St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 27, 1927

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PRICE 10 CENTS canes / packs WH AND VARE iT FOR SEATS OME A x7 ONJ er / R HIM AT » I FIGURED AB HIM . of 48 Bs a seg hor ee ge YS. er i eee eS mcal disadvantage in the com- campaign; for another, it is Firom certain that they could econtrol even if they desired it. *his uncertainty arises from the that Senator Shipstead, the eMer-Labor member, is in thé eet of voting with the Republic- - Ol matters of organization. i Shipstead so voting? and pith and Vare excluded, the Re- cans would have 47 votes and Democrats 47, and the tie juld be dissolved by the Repub- ee cree of Vice President _ influence of Independents. all matters pertaining to leg- on, however, the Republican pro of the Senate will be mere- » Paper control. When the In- dent Republicans, who for > Practical purposes constitute a prate Party (the party which ltd the effective opposition eo 4st Congress) are sub- med, the regular Republicans ~€a minority, subject to being i by a combination of the ~endents with the Democrats. tse independents comprise , of Iowa, Norris and “tll of Nebraska, Frazier and ' North Dakota, La Follette : he of Wisconsin and on n. Borah of Idaho, Johnson “ornla and Couzens of Mich- With this group rests the of power in the Senate. When reduced in numbers to 'tk-ribbed members, it can ™ iy Republican program aid of the Democrats. It . hl wrecked and remade on tax bill passed by the if a majority of the ats had not on that occa- 4 ed with the regular Re- CHEWS CHERRY>- * he “*@ the drop of the hat, the engage in a fight over Mating of Smith of Illinois and Pennsylvania. Reed of #2 Will head the movement Republicans [ Flyers Brave Arctic Storm To Aid Wounded Teacher Aviator Takes Doctor 115 Miles to Isolated Alaskan Village, Where Girl Acci- | dentally Shot Herself. the Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 26. Help for Miss Bessie H@we, Gov- ernment school teacher at the iso- lated native village of Ninilchic, on literally came out of Cook inlet, Miss Howe accidentally shot her- self in the abdomen last Tuesday |' when cleaning a rifle. No doctor or expert medical care was availa- ble and no regular means of com- munication existed between the lit- tle Indian village and white set- tlements. The Government radio men at Seldovia and Anchorage caught a faint amatgur signal of distress, evidently sent with a spark coil, asking immediate aid. All boats , at Seldovia, the nearest port, were ' held in harbor by a raging storm. Pilot Russell Merrill amd A. D. Government doctor, | decided to take the big chance and | hopped off in a plane equipped | With skiis. The 115-mile flight to| Ninilchic was accomplished. and/| the airmen succeeded in layding on | the ice of a small lake six miles | from the village. Through wisdom born of long service in the North, Dr. Haver- stock took the girl by dog sled to the plane. The tortuous journey over the frozen Terrain and head- winds in Cook Inlet delayed the re- | turn flight and the plane was| forced to land at the Anchorage air field in darkness. . Three flares | and the headlights of an automo-, bile revealed the location of the. field and Pilot Merrill brought the | plane down for a successful land- | ing. The wounded girl is in a critical | condition today in the Anchorage | hospital with a fighting chance to} recover from the blood poisoning | which had set in. She arrived in) Alaska in September from the | Middle West. Her home is thought to be in Kansas. WOMAN HIT BY AUTO DIES IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Hanora Sehl, 55, Run — . I Down Crossing Page Boule- |! vard at Belt Avenue. Mrs. Hanora Sehl, 55 years old, a widow, of 1438 Semple avenue, was fatally injured last night when struck by an automobile while crossing the street at Page boule- vard and Belt avenue. She died six hours laier, at midnight, at Bt. Luke's Hospital. James Gunn, 5187 avenue, was driving the Car. was held for the Coroner, Mrs. Seh! was crossing from the north side of Page boulevard, at Belt, when run down. Kensington He ‘GETS DIVORCE IN RENO FROM CORNELIUS VANDERBILT JR, Wife Obtains Deerec After Former Publisber’s Complaint Is Withdrawn. the Associated Iress. RENO, Nev.,: Nov. 26. Mrs. tachel Vanderbilt today obtained a divorce from Cornelius Vanéecr- bilt Jr.. former publisher, .on a charge ‘of desertion. filed by Vanderbilt charging cruel- ty was withdrawn. bilt was not present. Vanderbilt said after the decree wa; granted that he was ‘very sad.” He added that he intended to reside in Reno. ° The first suit for divorce, later withdrawn, was filed here by Van- derbilt Nov. 10, his complaint charging his wife discouraged his newspaper activities (in the fail- ure of which he lost a fortune) be- cause they left him little time for social affairs. No mention was rade of a financial settlement. Mrs. Vanderbilt was Rachael Littleton of Chattanooga, Tenn., a half sister of Martin W. Little- ten, New York aitorney. The Vanderbilts were married in April 1920, the wedding being attended iy New York’s most exclusive s0- ciety who ~**ingled with Mr. Van derbilt’s doughboy pals of his army davs. He served as a private with the Twenty-seventh Division ‘n France. FRENCH SUBMARINE SENDS RADIO APPEAL FOR HELP QO. &. Intercepted in England Gives Warship’s Position in Mediterranean Sca. LONDON, Nov. 26.—An S&S. O. 8. from the French submarine Morse was intercepted tonight by Lloyds Lands End radio station. The posi- tion of the submarine was latitude 40.32 north; longitude 9.34 east. This is a point off the Balearic Is- lands in the Mediterranean. (The Morse carries a comple- ment of 51 men. She was built in 1925.) GOV. ZIMMERMAN IN DRY TILT Wisconsin Executive Defends Pro- hibition Law at Mecting. By —— Ss. CHICAGO, Nov. °6.—Gov. Fred | R. Zimmerman of Wisconsin and A. J. Cermak, chairman of the Cook County Board of Commis- sioners, engaged in a verbal battle tonight on the subject of prohibi- tion, at a meeting where good roads was scheduled to be the top- ic of discussion. The occasion was Governors’ Night at the Motorist Association of Illinois, at which Gov. Zimmerman, Cermak and Gov. Len Smaill, of Illinois, were the speakers. Answering Cermak’'s statement that “prohibition does not prohibit anything but saloon keepers from washing their windows,” Gov. Zim- merman declared: “You didn’t have money by the millions hefore prohibition to build roads in Cook County, establish hospitals or make numerous other improvements.” ; : : ’ A complaint | Mrs. Vander- | ) outlook Lower Missouri Valleys, occasional periods of precipitation throughout colder by close, MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND TOMORROW; CCOLER THE TEMPERATURES. eeeer*es Hf - ** ae 7 ISP -EPep . o. 7 12 midnight... ie Ra Sie s % . : it *Indicates street reading, _ Yesterdays high, 75 (1:40 p. m.): low. 06 (1 a. m.) Official forecast ANNEXED TERRITORY MAY MEAN THE NEXT WAR, for St. Louis and vicinity: what -. .wnsettled today and tomor- row; cooler, Missouri: ly cloudy and somewhat unset- Most- Mostly | cloudy and some- | tled today and) tomorrow; cooler, | Illinois: Mostly cloudy today and tomorrow, prob- ably showers to- day; cooler. Sunset, 4:40; sun- rise (tomorrow), 6:58. Highest Nov. 26 Temperature. A maximum. temperature of 75 yesterday was the highest on Nov. 26 in St. Louis in the 54-year rec- ords of the Weather Bureau. On eight days this month there were freezing temperatures, This Week’s Weather Outlook. CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—Weather for the week beginning Upper Mississippi and Monday: variable . temperature, normal, but probably the week; mostly near PANAMA CANAL IN OCTOBER SET NEW RECORD FOR TRAFFIC Tolls Collected $2,380,115 Exceed by $44,386 High Mark of December, 1923. Special to the Post-Dispatch. % WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. — New high records for commercial traf- fic through the Panama Canal were established in October, the War Department announced today. - There were 567 commercial tran- sits, exceeding by 24 the previous record of 643, made in August, 1927. The net tonnage of com- mercial vessels was 2,585,752 tons, greater by 69,261 tons than in the highest month previous, Decem- ber, 1923. Tolls $2,380,115 were $44,386 more than in December, 1923, the previous record month. Registered gross tonnage for Octo- ber, 1927, was 3,274,032 tons, which was 49,371 tons greater than the previous record of 3,224,661 tons, in September, 1927. The cargo carried 2.717.646 tons, exceeded by 110.600 tons the record of 2,607,- 046 tons carried by commercial ves- sels passing through in March, 1926. ; DECLARES DOG NOBLER THAN | HUMAN BRUTE WHO SHOT HIM Chicago Stock Exchange Man Writes Elegy Recalling Senator Vest’s Famous Eulogy. CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—To the fa- mous eulogy of the dog voiced by the late Senator Vest. of Missouri has been added an elegy, printed in a suburban paper, by a Chica- goan who found his dog dead be- side a road, shot through the head. “You reminded us ever of the true meaning of love, faith and loyalty,” read the notice, submit- ted as an obituary by Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Atkinson, the owners. “You taught us how to play, and played joyously with us, “You filled our home with the comfort and happiness of a rare companionship. “Dog. or spirit, you are nobler and more human than the brute who shot and killed you.” Atkinson is secretary of the Chi- 'gument, cago Stock Exchange. REMUS DEFENSE OPENS FIGHT T0 PROVE INSANITY U.S. TDASK BURNS MEN 10 TESTIFY AGAINST SINCLAIR Two Laymen Testify He Was Unbalanced; Alien- ists Say He Was Sane When He Killed Wife. EXPERTS’ REPORT IS PROVISIONAL Bickering Over Presence of Doctors Results in Order to Sheriff to Restrain Counsel. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Noy. ty today became the theme of George Remus’ murder trial when the State rested its case and the defense plunged into the attemf to establish in the minds of the jurors that the defendant was temporari- ly unbalanced mentally when he shot to death his estranged wife seven weeks ago. For a week the prosecution had emphasized a theme of cold-blood- ed murder, a killing as the result of a four-cornered plot in which *66 66 | Remus acted out his part of exe- cutioner. The prosecution rested its case shortly after the three alien- ists appointed by the Court had Submitted a _ provisional report finding Remus was sane at the time he killed ‘this wife and sound mentally at the present time. Defense Calls Laymen Witnesses. The defense had only an hour and a half left of the Court ses- sion when it got its chance to strike the first blow in behalf of Remus. It immediately whirled into its majop theme. It called two men Who had been in intimate contact | with Remus in recent months. Both lay witnesses, with no knowledge of the medical descriptions of in- sanity, asserted the beMef that Remus was insane. I‘irst came Leo A. Burke, lawyer, who for a period of six months ad- vised Remus as legal counsel. Then appeared A. Lee Beaty, former as- Sistant Ifederal District Attorney and ex-Legislator for Ohio. The defense immediately plunged into an attempt to gain from Burke an estimate as a lay witness of Remus’ mental condition. The question brought on an ar- first between prosecution and defense and then Judge Shook and Charles H. Elston, co-counhsel tor Remus. Elston denied he had gone on record as remarking upon Remus’ present mental condition. “The record shows your side is on record,” said Judge Shook. “Co-counsel has gone on_ record. There are two of you, but we will hold to one plea. , One destroys the others.” Wrangle Over Question. “Would you be able to say from your observation whether Mr. Re- mus Was sane or insane?” Elston asked Burke. “Yes,’’ was the reply. “What is your opinion?” An objection cut off an answer and the jury was sent out of the room. Prosecutor Taft maintained that lay witnesses first would have to state facts and then an opinion. The jury was brought back and Burke testified: “When mention was made of Mrs. Remus and Franklin L. Dodge Jr.. Remus would become much worked up, strike his body, raise his hands above his head and, to my mind, appeared like a maniac. He would quiet down, apologize. and then go back and do the same thing over. It occurred twice in one conference. His face would be- come contorted.” “Upon how many different octa- sions did that happen?’ “There were six conferences.” Prosecutor Taft undertook cross- examination, the first time he had questioned a witness. He brought out that Burke had not taken steps to have Remus placed under obser- vation and’had not tried to have a guardian appointed. Burke said he formed the opinion that Remus was insane about the third or fourth week of their association, and admitted he had continued to do business with a man he regard- ed as insane for two to four weeks more. “What type of insanity did you think affected Mr. Remus?” Taft asked. ’ “tT thought he was mentally un- halanced. that was all,” replied Burke. “I didn’t know just what type.” Burke admitted he had no medical knowledge of insanity. Beaty gave it as his layman's opinion that Remus was insane. He had come in contact with Remus Continued on Page 3 Column 2. 26.—Insani- | ‘District Attorney to Use | Them in Attempt to | Prove That Trial Jury Was Tampered With. 'SUBPENAS FOR 75 | WITNESSES DRAWN ‘Contempt Hearing of Oil _ Man, Confidential Asso- |. Ciates and W. J. Burns in | Washington, Dec. 5. (@ueeeeneenen, i , By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Novy. 26.— Springing a surprise, United States District Attorney Gordon today be- gan the preparation of approxi- mately 75 subpenas calling as Gov- ernment witnesses nearly person who testified during the grand jury investigation into the Charges of tampering with the Fall-Sinclair oil conspiracy jury. _ Gordon let it be known for the first time that it would use Burns detectives in an attempt to prove that contempt of court had been committed. The Burns detectives carried on the shadowing of the trial jury and their reports, seized by the District Attorney, disclosed that they had kept up an intensive surveillance, They even inquired into the jurors’ personal financia} aftairs among their neighbors, and the Government contends that such close scrutiny of a juror is con- tempt of court. Contempt Hearing Dec, 5. Harry F. Sinclair, millionaire oil man and defendant in the conspir- acy trial, which ended in a mis- trial as a result of this surveillance of jurors; W. J. Burns, head of the detective agency; Sinclair’s confi- dential associates, Henry Mason Day of New York and _ Sheldon Clark of Chicago; W. Sherman Burns, manager of the “Burns agency, and C. L. Veitsch, Burns’ Baltimore manager, have been cit- ed to appear before Justice Siddons in the District of Columbia Su- preme Court, Dec. 5, to show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court, The Government charged in its petition on which the citation for contempt was issued that Sinclair sent Day and Clark to Washington where they engaged the Burns agency “to spy upon, to bribe and intimidate and to do anything cal- culated to interfere with and im- pede” the fFall-Sinclair jurors in the unbiased discharge of their duties, It was further charged that the purpose of the surveillance of the jury was “to impede, pervert and | prey ent the due administration of ijustice in the court either by cor- ruptly influencing. said jurors to decide the issue of said prosecution in favor of the defendants, or to disagree as to said issues’ and that ‘in caSe such a course should seem advantageous to said: defendants in said cause” to bring “about a mis- trial’’ of the case. Informer Among Witnesses. When the grand jury wifnesses ' every 4 i testify at the contempt hearing the evidence collected by the District Attorney against those cited for contempt will be disclosed. These witnesses include Charles G. Rud- dy, manager of the Burns Philadel- phia office. who directed the shadowing of the*jury, and former Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania to whom W. J. MeMullin disclosed what the Government charged was a plot to bring about a mistrial. MeMullin, who while working on the case as an operative of the Burns agency, became a Govern- ment informer and-kept the Dis- trict Attorney’s office in touch. with the Burns plans, probably will be the most important witness. MecMullin charged that at the dl- rection of Burns executives he pre- pared a false affidavit intended to bring about a mistrial tn the case by showing a juror had been ap- proached by a Government em- ploye. The affidavit was presented to Justice Siddons by a Burns at- torney a few days after the case had ended in mistrial and formed the basis of the charge by W. J. Rurns that the Government, alone. had been guilty of jury tampering. No returns showing that certl- fied copies of the citation ordering the respondents to appear in court Dec. 5 had been received today by the District Attorney. Burns. his son and. Veltsch agreed to accept service in the of- fice of their attorney here Monday, but those for Sinclair and Day were sent to New York to be served by United States Marshals. while that for Clark was to be served in Chicago. 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