St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 9, 1930

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7 LOUIS PM reo US PAT T.LOUIS POST-DI The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1930.—40 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS WALL ae | STOCKS HAVE. SHARP BREAK; BiG TRADE IN LATE MARKET In Last 50 iets of Ses- sion Sales Aggregate More Than 1,700,000 Shares, More Than QOne- Third of Day’s Total. ICKER NEARLY HOUR BEHIND MARKET Important Issues Show Losses of 2 to 10 Points With Some Shares Down 10 to 30 Points, Latter | Range on Case. Y ted Press. ORK, June 9.—The stock buried under a new of liquidation in the last today's session. In the last trading sales ag- than 1,700,000 than one-third of the rnover of 4,646,270 ticker ran nearly an closing gong. issues were de- low levels of the otion picture stocks ! in huge volume in in what was at- collapse of pool i heavy bear selling. rails were also under Losses in import- n from 2 to 19 points, high priced erratic ed 1 to 30 points. \ccounts Weakened. ellng wa said in ies to represent in a asure the throwing of weakened marginal ) h brokers had re- ite in the day to give rs ample time to put i funds to protect \.so, short selling by pro- i floor traders was said volume. Aiildims Margin 7 Ss Business News Meagre. ' ‘Ss news on the whole was ! ne market appeared along by its own \Wall Street, as usual tines. was flooded with pened with a burst short covering he decline, The ‘ned dull, but er until the fi- hour, although nal indications aS1ioO nditions were un- funds plentiful. heen 30 Points. sa spectacular per- ping more than 30 w 229, as compared 3623. War- 8°, points to was approximately ler the peak estab- weeks ago. Radio more than 6 points i to its April peak io garoy The d _——~ n of real flying. es as Westinghouse racker Jack eat- * rican Can, Hudson ter. because the Aircraft and Elec- , F Light lost about 4 to es July 15, 1930. “. Steel sagged 2%% racker Jack a new low for the f C acker nmodity markets, el or r irast to stocks, were g. Mother and ‘rained more than a f it when they and corn moved up m still do, and Cotton, however, d wholesom it ges moved in nar- o! . ‘ith sterling cables t confection. you fit all the husky arms ‘h prices with other tables irhet news will be found : ona, '1(, 12C and 13C., -—Mother, Dad ’ - . but it a a _ AMMERSTEN FREED on e An's Day in J il, but Has You'll have 5 served Se Pierce ‘ec. re you know it. . Sai » 9. — Found . K ATR CORPS nduct, Mrs. Oscar JACK co., ‘idow of the opera Liceago, Illinois. 4 ‘day was sentenced to Mrs. Hammerstein arrest was a frame- liammerstein had since her conviction already had served ‘nd was immediately Hammerstein is 47 ‘timerstein, theatrical of Oscar Ham- Nother marriage, told son) 3 ough his attorney see eeeeeeeee prepared to pay “a | mount weekly for ee ee a ‘vin’s support 80 “a decent life.” i said she hoped 0 to Europe’ to tive 2 a on Slain Gunman, His Unidentified Woman Friend and the ‘Death Lily’ Sesasiticetenate ; Pee”. ‘ » fever ereetate s ene ene ee aa te a age A CONFESSES THE OF $6000 FROM TY OF KIRKWOOD Frank J. Hezel, Former Collector, Tells Council He , Appropriated . Funds From Tax Money. Frank J. Hezel, former City Collector of Kirkwood, has. admit- ted to the City Council that he appropriated about $6000 of tax money during the two years he was in office from April, 1928, to April of this year, it was learned at the Kirkwood City Hall today. Hezel, now a Deputy Sheriff under Sheriff Lill of St. Louis County, could not be reached. Al- bert S. Kinyon, Mayor of Kirk- wood, admitted there was a short- age, but declined to discuss the possibility of prosecution, pending completion of an audit now in progress, Hezel, who is 31 years old and lives with his widowed mother at 436 South Van Buren avenue, was a Kirkwood policeman before he was electe@ Collector on the Har- mony ticket. He was paid in com- missions on collections and his in- come ranged between $3500 and $4000 a year. Complaints From Taxpayers. Last April the Harmony party was defeated by the Progressive party and the commission form of government was adopted, which made the Collector’s office ap- pointive. Following a campaign promise, an audit of the city’s books, the first in several years, was begun. At the same time bills for back taxes were sent out and several persons complained that they had been billed for taxes they had paid. Last Saturday, it was said, the auditors submitted a preliminary report estimating the shortage at $6000. The City Council, consist- ing of Mayor Kinyon, William Hoe- man and Irvin S. McGirk, with J. C. Hoester, City Attorney, called Hezel to the City Hall. Receipted Bills, Pocketed Cash. It was said that Hezel readily admitted the shortage, stating that he had appropriated the money at various times during his two years in office by pocketing cash _ re- ceived from taxpayers and re- ceipting their bills. Some of the money was used, he said, to pay unexpected bills which followed the death of his father last autumn. After his term expired, Hezel was idle until about a month ago when Sheriff Lill appointed him to take the place of Deputy Sheriff William R. Goericke, who was killed by highwaymen. Kirkwood is protected against loss by a $25,000 bond of the Maryland Casualty Co. of Balti- more. The present Collector is Charles Thursby. President Signs Pensions Bill. By the Associated Press, WASHINGTON, June 9,.—Presi- dent Hoover today signed a bill in- creasing the pensions of all Civil War veterans, oe stata ete FLUGENE (RED) McLAUGHLIN, (upper right), notorious Cni- eago gangster, whose body was found Saturday in the drainage canal there. (Center), ‘‘MARIA.’’ whose picture was found in Me- Laughlin’s pocket. Police think she was ‘‘Red’s’’ sweetheart and are trying to identify her. (Lower left), inscription on back of ‘‘MARIA’S"’ photograph. (Below), MARGARET HAMILTON, also known as Collins, erstwhile companion of McLaughlin and other gangsters, and referred to by hoodlums as the ‘‘Death Lily of Gangland. ” GENERAL TAXICAB CO. T0 SUSPEND TONIGHT Decision to Cease Operations Laid to Difficulty Over Payroll. . The General Taxicab Co., now in the process of reorganization by Ford dealers, will cease operation tcnight, because of difficulty over ll meeting the payroll for 125 union drivers. This announcement was made late this afternoon by Lee Phil- lips, manager of the company, fol- lowing a conference with officers of the Chauffeurs’ Union. “The union wants us to post $1700 Gash in a bank, representing about five days’ pay for drivers, as an a ssurance that future payrolls will be met,” Phillips explained. ‘The ccmpany is unable to do this, and I am going to call the cabs in tonight.”’ Phillips said that union leaders declared they could not allow the men to work unless the cash bond were posted. Phillips also said that the drivers would not be paid for last week’s work until union leaders “straightened out certain details.” He did not specify the details, but said that funds were available to pay the employes. The development today may seri- ously affect the proposed reorgan- ization by 20 St. Louis Ford deal- ers, who invested $1500 each in the concern last winter, Phillips said. A bankruptcy suit recently was filed against the company. $750,000 SHORTAGE ALLEGED AGAINST DOHERTY’S AGENT By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, June 9.—Dudley Outcalt, County Prosecutor, said late today that a shortage of prob- ably $750,000 existed in the books of A. M. Shafer, local district sales manager of H, L. Doherty & Co., New York securities dealers. A warrant issued for Shafer’s arrest charges him with the embezzie- ment of $10,000, CHICAGO GANGLAND REPORTER SHOT DEAD Albert Jake Lingle, News- paper Man Slain in Pres- of Race Track ence Crowd in Illinois Central Station. TRIBUNE OFFERS $25,000 REWARD Employe Had Been As- signed to Cover New Outbreak of Warfare in City—Once Was Guest of Al Capone in Miami. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 9.—A veteran newspaper reporter who ‘‘knew too much” of gangland was shot dead today in a crowded pedestrian tun- nel under Michigan boulevard. The victim was Albert (Jake) Lingle, for 15 years a member of the Chicago Tribune staff and of late assigned to undercover work in the sudden revival of gang mur- ders, Newspaper ‘“‘grape vines’’ had carried the gossip a week ago that he was marked for death be- cause of his knowledge of the un- derworld. The Chicago Tribune a few hours after Lingle’s death, offered a re- ward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and convic- tion of the murder or murderers. Lingle was reported to be one of the city’s best informed newspa- per men in gangland affairs. The slayer apparently had tracked him from a downtown cafe where he had, lunched. Creeping up behind him in the subway lIead- ing to the Randolph street terminal of the Illinois Central Railroad, the assassin fired from within a few feet, dashed to the street and van- ished in the boulevard’ throng arcund the Public Library. Scores of commuters bound, as was Lingle, for the special] trains to the Washington Park races, were thrown into panic by the shots echoing in the tunnel and the as- sassin escaped readily. Lingle was 40 years old, married, and the father of two children. A witness, several paces behind Lingle, said he saw the killer slip up behind the reporter, level his weapon a few feet from his yvic- tim’s head and fire. Then he dropped the pistol, dashed up the runway toward the station, vault over a fence and vanished into the boulevard crowd, His weapon, an old style .45 cali- ber revolver, was found near the dead man. Assigned to Gang Filare-Up. Of late Lingle had been assigned to dig up information for his pa- per on the latest revival of gueril- la warfare among the gangsters, and the supposition was that some enmity in the underworld had been incurred by his activities. ~* Lingle left the Tribune cffice about 12:30 p. m. for luncheon. It was his custom to eat along Ran- dolph street, Chicago's Rialto, and the police believe some gangster spotted him there today and trailed him to the Illinois Central tunnel. William F. Russell, Commission- er cf Police, and Chief John Stege of the Detective Bureau went to the death scene immediately and took charge of the investigation. During the winter of 1928-29 the reporter was a guest at the Miami estate of Alphonse Capone, boss of gangland. In connection with the killing of Lingle, a detective squad raided the headquarters of Joe Aiello and ar-. rested Dominic Aiello, Joe’s broth- er; Dominic Tripoli and Frank Pezzo. They found two pistols and a pump gun in the place. ANOTHER CHICAGO GANGSTER SHOT CHICAGO, June 9. — Russell, alias Frank, Thompson, often called “The armorer of gangland,”’ drove into a New Milford filling station last night, with a bullet wound near the heart. He would not talk, although physicians. said the wound might . cause his death. When Sheriff Harry Baldwin of Winnebago County asked who had shot him, Thompson's only answer was: “You ought to be smart enough to know I won't talk.” The attack upon Thompson, dis- covery of the body of Eugene (Red) McLaughlin—one of gang- land's toughest characters—and the statement of police that George (Bugs) Moran and a half dozen other leaders in the gang world are missing and presumably slain, were week-end developments in the revival of gang warfare. Thompson was questioned at length during the early investiga- - KING CAROL SEEKS Rumanian Helen, today was forecast in offi- al supervision. stalled as King only a few hours subject of his little son, from whom him. The story told to the - at sea, on a voyage. son this forenoon, garded as a Monarch was still just a very small boy and so he. took Helen, who is living at Kisileff with his former wife, at which the former Queen Elizabeth of Greece and Prince Nichplas, brother of Carol, were present. would be based on the needs of their child for a domicile with both his parents or the demands of a nation was left to conjecture. ratifying all acts of the regency and Council of Ministers from the death of King Ferdinand to the moment yesterday when Carol was sworn in as Ferdinand’s successor. progress of events marking the re- turn of Carol to the throne came today when the executive commit- tee of the Liberal party issuéd a manifesto to the country declaring that the Liberals declined to iden- tify themselves with the new re- gime and refused all responsibility. The manifesto will be Vintila Bratianu, leader of the par- ty and former Premier. . -She was understood to have been moved deeply by a tremendous popular display of her former hus- band’s favor yesterday, as he was declared King. with accession dat-, ing from the death of his father, Ferdinand, July 20, 1927. ation between the new King and his former wife whom he gave up CITY’S POPULATION 817,334; OFFICIAL CENSUS SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 44,437 RECONCILIATION WITH FORMER WIFE Ruler, Back From Exile, Meets Prin- cess Helen Who Divorced Him Due to Love Affair. OFFICIALS IN FAVOR | OF PAIR MAKING UP Premier Resigns to Give Monarch Free Hand in Forming Government — Banishment Order’ Re- voked. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 9. —An early reconciliation between the new King, Carol II, of Ruma- nia and his f .rmer wife, Princess cial circles, when Carol returned their son, Michael, to his mother. Joint coronation in October of Carol and Helen has been predicted, In official circles it was pointed out that, with the first interests of the country in mind, and sgrength- ened by the needs of their son for a father and mother in the same domicile, Carol and his former wife undoubtedly would adjust. their viewpoints to the situation. Their 9-year-old son, former King, now is back in the nursery. } Carol has failed thus far in his efforts to effect a reconciliation with his former wife, but is still trying to bring about a change in her attitude. The King and Princess Helen, who divorced him two years ago, had a long discussion yesterday and agreed not to demand an annul- ment of the divorce. : The King took his young son who is now Duke of Alba Julia, to the Cotroceni Royal Palace, and it was understood he intended to keep him there under his person- Carol, although he had been in- before, found himself the abject he had been separated so long. During the last few years Michael’s father had been just a name to boy was that his father was somewhere Took Son to Mother. King Carol, upon going to his quickly per- ceived that the boy, who, since Ferdinand’s death, had been re- him forthwith to the Princess Palace. Carol had a long conversation sister and Whether the Princess’ decision King Carol today signed a decree The first unhappy incident in the signed by Strong emotional and political considerations were urged today on Princess Helen, to forget her quar- rel with Carol and to share with him the“throne of Rumania. Politicians hoved for a reconcili- Dill of Washington oT. was picked up and reported to the Navy Communications Bureau by a station at Tuckerton, L. I. The station did not catch the name or call number of this which the distress signal supposed- ly came. up the call, and nothing has been heard of it since. the Senate’s attention today, said it was “not the only peculiar thing that has happened benefit and protect that combina- tion generally known as the ‘Ra- dio Trust.’” Morris’ decision to leave the bench at this particular time, remarking that he is the “best qualified Judge in the United States on questions of radio law.” nessee, asked why Jtidge Morris it was to accept a financial offer which “is so attractive that he feels he cannot, in justice to him- ‘self and his family, refuse it.” HOT DISCUSSION INSENATE OVER | REED SOS CALL Radio Interruption of Missourian’s Speech Was Done to Aid R. C. A. URGES PROSECUTION OF PERPETRATOR Others Condemn Incident —“‘Interested Corpora- tioris’” Said to Have Lured Judge Morris From Bench By PAUL Y. ANDERSON, A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Juné 9. — The mysterious SOS call, which inter- rupted the Eastern broadcast of former Senator James A. Reed's speech at Sedalia, Mo., Saturday night, just as Reed was launching his attack upon the “‘Radio Trust,”’ was discussed in the Senate today with various members joining in the demand of Senator Dill (Dem.) of Washington for an investiga- tion. Dill said that, although he did not believe officials of the Radio Corporation of America were di- rectly responsible for “this con- temptible act,’ he did believe it had been performed in the corpo- ration’s behalf, and he demanded that the perpetrator be detected and “prosecuted to the limit of the law.” Dill, who is recognized as the foremost congressional expert on radio, digressed from the Reed in- cident long enough to charge that “interested corporations’ made possible the attractive financial of- fer which is inducing Federal Judge Hugh M. Morris of Wil- mington, Del., to resign from the bench at a time when the Gov- ernment’s suit against the ‘“‘Radio Trust” is pending in his court. Judge Morris already has handed down several decisions aguinst the Radio Corporation of America, in- cluding that in the celebrated tube case, Broadtast by National's Rival. Reed’s speech Saturday night was broadcast over the national system of the Columbia Broadcast- ing Co., principal rival of the Na- tional Broadcasting Co., which is controlled by the Radio Corpora- tion and affiliated companies. Just as Reed was entering upon that part of his address containing a fiery denunciation of the “Radio Trust’ all broadcasting stations_in the North Atlantic area, including New York City, were silenced by notification that an SOS call had been heard. They remained off the air for 25 minutes, during which time Reed concluded his castigation of the “Radio Trust.” It was learned that the SOS call ship from No other station picked Dill, in calling the incident to recently to He adverted to Judge tion of Judg* Morris. . Dill thought it was “exceedingly strange” that the Eastern broad- cast of Reed's speech should have been interrupted by the mysterious SOS call, just as the former Mis- souri Senator was launching his attack on the “radio trust.” He felt that the “trust” was being the beneficiary of too many “coinci- dents” recently—the other. being the resignation of J. G. Morris, a few days after the filing of the. Government's anti-trust suit in his court. Senator McKellar (Dem.), Ten- was resigning and Dill replied that | Senator Norris (Rep.), Nebraska, Continued on Page 2, Column 5. ‘ / Continued on Page 2, Column 2, | Continued on Page 3, Column 3. INQUIRY REQUESTED! RECORD Federal Board Wants Origin y the Associated Press. Federal Radio Commission asked the Commerce Department radio division today to investigate SOS messages which disrupted a chain broadcast Saturday night by former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and find the origin of the SOS, if possible. cast from Sedalia, Mo., and the in- terruption nouncing what “radio trust.” Special to the Post-Dispa*ch. Former Senator James A. Reed to- day said he had not received any information as to the reason his speech was cut off in New York, other than what had appeared in news dispatches concerning a mys- terious 8S O §S. ished my speech, a friend in New York telephoned that my had been cut off the air there. He said the action appeared to be de- liberate. from Chicago that there was much interference in my speech. was an § © §S call put out in good faith, it was perfectly all right to shut off my speech. However, if some persons had enough influence to cut off my speech, they would not stop at anything.” Navy Yard gave the order that shut down radio stations in the East for an S O 8S call during a portion of Reed's address, the Columbia Broadcasting System wired Reed today. MARSHFIELD, MO0., BANK CLOSES HAD $153,182 OF STATE FUNDS Special to the Post-Dispatch. The Farmers’ Exchange Bank of Marshfield, Webster County, deposits of $291,565, was closed to- day by its directors. State depository and the deposits included $153,182 cf State funds. said the notice of closing did not give the cause. iner, Truman Richards, will take charge of the bank today. $173,325 in $144,700 is in bonds, as a guaran- tee for safety of the State funds in the bank. The bank had total resources of $374,780. S. A. Killian is president of the bank. 44 BAND CONCERTS THIS YEAR Regular Park Season Starts July 6; 44 concerts in St. Louis parks this summer at a cost-to the city of $9000. duration, two hours. Special concerts will be held in Carondelet Park, June 14, and in Gravois Park, July 4, the regular daily concert starting the afternoon of July 6 in Forest Park. certs will be on Sunday afternoons, fiom 3:30 to 5:30, while those in other parks will be from 8 to 10 p m., St. Louis Placa Aug. 16. UNSETTLED TONIGHT AND INTO SOS THAT CUT REED OFF RADIO of Mysterious Calls Traced. WASHINGTON, June 9. — The the Reed’s speech was being broad- as he was de- he termed the came KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 9. — or “A short time after I had fin- speech I received also a report If there \ Naval station NAH at Brooklyn JEFFERSON CITY, June 9.— with It was a Finance Commissicner Cantley State bank exam- Treasurer securities, Brunk holds of which State Momemo’s Band. Frark Momeno’s band will give Concerts, formerly of 2% hours’ have been shortened to season All six of the Forest Park con- The last concert will be in/¢ TOMORROW; SHOWERS LIKELY THE TEMPERATURES. J showers in southwest portion: not passed today by the much change in temperature. Gain Is About 6 Per Cent FINAL TOTAL Check of Names Reported of 817,334, it was announced late this afternoon by Census Supervi- growth occurred in the last de- 3 | cade, the city would have reached i about 868,000 in the current cen- gus. preliminary and subject to revi- sion. the additional names obtained in the paign to see that all residents are enumerated, or other corrections. It is thought that the final figure may be somewhat larger, area now that it has for the last 54 years. unchanged since the city was’ en- larged at the time it was separated from the county in 1876, the community's growth in recent years has been in the suburban resi- dential sections where there have been large gains of population in the last decade: size in 1910, St. Louis gropped to sixth place in 1920, having been passed by Detroit and Cleveland. Now Los Angeles has experienced a huge growth and is vying witn Detroit for Chamber of Commerce hat hoped that St. Louis might pass Cleve- land in this census and retain sixth place, but Cleveland has 911,482, having grown from 794,841 1920. ATTEMPTS HOLDUP; CAUGHT ry & Loan Co., 604 North Grand boulevard, at 3:30 this afternoon. was captured by a private watch- man after a chase in the crowded Grand and Olive neighborhood. and one of them, holding a revolv- er, who was alone, hold up his hands. Cooney ran toward the rear of the rang a bell outside the store, then seized a revolver. ran, who was at Grand and Washing- ton boulevards, heard the cry “Stick-up.” on Olive street. He saw one man dodge into an alley and at Theresa avenue overtook the other. ' The captive drew a pistol and pulled the trigger, but it missed fire. had come up, helped Brutton dis- Police Station the man said he was he also was known as Jordan. cept in extreme |vised Senate bill to create, am fa southeast por- | dependent Federal Power Commie- tien to suplage St sous if, IS STILL SUBJECT TO REVISION , ee: Fy ee ke : a Sa ee ee eR AIRY al . « . ae a "\ > Ait enk Sia dt bs a ee ees Since 1920 Compared With One of 12.4 Per Cent in the Previous Decade. MAY BE LARGER Omitted Still to Be Made —City’s Area Has Been Unchanged for the Last 54 Years. ~ . we - » ” 1 Z ‘ 2 Ee uy » A he YH UE oan tt SATAY hi hod Mgt aaa smi TRB wer ee ee . é } ‘ we , ¥ ee m ay = * re nis 4 > Night wy ‘aa pa naan: i ania i wypste , Ny grcie.. 6 ’ nye en oe A ‘ —e e 4 a z bth oe wy eataseny “| * or, S SES» ge | al a DN egg OR ay Re « a sf <a bab c¥, Ah Pers 0 ae - SPE ae : * ae aes ae ¥ » 0 oo 7. lta on Pot * ‘ 5 =? “y Te y ‘ ae ¢ ae ‘ ey ay oe aes eo T+. St. Louis has a total population +3 sors Hassal Jand Kersting. This is compares with 772,897 in the 1920 census. a As The increase in the last decade © sy was only 44,437, or 5.7 per cent. » The gain in the decade from 1910 * to 1920 had been 85,868, or 12.4 Ai per cent. Had the same rate of it The figure announced today is It does not take account of Chamber of Commerce cam- St. Louis covers exactly the same Its boundaries have been Much of in the county, The fourth city of the nation in fourth place. The in © AFTER CHASE ON GRAND BL. One of two men who attempted 0 hold up the C. F. Cooney Jewel- The two men entered the store demanded that C. ¥F. Cooney, tore, stepped on an alarm, which The intruders the watchman, Martin Brutton, of pursued the men cust Two traffic policemen, who . rm him. At the Laclede Avenue oe Rogers, 26 years old, and sald | June 9.—A re | Laas