St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 15, 1929

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aan, nL. 82. NO. 39. a 4 5 95 1 ‘ N N 5 tis 4 1 Bi es 1 5 tA ae * 4 ke 0 9 * . „e en gp OE, e 3 1 12 E ee Bil ho, I Ea a 1 . . a 4 4 „ NA YALL STREET| 11 AND IEEL STOCKS * 2 2 fs: 3 * * 3 Ve crease in Production and Adverse Decision in Mas- achusetts Cause Sharp Reaction. * ‘i 2 We a FAILTO — = = ‘HOLD THEIR GAINS e of the st-Dispatch ee y Department Stores Off 1 . AND CONTROL YOUR. PETITE! BEEF ON HE PIANO IS ONLY HOLLXWSOD SLANG , FOR. MOVING A BABY ' 4 Points on Report of New Financing—St. Jo- seph Lead Up 7 Points. TMT {itt the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Oct. 15.—The dely predicted “secondary re- tion” developed on the New York ek Exchange today, despite the efforts of operators for de advance to rally the general ist by marking up @ selected list rails and specialties, Selling ressure was directed principally inst the steel and public utility bares, but soft spots also cropped ut in nearly every other import- group. Trading was on a some- Mat larger scale thah yesterday, ut total sales were only 3,107,- 0 shares. One of the most disappointing evelopments of the day was the port of a sharp decline in steel mitput. Ingot production of renuous ent during the past week, with Mills operating at 82 per cent of apacity while the so-called inde- pendents were down from 80 to 77 vr cent. This compares with Inited States Steel's operations of i per cent and independents’ op- ation of 88 per cent a year ago hen output was on an upward end. United States Steel common as hammered down more than 4 points to 223 1-8 after having sold s high as 229%, and Bethlehem. Republic and Youngstown Sheet & pube lost 2 points or more. Utilities Decline Sharply. “he denial of the Edison Elec- ric illuminating company’s appli- ration aa permission to split up its Sock by the Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission had a disturb- ing effect on public utility stocks. American Power & Light dropped Rearly 7 points and American and Oreign Power, Detroit Edison, Boples’ Gas, Consolidated Gas, 1erican W ate r W orks and Stand- d Gas and Electric lost 2 to 5 fa — STUCK IN THAT CAGE So IVE YEARS AN ACL HE DOES S SING. IF HE HAD TO HAVE — 5 NOSE STUCK IN BOOKS ALC. LONG AN GOBBLE UP. \PITALS AN EVERYTHIN HE DULDN'T BE so N BELIEVE ME boints, The recent brisk a dvance, which Rag mad wiped out more than half of een Jf ‘eae the decline earlier in the month; Apparently had weakened the tech- Che ee ical position of the market. Call money advanced front 6, to per cent as banks withdrew about $40,060 in loans in connection with mid- month settlements. Time money was somewhat easier, being Woted at 7% to 7% per cent, as Walnst an 8 per cent rate for the Dnger iturities yesterday. partment Stores sold off More than 4 points on the an- ROuncement of new stock financ- hg. General Electric dropped 7 Points and Westinghouse Elettric K. eakness also cropped out A. M. Byers, Air Reduc- some of the Tobacco 90090 * Mav D. na Rail Gains Not Held. A few issues moved against the trend. St. Joseph Lead rked up more than 7 points industrial Rayon jumped 6%, ‘tonal Lead retained only 3 's early gain of 9%. Rails hen heavy selling devel- the general industrial list. Ares turned heavy on re- decreasing output and sales era! of the leading manufac- a but some of these are at- to the introduction of new Auburn Auto broke 18 — — 0 and several others declined a YOU SPEAK 5 rain prices showed moderate OF HIM THAT » ment. Wheat futures ad- 5 WAY ?. — *d Poi: a cent a bushel on tation ot a bullish Argentine ha — — top r report. Corn advanced about a bushel on smaller coun- s and a decrease in the 81 upply. Cotton prices “ttle change. Aw * ishment of a new 1929 | 33 1 francs at 3.92 “nts was the only develop- consequence in the foreign market Sterling held steady around its recent and changes in other ‘ rates were nominal. . 2 PA es si f 4 ' { losing 77 Mher 1 i he ang 37 stock prices, with | “bles and market news, found on pages 35, 36 * RVEN DOWN Inited States Steel corpgpalion Jel sported to have drop ne to maintain their earTy | pte „ „* n A. M.]. +4 (7 Stage Mississippi, 5.7 feet, a rise of .9. 2 2277270 non. 74 D. 2 56 „ Be . 2 „ „ * W. 79 M.. „6 „„ * 12 1 high, 76 (3 115 Dp. m.): g Fair tonight and to- morrow; u %o much change in temperature. Illinois: Gener- ally and tom orrow; ‘slightly warmer tonight in er- ‘treme south por- tion, Sunset, 6:23: sunrise (to mor- row), 6:12. of the FORMER ST. LOUISAN LEAPS 10 fd DEATH W. D. Hogan Formerly of Mc- elroy Sloan Shoe Co. Ends Life in Memphis. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 15.—W. D. Hogan, formerly of St. Louis, leaped to his death from the sev- enth floor of a downtown: hotel here this afternoon. Stock market losses and ill ‘hein led him to end his life, letters found in his room stated. William D. Hogan was until re- cently vice president and general manager of the McElroy-Sloan e| Shoe Co., 1511 Washington avenue. bs and his wife, who lived a Hotel, left here about 10 days ago to make their home in Knoxville, Tenn. He was to be- come engaged in sales promotion work for the Craddock-Terry Shoe Co., parent company of the McEl- roy-Sloan. He was about 50 years old. MORE THAN 700 DIVORCE CASES BEFORE LONDON JUDGES Pile Up During Two Months’ Vaca- tion; Increase Due to Secrecy Continues. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 15.—More than 700 divorce cases faced the Judges when the Michaelmas term of court opened and the two months and more of lawyers’ holidays, known as the long vacation, came to an end. The steady increase in divorce eases which started in 1926, when the law threw a shroud of secrecy over divorce proceedings, has been maintained. It is expected that by the end of this year about 4100 divorce cases will have been heard in Lon- don and the assize towns. Tast year 3740 decrees were granted and in 1927 there were handed down. 3190 decrees WESTERN UNION ANNOUNCES $2,000,000-A-YEAR PAY RISE Increases Agreed to by Officers of Company and Representatives of Employes NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—The Western Union Telegraph Co. today announced that annual wage in- creases of approximately $2,000,000 have been agreed on by its officers in conference with representatives of the “Association of Western Un- ion Employes. The increases will affect em- ployes whose salaries are under $3000 yearly, and according to merit. win be distributed creases are éxclusive of promo- tional increases granted in 1930. or others to be Increases in the pay of meployes receiving over $3000 awear and of operators having less than two years’ service will be dealt with by the company direct, and any such increases will be in addition to the amount negotiated by the associa- tion. BARRED FROM U. S., MOVES for nearly 30 years, is preparing to ok age ale 1 again entering this country. Plante is now busy woodshed weather- (eat a Som fair tonight} | These in- AR TESTINNY a hey 3 Cather St Shoots Miss Martha Cather Four Times When They Meet on Street. — —— — ASSAILANT ASSERTS © HE HOPES OPES SHE DIES Says She Interfered in His dered Watch He Was Ac- cused of Stealing. Scheduied to appear as a witness against her brother in a larceny case, Miss Martha Eva Cather, 41 |years old, was shot by the brother, Joseph L. Cather, 32, a decorating contractor, as she left her home at 3100 North Newstead avenue, last night. She is in a serious condition at Christian Hospital with four bullet wounds in t: 3 left breast, right hip, ait a ee right wrist and abdomen. “I hope she dies,” said the broth- er, charged witn assault to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. At 7:15 o’clock, Miss Cather, ac- » ee A 1 here on the estate of Miss where they spent last week-end. Boers THE British Prime Minister, his: cami’ Ishbel, a and M Wald, head-of the H Street Settlement, New York, are shown Wald in the Berkshire Hills, Connecticut, N. crossing and = tracks through northeast Park, now used by the Wabash and the Chicago, International Photo. Miss Lillian Pacific. City Register companied by her 21-year-old sis- ter, Goldie, left the family residence to go to a bank. The brother was standing on the sidewalk less than 30 feet away, talking to a girl. As the sisters approached the brother, Goldie afterward related, he mumbled: “Here they come,” and drew his revolver, shooting the elder sister twice. She screamed,and fell, She was strug- gung to her knees when he shot her twice again. 4 .ifth shot was fired at the younger sister, but Cather Traced ‘by Police. Cather escaped in a taxicab wrich was standing at the curb. Tracing the cab, police arrested him later in an alley in the rear of 4457 Vista avenue. “You've got the right man. I did the shooting.” he said, surrender- ing his revolver. “I just finished paying off an old grudge,” he added. “If she’s not dead now, I hope she dies. “I wanted to kill her for inter- fering in my domestic and personal affairs.“ Police learned that Cather, who has been living. at 4364 Vista ave- nue, called the taxicab at 6:45 o’clock to the home of his estranged wife, Isabelle, 4310 Vista avenue, from which he proceede to the vicinity. of 3100 Newstead. He was on the sidewalk, talking with Ruby Blackwell. 30344 North Newstead avenue, when his two sisters emerged from their home. Cather told police Martha called him a “lowdown” and advanced as if to strike him, whereupon he fired. Driving back to the point where he was arrested, Cather picked up a 16-year-old girl, who was re- leased b police after questio The larceny charge agai Cather grew out of the theft of $15 wrist watch from Miss Glad Cotner, 4310A Vista avenue, Aug. 26. The watch disappeared from an icebox after Cather had visited the house. He was arrested the next day, denied the theft and was released. On Oct. 3 his sister called police to her home and surrendered the watch, which she said her brother had given her the week before. — Sister Was Witness Against Him. The sister was to appear as a witness against her brother in the case, which was set for today in the Court of Criminal Correction, but was continued until Friday. Other family trouble developed after the brother separated from Bis wife five weeks ago and moved some of his household effects to the North Newstead avenue ad- dress, selling the goods to his mother. His estranged wife, claim ing title to the property, recovered the goods through a replevin ac- tion and also sued for $60 dam- ages. Her claim was to be heard today before a Justice of the Peace with the whole family present. |When shot, Miss Martha Cather was on her way to a-safe deposit MOTORIST FINED $1000 FOR MANSLAUGHTER Louis H, Derrer of Alton Pleads Guilty | in Uniott Boulevard — A maximum fine of $1000 was imposed today oh Louis H. Derrét, 34 years old, a machinist living at the T. M. C. A. in Alton, when he pleaded guilty of manslaughter. Derrer drove an automobile which struck and killed James J. Kear- hey of 5314 Wabada avenue, last April 13. Derrer paid the fine. It was learned from an authoritative source that Kearney’s widow had received a settlement under a lia- bility insurance policy carried by Derrer, the amount being wen as 37500. Two witnesses testified Derrer was driving on dhe wrong side of Union boulevard at 40 to 60 miles an hour. Passengers in Derrer’s car declared the speed was between 25 and 30 miles and that Derrer swerved to the wrong side in an effort to avoid the pedestrian. This was the first time the maxi- mum fine has been assessed in a manslaughter case involving an automobile. The fine was recom- ney Sullivan before Circuit Judge Taylor. JAPANESE WALTZING MICE TO BE USED IN-MINE RESCUES Animals Found o Be Better De- tectors of Gas Than 1 Canaries. ‘By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. —-Jap - anese waltzing nice probably wil soon replace the canaries that are always carried on the 11 rescue cars and circulated’ through the United States and Alaska by the United States Bureau of Mines. The canaries have heretofore been carried, along . vith su 1 and food supplies, oxygen appara- tus, and gas instruments, because they have been the best known de- tegtors of the deadly carbon mon- oxide gas, * But the Department „ Colada, merce announced today the results of comparative tests at the Pye bs burg experiment station of the Bu- reau of Mines in Which it ons IB mice reacted to carbon ee more quickly than canaries. 20 CHILDREN ARE HURT mended by Assistant Circuit Attor- found that the Japanese. waltzing e ‘CRY OF akk CA stn ite 7 MACDONALD PRAISES CORDIALITY OF b. S Views Niagara Falls and. Starts for Canada 8 whe, By. eee oak Press. . GARA FALLS, N. T., Oct, “in a farewell message today to th American people, Prime Min- ister Ramsay MacDonald of Great said he left the United States “rich with the proof that while the Atlantic divides us, the cause of peace unites us.” The British statesman read his statement to a group of British and. American correspondents just be- fore he set out for a trip around American side of the fails which carried him across the in- ternational boundary and back on Canadian soil after 12 days in this country on a geod will without precedent in the relations of the United States and Britain. 1 have spent 12 days among you,” he said. gone swiftly and have been very crowded. From the moment of my arrival to this moment, must say goodby I bave met with nothing but hearty demonstrations endship and with a hospital- ity both public and private which has approached the overwhelming. “It is impossible to mistake the meaning of your cordiality and 1 knew that in welcoming me you have haiied the object of my visit and have cheered the message of good will which I brought to you from His Majesty, the King, and all sections of Great Britain. “Your President and I have been privileged to express together, in a spirit of democratic and jnformal frankness, the relations of our two countries and K promotion of — a — La * + Britain, the of Tri world * ed up > ct — we “ge intende nt ath ‘this the — mass of children ca wham fe ‘Twenty of the children: appreciated the warmth of the re- ception I had from both your Sen- ate and House of Representatives. “To you all I have tried to make i plain how ‘Commonwealth share your prayers that war shall cease and your re- c ‘eave you I do so rich with the proof that while the Atlantic. di- vides us, the cause of peace. unites us. ep er Set a pare eee the Wabash, pressing the gin within a | work will add that Se roads using cost to the mission | Commission. ance of the “They have indeed when II Dy Aug. 10. gust because vated tracks. arrangement, tracks, Wabash will T havé particularly * In th TO ADVERTISE FOR. __ BIDS NEXT MONTH. Work Expected to Cost $480,000 — Railway’s Share to Be Fixed by State Service Board. withheld their acceptance in The. Wabash Railroad, through its president, James E. Taussig, has agreed to the city’s plan for elim- ination of the Union-Lindeli grade the depressing of the Forest Rock Island & Formal acceptance, filed yester- day afternoon with the Mayor and by Nat S. Brown, vice president and general solicitor of means, according to city officials, that the work. of de- tracks, and carrying Union and Lindel! boulevards over the tracks on a viaduet, can be- few weeks. The city will advertise for bids early in No- vember, The total Gost of the work ls estimated at $486,000, The work may run through next | summer. it was stated. The park entrance at Galen: anise ard. sc 2 to be closed for uctic River des Peres newer. will “have to N tor a considerable 225 is in progress. The recent lay of more than two months, fram the time when it was planned to begin the railroad work in August, that the rail . much to the period of public inconvenience in the park. Board to Allot Cost. In its acceptance of the city’s plan, the Wabash takes exception to the city’s proposal that the rail- the tracks shall pay two-thirds of the cost. Instead, it elects, as permitted by the ordi- nance, to leave the allotment of State Public Service The document tilea by che Wa bash with the Mayor is an :.ccept ordinance pass:d by the Board of Aldermen last sum mer, and providing in its terms that the railroads should accept it The Wabash cfficers Au- of uncertainty as to what the Rock Island would do. Rock Island office. a said they were planning to abandcn their western entrance to the city, and to use the Terminal belt line and Levee ele- The Rock Island is a tenant of the Wabash, and the city as been urging that the Wa bash proceed without waiting for a final announcement of the Rock Island’s plans. Under the present it is held, the Rock Island will be able for a share of the cost if it continues to use thé and if it withdraw. the have to bear the en- tire railroad share of the cost, Land Chiefly in Park. . case of Delmar -laduct, paid 60 per cent of style at the . bills taken from circulation that more than 180 tons are now stored in the Treasury Department and a- great} incinerator, working at top speed, nas been unable to keep up with its task of destruction. The Treasury Department for- merly sold the used pulp, but its experts have figured the profits are too small to make the necessarv binding worth while. DAWES REACHES NEW YORK FOR VACATION IN U. 8. Ambassador to % Great Britain De- clines to Comment on Naval By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great Britain, arrived today on the lle de France from Southampton for a short vacation, his first since go- ing to London. He declined to discuss naval limitations, saying that “an Ambassador from the United States is an ageht repre- senting the President and such in- formation as he has he holds as trustee.” - One purpose of the Ambassador's visit to thie country, he said, was to. confer with friends in Chicago regarding the Century of Progress Exposition to be held in 1933. Dawes was accompanied by Mrs. Dawes and his brother and sister- ‘In-law, Mr. and Mrs. Beman G. Dawes. They will be the guests of Owen D. Young tonight and to- morrow will go to Lawrenceville, N. . After a few * in Chicago and Washingt bassador and Mrs. 2 will ail ar ‘for England Oct. 30, ‘MME, COWIE ARRIVES u u 8. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK; Oct. 15.—Mme. Marie Curtse, co+discoverer of ra- dium and distinguished scientist., arrived on the liner Ile de France for a second visit to the United Stat Having Visited America in 1921, she came back to attend Henry Ford's dinner to Thomas A. Edison in Detroit, Oct. 21, in connection with the observance of the fiftieth anniversary f the invention of the incandescent lamp; to dedicate the Hepburn Hall of Chemistry at St. Lawrence University at Canton, N. T.. Oct. 25; and to be t of honor at a “inner of the New York committee cf the American Society for tHe Control of Cancer, Oct. 41. On Oct. 2. and 30 she will be the guest of Preddent and Mrs. Hoover at the White House, and while in Washington will receive a fund of $50,000 collected by her American admirers for the purchase of one of radium which she will do- nate to the Radium Institute being built at Warsaw. Mme. Curie was born in Poland. She declined to pose for photog- N i 7 4 + 7 2 2 1 Fon cks or ree 5 2 N 3 wat a ee 2 . oe : 8 8 E a g 1 — 1 “ . 2 ven oe * ae . — iat 4 ** » Wer ph a ee 3 | — ST | Burgess fine-spun dis- tinction between lobbying and his MARVIN ONCE HIGH PROTECTION WORKER Present Chairman of Com- Was Employed by Boston Club. By CHARLES d. Ross, Chief Washington Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Wil- liam Burgess, a former member of the United States Tariff Com- mission, whp denied that he was a lobbyist but told of calling on Sen- ky ators in the interest of the pottery 5 industry and his proposed scheme of American tariff valuation, was 5 the star witness today at the first ag session of the Senate's lobby com- 8 mittee, investigating reports of ef- 5 forts by corporations and individ-. uals to influence tariff legislation 5 now pending in the Senate. drew a executive duties in Prior to his appointment to the Tariff Commission dy President Harding. Bures was “tariff ad- viser” to the pottery industry and he resumed that connection after his four years on the commis- sion. “Tried to Have Expert Fired. 3 Before hearing Burgess, the ai committee was told of-an effort 1 which he and others had made to have one of the Tariff Commis sion’s experts fired, on the ground of prejudice against the domestic — pottery industry. At the opéning of the hearing, Frederick L. Koch, head of the ceramics division of the United States Tariff Commission, declared that efforts were made by the do- mestic pottery industry to railroad him out of his job because of tar- iff information which he gave the Senate : Hawley bill. Questioned by Senator (Dem.), Montana, a member of the : : a igre a 3 =a" “4 . 8 3 „ ’ 114 > Sse 4 , * ; —— j re = a 3 1 1 r * 7 A. N 8 > x CF * 3 2 * . i , 2 2 . A = ta “7 : * e S50 ot 8 2 2 3 en a = 1 ver, mt. 2 A . . t© Pr — 1 Fig oe 7 *. n Mas as , ae a