St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 7, 1911

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- 3, Pay into the city treasury about a 50,000 a year under the mill tax law. res ‘The United Railways Co. sought to enjoin the city from enforcing the law. P easy ieldérhabn is chairman, has beer. Might:to @erfect the details of the agree- i return for substantia! concessions for i ‘the improvement of traffic conditions. _ Tecdmmend the adoption of the pro- e sted the enforcement of the mill . BPs that the company shall pay inio 3 nance: imposing a license tax of $25

NAS RIS? RCM AEE AEE tio BE Only Evening Paper in St. Louis W ith the Associated Press News Service.

VOL. 63. NO. 199, _ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7,494. PRICE

Council Centos Mill-Tax Covering Eight Years.

NEW TRANSFER PLAN WILL BE CONDITION

Construction of Downtown Loops. and of Needed New Lines Will Be Agreed on by Corporation, Its Inves- tigators Believe.

A report recommending that the city accept. $1,000,000 from. the United Rail- ways Co. in full settlement of all mih tax claims, aggregating approximately $2,000,000, will be submitted to the Mu- nicipal Assembly in a few days by the special joint committee of the House and Countil, created to investigate the obligations of the company to the city. The report will further recommend. according to information obtained by ‘a Post-Dispatch reporter Tuesday from * authoritative source at the city hall: That the ‘United Railways Co. be - ~permitted to “pay off this obligation ‘at the-rate of $10,000 a month. Thet during the period of approx- ‘ented eight years in which these "payments are being made, the United ys Co. shall be relieved of all Bert ns to pay license or occu- pains taxes. That at the expiration of the eight = That om years the company shall pay to. the ... six. equal ‘installmefts an tax. of $260,000. oecupation tax shali be- “$8000, ‘@ year thereafter. : 6n of three or five pepe We Gtéated by the city to ‘s lpervine the affairs of the United ~ Rallways Co. It is understood at the city hall that conditions with respect to the mill

tax “Cane are dgreeable to the United ) Railways Co., and that in view of the condessions | iectmmneniied. by the coni- mt ae it, wil make the following prom- ises: 4 ‘putiinto éffect a practically uni-. jal system of transfers, efabling accent to go to their deStination by most direct route. write of double To b at least one track railway within the city limits every year. : To estaDdlish ed system of down- town sol lieve traffic conges- tidn. awe) @ rush hours. . oo contention that the Central pete franchise extends ‘the franchises of all the individual ; owns railways lines in the Unit- ed Rail system. te apply to the city for the re- newal: ‘of the franchises of the indi- viduél lines as these franchises ex- e committee, of which Councilman working on the United Railways prob- lem for more than 18 months. Council- ‘™man Schutz and Delegate Russell have been actively aiding Schneiderha’in in wotking out an agreement win the United, Railways Co. for the betterment od the service. - Long Fight on Tax. ‘Councilmen Schneiderhahn and Schutz have repeatedly worked far into the Ment, ‘While they decline to discuss the terins of the agreement, it is understood that they have arrived at the conclusion ‘that the city could well afford to give up the mill tax on the United Rafiways The committee has no power to enter into an agreement with the unitea Railways Co., but it can re- port ‘to the Municipal Assembly, an‘ agreement. “The United Ralilwgys Co. has re- ordinance. This ordinance pro- thes elty trearury one mill for each € it passenger transported over its

I e ordinance was passed more } Six years ago, repealing an or- year on each car. It is estimated a Abas company would be required suit, carried to the United ) Supreme Court, was decided in ne: company has paid no part of the ae :*the - under the mil! tax during the time it has been ie the legality of the ordinance paid no license or occupation tax} rv into the city treasury. ——_

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UR CO URGED Will Recommend That City Ac- . cept One-Half of Amount Due on Long Contested in. Installments Highest Lowest 11 FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY; ABOUT. SAME TEMPERATURE

THE TEMPERATURES, 1 a. m.... .48 7 Ge OR. ces .42 9 a.m........40 ee 41

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Last fall PASADENA TODAY.

"i won't say more cold conditions are now so normal for the $ “Shows

weather,’ first ~wweek in March that there is justification for the popular belief that the early morning thunder and hail were harbingers of spring.”’ Official forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday; not much change in tem- perature; lowest tonight about 40 de- green above. Stage of the river: 11.2 feet; a fall of .4 of a foot,

Missouri—Generally Wednesday: colder Wednesday cloudy. oe Os Ws i ow ae 12 (noon)..,..42 a Why ces «0 8% 41 2p. m......:.42 That hailstorm isn’t going to re-] * Washington, Following Mobi- spond to an en- ; : ‘ : core. The fore- lization Directions. caster says that the weather is go- ing to clear rap- idly and while the air won't exactly ‘tthe next 24 hours there wil] be no drop in temperature and be balmy in 20,000 SOLDIERS

and All Plans Are Laid in TO TEXAS BORDER. AT TAFT'S ORDER} Official Explanation Given in ONE-FOURTH TOTAL FORCE Careful Preparations Are Made

Wear Golden Crown at Pasadena Feast.

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Faust.to Rep- resent Absent Couple at

Wednesday will be Advance. the Coliseum. fair. Speaking unof- etna. Cintamani ficially the man] py Associated Press. By Associated Press. who guesses at} WASHINGTON, March 7,—Following PASADENA, Cal., March 7.—What is “sn seam pe the Cabinet meeting at the White House said to be the most elaborate golden sday today, a statement was issued declaring | V°@ding anniversary ever celebrated looks very much @s if spring is in sight.* chat, we'll not have any ‘hut he mused, some fair tonight and in south portion tonight. | Illinois—Threatening tonight, in northeast and colder south portion; with rain or in extreme

gift of Mrs. came necessary AUTOS EXTERMINATE SQUIRRELS IN PARK

So Few Left New York Woman Friend of Animals Brings New Stock From Woods. NEW. YORK, March squirrels from Vermont will be turned loose in Central Park this week, A. F. Smith, a wealthy society woman, who for more than 14 years has visited the park daily to feed the squirrels and birds. the park know her as and it is not uncommon to seé 100 squirrels following her. - During the last few years hundreds of squirrels have been Park by automobiles, and restocking be- to prevent extinction. Smith had 125 houses built in trees in the park. Mrs. 7.—Neary 500 wild the Employes of “the squirrel killed in Central squirrel

Firemen time. the police. BURGLAR ALARM TOO FAST FOR EVIDENCE

Catch have been stealing horse feed for spme At 8 p. m. Monday the gong rang. The firemen ryghied to the rear doors and found two negroes standing there almost dumfounded with the suddenness of the rush. The negroes were turned over to Warrants Tuesday but refused because the alarm worked so quickly that no evidence of intent to steal had been gathered. The negroes were released. Two Men. So Quickly There Is Nothing to Show Intent to Steal. A burglar alarm was rigged Fire Engine House No. Spruce streets, to catch thieves who up in 24, Twelfth and were applied for

CORSAGE BOUQUET IS WORN BY MAN

Jeers of Bellman Drive Pioneer in New Fashion Out of_ Chicago Hotel. CHICAGO, March bouquet for men who desire the ultra swell evening dress reached Chicago last night on the person of a young man of foreign birth, who, for an hour or more, created amusement for the women along Peacock Alley at the Congress Hot. and contempt among their male escorts. At last a bellman called him “‘Clarice’’ and followed it up with ‘Oh, until the stranger ieft.the hotel without giving his name. 7.—The corsage you kid,”

session just WASHINGTON TALK DEAR

Congressional Debates Last Term Cost 54 Cents a Word. WASHINCTON, March closed the country in salaries 54 cents for every word ut- tered in congressional debate by ators and representatives. The record approximates of 1600 words each, or 6,750,000 words of debate. A session of Congress is sup- posed to represént a year’s work. Sen- ators and representatives draw salaries of $750 per annum and the tota! yearly payroll is $3,615,000. the paid 7.—For sen- 4500 pages

12 Hens Lay 216 Eggs in 28 Days. ° ALAMEDA, Cal., March 7.—J. H. Tait of 1318 Park street has 12 Minorca hens which he says made a record for egg- laying last month. The dozen produced 216 eggs in 28 days. match his hens against any 12 hens ye F ; : Tait is ready to ‘tically is one-fourth of the entire army ficers and men. navy circles, ican boundary. That today’s mands have been made with specia of the boundary States and Mexico. present intention to the daily press dispatches. Diaz to See Limantour. 2 ico, would atrrive in New York tomor- row and that he would meet there Col. Porfirio Diaz Jr., son of the Pres- ident of the Mexican republic. The purpose of the meeting can only be surmised. Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson now in Washington and has been consultation with the offictals of — State Department regarding conditions, but as it is nearly two weeks since he left Mexico City; he has no additional light to throw on the situation. A new element has been introduced. however, that may have an important bearing on the present attitude of. the Government toward Mexico. i: is learned that a few days ago the Brit- ish Ambassador here was in communi- cation with the officials of the State is in the Mexican formed as’ to what steps were to be taken to protect the interests of foreign- ers in Mexico. The British Government let it be Known that if the United States could not extend protection, the British Government might feel it neces- sary to look after its own subjects. Cabinet Meeting Late. The Cabinet meeting today was post- poned from 11 o'clock until noon. ‘This gave rise to the report that President Taft had not had time to collect all the matter desired from the War and Navy departments to submit to his Cabinet advisers. Senator Bacon, ranking minor- ity member of the Senate Committee on foreign Affairs, was among the early callers at the White House. Senator Cullom of Illinois, chairman of that committee also was sent for and spent some time with the President. The War Department declares that it is to disprove charges that the United States Army is not prepared for actual warfare and that it is lacking in every essential that goes to make up a de- fensive force that the President has ordered a magnificent test of the whole machinery controlling the mobile army on a scale greater than ever before at- tempted in time of peace in this coun- try. . One-Fourth of Army Called. Reproducing as nearly as possible war conditions involving hostilities in ad- vatice of a formal declaration of war, the President gave the word last night, and within a few moments messages were flying over the country by wire ordering the assemblage of 20,900 troops in the Department of Texas. This prac- of the United States, Including those troops in th Philippines and other in- Sular possess ¢ns. The navy is to play its part and a formidable fleet of armored cruisers, supplemented by auxiliaries necessary for the successful maintenance of a hostile naval force on the coast of an enemy will take its place off the Texas shore line. These cruisers comprise the present fifth division of the Atlantic fleet riow at Hampton Roads, and which are now ready for sea. The division comprises the flagship Tennessee, Montana, North Carolina and Washington, all power- ful armored cruisers of 14,500 tons dis- placement, under command of Rear Admiral Sydney A. Steaunten, 3 The military force will establish its headquarters at San Antonio under command of Major-General Willlam H. Carter, assistant chief of staff, assist. ed by several brigadier-generals, who will command the brigades into which the grand division will be divided. These brigades will be placed at strategic points throughout the Depart- ment of Texas, including not only the Mexican border tewns, to which par-

movements were not suddenly conceived is evident from. the fact ‘that recent changes in army com- reference to the rapid mobilization of a large military force in the neighborhood between the United The State Depart- ment officials assert they know of no send American troops across into Mexico and their last advices from that country are not ma- terially different from those reported in It was reported here today that Jose Limantour, Minister of Finance of Mex- that the movement of 20,000 troops to Texas and to the border of Mexico in California is solely for the purpose of maneuvers and for the training of of- But even in the light of a long of- ficial explanation of the remarkable ac- tivity suddenly exhibited in army and it is apparent that in at least some quarters much thought has been given to what has come to be regarded as a very unsatisfactory con- dition of affairs just south of the Mex- l Department and was anxious to be in- |. anywhere in the world began here today, with Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch of St. with family The présents, valued at a total of half a million dollars, include gifts from the President of the United States and the The most beautiful and costly among them is the golden crown presented to Mrs. Busch by her husband. It is studded with diamonds Louis as the central figures, and four generations of the Busch in attendance. German Emperor. GUST J TeAawsst

and pearls and is valued at $200,000. It was made in Frankfort, Germany. At the wedding Aeast tonight at the Buseh mansion Mrs. Busch will be crowned and will sit beside her hus- band on a throne. The children presented the parents with a dozen full-sized dinner plates made of solid gold and valued at $25,000. A solid gold flower basket, valued at $15,- 000, was received from the grandchol- dren. A solid gold vase from branch managers in the employ of the An- heuser-Busch siiiints Association cost $20,000. President Taft sent a $20 gold coin of the newest St. Gaudens design, in an ivory case. Theodore Roosevelt sent a solid gold loving cup, and there Was sia a gold loving cup from Emper>r William of Germany. 2 A magnificent loving cup Was ceived from citizens of Pasadena. The wedding feast takes place tonight at “The Blossoms,” the Busch winter home. The floral decorations are va'- ued at $50,000. re-

4. _ BREWERY CLOSED, SALUTE IS FIRED Employes Will Gather ia Coii- seum, With Fausts as Acting Hosts. A 50-gun salute from a brass cannon in the shipping yards of the Annheuser- Rusch Brewery, at Ninth and Pestalozzi streets, at 10 a. m. Tuesday marked the opening of the St. Louis celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch. Not a wheel or a spigot turned at the big brewery. Even the doors of the of- fice and the sternewirth were locked. A hundred Americans flags were thrown to the breeze, and between the large smokestacks of the boiler house hung an ensigh 9% feet long and 6 feet wide, said ,to be the fourth largest flag in the United States. Bank Displays Bunting. The South Side Bank, at Broadway and Pestalozzi street, controlled by the

ticular at veton and will be given. but also the ether seaperta, =

EMPLOYES HAVE GALA DAY MEPS ADOLPHUS ' GIFTS WORTH HALF MILLION - AT BUSCH GOLDEN WEDDING INCLUDE KAISER’S TRIBUTE Bride of Half-Century Ago Will

Mr. and Mrs. fam tm tly is now gather said

ee ee WINS $70,000 BY LANDING BIPLANE ON FRENCH PEAK Renaux, Carrying Passenger, Suc- ceeds in Difficult Michelin Competition.

CLERMONT - FERRAND, France, March 7.—Aviator Renaux, flying at St: Cloud today, landed on the’ summit of Puy-de-Dome, a mountain 4800 feet high, at 2:20 o’clock, winning the special Michelin prize of $20,000. Throughout the voyage the aviator maintained a speed of from 8 to 90 kilometers an hour. This approximates a mile’ a minute. ; The airman made the flight in five hours and eight minutes. He made a stop of 17 minutes at Nevers. Starting in the Seine-Et-Oise, he first circled the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, then shot away for this place, where he made a turn about the spires of the Cathedral and a few. moments later alighted on the mountain top. The distance traveled as the aviator flies is 217 miles. Renaux used a Farman biplane and was accompanied by M. Senoucque. A vast crowd witnessed the French- man’s triumph and became almost de- lirious with joy. Renaux said he had an easy flight in beautiful weather. Eugene Renaux is 344 years of age and was formerly a bicyclist and automo- bilist. He won his aeroplane license onty yesterday.

Prise Was Considered tainanbic. ST. CLOUD, France, March 7.--Re- naux, with a passenger. crossed the of- ficial line at 9:12 o’clock this morning in an*attempt to win the special Michelin prize of $20,000, hung up last year for the first airman’ who, with a companion, would fly in six hours from Paris to the.top of Puy-de-Dome, after circling the steeple of the cathedral at Clermont- Ferrand. Henry Weymann. the American, sania the first attempt Sept 7 last,. but lost his way in a fog, when . the we +d b seemed almost within his grasp. The distance covered is 217 miles and the rules required that a landing be made Almost Unat-

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Adolphus Busch, jubilee, and ‘The Blossoms,’ their whrKs home at Pasadena, where So ee em

celebrants in golden wedding

[POCKET PICKED, HE CHASES THO MEN, GETS ONE Henry F. Niedringhaus Captures Man Whe Jostled Him on. Car Platform.

Henry F. Niedringhaus of. 5651 Bart- mer avenue, cashier of the National Enameling and Stamping Co., chased two men after one of them had picked his pocket Tuesday on a street car. He caught one man, but the other, who had his purse, got away. In the purse were $20 and a ticket to Cape Sirardeau. At Central Station the prisoner said he was Valentine Harmon of Oklahoma City, and that he had just come to 8t. Louis. Niedringhaus was taking his sister-in- law to Union Station, on her way to Cape Girardeau: As they got on the car at Eighteenth and Olive streets a tall man stumbled against Niedring- haus, While a younger man, well dressed, fell against him too. At the same moment he felt his purse leaving its moorings in his right hip pocket. The fwo men who jostled him jumped from the car, with Niedring- haus in close pursuit. The man who gave his name as Valentine Harmon was caught by Niedringhaus in an al- ley after a short chase. The man struggled to get away, but Niedringhaus held him until a police- man came up and took charge of him. A short time before Niedringhaus had his pocket picked, John Hickey and his wife, from Garden Plains, Ill.. came to St. Louis to visit. friends at 4214 North Market street. While on an Eighteenth street car he had bis pocket picked of | $30.. The polige believe he w- robbed by the, two who robbed _fiedring-. haus.

Sedan California Cantaloupes at 85 Each. LOS ANGELES. Cal.,. March 7.—The crv cantaloupes of che 1911 season were on. the .Los. Angeles mark :t Sn ACRR., State of Sinaloa, Mex!i-

a ONE CENT has reposed in. Sr ya 1roughe znatic on which he lias viewed the attacks on the Secretary’s personal and ottcial= | integrity. é " gp: wage Ay ke” Be ra : Qe a ge

TION BALLINGER RESIGNS, TAFT, ACCEPTING, RAPS HIS ENEMIES President Tells Interior Head He Has Been the Object of One of the Most Unscrup- ulous Conspiracies for the Defamation of Character History Can Show. i ieeeememeemnneicmameneet WALTER L. FISHER OF | CHICAGO, SUCCESSOR

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He Has Been Prominent as Civic Reformer and Is President of the Conserva- tion League of America and a Pinchot Supporter..

RICHARD A. BALLINGER, (- Retiring Secretary of the Interior. })

By Associated Press. RS WASHINGTON, March 7.—Richard A. Ballinger’s resigna: | tion as Secretary: of the Interior, dated Jan. 19 last, was accep appointed as his sidelobe: his dommission being signed immediately: | by the President. Mr. Fisher will take office within a few days. Secretary Ballinger bases his resignation entirely on the con- i dition of his health. The President replied at once expressing his confidence in Secretary Ballinger; his reluctance to aceept | his resignation, and requested the Secretary to remain in “a : until the close of Congress. =

newed his request that he be relieved at a date suiting the President’ : venience, but immediately if } By while. Today President Taft in a letter formally accepted the resign: ..30

The President goes on to declare it is evident that he himself has the ultimate object. of the attack and says that to insist on Mr. Ballinger remaining in office ‘‘with the prospects of further efforts against you, is selfishly to impose on you more of a burden that I ought to impose.’’ bs The President’s letter of acceptance is a sweeping and uncompromis- ; ing declaration of .faith in Mr. Ballinger’s personal character and motives ; and in his official integrity and competency. THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER. It was written this morning and is as follows: ‘‘Dear Mr. Secretary—I accept your resignation with great reluctance, I have had the fullest opportunity to know you, to know your standards of service to-the Government and the public, to know your motives, to know how you have administered your office and to know the, motives of those who have assailed you. I do not hesitate to say that you have been the object of one of the.most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of . character that history can show. — ‘‘T have deemed it my duty not only to the Government, but to society in general, to fight out this battle to the end, confident. that in’ the. end your fellow citizens would see that the impressions of you-as @ man and as the administrator of a high public office, were falee and were the result of a malicious and unprincipled plan for the use of the press to misrepresent y re and your actions, and to torture every circumstance, however free from. | rimental significance, into proof of corrupt motive. CALLS IT HYPOORITICAL PRETENSE. ; Pe 2

ruption in order to avoid the necessary responsibility that even ‘the’ wo! = : criminal is entitled to—to wit, that to a definite charge of ict, shower you with suspicion and by the most’ pettifogging methd to the public matters which had no relevancy, an issue of either or efficiency in office, but which paraded before an hysterical body ot b line readers served to blacken your character and to obscure the Proper i of your honesty and effectiveness as a public servant. ‘¢The result has been a cruel tragedy. You and yours state Tost and have been burdened financially. The conspiratorsswho 11ve not 3 in their pursuit of you to resort to the meanest methods, including the < ruption of your most confidential assistant, plume themselves like the Pha sees of old, as the only pure members of society actuated by the spirit self-sacrifice for their fellow men. . “EVERY FIBER REBELS." =f ‘‘Every fiber of my nature rébels against such hiyproerisy and nerves } = 2 to fight such a combination and such methods to the bitter end, ‘test sccens in this instance may form a demoralizing precedent. But personal ¢ j tion for you and yours makes me feel that I have no right to-ask oe tor further sacrifice. Of course, it has been made evident that I was and | the ultimate object of the attack; and to insist, against your will. en: rom a remaining in office with the prospect of further efforts against you is Oe to im on you more of a burden than I ought to impose. “Ae } say farewell to you, let me renew my bapresstons es and sincerest. respect for you and of my profound gratitude ee hard work, your unvarying loyalty, and your effective public service. © nope Ene rN Oe eee sae and tao aa real happiness wil] come to you and yours when you return to that ¢ munity where you live and whose members know your worth as a ma and a citizen and who will receive you again with opem-arms, =o “Sincerely. yours, WILLIAM H. * Ballinger Sent His Letter of © _ Resignation. ta tf aft Jar Mr. Se ae eananar od a resignation, which has been i the} great, source of cor neAws: oC the Prestent stave donk Wy SNe yet I he! at

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