St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 21, 1911

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oar ~ ATWOOD BY BUSK 10 BE 236 MILES OUT OF NEW YORK Plans Late This Afternoon to Fly From Lyons to Utica —Goes to Albany Tues- day, and Wednesday De- livers Post-Dispatch Mes- sage to the World.

953 MILES COVERED IN 20 HOURS 30 MINUTES Makes Speedy Sunday Fight, at One Point Going Four Miles in Three Minutes— Now Approaching World’s Long Distance Record.

ATWOOD BATTLES WITH DUST CLOUDS LYONS, N. Y., Aug.: 21. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. HE strangest feature about my T trip from Buffalo to Lyons was that I ran into heavy cuuds v9! dust. [his was a source of great annoyance tu ‘1. for I had to use one hand for steer- ing an@ with the other wipe my ‘yes, 1 was not far out of Buffalo yesterday when I first detected the fine grains of sand hitting me in the face. Thinking that I was flying too low, I raised my machine several hundred feet, but still felt the sand. No matter how I steered I could not avoid it until I reached Batavia, where I found the air clear. ‘Nearing Rochester I decided that 1 would not fly directly over the - éity, but make a detour of the out- | skirts. There was considerable smoke, which I thought might ‘confuse me. It will be easy now ‘for me to get into New York | Wednesday. , es HARRY N, ATWOOD.

Special te the Post-Dispatch. LYONS, N. Y., Aug. 21—Harry N. At- wood had his biplane all tuned up this morning to continue his flight from St. Louis, ¢arrying a message from the Post-Dispatch to the New York World. After summarizing conditions, he de- cided not to start for Utica, 103 miles away, until about 4 o'clock this after- noon. He arrived here yesterday afternoon from Buffalo, 104 miles away. He in- tended to make his first stop at Syra- cuse, but had to find a landing spo. hastily when he neared Lyons, because he was running short of gasoline. The aviator was in the air exactly two hours and eleven minutes. He was backed by a favorable wind all the way from Buffalo. When he left that city an express train to Rochester was pul!- ing. out over the New York Central tracks at the same time. The aviator soon got up speed and ran far ahead of the train, although he was kept in view by the passengers on board thé express almost all the way to Rochester. Atwood passed over Kechester 18 minutes before the tram arrived there. Atwood is now® 339 miles from New York and has finished about ‘three fourths of his 1269-mile flight. Tuesday he hopes to reach Albany, and Wednesday, in a one day’s flight down the Hudson River, he expects to break the world's record for dis- tance and finish the first great stage of his trip, landing at Coney Island, in New York, before sundown. He wil!! start for Boston ig tims to arrive there Saturday, making bis t: ‘al distance ap- proximately 1500 miles. Nearing World's Record. Atwood will have _ broken the world’s long-distance record when he flies along the Hudson south of Al- bany, at a point between Greendale and Rhine Chiff. At Rhine Cliff he will have flown 1181 miles, 17 miles more than the present record of 1164 miles, won by European aviators in the German race. His flying time he expects will be 10 days, as compared to 30 days taken by the present rec- _ erd-holders, Atwood's Burgess-Wright biplane was running in fine shape yesterday. Going at its top-notch speed, it fair- ly shot past one town after another. ‘The people who had gathered along the railroad tracks to await the pass- ing of the cross-country flyer only glimpse of the dar- ing birdman as he came and went, He passed towns every 10 or 15 minutes. Batavia, which is 37 miles from Buf- **RiRST iN BVERYTHING*: a ca iirc. tit “a Cae ee ie La ) a ae ae Sage cage ae * we a, 2% “4 > ich a ~ TF. a : Weer “ne Day eee ae i te ie PRE RY tore ‘ " 7 = = - “ . ‘ * - “* . CEs » . “ . . 7 Sh Dr ie gf Bt at aiie ae ee 4. . ee i eR al ; “ee Ss sain, Sani ager Sy OP Se. ee PO a ges ee eS Oe a ge eee tere oy Tee ogee ee Noy aaa ee s/s ts * eee ae ee ee Ee ee a Pees f 4 1 Ss ~ Sscpagtanbay - “J ch. 2 iat ees 3 hs ned san eee a Ne Sin nf 3: oo eo, Sone ee Hii Nea See ee a * Pee Sy * Se ee re ee Oe a See: . > nip ee 8 Pope Oe ees, ome 5 seis ae or ee eo aes eR SRS Ce keh ‘ie SS Sas & sae, 5 3 i wy 5 Ears Se “ad eee ‘ he Ret RS ae a MR eas Sal a Ps DRANG Oe oh nae he Sep ah i 3 eee eas. Fa eis oes peat, Sean. - 2 . A ee ie re i J Pg pet BT 9 = nF ‘ f ; ¢9 a # 5 + Sia “ yt cee ges j * § eee e . ee ae 3) os ba Pe ‘ F 4 ; . weed : M y ; ie ee t pe ¥ c . A ; Lett 4 Amie SE mt re S % s 7 Se = ie ed . w ee * . * : 3 ' : ay ie . is ¥ . ~ é . ae : ? 4 im to - « . S pi . . * - 4 . : - : : m4 . ’ » . * r : ¥ ’ q ae 7 : ~ . oe : > Only Evening ‘Paper in St. Louis Wuh the Associated Press News Service.

_ rte —— Ee 8 Fr re tae ee a he nme SHOWERS PREDICTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON;

THE oo ATURES. 1 a, m. 10 1 p. 73 2p. m Yesterday’s Temperatures.

Te eeeno 7. et are you OF WEATHER OUGHT To BRING THE MAYOR HOME. so busy writing?” me; 2. the breakfast ta- ble. “Please bother me,” plied . .rs. D. “I’m putting them all down on my list.’’ “What are you putting down?”’ ‘Sweet pickles, beaten biscuit, rolled oats, cream cheese, chipped beef, oolong tea, spiced herring, strawberry salted pe and ever ¢& other thinegs.”’ ‘*Ah, I a bill asked at don't re-

you're going to order of ceries.”’ “‘No, these are the things I'm going to sample at the Made-in-St. Louis Show.” Official forecagt for St. Louis anid vicinity: Showers Iate this afternoon and tonight; Tuesday fair, moderate temperature. Stage of the river: of .5 of a foot. gro- 10.3 feet: a rise Missouri—Showers this afternoon and to- night, with cooler in northwest portion and warmer in southeast portion: Tuesday cener- ally fair. Iilinois—Unsettled with showers tonight -or Tuesday: warmer tonight: 9ortion Tuesday. “UDE INDIAN GIRL IS DRIVEN IN STREETS Mother Punishes Her in Tribal Way Because of Attentions of Her Stepfather. NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—A Tuscarora Indian maiden who is today in the care of the police matron here, will be sent back to the Tuscarora reservation this week to have her troubles settled by her own people. The girl came to the attention of the police following the re- ceipt of several telephone messages from a suburban district saying that a young girl was being driven nude through the streets. A motor cycle policeman hurried out and soon found the disturbers, , who proved to be three Indians. An aged squaw and a young brave of about 25 years, were riding slowly along in a wagon, and the girl, devoid of clothing, was walking along ahead of the horse. The elder woman explained that she had objected to the attention the young brave, her second husband, had been cooler in = noerth

method of punishing the girl, in accord- ance with an old tribal custom.

Those who try Post-Dispatch wauts in solving domestic and business prob- wants. LOWER TEMPERATURE High. .83 at 4 p. m, Low. .64 at 6 a. m. ) VOL. 64. NO. 14. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1911. PRICE ONE CENT | EDITION. | FINANCIAL MA

SPORTS

IMADE:N-ST. LOUIS SHOW 1S OPENED AT Tht COLISEUM Perfect 36’s Not Allowed by Fashion Mentor to Wear Rats.

Paris

CORSETS NOT GOOD FORM Wiréless Telephones and Varied Displays Contribute to In- terest of Event.

If Made-in-St. Louis Show, Which opened at the Coliseum slightly cated oy ck the beauty of the ‘perfect thirty-Sixes” be careful] what you say, for the Very ground has. ears—and tongues. F Old mother’ earth a babbling woman at the Coliseum this week and the fact due to the inventive genius of the youthful Bernays John- son. He has installed a wireless tele- phone system at the Coliseum and his telephones are so arranged that the lines of conversation run unN-» trammeled back and forth — directl/ past the fashion salon, **Rats!”’ vou say. No Rats at Not at all. There you visit the Monday, \ana become intoxi- is is the Show, aré no rats at the Coliseum .nis week. There are Women in trousers, silk ones, but there are no women with rats except possibly among the visitors. The ban was put on rats at the Coliseum Sunday at the yrehear« il in. the fashion salon of the twelve models who have been named the “‘per- fect thirty-sixes.”’ it was the fashion mentor, who, the committee says, is direct from - aris, w. > anished the rats. The fashion mentor told the models that to be in style next winter and spring they would have to look like Venus de Milo. Venus didn’t wear, corsets, and the fashion mentor told the models that it is. im- possible to look as if you didn’t have corsets if you wore rats. All Had Rats. All the models except one had come fully equipped with rats and there was a scene when they were asked to take them off. One of the Models said she did not mind wearing the Turkish trous- ers if they were the correct thing, but she thought a young woman would have to be pretty. bold to appear in public with nothing on her head but a few scraggly hairs that she was born with. The fashion mentor compro- mised with the models by agreeing to permit those whose natural hair was not luxurious to wear a switch.

paying to his stepdaughter and took this_

lems as they come, are pleased with he | The fashion salon is the prettiest feature of the Made-in-St. Louis Show. A dozen pretty young women will pose there daily in the tatest gowns and suits from Paris from 2 p. m. to 4:30 p. m. and from 8 p. m. to 10:30 p. m, The models’ display will show that there is to be a revolution-in women’s Continued on Page 2 Column 3.

BULLETIN 229: po >a a Back: in First Place!

The Sunday POST-DISPATCH yesterday, August 20, was,

as it has been every Sunday for nearly four and one-half

— re consecutive years, with one exception, first in the volume

of REGULAR, BONA FIDE Sunday advertisi -—

Globe-Democrat . . Republic ...... The count was as follows: POST-DISPATCH, 215 Cols. 173 103 . . e 66

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The Want Post-Dispatch Giobe-Democrat Republic ... . Over Republic..... . ae Over Globe-Democrat.....-- -

Oo Excess Over Republic ........ #42 Cols. Over Globe-Democrat.... . 42 Cols. 1°] Ad Score: 83 Columns . 43 Columns . 20 Columns POST-.DISPATCH exoese of Want Ads over The Globe- Democrat and Republic COMBINED... 20 Columns Ede .63 Columns ee ae aa wig wa Circulation Books open to.all. Pirst in Everything. _ St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. a Schallom, at DIES WITH SICK BROTHER HE TRIED TO SAVE AT FIRE Edward Braun Loses His Life in Attempting to Drag Tony to Safety.

ALL THOUGHT THEM Kinsmen Watched Flames in lg- norance of Fragedy— Boy Rescues Three.

Kdward Braun, father of a family gave up his life at 12:30 a. m. in an effort brother. Tony 2224 Both men perished. They their to save his invalid Braun, when their’ house at Osage street was in flames. were found in the ruins With other. It Edward had been who was crip- about each was evident that trying to rescue Tony, pled by rheumatism and unable to walk. Tony was 48 vears old and Edward 38. Members of the family supposed both hed escaped, The fire started in a frame stair- case enclosure at the rear of the two story brick building. In this enclos- ure there were summer kitchens an. fire left in a stove is helieved tv have ignited the flimsy woodwork. Edward Braun, his wife, Carrie. and their children, Ralph, 15; Ches- ter, 7; Harry, 5, and Delmar, 3, occu- pied the four rooms. on the firsc floor. Joseph Schallom and his brid-# of two weeks lived on the second oor. arms Boy Discovers Fire. Ralph Braun arose to get a drink of water at 12:15 a. m. He smelled smoke and going to the kitchen win- dow he could see that the frame por- tion of the building was ablaze. Runnig to the front room he awak- ened his mother. Next he knockeé on the door of the room where his father and his invalid uncle, Tony, were sleeping. “Father, the house is on fire!” cried. “All right, Ralph, heard his father say. : Ralph Braun then ran back to his Sleeping room, where his three small brothers were. Taking them in his arms and staggering under their com- bined weight he made his way through smoke to a side door and reached the yard in safety. There he found his mother. Thought Brothers Were Safe, Kalph told Mrs. Braun that he had awakened his father and uncle. They felt so certain that Edward and Tony had escaped that when firemen. and policemen asked if anyone was in the building Mrs. Braun toid them her husband and brother-in-law had got out and were in the rear yard. Schallom, a vakened by the smoke, aided his bride in escaping from the building by a _ side stairway and turned in an alarm. He knocked on the doors of the Braun’s_ sleeping apartments, and he, too, belleved that all of the Brauns had escaped. lwo Bodies Found, After the fire was extinguished Ed- ward and Tony were found in the ruins of their bedroom. They were lying near a door which would have led them ‘o safety. Edward’s arms were aroun) Tony as though he had been trying to drag his helpless brother from _ the house. Tony was dead, but Edward showed faint signs of life. He died in an ambulance on the way to the Alex- ian Brothers’ Hospital. Mrs. Edward Braun and her children are at the home of her brother, Tony Deven at 2011 Osage street. Mr. an‘ Mrs. Schallom found- refuge at ths home of Schallom’s mother, Mrs. Anna 2223 Osage street. Neither the Brauns nor the Schallom¢ saved any of their furnishings. The house was des ‘royed. Mrs. Sc*2liom carried a dress on her arm when she fled from the building. She put on the dress In the street. Last March the home of Edward Braun at 2004 Osage street, was de- stroyed by fire. Ralph awakened the family and saved his little brothers. After this fire Edward Braun an.. his family went to live at Tony Braun’s home. Tony and his wife separated last January. WOMAN STRICKEN, 1S BADLY BURNED he I'm coming,” he

Heart Disease Overcomes Her While Carrying a Lamp and It Explodes. Stricken with heart faflure while car- rying a coal-oil lamp from the kitchen to the bedroom of her home at 2221 North Tenth street, Mrs. Annie Lam- bert, 56 years old, fell. The lamp ex- ploded and set her clothes on fire. Mrs. Lambert was alone in the house at the time. Her clothing was burned from the body by the time Mrs. Johfi Woelpel, her daughter, and her husband who lived in the lower flat, reached her. * Mrs. Lambert went to church Sunday night. She returned home at 9 p. m., and was preparing to go to bed, when she was stricken. She had been a suf- ferer for years. Mr. and Mrs. Woeipe!l had gone to bed when she returned, and did not know of the accident until they were aroused by a neighbor, Mrs. H. Rich of 2219 North Tenth street, who

saw the flames in the Lambert kitchen.

WO brothers died in this fire because dther mem- bers of the family thought they had escaped and no effort was made at rescue. They died »because one brother would not flee to safety and leave the other, an invalid, behind.

MRS, EDWARD BRAUN.

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“JM” CRONIN|S LIKELY 10 LOSE HIS LEFT FOO] Former Justice and House Mem- ber Endangered by the Trim- ming of a Corn.

James H. Cronin, former Justice of the Peace, and for several terms a member of the House of Delegates, wi'} rrobably lose his left foot as a resuit of having a corn trimmed by a chiropo.- dist’ which led to blood poisoning. it was said Monday that he will tb» taken to the Mullanphy Hospital Tues- day, and that the operation will be per- formed there. Signs of infection became apparent nearly 11 weeks ago, and since tren Cronin has been confined to tus homé, at 2818 Lawton avenue, Dr. Heine Marks, who has had charge of the case, said Monday that he be- lieves amputation will be necessary. To outward appearances the infection has been checked several times, but it has been impossible to eradicate it. . In politics Cronin was a protege of Col. Edward Butler, who is now ill at bis home at 3601 Pine st. $5 FOR HIS OWN, $5 FOR CHICKEN’S DRUNK Owner Who Took Fowl With Him on Spreé Gets Off Later by Paying Costs. A light Brahma hen with a dark brown taste in its bill, was left in the hold- over Monday while her owner, Charles De Largy, was in the Dayton Street Police Court to answer the unusual charge of making a chicken drunk. Reversing a famous ruling made by former Judge Pollard, Judge Sanders held that a chicken ‘s an animal, and hence that cruelty to a chicken is pun- ishable under the ordinance.« He fined De Largy $5 for getting drunk and $5 for getting the chicken drunk. De Largy testified that he saved the chicken’s life by buying it from a man who was going to cook it for Sunday dinner. “I ordered whiskey and soda,"’ he said. “The hen looked as if she wanted some and I let her taste it. pve had four drinks together.” Patrolman Nielsen testified that when he made the arrest at Grand and Baston avenues Saturday night both the man and the chicken were staggering. Judge Sanders remitted the fines on payment

of $3 costs. ‘ |BURNED HOUSE IN WHICH 2 DIED, WIDOW OF

From Left to 0 Oe Chester, Harry and Delmar Braun.

—_ cheniticesisatilies oa, coaatetee ehaantinipaiidedeetananndaaambates ipelaasinedta LAWYER CONVICT ON GIRL'S CHARGE 10 PAY fils FINE Charles E. Blair, Who Was Aec- cused of Insulting Young Wom- en, Withdraws Appeal.

Charles E. Blair, an attorney, who three months ago appealed to the Court of Criminal Correction three cases from Jtidge ‘ Pollard’s court, where he had been fined $500 in each on‘a charge of insulting young women who called at his office in the Central National Bank Building in response to an advertise- ment, withdrew his appeal in one case Wednesday and said he would pay the fine. In-one of the other cases Judge Falk- enhainer sustained the police court fine and. Blair appealed’ to the St. Louis Court of Appeals. In the other a jury in Judge Falkenhainer’s court reduced the fine to $5. Blair was given 90 days in which to pay the $500 in the case in which he dis- missed the appeal. In this case Miss Pearl Behrens of 5974A Romaine place was the complainant. She answered an advertisement for a stenographer. STATEHOOD BILL | SIGNED BY TAFT President Endorses Measure Ad- mitting New Mexico and Arizona. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—President Taft signed the joint resolution for the admission of New Mexico and Arizona into the Union at 3:08 p. m. BROWNS GAME IS OFF; DOUBLE BILL TUESDAY At 2 p. m. it was announced at the American League Park that today’s scheduled game between the Browns and the Athletics had been called off on account of rain. | A double-header will be played on Tuesday.

TOGO RESTS AT NIAGARA}; NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Aug. 21. —Adniiral Togo rested this morning before continuing his Journey late this afternoon to the Pacific Coast. where he will embark for Japan. He spent the day on the hotel ve- randea gazing at the falis.

TN AE ORES NE TA Ie A Ne Ai ly cial tmaad VICTIM, BOY HERO AND BROTHERS. HE SAVED |

KIRKWOOD PLANS T0 DRIVE OUT LIGHT MONOPOLY |: With $10,000 Voted at Special Election Municipal Plant Will Be Improved. The voters of Kirkwood having pro- vided the munition for a war with the Suburban Electric Light and Power Co, a subsidiary company of the Union Elec. Co., by passing a $10,000 bond issue to increase the capacity of the munic!- pal lighting plant, the suburb is now sanguine of driving out the company. The bond issue was passed Saturday at a special election, by a vote of 44 to 51. The bonds will mature in 2 years ang will bear 5 per cent interest. They vil, be sold Sept. L Prior to 1901, when the municipal light- ing plant was started, the Suburban company furnished all the electric ligh:s >» the suburb for 15 cents a kilowatt. Since the entrance of the city plant the price has been reduced to 12 cents and the Suburban has less than 10 su!- scribers to more than 400 supplied with lights from the municipal plant. The municipal plant was made possi- ble through a $17,000 bond issue, with an additional issue of $10,000, a few years later. It is charged that politicians in the past have managed the lighting plant for political. purposes. . An investigation started by the Civic League of Kirkwood found the plant to be on a paying basis and recomended the appointment of a Board of Public Works to take charge of the plant. The board, which comprises G. G. Kloyd, Harry Curtsing, Berkely Jones and J. C. Page, was appointed and the election for the $10,000 bond issue is one of the direct results. Members of the board believe that the municipal plant can pay for itself and will eventually bring about a re- duction of taxes. New feed wires will be installed, the power plant will be enlarged an4 the candle-power of the street Nght>- will be increased, MALICIOUS CULPRIT STEALS JUDGE’S DIET Justice William Bell of East St. Louis weighs 200 pounds. His dectors told him he was too fat, and put him on diet. | In the list of things he was permitte’ to eat were canteloupes. On his way to his office, opposite the police station, Monday, Judge Bell stopped at a market and bought a4 can- taloupe. His mouth watered as be trudged his way to the courtroom thinking of the delicious morsel he would have for his luncheon. The cantaloupe had a fine aroma. tric

Justice Bell prised it so highly that he} laid it on his desk in front of him while he proceeded to mete out justice to East St. Louls litigants. The Justice became so deeply

| Aristocratic Youn . Vegan Ae - Self-Possessed as His Trial for Murder Opens in Tiny. Courthouse. Which Was Center of Battle in the Revolution. BEULAH BINFORD TO TELL HER STORY = lnfatuation for Her cuts Merchant’s Son to Kill Wifé, Prosecution Charges —Judge Orders Spectators. in Court to Stand. Spectal to the Post-Dispatch. “? By CHARLES SOMER VILLE. CHESTERFIELD COURTHOUSE, Aug. 2—Henry Clay Beattie Jr. of Richmond entered @ plea of not. guilty here today to an indictment = him with the murder of his rome oa : He did fiot flinch as the clerk read. the indictment, but stood with eyes lows ered. His gray-haired father beside him sat with bowed head. : Counsel for the defense argued -t have the arraignment postponed unt — next Monday, but the Court denied the motion, together with a | motion to quash the indictments. A Shortly after 11 o’clock the task = - both sides, was the firat juror nos Judge Watson spent several minut at the opening of court talking wit the army of special newspaper ec spondents and arranging seats. atic | leaned over the old walnut railing ana - talked lightly with those near The cld father sat stient, hair. Dark virciéd ‘phdwet under the a oner’s eyes, but he looked trim and se!f-possessed. .The tiny foom Wis jammed as the proceeding!) began, atid ‘o discourage the curious and idle, the spectators stand up and standing. Two women ne in the yard or court buliding. Beattie in his ceil has read and mounds of newspapers from and West, North and South, of facts and circumstances to be against him at his trial. Not far from his cell, in @ section of the county jatl, all this has been Beulah Binford, the 17- old girl for love of whom he is to have killed his wife. In all the tt trey have been in jail together he has not sought to communicate with the girl, nor has he even asked his nail or his friends whether her t He has looked upon the tears pps relatives why have visited him ¥ cause. Beatie has smiled and ‘that with a naive friendliness. and. ference. a He has .not attended - any “of church services in the jail. He ignored clergymen who would brought him spiritual advice, with ¢ certainty through five weeks that h would be indicteqd and put on tr for his life. He has not appeared | worry. He has not grown gaunt- ~ eyed or haggard. While in prison re has gained 10 pounds. If cigarettes and the guitar he j incessantly thumping had been taken — from him, he might have become dia- ~ traught, but with a murder char against him and possibly death result he has been amazingly Even the prolongeg visit of the : ist engaged by his lawyers to | vo him did not shake his equanimity. He went through all the exhaustive par like a boy playing, & game. -