St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 22, 1929

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Stock tax aie Sred mae ate yy — 31. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis Withthe Associated Press News Service > US PAT OF | 8i. NO. 228. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1929. —40 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS aL STREET! CONVICTION OF /mwiomuaresscs WWTIATVE FOR ~HOOVER SAYS LAWLESSNESS SS ee ae oy) are wt vate & BY U.S, SUPREME COURT | OF SPECTACLES UPHELD CK GAINS ARK START | HFNEW WEEK | Credit me Céadidions | Jate a General Re- lgvery in Prices — Vol- ; ne Increases on Rally. IS REDUCED BANKERS’ BILLS lic Utility Shares Are in bk Demand — Few Soft Spots in the Motor the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April °22.—Easier ait conditions, favorable trade ws and earnings statements, an mistic statement on business Secretary of Commerce Lament anew crop of merger rumors Jed the background for a advance in prices in today’s k market. Gains in a long list issues ran from 1 to vis points, while Adams Ex- memared 21 points in a small ge BK | rere practically neglected fit exception of New Haven, crossed par for fg@ace 1913. The stock sold Was 9% in 1923, when re- @ip was threatened. wal of activity and strength Smotor accessory’ shares, Warner and Spicer Manufac- feach climbing more than 4 i was associated with rumors ford was placing large con- | other is ifor bumpers and mt. Borg Warner also i to figure in a new con- n this week. » Blocks of Simms Taken. ms Petroleum was taken in pot 5090 and 10,000 shares, anew high for the year Most of the other oils were Union Carbide, United Air- amd Corn Products all moved Rew high ground. meat futures sold down more fZ cents a bushel, corn de- half a cent and cotton fell about $1 a bale. gn exchange trading was with the leading European holding firm pending Meeting of reparations. experts TOW, tmoney renewed at 744 per 04 was in fairly plentiful wat that figure. Time money, mued firm around 9 per cent me credit stringency around tof the month, was quoted mes 8 for the short maturi- Acceptances were re- ®% of 1 per cent. The second “8 since March. _ Few Soft Spots. mY soft spots cropped out in. WE group as a result of the ™ Statements being pub- "7 Some Of the smaller com- ™ Jordan showed a net loss. $800,000 for 1928, and te Quarter earnings were de 0 a share, as against $1.60 ™ corresponding period last We uty stocks were in brisk merger rumors and re- ot new alignments in the m field, Express soared 1 points. Telephone ran up more points toa new high record Closing at 234%. Ameri- Foreign Power, American and Light, Federated L ight on, North American Co. “tern Union sold 35% to 7% her, closing 3 to 6% het higher. h records for tle year Ml established by Interna- hess Machines, Union Mentrican Can, United Air- ht Aeronautical, Borg- B Ponsolidated Film pre- U. 8. Industrial Alcohol. Petroleum, which hasn't ® the tape for several : ex-dividend $43, at 295. as against fale of 240. _ Opening Is Higher. buying Support came into ~ arket over the week “result that many Opened 1 to 3% Ward opened with t *f 6009 shares at 126%. at General Electric Points on the first sale. % in point or more y Radio. United | “Wyre Smelting. Co- Par "phone and National tee “ the first tt a a, ek Ooprices = with @nd market news found On pages 30, 31 LR beers combined anes wn OOO An andere 5 > ’ * i ~~International Photo. DAVID STEINHARDT. TER being a fugitive for three A months since his indictment for a $50,000 sho:tage in his ac- counts as receiver for firms, Steinhardt notified United States District Attorney Tuttle in New York that he would surren- der. While a deputy waited for hiz.. in a Philadelphia hotel, Stein- hardt swallowed poison and died almost at once. Letters found on his body disclosed that associates had advised suicide as the only way out of the tanzie. FIVE MEN GET $20,000 IN PINE BLUFF, ARK., BANK HOLDUP Lock Two Bank Employes With Customers in Vault and Make Escape. * By the Associated Press. PINE BLUFF, Ark., April 22. Five unmasked men locked the as- sistant cashier, a woman teller and several customers in the vault of the People’s Bank and Trust Co. here today and escaped with all the currency in sight, about $20,- 000. CALIFORNIAN INSURED FOR $500,000 ENDS HIS LIFE Letter Indicates He Wished , Busi- ness Associates to Benefit by His Policy. By the Associated Press. “ LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 22. — Coroner Frank Nance said today a letter left by Joseph W. Walt, his fans company president, to his family, indicated Walt had killed himself, so that his $500,900 life insurance might be used to protect his company and his busi- ness associates. BOY CONFESSES THEN DENIES LEAVING GIRL IN RAVINE TO DIE Harold Harshman, 15, Youngstown, O., Says He Told Story of Ab- duction “to Get Publicity.”’ YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 22.— Harold Harshman, aged 15, late this afternoon repudiated before Prosecutor Ray L. Thomas,~ the “confession” he made earlier this afternoon that he had - abducted Beatrice Rosenbaum last May. Harshman said a desire for pub- licity caused his confession. Thomas is still holding the boy. Beatrice Rosenbaum, a subnor- mal child, was found dead in a ra- vine. TO PAVE NATURAL BRIDGE ROAD Work ,on Ejight-Mile Stretch Will Cost About $300,000. Natural Bridge road iz to be paved with concrete from Floris- sant avenue to its intersection with St. Charles Rock road at ‘Westlake Park, beginning in about 60 days, Highway Engineer Jablonsky of St. Louis County annouoced today. Natural Bridge is the most direct road to the municipal airport at Bridgeton, and the present surface is badly rutted. The distance to be paved is about eight miler. The cost is estimated at between $300,- 000 and $490,000. The paving project is scheduled for coripletion next January. i i a th i te th a ee é ; Foods With Less Heat . Certain foods make body heat. Often irritable Remme Per ot pas: need properly Wise selections of food give _ consideration to the season's re- quirements. Seasonal food ideas appear in the Home Economics pages of the Post-Dispatch on Monday ‘and Friday. And “the Post-Dispatch prints far more Food advertising than ? all the other«St. Louis news- papers papers combined!” HEBER NATIONS AGAIN REVERSED ime. § Circuit Court of Ap- || bankrupt ‘in connection with the argument of Beer Plot Trial. BREUER GAVE JURY ‘‘PERSONAL BELIEF” Case of Former State Labor Commissioner Not Specif- ically Remanded but Re- trial Seems Possible. The second conviction of Heber Nations, former State Labor Com- missioner, for conspiracy to violate the Volstead law by protecting the manufacture and aale of beer by the Griesedieck brewery, was re- versed in a decision here today by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals, in its de- cision written by District Judge Scott of Sioux City, Ia., stated only that the conviction was reversed, and did not state that it was re- manded for a new trial. However, the opinion spoke of the possibil- ity of a new trial, saying that if the case were tried again certain evidence could be offered by the defense. After his second conviction, Ra- tions was sentenced by District Judge Davis to 18 months impris- onment and to pay a $2000 fine. ett Ct ttt. —_ —_ peals Bases Action on | Prosecutor’s Statement in | After his first conviction, which was reversed, he was sentenced by Judge Faris to 18 months and $3333 fine. Thinks Retrial Possible. District Attorney Breuer, after reading today’s decision, said he saw no reason why the case should not be tried a third time. The reversal was based wholly upon a statement made by Breucr to the jury when the case was tried for the second time, before Judge Davis, in January, 1928. The Court of Appeals, however, mentioned another point raised by the de- fense, which it did not consider, since it found the Breuer statement to be sufficient ground for reve. - sal. In his argument to District Attorney Breuer took 2c- casion to deny a charge of Na- tions’ lawyer, Patrick H. Cullen, that Nations was being persecuted by the District Attorney's office. In denying the persecution charges Breuer said that he and his spe- cial assistant, John C. Dyott, had not heard of the charges against nations until they were printed in the jury, the Post-Dispatch. Basis for Reversal. As quoted from the _ record in the opinion of the Court of Ap- peals, Breuer then said to the jury: “T think every man on this jury knows that you (Cullen) have your views and I have mine, and that my views are not binding on you. But I submit, gentlemen of the jury, that the testimony in this case finds the defendant guilty, and I assume, gentlemen of the jury, that you can arrive at this same con- clusion if you believe. as I be- lieve, in his guilt.’’ Cullen objected to this ‘‘state- ment of the District Attorney as to his persona! belief.” Judge Davis sustained the objection. Cullen then asked that the Court rebuke the District Atorney for his fre- marks. This request was over- ruled. Breuer then said, “All right, I'll make it a little different,” and proceeded with his argument. The Court of Appeals says this: “We think the portion of United States Attorney’s argument quoted is both improper and preju- dicial, and that the mere word ‘Sustained,’ in sustaining the ob- jection, did not suffice to fully cor- rect the error. “The entire thougl >of the atti- tude of the press was forcibly im- pressed On the jury, and in so do- ing, the United States Atto. ey re- sorted to matters not within the record.” Perjury Point Untouched. The Court of Appeals added that, “in view of the fact that the con- viction must be reversed for error if the United States Attorney,” it was unnecessary to pass On another point raised by the — § =n. ~ rURES. HD |} odeeew 4 99 | net . oe a. _ : ‘ } n° | $ a } > & sre . Yest: day's high ww. dai ‘lU p. m.} Yoroti om OfficiaLforecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy with rising tem- perature. Missouri: Fair tonight with in- creasing cloudi- ness in west por- tion: slightly warmer in north- vest portion, and ossibly light frost in extreme northeast portion; tomorrow partly cloudy to cloudy with rising tem- perature, probab- ly showers by afternoon or night. [ilinois: lair tonight and prob- ably tomorrow: not quite so cool tomorrow; frost tonight in north and central portions. Sunset, 6:45. Sunrise row), 5:13. Stace of the Mississippi 26.5 feet, BOILED JURIES DONT CODDLE HUSBAND-SLAYERS (tomor- : Canada was willigg and anxious to, ~| the impression ' would give new energy to the work a rise of 0.5, LIMITING NAVIES IN U.S. HAS NO PARALLEL IMEN BY US. IN WHOLE CIVILIZED WORLD Disarmament Conference French Reduction Plan Is Acceptable. ' ‘Ambassador Gibson Tells Excerpts From President’s Law Enfercement Address Excerpts from President Hoover's speech at the annual luncheon of the Associated Press, follow: “What we are facing today is VOICE APPROVAL ‘Announcement Considered Statement of Hoover’s Policy Toward World Peace. The text of Ambassador Gib- | son’s address at Geneva will be found on page 21 of this | edition. | By the Associated Press. ;ENEVA, April 22.—Hugh 58. an veagerly- thesi- presenting American the | Commission today Preparatory on the idea that al' nations | their difficulties by peaceful means. Through Gibson's to have launched an =iv.portan move to place the tween the United Stutes ad Great Britain on a firm foundstion of collaboration and friendliress. Gibson's declaration of American policy was a stateme.t to the world that the United Sta.es was ready to make substantial reductions in naval strength and sought a com- | mon-sense naval agreement based on the idea that nations are wag to be friends. Limitation by ( ateguries, The United States, Givson exe plained, has found no recson for modifying its view that the sim- plest, fairest and tinost practical method is that of Iim‘tation of ton- nage of categories. At the same time he announced that, in the hope of facilitating a gencral agreement on naval armaments, the American Gove:nmek: is in- clined to accept the Ik rench pro- posal whereby a totai tonnage would be assigned to each nation and this total divided among catee gories of ships by sp * 7 7 ° Wits 2 re r . -~ - ao ~ - a _ wo ‘ mee See ow a Pee ee ee - ~~ es ayaa i il Dede nl ge Sb SSE MOI Ca ISRO NENG PRA GT aE Le TT ER SN NS ALT TIN AE RE OTS LIEN ELE EO IER RR ihe LION SE TINE eS PM —peupennntepeat _ . : .