St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 20, 1909

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COL CHASE 1s q } mK NG TIME IN ~ RAILROAD DEAL _ Promoter of T rolley Line to _ Kansas City Relinquishes Active Direction to Nevin. BUSY WITH A DOUBLE Submits to Physical Examina- tn to See if He Resem- bles Ex-Convict. , COURSE IS UNCERTAIN — Real Colonel Would Hate to Expose Man Who Had Served Time in Prison. Active promotion of the proposed $15,- 000,000 double-track electric railway line between St. Louis and Kansas City is now. ander the direction of Judge D. C. ‘Nevin of Denver. He has assumed Charge of the offices in the new Bank ~ of Commerce Building, where Col. Wal- | ter H. Chase was for a time in control. - Gol. Chase continues to serve the pro- __ Jectors of the new road in an advisory - €apacity, though much of his time is _ taken up in explaining the strange @oincidences which have caused the bad deeds of another Walter H. Chase to be imputed to him. Humanitarian motives, he says, pre- vent him from running down and expos- ing the other Chase. “Of course I am anxious to put my- self right and show that I am in no ‘Way responsible for the charges which _have been made against me as a re- " sult of the strange circumstance that _ another man who bears the same name, d who, I am told, even looks like me, has served time in the peniten- —_? " said Col. Chase. Wonks Net Expose Imposter. -. I do not believe I would expose "this other W. H. Chase if I found hifn. ae that a man who hag been con- and has paid the penalty de- ' mianded by the State should be given every chance to live down his repu- C seo ll ‘and lead an honest life after _ he'comes out of prison.” - Col. Chuse read with great interest +b record of the bad Chase as published in the Post-Dispatch Wednesday and ra ~ he found in it another stranre coinci- i *I see here tl.at this man is said to ’ have been promoter and manager of a Voledo Health Resort Co. Now that is the only part of the published record that applies with equal truth to me. I Was connected with the Toledo health _Yesort, but I was not ousted as general manager. My partner was Matt Smal- _ ley, who was United States Marshal at Toledo under President Cleveland.” “Hattie” Might Solve Mystery. AE Sea eh oo tS prc age : 4 Ay Ws, a ae Mes a ae ‘a3 te ere Pr et pa eats Oe Sy pate Z Be EAST vers me fe MT ron bs kn oe eee ak igre 7 wor '_ If @ woman named Hattie could be _ fovnd she might clear up the mystery - as to the identity of the bad Chase = —_ has caused Col. Chase so much ie “AN of the letters, which I opened by . - mistake, and which I found were ad- _@ressed to another Walter H. Chase a ‘who had been in -the penitentiary, were tinned “Hattie,”’ said Col. Chase. ‘‘They - ame from various points in the Bast ' and I received most of them in To- ~ ‘edo, It seems that the other Chase | ‘waa living in Toledo, too, but I never . Ww him. Others did, though, and they yep a he bore a striking resemblance Col. ‘Chase thinks it probable that the bad Chase knew of this remarkable re- jembl and made capital out of it b ) doing bad things and having them : — ated to the Colonel. He cannot oth- fwise explain the fact that wherever } hes gone his path has been crossed ; emery is Uncertain. tam convinced,” said the Colonel, this man was tn Sioux Falls, 8. | FAIR, WITH TEMPERATURE ABOUT THE SAME AND A BREEZE THAT iS SHIFTY THE TEMPERATURES.

If you had said, early in the sum- mer, to your wife and the cook: “Now, let’s see how much we can gave on our gas bills this sum- mer,’’ and— If they had done as you asked, and boiled the eggs soft and cooked the meat rare to gave gas, and— If the gas bill for the first month had been $1.66 low- er than it was the same month the year before, and the next month $1.73, and the next sonaith two whole dollars lower, and— If, because your wife had been s0 economical, you had bought her a $10 birthday present, and If the gas collector should come around and say, “Your meter was slow, and you owe the company $8.34 rebate.” Well, wouldn’t it make ‘you mad enough to eat stewed marbles? The official forecast: Fair Friday night and Saturday; not much change in temperature; northwest winds, shift- ing to easterly. Missouri—Fair Friday night t and Saturday. Illinoigs—Generally fair riday night and Saturday; slightly warmer Saturday in ex- treme north portion. ASTRONOMERS MUST KEEP OUT OF BALLOONS AND CURB TALK UNDER THIS YEAR’S RULES “Destructive Comets’ Labeled “Pure Idiocy” by Seers Who List Things to Be Overlooked. LAKE GENEVA, Wis., Aug. 20.—After ,the opening yesterday of the tenth an- nua) meeting of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America at Yerkes Observatory, Prof. Pickering and Prof. E. B. Frost, who has charge of the Yerkes Observatory,,drew up a list of the ‘“‘problems’’ which /they say a genuine scientist will never bother gbout. “Here is the fist: . Going up in a balloon with telescopes in order to make observations. This th» true astronomer declares is ridicu- lous. Question of the inhabitability of the planets. This is described as purely a ODAND BA Soroie eELs Are DING

mer concerns himself merely with mat- ters of mass, length and time. ’ probability of the destruction: of the earth by comets. This is characterized as ‘‘pure idiocy.”’ Talk of comets plunging into the sun and thus generating a heat sufficient to burn up the earth. More “‘idiocy.” Talk of satellites of the moon. crous. Rumors of the reappearance of the bibligal siar of Bethlehem. This star, which is reported frequently from pari of the country, according to Prof. Frost, is the planet Venus. HAMERSLEY ESTATE OF FIVE MILLIONS AGAIN IN COURT Guardian of 14-Year-Old Boy Asks Trust Company for an Accounting. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—Litigation has been renewed, after a “lapse of five years, over the Hamersley estate, which is said to amount to $5,000,000. The present action is an application by counsel for William Rasquin, guar- dian ad litem for Arthur Hamersley, 14 years old, the only son of J. Hooker Hamersiey, to have the New York Trust and Life Insurance Co. render an account of the estate of Louis Ham- ersley, who died in 1883. The application was also made in be- half of the 70 other relatives for a right to sharé in the estate. Justice Crane, in the special term of the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, reserved decision on the mo- tions. The original contest was over the will of Louis C. Hamersiey, between the wid- ow and other heirs. The widow subse- quently became the Duchess of Mar'i- borough, and, after the death of the Duke, married Lord Beresford. ‘The family is also threatening suit against Robert W. Chambers because characters in his novel “The Danger Mark,” resemble the Hammerstey heirs. Ludi-

Moe hdl bi.logteal problem. The true astrono-} f AEROPLANES CIRCLE IN AIR A SAME TIME Rheims Course Scene of Novel Maneuvers by Aviators. THEY DIP IN PASSING Curtiss Is Regarded as Possible Winner of Great Interna- tional Event. ‘By Associated Press, RHEIMS, Aug. 20.—Taking advantage of the beautiful weather and a practi- cally windless day, seven aviators, who are here for Aviation Week, brought their machines out this morning and made successful practice flights over the course. ing over the plain at the same moment. Glenn H. Curtiss, the American, was in the air at the same time as Bleriot and Sommer, the two French cham- . pions. There was a great outburst of enthusi- asm when Bleriot and Sommer, crossing each other’s machines in the air, each politely dipped his machine in salute. There is now a total of 28 machines on the grounds, but not all of them are ready for flight. Mr. Curtiss said he was ready for the beginning of the races and that he would not undertake any extended flights between now and then for fear his sp peace be damaged. urtiss Is Hopeful. Curtiss “" of the opinion that he has a good chance in the competition for speed, but he thinks that Bleriot is his most dangerous adversary. An ex- pert in aviation said today that if Curtiss’ motor held out, he had an ex- cellent chance of winning the big inter- national event and the general opinion is that this race lies between the Far- man biplanes and Curtiss and Bleriot. The scene resembled that of yester- day when Curtiss skillfully avoided a by three machines. Cirtiss Avoids Collision. M. Tissandler had been circling over the ground in a Wright biplane for about five minutes, when M. Rene Du- manest went away on an Antoinette monoplane, followed a few seconds later by Mr. Curtiss on a Herring-Curtiss bi- plane, A wild cheer arose from the crowd at the unusual and magnificent sight of the artificial birds in the air at the Same moment. Mr. Curtiss mounted his machine at exactly 7:18, ran two or three hundred yards over the ground, then rose into the air in magnificent Stvle a few seconds later. All were flying rapidly, when sudden- ly Curtiss saw M. Dumanset in his monoplane approaching at right angles and On the same level with him. Cur- tiss, realizing the danger, elevated his planes. His machine instantly shot upward and soared safely over the rrenchmaun. The thousands of spectators who lined the aerodrome watched the maneuver With bated breath, but when they saw it successfully and brilliantly carried out, they wildly applauded the Amer- 1can, ACCIDENT PREVENTS WILLARD FROM MAKING A LONG FLIGHT Rear Horizontal Rudder of Golden Flyer Damaged in Making the Start. MINEOLA, N. Y., Aug 20.—C. Foster Willard’s first attempt to win the trophy offered by the Scientific American for the longest flight by an aeroplane fail- ed today because of an accident to the framework of his machine, the Golden Flyer. After flying in a semi-circle for nearly a mile Willard was com- pelled to alight and postpone further attempts until next week. The start was made at 6:35 a. m. Owing to the roughness of the ground near the starting point an extra heavy strain Was put upon the rear horizontal rudder in rising from the starting rail with the result that the rudder doubled ‘up and interfered with the operation of the vertical rudder. Willard kept )on for about a mile but discovered that he was unable to steer the machine and came to the ground. BE. H. R. Green of Texas, son of Hetty Green was a te somata of the flight. WRIGHT AND CURTISS TO FLY OVER NEW YORK IN AUTUMK Hudson-Fulton Celebration to Have Exhibition Voyages of snl ome Post-Dispateb

NEW ‘Yo! YORK, Aug. 2.—Clarence E. Leonard, secretary of the Lower Hud- s0n-Fulton celebration committee, an- nounced today that the committee had finally managed to come to an agree- ment with Wilbur Wright and Glenn H. Curtiss to have them give daily exhi- bitions with their aeroplanes during the celebration.

At one time three machines were sail- midair. collision in simultaneous flights | WINDOW SHADES PUT UP ON MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE TO - FOIL QUOTATION THIEVES

quotations were stolen from Exchange. ‘ Diagram and photograph of area between Pierce Building and Merchants’ Exchange, showing manner in which it ts alleged

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Campaign Is - Begun Against ‘Wire Houses” Which Dis- play Stock Transac- tions Without Hayv- ing Known Access to Regular Exchange. Circuit Attorney Begins Investigation to “De- termine if Concerns Are Violating Law Against Bucketshops To foil ‘‘quotation thieves, ”’ eovered, so that hereafter it will ‘‘~wire-houses’’ to the information given Circuit Attorney Neun, the young man employed to send the stolen quotations from the Pierce Building used fleld-glasses to read the figures on the Merchants’ Ex- change board. In front of him was a tel- ephone transmitter, and as soon as a quotation was posted he would tele- phine it to the ‘clearing house’”’ for the brokers. An ingenious device has been equipped in the Western Union office, at Sixth and Olive streets, and at the branch office at the Merchants’ Exchange, to detect wire tapping. _.As an extra pre- caution the Chicago wires leading from the Merchants’ Exchange Building have been encased in metal sheathing. The detecting device consists of a magnetic apparatus, which is attached to incandescent lamps at the operating counter. If the wire is tampered with these lamps will light, but they will not burn with the same intensity. The magnetic machine attached to them measures the current which is going through @ach lamp and it is said that from réadings of the apparatus experts can tell almost exactly the point at which the wires are being tapped. Believe Quotations Are Stolen. Officials of the company believe that tappers have been at work in St. Louis recently, and that it was through the operations of these tappers that que- tations were “stolen” for ‘wire houses.” That quotations on grain are being “stolen” from the Merchants’ Exchange and used by “wire houses” js the belief of Walter J. G. Neun, Assistant Circuit Attorney, who has ordered an investiga- tion as to whether these “‘wire houses” can be classed as “bucket shops” in the meaning of the law. It is said that a man is employed to telephone the quotations from an office in a building near the Merchants’ Ex- change and that from the window of this building he can look through the windows of the Merchants’ Exchange Hall and see the quotations as they are posted en the board and recorded on the dials. Neun has not verified this statement, nor another, that the quotations are telephoned direct from the floor of the exchange by a wire-house representative who ts also an exchange member. The necessity for a continuous telephone cir- cult in sending the quotations makes him believe that they are sent from a According to Assistant

= oe » ee Bu Ce wno have been operating surrep- | titiously from a room in the Pierce Building, heavy shades were placed on all the windows on the west side of the Merchants’ Ex- change hall, Friday. The transom lights of the windows were also be impossible for anyone to look into the hall from the Pierce Building, which is separated from the Merchants’ Exchange only by a light-well 15 feet wide. Extra precautions to prevent wire-tapping were also taken by the Western Union Telegraph Co. in the downtown district received quotations on the local and Chicago markets as usual, Friday, though they have no direct wire connection with those markets. Despite these precautions, members of the Exchange and_ they have always contended that their busi- in character from that transacted by bucketshops. A report made to Neun by Detectives McMullen and Wells indicates that the quotations taken surreptitiously from the Merchants’ Exchange’ boards are telephoned to a central wire house near Twelfth and Pine streets and from there relayed to the branch houses in various parts of the city. This central house is affiliated with the Philadelphia Consolidated Ex- change which, according to court de- cisions, is a legitimate organization. Neun’'s investigation is for the purpose of determining whether the law is be- ing violated in the furnishing of quota- tions to smaller wire houses and wheth- er, as wire house men say, all¢of the trades given to them by customers are actually executed through the central house. “There wfll be no raids and no. fur- ther developments until the grand jury convenes,’ said Neun. “It is mo crime for anyone to look through a Merchants’ Exchange window and take quotations from a board and there can be no prose- cutions on that score. “I am merely collecting evidence to determine whether bucketshops are run in St. Louis‘in violation of law.” At the headquarters of the Plerce Building Co. Friday it was said that nothing was known there as to the operations of the “quotation thieves." “If anything of that sort was done here we had no knowledge of it,” said the man in charge of the effice. “Of course, a room might have been rented on false representations. We are trac- ing the matter now, but have not learned who it could have been that used a room in this building for such & purpose.”’

Neo Fatal Wreeks iu England in 10908. LONDON, Aug. 2.—Statistics issued by the Board of Trade show that not a Single passenger in the United King- dom lost. his life In a train wreck during 1908, though many persons were killed by railway trains in various other ways, such as crossing the tracks. trespass- ing, etc.

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| ness is legitimate and entirely different | =I i HSH FATHER'S CHECK OF Sal 10 We Emma. Polackoff Is Found With Joe Peters After Money Is Spent. Emma Polackoff, 14 years’ old, saw an opportunity to carry out the wed- ding plans she had been forming for nearly a month when her father, Eli Polackoff, of 2213 Franklin averfue, sent her to get $50 which his uncle, Ben Megeff, had arrarved to lend him. Megeff gave Emma a $50 check, but she did not go home with it. She was found Friday after a day’s search at 3041 Locust street. and Joe. Peters, 21 years old, who was also in the house, was arrested. The check had been cashed in spite of the efforts of the father and uncle to have payment stopped, and Emma, who had no money, said she had spent the $50. ‘Joe and I have been engaged for ever 80 long—almost a month,” said the girl, “and I spent all the money for my wedding clothes. We were going to be married today.”’ Peters lives at 310 North Jefferson avenue. The police will hold him until they learn whether the girl's parents wish her to marry him and to drop prosecution as a sequel to the wedding, and whether the youth wishes to wed. Megeff, who lives at ‘1504 Franklin ave- nue drew his check on the City National Bank. It was cashed at the Jefferson Bank at noon Thursday by the girl. The cashier explained Friday that Polackoff had instructed him to cash checks for his children. PA ELECTRICAL STORM ENDS HEAT

ALEXANDRIA, La., Aug. 2®.—A heat wave accompanied by temperatures ranging from % to 110 degrees was sud- denly broken today bythe most severe electrical storm ever experienced in central Louisiana. Two people were killed, one was para- lyzed and two were rendered uncon- scious by lightning. NATIONAL LEAGUE. ; First Game. on #984667 e. o

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OF 110 AT ALEXANDRIA, LA. BELLEVILLE BARS TS. ERSTWHILE BIGGEST SPENDEH William Junge Is Declared a Vagrant and Given Hours to Leave Town. William Junge, one of Belleville’s rich- est men and biggest spenders a Years ago, has been “given leave that city. If he is teen there again by the police he will be locked Up as a Vagrant. » The man whose career in Belle- ville terminated in this pathetic anti- climax Thursday first appeared there as a hops drummer, representing sev- eral European houses. On one of his visits he obtained an option on the Western Brewery. President of Brewery Company. The drummer was in the “thirties” then, erect. aggressive, full of energy, gifted mentally and well educated. He organized a corporation and bought the brewery. He was made president of the company’ and general manager of the brewery. Across the street from the brewery was a great red brick house belong- ing to the property. Junge with his family moved in. Presently horses, who could step a mile in fancy fashion, crowded his stables. Wine filled his cellars. Diamonds glist- ened on his shift front and on his hands, He was a tall man, with a military carriage, and wore his hair long after the fashion made famous by pictures of Dr. Munyon. Besides the long hair he wore a gigantic mustache of great length and abundance, which curved upward like the Kaiser's, only the Kaiser's mustache seemed a futile thing and insignificant compared te the Junge adornment. It was said in those days that his champagne bili—he made beer, but it was too plebelan for him to drink—was $500 a month at one hotel. That was in addition to what he drank at home. ‘The brewery was held by the com- Pany Junge organized for about two years. Then it was sold to a syndicate of Eastern capitalists and Junge with nis family went to New York. Took $200,000 to New York. But there was no Western Brewery now to keep a golden stream flowing in to replace the rapid outgo and it was predicted that the $200,000 which Junge carried away with him would not last long at the rate he was traveling. In the dozen years that have elapsed since Junge’s departure from Belleville he has visited Belleville several times. His last visit was two weeks ago. like the raiment of his days of plenty, nor did diamonds shine in his shirt front. He wel and arenk by “eadacing” wea vod - ess Broker Says They road Stocks. OFFICE IN NEW YOI Prisoner Says Headq on Wall rte Special to the Post-L LOUISVILLE, Ky,, er Following the exposure ¥ day of a counterfeit ‘‘r Harrod’s Creek, this the capture of a trunk ¢ wit unty i Te Mexican notes, aa one of the counteeteeeare today that the he ter his band is on Wet street; The plans of the said, ineluded the: of bogus railroad sect counterfeit pets connected with ha ers here are belieneis been arrested except t terfeit currency fi ‘‘mint’’ to this city. the making of the spurious: rion Roberts, John’s brother, © died the negotiable end of Harp, Marion's housekeeper, Keonig, who confessed to ba ed the notes, were all 4 Harp and Keonig were re nig under $1500 bond and One Wil Plead @ The Roberts brothers are u 000 Federal bond each, and i already announced he will in the Federal court. The final details of the sw exposed by the police and J, I stock certificates. of alin the Loulsville & Nashville 4 syivania, issuing counterfeit } pay for them and conducting a inary business with imi - n ool The brass-bound trunk, in Mexican notes, is the pray capture. ! fi When Deputy United Blaydes went to Shelby C day, after M fesesed that J tion agent at if he coulli tell where a man &

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