St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 17, 1923

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= MAKE IT A 3-TIME W ANT AD Order it for Friday, Saturday and Sunday Run ip almost certain for anything. Money refunded on unused insertions, ST. “ eer ye |G SPECIAL 3 AND 7 TIME DISCOUNTS | / LOUIS POST- The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. re UI -~ gy, EE re a a a rr ae a sae Pee 2 ee 8 a ey ee ae i i Ti ray pe a i : . ere é ae A 7 we ware et 2 - ‘ “ DISPATCH EDITION — ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17 ‘SHOWERS PROBABLE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW: COOLER THE TEMPERATURES. 0 OREPORTED 7 AT YOUVE p IN FLOOD an Bee fT ER] IN| ‘ » Made cas . 0 a. mm, .o8 TOOLS HANDY tate ‘$8 12 Soon 3 R RADIO 7 a. m. 61 “ x ee Vena 73 | 69 at 5 Pp. Mm. lowest, 51 at 6:30 a. m. TYPHOON TRIKES JAPAN Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Cloudy | weather, probably | with showers to- | O FASCISTI © CAN SCARE KiNG JANITOR | liighest yesterday, | | | night and tomor- ——E row; slightly WOMAN FATALLY THAT SPEEDS ON... (Mrs. Anna Barr, 65, Hit by) Speeding Machine as She Steps Into Street to Board Driver Says He Pursued Fleeing Auto—9Ist Motor, ——— -——_—_— --——_-- --— — ~~ ee 1923 —36 PAGES, —— — a — —— — ie a NTS ee ee ee ee ee PRICE 2CE AVIA TOR SURVIVES 3000-FOOT FALL HOLDUP VICTIMS | INTO EAST RIVER) ASKED 10 VIEW URED BY AUTO Night Flyer, Stunned by Shock, Frees Self From Wreck and Swims Ashore. et lal to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—The en- | gine of a Curtiss airplane in which he was night flying over the city suddenly going dead, Stewart Chad- wick, 28 years oid) said to be a frece- fell 3000 SS eee Reputed Gangster and Gun- man Held in Jail at Clay-. ton After Eight or Nine i te - ‘lance aviator. feet last | | | | - - | night and tomor- | night, plunging into the East River, | | ave row; cooler’ to- ‘just below Hell Gate bridge, ana, ° ° Rivers Sa to D \ aa Say Trolley Car. escaped death. Thougr stunned! Robberies in County | Banks, | , ~te ; ' * Burst Their ae Missouri: Show- | : ‘el Shinaale Pb sa “eee * proving Many Villages, as a. to- WRONG LICENSE wreckage and swim ashire. He was | AT WHEEL OF BLUE “ night and tomor- taken to St. John’s Hospital, Long | = Result of New Disaster at ao os NUMBER TAKEN oye City. suffering from shock | STUTZ WHEN TAKEN i " i I a exposure. 2 west portion to- Chadwick left Roosevelt Field for . = Tottori, a Province North- | night. Man Sought b P li a flight over the city. Realizing his M hi A D — x of Llilinois: Show- y once a8 | danger when his motor went dead, | acnine nswers escription west Kobe. ers probable to- |he made a desperate effort to vo!- of That From Which Shots That Killed William Mc. plane to safety on Long Island. His plane fell into a nose dive, however. sought bv St. FURTHER DAMAGE IN warme~ tonight. ane plunged to the riv er, narrowly TOKIO FROM DELUGE | Pet ya “= ng Vehicle Fatality of Year. i; MIssing Welfare a its fa: l. | Gee Were Fired. . i | } - #Y — : ‘ BALKED BY WALTQO oo years old, of 2775 Madison street. |... ' Louis police in connection it : rah : . : » of a lodge with the bayonet if J °° | HOTEL BILL IN WASHINGTON Page a |Cowboys Help Welcome Him on His | toute Connection with &'| None save legal means should be ‘ antes 7 | siti 29, to ap-' Granite City, from injuries suffered | . , double murder, is being held in jail considered to test any act of the the lodgemen do not disband. |. "JUMPED" BY ‘HENRY FORD t 10:40 i tae ; \rrival at Town Near : | si F State itp : Citizens should “The public should not take R rds f Kl Said | Com a -49 ociock last night, when hit His Ranch. at Clayton today for possible identi- State troops. ' a . || Reco Oo an — a! nd 5 ee in front of 5424 Page avenue by aj} 8Y the Associated Press fication by victims of eight submit to arrest and detention martial law too seriously.. To F zz on if 342 ‘ nt y al® SSOCTAT EY “é YY victims eignt or nine a $ the nation, the situation sounds ‘al Ford De: ler at Capit How- | ) | HIG =R, “t ept. 17 : meekly, but put wheels in mo- , Ree aken “nies for Payments on Poli- | Oo a a ap al, | speeding automobile that did not i] he R IVE R Alberta, Sept. ia. holdups in St. Louis (founty early tion to test the inalienable right dreadful, but here at horke if Have n T ' | ever, Settles Matter on Instruc- stop, brought the nombera? mitor: sa ee oe ne rs mgr tOWNSPeO- | . srerday mornina: beferd county of: “td pete orit of habeas corpus you will forget the threats and State—Machine Guns Are - e oO 1a ig? tive stric ’ . ” : ats , 2e¢ cies for Victims of Quake. tion From Detroit. vehicle fatalities this year in St. ¢ Pr ; “’ Ww: mi 7 : — ins ficers take any action to turn him whenever the situation warrants. quit wondering what will happen | Bpecial te] the Post-Dispatch. : d le rince of ales a codial wel- - , . Governor Walton cannot suspend next, You probably never will Placéd Before Courthouse | | WASHINGTON, Ia., Sept ¥ | Louis up to 91. the same as this | come when his special train arrived } over to St. Louts police. lie was ' r -: . . +4 ; egaréicns of his know that the civil law hes ab ; the Associated Press. ' . ‘ : i tim 7 Sh there last nie > -_ x ’ a : : the Constitution, r : | : ‘ - ¥ 4 rs 7.—F h qj The richest man in the world has jtsme last. yea | — ore men" The Prince walked {arrested about 4 a. m. yesterday on boast dicated in favor of the military, at Capital. ; a4 LONDON, Sept. 17. ive thougsan | oe —_ ve .). | from the station’ to the main street: ¢; te od aK ; q”’ ‘ 1 He , i ; “Te. Harr. with her huspdand, Wal- | ; the Manchester road, a short dist “Let this fact be repeated— regardiess of the Constitution. w fersons are reported to have per- | “Jumped” a hotel bill. ae See | | unaccompanied by secyet service men oe as | } . who was in Washinweton last week jter Barr, and their daughter. Mrs. or police ance east of the Denny road ime | The Daily Oklahoman toots no The law is one thing and | a. med in the floods which followed ® | tor two days, en route to Detroit, | Rose Fuger of Kirkwood, was start- —— ee aa —* xhy | Mediately following a series of hold horn for the Ku Klux Klan. For Swe a " mii ef ; ’ . > ; a at. . . ; o re _ aile Vie ” : av i ’ typhoon at Tottori, northwest of | | left the George Washington Hote] ing home from a visit with a broth- should thev not greet me?” asked the ups in that neighborhooy. .\wo years th Daily Oklahoman ave 1@ militia By CURTIS A BETTS 1 Kobe, Japan, Saturday, according to. toon without settling his account. | er-jn-law of Mrs. Barr. Dr. Mat- reval rancher of his secretary. Arrest of Hennessy and Thoma —ae “ ee ee RO a TTR ENN / Staff Correspo udient ‘of the ros an Osaka dispatch to the Central | but he has since paid at ‘ thew 1). Vosburgeh 1241 Arlington thie peiice officers watched the " el ; pea Ponies os = . rm Ser. ps - MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE a Dispatch. -—. a News. The rivers Fukure, Chivo and | Mord, pccompanyed we Swo others, avenue They stood in front of the \coming of the owner of an’ =. &." vith the ‘ . wen Gein, While Hine OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., Sept: ;came to Washington last Monday | , Ps , ranch from the windows of the pri-/ "")' 0" pediisiy acter say “eed! Le 9-8 82> HIGH IN THE UNITED STATES h + Takim! burst their banks, Semroying | aaa stayed until Tuesday evening, | Page avenue house, waiting for an! votre car and fatal wounding of State Rep- Inquiries into activities of t e many villages. The ftrrific down {the automobile manufacturer regis- | eastbound street car. As one ap As the Prince reached the street, - rte he ae, We ere. ae Greater in 192 i America Than Vee aie aoa es ; ‘ ‘ aown reek } ; , : - gbur of rain has been general. Tokio. tering under the name of “A. Hen- | proached Mrs. Barr stepped into David Bear's Paw and Red Cloud, ¢ . bs , boyd — pte a ms a in 19 of the More Important today by military courts in O ** . . - . . ) (;i@ Sain a ) ic ‘ le is Yokohama have suffered greatly | ry. The party left in such a hurry | the street ahe ead, of her companions. minor chiefs of the Stoney Indians, | ferson and Casa a’ re maces Tec Foreign Nations i homa C ity and Tulsa, where military ; the deluge and ralilwavs are | we ot ater a7 ae at a Papers ag s- Ford coupe or sedan. step reage pom 3 pea aa ene | who drove up in what whe sate rm " ee ee | rule is in full force, following Gov. 4 ~~ 9aAY be . LV er ord. Ocal | without Neadlig rhts, and speeding, . "AILINE o phen wh 7 he a blue Stutz fourin car Skin- = mie . , - ' , ' Walton’s roclamation of midnal t i «ippled by the floods. _ | Ford dealer, received a_ telegram |the police were told, hit her, -knock- | Prince drew abreast of them, Bear’s' ... .....,, 2 ; = ? , : : . Oe Imperial Princes have deci- from Ford asking him to seitie the jing her unconscious and fracturing | Paw stood erect and in perfect En- aa a + ternal mortality was greater in’ the} H p Sa 7 a ‘Saturday, extending military rale te g t > j ‘ . is ri ct | : f j . See in | 4 nignt. an denie any connec™Mon “ egy . - a = meet. to Detroit. The bill wags paid. Policemen who were given a ing Star—-your brothers of the BSto- Priving Stutz When Caught 19 of the more Recta ay foreign Approach Will 9 Built. The firat witness summoned Appeals for Public's | a a. See license number as that of the ma-jinies salute you.” He : nations, it was showed in statistics the Oklahoma City mi a mA ~ | | | mnessy wa at the wheel of a 7 oe > tne “hj ata . one ; % un wation in Reconstruction SAYS QUAKE WILL DESTROY chine which hit her spent. several The Prince hesitated, then gravely | pie Stutz touring car when arrested made public yesterday by the Chil- me . . | court was Campbel! Russell, fo BB Associated Press. 2 a " hours tracing it. The man to whom ere’ his hand and sai ia: “Morn-/} and county officers state this ma-| dren's Bureau of the Department of Che Board of Public Service still! enairman of the Corporation a 0, via Osake, Sept. 17.-——The JAPAN'S FAITH IN MYTHS it was issued’ gave the name of a. ing Star is proud to greet his broth- = enine we gi py recta en Imbor. The death rate in nia. | 238 the power to say when and/ mission. 3 ; » ’ , - . , S - “ C 2 . e | : Bank of Pepan has agreed to make “A rR to w gets — pearoer ek eer ens.””” ‘ oo ee : i time after it was abandoned’ by rob- beware fan tage mts Hag | Whether the northeast approach to ‘ The State Age wrt of 4 18 man, aw ned, piainer a The Prince then proceeded to his } itt . ; . d = lan was remove oday from an OF 59,000,000 yen ($26.000,-| Bishop Partridge Declares Era of | ne had been driving west and, seeing | ranch by suttenabtie. | rasielpions , $5,000,000 yen, he said. A total of | people have been disillusioned as to} A Coroner's verdict of criminal ees Pe Caneaee badthouns’ masth: of ‘Wellsto: who, | By ths Associated ‘Press. ‘More before there is any actual con-| The State Capitol is surround@m ay tes yen ($15,000,000) is neces-| Japanese myths,’ Bishop Partridge | carelessness holding Joseph Fox of’ -—-—--- -————-— -- officers stated, was seen in company “SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 1¢.-~Nine ) struction. by national guardsmen, soldie sary t© meet insurance, Mr. Yano | said in a sermon here last night. Su- | 6141 Elizabeth avenue, buyer in a ‘ST, LOUIS AMATEFIIOS PICK WP with Hennessy, Robinson and Con- | versions of the naval disaster off This situation, as to the Board of with bayonets fixed guarding | re and the additional] 20,000,900 | pe rstition in Japan has received a | department store, was returned aaa] nell at a roadhouse shortly befora Point Honda, Sept. 8, in which | Public Service, was outlined to a trances to the Senate and House’ yen ($10,000,000) will be used to | vital blow, he said, if Ise, the shrine |in the case of Miss Bertha Schub- | RADIO FROM ARCTIC EXPLORERS the holdups. was arrested lant night ‘seven destroyers were wrecked and | Post-Dispatch reporter today by the’ Representatives halis ‘to preven assist the living policvholders here |of Ama-Tarrasu, the Sun Goddess,, han, 19 years old, of 6412 cag, eS Ra ree and is held for investigation °%3 enlisted men perished, were ready | board's president, kk. R. Kinsey. The! assembly of legisiators withe Workers of Japan are virtually | Was washed away in a tidal wave. | King’s highway. Miss Schubhan suf- ae of McMillan Lapedition Trailed by Night Riders. to he read into the record of the | president and members of the Hoard call from the Governor destitute here, but 170,000 to 200.000 | “If the shrine has fallen. her | fered injuries Friday wheft a passen- Will Try to Put Call Through The “night riding” squad. com. mava! court of inquiry investigating of Public Service are appointees of Members of the military : laborers wil! be provided with work | power has vanished,” the Bishop | ger in Fox's automobile, dying the Again Tonight prising Deputy Sheriffs William |the catast trophe when it resumed itS the Mayor. here are Col, William 7 A. Uf immediately to build house 3 and | saic “Japan will be upen to — next day. The Post-Dispatch today received Grupp (,eorge Rot bh and Charles sf ss) ions he re today. ' the saad Roard Miust (,ive Approval. 1s9th field artillery, president; i bid per it was announced. About bro samy The era of Christianity will Testimony of two witnesses W&S/information that four amateur ra- | Cartwright, visited the Green Mill! pre sted gm ee cetshnn hevaliieail “Inder thé charter.” President Col. Paul ms sy om eee adv ,000 carpenters and ese . that Schubhan made a left turn from a ~t Sen . : — Inn near Manchester and Denny manaers ot ow . Kinsey said. ‘‘all ordinances for pub- cate general; Ma wis plasterers ‘Gio stations in St. Louis, between | , hi from all parts of J - _ a the east at King’s highway and | a. oe roads, about 4 a. m. yesterday. after . vessels and ot the two others which lic construction work must originate 180th infantry: Maj. Loweag of Japan are being | ] . midnight and 3 a. m. today, picked ed in the grounding are | _ Ment to Tokio to he)p in the recon- HITS GOLF BALL 410 YARDS Washington boulevard in disobedi- ‘up code messages from Station WNP,!they had followed for nearly two | were damage : ang | With the Board of Public Service. If | Harrell, 160th field artillery; ' ion. : lence of an automatic traffic post he ship of the Donald McMillan ex-! hours a trio of machines belieted to be ee itted to ogg te mem ‘the Board of Public Service does not | John Amick, 160th field artilie@> ; i td Ff ; ) j 4 g: % read in the prese) ic ‘ e ‘’ - . pe > Foreign Mails, Through Kobe. BY ACTUAL MEASUREMENT | s'z> forbidding such a turn. His ‘pedition how in far northern waters. \° have been occupied by gangsters. ai fticer and eurviviastmensal fit to approve an ordinance for/and Lieut. Stanley, Williants, 19 th Kobe feplaces Yokohama as the . 'automobile was struck by a Tatiana wavawe ta the North Pole. These machines went to the Green manding ¢ i h « oo construction of the northeast ap- field artillery. Headquarters | pert through which foreign mails will ciated P |which had the right-6f-way east. | “Tl he ve ey ) "I ae the | Mill Inn. The officers entered free! Bian 1 De. ee ee | Proach, and to send it t6 the Alder- been established in a downtown gn s By_the Associated Press. Me : | +he amateurs reported that th@/inn they stated, and saw a er | mon. the Aldermen cannot force | be routed, accord! BOSTON, Sept. 17.—-Myron D.| Miss Schubhan was thrown on to “ paced 2 | 4 ng to an arrange- ; iship was trying to communicate with ‘ ' ‘ ment made by Smith hi If ball 410 yards from | the pavement ° of men at a table, including Hennes: RETRIAL such action. The Board of Puplic | Civil Courts in Session ata y the various ‘consuls | Smith hit a go a Te s | D ' : ithe Post-Dispatch and with thé sy, Robinson and Connell. The m Service can withbold the action on r ell t+ w id j eo at Kobe. These/the seventh vg, ong he ‘ ‘Chicago Board of Trade. It was jeft while the officers were achiud | Assistant petehdentin | State’s Attorney the ground that the structure would oreliaaal i «- i emntsdaieiill _ Yorobar ~be ‘continued until | course yesterday. e clu poe | Man, 83, and Two Women Badly not apparent that it was an emer-/over the roadhouse. ) Makes Announce ment. cost. more money than is available, ) investigati int il . » - 9 ~ sore ee re-established. eae gea pap = por: wen ew ‘gar Hurt in Auto Accidents. Pgency call or that any mishap caused A few minutes later a man en-|,. ... agenciated Prees or. on. aad) ates end. Senet: : ase ried i a a ie postal authorities announced. ad the benefit of strong wind an Five other automobile accidents |j¢ to be sent out. a rach yo . ) ] ae a ms re Me: | Sings in 8 co ¥. e inqu au >i) s » be t out, as the WNP oper-_ tered the roadhouse with the infor- | LANSING. Mich. Sept. 17.—Wil- The bill passed by thé Aldermen Emperor of Japan has issued an | S8un-baked turf. were repcerted yesterdiy gmd last ator signaled that he would try to} mation that a series of holdups was | ,,, 7. Foster, Chicago labor leader, ; Friday, directing the City Counsel- | expected to be in full fore@ tom «dict &ppealing to offiictals and citi lent ith infurtes to seven persons } in progress a short gistance east on {tam 2 29 d ’ i ‘ , 4 row citi- peste: inight, with injurtie : “-/ put the call through again at mid| ® - peep nO sgh must stand trial soon on charges Of or's office to institute condemnation ‘4 * Teng : . ; ' ee P as : : c ‘ ] . ee operate in the struggie for BANK HOLDUP AT GALESBURG, ILL, Henry Jacobs, 83 years old, re-|r¢gnt tonight. This is published so/the Manchester road. The “night violating the Michigan anti-synd!- | pfoceedings for building the ap- ps br she erongheut the 7 {sconstruction and restoration of na- sili tired, of 4954 West Pine boulevard, jrpay radio users with long distance | Tiders” hurried up the road and calism law, Assistant State’s Attor- | proach, will become effective 30 ns PP ' , Nona power. In Japan, it is pointed By the Associated Press | suffered fractures of ribs on the ‘sets may listen for tonight's call. | found 7 blue Stutz car in the ditc! . ney-General O. L. Smith announced ;days after passage. The Counsel- , ; a the ncn Dep om tmperial édict is rarely is-| GaLESBURG. Ill, Sept. 17.—| Tight side and cuts en his chin when | tig. are requested to-notify the| Partially blocking the road. with) 032. rhe jury in Foster's first | or's office will then begin examining ™ent of this elty, which had a : h as} ier awe assistant } Struck by a machine driven by a Post-Dispatch if anv pe eC ne y* had j sennessy at the wheel, “About ertal. held at St. Joseph, Mich.. dis- | titles to the property involved, and taken over by the military late y@ sa: mertoan business men remaining ae Te m5 He - wai » yn-| Woman at Euclid avenue and vest | ‘ain = - yen Sa. | feet to the east was a Studebaker. oavestl i filing condemnation suits. The atti. ‘°T4ay, Was returned to the cont " Tokio have been inundated with cashier in the vyau a wo Her ™g | Pine hn attevasnt: tte was taken to| J py : I — on duty at the Post- ‘containing Robinson and Connell., a oster is one of 76 persons who | tude of East St. Louls in the matter .of civil oeauthorities. This action hee regarding building nth masked ae yoyrten wet aah eee Barnes Hospital nosey Station when the signalg An unoccupied Moon touring car race charges growing out of a raid | may cause some delays, but what- ‘lowed a notice served by Mayor © . . , ndsinah : fc i came this m o . oy . ar r tat Lar et: : Pr 4 : : , als, machinery, safes and utensils and vue" » hey eae -§ : — ar Miss Aidel!l Wuenscher, 17, a tele- _* exert ame — standing along the road fart by State officers con an alleged Com- jever is done as to condemnation | «!!! on Col. W. 8. Key, military ex _ of many ki at the State Bank of Comeron, neat . 294 ('s et. |> i feast. Officers said these were the”: , , Sate ide ) f 1) rity nds. A long period must @t 9:30 this morning. The rob- | Phone operator, 3324 Caroline stre , aitiiaie munists’ meeting in Berrien County | sults, COnMrECHOn CARROt BOGS |En- Te ee ee before Japan will b ge here, 9:30 thi: iwas stepping from a street car at MRS, MARGARENT ERMELINE, 104, cars thev. had been trailing i August, 1922. C. E. Ruthenberg, {til another ordinance originating in |untess Ray Frasier, chief of sell eu @ avie Oo bers made their escape in a car | | Hiennesev showed fight when + é 5 ’ P , ; : , pply the demand of the tnd ial . Grand boulevard and Caroline street, : , the only other defendant to go to the Board of! Public Service, is; were reinstated at once, the ent Cts, it is said. yee wigs to eine 4 fe rte ye — when a southbound automobile hit | ‘DIES ON FARM NEAR ST. CHARLES —s womens B gy that and trial. wase onvicted. ® ' enacted.” police force would be retired by f Galesbur arawe last evening. ins ad - Pam jis rac ne oth aie | rie i : i Honjo and Fukagawa were com- | ~ ah : sam apres sth “" hap 4 Sanam! was beaten in the melee. Koth Committee to Act Again. city and the task of policing the @ . ee ee ee ee ~ e ver agi al ‘ . | = |} destroyed ana thousands of |;~~~ 6 erat 5 sega A ee bernin Beverly wan Had Lived There Since Coming to née struck Henessy with his ist PRINCESSES. IN GRAVE CONDITION As the construction bill will cail pete bey left in the hands of ¢ en Were killed. Manufacturers |‘ a pane - - e666 thane This Country From Germany when Hennessy made a move as directly for the expenditure 6f bond | military. 9» 2 Oo) : “ ) 2 ’ “4 ) } Iry and other luxuries are | d Position 23, an elec — Bag rhige eG in 1851. ao ‘reaching for a weapon. A re\ sees ie ical issue money, the administration. un- ¥ Crosses Unmolested. their fac tories tn produc- t | of felonious wounding, leaving the |2:45 p. m. yesterday. Death was | among them victims of the holdup the cendition of Princess Mafalda | - ont at aed Se ms nat = ina the devastated areas. ee en ident and driving |caused by senility. She had been|told the officers three men had fied land Princess Giovanna had occurred | _——s ptlgey dis | of the grand jury, scheduled for sede Post-Dispatch. In fact, po- }; scene of an acciden alt bi fi : me : = poe te 'from the Stutz car across the fields. |*" a we ab Crore appropriating money. Of its three / day in Oklahoma City, accompli« Relief » ' sitions of all Kinds are (/ when ingeusca tion in this city. to Washington, f was announced today. we ——— min Continued on Page 3, Column &- , , * his father’s tomb. ¥ early train. + lle te igen Aap oe a hw &: - Be 6 i eer. the cpily * ee ee eo | om *. aes ie ; sae 2p ae ie! ipo TR ae Pe aS Ne otis. Teo ne ed ty Na