St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 29, 1908

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5 # LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, ), 1908. es ~ PRICE ONE CENT

SEVENTH © EDITION

nia NS $000,000 ARE DOOMED 10 Dit _ OFCONSUMPTION -

a Bist Given by Yale Pro-! fessor Startle Tuberc:“osis Congress. 138,000 DIE ANNUALLY » Russian Expert Declares Every Man of 30 Has Been Infected.

AUTOPSIES SHOW IT Human Organism Can Over- come Germs if Given Proper Treatment.

- WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—That 5,00,- 09 persons in the United States are doomed to fill consumptives’ graves un- less something is done to prevent it, was the declaration of Prof. Irving Fisher of . fim Wale in an address on the ‘‘Cost of Tu- berculosis’ before the International Congress on Tuberculosis today. Prof. Pisher’s address, which was the feature @f the day, created a sensation among the hundreds who listened to his state- ments. Prof. Fisher further declared that the 938,000 persons who die of consumption annually in this country eost more than §1 000,000 a year. There was a warm discussion when Prof. Calmett of Lille, France, direct- or of the Pasteur Institute, said that tuberculosis bacilli are taken into the ®ystem by swallowing. Infection by in- hbalation was warmly defended by Prof. Tendeloo of Holland. ‘ Eiyery Man of 30 Infected. Surgeon-General Simon Von Unterber- Ger of St. Petersburg, Russia, honerary é Fy domreyy at the Czar’s court, contrib-

way q N . WEATHER WILL BE FAIR AND

WARMER, RESEMBLING IN ONE RESPECT STATE OF CAMPAIGN THE TEMPERATURES.

“Well,” said the butcher, “Bryan's idea about pub- lishing campaign contributions be- fore the election is right up to date, all right." “How's that?’ asked the grocer. “It's right in line with the new pay-as-you- enter Dian.” “There's a dif- ference, though, : Bryan wants the

registers up in the front end of the ear, where every- can see them.” is the ie Here Woanne. wulr and warmer tonight and 4 ** south winds," HA te sue eently colder in the Bast, but Mine arespioing in the Middie

| ACTRESS RESCUED BY PORTER ‘ AFTER FATAL IRAIN WRECK

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Marie Louise Norris Nuptials Set for (ct. ~~ =o ——e New was York issued A pless from states a dispatch license there Tuesday to Hon. Henry Goilan, Chief Justice of Bermuda for the British Government, and Miss Marie Louise Norris, daughter of James Nelson Norris of St. Louis. St. Leulis has’ not seen a great deal of Miss Norris in late years. She has been traveling much of the time and has only been here at intervals. She is, how- ever, well known to many in St.° Louis society. N. A. McMillan, vice-president ef the St. Louis Union Trust Co., said Tues- day: ‘‘l have known Miss Norris in a business way a long time. She former- ly lived here with her parents aud I suppose they still regard this city as their home, although they have bee: traveling much of the time for the past ten years or so. I do not remember to have seen Miss Norris here for three or four years. The Chief Justice is a son of Sir Al- exander Goilan of Scotland. He has been assigned to Bermuda/for four years, He explained that Chief Justices are appointed for an indefinite period and he has no idea how long he will be in Hamilton, Bermuda, where he makes his residence. He was for the previous four years of his life Chief Justice for Northern Nigeria, a British province of Africa. Preceding that he practiced law in England. He is a smooth-faced, distinguished looking man of medium height. He wore a morning suit today with a white vest and black derby. Miss Norris, who was attired in a blue traveling gown trimmed with white, said the wedding will take place Oct. 7, at 160 West Fifty-ninth street. Dr. Francis I. Patton, ex- president of Princeton University, will perform the ceremony. Only the im- mediate members of the families of the bride and groom will be present and a few friends. Chief Justice Gollan and his bride will spend a little time in this country after the ceremony and then go to Bermuda. OTHER BIG LEAGUE GAMES, wane LEAGUE, AT CLEV “LAND. 234 ” 0 eo marriage Cowper

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WETMORE ASKS WOMEN 10 AID 1S FUND

Writes Employes of State for Contributions and They Resent It.

Women holding State offices in Mis- souri are receiving circular letters from Col. Moses N. Wetmore, collector for the Democratic National Committee, asking them to contribute $50 each to the national campaign fund. Among the women who have received such jetters is Mrs. L. M. Maddock, sec- retary to State Heer Inspector Marshail. Mrs. Maddock said that she had mace no reply to the letter, which was re- ceived ten days or two weeks ago. Thinks Demand Unjust, ‘IT contribute to the State campaign fund regularly. I think I ought to do that, as I held a man’s place in a State office, but I don’t think that a con- tribution to the national campaign fund should be required of me, although I have not made up my mind as yet what I will do about it. I have not spoken to Mr. Marshall about it nor have I written to Col. Wetmore.” It is understood that all women hold- ing State offices are receiving similar letters. The letters contained a ‘‘request’’ for ail good Democrats to aid their party financially. BOY SWAMPED BY WATER IN MUD BANK SECURITIES Homer Hart (of Alton) Caught in Crash, but He Is on His Feet Again. Homer Hart. 18 years Old, of Alton, was hard hit when a bank failed. For a time he was swamped and his friends thought he would never get on bis feet again, but he is all right now. A run on the bank caused the disas- ter. It held up as long a8 possible un- der the strain, but the Inevitable crash came at last. Hart believes that his ex- perience will qualify him for » position of bank é¢xaminer. The bank looked all right to him, etb- erwise he would not have trusted it, but it had been undermined by too much water in its securities. Hart was opposite Alton with Lee Temple, 17, when he saw his cork go under, He ran to grab the pole and the bank Bave way and slid into the river. He Was buried in soft clay and ooze for 10 minutes before Temple and two other fishermen got him out.

— Leadon Elects a Lord Mayor. LONDON, Sept. 2.—Sir George Tras- cott was today elected Lord Mayor of London in succession to Sir John

5 Charles Bell. al Boat, Collide; Rescued. POVER, Sept. 29.—The tourist steam yacht Argonaut, por %0 persons on went down between Dover and Dungeness this morning after colliding with the steamer Kings well in a fog. All 4m board the Argonaut took to the

# outa and came ashore WOMENINWRECK /WOMAN PULLED TROUGH WINDOW OF CAR — Ethel Barrymore and Nine Others Are Rescued by Train Porter.

GIRL KILLED AT PLAY

Mrs. Nirdlinger of St. Louis Tells of Accident on IWlinois Central. v,% } Eth. | Barrymore, the actress, and sev- St. Louis women wWere in an ob- of the Illinois Was wrecked at Diver- non, 20 miles south of Springfield. The car Was so badly wrenched hs the col- lision that the doors could not be opened and ten women, including Miss Barry- more and three of St. Louis, were puiled out through a window by the negro porter. A Coroner's jury. sitting at Springfield Tuesday, placed on railroad employes the blame for the wreck, which caused the death of Elizabeth McGuire, aged 7, who was playing near the place of the derailment. It was testified that section hands left the switch open, derailing the engine, baggage and day coaches and parlor car. Woman Tells of Girl’s Death. Mrs. Julia/ Nirdlinger of 4366 Maryland avenue and Mrs. Daniels and Mrs. Zim- mer, beth of whom said they lived in St. Louis, were in the accidents Mrs. Nirdlinger, who was slightly bruised, told a Post-Dispatch reporter at her home Tuesday of the pathetic circum- stances of the girl’s death. “The wreck happened almost in front of the home of the McGuire family in Divernon,” said Mrs. Niralinger. ‘‘When Mrs. McGuire heard the crash of the wreck she looked about her for her daughter, but could net find her. Then she hurried down to the coaches, iook- ing for her child there. 7 “She asked us, after we were.lifted 6ut; if we nad’ séen fhe girl. “We totd | her she must be safe, as she could not have boarded the cars or fallen under them. “Tater Mrs. eral servation car Centra! Railroad which McGuire found her child dead in her own yard. A large piece of the dome of the locomotive had struck her head as she was playing. ‘We were in the observation car at the rear of the train vyhen our car gave. a great lurch and came to a sudden stop. The shock threw me to the floor. There were 10 women and not a man in the car. Porter Hescues Actress. ‘‘Miss Barrymore and her cousin, Georgia Mendun, ‘were in their state- room. They tried to get out the door, but it would not open. They screamed for help and the negro porter broke down the door. The front of our car was smashed against the car ahead and we could not get out that way. Neither could we open the rear door, which was wrenched by the collision. The porter kicked out a window and crawled oui? and then helped each one of the 1? women out of the same window. There was much escaping steam in the car and we were all very much frightened.” Performance Postponed. Miss Barrymore was to have opened an engagement Monday night at the Olympic Theater. After the wreck she tried to charter a special train to bring her to St. Louis. Failing in that, she wired the management and those who had bought tickets for the performance Monday night were told that they might have their money back or get seats for Tuesc.yv night. Teliiug of the accident at Springfield, Miss Barrymore said: “I was sitting in the stateroom of the parlor car with my cousin, when, without the least warning, there was an awful crash. “The car turned on its side, and the flying cinders almost filled it. I tried to get out, but could not. We were im- prisoned. ‘I could not get out of the door. We were taken out of the window by men who came to the place and chopped out a window jamb. “In all my career this is the first time IT have ever disappointed an audience." HAS WRONG MAN ARRESTED, SAYS IT’S MIGHTY FUNNY Real Estate Man’s Accuser Failed to Make His Charges Good. Edward Bonevits, barber at 3 North Eighteenth street. approached Police- man Behnken at Union Station Monday night and pointed to a well-dressed man. “IT could pic, him out of a million people,”’ said Bonevits. “He purchased a restaurant from my brother, Charles, in Evansville, Ind., and paid for it with a bogus draft for g900. Then he hired four different managers, one of them a woman, swindling each out of $50. Behnken placed his hand on the man’s shoulder. “You had better be careful,” said the stranger. “This man is mistaken in his charge against me.”’ At Central District Station the case Was submitted to Night Chief Gillaspy. He wired the authorities at Evansville and received a reply that the prisoner was not wanted there. “That's mighty funny,’ vits., The prisoner, who said he was 50 years old and‘a rea] estate dealer, was ther,

said Bone-

| released. LURE L ANDLADY AWAY: HOUSE “ABR Rich Haul Made on Euclid Avenue by Up-to-Date “Mr. and Mrs. Raffles.”’

INVITED. TO A MATINEE

While Premises Are Unoccu- pied Expressman Hauls. Loot Away.

Men's and women's clothing, jewelry, cut glass, silver toilet articles and othet property, valued at several hundred dol- lars, were stolen from the boarding house of Mrs. Nellie Inrer, North Euclid avenue. Monday, and a young couple who had taken board with her a few days before are songht by the police on suspicion of having committed the robbery. The house was ransacked while Mrs. Ihrer and one of her boarders were downtown to attend a matinee with the voung couple, and at: an hour when the house was known to be deserted. The couple has not been seen by anyone at the Ihrer home since the hour of the robbery. This new kind of Raffles, or rather a Mr. and Mrs. Raffles, have introduced themselves under the name of ‘‘Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cunningham.” The couple appeared at the Ihrer home Friday. They wanted room and board. Mrs. Ihrer gave them a front room on the second floor, and the young man paid her $2 in advance. He told Mrs. Ihrer he was employed at a large hardware house downtown. He and his wife were very suave, very courteous and excessively friendly with everybody in the house at once. They were of prepossessing appearance. He Was a little more than 30 years old, had black hair streaked with gray and wore & farhionable black suit. His wife wore & gfay tailored suit and her fluffy brewn hair was arranged in a modish — tte Méoitfure. -} Planned Theater Party. Cunningham” telephoned, Mrs. answered the call. The man said he had matinee tickets and invited Mrs. Ihrer and the women in the house to lunch’at a dowa- town cafe and then to be his guess at the theater. Mrs. Ihrer said she could not go to lunch, but would aecept the matinee invitation. She, Mrs. Eulalia Shields, 1nd Mis. Cunningham started downtown to meei Mr. Cunningham and attend the mati- nee. But Mr. Cunningham was not in the theater lobby. as he had preniised. The trio left the theater as Mra. Ihrer said she wanted togbuy some gloves. Half way to the dry goods store Mrs. Cunningham said she thought she had better return and “wait ‘or Harry.’ The others went on. When they got back to the theater neither Mr. nor Mrs. Cunningham were to be seen. They waited a while tonger, did more shopping, and reached homes at 4:15. “Mr. Ihrer young Found House Looted. They found the house in_ disorder. When the boarders came home for din- ner in the evening and everybody’s in- ventories had been taken, the articles missing were found to be: Stolen from Mrs. Ihrer: Cut glass val- ued at $200; blue skirt, $10; black silk pet- ticoat, $5; voile skirt, $9; cluster ring, diamond and garnets, $50; gold watch and chain, $34. From David 8. countant, overcoat, Campbell, an ac- full dress suit, two blue serge suits, three shirts, umbrella. From Arthur Sewing, clerk in the Wabash Railroad offices: New brown suit, just from the tailor’s, gray su't, two pairs of trousers, suitcase, um- brella, stick pins and 10 annual railroad passes, ¥rom Miss silk skirt, Black three silver Rosalie Waters: two silk petticoats, silk waists, silver toilet set, toothpick, small jewelry. from Mrs. Eulalia Shields: Several articles of clothing and small jewelry. An express man was seen driving up to the front of the house and knock at the door at 2 p. m. A neighbor next door called that there was no one at home, and the man left. When the neighbor spoke to him the man asked if that was ‘‘the place where the trunks are to go” The neighbor re- plied that no trunks were to be taken from that house. Children in the neighborhood saw a negro man assisting the expressman in carrying bundles from the house. WROTE DOLEFUL LETTERS “TO Seth Bullock Pretended Pessimism About South Dakota to Stir Up Roosevelt. Special to the Post-Dispatch. MELLETTE, 8.+D., Sept. %.—The Taft special train, bearing the presiden- tial candidate and a party of statesmen of the Northwest on their speechmaking trip. reached here today, Col Seth Bullock, President velt's close hunting friend, meeting at Aberdeen. “There is not. the slightest doubt about South Dekota going Republican,” he declared with characteristic positive- ness. “I have been writing some dole- ful letters, though, just because I want- ed Teddy to pass the tebasco sauce, and Roose- joined the

you bet he did frt.*’ GET TEDDY TO PASS TOBASCO” ee SOS PSS SOS SSS S SSS SSPE SSSOSOHESSHSSSLSOSSOSSO SOSH SSCSHSSSSOSHSSS FHSCHSSSDE”~ *F$SFFHOHFGHHFGFFFFFFF 66666666 6466666 H Sent the football that Mr. ucation, a pair of compasses, the third week. POSH OSHS S HHS FFFFFS SHSSHSOSHSSESSCOSOOOSOOO OSH Ti.e puzzle looks like the acme of. simplicity, |SOLVE THIS FORAKER PUZZLE AND YOU GET A FINE PADDED CELL oes FHSS SS SS SHSSESFSSSSSSSSS SSS FHFSESOSOSSOS OSS SS SSS OSSS FHF ESOS F6FFFFSFFFOOF66S4 $6666666666666664666666 ERE is a new one by Sam Loyd, the puzzle man, for the benefit of those who desire to end their days in a padded celk The black pieces represent a football, ball Foraker. The puzzle is simply to assemble the Loyd considers Mr. Mr. Loyd has estimated that any ordinary man equipped with a college ed- infinite patience Ought to be able to put Foraker together in two weeks and recuperate within ard Loyd has named the foot- pieces so that they repre- Foraker has become. and a three weeks’ vacation which, in fact, it is, being

simply a few pieces of paper.

TAFT DENIES HE'S A DUDE; oa rr

Rival Candidates Agree on One Point, the Temperature Has Dropped.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.—Accidentally, but as a fitting preface to the scheduled meeting of Bryan and Taft at a ban- quet here Oct. 7, John W. Kern, Demo- Cratic candidate for Vice-President, and James 8. Sherman, Republican ditto, met today. Kern, in a dark business suit and th» latest thing in green Fedoras, was standing in the lobby of the Auditorium Annex when a bystander rushed up and asked to shake hands with “the next Vice-President.” “Certainly, with pleasure,’ said Mr. Kern. “But, just to make sure, you would better shake hands with that Man over there, too—that one with the side whiskers. That's Mr. Sherman. They Meet; Ne Casualties. The stranger did as requested, and then Sherman and Kern began moving toward each other, and presently the long, sinewy hand of the second man On the Democratic ticket Was graspe:l in the plump one of his Republican op- ponent, They smiled genially, exchanged felict- tations on the @rop in the temperature and other commonplaces, and then de- parted to catch trains. Kern Explains That Paas. With reference to the Big Four pass belonging to Kern and which was re- ported found yesterday, it developed that Kern had lost it along with the other contents of his pocketbook at Connorsville, Ind., upon his recent visit there. Kern believes that in the press of the crowd the wallet was deftly lifted from his pocket. It was returned to him by mail at Baltimore minus the moncy and the pass. The other papers in it were intact. The pass, Kern said, was found carefully placed under @ rock at Con- norsevilie. Kern left today for Kalamazoo, Mich., over the Michigan Central. He was accompanied by Democratic National

Committeeman Woods of Michigan,

KERN AND SHERMAN SHAKE

Nominee Tells Dakotans He’s ‘Too Fat for Tennis, So | Plays Golf.

WOLSEY, 5S. D., Sept. 2.—Judge Taft's game of golf and what he per- sonally thinks of it as a fat man’s @- ercise Was stated today by the canci- date, who said he had reecived some tti- timation that he ought to come to South Dekota and convince the people that he was not an aristocrat or was above the people. He continued: “They said that I had been playing golf this summer and that it was a riciti man’s game, and that !t indicated that I was out of sympathy with the Plain people. I Want to state my case before the bar of public opinion on the subject of that game of golf. Taft Men Must Exerciae. “In Scotland golf is the game of the people and in this country, where you can get a place to live and play it, ft is a game for people who are not active enough to play baseball or tennis, or who have too much weight to carry around to play them, and yet when a man weighs 2% pounds you have got to give him some opportunity to make his legs and muscle improve and golf offers that opportunity. “It may be that it is the game of the rich, but I beg to assure you that I am personally advived of the fact that «a very poor man tan piay it. and some- how or other my friends were certain that if I could come out here and show you what kind of a man I was in ap- pearance that you would get over the impression that there was anything about me that resembled a dude.” BRYAN ASKS FAVOR FOR TAFT LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 2@.—Willlam J. Bryan has asked the Democrats of Lin- coln te remove lithographs of himself from store and residence windows dur- ing the visit of W. H. Taft to Lincoln Wednesday. His telegram follows: “Please ask the Democrats of Lincoln t® take my pictures down while’ Mr. Taft is in town. Have them show him every possible courtesy. “W. J. BRYAN.”

JUDGE REFUSES — TU TAKE BUTLER UN FRAUD BOND Action to Save Bondsman From Fatigue Is Ascribed Reason. HAD SIGNED FOR NINE Eight New Indictments Re- turned for Violation of Election Laws.

NAMES NOT GIVEN OUT ¢ ae One of Men Pleading Guilty. Refuses to Name Person. for Whom He Acted. After “Col.”’ Ed Butler had visited Judge Fisher's courtroom a half-dogen times Tuesday, signing $1000 bonds for men accused of violating election lawa, the Judge called him to the bar and said: “To save you the inconvenience of coming here so often, I will not accept you on any more bonds.” Judge Fisher’s remark was made in & whisper, and Butler asked him to repeat it. The Judge spoke in a iow tone, and Butler stil fafled to understand. Then the Judge spoke loudly enough to be heard by Butler and by others at 4°. greater distance. slowly and Butler nodded his went out. Court attaches explained that the Judge’s action could hardly have been: du@ to any distrust of Butler's sound+ ness as a bondsman. The nine bonds head gate only $9000, and Butier Js reputed t6 be a millionaire. In the boodle trials of five and six years ago he was permitted to sign bonds.to the amount of $260,000, Butler, who is not In good health, was ~- nearly worn out by the demands of his political retainers that he sign the bonda, and it is believed that Judge Fisher's action was for the reason he stated; to spare the aged man further fatigue. Other bondsmen for the election fraud defendants are Charles A. Lemp, “Billy” Schoenlaub and Joseph Sippy, Henry Henning, Sam Epstein and H. R. Fisher, | Trvo Plead Gutity. Benjamin Tenting of 1237 South Broad- way, white, and Robert Williams, a4 negro, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of fraudulent registration, and were sentenced to two years each in the Penitentiary. Judge Fisher asked Tent. ing a number of questiona. “Do you realize,” he sald, “that the offense you are guilty of is no ordinary offense?’ . “Yes, sir,” said Tenting. .* “Do you realize that it etrikes at very roots of our government?’ asl the Judge. “Yes, sir,” said Tenting. “Do you realize that you have stained your whole life and thrown yourself away for a man who thought no more of you than to let you He in jail and ap- pear in court now without a lawyer?” asked the Judge. “Yes, I know alj that,” s:ld Tenting. “Then I give you two years tn the Penitentary,'’ said the Judge. Butler Sigus Bonds, Tom Cox and three others charged with violation of the election laws, whe surrendered Monday and who spent the night in Jail because they could make no regular bonds, were released Tues- day morning on bonds signed by Cel, Ed Butler. It is expected that the testimony of some at least of the persons who have confessed or pleaded gulity wil Be used to “get the men higher up.” Eight indictments were voted by the grand jury Monday, six agsinst ju@ges aud clerks of a Seventh Ward precinet. Tle names were withheld, pending the arrest of the accused men. WIDOW, DECLARING FARMER JILTED HER, WANTS $5000 Mrs. Fritzinger Testifies She Said, “Willie, I’m Willing,” and — “Willie” Recanted. Mrs. Louisa J. Fritainger says Willtam Ahrens of Smithton asked her to be hia and she sald, “Wille, 1 am willing.” He did not make her his and she wanté $00. The case is on trial In the Belle- vile Ctrenit Court. Mrs. Fritzinger, who is a widow & years old, was housekeeper for Ahrena, who is a farmer, @ years old, and & bachelor. Testifying Tuesday, she stid he began” courting her July 4, 196, which was her” birthday. ‘He sald to me, ‘I like you, she sald, “and kissed me.” It was not until Feb. 4, 1907, that he — proposed to her, she sald, and that 3 when she told him she was When the time drew near for ding, though, she says be t out. In her testimony she always hive “Willie. As showing rela between them she tox of all his valuable ‘

when she was his housekeeper.

on which his name now appears eaggres — .