St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 16, 1910

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PART ' THREE. GENERAL AND SPORTING NEWS. ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 36, 1910. Kk PAGES 1—16 1—16.

~ Midtewigh Champion of ~ the World, Considered the ~ Hope of the White Race, Expires on Operating _ Fable at Springfield, Mo., - After T ragedy at Ranch. LAYER IS FUGITIVE, “HUNTED BY A POSSE _~ Victor inMany Battles Fights Gamely for Life, but Vital- ity Ebbs After Long Ride ‘in Wagon and on Special _ Train—$5o0o00 Offered for | on Body of His Assailant. | Boel to the Post-Dispatch. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Oct. 15.—Stan- Me /Ketchel, champion middleweight . pugilist, regarded by many followers ee pugilism as the future ‘‘hope of the white race,” died at the Springfield _ Hospital tonight from a bullet wound _ inflicted this morning by Walter Hurtz at the Dickerson farm néar Conway, Laclede County, age quarrel over -a jwoman who says _ her name ifs Goldie Smith, but who was known at the Dickerson place as ce Hurtz’s wife, is said to have caused "the shooting. Hurtz, who shot Ketchel eating his breakfast on a porch, is fleeing through . the Osage River hills, 50 miles north- 7 east of this city. A posse of farmers, - according to telephone messages rc- here from Conway, will resume int. for him at daylight. ion «6©has 6 6Cofféred =k or Hurts’s dead pOsy: “mre, arme ° & to antes, the fugitive on sight, hie revolver which he/| ia’ tr Neen oad with t. The the, seent thi@ afternoon | rted toward the Osage River. re wound was in the right news of the shooting first o “this city this morning. -@ Springfield capitalist, r of. the form where Ketchel was engaged a specia) train and : Dee Fulton and Fullbright of » Conway. ‘They performed it ‘and. advised that the ed. man. be removed immediately . Het no geae Miles on Cot. tochel was placed on a cot in a chaeu and was driven over the ee fp Conway, a distance of ea aia not seem to. be ’ the ral) trip to Springfield, oe 41 miles, The special for fe of the returning Tost made a oper on Ketchel was ‘a dif- pd ap to a few minutes | th at 7:06 p. m., the s thousnt he had a chance | 1 hed ‘een at the Dickerson . ol month, recuperating from fects of the swift pace which he ag . - some. time after his defeat sk Johnson in the ring just one ©. .It was his’ ambition to yack,” put on enough flesh to to, the heavyweight division of a, and ultimately to win back mson the title which Jim to the negro at Reno. | be ‘able to achieve this of his friends believed, of powerful physique and } years o onight > a ‘the theory io enemies of Ketchel had t to disable the fighter, and ‘acted as the tool of 1 had sought employment ‘or that purpose. ! me that he feared cer- ‘30 plotting to ‘get’ him,” mel age that he had to be r; oa hie urd. This was why , o is tender™ arrest, will until the present ot = * Burts pay eet x a Y « who had great faith in —S. He had in- be his ‘guest at his lLosr, ares YED OR STOLEN, I ANCHOR Snapping Turtle Suspected of Grabbing loo-Pound Weight in River. The ferryboat Minnie of Alton was in the same class with Bud Dozier yester- day. She lost her anchor. But unlike Bud, she didn't go up in the air. She just drifted around until a good Samari- tan made her fast to the wharf. The owners of the boat believe the an- chor was stolen, but they don’t know whom to suspect. Several years ago there was a hermit in Alton, but when a ban was put on nature-faking he moved away. For this reason the police do not attach any weight to the suggestion that the theft may have been committed by an anchor- ite. They rather incline to the belief that the culprit was a strong man out of a job. The anchor weighed 100 pounds, which means sthat it would seem five times that heavy to anyone who tried to pull it out of the mud at the bottom of the Mississippi. Old residents of Alton decry the ef- forts of the police to make it appear that the anchor was lifted by a crim- inal. They are firm in the belief that it was bitten off by a snapping turtle which became mentally unbalanced be- cause Hoxsey didn’t pass over Alton on his aeroplane flight from Spring- field to St. Louis. WILL URGES THAT GRANDSON IN ENGLAND LIVE IN AMERICA Judge Lambert Tree Takes Pa- triotic Interest in Boy In- heriting Wealth. CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Pride in Ameri- can citizenship and the hope that his frandson, Arthur Ronald Tree, will be educated and reside in the United States instead of in England, where the father, Arthur M. Tree, resides, were expressed in the will of* the late Lambert Tree, jurist and former ambassador to England, which was fiied today. Under the will the-son and grand- £0n, who live in Warwickshire, En- gland, are the principal beneficiaries. The clause. follows: “It is my earnest hope that his father will see to it that my grand- sen is educateq in the United States, of which he is a citizen, and where his pecuniary intérests will»be chiefly Iccated, and where his forefathers for muny generations have lived and Cid,” <

TYOUNG COUPLE DIVORCED WILL GO BACK T0 SCHOOL Chicago Girl Says They Were Too Young and Anyway She Wants Freedom. CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—Miss Hazel Gol- dyne obtained a divorce from James L. Farnum. Mrs. Farnus is the 19-year-old daughter of Jackson Gol- dyne. Farnum, who is “a year her senior, is the son of former State Sen- yator Frank C. Farnum. . There will be no alimony. This was agreed to by the wife on condition that young Farnum would not contest the divorce. The decree was granted several days ago and both will return to their school life, two years to a day from the wed- ding date. Mrs. Farnum will enter a school for girls in Ohio and Farnum will enter the University of Illinois, where he will take a business course. ‘*‘We have made a mistake,’’ said Mrs. Farnum, “I guess we.were both too young. Anyway, I want my freedom.” SHOOTS BROTHER OF MAN WHO WHIPPED HIM: FIGHTS POLICE George Brennan, Boasted Bad Man, Wounds Patrick Con- nors, Perhaps Fatally. George Brennan of 2814 Chouteau av- anue shot Patrizk Connor four times last night in the saloon of John Huff at West Jefferson and Chouteau avenue in a quarrel over a threshing which Con- nors’ brother administered to Brennan, who boasted that he was a “bad man.” Connors was taken to the City Hos- pital, where it was said he would prob-. ably die., Brennan was arrested at his home after a 20-minute battle with Policeman Cummings of the Laclede avenue district, who clubbed him ‘In- sensible with his revolver. Connors’ home is “ 1128 Missouri avenue. CONTINUED FAIR TODAY AND PROBABLY MONDAY;

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IT WILL STILL BE WARM: DOLLVER DIES AS. HE TELLS DOCTOR HEART 1S LAGGING United States Senator From lowa Suddenly Passes Away at Fort Dodge.

DISPUTED PHYSICIAN

‘I Count 14 Beats,” Said At- teridant, ‘Only Seven,” Said Patient.

By Associated Press. FORT DODGE, Io., Jonathan. of the Oct. 15.-—-United Prentiss Dol- heart, States Senator liver died of. dilation caused by an attuck of acute indiges- 7:30 o'clock his residence, at while, being massaged by tion, at tonight, osteopathic physician. Senator Dolliver had been up all day and had made a trip from his residence downtown. He said he believed he had completely recovered from the indispo- sition which followed his speech-making trip through Wisconsin for Senator La Follette. While Dr. E. M. Vanpatten was test- ing Dolliver’s heart with a stethoscope, as the Senator sat in a chair, his heart suddenly stopped beating. The phy- sician shook his stethoscope, thinking it was not working, then looked into the statesman’s face and saw his eyes staring off into space. Mrs. Dolliver had just stepped into the doorway of the room to speak to her little son, George, when death came. Not a tremor of the body marked his passing. He had just finished a recital) of his physical condition that day, an

—_ - RS TTT IO a | —_—-- ing he had not been feeling as well as usual. The plysician, with his stetho- scope, had counted 14 regular strokes of the heart and had so told the Sen- ator. In a strong voice Mr. Dolliver re- plied: ‘‘That’s good; the most I have been able to get is seven.’’ Two more beats of the heart and two very faint ones again and Mr. Dolliver was dead. Went to New Mexico. At the close of Congress, Senator Dol- liver announced that the would take a long rest and would go to New Mex- ico to recuperate his health. He spent a few weeks in that State and returned to Iowa, declaring that Iowa climate was good enough for him, and that he would remain in this State until Con- gress convened again. At the beginning of Senator La Fol- lette’s campaign in Wisconsin, Senator Dolliver announced his intention of en- tering that State to assist his can- didacy. Senator Dolliver made several speeches in the interest of La Follette’s candi- dacy. At Milwaukee he was taken ill and returned to his home at Fort Dodge. His illness was not regarded as serious, however. About two weeks ago he went to Jones Junction, Io., on busi- ness and while there he contracted a heavy cold. It was feared for a time that he had contracted pneumonia. He was unable to shake off his illness and a week ago, on the advice of physi- cians, he took to his bed. . Physicians diagnosed his case as acute indigestion, which interferred with his heart action. — =— News Shocks President Taft. BEVERLY, Mass., Oct. 15.—President Taft was informed of the death of Sen- ator Dolliver late tonight. He was very much shocked at the news, as he had not understood that Senator Dol- liver’s illness was serious. The Presi- dent regarded Mr. Dolliver as one of the most forceful debaters in the Senate. * Roesevelt Expresses Grief. OYSTER BAY, Oct. 15.—Commenting on the death of Senator Dolliver of Iowa, Col. Roosevelt said tonight: “Senator Dolliver’s death is a very great misfortune to the country, espo- clally at this time. He was one of the public men whose character, ability and loyalty to the interests of the peopie I~ especially admired,’ DOLLIVER’S CAREER AN INSPIRING ONE Jonathan Prentiss. Dolliver was born in West Virginia in 1858. His father was a minister. Dolliver was admitted to the bar in 1878 “after studying at the West Virginia Uuiversity, Bethany Col-| lege, Cornell (1o.) College and Miami

‘University. Mr. Dolliver was elected to the Fifty- firet Congress from the Tenth Towa District and was five times re-elected. His oratory and strong mentality

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Gerke Pays $121 for Breakfast with Grace and Bernice— Auto, $10 an Hour—Stockings, $2.50 a Pair.

Frederick Gerke, 46 years old, father of five children, a buggy washer out of a job, started out Friday morning with $2021 in his pockets to enjoy the frills of life, after 86 years of labor. When he was arrested last night, on com- plaint of his wife, Mrs. Katherine Gerke, 3252 Knapp street, he had $80 left. Yesterday morning, he told -gleefully in his cell at the North Market Police Station, he enjoyed a champagne breakfast .at Campbell’s Forest Home, for which the bill was $121. His fellow breakfasters were Grace Coleman and Bernice Bradley. Last night they had a snack at a downtown cafe which cost only $86. ‘He had enjoyed the use of a touring car at $10 an hour since Friday morning. His meals averaged $100 each. The two women accompanied him to a downtown store, and admired the silk hose bs dis- play. “EZow much are they?’’ asked Gerke. “They are $2.50 a pair,” a clerk sald. . ‘Give each girl a nig pairs,’’ or- dered Gerke. He paid $60 for the stock- ings, more than he had ever earned in a month in his life. To Grace Coleman, he’ said, he gave a diamond ring, costing $225; diamond earrings, $370; a watch, $40; a gold ‘meshed purse, $15; a dozen pairs of stockings, $30, and a pair of shoes, $7.5). ‘To her companion-he gave a diamor ring, $275; @ dozen pairs of hose, $30; }shoes, $7.60, and cash, The police, from his statement, were able to account for all of his money but $1604.70. Asked how he spent this sum in two days, he answered with uu jerandiloquent flourish:

ehh me 1 ee Bath ye ty . Ye eR Sa . Scere Mee Sg ti So ae the police that she saw him last Friday night speeding past Channing avenue and Olive street in a touring car with two young women beside him. He was pstill in their company when arrested by Specia) Officers Smith and Linkemevyer. All of his gifts of diamonds, shoes and hose were seized by the police. The police at the North Market Street Station were dazzled by the finery seized from the two women, and de- voted one Whole cell to the storage of the diamonds, hosiery and shoes. The women and Gerke occupied adjoining cellsy Gerke was dressed in a $15 suit of ready-made clothes and a $1.90 hat. But on his finger was a $200 ring, with three diamonds. “At .Campbell’s.”” said the Bradley ‘woman, “Gerke bought a box of ctl- gars for $15. “*T don’t smoke,’ he said, and “ the cigars. to the waiters. “Then he .bought a case of ale pagne, all iced. On the way to town he amused, himself by pouring it out of the automobile.” Gerke ts 6 feet 1 inch tall and welatie 160 pounds. He has red hair and a vermilion mustache. NEW REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA. NEW .ORLEANS, Oct. 15.—News reached here/late today from Managua, Nicaragua, that disorder had broken out anew and that frequent rioting was oc- curring. . According to these advices the situ- ation had become very critical.

UR NAME? VJOHN SCULLIN. ‘OW DO YOU SPELL IT? Policeman Didn’t Recognize Capitalist Whose Car Was Hit by Baby Auto,

While returning from the Kinloch Park aviation mect at 6:30 o’clock last night in his two-cylinder Baby Maxwell automobile W. H. Trefts Jr.,.a Post- Dispatch photographer, ran into what he thought was a.vattleship turning in Lindell boulevard, between’ Taylor and Newstead avenues. It proved to be a big black six-cylinder Pierce Atrow au- tomobile. As the two cars. locked horns A. A. Coult, a photographer for a morning paper, and Grant Righardson of the Post-Dispatch, who were sitting on the tool box in the rear of the Max- well, were thrown into the street.. Ar- thur Erdman, assistant traffic manager of the St.. Louis & San Francisco Rall- road, and Trefts, who were.in the fron: of the machine, .were severely shaken up. The big machine was turning directly in the way of traffic. When he saw that a collision was inevitable. Trefts tried to turn his »maehine on.to the sidewalk, but the big black car caught ‘he little one on its bumper and held it fast, twisting the axle and steering apparatus and knocking things. to pieces generally. Policeman Takes Notea, A large man with a grayitig -beard climbed out of the big car as_a -police- man hurried up and pulled out his note book. “What is yer name?” asked. the’ Bo- liceman of the big man. “Scullin,” was’ the answer. : “How d’yuh spell it?”. anned the | /po- liceman. ““§-c-u-1-1-I-n,” was the patient Heply, “First name?” “John.”’ “Where d'you live?’ “T live at 5218 South Brdadwike w af “All right, git into your car and_.we'll drive to the station.” . big financial institutions of found himself at the Newstead AN Police Station. — He was release@ after thie é dollision was explained to the Captain in: re. But it wasn't pleasant to be | a “WELLMAN FLYIN = 7 “ACROSS SEA WITT MEN AND A‘ First Airship to Attempt the Tr atlantic Flight Is 75 Miles When Last Tid’ngs Are Recei and a Wireless From the € Says Machinery Is Working fectly.and All on Board Are

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Voyage, but Is Tossed Aboard by a —Great Crowd Witnesses Start of Sp ular Thip, Cheering as Gas Bag Rear : Then Piunges Into the Fog and Disapt

- ON BOARD AIRSHIP AMERIC 11 a. m.i—We have sighted Long Island and are driving ahead { northeast. = ON BOARD AIRaHIP Noon—Headed northeast. All well on board. Machinery Good-by. ,

ON BOARD AIRSHIP Making 20 knots’an hour, ON BOARD AIRSHIP 2 p. m—To Joseph W. Salus, President Business League, hition .Co.; All did nobly. We are doing our best,. to repay you sha support. 1 p. m—Fog lifting at 11:15. east.

ON BOARD AIRSHIP 3: 30 Pp. m.—Your message a Our exact location has 2 verified.

ON BOARD AIRSHIP AMERIO 4 p, m.—Headed for the north steamer lane from the Grarid Banke, has’ been reduced to 15 knots an hour to save our fuel. At this r carrying provisions enough to last for 50 days. . (The above wireless. messages from the Wellman airship were ¢ By Leased Wire from the New York Bureau of the Post-Dij NEW: YORK, Oct. 16 (Sunday morning).— Walter Wal with his crew of five men and a gray kitten for a passel still in the air aboard the dirigible balloon America, en r¢ Europe. Apparently he is so far out at sea that his erator, Jack Irwin, can no longer communiéate directly w shore, and there is every reason to believe that the capiathy transatlantic airship is in complete mastery of his strange guiding it safely along the course he had mapped out’? start. At 9 o'clock last night the steamer Cosmos reported by lat 6:30 p. m., five miles southeast of Scotland Light, Sandy FE sighted the America. The balloon was working steadily on a nortae course, this message said, making about fifteen knots an hour. - “She looks like a large sailing vessel up in the air,” said ¢ : operator of the Cosmos. “The glitter of the balloon-ship’s paratus was seen overhead before the airship was sighted.” _ This was the last word of the airship neeseven up to 2 ¢ morning. _ The message from the Cosmos indicates that Wellman had tr seventy-two miles in an air line up the coast from his starting px Throng Helps Ship Get Under Wa First Message Three Hours , Special to the Post-Dispatch. -ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 15.—Through the densest fog ras up this fall, the dirigible America sailed this morning at 8 o'clock hangar at the Inlet. Ten minutes after she was clear of the bi . in which she had been housed for so long that she had come te be as an instjtution, she was hid from view, and for three hours. 10 Wi to tell of her whereabouts. Then a wireless message was rece station on the million dolar pier announcing that she bad ¢ Island and that she was driving ahead into the northeast. | first time, it became apparent that the Anstie was actually by other. side of the Atlantic. ; After 2 o’clock there was an interruption of the wissen ry the America. Until that time, Mrs. Wellman, Mrs. Chamberlain, M man and Mrs. Vaniman faeeninns 90 es lar pier, but when no. message had come for an hour, they re hotel. Mrs. Wellman was gleeful over the departure es te “He langhs best, who laughs last,’’ she pry By ous stories which have been published about delay in starting the trans-Atlantic flight 2 tl paragrephers, x08: wad: eae coflested S606 NE oa - public toward the Wellman project, eee Fe Last Message Tells of F That was how John Seullin, mifion-| aire and = director oon at te ee the}.

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