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161. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1934 32 PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. SI 10 POST DISPATCH iKOOPS SHELL HUGE AUGUST A.

BUSCH, HEAD VIENNA SOCIALIST APARTMENT HOUSE OF BREWING FAMILY, KILLS SENATE AS JURY DELIBERATES ON AIR MAIL CASES Goes Into Executive Session After Hearing Evidence on Removal of Letters Under Subpena. HOME HIMSELF Behind a Barricade in Vienna With the Fighting Socialists Noted Brewer Who Ended His Life 8 CONV LONG VICTIM OF PAINFU ILLNESS, HE SHOOTS SELF Internationally-Known St. Louisan Ends Life While Chauffeur Turns on Radio in Bedroom of County Residence. FIRES REVOLVER INTO STOMACH Had Spent Sleepless Night and, in' Office Week Ago, Had Spoken of Intense Suffering Leaves Farewell Note. August Anheuser Busch, presl.

dent of Anheuser-Busch, and head of the internationally known brewing family, killed himself with a revolver shot In the stomach shortly before 8 a. m. today in his bedroom at his Grant's Farm home, on the Gravois road. In St. Louis County.

Mr. Busch, who was 68 years old, had suffered intense pain for six weeks from a complication of heart disease and gout. A few days ago he was informed by one of his physicians that dropsy had also developed. At his last visit to the brewery, a week ago Saturday, he appeared very nervous, and said he had almost given up hope of getting relief. Last midnight h3 complained of heart pains and difficult breathing, and Dr.

Paul E. Rutledge of Kirkwood was called, remaining until 4 a. m. Writes Farewell Note. At some time in the night or early morning, the sick man wrote an endearing farewell message on the blank back of a pamphlet.

The note, found later on the table at the bedside, read: Goodbye precious Mommie and adorable children. The worus "pieclous" and adorable" were'underscored. John Busch of Washington, a cousin, shared his room last night occupying the bed beside his. After John arose today, a- maid entered the room, and Mr. Busch asked both John, and the maid to get some breakfast.

They left the room as the family chauffeur, Tony "Feichtlnger, entered according to his dally custom. Re MACCRACKEN, 3 OTHERS, TRIED Former Spends Night 'Jailed' in Hotel; Gets Writs, One Brings Fine, Other Fails Him. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.

The Senate today resumed the trial of William P. MacCracken and three aviation company officials on charges of contempt. The Senators later retired in executive session as a jury to de liberate on the four cases. MacCracken, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and law yer-lobbyist for aviation concerns; L. H.

Brittm, vice-president of Northwest Airways; Harris Hanshue, president of Western Air Express, and Gilbert L. Givvin, Washington representative of the latter company, the defendants. were in seats to the left of the Vice-President's dais when the bill was seconded this afternoon. The defendants were charged with contempt as the result of removal of correspondence from the office of MacCracken after it had been subpenaed by the Senate. MacCracken's Attitude.

Chairman Black of the Air Mail Investigating Committee announced he would not insist on continuance of the reading of the long commit tee report, begun yesterday, unless counsel for MacCracken objected Frank J. Hogan, MacCracken's attorney, replied the decision of the District Supreme Court yesterday, in remanding to the custody of the Senate, had put them in a "different position" and he would waive further reading, but would continue to- hold to their contention that the Senate had no constitutional right to try the de fendant and punish him. Asked by Black if he had any evidence to produce, Hogan said he considered the evidence all in as far as he was concerned. In Executive Session. Hogan told the Senate in his fi nal argument that MacCracken, the former Coolidge and Hoover official, had no knowledge of the removal or destruction of the Northwest Airway files and had purged himself of contempt by return of the others.

Asking for acquittal, he conceded that MacCracken had been in contempt of the Senate when he permitted removal of Western Air Express files, but contended he had been completely purged of it when they they were returned. Brittin has admitted removing and destroying corespondence which he asserted was personal. Giwin says he removed other cor respondence on Hanshue instructions. MacCracken asserts the Senate is attempting to usurp powers granted by the Constitution to the MacCracken Spends Night "Jailed" in Hotel Suite. MacCracken spent last night jailed" in a suite of three rooms in a hotel, the prisoner of the Senate's Sergeant-at-Arms, Chesley Jurney.

MacCracken as lawyer lobbyist for concerns carrying the mail, refused to produce certain corre spondence demanded by the Senate committee investigating air mail contracts. He was arrested and put on bond several days ago and then released and cited again to appear for trial last Friday before the Senate. The others appeared. He challenged the Senate's right to try him. MacCracken Fined $100.

He was ordered arrested again. This he -avoided until he had ob tained a writ of habeas corpus. Then he sought arrest but this was avoided, although he spent about 20 hours in Jurney's company. The Senate did not want him arrested until it was ready to try him. AT A.

BUSCH. FAMILY OF FOUR END LIVES AFTER CHILDJ, DIES Bodies Found in Indiana Home With Note "There Is Nothing Left to Live By tne Associated Press. FORT WAYNE, Feb. 13. The bodies of Kenneth his wife and two daughters were found in their home here this after noon, with a note indicating that the family had entered a suicide pact after the youngest daughter had died of scarlet fever earty this morning.

Police who broke into the house at the request of relatives of the Larwills found a note which read: There is nothing to live for; we have agreed tot die together." Dr. Wesley tol dofficers he was at the home at 3 morning, when the youngest daughter, Florence, 9 years old, dird of scarlet fever. Relatives later went to the home and. found it: lorke.d. Police broke open a door and fojnd the bodies.

The house was filled with gas escaping from jets which had been left open on a cook Ktove. METAL SHARES ADVANCE; UNITED AIRCRAFT DROPS Steel and Motors Strong With Heavy Selling of Liquor Stocks. Special to the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK. Feb.

13. Strength in the metal shares was the out standing feature of an otherwise colorless stock market today. A re newed crack up in United Aircraft did much to increase nervousness. The liquor shares rain into heavy selling around the noon hour. Unit ed States Smelting and American Metals were outstanding in the metal shares, the former getting to a new high and nearly 5, points over Saturday's closing price.

Steel shares also were stronger were the autos. American Can displayed independnent strength rising to a new 1933-34 high. Cotton futures dropped $22450 a bale, then recovered partly. In the Chicago markets hogs were strong, gaining as much as 15c to a top of $4.85, but grains moved harrowly. HIS KILLED FIGHTING IN AUSTRIA IS ESTIMATE Hand-to-Hano Combats in Karl Marx Building Housing 2000 Families After Attackers Batter It With Artillery.

IT IACDITAI ADC FULL OF WOUNDED Government Forces. Fired on From Windows and Street Barricades Disorders Continue in Graz, Linz and Steyr. 3y the Associated Press. 1K.NNA, Feb. 13.

Government artillery today smashed the Karl Marx apartment building, 2000 Socialist families. No one knows at this time how aany were killed. The howitzers apparently smashed the third and fourth floors of the largest apartment building a Europe. The middle archf col- apsed. The shelling of the $4,000,000 a community apartment.

oniv one Dtiase or the situa- ion in Austria today while the forces of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss struggled to put down the armed outbreak of the Socialist party. Deaths Estimated at 500. Unofficial estimates today indicated that 500 persons on both sides had been killed in the civil war throughout the country. The bodies of 123 civilians illed in street fighting were lying Vienna General Hospital alone, it is officialy stated tonight. Police said that they themselves had lost 11 killed and 38 serioMsly wounded.

At Steyr, fighting broke out again early this morning when Socialists stationed machine guns on a hill commanding the town. Other forces of Socialists were in possession of the munitions plant. Government forces charged the plant Artillery Attack Delayed. The attack on the Karl Marx Building was met by fire from machine guns from the windows the homes of laborers living iere. It was not clear whether women and children were in outer rooms of the apartment building.

It was presumed they had been taken from street flats to more Protected parts of the building, leaving riflemen and machine gunners to defend the street facade. For hours, the attackers confined th V-d rifle fire. Thev tilanned to wait a chance to storm the building ith tear gas. They wanted to avoid casualties among the women and children inside if possible. finally they opened fire with Howlers.

Machine gunners inside the peat building were pouring a deadly fire on the troops. Field artillery shells tore great fragments out of or-e corner of the building. A Socialist machine gun nest was blon up. Elsewhere, the whole surface of the structure which is so big that only an airplane photo is capable of giving a complete view of it was pock marked by bullets. Troops Rush Building.

ouowing the artillery attack, Goverment forces swarmed into the court yard. socialists continued their firing ora machine eun nests. Rifle fire also wa3 directed against the attack ers. Hand grenade fighting developed Continued on Page 2, Column 6. rnn i mM TS.

KILLED IN BREAK AT WALLA WALLA Prisoners Shot Down in Fusillade From Walls After They Overpower and Knife Turnkeys. 9 OTHER PERSONS WOUNDED IN RIOT Inmates' Weapons Made in License Plate Shop Telephone Tip to Warden Foils Plot. By the Associated Press. WALLA WALLA, Feb. 13.

Nine men were killed in an attempted break from the Washington State Prison here yesterday. Eight of the lead were convicts, shot from the walls, and the ninth was a turnkey. While an investigation was under way. Warden. James M.

McCauley disclosed that he contemplated lodging first degree murder charges, with the death penalty re quested. Six prison employes, five of them turnkeys and one a from knife wounds, inflicted by the convicts. One other convict bore bullet wounds. The dead: H. L.

Briggs, assistant chief turnkey, stabbed to death. Wallace Turcott, 21 years old, serving five to 20 years for attempted robbery. Paul Krouse, 22, eight to 20 years for robbery. Gerald Hill, 18, two and a half to 15 years for grand larceny. H.

R. Clark, 22, 10 to 20 years for second degree murder. James R. de Long, 10 to 25 years for robbery. Ernest de Boer, 28, five to six years for robbery.

H. Robert Parks, 29, six months to 10 years for a statutory offense. Earnest Alonzo Ware, 27, King County convict. Statement of Warden. Warden McCauley, who has been in office less than a year, said: "There was no indication in advance that the break was planned.

We have learned, however, that the men made their knives in the plate shop where the license plates are manufactured. They evidently buried them in the prison yard, digging them up Sunday, which is yard The break, which ended in mid-afternoon, began shortly after the lunch hour in the office of F. W. Jackson, head turnkey. De Long and Frank Butler, another long term prisoner, walked in and accosted Jackson.

"Sorry to do this," De Long said as the pair threatened th turnkey with their homemade knives, "but we're doing too much time." As other convicts came into the effice they leaped on Jackson, and bound wire about his neck and the throat of H. M. Williams, assistant turnkey. The convicts took Jackson to a solitary cell, but immediately returned him when a telephone in his office rang. Gives Warden a Hint.

"The Warden asked if everything was all right," the turnkey recounted. "I had to tell him Then to give him a hint. I said: 'Do you want me to come out on the lawn or to the front Of course I couldn't do that. Then, the mad break for freedom began, with the convicts wiring the wrists of S. B.

Bowman, chief engineer, and William Truman, chief of the identification bureau, together. With the two men as shields, the convicts left the cell building, headed in a body for the main gate. Meanwhile, Warden McCauley. warned by the telephone hint, had hurriedly dispatched a body of guards to the walls. The prisoners started to turn back, when, within less than 100 feet of the gates, a rifle cracked from the walls.

The bullet spurted over the shoulder of Truman and Clark fell to the ground, fatally wounded. "Just as the shot was fired I felt a muscular jerk in my shoulder," Continued on Page 2, Column 3. GUARD overcoat, none a whole pair of shoes. "But the Government is trying to trample us down," he said. "That is the reason we fight.

We realize our position looks hopeless, but there is only one death ahead of us anyway it is starvation, or bullet, or a rope. "Some day the world will recognize that we fought for the preservation of the rights of the working class, which Chancellor Dollfuss, with all his talk about the millenium, has utterly disregarded." Like their leader, the other men behind the barricade look worn, certainly not over-nourished, yet determined. All of them carried rifles of various models. Fearful lest their own comrades might fire at my automobile, two men of the barricade accompanied me past several other barricades. Then they fell back with the parting shout: "Friendship." That is the Socialist party greeting.

NRA TO FOSTER REGIONAL CODES WITHIN STATES Nevr Policy Intended to Such Local Apply to Businesses as Are Not in Interstate Commerce. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON eb. 13. me NRA today decided to abandon past policy and encourage the formation of regional codes or agreements in the trades which are clearly outside of interstate commerce.

Administrator Johnson issued this statement: It is recognized that in the de velopment of a program of indus trial self-government, where national industries must be organized nationally, we may wisely follow the theories underlying the organization of our Federal Union of self-gov erning states, utilizing national or eanization and national standards where they are nationally applica ble, and providing in a practical manner for local control of local affairs." Scope of New Doctrine. The new type of code or agree ments is proposed to be used for such trades as laundries, restau rants, taxicab lines and barber shops, but not for local retail stores. These, because they handle prod ucts generally manufactured in in terstate commerce, are to remain organized and regulated on country wide lines. The new policy was viewed at NRA headquarters as meeting the increasing enforcement difficulties in such trades as dry cleaning. where it has proved next to impos sible to obtain compliance on a nationwide scale and in which prosecution of violators is especially difficult because the business is so clearlv outside the usual scope of interstate commerce.

The announcement said "state legislation should be encouraged to give additional sanction to agreements regionally for regional trades and industries, and to aid in the local application and enforcement of the requirements of Federal codes." This was understood to mean that there would be less effort to en force regional codes in Federal courts. The Blue Eagle insignia will continue to be available to firms subscribing to the regional agreements. National Code As Basts. The outline of the new policy provided that, even in the trades hav ing local agreement, a national code might be prepared and approved by NRA as the basis for the local pacts which would make "acceptable adaptation to local conditions." NRA did not define the size of areas to be included in the new agreements, but it was understood that manv of these might be lim ited to as small a unit as one city Filling stations and other "outlets for productive enterprises of a national character would remain under national codes. Retail coal and lumber establish ments and agencies for manufac tured products such as automobiles, household appliances and others evidently would be retained in this class.

By ROBERT 1 SCHILDBACH, Of the Associated Press For- eign Staff. I BEHIND A SOCIALIST BAR- RICADE, VIENNA, Feb. 13. THE Austrian Socialists have only begun to fight, one of their leaders told me today. He talked to me between skirmishes at the barricade in Leopoldaur Strasse.

The barricade is in the Floridsdorf district, the factory area, surrounded by a ring of Government troops. The leader told me: "Tell the Americans that we are not revolutionists. We are not trying to overthrow the Government. All we want is a chance to live." He is an officer of the Republican Guard. He is thin, middle-aged and smooth shaven, wearing an old rubber jacket, ragged trgusers and broken shoes.

As we 'talked, he gazed at 24 comrades holding the barricade with him. Not one had an MOTHER KILLED IN EIRE, GOING FOR CHILDREN Trapped When She Re enters Second Floor Flat After Boy and Girl Are Overlooked. Mrs. Mary Heffernan, 2605 Ridge avenue, tiast c. ijouis, reimucu to her blazing home early today to rescue two of her small children who in the confusion had not escaped with the rest of the family, was trapped by the flames on the second floor of the brick flat, and lost her life when overcome by smoke.

The children, Margie Ann, 5 years old, and Martin who is 4. were rescued by firemen who carnea them, and their mother's body, down a ladder. Margie Ann, also overcome by smoke, was revived at St. Mary's Hospital, where her mother was pronounced dead. Mrs.

Heffernan was 30 years old. The building, which contained liv ing quarters for three families and a grocery store, was virtually ae- stroved. with a loss estimated at $30,000. Other occupants of the building escaped. Martin Heffernan, an electrician, who with his wife and five small children occupied one of the up stairs apartments, awoke at 4:40 a.

m. and heard the crackling of flames in the grocery. He aroused his family, and as they were hur- riedlv dressing, smoke began to filter into their rooms. While his wife gathered the children together, Heffernan ran downstairs and out of the building to turn in the alarm. Mrs.

Hef fernan led Mary Helen, 10 years old; Kitty, 9, and Thomas, 8, down stairs, and then noticed that the two voungest had remained behind. She fan back up the stairs and found them, but as she started to return, the stairway burst into flames. Firemen, when they arrived, found her before an open window, screaming and holding Martin Jr. in her arms. Capt.

Gerald Fallon and Fireman Frank Curran placed a ladder near the window, and Fallon climbed up it. He caught Mrs. Heffernan around the waist and tried to lift her through the window, but she hoMTtie. entaneled in the curtains and he was unable to accomplish it The intense heat drove him back. Mrs.

Heffernan collapsed on the floor beside the window as Curran, with another ladder, gained access to the second floor through another window. He lifted her and the children out the window to Capt. Fallon and together they carried them down. Curran wore a gas mask, but his face was burned in the rescue. The other second floor apartment was occupied by Mrs.

Sopie Godin a widow; her son, Walter, and three daughters, all grown. Jack Neil and his parents lived In the first floor apartment behind the grocery. Firemen devoted their efforts when they first arrived to effect ing the rescue of the occupants and the flames gained headway. AUGUST. HOUSE ADJOURNS IN IMPASSE OVER LINDBERGH LETTER Fish (Rep.) Blocks Business When Democrats Bar Putting Protest in Record By the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Republican attempts to insert into the Congressional Record the protest from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to the President about air mail contracts cancelation forced Democratic leaders to adjourn the House shortly before 1:30 o'clock this afternoon.

Representative Fish New York, tried to get the letter accepted for the record, with the House at the time engaged on minor legislation. The Democratic leader, Byrns of Tennessee, was among the many who shouted "object." Then, when the House proceeded with its consideration of private bills, which require Unanimous consent, as did the Fish proposal, Fish objected to four bills in a row. Whereupon Byrns asked if such tactics were to be carried on. Fish said "Yes," unless vhe had his way on the Lindbergh letter. Byrns would not give in.

He moved adjournment. The motion carried, and for the second time in a week such an impasse had forced the leaders to abandon their plans. More than 200 telegrams, representing about an evenly divided opinion, have been received by the White House concerning the Lindbergh protest. FAIR TONIGHT; SOMEWHAT WARMER, CLOUDY TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. 1 a.

m. 38 9 a. m. 2 a.m........ 37 10 a.

m. 3 a. 36 11a. m. 4 a.m.

35 12 noon ,5 a. 34 1 p. 6 a. 33 2 p. m.

7 a. m. 33 3 p. m. 34 37 38 43 43 45 47 48 m.

low. 8 a. p. m. Yesterday's nign, sj 42.30 p.

34 (2 a. Official forecast for St. Louis and Will Hitler cur IN ON THE vicinity: Fair to MUBEMLTZ? night; lowest tem perature about 34; tomorrow partly cloudy and some what warmer. Missouri: Fair, slightly warmer in northwest portion tonight; to morrow partly cloudy; warmer in east portion. Illinois: Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer.

Sunset 5:36, sunrise (tomorrow) lOST-OISPATCH WEATHER BID KO. u. pT. or. plying to the chauffeur's "Good morning," Mr.

Busch asked him to close the door leading Into Mrs. Busch's adjoining bedroom, and to "get some music" on the radio. Chauffeur First to His Side. The chauffeur turned the switch on the radio, which was across the room from the bed, and knelt before the Instrument tt adjust the dials. As the hum of the radio began, he heard a crashing sound, and turning, he saw his employer, half-raised In bed, with hands extended and fingers twitching, while his revolver fell on th adjoining bed.

Members of the household, who had heard the shot, rushed to the room, but Mr. Busch had lost consciousness, and died In a few minutes. The revolver, a pearl-handled, blue steel, .32. caliber six-shooter, was one which he bad been accustomed to keep In a and beside his bed. Besides Mrs.

Busch, one of their daughters, Mrs. Louis A. Hager was in the house at the time, as was her husband. Another Continued on Page 3, Column 7. Yesterday Justice 'Donoghue in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, after issuing for him a habeas corpus writ, fined him 100, which he paid, for contempt of court in, to a statement that he was under arrest Saturday by Jurney, while in fact he was not "arrested." Showers Are Provided.

MacCracken was arrested again for the Senate. The Senate then suspended trial of him until today. MacCracken got another writ from O'Donoghue, but in the hearing the Justice ruled against him, returning him to Jurney's custody. As MacCracken's "host" last night, Jurney provided three hotel rooms as a "jail." Dinner as well as breakfast was provided and MacCracken slept In his pwn pajamas. 1.