St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 18, 1910

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Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press

VOL. 62. NO. 302. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1910. PRICE ONE CENT

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~~" KAUFMAN NOT 10 o. ' : FGniT LANGFORD TILL NEXT WEEK Promoter Postpones Battle to Test Right of Gillett to Interfere.

PLANNED MARTIAL LAW

4 California Executive Had w = Pa’ % ‘ &. Troops Ready to Suppress the Contest.

BIG BOUT FOR NEVADA,

Will Be Held Either at Reno or Goldfield, Tex Rick- ard Declares.

By Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.— Attorneys for Louis Blot issued a formal statement today an- nouncing that the Langford- Kauffman fight would be post- poned for one week, or until Sat- urday, June 20. The right of the Governor to interfere, the statement said, would be fully tested in the courts. Blot stated that it had been decided to withdraw the main fight in favor of a third-rate bout to be held Monday, with the intention of forcing the Governor to interfere, ‘“‘with his troops,” after which the matter would be taken into court as a test case. A decision, he said, would be obtained in 48 hours and the ‘‘way cleared for the Langford-Kauffman fight.’’ Four companies of state militia were prepared to be called to Blot’s arena to suppress the fight by force. Gov. Gillett had planned to procisim mar- tial law in San Francisco if the local - guthorities had failed to carry out his orders to stop the fight, or if Blot persisted in defying him. Summoning Louis Blot, promoter of the Kaufman-Langford match to his office, Chief of Police Martin told him that he would not be permitted to hold the fight. The chief advised Blot to discontinue the sale of tickets. Negro Won’t Enter Ring. The statement. came from Sam Lang- ford's training quarters late last night that the negro will refuse to enter the ring in the face of the attitude taken by. Gov. Gillett. It was common gos- sip, in the all-night resorts throughout the sporting section of town, that Blot was ready to throw up the sponge. From all appearances this morning the fighting game has received its quietus in California and a big exodus is about to begin to Nevada. Jeffries probably will break camp at Ben Lomond this = > afternoon and start for Reno or Gold- oe} a pt aa tag - ak e aa

z ie 2 er field without delay. Johnson is ready to depart for Nevada. So far as the Jeffries-Johnson fight is concerned, it is practically settled that it will be held either at Reno or Gold- field. Neither Rickard nor Gleason has any idea of making a fight against the State authorities. Barly this morning it looks like Reno is slated for the fight, although Gold- field still is urging its offer of $120,- 000, and Ely is still under considera- tion; but Rickard and Gleason lean strongly to Reno. It is a significant fact, also, that both Jeffries and Johnson are looking for training quarters in the latter city. The fight promoters here are taking a little comfort in the fact that’ Gov. Gillett took no steps to prevent the Barry-Ferguson fight, which was pulled off in Los Angeles last night. The Governor declares, however, that he was misied as to the date of thé con- test supposing it was to take place a week later

FIGHT WILL BE TO A FINISH IN A NEVADA TOWN BY ROBERT EDGREN. Copyright, 1910, Press Pub. C (New one World.) sh SAN FRANCISCO, June 18.—Nevada 7 will get the big fight, and it probably “will be a finish fight, instead of a 4- round.bout. Both points were practi- cally admitted by Tex Rickard this Pa N ‘ . » for the arena. .] morning. - Rickard will depart tomorrow morning for Reno. There he will meet commit- tees from Reno and Goldfield, both of which towns are bidding liberally for] the bout. Yesterday afternoon, he tele- _@raphed the Goldfield committee asking it to meet him in Reno for a final dis- cussion and a final decision upon the - ©s* will stick to my word and wai until Saturday night before saying I will _ take the bout away from San Fran- _-@isco,”” Rickard said to me at the St. ’ * “I will wait until Mayor Mc-

SENATE ORDERS LORIMER BRIBE | CHARGE INQUIRY Formal Resolution Calling for Investigation Passed by That Body.

WILL AWAIT TRIAL END

Desire Is Not to Hamper the Trial of Representative Browne,

BURROWS IS CHAIRMAN

Other Members of the Com- mittee to Be Chosen in a Short Time. .

By Aseociated Press. WASHINGTON, June 18.—Charges that bribery of members of the Illinois Legisiature figured in the election of William Lorimer to the United States Senate will be investigated by the Sen- ate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions. A decision to that effect was reached by the committee today and Chairman Burrows reported a résolu- tion instructing the committee to pro- ceed to conduct the inquiry during the vacation of Congress. Some members of the committee wanted the resolution to specify that the investigation should proceed a? once, but it was stated that it had been the unvarying custom of the Senate not to interfere or-embarrass proceedings when any phase of the subject of inquiry was pending be- fore the courts. Trial Causes a Delay. The fact that charges against certain members of the Illinois Legislature are now before the courts wil! result in de- lay in beginning the inquiry, but it is the understanding that a report will be made at the beginning of the next ses- sion of Congress in December. Follow- ing is the resolution. reported: “Resolved, That the Committee on Privileges and Elections of the Sen- ate or any sub-committee thereof be used and directed to investigate cer- tain charges against William Lori- mer, a Senator from the State of IIli- nois, and to report to the Senate whether,in the election of said Wit!- liam Lorimer as a Senator of the United States from the State of IIli- nois there was used or employed cor- is methods or practices: that the said committee or sub-committee be used to sit during the session of the Senate and during any recess of the Senate or of Congress to hold its sesions at such place or places as it | shall deem most convenient for the purposes of the investigation: to em- ploy a stenographer; to send for per-~ a papers and to administer in.

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In June 2, book in Room 317, of the Holland Build- ing, and the arrest of John T. Flynn, it was erroneously stated that Flynn shared the. office of Frank White, a diamond merchant. ‘White has called the attention of the Post-Dispatch to the fact that his office is separate from Flynn’s, contrary to the report made by Detective Wells, who led the raid, and that the two are en- tered by separated doors. —* a

The Post-Dispatch is the only evening newspaper in t. Louis that receives - blishes news gathered by the Associate oy . aeaiiaas

Aiea bought display advertising s papers as follows: and Times combined Post-Dispatch Globe=-Democrat, Republic A few examples of public confidence On Tuesday of this week the St. Louis merchants pace in the St. Louis news- 67 Cols. 66 50 POST-DISPATCH excess over all the others put together 17 columns, or 34 per cent. THURSDAY

and Times combined and Times combined First in quality First in news, First in display First in Wants. Sunday . Daily .

Post-Dispatch Globe-Democrat, Republic 83 Cols. 73 POST-DISPATCH excess over all the others put together 10 columns, or 13 per cent. FRIDAY Post-Dispatch Globe-Democrat, Republic 83 Cols. ae 66 POST-DISPATCH excess over all the others put together 17 columns, or 25 per cent, The above are not experiments or try-outs, but a regular habit of the St. Louis merchants, born of their indi- vidual experience with the St. Louis newspapers. In other words, they have found the POST- DISPATCH to be worth more to them as a result producer than its three next best aoe titors com- e The POST-DISPATCH is First in circulation, of circulation, advertising, First in Everything. Circulation for the first quarter of 1910 277,110 - 167,601 Circulation Books Open to All, | STATEHOOD AND RAILROAD BILLS PASS GONGRESS Taft’s Pet Measure Ready | for His Signautre When He Returns Tonight.

By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 18.—By 2 viva voce vote which was practicaliv unani- mous the House of Representatives to- day after nearly two hours of discus- sion agreed to the conference report on the railroad bill. No amendment was offered or adopted. Speaker Cannon at once effixed his signature to the measure and it was hurried over to Vice-President Sherman ir order that it might go to the Presi- dent .or his approval upon his return *o Washington tonight. This is the administration's pet measure which has been amended and changed with both branches of Congress It is one of the bills for which Taft has fought the hardest. The Statehood bill to admit Arizona and New Mexico to the union passed the House at 3 p.m. It now requires the signature of the President to be- House concurred in the Senate amend- ments to the bill. MAJOR WILL FILE TWO SUITS

Three Packing Companies Are Cited as Defendants in Action to Be Brought. : Attorney-General Major will file oust- er proceedings in the Supreme Court at Jefferson City Monday against the Beef Trust. Two. separate suits will be filed. One willbe directed against the Armour Patking Co. and the St. Louis Dressed Beef Co., and the other against the Morris, Swift and Ham- mond Packing companies. All Will be charged with violation of the anti-trust: laws of Missouri. No sults will be filed against the Cudahy Packing Co. and the Sch warz- schild & Sulzberger companies, which were included in the original informa- tion filed by the Attorney-General sever- al months ago. The investigation of the Attorney-General did not show that these two companies are Violating the anti-trust laws. The Attorney-Genera! will ask that the licenses of the Armours, Swifts, Mor- rises and Hammonds be forfeited. He will demand not only the forfeiture of the charter of the St. Louis Dreased Beef Co., but the confiscation of a}! of its property. The petition will charge that the St. Louis Dressed Beef Co. is owned in en- tirety by the National Packing Co., a headquarters in Chicago. The National Packing Co. has no license to do busi- ness in Missouri, and the only way the Attorney-General oan reath it is by attacking the St. Louis Dressed Beef Co., which has a big packing piant on Vandeventer avenue, south of the Wa- tracks,

come a law. By a viva voce vote the

TO OUSE THE REEF TRUST $15,000,000 New Jersey corporation, with |

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IT WILL CONTINUE FAIR, BUT WHAT DOES IT MATTER, NOW THAT HE IS HOME? THE TEMPERATURES,

Yesterday’s Temperature, Minimum —— os Well, lum bo’s gain, 71 Bwana back the most- cclaimed of living nen, From Greenland’s icy mountains, from India’s coral strands, where Af- ric’s sunny foun- ains pour out heir golden sands. hey all reach out it friendly mitt te “heodore, for he is io Soon he will rake 20th fore and aft he Ship of State, hat grand old raft, and he’ll un- lo by swift de grees the harm which to “My Policies’ of late wag wrought by Big Bill Taft. Since Ted has struck his native shore, the trusts will rob the land no more. We'll have relief from pain and grief. since of our guardians he is chief, and we'll be happy, though s0 poor, All hail, thou puissant Theodore! Ferecast: Fair tonight and Sun- day; continued warm. The stage of the river is 15.1 feet, a fall of 1.6 feet. Missouri—Generally fair tonight and Sun- day; continued warm. Iliinois—Fair tonight and Sunday; quite so warm near Lake Michigan. JAPS TRACK DOWN COUNTRYMAN Recognize Man Accused of Mur- der in Denver. DENVER, Colo., June 18—Run down and turned over te the police by mom- bers of his own race, Genkyo Mit- sunaga, the Japanese. suspected of the murder of Mrs. Katherine Wilson, whose mutilated bedy was found in a box in the cellar of her house here May 9 Was arrested at MoCook last night. A member of the Japanese Society of Celorado, whe had gone to McCook from Denver to teach English among the section laborers recognized tne camp cook as the man wanted and noti-

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PUTS AND CALLS ARE BARRED FOR ST, LOUIS BOARD Action Here Follows That Taken Along the Same Line in Chicago.

The system of trading in “puts” and “calls” was ended at the Merchants’ Exchange Saturday morning when President Cochrane locked the door of the room on the third floor where the curb market has been held, and put the key in his pocket. “There will be no more curb mar- ket here,” he said. * He declined to discuss the matter. The action of the Merchants’ Ex- change is the result of court decisions in St. Louis and Chicago, holding that dealing in “‘puts’’ and ‘calls’ is ile- gal. Before the closing of the “‘curb”’ in the Merchants’ Exchange telegraphic in- formation had been received from the Chicago Board of Trade that similar dealing there had been stopped. The dispatches caused much comment among the members of the exchange. Information of the Chicago board's action came in special wires to many of the foremost stock and grain houses in the St. Louis financial district. Positive notice was served on all St. Louis'commission houses with Chicago connections that no further deals in privileges would be sanctioned. A “call” is a privilege to call from the-trader from whom the call is pur- chased a certain amount of grain con- tracted for at a figure above the market. Nat L. Moffit, vice-president of the Merchants’ Exchange, when shown the Chicago dispatches, said that he could not say positively just exactly what action would be taken; but that it looked like Chicago had sounded the death knell of trading in grain privi- leges. A “put” on grain is a privilege to deliver to the trader from whom the put is purchased a certain amount of grain contracted for at a figure below the market. Trading in grain privileges has been @ subject of contention between the courts and the exchanges for many years. Recently the Illinois courts de- cided against a member of the Chicago Board of Trade in his efforts to col- lect a loss made under this system of trading. The court characterized the trade as a gambling transaction. A similar decision was handed down in the St. Louis Circuit Court. PAVEMENT ON OLIVE STREET . IS EXPLODED BY THE HEAT There was excitement on Olive street in front of the Century butid- ing, Saturday, when four square feet of the pavement exploded as a heavy wagon was passing over it. City workmen who repaired the damage to the street said that the: explosion was caused by the heat which expanded the air that had gathered under the wooden that form the pavement.

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“Just What I Expected,” Asserts Former President, Referring to Reception.

100,000 IN THRONG THAT _ EXTENDS NOISY GREETING ©

In Brief Reply to Speech of Welcome by Mayor Gaynor, Traveler Promises ta.Do His Duty in Helping Solve National Problems.

Roosevelt said: American peop:e

among people I love. him at their head.

Roosevelt, Acknowledging | Greeting, Says He Will Do Part to Help the Nation ~ EW YORK, June |S.—Replying te Mayor Gaynor, Col. “I thank you, Mayor Gaynor. Through you, I thank your committse, and through it I wish to thank the I aia most deeply moved by the reception given nie No man could receive such a greeting without being made to feél 00th very proud and very humble. “I .ave Lecn away aA year and a quarter from America and I heve *hings alike in <ha heart of the frowning wilderness and in the cepitais of the mightiest and most highiy polished of civilized nations. joyed myself, and now I am more glad than I can say to get home, to be back in my ewn country, And I am ready and eager to do my part so far as I am able in helping solve problems which must be solved if we of this, the greatest democratic republic on whick the sun has ever shone, are to see its destinies rise to the high level of cur hopes and its opportunities. “This is the duty of every citizen, but it is peculiarly my man who has ever been honored by being made Presi@ent States is thereby forever after renaered the debtor of the American people, and is bound throughout his life te remember this as his prime obligation and in private life as much as in public life so to carry himself that the American people may never have cause to feel regret that once they placed for ti.eir greeting. I need hardly say seen strange and _ interesting I have thoroughly en- back

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a returning American. held, and many more hundreds that he was first greeted away kind of thing I expected.’’ The steamer Kaliserin Auguste Vic- toria, on which Roosevelt sailed from England, June 10, entered New York Harbor at 7 o'clock this morning and was greeted by the battleship South Carolina with the national salute of 21 guns. Flanked by Mrs. Roosevelt, his daugh- ter, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, and his gon, Kermit, Theodore Roosevelt stood on the flying bridge of the liner high above gil the decks of the ship and with his characteristic smile overspreading his tanned countenance and a shiny silk hat in his hand he waved acknewledg- ment to the pandemonium on all sides of him. Mr. Roosevelt lost ne time on board the Auguste Victoria. The usual cus- toms and health inspection formalities accomplished, he at once tranashipped to the revenue tug Manhattan, where, with the immediate me.n. rs of his family and a few intimate friends, he sat down to a hasty breakfast There was more firing of big guns as Mr. Roosevelt left the Manhattan for the Andrescoggin. Then comparative quiet while the upper bay patrol boats darted back and forth among a hundred and one craft of every description, marshaling them in line for the parade. ‘This bed@ts Africa and Europe,” said Col. Roosevelt as he stepped briskly up By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, June 18.—Col. rival here today, received the greatest welcome ever extended to One hundred thousand persons struggled for a glimpse of him at Battery Park, where brief exercises were Theodore Roosevelt, on his ar- of thousands yelled themselves hoarse along the line of march of the land parade. The former President was in his element. From the moment down the bay until the special train bearing him to Oyster Bay was out of the city, he enjoyed ev- ery ‘minute of the day. ‘*This is splendid,’’ and ‘‘1 am so pleased,”’ were his frequent ejaculations, and once he said, **This is just the

Official Program ot Roosevelt Reception 7:3 a. m.—Col. Roosevelt arrives at Quarantine. 8:30 a. m.—Col. Roosevelt boards the revenue cutter Manhattan. 8:45 a. m.—Col. Roosevelt boards the committee boat Androscoggin. 9 a. m.—The water parade starts. cially welcomed by Mayor Gaynor. 12 noon—The land parade starts. 1:3 p. m—The land parade dis- party leave Long Island City for Oyster Bay.

the gangplank from the revenue cutter

Manhattan to the larger cutter Andro- scoggin as it lay off quarantine. A shout and a cheer greeted the ex- President as he came aboard the An- droscoggin and was welcomed by Chatr- man Cornelius Vanderbilt; Elbert H. Gerry of the United States Steel Corpo- “Well, This Is Just Bully,” Said Roosevelt as-He “Well, this is just bully,” continued the Colonel, who with his silk hat in hand, was soon engulfed In a swarm of tion of the day was held. Vanderbilt presented a welcoming medal on behalf of the City of New York, and