St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 6, 1928

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oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service COMIC PAGE MONDAY, OVEMBER 5, 1928, ™ —— —_———— a’ TS wo ne _— eee — oe ~~ —— EE ee —~ eee ee ’ “VOL. $1. NO. 61. 37 , TUES ‘OVE Hf VOL a : Sf. LOUIS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1928—32 PAGES PRICE 2 CENTS UR-FIFTHS OF ST. LOUIS VOTE IN AT 4:30 P. M. VY, RAPID BALLOTING ALL OVER COUNTRY - = aa SUGAR, OON'T : AT TO ME, f& YY HEARD THE . AFFAIR, f LLY HEARD THIS 3/WVL. OUT BUNGLE, NOT PREJUDICED AY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE WE ONCE IN THE SAME ITH BUNGLE But ES ALL TO BLAME, 900! ANYBODY Y - — } Vso PERCENT Ty F ~|MISSOURITOWNS ROTHSTEIN, SHOT | Gv. ants. smi a nts 292,000 CAST New Ashford, Mass., at 6:24 A. M. Earliest OW ENOUGH TO OWN NEIGHBOR G COAL WOULD DO ANYTHING. ee ee | ; . , ; . Ap VOTE } Heard From—Scattering Reports From New | IN FART Y VOTING | POKER CAME DIES | i ° . ; * a . B | England, Missouri, Kansas and the South. | i % i . , f B y N (} (} N New England States. Missouri. One-Fourth of the Registra- |Gambler Was Attacked by _# Gb th A “ii ress, : whe Des . . Oe en By the Associated Press. tion of 208,000 Account-| Men Who Had Won BOSTON, Nov. -5.—Fifty-three SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 6.—!'! d F “tee ° . precincts out of 1605 in Massa- | Incomplete “e s ; » | , i 1 3 a | Districts Using Machines ek neue de ~ | Incomplete returns from one e or in Kansas City, $200,000 From Him, Po- c chusetts gave (Hoover, 14,408; | Springfield precinct, normally : Ps Es Se R E Hich Fi Smith, 17,900. Democratic, give Hoover 263 and Mo., at 8 A. M. lice Say. Election Board Predicts pa - ! eport Even Fiigher Fi-| 5, the associatea Prove. Smith 101. * 330,000 of Total Regis- ALENT— ‘ . NEW BEDFORD, Mass.. Nov. 6 WEBB CITY, Mo., Nov. 6.— ’ oO oO Pa iT— BuT I gure—8000 Police and! >. raat, WON O1 ebb: Cith wan reported thie att. TE IND OUT YET { —Unofficial returns from New , vo er Sen ee FINE WEATHER ‘DE CTED TRICKERY trati f 364.939 Will iS'T MEAN TO ‘1500 Deputies oa Duty Bedford’s 46 precincts show that|™0on as voting nearly four to BRINGS OUT CROWDS | " AN 10n O , 27 : ° | Smith carried the cityw ith 17,753| OMe for Hoover; and 4 to 1 for D REFUSED TO PAY . ae aw : % ats j 3 STAGE —AND Sen an 28 S46 tae Hoover tn 1084 ( Cherie. : er | Express Choice. a . E OVERCAST eager epg ha 15,952 to 4741 Other States. : | > od | : SKIES AR 0 or Davis and 3331 for La Follette.| py ine Associated Press. St. Joseph, Joplin, Poplar |Man Named in Throwing of | BALLOTS MUST BE va ‘ ease eeeoen GE RAIN | 7 She Asmcinted Press, TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 6.—Incom- ° : | | oH : | NEW ASHFORD, Mass., Noy. 6./| plete returns from 176 precincts in | Bluff, Springfield and | 1919 World Series Stead- IN THE BOX BY 7 P M. Ss é aa —To this town in the heart of the | Kansas gave for President: Hoover | th ; | » i a | - mi er Point port: 3 Upstate Balloting Begins at | Berkshires went the distinction to- 5 heeeags sesap Mhgeabe Pes | O ' Report | ily Refused - Disclose Lo O i a These figures, obtained several | | . . ng Queues at pening of se day of being the first place in the} pours pefore the ie atom ‘annie Heavy Ba loting. Name of Assailants . 3: D ybreak p d t ‘ 1ours before the polls closed, were e a —— Froceeds atl | entire country to report a complete Pinon 36 Ion lition | Polls at 6 A. M. and oe vot resident. gS prammy is tb: sviaeeatacenenremnt ; =e Alban at Rat f O , eee apa — , ‘ wg By the Associated Press. | —— oe > : M , * og 3 y e€ o ne It gave Hoover 28; Smith 3. Four aotne nents z : _ | By the Associated Press. Ey the Associated Press. . Voting Proceeds at Rate ms | ; le years ago the town gave Coolidge on Colo., Nov. 6.—Th?/} KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 6—]| NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Arnold | 3 ; + Min ° : 20: Davis 4. The vote was flashed | Penver Post this afternoon Said | pyoag; fficials aes i foEee &. 2 te - 3 : . ithe mntion today at 6:24 a sn {that an éarly count of incomplete Election offi ials here estimat, d | Rothstein, gambler, died today re- of One a Minute or Faster = ry It was the fourth time that New | returns from 52 precincts in Den- that 50,000 persons, poneey a wc he fusing, in,accordance with the code A vote of 292.000 80 a : Ht g the Associated vibe Ashford had been first to re-| Ve" County gave Hoover $516 votes of the 208,000 registered votets,/ of the underworld, to disclose the es ig oie pee s : ' 4 C ‘ _— « Yn j oe ’ o oe P i ity’ ; 2 HT ‘ "NEW YORK, Nov. 6.--At least port its vote for President. ; and smith isae, % ounts are made had cast their ballots at 8 a. m. to- identity of the man who shot him of the city’s registered vote of ny ; 1 W per cent of the total registration Every one of the town’s 31 | hourly of the ‘votes in Denve?/ gay, Long lines of voters, many of | Sunday night. Rothstein had been 564,939, iC ip entimated wae aah ae ", | -esee . Oh [a ni i LatinSe wibees IEEE | County. sie Sciats : . ay night. Rothste : s : pon, according to official esti- ani cine oe a Fee ae viet ly every polling place, waiting for | @/6t life many years. His activi- and city election, in the first 10% : thy | ge polling place, by 5:57 a. m. and/incomplete count in three precincts ties had been investigated by th hours of the 13-hou ti d = Mates at the Board of Elections. | cat at the children’s desks to mark|in Alamosa County gave Hoover,| the doors to open at 6 a. m. Per- deethiaihetalsl ani idietiah: morn time r which ends at 7 “es oe # h ing machi is- . 265: Smi = : : eaten - ‘ Seas _ - Mm. Inmany of the vot . machine = go ‘ncmmanjgou | ms ae 265; Smith, 94. fect Indian summer weather pre- Rothstein was a witness at the eee re et aes The vote was Si esaan from & “4 tricts the precentage was weil . eg ih vo ~ Some ned pas ot Ey the Associated Press. vails trial of Police Lieutenant Charles ee 4 urs LEIS SNE ASN: 9 » we Wiles ‘an the P Di ated late afternoon telephone canvass of te: — anc ee he Dat way Meure. 1924 the count was not completed|__- NEVILLE. Ky.. Nov. 6—Thres 3ecker for the murder of Herman Tee 6) obeed’ peeineth we ee ee 3 e ® Voting machines were used in sntts 7:01 a pe oe ee precincts of 54 in Bell county, Ken- | Jefferson City Prediction of Biggest Rosenthal, was once charged with HOTOGRAPH shows Gov. Alfred E. Smith and Mrs. Smith out- such polls made during the day, 3 4 | Pirooklyn and Manhattan. In the eg OTE 3 tucky, gave Hoover 186; Smith 39. Vote Being Fulfilled. having “fixed” the 1919 world se- side the polling place in |New York where they had cast Sricmes votes, |/" the previous canvass, at 3 p. R ie Bronx nd Queens ball t Hoover 20, Smith 8, Is Vote in Ey the Associate i Press, 3y the Ag “iated wal : ries, and was indicted in connec- |= = —-=-- ———e Re Mae ae A about 270,000 votes were og an iS paper ballots Ss : a ee eee. ; 7 2 eee : = = : : pal ' Moum Wemmagton, Mass. OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok., Nov.*6.| JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. 6.—| 00 “oom ihe Buler-dicGee brox- snewn. Gome erene eee é a ' Were used. By the Associated Press. Vin Seo : er Sap is ae ees ae erage bankrutpcy case. He was then exeeeded the average were - ~*~ ¥ TAY UT Pe —The incomplete count from 2 Ol; Expectations of political leaders : ig e * : 3 » Reports from every part of the _ MOUNT WASHINGTON, Mass. 114 precincts in Oklahoma City] here. fer of te eM Pee! shot Sunday night in a hotel room the Fourteenth Ward, twenty i, fe . eR elos théved the héaviast Nov. ; ing |: sl ile 1 n anteroom until sev- vote was uniformly heavy, but the ' ash of Rain, Upstate Dis- | each tabulation is made. By the Associated Press. than ever before in an election | ©@rnea that a. eae illands | ts shouts | with thege. . ‘roopee1* eee or ting | Western residence wards h d | trict Has Large Vote. T 4 aq Pe A here ects ie | with his father’s employes he could | along with the Governor and Mrs. eral other voters in the polling ‘ ne showe De the Aannet n 1924 Harris County cast more LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov.’ 6.—| here. A call was sent to Deputy] |. te 8 & hint a b ' tj Jaces had cast their ballots percentage running somewhat ated Press. than 18,000. Republican “votes! wasters hurryni¢ to early mnori-| United. States Marshal J. A. King / 7° WP pr | cee alae penith,: Ang SeEwe. SArONSR: PO | hee me ay ahead of North S8st. Loul SE ies 6. wrocens | coolant mire than 26.000 Denio- is ar hie: gheoren er Gane Girardeau leat niekt Ge working for it. He gravitated to]lines and charged the store. Under the glare of Kleig lights The skein ' . uls, ft upstate New York began at|cratic. ing _ r pga ae yb a ae ing -him to send officers here in the race track and then took up Democratic women leaders of the} and the applause of th ecrowd they pe a ae a of the day, Maybreak today the casting of ores sige ae gph ens et aa “peavent intimidation of Neero| tet ‘raw ef gambling. Thirty-sixth election and Tenth | stepped into the room, the Repub- ra wea je Bi i corel “e ‘o Massachusetts vil- ob ae ANOS ' gg : ; VP ’ is inee e e : $1. ; hat registration figures indicated EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 6.—Incom- ~ ag nn , xd feral } bef voters.’” The officer failed, how- Anown 99 “Square Shooter.” Assembly district in which the scan presicential + Aetisceeth tr spots that time. or 36 veces pe ould be the heaviest vote in his- | plete returns from 21 precincts in ages today, wight, eae eg tance ever, to get the namie of the per- Ivarly in life he achieved the rep- Lstore is situated, newspapermen | first and signing the voting regis- we - OF per cent of the #iory. Cloudy skies, with a dash 6f{| Kl Paso today gave Hoover 820; ey SeUen Pees. Eeer own a son calling him, utation of being a “square shoot~- rand photographers were carried off| ter. He then was handed an | F°s's ration. @*4in in some places, prevailed over | Smith 357, First returns of the election were er.”’ His formula was: “Don't think |their feet in the rush. Police orange-colered ballot and stepped In County and on Fast Side. much of the State when the polls BROWNSVILLE. Tex.. Nov. 6 flashed nr eet Catone by me Lines Early at All Precincts in Co- | ¥°U ¢4n get rich by being crooked. | jinked arms and finally pushed the | @cross @ narrow space into Booth In St. Louis County the vote was eeened at 6 o'clock. Voters were ae rth sve agli er asp MERE! Goon sagpomepteane viyhamabead tnt pets poe Jlumbi it takes brains to get rich.” crowd back into the street but the | No. 3, where behind the shelter of | proportionately as heavy as that in Moving throush +) + 4 Incomplete Foquens from 20 pre-jicfic Coast time, in time to catch es | pens pam In the years that followed Roth gathering broke away again when a black and white awning he} the city. About one-half the coun- ‘Meady ‘roar gy At Alba: an ‘4 cincts counted in Cameron County | Jate morning editions, which a few by 89 —w srees. stein handled big sums of money,|the Governor came out and ence | marked his hal lot. ty registration of 82,320, wae eati- ing was at ‘ a sted * Ol- before the polls closed gave Smith hours later were lying on break- COLI MBIA, Mo., Nov. 6 .—Co- and his wealth and fame increased more trooped along after him and Mrs. Hoover and the ot her three mated as having voted by 11 a. m., i EB talnutc é xs in excess O one 1384 and Hoover 1] 180d. fast tables of the city’s residen sn enc9 voters _— to the polls Former Mayor John F. Hylan, in Mrs. Smith started the walk back members of the family signed the and a total poll of more than 15, dana a a ome : sh ’ ONg Be Swoop 4 5 aati OO: bo ) f Me " together it was estimated Ne Was ; , : a w rof, iownsiey “a s the deputies in addition to] today, in the four largest of the 2 ~~ ak jt 52 10 - me Sess 52 Poll Than in 1920. es Wudeas ssaities didinee. thinking it ver. Aewigeisty says the moment for the cameras. Although a 93 Pct. of Registration le inspectors and clerks 18 precincts in Union County, 680) 4 ao mili {221 51 4% eee co ae Le ee mens Prem, A blod transfusion operation was wore wid bee aoe tae 411 | the last to receive his enaed rage ‘= 48 ome? alice §=Commissioner Warren] pallots had been cast, divided as| 5 a m...... +. po 1 DP. Mivceces | ae CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., Nov.| performed last night in the hope In the evening the alt | Was the second to complete its yg in all parts of the Assigned almost half of his| follows:*Smith 666, anti-Smith 2,| 7 a Meets 46 i Mma tL. oe] 6—-With nearly 600 votes cast in| of saving his life. pay an early visit to Tammany a marking. Then in order came Mrs. “ y of 8. Louis, the elege t of 17 ,000 men to see that or- Hoover 11, Socialist .. Three- a ee eee 47 p. SE ae 61 the first hour what is expected 10 we -j h t his : id t) and then will hear the returns a Hoover. Mrs. Herbert Hvover Jr.. —_ commissioners began to ‘is Preserved at the 3843 poll-| fourths of the voting in the county | 40 eaterday . — 03 (+ p. m).: loW.! be a record vote is being cast in| Working without his aid the Ppo- | the National Democratic headquar- and Herbert. After posing for the bite whether they would hate laces in the city. The main! is done at these four precincts. | er EOE the election here today. The vote lice have reconstructed what they ters in the General Motors Build- cameras again outside of the poil- - es ise their ideas as to the per. “ of the 1500 special deputies| _— ' RS Se sete iam 00 . npr in the county is expected to exceed| think is the story of what led up/ing on Broadway and later at hi8iing place the nominee and nis; ©°® - of- the registration which Dt the office of George Z. Me- ARGEMWOOD i | 1SMITH AND th . ee that of 1920 when 13.222 ballots; to the shooting and_ the actual | hotel. family returned to their home can be expected to vote. A 100 Special Assistant Attorney- . rained wy, © C.. Nov. 6.— | Hoover HAVE. vicinity: Partly | were cast. The weather is favor-| scene in the room in the Park Cen- where they later were joined hy per cent vote, on the basis of the “» ral in charge or elections, 18 ee ee ee THE NATION ig tonight able. tral when *Rothstein walked in VARE VOTES. WN 1 WHEEL CHAIR some friends with whom they ex- pms es is Impossible, as many 52 es ha veen cast, divider nine tomorrow: ———— : - ni s ’ ° ; ai deaths, departures and il OC- ¥ An orga esac in : yi og ' as follows: 515 for Smith, 6 anti- | [BETWEEN THEM.) slightly warmer Voting at Hannibal Is Heaviest on ene | — in response to a tele Makes First Public Appearance | pected = i the ey ag FO-| cus ts thiele weskh etheaeeer ae ! - % Olcemen of the/ City | «61: 2 eto R 1 > Cmte Si Paralysis Stroke. turns as they began coming in dur- ' ; f Smith: 2 for H ‘er. ecord, nec Parary t Sant u“T ANT = dered to report this morn- Hig stl ; seen. s Associated Press Shooting Result of Poker Game. | By the Associated Press. ing midafternoon. ration and election. The highest Besides the Democratic and Re- i j: Dy the Asapciated Press. ; percentage on rocord h is 89 : e@nd re; - . Missouri In- ; > -HIA, N 6.—Wil- ‘er’ ; . nts ere 89, nain on duty until sthe lied: Shiels’ shane ta an. sail , HANNIBAL. Mo.. Nov. 6.—With Early in September six men PHILADELI ov. 6. Hoover's transcontinental trip), 1996. when women fisetcwel » Yote is counted and the poh- P ae a 2 ti ag 7" pepe creasing cloudi- reas ain y : : ty re ~|gathered in an apartment in the liam S. Vare, United States Sena-| ended yesterday with a boisterous : voted, Smith ticket in this State which ness probably |# registration of 10,193, which Is; &* weg ‘ Lact i the Republican lead-|» ‘ ’ ie" some ‘tothe fami The commissioners had thought !t We sy West Fifties. There were Roth- | tor-elect am P omecoming we ‘ome to the fami-| jossible that today’s percentage 1942 above the vote cast for Presi- dent here in 1924, Hannibal voters went to the polls early today with meyers Closed. They were or- a to Vote when the _ polls 4 at at 6 a. mM. and then go t» SANDERSVILLE, (Ga., Nov. 6.— with. showers in south portion late also has electors in the contest. pe ‘9 heeled in 4/ jiar scenes of Stanford campus stein. George “Hump” McManus, | er in this city, was w r nes ot ampus. | woul : 0 “Nigger Nat” Raymond of San|Folling chair to a garage today| Hoover last night sounded the last seed drake aa Ther they z ‘ : , liot. It was : ‘ . . 'y even where he cast his ba note in his campaign ina radio ap thought it might be 93 per cent, a * 888igned posts. Sandersville’ reported that of 215 tonight or tomor- \ : . 2 £ e ARR ye ee “rancisco, ‘yer Bo: rom the eh the polls close at 6 Pp. m. votes cast at 11:30 a. m. 201 were row, and in north |® forecast of a “— ord poll by lead ge at aaa onde gla the first time he had been ceen On| peal to the electorate to march in ye trolman on duty at. each| for Smith and 15 for Hoover. portion tomor- ye of re ae fn coins? off! |known only as “Titanic,” who | the city streets since he was strick-/ full strength to the polls and dis- ” 5 yeas nee fast ong ] : u a . me > Clais sal¢ a the rs wo nours = , . . ke: i Cit ¥ aster. wae a of the 11 D ak thang wale | Meena: Gt. Nov, 6.—Twelve main romesgaet i showed the heaviest voting for that | C@#me East from Chicago with the Se Seen! anita donates to the nue Seiies ines in making! the rate at many of the 670 pre- ee Fto vote ine of those wait-) out of 1746 precincts in Georgia ge Bite Senitiaied period in the city’s history. reputation of a plunger. we us , be tobkt “ati the appear- Pia ahold ate P cinct polling places In the opening . “4 will } ol yg raegainas carl give Hoover 211, Smith 446. iat va oc — : It was stud poker, one card face | POMNE piace nee ' memory oer be eae hours of the day. The lines o» ~ Rey allowed to cast his LITTLE ROCK Ark.. Nov. ¢.— altmote: Fair | Bajlots Cast at Rate of 100 an Hour| down, four up. Betting began | #"ce of a triumphal so or hfs final talk of the campaign, the! men and women became shorter co 8 is’ to avoid closing le ce , a pa OS sian tonight and to- in Springfield Precincts. gently, $100 being standard. It At the polling piace two rev radio brought him the last address toward midday, but the pressure on rs of the polling place, the up rec morrow, except] py the Associated Press. rose asthe hours went on to $1000, | carried him inside and placed him | of his Democra‘ic opponent, which | the busy judges and clerks of elec. in a chair. A voting booth Was)! also was carried over a nationwide tion was steady Sustom, which might keep | * Tepors oso agen. iglitetae: Reteer probably showers| gpRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 6.—]But the luck was even. The oth- ore voters from enjoy- ne ss i soap og Oe = _ in extreme south | phe greatest turnout of early vot-|ers drank, smoked, swore softly. placed Reap ig = oe! ogy Ta pe rape an a of stations. (The tesxt of Fine weather helped in sultrage. No one not In ; a portion tomor- | ors jin Springfield’ ator : his ballot. “What's the use of) Hoover's address will be found on getting : gfield’s history was! Rothstein smiled, spoke little and ‘ ; talking?” he replied to a question,|Page 15 of this edition of the ° ‘ere Out early. and mage cin Robinson ticket, The vote was in-| row; warmer in south portion to- = —- » "ued on Page 2, Column 2. complete. night, Continued on Page 3, Column 2. Continued on Page 3, Column 3. | “Hoover is bound to win.” Pom sapere). Continued on Page 2, Co/amn 5. . ' x