St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 16, 1928

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pom $T LOUIS PM VEG VS PAT OFF TODAY aan oe ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newiiaiier in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service VOL. 80. NO. 313. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1928—28 PAGES. SPORT FIN ‘Stock,’ Bond and Curb Tables Complete (OUOGE GREETS DOVER AT BRULE OR CONFERENCE c. O. P. Nominee Reaches the Summer White House After Enthusiastic Wel- _ come at Superior, Wis. TO DISCUSS PLANS OF CAMPAIGN AND FISH Guest of Dawes for Three ‘Hours — Makes Rear Platform Talks in Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. ‘By the Associated Press, SUPERIOR, Wis., July Herbert Hoover, Republican presi- dential nominee, met President Coolidge at Cedar Island Lodge to- day for the first’ time since his nomination by the Kansas City con- * 16.— vention. \ The nominee went far off the beaten track of his journey to his home at Palo Alto, Cal., to discuss with Mr. Coolidge his resignation = ag Secretary of Commerce and his = successor; and to talk over _ the S73 5 political situation in general! and ee ee A 2 Sa 86 Ws: Ris 5 be kh aa R7 de ~speeneuapee ch Rs es ec a7 Sam) high 84 (4 p. m.) tow 70 telative humidity, at_ at noon, 44 per cent. Official forecast vd oe aes for St. Louis and INE TANK] vicinity: AN ISSUE ? é oti cloudy and slight- ly warmer to- night and tomor- row. Missouri: Part- jJH4y-Cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably loca] showers or thun- derstorms in west and extreme south portions; slightly warmer’ tonight in extreme north- west portion. Illinois: Fair tonight, tomor- row increasing cloudiness, possi- bly thunder- storms in northwest portion: not much change in temperature. Sunset, 7: 26; sunrise (tomorrow) 4:49, Stage of the feet, a fall of .4. ROBBERS TAKE $5900 IN JEWELRY AND MONEY Hold Up E. A. Boles, Realty Dealer. and Employe in E. St. Louis Office. Mississippi, | Two robbers, one wearing blue spectaclés and carrying revcolvers, held up E. A. Boles, real estate dealer, and an employe, W. J. Han- in Boles’ office at 4001 State street, East St. Louis, at 3:1 p. m. today, escaping with $110 and jew- elry valued at $5800. One man robbed Boles of a dia. mond stud worth $1800, a five- carat diamont ring, worth $4900, ey, and $100 cash, while the other took $10 from Haney. Warning the two men not to pur- they fled to the strect and drove aw‘y in an old automobile. ee ee 8,000,000-CANDLE POWER ~ BEACON IN USE AT CHICAGO Aviators Named by Mayors of 18 Cities Circle Overhead at Dedi- cation i-xercises, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 16.—The world's |largest night beacon light for avi- ators, located on Roanoke Tower Chicago's loop district, shone for the first time last. night- Aviators named by Mayors of 18 cities within the _ visibility the twin §,000,000-candle. power beams watched the first flashes cf light, to be known as#‘The Chi- cago “Central Aerial Beacon.” Planes circled over the beacon as dedicatory exercises were held on the steps of the Field Museum. William P. McCracken Jr., Assist- ant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Ruth R. Nichols, who made the first nonstop flight from New York to Miami, and Justice Floyd E. Thompson spoke. FIRE IN HELENA, MONT,, CAUSES $1,000,000 LOSS eee eee Largest Department Store in Town and Two Big Office Buildings Destroyed, By: the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont., July 16.—Fire which destroyed a quarter of a bleck of Helena’s business section was brought under control today after burning for more than three hours. Newspapers estimated the loss at at least. $1,000,000. The city’s largest department store, two large office buildings, and part ofa third with smaller business houses were destroyed. WOMAN TEACHER DIES OF POISON TAKEN BY MISTAKE “ —_ me Miss Grace Daman Expires After Telling Mother She Had Got Wrong Bottle. Miss Grace B. Daman, 35 years old, a private teacher, died today at her home, 5369 Cabanne avenue, shortly after swallowing poison by mistake, Her mother, Mrs. Marguerite Da- man, with whom she lived, said her daughter had been in ill health for several years: Today she went to a wall cabinet where her medi- cine was kept and a few minutes later exclaimed that she had taken the wrong bottle from the shelf. She was dead when a_ physician errived. An inquest will be held tomorrow. WIFE SUES WILLIAM FARNUM Begins Action Against Actor for Separate Maintenance. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 16.— William Farnum, stage and screen actor. was made defendant in a suit for separate maintenance filed here today by Olive Ann Farnum. The actor's wife named as corres- pondent Isabelle Major, known also. as Isabelle Linds and as Marjorie Manning. 17.9. of | GIRL KILLS HER STEPFATHER 10 PALIFY FAMILY Ada Biggs, 19, of Bismarck Mo., Her Mother and Uncle Confess Plot to Murder W. S. Simpson. VICTIM WAS PLACED ~ AT WINDOW AND SHOT Talk of Getting Rid of Him Began Soon After His Wife’s Brother Came to Live With Them. Special to the Post-Dispatch. BISMARCK, Mo., July 16.—Miss Ada Biggs, 19 years old, confessed yesterday that she had shot and killed'her stepfather, William Silas Simpson, 5:i, a garage owner, by firing through the window of their home last night. Miss Biggs, who was graduated this spring from the Bismarck High School, said that she and her mother and her uncle, Oscar Green- wall, had planned to do away with Simpson to “bring peace into the family.” Greenwahl, who was arrested yesterday and taken to the county jail at Farmington, first confessed the plot to authorities and was brought here yesterday afternoon. Confrontéd with Greenwanhl’s state- ment, his sister, Mrs. Simpson, also confes%d, as did the girl. According: to their stories, Green- wahl and his sister, Mrs. Simpson loaded a shotgun and gave it to the girl. They cocked the weapon be- cause she was unfamiliar with fire- arms. Ada then was sent outside while Mrs. Simpson and Greenwahl raised a window. They then man- aged to get Simpson unsuspectingly in front of the window, where he was shot in the head by his step- daughter. The girl,.in her statement, said | that the stepfather always had been mean to her and had forbid- den her to go out with boys or girls. For four or five years she and her mother had had trouble with Simpson and when, about 11 months ago, the uncle came to live with them, conditions grew worse. She said: several ago they first began to talk of ridding themselves of Simpson to promote family peace. Four small children of Mrs. Simpson by her present marrige were asleep, in the home at. the time of the shooting. Greenwashl had been living with the Simpsons and working in the garage with his brother-in-law. His home is_ in Wesco, Crawford County, where he has a family. The shooting aroused the entire neighborhood for the reason that it Was at first thought thata strang- er had fired through the window. So many people thronged around the house that efforts to use bloodhounds were futile. Miss Biggs, her mother and uncle were taken to jail at Farming- ton. FINED $25 FOR SNATCHING ARRESTING OFFICER'S BADGE Aviation Instructor Penalized Along With Driver of Speed- ing Auto. Derek White, 5536 Pershing ave- nue, aviation instructor at Lambert Field, paid a $25 fine in Police Court today on a charge of inter- fering with a motorcycle policeman who, on the night of June 11, ar- rested the driver of a taxicab in which White and five companions were speeding to a night club. The driver, John Seanlon, was fined $38 for speeding. The policeman testified White grabbed his badge. White said he merely asked the officer not to break up the night club. party. 17 AMERIGAN WOMEN ADRIFT ON LAKE RESCUED Many Fainted When Motor Failed During Storm on Lucerne in Switzerland. By the Associated Press. BERNE, July 16.—Seventeen American women, caught in a storm on Lake Lucerne in a motor- boat after its engine had stopped, were rescued by the steamer Unt- walden. Most of the> women had fainted and were lying helpless in: the bot- ‘tom of the motor boat when the steamer reached them. JERITZA TO SING FOR MOVIES Viennese Opera Star Accepts American Offer. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, July 16.—Maria Je- ritza, operatic prima donna, has ac- cepted an offer to appear in an American talking film. Was stated that this was the second such offer to her and that she had rejected the first, although. it called for payment to her of $10,- 000 a week. It Moldings of stock. _ PAUL BROWN ESTATE. VALUED AT $13.023 642 Appraiser Reckoning Mar- ket Price Instead of Par, Nearly Doubles Inventory Figure $7,728,209. STATE INHERITANCE TAX IS $546,482 This May Be Raised Nearly $1,000,000 if Courts Up- hold New Law Increasing Levy. - Paul Brown, tobacco. manufactur; er and downtown realty owner, is placed at $13,023,612.79, in a re- port forwarded to the State Treas- urer today by Henry A. Baker, ap- praiser for the State inheritance tax department. The *inheritance tax is fixed at $546,482.49. The inventory of the . estate showed a valuation of $7,728,- 209.27, based on par figures for the Mr. brown died last Nov. 17. The amount of $546,482.49, as- sessed as payabie to the State un- der the inheritance tax law, may be increased by nearly $1,000,000, if the courts uphd!Id an amendment passed at the tast Session of the Missouri Legisi!uture. This amend- ment provided for increa the State inheritance tax, to a point of equality with the Federal tax. The executors of*the Brown estate have attacked this amendment as uncon- stitutional. As shown by the appraiser’s re- port, the downtown realty holdings are in the name of the Paul Brown sing — months | Investment Co., the stock of w hich l appears in the former:inventory at its par yalue of $700,000. Baker | finds that this stock is in reality worth $4,200,000. . Several other large holdings stock have a much greater market value, as shown.in the appraisal, than their par vaiue shown in the inventory. The block of 2220 shares com- mon:stock of the George W. Helme Co., with a par valuation of $55.,- 500, is found to be worth $259,740 at the market. American Tobacco Co. common is represented in the’ estate by 5770 shares, which had a par value in the inventory of $288.500, but which the appraiser lists as worth $1,031,387.50. The 6250 shares of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., inventoried at $156,250. are worth $968,750 at the . market... The British-American Tobacco (Co, block of 108,750 shares is worth some- what less than par, and the fig- ure of $2,800,497.75 in the inven- tory is reduced in the appraisal to $2,175,140. Fifteen hundred. shares of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco @Go., in- ventoried at $150,000, have atmar- ket value of $201,000. 7 Nine hundred shares of Mercan- tile Trust Co. stock, inventoried at $90,000, are appraised by Baker at $499,500. Two hundred shares of the National Bank of Commerce, par $20,000, are appraised at $32,- 900. A total of $739,718.66 was ex- empted from the inheritance tax. Bequests of $600,000 to church and charitable objects, executors’ comniissions, counsel fees, Federal income and inheritance taxes are included in this exemption. Appraiser Baker says in his re- port that the interest of Mrs. Inez Brown, the widow, in the estate, is $1,906,363.46. TNie same amount is named for each of three daughters, Mrs. Julia Radford Mrs. Georgie Pauline Blosser and Mrs. Nellie Keller. The interest of a grandson, Paul Brown ITI, is fixed at $953,- 171; that of Pauline W. Caldwell, a granddaughter, at $1,906,343, and that of another granddaughter, Dorothy Brown, at $953,171. Money collected under the State inheritance tax law goes to the maintenance’ of the State Univer- sity. OLD MEMPHIS WHARFBOAT AND TWO STEAMERS BURN a re ee One Vessel Sinks in Flames, Other Continues, Downstream; Total Loss $75,000, Special to the Post-Dispatch. MEMPHIS, July 16.—The his- toric Lee line wharfboat and two river steamers were destroyed by fire here early today. The steamers. De Soto and Tiger, both of Memphis, were cut loose from the old wharfbcat and were allowed to drift. The De Soto sank in flames near President's Island, below Memphis, and the Tiger continued downstream burn- ing. The loss was about $75,000. ? The market value of the estate of : stimated at) " end, 7 of | AVIATOR AND FOUR M WHO FOUND TWO OF I TALIA —-— en em ee ee PRICE 2 CENTS ChEW, RESCUED FROM ICE Heroes of Italia Rescues in Arctic ™ _— Soviet relief expedition’ (center), and the aviator, party and -¥ was 3 himself rescued L geterday after by vee. forced coe, on oe —— —International Photo. CAPT. EGGE, Commander of the Russian icebreaker Krassin (left), Prof. Samoiloyitch, chief of. the Chukhnovsky, who found. the. Italia’s walking MT. {OUISAN S YACHT Gerard Lambert’s Atlantic and Other’ Entries Encounter Mixed Weather. NEW YORK, July 16.-—-Almost halfway across.the ocean, the lead- ing yachts in the trans-Atlant’c race from here to Santander. Spain, for the cup offered by King Alfon- so, ha had just the sort ©’ mixed weather that was expected when they set sail from Ambrose Light Ship off New York July 7. “Disheartening.” has been ‘the way those aboard the racers have described their plight ir the brief radioed advices sent back. That they covered more than 1090 miles in a.week, however, shows they had not stood. still and rolled. The Atlantic, the three-masted schooner which won the race from Sandy Hook to the Lizard in 1905 and which now is owned by Gerard B. Lambert of St. Louts, wagtin the lead after a week of alternate wind jamming and idling, with William B. -Bell’s two-masted schooner Elena second. Atlantic's position at noon on Saturday was latitude 42.43 north, longitude 43.12 west. Elena at ne moment was in latitude 40.22, longitude 48.53, or 1150 miles out. The distance from here to Santander is 3055 miles. Elena reported a fresh, reaching breeze from the southwest, with rough sea, while Atlantic, but a short distance ahead, reported light air and calm sea, ) Since the start .he two achts, thought to be outdistancing the Others in the race, have been for the most part between six and 60 miles apart, Atlantic having .aken a slight lead soon after zetting un- der way. In the westerly reaching airs Atlantic has the better of it with Elena. It has more canvas and with it started on its greater water line length can foot faster in light air. The ship also has Charles Francis Adams, America’s cup defender skipper, aboard. The towering topsails often move the ship with a breeze overhead when the air is flat on the surface of the sea, There has been a wrong idea in some quarters that Elena needed light airs to beat Atlantic, Elena never waa designed as light weather craft.. It is a heavy craft and needs a fresh breeze. Where it would have an advantage over At- lantic would have been in head winds. It can point higher and when close hauled should have out- footed the three-maaster. In a cruise of several thousand miles any sort of wind and weather may be expected. Luck o’aysa big part, but it is not all luck. Seaman- ship and sailing skill count in the TWO POSTAL INSPECTORS SHOT ‘BY DISCHARGED MAIL CARRIER FADING CUP RACE Man Wounds Head of Atlanta (Ga.) Office and Member of His Staff on Street. the Associated Press, ATLANTA, Ga., July .16.—Joe P. Johnston, Vostoffice inspector in | charge of the local office, and | Morgan Griswell, a member of his staff, were shot on a . downtown street near noon today by Harry M. Deeran, 54 years old, who said he had been discharged as a carrier in Boston for his “liberal views.” Griswell was said to have been seriously wounded, while Johnston suffered only a flesh wound in the shoulder. Arrested by police Deer- an was quoted as saying that he had meant to “get’’ both men, So far as local authorities:'could learn, however, neither of the Federal operatives had anything to do with his Boston discharge. After emptying. the revoiver, Deeran ran into a nearby basement, where he remained until the arrival of officers, who made the arrest. Griswell was shot through the throat and arm. By By the Associated “Press. BOSTON, July 16.—Harry M. Deeran was removed as a mail carrier. at the Kgston postoffice Jan, 31, 1925, after he had been found ‘guilty of conduct unbecom- ing a mail carrier, postal inspec- tors here said. He was charged with insulting women on his route. 6000 BARRELS OF WINE AFLOAT AFTER SHIPWRECK Reward of $4 Offcred for Salvage of Each From Lower Scine in France. HAVRE, France, July 16.—The *' [ower Seine was closed to naviga- tion’ until further notice today be- cause of the danger to ship's. pro- pellers from 6000 barrels of wine adrift from the French steamer Moghreb Acsa. The vessel, com- fng from Algiers, went aground in the Estuary near Monfleur. The underwriters were offering a premium of $4 a barrel to per- sons retrieving the wine. The ship was said to be a total lcss, together with the rest of the cargo, which consisted of wheat and sulphate. The cargo was ¢s- timated to be worth nearly $1,000,- 000. 150 FORD WORKERS COLLAPSE, NOON LUNCH PROBABLE CAUSE Stricken After Eating, Somerville (Mass.) Employes Are Taken to Hospitals, By the Associated Press, SOMERVILLE, Mass., July 16. Approximately 150 employes of the Ford Motor Co. plant here col- lapsed at their work today as the result of fliness thought to have been. caused by food eaten at noon. Ambulances and private vehicles took the sick to hospitals. Work was suspended at the plant. NEGRO LEADER OF (1 PINDICTED AS SELLER OF JOBS ‘Perry W. Howard, Special mail | Assistant to U. S. Attor- ney-General Accused of Sharing $1500 Payment. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 16.—Perry W. Howard, Negro, special assist- ant to the Attorney-General, is charged with conspiracy to violate the law prohibiting the sale of a Federal office, in an indictment re- turned by a grand jury at Biloxi, Miss, The indictment specifically charged that Howard and others indicted with him received $1500 to obtain the appointment of a member of the United States Mar- shal's force. Howard declined to comment. He has long been active in Repub- lican politics ig Mississippi. He was Republican State chairman and his faction defeated the Lily-White faction at the recent Republican national convention. Indictments Six Arrests on for Peddling Fedcral Offices. By the Associated Preas. BILOXI, Miss. July 16.—With six men in custody on indictments it has. Scaeeerte against them charging bartering of public offices in Mississippi, the Federal grand jury investigating distribution of Federal patronage by State Repub- lican leaders returned to its task at 10 o'clock this morning. Three additional arrests were re- ported today from Jackson on in- | dictments returned by the grand jury before it adjourned Saturday afternoon. The men arresteg are Scott Hubbard, United Statqg Depw- ty Marshal, and Db. Redmond, an attorney and his brother, A. M. Redmond, both Negro residents of Jackson. An additional caplas was served on E. L. Patton, Negro Republican leader of Jackson, bringing the to- tal number of charges against him to seven. Patton, J. C. Tannehifi, former Deputy Marshal at Sum- merall, and William E. Miller. Postmaster at Wiggins, Miss... were arrested Saturday. They will be arraigned with Hubbard and the Redmond brothers tomorrow morning. Free Band Concert Tonight Soulard Square, 17:30 te 198. Baver’s band. FORCED DOWN ON THURSDAY }, Chukhnovsky Party Which Landed Near Cape Platen Instructed Icebreaker | Take Off Survivors First. CRAFT WILL GO ON TO SEEK 12 OTHERS Zz After Coaling, the Krassin Plans to Continue Search for Amundsen and Six With Bag of Dirigible. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 16.—The sian aviator Chukhnovsky and his four companions, who ~were ma- rooned by a forced landing near Cape Platen Thursday, were taken aboard the Russian icebreaker Krassin at 10 p. m. yesterday. News cf the safety of the party came by radio from. Pret. Samoilo- vitch today...” a ae While the Chukhnoysky party and the damaged plarne’were being taken aboard the Krassin a search. is party, consisting of the Nor- Yweigian guide Noiss and three Ital- ians, which had been sent from the Swedish icebreaker Braganza to aid the soviet fiyer, approached the icebreaker and also was taken aboard. To Seek 12 Other Men. After coaling at Advent Bay, the nearest port, the Kragssin will press its search for the 12 men who are still swallowed up in the Arctic Aviator Chukhnovsky, who early last week by a brilliant air recon- naissance sighted Capt. Alberto Mariano and Capt. Filippo Zappi, members of the walking party of the Italia, gave the first news to the world of these men, who hed been given up for dead. Chukh- Lovsky was accompanied on the flight by Movie Operator Blush- tein and three Russian mechanics, Straude, Shelagin and Alekacey. The group left the Krassin early in the week in search of the Vig- Heri party, stranded off Foyne island. While flying over a region about 20 miles from the Krassin, which was pounding its way through the ice, Chukhnovsky saw the Zappi group and immediately notified his base ship. Chukhnovsky circled the Iittle group in search of a landing place, but was unable to find it. He flew back to the Krassin to give a report and then again went out toward the stranded men. On this second flight, he was forced to land near Cape Platten, just off Northeast Land, and in landing damaged his plane. Urges Ship to Go On, Undaunted by his predicament, Chukhnovsky urged the Krassin te press on in the rescue of the two men who, he said, appeared in an exhausted condition. Chukhnovsky had provisions for two weeks and had equipment to make a safe enrampment, Conse- quently no fear was felt for him and his companions. With the Chukhnoveky party — picked up, there are now only two Kroups connected with the Italia tragedy definitely unaccounted for. One group consists of the six men who were carried off in the bag of the Itaila when it- waa wrecked and the other group consists of the six men in the Amundsen party. There was some hope that these two groups may have joined, since Amundsen was known to be seareh- ing particularily for the bag party. NOBILE SAID TO BE UNDER ARREST ON SHIP AT KINGS BAY. By the Amociated Pres. STOCKHOLM. 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