St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 10, 1909

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VOL. 61. NO. 294. : Only Evening Paper in ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY E NR i nace emt -= ee ~ ee VENING, JUNE 10, 1909.

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Government Experts’ Opinion_ Sub- mitted to Congress Estimates Cost at $158,694,462.

KAVANAUGH DECLARES THE REPORT IS “ALL WE WANT” -

Decision That Plan is Feasible Satisfies Leader in Movement Who Believes Element of Expense Will Not Stop Appropriation. ? ‘

From the Washington Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, June 10.—The War Department’s long- awaited report on the proposed deep waterway from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico was submitted to Congress today. It opposed the plan to dig a 14-foot channel connecting the Great Lakes with the sea, on the ground that.it- was too expensive. | The board of reviewing engineers, which worked under the supervision of the Secretary of War, reported that the channel would cost $128,000,000 for construction, and that it would cost $6,000,000 a year to maintain it. The Bixby report, as it is known. was sent to the office of Speaker Cannon by Secretary Dickinson yesterday. It bore the approval of the secretary and of the chief of engineers of the depart- ment. This Report Supplementary. _.) aPhe report is upon the proposed chan- — lead from the Great Lakes near go by way of the vateys’ of thet Des Plaines and Illinois rivers and the Mississippi-River to the Guif of Mexico. The portioy of this route from Lake Michigan t» ihe Mississippi River at St. Loule was ieported upon in Ws» by a vy-ecial board convened pursuant to sec- tion 1 of the rivers and harbors act of June 13, 1902. The greater part of the work per- formed by the special board, whose re- port Is now submitted, has had to Go with that portion of the route between ti. Louis and the Gwit of Mexico. in rder, therefore, that the project may @ understood in its entirety, ‘* Is nec- ‘sary to consider the report of the pecial board submitted in 1905 In the present reports consideration is iven to various methods of securing a t-foot channel to the mouth of the Mis- ‘issippi River, all the methods proposed being consideréd by both boards as prac- tleable from an engineering standpoint, except the method of improvement by ‘means of storage reservoirs. Doubts Feasability of Locks, The chief of engineers approves the opinions expressed with respect io ihe - methods of improvement considered, - with the exception that a long study of conditions existing on the sediment- bearing Mississippi River leads him to believe that it will not be practicable to “obtain a minimum depth of 14 feet of water between St. Louis and Cairo by means of locks and movable dams. The structures might be built, but their ef- ficiency is problematical, and in the opinion of the chief of the engineers, the chance of favorable operation is very remote. Nor is the chief of engineers prepared to recommend that it is practicable from an engineering standpoint to maintain a 14-foot depth at low water in the sec- tion from St Louis to the mouth of the Ohio River by any method of open _ tver improvement. The special board eoneludes that the most practicable means of obtaining and maintaining a navigable channel of 14 feet depth from St. Louis to the mouth of the Missis- sippi River is by the combined method of dredging and regulation work to open - . the river. ‘The estimated cost of this plan of im- _ * Pravement is $12%,600,000, with $6,000,000 _ #mmually for maintenance after the com- pletion of the work. ‘Petal Cost Would Be $158,6097,462. _ In order to arrive at a correct under- _ Standing as to the estimated cost of - & 14-foot channel from the Great Lakes _ to the Gulf of Mexieo by the route un- _@er consideration, it is necessary to - add to the figures just given those con- _ tained ip the reports submitted in 1905 _ for that portion of the route from Chi- gago to St. Louls, namely, $30,097,462 for first cor: and $310,000 for annual Maintenance, giving a total estimated cost of a i4-foot waterway from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico of $168,697,462,. with an estimated annual cost of $6,810,000 for maintenance. The chief of engineers is in accord with Ae? 2 , ef aaa vei "Y & sae 2 oy 7 Es 7 a ae rat ~~ 2a Pee. 2 wu : . ae Fe : ee Series Soo “Sees Me: Std a gleetng 7 Se gtr tra —— ES ar 1QGhio River, which, in connection with

mouth of the Ohio, and a channel of not less than nine feet in depth below the mouth of the Ohio. The Loard believes that an eight- foct channel from Chicago to St. Louis, corresponding to the present eight-foot projegt from St. Louis to ‘Cairo is the least that would ade- quately meet the demands of com- “Werce, and béelleves such a waterway would be desirable, provided its cost is reasonable. , Present and prospective demands of commerce between Chicago and the Gulf will be adequately served by a through channel nine feet in depth which may be obtained without vio- lent changes of existing methods of improvement. Further Reports to Be Made. It should be stated that the report of the special board is regarded as incom- plete to the extent that it contains no estimate for channe!s of eight feet depth and nine feet depth from Lake Michi- gan to the mouth of the Ohio River, and no such estimate is included in the re- port submitted in 1905. However, on account of urgent general demand for} such information as is available on the subject, the incomplete reports are for- warded at this time. An estimate will be promptly made of the cost of a nine-foot channel from Lake Michigan to the mouth of the the present projected depth of nine feet below the mouth of the Ohio River will provide a depth of nine feet from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. An es- timate will also be made for the cost of an eight-foot channel from Jake Michigan to the Mississippi River at St. Louis, which latter, in connection with the »xight-foot project for that for- tion of the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Cairo, will provide for a depth of at least eight feet from Lake Michigan to the mouth of the Ohic River. Question Not Settied. It is expected that these additional estimates will be ready for submission to Congress by the next session. The Chief of Engineers is not prepared to State definitely for consideration by Congress that work on either of these channels is desirable until after ac- curate estimates are made. The exist- ing projects for improving the Missis- sippi River aim to obtain depths of 8 feet from St. Louis to Cairo and 9 feet from Cairo to the mouth. These depts practically exist today. Dredges Doing Good Work. The four dredges now In service be- tween St. Louis have for many years through the entire season of navigation, except occasionally for a few days, suc- cessfully maintained a good channe! of at least eight feet in depth throughout the entire reach, the report says. The nine dredges in service below Cairo have for many years maintained a good chan. nel of at least nine feet under simitar conditions. After considering the advantages and defects of all the methods of: improve. ment proposed, the Board concludes that practicable method of obtaining ana maintaining a navigable channel of 14 feet depth from St. Louis to Cairo is by the completion of the project of 1881 for partial regularization in such way as to gain permanent controlling depth of eight feet and then to rely upon dredg. ing for, causing and maintaining any further increase of depth. Senators and Congressmen of the Middle West who had been enthusiastic in indorsement of the waterway a = = © ¢§ . te We cree

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Says People Called Him ‘Silly’ and Life Was Not Worth Living. Sol Goldstein, violinist in a nickel- odeon at Sarah street and Easton ave- nue, killed himself at his boarding house, 2208 Locust street, by drinking four ounces of chloroform, because his acquaintances derided his personal ap- pearance, which did not satisfy his own esthetic ideas. Though only 32 years old, Goldstein was partly bald and his hair was of na grayish tinge. He was passionatelv fond of his art and of his valuable vio- lin. Yet his intimates sometimes calle] him “Bill,’’ ‘“‘Willy’’ or ‘‘Silly,”’ because he did not look like a musician. To give him the conventional violin- ist’s appearance, Goldstein had pur- chased a brown wig, with beautiful flowing locks. This hé wore when he played the violin. In a note Goldstein left he said: ‘‘People made fun of me on the streets and other places. They called me silly, funny, Mike and other naines that made me feel that life was not worth living for.”’ When Mrs. Peter Gustavison, the land- lady, was showing roons to prospective lodgers at 11 a. m. Thursday, she turned up the gas in the hall. Immediately a large white paper sheet pasted on the outside of one of the room doors at- tracted her attention. With the person seeking rooms she stopped and read: Please notify Mr. and Mrs. Gus- tavison of my death. I put this on the door so that your attention would be attracted at once,, for fear that you would not see the paper on my recom soon enough on account of the hall not being very light in the day- - time,as T don’t wa y body te lie In the TrOOmM POO MONEE cee eine x - SOL GOLDSTEIN. ‘ Fourd Dear on Re-. The landlady opened the door found Goldstein dead upon The chloroform hottie, empty, lay Mrs, Gustavison found other note in the room, addressed: “To Mr.*’and Mrs. Gustafiron: “I want my misery and sufferings to end some time or other, so I shal! commit suicide by (here the tvords ‘Inbaling gas’ were written and marked out). Am taking chloro- form. Please notify my relatives, 1113 College avenue, East St. Louis.”’ The body was taken to the Morgue, and his relatives were notified of his death. NO CIGARETTES AT EXPOSITION Penalty for Carrying Them State of Washington. SEATTLE, Wash., June 10.—The new anti-cigarette law went into effect last midnight. It is the opinion at the Attorney-General’s office that any per- son who has cigarettes in his posses- Sion is subject to fine and imprison- ment. The Alaska-Yukon Exposition police are determined to enforce the jaw. No one will be permitted to smoke a cigar- ette on the grounds. SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY, PARTLY CLOUDY, IS THE OFFICIAL FORECAST

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“Too bad' We'll have to give up al, hepe of join- ins; | the Castro fillpusiering expe- dition to recover control of Vene- zuela!’’ . “Hist! Speak softly! D-d-didn't the Mauser rifles arr:ve in St. Louis, ali right’”’ “Oh, yes — 25,000 of ‘'em.”’ “Wel!l, then, can’t we enlist?’ “But those rifles were bought by a mail order house from the Govern- ment of Holland, for the rural

‘Well that beats the Dutch!” The official forecast: Fartly cloudy with shewers Thursday night o: Fri- day; net much change in temperature; northerly winds, shifting easterly Fri- Gay. | The river is at 21.2, a rise of .9. Missour!—Partiy cloudy, with showers to- night ; llinol cloud tonight and Fri- day; cooler in south portions: onight. dg = Hidden Key. Steal $100, rs. P. L. ney of Gano ave- nue hid the key to the back door be- neath a rat trap in the coal shed be- tore she went shopping y aft- ‘rnoon. A thief used the

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MISS LACKLAND | BOLDLY ARRESTS BIG POLICEMAN Patrolman Silverman Asked to See License of Trap in Which She Was Riding. ee — Miss Mary Lackland of 4429 West- minster place “arrested” Policemar Morris Silverman at Sixth street and Washington avenue at noon Thursday, took him in her trap to Police Head- quarters at Twelfth street and Clark avenue, and made an affidavit against him which she confidently believes wil! cost him his job. The offense for which the policeman was “arrested’”’ by Miss Lackland was for stopping her negro driver, William Powell, and demanding to see the license for the vehicle he was driving. The po- lice have been instructed to arrest all persons who drive unlicensed vehicles. The trap in which Miss Lackland was taking a drive belongs to her grand- mother, Mrs. Emily Kayser 59 Vande- venter place. Miss Lackland is a niece of Mrs. Dan Catlin. Miss Lackland went to the Four Courts and made a remarkable affi- davit against the policeman. She sald in her affidavit: ““‘My name is Mies Mary Lackland. At ll a. m., June 10, I drove downtown in the carriage of my grandmother, Mrs. Emily Kayser of 39 Vandeventer place. Mrs. Kayser is now in Europe. “As I was driving north on Sixth street at Washington avenue. Police- man Silverman stopped my coachman, . Willlam, and asked him if he had @ license. “William did not hear him. I asked William he had -a license, and he said he supposed it must at home. | “Sliverman said: * =

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MRS. GOELET eee A ID IDENTIFIED AS MRS. @SBORNE’ OF MYSTERY

- — Woman Asking Divorce From Wealthy New Yorker Was Patient at City Hospital Recently.

A photograph of Mrs. Elaine G. Guep let taken by a Post-Dispatch photogra- pher as Mrs. Goelet was leaving the Courthouse Wednesday with her attor- ney, after testifying in her suit for di- vorce against Dr. Augustin H. ‘ioelet of New York, a connection of the wealthy and noted Goelet family of that city, was positively identified Thurs- day by Dr. Rodney Bunch, assistant superintendent of the City Hospital, as an excellent likeness of the woman who was received at the hospital at mid- night March 4 and placed in tbe obser- vation ward, the diagnosis being hys- teria. : Dr. Bunch said he was certain the woman in the picture was the stylishly dressed woman who was taken to the hospital at midnight by Policeman Cummins, who found her standing on the street at Channing avenue and Olive street. Refused to Give Her Name. On that occasion Mrs. Goelet refused to. give her name. In her purse was found an empty envelope addressed “Mrs. Elaine G. Goelet.” Her watch fob bore the engtavcd initials, “E. G. G.” At noon March 5 a man who said his name was Osborne called at the hos- pital and teld the pliysicians the wom- an was his wife. He lived, he said, at 1114 North Sarah street. Osborne took Mrs. Goelet away with him. Neither Osberne nor Mrs. Goelet could be found at the Sarah street house afterward. Mrs. Goelet lives now at 631 North Spring avenue. When a Post-Dispatch reporter called there Thuraday the landlady peinted out the door to Mrs. Goelet’s room. Mrs. Goelet declined ¢o discuss her case. In reply to direct ‘questious, she refused to say whether or not she was the woma.. who was taken to the hogpi- ‘tal. Sbe also declined to talk : ae é : Se ee Ss ae ss - a ° N »! he eh >, as 5 4 Pr es a ta ne 1S ee 2 Lae. ae

somewhere every evening, but refused to tell where. It was reported Wednesday night that the papers on file in the Goelet divorce case had disappeared frem Judge Mc- Quillin’s courtroom. When Mrs. Goelet was informed of this she said she knew nothing about the disposition of the papers. Attorney Young and the court clerk also said they did net know what became of the papers. Married Physician Suddenly. Mrs. Goelet testified in her suit that she was married suddenly, 12 years ago, in: Greene County, N. Y., to Dr. Goe- let, whom she had known only as her physician. She testfied that he “‘prac- tically kidnaped’ her. She said she did not realize what she was doing at the time, but she realizes now what she did. Dr. Goelet, she said, is much older than herself. She told of several incidents tending to substantiate her charges of cruelty. At one time, she said, Dr. Goelet hit her with a chair. A deposition from a New York woman was introduced to prove the chair episode. Mrs. Goelet said she came te Missouri after separating frem Dr. Goelet be- cause she has a brother.in St. Louis. She lived first in St. Joseph, then came to St. Louis and lived at the Jeffersen Hotel and at the Buckingham Annex. Husband Will Net Contest Suit. Dr. Goelet of New York wil) not en- ter any defense to her action for di- vorce, according to a news telegram to the Post-Dispatch. He was found at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, in New York, Thursday, by a Post-Dispatch report- er. ' “My. wife is a good woman,” he ob- served, “I've got nothing against her. She wants a divorce, so let her get it. MEAT UITS IN INSP DIS : se r - . ‘ . - “ é ,- “ ce eS ig ’ J 4% : Fr ¢ A c e ay ée it - a ae ‘axed to, > ~~ a ; ‘ Ke . a4 a 2 7 : i: se : ¢ 7 t > x ~. oe “4 Sa SS, 4 F P 75 i . % ? a the inspectors were released by those higher up im the dep and other products which the inspectors cond w | passed by the inspectors in charge. selected by the Department at’ We ington. fg ee A copy of the letter sent to Wilson was given to a Post-D porter by Harms. . vie 5 i, b ce oe, : & i= A

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