St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 15, 1920

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20MIC — OCTOBER 14, 1920. _ 2 ARSE ame: - A > a Ca od a 2 “City Circulation Approximately 100 Per Cent Greater 50 Per Cent Greater Than That of N NY Other St. Louis per! Sunday Daily eo - Only he Evening Paper in St. Louis With the ST.LOUIS POST-DIS Associated Press - 1 cI, age Se thee eee ae eae er ea A Wer News Service PATCH rr 7 E FINAL DITION (-omptete Market Kepeorts.) 1 : "VOL. 73. NO. 47. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1920—44 PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS” 14 KILLED, 100 WOUNDED RIOTS IN ITALY: STRIKES CALLED IN ‘NX BY PLAYMATE "East St. Louis Lad, ot Clarence J. Galbraith, 7 eid, son of William Galbraith and last Friday ‘ment as anticipated, "whether the fall was responsible for the lad’s condition, wymptoms fome other source. A preventive the administration affiiction that death resulted last Tuesday. LONG INVITES | @andidate for Senate Says if State- CAUSED DEATH OF BOY . Dev eloped . Meningitis After Fall Down Steps. ie A-playful kick by d by a fall a playmate, down several | was responsible forthe death | years | of 10 Cleveland avenue, East St. according to the verdict of a omner’s jury yesterday, in which | meningitis is given as the muse of death. The testimony was that Clarence Was 0 pupil at St. Joseph's Parochial hool, and a week ago, after school been dismissed, and the chil- /@ren were descending the outer steps | of the school building, kicked the liad, He was able to continue on his way "home, but that evening complained wf his back hurting him. a Playmate causing him to fall. Stines was called diagnosed the ail- spinal menin- He said he was unable to say Dr. Thomas I. ‘itis. or whether the created through He administered and repeated | but the headway | were serum, Sunday, had gained such oe ee eee _—— - oe SUIT FOR. LIBEL BY "MERIWETHER —-- rr ment Is Not Correct Resort te Courts Is Open. The statement made yesterday b) Lee Meriwether, former assistant to the American Ambassador at Paris, > i reply to a statement of Bre>sk- | 4 thridge Long, former Third Assist. ''t Secretary of State, now Democratic nominee for United States S@n:vtor, was read to Long by a Port-Dispatch | reporter last evening by tance telephone, Richmond, Mo. Wether's statement, What I have said of Mr. er is found to be incorrect, " @ue me for libel.” f 3 _ ‘Yesterday in Kansas cits, | Wether'’s resignation was by ; and that this occurred after Mer- 5 wether. matic privilege,” eed in France a to Germany. ter sent to Switzerland. ) maid, in his reply, asked to resign, and that, i mot know / @estined to Germany. Vermont, long a oe the night of valved at $300 After each robbery, he said, hv would pawn stolen articles and throw away the pawn tickets. He accom- panied the detectives to where he said he had disposed ee ae Assoc! lated Presa. Yo fore national Wednesday When Prowl-, , League of Nations would ‘the sovereic had’ of Dr... Washington bouvle-— and ciethine several stores. | of | $25,000 FOR PROOF LEAGUE ABRIDGES AMERICAN RIGHTS Pro-League Independents Offer Cash to Harding, Johnson, Hays or Anyone Else. “ , Oct. announced a cash prize of $25,000 had been offered by the Pro-Leacue Independents to Senator Harding, Senator Johnson Senator on Senator Lodge, Chairman Hays the Republican National Ateneo a ; 15.—Demo- | headquarters today | or anybody else in the United States: who the “abridge could first prove that rnty of Amer Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale Uni- versity, chairman of the Pro-League Independents, explained that, under terms of the . essays must received at 17 East Forty-first street New York City, by Oct. 22: that eacn member jugy of 12 would be appointed jointly by George White and Will H. Hays, chairmen of the Democratic and Republican National Committees—all to be Re- publicans if desired by Mr. Hays; and that tn case the unanimous, half the prize still may be awarded, provided a majority of the jurors so vote. “This announcement is for every newspaper in the States, Prof. Fisher said, being given for distribution to the Various press associations with the request that each newspaper pub- lishing it, send to-the pro-leagve in- dependents meee, the issue taining it, independents may report many newspapers of publish or fail to publish “If Mr. Hays admits statements and notions are unprovable, untrue and respectfully asked to publicly to state, and also to publicly stat that he requesting his speakers, press bureaus and Republican news- papers to cease making such false statements.”’ of intended LUnited “and is that the on how each party 1% that such unproved, absurd, he con =f) 18 Fc is RESTAURANT OWNER FINED FOR DISTURBING WAITRESS’ PEACE Edward A. Renish Aaaceased $15 On Chargc of Spitting on Woman's Dress. Edward A. Benish. a cafeteria and grillroom at Eighth proprietor of and Olive streets and of the Hotel sociation, Court today disturbed the peace of Miss Eliza- beth Norton of 1718A Nebraska ave- nue, a striking waitress, -who has been doing picket duty Benish's place. Miss Norton, corroborated by Miss Carrie Bennett, another picket, tes- tified that at 1 p. m.. last Friday, RBenish, wearing a cook's coat, apron and cap, appeared at the Eighth street door of his establishment, and after calling her names, spat upon her dress. Benish denied hav Norton. He said he upon the sidewalk. calling her names. would appeal. POPOCATAPETL IN ERUPTION Mexico City Hears Steam Is Escap- inzg—Poople Ficcing. secretary ava Restaurant Men's As- was fined $15 in Police ing spit at Miss may have spit He also denied Benish said he B: .7 s \ ser ate «4 bre —« MEXICO { Hee # (ie Popo nt ape tl, “6 TT) of Puebla. is reported Much steam es-. mblit - 4. a «? — ia volcano iles west of the be-.in eruption with caping and deep ru ing to dispatches from day. There has been no damage as yet, the dispatches say, but the popula- tion is preparing to flee. city to ngs. accord- Puebla - - i In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch Wanted: 2,000,000 Husbands— Ibantz, the noted Spanish nov- gives a graphic descrip plight of the women of France. who cannot hope to wed, but whose marriage would greatly influence thé destiny of the Republic. ‘‘The Idealism of the Women Voters of the Country Wil Save the League, Regardless of What Materialism May In- fluence the Men to Do at the Ballot Box’’——An interview with a noted woman, who has made a study of the newly en- franchised womet of America bye she understands majority of the November elist. tion of the © 100.000 heves the and what them will election. A New Way to Reach Old Age— 4 French phvrsician thinks he has made a discovery of pro found interest to the human race. This article will tell you all about ft. Andrew Carnegie’s Best Anec- dotes of Celebrities, Told by Himself—Intimate glimpses of some famous men as the late stee] magnate and philanthro pist knew them through many rears of assocjation. Two Fine Short Stories—‘‘Omar of Ispahan,’’ by Sax Rohmer, and ‘‘He Also Ran.’’ by Bich- ard Washburn Child. Also an- ether installment of ‘‘ West Wind Drift,’’ George Barr MeCutcheon’s splendid serial. vast do in jury was not) a marked copy of | today | Board | Employes’ ILLION BRITISH COAL INERS ARE TO GO ON STRIKE TOMORROW eo re ee STRIKING WAITERS FAVOR ABOLISHING TIPPING SYSTEM citizens Executives of Union Assert Practice Is as Repulsive to Members as It Is to the Public. WAGES HERETOFORE | DECLARED INADEQUATE Officials of Organization Again Declare Their Wil- lingness to Submit De- mands to Arbitration. Lnion waiters and waitresses de- sire to eliminate the tipping system, and to that end want a wage scale that will be adequate to their needs, according to a statement given out by the Loca! Joint Executive of the Hotel and Restaurant International Alliance, Reject Proposal for Debate With Cox ING’S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 15. R sexo definitely late ves- terday that the Democratic pro- nominee and Gov. Cox would not be accepted. reau, said he had not vet re- ceived the proposal sent him by ments, and added: “I would not for a moment By the Associated Press. ON BOARD SENATOR HARD- EPUBLICAN managers on Senator Harding's train an- posal ‘for a League of Nations debate between the Republican Senator Harry S. New, head of the Republican Speakers’ Bu- Senator Pat Harrison, in charge of Democratic speaking arrange- consider a proposition so utterly absurd.” NAILS SAID TO BE ACCEPTED AS MONEY | IN SOVIET RUSSIA , BAN PUT ON FUEL EXPORTS: MANY INDUSTRIES PLAN 10 CLOSE DOWN CO ‘Only Some Unforeseen In- | German Socialist Says He Was tervention Can Prevent Walkout, It Is Said; Lead- ers Tell the Workers That There Is Nothing to Do but Go Out. HIGHER PAY, r, LOWER PRICES, DEMANDED ———————- Them Before Gomg There. tne Associated Press. HALLE, Germany, “When months ago, 4y 15.— Oct. Daumig and Stoecker fmembers of the German Econ omic | lao 2200 members of which have been On Mission to Russia) advised me to fill | in front of | ‘ Smarted to- _ grant their demands Charles Stagg and of the | unions that affected by loc: al board -6trike since Oct. 1 as a result of th- Associated Hotel and Restaurant po! cy. ry oe reviewing the strike situa- tion, -in which it was pointed out that the strikers had repeatedly of. fered to st®mit.the controversy to arbitration, the #@tatement concludes with the following paragraph: “The waitresses are inadequate and not a living wage, and have only been con- on a charge of having | siMered as part of the wages of thos emploves, the balance being made up by tips from patrons. It is the de- sire of our organization to have our wages made adequate to our needs, equal basis according to services ren- dered.” “Tipping System Repulsive.”’ In armplification of that part “~ the statement, Jesse K. Keller, se retary and chairman of publicity “ the lI.ocal Joint Executive Board, said to a Post-Dispatch reporter that the tipping system was as repulsive to members of the union as it was to many customers who do not believe in the so-called tipping evil. “The waiters and waitresses have beneath the tipping sys- “and have longed to made independent of it. They lize its iz both to the em- ployes and the. patrons. The employ- ers based the wage scales accord- ing to the average amount of tips received There was no equality in that because some waiters and received more tips than Consequentiy a ma- jority of the employes want the tip- ping system abolished, and in its place want a wage scale that will do | them justice.” Contract Violation Denicd. Keller said that it was not true, as the employers had contended, that the violated their 1919 con-| tract by threatening to strike a year azo unless given an immediato in- | crease in wages He said that in- crease was given voluntarily by the tem,” he said, he rea justice s\stem, waltresscs others. walters employers Keller that none of the atriking ' returned to work, and emplorves who row hotels and restaurantes open shop plan are never were members Ife pointed out that and Labor Union further stated members had h Bus are working in the now and unioms the Centra! Trades had exhausted every effort to bring om a conference, and that the joint = stands ready at any to submit the controversy to a of paar ole to be selected in the manner provided in the work- | ing agreement which expired Sept. 34. not of the time Connett Reiterates Charge. Ww. ¢. Connett, attorney for the Association Hotel and Restaurant Owners, today relterated a state- ment he had previously made that union waiters and cooks, In violation of their 1919 contract. refused last October to submit a question of in- creased wages and changed work- ing conditions to arbitration, and gave the employers 24 hours to “The increase was granted to prevent a strike at that time,” said Connett. Two West Virginia Mintre Shot. WILLIAMBON, W. Va... Oct. 15.— Joseph Davis. miners, were wounded when return- ‘ing to their homes from a political ,meeting at | night. ,cetved here today. last re- Thacker, W. Va... information Davis. who was) shot twice through the body, was taken to the State hospital at Weich. according to wages paid to waiters and. naliis, one readily with said, iron would my pockets which, they payment for courtesy or service.” This information was conveyed by |Herr Crispien to the delegates of the | Independent Socialist convention yes- terday during the course of a heated debate over the issue of accepting or! rejecting Moscow's conditions, that Crispien's provides a most linentary on present econ6émic condi- tions In Russia and recalis the pro- ‘cedure of missionaries and explorers iwho won over the African natives - | through gifts of beads and mirrors. so that employes will be paid on an | The proceedings at the were very boisterous, mann’s vehement denunciation of Russian communism exciting the ex- tremists to the boiling artsy nee - PAYMENT OF $500,000,000 ANGLO-FRENCH LOAN BEGUN Gold Turned Over at Banking House of J. P. Morgan & Co. Said to Faceed $200,000,000. Ty the Agsociated Press. NEW . YORK, Oct. 156 Payment the $500,000,000 Anglo-French maturing today, was begun congress of loan, this morning at the banking house | qependent of J. P. Morgan & Co., syndicate managers of a countrywide group of banks which underwrote the loan in 1915 It is understood that payments will invelve more than $200,000,006, the greater part of which will rep- resent the French portion of the ob- ligation, England having anticipated the major part of her share. Todays payment is the largest ever made in connection with an in- ternationel transaction, but banking interests believe that it will be ac- complished with a minimum dis- turbance to the money market. eee TWO-INCH SNOW iN KANSAS: to the Peet. Weenie » TOPEKA, Kan., Oct. 15.—Rain fell in many sections of the State yesterday, according to reports reaching the United States Weather Bureau in Topeka. Two inches of snow had fallen in the northwestern part of the State early last evening ee CLOUDY, SOMEWHAT COOLER TONIGHT; FAIR TOMORROW The Temperatures. eo. “ils a. ™. : oe 1 ra S&S tie A” mu. ecesecee+ tO ata! Mi Highest vesterday lowest, 65, at 4a. m ENTANGLING cast for St. louw NEWBERRY ALLIANCE? Sz, at 2 BD. M.: what | might; fale. tomorrow M imnouri—-Gen- erally fair to- night and to- morrow: some- what cooler to- night. Illinois — Un- acttied tonight; | showers in north portion; tomor- row partis cloudy: moder- ate temperature Stage of the river at 7 a. ™., we left for Moscow several | of | be Owners having adopted an open shop accepted throughout Soviet Russia in| BY the Associated oe Herr Ditt-| | on _ wholly wr aiinc Which Get Their Coal There Also Will Suffer; No Immediate Danger to Food Supply. el 5.—-Unless some intervention de- velope, more than 1,000,006. coal miners throughout the United King- dom will begin a strike tomortow and the country's all-important coal LONDON, Oct. Vorw aerts, the Socialist organ, says industry will be paralyzed. unique revelation | penetrating com-. was reached this morning at a conference of the miners’ delegates, who announced - that in view of the Government's un-— satisfactory reply to the miners claims for an increase in wages there was nothing left to do but strike. It was announced that some of the men in the engineering depart- ments would remain at work fo naep the mines in order. The miners’ demands are for a wage advance of two shillings (about 50 cents) per shift, and a reduction of the price of coal to the public amounting to about $3.50 per ton. Ban on Export of Coal. Cojlncident with the strike decisi 9 came the announcement’ that the Government had placed a ban upon the export of coal, which move will have far-reaching effects upon neighboring countries more or lems upon Great Britain fer supplies. Many of the British industries, notably in the fron and steel branch- es, and some of the shipbuilding and engineering works, already are af- ranging’ to close down. The question whether the rallway men would unite with the miners was the subject of deep concern #- day, but no indication as to ite course was forthcoming from the ratiway union. The Government has made every preparation to cope with the situ- ation, to maintain food supplies and to provide for other necessaries. No fear is expressed of a food shortage in the tmmediate future. Trains Would Be Taken Off. The Ministry of Transport today issued a statement regarding the railway service in the event of & etrike. It gsayes.the passenger services would not be curtalied the first two or three dave of the strike. full eervice being kept up to silow the people to travel home. After that pressure has subsided, however, there would be a reduction in pas- senger service of from 10 to 26 per cent. In connection with the embargo the export ef coal the Gover#- ment this afternoon prohibited Zor- elg: ships from taking bunker coal. The Executive Committee of the miners’ federation yesterday went on record, six to one, for the strike. This was a larger proportion egaingt the terme of the owners than wae shown even in the overwhelming vote of the miners, who rejected the plan This decision their coal of guaranteeing increased production ooler th- | in return for tncreased wages. > “There ie a bitter spirit among the men,” sald Herbert Smith, president of the ¥orkshire miners, “and if tie Government refuses to give way, only starvation will defeat the miners, and they would gw beck titen in a discon- tented spirit. Any further parleying will lead to the danger of sectional. se@trikes. The question of referring the question to a tribunal new Hes | a poor chance of acceptance.” Irish Labor in’ Conference. The executive cormiftee of Irieh Trades Union Congress Labor Party hes sacecepted an tation from the “ecownell of of the British Laber party te a cons ita tion on the Irish | Sept. 16, and are considering jolin- | Order Your Copy Today W. Va.. where ft was eald hie condi~, ral I ton was critical. i There are clear footprints in «a thicket showing where the murdercr'ing the American Federation letood when he fired the shot. i Da bor. ‘ a few days. Recently Mar-| was found guilty of ticket the world's serics. goods, but the proprietors dente they had any dealings with him. 3 ft; ne change. et 2 { ‘ ee ee eee it tea ce tee Nilnnttin Attar ileal cle ae Nm AE bam ah. oe