St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 19, 1924

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“YOUR COAL ORDER Cem a —is solicited by dealers who are advertising in the For Sale columns in the Hae .LOUIS POST-DISPATCH POST-DISPA TCH ] sd , i¢ “Only eeining Paper in St. Letts With the Aaseciand Prem ‘Nes Saeeie or. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, a ~~ WITNESS TELLS OF JUBBER’S ‘ROTTEN URAPS SHOOTING’ | Companion of Bernard Reiss, Bankrupt Shoe | Dealer, Describes Alleged urday; colder to- $35,000 Losses. | est temperature COMIC PAGE HURSD ae DEC ENoRE is 1934, Siena ee ee ea _— ip. 77. NO. 103. TESTIFIES GOULD WAS 7 FATHER OF, (snes coun, PHILDREN, SAYS ee UMS. SNCLAR, bs of am Asserts They Were Born Before ie Marriage to Him in (YOO Bons) play, 1922. KOU) 1924—-56 PAGES. —_—_———_ eae ee PRICE 2 CENTS ae ST. LOUIS VIRTUALLY ISOLATED TRUM REST OF THE COUNTRY BY GOLD WAVE AND (ct STORM te ae -GOMPERS’ SUCCESSOR | |__AS LABOR’S LEADER | '|Telephone, Train and Trolley Service sg ie | Interrupted—Weight of Ice Breaks Sing Many Wires—Heavy Damage to Trees. ee ‘FAIR AND COLDER | TONIGHT ; LOWEST ABOUT 4 ABOVE THE TEM PERATURES, Se woncbie: NE PAY « etn enti cege: 7 | SS" hia cin tn , P ‘ — ey Sey a > —aie = tt Nae mee about 4, Missouri: Fair tonight and Sat- urday; colder to- night in gouth- east portion. Illinois: Gener- ally fair tonight Unsuccessful Ventures at | and Saturday: coider tonight in * OUR CHILD ANY’ T BUST Ty LS SS. SE ae " RS ue Te ee . ee ee) ay ~ane —. ~~ are _- - ws >? oom 2 . re ery ey ] SAYS WAY HE'SHOT | HURT HIS CONSCIENCE } | + | | | $5,000,000 WILL’S TERMS on -—--—-—-_- -— in Clash Over Ad-; Emission of the Birth | Records in $82,000,000 Accounting Suit. ZERO WEATHER COVERS WIDE AREA IN WES! Miles, Mont., Coldest With: 44 Below; Northern) Texas Shivers in Freez- ing Rain and Sleet Storm. ~~ —_— COLD WAVE COVERS WHOLE OF MISSOURI . os eenengieete ne Lance gcc boty Fiscal PO | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Freez- | WILLIAM GREEN SUCCEEDS Traffic and public utilities within the metropolitan area were es in Goulds will. hyo +3 : paw: be eps Sees ocomens ides, the sparking of trolley poles, rl > é c ” ‘ o7? 2 > tog’ » Ss . ° , ) . Rieee Gould thelr fo- The motion of the railroad com ean in Reiss’ shoe — Lon dtveet nara, wade eaek an them far south as Central Florida by GMPERS AS A, F @ HEAD badly crit pled Wisner, 3g “The shot craps}. . ay t} + et’ Weil asked. Division 1 to the court en banc! pur: my conscience. your Fung 1 miniature broadcasting station, | en pe gerne! pee ggg ere : is was,” Mrs. Gould replied. | was denied. Apparently the only|Matle told Referee in Bankruptcy |*™¢ tbrovsh png ee loud | tm foresee a continuance of the| “ml to Carry Out'Iate Presi- parted today, and those that did were late. Long-distance tele- . : ’ pape irae oe re speakers came a terrible | cast ‘esee a CC 1 p . . ; : up and Guinevere, examin:z-; recourse left to the company, {ff it | Coles. “He just didn’t know what Ps aon te cold for several days. By the BR rwrecmics omagege. phone service ceased to function. Telegraph connections with a 73 ; | ‘thar raed eo : ; F bf clatec ress. f - ‘ : im brought out, were born at the ileal teil daak dn abosal-to the : | [ trie d to show him | KSD’s aerial, which was lowered |of abnormally cold w eather has the surrounding territory were severed and connectiong with United Staten iianaienia fe how to do it, but he wouldn't learn. | during the night to prevent snap-|overspread all sections west of the | Green of Coshocton, O.. today was ed 8 3 $ = > ateraw 4 etictene « Sey) Sah ‘eae ale , ‘ ; + : ; ay k City, April 15, 1915, and ung ts ° nr ages 23 Aenaearangg about ae ping of wires through contraction, | Mississippi, the line of zero te€M- | celected by the Executive Council 5 ; 4 ), 1916, respectively. Jane ws MAN CHANGES NAME BECAUSE ne es to ¢ va th never | froze solid to the pulley housiag! peratures extending southward tOlto be president of the American | _. The eold Wave, im general, ‘covers the entire section.. he-. piel A ey did. was rotten a le Way | . a4 2p ee. *? matTakewood, N. J. April 11, = : ‘ he Mississippi and the Pacific, ex easte p FIANCEE ALSO HAD SAME ONE through, but he kept on : the regular morning transmissions. and Northern Arizona. 7 tion by the Federation convéntion tween the ppl d Cc » © cept the south Sigal bills | This was corrected later in — It is more than 20 below over| at Atlantic City next October. | COrMer. Thomas Cc. Shapiro of 1440 Ras eres of ones and twos.” a iV. ‘much of the Northwest. At Ama- James H. Noanan of the Electrical ilton avenue, manager of the Sil- | “Six Trips Cost *10,000.” | Untold loss resulted from the verstein Clothing Co. store at 9 Mabie testified that the six casting station at St. Louis Univer- | below. Mild temperatures prevailed | president. delays and interruptions of utility | | sitv, which ordinarily hangs bhe- |throughout Eastern and Southeast- In a formal statement Green said | services here and elsewhere. Dam- mission by Circuit Judge Falken- | «about $10.000." “I never say| tween towers on two buildings |ern States today, except New Eng-/ he would carry out the policies of hainer yesterday to change his | ‘sure’ to anything, your honor, but | try was great, but in their icy cov- name to Shepard, because he was | it was about $10.000 I watched today drooped far down, scraping ES aed aaa stand for “constructive progressiv-|erings they presented beautiful “ae : | the walls of both structures. Sota caw” « ‘in always dgiving ahead, but | Spectacles. Shapiro of Chicago and she didn’t | dollars until I cou!dn't stand it any vag ‘ in building permanently as we go," want to marry a man with a family| more. He wanted me to ¢£> out nae wen west awoke this morning} ne gaid. and cold was greatest in St. Louls name the same as her own. | there some more, but I couldn’t do to find the coldest weather of the Green is 51 years old, has been | County, where electric service was NEW HOME IN LIMOUSINES winter, with no prospect of imme- secre- | Virtually eliminated, trolley serv- cousin, Shapiro said, and she was i children, and I just co.ildn’t watch ‘ tary and treasurer since 1912, afraid that if she didn't have a new/ him throw his money away.” Cold os and _— Heating stood below the zero mark at many|4. F. of L. vice-president since| Part of one line, and roads were name ofter the wedding her friends; Mable denied that he oe oS ads points in Kansas and in Western! 1913, and is a former president of | Wholly ms pert tee prema er ae wires, poles an g tree limbs tha ‘any part of the $35,000. lost, too, s ‘ wn ‘ried at all. The Judge thought it aie pee ” wd (a wept earn- The colony at the Forest Park] Arkansas and Texas, with the cold! ‘The Fxecutive Council will ad-|crashed down under the weight of Was an extraordinary situation, but estly. “or wie the ‘little fish,’ but 7,00 is greatly displeased with the) wave tightening its grip. journ, it is expected, to meet in ice. he announced the change would be | Reiss was ted } f re ag at Already blanketed under a crust February at Miami, ’*F la. By this morning the temperature , ing immigratec rere trom Centra which last- , tes inion led all night, were equally disas- | Africa and other tropical coun-| deep, Kansas and Western Mis- | learned, will be read on Monday at | further drop to 4 above, with clear KID M’COY, ON STAND, SAYS ‘trous tor Reiss. “He couldn't play|.°” have a congenital hatred for) souri were promised fair skies dur-|the Federation Building in Wash-| weather, was forecast for tonight. ington, D. C., and will be filed for |The drop was of 25 degrees since MRS MORS KILLED HERSELF. he couldn’t cven win in his own | heightened by the failure of | Snow, however, was predicted 2% ' ie it lies alee tal tke back resin yt hie | the ZOO Ss heating svstem. For the! for Arkansas, Oklahoma and a Maat s Tuesday. ee even ane, tie | store He’s my friend anu IT would | electric wires are down, and elec-| jarge area of Texas. Much colder NELSON NOT T0 CONTEST The rain storm from the South- a Senying One | end him: indney right now it he west, which intercepted the co!1 ent . 5 : , ’} burning system function . ; ; * ‘ Te ' , > d Southern Missouri. D MERCHANT Fo a about $5.000,000 of his] Ry the Assoriaced | asked age “es 6 gambler— It is so cold in t! 3 lion house a ye it City. Kan. the mer- THE ELECTION OF BAKER has passed.on to Lake Erie. The 4 0, : _ . ‘ . »} yore >» left the witness ‘ e chi . = Jy» * ' ‘ : sae 4 ° 7 a eq on was fo be ai- LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. deaamand oie on é 4 - St. Joseph, Mo., sa State C i 5 fove. \ aa sew York Department of|of her death. He said it was sui-| he had won approximately $2000) er are the polar bears. sig al ee - oe tia t slett qf the ates a. ommit-| yesterday and until about 9 p. m..| were put out of service, but an ac- ne - ; with snow falling. 1¢ worst s tee, announced this afternoon that! when it turned into sleet, and later| curate count could not be made. a . | arin Children as Vere Sin-| | eiss‘ store last summer. He had bekere election to the sovesien snow, leaving a slippery white| There are 700 men seeking to re- er, and George Sinclair, | entered the place originally to pur- i + é ‘ : omemecsnene = , Te | Mexico., Mo. Wire service in that! onip is not forecast unless in small flur-~ " In Next Sunday's | chase & pair of shoes, he ¢ald, has! HELPLESS BY FROZEN WINGS: | region was paralyzed. , : ries The rainfall Wednesday was pice nae shar Be. nleiolotions . Pres eiou Limit Upheld. oti clauions made by WA Ws: | iiiees gin Rae - returned ie ae Into Boller a to | = gy from Columbia, Mo., said | Whisky erty I 97 of an inch and yesterday 2.26| were completely isolated. without ewart. | : ‘a lh 00 : Thaw Ou 1ers to GO | rain, ad litem for Mrs. Glori | quently. Lapin testified that he 1 | : NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The ' : ! ~, the last 48 hours > P Bishop nNorlia||| New York Society Makes a Rare seldom lost at “craps.” : ito Pies | ' United States Circuit Court of Ap- night the River des Peres rose.|jargely cut off from news of the ) 7ngest §=child of | Experiment in Tuft Hunting—. Last night was a bad time for | without ceasing. : l¢ today unanimously uphela| then receded, leaving cakes of ice! outside world for the time being ese . ‘? ° y~ 1e , € . a } . = Ag How fastidiously tasteful social ij Meiethe Aus 96, of the ¥e- City Hall pigeons, which make Snow is reported at Charleston, | pea on its banke. Last night there was makeshift Aga Sst Certificates . , Mur Leve, of Chadbourne 000 t crannies of the building. About 200 rmome gistering Workers was chosen eighth vice North Broadway, was granted per-/to “Connor's place’ Reiss age to trees in the city and coun- | forming an L over the quadrangle, | land. the late Samuel Gompers. He engaged to marry a Miss Claire S.;| him chaige his big bills for silver ranrQae CITY _. | 18m, | wpa | KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 19. Locally, the force of the storm His fiancee was his second | it. He has rc wife and four or five the United Mine Workers’ } |diate relief in sight. The mercury an |ice was halted entirely, except for had Havoc , , . ; by | Would think she hadn't been mar- ; Missouri, southward in Oklahoma, tthe Ohio State Senate. the big one.” Mable city’s climate. Many of them, hav-| ; Pam of snow and ice several inches The wi of Gompers, it is|had dropped.to 10 degrees, and a permitted. said the poher game seker. either! your honor Why | s20W and .ce, and this emotion haShing the day. live " | veer probate afterward. yesterday and 69 degrees since tricity is needed to make the Oil-| weather was in prospect in East- Dramatically Tells of Death. wave from the Rocky Mountains, | roor in apparent disgust when at-|[ yy ; iE Pies ; cnartaey i George Sinclai pee : : se — sy 'p in blankets and taken in Hmou ‘zero at 8 o'clock last night, ac- ‘Chairman of Democratic ary’ : air ae Janejtrial here for the murder of Mrs. reached its intensity last night. The EN HE CAU © bu Service Car Driver Won $2000. >j ¢ Certificates submitted yes-| her, dec] i that he had loved } ' —e SE ee ne ee Mercury at Zero Mark. Joshua Barbee, campaign manager 2 - :. clared that he had loved her : Heavy rain fell most of the day/ cities thousands of telephones th, Apri ' iaasih. aide" ath , pril 4, 1923 gave the par-| elde. in a series of “‘craps’’ games. in CITY HALL PIGEONS RENDERED storm in history, with temperature |wejson would not contest Sam A. of 7 below zero, was reported at coating on the ground. More snow) pair local telephone service. troduction of th : te . 'accepted an -invitation to join in Fe a | ae Pw. Mrebrare Post-Dis, tch snow and sleet had fallen] By the Associated Tress. inches, a total of 2.33 Inches. Last} wi i that 8 ; . wire service, so tha 'there during t. Louls was lid by his first marriage. A receiver was appointed for ov ~ ie , -onstitutionality that pro- queens entertained Royalty. their nests in the eaves and other |in Southeast Missouri, wjth the|the consti : 4 No sign of lightning or the au-! press wire service, news reaching S ing before the referee Oct. 17, PJ. Gould Jr. was on his! froze in their wings and rendered | Were faring little better than Co-| tient to one pint every 10 days. over the city the sky was illumi-| 7.54, zens of Kansas town signed FR ag his wife’s knowledge The case munication with the outside world. served to interfere with street car under submission by On of the records w2s 4 Poe Contention that the _™efe not the children of Bd Gow * Teplied it ware his pur- sew that they were not hes, mate offspring and, ™ Rot entitled to share in their frandfather, the i Weil, shag reregd Keogh, Zvardian ad lit three “hildren, upheld eemacy under New York oe said the marriage 4. Gould and Guinevere the children legit}- though ey were born laxe. | ee showed that : T Was born April 15, “ his father. “Georg? 50 years old That child, Jane Sinclai- | of her birth as June) ¥ on . Sinclair was| WP 11. 1990 —* &s the certificates wer? 4 Last of the The away. ney for alleged failure to en- force the prohibition law. Great Practical Jokers Dies a Natural Death— Life to Brian Hughes was one joke after another, but un- like most jokers, his were funny. ‘*Hoodoo’’ of the McClin- tock Millions—For the fifth time, possession of this for- tune has been followed soon afterward by death. And the latest ‘‘victim’’ was a young man of 21, with a devoted fiancee. Mother Earth Captures a Baby Moon—That’s the belief of some astronomers, who esti- mate that it is only 400 feet in diameter, and 2500 miles Now the acquisition of a third satellite is possible, some of them say. Order Your Copy Today eet i swindle. jfrom his home in Milwaukee. was taken Referee Coleg yastareny. SENTENCING OF SACKS POSTPONED UNTIL JAN. 16 ee ae ee Federal Judge Geiger Fails to Ar- rive in Indianapolis Because of the Storm. Special to the Post-Dispatch. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. sentencing of William Sacks, St. louis banker-politician and South- western oil gperator, was post- poned in Federal Court here today until Jan. 10, as were the sentences of 13 others convicted with him on Nov. 26 on charges of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud in the gi- gantic Hawkins Mortgage Co. defendants were to have but be- The ‘heen sentenced here today, jcause of the storm Federal Judge | Ferdinand Geiger did not arrive Sacks was here today, prepared to give bond and appeal. OIL HEATERS SHUT OFF BY 19.—The | ' fires in fireplaces or by gas heat- 'ers. Hundreds of homes were af- and early today they met two fates | —kind-hearted City Hal] and po- lice headquarters employes took some of them into boiler rooms to thaw out, while others, including some of the City Hall.contingent of janitors, seized the rest of the birds with visions of pigeon pie to- night. BREAKS IN ELECTRIC WIRES Residents in St. Lois and vicin- iitvy, in places where the electric current failed, who have in the last few vears installed in their homes oil heating plants of the type re- quiring an electric motor, experi- enced considerable discomfort to- day. When the current failed the motors stopped, shutting off the heaters by stopping the flow of oil. In some homes so affected the cold was abated by the use of log fected. Wires also were down at Spring- field, Mo. Oklahoma continued in the grip of its first blizzard of the season, with near-zero weather predicted in virtually every section of the State tomorrow. Street Car Service Stops. Telephone communication was cut off between Oklahoma City and nearly every large town in the State. Telegraph service was great- ly impaired. Most of the Oklahoma City street car lines were aban- doned and automobiles were pressed into service to convey of- fice workers home. More than 2000 telephone and telegraph poles were reported down in the State and extra crews have been working in 16-hour shifts to establish communication. Northern Texas Covered With Half an arg of Ice. By the Aasocie FORT WO TH Tex., Dec. 19.— Fort Worth early today was in the Continued on Page 3, Column 6, | Language—Music | Music in whatever form we hear it, opens the door into a world of beauty. Some people like the jazziest of modern music. Others like something rich tn mel- ody. Whatever be the music or the instrument desired, it can be obtained tn St. Louls at reasonable cost. This its a those who want to buy for themselves and those who want to make this a “Music < Christmas.” Good instruments are fea- tured in the Post-Dispatch classified “Musical” column. Read it carefully and you will discover the possibilities for making your selection ( there. The Post-Dispatch St. Louie’ One Big Want Directory The Perfect Market-Place : ‘ierash of falling branches, weighted suggestion for wires, by which the Associated Press received news from Chicago for 40 minutes, and a Louleville & Nashville Rallroad wire to receive news from Atlanta, Ga., via Nasgh- ville, Tenn., was used later. Telegraph Service Affected. Several hundred points {n Mis- All through the evening and/gouri and Illinois on the Western night residents of the tree-shaded Union telegraph system were cut suburbs and country, and in manyioff, including Springfield. Mo. sections of the city. heard the| Large cities can: still be reached, Fastern wires especially standing far beyond their capacity with|up The Postal telegraph system tenacious ice. Sometimes thei reports a similar situation. [It is louder noise of falling poles or the} getting Chicago messages via Birm- flash of breaking wires intervened.|ingham, Ala. Some of the branch sreeecceereceeees+ | Offices in the city are cut off from the main office Rallroad telegraph wire service ig paralyzed, one reason for the traffic and radio reception. The cold wave area extends into Western Illinois and is expected to extend eastward. At Columbia. Mo., this morning it was zero and at Keokuk, Ia., 4 below, while at Lander, Wyo., it was 40 below. “DON’T GO NEAR FALLEN WIRES.” interruption of train service. At Union Station hundreds of persons waited, mostiy in vain. for de- ener eeeeewerr eee *enreeeeneeneneeeneeee This warning was given children in schools of the county today, be-| parting or arriving trains. cause of the great number of brok-| A wrecking crew preceded Chi- en electric lines, which are possibie|cago & Alton train No. 78 from sources of danger. In some in-'” Continued om Page &, Colume 4 RNR RR aE AAR RR hy, PSs PR oe