St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 7, 1927

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le ) —By Fontaine Fox be TWO Conic Sections of the Pos Po clus LIBRARIAN HAS 1 ’ CLUB LIBRARY WITH. Mtrick Theater, Useless, Without jurisdiction. oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service ‘SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete J _ ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1927—44 PAGES. -PRICE 2 CENTS BML STRKE ors and Union Meet in Chicago, a swt Others Put Mo by One Com P and Seal Is Broken Fishoro (Ill.) Pit. r ctated Press. 7AGO, Sept. 7.—Thirty Il- goal toiners and 30 operators sto a closed conference 40- ‘attempt to reach a wage et for 8.00 Illinois union mt Harry Fishwick of the lye outline of a pro- mement. “1 believe we'll his s time” he said. * John L. Lewis of the onal miners’ Organization _ but there were said weral observers from. oper- n ations in other states. tent Fishwick said the joint pe of 60 would be too bulky isines. The first move was ment of a sub-committee to ¢ ail proposals and recom- basis of the new agreement the full committee tomor- mid the conference could om conclude its business least two or three days. lier, president of the Illi- rators. is known to have the seal on his Hillsboro mM started cleaning up, in- Fthat he expects an early the Mines Ready. liition, it was learned that itters and electricians of ago, Wilmington & Frank- i Co, operating two mines tera Illinois, went on duty ¥. with instructions to get mainery ready for any emer- side tracks adjacent to the this territory are being h empty cars. > purlington Railroad ordered femployed in the Beards- . who were laid off me strike became effective, mto work today. , f, while insisting that fo ent had been reached, said: Miners and operators enter RF conference with open ‘Up to this time the oper- ave refused to sign an ent based on the Jackson- Age scale and nothing def- # developed to indicate they maged their minds. ‘The te should last three or ws. To state the outcome the work for a prophet.” Ypumistic Rumors. elie was expressed in some m that mining would be re- Without a reduction of the le seale although there y would be a change in conditions and a reorga‘- n of the coal industry in TIli- ; Minois Strike involves 75,- hinérs and more than 515 } Most of which have been ence last April 1 when the Ne agreement expired. EPLAY ATTACKED AS TIC TO BE WITHDRAWN Mphia Judge Refuses In- “won Against “Revelry”— he Has no Jurisdiction. DELPHIA, after Judge James G. Gor- Sept. i— ~ had refused to grant an son to restrain further pro- h of “Revelry,” the Stanley America, which operates announced * Would be withdrawn. M. Love, manager of the sald this action had been »-8U8e the theme of the essentially unpatri- any further revision Gordon refused the in- ®n the ground that he Char- mE the play as “indecent Ulsive,” the court said he he was without jurisdic- ithe Case. Pot the same title by Samuel Adams. It is alleged the ee a President of the ‘ates since the World War fr high Government of- ; ROCKS JAPAN “On of Country Shaken, tokio Reports. Prese 0, Sept, 7.—A heavy earth- felt over a wide area 7:33 o'clock It lasted several! 4 No reports of casualties have been received. is a dramatizatien ot CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW, PROBABLY WITH SHOWERS THE TEMPERATURES. © pepe eps oe. m *Indicates street reading. wr ey 4 high, 90 (2 :3 » @8.)> 9 (6 om 8) low . ememenememienedl orecast for St. Louis and vicin- ity: Partly cloudy tonight and. to- } morrow, probably with local thun- dershowers; con- tinued warm. Missouri: Part- ly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably local thun de rshowers in the north por- tion; continued warm. Illinois: cloudy in the north portion, probably with showers, and gen- erally fair in the south portion to- night and tomorrow: continued warm. Relative humidity at noon was 58, Arkansas—Tonight, fair: row, partly cloudy. Sunset 6:23. Sunrise 5:36 (to- morrow ). Stage of the Mississippi 6.9 feet, a fall of .6. General Weather Conditions. Thundershowers have bc2n gen- eral in the Lower Missouri, Upper Mississippi, and Ohio Valleys. They were modérate to heavy. Unsettled weather prevails chis morning in all the northern half of the country RAPID CITY lS ABOUT TO SLOW DOWN. Mostly tomor- “ tween the Rocky and Appalach- ian Mountains. Cool weather pre- vails in Montana and in the Can- adian country to the northward. Throughout the central and south- ern part of the United States the temperatures are high for the season, FLAGS ON MISSOURI-PACIFIC BUILDING SHOW FRAME IS UP Steel Construction on 22-Story Structure Completed—Colors Fliy 273 Feet Aloft. An American flag and a Missouri Pacific flag were hoisted to the topmost girder, 273 feet, 4 inches above the sidewalk, at noon today to celebrate the completion of steel construction on the railroad’s new headquarters building, Thirteenth and Olive streets. Ground was broken Nov. 29 and actual steelwork began March 22. The steelwork iS completed for 22 office stories with a 2-story hous- ing on the roof for machinery and water tanks. Plans, drawn by ar- chitects and engineers of the rail- road, provide for an addition of eight stories with a six-story pent- house when expansion demands it. The building then will rise 429 feet above the sidewalk. At 11:30 today, with the last and topmost girder in place, halyards were slung from its tip and the American flag fluttered up #bove a blue-bordered white flag with the red Missouri-Pacific seal. Chief Architect E. M, Tucker and other officials of the railroad were present. ST, LOUIS WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH IN OHIO Mrs, Gertrude Sullivan, 61, Be- lieved to Have Died of Shock When Car Hit Her. the Associated Press. ey TOLEDO. O., Sept. 7.—Mrs. Ger- trude Sullivan, 61 years old, of st. Louis, -was killed near here today, when the automobile driven by her son, T. EB. Sullivan, was sideswiped by another car and crashed into a pole. It is thought she died of shoek. The driver was not hurt. RADIO MESSAGES AT INCH RATE Head of Corporation Says Charges in Future Will Be for Space. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—Radio mes- sages of the future will be sent by the square inch instead of by the word. Gen. James G. Har- bord, president of the Radio Cor- poration of America, has predicted. He is making a survey of the prin- cipal radio centers of the country. “The transmission of pictures across the Atlantic has been so successful,” he said, “that within a year facsimiles of messages will be sent at so much per square inch or so much a page instead of so much per word.” a In the' Want Pages of the POST-DISPATCH 500 60 Business Cards and Professional! Ads Are advertised Only 25 were published to- day by the second news- paper. Regularly, the Post- Dispatch carries far more “Classified Ads” than ALL THREE Other St. Louis Newspapers -COMBINED. UNE KILLED, THREE BYSTANDERS SHOT, IN FOILING HOLDUP Chicago Police Fatally Wound Unidentified Mex- ican Who Brandishes a Knife. FIRED UPON NEAR ARMORED TRUCK Shooting Occurs in Front of Federal Building in Down- town District—Dry Agent Among Injured. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—An uniden- tified Mexican was shot and killed and three bystanders were wound- ed by bullets fired by policemen this afternoon after the Mexican had brandished a knife when standing near an armored bank truck in front of the Federal Build- ing. The police, it is said, sought to disarm the Mexican, whereupon he began slashing at them. They fired and their bullets struck F. IL. Pierce, a prohibition agent, and D. E. McMahon, a department store floor manager, and Joseph Titko- den, a mail carrier, who just had emerged from the-Federal building. The Mexican escaped momentarily, but was pursued and _ killed in Dearborn street, half a block away. None of the three wounded is seriously hurt. Most of the bul- lets struck them in the legs. “IT was standing in the Dearborn street entrance when I saw a fel- low running across the _ street brandishing a knife,” said Pierce. ‘Two policemen were firing after him. I was about to get out my gun and try to stop him when a police bullet struck me and I went down.’ . According to a ,taxicab driver, the shooting started when two po- licemen went to question the man, who was standing near the armored truck. When the poiicemen ap- proached the man drew a _ long knife and menaced them. The of- ficers tried to disarm him and he slashed at them both. SECRETARY MELLON DENIES HE I$ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Admits He Discussed Campaign With Charles FE, Hughes on Atlantic Liner. By the Associated Press. » WASHINGTON, Sept. . 7.—Re- turning to his desk today after a long vacation, Secretary Mellon re- iterated a statement made before his departure that he was in no sense a candidate for the presi- dency and that little serious atten- tion should be paid to any discus- sion of presidential potentialities which included his name. While apparently willing to re- ply to direct questions relative to indorsements of his name for the post, Mellon declined to be drawn into any public discussion of polit- ical affairs. The Secretary said he had dis- cussed the coming campaign with Charles Evans Hughes, who re- turned on the Leviathan with him, but he was noncommittal as to the purport of any conclusions which were reached. WORK ON NEW DOG RACING TRACK BEGUN IN COUNTY Course and: Stands on Riverview Drive Expected to Be Ready ‘ for Fall Mect. Preliminary work has_ been started on a new greyhound racing plant adjoining the Parkview amusement park, 10,783 Riverview drive, St. Louis County. Surveying is under way, lumber and other materials have been ordered, and it is expected the track and stands will be ready in time for an autumn racing meet. John Hoffman, president of the Parkview Amusement Co., said an announcement as to the promoters of the new plant would be made tomorrow. St. Louis County now has two dog tracks operating—the Wellston Kennel Club and the Ra- mona Kennel Club. LORRAINE SNYDER ADOPTED NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—The New York Daily News says that Lor- raine Snyder, 9-year-old daughter of Mrs. Ruth Snyder, convicted of the murder of her husband, Albert, today became the legal ward of her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Josephine Brown. Mrs. Snyder is at Sing Sing awaiting the outcome of her appeal from the sentence of death im- posed upon her, as well as her clandesine lover, Henry Judd Gray. The rtiling placing Lorraine in. the care of Mrs. Brown was handed down today by Surrogate Daniel Noble of Queens County. CARLING PLANE HOPS OFF FRON HARBOR GRACE ON ATLANTIC FLIGHT Vessel of Capt. Tulley and Lieut. Metcalf, Trying for $25,000 Prize, Makes Third Attempt. ROYAL WINDSOR CONTINUES FLIGHT “Duke” Schiller and Phil ‘Wood, Also England- Bound, Leave for New- foundland. By the Associated Press. HARBOR GRACE, N. F., Sept. 7—The plane Sir John Carling bound from London, Ont. to Lon- don, England, hopped off from the airport here at 7:25 a. m., today, eastern standard time, (6:25 St. Louis time). Capt. Terrence Tully is pilot of calf the navigator. The plane, on its first attempt to leave London, Cnt., was forced back by bad weather. On the second attempt she reached a.point estimated by the aviators as weli beyond Prince Ed- ward Island, but encountered such heavy fog that they feared they could not locate Harbor Grace, where they had arranged to stop for a new supply of gasoline. They fléw back over New Brunswick and finding clear weather in Aroostook County, Me., Janded in a hay field in the town of Washburn last Thursday night: Off to Harbor Grace. The flyers went to the nearby city of Caribou, in the heart of Maine’s great potato-growing re- gion. There they waited for fa- vorable weather reports until Mon- day, when they flew to Harbor Grace. Monday night the plane narrow- ly escaped destruction when a lantern sét fire to a barrel of gaso- line as laborers were refuelling the tanks. The plane was pulled away from the flames, but this necessi- tated quick and rough handling. As @ result, the flyers, who had planned to start across the Atlantic yesterday, were forced to put in the day overhauling the plane and making minor repairs. These were completed last night and the Carling took the air in good shape, If Capt. Tully and Medcalf reach London safely they will receive a $25,000 prize offered by the backers of the flight. The Sir John Carling is a Stin- son-Detroiter, equipped with a Wright whirlwind motor. It is al- most identical in construction with the Pride of Detroit, world cruising plane. Plane Rises Easily. The plane took the air easily. Just before the’ take-off thermos jars of coffee were put aboard. The Carling flyers received a re- quest last night from “Phil” Wood that they await the arrival of Wood and “Duke” Schiller on the plane Royal Windsor before starting across the Atlantic, but they decid- ed that in order to be sure of fa- vorable weather it would be better to start this morning. The two flyers had not been in- formed of the Old Glory’s S. O. S. when they took off. Local author- ities, however, had inserted «1 mem- orandum describing the details of the Old Glory’s distress call] in the flyer’s map case, where i would be found when they opened the case to use their charts. ROYAL WINDSOR AT HARBOR GRACE By the Associated Press. HARBOR GRACE, 7.—The airplane arrived here at Standard time today from Old Orchard, Me., a 900-mile flight. Preparations for the refueling of the monoplane were begun imme- diately on her arrival and the fly- N. F., Sept. Royal Windsor 12:50. Eastern Continued on Page 2, Column 6, the Carling and Lieut. Jamés Med- fp yesterday. LLOYD BERTAUD, J. D. HILL and PHIL PAYNE. THEY took off in the Old Glory monoplane on a non-stop flight to Rome from Old Orchard, Me., At 2: 30 a. m. today when they were about 500 miles at sea from Newfoundland they radioed an S O S call and nothing has since been heard from them. Flyers Sought for in the North Atlantic Pa >: — ee aa. a. > » ie . vn . .- ~ ae ae iw . on se = x ae. Rots nA ee ste : rete : ~ 7 Kntn — al - <2 _ , nee AeA HAD. 1 a NII rn Sah AE, meee nO OLED. OP ALALIEOE SLL DV ILL LDP PEEP NINA . OGD Nt VOR OO ate DEAR ORO.” MAIO, GOED ec ate, ee International Photo. % BANKER SHUT BY ROBBER IN HOLDUP Rich Hill, Mo., Cashier Danger- ously Wounded—Bank Loss $5000. By the Associated Press. RICH HILL, Mo., Sept. 7.—R. L. Jones, cashier of the Farmers’ and Merchants’ State Bank, probably was fatally wounded by a robber, who held up and robbed the bank of between $5000 and $6000 this afternoon. Jones was shot in the stomach when he failed to open a safe con- taining the money. He was taken to Kansas City in an automobile. Two clerks were forced to lie on the floor while the robber was at work and were locked in the vault with the wounded cashier. FONCK HOPS TO WASHINGTON IN FINAL **TUNING UP’? FLIGHT Carrics Six Passengers in Giant Si- korsky Biplane Designed for Trip to Paris. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—F lying the Sikorsky biplane S-37, . which he plans to cross the Atlantic to Paris, Capt. Rene Fonck landed at the Naval Air Station here today at 10:35 (Eastern Standard time) on his final “tuning up” flight. The giant plane bounced lightly as it first touched the earth, and one of its two motors stopped im- mediately. Before the craft came to a stop the other motor also ceased to spin. Capt. Fonck took off at Roose- velt Field, N. Y., at 8:50 a, m. (Eastern Daylight time) and was “}accompanied by six passengers. Fonck described: the test flight from New York as “satisfactory.” Others tin the plane were Mrs. Curtin, Igor Sikorsky, designer of the plane; Edwin Sefton, Lieut. Steven Edwards, radio operator; H. J. White and Boris Labiensky. Capt. Fonck took off to return to New York at 4:39, OLD GLORY FLYERS HAD WREATH FOR TRIBUTE TO NUNGESSER AND COLI By the Associated Press. OLD ORCHARD, Me., Sept. 7. HEN the Old Glory left the W Maine coast yesterday it carried, to be dropped into the sea off Newfoundland, a wreath in honor of the memory of Nungesser and Coli, French aviators, who attempted the westward passage and were never heard from. A message attached to the wreath read: “Nungesser and Coli: You showed the way. We followed. Bertaud and Hill and Payne.” Presumably the wreath and message were dropped accord- ing to plan about midnight, and only a few hours later was heard the 8S O 8S call. $2,000,000 FOR FLOOD WORK NEEDED AT ONCE, SAYS DAVIS Secretary of War Says Misstssippi River Levee Crevasses Must Be Repaired Immediately. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Repe- tition of the Mississippi flood disas- ter may be threatened next year if funds for the repairing of the river levee crevasses are not soon avail- able, Secretary of War Davis indi- cated upon his return from St. Louis, where he cenferred with the Mississippi River Commission. A minimum of $2,000,000 is needed to effect tire closing of the broken levees, he declared. All money available for levee repair i wark in the levee districts of the River Valley is virtually drained, he added, and the Government funds being used by the comnr'’.- sion will be totally exhausted in 30 days, There are approximate’. 250 levee breaks in the river system as a result of the flood, he asserted. Secretary Davis said he hal com-. mur’ ated with Comptroller Gen- eral McCar!, asking him to recon- «’ lx. the denial of his request for permission for the use of the nec- essary frums for this work out of the Rivers and Harbors appropria- tions available for next year, view of the dire need for the levee reconstruction. SHELTONS WILL PLEAD INNOCENCE OF HOLDUP Brothers to Appear in°Court at Taylorville Over Kincaid Bank Raid. By the Associated Press. TAYLORVILLE, Iil., Sept. 7.— The Shelton brothers, Carl, Earl and Bernie, will plead not guilty when arraigned in Christian County Circuit Court Sept. 12. on a charge of attempting to rob the Kincaid Trust & Savings Bank in 1924. A grand jury returned indict- ments against the brothers on tes- timony of Art Newman, rival gang- ster, now serving a life sentence for murder. The State’s Attorney here was advised by the Sheltons’ attorney that they would come to Taylorville voluntarily and enter pleas at the first meeting of the court, ,.which will be Monday. SUIT OVER AFFRONT TO FLAG Prussian Prosecutor to Avenge Communist Insult to Americans. fiy the Associated Press. SOLINGEN, Rhenish Prussia, Sept. 7.—The public prosecutor has entered suit against a number of communists who, at a mourning demonstration for Sacco and Van- zetti, publicly burned the Stars and Stripes. The charge is “an af- front to a foreign flag.” By the Amociated Press. BERLIN, Sept. 7.—Communists have introduced a motion in the City Council fo change the name of Wilhelm uare to Sacco-Van- zetti Square. The American Em- bassy and a number of German Government buildings are located on Wilhelm Square. Germania, organ of Chancellor Marx, calls the communist’s motion a “joke.” Naval Radio Man Drowns In China WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Acci- dental death by drowning at Shanghai, Aug. 27, of David Giibert Easson, radio man, third class, at- tached to the destroyer Parrott, has been reported to the Navy De- partment. His mother, Mrs. Eiliza- beth Easson, lives at East Ded- ee | DAY’S SEARCH FOR OLD GLORY YIELDS NO TRACE OF PLANE; CANADIANS OFF FOR LONDON SHIPS TRACE ITS PROBABLE COURSE OVER THE ATLANTIC Two Liners Report by Radio Vain Quest Over Path of Missing Craft 500 Miles Off Newfoundland. STORM CONDITIONS REPORTED IN PATH Aboard Missing Craft Are Lloyd Bertaud and J. D. Mill, Pilots, and Phil Payne, Passenger. ' By the Associated Press. NEW YORK; Sept. 7.—The fol- lowing message was sent by wire- less to the Associated Press from the Carmania at 2:50 p. m., East- ern standard time (1:50 St. Louis time), today: “Position 49.25 north and 39.22 west. Now searching along esti- mated opposite course of Old Glory. West-southwest wind with frequent strong rain squalis and rough breaking seas. Temperature air 59 degrees, water 62 degrees. Con- sider little chance survival of col- lapsible boat under present condi- tions if Old Glory was provided with same. Visibility varying from four to ten miles. (Signed) “F. G. BROWN, Commander.” A message received at the Cu- nard Line offices from Capt. Bore of the Transylvania declared he had searched the area in which the missing monoplane was last heard from without avail, and that he was proceeding on his voyage. The message was sent from the ship at 3 p. m., Eastern Standard time. The full message of Capt. Bone, giving his position as latitude 49.22 north, 42.27 west, is as fol- lows: “Have searched area without r.. sult. Fel liithe hope of survival in view of rough sea at time of casualty. Calffornia seeking io northward and American Merchant to eastward. I am proceeding on voyage. press. (Signed) By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—There has been no word or trace of the United States-to-Rome monoplane. Old Glory since an SOS radio call from it was picked up by several ships at sea at about 8:30 a. m. tod:., Greenwich mean time (2:30 a. m. St. Louis time). Aboard the plane were James DeWitt Hill and Lloyd Bertaud, pilots, and Philp Payne, passen- ger. who represented William Ran- dolph Hearst, sponsor of the pro- posed cruise of 4100 miles, The Ola Glory took the air at Old Orchard, Me., at 12:23 p, m. yesterday, Eastern Standard time (11:23 a. m., St. Louis time). When its SOS call’ was received it was estimated th-t the plane was 600 miles east-southeast of the tip of Nowfoundind., Ships Speed to Rescue, Within a few minutes of receipt of the SOS call, several ships were speeding toward the estimated po- sition. The liner Transylvania, westbound, appeared to be nearer Old Glory than any other ship. 4t the same time the steamships California, Carmania and Lapland, all westbound, repSrted picking up the SOS call, The Carmania and the Lapland were believed to be in the general vicinity of the Old Glory, althovgh farther away than the Transylvania. Cap David W. Bone, master of the Transylvania, sent his ship p!owing through rovgh seas and fresh; winds and circied abont the spot, but found nothing. Having searcheg the area from avhich the SOS was believed to have “been sent, Capt. Bone then turned to- ward the syot where the Cunar@er California sighted the ‘plane fn air r-eeding tuward Rome at 1606 miles an hour at 11:57 p. m. yes- ‘ Gay, Eastern Standard time (10:57 p. m, St. Louis time), | “BONE.” a aR a OM gE I EO CRIN ESTEE MRE, CERI GI IR TOC RPP MERE SR Tg, 7 IE Please communicate 10 The tart of OM Gtery's galt for. s 0 RR pele ERLE EE I RT RN SP Ea Ta yt oe lt al pale A ep CTI, SARTRE air or oN 4 Soe ae Fete ath