St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 13, 1911

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— ee he ates oa = a a 1 V Ric ite ies ee en ee PRR EE oe bs beats ~ — Ba X * . Lita So aS ae LRA et i — FE pn - — Year. — ea iy That He Has he Basis of $1 ,000,000— busch's s Return Falls From Sp 000,000 to $567,540 hae Franicis to. $61,800. Van Wacbitiak “oatiia' wt the Ae ra office in the city hall, show a depreciation in their per- _ propefty during the period from ¢ 1, 1909, ta June 1, 1910. The tax were thrown open to ‘the public — F ————— worth of " astessea John ; year * OF ST. LOUISAN: > Ay | > WHO KEPT IT & SECRET — iy MRS. CLARA BUSCH, Railroad Will Try to Show Have on Track. show. A white screen was display. shown Tuesday. The case husband, William H. Powell. widow ‘got a judgment for. $5000, to be tried again. —— 8. — —— =e. attorney for 7; 5 rough — * that the ra tion. — shoved by a locomotive. KENWOOD SPRINGS Far Into Monday. suburb, near shocks were practically continuous Noyes reported similar shocks a ea at- Kenwood Springs at times, always on Su “The dishes rattled on shelves. and pictures swayed on the ‘walls. were severe, _they were noticeable morning. the Supreme Court reversed it, and it is MOVING PICTURES IN A COURT TRIAL Man Killed by Train Need Not The stage was’ set in Judge Homer's court Monday for. a moving picture tacked against the north wall, and the moving picture machine was in readiness, but the trial of another case delayed the The pictures grenenty will be is that of Mrs. Nannie C. Powell against the Frisco Railroad for damages on account of the death of her who was run down by a passenger train while walking the track July 28, 1905, between Pacific and Bureka, in St. Louis County. Powell had disputed his fare with the conductor and had been put off the train. In the first trial of the case his but = ‘was the only path Powell could * chosen. Lon O. Hocker, attorney for the railroad, had moving pictures made tot half a mile of the track, and hopes jin this.way to offset McIntyres conten- The pictur’ es were taken from a HAS SUNDAY ’QUAKE 1 J. B. Noyes Reports Shocks Con- tinuous From Midafternoon Kenwood Springs, a°8t. Louis County Suburban Park, had its regular Sunday earthquake yesterday, according to A. B. Noyes, who says the from $3 p. m. Sunday until 6 a. m. Monday. week ago and says he has felt tremors of the other “l am sure it Was an earthquake,” jhe said to a Post-Dispatch reporter. the cupbeard Glasses danced on the tables The movement seemed ‘to be from west to éast. While I would not say. the shocks from late yesterday afternoon until early this Walter A, Busch and Miss Clafa Schnippering Loved at » First Sight. GO TO HOUSEKEEPING Couple - Were.» Married ™ New Year's Day, and Have Lived Apart Since. Lae The secret marriage of Walter A. Busch, nephew of Adolphus Busch, to Miss Clara Schnippering of Covington, Ky., which took place.New Year’s day, became known Monday when théy went to housekeeping at 1310A North Euclid avenue. — Busch is manager of the‘ Anheuser- Busch branch in Madison, Ill. He is a son of the only brother of Adolphus Busch. — Miss Schnippering is the ,daughter of the late Carl Schnippering, a race horse man of Kentucky. She its enthusiastic over aeronautics and has made three balloon ascensions. Busch met’ Miss Schnippering last No- yember. She was in St. Louis on & visit to her sister, Mrs. Kate Clare, 6210 Maple avenue, and was at the theater with Louis J, Nicolaus’ of the Altheimer & Rawlings Investment Co., who had known her father in Kentucky. Busch was with a theater party and after the show he invited Nicolaus and Miss Schnippering to join them in a luncheon at Faust’s. They fell in love at first sight. He proposed to her the day before: New Year’s and she accepted him. They de- eided to get married the next day and to’ keep the wedding secret because of the death of her sister a few weeks be- fore. ; Busch’s six brothers and one sister live in .Washington,. Mo.,. but.the. broth- pers were all in Pasadena, Cal., at that Cu. mat £t airy ee “They lick: 5 tae tnt — eenss was. obtained “st Dmon, aed they were married at the Busch home, Miss Busch being the only witness. °°‘ After the wedding Mrs.: Busch went: to live at thé Planters Hotél, and Busch lived at the American until they decided to go to housekeeping. Even then they told only a very few of their. closest friends. Mre. Busch is 23 years old. Busch is about’ 38. WRESTLING BOUTS IN BOSTON BOUDOIRS Bay State Beauties Take Up the Sport as Aid to | Health. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mareh 13.—The latest fad among Bay State societ) women is wrestling. It is claimed that it promotes beauty of figure and good health. —— of the smart set are now t scenes of bouts, and the fad is wie read. Miss Olga Nelson and Miss Helen Ward took up the sport some years ago. From sickly anemic girls they have de- veloped into marvels of. strength and ability. Both are now teaching society women the sport and giving private exhibitions in the homes of the elect. — Ee Bulletin 206— Republic — e Sunday Score Yesterday, Sunday, March 12th, was as follows: _ Post-Dispatch, 301 Columns - Globe-Democrat ge ae Se eee 4 Post-Dispatch Excess Over the Republic.......... 155 cols. Over the Globe-Democrat. . . 80 cols. or “106. per cent excess dae the: ‘Republic — excess over - a Same pemeerat St. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, MARC MARCH 13, 1944. eae —⸗ ——————————— —X —— _ va — — — — — — aiken — wee Ba! * ELINOR! — — — ORIOLE + 3 Judge Allen. Has the Korb. Di- vorce Sut After the Lord Failed Pastor and Wife, BIBLE IS OFTEN. QUOTED Lawyer Says He.Cannot. Recon- cile Man’s. Prayers With Brutality Charged. ’ That Judge Allen'‘of the Circuit Court had a most difficult task in trying to decide a dispute between a preacher and his wife, which the Lord had’ been invoked to settle and had failed to do, was pointed out to the Court Monday by J. M. Lashly, attorney for the preacher. fore-you,” said Lashly, in ‘the brief he filed in court Monday. “This man and his wife knelt together and in- voked Divine assistance for a settle- ment of their disputes before they came into court with it. And it was only after their prayers remained un- answered that they came into court and asked human assistance.” More Scripture Quoted, A great many scriptural quotations have been made by the lawyers and wit- hesses in court during the trial of the divogge suit of Cora L. Korb,. daughter of the Rev. John Rhode, pastor of the German Methodist Church of ‘St. Louis, against the Rev. Arno B. Korb, until recently pastor of the German Metho- dist Church in Nauvoo, IlL., aygd Monday Lashly, attorney for the Rev. Mr. Korb, quoted some more. In his brief he- said: - What Elijah Would De. It seems unbelievable that this man, who, insisted on family prayers each morning, could so far forget the most honorable and moral principles as to strike, kick and curse his wife, as she testified here that he did. It almost violates Human credulity to ask us to believe that. one with modern lights and collegiate —— ood wear upon ‘brotalitv at a NW pee believe —52*8* he is the man his Wife pictured him. to be here on the 'witness stand, the Prophet Elijah, had he been living, would have girded his loins and gone by Divine direction to Nauvoo and, with a finger as long as timé and as piercing as conscience, pro- nounced against the Rev. Korb those awful words which struck with remorse the avaricious Arab and banished for- ever the last hope of life in the heart of the hewly anointed Ahaziah—‘Thou shalt surely die.” ’’ The testimony in thesKorb divorce case was he rd last week and the briefs of the lawyers were filed Monday. Judge Allen will decide®the case after he has read these briefs. PEG-LEG RACE TO ST. LOUIS One-Legged Walkers Will Start From Minneapolis April 2. MINNEAPOLIS Minn., March 13.—A challenge to one-legged men for a foot race from Minneapolis to St. Louis has been issued by Harry Meyers of this city, Mr. Meyers has just begun train- ing, and the racers will start April 2. TEMPERATURE TO RISE, BUT ’TWILL BE SLOW ASCENT THE TEMPERATURES. Poorer. ee eee C6 ss otc ook 12 (noon) ME bic sicaets 1 p. REO ee: Bie a *e en © @ ee 7st eet fe ee 89 45 47 “Yesterday’s Temperatures, Highest ..........-«++78 at 1 a. m, iment Pe eee ace 35 at midnight 7 SaAFa! > ° Has REACNED SAN ANTONIO. Spring opened her fluttering eyes and asked: am I?” No wonder she fainted,. poor thing! Just when she thought she could wear her brightest new gown and hat, Winter jumped out and hollered “Boo!” In three: hours the. thermometer ‘dropped 21 de- grees, from & to 4,-and at 7 a.— m. Monday it — —— 31, ** Where — — — — — ⏑ ⏑ )—— “Your Honor has a difficult task be’ - tr isfiguration | n· and have in his heart the malignant ler, divorced wife of Wedler. had’ boarded at her homie, 5702 Old Man- chester road; my hand, and I cut him ‘three times in knife and ran.” 6343 Odell avenue. weakly. ‘cent act of the Legislature, wiying | | the: Governor that power. . KIL BOARDER George Wedler Stabs Thomas H. | Humes After Quarrel About Divorce. — AHAume 4 years old, died at 4:44 a. m., Monday, at the city hos- pital. He was stabbed Saturday night by George Wedler, a fumigator for the Health Department, in a quarrel which began in the hame of Mrs.. Anna Werl- Humes since she separated from } Wedler. Wedler was arrested Sunday night by golicemen who were waiting for him } when he returned to his boarding. place, {849 Arsenal street. At the Forest Park Police. Station Wedler said: “Humes was the cause of my. wife} leaving me and getting a divorce. ‘After she left, Humes boarded at her home. I went to see her Saturday night, and was having words with her, whén Humes interfered and took her part. “Humes left the house and I walked out with him. We kept on quarreling, and when we were a block away he struck me. I had my pocket knife, in the. neck. the Then I threw away frem his wife. ‘Humes was separat Lena, live at. She and her daughter, FOSS BEGINS BAY STATE INVESTIGATION Massachusetts Taxpayers to Learn: What They Get for ‘Their Money. BOSTON, March 138:-—An investiga- tion ofthe business management of all the various Massachusetts com- ~ missions, departments and _ institu- tions, in which the taxpayers of the State will be regarded as stockhold- er or customers of the business, is under way here, under the @irection of Gov. Foss, in accordance with a re- Th a statement, Gov. Foss tells or the ‘reason: pees ae eh —— neg | * outlines ‘the plan... 5 eee Heights,. was awakened by a piece of The house was tn flames. fire department reached the scene with either home. Part of the furniture was saved. trom — “on : —⸗ Fight for Revenue Measure - Which | Holds It Is Not an. of Power Even " Non-Taxable Ti ‘ — vl tn pene read by. Justice Day, the: ze a ARUSES FAMILY John Taylor, Awakened: Amid Flames, Rescues Children | and Neighbors.- John Teylee. asleep at 3 A. nm. Mon- day, in. his home in forest “Park purning timber which te® on his bed: | Taylor and his wife and their chilaren’ occupy the first. floor of the | two-story. framé. dwelling, and Joseph Hill and his} ‘family occupy the second floor. “All-es+]: caped, scantily clad, into the cold morn~ ing air, and Taylor ran to the Clayton School No. 2, a short distance away, i, give ethe’ alarm. The, fire spread to ‘the home of ar- thur Oswitz, a one-story frame cottage adjoining. He and his wife fled into ‘the street in their fight -clothes, The Forest Park Heights volunteer its chemical engine too late to save Both burned té the ground: Oswses s home. * Oswitz had’$30 in’ his trousers, whien either was burned or disappeared after the clothes were rescued from the fire. The homes are on South avenue in the subdivision. The residents of the suburb, roused by the ringing of the schoo] bell, did -all\in their\péower to icheck the flames, forming a bucket brigade, but the fire was so far ad- vanced before it was. discovered that they were powerless. Forest Park Heights i: in St. Louis County, west of Forest — —_— — * IN BOXING BoutT| Fatal Blow Lands on Solar Plexus—Exonerated by the .Coroner’s Jury. M?...CARMEL,. T.,..March. 13—A. ‘ * friendly boxing match between: two 16-|' iy Leased Wire From the Wash ~~ WASHINGTON, March 18,—The | hgh co e Court of the United Sti tes The ¢ 36 , | power to insert the provisions of the ‘ t e enforcement would not work a law. ‘The law was hel not applicable to the Minneapolis SynBlcate,:a real estate concern, of, thé ground that it was not: “doing bu#iness,”” ‘withis the meaning of the law. Near the outset of the option. as it appears’ in printed form, i» the statement that the tax “is imposed not upon the’ franchises of the cor- perations irrespective of their use in business, nor upon the property. ‘of the corporation, but upon the doing o* corporate or insurance business} 'y Nation Well Within Its Provir in: Assessing the ( or “The income is not umitea to such as { ts received from property used in the business, strictly speaking, but is ex | pressly declared to be on the entire net jincome above $5000 from all sdurces, ex- cluding . the amounts received as ‘divi- | in other corporations, joint steck companies or.associations or insurance companies also subject to the | * tax An otnher words the tax is imponed ony. the. aoing of ‘business of the cheracter | described d the measures of the tax is ta be the income, with the deduction stated, received not only from property used In business, but from every source. This view of the measure of the tax is strengthened when we note as to or- ganizations under the laws of ‘foreign . countries the amount of net income over and. -above $6000 includes that received from. business transactions and capita! invested in the United States, the ter- ritories, Alaska and District of Colum b " Court Answers Objections. After Justice Day had thus given} the interpretation which — “the —— had put on the@provisions of the act, Isa Premium Paid for I “We think," says the opinion, “it 5 * | the. result of the cases heretofore de- | BOY KILLS CHUM I.