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1 rv.yft'-v The Largest Guaranteed Circulation In Central Missouri Full Leased Wire of Associated Press 'VOLUME 65, NO. 339 Full Leased Wire of the United FINAL I I John Schwartz of Vienna Loses Hand and Probably Foot, OPERATED ON AT HOSPITAL HERE Sought To Blast Stump From Orchard Near His Home. John Schwartz, prominent resident of Vienna and well known here, is in St. Mary's hospital in a condition as the result of sustained in a dynamite in his orchard Tuesday evening. His left ami was amputated near the elbow in an operation this morning and the attending physician said his left foot may have to be amputated.

His condition was described as critical Schwartz said he delayed blasting the tree stump until after dari: because he feared it might result in killing some of his chickens. He said he placed the dynamite in the stump and set a match to the fuse. there was no explosion after what he considered a reasonable time lie returned' to the stump and removed-the dynamite. It exploded as he picked it-up. He was rushed to the hospital here for treatment last night and an operation was performed thi morning.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. A plant' for redistilling denatured alcohol was found last night at the St. John Chemical Company here by police, who arrested two men Burton H. St.

John, proprietor of the company, and John Daltini, of Police also said they found 20 gallons of alcohol. St. John and Daltini are being held for federal authorities. Peter's Church was crowded this morning with friends and id- mirers of Victor Vetter who died Sunday night after a two weeks illness. The requiem highmass was sung by Msgr.

Selinger. After the services Monsignor Selinger preached an eJoquent sermon dealing with the life of the splendid young man who had been removed so early in Me. Among the mourners were young men who had been associated with him in St. Peter's Young Men's Sodality of which he was a leader. Fellow members of the Dramatic Club in which he played a prominent part and hundreds of others who had found in him a friend and an adviser were there to pay their last respects.

There were many floral offerings and many more spiritual boquets from people of all walks of life. Burial was in St. Peter's cemetery. JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1930 TO TOD LINCOLN State Offices Probably Will Be Deserted Here Saturday. SCHNIZELBANRERS HAVE A PROGRAM Local Quartette Feature At Least Three Annual Events.

ST. LOUIS, 12-: David Kihdig, 64, was shot and killed Ufi his confectionery store Presimi- snot once through the right chest and died without making coherent statement. The shooting occurred soon after Kindig opened his store at 6 a. m. He and his wife resided in the rear of the establishment, she was in bed, she told police, when she heard a shot and, looking into the front of the store, she saw her husband staggering toward the rear.

He collapsed to the floor, and died trying to tell his wife about the shooting. Kindig had declared he would resist robbers. Police said indications were that he was shot as he turned from his cash register to obtain a revolver which he kept in preparation for a holdup, robbed. He was not So far as police could learn, 110 one saw his slayer flee from the store. EL PASO, Feb.

12-- today began an investi- 'Vtton of a border gun. battle yes- PBiay which sent bullets ot Mexi- rum runners zipping along downtown thoroughfares and into houses and a hotel on the American side of the river. No one was injured. The Missouri Fire Underwriters Association of the state met at the Missouri Hotel today for a one day session. About 150 insurance men were here.

The session opened early and continued throughout the day. Colder Tonight With Snow By Tomorrow Missouri: cloudy ana colrtcr jonighl, rain in ex- Ircme southeast por- (ton. Thursday unsettled, snow or rain probably in west and a portions. Colder in casl portion. Illinois: cloudy and tonight and colder Thursday.

Rain probably In southeast portion tonight. Missouri Weather and Road Conditions (Compiled for thc Associated Press cy the Automobile Club of Missouri): All Points: weather cloudy, roads muddy, RIVER STAGES Flood Stages Stages 1 a. m. Kansas City 21 g.3 Rise 0.5 Boonvilic 21 12.1 FallO.3 Warsaw 22 M5.3 Fall 0.8 Hermann 21 14.4 Rise 0,3 FaU(U LONG KEY, Feb. 12-- CAP) --Refreshed and rested by two days of excellent fishing in the waters ot the Atlantic off President 'exercised the presidential perogative of changing his mind' and did not go fishing this had Instead stayed aboard Many state officials and employees are making plans to attend the annual meeting of the Young Republicans of Missouri and the Lincoln Day banquet at St.

Louis Saturday. It is predicted that only enough clerks will be in capital Saturday to transact the most important business. The exodus is not confined to capitol officials and employees alone but the local Republicans as well. Republican county officials and men and women prominent in party affairs in Cole County are expected to attend. The "Schnitzelbank" quartette which scored a decided hit at three former Lincoln Day banquets will again be hitting on all four cylinders Saturday.

Fritz Schott, Otto Schutlz, Paul Radke and W. C. Hoefer have arranged some clever cartooning for prominents who are to be 'put on the pan" during the "Schntizelbank Hour." Joe Holland will in all probability be elected president of the Young Republicans succeeding John Hadlley. Hadley will preside at the banquet Saturday evening. This is an off year in elections so far as state officers are concerned but for the state senate, for and for other minor offices are expected to be in attendance.

PRICE TWO CENTS Drive for Industry Is Not to End With C. of C. Directors Seek Substantial Fund To Continue Work, a Thing Needed Ho re For Many Years. the devote; houseboat Saunterer and his attention to -first batch mail he had received since he left Washington Saturday night. The mail was brought to him in a special pouch from Miami, arrived at the latter point yester! day morning by air mail.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 12-- CAP)-Expensiveness of installment selling, because of the risks involved was discussed here today by approximately 100-delegates to a joint conference of Missouri-Illinois Credit Men. Use of the installment plan was defended on the ground that it created a new market and thus lowered the tmit cost of production. During a two day meeting the delegates expect to delve into va nous phases of credit business. Dr.

Stephen I. Miller, executive manager of the National Association of redit Men, will be the principal speaker at a dinner tonight. WASHINGTON, Feb. 12--CAP)-National banks in the United States lad aggregate resources of $28,882,483,000 on last December 31, comptroller of the currency Pale announced today in making public the figures compiled from the last National Bank call. flT HOSPIM John Todd of Holt Summit died at the hospital at 3:30 this afternoon.

He had been ill for several weeks and was brought to the hospital Sunday. He was 72 years old and widely known in Callaway county. Mrs. Minnie White, 610 Lafayette, svas arrested yesterday evening and charges of disturbing the peace were filed against her by Mrs. Oudie Walker, who lives in.

the 500 block on East Dunklin, as an outgrowth of a quarrel which the children of the two women engaged yesterday. Mrs. White is alleged to have slapped William Walker, 14, during the fight. The trial was to 3iave been held at 2 o'clock this afternoon in po- icc court but witnesses failed to appear and the trial was postponed until 8 Thursday morning. MOST HIT1HI LIFE PHOKNIX, Feb.

Arizona state board of pardons and paroles today denied the petition of Mrs. Eva Dugan for commutation of the death sentence. She is under sentence to hang here February 21, for the murder in 1927, of A. Mathis, aged Tucson, recluse, and will be the first woman in Arizona to die on the gallows. Mrs.

Dugan. had asked that her sentence be mitigated to life imprisonment but the board held that after reviewing the case it found no cause for a reduction of the death penalty. The board took no cognizance of a letter received yesterday by Mrs. Dugan in which the writer who signed himself as "Jack" took the blame for the slaying. Mrs.

Dugan was housekeeper for Mathis. She was arrested in White Plains, N. some time after Mathis had disappeared and returned here. She was fcried twice. At the first trial, based on circumstantial evidence, she was convicted Having successfully consummated the first anc! foremost objective in the Industrial Fund Campaign, chamber of commerce officials today were making plans to continue the campaign until the maximum amount possible has been raised so that a substantial sum will be left in the fund to be used for industrial promotional activities in the future.

Several subscriptions have been reported during the past ten days which increase the amount raised during the campaign to $50,771.33. Subscriptions not previously reported are: East End Drug Store, $20; Victoria DeWyl, Capital City Produce by Lee H. Kirk, $50; North American Light and Power Company, in favor of the Missouri Power Light $5,000 and S. H. Kress $150.

A statement regarding the necessity of having a chamber of commerce industrial fund was made by chamber of commerce officials today as follows: "The continuance of (lie campaign until all are permitted to subscribe is made in fairness to those who have already responded and signed their names to the fund. It would not be just to them if others were relieved of the responsibility for bearing a part of the burden for the industrial development of the city. "The surplus finally received over and above the amount necessary for the Oberman factory will go Into the Industrial Fund of the Chamber of Commerce and ix; used for such other factories as (he chamber of commerce may deem worthy of assistance after thorough investigation of their earning powers, management and value to the city, but the use of all money for suclj. purposes will be made where the merits of the case may be considered by the entire membership of the chamber, or in connection with industries the outstanding value of which is obviously apparent as in the present instance. "There always has been need for a nucleus of an industrial fund without which the chamber 'of commerce cannot carry for 'arcl its aggressive campaign for new factories and industries.

Again we do not want to be compelled, except at long intervals to put on drives for that purpose, because they involve mucli labor for those in charge. LEGAL HOLIDAY WITH RESERVATIONS A legal holiday yet not a legal holiday is Lincoln's birthday today. While described as a legal holiday In Missouri a provision was made by which all business houses may open and arid state' offices conduct business as usual. This clause is provided only on one other that Day, October .12. the state offices at the capitol remained open today.

FOOD" RIOT IN was coii- A year later, Mathis' body found and she was tried again TM vicfced in February, 1928, and' sentenced to death. Throughout her trial she insisted that a youth whom she knew only as "Jack" murdered Mathis. The youth was known to have lived on the Mathis ranch and after his employer's disappearance, the boy was traced to Amarillo, Tevas but lere trail was lost. EDUCATORS OTERT COLUMBIA, Feb. 12-- (AP) --Two hundred Missouri educators "athered here today for the 17th an- uiai session of the Missouri state school administrative association which opened a four day convention lere at the University auditorium his mom ing.

Charles A. Lee, state superintendent of schools presided at the opening session. Greetings of the university were given by Dean M. CLEVELAND, Feb. 12--(AP) -A mass "protest" meeting was called for late today by leaders of the 1,200 unemployed men and women who pitted fists and knives against police night sticks in a "work or food" riot before the city hall yesterday.

Women and children were urged to Join a public rally against "police brutality" by orators who retreated waving strips of policemen's coat tails as banners after the unemptoyed had been beaten away from the city hall. Nine alleged rioters were under arrest today, two more of the unemployed and three policemen were suffering from injuries and more than a score of 'others nursed bruises from kicks and blows. Culminating a three months offensive against the city council since unemployment became acute, the so-called council of the unemployed recruited some 1,200 persons and marched on the city hall to demand work or food. A council committee was scheduled to hear their representatives about unemployment. A wild melee followed when police efused to admit the entire gathering and attempted to clear crosswalks.

Three officers went down and a furious scramble raged for lalf an hour with police swinging night sticks. The rioters lost heart when two fire trucks arrived and made ready to throw a water barrage. the School of Educa- Neale, of uvci -ion in an address of welcome. The sessions today dealt with mancmg and administration of ru- al education in which county superintendents of schools are scheduled for leading parts. The banquet for county superin- endents will be held tonight.

The (invention will adjourn Saturday at icon. Decrees That Order Made lvl Last Will-Not Be Annulled. APPEAL TO THE CIRCUIT COURT Understood the Property Owners Will Take the Case Higher. Failure of the county court today to vacate the order closing of a street leading to the river at Osage City will probably be the result in the controversy being taken to the Circuit Court for final termination. The county court in an order promulgated today held that the order closing of the BATTLEBORO, Feb.

Michael, 18, started to cry Sunday night and has been crying almost continuously since, unable to stop. Under treatment by physicians Mr. and Mrs. W. A.

Crump and VIrs. W. W. Dunn of Columbia were Biters in the city yesterday afternoon. she slept nearly eight hours last night, but when she awoke today the tears came again, although with considerably less strain.

Tiie girl's case has puzzled the physicians. Her first tears had been occasioned by departure of her mother to New Bedford for a brief visit. The family became alarmed when the girl was unable to control herself and her sobbing brought on spasmodic contraction of the dia- phranu street legally and regularly made and that due notice was posted in Liberty township and that the court refused to annul the order of Atjri 1, 1929. Property owners represented by Attorney H. P.

Lauf appeared before the court yesterday and asked that the order be set aside. They said that they had not been notified that the court contemplated the closing and that the notices to that effect were placed in an obscure position. They further held that the street or alley was the only hard surfaced roadway to the river and that closing it prevented them from hauling heavy loads from the river to their farms. The road was formerly a part of the state highway and led to the ferry in operation there. Judge Bode held that there were other ways to the river and that reopening of the roadway would be of no value to the property owners since property along the river front owned by private parties Suit may be filed in the Circuit Court within the next few days JIKINSLL First Wholesale Application of Jones Law In That City.

TWO WOMEN IN DRAGNET Obeyed Instructions of Judge C. B. Paris Regarding: Law. ST. LOUIS, Feb.

12--(AP)--A federal grand jury today returned indictments against 130 men 116 and two women, charging liquor law Violations under the Jones Law. This action represented the first wholesale use oC the Jones Law. providing- maximum penalties of five years imprisonment or $10,000 fines, or both, by a St. Louis grand jury. A federal court grand Jury last year balked at indicting alleged liquor law violators under the Jones Law.

Most of those named In today's indictments arc persons accused ot bootlegging and dealing regularly in illicit liquor traffic in the St. Louis district. The two indicted were Helen Cachuda, ferson county roadhouse proprietor recently convicted of manslaughter for the killing of her stepfather and sentenced to tliree months In Jail; and Mrs. Lilliam Tabor, indicted with her husband, Fred, for alleged liquor sales. Three other persons were indicted on charges of illegally possessing liquor and there were twenty-two indictments in non-liquor cases.

The present grand jury In its preliminary report turned 21 Jones in November re- Law indictments against 24 men and one woman. Today's report was the final return of the jury, which acted under instructions from Federal Judge Charles B. Faris that "as decent, patriot citizens," they must the various prohibition laws as binding upon them. Wallace A. Bell of Kirkweed, St.

iiIs suburb, assistant trensurer of Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company, was foreman of the jury. Dr. Leon B. Lake today announced the committee who will undertake to find a greater market, for the product of the Blind School. Joseph Heiuunirger will head the committee, which Is composed or Judge GimdeHlnger, Mrs.

Launv O. Green, James T. Blair, Rev. A. B.

Jackson and N. R. Beagle. The committee will start ius investigation into the market situation immediately. Phclps County Representative Files Declaration With Becker.

BUFORD HAS NOT ANNOUNCED Scene On Floor of Upper House Last Session Is Recalled. Governor Cnulficld today issued I charlcs Woods of Rolia, state his second pardon to a convict of representative from Piielps county the Missouri penitentiary, freeing and publisher of the Rolla Horalrt A -Rnnn on i i today filed his official declaration with Hie secretary of state as a Arthur Bone, 29, of Springfield, who came to the prison from Dacle county, June 18, 1928, to serve two tij 31:1. lAVU I years and 10 months for stealing cancilclatc for the Democratic chickens in the niyht time. As was the case when the chief executive recently issued his first pardon, clemency was given Bone to prevent his deportation. Federal Immigration officials were seeking to deport Bone to England after Ills term expired tomorrow, although he has lived in the United States 13 years, under the law which Ifmvr'wlin' NrnvirMc Mmf provides that a person from a foreign country may be deported at any lime, even though he is a citizen, if he is sentenced more than once for a felony.

Bone raided three chicken houses alt in one night and was convicted on three charges. Bone's mother has been In the Greene county pool-house near Springfield since his incarceration and numerous influential people irged the governor to aid the boy Only a ful pardon can stop depor- nomination in the August primary for" state senator from the 24th district. This is thc district that has been represented for years by Senator Carter Buford of Ellington, veteran Democratic member of the upper house of thc legislature and storm of the senate during the ts of Use 1920 session. Bu- one time was president center tation in Lewis R. such a case: Anschutz, of The Rev.

St. John's Episcopal Church, Springfield, was active in. interceding for Bone, ami U. S. Senator Roscoe C.

Patterson, also Interested himself in urging Bone be pardoned. re- GREENE CO. ST. LOUIS ST. LOUIS, Feb.

12-(AP)-City detectives today were investigating disappearance of Jesse Ruebling former proprietor of St. Louis county gambling resorts who is reported to be for ransom by extortionists. Edgar T. Arnold, a laxicab chauffeur, told detectives last night that Ruebling was taken from his cab by three men near the Ruebling home early yesterday. The kidnapers, Arnold said, ordered the gambler into another car and drove away.

Mrs. Ruebllftg and the missing man's brother, A. E. Ruebling, said today they neither had seen nor heard anything from RuebJing since the reprted abduction. SPRINGFIELD, Feb.

hcmmorhage caused death of Clifford Marchant, 37, salesman for a biscuit company of Cansas City who last night fell to the floor in a dance hall here and died a few minutes later, Dr. Murray C. Stone, county coroner, said this morning following'a post mortem examination. An inquest will held tonight. Companions of Marchant whose home was in Clinton, said that marks on his face and hands probably were caused by his fall, but a search is being made today for witnesses to ascertain If there was a fight earlier in the evening.

Police were looking for witnesses to support reports that a brawl had preceded Marchant's death, and that he had been knocked out. Mrs. Marchant Is expected to arrive today from Kansas City. The Marchants are well known in Bolivar, where they own a chicken ranch, and he had planned to go on there last night. Robert Cornlck of Clinton, and A.

D. Hopper, of Humansville, were with the salesman before they all went to the dance. The eleventh state bank merger so far tills year has been consumat- ed with consolidation of the Bunk of Carl Junction with the Citizens Bank of Carl Ju ction, both at Carl Junction. Jasper county, it was announced today L. Cantley stale finance commissioner The Citizen Bank of Carl Junction purchased the assets and business of the Bank of Carl Junction.

Total resources of the combined bank will $250,000, and tlie capital stock of Uio Citizens'Bank of Carl Junction has been increased from $10,000 to $30,000. flT CLUB TflDflY Boy Scouts representing the seven roops in Jefferson City gave a pro- jram at the Lions Club at their regular luncheon at the Central Hotel today. W. A. Norman, one of the sales orce of the Botz-Hugh Stephens Press, had charge of the Scout Program and the same program will be iroadcast over WOS at 8:15 p.

evening. A talk by Bud Ruwart on "History of Scouting" was made, Tom Parrish sang a vobal solo, some group songs sang by the boys, a talk on 'Scouting in Jefferson City" was given by Robert Davis, a vocal duet 'Sweet Ivory Soap," was presented' by Alden Stockard and Bill Norman, a Saxaphone solo was given by James Elliott accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Ellis Elliott, and the Scout Benediction was given by all he boys, ending the program. The program Is in celebration of twentieth anniversary of Boy Scouts in America, and seemed to be appreciated very much by the Lions CluA. COLLEGE TflWT The Junior College Bears will en- gagfi the strong Quincy Junior College cage team in the college gym.

here this evening. Thc Bears are in excellent condition according to Coach Markcy, and arc expected to put up a hard Quincy quintet. fight with Caput, star pro tern of the senate, created a stir when ho participated in a from the floor of the upper house with a clerk In the gallery Deliberations by the majority members of thc senate ns to action that should bo taken were ended when Buforc! agreed to leave for the mnimicr pf the session. Senator Buford has made no pubic announcement as yet that he would be a candidate to succeed himself. He has served eight terms the senate, not consecutive, how- Woods, past president of the Missouri Press Association has been a member ot thc house at the last two session.

The 24th senatorial district la composed ot Crawford, Dent Iron counties. BEQUESTS The County Court was expected to pass upon a request from Judge Wcsthues today to make certain Improvements In the library the Circuit Court. Judge Westhues report was as follows: In part the forward, with his bad ankle greatly improved is expected to start the game. With Williams and Nolen guards and Evans, center showing excellent form in practice this week the game Is expected to be a close one even with the Quincy team in perfect condition. The Bears expected to increase the record ol three straight wins.

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Just call 213 or 152 and ask for an ad-taker. "I suggest that the present Library Room be divided, by having a partition wall built along the center beam and also to remove the steps ending to thc third floor, located in he Library and leaving the door beneath thc steps as a passageway JCtwcen thc corner room and sec- 3nd room, and placing a door in the inssageway to the Jury Room at he cast end of the Library, thereby unking two nice rooms out of our present Library and also suggest hat a lock be put on the door east the said passageway, so as to nakc an entrance into the Jury Room. Also to frost or paint the glass in the doors leading into the Library." Judge Bode said today that he favored making the order as he considered the Intended Improvement necessary. GflLLEflY FOR WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-- Before crowded galleries, the Senate debate on the nomination of Charles Evan Hughes to be chief justice of the United States continued today with Senators Dill Democrat, Washington and Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, adding impetus to the surprisingly strong attack made on confirmation of the man named by President Hoover to succeed William Howard Taft.

The lengthy discussion 'made prospects for a vote bsfora adjournment doubtful but supporters of Hughes, silent for the most part during much of the day, were con fidcnt that they would confirm him with votes to spare when the roll call came. Following arguments previously made by Senators Norris and Borah, Republican independents, and Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, Dill in a lengthy speech attacked economic views held fay Mr Hughes. Frequently mentioning corporations as he assailed the one time Republican candidate for president, the Washington senator said Hughes was defeated in his race for the presidency because of ills attitude on property.