St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 18, 1926

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COMIC PAGE THURSDAY, JUNE 17, font. “3 tod 1% _ VOL. 78. NO. 284. F QUESTS WORN OUT Cardinals Rest After Fatigue | @inal Bonzano, papal legate, and | eight us ‘Want More Income From “=¢) ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Rented Rooms?

F ‘WANTED BURGLAR BROTHER | Youth Who /unique plea for mercy backfired | years old, to 35 years in the pent, |tentiary for a $7 ‘+3; repair work, year, SAYS CONDUCTOR Porters Posted at Doors to Tell Occupants of Smoke- Filled Sleeper - Nothing Was Wrong. Eee "CLARENCE WOLFF MAKES “HOLE in one” by Clarence round of that player’s match the Missouri State amateur golf 13 tee, shot straight for the pin, hole is 230 yards long and par ponent from Riverview Club. (Detailea. story of the match ' HOLE IN ONE IN MATCH A Wolff of Sunset Hill Country Club featured the morning with James Manion at West- wood Country Club .today for championship. Wolff, using a midiron at No. his ball landing on the green and rolling into the cup. The for it is four.. The ‘‘ace’’ gave Wolff a 1-up lead over his op- At the end of the first 18 holes : Waitt wes 3 up. 6 PERSONS NILLED on sporting y f thi edition.) ee ee IN TRAIN TRAGEDY TO STUDY THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS Rockefeller Foundation Pledges Funds to Australian Univer- sities for Research. By the Aasociated Press. | NEW YORK, June 18.—The! Rockefeller ‘Foundation has begun a study of problems in biology and) conductor Atkinson of Salt Lake psychology because the realization that these sciences “must be taken| City refused to stop the Union Pa- systematically into account” in/cific Continental Limited on the Them — Honeymooners Got Out Safely, but Went Back for Clothes. Snecia! to the Post-Dispatch. OMAHA, Neb.,‘' June 18.—That KEPT PASSENGERS' aaa IN BLAZING CAR nt titi Miiiaientaceaaiaeten APA Deel FOREN BALE AA OOM Reed he A LAM APG OE | Bride of 9 Days Among’. present day medical practice. The| desert to put out a fire in a sleep- | second installment of the Founde-| ing tion’s review of the activities dur- ing 1925 says that the Foundation had aided the American and Can- adian committees for mental hy- giene. “The islands of the Pacific, car, and that Puliman stationed at each end of the sleep- er to assure the passengers that nothing was wrong until it was too porters were ” the by passengers on the train which reached here early today. The train reached Omaha on schedule, but passengers declared it was the effort to keep the train on sched- ule that cost the lives. Among the dead are: Mrs. J. D. King, 26 years old, a bride of nine | days, of Drummond, Mont.; Lydia M. Green of Redlands; W. H. Mc- Creery of Riverside, Cal. and G. ry of Riverside, Cal. and G. H. Gutcher of San Diego, Cal. George J. Wilson of Philadelphia was the passenger who was closest to the fire. “TI was in the chair car,’ said Wilson. ‘“The tourist sleeper, which burned, was directly behind. “About 5:15 a. m. Wednesday. fire was discovered in the ceiling of had pleaded guilty. the front vestibule of the steeper. Keen was arrested recently after) W were then about 20 miles taking part in a $20 grocery store ge of Las Vegas, Nev., in robbery with his 13-yeaf-Ofd broth-| the heart of the Mojave Desert. er, George. George Keen told po- Car Half Filled With Smoke. lice that Carl was teaching him to ‘There were crossed wires, evi- be a robber and that the grocery| dently. The conductor, fireman and store robbery was the first lesson. myself went after the fire with ex- Carl Keen pleaded guilty today to| tinguishers. We did the best we robbing a street car conductor of| could, but the wires were encased $7 and then presented his own]in wood. The conductor stationed a plea for mercy. porter at each end of the sleeper, Your honor,” which was half-filled with smok:2. doing the best I could for my| The porters were instructed t» tell brother. I wanted to see him|tnhe people there was nothing amount to something. I wanted to| wrong—to stay in «neir berths. : take him out of the ordinary “When the conductor ordered house-looter class and make a reall tne engineer to proceed to €rystal stick-up man out of him.” Siding, the flreman was oised The brother was sentenced this t . ; afr aad ieee op of the car with an ax, ready to morning to three years at the break through th Boonville Reformatory. t J ¢ roof 'to get at the fire, but the conductor ordered STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WORKS’ | ont in tne engine, “1 told the con. OUTPUT LOWEST SINCE 1914 ductor there was fire in the roof, It was still smoking. ‘We ougnt to Value, Inc luding Repair Work, Pat) put it out,’ at $65,389,134, in Commerce | I protested. “The conductor ordered me hack tar Seoge ni Report. By the Aseociated Pre Into the chair car, and signaled the WASHINGTON, June 18.—Eigh-| °™Sineer to go ahead. Crystal Sid- teen establishments turned out last|'"® ¥@5 nine miles away. | year a total ef 1191 steam loconny | Speed Fans Flames. tives valued at $42,241,284 togeth-| “The speed of the train fannad er with other products. including, the flames. worth vantages for investigating racial and social problems. These vari- ous opportunities are not perma- nent.’’ The Foundation has pledged funds for co-operation with Aus- tralian universities for research work among the natives of the Me- lanesian Jslands. TO BECOME STICK-UP MAN: Makes Unique Plea for Leniency Given 35 Years for $7 Robbery. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, June 18.—An Thad B. Keen, 23 here today when Judge Landon sentenced Carl robbery. Keen he said, “I wads $65,389,134. The total tion, the Commerce Department] It was a wooden announces, was smaller than any) Plate steel shell. previous census year since 1914,/| pearance of panic, however, when it was $43,374,141. “The passengers—there were 40 Allowing for the reduction in the; in the car—bezan to come out. purchasing power of the dollar, it; They ha dto escape in their night said, the actual comparable value; clothing. The front exit was cut of “the output last year fell below! off by flames. The rear exit was that of any year since 1899, with! open, but many leaped through the single exception of 1909. windows and: were cut. The average number of wage; “J. D. King and his bride, on earners in the nidustry, exclusive! their honeymoon, escaped from the of salaried employes, declined 58.2{ car once, but it was cold in the per cent from 1923 to 12,809, while; desert and she didn't even have wages fell off 64.9 percent to $18,-| her kimono, so they went back into 218,843. th ecar for their clothing. The ae flames trapped them. King } d DECIDED DROP IN out a mide dibsiteer iis tee : MISSOURI BIRTH RATE would follow through the hole he made, He.suffered bad cuts and-a Only 16,224 Babies Registered Dur- | ing First Three Months wrenched back. “He thought his wife had fol- of the Year. By the Associated Press. ‘lowed. Ten minutes later’ he ran for the blazing car. The crew JEFFERSON CITY, June 18.—,| wouldn't let him in.” 2 Missouri's birth rate took a decided’ drop in-the first quarter of 1926, Have Theory Missing Heiress May | according to figures announced to-. day by: the State Board of Health. Have Been Nevada Fire Victim. For the first three months of the By the Associated Press. PROVO, Utah,- June the reported births ttoaled 16,224, which is a decline of 1432 June Hedqulist, ing heiress to an estate valued at | from the 17,656 reported for the, first quarter of 1925. $150,000,ewho disappeared Wednes- . day in Los Angeles, may have bee The 16,224 births reported for 4 s y ~ the first part of this year are the’ smallest registration in four years, | burned at Crystal, Nev.. the figures show. In 1923 the first} - ‘morning. was t theo quarter’s total was 17,182; ; & he ry expressed 1924, | 17,095; 1925, 17,656. } Officials of the State Boara of| "et: Ale® Hedauist, proprietor of = several drug stores, her foster un- Health said that about 50 per cent a Aa of the drop probably is due to ine wes he meg vec meas this failure to register births, but they ses ro ws os Angeles and said added that there is a noticeable + sehr za not appeared tn Provo lowering of the birth rate all over! #94 that he knew nothing of her the country. whereabouts. % > sleeper with a “a which caused six deaths. | | “ | r e was alleged | _stepped from the other car with a| report says, ‘offer exceptional ad-! late for them to escape " ‘Lane Theater, police cs ROSIN OED rar nce MAO RN RN IE PRIOR nt DORE Ao eins ee ac Oe ea = a tN PRET LIE BR ee IBIS IEEE ALE GS IO PS Se MLLE. REGINA FLORY. FRENCH REVUE STAR COMMITS SUIGIDE Shoots Herself While in Office of London Theater—Audience Unaware of Tragedy. By the Associated Presa. - LONDON, June 18.— Regina Flory, French Revue actress and dancer, fired the shot which caused her death last night in the private office of Sir Alfred Butt, managing director “of the Drury learned to | day. The sound of the shot was drowned in a burst of laughter from the audience at a humorous touch in the American musical comedy, ‘‘Rose Marie,” which was being played on the stage. As a result no one in the audience or among the playerg knew of the tragedy. Mile. Flory was conversing with Sir Alfred when she suddenly took a small automatic pistol from her By the time thé train) $23.147.850, | reached Crystal Siding, the entire | Of money. 7%; making a grand output value of| top of the sleeper was ablaze and | ®veming crown and jewelry for her produc.-| the front exit blocked by flames. interview with Sir Alfred and was There was no ap- Presa o Sire face before entering ; 8 0 hand bag and fired a_ shot into her head. Tt %& said that Mile. Flory ar- rived in London two days ago, anxious to obtain a part in a forth- coming production. She nt to Drury Lane last evening, accom- panied bya frierid, to inquire about an engagement. Persons entering the room found the actress lying on the floor with a bullet wound in her head and the revolver lying near her hand. The police were called in and re-' moved her to a hospital, where she died. ‘* The girl had acted several times in London and is said to have been a great favorite in Paris, where she played in many shows. She also was a keen sportswoman, playing golf and riding well. She was about 33 years old. Mile. Flory had sought an inter- view with Sir Alfred for the pur- pose of obtaining a theatrical en- gagement. Letters in her hand- bag indicated that she hoped #r a prominent part either in “Rose Marie’ or in a new play in the West End. Beyond this there was no indication of her reason for tak- ing her life, except that she is dc- ecribed'as always having been de- pressed and temperamental. She was staying at a well-known hotel and seemed to have pleaty She wore a beautiful observed to arrange her hair and Mile, Flory once ‘ seietad to drown herself in the Seine after a rebuff by a young French actor with whom she féll in love. A bargeman fished her out of the river and the escapade filled the Parisian papers. She also became a center of much discussion a year ago when she insured her jewels for 2,000,- 000 francs. One diamond studde) tiara was reputed to have heen! worn by a member of the famous Talleyrand family. ° A year ago she made a triumphant appearance in a French revne and 'danced and sang so i that she’ was compared to Mistir.- | guett. 'of the most beautiful of the Pari- |sian revue stars. ‘Even beforn her charrgingly She was described asa one , attempt: at suicide In the Seine, i whieh lMfted -her’ to stardom, she iwas well known In various music | halls in Zondon and Paris. 1srnat HOW TO MAKE BEER - LEGALLY 12 years old, mias- . WASHINGTON, “June 18.-—~A \gemonstration .of. how to obtain: 2.75 beer without -violating the | Jetter or spirit of the Volatead law oné of the passengers Who perished | has begn promised smembers of the in a Unton Pacific sleeper that was! Public , ‘Thursday ! Alcohol Liquor . Traffic Committee, of the House by Hepre- sentative La Guardja (Socialist) o. New York. He said uniess the committee called 2 regular meeting to see the operation he would do the job in his private office. He promised to give committee members an oppor- tunity to sample the product if they so desired. PEPPER MANSAYS. WELL BANS LENTS75,0000N. NSECURED NOTES. Col. Eric Fisher Wood, Campaign Organizer, Re- ports Expenses to the Reed Committee. : ASKED TO EXPLAIN = CONFUSING’ FIGURES Wayne B. Wheeler Waved Dispat WASHINGTON, June 18.—Wav- ing abide Wayne B. Wheeler, gen- eral counsel of the Antisaloon League, who presented himself again this morning for exanmina- tion by the Senate campaign fund investigating committee, Senator Reed, the chairman, directed the inquiry once more into the sub- ject of the fund spé&ht in the recent Pennsylvania primary. Wheeler remained in the room. When the committee recessed at 12:30 p. m. Reed told him to appear again at 2:30 o'clock. ‘The sdle witness of the morn- ing was Col. Eric Fisher Wood of Pittsburg, chairman. of the com- mittee which directed the eam- paign for the Pepper-Fisher ticket in $1 counties of Western Penn- sylvania, not including Alleghen: County (Pittsburg and its en- virons). Wood handed the committee «@ copy of the expense statement which was filed yesterday at Har- risburg on behalf of his organiga- - tion. After scrutinizing it closely, Reed called the committee into a private session in an adjoining room. . Report Found Confusing. The committee was out for 40 minutes. When it returned, Reed told the witness that he had found the report confusing and wanted to get it straightened out. He took Wood through a tortuous examina- tion of an hour. ' Declaring that he wanted to know what Wood's committee had received “from every source,” Reed fired a volley of questions rolating to various items inthe report. Wood said that his committee. received contributions aggregating $216,492. In addition, he testified, he personally made two notes, one for $60,000 and another for $26,- 000, to meet the running expenses of the campaign before the contri- butions begun to flow in. He signed these notes as chairman of the committee. The loans were made at two of the Mellon banks—the Union .Trust Co. and the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburg. No collateral was required, Wood testified, and no one signed the notes with him. Reed gaid he thought it was the custom of Bast- ern banks to require some form of security. Wood replied that he had often borrowed considerable sums on his own signature. Banks Knew Him, Wood Sald. The banks knew him, he said, as a man of financial responsibilty, and knew, moreover, that he was associated in the campaign’ with Vernon Taylor, the treasurer of the committee, a man of even greater financial responsibility than Wood. Wood said he expected to got his money back. The committes, he added had a present cash balance sufficient to meet the $50,000 note, In reply to Reed's questions, Wood said, that the cost of the campaign in the section over which he had jurisdiction was $112,000, This, he said, included all expendi. tures and all outstanding tions. He based his total on the assumption that unpaid claims for $8000 would be settied for .$59060. Wood gid W. L.- ‘Mellon given the Western Com 1 000, which would make was placed at $25,000. — W. L. Mellen, Wood was among the p with whom he ¢ a