St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 28, 1930

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COMIC PAGE | SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1936, (Copyright, 1930.) Rie. wees HA, WELL SEE ABOUT -TER A BABY THAT. I KNOW AS (E EL DORADO WELL AS I'M STANDING CAME MY SIN-IN- LAW ERED BE CHANGE OR THE ‘TTER, ONE NAY OR NOTHER. ND ANY IRY— Lod mA / | eT TFT HERE THAT PEGGY WiLL. BE SENSIBLE ENOUGH MARRY THAT MAN HES ALL RIGHT. FATHER HAD THE = a. _— =r’ — — f the TWO ’ost-Dispatch (Copyright, 1930.) AML? OP UN LUCK IWS LiF El So (™ A Gooo , FOR. NOTHING BOM, NEL _ | VM GOONA TAKE A JOB ON KOUR, RANCH, Me..BLONT, AND BUILD THE SOLE CORPOSE OF GWING “OO THe OF NOOR >> o-4 eam - § . = >» . A ~—— ie a attor2 444 a E'RE JUST SETTIN’ HE NOUNGC K € KAMPL iD A cooD é Bioare ARE BEING PLAYED IN ST Louis OGTTED LINE SHOWS ODD Pon ONE © DIFFICULT OF CUE BALL Iv THE ANOR: Ss id 1930.) it. Rat HELLO, IS THIS THE HOSPITAL. @ WELL. YOu HAD BETTER GET AN AMBULANCE READY: I TRINK YOLIRE GONNA RAVE A CUS TOMER REAL ESTATE.....PART 4 HELP, SERVICE... .PART 4 LC CET Ate CLE tela att etna fan eee POST-BISP Third Second (Editorial) (Society) Fourth (Real Estate and Wants) For Financial News See Pages 5, 6, 7, 8, Part 6 aedeon Sixth (Drama, : and Radio) csececee ' eeereeeeoer ' Magazine cecece oR Caeee cececs «heen eR ee t#eeveeever ~ TOL. 83. No. 113. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 1930. PAGES 4{—10A sx #7 * 000 WITHOUT (BS IN ST. LOUIS, VEV INDICATES industrial Club Canvass Discloses Number Em- ployed Dec. 15 Was 13 Pct. Under Last Year. 1GGEST DROP IN MANUFACTURING 16 Pct. Slump in This Group — Analysis Says Actual Number May Be Even Larger. _ analysis of preliminary figures vained by the Industrial Bureau m canvassing the unemployment yation in St. Louis indicates the wmber of workers employed Dec. is was 13 per cent less. than on the me day a year ago, it was an- bounced yesterday. George C. Smith, director of the regu, and director of the indus- ial relations division of the Citi- ns Committee on Public Relief, ij that on the basis of the latest vey “it is probable that not less van 50,000 persons, ordinarily em- oved at gainful oecupations in St. are Without work as 1930 ines On one Of the darkest years American history.” United States census reports com- Wed last spring gave the number {unemployed in St. Louis as 27,- 4. The census bureau did not wnt as unemployed workmen who Wid enumerators they were “‘tem- mrily’ laid off, or those unskilled borers who regularly leave the g slack times and return pthe country. esto ~ y Ate * dey reoe oh) Manufacturing Drop Largest, The Industrial Bureau’s figures rbased on information obtained mn large firms whfch employed ' persons on Dec. 15. Sepa- figures were kept for groups ‘senting manufacturers, mer- mie and service establishments, the latter group were placed in- mice companies, hospitals, ho- Sand other types of industry 1 could not be classed either mercantile or manufacturing. ine service group, preliminary wes indicate $031 persons were time of the sur- “a year ago, a de- per cent. The Showed a de- cent, with 26,155 i this year and 27,964 a ‘he largest decrease, 16 is in the manufacturing employed 57,219 at ie survey was made as » 68,068 a year ago. eneUS reports gave the number t Jisans employed in manu- Ing Plants as 151,000. This ‘hat the number of un- we the manufacturing HONG IS 24,160, ; Greater Than Indicated. *, "TUme work. _. ‘© Workers have not put “'l Ume, the result has ' “ages per worker even * Sreater number have *d. In some instances ‘nded to impoverish a a certain extent or to ., " Standard of living.” ‘‘l industry in the @ he : *, F . JOFFRE’S CONDITION SHOWS NO CHANGE; LITTLE HOPE Amputation of Left Leg Fails to Check Gan- | grene as Hoped—Hero of Marne 79 Years Old. BUY, 17, ACCUSED UF AILLING GIRL Wa JILTED filN Student, Son of Austin Pas- tor, Arrested at Port Ar- thur, Tex. — Ex-Fiancee Slain in His Auto. By the Associated Press. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., Dec. 27. —Robert W. Williams, 17 years old, Univers}jty of Texas sopho- more, tonight was charged with the murder of Miss'7 Elizabeth Johnson, 16, his former fiancee. She was found shot to death in Williams’ automobile which was parked outside the First Methodist Church, South, here. Williams, who shortly after the shooting was hysterical, sat in his cell tonight calm and composed. While refusing to discuss all de- tails of the affair, he denied the killing. Andrew Johnson, uncle of the girl, swore to the murder charge against Williams. After an inquest Justice T. A. Butler announced a “Murder at the hands of a person or persons unknown.” Miss Johnson died of a wound in her breast, which officers think was fired from a revolver. that Williams said he had made from a rifle in the laboratory of the State University. The weapon was found beside her body in the auto- mobile. Police said the youth explained he carried the weapon for protec- tion. They said Williams also told them he had planned to shoot him- self through the hand with the re- volver as a proof of his love for the girl. Williams is the son of the Rev. S. W. Williams of Austin, Tex. The youth told of driving here from Austin Dec. 20, with the intention of spending the holidays with Miss Johnson, a junior at Port Arthur High School. He said Miss John- son broke their engagement after she received the attentions of a married man. He said he persuaded her to go driving in his car in an attempt to patch up their differ- ences. When he was unsuccess- ful, he drove to the First Meth- odist Church to see the Rev. Glenn Flynn, who had succeeded Wil- liams’ father in the pastorate. Wil- liams said he tried to get the pas- tor to aid him in influencing the girl. On returning to his.car after his visit to the clergyman he said he found Miss Johnson shot. to death. Williams explained the fact that he had called an ambulance from a point 17 blocks away from the church by saying that, in a dazed fashion, he had started for a hos- pital after finding Miss Johnson dead, then had stopped and tele- phoned from a drug store. Police are trying to trace route of Williams’ car. 20 KILLED BY LANDSLIDE THAT BURIES BRIDAL PARTY Group of Natives Caught in Suburb of Algiers; Accident Due to Heavy Rains. By the Associated Press. ALGIERS, Algeria, Dec. 27.—A landslide which followed heavy rains buried a native wedding party in the suburbs of Algiers tonight, with the dead reported around 20. The bodies of three Arabs were recovered almost immediately and rescuers are working to extricate the others. 25 LYNCHINGS IN U. S, IN 1930 Only 12 Occurred Year Before, Ne- gro Organization Reports. By the Associated Press. : ; NEW YORK, Dec. 27.——The year 1930 has seen 25 lynchings as compared with 13 in 1929, the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored People said today in an annual summary. Twenty-four of the victims were Negroes, the association reported. Georgia had seven Jynchings, Ala- bama and Texas four each, Mis- sissippi three, Indiana and Souta Carolina two each and Florida, North Carolina and Oklahoma one each. | Walter White, acting secretary of the association, hailed as an encouraging ‘development “the in- creasing repudiation by white women of the South of lynching as a protection of womanhood.” “Of 25 lynchings in . 1930," he said, “criminal assault was assigned as the Cait; ; 1 Page 3, Column 3. verdict of* By the Associated Press, 8 PARIS, Dec. 27.—-Marshal Joffre who turned,.back the Germans in the first battle of the Marne, was near death tonight in the hospital where his left leg was amputated seven days ago. Gangrene developing in the ad- vanced stages of arteritis (inflam- mation of the arteries) made the amputation necessary, doctors said, but the operation was not so suc- cessful as they hoped and the lat- est bulletins on the, patient’s con- dition were gloomy. The Marshal’s condition was “stationary” at 10:15 o’clock to- night according to Drs. Boulin and Leriche, who left the hospital at that hour after passing an hour at the bedside. The newspaper Le Matin said to- night the latest information oOb- tainable permitted no hope of even a temporary abatement of the malady. It was Mme. Joffre, adhering to her husband’s policy since his ill- ness began, who withheld news of the Marshall’s grave illness since last Friday when he was taken to the hospital of St. Jean-de-Dieu. He went there on Dec. 19 and the amputation was performed the next day. The leg was taken off above the Knee to arrest the prog- ress of the .infection. Could Not Survive Another. But there was danger of infec- tion in the other leg also and the doctors said they had tentatively decided to perform a second op- eration today. In a consultation, however, it became obvious that Joffre, who is nearly 79 years old, could not possibly stand it, Immediately after it became known that the Marshal was grave- ly ill rumors flew about the city diers cailed him “Papa” Joffre. He was believed for a time to be at his chateau in Louveciennes, near Versailles. Then there was a report that his right leg had been amputated. His doctors set things right in a definite announce- ment describing the patient’s con- dition as “‘grave,’’ with a pulse of minus 5 and a temperature of 102.2 degrees. Arthritis often develops gangrene. The inflammation first struck the Marshal last Summer, but he al- ways denied reports of his illness, on one occasion going so far as to appear at a public function in his honor when he was too sick to be abroad. Weeks ago he had to abandon the stroll about his garden which made his days so pleasant, and before he , went to the hospital he was kept abed at home until his condition became alarming. A Good Mixer and Nature Lover. On his strolls he liked to chat with those he met. He was alwafvs a “‘good mixer’ and he liked the woods. He has been an enthusias- tic advocate of the doctrine recent- ly pronounced by Aristide Briand, that a man who wants to know men must first know nature, Often he would drop in on his friends. One of these was War- rington Dawson, formerly of At- lanta, Ga., special attache of the United States Embassy, who for several years has been kept to his home at Versailles by a partial paralysis. He used to like to go to his apartment in the Rue de la Pompe in Paris and Mme. Joffre recently has spent considerable time there redecorating the place, In the win- ter he has liked to go to the Ri- viera. But all these activities were abandoned when his illness set-in. He was obliged to cut down on his little walks and after a while the arteries of the legs became so swoll- en that any movemen* was pain- ful, and then impossible, Up until the time of his trans- fer to the hospital he spent hours each day reading works on military art. Col. Desmazes, his chief staff officer, says his mind has remained clear and he has followed without complaint development of his ma- lady, “Throughout the world, particu- larly in America and England,” said one paper this morning, ‘a fer- vent prayer will rise for the illus- trious chief, who in 1914 com- manded the battle which saved the races from servitude.” Led Successful Campaigns in Asia, Europe and Africa. Marshal Joffre, whose full name is Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, will be 79 years old Jan. 12. He has successfully led military cam- paigns in Asia, Africa and Europe. He was born in 1852 at Rive- saltes, at the edge of the Eastern Pyrenees, of Spanish lineage and was one of 11 children. The Fran- co-Prussian War interrupted his studies and he took part in the de- fense of Paris in 1870. After the loss of his first wife he applied for a transfer to Indo- China and aided in the occupation of Formosa in 1885, remaining three years at Hanoi as chief of engineers. In 1892 he was sent to Senegal and in 1898 led a col- umn on Timbuctoo, entering the which loves this man whose sol-. CAULFIELD FACES CLASH WITH GARY ON SURVEY REPORT Commission Head Calls Aids to Confer on Issu- ance of Appeal in Behalf of $192,000,000 Program IN OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR’S VIEWS Expected Executive’s Rec- ommendation for Modi- fied Expenditure Will Be Attacked in Legislature. By CURTIS A. BETTS, A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch, JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. The issuance of a formal argument in support of the defunct State Sur- vey Commission’s plan to more than treble the State imcome tax reve- nue to provide funds for a 10-year $192,000,000 spending program for State institutions and the public schools will be diseussed at a con- ference of members of the Com- mission in Jefferson City Monday. The proposal is directed at fore- stalling Gov. Caulfield’s recom- mendations in his biennial message to the Legislature, Jan. 7, for a greatly modified program of ex- penditures. Promulgation of the argument, which is being urged by Theodore Gary, Macon and Kansas City fin- |ancier, who served as chairman of ‘the Commission, is considered |doubtful because of the question of ‘the propriety of the individual {members of a Commission appoint- ed by the Governor attempting to discount in advance his officially expressed views. In. accordance with the direc- tions of the legislative act under which it was appointed, the Com- mission, which expired Nov. 30, 1929, submitted its findings to the Governor on that date. Also, in accordance with the act the Gover- nor has reviewed the findings and has prepared his recommenda- tions, which he will deliver to the Legislature when it convenes in less than two weeks. Governor Against Vast Program. Although the detailed views of the Governor have not been made public, it has become known through his public addresses that he believes the condition of the State at this time does not warrant embarking on a program as exten- sive as that recommended by the Commission, and'that he believes taxes should not be increased to a greater extent than will be suf- ficient to carry out a program ap- proximately one-fourth that rec- ommended. Under the Commission’s proposal, the additional revenue required, mostly to be raised by an increase in the income tax, would be ap- proximately $15,000,000 a year. The Governor’s view is said to be that an additional $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 a year will provide suf- ficient revenue for all the improve- ments the State would be justified in undertaking at this time. Gary’s action in calling the con- ference of his associates on the Commission has aroused much in- terest in the capital, where political leaders see it as the first step in an attempt by Gary to carry his plan through the Legislature over the objection of the Governor. To some legislative leaders, at least. it is an indication that Gary is prepared to do battle with the Governor through the session. While Gary has been active in organizing a campaign to obtain public support for the Commission’s program, it had not been anticipat- ed here that he would go the length of attempting to induce his associates to issue a formal state- ment on the eve of the Governor’s official message. View of Leading Legislator. One influential legislator ex- pressed the opinion that the pro- posed issuance of the argument would be opposed by a majority of the members of the Commission on the ground that it would be an un- necessary act of discourtesy to the Governor, and that, while individu. ally any member was free to urge the adoption of the larger plan, collectively and as members of the Commission they had finished their job when they submitted their re- port to the Governor for his con- sideration. This legislator said that under the act creating it, the Commission was merely a fact-finding body for the Governor, that it had com- pletely carried out its duty when it submitted to him the facts it ascertained ,with the conclusions it drew, and that the responsibility of making recommendations to. the Legislature was solefy that of the Governor, If the contest for supremacy be- 27.— a cause in only three cases.” | Continued on Page 3, Column 1. | Continued on Page 2, Column 5. : RAIN OR SNOW TODAY ; CLEARING SKIES TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES, 3B MOOR oscecs | a ee ae 4s Bee Hin ; Ne Mbt tl hllininatt) +. cepeis's ade aappeedeimeatailth an) ailing z a. te pe emmer - - be ‘ee 24% ht PRE 5) +4 «heey ee» he “ ~ - ent ee » Fea hig 1 o CR ee ~~ 2 Ho. a be ies ere eens > eS Mews sta ittentytemmihe” gpencensiey”ertaplentann: Anton libee Mbit ee ~ eg + patel ea ‘“ uaa wade: ; et ctteae ihe Fake Leet oe Se ; sm al é > on ag sag. olay . 2 Rag a pater Se SNRs “oi Te aM ae . we bs tied’ Bi RTS RIE Ra aa ‘a MTOR Se” See ewas aw ee ee + eo uphtion Bihar iivtefn, tg a: osteo’ by Sage. eI phe SU OR a gn od 4 .