St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 7, 1925

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COMIC PAGE= | || PHONE YOUR WANT AD ; raxtees%en | |] TO. THE POST-DISPATCH : pit: I ecaieceer : || AND GET RESULTS a Call Olive 6600—or leave the Want ad Th Ad with your mearcst druggist. ° ° ° ° e Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service el — = — ats. : VOL. 77. N | ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1925—36 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS HERE ANY CoLD ===) | IRMSLATURE GETS $650,000 PAID BG WHISKY PLANT MAN WOUNDS ESSENANDBROGAN "ses" BIG BUSINESS ttl WD AcTON FoR, ESTATE OF 120 ACRES'W on gg HOME WOMAN KLLSSELF ADED BOY ROBBER (P=). TO DEMAND P NVESTRATIONS “"* Sues 28. Sort S** OF OPERA ANGEL IN DORMTORY.TOCETFURLOUGH AMM BETTER DRY ———- Cost of $600,000. ti | ——-- | ‘ | 2 a : Senate, Under Democratic ea i Fire Reveals Still in Garage Young Man Found With Politicians Wrote Letters : P 2 “ee a NFO ROEM ENT ; 6 Be Be Sa et ~ | a 4 . ; : e | : '# Control, to Dig. Into. 9. 1. oy :2y acres by the Da-) iits south boundary, and 2880 tee:| Of 10-Room Residence of _ Pistol in Hand at Wiscon-.- Urging Reformatory | © , Record of Important | State including ok along North and South road, the in iio) the samuei - Fey, and Sours | eastern boundary. The Hanley rond | A. Stallone in University' sin University French Head to Free George | Davis mansion at Nortn ane ovw- | | side of the tract is bounded on th: . a Gar Rockefeller Jr. Cut- State Departments. Ls Cuvien roads, and plans for| north by Polo drive. _ : City, Who Is Sought. Students’ Living Place. Roloff for Holidays. ys 4 ‘ fo a subdi- Plans for spe nding $600,000 on . ae 4 | anneed today by the new subdivision, on surface and pane 2 Fi, BERT : ‘aad : 7 _ and Others - Pre- | REFORM OF BANKING vision, were anpou * ee underground improvements, and for | LINIMENT BECAME NOTE IN HIS COAT YOUTH COMMITTED . | . : ee sent Resolution at White the E. Davis Realty a! d the construction of duplex homes, House Tomorrow. LAWS IS PLANNED | A. which is the purchaser. were announced. “BONDED LIQUOR’”’ | SEIZED BY POLICE HOLDUPS ON RETURN | ! The price, according to the com- The price paid is more than | (converting the trac aD NRT mo 2 aR Oe Sie — PRG. REY LIE TIO LE OLS ER Oy cseeeane eeetetiimemnae al sate ele Soe el atte batalla (Copyright, 1925, by H. Cc. Fisher Trade Mark Reg. U. 8. Pat. Office} | poem i nv’s announcement, was $650,- $5000 an acre, and the deal will r Mati | . - ee Effort Will Be Made to Bet 00.) rie tr! surrounds the old rank among the large subdivision | Rubbing Alcohol, for “Ex-|Former Student, 32, and! Took a Chance and Let Him “@ #2 Ag “CRIME INCREASE DUE Louis Count! and ex- ventures of recent years. Walter ter Protect Depositors ; 1 wey "600 feet a . f r Clay ton road Shields negotiated the sale ternal Use Only,” Was | Language Teacher, 28, | Go Heme pe Plea a é i: a “a | 2 bi | TO DRY VIOLATION” Few New Acts Now SENATE COMMITTEE AGREES NEW TREATMENT Put Into Bottles With | Met When She Taught at| Mother’s Illness, Superin-- = exneRT M. GARY. ‘This le ee pas me WITH HOUSE ABOUT NAVY) TO END INFECTION _ Pretentious Labels ee Bese SEVERE QUAKE by Steel Head—Dawes a —_— -- = By CURTIS A. BETTS, “The Country Need Not Be ao | AT ROOTS OF TEETH Making “bottled in bond” whisky | py the Asmociated Press | It was through the assistance of RATTLES DISHES _ Praises Dever for Re- A Staff Correspondent of the Post- ye Ot - sow byy ih gma | of liniment alcohol, and mak- MADISON, Wts., Jan. 7.—F. X./two St. Louis maititetnatn:: ‘aiudh Neate! ie | a) Ou : 7 + spatch. . . ~*~ , ner: ut mateur | Bernard. 32 years old, of bbing, | cear - M forming Chicago . pag 7 TT) Ry she Associated Press. | Toronto Dentist Credited With ing grand opera out Ss a — d | nard years , Hibbing George Roloff, 17-year-old Boon- | IN ASSACHUSETTS . JEFFERSON CITY, Jan, ¢.—2n€ WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—After|} Di ‘WwW to singers, are undertakings which) Minn. is dead, and Miss Lau-j ville Reformatory prisoner, got a — : ’ * ’ ‘ : ~ . ae , r - . 4 | . . ly +) . | a 7) ° . , e ’ , . . . ° Missour! Legislature convened at | examining Secretary lbut and | iscovery oO : o op have marked the colorful « —, Ofira B Palmer, 28, a University | month’s holiday furlough, which | H ard ~ ismo hical Sta By the Agsociate4d Preas. moon today for its fifty-third bien-| other high officials of the Navy Cause of Serious Ailments. Alfredo Stallone for whom thé!romance language instructor, | he abused by coming home and re- | ary grap NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The pres- : oo} oy — +} . 4 ; *% "a ure | Lo rtTTAre) ft Uv ty ollie T ’ st ow . hs } > ie) ‘ iy ‘ 7 rT; ; . > : > nial session, which, under plans in | Department, u Pen: Naval! AT — a eee es ['niversity City | ce are jU n Ynose nome is i = (_rosse, been ane his career as a epaieetee tion Unable to Estimate Dis- ‘ent tendency toward lawlessness is | propriations “ommittee concurs i! aa ' aa an 7 att POKLN is seriously wounded as a result of! filling station hold ¢ ¢ bi! TORONTO, Jan. ¢.—-Eliminati : attached to Cup man. tance Away of Tremor. directly attributable to the well- io be devoted very largely to in- that the country need not he ex ? oRenain the ~9,00 idence occupied by he reception room of the French|man Fred Essen, Republican boss ——— | ‘intentioned efforts of persons who ~ * letion, is expected rocess of comy . ‘ n, ¢\ _ > ry . % , kh ov > : . - . . : salen ds aaa ae ws 2 | ; ' a double shooting this morning in Letters from former Congress- cognized as a cause of! Wwestigation of the administration of | alarmed’ about report hat @ hse sve trouble, heart a angi meallone at «li. Cornell avenue, | House. 'of St. Louis County, and State Sen- | ” hese eee Press. . | seek to discriminate between laws ‘ rv) = ’ > ~ ’ ‘+ , ' j ° i" : a4 nat 3 ’ —— loc? ; »y) } i ‘ ‘ ” h I 5° se > "y } isc ¢ } rye ‘Ainge ‘ , =, . 30STON ‘ an. > ‘ n eart ] tre- virtually every important depart- American : cl achaawal " ther _ ve ailments. is |} a fo) ia ening ‘ ~ ee : pa rhe kren | House is a boardi: S iator Joseph Hi. Brogan of St. Louis | ; . | Saas should be obeyed and those , . ; the 6-6-0 tis , a ¢ e! tne! VoBeiivn and rooming house occupied by iptec , -eform: V .| mor lasting 15 seconds and of con- - ment of the State Government dur- ; chad 3 ' : a am. in ad very just announced, ¢ r es = terowe cnanmtiow of wrai: es -_ nf 2 wi - od 4 : ah . gee presres— vet, nig | ») . a" that should not, Elbert H. Gary, AGOPLUNgs a re ; . Ax par research 7 rie aft hn an v ‘ : satrap 8s ‘ ° ! ‘AA : Lut 5 ‘)i ee ra | .¢- ‘> yy) 4 g y S P ; . > y ; sie . ¥ ‘ , . - . * ; ré¢ - ities in at least five departments, a | S4'p le acm ‘UNS: | yses copper amalgam as a permia- come pg Divert or seeat y Mrs. M. Hanson, a | before from politicians interceding | ance off shore at the time, it was|mittes of 1000 for law enforce- Mecision virtually was reached at no one Can Say tiat aS (0 Capital nent filling for the root canals -‘ GQ UNG presenter ae tt ok at the French House, a mo-!for prisoners—but things just now/| not possible to estimate the dis- ferences of Democratic Senators | Ships the o-o-8 does not preva teeth hirsty an . ee , octets ifter she heard the report of | appear pretty black. tance of the tremor, officials said, : erday afternoon and last night “Much is heard ne y's —— ons thea: achievement Stallone was president OF the or. | | pistol A bullet hole was in Eescen’s Letter. but the direction was believed to A first hand report of the meet- . | - | ia. ? 7 ’ ‘¥ ' ’ . 7 an 4 ei | +31 _* mr j y ars (*; ’ : ic , ‘ : , ry ry | a tet ¥* 1; a 4 ~ . in wil ~ Cc - feappoint a committee of lawyers, ,reiative Stanaing Ww: sed which wi] be explained at the Louls Grand Opera ) A mple and a .32-calibe! In his letter to Supt. Harrison, | be north. af l be given President Cool a. 9 > a ‘ “a * , . al Al o we Tn rMwTTOritvtia lit Al , «* ] - . » wi ; har, . - ™ . j i) : both Democrats and Republicans, |the navies PARAS S&S March meeting of the Internat March gave ‘pe ew : D. was in his right hand. -dated Nov. 5 and written on sta- Houses were shaken and dishes |‘98° at @ White House breakfast — . i , i tomorrow, w > 2 Mo dig deeply into official records Japan Said ie report, Seit- | aesociation of Dental Research. at |" Ode . Ti Palm after being badly | tionery of the Watchman-Advocate, | Were jarred from shelves. In Mar- heatas ti Pe G hich pr Retgesomiroricn ew departmente and State institu. | styled experts and oth 0 CaNn- | Chicago. is given to Dr. F. C. Hus- | 7% of Seville wounced by two bullets which took | Essen’s newspaper, at’ Clayton the/| /lehead, where the shock was un- Goxtiiaadhs on ec poh tng sn , ls > ~ ; lar he ’ ‘ *> . +r oe : - . ' agit : ‘ , ed Tw t ty Nioneyv ‘ 4 Lieé \ - wf ‘or : ) - the likeness of whisky ernard when he called. He is then | wishes. felt in Manchester or north of that cluding he prohibition laws. He ance Department. | Field near here wer kille im. | 05, SOCRaSee eer lage “11 summers old.” as some ef the | believed to have pocketed the mis- Essen today explained that he city. In many places householders scored the public official who vio- It is the intention of the Senate | stantly this morning wh Pai sreciaime . sive and engaged her in conversa-| never had seen young Roloff and | rushed to the street believing that |\2'°*, Ni# oath of office by failure majority to keep the committee in |} in which they were tion before the shooting. was not familiar with his criminal | peaters had exploded. to observe and enforce the law. fontinual action throughout the! struck and demolished , : , meee ners ee Mesion of the Legislature, working | plane flying over | rast ot thee 10 Ewan and Cuckoo |called at 7:30 p. m. The fire seemed |¥ing a new pistol led officers to | fe sald he acted at the request of | pamagier my [imueHAl FEAT) it any Sw i cur opinion, is not @ ‘rom department to department | at the field The dear ov" | sicniaaenisak tel i i i aan W ow | 1 have started from one of three think that he had come to Mad-/| te boy’s stepfather, who is Essen’s wise or just or desirable,” Gary : , le) ' 4a Paw) | gangsters and their lawyer, a Seles Swe pee ison eek an der Ye Y : Pa ay said, “we “Untl] all concerning which reports | Harness, field inspector, aul Kelly iis ti nb a a defendant as burners under as many copper |*°°” to seek an understanding with | friend. Man Completes Trip Down Colum- oh ~ ig gid may try to ef irregularities have reached the Long, truck driver. ig ae ve Sale wes 2 : Pik a” bite. of (tee, ab 99) the woman and end their lives in Brogan’s Letter. bia River and Paddles Into Se ange n a regular way; but | ' in the mail robbery case. vats of Ul Ht. : . ors, have been investigated. Lieut. BS tb. Barksdale of Mec- a - : found 180 cases. 12 pint event of an infavorable interview. | Senator Brogan, on stationery of Ry the Associated Press. > ply ay the right to violate or One leading Senator on the ma-| Cook Field was piloting the ship District Attorney Philip La Fol-|the Missouri Senate, under date of | T4/WACO, Wash., Jan. 7.—Amos © any law while it is in force, ty side today said that the im-/| He was accompanied by an observ- —s it was laheled “This rubbing |lette has begun an investigation of | Dec. 1, wrote as ratlows ta J. Kalle Burg Jr. of Portland yesterday pre his honest conscience com- Ming action was not to be tak-|er. Both aviators escaped without | ) the shooting. ’ |completed a canoe trip from the; Pe!s him to do so on what he be- as an indication of a desire to); ascratch. The accident is believed ssurce of the Columbia River to |eves to be a moral ground: and Dear Mr. Pool: the Pacific Ocean, a distance of then he must subject himself to the Tinta will 1268 miles, by piloting his craft |Pe™#lty Provided for violation if This will introduce Mrs. B. B. | the regular! ” tHtut | past the river entrance out into the y constituted author! - Williams, whom I have known for ties decide that his opinion is cage is to be of wood sides with a/ Was described as “‘Alcohol rub, 92; nothing of a quarrel between Ber- | anumbér of years. She has a Ops | wrong course at the field usually f1; . ge anal ‘ner cent far ee ‘ y Not nard and Miss Palmer until she/| G Roloff - ‘ Bure’s feat is considered quite ; , Lenin or ag ana oy The heavy steel mesh protecting the cent, for external use only. Not | 24! : : oe i f m mu Baker ae a att oy ght ‘ sab lieved to have descended. belo talled on orbg, - ark - : pec m roug | River was full of ice. ment for violation of the law which Ae) OnN-alT OoT! eo Came, ot that level, with the resulting fatal | \especially affects him, then another Locksmniths and Carpenters Puild- | police urt s proprietor ot! ing Pen in Marshars Office for 5} ‘afe 4° DeBaliviere ave- | teagan ' sounded like thunder. the principal reason, why crime is Gloucester, Marblehead, Salem |*° prevalent at the present time, is labels proclaimed it, were found by prisoners ma i tl olice. after firemen had put : The fact that Bernard was car- | record when he wrote the letter. No Right to Violate law. ‘ : for +) fal 17} Ye fire for which thev were ‘ The Marshal added, however. rhey that the cage would be completed | bottles to the case, or.‘‘Fries’ Rub,” + Se aT in, * ey REE TS Rag taht ea. OE, ane, Se ae in me for the trial for which Col- — eet heck and four other Eganites wil] |2’coho!),” the label read, “is for ex- Pool, secretary of the State Board: of Paroles and Pardons: ot —s j 4 Pa " “2 — a. Ve oi 4 - ’ . holida ‘s at home, and if there is | Fe A eae gg sa thet e 3 HA oly the dey elopments mignt| | och. eretofore have been allowed tc banter ~ od carron te that as Miss Palmer collapsed in Borns a et aieannen anne MAYOR BANISHED FROM STATE | will insist that he is entitled to the (ve c.OT ToS ve Ny involve men retained in of- sit on benches in the Marshal's o eodetutdhonso tiles wet improve i aad her arms, she said: any A ’ a & ta T will | ~——_ am Sarre privilege in reference to an- fice. vigorating qualities and soothing “T helped him through -school; be greatly appreciated, and I wil T ‘ee by th ine ' ad eee $i Hi + WEDS SOmMe. PLACE ee | > i_ine incom ng a ministra- 7 / 3 i HIENDERSONVILI E W Cc Tan |other law. If the idea is carriecd| =. It might be that certain con- RUTHENBERG COMMUNIST | Special Prosecutor Dver said to-|effects as a liniment on the skin.’ |, — consider it a personal favor to | 44 “iio. sks, aN. Ue, JAN, | 7» Y “TT ™ — ~~ age =" ' poo 5 Oe eee oS and now to its logical seque ALI 14 > 'h ey were apout } ttle: , 4 ~ ~~" CESS SSN . - 1“ aiaili a . business affairs of the State.| by Circuit Judge White to pay a Governor-elect of Texas Selects | ae - diel cohen yr a. Sought Position as Teacher. | Harrison did would be all right PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT that of a more serious one if the | Wife of Plainview Assessor Be- tag id = PG A APT sit A hi | Prof. H. A. Smith, director of the| with Pool. | Intelligence of the perpetrator is ™ J0bs to geo to Democrats ex-|to 10 years in the State Penitenti- | n prescriy n. A macnine gh. of course. we do not ex-/| fine of $5000 and serve from three : ve | cause of Loyalty. ' | Department of Romance Language. | aE considered. tin those places to which the|ary at Jackson, was on his way to ‘ ’ fer pressing tinfoil tips upon whis-| ~-*" Harrison’s Explanation AND SOMEWHAT COLDER | 3y the Associated Pr ky , said today that Bernard had asked | requires that a person of op-/| prison this mornine. ev TEMPLE, Tex. : ol einai | y bottles was at hand. Several him for # position, in the depart- Supt. Harrison, over the tele- Reform in Chicago. M€ political faith to that of the The radical! leader was in custody . ¢ — a-ltphone from Boonville today, told : Mayor Dever said that while t - “ol a x . UW. Meharg of Plainview, former | fescribed as Italian cordial. Five| ™ent. but had been refused be-/|P Sa ma tte 90 | chess Gn tenn ee aventes Guan. “ or be appointed. of Sheriff Franz and was escorted | school teacher and mother of sev- | _ ER A EME. 5G. caused he lacked the degree neces-|the Post-Dispatch that he had e ""*aa lg tf ] Chie ewever, in that connection, we|from the county jail before betng | era! children, has been selected to| Continued om Page 3, Column 3, sary to become a university in-|plained to the stepfather that ‘Bs ain pe eo J Mie Post-Dispatch expressed | were arrested yesterday charged| wil] be taken up next Wednesday dition, nano Savertion ;| Duluth, and a son, Frank, 12, who Admitted Seven Robberies. o ) + % y ; — cant the Legislature! with hiding valuable church prop- by the Senate Foreign Relations it for exchange or sale and (| lives with Bernard's te = Roloff was arrested last Satur- ke investigations, pass) erty during the famine period. Committee. ) meet with the promptest (; Eveleth, Minn. The mother of the day, and listed seven highway rob- *PPropriation bills and adjourn, The valuables, which were se- . ee ?| children, Bernard’s divorced wife. heries he had committed. here at is ab me | | 29Fe = , Wis. Beste tangents mec ae sar act |ermed 1m drainage pipes, included | maan LAMENT DEBATES BY RADIO)? rez sc. write vour oa sow §( oP re canes indication of a desire by the! 400 carats, a large collection of | and leave it with, send or (| Washington Club’s Dividend 40 Pet. ; : * |Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch ‘ | Speci -Dispvatch. y to refuse tp Governor-'rubies, 1600 pounds of silver, 60 | (Copyright. 1925.) Special to the Post-Dispat any genera) legislation he may pounds of gold, and several mil- OSLO (Formerly Christiania),.;|, TE]EPH ONE IT TO pe a ee aan i as , In his messace. However. tian ruble - f imperial Gov-| Jan. 7.—Radio has gained such a/> ,,, . a lion rubles worth of imperial C 7 he Post-Dispatch ‘lof the world’s series, paid a divi- : Questior wil! ne '' he a : — + +} ; . Nis Ye ine ; ‘2 a x 8 efinite-/ernment bonds. foothold in this country that the indignation of: ih) f upon until the Governor's | Two huge sacks of paper money| Government today decided to! » O L ] V E 6 6 0 0 {jdegd of 40 per cent ‘aden a " | auis, 12.8 feet at 7 «. | © nature of which he has!were also unearthed, the police] broadcast for public consumption | 4 5 was announced today, . | — es : {Ry Nes tes —_— ee en Page 2, Column 2 said. all the debates held in Parliament. ™~ . directors’ meeting.