St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 10, 1908

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Insane From Worry Over Daughters, S. P. Clemens Is in Asylum. HE HAS A’ SON One Girl Married a Million- aire, the Other a Chinaman.

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DIVORCE SUIT IS ON

Mrs. Gould Asked for Separa- tion and He Filed Crossbill.

Howard Gould's father-in-law, Shel- by Perry Clemens, insane from worry over his two daughters—one the es- tranged wife of a multi-millionaire, the other wedded to a Chinese laborer —has entered the Illinois Asylum at Jacksonville. Unless help comes from the Gould, estate, of which his second daughter, Katherine Clemmons Gould, is endeav- oring to obtain a share in her divorce suit, the aged man will remain, as he is now, a public charge. A scn, Nolan Clemens, is a teacher in a St. Louis busfness college. The elder Gaughter, Ella, twice before married, is now the wife of San Yue, with whom she lived in a tent as a San Francisco earthquake _ refugee after their marriage. A @ispatch to the Post-Dispatch from Pittsfield, Ill, says that Clem- ens who has lived at Milton, near ld, was examined for his sanity @ Probate Court several days ago, , adjudged insane. A stroke fiysis suffered a few years ago, féated with the recent troubles Sli jeratirtuntly, caused his present con- aition. Went to California, According to the testimony, Mr. Clem- has been married twice. His first wife was a daughter of Col.. Thomas M. Kirkpat- rick, whose home was in Winchester, Il. They had two children, Ella and Kath- erine. Clemens obtained a divorce and the mother and the two girls left for Ella, had married and left Charles Watts of Mil- ton. There the elder girl took slum up : work and a few years ago was wedded @ Chinese. therine Clemens, changing the spell- ing of her surname to Clemmons, went on the stage. It was several years the thy New Yorker, and became his . This marriage resulted recently in a triangular contest in and out of @ourts between Gould, his wife and Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). Meantime Clemens married again. having a son, Nolan. Two daughters by the second marriage live in Pike The second wife died several years ago. Viola Katherine, who is now .- Gould, early displayed talent as an actress and Ella became the wife of Charles B. Overacker, a prosperous fruit pre deanas merchant in California. | therine’s first affair of heart was Frank P. Sherman of San Fran- on but she broke her engagement to him when she learned that he was be- trothed to another woman. Shortly after this Col. Cody became inlerested in Katherine «1d financed an upsttcessful attempt to make her «4 star. Col. Cody its sa'4 to had a personal encounter wiih May, a New York clubman, in a at Washington supposedly over ne. a 1 “While Katherine Gould spread the gio- ies ries of her marvelous wardrobes before _ d@mirers at the opera, While she dashed Fifth avenue in her $12,000 auto- or sailed in her $400,000 steam her sister was teaching the Eng- language to the children of China- in San Francisco, and taking of lepers in such hideously ad- Cases that even the nurses and avoided service. Ella took of Clemmons again and sold support her charity work. , 1906, after the earth- s nrarried to Sun Yue, they lived in a tent. soouatie came the estrangement tom and her husband ft numerous sults against beiets i elit : years the sisters had remained in- _@ach other's welfare and the favor of Howard Gout, accompanied her. Mrs. Gould has filed suit for divorce £. York and a counter claim has € ts m filed by her husband. — © Mam Gucetes Gell to Death.

_s VANBVILLE Ind., March 1).—Henry LIGHTED Taught Chinese Children. ; in ee ee MAIC HAS THE X-RAY IN DARK ECLIPS ——— St. Louis Doctor Uses It 4S Infallible Test for Headache.

ALSO DETECTS HUNGER

If Healthy Man’s Stomach Is Empty, He Needs Food.

Wi Dr. John F. Ciarkx, proprietor uo. a sanitarium at 1715 North Jefferson ave- nue, assertcd on the witness stand in Judge Allen's court that he could ascer- tain whether a man was suffering froma headache by holding a lighted match near his head. He had testified for the plaintiff in the case of Joseph Stephens against the St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co.. and was being cross-examined by Benjamin Schnurmacher, attorney for the defendant. Certain of His Ground. In the course of his interrogations, Schnurmacher asked Dr. Clark if he was certains Stephens had a headache ‘at a specific time he called on him. “TIT am,” said Clark. “Can yeu always tell if a man has a headache?” “Year.” “Cap you tell if I have one?” “Veg.” “How do you do it?” ‘Just light a match and hold it over your head. The effect of the headache, if it existed, would be apparent in the

“Can vou tell if I am hungry?” “eo...” ‘That's all,”’ said Schnurmacher. It looked for a minute as if some of the jurymen were going to ask Clark for a demonstration, but they didn’t. Subsequently Dr. Clarit told a Post- Dispatch reporter that when Stephens entered his office his eyes were drowsy. Dr. Clark held a match above his head, and, when the man turned his eyes. up to it, they dilated and the man became pate. This showed the headache. Has Other Good Tests, As a further test, Dr. Clark had the man tip his head forward, and his face became congested. Dr. Clark struck his knee sharply while the man was sitting. At the second blow the jerk in response was feeble. “Learning whether a man is hungry is as easy,’ r. Clark said. “If his pulse, reich iy and temperature are normal, if his ngue is clean and he has a hale complexion, I try the per- cussion note over his stomach—tapping the back of my finger. That tells me whether his stomach is empty. If it is empty, I know the man is hungry. Isn’t that simple enough? It seems to me even a lawyer ought to know that.” MISS SPRING HORSEWHIPS MASHER WINTER, WHO IS LOCKED IN STRONG SELL THE TEMPERATURES. oe

Miss Spring caused great ex- citement today by horsewhipping a masher at Fifth Street and Broad- way. When tak- en to the police Station, the man told Capt. Weath- erman his name was Winter, and that he mistook Miss Spring for an acquaintance. Her fiance, March, insisted that the offender be locked up, and this was done. : The Captain's commeat was: rair tonight, fol- lowed by increasing cloudinzses Wednes- day; moderate temperature; acer ged winds; minimum temperature tonight, # degrees. It is fair elsewhere, except for rain in the Gulf states, Tennessee and the Middle and South Atlantic states, and for light snow in interior New York and Northern Michigan. It is colder in the

ROUGH ~DRIED MONEY IS GOOD ENOUGH For me!

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HUSBAND DEAD WIFE SENSELESS OR SIX DAYS pinanewee Mrs. Kaemmer Has Not Re- gained Consciousness Since She Heard News. - EXPECTED TO RECOVER

She Had Nursed Him Through- out Long Illness, Losing Much Sleep.

When told six days ago that her hus- band was dead, Mrs. Theresa Kaemmer, 31 West Marceau street, became un- conscious, and has remained in that con- dition ever since. For months she nad nursed him. He was ill with aropsy and asthma. In the last month of his sickness she was with him night and day, attending to all his needs, and losing much sleep that she was greatly weakened. And then her strength gave out en- tirely and, on the advice of doctors, he Was sent to Rebekah Hospital last Tuesday. She went with him to the hospital and then returned alone to her home. She had no children. Fell «t News of Death. When Kaemmer died last Thursday morning Dr. Edward Richter went to }her home and told her of it. is it so?” she exclaimed, and she unconscious. “©, fell Always Were Deveted. Frederick Kaemmer was 62 vears old. His wife is a few years younger. They were married many years ago. Their habits were quiet and simple. Their de- votion to each other had often been noticed by their acquaintances. Dr. Richter said Tuesday that he ex- pected Mrs. Kaemmer to recover, but it will be a long time before she regains her strength. Her worry will retard her convalescence. Dr. Richter took charge of the funeral of Kaemmer Saturday. While the fun- eral services were being cénducted by the Rev. Edward Bleibtren in one room of the house, the aged widow lay un- conscious in an adjoining room. HOUEE TO DEFY CITIZENS FOR DANNY NAUGHTON Business Men Urged to Attend Meeting of Delegates Tonight and Demand Removal. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the House of Delegates, when a resolution to oust Assistant Clerk “Danny” Naughton is to be introduced, citizens are er>ected to attend in such a number as has not been seen there since the House of 1901, with the members gazing on rope-carrying visitors in the gallery, passed emergency bills for the lighting of the city institutions. Letters have been sent out to mer- chants and officers of business organi- zations, asking them to be present at the meeting at 7 p. m. Tuesday. It is taken for granted that the recipients of the letters favor the removal of Naugh- ton, who has been convicted of being an aecessory to bribery, and sentenced to Jail for six months. LONE SWEDE BOMBARDS ROYAL CASTLE OF NORWAY WITH RIFLE

Ruler’s Absence, Declaring In- tention to Assassinate. CHRISTIANA, Norway, March 10.—A Swede, apparently insane, fusilladed the royal castle here with a rifle at noon today. He fired altogether a dozen bul- lets, several of which crashed through the windows and imbedded themselves in the interior walls of the castle. The man was promptly seized by the police and disarmed. At the police sta- tion he declared that it was his inten- tion to kill King Haakon. He still had 40 or 50 cartridges in his pockets. King Haaken and Queen Maud were absent from the castle. King Haaken and Queen Maud were noi in the castie at the time of the shooting, having recently moved to the royal residence at Voxenkollern. None of the palace officials or servants was injured. GENETTI PLEADS GUILTY TO COLOGNA MURDER: 30 YEARS Miner Who Set Infernal Machine Already Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison. Joseph Genetti, the miner who re- cently was sentenced to 15 years in the Penitentiary for the murder of his cousin, August Genetti, pleaded guilty in the Belleville Circuit Court Tuesday morning to the murder of Louis Co- logna, August's chum, and was sen- sentenced to serve 15 more years. Genetti, who placed an infernal ma- chine in the tool chest of August Genet- ti in Collinsville mine No. 17 last August, must serve 4 years. Judge Holder Tues- day sustained the State’s demurrer to the special pleading that Genettt’s .ife had been twice )..ced in jeopardy for the same offense.

The Post-Dispatch is the oniy evening newspaper in St. Louis that receives ot publishes news gathered by

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| The teriors of which are of combustible ma- POST-DISPATCH WINS ITS FIGHT FOR FIRE ESCAPES ON ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHSHHSSSSFCSOSOSOOO SOOO HOSEOS SSO S OFFS FOS OP OS OF OFEDOE OOS ES OSES OOS SOO DHSS S SLIP SOLOS OL OOO LDLODODOD SHOULOLOLS One of the St. Lowis school buildings which lacks adequate fire precautions, and clippings showing how the Post- Dispatch fought and won the battle to make the School Board comply with the lax ‘by placing fire escapes

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74 Ry > aut 30 sing. * Bu: jos REPORTESS cHOoLs} way a the oe on them. SMITH GIVES CREDIT TO POST-DISPATCH FTER the School Board had A agreed to equip the school : buildings with fire escapes, Building Commissioner Smith said: “It was a long, hard fight. I appreciate very much the work the Post-Dispatch has done in showing the public the real con- ditions that exist in the schools. Without such support it would have been impossible to accom- plish the ‘desired results.” “The Post-Dispatch’s report. of eonditons in publie schools ag Factory Inspector Sikes and my- self found them was so accurate that I would not have hesitated to sign it myself,” said Fire Chief Swingley.

school buildings was presented by Building Commissioner Smith at Mon- day’s conference in such 4 manner that the representatives of the School Board decided that the proper thing to do was to comply with the law without any unnecessary delay. here are 50 schools which have no fire escapes. A cood, practical fire es.- cape, entirely safe, can be erected for $300, according to Building Commissioner Smith. If two fire escapes are placed on each of the 530 school buildings the cost will not exceed $30,000, if Mr. Sn.ith’s estimates are correct. Board Not Amenable?. Building Commissioner Smith has been trying for several years to get the School Board to comply with the fire- escape law, but the Board, under an opinion of its attorney, held that it was not amenable to the laws and refused to put on the fire-escapes. It was only after the Collinwood disaster, in which so many children lost their lives, that the authorities eguid stir the Schoo! Board to action. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Falk- enhainer said he thought {ft was better for the Board.to voluntary comply with the law than to institute prosecutiong to test the statute. Prosecutions, he said, mean long fights iu the courts. He was of the opinion, he said, that the Schoo: Board, as a body, could not be prose- cuted, yet he thought he could prose. eute the individual members of the |

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IN DAILY PERIL, # WINGLEY SAYS}¥ INSISTS ON ESCAPES|4 ) 3 | / SCHOULS HERE |

DELEGATES ARE CUTTING PRICES, BRADY MOURNS as

Ld John Thomas Will Start Paper and Keep Out} Names of Those So Far Lost to Decency as to Sell Votes Cheap to Strangers. ee

John Thomas Brady, who promises to “buga up’ St Louis with his new pa- per, “Truth,” the first issue to appear early in Apri], told a Post-Dispatch re- porter Tuesday that he would not print a line of comment on the doings of the House of Delegates. “Any man in the House of Delegates that does business with a stranger, like this fellow Ascher was, is a sucker,” declared Brady contemptuously. ‘And any man in the House that'll take $50 or $10) for his vote is a piker. I wont have space in my paper for either kind. Butler Was Good Fixer. “The time things ran well in the House of Delegates was when Ed Butler was its legislative agent. When those guys got so they thought they were wise, andstarted out to do business for them- selves with outsiders, they got their necks wrung. “Me and my paper for the ginks that need to be roasted. and are worth while paying attention to. And I'll make the people read it, all right. If they won't buy it at 10 cents a copy, ‘ll stand on the corners and give it away. “There won't be a line of advertising in the paper. I want to be free to bura up the town.” The reporter, who recalled that Brady was said to be doing detective work for Gov. Folk a few years ago, asked if the Governor was to be included in the general combustion. Folk’s Peculiar Eaglish. “IT and Folk fell out long ago,’ Brady replied. “He's the kind of guy that, if you are talking to him and ‘reach’ for a dollar, will say ‘goodby.’” A reference to Brady's office lexicon showed the interviewer that ‘reach’ means to attempt to borrow. “He's the cause of all this prohibi- tion business,” Brady went on. ./her- ever there’s prohibition, there's crooked Officials, rotten booze, blind tigers and political preachers. “If Missouri goes prohibition, there'll be nothing in St. Louis but cider and red pepper and everybody will be drunk enough to jump off the free bridge.” “What will Truth have to say about anarchists?” the future edilor was

jnight and then shot himself. “Only that the immigration officers ought to measure the heads of the peo- ple that are allowed to come into this country, and keep the one-inch fore- heads out. That's the only kind that’s any danger. Sonking Police All Right. “I don’t blame any man for taking a soak at a policeman now and then. The police fed me sausage in Jai) here six months unce, and that was all they could do to me. “The other day Cireuit Attorney Sa- ger came across the street and said: ‘Say, I want to shake hands with you. When I wept into office I made up my mind you were in pretty near every crooked deal that was pvwiled off here, and I'd put you In the Penitentiary. But I found I couldnt get anything on you.’ “And he was right. There can’t no- body get nothing on J. T. B. But I'll surprise some people here with the things I've got on them. “Look at Mayor Wells letting that big piatform take up the sidewalk for a block on Seventeenth street! But he can't help it. Men that were born and bred to Big Cinch ideas don't know any different. Shows Letter From Lawson. “Il was in New York lately and got some inside dope on Wall street and wrote to Thomas W. Lawson about It, and here's a letter he wrote thanking me for my valuabjJe information. If I can do that In a strange place in a few duys, can’t I tell some things people will want to hear about St. Louis, where I've lived all my life? Well, you wait till I get my printing press put in, and I'll show you.”’ Brady will act as his own publisher. He says he has a business which yields him an income of $200 a month to back hin venture, He says he means to get rid of his money while he Is alive, so as tu leave none to relatives, and thinks &@ publishing venture as good a way as. any. Kille Wife, 3 Cilidren and Seif. SEATTLE, Wash., March 0.-—W. W. McKay of Tenino, Thurston County, killed his wife and three children last

FRISCO RA Court. This is the 7 7 éach count of the indictment. bers which resulted in. the indictm Judge Dyer said that under t Ww S FINED $13,000 Mh TI 4

| Thirteen Charges ‘ imit Ht and $20,000 Pénalty Pose sible on Each. SHIPPERS WILL

Those Who Derived No Bete efit From Secret Agreerr n ey _ Can Recover. |

The Frisco Railroad pleadeq gt Tuesday afternoon to rebating to Chapman & Dewey Lumber CoS sas City, and was fined $13,000 t Dyer ofthe United ° “States | minimuy last week. The maximum been $260,000. - E. F. Evans, general solicitor railroad, appeared In court. by pre rangement with District Blodgett and submitced a writte ment of “extenuating _ on which the railroad relied. tor \ Mr. Biodgett said the raitroad h him in the grand jury ir cumstances he could impose minimum, Fine Has Wide masse! The indictment contains 18 ¢ : against the railroad ang. company. The repeats count is $1000 and the maximum $20,000. The fine Judge Dyét pose this afternoon therefore from $13,000 to $260,000. — —At the Pederal Butte lumber company must | now _ nec pn ' a ne . | wm Fa pee: ign ae * ma 7. i. accepting rebates. The penalty in. case is the same. The lumber company shipped from Tyronze and Jonesboro, Ark., { Kansas City and St. Louis, vin 3 on the St. Louis shipments rebates " $5.75 each, concealed In the tariff as | “wastage on lumber to be used in box™ es."’ ee . discharged clerk informed the Fed-~ eral authorities. The various counts name dates on which shipments were made, prior to June, 196, when thers = ee clause was discontinued. r shipments were debarred from p snatien by the statute of limitations, Mr. Evans, admitting these facts té Mr. Blodgett, said the raflroad wished to throw itself on the leniency of the — court and plead mitigating cireum- — stances. Mr. Blodgett accompanted the a road attorney to Judge Dyérs and he said a written statement ‘ the extenuations must bé d¥awh OD before he would hear the plea | guilty. Mr. Evans agreed to this, n ibe promised to return with the papers at 2 p. m., at which time the plea te be made. meee New Men Killed Rebaters. .._ Mr. Bicdgett says the only mittgate — ing circumstance he knows is that; when the management of the. bea changed in the latter part of 4 “wastage” clause was discontinued. — a Several St. Louls lumber dealers “~wemtage” clausé weain effect, Monat ing to sue the railroad under the visions either of the statutes or. Intefstate Commerce ilaw, bot which afford protection on that The shippers who met Monday ning and discussed this matter the Alcee Stewart Lumber Co, T as & Proetz Lumber Co., Fry Li Co., and the American Hardware WIRELESS FROM BATTLESHIP TENDER YANKTON PUTS THE NAVY DEPARTMENT AT SEA WASHINGTON, March —Tt commander of the battleship t By Yankton could have heard the comments — that followed the receipt of a message which he sent to the Navy Department this morning, he prebaby!l would have reached the conclusion that

wireless, and was alr ost wordless. — The Yankton was detached from Ree Admiral Evans’ fleet to reacue Fred Jeffs of Wellsville, O., the modern “Robined Crusoe,” who was stranded on « dem isiand in the Pacific. The @ ch ceived this morning conveys a ee ee we hie geo 2 ¥ eo. ef

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