St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 17, 1925

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He wore a heavy overcoat announced today. “Hell's Playground’’—Account- me ®6 & cap pulled a ‘er hi or ‘ d down over his ing of Receipts Ordered. sea oe most of his fea- PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LITTLE Bet the Associated Press. me f4res, the boy said. NEW YORK, Feb. 17.—Federal >. 3 bei has been in the employ of CHANGE |N TEMPERATURE | | Judge Knox today decided that the @ ~° Hamilton State Bank since las: J ey Pane Carey. new: in ie 7... > TEMPERATURES. i sles? year. ff ® Aovember, doing clerical and mes-| , , — = i et ee Ws ke "4 second year in a Broadway theater, s a eenger work. He makes 2 daily} 2 a. m........ 74 7 a. ~ es oni a ‘had been pirated. . it Ms P to the National City Bank at : “5 wn eis +4 1° ae «| He held that the play had been : enth and Olive streets, through; 9 4. m eae + 1 p. m........36 based on a novel, /“Hell’s’ Play- P ch his bank clears, at about the! % am... ee Oe ee | ground, ’” written by Ida Vera Si-| -* ® hour and by the same route| 8 4 ™---.----%3 4p.m....... 38 -monton, iff whose suit the court) h day, and it is possib'e «he rob- Highest yesterday, 51 at 2:15 p. | made its ruling. Judge Knox held | have watched him. The cash|™.; lowest, 27 at 11:45 p. m. ‘that Miss Stmonton was entitled to |) insured. Official fore- jan injunction and an accounting - Messenger Slugged on St t HOLL BUILD cast for St. Louis | of the receipts of the play. of which ' Car Week Ago. ree A TRACK FOR | and vicinity: | Leon Gordon is the author. —By BRIGGS “Last Tuesday SeUEe a ue tens ELECTRIC’ Partly cloudy to- | “The differences existing be- on a Rte Alawdnt ine ahd HORSES ? night and | tween the novel and the play seem Wellston Btate neagenead Ss messen- : pede cypnesods ane ee oe ee ore mee areas Toer Teun me rave Bring $7600 cash. Before the tem perature, [the complainant's py veal age m= To R LOras. Moke- Was over, police Had raided an Lowest tonight | itattons of the stage,” said Judge | | pet 1 Dor T GET To ent at 722 Clara avenue, re- wey. 30: Bowes 26. | + attorneys ¥ ded | ar ¥ 4 $3680 of the Missouri: Gen- | | : 5 ip ae COMORES my BED Tic. TEN the stolen cash and i'that the novel was not entitled to ed four men. Three of the erally (air to-| 7 , i e O'CLUCcK- ee ; L jcopyright protection because it was. ee oor rs were indicted by the Riernt aad, eee * say s Weanesiay: t immoral. Judge Knox gave it as * ~ Count Most ¢ Listen to this expert in au- tomobile values: Column 3. LL aes! ( “Buyers today get more i$ value per dollar in an auto- mobile than in any . other generally used commodity.” They also get more pleasure, comfort and longer more life. 5 Don't overlook so necessary oe 5 If dollars are limited, stretch theif value even far- ther by a good used car— one of the many listed over in the classified “Automo- biles’’ columns of the Post- f Dispatch. They include the biggest and best buys in 1S - this market. The Post- Dispatch St. Louis’ One Big Automobile Directory The Perfect Market-Place | | | : : ) : woh Es: * : ¢ | ‘ | { dition a bonus which ran in some instances as high as 100 per cent. The loan flotation liabilities list- ed by the promoter were incurred during the last five years. Notes series having been issued ‘from Lewis’ California offices. One Eastern issue was made at U niver- sity City, Mo., and involved the Regents Mercantile ¢ ‘orporation. He he owes about 1000 persons says '$481.1832.86 on that issue. Most of his promotion schemes involved development of additions or land | projects. enn lewis’ Assets Include Expected Judgment of $17,000,000. . Special to the Post-Dispatch. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 17.— Inless E. G. Lewis, promoter of Palos Verdes and Atascadero, Pa- cific Coast sites, can cbdllect $17,- 315.000 as judgments against the present owners ofthe Palos Verdes tract. Los Angeles, he will scarcely ba able to settle with creditors for 50 cents on the dollar, Commis- | sioner of Bankruptcy Butcher said, after examining Lewis’ schedule of assets and liabilities. creditors’ If University City claims are allowed, the commis- sioner declares, he will. only be able to settle for about 20 cents on the dollar. Lewis, in assets of $23,640,145, claims amount his schedule, this ‘including the expected judgments against the Palos Verdes estates. Suit against the estatés was filed here several months ago. Eggs Drop Another Three Cents, Another seasonal drop in the wholesale price of eggs on the St. Louis market occurred today, the new price being 344, cents a dozen. This was a decline of three cents frém the rate of 37% cents set on Feb. 4. The wholesale price dur- ing the winter, when hens have their “off season,” had been as high as 49 cents. Generally milder weather and the approach of the laying season are given as the causes of the drop. was filed with | by attorneys for E. G. | | ' } i € i ' 75 per | | | | the, i | " COLLINS "BODY TO REMAI IN SAND CAVE; FUNER SER VICE HELD AT SURFACE a ee eee HAS 25, 000 CREDITORS | a — — - tt —— MAR eo nie — ee TWO NEN FINED FOR INTOXICATION SUFFOCATE IN JAIL St. Louis Pair F ound Dead | in Steel Cage in Hart-| ford (Ill.) Village Hall After Mattress Burned. enviptchitiagiiah Jacob Feldmeier, 3328 Washing- ton, boulevard, and Louis Wagner, 7TS°? Vitginia avenve- Tne? Tor toxication Hartford, IIl., night and committed to jail in de- fault of payment, were suffocated by a fire in their cell early today. At 6 a. m. Police Magistrate E. W. Painter visited the village hall at last and found the cell rvom filled with | smoke, and the two" prisoners dead‘ in bed. Everything indicated they had fought Ward to extinguish their >burning mattress and had succeed- ed, only to have the fumes suffo- cate them afterward. A burning cigarette is believed t have caused the fire Oo The cellroom present claims appearing | was connected with the rest of the ‘to be reasonable he will be glad| pujiaing by a door. A general meet-| Unable to get out of théir cage to open this door or a window, the _ prisovers gradually were asphyxiated. Verdict of Accidént. A Coroner's jury, meeting at the village hall, returned a verdict of accidental death. Witnesses told how Feldmeie., Wagner and a third man, who gave his name as Charles Gangloff, arrived in Hart- ford in a taxicab at_9 o’cluck last night and were arrested by Mar- shal A. H. Swope and arraigned de- fore Magistrate Painter. Gangloff was freed, and the others were each fined $5 and costs. Gangloff started back to- ward St. Louis in the taxicab after Wagner paid the driver $10.50. When it came to paying the fines, Feldmeier had nothing and Wagner had only enough to pay his own. Rather than desert Feldmelier, he volunteered to spend the onan in jail with him, They were locked up in a steel cage, occupying part of the one- story Village Hall. The other cell was unoccupied and they were left alone at 1 a. m, when the Marshal went home. They were sitting up then. Left Here in Taxicab. Feldmeter and Wagner were em- ployed as loaders at the Ganahl Lumber Co., 300 South Newstead avenue, and worked there until 5:30 p. m.*yesterday. Later, they and the third man hired a taxicab and drove over to Hartford, where Feldmeier was acquainted. Feldmeier had been ‘drinking for several days, his wife, with whom he boarded at the Washington boulevard address, said today. Last week he told her, “I'm going to die on Valentine’s day.” Feldméier was 35 years old, and Wagner, 22. Wagner was unmar- ried_and resided with his family. His father, Frederfck Wagner, is a lumber loader. WOULD TAX BOBBED HEADS By the Associated Pres. BATH, England, Feb. 17.—A tax on bobbed heads to assist the mu- nicipality of Bath in balancing its budget is proposed by City Council- man S. R. Lewin. Quite an income was derived here by a tax on the powdered hair of the ladies of the seventeenth century, he points out. The money derived from the bob- bing tax, he suggested, might be considered a kind of “poll tax.” GROW WHISKERS OR WARE THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ’ yi 'M. P. hin Girls ee Beardless Men of Present Day. ‘ By the Associated Press. “SH. Smith LONDON, Feb. 17.—Young men who are seeking favor with girls are advised to grow bushy whis-. kers by Arthur Ponsonby, member of Parliament, who writes amus- ingly in the Empire Review, con- tending that the modern male is inclined to become effeminate. “The whiskerless young men of today are dominated by the girls, | and willingly submit,” writes | Ponsonby. He suggests that suitors would be much better off if they all grew that, if it came to a show-down, is doubtful whether they be able to do so. “How the young men are dom- |inated is most noticeable in cafes and restaurants,”” he writes. “In the old days one would see a man enter, followed by a girl, shy and demure. “Today you stride in with and assurance, it will se the girl an a:r of mastery her brimless hat crushed over her eyes, a long cig- arette holder suspended from her lips, and behind her trots the little man. She ordgrs the meal and. if there is any swearing to be done at the waiter, she will do it. “None of the bewhiskered gentlemen of the old school would | permit anything like that-—would | they ?"’ } BILL TO REWARD WORLD | FLIERS PASSED BY HOUSE eee ee Measure Provides for Advances on Promotion List and Other Honors for the Men. By the Aen Press, "sg 7 eb. feat of the army ‘flyers who first encompassed the globe by air would be rewarded under a bill passed by the House substantially as recom- mended by the War Department. Aithough not without an hour's wi rangle over attempts at amend- ment, the Houseg approved by a , viva voce vote last night the meas- ure carrying both material and hongrary rewards in recognition of the achievement. The bill would authorize President to advance Capt. the Lowell 1000 files on the army promotion list and Lieuts. Wade, Arnold and Nelson 500 files each. ‘Commissions as second lieutenants lin the regular army. would be given |\Second Lieutenants. Ogden and Harding of the reserve corps. The |; measure also provides for award of | the Distinguished Service medal to jeach and for their acceptance of | ‘foreign decorations. The bill was amended to award the Distinguished Service medal also to Maj. Frederick L. Martin, the original world flight command- er, who was forced to abandon his plane in Alaska, and to Sergt. Har- vey, his mechanictan. 3 KING GEORGE.SUFFERING FROM BRONCHITIS AND INFLUENZA By the Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 17.—A ‘ulletin issued at Buckingham Palace this afternoon said that King George was suffering from an attack of bronchitis: due to influenza. De- spite.a restless night, it added. his general conditions was satisfactory. The bulletin was signed by Lori Dawson, physician extraordinary to the King, Sir Milaom: Rees and Sir Frederick Stanley Hewitt. The fact that they visited the palace this morning raised fears that the King’s fiiness was worse than had been thought. It was pointed out: however. that these physicians invariably have a consultation when the King’s con- dition is not normal, and the issu- ance of the bulletin allayed the uneasiness. It is understood the indisposi- tion is taking its normal course, and the, fact that Queen Mary ,has decided t6 attend the concert at Albert. Hall this evening to hear Paderewski, who js playing for the British Legion, is taken'to indicate that there is nothing seriously the matter with His Mafeaty. The Prince of ;|Wales came into town from the hunting center of Melton Mowbray,’ visited the palace and remained for luncheon. The condition of the King was reported unchanged at 8 o'clock to- night when his payeetans visited him, Mussolini Shows Improvement. By the Associated Preas. ROME, Feb. 17.—Premier Mus- solini, who is suffering from a slight attack of influenza, will have to remain indoors for several days. Dr. Giuseppe Bastianelli twice visited the Premier yesterday and found the patient considerably improved. ‘ é 4 ; beards but adds) | | | CORONERS JURY CRAWLS INTO CAVE “TO IDENTIFY HIM F ather pi to Entomb- ment, Declaring “No More Lives Shail Be Sacrificed.” DIRT IS CAST DOWN | would | cette 17.—The | | comfort his wife and ; = SHAFT AT SERVICES Family of Dead Cavern Prisoner Attends Funeral; Choir of Eight Women Sings Hymns. By the Associated Preas. CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. Looking down into the Sand Cave rescue shaft in which scores of vol- unteers labored for 11 days and nights to save Floyd Collins, the Rev. C. J. Dickey of the Cave City Methodist Episcopal Church, this afternoon conducted . Floydis fu- neral. A choir of Cave City sang three hymns and the boulders were placed back upon hie tomb and sealed, leaving him still locked in nature’s arms, as he was caught 18 days ago. 19 ae The services around the mouth of the shaft began at 2 o'clock, after M. E. S&S Posey officially announced abandonment of all ef- | forts to remove Collina’ body and Lee Collins, his aged father, had agreed to let him be buried where . he lay. ; The Rev. Mr. Dickey offered a prayer and spoke briefly on Floyd's adventurous life as a cave explor- er. Mrs. Ida Withers of Cave City sang ‘‘We Shall Understand It Bet- ter Bye and Bye’ and the choir then sang “Nearer God to Thee, * followed by ‘Asleep in Je- sus.” Just above Collins’ head in the sloping eight-foot drift of the nat- ural Sand Cave tunnel, cement and boulders will be placed in posi- tion and the tunnel sealed. Then the 12@-foot lateral leading from the rescue shaft to his rock prison will be filled in and finally the six- foot square shaft, 55% feet deep, is to be filled. | Family at Services. On the brow of the little hill looking down upon the mouth of Sand Cave and the rescue tunnel. the Rev. Mr. Dickey closed the services by reading the committal and A. F. Pearson dropped a hand- ful of earth from the hill down to- ward the shaft. Floyd's father, his tepmother; three brothers and sister formed the central group of mourners. The father, past 75, worn by the 18 days’ vigil, triéad bravely to Floyd's sis- ter. By his side stood Andy Lae Collins of Kewanee, Il.., the eider brother, and Marshall and Homer Collins, those younger than Floyd. Nearby, to show their sympattay. stood hundreds of neighbors, and in a group the tireless volunteers who struggled to save Floyd, but reached him too late. Seven friends of Collins crawled | down the tunnel to identify him es* members of a Coroner's jury, in- cluding Magistrate Clay Turner, the acting Coroner. “Everything has been done that could have been done and man’s ingenuity and modern machinery have failed.” said Collins. “No more lives should be sacrificed in further attempts to remove his body.” A staff photographer for the Chicago Tribune, John Speger, also went" into the cavern and a pho- tograph of Collina,,.which revealed his head, shoulders and the posl- tion in which he met his death. Dr. Willlam Hazlett of Chicage came up the shaft at.12:20 p. m. and said he had identified Collins through a gold front tooth. announced that Collins had been dead between three and five days, | when he was afternoon. he had seen an drecognized Coltine and felt: confident there was way to remove the body grave risk. : The electric light bulb, placed around Collins’ neck by Willlam Burke Miller. Louisville Courter- Continued on Page 3, Column 2. eight women from He. «~ yi 2