St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 1, 1927

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oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service SPORT FINAL| - Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete a : ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 192748 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS 79, NO. 297. HER GANGSTERS ATURED VICTIM LPT RH Poe if, *. a , ‘es yee. sa Se The SE ee hk eS Ne pill . Wey tae Pie Pee ees 3 tg fe a te Me Lage oS Ey ee a hae. : “~y f RET ae . OSU ae Ra Bid iy naee Maes ss ake — ne eT iN Sy ee ee > O Mak f TONES a OSECUTORSAYS nie ‘ " Opening Statement 3 r.. at Marion, Iil., i filillich and Gowan for Casey” Jones’ Murder. i ie ’ a 38 Pe ats BAo% ’ | EVERANCE FOR |, GOWAN DENIED ‘Br ther Was Killed at the Hut Unexpectedly Offers His Evidence. | {5 suff Correspondent of the ‘Post-Dispatch. IWARION, Ill, gfuly 1.—In his Wet opening Statement today in ie first of the Southern Illinois murder cases on trial here, date's Attorney Arlie O. Boswell pelared that Ward (‘Casey’) and mutilated after he been fatally shot at the Hut, Birger gang rendezvous, last r by Rado Millich and Eural Birger gangsters now on sl here for the murder of Jones. ‘Boswell said Jones was shot first Miflich and then by Gowan, While Charlie Birger. the gang t, was in’ St. Louis, ~After had notified Birger, the Wate’s Attorney continued, Jones #as dumped into the North Fork WSaline Creek, near Equality, Ill. i alive. '\*"The evidence will show,” he mitinued, “that Millich had no Per employment than as gunman gr Charlie Birger.” + Tells of Visit to Hut. ‘The jury of coal miners and ers cooled itself with fans as ell perspiringly thundered out the State intended to prove ist Millich, brought to Marion iom the penitentiary at Chester to fand trial, and the 19-year-old | jowan, described by his counsel as jflunky at the Birger armed gang angout, the hut. '“The evidence will _ ‘id, “that Jones had gone to the | mt Sunday morning and _ had fords with Gowan about shooting tout and that he came back Sun- ay ¥ man around the hut. Then he ' an to assail the witnesses the 'ilate intends to use, the young eer gangsters summoned from 'wnitentiary and jail to make the [a ne of the Birger clan more com- gg ete. _ Attacks Convicted Gangster. Judge Cook centered his attack pon Harry Thomason, 19-year-old _Wger henchman, who confessed bry Thomasson Whose Birger gang lieutenant, was, prove,” he. SHOWERS TODAY, TONIGHT COOLER: FAIR TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. ° ee SY ae or 92 wterday's high, 94 (4 p. m.): low. 7 Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Thunder showers probable this af- ternoon or to- night; tomorrow, fair and cooler. Missouri: Local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight, followed by fair tomorrow; cooler tonight and in the east and south portions to- morrow. Illinois: - Local thunder showers probable this af- ternoon or to- night followed by fair tomorrow; cooler tomorrow and in the west and north portions tonight. Relative humidity at noon, per cent. HALEY REJECTED FOR ~ DRY CHEF, REPORT Acting Administrator Reported Turned Down on Question of Executive Ability. oO Qo “TBO Cots! Py PP Pe Bp & Y PAGE THE YEAR-WITHOUT- A~-SUMMER PROPHET. 44 Sam S. Haley’s application .or appointment as Federal Prohibi- tion Administrator for the St. Louis district has been rejected by a Civil Service Commission, according to reports current today in St. Louis political circles. Haley, who is acting as admin- istrator, was called upon by the Commission recently to make a further statement as to his quali- fications for the administrator's position, supplementing the state examination. The Commission is understood to have held that Haley's exec itive experitnce was not sufficient to meet the requirement of six years’ such experience in charge of acon-| siderable body of workers. ley’s experience was aS an ex- ecutive secretary under Gov. Had- ley, one stenogri.pher being under his direction, and as Prosccuting Attorney of Cole County, before he entered the administrator’s of- fice. In his application, he spoke ef his experience in directing the work of grand juries as a form of executive training. When asked by a Post-Dispatrh reporter whether he had been in- formed of unfavorable action ca his application, Haley said he bad heard nothing since the request for further information as to his qualifications. Haley was appointed last Decem- ber by Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, then head of the Federal prohibi- tion enforcement, to succeed Alroy 5S. Phillips, who reisgned to be- come chairman of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission. MAN INSURED FOR $1,600,000 DEAD IN ELEVATOR SHAFT ee a re Robert E. L. Ruffner of Charles- ton, W. Va., Apparently Victim of Accidental Fall. CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 1. —Robert BE. L. Ruffner, 39 years old, ‘whose life was M&insured for was ment made in connection with his |. BYRD AND CREWSAFE AFTER LANDING ON SEA CAME DOWN GUIDED BY A LIGHTHOUSE “DELIGHTED WITH RESULTS,” LEADER SAYS UR. REFUSES TO TAKE $52,024,192 AS FAIRVALUATION Also Protests to Public Serv- ice Commission That 7.1 Per Cent Rate of Return | Is Too Low. SAYS $75,000,000 IS MINIMUM VALUE Formally Accepts Increase in Street Car Fare to 8 Cents or Two Tokens for 15 Cents, However. By the Jefferson City Correspond- ent of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, July 1.—The United Railways Co. today formally accepted the increased street car fare set by the Missouri Public Service Commission last Saturday but announced its exception to three phases of the Commission’s decision announcing the new rate. The fare, to be effective Tues- day, is to be 8 cents, or two tokens for 15 cents, a temporary figure for at least six months, set, by the Commission until it can make final decision in the transit company’s rate case. This increase the com- pany accepts. It announced its disagreement, hgwever, with the figure set by the Commission in its order as a fair return, with the tentative valuation set by the body and with its method of considering the company’s de- preciation reserve account. It announced it could not accept 7.1 per cent as a fair and reason- able rate of return on its invest- ment,-nor could it accept $52,024,- 192 as a fair valuation of its prop- erty. The company asked the Commission to strike out the figure and substitute for it $75,000,000, the minimum valuation for which the transit company has been con- tending. In arriving at the tentative val- uation the; Commission deducted $6,183,099 to cover a credit of that amount in the reserve set aside by. the company to cover depreciation. This action should also be set aside, the company contends. WORK ON DELMAR VIADUCT TO BE STARTED WEDNESDAY Contract for Construction of Span Over Wabash Railroad Awarded Today. RECORDS SAVED: OBSERVATIONS OF INTEREST MADE Byrd Declares He Had Bad Weather All the Way, Being Unable to See Any- thing for 19 Hours. LANDED AFTER HE SAW LIGHTHOUSE Flew Over Ocean at Alti- tude Varying From 1200 to 11,000 Feet — Got In- to Storm Leaving Brest. By CAMILLE LE MERCIER. By Radio to the Post-Dispatch ard the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. VER-SUR-MER, France, July 1 (by Telephone to Paris)—“I am delighted with the scientific results of our trip,’’ Commander Richard E. Byrd told the correspondent this afternoon as he sat at luncheon with Lieut. George O. Noville of the America’s crew in a peasant’s cottage beside the shore where his wrecked plane lies. The aviators sat between two aged peasants with the peasants’ children opposite, All the Records Saved, “Our goal was Paris,” Cqom- mander Byrd continued, “but this does not affect the scientific re- sults. of highest interest and all our rec- Ords were saved.” ’ All four aviators are in excellent health and seemed scarcely fa- tigued, although they had _ been working nearly all day saving what they could from the wreck of their plane. It was 2:15 o’clock this morning when Commander Byrd, attracted by the lighthouse, and, seéing the seashore through a rift in the fog, decided to descend. Alighted Purposely On Sea. He -still had a two hours’ sup- ply of gasoline, but considered it useless to try to continue in the rain and fog. He alighted in the sea purposely. “If we had tried to land on the beach we ‘probably would have been killed,” he said. The plane settled in the sand 250 yards from. shore. The landing gear was smashed, but the plane was otherwise undamaged at the moment. The flyers almost imme- diately wafied in and succeeded in dragging the plane 200 yards fur- ther north to a safer place. The Ver-Sur-Mer shore _ slopes Steeply at this point. Within a few hours the tide turned and rush- We made many observations | f Map of Byrd Flight, Commander and Crew | _. See, ag COMMANDER BYRD , wees ee ens sas come nee : LIEUT. GEORGE O. NOVILLE. ESS ESS ATLANTIC Oc J LANDS END is 9 “ ? ies AK saa | Fao Aer; yr : ry ; . j I ._ ’ " Siping . Rn ee oy os AS ne . ‘ hal 4 re : ot er c oi SG wie LPB © Sah aod J oe >) Syn” 4 : oR tee joe 5 eis . ‘ , - 7 . ite ok pe ¥ - ys on AR ) ™ witness, related how he pulled = “Swody out of the water after had called attention to it. | '® Btate's Attorney introduced | Pemibits the clothing Jones wore s oh Dianket his body was Bp in. 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