St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 25, 1924

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ee COMIC PAGE | THURSDA JANUARY 24, “ton, J a dé. HAN TERNS (Copyright, 19%.) / { KNEU) THe AFFAIR WOUL BAYT RE A SUCCESS WITHOUT ; Overver of Paris Sessions | get; second, Htions payments in the form of a ) funded debt, and, third, a big loan. which is possible since the inflation and official devaluation mark. =f m rh Set he The mae Woet e bh ’ ; ury Secretary said he had recom ‘take on the inevitable characteris itics of all big public gatherings. | Venders of black and red bouton- portraits of Lenine, biog- arm bands and even sand- |wiches are crying their wares to \the long queus. within shouting range of the great hall, while ata ‘nearby corner an enterprising lad sells pohnograph records of Le- niere inine’s speeches. Inside the building a-tiny easel set up within arms length of the is used by artist after artist in sketching for future paintings or sculpture, while occasionally glar- ing lights are turned on and a motion picture camera clicks. These activities however, do not detract from the solemn atmos- phere. Sobs are frequently heard but more impressive is the strained, head turning reluctance with which | their parting communist take great I the view leader. Probably majority of the more intimate details of Lenine’s anatomy are being pub- | lished than has been the case In Continued on Page 3, . Column 23. this transaction Doheny has testi- fied that he expects to make a profit of $100,000,000. He gave that off-hand calculation to the Senate Ojl Lease Investigating Committee last month and ree peated it on the stand yesterday. Doheny’s testimony gives the final discrediting touch to Fall’s story that he got the money in cash from Edward B. McLean, Wash- ington newspaper publisher, and close friend of the late President Harding—a story already exploded by McLean’s testimony under oath that he gave Fall checks, not cash, and that the checks were returned unused. Thus gradually the inside details surrounding the leasing of rich naval oil fields for private exploita- tion comes to light. Today It’s Zevely’s Turn. Today itisthe turn of Col. J. W. (Bill) Zevely, one-time editor of the ‘“Unterrified Dempocrat” of Linn, Mo., and now the personal attorney of Harry F. Sinclair and well-known man-about-Washing- ton, to submit to examination by the Senate committee. Fall is scheduled to appear Mon- day. He arrived from New Or- leans last night in Zevely’s com- pany and went to the latter's house. The former Secretary of the In- terior was to have been heard to- day, but in advance of his arrival telegraphed the committee that he would like a postponement on ac- count of his physical condition. Probably nobody in the crowded committee room—a room daily more crowded since Archie Roose- velt gave his dramatic testimony of last Monday—doubted that Doheny was giving the true explanation of the mysterious $100,000 when he said that it was he who lent it to Fall, sending the cash down from New York in a’ satchel. Doheny’s hair is liberally streaked with gray and his close- cropped mustache is white, ,but those are the only signs of age. His face is ruddy and he has a pair of amazingly bright, blue eyes. There are large streaks of drollery and sentiment in his makeup. Lent $100,000 Without Interest. He let Fall have the $100,000 on his personal note, without interest, because Fall had been his “pal” back in the old mining days of the West. It all came out with a rath- er appealing naivety. He had pros- pered, he said, and Fal! had been unfortunate. Fall told him of his troubles, and he took the hint and offered to lend him $100,000, as from one old friend to another. He could lend $100,000, Doheny said, as readily as another man might lend $560. ‘I'm just an ordinary, impulsive, irresponsible, dent sart of prospector, heny. His jaw trembled-and his voice shook as he toldy of Fall's financial troubles and the loss of his two children. Doheny said that no money had old-time, improvl- " said Do- ~Gentinued on Page 3, Colamn 4. ‘ ae. . rags a . meen J. W. ZEVELY. NEW BOULEVARD SIGNS THAT DRIVERS CAN SEE AT NIGHT They Will Have Red Surface Easily Seen by Day and Reflect Rays of Headlights After ; Dark. New boulevard stop signs, which drivers cangsee at night, are to be installed the next few weeks, first at@s¥e new stops provided ‘by an ordinance which has been in ef- fect since Dec. 28, but which has not been enforced for lack of signs. Later they will be placed at all boulevard stops. The new signs are the gift of the St. Louis Autdémobile Club. They have a red reflecting surface, which will be easily seen by day, and will reflect the rays of head- lights at night. Fifty new “silent cop” go-stop signs for automobilists, to be in- stalled at traffic corners, have been ordered by the Police Department, and they will be paid for from police funds, $30,000 being the cost, in order that the demands on} police man-power at the traffic corners may be lessened. The city has refused an offer for placing advertising. go-stop signs, without cost to the city. : Real Estate Ads | Fill a Great Human Need It is human for city dwell- ers to long for the peace and quiet of a home in the ence, and for everyone, whether in town or in the country, to own a home. It is these desires which make so successful the Real Estate columne in the Post-Dispatch. Here two people frequent - ly find in each other’s recteely the t ing they see d the result- ing onakatiie usually holds profit for both. If you would Iike to effect a sale or to make a pur- chase of real estate, wated ee ea session the Post- Dispatch’, Postate” columns closely, Also write a Want Ad of vour own. State your prop- * osition clearly, and when the ad is ready TELEPHONE 1T TO ‘The Post - Dispatch COURSET, for qountty folk ° yam for the life and one tement of city exist- Olive 6600 or Central 6600 BAL I™ —— ee SAT THROUGH MOVIE WITH UMBRELLA UP Testimony of Customer in Rent Suit, in Which 19 Leaks in. Roof Were Issue. Too much realism in the storm scenes at the neighborhood movie show, Twenty-fifth and ~° State streets, East St. Louis, consisting of a downpour of real rain through 19 holes in the roof, de- feated Fred Wiesemann’s claim for rent against H. E. Rose and J. L. Price, in the Belleville Circuit Court yesterday. - Rose and Price rented the build- ing from Wiesemann at $110 a month. After they moved out, to keep from being drowned out, Wiesemann sued them for four months’ rent. The case was up yesterday and Wiesemann told judge and jury that Rose and Price quit paying J freigs bp omy a rival show opened in the next block and lured their patrons away, which was not Wiesemann’s fault, as he only rented them the building and did not guarantee them an audience. Rose and Price testified it was the leaky roof and not the compe- titton that-put them out of busi- ness. 1ey were doing fine and “standing ‘em up” at their show until the water began coming ' through the 19 holes in the roof. Wiesemann said it was as good a roof as anyb6édy could want and turned the water like a duck's | personal attorney, back, and he intimated broadly that the movie men were just try- ing to get out of paying the rent because they couldn't compete | with the fellow in the next block. | But Rose and Price put some o their customers on the stand. One testified that he had tq move his) seat one night right at\the most | exciting time of the film, to keep | from being soaked, and another swore that he raised his umbrella | and only thus was able to sit through the storm scene unmols- | tened. The jury sided with the movie men and refused to give the land- lord any money. —— A Zevely, Barry: ae + ate’s Teapot I ing Committes today the Sia? * clair had loaned $25,000 in Lib- erty bonds to Albert B. Fall in June, 1923, three months after Fall resigned from the Cabinet, The bends were sent to El Paso for Fall, the witness said, after Sinclair had invited Fall to go to Russia with him to advise him on some business matters there, Fall could not leave at the time Sinclair sailed, he said, be- cause he had some personal af~+ fairs to attend to and also felt obliged to go to Washington to, ascertain whether the administra= tion officials would approve visit to Russia. Wahlberg Sent in Bonds. ‘Before Mr. Sinclair sailed,” Zevely said, “I told him the Sewell : tary would need $25,000. He- called in his secretary, Mr. Wahl+ berg, and told him to let me have” $25,000 or $30,000 in bonds, Mei Wahlberg sent them to a bank ; El Paso which Mr. Fall designated.”’ Zevely said Fall gave him an for the amount after his re from Ruasia; that he had the note, _ but that he had not given any os dence of the debt to Sinclair e to promise he would pay the loan. Senator Walsh, Democrat, M tana, recalled that Fall had the committee that $10,000 was. he got for the Ruasian trip. “That was his expense money. the witness sald. “The other in addition.’ os In his testimony before the com=7 mittee last Monday, Wahlberg clared that In October or Novem ber, 1922, by direction of Sinclair, he placed, subject to the order ZLevely, 3500 shares of Sinclair Con-_ solidated and $25,000 worth of erty Bonds. Wahlberg further tified that the stock at least eu quently had been sold, but that did not know what beacme of bonds. He added that the t action seemed to him “suspicious,” Zevely said the loan of $25; in IAperty bonds to Fall was Pi rangea for when he went to Th 3 Rivers to see Fall about the F sian trip. Senator Walsh sald it was that he would have made a trip Three Kivers for that purpose /Stead of writing. * ,“It may be strange, but it's € : fact,” returned the witnens, Deposited $115,000 tn Company. Questioned aobut mle of € 3500 shares of Sinclair stock, had borrowed from Harry clair, Zevely said he. deposited Centineed on I al The City Circulation of the Daily Post-Dispatch Exceeds the Second Newspaper b ” 51,000, the Third Newspaper bide 96,000 and the Fourth [Newspaper by 158,008 ———————— — a —_—— a mn ee vipat amntatesasiitiueres ——— z ~ oe - Na’ RP Ee, MI ee ae