St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 4, 1921

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COMIC PAGE ————————= 8 eee: — pyright, 1921, by H. & WF ristered U. S. Patent Office.) ——-> el Y (Copyright, 1991 AND HE'S SPOILING , é : ; 4 a4 é ns if os 7 ae Fy ——==— + ? a TS Se Sha | ahs - & - ¥ 7 . « . A SSASSI HONS VOTE IMQUSLY I HARM APPROVAL =} OF CONFERENCE hebon Follows Debate of Two and a Half Hours on Resolution Presented by Laborites and Seconded by “NO. THOUGHT TO -CRITICISE LEAGUE” SoSays Advocate of Measure —Body Told by Govern- ment Leader Lloyd George Still Hopes to Head Dele- gation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Nov. 4.—The House of _ Commons today unanimously ad5pt- _e¢d the motion presented by labor mcimers ““-armly approving’ the | ay" foaching Washington conference op imitation of armaments and Far ~ Bastern problems. sion in which numerous speakers s'pported the resolution, and voiced hopes of the conference's success. =... Lioyd George still hopes it be possible to carry out before jong: his inténtion of going to Wash- { ington and taking the leadership of ~ the British delegation at the confer- cnee, Austen Chamberlain, the Gov- ernment leader, declared today. -“@hiamberlain made this declaration in Speaking in the aébate on the forthcoming conference the American capital. - The debate was opened when John Robert Clynes moved the resolution intfoduced by himself in association with the other labor leaders, Stephen Walsh, U. R. Thomas, Arthur Hen- in } derson and Thomas Shaw, reading: ‘That this House warmly approves of the meeting of the internation-l conference at Washington 2nd trusts q that « supreme effort will be made _ to arrive at such measures of agzree- , Bs, ment as will secure a substantial ~ and. progressive reduction of the crushing burden of armaments.” a * .“No Oriticism of League.” Clynes explained that his motion 3 Was not offered with any idea of a harmful controversy, and his remarks he avoided reference the policies which might be dis- ‘at the conference, confining ‘speech for the. most part to a dissertation on disarma- world, said Clynes, was in- - debted to America for the convening Of the cpnference. The League of : Nations was incomplete for its pur- - bose, he thought, and he regarded f Apcrica, in relation to this confer- = ance, as having taken a step to carry | oat the main principles and objects : at to be obtained by the league. 4 @ conference, said Clynes, was in nO sense in competition with or in | ~ oppdsition to the league. “Unless the conference deals with * the.causes at the root of armaments is little hope of ahy reduc- " he declared. another point in his speech he : @ cannot trust to alliances baped _ & present or past friendsnip and Testing on any material or economic These alliances are not | thustworthy. They have failed us in _ the past and there is a growing con- that great international {n- - terest must be considered in com- |]. mon and that the future progress /8nd good will of mankind can be pore only by the great nations of “© world all uniting for the future of the world.” Seconds Resolution. #1 Donald MacLean, Liberal, in A ate act absence of Asquith, }. leader, seconded the mo- tor the resolution, saying: ® are proudly conscious. and Fouad: that {n summoning -this p _uatinsea ‘on Page % Column 8. ee The vote came | ‘after two and a half hours of discus-> FAIR TOMORROW; LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES. > 8 a. m. e@eeee4e+e#e#e 44 . mm 50 .™m Ais ocsenenee Highest yesterday, 56, at 3 p. m.; lowest, 44, at 5 a. m. Ki Louis BAS. Official forecast for St. Louis and OTHER SHOE CENTERS ON. { Vicinity: Fair to- night and tomor- } row; not much |change in tem- perature. Missouri: Fair tonight and to- morrow; some- | what colder in northwest portion tonight and in | northeast portion tomorrow. Illinois: Fair tonight and to- morrow; cooler ‘in extreme north portion tonight and in north and central portions tomorrow. Stage of tne Mississippi River at 7 a. m., 6.2 feet, no change; stage of the Missouri at St. Charles, 11.9 feet, no change. PRISONER WHO HUNG HIMSELF IDENTIFIED AS A. E, HAZEN the Associated Press "EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., Nov. 4—The body of the man who hanged himself in the city jail here the night of Nov. 2 has been posi- tively identified as that of Arthur E. Hazen of Leroy, Kan., whose finan: cial operations in “check kiting’ re- sulted in the closing of the People’s State Bank of. Leroy, Kan., and the Fatmers’ State Bank at Neosho Falls, Kan. By Arrested here charged -with at- tempting to pass a worthless check, Hazen, who gave his name to the po- lice as “C. H. Johnson,” committed suicide by hanging himself with his own necktie in his cell in the jail. His identity w@& not established until today, however, when a note scrawled on a piece of newspaper was found in his coat pockét, asking that his wife, Mrs. A. E. Hazen, Le- roy, Kan., be notified of his death. Word was received here today from Mrs.. Hazen that on the day of his death she had received a letter from her. husband written in Excelsior Springs. Hazen’s “‘check-kiting” operations are said to have totaled one and one- half million dollars, but he died prac- tically penniless. KANSAS CITY POLICEMEN TILT THEIR CAPS LIKE BEATTY NOW Special to the Post-Dispatch. OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 4.—‘Kansas City police now tilting caps over right eye like Beatty,” says the Ot- tawa Journal, which publishes a dis- patch from President Maxwell to the Great War Veterans here, describing the American Legion convention. The Canadian representatives were accorded’a place of honor beside Ad- miral Beatty and the French and Belgian ‘delegates at ceremonies in Kansas City. MAN WHO PLEADED INSANITY GETS 12 YEARS FOR HOLDUP I emratcens Henry Waldermeyer Jr., Son of Transfer Man, Con- victed by Jury of Robbery of Butcher in 1920. DOCTORS SAID HE WAS MENTALLY UNSOUND Counsel Maintained Defend- ant Had Suffered Attack of Infantile Paralysis in Childhood. Henry Waldermeyer Jr., 27 years old, a former bookkeeper for the Federal Reserve Bank and other banks in St. Louis, for whom the defense was made that he was of unsound mind in his trial yesterday in Judge Landwehr’s court on a charge of first degree robbery, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary by a jury, whose sealed verdict was opened in court at 9:15 this morning. Waldermeyer is the son of Henry Waldermeyer Sr. of 3216 Hawthorne boulevard, who is head of the Wal- dermeyer Transfer Co., 1709 South Third street. He is married and at the time of his arrest resided at 311 Geyer avenue. Based on Robbery in 1920. Waldermeyer’s case went to the jury at 5:45 p. m. yesterday and the verdict was reached at 8:45. The crime upon which the charge against him was based.was the rob- bery Dec. 21, 1920, of Fred Wester- mann, manager of the butcher shop of the Star Packing Co., 2855 Shen- andoah avenue, in the butcher shop. Three men on that occasion took $12 from Westermann’s pockets and $62 from his cash register. Waldermeyer and Clarence and Charles Beckman, brothers, were arrested and all three were identi- fied by Westermann and his daugh- ter as the men who robbed him. Clarence Beckman was tried by a jury and was sentenced to five. years in the penitentiary. Charles Beck- man pleaded guilty of this crime and two others, and was sentenced to 12 years in the penitentiary. There are five other robbery indictments against Waldermeyer, in some of which the Beckman brothers also are accused. Waldermeyer was defended by former Circuit Attorney Thomas B. Harvey, who did not deny the com- mission of the crime, but set up the defense of unsound mind. The _ de- fendant’s father and his sister, Mrs. A. V. Schaefer of 2316 Michigan avenue, testified that when he was between 4 and 6 years old he suf- fered from an attack of infantile paralysis, which left him: with an Continued on Page 2, Column 2. What the Nations Next Sunday the Post-Dis- patch will publish aée special supplement covering the whole project of the arms conference that will begin its sessions in Washington on Nov. 12. This supplement will be at once a handbook of the program and purposes of the conference and a demonstration of the amazing unanimity of hope for its success that exists through- out the nations to be represent- ed. The agenda of the conference will be found in the pages of this supplement, together with This is the first of the series of impressions of that great @eeting the famous English novelist and publicist will write for the Post-Dispatch. No other St. Louis newspaper will carry Mr. Wells’ article. the Coming Arms Conference Also in Next Sunday’s Post-Dispatch “The Outlook for the Washington Conference” By H. G. Order Your Copy Today Hope From expert discussions of the prob- lems embraced therein. The roster of the delegates ‘will be there, with portraits of their leaders. The history of past ef- forts toward disarmament and of the present movement will be recited. Official declarations from the delegations of 35 of the 42 Governments in the Council of the League of Na- tions will be there. Only an order placed at once with your newsdealer will as- sure you possession of this in- ,; valuable. record of an epochal incident in the world’s history. WELLS How Woodrow Wilson Lined Up Bryan and the Progressives on the Eve of the Baltimore Con- ‘vention.—The inside story of the preliminaries to that historic as- sembly ae told by Joseph P, Tumulty, for 10 years Mr. Wil- _ son ’s private secretary. ~_ ee ee EA -- IN CITY CIRCULATION THE | DAILY POST-DISPATCH EXCEEDS ee ee | , ii [MARSHAL FOCH ACTUALLY CARRIES AWAY ‘KEY TO CITY’ Aid Has 5-Pound Brass Article, 12 Inches Long, on His Belt as Train Departs. Marshal Foch carried off the key to St. Louis, which the Mayor haé given away several hundred tinies in the last eight years, always re- covering it for further use in the formal, figurative ceremony of ‘‘pre- senting the key of the city” to con- ventions, visitors; or whomever it was desired to convey the city’s hos- pitality.. During a visit of the Marshal to his office yesterday afternoon, the Mayor, spying the key, handed it to the Marshal, saying: ‘“You have won the heart of St. Louis, you should have the key to it.” The Marshal exclaimed, as he had many times during the day, “‘mag- nifique,”” and handed the key to his aide. The aide, as the party was prepar- ing to depart at Union -Station, was carrying the key, which is more than 12 inches long, made of brass and weighs five or six pounds, in hls belt and was proudly exhibiting: it. SERGT, WOODFILL INTRODUCED TO PRESIDENT AND THE HOUSE Soldier Sclected by Gen. Pershing for Bravery Receives Con- gratulations. By.the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—Sergeant Samuel Woodfill, selected by Gen. Pershing as one of the great war heroes, was presented to President Harding today and was congratu- lated by the chief executive on his |} war record. Sergt. Woodfill was brought to the White House by Senator Ernst of Kentucky, in whose State he is now stationed. Sergt. Woodfiill later was ac- corded an unusual] reception by the House. The Sergeant, sitting alone in the member’s gallery, arose, sa- luted and then bowed as-he Was in- troduced. Representative Woodruff of Mich- igan, at one time Sérgt. Woodfill’s commanding officer, in announcing that he soon would introduce a bill to give the hero his former rank as a Captain, declared that nobody closely associated with him knew of his exploits until after the issuance of general orders, and that the Ser- geant’s regret was that he had not killed a few more of the enemy. The Sergeant went into the corri- dor after the reception and shook hands with nearly every member of the House. “MIRACLE MAN” TELLS JUDGE HE WILL GET OUT OF TOWN Comb-and-Brush Healer’s Promise Results in Dismissing Case on Payment of Costs. William B. Thompson, of Los An- geles, Cal., calling himself ‘‘The Mir- acle Man,” who was arrested by a Health Department inspector Oct. 26, after he had delivered health lec- tures at Alhambra Grotto, Grand | and Magnolia avenues, and had sold combs and rubber rings and other articles which he recommended as pain-killers, was in the Court of Criminal Correction today to answer to the charge of holding himself out as a physician and practicing medi- cine without a license. When his case was called’ Miss Lena Frank, Associate Prosecuting Attorney, announced that he had agreed to leave town if let off with the payment of costs. Provisional Judge Grotzski questioned him/and he confirmed the agreement. Judg- ment for costs was entered against him, which is equivalent to convic- tion. : This disposal of the case was brought about by Thompson's attor- ney, who saw Health Commissioner Starkloff, the Prosecuting Attorney and the special prosecutor acting in such cases and promised that if the case was not pushed Thompson would leave town. German Marks Now 232 fc a Dollar By ‘the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—German marks which have been declining steadily here, dropped to a new low record today, selling at 43 cents. This was a drop of 2 points from ycsterday’s low. Bank Runners Robbed of $5900. 8y the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4.—Five men in an automobile. held up two runners of the Corn Exchange Na- tional Bank today, robbed them of $5900 and escaped. SECOND SALES TAX MEASURE REJECTED BY SENATE TODAY Smoot’s Alternative Bill Voted Down 46 to 25 Fol- lowing Similar Action of Last Night. BONUS BILL FIGHT TO BE RENEWED Other Issue Remaining Be- fore Ballot on Revision Measure Is Graduated Cor-| poration Tax Plan. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.—The Sen- ate, having voted down last night, 43 to 25, the Smoot manufacturers’ sales tax of 1 per cent rejected today 46 to 25, the alternative Smoot pro- posal of a business sales taxe of one- half of 1 per cent on gross sales in excess of $6000 a year. The Democrats voted solidly against the sales tax and were joined by 17 Republicans. The second sales tax vote today is expected to end the present drive for this form of taxation, but in the de- bate last night some speakers on the | Republican side, particularly Sen- ators McCumber of North Dakota and McCormick of Illinois, predicted that such a tax might be necessary in connection with soldiers’ bonus bill. Senator Lenroot, Republican, of Wisconsin, predicted that the bonus bill would be put through be- fore next July 1. Procedure with regard to the tax revision bill after the vote on the second sales tax proposal is somé- what doubtful. Notice has been given that there will be renewal of the fight to add the bonus bill to the tax measure.and to substitute a graduated corporation tax” for the flat 15 per cent.tentatively agreed upon, but the order of their presen- tation is uncertain. These are the only big issues remaining in the tax fight and the general opinion at the Capitol seems to be that a final vote on the revision bill will be had by tomorrow night. Some Republican leaders believe the bill might be passed _ tonight, but Senator Penrose, of Pennsyl- vania, in charge of the measure, does not look upon this as more than @ possibility. MAN SAYS HE KILLED CHUM AT LATTER’S URGENT REQUEST Alexander Savin Gives Details of Shooting Frank Passyno in New Jersey Cemetery. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—A story as grim as those of the most real of Russian realists was told today in police headquarters, It concerned Frank Passyno, a ship’s carpenter, found shot to death in a Russian cemétery at South River, N: J., last Sunday. It came from the lips of Alexander Savin, his chum, who was arrested yesterda as-a futitive from justice’and hel on a charge of homicide. Savin is alleged to have told the police that, out of work for four months, Passyno had become. de- spondent and tried in vain to starve himself to death; that at last he had asked Savin to shoot him; that Savin had refused but had been met with a-threat of death himself; that last Sunday the two had gone from their room in this city to the Russian cem- etery across the- Hudson; that the two had embraced and kissed; that Savin had fired three shots without killing his chum; asked him to pause until he had given his last five dollars to his executioner as a reward; that the fourth shot had. done the work. Savin, aceording . to the police, added that he had dragged the body to a place where passers-by might more easily find it. discovery of the body. Red Petter; Take $4150. By ‘the Assoctated Press ETI. IT, Nov. 4.—Six bandits this forenoon held up "rnest Mc- Carthy, cashier for a baking com- pany threw red pepper into his eyes and esa} ~d with $4150, which the cashier was taking to a bank. Bandits Ure Premier that Passyno then | This resulted in! Hara of Japan — | By the Asaociated Press. E .. TOKIO, Nov. ae mall ‘kashi Hara was fatally stabbed ‘in the breast today at the rail TOP QUOTATIONS OF YEAR ON LIBERTY AND VICTORY BONDS" Sales Total Around . $8,000,000 and Bonds of Allies Also Ad- vance. By the Associated Presa NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Buying of bonds, especially Liberty and Vic- tory issues, continued to feature the trading on the Stock Exchange to- day, the demand for these securities being relatively far in excess. of dealings in stocks. Liberty Second, Third and Fourth 4%s attained the highest quotations of the year with Victor 3%s and Victory 4%s duplicating yesterday's high record of par. The ‘demand for these bonds, which seemed to have been acceler- ated by the recent deeline in Federal Reserve rediscount rates, comes from all ouarters, according to bond dealers, large corporate interests be- ing among the principal purchasers. Up to midday sales of the various Liberty Bonds and Victory notes were estimated at. $8,000,000 par value, or more than 75 per cent of the total turnover in the bond mar- ket. Greatest activity was shown by Liberty Second and Fourth 4%s and Victory “4%s. Bonds issued by .the allied Gov- ernments of Europe during the wa- and floated Sy American bankers also Sjotned ‘the - upward movement‘. Conspicuous features included French Government 8s, which were 1% per cent “higher, and Belgian Government 7%s, which at 105 showed an overnight oe of 3 per cent. CHARLES DEVOY HELD TO GRAND JURY ON WEAPON CHARGE Wife of Attorney Testifics Son of Late Coal Dealer Pointed Re-, yolver at Her March 27. Charlies Devoy of 5837 Cates ave- nue, son of the late Edward Devoy. a coal dealer, was held for the grand jury under $1000 bonc in the Court of Criminal Correction today on a charge of exhibiting.a deadly weap- on in aahreatening manner. The: original charge was assault to kill, but. it was reduced by Judge Hoch- doerfen The complainant was Mrs. Mary A. Leahy of 56851 Waterman avenue, wife of John P. Leahy, an attorney. | She testified that Mareh 27 last she went to the Devoy home with Alice Heinrichs, 1ll-year-old niece of De- voy, to get some clothing belonging to the child who had formerly lived there, but. was then staying at the/ Leahy home. Devoy opposed their entrance to the house, Mrs. Leahy said, and when she and the child were going ‘were removed to the morgue! pend-/| Japanese embassy members of the Japanese cetenéiaaa to the and Far conference received the first from the Associated Press and greatly depressed. The message to the State ment, which was filed at 9 p, Tokio time, gave no details Democratic City Committee At- tends. in Body—Floral Trib- utes Fill a Wagon, The funeral of William. T. Egan, Fifth Ward n.e-v»er of the Demo- cratic.City Committee, who was murdered Monday night in front of the saloon run in his name at Four- teenth street and Franklin avenue, was held this morning at the Church of St. Philip Neri Queen’s and Thek- la avenues, and was attended by a gathering too large for the church to accommodcte. Another message, Bled t ican embassy at Tokio. at 10 was received at the State ment, announcing the death Premier. | Secretary Hughes was . r the Friday Cabinet meeting the dispatch arrived, and on. the White House was told of th About 200 automobiles staod along | assassination by newspaper the stre-t near:the church during | *pondents. He said he was | the funeral, and the floral tributes ) shocked by the news. | which were sent filled a wagon. Before the departure of the The Democtatic City Committee| ese delegation from Tokio, t attended in a body, and. the honor- | ¢"ing letters had been received ® ary pallbearers included Phil Dwy- | Various members of the rage f nd e Lawrence P. Daley, James ®.| Prince Tokugawa himself just Be- Miles, «State Senator Brogan and fore embarking on the steamer Charles P. Higgins. the United States, received a% Others present were State Senator peng geen document | Kinney, Justice Gazzolo, Mike Wha- | ©n'ng him anenaenenees len, deieee H. Moore, Charles | he achieved results at Wa Thompson, Felix. McAdams, John) Denefit to his country and Regan, Tom McGrath and Plerce| him also that he muat not Killian. — ; “foreign” In hig attitude Ens, The funeral was held at St. Phil-| United States. — ip’s, which is .near.Calvary Cemetery,} “ Hara was rapidly attaining ap ' because Egan's sister, Mrs. Marhie! ‘dominant position " Woelfe] of 4551 Arlington avenue, fs! life of Japan, arouiae no thal he 1a member of that parish. Another often referred to as the Lioyd G sister, Mrs. Jdéseph St: Cyré, and Egan's son, James Egan, 16 years: old, were mourners. The services. at the church, re- quiem masg and the subsequent ‘burial ceremony in- Calvary Ceme- tery, were conducted by the Rev. Father Woltering, assistant pastor of St. Philip's. of w ich the Rev. Father T. D.’ Kennedy 14 pastor.’ Father Woltering gave no discourse, ort lin the church or at the grave. AMERICAN DEAD AT “BUBLIN, By the Associated Press | . -DURLIN, -Nov. 4-—The bodies of 26 Irish-American soldiers who fell in the war were brought here yes-' terday from Antwerp. An American officer was in charge of the bodies, | and after the steamer had .dockéd,} consigned them to the case of rela- tives here. _-The vessel, with flag half-masted, was saluted as she entered port and came up the river. The caskets! P - +> = Po iP eta he” out he pointed a revolver at them. ing arrangements for interment. (The Star) (The Times) The 2d_ St. Louis Newspaper (The Globe-Democrat) by Approximately. 5 The 3d St. Louis Newspaper The 4th St. Louis Newspaper by Approzimately It > fo se A ns NE Rt RS ow s.