St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 1, 1924

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The Radio Equipment ‘ou No Longer Use Can be sold or exchanged for something you nced through Post-Dispatch Wants Olive or Central 6600—or Your Druggist F se mi 4s Bice mie, Le 0 BP FPL RNIN T. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ~The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service Sie EOE Re hake i SRG, ee, a ” oi a a _— . med ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1924—44 PAGES, ~ Woman Who’ Always Refused Bonus Now Inherits DER OF Business Treasurer of Bank Note Com- pany Is Only One Who Knows Work, Says Employer’s Will NEW YORK, May 1.—The will of George H. Kendall, bequeathing the New York Banknote Co., of which he was head, to his secre- emneaiitien meal tary, Miss Ethel Graham Allen, was filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogate’s Court. To his wife, Kendall left $125,- 000, and to his daughter, Mra. Muriel Kendall Bellamore, $100,- 000. Minor bequests also were made to his son-in-law, David H. Bellamore, and his grandson, Da- vid Kendall Ballamore. The resi- due, including the business of the New York Banknote Co., is left to Miss Allen, who he names as executrix. Miss Allen .is treasurer of the banknote company, and has been closely associated with Ken- dall in the management of the business for many years. She Can Save Business. Referring to the gift of the busi- ness to Miss Allen, the.will states; “She is thoroughly honest, knows the vast complication of my business as well as I do, and in many instances, better, and is the only person who does. Be the choice a wise one or not, it is the only one that can save the busi- ness from immediate wreck.’’ Alexander Pfeiffer, attorney for the widow and daughter, said yes- terday: “TI can say in behalf of the fam- ily of Kendall that the provision made by Kendall for Miss Allen is % acceptable to the family. The will SO RDOVA, Alaska, May 1.—No]/is offered for probate by Mrs. 4 had been received at 2:25 a.| Kendall. Miss Allen prefers not fo Byaay at this@station, which is act as executrix, and is renouncing in favor of Mrs. Kendall.”’ gonstant wireless communica- Ronuses Were Refused. 4 wre ene sorte lyst region, For many years, Miss Allen ha’ eget tate of Maj. Preder- refused to accept bonuses from her: _ employer. She always said she could take nothing -she did not earn. Yestertiay, Miss Allen learned of her inheritance. PARISIAN FLAPPERS HAVING PORTRAITS PAINTED IN NUDE Salon Just Opened Shows Many Canvases of Young Women in the True-to-Life. Copyright, 1924, by the Press and Pulitzer Publishing Cos., the New York Worid ~ .and the Post- Diapatch. tAIS, May 1.-The Parisian flapper has taken a step beyond all other flappers in having her por- trait painted in the nude. Ina new salon opened here, and before all artistic and fashionable Paris, vis- itors were astonished by the num- ber.of portraits of young women— and it was obvious they were not from mode] sittings—in which the sitters were put on the canvas in the manner made famous by. the Sweetiish painter and etcher. Zorn. One excellent nude portrait, cata- logued ‘“‘Portrait of Mademoisselle xX,” by Vandongen, caught the at- tention of visitors who, Knowing the habit of painters and the sub- jects of their paintings to haunt the neighborhood of the canvas on the first day of the salon, could be seen constantly, searching the faces of young women in the room to see which one posed for the sensation- al true-to-life painting. STINNES OUTWITTED GERMANY ; ESTATE WILL PAY NO TAXES Miaade Widow Sole Legatee and RLD FLIGHT. SING IN zor GALE ; Face Found of Major derick R. Martin, Who t Most Northern Point ‘ ie the Continent for t Sitch Hafbor, Unalaska D REACHES 100-MILE VELOCITY san Blizzard So Severe xt Even Sea Gulls ‘ling to Shelter—Fish- Boats Search for Lost | Aviator. "ee Associated Press. Associated Press. ATTLE, May 1.—Radio ad- received at 5 a. m. today from \laskan peninsula said no trace been found of Maj. Frederick artin in the flagplane Seattle, yh left Chignik yesterday for > eh Harbor, Unalaska Island. > Ang boats are searching for the > ing plane. Ba ne Associated Press. ALBE PASS, UWnimak Island, '1%By Wireless via Bremerton, sp cag are expressed here esa of Maj. Martin, com- i nitéd States Army a for vantineliag the globe, who ~Chignik, Alaska, at 11:10 a. m. re rsterday for Dutch Harbor, Un- Asland, and who was not re- 4s passing any points up to 6 last night. Sigents at the Small cannery m here, located on the south- mn point of Unimak Island, Tkatan Bay, have just passed "wah the worst five days ever p for this period of the year. ye North Pacific Ocean has © fashed by terrific gales, the > 4 frequently reaching 100 miles nour. The air at. the wireless “on has been filled with snow ‘gfrom the mountain sides and ring peaks. } the sea gulls making their 1ere did not try to fly yes- ¥seeking sheltered nooks and out of the cold wind. The . =ature ranged from 60 to 24 , 4 above zero during the a Maj. Martin succeeded in "ing Dutch Harbor he will. be EMPLOYER'S WILL GIVES BUSINESS 10 FAITHFUL WORKER Richard P. Keller, $40-a- Week Foreman, Re- warded by George L. Niehaus for. Service. WILL ALSO RECEIVE $10,000 BEQUEST Machinery and Good Will of Plant Left to Employe on Condition He Buy the Raw Material. Twenty-nine years ago Richard P. Keller, then a boy of 15, began working in the sorghum evapor- ator manufacturing plant of George lL. Niehaus as a “helper’—doing a little bit of everything. He was a steady, faithful em- ploye, and after years of service had, as he thought, al? the reward he might expect—the foremanship of the plant at 316 South Third street and a weekly salary of $40, cut, however, to $35 in the dull winter months. He never complained at the re- duction, and now is glad he didn't. Niehaus died becenthy. and his will, filed yesterday for probate, shows Keller's real reward. Terms of the Will. To the “faithful employe” is be- queathed the emplover’s business. Iie gets the machinery and good will on condition that he purchase the stock of raw materials on hand. In addition, he is given $100 a year for each of his 29 years of service, and will receive $10,000 from Niehaus’ estate when the principal is divided among several heirs after the death of life bene- ficiaries. Keller is allowed 69 days to make up his mind if hée wants to take the business, and a year to pay for the stock. He didn’t need 60 minutes to decide to take it. “It's a good business, but . 1 haven’t any idea what tt’s worth," he told. a Post-Dispately reporter yesterday in his little. thrée-room frame cottage at 4120 Beethoven avenue, his only property before the Niehaus bequest. “IT had charge of the manufac- turing and shipping, but Mr. Nie- haus kept the books. I only know we keep 12 men busy in the sum- mer turning out evaporators for Sears-Roebuck, Montgomery, Ward & Co., and other big concerns that sell to the farmer. Only three mnen are needed in winter, but it’s a good business, a mighty good busi- ness. “Kind to Everyone.” “It's all such a surprise that I’m in a kind of fog yet. Mr. Niehaus | never mentioned leaving me the, business or even remembering me in his will. He was kind to mé, and he and Mrs. Niehaus used to take me and my wife and boy rid- ing in their car evenings some- everyone. I never heard him speak a cross word to a workman all the 29 vears I was with him. “Tt was a grand thing to do— | murder and when arrested _mer, Mrs. | Mrs. land 'As_ Schaefer was obeying a com- ‘WOMAN IDENTIFIES KUMMER, ON TRIAL IN MURDER CASE Waitress Says Defendant Was One of Pair Who Held Up Delicatessen and Killed Owner. ALIBI DEFENSE TO BE PRESENTED Attorney Tells Jury That Accused Man Was at “‘Beer-Party” on Night of Killing. Largely upon the identification of the defendant by one woman witness rests the State’s case against Edward Kummer, who being tried in Circuit Judge Itt- ner’s Court for the murder of John Edward Schaefer, in a holdup of Schaefer's delicatessen, 1811 South Thirty-ninth street, shortly after midnight, March 109. The defense is an alibi, as out- lined by Kummer’s lawyer, Patrick H. Cullen, in an opening statement to the jury yesterday. Kummer,. who is and lives at $521 Caroline street, made a neat appearance in court. His lawyer said he expected to pro- duce testimony that Kummer was at-a “beer party” the night of the was hesitant in answering policemen’s questions because he thought he was being interrogated about that party. Identified by Waitress. The identification of Kummer was made toward the beginning of is ‘the State’s case yesterday by Mrs. Josephine R. Ern, 40, of 1523A South Thirty-ninth street, a waitress at the delicatessen, who with Schaefer's wife was held up by two robbers, just before Sch#e- fer was called tip from the base- fient and shot wantonly by one of the robbers. Mrs. Ern was positive in identification and withstood a grilling cross examination. She said Kummer was one of the rob- her ders, both of whom carried drawn revolvers. -_They ordered ..“‘hands up’? and Kummer, the witness said, made Mrs. register, from which he took a lit- tle money. Schaefer was in counting the day’s receipts. Ern related, commanded “call the boss’’ to her husband. the basement, Schaefer to she called /mand to face the wall with hands raised, a shot was fired and Schae- fer fell to a chair, mortally wounded, while.the robbers ran out, Mrs. Ern declared. The witness maintained. that, al- though Kummer’s eyes were con- times. But then he was kind to, cealed by the peak of his cap, she had had a good look at the lower part of his face, and noticed that he had “extending ears.” Kum- mer, she said, had announced just Schaefer open the cash | | to | $400 a Seat at First Production, in Milan, Of Boito Opera, “Nero” Musical World Speculates res Nature of Dead Composer’s Work—May Belong to Past Generation. By the Associafed Press. MILAN, Italy, May 1.—Interest in the musical and artistic world in general is at*fever heat over the forthcoming first production of the posthumous work of Arrigo Boito, ‘‘Nerone,”’ or ‘‘Nero,” at the opera here. Not in years has there been such eager anticipation of any musical event, the situation being reminiscent of the historic occa- sions in the days of the great Verdi, when that master was about 4 tu produce a new work. An important difference is that in this case the composer is dead, having died in 1918, without the | composer of “Mefistofele’’ ever having consented to the perform- ance of his later work, on which he spent so many years of labor.- In musical circles there is some spec- ulation as to whether the lengthy period which Boito spent in revis- ing, rewriting and correcting the score of the opera may not have re- sulted in a work which, when pro- duced, will be found to belong to a past generation. Repérts are current that im- mense sums are being paid for seats | for the first night, as the theater has long been sold out. ican visftor is said to have paid 25,- 000 lire ($1250) for a box, while Single seats have been resold for 7000 to 8000 lire, or $350 to $400. Musical critics are resting under | the strict secrecy they are forced to |'observe regarding the character of 26 years old | the werk, until its public presenta- tion... This uncertainty, however, has only served to increase the in- terest among the music lovers” of many nations. HAMON WISHED TO MAKE SON, JAKE JR., PRESIDENT | Widow Tells of His Secret Ambi- tion to Create Youngest Chicf Executive. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—The ambi- tion of Jake Hamon, Oklahoma pol- itician and oil man, was not to be ! | presidency Secretary of the Interior—it was to ma! . iis son, Jake Um, President of the United States. This was dis- closed today by his widow on ‘her return from Washington, where she was summoned te testify before the Teapot Dome Investigating Com- mittee, and then was not asked to take the witness chair. “He wanted | to be nothing else but chairman of ‘the Republican National Commit- | tee,”’ Mrs. Hamon said. ‘*T’ll get it and I'll hold it for years until Jake Jr. is old enough take it over,’ he told me,” said. ‘‘ ‘Then I'll make l.im chari- | man in my place, and let him hold Kum- | 1 enough, and when that time comes. it until he is wise enough and old | I'll make Jake Jr. youngest President President—the of the United , States.’ ”’ ’ Hamon swung his support from former Gov. Warren G. Harding in the 1920 Re- publican convention at her request, Mrs. Hamon said. Harding, she explained, was a distant relative of her family. Then the widow, who was married to a Chicago man and divorced since Hamon’s death, paid a tribute to the deceased. “IT want to be known by his name; I shall have no_other. I One Amer- | she | Lowden. of Illinois to | UNITED RAILWAYS PRO TESTS AGAINST DUPLICATION Of me CAR SERVICE BY BUS LINES CHICAGO MAN NEW HEAD OF LAGLEDE CAS COMPANY Charles A. Munroe to Be- come Chairman of the Board of Directors and Assume Active Charge. | NEW CORPORATION AS HOLDING COMPANY Syndicate Which Recently Acquired Concern Ap- plies for Permission to Make Stock Transfer. Charies A. Munroe of Chicago, head of a syndicate which recently purchased control of the Laclede Gas Light Co., will become chair- | man of the Board of Directors and | assume active charge of the opera- tion of the properties, it was an- nounced today. The announcement followed an application to the Public Service Commission . for permission to transfer the controlling stock in- terest to the Laclede Gas and Elec- tric Co., which has been organized (to serve as a holding company. Munroe will retire from the vice of the People’s Gas Light & Coke Co. of Chicago. The new syndicate, which he hi not connected with the Sam sull interests, which coritrol Chicago Gas & Electric Cos. terests associated with Munroe in the | |the purchase of $5,000,000 of com- }mon stock of the Laclede company, carrying the control of the corpo- ration with it, are the Koppers Co., Pittsburg: Guaranty Co, New York; T. B. MacAulay and Sir Her- (bert Holt of Montreal. Where Stock Was Obtained. It was said the stock purchased | represented that held, for | greater part, by persons living out- side St. Louis. It follows that about $5,700,000 of the $10,708,000. outstanding common stock is held in the city. The common steck, as is known, has led to controversies between the city and the Laclede Company in the matter of valuation before the, Public Service Commission. City engineers have maintained that the common stock originally issued as a bonus to holders of the company’s preferred stock and did not in fact represent any actual investment in the physical plant. To some extent at least the com- A WILL ASSUME CONTROL is | i-th" Int; the} OF LACLEDE GAS CO. m) >. ” ee i —-Moffitt Photo. CHARLES A. MUNROE, ee METHODISTS URGE CONGRESS TO UPHOLD DRY AMENDMENT Resolution by Judge Pollock Op- poses Any Modification in Liquor Content. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 1.-—— A petition to Congress to permit no modification of the prohibition amendment was-approved unani- mously by the general conference of the AMeritediet Episcopal Church | pre se here taday. & a .a. ution, .propesefl - Judge. epee K. Pollock, delegate rom North Daketa, was amend- before passage to include a‘ re- est to the board of bishops for to carry the petition ary committee of the ask for a hearing in’ ent: were peing made, Pollock's resolution. de- d, and the general conference red to remind Congress that the amendment was not a. mere piece, of political machinery.” “This €@nference urges Con- gress,”’ the resolution read in part, “not to permit. any change in» thé content .of liquor as prescribed in the amendment, believing that any such.change :would render more difficult. the .enforcement of the law. * * * The Methodist Episcé-. pal Church: expects all >its: niem-- bers, both in and out of: Congréss. to do cmpie full duty. es WHY DOES UNDERWEAR SHRINK? ’ ice, rn | y 0 ; ; : SYSTEM Cl INTO REVEN $2000 A Dt NA Protest Filed ed Wie the Street Railway C pany, Which Bus Line of Vital h ance in Proposed S at-Cost Plan. BRIEF SUBMITTED BY MANAGER |Granting of Permits Would Be an Ext of Existing Trar tion Facilities Not jected to, The United Railways, mn » test filed today with the Bos Public Service, holds: herp sions, and not duplic “ne i ste 0 Sr: Sip 7 ? a Fe 8 ead ean ta : Tn. Brgy nen 0m 3 pone an 1000 a further competition. » street car lines, it wee 9 would make. coever the revenue and 5 ab necessity for higher tre The Post-Dispatch from an authoritative in the United Railways tion committee, that th nl considers bus line ) ., importance to its. anf rs at-cost, with a fix ad re ele vestment, as a solution % lem intended. toe brio railways out of fin additional bus se pod morrow, but that op developed: hei niet by kins, pes Dus line: extension pag a service Bus nermaita: | ie 1) ¥ » yr, Ay, ’ pe 000" . a . gh Oey fe) atk if rae ee fea BN II: ON MR gb ep hm ce aod nai sey th yal aaa ey } Was cot amare NE es ‘po Rie aaa rand a: ae “qualified for any bad weather 38.8% j ‘ might arise later, according mission paid heed to this conten- tion in fixing a tentative valuation for rate making purposes a. few -| years ago when it adopted $30,000,- 000 as its figure. This approxi- mately represented the $28,500,000 of the company’s outstanding bonds and preferred stock with little al- lowance for the $10,700,000 of common. Plan to Expand Intimated. Monroe intimated an intention of the new control toward expan- sion today when he said that it was probable the company would issue securities in the near future. The book value of the Laclede company, its own appraisal of its value, is $43,326,348, The Public Service Commission's valuation was only $31,336,786. The application to the commis- sion for permission to transfer the $5,000,000 of stock purchased by the syndicate to. the newly organ- ized Laclede Gas and Electric Co.,a Delaware corporation, is negessary because of a State law providing that no corporation, without the consent of the Public Service Com- mission, shall acquire or hold more than 10 per cent of the capital stock of any public utility corpora- tion in Missouri. The commilasion will hold a public hearing Wednes- shall henceforth be known always as Mrs. Jake Hamon.” WAR CAUSES TO BE STUDIED AS MEANS OF PREVENTION School Formed at Johns Hopkins University in Memory of Walter Hines Page. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 1.—Research | into the causes of war, looking | toward the discovery of possible means of averting war, will be one of the chief features of work at the School of International Relations of Johns Hopkins University. The plan to create the school was proposed Tuesday in New York, at a meeting of distinguished edu- cators, publicists and business men, who declared it would be dedicated to the memory of Walter Hines Page, war-time Ambassador to Great Britain. Private contribu- tions wijl furnish| an endowment for the new undertaking, it is said. Dr. W. W. Willoughby. professor of political science at Johns Hopkins, said: “The main purpose of the school would be research, with the idea of Children Waive All Right to Huge Fortune, a BERLIN, May 1.—Hugo Stinnes Sg in| Outwitted the German State. mpting the 400-mile flight from No taxes will be collected on his |: egnik to Dutch Harbor during|®uge fortune. Under the German : : law, if the widow is sole legatee and the children waive their rights — jit is prohibited to disinherit chil- dren totally—no taxes need be paid. Stinnes’ children appeared before the court yesterday and for- mally waived all claims. Thus the State is deprived of a sum estimat- ed at as much as $100,000,000. Sources close to the family told the Post-Dispatch and New York World that Stinnes did not believe in paying taxes, which would be uselessly spent. When Can a Man Afford } a: Car ? | for. a, ta brief says, and na the bon fabs | more, pen toby gree | of 69.3. , Of the tot leaving me his business and put- ting me in ‘his shoes. He's given me my start in life. Yes, sir, it was a grand thing to do.” Niehaus, who died April 21, at the age of 65, also left $5000 to an- other. “faithful employe,” Max Blitz. The latter bequest, however, like Keller’s $10,000, is not effec- tive until the eventual division of | the estate, on the death of life ben- eficiaries. The principal life beneficiary is the widow, Mrs. Emma B. Nie- haus, who gets the apartment house in which they resided at 4301-7 Forest Park Place, and a half interest in the income of the estate, which is left in trust, with Mrs. Niehaus and the Mississippi Valley Trust Co. as trustees. The four-story brick building, of which the evaporator plant occupies two floors, does not go to Keller, but is retained with the estate. Other Bequests. The other half of the income from the estate is to go to two sisters, Mima and Idalia Niehaus, When they and Mrs. Nichaus die. two brothers, Otto and Edward Niehaus, are to receive the income. Specific. bequests of more than before the shooting that he ‘‘would shoot the danined head off any- one who made a false move.” She said ceiling lights were burning at the time and admitted she had been mistaken in testf[fying in a deposition that they were not. Other witnesses testified that the lights were buining shortly after the shooting. Capt. Chrismer Testifies. Capt. Octa N. Chrismer of Mag- nolia District Station today testi- fied to the circumstances of Kum- mer’s first identification. It was on the morning after the murder, he said, and Mrs. Ern picked Kum- mer from a group of four prison- ers who were led before her and other witnesses. Kummer at first declared he had spent the entire evening in a moving picture show but later changed his story to say he spent the evening at a “beer party,’” the Captain testified. Capt. Chrismer underwent a rigid cross-examination at the hands of Kummer’s attorneys. He admitted he was a distant relative by marriage of Mrs. May Schaefer, the widow. Mrs. Schaefer, who yesterday re- lated briefly the circumstances of the holdup, was recaled today!. She Sis Jee Department of Conunerce Is“Seek- ing the Reason. . By the Associated Preas. . WASHINGTON, May .1 The Department of Commerce today in- stituted .a sweeping’ investigation. into the shrinkage of undérwear. Assistance of the Bureau’ of; Standards and makers of. wnder- wear was enlisted to help solve the mystery and a meeting of manu- facturers was called for May 7. ~ The effect of improper soap, laundry machines, wringing. press- ing and‘ finishing as well be: tension of knitting machines/_ AT be studied by the experts,in an ef- fort to reduce the shrinkage. _ To SLRS A ed ee ete en we ee ir > tin Had Received Favorable he 4 Weather Reports. he Associated Press. > ORDOVA, Alaska, May 1.—Ac- “ing to a wireless dispatch re- a ad here, Maj. Martin left Chig- a the last point on the North Eerican continent—after recciv- p favorable reports from the ‘ed States coast guard cutter E nquin stationed at Unga Strait, 4 way between Chignik and 3 e Harbor. > )“MiMartin landed at Chignik ay in a blinding snow- fter fighting his way ’ blizzard for 120 miles atak, where he was forced Pril 165, en route to Chig- Seward. estimated that under yimatic conditions ‘Maj. > Mould make the 400-mile fto Dutch Harbor, where to rejoin his three com- aed § ae —_ « — — , mid ied pus ~ al) — Ai <3 ~ 7 ° De ree « FiL- ah o es ~. ¥ — —— ~ ms VP - Sune . Laan n= 4 ied ~~ _— NGO koe) | Whenever he realizes that it pays generously in pleasure « and in profit through in- creased physical and mental Na nl - on m who have heen waiting e him since April 19, in a Ff six hours’ steady flying. } arrival of the American er at Dutch Harbor, a gpection was to be made of ‘ planes. » the next stop of the world a will be at Itka Islands, 350 southwest of Unalaska Island. ae Fishers Asked to Look for Fock Martin. “anual Alaska salmon pack ed to take up the search 4, Martin, who has been ex- | ane difficulty ever since the won of four planes left @ipnica, Cal., March 17. Few mw boats are equipped with meeand the number on Page 3, Column <. On the present | is that have come north for | of such epicentingnas | efficiency. of individual preference — but a@ man can buy a car for a very modest sum if he will carefully investigate those for sale over tn the Post- Dispatch’s Classified “Auto- mobiles’ columns. You'll ‘find: you can—and should—afford a car now. i i i a a a a a a The Post-Dispatch St. Louis’ One Big Automobile Directory The Perfect Market-Place : : ) What a car costs is a matter : | : ' vision. ito go to Mrs. Niehaus’ sister, Ida $115,000 are made for eventual di- Fifty thousand dollars is Betsch; $10,000 to another sister of hers, Mrs. Louisa Hagmon; $25,- 000 to her niece, Leo Oldfather: $19.000 to another niece, Pauline Silver, and $5000 to “each of my first cousins."”” Niehaus died with- out children. The residue of the state is to be divided equally between the Ger- man Protestant Orphan’s Home and the German General Protes- tant Orphan’s Home. The shares of these institutions may be atg- mented greatly, as they are to -re- ceive all sums intended for spe- cific heirs, who die before the death of the Ufe beneficiaries makes distribution of the principal possible. testified that $110 was taken from the cash register, and that $40 in a purse and a diamond pin were missing from her husband’s body when it was returned from the morgue. Patrolman Charlies _ 5. Foster who arrested Kummer and two other suspects testified that their cash aggregated no more than $1.50. Richard F. Lawless, 24, a me- chanic, of 3714 West Pine boule- vard, proved to be a witness whose identity had been protectéd previ- ously by the police. He said that he was on a northbound Park car on Thirty-ninth street, shortly after the shooting, and that Kummer boarded the car at De Tonty street, half a Block north of the store, Contipued on Page 3, Column 3. publishing the results of investiga- tions from time to time, as is done now in the graduate schools.” ‘DRUNK’ IN CONGRESS, HE SAYS Representative Declares “Dry” Member Was Intoxicatcd on Fioor. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, May 1.-——Repre- sentative Cellar (Dem.), New York, in a.letter today congratulating Dr. Nicholas-Murray Butler on his recent prohibition utterances, de- clared that “yesterday in the House a ‘dr’ member was actually drunk —in the ‘fullest’ sense of that term.” The incident, he declared, illus- trated “the utter hypocrisy of pro- hibition.” day at which the city and others in- terested will have an opportunity to be heard. It is not known what changes in the official personnel of the Laclede Co. are contemplated at this time. Munroe Graduate in Law. Munroe undoubtedly will deeply interest himself in the active man- + agement of the business. He has _ Continued on Pane 3, Column 3. ni Programs