St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 25, 1926

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COMIC PAGE SATURDAY. bi JULY 24. 1926, —_— Lil Cala § we ee . an (Copyright, 1926.) . ; « ; 118 i ; Rin MENTIONED 7 \ ‘ ps6 000 Estate a: as amt is nobody’s business,”’ x husband, Frdédnk Meier, . od; ls daughter in his will and make Lh, WEEK R WHEN | UPHILL SH. 0 letter written by Edenborn | baborn wrote: ir out there—though have tied to have her go with me b was chairman of the company’s ® is at the top of the letter- =o, together mmittee ‘is and John Ww. EE ae » SO I'M YOU AGAIN = 3a “Wo ; 78. No. 391. : fo meficiaries. PBut no will was found when pu , Succeeded to the whole es- m. So far this Wire Co. stock has e88 With the Secretary of the . ‘= £00d headth. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH © en ne ie magi ee ens % ices ——s . Sunday Post Dispatch Today, 110 Pages| FIRST NEWS SECTION, 14 PAGES. SECOND SECTION (SPORT). 6 PAGES. THIRD NEWS SECTION, FOURTH NEWS SECTION. 16 PAGES. FIFTH NEWS SECTION, 12 PAGES. SIXTH NEWS SECTION, 4 PAGES. WANT SECTION. 6 PAGES. REAL ESTATE SECTION, 14 PAGES. ROTOGRAVURE, 8 PAGBS. MAGAZINE, ‘10 PAGES. ‘ . COMIC SECTION. 8 PAGES. 12 PAGES. PART ONE. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1926. PAGES 114 PRICE 10 CENTS NBORN, AIDING iS I. MEIER ‘ionaire Said in One “Letter Referring to Pres- ee WANT HIS e of Farmer, Claimant shter, Saved Corre- * was insisted upon by Edenborn, ad owner, in his correspond- oa with Mrs. Sophie Meier, farm- of Gumbo, st. Louis Coun- os preparing to sue for a sg share of the $76,000,000 *Edenborn when he died GP at his Shreveport, La., | aged 78. de- 4 Edenborn in one of his let- _referring to a gift of stock. so Mrs. Meier, toiling with on small grain farm overlook- the Missouri River bottoms, Edenborn’s secrets, expecting Edenborn would name her as lf and members of her family fenborn died and his widow, merly Miss Sarah Drain of St. there being no living chil- of that marriage. Mrs. Says she is the daughter ‘Edenborn by a prior marriage, f offers corresponence to prove pclaim. She has retained the frm of Laughlin, Frumberg, tt and Russell, and John T. Mmimmons, and they will file ae this week here and elsewhere ish her claim. tance of One Letter. Mrs. Meier reférs to the ‘fact tthe ashes of a daughter by the int Mrs. William Edenborn of an adopted daughter, are ained in urns buried oh the farm. As an afterthought, » 8 As I had not said any- to Mrs. E. about having sited the ashes of the 2 her so later—it is best that hing about my previous yvis- | be mentioned in talking, ld I bring her out some day. Visit yoy and the place, but folks always kept her at ir house. Cut off this part my name and destroy it T reading. btuition or womething of the €aused Mrs, Meier to save thes =» Postscript and all. The paper Ow with age, but the ink is » preserved. | letter Regarding Stocks. ther of the. Seleutin in her ession is dated at Chicago, 11 1900, on the stationery of. h American Steel and Wire Co., Which Edenborn Was a founder. tive Committee, and his with | members: the . other oe Ell- | Gates, known , Bet-you.a-millian” — The follows: My dear Sophie Mejer a herein Certificates B a for 6 Shares of preferred in American Steel &#Wire *! I 7 per cent dividends be ber cent every 3 months. ou have nothing to do but ly Put this 6 shares care- ‘yY away, | will leave your or ~ 8 he will mail you «the ek for dividends direct. “Now ” You get a check you keep ty. you go to St. Louis and | the German Savings In- on i. you can get the , fe not to speak about ie besides your hus- t is nobody's bisiness, ank to talk about it to You a ete ne will find you and ‘ Nobody rom me that I have sent a My time {is so*lim- could not come out feb but will do so as soon = Just write “Received” BP cescged and mail to me tend ¥S mark on any letter Me the word “Person- ls to I remain Yours truly ri} Wm. E. etters are jin the same a Fein. ASKED) PALOSEST SEORECY a s Nobody’s ‘Satie capitalist and r. ee Woman Governor Who Trails in Texas Primary GOV. MIRIAM A. FERGUSON. FIVE KILLED, 40 INJURED WHEN BRIDGE COLLAPSES 200 Persons on Span at West Vir- ginia Town Watching Carnival Attraction When Crash Occurs. By the Associated’ Preas. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 24. —Five persons are known to have been killed, two others fatally injured, and. between . 40 and 50 seriously injured when a bridge oe at Whitesville to- night. A large siieue ‘had been attract- ed to the town by a carnival and among the attractions was a fire- fighting event which was displayed on the bank of Coal River. The bridge offered a place of vantage and when 200, or more persons crowded upon the span it crashed intO the water, virtually without warning. WOUNDED FRENCH AVIATORS BURNED IN PLANE BY CAPTORS Forced by Engine Trouble to Land During Attack on Rebel Tribes in Syria. By the Associated Press, BEIRUT, Syria, July 24. — Two French aviators, in the operations against the insurgent tribesmen, have met with an atrocious, death. Because of engime trouble; ’ they were compelled to. come to the ground during a combdine?) fost, horse and aerial operation in the region of Ghouta. Théy were cap- tured by the rebels after a desper- ate ‘resistance. In their wounded condition they were bound to the wrecked -airplane, which was set afire. The victims were air Iijieutenant Du Laurens D’Oiselay and Sergeant Gressier. COOLIDGE FISHES UNTIL DARK By-the Associated Press. /PAUL SMITHS, N. Y., July 24.— It was after 7:30 o’clock tonight when President Coolidge returned from the fishing expedition, but he and the secret service men who accompanied him: brought back 70 brook trout, some weighing 1% pounds. Mr. Coolidge went to the same stream ‘on the Rockefeller preserve that he visited a week ago with ex- cellent results. Clambering\ over rocks and logs, he whipped _ the stream, until the approach of dark- ness forced Kim to abandon the ex- citing sport and return to White Pine camp. SHARK GETS BATHER*AT GENOA Copyright. 1926. by the ere and Pulitzer Publishing . (New York orld and Post-Dispatch.) ROME, July — Augusto Caséletto of Milan was seized by a shark while swimming in the Mediterranean near Genoa today before the eyes of horrified com- panions who were powerless tp save him. It “is many vears since sharks appeared off Genoa. Thousands of bathers were terrified by Casel- lato’s fate. Watch the Suburbs The growth of a city verti- cally, is limited. Apartment houses, even if tall @s office buildings, cannot shelter all the new families. The city spreads until the sub- urbs become a part of #&. Thus values increase and wise investors profit. Do you want a home as well as an investment? St. Louis beautiful suburbs are not cramped for space. Contin- ual growth will add value every year to your purchase there. “The lists of desirable properties appear in_.the Post-Dispatch “Real Fetate’’ columns or an ad of your own will bring choice of other at- tractive propertics. Write it and send, bring or Telephone It to the Post-Dispatch —~—s 1 Dy ‘denborn was very teat awed © on Page 3, Column 6. a Sees a ae \ probably GOV. FERGUSON FOE 40,000 AHEAD IN TEXAS VOTING 191 of 252 Counties Give Moody 120,312, Woman Executiye 79,887 in Dem- ocratic Primary. SWE DECLARES SHE IS NOT ALARMED e Vote ‘for Other Candidates Negligible — G. O. P. Congressman in Lead for Renomination. — By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex. July 24.—Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson tonight tratled behind Dan Moody, youthful State's Attorney General, in the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor on the face of incomplete returns from today’s Texas ori- mary, compiled by the Texas Elec- tion Bureau. Returns from 191 out of 4542 counties in the State gave Moody a lead of 40,425 votes over the wom- an whom he seeks to succeed, and a majority over all his opponenis in the race of a bare 2000. A majority of the total vote cast. ig necessary for nominatfodn, with the alternative a run-off primary next month, between the two can- didates polling the highest votes. Figures for 191 counties gave: Moody, 120,312; Mrs. Ferguson, 79,887; Lynch Davidson, 37,0386; Mrs. Edith Wilman of Dallas, 380; the Rev, O. F. Zimmerman of Mor- ris County, 607 and Mrs. K. M. Johnston, 334. (Mrs. Johnston an- nounced her withdrawal] yesterday and threw her support to Gov. Fer- guson). Not Alarmed, Says Governor. Receiving returns at the Execu- tive Mansion in Austin, Mrs. Fer- guson said she was not discouraged or excited. She said the country boxes, where she expects her big support, had not been heard from. “T have been through elections before, and the reports in favor of Moody do not alarm me,” she said. She declined to state whether she would resign in accordance with her agreement to do so if Moody led her one vote. She said she |} would make.no statement on this until she learned the final outcome, which she did nat expect for three days. James E. Ferguson, her husbend and former governor declared, ‘It is sure going to be some horse race.”’ Moody Withholds Statement. Incomplete returns received from Bell County, the home county of the Fergusons, showed Moody in the lead there. Harris County, the home of Davidson, also placed Moody in the lead with early re- turns. Moody said that ,the latest fig- "res received were So near a ma- jority that he did not want to make a statement until mdre com- plete returns were received. Congressional Contests. Scattering returns in the Demo- cratic congressional races showed the incumbents to be leading. There was a possible close race in the Tenth district, where Congress- man Buchanan sought re-election. Early returns gave Congressman Harry M. Wurzbach, Republican, a good lead over his oppqnent, Fred Knetsch, who had the support of National Committeeman R. B&B. Creager. Outside of this Republican race, little interest was manifested and returns from the Republican primary had not commenced to come in three hours after the Polls closed, Knetsch. conceded loss of Bexar County (San Antonlfo). Republican State Headquarters said its reports indicated that Col. H. H. Haines, the Creager eandi- date for the nomination for Gov- ernorship, was leading by a safe margin his opponent, E. P’ Scott, of Corpus Christi. Late tonight Wurzbach estimated his probable majority at 10 to 1 in the whole district. He forecast a complete reorganization of ‘the Texas Republican organization, the control of many county conventions having been swept into his hands, he declared, The question of whether Creager was to continue to head the State machine was admittedly the prime issue in the fight between Wuryv- bach and the party leaderé. Both factions declared that control 4f the*party in Texas was at stake in this pri ry. Hearty Noting Despite Rain. Heavy balloting’in every section of the state was reported. Despite rains in North Texas and scattered showers in other sections, reports indicated early tonight that Centinued on Page 3, Column | 2. ISESQUISCENTENNIAL jaccording to a survey made by the HEAD FINED $4 FOR SUNDAY OPENING Blue Law Conviction. “Before } Woman to Be Tested in Higher Courts. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 24.— Erastus L. Austin, director general of the Sesqui-Centennial exposition, today was held guilty by Mrs. Violet ®. Fahnédstock, police magis- trate, of violating the Sunday blue laws of 1794 in operating the ex- position on the Sabbath. Mrs. Fahnestock fined him the limit of $4, provided by the law, plus costs of $4.50. The law provides that if the fine is not paid the alternative is six days in jail. Appeals are per- mitted. Austin put up a bond of $17, double the amount of the fine and costs, pending an appeal. The prosecution, as in former cases, was brought by members of the Methaodist Men’s Committee. It was testified by Thomas’ D. Tay- lor, chairman of the committee, that goods were sold in the expo- sition grounds last Sunday and amusements were operated on the Gladway. Tomorrow the concessions on the Gladway, where all the amuse- ments are concentrated, will be operated free of cost to the public. The only- charge will be the usual $0 cents admission to the grounds. 9,000,000 U, S, AUTOS ON TOUR Upward of $3,000,000,000 to Be Spent by a By the Associated Pre WASHINGTON, ‘July 24. — Nine million automobiles, carrying 36,- 000,000 persons will go aon long- distance tours during this season, American Automobile Association’s National Touring Board. The board, whose survey is based on counts made by 815 affiliated mo- tor clubs, estimates that $3,000,- 000,000 or more, will be spent by the tourists during their travels. This would exceed by $500,000,000 the amount spent during last year’s touring season. American motorists planning trips to Canada were warned by the association to take along their state registration cards. In On- tario alone, an average of 25 cars have been refused admittance daily during the last few weeks because the motorists left their cards at home. GIRL FAILS TO SWIM CHANNEL Mercedes Gleitze, London’ Typist, Lasts Only Five Hours, By the Associated Press. FOLKERSTONE, England, July 24.—Miss Mercedes Gleitze, Lon- don typist, has failed again to swim the -English channel. This was her third attempt. She started about noon and was taken out of the water after five hours after ‘she had covered about 19 miles, though not in a direct course. Miss Gleitze was followed by a motorboat. As she proceeded the wind increased and the sea became very choppy. Waves broke over her head and drenched all aboard the boat. FAIR AND COOLER TODAY; TOMORROW PROBABLY FAIR THE TEMPERATURES, tt COSHH SD O-1D SUSE PDP PE gUyPINSys bt et “SMD D2Io2ob Yesterday's high, 93 ra Pp. m.): low. 73 (4 a. m.) Forecast for St. Louis and vicin- ity: Today, fair and somewhat cooler; tomorrow probably fair. Missouri: Most- ly fair today ex- E LOANED cept possibly th u ndershowers in extreme south portion; some- what cooler ex- cept in extreme northwest and extreme south portions; tomor- row mostly fair, rising tempera- ture in north portion. Illinois: Partly cloudy today pos- sibly with thun- dershowers in extreme south portion; some- | what cooler ex- cept in extreme north portion; tomorrow mostly fair, warfier in north and central portions. Sunrise, 4:55; sunset, 7:19. This Weck’s Weather Outlook. By the Aasociated Press. CHICAGO, July °24.—Weafher outlook for the week beginning Monday: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys—Scattered showers or thunderstorms early in week and probably again near close, otherwise fair; temperature will average near normal. Bell Silent After Fifty Years, By the Associated Press, YORK BEACH, Me., July 24.— For the first time in half a cen- tury the bell in Nubble light tow- er is silent. Recent high winds shifted the base four feet and the MONEY AND BORROWED TROVELE keeper fears the pull of the great bell might topple the structure. ‘? , outs EDITOR'S MURDER LEADS TO OUSTING UF POLICE CHIEF Officer Who Was Directing Investigation of Case at Canton, O., Suspended by Mayor. KNOWN AS ENEMY OF THE SLAIN MAN Don R. Mellett, Victim of Assassins, Had Assailed Vice Conditions and Their Grip on Police. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch and the New York World. 3 CANTON, O.. July 24.—Seranus A Lengel chief of the Canton po- lice department and bulls-eye of the target at which Editor Don R. Mellett aimed his attacks against vice and official corruption which resulted in his murder nine days ago, tonight was “suspended for 30 days without pay for purpose of discipline,” by Mayor Swarts. “My reason,” continued the May- or’s order, “is that your lack of contro] of the police department and your mismanagement thereof has caused inefficiency in that de- partment, and your contact with law violators, and the contact of members of your department with known violators, permitted by you, has made it impossible for the de- partment successfully to enforce the laws.’’ Although refusiliig to amplify this verbally, Mayor Swarts intimated his action was not prompted solely by his responsibility for the proper functioning of the departments un- der his administration. Was Enemy of Editor. Until tonight Lengel at least was afficial head of the many investi- gations into Mellett’s murder, his position there made peculiar by the fact he also was the arch enemy of the editor. Actually, however, the efforts of the Chief and his men to uncover the assassin, who is supposed to have crept out of the ‘“Jungie’— Canton’s foreign section and its crime center—to kill Mellett the night of July 16 have been viewed extremely cynically by the late edi- tor’s friend. For this reason a score of pri- vate, county and State operatives, under leadership of J. D. Cleary, personal representative of Gov. Donahey, have.come to be looked upon generally as the real motive power for what progress towatd so- lution is being made. Revives Ww aning Interest. As far as surface indications’ go. this seems to be slight. A few wom- en of Canton’s so-called “under- world”’ were questioned today, but}: without tangible resuJjt.. bengel’s temporary removal was the out- standing happening, and appears to have done more than anything since the murder to revive Canton’s waning interest in the causes of Mellett’s death. .. This is the second time Mayor Swarts has ousted the Chief of Po- lice. It was an echo of the previous occurrence that was sounded loud- est in Mellett’s vice campaign when he was killed—an attempt to ob- tain removal under charges of the two Civil Service Commissioners who voted to reinstate Lengel over the Mayor’s dismissal. Lengel was appointed Jan. 1 1922, and from that time, although it was long before Mellett came to Canton, may be traced the events that ultimately caused his @eath. Named Under Former Mayor. On that date C. C. Curtis, Re- publican and a lawyer, took office as Mayor of Canton. He promptly appointed his brother, Edward, a clerk, Director of Public Safety and the appointee named Lengel as Chief. After about a year charges began to be bruited about that Ed Curtis was taking bribe money from the underworld. The Canton Daily News, of which Mellett later was to become editor, investigated and on the strength of its findings in- duced Lengel, by that time ‘‘on the with Curtis, to Sstafe sev- eral incriminating raids and gather much evidence against the director of public safety. The charges and this evidence finally were laid before Gov. Don- ahey with a demand for action, but meanwhile Mayor Curtis had been elected to a second term. The Governor sent his private investi- gator to Canton, the two Curtises were taken back to Columbus and in May, 1924, both were the chief factor on which the Governor based his removal orders. Charles M. Ball, president of the Council, suc- ceeded to the mayoralty, the Cur- tises came back to Canton, down el ee ee ee ~ Continued on Page 2, Column 4. BURAH BLAMES CHURCHILL FOR BRITISH CARPING American Foreign Relations Chairman Rakes “Galli- poli Campaign” for Debt Cancellation. FIRST U. S. OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ATTACKS Senator Points Out England| Claimed and ‘Got Lion’s Share of Territories Di-|- ‘MELLON MAY DISCUSS vided After War. By the Asgociated Prees. WASHINGTON, July 24.—Euro- pean critics of the ,foreign policies of the United States were remind- ed today by Chairman Borah of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Directing his advice particularly toward London, *Borah said that Winston Churchill's “campaign of vilification,” designed fo obtain the cancellation of war debts, should not be permitted to erase from the world’s memory the ter- ritorial acquisitions accompliished by G¥eat Britain at the peace table. “The Earl of Denbigh*® deplores the lamentable ignorance of our people,”° Borah continued, “and wants to start a campaign of edu- cation, but the American people have sufficient intelligence without any etxraordinary educational ex- ertion to understand how a debtor acts when he does not want to pay what he owes, We understand per- fectly that the attack on the United States is the peculiar way they have of asking for cancellation of their debt.”’ , First Official U. 8S. Notice.. Borah’s declaration, made in a formal statement, was the first of- ficial notice to be taken here of the recent anti-American agitation which has expressed itself in at- tacks on American sightseers in Paris, denunciations of the Ameri- can policies by a section of the Italian press, and other scattered outcroppings throughout most of Europe. Churchill, who is«head. of. the British Treasury, was declared by Borah to have sought through his recent utterances in Parllament to apply military tactics to the inter- national situation and conduct “a Gallipoli campaign for cancella- tion.”’ Vilification always has beén a part of military strategy, the Senator said, and now it had been brought into play to brand the United States as “Uncle Shylock” and the American people as a na- tion ‘‘void of all sense of humani- ty or correct principles.”’ Britain Got Lion’s Share. “What has happened since the war that we should have forfeited our high standing and now be de- nounced as ‘Uncle Shylock'?” he continued. “We attended the Ver- sailles conference, where among other things to be done, the world was to be partitioned. There were about 4,207,392 square miles of territory to be divided among the victors. Of this amount Britain secured 3,804,000, France 402,392 square miles. It would seem that Great Britain’s quarrel is not with the United States but with France. It was France that got 402,392 square miles. “Certainly there are no reasons here for calling the: United States Uncle Shylock,’ whatever reason Great Britain had for complaining against France. ‘Indeed, after the war and after the treaty; high officials stated upon the floor of the House of Commons: ‘The outstanding feat- ure of the peace treaty is that it puts the British Empire at the highest point that it has ever reached in regard to. territorial and world influence.’ “What has happened since the treaty that would impeach our ideals? We had the note of Grewt Britain drawing 5 per cent interest and due. We canceled the debt to the extent of about 30 cents on the dollar, and we gave her sixty-two years in which to pay. “Our settlements with Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and the pro- posed settlement with France, rep- resent a cancellation of $7,000,000.- 000. Uv. 8S. Not a “Shylock.” “Tt would seem that under all the circumstances, there ig no occasion for charging the United States with being a ‘Shylock.’ * «But, I do not wish to have it inferred that I am charging that Great Britain has been false to her ideals.” Band Concerts Today. ~ Forest Park, 3:30 to 6 p. m., Momeno’s Band, Tower Grove Park, 3 to 5:30 p. m., Seim's Band. - COOLIDGE THINKS: TRADE PACTS ALMOST ONLY WAY TO COLLECT SOME DEBTS fated Press PEYRACUBE, N. , @ July 24. RESIDENT COOLIDGE is P sraveiy concerned regard- ing the turn of affairs in Europe, according to a special story to be published by the Syracuse Herald tomorrow from its special correspondgnt | at the Coolidge summer camp en Osgood Lake, describing an 4 interview Edward H. O'Hara, publisher of the Herald, had with the President today. *“The President,” O’Hara stated, “indicated that he was | gravely concerned regarding the turn of affairs in urope among the debtor nations of the United States.”’ O'Hara said he was given to under- stand from sources close to the President “that virtually all hope of payment of certain debts rested in trade agree- ments.”’ Great By DEBT WITH POINCARE One Person He Is Principally Interested in Seeing, How- ever, Is Daughter in Rome. By the Asamciated Press DINARD, Brittany, France, July 24.—Andrew W. Mellon, American Secretary of the ‘Treasury, newly- arrived in France, spent the second day of his vacation quietly at this uoliday spot near the Normandy- Brittany border line. He was seemingly unmindful of the pre- sence of Benjamin Strong, gover- nor of the Federal Reserve Bank; Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England, within reach inJ London: Dr. Hjalmar. Schacht, president of the Reichsbank,_ re- ported at\a Dutch seaside resort, and Premier Poincare, quoted as desirous of talking with him. in- formally regarding the American- French debts, Secretary Melion plans to motor to Rome by easy stages through Britanny and the Pyrenees, but keeping his itinerary a secret in order to avoid newspaper men, cameramen and. politicians, He may perhaps regale himself by at- tending at a number of local re- ligious fetes of a picturesque char- | acter now being celebrated in Brit- tany. . Through Theodore Rousseau, of the Guaranty Trust Co., who ac- companies him. Mellon let it be known this evening that the one person he was principally inter- ested in seeing in Europe was his daughter, Ailsa, row in Rome with her husband, the American Vice- Consul, David K. E. Bruce. Me} will not visit Paris until after he has seen the young couple in Italy, and then, if M. Poincare wishes a conference with him, he naturally would not refuse. Others with Secretary Mellon are peers Mackay and Paul Mellon. The Secretary is not perturbed by the appellation which the Com- munists have conferred upon him, ' “Emperor,” in their Paris organ L’Humahite, but insists that he is making his tour incognito. He de- clares that the debt affair is out of his hands and up to the Ameri- can and French Legislatures to ratify or reject. TWO CONVICTS SLAIN AFTER STABBING PRISON OFFICER Kansas Penitentiary Guards Frus- trate Escape of Men Armed With oo Revolver. the Assnciatec LANSING, og ‘July 24.—Er- nest Hardwick, a Kansas City rob- ber and Robert W. Edwards were killed by guards tonight when they attempted to escape from the State penitentiary here after they had stabbed Capt. R. B; Manatt, vet- eran prison officer. Hardwick was shot by Edgar Ransom, a Negro guard, and Edwards by other guards who came to Ransom’s ald. Manatt is in a serious condition in the prison hospital. The attack and attempted es- cape occurred just a few moments before the prisoners, who were in the yard, were to have beén locked in their cells. Hardwick, Edwards and two other prisoners, armed with three knives, made from old files, and an imitation revolver whittled from wood, appeared in Capt. Manatt’s office and forced him to take them to the prison tele- phone office, where three opera- tors were seized and bound and the telephone wires torn from thie awitchboard. Manatt then was marched to Ransom's post. ‘“‘Welre coming to fix some wires,” Hardwick told the guard. Ransom did not hesitate when he saw Capt. Manatt with the prisoners, but opened the door to his tower. Hardwick made a leap for Ransom, shouting, “TI want that gun.” The *prisoner pointed the wooden revolver at Ransom, who fired twice from the hip. Radio Divorce Sammons Legal. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 24.— Leave that portable receiver out of your vacation equipment. court here rules that the radio. Aj POINCARE PLANS RISE IN INDIRECT AND OTHER TAXES, TORESCUEFRANG New Cabinet ith Keen ini Principle on Program to :Be Submitted to Cham- ber Sar WAR DEBTS ISSUE Is SIDE-TRACKED Policy of “Restoration Fromi Within” Decided On— Premier Wishes to Con- suit Secretary Mellon. By the Associated Press. : PARIS, July 24,-—-Premier Poitn- the principles of a financial re- habjiitation program which will be submitted to Parliament for ap- proval, An official communique ftesued after the first meeting of the 18 members of the Poincare “Ministry of National Union” this afternoon, made the announcement... The principles are understood _ include the increase of indirect ation, and a slight increase in direct levy on acquired wealth, 4 order to follow the plan of “resto- ration from within,” rather: than resort to the aid of credits ob- tained abroad. Seven of the 13 publicly against ratification of the Mellon-Berenger debt agreement in its present form, or who are likely, in view of their past political as- sociations, to, sife with on a showdown, These are said to be Poincare, Painieve, Herrtot, Ley- gues, Tardieu, Bokanowski and Marin, and arraut and and the other i ee ge ate ~ alae, 4to. sOnewP. terallled debt agreements will prob- ably ‘be sidetracked temporarily. notwithstanding the fact . ‘rious spokesmen have that both accords, with the: States and Great Bri | ratified in a sh Poincare’s first direction: of the Finanéé was to instruct ait throughout the the publication bution of the new tax Hats ter 1926, and to send out notices encouraging tax- payers to make provisional part payments. “It is important that this exain- ple be followed’ everywhere,” say the instructions. “No refugal to ac- cept such partial payments upon the pretext that the tax list has not been published will be tols*ated on the part of collectors.” — Poincare took over his duties as Finance Minister today. * Briand was back at the Foreign . Office hiatus caused by the downfall of the Herriot ministry. , Poincare greatly, desires to tglk with Andrew W. Mellon, the American Secretary of the Treas- ury, over certain phases of the Franco-American ‘debt’ settlement agreement, which he says are pre- senting difficulties to ratification. Mellon is in France. He has stated that he is simply on vacation sand desires complete rest. To HReduce Floating Dee. It will be the government's en- deavor to allay the fears of capi- talists. It pu to run the state on @ etly e ¢ and businesslike basis. It b-gin reduction of th —- dubtien soon as poasib The Echo de Paris says ‘his will be a light tax on acquired wealth. The bulk of the resources, however, will bed rawn from a fe- vision of existing taxes and the cre- ation of new ones, preferahly tn- direct, as siving an immediate yield. While the new administration has yt received by the genernl public With something like enthu- siasm, the moderates criticise Poincare for including Edouard Herriot, and the radicals criticise Herriot for jotning Poincare. There has been no organised op- position to the ministry except from the Socialists. There was another —z last night at baiting = rae Foreigners were hissed, going on sight-seeing tours In busées. large force of police quickly sais tered the demonstrators. While the Bourse was closed to- day the franc showed provement on unoffi sterling, as against last ficial closing of 42.87 an "208.36, ( respectively. 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