St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 28, 1924

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NATIONAL BA K IN MISSOURI AGT AS EXECUT Seen oe

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HYDE SIDESTEPS Board of Police Commis- | remains divided two and | while friends of President man are urging him to call. = “showdown with Gov. Hyde. ir, it was indicated today ' Brockman will await another ( before delivering an ul- tum to the Governor. president and Commissioner INDORSEMENT FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY Continued from Page One. pected the party leaders will turn for a candidate. He was looked upon with enough favor by the Coolidge organization to be select- 'ed to handle Coolidge's interests | in the State at a time when there feeling between the Police | H. Howard, which was '/| ted by Saturday's stormy | _ has caused an open break feen them. Commissioner Wil- Young sides with Howard and gsioner Richard Moore with | mman. Thus there is an align- | certain to lead to the dead- Brockman expects. as soon important matter comes be- | the board. Riel Casts Deciding Voic. Gee commissioners were at odds fay on the question of rein- former Police Sergeant Beccard, discharged for in- fination. Mayor Kiel cast the ag vote in favor of the rein- femert. At Beccard’s trial. & the Mayor had overturned r deadiock by voting to dis- the Sergeant. tether RBeccard—the object of ntion—will accept reinstate- and come back to the depart- doubtful. He has obtained ition With an automobile com- and is understood to be in a lary. If he quits and returns mee force the board may fire “@gain. It is known that he is better financially than he did | ‘ ‘ 4 ; e b | wae ‘ policeman and he did not ap | supporters this afternoon definite- reinstatement. issioner Howard's advent Board by gubernatorial ap- | ment was the starting point: me present trouble. It made | ble a tie vote, with Mayor as arbiter. Then, too, Com- mer Howard brought the i Rule to the Police Depart- or at least attempted to es- it as the basis of tl future deliberations. Pres.- Brockman and Commissioner mm 256 not acree with him a- Rute. They believe a police must ruled with an iro if discipline is to be main- The Mitchell Case. mmissioner Howard's firct act was to interest himself Claude Mitchell case. Mitch- was a possibility that there would be active and serious opposition to Coolidge, having been chosen after the Coolidge managers had virtual- ly decided to turn the campaign here over to Attorney-General Bar- rett Will Have Delegation’s Support. With an uninstructed delegation Hivde will have the support of the | district delegates from at least nine districts and undoubtedly also the seven delegates-at-large. He prob- ablv will have the undivided sup- port of the entire delegation. This ‘will amount to the same thing that ‘instructions would amount to, and there would be none of the appear- ance of self-clorification. The Governor, Butler, Chair- man Clements of the State Com- mittee and other leaders have had several conferences since the Gov- ernor arrived here last night and there has been much considera- tion of the slate for delegatecs-at- large. There is little doubt that Hyde, Senator Spencer, R. R. ‘Brewster of Kansas City, Mrs. W. R. Haight of Brandsville and Mrs.., Sylvester Wells of Kansas City will be on the slate. Necro for Delegate-at-Large. Gov. Hyde and a group of his ly fixed the slate of delegates-at- large. selecting Walthall M. Moore of St. Louis, a negro, a ‘former member of the Legislature, as the | seventh member of a slate virtual- | ly agreed upon several days ago. Moore's selection followed a re- jection by Hyde of National Com- mitteeman Babler, whom Hyde re- fused to accept as a delegate-at- | large. For a time the convention fixers under the Governor's dom- ination had considered having four white men and three women on the delegation. There was a strong | *' movement from St. Louis for Bab- | _ler and for a time it appeared the shot to death by detectives | nt of March 12 in front of ®, 2827 Washington boule- after he had fled from the ' Governor would accept him, that is. he would neither aid nor oppose him. but would leave the seventh place on the slate open for Bable- if he could get the vote of *e« con- vention without interference from the administration. Hyde's rejection of Babler vir- tualiv forced the conferees back of an automobile accident. | to their first plan of placing a ne- Officers were commended for! gro on the delegation, a plan which | Work by Chiefs O’Brien and; they abandoned after two negroes mand, and a Coroner's jury,! had been elected district delegates an investigation, ordered a/ from St. Louis. The Governor did tof justifiable homicide. This} not want to choose between Cal satisfy Howard and he un-/| Pierce of Maryville, a member of Kk a personal investigation of| the State Eleemosynary Board, and | ; ; ® Was stated today in authorita- | J. G. Hughes of Kansas City, who was chairman of the State com- Police circles that Howard) mittee during the Hyde campaign y appeared before the grand | and recommended indict-| charging the officers in- with murder. His wife, who. fin the special investigation, Sppear as a grand jury wit- shortly. Beccard case came along and again Commissioner How- out of step with President va . At the first trial, Bec- Was charged with insubordi- in connection with allegg:d of Detectives Hoagland. Dur- : ony. Beccard calied Chief ~“ndaliar. But the board ed him. Wher the strangce- | | | ) | in 1920, and went back to the plan of putitng a negro on the delega- tion. ; Talk on Fight on Slate There is some talk Fire Of an) effort to break the slate and of | trying to elect Babler, despite the Governor's opposition, but some of Babler’s friends express the opin- fon that Babler will not enter a fight, and that he would not per- mit his nam eto go before the con- | i'vention unless he was assured that ™—Z Temarks he had made to | of this was pointed out in the | Per accounts of the trial, a Charge of insubordination Dlaceq against Beccard. a meed to settle the case . ourt” by inviting Hoagland Beecard to his office to settle Warrel. But Brockman in- a the trial. And at the trial | took Erockman’s seat and the examination. time the Mayor voted to = the Sergeant, and over How- = Protest. this was done. Brock- | Urday, when the Board held meeting to make promo- Ward placed the reinstate- f Beccard to a vote. Hyde would not oppose him. Cireuit Clerk John Schmoll of St. Louis is here fighting the se- lection of Senator Spencer for dele- | gate-at-large. He is advocating ‘among country delegates that the | selection of Spencer would “be a slap at St. Louis.” However, there WOM iss , | does not appear to be any organ- * er See, SeneD ee ‘tzed fight on Spencer. His name is on the Hyde slate and unless some- thing comes up before tomorrow to change the sitpation, his name will remain on the slate and he will be chosen. The Ku Klux Kian tissue contin- ues to be the absorbing topic in the pre-convention gathering. In fact. there is little cise to come thought the matter settled. | before the convention which has not already been fixed. From a ‘member of the kian it has been er clash is impending when | ,of the kian. meets tomorrow. One m. two to be named. There is | between Lieut. Edward and Assistant Night chief of “Yes Robert Acee for th : If the board. in its frame of mind, misses the | that President Brockman ™ Will be the last straw, tee of an eventuality unfore- | night, learned that 185 delegates, or &p- proximately one-sixth of the total number of delegates, are members They. of course, will oppose any antikian resolution. It remains to be seen whether they will demand a platform plank supporting the klan’s position. Finch Temporary Chairman. At a meeting of the subcommit- the State Committee last a slight change was made in the. convention programm. ' Gov. ' ' ' | } | JOFIN C. ROBERTS FUNERAL AWAITS “SONS ARRIVAL ig : ‘Of ficer of Shoe Manufac- s i}. Saving ‘Corporation: snd © Unexpectedly at 70. HE HAD BEEN ILL i} ONLY FOR TWO DAYS| | Was Stricken at Luncheon a Friday With What Physi-| cian Pronounced Hem- orrhage of the Stomach. | Arrangements for the funeral of | John C. Roberts, shoe manufac-' turer and newspaper owner, who’! died at 2 p. m. yesterday at his| |University City home, “Crest Haven.” after a brief illness, await! the arrival of his son, Elzey M. Roberts, who is on his way to St.! Louis from New York City, where) he was attending the annual con-| vention of the American News-| paper Publishers’ Association. The widow, Mrs. Anna Roberts, is| ‘in Honolulu on a travel trip with; St. Louis friends, and the tentative plan is for a public funeral from! the Roberts’ home on Partridge javenue, north of the Olive street, ,road, at 2 p. m. tomorrow, with! interment, private, in a temporary} vault. Stricken at Luncheon. Roberts. who was one of the. organizers and vice president of the International Shoe Co., and owner of the St. Louis Star, was 70 years old. Death came unexpectedly, fol- lowing an acute illness suffered at luncheon Friday. Late Friday his physician determined he was suf- fering from a hemorrhage of the stomach. He became unconscious late Saturday, and grew steadily weaker. John C. Roberts Jr.. his second son, was with him when he died. He immediately communicated with his brother, the pubilsher of The Star. | The elder Roberts purchased The Star 11 years ago,and later the | eldest son was made publisher of it. Roberts was widely known for | his prominence in the shoe indus- | try. being one of the founders of the Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Co., the nucleus of the Interna- itional Shoe Co., the largest con- ‘cern of the kind in the world, Native of Tennessee . Roberts was born in Readyville. | Tenn., and early in life engaged in the general store business at Mur- _freesboro, Tenn. Later he. entered 'the clothing business at Nashville and then came to St. Louis as a salesman for the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. From sales manager of | this concern he entered upon the organization of the Roberts, John- son & Rand Shoe Co. With the fundamentals of mer- | chandising acquired as a country store retailer. Roberts two years later wént to Memphis and obtain- ed employment with a wholesale grocery house. He resigned his position as bill clerk to take a traveling position for the Bram- let & Moore Shoe Co. of Boston. ‘That employment led to his con- nection with the Hamilton-Brown Co. in 1880, which resulted in his removal! to St. Louis. At the time of his death he was director of the Friedman-Shelby | lbranch of the Internationa! and | was also principal! stockholders of the St. Louis Pump and Equipment | | Co. He was a Democrat and actively supported Democratic candidates jand policies. He counted the late ' President Wilson a personal friend. |He gave important help in financ- ing the successful campaign of the late Joseph W. Folk for the gover- | : norship. | Star to Suspend for Five Minutes. As a magk of respect, it was an- 'mounced today that all activities of the Star would be suspended for five minutes at the hour of the funeral. The St. Louis Pump & Equipment Co., of. which John C. Roberts Jr., is president, will be closed all day tomorrow. | ‘The International Shoe Co., with ‘all its branches, will close for the i day at 12 o'clock noon. Mrs. Roberts is traveling . with | Mr. and Mrs. James T. Pettus and children. Pettus is a vice presi- | dent of the International Shoe Co. and a nephew of Roberts. ee _—----_-_-_ ~-- oor a \Hyde, who had been selected for | temporary chairmanship. decided | ‘he did not want to wield the gavel, | jthough he did want to make the “keynote” speech. Therefore, | ‘James A. Finch of New Madrid; ‘was chosen temporary chairman. | Hyde, however, will deliver the ‘speech. | Ww. E.’ Morton of Kansas City. | chairman of the Jackson County | Republican Committee, will be ‘temporary secretary, and Mrs. W.. R. Haight of Brandsville. and ‘Louis J. Becker, chairman of the} ‘st. Louis City Committee, assist | ‘ant secretaries. : | United States Marshal T. W.. Hukriede of Warenton will be Ser- | geant-at-Arms and V. J. Diemer of! Springfield will be doorkeeper. ; The address of welcome wil! be! by Judge John T. Farrington of | ithe Springfield Court of Appeals, | a Democrat. The Rev. C. B. Miller’ ‘of the Springfield Baptist Church will pronounce the invocation. ‘maintaining that “they are good.” | MORMON CHURCH HEAD | WHO WILL SPEAK HERE! HOW MORMONS MIX | ) | “BUSINESS AND CHURCH Heber J. Grant, Here to Speak, | Tells of Loan of Finance | Corporation. | Heber J. Grant, president of the | Mormon Church, and head of the | $15,000,000 Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. | and other large manufacturing, Mercantile, banking and insurance | corporations of the church, is in St. Louis today, and wil! speak tonight in the Latter Day Saints’ Church, | 5195 Maple avenue. Mrs. Grant, survivor of a trio of | wives whom. he took in the days of plural marriage, is with the president, as are a daughter and a 'grandson. The family party is at | Hotel Statler, accompanied by the) |president’s secretary and “5S. O. 'Bennion of Independence, Mo., lwead of the Mormon organization | lin the Central States. | Religion and business mix suc- | ‘cessfully in the personality and the | | conversation of Grant. In an in-'| terview this morning, he talked of HEBER J. GRANT. = peculiar doctrines of the Lat- — ter Day Saints, and of the prospects | for the beet sugar industry this) CHARGES $561,163 ‘year, with equal enthusiasm. He | LOSS IN HOLLAND BANK is 67 years old, with white ye! land keen, kindly face. TO MISUSE OF FUNDS > Still Prejudice, Grant Says. | “Prejudice against our church Continued From Page One /has not disappeared entirely,” he . said. “but we are able to answer til after the Holland locked its'it now on a basis of _ statistics, doors. iwhich show our people to be lIon- Two other notes are set out by | ger-lived and healthier than the Millspaugh in the bond claim, both |average, and to have fewer di- bearing the purported signature of |vorces. Our birth rate Is high and E. E. E. McJimsey, publisher of!our death late low; in fact, the the Springfield (Mo.) Republican, | death rate of our people, as a body, who was defeated in 1920 for the | is lower than that of the policy Republican nomination for the holders of the four largest national governorship. These notes, aggre- life insurance companies. gatng 36.4890, bear dates of! “as one of the older genera- Maich 10 and April 13, 1922. Me-|tion of Mormons, I am myself the "trey at one time was a director | product of- plural marriage, and I .. .Mme Holland bank. practiced plural marriage DLefore | 3oth he and Sanford declare that | the sanction of our church was McJimsey did not sign the notes, | Withdrawn from it. It will sound | Sanford explaining that they had; strange to many, but it Is a fact | been placed in the note case. “to! that my first wife, on her deathbed, | cover certain stock transactions | expressed her joy that there was for the bank.’ Millspaugh in-| another wife. to bring up her chil- forms the bonding company that dren. In my own boyhood home, he has not sufficient information | 485 the only child of my mother, I to determine in fact whether Mc- lived in the most cordial relation Jimsey did or did not sign them. with my brothers and sisters. Sanford has explained that the “But plural marriage is no more, Hermann-Sanford notes were exe- 2nd my predecessor, President Jo- cuted by him to cover purchases of 8¢Ph F. Smith, set his face firmlv stock in the Holland made by him | 484inst those who sough* to con- for the saddlery company, the cer- | tinue that institution after we had | given our word to the United States | tificates for which were assigned | . by him over to the Hermann-San- | Government that it would be dis- | ford concern. The B. P. Price notes Sanford : has declined to discuss, though _—— — — continued. I was a party to the action by which two elders, who | took plural! wives after they - had been forbidden to do so, were ex- | Accountants ‘have declared that ee ee ee a daliee they are of highly doubtful value, | : Rete. having been unable so far to lo- versely sexes agg care eared ag ww cate any such concern. ee . Overdrafts of Directors. | desirable residents, and that it ap-, Siliidinatie tu personal accounts} Peared to be unfair to tax them so a Diebahers white perhops not | heavily as other citizens, since they technical violations of criminal | Sontrinse pees “a wry So statutes of this State, are believed | one cnarkabie ang pen nsti - by the Finance Commissionr to | a } “ne . i constitute an infraction of the sure-| wae (yoo cen ae i cE ete eee et oe za. ‘Stedinkadeen = President | lows: E. N. Ferguson, director ard | > . o- . G lv - | chairman of the board, $534.59, heaps, samaritan rea animal p S. gene nO | Jesus Christ was other than the Son. director, wie Sepsiont . ay 4 ~ "lot God would not remain with us cashier and director, $932.49. ] Oo , to such qu Mill uch. Bank Examiner Col- | /°™S- - eV ' "i , mlspaus - . ,.|tions is that we know Jesus was) lins E. Bushnell and Roscoe C. Pa "lthe Son of God, because God ap-| terson of Springfield, special Assist- | sensed to the Prophet Joseph ant Attorney-General in the Hol!l- aie aie stmeiinandl Seu tin land case. have flatly refused tO amith ea Sila Gee ‘That appeer- discuss the bond claim and other | | nce ‘. nai acetate of iaitt. eslet, ane similar phases of the bank devei- | “The Mormon Church does not OPSRaSssS, pointing hon oe Maswtes | sederate or co-operate in religious demanding pecrecy in ys nape matters with other churches, but It is known, however, that the &°n-'| its members act with those of oth- eral counsel to the bonding com-| .. nurches in general movements pany has made a survey Of tne) +. the public welfare, such as the| Holland note case and that formai| ..yipition movement.” Presiden: | crag ertageles wig mata 5 a “° | Grant was formerly head of the the New York office of the com-' Prohibition and Betterment | pany several days ago. | League of his State. When the Holland first closed, ; Of the church's business enter- | its directors and friends said that it | prises. President Grant said would be reopened, that a malic-| the church’s interest in ious rumor had caused a quiet °1" | about one-fifth, but that members ' ' ; and resultant temporary embar-/of the church hold predominating | rassment for ready cash. | interests, though non-Mormons Subsequent investigation by bank / are largely interested in some of! examiners disclosed that this Was/ the corporations. not the only trouble, that many of | -The sugar corporation was hard the pretended assets of the bank hit three years ago by the fall in ‘were in fact of lifile value, while| sugar prices. “We had to borrow others were worthless. |heavily.”” President Grant said. Several attempts at reorganiza-|“and when New York bankers tion were made but the amownt of ' wanted seven per cent, President money to be raised was too great. Harding and the War Finance Finally 40 per cent of the vecuri-| Corporation came to our aid with ties were sold the McDanield Na-j|the offer of any sum up to $19.- tional Bank of Springfield, which | 000,060 at 5% per cent. We bor- agreed to advance that proportion, rowed $9,500,000. and this helped of their funds to depositors. Fur-| us to get through the crisis. ther dividends will have to awatt “Last year the farmers of Utah liquidation of the remainder of the cot $2.900,000 more than the con- | tract price for their beets, and this | }year we are dividing with them , 50-50, instead of 52-48, as for-| merly. “The copper business has had its ups and downs, also. Two years ago the big Utah copper mine, with bank's assets. Sanford Says He Is “Brokc.” Sanford. who iong , has been known as one of the rich men ef | Springfield, conceded two weeks. ago that the failure had orusheJ et king 58 e in this him off the ban & stag |a payroll of $30.000 a day, had to community. Two fine homes,-four | 4 oo. i automobile, affluence, financial | SUSPene temporarily. at was a and political power had been his. | Dlow at Salt Lake City, the mine | “l went to bed one night think- | being near the city, but the mine) ing I was worth more than a hait| * oa running +. epee Re million, but the next day discov- | . = - we —— - yy a ered I was broke,” he told one|% *®¢ cuure . -C. mM. 1. friend Zion's Co-operative Mercantile In- stitution, of which President Feeling here is high. A few of Grant is also the head. TLife and |Sanford’s friends, for most pari | g¢-. insurance corporations are men whom he has aided financin'iy | inciuded in the activities of the in getting their starts in business president, who is a practical life are exceedingly loyal to him. Others | jngurance man. He is a director, are severe in condemnation.|o¢ the Cnion Pacific Railroad. Though bitter at those he blames, president Grant and his party to- for his misfortunes, and though the | morrow will visit Nauvoo, Ill., the blinds of his town house are kept town from which the Prophet Jo-. drawn, and the lines of his face! geph Smith and hie followers were deepened, Sanford stil Imaintairs(! driven. He speaks with emotion his jaunty ald and greets acanaia- | of this incident. and of the suffer- | tances with a smile and handshake ' ings of the Mormons in Western | as of old when he meets them 4ur-/ Missouri. “In Kaneas City.” he re-| ing his daily walks abotu the jated “I played golf not long ago | business section. /on ground which rightfully belongs | “I have done no wrong, so why to our church, but of which i was) worry?” he philosophizes. ' dispossessed.” . | Legislature as a Republican. Nich-' | tribes. _ Louis, he was associated with Gen. 6H SHELDS, FORMER WOGE, DIS AT 8 He Was Veteran of Civil War) and for Many Years Active in Governmental Affairs. ~ | ' The funeral of former Circuit) Judge George H. Shields will be} iheld at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the’ ' Second Presbyterian Church, | | Westminster place and Taylor ave-| nue. The éiders of the church will; act as pallbearers. Burial! will be at Hannibal, Mo. Judge Shields, who was $1 years old last June, died yesterday, from the infirmities of age, at his home, 3665 Delmar. boulevard. He is survived by two sons, George H. Shields Jr. and Leighton Shields, both of St. Louis, and a daughter. | Mrs. W. M. Warren of Boston. | | Mrs. Shields died in 1913. Two Terms on Circuit Bench. | Judge Shields served two terms) on the circuit bench, the second| ending in 1920. He was born in Kentucky, but was reared in North- | ern Missouri, and at Hannibal he| ;went to school with Samuel! L. Clemens (Mark Twain), though the | two were not classmates, Clemens’ being older and farther advance’. | Hie studied in Westminster Col-| lege, Fulton, and he was later a’ member of the Fifty-third En-/ rolled Missouri Militia regiment, a) Union organization. which took | Sentence of One Suspended — When He Says He Has Gone Out of. Business. Three “repeaters” in the viola- tion of the Voltsead taw were sen- rere to jail today by Federal udge Davis, on their pleas of gull- ty before him. The sentence of one, however, was later suspended to permit investigation of his claim that he had gone out of business. Pretro Carpanini, fined twice be- fore for violations at his soft-drink parlor at 725 North Whittier street, was given the maximum penalty of a $1000 fine and 90 days in the Warren County Jalil, on po _charges. Carpanini, who had al- {ready asked for leniency because . |his san died recently, then re- George H. Shields. ‘eo quested. that he be sent to jail at —- — | St. Charles instead of in Warren ATTEMPT TO BOMB County, so his wife might be able to visit him more easily. LAW AND ORDER | Request as to Jail Denied. WORKER’S HOME. Judge Davis refused, saying, | however, that he was willing te |) change the sentence to any other —~\ jail, except at St. Charles or 8t. deep and four feet across in . the | Louis. There were reports some ground. | |} time ago that liquor law prison a “No Law in the County.” —_—/ in the St. Charles jail were being A woman living In the vicinity) permitted to nike visits to St. saw a large aut@mobile, bearing Louis to look after business. A Centinued From Page Onc. part in an engagement with Con-|@ red light on the running board, | Government investigation followed, federate troops at Palmyra. He running slowly south on the Price _but the findings were never an- studied law in Louisville. and be-|road. north of Forest Hill Tennis| nounced. It has been noticed, gan practicing law in Hannibal. In 1870 he was elected to the | olas M. Bell of St. Louis is one of | his surviving colleagues in that | $ession, the Twenty-sixth General | inal ) |Assembly. He was elected a mem-|#Fe about 19. Mooney expressed | tenced to 60 days in the Warren | ber of the Constitutional » conven. | ,tion of 1875, which framed the! constitution adopted in the follow-| ing year, and still in force. He lo-! _Cated in St. Louis, and was chair- | man of the Board of Freeholders | which framed the charter in force | until 1914. Under President Harrison’s ad-| ministration, when Gen. John W.| Noble of St. Louis was Secretary of the Interior, Shields was As- | sistant Attorney-General for the Interior Department. and in his position he had important legal duties connected with the opening to settlers of large parts of the present State of Oklahoma. ac-'| quired by purchase from Indian | law Partner of Gen. Noblc. In his private practice in St Noble. He served asa special coun- sel for the United States befor» tine commission which considered claims growing out of the difticw'- ties between this country and Chile. | wane an f 1 b ~ | a. ‘rT av ; e . O occuring during the Harrison ad- ministration. He was a former | president of the Missouri sSocicty, | Sons of the American Revolution, | and a member of Frank P. air'| Post, G. A. R. He was a lifelons | | member of the Presbyterian Church, and an elder in the Sec »nz¢ | Church here. K. of C. Attend Mase. Kenrick Seminary held open house yesterday ‘within its grounds | on Laclede road in St. Louis Coun- ty, to members of the St. Louis General Assembly, Knights of Col- umbus. Solemn mass was said by | Archbishop Glennon at 8 a. m., | after which the 400 guests were en- tertained at breakfast. A check for $6000. the interest of which is to pay the expenses of one student | in the school, was presented by the assembly. Archbishop Glennon ' accepted it for the school. | ADVERTISEMENT NURSE PRAISES MERCIREX AFTER SKIN CLEARS Trained Nurse Says Mercirex Cured His Skin After Specialists Failed MERCIREX GUARANTEED “I am a trained nurse employed at the e Hospital for the past 10 years. I have had skin troubles—blemishes, etc., on my face. I have used numerous salves, ointments, also have been to skin specialists, but could get nothing to do me any good. Mercirex has absolutely cured me, cleared my | skin, and I think it is great stuff.” | A clear, healthy skin—free of | eruption and blemish is yours— positively yours—if you'll step to the nearest drug store and buy a jar of Mercirex—only 75 cents. Try | it—follow the directions—aend if it. doesn’t help you promptly—get | your money back! No matter how severe your case | may be, Mercirex will bring you | | amazing results. It has relieved | ' worst cases. It will do the same for you. Not a patent medicine. Merci- rex is not the uncertain, faddish roduct of a patent medicine house. t is the development of one of the oldest scientific institutions in the country. It was tested, approved | and prescribed by physicians every- | _ where. Not messy or greasy. Mercirex | leaves no annoying trace after use. | It does not advertise your trouble. | It is practically colorless, and there | is but a faint, delicate fragrance. Remember the money-back guar- /antee. Buy Mercirex at any drug store in town—only 75 cents. Write | for free book on the care of the skin | and scalp to The L. D. Caulk Co. | Milford, Dei. We also recommend Mercirex Soap. ‘Club. about five minutes before | however, that liquor ‘aw offenders the first explosion. | have been sent elsewhere, although Mooney owns the property. On| drug addicts are still being placed which are a number of tennis|in the St. Charles institution. lcourts, and the building was erect-| william Riley, pleading guilty ed by members, of whom there/tg his second offense, was sen« confidence that young men wh0/ County jail, as was Charles Reiter. belong would begin going out to-| Reiter, with one offense recorded day to restore the place. ‘against him at 2862 Gravois ave- “I haven't reported the matter) nue, claimed he had sold the con- to the law-enforcement officers! fectionery at 3127 Magnolia ave- of the county and I don't intend | nue, where the second offense had to,” said Mooney. “We have’ no occurred. He admitted, however. such thing as law enforcement; ‘that he still had possession and that there is no law in the county. l' his brother was in charge at the think if I reported this I would be | Gravois address. Judge Davis, who, laughed at.” , ‘had been asked by Reiter to change. Mooney recently received aihis penalty to a fine, then said he “friendly tip’ to absent himself; would defer sentence while owner-. from certain localities in the ship of the places was being inves- county. On May 11, 1923, as coun- tigated. sel for the owners of a Weliston|; VLouis Buhlinger and Mike Dris-e ‘heater, Mooney obtained an order! coll had both had “hard luck.” The for removal of a street carnival.|same day Buhlinger took possession Early the next day the front of the of a saloon he had bought a week theater was damaged by an ex- before in the 9200 block on South plosion. Broadway, the place was raided by a S. a Federal agents, who found 1419 — GETS - YEARS FOR BURGLARY | 2o""'es of “home brew’ there. Buhlinger’s fine, on three counts, ‘was $1500. Youth Pieads Guilty of Breaking | Quit to Drive Milk Wagon. Into Home on Northland Avenue. —§ \tixe Driscoll had run his s&q. Joseph Krause, 24 years old, of 104 a: Newstead and Maffitt ave- lar, pleaded guilty today to the | when agents visited him. They, 4 a q 1% ayy iat ned m= OP > ‘“ \, or - a - oe 4 ad 4 ae “ - p oe Y Se Bo) ba * > ay d . 4 ge a3 - t . ¢ > ? " ‘ a ; ” " i oe ‘ ‘ . nN . . ) q * Pou ~ : E ag P _ eae 4 . ey A N " y " . : ria ie 4c , ~ iagier *s es, 7 “ 5 A ‘ > ‘ ae ae A f ‘th es Rr ve 4 4 “ . » TS > a - 2 > s Re. en arn a — wh ‘Si pS f ~ “ y nes ee Rig SI ee ae . Es 4 - Pr Ny ies . ‘Sipe mets ee ne -: fat 4¥ Ae > : = . 2 ab eS a ~ - 2 wit + , ¥ oo i Pe burglary of the home of Mr. and | sound liquor there, and Mike ti | ee soorge Brownhill, 4906 | next day went to driving a milky ae Northland avenue, on Feb. 15, and | wagon His fine was $500. was sentenced by Circuit Judge Itt-| wren Mrs. Mike Bern appeared ner to 5 years in the penitentiary. ;, court with a doctor’s certificate- Krause was cornered in an upstairs |: show that she was in ill health, closet and, after a struggle with | Judge Davis remarked he was sorry! Brownhill, fled on foot abandon-} she would be the real sufferer for~ | ing his automobile mn front of the Mike's offenses. Then Mike was’ home. He was arrested when he | ¢jned $1000 for possession of liquor sougth to recover the car on the | at 2200 South Third street and told. pretext that it had been stolen. (he would be committed to jail un- Brownhill, whose leg was frac- | jess the fine was paid. tured, when he fell off his porch, Nathan Cohen, who mixed liquor while chasing Krause, was in court and the shoe repair business at on crutches today. Krause was let | 4707 Delmar boulevard, was fined. off with 5 years because he had no | $400. Peter Patroni, who has a previous criminal record and de- saloon at 1420 Clark avenue, was clared it was a first offense. fined $500 for possession. - eaten ea _ 2 eee (nD... | | | e Busy Bee ef a ** J > Downin Sunny Alabam’ they haveafamous Salad that looks like a slice of Neopolitan Ice Cream. The green section is Cucumber Pineapple Aspic. . Ah-h! The whiteischeese ...and the red,tomato.Add Mayonnaise and Lettuce and you have a real Birmingham Salad. It’s on the Busy Bee Menu Tuesday. Gwe a TUESDAY’S SPECIALS CANDY «@ O/4- Fashioned Bitter Sweet Chocolates, Rasp- berry, Cocoanut, Vanilla and Orange centers. . .and Maraschine Cherries coated with Milk Choco- late. Half & half, packed only in 1-Ib. boxes 50c BAKERY ~ Fresh Cocoanut Layer Cake, teg- gg 5 EE SE a nomiinpicil owns ad ALL-WEEK SPECIALS In Canpy ~» Baby Cream Sticks, the | hesotecmibed kind. 4 tb. bea: eee lw THE Bakery ® Butter Almond Coffee ERS RE Se HE Basy Bee Specials BA No | 3

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