St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 1, 1920

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mh 1908 by unanimous vote of the e CITY crmaueadiane of the is GREATER than of ANY OTHER per by appro 100% Sunday —_ 50% — 2 ee ee See St. Louis. tely Dail ST.LOUIS POST- Evening The Only _ = - | a wie Pa Paper in St. Louis With the ISPATCR Associated Press News EDITION (Compiete Maret Reperend 7 = EES <A NS ae GNSS » 73. NO. 64. ST. LOUIS, “MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1920——30 PAGES. PRICE THREE CENTS oe BELLOR WAS “in REGEIVED q WHITE HOUSE ‘Professor Took His “Harding Genealogy” | _ There Oct. 18, and Tum- "uty Showed Him the weer SC RGED FROM CAPITAL SCHOOLS on School Board, | by Unanimous Vote, ’ Found Him Erratic and Unreliable in 1908. the Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Decent i for the proprieties has here- prevented any newspaper of ding from taking ‘cognizance of be whispered story of mixed blood the ancestry of Senator Harding. ut now that the story has been ged out Into the open through re publication of denials in Repub- tan newspapers, with insinuations at .Democratic campaign managers re responsible for starting it, falr- demands the statement that the ound attack on Harding did ot originate with Democratic poli- : s, responsible or otherwise, but uside the Republican party itself. ' §tory Known in Washington. It is known in Washington to all | Ward. Notice to Election Judges and Clerks HE newspapers of this city Tare arranged, as usual, to compile the returns of the election so that the public will be furnished with the result without walting for the official count. The police officers stationed at all the polling places have been supplied with blanks, on which the returns should be copied as soon as they are completed. These blanks should be signed by the judges and turned over to the police officers for prompt deliv- ery. GLENDY B. ARNOLD, Chairman Board of Election Commissioners. RAIN FOR ELECTION DAY FORECAST IN EAST AND NORTH | Snow Expected in Lake States— Clearing and Cooler Weather | in South and West. Br the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—Rairis on election day in the Atlantic States, | the upper Ohio Valley and the re- gion of the Great Lakes, with some probability of snow in Northern | Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota | were forecast today by the Weather Bureau. Clearing and much cooler was the | forecast in the Gulf States, Tennes- | see, the loweg Ohio and Central Mis- | sissippi Valleys. Fatr and cool weath- | er was promised over the plains | states, the Rocky Mountain States | and all far western states. | ; The bureau's special forecast fol- lows: A disturbance of widespread in- fluence is central this morning over | Iowa and moving east- northeast- | It has been attended during: the last 24 hours by general cloudi- | ness and rain in the Gulf States, the | great central valleys, the region of | the Great Lakes, New England and | sijiar with the workings of na- ynal es that the etory wag * déast through Ohio dur- the Republican primary contest the delegates to the national con- ation. Opponents of Senator Har- in that fight, which was bitterly ya between the Hgrtin Word, Orces ited tn a She pr m net a nem ee ‘ fm ; " r ) which Har: : ) again in Chi- Honal convention.| ting aboortrs ist accused pre- Meavy Sec | in South Dakota refused. Chancellor, in effect, shown the door of the White and he wrote a letter efly superin- on (D..C.) - board, which pronounced him ic, eccentric and unreliable. ®, publicity director of national organize the “whispering | Harding’ by anyone con- with “he ree retinue of Statement fol- pebhicting candidates an] oational cee. 2 mare con- the présidentta: test of a gina and have inched it on ® Greatest moral fesde of recent Those who Mt down to the e's’race by and the)heavy in parts of South Dakota, Ne- vs “The western disturbance will ad- New York by rains and snow in the plains states, Minnesota, Northern | Wisconsin, Northern Michigan, ex- | treme northeastern New York and | Maine, and snows in the Rocky | Mountain region. The gnowfall was braska and Wyoming. vance east-northeastward and be at-/ ed by unsettled weather and | rains Tuésday, election day, in the Atinntic States, the upper Ohio Val- ley and the region 6f the Great Lakes, with some probability of snow in Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota The weather wWi!l be clearing and much coo}ser @uring Tuesday in the Gulf States, Tennes- See, the Lower Ohio and Central Mississippi Valleys. Fair cool weath- er will prevail Tuesday over the plains states, the Rocky Mountain Rtaipe and all far western states.” , ' Minnesota. Ry ‘the ddine al Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 1.——-Heavy | snowfalls were reported today in sec- | tions of South Dakota and Western | -Minnesota, and it was predicted these conditions would be reflected tomorrow in a diminished rural vote./ Mitchell reported a foot of snow in that section of South Dakota, with y roads already impassable and t peers at freezing. MISSION T0 60 TO S, AMERICA Colby May Head Party Which Wil ng raged ‘ Visita. aN A lated P Ww . SHING TON, Nov. 1.—The ous. caomhceaities is considering the sending of an official ion, possi- bly headed by Secre Colby, to South America to return the recent visits of South American officials, including President Pessoa of Bra- zil, to the United States. No definite decisions as to the per- sonnel of the mission or date of tho proposed visit have been reached, it was eald today. ) TWO BROTHERS ARE INDICTED IN KILL OF POLICEMAN Grand Jury Returns Charges Against Robert and Tho-| Creed in One Hour After Inquest. SHOOTING IN SALOON ON CLARK AVENUE Woman Says Two Brothers Followed Policeman Into Room and Scuffle and Shooting Followed. The grand jury today, after an un- usually prompt and speedy investi- | gation, voted first degree ‘murder in- dictments against Robert Creed and Thomas Creed, brothers, charging | them with having killed Patrolman George FP. Geisler of Central District, who was shot to death in a rear room of William F. English’s saloon, 2100 Clark avenue, at 5:30 p. m. yester- day. Geisler was 36 years old, mar- ried and lived at 2640 Rutger street, He had been a policeman five years. The indictments against the Creeds were voted just one hour after a Cor- oner’s jury had held them respons!- ble for the killing. The voting of murder indictments within an hour was said at the Circuit Attorney's of- fice to establish a record for _ S8t. Louis. The Creed brothers were arrested after the shooting on statements of witnesses that they were with the policeman in the room when he was shot and that they had quarreled with him before the three’ entered the room. George Creed of 2305 Clark ave- nue, brother of Robert and Thomas Creed, also was arrested, but there is np. evidence that he was preat i when the shooting occurred. Four Balict Wounds. An investigation of the killing was begun by the grand jury immediatcly after the inquest and all! of the -wit- nesses who had been held by the po- lice were taken before the jury to testify. After being shot, Policeman Geis- ler staggered out of the saloon and into the middle of Clark avenue, where he fell dead. An autopsy showed he was shot four times with bullets of large caliber. There wer+ two wounds in his chest and two in his abdomen, all at close range. One bullet passed through a memoran- dum book in his breast pocket and lodged near the spine. His revolver and club had been taken from him and his star had been torn from his coat. The star and club were found in the room where the shooting oc- curred. His revolver later was found in the house at 4120A Manchester avenue, former home of Mrs. Eliz- abeth Farrell, a sister of the Creeds, after Robert Creed had been ar- rested there and Thomas had és- caped from the house after being shot at by a policeman. Thomas later was arrested at the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Keifley, 3022A Rutger street. Woman's Story of Shooting. The most connected statement about the shooting was made by Edna Brooks, 30 years old, of 2838 Easton avenue. She said she had known Robert.Creed about a month and he had been living at her home and conducting a saloon at Ewing and Edston avenues. Robert Creed, she said, returned home from Kansas City yesterday and went to her house for break- Continued on Page 3, Column 7... , , = —_—_—_-—- — ; ’ “= to Be Furnished EE Soares election return lic places and schoo) buildings: First Regiment Armory, Grand and Market.. — Battery A Armory, 1221 South Grand. Thrift Stamp Center, Etzel and Clara. | - High Schools. Central, 1030 North Grand. McKinley, 2156 Russell. Cc nd, 4863 Virginia. Soldan, 918 Union. Sumner (Negro), 4370 Cottage. nih elope a Aig acme celled.) e +. Py 47 a oes 1637 Bu re 4S. * * "Post-Dispatch Election Bulletins at Armories and Public Schools public tomorrow night, beginning at 7 o'clock, on Twelfth street, in front of the Post-Dispatch Building, and at the following pub- on 12th Street, bulletins will be furnished to the | Lincoln (Negro), 2233 Eu- genia. Longfellow, 3134 Ivanhoe. Mark Twain, 6316 Ruskin. Mullanphy, 4221. OS el Shaw, 5321 ‘Colunp Waring Maktey clede. At the Pogpnapesen Bullding 3641 La- IS. FISHING'BOAT RUSSIA SHOULD ’ ; AND CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE, SAYS COX ‘The Esperanto Trails Cana-/Governor Declares She dian Contender for 30; Should Be _ Enabled Miles, Then Passes Her in ork Out Own Salvation _ Thrilling Finish. in Own Way. ‘SAIL LAST 10 MILES BELIEVES AMERICA | BEAM TO BEAM’ — WANTS THE LEAGUE —_—— ee - Minutes Ahead at F irst| and Result Would Be Con- Quarter Mark. —_——— By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Novy. 1. | | dashing out of HALIFAX, Nov. 1.—The little schooner Esperanto, Gloucester, today won the second in- ternational fishermen’s and with it the championship. It was as thrilling a race has been sailed—a race through sun- } Le: shine, mist and rain squalls, with | made pubilc here today. sali nes thah'a deaek lonaths be- By Governor's letter, written in tween Esperanto and Delawana, and AP 5 said: sometimes with the vessels beam to Nations and be enabled ¥o race out her bene Gov. as ever i nee own salvation in her own Cox, deciared ina letter to “It is my purpose bpeam Halifax harbor resounded with the tooting of sirens as the winner swept have stated in my addresses my con- viction that Russia should be en- abled to work out her own salva- across the line after a 40-mile race/ticn in her own aay and be admitted thdt kept taciturn old salts whooping ;|t0 membership in the League of | Nations. America ts interested in | ‘and should help the oppressed and | (starving of any nation. I shal!) sup- | ipert any policy which makes America the moral and *thumanita- 20 miles | rian leader of the world, but . | notin propriety at this time express } like school boys for many hours. The across the Welk his half length lead : Stars were first starting line, but minutes lost and Stripes Capt. few Marty hina nd for can- ! had to trail the Delawana. Won « on Fourth Lege of Race. But on the fourth leg. Capt. Marty ‘lowd he’d be goldurned if the Nova Scotian’s beat him and pro- ceeded to furnish thrills never con- celwed of in at? America’s cup raca. He edged his™ittie’ Gloucester two- sticker alongside her rival, thrust her long, lean nose past Delawana and then held on desperately. He had to drop back once in an eseiting fight for inside berth at the final turn, but he won. He slipped around just 22 seconds ahead of the Canadian and taking advantage of every little gust of breeze waged a merry sailorman’s battle tacking back toward the fin- ish line at Point Pleasant break- water, _ Esperanto won by 8 minutes and 8 seconds, unoftficial time, with Dela- wana about a quarter of a mile astern. The unofficial times were: las the speech is over. msperanto, 4:33:00; Delawaria, | Preparations were made today at) #:41:00: ithe Governor's newspaper office for The Esperanto leaped into the | receiving results on election night. lead after having ciung to the heels Special telegraph instruments set up of the Canadian contender for about |in the office include a receiving ap» $0 miles. paratus used in the election won by At 2:55, 16 minutes after the! Grover Clevel and more thah a quar- | Gloucesterman had taken the fore,|ter of a century ago. the. Nova Scotian had his bowsprit! The Governor will return from abeam Capt. Welch's foremast, and} ojedo early election morning, and | his supporters predicted he would expects to rT by. He plans to have the inside position at the turn./gnend the May a me, going to his. Delawana was leading by approxi- newspap¢r plant as p. tad as the first | mately five minutes when the two- | polls in/‘fhe country close. stickers had sailed more than a quarter of their second 40-mile race. Course Same as Saturday's. lv The schooners were traveling to-/, day over the same course as Satur- day—a close-hauled reach from Point Pleasant breakwater to the in- ner automatic buoy, six and a half miles; a broader reach to the outer automatic bouy; six miles; a 10-mile run to the bell buoy off Shut-in Is- land; an i1il-milé beat back to the inner automatic buoy and the fifth leg the same as the first, back to the breakwater, Esperanto créssed the I!ine about Phalt a length ahead and slightly to leeward of the Delawana. At 9:15 Delawana had cught and passed Esperanto, and was leading by 50 yards. Both vessels were foot- ing at a moderate race. The offi- cial starting times were: Esperanto, 9:01:4%; Delawana, 9:01:37%. Delawana eased past Esperanto by blanketing her about five minutes after the start. At 11:55 Delawana had somewhat widened the gap between the two vessels. The mist had shrouded the shore line and from the press boat it could be seen that the rival skippers had ordered men aloft in order to pick up the third mark. It was a real workaday race—no white trousered | seized |} cism.”’ upon as an ungracious criti- Cox to Make Last Appeal at Dayton Today. By the Assoctated Press. DAYTON, O.. Nov. 1.- day of rest at hi! | home here, Gov. the campaign virtually ended at Chi- | cago on Saturday, the Governor said | he had agreed to make the formal close in Toledo on election eve be- cause party followers there regard- ed his appearance as good luck, as- serting his only chance of defeat was when he failed to end his speaking engagements in that city. The Gov- ernor and his party are schedulea to reach Toledo early in the evening and will return to Dayton aq soon resting at Trail’s end. of his family were with him most ~4 tramped alone through the forest. His only political conference, he said, talk with Chairman White at New) York. In a statement last night the Gov- | Senator Harding meant that the peace treaty would not be submitted to thé’ Senate for ratification, whitch, | he added, would result in “contro- Vérsy and confusion.” His visits to 36 states, the Governor degiared, | convinced him that the sentiment of the country favored America’s entry | into the league. | As soon as the election is over, Gov. Cox plans a hunting trip in Mississipp! as the guest of Senator | Harrison, chairman of the Demo- cratic Speakers’ Bureau. The Gov- ernor is a good shot and has hunt- ed in many parts of the country. When the Governor returns from) Toledo he will have traveled in his | campaign a total of 21,962 miles, ac- | cording to an unpfficial count—a record, it is belleved, for any’ pres!l- dential candidate. During his trav- els, which have been virtually con- tinuous since his notification on Aug. affair—and the fishing crews in their ordfihary sea clothes were as a a ge made 9 neem cm nagreeres matter of fact fn their racing roles na ng rane are ° a ee OTe | as they were wher they were poking ['* 5% Bite nes SSoken to 2,000,000 through murky milst with a catch’ of »P | persons h been estimated, and those who have shaken his “hands, in the woverhanded, ambidexterous HALIFAX, N. S.. Nov. 1.—W. Cy Smith of Lunenburg, managing own-| e? of the schooner Delawana, Cana- to |The Delawana Leaped Into | Says Harding Would | Not; Lead at Start and Was 5 Submit League, if Elected, troversy and Confusion. | -Russia | should be admitted to the League of | “work | | ; Democratic nomi- } the gue of Free Nations Association, | to one sent him by the assoct- | to give every | attention to the Russian situation. I} Of | led the ficht to } Scratching from the ballot the names | |of Judge Karl Kimmel a ,what in friendly quarters might be | H. i Court of ~—After his | teen Cox will go today to Toledo for the | last speech of his campaign. Though | between 1 iat noon | Headquarters Governor Issues Statement. bs. The Governor spent Sunday quiet- | brothers. Members |the shooting. was a brief long distance telephone | which forms an office in which the | ernor asserted that the election °* | GOLDER WHAT WOMEN WILL WINS SECOND RACE BE ADMITTED 10 DO PUZZLES LEADER: AS CAMPAIGN EN. How to Mark Republican Ballot to Vote Against the “Three Ri FOR JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT: ' \_ (Vote for Three) “Nag . J. HUGO GRIMM ie te ee ee FOR JUDGE OF THE ST. LOUIS COURT OF. CRIMINAL CORRECTION (Division No. Two): f ine League of Women Voters,’| the Goldstein courthouse political which is non-partisan and has | Ting in the primary. To vote against these men it is | nec essary for those using the Re- publican ballot to scratch Kimmel, Killoren and Krueger, and write in /the names of Franklin Miller, "Rich- ard A. Jones and Anthony Hochdoer- ‘fer. Those using the Democratic bal- and Judge | lot must scratch the name of Charles Republican | BR. Williams and write in the name of to the! /- consented to this so &. can be concentrated on the other re supported by | two Detpaereie- MRE and Jones. more than 10,000 members, has “clean the courts” by | nd William Killoren, Republican candidates for the Chauncey J. Krueger, candidate for re-election Criminal Correction, Divi- 2, who circuit bench, that the vote sien No. —— —_ - — N DOWNTOWN HARDING RESTS AT BAR ROBBED OF $968 HOME, CONFIDENT | Combination Knocked Off in|Candidate and Mrs. Place at Seventh and Market | Receive Returns There After —$51 Taken From Till. Spending Day Quietly. By the Associated Prana. The safe in the Cumberland Bar, - MARION, ©., Nov. at Seventh and Market streets, oper- ated’ by Cohen, Was of $968 cash register of $51 | of campaign issues laid before the) and 2 a. m. today, accord-'| people in a pre-election a report made by Cohen to'| who went to his saloon | Senator Harding took a rest today from the long and arduous labors of telephoned Police I the presidential contest, reporting the bur- | glary at 9 a. m., but those police-| gor nis prediction of the outcome of) men usually stationed at headquar- tomorrow's balloting, and in place) ters were attending the inquest into | ithe shooting of Patrolman George Giesler as guards for the Creed hela in connection with | 1.—His cam- Jacob and the ing to policemen Cohen had called attention to his public utter-| ances of the past weeka, in which he rw declared many times that he fully expected to be inaugurated the saloon | next March as the nation’s chief ex- The burigars entered the day, but late in the aftermbon he | through a side door, which was inse- | poutive. | curely fastened. The ‘y climbed ov er | Detatied forecast of the result the a partition in the rear of the saloon, Inominee left to his party managers. saying that he had made his fight to the | the best of his abfity and was ready to abide by the result. APE PHY ng | He and Mrs. Harding, | been his constant companion TONIGHT WITH h he hi igning, l TEMPERATURE ~~ 96! to co to the polls early in the after- | noon and to spend the remainder of the day quietly at his home. Will Get Press Bulletins. Tomorrow night the Senator .and Mrs. Harding will receive the elec- tion returna at the!fr home, bulletins compiled by the Associated Press keeping them advised during the evening of the latest totals reported from each of the 48 states. Throughout the campaign the As- sociated Press has been the only news organization maintaining a leased telegraph wire in Harding newspaper headquarters, a few steps away from the famous “front porch,” and as the results of the balloting are made known in dis- tant parts of the country they will be flashed immediately to Marion. PRESIDENT SENDS TELEGRAM TO innortheast| LEAGUE MEETING IN BOSTON portion; much ' colder tonight.| He Pxpresses . with tem pera- setts Will Approve Covenant— ture cons ider- Hiis Name Is Applaudéed. ably below By the Associated Press. freezing; colder}; BOSTON, Nov. 1.—A telegram in extreme ¢&88ti¢rom President Wilson was read at a meeting last night In the Interests of the League of Nations. It said: “lt wish I could be present to give ‘tir—~the safe was. They knocked off safe combination. who has Highest teftday, 65, at Pp. sm.; lowest, 46, at 7 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louls and ~vicinity: Falr tofiight and tomorrow; cold- er, with a tem- perature of 36 Re THE EAGUE, SCRAPPERS. Missouri: Gen- erally fair to- night and to- morrow, preced- ed by -unsettied portion tomorrow, Iilinols—Rain and colder tonight; tomorrow, colder with unsettied tn north portion and generally fair in south portion; fresh to strong, shift- ing winds. Six Inches of Snow in Sidney, Neb, SIDNEY, Neb., Nov. 1.——-Six Inches of snow had fallen up to nightfall in Sidney and Southwest a. The temperature t# far below the freezing point to tle snow from melting. INTENSE Hugo Grimm, Williams having —) Harding to| 4-9 robbed | paigning over and his final analysis) ‘of any special pre-election claim he, —_ CONTINUING 1 AST MNUTEFOR DOUBTFUL Party Chiefs Say They Have No Advance Information on What Is to Be Expected of Women, but Speculate on Size of Their Vote. | BOTH SIDES TRYING | THEIR BEST FOR OHIO Hard Fighting Is Going on to Capture Arizona, Ken- tucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Tennessee, Okla- homa. By the aneoviates Press. ae NEW YORK, Nov. 1.—With the opening of the polls less than 24 hours away, both Republican and Democratic headquarters early today — took up the stride which will carry victory or defeat... Both major parties last day of ca can didatés, “Cox and Roosevelt wil win,” de- clared Geétge White, pees cr | national chairman. Will H. Hays, leader ma Re- pectations into figures, ‘the conviction that | have no less than 368—probably 395 |—-electoral votes out of the posaible The number required to elect 266. | After Doubtful States. Interest in the last day of the great ' fight centers in the final, desperate attempt to bring over the “doubtful” states with large electoral votes to deliver, or to save United States Sen- ators in other doubtful states where the electoral vote is not large enough to be indispensable. The salient ex- statement, ample of states in the first category is Ohio, home State of the two prin- cipal candidates) with 24 votes, while the outstanding case of the second A smile answered those who asked class is Nevada, with only three. Other states where the eleventh |hour contest is Intense with both parties sanguine of success are Ail ‘zona, Kentucky, Maryland, WN | Mexico, Tennessee, North Carolina and Oklahoma.~ All these, as well ae the Buckeye State, are claimed by both Republicans and Democrats. “What Will Women Do?” Second only in‘ interest come of the voting Is th of both major parties, session of evan If what is to be class of voters chise in all the Skee for time. Speculation™n ordinary we forme political circles : about the numerical prope women who will vote tomorr comparisen with the male vot tion distribution of the ; vote, and the possibility of ite t as a whole independent enough overturn tables of election itlea compiled over a period. in which certatn states have been. “normally” inclined to one set faith or the other. Moat of the wiseacres destane tthe recent Maine election, . the woman's vote was well half that of the men. can he ered no criterion for tional election results. states where universal obtained for aome years are ed to outdo their. lchised estisters. And. on. the hand, the “efperts’ admit, hypothesia also may be wrong... Soctaliet Party Claima, The Socialist party has made women's vote. With the new ers property belonging to the nonsocialista, a vote of 1916 election the leas than 600,000. ee Smalls Leaders jority. By the Asscotated Press CHICAGO, Nev. 1. |them in the final scene of the preai- dential contest tomorrow, re Ps mpeigning ing confidence in the election of tnets ‘ publican forces, transtated his ex-. claims for the largest Agrtgparoe am gl ere arrested “Bhey had ran- of Edward ~ gman as} pean a within the wae stolen admitted to purchased mphrey for at Bank. A robber Jjnal Bank of caped in an Jin the front d a revolver publeasing it n written | id not men- Zand killing of a aealoow ‘ etreets last es sald the oblle which ‘juet before or these wit- their tdentl- ik were re- ‘ormerly ran ‘s street. ‘Ir policemen for Prest- visit to St, at the dao at Hotei se When Home, 58 years old, @ negress. la few sec- ‘ told by her | killing of ‘thelr home. et to watch killing and ‘home found ctor arrived