-Great Britain in its recent note to the Russia® Boviet Government, besides propos- ing an armistice between the Bolshe- viki and Poland, also proposed that an armistice be arranged simulta. neously with Gen. Wrangell, antl- Bolshevik! leader on the southerf front, Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons today. The armistice with Gen. Wrangel, the Government spokesman said, would be on the basis that Wrangel retire immediately to the Crimea and that during the armistice this must be a neutral zone. Wrangel would be invited to Londen to discuss the future of hie troops, but would not be a member of the conference te ‘follow the armistice. The Hritish note, dispatched July ee ee Continued en Page % Colueme y ae