St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 13, 1911

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, wae a . o-- — acter . 3 . ¥ i ~Steath Schooner Washington, at Mouth of Columbia River, Driven by Fierce Gale and Life Savers on Shore Have Been Power- less to Give Assistance.

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RISING TEMPERATURE, MINIMUM TO BE 28 THE TEMPERATURES.

Yesterdays Temperatures. High, 20, at 5p. m. Low, 12, at 6 a. m. “Ear muffs,” shouted Mr. W. down the stairs. | “Left-hand — top drawer of the chiffonier, .John.”’ “Wrist warm- ers?" : sertown arawer DELA

; *‘Ulster?’’ “In , the closet, John.” “Overshoes?” “Down in .the basement, John.”’ “Muffler?” “On the rack, John.”’ “Sweater coat?” “Sold it to the rag-man John,”’ cP elephone to the office, dear, and tell "em I’m getting out my winter things and I won't _ be down till » .o’clock.”’ _ Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Increasing cloudiness, with rising temperature tonight and Tues- day; tlewest temperature tonight about 28 degrees. : fe gah and Illincis—Increasing cloudiness and Tuesday: rising temperature. HAULS LEGLESS FIANCE TO GET A LICENSE Woman Widowed: by Wreck to Be Bride. of Another Wreck : ' Victim. Pulling a child’s express wagon i which sat her prospective husband, ‘Robert ‘Hutton, Mrs, 2eseptiine Drury walked up the steps of the Madison County Courthouse at Edwardsville. At every step the wheels bumped, but the widow and: Hutton laughed “and both vere smiling broadly when they entered the marriage license clerk’s office. Hutton is legless. The little express wagon has been his only means of lo- comotion since he was injured in a rail- road wreck two-years ago. His bride's first husband was.-killed in a railroad wreck about the same time. — ~ Hutton wheeled his little express wagon to Mrs. Drury’s home _and told her how sorry ‘he was for her, ~ . wy woh £m sone 7 hall

wagon was lifted on a car of the East Side interurban. line, of/ which he is Granite City agent. Mrs. Drury rode inside the car, while he sat on the plat- wardsville and a few hours later they aot that they had been married. ST. LOUIS Ww OMAN ‘WOULD WED ISHI _ BAN. euaitoreco. Nov, 13.—Ishi, the mtaminated” redskin, who, it was ‘wanted a wife, has received

Silt near oeteet Trem 2 6. Louis wom- IEF aes Plielskage” . Krosber ae cae Saturday afternoon Hutton in his little |, BEATTIE MUST DIE NOV. 24; COURT DENIES APPEAL Only Clemency From Governor of Virginia Can Save Slayer of Wife.

Clay Beattie Jr., convicted of murder- ing his young wifé last July. This decision on the apped@l from the judgment of the Chesterfield Court which sentenced him to die in the eleéc- tric chair Nov. 24 is final.. Clemency or reprieve by Gov. Mann only can save the condemned man. Young Beattie, who comes of a rich family, has been placed in “Death Row”’ in the, city jail. He was found guilty of the murder of his young wife, ‘| Post-Dispatch reporter. a Veuy- Nove 12—The..Surpit | preme Court of Appeals today denied ‘the “petition for a writ of error by Henry

KILLED HUSBAND INSIEEP DEFENSE OF MRS. JAMES Woman Accused of Murder Tells Nurse She Meant to Také Own Life. SAT BY HIM TO- SHOOT

Lost Consciousness She Says and Awakened to Find She Was a Slayer. Mrs. Alma James, who shot her hus- band, Leo James, as he lay asleep in their flat at 4457A Lexington avenue, and whose trial is set for Dec. 5, will set up the defense that she bought the revolver to kill herself and that after putting the weapon to her head she was aroused by a shot and awoke to realize that she had killed her hus- band. 3 This suggests the unusual theory that Mrs. James went to sleep just as she was about to fire a buiiet into her own brain and, remaining asieep, committed a somnambulistic murder. Mrs. James’ statement was made to Miss Frieda Burlap, a «city hospital nurse who attended her while she was in the observation ward. Muse te Be Witness, Miss Burlap first revealed it to a When Charles P. Johnson, chief counsel for Mrs. James, heard of it he said _ he ‘would summon Miss Burlap as ao ita- portant witness at Mrs. James’ trial for first degree murder, set for Dec. 5. Mrs. James steadfastly refused to talk to doctors or reporters at the hospital. She seemed plunged in melancholy and for a time she refused to eat. Miss Burlap showed great sympathy for the unforturate young woman. As Quoted by Miss Burlap, Mrs. James said: "JT bought the revolver to kill myself. I waited util my husband was asleep. I went into’ the bedroom. I sat in a chair and put the revolver to my head. I can’t remember what happened after 1 I heard a shot. It seemed as. been. ddleep.and ed ‘aid realized that I had shot him insteadgof myself.” io Thought’ She Was Iii. In line with a statement made. in her behalf shortly after the shooting Mrs. James told Miss Burlap that she was ill and that*she believed her husband responsible for her ailment, which she thought incurable. Scientific tests at the city hospital before‘her indictment for murder showed that she was mistaken in this belief. Mrs. James is now at the. home. of ber parents at Dow, Ill., awaiting the

who was killed while riding ‘in an auto- mobile with her husband. j coming of an geir to the mame of the man. whom she slew. :

~ BULLETIN 241: The Sunday. Record!

The The Sunday POST-DISPATCH yesterday, Nov. 12th, was, as

it has been every Sun Sunday for more than four and one-half ae we

consecutive years, with h the exception of one single issue,

first in the volume of REGULAR, BONA FIDE advertising,

Globe-Democrat Republic bite: i ain The count yesterday, Sunday, Nov. 12th, was as follows: |. Post-Dispatch, 304 Cols, ee | ees a as

Over Republic se Over Globe- a ee : oO Post- Dispatch Rachie : aN 7 7 Cols. $1 Cols.

The Want Post-Dispatch .. Globe-Democrat Republic « sip COMBINED ....... Oyer Republic .. ..- THE REASON:* ~

; f‘ “Soe SHR - « = a Re Over Globe-Democrat...:....> | Sunday cirgulation Sunday, Sunday, Oct. 8, 281,354 Sunday, Oct. 15, 282,765 Sunday, Oct. 22, 28. . Sunday, Oct. ri 28 5,620 Ad Seore: 87 Columns 41 Columns . 24 Columns Ob. GEPATON ¢ excess of Wess Ads over the Globe-Democrat and Republic tet eeee ae Co'umns *63 Columns 46 Columns Oct. 1, 279,920 » Nov. 5, eee? Sunday, Nov. Ve 287,810 | | (4 HUNTERS THROW! INTO MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY STORM Fight Their Way to Pike County Shore, Beaten by Wind and Hail, After Losing Launch. al SLEEP IN DESERTED CABIN

Tom L. “Andersen of St. Louis, One of Party, Cured of a Se- , vere Cold by Experience.

Tom L. Anderson, attorney, returned

4 #till so rough as to endanger the launch. ' ‘hunters..were wet thrdugh and~ = with much difficulty, until 5 a. m. to St. Louig Monday from Louisiana, Mo., after a thrilling experience on the Mississippi River near there, when a gasoline launch sank beneath him and three companion duck hunters during the storm Saturday night. The hunters, who were in the storm for hours, after they had waded to Shore from the launch, spent the. re- mainder of the night in a deserted log cabin, wet and half frozen. Then they walked seven miles to a village for breakfast, their first meal since a light lunch the-day before, Anderson started out with a cold so severe his. physician told him pneumonia was threateneaé, He says he returned, after the severe exposure, a well man. The other. members of, the party were Chris Stewart, P. S. Senteny and J. N. Stewart, of Louisiana. They were in Chris Stewart’s motorboat “Zola.” During the June-like ‘day the hunters bagged 23 ducks. As the afternoon waned, the wind began dashing waves over the launch and there were frequent flashes of lightning. The hunters prepared to start for home and the wind increased to a gale. They left their blinds, ana when they were within 20 yards of their boat the storm broke in fury. The thermometer dropped So rapidly that they could feel the in- creasing cold almost with every instant. The rain turned to hail, which stung their faces. The men crawled into the craft, which Lad the slight shelter of a legfiess trée, and waited for the storm to subside, | Limbs snapped from the tree and. fell: about them. Within 10° minutes the ‘ing with cold. Return for Desoys,.: There came .ajull; but: the river ‘was The hunters went to the Missouri side ef the river and sought shelter in the deserted cabin there, then remembered that they had forgotten their decoys and returned for them. Just as they got back td the island the storm broke with renewed violence. The waves were so high as to imperil the craft, and the hunters attempted to dart back to the Missouri shore. Wa- ter dashed over the sides of the boat and within a short distance of the shore swamped -it. ‘ The water was not deep there and the hunters tried to save the craft. They tied it with wires, chains and lines to a tree, but saw ‘that the Waves were pounding it to pleces, and at 11 p. m. they abandoned the attempt. During this time rain and sleet were falling in sheets. Fire in Improvised . Stove. The deserted cabin afforded the onty shelter within miles. The hunters went into it improvised a stove out of junk they found there, broke up boxes to start a fire. The fire was maintained, At that hour the four started to Ash- burn, seven miles away, crossing “Long Lake’ on. the way. They dried their clothes, at breakfast and unitéd in de- claring «+ the finest sport they had experienced. f TROLLEY WIRE TRAPS COUPLE IN AN AUTO Metal Parts Alive With Deadly Current as They Are Lifted a to Safety. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 13.—Trapped in an automobile, all the metal work of which was.eRharged with electricity from a loose trolley wire which had fallen on top of the machine, David E. Evans and his wife tast evening were saved from ‘electrocution by” their cool- ness and the bravery of a policeman. Mr. and Mrs. Evans sat in the heavily charged automobile, surrounded on all sides by a blue haze of electricity, afraid to move. Many persons saw their pre- dicament, but Patrolman William C. ettman was the only one to go to the

He advanced. cautiously to the car, reached out “his arms to Mrs. Evans, who was warned, not to touch any metal. She fell over on the policermnan's arms, just put her weight upon him and he lifted her carefully m the car. Evans Was rescued in the me maoner.

ST. - LOUIS, "MONDAY EV ENING, NOVEMBER. (324911. a Widow of Senator Platt |RANKERDFI on Her 4th Honeymoon TNAN (IC &

Ls Romantic Career Began When She Was Belle of a Maine . Logging Camp.

NEW YORK; Nov. 13.—The widow of United States Senator Thomas C. Platt has arrived here with her fourth hus- band, Wiliam B. Atwater, a-livery sta- ble owner of Central’ VaNey, ‘N. Y, They ‘were married by Edgar Tilton, a’ justice of -the peace at Suffern last Sunday. On}. i their from Central ‘Valley. to ‘New. ‘York they. }were a nied by the bride's daugh-] tery. ‘Garmody, and ‘oplecangeren (4 | brother, Thomas Atwa | ke Carrie Phbioagon, ‘she *was the. yer bie at: eve absent 2a id Nttle: ne an anes -

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MRS LILLIAN JANEWAY | PLATT. : logging settlement . where. her father’ had a small. farm. A year later Mrs, Snow came to New York. Little is known of her- history here up to the time she became critical- ly ifl-and was taken*to a’ west side hos- pital. There she was attended by the young house physician, .Dr. Theodore Janeway, He fell in:love with her and after he. had nursed her ‘back to health they were married... , After Dr. Janeway‘s death in 1897, the. a apg Y shon ey™noo. » fe {stilt young - mpgs we :: mee be nd om met} vr Lepr aie Bre es live. happily “together tor eh ti poe = _Her :first husband prises. desi was a, traveling. salesman named Snow. {deal in — he. apes feed , , Merchants-Laclede and’J. A. Lewis, ¢ Hotel Jefferson, | made by Lewis in ist fore the committee at Was about his caneactions ‘ ht pti. a dollar or aided In any of hip He told of one § known ‘and shortly before the Senator's | 4... eer death . pone ong Were rumors or’ divorce: proceedings. FE ee

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Blazing Oil -She Had Thrown on Fire Ignites Clothing of Mrs. Longo. pa ts ee es Mrs. Carrie Camelia Longo, mother of 11 children, .was perhaps. fatally burned just_after noon Monday in her home in’ the rear of 615 Franklin ave- nue, when her dress :caught..fire while she wags. pouring kefosene ona wood fire, preparatory.to. cooking the or meal. The Longos. live ia ore room, and the 11 children, ranging in age from WU months ‘to 14 years, were present. Some of the. wood was green; and it buried so slowly that Mrs. Longo picked up*the oil can and = poured, some of its contents into the range. There was a’ flash of flame, and Mrs... Longo ‘seréaced as «her dress caught fire. The children acattered in every di- rection, shouting for help. Six-year- ‘014, Frank Longo ran. three blocks to a commission house néar. Third street and . Franklin» avenue © to mouty his father, Samuel Longo. . - Other occupants of the’ ‘building - ran into the nodm to try to: extinguish” the aoe and phe gave an alarm of fire. Mrs. Longo’s clother burned so rapidly that they. were consumed before her neighbors, ‘rolling her. in’ blankets and dashing water on her, ‘put out the fire. It was that Mrs.. Longo haa been burned from head to foot, and Pa- trolman Ely summoned an ambulance, in which she waa rushed to .the city hospital. ‘Mia. Longo: is, @ years 516. : a Chita In Badly Réinea When When Dress Goldie Golasmith, 4 iipoar cided datigh- | ter of Joseph Goldsmith, was badly burned at her -home,: 1208 O'Fallon: street, Monday afternoon. . With three children of Mrs. Misler, a was playing in ‘the her mother’s back *.

he looked up the check, at Pondrom’s re- PA check. for $22.30, sent by the Peter-/| son Planing Mill Co., was found the},. }mext day to have been cashed by Be- |! -_|BENOIST 1 ONACHARGE OF ~ STEALING $30.15 Member of Old St. louie Family Arrested Calls Accusation Silly. F. E. Benoist, member. of an old St. Louis family, ‘is apcused of embezzling | $30.5 from the Benoist- Pondrom Auto | , Supply House, where formerly he was. employed as bookkeeper. The complatnt: ton “23% Was mate by A. M. Pondrom, owner ‘ot the business. - senoist telephoned to Pondrom Sunday that he. contemplated buying the busi-. ness, and made an appointment to meet him ‘in’ the afternoo Pondrom tele- phoned to the Newst Avenue Police Station, and Imari Fleming was at the office, 2922 Olive street, when Benoist got there. He.arrested the young man. An information charging ~ embezzle- ment already had been, issued at Pond- rom’s request. Benoist had . been out of town on a hunting trip. - Pondrom said. Monday . that Benoist was-employed by. him until Nov. 6. On Nov. 9%, he sald, he received a letter from G. V. Steffens of the St. Louls Paper. Box Co., saying that he had paid by check his account. for $7.%, for which a statement had been sent im. When quest, he found that it had been cashed and was indorsed by Benolst. There | Was no credit entry on the books that Pondrom could find. noist, and Pondrom swore out the in- cult Attorney's office. Had the aggre- | #tatema gate of the checks been 16 cents less the |

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