St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 8, 1927

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LONDON aad —— > ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service o — SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 192736 PAGES, PRICE 2 CENTS | m4 . we ys x vy a FPELD HANDS NATION AS gi TOMERICO Veit to Black Hills Sum- er. + ——————— hae ac Personally Pre- as It to President on FAIR AND WARMER THE TEMPERATURES. ~ oe G4 (12:30 a. OLL BEKP yes NO, REASON © FOR RETIREMENT —— | e's Pleasure — Ar- sasement Agreed on a Ago, It Is Said. ‘= aapociated Press. " 'T CITY, S. i. July §.— nog R. Sheffield today gave his Ceetion ag Ambassador to nico to President Coolidge. resignation is to take effect Whe will of the President, who s pot indicated his intentions. wfield’s plans for returning to }post are indefinite, however, upon leaving here expects to ‘to Europe for six weeks. The retirement of the Ambassa- ‘ to Mexico comes at an admit- ily critical time in the relations meen this country and Mexico. i Southern republic has recent- Ypstituted in “extreme’’ form Sapplication of its oil law, it is ferstood here, and there is some ern over this development. Bivin no reason for his retire- Mt Sheffield likewise declined sgmment on Mexican relations, : said at the executive of- phere that his resignation had | agreed upon a year ago we the Ambassador returned to ‘pos against his wishes but at wequest of the President. Ambassador did state that not been recalled from mo because of the recent de- ments there in relation to the | which it was clear he was erned over. He said he came | eto attend the Yale commence- | last month, | May Go Vacant for While. bwever, because of his indef- plans for the future and be- me of the lack of any amnounce- m-by the President, there avere wong that the Mexican post * gO unflled for a while. It “apparent that Mr. Coolidge ea accept the resignation of meld in view of the agreement with him a year ago. Shet- | a said he needed a rest. Ever- L secretary to the Pres- mt, explained that last year when j or saw the President Tequested to retire because of ' th, and the President asked -’ remain until this Spring. Hdge Riding a Good Deal. . gent Coolidge is inclined to = UP horse riding as a regular Sele ’ Coolidge rode on Wednesday 2 and last night he talked With “Dakota Ciyde” Jones, ey Prize winner, who had just ened from the roundup at Belle ve. Jones has been assigned me State to watch over the at the Summer White ris me wl ; the seven-year-old bay received from the Boy Scouts | et, 18 likely to be the Pres- - Ze Ps al A ~* Tegular mount, aithough he ea 2 g 3 , pen mchore available, in- Bar 8 7m nator,” a horse placed Sesame i disposal by the State. Hent’'s Engagement List. see eee ee a a a Be Fixed at Cooly, nance $20 to $50. row. Illinois: ably warmer east morrow. A 27 Pree | s: sunrise row) 4:43. Relative humidity at 12 (noon) 35. POLICE ORDERED TO ENFORCE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW =. Yesterday's high, 83 (1:30 Dp. m.): low, m.) ; Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair IN. THE and warmer to- —1IC.MAT.G ? night and tomor- bins ~ 3 : s Pins of Louisianian Confesses | ‘” —— Missouri: Fair eee tonight and to- —— Victim’s Body morrow; warmer in the east por- tion tonight and in the southeast portion tomor- Fair tonight and prob- tomorrow; tonight and in the south- portion to- Sunset 7:29; (tomor- SUNDAY STORE CLOSING LAWS Chief Gerk Directs Start Rigid Supervisicn Be- ginning July 17. The Sunday closing butcher shops, bakeshops, law rigidly enforced by police, posted at Police Headquarters to- day. Gerk, dfssolves the restraining or- der. The ordinance provides that butcher shops, delicatessen and grocery stores may be open on Sundays only between 3 and 6 p. m. for the sale of cooked articles and other commodities of necessity. The baker shop ordinance provides that no such shop may be open on) Sunday after 9 a. m. Violation of the grocery ordi- nance carries a fine of $20 to $100, violation of the baker shop ordi- The butchers’, bakers’ and grocers’ organizations ‘have gone on record as pproving ‘the Sunday closing ordinances, but they are opposed by certain indi- vidual shop owners. ACCUSES CECIL B. DE MILLE OF USURY IN LOAN POOL Los Angeles Prosecutor Says He ' Will File Complaint Against Movie Producer. By the Aseociated Press. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 8.— The city prosecutor announced to- day he would file a complaint charging usury against Cecil B. de- Mille, millionaire motion picture producer and banker, for alleged participation in loan pools for re- | financing the collapsed Julian Pe- troéleum Corporation. Washington Tests Show. By the Asenciated Press WASHINGTON, July 8.—In ex- aminations for Washington driving permits, two per cent of the appli cents are color-blind and unable to distinguish between the green or A recent decision by the State Supreme Court, according to Chief Officers to for delica- tessens and grocery stores will be begin- ning July 17, according to an order ONE AUTOMOBILE TO EVERY 5 PERSONS IN UNITED STATES DUCTOR ADMITS P| Re is es we 67 10 a. : eRe ER 2 a. m - 66 11 p. gk ple aa gs : : m RP Ra ate 4 ‘ ° ° fa eeebins 81g be me .. B America Leads World in Their 7 Ms Msc ccens Z q SO AE Ee Zz n i ; ame 82 8 pe mills. ; Production and Ownership re v4 Survey Discloses. By the Associated Press. MAN'S MURDER WASHINGTON, July 8.—The Physician Held With Widow | United States has one automobile operation for each five of its 'citizens, the automobile division of Was the Department of Commerce an- nounces, basing its figures on a recent survey. Statistics for the world showed 27,630,267 machines in operation at the beginning of the year, or one for each 66 of population. In Canada and Hawaii, there is one machine to each 11 persons, while New Zealand has one to 12, ; i Australia and Denmark, one to 17, Declares She Helped Dis-! Grea: Britain, one to 43; Argen- eee tina, one to 45, and [Franceé, one pose of Victim Who to 4¢. ° It was estimated that 95 per cent Was Weighted Down and of all the automobiles operating Thrown Into Water. Found in Lake. SAYS WOMAN SAW HUSBAND KILLED in the world are of American ori- gin, though a considerable portion of them is assembled: in foreign branches of American factories. By the Associated Press. FRANKLIN, La., §.—Dr. “A pr. [POLICEMAN 1S HURT IN CRASH Joelclan todey eancennres” °°) ESCORTING AUTO TO HOSPITAL iff Charles Pecot that James J.| Trying to Get Victim of Rat Bite Leboeuf had been slain at his in- Through Tvaffic, Richard I. Stigation as Leboeuf rowed on Palmer Is Injured. Lake Palourde Friday night. As he was escorting to City Hos- Leboeuf’s body, weighted down! pital an automobile carrying a July ail sh ij ) ,e vs) 1 > a r with irons,. was found yesterday age who had been bitten by a . i rat tichard [.. Palmer, a motor in the lake. Mrs. Leboeuf told the | alee Mad es 3 ‘ 1 the | cycle patrolman, crashed into an Sheriff today that she saw James Béadle, a fishergpan and trapper, shoot her husband with a shotgun. Dr. Dreher, Sheriff Pecot joined Mrs. Leboeuf automobile at Lafayette and Jef- fersOn avenues at noon today and was seriously injured. Palmer tried to get his motor cycle through traffic by sounding his siren after the boulevard sign said, in charging aries oe FORD APOLOGIZES FOR A JEWS; DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY CK ON NEWMAN OPPOSES Benton, Ill. _ BIRGER IN CLASH Z y Quarrels With Him in Court! 3 Pocahontas Bank ; f 4 : ps % ' | Over j of Jury Begins. Post-Dispatch. BENTON, : Ill., July mediate trial with Charlie and Ray Hyland, instead | | | | LN ANSTORE Overrides Counsel and Re- fuses to Seek Continuance in Adams Murder Case at WITH EX-LIEUTENANT Robbery Story—Selection By a Staff Correspondent of the 8.—Going against the advice of his attorney, Art Newman today asked for im- Birger of re- > Quarrels With Birger in Court | CaVCHF ICI Y AWARE OF VIRTUES OF RACE AS WHOLE Declares He Did Not Appre- ciate Nature of Articles Published in His Dearborn Independent. ee “‘GREATLY SHOCKED” AT STUDY OF FILES tte en Also Mortified That Paper Resurrected ‘‘Protocol of Wise Men,” Demon- | strated to Be Forgeries. i By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch, NEW YORK, July 38.—Henry Ford has ordered his Dearborn In- dependent to discontinue publica- tion permanently of all articles hostile to Jews. This is announced SVE AMAA SS Soe __ oe Beadle with the actual commission | pag signaled east and west traffic | Tesuns @ continuance for which| 73 OF Se crinte, to stop. He dodged one automo- | he had good grounds. y by Ford, through Arthur Bris- Ploeg a acts aise ceeeaa ve bile, but smashed into a coupe | This action brought the shrewd ) bane. 3 ‘murder, but with aiding in the dis- pop hd sls ” — xe | 4 Sue Sankeree gs raged wind ey tebe b It was also announced that posal of the body. Sheriff Pecot 1328 South Broadway, a real ¢state | inant figure of the trial. Lawyers y some of these articles, reprinted — : er City Hospital he was found (Mai hoses 4s tath iwi att ee E in 6 ee ee Ds > was found | he de New yl 83 : ee wae to be suffering from brain concus- | himself so their clients could load | ele gee ae ’ poet ‘Jourde on the night ne thn tated sion, possible fracture of the skull | on him full blame for the murder | i é: drawn from circula:ion. or Dr. Dreher said, asserting that pr and lacerations and abrasions of | of Joe Adame, mayor of hs est | t quoted as saying: . the scalp and legs. | City, last December. Now it’ ap- | “The Dearborn Independent will boeuf had gone for a boat ride, followed by Mrs. Leboeuf who was in another boat alone. The third skiff was occupied by himself and Charles G. Emmerling, at Florissant road nue, St. Louis County. mer the way to City and Evans asked Pal- Hospital as ee eS - eA ee eee a residing | ave- | ,;and Hyland. When court convened this morn- pears that Newman intends to Have | his day in court along with Birger be conducted under euch auspices that articles reflecting upon the Jews will never again appear in Its SSE Beadle, he said. ee iia aa Se ee , ‘ing. | State | and. |defense : counse) Dr. Dreher said that while he te = riggs a AM S-YORr-Old SON, | aes 4 . ee a] ge a columns.” : J : Immerling ' went into conference wi circul land Beadle talked, he pulled the ‘Yharles G. Emmerling Jr.. there é onfer nce ircuit Aaron Sapiro, lawyer and mar- iskiff to within a few feet of tl for freatment of a rat bite on the; Judge Muller over selection of the , | SK [ E ow fee 1e - : ti y one occupied by malate aed left hand. The bite was only a) Jury. An examination of the first keting expert of New York and Beadle laid his eT Si across Fes | superficial wound. City Hospital! panel began. Chicago, filed suit against Ford tt Se ae ~~. | ohvsicians said. Special Venire of 50 Called. n om- gunwale of the tiny craft and fired pa: The panel of 24 veniremen yill | —RFv a Post-Disvatch Staff Photogravher. and his Dearborn publishing c into Leboeuf’s side. es nap ) se pany for $1,000,000 charging that M ie eek ns A5-DAY TERM IN WORKHOUSE be Insufficient, it soon became evi- | . oe Ce ee Peer dent. Seven men were left shortly | in court at Benton,. III. articles published in the Independ- the confession related, and aide R a ad sae lis a — — . The monthly accident report for ,every gallon of gasoline sold here} , re ; eo¢ : _|May,. showed a total of 628 auto- by dealers, wag upheld by Circuit + - , , | PONS ge | mobile accidents in Missouri, in Judge Halli today, following the} ,.., . I ee . Se ae ay i hich 71 persons were killed and | hearing of a suit filed in Nevem-}.- AERTS : | a en 5944 persons injured The casual- | ber 1925 by the Automobile Gaso-|,. Pag ae ae in ities were an increase of 249 over i line Co., asking to enjoin the city, + noel - | ADI. ‘from enforcement of the ordinance | ‘and that it be declared void. It was contended that the or dinance was depriving the Auto- 'mobile Gasoline Co. of its profits: hand contrary to the city’s charter. | | Judge Hall ruled that as the or-'! | dinance affected al! gasoline deal- fers here. it was not discriminatory ‘and that ic was not in violation of the city’s charter. : eo ee eee BOSTON, July &.—The Boston Automobile Club has discarded the irefinements of diction in a new | campaign to safeguard lives of chil- j}dren who play in the streets. Five ‘thousand signs will be posted in| 'congested resjdential districts read- ling : “Kids Near, Slow Down.” IT FLOOD REFUGEES DROWNED a ert ener nen ee et te La., Negroes Are Victims. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July §.— Elev- en Negro fiood refugees were drowned at Port Barre. today when a flat boat upon which thew were ; ret being rned to their homes at Woodside and Melville. over:urned at Port Barre, the Associated Press | long distance tele- Cross re_resenta- learned over phone from R: tives. Band Concert Today. Benton Park, 7:30 to 10 p. m. (to ask | husband, ; Flat Boat Overturns at Port Barre. | | hurried over and said to his client: | 'a Post-Dispatch reporter the story Pocahontas bank robbery. reporters before him and be- gran list of alleged misdeeds. “That's enough of Newman said, ward Birger. of the ott called mitinge reciting nt that leaning to- for a trial. ask the people to hang yout” Mrs. Newman. seated beside her grabbed his hand. At- torney Kar¢h of Birger's Charley, whether Wait until “I want to. win. you do or not. you both on can fight it out.” tirger replied, “If that out on the ground I want to hang.” The enmity between the two for- mer partners.in crime has a deep- er significance than mere bicker- ing. Newman is expected to tell a story which wil] reach beyond the Adams murder. The decision of Newman to g0 Continucd on Page 2, Column &. . . , Newman's talk You ought to} counsel, | we get the ground and you | gets | a = + Pleads Guilty of Using the Mails to Defraud. auea, Creating Lake 1000 Feet Across. «+ other articles attacking Jews. The statement follows: “To my regret I*have learned that Jews generally, and particu- larly those of this country, not only resent these publications as promoting anti-Semitism, but re- gard me as their enemy. Righteous Indignation Justified. “Trusted frends with whom I have conferred recently have as- sured me in all sincerity that fn their opinion the character of the charges and insinuations made against the Jews, both irdividually and collectively, contained in many of the articles which have | By the Associated Press. “Doctor” Samuel Kojoe Pearse, | HILO, Hawaii, July 8—The huge| Negro purveyor of powders for Kilauea volcano awoke yesterday| straying husbands, and sole agent and poured streams of lava from;for the “Black Cat’s Wishbone,” its crater, Halemaumau, 4000 feet} “Lucky Turraries” and other high. | charms of popularity among his Native Hawatians cast berries: Negro clients, is going away where and other offerings into the fire! his “Bring-Back Powder” won't do pit to appease Pele, goddess of | him a bit of good. Federal Judge the volcano. | Farrs today sentenced him to four Warning of the eruption was) years in the penitentiary. registered by the seismograpn of) Pearse, a native of Nigeria with ithe observatory at the crater rimja Piccadilly accent, plied a flour- | which recorded four slight tre-|ishing business In voodoo charms 'mors of the earth Wednesday night.| from his home at 2824 Lawton An earthquake at Hilo, 30 miles! boulevard until Postoffice Inspec-|been circulated periodically in the from the volcano, awoke a few} tors caught up with him. He} Dearborn Independent and have lresidents at 3:21 a. m. yesterday! pleaded guilty to a charge of us-j|been reprinted in pamphlet, justi- ‘and they gazed upon a beautifull ing the mails to defraud. He told/fies the righteous indignation en- but awe inspiring sight. Four) inspectors his best stock in tradejtertained by Jews everywhere to- huge fountains of fire, 125 feet! were his “Tying-Down Powders”| ward me because of the mental an- *~high, were spouting upon the lofty! to keep husbands at home, and his/guish occasioned by the unpro- slopes, and from the fire pit ran|“Bring Back Powders" to get | voked reflections made upon them, three rivers of lava, forming aithem home again. They sold at “This has led me to direct my blazing lake of rock 1000 f%cet/ $25 and $50 a package. personal attention to this subject. ecross. | "= pee ee jin order to ascertain the exact na- that rushed toward the| JOHN D,, 88 TODAY, VOICES roy of these articles. As a result GOOD WILL TO EVERYBODY | —~ Crowds pit to watch the display were driv-| this survey I confess that I am deeply mortified that this journal, © “> ; len back by bursts of sulphur | ; Lage elcome . whie te . ¥ fumes, dust and sand. ‘Aged Oil Man Plays Golf as Usual, = ei. — ae oar keae , e . re. | “A tremor, accompanied by a Then Goes Motoring with a Mogen Ba eg vs imbline sac aside at rr a Family NS ee ae can one |rumbling sound, : , a) . exploded fictions, for gtving cur- “ at J 12 ‘ 39 a. t Associated Preee. sure ivity in the! By the pit, forewarned watchers at the) NEW YORK, July 8.—John D. observatory that lava .was In mo- | Roe kefeller celebrated his 88th be-/birthday at his home at Pocantico | ‘nAaicati rT} yf a ? indication oc C rency to the so-called Protocol ef the Wise Man of Zion, which have been demonetrated, as IT learn, te tion underground. Eruptions ibe gross forgeries, and for con- gan within 30 minutes. Hills today among a few intimate) sine that the Jewa bee | During the morning two foun-/friends and relatives, enjoying “per- seme aaa i ’ vote an ory , rc uring i} ris : ig agec tains of fiery rock formed big;fect health and good will toward | °° KAS ' SS in fie ithe capital and industries of the ‘cones ¢ 1e baz he deep pit.\ everybody.” cones at the base of the ceep pit.ic¢ - 5 ' [2 (the | ’ ; world, be#ides Iaying at thetr door |'A small peninsula between them; Although his home was closed | r¢ cei nase : et a sit an Mila imany offenses against decency, i uncovered. ito newspaper representatives, and | public orde ; in charge of the/|the names of the intimate frie nds | Public jer and good morals, Awa > of Jewish Virtues. aha + *. sa i was s } » *; “ R. M. Wiison, observatory, est'mated the depth visiting him were withheld, the 0/1 | ‘of lava at other places in the pit,;man, through his publicity man in; “Had I appreciated even the to be from 50'to 75 feet... |New York, conveyed his £004 |ceneral nature, to say nothing of ine ‘meine ‘or ‘rupting lava’ wishe he outside worid, Three cones were erupting Java) wishes to ¢ yk ithe details, of these utterances I I am happy to spend my 28th | birthday in a condition of perfect | Would have forbidden their cireu- lation without a moment's hesita- lin the crater yesterday and a iake lestimated to be fully 100 acres- in lextent had formed on the floor health, full of hope and cheer and | lof the pit. gratitude and with good will tOition, because I am fully aware of 4 volcano has)everybody,” he said. ithe virtues of the Jewish people ‘sent streams of molten rock “o-; The day began with a leisurely | 4, a whole. of what they and their 'ward the sea, burning forests ani breakfast, at which Rockefeller | . neestors have done for civilization turning the land to desert. The chatted long with members of his and for mankind toward the de- chief eruptions within a decade family and other guests. After a velopment ef commerce ané tnéus- took place in 1917, 1919 and 1921.\short time at his daily work, he | ¢> - of their sobriety and diligence, Kilauea, largest active volcano'read many telegrams and letters Of |+).017 benevolence and their unself- f the world, has . Several times the f a main crater,|congratulation and then went tO | inh interst in the public wei. that is eight miles around and 600 golf as usual soon after 10 O'clock, | ace feet in depth. It is on a slope efipiaying in a foursome. After! “Or course there are black sheep Mauna Lon. a volcano, 12.675 feet. luncheon he rested and then mo0- iin every flock, as there are a hich which erupted in May of lastitored with his family: 49 miles! ites among the Westchester hills. i Continued on Pace 4. 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