St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 15, 1910

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RETIRE TREATHIRN tf JUDGES, HADLEY iLL LABOR MEN Governor Declares by T his Plan There Would Be, No Business for Half the Law- yers and He Believes That Is a Popular Condition of Affairs. -PLEADS FOR WORKERS WHO ARE INJURED} Executive Says That of the Ninety-Five Millions of Dollars Employers Paid In- surance Companies They Pocketed One-Half. In discussing the LUability of em- ployers for the injury of their em- Pployes, Gov. Hadley told the gates to the convention of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor Tuesday ‘morning that one-third of the judges and one-half of the lawyers employed in settling such cases could be done away with; that judges seem far more solicitous to pretect the right of property than to safeguard the righte of the individual: anq that of $95,000,000. paid last year by employ- ere to Hability insurance “companies, more ‘than half went to the compan- les. as fees instead of to the injured. Gov. Hadley assailed what he term- ed “judge-made laws,” and defended Theddore Roosevelt in his recent at- tacks upon the judiciary. The speak- er Said that he did not believe it right to criticise a judge while he had a case under advisement, but that when his decision had been given it was the right of every American to we 85 __ hig if he were wrong. | Speak ing of the Missouri anti-trust » the Governor provoked long ap- when he referred to his conduct the Standard Off Case. “ET framed’ that Jaw,” said Hadley, _ jie th experince fur wih dele- . “aiittie “once with John D. ton t. felle } afraid be and I didn't . 5 - aoe + L ee se b ' Gomper jadiey was cheered as he entered the 4, and President Samuel Gompers, roducing him, said that the ap- ‘plause showed the Missouri executive ’ to be well known to the delegates, al- though most of them came from other states. While the ovation was subsiding, Had- ley,’ sitting on the stage and smiling, _ crossed one leg over the other and care- ' fully tied a loose shoe string. ‘J am sorry," said Hadley, beginning ‘his address, “that you will not find capital and labor entirely in accord in Missouri. The Governor has done all that can, hoWever, to bring them to- gether. We have factory inspection and _ child labor laws, and this department is_ in charge of a man whom I choose from the rankr of union labor. ' “We have mine inspection and the regulation: = Tree men may work undergro ~men in charge tion. =. “Tt is our experience as a lawyer that “the compensation for those injured is _ entirely inadequate. in ‘the case of Geath, but a de- : Sa oe set ane a erat nsation for in- in case of death, guarantee that when the pro- of the gee dl — for work 2 imaraniar return unhurt ‘a wight Our system of compensa- on is barbaric, and has been aban- it | g P ‘ ky , 4 4 3’ ’ ws ~ - - St. Louisans to See Total Eclipse.cf Moon, gees By Scientists

OF THE MOON PONIBLE ACTIVE VOLCANOES HERE

Father Brennan Thinks Volcanoes Are Ex- tinct, but Willi Watch ‘Eclipse Scheduled f or Wednesday Evening sparks of life left. will be investigated by Father Martin S. Brennan, as a cor- respondent of the British Astronomical Association, during a total eclipse dbf the moon, which will be visible in St. Louis between 5:54 and 6:46 p. m. Wednesday. The mystery ts «sto whether Aris- tarchus and Proclus are defunct. Aris- tarchus and Proclus are spécks of ap- parent incanmdescence’on opposite rims of the moon, and their excessive bright- ness, as compared with the dull sheen of the remainder of the satellite's physi- ognomy, has led astronomers recently to surmise that they may be active vol- canoes. For many years it has been held that they are extinct volcanoes, ahd that their brilliance arises from tiie reflection of the sun’s light from glass-like lava streams gleaming against the dead surface of the moon. Earth’s Atmogphere an Obstacic. If the volcanoes are illuminated by their own fires, they would blaze forth the more fiercely during an eclipse of the moon, Father Brennan says. the’ sun, theoretically’ they would be snuffed out with the rest of the moon’s face when the earth passes between it and the .sun. But for one obstacle, according to the astronomer-priest, the problem would be easy .of- solution. The one tmpediment is the earth’s atmosphere. “The air is so dense,” says Father Brennan, “that many rays of the sun, iastead. of being cut ,off when they strike the earth, are thrown around it, or) refracted, and escape into space. The effect is that these e rays, ons?

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te mes — ee ——— | _fe a total eclipse of the moon, and even when the satellite is completely swamped by the earth’s shadow, fall upon the face of the moon and purple it over with wan, flickering ghosts of the rich colors of sunset. Hence the moon never completely disappears from sight during an eclipse, and its outlines and the lights and .shadows of its visage remain palely visible. “Unfortunately, this would prevent the total extinction of Aristarchus and Proclus during an eclipse. However, if they burn with their native flames, these should blaze many times bright- er in comparison with the rest of the moon’s face while the latter is dark- ened. A scientific inmspection -of the brifiiance of the spots during and after

"th® eclipse should settle’ the. ques-} tion. Thinks Volcanoes Are Extinct. “Personally, I believe that Aristar- chus and Proclus are extinct, and have lain icy cold for ages. So far as we can tell, the moon has no atmosphere, and withou: air, there could be no fire. But many recent observers are throw- ing doubts on the old theory that the moon is only a cinder, and the Brit- ish Astronvmical Association has asked its members all over the world #0 use this opportunity for studying Aristar-

SUHIUUL 10 TEACH . CAR CONDUCTORS TO. CATCH CROOKS Rogues’ Gallery Will ‘Aid Pro- cess Known Technically as Rapping to Dips. To combat the pickpockets who have ‘preyed in the last few days on passen- gers of the McKinley line, the company Tuesday decided to open a school of instruction for its conductors and mo- The members of al! regular and extra crews will be drilled in emergency tac- ties for the capture 6f crooks who may be found at work on the cars. A rogues’ gallery, containing the photographs of pickpockets wel} known to the police, will be on exhibition at the men’s head- quarters. The conductors especially are expected to study this, so that they will know the originals of the pictures when they see them. The mob, as the police call it, which took part in the Sunday evening on a McKinley car, is one of three gangs, the police say, which has started 40 work on the trelley system, Its members, it is believed, consider themselves safer than on city street cars, because the victims could not always tell whether they were robbed In Missouri or in robberies of last. = chus and Proclus.”’ , = IPGLIGEMEN COULD NOT PLAY PORER: GASES DISMISSED Judge Pollard Stops Prosecu- tion Because of Special Officers’ Ignorance. ,

Three men were arraigned Tuesday in Judge Pollard’s court on a charge of playing poker back of a saloon at 1932 North Ninth street. " Special Officers Broaders and Reinwald were the pros- ecuting witnesses. Reinwald was asked to describe the game. He began glibly with a state- ment that there were 'B2 cards in the player, one at a time. ,/"“Which is the higher hand—a straight or a full house?” he was asked. Reinwald blushed, fidgeted in the chair and said, am titters in the court- room, that he“didn’t know. He was sent from the Broaders took it. “What ts the difference between & straight and a flush?” the lawyer for the three men asked Broaders. stand and and hawed and finally said he did not know. “The case against these defendants is dismissed,” said Judge Pollard. “Tf the arresting officers don’t know how to play poker, they cannot say these men were playing ,it.”’

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CALLS, HMO | GOES, WIFE SUES Mrs. Knapp Asks $30,000 for the Loss of Her Hus- band’s Love. NAMES HIS SISTER, TOO a Plaintiff Declares Wealthy Defendants Are Support- ing Knapp. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Knapp, now liv- ing at Gillespie, TL, wants $30,000 from her mother-in-law, Mts. Alma Knapp, her sister-in-law, Miss Georgia Knapp, because,’ as she al- and | leges, they alienated the affections of a

her _ing Mrs. husband, Knapp, by knocking. = The families lived in adjoining flats. Mr. and Mrs. Knapp at 4014 McPher- son avenue and Mrs. Anna Knapp and her daughter at 4012 McPRerson avenue. Mrs. Elizabeth Knapp says that almost every morning and even- Anna Knapp and Miss Georgia Knocked on the dividing wall, which was a signal for Lester to visit them at once, and hé always did. They also sent him notes, she says, and ranz the door bell, and when he went to their flat they kept him with them as long as they--could, Married Two Years. Mrs. Knapp, the. plaintiff, who was Miss Elizabeth Kavanaugh, daughter of, William Kavanaugh of the Laclede Hotel, was married to Lester Knapp Feb. 26, 1908. They lived together unti! June 4, 1910.) The flat at 4014 McPherson in which they lived was owned by Mrs. Anna Knapp and her daughter. For several months, Mrs. Elizabeth Knapp says in her petition, filed Tuesday in the Cirevit Court by Attorney George E. Mix, they lived happily, but ‘in Sep- tember, 1908, the defendants moved from Lester 5888 Cabanne avenue to the adjoining flat and the knocking began. Mrs. Anna Knapp, according to Mrs. Elizabeth Knapp, threatened to disown Leater unless he left his wife, told him she was not a fit woman to be his wife, told him she would disinherit him if a child was born to them, and promised that if he left his wife he should have 2 home with his mother and sister as long as he lived and should have all of her extensive estate. ‘ Allegations Made. The mother-in-law, according to the daughter-in-law, told ner son and others that she was determined to separate the couple and that her object: in’ moving next door was to break up the flat and send her daughter-in-law back where she came from. All of these things, she says, resulted in\Knapp’s leaving his wife and in her being served with notice to vacate the flat: The wife says that her husband is now being harbored by his mother and sister, that they are providing him with ‘room dnd board and spending money. ; Mrs. Knapp asks $15,000 compensatory A Woman of Wealth. Mrs. Anna Knapp is the widow Charles Knapp and is a woman af wealth, owning much propérty in the West End. Lester Knapp was formerly employed by an electrical company, but it is said that he has not been working for the past two years. “he plaintiff is 26 years old. She {Is udw living with her brother, William Kavanaugh Jr., at Gillespie. Her hus- band is 28. RAIN WILL MAR THE WEDNESDAY MATINEE OF MR. MOON IN ECLIPSE THE TEMPERATURES.

Yesterday’s Temperatures, Highest Lowest

“I wonder if they'll organize it while they're in convention here?” said the painter, “Organize what?” WHY NOT HAVE SCHOOL CHILO> REN COUNT THE “VOTES? Builders’ Union.”’ “How can they when there aren’t any. free bridge builders?” “Welt, they 5 might make out wt eeizees : i the cards in blank Wey *, and fill in the ~—names later.’

iment sits damages and $15,000 punitive damages. vA “The Free Bridge | »confined explosion or Only Evening Paper in 1 St. Louis With the Associated Press: News Service, ea ) + ST. LOUI LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1910. serge ~—(MOTHERILAN |G tN JUDGE WHO DENIES DIVORCE Girl of 8 Pleads With the Court to Make Her and Brother Happy. CALLS Asks Jurist to Have Parents Make Up and Suggests a Scolding. Eight-year-old Eleanor Goodpaster and her 6-year-old. brother, James, wrote 2 letter to Judge Kinsey, before whom their father’s suit for divorce and tneir mother’s cross-bill, was pending. Judge Kinsey denied a decree to either the father or mother Tuesday, and w'th the papers in the case he handed down the children’s letter, as follows: My dear Judge: A little secret from Eleanor and Jim Goodpaster— Please don’t tell anybody. Please make papa and mpther make up and let little brother Jim and I be happy like all the other girls and boys. Papa sent us a big dollar for candy It is the first letter papa sent In one year. We love papa and mother and we want to be happy with hoth. Piease scold papa and mother be- cause Jim and I want to be happy. Please write us a letter. Lovingly, ELEANOR AND-JIM GOODPASTER. Refers to Letter. In denying a decree, Judge Kinsey re- ferred indirectly to this letter. “The defendant in this case is as much to blame for the unhappy condi- tion in which she finds herself,’ he ob- served, “as is the plaintiff. The Court canhot resist the conclusion that the plaintiff. too, has wronged his wife. However much I would like to re- unite this man and woman with their two interesting children in+one happy family again, I cannot do what~ they will not do for. themselvés.’’ Judge Kinsey added that in.a divorce suit, one of the principals must be com- paratively blameless, to justify a. de- cree. case was taken under Mrs. Goodpaster ts with the two chil- dren at 2608 Rutger street. She an4 her husband were married Sept. 10. 1900, and separated the last time in Gictober, 1909>—~— PLANS FILED FOR ERECTION OF SECOND TALLEST BUILDING New York Structure Will Be 46 Stories High, Rearing Above Singer Building. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Plans have been filed here for the erection of ‘a 46-story office building at the corner of Broadway and Park Place, opposite the Postoffice. It will measure from the street level to the cupola 625 feet, and will cost $7,000,000. The founda- tions are already completed and*«the building will be finished in about a year,...* The structure will be 13 feet higher than the Singer tower and will rank as the second tallest building in the world. The architect is Case Gilbert, designer of the New York -Custom- house and other pubjic buildings. A novel feature of the plans is a 100 foot swimming pool in the basement. TEST EXPLOSION ON WARSHIP NEARLY SENDS HER TO BOTTOM FORT MONROE, V¥a., Nov. 15.—In an experiment to test the effect of an un- nitro-glycerin the monitor Puritan was badly damaged in Hampton Roads today after two charges of 20 pounds each liad been exploded against her after turret, “ In a sinking condition the vessel was rushed to the Norfolk Navy Yard.

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-— Humming .gaily to herself at the con- clusion. of a day’s »work, Miss Madg:. McClain, a stenographer, was hasten- ing to the elevator on her way home, but halted halfway with an exclamation of annoyance. She had forgotten to put a ledger in the steel vault at the Gould Directory Co.’s office, on the sixth floor of the building at 1324 Washington ave- nue. She turned and re-entered the big of- fice, which was almost {n darkness be- cause all of the lights: but ‘two or three had been turned out. At one end, in a Burr, secertary of the company, don- ning his overcoat and hat. No one else was in the room. J Miss McClain stepped lightly to her desk, got the book and carvied it into the vault., With her back to the en- trance, a was placing the ledger on its shelf, when she heard a loud click behind: her. Before she could. wheel about and utter a cry, a steel door slammed shut with a clang, the wards of a combination lock tumbled sharply into place, and faint footsteps retreated swiftly. — Her Life in Danger. The girl realized that Burr, passing the vault and seeing it open, had, with- out detecting her in the darkness, closed first the inside door of thin steel and then swept shut the outside one of six-inch steel. She was a prisoner in an airtight cage, 10 feet long, eight feet high and eight feet wide. “I was so stunned,’ said Miss Me- Clain to a Post-Dispatch reporter Tues- day, “that for a full minute I did not move. It seemed. so incredible. I was a prisoner in. danger of my life. ‘Phe full perception of my plight rushed over me. It was Saturday aight. Everyone had gone and the offices would not be reopened until Monday morning. Long before that time I should have exhausted the air in the steel cage and died of suffocation. “I burst into-tears. I wrung my hands and tore my hair. I beat against the steel door with my gloved knuckles untfl they were bruised. “Then, by an extreme effort, I pulled myself togéther. ‘This will never do,’ I sald to myself. ‘You must save yourself, and you. can't do it by crying. Be calm and think how you can get out.’ “Then I remembered that it wae} the custom of the elevator boy, « negro named Richard Darden, to make one last trip with the) élevator co see that all was right, after every-| one had gone. This was my last hope. | passed, put iney iad me it was only 1 half hour, “At last I gave up hope. My voice and the blows with the book St. Louis Shares in $: Spite of Its vote « on, f which the high cost ‘of iiving wi prime issue, the price of meat has be falling. Sf. Louis, which aa ‘not the same political remedy that moi other yloass ie, Sys re along with the | cheaper nivieed “and New 1 ‘ork, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, , City, Indianapolis, Denver and st x ‘been muffled ‘by the steel walis: anda} ‘Darden had not heard them. Maybe he had neglected to make his trip of inspection, after all. I-flung myself in despair on the foor of the vault and lay sobbing. Saw Her Whole Life. “I have read that when @ person is drowning a panorama of his life passes before his eyes in an instant. That is. what happened to me as I lay’ on the foor with my fingernails sunk into my” palms, Things long forgotten flashed through my mind.’ {n. the meantime Darden, believing he was alone in the building, started the elevator upwards. As he neared the sixth floor there came to his ears the faint sound of a woman’s cries and of blows. Stopping the car, he listened. The sound seemed to be coming from above. Darden drew a long-bladed knife and. ran the elevator noiselessly to the eighth floor. he gearched the entire floor for burg- lars, but found nothing. The same re- sult baffied him on ‘the seventh floor. The elevator slid down to the third floor, which he searched from end to end. He scouted through the first floor, the second floor, the fourth floor and the fifth floor. Last he entered the of- fice of the Gould company on the sixth floor, and finally traced the sounds to the vault. Becomes Hysterical, “When Darden’s hail came through the walls,” said/ Miss McClain, “I leaped ‘to my feet and laughed hysterically I found myself calling to him incoherent~- ly and begging him to save me. I asked him to telephone. Mr. Burr to come down and unlock the saf@ I remember | that he replied it might take several hours to reach Mr, Burr, and asked me whether I could not call out the combination of the lock to. him through the door. : On tiptoe, with knife in hand,| TL Bes “The.prattical question calmed me.[ As loudly as I could, I told him to tura the knob to 81. I heard the whirling of the mechanism as he obeyed. “ ‘Make two edmplete turns toward the| clock,’ I cried, and when this done, told ‘him to make one. and a half tutns to- ee ee ee eG eee ne *-_

The men were Henry Bluthaupt of 1110 Chambers strech, Charies Cacklin of 908 Chambers street And Frank Krueger of 2409 North Fourteenth street. They said they were playing seven up, and that the money on the table was change after paying for drinks. GUTHRIE WINS STATE. CAPITAL GUTHRIE, Ok, Nov, -15.—Okiahoma ‘gga? tage “He'll have te hurry to get in.” “Who will?” Pounds on the Deer, “E turned on an electric ight in} the vault to obtain relief from the] darkhess, and took a heavy direc-, ’ tory from the she'f. ‘Vith the book I pounded upon the door with all my| strength, and at the. R-apet Rise !