St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 24, 1930

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Young & Bros, Inc. thanking Young fer his efforts in Becker's race for re-election in 1928, has prompted an examination of Beck- ers’ declaration of campaign ex- penditures, disclosing Young as one of the two contributors to his fund. In Becker’s declaration, filed in his own office Nov. 27, 1928, aré listed total expenditures of $5750.57, including $1000 contrib- uted to the Republican State Com- mittee and $100 candidate’s filing fee. The $1100 was paid with $600 collected and contributed by Sam A. Clark, newspaper publisher of Carroliton, and $500 collected and contributed by W. H. Young. Un- like Clark, Young’s address is not given, but it is assumed he is the same W. H. Young who personally and through his brothers and em- ployes earned: Becker’s thanks for political activity. The Secretary of State through his appointee, Securities Commis- sioner Fenton T. Stockard, had jurisdiction over Young Bros., as well as other brokerage houses and, as the St. Louls Better Business Bureau urged last August, could have investigated Young Bros, to ascertain whether their business was sound, Instead, Young Bros. were permitted to operate until a month ago, when the firm crashed wifh a $2,000,000 loss to the investing public. Becker Not at Home. With Secretary Becker absent from Jefferson City, no explanation of the W. H. Young contribution could be obtained. Becker’s wife told inquirers he had left the city without telling her his destination, At his office, it was said his where- abouts is unknown, _ Becker was scheduled to speak on “Progressive Missouri” before a Republican women’s club in 8t. Louis yesterday, but canceled the address on the ground of iliness in his family. His departure from the capital followed a day after the Post-Dispatch had disclosed po- litical activity of the Youngs in his -behalf, and his letter of thanks to them. Secretary Becker draws a base salary of $3000 annually, increased to $4500 with allowances for com- mission meetings, It is understood he had planned to seek the Repub- tican nomination for Governor in 1932. No Action on Caulfield’s Order. With Becker away from his of- fice, no move has been made to-* ward compliance with Gov. Caul- field’s order of, yesterday, calling upon the Secretary to make a com- plete report of all transactions had by him, his appointee, Commission- er Stockard, or anyone else con- nected with the office, with the firm of Young Bros.and their va- rious subsidiaries and interests. Becker had responded to a reso- lution by the Better Business Bu- reau, criticising Stockard, by or- dering a “sweeping investigation” made of the 2300 companies is-| suing and dealing in securities in Missouri. Becker did not mention Young Bros. but attributed his or- der to the “recent Wall Street crash,” now six months old. The examination has not been start- ed. Stockard sald today he would which indicates Becker's order was ‘something of a gesture, as a small army of auditors would be re- sale-examination he demanded. _ Betker Fought to Control Blue Sky ‘ae t.° . ‘Disclosures of’ facts in the Bive Sky* Department, scandal, in which it ‘has been- shown that ~ Foung Bros., Inc.,’ was permitted to: op- erate by Secretary of State Becker's office‘ for: sever’-months-after the Better Business Bureau had: lodged definite complaints against it, has ; : ~ CAMPAIGN FUND! quired for the -fmmediate, wholes | LIGHT FROST, FAIR TONIGHT ; PARTLY — CLOUDY TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES, Miccceses B., Me ccc eee’s a2 es core. =oPPPP rere | Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight; tomor- row fair, but with considerable cloudiness; light frost tonight. -Miasouri: Part- ly cloudy and somewhat threat- sning tonight and -omorrow; not much change in temperature; light frost in ex- treme east por- tion tonight, | Tilinois: Fair | tonight with light to heavy frost; tomorrow in- creasing cloudi- ness; not much change in temper- ature. Sunset, 6:47; row), 5:10. Stage of the Mississippi, 8.7 feet, a fall of 0.2. Cold and Snow in Maryland. By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND, Mé4., April 24.— Western Maryland awoke today with a one-inch snow blanket in the Frostburg area. Subfreezing temperatures were recorded in Western Maryland. with a mini- mum of 20 reported at Deai and Thomas. The minimum in Cumber- land was 28. OXYGEN MACHINE IN AIRPLANE FOR SOLAR ECLIPSE OBSERVERS Ship for Monday’s Test Being Made Ready at San Diego California. SAN DIEGO, Cal, April 24.— An oxygen-equipped plane in which Capt. A. W. Stevens of the Army Air Corps will attempt to photo- graph the moon’s shadow as it sweeps across the Sierras Monday during the solar eclipse is being prepared at Rockwell Field. The attempt to photograph the shadow will take place at Honey Lake, Cal. Lieut. John D. Corkillo, who, like Capt. Stevens, is from Wright Field, Dayton, O., will pilot the plane. They will be accompanied by. a civilian scientist from the Bell Telephone Co.’s taboratory. The moon’s shadow, moving at a speed of 1800 miles an hour, will be only 3000 feet in diameter, and the period of totality will be but a second and a half. The path of totality starts about 300 miles out at sea, and sweeps eastward just north of San Francisco. Totality will occur at approx!i- mately 1 p..m. Central Standard time. The plane will be obliged to make a turn of 180 degrees in 20 seconds, Capt. Stevens declared, in order to carry out the work suc- cessfully. SPECIAL SHOWING OF ‘HAMLET FOR KING GEORGE AND QUEEN Performance by All-Star Cast to Be Given in London on May 19. 3 By the Associated “ress. ; LONDON, April 24.-—- King George and Queen Mary have com- manded a special performance for May 19 of an all-star presentation of Hamlet which was given for the first time at the Haymarket The- ater Tuesday night. The presentation is in. aid of theatrical charities, to commem- orate the birthday of William Shakspeare, April 22, 1564. Tuesday’s performance under the supervision of Sir Johnston Forbes- Robertson was remiarkable in ev- ery way. The large audience in- cluded notables in many spheres of life. Henry Ainley, one of the best known character actors on the En- glish stage, took the part of Ham- let for the first time. SENATE VOTES 80,000 LIMIT ON IMMIGRATION FROM EUROPE WASHINGTON, April 24.—The Senate today voted to cut down tm- migration from Europe to. this country from 150,000 annually to 80,000. .The vote was 41 to 31. The Senate also voted to strike out’ a proposal to repeal the na- sunrise (tomor- ——. put to @ vote and approved.; |. - ‘| Anna Keipp, the widow, and a son, FATHER HELD ON HOMICDE CHARGE Miss Anna Keipp, 21, Freed : on $10,000 Bond Pend- to Grand Jury. LAY DRUNK ON BED Testify at ~ Inquest — Widow Tells of Giving Pistol to Daughter. — A Coroner’s verdict of homicide was returned today in the killing of Phillip. Keipp,. 43 years old, a former policeman, who was shot yesterday afternoon by his daugh- ter, Anna, 21-year-old clerk, as he lay on a bed intoxicated at his home, 3955 Aldine avenue. Keipp was released on $10,000 bond pending presentation of the case to the grand jury. The daughter wept during the inquest and did not testfiy. From her chair in the hearing room she gave her name and address, and her attorney, Sigmund Bass, then told Coroner Dever he had advised his client not to make a statement. Witnesses were policemen, Mrs. Earl, 11 years old. ’ . Mrs. Keipp was composed on the witness stand. -She told of remov- ing the revolver from beneath -her husband’s pillow after he had chased her from the house, and threatened to kill her. She later gave the weapon to her daughter,. who left her work to take it away from the home. She was not in the bedrdéom when the shots were fired, she said. In response to a question of counsel the widow said her hus- band had abused and threatened her frequently, and had also abused the children when intoxicated. — Boy Weeps on Stand. Earl, who wept while giving tes- timony, said he gaw his mother give his sister the revolver. “Sister went upstairs and mother followed her, and I went up after mother, Then I heard shots and ran out of the house,” he testified. Miss Keipp fired three bullets into her father’s body, when, she said, he attempted to rise from the bed and she feared he would beat her. Keipp died of two wounds of the abdomen and one in the neck, the ullets from the .38-caliber revolver passing through the body and the bed. In a written statement to police at Deer Street Station Miss Keipp, who is employed at the Union Electric Light & Power Co., today gave an account of the shooting and the circumstances leading. up to it. The Daughter’s Story. “T had to leave home when I was 16 years old because of fa- ther’s drinking and his abuse. He ran me out and he has continued to beat mother and the other chil- dren. Tuesday night mother came to my aunt’s house at 3940 St. Louis avenue, where I have roomed for a year, and told me father had threatened her life. I asked her to spend the night with me, but she said she had to go home to look after the children. “Yesterday about 4:30 p. m. I telephoned Miss Alice Hughes, who lives next door to mother, and went out there. Mother was itn the/ kitchen, which is in the basement. She said was sick and. nervous. I asked for the revolver, which I 5B. lity : =F i RL WHO KILLED | ing Presentation of Case} FIRED WHEN PARENT || | Young Woman Does Not ; Miss | message on the | SLAYER OF’ FATHER “4 —By a Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer. : MISS ANNA KEIPP PHILADELPHIA WET BY § TO i IN POLL, BOSTON IS 3 TO 1 NEW YORK, April 24.—Boston votes 3 to 1 and Philadelphia 6 to 1 for the combined wet proposals, repeal and modification, as op- posed to enforcement, in the sec- ond tabulation of .their votes in the Literary Digest prohibition poll. Of nine municipAlities shown for the first time in” the tabulation, two vote dry. Today’s table is: First Enf. Mod. Rpl. Boulder, Colo. ...:.830 292 179 Orlando, Fila. .....603 403 629 Pocatello, Idaho ..298 Marion, Ind......+..622 Clinton, Ia. .....+.207 Brookline, Mass, ...314 pyvineaa, Minn. eee 2lT Helena, Mont. ....188 ° Englewood, N. J. ..166 Second Report. Boston, Mass. 12,603 12,628 26,866 Wilmington, ee Jacksonville, PUR. & éSids Philadeiphia, Pa. ...s.+-22,868 36,012 82,629 Ot 319 municipalities whose vote has been compiled, 291 have shown a wet and moist majority, 26 a dry majority and two a tle. Last week's percentages In the na.- tionwide poll were 41.1 per cen for repeal, 29.9 per cent for modi- fication and 28.8 per cent for en- forcement. AMERICAN NAVAL DELEGATES GET FELICITATIONS AT SEA Leviathan, Carrying U. 8. Group Back Home, Runs Into Heavy Swell, By the Associated Press. 8. 8. LEVIATHAN, April 24. — Thé- Leviathan today was set on the course for New York, in an- effort to land the American delegation to the London naval conference at home as quickly as possible. There was a heavy swell into which the ship had to head. Most of the delegation refused to be disturbed even by the accumu- lating wireless messages of con- gratulation, and remained in their cabins. Secretary of State Stim- City. 1,509 1,122 2,757 1,508 1,988 4,302 son wirelezsed Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, a. personal clésing of the con- i H eee” * . F | MAN SLAIN IN nold Willmann, County Deputies, Ambush Rob- bers—Goericke and Uni- dentified Gunman Killed. SHOTS EXCHANGED ON THE CRAIG ROAD One Man, Beaten and Ap- parently Wounded, Gets Away When Officer Runs to Nearby House to Sum- mon Help. =| i Deputy Sheriffs Arnold Willmarn and William Goericke set a trap last midnight for two highwaymen on Craig road north of Olive Street road fin St. Louls County. When the highwaymen approached and an- nounced they were police officers, the deputies exchanged shots with them. 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