St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 24, 1924

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CCORDING to the humor- A ous weekly, Pele-Mele, a philosopher says there are | three things which a woman must resemble in one way, but not in another: “She must be like a Snail, Which never leaves its house: | | but, unlike a snail, she must not ee a eee a ee ee nay es oe —— a a tn a ee es TE Ny Put all she owns on her back. J'Bhe must be like an echo, which speaks only when spoken | to; but she must pot, like the | : echo, always tal en the tast | | word. | : “Finally, she must be like the | | town clock, always correct and | | always punctypal; but she must | | not, as the check does, make so much noise than she’ will be | heard all over the town.” ‘ARMS AND THE MAN’ CAUSE a W Scandal, but . 0. P. Leaders Wish Had Waited Until SE Whocti pe 8. | or Post-Dispatch Bureau, 26-23 Wyatt Building. INGTON, Sept. 24.—Har- Daugherty, whether “he : to or not. has struck back 4 dent Coolidge -for ousting afrom the Cabinet. ‘is production of Gaston Means’ mudiation of testimony given ove- , the Brookhart-Wheeler com- has reopened the whole —_——— OF BULGARIAN COMPLAINT Protest by Minister to Berlin at Production of Shaw Play There Draws Pointed Retort. ' By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Sept. 24.—Balkan sén- sibilities were wounded to such an extent through the announcement that George Bernard Shaw’s “Arms and the Man” would be produced in Germany that the Bulgarian Minister addressed a formal request to the manager of the theater re- questing him to desist from pre- senting a play’ which he charged mocks and ridicules Bulgarians. The German producer, however, was not moved by the protest and designated the diplomatists’ objec- tion as far-fetched inasmuch as the “Shavian pen spared no one, not even Shaw's own countrymen.” The Bulgarian legation made an unsuccessful attempt to have the play suppressed five years ago . The committee is going to re- me its sessions, and that means in the middle of the campaign attention will to the revelatien of the ing of Jesse Smith, the then itorney-Genera!’s closest friend. Smith shared Daugherty’s home, had a desk, though no official , in the Department of Justice, thuf was gnabled to traffic in -when again be; ‘PROVISIONS GONE, U. $. SURVEY its presentation was inter- rupted by rioting Bulgarian stu- dents. PARTY LIVES ON ALASKAN GAME Geologists Subsist Last 10 Days of Trip Through Mountains by Use - of Rifle. By the Associated Press. ons, Whisky withdrawals, ani ise generally to capitalize supposed ability to dispense im- to law-breakers... or Chairman Brookhart fas author- tor Ashurst to organize f hearings. None of the tee has anv doubt of its ay- rity to go ahead, and the plans retosummon Daugherty to repeat Mer onzth his declaration of his ge of perjury committed previous hearings. Mclean May Be Called. Filia ©. Duckstein, secretary | ‘Edward BB. McLean, who, ac- WMing to Means, dickered with im for immunity in ichtiaaait tor Efecantatior; Blair C8an, who is rgel by Means with having ne- ted with him, and probably an himself will be asked for ormation. /While they are about it, they t to go into the George Re- incident and ascertain whether der oath before the committee will persist in his confession cf perjury. That predicament also confronts ns. Up to date he denies that made any affidavit for Daueh- my, so he may have dodged any cution for perjury, but when is called as a witness again he have to throw the ex-Attorney- eral down or seek refuge in a al to answer on the ground tto do so would subject him to cution for perjury. May Mean Loss of Iowa. ' All the Republican politicians Harry Daugherty had 4d:2- ad his drive for vindication un- after the election. The first uence of his move is likely be the loss of lowa. They have had a lot of trouble ing Brookhart quiet, but as h- paccused, with Wheeler, of having ht the Bootlegger King's tes- ony with a promise of a pardon, khart’s neutrality between lidge and La Follette may dis- r, and nobody doubts his . wer to throw Lowa to La Follette he wants to. | The Democrats do not care how er Means or Daugherty comes t; they are looking for the psy- logical effect of a renewal of the USsion whether Daugherty was Was not cognizant of the activi- of Jess Smith, Means and the Ts Benator Wheeler has indicated Means advised him that he Promised help in beating his y conviction if he would make Sort of statement Daugherty ®d, and he has made similar ents to others. Means con- that he was going along, to h, if possible, the basis of Promises that were being made. other words, he indicated that he found out who the “high- ~ aps” were in the proposal he t to disclose them to the com- ! Playing Both Sides. He told of visits by Blair Coan ™ by Duckstein, and the cireum- that he apparently avoided an affidavit, but furnished } Statement Daugherty wanted, that he was really playing sides. In the correspondence : in connection with the S, Thoinas B. Felder appears ou Page 2, Column 2. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. — How they trekked for weeks through the mountain fastnesses of Arctic Alas- ka, subsisting the last 10 days un game they killed after their provi- sions gave out, was recounted in a wireless message to the Intericr De- partment yesterday, reporting the safe arrival at Kotzebue of W. T. *oran and the = geolezical survey party he led on an exploration of petroleum naval reservoir No. 4. The arduous trip inland from /Wainwright inlet on the Arctic coast through the mountains con- sumed two weeks more than had been expected, Fordgn’s message stated. and the food supply was ¢x- hausted. Fortunately, ammunition was plentiful, and the party did not suffer from huneer. PAID HOSPITAL BILLS FOR POOR Delavan Smith’s Charity Revealed in Will Contest. the Axwsocietei Presse. WAUKEGAN, Il. Sept. 24.— Delavan Smith, Lake Forest, IIl., capitalist, gave orders that when patients of the Alice Home Hos- pital at "Lake Forest were unable to pay, the bills should be sent to him, Dr. Clifford P: McCullough of Lake Forest testified today in the suit in which 16 cousins are seeking to break the Smith will. Smith wanted to buy back stock from Dr. McCullough when the en- terprise in which the doctor had invested because of Smith's connec- tion with it, failed to profits, the physician testified. By ZR-3 Will Carry No Life Boats.- ‘orrespondence of the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Sept. 4.— The ZR-3 will not carry any life boats or even life preservers on her transatlantic voyage. “They are heavy, take up a lot of space, and besides we will not need them,” said Dr. Hugo Eckener, the com- mander. “Life boats are all right for sea-going vessels and sailing ships, but we feel that, the ZR-3 is safer than any ship which ever plied the water.’ tid More Music and : Merrter Homes Every home should en- i lll, im fi, in fm courage the love of music 2 in the children. Let tnem learn to play the piano, the ? talking machine, the violin, the ukelele, the saxophone ;¢ —anything that makes music. Hours spent in the practice or the enjoyment of music is time well occupied. Let the bargains offered today—every day—in the Classified Columns of the Post-Dispatch point the way to economical owner- ship of more than one mu- sical instrument. Have more music and ake yours a merrier home. The Post-Disputch The Perfect Market ~~ Se i i i i i i i i i a i a a a a a a a a a : : produce | ‘| tion. i. “AFTER CHARGES WERE DISMISSED Three Counts in Cincinnati Case, Which Supreme Court Had Reinstated, Dropped by Request. INDICTMENT VOTED _ \ HERE IS PENDING Given Two Years and | Fined $10,000, Should Be Released Sept. 2;-1925. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. CINCINNATI, Sept. 24.—Gaston B. Means’ purported repudiation of his testimony against Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney-Gen- eral, has revived interest here in the somewhat similar repudiation by George Remus, millionaire bootlegger, in Atlanta peni- tentiary, of his testimony against Daugherty before a Senatorial com- mittee. Since Remus’ repudiation state- ment was made public Aug. 28, there have been rumors here that the statement was made in con- sideration of the action, taken a month before, dismissing the cases | pending against him in the Feder- al Court here. There were also reports that a promise had been made to him as to similar dispo- sition of the indictment pending os moenny Remus in St. Louis in the ; milking of about whisky from the Jack Daniels warehouse there. The St. Louis in- dictment, however, still stands, and has been set for trial Jan. 8. Inquiry here shows that cases on three counts, pending against Re- mus in the~Federal Court here. ee ee now Judge Smith Hickenlooper. That i one month before Remus’ re- pudiation statement was made known at Atlanta. Dropped by Request. The record shows that the dis- missal was at the request of United ing at.the instance of Mabel Walk- er Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney- General at Washington in charge of liquor cases, and a ‘Daugherty ap- pointee. Mrs. Willebrandt is un- | derstood to have taken the ground that Remus had been punished enough. He is now serving a 2- | year term, to which a fine of $10,- 000 was added, for conspiracy to violate the prohibition act. | The three counts which were dis- | missed were based on the old liquor revenue laws. At the time when count, these three counts and three others were dismissed by Judge J. iW. Peck, on the ground that the | old liquor revenue laws were auto- matically repealed by the prohibi- tion a : The UU. S. Supreme Court later reversed Judge Peck as to three of | the counts, on the ground that the (old liquor statutes had been re- |}enacted in the Willis-Campbell act, ,and that this act’ was in force at | the time when the offenses named iin three counts were committed. The three counts were reinstated, and three other counts;. of earlier date and therefore not. coming un- der the same ruling, were not re- instated. When Remus entered Atlanta prison, Jan. 21 last, the prospect was that, after serving his two years’ term, he would have to stand trial on the threé counts relating to violation of the liquor revenue j laws. ’ Faces St. Louis Indictment. But’ this prospect was removed when she order of dismissal, issued at the instance primarily of Mrs. Willebrandt of the Department of Justice. was entered here July 23. There now remains against Remus the St. Louis indictment, voted last May. The question has arisen why the Government, after going to the trouble and expense of carrying the cases to the Supreme Court, in or- der to get the three counts rein- stated, should drop the prosecu- | No satisfactory answer has | been obtainable here. Attorney-General Daugherty re- isigned March 28, last. Whether \any influences directed toward ‘aiding or shielding Daugherty | have remained in the Department of Justice, is a question suggested | by the action of Remus, preceded by the dismissal of cases against him. District Attorney Hough and his assistant referred inquiries to the Department of Justice in Wash- on. , ae will be remembered that, when Re proposed to come here nd ieee cancelled checks ‘showing payment\of money by him to various persons. the plan ~Gontinued on Page 3, Column 7. "eg ay Df we a od 4 et. oes Aer: yh GR ae hae A RA LY eg ‘ed oh iy oy Here oe Tk; REMUS RECANTED - PAIR IN POISON PLOT HELD TOJURY WITHOUT BOND Coroner’s Verdict Names the Rev. L. M. Hight as Instigator of Murder of [PRISONERS TAKEN TO Millionaire Bootlegger,: Both Sweetin and Wife. | DIFFERENT COUNTIES Jail, Refuses to Eat Breakfast and Presents a Forlorn Figure. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. SALEM, IIL, Sept. 24.—Jail bars and county boundaries separate Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, held as a pris- oner here, from the Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, her accomplice in the poisoning of her husband, Wilford Sweetin, and later the poisoner of | his own wife. He is in jail at Nash- ville, the county seat of Washing- ton County, which lies we@t, as this (Marion) county is north, of Jeffer- son County, where the two crimes, to which the prisoners have con- fessed, were committed. By the verdict of a Coroner’s Mrs. Sweetin, in Salem, IIl., | WIVES BOUGHT ON INSTALLMENT PLAN BEING RETURNED Moratorium Ends in Pondoland, Much Stock Is Thrown on the Market. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Sept. 24.—Many na- tives of Pondoland, South Africa, are likely to lose wives purchased on extended credit during the last three years because they claim to be umable to complete their pay- ments. The purchase of wives on credit is not usuaily allowed among the natives, as there is too much in- Clination to return the’ wives in lieu of the pyrchase price, but a matrimonial moratorium has been in effect during the period of mourning for the death of a para- mount chief. This period is now over and natives who obtained wives on credit must pay up or rcturn the women to their parental | kraals. - A mysterious shortage is re- ported in cattle and horses, with which such payments @e usually made. CONGRESSMAN HILL'S CIDER MAKING BRINGS INDICTMENT Marsiander Invited Government Agents to Tests of Dry Laws in His Home. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Sept. 24.—John Philip Hill, Congressman from the Third District of Maryland, who tested the prohibition laws with a cider party at his city home last Saturday night, was indicted by the Federal grand jury .today on a charge of the illegal anufacture and possession of liquor. The indictments also contains a jury, which finished its work at Ira, the home town of the pair, last evening, both are to be held with- out bond. The inquest was into the ‘and both |} were held in the former case, and $00 barrels of) were dismissed July 28, by Federal | States District Attorney Hough, act- | Remus was convicted on another | deaths of Sweetin and Mrs. Hight, Hight and Mrs. Sweetin Hight in the latter. | Name Hight as Instigator. As to Sweetin, the Coroner’s jury found that he “came _.to his death by means of arsenic, willfully and ma- liciously administered by his wife, formity with an agreement between them to murder.Sweetin.” Mrs. Hight, the verdict stated, “came to her death by arsenic, ad- ministered with malice afore- thought by her husband.” Both were held for the October grand jury, to meet in Mount Ver- no Fortorn Figure in Cell. Mrs. Sweetin was a forlorn fig- ure when morning found her in one of the two cells in the pretentious- iy labeled “‘Women’s Department” of the cramped and gloomy old jail here. The two cells—the other is un- occupied, at present—are on a sep- arate tier, and while a. partition cuts off the view from the men’s cells, both cells are open ta view from the entrance, unless an occu- pant 'chooses to hang up a sheet or a bianket for the sake of individual privacy. Mrs. Sweetin had hung a + blanket over the open framework :of her door. Apparently she slept in her cloth- ing last night. When she pulled door to talk to the Post-Dispatch correspondent, her gray dress was ibeen taken up for final the blanket aside and stood in the’ count accusing Hill of maintaining a nuisance at his home. No bail | was fixed for the appearance of the, Congressman for trial. There is'a temporary injunction already pending against Hill, grow- ing out of a wine-making test con- ducted last year. It never. earing, but it has many of the pallock ele- ments as applied to ordinary sa- loons and places where stilis are ' found. at the instigation of Hight, in con- | Six counts tn the indictment go as far back as Sept. 27, 1923, when Hili-awith notification to the pro- hibition aythorities in Washington, made his grape wine. The second count accuses him of possession after manufacture. The third count accuses him of the manufacture of cider Sept. 18, 1924, prior to. the cider party Saturday right. A third count charges him with the illegal possession of 30 gallons of cider. The fourth count charges him- with maintain- ing a nuisance because of the first manufacture, CARAWAY ATTACKS WILBUR FOR SUPPRESSED SPEECH Arkansas Senator Gives Excerpts, Dealing With Voting Rights of Negro, at Meeting. the Associated Press. ’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Sen- ator Caraway (Dem.) of Arkansas, charged in an address before the Davis-Bryan Club here last night ‘that the recall of Secretary Wilbur from his Western tour was because of a speech he intended to deliver at Denver Sept. 20. e Ivv in ragged strings. Dark circles ap- peared under her eyes. Breakfast Left Untouched. Breakfast had been brought to her from the Sheriff's kitchen. but she had not touched the dishes of catmeal and corn bread, and the black coffee, untasted, had grown cold. She spoke but a few minutes with the correspondent, then ex- cused herself, saying she was too tired to talk further. “How did you come Hizght?” she was asked. “I don’t know,” she said. i | can't explain it. We met, and be- fore I knew it, we were in love.” “Was it because of his preach- to love rumpled, and her brown hair hung | The Arkansas Senator recount- ed what he said were excerpts ifrom the address, particularly those dealing with the voting rights of negroes, and attacked the |Secretary as “Mr. Wilbur, who |knows so much about everything, and especially that part of the country below the Mason Bnd Dix- l'on line.”’ The speech was issued in confi- dence in advance to newspapers and press agsociations for publi- cation when delivered. When Secretary Wilbur abandoned his trip, the speech was recalled. THIRD. IN FAMILY SLAIN Kentucky Woman's Sister and Hus- band Also Met Violent Deaths. ing ?’’ “Well,” and the woman spoke! almost as if she were discussing 1 comparative stranger, “we had very much confidence in him.” »“Too Awful to Think of.” “When did you first conceive the Special to the Post-Dispatch. LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 24.— Mrs. Sallie Shepherd of Saylersville, Magoffin County, was shot and killed by unidentified persons at the home of a brother-in-law, ac- cording ta reports received here plan of poisoning your husband?” “I didn’t conceive that, at all; | he was the one who thought of) it, It-was too awful for me to} think of.” “What was the Pinckneyville trip that Hight spoke of (in the inter- view at Mt. Vernon). “I went t® Pinckneyville with relates. Mr. Hight was not with me, absolutely not. He never went! any place with me. We met only: at church and Sunday school.” There are 16 men prisoners in the jail, in which Mrs. Sweetin ‘s the only woman. The jail, which is at the rear of the dwelling occu- pied by Sheriff Vogt, was built 49 years ago. The inner steel frame- work is painted a dull gray, and the atmosphere, even for a jail, is depressing. Outside, there are rows of bright flowers along the sidewalk. To Obtafm Lawyer's Services. Upon her arrival at the Salem jail~Mre. Sweetin asked Dr. 8. A. Thompson, who had accompanied her on the automobile trip from ” 2 Centinued on Page 3. Column 3. last night. Her death was the third by violence in her immediate family: Recently her sister was slain, and Mrs. Shepherd's husband, John Morgan Sh®pherd, was indicted for the crime and convicted, but ob- tained a new trial. While he was awaiting a second hearing he was shot and killed, and Kelly Howard was indicted for that killing. How- ard’s hearing was set for the pres- ent term of the Magoffin Circuit Court, and, Mrs. Shepherd was to be the principal witness against him. Dawes to Make 16 Speeches. Ry the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—Charles G. Dawes, Republican eandidate for the vice presidency, will leave Chi- cago tonight on the most strenuous campaign speaking tour he has un-" dertaken. Sixteen speeches, eight in Minnesota and eight In Wiscon- sin, have been arranged by Repub- lican headquarters. Dawes will be- gin speaking early tomorrow, with a rear platform address at Roches- ter, Minn. ) | FOR ‘MRS. HENKE SLAIN 12 HOURS BEFORE BODY WAS FOUND Coroner’s Testimony Sup- ports Claim Woman Died Before Time Husband “Usually Left Home. TOP OF HER SKULL SHOWN IN COURT Weapon Believed to Have Been Used in Killing Also Displayed—State to Seek Death Penalty. Mrs. Marie Henke Wad been’ dead 12 to’ 14 hours before her | body was discovered in bed at her residence in Richmond Heights about_6 p. m. July 11 last, Coroner Bracy testifiéd today, as the first witness in the trial of her husband, Harry A. Henke .Jr., charged with her murder. The trial is before Cirtuit Judge McElhinney at Clay- ton. The courtroom was crowded with spectators, most of whom were women. The Coroner's statement as to the time of death uphoids the theory of the prosecution that Mrs. Henke was slain early on the morning of July 112, before the time that Henke customarily left the house for his | work. The defense contends that death occurred during the day, while the members of the house- hold were asvay. . The women gasped, and Henke gazed steadily at the floor, when the prosecution presented the top of Mrs. Henke’s skull for examin- ation ‘of the Coroner. He pointed out two places which he said were the fractures which caused death. When a wrench, foun® near the body was shown, the Coroner said it was such an instrument as might have caused the fractures. Objection by Defense. Defense counsel obsgected stren- uously to testimony of the Cor- oner as to.the length of time be- tween the death and discovery of the body. It was contended by the defense that ‘the Coroner. had not made a sufficiently thorougk examination to enable him to de- Yermine that fact. The defense was outlined by Pugene McMahon, who with former State Senator A. E. L. Gardner, represents Henke. It will seek to prove that there was a period of time on July 11 that doors of the Henke home were unlocked; that the Coroner’s opinion as to the time of death cannot be accurate because his ex- amination “was superficial; that Henke did not wear pajamas and that pajamas found in the house did not show blood stains, as al- leged by the prosecution. The State will ask “the most se- vere penalty under the law,” in this case, R. A. Roessel, special prosecutor, announced in his open- ing statement, té the jury, which includes seven farmers. Roessel, in his outline, began with Thurs- day night, July 10, the night be- fore the murder. He said that after 11 o’clock on the night of July 10, there were only three persons in the house at 1721 Beulah place. These were Henke an4 bis wife, and the wife's stepfather, Joseph Yost. Entrance Not Forced. ‘ “All doors and windows were locked, and screens were in place,” where that an entrance had been forced. ‘There wece two Yale keys to the front door, and Yost, who had one, found the other, which was Mrs. Henke's, inside the door when he returne1 to the house the eve- ning of the iith.” The prosecutor then told of the finding of Pine young woman's body. by Yoat, ‘and of his surprise and perturbation, which caused him to fall down the front stairs as he went to call neighbors. Tells of Telephone Call. ‘Two barking dogs, in the base- ment, were not heard *- make any noise that day.” the }rosecutor said further, in developing his belief that no outsider had: entered the place. . phoning to a neighbor, to inquire aSout his wife, a thing which, he}. gaid.. Henke had not done before. | a neighbor was helping to look about the house for Mrs. TAP Pai, BANK WREC GETS EIGHT YEARS: ST. he said.\ “There was no sign any-| : He told of Herke’s. tele-{: — -—— JEFFERSON Cl | SENT TO PRISON 0 ene ae SQL . oe SS Saairagetromecen a Ree SS JOSEPH 8S. CARR. PERSHING RETIRES BUT PAY IN GUS FOR tngnoss to, caste, bent emumities Bi $10,000 a Year and Allow- re I oe ances Continue as in Ac-| was taken to Jefferson : - ma City on on Xt ee a ia me $ iF tive Service, Officials nounced to the Court that he rec- Decide. . By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.—Gen. Pershing, as a retired army officer, will receive the same pay ($10,000 a year) and allowances that were his in active service, under a. de- cision handed down today by/ Comptroller-General McCarl. The decision confirmed one by Major-General Bethel, Judge Advo- cate-General of the Army, a held that the act of Co pointing Pershing Ge of ‘ armies provided full pay for life. Gen. Bethel submitted his opinion to Secretary Weeks who, to make sure of the interpretation of the law, referred the question to the Comptroller-General. FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY, SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURE — “se etereeee 8 a. ™.. eee > 2 ES OS sore ae a idem OO. Whe noon ce: SS eae 23. ® a ahi ee dea r 4 eo panes ‘ ) Om ss, ee ah ee * Highest yesterday 15 at 4 p. m. Lowest, 55 at 6:30 a. m. La ~ - er ig x gee ris ee oz tides ie eae ee River at m., fall Mississippi St. Louls: 9.3 feet at 7 a. ’ al ‘ “a | ts af % = iJ fire ore ce aps aie = pee. ; ey OSS wees te Sieg oe ee , ee , ™ See ef a ad he gets es Pie Mg x t eee oe