St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 23, 1910

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VOL. 62.

NO. 307. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1910. PRICE ONE CENT

UDGE LANDIS SETS ASIDE INDICTMENT OF THE BEEF TRUST

Court Acts on a Technicality and at Once Orders a New Investi- gation Begun. _

GRAND JURY WILL TAKE UP INQUIRY JULY 14

Special Veniremen to Be Called for the Purpose —Indictment Was Brought in March 22, Eight Weeks After the Casé Was Started.

By, Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 23.—Judge Landis in the United States Dis- trict Court here today sustained the demurrers of the so-called ‘‘Beef Trust’’ to the indictment charging a combination in re- straynt of trade. A new grand.jury was ordered to renew the in- Vertigation of the packing companies. The indictment, drawn on evidence obtained by agents of the Federal Gavernment was against the National Packing Com- pany and its 10 subsidiary companies, charging violation of the Sherman anti-trust law; miles, clasps and congratu- ? tlons with announced hand were exchanged much giece when Judge Landis thrit Hit the demonstration came to a sud- the the indictment would not stand den, almost breathless end when eourt added: “Call a sptcial grand jury ©«f 7i men for July 14.” This body will be ordered to hear testimony witha view to finding valid indictments against the packing com- les. The indictment quashed today fatl ed to show, in the view of Judg Landis, that any offense had been committed within the last three years. It did not show that during this statuatory period the defendants ha’ been engaced in interstate commerce The general averment that the pack- ing companies engaged in a combina- tion in restraint of trade, the court d@¢clared to be a mere conclusion. Judge Landis said: ‘The Court is not clothed authority to supply, entirely by ference, the cOmplete omission of so fundamental! an element of the of- fense.”’ It was Judge Landis who fined the Standard Oi] Co. $29,000,000 for viola- tion of the Sherman law, but the gentence was annulled by the S8Su- preme Court .of the United States. Eight weeks after it had begun its investigation of alleged violations of the Sherman anti-trust law the Federal grand jury returned indictments against the National Packing Co. and 10 sub- gidiary concerns, on March 22, 1910. Immediately upon the announcement of the indictments before Judge Landis, the Government filed a suit seeking the dissolution of the National Packing Co. The latter action was known as a suit in equity, and besides those indicted 16 firms and individuals, including the St. Louls Dressed Beef and Provision Co., were made defendants. Defendants Named. fhe defendants to the bill were the National Packing Co., G. H. Ham- mond Co., Hammond Packing Co., Omaha Packing Co, Anglo-American Provision Co., Fowler Packing Co,. United Dressed Beef Co., St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Co., Weetern Packing Co., Colorado Pack- ing and Provision Co. New York Butchers’ Dressed Meat Co., Conti- nental Packing, Armour & Co., Swift & Co.. Morris & Co., Edward Tilden, Louis F. Swift, Edward F. Swift, Charles H. Swift, L. A. Carton, Frank A. Fowler, J. Ogden Armour, Arthur Meeker, Thomas J. Connors, -Ed- ward Morris, Thomas FE. Wilson and L. H. Heyman. The bill charged that prior to May 10, 1802, Armour & Co. and Morris & Co. were parties to an unlawful com- bination to fix prices and restrain trade in fresh meats, that on that day suit was brought by the United States under the Sherman antitrust law to prevent their violations of the law. and that as a result of that suit Judge Grosscup, on Feb. 18, 1902, filed an opinion stating that he would grant an injunction in accordance with the prayer of the Government's bill. The final order of the case, how- ever, Was not entered until April 4, 1803. In the meantime, on March 18, 1908, the National Packing Co. was organized, all of the stock of which was owned by the Armour, Swift and Morris interests, the par- ties to the original alleged combina- venire with in- On the date of its organization, the bill states, there were turned over to the National Packing Co. by Armour, Gwift and Morris interests control of , number of packing concerns which Saeisee to that time had, been com- Bite a mot only of the Armour, and Morris companies, but of | other. These independent com- yaw: 7 ee whit’ the hill al.

EM. LANDIS. leges, were turned over to the Na- tional Packing Co., are the concerns named as defendants in the inaict- ment returned. The bill charged that the “interes effect of the union of these interes in the management of the Nationa Packing Co. was unjust to competition, not only among the constituent compa- nies of the National Packing Co., but also between those companies and the Armour, Swift and Morris companies. FAIR WEATHER TO CONTINUE, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE PROGNOSTICATOR THE TEMPERATURES.

Yesterday’s Temperatures. Maximum 89 at 2:30 p. m Minimum 74 at 6 a. m, TH E Roose VELT tab 1S TRAVELING | INCOGIS NOT A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK “Well, they're cetting everything ready at Reno,” said the man with the purple four- in-hand. “Too bad,” re- marked the man with the white string tie. ‘I had bee.1 hoping that "effries and John- son could be per- suaded to submit their differences to The Hague tribunal for arbi- tration. But it is possible that the church people of Nevada will find a way to prevent the fight.” “Well, if the church people should keep them from fighting anywhere else they can come here and get together." “Where?” “In that church out in Maplewood where the Sunday-sechvool teachers had a ‘go’ the other evening.” Officte! Fereeast: Fair tonight and probably Friday; continued warm. Stage eof the River: 11.4 feet, a fall of .7.

Missouri and Iilinole—Fair Thursday night . “<a pantnaiy Vrideaw: eaatin vere. ECTS MORFIT'S SEUREGY PLANS Reporters Permitted toKnow What Business Is Done at Meeting.

RECORDS ARE PUBLIC

Superintendent Wanted to Send Woman to Asylum Without Publicity.

TO | CONSIBIER” “ERD”

Board Will Decide if Report- ers Are to Be Excluded From City Hospital.

Following a discussion at Wednesday of the Hospital the board promptly afternoon’s meeting Board, at which overruled Commissioner John C. Morfit’s attempt to put a ‘‘lid” on the proceed- ings, the board will next Wednesday decide whether reporters shall be ex- cluded from the City Hospital and other institutions, as Dr. Morfit wishes. At the meeting Wednesday afternoon Morfit wanted to withhold from the press information about the case of a young wife about to becomeé a mother who was ordered transferred from the City Hospital to the Insane Osylum, over the strong protest of Dr. W. John .s.arris, who denounced the action as in- human. Morfit has been trying to make a secret arrangement with private hos- pitals for the care of public patients. His plan is to have emérgency cases treated at the private hospital near- est which they arise. To carry it out

would greatly increase the cost to the ‘public. In his letters to the heads of ‘these institutions Dr.. Morfit has re- juested them to avoid giving public- ty to the plan. Protest From Physician. | Dr Harris, at the meeting Wednes- i'day afternoon, said the sending of the | unfortunate young woman to the Insane ‘Asylum would perhaps haye the effect ‘of making a temporary condition per- ‘manent, while with proper care under | the right conditions she probably would ; recover. Dr. Morfit severely criticised what he termed the guesswork of dispensary physicians in sending patients to the City Hospital for observation. The fact also came out in the de- bate that after the young woman un- der diseussion had been sent to the City Hospital it was proposed by dne of the physicians there that an oper- ation be performed in the hope of improving her mental condition. The suggestion, was vetoed by another physician, who held that nature, suitably assisted, would work a cure in her case. Woman Sent to Asylum. The reason given for sending her to the insane asylum was that there was no room for her in the City Hospital or the Female Hospital. Dr. Harris voted “‘No,”’ and added ‘most emphatically.” After it had been voted to send the young woman to the asylum, Dr. Morfit demurred to the papers being seen by a reporter. He protested that the document was confidential “and should not be shown to reporters. When the Board over- ruled him, Dr. Morfit requested the members to compel the reporter to read his notes to determine whether he in- tendéel writing anything ‘objection- able.”’ Calls Reporters “Nuisances.” His order against ‘reporters and claim agents’’ at the city hospital, Dr. Morfit explained, when questioned by members of the board, was to obviate breaches of discipline. He accused reporters of smoking in the wards, spitting on the floors and imp -rsonating physicians. He said that rep rters were ‘“‘nuisances’’ and “‘an- noyancey’ to doctors in charge and to the patients. Vice-Chairman Gray and Emil Tolkacz said from their experience they had found reporters discreet and _ trust- worthy. They said that until the pres- ence of the newsgatherers had proved detrimental to che welfare of patients they would not favor a censorship. Should Omit Doctor’s Names. Dr. W. John Harris suggested that the only limitation on reports of hap- penings at the hospitals should be the omission of physicians’ names from such accounts. “The publicity given medical men by newspapers usually causes jealousy among their fellows,”’ Dr. Harris said. Vice-Chairman Gray declared that he regarded the hospitals as public institu- tions to which the press should have access and the proceedings of the board a8 public records. In this view Dr. W. John Harris and Emi! Tolkacz con- curred. It is understood that Dr. J. B. Shapleigh and Dr. Ralph L. Thompson, other members, take the same view. Dr. Morfit is not a member of the board. Action on Dr. Morfit's recommendation of secrecy was, however, deferred to next Wednesday's meeting. AMERICANS IN AUTO ACCIDENT NICE, France, June %.—An automo- bile occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Americans, and Madame Ratton, ran into a ditch and’ was overturned near Gasteliane, in the department of Basses- Alpes today. Mme. Ratton was killed outright and Mr. Menry wes badly in- . Mrs, Henry unhurt. The Henrys spent the — here,

IMOSPITAL BOARD

CHARLTON, CA SEVENTH EDITION UGHT ON SHIP ADMITS — TRUNK MURDER AND GIVES DETAI

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Porter Chariton and Mrs. Mary Scott Castle-Charlton, whom he confesses he killed, placing body in a trunk which he threw in Lake Como, Italy.

BASEBALL FANS Wal) SPIT ON TH SIDEWALK FINED Nine Plead Guilty and De-|

part, Declaring It Was Worth the Price.

It was just 4:15 p. m. The ®8rowns- in the and the Tigers were Tigers game at Detroit was fourth inning, doing a regular Bwana Tumbo stunt O'Connor's the St. a rally with tailenders when all of a sudden Louis team in- augurated and began to pile up won the eleven joyous runs which them the game and brought them up toa grand total of .255 inthe American League. Two thousand enthusiastic were massed in front of the ingen- ious and elucidative Chopin score- board provided for their delectation by the Post-Dispatch. For awhile they were downcast. Then came the big rally. A mighty cheer sent the caloric waves shimmering even more. Such doings! Wasn't it enough to make a fan's mouth water? Well, anyway, did water, fans the mouths of the fans and floods of saliva poured out upon the sidewaik. Then bingo!— just like that—Special Officers Mever and Reifess got busy, and inside of the next two minutes, while five runs were being put over by the Browns at De- troit, they arrested nine of the afore- said enthusiastic fans for spitting on the sidewalk. The high character of the baseball en- thusiasts who watch the Post-Dis- patch scoreboard becomes apparent when it is related that among the men arrested were one minister of the Gos- pel, one actor, one former newspaper man, one physician and one assistant to a railroad cashier. Go on Own Recognizance. . In fact, so apparent was their high Ccharactér that as soon as they were rounded up at the ‘Centra! istrict Po- lice Station the sergeant in charge re- fused to accept bond for them, but told them to go their way, learn the final score and not worry until 9 o'clock Thursday morning, when they were to appear in the Clark Avenue Police Court. When Judge Tracy entereq his court- room and observed the fine looking crowd which already had assembled he was surprised. Upon inquiry he founa that among the crowd was a preacher from St. Louls, an actor from New York and a doctor from Philadelphia. The court was Interested. though not sur- prised, to note the cosmopolitan character of the crowds which daily assemble in front of the Post-Dis- patch scoreboard. But he was sur- prised when he was tolq that the fine looking flock of masculinity was not a crowd of visitors, but pris- oners, George M. Graves of 205 Arkansas avenue was the first one called to the bar. “Mr. Graves,"’ said the clerk, most impressive tones, with spitting on the you plead?’ Very a down at e “Guilty,” he ceptibly. Judge Tracy looked at hime more in In hls “you are charged sidewalk. How do ropriately, floor. Graves looked

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ENGLISHMAN WILL WED Tht WIDOW r PRUF. SHELDON Mrs. Walter L. Sheldon, 4533 West- minster place, widow of the founder and leader of the Ethical in St. Louis, will be married late in the pres-

Society ent summer to Percival Chubb of New York, a teacher in the Ethical School The en- gagement was announced Thursday aft- conducted by Dr. Felix Adler. ernoon. Pe The cornerstone of Sheldon Memorial Hall, will be the meeting place of the society, will be laid next fall, and it is expected that Mr. Chubb and his bride will be back from the honey- which moon in time to attend the ceremony. Mrs. Sheldon gave more than $20,000 to- ward the building of this hall, which is to be at Grand and Washington ave- nues. Prof. Sheldon died three years ago. Her fiance is an Englishman, who has lived in this country for several years, and who was an intimate friend of Prof. Sheldon. He is a widower. The mar- riage will take place at Mrs. Sheldon's summer home in Vermont. CHILDREN FIGURE IN TWO ST, LOUIS DIVORCE SUITS Mother Weeps at Getting Cus- tody of Baby Pending Decis- ion of Case. Tears figuratively watered the floor of two courtrooms Thursday, when Mrs. Edna Schleicher, aged 20, wept for joy at obtaining the temporary custody of her son Earl, aged 18 months, in Judge Shields’ Court, and when Judge Kin- sey tried to learn from Eleanor and James Goodpaster, aged 8 and 6, which parent they preferred to live with. Mrs. Schleicher won her demand for custody pending the hearing of her husband's divorce sult when she show- ed that she has a good home with her parents. Frederick Schleicher Jr., the father, will be allowed to have the child’s company on Sundays. Andrew and Margaret Goodpaster are also litigants in a divorce suit and are contesting for their children.’ Judge Kinsey got into the little ones’ confi- dence by making cloth rabbits for them and talking about the*’Fourth of July to them, then asked them which parent they preferred: Amid--the mother's tears, the children sald they were very fond of thelr father. The Judge re-

served bis decision, «

DOCTOR CONTESTS | ALIMONY WON BY IMPORTED BRIDE

Dr. Alexander 8. Wolf of 1398 Gran- ville place will contest in Judge Kinsey's court Friday the payment of $1¢ 2 week alimony allowed to his divoreed wife, who was Erna Schall of Vienna, Aus- tria. She’is now staying at 4120 Mc- Pherson avenue, Three weeks ago Mrs. Wolf got a de- cree of divorce with the restoration of her maiden name ané@ alimony. The alimony, howev-r, was ta cease in the event of marriage. The court also srdered the repayment of $500 to Mrs. Wolf. She alleged in, her petition she had given $500 to roe, bs band soon after their marriage at Clay- ton, July 11, 1908. This she has not col- lected, she says. Met in Austria. The Wolf romance was an interna- tional one. In September, 1907, while Dr. Alexander, his first wife and three children, were visiting Mrs. Wolf's parents at Iglau, Austria, Mrs. Wolf was drowned, while attempting to rescue her 3-year-old son, Sept. 3. The bodies were recovered and burial made two days later. Dr. Wolf is a native of Iglau and, remaining there for a short time after the death of his first wife, he met Miss Schall. Returning to America sev- eral weeks later he resumed in St. Louls the practice he had established four years before. He correspended frequently with Miss Schall and one time, when some letters from Austria were delayed he cabled Miss Schall, asking the cause of delay and if she were coming to America, as he had proposed in preceding letters. Treated As a Cousin. About the first of July she left Vienna, her héme, leaving a mother and brother. She came to America unacquainted with the customs of the new country and with no knowledge of the English language. She brought trousseau, which she estimates cost about $80. Arriv- ing at Clayton she married Dr. Wolf July ll. Shortly after the marriage she says she gave her husband $400 and ,$100 for passage to America from Aus- tria of one of Dr. Wolf's children. A week after he received this money Mrs. Wolf declares the doctor told her he loved her no better than a cousin and that in public she must be no more than a cousin to him. Consequently, she said, he kept their marriage secret and intre- duced her as his cousin. Not until she filed her petition for divorce three months later did his friends know of his second marriage. They sep- arated in October, 1908. Several times, she said, italy held her seine, and had vistualiy held Ree aclsuney, - : ‘ t lee,

UNDER 3D DEGREE, URDERER TRIE TO SHOOT CHI

After Attempt to Kill Captor, Govern: Son Tells of Kill- . ment Official’s ing Wite With Mallet.

PUT BODY IN TRUNK AND SUNK IT IN LAKE COMO — *

Declares Wife, With Ungovernable Temper, Had Called Him Vile Names in Quarrel at Italian Villa—Slayer Identified 2 by Victim’s Brother.

a” By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch NEW YORK, June 23.—Porter Charlton, who was arrested | today on the Princess Irene soon after the liner docked at her Hoboken slip, confessed that he killed his wife. He was identified — by Capt. Seott, brother of Mary Scott Castle Chariton, the woman yeung Charlton married, whose body was found crowded ms, ok and thrown into Lake Como. Charlton was taken to the Hoboken Police Station, aecten was examined. While the examination was under way, he boone enraged, drew a revolver and attempted to shoot the Chief of Following is his confession, He was disarmed and soon broke down and told the details 0 ithe murder. My name is Porter Charlton. I live at 204 West Fifty- sixth street, the Woodward Apartments. I was born in Oma- — ha, Neb.; am 21 years old, and my occupation is that of a bank clerk. My wife and I lived happily together, although she was high-tempered, and so was I. : On the night of the deed in Como, she displayed the worst temper I ever saw her in. I told her if she didn’t cease I’d put a stop to it. She flew into another violent temper and I took a sort of mallet, with which I had been mending a table leg, end struck her two or three times on the head and body. I then put the body into the trunk and at about midnight I dragged it down to the lake and threw it in. I remained in the village of Moltrasio, where our villa was, and the next day I went to Como. I remained in Como two days and then = went to Genoa and boarded the Princess Irene. Ispolatoff is absolutely guiltless. make and wish to make none. Charlton, a physical wreck, wept and sobbed hysterically as he confessed to Chief Hayes. Chief Hayes and the three detectives—Garrick, Weinthal and Fallon—made the arrest. The arrest I have no defense to PORTER CHARLTON. of Chariton was due more to the tivity of Capt. Finley Harrison Scott. the Twelfth Coast Artillery, Pace dered woman's brother, than te: police alertness, Murder Victim’s Brother Identifies Prisoner; Charlton Breaks Down — Charlton was expected to arrive to- day on the Steamer Deutschland, a man suspected by the London police hav- ing sailed by that steamer, but a close watch was kept at all piers for the last three days. Chariton was walking confidently down the gang plank of the Princess Irene when the detectives seized him. He acted as though he intended to fight and denied his _identity, but after a brief struggle submitted. Capt. Scott of the United States Army, brother of the murdered woman, was summoned and as soon as he had look- ed at the prisoner he told the detectives they had the right man. Chariton was hustled into a patrol wagon and driven hastily to the HMobo- ken jail, where he was put through an examination. Chariton has already been tried in the Itallan courts and deciared guilty of the crime charged against him, but his capture will nullify that trial and he will have an opportunity to put in a defense. Traveled Incognito. . Charlton traveled under the name of Charlies W. Coleman of Omaha, though the name appeared on the passenger list as John Coleman. The accused man was utterly broken fn spirit following his arrest and it was apparent that he had lost much weight on his flight from the scene of the crime. Chariton Genied flatiy, when placed under arrest by the detectives, that he was the man wanted, and took the of- ficers to his cabin to prove that his name was Coleman. He asserted that he lived in Ome, and had never heard of Chariton or his wife. When asked if he could produce letters to prove that he had received any

fects, but the officers falled te find a. Single letter or paper bearing his aes Breaks Down When Arrested, . Chariton’s trunk was found on pier and it bore the single initial Ee Satisfied that they had the right. men, the officers, with Chariton securely man- acled, started for Police Headquarters. _ It was then that Chariton, began break down, for he wavered ahd 4l- most fell, and the detectives had to let him sit on the plier to recover himeelf. - Chariton turned white and suffered an attack of nausea, and the officers ¢ar- ried him to the patrol wagon. Capt. Scott materially assisted the of- ficers in effecting the capture of Charis given. making it a practice to watch all coming ships. was taken from Lak village of Moltrasio, oF . yah we: fi ns . Poe ee ag ars ey oe Se Be es ahs 1 ip? age tym eke MES bia me, ie M eer ; ae Pp Uva 7 ty ee savy wi ve ae eri Cys: fae ton, whose careful description he hadi