St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 19, 1929

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N 8 . 8 ö 1 3 „FFF — P * «ts ~ of — — =. . . * NEWS ae . aa > - 2 5 — 4 1 oi il. 2 gigs PM TODAY | 7 1 * * NO. 104. 75 : ALL STREET NG LINE F STOCKS OWN 2 TC — ppp? pppp PRRPE SBS 0 : 1 4 . esterday's 3 7 * 2 * 2 11215 a. .). low 8 4 . el Does Co- | ORDINATION MEAN STRAPS IN Buss 7 ) POINTS ue Weakness of Interna- tional Combustion Due to Appointment of Tempo- ry Receiver a Factor. ably fair tonight and tomorrow. but some cloudi- ness; somewhat, 4 colder tonight in northeast portion; not so cold to- 0X FILM ISSUE UNDER PRESSURE THEM ALL BUSINESS CMS. WHATEL e OPENED 22 1 ＋ 1 1 * . rg N 18. 7 — S~ 2 22 — 81 2599 Mf 2 * 1 4 2 * 4 4 8 2 nen if : 0 * , . * 2 : ogee en. iy ö comes - Jr ba . Jade er SUF DOG EBS NN . l 2 ; —— rene care eee 4 lid &. ~ * > 8 — OF * 111 n . * 4 0 fa! *. 1 8 N * N > 73 $ 22281 em. et te ae 13 morrow afternoon in south portion. Sunset 4:41; sunrise (tomorrow) 7:17. . Stage of the Mississippi 2.4 feet, a fall of 0.1. BREACH OF PROMISE VERDICT FOR $450,000 Woman Wins Suit Against John H. Castle, Detroit Real Estate Dealer. ente Increase in Vol- ume of Trade — About Dozen New Lows for Year in Market. 19. — Wall good “Christ- glimmering to- ive of selling e of stocks down nd sent more than vy levels for the rices of the day last hour, By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 19.—A Circuit Court jury this afternoon returned a verdict of $459,000 for the plaintiff in Miss Bertha B. Cleavenger’s breach of promise suti against John H. Castle, Detroit rea] estate operator. Miss Cleavenger had asked for $756,000 damages, generally the i showed a mod- im volume ‘ss and dealers federal Reserve e week ending 1712110558 4 * from ‘recover A nnounced by the The verdict was reached after E Board after the | et as $8.386.000.000. | a Kecrease of $39.000,- red With the preced- | hours’ deliberation. : . i vsis of the report or own account, } oe | AND CESPAIR. OF A FEMININE HEARTS! REE GREATEST increase of 126. count of out-of- $750.090.000, an in- | Special account n EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, M., | Dec. 19. —Weorge E. Huckins, son o fthe head of the Cedar Rapids (la.) get-rich-quick promoter, was arrested bere this afternoon at a resort Hotel on à felony warrant received from the Iowa city. Huckins and his father, Elmer S. Huckins, are charged with ob- taining loans said to amount to HHO O00: for > 404.000 008 . 1 fis 1 I Acute weakness of International Bmbustto n. to the appoint- ent ¢ temporary rece and Fox Film. which as placed in Na! of three trustees a fort- 9 4 1 5 5 4 » » ‘ : - ee * J * . E att oy. 7 * 76 5 8 . 3 ’ * * „„ 3 * 2 : ts F 8 clock y $3,000,000 by promises of 26 to 58 biizzard, which appears WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Presi- | RUN ON SCHEDULE ese Motorists Marooned on Roads — Suburban Trol- ley and Bus Lines Crip- pled, Some Not Operating Icy pavements, bitter wind and drifting snow combined to hamper residents of St. Louis and the sur- rounding region when they tried to travel outdoors today and last night. Many city streets and coun- try highways were entirely blocked, while all the others were difficult to traverse. Street cars and rail- roads had difficulties and interur- ban busses were halted, with the airplane the only form of trans- portation remaining unhindered. Pedestrians had to brave sting- ing snow particles in the wind and follow slippery. snow-covered side- walks. Six inches of snow fell in the’ blizzard, beginning shortly before midnight Tuesday. About one inch of: this came last night. The snow was moist Tuesday night, so that it packed hard next to the ground. but Subsequently it has been fine and dry, penetrating tiny cracks with the force of, the wind and drifting readily. The wind, which blew at the rate of 25 to 30 miles an hour yester- day and last night, attaining a snaximu f of 38 miles an hour, th northwest, at 1 esterday afternoon. Today it varied from 20 to 25 miles an hour. Nine Above at 6 A. M. Fulung steadily from $2 degrees, freezing point, Tuesday midnight, the temperature reached a iow peint of 9 above wero at 6 o'clock this morning and the Weather Bo- réau predicted a minimum of 2 gbove tonight. Fair weather was forecast for tonight and tomorrow, with slow moderation of the cold wave beginning tomorrow. The to have had its origin in the Canadian wilds of east Alaska, brought rain and snow to the States east of the Rocky Mountains yesterday and most of the Middle West is snow covered today, with unusually lew temperatures. Drifting snow blocked thorough- fares in and around St. Louis to a far greater extent than for many Winters. Many State and county highways and suburban streets in Missouri and Illinois were alto- gether impassable, stopping intcr- urban bus service. Some of the St. Louis streets virtually were closed by the drifts. Snow pushed from car tracks by sweepers forced au- tomobiles to use the tracks, and they in turn clogged the rails with more snow. Motorisis Have Troubles. Motorists had difficulty in stop- ping. since wheels slid as in grease when brakes were applied. and it was also a task to get starting trac- tion in many places, particularly at poulevard stops and other congest- ed points. After midnight about 300 automobiles were stalled in Oakland avenue. west of Kings- highway, on the southern boundary of Forest Park, because of slippery pavement, and they were helped out. by police after much trouble. Many machines were abandoned in ditches and at the roadside in the suburbs and the city. and some were virtually buried under drift- Ree ; ty athe it 1010 i if f Ht 1115 117 whole United E * n ment for Stanley s Wife Criticises Expert’s Theory of Treatment. TWO HOUR TALKS ON DESIRES CITED Defense Avers Trouble Has and ‘Horse Sense’ Should Guide. By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Cal..., Dec. 19.—Disposition of Mrs. Katherine McCormick's suit for the dismiasal of Dr. Edward J: Kempf, who re- ceives $120,000 a year as personal physician to her wealthy incom- petent husband, Stanley McCor- mick, and the ousting of Harold F. McCormick and Mrs. Anita Me- Cormick Blaine, brother and sister of the invalid as co-guardians, was in the hands of superior Judge William G. Dehr today. The hearing came to an end yes- terday after a day of argument by counsel for both sides, and Judge Dehr took the case under advise- ment. Newton D. Baker, chief of counsel! for Mrs. McCormick, in his closing argument referred to McCormick's personal physician as “this man who sees sex in every- thing.“ and said “all that an- body knows of the real treatment of Dr. Kempf is that every day he talks two hours with the pa- tient regarding the sick man's de- sires and dreams.” Baker argued that neither of the tw physicians now in direct Gharge of the invalid’s case—Dr. Kempf and Dr. William A. White; of Washington, D. C., consultant had held out any hope on the wit-'| ness stand for eventual recovery of | the patient. From the beginning of the rec- ord untH now there has not been one solitary suggestion as to any change of treatment except from the wife.” Baker said. A Sex Troubie. Oscar Lawler, counsel for Har- old McCormick and Mrs. Blaine, defended Dr. Kempf and his treat- ment. “Btaniey's trouble is a sex trou- bie.” he said. “No one denies that. We desire that the medical treatment in which we have found confidence be given a fair and just opportunity. We"whould be al- lowed to proceed, and try out to its ultimate the course of treat- ment now in progress.” ? “The other side has suggested that Mrs. McCormick has been too insistent on new treatments,” said Baker in his plea. “but that’s the way God made wives. When oth- ers interfere in the illness of their husbands, they become insistent. In the study of the case and in suggestions for the cure of her husband she has been the eager one. She has taken a vow to give her life to Stanley McCormick. Stanley has the money of a king at his disposal. and we should make a search of the world for possibie aid for him. Mrs. McCormick has been the one who has sought aid for him. We ask, your honor. that you make her the sole guardian.” Merely Asks “Horse Sense.” The defense arguments over the invalid and the 350,000. 000 fortune which his father, the late Cyrus H. McCormick of Chicago. founded, were opened by E. H. Cassels, Chi- cago attorney. Cassels pleaded for contiguance of Harold McCormick and Mrs. Blaine, as co-guardians, with Mrs. McCormick. “T merely ask: What is the horse sense of this situation?” Cassels argued. “We are working for Stanley McCormick, We are trying to show your honor what is best for 1 8 ON A CMD Bg ES Near Elichart, Ind.; Rescu- By the Associated Press. ELKHART, Ind., Dec, 19.— Seventy pupils in North Clinton Community School near here spent last night in their school rooms. marooned by the blizzard sweeping over the Midwest. Several busses tried to take some of the pupils home yesterday but became stalled in the snow and their passengers were taken to nearby farm houses for the fight. Principal Paul Wanger then de- cided to keep the rest of the chil- dren at the school. The schoo) cafeteria provided supper and a small breakfast. To- day parents were On their way on bob sleds to take the children home. The pupils slept on désks and tables after spending the long evening playing games DENSE FOG IN NEW YORK HALTS NAVIGATION “Unable to See Water,” Marine Ob- server at Quarantine Reports. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Dee. 19.—4 fog so dense that the marine observer at Quarantine reported he was “un- able to see the water” hung over New York and the harbor today, seriously hindering navigation. Six passenger liners were hours late in reporting their positions. | The delayed ships were the Minne- waska, from London; the Franco- nia, from a West Indies cruise; the Lancastria, from Liverpool: the Bermuda, from Bermuda; the Lituania and the United Fruit steamer Santa Monica. Several liners and freighters were reported by radio anchored outside the harbor. At Sandy Hook the fog completely shut out visibility and ne ships had been seen passing in or out since midnight. The Cunard liner Carinthia, which sailed last night with 200 passengers for a West Indies cruise, was reported this .morning an- chored in the channel off New Jersey, unable to proceed because of the fog. to have P 4 * — z 7 7 FP iad rte es — Walter D. LeVey Walks in| by Two Men — Short Time Later. 8 BULLET wou NEAR HIS HEART On Operating Table Before _ He Dies He Tells Police- man, ““Whoever Shot Me Got My Money.” Walter D. LeVey, operator of a roulette. wheel at the Mounds Country Club, a gambling ‘house on Illinois Highway No. 11 between East St. Louis and Collinsville, was shot and killed on the East Side today under circumstances which have not been explained. He was 49 years old and resided at 5126 Delmar béulevard, St. Louis. With a bullet wound through hig body. LeVey walked into St. Mary's Hospital, East St. Louis, shortly before noon, supported by two men who left hurriedly after telling at- tendants they found him leaning against a telephone pole three blocks. from the hospital. | Attendants reported that LeVey murmured something about being shot in an automobile and thrown out. question him on the operating table, he said: “Whoever got my money shot me.” He died at 12:25 p. m, making no further statement. MUNICH, Dee. 19.— Baron Fer- dinand Von Miller, sculptor, 87, died today. Es specialty was hero- ic size statuary. Among his works are statues of Humboldt, Shakspeare and Columbus in St. Louis, Mo., part of the war memo- rial at Charleston, S. C., and the statue of Gen. Mosquera in Colom- bia. ‘His brother, Oscar, is direc- tor of the Deutsches Museum at Munich. Baron Von Miller's statues, pre- sented to the city by the late Hen- ry Shaw, stand in Tower Grove Park, also given to the city by the donor of Shaw's Garden. The presentation of the Shaks- peare statue, facing west on one of the main drives of the park, was followed in 1878 by the unveiling under direction of the German- American Societies of St. Louis. of the statue of Alexander Von Hum- poldt, scientist, author and travel- er. The Columbus statue, largest of the three, which stands at the Grand boulevard entrance to the park, was unveiled in 1886. 1 — Special to the Post- Dispatch. BISMARCK, Mo., Dec. 19.— The Bank of Bismarck was helé up shortly after noon today y two men who é¢scaped with $3000 in cash, kidnaping the cashier, Otto L. Bond, who was the only person in the ank when they entered. Bond, in shirt sleeves and hat- less, was put out of the robber's automob.e a half mile from town | for the first five and a half months and walked back to the bank while A 2 N 4 3 3 0 17 tion. ; Pp. She said at 7 a. m. and told her cheerfully that he was- snowbound Mounds Club and would come : home as goon as he could. She did not worry. she said, because he frequently was delayed. LeVey was fully clothed, hat, overcoat and scarf, when he entered the hospital. A bullet hole was found in the left side of his overcoat. The cloth was badly burned, indicating a weapon had been pressed against his side and fired. The bullet entered his chest near the heart, ranging downward through the abdomen, and emerged at the back. There was no snow or dirt on Leveys overcoat to indicate thet he had been thrown from an auto- mobile. In one of his pockets $3.25 was found, consisting of a quarter wrapped in three paper dollars. Mra. LeVey said he had about $225 in cash when he left home yesterday. He had no auto- mobile, she said. and usually came home in the car of another em- ploye of the club. , Later it was learned that the men who took LeVey to the hospital were James Noonan, a at the Mounds Club, and Harry Welt a customer. Be dg Noonan told a Post-Dispatch re- st. Louis on Eichth street whgn he found LeVey leaning against a pole. On the way to the hospital, a nan declared, LeVey said that j of the present fiscal year had on To a policeman who tried to ee ee = 9 e at the. TUNIS, Dee. 19.—Attempt of two British Royal Air Force flyers to fly 6000 miles from England to the far southern tip of Africa without a stop ended in their deaths on a North African mountain side, 20 miles southeast of here. An Arab reported yesterday aft- airplane on a slope known as St. It was identified easily as the Fairey-Napier monoplane in which 2 A * > ae * y * 7 a = 77 nd Pes eke. „ r a — oven * . 2 „ ae 3 * 8 n „ 1 ( „ 3 n ** 1 * 65 N 2 J x » 5 v N a * . ä ie 4 ie OR 1 n W ee sie" 3 aati 8 W * y ’ n : ‘by 2 ö * in — agape: pee 7 e ; a 1 . e — ~ 4 15 7 * 4 1 1 Wy 8 an. 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