St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 1, 1926

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wae! . ne ay ye ec aie i ie Fe dag ee te iyi or ret “GOOD- PAYING. Tenants ‘ap ing. Your Property Listed in the oe rt ISPATCH Classified . Columns. | Real Estate and Want Advertisements were POST-DISPATCH during March, 25,980 ” The Only Eccaley Paper mn St. Lours With the hitcietad Press News Service 332 es pe: = toere carried by the THREE other 4% “Louis 1 PS get cect tw & Ps papers COMBINED! MAin 1-1—l1-1 PRICE 2 CENTS a ON te. A i a en ee a NTERS VOTE TQ STRIKE FOR stem cm, san ‘Husband Tells-Court Estrange- COOLER TOMORROW : | | LOCAL THUNDER STORMS PROBABLE ee THE TEMPERATURES. NG OF me = SIEADAY WAGE 74 i | Hichent yesterday 83, at 4:30 ™ m. Lowest 64, at 5:30 a. m. —-— Se ENR ite ee RR N, OBC je —Now Paying Alimony. ee the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—Declaring he | ; ‘Was broken in health and unable to Compromise Proposal of. Masters Rejected at Mass Meeting at Unity Hall Today. DEMAND INCREASE FIRST 12 YEARS eee twee) OF 60 CENTS ADAY i 7 ard tomorrow, | are au | . : | ought not to be forced to pay er It Begins at ly, te ae an | Masters Counter With Offer alimony. There will be a eosoai 1 Per Cent and In- cosas gua iva of 20 Cents Increase — goto Harry Lewis, who listened, ase: to 31, for the: or Day Week Demand} ito the argument, said it was the st 27 Years. Fei tunie. In-| opened a new way for husbands to | creasme cloudi- | eS a a avoid payment of alimony if the trenre southeast | first document of its kind ever filed Is Waived.’ 2 ss | ‘plaintiff's contentions are upheld. By ee ee | ee ~ ! ate Reached Pe jyides for Payment of | Fea RE TRYING] 5,177, 635 Over quell ethene tg 62 Years. eee INTEREST F OR concentrate on business because of | his domestic troubles, Ferdinand F. Nellesen, former president of the E igraving Co., filed in court a petition penetentiae, a statement of sorrow and repent- ance, in an endeavor to win back his estranged wife. Nellesen declared that if his, avowal of penitence is disregarde/ | by his wife and she refuses to listen | *to his -pleas to live with him, ne | SRG CRETE VS RHEE BOO eit Oy Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: CUn- | settled tonight and tomorrow; probably with lo- cal thunder- storms; cooler to- morrow. ire FIGURES IN BRITISH LABOR CRISIS |; ME er . , National] nas OE eee ee rae WP, Monee! alee gh Vey a = ¥ ee ae al Wy 9) Ste Bee oe i gat Sa OF AS ‘DRY el ST ere Effort Likely to Induce Meredith and Cockrell to Retire Leaving Two Democrats in Field. eS ee Wayne Ely, , } y ¢ ite eae a | IN GREAT BRI TAIN; FI ORS SENATE oS LABOR COUNCIL wourn wake tue MARSHAL KILLS Wounded in His Third MINERS aE eM VAVNELYTHMMS GENERAL STRIKE CALLED ‘OF ENTERING RACE MILLION MEN INVOL vcs FARMIONT CTY ere | VOTES 10 cen mee ROBBER IN FIGHT MILLION portion . tonight; cooler tomorrow. in Illinois, and pointed out that it | uh Pop: Sp former Assistant ness tonight with | “ss oF bry i> ro 53) ort: 5 fap BRNO ESTOS OT jated Press. NGTON, t was reached ~—-An for May hs today ling of the $51,000,000 war | ) adALS, acis, he first x this on the Of a crease ym promise nt hourly basis which mass meeting iv. Many e mass ef the meeting itomuebiies, causing m for several blocks of the hall. The affendance exceeded the ca- of the hall, and several hun- They were ad- } inside vot- and A number policemen were detailed there. Backing of Other Crafts Likely. The strike follows closely the return the Painters’ Council to the Building an organization and it is expected that will support the extent, of calling en from on -which it at- mpted to employ nonunion pain- rs, D@eision in the matter, how- | er, will be made until after! mecting of the Building Trades uuncil Wednesday night, when legates from the Painters’ Coun: will seated, according secretary. of palntors ATPIV Ee In itted lafer when those came outside. of of 1i0n erafts, latter body the jobs to is not be (‘assidy, the The. Master Painters’ ‘Associn- is affiliated with the Building Interests of St. employers’ organization been active in resisting mands here. I'nion painters here in March, 1924, in favor of! $12“ day wage. After holding | seven weeks, during which sev- al serious eonflicts between un-- and nonunion workers oc- rred, the union agreed to a scale $10.40 a day, which had force until today. Bebe Daniels Falls Off Horse, | the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 1.—-Bebe motion picture star, was |‘ Harbor Hospital for! today after falling | horse during a canter in She appeared: to be from shock, but her that she submit a careful examination for possi- internal injuries. Miss Daniels fell from a moving truck wood, Associat- Lou's, Which wage went on ] to the her Park. ffering only iher ‘arate maintenance, fy. i weekly i her ‘parks were today. Popen iand | morial. 2 ‘will a. Week. heavy building at ‘which, if iweek ' practically | attempt pole on to {" tion / kind in the county. | other poles in se arch of birds’ AMERICAN iFirst been 1 Copenhagen, atwinedio through Great Hall Garden subscribers of the them that i; contract artist,” The Nellesens were married June lL. | fron | ar ms | | swung | otu- T * ! - the} raids that followed the), | Coroner case of suicide. Louis conductink; erty - | Artinge:. | Bast | 1e | front | found no Weapons and let him | ‘Don’t is | vn | with five men) OF}; | Was | | who escaped from || | After visiting the office i; amination, | graduate being raided illegally, | .and Secretary of State Hughes sent | .D top, Premicr Baldwin;. tu center, J. H. Thomas, ‘| one of the strike leaders, and at the | bottom Ernst Bevin, who issued the strike call. . Wiexicatis | - ENGLAND, “'IN STATE OF EMERGENCY,” RULED BY DISTRICT DICTATORS — LONDON, May HE proclamation of a pen of emergency is not equiv- alent to the declaration of martial law, although for the purposes of maintenance of public services it approaches a state of siege. The wide powers of the Gor- ernment, however, are placed in the hands of district dicta- tors appointed by the Govern- ment, rather than in the hands of the military. These dicta- tors, who for the most part are civilians, have the support of the military and have the pow- er of ordering offenders against orders in council before a sum- mary court. ——_ PRINCETON SENIOR ENDS LIFE Death Follows Confercave With Déan Over Examination. By the Associated Press, PRINCETON, N. J.. May 1.— of Dean Christian Gauss yesterday to con- fer with him in regard to an ecx- Fred I. Simley, years old, of Montreal, a senior, was found dead in his room in the college with ai bullet wound just above the heart. A revolver was found beside hin. Frank Grove declared it a Just before his roommate, Wil- lard B. Jewell, left the room Sim- ‘ley told of his proposed visit to the ean. Jewell later foun] the body jon the bed. Simley Jeft the @niver- sity last Monday and returned again ion Thursday, without § in- forming any one where he hal been. Both Simley and Jewell were on the committee in charge of a big social affair and dance at the university which drew 7900 girl visitors to the university town, | ers, who will be ing Coveliuiien Siedag ing Power. - TROOPS MOVED | INTO MINING AREAS First Problem of Govern- ment Is to Provide for London’s Milk and Food Supply. & By the Aasociated Press. LONDON, May 1 ules Brit- ain faces a general strike as a result of the strike of 1,106,000 coal miners against lower wages and increased hours. Representatives of 203 trades ‘unions, comprising 5,000,000 work- with great financial re- 'gources, met today one ornate to baék up the Tuesday unlese: x sation of miners’dispute is ed, * It was announced dt the con- ference that the Trades Unions would offer to maintain, by vol- -untary arrangement, dictribation, of essential foodstuffs. ; ‘ “State of Emergency ” : The Government, aroused by the walkout of the miners, who laid down their tools at midnight, when the governmental subsidy ex- pired, issued a proclamation that “a state of emergency exists.” This proclamation, under the law gives the Government almost ' un- limited powers, to be ¢ protecting the general i movement, ‘|“purely a ip oz industry, suffering through curtail exit of - the vital necessities. T:.* procla-— mation was signed by King George. The Government today moved detachments of troops into the coal mining areas of South Wales, Lancashire and Scotland, e characterized “ precautionary meas ure,” is to assist the police in maintaining order during the min- | ers’ strike. . Position of Miners. Some hope remains that the ne- gotiations between the coal own- ers and the miners may be re- opened but the hepe is very faint. The position of the miners |, pute is briefly this: * dis- q A governmental subsidy was granted last July to assist the which was said to e losing money. This subsidy. used to maintain the scale of wages, expired at midnight las’ night. Trades Called Out. The general council of the Trades Union Congress has issuc« a detailed memorandum regarding the trades and unions that have been called on to cease work Tuesr- day. It is understood that the safety men in all the coal mine» throughout the country will be al- lowed to continue work in order to prevent damage to the mines. The industries affected in the general strike order includes: transport, railways, eea, docks. harbors, roads and railway repair shops; unions connected with maintenance of air transport an! the printing trade, including th-« press; productive industries i: iron, steel, heavy chemicals anil building trades, except those on hospital work; electricity and gas, including power lines. The council has recommended — that there be no interference in the sanitary services. health, food and hoapttal supplies. . Labor offictals and Gabinet members continued today to se«k a solution of the miners’ difficeu). Coutineed on Page 3, Coltums 6 | g PGI tan ce FO a a ee ee lo Re OE ROIS PP IB eee RRR ree, DP Ae Sri Nee RRS ee ee 4 ‘ "Yas OS ORE AOS ae BN. BP x a SE en. A . ; i rele aoe ° Pe # OAL ROPER TINE wnt AE hey eS EE ees . . a