St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 5, 1907

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LOUI LOUIS EVENING NEWSPAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPAICHES. _| “VOL. 60. NO. 15. __ ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY E Y EVENING, SEPIEMBER 5, 19 1907 | PRICE ONE CENT | — jae CALLS HALT ON niUSt > AUTO JUNKE? om Delegates ER Bills Must Be Strictly Ac- counted For. — CITY HAS PAID $522 Council Has Passed More Leg- - islation Without Any Such Expense. * . HUSSEY USED MACHINE Says It Was on City’s Business as Do Other Ward Legislators. Hdward Dierkes, Deputy City Auditor, thas given the House of Delegates an witimatum which he hopes will put an end to extravagant use of autemobiles and carriages on junkets at the expense of taxpayers. He has told Speaker Con- Pan that such bills must be allowed in @pen session of the House and must be faccompanied by a voucher from the fipeaker or a member of the committee an whose name they are contracted. The present house has spent $522 for carriages and automobiles—an average TASKS. DIVORCE, Te SEEKS PEACE, ALL IN A DAY Policeman’s\Wife Also Moves Furniture and Prepares for Operation. ee NEIGHBORS “RUBBER” Reports of Armistice in Domes- tic Conflict Cause Great Interest. It was Mrm Clara Fultz's busy day at 4070 Page boulevard. She filed ‘ suit for divorce from Politeman Zeno E. Fultz; called in Policeman Lovell to advise her; moved part of her belong- ings out of the house; made an engage- ment with a surgeon for the eighth of a series of operations,’ and finally an- nounced that there were “great hopes of a reconciliation.” She was still hope- ful of this Thursday. The entire neighborhood camped out on its doorsteps from 8 a. m. until 5 p. m. Wednesday, when it became noised about that an armistice had been signed in the Fultz residence. One family re- siding immediately above the Fultz flat moved away for the night, to avoid be- ing kept awake. Mrs. Fultz’s petition for divorce,’ filed Wednesday morning in the Circuit Court, charged that her husband had been attentive to a strvant and had beaten Mrs. Fultz and called her bad names, besides remaining away all nignt while she was ill. Later in the day, after the furniture TAREE HURT IN AUTO-BLAME CAR OR THE CRSH a ——_ Dr. Menestrina and Wife Are Thrown Out and Machine Is Wrecked. WOMAN IS DRAGGED Bruised and Cut as She Is Car- ried Fifty Feet Between Machine and Trolley. eo The condition of Mrs.. J. F. Menes- trina of 3411 Washington avenue, who was severely injured in a collision of a street car and an automobile at Euclid and Washington avenues, was much im- proved Thursday morning. Her body was bruised, her head and face badly cut and for a time she suffereu a con- cussion of the brain. She was wander- ing mentally for a few hours after the accident, but has regained her faculties and is resting quietly though unable to leave her bed, Ralph Smith of 2621 Locust street, who was driving the machine, is able to be about his automobile business though he was badly cut on the head and suf- fered from loss of blood. Dr. Menes- trina, who was with his wife, was only bruised and is able to attend to his duties. Dragged by the Car. Menestrina was.dragged for 50] feet between the street car and the heavy automobile. The - accident oc- curred at about 9 p. m. Wednesday. Mr. Smith was taking Dr. and Mrs. Menestrina out for an evening spin. Mrs. PH YSICIAN AND WIFE AND DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW THEY WERE HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT “FOLK MEN |Clarton Prosecutor TellS Executive He Is Wo $15,000, All Made Honestly— Received = $250 Fee for Opinion to Liquor Dealers on Law. DAY’S DEVELOPMENTS IN GRAF1. | INQUIRY IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY | Gov. Folk appeared before the Clayton grand jury in response to the sum- mons by Prosecuting Attorney Joon'*ton. them in the grand jury room. The Governor before entering the rene ee room said that he would ask Johnston some important questions. Demarrers of the alleged “lid” clubs‘to the these places, overruled by Circuit Judge Robert 8. Ryors, There was a hot tilt between injunction order, Four officials of the county fear they have been indicted, and comm are 1 trembling with apprehension. 2 Secretary of the county liquor dealers’ association omaiaanl to tell ee | any transactions that might have been had with officials, looking» be born nity from prosecution. : Indictment of a deputy sheriff for perjury on testimony on. adi i. the county is rumored. had been moved and the policeman in- Stalled in the house, she repeated the allegations in her complaint to a Post- Dispatch reporter, while her husband Was present and at his request. Doesn’t Want Star to Fall. “I have concluded that possibly I may have been hasty,’ said Mrs. Fultz. ‘After thinking it over, I am prepared to say that you may announce there are great hopes of a reconciliation. of $100 a month—since the beginning of the present session, April 16. None of - the bills which the city has paid on this poore shows for what public purpose the vehicles were hired. The entertainment which the dele- gates have been ejoying has net been g@onfined to excursions in carriages and “red devils.’’ Such pleasures have been gupplemented also by fine cigars. Eighty Gollars a thousand is the price of the Mrs. Menestrina was in the left front seat beside Mr. Smith. Dr. Menestrina Was alone In the tonneau.. They were driving east on Washington boulevard and had stopped on the west side of the street to permit the passing of a southbound, Taylor avenue car on Eu- clid avenue. As soon as it had passed Mr. Smith started his machine and had geained BCYCLE THIEF AVES. MORE After concluding his testimony about graft in the county “smokes” which the delegates have been onsuming at public expense. ‘ Private Use Reported. "semana about the city Hall is that dllelegdtes who have used carriages os- =, to “inspect” grade crossings, © improvements and buildings, in spent their time and the city’s e in visiting roadhouses in St. County. Frank Hussey has been seen at night fear Campbell's roadhouse on the Clay- ton road, whither and whence he trav- @led in an automobile. To a Post-Dis- _ patch reporter he denied that he had compelled the city to pay for any of his personal luxuries. _ “ have used automobiles ofly when @oing work as a member of a commit- tee,” he said. ““‘What does the city ex- pect me to do—pay for carriages that I ‘use in looking after the people's af- faire?” Delegates Warner and Gallagher, who fre also said to have. taken jaunts _ Whose cost has been assessed against the city, make similar denials. Gaila- _ gher says he has not ridden anywhere ‘in any kind of vehicle except in behalf ‘of the taxpayers. Won't Pay It Himeelf. “Some of the big officials are riding faround in automobiles which the city has bought for them,’”’ he said. “Of course, if Gallagher happens to go out -to do some investigating thcre is a hol- fer. If there is going to be any ‘kick’ about taking a‘ ride to see a grade crossing or something like that which the people expect us to do, I'll cut it put. I certainly won't spend my own « Money going.” The House is at least trying hard ) to divide the “benefits” of its journey- 4 a es Ten livery and automobile com- q ig ee are represented in the list of Dilla the city has paid on this account. ‘The Acme Attomobile Co. has received $106 as hire for its machines to the House. ‘This sum is divided between two bills. June 8 the House took $78 worth of rage in the company’s byzzwagons. 19 the members rode 11 hours at i ‘an hour. This does not mean, neces- oes that they remained on the run _ that long, but that the total number of machines out equaled the cost of one for that period. ae Here Is List of Bills. _ Here is the list of bills which the Clty Auditor has vouched thus far: - Union Carriage & Messenger Co., _ May ®, $16; Wand Livery Co., May 3, _ $b; May, 9 $15: May 21, $16; Acme Aute Co., May 2, $51; Edward How- ' ard & Son, June 7 and 21, $20; Emi! ‘Wack Livery Co., June 2, $12; Peter _ Masterson, May 12, %; June 10, $10; _ dune 7, $30; June 21, $15; June 2, $5: | Acme Auto Co., May 28, $48; June 3, $80; Bureka Messenger & Carriage Co., aa 3, %; Peter Masterson, June 28, %; Harrigan & Sheahan, June 18, $10: Livery Co., June 30, $10; Wand Co., June 14, $$; June 21, $4 _ Co., June 7, $10; June of Bee mae Livery Co., July 15, $3; July "sa 23, ; June 2, $10; July 13, Auto 'Co., July 19, $55. Net Shown. + duly Acme appears on a bill. He hired a “from the Hardy Livery Co. 90, at a cost of $10. The bill does state for what the vehicle | was husband when he assured her that he pose whatever she says is all right.’’ I do not want to do anything that might cause Mr. Fultz to lose his star.’’ Mrs. Fultz would not say whether she would withdraw her petition for divorce. She glanced thankfully upon her brawny would not oppose the petition if she concluded that she still desired a legal separation. “IT cannot say what I shall do abeut the divorce,’’ she said. ‘‘Please do not say that I called in the policeman to re- strain Mr. Fultz. “Mr. Love: walks this beat, and I just called him in to consult with him. I realize I was hasty when I ordered a furniture van to move. The man only took part of the furniture, then I changed my mind. The doctor’s auto- mobile stopped here ror him to call on another family living over us. While here he stopped in to see whether I was ready to undergo an operation I had been preparing for. It makes the eighth ene I have been obliged to have.”’ Fultz, when questioned about the charges in the petition, said: ‘I sup- Mrs. Fultz is a diminutive woman, with black, snappy eyes, and is a delib- erate talker. She was a school teacher at Waterloo, Ill, when she married Fultz in 1899. She asks custody of the two children in her petition. Fultz bears a good reputation among his ne.ghbors. ‘ no ne ; WEATHER UNSTEADY, FURS GIVE WAY AGAIN TO PEEKABOO WAISTS Clouds Expected to Obscure Sun, but Chilly Breezes Move Northward. THE TEMPERATURES. Midnight ee eee S ep tember's corner on fair weather will be endangered Fri- day. when a small offering of clouds’ will make the mar- ket somewhat unsteady, but it is expected to rally prompt- ly. The official forecast Thurs- day: “Fair tonight: Friday partly cloudy aon d somewhat warmer, light | Vvartiadvle : winds,” itue change has taken place in the past 24 hours in pressure distribution pver the United States, and it continues helatively low on the Pacific Coast and im the St. Lawrence Valley. Blsewhere it is high. Scattered local showers are ae but the weather generally is r The river stood at 13.9 feet. The 3 peace Me some large cities ut 7 a. Mm. were: - Louts 6, Chicago ind Denver 56, rane. Meveland ind Pittsburg 64, New York 74, Kansas some speed before he noticed that a northbound car was crossing at high speed on the farther track. Both men in the auto declare that the motorman of that car wags not ringing his bell. Mr. Smith saw that it was too late to stop the machine before reaching the car and tried to turn into Euelid avenue, The space was too short, how- ever, and the car struck the machine as it was slanting across the track. Crash Was Terrific. The auto weighs 4100 pounds. The im- pact was terrific. Mrs. Menestrina, who was on the side farthest from the car, was thrown over Mr. Smith and fell between the front of the car and the side of the automobile, where she was ground and dragged as the car pushed the machine along the tracks sideways for 50 feet before it could be) stopped. Mr. Smith clung ‘to the steering wheel and was not thrown out. How his head was so badly cut is a mystery. Dr. Menestrina thinks he was struck either by the front of the trolley car or mashed against the heavy lamp in front ef him on his own machine. Dr. Menestrina says that the first she knew after the accident was that he was in the street standing. His lefr e¢l- bow was badly bruised, as was also his left leg below the knee. “IT am sure I was net knocked down,”’ he says, ‘“‘for there wasn’t a particie of dust on my clothing anywhere.”’ Thought of Husband. During the whole of the time she was being dragged Mrs. Menestrina thought only of the anxiety of her husband and kept calling to him: “I'm all right. I’m not hurt. worry.” The doctor took his wife in charge as soon 4s the car was backed away and she was taken out. She and Mr. Smith were carried into the home of J. W. Campbell at: 4903 Washington boule- vard and there the doctor dressed their wounds as best he could with the crude materials at hand. A carriage was called and all went to the Deaconess’ Hospital, where Dr. Menestrina redressed ‘the wounds of his } wife and Mr. Smith and was himaelf attended to. All were then taken to their homes. Both men say that the street car was running at a speed of not Jess than 20 miles an hour when the accident oc- eurred. The front vestibule of the car was slightly damaged. The automobil Bat A &@ is almost a DROWNING OF SOUTH SIDE FLORIST WAS, ACCIDENTAL Coroner's Jury at East Carondelet Told. of the Amiess Drowning. A verdict of accidental drown! returned by the Coroner's me vhs inquest held Wednesday at Kast Caron- delet on the body of Oswald Amiess, 3 years old, of 3520 Ohio avenue, St. Louis. The body was taken to 8t. Louis for burial. Amiess was single and South St. Louis. tuentiny hes at East Carondelet on business. Late in the afternoon he started home and be- came sick while waiting for a ferry boat at the Davis street ferry landing in East Carondelet. A. he leaned against a post en the landing at the water's Don’t complete bills | Sen Francisce 68, wanee he became dizzy and felt into the river. His body was found Wednesday. | THAN HE TAKES First Steals Coin, Drops a $46 Watch, Then. Gets $1.50 and Loses $25 Wheel. ay A thief who has a habit of leaving be- hind more than he steals has been op- erating in the neighborhood of Edwards- ville, Ill A few nights ago he stole & couple of bushels of corn from the crib of Henry Bollman and left behind on the floor a gold watch worth $40, which had slipped from his pocket while stooping to gather up the grain.’ The former found the watch the next morn- ing. Early Wednesday morning a thief, evi- dently the same one who lost the watch, cut a screen in the window in Fred J. Bransback’s home and stole a. watch worth about $1.50. The burglar came and went on a bicycle. The farmer chased him on. horseback, forced him to abandon the bicycle and carried the wheel, worth $25, back home. This un- successful burglar is out abeuft $63 in the two transactions. Chases on a Horse, When Farmer Barnsback found that a burglar had been in his house and that there were bicycle tracks beneath the window, he saddled his best horse and hastily set out south along the road, following the track clearly defined in the dust. He galloped his horse a mile until he discoveredl the fugitive, nearly half a mile ahead, pedaling leisurely to the crest of the hill. Spurring his horse, Barnsback gave chase with renewed vigor. The burglar, glancing back over his shoulder, saw that he was pursued and the pedals of his wheel spun the faster. Slowly the farmer gained ground. In places the road Was rough and the bicycle bumped along with somewhat diminished speed, the rider in apparent distress. Past farmhouses fugitive and pursuer raced, early risers staring after Barnsback and = shouting questions which he did not take time to answer. 2D ADD RACE % Both Get Tired. Horse and bicyclist began to tire after four miles of the hard pace, but both stuck doggedly at i. On slight de- clivities the burglar would gain what ground he lost in climbing hilis, and as Barnsback Was unarmed he found no way of halting the man, although he was several times close enough, he says, to shout to him. Near Collinsville the burgiar appar- ently realized that he ceuld not hold his lead much longer, and he ran the bicycle to the side of the read, sprang from it and leaped a fence into a wood- ed tract covered with a dense under- wth. wernabadll could not make his way through this on horseback, ana ho feared to pursue the man afoot because he would prove 8M eC&@sy target if the burglar were armed. He took the bi- cycle across the pummel of his saddie and followed one line of the tracks, evidently made by the burglar on his way to the Barnsback farm, as far as Troy, east | —— where ‘he " 15 PERSONS PORTED LOST IN HOTEL FIRE - Seven Bodies Ha e Been Re- covered From Ruins at Shelton, Wash. ASSOCIATED PRESS BULLETIN. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 5.—Fire de- stroyed the Webb Hotel at Shelton, 20 miles from Tacoma, last night. It is reported 15 persons perished. Miss Bailey and Mrs. Mudge; both of Shelton, are known to be among the lost. All the other victims are believed to be men. Seven bodies have been recovered. PASSENGER TRAIN ESCAPES PLOT OF TRAIN WRECKERS Fast Freight Fouvwiag It on Bal- timore & Ohio Road Is Derailed. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 65.—Train wreckers Were at work last evening on the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad at Scott Haven and Sutterville, 30 miles east of here. Spikes were drawn from the east- bound tracks for the purpose, it is thought, of catching the New York ex- press, which leaves Pittsburg at 9:30 o’clock in the evening. mun “wreckers. however, were deceived wy ve oeaddwer UL ifeigiit sscnger trains passing those points and the ex- press got through before the spikes were drawn. The train following it. however, a fast freight for Philadelphia and New York, was derailed. The tank of the engine is in the Youghiogheny River, 40 feet below the eastbound track. Five of tne derailed cars turned over and were wrecked. The firemen. and the engineer esci esca pd pd injury ry_by jumping. FORMER CONSUL | SUL KILLS HIMSELF Wm. H. Abercrombie, Once Sta- tioned in Japan, Ends Life by Asphyxiation. (BY ASSOCIATED pness.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—William H. Abercomble, formerly United States con- sul at Nagasaki, Japan, committed su’- cide by asphyxiation at his apartments in Stoneleigh Court here today. He was © years old. Park Concerts Tonight. Band concerts will be given Thurs- day evening peti tenn GR STUDENT DIES FROM GAS WHILE IN BED Gas Stopper Half Turned On, Presumably by Accident, Police Say. — ‘ The investigations of the police lead them to believe that an aceident was responsible for the death by asphyxia- tion early Thursday morning of Miss Ethel Reynolds of Poplar Bluff, in a rooming house at 3410 Morgan street. Miss Reynolds, who was 18 years old, came to St. Louis Monday to attend her second term at a business college, and took a room in the same house where her brother, Norman, lived, and which is kept by Mrs. Rose Fairbanks. The girl attended school Wednesday and on her return seemed to be in unusually high spirits. She went to bed at 10 p. m. The windows of her room were closed and the door locked. Her brother broke down the door. He says that she was in a cheerful mood Wednesday night and had written a letter to her guardian in Poplar Bluffs telling him of her plans and stating that she did not need any money. The girl lay unconscious on the bed and the room. was full of gas. It was found that the gas jet was turned half on. Before a physician of the neigh- borhood arrived she was dead. Her brotner has taken charge of the body and says he will take it to St. Charles for burial. DISAPPEARS AFTER LOSING FATHER’S MONEY AT CRAPS Youth of 13 Tells Policeman of Loss, Then ‘Escapes Arrest. Joseph Janinski, 13 years old, whom the police are desirous of asking what he knows about the loss of $100 of his father’s money hh a craps game, is mysteriously missing from his home, 210 Mullanphy street, and his parents are worried. A policeman was summoned to the Janinski home Tuesday to esk Joseph about the disappearance of $109 in gold belonging te his fat*er. According to the policeman’s report to Capt. Pickel, Joseph said he had lost the money in a craps game with some men in the fac- tury where he had been employed, When the policemen returred to the Janinaki home ‘under Capt. Pickel’s in- structions, to take Joseph to the sta- © atiggg tenrieth’s Hotel across-the street. Near the end of the Governor's speech, Joseph Walterberger, editor of “Boss” Esesen’s newspaper, pushed through the crowd until near the speaker, and, brandishing a beer bucket, shouted that the county had had too much Folk. Leing profanely commanded by one of the crowd to “shut up and get out of the county,” the editor lasped into silence. he Governor paid no Heed to the inter- ruption. There Were Shouts and Hoots. A little gang, collected across the street from where the Governor spoke tried to create a diversion by shouts and hoots, but was. too small in numbers to succeed. It had been intended that Folk should speak in the Circuit Court room, but permission was refused by Judge Ryors, on the ground that the court, while not in session, had not been ad- jcourned. Judge Ryors’ friends say he is not in sympathy with the manner in which the Goverrtor’s coming was heralded. He thinks the Governor could have sub- mitted his evidence less noisely. He declared that notwithstanding the Governor's lament that the grand jury inquiry was to end Saturday, it would be closed at that time or sooner. “IT suppose this crowd represents the aggressive morality of the county,” be- gan the Governor. “You have one of the finest counties in the State,”" he continued. “In fertil- ity and wealth of natural resources St. Louis County ig the equal of any dther in Missouri. “It has lots of good people, too, but the trouble with them is that they are too quiet. Your lawbreakers, on the other hand, are particularly vociferous and obstreperous. Twelve of them can make more noise than 600 decent citi- zens. “But noise doesn’t count against or- ganized errorts for good. ‘The law-breakers make s0 much foise that one is deceived into think- ing their number greater than it is. One of their favorite ruses is to pretend they are not really law-breakers, but are defending the good name of the county. “The grand jury In seasion heer is one of the finest I have ever seen. Al- ting here, conditions have been im- proved. i “Their principal ‘aifficulty has been that many citizens have been timid’ about coming before them and telling what they know. The really desirable citizen is never afraid to come for- ward for the good of his community. “| said 12 honest men could enforce the law here. I reduce that number to six, if they are as aggressive as the ton, he learned that Joseph had nS ready, by the mere fact that it is sit-j} fore the Clayton grand jury, Gov. Folk addressed about 200 p sons from the north steps of the Courthouse at 1 p. m. The crowd was not demonstrative and its applause but at the end of the speech most of them shook the chief e: tive’s hand and told him they were with him in his fight for @ ih enforcement of the law in the county. Prosecuting Attorney Rowland M. Johnston, with whom t Governor is reported to have had an angry tilt in the grand room, skirmished nervously about the edge of the crowd while was speaking, and, after listening a few minutes, retreated to so 7 wit heverybody, tarda Salis wanes trip to St. Louis in an automobile. Questions Johnston. It is rumored that Gov. Folk quem tioned Prosecuting Attorney — nearly two hours. “I understand you have made’ 1 deal of money in the past f the Governor is rumored to have ¢ “Well, what of it?” csewered 3 ston, according to the ru dollar I’ve got I made from | practice.”’ Mr. Johnston volunteered the tion that he is worth probably of which he accumulated since the 6 ginning of his first term of office. Johnston's salary as Prosecuting . torney tn $is0 a year, Dut fees swe to nearly $3000. Assistant Attorney-General the county were much better the grand jury had been in “How will they be after the jury adjourns?” asked Gov. Folk, | nificantly. Mr. Johnston replied that he would 4 the best he could to enforce the Gov. Folk wanted to know’ ra Johnston got $250 from the St. Lou 7 County Liquor Dealers’ cla th the early part of 1907. . oa It is said Mr. Johnston replied ina affirmative. “I was given that sum.” he is to have explained, “to render an in regard to the validity of the phrey dramshop bill.” Gov. Folk was asked leas than a questions by the grand jury. He entertained the jurors with a sertation on the methods of capt boodlers and grafters. He said that he regretted the jur would continue its deliberations enly. few days, as it required much me time to develop all the clues now furnished to the inquisttors. Gov. Folk was seen by a Post-D reporter after he emerged from reom. “Tl can't discuss what transpired a eee 3, eee Fis ns pre 3 2 Bey s © , 2 : oe = eae ° eee ay Reports Adjouarment. ee PA ne r i ir add "S i. "E « ae . eres = ae ; an es =, ~ apa’ ‘ a * q a 4 ~ me : 4