St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 10, 1928

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sa. 50 YOU TIRED OF Poop DELORES CAS Taney, EH, ALF ERDO: BS I HAVE SUSpP THAT FOR FOR REVEN COMPREH TIME. FROM wun MOMENT, ALF I LIVE’ ONLY “} 0P ENING 2) NEWS wy eee ves #aT AY “tz? | q: a re dA “ee ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH - The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service >». ts, ES ES, FAT x. . ae 3 ae Met x * SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete é tek, 3 ie oe & ie? ae . 80. NO. 2106. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928—36 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS HENCE os “Te " . we « at ot - at * e. € gs ; a : ‘ o = ‘ Re nl ~ a . ak ‘ AN ~~ a ‘ tig wed ae. Bs, ead ~ > ee) te 7 5. Caan he. . ot « PSs P nee ces a2 aa : Shooting, Several ings, Kidnaping and ; 2 Keds : Box Stuffing Re- a , : = x ; GUARDS D ~~ MEE WATCHING POLLS ue Include 25,000 Civil- , Deputies—Alderman, * 1 Kidnaped, Asleep. Associgted Press. April 10.—One shoot- s kidnapings, sluggings, box stuffing and minor dis- ws were reported today less Me two hours after the polls had at the close of Chicago’s and most vituperative pri- * campaign. @ day opened with bright sun There are 1,228,283 regis- ‘yoters in Chicage ‘and 500, them are expeaged to cas. lots in the Republican pri Interest in the Democratic is not intense as the candi- sw for the leading offices are. r CAN) HOLD $ PACE xrtL CH SANDYHOOkK WEDNESDAY! eae - sith = ae * oo ~ 7 a ad me + octet inal + sale 5 ae oleae inal 77 4 an dedi — . 7+ eee ci: ——-, ener renee Se eae ote eH teeees “++ oor ee * 7 tee t+ Ope so taseh unewen pa [ee heer, duaed } Fen 7 Pett et Gee Cee + totes SU a — ‘ AN SS - = ~~ = ti ae iy the election com missioners ‘the most part, unopposed. y voting, however, was fairlyy Famong the Democrats. /H. Taylor, a Deneen precinct teeman, was kidnaped and by several men who forced Minto their automobile as he lelivering ballots, beat him /| Gly then thrust him out into Hh et, (A istotle M. Collias, Lowden 74 “eitate and chairman of the /4 “et-American division of the iy Wn faction, was kidnaped and i e, and.a man acting as his V@ @yeuard was severely injured by y men who seized them as they Collias’ home. Collias was 4 @ed into an automobile and i, eh away. fy men were sent to a near "hh Side ward upon receipt of a “i a that an automobile full of i rere menacing voters with a € gun. Was reported that police were workers of the Deneen fac- J@and putting them in jail with- Wilacing charges against them. ael Hughes, Commissicner lice, was threatened with of r cohtempt by Chief Jus- /@iHarry Olson of the Muncipal | for refusing to accept a for Charlies Simmons, who rested near a polling rlace. s carried a pistol and was t an outlying police = sta- ge E. Q. Johnson, United ‘District Attorney, cceived ports of interference with | tion. One of them wes in from Judge George F.ed the Circuit Court Jescrib- slugging and kidnaping of ff, Raleigh H. Taylor. lent Voting Reported. s of detectives were sent ral precincts shortly after had opened on reports tion officials were permit- stuffing of ballot boxes. 0 was shot, another kid- and a third reported kid- in election disputes in the eth Ward in the Negro dis- The Negro was shot in the he was on his way to the most trouble during early /Wwas reported from the Twen- Ward, where hoodlums were driving voters away from lis. Squads of detectives tion officials were sent to te conditions. A worker With the Senator Deneen Re- Organization was also re- 2 to have been kidnaped from . ?recinct jn the Twentieth spaper photographer said been beaten by two women workers and a man when to take pictures. one precinct came a report Policeman was making « Rhuisance of himself, and Other a note was sent to ton Commissioners in the building by a judge who ballot box over which he Was being stuffed, but he id to say anything about it. n Haffa, for whom his ters hunted all night sup he had been kidnaped, was by a detective squad, fast & Republican club in his Nie ee Meo FERC ot a ee . Policemen on Guard. * the r ports of disturb- Stem disturbed and said nO more disorder in the Criminal Lawyer Out for Circuit Attorneyship nee aes ‘anne eo SOO oe coe ' THOMAS J. ROWE JR. DELMAR VIADUCT AND OLIVE ST. PAVING TO BE FINISHED JULY 4 City Pians Celebration Independ- ence Day in Expectation of Completion of Both Projects. On the Fourth of July the city will hold ceremonies to celebrate the completion of two notable pub- lic improvements—the Delmar boulevard vidduct over the Wabash Railway and the paving of widened Olive street between Twelfth bou- levard and Channing avenue. The viaduct is being finished now and the Board of Public Serv- ice received bids at noon today for paving Delmar for three blocks, between Hamilton avenue and Skinker boulevard. By taking eight feet from each of the two sidewalks this roadway over the viaduct will be made 76 feet wide, rorresponding with the width of Delmar east of Hamilton and west of Skinker. The estimated cost of the bitulithic paving is $82,000. To rush the Olive street work, concreting will be done at night, a gang starting on the foundation at Garrison avenue tonight. The first asphalt laying began today at Compton avenue. The south side of the 100-foot street will be done in four weeks and the north side by July 1. “MESSIAH”? OF TREOSOPHISTS ARRIVES FOR SECOND U, S. VISIT Jeddu Krishnamurti, Young Hindu, Declares He Js the Voice of the Great Teacher. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 10.—Jeddu Krishnamurti, young Hindu who is accepted by Theosophst followers of Mrs. Annie Besant as a “veh- icle for the world teacher,” has ar- rived in the United States on his second visit to spread his doctrine. “My philosophy is my own and I have no particular faith,” he said. “I am not a Hindu, but ara of all nations. Within me I have the spirit. I am the voice of the great teacher. You may believe this Or not as you choose. I don’t care if you do not.” COOLIDGE AT OPENING GAME Tosses Out First Ball as Senators and Red Sox Begin Season, | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, April 10.—One day ahead of the other teams of the American League, the Washington and Boston baseball teams opened the 1928 baseball season today. President Coolidge and _ other notables braved a biting wind and threat of rain to start the bal! roll- ing. The admirers of Joe Judge, Washington first baseman, who has been made a_ co-star with George SiSler, former manager of the St. Louis Browns, presented a floral horseshoe to him. Milton Gaston, obtained from the St. Louis Browns during a_ winter trade, drew the pitching assignment for the Senators. Dan MacFayden, be- spectacied star, was Gaston’s op- ponent. The President made a rather wide pitch when he threw out the first ball, but Umpire Ow- ens made a sensational one-hand catch and the game was on. FRENCH GUARD KILLS GERMAN Slayers Body Found Later in House He Set Afire. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 10.—A Havas dis- patch from Mayence, Germany. szys that a French customs guard, while intoxicated, fired his pistol at German civilians in an inn at Namborn, killing one and wound- ing another. The guard fled to his house, barricaded it and then set fire to the furniture. His body later was found by the police in the charred building. MARINES KILL 2 SANDINO MEN By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 10. —A United States marine patrol from Apalj encountered a group of Sandino’s followers near the San Pedro, 40 miles northeast of Oco- tal, today, killing two of - them, There were no marine casualties. It was believed the Nicaraguans were returning to the hills from roe the Easter holiday. TOM ROWE FRST DEMOCRAT T0 FILE AGANST SIDENER Counsel for Egan Gang- sters in Race ‘‘Unless a Lot of Others Get In, Then I May Pull Out.” CANDIDATE VISITED BY WILLIAM GEIST But He Says There Is No Significance in Confer- ence With Circuit Attor- ney’s Lieutenant. Thomas J. Rowe, specialist in criminal law practice and attorney for Egan gangsters in prosecutions of past years, today said that he is in the race for the Democratic nomination for Circuit Attorney to stay, unless “a lot of others get in and then I may decide to pull out.” He filed for the nomination yes- terday. But under no circumstances. he declared to a Post-Dispatch re- porter, will he act as a stalking horse for Circuit Attorney Side- ner, who will file for re-election. “I’m no lay-down candidate for Sidener,” he asserted. “Every- body knows Tom O'Brien, a Dem- ocrat, was brought out by Wil- liam Geist in 1924 to interfere with the candidacy of Andrew C. Ma- roney. “I’m in this race for myself. I entered in response to a call from several members of the Democratic City Central Committee. I didn't want to enter any scramble for the office and if many. others get in I may pull out. But I feel this is a Democratic year.” Visited by Sidener’s Aid. Rowe was asked if there were any significance in his visit to William Geist, chief clerk in Side- ner’s office, yesterday morning. He said there was not, nor did he want any significance attached to the fact that Geist was seated in an anteroom in Rowe’s office in the Wainwright Building when a f Post-Dispatch reporter called in the afternoon. “Geist is my friend and this morning I visited him on business,” Rowe said. “If I am elected ] will be Circuit Attorney in fact. No one will tell me how to run my office.” Geist successfully managed both of Sidener’s campaigns for Circuit Attorney. For the last eight years he has been Chief Clerk of that of- fice, and ‘was recognized as exercis- ing extraordinary powers until a recent rift with Sidener over ad- mission of a murder defendant to bail. Practical politicians, however, are not so certain that campaign developments will not find Geist in the role of confidential adviser to Rowe. Rowe was among the defense at- torneys when the heads of the Egan gang, including “Dinty’ Colbeck, Oliver Dougherty, Stevie Ryan, “Chippte’ Robinson, “Red’ Smith and “Red” Lanham, were sent to Federal penitentiary for 25 years for the Staunton mail robbery. Counsel in Gang Cases. He has frequently defended oth- er gangsters in various prosecu- tions ranging from charges of car- rying concealed weapons, to mur- der. His most recent appearance in such a case was as attorney for “Red” Sommer, hotel proprietor and professional bondsman, who got a two-year penitentiary sen. tence last week for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of James Miles in a quarrel over a woman. A graduate of the Washington University Law School, Rowe is 45 years old. He is unmarried and lives at 5305 Delmar boulevard. During his college days he was a deputy clerk for a time in the Court of Criminal Correction. * In the practice of law he has been associated since 1906 with his fa- ther, a criminal lawyer. GERMAN BREAKS SWIMMING Otto Kemmerich Had Intended to Swim 50 Hours in Pool at Hamburg. By the Associated Press. HAMBURG, Germany, April 10. —Otto Kemmerich, German pro- fessional swimmer, abandoned a planned 50-hour endurance s#«im late today after 46 hours in the water. He bettered by 14 hours the world’s record of 32 hours set recently by Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemmell of New York at ~fi- ami Beach, Fla. Kemmerich had been training #0, a sea lion, to accompany hiin on his swim, but Leo refused to have anything to do with his mas- ter’s effort. Putting More Pop in Popcorn. MANHATTAN, Kan., Apri] 10.— There is to be more pop in pop- corn. Dr. A. M. Brunsen of Kan- sas State Agricultural College has developed a variety with a popping expansion of 80 volumes—almost their homes, where they celebrated | twige that of ordinary popcorn. RECORD; IN WATER 46 HOURS. ONE WOMAN FLYER STOPPED BY CRASH, Lady Bailey’s Plane Damaged in Africa — Authorities Halt Lady Heath. By the Associated Preas, LONDON, April 10.—TIwo wom- en flying rivals today apparently faced defeat in attempts to make flights between London and Cape Town, South Africa, An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Cape Town said Lady Mary Bailey on the way to Cape Town, had crashed while attempting to land at Tabora, Tanganyika. Her plane was badly damaged but she escaped injury, according to dis- patches. A Cairo dispatch to the Daily Mail said Lady Heath, the former k vented from continuing her flight to London from Cape Town by British authorities. ; Her plane.was locked in the army shed at Heliopolis airdrome, five miles from Cairo, and she was de- nied permission to fly over the Mediterranean unaccompanied. No escort was available. WOMAN \KEPT ALIVE 6 MONTHS BY 18 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS Miss Irene Hamilton of Wilming- ton, Del., Developed Anemia on Visit Abroad. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, April 10.—Kept alive sincé October by 18 blood transfusions, Miss Irene L. Ham- ilton arrived here aboard the liner Albcrtic yesterday. While in Dublin Miss Hamilton, 27-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hamilton of Wilming- ton, Del., developed pernicious anemia. Volunteers of the Dub- lin civic guards gave their blood. Hamilton gave five pints and Miss Jean Rheuby, traveling companion, five times. Returning home it was found necessary to arrange for transfu- sion while crossing. Dr. Edward Magennis and his son, Dr. J. B. Magennis, accompanied Miss Ham. ilton and Miss Rheuby again sub- mitted to two more transfusions. Miss Hamilton was described as being as “well as could be ex- pected.” FATHER AND SON SENTENCED FOR FRAUD IN TAX RETURNS Two Carrollton, O., Men Said They Made False Reports to De- ceive Divorced Wives. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, O., April 10.—Be- cause they made a false statement of assets in their income tax re- ports so their divorced wives would not know how much money they made, E. L. Henderson and his son, Roy, president and treasurer of the Carrollton Pottery Co., Carrollton, O., were sentenced ,to two years in Atlanta penitentiary yesterday. They were also fined $1000 each. Federal Judge John M. Killits, who imposed sentence, suspended the son’s prison term in order that he might maintain the pottery business while his father is in the penitentiary. The Hendersons were charged with returning an income tax state- ment in 1923 showing assets of $17,000 when their taxable profits actually amounted to $80,000. In pleading guilty the men said they feared their divorced. wives would find out their true wealth and demand more alimony, if they had made a full statement of their profits. QUEEN OF SWEDEN VERY ILL Victoria Takes Turn for Worse at Home in Rome. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, April 10.—Queen Victoria, who has been ill for some time at her residence in Rome, is understood to have taken a turn for the worse. She is 65 years old. King Gustav and Prince William have gone to her bedside. FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT, CONTINUING FOR TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. ee Serre 36 9 a M...-.-0 4 2 a. Jeeaee BG AO @. Mh. ccccas + 2 eh Wc es BS 4 G. Mew ceces 47 SS. Bisecaonees 35 iz NOON.cecsees 49 > REFS EE ee 6 &, M..s.¢¢ eee 35 2D. M....004. 51 fe SS Wee Se 2 Be: Msccscse Ge ey See oe ‘es Sarre 51 Yesterday's high, 47 (4 oo. m.): low, 30 (6 a. m.) Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and warmer to- night and tomor- row. Missouri: erally fair = to- night and Lo- Gen- a morrow; warmer onight and in south portion to- morrow, | Iijinois: cloudy Partly tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight and in south por- tion tomorrow. Sunset, 6:33; sunrise (tomer- row), 5:30. Stage of tbe Mississippi, 24.3 feet, a rise of .7 of a foot. Arkansas—Tonight, fair, frost in Southeast: somewhat warmer in north portion; tomorrow, fair, warmer, - # » e ANOTHER BY LAW Mrs. Elliott Lynn, had been pre-|' DECLARES HESAW KLANSHEN BURN 7 OR 8 MEN ALIVE Witness at Hearing in Pitts- burg Tells of Seeing White Man Tarred and Set on Fire in Texas. ABOUT 300 MEMBERS PRESENT, HE SAYS “‘Night Riders” in Ohio Had Orders to Kill and Bomb, Former ‘‘Grand Dragon’’ Testifies. By the Associated Press, PITTSBURG, April 10.—That he witnessed the “burning alive of seven or eight men” by Ku Klux Klansmen in Texas was the testi- mony given in Federal Court here this afternoon by Clarence W. Lud- low, called as a witness in the klan injunction suits. Ludlow, now a resident of Pitts- burg, said he was a former member of the Dallas (Tex.) klan lodge No. 66 and was personally acquainted with: Imperial izard Hiram Ev- ans. He described the burning of a white man at Terrell, Tex, saying the victim was “tried” by a klan “kangaroo court,” was taken to an isolated spot, tarred, oiled and then set on fire by a klansman, who ap- plied a match. He said between 300 and 400 hooded klansmen were present. Says Evans Ordered Tarring. Ludlow said that at another time a man named “Smith,” alleged to have failed to support his family, was tried before Evans, who or- dered that he be dealt with se- verely. He said Evans direct-d the tarring and feathering of the man. . Asked by klan counsel if this “was done by your local] klan,”’ Ludlow replied, “Yes, but we got the orders from Evans.” Dr. L. D. Peeble of Parnassus, Pa., former klan “kleagle’ at New Kensington, Pa., and adjutant-gen eral of the “klavaliers,” which he described as the klan military or- ganization, told of a demonstra- tion at Reading, Pa., in the fall of 1925. He said the klansmen were “pretty heavily armed” with ev- erything from “rifles to a slug of lead on the end of a chain.” Shows Evans in Picture. A photograph of a klan meeting at Buckeye Lake, O., was intro- duced. Peebles said the photograph showed members of the “night riders’”’ and he‘ pointed to one fig- ure as Imperial Wizard Evans. All those in the picture wore black masks. He said the “night riders” also were known as “the battalion of death.” Counsel for the klan sought to show that the klavaliers were members of drill teams, but Peebles insisted it was the Kklan military branch. Testimony that a former officer of the klan in Pennsylvania ocr- dered its members to fire a cross and set off a bomb in front of St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Kittan- ning, Pa., was given by Harry E. A. MacNeel, former exalted cy- clops and Kleagle of the lodge in Armstrong County, Pa. MacNeil said Sam D. Rich, one time grand dragon in this State, gave the in- structions for the burning of all crosses. Van A. Barrickman, chief coun- sel and one of the five “banish2d” klansmen who have asked that the klan be placed in receivership in Pennsylvania, asked MacNeil what Rich’s motive was. “Rich told nfe it would throw the fear of God into their hearts,” MacNeil testified. A story of the organization o fa band of “night riders’ by the Ku Klux Klan, to conduct “a reign of terror’ in Ohio, was told on the witness stand by J. R. Ramsey cf Dayton, who said he was a former member of the riders and a for- mer “grand dragon” of the Ohio klan. Organized t Kill, He Says. Called as a witness in the klan injunction suits, Ramsey said the night riders were organized “to burn churches and to carry out bombings and assassinations.” He said the riders had bombed the West Dayton Klan Temple as a means of increasing the klan mem- bership in that district. Ramsey testified a klan chicf in Ohio had issued orders to kil) cer- tain persons and that he (Ramsey) and other klansmen were delegated to take a man to Bellaire and Kill him. He said the night riders went out to “administer justice to the offending citizen” and that he was taken to Bellaire. Ramsey said 42 refused to obey orders to kill the man and brought him back alive. Ramsey named a “Mr. Bronson” as a member of the Ohio “grand dragon” guard and the night <i1- ers. Telling of the bombing of the West Dayton Klan Temple, Ram- sey said the riders placed dyna- Continued on Page 3, Column 1. ANYER COLLECTS $100 FEE OUT OF ROBBERY EVIDENCE Sammy Bender Acting for Oklahoma Suspects Ob- tains Black Bag and $1400 Police Held. REFUSES TO YIELD CLIENTS’ PROPERTY Obtains Court Order for It Before Arresting Officers Make Their Claim for Possibly Stolen Articles. Sammy Bender, attorney, who figured in the notorious Ruther- ford murder case—or A. Samuel Bender, as his cards described him when he was a candidate for Cir- cuit Judge in 1926—is $1000 richer today as the result of putting over a fast one on Oklahoma City offi- cers who came to St. Louis for three robbery suspects and $1400 to be used as evidence against them. The Oklahomans got only the suspects; Bender, attorney for the suspects, got the money. Three men and a woman dressed as a man broke into S. H. Kress & Co. store in Oklahoma City 10 days ago and robbed a safe of $2009. Fifty miles out of Oklahoma City their automobile breke down, and they paid a taxicab driver $450 t9 take them to Kansas City, Arrested in St. Louis, Three days later Frank Berg- noser, self-styled “honest gambler,” his wife and two men, drove into St. Louis from Kansas City, That same day one of the men ‘eft the city with the car. Bergnoser. his wife and the other-man were ar- rested when police found a pistol on Bergnoser. In Bergnoser’s room at a hotel, police found $1407.08 in currency and coin ina valise. This was impounded. On Mrs. Berg- noser police found an additional $480, but returned it to her. Informed of the arrest, Okla- homa City police wired that the two men and the woman were sought as suspects in the Kress store rob- bery. Last Friday two Oklahoma City officers came and got Berg- noser, his wife and friend, after a local charge against Bergnoser for carrying a pistol had been dis- missed before Judge Gayer in Court of Criminal Correction. While the Oklahomans were do- ing nothing at all, Attorney Bender had Bergnoser petition Judge Gay- er for return of the impounded money. Judge Gayer granted the petition, and Bergnoser got the bag full of money and turned it over to Bender. - Later, the Oklahomans called at Police Headquarters for the money, and were disappointed to learn ’ Bender and beaten them to it. Tney ‘said the description of the “little black bag” which contained the money was similar to that of a bag taken in the safe robbery. Won’t Give Up Money or he Police did turn over to the QGk- lahomans several coins accidentally covered with paint which were not returned to Bergnoser. Similar coins had been taken in the rob- bery, it was gaid. Last night Circuit Attorney Sid- ener received a telegram from Prosecuting Attorney Wright of Oklahoma City, asking that the ‘little black bag” be recovered from Bender. “I don't intend to give up the money or the bag.” Bender said to- day. “I owe a duty to my client to keep them. Besides, $1000 of the money is my fee.” Bender has been mentioned as a prospective Republican caodidate for Circuit Judge. He was the guest of honor recently at a din- ner attended by Republican office holders and practical -politicians. It will be recalled that Bender played the dual role of special prosecutor and damage suit attor- ney in the case growing out of the killing by Allen Rutherford of a bellboy in a hotel Bender was supposed to be working in the State’s interest, furthering vigorous prosecution. Instead, he was work- ing only for himself and his client. He was accused by Rutherford’s counse! of having offered to recom- mend a fine as Rutherford’s pun- ishment if Rutherford would pay $10,000 to the bellboy’s mother. Rutherford finally paid Mrs. Tuck- er $5500, of which Bender got $1000 asa fee. Rutherford was let off with a $500 fine. - Bender was indicted on a charge of compounding a felony and was acquitted by,@ jury. jo» %, oa roa fe S 7 Pa OS EG Sa se a a ac 2° oh aa a °" . RA ee ee : is pte eS he ag | KILLED BY AUTO et MRS. GERALDINE KINWORTHY WOMAN DRIVER DIES OF INJURIES ~ INAUTO CRASH Mrs, Geraldine Kinworthy, 21, Thrown on Head to Pavement When Car Is Hit by Another Machine. Mrs. .Geraldine Kinworthy, 21 years old, 3654 O’Meara avenue, was fatally injured last night when an automobile she was driving was struck by another automobile at the entrance to Carondelet Park. Mrs. Kinworthy was driving north in Grand drive. Ernest J. Bayer, 3906 Federer place, driving east in Kansas street, turned into Grand drive. He said he tried to turn behind Mrs. Kinworthy’s car. He struck her car, and it ran against a tree, throwing Mrs. Kin- worthy to the pavement on her head. She died an hour and 40 minutes later, at 9:10 o’clock, on the operating table at City Hos- pital. Her skull, ribs and one leg had been fractured. Mrs. Kinworthy, a_bride of eight months, was driving home after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gebhardt, 3637 Blow street. Her husband, John Kin- worthy, railroad clerk, was at- tending night school at S8t. Louis University. A Coroner’s verdict of accident was returned today, after witnesses had testified both machines were traveling at about 25 miles an hour when they collided. Her death brought the total of automobile fatalities in St. Louis this year to 41 as compared with 29 for a similar period last year. Charles H. Meyer, 56, 65172 Dresden avenue, died yesterday aft- ernoon at Lutheran Hospital of fractured skull and other injuries suffered Sunday night when struck by an automobile driven by Fran. cis Schubert, 4106 Bates street, at} Gravois and Alma avenues. Schubert was arrested and gave bond. Mrs. Maggie Godbey, 657, 3840 Humphrey street, was seriously in- jured last night when struck by an automobile driven by John Moses, 5651 Spalding avenue, at. Grand boulevard and Humphrey street. Driver of Car That Fatally Injured Illinois Farmer Sought. Authorities are hunting for a motorist who sped away after run- ning down and fatally injuring Alex Ignaz, 42, a farmer, on the Edwardsville road, near Granite City. Sunday night. Ignaz died yesterday afternoon of skull frac-' ture. He worked on a farm four miles north of Granite City. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET RALLIES FROM EARLY DECLINE Large Supporting Orders Give Some Shares Marked Strength Late ‘im Day. By the A saociated Preers. NEW YORK, April 10.—Large supporting orders came into the stock market in late dealings two- day, causing rallies from the dav's low figures. Wright Aeronautical, which had dropped to $113.25, closed at $122.25, a gain of $9. New York Central showed marked} strength toward the close, the final quotation being $177.50. Total sales again exceeded 4,000,090 shares. The last quotation 1p- peared on the ticKer a full half hour late. Earlier in the day an increase in the call money rate to 6 per cent, the highest rate since 1926, had caused declines of from $2 to — : = "i = nearly $14 in a ber of shar . cede, » oe ’ eaatein ee a ar pbb ye A - —, F gr gies x eae ae Ne, htied oiainde F ms ee. ie Pars Mme, ae og SR we NG . y = ae ites Pr. ae , " a a : ¢ : FALL’S SON-IN-LAW - TELLS OF PAYMENTS — OF $268,000 BY SINCLAIR TESTIFIES HE NEVER GAVE OIL WAN ARECEPT Admits Taking $198,000 in Liberty Bonds From Defendant’s Private Car to Former Secretary, TT SAYS IT WAS FOR *@ INTEREST IN RANCH Declares Ex-Cabinet Mem- ber Also Sent Him to Get Loan From Sinclair After Teapot Lease. %. By PAUL Y. ANDERSON, ~— A Staff Correspondent o fthe Post« Dispatch. WASHINGTON, April 10.—An intimate description of the bribe, which Harry F. Sinclair sent to Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in installments of Liberty bonds and cash, was given from P| son-in-law, Malcolm T. Everhart of Pueblo, Colo., in the criminal trial of Sinclair. Everhart was the messenger whom Sinclair sent $233,000 in bonds and $35,000 in cash to Fall, following the signing of the secret lease on Teapot Dome. On three previous occasiong he had avoided testifying by pleading self-incrim- ination. Deprived of that right by a@ recent act of Congress, he was forced to tell the story to the Tea- pot Dome Committee, and he re« peated the story today. Not that Everhart admitted the payments constituted a bribe, On the contrary, he stuck desperately to the. story that the $233,000 in bonds was to purchase a one-third interest in the Fall ranch, and that the $35,000 was an advance ,by Sinclair to provide for improve- ments on the property,. He did not attempt to explain why the “purchase” was made in bonds, instead of by check, nor why the “advance” was in cash. He testified he was not required to give a receipt for either the bonds or the cash. Defense Objections Sustained. Everhart, tail, bronze, and evi- dently ill at ease, made every ef- fort, not only by the substance of his testimony, but also by voice and manner, to convey the impres- sion that the transaction was a perfectly legitimate one. When Owen J. Roberts, special Govern- ment prosecutor, tried to ask him why he had pleaded self-incrimina- tion before, he was stopped by de- fense objections, and Justice Bai- ley directed the jury to disregard the circumstance conveyed by Rob- erts’ question. The witness said he first met Sinclair at Fall's ranch during the Christmas holidays of 1921. He heard no business discussed. Warly in 1922, he continued, Fall told him he wag considering a sale of one-third interest in the ranch to Sinclair. In May of that year, Ev- erhart came to Washington, visit- ed his father-in-law at the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and as told by him, that “those parties are here now.” “Mr, Sinclair and Col. Zevely ‘came in a little later,” he contin- ued. The allusion wag to the late J. W. Zevely, Sinclair's personal attorney. “Did you g0 anywhere with them?” asked Roberts. “I did.” “Where did you go?” “To Mr. Sinclair’s private car.” “And where was his private ear?” “Here in the Washington railroad yards.” “What, if anything. did he give you there?” Got Bonds in Sinciatir’s Car. “A package containing United States bonds. ‘ “How many bonds were in the package?” “I didn’t count them them, but I did later. There were $192,000 worth.” “Well, what did you do with : . $3 | the witness stand today by Fall’s | | ' 4 s +. 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