St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 19, 1925

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peer — a i — EPT RE TAGE TY? ae _ LUCK FOR YOU: SEPTE MBER 18, 1935. One of the 10,000 Opportunity offers or appeals in tomorrow's Big Sunday POST-DISPATCH * Real Estate and Want Directories May be your “Ship” comingjin! —By BF —_—_ HES CRYING ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service rae Tm - enim -» mae . : _ er Ome! er ome 3 v - -I 4 the taxpayer, where & part of the Ptax is illegal, to tender the amount ‘Que, resist payment of the balance ef pay under protest. “I tendere} the amount due, but you refuse to accept it,” he declares. Last June the Mayor said ‘at pme had made no State income rv- furn for 1923, nor for 1924. He «e- fared that he was not going tu pav Me added: “They are afraid to sue “me. because they know the law !s Mncinsitutional.” He made re- urns in 17921 and 17922 and paid = Weethe taxes. Stage of the Mississippi nage at 1 WISH | HAD | WHAT qd , St. Louis, 6.3 feet at 7 a. .a., a fall THE NERVE Sve 24° | MBPIRATES KILL EIGHT PERSONS [0 © tas TO TELL HER ‘fs ' IN PHILIPPINE ISLAND TOWN Weather Outlook for Next Wee. | ‘ASHINGTON, Sept. 19.— HOW SHE KIN Band of 40 Enters Dumaran, SiS mn a wan for ong a . SING: - Batcher Chinese. Storekeeper, ‘raided i the town of Dumaran,| nd of Dumaran, and murdered r tpi rons. Reports to the con- -gtabulary here today said that a b Check for $547 to. With Letter Confisca- | iattracting the votes of the ag | tur i] treme northeast portion tomorrow. cloudiness: dy cooler in west, , Wife, 3 Sons and 3 Natives, ginning Monday: Upper Mississippi Then Escapes, and lower Missouri valleys—l ert. the Aseociated Pre of showers early part, mostly fair J MANILA, Se} 19.—Pirates| thereafter; cool at beginning and warmer middle and latter parts. By wee eee CC Lloyd Georg: Proposes State Control of Agricultural Land ’ ‘Former Premier Outlines Liberal Program for | ing Workers | Paying Rent to Present Owners and Draw- UNDER PROTES! Back to Soil. Ry the Associated Press LONDON, Sept. 19.—Former ‘Premier Lloyd George has em- barked upon a “back to the land” ampaign which, if it succeeds in ricul- areas to his banner, may do |}much to retrieve the ill-starred for- tunes of the Liberal party. Astute political observers, how- ever, belleve there is little chance for the new Lloyd George program ito be adopted for many years. Lioyd George started his cam- paign yesterday at Killerton Park, Exeter, where an audience of 25,- 000 stood in a drizzle listen in- tently He unfolded a new acricul- tural policy for the Liberal party, the result of the two-vear delibera- tions of the Liberal Land Commit- tee, He proposed that the _=§ state should assume control of agricultu- ral land, paying the landlord his giving good farm- ers perpetual tenure, evicting bad } resent net rent, ,on . os \income of workers and the profits ,cha rege ‘should and inefficient farmers after due! warning and giving the land to men now employed in industry who| would obtain credit by land banks. | FAIR? CONTINUED WARM TONIGHT AND TOMORROW | THE TEMPERATURES, | ‘ee eeeeeee “ee eeeee eeeeseseoeseee ££ € BNF Ge S88ne eae Be Ce & es I DMS 20: PPP PPer = ‘eer fF Pee 8 Highest yesterday, lowest, 75, at aA. Mm, i 7, at 4 p. m. . | - ‘ Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and continued warm tonight and to- morrow. Missouri: erally fair continued tonight and morrow. Illinois: Gener- ally fair tonight and , tomorrow, except probably local thunder- storms in ex- treme north por- tion: warmer in extreme north- west portion to- nicht and in ex- YOU WANT FLY, TELL ENRY” Gen- and warm to- Tonight, increasing tomorrow, partly clou- seattcred showers; Arkansas: to cloudy; 6:03 p. m. 5:47 a, m. Sunset tonight, Sunrise tomorrow, Thermometer at 102 In Kansas. the A«esociated Prees KANSAS CITY, 19.—Un- Sept. ive, Be ce mebeoner. ‘= dada Rene seasonably hot weather continued lain. in Missouri and Kansas yesterday. The Pirates, 40 in number. Clay Center and Topeka, Kan., re- att ‘galled into Dumaran in eighr|Ported 102 and 101 Segrecs, so- ’ y svintas.” disembarked and |spectively, both records for this . | butchered the Chinese family and | dace. ae | . OE : ee with bolos. They robbed | gnow and Earth Shock in Montana. | re of considerable money oy anak , all WS . railed away. ‘ HELENA, Mont., Sept. | Recause of their familiarity with a Sareyiee xcs — ote weed oF | ~ | ; of the surrounding waters they re ony ep Serene. nil tidy cere ie : able to evade pursuit. tremor was experienced at sire a. . TN ® The island ear : m. today, but did no property pau | —— —= o whe ner Ag guage is in the |age beyond stopping the clock on | . of the Philippines the courthouse tower. Th» quake | . —By PERCY CROS . “ caged of the principal|came as a climax to an unusual | and has o né » Laadimaarar ~ wr September storm during hema l= ae than 2000 tal population Of/ three inches of wet, heavy snow : ——— : fell. The snow did es cote ee, : to trees by breaking ranches, | =~: — IN STEEL. EXPLAINED while street car service was ham- | — = ly E | —— oy Cracks | Which Do Not tocarabbaye ‘comcmned gn and —— = — » service as i da. ) od INDE 0. sony — ng tr A heavy snow was reported at : ND, O., Sept. 19.—An/Great Falis. Despite the fact that | : trie that steel gets tired |temperatures were above freezing, | hued use and will recu-/|the snow lay to a depth of several | bd When given a rest. was ex-|inches early today. Several es ~4 yesterday during the final | Montana points reRerses snow. ++ Sessions of the American ogee ee | 7 for Stee) .F. Moo Prof Treating. re. in charge of the lab- Coolidge Clings to Ol Straw flat. WASHINGTON, 19.— Presi- S pt. ' investizating faticune ofident Coolidge demonstrated today | 8t the University of Mlinois,| that he -would rather be comfort- | * what happens whenl/able than fashionable. Setting out | ‘ © fal) by fatirue ona stroll through the bustners | Geterioration in metal,| section, he decided it was too warm ; been misramed faticue.|for a felt hat, prescribed as (he 2 by microscopical cracks,” proper headgear «fter Sept. 15. In- ined in reducing his sct- Paper to plain Enelish cracks do not heal up. A ‘Might delay the enlarging of the cracks, but it could cracks.” stead, he wore a had seen a summer of service. was envied by hundreds of emilin passersby, many of the Government clerks sweltering under caps fedoras. straw sailor whic lie vr - ee ee -_— apd Ile contended that land in En- gland is not producing enough or employing so i.rge a percentage of tre populatiory as the less fertile land of Denmark, and that ‘‘ritish landlords lack t!.: eapital necessary to drain and develop their land. He argued that compensation to, the la: “lords should take the form of annual payments based on the productive worth of the land, not fictitious values, and that the of the cultivator should be a first on the soil. He said there be state credit as well as state-cguaranteed security for cultivators, He- contended that heavy ion is crippling the farmer. a striking phrase he said: “If it is right that the state should assume its authority land for the dead it is surely right also that it Xuld exercise its ownership where it is necessary to do so in order to feed the living.” lie moitntained that only by some war In nr such scheme could workers be won i back + t? ries. the land from town indua- _—_—_—_——-—— ee -_——- —— —— ~ ROCKEFELLER IR, EXPECTED TO FINANCE HOUSING PLAN Buys Site in New 3 York on Which Unions Expected to Build Co-operative Apartment, iy the Associated Preas. NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—John D. Rockefelier Jr. has bought a square block of property in the needle trades unions contemplated building a $2,- 000,000 apartment Rouse for their members. 3ronx on which the co-operative There is much speculaticn as to what Rockefeller interds to do with the property. B lef pressed that he will ‘inance . eperative housing venture for workers. The Standard Oil Co.'s employes. The Standard Oil Co.’s Bavonn>, N. J., was adopted In a measure by the needle trades as an example for their venture, Morris Hillquit, counsel for the International Ladies Worke:'a’ Un- ex- cO0- is ion, said the property was sold by the unions because a more suita- ble site had been found for the co- operative apartments. The union plans originally called for building 170 apartments to rent at $10 to $15 a montkr per rovum, including payments on mortga.res. Tre build- ing plans crlled for a large ball- room and court vards with :. sunk- en garde: 237 feet lors. The unions bought the property for $170,090. Hillquit said the un- fons soon would inco:>,orate an- other holding company and _ sell stock to workers In a new Tt ousing venture, —_— —— ~—+ In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch The Earl of Portsmouth—Pcr- manent Address, Big Horn, Wyoming, U. S. A—In which the Earl explains why he happens to be an American citizen and member of the State Legislature, and why he plans to remain in this country. Reautiful Thelma Morgan De- cides to Add a Second Mar- riage to Her Crowded Career —wBut the trouble is she hasn't decided just whom to marry, and that has rise to an interesting situation. Franz Molnar Creates a Rea I- fife Drama—The famous Hungarian playwright has lived up to his own creed of morals. Now, seek'ng to be divorced for the third time, he figures in a sensational triangle. the Business World—tThe ob- ject of this feature Was a pioneer in women's fight for commercial equality. Every day she attends to the duties of a responsible position. “Thie Man's Army” Gets Two New Recruits—One formerty was a Flight Lieutenant in the Kaiser's army, the other a Major-General! in the Czar's army. But they are Amert- cans from now on, they say and in the Nationa! Guard. The Comic Strip Artists — Haven't you often wondered about the men who draw the daily comics—their habits ambitions and eccentricities? Here ie an interesting article about the more famous ones RE oe eo gr en ‘|| Order Your Copy Today the | over | purpose -of burying the | “HELL AROUND CORNER, SAYS | Fool’s Paradise, With Everybody Going Movies for Morals. — — eS Ee JUDGES HAVE One Wonders, Iie Declares | How: Velen Con Be Uplifter | Science Teacher. | and Bryon | By the Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. —Ina sense the United States in Which the inmates flock movies for their morals, ‘J medicines for their ills, Rev. Irving P. ant Episcop2!l said in an address ent Johnson, Colorado Bar- Association “One wonders how ers, even \-hen censured b~ astute politiclan as Will Hays car stead and John Galen Locke mer grand dragon of the Ku Klan in Colorado) Into spiritual up- }lifters; William and Mary rounders of scientific truth. the local milnisierial into a | makers and -:noral night. Hell Around Corner. “IT maintain have mistaken thelr calling. Covernors, dices as ourselves, Hell is nround the corner. “As long ministers and turn them from the difficult task of making § indivi- duals righteous into the easy of telling us how the government should be run, we will be °° plac- ing the sacred profession on a par with the corner grocery. As long as-half baked philosophers in edn- cational institutions, whose morals are often as hazy as their theories, are going to pose as leaders for our youth—and so long as lawyers are going to forsake the profes- sion of John Marshall, use their great corporations .* © *—jJjust so long society will mill like sheep. ‘What we need is leadership which will work hard enough in some particular line to qualify as experts © © ®°, Comedy in Legislative Halls. “The great mistake of modern ism is the assumption that it is a success whereas it has turned our legislative halls into low comedy: our homes into high tragedies and our relicion into a fair basis “or comic opera. “We ha ve been stampeded for a | generation inot experts: jand a challenge who need to take given ii) 'their | tani \the removal | from At 82, She fs Still Successful in | Wild ' Spee " | Stricken with a irhage while by reformers who are by men with a vision | lessons in Christian charity, and iby political and religious bunco i steers ee, The people are ‘unable to distinguish between Iime- light-and illuminating plants. “So long as the American people ;met their spi iritual inspiration from Hollywood: their theology § fron ithe Rockefeller Foundation, and legislation from pan-Protes- ministers, we shall continue to grope for light and walk in the darkness.” Bishop Johnson recently opposed of the word “obey” the Episcopal marriage ser- vice, Boars in New ‘York Woods. to the Port- Tr enatch SARANAC LAKE, 19.—Four wild boars . a%« , Te re Sept seer COLORADO BISHOP Prelate Says Nation Is Like POPULAR PREJUDICES 19. has all the marks of a fool’s paradise) the to evan- gelists for their science and to pat- the Protest- 3ishop of Colorado, “On th». Muddle of Civilization,” at a mecting cf the film -producs such an turn ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin irto great moral leaders; Kr. Vol- (for- Klux Jennings Bryan Eddy Baker into ex- and association scav- Bishop Johnson said last that these are all honorable folk, tut that the people So long as we continue to select our Legislators and Judges because they have the same preju- just as we esecublrize our 4aql5 talents merely to ald and abet our. iE tol! by several} p:rsonsa recently off the | shore of Racquette Pond. The ar imals are thought to be offepring a herd imported from Germany ne years by E. H. Litch- field for stocking his preserve in the Big Tupper Lake section. The big boars are concidered a real menace tn the woods. as charge furiously without slightest warning. ofr SO Age the Acting tn “Joy of Life.” Aseoctated Prem ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 13.— cerebral hemor- playing a part in a piaylet entitled “The Joy of Life,” Dies Ry the they | ne ne —, ee, Mrs. George Walker. 60 years old, of Topeka, Ind., died last right. Sn a ae i a a oe eee eee -- ee ———— te SL A EE A A lg PMOTORMAN KILLED, GIRL SHOT IN STREET-CAR HOLDUP — = = = n= nee ee —- ee. 2 ee eee ee — ee ee Slain in Carman, Wounded Girl and Holdup Scene - — ee ee ee MANHOLE IN RETAIL TOPS SUP LUNE BLOWN UP Explosion in Streets O: Electric Due to Short Circuit. Six manhole covers, over high- the the down- were clown today by an ex- powered electric conduits in streets of the heart of town shipping district, up at 10:20 a. m. plosion believed to have been due to a short circuit. So far as known, of the hundreds of persons hurrying through the streets at the in Manv Lines Manufacterers, merchants, superintendents, builders and contractors who good help obtain it through the classified “Help Want- need ea” columns of the Post- Dispatch, Those seeking sifuations, met 6) quickest action at low cost only through the Post-Dts- patch. There is no need to be with- out work or employes if you advertise your needs in the “Help Wanted" or “Situa- tions Wanted” columns of the POST -DISPATCH | Carries far more Uelp Wanted and Sitwation Wanted Ada than All. ather &8t. Lowtsa sewepopers COMBINED. Conduits)? Thought to Have Been i i ‘haw es "JAMESON. She, " y pave ¥ a 2 WwW IESNIEWSKI. GIRL ae ROBBER DIES, ESCORT MAY NOT cal — -_ ee FSIS OF o~ —— - ’ ' is ‘cony during the fight. He fell. and ‘ithe camera man cranked, but the rep e that was to have kept him ernor, There ite considerable ‘within a safe distance broke and ) ‘he plunged to his death 50 feet| Dr. James R. MeVay of Kansas lhelow. City will be reappointed, and it is | certain that Dr. T. H. Witeoxzen of Tornado tn Tucson, Artz. TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 19.—-A tor- Macartan Veteran Eloe- yesterday. It seattered the hospital | garace over | Bowling Green. whose term exp ed several months ago. wil! not reappointed. Neither ed that Dr. Cortez F. i ferson City. As has been told. eee ae nae Ao etruckK >| {| pital —— here canteen bullding., patients’ ithe ; ’ id rie igaragke and the trouble ian area of 250 feet, leveled tele+iin, pnoard arone over official acta inhone poles and trees all over lof Dr. Enloe as secretary prier to ;} Tucson and brought behind it &@ | sags January. when he was sus- {; cloudburst So far as could be | .eeded by Dr. Stewart. Or. North ,| learned. no one Was injured. and Dr. Stewart demanded of the ’) French Radio to ‘Fight High *vrices, | Governor that he remove fr. En- }} TOULOUSE, France, Sept. 19.--/|loe from the board, but the Govw- Tn a campaign against the high cow | ernor ignored the demand and took ‘ of living. the Toulouse Town Coun- ithe resignation of the entire board cil has decided to install radio fowd | instead, \epeakers In all markets and thus lkeep the morning shoppers in- ‘i formed of the prices prevailing ip i the city’s public market. f ‘board is Dr. Willard Bartlett * iy 2 ies . ee eee Coe eeseencneeteeeaeseoasenees , Linn, a brother-tn-law of the Gov- These two members we criginal appointees of Gov. Baker. doubt that ie it expect. Enioe of Jef- will be reappointed, Among those under considera- tion for appointment on the new] time no one was injured. Farmer Held Uv p in » Anto Was 8 Persons attracted by the explo- as Hie Sought to Protect sion soon filled the streets in the Companion, Vicinity. Py the Associated Press. The manholes were blown sev- KANSAS CITY, Sept. 19.—Mi 8 eral feet from their normal rest-| Edith Krumm, of Lentxa, Kan.,| ing places and flames shot up from | shot last night by a robber near | the open vents to a height of 15 to Overland Park, died in a hospital °0 feet. here today. Andy Loftus Jr., at: [In front of the Seventh street] ©scort, ge ji x boary Fea, at: | entrance to th ‘amous & Barr] tempted to nha the bandits ad- | coming aftr Dh my Gute and Locust} Yances tow gf Miss Krumm, is not Believed That Goveronr streets e explosio occurred just expected to yon ° -" ae Poe Ford car wae a: , os Pi eg: of the robber has been Will Name Dr. W. A. P _ " ‘ ale e setonp- ound. : ; eg ty cet Me : FF jhaiaes ; Loftus, a ee ae oe bed Clark as President and . . : TT : ne <rumm were returning home - on rote tee ee a drive when the robber stepped Reappoint Dr. Stewart. bot : from the side of the road and com- ; ed and disappeared. Police were! ted Loftus to stop. After tak- | 57 the Associatea Press. forced to push the machine out of waa oS Le ag p- , ' JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 19.— the street. The driver of a Stude-|'"& Some mone) from Loftus and) posignations of all seven members baker automobile did the same|*°™® trinkets a — Lace yet of the Missouri Board of Health, thine. purse, the man ger pats atest requested by Gov. Baker Wed: es- Other manhole covers which Pega | ini rs Resa clot | 289 as a result of the Health were blown from their places|‘ take a wallet crom SM Potion | board controversy, were in ‘he were those at Seventh and Locust but the roneer manor alia |Governor's possession this morn- streets. Sixth and Lo rst streets, on and ryt ned pe pnt tage ling and a new Board of Health Locust street between Seventh and] _ Lo! om ‘ges Ty A ied Lultet 'will be named by the chief execu- Chestnut streets, and on seventh = a ikten recieulla left ' arm | tive late tuday. street between Locust and _ St. FF agin ¥ Pheer ondaniel | The belief Is strong SmOaS offi. Charles streets. a hale . fons wows ‘woman |" here that Dr. W. A. Clark, At Seventh end Lotust streets a Pros atid nore for tremens te friend of the Governor, wilt be smal' fire ar peared io be attacking : - bgentse to succeed Dr. Emmett the high tersion corcuits, but it MOVIE ‘EXTRA’ FALLS T0 DEATH ° | ’. North of St. Louis, former presi- was extinguished when per.ons in FETY ROPE BREAKS. - nt of cn heere eee resigna- the vicinity threw sand upon It. WHEN SA ion was received in the mall today. Trouble wagons from the Union | pheilling Fight “Scene for Film tn The Governcr immediately tele- Electric wer: in the district affect- Hollywood Ends tn Tragedy ‘graphed Dr. North, accepting his ed within a few minrtes and fire | Refore Camera. resignation, apparacus responded to the call,| By the Associated Prees ‘ It is also conceded as a certainty but was not needed. | HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 19.-—A that Dr. James Stewart, secretary ae | thriiting film fight on a lofty bal-|and Health Commissioner of Mise- Pe a eae ee ee 4 die ony cost Max Marks his life yes- |sourtl, will be reappointed secretary. ‘ WW 1 pre ay | Others whose reappointment is ; Help antec Marks. a motion picture extra, i belleved likely are Dr. H. L. Kerr ; ‘was supposed to fall from the bal- iof Crane, and Dr. Herman Gove of } re if- ne in FIRED ON BY ‘J. M. Jameson Slain When : killed and a young woman car- : 1 rying $500 was shot and dan- ‘|: | gerously wounded by a robber | was living when piaced tn the am- _ Oe res ee we = ~ Pe «- re ee ee eee ROBBER WHO GETS PURSE WITH $500 He Fails to Open Door for Man Who Snatched Money. ASSAILANT JUMPS OUT AND ESCAPES Miss Sophie Wiesniewski, 17, Was Taking Cash Drawn From Bank, to Her Father’s Grocery. A street ear motorman was . ~ ~~ - a LO A re — Tee See ee ee ee eee _ . who escaped with the money from a Bellefontaine street car at 12th and Hebert streets to- dav at 10:10 a. m. The motorman was J. M. Jam@ee son of 4334 St. Louls avenue, whe did not comply with the robbers command to open the front door, and was shot once. Carying Money From Bank. The young woman. was Mis Sophie Wiesneiwseki, 17, who was carrying the money from @ down- town bank to h ak at 32301 North E f “pe nsed for cashing customer's checks, She was wounded three times by one bullet fired at so close range that her clothing was set afire—in the left breast, left arm and left side of the abdomen. She ed the robber and showed fortitude, after being wou that she was the only one of passengers able to give a connec cd account of what happened. . A policeman found her upright In her seat, pale but col- ‘ected, and In the ambulance on the way to the elty hospital she cave him this recital: “I go every Saturday at the Mercantile Trust (‘o. to get money for my father. Today, on the way from the bank, I was elitting about the middle of the car on the right side. I had been riding about 10 minutes “when, at Mongomery street (two ‘locks from the seene of the rob- hery) a roun@ man got on and took the seat beside me. I first :otleed him because it looked as if he was trying to keep mé from see- ing hig face. “Seized My ve,” “The money was laying in my lap wrapped in newsenvaper and bound with a rubber band. I was toying with the band—twisting it about my finger. At Eleventh and Hebert streeta the young man seized my wrist and drew a re- volver. I tried to shake off his hand. I realized that ‘t was « hold up. I tried to hand over the money, but my finger was caught in the band. Before I could loosen it the man shot me. I saw him jump off the car. He got the money. I am too weak to talk any more,” One of the passengers on the car was Dr. G. L. Mueller, 1125 Madt- son atreet, who went to the young woman's assistance. Her silk dreas was burning over the wound In her ‘eft breast. The physician put out the fire with his hands. She was placed upon the operating table immediately upon her arrival at city hoepttal. Later surgeons sald there that seh had a chance or re covery. The motorman waa dead whea the city hospital waa reached, though Dr. Mueller sald chat he tulance. Pasrengere on the car were un- able to eay what happened between the robber and the motorman, The affair occurred in a twinkling and conductor and passengers were unawore of what was happening. They heard shots. eaw a man leap and saw the motorman colla pre. The police surmiae that the rob- her shot when the motorn o 414 not respond quickly enougr to « command to open th «Goor. The robber slhevwed the door 6 ad ,_ & erouching, ran along coat ide cf car and east on H tr y