St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 26, 1920

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IC PAGE BER 2 25, 1920," (Coprright. 1920) - 1 (Copyright, 19°09) as aR a Boy. ed ice cream, but -he e at turning the freezer. en his mother returned AS agreeably surprised to king away at the crank is life depended on it. fee how you got him to eezer,’’ she said to her I offered him a dime to ‘t go at it the right way, eplied her husband. “I kel he couldn't turn it hour.'"’—Boston ‘Tran- nr sts Him. has a great deal to say ‘st husband.” dn't know she was mar-— 't. so That’s what makes painful.’’—Boston ’s in a Name? ere, what d’you call or mutton? | Carn't ver tell the dif- o! Then why worry about Bulletin. | ELECTIONS PUT OFF » convened Thursday. se ’ er brother of King Alexander, Prince *Paul, is called to succeed him. How- a ; Fin the house of ex-King Constan- ®@ tine, the Government has decided, in - conformity ' Constitution, to convoke the Cham- | ber just adjourned to proceed to the ' election of a Regent until the ar- administered to the Regent in com- ) ® members of _ tional Assembly have been postponed. © Were to have been held on Nov. 8. q cessor of King 4 of Greece in June, | ly after the death of the King last | @vening and drew up a message to ' the people expressing the grief felt » at the monarch’s death, and adding: The CITY CIRCULATION of: the Post-Dispatch is GREATER than that of ANY OTHER St. Louis Newspaper by approximately 100% Sunday 50% Daily —_-—---— -_— pee ee he Only Evening Paper in St. en en ee Louts With the ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATC Associated Press News Service INAL & D | (Compicte Market Reperts.) 1ON ~~ a VOL. 73. NO. 58. — -_—-- * tt eee of. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, _- + ee DIVER GETS NEWS OF BIRTH OF DAUGHTER WHEN UNDER SEA Message Relayed to Him by a Telephone Attached to His Suit. By the Associated Preas. - NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Tidings’ of parenthood, sent by wireless from | Brooklyn and received by Frederick | W. Whitehead in a diver’s sult, sev- | ‘eral fathoms undersea off Cape Hen- | Me OF GREECE DIES; THRONE 10 BE OFFERED 10 BROTHER, PAUL | Raler Succumbs as Result of Infection Following Bite chanic’s mate on the submarine S- 5, by Monkey Which At- trr was cocaget in weieneise re tacked Him When He Was hulk of the ill-fated craft when the | Protecting Dog Early This: relayed to message, picked up by the S-5, was | tached to his diver’s suit. e Month. ‘to rush home today to see his new- | born baby girl. him by a telephone at- ‘SENATOR HITCHCOCK TO SPEAK Ann’s Hall, Page Boulevard and Whittier Street. WEEK FROM NOV. 8 | ’ Nebraska will deliver an address on |the League of Nations at 8 o'clock "Premier Venizelos Expected ° to Be Victorious—Regent, to Be Named to Rule Tem- porarily, May Be Admiral ile ‘vard and Whittier street. Hitch- Coundoriotis. : Hitchcock reservations which ‘acceptable to President Wilson ‘all the Democratic ‘the irreconcilables. Congressman Igoe of the Bleventh District will preside at the meeting, at which Harry B. Hawes, Demo- | cratic nominee for Congress in that (district, and Mrs. R. E. Oldfather, | chairman of the and Senators except By the Assoctated Press. oa ATHENS, Oct. 26.—The throne of Greece, made vacant by the death of King Alexander, will be offered to Prince Paul, third son of former King Constantine, it is officially an- nounced. ; The funeral of the late King will | [endl Committee, will make short take place Friday afternoon. .- | Democratic City The Chamber of Deputies will be; Dwyer of the Twenty-second Ward, ‘in which the mee ting will be held, i The Cabinet assembled immediate- tee women of the ward as vice prest- dents of the affair. Senator Hitchcock is expected to, arrive at 5 p. m. from Akron, O., where he spoke last night. He will leave tonight after his address for Kansas, where he will speak tomor- | row at Coffeyville. CONGRESSMAN NEWTON “In conformity with the constitu- tional order of succession, the young- ever, in view of his absence and the relations existing between the nation with Article 50 of the Explanation of Statement of 40 Wars in Europe. Congressman Cleveland A. Newton rival of the new King. “Meanwhile, and until the oath is County) District, nominated by Re- publicans for re-election, has made the statement in speeches against the League of Nations recently that about 40 wars are going on in EKu- rope at the present time. | When asked for a list of the wars, he could not recall the source of his information, but promised to look it. up. A few days later he was seen again and said that the actual num- ber of wars in Europe is 30 and that} the Literary Digest was his author- | ity for the statement. He could not recall which issue of that publication | contained the statement, however, and he was able to list only 14, which | he gave as follows: Lithuania against Poiand; Poland | against Russia; Jugo-Slavia against Italy; Kurds against Armenia; Rus- sia against Armenia; Turkey against | Greece; Bulgaria against. Greece: | Syria against France; Serbia against |! Austria; Russia against. Persia; Spain against Moors; Aland Island- | ers against Finns; Bolshevtki against | one week, it is announced here. They, nthe ag oon . re | oo He said that conflicts also are in| progress in Ireland, South Africa, | | Egypt and India. pliance with the same article of the Constitution, the royal and constitu- tional powers will be exercised by the Council of Ministers."’ By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Oct. 26.—King Alexan- der of Greece, died at 5:20 p. m. yes- terday. His death was due to wounds received when a pet monkey at- tacked him early in October, the King being badly mutilated. Throughout Sunday night, the heart action grew weaker, his gen- ral debility became more _pro- nounced and pulmonary symptoms Were intense. Breathing at times was most difficult and alarming, and at noon it was announced that the King’s condition was hopeless. Elections at which will be chosen) the new Greek Na-| Admiral P. Coundoriotis, former | Minister of Marine, is believed to be | the Government official most . fa- vored for appoint tas R t fy EP POR EA Greece, to she ‘eetice sine erent of WEW SELF- PROPELLED BARGE | Alexander ascends | T0 MAKE FIRST TRIP TODAY a throne. He was formerly a mem-. r of the Saloniki Government and | ls known to be friendly to the En- | ‘The Birmingham, Tunnel Type Craft | to Carry 1100 Tons of St. Louis Merchandise, Some for Export. | tente. ewe chamber of the Greek The Birmingham, first to be com- missioned of the Federal Govern-| Parliament will be convoked imme- ment’s fleet of new tunnel type tor- _ dately to elect the Regent. Succeeded Constantine. boats and self-propelled barges for Alexander succeeded to the throne experimentation. upon inland rivers, | | 1917, when his r with 1100 tons of} father, King Constantine, abdicat- > arecsadioretaen ly $d in response to the demand of leans and export through that por: nee, Great Britain and Russi a, | The Birmingham is a self-pro- > the three Powers which had guar- | pelled barge designed to carry pack- _ Snteed the constitutional liberties of | age freight and coal on the Warrior, Greek people. Alexander Was River from Birmingham, Ala., to | the second son of Constantine and | ‘New Orleans. She was built by the | St the time of his accession was not | ‘St. Louis Boat and Engineering Qo. | | Witite 24 years old. His elder broth- | in its yards north of Eads Bridge | _, Crown Prince George, was con- oe is the first of four such es : Suse of alleged pro-German sy oe | - pathies. | Sidered ineligible for the throne be- to be built here. om ~~ In any event, King Constantine | PLANS FOR CLERGYMEN TO B hitate (Alexander to succeed! VISIT HARDING ABANDONED been brought about through the ' Senator, in Letter, Ex presefs Regret ; S8ency of the French Senator, M. Inability to Recelve Party ons who went to Athens in) secre a 100. “1 en 2 TB je 9 aS he ‘By the Associated Press. : great Powers, on th °6.—-Plans for | : r YORK, Oct. bund that this step would estab- NEW Unity of tbeline among the 4 pilgrimage of 100 ween Rd ks and greater security for the) Senator Harding's mame, a.m me nte forces then operating in the | O., have been aban ~~ ee ee Constantine had been accused , the candidate's press of © | gagements, it was announced yester- | Pro-German sympathies partly on. wee tount of his marriage to the Prin-/| day by Republican national ead- | | In a letter received here Sophie, sister of the then Em- | quarters. br William of Germany, and it) py Frederick B. Smith, who had been was charged that he had not jn charge of arrangements for the honorably toward the Allies. yjsit, Senator Harding expressed dis- ander, on the other hand, Was, anpointment at being unable to re- ved on Page 2, Column 3%. ‘ceive the proposed delegation. 'lopen, brought him from the deep | Whitehead, who was chief me- | ON LEAGUE HERE TONIGHT Address Will Be at 8 O’Clock in St. | ' United States Senator Hitchcock of | ‘cock is a Democrat, member of, the | 'Foreign Relations Committee of the | Senate, and had charge of the ad-'| ‘ministration fight for ratification of | the treaty and is the author of the’ were | A TE te Democratic Wom- | ' there ‘that there Committeeman | ballots, and that late comers may lose | the privilege of voting. It also means | has appointed the precinct commit- | there was in } ‘result was not known definitely The first showing was favor- | as he} and Central | NAMES 14 OF HIS 40 WARS: 'ecrried Lists That Number When Asked (oF) 1916 was riod , figured ‘from 600 to 600. 'fzed when more than (eighth Ward, at 5311 Pershing avenue. It was too late, the board decided, | | dexes, _ time. HEAVY VOTING ~USTS 10 DELAY RETURNS THIS YEAR ‘With Average of 500 Rosie: | trants in Each of 600 Pre- cincts, Judges Will Have Much Work. POLLING PLACES ARE ADMITTEDLY TOO FEW. Officials Did Not Figure on So Large an Enrollment of Women, Which Exceeds 125,000. At next Tuesday’s election, an av- | erage of more than 500 voters, men | tonight at St. Anne's Hall, Page bou- | and women, will vote at each of the | city’s 600 precincts. In the presidential election of | 1920—36 PAGES. DEMPSEY AND CARPENTIER — MATCHED TO FIGHT NEXT YEAR July and Be 10 or Contest Will Take Place Between February and 15 Rounds—Con- tract to Be Signed Tomorrow. By the Associated Preas. NEW YORK, Oct, ' Dempsey Georges this afternoon 26.—Jack and Carpentier | were matched here ‘for a fight for the heavyweight ‘championship of the The contract will be formally signed to- | morrow. Under the terms agreed upon today, meet sometime between July 1, 1921. The late a bout between § 10 rounds fora record purse, centage of the motion ceipts. world. of the the pugilists will Feb. 1 and and 15 and a per- picture re- Subject to discussion of the promot- ; . ‘ers, who are to inform the principals | (at least 60 days before the contest. Each fighter receives a 25 per cent) ‘right in the motion picture profits, -———— «+ a —— eee ee ee - ‘SHOWERS: COOLER TONIGHT: CLOUDY, COOLER TOMORROW. November, 1916, the average num- | ber of voters to a precinct was 347... There were 500 precincts. THE TEMPERATURES. The voting time {ts no longer this | year than it was four Thirteen hours-——6 a. m. to 7 p. is the allotted period, and the polls must close and the count begin at 7, many may then be years ‘a ago. no matter how waiting to vote. This means, will be crowds will be for the voter, that at the pols, delay in getting that ting.early there is less likelihood of get- returns on the result than former years. judges and clerks Precinct will 'have more ballots to count than in | In some precincts, at | former years. former presidential elections, re- lturns have been delayed until after daylight Wednesday. These delays | are likely to be ionger at the comin§ | ‘election than they were in the the national | past. In the 1916 election, until lriday. able to Hughes for the Eastern states which were, considered neces- gary. The belated returns from a | group of Western states, notably Cal- ‘Ifornia, showed a new alignment President, of the Tenth (St. Louis and St. Louis! | which gave President Wilson an elec- | _toral majority. To ascertain the result of a State) Missouri? is nsually a mat- | ,;ter of two days election in or more. Gov. Gard- over Judge Lamm not finally assured for sev- ner’s election eral days, Total Rewistration Is 311,410. The St. Louis Election to decide, before the registration pe- last month, how many voting precincts there should be. It decided, in view of the prospective registra-. | disputes | Webster tion of w®men, which ‘experts’? had at 60,000 to 890,000, to in- crease the number of voting places Then the registra- tion came, and some 125,000 women voters were enrolled. The total regis- tration (subject to addition of sentees and invalid tomorrow) is 311,410, as compared with 173,760 in 1916. It was a mistake not to provide more voting places. This was real- it was found that there were 247. precincts with more than 400 voters each, 81 with more than §00, 17 with more than 600, five 700, one with more than 800, and one with a present enroll- ment of 1286. This is.the Twenty- Seventh Precinct, place ab- to provide more polling places, and to four judges and two the precincts This tional booths among 'with the largest registration. will help only a little, for the impor- | tant limit is not on the number of! booths a polling place will hold, but on the number of persons whom the judges and clerks can provide with | | ballots, doing at the same time the Louis merchandise for New Or-!required work of looking up and cer- tifving their names on the poll! books. One thing that will help to expe-, dite’ voting is for each voter to know the number of the line in the poll book on which his or her name ap- pears, and to give the number to the election officials in applying for a ballot. This will save much turning | over of pages and consulting of in- ail of Board to Advise Voters, In the big Pershing avenue cinct the Election Board send postal cards to the voters, tell- ing each the line number, and ask- ing that'the information be given to) the judges and clerks at the proper time. In other large precincts the Republican City Committee. plans to pre- send out similar notices, at least to: those who are counted as Republic- an voters. A State law requires employers to grant employes four hours for vot- ing, without reduction of pay. The! employer, under the law, has right to choose the time. Mayor Kell has asked that employers grant a half holiday, thus enabling many to vote | between 1 and 6 p. m. who | ~ Continued on Page 2, folumna a as Board had’ | Miss Alice M. iting the boys with ; | day, ,acted as second to both combatants | ‘and with | | such the law limits the force at each place, clerks. It! was decided to distribute 1500 addi-' which takes valuable | plans to. the | Highest yesterday, 5, at lowest, 04, at 3 a, mm. ‘ Ofticial forecast | for St. Louis and vicinity: _ers _ this noon and tonight; row, partly cloudy and cool- er. Mis ZAAMENDMENT | SiX OUR ROADS WILL FIX... Show- after- cooler souri -— e-em er, probably settled in portion; frost in portion to- un- west night; row, fair, colder in east portion. Illinois — Un- settled with =a" ania showers this aft- UUs sibly in east and tonight; colder to- partly cloudy and ‘south night; colder. Stage of the river at 7 rise of .5 of a foot. portions tomorrow, " ‘feet, a ne a ‘SALVATORE SORTINO KNOCKS in | OUT ABE SOLON, “THE BULLY”: Woman Principal of Chicago School teferee and Second to Both When Boy Pupils Settle Feud. | ¥3° Tire Assocta CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—Schoolroom among the at the School here, is wie children ted Press. boys of 22 nationalities attend classes, are not settled by the fiat of the teacher. Instead the principal of the school, Hogge, decide their grievances fists, it was learned to- the latest quarrel she their and in as referee. It was a fight to the finish in the school between Salvatore and Abe Solon, both aged 12. was called several times to the combatants to rest and rinse out their mouths, and after 15 minutes Salvatore had an unquestioned de- | cision. | ‘Letting the boys fight out their troubles is the best way in a school as the Webster,’ said Miss Hogeze. be fair. “T never permit any juries. A black eye or two, such as Abe got, is usuaily the limit. Aba was inclined to be a bully and got just what he needed. They will be friends now and we will have no, more trouble from them.” J. C. Mortensen, Superintendent of Schools, declared he was in favor Time serious in- of Miss Hogge’s method, saving it Is | ‘the most successful ever tried in that school. CHICAGO POLICEMAN KILLED BY ROBBER WHO LATER IS SLAIN ————— Murderer Is Shot After Several At- tempts to Break Through Police Cordon. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Oct. 26.—Patrol Sergt. | Edward Marpoo! was kilied early to- day by an unidentified robber who ilater met death after fighting police . Marpool, answering a call, met two robbers, and was killed before he could draw his revolver. | Three hundred policemen drew a corton around the district, ane took | up the hunt for the Sergeant's slay- | er. Four times the robber tried. to break through the ring, and each time was driven back after hot | fights. The firing finally ceased, eo when police advanced they | found the man lying dead in a va- cant lot. His revolver still partly ‘ loaded, was beside him. with contract ! conditions stipu- | The number of rounds, the place. of the fight and the exact date are | moon, Cloudy and cold- | east | tomor- | renerally | /ernoon and pos-| a. m., 3.4! believes in let- | Sortino | enable | “Of course the fights must ' ‘the other promoters, The bout will be conducted by Tex Rickard, Charles Cochran of London and Willlam A. Brady, the named representing Cochran's inter- | ests. The contract was agreed to | after a long conference today, at which were present the joint pro- moters, Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, and Francois Des camps, manager of Carpentier, and four lawyers representing the vari- , Ous interests involved. ‘The fight will be for the cham- 'plonship of the world. | Carpentier _is heavyweight champion of Europe, and Dempsey holds the same title in the United States. The last international fight of sim- ilar importance | Fla., between James J. Corbett and Charley Mitchell of England. | bett won in three rounds. 50 per cent going to the ow BURGLARS BLOW ~ SAFEIN GROCERY ee ee last | was at Jacksonville, | ’ Cor-| a: AND TARE $248: | held Wednesday ‘derstood final dectsion on the funeral ! Plate Glass Windows id Pig-' gly Wiggly Establishment tomor- | ‘Shattered by Blast That: Arouses Neighborhood. ——_— Safeblowers, who used ua charge of _the safe in cery nue, at 3 $248.21 The, explosion aroused residents of ‘the neighborhood, and the plate glass i'windows of the store were shattered, a piece safe being blown through one of them. The damage to the store, aside from the safe, was | $250. A baker, whose shop is street, saw two men standing by an automobile, in front of the grocery store, a few minutes before the blast. He did not see them enter he store, which they appear to have done by prying the front door open. After the explosion he saw them drive east on Bartmer avenue, and he noticed that the cover of the spare tire, on the rear of the machine, bore the ‘word ‘‘six’’ in large letters. Note Found in Wreckage. A note of the safe, former manager which read, Ha, ha. You'll have to go bank if you want our money.” It was explained that the former man- ‘ager had written the note at a time when leaving no money night. This precaution been abandoned. A policeman passed the place 10 minutes before the robbers entered, and was at the Hodiamont car sheds, a block away, killing an injured dog, ‘when the safe was blown. Burglars last night entered the thome of Isaac T. Cook, 3 Hortense | place, by jimmying a rear door. The family was not at home and police lwere unable to determine if any- ithing had been taken. Burglars took /a quantity of champagne from the |Cook home three months ago. Home of Judge Grimm Entered. The home of Circuit Judge J. Hugo Grimm at 3137 Lafayette ave- re was entered between 1 and 4 m. yesterday for the second time within a few months. Mrs. Grimm, | returning home, found a flatiron be- side a safe in a front room. The -eembination hads been but not broken. A plstol was taken I from a drawer in another room. In a previo*ts robbery burglars l4owelry valued at from $400 to $50 from the home. 3urglars last night climbed a fire escape to the seventh floor of the building at 726 Washington avenue, broke a window and entered the stock room on that floor of the Schmitz & Shroder Clothing Co They broke open several cases, then descended to the fifth ‘floor and entered the bowling alley conducted by Joseph Hanks. No in- -ventory of a loss has been made. An inventory during the day ¢s- toblished that burglars early terday obtained silk shirts vajued at $500 from the Sigoloff Clothing Co., 819 North Sixth street. Burglars also got silk waists and uncut silks val ued at $600 from the Oriental Waist 1632 Franklin avenue, eariy nitro-glycerin, the Piggly-Wiggly at 1074 Hodiamont ‘50 this morning, and ave- took store of the which was signed by a of the store, and to the in the safe over- has since Co., yesterday. Jewelry valued at $200 and $3 in eash were taken last night by burg- lars from the home of Martin Emer- ich, Waterman avenue, Other burglaries were jewelry valued at 1$200 from the home of Thomas Wa- tiilo. 1219 North Ninth street j¢éwelry valued = at $200 from lhome of Fred Wuellner, jsylvania averrme ~"-* h J t? «@? | og ~ FUNERAL PLANS FORMACSHINEY 70 DUBLIN CASTLE ——_" ‘Government Inquiries of His : Family Interpreted to Mean There Will Be No Inter- ference. INQUEST WILL BE HELD TOMORROW Irish Bodies Prepare to At- tend Ceremonies in London | and Accompany Body to. Cork. , By the Associated Press... LONDON, which have been of the family ernment regarding the funeral of Lord Mayor MacSwi- of Cork Dominic, arrangements for ney have been late as an indi- by Father the Mayor's private chaplain, cation that there ence with the tamily’s plans, and that the body wil! be turned over to them immediately after the inquest. This, the Home Office states, morning. It plans is up to Dublin Castle. It is reported from Dublin the members of the Irish ‘publican to London Jt is for here. stated the obsequies that a also funeral party throughout the ney. neavy | ' wrecked | £TO- | ' party to Cork. together with 'inent in . ceived quest would | Prison across the | ; in , day Thursday m Deputation From Cork. A deputation of 21 members the Deputy this morning services and Mavor O'Callaghan, to attend the accompany the London funeral Cork Harbor Board also here, many the civie and life of Cork ane other Irish cities. This noon the Irish Self-Determi- nation League announced it had re-, definite word that the in-| be held in Brixton at 11:30 a. m. Wednesday It is expected the body will be placed state at St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark, before 6 p. m. Wednes and will remain there until orning. A will be relieved each will be posted about the are which hours, cat- 4.1 * ' Ataique. ‘sung at St. of was found in the wreckage | ' Australian prelate, “TI fooled you this time. | he was following the plan of | ‘'mornine’s ne | pecially ‘it recalls it hammered got | Solemn requiem high mass George's Cathedral at 11 a. m. Thursday, Father O'Meara, the that cathedral. Absolution will be given by Archbishop Mannix, the and Bishop Cot- ter of Portsmouth. The funeral party wil proceed from the cathedral to KEuston tion at 2 p. m., contingents from all the Irish societies from London and representatives from Irish civil and commercial bodies marching in the) procession. Comment in Newspapers. Articles on the death of . Mac- Swiney occupied much space in this wspapers, regardless of their political views. Some of the journals refrained from commenting editorially on the situation which has arisen, while others have written in accordance with their customary at- tiiludes on the Irish question. Comment by the Times. The Times, which is hostile Government's Irish policy and the Irish bill prepared by the Cabinet, severely attacks the Government, in the matter of reprisals. Referring specifically to MacSwiney, the newspaper expresses the fear that the effects of his death will not be confined to the British has always maintained Was essentially to the es- the Irish question British. Asserting the Lord “misgevided, but sincere, patriot dying for his convictions,’ the Morn- ing Post says: “We cannot perceive Mayor Was a 0 ' what relation can exist between sul- packing . for yeas- j stimulus . tive We servants been shot cide and martyrdom. forget the many loyal their country who have down itn the mere performance their duty in Ireland, and for whose memory there is no meritorious ap- peal nor fallacious sentimentality.” The Dally News says the Govern- ment imprisoned MacSwiney as a criminal and converted him into a martyr, and must bear responsibility leath. “Every day, clares, “Treland more surely and more the Premier and h nation that will Irish Nationalism almost " the newspaper de- is being welded irresistibly by conquered be given a not be will incalculably by the Lord Mayor's death.” “Murder,” Says the Herald. “The murder of MacSwiney by the Government,” says the Herald, organ of labor, “was accomplished after slow torture for 73 days.” The Telegraph defends the Gor- ernment and pleads in behalf of nie and | Victims of the campaign of asaasst- the | 2118 Penn- | nation in Ireland” It maintains a if MacSwiney had been released © Continued on Page 2. Column 7 ST. LOUIS PLAYER WHO TELLS OF WINNING BETS ON ‘FIXED’ SERIES | Oct. 26. — Inquipies | } made of members) on behalf of the Gov-) interpreted | Lord will be no interfer-.| will be is un-| that; Re- | Parliament intend to come | bodyguard | 50 Irish volunteers will attend the | jour- | of | corporation of Cork, headed by! arrived | ‘ Ten members of the | bodyguard, | three will be! the celebrant being’! administrator Sta-: Isles, but) cannot , of , of | is armies into a. effec- | | | } persons prom- | commercial | TRAINMEN ATTACKED BY LIQUOR SMUGGLERS Armed Guards Sent to Idaho Town to Catch Canadian Whisky Runners. . wee ee —s the Assoctated Press. SPOKANE, Wash., tacks upon trainmen and car inspec- tors by alleged whisky smugglers along the. Canadian boundary led to the dispatch of armed guards to _ Eastport, Idaho, according to an nouncement today by W. E. Stauf- fen, chief agent of the Spokane In- ternational Railway. These men, reports said, were im- porting large quantities of liquor and have declared they would,‘“‘shoot their wav through” if refused access to freight trains. Several trainmen actually had been attacked by ar Stauffer said. Ninety lying at Eastport, causing congestion and cannot be moved until inspecte dd. which is being prevented by the al leged whisky runners, the special agent stated “The bootleggers off the doors merchandiss and put the liquor into the ec: the Canadiar " Stauffer said ‘When they get at some point in the vicinity of Spokane they open up the car and take out the liquor a itin here. where the well leggers sell it. If an inspector goes around one of these cars containing liquor, he takes his life in his hands.’, So plentiful is the local supply of “high-grade Canadian whisky” that the price has been redticed to $7.50 a quart, or only $2.50 a quart above ithe “pre-prohibitior price, Captain of Detectives Martin J. Burns de- in a newspaper interview By (ect. med men, cars wu49re the hinges CATS i. fake on irs on side, nd send -to-do boot- *f}- clared day. He said that although whisky is being received the carload,” the } are less to stop the traffic. New “quotations” on Canadian _Mquor were said to represent a re- duction of $2.59 $10 per quart from previous prices. DOCKERY AGAIN SERIOUSLY Canadian here “hy power- police to ILL WITH SPELL OF HICCOUGHING Special to the Fest. Dtenetah WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 Former Gov. A. M. Dockery of Missourt, the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, who has seriously ill for .10 ‘days, was reported today to be “holding his own.” He is suffering from intestinal trouble, and speli« of hiccoughing. the same ailments which attacked him last gpring at his home in Gallatin. His condition is complicated by his advanced age ——F5 years Gov. Dockery ts tn his room at the Raleigh Hotel, and ts not permitted _to see callers. He has no tmmediate famitty. been i By the igecond ba ‘world’s series | were / Sox, But the —— ee “PRICE T HREE E CENTS SOFON OF BROWNS SAYS HE WON 5/00 ON FIXED’ WORLD SERIES St. Louis Player Tells of Meeting, at Which Carl Zork Was Present, When “Fixing” Was Discussed. SEVERAL ST. LOUIS GAMBLERS MENTIONED Redmon Attended Meeting of Attell, Joe Pesch and Oth- ers Which Agreed to Give $25,000 to Players. lated Preas. "AGO, Oct. of League Asso Gedeon, Louts °6.— Joe the baseba!! CHI seman St. team, East St. and. others ts the grand jury this Hartley Replogle, Attorney, in charge tigation of the “fixed” in 1919, that he had the series betting on American who, with Harry Redmon, Louis theater owner, to r before toid aippea afternoon, Assistant Sate’s of the inve won $790 on Cincinnati. deciared he placed his judgment, Gedeon at first the money simply on 'but later told the prosecutor that he had been fixed. from a “tipped off” that the games tie said he recetved his member of the White name of the player was “tip” /not revealed. ‘ing of Abe | Bill Tells of Meeting. said he attended Attell, the former pugtiist: Burns, a former major league player, and Carl Zork and Benjamir Franklin, the latter two alleged to be gamblers of St. Louis, which the ‘fixing’ was discussed. Redmond, who was reported to won large sums on the 18)9 world’s series, declared after testify- ing the grand jury that he not not won, but had tinet $6500 the Chicago White Sox. Prey grand jur’ (;edeon a meet- > ae lave he force had betting on oniy appearing before the Redmon conferret with Chief Justice McDonald, when he was reported to have told the Judge he $10;000. Redmon denied the report W hile called be newspaper White Sox p bills have Otts to Von) (;edeon the men Was Waiting t3 be grand jury he told of the ight layers against whom true been voted tipped him Att before lust year's world's seriea that the games were fixed, and adviae) him to bet on the Reds “Never Tried to Throw Game.” lie declared he had never tried to throw a game, but expressed fea: that he would be out of baseball next year b the reports that the grend jury take acto > him. Gedeon has been aaké } waiver of Immunity bafére Tore cre ecause of may MOTE against Lo si@n & testifying. Redmon told Chief Donald that when he was tnformed the series had been “fixed,” he fe fused to belleve it at first and placed “large on the White Bax hut after witnessing the frst two games at Cincinnatl he decided that both Pitchers Willlams and Cicotte had fixed and then dectded to switch his wagers. Redmon further declared that the gamblers had counted on Cineinnart winning the first five games and they lovet nearly all of their money when “Littl Dick” Kerr pttched the White Sox to victoy in the third game of the series despite the ef. forts of his crooked teammates te toss the game away. $25,000 Pool for Players. “Before the game was played 1 was in a room at the Hotel Sherman Jus Chie Mao. surms'’ bee qT) ‘In Chieago when a conference was held between Abe Attell, Rill Byrne. Pen Franklin and Joe Pesch,”’ fie said “They decided to pool thetr winnings into a $25,000 fund and give it to the players, who, they had feared, had double crossed them,” J. Taylor Spink and A. N. Herr of the Sporting News, St. Lowa. told the grand jury they knew nothing @l- rectly about the charges of gambling on the 197 19 world's aorleon, but had helped Ban Johnson in hie tnvestiga- tion tn St. Loula. They were followed on the stand by Arnold Rothstein of New York Rothstein held a lengthy conference with Chief Justice MeDonald before going into the grand jury room. Rothstein was before the grand tury only a few minutes and when be left was emiling broadly. “I ag confident I will be vindicated,” he told newspaper men. He added that the only information he was able to give the grand jury about the 1939 series Was that Abe Attell. fornter ( entineed on Page 3 (elemna we CR SNE ner onda eR, eR an ie EZ OCR PME IEG :