St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 20, 1922

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we ‘ ie ig $ ae yo ae ee = : f LOU S POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. Include = ‘wet’ plank in its of course, as our we seek repeal of the ane Amendment. Our organ- on was formed within a week % “‘Bighteenth Amendment a year before it became and long before the Vol- a Was proposed. - May Choose Leaders. @ieo probable that at the here an effort will be made upon some member of each the National Congress to our interests In that body. idea at this time who may we bas ; states were represented session today. Secretaries states reported on the the recent elections, as they i to have been affected by es W. Byrnes, vice president * ouri Branch Association, ‘for Missouri, said the as- m had been active during the in St. Louls and did some ft in the State. He said Sen- election was due to the t he was regarded as “wet.” i that the election in- Traveled as | Chinese Buccaneers, Who Passengers, Take British Ship at Sea Away in Me ee eee By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, Nov. 20.—Sixty-five Chinese buccaneers, who apparently might have stepped from some an-. cient log of the Spanish Main, trav- _eled as passengers aboard the Brit- | ish steamer Sui-An when she left! Macao = Hongkong yesterday aft- ernoon. eizing the ship a few miles | out, the yer me held her for 13 hours a:.1 the crew and passengers made Hongkong today, with their | in which twd persons were killed and | several wounded, including the cap-| | tain of the Sui-An, a French priest | and another European passenger. The British steamer was carrying Many European passengers. | pirates, heavily armed, were dis- _guised as first or second class pas- or | Threatened to [turn Ship. When the Europeans showed re- sisience, the pirates threatened to former captors driven away in sam- | | Pans, only after a fierce fight ms of \ Both the Pirates Hold Vessel Bound for Hongkong 13 Hours Before They Are Driven Sampans. |beach and burn the vessel. “In the fighting that followed two Indian watchmen were killed and two oth- ers of the crew were wounded. The | Captain's wound is serious. The invaders then got the upper hand and locked up passengers and crew. The pirates passed Hong- kong, out at sea, and began to steam in the direction of Swatow. Pirate Chief Wounded. Finally, 13 hours later. a Euro- ; pean shot and wounded the pirate’ chief. The chief's wife then direct- ed that the excursion be abandoned. ' Midway between Hongkong. and Swatow the outlaws escaped in sam- pans. — The Sui-An reached set at noon today. The | The Sui-An is listed as a ship of | (1265 tons, owned by the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat = Ltd. ‘the Canton River from Hongkong and about 50 miles distant. COMMUNISTS: SEIZE Advisory | oe : FOOD FROM DINERS Berlin Rowdies Invade Restau- | vrants—Smash Bottles of Wine on Floor. Wireless” to the Poet the Chicago Dally BERLIN, Nov. 20.—Several Amer- icans, including women. had the Strange experienc? Sunday night of seeing their food snatched them while dining in fashionable Berlin downtown restaurants. Rag- ged, unkempt and unshaven Com- munists invaded these places, grabbea@ “everything in sight and | then disappeared. No warning hada been received and when the danger- ous-looking gangsters rushed into the restaurants everybody was quiet- | Special -Lrispatch a News. an ing. Suddenly the musicians stopped and when the diners looked up in surprise they saw themselves con- fronted by rowdies, who, with mum- bled threats, took away from their Plates the steaks, chops, fish and vegetables and then furiously smashed bottles of wine and cham- pagne on the floor. In some cases they even snatched away the food which the diners had on their forks. Several of the terical, but as the unbidden guests looked desperate the waiters were afraid to interfere, and the gangs succeeded in escaping before the po- lice arrived. Knives, forks, spoons and ash trays galore were missing when the loss was checked up. 2 WOMEN REPORTED INDICTED Mrs. Tillie Klimek and Mrs. Nellic S. Koulik Said to Have Been Named at Chicago. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.—Three true bills were reported to have been vot- ed by the county grand jury today, jointly naming Mrs. Tillie Klimek and her cousin, Mrs. Nellie Sturmer | Koulik, on charges of having mur- | dered two of their former husbands | by poison, and of having attempted to murder Joseph Klimek, the last bands, who is recovering from an ill- poisoning. MEXICAN REBEL EXECUTED Col. Regino Gonzales Captured Sev- eral Days Ago. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 20.—Col. from | ltained by fraud. ly dining and the bands were plar- | women became hvys-. in of Mrs. Klimek’s four known hus- | ness alleged to have been caused by | | counts, MINNIE ATKINS, INDIAN WOMAN, WINS $4,000,000 LAND CASE: | Supreme Court Holds That Thomas Atkins Was Her Son and Not a Myth. the Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. |Atkins, a half-blood Indian has proven to the satisfaction of +h Bs 20.—Minnie Creek that Thomas Atk ns ‘was her son and that. as his she is the rightful owner of a acre tract in the Cushing oil of Oklahoma. $4,000,000. Some years ago the Dawes Cor:- mission enrolled “Thomas Atkins’ ‘and the Government patented the | tract in his name. controversy arose. the Government |contending Thomas Atkins was. a ‘myth and the allotment had been ob- |'Supreme Court er. 166 lelds /Nancy Atkins, a full-bleood Creek. both claimed Thomas was their son and had died when a chila. Henry | Carter further complicated the dis- pute by insisting he was the Thomas | Atkins enrolled by Lower Federa! review the enrollment. the Government. Courts refused to holding the action of the Dawes Commission was |! nal. Minnie Atkins clinched her victory today when the Supreme Court held she was Thomas’ and the enrollment should stand. MOTORBUS COMPANY TO START OPERATING HERE IN MARCH At Least 80 and Possibly 140 Double- Deck Conveyances to Be in Serv- ice—10-Cent Fare. Augustus H. Barnes, attorney fo: a motorbus transportation compa2i that has a permit to operate busses St. Louis on the basis of a 198- cent fare, announced today, follow- ing a conference with of Director Streets and Sewers Fisk, that the FOR POISONING HUSBANDS | company would begin operating in | March. He said the company istart with 890 or possibly deck busses of a modern type, |'those used in New York, |and west and north and south routes. ALLEGED $100,000 SHORTAGE LAID TO FORMER BANK EMPLOYE Minneapolis Man, After 18 Years’ Service, Held in Jail During Auditors’ Check. | By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, Minn... Nov. 20.— |} Ross R. Clark, forrmier head of the | collection department of the North- ‘western National Bank, Minneapolis. who resigned Nov. 7, after 18 years’ service, is in jail while examiners ‘are checking to determine the extent of an alleged shortage in Clark's ac- which, according to E. W. Decker, president of the bank, will proposed to 140 double- like Regino Gonzales, second in command \be between $100,000 and $150, 000. to Huan Carrasco, who recently was | killed in battle, was found guilty of rebellion by a court martial at \Mazatian and executed last night. Gonzales was captured several days ago at Acaponeta, Durango. Football Piayer Fatally Hurt. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 20.—Sur- geons say there is little hope for re- covery of Monte Hinkle, 19-year-old high fractures of the spine and the verte- brae in a football game at Effing- ham, Kan., Saturday. The youth was brought to a hospital here yeste and pneumonia has developed. 22 Children tm 28 Years. By the Associated Press. DUQUOIN, Il. Nov. Mrs. Henry Lareau of —Mr. and vervilic, 28 years and have had 22 children, 18 of whom are alive. The oldest is 27 and the youngest 1 month. There have been no twins or triplets. school student, who suffered | south of Duquoin, have been married- | Ship Dry Ruling Hearing Jan. 2. |By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The foreign steamship companies’ appeal from the decision of Judge Hand at New .York upholding the Daugherty bone-dry liquor regulations for'| ocean liners, was advanced today by! the Supreme Court for hearing on Jan. 2. The court also set for hear-| ing on the same day the two appeals by American steamship companies from Judge Hand's decision. 400 Per Cent Stock Dividend. By the Associated Press. FITCHBURG, Mass.. Nov. 380.— The Parkhill Manufacturing Co. to- day announced a stock dividend of 400 per cent. This action was ex- plained as intended to adjust a bal- ance between a low stock valuation and a heavy capital investment. The company's milis here manufacture ginghams. Macao is across the mouth of “| remained silent as to estimated to be worth Later a four-sided | Minnie Atkins ani mother | vl was going on, over east ‘ TAREE WONEN ON GRAND JURY IN HALL - MILLS CASE Story of Murder of Minister and Woman Choir Leader at His Church Being Pre- sented by State. MYSTERY NOW OF 9 WEEKS’ DURATION ‘Special Prosecutor Denies Report That He Had Said. He Was Confident of In- dictments. | By the Associated Press. SOMERVILLE, ae 20.— 'The Somerset County grand fury. | with the aid of special State Prose- cutor Wilbur A. Mott, today began an investigation of the murder of the Rev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, now a mystery of j nine weeks’ duration. Fourteen wit- — were heard today. Somerville, a town of 14.000 per- Le is not enthusiastic about its position in the limelight. Its citi- ‘zens believe that Middlesex County should foot the bill because it was Middlesex County citizens who were murdered. Special Prosecutor Mott, who has the number ‘and names of the witnesses who will be called in the presentation of the cage, issued a brief statement yester- | day denying that he was confident of obtaining indictments. : “I was never confident.’ the pros- -ecutor said. ‘The evidence, how- ever, is ready and the case is now up to the grand jury.” There are three women on the grand jury who will hear the story of the case as it has been built up by the prosecution. Witnesses Under Guard. A detachment of State troopers pa- ‘trolled the streets aboui the court- ‘house and others weew detailed to guard witnesses. Raymond Schneidér, who police that he had found NOV. ipet the HAWK, STEALING A CHICKEN, BEATEN TO DEATH BY WOMAN She Seizes Marauder by Wings When It Attempts to Fly Away With Fowl. Specte | to the Post-Dispatcn s SUMMERVILLE, Ill... Nov. big chicken hawk with a wing spread of more than four feet was beaten to death with a club by Mrs. Albert Bister, 35 years old, on a farm near here, in Macoupin County, Saturday, after she had seized the. bird by the wings when it attempted to rob her poultry yard of a chicken. Mrs. Bister told the correspondent by telephone that she was attract 2d by the cries of her chicken flock and ran to the barnyara, hiding in a small shed. When the.hawk, with a fowl! in its talons, attempted to flv away, Mrs. Bister pounced upon it. In the struggle that followed she managed to seize a stick and put an end to the marauder'’s depredations. DETROIT SPORTSMEN PLAN HUNT IN THE NORTH WITH SEAPLANE ‘Party of Six Next Year to Go After Polar Bears in Heated Up- holstered Craft. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Business men who can get awa, from their desks for only a week or two in the sumrmer and stil! want to shoot Polar bears and walruses during their va- cation need worry no longer. A group of Detroit sportsmen have found a | Way. | Next June six of them are going North to the land of the narwal and ptarmigan to try their marksman- ship. Ordinarily this trip would take four to five weeks by train. sied and canoe. The sporting gentiemen are going in a specially designed sea- plane, with heating devices and up- holstered fittings. The men expect to get back by the first week of July and have three weeks’ hunting. Their names are t. M. Uppercu, Howard E. Coffin, Har- old H. Emmons, Dr. James WW. Inches, William E. Metzger and Charies F. Redden and they can hardly wait. COURT TO REVIEW CASE TO TEST RAIL LABOR BOARD'S POWER Pennsylvania Road Questioned Au- thority of Board to Designate Employes’ : € By the A@sociated Préss. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Su- preme Court today granted thé ap- epee notified |Plication of the Pennsylvania Rail- road Co. for a review on writ of cer- bodies of Hall and Mrs. Mills under ‘tierari of a case against the United | a tree on the Phillips farm, Sept. was the first witness called. Schneider. who accused a compan- lion of having committed the double | murder and later retracted, | jail on perjury charges. It was understood that he would be asked jto describe the finding of the bodies iand to identify certain pictures of | the scene of the murder. | Schneider left the jury testifying nearly an hour and then reporters, gazing,Afrough the win- [dows into et room where the jury 'was meeting, could see |Foreman Gibb in a conference. Newspaper men could see what but could hear noth- a deadline was ¢stab- lished around the structure. AState |jtrooper broke a twig from a tree, | placed it on the ground 25 feet from ‘the building and ordered none to |cross without permission. Many Women at Courthouse. | About 100 wemen, however, had ‘gained access to the courthouse. They mounted to a second-floor balcony) which commands a view of nearly all ithe interior of the courthouse. Lean- ving over the railing they gazed at ‘witnesses seated optside the jury ‘room and asked repeatedly if they .could not get into the “trial.” Pearl Bahmer, 16, who was with | Schneider when he found the bodies, larrived this morning from Newark, |where she had been lodged in the |House of the Good Shepherd, after charges of incorrigibility had been pending against her. She was taken to the jail here to await her call. BONUS BILL ling. Later Tax on Imported Liquor. By the Aesociated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. nois, today reintroduced the diers’ dent Harding at the last session of by and | for raising the necessary funds ithe taxation of beer, wines champagne. The Britt&h bill would provide a tax of $30 a barre! on imported bee-, $10 a barrel on domestic beer, $10) o Prof. Tiernan Resigns. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. has been | ‘railroad company Mott engage REINTRODUCED 14. | States room aftér Railroad Labor Board, brought to test the authority of the board to designate those who shouli represent railroad employes in con- | ferences with representatives of the for the settlement | of labor disputes. LIVING COST FIGURED AT 57.1 PCT. HIGHER THAN IN 1914 One Per Cent Increase in Month Preceding Oct. 15 Reported by National Industrial Conference Board. rhe A--soctatei Press NEW YORK, Nov. Ey °0.—The cost of ‘living amang wage earners’ famili- | cent higher on Oct. | July, ' Amenidment for Raising of Money by | ‘jowest. 88 at 10 p. 20.—Repre- | sentative Britten, Republican, of Iili- | sol- | bonus bill vetoed by Presi-| Congress, amended so as to provide | a gallon on imported still wines and | a gallon on domestic still wines. | 20.— | Prof. John P. Tiernan. who recently | charged that Harry Poulén, haber- |, dasher, was the father of Mrs. Tier- , nan’s third child, himrcesignation as member of University of Notre Dame faculty. Prof. Tiernan was an instructor in the law department. The resigna- tion was accepted without comment, it was said. teday submitted | the | in United States was 57.1 per 15 last than in 1914, the National Industrial Conference Board announced yes- terday. There was an increase of one per cent in the month preceding Oct. 15. Continued slight increases in the average cost of food, clothing and coal were noted. Between July, 1920. when the peak of the rise in the cost of liv- ing since 1914 was reached, and Oc- tober, 1922, the cost of dropped 25. said. FAIR TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY, - SLIGHTLY WARMER TOMORROW fHE TEMPERATURES. ties 9 on DP IDWS, a) ek ee ws" -Ood ss aes yvesterda 32 ee THE FARMER GAME HAS A GOOD CAPPER. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Missouri: Fair tonight, warmer in west and cen- tral portions, probably becom- ing unsettled to- morrow. Illinois: Fair to- night and tomeor- row, probably be- coming unsettled tomorrow; rising ST tke Stace of the Mississippi at 7 a. m.. 8.6 feet. a fall of .1 foot; stage of the Missouri at St..Charies, 15.9 feet a rise of .2 foot. OS - Daily POST-DISPATCH alone approximately Equals. thas of the Daily Globe-Democrat. apa the a aeeeneeiid , ~~ | and Defense. |drawn from the body of the county change the complexion of the group. i failed ‘Judge Hartwell called for the pres- ‘entation of excuses 10 men flocked 50 NEW VENIREMEN CALLED FOR HERRIN ~ MASSACRE TRIAL 20.—A | | otpenipehoaliee Panels of 25 Men Each ae _Bailiffs Representing State fi 4 GROUP COMPOSED OF FARMERS AND MINERS Prosecution Anticipates | Easier Work in Making Se- lections, but Defense Holds Opposite View. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Disaptch. MARION, IIL, Nov. 20.—The third week of the Herrin massacre trial opened today with 50 veniremen ready to be examined. Twenty-five | |had. been called by Bailiffs named | | by the-State and 25 by Bailiffs se-|, lected by the defense, and they were about equally divided between farmers and mi : Attorneys fof the State, relieved of the handicap of the preponderance of miners on the first panel and aid- ed by seemingly better material to work on, expected to make better progress than last week; but it is NEWBERRY monel to Marion Court by probable that the effect upon the defense will be the reverse. Position of Defense. \ ae & defense, said he was unable to fore- cast when the jury would be complet- ed, because, under the changed con- ditions of the new venire, the defen might have greater difficulty in get- ting men satisfactory to it. It was possible. he said, that a week or 10 days might be consumed in getting one juror. While ali seven of the men ieft tn the jury box at adjournment Friday had been accepted ‘by the State, it is four. Whith also has been a Under the ruling .of the State is ab- solved of its acceptance of the, sec- ond panel by the defense breaking it, so that if it chooses it may rescind its acceptance of all three of the men heretofore accepted on the second panel of four. New Veniremen Sworn. Cause for change of attitude to- ward these might arise from such changes effected by the defense as to by the deZense. Judgé Hartwell, Court convened at 10 o'clock and the new veniremen were called forward to be sworn. On the first roll call five of the 50 to answer present. When around the bench. Ill health of venifemen or sickness in their fami- lies was the principal excuse. Seven were excused. Five then were called into the box to replace the elimina- tions of last Friday and examinations were resumed with the defense tak- ing the lead. Farmers Questioned. The first two men questioned were farmers. Vernon Connett was ex- cused for having an opinion. George W. Childers was asked: “If you were on trial for murder, would you be willing to have on the jury a man in living|;, per cent the statement | of his sons were miners. The State. the same state of mind that you are mn now?” “I would be glad to have them all that way,” Childers answered. Childers was examined by the de- fense for an hour without developing a chance to challenge him for cause and was turned over to the State. The defense had brought out that two beginning its examination on that fact also brought out that one son- in-law was a miner and another*a coal mine carpenter. but Childers said he could try the case without being influenced by these relation- ships. POLICE FORCE, TOO BUSY, FIRED Commission Basis for Fines Kept Motorists Away From Shiloh, Iii. The Village Board of Shiloh, Ii1., hopes that since it fired both mem* bers of the motor cycle police force last night the tewn will be restored | to good standing with motorists, who have been avoiding it as though the signboards pointing to it were placarded “smallpox.” Last summer the board thought the force would make more money for the village in fines if put on a commission basis. The scheme worked well—too well. the. keepers said. sarah -amteanes paren in Auto Accident, By the A ted Preas PAR Nov. 20.—Sarah Bern- hardt. when motoring te San Remo Saturday. had a narrow escape from injury. The rear axle of her auto- mobile broke and the machine almost capsized. Mme. Bernhardt. who euf- Kerr. chief counsel for the’ only beund,as, tothe neat DORM O8: Mes store- || PRICE 2CENTS — —— — 2 RESIGNED IN THE FACE OF NEW. | FIGHT 10 OUST Hi |MICHIGAN SENATOR WHO HAS RESIGNED ; ; ; ; Novelist to Be Case of Suicide. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 20.— George Bronson Howard, playwright and novelist. was found dead in a gas-filled room in his bachelor apart- ments today. The police said they believed it to be a case of suicide. Howard had inhaled gas through a tube, it was stated. The body was found by an occupant of the same building, who detected the odor of gas and broke down a deor. Friends of the author said he had shown signs of despondency and was suf fering from the effects of wounds rc- ceived while in the army service du7- ing the World War. Howard Served With Intelligence Service in A. E. F. Howard was 38 years old. He was. born in Maryland, was educated in Baltimore and London, and, in 1898, entered the Government service at Manila. He was subsequently in the Imperial Chinese service at Canton, and when the Japanese-Russian War broke out became war correspond- ent for publications in England and the United States. He entered the moving picture field in 1910 as director. In the World War he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in the intelli- gence service. Howard had written several! novels and plays, and collaborated in the writing and production of others. . By the Associated Presse. MOSCOW. Nov. 20.—The Com- munist party in the United States has failed of success” because the Communists have not yet secured a hold upon the American Federation of Labor and other trade union members, asserted an American delegate to the Third Internationale epeaking Saturday night. The crief dim of the Communists in the Units States, he added, must be to gain a among union members, Times Combined, and Exceeds. fered slightiy fron the shock. pro- ceeded on hex journey by train. that of the ——— nen iden: shake Saianith : Subject of Bitter Contre- versy and Issue in Recent Campaign, but He Still In- sists Right to It Had Been Fully Confirmed. ae ATTRIBUTES NOV. 7TH. TURNOVER TO UNREST Letter of Resignation: Sune Defeat of Townsend Im- pelled Retirement and It Would Be Futile for Him WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The one compelling reason for the resigna- i tion of Senator Newberry of Michie - “an, announced here last night, was the fact. that, owing to changes..in _ the Senate, as a result of the Moe vember elections, he faced almost certain ae some time after . rene emia uary. “fs Newberry’s decision to camé as a welcome relief to admin- wtration supporters in the out again the unsavory details - the expenditure of $200,000 or to secure his nomination in the et ie publican primary of 1918. : Newberry’s resignation had be widely predicted ever since the feat of his colleague, Senator Towns- end, in. the recent Townsend was beaten by Ferris, Democratic nominee, on the issue of Newberryism. : ~& In resigning, Newberry took ‘the advice of practical friends. with whom he consulted after the pore vember election. None, however, knew better than he himself the | hopelessness of retaining his oak : in the next It is even possible that he have been expelled in the Congress. Certainly he would-ha been made uncomfortable nnder Democratic attacks. Senator Cara- way of Arkansas had prepared @ resolution, to be introduced tomor- row, demanding that the present Senate be given an “purge” itself of the action by it seated Newberry at the same it declared his election excessive expenditures. a persistent fighter and been counted on to raise the amu at every opportunity. What Newberry Meant to Party. — ’ It was with Newhberry’s vote the Republicans had a one in-«the Senate in the opeten?” 1919 and by that vote they were %