St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 8, 1910

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~ Only Evening Paper in St. Nats With the Associated Press News Setvice.

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172. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, pt

“Educator Télegraphs Refusal - to Leave the Missouri University. $10,000 WAS SALARY Missouri Man Was Wanted-to Head the State University in Minneapolis. ere cen ne GOV, HADLEY PLEASED Better Financial Support of the Columbia School Has Been Promised. a as the Associated Press. 8ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. &.—The regents of ‘the University of Minnesota today received a telegram from Dr. A. Ross - Hin, president of the University of Missouri, declining the offer of the presidency of the University of Minne- | gota, at Minneapolis. Dr. Hill said, ““My duties to the Uni- versity of Missouri forbid my accepting the generous offer of the University of ‘Minnesota.’’ ‘It is understood that Prof. Hill was . Offered $10,000 a year to take charge of Minnesota school, a sum in excess ‘of his salary in Missouri. Gov. Hadley and many others urged him to stay in agin | f ns Unsu ful. Dr. 7 p neared iibrarian: of the University of Minnesota and a_ close personal friend of Dr. Albert Ross Hill of thé University of Missouri, returned ' yesterday from Columbia, where he ’-went to--plead with Dr. Hill to accept | the presidency of the Minnesota Univer- sity. The telegram of declination was addressed to him. Dr. Gerould immediately conveyed the news to President Cyrus Northrop, who | has resigned to take effect at the close of the present college year, and to various. pomnnere of the Board of Re- , ~ Speaking 1 Sige of his interview eae Dr. Hill, Dr. Gerould said the . Missouri presidént still was undecided, and added: . “Hie fully realizes that Minnesota is one of the few great educational insti- | tutions of the country, and that Mis- ' gourt is secondary.” President Northrop said: “It is not that Dr. Hill loves Minnesota less, but that he loves Missouri more.”’ It is feared Dr. Hill’s declination wi!! have its effect upon the action of others who may be\sought. Balthazar Meyer, professor of political economy in the University of Wisconsin, is perhaps the most seriously considered of all possi-_ bilities. President Northrop has said that, though he desires to retire in June, he will not leave the university unt!l his / guccessor is chosen. He may remain another year. COLUMBIA, Mo., Feb. 8.—As soon as _ it became generally known in Colum- bia this morning that Dr. A. Ross Hill, ¥ president of the University of Missouri, had declined the presidency of the Uni- versity of Minnesota, the students called i @ mass meeting for tonight. The Cadet ‘Band will serenade him. There is great ‘rejoicing agnons the students and faculty. “The eTetverdity Missourian, published by. the students of journalism, get out extra. So far no statement has been by President Hill. The Missourian

Baye: “Dr. Hill’ did not make his decision - offhand. He has been swayed for days : Drecen conflicting considerations. Even his closest friends did not know what his decision would be, In all the ne- gotiations concerning the offer, he has . been moved by a cesire to be fair to Minnesota. Be ay decision ot the president to re- 2ain here is taken by his friends to n that Ne haé great faith in fhe fu- _the school. It means, they be- lies | that he is convinced the State wi!! . e financial and moral support to the © upbutiding of the institution. “In Minnesota, where the State Uni- F oaeeiiy already is assured of large sup- port, his chief task would have been that of organization. In Missouri the is a bigger one, involving not organization, but also the creation ih made é: 3 vei on. ‘factors that influenced the president to / remain here.”

gs ‘Gove Hadley Is The hews of Dr. Hill's decision’ to pain at the head of the University of ir was received with gratification | om F OE ES ee ae : i : 3.3 5 SESS ate Ls : ; - Y beeen MRC oO aren Ay. Wor wha x ; t am ae iS oF ‘4 tN : 3 +. 2s © : Bebeae ‘ ° : Cater GSES SR CRE os oi algae ae the F nea a 0 rema Me wes ‘ . AS es = ae: A 9 we. > [amd colder tonight; BURGLARS HALT AKD ROB. PURSUING BULLDOG OF His COLLAR AND LICENSE TAG “Sic ’Em,”’ Hisses Confectioner, While Wife Expresses Fear for Thieves’ Lives. Fido's stock as a thief taker tum- bled to nothing early Tuesday, when he was sent after three burglars who had tried to enter C. E. Parmer’s con- fectionery at 928 Clarendon avenue. Fido not only failed to catch the burglars, but allowed them to rob him of his collar. Fido is a white bulldog, the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Parmer. He occupies a suite of rags in a corner of the store while his master and mistress sleep in rooms behind the store. At 2 a. m. Mrs. Parmer heard a noise at the front’ door and ealled to her husband.

to the front of the store. ran down the street. “Sic ‘em, Fido, get ’em Fido,” com- manded Parmer as he opened the door and released his pet, Fido flew in the direction of the burglars and Parmer, full of confi- dence, awaited developments. “Hie might chew them to pieces,” said Mrs. Parmer, trembling. Just then Fido, his tail wagging complacently, returned. The police have been asked to look for a yellow leather collar bearing dog license, 970. MOUNTED POLICEMEN MUST WEIGH IN AT 180 OR BE

Superintendent. Finds Horses With Curvature of the Spine; Riders Will Be Ruled Off. Police horses whose eyes are protrud- ing from their heads and whose spines need stiffening with reinforced concrete, are to have their burdens lightened. The Police Board has found a weigh. The 100 maquinted patrolmen and ser- geants of the Mounted District began reporting Tuesday at Police Headquar- ters for tests on the scales of the Ber- tillon department. They are being weighed with uniforms, revolvers and all equipment and everyone whose total heft thus hecoutered exceeds 180 pounds will lése his mount and. be. or- dered to walk a beat. Some of the beats in the Mounted District are now cov- ered on foot. The manual requires that the moynted men. be Weighed every year, but it has not. been done for six years. Fred Hussman,' superintendent of horses, has noticed lately that some of the horses had a, disconsolate look and asked that the rule be applied. The first dozen of the men weighed Tuesday were well below the limit, most of them not exceeding 160 pounds. Not more than four or five, it is helieved, will be ruled off for overweight. Capt. Martin O’Brien of the Mounted District, who sends the beam a-flying to 285 pounds, is one of the heaviest men in the department, but the rule does not affect him. He rides a horse only on dress parade and the animal is fed at other times on a_ special strength- building diet. MISS ELIZABETH VALLE, LAST SEASON'S DEBUTANTE, TO WED The engagement of. Miss Elizabeth Valle, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jules Felix Valle of 4959 Maryland place, to Charles Leonard of Pittsfield, Ill., who has made his home here the last year, became known to society Tuesday. The engagement was formally an- nounced Monday afternoon by Mrs. Valle at a tea given to a few friends of Miss Valle. Miss Valle was a debutante of last year and was one of the pref- tiest and most popular girls in society. TEMPERATURE TO DROP AS CLOUDS SCREEN. THE SUN, I$ THE WEATHER PREDICTION THE TEMPERATURES.

Yesterday's ‘Temperature. Maximum 36 at © a, me. “Hooray!” said the politician, ‘he’s consented.” He's yielded’ to the pressure from all parts of Mis- sour! and’’— ‘Fine!’ said the teacher. “I was afraid for awhile he was going to leave us.” “He is going to leave us,” said the politician “that is, if the people of tho State say so."' “But that's just what they say he mustn't do,” said

| be's just consented to run for the Sen- ate.” Be The official forecast: Partly Partly cloudy Wednesday, fair

Parmer, followed by the dog, went | Three men | SET DOWN INDEFINITELY + paratus. COUNTERFEITING” |S RAID REVEALS Ay SWINDLING PLANT Leader, When Three are Ar- rested, Tells How Victims Were Mulcted. INDUCED INVESTMENT “Counterfeits’”’ Turned Out for Inspection Were Good U. S. Bills. LIKE WIRE TAPPING

Men Lured Into Game Too Ashamed to Complain ‘to Police. A genial fat man with a pair of shifty eyes and two young Russians were ar- rested Tuesday in a little tin shop in the heart of the Ghetto by Carr Street District policemen, who at first thought they had bagged a gang of counter- feiters. At the station it developed that the men had been working a fake “counterfeit money game’’ and the gen- ial fat man gave a -demonstration on the apparatus confiscated in the tin shop. The leader described himself as Abra- ham Frank of 1027 North Eighth street, Chicago, and admitted that under the aliases of Goldstein and Silberstein he had worked the ‘“‘game’”’ successfully in Chicago and Grand Rapids. The other two say they are Harry Lapidus of Chicago and Asher Loslinsky of 1030 North Eighth street. The police also arrested Louis Shelm of Chicago on suspicion and aré searching for an 18- year-old girl who, Frank says, is his daughter. Fer two weeks Capt. Schoppe of the Carr Street Police Station has. been re- ceiving reports that counterfeiter# were at work in the Ghetto. He’ detafied Lieut. McCormick and Special Police- men Hutton; Lynch, Gerlach’ and Ay! | Ward .t& WOLk .on. thas eRMEt ~—— pm The policemen secreted themselves Wash street, directly opposite Henry Seltzer’s tinshop, at 711 Wash. street. They saw the portly man known as Frank enter the shop with two heavy suit cases, accompanied by Seltzer. Saw the Apparatus. The policemen made a runabout jour- ney to the rear of the building and through an aperture in the door saw Frank take out of the suit cases an apparatus connected with electric bat- teries, into which. he poured the con- tents of little bottle. The police were sure that money was being counterfeit- ed, but they knew there were other members of the gang than Frank and laid. plans for the capture of all. Arranged for Arrest. Seltzer was told by a special po- liceman that afternoon of what had been seen. He said that he was will- ing to turn over the men, whom he believed to be real counterfeiters, and Said that Frank had made a two-dol- lar bill from one of his that was a Ferfect counterfeit. He was afraid to &0 to the Carr Street Station and by appointment met Capt. Schoppe at the Union Station Monday night and ar- ranged with him for the arrest of the men Tuesday. Lieut. McCormick and the five special policemen went to the same hiding place opposite Seltzer’s shop Tuesday. Seltzer, accompanied by Frank, Lapidus and Koslinsky, entered the place a few min- utes later and went to the second floor. They had two suit cases. Seltzer put out a sign reading ‘“‘Shop Closed; Illness in Family.” This was the signal that had been agreed upon. The policemen waited until Seltzer had entered the shop and bolted the door. Then they rushed across the street, broke in and ran up the stairs to the second floor with their revolvers drawn. There they found Frank and his con- federates preparing to set up the ap- On the way to the station the Policemen arrested Shlem,* who had been standing on the corner of Wash and Seventh streets. In Capt. Schoppe's room the apparatus was taken out of the suit cases. It consisted of a black tin box with valves and cranks arranged to give the idea of interior machinery of intricate de- sign. Used Good Bills. Frank explained how he worked the “game.” In Seltzer’s case on Sunday the had taken a good $2 bill and put it in the machine. He explained that the impression from the good monéy Was transferred to sensitized paper inside and the counterfeit money thus made. But the apparatus has a false bot- tom and the real bills come out of the bottom, damp as if they had just been made, and the counterfeit paper. is not touched. Seltzer had been con- vinced, and had agreed to put into? the machine $2000 in bills, which would then turn out, he supposed, $2000 besides the old money. He was to met $500 and the rest was to be divided by Frank among his confed- erates. ° "You see,” sald Frank, as he stood | beside the machine in the police sta- tion, “these little bottles here are sup-} a oe re Sunday in a second-story room at 716.

AND FAC SIMILIE OF OF HIS LAST WILL. THESE I ANNUL FIVE UD CLUBS GHARTERS “Fielding” Is Termed ‘“‘Tip- pling House Women and Minors Frequent.”’

Suits to smash five alleged “lid litt- “ting”: Ghibs byodepriving therr of charters were filed in the Circuit Court Tuesday by Cireuit Attorney Jones. The clubs are the Fielding Club, with headquarters in the Windermere Ho- tel, Delmar and Clara avenues; the In- dependent Athletic Club, 820 Market street; The Crown Club, conducted by “Cap’’ Charles Troll and other politi- clans at 410 Market street; the Social Economic Club, 66 Chestnut street, and the Fourth Ward Democratic Club. The petitions are for quo warranto proceedings and were filed by Assistant Circuit Attorney Ferris, who handles corporation matters for the Circuit At- torney’s office. Club Asked Injunction, It is set forth in the petition against the Fielding Club. that it is run as a tippling house, ‘and is frequented by women and minors. It is charged that it is operated for the personal gain of Mrs. Mary E. Begg, proprietor of the Windermere. The Fielding Club applied to the Cir- cuit Court for an injunction against the Police Board Saturday, restraining it from raiding the premises. The case was assigned to Judge Shields’ court, but when it was called fur trial Tues- day an attorney from the City. Coun- selor’s office, representing the Police Board, stated to the court that the board has not had time to file its an- swer, as the petition was served on it late Monday. Attorney E. C. Wheeler, representing the Fielding Club, objected to delay. He asked for a temporary restraining — or- der, and referred to the attitude of the Police Department as a “highhanded proceeding.”’ Set for Trial Friday. “The Court is not concerned with high-handed proceedings,"’ remarked Judge Shields, ‘“‘and will not issue the temporary restraining order.” The case was set for trial Friday. The defendants in the quo warranto suits will be compelled to’ prove that there has been no abuse of their char- ters, and that the clubs organized under them are not conducted for gain, or their charters will be revoked. The grand jury in its report Friday denounced the clubs as illegal saloons. At the same time, Jones forwarded to Chief of Police Creecy a list of clubs and requested that they be watched, and that every time a drink was sold an arrest be made for dispensing liquor without a dramshop license. - All the clubs against whom the suits were brought Tuesday, except the Fourth Ward Democratic Club, were on the liat sent by Jones to Creecy. NEW -AEROPLANE 1S “FLIGHTY” WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—A Washing- ton-made aeroplane was given a iry- out at Benning race course yesterday afternoon by Robert Moore, constructor f the craft, and Samue! Luttrell en- Heavored to emulate Paulhan. Sige made six trials; but the machine flighty only in the undesirable : of the word. The best it did was to rise;a scant three feet. The aviators finally left it hanging on the fence after it had shied off from the course, fol- lowing an erratic habit it had developed of circling to the right. Luttrell, who

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was at the helm. leaped and escaped .

How Swope Heirs Share » Under! Millionaire’s. Will | SINGLH short paragraph in the will of Col. Swope en- “a riched members of the Swope family to the extent of up- ward of $2,000,000 by the deaths of Col. Swope, James’ Moss Hunton and Chrisman Swope. ing that after the distribution of all the apecific bequests, the residue of the estate should go to his nephews and nieces. . There was no provision for the share of each to descend to that one’s heirs. lived.

The residuary estate, before Col. Swope died, tnoluded about $1,500,000 with which he intended by changing hie will, to create a great charity in Kansaa City. could change his will kept the money in.the residuary estate. _ By the death of Chrisman Swope the other heirs were enriched something like $150,000, which would have been his if he had If other members of the Swope family had died the sur- vivors would have been enriched by the amount of their tnhert- tance reverting to the residuary estate. . The fewer survivors; the greater the share of each. but one heir should die the entire estate, except the epecific be- quests, less than $1,000,000, would belong to the survivor. It was a paragraph direct- His death before he If aul

SPECIAL MEETING CALLED IN POLICE FUND INQUIRY

Further Plans Will Be Formulated by the Board—Lally Denies He Wants to Get Back on the Force.

A special Police Board meeting, to outline further plans on the Police Re- Het Association shortage, was called for Tuesday afternoon. When John M. Healy, deposed secre- tary of the association, is arraigned be- fore Judge Klene Wednesday morning{ a short continuance will probably be asked by the State. Attorney Andrew Cc. Maroney, who is conducting the in- vestigation, said Tuesday that he would not finish this work for several days. Maroney Takes Stenographer. That Maroney has part of his evidence ready to be reduced to type-written form was indicated when he called at Police Headquarters Tuesday afternoon on his way to the Magnolia Avenue Police Sta- tion end took away with him Joseph Lysena, stenographer for Chief Smith. “I am ready to begin dictating the statement which the Circuit Attorney will present to the grand jury," said the attorney. “But I am atill digging up evidence and do not expect to finish be- fore Saturday.”’ The grand jury will.meet Wednesday afternoon, not having been in session Tuesday for lack of witnesses. Agssist- ant Cireult Attorney Roeskopf says it will take up the Restef Fund matter as soon as evidence bearing on it is pre- sented. Inquiries into Healy's expenditures, to explain the possible Cause of the associa- tion’s Joss, have brought out the state. ment that he paid $750 for his mother’s at the time to be from his personai funds, have t

Former Police Sergeant John J. Lally fave out statement Tuesday denying that his motive in turning over to the Police Board the I O Us bearing the names of nine members and former members of the Police Department was to bring about his own reinstatement. The I O U's delivered by Lally to the board bore the names of: six present members of the department and three former members, including former Chief of Police Kiely. “I would not accept reinstatement in the Police Department,’’ Lally said. ‘‘I have not asked for it, nor do I want it. Has a Geod Job, “I ave a good position with a life insurance company that I. would not give up to take any job the Police Béard could offer me. “The I O U's, as I turned them over to the Police Boafd are just as I re- ceived them in 18%, during the fight over the Riedy shortage. “The fellows who raided the safe in, the office of the Police Relief Associa- tion thought they got all of the I O U's on file. They failed to get those I had, although they thought they had them, Seixed All the FO U's. = | “I placed my 1 O U's in the safe, combination of which was not A few days later I discovered l’s I had placed in the safe stolen. | | “I. told Sergt. Rea, who “)Tfing the brain to Chicago he had made

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7 |MILLIONAIF WITH CO -INTWEN

Witness Told Hyde She Would 3 Answer for Consequ Patie nt Revived.

DR. HEKTOEN TESTIFIES T rH NO CLOT WAS FOUND INB

After Deathbed Scenes Are Hektoen, T oxicologist Who Stomach, Takes Stand ‘Finding. Blood Clot, — By a Staff Correspondent of the Pos -Di INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Feb. geass 8. Ds —_—__— Virginia Kellar, head nurse at. the Swope: home ar personal a tendant of Col. Thomas H. Swope at the time of his eres continued today at the Coroner’s inquest. Her words s immense crowd that packed the courtroom, lawyers, jt urt }relatives of the dead man all straining their ears for: She told of Dr. B. wy 825. bite aoualer at Oae Fy con Sion at 1:3, Dr. Ludwig pet off Tt Chitago took the stand and told of the autopiy on Col. Swope’s body. He was) directed to read from his notes of the autopsy. The membrane and all parts of the brain, he said, were-normal, The storhach showed punctures by the un- dertaker. He said the frozen condition : of the body: did not thterfere with the examination of the organs. After tak- a more minute examination ofthe brain. than had been made at the autopsy. “Did you find any evidences of hem- morrhage?’’ he was asked by Coroner Zwart, “No. ? “Was there any evidence of clotting of the blood?’’ “No.” “Had such a condition previously ex- isted, would the process of embalming

have disturbed it or made it difficult of recognition ”?’’ —==|Nurse Kellar Declares another in the witness room. At 9:30 Miss. lar resumed the stand and her ex@ ination was continued. ig ? me Tee 2 aot ; Gave Food and Medicin In answer to the first question Miss cause it. Kellar said that during the time she attended Col. Swope up to the day of his death nobody except herself gave food or medicine to him. As Mies Kellar. began telling of the events of the last day of Col. Swope’s life, Mrs. Swope took a seat at thé witness room door where she could hear the recital. Miss Kellar first told of a conversa- tion with Dr. Hunton’s death in which Dr. Hyde sought to have her influence Col, Swope to appoint him an executor to succeed Hunton. Asserts Hyde Asked Help. He rmet her in the hall, she said, 20 minutes or half an hour after Hunton’s death and told her he wanted to have @ private conyersation swith her. She went into the sitting room and he said} — Swope would be making 4} that Col. new will and would name a new execu- tor. man. I want you to suggest to him that he appoint me,” he sald, win 5 >: he to the nurse’s testimony. Hyde two hours after]. ‘You have influence with the old]

Bhe told him she could not do it, be- | will give one to Convulsions. Came 2 Giving Hyde's C Continuing, Miss Kellar said: “I went with Dr. Hyde to Col. swone's |