St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 18, 1911

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ate Igoe to Move for Re-|_ | ansideration, Fyeowing st Going on Record: on : € Measure. ; a 4 EE WHO FAVOR IT WERE mo W mh » Are for ‘Me&sure Re-| Ait Price to 944. Cents Per Kilowatt Would Insure ‘aie at Next Session. a ht rates was defeated in the » of Delegates Friday night will be COL idered next Tuesday night. Dele- te William L. Igoe, who voted for the nN Friday night,” thapged his vote, nen he saw it was going to be. de- sted, so that he could move at the meeting for reconsideration. The | was recommerided by the Public vice Gommission and fixes the max!- n electric light rate at 9% cents a re left of Delegates chamber when ‘ag “was called up for passage, told € gr eae paperten. Laer ye vee f id Would’ have voted against | able to mpawer,. the rol | $F » During Rotten ; also’ left the; Srouss 8 %¥ reat hen. the “pill w | . He edged his ; ‘to the. cloak room, got his coat | 1 Agel east one glance back. rk ay _ ering the roll, gat. efore his name he bift would ave been passed if eeotes Ham ‘Eilera and Holi- | Dwhe's “known to be for it, had ; “4 nin their seats. the other ghesntdes were Dele- _ Oheim, Chapman, Paule “and ‘Speaker Rombauef was ex- i from voting. The vote showed eeeren for the bill and four , at. ate Paulie, who is now a can- » for the City Council on the Re- taco 4 ca n “ticket, called up the H6use tates before the meeting and nt measures ‘Tam in favor: of the " and it it is called : ey to be ve to ote Yor is its

NEW YORK, March > ITTY GORDON, the: actress, who K was Mrs. Beresford, and related to Lord’ and Lady Decies, wili marry Count Maurice Fries of Aus- tria, member of the London Stock Ex- change. It was announced here: today. The marriage will take place in June, The Count long has been an. admirer of Miss Gordon. He is the son of s territorial magnate tm Austria and is about 35 years old. He is the heir to some wealth, and his family is high in Austrian society. {COURT ALLOWS. $7500 YEARLY TO GIRL OF 14 Georgette vA. Madill’s Curator Her Expenses Regge: T hat Much-Annually, — ’ Georgette. A, Meat, 14 ‘years old, of 4140 Lindell boulevard, is to have $7500 a year for her. personal expenses while she is going to school, traveling around, enjoying vacations and:so on. An or- - ; . camp Saturday, on the “application of her stepfather, Edward 8. Robert, who is also her curator, authorizing him to expend that much on her every year. Georgette is the daughter of Judge George A. Madill, who died about ten years ago, leaving a large estate. Her mother is now the- wife of . Robert. Mrs, Robert proposed her husband as curator for the child. | Georgette’s direct interest in the ¢s- tate, according to the application for the allowance, is $50,000,’ which, under the provisions of the will, is in trust with the St. ‘Louls Union Trust Co. Her income from it is $17,500 a year. 88,498 DIE FROM PLAGUE IN A MONTH ° + : Disease in India Gains Such a ‘Hold That, Efforts to Combat ‘It Are Useless. ‘LONDON, March 18.—During the month of February the deaths from the |plague in India reached the enormous total of 88,498. r The disease has ‘become such a fix- ture in that country that its ravages are little heard of except through occa- sional official statistics. The: British. ‘India office. reports that the epidemic was particularly violent this year and adds that the most per- sistent efforts to stamp it out have failed ‘to effect a permanent improve- jment in the Situation. — , Sealand Joke Ts Fatal. BLY RHEVILLD, Ark., March 18,—~ cal jokes on his friends, Joseph Durke slipped a green rubber snake into the hands of Mike J. ‘Josephs, his cousin, which so shocked Joneph’s weak heart that he died. | to the ‘hospital.

City Has Received 3 Cases Since Monday, One Dies, One Not Expected to Live. BAD AIR IS A CAUSE Symptoms Are Said to Be Severe Headaches, Stiff Neck and , Pains in the Back. Three cases of cerebro-spinal menin- gitis have been received at the City Hospitat since Monday. One patient has died and ancther is not expected to recover, In the previous two years only two cases were treated at the nos- pital. Dr. Walter Hewitt, the super- intendent, fears an epidemic. Jacob Ritter, 18 years old, of 4000 California. avenife, was received Mon- day. He had falien unconscious and was thought to have been poisoned, but the hospital physicians recognized the meningitis symptoms and verified the diagnosis with tests. 16 Rottlies of Se Sixteen bottles of the Flexner serum have been injected into his spine. The treatment is expensive, but has been effective, and he is expected to recover. Paul Biddle, 20 years old,"@ tobacco worker, living. at 4228 Folsom avenue, was received/Wednesday. The disease had progressed so far that it did not respond to treatment and he.died Fri- day. Saturday morning Spiros Voultros was taken sick.at Union Station and sent He was unconscious when. received ‘there and his recovery is in doubt. Dr., Hewitt says persons! who are em- ployed in stuffy, ill-ventilated places eontract the disease. The first symp- toms. are severe headaches, stiffness of the neck and. pains in the. back. Disease. Usually Fatal. Dr. Hewitt said: “The fact that we have had three cases hin a week, when we usually do not have more than three or fotir in a year, leads me Used, Cte , <t fear that we may.have an_ epidemic. der was issued by Probate Judge Holt- f° Pwo years ago there were. 16 cases at one time. “The disease is infectious. It is con- tracted in breathing. Fresh air is its natural enemy. Perzons who spend much of their time in impure .atmos- phere are most liable to contract it. The first symptoms are severe head- ache, pain in the neck and pain in the back. It ns a rapid course, un- consciousness occurring within a few hours, and unless the serum treatment is promptly applied soon ends.in death.’ PROPHET. HICKS IS ROBBED ON A CAR Long Distance Weather Fore- caster Loses Purse to Four Men Who Jostled Him. The Rey. Irl R. Hicks, who can see a storm a. year in édvance, was un- able Saturday to forecast the inten- tions of a pickpocket who stood next to him on an Olive street car. His lack of foresight in this particular instance cost him $229. Dr. Hicks got on a west-bound car at/ Broadway at 10:30 a. m. He was standing on the rear platform, when he felt himself jostied by four men who stood next to him. Their actions aroused his suspicion that there might be a sterm brewing in his im- mediate neighborhood. When the four men jumped off between Sixth and Seventh streets, Dr. Hicks felt for his purse. It was gone. Dm Hicks, in a tor- nado of excitement, whitied off the car and told Policeman Mulcahey about being robbed. He said the men were between 20 and 30 years old, with red faces and wore black overcoats and black derby hats. nr n yesterday Friday, deminatrated i their faith aed | ' in the POST- DISPATCH as an hein nts the POST-DISPATCH alone, while they used t biggest out ot Tay. Feran other ee

Chicago Woman. at First Told Police She Didn't Know How He Met His Death. [ATER ADMITS MISTAKE Mrs. Schenk Declares She Saw a Man Move, and Pistol She Carried Was Discharged. By Associated Press. F CHICAGO, March 18,.—John bohewic, superintendent of the Park Rdige branch of the Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co., was found shot to death early today in his home in Park Ridge, a suburb, and the po- lice announced several hours later, after Mrs. Schenk had recovered from hysteria, that the wife had admitted she shot her husband, oe him for a burglar. When police arrived at the Rouse, Mrs. Schenk was hysterical and re-. quiréa medical attention before. she could make a coherent statement. At first she said she did not know who fired the two shots which entered her husband's body, but after be- coming calmer,..is_reported by the police to have said: “T had. retired, after being up late to an entertainment, and was awakened by the sound of someone in the house. I was too frightened to cali out, but went to see what it was, carrying revolver. IL saw a mag move and I don’t know how the gun became dis- charged. Then when I called to Schenk and he did not answer, a suspicion came over my mind, and I -found I had, killed ‘him. It was a horrible mig- take, as we always have been very happy.” LAMBERT OFFERS 4 ~ BALLOONS TO N. G. M. Gas Bags. Would Be Used by Aeronautic. Corps if Sent to of St. Louis wired to ajtant-Gen- éral Rumbold of the National Gu of Missouri, Jefferson City, Saturday, offering the tise of the club’s four balloons to the Aeronattic Corps in the event it ts sent to: the Mexican border. The recent orders that all depart- ments of the National Guard be re- cruited to their full strength has con- vinced militia officers Heré that the National Guard eventually will be called to the border. The Aeronautic Corps is the only department of’ the Guard without a proper equipment. as the United States War Depart- ment’s interest in this department has been a practical interest oniy the last month. The four balloons offered by Presi- dent Lambert are the St. Louis ITT and the St.Louis IV, 80,000 cubic-foot balloons, the Missouri 40,000 and the Million Population Club balloon of 80,000. ° CLOUDY SUNDAY IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR DAY OF REST THE TEMPERATURDS. . 40 11 a. ee 12 (noon) ....38 De MM. ose... 41 2 PB. BBs i we ¥ vine Yesterday’s Temperatures. ea west. »- 66 at 2 py. m. at 2 a. mi. Cloudy weather, with a threat of rain, will. give backslders an ex- ‘cuse for not gt- tending church Sunday. There is a big storm over Northéastern Tex- as and Southern Loweast) .. WAS A MEMBER OF oe gga It is the weather forecaster’s guess that the storm will miss St. Louis and pass to the east of us, but it may not get side- tracked. In all events, ‘there will be cloudy weath- er, he says, and possibly rain. It will not be cold Sunday, and if the storm should be dissipdted on its way north the day will be balmy. _ - Official forecast: Fair and warmer tonight; lowest tonight cloudy. Stage of the river: 10.1, feet; « tai}

Test: Qase Decision Is That Ordi- mance Conflicts With State Law and Burdens Poor. RETAIL STORES MAY OPEN ee Defendant in Case Before Judge Falkenhainer Sold Ten Cents Worth of Pig’s Feet. - The city ordinance providing that grocery stores must close at 9 a. m. on Sunday was declared invalid Saturday by Judge Falkenhainer in the Court of Criminal Correction. is held that the ordinance conflicts with the State laws and is a burden on the poorer classes, ) buy perishable provisions and keep them. over Sunday. ~. Herman Bernhard, who has a delicat- essen at 8141 South Grand avenue, w@s, discharged by Judge Falkenhainer on a charge of violating the city ordinance by selling groceries on Sunday. This Was a test case arranged by the Retail Merchants’ Association to test the valid- ity of the closing law. In demanding that grocery stores be allowed to open on, Sundays, the as- sociation declared that the city ordi- nance was. unconstitutional because it: conflicted with the State Jaws, which exclude the necessities of life from the rigid provisions; ordering other stores to close. They also made the senti- mental plea that the ordigance was felt who-cannot afford to} In the decision. it Xs by the poorer classes, who could not | afford icehoxes to- keep food overnight. Bernhard sold 10 cents’ worth of pigs’ feet to William Hammer, 3733 Juniata street, Nov. 13. The case was tried before. Judge Kleiber on an agreed statement of facts, and Bernard was di reed. The case was appealed, aise has been pending in the Court of Criminal Cor- eee since Jan. 16. Miss. Fleanora- Prattk ‘Victim of|* Peculiar Accident While Clean-. ing the Kitchen, Miss Eleanora Frank, aged 18, daugh- ter of Gottlieb Frank, was sériously wounded in ‘the side Saturday morning} by the discharge of a ‘rusty ‘revolver that she accidentally dropped on. the floor at her home, 2128 Stansbury. street. Miss Frank was cleaning the kitchen, while her. mother was at, work in the parlor. She took from a cupbeard a box containing odds and. ends, amon them the old revolver. She took it from the box and “was looking at it when it fell from her hands to the floor. It. struck ongthe hammer and was discharged, the bullet passing through Miss Frank’s side. Mrs.. Frank found her lying: on the floor #vith the old revolver beside her and the circumatances led the pdlice|. to think that the girl had attempted to kill herself, until she was able: to tell how it had happened. Dt. Drescher cf .2154 Stansbury avenue, who administered temporary treatment, said ° that Miss Frank would recover, PROMOTER SUES: ae SF BEGGS’ CONCERN H. F, Vogel Alleges \$15,796. Is Due to Hifn for St. Louis » Car Co: Work. H. F.- Vogel, former vice-president Of the St. Louis Car Co., filed suit against the sense epee ped for $15,706 for services — uring the recent reorganisa- Vogel alleges that he was —— temperature 5 brvacr au caeenti se eee ces | ee ss sist re . < ie as. SR,GALEX aes Pie ee yy Se AREY 5 % <4 noe : mae ;

‘Man: in Salt Lake Wants Answer ‘by Wire but How to Write fotki Isea Puzzle. 4 ; s ~ Out. in Salt Lake city a man wants to know where Walnut street, St. Louis, is, ‘He telegraphed to police headquar- ters “Friday: night, asking information by wire, at Kis expense.’ His’ telegram read: ‘“‘Where is Wainut street?’ and was, ree “FF. RR: MeKenna.”’ The police offrciais are perfectly will- ing to tell where Walnut street is, © It has ‘been’ there a long time and there's no secret about ft. But they. don’t know how ‘to tell ‘the man = in Salt Lake City. ' The. telegram: was delivered to Night | QGhief*Gillaspy. - “Why, certainly, that’s ‘easy;” ‘said the. t Chief, as he start- eo to. write the wer. But he dia. not’ write: it. .He gave it.up and passed it} on to Chief Young. It is the same with Chilet \Young. He knows the answer, ‘mut: De.fom net: know how to write tt: ‘~It*he: tells the Salt Lake City man that.Walnut. street is’ a block south of Market street, the man :will want to know}; whére Market street is, and if. Miss . _Howmiller’s Engagement | Announced, and Miss Mc» sca “Blair’s eyo Make’ Pee.’ The announcement of Pat engagement |i» of ‘Miss Linda Howmiller of 5203 F avenue to Herbert Brown of Gaivexon | Bes Tex., makes the fifth romance brow to’a culmination among the Phere pep assistants in the pest two mon’ 1 rc Se Her engagement was” ‘termaly : enacunces at a noonday luncheon , lay by Mrs. William P. ‘Grier’ of rj Hawthorne avenue, herself a Mibrary| "Semisithncoeds with the announcement “ee comes information that another ifbrary| assistant, Alice McBlair of 5118 ee sition. at the Carondelet Branch. This} 4¢ has led to tife expectation that she is} _/** to_be the: etait. Teo Hildebrand ot 40 a.

wires. that -it; is .a block north. of |. Y street, is.. A map would help but you can’t wire * mews and the man ig in.@ hurry 80. the Chiet thinks he will tell. the Mrs: fhattiliys: "Young. us Wants. to Prove He LC Net , © Marry'f for Money,