The Sunday News and Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 1

4V TRJBUNE A SUNDAY COMBINATION OF THE MORNING CAPITAL NEWS AND EVENING POST-TRIBUNE NEWS AND SECTION ONE 18 PAGES AUTO LABOR DISPUTE STILL IS IN DOUBT Nub of Contention Whittled Down to Nonsense 1 Words of Gen. Hugh S. Johnson PEACE CONFERENCES TO CONTINUE TODAY National C. of C. Head flames Efforts to Unionize AB American Industry at Any Cost in Crisis WASHINGTON, March 24--CAP) --For at least another day, the out- came of the- labor dispute in the automobile industry will remain in doubtr After hours of talks' that had whittled the nub of contention down to such a point-that Hugh S.

Johnson, recovery administrator called it "damned nonsense," the coriferences were postponed tonight until "Zou wouldn't believe it if told said, when asked what-the of difference was. "I can't tell you but it is damned nonsense." 1 For: tomorrow-, Johnson said, "we will go ori.arid negotiate as we have been' doing today." no possibility of any agreement until tomorrow morning. "I won't give up. until I'm licked and I'm not licked yet. "This is nothing new to me.

I have been things lots of times when, they looked imuch trtrworse than th'eyj do.now." Sought to" Mediate Dispute For hours Johnson had been try- tag-to 'Since late afternoon, automobile manufacturers had been stationed in an office on one side of Johnson's suite and labor, representatives in a room on the other, with the administrator from one corifer- ence to the other. Less than an hour before the work for the night ended, Johnson emerged momentarily to say if any agreement came tonight it would have to be approved by President Roosevelt Johnson said if the negotiations were successful, he would go to a dinner at the National Press Club, at which Mr. Roosevelt was a guest to submit the agreement to the President. The recovery administrator indicated he still was hopeful an agreement would come tonight As the evening dragged on, indications came that the discussions were gradually drawing the disputants closer together. Simultaneously, there was made public a letter from Henry I.

Harriman, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, to the membership of the organization, which said: "Efforts to unionize all of Ameran industry at whatever cost, though the threat of strikes and by means of legislation, have brought a major crisis in the progress towards national recovery," Question Narrowed Down Days of conferences and statements apparently had narrowed the question in the automobile dispute down tonight to the single issue of whether the manufacturers or the government would be given union lists of workers to check against payrolls for the purpose of selecting workers' spokesmen in industrial peace-time negotiations between employer and employe. The workers' representatives said that was the issue. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, in a formal statement, said: "If that is the only remaining issue, let there be no misunderstanding as to what it means. It means the union refuses to tell the manufacturers whom the- union represents." Even the issuance the formal statement by the Automobile Cham(Continued on Pag" 2) Survey Ends Plans For Proposed Gambling Casino Just Outside City Limits Soon After Building Is Leased and Remodeling Is Contemplated, It Is Found to Be Within Jurisdiction of City Police and the Project Stops JEFFERSON CITY. MISSOURI SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1934 A surveyor is credited with putting an end to a proposed county gambling casino and bringing a piece of property on the city assessment books that for many years had escaped taxation by the city.

Gambling: inside the city limits has been so restricted and curtailed that certain of the so-called big shots had seek the less' restrained rural atmosphere. The entire county 'is policed by only two men. Accordingly they negotiated with a man who owned a handsome building located, they believed, just beyond the northeast city limits. They leased the building and were about to Border certain rennovations and improvements that would make it a place of gaming and pleasure. One of the promoters overheard a.

policeman say, "That place better be outside the city limits or Johnny will be on them." It caused him to ponder and he asked his colleagues whether it might not be well to investigate further. They did. They found the place was not listed on the city assessment books and therefore was probably not inside the city limits. But the threat had raised a doubt and someone asked for a survey. Whether county 01 city authorities or the promoters themselves ordered the survey could not be ascertained yesterday but it was made.

It developed the place was just 300 inside the city limits and therefore subject to city ordinances and police supervision. The project was dropped but the properly is now on the assessment books and will pay city taxes. Except for slot machines which are on the increase the gambling situation is said to be under control Whil card games have not been stamped out the crap table, roulette wheels and other forms of gambling no longer exist here. The lid has been on more or less effectively since the killing of Tex Harger. WEATHER SEWING MACHINE INJURY BRINGS $380 VERDICT Miss Julia Tweedie Amount in Court by Sevier Because of an injury to a finger of her right hand she sustained while operating a sevvihg machine, Miss Julia Tweedie is to receive $380.80 on an accident insurance policy by court "order.

After hearing evidence in the case' yesterday afternoon in, the cole circuit court, Judge-Nike Sevieivfound for the for the- abbve'named. amount In the. suit brought Tweedie-- against the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. T-weedie alleged her finger was injured" when a needle broke on the sewing machine she was operating. A part of Hie needle penetrated her finger and her hand became disabled.

She was employed as a stenographer by the state at that time and maintained she was unable to work and earn her regular salary because of the condition of her hand. She sued for compensation. lost during her disability and costs in the case. Attorneys tor the insurance company and the plaintiff waived a jury. Circuit Clerk Guy Sone said last night the adjourned session of the regular February term of court here will continue this week with a number of Public Service Commission cases' to be heard.

INTRUDER FOUND IN WHITE HOUSE Man Who Described Self as Farmer, Is Encountered by Mrs. Roosevelt WASHINGTON, March --A man who gave his name as Harry A. Yoder, 27, was arrested by District of Columbia detectives and White House police tonight, in the residential section of the executive mansion. The Washington Post said the man slipped by the guard on the outside and in some, manner made his 1 the second, flppr where he encountered Mrs. -Roosevelt: Voder presented to the President's wife, the Post Ypder, who described himself as a farmer, was taken to a placed under-observation.

1,600 PERSONS AT LUTHERAN SERVICES The Lutheran Church is again enjoying a large attendance at their Lenten Season services. The six midweek services of the current season were attended by over 1600 persons. Eight o'clock services will be conducted at the church during Holy Week. Visiting ministers will occupy the pulpit. On Monday night Rev.

Carl F. Schmidt of will speak; Tuesday, Rev. Virtus Gloe of Kansas City; Wednesday, Rev. F. C.

Stein of Chillicothe- Thursday, Rev. Theo. Karstensen and Friday, Rev. Karl Kuddes of Wooldridge, Mo. Thursday and Friday morning 10 o'clock services held at the church will be conducted in the German language.

HENfcY SCHMIDT DIES AT HOSPITAUATURDAY Henry Conrad Schmidt, six-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Schmidt of Swift's Highway and a first year student at the Lutheran School, died at 8:15 o'clock last night at the hospital after a lingering illness. Uremic poisoning was the direct cause of his death.

The child underwent a mastoid operation at the hospital six months ago and complications set in. He would have been seven years of April 9. Besides his parents, the j'oungster is survived by two brothers, Herbert and Stephen, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schmidt and Mrs.

Frederick Korsmeyer. No definite funeral arrangements had been made last night. POISON KILLS C.C.JULIAN IN SHANGHAI Fugitive Oklahoma Oil Promoter Believed to Have Committed Suicide; Girl Also Near Death SHANGHAI, March 2a--Sunday) --(AP)--C. c. Julian, former Oklahoma oil operator wanted there on mail fraud charges, died suddenly here today.

Physicians said death was caused by poison and they believed he had committed suicide. They said he took poison at 1 a. and died from its effects five hours later. A girl associate, whose identity was not established, also attempted to kill herself, they said. She is still alive.

The girl was said to be of Spanish nationality and it was understood that she had resided in recent weeks at the same obscure hotel where Julian stayed. She was known as his secretary. BILLION GOES TO STIMULATE STOCK SALES Old Postoffice Building Being Converted Into State Department Offices Actual Work on Renovation of Structure Starts; Used by Missouri Public Service Commission Now Located Capitol Be House Committee Told Cities Service Kept Market Active tO Fool Public; Missouli Puw ic Service Commission, Doherty Prof its Disclosed MISSOURI: Centrally fair in central and north, vnsettlcd in ex- me south portion, warmer Sun- Monday probably rain in east and south and rain turning to snow in northwest portion, warmer in extreme south and colder in northwest portion. Weather outlook for the period March 26 to 31 for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys --temperatures mostly below normal; probably one or two precipitation periods, especially over south aortioag. ENGINEER TO SUPPORT AUTO VICTIM'S CHILD ST.

LOUIS, March Robert Walls, 51, a St. Louis engineer, has agreed to support the 3- year-old daughter of a woman killed by Walls' automobile, Circuit Judge M. Baron said tonight. Judge Earon paroled Walls after sentencing him to a year in the workhouse on pleas of guilty to manslaughter and felonious flight in the death of Mrs. Anna Slavik.

24, a domestic, Dec. 28, 1932. Mrs. Slavik's daughter is being cared for by the Children's Aid Society. Judge Baron said he understood Walls already has paid $1,000 to the society, and would make additional provisions for the child until grown.

Judge Baron said he understood Walls at one time lived in Memphis, where he represented a tile rooting DR. THOMAS KELLY FIGURES IN CRASH An automobile belonging to Dr Thomas J. Kelly, local physician was damaged Friday night when it crashed into a bridge support near Elkhurst Filling Station on Highway 63. None of the occupants were injured- According to reports Dr. Kelly, with a man companion, was returning from a trip to Boonville when his car went out of control on a downhill curve and swerved into the bridge.

The front end of the automobile was crushed in. UTAH CONVICT GETS $100 FORSHORT STORY SALT LAKE CITY, March 24-(AP)--New hope dawned today for Joseph J. Nolan, 64-year-old inmate of the Utah state prison. He received a $100 check from a publishing firm for a short story, with a contract calling for other writing. Nolan, sentenced for robbery a year ago, is serving his third term in the Utah prison.

Penitentiary officers said he had been imprisoned in California. New York, Indiana and Washington. The story he has sold deals largely with his own experiences. EASTER EGG HUNT The Silent Builders Community Club will stage an Eastev Egg Hunt at State Park Easter Sunday. Children under 16 years old arc invited.

Mrs. Laura Wooidridge is of club. C. C. Julian, former Oklahoman, was charged in a federal warrant with fraud in connection with stock and bond promotion.

In Shanghai outside of federal jurisdiction for offenses alleged to have been committed in the United States, he never was apprehended. It was generally believed, however, that he faced arrest under a new law just passed by congress giving consular officials the right to make arrests abroad. Julian had lived in Shanghai nearly a year. He announced last December lie had been chosen general manager of a newly-formed organization called the Stock and Bond Guaranty Company. Defied Extradition Last April he defied Ainerican efforts to extradite him and said he would remain in China and engage in oil Several times he reiterated his the federal 'charges and declarea'he left Oklahoma because "a fair trial is impossible there." He arrived in Shanghai March.

23, 1933, under the name of T. R. King. He was discovered in Shanghai the following month and explained his identity been disclosed by the chance observation of a woman acquaintance. Julian jumped $25,000 bail in Oklahoma in February, 1933, and at first was reported to have gone into hiding in Canada.

At one point during his stay in Shanghai he requested police protection on the ground he feared kidnapers. He lived, for many months in a hotel in the international settlement in Shanghai and retained the of a Austrian attorney. In recent months Julian had hidden himself, however, in the French quarter of Shanghai, and did not frequent public places as he did upon his arrival. Visioned New Oil Fields On such occasions as he was seen in the international settlement he was always dressed immaculately. "I am just a western fellow trying to get along in an eastern c.oun- try," he explained, in telling of his intention to enter Shanghai business.

Recalling the early days of his oil career in California he said: "In 1909 I covered pipe lines with a pick and shovel for $1.50 a day, wore a leather collar and planned to achieve success. I rose and fell, but I will come back." He described himself as "a victim of Standard Oil's unending opposition." WASHINGTON, March 24--(AP) I--Testimony-that more than a bil- 1 lion dollars was used by Cities Service Security Company in a 3-year period to keep the market for the stock active was given to the hpuse commerce committee today by Robert E. Healy, counsel for the trade commission. Healy said that during that period the company sold $1,100,000,000 of securities and that only $80,000,000 this went into new capital, the balance being used to keep the stock active on the New York Curb so as to make investors think it was worth the price. The trade commission official said Henry L.

Doherty, the utility magnate, had made a personal profit of $19,000,000 in dealings with stocks of the company. The testimony was given during hearings on the new stock exchange control bill to show, Healy said, the need for such regulation as would prohibit similar practices. Healy said Cities Service brought its securities that were offered for sale on the New York Curb market and sold stocks in a house to house campaign through a force of 600 salesmen. He added that the Insull interests and other utility concerns had bought their own stocks similarly through exchanges to keep up prices to "mislead the public." Healy presented a letter, he said was written in November, 1930, by Harvey T. Hill, executive vice president of the- Chicago Stock Exchange, to show that the exchanges were familiar' with the practice.

The Chicago Ex- 1 asiced vtSiefHSMlng that those who; applied for their stocks to be listed on the exchange keep up a market by keeping in a bid on the securities at all times. electrical departments, bus and truck departments, railroad tariff department and a small hearing room. re- under a PWA allotment. A crew of workmen is now modeling the interior and another group of men is cutting trench across the capilol lawn to house an electrical cable from the state's power plnnt. The seed testing department 01 the State Agricultural Bureau will use the north section of the basement, according to proposed plans.

The remainder of the building will be occupied by Commission. the Public Service On the first floor are to be the offices of the secretary of the commission, telephone switchboard and Renovation of the old postoffieo building which is to be used by the Public Service Commissio began the latter part of last week. The renovation of the structure, The second Hoar is to house the which is sch du i ed to be completed commissioners and their clerical the middle of June, will cost staff, the commissioner's legal de- 30 per cent of which is be- partmr ing borne by the federal government room. The third floor will be taken up by the engineering; and accounting departments with a section reserved for reporters and transcribers. The portion of the basement not used by the Bureau of Agriculture will serve as vault space for the commission.

The building will be hentcd by an underground steam line from the state's power house. Construction plans call for an entire re-arrangement of floor New doors are to be cut through and partitions installed. All old flooring and woodwork is to be completely refinished. UNIONS REJECT RAIL COMPROMISE All Proposals Laid Down by Eastman, the Mediator, Flatly Refused WASHINGTON, March 24--(AP) --The railroad wage situation appeared tonight to be still deadlocked with labor sticking stubbornly to its demand for restoration of the full wage scale. The union chiefs--members of the Railway Labor Executives Association--today rejected all proposals laid before them by Joseph B.

Eastman, coordinator of trans-, portation, who at the request President Roosevelt is acting as' mediator in the dispute between the railroads and their workers. Eastman refused to discuss the situation or to say what proposals he had advanced. He said he could not report "either progress or lack of progress at this time" and he would meet with the managers o- morrow. It was learned on good authority, however, the brotherhood chieftains had rejected every proposal made by Eastman. It was understood the proposals had been accepted by the managers.

K. C. CAMPAIGN NEAR1NG CLOSE Both Democratic Regulars and Fusion ists Claim Victory Majorities KANSAS CITY, March 24-- (AP) --Mingling -victory predictions and oratory with last minute efforts to corral every available vote, forces for and against the T. J. Pendergast Democratic organization virtually closed the city election campaign tonight.

Tuesday, in a flood of ballots expected to exceed 220,000, will be the answer to whether one of the most powerful municipal organizations la nation is (to stand -or fait "Our ticket- will win by 38,000 majority and up," said James P. Ayhvard, chairman of the Democratic county committee. "In my opinion we will win by a majority of at least 15,000," predicted C. P. Woodbury, chairman of the Republican county committee the Cltizens- non-partisan and a supporter of Pusionist ticket, a movement.

The opposing mayoralty candidates, Bryce B. Smith, of the Pendergast slate who is seeking reelection, and Dr. A. Ross Hill, of the Fusionisls, voiced appeals for support. Dad" Bolin Is Contented Ex-Banker Now Selling Newspapers at Capitol Pioneer Arkansas banker, postmaster, railroad agent, druggist and cotton operator--that is the story of Lee "Dad" Bolin, 67-year-old newspaper vender who for the past few years has sold his wares on the main floor of the state capitol.

"Dad," his papers displayed on a huge circular ventilator, stands at his post from day to day selling local dailies among the hundreds of people who filter in and out of the building. Born in California of parents who were originally from Tennessee, he was brought to Hutton Valley in Howell county, and spent most of his life in (lie southeastern part of this state and nearby Arkansas. When a young man "Dad" op- crated a drug store at Hutton Valley and later was agent for the Current River Railroad there, a line that has since become a part of the Frisco system. In 1893 he was appointed postmaster during Cleveland's administration. Several years later he left Hutton Vailey, entered the banking business and established a bank at Elvins, Arkansas.

At that time there were few banks in the state. After being connected with the Elvins Bank for ten years, he opened a mercantile establishment. In 1915 the cotton market crashed and "Dad," to avoid legal bankruptcy, assigned everything he possessed to his creditors, Later he jold life insurance and dealt in real estate, but his fortune continued on the downgrade. Now "Dadj" still hale and active despite his 67 years, makes his living by the small penny profits on newspaper sales. "No, I don't mind iV he says, "it's something to do, even if there's not much money, and I'm a lot better off than many young men are at present.

Paper? Yes sir mister, five cents." WALTER HOFFMAN IS TAKEiaO PRISON Walter Hoffman of Lohman, confessed slayer of Miss Sophia Bates, 70 year old domestic at the home of J. J. Scheperle at Lohman Feb. 5 last, was taken to prison yesterday afternoon to begin serving the life term. Hoffman, who is 20 years old, appeared to be entirely composed when he walked into the place which is to be his home for the remainder of his life if the sentence of the court is carried out.

He hopes for a parole but realizes that it will be at least ten years before he can reasonably expect a hearing. "I'm going to be a. good prisoner. Maybe I'll get out some day," he told the sheriff as they parted at the gate. THREE COUPLES GET MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses issued yesterday went to the following couples: Sam A.

Buchanan of Louisiana, and Margaret Hicks of Bowling Green, Mo. They were married by Rev. Paul Weber of the Baptist Church. Paul Wayne Topping of St. Louis, and Flora Williams of Henley, Mo.

They were to be married at Henley. Joseph Harold Printz and Esther Nadine Borenstine, both of Kansas City, Mo. They were married by Justice J. G. Leslie.

WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY RUNS OVER HUSBAND SEATTLE, March 24(AP)--Clifford C. Nelson probably will back the car out of the garage himself after this. His wife took him to a hospital last night and then reported to police: "I was backing the car out of the garage. I did not see my husband in the driveway. I ran over him.

He yelled. I got excited and drove ahead and ran ovjer. him again. OLDDILUNGER GANG DISSOLVED BY CONVICTIONS Two Must Die in Electric Chair; Another Gets Life Term LIMA, March old Dillinger gang: was formally dissolved here late today when two of its members were sentenced to die in the electric chair and a third was condemned to life imprisonment. Harry Pierpont, brazen, defiant, and Charles rotund, slow state, penitrtitjiary Friday, July, 13,, for.

the.nri.^ei- Sheriff lives in Jess LY Sarbe when CHIEF BRUNER AND HIS MEN RAID EIGHT SPEAKEASIES Unlicensed Illicit i Found in Capital City in Abundance by Officer's Raiding Party ALL THE 'EVIDENCE' POUREDJN SEWER Both Federal and Local Authorities Find Moonshine in Big Demand With High Cost of Bonded Drinks A police raiding sqund under the command of Chief John H. Brunei- Friday night found that while the 18th amendment to the constitution of the United States may have passed on, its spawn, the speakeasy is as active and unrestrained as it ever was! Told that bootleg whisky flowed as freely as it did in prohibition days, the chief and his men visited eight places where moonshine was to be had. They were not disappointed. Jugs and bottles filled with the timber fluid were everywhere in evidence. In most places the keepers managed to spill the booze bo- fore the police got to It.

In other places the police performed the ceremony themselves. They were not looking for evidence to use at a trial. "We merely wanted to confirm the rumors we had heard," the be did'. The' next we poiir the John Dillinger was Vl "sprunB" from the county jail by his confederates. Sleepy-eyed fimsseil Clark alone was given quarter by Allen county uuuri juries.

For his part in the jail with thnm break here he drew a. guilty with court to pronoun imprisonment. The gang chief, Dillinger himself, twice and twico liberated by gun within seven months, is still on! loose. He walked out of the Crown Point, jail flourishing a wood en pistol three weeks ago today. Tlie day was 1 filled with swift moving developments in this dingy courthoiise.

It began with final ar guments in the Clark trial, the charge to the jury, and dellbera tions. While the jury was out, Judge E. E. Everett called in Pierpont and Makley from their cells for sentence of death, made obligatory by juries who had found the two gangsters guilty of murder and did not recommend mercy. Each of the three trials took a week, and through the three weeks National Guardsmen and deputies armed to the teeth with sandbag defenses and machine guns, guarded the city.

They remained tonight, awaiting any old friends of sink let We are going to take and the speakeasy -keepers to headquarters." Fainted Out The police took plain clothes men I familiarized, nces and still gangsters or John, himself, if the leader should try to return the favor of last October. Clark will be sentenced Monday, and under secret plans, the three wil! go to Columbus, penitentiary bound "early in the pronouncing sentence against Pierpont and Makley, Judge Everett overruled motions for new trials. Neither had anything to say. ASK MERCHANTS TO CLOSE JTHREE HOURS Glennon Circle, 322, Daughters of Isabella ha.ve petitioned the mayor and the Chamber of Commerce to call upon the merchants and businessmen of the city to close their places of business from 12 to 3 o'clock Good Friday afternoon during which the Suffering of Christ on the cross will be commemorated. disappeared City and Cole county after the passing of.

prohibition but the high price of legitimate whisky and the scarcity of it soon encouraged them to go back into a business they believed was dead. Federal officials said they had been informed old-time moonshin- ers were cooking in increasing numbers. There has been a demand for good moonshine, they said. They were certain that as soon as good whisky is available at reasonable prices the bootlegger will automatically be put out of business finally and definitely. Meanwhile they were making plans to meet the new- challenge from the elicit whisky maker.

The revenue law deals more severely with the moonshiner than EDWARDS IS NAMED SHEEHANASSISTANT ST. LOUIS, March at--(AP)-Walter Edwards, attorney and former newspaper man, today was appointed assistant to Thomae J. Sheehan, collector of internal revenue for eastern Missouri. Edwards is a son of the late Coli Jim Edwards, who was for 42 years Democratic doorkeeper of the the prohibition law, Federal court meets in April and violators of the revenue act will learn how severely the government intends to deal with them. Federals Raid Occasionally Although short-handed and with' no definite instructions Federal Agent George Craig has been making sporadic raids in various sections of Central Missouri.

Three men, two stills, and a quantity of whisky and mash were seized early Saturday morning in a raid near the Osage-Miller county line. Dennis Fenncssey, 34, Norbert Grafe, 20, and Joseph Champlin, 22, were arrested and brought here yesterday, charged with illicit possession and manufacture liquor. They were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Edna Morris and re- eased on $500 bond each.

Fennessey was arrested in what known as ScheH's Pasture miles from Meta in Miller county, when the officers found a 50-galIon still, 900 gallons of mash and 74 gal- ons ow whisky there. The second raid, in which Grafe and Champlln were picked up by the officers, netted a 75-gallon still, 400 gallons of mash and 18 gallons of whisky. The men were found in a dugout on the farm of August Grafe near Meta in Osage county. Investigator Craig was assisted in the raid by Sheriff Lafe King and Deputy Sheriff Frank Burk of Miller county. SAMPLE LIQUOR SEIZED ST.

LOOTS, March 24--(AP)-About 200 samples of liquor being served by taverns, restaurants and liquor stores were seized today by federal authorities for failure to have the red federal liquor taic on the bottles..