St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 1, 1929

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Total fre only about 1,500,000 | ml Light and Traction was | @® six points in the final | ns to 91. a new high. | Gas & Electric made a , American Power & Light points, American and for- wer three peints, and North Co. mounted 2%, points ew top. American Water points fay, however, was depressed pints in profit taking, at one jut regained three., tains Also in Demand. s, likewise were in vigorous | dg, stimulated by § excellent ‘arnings reports and belated »ittieon of the OFallon dec!i- The first 68 railroads to re- oril earnings showed an ag- } met gain of’33 per cent pril, 1928. New York Cen- nt up four points io. 200, ison rose about three} o another new_ top, al- lost most of its gain be- close. Norfolk & Western anew peak, and New Hav- ,at the highest price in 16 oe specialties and chemicals ent soaring ‘in the final tions. Buroughs Adding e mounted five points, and ’Chemical, Columbian Car- nd Union Carbide four to | dnts, farm implement issues | from yesterdays low levels. ‘Threshing and Advance mounting four to _ five - Early Short Sclling. *¢ early response to the drop!) $2,000,000 in brokers loans Ather disappointing and in- centering in . which was depressed three to 84, a new low for the ment, but closed at 85. Mo- Were inclined to heaviness, tosses of a point or so, and Stee] closed a point lower. tign exchanges were irregu- ith marks and sterling rul- for a time, in ee to the agreement at the itions conference. Spanish & however, were again un- ssure, reaching another new jr the year. &8 on Reparation Sctticment. | tther or not settlement of| iparation” ‘question, regarded ninent, would affect security ts on this side of the Atiantic| fed a topie for discussion, tw believed any immediate | would be felt here, either | ) action of stocks or in the ‘of credit. Bven though can investors probably will ted to purchase bonds in — some of the reparations its, it was believed no of- Whi be made here until Ons Were decidedly more fa- ch an offering might SLAYER AND VICTIM MAID BLAMES WOMAN s | | | a wage dispute when she prepared MRS. ALONZO M. SNYDER. —~~Agsoclated Press Photo, ANNA SZEMAN. RS. SNYDER, Cleveland (0O.) socicty woman, was stabbed to Mev in a quarrel ever by ker maid, Anna Szeman, SHE KILLED IN FIGHT? Says Employer Attacked Her When She Threatened Exposure. © By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, O., June 1.—Mrs. Anna Szeman, houscmaid, who killed her employer, Mrs. Dorothy Marsh Snyder, in a fight with knives yesterday, declares,. accord- ing to Assistant County Prosecutor wages | Frank J. Merrick that she fought in self-defense. She says Mrs. Snyder, who was the socially prom- inent wife of a well known attor- , ney, attacked her when she threat- ened her mistress with “embar- rassing exposures,” It was not announced what charges the servant made against her employer, but Merrick direct- ed his efforts toward whether there was any substantia- tion of her story. A dramatic scene was enactcd today when Mrs. Szeman was con- fronted in the East Cleveland po- lice station by her victim’s hus- ' band. Snyder stepped forward and laid a hand on the woman's shoul- der. “You certainly ruined us. Dick | and 1,” the gray-haired lawyer | | said Dick is Snyder's stepson. “No, Mr. Snyder, I saved your) life,’ Mrs. Szeman calmly replied. She did not explain the statement. The fight oceurred at the Sny-, der home. Mrs. Snyder,, who chest. According to police, the who is charged with first degree | murder, said the quarrel began in | to leave Mrs. Snyder’s employment. formerly was Mrs. learning | ‘absolute Was! 48 years old, was found dead yood knife wounds in her shoulder and | maid, RESIGNATION | | OR COALITION -ISBALDWIN'S ALTERNATIVE ‘| Labor’s Plurality in werd Gained at Election Gives Liberals the Whip Hand. /MACDONALD HAS CHANCE TO RETURN. His Party Has 287 Seats; Tories 253, Lloyd George Group 54, Others 8 With 13 Districts Unreported. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, June 1.—Faced with the defeat of his party ,.the Con- servative) and a stalemate in Par- liament, Premier Stanlky Baldwin went to his country .home at Che- quers for the week-end where it is expected he will confer with lead- ing members of his party. Next week he will meet the Cabinet and decide on the course the Govern- ment will take. With the administration defeated in Thursday's general election and the Labor party the largest in the next heuse, although lacking abso- lute majority, Baidwin_ fias two al- ternatives. He may” place resignation in the King and leave to Ramsay Mac- | Donald. the Labor leader, the duty | of forming a Labor government, or he may reconstruct his .own ministry, méct Parliament and Place on the Liberals th. decision | of either supporting him or putting Labor into office. With 13 constituencies out of 615 | still unreported, the lineup con- fronting Baldwin wher the new House mets June 25 will be: Labor. ~$7; Conservatives, 253; Liberals, 64; others, 8. Kight Ministers Ocfeated. Eight Ministers were defeated, but of these Sir Arthur Steecl-Mait- land, Minister of Labor, was the oniy member of the Cabinet. The other Cabinet vacancies remain to be filled. The Earl ef Balfour, because of ill health, is not ex- pected to continue as Lord FPresi- | his hands of the! iby the bank | drawn, | fices, first brought under the anti-nepot- | 'ism amendment to the State Con- | | drive n east, at a curve | of Crane, dent of the Council and the Hon. William Bridgeman, Virst Lord of the Admiralty, has retired from parliamentary life. Bridgeman was not a candidate im the election. Conservative opinion as to Bald- Win’s course is divided, but there is a strong wing urging him to chal- lenge a vote in Parliament. It is | arguea that while the Labor party no clear | ‘is the strongest. it. has majority and that in about 50 con- stituencies won by Labor the Con-! ' i servative and Liberal vote together | was greater than that Labor. Lloyd George Holds Key. Other Conservatives think jt polled by | Ewart, _ices in Chicago, New would be more dignified to resign | at once. Following the indecisive clection of 1923. Baldwin met Par- | of Brown's Springs, Mo.,, STANLEY EPSTEIN PROJECT THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH Check for $159 for City Water Twice Returned Marked “Insufficient Funds.” One “Stanley Epstein Project’ which did not go through was a check for $159.07 tendered to. the city as the required six-month de- posit for metcred water service at two buildings for which Epstein is agent. This was disclosed today by City Thursday’s | Collector Koeln) who announced that unless the. check was made good by Tuesday the water supply would be shut off at the buildings, which are apartments at 6152 Wa- terman avenue and 5516-18 Cates. The cheek was returned twice on which it was each time marked “insuf- ficient funds’, and efforts to find Epstein at his office for an ex- planation have failed, the tor said. Suit for the appointment of a re- ceiver for Epstein’s§ realty Collec- | | ' | | i WOMAN KILLED, FOUR RURT WHEN AUTO RTS TRUCK Mrs. Bessie Streicher, For- | | | | firm, | with offices at 904 Chestnut street, | was filed Tuesday by a client who alleged the corporation vent and had failed to pay taxes on property he owned. The Epstein firm, which report- ed $5,000,000 of sales last year, has handled numerous West End apartments which were placarded with signs reading, “‘Another Stan- ley Epstein Project.” SEEKS TO OUST TWO OFFICIALS FOR MAKING WIVES DEPUTIES Prosecutor Acts Against Circuit, County Clerks of Stone County Under Anti-Nepotism Law. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, June 1.— man of Stone County has instituted quo warranto proceedings in the Supreme Court to oust-two Stone County officials for appointing relatives to. positions in their of- These two actions are stitution. } The Supreme Court is asked to) machines were traveling declare forfeited the offices of Cir- cuit Clerk D. E. Ellis, Republican, Mo., for appointing his wife as a deputy and of County Clerk James A. Hall, Republican, who also appointed his wife as “a deputy. Prosecuting Attorney Norman js a Republican. The amendment has been wide- ly ignored, the general excuse be- ing that it is inspirative because no enforcement machinery has been set up. Attorney Gencral) Shartel] last November issued an opinion that the amendment 1s “self-enforcing.” TAYLOR, EWART INVESTMENT FIRM SUSPENDS OPERATIONS | Securitics Company Has Offices in | It Cities, Inchuding St. Louis, By the Associated Press. was insol- | mer Vaudeville Actress, Dies After Crash on Manchester Road. TWO MACHINES MEET ON CURVE Husband, Daughter, Mother of Victim, and Farmer of Waynesville Mo., Are Injured. Mrs. old, a former vaudeville actress of Bessie Streichler, 29 years 4211 Hunt avenue, was killed at 6} o'clock this morning and four oth- er persons were injured, two of them seriously, when an automo- bile driven by Mrs. Streicher lided with a farmer's truck on | Manchester road, near Grover, St. | Louis County. the | ' fracture of the spine; | Ward, 52, Prosecuting Attorney Joe! B. Nor- | CHICAGO, June 1.—Taylor, Ew- | art & Company, an sccuritics house with offices in cities, suspended operations today. Announcement of the suspension was miade at the firm's offices here. The company is headed B. F. Taylor, chairman and C. B. president, and maintains of- York, Francisco, Boston, Kansas City. Louis, Minneapolis, Louisville, New Orleans and Hous- | ton. liament and was defeated on an ad- | dress to the yeply of the speech | a combined | © ificers of the nounced. from the throne by vote of the Labor and Liberal par- ties. Baldwin then occupied a pogition | " ; by | The called loans amount to $4,000,- Similar to that now occupied the Labor party. He had largest representation. majority and tives who favor resignation hold because of this fact what hap- pened in 1923 should not be taken as a precedent. The Prime Min- ister should therefore, so they argue, accept the decision of the polls and give Labor an opportun- ity to present the King’s speech at the opening of the new Parliament. The entire situution hinge on the (‘onserva- Recalling of demand loans by New York and Chicago banks fore- ed the company to shut dow brokerage fir Assets of the col be about $6,000,000, were said to , OOU, but not an | | Ewart “It appears that the suspension will be permanent,”’ declared L. “a Billett, secreta. y-treasurer, as prepared a formal statement to . issued later. local office of Taylor, Co., 320 Norih Fourth At the & by | n, of- yaANn~ | Pansy | investment | 11 | } } | San. St. Milwaukee. | _ eee a —— on | | street, it was said the resident man! ager, W. Barl Roberts, had becn | 'Mo., The injured are Joseph Streich- husband of Mrs. Streicher. fracture; old, er, 31, possible skull Streicher, 9 years possible Mrs. Nora 4102 Westminster place, mother of Mrs. Streicher, lacera- tions of the face; and Fred Foster, Waynesville, Mo., driver of the truck, fragtured left arm. Sarah Streicher, 7, escaped injury. The Streicher sedan was west- met Foster’s truck, short Grever. Both at high speed, according to motorists who brought the injuredy per- sons to §&t. Louis hospitals, and the sedan was upset. Mrs. Streicher died within a few minutes of a fractured = skull. Streicher and his daughter were taken to Barnes Hospital, and Mrs. Ward and Foster were treated at St. Mary's Evwspital. The condi- tion of Streicher and Virginia is serious. An inquest will be held. The Streicher family and Mrs. Ward were on their way to Dixon, to visit Mrs. Ward's husband. They left home about 5 o’clock this morning with .ars. Streicher driv- ing. according to neighbors. Mrs. Streicher’s stage name was | Bess Barnett. Her husband is also a former vaudeville actor. but in recent years has been employed bound. and a distance west of -'as a painter. DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER OF WOMAN FRIEND De. F.: ?. lowing Identification of Torso as That of Alleged Victim. LOS ANGELES, Cal., June Dr. Pr. Westlake, physician, was formally today with the murder of Laura B. Sutton, divorcee, who dis- appeared from her home here last March... A woman's torso recoy- ered from the Los Angeles River April 6 has been identified as that of Mrs. Sutton, the physician. WIFE DEMANDS 45 CENTS OF HUSBAND, HE KILLS HER Quarrel Over Sale of Strawberrics Results in Shooting Near Woodburn, Hil. By the Associated Presse. BUNKER HILL, Ll... June 1. A dispute over 45 cents resulted in 1.— rank called to Chicago, and while rumors the killing of Mrs. Mary Williams, of the suspension had been seemed t0/ ceived, no definite information was what the Liberals and! audi | 53, of near Woodburn, ; late yester- day. She was shot by her husband, cole | Virginia | Westlake Accused Fol- | elderly | charged | Mrs. | a close friend ae CAR MEN GET TWO CENTS I and that the wage increase was employes, their competency and “The evidence submitted > herein shows conclusively that 3 the company giyes excellent ¢ service and ranks high among : the street oar systems of the United States,” the arbitrators Stated in the decision. “Suc service, no doubt, reflects tile ability of the employes.” ' It was stated thate90 per cent of the platform men had been in .service three or more years and now received the maximum hourly wage, 50 per cent had been in service 10 years or more, and 15 per cent for 20 years or more. Board Praises Workers. “It is therefore apparent,” the arbitrators stated, “that the employes are competent and steady men who, for the most part, have chosen tiweir life work, and know without guéss- ing just what the future has to offer them. “It is our opinion that the street car men of St. Louis:are entitled to a wage that Is comp- arable with that of men in sim- ilar cities, and the award herein endeavors to place them on this basis. “The evidence shows that the average wage of platform men is less than $150 a month, which appears to be insuffi- cient to properly care for a family in a large city. “Certdinly the traveling pub- lic can. have no cause for com- plaint of the small increase given some of the employes » herein.” Company Losing Basiness. In- connection with an obser- vation that the increases should 4 ' ri / * 4 “d a ; ; Py a ; : J a ie eee - fe YS ee wie 3 “es ¥ Le Ae a” wy rt i ’ é rm ‘ ae *. r . + ; g 4 . & ¢ oS. . - ’ ‘d , ‘ Fi - 1 nA RS A, SE ay AS ES es ta fl - js ePSre eee im, : Ugh millions of dollars will ck into industry this month Ment for allotments of addi- ‘stock, rights for which have gE Plentifully distributed by 4i- - S for several months, divi- é Payments will be heavy, too. * | butions last month are esti- - | to have increased to $475,- | ® from about $350,000,000 in ji 1928. and a_i corresponding 1 June over the same period f ago is anticipated. These tnts will help stockholders. to tibe @% new shares. ' Wy demands which have been Youth, 20, Shot Martin Parko, Who Was Giving Him Ride in Auto. By the Associated Press. TOMBSTONE, Ariz., June Charles Foster, 20 year# old, of | | Claysville, Pa., was \sentenced to- | | day to hang at the Arizona peni- | tentiary next Aug. $ for the mur- der terms of the which the controversy mitted to the Public & mission for trati that stipulation the aw and there is no enwenk a 4S The carmen : crease of five cents an 2 numerous ou in ¥ would do everything in his power to prevent the necessity of another MacDonald declared today he President Cancels Trip to Preserve bureau yesterday seized approxi- in Maryland. mately 900 pottles of tiquor con- | Oll Co. of California received abate- WASHINGTON, June 1.—With | cealed in lifeboats of the liner | Ments aggregating $1,329,699 and another day of oppressive heat in’ President Harding of the United | the Prudential Insurance Co. of prospect, President Hoover decid-' states lines. | America got @ refund of $996,756 /ed not to motor to one of his fish-; The liner arrived at Hoboken, | @"@ received an abatement of ‘ing preserves. He canceled ar-|N. J.. and an exhaustive search | $474. 387. The Visayan Refining Bisbee | angements that had been made for; was made before the liquor, | 'Co. was refunded $427,248 and the /a trip to the fishing grounds at wrapped in brown paper in pack- | Botany Worster Mills of Passaic, Catoctin Furance. Md. However, 'N. J., $641,589, 1.— was slain near after he had picked up young Fos- , : On the member banks dur- @ past week for currency to ised. for Memorial day and j-end requirements are re- in large borrowings from Ds eral Kieserve Banks re- ‘ ‘im the statement of the re- utions for the week end- preufadey. | ing stock § prices with ® tables and market news Tie toon on pages 8, 9 and lapsed and WHEN TOLD WIFE ELOPED OMAHA, Neb., June 1.—George Debs of Omaha died last night of what physicians described a5 | hock and a broken\ heart. Last, Monday night Debs returned home | from a hospital, where he had un-| dergone an operation, to be ine | formed that his wife had eloped | with another man, taking his life's | savings of $1600 and lieaving six | small children at home. He col-| was returned to the where he dicd. hospital, of the Labor party would be held soon to consider the position grow- ing out of the genera! election. In the Liberals’ camp it was sald ithere would be a meeting soon of all Liberals elected for discussion of party prospects. Baldwin Needs Liberal Support. If Premier Baldwin decides to try to maintain his government, be must court Liberal support. and even with the vote of the entire | Continued on Page 8, Column 6. ter in his automobile to give him a ride. Killed Playing at Hanging. CHICAGO, June 1l.LExperiments on the effects of strangulation | caused the death of John McGa- vock Dickinson, 12-year-old grand. | son of Jacob M. Dickinson, former | Secretary of War, a Coroner's jury | decided today. The boy was found hanging by a trench coat belt in a closet of his home In Winnctka, lll., yesterday. ; | automobile ride through the sub- it was said at the White House | that Mr. Hoover might take a show urbs of Washington some time — afternoon. Mrs. Hoover is in Boston sitews, She is to be at Swarthmore Col- lege, near Philadelphia, Monday. to receive an honorary degree and — is expected back in Washington late the same day. June 22 GARDEN THEATRE Opens with Leon Errol in “Louie the XIV. —Adr. ages of about nine bottics- each. was found. The liquor was taken | tain of the ship has been asked to) go to the customs office today for | an inquiry. Sines its recent transfer from Government ownership the liner has sold liquor on its westbound voyages. Under this arrangement the liner has been required to throw overboard all liquor in ex- cess of medicinal stores when. it approaches New York. : (to the barge office and the cap- | Two $1,000,000 states ja Chicago. CHICAGO, June li—Estates of | $1,000,000 were left by the tate Waiter Howe Miller. founder of the packing firm of Miller & ng and by John E. Kernott.. filed in Probate Court er’s estate was left to his widow! pur t and daughter and Kernott's to widow. .