St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 3, 1928

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# and has the option of paying for it TO DA st ase -_ Bn ce oan eee ere ten a ect alee — en mr ’ ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1928—36 PAGES PRICE 2 CENTS: | crate i! APPROACH Extension Will Be a by Time of Ne New Year’s Greet- ing, Miller Says. 9, ' ILWAY OFFERS 7] ‘$120,000 TRADE : t } in Exchange for Its Lands It Seeks Concessions From » Gity—Escrow Arrang2: ment Made. ———— E tavor 2 Miller announced today that an agreement had been : J crs between the city and the i wuri Pacific railroad which will make possible the immediate con- Sdenction of the $1,500,000 southern ie * h of the Municipal Bridge, = legislation for which was passed by | -the Board of Aldermen Iast spring. _ “long before my next New Year’s Sereeting,” the Mayor said, ‘“‘the ture should be completed and ; in use.” © An escrow agreement between { city and the railroad company, "y which land and. easements ued at $120,000 will be granted sthe company, and the city will v1 ave the opportunity to pay the Wbill by concessions to the com- ‘pany. was announced by the May- : The concessions made by the 'tailroad are not dependent on those which it asks from the city. /The city gets the Southern ap- » proach right-of-way in any case. in eash or in concessions. What the Railway Wants. | “Officials of the Missouri Pa- FB tific,” the Mayor said, “desired no ™@ money compensation for the very “@ considerable lands and easements igranted to the city. They preferred miher the vacation of certain DCCu ie d by their rail- aoe ca. patithines which the come} y now holds. MThese concessions could not be r ised, as they could be effect- only by legislative action of he Board of Aldermen.” The plan of settlement which Ms agreed upon by railroad offi- mg and the city board of Esti- mie and Apportionment is then ined by the Mayor. The money ‘of the land and easements nted by the railroad company ethe city is placed at $120,000. e city will place $120,000 in a pecial fund, and the company will eposit in escrow the deeds to the wad easements, the escrow to extend until the end of S eard of Aldermen's session a I April, 1929. Dependent on Aldermen. the Board of Aldermen, with- . that period, crants all the con- eons asked by the railroad, the eee sum of $120,000 is to be mained by the city. If the Alder- | stant a part of the conces- ls asked, the concessions grant- ee *te to be evaluated by a board m arbitration, and the city will “ain the amount so fixed, and ml pay the balance of the $120,- to the railroad. No provision » made for payment by the rail- = Company of any excess over "000 to the city. r the end of the escrow period, } deeds executed by the rail- company are to be turned to the city. The Missouri Pa- however, has delivered to the ~ & formal right of entry. au- 0g it to proceed with the ork at Once. The Board of Pub- e Service Will advertise within » Weeks, ihe Mayor says, for 8 for construction of the foun- tion, ™ Concessions Sought. © first of the concessions ‘"d by the railroad company is *xtension of the franchise of Oak Hi and Carondelet line. franchise will terminate in €nd in its place the company ‘franchise for 50 years from nt time. It asks also that | , eduirement of maintaining men at every grade cross- @ the Oak Hill line be re- ‘ —_ and that an agreement be P With the city, subject to ap- | by the State Public Service mission, as to the protection ped; by watchmen or other. * & the various crossings. The , at Wishes to place automa- Signals at some of the tothe request of the company a z tery eset provision for * Os n separatio , oe nes, he emanenen, 1a 8 gy fact that such matters er jurisdiction of the Mis- bie Service Commission,” t the requirement for sub- bascenger stations and sub- ins, and regulation of elty ordinance, he elim. It is askea that the re. FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ; LOWEST TONIGHT 6 ABOVE THE TEMPERATURES. m. . « 2 ys Zz 2 1 0 CD ~IQNVS COS = ge eerert? 4 Dp. m Souturaus s hich 6 (2 pv. m.). low -2 cS ) for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair to- night and tomor- row, with slightly higher tempera- tures; the lowest tonight will be about 6 degrees above zero. Missouri: Gen- erally fair to- night and tomor- row; not quite so cold. Illinois: Gen- erally fair to- night and tomor- row; not quite so cold. Sunset 4: Sunrise row) 7:21. Gunsral Weather Conditions. A cold wave covers all of the country east of the Rocky Moun- tains... North of the Missouri and Ohio fliv fers the morning thermom- eter-readin®s are below zero, and o.. the middle Gulf Coast they are as low as 18 and 20 degrees above zero. On the north Atlantic coast tne thermometer readings are: from 14 to 16 degrees above zero: There has been a little snow in Texas, but in the remainder of the country east of the Rocky Mountains the weather has been generally fair. 91. * On Page 8, Column 4, te ° MAN FATALLY INJURED Official forecast (tomor- |! BY DELMAR STREET CA: GC. W.-“Stnwarte. tad Stepped From Behind Another | noon. Car When He Was Hit. George W. Schwartz, lumber freight agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad here, died at St. Luke’s Hospital this afternoon from in- juries suffered. at 9 a. m. When struck by a Delmar-Olf¥e car at Clara avenue and Delmar boule- vard. He was 69 years old. Mr. Schwartz, on his way down- i town, stepped around the rear of a westbound Delmar car and into 1 path of Wii” eas which struck him. William Win- ter of 4459 Delmar boulevard, mo- torman of the eastbound trolley declared the accident was unavoid- able, as he did not see the pedes- |. trian in time. At the hospital it was found Schwartz had suffered a fracture of the skull, lacerated scalp and abrasions. Winter and the con- ductor were ordered to appear at the inquest. PRESIDENT’S WRIST IS SORE AFTER NEW YEAR HANDSHAKES Bandage Applied to Ease Swollen Tendons; Coolidge Able to Keep at Work. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Presi- dent Coolidge’s wrist is again giv- ing him some trouble and he has been forced to apply a bandage. The trouble is a recurrence of the swelling of the tendons around the small wrist bone which caused him some difficulty a year ago The inflammation is believed to have been caused by the many hours of handshaking in which he was re- quired to participate yesterday at the White House New Year’s re- ception. Maj. James F. Coupal, the Pres- ident’s physician, said that Mr. Coolidge’s wrist would yield to treatment within a day or two and that he would not have to stop us- ing it. Mr. Coolidge is scheduled to shake hands with 2000 persons at the judiciary reception Thursday. ST, LOUIS TAX COLLECTIONS FOR 1927 TOTAL $23,400,000 temainder of $31,490,000 Levy Is Delinquent, With Penalty of 1 Per Cent a Month. Collections of St. Louis taxes for 1927, up to the end of the year, amounted to $23,433,876.32, out of a total levy of $31,492,707.48. This figure was reached last cvening, after all remittances made in lIet- ters mailed before midnight Sat- urday had been received. The Collector’s force worked both Sunday and yesterday. Remittances in letters bearing a 1928 postmark date are delinquent, and a penalty of 1 per cent will be added. There is an additional 1 per cent for each month after Jan- uary until payment is made. NO PARKING IN CHICAGO LOG? New Ordinance Effective Today; Ten Days’ Grace. By the Assoriated Presa CHICAGO, .Jan. 3.—Chicago’s new ordinance forbidding parking in the Loop goes into effect today, but will not be enforced until Jan. 10. Time is allowed citizens to become used to the ruling. Under the terms of the ordinance no parking in the downtown dis- trict will be permitted betwee, the house of 6 a. m. and 6 p. m. cept for trucks ta load and unload. i | automobiles emptied | ! i | ' | = ear; T - Just | ple on the field, where | Tegucigalpa INDBERGH LANDS SAFELY AT FIELD AT TEGUGIGALPA Arrives at Capital of Hon- duras From San Salvador, Completing Fourth Leg of Air Tour. PRESIDENT ON HAND TO WELCOME FLYER City Gaily Decorated With Stars and Stripes—Two- Day Holiday Proclaimed for Visit. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Jan. 3.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,com- pleted the fourth stage of his Cen- tral American tour today, landing safely at the aviation field here from San Salvador at 1:55 p. m. His plane, the “Spirit of St. Louis,’’ was sighted over the field at 1:42. The Stars and Stripes adorned the street6 in honor of the flyer and electric signs flashed, “Wel- come, * Lindbergh.” The newspa- pers published many pictureg and nruch biographical data on the St. Louis aviator. A military band and detachment of troops began moving toward the field at 8 o’clock this morning and two hours later the procession was still in progress. Trucks and loads of peo- fully 50900 spectators had gathered before The five-mile road between and the landing field was crowded all morning with sp2c- tators afoot ard in automobiles. President Barahena, members of the diplomatic corps and virtually all the officials of Tegucigalpa had left the city at 1 p. m. were closed and a holiday had been declared for two days, covering the visit of the American flyer. One special gift which Col. Lind- bergh will receive comes SFOm, Tullo Lozano, Minister of Fis : Mall: Present 22. 24\@seeDe of welcome as “pitt sisting of a gold paae maaraes within a $20 goldpiece. By the Associated Press. SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Jan. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off for Tegucigalpa on the next stage of his good will flight to Central America at 11:45 a. m. today. The 140-mile flight to the Hon- duran capital carried the American flyer close to the scene of recent fighting in Nicaragua between United States maines and rebel forces, since Tegucigalpa is only about 25 miles from the Nica- raugan border in the neighborhood of which the fighting is going on. At the Illopango air field, from which the flyer took off, it was stated that strong winds were blowing in the region of Teguci- galpa, Dr. Romero Bosque, President of Salvador, members of his Cabi- net and the United States Minis- ter, Jefferson Caffery, were the last persons to say good-by to the flyer. Before heading Tegucigalpa, the ‘‘Spirt of St. Louis,” described various evolu- tions over the city much to the de- light of the crowd that had gath- ered to see him off. Several Salvadorean aviators took off to accompany the Amer- ican as far a- the border. Over the actual! fighting terrain Lindbergh will fly when he leaves Tegucigalp-~ for Managua, Nicarau- ga, probably Thursday. He has been advised to fly high because the rebels armed with machine guns and antiaircraft guns are con- sidered Ifkely to take a shot at any plane passing over their retreats, especially since Marine Corps planes bombed them yesterday. Lindbergh has under considera- tion extending his present good will tour to include Colombia and Venezuela. He will make a de- cision after reaching Panama, where he is expected some time after Jan. §. Some 10,000 persons crowded the streets when the flyer passed on his way to a reception at the na- tional palace. Thousands more congregated at the Llopango Air- drome to view the Spirit of St. Louis. Extra police were called out to keep the crowd at a safe distance from the plane. Flyer Given Gold Medal. President Bosque pinned a gold medal upon the flyer at the recep- tion. He said Salvador delighted t honor “the greatest conqueror of the air and cruiser of the blue vault of heaven.’ He asked the fiver to accept the medals as a symbol of the tove which Salva- dor tore him. Lindbergh expressed his thanks while the crowd ap- plauded. As the hero of the air went from the national palace to the Ameri- can Legation he was acclaimed by the multitude who shouted, “Viva Lindbergh.” Ri northeast for The stores | $90,000 DAMAGE DONE BY FIRE AT TENTH AND OLIVE Water Played Into Sixth Floor of Aeolian Co. From. Eerie Perch Atop Department’s New Tower 21 PUMPERS, FIVE COMPANIES CALLED Wurlitzer Co. Cafeteria Report Some Loss—Many Blazes Dur- ing Extreme Cold. Clinging to a swaying, ice-clad tower six stories above the street level, firemen early today co-oper- ated with other firemen on the roofs of adjoining buildings in ex- tinguishing a fire in the upper sto- ries of the Aeolian Co. building at 1004. Olive street. The fight with the flames left the building and its contents, con- Sisting chiefly of pianos and other musical instruments, sheathed in ice. William Chrisler, president of the company, estimated damage to contents at $65,000 and to the six- Story building at $25,000. Salvage Corps men cut down the damage by entering the building and cov- ering the contents of the lower floors with tarpaulins. The fire was discovered by Pa- % and Ren’s _ After the Fire on Olive Street trolman Frank Dyreks as he came up the alley behind the building at 2:08 o’clock. His alarm was fol. | lowed by a second and third and finally a “four-general.” which | brought a total cf 21 pumper com- | panies and a complement of: five | truck companies to the blaze. | Creeping up the elevator shaft | from the basement, where Dy reks | had discovered it, the fire took a. hold on the sixth floor and within | afew minutes the flames weres bursting from the roof. The s firefightax .Fecently (ie chased “was summoned and firemen “hy, Ala up its rungs to direct two heavy streams of water into the building. Others made their way up through the building of the Ru- dolph Wurlitzer Co., also a musical instrument concern, at 1006 Olive street, and from its roof directed hose streams into the fire next door. James Moran, manager of the | Wurlitzer concern, ‘reported the | company’s stock was damaged by water but declined to estimate the loss. Water damage was also suf- fered by the Ren’s Cafeteria, in the basement at 1002 Olive street, and the Barnett Jewelry Co., on the! first floor at the same address. Printing Company at 108 Vine Street Suffers $5000 Fire Loss. Six fire companies which had been moved to replace companivs still engaged in fighting the Aeoli- an Co, fire were called out when a fire was discovered in the building of the Frank D. Johnson Printing Co., 108 Vine street at 4:30 a. m. Damage, estimated at $5000 to contents and $2000 to the building. was confined chiefly to the first floor, with some damage to the second and third floors, occupied by the Chambers Medicine Coa. Mattresses in the warehouse of the Stearns & Foster Co., at 194 Vine street were damaged by wat- er. The fire was extinguished by 29:30 a. m. An automatic sprinkling system pipe at the Elliott Department Store, Fourth street and Washing- ton avenue, broke at 11:30 a. m.. flooding the first floor. balcony and basement. The damage was estimated at $20,000 by Charles Grosberg, vice president and gen- eral manager. The loss was fully covered by insurance. A fire truck, responding to an alarm, skidded at Third Strget and Washington, breaking "two wheels. 208 Alarms Turned in Over New Year’s; Fireman Injured. The lowest temperatures of the winter, which caused fire sprinkling Systems in industrial plants to freeze and burst, and encofraged the stoking of heating plants to the danger point, kept the Fire De- partment on the move over the New Year's holiday. Between Saturday night and the time of the Aeolian Co. fire this morning, a total of 208 alarms were turned in. Firemen suffered severe hardships because of flying spray which froze to them, One fireman, Edward Reagan, 4660 McCaffrey place, suffered concussion of the brain and a frac- ture of the jaw when he was struck by falling debris in the August Balter wagon shop at 209-13 South Main street at 8:15 p. m,. yester- day. The fire did $8000 damage to the three-story building and $10,- 000 to contents, Balter estimated. Today, after policemen had been Continued on Page 3, Colufmn 2. sy -—By @ Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. USES CIGARETTES: rik LECTURES CANCELED English Woman Preacher- Also Opposed Because of Views on Marriage. the Associated Press. NEV’ YORK, Jan. 3.—Two lec- ture engagements in this country by Agnes Maude Royden En- gland’s foremost woman preacner, have been canceled on the grounds that she smokes cigarettes and because of her views on com- panionate marriage. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago canceled an address scheduled for Feb. 12 be- cause of Miss Royden'’s use oF cigarettes, while the Boston branch of the same society broke an engagement because the mem- bers objected to her views on. mar- By | riage. Miss Royden, who is 51 years old and head of Guild House, Lon- don, admits she smokes cigarettes. She smokes them, she has _ said, because she enjoys them and be- cause they rest her nerves. In a letter to William B. Fea- kins, her American lecture man- ager, she said: “I do not care a button whether or not I smoke while in America, but I certainly do not concede that it is a mat- ter of religious importance.” Miss Royden, in some of her sermons, has taken up the question of companionate marriage, but so far as could be learned here she has never definitely advocated it. The two protesting societies have been released from their lecture contracts, said Feakins, who said he had been forced to decline 350 applications from religious so- cieties in the country and that the two canc: ed dates were quickly filled. He pointed out that Miss Roy- den was to address branches of the Mission Society in Philadel- phia, Detroit and New York. Police Judge Rosecan Halts Court One Minute. A minute of silence in commem- oration of victims of fatal auto- mobile accidents during the last year was ordered by Police Judge Rosecan today when he opened court for the new year. : Judge Rosecan remarked, how. ever, that there had only been 147 motor vehicle fatahties in St. Louis during 1927, as compared with 174 for 1926. | service rules. ‘BAD BOY’ GILLIS BEGINS TERM BY FIRING EVERYBODY HE CAN “Don’t the Winners Deserve the Gravy?” Asks New Mayor of Newburyport, Mass, By the Associated Press. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Jan. 3. —A new city administration with “Bad Boy” Andrew J. Gillis’ in charge, took office today and be- gan by dismissing virtually every officeholder not protected by civil Among those ousted are the Fire Chief, City Solicitor, Highways Superintendent, Assessor, Building Inspector, Overseer of the Poor, City Messenger, Health Com- missioner, Registrar of Voters, Har- bor Master, Library Director and four policemen, “We won, didn’t we? Don’t the winners deserve the gravy?” asked Gillis after his inauguration. Turn- ing to a doorway where a crewd of onlookers: was gathered, he roared: “All right, you birds. Lis- ten hard and go out and tell your friends why the ax fell.” Mayor Gillis served in the navy. He is red-headed and formerly kept a gasoline station, entering politics when a Mayor refused him a license to conduct his business on his fav- orite site. ee i ne WOMAN FIGHTS SHAKE IN PLANE WHILE FLYING IN INDIA Mrs, Keith Miller Succeeds in Kill- ing Unwelcome Stowaway After Long Struggle. woot tted Press. GOON. India. Jan. 3.— Mrs. grr Miller recently fought a thrilling battle with a snake in the airplane ‘in which she and Capt. W. T. Lancaster, of the Brit- ish air forces, are flying from En- gland to Australia. While on their way from Ran- goon to Tavoy, a few miles to the south, Capt. Lancaster saw a big big brown snake crawl from un- der the seat. He tried to kill it by stamping it with his boots, but the unwelcome stowaway wriggled off to the cockpit,. where “irs. Miller was sitting. She attacked the snake with a stick, succeeded in killing it after a long struggle. It is supposed the snake crawled By ye ‘into the plane while it stood in the SILENCE FOR AUTO VICTIMS: Rangoon race course, preparing to take off. Silk Workers’ Pay Cut 10 Per Cent. By the Associated Press. SOUTH MANCHESTER, Conn.. Jan. 3.—Asserting that “the mar- gin betwee@m sales values and costs has now been narrowed to a. point where profits are reduced to a dis- appearing point,” the Cheney Prothers, si manufacturers, One of the largest in the country, an nounce a 19 per cent wage reduc- tion to the 4000 i ak in their plant here. a CE BEGINS 10 CLOG WATERWORKS INTAKES Unless Weather Moderates, City May Face Shortage of Supply Next Week. Masses of ice in the Mississippi River have so clogged the intake channels of the waterworks at Chain of Rocks, that the pumping capacity of the plant has been re- duced from 160,000,000 to 100,- 000,000 gallons a day, and the city may face a serious water shortage within a week unless the weather moderates, Two men on each of the two in- take towers at Chain of Rocks, 1800 and 2200 feet out in the river, stand in shifts pushing cakes of ice away from the openings of the intake conduits, day and night. They work with long pikes and stand on improvised platforms of rope. It is a cold job and shifts are changed frequently. Water Commissioner Day point- ed out that yesterday's consumption of water approximated 128,000,000 gallons. which was more than the water pumped from the river. The differen. was . drawn from the city’: reservoirs, where 280,000,000 galic s is in storage. At the pres- ent disparity between supply and d:>mand the watcr reserve wil. last about a week, Commissioner Day estimated. Should there be a break in the weather and a sharp decline in the river ice flow_the situation would adjust itself. Meantime Commissioner Day has requested householders to conserve water as much as possible. There were omplaints yesterday from i e south, est section of the city, par- ticularly around the City Sanita- rium on Arsenal street, of low wa- ter pressure or none atall This condition had improved today. PROPOSES 3 PER CENT INTEREST Senator Brookhcart Would Amend Federal Reserve Act. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Fixing by law of the rediscount rate of the Federal Reserve banking system at 3 per cent is proposed by Senator of amendments to the Federal re- serve act. Brookhart, who f!s a member of the Senate Banking Committee, also would permit Federal Reserve ness and would outlaw speculative national banks, sf 1000 MORE MARINES TO NICARAGUA; SIX KILLED IN ACTION, 28 WOUNDED REINFORCEMENTS ‘Quilali Stronghold- Cap- tured From Gen. Sandino by Americans Who Suffer Heavy Losses. BOMBING PLANES ROUT ATTACKERS Troops Concentrating for Campaign Against Native Bands in Field, Now Rainy Season Is Over. | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. %.—Rein- forcements to the number of 1000 marines were ordered to Nicaragua today as a result of the growing — seriousness of the situation con- fronting American forces in their efforts to clean up bands headed by Gen. Sandino. One battalion of 500 men is to safl from Paris Island, 8S. C., and another of 5600 from San Diego,. Cal. Brigadier- General Feland -will head the ex- pedition,-which will swell the ma- rine forces in Nicaragua to approx- imately 2500 men. The forees there now are in command of a Colonel.. Pending the arrival of the addi- blue-. tional marines, American jackets from the fleet in Central American waters will Mend in. Mies * | intention of the United States to co-operate fully and effectively — with the Nicaraguan constabulary in establishing order in that coun- try was issued by the State Depart- ment today in explanation of Navy Department orders dispatching 1000 additional Marines to Nica- ragua, Wilbur Consults Coolidge. Orders for the new expedition followed immediately after a con- ference at the White House today between President Coolidge and Secretary Wilbur. At the same time, criticism of American policy in allowing ma- rines to expose themselves to such dangers as have confronted them in the last few days began to take definite form in Congress. Speaker Longworth expressed the opinion that something should be done to stop the sporadic clashes between the marines and the forces led by Sandino, while Senator Wheeler (Dem.) of Montana, au- thor of a resolution seeking an in- vestigation of the administration's Nicaraguan attitude, charged that insufficient men were on hand in the troubled country to protect American lives adequately. Sufficient supplies ‘and men were now available in. Nica- ragua to cope with the present situation, Secretary Wilbur said, but in vlew of the difficult ter- rain about Sandino’s stronghold, he: believed that more men will be needed to suppress Sandinow activities, 6 U. S. Marines Killed, 28 Wound. ed in Encounter, © By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 3.. —A reinforced garrison of United States Marines today held Quilali after fierce fighting tn which six marines were killed and 28 wound- ed. Gen. Augustino Sandino, Nic- araguan leader, had boasted he never would be driven from Quilali, The reinforcing Sunday of the patrol which captured Quilalil Fri- day cost one American life, Five Marines were wounded as they pushed their way through the reb- els and joined their comrades. In the capture of Quilali, five Marines were killed and 23 wounded. Sandino’s casualties in the two encounters were not determined because dead and wounded were quickly removed to save them — vultures. Marine Flyers Bomb Rebels. Once the Marines had establish- ed themselves in banks to transact redeposit busl- is, planes under Maj. R. E. Rowell bombed the Sandino forces, PF ae ) Rowell advised Col. Louls Mason Brookhart (Rep), Iowa, in a series | % ra! tual Meat pee ai at Ge ag LAE AAL RAMS, AAO ER A OT BN RAR TR