St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 18, 1909

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VOL. él. NO. 210. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1909. ° ~ Only Evening Paper i in St. Louis with both Associated Press and United Press ‘Service 1 PRICE ONE. CENT

“It Has Been a Long Chase, Am Not Dissatisfied,” Says Railroad Magnate.

ROOSEVELT CAUSED THE PANIC SAYS F INANCIER

Was Advised Against Hepburn Rate Bill and Enforcement of Anti-Trust Laws—Trans-. * _ portation Lines Never Wanted to Give Rebates.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. March 18. —Summonin ittatives > ooh | of Los Angeles newspapers to his cottage in Pasadena, yesterday, KE. H, Harriman said in all earnestness that his physicians had de- creed. he must retire from his life of strenuous activity and turn his gigantic gffaire over to others. “Step out and let others take up his work,’’ ‘was the way Mr. Harriman expressed it. While Mr. Harriman did not specify on what date he would retire or say positively that he will obey the mandate. of his physicians immediately, the inference was strong on his part, and ~ stronger on-the part of others of his retinue, that he will never again be so active in the world of finance Mr. Harriman talked more freely than he has before since his arrival. His con- versation seemed to lead up to.the dec- laration. Dr. Dickson had warned him that it was growing cooler and inti- mated that he should out short his con- { “Mr. Harriman sat surround- A versation. _ed by a group of newspaper men. servant wrapped a blanket about him} and he settied more comfortably in his chair. The solicitation of the pbysi- ~ @ian caused him to refer to hig health. Fascination Planning Big Things. Replying to a question as to the fu- ture of the railroad «ystems of the American continent, he said: Physicians. have warned I must step out. They say I have dene enough and that it is now ‘time that I should turn my work over to. others. I am 61. I have been playing the game a good many years. [ft has been a long chase, but I am not dissatisfied with. the results, Mr. Harriman sat silent minutes in deep thought, sumed: A good many years, some big years, and some lean lean ones, but 1 stayed ‘with them. Sometimes I had it my own way and sometimes they bested me for a period, but they didn’t know it. could have dropred out sometime ago, but I stayed in for the satisfaction | de- rived, There is something fascinating about planning big things and con- quering when the world predicts yeur defeat. Dr. Dickson said there was nothing particularly serious with Mr. Harriman, but- that the long strain in Wall street - had told severely upon him. For the _ past year, the physician said, Mr. Har- Pag had been much more careful in me that a few then re- at end in view that the Western trip ag planned. Ne says Mr. Harriman is as strong _ Harriman, for the first time since he _ began his Western trip, discussed Theo- dore Roosevelt. While admitting that Roosevelt might have been acting in ‘believed the recent President went too _ far. There was no bitterness in Harrt- ™an’s tone as he spoke of the wielder Of the spiked stick. He said: Roosevelt was not at all to blame, although I think he carried matters too far. He was trying to enforce - jaws that had been put into effect jong before his time. However, I - Yelieve the panic would not have _ been created had not Roosevelt car- ried on bis prosecutions with such a _raload should be regulated. I have a favored railroad regulation to extent. There are letters on Washington which I ae! Eos 1m a ae than the stand 1 have.

campaign material. The railroads have been the empire builders and not thé malefactors that the public has been led te believe they are. It seems to he all a matter of inability to understand. We have opened up great unsettled regions and done more than any other institution to- ‘Wards the upbuilding of the country. Our methods have.been to elim- inate the expense of fighting and de- vote the money to development. Railroad rates are more stable now than ever before. HARRIMAN’S YACHT PREPARING FOR CRUISE TO WEST INDIES NEW YORK, "March 1 18.—Although it was Said at the offices of E. H. Harri- man that no orders have been received from him to fit up the Sultana, his > -rkentine-rigged auxiliary steam yacht, at the yards ef Tietjen & Lang, Hoboken, officers, crew and workmen are busy gétting the yacht ready for immediate service. Why such secrecy in the matter is not clear, but. from authoratative sources it is stated Capt. Norman Ferguson, sail- ing master of the yacht, has orders to proceed to sea Saturday, the objective port being New Orleans. Mr. Hafriman now is at Pasadena. Cal., and it le believed to be his inten- tion to sail from New Orleans with his party for a trip of two months at least in the West Indies. The date of depar- ture from the Southern port has not been decided. The orders to Capt. Ferguson to fit the yacht for immediate departure are said to have ’come last Friday, were a surprise. The bottom has been placed in first-class condition, and rig- gers, painters and carpenters are work- ing with all their might fo get the vacht into trim. HARRIMAN REASSURES . WALL STREET INTERESTS LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 18— “There is absolutely no foundation for the repert that I intend to retire from business.”” This was the statement is- sued this morning by E. H. Harriman, when asked regarding rumors circulated today in Wall street, and following the publication of his interview here and his dector’s statement of yesterday. Mr. Harriman said: .““I have always been too busy to think much about my- self; but now I am just beginning to realize that there is a possible hereafter. I have worked pretty hard, you know, and the doctors are béginning to tell me that the other fellow ought to have a chance to do something. “I have worked hafd, because I like doing things. I like to bring things out right. TI like to grasp an idea, werk it out and bring it finally to a successful conclusion. That's about all there is in life for any of us.” Dr. Dixon's full statement today fol- lows. Mr. Harriman has not been in bet- ter health in years. The tmprove- ment attained during nig trip is very apparent. He has steadily bettered his condition. He is not only fully capable of continuing his strenuous ‘labor, but also, 1 am certain, in- tends to oye #0,

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BRAVE SHERI aemnanemenenetl 1S DETECTIVE ~ IN CLEVER TRAP Searcher for Willis Hood Catches Searcher for Willis Hood in Ozarks. “HIST!” AND “AHA!”

After Prisoner Lands TOO in St. Charles Jail Tin Star Proves Identity.

EREWITH great expense, is' presen the ted, at Nickel Library version. of the sup- posed capture of Willis Hood, in St. Charles for the murder liam Wuesler. wanted of 'Wil- The man under arreat has proved that he is a private detec- tive employed to catch Hood has been released. CHAPTER I. and he The Terrer Takes the Trail, OA HA!” The speaker was Sher do Hines, the Terror Charles. He hissed the word fiercely his clenched teeth and drew form to its full height. ‘‘Now to disguise myself.”’ it was: but. the work of a mo shove his trpusers into his boo avenger was ready. “Where are you going?’ ask bling Adolph; his trusty guide. “To capture Willis Hood!’’ “To capture Willis Hood?” iff Wal- of St. through his wiry ment to ts. The ed Am- “Ves, to capture Willis Hood.’ “Sho! You can’t catch “T will come back dead or aliv him,”’ re, ed said Waldo the Fearless, plunging into the woods, where he was soon lost CHAPTER II. Deputy Details Daring Dete W HILE all this was happeni here of many battles, was also to capture Willis Hood. to view. etive. ing Jack Sturdy was not idle. The brave Deputy Sheriff of Valley Park, plotting Late at night, when all was still, Jack whistled. from the shadow Saddle Club's lodge. “Hist,’’' said Jack, “Yes, I am here.” It was C. C. “Are you a ‘brave man?” Jack Sturdy. “I fear) nothing.’ “"Tis well. Pin this tin star ceat and be off at once. You a tective.”’ “are you Ww A skulking form came to him of the Paddle and there?’’ Clark who spoke. hispered on your re a de- “What do vou want me te do?’’ “Capture Willis Hood!’’ ‘Capture Willis Heod?’’ “Yes, capture Willis Hood.”’ + 2. “Go!” CHAPTER III, Waiting Walde Witresses Whistler. IGHT had fallen in the N No sound disturbed the s jumber camp lay .Waldo Hines, Sheriff ef St. Charles. tfe lay on his corduroy vest tened. Aha,” he muttered. It was indeed true. A man came up the road w “l hear a Ozarks. till. fearless and lis- sound.” histling. Passing near the leg where Wajdo lay concealed the man went straight cabin at the top of the ridge. The man knocked, The door was opened by to a the fairest maiden Waldo had ever set eyes upon. It was the Queen of the Ozarks. A light streamed from the cabin and fell upon the stranger's face. Waldo gasped. His strong form quiv- ered. ‘“‘Aha,”’ he hissed under his breath, “Ts is Willis Hood. Now to hire a detective to make the arrest.” So saving, the fearless Wal noiselessly down the hill. CHAPTER IV. Louie the Yyex Lands at Louis to obey the call of t jo crept Last, he fear- | OUTE the Lynx hastened from St. less Waldo. “It have found him,” said Waldo. “Found who?" asked Louie. “Willis Hood.” “Willis Hood?” “Yes, Willis Hood,”’ “What would you have me do?’ “Go _and get him.” “T go.”’ “Go!” And Louje went. For days he his prey relentlessly, wearing o ceat-sweaters and two watch tracked ut three charms crawling through the thick undergrowth of the Ozark jungle. At last he came upon his ma was climbing to the cabin of th of the Ozarks. n as he e Queen “Throw up your hands!” cried Louie the Lynx. The stranger looked into the barrels of two revolvers and saw it was no use to resist. “Why do you want me?” he asked. “Because you are Willis Hood. Loute. ” hissed The prisoner was game. He smiled. CHAPTER V. Proves Paid Pursuer. “Aha,”* peered at bars. “At Prisoner through I have ye in me uckled Waldo Hines, as he the jail power.”’ “Do your worst,” sneered the prison- * ee have the # hea papers. she an me | irety — - Be- hind a log at the edge of the [GIRL WHO'MORTGAGED MOTHER'S HOME AND CLOTHES SHE BOUGHT Wein es \e “ry a —<t .

MISS KETTLER IS MUNOMAN ie alee veiw —_—-— @ --——— Girl Who Mortgaged Mother’s Home for $300 Is Charged With Forgery.

were the influ- Miss for the Salome dance. She wanted a great quantity of things to wear, yet had she achieved her ambition to emulate Gertrude Hoffmann, she would have had need for little apparel. Her mother says that the young wom- yearning to shine on the stage her Strangely divergent ences which turned the head of Lelia Kettler, clothes and who had manias au’s caused her to go to many shows, preference being for musical comedies. “But she was not a matinee ftend,”’ said Mrs. Kettler. ‘‘The only time she went to a matinee was a week ago, when she took a day off to see Miss Hoffmann. “I think her desire for fine clothes arose from the belief that if she had a good wardrobe she would have a better chance to get on the stage. I tried to discourage that ambition, but it was no use. “When she returned from Miss Hoft- mann’s matinee she danced all over the house, trying to imitate Salome.”’ Miss Kettler, charged in an in-« formation with forging her mether’s name to a deed of trust on the family home at 3852 Lincoln avenue, is a*mono- maniac on the subject of dress, accord- ing to statements made by physicians who examined her at the City Dispen- Sary. “I did what I did just because I wanted pretty clothes,’ she said at the City Hospital Thursday. She could net be induced to discuss the deed of trust transaction which caused her arrest. “I don’t want to talk about that now. I'm tired.’’» Was Telephone Operator. Miss Kettler, until her arrest Wednes- day afternoon was telephone operator on.tbe private exchange of the Glencoe Lime & Cement Co., at Tower Grove Station. She handled hundreds of calls a day and her friends believe that the strain of her work at the switchboard told on her nerves. City Hospital physicians say that she has not had a good night’s sleep for several months, and this gradually broke her down, and that the consequent mien- tal excitement may be. considered re- sponsible for her action in committing forgery. Last Monday Miss Kettler went to Lee Hart, a financial agent,’ in the Liggett Building, and represented herself to be Mrs. Elizabeth Kettler. This is her mother’s name. ‘ Borrowed 6300 on House, * She told Hart that she. owned the Lin- coln avenue residence and wuntes to borrow $300 on it. She signed her mothe?’s name to @

ead of which es se ot A eK PRETTY CLOTHES} jafter the explosion.

deed of Bon too obtained the money, lothi ‘ BEAISKIN Murr ¥ 40 PPURSE $20 }

DYNAMITARD RES POWDER MILL: 3 DEAD -_s Explosion in Coeur’ d’Alenes Attributed to Man Seen Near Plant.

SPOKANE, Wash., March 18.—That an assassin deliberately blew up the Coeur D’Alene Powder Works, near Wallace, Idaho, Wednesday afternoon, killing three men and injuring another, is the belief of the managers of the Coeur D'Alene Concentrating Co., which owned the plant. All the buildings of the plant were destroyed except the nitroglycerin house. It is said that a man who has repeat- edly expressed the wish that the pow- der mill would blow up was seen about half a mile from the plant immediately He ran away. The dead are R. J. Skalberg, fore- man; Pete Rico and Alvin Nelson. All the dead were residents of Wallace and employes of the powder works. Friction of a bearing in the mixing room during the process of the manu-, facture of powder was at first believed to have caused the disaster. In this room were stored more than 1000 pounds of nitroglycerin. This exploded together with five tons of giant powder stored in nearby structures. DEPLORES TOO FREQUENT BATHS Doctor Says He Respects Man, | Unbathed for Twelve Years. NEW YORK, March 18.~—The monthly meeting of the Medico-Legal Society, held last night at the Waldorf-Astoria, was enlivened by Dr. Elmer S. Lee,

| discussion of the 7 PRAISES CLEVELAND FOR SENSE OF DUTY Former President Styled as Typically American as Was Lincoln. COUNTRY OWES DEBT Speaker Declares Danger of Executive. Usurpation .Is Imaginary.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. : NEW YORK, March 18.—President Taft, speaking in Carmegie Hall this afternoon at ithe exercises in memory of Grover Cleveland, said that Cleve- land was as typically American as Lin- coln, “His vision of government and of s0- ciety was not widened by foreign trav- i,” he said. “He was a pure product of | the village and town life of the Middle States, affected by New England an- cestry and the atmosphere of a clergy- man’s home. “His chief characteristics were sim- plicity and honesty, courage of his con- victions, with a sense of public duty that has been exceeded by no statesman within my knowledge. It was so strong in him that he rarely wrote anything, whether in the form of a private or pub- lic communication that the obligation of all men to observe the public inter- est was not his chief theme.” Ne Danger From Executive. Discussing President’s Cleveland’s controversies with the Senate over his powers, President Taft ‘said: “As long as the legislative branch has the power of the purse the danger of executive usurpation is imaginative. The real danger arises from the disposition of the legis- lative branches to assume that it has the amnipotence of parliment and. may completely control the discretion conferred upen the ex- ecutive by the constitution, “The country is. under obligation to Mr. Cleveland. for hayi in his controversy with the ‘Republican Senate some of the limitations that there are in the Constitution upon attempted legislative. action to restrict executive discretion. In the end Mr. Cleveland won in his ¢ontroversy with the Senate. Whether he might have done so had both the ‘House and Senate been against bhim is a matter of doubt.”’ The remainder of the address was a former President's public career. Chief Justice Fuller, Senator Root and Gov. Hughes grere also on the program. JUDGE SAYS CARMACK JURY CAN STAY OUT INDEFINITELY “I Will Not Send for Them Until They Send for Me,” He Declares. ‘NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 18.—A)- theugh the jury in the Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack arose before daylight this morning and re- sumed their deliberations, the hours passed without and indication from them that they had reached an agree- ment. | Judge Hart convened court at 9 a. m. and began the regular grind of crimi- nal cases. The jurors had breakfast at 7 a. m., and again returned to their room. Asked when he. would call the 12 men into court, Judge Hart replied: “It is their move. I will not send for them. until they send word that they wish te see me.” Much loud argument marked the morning deliberations of the jury. At 11 a. m. the voices died away and the jurors sent out for drinking water. At 11:30 a. m. Judge Hart, having fin- ished his regular docket, adjourned court until 2 p. m., and announced that he would not receive a verdict before that hour. CONTEST FOR DENEEN’S SEAT THROWN OUT BY LEGISLATURE Action on Stevenson’ § n’s Appeal Over- shadows Deadlock, .Which 2 is Unbroken. SPRINGFIELD, IL, March 18.—Gov. /Deneen was spiked down in his seat for four years this afternoon when the Joint Assembly tabled the minority re- port of the Contest Committee by a vote of 119 to 6. Following this the Assembly adopted the majority vote, which was to the ef- fect that the claims in the contest pe- ttiion filed by Adilal Stevenson were witheut merit. off The election contest pletely over- shadowed the sena { deadlock this morning, and Hopkins failed to show new strength. But one ballot was taken and there was no change in the respit, which wae as follows: |

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GRATA T TO BE AMB -—_ |

re. State Department Asks Vienna q Missourian Is Acceptable — to That Court.

ST. LOUIS sa JC a eprint os _ 7 oes M ve ies .

am %y “5 Entrance to Diplomatic Life Marks End of L Fight He Made for United States Sen- | atorship— Friend of Sen- | ator Elkins.

VIENNA, trian court.

Mr, Kerens Piensed. Mr. Kerens was visibly pleased when told of the cablegram from Vienna, but he declined to discuss his appointment. “T am stillba private citizen,’’ he said, “and until I am officially notified of the appointment I cannot discuss it. It would be exceedingly unbecoming for me to ‘butt in,’ as the boys say, ina mat- ter of this kind.” Kerens cannot speak eithér German. or French. French is the diplomatic lan- guage used in the courts of Europe, In accepting the ampassadorship. to ‘Vienna Richard C. Kerens practically says good-by to the cherished ambition of his mature years, in the opinion of his friends, and surrenders the hope of a seat in the United States Senaté, which has spurred him *o unnumbered sacrifices for the Republican party an: tireless personal ¢fforts. But it places him in a position to do a distinguished favor for .the. family of his boyhood friend, Senator Elkins. And in this strange romance ‘of his life, which began before the war, when he and Elkins were boys and. Missouri was a border state, which continued while both were acquiring millions, and which now reaches a climax in his going to a great European capital as Ambas- sador of the United States, the friend- ship of the two men is strangely blend- ed with high politics. An ambassadorship was not what Mr. Kerens sought when. he opened his purse and gave money to the Missouri Repub- lican campaign, but it will, many of his friends believe, prove a balm to what otherwise might be an old age of bitter disappointment. And for thi® balm he has ‘‘Steve’’ to thank. But in the very appointment that Sen- ator Elkins procured for him there opens a@ means of repaying the favor, Kath- erine Elkins, many persens believe, was in love with the Duke of the Abruzzi and the duke was in love with her. Chance for Miss Elkins. They would have wed some time ago, it is believed, but for the fact that there was opposition from the royal family of her suitor, who is cousin to Special Cablegram to the Post-Dispatch. March 18.—The Austrian Gov eablegram from the American State De Richard C. Kerens of St. Louis, Mo., is persona. grate: to the J / receive d ¢ tolls : ing A reply in the affirmative was sent. will succeed Charles F. Frdicis as Ambassador. the King of Italy anda member. of of of the oldest and Proudest royal ho - in Europe. The ancient lawe | house would howe gett vay h obtained ment for him, and ne kins went over the yc | Warner of Missouri and got vi office directly : from ‘the. — of th President. ee When a Post-Dispatch. in Washington asked Renater Wa few days ago if he knew of the to make Kereus Ambassador, he. he had never heard of it. Chance for the Fomance. The Ambassador of the United to the Court of Francis Joseph have a lofty social position. With Mrs. Kerens and his Miss Gladys, in the embassy, tertainments there are pein mob to 1 brilliant and on a scale in Keeping Col. Kerens’ fortune, which is mated at many millions. ‘ Any of his in’ Vienna wili* have the hi social recognition. “= The Austrian court is the foremost Catholic court of Europe, therefor close to the Vatican, and, in m@ Pen specits, the Vatican is Italy. Ital and Austrian society are closely unl And Katherine Eikins, guest friend of the American Amba Vienna’s family, will be in a where the Duke of the Ab woo her on a footing almost of ¢ ity in society. ‘So, this yeung international may be brought to a happy issue: the music of wedding bells by 4 same stroke with which “Steve’ | kins soothes the disappointment be old friend “Dick” Kerens.

GIRL’S LONG SILKEN TRESSES ARE MYSTERIOUSLY CLIPPED; “ENVY” I$ HER EXPLANATION Fourteen Inches Cut Off When She Was Chatting With Friends After Work. Fourteen inches of silken brewn hair— half of the heavy tresses that used t hang in luxuriance to Miss Julia Vet@- er's waist—was snipped off by “some hand unknown to her between 5 and 6 Pp. m. Wednesday. Now ther police are investigating this mystery. Miss Velders thinks somebody who was envious of her long hair is the culprit. She is 15 years old and lives with her parents at 1530 South Eleventh street. She is employed at a shoe factory in the neighborhood. When she went to work Wednesday she divided her hair in hajves, tying a ribbon around each halt, Close to the head, and allowing the long strands to hang loosely, but apart, at her back. This coiffure, because of its olauy and the beauty of the hair, excited consid-

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