St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 21, 1909

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SE he ae ; uey & ¥ Ske R sd a Bs aes Ses Be r 1“ = a a : * = {> - ae y i Ties. me HY Y +4 “TODAY “VIRGIN EVERYTAING? | VoL. 62. NO. 62. ie ST. ST.LOUIS, THURSDAY SDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1909. salt WHERE THE PUBLIC C CAN SEE OR HEAR PRESIDENT TAFT WHEN HE VISITS ST. LOUIS AND BAST ST. LOUIS S MONDAY Only y Evening Paper i: in St. _ Louis | With the Associated Press News Service. -

: rT TERMI NAL | F FAVORS : WITHOUT | SOMECONCESSION Administration .Declares- Asso- ciation Can No Longer Have Something for Nothing.

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: siuinimininia nawala TCLs SLIM SILICO Monopoly Flatly Refuses to OX. ff OLEANDER. Til) 3.04// : i S * me FieielP! Reduce, the Arbitrary on Coal. ARRIVE LUNCHEON AT 2 Leaves $15 PM IT

4 Mey > ry Bea? hm . % | O DE ~~ © oh ae ae | pas G ' 2 | ermenemm nee seels'=am + u ia Tit rales ARRBIVES COLISEUM AT 11AM ADRESS. LEAVES 12% p. 20 CENTS. A TON “Argues It Is Justified in Tax Because of the Area of ~ © Delivery. - € ’ Yor the first time in the history of the Terminal RAliroad Association the ‘sity government has taken a definite ‘@tand that’ no more favors will be “granted by the city until the combine “Femoves arbitrary. freight and passené | Ser charges that restrict the city’s 8 com- Seared. ’ The Post-Dispatch for years has led the .fight against the arbitrary with the conspicuous approval of the public, But ‘the present city administration. is the first to tell the association that au- -thority will rot be granted to extend #s ‘facilities until it remedies the pub- —ie's grievances. The action of the city puts the Termi- “nal Monopoly in a situation that will{ greatly embarrass it unless it decides to _ comply wi the conditions demanded. “It admits’ that the extensions it has ‘ ‘planned are absolutely necessary to its ita se its growing business. : | Refuses Reduction. 4 ‘But: the’ ‘téduction of the “arbitrary” ee mt -coal—the first of ‘the concessions | me saehen reg the city in.exchange for the ae an of mtreeta in the Ranken tract—

RASMUSSEN CONVINCED BY T $5 BY FRRCR. ESKIMOS OF COOK’S FEAT POWER TO HEAL; _ THEN GO. WEST|"*Sse' siete caroate te sexy | DIED PENRILES Man Who Gave Gold in Mis- Charles H. Schlatter Had Ad- take for a Quarter Learns ministered Faith Curé in Recipient Departed. Many Cities. CORRIDOR SEATS ./8 f P. J. Toomey, benevolent stonemason . , 4 met §. of 6737 Maffitt avenue, who likes to SALVATIONISTS.. CLAIMED DIVINE.

How 9200 Can Obtain Seats to Hear Taft in the Cofiseum |i HE doors of the Coliseum will be opened at 10 o’clock for President T Taft’s speech next Monday morning. No seats will be reserved | except 60 boxes and 2740 seats on the arena floor immediately back of the boxes, which are for the members of the Business Menis League and distinguished guests. Those who come first will get the best seats, outside of these yeser- vations. Nine thousand, two hundred seats will be for the use of the gen- eral public. All the entrances will be open.

wandering from Cape Sparbo to Annoo- tok, where they had to drop their sledges for two months, I therefore reach this conclu- eion. That .whenever Cook’s By samaninie ' atatements are co red with Press. thse the: statements of ‘ae compan-. | HASTINGS, Neb., Oct..21.-Charies M. | pl ions they appear to be quite | Schlatter, who, S thao cure ills by : wiven out by Mr. Rasmus Mr. Ras-| truthfrl. | divine power, was i #e wf ohis inability. to ai. Were there . eesti obstacles lat a hotel here today. payee ders: . | ‘|. which. going further? —....» : The have ck” Hae oa ew 7 own. 4 friends awl were very much Schlatter was practically penniless, $a * By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Ditxsratch. NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—The. Times prints this morning from CopenlHagen a long statement by Knud Rasmussen, the well-known Danish .explorer who. met Dr. Cook in Greenlandion his re-| turn from his. Polar trip, which was.

contribute to. charity, but th'nks he can’t afford to drop @ day's tag ints ee tee ourine, ee the ! 3 Los Angeles, pooner ‘es a eC ) East St. Louis to St. eos y = Part of a railroad ticket, at 8:15-—p. - ; ag , frente of the Terminal As-} enlace Oe ) is not only fair, but} gives his reasons tor be) , din, the doctor, all of wiiich ate > intét: | ‘surprised when Cook told them 2 od 23 yey bership. Z Mag or Kreismann said Thursday: er as the conference be- impossible of further diminution. because | jections- of other roads outside | oe . the rate on - @6al will not again be considered, but af the bill for the develop- ment of the Ranken tract‘is sent ae Py . Delegates may feel that 2 t. duction must be made. = fi men, {f the Terminal Associa- fon declines to yield the bill may fall. We had hope of obtaining a eel wate On coal and expected { Cas one of the considerations for m of streets in - The Pt Pte is a disappointment. @ decrease in the “arbi- a made by councilmen and tes | si the conference in the s office Wednesday afternoon. It wn to the Terminal Association's: a tatives that 20 cents a ton, the ¥ pest ‘of carrying coal across the river, is aad | rte representatives re- that the Illinois Commission had the rate from East St. Louis to is: sthidae-ot 30-plnte: Sen. wes jus- ed on the additional ground that it to any point on the Terminal’s

TAFT “LUNCHEDN Those Who Drew Places in s Oriental Annex Called “Oriental Host” -* s Oriental Hosts were running about 8t. Bouis Thursday trying to exchange their tickets to the Planters Hotel luncheon at which President Taft will be the guest of honor next Monday afternoon. They were: opposed to Oriental exclusion and were anxious to make treaty agree- ents by which they would be admitted to the feast on a par with the other diners. : Some did not seem-to appreciate the high-sounding title of Oriental Hosts which was conferred upon them as. a sort of consolation prize. They are not Orientals and they don’t want to be, but they are so desi#nated because when -the place cards for the luncheon were drawn by lot they ‘were “counted out’’ and relegated to the Ori- ental Annex, u parlor corridor adjoining he main banquet room, where the Presi- dent will tickle. his palate with English hothouse grapes and road guinea, hen. Exchange of Tickets Suggested. This willingness of the exciuded Ori- entals to buy thelr way into the Taft presence has started a.sort of ticket scalping which may call fgr official ac- tion by the Business Men’s League, uf- Sd whose management tne Rencheon is Lo be given. While it was announced that if any of the guests assigned to the Orienta) annex were dissatisfied with their places they might exchange them with those cards it was not contemplated that Speculation should enter into. these transactions and Secretary Saunders says he does not believe it will. It was reported Thursday thet sev- jeral exchanges of tickets on a money basis had been made, but Secretary Saunders of the Business Men's League doubted that this was so. “I do not believe any member of the jLeague or any of the invited” guests ‘| would be party to ‘such a. transaction,” | bees said, 8 6} Boxes for the President's speech at }tne Coliseum also have been @rawn by jot, the only reservation being for May- or Krelsmann, The committee which allotted

jlucky ones who drew banquet-room | the . ri sR Commonwealth Trust Plans Fight-Story Theater and Office Building. — R -_

Broadway is to have a new theater, with daily matinees as a feature. and probably W. J. Davis of Chicago as ger R. H. Cornell, real estate of- icer of the Commonwealth Trust Co., told a Post-Dispatch reporter Thursday that plans have been drawn and leases »btained for’a theater and office build- ing on the’ southcast corner of Broad- way and Pine street. The theater entrance will be on Broadway. “The building will have a yBroadway frontage of 172 feet, from the corner to the Times Building, and will extend 8 feet on Pine street. It will be eight or ten stories -high and wll cost about $500,000. The land ig appraised at $900,000. The leases, to run 99 years, will pay 4 per ‘cent on this valuation, or $36,000 a year, August Gehner owns the _ corner property, fronting 65 feet on Broadway. The rest is owned by the Tyler estate, the Nelson estate and another proprie- tor. Mr. Cornell says most of the money needed has been substribed al- ready by Broadway realty owners. The Nasional Bank of Commerce, which con- trols the Commonwealth Trust Co., through which the deal is being pro- jected, owns much Broadway property in the vicinity, and it is stated the ob- ject of a new theater is to rejuvenate that part of Broadway. Mr. Cornell would not admit W. J. Davis is to be lessee of the theater, but he did not deny it. “We have oa tenant for the theater,” he said, “but his name I-cannot divulge at present.” CREECY TO BE PERSONALLY IN CHARGE OF TAFT GUARD From.the time he steps from his spe- clal train at’ Union Station Monday morning until he has crossed the bridge to East St. Louis in the afternoon President Taft will be,under police pro- tection personally conducted by Chief Creecy. Creecy does not intend to direct police work from his office. He will be at

met when the President arrives and wil! mingle with the crowds’ in the streets while Mr. Taft is being escorted to the St. Louis Club. At the Planters Hotel, where the Pres- ident ts to be entertained at luncheon,

Union Station In charge of a force of} Wednesday. Mr. Toomey recently advertised as tollaws:

t 18th gold send LADY asking alms Saturday night and Market .sts: for church so 5 ' plece instead 3 uarter. indly address to J. P. 737 Maffitt av. Toomey was watching a street meet- ing of the. Salvation Army. I had just been paid off and thought I could afford a quarter,’’. said Toomey, “so I put a coin in a tambourine. Later I found that I had contributed a $5 gold piece in mistake for a quarter,” The meeting at Eighteenth and Market streets Saturday night was held by the American Salvation Army, which has headquartefs at 1718 South Broadway. Capt. R. G. Walton, in command, says he succeeded Capt. C. W. Castner two weeks ago. “Capt. Castner,” said Capt. Walton, “was transferred to Los Angeles. He held a street meeting Saturday night to raise funds to buy transportation. Our organization allows us to. hold such meetings. I never heard anybody com- ment on the $5 contribution, and I don’t know wat became of it. a “Capt. Castner, his ‘wife and four other workers—two men and two women —left last night for Los Angeles.” Capt.. Walton says the American Sal- vation Army was organized in 1882 and took a new lease of life in 1896. It has no connection. with either the Salva- tion Army or the Volunteers of America, the Ballington Booth body. FAIR WEATHER IS FORECAST, BUT IT WILL BE COOLER $0 NEW OVERCOATS-MAY BE WORN The Repernteres, 56 0

62 at 5:30 p. 54 at 5:30 = Maximum .. Minimum ....-. “That was quite an interesting cpntest to deter- mine the national flower,”” said the flour dealer to the _ florist. . “Why, I hadn't heard of it,” re- -plied the flower dealer to the flourist. “What! and a ‘whole nation look- ing on? Mean to say you haven’t heard of the con- test between the lily, the Golden-

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A- are a * ’ ! , ~ Sa = 4 : j ars : > v 4 ‘ ‘ 5 » . %. ys ie ~ = u a, SS ¥ 4 “ 4 $i i 4 pe - 2 > cx ’ s -*- , ; ~~. ” s* be 4 , ° P views with tribestien of Dr. Cook’s two companions, who seem to fiave tolii Mr. Rasmussen. a tale entirely different from that reported by members of the Peary expedition, Mr: Rasmussen's rea- sons follow: 1. Start of the expedition and the goal was reached because the spot was not the least different from All thie other ice they had pasaed over. They had often ask- ed Couk «<o return but that was only because they ‘had a feeling the route. The start from Annootok took place according to the Eskimos exactly at the time given: by Dr. Cook. The expedition went over Ellersinere Land and througr ithe sound which separates that land frem Heiberg Land away from sn)re and out on the actual Polar ice. Help- ing with sledges went only Cook and his two men, Ah-We-Lah and I-Took-a-Shoo. After they reached the. Polar ice and the little party had gone directly to the North, the two Eskimos knew that the goal was the pole. The direction was well known to them through Peary’s many expeditions in which most of the men ‘of the tribe at one time or another had taken part. While Peary used to start from the north point of Grant’s Land Cook selected a western route because he, on the basis of Peary’s ob- servations expected to find better ice conditions there, a supposi- tion which turned out to be cor- rect, #0 the Eskimos who krnow the conditions north of Grant’s Land say. The friends of Ah-WeLah and I- Took-a-Shoo assert that the expe- ditiomhad good ice and good weather and that the ice became better the further they came on the Polar sea. 2. How far did the expedition go from shore? The Eskimos, of course, cannot give the distance in figures, that they were very, very far from shore and that they would never get back alive again. It ils therefure apparent that the expedition was not forced back by the hindrance of ice, but because the leader said the goal had been reached. 4. How was the equipment? The Eskimos, who have often seen the start of expeditions, have only praise for the manner in which Cook re- duced his equipment to the minimum, by which he increased the chances of making quick journeys. The food be carried along was greatly com- pressed and did not weigh more than the dogs could drag. Furthermore, ‘the expedition had a great advantage during the voyage over Ellesmere Land, through hunting musg oxen to get the dogs well fed so that they when the final start began, were in splendid condition. The Eskimos think it of great importance that the dogs on starting had not been fed on pemmican, but on fresh meat. To sum up the Eskimos think that Cook reached the goal and that he during the voyage show- ed great nerve and energy. The Eskimos are very gied that the pole has been discovered as the many expeditions which during the last few years have been sent to these regions took away from the tribe its best men. They are at the same time very proud of I-Took-A-Sheo. and A-We-

but they say on the journéy over the ice. field from the shore the sun be- gan to appear and stood high in the sky and at last did not disappear so that it was seen almost before they reached lend again. Furthermore, they have said that it was autumn before they decided to go into win- ter quarters before the return jour- ney to Anartook. Statements Same as Cook’s. “These statements, thereforé, amount to the same as Cook's, who gives Sep- tember as the month in which he de- cided to go into winter quarters at Cape Sparbo, on the south side of Jones Sound.” , The Eskimos whe are accustom- 3 ed te take their bearings on «a. map have themselves on my map given the route of the expedition to the pole and the location eof the winter quarters at Jones Sound, a district which they know from thétr bear hunts. “ah-We-Lah. and I-Took-A-Shoo have told how they, on the way E 5 ig B38

hah & onde Lah, as it fs their.conviction that Cook would never have reached the goal without them. The above facts must be looked upon as strong opnpemetoe for Dr. Gook. | [NOTE—This report of Rasmus- sen’s may ac- tion by the C tribunal on Dr. Cook's data. } ANTARCTIC EXPLORER. HEARING RASMUSSEN, BELIEVES COOK STOCKHOLM, Oct. 21.-—Dr. N. Otto G. Nordenskjold, the Antactic explorer, expréssed himself today as much im- — Yow i te

had been in this place about a ee Thousands of newspaper scribing his visits to Boston, Deno and other cities, were found in his room. }' Uniess relatives or friends ¢laim the + body, it will be turned over to a medi-/ cal college. 4 “ The man found dead ain believed to be the Rev, Me- Lean, who has posed in various places w si as Francis Schlatter, the original Schlat- why ter of “divine healing’ fame, who suc- ceeded about 20 years ago to the repu- tation of Francis Schrader, the first ‘divine healer’ of wide repute. Cehre-’ ‘der, after gaining a great reputation as.

a, healer in Denver and other cities, was found dead in the Colorado desert about ; 15 years ago. Shortly after Francis Schrader’s |* death, a man of similar appearance andj” ——— methods, calling himself Francis Sehilat- cain ter, began traveling about the counter. f claiming to heal the sick and afflict by divine power. In May, 198, a man who: te behenll to have been McLean appeared in Sf Louis with a much younger maf call-] he ing himself “Schrader.” The oldér man} posed as “Sehiatter.” The two were Ip- cated at 1007 Pine street, and tried to| ches collect money. to ‘finance them in carry- ' ing on “divine healing.” McLean was afrested in Des Moines, | Io., last June, on & charge preferred by a citizen of Clinton, Io., that he had taken away a large sum 6f money in- trusted to him: for use in his healing} He ee eee | work, Schiatter. In his ragged clothing when arrested he had $75 and three @lamonds | valued at $200.

“Schlatter and Schrader” ‘appeared tn |. "rn proved. to be‘ Los Angeles last winter, and annouficed that they had the of tha shew “peengie oo ae island and were going te convert the}.

enstration of ere lament 1 ante one ¥* a f a nj