St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 21, 1928

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——— ee COMIC PAGE FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938, | THERES A SILLY ie KING MAN OUT THERE J] WHO IMAGINES HE'S ERMAN LAMB. OR FELLOW WHO I PPOSE,READ ABOUT THE EIN THE PAPER. GO THERE AND COAX TO LEAVE. DON'T BE UGH WITH HIM, 5s ae ae Re are eee a Se es ? > Buty iad TOD tious PM = Bt : ‘LONDON BM ee AO I ELC LOLI ALI LOL LLL A =. ] ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCI The Onty Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ~ 80, NO. 136. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928—14 PAGES PRICE 2 CENTS — PHGAGO GREETS “WISH PRESIDENT _ GROWD ORDERLY GEORGE! ‘i, a _ oe -s ye Met by Mayor’s BE LIKE MY MONEY AND DON’T OUT ON ME! — ALL I WANT !S ALL iS ~-ANO THERE \? THEN I'LL COME OUR “gdb = “Saye S , ngs ~~ Bud LA eS? ei A ee | BACK For More! }P Boes NosEebDIVE KELLT THAT THE GENTLE - EIUstT KisseD is STHER THAA) KE, THE THIEF WHO HE FAMOUS $15,000 PEARL ALK KLACE - Snel —— €, S€€C, 1ST He ERFUL ST Now, CiceRO, RECITE ANOTHER Poem FOR PAPA'S FRIEND, LEFT THE ADDRESS HERE WE'RE GOIN’ AN)’ THE RAILROAD TICKETS ON tT- Se oy, 2 - " & 6 > « | bee eh Tae es) seis at ., Be 7 ise "ath i o- ; ‘th : Pa Hae co : e. ve 7 i: & ve ate Sa es = 4h: "yee q : 3 the Associated Press. ©} CHICAGO, Jan, 21.—An_ Irish ecutive received an enthusiastic vociferous welcome today William T. Cosgrave, presi- Went of the Executive Council of Irish Free State, and a party Irish statesmen and friends e to Chicago for a 24-hour t. ‘arriving here from New York | er the longest continuous train of his life, the head of the Government was met by r Thompson in a sombrero, yor’s committee, in top hats, vad of 100 policemen and a ng of noisy friends of Ireland packed the railroad station to doors and overflowed into the ts. e police, recruited to quell possible unfriendly demon- ion by supporters of the Irish epublic, were not needed except clear a path through the cheer- crowd to automobiles which, by a motor cycle escort, con- ducted the presidential party up Michigan avenue to the Drake ‘Hotel, which will be headquarters ' for the visitors. ' Cosgrave, unperturbed by the Cheers and the booming flash- bowed and smiled his pleas- | and then made the trip to the ‘hotel at the side of Mayor Thomp- ‘gen, whose luncheon guests the party was later, Compliment for Thompson. At the hotel he met newspaper- en who wanted to know what he ought about Mayor Thompson Irish: whisky. Concerning the er, Cosgrave was most com- entary, but regarding the lat- he professed little knowledge ough he said he had been in- | ed it was smooth and mellow. : Mayor Thompson explained the kings of the city administra- nto him during their automo- e ride, he said, adding that he lieved the Mayor must have a job. Someone wanted to know the Irish President would like to ve Chicago's Mayor in his Cabi- and Cosgrave respcnded that the Mayor were in the Cabinet would be sure of a 100-horse- er engine,” During his stay here, Cosgrave led, he expects to visit with aunt, Mrs. Margaret Byrne of Cag0, whom he has not seen for years. One of Ireland’s greatest prob- he said, was in keeping the hat home. Most of them have relatives in the United States in other countries than they mave in Ireland and therefore have ¥ incentives to leave that coun- , although he said fewer emi- ted last year than the year be- Says Ireland Is Progressing. land is advancing in every + he said, Particularly indus- ly, and she has taken the best t from every country in the to develop her industrial re- and to build up her com- ortly after Cosgrave arrived at hotel, HL J. Richards, British “General in Chicago, called Pay his respects. Due to his arrival in New York, the Irish Cal leader will try to carry i 24 hours a Chicago program d been expected to consume days, rthe luncheon by Mayor Péon, he was to attend a re- Qn given by Edward N. Hur- former head of the United Shipping Board, then tour * Parks, placing wreaths on mon- of Lincoln, Grant and oth- Tonight he will be the honor ata banquet tendered by the Fellowship Club and will de- 4n address, and tomorrow will attend mass at St. K's Catholic Charch before Ng for Washington. in New York. ve landed in New York y. He was welcomed at the by Mayor Walker. Three d policemen were on guard. crowds gathered. but there =O disorder. The Irish Presi- Was received by Cardinal ws first day in the United States —=“Mmed with numerous im- ’ of America and Ameri- 40 whom he comes on an an- ee ee CANAL BUILDER DEAD | MAJ. GEN. G. W. GOETHALS. OO FLEE FROM FIRE IN ROOMING HOUSE Driven Into Freezing Weather While Clad in Night Clothing. Fire believed to have started fro crossed electric wires caused 20 persons to flee in scant attire from a rooming house at. 4263 Westminster place early today. The temperature at the time was about 20 «bove zero. The blaze was discovered in a wall -t 1:30 o’clock by Mrs. M. E. Bowen, proprietor of the place, who was rc iing in her room on the first floor She awakened roomers, one of whom, Edward lL. Kennedy, ran to 2 nearb’ fire alarm box and turned in an alarm. When firemen arrived the occu- pants were leaving the house at- tired in night clothing over which they wore hastily donned overcoats and wraps. The roomers sought refuge in neighboring dwellings, while firemen extinguished the blaze, which caused $1000 damage. The loss is insured. The house, owned by Mrs. Bowen. was damaged $5900 in the tornado of Sept. 29. Work of repairing and refitting the place was completed three weeks ago. WOMAN'S CIGARET STARTS FIRE Philadelphian Dies of Burns When Bed Clothing Is Ignited. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. Burns suffered when her bed cloth- ing caught fire proved fatal early today to Mrs. Amla Poplar, 32, who had gone to sleep in her apartment with a lighted cigarette in her hand. FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. 21.— a Sorry 20 Oe errr 20 Fe ey rrere , ye Fay Tyee 2 ie sss wa ts hl ey era 28 BA Be Meseosicee +: ee be: Noon....... «sh a eae re 18 Te a eee 33 it Mk «be ee By Se eee + , fe See re 17 i Min gt cbe ith SS are ear « am 36 Foutertny'$ high. 26 (39:15 pb ™.): low, 19 (8:15 p. m.). Official forecast 1 ERSEYVILLE. for St. Louis andl vicinity: Fair to- AS MILKED, =y . night and tomor- row; slowly ris- ing temperature; the lowest tonight will be about 25 ™ degrees. Missouri: Fair tonight and to- morrow; slowly rising tempera- ture. Illinois: Fair tonight and t0- morrow; rising temperature t0- morrow, and -n northwest. portion tonight. Sunset 5:09; sunrise (tomorrow) 7:15. Stage of the Mississippi 9.1 feet, a. fali of 0.4. ~ or Week’s Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—The weath- er outlook for next week follows: Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- souri valleys and the Northern and Central Great Plains; seasonable temperatures much of week and mostly fair, except that precipita- tion may occur toward close. 45-Mile Wind Slows Up Shipping. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—After 20 days of unusually mild weather for January, the temperature dropped to 14 degrees today, bringing ice blasts out of the West. A 45-mile wind, expected to con- tinue all day, diminishing tomor- shipping. organization tary. MAJ. GEN. G. W. GOETHALS, BUILDER OF PANAMA’ CANAL. DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Retired Army Engineer, 70 Years Old, Succumbs at Home in New York — Funeral at West Point Tuesday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—Major General George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal, died at his apartment to- day. The announcement was made by a son, who said that his father had been ill for several months, In- terment will be at West Point. His two sons and his wife were at his bedside when death came, Gen. Goethals was 70 years old. Gen. Goethals was chief engineer of the Panama Canal from 1907 to 1914, and the first civil Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1914 to 1916. During his army career he occupied various import- ant posts, retiring in March, 1919, to devote his attention to his pri- vate practice as an engineer. He was consulting engineer for the Port of New York authority dur- ing the construction of the Hol- land vehicular tunnel. The nature of his illness was not disclosed, but it was said he had been seriously ill for two months and that hope for his recovery had been abandoned several days ago. The fact of his illness was not generally known until today. Gen. Goethals is survived by his widow, Mrs. Effie Rodman Goe- thals, and two sons, Col. George R. Goethals and Dr. Thomas R. Goe- thals. Mrs. Goethals is a daughter of the late Thomas R. Rodman of New Bedford, Mass. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of the Military Acad- emy at West Point at 3 p. m. Tues- day. Credited With Greatest Engincer- ing Feat Since the Pyramids. EN. GOETHALS accomplished (Gj on of the greatest feats of engineering and construction since the Egyptians completed their mighty pyramids in cutting the Panama Canal. While the American forces. under Goethals found on the Isthmus of Panama the relics of many years’ toil by several French companies who had attempted to dig the canal, what the French accomplished was of little, if any, aid to those who finally succeeded. It was the ingenuity, persistence and brains of the army engineers, the _ re- markable efficiency of the men who labored under them, and the unusual organizing ability of Goethals that did in less than a decade what the experts of other nations declared could ‘never be done. Goethals, appointed by President Roosevelt in 1906 to take over the work of digging the canal across the Isthmus, gathered as aids the most efficient body of army offi- cers at the call-of the Government: and proceeded to Panama with an almost wholly mili- The late Major-General William Crawford Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer of the Canal Zone, “cleaned up” the Isthmus, protect- ed the lives of the workers, and made the digging of the “big ditch” practicable. After seven years of unremit- ting labor, Goethals reported to the Congress of the United States that the two American continents at last were separated by a navigable waterway. Success Built Upon Failure. The success of Goethals was built largely upon the failure of his predecessors, chief of which were three,French companies, Even the famed De Lesseps, -builder of the Suez Canal, abandoned the task and spent the rest of his life brood- ing over his failure to master the difficulties presented at Panama. During this ‘time the United States was not exactly at ease re- garding Panama. But it was not until 1903 that Congress appropri- ated the necessary funds and per- mitted the work to proceed as a United States Government venture. Aside from the task of eliminat- ing disease, Goethals was faced by many tremendous problems. The first of these was the cutting down to a much lower level of several good sized mountains near the ce - ter of the Isthmus in order to mia- imize the elevation of the canal it- self, Gold Hill and Contractors Hill, through which the famous Culebra Cut was driven, were “e- moved almost completely. The second mightiest feat was the damming of the powerful and erratic Chagres River with the Gatun Dam. This was designed not only to eliminate much of the ex- cavation by the formation of Gatun Lake, but also to insure plenty of water for ships of deep draft. The lake, as completed by Goethals, is 85 feet above sea level, covers more than 150 square miles in .the in- terior of the Isthmus, and is deep enough for the largest ocean liners to pass through. ‘ Following close on the heels of this problem came the building of row, lashed the harbor, slowing up Continued on Page 2, Columm 3. $500 PASSED UP NV $488 HOLDUP OF 20 IN OFFIC Three Robbers Overlook Larger Part of Payroll Al- ready in Envelopes. at Bussmann Mfg. Co. EMPLOYES LINED UP AGAINST WALL President of Firm Herded With Others When He Appears in Response to Screams of Girls, Three men held up 20 office em- ployes of the Bussmann Manufac- turing Co., 2536W University street and escaped with $888 of the firm’s payroll today. They over- looked more than $5000 which had been put up in envelopes, ready for distribution among the workers. The office employes, most of thém girls; were. aroused from their work shortly before noon when the leader of the robbers, waving a pistol, shouted “stick ‘em up,” and ordered them to line up against a wall. Several of the girls screamed, attracting Harry T. Bussmann, president, who came from his office. He was told to line up with the employes and one of the robbers, who seemingly was highly excited, ran to the desk where the money was piled, scoop- ing it into a sack. In getting the money, which lay in plain view, the robber had to reach over the pile of envelopes containing the lasger amount. The robber apparently in charge slow- ly backed out the front door, fol- lowed by the other two. Buss- mann, after they had gone out, ran through the door to get the li- cense number of their machine. The robber carrying the money -had dropped the bundle on the steps and was picking it up as Bussmann almost ran into him. Bussmann saw the men run to a green sport touring car in which with two other men, they escaped. He gave the license number to po- lice. The firm was robbed of a $3500 payroll four years ago yesterday. WOMAN, 64, DIES OF INJURIES; STRUCK BY BACKING AUTO Driver Had Released Brake in At- tempting to Start Parked Machine, Knocked down by a parked au- tomobile rolling backward, Mrs. ITouise Schleicher, 64 years old, of 2215 South Fourt street, died of her injuries at City Hospital to- day. On the afternoon of Jan. 10, Francis P. Cochran, 38, of 2030 Ann avenue, was attempting to start a heavy sedan parked in front of 2315 South Broadway when, with the emergency brake released, the machine rolled back- ward, striking Mrs, Schleicher who had just stepped off the west curb to cross the street. She was taken to the hospital suffering from frac- ture of both collarbones, a crushed chest, fractured left leg and inter- nal injuries. Cochran was charged with care- less oferation of an automobile and has been notified to attend the Coroner’s inquest Monday. CHARTER GRANTED INSULLS FOR $140,000,000 COMPANY Corporation to Be Known as Middle West Utilities Co. Licensed by State of Illinois. By the Associated Press. : SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Jan, 21.— The Middle West Utilities Co., a 3140,000,000 corporation, was granted a charter by the Secretary of State today. Included in the list of directors are Martin J. In- sull, Sam Insull, Sam Insull Jr. and Marshall E. Sampsell. Purpose of the cerporation is “to acquire, own, vote, sell, transfer and pledge corporation stock of other corporations; and to aid other corporations by furnishing expert auditing, engineering and other technical experts.” It listed 1,250,- 000 shares of capital stock. Chi- cago offices of the corporation are at 72 West Adams street. $500,000 GIVEN FOR CHAPEL Anonymous Donation to Episcopal Cathedral at Washington. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—An in- dividual gift of $500,000 to con- struct and endow an impressive chapel on the main floor of the Washington Episcopal Cathedral, the Gothie edifice now being bulit here on Mount St. .Albans, has been received by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. The name of the donor was not anneuneed, IRATE PASSENGERS TIE UP BROOKLYN" SUBWAY 40 MINUTES Flatbush Commuters Refuse to Leave Train When It Takes Wrong Switch. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Jan. 21—Rallying to the battle cry of “Flatbush or nothing,” a trainload of strap- hangers tied up traffic on the In- terborough Rapid Transit subway line for 40 mirutes in Brooklyn last night. The tieup was felt far uptown in Manhattan. An eight-car Flatbush local train, jammed with homeward-bound workers, took a wrong switch and had traveled to the next station on another line before the riders dis- covered the mistake. The passengers refused to trans- fer to city-bound trains to ride back to the junction point and tied up the line by holding the doors open, which automatically cut off power from the train. A detail-ef police was called, but availed nothing. The jam was broken only when a station master conducted the party on a_ two- block walk to the junction station and franked them through the turnstiles to resume the ride to their homes and late dinners, LABOR DEMANDS 2.75 PCT, BEER AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE Federation Council’s Action Aimed at Volstead Act, President Green Says. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 21.—Organ- ized labor’s demand for a 2.75 per cent beer plank in the platform of the major political parties is aimed only at the Volstead act, and does not seek repeal of thd eighteenth amendment, said William Green, president of the American Federa- tion of labor, The demand that 2.75 beer be made a political issue, which grew out of a plea of the United Brew- ery Workers before the Executive Council of the federation here yes- terday, was based on the belief that 2.75 per cent beer is not in- toxicating, said Green. The Los Angeles convention of the Federation last year went on record as favoring amendment of the Volstead act. STARTS ON NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO-TAMPA, FLA, Eddie Stinson Takes Off; George Haldeman Will Fly From New York to Lakeland, Fla, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—Eddie Stin- son of Detroit hopped off from Municipal Airport here today for a non-stop flight to Tampa, Fla. He was accompanied in a big Stin- son-Detroiter ship by Bern Way of the Stinson company and Arnold 5S. Kirkely, Chicago bro'er. The airplane took the air at 6:15 a. m. CURTISS FIELD, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Despite strong head winds, George W. Haldeman, Ruth Elder’s pilot on her ocean flight, took off with two passengers today on a non-stop flight to Lakeland, Fla., his 2.o0me town. He expected to ar- rive some time after dark tonight, CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 21,— Lieut. Bert Balchen, who accom- panied Richard E. Byrd on his North Pole and ‘trans-Atlantic flights, hopped off from Brook Park here today in a blinding snowstorm en route to Winnipeg, Canada. Balchen planned to go from here to Chicago, then to Minneapolis where his plane will be equipped with skis for landing at Winnipeg. LINDBERGH BACK IN COLON ee ee eee Returns From Hunting and Fish- ing Near David. By the Associated Press. FRANCE FIELD, Colon, Jan. 21. —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed here safely at 2:22 p. m. from Da- vid, near where he had spent a vacation of several days hunting and fishing. By the Associated Press, BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Jan. 21.—Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix, French aviators. who are en route to the United States from South America, lafided here at 2:15 o’clock this afternoon from Maracay, Venezuela. The French fliers recently flew to Pan- ama where they met Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and then decided to visit several cities in Venezuela and Colombia. CHICAGO CAR STRIKE AVERTED Street Railway Employes Get Raise of 1 Cent an Hour. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—Settlement of the Chicago stréet car wage con- troversy, which for a time threat- ened to develop into a strike, was reached today, when the street cgr men were granted a wage increase of 1 cent an hour and other con- cessions by an Arbitration Commit- tee. REBELS KILL MEXICAN GENERAL Ey the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 21+—Dis- patches from Guadalajara, State of Jalisco, today said that Gen. Man- vel Ayala, commander of the Elev- enth Infantry Batallion, was slain by rebels at Tanhuaco. The Federal forces were am- bushed by a group of rebels, ’ NON-INTERFERENCE POLICY — SUGGESTED AT HAVANA —, FOILED CLAIMANT UF SOAP FORMULA SHOOTS SELF DEAD AFTER GAS FAILS Henry Schenkel, 65, En- joined From Disposing of *‘Ozonite” Recipe, Ends His Life at His Residence. MADE FIRST ATTEMPT WITH AUTO FUMES Police Had Rescued Him ' From Garage — Ex-Em- ploye of Waltke & Co. Had Been Brooding. Brooding over the troubles that began recently, when William Waltke & Co. was sold, and its pur- chaser, the Procter & Gambie Co., sued to enjoin him from revealing or selling a valuable Waltke for- mula for making soap, Henry Schenkel, veteran salesmanager of the old Waltke concern, killed him- self today at his home, at 2022 Harris avenues Schenkel’s four adult children and his wife were in an adjoining room when he shot himself to death, an hour afier he had at- tempted unsuccessfully to commit suicide by asphyxiation from auto- mobile exhaust gas in his garage. He was 65 years old. Policemen were .summoned to the Schenkel home at 10:30 o'clock on a report that a man was ai- tempting suicide and found Schen- kel seated in the rear seat of his automobile in the garage in rear of his home. He was dazed by the exhaust gas from the engine, which was running. Shot Heard, Body Found. A physician was called, and Schenkel appeared to be recover- ing when the policemen left the house. An hour later members of the family heard a loud report in the dining room and there found "Schenkel on the floor with a bullet wound in the right tem- ple and a pistol lying near by. He was dead. ; Schenkel had been an employe of William Waltke & Co. for 40 years, rising to the position of sales manager at $9300 a year before the company was sold to Procter & Gamble last November. Schenkei was made sales manager of the concern under Procter & Gamble management, but he was dis- charged in December, Simultaneously, Procter & Gam- ble filed suit to enjoin him from selling or revealing the secret proc- ess by which “Ozonite,” a Walte laundry soap, is made. The Proc- ter €; Gamble Co. contended that it had paid $4,000,000 of the $8,- 850,000 purchase price of the Waltke concern for the “Ozoniec” recipe and other intangibles, and charged that Schenkel was pre- paring to sell the *‘Ozonie” formula. Sued Procter & Gamble. Procter & Gamble Co. alleged it had paid $10,000 to Schenkel and like amounts to other employes for a quitclaim on the secret process Later, it was charged, Schenkel had demanded $75,000, stating that a rival concern had offered him $150,000 for the “ozonite” formu- la. It was to thwart this proposed sale of its trade secret that Proc-y ter & Gamble sued. In a statement after the suit was filed, Schenkel denied signing a quitclaim to the process and de- clared he had originated the idea of powdered soap, the form in which “Ozonie” is ma@® however, has not changed its ah e of national policy, regarding which” s eos 7 RAS at RA ie, tale ikke Sake Meet r ce Cte it, pads el - Ta ts # RY at Bod. Pes eee SE ee fe ps Se = ie oe OR ee