St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 23, 1930
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PAGE 2A : ~-POSHAY PLANNED NEWSPAPER GnAIN, LETTERS REVEAL Failure of . Power Firms Ended Project to Acquire From 200 to 300 Small- Town Publications. ne rere WROTE OF MOLDING. “READERS’ IDEAS” Inquiry Discloses How Companies Sought to Turn Sentiment Against Municipal Ownership. el By CHARLES G. ROSS, Chief Washington Correspondent of | the Post-Dispatch. ’ i WASHINGTON, June 23.—Hew | the defunct W. B. Foshay com: | panies of Minneapolis, which i dealt, among other things, in elec- | tric light plants, sought to control | public opinion is revealed in docu- ments obtained by the Federal Trade Commission and placed in the record of the investigation now being made by the commission, under the V@alsh Resolution, into power utility propaganda and fi- nancing. ° An article published in the Sunday Post-Dispatch, based on the same official record, disclosed that buyers of municipal plants for the Foshay interests were versed in the fine art of “oiling” or “sugaring” city officials. Like other public utility enter- prises investigated by the commis- sion, the Foshay interests went systematically about the business of creating public sentiment against municipal ownership. Not content with a record of having “stolen more space” in the Bews- papers (that is, obtained more free publicity) than any other concern in the country, W. B. Foshay, head of the organization, aspired to get more and bigger results by direct ownership of a chain of news- papers. Warned Against Arousing Public. Just about this time, April, 1929, came the revelations that the Inter- national Paper and Power Co. had bought into some 13 city newspa- ‘ized to conduct pers of the East and South. The storm of public criticism, compel- ling eventually a reversal of the In- ternational’s policy, will be re- called. With this pyblic reaction in mind, R. F. Pack, vice president and general manager of the North- ern States Power Co., formerly manager of the National Electric Light Association. wrote a friend- ly letter of warning to Foshay. Pack said he had heard that somebody representing Foshay had been calling on country newspa- pers to obtain options of purchase. He said that these rumors had cre- ated a great deal of disturbance. He reminded Foshay of what had happened in the East, and said that if a similar attempt to buy newspa- pers should be made by the Foshay interests he believed that “a wave of resentment would be aroused all over the country that would be very difficult to quiet down.” Foshay was not perturbed. Two weeks after the Pack letter he was outlining his project in a letter to H. H. Henley, one of his vice pres- idents, and apparently he was led to drop it only by the collapse of his companies last November. Wanted 200 Small-Town Papers. In the letter to Henley, May 1, 1929, Foshay wrote: “Have had in mind for a long time picking up small-town newspapers. They are the ones that really mold their readers’ ideas. If we had 200 or 300 of them we would have a real power with the small-town people of the coyntry and they are the) ones who control our policies, as in | the end they do the electing of our officials.” Henley in a letter of May 17) strongly supported his chief's idea. | He was “all for getting in on some | newspapers” and thought they | should be newspapers that “really | have some weight, in towns of from | 1000 to 6000.” Henley said a subsequent communication that he knew Pack’s letter was coming, as there had been a convention of Minne- sota editors and sdme of them had | suggested that pressure should be brought to bear ®n_ the Foshay companies to keep them out of the newspaper business. From further letters and memo- randa in the record, it appears that the Foshay interests, by May, 1929, had arranged for an-audit to ‘be made on 15 newspapers on which they had options, The names of the papers are not given. The record shows also that the Foshay people were not alone’ among utility executives in their desire to get control of small-town papers. Ina letter to Foshay, Henley related a conversation he had had with G. A. Nelson, man- ager of the Minneapolis office of the J. G. White Co. in “I had quite a visit with him on/. the train,” said Pienley, “and he finally showed ine a set-up cover- ing the merging of the county seat newspapers published in the State of Minnesota and some in South Dakota. He has two or more eens lined up with options” enley told -n examines - Federal Trade ‘Commissio sy es this activity on the part of Nelson was purely personal and was not FRANK FOSTER, (CHICAGO gangster, sought by po. lice in connection with the mur. der of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, who, it has becn disclosed, was slain by a pistol which has been traced to Foster‘ connected with the J. G. White Co. May 23, 1929, an official of the Foshay companies wrote that a man named Leighton was author- negotiations for the purchase of newspapers; that the W. B. Foshay companies were directly behind this proposed newspaper chain, and that at the proper time the public would be informed. Offered $1,250,000 of Options. In a memorandum of a meeting held in Henley’s office, reference is made to “a fellow in Texas who has a million and a quarter's worth of options and thought’ these might be of advantage to us.” The Foshay interests are shown in oth- er documents to have paid for audits of various newspapers un- der option and to have paid $1204 to a rival group of option holders to “eliminate them from the pic- ture.’’ How extensive was the propa- ganda carried on by the Foshay interests is shown in numerous letters and memoranda collected by the Trade Commission's inves- tigators. A statement by Henley refers to a weekly “press service” to papers in 34 states, giving in- formation on all the Foshay bust- nesses. “such as water, gas, elec- tric light and power, transporta- tion, industrials, investment bank- ing, etc.’’ “In addition to the material sent out from Minneapolis direct to newspapers, and sometimes through local managers to the local press,” says the same memorandum, “three special writers, John F. Sinclair, Edson R. Waite and Ir- win L. House, were employed to obtain the publication of articles written by them and delivered by them to the newspapers.” The Foshay people were proud of their achievements in the pub- licity field. Mrs. Nelson of the advertising department had on file a letter from another member of the Foshay staff, in which a prom- inent advertising man was quoted as having said that the amount of free publicity obtained by the Fos- hay interests was astounding—that in his opinion they “stele more space” than any other one concern in the country. Mrs. Nelson, in an office memo- randum, Oct. 29, 1928, estimated that in the previgus 10 months the Foshay interests had got free pub- licity which, if paid for, would have cost over $1,000,000. : One of‘*the special writers em- ployed by the Foshay interests, as previously noted, was Edson R. Waite. In July, 1929, Waite wrote to L. L. Hill, a Foshay vice pres?- dént, that he was going west to mingle with the newspaper men attending a meeting of the Na- tional Editorial Associatiom “As you know,” wrote Waite; “more papers carry my column than that of any g@her columnist in the world, and it is part of my business to get around with news- paper men as much as possible.” The day after Waite’s letter, Fos- hay was asked in an office memor- andum to “approve and set up a special fund of $15,000 against which will be chargeable publicity released through Mr. Waite, un- der his ‘Do You Ever .stop to Think’ Column.” Man and Wife Drowned. “Special to the Post-Dispatch. BROOKFIELD, Mo., June 23.— Mr. and Mrs. 0. Jackson were drowned in Locust Creek between Laclede and Linneus, last night, while swimming. They left two children, 4 and 7 years old. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Founded aa TELEPHONE: MAIN 1111 Funietwelhh Boulevard and Olve Street, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS end AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS to credited 4 news published special dis- POOP... nccccccess SIA. OMG YORE, .ccssccee 00 ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH -| was affirmed by the Appellate = - MORAN GANGSTER HINTED ASSLAYER OF ALFRED LINGLE Police Announce- James (Red) Forsythe, Under Sentence for - Carrying Weapon, Is Chief Suspect By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 23. — James (Red) Forsythe, gangster and for- mer City Hall employe, is being sought today as the man who killed | Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, police officials announce. Forsythe, whom Judge John Lyle @ year ago characterized as a “po- tential killer,” is under a year’s jail sentence for carrying concealed weapons. The sentence recently Court. Judge Lyle recalled today that there had been much political activity in Forsythe’s behalf at the time of the latter’s trial. “His (Forsythe’s) friends among the politicians almost ran me to death to vacate the sentence,” Judge Lyle said. “I would not do oF © ‘ Arrested at Gang Headquarters, Forsythe, the police recalled, was arrested in a raid on the Moran- Aiello gang headquarters last De- cember. He was released when he identified himself as an employe of the Corporation Counsel’s office. Police at the time, in commenting on his release, said Forsythe was “in the place innocently—he was sent there. He isn’t a hoodlum.” Police said they had no photo- graph or identification of Forsythe, explaining that no rogue’s gallery pictures may be taken by police until the higher court has sus- tained convictions. The police have held persistently to a theory that the murder of Lingle, when solved, would revolve around the Moran-Aiello gang. Lihgle was known to be friendly to “Scarface Al’? Capone, whose gang long has fought the Moran-Aiello group. Police said witnesses had picked out Forsythe as the slayer from descriptions of the man who shot Lingle. Forsythe was first classed as a gangster through his friendship for George (Red) Barker, William Clifford, Cy Cawley and Michael Reilly—of whom only Barker now gurvives. Search for Foster Continues. Search also is under way for Frank Foster, original owner of the revolver used in the Lingle murder. Foster, formerly a Moran- Aieilo man,' who is said to have changed allegiance some time ago, going over to the Capones. Among those sought are Simon J. Gorman and Frankie Noon, as- sociates of Forsythe. Police do not accuse Gorman, Noon or Foster of active partici- pation in the murder, but insist they could give valuable informa- tion. Detectives who traced the pistol said Foster had purchased it from a North Side hardware mer- chant a year ago. Following the killing, the murderer threw the -re- volver aside. Denounces “Leak” by Police. Charles F. Rathbun, the Tribune counsey, who last week was ap- pointed special prosecutor in the Lingle case, assailed the police for permitting the identities of the sus- pects to become known. He de- clared the disclosure of develop- ments in the investigation, meant to be strictly secret, would hamper the actions of the investigators. The new Acting Commissioner of Police, John H. Alcock, made unannounced Visits to several po- lice stations over the week-end. One of the largest transfers of po- lice officers in the history of the department has been predicted for this week. POLICE OF SEVILLE INJURE MANY IN STRIKE OUTBREAK Numerous Victims in Serious Con- dition in Hospital; 40 Others Under Arrest. By the Associated Press. SEVILLE, Spain, June 23.—Se- ville today, was in the grip of a sudden general strike in which the police, quelling demonstrations, used firearms with injury to many of the strikers. Tonight, with or- der restored, many of the victims are in hospitals, their condition serious. Fotty others were im- prisoned. The death of a woman olive worker, Natonia Vargas Bravo, at- tributed to police, who suppressed a partial strike Saturday, precipi- | tated today’s labor crisis. The Gov- ernor of Seville issued a statement that the woman had died June 21 in childbirth in a Seville hospital and that she had no part in Satur- day’s strike. Strikes have been declared in 33 bakeries, as a part of the general tieup. . Raze Scene of McKinley Killing. AURORA, IIL, June 23,—The building in which President Mc- Kinley was fatally wounded by Leon Czolgosz Sept. 6, 1901, at Buf- falo, N. Y., is to be torn down to make way for a $1,000,000 moving picture house. The building, which has housed Aurora’s largest movie theater, was brought here piece- meal from Buffalo, where it was —* the Pan-American Exposition, fol- lowing its purchase by a group of local business men. At various times ft was used as a dance hal! known as the Temple of Music at. NA ROCKEFELLER, IND. JR'S SON WED, 700 ATTEND Bride Is Miss Mary Tod- hunter Clark of Philadel- phia — Cabinet Members and Senators Guests. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 23.—Miss Mary Todhunter Clark of Cynwyd, a Philadelphia suburb, and Nelson of John D. Rockefeller Jr. of New York, were married late this after- noon in the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Espah’s here. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Benjamin N. Bird, rector. More than 700 of the socially prominent of New York, Philadel- phia, Washington, Baltimore and other cities addendd the ceremony. Members of President Hoover's Cabinet, Senators and members of the diplomatic corps at Washing- ton had been invited. Matrons of honor were Mrs. Robert Page Jr. and Mrs. Phillip Wallis, a sister of the bride. The bridesmaids were- Miss Gwendo- lyn Roberts and Miss Eleanor Clark, cousins of the bride; Mrs. David Milton, New York, sister of Rockefeller; Miss Laura Wayne, Miss Catherine Clothier and Miss Alice Lippincott, Philadelphia; Miss Genevieve Bell, Pittsburg, and Mrs. Beverly Coleman, Washing- ton. John D. Rockefeller III was his brother’s best man. After a reception at the Clark home Mr, and Mrs. Rockefeller will leave on a honeymoon around the world. Onm-their return they will reside at Tarrytown, N. . Y.., where Rockefeller’s father has erected a home for them on his Pocantico Hills estate. Rockefel- ler plans to enter his father's of- fice in New York City immediate- ly. Rockefeller is 21 and his bride 22. They have known each other several years, having become acquainted at Northeast Harbor, where their families have summer homes. Their wedding comes shortly after Rockefeller’ gradua- tion from Dartmouth College, where he made a brilliant record in scholarship. : The bride is an expert horse- woman, swimmer and tennis pla) er. Her father is a Philadelphia attorney and her mother is the former Elizabeth Roberts, daugh- ter of the late George B. Roberts, former president of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad. Besides her sis- ter, Mrs. Wallis, she bas six broth- ers FOUR HURT IN TRAIN WRECK, HEAT CAUSES RAILS TO BUCKLE Three Coaches Leave Track at Dacula, Ga., Falling Into tch. ° By the Associated Press. DACULA, Ga., June 23.—Two passengers were injured seriously and several others suffered slight injuries when two Pullman cars and a day coach of northbound Seaboard passenger train No. 6 left the rails here otday and went into a ditch. Miss Florence Barkdale, 20, of Chatsworth, Ga., was se- riously injured. The name of a man hurt was not available. The wreck was thought to have been due to the buckling of the rails, caused by heat. about Hoover to Address Governors. WASHINGTON, June 23.—Presi- dent Hoover today accepted an in- vitation extended by Governor Dern of Utah to address by radio on June 30 the Governor's confer- ence at-Salt Lake City. The ad- dress will be brief and will be broadcast over both the Nationa} and Columbia chains. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2%, 1980 T. W. LAMONT NOT TO AT REPARATION BOND HEARING House Chairman of Plans; Mélion to WASHINGTON, June 23.— Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Mor- McFadden of the House Banking Committee that he would be un- able to appear before fhe commit- tee on the McFadden resolution to tional Banks from purchasing Ger- man reparations bonds. McFadden announced, however, that Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon and Under-Secretary Cotton of the State Department would testi- fy. Mellon is to appear Wednes- day. : The resolution would prohibit the purchase by the banks of any of the $100,000,000 of German rep- arations bonds. REED PRESENTS AMENDMENT TO VETERANS’ BILL Centinued From Page One. ascribed to service origin and by adding to the list of those dis- eases, Opened the way to injustices 1 gp expense_of disabled veterans w of their troubles. He proposed to take care of all the, 300,000 in this class, favored group of 100,000. on which the bill would permit claims to be predicated are gout, Obesity and pellagra. ‘Under this bill,” said Reed, “if obesity devel- oped last Christmas the presump- tion is allowed that it started from World War service, though that service might have been for only two days. One’s common sense re- volts at that. Absurdities such as this are characteristic of the bill. Experts Examined Bill. “Gen. Hines, the head of the Veterans’ Bureau, has submitted this bill to his medical council, which consists of some of the most distinguished physicians of the country, and they have told him that it is not a sensible hypothesis to lay down that a disease of any sort maybe latent for 12 years and then develop as the result of war service. “We can do a fairer thing than to pass this bill. The bill would provide for 100,000 and give noth- ing to 200,000 equally deserving. My amendment would provide something for all the 300,000. “The bill further provides that the veteran with non-service-con- nected disabilijy who is lucky eniough to get into a veteran's hos- pital shall be paid spending money and his family shall receive sub- stance allowance. We know that there are not enough beds to take care of all the veterans who are suffering from disabilities not con- nected with the war. Therefore, the bill heightens the disparity be- tween the veteran who gets into a hospital and the one who is left out.” (It is the law that when vacant beds exist in a veterans’ hospital, they shall be used for former Boldiers even though their disabil- ities are not traceable to the war). Reed said that the bill originally offered by the American Legion bore no resemblance to the one passed by the House or the one approved by the Senate Finance Committee. Many things not asked for by the Legion, he said, had been added. He read a letter from the Commander of the Legion to the effect that it was ‘“‘not inter- ested in raiding the treasury.” Would Increase Taxes. “My amendment,” said ‘Reed, “provides, more than the Legion asked for.” Reed echoed the statement of the President that passage of the bill in its present form would re- quire an increase in taxes. He made that prediction, he said, on the authority of Ogden Mills, the Undersecretary of the treasury. President Hoover, in a letter to Senator Watson yesterday, threat- ened to veto the veterans’ relief bill, and gave his reasons for op- posing the measure. Its passage has been urged by the American Legion, which re- cently petitioned the Senate “to allow the Chief Executive his 10 full days in which to approve it be- fore you adjourn the present ses- land skating rink. “i } Sale of Hats Summer Lines That Were to $6.75 gan & Co. has advised Chairman. prohibit Federal Reserve and Na- | coulg not show service origin | instead of singling out a Some of the additional diseases ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH_ By the Associated Press. , ' WASHINGTON, June 23. ~OLLOWING is the text of President Hoover's letter to Senator Watson oppoging the World War veterans’ relie? bill: Le In accordance with our dis- cussion, I am sending herewith | communications from Secretary Mellon and General Hines, di- rector of the Veterans Bureau, War veterans legislation now before the Congress, showing the result of their investigation into the effect of the bill reported this week to the Senate. These memorandums confirm the views which t have expressed during the past few weeks and I believe the Congress and the public should be informed there- on. General Hines states that the bill which has been passed by the House of Representatives will add directly to our present expenditure for World War vet- erans (at present $511,000,000 per annum) by $181,008,000 for the first year, increasing an- nually until it reaches a possi- ble additional sum of $400,- 000,000 a year. This bill as amended by Senate Committee will add directly $102,000,000 the first year, ultimately rising to the addition ofea sum of $225,000,000 per annum. Even these estimates are far from in- cluding the whole of the po- ‘tential obligations created by ' the principles embraced in this legislation and the uncertain added expense by certain amendments to previous legisla- tion. Means Tax Increase. Mr. Mellon states that’ the passage of this legislation ir- plies positive increase of taxa- tion at the next session of Con- gress. It does not appear that these bills even represent the _ real views of the various veterans’ organizations. The American Legion, after careful study as to what they considered the needs of their fell6w veterans, proposed legislation which would require an additional an- nual expenditure of $35,000,000 per annum. Thus, these meas- ures which are before Congress represent an implied increase in expenditure of from three to ten times what these veterans themselves consider would be just. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and other organizations have contended for measures differing entirely from those now proposed. Gen. Hines has pointed out that this legislation goes far beyond immediate necessities and that, of even more im- portance, it creates grave in- Text of President’s Letter Opposing Veterans’ Relief Bill on the subject of the World equalities, injustices and, dis- criminations among veterans resulting from the methods adopted or extended in these bills, and creates future dan- gers to both the public and the; veterans. : The very fact that the com- miittees of Congress and the various veterans’ associations have themselves been, during the past six months, of many minds upon these questions in- dicates their extreme difficulty. More eeded. There certainly comes from it all the conclusion . that ‘we should either have a sound plan now or should have more time for determination of na- tional policy upon established principles in dealing with these questions for the future. We must arrive at such a basis as will discharge our manifest na- tional obligation with equity among veterans and to the pub- | Pe. I do not wish to be misun- derstood. There are cases of veterans who are in need of help today who are suffering and to whom I earnestly wish to see generous treatment giv- en. But these situations do not reach anything like the dimen- sions of these measures. We have stretched Govern- ment expenditures in the bud- get beginning July 1 to the ut- most limit of our possible re- ceipts, and have been in- curred a probable deficit prin- ‘cipally for the relief of unem- ployment through expansion of public construction. Every ad- ditional dollar of expenditure meahs an additional dollar in taxes. . This is no time to increase the tax burden of the country. I recognize that such consideru- tions would carry but little weight with our people were the needs of our veterans the issue, and were we dealing with sound mgasures; but as Gen. Hines presents, there are con- clusive reasons for opposing an unsound measure which is against the best interests of the veterans themselves and places an unjustified load upon the taxpayers at a time when every effort should be made to light- en It. I do not believe that just criticism or opposition should arise to such suggestions upon full understanding of the sit- uation for I know that the great body of patriotic men who served in the World War them- selves recognize that there are limits to expenditure and there are principles that should be adhered to if we are not to prejudice their interest both as veterans and citizens. sion.” This, in other words, was an appeai to the Senate to take steps against a possible pocket veto by the President. Back of the petition was the theory that a presidential teto which the legion obviously feared, would be overriden, unless Con- gress, by adjournment, failed to allow itself time for this action. The l@gion had in mind the fact that Congress recently passed, by an overwhelming majority, the Spanish War veterans’ pension in- crease bill over the President's dis- approval Another Sunday Announcement In making kfown his opposition to the pending bill, President Hoo- ver issued his second successive announcement on a Sunday after- noon. Last week he pronounced in favor of the tariff bill. Supported by letters from Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon and Director Frank T. Hines of the Veterans’ Bureau, the President's statement served warning on the country that enactment of _§ the pending bill would mean an in- crease in taxes. He branded it as an “unsound” measure, going far beyond what the veterans them- selyes had asked for. One of the main features of the bill provides that ailments con- tracted up to Jan. 1, 1930, shall be presumed to have been of service origin. At present veterans can obtain awards on disabilities aris- ing up to Jan. 1, 1925... The bill, therefore, extends the limit for five years, and, according to Gen. Hines, is calculated to add 100,000 to the benefited list. “To approve a measure which will sim- MELVILLE D. POST Dk THO DROWHINGS, Author Stricken June 10 Whi, Riding Horse at West . Virginia Estate. By the Associated Presse. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., June 2 —Melville Davisson Post, 59 yeux old, short story writer, died he, today. ' While riding a horse on June y at his country estate near he Post was stricken and was | to a hospital here. Blood t¢ fusions improved his conditioa } he suffered a relapse Thursday Varicose veins of the with complications was the cays of death. | Post was a prolific contributor ty American literature. The scenes many of his works were laid in hi tive hills of West Virginia. hy was especially noted for his m tery stories, among them his “1, cle Abner” series and “Walker the Secret Service.” His wife qj in 1919. Their only child dieq » infancy. Post was trained for the legs profession, but early in life turned to’ writing. He published his f book, “Strange Schemes of Ra dolph Mason,” in 1896. Post was born April 19, 1871, » Romine’s Mill,~Harrison Count near the place where later he ma; his fFome. He was a great-greg grandson of Daniel Davisson, Mapor in the Revolutionary Arn and frontier fighter. Post was graduated from We Virginia University 1891 when Ww was but 20 years old. A yearkh ter he received the degree of bach elor of laws. After leaving th university, he formed a law par. nership and practiced for a ey days. ply take care of 199,000 of these men under a presumption which we know is unsound, where their disabilities are not due to servic without extending to their com. rades in the larger group the same measure of relief is manifestly in. equitable,” said Gen. Hines. Another provision opposed by the Veterans’ Bureau head would give a cash allowance to men i hospitals, not suffering from, service-connected disability, and while they are in the hospital would pay an allowance to thelr families. In a recent debate in the Senats Smoot of Utah argued that unde ¢the bill a man who had never sea the battlefield and had contracted a disease through his own miscon- duct might draw $100 a month, while a Spanish War veteran whe lost a leg in battle would be getting only 360. Smoot said the man who had suffered from his own bad habits might be entitled to some consid eration, but not to a reward of the size proposed. A recent statement by the American Legion said the net cost of the bill as amended the Finance Committee of the Sen ate would be about $50,000,000 the first year. This compares wilh President Hoover's estimate @ more than double that amount. The words of Gen. Hines recall @ prediction made to this writer by Senator Smoot nine years ago us month during the early stage: * the battle for the+ bonus Dill. “Nothing can etop the bonus” he’ said, “and I make the further prophecy that ultimately Congres will be called upon to pass & World War Service Pension bill. Im not be here, but put it down ané see if I am not right.” The prophecy has not come true but according to Gen. Hines, Com gress is “opening the door” to il fulfillment. ——, — | Complete Line Easy Terms EMERSON FANS All prea ge sat . pe gh a 904 Pine St. varandt Electric Co. CHestnut 9220 Lae a es \ oni i “Maplewood 7179 Manchester _ Get Your Emerson at Fan Wellston . ; 6304 Easton Ave, 231 —————e— Ask Your Dealer 12th and Locust - - MAin 3222 Grand at Arsenal Delmar at Euclid 6500 Delmer Webster Groves Luxemburg W. Lockwood Ave. 249 Lemay Ferry Ré CO top eae Sp co. “QMS Cherokee et ai PER aie, Ns Ue PS, A ime Geng 7 gee fe, ee es he 3 PGBS TO EM eso phagys§ Ed Roach, near Pacifie, went in svwiniming with Ferd Boll, a feath- er dyer, 730 South Newstead ave-- nue. said today, “and on the way back Kling said, asked he said he wasn't, so I had him hold to my wrist and tried to tow him in. he sank I was too exhausted to. save him.” shortly obtained ‘her. Back Me, ae 2 eee hee ft 2 AS *s : St. 2a > ES ea A ° a See Dan Kling; 43, Pacific, Mo., hausted After Swimmi to Mid-Stream. 1S SECOND VICTIM I; Rescued by M | Patrol. One person” was drowned in the River yesterday where feramec Sane sought relief from @ temperature that reached 101 de- grees in the city, and several de-< grees higher in many places, 3 Dan Kling, 43 years old, was drowned near Pacific when he be- came exhausted on the way back to the bank, after swimming tb midstream. His death was the fifth from drowning in the Mera- | mec this season. in the Okaw Riyer, 28 miles from Belleville, in Washington County, Roland Bise, 23 years old, Collinsville, drowned. after suffer- ing an attack of cramps. Kling, employed on the farm of ? “We swam to deep water,”’ Boll ‘I can’t make it.’ I him if he was joking and Ten feet from the bank in 15 feet of water and Kling'’s body was recovered after and worked on for hours with an tnhalator from Webster Groves. According to his sister. Mrs. Lo- retta L. Schultz, 4411A Gibson ave- nue, Kling was a fair swimmer. Eise, who lived with his sister, Mrs. Alvin Allen, Collinsville, suf- fered cramps a few minutes after going in swimming at Venedy Sta- tion with Henry McCraw, East St. Louis. McCraw swWam to his side, but was unable to effect a rescue. ; After a few minutes of diving, McCraw recovered his companion’s body and a passing motorist brought them to St. * Elizabeth's Hospital, Belleville, where an “1- halator was used. Doctors said Kise had guffered from abdominal several cramps. Elise was a native of Nashville, TIL , The Red Cross Meramec River patrol prevented a drowning when they came to the aid of Miss Elia Gaines, 17 years old, 4309 South Grand boulevard, after she had be- come exhausted trying. to swim!/ across the river. at Kieffer’s Land- Ing. Miss,Gaines had almost reached the opposite bank when she called ‘o 4 young man companion for ald. ller escort, himself exhausted. was unable to help, | The patrol members, David | Ruhr, 50954 North Kingshighway, and Ernest Birge, 6421 Southwood avenue, paddling nearby, plunged | in aid pulled Miss Gaines to the bank. Corbett Flippin, 19, Killed After _ Diving from a Bridge. Corbett Flippin, 19 years old, son of Mrs, Lucile Pippin, 4185 Washington avenue, was drowned od killed yesterday when he dived <p & bridge into “Missouri itch,” according to a dispatch from Cardwell, Mo. : 3 ; “ne youth, who was employed at —" —— automobile factory, was i S vacation at his grandfa- _— in. Paragould, Ark. His ie *, Miss Margaret Anderson, oom one of a picnic party which “ssed his death. | (ees FRESINA ON TRIAL CHARGED — WITH THREATENING DRY AGENTS Alleged Te During Raid. Mele Penn in the trial of Cur- See resina, alias Charles Free char... S808 leader, on fo Sdn ace arising out of his resist- tion - & raid by Federal prohibi- Senn ® Of bis home at 2716 gan pie avenue, Aug. 3, last, be- Jude ore & jury in Federal $1 Faris’ court today. \ tt Several of the agents wh cones. tt im the raid had testifi ieerning Fresina’s flourishing as * shotgun and his firing of adjournment orr . ne
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