St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 17, 1928

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—— AIC PAGE URSDAY, ST 16, 1928. as - te LU TELL HIM ANTS HERE ‘ORE WE AVE. OH BABY! A OR ne ete ER Re a em a > 3 sy | r clathes." Poiret made his comment in viow of the Pope's recent condemnation of prevailing costumes. “The Pope is right.” he said. “It is too bad that al! churches do not make a stronger protest. My objection 1s not the same as his, however. I think women are.losing their own game of charming men Street ani evening dresses today rob them of all their charm and mystery.” Free Band Concert Tonight Fairgrounds Park, 7:30 to 10. Falkenhainer’s band. Her When She Was Aid- | A brief communique was issu2d destroyers TOOMBS WILL APPEAL STUDENTPLOT'S. ~ LAGK OF SKILL COST BOY LIFE Sidney Robnett, 17, Soldan High Graduate, Had Asked Friend to Take Him Up. FLYER AND SECOND PASSENGER HURT Machine Falls 400 Feet When Owner Tries to Make too Steep an Ascent and Goes into Tail Spin. An attempt by a student flyer to climb in his airplane at steep an angle was responsible for the crash yesterday afternoon near Lambert-St. Louis Field in which tvo | one passenger was killed and the pilot and a second passenger were gravely injured. Pulled up to an angle at which it could no longer maintain .ly- ing speed, even with its aotor functioning perfectly, the machine fell off into a tail spin and crashed in a field 400 feet below xnd just a quarter of a mile west of the airport. In the crash, which demolished the plane, Robert Sidney Robnett, 17 years old, a graduate of the last June class of Soldan High School, was killed. He resided at 5558 Maple avenue with his wid- owed mother. His father was struck by a street car and killed 18 months ago. Pilot and Passenger Hurt. The pilot was Alfred J. Kuech- enmeister, 25, of McKnight and Clayton roads, St. Louis County. He is at Missouri Baptist Sani- tarium with fractures of the nose, left leg, and upper jaw, com- pound fractures of the left fore- arm and lower jaw, and a prob- able fracture of the skull. The second passenger, Delbert Flanders, 21, of 4138 Ashland ave- nue, also is at Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, suffering from a frac- ture of the skull and compound fracture of the left leg. He has been unconscious since the craSh¢ Which occurred at 1:15 o’ciock. Kuechenmeister, who was con- scious at intervals today, said in explanation of the crash that the plane went into a stall when he climbed it too steeply. It was a new Waco biplane which he had purchased recently. His explanation was confirmed by O. E. Scott, field manager, who saw the crash from the door of his office. Scott told a Post-Dispatch reporter that he saw, the plane climb steeply and go into a stall just a few seconds before it. fell off into a spin. It crashed into the ground right side up, at high speed, with its engine still turning over, and was demolished, Asked Pilot to Give Him a Ride. Young Robnett, an Eagle Bov Scout, had ridden to the field yes- terday On his bicycle, accompanied by four chums. He tmportuned uKechenmeister to take him for a ride and finally Kuenchenmeister consented, putting him in the front cockpit beside Flanders. Kuechenmeister, a student, had applied only yesterday for a Fed- eral license as a student pilot, so that he could fly his airplane in interstate traffic. He had had 26% hours in the air in solo flight, but even with the student's license could not legally carry passenxere in interstate traffic. The Federal authorities, how- ever, have no.jurisdiction over fiy- ers who.do not cross a state linc, so that the flight yesterday was not in violation of the law. There fa a rule at the municipal airport that only licensed pilots with more than 200 hours may carry passen- gers for pay. but the field manage- ment has no jurisdiction over p’‘- Mots who want to carry their friends as passengers. | Young Robnett's father was Noah Robnett, vice president. of the Charles M. Monroe Stationery Co. He was killed on Feb. 13. 1927, by a street car at Union and Delmar boulevards. His two sons, Sidney and Hart, were with him at the time, BOY KILLED AND PILOT OF PLANE ROBERT SIDNEY ROBNETT. = on . fn ae Oe RLS PEO ALFRED J. KUECHENMEISTER. ROBBER KILLED AFTER HOLDUP IN PASADENA Companion Surrenders — Two Policemen Shot, One Dangerously. By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Cal., Aug. 17.—One robber killed, another cap- tured and two policemen were shot following the holdup of the Pasa- dena National Bank here today. Motor Cycle Policeman Fred Walker received dangerous we '-nds in the neck and chest when he met the robbers in an alley as they left the bank. After shooting Walker, the men took the highway to Alhambra. Rh. L. Schab, a policeman, in a run- ning revolver fight with them, killed one and forced the other to surrender. SWIMMER IN GATUN LOCKS CHARGED 36 CENTS TONNAGE Huge Gates Opened for Richard Halliburton, Writer. Paddling Through the Canal. L*'y the Associated Preas. GATUN, Canal Zone, Aug. 17.— For the first time in the history of the Panama Canal the huge Gatun iocks were opened yesterday for the passage of a single individual. The individual was Richard Halli- bu. ton, American duthor, who on Tuesday started to swim the canal from the Atlantic te the Pacific. a distance of about 50 miles. Fuur sets of steel lock gates, weighing 1500 cons each, had to be opened and ciosed t® lift the swimmer from the Atlantic sea ievel 85 feet to Gatun Lake, and three lock chambers, ‘ containing 10,400,000 enbic feet of water «ach, had to be filled and emptied. If required as much mechanical labor to put HalliLurton through the lochs as it did for the 40,000-ton airplane carrier Saratoga, the hesviest ship. Charges for the pastage were made in accordance with the ton rate and Halliburton, weighing 150 pounds, paid just 36 centa. Hallibarton yesterday entered the alligator-infested Gatun Lake, accempanied by an army sharp- shooter as guard. He is swimming du:ing the davytight hours and resis at night. was — TO FEDERAL COURTS TO — CAPE TRIAL HERE AWAITS ARREST. TOMORROW ON FOUR WARRANTS President of International Will Surrender: in Chi- cago but Will Fight Ex- tradition. ‘HE CAN TELL WHERE MISSING ASSETS ARE’ His Lawyer Pleads Client Is Needed in Chicago in Connection With Broker- age Receivership . Roy C. Toombs, president of the International Life Insurance Co., will surrender to the Chicago po- lice tomorrow, his lawyer 4sf- nounced today, on the four war- rants issued here for his arrest on felony charges, relating to a part of the $3,562,952 removed by him from the company’s assets. A {u- gitive warrant for Toombs’ arrvst has been issued in Chicago. Yoombs, his lawyer further said, will appeal to the Federal Court to prevent his extradition from Il- linois. After having thrown the insurance company ship by juggling its moncy and &e- curities, he will seek protection in the fact that he also wrecked his Chicago brokerage firm, Toombs & Daily, for which a receiver was appointed in that city Tuesday. Basis of Injunction Suit. The uppeal to the Federal Court, according to Toombs’ lawyer, Eu- gene L. McGarry, will be made on the ground that Toombs is needed in Chicago in connection with the Toombs & Daily receivership. He is needed, McGarry says, to advise the referee in bankruptcy and the receiver, which is the Foreman Trust,and Savings Bank, as to the location of assets of Toombs & Daily. Therefore, an injunction against his removal from Illinois will be sought. “Toombs hasn't the securities that they say are missing,” the lawyer said, “‘but he can tell where they are.” The receivership. for Toomm & Daily was decreed by Judge Gem- mill of the Superior Court, a State tribunal. The receivership petition charged Toombs with having de- pleted the brokerage compaty’s assets by a series of transfers and manipulations “involving enormous sums of money.” Securities to ihe value of $2,000,000 were removed by him, it was charged, and the company did not receive an equiv- alent for them. Investigation of the use of the mails in Toombs’ transactions with Toombs & Daily, and of pos- sible violations of the bucket- shop statutes, has been begun by the United States District Attor- ney’s office in Chicago. Four Warrants Issued. In addition to the original war- grand larceny, three more war- rants were issued by the Circuit Attorney yesterday afternoon. Each charges him with procuring a false certificate of capital stock to be signed, with intent to issue it. One warrant charges that last Jan. 17, Toombs as president caused ‘V. F. Grantges, vice president, and W. G. Daret, secretary, to sign a false and fraudulent certificate tor 3000 shares of capital stock of the’ in- surance company, numbered 11,- 009. The others allege certifi rtes were similar, and were ..umbered 11,010 and 11.611. The offense charged is a felony, punishable on conviction by 2 to 7 years’ im- prisonment. Posta] Officers Called in. Not only Attorney-General Shar- tel and two assistanta, but postef- fice inepectors, are now co-operat- ing with the Circuit Attorney, in his investigation of Toombs dealings. The sending through the maile of the fraudulent over-lasue stock cer- tificates, used in obtaining loaner or designed for such use, may result in Federal warrants against him, Attorney-General. Shar‘el has sent a request to the Attorney-Gen- eral of Hilinois, and to the receive Continued os Page 3, Column @. - into recelvtre- . rant against Toombs, which charges. a . Pees ao easy ag Ate LMOTP ETRE ete 6 Fa Min Be - nal tse lonpinenatee. a ny eT enh yaa ragga pe ace ee 2 ee ae, | - ~ * — * ” aeons hs mer Peat as io on . wr * ep dpetace RistEn eg ¥ ee . ‘ — 2) oy "r. 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