The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 1

Complete Dispatches of United Press, International News Service and Universal Service. FINAL SPORT EDITION dorft saq "Paper' SaH "STAR LJ I i3 UtU 1 VOL. 39 NO. 140. ST.

LOUIS, MONDAY, MARCH 16. 1925. 20 PAOES. PRICE TWO CENTS Vis OX I ilM i i 11 I i 1 1 VI ft Jtoo Surprise Witnesses Confront Briggs at Hearing THE WEATHER DRASER H. Mackler and Bullet Riddled Car in Which He Was Killed bv Eranites REWARD REVEAL COURT FORBIDS EVIDENCE ABOUT 1 FALL'S AFFAIRS OR uni DIPLOMA OW 1A HOG AN ill If Two Auto Loads of Egan Gunmen Waited Three Hours in Granite City Then Trailed Him to St.

Louis and Killed Him at Twelfth and Howard Streets. I Kreca for I.tnltl Partly jrlonr tonight Tarndny; -vrarm- rr toalrjil, with tar lwfl tem perature allsBtly ahatre frerzlas. TBMPERITIRE READIXGS Midnight a. 1 noon 49 1 P. 53 'i p.

i J. 2 p. 63 4 p. tn 53 Temp. r.el.

Dry. Wet. Humid. 3 31 47 Zi 30 tl 41 36 a 1 12 noon. 7 a.

p. Stag of river, 13 feet. a. fall of .4 of a foot. Sun nets 6:03 p.

today, rises 6:09 m. tomorrow. Maximum temperature yesterday. 45 at 4 p. minimum, 26 at 7 m.

COL DENNISTOUN TELLS OF WIFE'S ADMISSIONS LONDON, March 16. (By Tj. IJeut. Col. Ian Dennlstoun testified today, in his wife' suit against him to collect $6,000, that he had once returned home from a brief absence and found that someone had occupied his room.

He asserted his wife told him It was Oscar Senhoufe, a friend, who had lost the key to his own. apartment and had come there to sleep. loiter, however. Mrs. Dennistoun admitted misconduct with Sen-house, according to Dennistoun.

Previously Mrs. Dennlstoun had admitted misconduct with other men, including Sir John Cowan, ISritlsh war hero, now dead. 'SPIRIT PICTURE' ATTRACTS CROWDS TO M'BAINE, MO. McHAINE. March 16.

(By Many persons are coming here to view what is described as a "spirit picture" appearing on th- wall of the home of Theodore Turner every night. It Is said to be a likeness of Mrs. Zem Roberts, who died In the room last year. It is declared to be dim. almost as though it were a shadow cast by street lights.

The lighting arrangement of the house has been changed, the wall has been scraped and repainted, but, is asserted, the dim outline remains. 'GRASS GIRL' UNDERGOES LUNG OPERATION HERE "Jiinmie Knglish. 11 -year-old "Grass Girl" brought here from San Antonio, suffering from abscess In the left due to a piece of grass, was operated tjn at Barnes Hospital today. Surgeons made an incision through the sido and removed the abscessed part of the lung, the operation requiring about an hour. Kis and a local anesthetic being u.scU.

The furseons said if no complications develop the Kirl can home'in about two months. SENATORS TELL DAWES NO ONE WANTED HIS JOB March lt. (vi While ice PrcvirioT-1 Vice President 37 a. 3 6 31 3 a. m.

a. I a. rit .3 WARREN AGAIN REJECTED BY SENATE, 46-39 7 Galleries Packed as Nomination for Attorney General Is Turned Back to White House for Second Time. REED AND WALSH ATTACK, OTHERS DEFEND APPOINTEE Police Reserves Called to Capitol to Preserve Order Because of Crowds Seekbg Admission During Debate. WASHINGTON.

March 16. (By The senate today once 1 more rejected the nomination of Charles Beecher "Warren to be attorney general, throwing back upon the White House for the second time within a week President Coolldge's personal choice of a member of his own cabinet. The vote was 39 against. The ballot on the first rejection was 41 to 39. The senate's action threw down a challenge to the President to fulfill his threat to give Warren a recess appointment in defiance of senate "advice and consent." No comment was made at White House.

The Holl Call. The roll call follows: For, 3 9. Republicans Bingham. Butler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Dale, Deneen. Du Pont, Krnst, Fernald.

Fess, Glllett. Goff. Gooding. Hale, Harreld. Jones of Washington.

McKlnley, McLean. McNary. Means. Metcalf, Moses. Oddie, Pepper, Pine, Sack-ett.

Sch.aH. Shortridge. Smoot, Spencer, Stanfield, Wadsworth, Watson, Weller, Willis, Lenroot. Against. 46.

Republicans, 10: Borah, Brook-hart. Couzens, Krazier, Johnson of Cafifornia, Iadd, Norbeck, Norris, La Follette, Howell. Democrats, 35: A3hurst, Bayard. Blease, Bratton, Brous.ard, Bruce, Caraway, Copeland. Ferris, Fletcher, George, Dill, Kdwards, Gerry.

Glass. Kendrick, Harris, Harrison, Heflin. King. Mc-Kellar, Mayfleld, Neely, Kalston, Bansdell. Heed of Missouri.

Kobin-son, Sheppard. Simmons, Swanson, Trammell, Tyson, Walsh, Wheeler. Farmer-Iiiborite Shlpstead. The vote was taken at 2:30 p. m.

The senate adjourned at 2:53 p. until noon tomorrow. The only change in the lineup of supporters of the nomination since the first! vote was Senator Reexf of Pennsylvania was absent. His place was taken by Senator Lenroot, Republican. Wisconsin, who left the sickbed of his yrife in Rochester.

to cast his vot-. Siv More DemotTats. Six Democrats who did not vote previously were present and voted against the nomination Dill. IM- wards. G-erry.

Glass, Kendrick and 'S'rn't'1- s'tnith When they voted. Senator vot this time. Likewise t'vennan. democrat, aro- hose change of a vote in the previous call gave opponents of nomination their margin of vk tory, was unable to cast his ballot, i Continued, on Page 3. Column 1 I I BY RAY EENARD.

(As Told to Harry T. Bnindidge of The Star's Staff.) Copyright, 10'-3. by The Str-Chronlile Tubltiihiin Conuoy.) Jacob II. Mackler. a young lawyer, was tlio mouthpiece for the Jlogan gang.

Wheii the war between the Hogan and Kgan mobs got under way, Maekkr's name vas put on the list of lloganites who were to be bumped off. I know, because bi name was on the list handed to me by Dint t'olbeck. Mackler learned they were gunning for him, increased his life insurance and became a bullet dodger. For montbs he out-smarted the Egan mob. The -police tried to protect him.

Hut in the cud that same old sudden, violent' end Mackler was carted away to the morgue full of bullet holes. Now, if a smart young lawyer, with money, brains ami police protection gets bumped off by one gang jus-, because he. handled the legal and business affairs of another gang, what chance lias a punk without money or friends, to live very long after becoming the associate of gangsters? If you run with a mob you are one of lhem.r whether or not you pack a gat. And In the end you'll get what Mackler got, Mackler wasn't a gangster. He wasn't a gunman.

He was tha lawyer, the bondsman, the mouthpiece, for1 the Hogan gang. Now and then Mackler was seen with Hogan. gangsters in his automobile. When he made bond for Hoganltes who were up. be usually took then; from the Central district station in his car.

He became well known to the Kgan' gang. HARKS BACK TO IJGA.V KILLING. There was another thing which the mob held against him. After it became noised about that it was Luke Kennedy, John J. Doyle nn! Jimmie Hogan that killed Willie Kgan, it xvas whispered that Max Greenberg hired those three to shoot Kgan and that Max had pah! $10,000 to have the job pulled.

Then it came to the ears of tLe Lgan mob that it was Mackler who had Introduced Kennedy, Doyle ana Hogan to Max and that Mackler had handled the money which was supposed to have changed hands. That's the way it goes In the underworld. If you are a crook or a gangster, you're going to be whispered about ajul more than one poor guy has been murdered because somebody whispered something. One good way of getting a bird killed was to whisper about him. I remember one time that the Kgan mob started whispering ohout Detective Hobert Kaiser.

Dint Colbeck called me aside one day and said: "yay. Pay. Kaiser is telling that you're a stool pigeon that you've been tipping the police a lot of stuff." I mas sore, I tell you. That was long before I had opened tnv mouth to anybody long fore I had even Ihought about rloin anv SAX ii died tf do about it?" niri'u him uim a 'i-i the jiver. Government Suffers Setback When Judge in Teapot Dome Trial Rejects Records of Ex-.

Secretary's Finances. HOLDS IT ISN'T LINKED WITH BREAKING OF LEASE 'No Attempt Has Been Made to Trace the Bonds in Controversy to Sinclair as Their Source He Declares. CHETEN'XE, March 16. (By U. The government received a setback in the Teapot Dome suit today when Federal Judge T.

Blake Kennedy ruled; that records and statements show- Ing financial affairs of Albert B. Fall Were not admissible as evi-; dence. Judge Kennedy sustained the defense objection against admission of the records on the ground this testimony was "hearsay" and had no connection with -the government's suit to break the lease of the Mammoth Oil Company on the oil reserve. Defense counsel had fought vigorously to block admission of the records by which the government hoped to trace $230,500 in Liberty bonds from Harry F. Sinclair to the former secretary of the interior.

Other Decisions Citel. After citing numerous decisions In similar controversies, Judge Kennedy declared that "at the present time the evidence which he ir- here, tendered is incompetent and immaterial." "No attempt has been made to trace the bonds in controversy to Sinclair as their source, without which connecting link the whole evidence now tendered would have to be stricken," he said. The court concluded by stating that the "evidence is manifestly so incompetent at the present time" that it would "at least sustain the objection until it appears the evidence so strongly contended for is either competent or material." Judge Kennedy's ruling in effect forced the government to recon struct its case. The bank records were to show Fall's receipt of the bonds and were to be followed by evidence tracing the bonds back to their origin, in which trail it was expected to link up Sinclair. N'ew Course Planned.

The government will now attempt to locate the bonds at their origin and trace them from the Continental Trading Company down through Sinclair to Fall, reversing the first plan. Henry I Philips, president of the Sinclair Purchasing Company, was called to identify contracts between his company and the Conli- i netal Trading Company. Court recessed at noon with Robert Rae. New York, fiscal agent ot the Dominion Bank of Canada, on the Rae identified a Utter from Henry S. tsler.

dated April tl. 1922. ordering the purchase of $300. 0A0 worti of Liberty bonds for the Continental Trading Compa ny. 1 d.

Gen. Mirau Dies in Tokio. TOKIO. March. 16.

(By I. N. S. Gen. Mirau.

privy councillor and prominent politician, died today. He vas Sf years of age. 'l 3 3 increase of preceding STAR i i I i I Graduate Appears Before State Medical Board Here Against Dean and Owner of P. S. School.

MORTON JOURDAN HELPS PROSECUTE One of Sixty-Five Doctors Cited for Revocation of License Has Confessed and Will Testify. Dr. Waldo Briggs. (Jean and owner o' the St. Louis College of Physicians un.l S'urgeons, involved in the operations of the national raed-ial diploma mill ring which was exposed by The Louis Star, today appeared before the Missouri State Board of Health, in session in the Municipal Courts Building, In answer to a citation to show cause why his license to practice medicine and surgery should not be revoked.

Dr. Briggs. who, with his counsel, Andrew Maroney, was present is charged with being a person of Lad moral character. The citation charges that Briggs sold medical diplomas, falsified the records of lils Institution and associated him self with Dr. Kobert Adeox, "clearing house" for the ring in the of degrees and diplomas, and received large sums of money from Adcor In return for such degrees.

During a recess. friends of Dr. Briggs informed htm that photographers were preparing to his picture. Brigggs mad" a threatening remark, which was overheard by the stenographer, and a lew minutes later two detectives arrived, took the defendant 'into the hall and sca.rehe.1 him. They di 1 not fiml ant weapon.

Th- State Hoard of Health a surprise witness Dr. William T. Zeltler. 2710 North Grand boulevard. who testified i that he attended the Physicians and Surgeon' College from 1918 to IP" I when he got a diploma.

He told how Ur. Briggs examined him for forty-five minutes when he entered the school and how he was allowed a year's credit for previous work, which consisted oC two years In a chiropractic college and a year at another school. Says Ho Didn't Attend. After he got a diploma, Dr. X'Hlcr said, he went to the office of the secretary to make out his application for a license and found ihat he had been marked on the Hooks as attending the Physicians arid Surgeons' College from 1907 "Did you attend th college from 1907 to 190S?" he was asked.

"No." "Do you know who made the entries?" "No." Dr. Zeitlei- further testified that r. 19-1. just before he graduated, he made an affidavit as to his previous medical education for the secretary of the college l(i, Bf. i ridavit delayed until you had com- rdeted your course.

"I don't know." "How many men were in the nior class when you graduated?" "I don't remember." "Were there more graduates than those who had been attending classes?" 'T don't remember." Savlis Testifies. William V. Sachs, who was ex-. posed by The Star as a member of the diploma mill ring, then took Cie and testified as to maU- ing out preliminary certificates of 'duration for persons seeking to rter various medical schools. He saM he made out about twenty-five for the Physicians and Surgeons College at the request of Dr.

Rob- e-t Adcox and said that Ajicox paid bin IIP each for them. Pachs declared that Adeox brought students to the college. brought them in groups of from fiv upwards from ther 3 i itles." he said. "Most of them didn't attend the pchool. but they rsduated and had their pictures it with the class.

Some of even appeare.1 at class graduating exercises with th other merst- ers." On eross-exa mmi'ion Andrew Maroney. attorney for Dr. Prigjrs. -ttemp'ed to show that there wus t'l feeling betw en bis client arl Sachs. This was denied by the witness.

Maroney then produced a eri-k oootliioed on I'ae J. Colnixus i a. a. it an go 1 i 5 3 jj 3 i 3 i 0 OFFER OF $20,000 BY SHEPHERD FOR SILENCE CHARGED Head of School of Bacteriology Makes Allegation to Prosecutor. CHICAGO.

March 16. (By V. Dr. C. C.

Faiinan, head of a bacteriological school. late today told an assistant state's attorney that William D. Shepherd, foster- father of William Nelson McClin- lock. "milloinaire orphan," offered to pay him $20,000 if he kept his mouth shut" about Shepherd's visit to hi school. Faiman made the revelation as State's Attorney Crowe went before the grand jury to ak an indictment for Slu ph rd on a charge of murder in connection with Mc-Clintock's death.

It alleged that McCHntock was fed typhoid germs. Questioned by Joseph Savage, assistant state's attorney. Faiman said. "When Shepherd paid me foe the Setter lie wrote me askinur about course in bacteriology, he promised to pay me- S20.000. He said he ould pay rue tr.e lest ct fthe money as soon as he got tic- I fortune under the will." i Kai man's ovulations re-arusng Sliepherd's visit to his school ani 'disappearance of three tubes of i germs about the time Shepherj i cease.) his visits, caused the lat- ter's detention.

Fa'man prolab'y will it- tak-ji before the grand jur tomorrow tot dine the state. a s- AMBULANCE CHASING BILL IS Anir.riUC.ll III UtJin CITY. Man 1 -(Sp-ciul) S'-nator Karris death blow to the State Bar Association bill to curb ambulance -basing lawyers by persuading the lodny to adopt an arr.end-ment it repealing yll laws relating to 'be j'rncfice (. thus permitticg spy citixen prrs- nt a fitf in co itt. S-nator ham i i had ptfi fyjrKl the aee a nif ndn s-nt providitij; I that tl r.ut fcpry to ha 1 ti'an Z.O.fj'fO population.

Sen. tfr i St. Louiu iwitk-lrew the to the informal WA51S ERMANN. INVENTOR OF BLOOD TEST, IS DEAD Mrh S. Dr.

ob a.r:; Mov of rmnri '-ft, dice here ay. it 1 xd I ii 1 1 I i latf. JLiiattea. A I I I WORK FOR MILLER OR QUIT, CHAIRMAN TELLS COMMITTEE 'Primaries Are One Thing, Elections Another United Support Seen. Although only two men and five women members of the Republican City Committee supported Victor J.

Miller in the primary, he. is expected to have the backing Vf the entire committee for the general election April 7, on the basis of a partial check of the committee today. Dopesters before the primary freely predicted that the organization would refuse to support Miller if he won nomination. Louis J. Becker, chairman of the committee, who backed Louis P.

Aloe in the primary, today declared that Miller -would receive the full support of the committee. He said that any member who refused to support Miller must resien. "Miller is the Republican nominee and the committee will support him with all its strength," Becker said. "We are all Republicans and any feeling shown beforv. the primary should now be forgotten.

Committee Is Hound. "Any member, man or woman, of the committee objecting to Miller and therefore not willing ta work for his election in should and must resign from tha committee. The result of a primary election ties our committee to the victor anil ends everything else except to work for the succer-s of the nominee." John J. Hurley. Twentieth Wai committeeman, who was one of Ahe's most active supporters, among those who said that he would work for Miller's election, "Primaries are one thing and elections are anoth- he sail.

"It's the duty of the committee (o give its full strength to the, noti-j ir.cf." i Others who backed cither Alie! or Ju lge j. Huso Grimm at the DJ'imarv, but who now them- selves to aid Miller, are: Daniel A. Giil -spie. Twenty-sixth Ward: William C. Dorr.

Martin Schercr and Mrs. O'to Hatrii Tenth, w'nd Fred D.Mporfe. Fifteenth. Miller's Primary Hacker. Members of the- committee who backed Miller at the primary were State Senator Anderson and Mrs.

Maude of the First Wrd; Iouis and Mrs. Fred Mueller. Kighth t'een A -d' Fil man. Twenty-second Ward, and Mrs. W.

T. Nardin. Neitl.er Miiler his m-ocratie opponent. William L. iRoe.

plan to much campaigning this wfk. Both win await the drafting of their respective platforms before indu'gins in intensive speech making. Igoe's only a i pea ranee tonight will be a mass meeting at the Ward Io--for- Mayor A me tinsr of the exectj'ive fomnMftee of th- lgoe- for-MVtvor "ommittee, of which W. Frsnk t'arrtr chairman. will 1-robably be held tomorrow to ar-ranc- plans for the final irh e.

Tl.e management of Milier's campaign wi'l remain unchanged. Kober J. Kratkv and Mr. Lui 1 j. nrokS lii be in charge, wph i headouarter in v.

Central Na- ticr-al BuiMins. Be-ttermcnt lanl. rr. D. Todd, i.r.-, of M'i-iieii-j Betterment I'a-UP.

.1. Huso Cri Mrs in the primary, todry CoDtlnvexl on raje t. Column 1. I i I 1 talking. That's a damn lie." I told Dint.

"Well, that's whut he's saying about you." Io you believe it?" "No but what are you going Dawes sat in the chair, the senate Monaster. Republican. South Da-today argvied about the number of1, 'll0 previously had vote m-n to whom his Job had bei of- asainst Warren, was forced to seek fereel before lie accepted it. i a was not Permitted to I told him I'd think it over. My first thought wan to kill Kaiser.

If had been the kind of a killer gome of those birds were I'd have knocked him off. But the tnor I studied about it the more I that somebody was trying to frame Kaiser "omebody who would have lik-d to see him So I didn't cj anvthing. FlIUNti StJI AD WATCIII.D I MACK 1.1 Flut back to Mat kler. The firing p.uad. gunning for any Hoganite they could find.

ws constantly on Use lookout for Mackler. They seemed to feel that with Jklgckler out of the way the Hogan gang would be weakened. Mackle-was loohed as an organiser. It ws reported that Crrenberg. In New York.

hiring gunmen for the Hogan and th.it the- gunmen were shipped from New Vori-. to Mackb r. who introduced them to the Hogan outfit. On SO. it was reported to Colbeck thai Miickler at police un that he uoull depart in a few minutes with Luke K'-nnedy and Jimmie Hoimo.

"1 In- firing t- rii-li-tl I-m'i to beailiuai tern and mo- IrallctI to Klcvcnl Ii and Market Mn-p. nlierf the fiiil implied Ih'-lr gun nt the bine. Kenix-ily wast niiiiIeii ami a bullet iar-l tlirugli fa'kep hat. Soon after this Colbeck heard that Mackler had demanded (hat th Hogan mob feet Colbck. Then it v.as that the rea search for Mackler began.

The mob starte.j watching M-nkler home at 1119 Clara avenue. They trailed hint from hi office in the Tim- Building. They watched him in the courts. But Mackler was wary and aejdon went out alone. There -were j-vrl gunmen with htm tnoM of the time, and the mob wasn't taking ay's Circulation 'Nearly everybody to whom i' i was offered refuse, 1 it sii.l ator Robinson.

Democratic The crowded thamber turned to Dawes, who flushed and grinned. The galleries laughed for two min- UI''S UU15 ISP I'll IOT OT-i der- fPHHmiHIHiniimM I rd. ft i i ilie of MrU all gaus-ter- ate: llicj'tc g(t lo liare tlo ailtanlPgc; ilim'l uam to It nut mUIi ait ruiiai num-Imt fit men. was not ur.fil Fbruao. that the fji-irjc oiia.l tru eaid that Mackltr wns going oer MX IK TO THK TI ITIII.

Six men all members of the Kgan gang left the Inn armed to the teeth. They took two an'omoLii'-s, eoup- and a touring car. I'll she tlelr name to a grand jury If I'm ubpcnacI. The two ov to City. Mackler's car wai spotted at Nineteenth and fi streets in Granite City.

The mot) r.aifed three nours fo, him. waif'ci while he finished orr: kind of a law ease in the court of Justice of the Peace Armin MJ k'r (it pT the sshoi tly after JK m. With was another lawyer J. S. Gollub) and the justice of tbe peace.

The-- OF NET PAID: I fL ftf hi in." "Wait until ti. got into MufKl'l car "Now." said "Not yet." caulioned tet 0f the river tv 'v- got a better They followed utornobibr get across the McKinley Bridge. At the enj of the bridge a Lurried conference was htJd and 1 as derided that and should creep Up on Mack- gel on Hie other sib har.ee over there," through Madison Venice and shooting. If they missed, the three warned the boys tec-: the coup' I'r's car with thp coupe and start in the touring ear would finish the job. to ehoot or Weiss if they could help it.

IJASHKD HACK TO A.XWKLTOX INN. A Mackler's car reached Twelfth and Howa rd streets. pulled up alongside of ft jnU ther- was a volley of bullets. This figure represents an 1 1,965 copies over the day Mackler slumped over tne Hteering wheel, his spine cut in two a hi" jy a bullet. mob in their t-no da'hed hack to Wjnrli(m lr.

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