St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 15, 1926

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ST. LOUIS POST-DIs "i DRAWN By | NELL BRI Here’s the young } magic who’s making delighted subje et a happiest girl i . | . ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH [Sunday Post-Dispatch Today, 120 Pages NEWS — oak ef 14 ROTOGRAV MAGAZINE. 10 COMIC 6 PA ‘SECTION. Ba, PAGES. 8 ae GES. GES. SECTION. “Si PAGES. i 78. No. 342. PART ONE. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1926, PAGES 1—1i14 : PRICE 10 CENTS 7m 10 PUT a URN NEW at RULED + Chief Outlines Ar- ae ment to Group Which Have Simi- Safe 2 i il 4 ant ' eS: 4 7 «t as) * x8 ems. | Gl SIONAL \L DIRECTORS 8 HIS COMMAND E Consul at Baha- ST esloctod to Organize New Foreign Control Post-Dispatch Bureau, 20-23 Wyatt Bldg. HINGTON, Aug. 14.—Es- ent of a new prohibition | ing in the Mississippi Val- wn sry from New Orleans to the Northern Missouri Jury Service for Women Is Aim of Voters’ League President of Local Organization Launches Campaign to Amend Missouri Constitution. The League of Women Voters be- lieves that the time has come to amend the Missouri Contitution to enable women to serve on juries. Mrs. George B. Mangold, inde- pendent president of the St. Lotis League, upon her return from Cal- ifornia, where she observed the working of the mixed jury, yester- 'day gave out a statement which may be ré®arded~ as the formal launching of a campaign toward the end sought. “Upon going from trials where there are no women jurors,” Mrs. Mangold said, ‘“‘to a state where women serve, one cannot fail to note the difference. The entire tone of the proceedings is raised. The process of trying a fellow mem- ber of the community for some crime or misdemeanor becomes more serious and more dignified— a matter in which the community is seriously concerned.” »>Mrs. Mangold stated that the feel, inasmuch as they have the long time has been interested in the question of jury service for women, and in many states has worked for constitutional changes so women might be eligible for jury duty. Women, said Mrs. Man- nearly every case that comes. into court. Furthérmore, says she, one- fifth of the women in the United States are engaged in gainful or- cupations and several million more are members of women’s organiza- tions which are endeavoring 10 educate their members in _ the duties of citizenship. Much of this information is available to women not members of these organiza- tions. Mrs. Mangold thinks that women, as a whole, are quite as well quali- fied for jur vice as men. While, she states; it is argued that the poor working woman could not afford to serve as a juror, it is just as true that the jury pay would mitigate this difficulty. Then, she says, the poor woman’s salary loss could be spared better than that of her hus- band, and the wife’s service would allow her husband to be called for duty only half as often. The belief that women should be kept in ignorance of the unsavory side of the courts is out of date in this age, when women realize that ignorance ig not innocence, Mrs. Mangold states. Disagreeable court matters are apt to concern both men and women, she says, there- CA-MILLIONAIRE HELD AS SLAYER Alphonso E, F. A. Smith Ar- of Shooting His Friend, John Derham. | ® SPENT $10,000,000 WITHIN 10 YEARS First Wife, Divorced, Was Daughter of Former U. S. Postmaster - Genera! Wynne. : Special Cable to the Post-Disoarch and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1926. LONDON, Sept. 14.—Alphonse E. Francis Austin Smith, grandson of one of the builders of the Canadian Pacific Railroad and for- mer son-in-law of Robert J. Wynne, Postmaster-General in the Roose- .velt administration, was arrested today at Whitstable, near Canter- fore such matters should be settled | bury, accused of murder. by both men and women. The police inspector making the Mrs. Mangold finds that in San | srrest testified he went to Stella OF HOCKEY SIAR rested in England Accused | SO-MILE WIN ~ HITS NEW YORK SUBURBAN AREA | ‘uge of Rain Pile Debris in | New Rochelle Streets in Mile-Square Region. UPROOTED TREES | Swellierine New York Feels Effects of Disturbance— Two Deaths Attributed to Heat. = By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—A violent wind, rain and thunder which swept this vicinity shortly before noon today, affording only brief relief from the heat, concen- trated its fury on New Rochelle in such degree as to be called a tor- ;nado, uprooting more than _ 100 itrees and damaging a dozen houses. Former Mayor George G. Ray- mond of New Rochelle, an engi- Tornado-Like Blow and Del- CRUSH BUILDINGS storm, ° Old Family Hostess to Gertrude Ederle at Home in Germany ENGLEWOOD BANK WAS LOADED WITH DOUBTFUL PAPER TWICE INA YEAR Paul E. Cole, Cashier, Was Forced to Make Restitu- tion in Similar Transac- tion About Last February. MATTER WAS KEPT SECRET AT TIME : C. U. Becker’s Deposits of _ State Auto License Funds in Institution $24,000 at Time of Failure. Special] to the Post-Diepatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 14.— The curtain of secrecy thrown around the wreckage of the Citi- zens’ Security Bank of Englewood, a Kansas City suburb, closed a week ago, was drawn back a littie farther today and revealed two . wth, om wre ’ Be ish a ; ‘ ; heretofore unknown feature’ of the wrecking process. First, that Donald W. Ross, now gold, are not asking for jury ser- vice as a right, but rather that they feel, inasmuch ts they have the . was outlined today by As- . Secretary of the Treasury | Francisco, where mixed juries have | Maria, Smith’s seaside home, and been adopted, trials reveal a notice- | found John Thomas Deerham., in- able absence of indecent and un- | ternational rink hockey player and neer, estimated the wind velocity | ‘at 90 to 100 miles an hour and | 'Classed the storm as a Western | ig rein- Gala- shows believes p that ‘Mature to men- pte and have not in his fenton. ‘His salon! You'd t prised—it is really a garden, when you step into his doc -|when you step back into eryday world again your @ |} don’t know you!—Nell Brit Vacation Hints, — F you should be stung by! [- wasp apply common soda dampened with e! there is no soda at hand mon earth and mix it to the consistency of c bind it on the sting. * a = Your system requires fre to 10 glasses of water a df keep it in good condition, so} Sure the water supply is pum the place you are stopping t not make the mistake of @ without drinking water during! vacation—better do withou vacation. ; A black moire frock has interesting draper at the sid@ is lined with green taffeta, appears at the neck and j/ drapery. OME KITCHER mnette Young Norton ir their ice in the ) fit their } travelers ar menu hings they ‘OC they y.and may to keep Bp | list is as eights; B, fr chronic without Cream. pea and biled. , Chicken buttered. hetti ‘ nnaise. utter. ‘| biscuit. gestive is not as luxarious 4 allowed for the underweight is of careful selection. " DINNER MENU a Soup. Pea, Bean, Cream of Cele of Potato. Fish. Fresh, boiled or broiled out sauce. ; 7 Meats, " Roasted, broiled or boiled @ Chicken, without rice ¢ gravies or salt. | Vegetables. Carefully selected and well: Desserts. nd Creams, Custards, plain lcee® Made Jellies, Cream (a and toasted Cracker The family physician us gests a diet for this condi away from home selections made from this menu. 4 Service D is selected DY who are under treatment &@ tinal stasis. This diet is ™ eral, though meats are sparingly, and only miner allowed in the salad dress diet service E is for the’ conditions. Low value 1a sugar, high value cue proteins, Rice Cream, © } This is an excellent nursery or for invalid use. pint of milk to boiling ® sprinkle in two ounces % rice, add two ounces of cook for 20 minutes | solve a half ounce of J0@% in a tablespoonful of Ware it to the rice. Add two ® fuls of vanilla and a feW. salt, When it is cool, pint of stiffly whipped om into a mold and set on = fen. No sauce is required, may be served with er’ ata io Soe A green velveteen — jacket was noticed at 4a gathering recently. with a printed frock in ’ Several of the hy: ba ets were seen worn will Bs al a cla Yr : ee: ee $ ~ <a step OUT into faery-land, if a Andrews said he was experiment- He Said he had been highly in charge of prohibition mn cement. the time being at least, O. D. prohibition administrator r the New Orleans district, will in charge of the new zone. Ad- nit frators of the St. Louis, Texas he ttucky districts have been Miructed to get in touch with m, immediately to work out plans Bthe stricter enforcement of the act in, this territory by co-operation between thecoast i, the customs service and pro- tien enforcement organization. © other zones have been ten- laid out by Andrews. One A the Pacific Coast, under the ition of Alf Oftedal, a repre- itta: es of the special intelli- ¢ unit of the Internal Revenue au. The other is composed of ¢ South Atlantic Seaboard states, tending from Florida to the Po- b River. It is now being su- i by M. O. Dunning, Collec- of Coteee at Savannah, Ga. This last zoné will be enlarged hward to Include what An- ws called “the wetter area,” ex- nding north of the Potomac rer. Maryland and New Jersey, he s0-called “wettest states,” are pected to be _ in this Tone ee to Be Extended. mg with these zones, which, ac- “A ing to his plan, include admin- fative districts having similar mMbdition problems. Later all of Oe administrative districts will 5 in one zone or another, rey said he had not yet the men who will be per- n mt chief of these zones. He a great deal of care would in choosing them 214 resis rank directly under him the could personally direct thir ™ He believed he would be 40 get suitable men by pro- of officials now under his : ion. “fone chiefs, Andrews said i have charge of prohivition at coast guard work anid Ooms service, whereas "he tior administratoes have m limited primarily to enforce- at of the Volstead act. ry , <q Andrews’ first day 2t T y since his return from Where he effected a agreement between ‘ex- mves to check shipments 9f li1- 7 the United States. euurews will call on the State artment Monday for the serv- i of Harry J. Anslinger, United ® Consul in the Bahama “4 we . ates of the school, rupted. stick together, to organize the division of | m control which probably will | pce only members of the State “Commerce departments now eereign service. After the bureau "ganized details of the under- ma, ee Great Britain will be | 4 Won't Discuss Resiguation. sted by newspaper corre- idents, he was subjected .o a ‘xXamination on a series of “ong ranging from his opin- of Wayne B. Wheeler to the eC re-organization of the ibition service. Outstanding developments of ew were: refused to discuss his res- “On which is scheduled for seder or immediately after the =-40ns, declaring he was “‘car- ‘Mg on" with his reorganizdtion Said he did not feel af- Med by Wheeler's remarks present efforts at 4nforce- Ci He considerable- ' had been made during # tenure of office and that he epected much more during the year. declared Med on Page 2, Column 5. same ballot privileges as men, to serve as jurors is their duty. The president of the St. Louis League believes women figure in necessary detail. en jurors were housewives, school | teachers and business women, Mrs. | Mangold observ ed. PARADE OF PUPILS PLANNED TO SAVE FRANKLIN SCHOOL Will March as Protest. Against Proposal to Use It as Vo- cational Unit. Handbills were circulated through the Franklin School dis- trict yesterday announcing a pa- rade, scheduled for noon tomor- row, as a demonstration against the proposed conversion of the school building, at Nineteenth street and Franklin avenue, into a vocational school. “The Big Parade,” was the bill’s heading. ‘‘Leaves Nineteenth and Franklin at Noon, Monday, Aug. 16, to City Hall and Board of Edu- cation,’’ it continued. “Pupils, par- ents, friends, be there. Save Frank- lin School.” Three pupils of the school, Mau- rice D. Apple, 14 years old, Harry Wallack, 11, and Morris Weiss- mann, 11 distributed the handbills, which they said older boys, gradu- hai aided them boys also is- in preparing. The sued a typewritten circular signéd “The Loyal Three.”’ “We will march to the City Hall and the Board of Education to protect our rights,’”’ the circular reads. ‘‘We cannot see the -pride of our neighborhood being dis- If the thousand pupils of the Franklin School, united, will we will win; if di- fail. Boost your Strike, you loyal vided, we will neighborhood. ogitizens! SAYS MRS. WOODROW WILSON IS PLEDGED TO GO TO GENEVA British Story Is She Gave Deathbed Promise to Husband to Be at League Meetings. Cc ight. 1926. by the Press and Pulitzer oP Publ shing Cos. (New York World and Post-Dispatch.) LONDON, Sept. 14.—Lord Rid- dell’s newspaper, in its column of “Gossip of the Day,” said to have Riddell’s personal supervision, will print tomorrow: “It is not generally known, but | Mrs. Woodrow Wilson promised the ‘late President on his deathbed that she would attend every annual 3s- sembly of the League of Nations in commemoration of its inceptor as, long as she lived.” Mrs. Wilson now is in Geneva. MAN KIDNAPED AND WHIPPED Says Assailants Charged Him With Selling Tdquor. By the Associated Preas. CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Answering a knock at his door today, Nels Nelsdn, 28 years old, of TAly Lake, a suburb was confronted by several masked men who kidnaped and beat him. Nelson said he was accused iy the kidnapers of seeking liquor but that this was untrue. One of the men was later arrested. Three Whales Sighted Off Jersey. SEABRIGHT, N. J., Aug. 14.— “There she blows,” sounded off the Jersey Coast today and Capt. White and Peterson in skiffs put out with harpoons for a school of three 40-foot whales disporting off the bathing beach. Captain White sank a double harpoon into lone but it “sounded” and his line The others started in the of Shrewsbury parted. general direction and points north. | | : SHOWERS AND SOMEWHAT WARMER, TODAY’S FORECAST THE TEMPERATURES. PPrrre ? $ j ) gree ° ndicates street reading. Yesterday's high, 87 at 4 p. m.}; low, 72 at 7 a. m. Official forecast | for St. Louis and vicinity: Showers this afternoon or tonight, and _ to- Morrow ; some- what warmer to.~ day. Missouri: Un- settled, probably vith showers by this afternoon or tonight, and to- morrow; some- what warmer to- day. Illinois: Increas- ing cloudiness to- day, probably with showers by tonight and morrow; much change in temperature. day, probably with showers by to- night and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Illinois: Increasing cloudiness Sunday with probably showers by night and on Monday; not much change in:temperature. Sun set 6:57; sunrise (tomorrow) 5:15. This Week’s Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. ; CHICAGO, Aug. - 14.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys—Occasion- al showers with mostly moderate temperature in northern portions and warm in southern portions throughout week.» TWO HEAT DEATHS AT CAPITAL More Than a Dozen Prostrations Also Are Keported. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Two | deaths today were attributed to the heat and more than a dozen pros- | trations were reported. Col. Hen- | ry H. Ludlow, U. S. A., retired, fell dead in the lobby of a bank, the Coroner ascribing death to apo- plexy, superinduced by the heat. The other fatality was a Negro | laborer. The capital was still in the grip of a most protracted heat wave on record here for August, but there was a sharp break in the tempera- ture tonight as a_ result of a thundershower. WALES MAY VISIT AMERICA Heir To Throne Expected To Make Fiying Trip To Kanch. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 14.—Although no official announcement has been made as yet, the London press seems to take it for granted that the Prince of Wales will visit his Canadian ranch in Alberta next month. This will be about the samé time as the autumn round-up and would afford him glimpses of the excite- ment of ranch life. The Price's friends say that it is of his great- est regrets that he must c ontent himself with ftying visits to Al- berta, which is idea] as a resting place from the cares of public life. ‘ing home, ‘hours later. '¢vye and his face covered | blood. ‘was overturned and.smashed, to-. not) Among the wom grandson of Gen. Tyler, V. C., dy- ‘Ing of a bullet wound in the stom- ‘ach. Thomas was taken to a nurs- where he died a few The police inspector found Smith | standing in the drawing room with two cuts in his forehead, a bruised with The furniture in the room The inspector told &mith he was under arrest, testifying that Smith replied: ‘“‘Where is he? Where is the seducer?”’ In court later Smith mad: a for- inal plea of not guilty and was re- manded for a week. The inquest wili begin tomorrow. Spent a Million a Year. Smith is a grandson of both Sir Frank Smith and Hugh Ryan, asso- ciates of Lord Strathcona, both ralil- road builders and two of the earli- est millionaires in Canada. As their heir Smith was at one time enor- mously wealtny. It is reported he was a victim of the notorious Wil- liam Cooper Hobbs, Montague Noel Newton and Roderick Morrison gang. Hobbs was the principal fig- ure in the notorious blackmail trial involving ‘“‘Mr. A,”’ who turned out to be the Maharajah Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. One re- port said these men were appointed a committee of inspection of the Smith inheritance. It is reported Smith, in 10 years, dissipated a fortune of $10,000.000 and then borrowed from Hobbs and Newton. Divorced From American Wife. Smith was married in 1912 to Ruth Wynne and was divorced in 192% She received in settlem2nt a substantial share of Smith’s for- tune. Smith took as jis second wife, Miss Catherine White, by whom he has three children. He is a near neighbor of Derham, who is said to have given’ lessons in automobile driving to Mrs. Smith. Derham in 1911 married Miss Consuelo de Cologan, a daughter of the Marquis de Torre Herm)Dsa. For the last few vears he has been living apart from his wife. Both Smith and Derham are graduates of Eton, where they were school- mates. Derham, was 40 and Smith 37 years of age. Smith once was in the Dragoon Guards. In the great war he foined the Canadian forces as a private. Derham was graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a captain in the war. Mrs. Smith New York in 1922. NEW YORK , phonso Francis . Al- Austin Smith, ' whose husband was held*in London | today in the murder of John Them: | as Derham, obtained an interlocu- ‘tory divorce 'th& Supreme Court here. 1922 in Her di- vorce action named a Miss Ger- trude Lawrence, whom she de- scribed an “an English eirl of 20 and of good family.”’ Testimony at the trial was giv- en to show that Smith and Mias Lawrence had lived togcther in London from the fal? of 1919 un- til the sumer of 1920, and that a daughter was born to Miss Law- rence on April 19, 1920. Smith did not contest his wife’s action. Mrs. Smith's father, the late Rob- ert J. Wynee, was a Washington correspondent when President Roosevelt appointed him First As- sistant Postmaster-General in 1902. In that office Wynne uncovered frauds in the Postoffice Department which resulted in- prison sentences for a number of men, including two department. officials. Wynne be- came Postmaster-General in 1904 on the death of Postmaster-General Payne. He was appointed Consul- General in 1905, resigning in 1910 to return to Washington. He be- e president of the First Nation- al Fire Insurance Co. in 1915. Later he retired from active business life. decree in He dieqin 1922 Obtained Divorce in| “twister,’’ inasmuch as force was expended in .a_ mile square area, bounded by Van Guil- der terrace, Webster and Lockwood avenues and‘ Colonial place. So many streets were blocked by fallen trees and the debris left by the water which flooded them im- mediately after the storm that 29 municipal trucks, each with a crew of 10 men, worked all afternoon trying to get them clear. Late in the day four streets still were im- passable. Two Deaths Laid to Heat. Many narrow escapes were re- ported, but no lives wete lost in New Rochelle. -In this city two deaths were attributed to the heat, which dropped about 10 degrees during the storm, but immediately thereafter began a steady rise. High humidity added to the discomfort. These conditions prevailed through- out the East, Washington swelter- ing at 98 degrees in the greatest heat outside the desert area. The Weather Bureau could give no promise of immediate relief. The storm broke over New York at 11 o’clock and in New Rochelle at 11:45, the heavy downpour at the latter place lasting 1 hour and 10 minutes. The tornado-like blast struck its heaviest blow at the in- tersection of Warren street, Union avenue and Van Guilder terrace, where no tree was left standing. Skylights were blown in, houses partially unroofed and plate-glass windows throughout the city shat- tered, but the chief havoc was done by trees that hit dwellings as they crashed to earth. Lightning Fires College Tower. Lightning struck the brick and wood tower on The Castle, admin- istration building of the College of New Rochelle, now closed for the summer, setting it on fire. Several instructors at work on the first floor escaped unhurt. The fire de- partment extinguished the flames, but the tower was damaged badly. A score of trees in various parts of the city were fired by falling power wires and gave the firemen a busy hour responding to alarms. Dr. James Brennan, New Ro- chelle physician, was driving his -automobile when a tree crashed across the street, knocking off the front bumper and damaging the mud guards, but he was not in- jured. Fire Commissioner Paul Borchard reported a falling tree cut his garage in half and smashed the front end of a sedan housed in it. His house also was damaged badly and every tree in his yard | broken or blown down. Trees of Prohibited Species. Most of the trees destroyed were poplars and the residents recalled that it was through recommenda-; tions of City Forester Thomas Wade that the Legislature passe a bill forbidding future planting of these easily uprooted trees. Early tonight a second thunder- storm preceded by cooling cur-| city and afforded temporary re- lief. It was predicted warmer weather would ensue tomorrow, with more storms of the same na- ture, though cooler temperatures were said to be in store for to- morrow “afternoon and evening. In the storm during the morning 2.7 inches of rain fell. HUNT MISSING BOY ON MT. HOOD Fresh Footprints Found After 48 Hours’ Vain Search. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 14.— While parties of woodsmen, for- est rangers and soldiers were lea:l- ing parties on the slope of Mount Hood today in search of Jackie Strong, 7-year-old boy lost in the wilds for 48 hours, fresh footpriats, believed to have been made by the boy last night or this- morning, were found. The hoy wandered away from two brothers while fishing Thu-:s- day afternoon. rents of air swept down on the | it? main. —Pacific and Atlantic Photo, GRANDMA EDERLE, now 76 years old, is entertaining her worild- famous granddaughter at her home in Bissingen, Germany, where the populace is making much of the American girl who swam the English Channel. 47 BELIEVED LOST IN NOVA SCOTIA STORM | Government Searchers Aban- don Hope for Crews of Two Fishing Schooners. By the Associated Press. HALIFAX, N. 8S., Aug. 14.—For- ty-seven fishermen were missing tonight, a week after the storm which is believed to have struck the Nova Scotia fishing industry the most disastrous blow in loss of lives and ships in recent his- tory. While Government searchers to- day abandoned hope for the 25 members of the crew of the Lun- enberg schooner Sylvia Mosher, grave fears were expressed for the first time for the La Have schoon- er Sadie Knickle and her crew of 22. The Sadie Knickle, long over- due, was last seen near the Sylvia Mosher, off Sable Island, before the storm. It was feared that both crews had perished in the hurri- cane that tore the Sylvia Mosher from her anchorage and drove her ashore on the island, a total wreck, and left no trace to indicate the fate of the Sadie Knickle. “There is practically no hope that a single one of the crew is alive,’’ said Capt. Sutherland of the ed bg steamer Lady Laurier. which returned today after an un- successful search for survivors of the Sylvia Mosher wreck. The search of the Lady Laurier took the eteamer,. through seas strewn with wreckake. The relief vessel picked up battered debris from the Sylvia Mosher and the Mary Ruth, a craft that barely es- caped the clutches of the Sable Island sand after all her gear and boats had been swept away. After viewing the havoc wrought by the storm and finding no trace of the missing fishermen, Capt. Suther- land returned convinced that “it would have been impossible for ‘any of the men to _ have lived through it.’’ FINDS PEORIA POLICE CHIEF DRIVING STOLEN CHICAGO CAR | Cocmanee Also Recovers Autos From Assistant State’s Attor- ney and His Secretary. | CHICAGO, Aug. 14.—Recovery ‘of 11 stolen automobiles and clews to about 20 more were announced tonight by Police Sergeant Frank A. McDonald on his return from Peoria, investigating a stolen car market there. One of the stolen cars was being driven by J. Shirley West, Chief of Police of Peoria, and another by Jess Weast, Assist- ant State’s Attorney of Peoria County. Weast’s secretary, Police- man Richard Clandein, was driv- ing another car, the serial number of which corresponded with that of a car stolen in Chicago. Recovery of the 11 cars came through the arrest of Floyd Over- by at Peorla two weeks ago on seven warrants charging him with receiving stolen property, automo- Diles stolen on Chicago streets. Band Concerts Today. Fores§ Park, 3:30 to 6 p. m., Falkenhainer’s band. Tower Grove Park, 3:00 to 5:30 p. m., Seim’s band. [DRY CHIEF DINES WISELY ON DISHES NOT SO VERY DRY Gen. Andrews Refused to Drink on Ship, but Had Champagne Sherbet. ' Special to Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.— Ass! st- ant Secretary of the Treasury Apr- drews, chief of the prohibition forces, disclosed today that he had perhaps had a lTIittle taste of liquor on his recent voyage from London. He explained how he managed to beat the prohibition law. On the boat a friend offered him a drink, which he refused. In the course of conversation the friend learned the refusal was lim- ited only to alcoholic beverages. Andrews could eat what he liked. Being a true friend this particu- lar friend had the chef prepare the dry chief a champagne _ sherbet, which, indeed, is not a beverage. Andrews could eat it without any qualms of conscience or fear of breaking the Volstead act. “Would it be legal to sell such a sherbet in the United States?’ the correspondent asked. “That’s a question for the At- torney-General,” Andrews replied. “I think the captain of our ves. sel on the return trip permitted some pancakes soaked in rum to be served me,” Andrews added. DRIVER OF LAUNDRY WAGON SHOT TO DEATH IN HOLDUP Cape Girardeau Victim, Had Ex- pressed Belief Most Reported Robberies Were Fakes. Special to the Post-Dispatch. CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO., Aug. 14.—Robert J. Deevers was found dead at the roadside twenty feet from his laundry delivery wagon on a highway 12 miles south cf here today. About $150 he was supposed to be carrying. a part of a day's collections, was missing, but twenty dollars was left in his wallet, Cautioned to be careful and nat carry large sums of money, Deevers several times had told his employer that he believed most re- ported holdups, were fakes and at the worst he would be able to tnke care of himself. He waa. ap- parently shot before he could dis- charge his own revolver which was found beside his car. SHOOTS OFFICER AND IS SHOT Slayer at Topeka (Kan.) Wounded by Aid of County Attorney. lsxy the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 14.—Ed. Rooney, assistant county attorney, today shot and seriously wounded Joe Morris, 34-year-old farm hand, after Morris had shot Under-Sheriff Wayne Horning. The shooting fol- lowed Horning s attempt to arrest Morris for the killing of his brother-in-law, Arthur Page. Page was shot in a quarrel with. Morris which is said to have had its origin in Norris’ belief that Page had created dissention between vores ¥ and his wife. After shooting Page, begged his wife to kill him but when Rooney and Horning were summoned Morris resisted arrest. Horning, wounded in the right arm, tossed his revolver to Rooney who serving a 10-year sentence for a $167,762 shortage created when he was a Deputy. Finance Commis- sioner liquidating the Night and Day Bank of St. Louis, made over- tures in the early part of 1923 to- ward buying a controlling interest in the Englewood bank. Paul E. Cole, his brother-in-law, subse- quently bought the stock and be- came the bank's cashier, cond, that the same persons who loaded the little $10,000 bank down with more than twice its cap- ital in questionable asseta which the Finance Department rejected July 17, had done exactly the same thing earlier this year ahd were forced to make restitution, only to return less than three months aft- erward, get complete charge ahd repeat the operation. The earlier attempt, in the last days of January of this year, was a particularly amazing piece of work. for Cole’s Stock. Cole was cashier at that time and held 66 shares of stock in his name. Four Independence men—Harry 8. Truman, Col. E. M. Stayton, Arthur Metzger and Spencer Salsbury-— contracted with Cole for the pur- chase of his stock on the basis of $9900, less a pro rata deduction for whatever bad assets were in the bank, control to be taken Feb. 1. A local accountant made an audit of the bank, completing it Jan. 25. His report showed the items listed as. questionable—just a small col- lection of the usual bad accumula- tions of any institution. Then the four purchasers looked over the list of other stockholders for a president who was better ac- quainted in Englewood than they were. Lou E. Holland, a resident of Englewood and now president of the Kansas City Chamber of Com- merce, was selected and accepted on provision the five of them would make their own personal ex- amination of all assets and NMabili- .| thes. Loans Withont Collateral. The following Sunday the five made that examination. They found these changes had been made in the bank's status in the few days since the auditor's re- port on Jan. 25: A loan of $7500 without collat- eral or indorsement had been made to the Missouri Press Publishing Co., of which Charles U. Becker, Secretary of State, is president. A loan of $600 without collater- al or indorsement had been mafie to Ernest D. Wilson, an employe of Becker’s publication, associated in the Priest-for-Senator campeign and later with Proctor A loan of $2000 without collat- eral or indorsement had been made to Cole. The cash account of the bank had depleted by more than $3009 by overdrafts, returned checks end the like carried as “cash items.” A new Item had appeared among the assets, “bonds, $5000." Exam- ination disclosed they were- Plaza Royal bonds,. of no market value, issued by an amusement enterprise on McGee street trafficway tos- tered by L. J. Smyth. ess man- ager of Becker's publication, and issued to Wilson in lieu of an %t- torney’s fee when the enterprise bo without aula at te Morris om out to him an order by the bank fired and hit Morris, a