St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 9, 1925

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= —————— L THOSE RADIO PARTS FOR CASH Buyers are looking for pick-ups in discard lines in the POST-DISPATCH Want pages — Radio Column. QUIS POST-DISPATCH — The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service eg me qe qe ee ST DISGUISE { ee ———- FEBRUARY 9, 1925—32 PAGES. . LOUIS, MONDAY EV ENING. SENATE ORDERS — Fiancee of Sand Cave Captive and New Diagram FLECTRIC a Of Cavern Showing Shaft Being Sunk by Rescuers TOBACCO QUIRES. z Federal Trade Commission to Determine if General Electric Conrols and Aovpliances. eee = ————— | TAX ON CIGARETTES, WITH BAKER’S APPROVAL, PLANNED Bill Drafted by’ Attorney General's Depart- ment Awaits Adoption by Some —— lators for Introduction. $2000 TAKEN —INHOLDUP AT WEST END | LYRIC DOOR ‘ e Cullen Sine, Menai of ABQUND. yo 21 | Mowie : Theater ‘at 4818 _ Delmar, Robbed by Two Armed sous: Men. ee ee + ee ee er ne ~~ -—- — ee ROCK OVERHANGING ak ENTRANCE A re te - —_ — By the Jefferson City Correspond- ENTRANCE | ent of the Post-Dispatch. | 3 JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 9.—A!_ The legislator who introduces the | bill will be allowed all the credit for | jgarette taxation bill bearing the)" cigarette originating the proposal, it Baker's | wo id. and it will not « be publicly | 8S | heralded as an administration biil. | hKowever, the drafting of the bill -resulted from a conference of t") Governor and the other elective. siate officials on the need for more- revenue, it was learned. The proposal, it | Was turned over (Seneral’s department ofa bill. As is gume of piogress bhetween tion and the Democratic the Senate The to force the other to ig the ! a move not viewed with fgvor polit- | | ically. | Power | was AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY IS NAMED) CHAMBER WHERE RESCUERS REST eo ned "©" Tt and Imperial Tobacco drafting was lea: the Atto for ‘WAS WAITING FOR POLICEMAN-GUARD Highwaymen Grab Package Containing Week - End Receipts and Escape in Waiting Motor Car. ~ to SHAFT TO BE SUNK 55 FT, eee mee — Semen ee eee memes eee eo Company of Great Brit- ain Alleged to Have En-| | gineered Monopiliss. (|. | 4/7 a . Le ABOUT 49 f EE | s upon in politica! an iii day d ha the Ser) \lissou! late approved a Sena iwhich resoltuion=by the Democratic Sena- would direct the Federal] | Caotiie- eee Rescuers Now Hope to Reach Cave Captive | Thursday—Miulitary Court to Investi* gate Rumors of Hoax. —_———— the in- An inquiry into the operations of to also the so-called ess (‘hairs and London | lower ago, women's HA-HA-A: iii IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM or more Aeeociated Press CITY, Ky.. had added ie CAVE today stacle to Floyd boulder few vears By Na- ob- | had been attached which Federal rider directed eT a | ' Feb. 9.— another of from re- in the Trade Com- mission aiso to prosecute —_— into the activities of Electric Co The Ernst that an agreement American Imperial! Britain which ing given a country, hat boycotted co-operative tions in the United States The Senate 56 to 21. a tor Harrison pi to Genera! an the Inguirys avVerTH a / ‘ (;eneral ‘ & the efforts man (“ollins er tables. it resolution charged mee of a trap in existed hetween sending tor- with a and the of each Tobacco Co Tobacco ("an (jreat resulted: in be- monopoly, its Espy dropped the money, two bundles wrapped in newspapers. The robber, keeping the automatic pointed at Espy, picked up the packages, then joined his compan- ion in the automobile, which sped _ eastward. The license number of the car, described as a black Hup- mobile touring, was obtained and turned over to police. The police- man who was to accompany Espy to the St. Louis National Bank, Twentieth and Market streets, as was the custom, arrived a few min- utes after the robbers departed. The robber who took the money was about 25 years old ani well dressed. He wore a cap and blue cuit. His companion algo wore a cap. Other Theater Robberies. Espy is 29 years old and resides at 5589 Vernon avenue. He is a son of James ©. Espy, former sec- retary of the Board of Poiice Com- missioners, and. a brother of J. Reeves Espy. publicity director for Skouras Bros.. who own the Weat End Lyric and other movie the- aters. The West End Lyrte is the fourth Skouras Bros. theater held up in recent months. On Nov. 10, $5000 was taken from the downtown Lyric; on Dec. 28, $6300 from the New Grand Centra!, and on Feb. 1, $650 from the Maffitt. In these three cases, theater managers were kidnaped and forced to return to the theaters and open thw safes. Similar kidnaping robberles were perpetrated on week-ends at Ar- cadia dance hall and Ibsen Candy Co. An attempt at the Kings The- ater was frustrated. ~ Merchant Held Up in Store my, Robbed of $632. Nathan Fisler, who conducts a dry goods store at. 5008 Gravois avenue, was held up by two men: at 7:40 a. m. today and roWbed of 13632. His clerk, Carroll Rebard, HOOTED FROM THE STA was robbed of $11. The men en- tered to store and asked for sev- | Reidt Interrupted by Audience | era! pairs of socks. When Fister When He Tries to Explain Mil- completed the order he was cov- lenium Will Come in a Week. ered with revolvers and the money Ry the Associated treme. was taken from his coat pocket PATCHOG@E, N. Y., Feb. 9.-——/and the cash register. Robert Reidt of EFast Patchogue. BSS a, RISES Se ak FORMER ADRIAN SANK HEAD “you. 77. NO. 15: 135. Subcharge Is - Justified | Republican administration being made today find one or ture. . on every Extra Fare Is Unfair an eites. Secretary of State Becker , ty By the Associated Press. | general revenue fund. tax rate. | passengers using Pullman facilities| political embarrassment of having ' - jrate, it probably would meet little ‘Nifiable and railroads were author-/| assessed valuation. for State pu-- cents or more in the race tion wo iid get the increased reyve- punder which each passenger en- | wil! be necessary : undiscévered undeve:- ;esponsibility that would be en- equivalent to 50 per cent of the alternative is a drastic reduction in Thus far the earnings of the Pullma: The decision declared that press conclusions as to the genera tified itself. ithan eer * rene ar tne i BY POLICEMAN GOSHORN SAYS pelative discomfort of ordinary |! ' ‘mies, rather than those who sele=t railroads afford. are clea~ly in Writing °R m and | ‘6 ” . . oo Forget” Finding Seven ; KS ' ‘ | and Authorizes Roads to ‘been drafted by the Attorney-Gen- IN ITS DECISION more legislators to introduce the It would impose a sates tax of $2 ,tail, This would amount to four Ded des nable to the jrevegre the tax would produce at , ” pach WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Sur- Passage of this measure would |_ if a Democratic Senator intro-| were held today by the Interstate | (oO seek an increase in the present i}cppesition from the Republican ‘ived to keep the practice in effect. | poses. It ie admitted that an unless new rev-)| nue and the Democrats the respon- Waging Pullman accommodations, | enue can be oped source, to raise the required | jarged the 1926 Pullman charge, resulted from the tsi tee and Ste -ebaenaiaian expenses, tors have withstood the pressure. pany and the “Tobacco Trust” reasonableness of Pullman charges, View of Commission Majority. due /paseénger revenue t*ar they now | meoach travel, many of them, hor | Two Robbers Exchange | Group Dry Chief Testifies |; the most expensive and Ivxuriovs i to prior consideration,” *h« i . . Flee. | Whisky Stills. ' and both companies | | Majority of fL. ¢. C. Decides : citamp of approval of Gov. Continue Practice. nt PP ‘ Par ee: 'eral’s department, and efforts are i bill in both houses of the iAgisia-— " ’ > . ; Dissenting Members Say | 1000 cigarettes sold at re- icents on each package of °° cigar- Traveling Public. ‘east $2.000.000 a year tor the State | ' | i sponsibility fo | charges now imposed on railroad| relieve the administration of tho duced such a bill increasing the| vestigation “Commerce Commission to be jus-| State levy of 5 cents on the $100 IN- |} side. The Republican administra- The approval of the surcharge | crease of 2 derived from s0m 2? sibilitv for increasing the rate. a lays to the railroad an amount) }j-herto revenue for the next two vears. The esmpaign in first step of an.invVestigation ints terms of its on- | ee -— — — ——s tracts with railroade whouch for the commission eX-. ! was approved.by the Senate but that the surcharge had jus- | A resolution offered by Senator | Ernst (Rep.) of Kentucky was } adopted without a record vote, aft- | When the time comes for P receive, those who tee oh) odd the | cause they must count the pen- : Shots With P an| ‘erm of transportation which mod. h atrolm ae Proffer of $1000 to majority offfffion said. orgzaniza- | “This showing justifies the con- Wiusig¢n that at least there is less | warrant for eliminating the sur-| Unexpected presence of a police. | marge than for reducing the basic | = passenger fare which defeat- of Sena Mississip- into inciude al] isl\ previo ed proposal! (Dem.) of trial of extend the inquiry ’ pi * . es ‘* Electric ("¢ ty ank electric ‘er ¢ — , 3 power companies. de- he ; Che Senate refused to ¢« iminate chief Louis, Willi Goshorn prohibition am © group in writing room of the] o-¢ agents in St f ts ' is the applies even | travel in mixed trains of freight 1 Pema Hotel. Hamilton and Ma- |Pple avenues, at ° frustrated a robbery the the testifving today at Frank Weeke. brother of |Weeke, Republican politician, clared Frank Weeke had offered | him a of $1000 to “go away} from the o: ‘and forget” that he had found sev- (en stiis on Weeke’s property at 2308 Cass avenue | Weeke is charged with violation | lof the Volstead act. Six dismantled walked un | ' stills and t-up still were tb in a shed in the of his found new shop at the avenue vated and passenger cars.” -45 a. m. today. Several Dissenting Opinions. | The commission was split uf -n finding. Chairman Aitchison and ommission¢r Esch, although con- : Tring. proposed the surcharge mhould.be cut in half, while Com- | Missioner Lewis advocated that tho mrm of )6€6the:)«6€extra.) 6charge he!) The robbers, entering. anged and Pullman passenge: "Bl ty, the desk and commanded Two 50 men attempted bv held kerchiefs over their faces as masks. The changed ‘five | the lobby. and more than two armed men, who hand- iginal resolution Senator Inqgul! eds provision were hurt in a New York's t hile the heaviest the bribe sHns s¢ ries offered by Neb include stockholders curity the investigation ithis effect { Rep ) ‘is (Re p S :: n _ , eu MmEIONnsS OF) ransit ..nes policeman and the robbers ex- afKa, a designed to , one of slides vears enveloped today w . fogs of of city Marly serious and other sé ineffective snots in recent within the se A Nr) «a Sena owners pe imendment to TO! the it. reports indicated that of the accidents the Bronx. where an ele- train smashed into the rear one se hv Watson |; most 43 Indiana | curred in rear was rejected (“ace to 32 io etr were the me Lewis Wil- present the March grand that the you Gives | Kentucky, where he already had beer? imprisoned a week, and wept, for it SKIRTS CLOSER To a - | / bi % ’ Women’s Wear. tables in the fashionable to the change of volunteer rescuers to release him "> Be. | could not sit gracefully at the high- General H. H. Denhardt, in com- Stasis nial 'f the short skirt dis- “I hope by this court of. inquiry ‘to their old levels promise of more today. ,cue work and rumors that Collins - doll 4 . : ’ -iza b shaft aimed at Collins’ prison.’ ..ig his plan for the military in- burden. of the volunteer diggers. Kehoe. in Years. . | progress, as the tenth day of Col-| exactly why the efforts to rescue were killed , . . was 33 feet deep at 3 p. m. today.| ‘Whether Collins went into Sand When rock blocked the) whether he knew of any other way lless gas was seized upon “T have receivéd information tat tn th I the RAS | ore an @ay-coach travel- es | ox , | as cials and the wonderful cave re- bh rk being»-broken in. Joseph |, gareas. ramctiind | ' 'experiment tried last night a . : 1 ) Two men killed in! spite a strong down draft of the air Goshorn testifie llowin . . thout stating reasons. while Com- | while the other looked in adia- d follo & this inquiry to bring out every fact vite wa “Si man found Harry L. Weaver, 74 | and other agents served a warra OLLIDES WITH FREIGHTER | were two accidents in!by cave. board will be so definite and thor- Inbound Steamer Is Reported the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit!ljams said he would : ‘ ' € : cha i 4 ’ . - ’"y ree of this character to stand go behind the front desk and ie sles” wales, teatidn anata | will be quieted. Every. witness vill | By the Associated Press | flicting injuries to a dozen men and | ; | ana imprisonment of the man was 4a no P Members of the court probably Alma Clark, 22 years old, fiancee of Floyd Collins, went last Friday t ding day. Trade Commission to prosecute the | linquiry. The vote on adoption was ; London Cafes Change Furni- ture to Meet Styles in the Associated FP) LONDON, Feb. 9. are an inch they were a trapping of Collins and the efforts dress styles. will be made the subject of a miiti- The short-skirted woman tary court of inquiry, Brigadier- se the : was explained recently | "®S°Ue mand of guardsmen here, an- at a ing of the Cafe Owners’ the | nounced today. depths of Sand Cave, aw | 4ppeared it was said, both tables rents of rain ast night to lay at rest all suspicions, whis- ‘and chairs would have to be raised : : | perings of the efforts to block res- ' ect : cee e | ‘ own | ; are Deepa Precsesens. + ee o | entrapment was not genuine,” sald TWO KILLED IN ONE OF MANY |inctc dimes’ ac cone prinon, | 0% Denhatdt. The commander seepage crept inte te bottom Of| vosiigation had been sanctioned by the shaft and added heavily to the | Gov Fields and Adjutant-General Elevated Train Smashes Into Subh- -.. s “hey cert rgediy at it. with | way Train—Pall Heaviest adage 7 ’ Cose eon | Plans Thorough Inquiry. some slight increase in hourly “Ts my purpose to determine | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Feb. 9.- lins’ imprisonment ended at 10 | Collins through the natural pas- per o'clock this morning. The shaft: sage failed.”’ Denhardt continued. ; P x with 60 to 70 feet to go to reach) Cave, through the regular entrance Collins. , ‘and was caught coming out an4 natural tunnel of Sand Cave Thurs-| out are matters which will Le |day the use of pungent but harm- | delved into. as a 4 bh 'means of finding the back end of the eve of suspicion has een ’ e required to pay 10 per clerk. Hugh B. Carr. and a ‘Collins’ latest cave, but turned on Kentucky and its offi- butcner with : Goshorn it} | Howard, “stick ‘em up.’ | , of a subway train on +) elev: 1|/ banana oil was unsuccessful. De-| gion by persons unfamiliar with aC | Testimony as Al be. | mes ee — OS ee Sere 16 ; + Commissioner McChord dissented of the men guarded the clerks! y as to Alleged Bribe LINER JUST OUT oF NEW YORK neture the cave section. I propose in the loner Campbell qd th di conversation between Weeke and ’ ’ collision, while the estimate!into Sand Cave, no trace of an exit d the findi f th ell and other dis-! cent rooms: In the back office thi}}him, his wife said. Shortly before plain his belief that the milien- The life savings of Mrs. Cather-| jnium has only ben éehyed and By the Associa Pree. KANSAS cl Y. Mo., Feb. 3.--W. H. hearing the shots he heard an au- A. Fett of 4416 South When he arrived in St. Louis ‘| Christmas a bomb was placed in | 'will arrive within a week. ine Schildroth, 80 old, ap-| Long. convicted of embezzling tomobile start away from the hotel. y today filed for re-elec- All the money in the hotel office “ Republican Alderman wes Ps less than $100 in the cash nth Ward. he was advise® to watch | her husband's overcoat pocket, Mra. the “Help Wanted” columns 5) Rider said, and another was sent '» |, His appearance was preceded by / proximately $2500, was stolen from in the Post-Dispatch as the him through the mail. the strains os “Californja. on oweigi! of her 3842 Indiana ‘ shortly before today funds from the First National Bank | ) of Adrian, Mo., while be was presi-. dent of that institution, was sen- drawer. Fete has the unique distinction | ITO CRASH the Alderman who told ‘CHILD BORN AFTER AUT | quickest means to securing ? the right position. . >| “tf can’t understand how persons Come,” played by the orchestra. responsible for these outrages get | The overture was interrupted by a corner |, hurled fragments about him and | Lickerson. Employes of the firm and other concerns in the building St, Lous’ One Big Va Deegers 'were thrown into consternation by | The Perfect Market-Place | the explosion which shook the southeast portion; to know ont | rising temperature will be val- Tuesday. Illinois: cloudy tonight and Tuesday colder tonight. t%- She locked the door and concealed. the kev in the basement, as is her custom, but when she returned the| Gaoor was standing open. Her bed-| room had been ransacked and the, < money taken from a closet shelf, ‘she said. It consisted of two I TAberty Ronds and a quantity of your services uable, try Smith's plan and meet your employer where he is leoking for you—in The Post-Dispatch If you want } | Most.y Sun rises morrow at 6:59: sets today at 5:31. bills ranging in denomination from |< $5 to $50. ] ‘ Raowsser - ———~- building. the signs Of the end of the world. which, he said. will come within a week. He then started to talk of his early Hfe in Germany until .he was interrupted by booes from part of the audience. He said this was the persecution foretold in the | his wife, Bible and he left the theater with four children and fol- lowers, Federa! District Court. Judge Keeves granted a 60-day — post ponement the sentence of Roy G. Wilson, cashier, convieted with Long. Long fainted when the sentence as announced. His attorney filed an appeal bond and Long left the court with relatives.