St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 21, 1930

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The Only Evening Newspaper in St. Louis With the A dsociated Preat News Service MOVEMENT IN STOCKS HAS SETBACK Meets First Barrage of Bear | Selling in Late Market. List of Shares Close Down 3 to 12 Points. TECHNICAL REACTION WAS ANTICIPATED Profit-Taking Sales Are of Fair Volume but Market ls Almost at Standstill | When Drive Starts—To- tal Sales Not Large. y 21.—The ten- >the young bull move- C are fully nourished tnight, wilted under | ize of bear selling | It was inci-| he hottest days of | which may | ears irritable. F » Jatest 1) street bull | ¥ professed unconcern, al-| ve ‘hough a fairly extensive list of! 12 points lower. | ut that with about | » joss from the' to ihe bottom of | a substantial | ion will be accord- |! Ss oe i. 2 tO { rthermore, bull operators were willing to risk any | such rashly premature advance as | d to be glad | a few days | gains already | @ Vv. . “tine an f last spring, an a a . 7 «\ 7 > he market have ‘ i iA. aan ' consolidate tne Quiet Until Late. | ng Was not active until the} y minutes, when the ticker; derately in arrears. were in fair volume | e morning, but when these | been completed, | t was almost at a stand- bear drive just C1OS* Total sales were y about 1,950,000 shares, against | Trade noe bichlhi . ' Sales tiring ¢ hoy te Go ave be- ) on Triday. elopments in the days | vd ; reeiv of a character to in- re ‘ } t° 1? } ’ : 2 f raid, which seemed | predicated largely on Kened technical position of apparent une-| PSS of may! ny traders to re-j} , ; 9 The iBe4 _~ positions without indications of busi- | bolster the ad- | been indicated by | profit-taking both | ‘ | nite 10 i7 AP mr} + ¢ Law i] i 1377 ima 4 “6 Farning Statements Mixed. | ihe la hews did contain a dis- | rng earnings statement by “ ‘son Motor, which reported net e only 67 cents a share in the SeCe- vid quarter, less than half that of ‘Ss’ and less than a fifth that second quarter of last year. hings statement, + Was that of Procter & OWllig $3.37 a share for ended June $8090 on the : ihe preceding year. | | home K prices, with other tables - uadages news, will be found Mes OC. 100. » ig C and 11C. 2 and a Fairly Extensive |, COLD, MID-WEST IS COOLINC Temperatures Near Freezing in Rockies— Scattered Rains With Mercury in Low 70s in Grain Belt. THUNDERSHOWERS TONIGHT ; FAIR AND COOLER TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. Dg a eed 33 a. P . 90 2 a. m “SS @e#eeee 833 10 a. ™m.. s*eeerte. 9 S -&. mitecteos Be 2 Os Micecs i eee 9) + a. SU 12 Noon eee 96 5 a. m *“e @eseeee SO 1 YD. Mi..« e*eve8eee*.es 7 SD i WR Fi e's NO P: Ds" Chis 6% 6 BHR 7 22 ee SNe 8] 3p. m a cecce ae Ad SE Sa _, Sa “ES Seas” 98 Yesterday's high, 100 (4:15 p. m.): low, 1 (6 a. m.). Relative humidity at noon, 33 per cent. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Thun- IT UP dershowers __ this 7 afternoon or to- fe night; tomorrow fair; cooler to- night and tomor- row. Missouri: Prob- ably local thun- yw derstorms this @ei afternoon or to- night, except to- night. or tomor- row in extreme southeast por- tion; mostly fair tomorrow in the remainder of State and tonight in extreme north- west portion; cooler tonight and in south portion tomorrow. Illinois: Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in central portion, and pos- sibly in extreme south portion to- night or tomorrow; cooler tonight in north and central portions and in south and central portions to- WEATHERBIRD morrow. Sunset, 7:23; sunrise (tomor- row), 4:53. Stage of the Misisssippi, 5.4 feet, a fall of 0.3. JULY GRAND JURY MAY NOT State’s Attorney Swanson Says There Is No Concrete Evidence to Present. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 21.—The killing of Alfred J. Lingle will probably not be taken up by the July grand Profit. |dury, the State’s Attorney indicated today. State’s Attorney Swanson said there was no concrete evidence with which to take it before the grand jury. The grand jury, which has been) instructed to call anyone desired in order to solve the hinted maze lof graft back of Lingle’s killing, expects te hear Harry T. Brundige, a St. Louis repo articles in his p a -ompany among racketeering | ee , : ~| tering 91 at 9 a. m. newspaper meo. Threaeg of habeas corpus action to set free Frank Foster, gunman brought back from California Sat- urday under indictment for the murder of Lingle, were forestalled by his transfer today to the county jail. Foster had been held in a secret place since his arrival, and attorneys indicated they would force the State’s hand if Foster \were not imprisoned in the county jail immediately. What the in- vestigators have learned from ques-~ tioning him wus not disclosed. 16 FORMER OFFICERS INDICTED IN $500,000 BANK FRAUD Charge of.Misusing Mails Made by Federal Grand Jury in New York. ” By the ASeociated Press. "NEW YORK, July 21,—Sixteen former officers of three Long Island banks and a Brooklyn se- curity company and a New Jersey note broker were. charged with mail fraud and misxppropriation of funds today_in 20 indictments returned by a Federal grand jury. The four leading figures in the alleged conspiracy, by which the banks were looted of about $500,- 000 through forged notes, are WwW. Douglas Miller, note broker of Tenafly, N. J.; William H. Sel- brecht Jr., former president of the Long Island National Bank of As- toria; William Douglass Mott, for- mer president of the Bellport Na- tional Bank and the Bellport ‘Se- curities Corporation, and Albert R. Hansen, former president of the Elmhurst National Bank of Elm- hurst. Assistant Federal Attorney Wiil- kinson said the three banks had been reorganized and their losses, except for $8000, had been recov- ered. WRECK IN SNOW, FOUR KILLED By the Assogfated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, July 21.—The heavy winter snow near San Ga- briel 45 miles from here, caused the death of four persons in the wreck of an excursion party. An- other was seriously injured. Because of heavy snow in the Andes there has. been, no railroad service between Argentina and Chile for a week. And much of | Argentina has been shivering. INVESTIGATE LINGLE MURDER : rter, who said in | , aper that Lingle | of its enduranc By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 21. — Cooler weather today came to the Middle West, after three successive days of 100 degrees or more. In some places showers knocked the mer- cury down to the 70s. \ The grain-growing plains states were first recipients of cooler weather, Des Moines, Omaha and St. Paul in the North reporting temperatures in the low 70s. With relief edging eastward slow- ly, Ohio today reported tempera- tures probably would equal those of yesterday, when marks of 100 degrees or better were the rule. Columbus, O., had 112 degrees yesterday. Virginia, Maryland, | West Virginia reported 106 or more, Near Freezing ‘Temperatures Throughout Rocky Mountains. By the Associated Presa, DENVER, Colo., July 21.—From Montana to the extreme west of Texas temperatures today took on an October complexion, and Colo- rado, New Mexico and West Texas got rain. Church-goers who were dretiched going home in the rain last night woke up this morning to find the rain unabated in Den- ver. It was the second rain for Colo- rado within a week, breaking a long drouth, Temperatures ranged from 42 degrees at Leadville, Colo., high upon the Continental Divide, to 70 at El Paso. Other marks in- cluded 60 for Denver, 62 for Al- buquerque, 56 for Cheyenne and 52 for Helena, Mont., at 6 a. m. Cool Wave Sweeps Over Kansas; Rain Brings Kelief. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 21.— A cool wave was creeping eastward over the Kansas plains today on the heels of temperatures which reached “107 at McPherson, Man- hattan and Emporia yesterday. Accompanying rains broke a period of drouth which has caused serious crop damage. The fall was 1.71 inches at Norton, 1.46 at Goodland, .88 at Concordia. Clouds and threatening rain brought relief to Kansas Citians after a sleepless night and in West- ern Missouri modified the temper- atures, which reached 103 at St. Joseph yesterday. Shower at Fulton, Mo.; Rainfall of .03 of Inch. FULTON, Mo., July 21.—A .03- inch rain fell here shortly before 2 o’cleck today. Washington Reports Record of 105.6 for Sunday. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 21.—The Capital today began another day e contest with the heat, with the thermometer regis- That was six degrees warmer than at 9 o'clock yesterday. Sunday’s maximum was a record high of 105.6. The fore- cast for the District of Columbia was “continued warm weather” to- night. Some relief was promised tomorrow. The forecast said there probably would be local thunder- showers, with the weather “not quite so warm in the afternoon.” Cooler temperatures were predicted for tomorrow night and Tuesday. So intense was the heat that Secretary Stimson ordered the State Department closed this after- noon. The mercury had climbed to 100 by noon. As the heat continued to increase, the Treasury Depart- ment dismissed all its “employes who ¢ould be spared and other de- partments contemplated following suit. Three Heat Deaths Reported in Maryland, Many. Prostrated, By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, July ©1.—Three deaths and about 20 prostrations in Maryland were attributed to the heat today as thermometers early gave indications that yesterday’s record-breaking temperatures of 100 or more would be passed dur- ing the day. A clerk on his way to work this morning fell dead as the meréury at 9 o'clock had passed the 90 degree mark. An- cther man died from a broker back suffered yesterday while he was swimming and a third man apparently crazed by the 96-degree heat at Hagerstown jumped fully clothed into the Potomac River and was drowned. The temperature was 107 degrees yesterday at Hag- 100 CHINESE PIRATES KILL TROOPS BOMBARD By ‘the Associated Press. ‘HONGKONG, July 21. — Word was received here today of thé ex- termination of a band of West River pirates near Canton by Gov- ernment troops after a day of fight~ ing, in. which 100 pirates and 17 troopers were killed. The pirates, strongly entrenched, resisted fire from gunboats, field guns and machine guns, then fled to their woodland lair. The pur- suing soldiers found them, how- ever. Several captives, held. for Sane were freed, j AIR TAXI EXPLODES INKENT, ENGLAND Victims Include Viscountess Ednam, Friend of Prince of Wales and Marquis of Dufferin. PASSENGERS BLOWN FROM PLANE CABIN Col. Henderson, Piloting Machine From France to Croydon at __ Terrific Speed, Among Dead. By the Associated Press. MEOPHAM, Kent, England, July 21.—Six persons, including the Vis- countess Edgam, a woman of un- usual beauty and a close friend of the Prince of Wales, plunged to death when a mid-air explosion tore to shreds an air taxi speeding a party of distinguished society folk to Croydon from a week-end at Le Touquet, France. Mrs. Henric Loeffler, another woman famed for her beauty and the receptions she gave at her elaborate home in - Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, was a_ victim. Mrs. Loeffler’s receptions - were among the most important events of the London society season. The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava and Sir Edward Ward, who moved in the same exclusive’ circles; Lieutenant-Colonel George L. P. Henderson, an airman with a fine flying record, the plane’s chief pllot and Charles Shearing, 28 years old, assistant pilot, completed the death role. Henderson was breath- ing when ‘villagers reached his side but died in a doctor's office, Late this afternoon this pictur- esque hamlet-four miles south of Gravesend was startled by a roar in the sky and a terrific detona- tion. Villagers who looked sky- ward saw the Junkers plane, a machine owned by the Henderson Flying School, and lent to the Wal- cot Air Lines, Limited, suddenly fly into bits. The bodies of all of the occu- pants hurtled earthward and fell in a cluster in a garden next to a cottage. Flung About for Yards. The rest of the outfit, wings, en- gine and cabin, were flung about for hundreds of yards. Today’s crash was one of the worst disasters in the history of British commercial aviation, be- cause of the prominence of its vic- tims as well as their number. It followed closely upon another grewsome tragedy of the air which occurfed on July 7 when a Ger- man Dornier-Wal flying boat in the Steppin - Kalmar - Stockholm service was forced down in the Baltic near Bornholm and broke into bits in a stormy sea. In that disaster two Americans lost their lives, Dr. John L. Burkholder of Mount Pleasant, Pa., and Miss Ruth Patricia Northrup of Phila- delphia, whose pody was found last week. A queer feature of today’s acci- dent wus the finding of one of the plane’s wings fully two miles from the scene where the bodies and en- gine came down. During attempts to identify Lady Ednam. it was recalled that Lord and Lady Ednam’s 7-year-old son was killed on the Chelsea embank- ment in London last December when he was crushed under a truck while riding his bicycle. The machine had left the air- drome at Berck, near Le Tou- quet, at 1 p. m. J Sir Edward was the leader in the comfort of American troops in the war. He was the organizer of the “fireside friendship” movement in England for the United States flying fighters, Investigators learned that all of the passengers, well known to one another, had spent a week-end at the gay French resort. Lord Duf- ferin and Sir Edward had _ been staying over the week-end at Mrs. Loeffler’s villa. Lady Ednam was paying a visit to London after at- tending her sick: husband at Le Touquet. She had not originally booked a place in the plane, but finding at the last minute that there was a vacant seat had de- cided to make the journey. TWO KILLED, THREE INJURED IN ERECTING RADIO AERIAL Contact With 11,000-Volt Power Line Causes Electrocutions at PIMERCED. Cal, Suly"21. — Two riously burned near here today, erecting came fn contact with an 11,000-volt power line. «2 Joan Gaffery, her niece. Injured: Allen Gaffery, 19, her nephew; J. W. Gaffery, her son; Hileen Gaf- measures taken by the British for. persons were killed and three se-| when a radio aerial they were| ‘ Y + . , 2 - ATE; VOTE 58 oy ee - me: ST. LOUIS, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1930. —36 PAGES. aoe " icaiialaliiciealesiaa 2 CENTS HEAT MOVESEAST, FAR WEST (SI KILEDWHEN NAVAL TREATY RATIFIED — 709 oa Sei ane Rega: ' wecelelaiate oti ae Saati Mae aed RESERVATION BY NORRIS ONLY-ONE THAT S ADOPTED. ment. , 13 OTHER RIDERS Forest O’Brine (Obie). refueling crew. Left to right, P. V. Chaffee (Sho THREE MEN KILLED WHEN AUTO HITS TWO OTHER CARS Paul Mayer, 17, Driver in Crash North of East St. Louis, Injured—Compan- ions Unidentified. ——— Three unidentified men were killed when an antiquated road- ster in which they were passengers, struck two automobiles in succes- sion and turned over on the Col- linsville road a few hundred yards north of the East St. Louis city limits at 11:30 a. m. today. | The driver of the roadster, Paul Mayer, 17 years old. 1316 Van- dalia avenue, Collinsville, lapsed into unconsciousness after giving his own name. He is at St. Mary’s Hospital, East St. Louis, in a grave condition. Witnesses told State Highway policemen that Mayer, northbound ‘on Highway No. 11, the Collins- ville road, sideswiped another auto- mobile bound in the same .direc- tion, when he attempted to pass it. Caroming back to the center of a southbound automobile driven by Charles Miller of Fairmount City. His roadster left the concrete and turned over at the side of the road. One of his passengers was in the front seat and the other two were riding the turtle deck. All suffered fractured skulls. The bodies are held for identifi- cation at an undertaking establish- ment at 825 Exchange avenue, East St. Louis. RANCE SUSPENDS EMBARGO | ON TOBACCO FOR U. $. JUDGE Kentucky Jurist Permitted to Take Supply of Twist With Him on Trip. By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., July +21.— For the benefit of Chief Justice Gus Thomas of the Kentucky Court of Appeals the French Gov- ernment has suspended its em- bargo on American tobacco. Jus- tice and Mrs. Thomas wanted to visit their daughter, Mrs. Kenneth McConnell, who lives in France, ‘put the Judge was unwilling to travel without a supply of home grown one-sucker twist. ~. Senator Alben Barkley and the _* French Government to . permit Thomas to bring his own tobacco with him. He and Mrs... of Western Kentucky. twist. |. WASHINGTON, July 21.—Revt- sion of the census 7 ‘increase of 673,500, or 24.9 per tent. Gary, Ind., under the revi- paton. has 100,749, an increase of 45,871, or 81.9 per cent. ) the road, he collided head-on with. State Départment prevailed on mit Thomas sailed from New York City last /th® week, taking with them a supply | ola eee RAPIDLY BEATEN cs gt o ssieiais . , pe - It Policy of Government ie s to Build Full Fleet Al- e ee, low ed by P act Among a ins htm eta Ss <5 a: any eat By CHARLES G. ROSS, | eae de 04) | Chief Washington Correspondent of # site WASHINGTON, July 21. — The Pat ssa tee ea we : dee es Senate this afternoon ratified the Sag ost-Dispatch Staff Photographer. London naval treaty by a vote of 58 a above, the endurance and | lo 9. f3 rty), William Brewster (Bill), Dale Jackson (Red) and} The work of the special session 2 a: | . : ae being completed, the Senate ad- * a : | | cA journed sine die. Eos % br: BISHOP CANNON ) The margin of victory for the 2 £ : A 7 | treaty proponents, at the end of a : WEDS SECRETARY debate lasting a little fore than . P54 } two weeks, was far in excess of DE TROI T WI DOW the required two-thirds. : | The nine Senatorg directly re- cording their votes against ratifica- Methodist Churchman and ’ |tlon were Bingham (Rep.), Con- Rel ae . Married ‘e London, ) necticut; Hale (Rep.), Maine, John- Bride, Married in , . son (Rep.), California; McKeNar TE PE Sail for South America. , (Dem.), Tenriessee; Moses (Rep.), Be: Se New Hampshire; Oddie (Rep.), gk ‘ ra oe Nevada; Pine (Rep.), Oklahoma; 4. 2 By the Associated Press. ey ey! — or ogeng Rep.), Indiana; Walsh at a LONDON, . July~ ©21.—Bishop : = se _|(Dem.), Massachusetts. oe James Cannon Jr., of the Method- Attempting to Regain Rec In addition, Pittman (Dem.), Ne- 2 2 af .) oon ist Episcopal Church, South, and Tl L vada; Waterman (Rep:), Colorado: i ie td predate of the church’s Board of ord yt t to Hunter Copeland (Dem.), New York: ye 7 as Social Service, WI : j Broussard (Dem.). Louisi Hes od ae an a te Christ Church, Brothers, Re siahaeak: pesueaeae hae dy i Fe: fternoon, to . Aj 553 paire against Awe Aa ee Mrs Helen: Haier: McCallum, a in Hours. sa — . = $j i ie { ve | widow, Eb ratges ae oranighe ete Patterson (Rep.), iene ae | cot The Rev. Dr. Ferram w ‘ for the treaty, and Hawes (Dem.), oo i oe ; The airplane, The Greater St. . 3 oe fficiating clergyman. M pee ts ° Bishop. Cannon and his bride | Louis, carrying Dale (Red) Jack- marge Pica om ie eH ee ~ now are en route to Brazil. He is son and Forest O’Brine in an at- In a last blast against the treaty. \ | Ae 65 years oe Bivee bs gre tempt to regain the refueling en- | Senator Johnson declared he was . € . by a special license lssue durance flight record they for- | 28% proud of this fight as of any 1S ig , loffice. A friend of the oy y ; Pi ihe serail hc stabs Lunn, editor of | merly held, took off at Lambert- ae Sane life. RR so # ip the review of the ¢hurches,. was | St. Louis Municipal Airport this| ... outwitted by gt at the ts instrumental in obtaining the spe- morning to “fly as long as eg Washington conference,” he said it % cial youn sr San the Archbish- mar and motor will hold togeth- |... guite possible that the Ameri- fe op of Canterbury. . osm E ee rhe bride is said to have been It was 7:11 o’clock when the peta er saat pers a 7 % the Bishop’s sécretary for about a | heavily loaded plane that must fly. their estimate of it. He praised § year. She came over with him re- continuously until Aug. 13 to break the little band of Senators who had cently and stayed at the home of|the existing record, ambled, then |)... “willing to take their political Sir Henry and Lady Lunn. She /|Streaked 1000 feet across the field. lives in their hands” to op tho had not been well and had planned| Climbing sluggishly under the]; ty ewes to rest in England until the Bish-| Weight of; 158 gallons of gasoline |“ wit, 9 sacred cause for which ; op’s return from South America, and the large amount of apparatus we fousht, anata wide i 7 but it was firtally decided after | !ncident to the flight, the ship lev- by to it tonight, I do so with my reaching London that the sea trip eled off at 1500 feet and with the ead in. the air” aaaeembanen””” to South America would do her|™otor throttled to minimum fly-| ‘a. treaty must be ratified also ied plans were made |'!2& speed of about 65 miles an eae ye" pmo o he bride is saiq | hour, circled slowly above the air by Great Britain and Japan before. & SOE Oe Ee tT "lit becomes effective. b4 ; port. 7 . to be between 40 and 45 years old. Geis: Ott Wor reek Csi atering ‘the final’ stage’: SF tie » By the Associated Preep..:, The 600 spectators who had been | iéht over the treaty, the Senate in #3 NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 21.— Bishop. James Cannon Jr.,. today cabled the Christian Advocate, Methodist publication here, that he was married. July 15 to Mrs. H. McCallum, widow of H. C. McCal- lum Jr., - of Detroit, at Christ Church, London, BRYAN STATION SPRING RUNS DRY DUE TO KENTUCKY DROUTH Pioneer Women Braved Indian Fire » ‘Phere in 1782 to Get Water By the Associated Press. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 21.— Bryan Station Spring, famed in history as the spring fromm which Kentucky pioneér women obtained water wats Bryan Station»fort was besieged by Indians “in 1782, has run ‘dry 3 Story books ;have long chron- icled - the - bravery of ‘the women who- rah through Indian fire to water. supp The dead: Mrs. J. R.. Gaffery,|cago & population» ‘a376,28; an 4 | Planned to taxi up to the crowd, carry water ‘te the fort while the} the attack of the; eplenishment of the} rapid-fire order knocked out a long series of proposed reservations. Before voting on the hostile res- servations, the Senate accepted without dissent and without a rec- ord vote the Norris af- firming the statement of the Presi. dent and the senatorial delegates to the London conference that the treaty means what it says and no more. The preamble of the Nor- ris reservation, which some Sena- tors had called an affront to the had already been at the field, some of them since midnight, to watch the takeoff, j were disappointed when the yellow- winged monoplane left the ground at the far side of the field, near the Curtiss-Robertson factory, where it was stored last night. However, it was explained, O’Brine and Jackson, who had decided not to do so because they were afraid the great weight might weaken some part of the plane. “And so, after eating a ham sand- «President, wich and drinking a-bottle of milk | dropped. apiece, the flyers kissed their wives and, turning to Police Judge Rose- can, who was standing nearby, asked him to flip a coin to deter- | mine which one would take the ship off. O’Brine won the toss. The flyers then stowed a package of sandwiches, cigars and cigarettes in the cabin, Jackson climbed into Norris’ resolution stipulates that no approval is given by this rati- fication to any secret understand- ing or agreement which may exist in relation to the treaty, the rear of the plane and lay down and O’Brine, grinning, settled him- self in the high-backed pilot's seat, ‘Waved and “gave her j ‘ed | “Shorty” Chaffee, who handied * ‘the refueling hose oe: #2 nad a 4 re ox wa Sct : os ame. a : eS : Phe. ‘ iri sy a = ng PES : % eS 2 3 Ae i en : a ee tos AS, z rye he a, iss bint es *; ¢ - A Ns res TY p8¢ epi "s. se pi Pau as ly oat ee es a en . a) & - te ~~ s ie = es tm ’ . = y ‘ E WO oor te ee Se : Bek: i . y a “4 5 ” ay a a 3 R ~s we 2 2 ” rt eee . Pal ver ‘ *y ; ; * ate aha. 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