St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 1, 1909

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“VOL. 62. NO, 73. __ ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVE ENING, 1 NOVEMBER 9

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UNCLE JOE" AND ~ TAFT DISAPPOINT | RIVER, BOOMERS Attitude of Speaker and Presi- dent Ruin Effect of Water- way Trip.

CANNON ON THIN- ICE

Re-Election Imperiled by His ‘2 Apathy Toward Deep /

GOVERNORS SONVERTS

Executives’ Enthusiasm 4 Is ey Compensation for 14- _ Foot-Advocates’ Efforts. : . ‘6 — — — — a Staff Correspo ndent of the Post-Dispatch. “NEW ORLEANS, Nov.; L—The luke- Warm attitude of President Taft and - Speaker Cannon toward the 14-foot channel was a constant worry to the deep waterway boomers on the Missis- /tippi River trip from St. Louis to New rleans. The demand of President Taft for improvement. of the Ohio River first ~mand his oft-repeated declaration that * F af —

nothing should be done until minute pians.were worked out, although Gov- ernment engineers have long ago re- ported the project feasible, was not at | a:l agreeable to the men who have de- voted great energy to make this river navigable for ocean-going vessels. President Taft .was constantly e- manding a plan, but offered no sugges- tion as to-how to get it. All the way down the river he and Speaker Cannon were evasive in all their speeches and were issuing challenges to each other: geome out-in the open with their views * ——— the public in the dark as to , ~eean- bo ex-

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S verte’ to the improvement of the Mis- _ Sissippi. These governors have no votes em ‘have in- fluence ‘at home. — put the pres- en to ‘support re ae

It is rs that ‘unless “Uncle Joe” commits himrelf to the deep ‘wa- “ terway he will find bitter opposition in Tiii- water- " when. he stands for Te-electio nois, which has taken « lead ‘ff way improvéments. “Uncle Joe’. was, 4 told tgp and. emphatically by. * of Kansas th.t the people 2 ees sec that their —— — do not favor an. th ment of the \idiseisatpbt : red from office. . Gov. ‘Denes | s is an ardent deep. swaterway |

Mot” of Ov. Deneen, “Unele Fit 1 oy i J 3 with ty a 2

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taet that he was ca “a cn the subject. However, both succeedea ;When the highwaymen attacked him at a+ —— t "WIL. ANYONE TH “COMNON SENSE” EXPECT HEATED CARS? WE'LL NEED THEM ABOUT NOW THE TEMPERAfURES.

* ee daw 57 ie era 59 1 Be Wes - ee ee PS p. mie. . aise: 57 8s ny. Py at 3 p. m. cake wee 8 59 at 9 a. m.- “I see,’’ observed the Straphanger. pleasantly, ‘that you are an inmate of the United Rail- ways new eleemo- synary institution, as former Mayor Wells would ex- press it.” “T don’t -under- stand you,” said che End Seat Hog, stiffly. ‘The Portable 4 Glome for the Fee- | :le-Minded.”’ 1--“What do you nean?” sputtered the End Seat Hog. “Didn't you read the protest to the Municipal Assem- bly? The United Railways directors said in it that nobody with common sense would expect to sit down during the rush hours.” ‘ The official forecast: Partly cloudy and colder tonight; Tuesday fair; west- |} erly Winds. Missouri—Generally fair tonight and Tues- day: cooler tonight. : lilinois—Partly cloudy, with rain in north- ern portion tonight and Tuesday: cooler to- night and in extreme northern portion Tues- day. POLICEMAN FORGETS REVOLVER AND IS ROBBED OF $200 National City ‘Patrolman Was Naser. Beat: With Umbrella When Attack Came. Charles Grogan, who is half the police force of National -City,- just north: of East St. Louls, is on special duty Mon- day. He is looking for the robbers who strong-armed. him and took. $200. from | him while he was walking his beat. The policeman was handicapped by the g an umbrella

dawn.: He had forgotten to put his re- GYPSY KING 1S. / camp at Tamm and Clayton avenues re- noon he rushed to a telegraph office and

2 poe acct pagel eve — —ä——— jhe} (| pecan tm his nla ws he walked neat | Daaarde the Swift packing house, © Two men jumped out of a doorway. and most-of them. ‘became on- | “Throw up your hands,” . commanded } one. ‘The other grabbed the handie of the umbrella and, pulled M down over ’s head Bo that he couldn't see. Grogan reached for his “‘gun pocket.” His revolver wasn’t tnere. - $06 there Wasn't anything to do but stand still while the robbers loosened the belt —— took his old. HADLEY NAMES COMMITTEE T0 “SELECT $1000 STATE SONG 1D. 4 Francis and Other St.“Louis- } . ans. to, Pass on Words and

2 | — ‘Music Submitted. » & — YEPPERSON CITY, Nov. 1—On his. return: from the waterways convention. y, Gav. Hadley ap- Poin | R cis, Capt. Heriry 3 King cea Henry N. Cary of St. Lowls;'and Walter 8. y and

G aylard of Kansas City, a com- . select a State sohg for “Mis- committe will fix the terms for 8 and have. ‘authority to employ . > oetical and musical help as may

AFTER ELOPERS, AGED 9 AND 12 Spero Nicholas Goes to Chi- cago With Girl Three Years Older Than He.

THEY ARE BETROTHED

Joe Adams, Head of Clayton Rdad Encampment, Fears They Will Not Return.

When King Joe Adams of the big gipsy turned from Oklahoma Monday after-, wired his brother, King Aleck of Chi- - cago to intercept and -separate Spero Nicholas, 9 years old, and Mary Uboni- wich, 12, before they get married, and ‘send Mary back to the St. Louis realm, from which she was carried away by her 9-year-old lover. King Joe was deeply distressed. He learned upon his return that Spero, who came from the Chicago camp a few days ago, had cast longing eyes upon Mary, the bonniest lassie in the camp, and had told his father, who answers to the name of Nicholas George, that he was in love with the girl and wanted to become betrothed to her. Nicholas George went to Ulanzo Ubo- nowich, Mary’s father, and handed him $1500, telling him it was to buy .Mary for his son. Spero was summoned, and told Ulan- zo he loved Mary with undying devo- tion. The betrothal was published throughout the camp. Sunday evening Spero and Mary boarded a train to- géther for Chicago, where the boy, it was understood, merely intended show- ing his flancee to his relatives in the gypsy camp there. Ror Wouldn't Walt. According to the law of ithe gypsies, a ‘DUNCAN CULTURED ST. LO —. REPLY ‘TO PASTO R DANCE WAS”

Enjoyed Isadora Duncan’s Coliseum Performance.

it the social world and other activities of city life-- who saw Isadora Duncan dance to the accompaniment of Walter Damrosch’s orchestra at the Coli- seum, took issue Monday with the Rev. Dr, Fayette L. Thomp- son, pastor of .the Lindell Ave- nue M. E,.Church, and deny that the performance was immoral. Dr. Thompson, in a sermon.at the vesper service of his church, Ss’ »§ LOUIS women—leaders

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Frank W. — —— Geranum Beds. - > There will be tulip and geranium beds and rose, hycrangea and lilac bushes on | a pitrey, er: bee hthe grave of Frank W. Hum \was buried in Bellefontaine Ceme Saturday. clothing merchant fn St. Louis, set apart | $600, the interest of which is to be used | to maintain his favorite flowers.

R x Mr. ‘Humphrey died in Boston. Hej formerly conducted a Jarge clothing store at Broadway and Pine street. The executor of the will waé requested to plant a tulip bed on the grave, simi- lar to * on the lot of Joseph Y. Ja+ cobs” Mr Humphrey suggested there {| should. be 200 er 300 plants in this bed. He wanted also a géranium bed with. 500 or 800 plans, two hardy rose bushes and a hydrangea and Mae bush. : Mr. Humphrey willed a fine piano to+,

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each of his children—Adéie, Frank and Brighton, ;

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in —— I ever saw. Will for Large Tulip and fa Mr. Humphrey, formerly 4 : | ys oeeurred to us. as a beautiful vision, not as a woman, } unfavorable criticism. utiful, and oak of ‘es 10% | It was. wation of grace, and had | br about dt at all. ; Mrs * BE. Faust: It was. bs: Aa and artistic da * ak *% James Hagerman Sra St shock was over, I the: ; very. beautiful and artistic. 4 iss near represented the poses Of, a's houris most delightfully,» I minded person such a dan ery ‘beautiful. ‘Mts, Ashiey D.. Scott:. It very beautiful and perfectly C never saw anything so delightful. belong to the long ago, the ¢ past and gone. day, I should say, ought.to satisfy. ple.

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Mra, Herbert L. Pafker:

8 Dunean’s dancing was the most } aren ‘chaste and beautiful thing I ever saw ib miy. life. It was like €hose old alle- erical friezes moving around. ( Mrs, Danicl G. Taylor: We ‘perfectly delighted with it, and as for

Mal y pense.’’ — Mrs. Thomas W. ‘Cartes: I saw her and thought it beautiful and graceful: |She seemed to Ne the spirit of the @n:, ieient dancers that Cleopatra might have |’ | taken with her on. her Voyage to Car: | ‘thage. — _ Mrs. Harry Howtwick: For my part, 1 could gee nothing in the dance fot. It ‘seemed: wont | erful and beautiful to nie. At times the Wancé became almost heavenly in * Grace and suggestion of innocence.

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= my a re ~ : : eh ay; ¥ , . ' f8 oy “A * 3 — al Aiud “1A « ols. “eo js . ‘Mts. Sam Capen: My opinion of the ‘| aance is that it was a very artistic per- | fontiance, and I saw nothir ould .@ppéeal to anyone ‘ay. co saw something in }

— other ———— perteit propriety, Cultured Matrons Say They; But the dances of. toe I — 4 | ly do not agree with the clergyman, |’ were | any immorality in it, such a thing never}. I think: it one of the} = | Most beautiful things I ever saw, and] - {think this’is a dase of “Honi soit: aul f ' “‘Duncaa'’s ij

: . Fs we The clergyman did not see the dance,

Dancer who interpreted Beethoven music in dance at Coliseum, West End — who —— —— was: —— and some of the St. Louts women who saw the dance and dissent from his criticism. +

Present | The. pene, —— *F | * y; busin interests are bright-. ie long. com: gai ni of the past i8 . | ae osee to it that in no purse-proud fool- : ; p did tha f stient rich MAH: “Take thine ease, oo is could. satisty souls. =

5 ee ‘ ~ ics r to. St. ; that her Centennial celebration, United State ad u fall ‘the proprieties. — ; aR 2 ollowiy after came that spedincle ) | Holds Ter To her shame that stich an Es mild: 3s that such an audience could be s0 a — im the world should consent > and fl-dinguised nudity; that Bee- ec nO — deucieds that before the very ad be. —— that, if. given in | Wend 1 be enema 1) “WASHIN

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