St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 3, 1925

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Pat. © Peg ' | : | - Probable Later Proceedings. __ If the subcommittee decides that -® complete alring is required, the ‘ for authority to make it. that ‘eat, Chairman Grahiin today, a request also will be for authority to aci as a lssion during the recess, fol- adjournment March 3. so the Investigating Committee Continue its work without in- tion. Whether or not the investigation . we" be undertaken now depends hs Vif “— entirely upon the action of DARLING subcommitte. to which th. liminary inquiry was delegated e chairman is Represeniative es of Iowa, and the remairine mbers are Christopherson South | otar Hersey, Maine: Mich~ner, = 1 gan; Sumners, Texas: Till- Arkansas, and Weller, New Til CA é Ny put ‘ite iY . 7 , | jh i st byl! Tt had been expected that the inary inquiry would be re- to the standing subcommit- headed by Representative Dyer &. Louis, but Chairman Gra- *zplained that he had avoided so, *ecause the Dyer sub- already has such an !t:- on its hands, in the case Judge Baker of West ILL GIVE Wou FIE Ty DOLL IF YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAID -1O LIKE TO OSEIT! | Boles Also Very Busy. : : tative Boies, however. ‘the meeting that he was Mtch engaged with another » @nd might ask Chairman to transfer the English Dver’s subcommittee. 8 Possible that whatever sub- : eventually makes the ; will be ready to report ft Bext meeting of the whole shooung on rn «ae . $f a: . Sromed Pe. esi s5 Boe GEORGE W. ENGLISH. > HOGAN GANGSTERS. SHOT BY BONDSMAN leo Casey and Matt Donnelly Wounded in Affray at Jef- ferson and Franklin. Leo Casey and Matt Donnelly, Hogan ganfisters, were wounded at Jefferson and Franklin avenues, in front of the Jelserson Bank, in : alfrey shortly betarp aanerting to informe the police. , said to be a grocer. Who goes on bonds in the courts occasionally, was arrested on the charge of shooting the man. The men were rushed to the city hospital. The first report did not show how serious their wounds were. CONVICTION OF DR. COOK, FORMER EXPLORER, UPHELD By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 8.—The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals today affirmed the conviction of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer, who, tn 1923, was found guilty at Fort Worth, Tex., of using the malls to defraud. Found guilty on 14 counts in connection with oil developing schemes, Dr. Cook was sentenced to 14 years’ im- prisonment by the Federal court of Texas and the case reached the higher tribunal when Cook’s attor- neys took exception to the charges to the jury. Cook has already started his sentence in the Tarrant C unty jail at Fort Worth. | | iclary Committee will ask the | Buried Treasure Found in Mexico. By the Associated Preas. LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 3.—Buried treasure, amounting to thousands of dollars in gold bars, has been found near Ciudad Guerrero, on the road to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, The treasure is buried deeply and is apparently that of some bandit chieftain who years ago plundered these regions. It consists of gold ingots, which were probably taken from a mule train in the days of that means of transportation in Northern Mexico. RISING TEMPERATURE TONIGHT, LOWEST ABOVE FREEZING THE TEMPERATURES. 27 > | mee dessce « Ra m 7 ee heed £7: 3b Gane 3°°* 38 AMS. oo 6 hee a So ee 30 OT Se es ee 27 13 noon....... 34 i! Mn bso Hee 26 Ens SR din odin 3 36 ™ © teiocescive 26 2» ee ae 38 See oe Ce Mine cenaad 41 OS Gi Meceockeos 26 Highest yesterday, 20 at 3:39 D. ™m.; lowest, 26, at 5 a. m. Official forecast for St. Louis and MinaTe Tae | Vicinity: Cloudy City Dmectory| Lo 2 eet and FOR MAYOR? | Wednesday; ris. ing temperature; the lowest tonight will be slightly above freezing. Missouri: Part- ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; rising tempera- ture tonight and in south portion Wednesday. Illinole: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Wednesday; ris- ing temperature. Sun rises to- morrow at 7:05; sets today at 6:25. Star: of the Mississippi River at St. Louis, 6.4 feet at 7 a. m., a fall on Page 2. “ a of .2. PRISONER IN CAVE Molelike tucky Cavern. COULD LIVE 2 MORE DAYS, SAYS DOCTOR Plan to Use Compressed Air Drill Is Abandoned; Workers Consider Tun- neling in From Outside. Ry the Associated Press. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 3.—Pal- lid of face, his lips purple and his strength fast ebbing, Flod Col- ling today lay in the mole-like hole in Sand Cave, waiting for someone, some thing, to release his foot, held down Dy a huge boulder which feil upon it when lhe was exploring the cave Friday morning. For 24 hours he was alone, the constant drip, drip, drip of water from melting snow and ice on the surface growing more deadly mo- notonous hour by hour. Saturday he was found, and since that time scores of men have tried in vain to rescue him. Per- sons al] over the country have been trying to help, too for many sug- gestions have been received by telegraph— but the ingenuity of man has gone for naught. In the narrow crevice, hardly large enough for a small man to squirm through, the boulder, immovable, has held Colling while the constant a dripping of the water hag created a He has teen moved five inches in four days. ' Collins is not lying on his back, but is standing neariy erect, one of the ~escuers revealed. The huge sandstone block which slipped and pinned one foot fel! just a Collins was attempting to straighten him- self for a squeeze through an eight- inch passage ahead. Rescuers this morning had car- ried away small pieces of stone and hands full of mud until a passage had been cleared beside Collins as far back as his knees The debris was removed piece by piece through 150 feet of the cave tun- nel, where men crawled nine- tenths of the way. The cave itself has been described as more of @ sink hole than a cavern. Rain and dripping water drain incessautly from ihe mouth down into a 10-foot drop before striking the undergrou:d channel which zigzags through jagged rocks at a decidedly downward angle. Mud and water constitute the floor of the tunnel. All the men entering the cave have returned cut, bruised and wa- ter-soaked. Telegram Delivered to Him. A telegram from Charles E. Fel- ler of New York City was delivered 150 feet under ground to Collins last night. “JT am praying for you, old tim- fer. I’m betting your grit will pull you through,” it read. The prison- er said he was glad to get it and asked that his brothers send him “a gallon of milk and some stewed on! ns.” That was last night. Today the strain of nearly 100 hours of tor- ture showed its effect. Collins begged his rescuers .0t to leave him alone. Tiny pieces of rock de- scribed as too small to inflict pain fell upon him and brought groans from the captive. Collins could live in his chamber two mcre days, Dr. C. W. Richards of Glasgow be- lieves. Dr. Richards visited him during the night. Apparently only the most primi- tive methods will be successful, if anything is to be. A compressed Pir drill was sent here from Louis- ville, but experienced cave men said there was grave danger that the vibrations would loosen other rock and cause the narrow passage to collapse, eo {t was not used. Once before Collins, had been a prisoner for two Gays, when anoth- er enormous boulder fell and blocked his egress from Crystal Cave after he had penetrated new- found passages. Early today it was discovered that workmen within the cave could be heard faintly from the side of a hill about 300 feet from the entrance. The spot was dis- covered accidentally. Members of the party outside the cave hurried to the hillside, placed their ears against a rock and heard workmen inside chipping away at the sand- stone. A plan to bring 100 men to the spet and begin a tunnel im- | mediately was evolved. GROWS WEAKER AS RESCUERS WORK In Fifth Day With Foot Pinned Under Boulder in Hole in Ken- ay as Sand Cave and Its 5-Day Captive rn Sand Cave, Kentucky, wherein Floyd Collins has been held a pris- oner, with a huge boulder pinion- ing his foot, since Friday morning. -_--—- a ee *GOO-MILE NON-STOP. FLIGHT UNDER WAY French Airmen Leave Home Soil for West Africa, Seek- : ing Distance Record. Ry the Associated Pres. ETAMPES, France, Feb. a Two French army aviators, Capt. Lemaitre and Lieut. Arrachard, started in'an airplane at 11:30 o'clock this morning in an attempt at a non-stop flight to Dakar, French West Africa. The airmen carried fuel sufficient to keep their JURORS’ NAMES STRICKEN FROM LISTS FOR LIFE Wurdeman Rebukes Jury {for riachine in the air 25 hours. cover this in 23 hours. The air- plarie they are using is the same type as that in which Capt. Pel- letier D’'Otsy made his Parie-to- Tokio flight. D'Olsy was to have been the pllot in this flight - but was chosen for the official flight across the Sahara to Lake Tchad and his place was taken by Capt. Lemaitre. The flyers are using a Breguet machine of all metal construction with a Renault, 488-horsepower engine. The flight is under offi- cia] control, so the performance will be eligible for the longest straight line flight record, which has been re-established since Jan. 1 on request by the United States to the International Air Federa- tion, following the trans-America flight last year. Both pllots have long-distance flights to their credit. France-South American Air Line is Contemplated. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Feb. 38.—The nonstop flight, which started this morning from Etamps, was organized under the zuspices of the Under Secretary for aviation as an experiment toward the creation of a France- South American air line via Spain, Portugal, Canary and Cape Verde Islands to Brazil, Uruguay and Ar- gentina. Laurent Eynac, French air minister, will explain to a con- ference Saturday the technica! plans for the establishment of such a line as far as they have been studied. - . Wilder Left Brain to Cornell. By the Associated Pres. CAMBRIDGE, Maas., Feb. 3.— The brain of Dr. Burt Green Wild- er, a Civil War veteran, was left to Cornell University “for scientific purposes,” according to the terms of his will, fil for probate yes- Dr. Wilder died Jan. 21. terday. ‘* Never Mind | the Weather’’ The car’s closed; it’s heated; it’s in perfect running con- dition. Such independence of wind and weather is a joy—a joy which may be yours at mod- erate cost. Get into communication with the dealers whose cars are listed over in the classified “Aytomobiles” columns. They'll show you real bar- gains in comfortable cars— and what's more, demon- strate their value to you. Turn now and select your car. The Post-Dispatch Acquitting Auto PDriver—New | Trial Opdered. Twelve jurors io Ciroult Judge | Wusdeman’s qourt at Clayton yos- itarday were rebuked by the Judge when they acquitted a man charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated, after six witnesses tes- tified as to the defendant's intoxi- cation. Then the Court set the verdict aside and ordered thé names of nine of the jurors forever stricken from the jury lists. It was the case of George F. Dielenheirn, 5345 Labadie avenue, charged with an offense on July 4 last, in Maplewood, when his car collided with two other machines. The Maplewood Police Judge had fined him $25, but he appealed. Among witnesses testifying as to his intoxication yesterday was Chief of Police Caldwell of Maple- wood. He will be tried again. “The overwhelming weight of evidence shows clearty that the de- fendant in all probability is guilty,” the Judge said, after hearing the verdict. “Your verdict has made Hars and perjurers out of six disinter- ested citizens. Law enforcement is in a sorry enough condition at present, when criminals escape by means of technicalities, without juries adding to it by ignoring sound evidence.” Members of the jury were: George Jordan, John O. Br«:r, W. H. Helsing, Ed Wiesehan, Wiiliam Pottast, T. F. Cahill Jr., Thomas F. Harrison, William J. Roth, Carl A. Habn, Albert Schmiedeke and C. W. Seeger. Pottast, Cahill and Harrison voted contrarily to the majority, and Judge Wurdemann exempted them from his order ex- cluding the others from jury serv- ice. WOMAN, SON AND POLICEMAN RESCUER FALL DOWN SHAFT Traffic Officer Had Been Called to Aid Couple in Downtown Build- ' ing—Child Unhart, Mrs. Mary Rush, 30 years old, of 1309 South Thirteen street, carry- ing her 2-year-old son, Cornelius, fell 12 feet down an elevator shaft in a dimly lighted entrance of a loft building at 804 Lucas avenue at 11:20 a. m. today, and a police- man who was called to her rescue fl in, too. Mrs. Rush and the policeman, Traffic Officer Joseph Casey, both suffered injuries to their backs. The child is believed to have escaped injury. The main entrance to the build- ing is at 619 North Eighth street and the Lucas avenue entrance is to a stairway and freight elevator There is a smal! lobby there. The elevator was at tne top floor but the shaft gate at the lobby was tied open. An express man is thought to have left it that way. Mrs. Rush could not see the open shaft and fell to the basement with her son. Some one called Patrol- man Casey and the same thing happened to him. The building is owned by J. and St. Louls One Big Automobile Directory The Perfect Market-Place 1. Meyer of 806 Chestnut street and leased by the Oo. J. Lewis Mer- cantile Co. Chicago Coal Concern Sues to Compel Officers of| BIG SALARIES OF ENAMELING FIRM TAREN 10 COURT Compensations Drawn by Various Members of the Niedringhaus Family -Are Cited in Petition. EXTRAVAGANCE IS CHARGED IN SUIT National Co. to Allow In- spection of Books. The verbul tilts between the “in- siders’’ and the “outsiders” in the $25,000,000 National Enameling and Stamping Co. of Granite City have passed into the courts, with prospects of a showdown in the near future, In Circuit Court at Edwardsville yesterday, the Burton Coal Co. of Chicago su 1 for a writ of man- damus to compel officers of the National Co. to allow inspection of its books, The suit will be heard Feb. 9. The annual stockholders’ meeting of the National Co. will be held March 10. The petition of the Burton Co., which is a minority stockholder and one of the “outsiders,” desig- nates as “‘insiders’’ members of the Niedringhaus family, which found- ed the National Co., and other officers and directors, and charges the “insiders” with incompetency and extravagance, particularly in payment of salaries to themselves. Salaries Cited in Petition. Since George W. Niedringhaus becamo president of the National Co., in 1919, “some 15” members $148,000, G. W. Niedringhaus, $39,000. G. Hayward Niedringhaus, son of G. W. Niedringhaus, manager of steel works, $18,000. H. F. Niedringhaus, general manager of steel works, $18,009. Lee I. Niedringhaus, sales manager of steel works, $18,000. A. W. Niedringhaus, brother of G. W. Niedringhaus, production manager, $15,000. ’ T. K. Niedringhaus, recently deceased, manager of stamping works, $20,000. T. K. Niedringhaus Jr., $10,000. Marion Niedringhaus, son of G. W. Niedringhaus, $10,000. Attorney’s Statement. If any changes in the foregoing positions have been made, the plaintiff has not been advised, the petition says. In this connection it will be recalled that S. T. G. Smith, attorney for the National company, last week stated to the Post-Dis- patch that only five persons, di- rectly or indirectly connected w'’h the Nied inghau family, have any- thing to do with the present man- agement of the National company, and their cor Vined salcries are less than $85,000 a year. “Other insiders,” according to the petition, who now hold sal- °c fled positions, are: Alfred J. Kieckhefer, so-called managing di- rector cf factories, $20,009; George V. Hagerty, treasurer, $21,000; Sol Richma . manager of Island Plant, $14,000: Edward W. Schwartzburg, brother-in-law of Kieckhefer, man- ager Milwaukee plant. $20,000; F. A. W. Kieckhefer, brot’ er of Al- frea J. Kieckhefer, $10,000; W. EL Matthai, manager of one of the Baltimore branches, $20,000; George W. Knapp, former director- general, $10,000: W. H. Matthal Jr., emr'ovyed at the Baltimore plant, $7500; George W. Knapp @Jr., r anager of the eccond plant at “altimore, $10,000; G. 8. Turner, manager Milwa: .ee plant, $20,000; John Biackie, manager of the ‘erom + uranite City 344,000. Increases Alleged. Certain of thec> salaries have been ‘~-~ recently, says the _ etition, and A. J, Kieckhefer and “eoorge V. Hagerty each ..iw, in addition to t..eff reg: tar salaries, $10,000 an:.ually as members of t'e Executive Comnittee, and George W. Knapp. Edward H. Schwartzburge, W. H. Matthal and S Richmond each draw annua) laries of $3000 ae memberr -* the “Price Committee.” bringing mag * the total paid to “said other insid- ers” to $198,500. Renewal nied last ORR a $17.00 OF STATE MONEY LENT ON LAND WORTH $800 Maximum for ‘Which Mort- gage Legally Could Have Been Accepted, However, Was Only $400. By CURTIS A. BETTS, A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 3.— The Brookshire BSenate committee, appointed to investgate the condli- tion of the BState’s deposits i:. de- funct State banks, fe preparing a report which will show that for- mer Gov. Hyde former Attorney- General Barrett and State Auditor Thompson accepted as ecurity for the deposits rea] estate mortgages for loans which in some instances were four or five times the value of the property mortgaged. Senator Brovkshire, who, with Senators Hereford and Raiph, heard testimony on the value of securities accepted from the Hol- land B.nk in Springf‘eld, said to- the ing creditor and step in ahead of the other depositors. ‘, “The committee’s report,’ he said, “will recommend that no claim as a preferred creditor be made. It seems tc us that the State should ‘ake its chances along with the other creditors, particu- -larly as the State was in a position to know the condition of the bank, and through its officers wag sup- posed to protect itself by adequate security. “If the State takes out $125,000 of the aesets of the bank above the value of the securities it holds, it will take just that amount of the fund which would be available for distribution to the depositors, many of whom can Ill afford to lose anything. “It occurs to me it would be a mighty smal] thing for the State to do.” $17,000 on 8800 Tract. Brookshire gave the following examples of the condition of some of the securities covering farm lands: , 4. loan of $15,000, with accrued interest $17,500, on 1240 acres in Christian County. Maximum ap- praised value, $8000. On this valu- ation the State legally could accept a mortgage for only $4000. On a !oan of $5170, with accrued interest $5500, on 80 acres in Greene County. Maximum ap- praised valuation, $2500, on which the State legally could accept a mortgage fur only $1250. A loan of $17,0(0 on 160 acres in Greene County. Maximum ap- praised vcluation $800, on which the State legally could accept a mortgage for only $400. On a loan of 418 400, with ac- crued interest $20,000, on an un- improved tract in Greene County. Maximum =: praised valuation $6000, on which the State legally could accept a mortgage for only $3000. There are a number of other similar cases. Brookshire sald that of 36 farm Joans accepted by the State officiale as security for the State 4 only one met the legal requir-ment \ that -the loan sould not exceed 60 per cent of value of the prurerty. He placed the loss to the State on the farm loan: at $75,000. ft banks as ’ quarterly this year. | day. The r says: “George W. cept no “ay president, and members securn : Centineed on Page Venamacs ; ’ ‘ge ioe ¥% ES : ‘ f “ » # Be 3 a aceite — _ , om . area ' | . Se: Arthur J. Freund, Dr. Frank L. Magoon and _on Police Board. day appraisals »f the properties by | ®™* appraisers erred Boerd are appointed for terms Te ae Pe ema tk Ag ; ‘an PLAYER, DEMOCRAT, ” IS REAPPOINTED Others on Election _ Body Are William F. Fahey, Democrat, and Harry Willson, Republican. By the Jefferson City Correspond- ent of the Post- JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 3—Gov. Baker this afternoon ennoung the appointments of &t. Boards of Police and Election Com- missioners. They are as follows: Board of Police Commissionerst Allen C. Orrick, attorney, Repub- ican, for term ending Jan. 21, 1926. Orrick is designated by Bak- er as president of the board. Arthur J. Freund, attorney, Re- publican. — Dr. Frank L. Magoon, Repub- lican. Henry Kortjohn, attorney, Ke- publican. : Board of Election Commission- piring Jan, 15, 1929. Jan. 21, 1929, with the of Orrick. Baker had failed to appoint Mar-~ tin J. Scherer, Republican City a Police Board ap . though their visits to Gov. Baker’s office have been at more and more extended intervals as Baker con- tinued to delay the appointments, apparently to wear out organiza- the appointments brought up in the ire posing ww if 5 § a0, i i | ey > ~~ o”**s CK AND ENGEL HEAD ELECTION AND POLICE BOARDS HERE ¥ re is nae Sale Sod te Pe ees