St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 7, 1923

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COMIC PAGE THURSDAY, | DECEMBER 6, 1923. — Ns ee BoOGHeyTy BY “THE Foor BUT rLL SEL BY THE QUART Y Ho wel at va een rs Pee Pee - + Fe, 3 7, . ae > File Your WANT ADS | dosing time—Get better service { AvoID the SATURDAY NIGHT RUSH BIG SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH EARLY SATURDAY ng time is 9 p. m.—but don’t wait until babs” for the by filing early. _) ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. we FINAL EDITION (Complete Market Reports) sg “VOL. 76._ 76. NO. 90. ee ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1923—60 PAGES. nd CITY HALL Business of ‘Saving Money for Taxpayers;” Some Clerks Say They Te opyright, 1923, Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Patent Officg) AND THIS Teici ™ , i Is Said to Have Made Way of Tampering for, GUILTY OF TRYING ¥ . | CORLISS H. GRIFFIS. TO KIDNAP BERGDOLL ROBBERS ABANDON $3200 AND THEIR WRECKED AUTO TO ESCAPE FROM BULLETS Two Guards and Driver of Express Truck Held Up; Union Station Guards Open Fire on 5 Men, in 20th and Eugenia Holdup Five highwaymen, in a spectacu- lar holdup of an express money truck today, ran into such a hot fusillade of bullets that they abandoned their stolen automobile and $3200 in loot, and fled afoot, probably glad to escape with their lives. There was at least $11,800 more their hands on. The frustrated robbery, of an American Railway Express Co. one-horse wagon, was at Twentieth and Eugenia streets at 9:30 a. m. The robbers had put in their ap- pearance half an houh earlier, parking their car at the northwest corner, facing west in Eugenia street, and loitering in their seats. Meanwhile tne money wagon was being loaded at the express depot, a block south, at Clark ave- nue. In Twentieth’ street there ‘FORD-FOR-PRESIDENT’ CONFERENCE POSTPONED . AT REQUEST OF FORD By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 7. A T the request of Henry Ford, the conference of delegates of the allied dent” clubs **Ford-for-Presi- of the United States, scheduled to meet here Dee. 12, has been indefinitely postponed. Announcement of the postponement of the meet- ing was made last night’ by Robert Pointer, chairman of the Committee on Arrangements. The request to call off the meeting here was the first di- rect action taken by Ford in connection with the mention of his name as candidate for the presidency. The announcement was made after Pointer had conferred with Ford. — bilts and Others in New York. Py the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. ous reais t th delivered under packages of liquor them by expressmen misapprehension that were ordered by members of thei families. into alcoholic beverages. Th the company, and the police hop the sender will try to collect th funds. The fact that his given as.“Gordon’’ aroused picion that work. the packages were addressed. LIQUOR JOKESTER SUSPECTED Cc. O. D. Packages Sent to Vander- 7.—Numer- nts of exclusive districts have paid $30 each for C. O. D. the parcels ir The packages contained directions for converting the liquid money collected has been held by name was sus- a humorist was at Several of the Vanderbilts were among the persons to whom oO e e e e a In Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch Moving Picture Stars and Di- vorce; Why S80 Many of Them Have This Soulful Ex- perience Scientifically Ex- plained—How many — screen celebrities are there who have not been through one or more unsuccessful marriages? Not very many. A _ noted psy- chologist and a divorce law- yer tell why the life of ac- tors and metresses is so try- ing on marital bonds. Indiana Governor’s Amazing and Disastrous Venture Into the Realm of High Finance— Complete story of the tran- sactions which’ wiped out his assets, recently placed at $3,000,000, and brought bankruptcy proceedings against him as well as whole- sale indictments, charging him with 192+ criminal of- fenses. New Tricks of Merchants Who Are Really ‘‘Dealers in Blazes’’—Explaining why the days just after Christmas are the favorite. time for arson, and the latest devices to set fires and leave no trace of crime. The man who trained eats to start conflagrations. | Pay on Full Assessment. | sae i Comptrotier’ s office has sent | =~ew to 103 persons, whose tax of this year show errors in| a evor, that thep will be re- | L to pay fhe full amount of | ment, or, if they have lowered bills, that they mee Bxpected to pay the bal- ewithin the reguiar tax-paying Which ends with the} Bak. 2 ip ky 2 103 notifications ns include ‘em Page 3. ¢ Columu 2. . ‘ . a toe ? a ~ ae eee ins $ dk é pccitilas ‘and, we tebtcs ts Bt eth They Faced Death for 30 Hours in Sunken Submarine—Twv men of the U. 8. Navy, not long ago, went through a ter- rible ordeal. And a third sailor, trapped in sinking eraft, was shot upward to safety in the most remark- able way, nine minutes after submarine went down. Order Your Copy oday nelle te Pome - :who is employed by the Railroad was the usual bustle of express and baggage traffic, the west entrances to Union Station being there; nu- merous persons were ‘going to and fro and a number of railroad n, off duty, were sitting in the in- dows of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. at Eugenia street. “Thank goodness, money trip today,” that’s the last said the chief express guard to an assistant as the money wagon left the deput, going north in Twentieth street. The driver, Benjamin Bambrick, sat in the middle of the _ seat; Frank Wilmes, a guard, sat on his left, with an automatic pistol in the seat close to him, and Richard Hanlon, another guard, sat on the right, with a pistol in a holste?s, Pistol Slipped Into Pocket. The approach of the wagon was signal for four of the robbers to jump from their car, sawed-off shotguns in their hands. Two of them, taking the west side of the wagon, ordered Wilmes off with an oath, and the others repeated the process with Bambrick and Han- lon. The driver and both guards were made to stand on the Union Station platform, facing the wail. Wilmes had slipped his pistol in his pocket as he alighted, and the robbers did not find it, but they Cisarmed Hanlon. The actions of the robbers which followed are conjectural as the victims could see nothing, and ac- counts of persons’ in the vicinity differ. Apparently some or all of the highwaymen _.returned to the wagen and seized four money sacks, each containing $800 in silver, which were carried to their machine, in which at least one other man waited, with the motor running. Perhaps something scared one of the highwaymen, but at any rate a shot was fired that grazed Guard Hanlon’s neck so closely that he heard its whistle. The shot was heard back at the depot by the chief guard, who a few moments before had been thankful that the day’s worry was over. This man, Albert Thiemeyer, and another guard, E. lL. Krueger, ran to the holdup scene and started the fusil- lade that foiled the robbers. Pedestrians Dodge. « Confusion followed; pedestrians dodged for shelter and trucks jammed the street. The four roh- bers jumped into their started speeding west. Reports of the affray received by the police did not indicate whether shots were returned by the highwaymen Tiere was reason to believe the driver of the robbers’ car was struck, for the machine had not gone 300 feet when it swerved sharply to the left and crashed into another car at the south curb. Coincident with the impact the robbers tore through the side cur- tains, leaped to the pavement and scattered at top speed, leaving the four sacks of money behind in the car. Pursuers did the best they could to follow, but were baffled by the maze of streets and alleys in the vicinity. Russell C. Capen, car as it Y. M. C. A., saw one fleeing robber drop his shotgun in an alley behind the building, so Capen dashed out, seized the weapon and fired. In the abandoned automobile de- tectives found an overcoat in which was a chauffeur’s license, ‘four caps and four cravenette belts. With these as clews they started on their inquiry. INDORSEMENT FOR COOLIDGE Mississippi Republican State Excc- in the money wagon that the rob-. )/ bers did not get 18-MONTH PRISON TERM FOR GRIFF) IN BERGDOLL CASE American Sentenced for Part in Effort to Kidnap Draft Evader — Com- patriot, Nelson, Freed. 15-MONTH SENTENCE FOR KARL SPERBER Russian Prince Must Serve 5 Months — Prosecutor Had Asked for 3-Year' Penalty. | By the Associated Press. MOSBACK, Dec. of 18 months’ imprisonment was | imposed today upon Lieut Corliss Hoover Griffis of Hamilton, O., for the part he played in the at-, tempted kidnaping of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft evader, at Eberbach last Au- gust. % Karl Sperber of Paris was’ sen- tenced to 15 months, and the Rus- sian Prince, Faust Gagarin, to five | months. Eugene Victor Nelson of Chi-| cago, the fourth defendant, was set free. A sentence of three years for Griffis was recommended by State’s Attorney Nebel. Nebel also urged three years for Sperber of Paris; one year for Ga- garin, and six months for Nelson. Bergdoll’s counse! contended that these terms were insufficient punishment, and for heavier sentences, for Griffis and Nelson. Nebel contended that the United States Government was largely re- sponsible for the attempts to re- move Bergdoll illegally. He ex- pressed the opinion that it would be wise if the Americans, in the interests of peace, abandoned “this everlasting man hunt for Bergdoll.”’ He asserted that Germany’s sov- ereignty had been violated and that the Americans had taken advan- tage of Germany’s weakness. “If the American Government desires the extradition of Bergdoll, why does it not take steps through the proper channels?” the attorney asked. He declared tiriffis and his fellow defendants shuuld thank their stars and the Eberbach po- lice that they were not lynched on the night of Aug. 10 by a mob. The State’s Attorney began his arguments today by contending that it was quite clear there were especially getting Bergdol] back to the Unit- ed States in any way possible. The prosecutor pointed out that Griffis yesterday admitted he had $3000 when he came to France from the United States to work for the American Graves Registration Committee. He also pointed out that Griffis was a member of the Amercian Legion, that he was a reserve officer in the military -in- telligence service, and that he had admitted starting on the kidnaping expedition in an’ automobile be- longing to the Graves Registration Service. Defense Must Testify First. Testifying in his own behalf yes- terday, Lieut. Griffis asserted that he was the prime mover in the plot to capture and take Bergdoll back to the United States. The Ameri- can Legion had no knowledge of the attempt, but numerous Ameri- can officers in Paris were aware of it. Griffis was pl, as the first Witness because Géfman procedure requires the defense to present its evidence before the prosecutor in- troduces his. [n the course of his testimony, Griffis explained thot 7.—A sentence: asked the court} other: Americans in addition to the | defendant who were interested in | ‘Coolidge, should be furnished on a VOLCANO CRATER TO BE CONVERTED INTO A STADIUM Honolulu Announces Plans Sec Unique Athletic Bowl in | Heart of City to Seat 95,000. | By the Associated Press. | HONOLULU, Dec. 7.—Plans for | | the transformation of “the punch- | bowl, ” the crater of an extinct voicano which lies in the central portion of the city, into a huge | modern athletic stadium at an early date are announced by the | authorities controlling the Ha- waiian national guard. The sta- dium will have a seating capacity of 95,000. It is hoped to have the stadium resdy for use next fall. Already a number of convict laborers are at werk clearing the brush away from bevy sides and bottom of the bowl ' which is all that is left of the crater. A football gridiron, base- | ball diamond, cinder paths for’ track meets and a number of tennis , courts will be constructed on the | floor of the bowl. 'MACREADY FLIES TO INDICATED ALTITUDE OF 37,000 FEET | Figures Must Be Verified Before It Is Known Whether He Set New Record. | ny the Associated Press. | DAYTON, O., Dec. 7.—Lieuten- fant James MacReady may or may | not have set a new altitude record | tod: ay. Starting at 10 a. m. Mac- | Ready pushed his Lepere biplane | to an indicated height of approxi- | mately 37,000 feet when mechan- fore trouble forced him to descend after one hour and 28 minutes of fiving. Barographs which measured his altitude must be calibrated before 'the actual height is known and officers at McCook Field said this | would bring down the figure but t | how much they would not say. In order to establish a new rec- ord MacReady must have reached an altitude of 36,8835 feet—100 meters higher than the _ point reached by Sadi Lecointe, French aviator. Only the calibration wil] show this definitely. MacReady will make more alti- tude flights, it was said by field officials, but these await overhaul- ing of the supercharger and other parts of his plane. A new liquid oxygen tank de- signed to furnish him a supply of oxygen at great heights was used during the flight and worked satis- factorily, MacReady _§ said. The minimum temperature of 46 de- grees below zero at 36, 7 feet was registered. COOLEDGE OPPOSES CHARITY FROM U, S. TO GERMANY President Believes Any Aid Given Shmould Be on Business Basis, Ry the Assomated Press. Dec. 7.—Any | WASHINGTON, aid given Germany by the Unites States, in the opinion of President business basis rather than matter of charity. This statement of the President’s views, made at the White House today, after a conference between the executive and Ambassador Wiedfeldt of Germany, was taken as an indication that Mr. Coolidge would not at this juncture favor an appropriation for German relief such as was proposed in a bill in- troducedb y Senator Lenroot, Re- publican, Wisconsin. Mr. Coolidge feels that the time has not arrived when it is necessary to extend charity from the Government treasury to Germany. as a * British Election Affects Exchange. By the Associated Press. " NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Foreign exchanges broke sharply at. the opening of today’s market on Brit- ish election returns. Demand ster- ling broke nearly four cents to 4.35 and French francs slumped 10% points to 5.32 cents. Other continental exchanges yielded in sympathy. " ‘ the American draft system was »y number and he said the man who had taken Bergdoll’s number was court. Presiding Judge Kurzmann frequently had asked questions, and one of these was whether the man who actually replaced Bergdoll in the army had met death. Judge Warns Bergdoll’s Fricnds. Declaring that he had worked for purely patriotic motives, Griffis asserted that he had expected no merly of Philadelphia, who acte1 killed. . This explanation interested the | reward from the capture of the} draft evader. A report that Ike Stecher, for- in i we Look Ahead—Buy a Home Now -.LBPOV LOL LO Lh aah ‘ } } | Looking ahead inspires to : action now. The vision of your family well provided for, happy in thelr own home. made a reality only by de- cist¥e action today. Start now. . Turn to the ‘ “Real Estate” columne in the Pogt-Dispatch. Read as Bergdoll's chauffeur when Berg- doll fled the United States, would | try to kidnap Griffis, reached the Court through the attorney for | Griffis. Judge Kurzmann ther. utive Committee for Him. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 7.—Presi- dent Coolidge was indorsed by the Mississippi Republican state exec- utive committee at a meeting here today as the Republican Presi- dential candidate next year. This action on the part of the committee is binding upon the Mississippi delegation to ithe Re- ; called Bergdoll's uncle, Carl Behr- mann, into court and cautioned him | that if Bergdoll and his friends at- | court. Judge Kurzmann asked Griffis. why, after the war had been ended \ five years, the Americans still in-| sisted on Bergdoll's returning and publican convention as the Repub- | licans hold no state primaries. facing trial, declaring “time elim- Continued on 2 Column @. tempted any injury to Griffis they \? would be dealt with severely by the | f them thoughtfully today— and every day. Pick out ,the homes and localities that interest you. Consult | with the dealers or owners. ll i i ee i a, You will find the termes too reasonable to be over- looked. This is a matter for attention Now~Today. The Post-Dispatch St. Louis’ One Big Want Directory , Olive 6600 or Central 6600 depth of eight feet, touching the BALDWIN AND PROTECTION BADLY BEATEN; LABORITE LIKEL WATERS IN’ MINE 75 YEARS DROWN 3, IMPERIL 250 NEN Foul Pool in Abandoned Shaft at Belleville Breaks Into Adjoining Radium Coal Mine. DISASTER NEAR THE QUITTING TIME Wall Collapses With Crash Giving Men Little Chance to Flee—Bodies Recovered. Foul waters imprisoned for more than 25 years in the aban- doned Chester mine at Belleville, which yesterday afternoon broke into and flooded th Radium coal mine, drowning three miners and imperiling 250, flowed on during the night into the abandoned Murt- phy mine on a lower level, and this morning rescue teams were alle to go down and recover the bodies of the three drowned men. It was near quitting time yester- day and Roscoe Collins and An- drew Cox were at work at the far face room No.'14, off of north en- try No. 5. 3 Back of the thin wall’ 6f ‘coal into which the machine was ‘bor- ing were the black waters that had filled the Chester cavern during the years, from seepage and sur- face draining. Under the machine’s pounding and grinding the wall, with the pressure of water behind it, began to weaken. At first there was only seepage. Then water began to to surge out at the top of the vein. Gave Shout of Warning. The two men ran out of the room shouting warning to men in ad- joining rooms. The next instant the wall collapsed with a crash and the water, heavy with debris, rushed through. The flood gushed out of the room to the entry and along the entry, spreading &nto other rooms as it went, losing in that way some of the violence of its first inrush but sweeping on, a rising tide, to- ward other entries. William Loescher and Georve Lawrence were working in roon: 15. They heard the rush of water as it burst through the wall of room 14. “Something’s wrong Buddy,” he shouted, “‘let’s get out of here.’”” Even as he sprang to his feet the flood was upon them Before Loescher could rise from his crouching position at the ma- chine the water was up to his neck. He stretched a hand toward Law- rence and Lawrence tried to grasp it but they were swept apart. Saved by Electric Wires. Lawrence slapped at the electric wires overhead and. receivel a shock but slapped again and found that the current was off. He clutched them and drew himself along until his feet touched the floor, where the flood was not so —— ee Y NEXT Laborite Next | British Premier? J. RAMSAY McDONALD. SWEDISH AUDIENCE ENJOYS MUSIC BY RABIO FROM U. S. Strains Clearly Heard in Gothen- burg, Although Wirelessed 3700 Miles. By the Associated Press. GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Dec. 7. — American music, carried by radio across the sea, a distance of 3700 miles, was clearly heard by an au- dience in the Hall of Music here at 12:30 o’clock last night. JURY TRIAL IN CONTEMPT CASES Tennessee Senator Introduces Bill Changing Procedure. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Senator McKellar (Democrat, Tennessee), introduced in the Senate yesterday the first measure aimed at ending ee — — — TORY MAJORITY ~ PRICE 2 CENTS en ee REMIER IN PARLIAMENT S WED OUT King Expected to Turn to. MacDonald When Bald- win Fails on Confidence Vote in Commons. NO PARTY HAS ee Asquith and nd Lloyd Win Seats—Arthur Hen-' derson Defeated—Seven Women Are Elected. “YLONDON, Dec. t-—The Conser- vative majority over all the other parties in the House of Commons! was definitely wiped out at yes- terday’s general election. The/ standing of the parties at 65: 30 o’clock this afternoon, with 586. of the total of 615 seats accounted» for, was: Conservatives, 262; Las bor Party, 182; Liberals, 142; ‘othe. er parties, 10. ; This showed a continued rela- tively greater growth in the num-. ber of Laborites and Liberals re-) - turned than of Conservatives. ~~ MacDonald May Be Premier. + 4 The situation now is one of 7 the most complex that has ever! RON cae | 7. ¢ é04se oF - 4° pxeye ye PADS gta y ig ma a, co 7 ae .. Xs, ns ane eer « ‘ . 5 Bo ra PY r , , G fe 7 7 r 7 = . r" . & 4 ined 6 viet: . 5 oe P +: TS fi ‘ ; Veto : Ja . * , i » ¢ * ASN AED RO Aes ate : Y ETM | wel sy LON SAN Ss wa ee ce ae " 2s ; bi Sic ate a Rk SR aaa ee a eye or x 3 ca tau re SW : A . r " . +s * ety ae PAM 5) koe ES — he 2D ee PRS Oe ae oe PR BPs REP, OP ry, aa > 6S? See rn ri. pay ral oe ine oft oR peers tn By pee ie mre Pon sda Pe eee Dane fs « . ‘ jee a eee . oe 3 i tn ~ ie Ur Se woe me ee > a ey Suh Fee Ae ie . + eS cela ee ae oF pene 3 ; : » “ ‘oF és ms + aad 4 Me pee . — ae such incidents as the case of Comptroller*Craig of New York. Craig’s sentence to 60 days in fall by Federal Judge Mayer for con- tempt of court was made the basis for McKellar’s bill, which provides for amending the statutes -so that jury trial will be required in all cases in which the alleged con- tempt is committed outside the presence of the court. Provision is included in the measure for having the Federal attorney in a given jurisdiction ap- pear on behalf of the court. P ANTI-MASKING BILL PASSED Oklahoma Hoase, 71 to 15, Sends Measure to Governor. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., Dec.7. —The lower House of the Legisla- ture today passed without amend- ment the Senate anti Ku Klux Klan bill. The vote was 71 to 15. The bill, which prohibits the mask, but does not require making | public the names of members of secret societies, goes to Gov. Trapp for signature. CLOUDY, PROBABLY WITH RAIN: TONIGHT; SLIGHTLY WARMER ae TEMPERATURES. ‘ deep, and made his way toward the ' shaft. Loescher was drowned, as was | John Evans in room No. 16 and Louis Ambruster in room No. 17. There were 250 men at work in | the entries, 60 feet below the sur- | face. Men at the base of the shaft | heard the ccmmotion and beat with hammers upon the great gong | hanging there, which boomed its. warning through the entries. From every entry the men came running. But the water came fakter than they could run. It swirled | about their feet and climn bed to. their knees and their hips, ; The water reached the necks of . many of them before they could | reach the shaft and be hois‘-. ed, a dozen ata time, on the. racing cages, or clamber up the | steps of the air shaft. It was close speech with ee, rertions tonight; somewhat colder in its foulest form and men well &#turday afternoon or night. acquainted with mine perils came! up jibbering and _ shrieking, some of them laughing with hys- teria. and | The water filled the mine to a roofs of the entries and the rescue ani that came at call Bt. w. at — < or romewhat colder Saturday after- n-on on night. lal, 6.9 feet at 7 a. m.. a rise sesh, «' see. S O. Wisciedsc net Oa? DMG. Bde sce 4° 2 a. ~ %! 2 SE Se pees are? 4 2a.m.. he Oe i A boc. 066 cca ? . * ies ch oe oa eee a8 1". m.. . 58 5 eee ‘ib; Cea... rr ee Pee eg | ee 60 Highest yesterday, 47 at 3 p. m. iowest, 29 at & a. m. Official fore- ie Wr Cane HiM| east for 6&¢.} ILENT CAI” Louis and vi- cinity: Cloudy weather prob- ably with rain tonight or Sat- urday; slightly warmer to- night with the lowest tcmper- ature above freezing. Some. what cdlder Saturday after- noon or night. Missourt: Cloudy and somewhat wun- settled tonight and Saturday. Warmer in east and south Illinois—Rain probable tonight Saturday; warmer tonight: Sun rises at 7:07; sets at 4:39. occurred in British politics. It is, generally believed Premier Bald-. win will continue to conduct the” Government until he meets with. | defeat in the Commons. Since Ste will be impossible for him to pute through the protection measures: — which formed the only purpose oft, his campaign, he probably will in.) vite defeat asthe most graceful) — way out of his position by pro-) posing any motion in the House? — which the Laborites and Liberals’ — opposé. : The Government would thas be overthrown and the King, accord. © ing to custom, woulfl summon Ramsay MacDonald, as leader the official opposition party, form a Cabinet. The Laborites are definitely sured of being returned as tt opposition in the Commions, as thé» Iiberals could not overtake theme — even if they won all the remainingy seats. The greatest number of 4 the Laborites ever held before 144. Baldwin’s Word to | After the déclaration of the pe at Bewdley showing him to ha won his seat in the House of Com mons over his Liberal opponent b more than 6000, Premier Bal said to hig constituents: “IT think from the look of I'm going to have a rather ¢ time in front, but I'm never afr of difficulties, and at all events shall be able to face them, ing I have your confidence support.” The Conservatives had much faith in the country d feeling that. the promise to sw dize the farmers would draw heavy agricultural vote. The rwi réturns thus far, have given Torries a hard blow, the fa element veering over to the erals to a considerable What was felt to be one of most striking answers to the : sidy proposal came in the def of its sponsor, Sir Robert lera, the minister of agriculture Bridgewater. by the Liberal «¢ didate, W. E. Morse, by a of 1431. The total vote recorded up 5:30 o'clock this afternoon for various candidates by parties 4,709,770; 3,859,409; Liberal, 3,554,470; parties, 104,802. Seven Women Elected. Of the seven women retu Parliament on the basis of t * a oe * yt. prey Bp Bee a be €e- Mo ia ee. 6s . J ie ~ ? J . § .- m ‘ , 7 A # , “ r eit more vite . ow “a ‘ ; i eee « age ra ~~ : " ear : Stage of Missiasipp! River at &r. : 1. Missquri at St. Charies, 13.6 ae wie