St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 17, 1911

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Only Evening Paper in'St Louis With the Associated Press News Service.

TS ES 28 -YOL63. NO.150.. ... |. _ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1911.

cateadabet OL LEO LTO IE tI ae at ne ap eeene cman a an “TT SESW BL EATEN str apesse°2aia Doel MEN BURNED i ie CTY AND COUNTY | PEPER, SUES HIM fag : HEN ne : Sait ie” aan | = Gi WARSHIP DELAY

Would Form Reserve “Asso: a — Just to make the| Supreme Court Grants Recount Brother-in-Lav Assaults Boller ciation of America of Na- ee ee cae for Judges and Head of St. Excise Commissioner 7t. a fee mee Ae Louis Schools. / end’ Ais Desk: tional Banks and Woild| : : snow on the ice tonight. - Make It Government De-|| “| tt wont become1CULVER TO SIT AS COURT|BROTHER IS THREATENED}. -pository With Wide rows | 7 | melt the sleet ‘ My which is upsetting : “ers as Financial oie pedestrians and/Attitude of the Missouri Jurists |}Man Whose Sanity Is Quéstioned|$ smooth shod . YY! . norses. Indicates a Possible State- Telephones Death Warning 0,000,000 TO BE 1tR | we forecaster! __-- Wide -Recapitulation. ° to Two Homes. | | says that snow _ THE CAPITALIZATION. SD ip al |. will fall tonight or : ‘ Yi early Wednesday, ‘ mens an Gf“; and that the pres-| Following the contest. proceedings} Nicholas M. Bell filed suit for $100,000 his brother-in-law, 7 Z t cold weather/brought. by the defeated Democratic }damages against ntr to -Be Divided Into: BS Ae he , “Cou y . Z / witli continue.| candidates for \silpreme judge, and su-| Adolphus Peper, Tuesday afterngon, five “G5 Districts, “Each to Have nf , eoatagapig satiety perintendent of public schools, the State | hours after Peper had attacked him in | !

Wireless Report Says Steam Cat - - the Accident, but No Details _Are Given.

By Associated Press. se WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Kight men were killed walk one 4 jured. on the United States battleship Delaware, en rot ti ES Guantanamo, Cuba, to Hampton Roads, according to a sielow patch received bythe Navy Department this afternoon. oe | The dispatch said that the men were burned by sens, and | = tails of the accident would be telegraphed to the amarete asia a the vessel arrived at the Norfolk Navy.Yard. NC The wireless message was sent. by Capt. Gove of the I to Admiral Marshall, Commandant of the Norfolk Nevy transmitted it to the -Secretary, of the Navy. . Capt. Gove requested that a tug meet-the Delaware on. her a Yival in Hampton Roads to prepare to transport ¢he ont and i jared ashore,

a pag re 90 Ss Cc the offi f the P Tob Cc d register |Supre Court at Jefferson City made an e office’ o e Peper lobacco. Co., an a Branch of Main Institu-|! op. Aan eRe : | ‘ | or the charter election won't have an- order Tuesday. directing the Board of | beaten his face and head savagely. , | tion. Which . Is to Be Lo- ge ies Siaikaied "a : Election Commissioners of St. Louisand; Bell, who befriended Peper in.the lat- ' e may console himsell by get- : ter’s recent troubles with the police, de- ae cated in ‘Washington ‘; -Ating-out his little bobsled and ‘his kids the clerk of St. Louis County to open po ‘ : . er somebody else’s and teaching the|the ballots and to compare them with |Clared in his petition that Peper, wan- | young idea how to shoot down’a hill. {the list of voters on the poll books. tonly, maliciously and without just | By Wire From Sen ebb Washington Bu-} Official forecast: Cloudy weather,| The Supreme Court ruling provides WASHINGTON Jan, 17.—Senator hh Niet wees Revtiaas bx temeperneoens acer mage See jute a= ew gery wameepe the s4 PERRI RApIE amp prie aspen 5s : me son W. Aldrich’s “plan for the revision eet temperature tonight will be about of tay ndttonal baddinn inti ie 20 degrees above sero. opening of the ballot boxes, } legi ie ee, | they. shall ‘be excluded. and only the {204 seriously injuring his back. He also he calis it, was made public today. Minois: Rain in Southern and snow in| missioners present, when the bal-|Ch@rges that Peper threatened to kill vee i Northern portions tonight and robably }: The plan was submitted today to the Weineidsy: ict ‘a8 ite in aakinn lots are compared with the poll books. National Monetary Commission at & | ture. | cont ining the names of registered vot- meeting called for the purpose, but Sen-| Missouri: Snow tonight or Wednesday. er | with a view to learning whether | 294 battery ts also to be applied for. ator Aldrich was not present. His com- . ‘audulent names were voted. Peper, who lives at 4638 West Belle ‘ | A. ' : ' : ae = a = ~ 2S 3 j - - munication was presented by the vico ST CASE THIEF RAN FAST: A The election commissioners are or-|P#ce, is the son of the late Christian (Ta) '¥ ry Set aS 82 se a } J ft | 1— + we = ‘Chairman, tative Vreeland of Fad : reper and ‘has property of the cath! & | 3 a : )h - Es - es New ‘York. ger ee SCHOOL TEACHER RAN F? “AER scossite of pre pn Bret ere gic si ot | 00. His assault. on CIN ops AR ' (| D. Bell was witnessed by several employes

cause or reason, assaulted, beat and their lawyers may be present at the about the eyes and forehead, maiming | bu® that | 224 disfiguring him, and: permanently him. Attorney Thomas L. Anderson filed the suit. A warrant charging assault ‘ if '

What Mr. Aldrich proposes . ig" the Judge _ R. E. Culver of St. Joseph, who 3 establishment of ‘the “reserve associa- | has been appointed special commission- in the tobaeco factory at Main and Le © Y ‘ . J _ ton Ag A guns gh +. ag pla Now He Must Answer to Her er in the cases, is directed to begin the ior hag gen = present : . | | - ‘migh called @ federation of loca king of test | ? x agent HILLIARD Charge of Grand en ee re - OOO nl stouele all th’ the taney“leflisting ent: MES. HENRY F. ‘ : axe d associations formed by natienal banks. soon as possible in St. Louls. He is re- ) He says in his letter to the commission Larceny. quired to make his report to ‘the S8u- ay — me bruises. He left the of- : . ’ , - ce, saying e w i t find —- a ed nae 10,000 words in length) that he be- Mrs. Adda Byrne of 369 North Taylor, |P7eme Court by May 1, 1911. : as going to find his , : association woul 2 brother, Charl GS. F , ject oie. domination or os vaphdge a school teacher, jumped off a McKin- May Re Extended. «potencies _— an hon? ‘or group. * bley car and gave chase to a young man The application for the opening of Before going to. the office, he ha : a eer pat financial who was fleeing with her suit case,as|the ballot boxes was confined by} called up the residences of Bell | | The Scheme im Epitome. the car approached Salisbury station, the contestants to St. Louis and St. |! Cnaries Peper by telephone and 9:

German Under-Water War Craft]Premier Escapes but His 0 nea

. Ri Inflict , Raymond if the contestants should desire «4 Those ao aca him 1 Otay effice did pee)

0 well-knit isthe scheme it. ‘s, dif- 3 ; from Granite City Monday afternoon. j|Louis Connty. It is evident from] +), h 3 j ficult to “put howe ae the to ee o- Th ung man | was swift, but the the decision of the court that this simi ps phone ena os om age ners — RIG ds Mired in Mud When Bunkers pane is Weemiae. in x : / 3 — ag r was. She over-"]| may be extended to the entire State - | Accid il Fin, ; a Ee NERS aS e pagent ks ceidentally Fi os Ap ORR a ee State-wide investigation of the No-jnet get the impression that he was | vember lection. ims ere» armed,” He displayed nd weanon {n hie ae In carrying out.the order of the attack on Bell, but the cuts inflicted the suit case, valued, with its] court the election commissioners are | in@icated iat hé was wee it a sha contents, at $75. directed to ascertain the number of} .6+ with some sharp stone . wea | marine U3 sank In the harbor today, but Tuesday and yates the, Four Courts ee ee eee en ik Charles G. Peper applied last Satur. |Companions Go Out to Stand | Wedding of Henry P. Hilliard | was raised after three hours’ work wet charging the young man with grand lar-} court. 2 Sal ag co ae — the ap- by inte i eadion tn Fight and Mrs. Elizabeth B. North the crew of 2% men were rescued. ceny. He gave his name'‘as Harry Mil- This is believed to be a point in Adolphus Peper’s affairs, allegi ane el ghincapse tage Wis se hye y wdiooron a SAS , Jer’ and said he ‘lived at 2623 Blair ave- | ravor of the contestants, as the Demo- he wae of unsound atest G tex ged at for Wages. . {| Announced. filling of the water bunkeys. Soon after | nee. crats have contended that they lost| set as the date for a hearing on the ap- . the U3 disappeared the salvage ship , ; a great many votes through the illegal plication. > : Vulkan, which is equipped with modern 1S: WHITE | counting of unnumbered ballots. Adolphus Peper was arrested Sunday For a second time in two days the The rustic surroundings of their ad-| machinery for raising submerged ves- ‘FEDORA OH A COLD DAY The ruling of the court was yeh Jan. 8, at Bell's honie on a charge of members and guests of the Missouri joining homes-in Sst. Louis County sels, poet ager me a v9 te gee down by_C*’ef Justice Valliant. There successfu emonstration wha was no Gissenting opinion. cap ye Ra S eaeie without license | athletic Club went without their unch-| formed the scene of the firat meeting could do in such an emergency. Judge Gantt a Contestant sagt mee of tr mecange actions he! |. Tessiay of Henry P. Hilliard, president of the} pirst communication with the subma- ae Members He Is Not Setting - wn Se ad ge ag oe: was sent to the tity hospital observa. | © wees 1 Bank, and. Mrs. Eliza- ‘ished. by a duoy tele- Former Judge James B. Gantt, one tion ward. The 8 waiters who went on. strike Central National Bank, ap . rine was establish ya a ; New Style; Just Wearing [st se contentnin, wo sat with o0¢|""Tast October he was arrested on the| Monday and who accepted"a ning per[V0t% Bua North, « year and « bait] phons, or whe, fe coamaenmct| sdlamapolis Police Head = er charge of taking a tire from an auto- ‘ ago.’ They were married Tuesday morn- Csi Old Hat. with Judge Marshall in holding that cent increase in wages, walked out|, 1. the Rev. John F. Cannon at the |! 48-hour supply of oxygen and that | WASHINGTON, Jan. 11—Uncle Joo] the allot boxer could not be opened | i was ‘arrested with ine fice endse| SENS WHER O06 of thelr number, AT-| parsonage of the Grand Avenue Presby-|‘he crew was in no immediate danger,| |Chlet of Bele, Seung. ai =a : Cannon createé a sensation at the cap- for the purpose of comparing them with his arm, and was carrying an automo- thur Bernard, was discharged. terian Church. aneere pee oe ~— ot ~ ne othe a! ainnanaied ate offered a. gold itol by appearing in a white hat of the the voting lists, declared to a Post-/iiie jack in his hand. Bernard at Monday’s arbitration meet-| The bride is the daughter of Daniel} Placed a “chair” about the Au trache’ [to the faut SnnEn ais shoots aa Fedora style. It looked new. Dispatch correspondent at Jefferson Property Worth $300,000 ing with the club’ management acted | Bissell, whose home is north of Baden. | *v>marine. The “chair” wes & rg che | through 6 purwe-snateher. City that the present ruling does not ’ as chaifman of the waiters’ commit-| Near the Bissell home is Wintmere, Mil- |‘? Powerful cranes on the deck © sé “The very idea,” said the Ciel, wt : na In the petitio Pi al on us?” was = Ho oe indicate that the Court has receded Peper’s Partizan eB ped _ sc tee. liard’s country place. Hilliard bought Vulkan pr seadiak ah spe myey Bosse one sueed whet ak Aen of ‘his br Finally a delegation was sent to in- from its fermer opinion. 000 in value. It includes one-fifth of the| He was. the spokesman who laid be-|the place, which was the home of the ares tiga 4¢? of ge beat 4 Ex-|chief’s plan. “I can hardly quire | of the Sage of Danville why he What the court held at that time, | stock of the tobacco company, an {nter- fore the management the terms onjold Field Club, and remodeled it for aj released from her i he Costauat’ the [male aaa van shisne tha Windlatt. chilliest day of the he said, was that the order sought by| ost in a lot at Twelfth and Market} WHich the men would go back to work. residence. When this work had been | tly three hours 4 “4 req | around gunning | for pe Judge Spencer was too sweeping. It} streets and other valuable hol dings. He| ‘When the waiters appeared for duty nearly completed, he met Mrs. North, | periscope of the submarine appeares winter for his first appearance’ under Perisi : asi would have. required the Election and his wif at 11 o’clock Tuesday they were lined | Who was destined to be the future mis- above the surface, : the thought. he: ape ‘eee, Commissioners, he said, to certify to © have lived, his relatives ' Prince Henry of Prussia was an {nter-; “No, sir, I would not think of ‘ ” es gay, in @ one-sto _|up for roll call as usual. When Ber-jtress of Wintmere. _*Do you: think it's spring?’ ssked a the court the name of every voter, ihteg costae cottage, al nard’s name was reached on the list he} Their acquaintance progressed rapid-| ested spectator at the operations, {the | ing such a meve. a ofthe : though he has an i ey oatenadon make me tired,” replied thus doing away with the secrecy of} onth and has fla gags: was told to stand out of. line. ly in the summer of 1909, and was not | Success 4 ae hogs re the Speak cer, “IT like*this hat and 1 rages bate aoe “thus ‘cea 4 When he called up Bell’s home Tues- Walter Discharged. sere oe rte 9 ‘Sede * “ “ag sade ythiain ge p45 sees ieaa sila at have UKG4-it for more than @ year. I’m} 5+ could not be examined, recounted | °°” M°Pnins. Bell had gone to the of-| At the completion of the roll call he wait an = pe none re ori a the shal. stake, but because of the seeming prob- not setting styles for ae gaa I'M] and compared with the yoting lists. ro sagas = es reget en ah oa sha d hts sortie th Sindee woieare dence of the. bridal couple after their}ability that similar accidents can be just wearing what I please. The decision referred to, by Judge ‘Tn Abitpitie Pies x's = . return to St. Louis. grappled with successfully. : th : g » She heard him : Gantt: was in the case of Bugene Mc say. “I just wanted to tell you that} hen Bernard left the big dining They will depart Tuesday evening on AGE LIMIT FOR EGGS PROPOSED jouer. + ceteatea Republican candi- |r song to Kh Nicholas M. Bell ‘at | 700m all the other waiters followed him. |* "edlins ivrenicis 66 wl hes visit (BURGLARS STEAL PERFUME AND Circuit A f, 2 . ~~ Lg one ttorney, against Jo sight.” out of the building and assured hiin his former home, New Iberia, La. They CANDY ' MISS. $65 IN FREEZER. East Side Officials Would Havel P With this Peper hung up the rece} that they would not return to work un- . Will Carry Out Order. Mrs. Bell telephoned to the ee less he was reinstated. will return to St. Louis early in Febru Date Stamped on Shells When informed of the Supreme Court's} iittie later and told her They demanded but were-unable to’ **Y- ee Bast St. Louis consumers will not pare Chairman Kortjohn of the! the threat, but he told her Hey rn Ms ee an ree: Se Pee ck: stents: aly, to . aie Wouatven vee see dere oe pads Sie Neue aah. thet ane over’ a cor- py ening coon bey mares wgy os gee alarmed. the club’s House Committee. be ‘ecadthameal tee ae tire Ice Cream: Drug Store’s agieuaiche 7 y At the home of Charles G. Peber’. a No Regular Committee. | tain if. an ordinance proposed b % | friends after the ceremony. age, propo ¥ | board will proceed at’once to carry out] member of the household answerea| ‘“When' we. made our demand for a] sriara ¢ r ae ae § sitesi Loss Is $450. Boerd of Health of that city, Tues- ’ : 7 * Sethe sor he Conant: ee ie a Rint dip sera BO gy 0 stag es = Peper's telephone call, and|raise yesterday we had no. regular ago as castiier of the Mechanics’ Na-| Burglars with an eye for sweets and peed hall be. The board has left | not say just how far the commissioners card @ ‘terse warning in the same lan-|grievagce committee,” said one of the| tional Bank. Later he became vice-|scented toilet articles ‘robbed the’ drug the Council to determine. will go in making an examination of the sigs 3 Say oe oe waiters.. ““‘We called) for volunteers to | president of the Mechanics’-American. |store of Henry |. Hudson, at Sarah on resdlution~ introduced by Health | pajots. a ~ ~ % - ee > . . aes J 4, j | Seccia to the Poet-Dtapatch. | - os = 6 = “oe : > 5 a ” as r ; n » Ne ae > 2 itt if ‘e

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