St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 18, 1927

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COMIC PAGE THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1929 WHAT A LIAR: WHa R HE'S TURNED popegelh ACTUALLY BELIEVES Sue's rey HE DOESN'T Hing 1 = SEEn HER-~ Wo ie _ “BUM COMPLEXION - a SHE HAS ACH. WHO Bis COVERED és WERE A FIASE PLACE -A FELLOW CAA GET THE MdIVUIG FoR 2ot AS He 1 FoR # &.sSsS BUT THE A CHAAICE TO Sce One GIRL 1S DRAGGERB EGVERY AIGHT AAA . ALLOWER THO Come UP STILL “THIAIIC S JOHAD EG LEADING Mavic CONENIA - . ~~ action, and notifies the ithe strike is purely intended to ithe Nationalist cause in Segainst the Northerners. Machments of Mhern) troops have a along the Shanghai-Nanking fay to attempt to prevent the —By FONTAINE FOX E AGAINST CARRYING DOGS PERSON WHO WANTS Te a O “ «ad Pe im Pekin and Moscow over e of the couriers and the ne soviet protests. :; f indicate -~ ; Whieh is Keec a Paperhanger? Pall MAin One, One—One, One pal —Ask for Betty ee ne Read in FAR is exer NY OTHER Newspaper, MORE St. Louis Daily and Sunday. ous WNGHA CALLED epee Re ctive at Noon ow, Is to Con- Until upY Citv. SENDS NEW NOTE TO PEKIN nr nm “White Russians” Documents on to Justify Its Sei- s penociat ed Press. BXGHAI, China, March Beneral Labor Union today is- ower Cantonese | | hind " communique calling a gen- | eto begin tomorrow noon i continue until the National-_| Shanghai. the and Wantonese) occupy communique calls on to maintain becoming order involved public, 3 political show Shant ungese been rs from leaving. Russia Sends New Note. fwordy battle is going on be- the Pa- of soviet m of the Russian vessel, Pienina, and the arrest . Bordonil and three fiers. anew note demanding the re- Ves- yovernmment accuses Russians” of placing sus- y@ocument on the boat to P pretext fo rits seizure and gion into a warship. rshal Chang Tso-lin, war lord te Northern Chinese armies, ignored two previous so- makes the charge! mussia not Only has violated gno-Russian agreement, but mnored international obliga- my abetting the Nationalist ment at Hankow. sidering that the bement of 1924 Sino-Rus- and all i nal codes are thrown to the by thevery py of Michael flows who play presence Borodin, such an at imi- in any | ‘| First Offering of sympathy | the | Or- | g _rison general director, 'niation i tory } ' ' ' ; | / i | | in- | | i ‘a three jac onference ~ . ngueetgseuneeynenasiienemeen A tt tg a ~ The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Lows Withthe Associated Press News Service ~ Samuel Insull Named Indirectly As Man Who Gave $100, 000 To Ex-Mayor Thompson’ s Fund Utilities Magnate Backing His Campaign for| Mayoralty in Chicago, Dever Faction Charges in Statement. By tne (HI Associated Press “AGO, March 15. Insull, Chicago public utiilties ecutive, recently for contempt of investigating committee, named indirectly today by the Peo- ple’s Dever-for-Mayor Committee as contributor of $100,000 to Wil- liam Hale Thompson's 1915 cam- paign fund and the “‘man Thompson.” “Samuel Insull, the public ties magnate of Chicago and rounding territory, refused to the Senate Investigation tee to whom he had a specific sum of $40,000," said a Statement by the committee. now *° to against the “He didn't Thompson | who is the | A A cc A Anat it 0 a T. LOU IS “FRIDAY I: VENING 0 GANGSTERS AILLED, ONE WiTh CARD UP SLEEVE Shot to Death in Petroit Apartment—Slayer Held | Winning Hand. ‘BULLET THROUGH RC ze 18, .M A 192 7 16 DOGS KILLED BY PUISUNED CANDY THROWN IN STREET | Police Hunt Person Who. ‘Former St. Louisans Found | Scattered Deadly Sweets’ Near Hamilton and Ply-| mouth Avenues. ‘CHILDREN WARNED QUEEN OF SPADES ‘Bodies Identified by Police electric company and the elevated | and the overlord of the railways. railways street ‘Thompson didn’t tell the people Edison Co. Dever, the (‘ommonwealth Thompson, William E. Democratic incumbent, and Dr. John Dill Robertson the “peo- ples’ ownership, smash crime rings’’ party are opponents in the election April 5 abroad. of Insull is OF SEAT, CRAWLS BACK, SA VES PLANE. Naval Aviator Clings to Braces While Ship Swoops Upside Down in Loop. omen \ beg Pee Vv Tt) ated NORF Q){, K. How a Press Va.. aviator, M aren thrown LS. naval from doing a loop, clung the braces while the plane plunged | 2500 then man- and bring it told at the air station feet earthward, to crawl back in, landing, was Roads naval aged Sate Hampton today. Lieutenant-Commandér Schiossback, Norfolk, altitude Isaac in a recent flight over attempted a loop at an of 4000 feet. When his holding belt and was left the brace bars while the plane roared on upside down, The plane suddenly righted it- self after dropping 2500 feet and the aviator climbed back into his seat, settled down and made a safe landing. HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH ENDS LIFE | Williamsport, Ill.. Over Part in Student Play. the Associated Press. GALESBURG, Ul... March 18.— Earl Main, 17 years old, junior in Williamsfield High School, near ended his life last night by himself in the head with He was a bDrilliant stu- Friends said he had been about a part he had ina set for tonight. Rela- this was the rea- from By shooting dent. worrying school play tives doubted if however. the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS; Harold P. architectural! shot his the March Ls. old, ttU- Bergeret, 27 student at and home. act to years ‘niversity, today at attributed His parents over- study. A A OO COOLIDGE H “e Once Streets. Replate Strolls Through Associated Press, WASHINGTON, President Coolidge March contrary 18, to the through parks of White House seldom used his devoting his daily to walks strolls being avenue of thor- fa- has daily city. Since entering President usually almost favorite parade its busiest this year weather, which buds on the has attracted open, and him the has limousine, time of his street and But spare the Capital oughfare. the out time, into the lv every evening finds with Mrs. Coolidge. brought ahead of the Beires parmento Natal. Hop to Port iw l’ress Short the Associated PERNAMBUCO, 18.--Maj. Sarmento Beires, guese round-the-world flyer, completed the crossing of the At- lantic Oecean, arriving at Brazil, at 12:52 p. m. was flyvimge from the off the Bra he arrived ves- isiands. tty Brazil, today He coast. where from the Bissagos near the coast of Africa. Today’s hop was a short Hernando do Noronha being miles from the coast zilian one only Audrain County Farmer Kills Associated Press. Mo., March the MEXICO, 18.—J. QO, | Hearn, 55 years old, a wealthy Au- drain County farmer, © ommitted suicide last night at his home in tadonia, east of here, because of despondency over ili health, Sarthe Worried | Port | Island of | i we dete ty i | solve FLYER, THROWN OUT } | | and wW a bullet. At ithe to | the | slipped | |.includes numerous arrests as a ! pect. | 18.——A way killed | as Those of John Ex-Convict, and Roy (Doggy) Snyder. By the Associated Presse DETROIT, Mich The setting of a tense with March is poker game, three hands intact as they. dealt, Lives reconstructed by effort two fangs! -rs re were today in an the murder of who came here from St. Louis with long police records two years ago ‘ho were found last night sprawied among the cards and in were } money their apartment. They John k i’. Reid, alias James E old, Missouri ex-: and Roy (Doggy) Snyder; alias Leroy Grady, who has served two terms in workhouse, sleeve found the Spades pierced by a first it appeared that been killed for cheat- fur exainina. showed that the winning hand wus held by the supposed killer, The hands were found i® of the dead players, on the with a handful of silver indic the was for small Ellis straight, Snyder a house and the third hand. lay before an empty chair. con- tained four kings. Iser, llis, ‘onvict, Louis ip Ellis’ Q@Mueen of Was men had ; > j ing, but ther ion iron. table atinz Sane had a full which Records in St. Louis show Elser was arrested 25 investigation before he in 1925. .In 1913 ‘he the penitentiary for burglary, serving two years. In 1917 he was sentenced again larceny, serv: ing two years. In 1919 he was convicted of forgery in Adams County. Illinois. and sent (*hes- ter prison for an indeterminate term. His last address L886 ©O’Fallon street. Snyder's St. that times for departed was sent to for to here was louis record sus- to the months for was returned for a year for His last known 2719 Cass ave- 1918 he workhouse for seven larceny, and in 1919 to that institution the same crime. address here was nue, ONIONS MAKING STRONG RACE First Car Sent From Egyptian Crop. RAYMONDVILLE, Tex.. carload of onions is St. Louis from the in a to beat the In was sent on to Rio Grande Valley race Kegy ptian Thorder. living the shipment, crop to Started first of the near nere the Scea- Son. USES. ~ LIMOUSINE | Popular | ‘toes 1s ' plans his | has been taking short drives | SHOWERS PROBABLE TONIGHT, TOMORROW ; SOMEWHAT COLDER: trees | near- | driving | FINISHES FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC Makes | i March Portu- | has , Mach year the South try to get onion ship arrives from While the onions North, the moving to ers Egypt. first are first car of frish Louisiana made send the from are being to first shipload of cotton ton to India. nd ane TEMPERATURES. 5istrumental in Elser, 10 | | from |structed all officers of the district ‘to warn children against iment buildings Texas grow- | to market before an} going | pota- | and | Hous- | Edwards also was among elias -J. | 34 years} OF THEIR DANGER} | i Chief Gerk Tells Them Not | to Tiercks Confections | They Find on Lawns or} Sidewalks. | 16 sual in Following the death of poisoned candy scattered the vicinity of Hamilton and Plym- outh avenues in the last two weeks police of the Page Boulevard Dis- trict are canvassing ali drug stores of the northwest section of the city today an effort to trace the poisoner Chief in of Police Gerk nas in- eating candy found on the lawns and side- walks. : A handful of the candy found in the areaway of an apartment at 1206 Hamilton avenue by Edwards, janitor of the building, was forwarded today to. the City Chemist for analysis to | determine whether it containe suf- house Thomas ‘ficient poison to kill a child. Most\ of the candy is of chocolate aud | animal shapes, such as mth! | most attractive to small chil Dogs which have eaten the in be dren. ' chocolates have died in convulsions ~* Ve " Si.adwHes. } i within 10 to 20. minutes Found tn Apartment Buildings. Most of the candy discovered sw far has been found on the tawns and sidewalks around two apart- at thamilton and, 'Piymouth avenues and some inside | the building | sides Police have no clew ite the identity of the polsoner, out ‘believe it is some person who. re- elsewhere and has access to ithe apartment structures. Residents are particuiarly alarmed because 26 families, many ‘of them with children, reside in the ‘small ; schoo) ' joining. also | Texas to Beat | March its | market. W. Ti dozen or more of play daily akter a vacant iot ad- r3 and a children hours on bullding fatalities among dogs in th neighborhood has increased rapidly in the last few days. Yesterday, three dogs, residents in the vicinity ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH —60 PAG ES —- ~~ a Pe enene ¢ a AARON SAPIRO (seate Jegher, as ee appes ? _- Phot by »AGmk. 1) snd his chief attorney, Williath H;,Gal- in the vv. S. District. Court ia cy Suara ne SO a ea cot snaaeaneagoten PAN- AMERICAN FLYERS LAND SOON AFTER RESUMING FLIGHT es Se Aviators Pass -C Over Victoria Brazil, but Return a Few Minutes Later. By the Aseotiated Press. R1O DE JANEIRO. Brazil, 18.—The American good-will flyers‘left at 3 today their Flight north- ward along*the Brazilian seaboard March . Siggae si on of Plymouth and Hamilton ave- nues, died, and one belonging to Harry Filberstein, 5623 Theodosia | avenue, fell victim to the deadly sweets. Last Sunday three other dogs died, one of them the prop erty of George I. McNiece of 5701 julian avenue, who had previously | discovered the presence of poisoned candy and had reported it to po-| lice. Dogs Only Victims so bar. \icNiece told a reporter today that while officers were investigat ing in the neighborhood last Mon- day, the dog of Thomas Hughes ot 5881 Plymouth, ran out of the house and returned shortly after: vard in convulsions. It died with in five minutes. This was the sec nd of Hughes’ dogs to be poisoned A few days earlier a valuable po doz became violentiv ill, but rushed to a veterinary in ‘ime its life. The dog of Janitor, the recent} lice ee Cn ane Was tO save victims 'of information > Official cast for St. Lea and vic ite | inity: CONTEMPT STOPS AT THE JAIL DOOR tonight and = to- morrow: some- what colder morrow, but lowest @fempera- freezing. Missouri: Showers probable tonight and to- morrow: tomorrow lllinois: cloudy and probably colder Mostly tonight romorrow, with showers in ‘the south and portions; colder what morrow.in the tions. Arkansas: row, cloudy; Saturday. Sunset 6:11. 6:06. . Stage of the a fall of .- fomor- coldér Tonight and occasional rain; Sunrise (tomorrow) Mississippi 17. feet, central | some - | 1O- | west and north por.) Senate Passes Bill for Bond Taste’. asked of deadly dri tore-| [00 CHILDREN FAINT WHEN Showers probable | to- | the | ‘ Be .¥ ture will be above | , during a VW hich strain issued { public Chief Gerk, in a statement yesterday, appealed to the (oO assist in the apprehension of the pointing ott that any bit impared in confi might be in | the life of a have the poisoner, police saving also dence to the beet buyers ‘hild. Druggists to wateh closely Zs 10,000 GREET DUKE OF YORK Many Had Traveled’ Long Dis- tances ‘to Dunedin, New Zealand, to Welcome Royal Visitgr. ‘ «} recs SDIN, New Zealand, hundred children vreat demonstration in| of them participated honor of the Duke of) York. who is touring Australasie. Many of the childret left country homes as early as 6 a. Mm. to take part in the telebration. The! and the lack of food was! much for them. The Duke was deeply .concerned. lie went to the first-aid station to reassure himself regarding their welfare. memorial was unveiled March | fainted 'D ‘NE (one L0.00Q , today in distr nt {eo 4 war today. JEFFERSON CITY, March 18. A resolution submitting to the vot- ers a proposal for a $10,000,000 bond issue for truildings at the va- rious educational and eleemosynary inafitutions was passed today the Missouri Senate. It) now goes to the House. X pert) il Py and | Commander plane | gnay | found | defendants r room | ers, | hours, a previous refusakand permit-| i ;sent ; regard ; Wits ifrom five i'ea into the lower Kuskokwin River | country 'missing aviator, A telegraph message gays. thes -d over Vie toria a t 9:35, but 10 taco and landed. one-third the minutes later Victoria is. about distance between Rio and Bahia. 80 o'clock this morning, received from de Pinedo, who left San: Luiz de at 3 p. Mm, yes- his four-conti- of Upto 1l: had been francesco no word Italian flyer, Caceres, Brazil, terday continuing nent flight. Advices Telegraph unable the National De Pinedo to take off yesterday [uiz de Caceres, and the towed down the Para- to Gahyba Lake, on between Brazil and the plane the reaching Service say Was at San Was River frontier There toward the Bolivia. and headed Ris er. FURNITURE MEN AWAIT JURY Prosecuted in Chicago as Trust; Verdict velayed. the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 145. tv-two furniture By ~Sevena- and 57 delayed verdict of as to wheth- companies day awaited a a Federal Court should be jury acauitted or being a trust. The approximately country’s bed- rurniture. tapids, er tnes ruilty of make cent of the and dining rooms Brown of Grand secretary of the Alliance of Furniture Manufactur- suffered a stroke waited in a hotel todayy to return a verdict. aboard a train to be specialist in Detroit. jury had been out 24 ‘arpenter 7b per fe XS Mich., of while he the jury placed taken to a After ‘the Judge ‘° for was my] Pd ted copy of his instructions to be the jury room The was sent in with instructions to dis- words which been by court underscoring objected. tC. Copy had derscored due to the defense counsel search for Missing. Aviator. Asaociated Presa, MWeGRATH, Alaska, March 18.— Airplane and dog team parties Alaska towns have start- Ry the in search of E. G. Young, whose abandoned plane was found early Monday on the ice of Kuskokwin tagamut. Inquiry at Indian vil- lages near Kaltagamut haa dis- closed no trace of the veteran alr- man. who left McGrath during a storm last Sunday for Bethel, a hop of °50 miles over one of the most ‘desolate regions of the North. Sf United States Army Pan-| manufacturing | els ; pee for service in Judge individuals to- | paralvsis | He | un-| reporters. Iti that} Federal Judges Advised to Cut All Nes a Se errr LACK OF FUNDS 10 EXCUSE U. $. JURORS Won't Be Compelled, to Serve and Wait for Pay, Judge | Davis’ took off | Amazon | ‘not be paid ithe | issue | have i checks : . ' directed ithe i tion, | does : ‘for National | : eds ihe will recousid- ; price of cot Davis Says. Jurors summoned for!/the United States District Court term, begin- ning March 28, will be. exc used up .on~ their request, Judge’ Davis announced today, after that funds for payment of the ju- rors and witnesses at the spring term.of court, will not be available until after Congress meets next December. The reason for the lack of funds is that. the Senate was filibustered adjourning without passing deficiency appropriations for the remainder of the fiscal year ending July 1, although the next fiscal years has been provided for "he jurors and witnesses serve at the spring’ term of Judge! court, and at the term to be held by Judge and in Cape Citrardeau, into court here can- | ber, Marshal The Marshal has been ordered by | Department of Justice not to any overdrafts, and the banks no system of cashing the of witnesses or jurors in| Federal Court. A panel of 75 nas been summons A | into fields of agriculture, politics, Davis’ court be- Judge Davis to write to outside the of the may. have for them. to come expense, March 253. his secretary members lhving informing them and that they euses if they ask not wish any at their own cannot be paid or their railroad fare at present. The pay, $4 a day, often proves in- sufficient for out-of-town jurors, Judge Faris said that, because the Jack of funds, he would summon a grand fury at Cape Gi- rardeau April 11, as he had intend- He has not decided whether hold a tetm of court there or the term scheduled April 25 here. sourji people. ginning city, “xX - He) to St. Louis when! they to hetause of the low short of money. does not wish fon, are he said, and he ask those it would be the money, Eapenses. Ry the Aesociated Preee essity for a policy in the offices of the Federal courts of the country has been emphasized by Attorney-General Sargent in a ‘cireular letter to Federal Judges. | the : \deficiengy bill carrying appropria- below Kal-| ‘of jurors will handicap the Depart- | Failure of Congress to pass tions for witness fees and expenses ment of Justice in the prosecution of cases, although the Attorney- General maintained that | actions he learned until after next Decem- | " P t la oe , . Hukriede said: today _fense objection was sustained. reimbursed | ; _ never who | of | aa | ' | | = | | situa- | j / ' discussions ' | ' : : begin | The Southeast Mis-' LIBEL JURY SAPING GOT $1,000,000 FROM FARMERS ‘Senator Ends Opening Statement and Editor Cameron of Dearborn In- dependent Takes Stand. ee eee oe Clothing Torn in Rush of Crowd to Hear Proceed- ings in $1,000,000 Suit Against Auto “Man. ‘the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 18.-—Charging that Aaron Sapiro obtained more than $1,000,000 from co-operative organizations which he promoted, that he was unprofessional in the way he solicited business as a4 lawyer and in the advice he gave the organizations he formed, Sen- Reed of Missourt, in completing his opening § state- ment today in Sapiro’s $1,000,009 libe] suit against Henry Ford, told the jury that he would show the articles alleged to be libelous were printed in good faith. “We will ask you to find that Aaron Sapiro was an exploiter,” he said. The Senator cut his plea ator ‘short in order to catch a train for Washington. William J. Cameron, edit@s of the Dearborn Independent, was placed on the stand as the first witness. Cameron was calied by | William ‘Henry Gallagher of coun- sel for Sapito. ~Gallagher aske1 for the exclusion of all witnesses. Judge Raymond granted the tho- tion, excepting, however, those who assisted the counsel, Judge Ray- mond ruled Fred D. Black, busi- ness manager of Ford's publication, could remain in court during Cam- eron’s testimony. — Cameron said ,that he had met Henry Ford’ until he went to work on the Independent. Cameron said he had- written arti- cles for other publications than the News and Independent. Differences of Opinion. There were frequent confer- ences of the staff of the Indepen-~ dent, he said, in reply to Gal- lagher’s questions. “You have differed on occasions as to matters of opinion with Mr. Ford?” Gallagher asked. “Yes at different times.” “In what way?” “Ford objebta to war and looks leniently on Rus- suia, but doesn’t hamper us."’ “Prior to 1924 were there any Other differences of opinion with Ford?’ Gallagher continued. The defe nse objécced and was sustained. “Prior to April 1, 1924, had you (or Mr. Ford. ever discussed the subject of an international bank- ing ring of Jews?" Another de- “Why, your honor, this is the gist of the case.” said Gallagher “Mr. Cameron,” he proceeded, “as a journalist, does this publication come under any special class?” “Yes. We feel it our duty to go economics, money and other fields that other publications do not care to touch.” Objections Fly Fast. Questions as to whether the edi- tor had discussed internationa! money matters with .Ford were | consistently objected to and sus- tained, “What is the fact regarding your with Ford as to the attitude of the Dearborn Indépend- of | ent regarding the Jewish people?” nist ( Gallagher ‘for the asked. defense, sustained. Attorney Gallagher said he had subpenaed papers and records of the Dearborn Publishing Co He Wanted all the copies since pub- lication, was started and records Stewart Hanley. objected and was showed the permanent circulation. : to! to gerve on juries when) a hardship to walt for | One of the defense attorneys sent for them. In asking for the pa - pers Gallagher said he wanted al! since Ford “took it over.” Hanley asked him what he meant. “I mean since Ford bought the ; company and put the stock in his WASHINGTON, March 15.—Nec- | of retrenahment | i | } wife's his son's and his own tame" said Gallagher The defense jected to thia remark. Reed, in concluding his opening Statement today, sald: Court wa sadjourned shortly after 8:45 when it appeared the exhibits asked for by Attorney ob- Gallagher could net be Dreneen: At once. “Bearing in mind Sapiro’s fre- i quent declarations that he Bb pending could be disposed of anid | enforcement of the law would not i be affected. desire for large rem Organizing these co-d sociations » aynone. Continued on “PRICE 2 CENTS: ‘REED TELLS FORD Te ee eS eee nee en ay