St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 4, 1923

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COMIC PAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1923. — Te | 4 nano" i9La, H, C. Fisher, Patent Offiee,) yright, by e Mark Reg. U. &. YOUR MAIcEuUP ) is TERRIBLE. ‘Copyright, 1923.) Ta MISS HAVING YOUR WANT AD IN THE 3 BUNDAY POST-DISPATCH KEAL ESTATE WANT DIRECTORIES. PAL, NG MORE THAN 10,000 OPPORTUNITIES Eo ONE—BRING TO THIS OFFICE OR ee THE WANT AD WITH YOUR DRUGGIST | —_— ra The Only Evening Paper in St.~Louis With the Associated Press News Service. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH o WOL. 76. NO. 26. ve ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1923—40 PAGES, od PRICE 2 CENTS (20,000 THRILLED BY SPECTACULAR FLYING IN + _ OPENING RACES OF GREAT AIR MEET te hy Ht P sia o Ba WBERY LEADER | MEN FRANC - Fy # - = m % 3 Ly wm A - a Boilat, Who Was But- + ler in Home of Albert R. | Connection With Such Of- | ‘Shattuck, Wounded Re-| r sisting Arrest. 4 ae } WAS TRAILED ACROSS * OCEAN BY VICTIM inancier, Wife and Servants 1! Were Locked in Cellar | ' While Gang Took Gems 1 - Valued at $90,000. ¥ > or a the Associated Press. © PARIS, Oct. 4.—After one of the 4 3 ost extensive searches in the 2n- pals of the French police, Gabriel “ “alphonse Mourey, alias Henri Ici- : Miat, leader in the sensational Shat- wack jewel robbery in New York In % pril, 1 was found at Chelles. 12 Piles from today, and seri- ously wounded while resisting arrest. Establishing the fact that Mourey Seinc-et- ast night 999 Ml | Paris, ‘was stating in the little | Marne town, the : ‘Mrew a cordon fround his villa and a daybreak made a cush upon the ; ouse. Mourey charge ; Pith afusillade from two automa- Mc pistols, forcing the officers to re- : tand take cover behind nearby wees. A bullet sent through the So ndowv as he fire 1 er reloading his weapons brought 4 “the fugitive down. ™.-The police had been hot on the police % met their x Was resuming wail of Mourey since the arrival in france last July of Albert R. Shat- ck, the retired financier, who with ms Wife and a number of servants, a. locked in the wine cellar of his mew York home while Mourey and confederates fled with jewelry Porth $90,000. * Mourey was successively reported ™ be in Lillie, Marseilles, and Bor- petaux under different aliases. He Was always successful in eluding ar- west, each time getting a few hours Slart on the police. Photographs of wi were sent throughout Kurope Police Commissioner Enright of mew York. . + &@ retired financier, py *ttock, his wife and seven serv- - inthe wine cellar of the house, a they were held prisoners until e's. Shattuck nearly died from sutf- pecation. They finally made _ their . ape ese the ingenuity of tuck, Who pried open the lock. = “nwhile the robbers fled with .000 worth of jewelry. ; Three of the five robbers have een “ccounted for to date. With mTlet wounded and Eugene Diaset ad Maurice Bagnoli rarested in enfield, N. J., and sent to Sing was for 40 to 60 v-ars, only two are ™ large. , plat § a) $ Riis ary 4 ¢ . kK had otfered a $20,009 ard for the arrest of Boilat. Only | Dlece of jewelry has been “ecov- | This was a $2000 . ra watch, which was recovered r ab “rancisco from a woman who ‘ Gilat gave it to her. ps Mrs. Shattuck’s nerves were so ' ~~ after the robbery that she Sed to live at the home longer ae Mesrey at large, and Shattuck = us house, announcing chief was captured. MMENDMENTS ELECTION FEB. 26 ~~ 0 ‘SUitutional Convention Sets Date | for State Ballot. ‘ ‘ERSON CITY, Oct. 4.—~The tutional Convention yesterday eb. 1924, as the date for ‘ean election on the proposed ats to the constitution. cad -6, locked | | has Ciamond | it | d not be reopened until the rob- | | i j i | | he | | | | | DE — _— PPP BI PIL LFF LfFOFPRoEF POF FOF FFF IFO FGFS IF FOG GL IS GI GAL IS SDD DD I OD A CIVILIAN DICTATOR URGED.IN FALL OF ERMAN CABINET Stresemann Is Mentioned in| fice — Invited by Ebert | to Form New Ministry. | ; ; ’ SOCIALIST DEMANDS | BREAK UP COALITION Following Rejection of the Compromise Over 8-Hour Day, Bourgeoisé Members Voted to Resign. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 4.—The new German cabinet will consist of four | ministers, says a Central News dis- patch from Berlin this evening. Dr. | Stresemann, Chancellor and Foreign Minister; Herr Minoux, Minister of Economy and Finance; Dr. Otto Gessler, Minister of Home Affairs, and Defense, and Heinrich Brauns, Minister of Labor and Food. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Oct. 4.—With the tirement of Chancellor Stresemann’s coalition Cabinet, there is talk of es- tablishment of a civilian dictator supported by martial law. Dr. Stresemann, himself, is speken of in some quarters as well fitted to take over such an office, in view of his experience in economics and fi- hances. Meanwhile, he has been invited by President Ebert to form another ministry. The resignation of the Cabinet came last night after the four So- cialist members had withdrawn, fol- lowing their rejection of a compro- mise proposed by the CHancellor en the eight-hour law. The bourgeoise members voted to retire and author- ized Dr. Stresemann to apprise President Ebert of their decision. The Chancellor returned from a visit to the executi*’e soon after mia- night and immediately received the German editors to whom he reviewe:i events leading up to the retiremen c . Giant Barling Bomber, Photog When the Army’s huge bomb carrier started from Scott Field yesterday aft Murphy, a Post-Dispatch staff photographer, accompanied her in an airplane dri the Pulitzer Cup last year in the races at Detroit. Among the photographs he obtaine flying high over the city. PARTLY CLOUDY AND MODERATE TEMPERATURE ATI a TEMPER. 3 ~ TRES. TY) e~ ees “IDV wis Sxae ak & Ww ee ae ye ye Highest yesterday, 4, at 3 p. m.; lowest, 55, at 6 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather tonight and tomorow: moderate tem- perature. Missouri -— Fair in north portion: mostly cloudy in south portion; tomor- row, generally fair; moderate temperature. Illinois—Gepn- erally fair to- night and to- ‘niorrow, except unsettled in tion; night, probably light frost in low grounds in north portion. Zé Gasoline 9 Cents in Dallas. DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 4.—Gasoline is being sold in Dallas j@tlay at 9 cents a gallon. \ Spectators With Photograph by Clint Murphy of Baskets and Pillows at Flying Field at 8 a. m. A St. at the of first half of the program—got its first smack of air : Bridge- end the racing at the flying field at ton today and liked it. that goes with high speed that the crowd was prepared best to enjoy. If got that thrill, for it had several minutes’ suspense when it Was reported that one of the gontest- ants in the very first race was down “somewhere on the last lap” and his fate in a SO, Ii eX- | treme south por- | cooler to-| tain. A few minutes later the sus- pense was lifted and the pilot got a ringing cheer when he winged over | the finish line, late but safe. The weather was flying weather land spectators’ weather and almost | summer weather at midday, as if Old | Sol, too, were approaching for a |nearer squint at the nation’s best flvers in action. Spectators still were entering the Louis crowd—20,000 strong , Perhaps it was the tang of danger | forced landing was uncer- | in Barling Bomber—Sky-Gazing Order of Day. gates as preparations for the second | half of the program were under way, | | with | | none of the disagreeable congestion | | of automobiles or of street cars that) | vet the day had progressed 'was feared. Carry Lunches. Spegtators Pilots were giving a last caress to | their engines, workmen a final pat to the field, and the crowd was settling back for the opening of the races, when three geese in a ° flying ‘triangle, streaked a frenzied course | over the field. Spectators, pl- lots. mechanicians and the small army of race officials gazed and ac- cepted the omen as a good one. though the geese undoubtedly inter- preted the roar of warming planes as pursuit by some colossus with a gargantuan fowling piece. There was a trickle at the turn- stiles of the field as early as 8 a. m. the Post-Dispatch Staff. ernoon for her flight to St. Louis Field, Clint driven by Lsreut. Russell Maughan, winner ot d was this striking view of the bomber By 10, the crowd, which has been @ ——— —--——- Continued on Page 2, Column 7. Today’s Program HE program at St. Louis T Fete today, the first day of the International Air Faces, follows: 10:30 a. m.—Dedication of the field to army, navy, mail service and civilian pilots. 3 11 a. m.—F lying Club of St. Louis Trophy race. 12 rnoon—Arrival squadron, 18 planes. 12:30 p. m.—Mitchell race. 2 p. m.—Liberty mgine Build- ers’ race. 4p. m—M. B. Fighters—Fort bombing demonstration. 7 p. m. — Demonstration of night flying by air mail pilots, | showing how mail is carried on | trAnscontinental route. Field and ships will be illuminated. Tickets sold for Monday are good today. ACCUSED OF STEALING SEAPLANE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Arthur En- gland, an aviator, and Rudolph Beck were held in $3000 bail each today in Jamaica court on a charge of stealing a seaplane, owned by John J. Walsh of Brooklyn and moored in Jamaica Bay. The police charged their prisoners flew’ the machine to Long Beach, and had intended flying to Miami, Fla. They were arrested at Long Beach last night. of air mail Trophy j ARMY CAPTAIN DOES \ 140 MILES AN HUUR, WINS MITCHELL CUP. Burt E. Skeel of Selfridge Field Pursuit Group Takes First Plaee in Trophy — Event in Close to Record Time. LIEUT. TURTELLOT IS SECOND WITH LIEUT. BLACKBURN THIRD | 4 Walter E. Lees of Dayton Wins St. Louis Flying Club Trophy, First Speed Event of Day, With Average of 89.51 Miles an Hour; Perry Hutton and C, S. Jones, ¥ ~ Second and Third. Louis Flying Field, Bridgeton. 4 5 ewe Twenty thousand spectators, en- joying the outdoor comfort of almost ideal weather, were thrilled by the fast finish of the race of Army Air Service pilots for the Brigadier-General William Mitchell Trophy, the second of the day’s speed contests. The Mitchell race Was won by Capt. Burt E. Skeel with a time of 146.45 miles an hour. The course, 200 kilometers, or 124.27 mijes, is of the same length as that for the Pulitzer trophy race, the speed race to be flown Saturday. Lees Wins Club Trophy. In the first race, for civilian pi- lots in planes of low horsepower, the Flying Club of St. Louis trophy was won by Walter E. Lees of Day- ton, O., with a time average of 89.33 miles an hour over the course of 150 kilometers, or 83.21 miles. His elapsed time over the course was cone hour 2 minutes 37.07 seconds. The third race of army and navy flyers for the Liberty Engine Build- ers’ trophy, began at 2 p. m. Ensign D. C. Allen, flying a Cur- tiss 18-T in the Liberty race, when a few miles from the starting line, experienced motor trouble and made a desperate attempt to land in an open field just behind the hangars to the left of the starting line, but crashed into a group of trees. It was officially announced that Allen was not hurt. For the spectators at the field, the air races consist of the start and the approach and passing on each of the laps, when the flyers round the checkered field pylon. As the planes start singly, the first one to cross the line in a close finish is not necessa- rily the winner; but it happened in the first two races today that the one who came in first was the win- ner. After the start there comes an in- terval while the planes are round- ing the distant parts of the course of 31.07 miles. In 12 to 14 minutes the first flyers begin to reappear and the intervals grow less noticeable as the contestants spread out over the course. The view to the Southwest, from | which direction the flying craft first lap, ‘ing planes as bits of color, flying comparatively high. i appeared toward the end of each usually showed the approach- and as As they approached the pylo nmost of the flyers took lower altitudes and the turns were watched closely and brought frequent applause. In the Mitchell Trophy Race the Army flyers turned the pylons al- most squarely on their sides. The Streteh to the north beyond the pylon was chosen for low flying by some of the contestants. In Memory of Brother. The Mitchell Trophy -was donated by Brigadier General Willlam A. Mitchell, assistant chief of the army’s air service, in memory of his brother, John L. Mitchell, who was killed in action in France. The first contest for this trophy was held in 1922 and won by Lieut. D. F. Stace, air service first pursuit group, whose time was 50 minutes, 25.73 seconds, or 147.8 miles an hour. Capt. Skeel's speed today was ai- most identical with that made by Lieut. Stacy last year. The race today was flown by_six s- Today’s Winners Flying Club of St. Louis Trophy Race, 1, Walter E. Lees, Dayton, 0.—~ 89.51 miles an hour. | 2.° Perry Hutton, Wichita, Kan,— 86.77 miles an hour. a 3. C. S Jones, Garden City, L. I,—85.28 miles an hour. - Mitchell Trophy Race. 1. Capt. Burt E. Skeel—146,92 miles an hour. * 2. Lieut. G. P, Tourtellot—143.21 miles an hour. sia 3. Lieut. T. W. Blackburn—141,13 miles an hour. aes pilots from the First Pursuit group from Selfridge Field, Detroit. They ,used Thomas-Morse pursuit planes, commonly called “Tommies.” The first pursuit group is ths only organization of its kind in the army air service. At present it ig composed of 12 planes and the squadron flew here from Selfridge last Monday. The length of the race @as 200 kilometers (124.27 miles), which was four times around the 60 kilo- meter (37.07 miles) closed course, Off at Minute Intervals. , The first across the line was Lieut., T. W. Blackburn, followed at one- minute intervals by Lieut. T. K. Matthews, Lieut. G. P. Tourtelot, Capt. V. B. Dixon, Lieut. J. T. John- son and Capt. Burt E. Skeel, in com- mand of the squadron The “Tommies” are stubby, brist- ling little siggle seaters and as they flashed past the first pylon their ev- ery move was pugnacious as their 300 horsepower through the air at a speed of around 140 miles an hour. Spectators who had heard of the daring work of these army airmen were not disappointed when the race started, as each pilot, after attain- making the turn at,a terrific speed and but 100 feet or so above the ground. Fiies 20 Feet From Groand. Blackburn hurtled past the end of the first lap flying but 20 feet above the ground at 143.17 miles an hou, motors rdared — ing an altitude of better than §00 feet, nosed his ship for the pylon eee | and made a beautiful climbing turn «. ke around the pylon for the second lap. Matthews and Tourtelot came soon after, flying.over 100 feet high, but making diving turns. Dixon, John- son and Skeel roared down the end of the lap in almost a perfect fore mation. They made the turn per- fectly, however, and sped away on a -. bee line for the second pylon, 10 miles away. : hour, made on the firat.lap ‘was: Skeel, 147.29; Tourtellot, 148.36: Blackburn, 143.17; Johnson, 1460.78; Dixon, 139.98, and Matthews, 198.61. Lieut. Blackburn still headed the dare-devil flyers at the second ar third pylons of the second la . Tour- tellot passed Matthews on the ae bad ene? ’ i. . : s ? ¥ ‘ t2 “ » 2) Be LSS br $y Aol The average speed in miles ee, =