St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 14, 1927

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’ a ” + =| ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH [wore patch—because the Post-Dis- Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press N ews Service - ta wats AS tiers thes Ce] * "ss er te patch is read by persons you A rte to “a “ Call MAin 1ill—ask for Betty, the ex- HOUSEGIRL pert ad-taker. agin COMIC PAGE FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1999, 6 mopteattons ern aR aganes t. t. ema 2 ‘ ' 7+ 5} shay SP “tre Rieke tn? VOL. 79. NO. 249, ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 14, 1927 —16 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS Heme: vee a: - eo it) > , > ". ow ’ ; : . i “ . a a oe Sen mee ee Eee TD . eee tonight and to-§ — F RAFF Hil FAIR, WITH NOT MUCH GERM ANY’ | I AEN EPEAT SSTOCK BAD WEATHER Two Ptanes Ready for Great Adventure; Cape. Lindbergh LONDON POLICE == HECK CL EWS IN :% ae =f ? me ae ee) M ARKFT BOOM DELAYS FLIGHT After His Record-Breaking Flight Across the Continent nt | Ht i: =a : ’ ae | ae 7. | oe ORCt VANILTS Hie gOS UROER ==. ENDS NPA, ARIS TANT i co Official forecast. aia 4 : Te aes oud me = | IN SEARCH i se Wits’ End Two Weeks Onean age come wey — ‘Shares F “e 50 and 80. While Chamberlin Bertaud He | After Finding of Attor- sete Pigeon sag Points After Reichsbank and }ie Siboh Wait, SOVIET HOUSE a J. BELFRYG ISVEASTOR og |] ney's Body Riddled With P Missouri: Fair, Orders Halt in Credjt for. Capt. Byrd Pushes His Expert Safe-Crackers, With ‘ih ogy KIC a nee OF any GOT Bullets on County Road. morrow; moder-. Speculation. | P reparations. | 3 AS Oe Baste Ya, Part! | ee | Drills and Gas Torches, | : y | Go Through 7-Foot Con- : GOVERNMENT FEARED THREE-CORNERED \TOPSY DISPOSES . — = ook ity “a ene.” 4 Ky Me “ sit Ppt Oban Dns 0 an ales Rhein uae : ep ag ; ean b amoung sila iiialincr dupa ints sella dil Jae : ee , we "i tl w frp se gigi mage : a 0 “P = a row), 4:48, Stage of a= A STRAW HAT IS Har loudy ii 1e ex fogedey oohse ene “REY OF WILD THEORY north portion ana | PRIC | ; VU S oF F— ONE. 2 SASICY | ie ee E ADVANCE RACE POSSIBLE crete Walls in London. => SO FAR | and tomorrow; | ee | | } BG a i be ai ance: Attached to’ iG cooler tonight. Deprecated Rise Because It Lindbergh to Start as Soon BRIT AIN SEEKING he DERG ME Fact That. Body Was sunrise, ‘tomor- Appeared Foreign Public’ as Weather Clears—Ber- | STATE DOCUMENT tt 4 nts: ager Got False Idea of Coun- the » Found Near Former Ren- | | traud Won’t Let Him Go! feet, a fall of 1.3. Mississippi, 26.3 Hints by Scotland Yard /Showers and stronger winds were, = Sia ae . dezvous of Bootleggers. Arkansas—F air tonight and Sun-. try’s Prosperity Al | par aby. one. That Momentous Disco a | " soarene | a omentous v- im. ea: | ae 7. shee Weather Outlook for Week. rs : | Bin | At their a en vi z i By bg pasoria ted Prev. By the Associated Press. By the Associated Preet i erles Have Been Made APE i gev and facing the immediate; WASHINGTON, May 14.—The BERLIN, May 14.—The excite. NEW YORK, May 14.— aS ° 7 - a . : 4 : Bile: ASE DISMISSED! ’ ; gesibility fhat.che Hicks murder. ha: ad ihe te oo ae perm be- ment which characterized yester- cornered air race to Paris seemed Alarm Laborites. My . we a ay, May 16, follows: | cs ig weit ete ts Suh teu, Yor tah ase Will pasS into the list of une, Upper Mississippi vf saigidi Stn. day's Bourse session, in which) probable today as adverse weather q ie GONNA SLIP You 60 mived crimes. city and county ~~ souri Valleys: Mostly fair weather | prices slumped under announce-| conditions caused further post- ' By the Associated Prese. a | ie YS IN THE SUG! I'M A mstigators today 6 ini Acai as | = eesiaoet portions and occasional ment that the banks would restrict! ponement in the take-off of the Upper photograph shows “The | | LYNDON, May 14.—-It was gen- ar OViE FAN MYSELE AND ing a)! the old lines of inquiry. un- ee pie 4 — Pilg to through- credits for speculative purposes, ‘two foremost contenders. Spirit of St. Louis” on Roosevelt erally reported today that the raid . fy te Zl ‘CER. VOrenle , my os woe mM igee? Mae See. LAYING Cen ‘ Shing to abandon the puzzle. ce, 0 ie ey pine on sera ‘gave way to a soberer feeling to-| The Weather Bureau's announce- Fie —- ern after —e on “Soviet House’ in London, q ie ONC OF You PARROTS- V4 a two weeks have passed since | most part. : day, although there was still con- | ment that a_squally condition ex- poring moe sore pe ps me | headquarters of ihe Iussian trade a fe | 42 the body of Clifford Ilichs, 28-) — iieeee-ic mae eee listed beyond midocean caused jutes Portrait is. that bf Cant | | delegation and Arcos, Ltd., soviet Hf “a S in California, u tion: shi ? ot Ain” Saas : . i : ne fold lawyer, “as found on. LOS ANGELES Mav 14.—Nu- olene as te bserell oo im ‘Clarence Chamberlin and Lloyd! Lindbergh, its pilot, taken just | commercial organization, was made ah Matson road in St. Louis County jy, ia a a | Retails: ay ee ee mye 0} j fli ht | after his arrival. to discover whether a_ certain ere atson merous brush fires, accompanied | ciined to yesterday's level |Bertaud to postpone their flight | : ira d by six bullets fired from a) wc; iyo ay . att: pines tied ae ee Bee. ‘tie. Lhe second plane illustrated is. decument of importance to the im tis} pierced 0: rising thermometers in Southern Yesterday’s losses, it is said,|set for early today. Meanwhile | ,, cally ae ess heal Bag Mecalibre automatic pistol, and California yesterday when records amounted to several hundred mil-!comr tiara : , me ios iy dispo ile _soktglls pagans theor) : 7 terday generally fell 30, 40 or By: forecast for tonight and Sunday. | _elyne gastorche s to force open the = ethat Hicks had accomplished an Permission for Surveys on Potomac . ' Byrd, with a bandaged arm, safe f the Soviet trade dele Bite River Sought. points, and in isolated cases they ‘carried since the Fokker mono- | pale ee ee weasel Sia tion. Early this morning the men 7; | i dropped $0 and 140 points. test | {alian Flyer Left New Orleans | Mrhis life by disappearing aid ar-) Sy the Aasociated Press. plane America crashed in a succeeded in breaking through the pions 2 BP Aes abe ng here from San Diego, Cal., Miging for another body to be WASHINGTON, Mav 14.—Stens | The crash will go down in Ger- | ‘light a month ago, had not been | t$:290 A.M D Here REE ee ceil mried as liis. Scientific tests con- looking toward a $55,000,000 hy-j; man financial history 2s that na- | € expected to hop off for several SE Rae ae) ae ee seven-foot concrete walls of the ° mmed the identification of the droelectric development on the up-. _ lion's “Black Friday”—and the le Gaye. But he mae This Afternoon. | vaults uf cManus as that of TECKD. ee ar stretches of the Potomae Riv-!13th at that. It was the blackest | for the sling to be removed trom | —— ae gens PR ey ieee | Na ; mae Chief of Detectives Kaiser an-!er have been taken by the Poto- | day in the memory of the financial | "38 at™m today. | 6«“ommander Franceses de Pi-' International Phote i ; . . Ame : unced today that Circuit Attor- | mac River Corporation in applying | district. Neither the outbreak of | These developments, with a! aa Cj } f “4 “ > "fY° me Pe ° —~ > t 4 oe s ? ; % . j . e n . ; > w &, . € “nies added, however, thei; WASHINGTON, May 14.—One of of the big Berlin banks and in- | '¥° hops and recerd time —T treet waiting for De Pinedo's sea- : bas being forced to yield Waoatever S¢e- ifs tre is nothing to ° “icate 1‘/27 confiscated automobiles auc-!sisted they drastically restrict | ad his single-seated Ryan mono- | Sirect w ° ee “"jany of the American expeditions | crets the Russians may have hid " : - on : : = : 2 —- a fee , Spirit eg : i n the Mussis- | is >» Wary ac = Cr the ‘ecgociated Press, oa —_ 7 FS . — been murdered far from; tioned off by the W ashington Po-' credit which they had been extend- ee Brac aid ot Bos 4 pee: {plane to fly down on the iissis Pe ee Sgtegaiescn ts ‘ North Foes neva Fi Mav 14.-the den there. The Russians refused jae 4 i and carried to the spot! lice Department went to the highest ;ing for speculative purposes, fail- sg fs continue eastwar | sippi River. On leaving New Or- san ‘he "Ga ede Ginn at a COEF aie 4 ' Ne ; : "to yield the combfnations, main- HE } a Y ; . or 2 M4 7 ; > ¥ > sf ic +e. ; . S . ‘ x ee F A >. bo Sse e . i ys = a id y S : ‘ 2 - .. son road. He may have bidder for 25 cents. The highest |ing which he threatened legislative agen esbacg eae tearing | Jeane at 8:29 a. m., De Pinedo}, ion so as t saaaioe 4 me nj Gcath sentence ANSE Over hei mines (ee oe ee oe - Nn shot to death o.1 the road price was £29 and the entire lot| measures would be taken against ations) capi. sabe ae... enero 55 0-mil non-stop | Hn, SO as to make Il Casy Tor | heads of Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyderj| from search under the Anzglo- ‘fe comes,” he said, “I'll be off and ]; planned a 60(-mile D | the pilots to find the way to the! ' see” and Henry Judd Cray have affect- Soviet trade agreement signed in 4 i them. lie further indicated that 7 chat residents cf the vicinicy ‘i “ona saben Roasts would be restricted by the Reichs- . ‘ont. Td shots ind!cates | found the sit «Saad a body was varam la cata it s . rs d ee re 3 nied. ‘not reach St. Louis until 6:40 ROME, May 14.—The applica- , gupg herself a victim of injustice organization and which now are Ba ite of a still which coun- | . /a@ greased track yesterday, as bold- ; . Dts co ie , | , Pn ye ip Officers raided and dismantied | | ers who were unable to put ep fur- | “We will start when anybody is “i : Capt pei aie : ! Ehren re sas ee ae re ¥ ny a Chara! er ie ; | > ? . , else star Ss.” he said. He and his companions, apt. | *' Lie oe , sentence, ; s«eanwihitile, sir AuSte nber- fi 3 2) ’ ; © ° « *yehe re > ‘ “a > ¢ ° amt ° & oer et Reine wr, , SP ghea needa History S Greatest aaa coveraae te earns ae | All ahinwins holed vehsete ott he | Del Prepe and the mechanic, Zae- Marriage-in 1891 to Mary Theresa Justice Townsend Scudder, who lain, Foreign Secretary, has in his hig a son road in a little | ) , Se r | : d | Cornwallis-West sister of the hands a protest from the Soviet ay | ow , | 511i the region of the | salty, MRPs sentenced them, is quoted today by | 24#hUs 4 Pre Sein e* and vv us or. } D i & hat they could ret from unwillin i asked to report news of the flight | chetti, traverse | ee . in ia a sie i 3 : ° . . oe P fot mR : : ik eae rsiictp as bootleg : rama Meee S ad immediately. The coast guard cut- | great flood this morning. ; Due hess of Westminster, has be é n the New York American as op.‘ harge d'affaires against what was 7 he Wilks I olice think that | The life of Christ has been It is know Sel | } ter Modoe will lay down a smoke De Pinedo reached New Orleans dented by the Roman f[ota, the posed to the death penalty in gen- | ternicd a violation of common de- ee Renta, alg a Se-eyevict filmed, -with the assistance ithe Gof — = 7 nee ‘screen as a guide for the flyers | late yesterday from Charleston, 5 Catholic Chureh court. | | eral. “What good will result fren | cency im the search of women em- . e the m ante held as an accessory | and advice of leading clergy- re a evmnw.og mg een ate ed | about 1500 miles off New Totk g | C., stopping at Pensacola, Wia., en The Rota found that insutficient | sending these people to the chair?” Ployes among the Russians and ad - 5] ! ¢ ) acci¢ ent at ,ooseve an}, | ; : 5 : as ee : e . - ’ ’ 3 ‘Tile ‘ - ‘ ‘ £ Ssistant Circuit At- i wi ee 7 . ined flight | Prinee Henry was married to) jt, I believe the execution should | Russia, Such a rupture could be + | is. i e Sunday Magazine : in « Byrd watched. Arim, during De Pinedo’s IHU | f me ' steve pC: ; ° 4 8 4 ey Andrew ©, Maroney on the. x reqiloenlboy ™ " he ° spent in speculation. : “o ; nae bh gh E Africa, South and | Countess Clothilde de Silva 1 follow more closely the verdict.” caused by Moscow as a result of -f ' They atte ‘|| of the Post-Dispatch tomorrow. {/) Rie Dral ic The Columbia was flown twice | threu BUPOpe. é ; : Sie : on attended the postmor- | | * g Drain on Reichsbank. by Chamberlin. The radio gener North America, will light in the) Jondon in 1%2o. Gray, in a note addressed to the, the raid on its offices, or by Brit- fXamined the scene of | M | Second, it is said that Schacht | Cs : : ™ ase : mo tublic, says: ain, if the document xpected ta “ aye aa 1 ater, wWhie i; ._| Mississippi channel here between $3 if , Says: alin, S$ exper °o Murder. Tt is understood that The Battle of the arne |} found the Reichsbank faced with | uch the aviators had de P , - i WINS 7,000 ON GUESS “[T wish to take this opportunity be found are actually turned up. Mer’s invest; l to aia paper te oe tached before Nungesser and Coli} the a and nam bride 8. . | r s) hnapvtatiy » : gone en mae pro- {| chief of all the Allied Forces, an Cen ee ee without a radio trangunite . ‘ £ 4 ’ Tet ~~ iY, Se “ ete, . we cr, 1a ’ Bs Re . RE oe} ; . , » , ; 9 _ -— TY Whic] eo ee has given, for the first time, be wrong oe wrntcnat ” - — ‘been replaced, is obtaining an 800-pound anchor FAIRBANISS, Alaska, May 14.-— ho took time to pray for me and ‘are likely to be. profound. The u! ch he considers may be the authoritative story of the | their customers speculations. Lindbergh’s Plane Damaged ‘for it Iriday, the 13th. was the lucky day | to Send me letters of sympathy and | genera! labor feeling in the House , ; | : 'These demands, imposed on tne ; aged, eee “ee literature of faith. Would that 1 of Commons } ixt e fe : j Cg battle of the a ‘ p = s) - i iat ion fl arge of Com- | for Edward Kehoe, 19 vears old, of ! ‘ 1 , | ' ‘atte ® expenses uae ster — rs ae ye ne : . oe : a who disappe Agena weit have been deprecating the market | group of photographers snapping 'in midstream and bring him to; “ e3 ss Se ee bly will re- Churches to hear God's word as hints of coming disclosures are ™ ‘a e200 Signage lips age h J k " H de io f , 7; his return to éarth. Wepdir svas| shore after the plane is safely an- /the fund. Kehoe probaly wi * | they wnter ile | 3 wae ae 4 the murder, | | notner ve y boon) also for two reasons, First, | “"~ ; scive $33,000 they did to enter this building to nothing but bluffs and that nothing 2 . Caving her 6- they believed it t based /said to be a matter of *nly a few|chored. The committee will in- | ce! Oo. : hear stich sordid words of shame | seri 06 dau h ascs | they eueved 1 Was no ase on . : iene eee erted 16 rove at 5:4° } r sucit soOrdic ,‘ords ot snam ferio.s will be discovered. ld, Bhter with Davis’ par- | Among the strangest c ‘ hours 'elude Mayor Miller or a represent- The ice started move ; . at her h eo | fhat of Dr i real financial resources of the, S. clude Mays : r 4 fete : > 2 wan the fret and Sin. Would that every man If it is found that plotting was ome, 6547 Wellsmar | of dual identity is ia ° j : } : es beens Abendblatt, a newspaper, tn an ar-| With his plane, and have observed lonly long enough to take on fuel. WELCH, W.. Va... May 14.— proper relations will exact fn pay-| greatly enhanced. Se Darter st sppears st lair f the year ‘ticle last night. ‘This newspaper W!th some dismay that the airman| then jump on to Chicago. How- Eight miners, imprisoned by an ment that it makes me more than! ints conveyed ~ by Seotland ; Bight vie Was not at home na giclee posta in the ‘explained that his demands for 4Pparently is “girl sh. ever, with winds against him dur- | eypjosion in the Shannon branch anxious to help my fellow men see | | Yard officials early today that mo- | - of the murder. Glenn It will appear tom l eransfer of Dawes mark payments , A giri reporter put to him the! ing the morning there Was a pros-i mine if the Central Pocahontas : the light of God as their own sal- | manieonae discoveries had been made a thei- while he and Davis were linto foreign currency caused the question that seemed to be worry-| pect that he would be’ forced to i Coal Co. near here late last night, | vation.” / alarmed Labor members of Par- i. ' syd 7 Clifford Hicks’ | P, t Dis atc catastrophe. | ing her sisterhood. stay here overnight, and the latest are believed to have been killed.| Gray and Mrs. Snyder Will b@iiament. put the correspondent ” 40 » April 30, half an | OS si p | This attitude is sufficient tndica-| “My airplane is my only girl] word from Memphis indicated | 4 second explosion eqcarred early taken Monday to Sing Sing’s deat” jsarns on goad authority thet ee ™m ~ the Siielateints time of | . ‘tion that yesterday’s panic is cer-, Don't know any others. I’m not/ there would be little chance, of his |today while company offictais an@ house, They are under sentence far tne rosuits of the raid hewe urder, they stopped at the | | Sunday Magazine ‘tain ‘to atimulate a campaign for engaged. married or divorced,” | going on to Chicago until tomor- | State inspectors were in the work- to be electrocuted the week of June — : = on Page 3, € | __—'| revision of the Dawes plan. ‘came back the answer. row. ‘ings, but no one was hurt. 29, , Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ge , olamn 3. ’ é . , % = ¥ ee Saka i i en ~ A