St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 12, 1926

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LOUIS, MONDAY EVEN ING, J ULY 12, 1926—32 PAGES. a a LD a AN REACHES PUNE DEB ALL OO wlete Accord on Terms Cam With t TO BE GIVEN “OUT TOMORROW Reedieia Pact Is Reported French lave’ Been Granted Im- : As r at Concessions. h ieoclated Presse. / * July 12.—Finance it Caillaux of France and the rritish Chancellor of the Exchéq- ‘e Winston Churchill, today acher a complete agreement on ns for funding the French war | t to Great Britain. The terms fill be published tomorrow. | "An official communique giving the result of the conference betwee, British treasury head gnd the says: “M. Caillaux yr. Chutchill on tne outstanding i oi ts in connection with the fund- g of the French war debt to Great and a- definite funding a tement was signed by the two ters on behalf of their iments. "The text of the agreement will published Tuesday ev ening.” Aux arrived by airplane from ris this afternoon. ' idging from Paris reverts, it tars that a complete agreement L been reached, with new and jortant coneessions to France, 1 it ay | necessary for Cail- gOv- {isn treas sury ‘officials? how- : r. Avould not admit that thi§ sit- lion existed. It was maintained : the’ Franco-American debt rreement reniained the basis of to- ay’s negotiations,’ with Downing reet adhering to its formula that * hone of Britain’s war debtors shall pay Tnited States than to this country. more proportionately to ‘the It was reported that Caillaux lanned to get around this by ob- fining new terms in Washington. h Franc” Sinks to 40 to the Dollar. , tthe Associated Press. ‘PARIS, July 12.—The French ™inc today sank to 40 to the dol- in unofficial quotations after the Ose of the Bourse. Several trans- Hions were recorded at this new plevel. Soon after, the franc re- ted to 89.95,to the dollar. ND-WORLD TRAVELERS RIVE AT VANCOUVER, B. . Walls and C. S. Evans Expect » Complete Journey at New York Wednesday. Associated Press JmaA, B. C., July 12. Mt. Linton Wells and C. 8S. Evans, lo arrived here today in an ef- to break .4e record for a trip around the world, boarid- im air mail seaplane for Seattle. sy are expected to complete the to New York by Wednes- - SHIP IN MUTINY ne ee 6 llr Retuse to Eat ” ; Food Cooked by Buddhist. P the Associated Press. BALADELPHIA, July 12.-—Re- eous differences with the cook meed 29 of the crew of the Brit- Beamship City of Newcastle, h arrived here from New York ™ Thursday, to desert the ves- ’ yesterday. They encamped on ® pier, where the ship is tied up, crowed their own food, which, F Ssserted., would have been had it been prepared by a's cook. 'Seamen are Eat Indians of harmmedanr faith, while ithe A, Kienbegi, is a Buddhist. fr the seamen had spent most “ee day on the pier, the captain pus vessel] sent them to the im- ration station at Gloucester ' hotified the British Consul 1. The Captain said it would to ship a new crew a that the old crewj would be England to answer the of mutiny. i Earth Shocks Recorded Ateociated Tress. GTON, July 12.—Pro- 2 earth shocks were record- h 10.36 to 11 o'clock ‘a. m. : on the Georgetown [ni+ —Y Sismograph. Director sar estimated the center of dis- | awe at) 619000)=—hlmiles§ from — 4 . a a+ - ae 2 ai w 4 FORMER WAR CHIEF WHO DIED TODAY | ‘are left in trust to Mr JOHN W. WEEKS. T.H. WEST ESTATE,N TRUST FOR FAMILY Bequests to Charity Omitted “to Give Children Pleasure of Giving.’’ funds are created West, » Several trust by the will of Thomas H. who was head of the first trust feompany organized in St. Louis, and who was long president and board chairman of the St. Louis Union Trust Go. The will was filed today. Mr. West died last Wednes- day, aged nearly 80. The entire estate, the value. of which is not shown, is left to mem- bers of the family. The absence of any bequest for charity is explained in the will itself with the statement, “T want to give my children the pleasure of giving out of my dis- tributed estate.” - One of his sons. Allen T. West, and the St. Louis Union Trust Co., are named as trustees, City Heme to Widow. The home at 11 Westmoreland place, with its contents, and au- tomobiles, are left in trust for the lifelong use of the widow, Mrs. Virginia H. West. alt is provided that if Mrs. West desires to reside elsewhere, the frustees may sell the residence and invest in a new home, -or sell it and pay her the Mincome from the proceeds of the sale. Trust funds of $20,000 each ace established for three. sisters,’ Hel- cn W. Pearce, Lulu W. Gardner and Emma W. Smith.. The income from each of these funds is to be paid for the life of the beneficiary, and the sum shall then revert to the estate. The residue of the estate is di- vided into eight parts. Four of these are left severally, as outright bequests, to the four sons, John T., Allen T., Thomas H. Jr, and Wal- ex H. West. . Trasts for Daughters. The other ofur one-eighth shares s. West and ters. The wif's trust is for life and those of the daughters are for 10 years each, the principal to pass to the daughters, or their heirs, at the end of that timé. The daughters are Mrs. Howard Elting, Mrs. Hugh McK. Jones and Miss Frances West. The will provides that no inter- est of any beneficiary shall be Jia- ble for debts, or subject to levy or seizure, and that any attempt to anticipate/ the income, by encum. bering it in any way, shall be. void. The will was made in January 1921. Tt. was stated at the St. Louis Trust Co. that the inventory of the estate’ would not be made, or its amount known definitely, until Mr. West's safe deposit boxes are opened, probably this week. . Estate Reduced by Gifts. While Mr. West is believed to have accumufated a fortune which at one time amounted\to several millions, it is believed that this was substantially reduced, ‘in recent years, by gifts to members of his family, amounting to a partial dis- tribution of the estate..The amount now subject to administration un-, der the will may prove,, because of this previous distribution, not to exceed $1,000,000. It is largely personal property, as {(Mr., West dealt comparatively little in real estate. Jardine Catches Eight Pike. WALKBR, Minn., July 12.—The fever is spreading. Members of] the Cabinet are beginning to fish and there probably will be no presidential, jealousy over the fact that Secretary Jardine has just caught eight pike, weighing three pounds or more each. Coolidge Dismisses Sugar Board. PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., July 12.— The Sugar Equalization Board, created during the war to exercise Government supervision of the marketing of sugar in the United States, was directed to dissolve by President Coolidge in an executive “ie, the three daugh order made public today. ‘ 4 JOHN W. WEEKS, ‘WAR SECRETARY I - CABINETS, DEE Succumbs to Angina Pector- is After Lying in Coma for Many Hours—ill Since April, 1925. CANDIDATE FOR Was Senator From Massa- chusetts and Entéred Cabinet Under Harding -—Retired Last October. By the Associated Preas. LANCASTER, Nr H., July 12.— John W. Weeks, War Secretary under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, died here at his summer home, Mount Prospect, at 3 o'clock this morning Death was due to angina pectoris. Mr. Weeks died without recover- ing consciousness from the coma into Which he had lapsed early yes- terday. Mrs. Weeks, his son, Sin- clair, and, Mrs. John Washington Davidge, his daughter, were at the bedside when the end came. Throughout weary hours watching they had never ceased to was but a matter of hours. E. Wilder of Whitefield, members of the family that death was near. j Announcement-of the death was made to the Associated Press by N Weeks’ son shortly after 6 o'clock. REA Weeks to Be Buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Ry the Associated Prese WASHINGTON, July neral services for John'W. Weeks Newton, Mass., and his body will be temporarily placed in a: vault there to be transferred later to a permanént resting place in. Ar- lington national cemetery. The War Department was §in- formed of this arrangement todny by telephone from the Lancaster N. H. farm where Mr. Weeks diea early this morning. rial in Arlington will be in accordance with the wish often expressed by the former Secretary from the Cabinet he went person- of War. Refore his’ retirement ally to Arlington to select a site for his grave, but the plot he re- served later was released so that it might be given over for the burial of William Jennings. Bryan. Another site nearby will be chosen for him. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of the former secretary, Newton, Mass. The army received orders to low- er glags to half mast on the day of the Weeks’ funeral. Secretary Davis, who succeeded to the Cab- inet post held by Mr. Weeks, issued a general order to the army an- nouncing the death of his prede- cessor. He also ordered flags over the War Department Building here to be lowered to half mast begin- ning today. Davis -_ attend the funeral. Tributes came from many public men. Secretary Kellogg character- ized him as “one of the ablest and miost broadminded men.” Secretary Davis said he had in- spired a great love and loyalty in the army. Speaking forthe army, Major General John L. Hines, chief less and well-balanced judgment.”’ BEGAN HIS CAREER AS SCHOOL TEACHER T was generally assumed in the | event the Republican party won the national elections of 1921 that John W. Weeks would be a member of President Harding's Cabinet. His selection for Secretary of the Navy or Secretary of the Treasury was regarded es certain. His success as financier was recog- nized. His graduation at Annap- olis and experience in naval affairs had been recorded as fitting him for the navy secretaryship. A big surprise came, however, when President-elect Harding an- | nounced he would appoint Weeks as Secretary of War. ; A rich life experience In the 60 years preceding the appointment was found to haye equipped Weeks for that duty also, and he*Soon was recognized as a ‘fortunate selec- tion” for the army, then facing the post-war problems of reorganiza~ tion and reduction to a peace-time basis. It was said of him that he “slid into his job” the easiest of any of Continued on Page Eight. * ‘THREE KILLED FOR NOT GIVING AUTOS 10 HIGHWAYMEN Taxicab Driver, Who Took Robber to Chicago Sub- urb, Is Shot and Thrown From Car. MAN AND WOMAN PRESIDENT-IN 1916: ALSO MURDERED They Were in Machine in Front of Her Home and Protested ~Against Sur- rendering Car. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 12.—Cice1o, scene of the recent spectacular Mc- Swiggin party killing, counted three more deaths today, appar- ently prompted by a desire of hold. up men to obtain automobiles for) marauding expeditions. A taxicab chauffeur, who pro- to a pair of robbers, was mortally wounded, stripped of his uniform and thrown from his machine. while less than away, a hope that he would rally suffi- | remonstrata® ciently to bid them a farewell, but! their automobile. the pulse which, had grown feeble | continued to fail and soon death | McWain. 12—Fu- pro: will be hold at his home in West |Hein and Miss & of Sinclair Weeks, son | crashed a rey “young man and young Woman, sit- of | ting in a car in front of the lat- ter’s home, were slain when they against giving up The police are holding Thomas 24, from whom they ob- | tained a Statement- implicating When the coma came on, Dr. R. _ himself and a man known to them advised | as “Curley.’ Chauffeur Found in Road. Rose wad found lying alongside the road dnd was taken to the ‘county hospital, where he died of a bullet wound in his back. His shouts had attracted a passerby, who notified the Cicero police. While still conscious Rose told them he had heard six or seven Shots shortly after his assailants ove away. The police started search gn found lang nearby. Both had been shot in the head. McWain said he and Curley had) hired the cab to go to Cicero, ani | that they shot the chauffeur, Lud- wig Rose, to obtain his car. Short- |mobile occupied by Fred Hein, ly béfore that, 26, and Mtss Marie Blang. 23, and de- | manded surrender of the machine. | When Hein protested both he and Miss Blang were shot to death. McWain’s and Rose’s stat¢- ments showed that Rose was slain until after the hold-up pa'tr had ‘killed Hein and Miss Blang. Rose then lay bound in his tab to which shot him, threw him out and dashed away in his taxicab. Caught Aiter Smashup. McWain described himself “floater’’ from the Madison street. district. He was .captured after an exciting police chase when the stolen taxicab he was driving through railroad gafes, in West | after nearly wrecking a police car, overturned and pinned him under- neath. The other man _ escaped. McWain, taken back to Cicero, took one look at the body of thé young woman victim, and then told his story. The expedition apparently was plotted in a Madison street lodg- ing house. McWain said his com- panion, whom he met four days ago when McWain came here from Muskegon, Mich., was known to him only as ‘‘Curley” or “Blonde Eddie.” Near the scene of today's assas- sinations, William McSwiggan, an assistant State’s attorney, and two companions, fell before a hail of lead poured into their automobile by gangsters last April. ple slaying has not been solved. of staff, spoke of Mr. Weeks’ ‘‘fear-|/~ Rose was said to be a brother Rose, who two | of “Smiling Jack’’ years ago was shot anid killed) while in the county building by) Patrick Sexton, father of Frank! feur for whose staying Rose had been indicted. ——————e BOY, 12, GORED BY STRAY COW HE TRIES TO MILK Peter Durso Injured When on Ont- ing at Farm Near Webster Groves. When. he tried to milk a stray cow while picnicking on a farm near Webster Groves yesterday afternoon, Peter Durso, 12 years old, of 1010 North Sixteenth street, was gored by the animal, suffering lacerations of the chest and possible fractured ribs. He was with four older boys, in- cluding: his brothers, Carmen and Harry, who he saw milk the cow earlier in. the afternoon. At 4:30 p. m. he. tried it himself. and was injured. «His companions carried him to a farm house from where he was taken to City Hospital in au anto- mobile. Doctors said his injuries were not serious. f tested against surrendering his car | the bédies of they spied an auto- | not | the pair returned 4n°| as a} That tri- | STaced the intersectio jhighway and Sexton, a Checker taxicab chauf- | ACTRESS BUYS RIVER AND INSTALLS IT IN HOME FOR A PARTY Guests of Mme. Parysis, Suits, Catch Fish for Breakfast. Copyright, 1926. by the Press and Pulitzer Publishing Coser (New York World and Post-Diepatch.) ' PARIS, Juiy 12.—A river in a drawing room was the feature of a party given the other night by one of France’s most original actresses, Mme. Parysis, who also is famed for her blond beauty. She bought the river and acces- sories at a bargain sale of . the’ properties of a defunct circus and | had it fixed up with water in her | spacious apartment. ‘The guests: were asked to arrive in bathing suits, * They complied and the party was one of the liveliest and wettest Paris has ever seen. A tank poured water into a rush- ing cas e, which settled down and flo#ed more calmly through 1 the rooms of the apartment amid stage scenery representing woods, mountains, rocks, gorges and cliffs. A fishing contest was organized during the nféght and the fish caught in the artificiat river were served fried for breakfast ke- | fore the party broke mp. POLICEMEN SAW LIQUOR. _ DELIVERED, WITNESS SAYS | Bellevue Hospital Dock, New York, One of Landing Places Reputed Go-Between Testifies. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, | July .—How liquor runners unloaded whisky from speedboats on Bellevue Hos- pital dock and loaded it on motor trucks under the eyes of uniformed | policemen was told today in Feder- | al Court. Charles A. Smith, mar- | iner, testifying as a Government , witness at the trial of Wflliam V. | Dwyer and nine othérs charged ‘with violating prohibition laws, told of making trips to rum row and taking back 600 to 750 gases of liquor which he unloaded from speed boats at the Bellevue Hos- pital dock in East River and the tye Railroad pier at Weehawken. IN J. He said he took the liquor adibgi on orders of Dwyer. The speed boats, Smith testified,..were maintained by Dwyer and his’ aleac- ciates. He receivéd $200 from Dwver for each trip. Dwyer would give him a code or- der, Smith said, and he would pre- sent this to the skipper of a liquor runner and take away several hun- dred cases of whisky. In August/ 1924, Smith said he “rum row” cham- i i2 /made about 14 trips to. taking back Scotch, prye, pagne and sauterne. ‘DELAYED PARACHUTE DROP OF 1750 FEET BY ARMY MAN | Time of Descént of Wilbur Wright | Field Sergeant Recorded as 11%, Seconds. | By the | Assoctated Pteas. | CINCINNATI, O., July 'Claim to the world’s record for 1 delayed parachute drop is made by F. Pr r>> 71 Reatuve humidity at neon Highest yveste lowest 65 at 6 a. oe li 4” 10 p. m., Bauer's he verified details of the fa- recrage| bm: f z By aks iF ES Ss Pia x 1 HI > re . + yy oa a F : a = % + - ‘ e > at" , - = > + 4 « Sen 4 = 4 - + « . 7; wy , wr OP eee - - . + - ¥ x oe my - s ¥ 4 4 2 : € aS Bs perme gay eet er : j oe : Bey ae ont ia Sree: oe oe the navy mmunion dee ae called | Lake | Denmark, miles went of _ Janay City, ‘Saturday ceased Inte this forgnos : | Wilbur said Pee: dn eee ke! te & aed Se RFR TS: eNO: Dain Obs a Se foe tp ey 2 2 yt y fo 4 —— , , ~ nee £2 er ~ if as 7 =e ¥ x ile » .