St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 2, 1927
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and work- | anett, val- company. ity Coun- ary of the | ttee, reorgani- >the bond- | from $54.- and Ss on 8.980 a year | fn as to the} and his as-/| p, ties of the der the re- ill 6h he of the new reasurer testified blocks origina! in the by the bonds hown what for their of re- last re- Disclosed. ph sought to eh now on — SS ee estified that 150 in gov- represent. scilation, in- me Heand his did noi payment cf of $2.431,- unizers have the city for in cash, or f the new fd not know ld be made unt paid by their hold- of the reor- ai» here. He of ~-tion elopments at e submission Dian at this ia premature, cation of the t 8-cent fare valuation § is bmmission. én. the fare Hon the com- uation of the of reproduc- tion, was ap- 000 and that es it should of “at least 9 IN STORE bk $69 from a Watson road holding up the nderson. the Ssling. and a . McHenry. told | would | the ; | The ex- | of | to | ere | ,or to buy | gallery. == KIRKWOOD WILL GVES $5100 TO ART FUND J ‘Estate of Late te Kansas City Star a Editor Estimated at $1,500,000. he Associated Prese KANSAS eae, me, will of Irwin Kirkwood. editor oF the =anens City Star. Sept. 3.05 late was axeouted Aug. 1, and disposed ot an estate estimated at $1.500,099 After leaving approximataty $170, 900 in personal bequ $250. 000 was left to three trust for building an art gallery to hougs | objects of will of William Rockhill vided in the wills of Mrs, Nelsoq © and their daughter, Mrs. Late Nelson Kirkwood. The residue of the estate w divided equally between Mr. Kire wood’s two brothers, Johfi S. Kirk. ~ wood, Washington, D. C.,, Thone Kirkwood, Baltimore, M4. One provision. of the will con. firmed and extended the agreement _ between Mr. Kirkwood and his as sociates, A. F. Seested, George a Longan, H. J. Haskell, Earl Collum and John T. Barrongv® whereby the Kirkwood holdings ig & Star stock could be purchased by ™ the Star organization. The period | of time for the exercise of the & right of purchase was extended @ from three months to 10 months | after the stock is deposited with the Kansas City Star Co. by the executor. Kansas City ment yesterday respects to Mr. fora MO. its last J Kirkwood. Flags were at half-mast, aly street cars and busses pause@ briefly. city employes ceased work, for two minutes, paused to pay Oak Hall. family home of the Nel sons, where the last rites were said, After the ceremony the body % laid to rest beside Mrs. who died in February, 1926, and Mr. and Mrs, Nelson. Mrs. Kirke” wood was the Nelson’s only child The passing of Mr. Kirkwoo leaves the Star in control of ems ployes of the paper, several of whom had been associated with Mr. Nelson since he founded the® paper in 1880. RATS and MICE fate At present the city’s - =o c. * 8 PVSUPERVISION FRSENS CHARGE ORTAXIGABS of High Rates in St Louis With Lower Elsewhere Dis- a Boos Big Difference. NO REGULATION OF COSTS HERE. Studies Situation in 3 Effort to Find Method to Enforce Relief — Short Rides Expensive Following Mayor Miller's, ob- j servation, upoR his return “trom his vacation in the East, that St. | Louis taxicab rates are too high in eomparison with those of other ‘large cities, inquiry by the Post- | Dispatch disclosed that taxicabs are under no official supervision ele as‘far as rates or manage- t are concerned. An ordinance to regulate rates Pana provide examinations for | chauffeurs was passed in March, ' 3921. It fixed the maximum rate _ for meter cabs at 80 cents a mile, | with a charge not tv exceed 20 ou for each extra person a trip 10 cents for each four minutes : E welling time. The ordinance es declared unconstitutional by Circuit Judge Franklin Ferris as a | violation of the contract right be- ‘tween two persons, namely, the Ptaxicab company and the taxicab ider, No appeal was taken from Kirk ood, decision. - High Rate for Short Rides. The present taxicab rates are "below those fixed in the discredited mance but are still higher. es- pecially for short rides, than those )@t other large cities. The “flag | pull” in, St, Louis is 50 cents. That | takes the passenger, either one or | Hive, two-fifths of a mile. For each / additional two-fifths the meter - ateps up 10 cents so that a ride of § & mile and a fifth costs 70 cents. it to gO ‘from Hotei Jefferson to Union 4 | Btation, a trip which evokes fre- pent criticism from visitors. ® ©osts 60 cents to ride from the Con- F Z ress Hotel to Hotel Chase via Lin- | ‘Bell boulevard, and 70 cents to - gmake the return trip over Water- it h avenue. In keeping with the aa factice in other cities the cab . ie. wy ipanies here make no charge for extra passengers. | Mayor Miller is casting about for me Means to regulate taxi fares, au } Meanwhile he thinks business should bring pressure to fa@ reduction in the ‘flag-pull” only the testing of meters. | Strict Supervision Elsewhere. ) Atelegraphic survey by the Post- mepaich shows that many of the metge cities, notably/New York and | where taxi) rates are ex- Pineiy low, exercise stringent su- On over taxicab companies chauffeurs. A summary of itions and charges in other b Cities, follows: Pew York: Complete control of iF } Heab supervision rests with po- dardynes d Radio Frequency Receiver = a L for the Cupples Rhino Tire Stores, Inc... . the Seis +} 6-tube Standardyne set with the famous it offered at a tremendous saving. Three — es of audio frequency to insure positive test developments in tone production. r - metal-shielded design. A range of effect- th is a revelation. rdyne Set is un- the biggest bar- a..-at this price peiver compares 2755 e set complete with speaker and all ssories ready to play......$56.65 ne One-Dial Receiver . .... + + $44.95 Power Unit Receiver... + + + $79.99 Accessories Extra tion and 30 days’ on all complete sets —a STORES Inc and WASHINGTON BL. 3334 SOUTH GRAND BOULEVARD 5851 EASTON AVENUE. 6500 MAPLE AVENUE 3100 LOCUST STREET days until 9 p. m. Sundays until noon. department except for issu- of licenses. Ordinance of reh, 1925. limits rates to 20 ® for first third mile and 10 for succeeding thirds. Pre- sig rate, 15 cents “flag pull” pwuarter mile and five cents for bding quarters. t: Police department exer- Strict supervision over driv- closely scrutinizing records and ing Bertillon records.* Ordi- © prescribes maximium rates at . O cents for first mile and 40 cents * each additional mile but com- ™ion has brought rates to 10 # “flag pull” for third mile, and P cents for each additional third. *Madelphia: Taxicab rates are mer direct supervision of State me Service Commission and can =faised or lowered only on com- ns consent. Largest com- a} aarpes -® cents for “flag- for one-third mile. Another 5 ©°8 35 cents a mile. + Rates are under super- A of Police Commissioners who “shied maximum rate. Pres- es are 40 cents for S balf mile and 10 cents for Sdditional quarter, Current = oe substantially below max- : Rates are regulated by 2c “oreo is enforced by po- nt rate is 40 cents for f mile and 20 cents for succeeding mile, ad: No official supervi- Close competition has mt rates to 35 cents for first = 8nd 10 cents for each addi- # two-fifths. On: Rates for the com- has Union Station mo- fis fixed by District Public . at Gommission at 25 cents S two-fifths and 10 cents a { two-fifths. ‘Other rates under traffic bu- Department. Pres- | charge is 50 cents half mile and : cents for quarter. Actua) Tange from 15 to 25 cents two-fifths, and 10 cents l two-fifths. — operate - mt control of City tet Public Utilities, which 2 oT. LOUIS POST- DISPATCH FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER | CONTRARY to the custom obser whatever record may now exist fo -——International Photo. ved by male devotees of the rite, Miss Robbie Mack, here pictured, occupies a comfortably uphol- stered easy chair while lashed to the mast of a Los Angeles dance hall with the double purpose of advertising the hall and breaking r such silly season pursuits. regulates color scheme @f cabs ani} requires companies to post insur- ance policies for personal and property damage, sets maximum rates, fixes number of cab stands in city, and keeps personal record, including fingerprints, of drivers. “Flagpull” is 15 cents for iirst third of a mile and 10 cents for additional thirds. Kansas City: No official reguia- tion. Rate is 35 cents for first two- fifths and 10 cents for each adii- tional two-fifths. MAYOR FAVORS BOND ISSUE TO BUY CITY AIRPORT Continued from Page Onc. St. Louis Aeronautical Corporation for sodding and drainage. “J want to repeat,” Lambert said, “that the field is not for sale at $60,000. I merely offer it to the city. Sute or War Department at that figure as a civic duty and to maintain the obligation St. Louis owes to the 3500 citizens who pur- chased $170,000 stock in the St. Louls Aeronautical Corporation for the 1923 Pulitzer races.” Von Hoffmann and Party Fly From St. LouisAo New York. Encountering some delay caused | by rainy weather in the east, Albert von Hoffmann’s cabin monoplane, which left here at 6 a. m. yester- day to carry a group of men to New York City on business, reached Teterboro Field, N. J., opposite New York, last evening. The party will return by air in a day or two. Its members are Von Hoffmann; his son, Bernard: Ed- ward L. Behr and Frank Quigley, | of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co. The pilot is Milton Gir- ton. . Frank O. Watts Jr. Completes Pri- mary Course in Flying. Frank O. Watts Jr., son of the president of the TIirst National Bank, has completed the- primary flying course of the Robertson Air- craft Corporation; and is now in the intermediate course, which includes acrobatic flying. Watts was able to fly a plane alone after four hours and 55 min- utes of instruction. He has had a total time of nine hoursand 20 min- utes of solo flying and will complete his instruction with a course on a DH-4, the type of airplane that the | Robertson Aircraft Corporation | uses on the St. Louts-Chicago mail | route. ENGINEERS IN DISPUTE | WITH THEATER “ATER ELECTRICIANS * Operation of Cooling Systems | Causes Jurisdictional Row Be- | tween Unions. Handbills announcing that no licensed engineers are employed in operating the cooling systems in St. Louis. Grand Opera, Missouri. Ambassador and Loew's State the- aters are being distributed by mem- bers of Local Union No. 2, Interna- tional Steam and Operating Engin- eers, in an effort to obtain support in having engineers employed at the theaters. Investigation disclosed that the action ts the result of a jurisdic- tional dispute between the engin- eers and union electricians, who operate the cooling systems. The cooling plants, while embodying considerable mechanism. are strict- ly an electrical apparatus and have been operated by union electricians in local theaters. There is no pub- lic safety regulation requiring the employment of an engineer for the job, since boilers and steam have no part in the cooling systems. Lack of work this year has caused numerous jurisdictional dis- putes between crafts affiliated un- der the same central organization, resulting in numerous instances in the tying up of important projects. The dispute between the engineers and electricians. however, is not expected to be followed by any i sympathetic action by other wnton | theater workers. 2 BOYS, BURGLARY SUSPECTS, ESCAPE FROM POLICEMAN Lads Taken ¥rom Street Car Run Away After One Shoots At Patrolman. Two boys, thought to be about 18 and 14 years old and suspected of burglary, escaped from _ police and detectives this morning after two pursuits in which shots were fired by one of the fugitives at the officers and by the officers into the air. A passenger on a Cherokee street car pointed the boys out to Patrol- man Andrew White of the Mag- nolia district as the car reached Grand boulevard and Gravois ave- pue at 6:15 a.m. Patrolman White told them to get off the car for questioning. He wanted them to explain a cigar box full of pen- nies, cartons of cigarettes and boxes of caliber rifle cartridges found in their possession. The boys got off the car and suddenly took to their heels, aban- doning their loot. They ducked into an alley and easily outdistanced Patrolman White. The policeman ny) _— - ' reported that the older of the boys |fired seVeral shots at him from a revolver. An hour fater, three detectives in an automobile searching the neigh- borhood for the fugitives saw a youth at Potomac street and Louisi- ana avenue. He ran and they chased him, firing several shots in | the air, but he escaped. BARS ‘FIXERS’ FROM HIS COURT Judge Butler Says He Will Stamp Out Practise. .« “Fixers” are not necessary in his court, Judge Edward Butler of the Court of Criminal Correction, Di- vision One, announced from the bench today. “For the benefit of all defend- ants in wife-and-child abandon- ment cases, and relatives of de- fendants, I want it understood that no one needs to ‘front’ for a pa- role,” said Judge Butler. “It is the policy of this court to give a man a chance and if he is willing to promise to care for his wife and children, he will be paroled with- Out any ‘fixing.” We intend to stamp out this practice of ‘fix- a 2 | ing. CHAUTAUQUA ACTOR FINED $210 St. Louisan Convicted of Possession of Pint of Liquor. Speciaf! to the Post-Dispateh. INDEPENDENC, Kan., Sept. 2. ctor in a Chautauqua show an w ves said he was Phil Boland of St. Louis, yesterday was fined a total of $210 in Police and District Courts here, for possession of a pint of corn whisky in a car driven by him and owned by the Chautauqua circuit. He pleaded guilfy. The car may be made subject to con- fiscation proceedings. On yesterday’s program. at the Chautauqua the two lectures were: “Is ohibition a Failure?” and “Name Your Poison.” UNUSUAL TIRE VALUES Wholesale prices on our one-profit basis in carload shipments direct from factory te your wheels means a 20% saving to you on our Lancaster tires. Guaranteed one year recardiess of mileage on workmanship and materia:. backed by Glenn’s 26 years in city merchandising quality tires, teaves you nothing to chance. Call and inspect this big rugged tire. . It will show for it- self why it uverages 20.000 dependable, treubleproof miles. Bring Your Old Tire and Get $1 to $5 Al- lowance on Lancaster or Firestone. Easy Terms at Wholesale Prices wore oan © Wheels 2.4 eannanione: ane TELLS HOW BOP? TRIED 10 OBTAIN BURIAL CONTRACT Threatened to Hold Inquest Unless. Funeral Was Turnec Over toHim, Pas- tor Beier Relates. eel The Rev. Emil Beier, pastor of Bethesda Evangelical Church, 405 Hoffmeister avenue, St. Louis County, today told a Post-Dispatch reporter of an instance in which he alleges Coroner Louis H. Bopp misused his official power in an at- tempt to get a funeral contract for the Louis H. Bopp Undertaking Co. Similar allegations concerning the dual role of Coroner Bopp and Undertaker Bopp have been made by rival undertakers. Prosecuting Attorney Mueller has promised a grand jury investigation. “My wife died July 21 of natural causes and under the care of two physicians,” related the Rev. Mr. Beier, an elderly man. “Soon after her death Bopp and his son ap- peared at our home and wanted to conduct the funeral. “I had already made arrangeé- ments with a South Broadway un- dertaker, and so informed the vis- itors. Nevertheless, they remained for two hours, arguing. They said unless they got the funeral it would be necessary to hold an inquest, taking the body to Kirkwood, but if they got the funeral there would be no inquest. “When J still refused to change undertakers, the Bopps suddenly departed. TI heard no more from them, and no inquest was held.” Bopp Denies It. “Well, that’s not true.” Coroner Bopp said when the complaint was read to him by a Post-Dispatch re- porter. Bopp added: “That dirty guy (the other undertaker) is jeal- ous of me.” Charges that Coroner Bopp used his official position for the benefit of his private undertaking business were made Monday by John G. Koch, Fenton undertaker, who re- lated that Bopp, on learning offi- cially of a death, almost invariably moved the body to his Kirkwood establishment and seet a “sales- man” to the relatives ef the de- ceased person to try to g@ a funer- al contract. Yesterday another un- dertaker, George Hoffmeister, re- lated specific instances itn which bodies were taken to Bopp’s mor- tuary and “hauling charges” as- sessed, when the bereaved rela- tives insisted they wanted some wndertaker other than Bopp. Another Undertaker’s Story. Today another undertaker, who asked that his name be withheld, told of cases where Bopp moved bodies to Kirkwood and embalmed them, without consulting the fam- ilies, and then, before he would surrender the bodies, collected “hauling and embalming charges.” ‘In the case of a man drowned in the Meramec River Bopp charged $10 for removing the body and $15 for dragging the river, the undertaker said, and in the case of a man who died last Oct. 25 when attending a county annexa- tion meeting. Bopp got the body before the meeting ended and col- lected $25 for embalming it. Long an Office Holder. Bopp has been an officeholder for many years, while actively en- gaged in pri. business, After serving terms as Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Coroner. he began a second fo.r-year term is Cor ier Dec. 1, 1924, and, inasmuch as the law pre ‘bits coroners and sheriffs from ocgupying the ofices for om secutive terms, Bopp is considerin tT ~ning for Sheriff next year. Dur- ins his terr: as Sheriff, he was ac- © jcd by the Pros iting Attorney and law-enforcement organizations of failure ‘o suppress gambling and other illegal activities. » 1927 SON OF JUDGE ARRESTED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGE E. J. Nicholson of Joliet, Ill., Held on Evidence Given by Art New- man, Former Birger Gangster. By the Associated Press. JOLIET, IIL, J. Nicholson,.35 years old, sen of Police Magistrate John J. Nichol- son of this city, was arrested to- day by Sheriff D. L. Dunbar of Christian County for alleged com- plicity in a K:.icaid, Ill., bank rob- bery in 1924, The two warrants served on Nicholson, which were issued by the Christian County Circu't Court, charge complicity to rob and rob- bery, and were issued on _ the strength of recen’ “disclosures” by Art Newman, former Birger gang- ster, now serving a lifa sentence in Chester prison for *the slaying of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. POLICE TO CONFER ON THREAT TO TAKE JUDGE PEARCY’S LIFE Letter Demanding Reversal of 50- Year Sentence on Penalty of Death Received by Jurist. Police today will confer with Circuit Judge Pearcy to decide what action shall be taken regard- ing a threatening letter received by the Judge yesterday on his return from his vacation. The letter, ad- dressed to Judge Pearcy, said, “If you don’t reverse the Martie John- son sentence by Sept. 7 you will die.” A man of the name mentioned . given a sentence of 60 years in ®he penitentiary April 7, on his plea of guilty of highway robbery. Police learned of such a letter hav- ing been written by a man in city jail, they said, and had informed Elmer Pearcy, g brother of Judge Pearcy, of what they had learned. Pearcy watched for the letter at the Judge’s home and, on its ar- rival, withheld it until Judge Pear- cy had returned to the city. KILLS NEIGHBOR OVER DOG Negro Watchman Shgots Another After Quarrel. In a quarrel over a dog, John Lapsley, of 4033 Finney avenue, Negro messenger and _. private watchman at the Boatmen’s Na- tional Bank, last night shot and killed his upstairs neighbor, Wil- liam Stroud, Negro. Lapsley said he was seated on his front steps when Stroud sat down beside him and rebuked him for complaining to police about Stroud’s dog. Lapsley said he shot Stroud when the latter grabbed him by the collar and beat him. WOMAN DIES AT AUTO WHEEL Mrs. Elmer F. Lb. Peters Succumbs Suddenly in Heart Attack. As Mrs. Elmer F. L. Peters of 1911 East Prairie avenue, @#was driving her automobile in the 7300 block of Manchester avenue, in Ma- plewood early last night, she sud- denly turned the machine in toward the curb, stopped it and collapsed over the steering wheel. Mrs. Adolph Swanson of 4349 College avenue, who was riding with her, summoned a physician, who pronounced her dead of a heart attack. With the ‘women in the machine was Mrs. Peters’ son, Elmer,, 9 years old. Mrs. Peters’ husband is-an electrician. She was 30 years old. TRIES. TO SHOOT POLICEMAN Negro Found Wounded, in Bed, Dis- armed; Condition Dangerous. Charles Beck, 27 years old, a Negro, was found by Patrolman Emile Wander, early this morning, lying in bed at 2733A Clark avenue, with a bullet wound in his head and a revolver in his hand. When he was told to drop the revolver, he pointed it at Wander and pulled the trigger. The weapon failed to discharge. .. Beck was disarmed and taken to city hospital No. 2, but later re- moved to city hospital No. 1, where he is being held a prisoner. His condition is dangerous. “? LABOR DAY PICNIC St. Rose’s Church De Soto, Mo. CHICKEN DINNER Highway 61 Sept. 3.—Edward TACKSSODAYS. * 103200 FINE ON DRIVER'S APPEAL Judge Gayer Sentences Ed- gar A. J. Kunz to Work- house for Flagrant Care- lessness With Auto. A sentence of 90 days in the workhouse and $200 fine was im- posed today upon Edgar A. J. Kunz, 5370 P: :shing avenue, au- ditor of Ben Altheimer & Bro. Re- ality Co. on a charge of careless driving by Judge Gayer of the Co'rt of “riminal Correction. Ku .z had appealed from a $200 fine imposed by Police Judge Rose- can and Judge Gayer after taking the case under advisement follow- ing «a hearing yesterday found Ku:z’s offense so flagrant that he added ~ 90-day workhouse sen- tence to the punishment. Last Dec. 18, Kunz when driving his Cadillac coupe across the Kings- highway viaduct crashed into the rear of an automobile occupied by James A. Ryan of 4919 Lesette ave- nue, his wife and four children. Witnesses yesterday testified be- fore Judge Gayer that Kunz was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck the Ryan car, which had drawn up to the curbing facing south, so hard that it knocked the Ryan machine 90 feet across the viaduct. Mrs. Ryan suffered a fractured jaw ‘and internal injuries which have made her an invalid ever since. The Ryan children were bad- ly hurt but have recovered. “This case was so flagrant I am surprised there was not a work- house sentence imposed in police court,” Judge Gayer commented. Kunz’s only resort now is to the St. Louls Court of Appeals. He its also charged in a warrant with fel- onious wounding and his case was set by Judge Gayer for Oct. 7 RELEASE OF FORMER ‘DRAGON’ FROM INDIANA PRISON SOUGHT Federal Judge Orders D. C. Sieph- enson in Court Thursday in Plea for Habeas Corpus Writ. By the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 2.— William V. Hooker, Indianapolis attorney, *today filed a petition with l iited. States District Court here for a writ of habeas corpus to bring about the immediate release of D. Cc. Stephenson, former “grand drag- on” of the Ku Klux Klan, now serv- ing a life term in State prison at Michigan City, Ind., on a murder conviction. Federal Judge Thomas Slick ruled that Warden Walter C. Daly of the State prison, defendant in today’s suit, must answer in court here next Thursday morning. The Judge also ordered Stephenson brought before him. The petition contended Stephen- son was being held in the State prison in violation of the ofurth ar- ticle of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution, which provides guaranties of liberty in absence of due legal process. Shephenson was convicted of the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, an Indianapolis girl. in 1925. and sentenced to life imprisonment. Miss Oberholtzer swallowed. poison following an alleged abduction and attack. m4 EN b BOW PUMPS Smart Styles for Fall +6 The New Kaffir Black Calf, Russia Tan Califor Patent, Leather bow to match over concealed glove-itting gore front. Featured in an extensive showing of New Fall Pumps. Fall Style “Guides Mailed n Request r TIT TT TTT iii Petes Stores—Convenient to Get To 4 Black or Brown or Two-Tones. Pumps and Oxfords. High or Low Heels. 42. N. 6th, Near Locust 6 The Leading Styles and the Leading Values New Reptile See. . Straps, 716 Olive 6118 Easton, at Wellston Parents of Growing Girls Should Send Them to Huette's—Fit and Quality Guaranteed. | eae bere eevhescccheir esata teed what : TELE LEED | le aty\ ad 3 Stores—Pleasant to Trade In 2 New Fall Footwear i The ARCH-SHOE For Foot Efficiency +6 Scientific Foot-Health Features without the extravagant prices. Smarter Fall styles in Straps and Osfords. Patent, Black Kid ot Brown Kid at $6.00. See special window display. —— Attention to Tour Mail Order 3 . ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH __ : THIRD DELAY FOR UNION MEN ACCUSED OF SPRAYING ACID Teamsters’ Officers _ in Building When Prosecutor Gets Post- ponement to Sept. 23. A third continuance, this time until Sept. 23, was granted today in police court to William Ryan and Thomas Woods, president and busi agent of the Teamsters’ Unio ho are charged with spraying acid on a horse in a strike demonstration. The two men were in the corri- dor of the Municipal Courts build- ing a few minutes before Prose- cutor Hackman stated to Judge Rosecan that he was informed that they would be unable to appear. Hackman said afterward that he was not aware they were in the building. It developed that their attorney had a case in another court, and therefore sought the continuance. The case, in which peace dis- turbance and cruelty to animals are charged, was taken to Judge Rose- can recently on a change of venue from Judge Beck. BRENTWOOD BANKER SHOT WHEN SITTING IN HIS YARD Vincent McQuillan Injured in Left Side, Thinks Stray Bulict Hit Him, Vincent McQuillan, president of the Brentwood Bank, was shot in the left side by a .32-caliber revol- ver bullet as he sat in his back yard at 1410 Lay road, on the morning of Aug. 7, it was learned today. He heard no report and expressed the opinion that he had been hit by a stray bullet. He has taken no part in the fee system row in Brentwood and de- c.ared he knew of no enemies who might attempt to kill him. RECORD FOR STREET PAVING Workmen Complete 2800 Square Yards in 12 Hours. Workmen on West Pine boule- vard between Grand ands Spring laid more concrete in 12 hours Tuesday than was ever laid on any other street job in history. accord- ing to W. W. Horner, chief en- gineer for the Department of Streets and Sewers. The prdinary record for 12 hours accerding to Horner, is 1800 square yards, the mixed cement and sand being seven inches thick. The new record is 2800 square yards. FLYERS BACK FROM MEXICO By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 2.— Capt. C. S. Reynolds and Master Sergeant Gus Newland, Second Di- vision flyers, whose plane was held temporarily by Mexican authorities when they made a landing just across the border from Presidio, Tex., arrived at Fort Sam Houston, near here, in the plane this after- noon. VAGE 3 ~~ me ~ a ~= Cal WOMAN ATTACKED IN HER HOME BY YOUTH Plumber’s Helper, Arrested Af- ter Fighting Husband, Iden- tified as Assailant. Mrs. Pauline Murray, 28 years old, of 716A Lynch street, was criminally attacked in her home yesterday by a plumber’s helper, who escaped after fighting off her husband. A young Man was ar- rested later and confessed, accord- ing to police. Finding the drain of her kitchen sink stopped, Mrs. Murray tele- honed to a plumbing company. hile her husband. Henry, was across the street, the . plumber's helper arrived and began work on the drain. He made a remark which Mrs, Murray resented and when he grabbed her she slapped his face and ran toward a front door to call her husband. The youth overpowered and at- tacked her. He then ran to his truck, parked outside, and Murray, hearing his wife’s screams, Jumped on the truck. Murray was struck in the face with a flashlight before he wrested it from the plumber’s helper, who gucceeded in driving away. Police, inquiring at the company employing the youth, were told he had appeared there greatly excited, explaining he was in trouble and requesting that police be given a false name and informed he had left for Kansas City. Police ar- rested Chester Pohle, 18 years old, a piumber’s Helper, at his home, 2301 Victor street, and reported he was identified by Mrs. Murray as her assailant and made a confes- siom THREE GIRLS _— ESCAPE Three girls escaped House of Detention, 1321 Clark avenue at 6 o'clock last night. They are Myrtle Smith, 16 years old; Georgia Cardin, 14; and Ther- esa Muck, 16, They had been on kitchen duty a short time when they were. missed. All three had spent pre- vious terms at the home on charges of delinquency. Air Mail Stamp Sells for $370. LONDON, Sept. 2.—An unused brown 8-cent Newfoundland stamp, with “First trans-Atlantic Air Post, April, 1919” printed on one of its sides, recently ‘vas sold for £76 way, 3 doors north of Washington. (about $370) at an auction here. Only 200 of these stamps were printed,. half of them being used on correspondence to be carried by Aviator Hawker on his flight across the Atlantic, the other haif being unused. - _ <A mae et emt TE No Waiting in Line All Seats Reserved BUY IN ADVANCE LOVE! LAUGHTER! THRILLS! THE GREATEST PICTURE EVER MADE James Cruze Special Musical Score Played by Large Symphony Orchestra ONLY PRESENTATION IN ST. LOUIS THIS SEASON BEGINS SUNDAY NIGHT 7}}C% DAIL RICAN THEATRE uction A PARAMOUNT PICTURE THERE- = tea $1.50 - <a ‘ a. . Amazing! ~~ San Antonio's A MARKET STREET AT SEVENTH “ ‘oe $3 MISSOURI THEATRE JS tarting ‘Tomorrow cA twentieth centu sensation / Astounding! Watch Them Dance! Hear Them Play! S 821 WASHINGTON AY. INSTRUMENTS EXCLUSIVELY Sold in St. Louls by g 4g JG MUSIC HOUS E- ee cae
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