St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 24, 1930

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; The Only Evening Newspaper “OL. 83. NO. 79. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1930.—36 PAGES. fkk OPPOSES — * ce ay ma ch Comptroller Against Imme- diate Clearing of Plaza Sites and $300,000 Fund for Relief of Jobless. WANTS CITIZENS o MATCH CITY FUND > Opinion Counselor | Transfers Control of Buildings to Be Razed to Board of Control. by Opposition to Mayor Miller’s plan o proceed at once with removal of buildings from the sites of Me- morial Plaza, in the City Hall dis- trict, and Aloe Plaga, opposite Union Station, and to the Mayor's proposal to set up a $300,000 muni- cipal fund for unemployment re- lief, was expressed today by Comp- 7 trojier Nolte. The Mayor and the Comptroller made public an opinion from the City Counselor that would take from the Comptroller and give to the Mayor's Board of Public Serv- ice control of the buildings on the plaza sites. The Mayor said he would ask the Board of Public Service to have the Station Plaza structures razed immediately, subject to re- ceipt of a favorable opinion on an- other legal point, but that nothing would be done yet about Memorial Plaza. On Saturday the Mayor had as- serted that he wanted to have both sites cleared as soon as it was legal- ly possible. The city owns all but lb of the 156 pieces of property in Memorial Plaza and could clear the 141 pieces it has. Unemployment relief was the primary motive in the! general discussion as to desirability of clearing the plazas, although no funds are available for their appropriate permanent im- provement, Wants Citizens to Help. ‘omptroller Nolte, discussing the relief fund for which the layor introduced an ordinance in the Roard of Aldermen last Fri-* y : “I’m opposing it on the heory, not that it’s too much ley, but because the citizens, I hink, should match the city‘s fund dollar. I will favor a ' appropriation, if the peo- contribute as much. To ow my good faith, and I hope my ‘Olleagues will join me, I'll gladly ‘Tinute 5 per cent of my an- arg.“ This would be $400. sidering that he has control ie real estate obtained for the ‘Olle has rented out tem- allot it that can be rent- has opposed clearing the Haza site because there ney for improving it and cons lers the net income from desirable. Both sites ‘ed by condemnation pro- but the property already ‘hin them was acquired irchase., ‘’ declared the City Counsel- | obtained by the Mayor my to property taken ondemnation, and that he consider the plaza real es- en gotten in that way. of this attitude, the ‘er and the Mayor are at ‘o Who controls the prop- V0 to issue over the Miller seeks to proceed. “plang ‘or had no answer to make ..:.-tement concerning the 13 a the relief fund, except vn He's a part of the ad- Minicty “ion; he has a right to an Union 1 th 0 14 ne 190071 1 ang 5 ew \ or and the Comptroller dispute as to the atti- Board of Estimate and ent, of which they com- ijority, on the question Memorial Plaza. Nolte ‘Ounced recently that the ‘ decided not to clear the er asserted on Satur- this was not a “decision” Aston.“ Today, Nolte in- the Board had agreed ‘sly to continue the pres- ot renting the buildings. took exception to the 8 of some of the Mayor’s that it might cost $40,- dove the buildings, say- the Comptroller’s office to get structures wrecked ' Cost, as instanced most re- a contract for work at _ Street and Geyer avenue, ‘Welfth is to be widnede, Said his reason for defer- zon in clearing the Union Plaza was because the ' two remaining pieces of ty had not been agreed up- due to the publicity given Situation recently the concluded the city needed badly, which interfered 5 negotiations. _ | Hot ready to move on clear- oral Plaza,” Nolte went his honor (the Mayor) or continued on Page 2, Column 3. G, 0, P. LEADER IN HOUSE SAYS U. S. MIGHT AS WELL TRY TO OPERATE SHOALS By the Associated Presg. 7 WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. HAIRMAN SNELL (Rep).; New York, of the House Rules Committee said today, “if this country is going to ex- periment with Government op- eration of power projects, I know no better place at which to try it than Muscle Shoals.” The New Yorker, a power in House ranks because of his rules chairmanship, has opposed Government operation. He ex- plained this morning, however, that he felt a majority of the country favored Federal opera- tion of the giant Alabama proj- ect and said if this were true, Congress should act according- ly. The Senate has repeatedly ap- proved the Norris resolution for Government operation, while the House has favored private operation. WOULD SUSPEND IMMIGRATION “TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT Senator Reed to Offer Resolution for Exclusion of Aliens for Two-Year Period. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. — The barring for two years beginning next July 1 of all quota immigra- tion except the immediate relatives of persons already in the United States was troposed as an unem- ployment remedy today by Senator Reed (Rep.), Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvanian, a member of the Senate Immigration Commit- tee, said he would introduce a res- olution at the coming sessien to carry out the two-year suspension and predicted it would pass “al- most unanimously.” The proposal has the indorse- ment of Secretary Davis, who will resign his Cabinet position to be- come junior Senator from Pennsyl- vania next week. The resolution would exclude Filipinos as well as Europeans and others. Labor Department figures show 241,700 immigrants were admitted to this country in the year ending last June 30 for permanent resi- dence. AUTO TIRE MAKER T0 SHARE BUSINESS WITH TWO EMPLOYES Charles Miller, Who Came to An- derson, Ind., on Bicycle, An- nounces New Policy. — By the Associated Press. ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 24.— Charles Miller, automobile tire manufacturer, has announced he will share his business enterprises with two of his faithful employes. The Charles E. Miller Corporation has been organized and deeds to the corporation have been executed by Miller conveying the various properties to the employes. Miller rode from Marion to An- derson 35 years ago on a bicycle and opened a small repair shop here. He invented a tire vulcan- izer that was patented, and later began the manufacture of automo- bile tires. He amassed a fortune. MISSOURI REAL ESTATE FREE FROM U. S. INHERITANCE TAX Supreme Court So Rules in Case of Property Left by William H. Harrelson, WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—Real estate in Misouri under a Supreme Court decision today, must be ex- cluded from estates in Missouri in assessing Federal inheritance taxes. The Court held real estate form- ing part of the estate left by Wil- liam H. Harrelson was exempt from Federal estate taxes. FAIR TONIGHT, TOMORROW; SLIGHTLY COLDER TONIGHT D QO Soto est on Pato DMO lev. 37 (5:30 a . Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair to- night and tomor- row; slightly colder tonight, lowest tempera- ture about 28. Missouri: Part- ly cloudy tonight, colder in south- east portion; to- morrow fair; ris- ing temperature in west and north portions. Illinois: Snow flurries and cold- ere tonight; to- morrow partly cloudy; continued rather cold. Sunset 4:42. Sunrise (tomor- row), 6:56. Stage of the Mississippi 1.2 feet, a rise of 0.3. Snow, in light flurries, began to fall in St. Louis at 7:10 a. m. today. the flakes melting as they touched the ground. Previously this season there had been traces of snow on Oct. 19, 30, and 31. On last Thanks- giving Day 6% inches of snow fell here. Firestone rubbers Keep well this winter — r feet and qverenocs wit Meee, the 8 POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD and dry and Firestone Reigns 9 e a ak gee WA pty : 3 WOMENKLLED GUNMEN FIRE ITO CROWD I RESORT Robber, Attacked by Dog in Roadhouse Near Chicago, Starts Shooting—Lights Turned Out. VOLLEY AT VICTIMS IN DARKENED ROOM Two of Dead Entertainers at Place and Third Owner of Beauty Shop—Three Men Wounded. . By the Associated Press. ‘ CHICAGO, Nov. 24.— A Great Dane pitted his courage and strength in a fight against eight Chicago robbers and although de- feated, the wounds he inflicted, po- lice think, may lead to the appre- hension of the men who shot to death three women, two of them entertainers in a roadhouse, early yesterday. ‘The dog, fighting furiously, slashed right and left at the eight invaders, but guns and pistols, blazing in the darkness as the lights of the resort in Suburban Summit, went out, won. Besides the three women slain three men were injured, all apparently hit by gunmen’s bullets. a Despite the fact the robbers they might be able to trace them if they appeared at a doector's office for treatment for wounds inflicted by the dog. Their loot totaled only $200. The dog ran away unhurt. As one of the holdup men began pushing Henry Goetz, owner of the resort, the Great Dane leaped to the aid of iin master, sinking his teeth in the man's leg, and the gunman, in sudden fright, began to fire. The next instant the place was in darkness. Panic reigned as shots flew in all directions. Ap- parently one of the invaders, in attempting to turn on lights, had touched the wrong switch. When the lights were turned on again, they disclosed that Miss Mary Brining, 22 years old, for- merly of Champaign, III., and Miss Alice Ward of Milwaukee, were dead with bullets in their backs. Miss Mary Ganey, owner of a beauty . parlor, was mortally wounded. John Gates, a waiter, Jack O’Bierne and Lieut. James Micus, a railway detective, were wounded. While the panic was at ſts height Lieut. Micus fired at the invaders. The robbers used two motor cars to escape, and the Lieutenant, nearly overcome by his wounds, lost their trail. The holdup, which occurred just as Miss Ward prepared to sing a request number for the guests of the resort, was the major crime of a series that Chicago and vicinity suffered over the week-end. mong the crimes was the holdup an oil filling station in which police shot and killed one of the robbers. Policeman Hubert J. Dillon was shot and killed by a drunken Negro, who in turn was killed by Dillon’s fellow officers. PARTS OF MAN’S BODY FOUND AT TWO PLACES IN NEW YORK Legs in Suitcase in Doorway of Va- cant Store; Toxso in Trunk in Hudson River. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Parts of @ man’s body were found today in two widely-separated sections of the city. The legs, amputated at the thighs and wrapped in sheets, were found first in an old suitcase in the doorway of a vacant store on the lower east side. A few hours later coal barge workers found a torso in an old trunk floating in the Hudson River at West Fifty-eighth street. Medical Examiner Norris said the fragments were parts of the same body. Except for a brass check from a laborers’ hotel and a laundry mark on a shirt, found with the legs, there was no clew to the identity of the man. The legs had been removed from skill comparable to that of a sur- geon, Dr. Norris said. The medi- cal examiner said the man had been dead a short time. France, Nov. 24.— Twenty-three bodies of victims of a landslide on Fourviere Hill, will be buried Wednesday at the ex- pense of the city. It ig believed that several still are buried in the At Clemenceau’s Tomb. LAROCHE «8UR- YON, France, Nov. 24.—The tomb of Georges Cle- menceau was visited today, the an- niversary of his death, by mem- bers of the former premier's fam- ily and a few of “the Tiger's“ faith- ful friends. ;!!! ß ĩ Hg 8 . 5 : . 5 escaped, police are hopeful that the torso with a hacksaw and a THE COLLAPSE OF ANDREE’S BALLOON From Photographic Plate That Has Lain in the Arctic Ice for 33 Years Shere rescue party which recovered the bones of the Andree polar party from White Island last Summer found Andree’s ing care made possible the de- otographs the explorers ws the balloon and two cameras beside him. Painstaking veloping and printing of some of the had taken, of which this is one. Its | ee photographs made on the ice floe are on the picture page of today’s Post-Dispatch. The second installment of the narrative of the expedition written from the diaries of Andree and Strindberg, by Scandinavian scientists, will be published in next Sundays Post-Dispatch magazine. —Copyright 1930. of the members of the expedition just after it had come to grief on an ice floe on July 14, 1897, from Spitzbergen, Norway. F began the long march, over and death. ee days after the departure the scene of this photograph ice and snow, to the island CHARLES H MARKHAM. CHAIRMAN OF LC, IES Railroad Head Ill More Than Year and End Was Not Unexpected. By the Associated Press. ALTADENA, Cal, Nov. 24.— Charles H. Markham, chairman of the board of the Illinois Central Railroad, died of a paralytic stroke at his suburban home here at 1:35 a. m. today. He was 69 years old. The body will be sent to Chicago tonight. Funeral services will be in Chicago at Holy Name Cathedral Friday morning with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. He had been ill for more than a year and had not been actively en- gaged in his official duties. About eight months ago he took up his residence here, where his son, Fred S. Markham, resides. His death was not unexpected. Prior to becoming chairman of the board, Markham was president of the Illinois Central. Electrified I, C.’s Chicago Termi- nals at Cost of $100,000,000. Markham, as president of the II- linois Central Railroad, at a time when most railroads were retrench- ing in the wake of the post-war de- flation, sponsored the appropria- tion of $100,000,000 to electrify the Illinois Central’s Chicago termi- nals. This doubled the speed of trains within city limits, rid the city of its principal smoke nuisance and began a movement for electri- fication of other terminals. there. Born in Clarksville, Tenn., on May 22, 1861, and schooled briefly at Addison, N. Y., to which his parents moved when he was a boy, Markham entered railroad work on a handcar. At 20 he was a section hand in Kansas on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe. At 40, however. he gave up the as- sistarit traffic managership of the Southern Pacific to become vice president of the Houston & Texas Central road, and although in the next decade he spent six years in the oil business, he came back in 1911 as president of the Illinois Central. He was married in 1884 to Anna E. Smith of Louisville, III., and they had one son, Fred S., who became an oil producer in Califor- nia. Mrs. Markham died in 1922. EXPECTS NO INCOME TAX CUT House Rules Committee Head Says Increase Is Likely. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The prediction that the 1 per cent in- come tax reduction would not be continued was made today by Chairman Snell of the House Rules Com mittee. “We are likely to have an in- crease in taxes if we are to meet all of the present demands of the Treasury,“ Snell said. The rules chairman said every effort would be made to expedite passage of the appropriations bills in order to prevent a special session of the newly elected Congress. 9 2 si 7 2 ae 3 a rites | $400,000 WINN TRYING TO DODGE Canadian Informed Against by Brother So as to Keep Money in Family. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, B. C., Nov. 24.— The Dawe family is working on the principle that a house divided against itself may be able to nul- lify an old law. A. P. Dawe, 35-year-old master mariner, held a ticket in the Irish Free State Sweepstakes Saturday on Cologny II, second in the race. He won $409,600. * Be ry * ba igen oe et Sere wa — * * 4 poker, Ae 5 — 4 aE a eee ve x 8 5 r * * 2 3 sie wt * 8 y ; 9 * pit if ea 3 repaid P8 i, 0 * F * 7 dei Ve 1 . =) a c se ‘* N * gum * e n * _ 111 —— ö a : Pr ͤ KK. ee 2 a ee ¢ * ‘ AAR -< Yue g r 7 — 8 P