St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 13, 1928

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Fe RD mR HP” ee a ne RP en age ee . - : — pe RE ty em a i ts Ne See ic — : | , i ; COMIC PAGE : i : WEDNESDay | = DECEMBER i2. is¢ ‘. “+ 2928. 5 (= Ss | TODAY ss The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service FINAL EDITION *% (Stock Market Closing Prices) * +s car Qe ——————— i = a a | NO. 98. ee ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 192848 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS ie |QERIFF GETS ®MAYOR OF CARBONDALE Fl FR ADMITS HE GODLOGENEEIS KING SHOWS IMPROVEMENT | HINEYEAR AND) Tei Home By inTRupER JOOK$20,000AND CONGRESSMENON BUT IS EXHAUSTED AFTER | 165000 FINE ON 24% 0 coupes root, . c. tundtey, 76 Wealthy LOST IT ON RAGES PLAN FOR RETREAT OPERATIONS ON HIS CHES T PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW pioneer. Fatally Shot as f | ILTY p lf A : THE TEMPERATURES. een ee ——— + ae * — Be in One of the ay Post-Dispatch WELL, TM NCT GOING 7H ARGUE ABOUT DE TAILS. t STAYED HOME Two DAYS WAITING FOR THAT TOUGH BABY TO COME HERE ANID AT LEAST OFFER me A CIGAR. My TIME ts sustT AS VALUABLE AS HIS 1S. if a TRYING TO DRAG ME TO COURT ILL FIX THINGS 55 A JURY WILL THROW BIG SURPRISE PARTY FoR mR. BILLION = BUCKS WHEr HE ARRIVES. * a 2 @ we eS = Se = = » lial. * eg eee = Saas Sa i jd Me we oe ee ee eee igh AB DN at bags oy A > h- mee or ee pe Mle «el sce ca ‘* ' —epepeaet | Sat Ur ae seen 33. He Prepares to Go to Bed | Union Trust Co. of East St. President Tells Elliott and . om | 3 ~ a ae 49 10 a. Bloons ens ee ‘ Rie | > ; $s mist: ia eee: —Spouse Found in Louis Says William F. Woodrum He Does Not | | a Pee SB sso...) Bisel. _ Brinkmann of This City’ Wish to Take Active Part i i [Ee - ne eee ae ———— esterday’s high 52 (12:30 »p. m.). low ‘ Iiplie Roche of Cairo and | | . ;.° a + OF iT OUT CF YOUR FRST : OWNER OF TRE THEATER | ae magia aches in the doorway of the kitchen near! board of the Union Trust Co., Col- Chief Washington Correspondent of | ' ia sibly | her body, su homage ie on st-Dispatch. ‘ a y, Suggested an attempt at jjinsville and Missouri avenues, the Post-Dispatc | DOCTOR AT RULER S a SN’'T HE WONDERFUL? —/ |- I Freed. snow in north- - ‘ ' > ; - . 4° west portion; ee: | ae ee bea | East St. Louis, announced today WASHINGTON, Dec, 1. eet tained small change. A _ private cressmen Richard N. Elliott} ——_ BEDSIDE ALL NIGHT ei : , {i > toche of Cairo, | colder tonight, 7 ithat a teller employed there had , Speriff Leslie B. Rocne . safe, built into a wall, was not | je “ie | é * By was sentenced to serve a year ni wind Divoomang to strong ; tar:pered with. confessed embezzling between $20,-/ et ages = Clifton A. aa | : S21 ands te Reverge Theory Discussed ' - | Woodru (Dem.), Virginia, saw - ‘ SEE tearemworts PeMl-} iiiinole: Probably rain tonlght| ravestigntors were interested in| ene te ee os | rcatiient Coplidge setiy ‘and: Ode Queen Mary Takes Drive i res ere es : : > ‘ | r ar 3- | bie losing it all through wagers on | | , | After Luncheon With f ; Heir to Throne — Large ea Crowd Awaits Bulletin. : ay ; € $5000 an : 7 vntary and pay @ fine of $5 /and tomorrow, except mostly fair the fact that Hundley killed a mo- pelts gg ley secede srg Riroets : Federal Judge Isindley in East tonight in extreme south portion; sic teacher. a friend of his first horse races. — . : fe pe Louis today when he and 26 aac smhat meni Hen hen wife, 40 years ago, and was acquit- The teller named by Schlafly is necessary to carry into effect e or 2 arm nigh * ds z ; . the 24 other co-defendants, on eem criticised for its conduct of | her wtanhed Trip to Florida, yy Entries and Erasures. —_—/utlilizing the site now owned by | ment for a motor drive. She had ’ It is understood the money W@S ithe Government on Mount Weath-| luncheon with the Prince of Wales, | Sendants announced their intention | the Arnold Rothstein murder case, R | ’ econstructing the crime, fn- i ated from inactive ac- : ; ef plead: ‘ity when court con-/resigned today, effective not later misappropriat: er, near Bivemont. Va. tuachesn wit aa ae pleading guilty vestigators concluded that Hundley counts, where the teller had reason whet ant Gestcen ates Aen Smugglers Use Power Line chee neon, Se ae wened. Their pleas brought a ré-j; than Dec. 31. 4 ; : ; When Mayor James J. Walker| ¥25 Shot as he prepared to retirei ty believe customers’ withdrawals | conference said that the President Near Niagara Falls for he hed fend feelin eee ENFORCE HRY At Aug. 14, when he attended a fare- ess, during which defense coun- : ) el conferred. Then began a pa-j| received Commissioner Warrens and Mrs. gene —_— cms @Si would be few and far hetween.|had approved in principle Wood- Aerial Ferry. rade of defendants to the bar to/ resignation, he said he was not a Roaie upstairs on hearing @/ Once the money was taken, —. rum’s joint resolution for a report well just before the court left for . r " ‘ess e f j dger sheets, S€ ion Vailable ite b h Publi M l thange thei: as. ready to name a successor. It was ; 4 stitutions of le ' available sites by the Public , Baimoral. Princess ary also conte thegaagl his chief dep- | known, however, that he was eager dagen mat a et paige Ag entries and erasures were resorte | Buildings Commission. The Presi- NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Dec. 13, drove from the Palace some time tly cams to the bar ietintines for | to have Grover A. Whalen, general ee Sono a ents 1 | to in an effort to cover up. dent indicated that the commis- | —Provincial police announcec they ‘ after the Prince of Wales had icft. mnutence and stood, impassive, | Manager of the John Wanamaker v _ , pete oul ce ot ee ee oe a ant nae ar westig — mages had discovered a specially con- Bruce, Wet, Slips Through Speaking at a League ~ apie +9 ' . e p ead bi 1 “ an Moun feather, Ou e 1 oll eam — oe x pen lta coniptet-| former Meyer, was wet awakened sonal, dn kept on hand in case of | thought that this location offered | Structed set of pulleys with which Amendment Adding Quar- attormens Punicnan ian Ap: Sag ogg ewer naam ed ne Mania oo’ head of the Po- by the shooting, although he lives inspection by bank examiners or) several desirable features liquor runners have been tra i “ “4 ee ae sils bd chagrined by ae facts re-| lice Department, told the Mayor patra be om had planned to officials. A substitute sheet, show-_ The Congressmen gained the im-/ing liquor into the United States ter Billion to Amount that so far the condition of the f ealed. Yo aiiee of h _| that he had for a long time desired : ; eld in default of $5000 ley's son. Policemen aii rain, Subway Lines. to the Government. He said he ) mobilé collided with a machine returned to ask for a reconsidera- steady and His Majesty is not low- ‘had learned that the buildings and driven by William 3B. Schendel,/tion. This was agreed to. His ing ground.” Wil be a lesson to you.” bond as a material witpess. land L. A. Sizemore and the s0n| special to the Post-Dispatch. then entered through the kitchen JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 13. | grounds at Mount Weather could /|5113 Wells avenue, at Euclid and |am@gndment was not even read in The bulletin was signed by Sir Sheriff's Roche's wife. and unt Se. cose co a oe 6 a door, found ajar. They found Mrs. an order granting a certificate-of | be put into good condition for $25,-| Washington avenues, Oct. 16. The | the bustle to get the measure on its/ +4.) Rigby, Sir Stanley Hewett an iia cng CAN MARRY UNWED MOTHER Hundley’s body and. going upstairs, | -onyenienca and necessity to the Il- | 000 to $3000. At present the Gov- | glass in a street lamp at the inter- | way through and Senator Moses of and Lord Dawson of Penn. |ernment owns 85 acres surround-| section was broken. Mrs. Love-|New Hampshire, the presiding Of-| ip stanley remained at. the pambia, Mo.. who had come to East sir tnt they found Hundley lying acrOSS/jinois Terminal System and the St. : Bt. Louis to be with her father, Bristol, Conn., Wife Calis It his bed on a pillow. He still was Louis Electric Railway Co., its ling the buildings and about 300 joy a ——— * 2) eee ficer, declared it accepted as soon aitian tai nthe se pe a careless driving an ¥ sual, “Christian Duty” Pays Other alive, but was unconscious. subsidiary, for the projected ele-| more acres are available. : Mrs. Etherton said she heard a vated. surface and subway tracks! Under the terms of the Wood | destruction of property charge. She The House previously had voted had issued a bulletin on the second ‘RP? Seige reae & « . Se# eer eC Gre 6 Oe eS © we * ce aes eae ck & & + as it was put. other doctors leaving after they Were in ¢ , a ourt when sentence was * Pronounced. Woman's Hospital Bills. es al sal petemn Se SRS MEARE IN SCE i I st Sachs! Sool ae Rk LTT se. ee , _ a Oe ~ OE Caeet CT es, PMmMeE ve Pin ag ld J | Swce THEN ‘>s * Sa & eee ete mee | | Franklin avenue at 19:39 a. m, to- ‘y as george a ee aes BRISTOL, Conn., Dec. 13.—Mrs. |}the Hundley home Cc issi id hold hear f simil b T bil must go to confer & © Judge Lindley grant ae A . STOL, Conn., - lo. Mrs. (the Hundley ‘ington avenue and McKinley |! ings Commission wou a*-' of similar charges. : me © now “|ley this morning and these three oe | Arthur G. Main asked for a divorce | ° The second Mrs. Hundley w4S | Bridge, was issued by the Public|ings and gather data on the sites Orville Jones, West Plains, Mo../ence between Senate and House signed the neal bulletin after Office for a four-vear’ferm Dec. 6 'band, a Bristol business man, might | Harrison, one of the ipuncers Of | The order recited that there : ) 4926. fs * | marry a lame woman to whom @/ Herrin, and a coal land owner IN! 22. no protests, but stated that any definite action was poe on ling while intoxicated, se fined |bition enforcement. The amend- optimism throughout the country Witnesses T the commission's report, Congres® | $59 for careless driving. € 4D-|ment of Senator Bruce increased | +o * : | ay regarding Ki George. It al of Brihes. iMrs. Main also obtained @ doctor | George Harrison, president “ the | diction for such further orders as os Hy for the woman, Alice Hartson, 22 | pirst National Bank of Herrin, and | it may deem proper, so-as to be in | incoming President. ——— . Senate leaders predicted that the might win his way back to health. beron expenses. led : | ; , yond doubt that | “I thought it was my Christian la few years ago, was the wife oOf/ city of st. Louis had filed a letter ! vare tract site in questjon is a sq c discussion or consideration of pro-/ ; Clarke and Loudon counties, Two Men Bind, Gag and Rob Pro- | hibition enforcement in the dispo- ct oe loom ati eae np ie that he sold and trans- : hier of the| tapes lov he Shenandoah Valley . . against pleurisy, which sent him to : 1924. The husband met Miss Hart- J. E. Mitchell, cashier o *| viously had objected to it. did not overlooking the © tv 1. prictor of Shop at 1012 Frank- sition of the measure. bed more than three weeks ago t and the Piedmon west lin at 10:30 A. M. Bruce's move was in line with Apparently the operation per- | of Other | . . 25 ¥ fire, ame gpeliggma a a finally told his wife that he was | few days ago and that his wicetqer dl Lone Tuesday, was brief, the only | the ae corner eo Bindler in his jewelry store at 1012] of the wet group on Capito! Hil |chest by Sir Hugh. with Give ether : neg quor JAWS, | «he father of Miss Hartson's child. jpbeen written. E. E. Mitche:.) witness being an engineer for the 2g0 for a weather © : 3 who have offered amendments in-/doctors in attendance. gave the : ‘Md that he forced bootleg- er : , 1e fore Mrs. Hundley had recent-! The plan, as is mn, ntem- wi, @PPly election workers ROBBERS CAN'T CAR CARRY $10,000 ae Bs ifi s . , - ! Pre , but was ce-|Cass avenue, a grade crossing at - the es- post ¢ zs : EENBAY. Wis. .Dec. 13. Mayor of Carbondale Several buildings are on the . the ing of this mornin bul. had been an honest officer} GF teated by a close margin. Case avenue, and an elevated struc-| tate the best of them being a co- asked to examine a razor. When/ not be effected on the appropria- kone tenia ie ries esr ge cluded that ~ behind $10,964 in gold and silver : aq th ' ‘ : : . > | — *PPreciate hone me oe because it was too heavy to carry,|a reconciliation several y2aTS 8£9 5. the associated Prese. two other large houses, as well as ee ee a Blagg ob caty xe clause in the bill increasing the! be said at Westminster Abbey. To- i salaries of Director Lord, of the/ asy ail classes and creeds wen: ‘ — James Roche, who was in ears the elder | fied the Kell Bri ce pact { miles di t Wise involved in the liq rency, seized the assistant cashier dale. For many ¥ fied the Kellogg-Briand peace pact, | six and one-half miles distant. Sa seat a : he ponmenerggass near his home, forced him te give| Hundley was a traveling salesman jafter hearing President Machado’ An important addition yesterday @ rest of the loot from a safe |from $19,000 a year to $12.969./ snose in plain and worn elethes and show window. The opposition won and these two | knelt in the Abbey and joined in ‘ . | » § nd Rink a stay of two weeks to | “Ruffin 3 = in th today and got it, so that her hus- | the daughter of the late UiNnN) Service Commission joday. ‘available and then report to CON-|was sentenced to 30 days in © i conferees. It carried a total appro- examining their patient. child was born three months ago. | williamson County. Two brothers, the commission would retain juris- | ® testimony of 51 Government i the bill was considered in the con-| With a rubber tube draining the he h -€ ad taken bribes duty,” she told Judge Allyn Brown. lE. E. Mitchell, former Treasurer! -pproving the plan. North Sst ed Whisk imPce o ; thy Z neelt. that he son in July, 1927. Mrs. Main said | pirst National Bank, today saii!appear before the commission and |0nm the wes ansported stills for boot- , . wn eee ;, ti longer used for that eRe president of the First National, 4!S0 | electric traction system. | tien but is no tons creasing the enforcement fund to| King considerable relief. It wo» Whisky last November. al-|Two Men Leave Gold and Silver, | NE os. pene ; ‘ . st : , al- ’ . $ indley’s son.! Was renu ubway ‘for some time. immediate heir is Hundie) Nashington avenue, a subway to a/to $00. ment they persistenfly advanced |SU” to spread through his body. ¢ 2 he wo men who robbed the Farmers , » When he was defeated For years Hundley and his fa-/ture to the bridge. lonial-type brick residence, with 16 Bindler started to get some razors | tions made available in te past. Each day at noon until further ee officers of the bank said today. The | and young Hundley, who had been) HAVANA, Dec. 13.—The Cuban) severa! cottages and a large stable. bound and gagged him. They took | budget bureau, and Ogden L. ed there to offer silent prayer. Wom- «J Pe 'Tacy and 4 : whose reputation as up the keys to the bank and to/for a St Louis grocery house in jy Morales’ message. Senator Ricar-ito the long list of public men in- os Bindier released himself after jofficials must work for the pay - , Continued on Page 2, Column 5. : MR eaten tn s \ nw. a ae 7 X ont . TT eee ee ee ee -- cippammge Ae mary mae neta: ey : iy . a ‘ oS ink ald ® 7% : A ee nee coe onmenn Special to the Post-Dispatch. | woman's scream in the direction Of) perween Twelfth street and Wash-/| rum resolution, the Public Build-| appealed. Schendel was acquitted | down @ similar proposal. operation. They joined Sir Stan- * J “0d up their ara; ; ar affairs. iv ‘ Roche took gress. Woodrum said that before workhouse and fined $100 for driv- | priation of $13,500,000 for prohi- There was a general feeling of | |should ascertain the views of the | pealed. this amount to $270,.627,384. was thought that eventually he : | : Meee who were on the stand ! ive. A sis- years old, and paid her hospital pr. albert Massioe™ 92 gine He eT be position to reopen it at any fu-|! iter, Mrs. E. E. Mitchell, Who Git@ | ture time if occasion arises. The : [toring distance of the Capital. The TAKEN IN STORE HOLDUP ference. Otherwise there was nojfriuid from the pleural cavity, the “Ny bootle “ - ; otleggers for “pro The Mains were married in July, | o¢ the State of Illinois. Louis business men, who pre-/'" ar¢ _ torts ‘ed whenever possible the ef- , h and in his bank @ ;- ari } ; ley on the east. It was bought by he fell in love with the woman that Hundley was the hearing on the application. | ©) ° Two young men held up Samuel/ those started by various members formed on the right side of his ‘purpose. The Department of A€-| gay, and escaped with $45 cash ; 4 ® Was not a candidate. Take $39,900 Currency. » didate ¢ : ow: ‘Cc ee r ast year was candidate ‘9T) point between O'Fallon street and Several Buildings on Estate. . ’ who "et 7 ic On entering, one of the men/| Was that strict enforcement could, The crows ou Dans @ wate for Cit + ¥ Commi Exchange Bank here last night left we | a woner of Caize and ther were estranged, but there was Cuba Ratifies Kellogg Pact. rooms and six baths. There are the robbers drew revolvers,| Some Senators objected to 8] notice. prayers for the King wil! * Was chier ' | ond testi rgesmange men, who obtained $39,991 in cur-| with his mother, came to Carbon- Senate yesterday unanimously rati- | Biuemont, the nearest postoffice, is si a watch and $3 from Bindler and | Under-Secretary of the Treasury. en in rich furs. side by side with i te ‘ * oe Mer the Government took | | he im-! disclose the combination lock num-} Southern Illinois, but retired sev- do Dolz spoke in favor of the im- of | : . . . ‘ 2 “atinued on Page 3, Column 1, |bers to the vault. | eral years ago. jmediate ratification, i Continued on Page Four, they departed, they are now getting. t*