St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 12, 1912

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MAN IN BED 29 YEARS | Next Sunday Post-Dispatch ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Only Evening Paper in St Louis With the Associated ‘Press News Service. TI I _— a a OL

“VOL. 64. NO. 145.

——er = 4 LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, SANUARY 12

, 1912.

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vag NICE “THT A $100,000 AWNTOWN BLAZE Water at Low Pressure, Freezes as !t Falls at Weyl Bakery, Next to Columbia |

for Hours — Policeman Saves Three Lives.

INSPECTOR SUSPECTS Ci, ee Quickening of Flames— One Fireman, Coated in Ice, Found Unconscious.

Fighting against a stubborn, fre, with low-water pressure, the streams from the nozzles freezing where they fell, firmen worked for hours early ly iday Sixth to save i.. block on street between Locust and S* ( 3. A blaze inderwriters’ Association nave been of incendiary origin, en the third floor over the ..eyvl bakery, 438 North Sixth street, at 2 a. m. stil} was burning, although under trol, at 9:30 a. m. John Kelly, avenue, was found he had fallen and in ice at 7 a. m. Connie Meehan. was serious, but recove,’. Frank Marks, proprietor of the bakery, and his sons, Albert and Edward, were found asleep and in danger of suffoca- Whica, an inspector for the says, may of 1014 Julia where fireman, accidentally had iner by The it a been Police man’s thought condition is he will P room at 3 a. them to safety. Damage Estimated at $100,000, | The damage probably will excecd e$}00, 009. “Every available fireman and piece of ' apparatus was sent to the place. Low —— pre ea stigh 7 | hose to expand into spray at several bedeet from the nozzles and this froze _ where it fell. ee | bakery stood outlined in ice, the spiral » freescape ; jecting upward like a huge > inverted icicle. » “When Meehan stumbled across Kel- "ley in his frosty covering he thought ' the man was dead. The policeman tried ® to carry him down two flights of stairs | to the street below, but found the foot- | ing too slippery. > He got some men to help him slide the rigid form along the ice of a stair- way. Kelley was taken to the basement of the Columbia Theater’ Building, where he regained consciousness. | The blaze was discovered a little be- | fore 2 a. m. by Henry Ahrens, 3143 Keu- ) Rerly avenue, a watchman in_ tl F Mite! hell-Gollar shoe store, across Street. He ran to a box at Sixth a Pat. Charles streets and turned in » Slarm. © When bis boots were cut from him his > feet Were found encrusted in a layer of pe ice, He refused to be taken to a hos- pital and would not be taken to his ) home for fear of alarming his wife. So he was taken to No. 2 fire station and a physician was called. : The total damage to the bakery build- 3 & is given at $60,000, Ch MAS pee ea WERT ee ss Pre f: “ #, - , at 7 ¢ ey ae eo i . ; re — i. Low a . i - 7 ‘ - “ . wm 4 4 Pe 4 ™ 7 oe sid . 4 a ae ee ere ge ile a ey ps “e r ‘ +i (deen “s a Oa ? , vale “ a. oe aT ‘ : . ‘ si : — ‘ sie i sR i i AB i ie ai sei A Kae se : rg ieee mee ae e . 3 ea ee ‘ Bir : . ty i 3 ae eat is ied ig Se gate pit vad Pt he i RL at Praeen z j pi ikeernee: t ve, , ~ ta’ nea i a 4, aid ’ Fk Jee 4 ep i : ’ Bb alien PW is } pt : — — ~ ‘ 5 se + ngs Ke . i Pee “ P it , —e ~ — S ‘ ‘ ‘ bic dt ad is , . ” ws 1 ; . a $ x a 4 a. : : a past = eee wo sh, Pon r pie 9} ; ) rer Lt TERS maser f Te ROOD ay and an ya sh lie . h $ “—e ea aT Bie wat : ba Fa EY Ta Gt eee ee , " . ¥ . - nt oemee i ce : © NS iY Long a p tents. From this structure the flames » ®Pread into the Columbia Theater Build- P ing to the north. Inspector Suspects Incendiariam, TH. J. Stolle, 3949 Cote Brilliante ave- tue an inspector for the Underwriters’ B Aseoc lation, told a Post- Dispatch re- E Porter there was reason to suspect in- He said policemen emen had found gas jets open in tie kery building. e He said this might account for Pedttening of the flame at 4 a. m. 3 Mad seemed under control an hour “fore continued, but started The blaze crept into Fred Sale’s ~*omen's wearing apparel store, Joing veg damage to the stock. The stock of 2 - Sternberg’s clothing store was dam- par $2000, that of the David Adler ES oF — ete sw Naky houpe, Bterry Theale street. | J. CGC. McCar- FE toor, heat bs nb ped hall, next 4 At one tin oe > nek oe went thought the blaze . “ rely through the block.

(GOULD KEPT ND BUOKS IN PROJECT OF 90,000,000 Has No Records Syndicate From Which Plaintiff Says He Was Frozen.

ot het Leased Wire From the New York Burean cf the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Jan. i2.—George J. Gould's testimony in the suit brought by John 8S. railroad promoter, to $500,000 from Gould, Joseph Ram- and William E. Guy man- Little Kanawha Syndicate, the fact that in a little mat- an $8,000,000 svndicate which Gould happened to float books that knows of ,were It was the won in By Jones. a say Jf’. Aas ler of no he nept. third trial of the two former, Was reversed in testified in Judge Cohalan’s today he had contributed $3,000,000 syndicate Jones charges worth of 1 Ohio, through Lo spur Railroad. were the suit, Jones but the instance. having verdict each Gould court co it took hie Which ali if the over $500,000 options ands which of Jones an- i! was proposed extend a ash These options, afterward sold to “frozen out,” complained, railroad. alleges. The would what part he other Jones was the disclose, thought. had played in the ‘dirth of They were not produced books kept by sVn- Jones syndicate. trial. “presumed if they but he the i t! a (sould and thai kept’ tiieil minutes were were he should be said he could not re- call any such minutes or Asked if there was no accountant of the man- agers in the disbursement of something $000 000), records. he answered: been, surely. The I think, Sit. Louis Louls have ies oe must Trust want t ‘There had.” Trust Co. Trust “ St. | “T «don't Was there anyone who kept this record?’ don't recall i'm voice bec a question as to whether he $8 000,000 ouis he in the St. Sor’ \ and “That | Gould's Angewerlng interes&ts were botp@r over a foul. ‘ame plaintively sad His to company, he so vast was unable rriere remarked close atten- and some emiled broadiy ad given the subject time. rally. all matters pertaining to the nadicate were referred to Ramsa) On oceasion an emissary of a purchas- eame to Gould's office On and this { “ene company L.siness of oe} referred him to Mr. financier, shortly. ‘Whv did vou do that?’ “Oh, just to end the interview, busy.” replied Gould. Gould finally left th having enlightened efthe: the matters in dispute. ayvndicate. Rameay,”’ the said | Was stand without fudge or jury as te

—— Penny-in-Siot Photo fm 55 Seconds. PITTSFIELD, Mass., Jan. 12.—A pen- ny-in-the-slot machine which takes one's photograph and delivers it mounted in & seconds has been invented by a Pitts- ‘rusiness,

GOUDREY 15 SUED FOR DIVORGE ON DESERTION CHARGE Wife Alleges Non-Support in Her Action Against For-

Also mer Congressman. (*on- indict- Coudrey, former ederal ‘andal, Mrs. their Mrs. Harry Marcy gressman, now under ment in the twin insuranve s sued for divorce Thursday by Bevis Coudrey, who riage ears Roth. l‘riends have known that for vear and a half, during the period of Coud- rey's legal entanglements, he was estranged from his wife. Although she has refused to talk apnout the matter, her friends have known that she felt humiliated by the accusations made in the insurance cases, which led to the indictment on the charge of using the mails to defraud. In Financial Trouble, Her life with Coudrey in Washington is said .to have been made unhappy by his financial difficulties, which reached the stage of law suits before his con- gressional term ended. Since. returning to Coudrey has her home Mrs. Florence Longstreth, at the Washington Hotel, ‘and has taken an interest in business. has an interest in the Bevis Rock Salt (‘o., wil offices in a downtown building. Mrs. G. Lacy Crawford Coudrey’s sister. Crawford formerly associated Lida mar- ‘rank aT fore four y azo was a St. Louis, Mrs. rnade with her sister, active She Mrs. and Coudrey, the in recent years, and Crawford was appointed receiver for the Coudrey-Gardneé! ’riends of fhe that husbands’ business difficulties and personal ill feel- ing were permitted to tween them, 4 Social ‘oudre \ is also in became enemies concerns sisters sa. their neve come be- Favorite. has been much admired and a prime ‘social first marriage was termil- divorce in Cineinnati, and in that city 19%. They lived at 4211 Westminster at the Buckingham Hotel in and in Washington, until their wife says occurred Mrs. ¢ for her beauty, favorite. Her. nated by a married is she Coudrey 10, place St. Louis, and separation, which the July 1910. She charges he. that he sud- cdenly deserted her on that day and that he has not since then contributed to her lle contributed her ie except for occasional ‘> ou. in sit rsuppor . never to support, s small amounts, (‘oudrey's first wife Hlill. daughter of the liegdivorced her 1> vears ago, and lives in says, was Miss Mary butt} and ahe ts New York killed him. late Jerome ‘married Jerome | Ago service now "heir son, ‘oudrey self two An another of the Leahy torneys. years fo’ Coudrev wee obtained, ac the of the wife «a pemtion Barth her at- OTs in ‘ime order state filing A we ) > -,.* Saunders lf =I Louis but Cousmtfess ended. in m™ term in Coudrey has been since |! time he original indictment fraudulent was once At that in the Veith indictment nicality, on the sane Coudrey was indicted on using the maliis to defraud tlon with the Gardner twin companies. bond him here to give wnarging use of the rmatile lismuissesd on a was recentiv refndicted CAannie and he accusation. charge of in connec- insurance “a

Horse in Collision Shot. A wagon of the St. Louls Dressed Beef Co. was struck by a southbound BHelle- fontaine car at Eleventh and North Mar- ket streets Friday morning. The horse was so badly Injured that it had to be shot. The driver, Max Close of 08 Blair wart insurance f Feb. 16 BELOW 0 TONIGHT: RSE S DUE TOMORRG

..4 below below 9 a. below be low below below below YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURES, High, 5/above at 2 p. m. Low, below at I2 (midnight,) The climax of the unpre¢edented January céld wave which has) gripped Louis) for a will be Friday Weather Hayes —_— tide SiS a ne)

THIS 1S SNOW JOKE, | St. week reached night, Forecaster says, when the temperatiire will go to 16 degrees below zero. . This will be 8 degrees ¢older than at:S 4... Friday and 2 de- grees colfier than the previpus [!ow point of the year, which wap record- ed at 6 a4 m. Sun- day. iinhnote-~faile tonight, with colder in e%- treme east|and extreme south portions; Bal- urday falr, with slowly rising temperature. Missour!-+Fair tonight and Saturday; slow- ly rising temperature Saturday and in north- tonight.

weet portidn The storm's grip on the territory surrounding St. Lowis through trains hours late in arriving | at Union Station Friday. Many of their schedules. No mail train ei? tered the city until after 10 a, mM. Street car pany's all-night battle with the snor, was nearly normal. Such interrup- tions as occurred were caused by teams on the tracks. Suffering from the extreme ‘cold 1mong the poor was intense, in spit of all the work of charitable agencies. wolice record. An appeal is made bu a citizens’ committee for gifts of lothes and bedding, which wagons iit collect Saturday. Water pumping at the Chain of made all’ : them were five and siz hours behind: service, after the com-— The number of homeless men housed and fed at the Four Courts broke the |

whet freezing of the river, and Altra; hag been resumed, U’ nflitere : is still in the mains. Friday no mall train bh The early Chi- on rater lp to 19 a. Mm, arrived at Union Station cago mail over the C. & E. L, a arrived more than eight hoard late. At about the same time the Bur- lington riail train from St. Paul, due at 7-29 a. m.. arrived. Fourteen other may trains were six to ten hours late. entering Union Station was five minutes to five hours late. Oniv the suburban trains WwW ible to run anywhere near their sched cd T., ESvery train from le. The WN at 7.50 K. & T. train, due from Texag and the Iron Mountain's Texat train, due at 7:45, were five hours late The Southern, due from Carolina pol ai7 and the Iron Mountain's Te cue 7:6: the Burlington, due f 7:2). and the Iilinols Cent Chicago at 7:49 were f A, at Denver at due from hours late Other trains which were unusually late were. Iron . Mountain fron Memphis, Frisco from Texas, Cil- cago & Alton from Chicago and Big Four from New York, 3 hours; two Missourt Pacific trains from Kandne* City, the Iron Mountain fronmi Springs, the Tilinois Central from cago, Burlington from the West the Pennsylvania from Pittsburg, | hours: Wabash from Omaha and noia Central from the South, and- Alton-Burlington from Kansas City, hours; M. & O. from Mobile, % and % minutes; L. & N. from the 1 hour and © minutes; B. & O. 8-9 from the Bast, 2 hours.

field man. was scattered over the street, . avenue, saved himself by jumping. Beef) -ocks was made easier by the com? : due at 4. Wabash from Chicago, hours; from Memphis, Friseo —— } > : joi se