St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 9, 1925

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SAVINGS 0 FIND s LED TO OF F | CI AL | N Q) U | R Y i 1 Says Officials Clash in | “a>! depiigaeet ' Bice, aie ae 4 ow ¢ es 3 Leer SOW, voces se | Highest yesterday, 45 at 3 p. m.: 'lowest, 29, at 7 a. m. MISSING WIFE QF JUDGE ENGLISH’S COURT 4h : | pected tevecact | Enforcement. | | tor St. Louis and | | | |GOODBY > | tinn : ae : | | | oer? evenneey |. Ey ae 1 AND A THERS Gov. Ty DE. a, ceri 001 rs ee ‘by Pyle to what he characterizea | Farmer, Now Broke, Plans | er ab. . ne TAKE CARE snow tonight; | : rages vam AR ef- as the friction exist(ng between en- to Ret H Earn | ae | OTR aa | YOURSELF. Saturday partly | fort to show that it is impossible | forcement officers and the District © Neturn Frome to | REFEREE UNDER > 4 eu aE Z loudy: colder, for prohibition enforceme i ion i ae | Kansas City Woman, Long- | MBO Oe Wiest “tem |tunction under the mosene ny i2\Attorneys, due largely, ne said, to| More Money and Will| : sch meena | TiS > , 48 a misunderstanding on the part of | OMNIS EATON Poe : we est in Prison of Sex in eee wel catnpesscyPsiate. g: pny in- | one concerning the duties of the Resume Hunt. | See ; 1) | : , y its coun- other. SS aa ete oS. ti Missouri: Part-jsel, John S. Pyle, who has submit- “Ther rill | | : | Country, Served for Mur- ly cloudy tonight |ted his plans of procedure. will peo sede aa Pe! iain: ans | SOUGHT WOMAN | | der of Husband #4 and Saturday, ex- | Without going into details in his | individuals of the department,” +e : rs | | . ° : } cept snow or rain | preliminary statement, Pyle sug- told the committee. “There are. IN FOUR STATES | . in southeast por-/| gested that prohibition enforce- others that will reflect against the | | | LOUIS HALT ACTIO j = | | of he Stat ; Springs, at 9 o'clock this morning | roles to convicts in the sta . pee reported 45 degrees below zero. } Ry the Associated Press. fentiary, as his last extension of | WASHINGTON; Jan. executive clemency before retiring | DAUGHTER OF LATE MAYOR | on ‘the ‘nesiantion: of Mo. And .atter he has made a stake, he in-| tends to start his search all over) | again. | tion tonight; j|,ment be handled by judiciak @is- law. W rill ’ si- — COSTELLO, DE’S | colder. tricts instead of by sisiben, : sa , es “ om =e cape | HY | a | : ility of functioning under the, Sayvg She Longed to Travel FREED | Illinois: Mostly; Brief reference was also made present law.” y ng e : CHAUFFEUR, cloudy tonight : . | | (Copgrigh ) | 7 / and Left Home With | t 1928.) and Saturday; | | | e Congressman, Member of i Plans for Impeachment of rain or snow to-| Z ‘ “ Clemency Also for Huso night in south | STONE CONF IMATION GIT i $90,000 10 Money She Got From| Body That Acts in Im- _ Judge English, Consid- ER portion and probe Sal ° ) . Plaujanin and George) .31, snow in north portion: colder! ~ | e of Chickens. peachments, Not Sur- ered Two Years Ago, ~ = . e 9./Saturday and in extreme south | echeemeernetnanaiees ° | net : 3 = Begley, the ‘Rice King ?/ vortion tonight. DEFERRED IN SENATE THE MEDICAL SOCIETY Since Oct. 16 Henry Swearengin prised by Developments. | Were Halted by Daugh- = Effective 7 Few Days. Pye Prey oe ae ? | has searched in four states for his: erty. | Hein aot eed Protest Filed Against Appointee! Mrs. Sarah L. Ge Wilson Do- ee ned: nantly $1900 waee Ene DIRECTING AN - tees _ - nd- Ss is ee © ~ re ; 9 : app f - : ‘ a 4 y any. 3 ; A CoLb! By mipsel ne one «tnd Wyoming. , in Connection With J. P. | nates Sum to Organization S ‘of it left, and Sunday he will leave. INQUIRY IN EAST DISTRICT AT FORNEY : 5: / JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 9.—/ LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 9—Wam- Morgan Estate Case. Building Fund. St. Louis, where his search has MGR gt _ IS ALSO UNDER VIZ ZZ + : Moy. Hyde today granted 25 pa- sutter, between Rawlins and Rock | : taken him this past week, for his Chairman of House Sub- | , Q = ‘old home, Springfield, a committee Explains Methods in Actions Announcement was made today (of a gift of $50,000 to the St. Louis | Medical Sotiety by Mrs. Sarah L. 9.—Action Attorney - Detaile of Six Allegations | Aimed at Thomas—Long General from the office on Monday. Among OF PEORIA MARRIED 10 DUKE them is Mrs. Agnes (Aggie) Mey- ers of Kansas City, oldest woman Miss Florence Margaret Clarke Be-| comes Bride of Duke of | prisoner in the United States in feur, who is serving a 25-year sen- late Charles Corning Clarke, a for- | _j|mer Mayor of Peoria and member | the Supreme Court in 1920. Attor- |Ject on the eventual basis of $300,- Judge English of East } a Bence for pr L vette ster, of the firm of Clarke Bros. She ney-General Stone, it was said, ap- (000. There are 1075 members, of So Swearengin started for Oma- |) en me sod ae ee ae court in’ East St. Louis, the Dee ites s sotieae | comodo for |5 % cousin of Robert D. Clarke, | peared in that court as counsel, for ir wih om es poo" naw thane aan teas tae Sisal chientiil a ine Ate atch, » | Liquid Carbon-Dioxide, Chilled} partment of Justice last week ~ ¢ Thornton. 8st. financier of Peoria and Los An- Morgan and his associates, oe: er ager giit is entenced anit “ : : es ” ae i to 110 Below Zero. Freezes started an official investigation of prsery, and John ’ geles, Sitting with Sterling at the;Principally to pay for the library |? ceived one letter from his wife.' Gongressman Dyer said that com- | ’ the office of Chaties B. Phones er as = —- oe yang ig ae She was born in this city and/hearing were ‘Senators Butler! Portion of the structure, to ne Seda tae tee e ehenaall ae flaints against Judge English, cou- | Flames When Released, Referee in Bankruptey in that } B secon gah my QUESTION: Dtast a0 he could find time to sign | ee eS orence. She AUTO SALESMAN INDICTED FOR ove Mgnt olny ws mean unknown, not knowing that the! h d ; hi ttenti ‘i St PITTSBURG, dan. 9.-—Mgnwies An Investigation of the adminis- iis a blonde. After the honeymoon | Wilson, who were leaders in their | . (Rac come te Ais attention in ©‘+| tured “snowstorms” to be used in| tration of District Attorney W. O maa] release papers. lamong SiRibeibranean cities : ; profession. The present building ‘stamp would disclose where she, Louis. He did not know, he said, Pott os beret ¢ the aenih | cag ™ TAMPERING WITH M'COY JUROR ‘| was when the letter was mailed. | whether the Department of Justice | ¢*tinguishing fires and produced| Potter was arde xo wt : o - the rogaPige we Emel fore. | COUPle will live at the home of Mrs. | gy panalhalle i rae |\€larke in Florence. | mst several months ago by the) ot-Dispatch. Mrs. Meyers has). . ; a = CALIFORNIA RATIFIES | | CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT mpent 20 years and eight months| m@ jail or in the penitentiary since’ me murder of her husband, Clar- Stone to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was held up today by a Senate judiciary subcommittee, pending tion of a statement and documen- Ownbey, and which was decided by Former Boxer Held in Jail Pending Appeal From Sentence of 1 to 10 Years for Manslaughter. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 9.— | Swearengin spent last Oct. G. Wilson of 4 Brentmoor Park, (f6r the society’s building fund. investiga-_ Erection .of the main portion of a magnificent home for the organi- building fund. It figures the pro- at $525 Pine boulevard, is consid- ered a firetrap. Previous important gifts by Mrs. Wilson, who-is the widow of New- ‘ton R. Wilson, a mining engineer, Wilbur D. Campbell, an automobile | salesman, was indicted by the grand | ings at were $250,000 for a geology build- Washington University and /working in tne fields of his rent- ed farm near Dalton, Neb. And when he had put his away for the day, and returned to raised. ‘ It leaving merely and The letter was brief. | said that she “was ,would keep going.”’ 16 |. implements | | on Against Federal Officials. By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chieti Washington Correspondent | had undertaken an inquiry. The House Judiciary Committee, which Dyer ranks next to th Swearengin, who is 40, and says ¢hairman, Graham of Pennsylvania, his wife is 5 vears younger, re- lated that they were married seven is the body which passes_in the first instance on efforts to remove Gerhard Sisters Photo. __CHARLES B. THOMAS. through the use of carbon dioxide {have been developed at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, | officials announced. Dr. Charles L.. Jones, who made During that time, he federal officials by impeachment.| the discovery after three years of List of Witnesses Avail- able to Investigators. Federal Judge George W. English’s Yés, I PAID : d Melit t Ro Se ‘ ™ hag | Dinos : , | EVERY AiCkKet point of time served. , | ee i ce wonangfimeata me. | tars evidence laid before as by zation on a lot it has owned for ithe farm house, he discovered that i : a dead DUE “THe Others are: Huso Plaujanin of ROME Tan : ae Pesseent A. Ownbey of Boulder, Colo, more than two years. on McPher- pee wife, Dollie, was not there. So of the Post-Dispatch. By PAUL Y. ANDERSON. GOVERN MENT Bi. Louis, who has served two years | yy, beet sakien: “ i a Senators said the evidence was son avenue, west of Moolah Tem- |: ae set out for Dalton, w here the W ASHINGTON, Jan. 9. -— Con- A Staff Correspondent of the Post- , 6 eorla, IIL, in connection with a suit which J. ple, and a short distance east of Station agent told him that “Mrs./¢ressman L. C Dyer of St. Louis Dispatch. OAJ ah @ Ma five-year sentence for an 4@l- was married Wednesday to Filippo 'P. Morgan, Wm. P. Hamilton. Her- Vandeventer avenue. can begin |Swearengin had bhoarded a train | | ki R 3 a 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—In re- INCOME Meged crime of which he has been |Caracciolo, Duke of Melito. lbert L. Satterlee, and the execu- when about $50,000 more is raised, |for Omaha. Further investigation enn adhe WHE yr egies sponse to numerous complaints “TAX Monerated; Tony Costello of St.| PEORIA, Ill., Jan. 9.—Miss Mar-:tors of the estate of the late J. it was stated. Besides owning the |Showed that the woman had got | House Judiciary Committee, heard| __ pre ing that a “bankruptcy ring” iouis, Gov. Hyde’s private chauf- |faret Clarke is the daughter of the | Pierpont Morgan brought against land, the society has $157,870 in its | train fare by selling the chickens| without surprise that criticism of LATEST ERE FIGHTER ; yea: ing ! , tie witl that she and her husband had'tne official conduct of Federal ne SRE R NS ee ee ’ time, but whether in that or in some other connection is not made known. : The “official” investigation of Referee Thomas and District At- torney Potter is entirely separate and apart from the “unofficial” in- ¢. ) . . ’ splmpenotepingtliniintie ’ ‘ ence Meyers, in Kansas City May) aR | sea . whe ae ‘ : a | years ago. 2 . nye ee ied, eet noeshanas Legislature Gives Measure Over- jury here today on a charge of the money for the large swimming said, they had had no difficulties: | 1m this respect, as in-others, it en-| vestigation of Judge English, 7 , - & “‘¢ whelming Vote: Second of (communicating with John J. Apffel, pool there. 7 an’ ; ‘ research, is authority for the state-; which has been in progress for ft Hi ress to death. tozether with an accom- States t F Bill ; A h 3. € Kid MeCoy soe She had seemed contented, and had joys powers which make it one of} . s ss ; some time, as disclosed exclusive. Hillt i: Pits \ttettinen who icon. : o avor > . juror ° the case ‘gt. ; a ial paid no attention to other men. the most important committees in ment that the “snow is effective ty in weateréay’s Post-Dispatch ith] “cgi eee. ‘ j : ing McCoy's ‘ iis ° ‘ TH || | pie 3 eased and implicated Mrs. Meyers. al nll gg i peta se nde ncygee th «ie oe | OUSE APPROVES FUND OF But she had always wanted to cither branch of Congress; when used to put out fires in places In this connection. it was learned hie eesessts The seniences were commuted to AE cage ea | ‘ “ c life on | Shen, Where w.M e | $40 000 000 travel, and Swearengin thinks that | As jt happens, the committee is'so inclosed that an extinctive at- here yesterday by Post-Dispatch Seeee Me imprisonment by the Governor. | I egislature Pn “gy be, aeea ast P MeCo ‘ me . Ar Pea ' ' FOR RIVERS desire may account for her sudden now dnducting an investigation mosphere can be maintained, such correspondents that the impeach- Botiman died in prison about two} ambos’ -atif o = Be yotard = ‘ a Feinony Meme rage Serengeti Ww | SopestErs. into the official conduct of a Fed-|as in mines, ship holds, cargo| ment of Judge English before the 7" ears ago. : ef ; on - — ~ - a or | 0 from one to 10 years in San ar Department Appropriation Since Swearengin has been in St. | «ral District Judge, with a view to/| spaces, engine rooms, cellars, ware- House of Representatives was un- SID slnne Geb tossbtred, ac-| ome” ment to the Federal Consti- | Quentin Prison following his con- _ Bill Carrying $331,000,000 Louis he has lived in a room at 1411 ‘starting formal ‘tnipeacnment pro-| houses, dust collecters and electric | der serious consideration more than ,tution. In the Senate there were} viction of manslaughter last week. | Is Passed. Olive street. Once a sisfer of his! .eegings if the facts seem to war- generators. two years ago, and was halted outll 1 & Seding to prison officials, she will ' : ‘only three votes agains tificatio accompanied by ‘‘Wiggles,” her) ° 5 raticestion samara | while 36 Senators voted for it. In| » Who has been her compan- ine Assembly the vote was 69 to 9 Rin the »mrison 15 years. . | against. Case of Tony Costello. , Release of Tony Costello, thei California is the second State to Mevernor’s chauffeur, is in keeping ratify the Child Labor amendment, He was denied a new trial and or- | dered held in the county jail pend- ing an appeal to the higher courts. MARX CANNOT FORM CABINET Relinguishes Ma ndate, Informs | House by a vote of 182 to 31. by the Assoclated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. other big appropriation bill carry- ing 4331,000,000 for the War De- partinent was passed today by the The measure, as sent to the Sen- ~-Ane- | by wife, Mrs. Annie Clements, reside | here. So Swearengin, knowing that | his wife was unaware that her-sis-| .ith making the inquiry. ter had left the city, advertised for. ‘his wife, using Mrs. Clemepts name agreement with her. That is why Swearengin came to St. Louis | Dyer is the chairman of 4 directly charged rant. subcommittee How Impeachment Is Effected. Congressman Dyer explained that the impeachment of an offi- cia] can be brought about in either Speaking of his discovery Dr. Jones said: me “When liquid carbon dioxide is passed from cylinder pressure to atmospheric pressure, the liquid bolls, its latent heat of vaporiza- tion being supplied by the cooling | Daugherty to by the refusal of Attorney-Generaf lend the Depart4 ment assistance. William A. Ro« denberg, who was at that time Congressman from East St. Louis, admitted here tuday that he hag plannei to make the speech of ime Sh the reward of convicts as- A kansas having taken similar leg-| president He Has No Solution. = ate i eac . > fk “e i Ss No? - (| ate, provides for maintenance of before he set out to make a bigger visas: atid : : - to work “outside.” Coatello ave action in June last. BERLIN, Jan. 9%.—Chancellor the regular army at its present Stake so he might continue his “ nets eae aes path oe er Pewee tie oo peachment Sa bese House, : bee ca . ® . ra * ‘ | «x? > a ; 7 ‘ } . é , Charges o an ruptcy Ring.’ ¢ Hoy, Rene ga Meagtoten yoga } a pee ee his man- | i of approximately 12,000 | er SRL /arise on the floor, state his charges| snow. The snow continues to sub- The tmuany complaints received be vember “1923. of Charles | REPORT AT CAPITOL THAT reset hacia Tart hie tae = | caiteons ae ee c TT CK and demand impeachment, as Rep- lime until its vapor pressure be-|;the Department of Justice are . mts — ° 4 “ee -* s P ’ ; 4 . ' . * a | : Philippine Scouts. | PHILADEL HIA DINERS A A resentative Keller of Minnesota did | egmes equal to atmospheric pres- | aimed fer the most part at Referee Bitch) Fromme of St. Louis, who Serving a life sentence for mercer in the killing of an unre- Ing cashier in a pay roll holdup JUSTICE HOLMES WILL RETIRE 0 rr Jurist. Who Will Be 84 March 8, Makes No Comment on offices. “sam Missouri “Rice King.” Mquent applications AT POST REPORTING FIRE Flames Cut Off Escape After Maine | for the ® of George Begley, Southeast was burned to death operator, board members. He has served early today when she remained at MY more than five years of a om Page 3 Column 4. in eruption since last Tuesday. :, | \ eae a is ye Oe 4 4 ey 2 é ; . struction of a ministry finding a workable solution. without Ten Months in the Death House —Mrs. Buzzi continues her story of her sufferings while await- Quick Promoter Publishes His ‘*Confessions’’—-He made $50.- hausted all possibilities of the con-. ' A lump sum of $40,000,000 already authorized, which is not connected with the $39,000.000 bill K\iel’s secretary with a grin today. [t was addressed, “Victor J. Miller. candidate for Mayor, care of Henry W. Kiel, Mayor's office, St. Louis.” information that Miller’s office was still in the Boatmen'’s Bank Build- ernoon or this evening. eae ° - : is. | carried for rivers a nd harbors work | Employes of Ritz-Carlton Hotel Refuse to Aid.in Arrest sult ef Carney’s testimony. | “Now let them go and padlock Carney. |the Ritz-Carlton.” said i ; ' , é s pp EE tn alittle Bi RAR TA ct ON the dollar worth about 68 cents, MAGISTRATE ON DRY RAID. t ' ' ‘tered on the floor by a member of ‘DOLLAR “WORTH 58 CENTS” when he sought the ousting of At- torney-General Daugherty. The charges are then referred to the Judiciary Committee for'an inves- present action of charges on floor. It is not generally known that impeachment proceedings can this way. The be originated in sure, after which further sublima- tion can take place only through the addition of heat from an exter- nal source. Its temperature is then : Distance Lends : Enchantment in sto-e. . ~* ~ pocieensi : ; en Page 2. Column 5, eR ee eRe PT PN “Foe F > i Thomas and those alleged to havé been associated with him in the so , | rs - / ; ; ™ e r ’ a Janin, a second termer, was pleted the building in which the | ized dukes, earls and a Prince. ‘LOS ANGELES’ OVER NEW YORK he Value With in 1913. | tee, which investigates and repo an incomparable experi- corns and thet: he wee Rye etn of a holdup in St. Louls| exchange was situated caught fire Recently out of prison, he || By pone Mines A » mwadlgopr | back to the House. P ence. attorney for the Re ase ae fumstantial evidence. Louis|and escape was cut off. | blames blackmailers for his|]/'Giant Dirigible on First of Test! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 9---! The Case Under Inquiry. | others. : nof St. Louis. serving a five- Six buildings were burned before | downfall. | r ez ae | The case now before the com- If you can get only local Sentenc " h | Flight Serics. The dollar today is worth 58 cents, | one an initiated by thé more stations with your set, con- “Milking” Alleged. tes. e ro a plea of guilty to help summoned by Mrs. Johnson , Continental Bits, as Jotted Down Special to the Post-Dispatch. jtaking the 1913 dollar as standara, ™**ee ge the two ec AR T eult one of t 3 dealers in 4. That concerns of which he Araceae oe affidavit or arrived. . by a St. Louis Writer—A mus- | NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Gleaming% according to results of a survey 24 egy oa P Union. made public today. The Mg. 7170) virginia, sought the re-|j 700 Want te Rams concern, the Mon-Clair Realty | stances, |Los Angeles floated lazily above/ure is the same as that arrived at ; | ; | been before Hyde for eight) r 9.— Toki ‘as dis- | jf New York City this af Tino | by Hervert Hoover, Secretary of, moval of the Judge of that district, If you haven't a radio he Co., filed suit for $65,000 againat | he. Plaujani | TOKIO, Jan. 9.-—Tokio was The Strange Story of Bertha } afternoon. Tne | by ry ‘William E. Baker, for various al- | can supply you. Good sets Thomas, tts former receiver, } eae » oem rf re “8 | ny | turbed today by a series of earth-— Mrazek adits iia of Los Angeles is making the first »& Commerce, in a. recent review ve | teged “high crimes aml wlebsentins | new and usek ae aa charging that: ‘he. heel iNegally r rder a | ; ' at | Bs ) is the | . : : kes of high severity, the first .9 a series of short-test flights. conditions, it was stated at ‘he 9p ie P safy parts, at His arrest on the robbery) 2 ; Are or a shrewd swindler? ~ : ors’’ within the meaning of the re £4 , ae@ized and held the company, re- “!'of which rocked the city at 6) . : , ' | Great crowds gathered in ‘he! union headquarters. wn first sent his prices, are listed im ceiving mone ting the. | Baas, Made soon after Aie|srciock this morning. The last |] {” Belgian capital she Ss await: streets as the ship circled over| Thomas Lewis, director of the) Conesulee, | i Is oe guselt gum | ate Pe Rr Morgan fk ‘tremor came at 3 o'clock this aft- “tte 8 pos part of Lony Island and then over|union’s Statistical Bureau, said stead which vaterred thées te: tn The Post-Dispatch waa filed after the appointment! after of Kansas City, pa~| epnoon. | te Prooklyn. She was expected to re-| Secretary Hoover found the cost of | ON Co Cannittes Thiel ahs - Maricet-Place {| of Thomas as Povey Ser tar serving six years of a Mount Aso. a volcano located 609 | Order Your Co Now turn to Lakehurst. whence she/living about 72 per cent above the ceeding being irregular, the atlas Veena a Saye tt he # rtelire tence for murder of his| miles southwest of here, has been : se took off this morning, late this aft-! pre-war level, which would .make’' PF° -—— * cathe Ra PT SNR SI Te | oi 0 =e Sieh me ae