St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 24, 1928

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epee y = COMIC PAGE: ~ TH URSDAY, Ai GUST 23, 19 2 ; ~% _ a a @ s oe we s *: “S , = - . — * ££ x P * 5 me Bae (a 4; vse 4 ce ee , tema 2p ax A > Ft," Z a 4 YP % pe . i Kellogz. Pp i eee edt Dp c fj dawn oe Ss > . oS 2 of céremonies of the French ; a get up in the dark to meet i ie 4 | OD oe & ST Louis PM "£5 US PA a oT. LOUIS POST-DIS The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service AICH SPORT FINAL Stock,. Bond and Curb Tables Complete oo NO. 352. i I a ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, AUGDST 24, 1928-48 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS KELLOGG IN SIGN PACT | U. S. Secretary of State Ar- rives Ahead of Schedule to Avoid Crowd and Demonstration. 15 NATIONS TO JOIN IN TREATY MONDAY imerican Embassy—De- + ares He Will Make No © Speeches i in Europe. mf ” the Associated Press. . PARIS. Aug. 24.—Secretary of 8 Kellogg arrived in Paris to. - to participate in the signing of “fils renunciation of war treaty on _ Monday. Becretary Kellogg went immediate- | ob afier his arrival this morning. he recei.ed a number of callers Simone them were Hugh Ft. Wilson. > Minister to Switzerland: Hugh «. » Wallace. former Ambassador to France, and Mrs. Wallace. se Matrice Bunau-Varilla. proprie- of the Paris Matin and a warm | . ‘m4 of America. = Tauz- nne, Agplhes The Secretary found time rive “ut to the American hospital! ask for J. Theodore Marriner. and Stephane editor of the paper. also | to ' 'S - of the Western European | : ie es of the State Department. F = = ts 4H). : Te Mect Poincare Sundav. Mier Poincare sent word that Would be free to receive Socr -- ty Kellogg at any time Sunday. 2 Becretary of State has ar- . ted & o'clock for In the reception rooms of the ry of Finance in the Louvee. | Kelloggs will have their and dinners at the Fm- with the Herrick family quite ly. | The treaty, which will be signed " “Continaed on Pase 2 Column 3. P Pte a na ea SOR en ewe e Le a his call on) Prime Minister, which will be | SsaN FRANCISCO. Aug. *°4.— Many girl students at Lowell High School here were sent home yes- terday by Miss E. Lacoste. vice principal, because they appeared in class without stockings. Miss La- eoste instructed them “properly dressed. Several of the girls reported they had protested to the teacher, citing S. Webb, State At- that the only sacs ment of in regard. to the clothes of public-school students. The State Department of Public Instruction recently decided to take to Was | | gate—and | a 7 STOWAWAYS AILLED ON SnIP BY FUMIGATING GAS Nine Others Overcome— Presence on Vessel at Baltimore Quarantine Unknown Until Too Late By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 24.— Seven stowaways on the tseamship Steel dro Inventor cyanie acid fumes used in fumigating posal of the Missouri State Life ee ener ee One Receiver Asks Judge Reeves to Direct Accept- . ance of New Bid of Mis- souri State Life. $3,500,000 ABOVE ITS FIRST OFFER Co-Receiver Wilson Raises Objection, Hence the Re- quest for Court Direction | in the Matter. Ben C. Hyde, State superintend- and petitioned Federal Judge Reeves tv direct him and his co-receiver, Massey Wilson, to approve the pro- In- INQUEST FINDS POLICE KILLING OF DAVIS JUSTIFIED Ex-Convict, Suspected in Murder of Attorney Hicks, Was Ambushed and Shot. HE WAS OPERATING PON AO OEE SI cone Surance Co. for acquisition and re- | insurance of the Internations!. Lnder an amended offer, now under consideration, the Missouri State Life is offering approximate. | ly $150 a share for Internationa! Life stock, whereas it ‘had offered approximately $107 a share. In round figures the offer ‘has been increased from $4,000,000 to tional, ,ceivership by were killed by hy- a -eemnennamenen the ship at quarantine ' today, and nine others Were Over- | come. It was feared four of them would not recover. Brazilians who boarded the ship at Rio Janiero, Aug. 5. Because of yellow the ship had of the Steel fever at the touched, Lite Inventor was ports crew taken off and the fumigation be- | gan | tered down. ; snp a. mm ts GE ESSE a eae a | i ‘re = ~ “4 = KS j — AD ee bo pew yaad humidity ag noon. ST wer ect srdrw's hich, 8H (2:30 pp. m.'; lov 6S i+ a. m.} j orecast ain Official tore ALBANY for St. Louis and ECLIPSED vicinity: Partly | SUPER! mn cloudy and cooler tonight: tomor- | row tair and warmer. Missouri: Most- ly ,fair ‘onight and toniorrow: in extreme uorth- west portivn to- night; rising temperature to- morrow. Iilinois: Mostly fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tonight; rising | temperature tomorrow in west and ' north portions. disclaimed | ' ' Manuel }' Rosa’s brother, i that company after hatches had been bat Seen after the gas began the quarantine offi- cials thought they heard a faint cry from one of the hatches 0 fas Opened and a man was found clinging to a rope in the last stages of consciousness. He Basped tha" 15 companions were below. = The men were, - De ee eee hearing called $7,500,000, earnings. Hyde's petition was presented by Attorney Edward W. Foristel. at a in Federa! to consider immediate settle- dep?ndent upon here, previously . et Court | EXTORTION ‘RACKET’ Wellston Saloon Keeper ie | Whose Bar He Was Slain Had Complained of Blackmail. . A Coroner’s verdict of “justifi- able homicide” was returned toda) “Big Bill” suspect in in the case of convict and the mys terious Clifford M. and shot tx was ambushed by who death police in a Wellstun sa- foon yesterday afternoon. ment of the affairs of the Interna- | removal of $3.562 952 of its assets by its president. Roy C. Toombs. Only One Bidder, Foristel Says. A document prepared by Hyd: in conference with Foristel, anc read by the lawyer, stated that the Commissioners of various states, here to examine the Internaticnal'’s affairs, had considered and ap- which was thrown into re-.: Davis was Killed “by officers o! the law in performance of thel: "| duty, and they are hereby. exon- erated,” the verdict read. The, | officers were Detective-Lieutenant bein, Thempson and Schmidt ' St. Louis John J. Carroll and Forthman and O'Connell of &St. Luuis, and Deputy Sheriffs Schoen- They County. put Ilo | bullets into Davis’ body. proved the proposal of the Missour: | State Life, by which that conip would take over the business, an: the International would lose its identity, so far as new busicess is uny | was killed. Chief Praises Offieers. “T am certainly glad the officers used good judgment when Davis started to draw his pistol,” saia Chief of Police Gerk. “I am gied that Davis, and not the officers who lived by the gun and died by the gun. We are morally certain he was guilty of the Hicks murder, | ‘although we could not prove it. | operate concerned. He said, further, tha’ there had been no offers to ivena- _bilitate the International, and that | no concrete proposal to that end was before the Commissioners. Under the proposal of the Mis- | souri State Life, Hyde argue. the interests of policy holders would ibe protected 100 per cent, and the | pumpirg | } ibe borne by the International. | , sent to! ‘ever. Hyde said*® he had since — + help from some oft! | Missouri — eee the hospital | a Americo | Ae Ate NE eit ts ‘would be $150 ‘the expense of stockhola shake’ on thém. charge $25 to protect them. Deputy Schmidt said he noted | the .icense number of the automo- bile used by Davis and his two companions Wednesday and Te the number had been issued Continued on Page 3, Column “eS Continued rs Page 3, Column 32. Davis, ex- Hicks murder, | Detectives | OT | Davis Was a criminal | it was) hinidt testified men saloon aAsSOCcIA- | bunch of | | She Trains on Raw Beef and Stout—Swims English Channel | | | hs Ye S - . Sa a “ ¢ = Ss . & a Ss ow “ os : x ! . = 5 > We . &. > z . . sot es 2 = ‘ 2 a : — . & * “ Res Sy es aA ee haa SS aS ‘Twelve Persons Taken to Wide World Photo. Yyiss LADDIE SHARP, 17- -year-old English girl, whose success | ful channel swim, accomplished today. she attributes to training | on raw beefsteak and stout. It is her proud boast that her calf meas- | urement, 16 inches, is enaniey that of Gene Tunney. . See BOOKMAKER MAKES HOOVER 1-2 FAVORITE 'Odds Offered Here on Demo- | L | cratic Nominee 8 to | cae 5 | Wagers on States. | =e mee oe YOUNG LONDON GIR SWIMS Mt CHANNEL eee pn kee derle Mark. Stands. —— CAR WRECKED IN-NEW YORK SUBWAY; FIRST REPORTS SAY MANY IN DERAILMENT AT ACCIDENT | AT STATION AT TIMES SQUAR Tses Cor. of See Express Leaves Track and Firemen and Police Ex- tricate Victims. . POLICE RESERVES PUT INTO SERVICE Hospital, Where One Dies—Unofficial Reports Have 25 Dead, 50 Hurt. By the Associated Press. ‘NEW YORK, Aug. £4.—The New York City News Association says /an unofficial report from a police _officia) at Times Square states that | Detween ; ’ ; i -5 and $0 persons were killed and about 50 injured today when the rear car of a subway {rain was derailed at the Times Square station at the height of the |; evening rush hour. were taken to Hospital; where. «ge Twelve persons Polyclinic ' Gied and others were reported in a i ¢ritical condition. Firemen, police and sugway employes worked fe- verishly t+ extricate other trapped passengers, Side of Car Clipped Off. The whole side of the derailed car was said to have been clipped , off as it was pulling out of the | Cebaset 1a4S _lance in the city } Station, but so great was the con- fusion that no report had been made of the cause. On the strength of reports from police at the scene, police head- quarters ordered all reserves in | Sfenhattan to simes Square and sent Out orders for every ambu- to report for ,emergency service. ome meaty Power was shut off on the whole West Side subway system and sta- tions all along the line became jammed with office workers trying to get home, The car derailed was | the last of a southbound express, Police reserves were called from three divisions and four extra calis — ~ | stationed at the | Teas than era Retting. odds posted today by | Sy the Associated Press, ° . ° " m>\ , 4 he or 4 “ ae ; Tom. Kearney, lo .1 betting com. DOVEK. Englund, Aug, 24 ' ' Se Miss Laddie Sharp, 17-year-old ! & _ ‘ > ~ see B® a ‘ . LOO ~ rr : missioner, make. Secre ary . € London girl, swam .he English | . ") “3? 2 . ? “gs ~;, FF ; ys Peg | egcngice Mange oes 4- channel! today, arriving at Dover “= 4 ; ettor stand- |, 4 oe ' - Focapeage peer A! ar a a : *, .. | srom Cape Gris Nez, France, at 3:65 o Win S or 11s 0 +e Li a % : | Ing ee : . pm. after 1353 hours and 5 min- ;° "*ita ins. | ules hi he wi ' Odds on the resi. in several 3 van ear ah : re j Nieman i by Kearney She entered the water at 12:59 ulate 5 a So are u A, ead tthe _ (oOo clo hk this morning and Was Av. In Missouri. New York and Mary . gee, a companied bs ihe tug A len Ce lanc, Smith is fawored, the odds On) posed which can th “webeven is sing 1 te 2. and on Hoover ,. e : beppee ~~ ia. } ¢ : . ‘ __ {trainer Jabez Wolf. Fine weather ' ‘ ° . > ‘ *\ ’ od " > . >. 40.6 Or . eu erac, » the: oud prevailed ‘quo dja Smitn are 3 to », ; On! Miss Bharmw te well inewn an & ; over 6 5. “or 3 .s, the odds | eee 4 : : | Hoover i to r] . 1d8 | football player and boxer as wel! jon Smith are lto .an-o. Hoover)... .wimmer. | tc 1. . i" K > Ni s, Qhio and Pennsyl- Miss Sharp ts the sixteenth per- | m" a ‘ — son to swim the channel and the ivania, the odds quoted favor Hvo~ | «9, woman to de it iver. The Ohio and Pennsylvania | oti WanaReet wink a ae hia as i J ‘ a ~> . odds are 1 to 3 on Hoover. and 2°, ) aig oh Smith. For Iino! “ode | Prize offered by a newspaper to t) on eithi } ™ . ‘>. ‘ . . i break the woman's reeord extah- ! frrare 2 » a > Smith | ' , ,on Hogyver are io 5, and on Smith | pened by Gertrude Ederle of 14 13 to L »? ed | hours $i. minutes, was unable to . ae r } ‘ . ' ps rf ~ be - .. Olorado, Uv P's ci.cu CnlLucry | te tter the mark nee —_ . ri. Ten — iussachusetts, Mon rennes Another woman. Mise Ivy seeminzivy are book mak« r ~ fix e days REO. in doubtful states, an odds of 4 to 6 i utes " 4 . ‘ 5 * ww 7 - i : . pall those states. —— 8 es & Per) raw steak with an occasional glass “gs i'or .) 3 > . pee age in favor of the bookmaker. She solid thay these made see a: d Wisconsin regarded by te swam the channel only 19 hours 16 mitn- Hawke, 25. ; lof stout. ettor | ; i whichever candicate the her fat and thus added to her backs iblueyancy in the water. Her special B hoast is that the circumference of “MAN, 70, STRUCK Y AUTO the calf of ber tex, 16 inches. ts TUESDAY DIES OF INJURIES the same as the measurement-of William Wright, 70 years old. a gr —— s Besar iy pe clerk, residing at the New Plaza | Bi age ae “ i an wa Hotel, $301 Olive street, injured b» a ee : /cause the sunshine strengthens her ‘legs. She is double-jointed. Thus she is able to use a double-scissory kick stroke. Thhy ie her speciaity in swimming and she does 25 fuli an automobile Tuesday, died todays iat City Hospital. An autopsy will be held to determine the cause of his death. His injuries were no: though to be serious. os | ‘strokes a minute. She had been He was hit by a machine driven | ewimming since thé age of 10 ° + » cer 7 &¢ ~ — dinsiniies " ‘ by Orville Parker. 136° La Salie ‘Lately she has been trained by 'street..at Thirty-ninth: street and . Wolf . | Chouteau avenue and some of his; — pe ee ribs were fractured. | CAPE. GRIS NEZ, France, Aug. -i24.—Dr. Sehultz. the German Free Band Concert T iewimmer who started across the Musicians’ Mutual Benefit Asso-/| English Channel at 11:46 a. m. » | ciation 59-piece band. St. Louis | abandone: hin attempt at 5:45 p. ag, PO (Nineteenth street and &t. In the six hours he covered Louis avenue). 4:39 to 16 o'clock. only five miles “ew were sent for firemen to help in the rescue work. Passengers Walk Along Tracks. When the opwer was shut off. Stations all along the line became thronged with passengers unable to board trains. Policemen were turnstiles within 15 minutes after the to prevent other passengers from entering the station. Many persons, near suffocation irom the heat underground, left the etalled trains and started walk- ing the tracks, nitent only on get- ting to the nearest station and reaching the street. STOCKS ADVANCE $2 TO $14 A SHARE IN WILD SESSION Buying Orders Pour in From All Sections and Many Issucs Touch New Highs. YORK, Aug. NEW 24.-— Wild speculation for the advance broke out on the New .ork Stock Ex- change today. Buying orders were poured inte the market in such gigantic volume from all sections of the country that prices were whirled upward *Z to {. a share. arly two score issues. including American Smelting. National Cash Register. Chrysks, Mentgomery Ward. Allied Chemical and Armour “A.” touched new high prices -for the year longer. Sales of 6600 to 10,000 shares were quite com. mon. The market was more respon- sive to organized buying in the last hour of trading than at any other part of the day. Montgomery Ward was the outstanding soaring $17 to a thigh pries 2 $219.50. High-priced oils and edte of the coppers were carried beieh- ly upward. General Motors surged ahead $6 in the closing tronane- tie “6, er ham Ha ey nr RR hee, ON tang) wee nee Lat dabhattiedhummaoaaanamediene “ oar va 4 Pe Swe i ~ pe —s Re wee 4 Caps Stites bib cor