St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 21, 1926

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COMIC PAGE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 199¢, (Copyright, 1928) —, EY BOLONIES LIHAT HE TO ? “THOUGHT MAS a ee m\Weate)} —- SIVIAG 4 / rLL SEVEAS FAYE TO OWE FoR THE STMAS } CARDS! SCOUz2z2A eZ who tlrew ee Oil CLlas 2ustng: a Stae Zz2zZO | ERS, meal treet Zeer fathers a 4 07: fordtzzes ? He’s IN , AGAIN & io SN 7 “> a ol ' 7c - oT | ae ONE SEAT IN THE | FRONT ROW! = ye ky + «aioe F giepecameemmmamvenranerse or: ‘ " ‘ : y onsul reneral \Springfield, Mass. Carrillo of Mexico on | ‘grace on the service, ‘Shafer were serv- | ‘able word | told | ‘vesterday the | and that its benefits to the | America | 'zett, } months’ ‘of drunkenness and disorderly con- Dec, 21.— have been TAMPICO, Mexico, Extensive preparations made by the Mexican Government and the municipality to greet the | United States aviators who left San Antonio today on the first Tampico is the first scheduled stop Mexican territory. Two Mexican aviators, and Robert Torres, arrived here yesterday by direction of the Mexican Government to extend of- ficial welcome to the American flyers. They will accompany the} Americans during the Mexican stage of the flight. The Mexican airmen flew from) San Luis Potosi to Tampico in 2/ hours and 50 minutes, the first} time a flight has been made be-| tween the two cities. Argentine Newspaper Praises | Flight as Friendly Gesture. Pv the Aseociated Preas, BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21.—The | Pan-Americen flight which started | today from San Antonio, can be} considered the most {mportant} aeronautical feat ever attempted, | says La Nacitlon. The newspaper opinion that the complete proof of expresses flight will offer. the efficiency (lap of their Pan-American flight. Pablo Redding, Bullard, Olin Shafer, William W. Tex., and boro, la., drunkenness, dis- and bringing dis- Malone and sentenced to dishonor- and 10 years im- Charged with orderly conduct discharge prisonment. Bullard courtmartial to 15 dis- tried was vears’ imprisonment honorable discharge. Paul Miller. a recruit from Bas- Neb., who was with the other was sentenced to two imprisonment on by sentenced and three, The sentences must be ap- Maj. Gen. B. A. Poore, of the seventh corps duct. proved by commander area. GIRL DIVES IN. RESCUES MAN Extricates Him From Curtained Auto, Upset in Creek. Ry the Asaeociated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dee While “her brother ran down road calling for help, Miss Campbell, 18-year-old Butler Unl- versity student, plunged into the 21. — Be-+ charges ; a | Jean | ; (ages on beyond the | passengers icy wafers of Pleasant Run, ripped | the curtains from an automobile which had upset in the stream and held the head of Oscar D. Small, | 65, the driver, above water until assistance came. She and her brother. Edward, i6, were standing in front of the Campbell home at dusk, when a terrific crash at a bridge near by (told them that Small’s machine had struck the abutment, scene of many accidents. ROBBERS TAKE BANK'S SAFE Place Strongbox Containing $4000 on Track, at Buffalo. Kan. pe the Aapoctated Press INDEPENDENCE, Kan... Dec. was robbed of tts bank last took the here, night. Robbers entered, attained by American aviation ex- | safe and entire contents and es- It declares also that flight is a splendid manifestation hr the United States of continental! fraternity and wil! give the nations perts. great friendly nation. the /¢ aped. Skida were used in placing the safe in a truck. The bank was the Buffalo State Rank. The safe contained about »| along the route an opportunity to | *190° ir cashand an undetermined express their warm sentiments to a | amoun! nie and other valu- . ‘ ‘;ee cs of b ;* i ; | —_—_ ea ee ee TEXT OF WIRE ASKING LANDIS TO — UPSET THE HORNSBY TRADE HE text of the Chamber of T Commerce's telegram to Baseball Commissioner Landis follows: “He who wins should wear them. Louis’ wonderful baseball last fall, the tradiag of Hornsby is a terrible blow. We feel that to take from St. Lonis the manager who brought s3uc- cess after others had failel for almost 40 years will have a dis- astrous effect upon the loyalty of baseball fans and will*injure the game immensely. “We appeal to you as the ar- | biter of the baseball world to refuse to sanction the trade. We consider the trade against the best interests of baseball and | are firmly of the opinion§ that | you would be justified in taking such :tteps as are necessary, first to prevent the trade, sn1 second to settle any disputes between Hornsby and the Card- inal management. he DECLARES LACK OF LIQUOR TIES UP AMERICAN SHIPS Neptune Association Attacks Treaty Allowing British Liners to Seal Stock tn Port. Ry the Associated Preas. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—An at- tack on the unconatitutionality of the American-British treaty, which permits British vessels to bring liquors into American ports under seals affixed and three-mile Iimit, the ¥vplirs After St. donation to , Commissioner LANDIS REFUSES TO INTERVENE 10 STOP GIANT TRADE a me ee ‘Association Wires Commis- sioner,. but He Tells Post- Dispatch He Will Keep His Hanas Off. DISASTROUS EFFECTS ON FANS FORECAST ‘Breaking of Contract Last Straw, Says Breadon ana Manager Sees Lawyer on His Standing. a he mnerce Louis Chamber of Com- Baseball! Landis, St. today telegraphed Kenesaw M. urging him to prevent the trade of removed at the | was made yester- | day before the United States Cir- | ’ New York Giants and to settle any dispute be- tween the manager of the worl ehampion Cardinals and the elub’s principal stockholder. Sam Brea- Although the commissioner had not réceived the telegram at 1! p. m., he told the Post-Dispatch over telephone from Chicago wat he would not intervene. Commissioner Landis pointed out that the dismissal of a mana- ger was a club affair,-rather than a league matter, and added that if he intervened in one case, he \ ld have to do likewise others.’ So far as he is concerned the shift_jin the Cardinals’ man- agement is no different from changes of management In other clubs, a record number of which have been made in the major leagues since the close of last sea- son. | Trade Called Terrible Blow. The Chamber's telegram, for- warded after @ conference between President Harold M. Bixby and Secretary William T, Findly, char- acterized the trading of Horns!) to the Giants for Second Basema.; Frank Frisch and Pitcher Jimmy Ring as “a terrible blow.” “We feel,” the telegram stated, “th: to take from St. Louls the manag who brought success after others had failed for almost 40 years wiii have a disastrous effect upon tie loyalty of baseball fans and wi! injure the game immensely.” President Breadon, who tast night announced that he had traded Hornsby to the Giant« af:; the manager of the worid’s« «> pion Cardinals had refused 4 year contract for $60,000 fur jiu. ;. and had held out for a three-yea: contract at that salary, today said that he had not decided upon the new manager. However, he did state that Branch Rickey, whom Hornsby had succeeded as man- ager, would not be. reappointed. Several men are tn Breadon’s mind for manager, but he do- Rgers Hornsby to the don. in “a humace clined to name those under con- sideration. Hornsby Writes to Rreadon. Hornsby, while “confessing it is cult Court of Appeals by the Nep- | one of the hardest blows of my tune Association of Masters andj !ife to part with the fans of #¢ Mates, The serving of alcoholic bever- British passenger vessels, three-mile nd. away from American vessels, some of which have been driven out of business. Assistant United States Attorney Stichman, who argued for the treaty, said it merely relleved Brit- ish lines of the necessity of main- taining supply ships at sea to re- plenisk liquor stores after they had left our ports. i WORLD'S TALLEST NOBLEMAN Ry the Aesociated Press. LONDON, Dec. 21.—-Standing ¢ feet 9% inches, and still growing. Lord Reay, “world's tallest noble- man,” will come of age Chriast- mas day. He has made arrange- ments for many relatives In En- | gland and Scotland to visit him in the | 271 —BRuffalo, 25 miles porth of | Holland to eélebrate the event. The young man is a peer of Scot- land, chief of the clan MacKay, but makes his home tn Holland, where an ancestor settled because he did not receive a pardon in a treaty hetween the King and the Cov- enanters. Lord Reay is thirteenth ‘f his linc. His grandfather was at one ' | draws | statement. time Governor of > ° louis,” sent a letter this afternoon to President Breadon,. taking ex- ception to the latter's Published “If you say I wantea to leave St. Louis, that ts» untrue.’ Hornsby wrote. “But to terminate relations with you, that ts@ the truth. “I have not been paid a thing for managing the club since I took it over. Not even a word of con. gratulation ora complimentary re- mark. You know you have not even congratulated one of your players In person for winning the pennant or the world series. “The Bill Killefer inoldent ts stil! fresh, and In spite of your attempt. ed denials, I know you offered him the contract to manage the Cards." Hornsby in Stock So far as Hornaby is concerned. the question is settled, except as to the dispositfon of his 1147 shares in the Cardinais’ club, which he purchased in 1926 for $60. 000 from his predecessor, Branch Rickey. He ts the second largess: stockholder, and he wonders what basebal! fans generally wil! think of a Cardinal stockholders Play - ing in a Giant uniferm. As te this, Proeden says there tn: a oe ee — CT: BE ings TS VAT Oe : DN ON AIRE AARNE NE ARIES OM RRNNIR CT CRI: