St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 30, 1914

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PRICE ONE CENT. ~ NY GIVES RUSSIA 24 HOURS EXPLAIN MOBILIZATION; CALLS RES RORATE sun N APPRAISERS - TW LEGAL FEE i E State Auditor Ask Asks Attorney- _ General to Investigate In- heritance Tax Allowances of From $6 to $10 a Day When Law Fixes Rate at $3 a Day. E W. LEE PAID’ $16,816 IN LAST 54 MONTHS He Served as Excise Com- missioner at $6000 a Year » tor awe Years of That x > $10, 000 i in Same Time. - P John P, Gordon, State Auditor, told Post-Dispatch reporter in Jefferson City Thursday that he would ask At- * torney-General Barker for an or nion as to whether the State could recover alleged excessive fees allowed by the Probate Court of St. Louis to Attorneys Edwin W. Lee and Henry A. Baker} for collateral inheritance tax assess- The collateral -{mheritance tax law _ provides that appraisers shall be paid epi ‘at the rate of $3 a day for every day E eetuatty and necessarily employed in 3 7 ¢ appraisal of estates subject to the _ Statements filed with the Auditor's » in Jefferson City and the Collect- office in St. Louis show that Lee paid average of $10 GB past Pe and one-half Baer that Baker“has-been paid an aver- » of more. than $6 a day tor the same that - these allowances as lee grabbing business, but lat tne matter was beyond his control. said he would -stop it if he- had any | authority, but that the statutes placed ' the power in the hands of the Probate Inquiry. Begun in March. ' Gordon instructed Orville M. Barnett of St Louis, a collateral inheritance to investigate the fees to Lee and Baker and report to = him on the subject. He first took up © the matter with Collector Koeln in St. ‘Louis last March, when he wrote to him @sking for an explanation of the large fees paid to Lee and Baker. Gordon id the reports showed that in some honths Lee and Baker were paid $300 | - a& month, and that he could not n da how anybody could work as ich as 200 days in a month. Koeln "Peplied that he had no discretion—that 4 ee « the law he was compelled to the amounts allowed by the Pro- ‘Court. aa paid in 1910 fees aggregating ; in 1911, $3702: in ‘1912, $4811; in omy and for the first five n mths of 1914, $1382. The aggregate ‘Bum for the 54 months was $16,816, or an av ze of $311.41 a month. ii 011, a912 and part of 1918, Lee was xcise Commissioner at a salary of $6000. @ year The record shows that in June, while he was serving as Excise ssioner, he was allowed fees of 2.50 for services. for the ‘month of ; Fees Aiseeibaa $33 a Day. | For that month alone he was paid an Pa erage of $83.29 for each of the 30 days. litor Gordon holds that the most that iid legally have been allowed for the ervices of an appraiser for that month i have been $90, and to have earned - that sum he would have been compelled 9 have worked can of the four Sun-.- rhe fees paid to ‘Lee during the year 7—-wWhen he-was at the same time ving as Excise Commissioner at a of $500 a month—were slizhtly in of $18 a day—or more than fcur the amount, which, in Gordon’s ri —_— ; 7) ge 7K he, ee eg ar DR g September. : nigher at 94c, and quickly advanced 95 nts bid, wi ut flashed trade. Suir % wast d, witho | WEATHER IS TO BE FAIR AND SOMEWHAT WARMER THE TEMPERATURES. Mave ee ree oo 68 Yesterday’s Temperatures. High. .86 at 4 p. m. Low. .68 at 7 a. ™. “Will you please passcz the coffee- vatz,” said Mr. W. at the breakfast table. “What in the world?” said Mrs. Ww. “And I think [ll take a/ little creamusa and sug arinjk in it this morning.” “Why, John.” “And one of those nice light buiscuitsukas.”’ “What kind of talk is that?’’ “I can’t help it. -I’ve been reading those Austrian- Servian names in the war news, my ‘dear.’’ Official forecast for St. Leulis and vicinity: Fair tonight; Friday partly cloudy; slowly rising temperature. For Missouri—Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; probably local showers; somewhat higher temperature in east portion. For llinois—Fair tonight: Friday partly cloudy; possibly showers in northwest portion: slowly rising temperature. MARQUIS MUST PAY’$750 FOR HIS SHINDY IN HOTEL Queensberry Smashed Things Generaily Before. Rushing to Street Clad in Waistcoat. LONDON, July 20—The Marquis osadiness. for any contingency. It is reported that artillery will immediately man the forts in thé harbor. Army officers dectined. to comment on the movements of the troops, asserting that they. had been Instructed to say [tn it was killed by the Council. Se a me © | nothing for epee Movement of Troops Said to} HALIFAX, N. 8., July 30.—There were} ARTILLERY BATTLE ON DANUBE FOLLOWS THE ATTACK BY AUSTRIAN ’ NISH, Servia, July. 30,—The invading Austrian troops ad. vanced today some twenty miles to the southward of Belgrade and an artillery duel was in progress this morning near Kiegznicy and’ Semendria. Band of Invaders Repulsed. LONDON, July 30.—A bulletin received by the Servian Le- gation. says the Austrians, attempting to cross the Danube, 20 miles east of Belgrade, were repulsed by the Servians and that a big artillery engagement is in progress. Another message received by the Servian legation says the Servian troops successfully resisted the Austrian advance at. Los- nitza, to the west of Belgrade. Laustrian Advance Is Sharply Opposed. ‘ there until dark, inflicting heavy losses LONDON, July 30.—A newspaper dis-jon the Austrians. patch from Rome says sharp resistance | is being offered to the Austrian ad-' vance from the northwest by small de- | tachments of Servian troops left to im-~- pede their progress. The news comes from Nish, Servia, by way of Saloniki The: Austro-Hungarian invaders fol- lowed the valley of the River Morava and first encountered a body of Servian troops at Semendria, on the Servian side of the Danube. The Servians held ground until nightfall and then retired Both Austrians and Servians sustained heavy losses, several hundred soldiers being killed in the engagement. On. the western side of Servia ani Austrian column came into contact with a Servian force at Losnitza, which put jup a stubborn defense and held the fort * The Southern Austrian column in Bos- nia remained stationary today, awaiting the _movement .of the - Montenegri } troops. reduced by the Austrian artillery, which, | however, caused only slight damage to other parts of the. Servian capital. an Austrian shell. Servian sharpshoot- ers greatly harried the. Austrian artil- lerymen during the bombardment. ’ AEN aA. i Rae : BERLIN, July, 30.—The | nounced here iast. ‘night. = Sissel hecalal al terday to hold themselves in pendiness The ancient fortress. of Belgrade was} The British legation was struck by} Aurtrlans Attack, Betgrade and Leve| Fort, . - wie part of the fort at Belgrade was an-| : | QUICK ACTIO THE KAISER STUATIO England Makes Rapid Movements of Men and pine to Rawives. oe ae LONDON, July 30.—An Exchange. ‘Telegraph Co. 's diya from St. Petersburg says that Sergius Sazonoff, Russian Minister, replied to the German note, stating that. the. mobili tion of the Russian army was on _ and could not = stopped. By Associated Press. « BERLIN, July 30.—In a note spate morning to St, Petersburg, the German ment gives Russia 24 hours to explain tions with regard to mobilization. This action brings the E si n ~ ‘Yo! an | It was Germany’s quick of her mobilizhtion of 14 timy oobfi att In diplomatic quarters here it‘was siiaie tha uit . | sia asked three quéstions—the object: of the mobi atic it was directed against Austria-Hungary, and’¥ ethe willing to order a stoppage of the mobilization, = = e In the meantime all preparatory orders for a mobilisation Q the Germany army were issued. ., All the officers were recalled and no: leave. is to be granted. t 1 The railroad battalions have been given special ‘orders. _ ee The reserve officers of the Guards. Army. Corps, whose. quarters are in Berlin, today received orders to, mobilize. Preliminary instructions had been. sent earlier ‘by. the. War Department to all officers and soldiers of the asc de hold Foo % ‘selves in readiness to join the colors. ce The Officers of’ the regular army. cived t pe mobilization of their units. - All foreign pupils at the big German schools were that they must leave Germany immediately. = ee The Foreign Office late this afternoon gave to tlie’ ‘press. the following statement, in which “‘decisive steps’’ nofee to. the Pern questions put to Russia: ‘‘Germany ‘has taken decisive steps at: St. Petersburg, Paris” and other European capitals within the last hour, the results ot F which will determine the issue of war or peace. ‘. ‘‘Germany has faithfully kept the peace and the reports of mo- — bilization of Germany’s troops have: been premature. © Germany 3 has made no war move. The only steps taken have been in the di- ; rection of peace. 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