St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 22, 1924

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J STICK TO MY SWORN TESTIMONY” "Hints at Further Disclosures and Denies His New Statement Repudiates Former Story. —_—_---- jated Press. BF OM OARD WHEEL ER SPECIAL, EN ROUTE TO BI VOOMINGTON, Ill., Sept. 22.—-Gaston B. Means, star witness in the Daugherty inquiry, whose re- pudiation of his own testimony, ‘was published yesterday. called Senator Wheeler, independent vice presidential candidat> over the long-distance telephone last night and gave a startling version of that episode, Wheeler an- nounced today to correspondents traveling with him on his cam- paign tour. “Means asked me to call the Senate Investigating Committee together in order that he might present documentary evidence and personal testimony which would prove, he said, even grosser cor- ruption in the executive depart- ment at Washington than was al- leged in testimony before’ the hearings last spring,’’ Wheeler de- clared. “He told that he had been deal- ing with Blair Coan, who was an employe of the Republican Na- tional Committee and with Mr. Daugherty at Columbus, and with Mr. Todd prior to making his so- called repudiation. to get in touch with Senator Ash- urt (Dem.), Arizona, a member of the committee who is in Washing- ton and see about the matter. “A Washington correspondent also called me, saying that Means had told him the story and that he, Mears, had professed to be lay- ing a trap for the people who are now using his affidavits.”’ Special to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Gas- ton B. Means today partly dis- avowed the statement he made to former Attorney-General Harry M. Daugherty, in which he “repudi- ated” the testimony he gave against Daugherty and the Depart- |, ment of Justice before the Wheel- er-Brookhart senatorial committee last winter. Means admitted today that he had signed the statement made public by Daugherty, but said he “didn’t swear to it’”’ whereas his testimony before the Wheeler com- mittee was under oath. Means would not admit that the statement he gave to the former Attorney-General constitutes “a repudiation” of his sworn testi- mony before the Senate committee, It was signed, he said, “under cer- tain circumstances.”’ “The statement used by Mr. Daugherty is¢not witnessed by any- one and was not made under vath said the ex-investigator. ‘‘When I swear to anything, I stick to it. I stick to my sworn testimony The statement held by Mr. Daugherty is not a sworn affidavit.” Hints at Further Disclosures. Means was vague concerning the whole affair of the “repudiation,” and inclined to be his usual mys- terlous self. He hinted at turthe “sensational disclosures” if the Wheeler committee would recagn- vene for a few days and give him an opportunity to testify. Untill then, or until he has had a chance fo confer with Senator Wheeler. he indicated he would have to re- main silent. Means told newspaper men who questioned him about the statement to Daugherty that in his “busi- hess” it was necessary to sign many things, and that “the full story is yet to come.” ROXIE STINSON DENIES TESTIFYING UNDER COERCION BS? the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 22.—Miss Roxie Stinson, one of the Senate committee’s star witnesses in the Investigation of the administration of Harry M. Daugherty as United States Attorney-General, today Characterized as ridiculous, a pur- ported statement from Gaston B. Means, former Department of Jus- ee eee Continued on Page : 2, Column : = I advised hime, FRED STONE’S DAD RETURNS TO OLD ROLE OF BARBER Father’ of Actor, 75, Reopens Shop So He’II “Wear Out, Not Rust Out.” NEW YORK, Sept. 22—Fred Stone’s father, Louis P. Stone, who ls 75, but in his heart far from the oldest of the Stepping Stones, is back at an old role now, the first he played on the world’s stage. Fred and Dorothy may have larger audiences as they continue their Broadway run, but these are no less appreciated than those out at Freeport, L. 1., where the elder Stone has gone back to his first love and reopened the Stone barber shop. Twelve hours a day, from eight in the morning until eight at night, Stone works. The barber shop is being renovated and painted a new coat of white. The shop is divided into two. parts—for men being shaved and trimmed and for “ladies’ hairdressing.” It has two barbers, both male, but Mrs. Stone hopes he will employ a few women tonsorial artists also. “Better to wear out than rust out,’ is the Stone motto and the elder Stone, who mainly supervises, floes not feel too exalted to shave a customer himself. Asked why he had gone back to his old skit, Stone said he was tired of doing nothing and guessed Mrs. Stone was tired of having him “mopinge”’ about the house. “rs. Stone explained it differently, and said the barber to whom they last rented the place had bought a shop of his own and “mailed us the key.” It is the first time the elder Stone has been in business since an automobile accident 10 years ago. Fred Stone is known as the wealthi- est of actors. Among his large realty holdings is a New Ycrk sky- scraper. BOY, 6, HIT ON THE HEAD BY ANOTHER DURING QUARREL, DIES Post Mortem Charles Bendo of East St. Ordered by Coroner. A post mortem examination will be made today of the body of Charles Bendo, 6 years old 2421 Gaty avenue, East St. Louis. who died yesterday at his hcme fron injuries believed to have been suf- fered. Thursday in a quarrel] with another small boy. .. His parents, Mr..and Mrs. Frank Bendo, said’ hé became ill Thure. day afternoon after having been struck on the head by a boy com- panion with whom he had quar- reled while at play. A physician who attended the boy was unable to assign a definite cause of death and Coroner Barker ordered an autopsy. THIRTY-HOUR TEST CRUISE OF ZR-3 STARTS WEDNESDAY If Motors ti Dirigible Satisfy Builders Trans-Atlantic Flight Will Soon Follow. By the Associated Press. FRIEDERICHSHAFEN, Sept. 22 —The thirty-hour duration flizh' of the dirigible ZR-3 built at the Zeppelin plant here for the United States Navy, will begin next Wed- nesday. The cruise will be over Northwestern Germany. If tlhemo tors come up to expectations, th2 airship may start for Lakenhurst early next week. WOMAN DRIVER A SUICIDE WHEN MAN SHE HIT DIES Frau Huecttman, Wif. of Banker of Valparaiso, Chile; Ends Life in Berlin. Rv the Assoriated Press BERLIN, Sept. 22.—Upon being informed that a pedestrian whon she had run down wich her high- powered car had died from the effects of his injuries, Frau Anita Huettman, wife of a well-known banker from Valparaiso, Chile, committed suicide today. KING OPENS FIRST AUTO ROAD ROME, Sept. 22.—King Vic'or Emmanuel yesterday opened what is believed to be the first road in the world, built and reserved ex- clusively for automobile traffic. The road extends for 30 miles from Milan to the Lake of Varese. Tw Have Music in Every Home Every home is entitled to the uplifting influ- ence of Music. The cost is insignificant in comparison with the pleasure. Many good used musical instruments are adver- tised today—every day —in the classified col- umns of the Post-Dis- patch. Turn now to these col- umns and make your selection The Post-Dispatch The Perfect Market Place Examination of Louis ee wee Se ee WORLD FLYERS REAGH SAN DIEGO FROM TUCSON Globe Girdlers Again on the Pacific Coast, 125 Miles From Actual ‘tarting Place. CROSS DESERT AND SIERRA NEVADAS Indian Blankets Presented to Aviators at Meeting Held at University of Arizona. Special to the Post-Dispatch, SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 22.— Flying in perfect formation, the Round-the-World army airplanes appeared above San Diego this morning at 10:26. The flyers re- turned to the Pacific Coast at a point 125 miles south of Clover Field, Los Angeles, their actual Starting point. The official landing 10:34:48 o’clock. A fleet of 50 planes from Rock- well Field and the. North Island Naval aviation station convoyed the army men. time was TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 22.—With Lieut. Lowell Smith in the lead, the three army world flyers hopped off here at 7:28 o’clock this morn- ing for San Diego. The sky was clear and only a slight breeze blow- ing. Today’s flight is to take the planes over the western Arizona desert, across the Imperial Valley, and the Southern California moun- tains of the Sierra Nevada range. The world girdlers landed at the Tucson Aviution Field at 1:18 p. m. yestercay, after an unevent- ful flight from El] Paso. Thousands of persons were massed around the field when the big planes, fiying in close triangu- lar formation, appeared over the Rincon Mountains, circled the field twice and tiien landed at two min- ute intervals. Cavalry Holds Back Crowd. Tucson will no doubt be remem- bered by the world flyers as one place wher2 they were not stormed by enthusiastic crowds when they clambered from their machines. A guard of United States Cavalry, assisted by National Guardsmen and sheriff's deputies, kept the crowd at such a distance from the planes that the pilots and their machines had the field practically to themselves. They taxied their planes into position, stepped from them and then walked to a point where the guards were keeping even the official reception commit- tee away from the ropes. A varied program awaited them here. Immediately after leaving the fields they were guests at a luncheon given. by local reserve corps officers. During the after- noon, the flyers visited the United States Vettrans’ Bureau Hospital here. A public reception was held for them in a local hotel. Later the flyers and merchants devoted an hour to going over their planes. Last evening the flyers were pre- sented .with blankets at a public meeting held at the University of Arizona, the gifts of various Ari- zona cities. Lieut. Moffatt said the flyers would be unable to accept the in- vitation of Phoenix to fly over that city, the former home of Frank Luke, American World War ace, killed in battle. Holiday Proclaimed in Honor of World —- By the Assoctated Pres SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.— Mayor James Rolph Jr., has issued a proclamation making Wednesday, Sept. 24, the day the around-the- world flyers will arrive here, a holiday for all city officials and employes. Argentine Flyer Arrives at Hong- kong From Indio-China. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, Sept. 22.—Maj. Zanni, the Argentine around-the- world flyer, arrived here at 3:29 o'clock this afternoon from Haip- hong, in French Indo-China. NEW COMET BLAZING ACROSS SKY ANNOUNCED AT HARVARD By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. A new comet, blazing across the sky two hours behind the sun, was announced at Harvard College Ob- servatory today. It was discovered 5y the astronomer Finsler of Bonn, Germany, Sept. 15, and was ob- served a day later at Berlin. A second confirmation of it came from Lick Observatory today in word that it was observed there last night. As comets go the newcomer is a big one, being of the seventh mag- nitude, just short of being within the unaided vision of the eye. Re- ports indicated Maat it was growing brighter. _-~ ~~ — —o » onese TWO VERSIONS OF FATAL SHOOTING IN RAILROAD YARDS Detectives Assert One of Two Brothers Slain Was Stealing Storage Batteries From Box Car. SURVIVOR TELLS DIFFERENT STORY Charles Bass Says He and Brother Were Fired On When Walking Home — Inquest Tomorrow. Conflicting versions of the slay ing of Carter Bass, 952 Elias ave- nue, by railroad detectives Saturday night in the M.-K.-T. yards a: Thatcher avenue, will be presented to a Coroner’s jury tomorrow. John Hodge and Fred Aubuchon. the two special agents of the M.-K.- T. railroad who did the shooting have told the police they surprised Carter Bass and is orothe- Charles, 8443 North Broadway. stealing st@r&ge batteries from °e box cAY. °. Charles, who is in the city hos- pital with a bullet ‘weand in th: left shoulder suffered when Carter Bass was slain, today denied that he and his brother were robbing a car and declared that the detec. tives fired without warning. H»> gave the following version: “Carter called for me at wy home Saturday evening and as ‘me to go with him to the home of A’ Whaley, a friend of his who live: on the river at the foot of Antelops street. He and Carter were plan- ning to go duck hunting and thav wanted to talk it over. Brothc: Had Flashlight. “Whaley was not at home and We started back to Broadway, pass- ing through the Katy yards. ter had a flashlight in his hand to guide us through the dark and we laughed and talked as we went west toward Broadway. “There was a long freight train on one of the tracks blocking our way. I warted to walk around it, but Carter urged me to crawl through between the cars and we Cid so. Just before I went between the cars I noticed two or three oth- er fellows about a car length south of us and when Carter and I emerged on the other side of the train I saw that they had passed between the cars, too. “We had gone about 10. steps west from the freight train when I 4 that might have Before I could turn around there were several’ shots. Carter said ‘Oh’ and fell down in a ditch beside the track. A mo- ment later there were more shots und I felt a stinging pain in my shoulder. I feil down, but got up azain and walked about 20 feet, where I sat down and waited for the man who had shot me to come up and help me. “I sat there about 15 minutes and no one came; so I got up and walked about a mile to Baden to a doctor's office. E asked him to call the police and after he had dressed my shoulder I ordered a service car and drove to the city hospital. Denies Robbery Charge. “Yesterday four men came here and tried to make me admit that Carter and I were robbing a freight car but I told them that we were only crossing the yards. Neither of us has ever been in trouble and yesterday was the first time in my life that I was questioned by a po- liceman.”’ Carter Bass was 27 years old and lived with his father, Harry Bass, at the Elias avenue address. He had worked for nine years for the Katy as a painter. Charles Bass, who is 25 years old, was employed by an ice cream company up to two weeks ago. He said today that he had been compelled to lay off because of rheumatism from which he has not yet recovered. Both Aubuchon and Hodge told detectives of the homicide squad, who are investigating the shooting. that the Bass brothers were un- loading storage batteries from a boxcar, in company with a third man. -They said that when they surprised the men one of them, who was in the boxcar handing out batteries, drew a.revolver as he fied. The special agents said they enecn fired three shots as the men disappeared into the darkness. Later they found the body of Carter Bass lying in a ditch beside the tracks. Six storage batteries which, the special agents said, had been removed from the car, were turned over to the police. Both syecial agents said they had watched the three men from the time they broke the sea! on the car untii' the men began to unload the car. The special agents were not detained.. Hodge lives at 3773 Car- ter avenue and Aubuchon resides in the M.-K.-T. Hotel at Thatcher av- enue and the Katy tracks. Both are licensed private watchmen. heard a shout, meant ‘halt.’ Car-, PASTOR ASKS VOTERS TO DEFEAT HIS SON RUNNING ON BEER-WINE PLATFORM Py the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 22. N an open letter to voters of | atinnesota, the Rev. Thomas M. G. Birmingham of Mil- ford, Neb., has appealed for the defeat of his son” Merle Birm- ingham, of Minneapolis, candi- date for the United States Sen- ate from Minnesota, on a beer- wine platform, it was learned today. Rev. Birmingham said he de- plored the candidacy of his son on a plank “not the liberty of the gospel, but the kind that permits transgression and wrong-doing,” and asked that voters give him a “good, square Knockout blow.” Ina statement in reply, Merle Birmingham declared his fa- ther’s position a “consistent one for him to take.” “TIT believe,” he said, “that my father and I are working to achieve the same end—tem- perance—but as we are looking ‘through a glass, darkly,’ our methods of achievement differ. My purpose in making this cam- paign is to give to the voters |, of this commonwealth an oppor- tunity to indicate whether they desire a continuation of the _present farce of prohibition en- forcement or whether they de- sire sane and lawful regulation and the indication of respect for the laws of our country.” GRIESEDIECK BREWERY ORDERED CLOSED FOR YEAR Action Based on Testimony Beer Was Sent Out of Plant on 16 Occasions Since May, 1923. A small notebook, bound in red leather, containing dates and quantities of the illegal output of beer from the Griesedieck Brewery, over a nine-months’ period, and showing 16 occasions when such beer left the plant, was read to Federal Judge Faris today. After hearing it, the Judge ordered the brewery, ah Lemp and Shenan- doah avenues, closed until July 1, next. ‘ithe court’s order was issued un- der the nuisance clause of the Vol- stead act, and the closing was nom- inally for one year, but its begin- ning was dated back to July l, last. The Government’s application for such an order was filed soon after the raid made on the plant February 21, last, by Gus O. Na- tions, then chief of Missouri Fed- eral prohibition agents. When the application came up today, Edward Wagner, former brewmaster at the brewery, was called by Special As- sistant Attorr#,;-General Dyott. He objected to testifying, on the ground that he might incriminate himself, but the court said the law provided for immunity in such a case, and Wagner was required to answer the quéstions. Last Entry Day of Raid. Wagner then read from the red notebook dates, the last one being Feb. 21, the date of Nations’ raid, which general prohibition agents were about to raid the same place, in pursuance of reports of official protection for the making and sale of Griesedieck beer. As shown by Wagner's book the following number of cases of such beer was sent from the brewery on the dates given: May 15, 1923, 1038 cases; May 22, 1045; May 23, 1054; May 29, 1046; June 5, 1047; June 6, 1039; June 11, 1024; June 139, 1072: June 20, 1080; June 22, 1110; Aug. 22, 1166; Dec. 6, 1052; Dec. 27, 1040; Feb. 7, 1924, 1380; Feb. 15, 1388 and Feb. 21, the day of the raid, 245. Waener testified that he did not see the beer leave the plant but found it gone the following morn- ing after the deliveries. Raymond Griesedieck was called to the wit- ness stand today, but declined to testify on the ground that he might incriminate himself. Dyott did not press the matter and he was excused. One of the spectators in court today was Gus O. Nations. He took detailed notes on the teasti- mony of Wagner. Nations re- signed to enter the race for the Republican nomination for Attor- ney-General and was defeated. Dyott has asked that the brewery be dismantled. This wae refused by Judge Faris, who said he would not order destruction of any vats or machinery capable of other uses. Woman Doctor Released on Bond. Py the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 22.—Dr. Marie de Golliere Davenport, Phil- adelphia centenarian, arrested here Saturday on a charge of practicing medicine without a license, was re- leased on bond yesterday, was made at a time when: 4 missed. i PASTOR CONFESSES KILLIN G WIFE AND FRIEND WITH ARSENIC — EES Sage Admits Poisoning Wife and Man es te eh nee atti. arr —— MINISTER WHO CRITICISED SERMON FLOORED IN CHURCH Lawyer Resents Interruption to Rector Who Denounced Ku Klux. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 23.— Criticism of the rector’s sermon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church yes- terday by the Rev. James Fulcher, who came here from Michigan to address a Ku Klux Klan gathering, brought down the wrath of a mem- ber of the congregation who fol- lowed him down the center aisle of the vestibule and knocked him down in a lively fist fight. The Rev. Beverly D. Tucker Jr., rector, mfdway in his sermon, had criticised men “who go0 about hooded and masked, seeking the detriment of non-Protestant per- sons,” when Rev. Mr. Fulcher, also a member of the Episcopal clergy, jumped up from a front seat with the remark that “you don’t know what you are talking about!” As Fulcher stormed down the uisle, Andrew D. Christian, a law- yer and member of the congrega- tion, pursued him and the fistic encounter followed. After he had been arrested and released on bail, Fulcher was said to have stated he would tender his apologies to the rector. Mr. Tucker later asked that the charges against Mr. Fulcher be dis It was said that Fulcher apologized to the rector and the congregation. FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, TEMPERATURE ABOUT SAME ‘THE TEMPERATURES. “QIAO m Highest yesterday, sY at 1 Pp. m. lowest, 64 at 11: Fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and Tucs- day; not much change in tem- perature. Missouri: Fair tonight and Tues- day; not much change in tem- perature. Illinois: Fair tonight and Tues- day: probably light frost tonight on low ground in north portion; somewhat warm- er Tuesday in § south portion. Sun sets Mon- day at 5:69: rises NEVER CAN TELL WHEN | HOLDUP OF: TWO DAIRY EMPLOYES Money and Checks for $1100 Taken From Audi- tor and Salesman for City Dairies Co. A robber obtained about $2400 in cash and about $110¢ in checks in a speedy holdup of two employes of the City Dairies Co., in front of their office, northear. corner of Jefferson and Washington ave- nues, at 9:40 a. m. today. The employes, Joseph Machacek, auditor, of 4011 Juniata street, and Louls Kann, a salesman, of $14 North Kingshighway, were getting into a company machine to take company receipts to the ,-bank. Machacek, who was starting to sit at the wheel, had the deposit wrapped in a paper package. A young man, with cap pulled down over his eyes, stepped up with drawn revolver aud, without a word, struck Kann an the jaw hard enough to loosen a tooth and make the jaw swell. To Machacek he said with an oath, “Gimme that money,” then enforced his command by striking the auditor on the cheek with his revolver, cutting Machacek’s cheek, He seized the money packare and ran around the cornor, north on Twenty-third street. A traffic policeman was on duty at Jefferson and Washington, but the speedy action did not attract his attention. | 100 PERISH IN FIRE IN MOVIE THEATER IN SMYRNA By the Associated Press LONDON, Sept. 22.--According to a dispatch to the Exchange Tel- egraph from Constantinople, more than 100 persons perished in a fire in a moving picture house in “TO EASE PAIN” * EXONERATES THE ‘WOMAN IN OF AL Night of Grilling, Breaks Down When Prosecutor — Reads From the Bible. — DENIES HE CAUSED DEATH OF GIRL Says He Gave Mrs. Hight — Arsenic in Coffee and Placed Poison in Water He Gave Wilford Sweetin: : Special to the Post-Dispateh, vs ~ MOUNT VERNON, Ml., Sept. 22. 4 —Broken down by the reading ot so passages of Scripture, which had x been favorites of hig wife, the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, 49 years old, : Methodist preacher, confessed at 4 dered her and followed with a con- Speetin, 35, a member of his church E a at Ina. He denied that Mrs, Kisie — Sweetin, wife of Sweetin, had nar. % knowledge of either crime. Breaks Down Under Grilling. _ Hight’s* confession’s followed a night of grilling by State's Attorney, stomach of Sweetin, but still main- tained his innocence until Thompe son picked up the Bible and od * to the gospel of St. John and rea the passage beginning ‘Let your heart be troubled,” which Mrs. Hight’s favorite and whieh « i tell you I didn't kill her,”* cried, but it was clear that he on the verge of a breakdown. “Come, now,” said Thom “you may have been tempo deranged, you may have your wife to relieve her pain.” said Hight, “but maybe, to pain—”" “That's Why I Did It.” Thompson turned again to vorite passage of Mrs. Hight: “ now I saw another strong ar coming down out of the hea arrayed with a cloud, and the bow was upon his head and I he a voice from heaven”——— Hight, tortured oy the p tor’s droning voice, turned twisted and exclaimed: “I ain't ing to talk any more.” Thompson, ee sy up his vantage, pressed the th? Pc the suggestion that he might have — given his wife poison to relieve pain. s right.” Hight excl “that’s om T did it.” The Minister's Confession. He expressed a willingness make a complete confession anda written and signed it read: “I, Lawrence M. Hight, own free will, voluntarily, wit threat or promises and having fully informed of my right, what I say may be used ag me, make the taken et it ‘That, while temporarily myself with grief at my wife, Smyrna today. The dispatch says no details have been received in the Turkish capital. Mexican Bandits Kill American. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Prop- | erty owned by E. W. Graves of Waltham, Mass, waa attacked Saturday by Mexican bandits or rebels and Paul Anospide, an American, was killed, the State De- partment was informed today by Vice Consul Harry Ott, at Fron- tera, Mexico. |- o’clock this morning that he mum fession that he murdered Wilford : :