St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 19, 1928

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The Yestris sank at 1:25 p. m. Monday, Nov. 12. John IF. Smith of the Marconi Wireless Co., was the iwtness. He produced radio logs to show inter- ange of messages between the GVESTRIS estris and the Voltaire of the The Vestris sank about . Monday, with the loss of he Voltaire at that Stime was 400 miles away. Smith’s logs showed that the | Voltaire called the Vestris repeat- Mly during the day when it was sinking. Most of the cals broug it he response, but when the ships “id get in touch on several occa- ons the message of the Vestris | ®@ was always the same, “I have noth- ! ing to communicate.” Radio logs produced by Smith and a man from the Radio Marine | Corporation, showed no entries in-' dicating that the Vestris reported | | her condition to the line officers up to the time the S O S was fin- ally sent out at 10 o'clock Monday = BMornine. ® Arthur J. Costigan of the Radio | rine Corporation testified that, | er going through the logs of his | pany’s Atlantic Seaboard sta- | ons, he had been unable to find | My message from the Vestris on | Sinday, Nov. 11, the day before | the sank, except private messages | from passengers and a code weath- | & report. The code weather report—sent | tom the Vestris at noon Sunday— #iated a “moderate gale” was blow- | ‘rom the northeast. The mes- ! ® was translated to the Court | cer of the Vestris, who took the | by H. S Welland, officer of the | Vestris, who took the stand for that | purpose, | Only One Company's Files. | Are all the Atlantic Seaboard | “ations within range of the Vestris ® Sunday represented in‘ these you have given me?” Tuttle “‘M8ked Costigan. “No, these are f %e stations controlled by our com- § ty.” Costigan replied. | “Did you find any message q *Mong them from the Vestris on “Sunday?” “No—there is nothing xcept possibly private messages from passengers and a weather Teport in code.” Costigan could not translate the code, so Welland took the stand jong enough to do so. These logs were subpenaed in an effort to determine whether Capt. ilfam Carey acted on his own re- pPonsibility in delaying sending his = ty S message until hours after - ship began to keel over or ether he was influenced by Wireless Instructions. Experts Sit at Hearing. Aes en today’s session of the in- a enlon—the fourth since the Imates © began—opened United B hoinea Ommissioner O'Neill was t.. *@ on the bench by a British mend an American admiralty expert bh. Te Appointed at the sugges- The - the British Government. 7 ritish expert is Capt. Henry : Pet then marine superintendent ; an ts oe me and the Amert- B retires apt. KE. P. Jessup, U. S. N., Bria; » Commander of the U. S. S. 7 ee port during the war, and | 3 ” Consulting engineer. a seve men were invited to act Dad ee to question witnesses, Wil "8 et Other witnesses. They Feourt ag ver, have any official oT ‘a “Us. Conmnissioner O'Neill Sted. ake the final finding unas- | Mere Call on Monday, . ee 9:10 a.m. Monday morning,’ : a ~ testified, “the Vestris| hs — Tuckerton station it was | | ~~ over and might need help. | Bice it sent its : the deast jt and asked ships in me Sion to advise. The Santa! athe replied first. At 10:37. ivi Vestris sent a second SOS.) "RE its position, More ships be- | reporting they could go to the Ue 4nd Vestris replied, ‘come | a ee hued On Page 2, Column 6. 'an oath to ‘white supremacy,’ and in still an- | ministration ' «= SOS. Tuckerton |] COLLECTION of anecdotes, per | KU KLUX KLAN ASSAILED BY U. S. SUPREME COURT In Decision Upholding New York Law for Filing of Information, Order Is Critisized for Stimulating Prejudice. By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—In an Opinion delivered by Justice Van Devanter and bristling with criti- cism of the Ku Klux Klan, the Supreme Court today upheld a New York law requiring unincor- porated associations requiring an oath as a condition of membership to file detailed information with the Secretary of State. The decision, with which Justice McReynolds disagreed, was made in a case brought by George W. Bryant, a member of the klan, who was convicted at Buffalo following failure of the organization to sub- mit such a report. Bryant had at- tacked the law as an unconstitu- tional infringement on his rights and privileges. Justice Van Deventer said the Court assumed that the New York Legislature had before it such in- formation as was “readily avail- able, including the published re- port of a hearing before a Com- mittee of the House of Representa- tives of the Fifty-seventh Congress relating to the formation, purposes and activities of the Ku Klux Klan. Assails Activities of Klan. “If so it was advised—putting aside controverted evidence—that the order,’’ the Justice said, ‘‘was a revival of the Ku Klux Klan of an earlier time with additional fea- tures borrowed from the Know- nothing and the A. P. A. orders Of other periods; that its membership was limited to native-born, gentile, Protestant whites; that in part of its constitution and printed creed it proclaimed the widest freedom for all and full adherence to the Constitution of the United States, in another exacted of its members shield and preserve ‘other declared any person actively opposing its principles to be ‘a dangerous ingredient in the body politic of our country and an ene- my to the weal of our fiational commonwealth; that it was con- ducting a crusade against Catho- 'lics, Jews and Negroes and stim- 'ulating hurtful religious and race | prejudices: that it was striving for political power and assuming a sort of guardianship over the ad-) of local, State and National affairs: and that at times — _ — ee ee SS | it was taking into its own the punishment of what some its ~“f members conceived to be crimes. “We think it plain that the ac- tial basis for the distinction made between the two sets of associu- tions or orders was right and should not be disturbed.” Other Groups Well Known. Continuing to quote from the de- cision of the lower court, the Jus- tice said the Court, in speaking of the other class of organizations, had said, ‘“‘These organizations and their purposes are _ well istence for many ye rs.” He further quoted the lower court as having said that while many of these organizations were oathbound and secret, “We no complaint against them regard- ing violation of the peace or in- terferring with the rights of oth- ers.” He ended the decision by saying it was concluded that all the. “‘ob- jections urged against the statute are untenable, as held by the courts below.” Discrimination Alleged. Justice Van Devanter said the main contention made under the equal protection clause was ‘hat the statute discriminated against the klan and other associations in that it excepted from its require- ments several associations having oathbound membership, such as la- bor unions, the Masonic frater- nity, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Knights of Columbus—all named in another statute which provides for their incorporation and requires’ the names of their officers as elected from time to time to be repotred to the Secretary of Satte. The Justice then reviewed a number of decisions. by lower courts, and Court, in discussing the difference between associations, said that it was a “matter of common knowl- edge” that the klan “functions largely at night, its members dis- ruised by hoods and gowns and doing things calculated to strike terror into the minds of the peo- ple.” e, _~ FAIR AND COLDER TONIGHT, DOWN TO 2 BELOW FREEZING THE TEMPERATURES. a ae See ie, ee See UO ee eee a) co ee ep ee ee er a $0 ee tee ais ok ol 38. {3 noo 3é ee Ree ss 6 36 6 a. m 3S 7 re ccseece Ot ¢ a ™m EE ee ee ae 36 5. a. m....... 33 4 p.m... ae Yesterday's high, 42 (3:30 pb. m.) ilow, 39 (11:30 p. m.). ~ Official forecast ITS THE STOCK TICKLER NOW. vicinity: Fair to- row: somewhat with lowest tem- perature about 30 degrees. Missouri: lair night: warmer in 7 aorthwest portion tomorrow. Illinois: Gener- ally fair tonight ' and tomorrow; colder tonight. Sunset 4:44: sunrise (tomor- row) 6:50. Light snow flurries occurred in- termittently today for the first time this fall. The flakes were small and melted upon reaching the earth. SAYS FRENCH CIGARETTE TRUST USES FAST-BURNING PAPERS (Copsright, 1928, by the Press and Pulit- zer Publishing Cos.. the New York World and Post-Dispatch.) PARIS, Noy. 19.—The tobacco monopoly, owned, encourages the use of cigarettes and cigars in the inter- French | S , . -and Chung addressed the Court In Government | ,. : : eee English, asking for permission to ——— OD Law for St. Louis and. night and tomor- | colder tonight, | _viction of Wai tonight and _ to- morrow; some. | what colder to- : } | } i } } ! | | ‘case should be ; i J } ) | ' } Ts OEE MAKES OWN APPEAL School Graduate Faces Execution for Murder of Bride in London. by the Associated Press. LONDON, Nov. 19.—Chung Yi- miao, young Chinese law student from New York, conducted his own case when his appeal from a con- bride, today murdering his Sheung-miao, came up in the Court of Appeals. The young Chinese, his legal training in the United States. Was sentenced to death at Carlisle on Oct. 24, being convicted of murder by strangling his wife in a wood near heswick shortly after the arrival of the pair in England on their honeymoon. They had been married in New York, where both had been students at Colum- bia University. Chung always has’ protested his innocence and at the time of the trial declared he was at a London hotel when his wife was murdered. I. € increase its business. They also complained of the high price of pipe tobacco, but got no satisfac- tion from representatives of the monopoly present at the meeting. sonal and other items of general interest from the national capital, sup- pled by the Post-Dispatch Bureau, | will be found under the above heading | ous ' i ; Fe Seen —~ Oe EE on the editorial page of this edition | and will be a regular featur®, there hereafter. the day of the crime saw mysteri- Orientals about half a miéile from the spot where Wai was found murdered. This was grant- ed and two witnesses were called who gave evidence as the convicted man had outlined. Wai. who was the daughter of a wealthy Chinese merchant, Was ‘understood to have been in posses- ‘sion of a large ‘and to have carried valuable jew- amount of money elry. TWO WOMEN FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN OMAHA HOUSE re ee Liy the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb... Nov. 19.—Two women were found stabbed to death in a house here this after- noon. They were Mrs. Waldo Resso, wife of a packing house employe, and her sister, Creta Brown, 16. hResso, o'clock this morning, found the bodies when he returned home shortly after noon. Mrs. Reesso’s two children, 10 said in one case the | who went to work at 4/ jost of the time was only three.” hands AGQUITTAL LIKELY | ! t FOR STEWART ON Justice Bailey to Instruct | Jury in Perjury Case a tion of the courts below in holding | that there was a real and substan- | Quorum of 8 Senators Must Be Shown. ONLY 5 AT HEARING OF OIL MAGNATE ee He Was Only a Mesesn- | |inany of them having been in cx- | Transfer. hear | By PAUL Y. ANDERSON. | A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. WASHINGTON, defense wan an important and per- haps a decisive victory this after- noon in the trial of Robert W. Stewart, head of the Standard Oil Nov. MRS. GIFFORD RULING OF COURT i i i | | ' { i UES 10 TRIAL: ‘Union, Mo., After She Pleads Not Guilty Through Her Attorney. INSANITY LIKELY TO BE HER DEFENSE ~ FOR POISONING Selection of Jury Begun at | HOOVER SAILS ABOARD WARSHIP ON GOOD-WILL | TRIP TO LATIN-AMERICA | On Trial for Poison Death. } | j i Defendant, on Stand, Says In This Case She Is Accused | known, | of Killing Edward P. ger in Continental Bond Brinley for Whom She Acted as Nurse. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch, UNION, Mo., Nov. 19.—Her dark cheeks, Mrs. Bertha Gifford of Catawissa, Mo., who liked to wait | on the sick, came into court here Co. of Indiana, charged with hav~-| togay to stand trial for her life. ing testified falsely before the | She is accused of the murder last Senate Teapot Dome Committee | year of Edward) P. Brinley. 48- during the inquiry into the dispo- sition of the notorious Continental | Trading Co.’s. Liberty bonds last February. Justice Jennings Bailey informed | | — who received | committee had asked him ' months and 83 years old, were still | in bed. unharmed counsel that he would instruct the} jury that a quorum of the commit- tee must be shown to support porjury charge, and that a quorum o° this committee consisted of eight Senators. Both sides have concluded presenting evidence and there has been no testimony thct more than five Senators were pres- ent during the examination of stewart. Question Left to Jury. Frank J. Hogan, Stewart's chief counsel, accordingly asked Justice year-old Franklin County. farmer, to whim she surreptitiously admin- _ istered arsenic in his medicine, as she confessed three months ago, a, | —— Bailey to instruct the ry to bring | in a verdict of not guilty, but the | Justice held that th question of whether a quorum was. present should be left to the jury. The minutes of the committee state that Hight Senators were present. cit is admitted, however, that this record was made pursu- ant to a Senate custom, whereby Senators telephone the clerk to re- cord them as present when they are available, but not actually in attendance. On this point Justice Bailey held that ph: -ical preserce must be shown. A rule, which the committee adopted last December, that six members should constitute a quorum, was held invalid by the Justice, on the ground that less than a quorum was present when it was adopted. Acquittal Verdict Likely. In the light of the rulings, aud in view of the instructions to be given the jury, acqv'ttal seems the only verdict possible. Court recessed when the defense concluded its testimony, and argu- ment will be heard tomorrow. Two hours will be alloted to each side for argument. Justice Jennings Bailey previ- ously had overruled a defense motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, which he had had under advisement since Friday aft- ernoon. In February the oil magnate tes- tified that he had never personally received any Liberty bonds from the Continental Trading Co., Ltd., Canada, and knew nothing about their distribution. Later he admit- ted that he had received $759,900 of the bonds, but said he had placed them in trust fo~ his com- panies. Explains His First Testimony. He gave an interesting -explana- tion of his first testimony, when he took the witness stand in his own defense today. He said he had re- garded himself as a mere ‘carrier’ and not a recipient of the bonds, and that was his reason for saying he had never received them. When he said he knew nothing of the dis- tribution of the bonds, he contin- ved, he had meant to say he knew nothing about any of them being given to former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall. “Did you intend to make false statements to the committee?” asked his. counsel. “Absolutely not,” asserted the huge oil man. “I intended to an- aswer fully and fairly all questions that I thought the committee had a right to ask and to refuse to a swer questions which I did not think it had the right to ask.” Stewart followed a parade of character witnesses on the stand. He gave his age as 63, and said he is a lawyer by profession and served as a Majer of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-Ameri- can War. | Describing his first appearance before the committee in February, he said that “at no time were more than five Senators present, and Challenged Senate's Authority. Asked by his counsel whether the if he | | | | : ‘is a tired woman. — —maw ee — knew who had got any ff the | itually everybody, | rumor of strange deaths was linked | Brinley at that time was not known to have died from the ef- | fects of the poison. A belated post- mortem a month ago established the fact that his death was due.to arsenic poisoning. through counsel, pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge immediately upon the opening of court. She had chosen not to ap- pear for the arraignment and Cir- cuit Judge Breuer allowed her to plead through her counsel, Poisoncr Has Lost Weight. The onee plump woman, §fre- quently called the “good Samiari- tan” by neighbors, because of her constant volunteer attendance at sick-beds, came into court at 11 o’clock when Judge Breuer had or- dered her appearance for the se- lection of the jury. Three months of incarceration have wrought a patent difference in Mrs. Gifford’s appearance. She has lost much weight. Her once full face is now lined. Late in August. when she was locked up in the top cell tier of Franklin County jail, she was a full figure of a woman clad in gar- ments of the farm. Today she wore a modish black coat with a brown fox collar. On her § feet were high-heeled slippers and she wore grey silk stockings. 19.—The | locks freshly bobbed, and with two | bright spots of rouge on her lined | Mrs. Gifford, | { ; She sits at the counsel table with | her hands folded on her lap, her dark eyes weary. Her speaks to her and she attempts to. smile, but finds it’ difficult. Choosing a Jury. Bacx of her the jury box is full of veniremen. James Booth, short, stocky, gray-haired lawyer of Pa- cific, who is defending Mrs. Gif- ford, is questioning a sober-faced prospective juror with mustaches that sweep below his chin. Gifford seems selection of the men who are to decide whether she is guilty of murder, to be hanged, or to be imprisoned for life, or to go free. Her wrinkled: hand, its ring finger bearing a heavy gold wedding band, slips up to her brown fur collar, her fingers touch a slight She | ‘ —— Mrs. | uninterested in the! spray of artificial green and pink | flowers on her coat. folds her hands in-_her lap. Country folk of Franklin County pack the aisles of the courtroom. Again she. | he had known Ballyn for years but | | ' They strain for a sight of the) prisoner, the woman who once lived on Bend road, betwe2n Pacific and Catawissa, and acted as volunteer nurse at fewer than 18 bedsides pain, resulted. Interested momentarily in the selection of jurors, persons in the| | ! ; courtroom seats lean toward each) other to whisper comments. most everybody in tHe county knew Gene Gifford, pleasant, sunburned farmer who was charged by Gov- ernment agents with operating a still on the Frey place near Cata- Al- | wissa, where Ed Brinley died, and | who was subsequently fined $500) dry law, and vir- even under the bone with her name, knew Bertha Gif- ford, Gene’s humble, silent wife, who pricked up her ears only when the conversation turned to illness or operations and who would travel 10 miles to see the victims of an accident. They ask each other questions, Is Miss Gifford sane? Did cne really give Ed Brinley anc all those others arsenic? In the cou ‘- room. with unmoving faces, are Mrs. Ed Brinley, the farmer's widow, and two of his orphan chil- | In a rear row sits Georre | dren. Stuhlifelder. the Gifforda, one-time nelehber of who told the «rand Continued on Page 2, Column 2. Continued on Page 3, Column 5. before the) | I ee vy n Poet-Disnatch Staff Photographer: om }3 ‘ MRS. BERTHA GIFFORD PHOTOGRAPHED today at Union, Mo., where she is on trial for the murder of Edward P. Brinley. ome ne — CUNARD STEWARD HELD IN DIAMOND TWO MEN KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS SMUGGLING PLOT AND STRIKES BUS Employe on Berengaria I[m- plicates New York Police- | Also Is Ar- | Who man, rested. | Py the. Associated Press. counsel | NEW YORK, Nov. singing steward of the heard in many concerts, church programs and ovér the radio, and a policeman whose beat was along the docks, under charges of diamond smuggling to- Cunard are day. The William chief -of the Berengaria’s force, was steward, arrested when two packages of uia- monds, valued at several thousand dollars, were discovered in his stateroom. He implicated the po- liceman, Traffic Officer John _ T. } | | } a ee See Car Bearing Abbie Wied- man and L. H. Osthoff Goes Over Bank 12 Miles North of Alton. SEA CF when an Two men 19.—The | automobile in which they were Cunard | riding skidded on the wet ;:ave- | ‘liner Berengaria, who has been ment of Highway No. 3, 12 miles north of Alton, at 2 p. today, crashed into a motorbus and Car- ™m. omed off and down a 15-foot em- bankment. They were identified later at Alton as Abbie Wiedman, 20 years Ballyn | old, and L. H. Osthoff, 28, of Ef- |fingham, Ill. | killed. McIntyre, who he charged was the | go-between for the smugglers. Me- Intyre, who was free on bail, said | , ' denied any knowledge of the dia-| mond smuggling. Customs officers apparently were working on advance information in Ballyn'’s case as they went tm- who |mediately to his room on boarding nO; the liner and found the diamonds. where | Sixty officers searched all rooms in death, ushered in by paroxysms Of/ tne Berengaria, including the Cap- | and and Osthoff had left Effingham this morning to go to Carrolton on a hunting trip. Their shotguns and hunting parapher- nalia were found in the wreck of Osthoff’s car, in which they were Wiedman Witnesses told authorities Alton that the machine was trayv- eling at a brisk speed when it skidded, and declared the motor- bus was slowing down at the time had almost come to a ‘when it was struck. ! | | tain’s, even the pockets of suits in | his wardrobe. For months in an effort to stop smuggling of diamonds, all big : ? liners such as the Berengaria, Le- | viathan, the Olympic and others have been searched from captain's room to bosun’'s locker Sir Arthur Rostron, commander of the Cunarder, and other officers expressed surprise at Ballyn’s com- plicity in the smuggling. He was popular with officers, crew and passengers. He had Organized Aa choir of 45 voices from among the crew members and spent much of his time in port singing at churches and on concert and radio programs. He has appeared on concert programs with John Mc- Cormack, Tetrazzini and other noted singers. In his cabin were autographed photos of the im “4° of Wales, Sir Harry Lauder nd Mayor Walker. Mcintyre was known by thou- sands of travelers and others who ‘have had occasion to meet him or see him at work. He had *been the force for 20 years. Four ago he was given a trip on years ‘through Europe at the expense of | William B, Leeds, gon of the late | tin plate millionaire. | | ' meee | : Pm i is survived by his widow ard three children, and Wiedman by a widow and one child. THEODORE SPEIER, BROKER, FOUND DEAD IN GARAGE | Attributed to Apoplexy; | Death Place Was Full of Carbon Monoxide Gas. Theodore Speier of 6151 Water- boulévard, a man merchandise broker with offices at 2103 Frank- lin avenue, was found dead in the garage at the rear of his home this morning, with the place filled with carbon monoxide gas, the pol- son from a motor exhaust. The motor of his car was running and the garage doors apparently had blown shut. However, at St. Mary’s Hospital, where unsuccessful efforta were made to resuscitate him, physi- clans said death was due to apo- plexy. Mr. Speier, who was 63 years old, is survived by two sona, Je- rome Speler of 6330 Waterman avenue, and Harold Speier, and a sister with whom he resided. 21GUNSALUTE =| MARKS STARTOF | t ‘launch, which put off immediately at | halt } FULL page of unusual pho- tographs of the eruption of Mount Etna will be found on the picture page of to- day's Post-Dispatch, LONG VOYAGE Battleship Maryland Carries President-Elect From San Pedro; First Call Nicaragua. WIFE AND ONE SON ACCOMPANY HIM .- at After Inspection of Panama Canal, Next Stop Will Be Peru; Ambassador Fletcher in Party. _ By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Nov. 19.-=— Herbert Hoover sailed aboard the battleship Baryland on his goode« will trip to South America shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. The President-élect arrived heré after an overnight trip from his |} home at Stanford University. Much of the trip down the California mainiand was given over to elear- ing away urgent correspondence.» Al Glendale, ony the. outekiots- of Los Angeles, several persons canie aboard the train to say “goodby,” among them Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant United States Attorney-General 1n charge of pro- hibition prosecutions. Shortly before 10 o'clock, the Hoover special train halted near the dock at San Pedro and the President-elect and his wife ap- peared on the rear platform, ac knowledged the plaudits of a huge throng of people with bows and then hurricl seaward through a long isle of sallors. They were met at the yacht of Admiral William V. Pratt, com- mander-in-chief of the Pacific Coast fleet, by naval officials, and after an exchange of greetings, boarded the launch and sped out to the Maryland, anchored near the edge of the harbor breakwater. A slight delay was met in getting the battleship under was because of formalities and then with four destroyers hovering near, the Mary- land welghed anchor and steamed out to sea. On the way here the Hoover train paused for two minutes at Wilmington, the port of Los An- geles, while a throng of school children cheered wildly at their first glimpse of the nation’s next chief executive. Hoover appeared on the platform of his car, smiled broadly and addressed a few words (to the eager crowd of youngsters. | The President-elect was met at | his train by Admiral Willjam YV.~ | Pratt, commander-in-chieft of the Pacific Coast battle fleet, and «= group of other naval officials, who escorted him to the Admiral’s Cal., |down the bay to the battleship. 'Five minutes later there were @ | series of booming blasts and vari- (ous battleships in the harbor fired the presidential salute of 21 guns. Bouquet for Mrs. Hoover. | Almost as the President-elect’s ‘special train stopped near the Fifth street landing, Mr. and Mra. Hoéver appeared on the rear plat- form, smiling broadly. Someone thrust a bouquet of rosebuds into Mds. Hoover's arms. An immense crowd surged about the train, along the harbor docks 5 and far out on to the wharfs. The aa land about the harbor was a black ” dot of people. Farewell to College Town. Bidding farewell to the college town that has known him for more than 30 years since his undergrad- uate days. the President-elect boarded his «special train at Pale Alto last night for a journey whies is to take him into most of the - e countries .on the Western hemis- aa phere and across the breadth of the South American continent. On his return he will spend a month in Florida before his inauguration, March 4. His first stop in the voyage will be Corinto, where he ts to pay the first visit that any President or President-elect of the United States has made to Nicaragua. é Afterward, although the definite itinerary for the entire trip not yet been announced, there be a stop at Balboa for a brief inspec- tion of the Panama Canal, and the long voyage down the rim ‘of South America to Callao. | There he will begin a series of foh- Ane RONEN EEE