St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 9, 1926

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Net — — — COMIC PAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926 9, ispatch is the enly @t. resisber ‘ie oad paid cwroulatios 207, 7,115 381, 112 | eam figures each month a ber “ —_— The Only Evening Paper in St.Louis With the ‘Assocjated Press News Service —_————— TT — By FONTAINE FOX ~~ — oe tal NO. 124. ST. LOU Is ————— i ‘SUBSIDIARY OF MELLON FIRM “UNDER U.S. INQUIRY Assistant Attorney-General Informs Senate Commit- tee—Mellon’s Concern Owns One-Third Interest SENGERS FROM THE §L& : PER HAS ALWAYS HAO Roof WITH A iF THE A HAPPENS To ‘ ACTED ON ORDER FROM SARGENT —_—_---—— Declares Charges Made by Commission Did Not Stand When Complain- ants Were Interviewed. Dr the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The | Aluminum Goods a third owned by the Alumi- of America, has become a special investiga- Co., one- num Co. > ~~ CL Oi fhe subje tion by the Department of Justice, Attorney-General Dono- informed the Senate Ju- Assistant van today iclary Con Se amittee. Melion retary is heavily in- terested in the Aluminum Co. of ; America, but the Assjstant vay CAE nev-General naeserted minutes of company failed to bear it dominated the | the latter out charges that ‘Copyright, 1926, by om a Fisher, policies of the Goods Manufattur- Trade Mark Reg. CU. 8S. . Office.) Cc nz 0 » An neement of the new pro-: . ‘ oe e mec } OF FEICER, Do MEA eecdings was made when the As-| , . , ae YOu | FAVOR. LOAN ME a, ) sistant Attorney-General read a re-| OUR “Gat © nort from Examiner Dunn of the | evs tomate Den ent of Justice saying that “material obtained from the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing indicative of the ac- which heve i‘o. is dearly tions of the company, ‘ticised by its In informing the Mexica: For-| - a ~ rr 7“ if ’ z .s . red sapien Abate Ae After vin Street Care: Office of the displdasure re- at npetors, such as price po.i.cy sulting here from the “le \% Mi » 14 ane Bpecia] discount, full ilne forcing, | on Hamilton Avenue. laws, the State Department has exclusive dealing, resale price | spoken in direct and forceful terms maintenance and causing discon- nee ee yt of the injury it feels will be done to unuan 6f competing lines.” Miss Maud A. Stickells, 25 years | American ogc Ne ‘9 t The Assistant Attorney-General - tion goes into effec Isoth stat- a old, secretary of the Board of Edu- “0" 5° : ‘ testific after Attorney-General F , vies are based upon the ce lebrated Sarcent had concluded his testi-/cation of the Normandy Consoli- grnicle 27 of the Mexican Consti-| ry . Dill : ‘ : » . + ‘ anni rratrtn ‘ ~ mony. |dated School District, was killed tution, against he applicati« —_—— ** . “a, - ‘a rornn + +r? . t..} ~ * + 3 . it 2 7 bas mor UL 4 eneral Sargent idjut 2 bp. m. today when etruck by Which the United etates La : . ‘ om ha Or) Red so? }- . “ote ct the ee littiee he would test out; le in front of 757 (than once pro ste: = the right of the Department of/°" #*omos Pe Deke, The document presented by Atn- Justice to obtain necessary evi- | Hamilton avenue. ba@sador F#heffield does not G¢ the departments Inquiry The driver was George K. Smith, what steps this Government ma) tl ndu the Aluminun - ) . . to take if it ts ur ) the conduct of the Aluminum jo7 ears old, of 2621A Meramec ns eng 4 ae Nese ad of America. - able to obtain auequate aosurances t+ America street coal salesman. Witnesses " perty in It “has been charged that 80 - soxapenee a for the protection of property in of the evidence against the cor told poliee that Miss Stickells ap- 'terests of Americans in Mexico. It y has been locked up in the); pare had gilighted from a is considered probable, however | at tt} ‘bassador’s verbal rep- ¢ , o . at the Ambassadors a . f the ederal Trade Co southbound Ci Limits street car that ¢t ep ea Tiissis which\s e ft eP ago de- resentations, supplementing a mae 4 , ia ww mei is it Hamilton and Enright avenues o.niten document, may have given ’ re i ‘ 1? s : , . roy rade practices sand had started across the street a clear indicatio® of whi be ; ; 4 , “ , y av Sargent told > , bigs} 1 ding on a Sry) } who was expec ed. ’ ie | ‘ ™“ iO € oO ‘ ii ii & dai « " rit Is 1} ’ , . : . . T. ,r Statenwtt. ‘ lj ot . ] iny ‘ ¢?f. »* ari ing nis T ord coupe north oT) t en kh lloggz ; i "7 ; , is every reasen ic wel m fi r f his department to Hamilton, asid she darted into the The ee a , } that Preside nt Coolidge and Secr £ F He aiso said e path of his machine before he -* Kellog 41)¢ :, t stand > ‘ » " ry , T) ; Til ‘) se veh bi ; did f when he first heard |¢ould stop. He is held at the Page vanah “mea : the seaggen jeclara- | squarely upon the public @ . = % : mi case, but today | boulevard police station. es asin } ‘ \ Stickells’ tion of Mexican poll made some PUrpose to Gemand more informa- | : fully avoiding open commf®nt 01 — ' “- | ing anxiety following the operation ,' ' ; Hien fro; the commuissior and : ; the present situation, in view of! a MaTUSSION, of last week for a :esion of the " a8 oan ie exchanges now Fen? ren! ¢ n¢ _— ; ; ' the dipioma’t xc iges 10% piieq # he would test) c:omach, passed a fair night. No! *" i purer age yg ee rig] of the Justice TDe- | progress, there is no doubt th Dory Ph sabe: % bulletin was issued, however, by his oe a é ~Sietreage - , nt te btatin the necessarv . , State Departinent officials who ‘ 4 oerve » ,ry (° ‘% . alenoe PRYSCaNS. have studied -carefully the nee “Aina? ) Re etiniwed *¢ . ot Tet P rR | | at = > as comunuee tO Mexican laws are convinced they ‘ter Put tin Riecord. | jose strength because «cf his inabil- " Tt bw eo egpge eaghtenies Case not only tail to prote America mre ° . 4 » . . | ‘ . - . ‘ « P ae © put into the record | ity to take nourishment, and it now interest, but affirmatively vialat: rc ' Trade - . . IN'T O YT" disagreed wi , sis jan jnch apart with filling, the than when wheels were used and N ‘ “S4uereod with this conclu- - that the plane stopped quicker Flor Pennsylvania railroad has decreed. tnat ihe piane stopped quicke: IN THIS 2“ | | —_ ° 3 en rnes that Mr. | , . ht » c c > eyiry of the Treas- | f | 4 — e a ected with the Alumi- | c ( —— asied Senator Walsh. —_ ‘nts ww at “ent " ‘ \ a | tal i lread tn the public | 1 ’ sore a Was the reply. | 4 _— “ & hey referred to in the report C | ~te. commission,” said Senator : =—f | “Sl _, tts in the portions of the mi i course, I noted ‘eG \fter examining the report of _ fem miasion Sargent e«ald he Continued on Page 5, Column &. Any’ | replied the ttorney-General. 5 WATER IN HARBOR DISAPPEARS; TIDAL WAVE FOLLOWS Fifty Fishing Craft Smashed in Phenomenon at Southwest Harbor, Me. — - By the Associated Press. ° SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Me.. Jan 9.—This city today experienced a tidal wave which crashed 560 or more fishing shore. craft against the No one was injured in the most + extraordinary phenomenon ever seen in this locality. - Two fishermen,. Chester Sawyer and Forrest Albee, were in thetr dory anchored a short distance off | Parker’s wharf. They had the amaz- ) ing experience of seeing the water | sucked from beneath their craft as. the harbor slowly was emptied aft- er a deep rumbling sound _ that caused many inhabitants to fear an earthquake. As the keel of their boat touched the bottom they leaped out and ran to shore. dodg- | ing ice cakes. A few seconds after the harbor | had been emptied the first of thre> tidal waves came sweeping against the shorg. Many boats were thrown up on the flats and wrecked com-/| pletely, while those which rode out features of the new Mexican anti- | ithe first wave at anchor were caught in whirlpools and badivy damaged. The bottom was expased jat points where a few seconds be-, fore it had been from eight to 10) feet urder water. The tidal wave occurred abovt three miles from this village, cn the southern tip of Mount Des@ Island, a few miles from the main- land. The island is the largest along the coast of Maine, and is \the site of ae National Par«. \Many beautifu summer homes are. here. ee —— we BY AUTO WHEN GROSSING STREET Miss Maud Stickells Struck , contains _Jsion in 1928 that no retr US, PROTESTS 1 MEXICO ON NEW ALIEN LAND LAW ‘Retroactive: Feature of Measure Based on Article _ 27 Objected to ‘Through Ambassador. AMERICAN PROPERTY RIGHTS INVOLVED Statement That “Mexi- can Government Is on Trial Before World.” — -_—~ ——— - ‘By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. representations against 9.—F orma! retroactive alien lan@ law have been filed with the Mexican Foreign Office by American Ambassador Sheffield. pature of diplomatic conversations tetwéen Washington City realtives to Mexico’s new laws came with examination of the text ‘of the petroleum act as it was pro-' 31, and now stands law ‘on the mulgated, Dec. jas Mexican statutory ‘subject In that form ciauses 'strued as in plain pledges made by Mexican of the Mexican-Ameri« the petroleum which are con- violation of members (“ommis- oactive ef- Article ~ atit gton , taken pro- nges rom petroleuln eitner act these features which are held |here to violate assurances given b: the Mexican Government ait the, time diplomatic recognition Was ac- corded it by Washington in 192° tities The Remus Revelations Today — N today’s chapter of the amaging career of George. Remus, mil- | lionaire bootlegger, the reader comes to the point when Death | Valley Farm was at the high tide of its pro of contraband liquor ran as high as $74,000; the drawer of an old bureau; ope order alone brought $200,000 in cash. The chapter ajso tells of the first surprise raid, and how the officers were bought off with $1000 each and a plentiful sup ply of liquor. And there is & rather thrilling account of a battle . qith whisky pirates. Today's insteliment is printed on page “" | sperity. Daily sales was kept in money Action Follows Kellogg’s Further indication of the critical | and Mexico’ law | ' GIRL, 15, SELLS PART OF ESTATE FOR $10,000,000 50,000 Shares of Woolworth Heiress Upset Market; Has 95,000. R Leased w ire | From the Post- Dispatch Bureau. NEW YORK, Jan. 9%.—Barbara Hutton, 15 years old. sold $10,- 060,000 worth of shares yesterday and still bas the bulk ef her stock 'on hand, thank you. A hundred million dimes were rung up in the Woolworth cash register and Miss Hution stood out as the world’s richest girl of her age. . Her wealth was left to her in 1924 when her grandmother, the widow of F. W. Woolworth, found- i er of the 5 and 1-cent stores, died and bequeathed her one-third of the Woolworth fortune. Barbara received 175.000 shares of Wool- worth common as her nest egg. Yesterday 50,000 were sold privately by Goldman, i|Sachs & Co. and lehman. Bros. at | about $200 a - share, involving | $10,000,000 in all bara’s trustees disposed of 30,000 shares. The little girl still has 54 per cent of the stock she inherited. The two banking houses placed the stock with individual investors, |) and allotments had to be reduced , owing to the demand. The market | was slightly heavy as a result of ‘the unprecedented transaction, but 7 gradtally recovered. *Barbara Hutton is the daughter of Franklin L. Hutton and Edna Hutton. Her mother died several years ago. She has |been living with her father and guardian at Islip, L. I. ‘FORMER CONVICT KILLED AFTER HOLDUP IN KANSAS CITY Another Member of Gang WhRo Had Stolen $2500 Payroll Wounded and Captured. | Woolworth — of the shares | ——— ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1926-—16 PAGES. PRICK 2 CENTS PROMOTER OF ~SOSTORY OFFICE "BUILDING GONE e Option on Site at Twelfth Security Firm. INVESTORS IN BONDS DOUBTFUL OF VALUE | Real Estate | Bad Check and Others,: Seek L. B. Portman. A year ago Bar- | The offices in St. Louis and Peoria, 1lIl., of aa P. Portnian & A ties, are closed and woud are. questions of many anxious persons to be answered. . First. D. F. Addington, a real estate dealer, wonders whether the Portman company will take up to- morrow its option for lease of the site at the northeast corner of Twelfth boulevard and Locust | street upon which, he had been told. the Portman company was lto erect a 30-story office building. ito cost $3. 900,000. Plans for the | building of the new vertical shaft | | type like the new Bell building | were pened down to the outside yjight illumination of the building in shifting colors. The Portman — ee ee |\Chief Gerk Announces ;} vision, ‘two “Sergeants and 49 men. tional fequipment will be purchased. By the Associated Pregs. company was to issue $1,500,000 of KANSAS CITY, Jan. %3.—Onej| bonds to start the buildirfg, offer- robber was killed and another |inz them for sale to St. Louwis in- |wounded in a revolver fight with | yestors. police here today, after taking Addington suspects that the an- / $2500 payroll and compelling thelr swer to this question is “indefi- victims to adri\ them -in @ UuS- | nitely postponed.”’ He also sus- perate motor car fligh pects that the $70,000 of bonds The dead man was identified by; given him to secure the optfon finger prints us Walter T. Kelly, | have little, if amy, value. They are 34 vears old. who Was easel lthe bonds of a cold storage pro- | |from 1 Misseuri Penitentiary motion of the Portmans at Pe- | Sept. 6, 1924, after serving part vf |oria which never has materialized. le five-vear sentence for a holdup | Investors Also Uncertain. l'ecommitted here in ig2] rue Next, investors, chiefly in and wounded man gave Dis Name —— #dbout St. Louis, wonder if $56,098, William Peppard | ‘of other bonds sold to them by the The robbers Jumped On the oe company have par velue. They ng board of motor Car 3! “ae suspect, also, the answer to their Francis W. Ho.m and Howard. 1.) oyestions, because fron Peoria Martin, off s of an ould ard sang | comes word that the company did vertising company, Wwe ie not own or hold options on the They force Martin and Holm ' land upon which they proposed to drive them awa) . build a 10-storvy ‘“Peorta-Lincoln Atiention of ©. A. Bon o— ‘- apartment” and the “Central man, Was directed to Une enrenatntd Warehouse and Cold Storage Co.,” He commandeered a motor « we” which it was promoting by the pursue l. When Lie nairoiman bonds neared the speeding car, one of ine Incidentally, Hote! Chase wond- | robbers leaned out and sh ax “a ers about its chances to coNect a pe pursusn was interrupted "* | $323.50 hotel bill owing®by Law- a truck t stree RLETEOCHUS» ' . ae ee . ms Ar ae , , : _ LCT I SP LL LE LILLE LOL LLL LL LILLIE LLL. LIE LAL EI GLE ALLL ALLL LOC OE ELEN — TT el A ate et = TE I Re AEE A AT ORE a ey Fm ee > Pua