St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 7, 1927

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o> wae ee ee ee ee ee) a “¥y » o ce ee EY nt Wilt ang ns gine 6 A “i ay COMIC PAGE | FRIDAY. MAY 6, 1927. ng as * ter ar, the POST-DISPATCH prints FAR Classificd Boarding Ads than ALI the other 5t- Louis newspapers COMBINED! SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete icy ip, ib aunt ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service ee Ory oe WR s- ¥ { AOL. 79, NO. ATH FOR ew aie eg > \ on “y ot : Sah PARIF + AAD — —_ @ ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 19297—16 PAGES | HICKS NQUES FLOODED AREA «SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI — SLAYER OF TOBE REOPENED IOTALS 10900 AND PART OF TENNESSEE - TELEPHONE -{ = @® i. pi SUUARE MILES = SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE Ark.. almost to who fiown over iatlors > the territory. east Given Death Penalty SHEET OF WATER ON WEST BANK OF MISSISSIPPI IS 400 MILES LONG, 40 WIDE ne Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La., ay it N almost solid eheet of wa- A ter. more than 4V0”0 milles long and reaching a width in 11cs APO RBIR S) Meki, 4 . . ri ve hee cS 4 See , oi 4 J ee el oe. ae oe ee io = alin id i. t ree re places of 40 miles, now OTe long the = | COLLECTOR . € a y § i Ng ' oy On tne Anthony J. Bergmann’s Prosecutor Seeks to Deter- ‘”*"* ** Sui. : tending trom above Plea of Insanity and Coer- “ee ¥ a 69 a sto the mouth of the t, $ 2 erie ous eal P ik. ; az70o 1% eg ee age 4 northern end an: and extending Ib sls Him. Released on Bond. | AP the? Ri MES My This Is Estimate of Hoover, | — Area That Felt Earthquake Rare % Who Says Refugees Are Being Cared for as Need Arises. hesasd at Pre ears lave the river 6 EERE MOE OAR. 4 SHOEI bank of in Mississippi «x- Greenville TREMORS FELT IN 10U-MILE RADIUS UF NEW MADRID Two Arkansas Towns Also Report Shocks, and About Dozen Places Near Mem- phis. _, TWO TEMBLORS BEFORE DAWN eee ee Points Affected Are Near Flooded Area but Included No Inundated Towns — lake 1 AA Pe ae bet + Pr e..t ae oi , mine Positively That Vic- the: running fo about Ser miles along Yazoo. lat in Louisiana, FUNDS ADVANCED FOR CROP PLANTING eee the miles at tue LIST OF $207,000 DEBTS DISCOVERED "| (ONDEMNED YOUTH Is 19 YEARS OLD T (onvicted of Shooting Ru- dolph Guenthel to Death in Holdup on Feb. 9, So RE ROE 22 ae ANTHONY J. BERGMANN. Last. aaa oc aes ineny 3 Bergman, 3 = BOARD Ar TRADE Secretary Mellon Indorses Proposed Creation of Credit Corporation by Ar- Leave $158,000 Balance 77m U77ch ot. ni Bankers to Aid — Refusal to Ask for Se ee ee ecg Guard Adds to Mystery. NEW YORK STANDARD OIL CO. "p\stutss,o2" ~ EARNED $71,466,813 IN 1926» Commerce Net Profit of $32.000.000 Is £9,.900,-) Statement Issued at Vicksburg esti- | Yi. s Pee “at was sentenced to 000 Less Than Preceding Year: Stes it that 000.900 square miles ot / UNION CITY PARIS: i f Rudolph . a 4 Yh ew koe ¢~ ie Y - t - yeaa ~~ ae ‘ LP Ele oat a Lie he F s+ “4 % + faite aa a) sy a ~ ert ke, , ae “ ee aes - Y - - . rey “a dae initiate. > aes : o » & 2 Pay. at {2 a > a ae i. § NG, Sith Ma tee aoe SE eihiin wenect edie tee ee « ot ion Rigi 3 Ase ae Ft teaeteotae vais a Ty dba m4 rriiory have been ¥ . > Dy iA “= . ote JONES BERO® re 546.813 af iding (“orporati Gulf. “as pass vesierdias had before exha isting m— THE MORE ASH THE NoReE AASXICUS mM TO BE TO THRow SIA oR OA) -CAILY WALT THE SRING ROOM IA A LARGE ASH Yor GUGsTts No Damage. pught to escape the death and Se date of ac- iy pleading insanity, y unmoved when , wad at 10:15 a. m. Ss mw the defendant’s chair, expres- | | ) daa ges ee Deductio for res ir de- the Ned Cross quotas and \ 4 if sonless, as h had been through- ore tne Amer} | ‘ > a srain futures for deliy b mE every b ei msinoe & uty were heavier in 1926, amounting to | gi’ f # 9:30 o'clock last | . m The jury began a t] ) bey rde. ees Cw : see about $900 square 4“ qr) - oe “fis ) . i 5} } } + ] 7 j ; e . os % ' ; . ; : ; . " : ‘ : : z ? « : : S a ' T imc "f° q " ] ‘ ‘ s } f ~ f —— name a mime ne = -~ —_— a MES the evidence a ee a : Ai pea 4 , | a : Sericives a. et prof . yaar ' levees,” Hoover added. “hy KEW MADRID T “@ hour, then retired, ang aiter . + connection h rannce | = Be pa: 7 44 6.n0 in contrast to $41.5 tLnese le Ss. upon “ hich REMOR . : : aay er siiitesinin eatin a oll corey . rLic-:ns PoIUUt ul io! Ne Ck- a X : : . : eee breakfast LAs morning eSunieG isiation pnending § it ne ilinois oe ‘ os ‘ ry oes 24 ; ama tees ee a RECORDED ON ST L0 aiaeli i , : P sie Minds wine — : a ae Lj U Litit Csi a} ch » ali. oe "35a . : 3 " ; , ‘ | tne power of the fu!) ) j ’ J § U, Seanad when the buzzersounded! The drastic action of the gover- | naTees that may be plac nSt’ were paid during the year and the | flood.” SEISMOGRAPH AT 2:31 A. M "sea es Mlicating thai the jury had made jorg of the exchange was taken iia, 4... renncaee Court ast ie 1 ae tock distribution amountec He estimated that from four |! ' 1s | an earthquake in 18!1. ] nN t} orirmy _ , o } ? TT) ,° ; bein Sh si ’ tie: ys 1 ¢ ( j 9 } . gsi , ‘ vt 1} k \t Nuic hye "¢e-oy) feed and 3 s 7 ~ — f . ? the State were oO his afternoon ¢ ffact ‘ . cr.4 “ ipwVUi the } - i conference held of tradi! President ‘ ‘ft ; + ~tenicrh? ‘ aN . ¢ ,OT | UO he raliké Len 1 “Due finances. At the Hicks, Majo: r, law associate of Hicks, and lL. In, president of the Bank, which was closed toda’ It had beén that Hicks Fox on a forged deed at the Page Bank and $6900 wert . ‘ . . > fox, JAaTiies A, fiec- ‘ } le Fir j Hn ‘ P > orn isi i} : ally Oss impossible” Press. May ' 1 Lol cnange Me holdup by Arthur Van Nos- wand, 11 years his senior, who tes- Wed against him. The State in- Weduced witnesses to refute major parts of his testimony Galist who said he was sane. Instructions of Judge. Judge Hogan, in his instru: defined insanity as “a physical dis- “This exchange is pm mt located in the brain, whic ‘igid supervision by the ty tease co perverts and deranges The y Or more of the mental and ‘ates unger a State “¢ Moral faculties as to render the | om Wen suffering from such afflic- | te: vy passing tion incapable of distinguishing ure trading, it t from wrong. and of under- | Chicago and to my Manding that the act in question | are through inue Efforts iproperly if the bill “NOW is ac whether a spe-) retai) 16 «central rood a nsisted to discover giscovered sai 1 7, } , . — oh ine the that Yelow Taxicab building in street vesterday, ’ . . an’ prea, aed ca yse of € x plosion > | - ad obtaine nag ObLalned ess of ; health = (0. forced. Kast and Rees wrecked tue } ined to an added »tnat if he ha Jiscovered that the . “) ¢ mor ; . oe tf rt palaSd ners and business men have é! two-story concrete ‘Vr SLU \ Jit River Still Rising. Nephew gauge at New Orleans siationary today. there and the mouth River consistent rises indicating that the waters STATE F , @rig that have been running free over|._ | U D $516,000 SHORT the lowlands were returning to the . ‘ Inain stream. 4 Former Controller of The water was rising rapidly at Nevada. ‘he head of the Atchafalaya basin, Press and directed the activi- Interest in the outcome is trade. Pwenty-third an rain L ni ie Fea sto T rijiat ce Lnion-Easton Trust Co. The re. Tnained »fween Red + ' } ; ii cnote Nn, ions. ing seven emploves and injuring but be- of the’ were , —T + , move COUIG I Z asked Hell no Sinnott vice who was absent time tne emerge ncy x is located n the ready und Fedor ops f If ti , | Carrol he company, him if he needed money. Ore % : 7 ‘ . rnorney 6 . w Bs ; egally on the Ca fro | " mor rey te ] } me . fi 2 a T} ? i} } ; ; | 4 . m - ' - Le ates border and without ~* +} cd ine tha number of ballots or what 4 of miles, probably in the jithe tremors, being made Bergmann, who was retarned im- 74 Yellow Cab Co. Tragedy | in st. Louis. || Be Ou of life in areas being sociated Acid! . »} " diace Diabetes. Nea felt the shocks are adiacent foreman, John siz tha teadin 1d not b “apy . : ; =e Lniversity seismographs begin- fumenis took place in the Jury ! Phe Canadian Tells of Pian Being Out- 7} ‘ ee a fracture, of the un- with implements late! ity Jail, refused oth necessities Mediately to the City Jail, sed other Pcessities io comment. umption pasandis in New York. PE ker | ] , ; : ‘ > Oh : wi 1d De Int th United | flooded, or if there are more —_— | breaks,” concluded Hoover. “Ev- NEW YORK, FOR SAKE (I SCIENCE (to the area affected by the Missis- sippi River flood. Several towns Pweln, a railroad clerk of on uni i atest announced ning at 2:31 a.m. today. It was |! shook Poplar stated at the university that the |/ 2-35 lined to Him for Moving Beer Companies . al 5 : fer im 4a Aipat ‘ - hanirer , - iutives to chose from—the death | Into United Siates. : , ¢ Lawyers, Girl Stenograph- | @ntence, life imprisonment and ac- | administere¢ ed | derlying rock strata, has caused ee many earth #ocks through slip- i has seed, * TLIO } f } , > ‘ . id re plantiny crops. @- In bis defense yesterday Berg-) futures. te beat mobilization and | @pnann stood on an insanity plea. | Board of Trade said ler bodv is being fed, shelter is;were being made today as fast needed and e ij.) ¥icounnt Haldane’s 1 & ‘ 3 - = ae a) ny ‘ 8. Makes Test to Determine | , |which felt the shock. although un- i.-—~ Viscount Hal- laffected by the overflow, are near ; | exchange per se. ie Y) a i ted “~~ eo mnNnaryrt ny - Cilartiel. large that char that f isfortune : But ve! gn : " i! . yr} + although >] ‘ae? ’ . qeEes roy ryonr . . By the Associated Press. LONDON, May to portion of the stricture hit ‘doubted caused explosion. no explosives building. laws end VMarrants Prenared for Treasurer thie the and whether He were stored in jrors had agreed not to dis quake centered within a radius | Many persons cs red ‘ehabilitation., ‘ , 4 f ines 1? q . . quittal on the grounds of insanity. ers and Clerks Victims of page. The shock was not felt ud \ ii A’ 4s vY (tod ‘ry + val } ry ann. testified that Van Nostrand because Van nd had boasted of men, “one on Broadway and in East st. Louis.” Guenthe} Was shot to death. ean, Van Nostrand and ~ McMahan, who is awaiting for the murder. set out in &Utomobile to “pet” 9 Collector. . entering a hardware store a! fe sa alsh Street, and Van Nos- Tr Hicks alive. “Mins eierien . Is tbe ' peat fered them by volunteers a1 eur detectives that the gigantic Insurance f: body 1s not Prosecuting says the question Bopp and his the Inquest 1s ner arter reopenea ‘anv showing 1s made that the body might not be that of Hicks, he said, exhumation will he ordered. Pastors Say Body Was Hicks. As to the of body, Rev. Henry H. Johnson, pasior of Wagoner 7lace Methodist (Church. where Hicks was the Sun da‘ superintends id Post-Dispatch reporter fnistake is improbable Hicks Weil neral. : * an - *.?* 4} identity he a4 schoo! ih toda I knew 4 ) . * ew , if ‘Ic argq Pau ’ lewed <1 . 3 Wes nis. aa - ve ds su ost = c Robinson o er pastor of tected an) Rev. §. M . Mo., form Place Church 10 knew Hicks vears and who preached the sermon at tns five t " ae 7 unerail , residens eS last "I uf he had looked at the body three timcs and was po five “a ‘that of Hicks. Wagoner Undertaking Ce of the funeral. and one Saiu-. today connected Hicks, the funeral ’ The iad charge officers that of its while no one with establishment casket was opened at the Hicks’ friends. re knew 77 Fox ARSO- James Rector and Samueé! and business scoffed at the Prasect} » friends KS SUc- expre ssed nillingpess fo have hod exhumed « prohah!. al' douh! was tr ford Wieks«’ Angrerni Centinued en Page 2. Column 5. nte anA a chart Ae } 4 shortage 4 oT fos P : i;uUnGs Oi { fiselosed 1O- were prepared of kd Malley. State {5 Orge A Col fOntroller, and E. W. cash of 1%} Clapp rmer { arson \a - lev Bank of Carson City, Nev. SHOWERS TONIGHT, TOMORROW: TEMPERATURE ABOUT THE SAME THE TEMPERATU m.. a 9 a ty ’Y LES. » » ry “ rn ’y ~“2wuuyye Official forecast | for St. Louis and vicinity: A DESERT HAS: ITS ADVANTAGES AT, THAT. ers probable to- row : much change perature. Missour ers not in and showers tonight morrow: change in temperature. [ilinois: Increas- nz cioudiness robably Tr howers begin- ning tonight. or tomorrow: . rT , . miucn much teImperati the Mississippi, Weather Outlook for the Week. CHICAGO. May 7.—'] orecast fer the Mion ila % 4 he weather beginning ‘ Whe May 9. follows Upper M V3 ey s-—S }¢ . on’ , teas ind aga: Frida’ SS)8S8)] «< ay A\flissou! imirt ion red: rm? nt er riahie weanthe, eninge VA asona!l temperature most of week Showers | and thundershow- | night and tomor- tem- | ith | hyryt : ' Glaises Congress Show - | elale said Congressional | Walter C. engineers ties of workmen to the levee line along that stretch. The dikes aiong the south bank of Bayou Des and along the south side Old River pe seriousiy threatened, as the inland sea, freed crevasses im the main stream moves upon them to pass of will roy above, down the Mississippi. With $1,000,000 estimated necessary for immediate crop needs in the delta section of Mississipp! the Red Cross set aside half that t @ ‘amount and Gov. Murphree and C. | ithat T.. Croshy, civilian flood dictator for the State. agreed to ca'l a cone erence of bankers to raise the re- mainder through local subscrip- bia ns. Recreta tr Tloover was accompa- nied to Vicksburg by Secretary Da- | is of the War Department. who hy long-distance tele- the Mississippi River and control. conferred nhone with “ommission others in fland ing preliminary on a comprehensive program ‘lend contro! to he presented to started with a wiew rork of era? ~ wt in Derember isolated severa camps in Northeastern placing a new burder Tred Cross offi- camps have Waters have wy'isiara on the Red Cross todar heen endangered. three or Delegation to Tour Flood Zone. WASHINGTON, Mav gressiona) delegation wil! week’s tour of inspection Pins make a flood area of the Mississippi Valley | | beginning May 29. vill assemble in St. Louis. JUDGE W, C, LINDLEY INJURED DANVILLE, Ill, May 7.—Juder Lindlew of Tnited District Court is confined te s hospita! today as burns suffered vesterday xplosion occurred as he staricd the furnace at his home hie ana mat , tne States +h ob result enen 3&3 tn ire Burns abou?’ ut not serious. his p! face ire painful s1cjian writes. lage of the as ort O' Rov ree. charge | ‘Charles far) i! tn ' con- ; of the | f afternoon The delegation ; ~ od | Manila. ; steering gear of his car ca ised o i that from was so terrific persons rushed The shock hundreds of } o'jsee of concrete and timbers were torn from the walls-and doors | land at least 25 men and women in building | half the were plunged through the first floor into the base- the eastern of wreck- ment, five or and l¢ +) qgeain irl sfenograpners mn were crushed to drowned in the hbaserr ent, whic had filled with water from a burst under the welgg@ o! Possibility of the presence . ff bris. [2 ne at + c lof strangers in the pDulid time caused a continuance of search for hodies The dead "0 vears old: 7 ;* « | 7 . ~~ an] Tas $ ] rat ry Zurhme! ; liam E. Kelleh lawyers: FR Charies 5 | . - clerk, ler} lerk Quinlan oS Ma! . — ecandi Tre tio? << : I “* red was serinus toda fenement *y" t+ : tine a< in @ The building wW: the East River legal and etriet near housed a gerage and the ia emplorment offices of tne “ & arcident nccurred when a - - | . , mbher of emniloves Were at (unc! annT GEN, WOOD IN AUTO ACCIDENT Garets! Catia to bn 2 Poet -T? . ard the - Chicago Daily News. Copyright 1927. MANILA, May 7. — Governor- neral Wood was badly shea automobile accident 49 miles failure or a . es gpat=h ) .% Ken 7 late north about } when eome the control. He a ils fr rocks a roadside gulies avoid mative hort v- to \ose the car over hauffeur .. al ers 4} anc mMmto Ka "8 . : hie summer capita fs} is fe le Ragcutte and stores nearby. | and ompa ne. ' /'man who voluntarily submitted to experiment which be made under an anes- which was not allowed made on animals. He did reveal the man’s name. Mail today announced that the man was Viscount Hal- _dane’s nephew, J. B. 8S. Haldane, a lecturer in bio-chemistry at Cam- University. a vivisection could not | thetic and to be not rr | The Daily bridge The experimeut, the paper gays was conducted by Prof. Fraser of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in Lon- 'don and juction In Haldane of a condition dosis—an acidic state of the occurring in diabetes. acidosis having been estab- Prof. Fraser took blood aldane’s femoral artery and determine the exact the bloods alkalinity precise detaiis of the exper!i- published. the paper savs, previ- tried without succeas to acidosis in himself b; | swallowing various acids. | is the son of John Scott widely known scientist, himself has given pilood breathing quantities ent will be Haldane had hinidane hHiaidane, “nO ‘analveis afte i of carbonic acid. LACLEDE GAS STOCK UP ——-T0'$233; NEW HIGH MARK Hise of 53 Points Recorded Common in Two Weeks; Pre- ferred Also Advances. Common stock of the Laclede Gas Light Co. soared 14 points to- day upon the New York Stock Ex- change to a new high price of $233 -a share. In two weeks the stock has risen from below $180. The lose today was $2°3°2% | Simultaneously Laclede §& ent preferred stock ot ‘here per w hict is Onis te £349 on has to $1132 ae ” the S:. Leuis hovering rg rose mst eal & '? KROe rT) ind $139 Fumorse of a ‘Laciede are persistent, dividend had as its purpose the pro- | for | | earthquake | Oo clock $°.590.090 outstand.- | | CAPE | tremor was felt 2:31 o'clock thia morning and, ‘tions were of i Houses, windows and dishes rocked, Towns in which shocks were felt were Stkeston, Mo.: Jonesbore and Biytheville, Ark.: Paris, Union City, Dversburg. Ripler, Covington and Memphis, Tenn. ; ssaseumaadila Wi ‘ape Girardeau | indows Rattle at Cape Gira ; Articles Fall From Shelves. | Br the Associated Press. GIRARDEAU, Mo., May | 7.—A slight earth tremor, that con- tinued intermittently for five min- lutes, shook the entire section of Southeast Missouri early today, but |caused no damage so far as could be determined here. | The quake awoke residents, | caused windows to rattle, and top- pled emal! articles from shelves. Residents at New Madrid, Sikes- Carutheraville and Kennett said | that the quake caused no damage. tnn _Tremor at Cairo (Til) lasted Two | Seconds, aied Press. lil... May 7 here at 3 he Aaee CATRO An earth 16 seconds after ‘lasted about two seconds, according to Weather Bureau observers. It wag the first earthquake recorded here since Sept. 2. 1923. a mage} ‘Brief Shocks at Hickman, Ky., Awake Resiicnts, Special to the Post-Diepaich. HICKMAN. Ky. May %7.—An was fe't here at 2.39 this morning. aWakening The seismic vibra- short duration. many residents. many beds. Residents at Dester, Mo., Awakened by Quake. ; the Post Diepeich. DEXTER. Mo. May %7.—A earthquake gf 2:52 this morning up many of the inhabitans The tremor started eas- tg stronger abowt «@ No damage was Gon’. persons jumping from their Siercia:i te mone of Dexte: grow far mintule. Ce an we renee es sl ania RN i oa tens Seabee % z ee wane, ited am SOY