St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 30, 1907

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ee. ¥ VOL. 0. NO: ‘131. GIRL F PRISONER WHOM1 OSS OF A. COIN WON HOME IN ST. ‘LOUIS eae — ST. LOUIS, MONDAY “EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1907. — WERE '|SPEAKER CANNON IN S1. LOUIS WITH LEADERS T0 PUSH BOOM Fight to Divide Missouri Delegation. ee @ « CS ale 2 —— J AS VIEWED BY 1HE CAR10ONIS1| 301 | * Pledges ‘Aid; and Citi- ve “zens’ Assistance Is De- | sired Also. IS WATCHED “Possible Connection of City ‘Officials With Big Con- tracts Is Probed. s | HOUSE MEETS NIEDRINGHAUS Kealing, ‘Fairbanks? Manager, in Indianapolis, Also Is in Conference. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the National House of Representatives. who has been in conference in wot. Louis with Thomas K. Niedringhaus and other Missouri Republican leaders, and Joseph B.. Kealing of Indianapolis, campaign ea : ee wi — ; manager for Vice-President Fairbanks, ‘gly ar ee i i i said to a Post-Dispatch reporter at the Planters Hotel Monday that he is too busy with his congressional duties to Citizens who have knowl- edge of wrongdoing on the | of public officials or ers in connection with the f letting or holding-up of con- “onal for public improvements ore requested by wembers 0; 4 Ketone —J December grand jury to “lay such information before thew: at once. ‘ * — “The December grand jitry has laid plans. to investigate fully all charges of municipal corruption or inefficiency that ' may ‘be'calied to its atterition. It is now - eonsldering the “information on street paving, as conducted by the Board of — Bubtte: Improvements, contained in the Dispatch of Friday and Saturday. The jury will’ want to know why take up minor, matters, but next Mon- Mab. e srll. be ready again to give its entire attention to municipal affairs, The, — GIRL ARRESTED, WINS HOME BY — — * will want to know why Chief’s Secretary Uses | Roose: velt Method to Find Place } utilized by the @t. Louls Police Depart- }ment Monday morning when the ftp of [a coin at headquarters | decide {tare home of Gertrude Baer, 18 years| ‘old. of Pendleton, Mo. Miss Baer, who was found at midnight “Sager: finds it impéssible for any |Saturday wandering about in the neigh- —* ‘make . — * his: promise the} porhood of Seventh and Grattot streets, — — ns ites * - and who told the police that. she was Every member of the-December grand |!0oKing for a home, received: two. kind eager to accomplish |°f%ers Monday. Robert Je n,. @ , publisher, residing at 4631A. Labadie ave- nue, and P. G. Murray,*t er of the . Carlyle Dairy Ce., living at %4Cook to. disclosure officia pio confer a he ona — avenue, called at Police Headquarters by communicating such facts and offered to give Miss Baer employ- : , ment as a domestic in their homes. . grand‘ jury, according to one of When Miss Baer was taken /from the matron’s detention room into the pres-’ ae a pecpnees'to..comduct its in- ence of her two benefactors’ she hesi- tated about selecting a home.. ‘“You both seem to be nice gentle- ment,” she said addressing Newton and Murray, “and I do not want to hurt the feelings of one by accepting the kind Joffer of the other. What ‘shall Ido?’ Noting the embarrassment of the ‘gir! Newton and Murray suggested that they withdraw from Chief Creecy’s office and allow her to make up her mind in. pri- vate. Couldn't Choose Between Homes. Wheh they had stepped from the room Miss Baer turned to W. C. McCarty, secretary to the Chief, and said: : ae | _redily don't know whiich to ac- meni studied a moment. “Suppose we filp a _ coin,"’ finally. “I don’t know what you. mean,” McCarty then explained that one side of the coin was’ “heads” ‘end: the other “tails. oe. én guarantee hes a — 3 “down 7 10 to Tad r to's ve information which he. said “|Newton wins. If it is.‘tails,’ you. go | with Murray. we ie be 5 Seema cteey care. drew a quarter from — his . Any? — Newton wins,” said. ne. as Pe —E — ee: sind: BM he —2 oy $ e Secor — roe z ae es : 7 Spee qoeety : linen ne ee eS — a + & Coie GYMNASTICS IN AIS CHURCH LEAD FLIP OF A COW ge Dance Rehearsal Causes Split “T will fllp it and if ‘heads’ turns up, PASTOR TO QUIT a Between Minister and. — 4 — ro ts Ses Be pe 5S Because he — to the use of his church as 4 gymnasium, Rev. Theo- @ore Uhdau has resigned the pastorate of the Samuels German - Evangelical congregation at Clayton. The resigna- tion - will’ be considered at a meeting to ‘be held’ Wednesday’ by officers of the congregation and ‘a representative of the Missouri Synod. of the church. The Samuels Church used to be a saengerbund hall, the ‘transformation taking place after its purchase by -the congregation three years ago. Because it is one of-the best auditoriums in Clay- ton, it was’ ‘chosen: by Mrs, Laura*Tem- pleton’ of Kirkwood..as’ the : ‘place . for holding a Christmas: entertainment, for which she wished to, drill her Clayton class of music ‘pupils. Several members of Mrs. Témpleton’ 3 class were children of members. of .the congregation, «so,.Rev. Mr. Vhdau gave his .consent.:to., the use of the -church. He did not know then, he says, that-the entertainment was to be a Mother Goose play, with a number of fancy’ marching exercises like those of turner‘ sccieties, and not far removed from da” cing. When he had seen one ‘of’ thereheare- als,.- Pastor Uhdau told «Mrs. . Temple- ton’ that she must und another place for the: performante. ‘She -appealed to officers of “the church, and while the pastor’ had his way,:there was contro- versy. - The entertainmeit, in a riod!- fied form, ‘was givén in the Clayton Methodist. Church the night of Dee. 2. Officers 6f the church’ said toa Post- Dispatch ‘reporter -Monday that there wore other: causes of lack of harmony between pastor and péople,’ one being the: desire of many of the cougreza- tion to ‘have ‘¢ertain services in English, while: the “pastor °used German «lto- gether. NORTHWEST WIND iD COLDER WEATHER ARE DUE IN ST. LOUIS SOON 6 a. WR ces 7 a. m ee oe © a co : “The think of running for Presiaent.”’ “But,” added “Uncle Joe,” “sv ination if it were tendered to nie. Not Candidate He Says. for President. Frankly, that declaration now. I can man William McKinley of Champaign, Iil., Charles P. Hitch, Marshal at Danville; Joseph B. Keating, United States District Attorney at In- dianapolis, and Thomas K. Niedring- haus, former chairman of the Republic- an State Committee. While “Uncle Joe’ himself. appears idential honors, Congressmen Lowden, unusual vigor, Mr. McKinley’s Presenc: ere Sunday confirms the. . | politicians-that Mr. Carino’ ha: ae signs on the Pasir ty —— preg this. State. Througkout the, Bast and: the — west; Congressman Lowdch of Chicago, son-!n-law~ of the late mdlti-milliionaire president of the Pullman Co., is active- ly directing the Cannon — —— Mr. Lowden has. done effective” work at Washington, where many of the Repre- sentatives have recorded themselves in favor of. the Speaker. Money is’ Plentitful. With’ Messrs. Lowden and McKinle: at the helm of. affairs, “Urele : Joe's” friends say that every financial: neces- sity for his presidential boom is cer- tain ‘to be amply. provided. ' “Ttncle Joe's” own fortune. is estimated at’ $2,- 000,000. Mr. Lowden and Congressman McKinley are millionaires several times over, an@i they have many millionaires behind them. While the Missouri State Commniittec has indorsed Secretary Taft, both Fair- banks and Cannon are ‘believed to have & fighting chance to capture the State's 36 ‘delegates to the national convention or. else divide it. The State ‘commit- tee’s program frequently has been: Up- set at primary elections. ‘That it can be done next year is the firm belief of the Cannon and Fairbanks: men. The Missouri situation was discussed at length Sunday» Mr. Fairbanks’ -‘mah- ager, Mr. Kealing, declared at- tha conference that no candidate has’ a mortgage on the Missouri delegation. He had discovered among the leaders, he said, a friendly feeling -towafd: the Vice-President. It was the consenstis of opinion among those present that Secretary Taft probably is the strong- est man individually among the Repub- lictan rank and file ef this State, but that he could not continue ag the- fa vortte if concerted action was taken’ by his opponents. Just how the Cannon and Fairbanks méh propose to divide the Missouri vote in the event that Taft is sidetracked Was not made’ clear. The one thing evident to the politi- clans is that they have effected a combi- Continued on Page 3, Column 8; + Repub blic . “that is not saying I would refuse to accept the great honor of a presidential nom- “At the same time I do not wish-to be quoted on these matters. I have said at least 14 times that I am not a candidate repeat Mr. Cannon ‘was in consultation at the Planters Hotel Sunday with Congress- United States simply as a receptive aspirant. for pres- |. McKinley’ and other well-known ——— jleaders are pushing his’ candidacy with : — — —— — — — ~Sunday~ Advertising (Less Cheap Legal) Yesterday (Sunday) December 29. Post-Dispatch, 159 Cols.’ — —— 4 Pee Patten on Chicago Board Un- loads 3,000,000 Bush- els of Grain. CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Amid. sensational } scenes in the wheat pit today, James’ A: Patten, leader in the big bull campaigt,: unloaded 3,000,000 bushels of May wheat and started a break; in prides that’ did: not stop until prices had been — from. $1.08 a bushel to $1.04%. ¢ Patten got his profits between ‘$1.98 } and $1.07, but he had thrown the lantbs inte a panic and they rushed in for the: shearing. The break followed a steady | rise in prices during the last week that has kept the market around $1.07. He got out with handsome profits, but’ some of the small fry bee driven close * to the wall. Patten and his crowd had gathered in the stores while, the prices were down a few weeks “ago .and when the price reached $1.08 they. saw*a good op- portunty to unload. Many of. the lambs had just begun to get in on they bull movement and they were the. sufferers. } Patten’s sales were trailed by some. of the smaller fry who have been following: his lead. ENGINE OVERTURNS, ONE DEAD ST. PAUL Minn., Dec. 30.—Wihiam Altice, a Northern Pacific enginees, was killed and William Benton,,. his fireman, was perhaps fatally scalded in. the Northern Pacific Railroad yards this morning by the overturn- ing of their engine. The pages” ugh the ears was going lent tne anokhe? éngine and overturned. 4J * ———— — — * Pl ALS Sea 1b 0. - Se er eee ee * *-8* #* ® Over Republic _ Over Globe-Democmt -. Sunday Pos Dispatch Excess. 443 Cols. 66 — ; e ‘ — a * —— * * EE ee Pra S Ki Jere Cooke and Floretta Wha- ley Flee Before Warrants Are Issued, Special tothe Post-Dispatch. “SAN FRANCISCO; Dec.’ 30.—Before the ‘police could .obtain,.a warrant for their arrest, Jere Knode Cooke, former rector of the Yashidnable St. George's | Church; ‘Hempstead; L. L, and Floretta Whaley, hie ‘17-year-old; heiress ward, with whom he cloped: last April, fled, from a flat at 1199 Greet street, this} city, and have disappeared. They took. | with them their child, born since they | rah away from. Hempstead, 4 Search’ for ‘the ‘couple -had extended } over the continent. They ‘wére discoy- ered. in San Francisco by Capt. Cleary of the ‘Morse Patrol Agency, who recog- nized ° in’ a newspaper photo h of Bloretta Whaley the picture. of~a gir! whom he had been . watching at the Green street, address... °° ‘Induiryy there’ —— that they had been jiving, un iz, Mrs, ‘Grant "Bdlcom,. and’ that the de- posed ‘minister Had been, supporting the girl ‘by working as ‘a painter and’ deco- rater; and by ‘such manual employment ‘as he was. able to obtain. Though fre- quently without food; and realizing that they were. flunted throughout the coun- try, they appeared to. be haPpy. . | Admitted His. Identity. When éontronted , by the evidence Cooke is sald to have admitted his iden- tity,.and to have: declared that all he asked was'a chance to continue to work for the girl he loved. Capt. Cleary pre- ‘pared to obtain a warrant on which Cooke could be feturned to Hempstead to answer a charge of abduction. newspaper man —*— the Green today an ef- fort to obtain a statement from Sooke, it was found that t the _pair had fied. ec. elopement * of .Cooke and llorottea the name of Mr. and § ; i “ : ¢ ee ; % % 4 pie — oe ‘ OF * Pee 3 J —— — ‘ioe a J * Fa 5 ; = Before the eyes of the witnesses grouped in vanished the claims of George Hollamby Druce estates of the present Duke of Portland, and it dieation of Herbert Druce, now PRINCIPA Ls IN “THE DRUCE CASI AND THEIR CONFLICTING T > os GES under a charge of — cause he swore he saw his father’s body in the — at the | eral in 1864. | ' The official statement. issued by the Wome Office and others who were pres- ént at the exhumation not only defi- nitely disposed of the lead myth, but appears effectively to prove that the body buried, in. 1864,. wae that of the Baker street merchant. 3 “J 2 9 i li + Bes +H ff ĩ i “3 te ii | es 3 st F | , * 7 =. * ae ¥ sf i E 5 z i 5 Ef k tage, ‘ Tigstacd a ’ * J ay ee ad 7 Oy 4 &, * — ‘the: title at * ag * 2J — J sn 5 Fi 4 J * “Gs ‘ " ¥ ‘i . —8 * 5 — — = * 4 4 “4