St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 22, 1927

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Y., March ; 4 # CLEAN yOouR | Vicinity: Partly 22.—A long-range searchlight gun es OWN SPRing | Cloudy tonight that flashes pictures and images | Gr sa 7 , a eB sence $F) (} MEXICO i pan sao SAPIRO DECLARES on clouds. buildings and smoke y Says Mrs. Ruth Sny Seegew aaa hin Sp i 4 2 | i RE icinine coro rt| Te Lene Aiken Calon | ——rieibed_Lover_Kill| Her Husband || BOTTiCH FIDE “4 f . temper ature i‘ tory of the G ] Elect io j , 16 RE IM Se A IRS Sv RIE OE et Mam 2 ths - ne of Anti-Smug- | spe freezing. Counsel Says Pp ublishers ‘i oo 0 eel yaaa wawah a Ree Love Affair Unless — EET. - - ¥ ° ee Missouri: Part- Projectors, with a 60-inch 2 ; . ~ 1a Convention Obvi- | | | ly vera and Were Told Statements searchlight that will throw a pic- urdered Art Editor Risse: (i —— es % | 128 somewhat unset- ole tur five miles, a now feasible, =e Threatens Calles tled tonight andj Assailing Jews Were) says w D. Arcy Ryan, director of | F EARED HIS WIFE s . : tomorrow; F ° the laboratory. An 18-inch search-|° ~~ SE SO ee | ll Rk ae NTS Saidtrhel warm. alse, Libelous and De-/iignt is used and can be utilized WOULD FIND OUT) }a_-n er in the east f with an incandescent lamp or car- a —————— ‘ and south por- | amatory. bon arcs §### }»}»©»»| | mms aT rc 3 tions tonight, ae aes 7 oo ear hdl DURANT FORECASTS NEW Declares $25,000 Insurance scinamaainieats = ee seen, eo pipe COUP IN AUTO INDUSTRY} Another Motive—Asserts Clash at Border of Interna- i ness probably fol- ESP NSIBILITY ivcrmer Head of General Motors ' Bes ° * Secretary of State ecg by . to Make Public Plans for Oon- Both Struck Blows and tional Settlement Occurs - ers by tonight or solidation on April 7. When Bea ten Soldiers ee ate Bey UFFMORE, INVESTOR S ROW YOUR SAVE YOU THE : - | WERIDNG LETTERS- ; AAS IMPOR TAAST i IN) YOUR, POCKET IASTEANB:| - “THE A BAY WAY | FULL OF L SAAD OU SELL THE SUITT AN AD THATS THAT. LISTEN! ONE PecP | ® . b om out cF You ABouT ? iz THAT TAKI RIDE ate * e a ) we 7 r '* = ow THE YocuvE | py CHARLES G. ROSS, Z 5 ~ the Future? ‘ Many businesses that can be bought today for a small sum of money are going to bring Odd trms a at any time. : oo uggling nited States, be Ineffective, cince that the United States to the shipment of arms Such notice would Calles authorities to » arms ah ne border. With reaty out of the Will be possible. if the *s to lift the em- 8 to be bought in ou for the revolutionists Dries vention on the part | States to notify the : Ythorities. Threat to Calles. on is inescapable Sey States intends : the embargo, or to use of its lifting as a weap- a Page 2, Colamna 3. But |' treaty | @ *h not merely complain of inaccuracy, Beverage Said to Be Better Than Rre. Barley or Potato Product. Ry the Associated Press. LENINGRAD, March The “watermelon section” of the State Institute for Experimental Agricul- ture claims to have discovered a new method of making vodka from watermelons—the beverage !s said to be much softer and more agree- able than vodka made from rye, potatoes or barley The Govern- ment, which is keeping the for- mula secret. expects to double the 9° ~~ - ‘output of vodka from watermelons. | which ‘in Ruesie greater quantities the United exist in than in | States — Poctor Dies Talking to Patient. Special to the Poet-Dispatch CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo., March 22.—Dr. G. O. Hammersley, 655 years old, died in his office this morning at 9:30 o’clock from heart disease when talking to a patient. He came here about five years ago from Dunklin County and had spent part of 1925 in St. Louis in practice and study. “Scotch” Made in Australia. — MELBOURNE, Australia. March 22.—Australians are now making Scotch whisky. The Distillers’ Co of Edinburgh decided to erect a pliant here when consignments of Victorian barley were tested in Scotch stilis to the satisfaction of experts. me ee Describes His Alibi. By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, March 22.—Fol- lowing a confession by Mrs. Ruth srown Snyder concerning the mur- der of her husband, Albert. art ed- itor of the Motor Boating Maga- zine, her admirer and confederate in the murder, Henry Judd Gray. corset and brassiere salesman early today broke down before his questioners in the office of District Attorney Newcombe of Queens County, Long Island City, and cor. roborated in almost every detail the story she had told. In only one major fact did he differ from her. He tnsisted he was driven to murder by the wom- an’s threat that the only alterna- tive would be her disclosure to his wife of bis marital! infidelity. Mrs. Snyder and Gray pleaded not guilty in a Jamaica Magis- trate’s court today and were held without ball for the grand jury They repudiated their confessions At 1:30 o'clock this morning Newcombe came from his office and announced to newspaper men in the anteroom that Gray had confessed Killed With Sash Weight. “Gray now admits his part in the murder,” Newcombe said. “It all prearranged and fust as cold-blooded as we originally con- ceived He killed Snyder with a sash weight. then they bound him, roughed up the place, turned the dresser drawers inside out and bound Mrs Snyder to preserve the pretense of robbery. “He admits coming here from Syracuse to commit the crime. He returned to Syracuse on the 8:45 o'clock train Sunday morning He hroucht the chloroform with him. To fix the alibi, he caused to be sent from Syracuse. after he left. was letters to his wife and Mrs. Snyder so it would appear he was in Syra- at the time of the murder. All this was prearranged. The motive given by Gray was Mrs. Snyder’s threat and the in- surance of $25.000 on Snyder’s life, increased from $10,000 without the latter’s knowledge recently, of which Mrs. Snyder was the bene- ficiary. Gray now says he came here on the Empire State Express Saturday cise ‘night, leaving Syracuse at 4 o’clock —- in the afternoon and arriving here at 10:10 p. m. He had arranged for a friend to call at the desk of the Hotel Onondaga in Syracuse, N. ¥., where he had a room since Friday. and ask that he not be dis- turbed. Further. he arranged for a “Please don’t disturb” sign on the door of his room. He arrived at the Snyder home in Queens Village at midnight, two hours before Snyder, Mrs. Snyder and their 99-year-old child, Lor- raine, came home from a card and drinking party at the home of M. C. Fidgeon, a neighbor. Gray Lurks Outside Home. Gray waited oufside the house. At 2 o’clock the Snyders drove up in Snyder's new limousine. Snyder having been led to drink heavily by his wife at the party. was almost asleep at the wheel. Mrs., Snyder and her daughter entered the house, Snyder drove the car to the garage, then entered his home, g0- ing directly to the room he occu- pied with his wife. He soon fell into a heavy, stupefied sieep. The child went to bed and dropped into siumber at once. Mrs. Snyder undressed. slowly, while Gray, the door left unlocked entered and stole upstairs to the room of Mrs. Josephine Brown Mrs. Snyder's mother. whose ab- ‘sence on a visit had been foreseen | Mrs, Snyder joined him. They drank a quart of whisky and dis cussed the murder. Gray, according to his own con- fession, walked into the bedroom where Snyder was in a heavy sieep He struck Snyder on the head with the sash weight, wrapped in heavy paper. He says he dropped the sash after the first blow and Mrs. Snyder picked it up and struck her husband two more blows on the head. They placed bits of cot- ton waste, soaked in chloroform, into the husband's nostrils and mouth. Gray sought to tie Snyder's hands behind his back with a necktie, and falling. turned thet job over to Mrs. Snyder, who com- pleted ft, while Gray tied the legs. ee Oe re es ale os * ve husband, Albert (below) —Internationa) Photo. MBS. RUTH BROWN SNYDER, her daughter, Lorraine, and her The daughter found her father’s body after he had been murdered by his wife and the man she loved. MOVIE MEN OPPOSE DAYLIGHT SAVING Adopt Resolution Charging It Would Delay Mail and Telegram Delivery. Delay in the receipt of mai] and telegrams, as well as the repeated objections of early-rising workmen and retailers who cater to evening trade was cited in a resolution con- demning daylight saving, made public today by the St. Louis Mo- tion Picture Exhibitors’ League. The resolution was signed by O C. Lehr asi chairman, W. O. Reeves and Everett Hayes. It stated: “Such a condition would work incalculable folk, who must rise at early hours, and also by depriving them of an hour’s: rest in the colest part of early morning: would create an hour‘s delay in the receipt of in- coming shipments, telegraphic communications and mail, thereby retarding of business in general: and would have a particularly damaging ef- fect on retail -business that de- pends, in whole or in part, on night trade for its existence. “Daylight saving would have a motion picture exhibition industry, by discouraging patrons from at- tending the first evening perform- ances, and virtually would cause summer theaters.” The league voted to name “a special committee to see that noth- actment of this basically unsound proposition, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to every member of the Board of Aldermen, so that the municipal lawmakers shall know the consensus of our membershilp.”’ Daylight saving “would benefit the few at the expense of the many. as very few of the laboring class have the inclination, after a day of hard work, to take advantage of the extra hour in the evening for recreation,” declared a resolution adopted by the 650 members of John T. Wilson Lodge No. 242, Brotherhod of Maintenance-of-Way Employes and HKailway Shop La- borers. The Photo Engravers’ local, with 200 present, has voted $5 per cent in favor of daylight saving, sup- porting the vote of Delegate Sny- der to the Central Trades and La- bor Union. daylight saving, explained that his work confined him with corrosive chemicals, and the more daylight he could have for outdoor recuper- ation. the better he'd like tt. Danic] Boone Had Debta. LEXINGTON. Ky... March 22.— Dodging Indians wae not the only trouble that Danie? Boone faced. Court recoids found recently re- veal judgments against him total- ing £55 for nonpayment of debta. hardship on. laboring | the expeditious routine | most unwholesome effect on the) cessation of operation of open air | ing is left undone to defeat the en- | Snyder, the only dele- | gate to the centra! body to favor | FARTHOUAKE-NOTES CSE BANKS IN JAPAN Nearly $100,000,000 in Un- collectable Paper of 1923 Tragedy Starts Runs. Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch and the Chicago Daily News Copyright. 1929 TOKIO, March 22.—wNervous clients began early today a great ‘run on the banks here because of l'reports that a number of finan- cial houses were weak. Before 'noon. four banks closed their | doors. Official banks and the larg- er private institutions, sucb as the Mitsubishi and Mitsui, are esnding out motor cars loaded with specie. The four banks which closed to- day—the Nurai, the Soda, the |'EightyiFourth Bank of Tokio and the Nakazawa—show LUabilities of nearly $100,000.000. | The genera! public ts anxiously ‘awaiting an investigation by a spe- 'eclal commission on the “Nineteen ‘twenty-three earthquake” note sit- ‘uation, which is the fundamental ‘eacse of the present disturbance. It is asserted in responsible quar- ters that more than $100 000,000 of the 1923 relief funds are uncol- |lectable by the banks which loaned | unwisely. In one instance a bank loaned $80,000,000 to one firm, CHARLES W. ARMOUR DIES Packing Company Officer Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia. | By the Aseociated Preas | KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 22. | Charles W. Armour, vice president /-and director of Armour & Co., | packers, died at his home here to- | day. '“ He had been ill since a fall a ‘month ago, after which he devel- |oped pneumonia. | Mr. Armour had been head of the Armour interests in Kansas 'City since the death of his brother, |Kirkland S. Armour, more than 26 lyears ago. He was born in Madl- ison County, New York, and when a young man came to Kansas City ‘with his father, A. W. Armour, but | soon went back to Chicago to ‘learn the packing business from |the ground up. ee nee HIGHWAY TAX IN NEW JERSEY | Senate Approves House Bill for Charge of 1% Cents a Mile. TRENTON, N. J.. March 23.— The State Senate last night passed a bill, already passed by the As- sembly. to levy a tax of 1% cents a mile on the use of New Jersey highways by motor vehicles carry- ing passengers Or property tn inter- state commerce | Coolidge’s Wrist Bandaged Again. | WASHINGTIN. March 232. Randages were applied again today to the right wrist and hand of President Coolidge as its lameness has continued. The new bandage covers most of the hand, but the President finds himegelf able te con- tinue use of it. - a Se staeem Try to Break Barrier. RIVAL GROUPS OF ROBBERS CLASH Fires Break Out in Native Quarter, Where Inhabi- tants Are Shot as They Rush About Streets. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, China, March 33.— British troops shot and killed at least 12 and wounded about a score of Shantungese when tempted to break through the bar- riers of the international settlement here late today. Tweive Chinese were killed and 18 wounded in another border fight between British and Shan- tungese troops a half mile to the west of the first fight. Prior to the second ineldent, 200 Shantungese, disarmed, had en- tered the settlement peacefully. Seven hundred more attempted to enter and fired on the British. Two of the British were wounded, after which they returned fire. Foreign ambulances took the Chinese wounded to the hospital. It is understood that the vapanese farther to the East disarmed and admitted severa] hundred more. Cantonese reguiars arriving in the Shanghai north region are pre- Cipitating the efforts of the Shangtungese to escape into the foreign territory. Streets Strewn With Dead, Sniping, fires and tooting con- tinued today in the Chapel quarter © just outside the international set- tlement, where mobs composed partly of Shantungese soldiers, partly of ordinary criminals and partly of Nationalist gunmen, held sway. The streets are strewn with dead. In numerous cases, the robbers have cut off women’s fingers ino order to obtain their rings. Every place holding the promise of loot has been cleaned out, but the problem of the criminals is how to get away with their booty. As they leave the city they are met by swarms of entering looters and bloody fights occur. Numerous innocent people are reported to have been killed in these affairs. Blocked thorough- fares prevent the escape of the vic- tims from the robbers. Nothing is to be heard in the Chapei but shots and the screams of women and children, runnin: hysterically to and fro. Mahy of the women, afraid to remain in the houses, are roaming the streets un- clad, having been stripped of their clothing by the soldiers in their wild hunt for leot. Machine Guns Sweep Streets. Sometimes loot-laden soldiers ar¢ protected by comrades with ma- chine guns, who think nothing of clearing the way down a crowded street by opening fire and killinr scores of people. But despite all this, it is declared that Chapei is merely undergoing the experiences that scores of other Chinese towns have had in the past during the present civil warafare A prominent missionary author- ity says tens of thousands of yi! lagers in the provinces of Shensi. Yunan, Kweichow, Honan and other parts of the country have been murdered in the last yeae. Tonight the sky was lighted by the fires spreading in the distric:. A three-pound shell struck the Presbyterian mission premises in the international eettlement this afternoon and exploded. It eause:) much damage, but there were neo casualties. The rioting today fei- lowed a night of terror. , The attempt of the Shantunges to Invade the settiement followe/ a day of intermittent fring between the Northerners and Cantenese guerrillas in the native Chapel @ls- trict. , Japanese Return Fire. : There was continuous s@ipin:.. mostly by Nationalist riflemen, on the northeastern fer of the r-°. a és te 2 ead 2? i : wee my a“ et ae e : x adh they at-