The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 3

TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 192; 3 1 THE ST. LOUIS STAR THE ST. LOUIS STAR Mae Murray, Who Got Divorce From Robert Leonard in Paris BANKER FAVORS CLEARING HOUSE TO COVER STATE STAR POLICY PAID TO WIDOW 2 DAYS AFTER AUTO-DEATH $200,000 BLAZE 0 AND BLAST LAID TO BLACK HAND BRIDGE WORKERS ASK HARRY JONES FOR ACCOUNTING Two Women Used to Lure Victims to Scene in 3 Bank Holdup Plots Five Arrested at Benton, 111., After Attempts to Loot Institutions by Kidnapinr Officials All Fail. BENTON, May 19. (Special.) By tracing an automobile the authorities here have arrested three men and two women as alleged, bank robbers and have been identified by several of Craig B.

Hazelwood, Chicago, Addresses Meeting of Mis-sourians in This City. A state-wide clearing house association, similar'-to the organization in St. Louis, was advocated by Craig B. Hazelwood. vice president of the Union Trust Compahy.

Chicago, in an address before the Missouri Bankers' Association at the Shubert-Jefferson Theater today. Thi association, Hazelwood said, should maintain a system of bank examination which would tend to tighten up the banking maehmery throughout the state, and would lock, however, and rDoers fled without getting any money. On May 14, the same gang inquired at liuncombr, 111., for the home of Calvin Mathis, a local banker, but he was not in. Mrs. Mathis today identified the women.

The r.cxt night they appeared in and tried to find the heme of the cashier of the Goreville Hank. Instead of setting the cashier, they kidnaped A. L. Foster, a neighbor, and took 1 tht; victims. The women were used Mrs.

D. E. Chesler Gsts $2,000 Insurance Taken Oat Week Before. Mrs. Mary Chesler.

27 38 Osage street, widow of Daniel E. Chesler, 6 years old. today received check'for $2,000 as payment of th accident insurefnee policy Issued by The Star "with a yearly subscript tlon taken out by her husband Jutt seven days before he was killed in an automobile accident. 1 Chesler subscribed to The Star on May 9 and on May-16 was killed in an auto accident at Arkansas avenue ard-Keokuk street when his machine was struck by a car driven by Ixuls Huber. 321SA Ke'vjkuk street.

Chester's car was overturned and partially wrecked by the impact. Huber is being held bv the coroner for criminal care 1 1 I Ii I I i 1 1 1 A' i I I i v': -1 A i as decoys and in three attempted robberies the gang's method of operation was the same. At Wageville, on April 2S. two women appeared at the home of P. Cox, president of the Two Explosions and Three Fires in Randazzo Plant Up to Date.

7 That the Black Hand may have en responsible for the explosion 'fid fire- which last night wrecked 'he plant of the Randazzo Broth-rs Manufacturing: and Importing "orepany. Ninth and Carr streets. i'ith a loss of approximately $200, 00, is one of the theories on which police ar- working today. The Mast last night was the sec-id In plants operated by the com-ny and, in addition the company suffered losses On three pre-us occasions from fires which re not preceded by explosions. Two blasts in quick succession p.

m. yesterday within the V-stjry brick building occupied he company, were of suc force t. Robert Punshon, ar district fire who was sitting: in front of 1 'engine house six blocks away Eleventh street and Lucas ave-n was thrown from his chair, if-ding to Chief Charles Alt. AH Windows Shattered, cry window in the Randazzo Ms where maeearonl and spa-f-ht i3 manufactured, was blown 'i3 windows of the Carr Street told Cox him to the bank. prevent bank failures and ageviue.

ana arising from duplication of loans, that their machine was stalled in the mud near his house. Cox and i hs system of bank examination would be ntirely.separate the I his w4fe to them and state. 'went the machine. Three men When they found that he was not the cashier the robbers carried him to the edge of town in their car and then dumped him out. Those under arrest here are I.oren Cummeans and his wife, Steve Hislock and his wife, and Charles Clayton.

lessness. Many of tM thirty-nine bank th revtlve failure, in Missouri last year could "l- have been prevented. Hazelwood I vw tf to onen lhv outer doors ot the Former Secretary-Treasurer Did Not Misappropriate Any Funds, He Declares. Suit for an accounting by Harry Jones, 66 51 Kingsbury avenue, of the funds he handled as secretary-treasurer of tha International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, wa filed in the circuit court at Clayton today by the officers of the association. On April 5 la-t, Jones was removed from the office he had held since March 14, 1913.

and was expelled from membership In the organisation on charges of "delinquency and dereliction." He had been suspended fifteen days before his removal from office. The association in its suit asks that two apartment houses owned by Jones and his wife be held iu trust, until Jones has account. i for his handling of the association's funds. Wayne Ely. attorney for Jon.

said today that It would be shown Jones had not misappropriated tny of the money which passed through his hands and had accounted for every cent of the association's money. OIAPLINnPARTIArWINNER IN SUIT AGAINST IMITATOR LOS A NO ELMS, May 19. (Ry N. Charlie Chaplin, screen comedian, won a partial victory today in his suit to enjoin Charles Amador, an alleged imitator, from stealing his thunder. Judge J.

Hudner handed down a decision forbidding Amador from using th-name Aplin or employing, the Chaplin antics, but not restraining. Amador from usinw Chaplin "trick" suits of baggy trousers, long coat and derby hat. ii-a KlC.fiaCILilII I II fill i it had been under closer check And In He open the t.me closer contact with other banks in the community, and in the state. as can devise. Unlike the stato The most desirable rliccV thio euarantv of denosits.

it rwornizes! iTe pointed out. is one eon-i tne risks that are involved. The as-! kind. i sociation knows precisely what ducted by an organization not un UNWED MOTHER ON STAND IN TRIAL AS SLAYER OF SHEIK i I der political control. The clearing house plan, according to' Hazelwood.

is in. successful operation In thirty-three cities, and is equally practical for country banks. The principal objection to the pjaiMhe declared, is the com The $5,000 acci.iont insurance policy which is given by The Star witli each yearly subscription, through a special arrangement with the Continental Life Insurance of St. Louis, is obtained by the subscriber for the payment of 10 contain addition to the regular subscription rate of 50 cents a month. The additional 10 cents is the premium payment on the policy and it is payable at the end of each month.

The benefit is $5,000 if the insured meets his death in a railway accident and $2,000 in the case of arj auto death. The policy provides for payment of $10 a week in case of injury also. The speed with which the. Chesler claim was paid amazed the family as they expected much red tape before receiving the actual payment. The Star notified the insurance company of the claim at noon yesterday and at 5 p.

m. a J'ol Station, Tenth and Carr fr, separated from the Ran-iazpiant by an alley, were blown -ouuvindows were smashed 'in a nuixr of other buildings in the neiRorhood. A reman -was slightly cut by fa! glass while fighting the flam and si.x person were cut b' flg glass when the explosion occuid. Five of those injured wore a fruit store at 1106 North petition in rmall communities, and the feeling that it Is unwise to publish financial statements where competitors can read them. Advantage of Plan.

"This plan," Hazelwood said, 'carries with it the organizing of a clearing house which may or may not have the additional useful func- Xinthtreet, where a show win- Jo--' blown in. They were Mrs. check for $2,000 was ready for the oetween banks. those risks amount to nnd can proceed intelligently to the task of seeing that no depositor of a bank belonging to the association loses a dollar. This plan has produced real results where it has been fairly tried." M.

It. Sturtevant Speaks. Myron R. Sturtevant, vice' presW dent of the Liberty Central Trust Company, speaking yesterday before the association, advocated a service charge for unprofitable checking accounts, and it was reported in banking circles that the suggestion is being considered in St. Louis.

Sturtevant said: "Whether we agree it is best or not. there is one thing every banker should do for his own enlightenment, and that is make a complete survey -of his deposit accounts and ascertain how many you can break even on. I think you will be somewhat startled by the information, and should the survey reveal that 50 per cent ef the depositors are carried at a ask yourself if it is safer for a depositor to carry his funds with you under these conditions than it would be for you to loan a. merchant money who loses 50 per cent on merchandise AnniCatoli, her three small children, issie, Marie and Rocco. and Sfreen actress and 'movie director both denied up to a short time ago that tliey liad any intention of separating.

legal payment, iu me esiaic. i Lr.nintvn hin fl rrrM I Each bank belongjng to the as- deal as my father only had one have one vote, other policy and that -not large." I flar mtln be held to remarked a son. Arthur, today. the association's policies. -I have one of The Star's polK thLs representation would be in it thmnrh mv elected an executive committee of Judge Clears Court Room as Olympia Macri Gives Testimony.

NEW HAVKN, May 19. (Hy I. N. Olympia Macri. unwed mother, took the stand today In her defense at her trial for the murder of John (Sheik) Eag-riano, alleged father of her child.

Judge Avery cleared the court room of all -spectators during the giving of her testimony. A small figure with bobbed hair, the girl sat forward on the edge of the witness chair and answered th questions of her counsel in a low tone. At times she bit her lips nervously. "When was the first time you ever met John?" she was asked. "On Christmas Eve, 1921.

He wasn't married then," Olympia answered. "My cousin brought him to my home. He threw his hat into my bedroom. As he was leaving that night, he wanted me to get it, but wouldn't. When he was leaving he said: u'ou're my "girl.

I said: 'Don't bother Then he kissed me and told me not to forget to meet him the next night." urging that my father took oneout Phaps made up probably of MAE MURRAY WINS PARIS DECREE FROM ROBERT! LEONARD some or tne most reoresenfative just seven days before he was Mop-Flavorecn op killed." Chesler, who w-as a brtclAxyer, is survived by his wife and seven children. Three children are dependants. He died at S.t. Anthony's Hospital Saturday, three hours "after the accident, from a fractured skull and internal injuries. 0)nnrrn il a rn Joseph N.

Randazzo, 3721 Gravois avenue, and John L. Randazzo, ,4523 Washington boulevard, insisted today that they had no enemies and had received no threats. $275,000 Blast Two Years Ago. The other explosion w'hlch caused damage estimated as high as $275,000 to the Kandazzo plant and an adjoining building, occurred early on ths morning of June 20. 1923.

The Randazzo plant then was located at the southeast corner of Sixth and Carr streets in a five-story brick building. The blast never was explained. The previous fires also occurred at the Sixth street location. On? on December 2 2. 1917, resulted In a loss of $8,000.

There was only a pmall loss in the one' on January 17, 1918 and a $2,000 loss in the one on November 30, 1920. FOOD PRICES RISE 5.2 PCT. IN PERIOD OF YEAR IN U. S. -in and well established bankers in the community.

"This executive committee would be entrusted with the te.sk of employing a competent examiner who would report to it -only such cases as, in the Judgment of this examiner, required actual "It would be expected, as a matter of course, that any information entrusted to- such committee would be confidential to themselves, even "to the extent of other associates in their own bank. Time to Make Iteforms. "If satisfactory assurances were given to remedy the conditions its found and if there were no imminent dangers in the situation, I would take the bank into the clearing house, give them a reasonable period in which to bring about the JOHN KESSLER FUNERAL WILL BE HELD THURSDAY Funeral services for John Kess-ler, 95-year-old Civil War veteran. who died yesterday at his residence, 2 3 28 Hebert street, will be held Thursday at 2 p. m.

undertaking parlors at 4103 W. Florissant avenue. Ransom Post No. 131, G. A.

will conduct the ceremonies. Kessler was born in Germany Gives Best Results Ous frrone, 7 years old. Joseph Roma, 9, noo North Ninth Ftreet.as cot by glass blown from a. wfnv at his home. For time the flames threatened tlC'arr street police station and til prisoners who were In the hover there were removed to the fctral Station.

I-itr Cache Unearthed. Whiiethe firemen still were fightinpne flames in the Randazzo plant, lpolman Francis Carbrey at 4 a. today looked into the l-utcher shop of Joseph Artale, JJ09 Not, Ninth street. Just north ft the s-ghettl. factory, and dis-'overed jlle of cartons of liquor hearing: champagne labels.

Tn the ra -which followed. Artaks nd Julii Cello, who lives over 'he butch- shop, were arrested. -n elabote plant to prepare moonshintfor sale as old French iiampagn was uncovered. Threehndred quarts of what Hie policeiay would' pass iv here as io a quart champagne f. pre-proibition vintage, were ized by le police in the raid "ii the Artie butcher shop.

The chaipagne was packed In crtons and bore labels Vleve Cliqot" and the legend "Champagn- Rhelras, France, alcoholic cntent by volume 13 li cent," Carbonate Machine Found. In the hsement under the butcher shr the police found a modern eJocrically operated car-'onatlng inchine, an electric forking mir-hine. some empty hampagne jottles and a lot of liurnpagne Cello, belt as a witness, denied ny knowleige of the champagne, nd a simila- denial was made by i-tale, who said he rented the Choicest Moteras i GASTON B. MEANS WANTS TO GO TO PRISON AT ONCE WASHINGTON, May 19. (By I.

N. S. Denied a new trial in New York on charges of conspiracy to violate the Volstead law, Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent, today asked the district attorney to have him taken at once to Atlanta penitentiary to begin a two-year sentence. W.

A. SOMMERS ELECTED CITY CLUB PRESIDENT W. A. Sommers. an insurance man, was elected president of the City Club, it was announced today.

The ballots were cast by mail, and the count was completed today. Sommers defeated Robert Le manager of the Automobile Dealers' Association, the only other candidate.1 Other officers elected are: J. R. Koontz, vice president of the Frisco Railroad, vice president; W. E.

Rolfe, associate to the president of the board of public service, secretary, and T. J. Hargadon, an accountant, treasurer. 7 September, 18 30, and came to i reforms needed and then have an Ask Your Grocer French Judge Sympathizes as Movie Star Tells of Husband's Conduct. PARIS, ilay 19.

(Universal Serviee.) Mae Murray, blond dancing star of the movies, obtained a divorce yesterdav In the Seine Tribunal where the gray-bearded judge deeply sympathized with her over the refusal of her husband. Robert Z. Leonard, a movie director, to live with her. "I regard that as -a grave Injury," said the Judge. "It is fully sufficient for a divorce." Miss Murray and Leonard were married eight years ago.

GOOD WILiri)ELEGXf ES VISIT 9 TOWNS IN STATE NEVADA, May 19. (Special.) One hundred representative business men from St. Ijouis on their annual Good "Will Tour vis ited Nevada yesterday and passed out hundreds of souvenirs while describing the advantages of their home c'ty. They visited nine towns on the rirst day of the trip which began when the good will special pulled out of I'nion Station at 4:30 a. m.

yesterday. Jefferson City, Califor-nio, Sedalia, Calhoun and Appleton City all turned out large delegations when the St. LoUisans arrived. I versal Service.) The cost of liv- ing, particularly of foodstuffs. Is going up again.

Figures made examination of the bank, say, every ninety days, or fotir months, to see what progress was being made and to determine if suggestions were needed for further improvement. "A thoroughly organized clearing house examination plan from the standpoint of the public is as tight this country in 1856. He served for the duration of the war with Company of the Fourth Regiment, Missouri Volunteers. He is survived by two daughters and two sons, Mrs. W.

Moeder, Mrs. C. Helgenberg, Julius and Arthur Kessler, and by six grandsons, who will act as "A Word to the Wise Is 'Sufficient' Dollar Cleaning 4308-10 Olive St. system of guaranteeing deposits public by the Department of Labor yesterday show an increase of 5.2 per cent on all food prices between March 15, 1924, and March 1 5. 1925.

Bread rose from 8.7 cents a pound to 9.4 cents during the year; flour from 4.6 cents a pound to 6.4 cents, and cornmeal from 4.4 cents to 5.5 cents. Roundsteak, which Is perhaps the most widely used of all beef cuts, increased frorri 31.3 cents to 33.6 cents? while ham went from 43.6 cents to 51.2 cents. Butter was one of the few commodities' that decreased, dropping from 5 8 cents a pound to 53.5 cents. VISIT THE BEAUTY SHOP MEZZANINE FLOOR iiiiiiii jiilillillliiilllilili ONNENFELB'S isoment tc another man, whose utf he ga-e the police. have to say that the Jsn of the fire is unknown said 610 to 618 Washington Ave.

SINCE 1853 SINCE 1853 lef Ait, I ill say this: I er saw one like it before that vt an accidnt." he three Kandazzo brothers. v-' operate he plant. A. L. 44 63 Lindell boulevard.

87 a St. IjouIs younjjest, oldes-t Foot! Store young in its modern equipment and manner of liamllinsr the finest foodstuffs tlie world supplies. Substantial as tlie Iiardy old oak. With traditional fair dealing, this store, whose growth, like tlie oak, romps surely, but only wltli the 'gTlie week of May 18th we celebrate our 67th anniversary with an unusual sale. Don't Overlook it! You Can't Afford To! A CANNED FOODS SALE TKAT WILL BE A REVELATION! MOLL'S ft 707-703 X.

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II BUrk ASIARA1 Pflmar luh Brand. Mammoth nhitr: extraordinary talnr. full or tips (PT t.fM). rr "f5V Toloasal Tip. plrnlr.

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fan. "Tv CORN IJelmar Clnh. Maine park; No. 2 can per ean aWdfce 1 i PEAtHFS Moil-a Pride: 9 to 1 1 beautifat yellow halve, in can; No. ran.

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from mi rlj i U. fc 1 to hir- gr al- fl up In the II SPEGIIL PEAT UALOES All I S. InaDeeted J.33. HAMS "fin Pet Mk 'THIS Sale, eagerly awaited each year by hundreds of women and misses, brings Hats unrivaled in smartness, but limited, it is true, in It therefore behooves you to hasten in making yoir Hunter Ouaiity, TUESDAY CHOPS mJ WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Sl-AHE 9 Half or Whole, Per lb. 3 Limit to a LZZ3 i'utomr uc Bacon.

Hunter, LI Half or Whole: per afc K1BS FRIDAY KMOKKIi I HERE are chic draped turbans, graceful pokes, smart off-the-face models, bewitching styles with drooping brims, and large, airy Hats for dress wear, in styles that both matrons and misses will find irresistible. Yellow Wood' Red Sand BlacJ Combinations Bacon, Hunter. 45c ntFSH CAM. PORK box. Mx-ed: 1-Ih.

16c HAF.1S, I. WHOLE or I-X-L Franks, per lb SATURDAY LAMB STEAKS I 20c 30c KKA rt RoH, Hairbraids Crepes Leghorns Hunter lencheen pee lb CHEESE 25 Finest Meats and Ahsolntoly St. louLs' White Almond Navy in tbe Most Sanitary Mannt'r. Ohl Urine Salrsnifn. Bengalines Satin Belting Combinations We Sell the BEST FRESH FISH in St.

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