St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 30, 1925

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7 ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATC The Only Evening Paper in St Louis With the Associated Press News Service “SB More Good Things fowChoose From: Better Homes, Better Help, Better Investments, Better Business Open. ings—See Post-Diapatch Wants. INA DITION (Complete Market Reports) — TM én — + itn ~ oF w 2 >” “= > a PRICE 2 CENTS ASSISTANT BANK “BANKRUPTCY RING” IN CASHER KIMPED. ENGLISH’S COURT EXPOSED ANDRUBBEDINGAR = BY FEDERAL EXAMINERS Three Armed Youths Seize sh Cass Avenue Depository’ Summary of Findings in ‘Bankruptcy Ring’ Report Employe, Taking $600 to I: summing up their analysis of the “bankruptcy ring’ oper- Pee nm »~ @ ” ; & = a & »>* « ow «** —_— ——— A WOL. 77. NO. 204. NOT WORTH APER IT WAS ie iv : ; — .

ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1925 —32 PAGES. 3/000 FINE FOR TEX’ RIGKAND IN FIGHT FILM CASE Promoter Assessed for Con- spiracy to Transport Pic- in Violation of ar Last, ta Dees Oe ee . ~ = 3 x 1. “ee ® ee eee ee age 6 meld = + Victor Miller’s Admission and Boast | That His Company’s Bond Was Invalid of » -— ~ oye 4 cS Sears es tT ~~ * _ ~ ~*~ oe he, Om > By a Staff Correspondent the Post-Dispatch. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 17 28.—Following is the partial text of a letter in which V.ctor J. Miller, Republican candi. date for Mayor of St. Louis, told a representative of the American Indemnity Exchinge, headed by Miller, how a werth- less surety bond had been post- ed in this State to guarantee certain indemnity paym«nts by that company: ‘Tl am sending you herewith a certified copy of a so-called reinsurance bond with the Southern Surety Co. “For your private and con '| fhaential infermation | will || state that this bond is in real- | ity not worth the paper it is || written on. It in no way ob- | ligates the Southern Surety | Co., and I secured it with that understanding and so worded the cc ntract. “We secured this bond in order that we might induce the Workmen's Compensation Board to quit making us put up $1500 per month in the First Nationa! Bank of Lwuis- ville. It had the desired effect and the very brilliant chair- man of the Board was not able to see that there is no liability under the contract. “Not under any stances leave a copy bond with anyone.” The letter continued with a statement that Miller was then arranging for a _ valid contri:t with Lioyds of London, which was subse- 7 quentiy filed. No money was said. ad — oe ~~ =—* ~ ~ SY i ~ +> +s ~*~ & tert @ a i i WO . 7 “* «- - — What Victor Miller Wrote of His Insurance Cora- pany’s Bond to Guaran- tee Payment of Losses. ENT RAN FOR SIX MONTHS ’ MEMBERS NAMED: METHODS USED TO MILK ASSETS: © ARE DISCLOSED |Result of Examination of Thomas’ Records Offered in Evidence in Congres- sional Inquiry. j MANY FEES OVER LIMIT FIXED BY LAW Shows Judge English Vir- tually Surrendered Pow- to His Referee. WHEAT FOR DELIVERY ON MAY | CONTRACTS FALLS 12 CENTS Keaches $1.45% Cents on Mer- Chants’ Exchange, Lowest » Price Recorded Here This Year. Wheat for delivery on May con- tracts tumbled nearly 12 cents a bushel to §1.45% on the Mer- chants’ Exchange today, ,yeacting only jwo cents from the low Meets This was loweat the wheat has tiie sili aoe with €00 cases sold this year and represented a decline of 59 cents a bushel from brewery beer W&88S/-ne high peint reached on Jan. °28. prohibition! The cash grain market was de- Railroad | moralized by the slump in tutures and soft wheat was 9 to 10 cents } lower than Saturday. No. 2 red wheat selling at $1.75 today. Hard _ cash wheat was 5% to 11's cent» off. The break in prices here. as wel! as at Chicago and other tmarkeis was ascribed to weaker grain es- | bles, a decrease on visible sup- eases of nonalcoholic beverages. | piles of only half of what ha! been Investigation disclosed the cargo | expected for the past week and ‘had been shipped by the E. P.jmore favorable private crop re- company of Murphysboro, Ill., to a | ports from Southwest. The weak- North Market street address, and | ness of the New York Stock mar- 'uxamination of the waybill accom-|!et where new lows for the ,ears panying the load revealed another, ‘vere recorded probably also was! ear containing a like amount of | 4” influence. | liquid had accomreanied it. empty retrigerator car, on an ad- joining track, appeared to* have been the carrier in question which ,; had been unloaded during the fore- noon. The beer was contained in pint) bottles packed in unlabeled paper cartons. The wholesale price whrart uaa = io the Post-Dispatch. $7 a case. The beverage retails tor' JEFFERSON CITY, March 30.— | $12 a case or 50 cents a bottle. The! 4 night watchman’ 'ecar will be transferred to the city . beatin, dump where the contents will be Cedar: City, scross the| River from cea, | Comreres. wane sibivecimiing City, which had been robbed three | TWO NEW CARDINALS CREATED | times iv recent months, shot and fatally wounded a burglar who at- | Archbishops of Graneda and Se-| tempted to force an entrance to vile Elected at Secret Consistory. the store early yesterday. The rob-| - By the Associated Press ber, identified as Charies Benn, ‘teferee Thomas-and Judge En | ROME. March 30.—At a secret _about 40 years old. of Duluth, | Ssh owned stock in three of tne Minn., died in a hospital here. j.| five banks which Judge English; E. Nichols, the watchman, was ex- | designated as official depositories onerated at a Coroner's inquest | for bankrupt assets Instead of per-. here today. mitting trustees to use their ows The proprietor of the store, | discretion in’ making deposits, Brad Farmer, recently employed Thémas specifically instructed Nichols as a watchman, after the’ '®¢m in which hanks to place the third robbery of the place. Nich-| ™°P©y: and, in fact. ordered trus- | ols, who was inside the store. testi. | fees on several occasions to (range. fied that Benn attempted twice to fer deposits from ong bank to ane enter early yesterday and was °tber. himself furnishing a cour. frightened away by passing auto- tersigned check with which ‘oe mobiles. He returned a few min-| ™#ke the transfer. ~~ se" & Peewee © er ee y ~ — . = > tures Law. rn — e ee—cee ———E Nt ttt lt te INES tg ne XN ? $1000 of Collections. ated in Federal Judge English’s court, the examiners of the Department of Justice, in their report to the Attorney-Gen- eral, declared it was obvious that the law had been violated re- peatedly by the allowance of excessive fees. Other qgbaclusions of the examiners were: Thai KReferee Thomas had violated the law by practicing in a bankruptcy case. That estates had been squeezed dry by the numerous feces and charges levied. upon them. That "Nefcree Thomas had carried on his private practice to the negiect of his duties as Referec. That Referee Thomas had transferred bankrupt deposits from banks in which he owned no stock to banks in which he did. | That dividends to bankrupts’ creditors were not deciared in compliance with the law. That creditors were nvt notified of proposed salcs as rc- quired by law. That property was recorded as sold to unnamed buyers at figures far below the appraised value, and that most of the per- sons profiting from these practices were associated with Kefe- ree Thomas, and occupied his suite of offices. FOUR OTHERS FINED (VICTIM ABANDONED | $1000 AND $700) IN COUNTY CEMETERY th. ? K ——_— Charge Was Based on Dis-' W. C. Hagedon Says One | tribution of Movies of! of Trio Hit Him With the Dempsey - Carpentier, Revolver to Compel Him Bout. | to Start His Car. -_——s ‘ Put Up in Kentucky to In- F demify Company's Cli 7 » ent. in All Sums Above $25,000. a Staff Correspondent of the | Post-Dispatca. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 28. “For your private and confi- dential informa‘ion I will state || / this bond is in reality not |: worth the paper it is written on.” "That is what Victor J. Miller, : publican candidate for Mayor | St. Louis, wrote to a represent- tive of the American Indemnity thhange, an ‘usurance concern fed by Miller, after the ex- ge had posted a surety bond Kentucky to zu: antee compen- m payments should they run excess Of $25.900 in the cases workmen ki'ied or injured in pdustrial accidents. | The story of the operation of | American Indemnicy Ex- ge, now iin receivership. Ws an intersting light on the iness practices of the Republi- Mayoralty candidate, whose © appears ‘requentiy in the of the Workmen's Compen- om» «Board here. How Miller tted authorship of the ad Roe hee SE SERRE ee ee r - a * ~* ¥ ote Ne nati oe 2 le ~-* * sae | ted ar ae 2 — fae a = 3N the Associated Press NEWARK, N. J., George L. (Tex.) ally known fight promoter, | was fined $7000 by Federal Judge Kidnaped by three robbers as he. i 30.— | | entered Rickard, nation- | today March his automobile at New- || BUMBLESHOOT DO THE stead and Labadie avenues, Wil- -~ liam-C, Hagedorn, 36 years old, as-| VICTOR J. MILLER. lost through use of the worth- less contract. When Miller, on the stand under, oath, was asked if he had dictated the letter, a copy of which was shown to him, he answered somewhzt ¢vas- ively: a stance of Later in the examination a member of the Workmen's Compensation Board asked: “You wrote this letter, how- ever?” am he - ae - —¥ oo - ~~ - ee ee ee ee C2 / PER ER, Pee ; a —— a ® ee | * ~~ * sistant cashier of the Cass Avenue] | Bank, this ef cash, estimated at between $600 | $1000. He miles St. ee oo “—-** .— wn, conspiracy to violate ot: Bodine for | morning, the law prohibiting transportation | was robbed oe ow ot * “aoe ae ered whee Grd ~~ — | of prize-fight films. Rickard and four co-Gefendants were convicted in Federal Court in | Trenton on March 19, on the charge, which was brought in con- nection with transportation of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight films. All five men were in court to re- ceive sertence. Fines were imposed the other four convicted men Fred Quimby, New York motion picture producer, /$7000: Jasper C. (Jap) Muma, | Washington and New York news- paper man. $7000: Teddy Hayes of Los Angeles, former secretary to Jack Dempsey, $1000, and Frank R. Flournoy, Madison Square Gar- den matchmaker, $1000. Rickard, Quimby and Muma all were fined $5000 on the count charging conspiracy and all $1000 on each of the two counts charging transportation. Judge Bodine fined © Hayes and Flournoy but ieee 2931 North Newstead avenue. INQUIRY INTO SANITY OF 0 pay $10,000 1F HE TAKES DRINK IN U. S. each, as they were held to be ein-— . ; Reeapes oT ! : _ployes of the leaders in the con- and was starting his Buick touring }of 4% per cent Sm NT : ‘ear, when three young men, with | by Federal , spiracy. Samuel M. lain art : revolvers, jumped on the running _ , : Vauc a P y to o Appeal to Be Taken. hoards. Two crowded in beside | #sents in the Terminal yards at Clinton street shortly b>- | ° ; m t} itence of Compact With A. S. Goble NF appease trom the sentence him and one took the rear seat | ‘. tickard and Mumma will be taken, r AaB of St. Louis and Others. Merritt Land and Walter Van Rip- W “os | ore noon today. : immediately. their counsel, said. Appeals of : the other sentences are not ex- on the head with a revolver and compelled work the starter pected, it was indicated. ? ee Judge Bodine referred to The machine moved north on New- stead. to Natural Bridge avenue : o 7 . ‘il. > The Ex- | senten ing as Lne ias . J ¥ h ry “| SAN FRANCISCO. 7 7“ a a drama of four years ago.’ west of Kienli navenue, soutn ¢t feit for violation. binds Samuel M. S Charles rock road to the ceme nge was ° = £ a ae ciproca] or inter | Judge Harold _Louderback suspend- . ne was faced WitnD a fine et . ; That 4 a ¢ °4 } aS Vauclain, president of the Baidwin fixing sentence tery While the car moving : . > UT ! i © . . 2 ; ; : ? rs vs } Tr ] association of subscribers, eithe bareeteeal 0G — ; Locomotive Works, to strict ob- “In this case. his wallet was taken from Bim ae" om — rs, einer Dorothy El- the robber in the rear seat extra servance of the Volstead act, for what extent the 7 | . i . = ae ‘ . . e : “ lingson to inquire into the present! one while in this country. it injured?’ he asked. “Ii the states scattering the check the girl, who) rhe exact amount was learned today where the pictures were shown | Se, ° i . . = 3 > , FCAUS 5 Lf) Under |is charged with killing her moth- | A. S. Goble ef St. Louis and R. prize fights were legal. newspapers which it was uston, Tex.. and the, adio carriec accounts mic ‘ Operation of-such an orxrniza-|er in the bedroom of their home \..Hey of Houston, Tex.. an ‘“ and the radio carried full accounts a orney = N)- ae = ’ _ © « Sh - © ; ‘TQ P | ; : : 7 he . ac empow- | last January after a dispute ove: | ficers, were the other signers of the | the states can be shown. Neverthe- agreement made at Benivedes. | jess a Federal law louted and | Tex... May 18, 1924. While Vauclain punishment must be meted out.” would be forced to pay $10,000 if $1 Fime for Bankrupt Company. | he should take a drink, forfeiture A noniinal fine of $1 was set for today, the defense moved that the! of $1000 would be the penalty for Quimby. Inc.. the company that | sanity inquiry be made, and based / the others for the same act. Gar- handled the film, because it is now | | the motion on an affidavit by Dr.| "ett died after the contract was in bankruptcy) | signed. The Court denied a number Jau Don Ball, a psychiatrist, ex- : , Vauclain. motions for new trial and for ar- |. pressing the belief that the gir] at present was mentally incompetent.| Bermuda, has disclosed the agreé- rest of judgment. ery Judge Louderback, holding the af-| ™ent made on his sixtv-eighth Testimony was given at the trial | fidavit in itself insufficient, said| »irthday. while en route through that $7000 had been paid by Quim- lhe ewould allow Dr. Ball to testify. Texas in his private car. The | by to his representatives after they - acreement. it was said. cites the had been fined in various States for The jury was excluded while the | | motion was argued. The court ad-| desire of the signers to obey the transporting the film. law's only because they are journed the insanity motion until | “not 2 o'clock this afternoon, that Dr. | Might. but also because it will re- Ball could be summoned. , Sult in mental, moral and physical Judge Louderback explained that | 90d.” he must be convinced that. there| ee was basis for such a motion be- fore he could entertain it. He added that the test was whether a person accused of crime compre- hended the proceeding and was ‘able present an intelligible de- fense Walter McGovern of defense coun- | sel ofered to stipulate with the state that the present jurv empaneled ~ } amd was driven three — “ ~> into Louis County and} . | These transactions were finally approved by Judge English. | They were carried out after he hac practically turned the powers of his court. in so far as they relate to bankruptcy, over to Referee Thomas, an’! given the Referee carte bianche to use them as he pleased. abandoned in the new ™ « . ee ee ee ee Be +s *e-es oa Maxwellton | Cemetery on St. Charles Rock road. | As automobile, wate * tors drove off in his} | Hagetfiorn walked into| Wellston. where he reported the' robbery to a policeman at 9:15 .a. | i. 5 Sale Bote eine ae Seaeaa BX CAR HOLDING G00 CASES OF BEER SEIZED holdup had notified the bank and detectives from Police Headquar- ters were already searching for Federal Agents Act on Police Tip — Shipment From Murphysboro, Ill. Hiss Ww a- . - =a is think that «Rey circum- of this P a ~ - wee ooo © LO ee of ee oe eee i acta wee “—> ——— oe on (eas follows: — ee ee en complete exposure of the workings of the “bankruptcy ring” which operated in connection with Federal George W. English’s court in East St. Louis, was contained in a report by Department of Jus- tice investigators, which was intro- duced in’ evidence today before : the congressional committee inves _ “yee tad tigating Judge English's condict. .. — to determine whether he should be aba im peached. | r sult of this A Pee riment is now considering er.minal pre vwecution Charles . Thomas, why ihtinety > vas Referee in Bankruptcy by a&p- yointment of Judge Engtish. i ‘he report. made by t\.o depart. ment agents acter a.thorough exe amination of the recerde left by former Referee Thomas. is an imuzing document. What Records Show. Members of the “ring” are named and their operations are described in detail, as revealed by the rege ords. These records show: . That Referee Thomas sur- rounded himself with persons whom he placed in positions of trust That these persons were habite ual'y allowed to colleet fees in excess of those fixed by law That bankrupt assets were dis- posed of at prices far below their appraised value, 7 That in many cases no records * were kept of the persons whe bought the properties. That Referee Thomas himseif neglected his office to attend te’ his large private * practice in Judge English’s court. That notwithstanding his many juicy emolumetts, Judge English - overwhelmed him with lucrative receiverships and attorneyshipsa, and that Thomas himself prac ticed in at ieast one bankruptey case before Judge English tn vio. lation of the law. Placing of Deposits. | him. Hit on Head With Revolver. 4925 Norih- his custoin sure I] did,’’* Miller ‘ Hagedorn lives at Sas — land and it is ee avenue — — —- - —_— —$ $e oe ‘UNDER AGREEMENT morning to at business the hood to get week-end He had just teftAhe Elgin Cream- each Monday stop houses in neighbor- collections. | » port, the seized whiclk he eharacterized the ¢ as worthless and boasted| | : na mt deceiving the chairman of | lrial Suspended for Testimony | board. is part of the history! of Psychiatrist, Who Swore to the American Indemnity Ex-| Belief She Is Incompetent. nee. aS preso.ved here by the | rd. | Ry the Associated Press. the machine did not start Hagedorn was strucs from a tip policemen The seizure resulted given to the agents by who reported that two. loajied trucks had been seen leaving the yards during the morning. Besiies -the beer, the car contained 120% er ‘o he Asneoriated Preee PHILADELPHIA, March 30.—A legal agreement with a $10,000 for- the of a He said point in o-* aye © ~ > oe a a act American Indemnity March 30.— Sr ian eet urance concern. is, it was was = --> ~~ oe & to is who can 6ay trial of 16-year-old (jovernment WwW « a = aoe “ ~~ 6 Wet ee ° —_-* » -— x viduals or ho se! corporations, w the cash floor. known ed om year the taken is not many places collected. In ordered out 'walk north across the cemeter) When he looked back the machine on St. Char'tes premiums to one person. | mental condition of ' ; / ’ ’ nas attorney-in-fact ¢ from An en genes | WATCHMAN WAITING IN STORE FATALLY WOUNDS BURGLAR Cedar City (Mo.) Place Had Been Robbed Three Times in a Few Months. | Hagedorn Was told to | the cemetery, f of the car and to pay from the funds of the) the girl’s pursuit of “jazz” was f ige the loss«: suffered by any Fiber through fire, accident or ever else the insurance of the hge covers. Thus. the reciprocal organization @mething like a mutya) insur- company except that it has no te being. Each Of the sub- mers is liable for the Icases of Others so that in the event of mre of the exchange to pay a S subscriber would ve forced me all the others to cain his in- ty. since there is no corpora- at which to direct a suit. ™it was that when the Amer! Mindemnity Exchange. of which Wag the attorney-in-fact, be- ‘extensive operations in Ken- ss in 1918 writing workmen's on poltctes for Kentuck, ang manufacturing con- ™ the Workmen's Compensa- S Board sought to have a geuar- Y that the exchange would pay IMemnities promised to its parties 1OLSs rides. With the resumption of the trial and joy vas moving west road. 9 Eyewitness Gives Alarm. An oi] station attendant who saw of . ran into the cream the kidnaping Aas and. told who has sailed for | machine dreve seabtetnek’ ti a| H. L. Engelhardt ‘the manager. of the eccurrence. ringelhardt telenhoned the Cas /-Avenue Bank and the police were notified. Maxwellton rhe site of the old Maxwelilton race ‘track. and the roadhouse former's l.cated there until two vers azo the “hangout” of the Erar gang. “Dint” Colbeck, leader of that gang. estabiished a new “Max- Olive street roac office the store at away - We tee eee t= & ~~ * CS eal Woman Killed Fighting Forest Fire GREEN FOREST. Ark.. March 306.—Mrs. laura Longfellow. 19 years old, is dead here today as a result of fighting a forest fire. She succumbed after collapsing from exhaustion and iving in a ravine'| for several hours before she was! found. FAIR TON'GHT AND TOMORROW: LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE THE TEMPERATURES was ee DRIVES AUTO INTO POND TO PUT OUT FIRE UNDER HOOD Motorist in Carondelet Park Speeds Into Water as Engine Is Damaged $25. Smoke began pouring from un- der the hood of the automobile of to try Miss Ellingson on the| Ernest A. Beyer of 5218 South; charge of murder, might inquire Thirty-seventh street, as he and his; 42 ..°"’ into the girl's sanity should the| 5°". Henry, were driving through | 3 a. m.. motion be granted | Carondelet Park at 1:45 p. m. yes- —_ “The District Attorney's office is horeay. not stipulating anything at the rhere being no fire station a present time,” said Agsistant ‘Dis. | the vicinity. young Beyer, who was trict Attorney i ieee r Skillin | driving, turned off the road into a i + . ’ i ch for the ‘Tt is time for the defense first to pond That was wo much ae make a showing in support of its | fire. The engine was damaged $25. motion.” . ‘consistory held by Pope Pius today. Monsignor Vicente Casanova 5} Marzo!. Archbishop of Granada, and ’ | Inn’ on | Monsignor Ilundain y Estoban, | | ’ property wellton when the WAR ‘UMPIRES’ TO HAVE PLANES to Set New Fash- “Battle.”’ was sold Archbishop of seville. were created | Cardinals. The Pope delivered an allocution in which he expressed saQisfaction at betnge able to make~«gratifyinag | communications to the saered col- | , lege despite the sad reports of the persecutions which Catholics were suffering in certain countries, to RIGHT DOWN FFICER- ILL EM NOT TO GO and Navy Hawaiian wibers, Arm) M November, 1918, the board di- serge the exchange ta deposit inthe First Nationa) Bank ile, and from that time © deposit $1500 monthly to G ON ANY MORE its payment of indemni- Y-SHINES ba . © employes of firms which - lanl ME OY ee . ae ttibers in the exchance. Dispatch March ree P o the Port WASHINGTON ou. = new fashion for umpires will be, mn ship is TGs dk #e cae ae devide when a a battery “silenced,” vided with airplanes when a is expected. the Kentucky workmen’s ) law employers are See get PMY fixed amounts in the Men killed or injured in | SCcidents. Miller's c-m- ®™any others, was writ- on such risks for em- “close JUMPS 225 FEET TO DEATH. ue Nee the Associated Press PARIS, Marcn 30.—A well- | decision” A Leoning seaplane and a H. §.- flying boat have as- for the purpose. Major- John L. Hines, chief of and Admiral Robert E. Commander-in-Chief of ce caine IN NORWAY FOR POLAR FLIGHT Lincoln Elisworth Says Amu- sen’s Hop Will Take Only 7 Hours. been y REN Pre Man is o 38 64 joint Hawaiian war cames in a tering the door. Benn was found! Judge English, in addition te % Biggest! ] CSL:: for St. Louis and THE MARCH HARE | fessed attempting to rob the store.) ‘lon r change in = tem- signed for February was | Also. Frizzell .ad an of 4 ? || By the Associated Press. office in utes later for a third attempt, Nich-| “™0n@® the extraordinary as. 3b 12 DP. om ** | set by the army and navy in their vis said. The latter fired a charge | pects of the situation exposed by Mi. 4k ee uae from a shotgun as Benn was en-|‘¢ "eport was the following: Highest yesterday. i] and May. The umpires who | lowest, 44, at 11:45 se ¢ ‘wink ane |a few hours later, in a clump of *Ppolnting Thomas as Referee out tw oré- shrubbery, about a mile from Ce-, '= Bankruptey appointed Herman * eOfficial forecast dar City. Police said Renn con-| Frizell as United States Commis. vicinity: Fair to- ohm prce The average NET PAtU 4 | Se ts ie te Sata | | eferee Thomas gave Frizzell night and Tue-- S Daily Only Circulat.on a Diamond Hold in N _ HUMerocUus appointments as attor- day; not much ones of the Post - Dispatch foxes ee “CW ney for trustees and receivers, York. : a om | perature: lowest Genera! Thomas suite. on which Thomas . tonight will be staff, NEW YORK, March 30. ~Four paid the sania » above freezin,. Coontz, men with pistols today raided the "Ging Miller deposited $16.- Bs the exchange and from No- . 1918, to August. 1919. de. & mii 'mum of 71500 aw: By August the sum on) had grown to about $24,100. | "Tough Mark H. Gabt rt. *ntucky agent, took gtepe to) © for relief from the drain thly deposits. & conference with members it was agreed to de- til the sum at the bank had $25.000. To cuarantee sin- above that amount, euch nt be suffered for example mine disaster, the exchange { post a surety bond. The for the bond was made The Southern, Surety Co. in % cd on Page 14. in Gapt expedition to OSLO. Norway. March 30.—Lin- coln and aviator. who is to participate Roald Amundsen's fliving the North Pole. rived here today It was expected trip would be accomplished in -ev- en hours. If it fProved possible to at the pole 24 hours for observa- tion and exploration purposes Capt. Amundsen and Elisworth Fram which is being placed at Capt. Amundsen's disposal by the N»r- wegian Government, saijed last night. 4 ship > ~~ * Elisworth, American engineer | ar- | Elisworth said | the entire aerial | } are leaving for Tromsoe tomorrow. | The naval transport dressed man whose identity has not been established, mounted the tow- ler of the Cathedral of Notre Dame this afternoon and jumped off. Hix bocy cleared ali projections and was crushed on the pavement 225 feet below. Machines at Gradc Crossings. the Asecciated Press. CHICAGO, March Rv 30.— Twelve | persons were killed in automollie | |} pocidents in and near Chicago yes- ‘terday, eight of them when trai 1s struck automobiles at grade cro%s- ings. |ing unsettled Higit Are Killed When Trains Hit — -and Tuesday; | much | termperature. | |} not much change 12 AUTO DEATHS NEAR CHICAGO | land, the expedition would remain | Alilssouri: Partly overcast tonight and Tuesday. probably becom. by Tuesday night: in temperature Illinois: Gener- ally fair tonight not in change Sun rises tomorrow at 5:47 a. m™m.; sets today at 6:22 p. m Stax: of the Migsissipp!i River at St. Louls, 11 feet at 7 a. m., fall | of 1 of a fvot. ' the Ll. S. fleet, are the senior um- pires. ™ Husband Seeks $10,000 Alimony. the Assoctated Press CHICAGO. March 30.—-Mrs. Lu- cille Potter Miller Biebesheimer, a law student, today was served with papers in a divorce sult filed in Marengo. Ia.. in which her hus- hand. Carl l. Biebesheimer, asks for $10,000 al:smony and $1000 at- ik ‘torneys fees from the young wife. The eharge crue! and in- and papers human treatment misconduct | and asks for the custody of the | | *-year-old son. They were married in 1924. 235,198 This Net Pxuid in the history Daltly Post - the Biggest Circulati>. of. the | Dispatch No other newspaper tn Amefica in a city oo over 590000 population —with one exceptios, the News itn Detroit— covers its eity and suburbs as complete’ as the Poet-Dispate covers the St. Louis market. FIRST IN ST. LOUIS | Hou, j —_ Fo wr’ ery ov fy 4 pe’ ae | eH fi 3 ad offices of Sobel & Kaleko, diamond | and ) lemeaped with unset diamonds val. | brokers, of 45 Maiden Lane, | ued at between $56,000 and $100.- The robbery was opposite the new Federal Reserve Bank Buliid- tals $751,214. CHICAGO. March 30.—The fund for the relief of the tornado «<uf- ferers in Illinois being raised thy the Chicago Association of Curm- merce and Red Cross committeus ched $751.214.13 Satur luy ht. The original seal was $500,- 000. Nevertheless, Thomas, as bkte torney for persons charged wi:h Federal offenses, habitually ap- peared before Frizzell as Come missioner and pleaded for their dismissal. Among these 4de- fendants were many charged with bootlieggzine The States Commissioner determines, at such bearings, whether fendants should t held for trial Others Named. In addition te Heferee United | je those associated “with him in the ee “bankruptey “ing” who are shown ie by the agents’ investigation to have a <i oe = Re, So lt Nie ied , Pee ania es eee