St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 14, 1909

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ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 14, 1909. TWO HEALERS {CAESAR’S SOUL | | |HeaD OF THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ARRESTED FOR TIORIGFORTR'S| elt ASKING MONEY} SKIN BESANT SHES Woman Had Plan to Cure|Leader of Theosophists Refuses Nervousness by Arrange- to Believe Ex-President Is ment of Patient’s Shoes. Roman’s Reincarnation. SHE DEMANDED

PRICE ONE CENT. | ; DSCCT Re aa NO OTHER WHITE

‘ CURTISS ACCEPTS HE WILL FLY HERE AT CENTENNIAL a i i ie “How About Last Proposition? Am ' Sailing Wednesday,” He Cables Aero Club.

Commander Peary Meets Associa Press Man at Battle Harbor” and Reaffirms Charges. ~

IS: HERE TO LECTURE She Is Firmly [onvinced That Gladstone’s Body Held the Soul of Cicero. $15.35

Man Proposed to Change Col- or of Mustache by Manipu- lating Backbone.

a WANTS OFFICIAL VERDIC THEN WILL OFFER DENI

* Glen H. Curtiss will come to St. Louis and make flights on three days of Centennial week. This definite announcement was made by John W. Kearney, secretary of the Aero Club of St. Louis Tuesday, after an exchange of cablegrams with the noted aviator who broke all speed and sustained-flight records at Rheims. - The cablegram received from Curtiss refers is the one which he made in was dated at Paris. It read: answer to a cablegram sent to him by ae} abou _| the Post-Dispatch. twee ss last proposition? Am sail Mia naaeie a lak dicabins be anita i n ad that he would fly here on three days ' Kearney at once sent this cablegram | for $6000. in reply: “I know of no other offer he made, e, “Otter accepted. We want you here.” | but if he has made one it is accepted, “There can be no doubt now that| whatever it may have been. We want Curtiss will come,” said Kearney. Curtiss and we are not haggling about _ “T take it that the offer to which he SOLDER UPSETS [BURGLAR SHOT. “SMF, ORONNS ) WHILE ANBBN “SELF AND IAL ESIENCE, DE Caught by Detective Rolling _ * Lives in the Treacherous Up Rugs—Gives Name of , Mississippi.

oa Ts ee > ae 4 * ' = - i . ee: sy bh ge oe ,. Mme. Annie Besant of Adyar, India, President of the Theosophical Society of the World, who is in St. Louis to deliver a lecture Tuesday evening, told & Post-Dispatch reporter at the Plant- ers Hotel that ex-President Roosevelt | is not a big enough man to be the re- incarnation of the soul of Julius Caesar. | “Julius Caesar was a much greater. and finer man than Roosevelt,’’ said. Mrs. Besant. “I have heard it stated. that the former President was the re- incarnation of Caesar, but I do. not think that is true. I believe, however, it is true that Gladstone was the re- incarnation of Cicero.”’ Mrs. Besant refuses to take notice of the attacks that are made upon her by the American branch of the Thec- sophical Society under the leadership of Mrs. Katherine Tingley of Point Loma, Cal. Mrs. Besant is here visiting 33 American cities. She says she is a greater traveler than President Taft. Blavatsky’s Successor. Mrs. Besant claims to be the true successor of Mme. Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy, but she does not believe that she is the reincarnation of Mme. Blavatsky. Mrs. Besant defines theosophy as the synthesis of knowledge concerning God, man and the universe and their rela- tions to each other. She believes that God can be known by persons oo earth who develop their minds in *this direo- tion. : ‘We believe in the transmigration of souls,’’ sald Mrs. Besant. “The mind is entirely distinct from the body. When death comes the mind merely removes Mrs. Augusta Pelinski of 3620 North Ninth street wil] have to explain in court how she drives away disease by having a patient place his shoes on the floor with the heels toward the head of the bed and William Wondracek of 4403 Arco avenue will be called on to eluci- date how he can change the color ot a man’s mustache from gray to black. They have undertaken to do these things, for a consideration, and the Board of Health, always on the alert for new remedies, wants to know all about it. A. H. Lawrence, Chief Inspector of the Sanitary Division, read Mrs. Pelin- Ski’s advertisement in a German paper, in which she offers to cure all kinds of diseases, and also to tell fortunes. He went to her and told her he was sick and nervous'and couldn’t sleep nights. Could she do anything for him? She certainly could. , op : Sho told him to place a small pail of water under his bed, place his shoes with the heels toward the head of the bed, and retire at 9 o’clock every night. He was to report to her in nine days. Returned As He Was Told. On the ninth day he returned. He had done ail that she had told him to do except that he had not placed a pail under his bed, had not arranged his shoes with the heels toward the head of his bed and had not gone to bed at 9 o’clock. ~ He says Mrs. Pelinski took a firm hold on his shoulders and looked steadfastly into his eyes and told him he was well again and that he owed her $15.35. He

Explorer Says Ample Evidence Supports J Statement That “Cook Is Not to Bal Taken Seriously” and That Peary © “Has Him Nailed”

aE BY ASSOCIATED: PRESS. “a BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador, Sept. 14, via Wi | graph to Cape Ray, N. F.—‘‘I am the only white man wae. ever reached the North Pole, and I am prepared to prove 1h This statement was made to the representative of the 4 f ciated Press by Commander Robert E. Peary in reply. to a @ tion on the Peary-Cook controversy. ae The Associated Press tug, Douglas Thomas, after a stormy passage | west coast of New Foundland and through the Strait of Belle Isle from Sy rrivell at this lonely whaling and mission settlement at noon riley squall of rain was sweeping over the harbor as the Thomas steamed in, 1 ui glasses it was possible to make out the mast and hull of the anes “ ) e Roosevelt moored in the inner bay. The Thomas broke out the /2 orth: flag, the rame emblem that was flying from the mizzenmast of i — | S * 4 y ; Sie 3 cae

oN orn € MES. ANNIE BESANT. ADMITS BIGAMY. MANICURE BRIDE THOUGHT WIFE | SEEKS DIVORCE WOULDN'T CARE! FROM B.C. CARR

ay . - een Confederate. _, Miss Edna Brownson of St. Louis and ‘Charlés Evans, a Jefferson Barracks and signalled: John Good, the burglar who was shot “The Associated Press congratulates you.” early Sunday morning by Detective

; ’ at Merrimac _ soldier, were ti PP. Be Ths 4 ~ eins - The Thomas drew near to the Roosevelt. The stea amer looked ‘ \ worse for her second trip to the polar regions. Along the rail were @ the members of her famous crew, among them the redoubtable Capt. Ha there have been onty f counts of Dr. Cook's slieged- trip, and these may or inay . Oe ee eae at on saul s Ngikle Bain th ins oo, : Pe. Nee ie. -_ P — bitrate re ae a ory ste, Me pani t a ove et . a) deat: Rae Dena gee > de “ ra BANS Crs. RATERS OS Rie aan Vee 4 2S PRRBN: bath ts Aygo Sf LOR ais Gay r . * tite $5 ne 4 ¥ aeey em, 3 ¢ > 3 " , a RD Rate iP TR SNORE ns ao” a aa > Se ce RE). ae ee , Po ee a “ 2 Wey eee > RW rae ne ny “SORES Det Dat 2 : 3 ype CEs CO! Pe ee Eee oes ca Ti Sl ht a ora ie, P Le ee oo Te eles. > ae. & Loe: ey Rae 3 See 2 gorge SESE Se OM EO RE RRERRE TM RM RE) TRIN atte 2 kay gable a alaaieadicre’ Hii, Se. URSRNS eee kee . a a me I , iy et Sia aes ie ee) 34 ok ey re : cs ‘hha a aa . ae 7‘ at 3 v enw, ; 9 SAL vx Lat) a5” pe ea journey will be the proper: oapees tunity for me to mak he it formation which I have. . ae S$ 5 ge. eee ae mere ane aia lee Commander Peary was then ped ¥ eae a

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