St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 1

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4 "FIRST IN EVERYTHING" PATCH 111 Bnmi.yl (K, Sunday! 31.290 I0.H2 I I' OA IN LOSS i. I i I PART FOUR. Pages 1-12 ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORXIXG, JANUARY 25, 1920. Ji "DTJTrnr t.

i.ons awd forty-mile iiAnirs cfati JrXVXlrj BETOND Til FORTY-MILK RADII 9 7 tKM I i 1 pji APPflillAIlT OF MM RER OF 1BT fun U. R. OFFICIAL WHO IS SHORT 521,363 RANK FAR I w-t-a SAMUEL AMES i it i I 1 1 I i "SUN AND HERALD" I TO BE NAME OF MERGED PAPERS I Plant of the Sun to Be Used; for Publication, Frank A. Munsey Announces. BOARD 10 HOLD SPECIAL MEETING ON TEACHERS' PAY ALL ALIENS 10 BELONG 10 COMMUNIST PAR IY MUST GO, SECRETARY WILSON SAYS 1 A As -A if lOi COMPANY 25 YEARS, WAS DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. Jan. 24. Frank A. 1 Munsey, owner of the New York ViUestlOn Or UraWing rrom jSun ani the Evening Sun.

who re In So Ruling in Austrian's Case, Head 1 of Department of Labor Empha-i 1 His Only Explanation Is That It Is Due to "Loose Handling" But He Refuses to Assist in Any Way in Clearing Up the Records. sizes ract mat nis Urganiza-tion Is Purely Revolutionary, With Violence as Its Means of Overthrowing Government. ill II! HAS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN WHEN DISCOVERY COMES Bj the Associated Press. WASHINGTON', Jan. 24.

The Communist Party of America was liehl by Secretary of Labor Wilson today to be "a revolutionary party" within the meaning of the statutes providing for deportation of aliens who affiliate with such organizations. In the case of Engelbert Preis, an Austrian, arrested in recent raids. When Questioned for Six Hours by Receiver, Manager and Attorneys, He Was Cool and Self-Possessed. execution of a deportation warrant was ordered by Secretary Wilson, paving the way for deportation of many aliens now in custody and against whom similar charges have been brought. I James W.

Samuel. 6132 AVest minster place, who was continued in his post as assistant secretary and treasurer of the I'nited Railways ly Receiver Wells, and who had been in the employ 1 1 1 1 1 'I 1 1 11 1 1 4 of the company for 25 years, has been discharged as a result of an audit of his accounts which thus far ha shown a discrepancy of As a result of the disclosure of the discrepancy in Samuel's accounts the receiver has ordered an exhaustive audit of every account in the various departments of the company extending back several years. $3450 Discrepancy Found in Token Account. Auditors have reported a discrepancy of $3. 450 in the company's token account, and a discrepancy of $17,913.94 in the liberty bond, account carried by the company in conjunction with its employes, both of which account cently bought the New York Herald and Evening Telegram from the estate of the late James Gordon Bennett, announced tonight that the Sun and the Herald would be amalgamated Feb.

1 under the name of the Sun and New York Herald. Frank B. Flaherty, publisher and general manager of the New York Herald and Evening Telegram, today tendered his resignation to Mun- sey. lit neaitn was given as ine reason "for Flaherty's withdrawal from nevvsnaner work. The llant of the Sun is to be 1lsefl for publication of tha Sun and New York Herald, explained, he- cause the ground lease upon the Herald Building now expires in a 1 few months and -will have to be abandoned.

MAN AND WIFE SUCCUMB TO PNEUMONIA FOUR HOURS APART! Mr. ami Mrs. A. AY. I.indor Die at llaptist Saiiitorium After Illness or Tow Days.

Pneumonia caused the death yes terday of Albert V. Kinder, fid, an engineer of 54 53 Queens ave nue, four hours alter his wile, Airs. Anna Had "died of the same disease. Death of the couple oct.un.eil at the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, where both had been laken in a critical condition on Fri- 0av The couple had no children. XIrs.

Lindner died at 10:30 a. ni. and her husband at 2:30 p. m. The bodies were taken to the Kron undertaking parlors at 2707 'North Grand avenue, where they will bo held pending funeral arrangements by relatives.

At the hospital it was said that Mr. and Mrs. T.inder had been ill only a few days. SI 00 TAX ON ALL BUSINESS rmUQ IN PUIPflfin P.ftMSinFRPll I IIIHIU 111 VlllUnUU UUIIUlbLIILU Kstiniated It Would Yield in Iievcmic and Lift City Out of Debt. Bv thp Assofhitetl Prss.

CHICAGO. Jan. 24. An average tax of SI 00 on every concern doing business in Chicago is being considered by the City Council License Subcommittee as a means of liftiiv the city out of its financial difficulties. Members of the committee said that the plan would bring un additional $13,000,000 of revenue.

GIRL BRUSHED OFF CAR STEP Suffers Fractured Leg When Struck by Wagon. Thelma Fishman, IS years old. of 2319 Carr street, was brushed from tlie st en of a crowded Jefferson ave nue car as it passed a wagon near Wash street yesterday and was seri- ously injured. She was hanging on the outside of the car. she told po- licemen.

because of the crowd in- side. She was taken to the city hos- Doctors said she had suf-I fered internal injuries and a frac- tured leg. CHICAGO'S POPULATION GAIN Bv lb Associated Press. CHICAGO. Jan.

24. Predie.i i that Chicago's population woul 1 be close to the 4.000.000 mark made today by census enmeratcrs. The population of many districts of the city was reported to ha'-o increased more than 2000 per cent since the 1910 census. FAIR AND CONTINUED COLD TODAY; WARMER TOMORROW; Til TKMPKft ATI IIKs. .24 it u.

Teachers and Official forecast for St. I on is a ii vk lnltj Fair and continued i'Nd today; tomorrow unsettled and warmer: possihly liglit snow. Misouri Fair r. continued cold today; to-i morrow unsettled ami warmer; possibly light snow. the oarp LDOrvT USt THE.

SAME AWHMETICJ A II Jan. 24. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday include: Fpper Missis sippi and Low er Missouri valleys: Cold weather with temperatures much below normal first half of with fair vver.ther and probably some moderation second half ot week, witJi occasional snows. i i i i I i i I I FILES IN RACE Becomes Candidate for Democratic Nomination on "Go Down Line for Wilson" Platform. TREATY AND LEAGUE COVENANT ISSUE" Even if Campaign for Such a Cause Should Fail, Elf-fort Will in Time Prove Worth While." By Staff CorrcsiKHulcnl of the Post-DNpatcli.

EFt'ERSOX CITY. 24. Frank H. Karris tonight filed "his declaration with the Secretary of State and became a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Gov- on a straight out Go down the line with Wilson" platform. When asked by the Post-Dispatch tuiiropuiiuruL upon wuilL issues lie I expected to make his race, Farris prepared a formal statement, in which he declares the ratification of the peace treaty and the league of nations will be the only issue between the two parlies in the next election because Presid-jt Wilson has made it and Senator Lodge, the Republican spokesman, has publicly accepted it.

His statement follows: I have filed my declaration as a candidate for the Democratic nominal ion ior uovernor. To use a familiar expression, 'The die is cast. and Caesar has crossed the Rubicon," so that I now a full-pledged didate. 1 did not do so. as a result of over persuasion of friends, for I have consulted but few.

Neither was I laboring under the fond de- Iusion that I would not have strenu-j ous opposition, because I never have won anything worth the having, ex-; cept by spirited contest. I did so without mental reservation or secret evasion I have no particular ambi tion to gratify. nor anv secret or annsoTre m-st" as native! Missourian. to seek this nomination because of the great honor hope to secure by election as Governor of Missouri: second, because I recog- nixe mar in me next lew coming years, matters of the greatest ini- poitance must be considered and determined and that it will require men who are not afraid to do so; men who will seek advice and lake counsel from all quarters, and then act from a conscientious judgment, and who w)Jl not be swayed by praise, nor Ueteired bv criticism. And if I ma- be pardoned for the statement.

I feel that I possess these qualities in some degree at least, Issue Is Already Made." "You ask me upon what issue I expect to make this contest, and I answer you that the issue is already made. President Wilson, than whom, in my judgment, there has been no wiser nor more patriotic statesman in our country, has al-j ready made the issue and Senator Lodge, Republican spokesman, has accepted it. I am for the President 'and in hearty accord with his ad-, ministration. "The war is over and we are at peace, aim ei we nave no The issue is "Shall the treatv of1 peace and the covenant of the league oi nations oe approved' and this is the burning issue and will overshadow all others, regardless of the efforts of crafty politicians to befog and cloud the people's mind. "Missouri entered early into this contest, and I take pleasure and pride, in tiie fact that I was one among the first to enter into the battle.

I have no regrets for doing so: have not faltered in the faith nor weakened in my spirit and am ready now to go to the last ditch and contest the last stronghold. "Shall the treaty of peace and the covenant of peace with the world among the nations thereof he ratified? is the issue. Missouri having begun the? contest, should continue in the battle, and as an humble Missouri citizen, firm in the faith and constant and devoted to he cause of peace and all things which have a tendency to bring and preserve it, I have filed my declaration as a for this high office, expecting upon this issue to wage my contest, so that the world may know whether or not the Missouri Democracy stands for Wilson, his administration, his policy and his advocacy for the treaty and the covenant. Administration. "I recogr.i7.e that if President Wilson and his administration do -tot touch responsive chord in the hearts of Missouri Democrats and do not appeal to their sober, candid judgment, that my candidacy must contlnarrf on I'm Column 1.

GOVERNOR i were in charge of Samuel. The last annual report issued by the Hoard of Directors of the company Dec. CI, 1918. before the company went into the hands of the receiver, included in the list of assets an item of credited to deposits by employes on the liberty bond account. It was eet-l mated by the company after the close of the Fifth Liberty Iian cautrmisn 1bat than J100oO worth of Liberty bonds, including all issues, had General School Fund to Grant Immediate Relief to Be Considered.

decision during FEBRUARY PROMISED Artinor I hairman Of inance i 117.11 11 i I Committee Will Call Body Together Early This Week, He Announces. Stephen M. Wagner, acting chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Education, following conferences yesterday with President McDonald and Richard Murphy, chairman of the Committee on Instruction, announced that immediate steps would be taken to determine if the board can draw from the surplus of the board's general fund money by the time the February payroll is ready. the quesuon will i.e consiuereu early this week he said, at a joint meeting of the Committees on Finance and Instruction and SecretaYy-treasurer Mason of the board, following which President McDonald will call the entire board for a conference at which the matter will be considered for presentation at the next regular meeting of the board which is to be held Feb. 10.

Contentions of Teachers. The teachers, in their demand for immediate increases in salary, have from the start contented that it was within the power of the board to ap ply to the teacher payroll account i at least part of the unappropriated balance of this year's general fund, amounting to approximately and which might reach the mark before the expiration of the school year in June. President McDonald said that at the request of the Committees on Finance and Instruction he would call a conference of the board members as soon as those two committees are ready to report on their conference with the Secretary-treasurer. Wagner's announcement was made in the following statement issued yesterday afternoon. "Feeling that the teachers' needs are so urgent at this time and "he schools are so much disturbed by the present conditions.

expect to request the chairman of the Committee on Instruction to call his committee together for careful consideration with the secretary and treasurer of the btoard as to the extent to which the board's surplus of its general fund will stand to be drawn upon for an immediate increase of the teachers' pay. Surplus "I feel that it is now very Important, however desirable is to keep the surplus we have as a safeguard against emergencies, for the board to use as much as it possibly can for the teachers. Ifow much can be determined only by the biard, 'T have talked to the President about this plan and he wi'l call the board for a conference as soon as the Instruction Committee and the Finance Committee have considered the In this way the suhiec jan be in shape for action nt the regular meeting of the boarl in February. "After the Joint Committee has given the mattsr their fullest consid- eration as to the amount they feel they can spare under existing con- ditions out of the present surplus, i they will then require of the Super- intendent of, Instruction to submit to them for their consideration, his re- i vised schedule of salaries, specifically stating the amount that each grade of teachers throughout the entire teaching corps is to receive in the way of an increase in salaries. Amount Only Question.

"I have talked, to Mr. Murphy about informal meetings of the Com- mittee on Instruction and on Fi-j nance, and I expect to get the Fi-i nance Committee together to confer about using the general fund sur- I plus for the teachers at this time, The only question is how much inon- ey can be taken from the surplus fund, and we must try to do the best possible for the teachers. The mat- ter will be taken up with the Sec- retary and Treasurer." Wagner and Murphy, both of whom took active part in urging two previous salary increases for the teuchers, said that they believed that the board would find sufficient money in the surplus of the general fund to enable it to give the teache -s a temporary increase in pay pending the period that will elapse between CoBtlnacU l'agc colamm 8. 1 i neen purchased tiy otticiais and employes of the company. Samuel was discharged Dec.

IT. laid, after he had been Cjuestionci for six hours in the presence of Receiver Wells, Receivership Manag'-r Perkins, Charles W. Bates and Thomas R. Francis, attorneys for the recHlTr. during which he was asked to explain the discrepancies, lis statement wa that there had been a loose handling of funds in bis department in which other persons besides himself had had a part, and that certain recurd had been lost or dest roved.

Two months ago Manager Perkins decided to change the system of handling tokens in ihe administrative department of the company and ordered a check of the tokens accounts as a preliminary of the plan for a change. The company's auditor, after a perfunctory examination of ai AM UEb WITH PROHIBITION IN EFFECT, SNAKES MAY BE PROTECTED Dill for Preservation of Harmless I Kind to Itc Introduced in New York. liy ih Ass.H iald NKW YORK'. Jan. 24.

With pro- I hibition safely on the statute books, a bill designed to protect harmless snakes soon will be introduced in the Legislature of New York, New Jersey and other states, it was an- I noumed today by Dr. Alien Samuel loiumer oi me Study Society of America. The meas ure will be considered at the annual dinner of- the organization which will be held Feb. H. Snakes.

Dr. Williams declares, reduce the cost of living because they feed on rodents and rodents destroy thousands of dollars worth of grain annually, besides killing trees, causing fires and spreading disease. Snake lovers will have their first field day and hunt Saturday, April 24, 1 r. Williams announced. Several hunts are planned in New York, Xew Jersey and Connect iciit.

LAST TWO CONTINGENTS OF E. F. FROM FRANCE HOME With Their Departure (In lion in Thai Count tO By the Asr-u ia'ii Pres. NKW YORK. Jan.

1'4 The army transport Martha Washington arrived loda from Antwerp with SS officers and troops, the uet to the last contingent of the American Kxpediliona ry Force to leave France. The last df tjie F. S. soldiers to sail arrived earlier in the day on the speedier steamer Northern The Martha Washington, like the Northern Pacific, picked up the transport Powhatan's radio call for help, and went to the disabled steamer's aid. The Northern Pacific carried officers and enlisted men who sailed from Antwerp Jan.

4. Prigadier-General William It. Connor, chief of staff of the Department of Supply, announced that when he stepped aboard (he Northern Pacific at Antwerp. Jan. 4.

the organization of the A. K. F. in France ceased to exist. LADY ASTOR SAYS THAT SHE "HATES" WORD "PROHIBITION" LIVERPOOL, Jan.

24 Lady Astor. member of Parliament for Plymouth, speaking today in support of State purchase and control of liquor trade, declared prohibition was impracticable. "I hate the woid "prohibition." she said, "and have just nough devil in me that if any one prohibit anything it becoi-s the one thing I want." People go to public houses, she voutinued. for warmth and comradeship. Temperance vvorker have failed because they have nut tried 10 iatisfy these needs.

BRYN MAWR TEACHERS TO GET 50 PER CENT INCREASE i Hv AMtt it't NKW YORK. Jan. 24- Members i of the llryn Mawr faculty, through ia $2. 000. 000 endowment fund to be raised this spring, will be provided jwith a 50 per cent Increase In sal-i'ary, Mrs.

K. Louis Slace of ti ls city, chairman of the campaign committee, announced tonight, The faculty has climated nn in-; crease of 25 per cent us to provide a Hv I'lf wage. but the have Ut tided clouMc the tiguie. i i i reported to Treasurer Adkins that he had found cer Samuel's accounts The ruling was made in an opinion in which documents relating to the Communist party are discussed. The Secretary said that the onfy conclusion is that the Communist party of America is an organization that believes in, teaches and advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United Text of Secretary's Opinion.

The opinion follows: in re Knglebert Preis: Age 31: native of Austria; entered the I'nited States at port Huron, Nov. -13, 1915. having arrived in Quebec by SS. Scois-tian, June 14, 1914. This is a case arising under provisions of the act of Oct.

16, 191S? It is alleged that the alien is a member of the Communist party of America, which is affiliated, with the Communist international. The alien admits membership in the Communist party of America, and that it is affiliated with the Communist international. The sole question, therefore, to be determined by the Secretary of La-bor is: Is the Communist party of America such an organization as is described in the act of Oct. 16, 1918. membership in which makes an alien liable to deportation.

The language of the act applicable to this case is as follows: "Section 1XXXX. "Aliens who are members of or affiliated with any organization that entertains a belief in, teaches, or advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States "Section 2. shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Labor, be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided in the immigration act of Feb. 5. 1917." Advocate of Force.

'It will be observed that belief in, teaching or advocating the overthrow of the Government is not alone sufficient to bring any organization -within the scope of the act. There must, in addition, be a belief in. teaching or advocacy of force or violence to accomplish the purpose. Bearing that in mind, we may proceed to examination of the facts. The manifesto and program and constitution of party of America and the manifesto of the Communist international are submitted in evidence, and their authenticity admitted.

The constitution of the Communist party. (See page 19 of the manifesto) requires that: "Section -2. Applicants for membership shal sign an application card reading as follows: "The undersigned, after having read the constitution and program of the Communist party, declares hw adherence to the principles and tactics of the party and the Communist International; agrees to submit to the discipline of the party as stated in its constitution and pledges himself to engage actively in Its An examination of the documents clearly demonstrates the fact that it Is the purpose of the Communist papty to overthrow the Government. There are many statements that might be quoted showing that purpose. The two following are typical.

On page nine of the manifesto and program the statement Is made: "Communism does not propose to 'capture' the bourgeolse parliamentary state. Hit to conquer and destroy it." And again on the same page: "The proletariat class struggle is essentially a political struggle. ry 10 KEEP NEGROES OUT OF DISTRICT Delmar Enright Protective! Association Formed as Re-i suit of Sale of Church at Newstead Avenue. Owners of property on Knright avenue between Sarah and Taylor, met last night at the home of It. S.

Rauschkolh. 4163 Knright avenue, and organized Ihe Delmar-Knright Protective and Improvement Association, the chief avowed purpose of whic is to prevent negroes from acquiring homes on Knright avenue anil neighboring streets now occupied exclusively by whites. The movement to organize fol lowed the exclusive publication in Wednesday's Post-Dispatch of a rews story telling of the sale of the First United Presbyterian Church, at Newstead and Enright, to a negro congregation, and the consequent ale of homes to negroes by persons living on the street. Mass Meeting Culled. Ilauschkolb, who was elected president of the association, said after the meeting: "We have decided that the negroes shall not pass.

We want 'hem to stay out peaceably, but they have got to stay out. Forty-two people who own homes in these four blocks agreed here tonight that they do not propose to be driven out by a black invasion." A mass meeting of all property-owners in the district bounded by Grand and Taylor avenues, Olive treet and the Hodiamont tracks, was called for Thursday night at the First Presbyterian Church, Washington boulevard and Sarah street, at which plans will be laid for tarrying out the aim of the organization. "Aim to Protect Values." "This is not a race question, and there Is no prejudice in It," Uausch-kolb said. "It Is simply a busines Proposition. Most of us have worked hard to build or buy our homes, nd we don't propose to see their value depreciated by any circumstance that can be avoided.

The congregation of the church started it by dickering with negroes for the sale of the church. Influence -will be bought to bear on them by other churches to have that sale annulled." The purchase price of the sale, was announced as $30,000, of -which 11000 has been paid. The reason Klven for selling was that members of the congregation had removed further west. William Zink, secretary of the tJelniar-Ollve Improvement Association, attended last night's, meeting, stll said that his organization was to disband and affiliate with th new body to carry out Its purposes. Several members of the First Presbyterian Church were present.

KUniiiiK In All Tarks Today. There is ice skating on the lakes all the city parks today, it was "nnounced bv the Park Department. 'Re vreiither predict Ion Is for Unufd cold weather today. con- HES ORGANIZE tain discrepancies in the token account. Has Nervous Attack When Exposure Becomes Certain.

The treasurer in turn reported the fact to Perkins and the litter en-gaged the services of a firm of expert accountant. Three auditors were put to work on the token account and a few days later reported that a rough audit had disclosed discrepancies amouiitit t-t $3,450, Without apprising Samuel of what had been revealed Perkins then ordered a examination of the employes' Liberty P.ond account, which wns carried on a cash and payroll card basis. The cash account was a record of pnv -nieiits made on bonds by employes, who were given receipt by Sainiel they paid. The payroll card account was a record of bund pa irfti's deducted from other employes' salario, the employes having ctprwur.l a preference to pay for their bonds in that manner. About the middle of Decelnbc-r one of the auditors called on S.ibhj.

for the cash and payroll cards. Samuel told him that the recorrtwe; handled by his assistant, a voung woman, and that he would t-II her t' produce them when she returned from lunch. Iater the auditor calif on the assistant and wa informed by that she had never lihrtdfc-d the account and knew nothing about the records. When S.inm-1 returned to the office after lunch he was again approached by the audio and when questioned about the records, gave evasive replies, saving that some of the records had been lost, by whom he did not know. Hi.

naid the records had been loosely kept. Some records ere produced, but tb auditors found so many mi-lng that they were unable to make an accurate check. The following day Samuel reported ill and remained away from ht ofiiec. The after that he summoned the company" chief xurgeorv. lr.

Robert Hvlanil. to his home. The physician later reported, his routine required, to Perkins that he had found SamuH in a highly nervous Dr. Hylar.d was not atvate of the fact that Samuel's account Wera belmf audited. The third duv of Samuel Peikiim telephoned to the S.crnuet home and inquired about bis condition.

He was Informed by Mr, pamu'l that her husband ws confined to bis bed. Perking telephoned to th Samuel home on the io succ-rdinK days and Mrs. Samuel that It was very necessary for Samuel, if he were physically nble, to rait nt th company's office. his pteenee there was def.tred both for his own good and for the cooj the company. Subjected to Examination for Six Hours.

Dr llvl.ind to tiie Sjinuel botn io-j would snrrun! It to brlnif Ihlir.d c. ni ted ctnuet Into 'ihe piivsictuti it ported to tlU nl On fifth Perk peel a. in. mst ru tioit th.il if be fmn i to i i '1 Receiver Wells" of Ike lit lu .4".