St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 18, 1928

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| COMIC PAGE | TUESDAY, qi } JANUARY 17, 1928, ‘eo === —= in One of the Post-Dispatch OR FIVE MILLIONS! wow! DER IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING E FOR THE JAM I PUT BUNGLE ? WELL THE ANSWER TO THAT 1 KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. 1 SY LEFT TOWN ON A LONG HIKE, ME GOOD EXCUSE LIKE THAT..... AT ABOUT THE WIFE?....THATS TOUGHER.: LET ME THINK.......2 * Fat). | ee ar ; z : s*° HECK IS OGE SH— Y GOOO- THAT’S GREAT! NTIFY MY LITTLE F AND BROTHER HERE CAN 4 WILL IDENTIFY ME- iT! HE'S KNOWN ME ALL HIS LIFE! S ( Q a TS i &s |e v ee Y, y Co f sverity special z's 22! At Glia can fill her purse ething besides a Fraree ker cheer / 4 ae URRY UP— ! m4 \ 1M SCARED . THAT Bozo’S owed MC CLOYEA) BUCKS FoR five YEARS! GET OVER: WE'LL BOTH : lj ul HE WANTED TO , | SEE YOu- HE WwU2 YOuR SROTHER- te CONE ee Arrest, but Later Release, | Pgrafting. and the arrest and sub- | ® sequent ® the GUi Bros. Coal & Coke Co., as DAY a4 *# "eae 3 2 a hs. és Oe 7 ares ss a he 42 ce Vt ree, oe | 2 Se Sas a. i es oats 43 Yesterday's high, 44 (7 vp. @-}; tum, | 38 (8*15 a. m.). ) (IN BORAH C PLEA Official forecast | VWhere wit wns St. — wet of ‘a RY | vitinity: Cloudy | : — peas leigh and 0-| Phrase Declaring Illinoisan DAIRyYMAIDS? | morrow; probably! 64 Is Not Entitled to the Pads cccasional rain; | not much change! Qath of Office” Is Struck in temperature; | the lowcst tonight t will be above Out. freezing. Missouri: Un-| EB TE I IKE] y settled tonight D A and tomorrow, EI A probably ocea- TO D Y VOTE sional rain; not much change in ‘“ temperature. | Little Prospect of Ballot To- Illinois: Unset- | tled te@enight and tomorrow; rain prebable; slightly warmer tonight in north portion. Sunset 5:06; sunrise (tomorrow) 4323 Stage of the Mississippi, 9.4 a fall of 0.7. feet, SINGER ENDS. UFE WHEN DEBUT FAILS Dead of Marovska Found From Gas in Home Friend in Brooklyn. ~ — + Special] to the Post-Dispatch, ' | ification | | | | ~~ 8 tee SMITH OUSTER | day on Reed Committee Proposal to. Declare Seat | Vacant. -_—_— — By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. of the barring Frank L. Smith, Repub- resolution from the Senate was agreed upon in private confer- ences today as the second day of lican, of IDlinois, debate on the report of the special slush fund committee proceeded on the floor. At Borah insistence ..of Senator (Rep.) of Idaho, Reed of Missouri, chairman of the the committee, and other Senators con- sented to eliminate the phrase set- not en- ting forth that “Smith is | titled to the oath of office because } ; ' " NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Thea Marovska, lyric singer of folk- songs, made her debut last Stn- day night at the Bijou Theater. | It was the realization of many | years of study and dreams. The curtain rose for-her on the prom- ise of a giorious carecr. The curtain went down on Thea Marevska for life last night in a ‘gas-filled bathroom in Brooklyn, tn ihe apariment of Arthur Warner, associate editor of the Nation. ‘She had left a note, addressed to who had befriended her It said: “Dear Mr. Warner—I ask you most kindly to forgive me-that 1 the man ‘should bring so much trouble upon tion and it is now too late to make a new start.” In private life she was known as Dorothy Mierowsky. She was 30 years old, born in Russia and came here as a child. A large audience greeted her at her debut at the Bijou. Miss Mar- 'ovska sang “Song-dramas of the | People”- in English, German, But when it was all cover the audience —— Se of contributions and expenditures in AS his primary campaign thus changed, the resolution / recites that the Senator-elect’s cre- dentials are tained with “fraud and corruption” is not entitled to membership the Senate. It would add that a vacancy existed in the represen- tation of the Siaic of Lllingis. Under this declaration of vacan- cy, 2 number o fSenators hold that the Governor of Jllinois could ap- point a Senator in Smith’s place, but friends of he in the hayc insisted that Gov. Small would | | not take this course, leaving Smith you—I am a failure in my voca- | ’ free to present his credentials |again at the opening of the Seven- | ' ' third applauded politely and went away. | And on the next ‘day Miss Mar- | ovska read short notices of her itan papers. “Unfortunately,” Marovska cannot sing. of pitch is so flagrantly her otherwise said one. “Mme. Tler sense that it neutralizes delightful perfgrmance. She should confihe herself to the be. hers.” Other réviewers did not even take the trouble to say whether she was good or pad. “She roamed from eighteenth century Irance to contemporary rustic America,” was all another said. $2,950,000 FOR DOWNTOWN STREET LIGHTS RECOMMENDED Aldermanic Committce Tavors Ex- penditure in Area East of Jefferson Avenuc. A favorable report was voted to- day by the Public Utilities Commit- tee of the Board of Aldermen on the appropriation of $- ‘first performance in the metropol-_ ' Senate should : 'a judge against ‘spoken word and the public w ould | © i ty A ee 2 250,000 of | bond issue funds for installation of | electric street lights in the down- | town and surrounding central dis- trict. Alderman Viehe, chairman of | the committee, said he Ww ould rece | tii ommend immediate passag-— of fha } chitsement in the South was dragged in, to be met by a spirit- ed attack by Senator George, (Dein.) of Georgia. ; Striking directiy at Senntor Reed, (Rep.) of Pennsylvania, | ordinance under suspension of the | rules when the repert is made to the board Friday. The area covered extends from yore time find themselves defend- | the river to Jefferson avenue and : ‘from Cass avenue to (houteau av- enue This appropriation will leave only a small balance in the $8,000,- 000 bond item for lights, althougn a number of outlying areas “have inot been electrified. YOUTHS HOLD UP BOX LUNCH FIRM; TAKE $400 IN CASH ee Calvin C. Eliott, Owner, and Four Employes Forced Into Basc- ment by Two Robbers. Two young men held up Elliott's Box Lunch establishment at 6506 i ' Easton avenue, about 1:30 p. m. today. drove Calvin C. Elliott, the proprictor, and four employes to- the basement at the points of re- volvers, and escaped with $40@ in cash. Salesmnen for the company had brought in the day's receipts from box lunches and Elliott was cast- ing up his accounts. gathered the money in a sack and ran out of the froit door | Senate; or he might take oath Of | jarge to a waiting automobile, driven by ' @ffice before a notary public, and! — @ third man. ~ ay the when membership ty-first Congress after eral elections next fall of the Senate is to be chosen. Walsh Leads Attack. Discussion today was opened by Senator Walsh (Dem.) of Montana. geen- OoOne- who ina long prepared speech took sharp issue with those who have contended that the Senate is pow- erless to pass upon Smith's quali- fications beyond these Jaid down in the Constitution, ° The Montanan also denounced | the proposal advanced by Smith supporters that since the people of | ; ss t | Illinois next | a waren i all the facts the Senate now knew before the knows and still voted him into office the not set itself up as him. “The propotition thus advanced scarcely requires refutation,”’ {Walsh said. ‘Badly stated as it i was on this floor, it 13; too shock- ing for acceptance.” Several Senators had long pre- pared spceches on the resolution | unseat Smith, and there was little prospect of a final vote be- fore adjournment. Negro Question Brought Up. The debate yesierday centered around a dozen senators who dli- vided largely on the proposition voiced by Senator Deneen, (Rep.) of Illinois, that the nullify the Constitution by deciar- ing Smith's seat vacant without first seating him and hearing his own defense. Before would ~ . + Pehare the old charge of Negro disfran- | who suggested that Seuthern sup- porters of the resolution might ing their own seats because of the Negro question, George said there was neither “common sense” nor “common honesty” in that conten- Senu- tion. “te charged Eastern tors with trying to “scare” the Southerrers into wrong.’ —— oa Court Action to Seat Planned, Says Counsel. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD. UL, Jan. .18.— Cornelius J. Doyle, attorney for! 18.—Mod- | finally | Senator | in 1926. | and that, therefore Senator-celect | election | it wasS Ovcr | F | of “voting for a Smith | PERKINS DEFENDS PLAN OF TROLLEY HULDING COMPANY ed Concern Depicted as Kindly | Parent in Deposition of Public Service Company Vice-President. CALLS IT SIMPLE WAY TO GET LOANS or ee ee Contradicts His State- | ment Money Was Ob-| tained Without Charge. The holding company intv which some 80 or 90 persons wish to de- posit their common in the St. Louis Public Co. today SLOCK Service was presented as a beneficent | ‘parent, solicitous of the interest | of all, including ‘the | Albert T. Perkins, newly elected il | be its vice president, in a deposi- | ‘tion called for by the City of St. i_Louis, which is asking the Public Service Commission not to permit the proceeding. By his cross-examination, Counselor Muench indicated he had not been convinced that the chief; interest would not be that of the 80 or 90 and that the profit of the car rider, if any, would be micro- | scopic, The holding company, styled ths City Utilities Co., wishes authority |to acquire just under 5 per cent 'of the tota: outstanding stock of the Public Service Co. The Siate law forbids any holding company to acquire more than 1” per cent of the stock of any public utility | 'company without permission of the public, by ne eee ES — eR. aE ene ‘of the creation of the holding com- | Public Service Commissjon. The | | City Utilities Co. already has on, | deposit, for transfer to it if stch | | permission is forthcoming, 42 per! 'eent of the common stock of the | Public Service Co. | | Perkins Tells Advantages. | Perkins listed four advantages | f ; | pany. The $0 or 90 stockholders who could not give the time to in- |dividuel vigilance of their inter- | through it, could pool their} interests and delegate to the hold-| officers that ardu- |! task. The Holding company | could obtain for the street car conipany credit In large sums with ests, ing company's | ous lower rates than | more facility and could the street car company of its own initiative. The street car! i P company would have the benefit oi the advice and assisiance of th: holding company's officers. Those | officers also would study and ad-| ivise on “broad, general questions | of urban transporiation§ as a | whole.” As an example, Perkins cited | | that already the obiained §$ the it Likely would huxve in getting otherwise. “The service so far rendered has | been performed without anv charge to the street car company,’ Perkins / added. “Didn't thé helding company bor- helding company 1.060.000 in Street car cash company which had dffficulty i had for row the money at 5 } r vent tron 'the Central Union Trust Co. of New ’ | Yerk,.” City Counselor Muench in- quired, “and then re-lend it to the street car company at per cently” Perkins believed that such had not been the case. } Cites Record by Clarke. } ’ . , . , ; “As I recall it.” Counselor Muench -dryly commented, “Mr. ‘Clarke of the ihas so stated in street car company the record of this case.” Perkins withdrew his contradic- tion and could not jihe details of tha, Joan or the rate the which the street car /company gave. “Nor were any charges |; parent company upon the car company contemplated for the future,” Perkins added. Hie later modified this to say that “of course, if cific work on a large called for by the street car com- pany, a proper charge would be /made for that work.” Perkins added that the holding | ‘company likely would do such work said he reca ll | note Ss by the street stutement some spe- scale was ee ao aoe meee cheaper than other available ‘agencies, This caused J. R. Paint- er, representing the Public Serv- ,ice Commission, to inquire whether | the holding company, having vir- tual contro! of the street car com- Frank L: Smith, today said a writ pany, could not charge whatever of mandamus was one of four pos- | it wished and the street car com- ‘sibilities in the fight to win Smith | pany could not demur. ‘a seat in the United States Senate. | Perkins was not ready to ad. | “Appropriate court: action” to) mit that 42 per cent of the com. } that end, was contemplated, Doyle; mon stock of the street car com- | said. | Pang formed a control. | As alternatives, be said Smith| Asks About Controlling Stockh. | might present his credentials van “To all practical purpose, 42 per each sueceeding setBsion of the cent would be contrel, would it ee eee The robbers | Attorney-Gencral canvas |ceed against the President of the |‘ murred. present Congress; or he might have not?” Counselor Muench inquired. Caristrom pro- declare himself Senator. “Not necessarily,” Perkins de- “There are some very individual holdings of com- City |, / ers | seconded | Salvadorean unanimous the | rommittee, eration ee — | mittees, : ea | Both cording to the usual rules of pro- | ALL PAN-AMERICAN GUNFERENCE WORK UPENED 10 PUBLIC Congress at Havana Elects Presiding Officers Approves’ This Unanimously. URGED TO PURSUE ~* COURSE OF EQUITY and Policy | City Counselor Muench | Tribute to Coolidge and! Woodrow Wilson; Color- ful Flag Raising for 21 Nations. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Jan. 18.—The Pan-American Conference opened its business sessions about 11 o'clock this morning, with Dr. Mar- tinez Ortiz, Cuban Secretary of ‘State, delivering the address of welcome to the delegates of all the sixth American countries. Paying homage to President Coolidge and the United States, and to Charles Evans Hughes, | chairman of the United States dele- gation, Dr. Ortiz dwelt on the good work accomplished at previous con- ferences and admonished his hear- | to direct their efforts toward amity and good will. President Coolidge, who traveled to Havana to deliver the principal speech at the inaugural session last Monday, the Cuban Secretary of State char- acterized as the “chief executive of the nation of greatest democracy and the wealthiest among those which are memorable in the an- nals of the world.” Alejandro Leira, Chilean delegation, replied, ex- pressing faith tn the progress of Pan-Americanism and in dfe bene- fits whieh Pan-w ‘emifer- chief of the ences were bestowing, not only on - | the Western hemsiphere but on the world in general. The delegates from 21 American republies elected Antonio Sanchez Bustamente, chairman of the Cu- delegation. president of the Hughes was placed in nomination for vice president by Orestes lerrera, Cuban Ambassa- dor of Washington. Dr. mente was placed in nomination ban COnEeErCsSS. by Francisco Peynado, of the Do- | minican Republic. The motion was by chief. Wilson’s Memory Honored. Woodrow Wilson’s memory was honored by the delegates with nomage. A motion by the Bolivfan Antezana, would head of Mariano the Congress declared not be tion, that complete without first paying trib- | ute to the greatest peace organizer. The motion was seconded by the head of the Colombian delegation, Enrique Olaya Herrara. hesolu- ‘tions were voted unanimously, ex- pressing appreciation to President Coolidge ang President Machado for their goodwill addresses at the inaugural session, The conference approved, with- cut discussion, the decision reached yesterday that eight com- mittees be appointed and agreed to President Bustamente’s sugges- | lion that egch delegation have the’) fright to be represented on every and in case that a del- was not sufficiently large members for all the a delegation would be commit- fo supply committee, entitled to choose which tt it cared to enter. thereupon Bustamente tribute asking paid by livehes [So . DY, | unanimous consenj} that the Presi- ident of the conference, in view of his worldwide fame, be made an -#x-official member of all the com- This proposal was greet- with much applayse. The congress also approved / unanimously the proposal adopted | ‘informally by the chiefs of the delegations yesterday that all eetings, Doth plenary and com- 'mitiee, be open to the public. The presiding officer explained, how- ever, that executive sessions of bodies were still possible, ac- redure. but he wanted a vote on the subject. Traces Pan-American Movement to Bolivar. Tracing in detail the history of | the Pan-American movement since | its inception under Bolivar, Mar- tinez Ortiz in his welcoming speech mentioned President Mohroe’s part in defeating Eu- ropean plans agatmst the independ- ence of American States and Henry Clay’s dream of a “League of Hu- man Liberty in America,” leading to Secretary Blarne’s invitation ip 1881 to a conference in Washirgton ‘which was realized only i 1889 under President Harrison. Further praise was reserved in the speech for Secretary Elihu Root, fer President Wilson's 14 points, and for the disarmament pfinciples expounded by Secretary Hughes at the Washington confer- ence in 1921. . ‘Our America,” Martinez, Ortiz Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Busta- | Gustavo Guerrerg, | delega- | SLAYER OF MIC EADS GUILTY, GETS LIFE ERM, STARTS FOR PRISON — Goes to Prison for Life 7 | | Sone ee” oe Stee, ae Be. —Pacific & Atlantic photo. | ADOLPH HOTELLING, confessed kidnaper-slayer of 5-year-old Dorothy Schneider, as he appeared yesterday in the reformatory ‘at Ionia, Mich. a Br ae A. xX, - one / Ol SI eS By wire to the Post-Dispatch, “A LINDBERGH TOPS THE LIST OF HEROES | Far Ahead of Coolidge in| School Vote; Tunney, Demp- sey and Ruth “Nowhere.” | Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—“Whom would you like to be if you were yuurself?”” | not That question, 682 boys of Belleville, N. J., | George P. Gerhard, supervisor © schools, disclosed that 23 objecis ,of hero worship there. Col. | Charles A. Lindbergh, with 363 | pallots, was an easy winner. Other votes were cast as follows: Pres-- ident Coolidge, 119; Henry Ford, | 66; Thomas A. Edison, 27; Goy. Alfred E. Smith, 16; Gen. John J. | Pershing, 14: Gene Tunney, Je, John D. Rockefeller, 12; Jack Dempsey, 11; Babe Ruth, 10; Rog- ‘ers Hornsby, 2: Clarence Chamber- hin, 2- J PVP. Morgan, 2; Benito Mussolini. 2, and “My Dad,” 2. INDICTED FOR TRANSPORTING TUNNEY-DEMPSEY FIGHT FILM Fresh Action Against William Stey- — _ a ers, Freed on Technicality, in Similar Case. | he Federal grand jury, in a partial report to Judge Faris this afternoon, returned an indictment William | against Sievers, former imanager of the Grand Central Theater, charging him. with illegal | Dempsey-Tunney fight film. | Sievers, who turned to exhilit- | ing fight films after losing heay- lily in Florida real estate, pleaded | | guilty to violatign of the Federal ‘statute when he exhibited pie- ttures of the Sharkcy-Dempsey ‘fight here and was fined $500. He again to a charge of showing the Dem psey-Tunney film. but instead of fining him, | Judge Faris sentenced him to fail ‘for three months. Hie was released after his attor- ;ney, James E. Carroll, pointed out ith® proceedings were based on au 'pleaded gutity information, a technical error. | Judge Faris then instructed Dis- 'trict Attormey Breuer to take the case to the grand jury. fs A number of indictments for | violation of the narcotic law also were returned. FLYERS” REACH VENEZUELA Costes and Lebrix Do 1000 Mil F Colon Under 12 Hours. MARACAY. Venezuela, Jan. 18. | —Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Le- 'brix arrived here from Calon, Pan- jama, at. 6 p, m. yesterday. The French avigtors made the 1000-mile trip in less than 12 hours, having left Cclen at 6:52 a. m. After landing at the fiying fieid each of the aviators was decorated with the order of the Liberator by President Juan Vicente Gomez. The flyers expect to go to Caracas, the capital. 5¢ miles away, by automo- bile, today. = ee ee oy aie a Power ™ Seem ; a A Wikx-s- propounded to | by a = the Associated Press. ‘of three young men, ~ QUTSIDE CHAE Bootleggers ‘‘Taken for a | Ride” by Gangsters Is Police Explanation of the Killing of the Men. 18.—The bodies apparently CHICAGO, Jan. '“taken for a ride” by gangste ' ‘tween Chicago Heights and Steger, | were found beside the road be- south of Chicago, today. Police expressed the opinion that they had been put out of the way when they tried to “cut in on the liquor- selling racket.” They were: . Joseph Faso, 25 years old, teamster, shot four times through the head; Joséph Caziando, 17, restaurant worker, shot four times through the. head. ~——. A man named Fuller, 28, of South Bend, In4., shot about 209 times. Teny Faso, brother of the slain | youth, identified the bodies of Jo- interstate transportation of the last ! EE EE ge ae seph Faso and Fuller. He. said he had seen them together, but could not connect them with the third victim. The bodies of Fuller and Sasso were found together near Chicago Heights, while the body of Cazian- do was found near Steger. Shotgun shells were found near the bodies of Faso and Fuller. The clothes of both men were torn and mud-spattered, indicating they had fought for their lives, Po- lice found that the three victims were seen together in a restaurant in Chicago Heights early last night, 30 minutes before shots were heard at the point where the bodies | of Faso and Fuller were found. Tony Fase told the Chicago | Heights police that his brother had | been forced to leave home three |;months ago because he would not _work and because his father ob- jected to his associates, Jee was ideeply in debt, Tony id. Cred- itors had threatened to. take his automobile truck and notes were overdue in a bank. | James lL. Devereux, chief of ‘highway police, received info - ’ ' : tion that Fuller had been “import- ‘ed to put Faso and Caziandoe “on a spot” in a position for gunmen to shoot them—and then had been killed by his employers to silence him. Duluth (Minn.) Auto Owners Asked to Maintain School. By the Associated Press, . DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 18.-Ap | fic accidents, the cost to be nm by contributions of $1 each automobile owners of the city, has been inaugurated by the Dulutb Chamber of Commerce. Letters requesting to “agsiet in the work of saving | tree of your fellow Qututhtune ¢ 1928" have been [to GAN CHILD FATHER OF VICTIM WAITING IN HALL Change of Veins for | by Circuit Judge—Trial Follows Speedily. WIFE OF KIDNAPER SUFFERS COLLAPSE Murderer Wears Same Clothing He Had on Six Killed 5-Year-Old Girl. By the Associated Presg. FLINT, Mich., Jan. 18.—Adolph Hotelling, slayer of 65-year-old Dorothy Schneider of Mount Mor- ris, is on his way to Marquette prison this afternoon to begin serv- ing a life term—maximum puwun- ishment in this State. Hurried secretry into the court of Circuit Judge ‘red W. Brennan, Presiding Judge of the Genesee County Cireuit Court, Hotelling REE FUN SH , CHOSEN BY BOYS) rarnery ON] yh a COLLEGE FOR CAREFUL DRIVING educational college to reduce traf- pleaded guilty and sentence was pron forthwith. He ‘was he is ached to spend the rest of his natural life. No time was lost by the local authorities after the Genesee Coun- ty Circuit Judges had decided Green and deputies loaded Hotel- ling into an automobile at the lonia reformatory and took him dt- rectly to Flint. In court Hotelling was dressed in the same clothes he wore when he kidnaped and murdered Dorothy Schneider in a lonely spot near Mount Morris last Thursday.. He was accémpanied by his attorney, W. A. Seegmiller, of Owosso. ‘Mrs: Hotelling was not in court. _ Father Strikes Child's Slayer. ~ When Hotelling was brought into the tourthouse by Sheriff Green, Leslie Schneider, father of Dorothy, struck him full in the face. Schneider was standing In an ante-room behind the © Judge's rostrum. He stepped forward as Sheriff Green brought Hotelling in and with al] his might hit the prisoner. Two deputies seized Schneider and forced him back into the ante-room and Sheriff Green then proceeded mto the’ court room. ; 7 Gov. Green said yesterday that after Hotelling was in prison State alienists would examine him and- in event they determined he was of unsound mind an order for his transfer from prison to a State in- stitution for insane. would be sued. 2 ’ Arraigned in Varm Yard. The prisoner was rushed yester- day afternoon from the Ionla re- formatory, where he has been shel- tered since a mob threatened the Flint jail Monday night, to thé farm yard of State Senator B. Lennon, just inside the Genesee . County line. Court was held with and the guards sitting in automo- biles. Hotelling waived examination and was bound «ver to Cireult Court without bail. Lmmediately the cate dashed back across the county line and started across country Ionia. her against a change of venue. Sheriff the prisoner, Justice Frank Cain! STRIKES PRSONER : The wife of the slayer was in & be PTA Seb ‘ & ® seh i