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i 1 1 iy The Largest Guaranteed Circulation In Central Missouri Jefferson Full Leased Wire of Associated Press Full Leased Wire of the United Press FINAL I I cwa 'm VOLUME 65, NO. 32.6 ONLY IMG SEE JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI TUESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1930 Sheriff Invites Only 12 Besides Newspaper Men, Witnesses. SPENDS TIME READING BIBLE Regrets That He Hasn't Time To Finish Delayed Reform. BV NOLEN BUIXOCII.

1 United Press Staff Correspondent. Lawrence Mabry, 19, sen- nced to be hanged in Boonville 8 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS ISSUED BY Three paroles were issued by Gov. CaulfieJd today to convicts in the Missouri penitentiary upon recommendation of the state penal board. One went, to Harry Drew, sentenced to 5 years from Butler county from December 18, 1927, for robbery. He was convicted of holding up a filling station in Poplar Bluff.

The second was to Tom Burke, 74, serving 2 years from Shannon county from March 19, last, on a plea of guilty to manufacturing liquor. He was sentenced in 1926, but was given a bench parole by the trial judge, it being revoked in January, last, when it was found he i again manufactured liquor. The third went to Charles Tolley, given 2 years from Cedar county from April 5, last, for forgery. He was convicted of issuing a $10 frad- ulent check. Total Was Far Under the Minimum Committee Expected.

FATHER PLEUS ENDORSES DRIVE was attempting to finish (' reading the Bible, officials of Cooper county today were completing rangements for the execution. Mabry will be hanged between 6 and 12 o'clock Friday morning but no definite hour has been decided upon, Sheriff Clay Grooms, of Boon- Ville, told the United Press. The hour of the youth's death be set late today at conference. The officials have not yet decided when Mabry will be taken from the death cell at the state penitentiary, which he has occupied for the last 13 months, to Boonville. Grooms that he was uncertain whether Mabry would be removed tomorrow or Thursday.

Bssides officials and newspapermen only" 12 witnesses will attend the hanging, Grooms said. The gallows for the hanging will be completed today and will be tested tomorrow. The execution will bs at the county jail in Boonville. While the officials were determining the complete arrangements Ma; Tory poured Bible to his cell. The youth, convicted of the mur- of William Busch, young law dent in Sedalia, Ferbuary, 8, in an attempted holdup, began Bedding 1 'the Bible was'c'o'n- victed.

'T would like to finish reading It," he said. "When not reading the youth listens to a radio. He has a pair of head phones which connect with a radio in another cell. The youth appeared more haggard today. He still remained calm and cheerful but dark lines were under his eyes.

Hetalked easily of his approaching death always lead back to it when other subjects were mention- He also talked ot his early boy. hood. "I didn't have a chance at much schooling," he said. "I only went through the fourth grade. It sure must be great to have an education." He then added sadly, "I wonder if it is too late." Mabry is the next to youngest of eight children, he has five brothers and two sisters, all older but one i brother.

A newspaper in the pocket of his caught Mabry's attention. "Is that a today's paper?" lie asked anxiously. The visitor stalled him off. Tlie youth has not been allowed to see a paper since his con- "Xyiction was affirmed by the Supreme LINES raw ILLNESS TUESBfll Mrs. Susan "Lynes died at her home, 703 East High Street, early this morning after a lingering illness of complications.

Mrs. Lynes, who before her marriage was Miss Susie Hartley resided in this city for many years and had a wide circle of friends. Her husband, the late S. C. Lynes, preceded her in death about a year ago.

She is mourned by one Betty Gat-bright of this city. She was a consistent member of the Methodist church and active in church and charity activities. The funeral will take place from the family home Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Mather will conduct the services and burial wiU.ba in Riverview To Establish School Boy Patrol in Jefferson City Note of Encouragement Accompanies His Contribution Today.

The total or subscriptions reported this morning to the chamber of commerce industrial fund amounted to $645. This is considerably less than the committees in charge anticipated for today. Although the total reported was discouraging, there were two subscriptions which helped to bring encouragement to those who are working hard to put this campaign over the top this week. One of these was the voluntary subscription of, $50 by the Rev. John B.

Pleus of the Immaculate Conception Church. The other one was a voluntary subscription or 520 from the Women's Association of Commerce. Rev. Pleus stated that he believed that a subscription to the fund was the best kind of endorsement which citizens could make to this undertaking which will mean so much to the future progress and growth of 1 this community. Officials of the W.

A. C. stated that they dissolved their organization some time ago and felt that the greatest opportunity which would come to them for use of the small balance in their treasury would be to donate it to this fund for the upbuilding of the city. Subscriptions reported this morning are: Burch Platt Abstract Insurance $200; John B. Pleus, $50; Dr.

W. H. Maxey, $25; Geo. The school boy patrol to be adopted for Jefferson City, it was decided at a meeting of the Board of Education last night. Harry Vorderburg, supervisor of this division, explained the system at the meeting.

There are at the present time 5,000 patrols in the United States with 170,000 boys as patrolmen. The boys for the patrol will- be chosen from the sixth grade in the grammar schools and from the schools at large in the other grades according to scholarships. The boys will wear the white Sam Brown belts and regulation badges. They will operate from the curb only. jiWhen a motorist seemingly likely to disregard the slow signs about the schools, the boy will step into the street and hold up his hand.

If the driver disregards the signal, his license plate number will be taken and reported to the proper authorities. The are sworn in with an oath that binds them" to protect the lives of their classmates, and to uphold the law. The whole student body is sworn to co-operate with them. The boys are taughc to feel the responsibility of their off.ce, and if they cannot keep up in their studies, they are replaced by others. Boy patrol officers do not act as traffic officers, but as animated danger signals.

They do not stop the traffic, but only groups the children and send them across the street in safety. Mayor E. W. Jenkins and Chief of Police Parker assure their co-operation with its movement. The Automobile Club of Missouri will furnish all equipment and in addition, send safety posters and loose leaf lessons on safety each month which can be correlated with the regular class KILLEO SELF ftT KANSAS CITY, Jan.

-Word was received today of the death yesterday in Santa Monica, California, of Joseph Baxter Chapman, 76, Kansas City Printing HOUSE owner, and widely known in Kansas and Missouri newspaper and printing circles. Mr. Chapman went to California about a month ago because of ill health. His death it suite a from heart disease. As a young man Mr.

Chapman lived in Eeloit, Kas. Later he went to Fort Scott, and organized and operated the Fort Scott Tribune Prom Fort Scott he went to Topeka where he purchased the Topeka Daily Democrat. Later he went to Atchison and entered the printing business. The plant then was moved to Kansas City. Funeral services probably will be held here Tl-vrsday.

articles with which the youth! EVANSVILLB, Ind. Jan self-injury are kept (API--Uncertainty as to the fate COLUMBIA, Jan. 28--(AP) --Mrs. Ida Edwards, 51, wife of Dean G. D.

Edward sof the Missouri Bible College, committed suicide at her home here early today. She was found dead in a gas-filled kitchen by her husband. A coroner's investigation established that the death was suicide. Ill health was given as the cause. Mrs.

Edwards had been ill for several years from high blood pressure and arthritis. GIT! POST ON FIRE, KANSAS CITY, Jan. 2B--(AP)-, Linhardt $50; Marene Beauty Shop, A fii tnis afternoon did consider- $2 3 Chff English Nash Agency, the plane S2a; Weber Ice Cream $250; W. bluidmg of the Kansas City Jour- A. C.

Club, $20; Weatherby Shoes na i-Fost. Firemen were believed to and Furnishing Goods $200. EXPERT CHIEF mm have the blase under control. Flames could be seen plainly many blocks because of the location of the building, on a hil! overlooking the south downtown business section. FU PIPTM McCOOK, Jan.

28--(AP)-While leaders today praised Nebraska first flood control meeting as a and zoning in America. His sub- success, two committees, in a joint jecfc will bs "City Planning and I session presided over by Governor Zoning for Missouri's Capital City." Weaver of Nebraska, pondered, over- City, county and state officials are The Chamber of Commerce is making plans for a very important dinner meeting of the membership to be held on Thursday evening at the Central Hotel. The speaker for the meeting- will be Harland Bartholomew, one of the most prominent experts the fiald of city planning smm OF BEFORE FIRE IT Investigation by the authorities and by Adolph Schwartz, proprietor of the Market at Madison and Dunk I in Street, damaged by fire lt week, cast considerable doubt today upon the report that the place had been entered by burglars just prior to the fire. Schwartz declared that little if anything had been removed from the building during and after the fire and that it goods had been removed in such quantity that a truck was necessary to haul it away, he certainly would have missed it. Some goods was removed from the flat over the store and investigators today indicated that this may have given rise to the rumors of burglary.

The man who was said "to have witnessed the rnpving was not In' today. He be question- i return. MI TO PERU Fred Morris Bearing Is Member of Noted Missouri Family. IN PEKING, CHINA, FROM 1906 TO 1909 Roy C. Davis, Another Columbia Man, Is Minister To Panama.

invited to attend this dinner meeting. It is to be one of the most important meetings of a civic nature on the Chamber's program for this year. In order that proper arrangc- policies to be adopted by the congress of 14 states, which have their representatives here. The governor, as chairman of the meetings, appointed one delegate from each state on a resolutions committee and the other delegate from C'ach stale on a permanent organization group. TIN HITS THI ORAN, Jan.

28--(AP)--S. J. Howard, 70, and his son, John A. Howard, 42, narrowly escaped death here yesterday when their motor truck was struck at a grade crossing by a Missouri Pacific train. Both men were seriously injured, but probably will recover.

Witness said the men, who were driving truck loaded with lumber, drove onto the track in front of the train. The truck was demolished. WASHINGTON, Jan. Morris Dearing, of Columbia, has been appointed ambassador to Pent. Native of Boonc County.

COLUMBIA, Jan. --Fred Morris Dearing, whose appointment as ambassador to Peru was announced today in Washington, entered the United States diplomatic service shortly after his graduation from the University of Missouri in 1901, and has served in important posts in many parts of the world. Born in Columbia, Nov. 18, 1370, Dearing is a native of Boone County, a grandson ot the late Milton Matthews, pioneer manufacturer of this section. A brother, Frank Dearing, is connected with a local publishing company.

Dealing's first post In the diplomatic service was second secretary of the American Legion in Pekln, China, from 190G to 1909. He then was appointed Secretary of Legation at Havana, Cuba, and subsequently served in the diplomatic service in London, Mexico City, Brussels, Madrid, Petrograd, as assistant secretary of state from 1921 to 1922, and as minister to Portugal from February, 1922, until his appointment as ambassador to Pent. During the World War he was In Madrid, from 1914 to 1916, and in Petrograd from 101G to 1017 in. the stormy days prior to the Bolsrievik revolution. He was man-led in 1915 to Dorothy Sitten- ham, of New and has one son, Donald.

l-iyis Sworn In. WASHINGTON, Jan. -Roy C. Davis, of Columbia, today was sworn in as Minister to Panama, in the presence of the Missouri congressional delegation. A.

Wheat Is held in jail charged with failing to support his family. The charges are the outgrowth an investigation made by Mrs. Laura O. Green, county welfare superintendent. The family lives in a hut near tho edge of a creek on Virginia Street.

Several weeks ago twins were born to Mrs. Wheat. There was not even a bed in the house and the woman was lying on an Improvised cushion with not enough betiding to afford protection from the weather. The babies died soon after birth. The house affords little protection against the weather.

The man says he Had been unable to 'find employment but that ne was working for a tie company nt the lime he was arrested on the non-support charge. ISILE, FI1S JUHT GOILTY ments may be made for the meeting, the committee in charge of programs, Foster McHenry, chairman, requests those who are planning to attend to notify the chamber by telephone at once. The entirely. One thing was! imprisonment. MAYSVILLE, Jan.

--(AP) -A jury in circuit court required less (than two hours this afternoon to These however, met find Edgar E. Cade, guilty of the jointly today to discuss policy and murder of his stepson TIL OF KILLER (IT ST. ST.IRTED '9 Sevier Explains Only Evidence Is What They Gave Themselves. SCHILLING STORY BEING CHECKED Says He Had No Part In Frame-up and Was a Victim Himself. ST.

LOUIS, Jan. 28--(AP)--The trial of David Miller, one of two men charged with murder of Pauline Duebbert, who was shot to death on her farm near Pemme Osage the night of last August 22, was under wny In St. Charles circuit court today. Judge Edgar B. Wool folk gran led a motion of defense attorneys for a severance so that separate trials will be held for Miller and Norman Tanner, Indicted In the same murder.

Miller, 44, and Tanner, 21, were woodsmen who formerly worked on the farm of Miss Duebbert. She was found shot to death in a field August STILL HOLD SUSPECTS 1BI1IOFT1 SELUNLLE PliTS Two men held in jail for qucst- ionins in connection with the robbery of the Swift Co. and Farmers Cooperative plants at Fulton had not been released this after- Unlcss someone files a complainfe against them, Roy Stockman and Louis Mehmert, lu-jacker victims, are not to be prosecuted for violation of the prohibition act, Prosecut- iiiR Attorney N. G. Sevier indicated today.

Sevier explained that the men had become state's witnesses in tho prosecution ot first degree robbery, a more serious offense than tho transportation of booze. The only evidence against the two Is their own statement that they were transporting 200 gallons of whiskey when they fell victims to a gang of hijackers In the grove on the east side of Berry Springs bridge. Cbcch-uj on Story. Local authorities as well as police in Kansas City are checking up on the story told by Fred Schilling following his arrest late yesterday on a robbery charge. Schilling denied that he had any part in the robbery, declaring that he himself had lieen double crossed by the men who rob-, bed and beat Stockni.in and Mehrri-'- crt.

He said a when he arrived at the bridge one of the alleged "friends" boarded his car, shoved a pistol in his ribs and ordered hint to proceed toward the city. That wounded but recovered. I was the first Inkling he had that everything was not on the up and Robbery 'ur between himself, the ruin. was believed to have been the mo- nm and the prospective pur- live. lor LI! TO ON mm LI noon.

Tiie men were questioned last BY BYRON PRICE Associated I'rcss Staff Writer LONDON, Jan. 28-- (AP)--Under the leadership of the American delegation plans were made Jatc today to let the whole world listen in through the press at all future plenary meetings of the naval conference. Greatly expanding previous arrangements it was decided at American insistence that seats be given in the conference room at St. James' Palace to 78 reporters rc- prcscntlns all nations. Loud spsakcrs will be Installed night and this morning but the po- to carry the proceedings to the Hce refused to divulge to what ex- press room outside for those im- tcnt they had succeeded.

No charges possible to admit. have been filed against them and until a formal complaint, is filed up to early afternoon had not! Herman and sentenced Cade to life amcs wm i 'hheld, Chief Kenneth or Policc Parkci said today. IS KILLED Jan. county resi i dents isolated by Southwestern In- waters held the attention of relief workers today. National guard a-viators, flying low over many houses found no evidence of life where just a day or two before they had been greeted by hand waving.

They expressed KANSAS CITY. Said to have soft drink lowed b. old time bad men of saloon tlle Chimneys from where days, Ray Wilson, 35, a bus driver, smoke had been seen rising, were iave been "shooting up" a belief that recession of the swollen parlor in the style fol- streams may reveal dead bodies in was himsel early today. shot and killed here Charges brought against two for failing to clean ice from the sidewalks were postponed until Other not operating. persons, however, were tomorrow.

In one case at least (and greet them. more optimistic. They believed that the circling planes offered no more thrill to the unfortunates and that they did not bother to rush outside 'charges were brought against wrong person. the ir Tonight and Colder Tomorrow Misjourl: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Colder tonijht iu extreme southeast, portion.

Illinois: Fair o- night and Wednesday, colder tonight in southeast portion. Missouri Weather and Koad Conditions i Compiled for the Associated Press by tho Automobile Club of Missouri): All i weather clear, roads fair. RIVER STAGES Flood Stages Stages 7 m. Ksiuss City 21 5.8 Fall 0.2 Wavcrly 21 M2.V Rise O.S BoonVille 21 6.7 0.0 Union 13 3.1 Pall0.1 for yesterday. The aviators flew over the territory between Evansvllle and Vincennes and Evansville and Shawneetown, Illinois.

RESCUE TiEE ner will start promptly at 6:30 agreed upon, it was learned, and o'clock and the price of dinner tick- that was that congress should not ets are seventy-five cents. only support a flood control program for the Mississippi River but should extend such support to the tributaries of that river. Due to a larger volume of business than was expected in Jefferson City, the Crown Drug Store has been forced to install new soda fountain equipment. Another unit of about eight feet added to the luncheonette department. One of the newest and most unique features being a mechanically refrigerated salad unit.

In order not to interrupt the regular business the Liquid Carbonic mechanics worked all night to connect and have morning the new unit. The murder of Herman was December 31. Cade testified this morning he shot the youth in self defense. FLINT, Jan. 2S--CAP)--A circuit court jury this morning re- a verdict of guilty on OLDEST OFFICER OF SJiyiESiniJ! WASHINGTON, Jan.

23--(AP)-Brigadier Genera! David Stuart PBMTICUL ME COSfLIS OF Tl ATLANTA, Jan. 28--(AP)-An attempt at a practical joke had the lives of two persons today three counts against John S. De! Ilis home here today, at the age of Camp, former senior vice president and director of the Union Industrial Bank charged with embezzlement, POPLAR BLUFF, Jan. 28 -(UP)--Trial of Gus Markham, in connection with the murder of John Krcvltz, Austrian farmer, last May 14, began here today. Mote Robbins, a former police officer, was convicted at the last term of court r- iir UL i i tne man connection with the killing of the to death, i fanner, and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.

He contended that a hospital i Markham tired the fatal shot. Gordon, "the Boldest officer' this momin of bullet wounds' Krevilz was shot and killed during received Saturday night when he a drunken brawl at his home. Sclec- and Mrs. Cora Bell Brown, IS, i i of tn jury to hear the case shot the prank-players stood exonerated. T.

A. Watts died in of the United States army, died at abstraction and wilfu! misappropriation of $90,058 of bank funds. BLUFF, Jan. 23-CAP)-- Three persons narrowly escaped death by suffocation here last night when a fire started in the basement building. Mrs.

W. Greer, wife of the owner oE the building and two other persons were carried to safety by firemen. Burning paints in the basement added to the difficulties of firemen Word of challenging the jury the case of Henry Brandes, chareed UIS Jan 2 with attempting to murder Julius proximately 1,200 delegates attended the opening here today of the thirty-second annual convention of the Missouri Retail Hardware Dealers' Association. Labor-Saving devices for home, I Scin and with theft of $520 from the Sem home the night of last September 2, proceeded in circuit court today. DIES lip ON ICE ILLMO, Jan.

28--(AP)-Charles Parks, 28, was fatally injured here yesterday when he slipped on the ice-covered ground while attempting to board a Missouri Pacific freight train to go io Cairo to seek employment. In slipping, his head struck a grease box on a freight car and he died in a few rninutes. knocked at Waller's door and from yesterday, a dimly lighted hallway yelled "stick 'em up." Waller was exonerated 3'esterday by a coroner's jury in the death of the girl, who was killed instantly, and Coroner Paul Domenoo said today that another hearing on the death of Watts would be unnecessary, since yesterday's covered the entire case. i REV. WM.

KICHTER Mrs. Louise Diemler has returned IS A GRANDFATHER farm industrial were exhib- i to her home in St. Louis after at- ited and explained to the visiting tending the funeral of skid hardware men. H. P.

Sheets, man- I more here recently. aginsr director of the National tail Hardware Dealers' Association. i i i v. i LV1J fighting the b.aEe. Twelve motor I conducted floor ditcuwrions.

were nnned. The loss was Wade of Monroe City is president cars estimated at $25,000. of the Missouri organization. Thr. fire department was sum-; uncle today as the result of moncd to GOO Clark Avenue early this morning while a flue burned out.

Rev. William Richter is a grandfather and otto and Edgar Richter of the Post-Tribune circulation department answered to the call of the arrival of a little daughter a.t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Richter in St. Louis.

Two convicts with life sentences are among the 34 listed on the docket of parole hearings to be held February 10 and 11. The two life termers are Charles Harris, Benton county, sentenced to life from December 8, 1924, for first degree murder, and Eli Pollum, Jackson county, sentenced to 99 years from October, 21, 1926, for first degree murder Seventeen cases will be heard on each of the two days. Strictly Business Whenever you dispatch someone on a mission, you like to be sure your agent will get right to business and not loiter on the way. Only by attending strictly to business can success be assured. It is this feature of Post- Tribune classified ads that makes them so successful-as soon as they're out they get to work.

Mrs. M. Hodges, 312 Walnut Street, employed an ad to rent her three housekeeping rooms. The ad worked so diligently that after one day's effort a tenant was secured and the ad had to be "dismissed." Call 213 or 152 and hire an ad to rent your vacant rooms. communicated with Kansas 'City'' soon after Schilling told his story.

Sohllllng was lodged in jail. The rum running and coming soon after the revelations made by a score of young people concerning the ease with which, men, women and children could procure whiskey in Cole County, indicates that the warnings of an impending clcnn-up had little effect upon rum makers and their adherents. Not Hie First. The lii-jacklng episode is not the first in Cole County. In one notable rase the authorities are looking for Win.

Pan-is, who was found guilty, sentenced to prison, released on bond and then disappeared. He was alleged to have been the leader of hi-Jackers who "captured" a truck load of whiskey, tied the driver to a tree and escaped. Several other casss of m-jacking were not reported to the authorities because the victims feared that they would involve themselves In the law's clutches. They preferred to pocket their loss and say no moro about it. In one case a farm south of the city was raided by a group who posed as prohibition enforcement offirials.

They loaded all the whisky in automobiles and departed. The whiskey was traced to this city and prosecution was threatened but nothing ever came of it. Clcan-up Cole County bootleggers are said to have been furnishing booze to other communities and authorities in surrounding counties have several times traced rum runners to this locality. Whether the revelations made by the young psopie who recently appeared before the prosecutor with sordid stories of night life in Co'le County, reinforced by the hi-jacking, rum running evidence will re- suit In a cleanup was the object ot much speculation today. That federal authorities would make Another of their sporadic raids in the near future was forecast.

Irvln Swearingen, who has twice escaped from the state penitentiary, was returned today to complete his seven year term which would have terminated three years ago had he not escaped. Swearingen, who has been free since 1926, the last time, when he escaped from a coal mine at Lexington, was captured in Kansas City. Officers had trailed him to Canada where they lost him. Swearingen was sentenced from. MaryvUle In 1921, on a robbery charge.

He escaped from the prison In 1922, but was caughb and returned to the penitentiary only to escape again..