St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 10, 1926

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W Make It a3 or 7 Time | Want Ad Order results are expires. and produce more! The Advertisement may be canceled t secured before the order Timer Want Ads cost less— mae — . 54 % 4 ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service Te strikers’ 2 h Worker, % : 7 3 bd -" newspaper, the denounced this i} ridiculous. and and said it was done “to reais belief that the strike has Breached violent revolutionary ® tims.” | The council of the Trades Union _ Congress today ordered dock work- : ‘fs in Ireland to join the general trike. Yesterday was the quietest Sun- ay fora long time. -The weather @5 wretched and the streets were most deserted. Today 242 tram ifs were running, manned mainly students. . hment Commandeers Paper. > The Government today com- deered all supplies of news- Tint not in the hands of publish- , This was to insure paper for i¢ Government organ, the British yazette, and may hurt the strikers’ n outhpiece the British Worker. € paper policy was announced Bthe House of Commons by Chan- euor of the Exchequer Churchill. mmediately afterward came the ecusation by the labor members hd Lloyd George that the Govern- ent was-suppressing from the Mtish Gazette news of the efforts B the Archbishop of Canterbury 2 others for peace. ‘Lady Astor, who is a iservative, asked whether "don Times was not itlal in its treatment of the ake news than the Gazette. Churchill "replied that the “Ga- ete could not publish everything,” id that it was trving to make a Selection of news. He offered P try to publish the Archbishop of Santerbury’s appeal for peace as P800N as it was possible. He admit- ted that the Gazette’s news was not Nntirely satisfactory. The Government at noon today Bid introduction of the milita-y PNVOYS insured ample food sup- | m@és for London. The military 7 \l(EN OR monstrations of the last few g CHUST ays, it asserted. have greatly dis ened the Trades Union Con- DLES UND eess and have created the deep- ’ = GET EM staunch the more im- ® impression among the popula- m of London's dockland. © Decision on Extending Strike. né spokesman for the Trades 70n Congress announced today the executive council had not mt Made any decision as to calling tthe “second line of defense.” statement was made in answer ® reports that the second line mid be ordered to strike Wednes- The public generally éxpects ond line of workers to be meted out. Many of them al- my have struck on their own re- ibility without awaiting an a l call. This secand line in- , seamen, electricians, gas » water workers, textile workers » Persons engaged in the boot @shoe industry and various em- eves in essential or municipal LOUDER! I CAN'T HEAR AVORD ForR-S eM BuLL “FROGERS! We As BA TINA Fats FF, In the third line are the general Pers in the allied trades repre- =©a in the Trades Union Con- = and also the scavengers. If two linea should be called. P Strikers would total approxi- ely 6,000,000. . Unofficial suggestion has now » Put forward that, as neither mmm ee mued on Page $3, Column 2. MILLER. RECALL PETITIONS WIL BE FLED, HEIL SAYS Chairman of Committee Sets at Rest Rumor Lists Would Be Held as Club Over Mayor. CABINET’S STRIKE ORGAN NEARING CIRCULATION OF 1,000,000 COPIES A DAY By the Associated Press. . LONDON, May 10. HE British Gazette, organ r of the Government during the strike, expects that its circulation shortly will exceed 1,000,000 daily and that it will be available regularly in all parts of the country. Saturday 836,000 copies were run off the press. A large part of the issues is being sent by airplane to the remoter parts of the country and the remainder is being transported by motor cars. The newspaper declares that the workers in the plant are receiy- ing the normal] rate of pay and are not asking for more. DISCOVERER OF LARGEST ORE FIELD IN WORLD DIES Leonidas Merritt and Eight Broth- ers Struck First Major Vein of Mesaba Range. By the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn., May 10.— Leonidas J. (Lon) Merritt; 82 years old, discoverer of the largest ore field in the world—the Mesaba range in Northern Minnesota—died unexpectedly yesterday. Merritt and his eight brothers struck the first major ore vein of the Mesaba range in November, 1890. After much effort they en- listed enough financial aid to start operations in a project that revo- lutionized the iron mining industry in America. ° The financial crash of 1893 wiped out the Merritt brothers holdings, but Leonidas eventually rebuilt his fortune. JACOB BUNN, PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS WATCH CO., DIES Springfield (1Ill.) Business Man Had Repaid $800,000 to Losers in His Father’s Bank Failure. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Iil., May 10. Jacob Bunn, 62 vears old, presi- dent of the Illinois Watch Co., the Sangamon Electric C and the Marine Bank of Springfield, died at his home here early today. He had been ill a year. Last Christmas Jacob Bunn com- pleted the payment 01 $800,000 to persons who lost money’ through the failure of his father’s private bank in 1877. This failure had been through the courts and there was no obligation on Jacob Bunn to make payment, but he had de- oted many years of his life to the ieee of clearing his father’s slate. U JEAN cue 0 BE PROSECUTED Salesgirl, 17, Who Killed Escort on “Joy-Ride”’ to Be Placed Under Supervision of Big Sisters. Jean Tennyson, 17-year-old sales girl who shot and killed Clifford Maze when on a “joyride” in St. Louis County last Wednesday night, later being’released and praised by the County prosecutor and then held in the city on a homicide verdict of a Coroner’s jury, will not be prose cuted. “T doubt very much iif a murder prosecution would be effective,’ said Circuit Attorney Sidener today. Juvenile Judge Hartmann will place the girl under the supervision of the Big Sisters’ organization. Maze, who was 21 years old, was buried yesterday. CLEANING FEDERAL BUILDING Crowds Watch Chemical Test to Remove Its Ancient Grime. The unusual sight of persons trying to clean the grimy exterior |} of the I*ederal Building at Eighth, | Ninth, and locust streets at- crowds at noon to- Olive tracted small day. Congress has appropriated mon- ey to refurbish the old structure, and IL. M. Hall, custodian, is to decide whether to have the exte- rior chemically cleaned or sand- blasted. Chemical cleaners were making experiments today. PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES L~3~DOrde sO DO 82 at 4 p. m. m. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and = to- morrow; probably showers tomor- row. Missouri: Most- ly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably showers in east portion; cooler tonight and in south portion tomorrow. Illinois: Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably rain in west and south portions; cooler tonight and in a. Highest yesterday, Lowest, 60 at 6 a. EE WHAT NE OF US YRDS DID! -south portion tomorrow. Sunset, 7:02. Sunrise (tomor- row), 4:52. ‘in the person of Edward E. | NAMES OBTAINED | NOW TOTAL 63,314 Statement Says Issue Is Squarely Joined. and Mil- ler Represents Spoils Sys- _tem—Aid Sought. Petitions for the recall of Mayor Miller will be filed with the Elec- tion Board and not held by the Mil- ler Recall Committee as a political club over the Mayor’s head, John J. Heil, chairman of the committee, announced in a formal statement today. This sets at rest the report among politicians that the petition might be held back by opponents of the Mayor as a reserve force to Keep him from participation in the Sen- atorial primary campaign, or other- wise control his actions. Heil said the total of names ob- tained on petitions and believed to be bona fide signatures of voters was 63,314, 2009 having been add- ed since Saturday, when the re- quired minimum § of 60,456 was passed. No goal has been set as the maximum to be obtained. A margin of extra signatures is nec- essary to allow for faulty ones which will be stricken off. Upon verification and acceptance of the signatures by ‘the Election Board, after the petitions are filed, a re- call election must be calléd. Political Situation. In his statement, Heil remarked that the recall movement naturally prevents Mayor Miller from domi- nating the political situation, and recognized the fact that the move- ment might aid those who have been opposed by the Mayor—ap- parently meaning Senator Williams chiefly—~-but asserted political for- tunes of others would be affected no matter when the recall effort was originated. “The issue in the recall is square- ly joined,’’ Heil said. ‘‘Mayor Mil- er, On one hand, represents the spoils system in its ugliest form. The Charter requirements, which set up the Efficiency Board, have been completely set aside. The chairman of this board resigned be- cause he would not stultify himself and recommend persons for ap- pointment whose sole qualification was the Mayor’s indorsement. A favorite of the Mayor’s was _ ap- pointed to the position of Tuber- culosis Controller, and this favor- ite was not able to meet the test of the Missouri Medical Board. We have a similar situation in the re- peated efforts to appoint a city jailer. We have a contemptible condition in which the Mayor calls in his official advisers and in ad- vance obtains the condemnation of one of their members who was ab- sent—condemned in his absence without a hearing. “The Mayor points with pride to the fact that he saved the city $500,000 in his first year of office, compared with the last year of Mayor Kiel, when his own appoin- tee: the Director of Streets and Sewers, pleads for exactly that $500,000 in his one department to make repairs to streets and sewers which he says were not made for the past year, when they should have been made. To the thinking people of St. Louis this paper sav- ing represents an actual loss of conservatively three times the sav- ing. It is not fair to assume that if one department needs this paper saving of $500,000 that of the many other deparments at least another $1,000,000 will be needed to bring the city’s affairs to normal. This is the Miller side of the isue. Refers to Wal! Case. “The people's side is personified Wall, former Director of Public Utilities, who ably served the city for more than a third of a century. To the people of St. Louis, Mr. Wall rep- resents a high ideal in municipal affairs of our city. The framed- up charges, with the farcical trial in which the Mayor was Judge, jury, prosecutor and principal wit- ness for the plaintiff, was the cli- max to a comedy of effors which made the situation intolerable.” The chairman concluded statement with a request for fi- nancial contributions to the Re- call Committee, through the treas- urer, Joseph M. Ebeling, 1117 Lib- erty Central Building. Names of those other than Heil and Ebeling who are directing the recall move- ment have not been made known. his Heil did not say when the peti- tions would be filed. - eae a TL 7 COMMANDER BYRD LOOPS NORTH POLE AND RETURNS TO BASE, FLYING 1300 HOUSE 10 RADIO THANKS 10 BYRD FOR POLAR FEA Harrison, Introducing nae, lution of Congratulations, Calls Flyer a Spirit.” ‘Heroic NATIONAL AERO BODY ALSO SENDS MESSAGE Society Says Achievement Sheds New Glory on American Aviation and | | Exploration. By the Associated Press. : WASHINGTON, May 10.—The ‘Capitel -was quick to react today to the news of Lieutenant-Command- er Byrd's flight over the North Pole. Immediately convening, the House voted to have Speaker Long- worth convey by radio to the flyer | The | House Naval Committee took sep- | its appreciation of his feat. arte action along thé same lines. In offering his motion calling for congratulations from the House. Representative Harrison (Dem.) of Virginia, characterized Byrd as “a heroic spirit.”’ lation ‘of we 5 Byrd is a charter! member, sent its congratulations. by radie. In a statement the associa- tion said the flight “sheds new glory on American aviation and ex- ploration, shows the dauntless courage and extraordinary ability of its leader and his gallant comrades and the excellence and reliability of the engines and aircraft built in this country. “The American people may see in this flight an absolute demonstra- tion that the ocean of the air is navigable to every point on the earth.”’ Comment on Byrd's Flight Over the Pole. Copyright. 1926. by the Press and Pulitzer —— Cos (New York World nd Post- Dispatch.) NEW YORK. May 10.—Comment by well-known persons on Com- mander Byrd's successful flight to the North Pole follows: ' Major-General A. W. Greeley, Arctic explorer: “I am exceedingly gratified that an American has done this work and I hope that his re- ports will be of such nature that there will never be a question as to the character and extent of his flight and his observation. It is splendid that the spirit of adven- ture still abides with the American people in this material Twentieth Century.” William Howard Taft, Chief Jus- tice of the United States Supreme Court and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Geo- graphic Society: ft was a great triumph of courage and adaptabil- ity. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy: I am delighted to hear that Commander Byrd of the Unit- ed States Navy has made a success- ful. flight to the North Pole and has returned safely to his base at King’s Bay. That he was success- ful in accomplishing this flight is a matter of congratulation to him, to his crew and to this nation. We rejoice in his success and his safety. Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War: I have just heard of Byrd's great victory. Like all Americans, I rejoice at this new triumph of American aviation. Commander Byrd’s feat is not only epoch-mak- ing from a technical standpoint; it is a wonderful act of courage. A country with such servants will never fail in a crisis.” Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State: “Tl am delighted at the news of Commander Byrd's successful flight. It ts a daring and gallant exploit and one of which every American will be proud. Warmest congratulations to Commander Byrd.” - Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House of Representatives: “I am in favor of Congress giving Commander Byrd a medal of honor or bestowing the highest honor pos- sible on the American who had the courage and the pluck to make this flight which;many explorers said could not be made because of the ice and intense cold. I shall coh- sult with my associates and the Na- val Affairs Committee undoubtedly i By the will act without undue delay in Continued on Page Column 3. ° Commander Byrd and Route of Flight To Circle the North Pole in Airplane 2 ht POLE tte 8 ee ‘CAT-EYE ANNIE’ TUNNELS HER WAY OUT OF PRISON Jewel Thief, Wanted in St. Louis, Escapes From Punishment Cell at Auburn, N. Y. Associated Press. AUBURN, N., Y., lian McDowell, known as “'‘Cat-Eye and by numerous sensational escape the Auburn prison for women early today, after serving only months of.a ten-year term. officials said her escape was one of the cleverest on record here, and that she had been planning it for some time. Her program for escaping was put into effect about a month ago, when, by the commission of several minor infractions of the ® prison rules, she managed to have herself transferred to a punishment cell. There were no other solitary pris- oners. Annie evidently obtained some instrument with which she pa- tiently tunneled a hole in the rear of her cell, placing the debris in her mattress. She was counted present at 4:30 this morning, but evidently crawled through her tunnel immediately afterward into the >-rison yard. At the prison greenhouse, only a few steps distant, she obtained a plank which she used as a _ ladder to reach the top of the outside wall. She then lowered herself to the ground by means of a rope W hich she had constructed in her cell and which was found behind a gro- cery just outside the wall. “Cat-Eye Annie’ was tried and acquitted here for robbery in 1906 and 1911, and is wanted for the $5000 jewelry theft at the home of Mrs. George C. Mackay, 3680 Lin- dell boulevard, in 1922. She sur- prised Mrs. Mackay one day by drawing a revolver and locking her mistress in a choset in order to es- cape with the jewelry. MOTORMAN IS FINED $28 FOR SPEEDING IN STREET CAR ee Appeals From Decision Obtained After His Case Had Been Con- tinued Seven Times. A United Railways motorman was fined $28 in Police Court to- day for speeding in a street car on the Grand boulevard viaduct last Feb. 7. The motorman, Luther, Ostrom, 46, of 4267 St. Louis avenue, ad- mitted he might have been travel- ing 28 miles an hour as a motor- cycle policeman charges, but de- clared in his defense that he did not cross any intersections or go through any heavy traffic at that speed. He took an appeal. The case had been continued seven times. The case of Leo Bhisch, another motorman, charged with speeding in his car, was continued today for the eighth time. It will be heard Monday. May 10.—Lil- Annie,” made a aliases, | from | Six | Prison | SURGEON DOES MAJOR OPERATION AMERICAN MADE RECORD, By the Aassociated Press. WASHINGTON, May 10. ONGRATULATIONS on his C air dash over the Nortn role went forth last night to Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd from President Cool- idge. Mr. Coolidge, on a cruise down the Potomac on the May- flower, caused this statement to be issued at the White House. “The President sends his hap- piest congratulations to Com- mander Byrd on the report that he has flown to the North lVole. It is a matter of great satisfac- tion that this record has been made by an American. The fact that the flight seems to have been accomplished without mis- hap demonstrates the high de- velopment of the art in this country. “That it was made by a man trained in the American navy - is a great satisfaction.” ) BAKERY MAGNATE’S SON Ww. S. Ward, Once Acquitted of Murder, Last Seen Wednesday in Baltimore, Md. Rv the As. ociated Press. TRENTON, N. J., May 10.— Walter S. Ward, son of George 8. Ward, wealthy New York baking magnate, was missing today for a second time. His brother, Ralph D. Ward, yesterday asked Trenton and New York police to search for him, say- ing he believed there had been foul lay. r Walter Ward disappeared in 1922, after killing Clarence Peters, ex-marine, and was found in Balti- more at the Bowie race track. He was tried for murder and acquitted on a plea of self-defense. Peters, he said, had demanded $75,000 blackmall. Ward was last seen Wednesday, when he left for Baltimore, Md., in an automobile. Thursday tne automobile was found here with the windshield smashed and 4a stone on the front seat. SIX MEN KILLED IN MONTH IN PHILADELPHIA GANG FEUDS By the OEY PE Underworld feuds here have taken a toll of six lives within a month. The latest victim, Harry Burton. was shot down yesterday by six men, presumably in revenge for the wounding of a member of a rival gang, as Burton was under bond On charges of having been im- plicated in fhe shooting last week of Charles Workman of Brooklyn. Further reprisals are expected. ON MOVING TRAIN Patient, Brother of Dr. H. pital After Journey Here From Los Angeles. Seeley Wintersmith Mudd, a min- ing engineer of Los Angeles, who underwent a major abdominal op- eration on a moving train in Kan- sas yesterday, arrived in St. Louis today and is in a critical condition at St. Luke’s Hospital, where his brother, Dr. Harvey G. Mudd, Is chief surgeon. Three weeks ago Mudd was oper- ated on for a malignant tumor by his brother, Dr. Mudd, and Dr. John B. Finney of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, who went to Los Angeles for that purpose. His condition improved and he decided to-go to New York for X-ray treat- ment. In the private car Cypress of his mining associate, D, C. Jackling, which was attached to the Golden State Express, Mudd started ceast- ward. He was accompanied by his wife, his son, Harvey Seeley Mudd, the latter's wife; Drs. Rae Smith and Donald Frick of Los Angeles and three nurses. Details of Operation. West of Topeka, Kan., 3:30 p. m., Mudd’s changed for the worse ahd the physicians in charge agreed he might not reach St. Louis alive un- less operated upon immediately. An operating table was improvised in the special car and the uniformed nurses produced surgical imple- ments and other essentials. The engineer slackened the train's speed from 50 to 20 miles an hour and rounded curves with added carefulness, lest a sudden jerk bring death to the patient on the Operating table. Once in the operation, Dr. Smith paused in his delicate task to send a request that the train proceed a little more slowly. The conductor stood on the platform of the car, ready to signal requests to the en- gineer. Mudd was under a local anesthetic for 25 minutes. Dr. about condition cessful. With the operation over, the train picked up speed and arrived at Kansas City about 6 p. m., not ~ Continued on Page 3, ‘Column 5. G. Mudd, Taken to Hos- Smith said the operation was guc-/ MILES IN 15 HOURS NO LANDING MADE; LOCATED GOAL BY SOLAR OBSERVATION. No Sign of Life at Top of World—Explorer Took Picture of Smooth Ice. FROZE NOSE AND — FINGERS ON TRIP Thinks Planes Can Be Landed There but Didn’t Take Chance Because of Picture to Prove Smooth Is Is There. By WILLIAM BIRD Staff Correspondent of the St. Loui« Post-Dispatch and New York Times. Copyright. 1026, Post-Dis patch and New KING'S BAY, sattanekaon May 10.—America’s claim to the North Pole was cinched last night when. after a flight of 15 hours and 30 minutes, Commander Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennet, his pilot. returned to announce that they fen flown to the Pole, circ} =, § Ls ee times yoand = ve a +} | Peary’ observations comple, They were favored by continued sunlight, and there was never the slightest fog, enabling Commander Byrd to use his sun compass and budble sextant and obtain the most accurate observations possible. (Byrd's flight covered a total of about 1300 miles, 600 from Spitz- bergen to the Pole, 100 miles to circle the Pole, and 600 myles back.) , There were three magnetic com- passes in the plane, but all of them deviated eccentrically after reach-— ing high latitudes. Bennett declared that when he was piloting, the magnetic compasses were wholly useless and would swing almost a quarter turn, returning very slow- y- Without the sunlight, navigation would have been almost impossible. Bennett and Commander Byrd al- : ternated in the piloting, Bennett ~ refilling the gasoline containers — while the Commander piloted and navigated. Guided by Sun Compass. Commander Byrd found that the Bumstead sun compass worked per- fectly, even when held in the hand.. so, when he was in the pilot’s seat. he held the joy stick in one han while he got his direction from the sun conrpass, held in the other. When they were within 60 miles of the Pole the oll system of the right-hand motor began leaking badly and it seemed necessary to choose between proceeding with two moters and attempting a land- ing to make repairs. In the neighborhood of the Pole numrous stretches of smooth icé vcore visible and a landing wag fa- vored by Bennett, but Commander Byrd, remembering his difficulties in starting at King’s Bay, vetoed this proposal. ae Both agreed, however, to con- tinu. the flight to the Pole, even if they only went on with only two motors. To thelr surprise, the right-hand motor continued to work effectively, despite the rup- tured ol] tank, and when the Fok- ker returned to-King’s Bay all threc motors were hitting perfectly. The Return. : The return came dramatically and .suddenly at the end of an anxious day. No signals had been identified by the American wire- less operators after four o’clock in the morning and It wag feared that something had happend. The Norge’s operator on shore thought he had heard a stgual at 10 o'clock, but nothing thereaft- er. Byrd was not expected to ar- rive before 7 o'clock at night. All the crew of the Norge and others of the expedition were at dinner, with the exception of two or three men, scanning the hills |for a sight of the returning fly- ers. Their vigil was rewarded when _ far over the hills on the other side | of the bay a tiny speck showed the returning wings of the Fok- ker, a darker blue against the pale sky. Plenty of Gasoline Lett The hum of motore was faintl? ” heard—the sturdy motors which bore Byrd and Bennett safely un. Continued on Page 3, Cylamn 4. :