St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 7, 1928

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{ COMIC PAGE MONDAY, | AUGUST 6, 1998, “ ——— lage in One of thg nday Post-Dispatch T MUCH TO DO! fay NICURE MY FINGERNa«y SSHBOARD. GET «a RP & HOT COOKSTOVvE AFTERNOON, ITs A SLURRING AARK THAT I /EN'T MUCH TO ‘ MY STARS ' TRAT ISN'T : 4 tds | DT i ». | i th s bus 4 Spee A 4 # RAISED PART H. WAY TO TOP ‘ull Page in One of the Sunday Post-Dispatch %, 4 F-14, Rammed by Destroy- BOs, | ON SECS, “THOOGHT I GLESS Wwe'N \ SaSS GO ON , 2 OP, E FOUND] | 4 a water in the Morse code, TODAY'S NEWS TODAY #ea vu PAT OFF Bei, 4 LONDON PM » 1 sriouls Pm ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service SPORT FINAL Stock, Bond and Ourb Tables Complete VOL. 80. NO. 335. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1928—36 PAGES, PRICE 2 CENTS *) 4 - 3? sf i. + ie " ftalian Craft Now Within b 40 Feet of Surface — : Communication With Crew Broken Off. “EFFORTS HAMPERED BY ADRIATIC STORM er, Lay Beyond Safety Limit — Compartments * in Danger of Collapse. "By the Associated Press. ROME, Aug. 7.—The Italian sub- marine F-14, sunk yesterday in 130 bi feet of water after a collision with a-destroyer, was raised at 6 o’clock tonight to within 40 feet of the sur- ' face. Communication with its im- | prisoned crew of 31 men, which had been maintained by submarine telegraph, had been lost for several hours preceding this feat. Weather conditions in the a4m- atic were reported as improving The reason for the sud@em tee mination of the signals wag Gm known to the salvage fleet, out & was hoped it meant the imprisoneé men merely had sought refuge in the conning tower, from which the signals could not be worked. An- other hypothesis, which held hope if the operations are continued at > the same rate, was that the men _ might have been weakened. or overcome by the fumes from the accumulators. It was thought they could be revived in such a case if air could be got to them in the next few hours. : _| There were 31 men aboard the ’ submarine when it sank after be- ing struck by the destroyer Giu- ' Beppe Missori during naval ma- Reuvers in the Upper Adriatic. How many of the men are still alive remained a mystery tonight. From its prison the crew of the -F-14 maintained communication ' with the rescuers. This was by '™eans of the submarine acoustic telephone with which all Italian submersibles are provided. It con- sists of a device attached to the _ lower part of the hull which sends out audible signals under the which _ tan be heard by means of special _ Sound detectors carried by ships ' or other submarines below the water line. Promptness Pleases Mussolini. Premier Mussolini today received Undersecretary Sirrianni of the Navy, who presented details con- cerning the sinking of the F-14. YOu The Premi t - fe Be er wishes personally io ME. THIS Mote ON] > direct and supervise the rescue . ASit & THE FLOOR: @ Work. He expressed satisfaction at CICERO iT SAYS 2 _ the promptness and efficiency dis WHO MUTT You : vee by the naval authorities In rying out rescue efforts. D OFF > AIN'T SEEN Although communication was GATS -. NOTHING maintained with the imprisoned sockebD YETe . Men, it was not known how many ce? SIGNED: _ Were still alive and it was feared » GUESS _Seme may have been killed. either % e _by the impact of the destroyer . Dag Sgainst the stern of the subma- i | tine or by the rush of water - / through the break in the hull. of | The inner watertight compart- fo’ FZ RY ments prevented the water from a ee Ce \ flooding the entire ship, but Italian : y, oy “Raval authorities were concerned ; = \ Over how long the compartments as Fuss Would be able to withstand ithe . zy t\e//m Pressure to which they are bein a ee subjected. f r : = Mat y Far Below Safety Limit. " MAY. CONCERN:4} FOR A GOOD CORN’ BEEF . SAGE. PLEASE HOW YOU | 2 SOHINGE | The F-14 was launched in 1917 : and at that time was considcred safe at depths up to 100 feet. As _the submarine became older this Safe depth was gradually reduced. © rescue operations are being ed by Admiral Foschini “Sboard the cruiser Aquila, which _ has been anchored near the sunken | Veesel. A steel cable was attached y early his morning but lifting opera- tlons were hindered by heavy seas. _ Report from the Gulf of Pola in- _ficated that the wind was fresh- q and waves were sweeping : the pontoon from which the fescue efforts were being made. was only with the greatest dif- ; ty that the divers could con- ® their work. 81 Men on Submarine. | ally submarines of the size f the “Sut there — several apprentice adoard, bringing the Mumber of the crew up to 29. In mn there were two officers, Weil and Commander Fasulo. | tier centration of the various re- . Spparatus was so rapid and e, it was stated, that res- Work began goon after the si me had sunk. A Four Givers were rushed to the a Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ied Ne igang i ee oe S7 g's Sara 7 ee | eR 89 ee i oe 78 Yesterday's high, 91 (1:45 p. m.); low. 2 (6: - 3. Relative humidity at noon. 59 per cent. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Unsct- tled tonight ar tomorrow, prob- ably with thuu- dershowers; not much change in temperature. Missouri: Local thundershowers tonight and to- morrow ; not much change ina temperature. Illinois: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably with k- cal thunderstorms Be A YES-MAN FOR “THE AIRPORT. tral portions; nct much change in : tem perature. Sunset 7:06. Sunrise (tomor- row), 5:08. Stage of the Mississippi 14.3 fcet, a rise of 0.6. | ‘ ; TACOMA ROCKED BY EXPLOSION OF POWDER ON BOAT Detonation of 12 Tons of Explosive in Puget Sound Narrows Heard 40 Miles Away in Seattle. BURNING DEBRIS BLOWN HALF MILE Crew of Two Men Swims to ‘Safety—Fate of Rescuers on Way to Vessel Unde- termined. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 7.—The powder boat La Blanca lay wrecked in the Puget day, Sound narrows to- and thousands of window panes on the shore adjacent and in downtown Tacoma were broken, the result of a terrific powder ex- plosion aboard the boat. The crew of two men, Capt. Neils Christensen and his son, Nels, quit the ship last night when flames aboard got beyond control Running the craft close to shore, they swam to safety and had raced half a mile away when the 12 tors of black and blasting aboard went off. The explosion rocked the adja- cent countryside, breaking virtual- ly all window glass on Day Island Titlow beach. It was estimated that plate glass worth $2500 was shattered in downtown Tacoima, 7 miles distant. Teleph «@ serv- ice was disrupted. The pvrast was heard in Seattle, 40 miles distant. The detonation blew burning de- bris on the dock at Day Isla&d, nearly a half mile away, and a woods fire started on the west side of the mile-wide narrows. The craft’s entire cabin was blown up on the bluff, near where Christen- sen and his son had sought safety in a ground depression. The skipper felt some corcern for occupants of several sinall boats, which put out to the aid of the distressed craft. He said he shouted a warning to these, but was not certain all the wou'd-be rescuers learned of the danger. The boat was bound from a Du Pont, Wash., powder mill to Ken- nydale, near Seattle. Before the fire reached the pow- der it threw off a weird light and huge columns of peculiarly-colored smoke, which spectacle attracted crowds to the waterfront. There was a scramble among the shore folk for safety as the captain and his son ran along the beach, shouting the warning. Then the narrows were. lighted with a blinding flash, and a mighty roar followed. Persons were thrown off their feet, and confusion fol- lowed. Frightened residents de- luged the telephone company in an effort to iearn cause of the shock. The explosion shattered the Lea Blanca, which sank. Only bits of wreckage remained when the dense smoke cleared. Cause of the blaze, first seen in a tarpaulin, was u'- cetermined. ’ PIERCE ARROW STOCKHOLDERS APPROVE REORGANIZATION PLAN Studebaker Will Invest $2,000,000 in Company, Receiving New Stock. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 7. — Stockholders of the Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co. today approved plans for a reorganization of the company in which the Studebaker corporation will have a substantial interest. Under terms of the plans, Stude- baker will invest $2,000,000 in the new company, receiving in return all the Class B stock to be isened Although the plans do not provide for a merger, Studebaker’s selling organization will be put behind the new company in the expectation that production at the Pierce-Ar- row plant will be increased to 15,- 000 units a year. The allied interests of the two powder motor companies will form the fourth largest manufacturing group in the industry with total assets approximating $200,000,000. HOPE FOR BRENNAN GIVEN UP Illinois Denpocratic Leader Suffers Relapse. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—George E. Brennan, Democratic national com- mitteeman for Illinois, who has in north and cen- | been suffering from septic poison- ing for a week, has suffered a re- lapse, his physicians announced to- day, giving up hope for his recov- ery. A consultation last night at the hospital disclosed that a serious kidney disorder had developed. rs) $2,910,000 TOTAL IN SERIES OF LOANS BETWEEN TOOMBS AND TEXAS FIRM Head of Great Southern In- surance Co. Discloses He Advanced $1,000,000 to International President. NOW IN CITY TRYING TO PROTECT CLAIMS a Stock Figured as Collateral for $1,570,000 Borrowed From Local Corporation. Houston Concern’s Interlocking loans, each of $1; 000,000 or more, between Roy C. Toombs, president of the Interna- tional Life Insurance Co, and per- sons interested in the Great South- ern Life Insurance Co. of Houston, Tex., are shown by today’s develop- ments in the inquiry now being made into the disappearance of $3,500,000 bonds from the Interna- tional’s assets. Kk. P. Greenwood, president of the Great Southern Co., is in St. Louis conferring with those inter- ested in the reorganization of the International Life. His purpose is to protect the value of the Inter- natifhal’s stock, a large block of which he holds as security for a $1,000,000 loan made to Toombs last September. Toombs borrowed the money from Greenwood at the time when he, Toombs, had still a balance of more than $1,000,000 to ‘ay on the $3,100,000 purchase price of the International, acquired in June, 1927, from W. K. Whitfield and associates. was enabled, by this loan, to com- plete payment for the Internaticn- al last September and acquire full control. He gave to Greenwood, as collateral, stock which he had ac- quired by his previous payment. Toombs Firm Lent Money. The records of the International Life for 1927eshow that last Nov. 7, some two months after Toombs had completed the purchase of the International, the International lent $1,510,000 to a borrower de- signated as the “Great Southern L. S. S.’”’ As collateral it received 68,088 shares of the Great South- ern’s stock, with a par value of $10 a share, but an actual value stated at. $1,906,464. On the same date, the record shows, the International Co. lent to E. P. Greenwood $60,000 on 2706 shares of Great Southern stock, with a market value stated as $75,- 768. These two were the only col- lateral loans made by the Interna- tional Life in 1927. By the reciprocal loans, Toombs was enabled to complete his acqui- sition of the International with money which, in effect, he bor- rowed from the International's own treasury. This effect was produced by compensating his Texas cred- itors with a loan from the coffers of the International. Seeks to Protect Loans. Greenwood now is interested in protecting the walue of the collat- eral held by him, the International stock, which is threatened with the loss of its entire value through the depletion of the International's assets. Toombs has been given un- til Friday to return the bonds or their equivalent, with the alterna- tive of an investiration by the state prosecuting authorities. If the International Life loses the value of the bonds n-w miss- ing, the capital stock and surplus of the company, which is less than $3,000,000, will be wiped out. A merger with another compary, such as that now proposed with the Missouri State Life, not only will protect the policyholders of the International, but also the stockholders, to some extent. Babler Aids Creditor of Firm. Greenwood, in calling on S8t. Louis financiers interested in a re- organization of the International, has been accompanied by Jacob L. Babler, former vice president of the International Life. Babler has not been active in the company’s affairs since he and associates sold contro! to the Whitfield manage- ment, which in turn sold, last year, to Toombs. Announcement was made yester- day by the Idaho State Insurance Bureau, at Boise, that the Interna- tional Life Insurance Co, was ex- cluded from doing business in the State of Idaho. The action was taken on the ground that the com- pany had refused to show its books to the Idaho State Examiner. The company, at the end of last year, had 593 policies in force in Idaho, for a total of more than $1,200,000. President Toombs said to a Post- Dispatch reporter in Chicago yes- terday, that he would be in &8t. ~ Continued on “age 3, Column 32. a i a dh a . Pacific and Atlantic Photo by Telephone From New York. A LIFE BOAT from the liner Minnewaska approaching the wrecked seaplane of Capt. Frank T. Courtney in mid-Atlantic. Courtney and his three companions were rescued. THINKS GUURT SHOULD DOUBT INFIDEL S WORD Husband-Slayer Appeals From Conviction — Atheists’ So- ciety Takes a Hand. It appears that he} By the Associated Press. DECATUR, Ala., Aug. 7.—The American Association for the Ad- vancement of Atheism today was challenged by J. N. Powell, attor- ney, to use the country’s most famous attorneys to prove that the dying statement of an “infidel” should be given credence before the law. The challenge grew out of the appeal of Mrs. Emma Marsball, convicted of killing her husband, who asked the State Supreme Court to set aside her life sentence on the ground that his death-bed accusation of her should not hold because she said he was an “in- fidel.”’ Powell, attorney for Mrs. Mar- shall, contends that ‘an infidel’s dying statement should not receive the same credence as that given the word of a believer in God ard the hereafter.” “My contention,” Powell said, “is that if a man is an infidel he pro- fesses no religion to bind his con- science to speak the truth. He does not believe in future punish- ment of the soul. He does not be- lieve in God, and would as soon make a false statement on Lis death bed as he would in the prime of life. I believe that if a man is an infidel his testimony in cur courts should be received with great caution and the high courts of our country so hold.” The Association sent an inver- tigator to Decatur and issued a statement saying that reversing of Mrs. Marshall's sentence on any such ground would be a direct bicw to atheism. Charles Smith of New York, president of the atheist or- ganization, said he would ask per- mission of Attorney-General C. C. McCall of Alabama to be repre- sented by an attorney at the Su- preme Court hearing. FOUR GIRL SCOUTS DROWN IN LAKE; SIX ARE RESCUED Boat With 10 Campers Capsizes Near Pinedale, Wyo.; Victints From 10 to 12 Years Od. By the Associated Press. PINEDALE, Wyo., Aug. 1%.— Four Girl Scouts drowned and six others were rescued when a boat in which they were rowing on New York Lake, south of here, capsized last night. . The dead are: Minnie Farneneo, Margaret Card and Reta Tolton, all of Kock Springs, Wyo... and Reta Angell, Superior, Wyo. Their ages ranged from 10 to 12 years. Bill Thomas of Pinedale and Jo- sephine Russell of Laramie, a for- mer University of Wyoming swim- ming star, were attracted by the screams when the boat overturned and succeeded in pulling six of the girls ashore in the darkness. The children were attending a Girl Scout camp at the lake. Free Band Concert Tonight. Sherman Park, 7:30 to 10. Falk- enhainer’s band. Ain TE oe ee “ ” — eae FOUR-MILLIONTHS | OF SECOND TIME OF LIGHTNING FLASH Photograph Is Made When Bolt Hits High Tension Wire in Pennsylvania. By the Associated Press. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Aug. 7. —The duration of a flash of light- ning has been ascertained by scien- tists of the General Electric Co. A photograph of lightning was taken July 27 at Wallenpaupack, Pa., by an automatic cathode ray oscillograph, a high speed camera developed.in the company's gen- eral engineering laboratory. It was installed in the high voltage transmission wire of the Pennsyl- vania Power and Light Co., for the tests of the effects of lightning on a high voltage wire. The camera showed that the time from the shock until the volt- age from the impact reached its maximum was five ten-millionths of a second. This maximum volt- tage was 1,500,000. Immediately after this, an inductive disturbance shot the voltage to 2,500,000 and dropped it again to about 4,500,000, all in abont one ten-millionth of a second. From the first impact until all effects of the bolt disap- peared from the camera’s eye 40 ten-mililonths of a second elapsed. TROPICAL STORM SLIGHTLY DAMAGES WEST PALM BEACH Gale Abates, Then Recurs Later in Day; Shipping at a Standstill. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 7.—Slight damage to trees, shrub- bery and awnings was _ reportcd here and at Palm Beach late to- day as a tropical storm, which had abated earlier in the day, recurred with the wind whipping the two cities at a 60-mile clip. Shipping was at a standstill and Lake Worth, separating the tww cities, was bank full. The phenomenon was similar to that at Nassau, Bahamas, yeste;- day when a storm, which arose be- fore daybreak, abated in mid- morning, only to descend again in fury during the afternoon, A storm warning was issued at Washington by the Weather Bu- reau, which estimated the center of the disturbance at about 70 miles southeast of Palm Beach. Paim Beach officials express grave concern for the safety of Ocean boulevard, which skirts Lite ocean front. A high tide was flow- ing and the wind was whipping the waves dangerously close to that street, which was destroyed in the 1926 hurricane. Indications were that the wind would increase. City officials said that should the wind remain high when the tide comes in again, about midnight, therc would be danger of serious damage to the coast line. First of New Currency Printed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-—-The first bills of the new and smaller currency were printed today at the Bureau of Engraving. The first batch run off the presses consisted of dollar bills, which will constitute 53 per cent of the total of nearly a billion bills of differ- ent denominations. The printing of the $2 bills will be started soon, Treasury officials said. The new currency will go into circulation not later than July 1, 1929. COURTNEY AND GREW ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Quiet Welcome for Four Men Rescued From Seaplane in Mid-Atlantic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Capt. Frank T. Courtney and the three men of the crew of the seaplane Whale which crashed aflame in midocean on an attempted trans-Atlantic flight from Horta to Newfoundland, arrived here yester- day on the liner Minnewaska, which picked them off of the floating wreck of their aircraft. Courtney and E. B. Hosmer, backer of the flight. both expressed their willingness to attempt the flight again. It was a nonchalant aircraft crew which stepped off the city tug Macom at the Battery, shook hands with Mayor Walker at City Hall, and drove up Broadway through hurrying crowds to a hotel. The flyers were taken off the Minnewaska at Quarantine, brought up the Bay on the municipal) tug Macom and given a formal wel- come at City Hall by Mayor Walk- er. Later they were guests at din- ner of the Quiet Birdmen, an avia- tors’ organization and attended a show in the evening. Fiyers Enter U. 8S. Megally. The flyers entered this country “illegally,” is was learned when immigration authorities served no- tice on the Minnewaska’s officers that unless the four men appeared at Ellis Island the ship would be subject to a fine of $4000. They left the liner before the inspectors arrived, Capt. Claret allowing them to leave when assured by Grover Whalen that everything would “be. all right.” No difficulties were ex- pected from their illegal entry, but immigration authoritics said the formalities must be observed. Commissioner of Immigraiion Day issued a statement later say- ing Courtney and his companions would not be forced to report to Ellis Island for entering the coun- try “illegally.” “My understanding is that they arrived as temporary visitors and planned to return to England within a very short time,” Day said. Capt. Courtney did the talihing for his companions while the Ma- com steamed from Quarantine t* the Battery. He related a graphic story of the forced landing, the hours of drifting. the fire in the engine room of the piane and the final rescue by the liner Minne- waska. Fire Starts at 1500 Feet. . “We were up 1500 feet when the fire broke out,” he said. “and it took us only 30 seconds to drop t> the water while Fred Pierce, me- chanic, stopped the gasoline feed cocks. We veered over 30 de. grees and came down smack mn the incline of an ocean swell wit the aid of the flare made by our own flaming ship.” The crew thought there was «@ slim chance for any of them, bh» said, but they carried on “ve. though Courtney had to stand up in the seat as the aircraft landed to protect his glasses, without which he is virtually blind. AIRPORT BONDS TAKE BIG LEAD EARLY; INDICATIONS POINT TO PRIMARY VOTE OF 130,000 IN C Rescue of Capt. Courtney and Crew From Seaplane ESTIMATED TOTAL OF 75,000 WITHIN 10 HOURS, ~ CANVASS SHOWS Contest for Circuit Attor- neyship Nomination Cen: ter of Interest in St. Louis. BRISK FIGHT ALSO OVER JUDGESHIPS No One Section Either Ab- normally Light or Heavy in Morning Balloting — Polls Close at 7 P. M. ;| Voting, which proceeded at a moderate pace through the day, be- came brisk late this afternoon in the senatorial, State and local pri- mary ,to which, this once, is ate tached the $2,000,000 airport hond issue election. Housewives, voting as they did their marketing, and men re‘urn’ ing from their work, swelled the lines at many of the 636 precinct polling places. At 4 p. m. @ ¢an- vass of selected precincts indicated that about 75,000 votes had been ane out of the registration of 267,- 126. On the basis of this vote, 19 hours after the polls opened, it was predicted at the Election Board office that there would be /before the poils close at 7 p. m. From all the informatno iobtain- able the citywide voting is heavyily in favor of the airport bond iasue proposal. The ballots on this pro- posal are separate from those bear- ing the names of party candidates. A two-thirds vote, or two votes for the bond issue to one against, is required for passage. 3 Circuit Attorneyship Contest. The contest, in both parties, for the nomination for Circuit Attor- ney was the center of interest. Both Republican and Democratic committeemen and committee- women, most of them candidates for re-election themselves, have hesitated to commit themselves on this and other contesta which might affect their own support. Howard Sidener, Circuit Attor- ney. appeared to have the advan- tage given by organization sup- port, to a greater degree than his opponents. It appeared that the vote opposing Sidener, on his rec- ord, would be divided between the four other candidates, and that this would work in his favor. On the Democratic side. Frank- lin Miller is backed by some cdém- mittee members, and by a strong independent element, as the man most likely to beat Sidener in No- vember, in the. event that Sidener obtains a renomination. Other contests of lively local in- terest are for the Republican nom- ination for Circuit Judge, Sheriff and Public Administrator The judicial candidates have doMe more than others in the distribution of cards, circulars, matchbooks and other advertising devices, State Ticket. In the State-wide primary, ean- didates wili be nominated for all State offices except State Buperin- tendent of Schools. The list in- cludes United States Senator, Gov- ernor, Supreme Judge, Secretary of State, Attorney-General. Lieuten- ant-Governor, Treasurer and Audi- tor, 150 seats in the House of Reap- resentatives and 17 seats tn the State Senate. ' It is estimated that approximate- ly 650,000 votes will be ast by Re- publicans and Democrats in the en- tire State. about half the usual to- tal vote in the general election. They will be divided, it ts theught, “The flight itself was « allure,” Continued on Page 3, Column 1. . eR ae a total poll of more than 130,009. ? Sac oo ge ore eee SiR ; ieaset te NST ie Ads ewan eee ee la 5 eee B mt Hn eb, aids oe i Nh hE SES oe phe’ Leds gerk. yt t set data $e tp sibs ima: Sante Bhi Wie Ste gs okt P ‘tah SIG 2: Sabie pes of i *