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ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 924. 22 PA (IKS PkJCK TWO CKNT9 T7 iURDEI LAID TO miiiiiiiii LOU STAR 1 lliiilliillllil iiln iiiilTTT DO OW OVER TOLL Ambulance Bar Chasing Association to VICTIMS AND SCENE OF DOUBLE KILLING Hi-f 5 Misdemeanor to Split Fee With Ambulance Chaser DWIGHT-D. CURRIE, president of the St. Louis Bar Association, in diMK-ufuing the ambulance chasing evil, points out that section 668 of th6 Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1919, can be invoked.

This section prohibits a lawyer from dividing his fees with anyone not a licensed attorney. It reads as follows: It ahal lw nulawfnl for any lirend attorney la the state of MInor divide any feea or rompenaatlon received by him In the "practice of law or In ilolna- "law hualnrM" with any p'-raon not a llcenaed attorney pr any firm not wholly rompowri of licensed attorneys, or any aaaoHation or eor-, 1 1. and anr pci.on. firm. annoclatloo or cirporatlon violatin this xortlon atiall le deemed puilty a misdemeanor and npoa onrlctlnn therefor, shall tie imnlslied ly a fine of not lean than twenty-fire dollar nor more than fire hundred dollar)! and rout of proeecntion.

which fine ahnlt I paid Into the treasury of the State of Mmaotin. Any l-r. son. firm, nwnoctiitioii or corporation wlio nhull violate the foregoing prohibition of thia section shall Ite sitlje-t to le sued for treble the amount of any and all suras of money paid In violation hereof by the person, p-rsons. association or corjtoratlon paying the fees or compensation which shall have been so divided and If such person, persona, association or corporation shall not sue for or recover the same within two years from the date of such division of fees or compensation, the State of Missouri shall tinve the right to and shall sue for and recover said treble amount, which sluili.

npon recovery, be paid Into the treasury of tin Slate of Missouri. It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the State of Missouri, or the proaecutinB attorney of any county or city In wnlcb service of process may be had upon the person, firm, association or corporation liable therefor, to tnstitnte all suits necessary for the recovery of aald sums of money by the State of Missouri, tl-aw 1015. p. This law has been on the books since 1915, but so far as Currle can learn, has never been Invoked, and in his judgment can be made a most powerful weapon to curb the damage salt evil. "It does not appear to me that it would be very difficult to secure sufficient and necessary information to start criminal proceedings under this statute or to institute suits to recover the treble damages," Currie said.

"The Information which Cyrus Vernon has recently given to The Star Is sufficient to base such a prosecution on- The lawyer for whom Vernon has been working is not a member of the Bar Association of St. Louis." inuiiini.8lnn.Miw.eiii i 1 Mr a Staff I'hotoeranher. ToU house at the east end cf the McKinley Bridge, diagram showing the position in which the bodies of toll collector and watchman were found shot to death. There were apparently no witnesses to the kflliner but BRYAN TO VOTE FOR M'ADOO AND NOT MURPHREE over the toll and the killing followed: Lower left, Charles Virgin, 3044 Thomas street, watchman for.the Illinois Traction and right, W. J.

Wallace, 4428A St. Louis avenue, toll 4 AUTO THIEVES SOUGHT Collector W. J. Wal lace and Watchman Charles Virgin Are Shot Down on McKinley Structure. 2 CARS LIKE ONE SEEN ARE STOLEN Police Think Robbers Crossed to East Side.

Paid Fare After Argument, but Returned Later. William J. Wallace, toll collector for the Illinois Traction Company stationed on the east approach to the McKinley. Bridge, and Charlea Virgin, bridge watchman, were shot to death at J. a.

m. today. Th police 'believe that the shooting took place during on argument over tolls with four men in an auto which is believed to have been stolen a short time previously in St. Louis. The toll for an auto and four men is 40 cents.

Wallace, who yeara old and lived at 4428A St. Louis nue, had been shot at close rang. Apparently he had grasped the assassin's revolver Just as it was discharged. The" bullet which killed him almost Instantly, clipped oft the first finger of his right hand, creased the palm of'th hand and struck him full in the right breast. The palm of the hand was -severely powder burned.

Wglt. who was 23 years old and lived with a sister, Mrs. Estetle Gaines, 304 4 Thomas street, still was alive but unconscious when found. was rushed to St. Eliz abeth's Hospital in Gianlte City, lie died as he was being carried into the hospital.

He had been shot once, the bullet striking him over the Two Cars Stolen. Two cars, of the make described by witnesses as having been, used' by the four men who were seari arsjulng with the toll collector a short time before shooting, were stolen Inst night, and neither hns been found by the police. On of the cars was stolen from Charity Emmert of East St Ixjnis suburb, being taken from In front of his home. Thi other, stolen from Washington University, was the property of Wiaifm J. Doyle.

3017 the car stolen in St. Iouls was the one the? 9ss.iins were using, as the car came over the bridge from St. Ixuis. and the occupants became invf.ed In, an argument with the toll collector. They finally paid the loll and dro-e off tha bridge, but turned the machlna around and returned to renew th argument.

No Witws Fonncl. The police have been unable to find anyone who saw the shooting, but members of a switching crew of the IHlnois Traction Company heard the original argument between the autolsts and tho toll collector. The watch mnn was not present then, but cams up before 'tba argument was renewed when'ths machine returned. Wallace, when found, waa lyinff on his face In front of the toll house, which Is located on the north side of the bridge, and Vlr- CURRIE TO NAME PROBERS President of St. Louis Organization Would Expel Any Lawyers Found Guilty of Practice.

WANTS ACTION BY SUPREME COURT Suggests That Medical Society Look to Members 'Practice Law' Through Damage Suits. II 1JW1UHT 1. CritRIK, President. St. Itiis, Bar Assocla-, tloii.

I have decided to appoint a committee of prominent members 6f theSt. Louis bar to investigate the ambulance chasing situation, many phases of which have been disclosed by The St. Louis Star, in a current series of articles. This committee will be named as-soon as I can Interview men I now have in mind who are qualified to conduct the inquiry. It Is now a question whether or not an attorney can be disbarreu for solicitation of business, and this issue should be determined Immediately by the supreme court ot our state.

The ambulance chasing evil lias grown very greatly in ren in. and The Star is doing a most excellent work in letting the public know of these conditions. The public needs-education along thesr lines. If the victims of accidents were aware of the many tricks and wiles of the ambulance chaser and the absolute incompetence of some of them, they would not employ an attorney until they hud made a tut: and cireful inquiry into his standing, ability and integrity. Kubornntiouaof Perjury.

The evils of ambulance chasing are many. The worst is the subornation of perjury which is so prevalent in a vast number of dam. age suits. (Subornation of perjury the crime of procuring a person to commit prjury.) The ambulance chaser in many instances coaches his client and witnesses to give false testimony in order to make a case of negligence on the part of the defendant The chaser ha. In many cases, considerable money invested in the case before it comes to trial, and tie does noi want chance oir-Jostng the case and h.s rash investment, so to make sure nnt want to ch he coaches his witnesses to a strong case.

He has. in many cases, paid some runner or informant for the case, has advanced court costs and loaned the victim money to live on while the ens; is pending, and he does not want to take a chance of losing this cash outlay. In other cases the ambulance chasers desire a quick settlement and ready cash, and in their desire to get It they often sacrifice a meritorious case and settle for a muoa smaller sum than the ciiem titled to and would get If the at-. i i i.nnfi it and torney wouia inst properly advise hl client but instead he advises his client that it he docs not take the small settlement offered he may lose his suit or get a verdict for a sum smaller than the sum offered. The Chaser's Theory.

This type of ambulance chaaer works on the principle that it pays nil aBkttla better to make many merits Quickly and go after new business, than to devote the re-j qulsite time and labor required to properly handle and try a few cases. Tlits type of chaser Is one that the claim adjusters or railroads. Insurance companies and larpe employers of labor tV URht to business with. It Is Hen clvareed that when an cannot settle a ease he steers such an inrompeifnt chaser to the lioilm of the accident and afterwards the chiwr and hfc friend, the adjuster, settle the case- for a small sum. One of the trials and tribulations of an ambulance chaser is that frequently his brother ambulance chaser steals his clients away.

This may be one of the reasons for some of them desiring to make quick settlements. This practice of ambnlanee chasing cn be enrbed. The Bar Association of St. Louis can. and Continued on Page 6, Column 2.

if GIRL'S STORY OF BEATING BY FRANK TINNEY Comedian 'Practiced Boxing' on Her, Imogene Wilson Says, WhUe He Was Attired Only in Her Silk Kimono. LOVED HIM, BUT DOESN'T WANT MISTAKE REPEATED Negro Maid Testifies as to What She Gave Defendant to Drink and Doctor Describes Plaintiff's Injuries. By United I'ress. NEW YORK, June 6. Imogene Wilson, Follies beauty, told on the witness stand today how Frank Tinney, the comedian, wearing only her blue silk klmona ar.d a pair of long earrings belonging to her negro maid, beat her Into unconsciousness In her West Side flat.

The girl sobbed occasionally as she described how Tinney "practiced boxing on me." The courtroom was crowded when, with trembling steps, she took the witness chair in Magis trate Goodman's court as com plaining witness against Tinney, whom she charges with felonious assault. She appeared strikingly fragile compared with the somewhat plump comedian who stood de jectedly at the" bar nearby. 'Ma" Tinney, the actor's wife. was there, too, and Carrie, the negro maid who wore the ear rings heretofore mentioned. She Loved Him.

Miss Wilson said she had loved Tinney and was going to see to it that no other girl made the same mistake. "Just tell your story," said the magistrate, and, with a bit of prompting now and th; from her counsel, this is what she told: "I went home 1 to my apartmeat nih fo.ir.ri 1 V. ou liiQ iti Ma.av wwa Tinney there. "Pretty soon he said he was go- lng to stay all night Into the bedroom. "I sat down out in room with my book.

"After a little while Mr. Tinney. came out. and' went the living Frank-er, He didn't have anything on but my blue silk kimono and Oh. yes, he had Carrie's long earrings on.

"I was talking to a reporter, telling him the story of my sad life, when Mr. Tinney came out and passed a remark and the reporter went away. "Startetl to Rot Me." "Then Frank started to box with me. He hit me on the back of the head and knocked me down. "After I got up he hit me on the Jaw.

I went down again. "Then Frank, er Mr. Tinney, kneeled on my back and pommeled me between the shoulder blades. Besides, he kicked me In the abdomen. "Then he threw an ash tray at me and I lost consciousness.

"When I came to. and stopped bleeding, he was hitting Carrie. "I made up my mind I'd keep him In the house until I could have him arrested, so I v.ent and got his clothes and put them on. "I decided I'd go to the police station, but on my way down I changed my mind and went to a newspaper office to teH the world all about Mr. Tinney." Xero Maid Carrie, the negro maid, followed Mi---s "Wilson on the rtand.

She trave Tinney a dark look and shook her earrings menacingly. Carrie's testimony was confined to describing the comedian's beat-inpr of her and telling what she had pr'-'ovisly given him to drink. The physician who treated Miss Wilson. Dr. Jacob Adler.

told of her Injuries but sa'id he was not at all certain about the alleged kick in the stomach, as Miss Wilson had previously complained about a pain i there. The case was then adjourned until nest MRS. JOHN WANAMAKER, JR UKELY TO SEEK DIVORCE PARIS. June 6. (Universal Service.

The well-known Disston ngain jumpj into the limelight, with society buzzing over a report which Is apparently well founded, that Mrs. John Wana-maker, formerly Pauline will shortly apply to the Paris courts for a divorce on the ground of desertion. It is also understood that her mother is engaged to marry Sumner Ballard of California. According to reports the mother's marriage and the daughter's divorce should occur about the same time, probably la Aug-ost. I CD 1 1 it is surmised that members of Boys 6 and 7 Tell of Wrecking Train, 3 Persons Killed WORCESTER.

June 6. (By I. -Si. Michael Fercele, 6. and his playmate.

Robert Doria. 7, told detectives today thed had wrecked tho Twilight Express last Tuesday, killing three persons. They said they had piled rocks on the tracks, replacing them after Michael's 8-year-pld sister had once removed them. Then the two boys watched the train bumping over the ties, running back afterward to tell Mary of their feat. Because of their youth no charge Is made against them, but they will be called as witnesses at the Inquest into Use death op two engineers and a fireman.

MOVIE PRICES TO BE REDUCED 10 PER CENT The managers of the New Grand Central and Missouri theaters to day announced that all admission prices will be reduced on July 3. when the war tax is to be ellml- per ent, and the reduction" In admission prices will correspond. The admission pries for adults sit these two theaters, at night is Si so the new price will be 50 cents. tlerschel Stuart, manager of the Missouri, gave out the following schedule: 1illlren, ilee or nlsht ....13 13 Adult, matinee exept-inc SutiirflMj-B, Sunday. and lilldr 35 31 AdwIM.

Rlcht and holt- iar matinee. .55 50 The New Grand Central admission charge for children is 20 cents, which will he reduced to 18 cents. Tie charge for adults Is the same at both theaters. POSTAL SALARIES INCREASE EXPECTED TO BE VETOED WASmN-GTON. June 6.

(By I The postal salaries increas4 bill was sent to the White House today following adoption of. the conference report In both houses. President Coolldge is expected to veto it because of the t6 1.000,00 expense Involved. The hill wouVl inrrease the salaries A over postal iemployes an average of $200 each. Furnished Rooms for Rent 5TOH KHM'N ieHitg lur- nlfrtaxl, ttm.t Bwm hot lor--t pviik.HT vn room- i.rl- i.i turn ft nil nrB or mlle emiiioif-d T--t reaweal4e.

tl.l'llli-rHKa.'i'iS ISeautif Jl front hmj.e- keej-irta- rmm: raaie. I U. S. CITIZENSHIP FOR HANK WEEKE AFTER 30 YEARS Final Papers Granted Judge Davis Only Considers Con- duct Since 1918. Henry L.

(Hank) Weeks. Republican ward boss. who was forced to give up his $3,000 a year job as inspector of weights and measures during the' war, when It was discovered that he was an alien ertemy, although he 'had made Ms nome re more than thirty- years, now is an American citizen, and can hold public office he can get It United States District Judge Davis today granted Weeke's application for final naturalization papers based on Weeke's conduct in the last five years. iThe Judge announced that he did not care to go into Weeke's activities or moral character farther back than the five-yen period, and as far as the federal government 1.4 concerned Hank's early life Is a closed book. The Judge announced that only the five-year period would be considered after G.

H. Crutchfield. chief examiner of the naturalization bureau, pointed out that all the law of good required was a showing conduct for 1hat time. The late Jiulge David P. Dyer.

on December 17, 191 denied Weeke's application for citizenship, holding lhat the burden of proving good character was on Weeke. HpiM Wefke had not sustained this burden and had not proven bis citizenship, although he was satisfied that Weeke had exercised the rights of citizenship for years in good faith. Dr. Jona Clets Papers, Dr. Ernst Jonas.

4 94 3 IJndell boulevard, was admitted to citizenship today by United States District Judge Davis. Dr. Jonas' first application for ciltzenshlp was denied by the late Judge Dyer on May 10, 1921. because the doctor had claimed exemption from military service during the war on the ground that he was an enemy alien. In July, 1918.

Dr. Jonas resigned from the staff of the Jewish Hospital without offering an explana tion, and it was reported in medical circles the time that two members of the hospital staff who were in the military service had protested against an enemy, alien being retained on the staff. Local Lafs IF you. have the, blues in rainy weather kid yourself along by writing Local Lafs. Send them to The Star.

You may win a prize or see your best Joke on the screen at your favorite movie house. These three were picked out today for honorable mention r-y the Laf Editor. Pat i anil Frlti were dliMinc a lie-e of meat hy pulling 1ili their teetH. "Are Tea readr?" a.kei Pat. "Yah." Frln.

Pat ent The meat. MRS. P. HF.HT.MCH1. pxn-besiter.

III. 1 Mt in Mot who? SnITor Maid MarrnnaUe rtre.inc K. r. AHF.ARX. Natural Bridge are.

Why is j-or face red. "Canw." "Caue mhrV Crmet1ca. JANE SCHTXTX. -T16 atreet. I an automobile party quarreled MAN BURIED ALIVE IN SEWER CAVE-IN, a BODY RECOVERED Rescuers Dug for Two Hours, but Failed to Save Martin Berry.

A squad of police and firemen recovered the body of Martin Berry, 22 years old. 1822 Mississippi avenue, at 2 p. m. today, two hours after he wfrs buried beneath a slide of earth while digging a sewer at 1526 Clara avenue. Robert Campbell, 5 North Eighth street, who was working with Ber ry, escaped because he was on top of the ground passing dirt from Berry to a pile there.

A two-story flat Is being erected at the address and the ditch. 18 feet, long, 2M feet wide, and of varying depths from 8 to 22 feet. being dug under the supervision of James P. Kleming, 44(50 North Taylor avenue. The West End Realty Company is erecting th flat.

"The-ground looked so firm that we didn't brace the ditch this morning, Campbell said. "It seemed to me that I heard Berry cry for five minutes after the earth fell on him. Fl it-men Bcvuc gro, Kdward Smith, 8709 Ueilly avenue, negro, scraped the mud off his clothes and went back to work yesterday afternoon after firemen had spent half an hour digging him out when he was buried In a cave-in at, the bottom of ft ditch In which he was working in a yard at 8605 South Broadway The only thing which seeme.1 to worry the neiro was the fact that he had to dig a new ditch in which to' lay sewer pipe. H. P.

FARIS, MISS0URIAN, HEAD OF DRY TICKET COLUMBUS, OHIO. June 6. '(By I. N. S.l 11.

P. Faris. banker, of Clinton. was nominated as the candidate of the National Pro- hibitlrm Party for President of the l'nHt-1 Ktatea at lha n-ill vent'on here this afternoon. Strong denunciation of yea of nullification of prohibition laws by the Democratic nnd Republican officials." keeping open of all places her 'public wards are kept for public inspection." scientific advocacy of Americanization of the rfldln of the'tn'Me in the puijlf schools and compulsory attendance cf public schools w-ere the chief planks in the platform adopted.

C00LIDGE FOR L0WDEN STORY OFFICIALLY DENIED WASHINGTON, I N. S. Reports June (By that President iCoolidge has approved Frank O. Iiwdcn or any other man for the 1 i "without foundation" by a White! spokesman this afternoon. several uiu'rinutr, ii was iuliu, ana any one of them would be entirely accept- fourjirjn 1 collector, wno were Kiuea.

MELLON DENIES LIQUOR CHARGES MADE BY MEANS Secretary of Treasury Writes" Brookhart About Testimony at Senate Probe. WASHINGTON. June 6. (By I. N.

Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, in a letter to Senator Brookhart, Republican, Iowa, chairman of the senate Daugherty committee, today denied that he was involved, in a plot to sell whisky to pay oft the debts of the Republican National Committee, as alleged before the' committee by Gaston B. Means, formerly agent of the Department of Justice. He also said Means testimony that he had conferred with former Under-Secretary of the Treasury i Gilbert about illegal withdrawals of liquor was false. Col. Thomas W.

Miller, alien r. HV said he had disclosed the alleged liquor deal, was called before the committee after Mellon's letter was presented, to explain an interview with Means and Senator Bursum, Republican, New Mexico, at which the detective testified the supposed whisky plot was discussed. Thought It His Dntr. "I called JWns and Senator Bursum to diKCus this liquor deal charge because I thought it my duty to tell a felrovr officer of the Government (Mellon) about the rhnrefn that were being made! againxt him." Miller said. "Mr.

Sheldon (Rex Sheldon, with whom the deal was supposed to have been made), once come fo see me but. as I recall, not In connection with permits-" Mellon wrote. "I understood that his re quest, about which there was noth lng- unusual, was not granted by the official of the treasury to whom! inn iru "Senator Bursum did come to sec me some time in December. 1921. about granting permits just as others came in lo recommend rome action by th Bursum to me a list of applicants for such permits.

turned this lift wvef to Mr. Blair, commissioner of Internal revenue, for investigation to determine the character of the appli cants as the uptial urse. Pcrmils Iti-1 After "In three these cases investigation was sn'sfacory and permits were issued. There has been no intimation to me. dlrectly or indirectly, that any campaign fund would be or has been benefited in any way by the issuance of the -permits." Mellon thn described at leneth the "Ofrodrrirm case.

in which liquor wis withdrawn from tjie w-r, rerirmo nn foreed nermits and said thl? wj due to the failure of a superintend nt to Obey Instructions. The stirerintendent was dU-rhareel, he Raid. Mellon reiterated that he had no connection with the Overholt Distillery and declared that the dis-tilleiy had not manufactured any i Says He Will Stay With Him as Long as He Remains in Race. BY ROBERT 3. RENDER, United Iress Staff Corre-pondent.

TonjTlifht. 1924, by United IT-aa. NEW YORK, June 6. William Jennings Bryan will vote for Wil liam O. McAdoo at the Democratic national convention and will not nominate Dr.

A. A. Murphree, pres ident of Florida University, as he originally announced he would do. Over the lonir distance telephone from Fort Valley, where he was last evening, en rcute north, Bryan explained he was instructed for McAdoo and would "stay with him as long as he remains In the race." "I deeply appreciate," he said, "the record vote given me by the people of Florida as delegate-at-large. 1 am glad I wa-j instructed for McAdoo." Informed that he was to seek a dry plank In the Demo cratic platform and make a fight for it, if necessary, cn the floor of the convention.

Bryan declined I to discuss his plans. "It is not good business," he ex- plained, "for delegates to start out saying what they will do. During a speech at Albany. Ga late yesterday. however, Bryan said he hoped he might help write the Democratic platform which, he thought, would be "distinctly progressive." McAdoo being dry may find In the commoner the oratorical genius required to definitely turn the convention away from Gov.

Al i Smith. FIRST CAR OF PEACHES ARRIVES FROM GEORGIA The first car of peaches of the season arrived on the wholesale market today. The shipment came from. Georgia and the peaches were of the Mayflower variety. The quotations on the first arrivals ranged from $3 to $4 per six-basket crate.

YESTERDAY WAS WARMEST SO FAR, 87 AT 3:30 P. M. The warmest day so far this year was yesterday, the tempera ture at 3:30 p. reaching ST de-t grees. Following last night's showers, ithe thermometer took a jdrop.

but the warm weather Is pi-j pec ted to continue. the weather i bureau predicting but little change jin temperature. I i.mai muniTtr snowers are ogam jioreca.t lor tonight and tomorrow. THE WEATHER ltrrril far St. l.oait aoettled fmenther toniarat and ntarday.

ablr with Inrnl thunder banrra; mot nark change In temperature. TI HE BKADIXGS. 'u "erni ....69 a. a. Temp.

Re I. I5ry. Uet Humid SI 9 54 60 84 SJ TO ft. si; noon a m. p.

IS. I a. 64 a. 7 '3 IHJJilffW. a.

66 fell illl a. 6 p. T3 jr n. p- 71 was slumned down in a chair nearby. The police say Virgin had a (lip of paper in one hand and a pencil in the other, as if he was trying to write dowry the license number of the auto when ha was shot.

The switching crew was on a string empty box cars on th south side of the bridge, directly opposite the toll house when tha original argument took place. I. H. Hubbard, 2317 Ann avenue, motorman of the crew, said ho was standing beside the train of cars on -tu slda nearest the toll house when the auto drove up, coming from the Missouri aid. at the-river.

Heard Ixu VoirJ. said Hubbard. "I looked orer and Wallace artruins with four men in an automobile. I Wallace say, 'It's the same damn thing every time you guys com' past here. I wouldn't trust one you.

You are just a. bunch thieving 2nJZl1 President feel, that and ra: reponih.ie. re-j excellent men have teen mentioned "4aH f12 "kia h'- Possible running mate next For additional Room Ads tee pages 20 and 21, "I saw one of the nen in the Continued ou 4, Column A. Continued 6a lae Z. Column 4.

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