St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 12, 1923

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Tis evidence on which the Jindictment was returned against George Maxwell when Allan A. Ryan having every confidence in his wife, decided to ‘call a halt on the writing of the letters which are being investi- |. gated, seems to have consisted of the following: - Interceptef telephone calls from Maxwell's lavishly § fur- nished nine-room apartment at 272 West Ninetieth street, where ‘he lived as a bachelor, although he is married. Documents found in the Max- well safe deposit box subpenaed by the April grand jury from the “Guaranty Safe Deposit Co. Comparison by experts of the handwriting on the envelopes in which the letters to Gallation and Ryan were inclosed with specimens of Maxwell’s hand- writing. N.S. C. PRESENTED TOMANIN CITY JAIL Former Member of 354th inten: try Under Sentence on Wife Abandonment Charge. A Distinguished Service Cross, which Charlies S&S. Morrison, 2826 Washington boulevard, won by brav- / ing German gunfire on a battlefield of France, was presented to Sim without ceremony in the city jail cev- eral days ago, shortly after he had been sentenced to two years fn the workhouse for wife and child aban- donment. As a result, the American Legion is trying to effect a reconcili- ntion between him and his wife and to have him paroled. Morrison was a Corporal in L Company, 354th (Missouri-Kansas) infantry. The citation accompany- In his decoration described his deroigam as follows: “For extraordinary heroism at Charey, France, on the morning of ' fept. 30, 1918, when he volunteered to accompany an officer of his com- pany in the’ rescue of a wounded man of his battalion who had been on patrol. Proceeding under intense and accurate fire to “a point 400 yards from his own outpost he met & member of the patrol who stated that the wounded man was about 100 yards farther out, and close to the hostile lines. With splendid courage he proceeded, in company with the officer, being constantly under the heaviest fire, and found the soldier, who had died of his wounds. Returning in safety to his own lines, he exchanged shots with 4 the enemy, one of whom he killed.” Oross Left With Jail Officers. > Award of the cross was decided on recently and it was sent to Maj. T. R. “McCarron, Adjutant of the 102d Di- ‘vision, Organized Reserve. With ‘he aid of the army recruiting station Maj. McOarron found Morrison tn tne jail. Things had not gone well with the veteran and he had mot taken proper care of his family. He was charged with abandoning his wife and children, Charles Jr., Agnes, 8. On May 1, in the Criminal - Correction, he He had not "been transferred there from the Jail } of presentation is contemplated, when Maj. McCarron called on him. The Officer took his receipt for the) salfe- ould - decoration and left the cross ! keeping with the jafi officers. Morrison be released, no ceremony as _jfhe award has been made, so far as _ the army is concerned. Effort to Reunite Family. However, Maj. McCarron informed : | Col Frank G. Jonah, local head of ¥ ae o the American Legion, of the case, _ with the result that the sympathy of Women's Auxiliary of the Legion ; th = 4 Gohan enlisted to work for the re3- — of the Morrison family ties. INDICTMENT 140 Wealthy Society People in Large Cities’ Alleged to Have Been Victimized by Band of Writers—80 Have Testified Before Grand Jury. COMPOSERS’ SOCIETY HEAD DENIES CHARGES Method of Group Was to Try, by Letters, to Entice Women Into Affairs With Members, and Later Write to Husbands. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 12.—The grand jury which has indicted George Maxwell, president of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, for sending obscene mis- sives through the mails, has evi- dence against eight other prominent members of ajgroup who are alleged |to have victimized in the same way 140 wealthy society people here, in Philadelphia, Buffalo, Pittsburg and other cities, District Attorney Blan- ton disclosed today. Eighty of the alleged victims al- ready have testified before the grand jury, which is still in session. Blan- ton revealed that their statements had led to the uncovering of 147 defamatory letters and to the discov- ery that nine weil-known families had been broken up, a man and a woman had died shortly after re- ceiving vicious missives and another woman. had gone insane. Maxwell's attorney here aen- nounced that Maxwell had cabled from Europe a denial of charges. in the indictment. Maxwell himseif received several improper letters from the clique, said the attorneys He would not wait to be extradited to America, they asserted, but would hasten home to face his accusers. Allan A. Ryan Figures in Case. Allan A. Ryan, the financier, whose wife was named in letters he turned over tothe District Attorney, resulting in the grand jury. disclos- ures, declared today she also would return from Europe and that he would prosecute the writ@r of the letters if it took his entire fortune. Among disclosures made by Blan- ton were that a band of anonymous letter writers had been addressing deoubleill t people in this and other cities since 1914 and that the recip- ients of letters included the late Enrico Caruso, the Countess of SantZ Eulalia, who was the widow of John B. Stetson of Philadelphia; John Drew, the actor, and Albert Gallatin, banker. Divorce cases in- volving persons not named by § the District Attorney now are pending in the courts, he said. Method of Letter Wriers. The clique’s method, accord- ing to the authorities, was to send lettérs to middle-aged women. endeavoring to entice them intuy «f- Yairs with members of the. group. After several months, the writers, either bécause their methods failed or because they disliked the intended victims, would send letters to the husbands, brothers, or other male relatives of the women to whom they had written. Members of the society which Maxwell headed say it is inconceiv- able that he could have been con- nected with such a plot. He was the antithesis of the type to which such a scheme would appeal, they assert- ed. The letters that Ryan turned over to the authorities were received by Mrs. Ryan more than a month ago. All were typewritten and unsigned, but in the upper left corner of each were typed the names and addresses of several bankers and clubmen. The Continued on Page 2, Colamm 4, MAY SUCCEED NELSON OV. J. A. O. PREUS, Republic- ( aan of Minnesota, who is ex- pected to resign his office and sSucceed:the late Senator Knute Nel- son in the United States Senate. Ac- cording to announced plans, this will be done as soon as the Minnesota Supreme’ Court rules to uphold the statute providing that a Governor shall appoint a successor to a Sena- tor to fill an unexpired term. FRENCH TROOP TRAIN SAVED BY PREMATURE EXPLOSION Stops 50 Yards Short of Big Bridge Blown Up Near Osterfeld, Gormany. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, May 12.—A French troop train with a brigade of artillery on board was stopped 50 yards short of disaster today near Osterfeld, where a big steel bridge across the Rhine- Marne Canal and the supports on both sides were blown up by a heavy charge of dynamite, as the train was approaching. The explosion timed too quickly and warned the engineer. i. “Phe Burgomaster of Osterfeld was arrested and the town was fined 100,000,000 marks (about $2750). The inhabitants have been forbidden to go upon the streets at night. A German suspected of a sabotage at- tempt was shot and killed today by a sentry along the railroad tracks at Gelsenkirchen. ‘was noise apparently the Mecting Nov. I on Chinese Courts. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, ‘May 12.—Nov. 1 next has been agreed upon as the date of the conference to be held in Pekin by representatives of the Powers, under a resolution adopted at the Washington arms conference, to assist in réforming the Chinese | judicial system. In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch Louisiana’s “Cotton Queen,” With 600 Negroes on Her Plantation, Never Has Labor Troubles — Account of how widow ruling the tenants of her 3000 acres with a firm but generous hand, gets effi- ciency from her workers and seldom loses a farm hand. Spanish Royal Set in Uproar When Priest Arraigns Its W omen’ s Dress as Indecent— Even the Queen pointed to by clergyman as one of the coun- try’s great ladies whose attire is shockingly immodest—full account of the controversy with pictures of court women in gowns that drew criticism. Strange Story of Policeman’s Astonishing Career as Uni- formed Burglar—Kept his own crimes covered for five years by his zeal in chasing fictitious housebreakers, and sidestepped suspicion after a burglary by calling out the sture proprietor to shut the door he himself had left open. The Fun of. Giving Away a For- tune—He is an old bachelor who wears shabby clothes, lives in a log house built in 1850 and affects the “hard- boiled” in demeanor. Yet his quiet benefactions have run well into six figures. The Recurring Epidenvic of Freak Endurance Contests— Dancing and Other Manias— It's a jazzy world, but the Same thing has happened in previous centuries, with al- most -incredible “records.” Strangely enough, nearly ey- ery recorded. instance of a dancing epidemic came’ dur- ing the earlier years of a cen- tury. Order Your Copy Today | | manded. U. 9. COURT AGAIN TAKES JURISDICTION IN FIOUSING CASE Judge Faris Reverses Ruling Remanding Receivership Suit Against Union Home, Builders. to Circuit Court. MILLSPAUGH WILL DEMAND SECURITIES afew on Motion for an Immediate Hearing Before Judge Dyer on Monday Will Be Gontested. Jurisdiction over .the receivership suit against the Union Home Build- ers, a housing trust, which was trans- ferred from Circuit Court to Federal Court, and remanded yesterday to Circuit Court, again was assumed by the Federal Court today, when Judge Faris reversed his decision and set aside the order --te--remand the case. Meanwhile, attorneys for the tem- porary receiver, State Finance Com- missioner Millspaugh, declare they will press the demands made by the receiver on officers of the company that ike records, books and seouri- ties, said to totai 3300,000, be pro- duced and turned over to Commis- sioner Millspaugh, under the provi- sions of the temporary receivership ordered in Circuit Court May 4. Counsel for the company today asked an immediate hearing on a motion in Federal Court to vacate the receivership, after Judge Faris set aside the motion to remand. He said he could not hear the case be- fore June 4, but indicated it might be taken up before Federal Judge Dyer, who will be on the bench Mon- day. A hearing on the motion Monday prcbably will be contested. “The position of Gommissioner Millspaugh and counsel is that we will seek to compel the company to produce those books and records,’’ Wilbur B. Jones, Special Assistant Attorney- General, told a Post-Dispatch . re- porter. Demand for Records Refused. “If the Union Home Builder: want a hearing at once on the mo- tion to vacate” Jones’ continued, “they should come into court with clean hands,:‘and produce the books, records and assets demanded by ¢he receiver under the authority given him in the receivership order.” As has been related Commission- er Millspaugh last Wednesday opened two safes in the company of- fice, 1611 Syndicate Trust Building, in .which his representatives had been informed the books, records and securities were kept, and found them empty, save for a few canceled checks and loose leaf ledger leaves. A formal demand for the books and assets was served Thursday on Claude Rothery, president, but they have not been produced, Jones said. Judge Faris announced his deci- sion to set aside the order to remand the case to the State courts after considering additional law authori- ties and a brief presented yesterday by Robert Holland, of counsel for the company, after the case was re- The authorities include several Supreme Court decisions. After considering these, the Jhdge said, he was convinced his first order wae in error. Holland asked immediate hearing on his motion to vacate the receiver- ship, declaring the “‘life of the com- pany depends upon dismissal of the receffership.”’ “Yes, and the life of this Court de- pends upon how much work it does,” Judge Faris replied, “and I am frank to say to you that if one or the other must die, I prefer it to be the com- pany you represent.” Millspaugh Status Unchanged. Judge Faris announced he was leaving for St. Paul tomorrow night to sit in the Circuit Court of Ap- peals, and Federal Judge Dyer wilt be on the bench itn Federal Court here. Return of the case ¢o Federal Court does not affect the status of Commissioner Millspaugh as tem- porary receiver, or any of the or- ders issued in Cireult Court while| the case was in that jurisdiction, at- torneys said today, The Federal law provides that any order issued Continued on Page 2, Column 8. FAIR AND COOLER TONIGHT, RISING TEMPERATURE SUNDAY THE TEMPERATURES. lowest, 64, at 5 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Cool- er tonight; slow- ly rising tem- perature tomor- row. Missour.—air tonight and to- morrow. Cooler in south portion tonight; rising temperature in north portion h tomorrow. Illinois — Fair tonight and to- morrow. Cooler in extreme south portion tonight; rising tempera- ture in west and south portion to- morrow; frost possible in north por- tion tonight. Stage of the river at 7 a. m., feet, no change. Week’s Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 12.—Weath- er outlook for the week beginning Monday: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys:—Unsettled, showery weather first part and gen- erally fair thereafter; cool beginning of week &nd normal temperature thereafter. KELLY AND MACREADY TO FLY EAST BY WAY OF ST. LOUIS Will Lead Air Fleet in Welcome to Secretary Weeks at San Diego Before Return. | By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 12.—When Secretary of War Weeks, due here from New York on the army trans- port Grant;May 20, together with 80 Congressmen, arrives, he will be welcomed to San Diego by a fleet of more than 50 airplanes and sea- planes led by Lieuts. Oakley Kelly and John A. MacReady, transconti- nental flyers. Piloting the famous monoplane T-2, Kelly and MacReady will lead their air fleet to a few miles off Point Loma and escort the Secretary of War, Senators and Congressmen into San Diego Bay. ' f’We will leave San Diego for Washington Thursday moraing, May 24,"’ Kelly said today. “We will re- turn to the Atluntic Coast by way of Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.; Kansas City, St. Louis and Dayton, O. . The flight will be made by easy stages, as we do not expect to reach Dayton until May 28. The flight from Dayton to Washington will be made the morning of May 31.” WILL BAN CONVICT WHIPPINGS Florida Senate Passes Bill Against Floggings—House on Record. By the Associated Press. TALLAHASSEE, Fila., May 12.— Prohibition. of ali forms of cor- poral punishment of prisoners in this State, at least for two, years, “ue a trial measure, seemed a certainty to- day when the Senate passed, 16 to 11, a bil) by Senator Turnbull that would ban whipping of county con- victs forever, and ban it in the handling of State convicts for two years. The House has passed a bil! to abolish all whipping of convicts. A List of | Distinguished Care JUMP IN YOUR GO 12.2 Where? Over in the “Automobiles” columns of the Post-Dis- patch, Listed there are all the well-known, favorite makes and models—in good repair, with service-giving quali- ties almost unimpaired. The lower prices (because the cars have already seen some service) make them attractive bargains, espe- clally if a new car ts not avaliable right now, Get the most out of life by becoming the owner of one of these good cars. The Post - Dispatch St. Louis’ One Big Want Directory The Perfect Market-Place support of the request that a motion INHERITANCE TAXES UN HOWARD ESTATE EXGEED $180,000 Levy on Property of Late Woman Philanthropist and Social Leader Second Larg- est for the State in St. Louis. VALUE OF PROPERTY PLACED AT $1,676,893 Of the Total Tax Payment, $111,000 Will Go to Fed- eral Government, $71,000 to the State. _ ae | The estate of Mrs. Kate M. How- ard of 33 Vandeventer place, wedithy social leader and philanthropist, who died Feb. 23, will pay inheritance taxes amounting to $183,080.16, ac- cording to a report filéd in the Pro- bate Court today by Edwin W. Lee, appraiser of the estate appointed to determine the amount of State tax to be paid. The Federal inheritance tax will be $111,591.40, and the State in- heritance tax $71,488.76. ¥ Officials of the court today said this was the @econd largest State in- heritance tax ever assessed against an estate in St. uis. That of the late Jacob Lampert, millionaire cigar manufacturer, paid $79,987.64 and is said to have been the largest. a The gross market value of Mrs. Howard's estate, which goes in equal shares to her daughters, Mrs. Ster- ling E. Edmunds and Mrs. George F. Steedman, was fixed by Appraiser Lee at $1,676,893.23. After making legal deductions, Lee fixed the valu- ation on whith the State tax should be computed at $1,448,145.97. Among the deductions from the gross valuation were the Federal in- heritance tax; es ated fees for the attorneys for the executors, $15,000; and fees of the executors, the two sons-in-law, $61,319.84. Of the gross valuation $388,176.87 was given as the value of.real estate holdings, and the remainder as the value of personal propérty, includ, ing stocks and bonds. While there have been deaths of other persons of greater wealth in St. Louis since the State inheritance tax law became effective, they had before death actually transferred the property instead of bequeathing it in their wills. In this manner payment %f large inheritance taxes frequently is avoided. FARIS PUTS HIGH VALUE ON U, R. WASTE PAPER CONCESSION Judge Visibly Bored by Technical Multiplicities in Receiv- . ership Case. Visibly bored by the ramifications of technical~multiplicities that have left been injected into United Railways receivership litigation, Federal Judge Faris today delivered himself as fol- lows, in response to a request by At- torney Ephrim Caplan concerning a motion: “This paper you may file, but I make no promises as to what I will do. If one could get the waste paper concession in this United Railways litigation, he could afford to quit work.”’ Caplan had asked leave to file a request of the Court that this Court take no action on a motion to dis- miss the Seaman sult in the United Railways litigation, after argument some months ago. Caplan said in to dismiss the Adler suit had been argued before the Court of Appeals, which may give the Seaman suit a new status, and in view of this pros- pect action on the motion to dismiss? the Seaman suit should be withheld until the higher court ruled on all jurisdictional points that have been raised. Caplan added that Judge Lamm, special master, had said he expected shortly to make a report in the case, and Judge Faris remarked that he received a letter from Judge Lamm, who is 11], in which the latter said he had been so. annoyed by attorneys that he had no time to get well. Physician Kills Self With Scissors. Special to the Post-Dispatch. PARIS, Til, May 12.—Dr. H. C. Kertick, physician, of Edgar County, ended his life at the Paris re ws last night by driving a pair of cal scissors through his heart. Jack Renault, BULK OF RECEIPTS Many Women Among Spec- By the Associated Press. May 12.—More than 60,000 persons this afternoon witnessed the five- bout heavyweight boxing show in Auliffe’s nose. seconds, the bell ending the round. from his corner, driving McAuliffe about the ring. McAuliffe sprawled to the floor from a right uppercut, and arose only to meet another with- ering attack Reeling about the ring, under a rain of blows, Ne from a teriffic right swing to the jaw. He was counted out after one minute and two seconds of the round had elapsed. Canadian heavyweight won from Fred Fulton of Rochester, Minn., on a foul In the fourth round. Renault with a left swing. Renault had had the better of the fighting until the time the foul was commit- ted. received the decision over Joe Me- Cann of Newark, N. J., bout of four rounds. Drake pufiched McCann with a stiff jeft through all | the reunds and evaded McCann's heavy swing rights. ‘beat Al Reich of New York, to the canvas in the sixth and last of their Reich with a left to the chin and -lthen showered rights to his. jaw. Reich attempted hag arise at the rGHT ENDS ROUND: MEETS Canadian Champion, Wins From Fred Fulton ori a Foul in Fourth Round—Drake De- feats McCann, Herman Is Victor Over Reich. TO FREE MILK FUND tators; Kermit Roosevelt in Ringside Section; Jim Corbett Among Pugilistic Notables Present. YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Yankee Stadium for the benefit of the free milk fund. A colorful gathering of society folk, pugilistic and other notables was in the ringside section. Kermit Roosevelt, son of the late President, was among the spéctators. Among noted ring fighters present were Jim Corbett, former héeavy- weight champion, and Mike Mce- IN THIRD WILLARD inn FACTS ABOUT FIGHTS ~} IN NEW YORK TODAY; IVE bouts, all hea igt — of ponderous build, make + oa the boxing card for the “pf S ted Fund atthe Yankee stadium thig> afternoon, as follows: — aes Second bout—Al Reich vs, Herman; six rounds. Third bout—Fred” ha Be Jack Renault: 10 rounds. ~ _ Fourth bout—Luis Fine” faeck McAuliffe IT; 15 rounds. Fifth bout—Jess Willard Floyd Johnson; 15 rounds. ~ tN count of nine, but was too weak and was counted out. He had cut ft ta man's left eye with a straight left & the fourth round. Reich we 106% pounds and Herman 218%.» A light rain in the morning, w | ended when ‘the sun broke th the clouds about 11:30 o’clec caused the gates to be kept closed until %it became apparent that ae bouts could be held. A crowd a mated in the thousands had ga by the time the first spectators were admitted. Two Bands Entertain Crowd. — By 2 o'clock, an hour before ; first bout started, the behind the scattering ¢ Tigue, new world’s light heavyweight title holder. Luis Angel Firpo scored another spectacular victory when he knocked out Jack McAuliffe II of Detroit in teh third round of their fifteen- round match, the second star bout 6f the carnival. Firpo “ended the Westerner’s heavyweight aspirations with a terrific jolt @h the jaw that sent him down for the full count shortly after the second round had opened. Round One—McaAuliffe landed the first blow, a left to the head and shot in a right uppercut as they came to close quarters. Firpo land- ed a right to the body, but drew a left hook to the head. Firpor ed in, but McAuliffe blocked is punches. McAuliffe took a hard right to the neck, but laughed as he’ danced out* of Firpo’s reach. They were mixing at a fast clip as the round ended. ROUND TWO—MoAuliffe rushed Firpo to the ropes, jabbing with his Firpo swun®f his right to the body twice in succession, but failed to shake the debonair Detroiter. A sligh ttrickle of blood came from Mc- Firpo showed a slight cut on his lip after an exchange. A right to the jaw sent McAuliffe sprawling, but he was up in a few ROUND THREE—Firpo rushed to the head and body. uliffe sank to the floor Jack Renault of Chesham, uebec, chompion, The referee said Fulton had fouled Harry Drake of London, England, in the first “Tiny Jim” Herman of Omaha bout. Herman EL A TL TMM AE oe cee ‘|Get the Post-Dispatch SUNDAY EVENING SPORTS lea _— its of the crowd peters cheers kept the two bands steadily in relays. The 23 flags that top the . steel structure of the grand shook out their dr’pping ho began - te flutter merrily Lrueze, _ The crowd a. keenly { in every movement The heavy felt padding and the ¢ vas for the flooring were out shortly after 1 o'clock crowds heaved a sigh of relief. The red caps of the unhere the white jackets of the hot < pte venders provided the | ches of color in the early crow ere was ee ight sprir women in the $2 like their male ft sere. ions, were in bad- Both bands soon bowen of der the constant tooting t sun that waxed hotter every and they were “ "by a phot graph rigged up to the sound amp fiers which had been set up to. tre voice of Joe amir cial announcer, to the farthest © ners of the stadium, The subway trains ro gt a by heur were packed past point and the crowds Seats into the big inclosure w and perspiring. Referees of the five bouts. follows: Auliffe matches, Jack 0’ | Willard-Johnson . neque”: NEW YORK, May 13. * as 34