St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 13, 1929

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COMIC PAGE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929. WELL HOMER, I a hi | | %, g — — ALC RIGHT, 1 Cc BELIEVE (iT, Sor YAINT GETTIN OOOS ON (FT. the TWO } ost- Dispatch 7 5 2 . i. „rr eee SSE LOOK — — — —— — — * — —⅛ bl SES PAD IN TAX LOBBY WASHINGTON ut.-Gov. Bennett of Mis- souri in Party Taken to Capital by Council of Legislatures. ö | | rosT OF JUNKET , PUT AT $12,000 Grundy Refuses to Give His List of Preferred Sen- tors and Caraway Calls Him a Welsher. 5 By CHARLES G. ROSS, i net Washington Correspondent of |* the Post-Dispatch. . WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—In 7 while tax legislation was be- me considered by Congress, the «tional Council of State Legisla-. ures, “wet-nursed” by the Ameri-. a Taxpayers’ League, brought bout 130 State officials, including eutenant-Governor Phil A. Ben- tt of Missouri, on a junket to washington to lobby for the repeal the Federal inheritance tax. The expenses of most of the te officials were paid by the called National Council. Thomas Hill of Pine Bluff, Ark., secre- ry-treasurer of that organization, mas the paymaster. He told the nate’s lobby investigation com- ite about the junket this morn- Be. hough Hill insisted that “the bors,” as Senator Blaine of the emmit tee called them, kept in mind the serious purpose of their tip to Washington, he conceded fat they, like any other tourists; wanted to get out now and then to the city. Senator Blaine de- meloped from the minutes that me of the “boys” played truant mom a school“ of : r instruction at the Raleigh od pore. Court. $12,000 Well Sepnt.” The meeting cost the National uncil about $12.000 for the trav- mag expenses of the delegates, | ir hotel bills at the Raleigh and Kher expenses. Hill said the ex- ‘nditure..had been justified by be . aroused for the es- e tax repeal. two State Governors present—Green of. Michigan, riie of North Dakota: In ition Wee were several Lieu- soVverners, several speakers te L and numer- maller fry. ‘ Hill testified Chairman raway called back to the stand h R. Grundy, the Pensylvania and told him to produce “Preferred list” of Senators Grundy had promised. begged to be excused and Senator dismissed -him- with: Pde ia, that She. Wag. . * — . c least N „ te — ssed Fan 5 On Bean-Guessing Contest North St. Louisans Tried to Please Law Of- ficers, But. Drew Wrath of. Buyers of $55,000 Worth of Tickets." STEEL MAGNATE'S SON ELOPES WITH CHAMBERMAID. | has provoked a storm of criticism — — ee William W. Willock Jr. So- cially Prominent and Heir : to Fortune. By the-Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 13. — The elopement of William W. Willock Jr., socially prominent and heir to a fortune, with Adelaide Ingle- bert, 20-year-old chambermaid at the home of his parents, became known today. | * Witlock Sr., a former vice presi- dent of the Jones & Laughlin, Steel Co., said: 5 “My son was married last Wednesday in Oyster Bay. I have no idea where they are now, but I understand they are leaving in the mo g for an extended trip to the South.” Asked whether he was reconciled to-the marriage, he said: “I have no desire to reply to that.” N The Willocks have a New York home on Fifth avenue and country estates at Syosset, Long Island, and | Lakewood, N. J. Mrs. Willock is the former Alice Jones, daughter of the late B. F. Jones Sr., steel manufacturer. Miss Inglebert was hired by the Willock butler last February as a second chambermaid at the Syos- set home. She left in October. Young Willock, who is 22, main- tained a shop on the Syosset Estate where he engaged in electrical ex periments. | GYPSY READS ALDERMAN'S HEAD sg * * — This e wis dul _ Uninteresting pads charged with run-of-the-blotter of- fenses. Then came Mary Nwanich, a gypsy, charged with fortune tell- ing. Judge Rosecan listened to her 4 4 es ** , * * defense, that she was not a fortune teller but. a phrenologist. - „'i tell you what I'll do,” said the Judge. “Fortune tellers usual- ly are fined $100 in my court. You get the same, but if you can show me that your phrenology really works, I'll stay the fine upon your promise to leave town. Let's have a demonstration.” He asked a traffic policeman, who was waiting to testify in an- other case, to submit his head to the gypsy’s touch. “Not me,“ said the policeman,.and ran. out of the courtroom.Then-.I0mgs. Rosecan asked Johh Neu .Jf._Jawyer and member. at. the Boar of Aldermen, to tale part in the demonstration. A. Arnold, gerieral ‘manager-of Neu ‘was. Willing. The woman ran Interlecking - - - Taxpayers‘ Southern -.Asseciation. “ie his eighth appearance on the He was still testifying when nittee adjourned for the 4)... ans 7 rundy Called a Welsber. Grundy was called back to the “ad on his promise to supply the ttee with “Grundy’s list of Pret red Senators.“ nd said he had thought over matter and decided it Would de ' coming“ of him to present ‘t led you to weaken on promise?” prodde@ Caraway. _Teflection 1 partially weak- said Grundy, smiling. welsh on your promise?” araway. Grundy freely ad- “| (iat he had given the prom- out said he had made a mis- 2 so doing. en you welsh?” persisted Car- „ “I wouldn't put it that * replied the lobbyist. ‘hat’s the way I put it,” retort- 4 Car: aw ay. aT. | just wanted to see it you n yellow in the last min- 1 ay immediately asked that ~ St remark be struck from the Thank you,” sald Grundy. Shakes Hands With Grundy. “After all.” Pp rt Palked ~ & seat and shook bis hand. ay previously had noted. on} over Grundy’s revised fist; - ward“ states, that he had * . 1 ‘ult, ert | Grundy’s first - “backward™ mag ** ve ireinia slipped out of your * £races at here.“ res ves“ That's all. Mr. Grun-“ said Caraway to the! ‘ers. “IT kinda like him.” and 0 cack to where Grundy had}: Virginia. Virginia was bose. remarked disewar, | the last „ 2 her fingers over his skull for about two minutes-and announted: Aena tell that this man likes. to have a lot of fun. A lot of good times, and likes to be in the com- pany of people who play all the time.” x “That's right,” said the Judge, „Mr. Neu is a member of the Board of Aldermen. And, if you leave town before night, you won't have to pay that $100.” CLOUDY TONIGHT, TOMORROW, “RAIN LIKELY TONIGHT; COLDER IIA III 4 . m. 69 1 . .) * ADS hGH .* og 1 — Brun 183 P „ oy. without committing nim. . araw ay then began te rendtoft 2 Sunset. * a — 2 3 8 a 5 = eee . The last-minute substituth pot “bean guessing contest” for the customary drawing in the distribu- tion of bungalows, automobiles and other “gifts” valued at 000 at the annual household * of the North St. Louis Boosters, | , from persons who bought 565,000. tickets at $1 each and guessed wrong or not at all. Officials of the organization, in their avowcd effort to “please everybody, including the grand jury and the Better Business Bu- reau,” deluged themselves with the displeasure of a more numerous and formidable band of critics in the form of dissatistied ticket buy- ers. Since Sunday, when the 50,023 beans in the jar at Bilgére Build - ing, Grand boulevard and Dodier street, were poured out and count- ed,.the telephones of the Circuit Attorney's warrant office have been kept busy by persons complaining that they bought tickets on a draw- ing and not on a guessing contest. They complained, in effect, not that the lottery law had been vio- lated, but that they had been led to believe they were buying tick- ets in a lottery. Boosters in Trouble. The lottery law has been the bane of the North St. Louis Boost- ers’ existence during the seven years they have held household shows. Each year a few individ- uals were made happy when the lucky numbers were drawn from the box by the little girl in a party dress and each year somebody com- plained to the Better Business Bu- reau. Last year, the situation. be- came. complicated when a grand jury described the. gift distribu- tion” .as a lottery and suggested that something should.be done. Last August plans for the 1929 tickets were printed and sales be- gan at $1 a ticket. “We intend to work out a new pian ot award- ing gifts,” said spokesmen for the organization. sis ic) 1 & 2 ey 22 rs 2 . 3 0 n la or be violated. Counsel for the Boosters waited on Circuit Attor- ney Miller and promised that the law. would be observed, The “new pian” was disclosed with the opening of the show last Tuesday when a large giass jar of beans appeared in the window of the household show. Ticket hold- ers were invited to guess the num- ber of beans in the jar and guess by. proxy for their friends who could not come. First prize, it was stated, would go to the person, who guessed closest to the actual number, Low/rumblings of disapproval were heard through the week, and increased in volume until Sunday | when the beans were counted and the prizes awarded. K W. Reb- scher, 6101 Clayton avenue, with an exact guess, took the bungalow at 4616 Bessie avenue, valued at $12, 500, while Ralph C. Harms. -Carroilton,- iI. and G. C.-Donnelly, 4515 Ashland: avenue, each one bean oft. tied ‘for second place, dividing a bungalow at 8571 Drury lane and an automobile. In all. 123 winners. were · awarded “gifts.” : Ticket Holders” Protest. ‘Dissatisfied ticket holders com- plained to officers of the Boosters to the Circuit Attorney, to the Prosecuting Attorney and to the press. ‘The biggest outrage ever per- petrated on an intelligent com- munity,” one complainant wrote. “The Prosecuting Attorney ought to take it over and return the peo- ple’s money.” wrote another. 1 didn’t stand a chance; what do I know, about a jar of beans?” “Why does the Prosecuting Attor- ney let them sell 55,000 tickets for $1 each and then turn their raffie into a bean-guessing contest? It's more lawful.than the raffie would have been.” There's one born every minute and i'm one,’ wrote “Just a Sap.” A mass mecet- ing of ticket holders was another suggestion. 3 . Circuit Attorney Miller said to- day that he did not contemplate | any official action. He pointed out that the buyers of tickets fell into two classes, those who bought the tickets as admission tickets to the show, and those who bought the tickets as lottery tickets. The first paid tor while the second class is in show were started. . Numbered; class, he indicated, got what» they | 2 Sustains, 49 to 29; Recom- ‘ mendation of Finance Committee Which North- West Group Opposed. ADJOURNMENT or SENATE PROPOSED ere — Week’s Vacation Before Regular Session Is Expect- ed to Be Agreed Upon in By the Associated Press. ‘ WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. Re- tentiom of shingles on the free list | was voted today by the Senate. f The vote was 49 to 29. The Sen - ate in so acting sustained the rec- ommendation of its Finance Com- mittee. The House had proposed a 25 per. cent duty. A vigorous contest was: wae on) the Senate floor by members from the Pacific Northwest ‘to a a’ duty on ‘shingles. a They contended it was weber to meet import competition, prin- elpally from Canada. It was kur- ther argued it would regulate the lumber industry so that it would assist conservation ot ‘forests by permitting. the working out * a reforestation program. Roll Call Is Decisive. A roll call was demanded by Walsh (Dem.). Montana, after Jones (Rep.), Washington, had ob- tained by à division vote approval of a proposal to place a 10° per cent duty on the article. The roll-call vote follows: For free shingles: Republicans —Bingham, Blaine, Borah, Brook- hart, Capper, Couzens, .Cutting, 2 eer Fons, Frazier, Glenna, Folk ee the 8 8 * son of ay, eng Sackett, hall, Townsend, Vandenberg and Wal- cott—28, Democrats: For free shingles— Barkley, Black, Brock, Connally, Copeland, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Hawes, Hayden, Heflin, McKellar, Sheppard, Sinimons, Steck, Thomas Montana aa Ww Wheeler—21, Total 49. For 10 per cent shingles duty: Republicans—Edge, Giniett, Goff, Hale, Hatfield, Hebert, Johnson, Jones, Kean, McNary, Metcalf, Moses, Phipps, Reed, Shortridge, Smoot, Steiwer, Thömas of - dane and Waterman—19. Democrats for duty—Ashurst, Blease, Bratton, Broussard, Dill, Fletcher, Kendrick, Pittman, Rans- dell and Trammell—10. Total. 29. Answering arguments by Sena- tors Jones (Rep.) and- Din Dem.. both - of Washington, who favor a shingle - ey. Nye. oft North Dakota, - said the closing of shingle . mills in e Northwest was not due to lack ot a tariff but to many other causes. He ga ve these .as a décreasing demand for the. type of shingle produced in Washington and Oregon: city ordi- nances prohibiting the use of wood- en shingles because of fire hazards, and depression on the American farm. Another reason why a duty should not he levied, Nye said, was shown in Tariff Commission find- ings that production costs in Wash- ington and Oregon were lower-than those in British mne across the Northern border. These figures, he added. showed: that it cost $2.99 to preduce a thousand shingles in the two Northwestern states, as . against $3.48 in British Columbia; cost with interest, $3.04 in the .North- west, as against $3.50 in British Columbia; cost with interest ‘and selling expenses, $3.10 in the two Northwestern States,. as against $3.48 in British Columbia; cost with interest and selling expenses, $3.10 in the Northwest, as against $3.54 across the line. with labor costs N 10 to 12.8 per cent higher in British Cotumbia. Answering Nye, Senator Din said 2 ＋ ion’s Trial Describes Mur- Four Years Ago... — — _| INVOLVES OTHERS ; IN THE CRIME Testifies F. L. Smith Gave Tip and Oliver Honig Helped Plot Robbery Six Weeks in Advance. Frank Silsby, former St. Louis ton's court today that he and Les- ter Barth fired the shots which killed John W. Chamberlain, time- payment jeweler, in a.$300 holdup: at the Terminal Railroad’s. Poplar street freight house, on yeni 25, 1925. Silsby, who authorized the pub- Heaton: in ,a, St. Louis newspaper uring January and February, 1928, of a. serial account of his criminal career. Voluntarily ap- peared before Cireuit Attorney Miller last January, shortly after Miller took office, and told his story of the Chamberlain. murder, involving himself, Barth, Oliver Honig. and Frank L. Smith, Barth,. Honig and Smith were indicted for.. first-degree murder, but no charge was placed. against Silsby, circumstances -indicating that he has been promised im- munity, .The State’s only. materia! witness,. he came here voluntarily | from New Orleans to testify. against Barth, the first of the three de- fendanta to be tried. Plotted. for Six Weeks, . 9 . t robbery of a St. Louis County roadhouse. .Smith, a former Ter- mina] switchman, suggested that Chamberlain be robbed when bee appeared on pay day to’ cash checks for employes and collect payments on watches and other jewelry they had brought, Silsby declared, “Barth and Honig and I dis- cussed the robbery for a month and made our plans, Silsby testi- led. We spotted Chamberlain's house on Etzel avenue and watched him come and go, and fig- ured on how to get in and out of the freight house. Story of the Killing. “The morning of the robbery I got up at 4 a.-m, and took a street car to Honig's house on Chouteau avenue, near Kingshighway. Barth and Smith came in later. We agreed | to leave Sith there und give him 10 per cent of what, we got for the tip. Honig provided two revolvers and we went downtown in his automobiſe. We parked on Poplar street under the Twelfth street via- duct and Honig stayed. in the ma- eine. „Barth and 1 nad handkerchiets around our necks and pulled them up over our faces when we started in. When I stepped into the hall there was the old man (Chamber- lain) right in front of me. I told him to hold up hia hands and not reach for his gun, but he did. He had it out ‘of his holster when I fired the first shot. “Barth was about four or five feet behind me when 1 fired. He began shooting too and I ran back in the hall behind a stairway, came out Barth was going out the door. I stopped and yanked the wallet out of Chamberlain's pocket. When I reached the door I had to push my way through a bunch of men, snapping my revolver at them. The Escape. 3 Honigs machine was moving | 22 <eeaeee Sees ae I ran after. and Honig siowed down 80 1 elimb in at Four- ‘What did vou rum away aoe?" a F f 5 ib ae * 7 4 der of J. W. Chamberlain gangster, who says he has “quit the | racket” to earn an honest living, | told a jury in Circuit Judge Hamil-. 3 met —— gt 7 3 — 2 where I emptied my gun. When 1 teenth street. 1 asked Barth. Surgeons Find Gangrenous, | Spann Condition “tion ofthe oe. ‘By the Associated ‘Sands WASHINGTON, Nov. retary ot War James W. Good was operated on at Waiter Reed. Hospi- tal today for acute. appendicitis, His condition was said to be ex- tremely serious, though heart and thetic. He was on the operating table more than an hour. Surgeons dis- ‘gangrenous, and the inflamed .appendix, was 60 bw in the pelvie as to make their work very difficult. Whether the appendix. had broken was not m known. The situation, was repo rey the e „ said they did not minimize the dan- ger. They added. howeve r., eet was in as good condit 8 ee de expected under the nees, .Th ie was e public at t 4 49 ope ani secre Hoover kept in „ nee cation with the hospital, so that the President, could be ARDEA of any turn. The case was described as voie not septic, There was said to be some peritonitis. While this is not general the danger of its becoming 80 Was considered th be present. 4 report to the White House from Walter Reed Hospital late today said that the condition of Secretary Good was very serious.” Some comfort was felt by his phy- sicians and friends, however, in the notice that he was resting fairly well and that his pulse rate and blood pressure appeared to- be ta- vorable under the eſrcumktasces. Good was working at hin ‘office’ last night when stricken,. He waa.) induced to call a physician, who of- dered him home. Further. éxaml- | nation there resulted in his ‘beng: te sent to the hospital. Atter a consultation of 1 Joel T. Boone, the White House physi- cian; Secretary of the Interior Wilbur, who is a doctor, and Wal- ter Reed staff specialists, an im- mediate operation was decided on. Some time ago Good was taken to the hospital for observation, but was discharged when no immedi+ ately serious symptoms were found. Ar WORK IN OFFICE| } 13.—Sec- |. i pulse held up well under the. anes- |. |eovered an exceedingly. dangerous 1 perforating condition, | §' ) 7 aa been “apsociated | 0 OO — — e 3 . e oe 7 ~ 66g wee ee * — —4—— n — were «OF Rachester, N. V., tha ity n Found, Dead in| By. the Associated Press. ; ROCHESTER,. N. * Nov. 13.— Stock market losses sald to have to be the reason. for the suicide of ‘Robert M. Searle, president of the Rochester Gas & Electric Corpora- tion, at his home here today. He was found on a. bathroom floor at his home by Eerman Rus 4 gas jet. WAS opsp. and-asphyxias tion Was: ven ad the cause of. — a’ cprttgeate” ot. ay Where -he iit n Lol the n is a subsidiary of Associated Gas & Electric Industries, tor the . three years. a ing to . Vice. President. Russell. Searle paid an earlier vis- it: te Rochester last week and at thas, time, talked, Eraghy - of; 3 heavy losses in the. ee have dec Fat that original hock yp ad 74 man 4,80, Jon. was — ti ee at. present bone. than, | ket 1 5 . 4 ' a is — me a nm a 2 2 a * yas 8 5 “4 ae = 2 re Ä market closed off. jatter another storm ot distress | Hquidation had carried “scbrés ot "{/leuding issues”down $1 10 $20 8 aggregated $1,000,000 were thought , Sell, vice president of the company. ‘death: . Carogeéer Richard. A. ‘Leone: ‘ — RICI 5 Br 1917 Asks for Statements on Stocks _ - Borrowed and Lent.” — HIGH GRADE ISSUES” CONTINUE TO. DROP Bid for 1, ,000 Shares of Standard Oil at 50 Cents Under Close Made at End | Of: henge. ft 7 nS a By, the. Anseciated Press. 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