St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 18, 1924

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Impres- NEW YORK, Dec. 18.— : sive funeral services were held to- 2 day for Samuel Gomper at the Elks Club, after which the body ' was taken to Tarrytown for inter- ~ ment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The assembly hall of New Yor" Lodge No. 1, draped in the mourn- ing purple of the order, was - crowded to capacity with co-work- ers and friends. Persons unable to gain admit- tance assembled in the Town Hall, across the street, and heard the services by radio. Other thousands gtood reverently in nearby streets. Officers of the lodge marched Anto the hall and conducted the Obituary ritual. James Duncan, vice president of American Federation of Labor, his eulogy during the Elks’ rit- to organized labor «hat bo said was the last message of When Gompers realized that the end was near, said Dun- ean, he summoned him fo h'g bed- and said: them this message: Say to . thém that as I kept the faith, I _ @fpect them to keep the faith. “They must carry on. No union man with a card can be a good citizen unless he upholds Ameri- can institutions.” The simple Jewish ritual for the dead was intoned by Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise. In the eulogy, Dr. Wise said: “Among the characterizatipns of Samuel Gompers none is more {fit- ting than ‘Frontiersman,’ for Sam- uel Gompers was a picneer, rugged, rather than svave; firm, rather than conventional. His was the militant mood, and throughout his life he was a battler. “As a pioneer Gompers fought _ for a great cause, not for larger Wage or added comfort, but for a freer and fuller life for the toilers of the nation. “He had all the ruggedness and courage, but he iad more than the Moderation of the pioneer. His Was the moderation of the highest courage. Ardor in Cause of Peace. “Concentrating upon and conse- crated to his purpose, he was un- like the pioneer in that he was a of more than one ideal and more than one loyalty. Long will men remember the ardor. with Which he espoused the cause of in- termational peace. In his quest of intefnational understanding he Save Fenerous support and ardent loyalty to the greatest of the friends of man in our Gay, Wood- Tow Wilson. “His was the unselfishness of the Pioneer. His was the integrity _ of the pioneer. : “Considering that he was a pio- _ heer, he must be judged by _his a achievements, e though these, too, were significant. not his failures, > * © Withall. Orable. he was lawful and If the weary struggle £0 on for the elementary and inalienable rights for which he ht, the fault is not his but rs, who lack the vision and un- nding of Gompers. “Berving most the cause of or- labor, he best served Amer- For the organization of the é | Workers of America is no less truly E ~* democratic and even spiritual : vement than the founding of ’ & mighty industry. His adoration American flag was not a but the expression of his te, deathiess love for a ~ ms = A Ue pea A, Ma 2 > ae r iad, an - %y ty a this once immigrant 4 “hae Was not a habit, but =~ Sav Gompers, heavily veiled, en- 3 the hall with members of the a and occupied a seat neat ; ee She wept during the 5 lemn ritualistic ceremonies of the | Ba when the hande of the Were lighted at 11 o'clock, ystic hour of remembrance | rted members. Organ played Chopin's fu- march at the conclusion of a nonies. As tae casket arried out, many thousands of | on lon Page 3. Column 7. og me ee 4 ieee | ae } i | It | admitted to the bar. G. Sands Jr., Norman A. Cooke, drawing ter, which is to be filed at Somer- Wille, N. J., a etd | TAKES STAND TO | DENY MURDER CHARGE - ” we eaten ee | es 4 MRS. ELSTE SWEETIN CONGRESSMAN JULIUS KAHN DIES AT CALIFORNIA HOME Chairman of House Military Af- fairs Committee Had Been Ill for Several Weeks. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Representative Julius Kahn, chair- man of the House Military Affairs Committee, died at his home here today, his illness of several weeks suddenly being complicated by heart attacks. He was 63 years old and is survived by a widow and two sons. Kahn was born at Kupperheim, Baden, Germany, going to Califor- nia with his parents in 1866 In 1892 he was elected to the Stat> Legislature and two years later was; He was elect- ed to the Fifty-sixth Congress and had been re-elected to 12 consecu- 18.— tive terms. 24 KILLED IN QUAKE ON MINDANAO ISLAND Severe Shock Rocks Surigao | Province in the Philip- pines. By the Associated Press a | year, MANILA, Dec. 18.—Twentvy-four | persons were killed today when a | severe earthquake rocked Surigao Province, on Mindanao Island. DUKE HEADS TRUSTEES OF HIS $40,000,000 FUND By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—James B. Duke, tobacco and power magnate, who recently 000,000 endowment for educational estabdished a $40.,- nounced here today. The other trustees Allen of Hartsdale, N. Y.;: R. Perkins, Montclair, N. J.; Montclair, N. J.; W. C Rochelle, N. Y.. Charl lotte, N. C. engaged fund char- are: Ww. Parker, New Attorneys are still up the trust future. in the near Alfonso Sells Patriotic Speech. By the Associated Press. MADRID, Dec. 18.—King Alfon- co has had recorded for the phono- graph a patriotic speech and has granted a monoply on the sale of the records to a company for a large sum, in return which he will use in buying New Year gifts for the Spanish troops in Morocco. Greek Catholics Elect Patriarch. By the Associated Preas. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 18.— Most Rev. Constantinos, the met- ropoHtan of Derkos, has been elected Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Catholic Church. Enlist With the > Automobilists The ranks of the automo- Michael Finn on May 23, 1921, was reversed by the Supreme Court en bane, in an opinion handed down today, and thé case manded to St. Louis Circuit Court for a new trial. Defective instruc- tions given the jury in the trial formed the basis of the reversal. This is the second decision Jordan's case in Supreme Court in seven months. Division No. 2 the court on June and ordered the execution of Jor- dan on July 18. One of the three Judges in the division from the majority opinion, and this dissent permitted a transfer of the case to court en banc for a rehear- | ing. The transfer stayed the exe- cution. Convicted in 1922 Jordan was convicted on April °0, 1922. on a charge of killing De- tective Finn, when the latter and in uniform, attempted to search Jordan and his Henry Page, for concealed weap- ons. The killing occurred on Whit- tier streets near Olive street. In the exchange of pistol shots between |Jordan and the police, ‘killed and Officers’ Bot Fiynn slightly wounded. man Finn was the father of seven »bitt children. | ee he introduced her | Jordan fled from the scene and later was arrested in New Orleans, } & Gieeccoatos 33 } 5 m,. - fe § Ree 32 | ee Bae sk ee OO Wi ee 32 | SO. Gicciccceeds €¢ 2 @& 31 | Highest yesterday, 36 at 12:15 a. at 12:30 p. m. | Official forecast WHAT COLLEGE | for St. Louts and | WILL BUILD A - vicinity: Snow and STADIUM ? Friday fair and 5 os m.; lowest, cooler; cold wave tonight, about 10 degrees. Missouri: settled and colder | tonight; east and portions; in south and cen- tra] portions; cold wave tonight in east and south portions, with zero tures. Illinois: followed by cold wave; temperature morning will be zero in north por- tion and 10 above in south portion. Sun rises tomorrow at 7:16; sets today at 4:41. Stage of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, 3, feet at 7 a. m.; no change. BABY IN HANDS OF KIDNAPERS 6 MONTHS FOUND BY PARENTS | Mother Recognizes Newspaper Photograph of Child Left by a ~Couple in Lodging House. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J., Dec.-18.—Found 'one-half-year-old russell Earl | Steimling Jr., formerly of Girard Manor, near Mahoney City, Pa.. dissented | | | was today awaiting completion of minor lezgal technicalities before being restored to his parents. Last night after the mother had ' recognized a newspaper photograph of a baby abandoned in a house here as that of her missing child, a joyful reunion between little Rus- sell and his parents followed. Aft- . 'er Russell had been kidnaped, Mr. several other police officers, none | Finn was) and | Police- | and Mrs. Steimling moved to Phila- celphia, from which city they di- To obtain funds they mortgaged and later sold their home. Steimling early today left for Mahoney City to bring back the child carrying birth certificate an‘ other identification papers proving his parentage. Russell Jr., in the meantime, re- mains with his mother at the home of Israel Shatz, where he was 'found abandoned by a couple who rented a room Tuesday night. his | | baby k i , i early in 1922. His defense in trial was a plea that he did not, 'know the men were police offi- ‘cers. and that he shot in self-de- fense, believing he was about to be robbed. Jordan was tried in Judge Kii-| loren’s court and the jury fixed | the penalty at death after being | out an hour and 25 minutes ant} taking three ballots. ogi was the second jury in St. ‘Louts fo) low! ng restora i thing a policeman she | | Officer tion of that penalty in Misscuri tn the fall of 1919. In his attempt to repudiate his confession, i testified it was made because of) fear of police violence, but cid not charge any definite act of mis- treatment employed by the police) In obtaining it. On the night of the killing, he testified, the first said to him was meaning his hands testified, however, his official star the nexro and He was when “Stick ’em up,” Flynn that he displayed as he approached said he was a policeman. searching the man, he said. Jordan began firing. Companion Sentenced. Page entered a plea of wvuilty in November, 1921, to a charge of second degree murder, and was sentenced to 10 years in the peni- tentiary. Judge J. T. Blair, who wrote the the doctor she called said it was/°Pinion handed down today, based ptomaine poisoning. He grew worse and other doctors! were calied. Hight came and helped, as other nelghbors did. Sunday there was a consultation of three doctors. Sunday~-night, ex- hausted, she fainted and was laid on a bed. Dr. Hamilton came ina and eaid, “Your husband is better. Go to bed and get some sleep.”’ Didn’t Ask Hight to Preach. She went to bed and about 4 o’clock next morning her brother- | ; of = in-law, Alex. Bumpus, came. and ealled her. “What was the condition of vour husband at that time?” She hesitated with apparent emotion. “He was bad,” she said. “How long was it before he died?” “A few minutes.” “Who preached the funeral?” “Hight.” “Did you ask him to preach it?” “T did not.” “D6 you know who asked him?” “I do not.” Denies Having Poisoned Soup. “Did you give your husband (isoup?"’ asked Smith. “I did.” “Was there poison in that ‘isoup?’” “No, there was not.” | The “no” was long drawn out The Post-Dispatch st. Louls’ One Big Automobile Directory 3 The Perfect Market-Place ; LLP LOLOL OL OA Ol el et a ‘and further emphasized by a slow, earnest shake- up of her head. "? = Contineed on Page 2. Column ithe his pocket 'as a policeman. reversal! findings of error given by the trial jury. They were: A faulty instruction on flight of the defendant. Failure of the Court to include an instruction.-on second degree murder. Improper’ inclusion, supporting evidence, of an in- struction on the right of a po- lice officer to arrest, without a warrant, any person he euiibecte of being the perpetrator of a crime, Error in an instruction on self- defense, which unduly restricted the circumstances under which Jordan could claim self-defense. Judge Blair's Opinion. declaring there should have Principally on four Judge without In ybeen an instruction on second de- gree murder, Judge Blair stated the evidence showed the officers, in civilian clothing, accosted Jor- dan at night on an unlighted street and began to search him. One of- ficer testified he took his star from and identified himself Jordan denied this and asserted he did not know the men were officers. -He testified he | believed he was being held up. The jury was the judge of the evidenee, ———— i}march Shatz, reporting the finding of the vesterday to police, and un- aware the child had been kidnaped, isked to be allowed to legally adop* russell. The man and woman who had abandoned him were described 'by Shatz as yvoung in appearance. The child had apparently been well cared police said. fo gy a , Jordan | Marriage of Graveract Young Kauf- man of New York “Surprise” to His Parents. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Dec. 1%.—Mave Daw did not appear to iead the) “March of the Toys” Tuesday night the “Ziegfeld Follies.”’ Her in ding march. Louis G. Kaufman, president of the | Chatham and Phenix National | Rank. Evident disinclination to talk of the wedding was apparent at they ‘home of the bridegroom’s parents. | | The | York. couple were married in New but “just where,” Mr. and | Kaufman “could not remem-| They the elder Kaufman said, Mrs. ber.” months,” “but the wedding was a surprise.” in instructiona | to the| “They had our complete’ con- 'sent,”” he added. “Miss Daw is a sweet girl.’ The couple are away on thel honeymoon. Kaufman said the) | bride would not return to the | stage. ee tL LTT LADY ASTOR ADMITS SHE IS “VERY FOND OF GIN AND RUM” |“Bat As You Go Through Life You | | i i ' Find a Lot of Things You Want But Are Better Without.” Ry the Associated Press. LONDON, Dec. 18.—Lady Astor, known for her sponsoring of tem- | 'perance legislation in the House of | Commons of which she is a mem- ber, yesterday publicly owned to @ liking for ardent sfirita. Opening an East. End public house, just converted from a liquor she saloon to temperance ways, said: “I am very fond of gin and rum, but as you go through lfe you will find there are a lot of things you want but are better without.” PLANS A 2600-MILE HOP PARIS, Dec. 18.—Capt. Georges Pelletier D’Oisy. who flew from Paris to Tokio last summer, will attempt a non-stop flight from Par- to Lake Chad, Central Africa, 2. The distance is 2600 miles, - is Jan. with) Un-| Rain, | HOUSE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR PACIFIC CONFERENCE, WITH JAPAN EXCLUDED COLD WAVE, ' temperature. snow in| south | colder | | ‘Drop in Temperature, Ac- | tempera-_| } turning to snow) fair Friday; | Friday DELAYED BY RAIN, 1S DUE TONIGHT companied by Snow, to Be Noticeable by Mid- night, Is Forecast. SOME DAMAGE HERE FROM ICE ——— Traffic Considerably Im- - $10,500,000 DAMAGE _ ew peded by Slippery Streets | and Electric Wires Are | Broken. - The predicted cold wave here, which has bee. expected since Tuesday, was halted in its progress from the West by a rainstorm from the Southwest, but still is expected, and likely will become noticeable by midnight. This is the forecast of the Weather Bureau, which pre- dicts snow tonight and a tempera- ture of 10 degrees. Collision betWeen the cold and rain produced the “ice storm” here and elsewhere, which became no- ticeable Tuesday night and worse today. Falling rain was frozen by air around the freezing point, but did not assume the quality of sleet. The effect was to impede traffic, break some telephone and tele- graph wires by the weight of ice upon them, and put icicles on many | objects, especially in the parks and country, where trees and poles were whitened. Cold Wave Retarded by Rain. “The cold wave is within about 100 miles northwest of St. Louis,” said Weather Forecaster Hayes at li a mm. “Tt come rem tae Rocky Mountains and should have been on the Atlantic seaboard by this time, but has been held al- most stationary West of us by the rainstorm, moving from the south- west to the northeast. The com- bination has been giving us this lice storm, by the overflow of cold air from the cold wave into the oe death penalty fixed by | MAE DAW, “FOLLIES” DANCER, | AND BANKER'S SON WED |the temperature is too high here, that day had been a wed-| The bridegroom Was | Graveraet Young Kaufman, son of|here a good part of the day. | 31 vetwevr. 5 and 6 a. m., being the | lowest. Sprinefielé. Il., is having 'a bad ice storm; at Grafton, III., | everything is covered with ice, and | Columbia, Mo., is having ice, too. |A little west of there, at Boon- iville, it is snowing b° .use the temperature is lower the.e. “I think the rain will continue It /snow had been engaged for) . Louis is not having as much si as some other places because may freeze more, and will turn to tonight and probably begin to get colder around midnight.” Temperatures Low Near Here. Temperature at Kansas City this. morning was 10, at St. Joseph, Mo., (6, and at Columbia, 22. It | By the Associated Press. for the plaintif? was given brought by George F. Willett trial of the case lasted 184 days. ages alleged to have resulted iel Green Felt Shoe Co. The from the middle of last Sep- having been excused because of dence in the case to the jurors tervals when they were thor- UF FLORISSANT Up County Institution DEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 18. A VERDICT of $10,534,109.07 today by the jury in the $15,000,000 damage suit against Robert F. Herrick and a group of Boston bankers. The Willett’s suit against Herrick and the bankers was for dam- from a conspiracy affecting the American Felt Co. and the Dan- case began early in November, last year, and was continued tember with only 11 jurors, one juror, the Judge announced, a nervous breakdown. In turning over the bulky evi- this week, the Judge advised them to consider it only at in- oughly rested. Several Armed Men Hold and Escape in Lincoln Touring Car. | Robbers made away with virtual- ‘ly all the.cash on hand, $2500 or | more, in the Citizens’ Bank of Flor- | issant at 1:55 o'clock this after- | handkerchiefs noon. Three of them entered the bank, which is at Lafayette and St. Francis streets in the suburb, and held up the president, assistant cashier and two men customers. Outside a Lincoln touring car, containing one or more confeder- ates, waited, and afterwards the robbers escaped in it towards Kin- loch or Bridgeton. Joseph Pondrom, president and former member of the Democratic County Committee, and Bernard O. Albers, assistant cashier, were be- hind the bank windows. and Elmer Ryan and William Ryan Jr., broth- ers, who operate a meat business, were in the customer’s lobby. The robbers entered with drawn revol- vers, and one or two of them hel¢ to their faces as i'masks. “Stick ‘em up, boys,” they ordered. Albers and the Ryan brothers were made to stand in the lobby with hands uplifted and Pondrom was forced to lie down behind the tellers’ cage, under threat of death, while what money was in the cage was scooped up. Then the robbers wanted to get in the vault on which the time lock had not been set, jand told Pondrom he had one min- isnowing this morning at Kansas | City and St. Joseph, and north and west of the latter city temperatures are below zero. The coldest spot 'on today’s weather map is 36 be- | 165, 000 in the St. | low at Miles City, Mont. Abgut 1000 telepnones out of Louis district were out of service. The Western Union and Postal telegraph systems reported some ‘wire trouble due to breaks caused i by ice, | | | ; but nothing, it was said, to impair service greatly. Both companies expected to have breaks repaired during the day. Some Damage to Wires. Associated Press wires leased ‘from the American Telephone and r | “Missouri State wire,”’ Telegraph Co. were out of service today in some instances. The serving va- rious cities, was unavailable: only one out of three circuits to Chi- cago were operating, service to Southern Illinois was troublesome, and telephone circuits out of Springfield, Ill., were not working. Wire Service in Ilinots Demoral- ized by Storm. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Telephone and telegraph service in Illinols was demoralized today by the storm that struck the State from the west. Service on the McKinley Traction System between Bloom- ington and Peoria was interrupted. Casper, Wyo., probably was the coldest spot in the United States last night. There, unofficial tem- perature spetings showed 24 below, ee wee | be blowed off. ‘ute to open it or his head would They emptied the vault of money. After a stay of only several min- utes the robbers made all four of their victims go in the vault and pushed the door shut, but did not lock it. Persons outside the bank saw the robbers escape and said the Missouri Mcense on their car was 1900. There were a number of persons in a general store across the street, which is in the center of the town. | Assistant Cashier Albers said the loss was $5000 to $6000, but Preei- dent Pondrom said it was about $2500. They agreed that a check would be necessary to determine the exact amount. The loss is in- sured. The robbers were described as youthful, and all wearing caps an4 raincoats. The one who stood over Pondrom was heavy set. BISHOP BAST ORDERED FREED PENDING PROCEEDINGS Copenhagen Court Court Directs Release While Me Awaita Action on Charge of Misuse of Funds. the Associated Preas. COPENHAGEN, Dec. 18.—The Superior Court today, after a num- ber of hours’ deliberation, ordered the release front custody of Dr. Anton Bast, Methodist Episcopal Bishop for Scandinavia, pending proceedings in connection with the alleged nrisappropriation of char- ¢ By - . al MEMBERS FROM COAST DENOUNCE BRITTEN ACT Declare Move by Illinois Representatives Was Not Authorized by West Coast Legislators. CALLED “UNWISE AND ILL-ADVISED” Measure Sent to Clerk’s Desk Without Coniment —Britten Also to Ask for Naval Ratio Inquiry. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dee. 18.—A reso- lution proposing a conference of white nations bordering on the Pa- cific was introduced today by Rep- resentative Britten, Republican, of Illinois, over the protest of a num- ber of his colleagues, including some members from the Pacliic Coast. pitied Britten previously had an- nounced his purpose to make sucly a proposal, basing his determina- tion in part on the attitude of Ja- pan. Today a number of Western representatives sought to dissuade him, but he declined to withhold the resolution. The text of the resolution fol- lows: “Resolved, That for the purposs of promoting a\solidarity of the white peoples of the Pacific, the President be and he is hereby au- thorized to call a conference of tlie white nations bordering on the Pe-~ cific Ocean for the discussion of ways and means for promoting « better economic, commercial ani political understanding between said nations.” Representative Johnson (Rep.), Washington, who is chairman of the House Immigration Committee, declared Britten's action “untime- ly and ill-advised,” and Represent- ative McLafferty (Rep.) of Cali- fornia, said that “the thing to be avoided now is the expression of ill-advised opinion based, upon a lack of understanding.” “Procedure Unwarranted.” Britten's announcement that he intended to introduce the resoiu- tion was made last night before a gathering of West Coast repre- sentatives. In a formal statement today, Chairman Johnson declared the meeting “was not held for any such purpose, and to make the Pacific Coast delegations a party to such @ proposal was an unwar- ranted procedure.” “T requested Mr. Britten to with- hold his proposed resolution and stated that it was provocative of trouble and would result in ne good purpose,” he continued. “If find now that I stated the consen- Senators and Representatives present. “Our relations with Japan con- tinue friendly. The immigration matter is a closed incident. Trade is going on as usual, and I can- not sit by and let delegations of Oregon, Washington and Califor- nia be made a party to any cuch Jingo proposal as that made by Mr. Britten without earnest pro- test.” “At a time such as this,” Repre- sentative Maclafferty said, “we United States and the Government of Japan, without doubt, wunder- stand each other. The thing to te avoided now is the expression of lack of understanding, “History has often shown that war is forced upon statesmen by the mob in the street. Those’ tn authority in Japan know of the unfailing Giendship of the age States. Those in authority tin the ship of Japan. Let each let only those who _really sus of opinion of practically all ~ should remember that right, thinking is the thing most neces- sary. The Government of the ill-advised opinion based upon ot United States know of the nea : ment keep within tts rights and ' ay aa a = - TON ang OT ok FO Mace “ ee a