St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 14, 1909

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‘SON GATE T FAVE SENTENCE ee ee ee _ Jurist Convicted of Breaking Bank Law Goes to Peniten- tiary Without Escort.

BARRED BY OVERSIGHT Warden Cannot Admit Abner Smith Without Mittimus, Which Is on the Way. SLINKS FROM HOME Leaves Residence Through Back Door and Does Not Tell Family.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. JOLIET, Ill., June 14.—Realizing that his last hope of escaping the peniten- tlary was lost, Judge Abner Smith left ‘this home in Chicago secretly early this morning and a few hours later walked into the office of the Warden of the Penitentiary here and gave himself up. Sher.ff Strassheim of Cook County, who had been preparing to take the forme: Circuit Court Judge to State’s Prison tomorrow, was informed of Smith’s ac- tion. Fearful of the publicity that wou!4d mark his journey as a Sheriff's pris- oner, Smith stole out the back door of his home, 15 Aldine Square, and made his way to the electric cars that placed him at the Penitentiary. Without the mittimus of the Supreme Court, Warden Murphy could not ad- mit the convicted bank wrecker, and ~ he took up his station before the pris- on door, law. The last number issued by the Pen- itentiary clerk was 1317, and unless other prisoners are admitted ahead of him, Smith will be henceforth known as Convict No. 1318. Sheriff Sends Deputy. Sheriff Strassheim sent a deputy to Joliet over the train leaving at 1:45 p. m. to complete formalities that will en- able Smith to enter upon his convict life. Abner Smith, for years a respécted Judge of the Circuit Court, was convict- ed of violating the banking laws while he was president of the now defunct Bank of America. It was chareed that he had profited greatly, by sis > .nipula- tion of the funds of the bank. ; After his conviction in the criminal court, he fought the case through the Appellate and the Supreme courts, los- ing at each stage. He then appealed to the Pardon Board, and the Governor heard his defense in detail. The Pardon Board last week refused his request for a mitigation of punish- ment. His reprieve expires today, and the Sheriff, who has been specifically ordered by the*Supreme Court to exe- cute its mandate of imprisonment, was in readiness to take the former Judge to prison tomorrow. The sentence is indeterminate. EQUITABLE BUILDING SITE IS FAVORED FOR NUGENT’S STORE _ Northwest Corner Sixth and Locust Streets Probable New | Location. The northwest Locust streets, now occupied by the 3 Bquitable Building, will probably be the new location of the B. Nugent & Bros. Dry Goods Co. Dan C. Nugent, president of the com- ' pany, admitted to the Post-Dispatch _ reporter Monday that the Locust streei site was under consideration, but he that the matter would not be _ finaly determined for several days, and possibly not until fall. _ The Equitable Building is to be torn down before another season, and re- placed, probably by a 12-story astruc- ture. If the Nugent store decides on this location, the first floor will proba- bly be so built as to be adaptable for ‘Gispiay windows on the long Sixth Street frontage, which would extend to _the Columbia Theater on the narth. INTERSTATE COMMERCE HELPS BROKER BEAT THE RAILROADS Fare From Kansas City to St. Louis $7, to East St. Louis Only $5.75. M. J. Fiarsheim of Seavey-Flarsheim, merchandise brokers, 421 South Seventh ‘ Came to St. Louis from Kansas Monday for %.75, although the fare h Kansas City to St. Louis is $7. Mr. heim bought a ticket from Kansas to East St. Louis. Although a ter distance, the fare to East Bt. mis is $1.25 cheaper. recent decision permitting the lroads to charge 3 cents a mile a)l- | them to put on that rate for any : ey ee But the rate Jow in’ Ulinois and any ticket to nla otn from @ Missouri point awaiting the officers of the

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LIGHTS OF BROADWAY WILL RIVAL ANY IN THE WORLD

-"? Merchants Arrange for Installation of Electro- liers and Groups of Arcs in Addition to Regular Lamps. —EEE

To make Broadway one of the most brilliantly lighted streets in the worid is the purpose of a movement, headed by Goodman King, which is now as- sured of success through the co-opera- tion of merchants and business men. In addition tod the regular corner street lamps and the electroliers to be put up by the Downtown Lighting As- sociation, Broadway, between Washing- ton avenue and Chestnut street, is to be made resplendent with 138 arc lamps of high candlepower, supported, in groups ef three, on standards 22 feet high. The standards are to be at corners and approximately 50 feet apart, in the middle of the block. : While Chestnut street will be the southern boundary for the first instal- lation, it is expected to extend the movement to Elm street shortly. after- -|} ward. A committee of business men is now working to that end. $3 a2 Front Foot, Broadway merchants and business es- tablishments, between Washington ave- nue and Chestnut street, have signed

agreements binding them to pay $3 a f-ont foot for the installation of the new lamps, and 25 cents a front foot every month for their maintenance. If any tullding is untenanted, the owner is tw pay the charges. Of the three lamps on each standard, the topmost one will be a flaming arc of unusual brilliancy. Mr. King, who is president of the Mer- mod, Jaccard & King Jewelry Co., said Monday: “The new lamps will make Broadway the equa} of the most brightly lighted streets in the world. Broadway is a great retail street, and, as such, should be made a popular thoroughfare at night. Will Aid Brevdway’s Prestige. ‘“‘An idea, whicn seemed to prevail for a time, that Broadway was to be sup- planted as a retail trade center, has been shown to be erroneous, and the tide has turned back te Broadway. “The Hghting movement will add ts PRroadway’s prestige, and will ampty ro- pay the business houses which have piedged their support to it.’

$40,000 IN GOLD AND AMALGAM 1S TAKEN IN HOLDUP ee Three Robbers Loot Mine Bunkhouse in Colorado, Covering Men on Guard.

Special to the Post-Dispatch. TELLURIDE, Colo., June 14.—Forty thousand dollars worth of milled amal- gam and high grade culled ore, were taken by three masked men who held up the workmen sleeping in the Nellie Mine bunkhouse on Bear Creek, early yesterday. The robbers are believed to have beén men fanilliar with-the-eur- roundings. The robbers made no effort at stealth, and the noise of their entry awakened the miners. One of the robbers step- ped directly to a switch and turned on the electric lights.. The miners found themselves “covered” by six revolvers when the lights went on. Keep Men Covered. Keeping their weapons leveled at the men in the bunkhouse, the robbers took the loot, slid down a steep embankment, mounted their horses and dashed away, with a warning that anyone who at- tempted to pursue them would be killed. Joseph Kent, though unarmed, gave chase. He caught up with the robbers as they were divid- ing the amalgam and ore. They fired on him and he retreated. The robbers then remounted and continued their flight. Mounted men are now in pursuit of the robbers and Fred Zannetti, a former employe of the mine, is under arrest at Telluride, held on suspicion.

Park Concert Tonight. The park concert for tonight will be in Gravois Park, Louisiana avenue and Miami street. Ha&bberton’s band will play from 7 to 10. manager of the mine,,

5 SUBURBANITES DECLARE. PARK 5 NUISANCE J. H. Potts, a trustee of the Lans- dewne Christian Church, testified be- fore Judge Millard in the East St. Louis City Court Monday that the noise mada by revelers in Lansdowne Park, termed on billboards ‘‘The Coney Island of the West,’ interrupted the Sunday night services in the church. “Almost-.every Sunday night during the summer,’’ said Potts, “‘the minister has to stop two er three times in the

middie of his sermon, because of the noise from the merry-go-round, the rol- ler coaster and the lagoons.”’ Potts was a witness in the suit of certain Lansdowne residents to enjoin the operation of the park, on the ground that it is “a public nulisance.’”’ Members of the W. C. T. U. are prominent in the movement against the park. Singers Too Vociferous, He Says. Mr. Potts placed especial emphasis on the behavior of the young peopie who: ride {n rowboats on the lagoons, saying that their vocal efforts censti- tuted a serious disturbance. “What do they sing?’ asked. “Everything except religious songs,” replied Potts. “I don’t think I ever heard them singing a hymn.’’ The Christian Church adjoins one corner of the park. -Pett=’ home is a short distance away. “I don’t like to let my daughier steo out of the house at night during the summer,’’ Potts testified, “for fear she will be annoyed by persons going to or from the park.” Plaintiffs Number 75. The plaintiffs, 75 residents of the East Side suburb, charge that the park is operated in violation of restrictions im- pesed when the property was sold. The owner of the Park, J. T. Dono- van, denies this, saying the restrictions applied only to a certain portion of the suburb. a lawyer ST. LOUIS, June 14, 1909. BULLETIN 115 (One Hundred and Fifteen)

For 115 consecutive Sundays, covering a period of two’full years and 11 Sundays, The Sunday Post-Dispatch Has Been First in Sunday Advertising (Excluding Republic Centennial Number.) (Less cheap legal.) x kk * Yesterday’s (Sunday) figures: Post-Dispatch Republic . .e 240 Cols. 196‘ 120 Sunday Post-Dispatch Excess Over Republic .... Over Globe-Democrat. .. , 120 Cols. * 44 The above measurements are all on a column for column basis. x * & “The supreme test of the advertising value of a newspaper is — @,

Ons — na + MRS. GOULD SWEARS” SHE SPENT $40,000 YEARLY FOR CLOTHES Drsestoesoesetpetos Santee toate dtoatoete stoatoetoetoaoatestoatodndy ‘Festifies She Paid $400 to $500 for Gowns, Wore Them Once Then Gave Them Away.

Mrs. Gould. women who made more display. wore them once and gave them away. “Did you give one of those gowns to May Rebson, the actress?’ asked Mr. Nicoll. Mrs. Gould leaned ‘forward in the chair and said evenly: “No, but I gave one of them to your sister, who is on the stage.” Mr. Nicoll was taken completely by surprise and could not conceal it. His succeeding questions were diverted to other subjects. But he watched keenly for his revenge and got it. Mrs. Gould had been testifying as to her inability to go horseback riding. Her allowance of $25,000 a year, she said, made it im- possible. Husband Smiled at Question. Howard Gould had been sitting near his wife and in front of her, but she never turned in his direction. So she did not see the little smiles that flashed across his usually solemn face when Mr. Nicoll wes asking her how she “strug- gled along with only three new gowns each day.” Mr. Nicoll suddenly interposed a ques- tion: “How long long since you have been horseback riding?’’ he asked. “T couldn't say.”’ “Look at this,"’ said Mr. Nicoll and he presented for her inspection a photo- graph of a yeung woman seated astride a white horse. In the background were large tents. “Ig that a picture of you?” asked the lawyer. Mrs. Gould flushed at her first glimpse of the photegraph. She would not admit it was taken when she was travelinz with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show She would not be sure it was her pic- ture at all. She was inclined to think it was not. Would she swear? “No, I will uot swear,” said Mrs. Gould, and Mr. Nicoll resumed his seat, stroking his chin with an air of grim satisfaction and casting a glance a, Mr. Gould. Memory Remains Faulty. Delancey Nicoll resumed his cross. firing at Mrs. Gould where it had left off last Friday as soon as Justice Dow. ling mounted the bench. He began by asking more questions about her Vir. ginja estate—Blue Gap Farm—whion she purchased early in 1907, just after the final parting from her husband. Mrs. Gould said she had acquired sey- eral mortgages with the property, but she couldn't give their amounts. It wag

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From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, June 14.—Katherine Clemmons Gould, the former stage girl who is seeking to win a separation from Howard Gould with a generous alimony allowance, divided honors evenly with Delancey. Nicoll, her husband’s lawyer, in a battle of wits in her third day of testimon today Nicoll, who is famed for his nimble way of turning his batteries of: blunt questions at wit- nesses, was annoyed, tantalized and at one-time confused by the retorts of The witness had been telling why it was necessary for women of s0- ciety to spend large sums for gowns and she justified her own expenditures of $35,000 to $40,000 a year by comparing her.own wardrobe with those of She said she bought gowns at $50 to $600,

MRS, GOULD’S ESTIMATE OF COST OF HER GOWNS Dinner gowns, $500 to $600. Morning gowns, $100 to $159. Day gowns (wern shopping, etc.), $500. Tea gowns, $300 to $400. | Reception gowns, $500.

evident that Mrs. Gould’s memery was going to keep right on being as faulty as it was last week. She thought, but wouldn't be sure, that she had paid about $36,000 and still owed $22,000 on the place, the debt being secured by stocks and bonds, which her cousin, Elijah Sells, had pledged for her. “I don’t recall exactly what these Stocks and bonds are,” she added. ‘‘Mr: Sells might know; you'd better see him.,”’ Dropping this subject temporarily. Nicol] next directed her attention back to the famous automobile trip which she took in September, 1906, with Dustin Farnum,’ the actor. Tella of Auto Accident Again. ‘‘Coming back from Castle Gould that evening, we had the accident which I described last Friday,” she said. “We borrowed another car and returned to the St. Regis, where I was then living. It was about 11 o'clock in the evening and Mr. Farnum went with me te my apartments while we were arranging bail for our chauffeur, who was arrest- ed.”’ “Who accompanied you to the Carroll Hotel, in Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 17 and 18, 1906, when you met Mr. Farnum?” “My maid, Anna Conway. She left on Sunday morning, the 18th, and I fol- lowed her early the next morning. The train was due to leave about 5 a. m., but I think it was late, and I left for the North about 6 o'clock, I taink.” The lawyer asked Mrs. Gould to de- scribe her movements during her trip to Atlantic City, in September, 1906, in company with Farnum and 4 party of theatrical people, including May Robson, the commedienne. He showed her a map of the seventh floor of the Mari- borough-Blenheim Hotel, and wanted her to pick out the location of her suite.

CLERGYMEN HEAR HERESY CHARGE AGHINST FOSTER Baptist Conference Takes Up Question of Expelling Uni- versity Professor. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.) CHICAGO, June 14.—Behind closed doors the Baptist Ministers’ Conference today took up the question whether Prof. George Burman Foster of the University of Chicago should be ex- pelled from the conference and his or- dination papers cancelled because of unorthodoy statements in his recent writings. Dr. Johnston Meyers, who is opposed to Prof. Foster and severely criticises the volume of the professor, sought to have the meeting public, but the con- ference decided against him. The charges against Prof. Foster grew out of opinion advanced by him in his book, ‘““The Function of Religion,” declared by ministers of the Baptist conference to be absolutely opposed to the basic principles of the Baptist de- nomination. Foster’s Book Called Rank Heresy. The specific charges were made last week by the Rev. W. A. Matthews, who reviewed Prof. Foster’s book and pro- nounced it “rank heresy.” Since then the battle over the ortho- doxy of the professor has been the chief topic of discussion in church cir- cles. Many ministe have declared that he denied the divinity of Christ and by so doting forfeited all right to remain in the Baptist church. Yesterday Prof. Foster preached in @ Unitarian church, while those who op- pose him made his alleged fall from grace the theme of their sermons in Baptist pulpits. There being no governing body in the Baptist denomination, the supporters of Prof. Foster Or min- jisters’ conference has r to de- mand his expulsion from the church or the revocation of his ordination papers. Friends Assert Foster Will Stay. Dr. Melbourne P. Boynton of Lexing- ton Avenue Baptist Church and other members of the conference declared be- fore the door closed that in their opin-, ion the professor would net be expelled from the church, though he might be excluded from the conference. “We have no authority to expel Prof. Foster from the church,” Dr. Boynton. declared. ““We can e him from the conference, but I do not believe it will be done. If Prof. Foster is expelled, there are several other members who may come in for a housecleaning before we finish the meeting.”

KANSAS CITY. Mo gure lt -The condition of Maj. J. M. Hadley. father of Gov. Hadley, took a decided change for the worse last night, according to advices received by the Govetnor t GASOLINE FOI hms eae in AFTER EXPLOSION WRECKED STOR ' Grocery Discovered in Flam at Midnight and Owner I a7 PLACE WAS INSUREI Had Changed Hands Only | Week Ago—Canned Goog Scattered in Street, ke MAN SEEN BY Time Before Alarm of Fire’ Was Given. | A terrific explosion in Edward ris’ grocery store at 5554 Terry hurled canned goods, scales, we cracker boxes and barrels rwgraak plate-glass windows. A police in gation following the explosion « the arrest of Harris. Six firemen were attempting to an entrance to the building when, out warning, the entire front was out. sidewalk and escaped injury from > flying groceries. The wreck of the store front complete, but inside the building remained several articles whose ence there, coupled with the report 1 Patrolmen Lavin and Ford, caus Capt. O’Brien of the Mounted I to issue an order for Harris’ » Miremen One of the objects blown into street was a heavy pickle keg. Fir men who picked it up found 7 smelled of gasoline. ‘ ae: In the middle of ie floor in ¢ the police found an . | he si — tay te the oder of gusslin’. a all of the explosive liquid was in ¢ the jars. In @ vacant room back of the 1 they found two five-gallon cans and « two-gallion can, all overturned. The ger cans contained a small quantity ¢ gasoline and the smaller can nad cently contained it, the police say. the rear porch there was another c turned five-gallon gasoline can. Came From Cairo Week Ago, Harris says he came to St. Louis f Cairo, Ill., two weeks ago and that bought the store from Walter a week ago. His purchase includ $1000 insurance policy on the stock. a Wagon and $360. “IT am a traveling horsetrader never was in the grocery business fore,” said Harris. “I haven't any what caused the explosion.” Harris says he has been rooming ¢ : 5138 Easton avenue and that he wa there all night. he appeared at the wrecked store day after the police had vainiy for him. Man Seen Near Stove, plosion occur When they Harris at the M ted District ) Station seven “hours later they said bore a strong resemblance to a whom they saw leaving the store i 11:30 p. m. “I can prove where I was,” Harris. fire it wasn’t me. I went to bed o'clock last night. I got sick day afternoon. I went he didn't see the store again aint morning. “Those gasoline cans were tl when I bougnt the store. That celsior was packing that came some goods which I opened Saturds That gasoline in the jars on the was ali I had in the store. I t it to clean my clothes with.” Harris is 28 years old and He says he has been an ay horse trader for years. Railroad Lites rers Meet Death Af Bacchanalian Revel in West ” ‘Bpecial to the Post-Dispatch, RICHMOND, Va., June 4— :

morning trom De Soto, Kan., Maj. I ley’s home. Gov. Hafley u De Soto et 6:29 o'clock this af ‘

payment he gave Harris two herses nd Later Arrested. a | He Was Leaving Store Sho early Monday wrecked the nd They dropped on their faces on 2 Se mee . . a ast « = Le Smelled Gasolize, © » 2 He was arrested when ‘3 Patrolmen Lavin and Ford : ie a the store half an hour before the ex- “If anybody set that place on