St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 8, 1908

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- oo AOE DEER LIL, BLO NE, ae erases. ‘ Fe eee eT ee ‘ io OSs oo a $3 yea, eee + y Bt sone 2 - : + ee eR os Jefferson Barracks were ich profit from the trade Residents of County Hold a - Mass Meeting and Discuss - Conditions.

DEMAND PROTECTION While Citizens Consult, Wine Caves and Saloons Do ’ Big Business. —_————_

While 200 residents of St. Louis Coun- ty, between the southern limits of the city and Jefferson Barracks, were hold- ing an indignation meeting against the lawlessness of the neighborhood the lights of a hundred saloons, wine, caves and dancing pavilions blazed out a " bright welcome to city revelers along the extreme southern end of Broadway. . An executive committee of ten men was appointed at the meeting to en deavor to persuade the Sheriff of the county to place a deputy in the neigh- borhood. ‘ Beveral men suggested the incorpora- tion of the district. This suggestio: aroused much opposition from the ma- jority. It was finally decided to lay th discussion 'on the proposed incorporation Over until the executive committee ha» made its repprt at the next meeting within two weeks. . The meeting was held Friday. night the little hall of St. Andrew’s Church 4: Hoffmeister and Military avenues. Thi: fe half a block from South Broadway While the meeting was in progress th cars that run between the city limits ane | taking hun- dreds of pleasure seekers ffom the city to the places that have been crgies o: bad as those at Creve Coeur Lake. The meeting was not a demand fo the lid, nor was it a protest against o: Gerly saloons, Many of those preser in the hall were men who have reapec that ha ured out of the city on Saturdays a’: days. Conditiqens Alarm Residents. The fact that many of the wives ai: @aughters of residents have been a: fronted by toughs and that from earl) | Saturday night to late Monday morn ing the district has echoed. witi. drunken revelries and fights, has cause:: the residents to unite to protect thei: own homes and property. The geography of the district. Jehids | itself readily to lawlessness. The win: @aves and dance halls have Jong dis: tances between them = where’ thyre? ete fo Ughts. Men and women and. youny. girls wander from places of amusemen: at an hour when the peaceable citizen: of the community have long put out their lights. The orgies that have gone after midnight were referred to a! he meeting. “They have made Broadway down | here,’ said Otto Diesier, ‘a street of sin. Coming home iate at night 1 have seen sights along the street that I cannot describe here. A man cannot bring his wife or daughter home late at night without being jeered at by drunk- én men. A woman dare not step out on the street ar night alone.” ‘Wihe Caves and Big Groves, The “Street of Sin'’ begins just south of the southern limits of the city. On either side of the street are the wine *@aven, with their big groves and chairs and tables. On the east side of the street _ paths run down between the scattered cottages and houses to the river front. The discretion of each waiter at the wine caves is the only check on those who visit the resorts. Before the expose of the conditions in the county, two: ago by the Post-Dispatch, girls under 16 were taken back to the city by their escorts after 2 a. m. intoxi- cated. ' - Besides those who leave the city for issipation there are others whom the Louis police would like to renew thelr acquaintance with. Armed | have made the street danger- ous. The men at the meeting told many stories of shooting affrays in the early morning, and of the men- ace not only to the clitracter of the district but to the lives of its resi- dents, ‘Priest Addresses Meeting. “The Mev. Father A. Mayer, who spoke, sald he was not opposed to sa- loons and was even in favor of the good oltigen being allowed to take his beer on Sunday. But he said that the vif raf’ from St. Louis should not be sllowed on South Broadway and that _—s Hhe existence of the neighborhood as - @& peaceable community would depend sh thelr efforts.

at 4 4 jéet that Dr. Lawrence E. Whitney. plans. at liberty to discuss them. discontinue my ed yy a han because of the verdict of the C which I believe to have been a mis- take and not warranted by the cir- cumstances.” POLICEMAN’S RIGHT TO CALL . Charges of Offended “Hoodlums” bums and doesn’t use any “cuss” words along with the epithets. in the case of Patrolman George Den- nis, who was arraigned Friday before the Police Board on charges preferred his job.” had *-been arrested at various times for disturbing the peace and loitering at Twenty-fourth and Dickson streets, said Dennis used bad language in ad- tae emp them. Dennis admitted ap- plying th profanity. missed. dington and from the water wagon after they were assigned to the gambling squad, were dismissed. Some people can hardly believe a ” EES OT EE I EEE CR ee la) CO - — EEN OEE NTS - GE LOLI EA A MERCS CUNY NER m ~ A I RT a SATURDAY--BT. LOUIS POST i ee ae Ree EP EE a. |MOTORING POSSIBILITIES IF CHAUFFEURS BECOME UNIONIZED AND ADOPT, NEW RULES

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HITNEY SLAIN; INSISTS SHERIFF: SCORAS VERDICT .

oroner’s Finding in Carthage Case Unwarranted, Says Official.

Special to the Post-Dispatch, ‘CARTHAGE, Mo,, Aug. 8.—Sheriff Varker of Jasper County will pay no ittention to the verdict rendered by a “Oroner’s jury yesterday to the ef- city physician of Carthage, who. died July 31 after his body had been found Seneath his buggy on a lonely road three miles from town, was the result of an accident. Sheriff Parker told a reporter for the Post-Dispatch this morning that he would continue his investigations in the belief that Dr. Whitney was murdered. Murder, Says Sheriff, “The position of the body and the wound upon Dr. Whitney’s head when ie was found early on the morning of July 30, together with the surroynd-’ ings of the case, impels me to believe that Dr. Whitney was not the victim of an accident, but was slain,” said Sheriff Parker. “We are working on several clews, anyone of which may lead to an ar- rest, but I cannot make public my To Continue Investigation. “There are several known motives why some person might have wished to take the doctor's life, but I am not I will not oroner's jury,

A MAN A BUM IS UPHELD, BUT HE MUSTN'T USE CUSS WORDS

Dismissed—Five Men Are Dropped From the Force. A policeman has a right to call men hoodlums, provided he This was decided by men who had threatened to “get The men, who admitted that they e epithets, but denied using dis- Probationary Patrolmen Edwin Red- hilip Durnin, who fellj he charges were Patrolman Ernest. Court, charged with visiting a woman in Luxem- to appear for trial and ad

Word they say. Tt doesn’t take a very large man to has ruined more men

DRIVERS ARE CHAUFFEURS BY ACT OF THEIR UNION

or Teamsters Decide That the Stable, the Crank Replace the Whip and They Act Accordingly. —— Garage Is to Supplant

Official recognition of the passing of the horse is contained in the new name of the Teamsters’ Union, now the United Teamsters and Chauffeurs of America. This shows that the teamsters believe the garage is to supplant the stabie, the crank supersede the whip, and the ‘carburettor replace the feed box. It’s just a roundabout way of whis- pering “Geod-by, Dobbin.”’ The team- sters are opportunists. Realizing thai they are a declining and decaying race, they have taken unto themselves a new and growing power. With no competition, the chauffeur may soon become as arrogant as the na, bo monopoly. Automobile owners might as wel be prepared for a ready-to-serve charge. It may be that the members of the new union are preparing to make up for a sort of Jeky! and Hyde role, changing at will from teamster to

BIG MILLING CONCERN CQ TO RECEIVERS Pillsbury-Washburn Company in Distress for Lack of Ready Money. Continued From Page One.

which controls a linecof elevators on the Great Northern Raifroad from Min- neapolis to Devil's Lake, this being @ subsidiary company which has served the parent company in the capacity of buying and supplying the wheat needed in the prosecution of its business. “Add to these the Pilisbury ‘A’ Mill. the largest flour mill in the world, with a daily capacity of 40,000 barrels, and its other mills, four in number in Min- neapolis, and one in Anoka, the public will then understand something of the extent of the actual resources of this company, and the effect which its mis- fortune, were it to be permanent, would mean not only to this comniunity but to the country which lies back of it and tributary to It. Englishmen Its Officers. The concern was formed in 1889 un- der the laws of Great Britain and its flour mills have an aggregate capacity of 30,000 barrels of flour daily. There are £1,000.000 of securities issued, and its assets are huge. The officers of the concern are as follows: Chairman, Richard H. Glynn, London: secretary, H. K. Davis, London; manager, Henry L. Little, Minneapolis; assistant man- r, E. N. Fairchild, Minneapolis; , L. P. Hubbard, Minneapo- y, James T. iréctors are corge Cioutte, ichard H. Glyn, Sydney . Klein and Frank Spencer, all of London. The American committee of man- agement is composed of C. M. Ams- den, Hen L. ttle. William de la rre, A. F. Pillsbury and W. D. avhburn, all of Minneapolis. Geese, RIDING HORSEBACK TO MEXICO TACOMA, Wash., Aug. &—Mr. and Mre. C. W. McGinn of Seattle, formerly of Iowa, left here on horseback for Old

Mexico. Whenever they come to a region where hunting oo. fishing is good they - ys,

Chauffeur as long as there are any horses to make the change worth while. When the horse is a thing of history, all ob gpenigy | will become chauffeurs, without further disguise. The emblem of the new order has not been caosen. It is understood thai the members favor an auto, ramp ant, overleaping a prostrate equine wita the motto “hors de combat.” The new name was chosen at the session Friday of the Teamsters’ Union at Liberty Hall. The nomina- tions for officers were as follows: © President, John Sheridan of Chica- O; general secretary-treasurer, W. I. Ashton; first vice-president, A, L. St. Clair of St. Louis; second vice- president, George W. Prescott; third vice-president, G. H. Mastin of Roch- ester, N. Y.; fourth vice-president. Thomes Martin of New York; fifth vice-president, Val Hoffman of New York. sixth vice-president, Frank H. Ray of Chicago; seventh vice-presi- dent, Alfred Spencer of Chicago.

SAVES CHILDREN: SKS LIFE FO CURTAINS I FIRE Woman Is Four Times Driven Back From Flames That Imperil Ten.

Ten persons were threatened by flames on the second floor of a two-story brick building in the rear of 4016 Fairfax ave- nue early Saturday. After carrying her children through clouds of smoke down a rear stairway, Mrs. John Patterson attempt- ed four times to rush back into the burning building to save a bundle of lace curtains, and struggled with the firemen, who prevented her from risking her life. 4 After helping his son, his daughter and his three grandchildren to safety, Ww. T. Orr was cut off by the flames and jumped from a second story win- dow. His right ankle was sprained. The fire was discovered in a hay loft on the second floor by Robert Ellegood, Orr’s son-in-law, who was sleeping with his wife and two children in an adjoin- ing room. Their apartment was filled with smoke and with Orr’s assistance, Ellegood helped his wife and three children to the ground, none of them taking time to dress. The lower part of the building is used as a stable by the Carlyle Dairy Co, The fire is ‘supposed to have started from a match carelessly thrown into the hay on the ground floor. Call Up the Post-Dispatch ‘The next time you want domestic, in- dustrial, professional, male or female help, or desire to buy, sell or trade mer- chandise, livestock or land, or let, lease, buy or sell houses, flats real estate. Your Credit Is Good if You Rent a Phone. three

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