St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 14, 1910

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— . OR te Pee! «— —_ i ae wae ROWNS ay es 6 GAME PLAYED a OE OA EOS ELE ELLIO ACE LLOTS BY SN A OP ; ft te en a Thousand Fans Gath. 4 “er for the First Local : Baseball Game. a DS PLAY PIRATES te Champion. Pittsburg yers to Oppose Bres- Mahan’ s Men, IN CHICAGO ai ~ O'Connor’ s . Squad Op Oper ens Season rome the hy - WASHINGTON, April 14. 9ENT TAFT, Vice-Pres- ‘i ‘dent Sherman and many voter notables occupied box- | and Philadelphia. “. Tatt in with the Presi@ent. resident Taft received from Presi Johnson ‘pass No. 1 to a oo Americas League parks, ‘Vice-President Sherman, who s at the White House during } day, ‘received pass No, 2, Bees Anclosed im handsome ex jus tp fad LEAGUE PARK. April 3 ‘ m., an hour before the ing of the Cardinals-Pirates game, » went pleachérs were packed and the} ~ pos: Lsatennere and the grand stand, | rapidly. - Sh Rae so af Pa for an. even bigwer | © -amp- but there ps Haveartage ptich fol- arance of the Car | feld, eink vel gra stand . the arrivals, were cb value that an entire row would ata time, . Ground rules were st, a6 it seemed likeiy that oh. eons would everflow to the dia- eae ‘Te Almost Fair. fan kept his weather eye on the ich were fair, but not fair te dispe! all uneasiness and ia an ‘alert reaching for rain s.a8 the throng, assembled. had ‘the familiar look of that the boys with were eR Bing a dime, instead thh ths in nee Detroit ees last It ‘also be the first game of aes be at $:30 Pp. m. to : aioe there will be none of yo ceremony of former ee eh Me £08 be, will - on the ball. unless 2 et Bt. Louis play- at Sot first for the visi- r Willis, a former Pitts- a ~s as acute BE the locale, will ; hes. ‘written to the Minesote af Parton os no wilt give 15,000. ontimated ye ch buss! ssociated Press News. ‘Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With. the A ‘PHOTOGRAPH “VOL. 62. NO. 237. “Wooraicare OF EDITH SWIFT’S THAT WAS STOLEN PICTURE STOLEN; 10 15 REWARD J Hung Up in Hall Before’ Apollo Club Had Its i eae ane rears ae Who stole Miss Poh Swift's photo- graph from Charles photo- graph gallery, 3832 Olive street? AND, / What did the person who took the picture ‘want with it? These puzzling questions: were put up to the police. Thursday, when Simon reported ‘the disappearance of the pho- tograph, and offered a reward of $10 for its return. ; ‘“And no questions asked,’’ he added. Miss Swift, khown’ to her friends’ as “Tiny” Swift, had .the picture taken several. months ago and it remained on display in the. hallway of the Becker Conservatory Building, where the studio is located, until Monday night. It was in place, Simon says, when he went home. about 10 p. m. Monday. It was missing when Camille Becker, di- rector of the conservatory, closed up the buliding an hour later. The hallway of the building was open during the hour intervening, as a re- hearsal of the Apollo Club was in prog- ress upstairs. Some persen, it is be- lieved, might have stepped in from the sidewalk and removed the picture un- observed. The members of the Apollo Club traversed the hallway in leaving the building. Miss Swift's picture was set in a frame attached to the inner sash of the lower hallway deor, by which the sing- ers entered and left. Other photo- graphs, but only of men, were dis- played in the same .rame. Taken From Fastening. Whoever took Miss Swift’s picture ap- parently reached under the frame and detached: it from the cardboard ‘to ‘ Simon’ s | which its edges were fastened. Miss Swift’s mother and brother, who live at 3607 Washington ‘avenue, said’ Monday that they were unable to sug- gest who could have taken the photo- graph. . . “IT have no idea,’ said Mrs. Swift, “whether it was someone who knew my daughter and took.that. way of getting Ther picture, or whether it. was taken merely because some stranger happened to admire it. It has occurred to me that someone might have: wanted to use it «for advertising purposes. We shall try to prevent anything of that sort.” Miss Swift declined to be seen, or to state through other members of the | family whether she suspected any indi- She is 19 years old, golden haired, with round face and delicately chiseled fea- Cs r : ‘aures.- Her sisters are Misses Isabel and by GOVERNOR HANGED NN FFFIGY AFTER PARDONING COOPER ‘Crowds. Burn .Figure;...Eure; ther Disorders Are Predict- ed in Tennessee. : co . Special to the Post-Dispatch. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 14.—Gov. Malcolm «Patterson, who yesterday par- doned Col. Duncan B. Cooper after the latter’s sentence of 20 years’ imprison- ment for the killing of former Senator E. W. Carmack had been affirmed by the Supreme Court, was hanged in ef- figy today at Germantown while a crowd danced about a fire lighted under the labeled figure, Rumors of plotted assassinations and of the intentién of the Governor to re- sign have resulted from Pattersow’s ac- tion in antagonizing the anti-liquor ele- ment of the State. Tennessee is em- broiled in one of the greatest political turmoils it has experienced in many years. Great Political Fight Seen. Excitement is intensified by the ap- proaching primaries when, on June 4, the Democrats intend to renominate Patterson for governor. Inasmuch as the liquor issue was responsible for the Carmack killing, members of the Pro- hibition party and of the drys are aroused to the highest’ pitch of enthu- ‘siasm,in opposition and defense of the Governor. There are predictions that lynchings and sanguinary disorders will follow, while hopeful ones declare the result of Patterson's rescue of Cooper from prison. will be an unprecedented political strug- gle between the wets and drys, in which old party thes will be érased. It did not tend to palliate Carmack’s friends when the bail of Robin Cooper, sentenced with -his father to. serve 2 years and given a new trial by yester- day’s decision, was reduced by thé Su- preme Court from $25,000 to $10,000. Defends His Pardon. White Patterson is being denounced by those who had ‘been Carmack’s adherents and praised for :his courage by those who were Cooper’s stanch sup- porters, a written statement, explaining his action in pardoning Cooper, is be- ing circulated in Nashville. In this the Governor declares that he has read the record of the trial and that he test!- fled during the proceedings, and is con- vinced that neither Robin Cooper or ‘his father are guilty, but were cénvicted contrary to law. ‘On the other hand, Capt. G. T. Fitz- Hugh of Memphis, who was one of the counsel for the State in the prosecution of the Coopers, characterized Patter- son's action as being in “disgraceful haste, ‘shocking every sense of de- cency.’’ He. declared the Governor's pardon, ‘issuing without the petition of any per. son, sets justice at naught for the sake, of a “cold-blooded murderer,” whose influence with the Governor overshad- ows that of the commonwealth. _ ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 19140. » HISCH'S RSONAL PROPERTY 1S CUT TO $916,939 Original Amount for Brewer Was Fixed by Brinkop at $2,000,000. \ OTHERS ALSO £CUT He Has $66,011 and Not $100,000. The Board of Equalization issued a statement Thursday that it has found that Adolphus Busch, who was assessed at $2,000,000 by Assesor Brinkop, actu- ally has $916,939.70 of personal taxable property June 1, 1909, of which $375,915 was in the form of stock in foreign corporations. : The board did not state whether it would order Mr. Busch’'s assessment re- duced to the amount of the actual valu- ation of his property, but Assessor Brinkop is of the opinionn that the board will not‘only reduce the assess- ment of Busch; but that of all other wealthy St. Louisans. ‘ane board found that James H. Allen, who was assessed at 61,500,000 by Brin- kop, had only $240,050, ‘of which $67,000 is represented by stocks in corporations not in Missouri. The board accepted the sworn state- ment of Festus J. -Wade that he has $66,011.11 of personal taxable property as correct. - sessed at $100,000. Edward Butler was assessed by Brin- kop at $150,000. The board found that he had $41,700 worth of. taxable prop- erty. Ewald Estate Taxes. The assessment of tHe estate-of L. P. Ewald was reduced from $1,000,000 to $871.45. The board held that as the es- tate had been taxed at $2,500,000 in Louis- ville, Ky., it is not subject to taxation vere, No statement was given out by the oard’as to whether the actual valua- tions found by it will be doubled as a penalty for failure to make a sworn re- turn. The question of whether stocks in for- eign corporations canbe assessed ~in Missouri probably will be .contested iu the courts... The City Counselor, has held that they are subject to taxation here. The O6wWners contend they are not. : : It was predicted at the City Hall that by the time the Board of Equalization has finished its work much of the $16,- 000,000 increase in assessments, as shown by Assessor Brinkop’s report, will be wiped’ out. ¢ In all of these cases Assessor Brinkop originally estimated the value of the property owned by the individual, and then doubled it as a penalty for failure to make personal return. This reduction on the Ewald estato } was mdde on the representation of former Circuit Judge Rombauer, attor- ney for it that this. property, with the exception of a very small fraction, had already been assessed by the State of Kentucky in Louisville, where Ewald lived much of the time and where he died last August. He was president of the Ewald Iron Co. Judge Rombauer produced documents to prove his assertion, although admit- ting that this tangible property which consists of cash and securities, is on deposit in St. Louis banks. , He also showed that both the tangi- ble and intangible property of the es- tate had been assessed in Kentucky at $2,500,000 and dated back three years, bringing the total up to $7,500,000. ‘ James H. Allen, one of the five de- fendants in Assessor Brinkop’s tax war- rant cases, spent an hour before the Board of Equalization in the Assessor’s office Thursday, recording his protest against the increase of his personal property assessment from $100,000 to §$1,- 500,000. Judge Franklin Ferriss accompanied him, as did a stenographer. The pres- ence of the stenographer. caused the belief that Allen intends to use the rec- ord of his visit to the board in seme legal proceeding. RAIN CHECKS AND COOLER WEATHER IS PREDICTION FOR ST. LOUIS ON FRIDAY Oh, pardon if with streaming éyes from work we sadly steal away. This is the day poor Grand- ma dies. (The baseball year be- gins today.) She was a kind and gentle dame, and much we'll miss \\\ IN x71 | [Us Ht oN me eee George, we'll see that opening game, if through a knothole in the fence!) . Alas, it pains us, . Stieving “thus, #0 Festus J. Wade Swears That Wade was _originally as- 2 Thin Man Wanted 1 or lace on Police Be ee eT - a ek, 1 UNDERSTAND YouRt bLOoking rok A POL: ce COMMAISS! owen! Born ONG OF tar’ ONES AN Hip LESS Etrecrs “They Coutd Go Into TRAINING ‘o> BEA CANDIDATE. HF t QION'T HAVE To | Sit ON THIS HADLEY Stt CASSIUS FOR Tht Takes Issue With Caesar; Will Appoint a Lean and __ Hungry Man. Whatever do you Mean, man, © at ing for » lean man, eatures gaunt and keen, man, To take A place of Bland? Why, shoui very thin man Who's mos te bones and skin. —— Be Fh say this race to win, man fail to understand. If you're in earnest now, sir, Why not appoint Jep Howe, sir? ’'Twould start a splendid row, sir; A pretty Howe-de-do Or if you scorn this plan, sir. Would John D. Johnson answer, Or Gilllam be the man, sir? The question's up to you. When Gov. Hadley was appointing an ‘excise commissioner about a year ago, nothing would do but a fat man. He got Henry 8S. Caulfield. Now that there’s a Police Board va- cancy to.fill, he announces that a lean mn is required. It can’t be a matter of salary, fdr the excise commissioner draws $5000 a year, a salary that might help to fatten up a lean man; while a police commis- sionership pays only a paltry $1000, which would soon make a fat man thin if he tried to maintain his official dig- nity on it at present day frices. Julius Caesar, who was so lean that his Adam’s apple stuck out like a countryman’s head from a rubberneck wagon, ,declined to appoint Cassius commissioner of something-or-other, be- cause the said Cassius didn’t come up to the insurance companies’ standard of weight for a man of his height. “Tet me have men about me that are sleek; fat-headed men, and.such as sleep of nights, even though the man in the next berth snores and there is a crying baby across the aisle,” said Caesar at that time. Or, at any rate, it was said for him later by W. Shaks- peare, who hadn't any extra pads of flesh on his own hips and cheekbones, so fdr as the sculptors have ever no- ticed. As for Hadley, the only time he gets into the even moderately plump class is when he looks in one of these foolish convex mirrors that they have at sum- mer gardens. Why it takes a fat man to revoke a galoon license and a lean one to fine a policeman & month’s pay for smoking, Hadley has not explained. Perhaps he will make, it all clear in his visit to look over our local Republican lean- and-hungry squad. That is what he in- tends to do, if no one can suggest to him at long range a man who is lean enough to qualify for the place of the rotund, though not corpulent, Bland. Friends of Luther Ely Smith, a young attorney in the Pierce Building, are recommending him for the appoint- ment. They point out that he not only the slenderness required b Gov. Hadley, but that he is a lawyer. It is known that Hadley wishes to ap- point a lawyer, as Biand’s resignation teft the Police Board without an attor- aoe Smith was formerly a member of the law firm of Klein, Hough & Smith, and was secretary of the St. Louis Bar As-| . Republican. JOB BLAND LEFT; The story of the circles For the first time in many moons, the display advertising of the St: Louis merchants in the POST- DISPATCH .on ‘Tuesday wast Globe-Democrat, Republic and Times combined as told “below in circle No. 1. Yesterday. Wednesday, the POST-DISPATCH earried 36 eolumns of St. Louis merchants’ display advertising while’ the Globe-Democrat and Republic combined had only 33. célumns of this same character of ad- vertising as shown in circle No, 2. + Tuesday, Post-Dispatch 66 Cols. Globe-Democrat, Republic and Times ADDED TOGETHER, 70 Cols. Wednesday, Post-Dispatch 36 Cols. Globe-Democrat and Republic - COMBINED 33 Cols. Advertising introduces the goods and paves the way for the salesman. Advertising insures for. .the traveler a respectful hearing when he arrives. . Advertising brings orders when the salesman is not on the ground. Advertising’ ‘makes the mer- chant respect the firm and the salesman. Advertising’ cements the friendship between the house and the merchant. Advertising tells the merchant what the salesman Soegete to mention, i less than that carried by the} TO CONSTITUENTS ‘All His Worth 5 Cents at Any Store in Township, see eee This card is;good in any store: . ur bar as legal tender; _ One five-cent drink or ‘smoke, no. more, ‘Twill buy from any vender, OVER) " \hen St. “Louis. County voters .whe hold cards, inscribed them over, they will read: . seen b scene her errr et eaees repnee ee am Ses +s oe of oe te ~ 7 VOTE FOR 3 A. H. WERREMBEYER, $ Candidate for Renomination ¢ for Justice of the Peace, Central Township. *ereereee ee eseee Serres eee eee ee eee e eee eee et eee @ oe «+ © se oe Thursday that he had ordered 1000 of to redeem them all at a nickel each, | making his campaign expenses $50. — Campaign Cards} the cards printed. He expects to have é | “It is all I intend to spend in cam- a Te eee a Sirs as above, turn} The poetic justice said at Clayton a , Dispatch reporter. “Instedd of sola or a cigar, or into @ saloon t a glass of beer, I will give’them one of these ‘cards. Then they will get only} what they want themselves, and I will not have te buy a drink or a cigar for myself that I don’t want. the township will honor the cards, and} I will redeem them at 5 cents each a fast as they are presented to court or marrying couples." seeks nomination will August. x DREXEL AND MISS GOULD STAND IN LINE FOR Wait 15 Minutes to to Get J Permit Before They ae Recognized. take - place in Drexel Jr. of Philadelphia and aud Missi Marjorie Gwynne Gould went to .-fter they had stood there Advertising. supports the salesman in his statements the merchant. 4 The Re aa ie ey i "a eee * * 1 : paigning,” said Werremeyer to a Poet Pai iag’ men into drug stores to buy them @ fj, Bursar 0 = ‘ + eS ek Se C4 1 * ,aee fe: “I expect the merchants chibuahebll — Hey a eering when I ought to be here running | a The primarics at which Werremeyer |" ws 9 7 Ree a oF me seen a oe A . . pm, A catches ob = es ss ity. this mao Oe * 46 ae Ay ee =a Is ae : ee et dt th ee eae & : ae s friend as aes Wt NEW. YORK, April 4.—Anthony Z.|was = aw. : oe ae al city hall today for a marriage license | ‘on and stood in line with « dozen | Bers! r ne or! AOD es Se