St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 21, 1908

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4 es 2 3 ? = “THREATENS ‘Chairman Dickey that the tions. -Mansifee and Charles Williams, be Chairman William E. oe thur E. Kammerer TODAY “FIRST IN EVERYTHING.” mn ee re ee ee ~~~ - "VOL, 60. NO. 184. i LOUIS, FRIDAY ‘EVENING, ‘FEBRUARY a eneal Only Evening Paper in St. Louis with both Associated Press and United Press Service ee eee 21. 1908. PRICE ONE CENT att HOWE ELECTED IN CONVENTION DICKEY IGNORES ~~ State Chairman Warns the Niedringhaus Delegates Away. TAFT IS INDORSED Seventh and Twelfth Dis- tricts Select Men to Go to Chicago. rane tek.” ———ee City Leader Asserts He Has Some Political Secrets in Reserve. of State conventions in the Eleventh and Twelfth districts Friday morning were illegal, the Howe representatives elected at the primaries Thursday selected delegates and alter- nates to the National Republican Con- vention -at Chicago and nominated a presidential elector from each district. Jeptha D. Howe directed both conven- - The Niedringhaus’ delegates chosen at the primaries Thursday took no part in either convention. Howe and Henry Droste were chosen as delegates to Chicago from the Elev- enth District with John J. Latal and James H. Harrison as alternates. In the Twelfth District Hiram Lloyd and Dr. Joseph L. Boehm were chosen delegates to Chicago with Dr. W. H. both Despite the announcement as alternates. ; Electors Are Indorsed. J. Laurence Mauran was indorsed for presidential elector in the Eleventh and Judge Leo Rassieur for presidential elector in the Twelfth District. In the Eleventh District convention resolutions were adopted indorsing oo. administration, Taft for Hedley for Governor and negroes, ‘Benator Wartier and Congressman Caul- _pesoue tg reer then of the State Com- mittee in interfering in the Eleventh \ District affairs. Chairmen of the delegations which re- mained away from the convention said that they did so in accordance with a circular letter from Chairman Dickey - of the State Committee. Primaries Called legal. In this letter Dickey said that the @tate committee regarded Thursday’s ward primaries as illegal. At the Bleventh District convention at $940 Easton avenue, 13 of the delegates All of. éntitled to seats did not appear. these were Niedringhaus men. ‘Howe forces numbered 42. The meeting was called to order by Caulfield of the State Senator Ar- was temporary @hairman and William F. Otto tempo- Yary secretary. “The Bighteenth Ward, in which the jes were carried by the Niedring- forces, was not represented. Only _ three out of the seven delegates elected $m the Second Ward took seats in the agree ‘The feature of the morning's session ven a speech in which Jeptha D. ‘Howe The District Committee. Bs ee his respects to former Chairman ae and former Secretary Mc- . “Coy o fthe State Committee. Say They Are Rebuked. ay “By their “action at yesterday's pri- * he said, ‘“‘the voters of the pe rty have shown their disapproval of 7 he ex-chairman and the ex-secretary, if they continue to follow their nt policies we will show them up in at the State primaries in August.’ a f ne could have avoided this conflict by te-at-large and by consenting to election as national commmittoeman a aim to be tried before the State Pommittee and I want to say that I » on’t care what the Committee does. - “Pll tell them why I refused to vote. Tea a ae 3 for Lonis i . 7 # ¥S 4 P. Aloe and for Klusmeyer “the State Senate and why I de- the House of Delegates . Louis. me they niake me mad I'll tell some aiy unpleasant things.” fe In the Twelfth District. ist Twelfth District Convention at $17 Franklin avenue Judge Leo Rassieur § chairman and Frank J. Brown sec- anti-Howe delegation in the Sixth led by John B. Owen, took no “in the convention. George Stein- er's Fifteenth Ward delegation also yas absent. : A ‘Motion to unseat the Owen delega- n was carried by a vote of 38 to 1. the. Niedringhaus forces, backed e) z. ry og Ro State committee, will hold sep- rate conventions in both districts ore ational ‘convention at Chicass BUTCHER EASY MEAT FOR JOKERS WHEN BROTHER GETS A HORSE ON HIM K YVONNE . SSSA 4 ESS = Market Proprietor ‘Laughs All Day With Merry Customers—Then smile Comes Off. “Ah wants ‘a nice cut uv dat hoss meat, a piece aff the flank,’’ said an old negro woman as she entered the butch- er shop of Charles Totsch of 742 South Fourth street. “Think you're in Paris?’ asked the butcher. ‘‘I haven’t got any horse meat for sale.’’ “Den dey in signs no more,” walking out. “Now, I wonder what she means,”’ said Totsch to himself, his sides shak- ing with laughter. Before the day was ended his smile had died away. Every few minutes someone came in and asked for horse meat. Some of them were apparently in earnest, but Charles suspected that others were making game of him by trying to make meat of the horse. The climax was reached when team- sters and delivery wagon drivers reined up in front of the shop and offered to sell him their horses to be turned into steaks and sausages. As they drove away they would look back at the shop and grin. Totsch went out in front and found the cause of the merriment. Over the door of his shop was a sign, ‘“‘Horse for sale.’’ His brother, Henry, who had a real suah ain't no use bleevin’ said the ‘‘aunty,”’ i live horse which he was anxious to dis- pose of, had put up the sign. WOMAN WHISPERS OVER WIRE TO POLICE FOR HELP, WHERE? Patrolman Seeks Armed Rival of Caller at “3. A. M. and Gil- The weak voice of a woman floated over the wire when Night Chief Gf- laspy responded to the telephone’s ring at 3 a.m. Friday. “Please, please send quick,’’ she whispered. “Where to?” asked Gillaspy. “Oh, don’t bother about that. Just send him, please, right away. There’s going to be trouble. Somebody is go- ing to be kil’’—— “Hold on a minute, Gillaspy, impatiently. ‘Don’t tell me the story of your life. Just give me the address and I will send officers right away.”’ Just then a man took the woman's place at the phone, “My name is Mayes Junior, sir,’ he began. ‘“‘Kindly send an officer to 111 Sidney street at once. I am calling on my sweetheart here and my rival ‘s outside with a pistol,”’ “My, but you and your sweetheart keep late hours,” said Gillaspy. “I would have gone long ago,” said the man, ‘‘but I am afraid to leave the house. The man outside is going to kill me. I know it.” Gillaspy sent the officers, but they could not trace the telephone message. Gillaspy is wondering if he got the wrong address or ,was made the butt of a joke. BIG FISH ARE CAUGHT WITH CLUBS—AND ON FRIDAY, T00 Carp and Buffalo Get Sidetracked in Pond and Slaying Follows. Meramec or Gasconade River sports- men never saw fish so plentiful as they were Friday in a pond at the foot of Carr street. Four dozen men and boys crowded around the big puddle, formed by a break in one of the Laclede power plant’s intake pipes, and killed buffalo and carp with clubs as the big fish swam about. Then they dragged the fish out and took them home, while others | filled their places about the pond, eager to get at the fish which had so opportune- ly come their way on a Friday. Some of the fish weighed five pounds, according to the estimates of their cap- tors, more or less confirmed later by household scales. PATRIARCH OF BUFFALOES DIES IN FOREST PARK Z00 Old King, grandfather of the two re- maining buffaloes at the Forest Park “zoo,” died there Thursday night, after spending nearly all of his 17 years as an exhibit for park visitors. Ola King was a widower, his wife, Old Queen, having died last fall. His chil. dren have been scattered and only the two grandchildren were at his deathbed. Senility is thought to have been the cause of death, but Dr. George Gellhorn Ct one albed an autopsy to ascertain if he “ama from any contagious” an officer madam,’ said SORE mas tee inst waviness 06 te ted to the city by laspy Is “Stung.” 4 ‘ 1 MARUONED WEEK IN ALIGHT HOUSE WITH DEAD MAN Keeper Dies of Pneumonia and Weather Prevents Assistant Leaving Tower. WALKS MILES FOR AID Prostrated by Experience and Severe Exposure in Trip Over Ice to Toledo. the ice strike though EDAR POINT juts out in- way between the lighthouse and would by merest chance CEDAR POINT EXACTLY to Lake Erie and on a Toledo. this narrow peninsula HALF THE DISTANCE C direct line is exactly half A man walking over headed for the city. TOLEDO, O., Feb. 21.—Fleeing in terror over long stretches of treach- erous ice from the Toledo harbor lighthouse, where for seven. days hé had been imprisoned with the dead body of Capt. Delos Hayden, Joe Ber- nor reached the city vesterday after- noon. He tells of a nerve wracking vigil beside the dying man in the lonely lighthouse and of his still more terri- fying experience while watching over the dead body, waiting for a turn in the weather which would permit his escape over the ice. Falls Iuto Airholes. Hayden was conscious to the last and left a message for each of his rel- atives and friends. He died in his faithful companion’s arms. Bernor placed the body in one of the coal tower rooms of the lighthouse, and began his wait for an opportunity to reach shore. He waited one week. .. nor finally started out he had strong hope of reaching the shore in safety. The trip was extremely perilous, he being not even equipped with a pike pole, with which to sound the ice, Many times he fell into air holes, go- ing into the icy water to his knees. At aie places also he found open water and frequently he narrowly and by the merest chance escaped death. No Idea of Directions. Bernor cannot explain how he hap- pened to reach Cedar Point yester- day morning. He had no idea as to the direction in which he was walk- ing, and had he gone 200 feet either east or west of the course he hap- pened to take he would have missed land altogether. He took a few hours rest at Cedar Point and then proceeded to the city. School Girl in Love Kills Self. WHITESBURG, Ky., Feb. 21.—Miss Allie Little, 17-year-old schoolgirl of Iiattie, east of here, committed suicide by shooting herself through the heart. She was disappointed in a love affair. Sunday Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine, Feb. 23, 1908 CONTENTS. Page. St. Louis’ Evelyn Thaw Model; Beautiful Young Girl Poses Aft. er Famous Photos Taken by Stanford White Near St. Louis, Explorers in Giant Cavern Astounded by Gabbling of Invisible Imps Organize Ex- pedition to Capture Them Death at the Switchboard Near St. Louis; How Ghostly “Cen- tral” Played Fatal Trick on John Mollett, Who Lost His Life Because Sw reetheart Was a Second Late in Answering Call. Longfellow’s Greatest Poem Brought Up to Date in the Strange Romance of a Worker Across the River from St. Louis St. Louis Bankers Flirt with Man Dressed as Pretty Girl A-Town “Stolen” Near St. Louis by An Ex-Fireman on the Mis- souri Pacific, Who Is Now Its _- -_ —_ ss EEE eee i i a a Ee eee eee ee ~— NS SS Cl i — ion in St. Louis on the Table Scandal in Dublin . ¢ Story of “The rasshopper” poeeeee ee When They ) _ Homeless d What They Found ( Cres the Sultan’s | Bluebeard } ber eve 9 { The Romance of Gladys Deacon... 9 be Louis’ + capone (in _lighthouse~thte. ice was. } Siren aide “the Show, and when Ber- , flames. MISS MILDRED HAYNES. Chitt RESCUE ULD MAN FROM a P. A. Garrott, Clinging Papers, Carried From L. C. Haynes’ ee to P. kK ‘Garret, an. pitswebirinn, was carried by a fireman from the burning home of his son-in-law, L. C. Haynes, at 424 Brighten place, East St. Louis, at 3 a.m. Friday. After he had been warned that the house was on fire, he went to his trunk to procure some val- uable papers and, when he started to descend from the second floor, he found the stairs had been burned away. Fire Chief Dowling found the old man groping in smoxe-filled rooms of the house. The Fire Chief threw Mr. Gar- rott across his shoulder and climbed down a ladder. When they reached the sidewalk Mr. Garrott was still clinging to the papers he which he had’ removed from his trunk. The house, which was owned by Mrs. John B. Lovingston, widow of a former It was ruined. Awakens the Family. When Mr. Haynes awoke at 3 a. m. he discovered that the house was in He awoke his wife and 18- Mildred, and sent stairs, and then called Mrs. Haynes’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garrott. Mrs. Garrott lost no’ time in getting out of the burning house, but the anxiety of her husband to save his valuable papers nearly cost him his life. Mr. Haynes is vice-president of the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. He estimates his ldss at $8000, par- tially covered by insurance. The house, a 14-room frame structure, was built 22 years ago by former Mayor Lovingston. The interior finishing was of hard wood, mahogany and walnut. Mr. Lovingston had walunt logs from his farm sawed into lumber for the interior decorations of the house, A fine walnut stairway was a feature of the house. A vault was built in the home for the safekeeping of official documents, as in those days there were constant wrangles in the city govern- ment and there was no certainty as to who would be Mayor from one day to another. Insurance Covers Loss, When Mrs. Lovingston saw that her beautiful house had been destroyed by fire she burst into tears. The insurance, however, will fully cover her loss. Mrs. Haynes has just recovered from an attack of pneumonia, having _re- turned home from the Hénrietta Hospi- tal a week ago. AS she ran out of the burning house in her nightclothing and was exposed for some time to the cold, she was afraid of a relapse and went back to the hospital. Her father, who was rescued from the burning house, is 81 years old, and her mother is 79. An overheated furnace ls thought to have caused the blaze. —_ $14,000. year-old daughter, them down the ——— San Francisco Bank Suspends. . SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2). -—The “Market Street Savings and Commer- cial Bank temporarily suspended pay - ment thie morning. A notice posted ree : omy bank is scemogen d solvent, MANSION AFIRE Mayor of East St. Louis, was valued at |}: USBAND CAUGHT Contractor Tells Police He Is Sorry He Did Not. kill Richter. William EB. Boyce, a building contract- or, was caught Friday by the police, who had been hunting for him since Jan. 26. Boyce is charged with shooting at Charles Richter, leader of the band in the St. Louis Industrial School. He admitted after his arrest that he shot at Richter three times and said he was sorry hé did not kill him, accord- ing to the police. The shooting occurred Jan. 2. Richter had accused Boyce of paying attention to his wife and ordered Boyce to leave town. Told to Leave Town. The morning of Jan. 2 Richter went to where Boyce boarded, 1604 Bell avenue, and again demanded that he leave town. In the quarrel that followed Boyce fired three shots, one knocking out three of Richter’s teeth and another imbedding itself in a medal upon Richter’s breast. Richter said nothing about the shoot- ing, but the police learned of it Jan. 26. The police learned that Boyce was getting mail at the home of Mrs. May Durphy, 4738 Geyer avenue. Detectives Roach and Rooney sent a decoy letter there and watched for Boyce to come after it. Followed Into House. They let him go in the house and then Roach entered the front door. while Mrs. Durphy screamed. Boyce ran out the back door into the arms of Rooney. KANSAS DEMOCRATS INSTRUCT FOR BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT HUTCHINSON, Kan., Feb. 21.—Kan- sas Democrats in State convention here this morning unanimously adopted a resolution instructing delegates to the Denver convention, both State and con- nomination of William J. Bryan for President of the United States,” A great demonstration laSting several minutes attended the adeption of the resolutions. During the morning the seven con- gressiona! districts held caucuses and named delegates ‘and alternates to the national convention. The State conven- tion will select its delegates at the aft- | Bar er ae aaa owen a ma aay ” [HEROIC FIRE CHIEF AND TRACTION MAN’S SICK WIFE AND DAUGHTER ROUTED BY FLAMES L. C. HAYNES. gressional, to “cast a solid vote for the EYERMANN TELLS WHY BARON |S HOT IN COURT Says Hé Fought With Coroner and Shows a Skinned Knuckle. When a bailiff in the Wyoming Street Police Court Friday shouted: “Jules | \ ramet there was_no re~ . ,. Coroner Of the City ‘ Lsuis, charged with disturbing the peace, did not appear before the bar or justice. But another man came forward. This was Gottlieb Myermann Jr., a wealthy South St. Loufs contractor. “Your Honor,”’.he said. ‘It was I that had the fight with the doctor last night and I have good reason to believe he is at home sick.” Shows a Skinned Kauckle. The cases against Dr. Baron anda Eyermann on cram charges were cén- tinued to Feb. George the Bee Gottlieb’s brother, gave bond for both. “Now, I don’t mean that I hurt Dr. Baron so bad’ that he is sick today,” said Gottlieb Eyermann, exhibiting a skinned knuckle and smiling. “‘But I could tell from the way he looked last night that he probably wouldn’t be feel- ing very well this morning. He was kind of feverish and had a wild désire to talk. “We've always been good friends but I didn’t like some things he said when we met in the Republican primary poll- ing place at 2727 Utah street. I am a Niedringhaus man and he’s a Stifel man, which is the same thing as a Howe man. _ “Are Good Friends Now.” “He was a little bit too gay. There were only two blows. I struck him and he struck the floor. “The policeman that arrested us took us to the station.in Dr. Baron's buggy. When we were bailed out I went home with the doctor and sat up with him two hours. We're better friends than ever now. It was just a little political argu- ment.” GEN. WINTER: SURRENDERS FORT FEBRUARY AND IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH Czar Spring Asked to Commute Sentence as Veteran Is Declared to Be Near Death. THE “te Midnight ... re — Czar Spring is expected by his subjects to com- mute the sentence of Gen. Winter, who hes been con- demned to death for surrendering Fort February. It is not believed that the General could jive much longer, anyway, despite the favor- able report made on his condition recently by Dr. Groundhog. The foreca st: “Fair tonight and Saturdey, with little rhe iu MAYBE IHE Mis- Sours PACIF ic HAS TO PAY QUNT BON! His WALIMONY! eee POISONING HARGED 10 WOM AND DAUGHTER, OF BAB Mrs. Morasch and Child Arres After Kansas City (Kan.) Girl Is Killed by Candy. PRISONER ONCE FINED tended Said to Have Young Woman for Whom Sweets Were Written Inscription / on Package “She Received at Aunt’s Request. Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 21—Charged with killing 4-ye de old Ruth Miller, who died after eating poisoned candy, Mrs. $ - y : Morasch and her 17- year-old daughter Blanche are under arrest, i FR ha 43 a a 4, Fae mg ra ¥ od > a. . A “te Oa ; ‘ ¥; F; 4 x Kansas City, Kan. Morasch. dale. Meter girl. The arrest of Mrs. Morasch was made by Sherjff Hamilton of Harrisonville, upon alivice of Joseph Taggart, Prose- cuting Attorney of Wyandotte County. She was at once delivered to David E. Bowden, Chief of Police of Kansas City, Kan. Gir} Arrested Is Silent. Bianche daughter of Mrs. Morasch, was arrested by Kansas City police Thursday morning also. She is 'n the custody of the po- lice, although no statement has been made by her of any possible connection that either she or her mother had with the crime. County Attorney Taggart says he has discovered that the sender of the poils- oned candy did not write all the in- scription of the wrapper. He says that Ella Miller, to whom the bonbofis were addressed, wrote the words “Ella Miller, The girl who was killed was a niece of - Ruth ate the candy after it had been delivered to her 4-year old half-sister, Ella Van Meter of 634 Cheyenne avenue, Armot The police believe the candy was intended to kill the Vat She ate some of the sweets, but recovered. ) 634 Cheyenne avenue, corner P. and Cheyenne avenue,” appearing on ti wrapper for Mrs. Morasch three r ago, and that writing of the little corresponds exactly with the ; the package. He says Ella has writing the rest of the inse Morasch, 17 years old, aj l weeks ago in the Juvenile Court for lecting a baby which she had from. the Hughes Maternity He Mrs. Charles Miller and sdla Van J gave testimony in the Coroner’s which tended to show that Mrs. Mo by her actions, believed that they responsible for her arrest. ae Blanche Morasch has been seated in @ candy store and has worked at @ candy factory. 2 WOMAN FALLS THREE STORIES: . CASE MYSTERY Mrs. Ella M. Hughes, aged 5, widow of Cicero Hughes and sister of William M. Blelock of the Blelock Manufactur- ing Co., was seriously injured by a fall at her home, 5397 Waterman avenue, Fri- day afternoon. A policeman’s report, made at the Twelfth District Station in Forest Park, stated that Mrs. Hughes fell or leaped from a third-story window upon a gran- itoid sidewalk, breaking a leg and in- flicting internal injuries. A nephew of Mrs. Hughes said to a Post-Dispatch reporter at the Blelock factory that he had been informed that she fell down a flight of cellar stairs. She is at her home, in the care of Drs. M. R: Horwitz and W. J. Harris. THE AUTO RACE LEADER I$ STRUGGLING THROUGH SNOW American Motor Car Is Dragged Out of Drifts by Indiana Farmers’ Teams. CHiCAGO, Feb. 21.—‘Monté’ Roberts, American, leading the New York-to- Paris automobile race, has made 13 miles through the bliizzard-swept country roads of Northern Indiana. He arrived at Ligonier, Ind., before noon today, after a nerve-racking contest with snow and ice. Much of the time he and his com- panions had to go ahead of the car and dig a path. At other times it was nec- essary to have the farmers hitch their teams to the machine and tow it. It is doubtful if the Thomas car can arrive here before Monday. The roads are #o bad around Michigan Cigy, Ind., rural mall carriers have not gone out on their routes since the biizzard. The De Dion car was towed into Kendaliville last night with a broken shaft. The next closest of the racers ia the Italian car Zust, last reported at Bryan, O. All the men guiding the racing cars are on the verge of breakdown. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21. _Voitairine | de Cleyrex, the young woman ae - with instigating yesterday's street te and subsequent race. fight, large and daring the police to arrest Further trouble is feared from. anarchistic elements, which turned | most fashionable hotel and club soca” into a battleground of shooting Itallafis, razor-wielding negroes and been: policemen. Mile. de Cleyrex, alleged girl anarch- — ist, is held responsible for the whole as turbance. Despite threats to arrest her she is declared to be privately urging - her followers to further As a sequel to the remarkable scene enacted in Broad street M4 Italians e+ held tn ball today. It is said that out of the 2,000 workers in the mill district 18,000 are out of employment. * INMATE OF POORHOUSE HIMSELF TO TREE Herman Willert, an inmate of the Poorhouse, made a bundle of his Be- longings Friday morning, walked inte — Tower Grove Park and hanged ascit— to a low evergreen tree, near a deventer avenue entrance. His body, almost in a cai was found at 9% a. m. by Cummings, superintendent of the stables. The rope had cut so deep his neck as to let the body, which at no time been lifted from the [fall back in a seemingly natural pe The rope with which the man a choked himself was wound about « limb four feet from the earth, and tied to @ limb two feet low ae Beside the body lay a bundle con ing the sutelde's earthly belongings #&