St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 21, 1928

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cade ce) = os IC PAGE ONDAY, ST 20, 1928, —_—— THERES ONE or TODAY @EG US PAT OFF TWO Smarr CRACKS INg IT ‘ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service SPORT FINAL, Stock, Bond and Curb Tables Complete WHERE Asay iS RAZZEQ. NO. 349. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1928.—36 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS >BUT THe ’ EST OF IT 1g, 4 * ABOUT as = INNY’ AS Bap (| | VS FROM THE -OME Tax eres BROTHER a © a : Ie : King, 20, Shoots Two ; Others and Ends Own Life in Quarrel at Granite } pREs AT WOMAN'S | MOTHER AND MISSES 5 “| Alice King, 18, and r mes Sownsoncie Found | Dead by Police at 2902 * Denver Street. ied . John King, 20-year-old _ steel ‘ili laborer, shot and killed his fe. Alice, 18, his brother-in-law, dl a i‘ 2p. m. today during a family : quarrel at 2902 Denver street. | Lo7777eP~/ze | F | WIE R _ Granite City. Vaak rext 7? ; “When police arrived they found the three bodies on the living room floor, and learned what had hap- pened from Mrs. King’s hysterical | | mother and other members of the: -family who were present when the | | Pshooting occurred. | The mother related wnat King T AND SELF IN - FAMILY ROW | »s Sownsoncie, 32, and himself’ | W. F. WHITING SUCCEEDS HOOVER IN THE CABINET: | ! ' i ' President Appoints Massachusetts Manufac- turer—Pays High Tribute to Ly the Associated Press. SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 21.— President Coolidge accepted today (the resignation of Secretary of Commerce Hoover from the Cabi- net and appointed William F. Whit- ing of Holyoke, Mass., to succeed him. Whiting, who has been a friend and political supporter of Presi-. dent Coolidge many years, arrived in Superior this :norning and took the oath of office in the Presi- d:nt’s room at the executive offices here, Whiting is head of the Whit- ing Paper Co. of Holyoke, Mass. He has never held a political of- fice, but has been active in state politics, especially in Western Massachusetts. He was a delega‘e to the Republican National Con- / vention in 1920, 1924 and 1928. He is about 65 years old. President Coolidge accepted Sec- retary Hoover’s resignation by tele- gram, addressed to Washington, in which he praised the Commerce Secretary's effort in promoting the commercial and business activities of the nation. “Your resignation as Secretary Coolidge said. “I Wish to express to you my appreciation of the char- acter of the service you have ren- dered in that office. It has been of | of Commerce rendered some time! | ago is hereby accepted,” President Retiring Secretary. | | great benefit to the commercial life of the nation and has given a new impetus to our entire business structure: “You have gained a knowledge Of | the mechanics of business and gov- | ernment that is unsurpassed. It! will always be a satisfaction to me | to have had the benefit of your wise counsel in meeting the prob- lems which have arisen during my administration. My best wishes will always attend you in the broader | field to which you have been! called.”’ Has Been Stanch Supporter of President for Years. By the Associated Press. HOLYCKE, Mass.,. Aug, 21.— William F. Whiting, one of the: best known paper manufacturers | in the Connecticut Valley, is a na- | tive and lifeiong resident of this! city. He is the son of ‘the late) Congressman William Whiting. A. strong friend of President Cool- idge, he was outspoken in his wish that the President would consent to stand for renomination. Shortly after his graduation from Amherst College, Whiting en- tered his father’s business and on his death became president and treasurer of the William Whiting Manufacturing Co. In recent years he declined to allow the use of his name for the Mayoralty. W. H. COATS, 12TH MILLIONAIRE FROM THREAD COMPANY, DIES FRED W. PAPE Succumbs in England; His lamily . | Has Amassed $96,500,000 had suddenly put an end to an f : # exchange of bitter recrimination= in 102 Years. _ @ »y springing to his feet and shout- | ©y the Associated Press. Teas Ti @ ing, “I'm going to , kill ou all.’ LONDON, Aug. 21.—William GS wt @ He fired two shots at Sownsoncie, | Hodge Coats, chairman ot es. & P. SULLET one at his wife, and two at the; Coats, famous thread manufactur- “mother, Mrs. Mitchell. One shot; ers, died today. He was the ontv TEAS ® went wild and he firea the seventh | Surviving son of the late Archibaid ‘ELF | shot into his own head. Coats, first chairman of the com- MIST A ' King and his wife had been es- pany. — RIGHT ® tranged for about a month and he William Hodges Coats was reck- BoRo's had moved from the house where| oned a millionaire. He was the , they formerly lived together, 2c- twelfth man of that wealth in the | b= cording to the relatives. Last Sat-: family since the business was' +1 -urday nicht. at a dance hall in, Started in a small way 104 years SEAS ® Granite City, King observed nis| 28°. @ wile dancing with another mn. Thus far the estate taxes on va- SER ‘He interrupted them, punched tne} Tous members of the family have 1! NEAR CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON Huge Outfit In Vault 30 Feet Be- low Street Level; No Arrests Madc. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Aug. °1.—The desire of a still owner to be up to, date in every detail resulted today | sion to take action, contending that in the discovery of the a spt if Hassell was sending signals. | whisky manufacturing er ride they were being drowned out. | found in Washington—a 1200-g211- lon capacity outfit within hailing Flyers Had Boat and Three We: ks’ Hoover Gazes on Old Scenes. Before the call to breakfast, the he kitchen where he once helped widowed mother with the he back porch which overlooks a er. beside the passed in behind the ol red brick high school building and graves. Leaving the cemetery. the party there provisions for three weeks. $25 FOR 108-LB. WATERMELON Hall, big business tory interests as represented in the} Democratic and Republican parties. Since the Houston convention, and the preda-; after having been ordered by Gar- field Charlies, Federal referee in bankruptcy. to quit “intimidating” Toombs by hanging around ‘he J | i} _ , ie : Sate > : i p @ 13 HAIR OR TAX ORDERED | wood, knocking off a chimney and| ‘ce in the committee. F. W. Ev-| Hoover wore a double-breasted Food Supply. distance of the esgic Se tsk ate t end inte dente charged that the intent of various PEKIN. Aug. 21.—The Municipal | Plowing out electrical fuses, Roux. | CTS Of the Twenty-first Ward had) cuit of his favorite color, navy AG + -greke "a ee eee a ek ta ,. | Proposals had been misrepresented, e Municipa ra a CHICAGO, Aug. 21.—It was a ~ally erated barrel washer: In the meantime, Toombs is a “of Public Safety has; Y"° Was alone in the house, was, oe hi tae nana Rigen Pater Sy | blue. Mrs. Hoover had on a white | certainty today that the maono-| ei btn -P 1 ity of neighbors; tending hearings before a Chicigo and he recalled that Republie.n | that Pekin women under; °t tnjured. Sarg to withdraw by friends of| gross with a black -epe de chine slates ahs. \Shuaben | Manatee peak pape ce pg we ihe nex L veteran te bantoestias: Suede Sue san tone the Legisiature frequent- 4 Se. . 2 e 21 , ee *|} and a s8uD: 34 Ate a * y a ned up as h { on. : yi a FAIR TONIGHT TOMORROW: | On the first ballot Pape got 24 | a sharedpage A ghee oe pose ane ween down since Sun- | nee uncovered the distillery in a/ings relate not to the interest of » © did on them a , fg _ The order becomes ' | ; Seten Philipson 18 and Pap | sens Rage erased ee cagent oot tg day, for its fuel supply weuld long | vault 30 feet below the level of the | the International Life Insurance orien Bills a nto salt “ P Q ’ | with “ a see ane ins Th At | po ty ss ee ey i : n regar o commer ze 4 1. It is meant to SOMEWHAT COOLER TONIGHT | 11, the minimum necessary being! also was in black with a black bon- |*"°* have been exhausted. Tlut) giqewalk. One of the stills was of | Co., but to the interests of Too7ibs rs ercialized a tte Se ne merle of ES | 27. On the second ballot, the vote | a Mr Scellars had on a black it succeeded in reaching some lto1.e- | 1000-gallon capacity. No arresis; & Daily, the Chicago brokeruge j vice, the Governor referred to his Mg of ae and contradicts the - THE oe a paces Pape 32, Philipson 18 and | nose ae feured Gress. ly landing place on the Greenland were made , firm which was Toombs’ vehicle| vote against a bill first before the Veta «Paging oe mil ae 7s in a. m ee tee ia Anderson 3. Anderson then moved | Brookhart Greets Nomin oe ee oe ere eee eo ONS WON'T VOTE | for depleting the assets of the ™- Assembly in 191¢ which sought to . r er ces Se oe ge CR RE Be Mae ks owe 7s : : ; | roo : s Nomince. those anxiously awaiting word; ‘surance company. — ¢ who prohibited hair es ee hh es = | “yy gait eet zx | to ee as mpenngeetll Senator Smith W. Brookhart |that it had dropped into the sea SENATOR SIMM Toombs’ Arrest Forbidden. regulate the renting of rooms ‘n * pe threatening to punish even |" 5 a. m. ...::: 69 z ue x1 iameaibere wore pin but “al! 28 | called at the Scellars home ‘to/somewhere off Cape Chid'ey, Lab- FOR EITHER SMITH OR HOOVER Federat officers have forbidder hotels and which. he continued. wy consorts for disobeying this 7 Re agar a4 4 - oR hide , pad Mi panei, greet the candidate to whom he/rador, was the ever growing fear.} | % Carolina Democrat Declares | the arrest of Toombs by St Louis| was “unquestionably wunconstl‘u- — @ 8 a. m. se ages a2 nisin ones wiki exten , oll eso ‘has pledged his support. A 1um- Donald MacMillan. the Arctic Nort eed Is Controlled by officers. who have been waiting in| Uonal and unworkable.” 7 ca 4 Mayor Ho Chi-kung is deter- OR ore 4.) nigh SO (2:30 ©. m.): low oA me ah “8 can’ aan | ber of Iowa Congressmen, as Welllexplorer, now at Nain, CLabraicr, Hits ie Business Chicago for nim since met Friday. | As for gambling, Smith said ail = to eliminate, feudalistic hab- Relative humidity at noon 62 ver cent. ee ee eee ahr Te ‘as party leaders, also were on /wirelessed the Associated Press !a : oe ne sdusauaen Press. and who yesterday were provired , the bills referred to by White de.it a still adhered to by some of the Official forecast | ~ ag vastaie hed itl passed hand for the home-coming cele-/|night that if the plane is down in ve BERN Nw. C.. Aug. 21.—/ with the extradition papers enews Seen ae ~ grooms At 4 : * residents. He has ordered L AIR-BOARD for St. Louis and | : : : bration. open water “there istno possibility 7 ange 14 . ‘esterday by Gov. Small of Illinois; reguiar session, the wominee 1+ ’ ans y 4 Stz s tor Furnifold M.j 5 : on. Who insist upon wearing OR vicinity: Fair to- oat leeeur aie Game After breakfast the party mo-/of the flyers getting ashore.” whee it a aks ak recently re-| for his removal to Missouri. Be- called, he voted with Gov. Hughes Max ang ot PAY & heavy mmORtA Ty | CnHicaco! night and tomor- ul ber of votes on the first ballot in = ee ery SS ee Se ee ey ee eS ee eee lca Se ost as National Con- | cause of this protecting attitude of | “against the race tracks,” but at a Mndings Ome? must remove the! |. row; somewhat Sten let Kuhnert of the Twenty. where Hoover's father, Jesse, and | MacMillan added. ‘it is all over.” si Bits alae night he would the Federal officials, Toombs has; special se’sion later “voted the Zz “88 from their feet within the; |[~ io as cooler tonicht. eh , ; ‘ his mother, Huldah, are buried. The Greater Rockford, which! ™ Aas / Smith ror) pet been placed under bond on ‘he/| other way” as # protest against i = Weeks or pay a periodical! | Sop Suk Saat Gen. a a rostered ap Stein When the caravan was a biock | started from Rockford last Thurs- ri sy) Bc — four felony warrants issued against | “the unjustified action of the Gov- 7 | erally fair to-/! egg d ‘|away, all cars were halted save | day morning on a three-hop flicht Herbert 0 viele | him here. ernor in calling the Legislature | Marie Nottbusch of the Twenty- - . He asserted Gov. Smith had put Coakley; back int xt | = ttvcz a. night and tomor- | , that in which the family rode. The | to Stockholm, Sweden, carried a ; F th Detective Lieutenant oakiey c nto extraordinary session ‘ 60.10 CHICAGO BY AIR | row; cociler to ee ee party remained for a short time/collapsible boat, a shotgun ind the: Demoqraty ere «| and Assistant Circuit Attorney/after the matter had been fully % . 4 Seven —— | Frank Deer « ie Se : dominating control of Tammany | Lemen today returned to St. Leais,| thrashed out and disposed of at the regular session.” One other bill listed by Wr. White sought to prevent orai bet. ting at race t: s, Gov. Smith #8 Grocer Pays 23 Cents a Pound for ad a view for the first time of ihe said. the Democratic party plat- Coakley . nd the large tent beneath which to- the former Commerce Secretary Waspi-No--Noc Creek en route to the old swimming hole, where le and his playmates ight he will speak. Continuing on past his birthplace, : . pl rove along the west branch of the ‘ a Jelighted to 50-piece band, — Continued on Page 2, Column 2. It at Wholesale. A 108-pound watermelon was sold for $25 wholesale by a Third reet commission firm today and aced on display in a grocery store Sixth street and Lucas aventie. It was grown by C. 8. Lowthort of Hope, Ark., who last year raised 143-pound melon and sent tt to President Coolidge. form has been party rebuilt and ilege and license a machinery.” Simmons, said, would give full cratic tickets. ing and controlling repudiated, the “forces of priv- re now dominnt- its national he he however, support to State, district and county Dem>- ‘Toombs listened through an open door. The referee's complaint wag that, bankruptcy court. Lemen and two Chicago detectives co-operating with them, were called before Charles, Lemen re- ported. and were berated, while sald. adding that im posst!i'e such a statute was of administ’c- tion I need not say.”’ Text of The text of Gov. Smith's repfy follows: f “For some reason best knews to himself, Mr. William Allen White Continued on Page 2, Column 6. 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