St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 17, 1912

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’ ONE AM FOR REANON JUDGES BIG New 1] ~

Attorney-Gene States, in y Speech, Condemns Recall, but Urges That Impeach- most Louis s and ‘s for ment of Judiciary Be Less Cumbersome. ral of United | City Club

IyLL OF PEOPLE ‘URGED AS GUIDE

by Postcard tive Office BSpeaker Commends Primar- ies, but Says Laws Urged and Undesirable. Make Legisla- Undignified

legislation through

Attorney-General imcall, he declared, fdence in the wisdo

the df government. now The Attorney-General, who spoke at iver- ithe Commercial Club dinner at the St. 15 louis Club Friday night on ‘‘Law and re Business,”’ chose ‘‘National Stability” as the subject of his address before the gue ames Sty Club. Clifford B. Allen presided athe luncheon and introduced the At- ney-General. | More essential, per! declared, “who performing gmount of..clamor.” General the process of the im} '“Where judges and they sh @nnot fairly ‘ier the law, But the process Nidges is a cumberss ‘Miate workable '% other grave ire tried, “A State constitutio mac and

Mly through the active consent of a ran mini ssc gihvcers Rsdesmercises 7 ~ ‘ : 4 ; clear majority of the whole people. ee — bo leah abiciiaacanae ie 82 Gies as the Inquest Is Mrause no stable condition of civiliza- _ — ~e eye tagges sed hgeticady: « od Closing fon can result from a Government |~ eee aoa pribery er sm a Mbject to constant fluctuation in its AAs eenened sebcoeme BUPOpe. rie” went The body of the woman who was Nndamental structure based upon the anroad shortly before W ain wright re- |} killed by a Burlington train at Spanish hitting hands of temporary impression, turned from several year's residence Lake was identified Saturday as that Mther than upon the broad, firm iT Paris ana surrendered for trial.’ of Mrs. Marvy Gies of 4820 North Second bundation of matured conviction.” cap win aan hg have figured ag the] street, St. Louis, The identification ‘There has been much nonsense talked financial agent in this bribery deal and} was made by the woman's son just as late,” said Wickersham, “about the aera then secretary of the St. Louis | the inquest was about to close. t Mcalled usurpation of power by the ne areseePonnriion — gered resigned The body, which had been run over f Pedera) judiciary in pronouncing laws from that position, and his friends say {pty several trains, was taken in charge i State legislatures or of Congress un- he will soon make another extended by (“oroner Bracy, and held for jiden- titutional and therefore void.” wuropean trip. tification at the request of Matthew _ Rule of Reason Defended. Herman, an undertaker at 3521 North “ae when the Federal) Constitution was = Broadway. Herman notified Mrs, Gies’ er discussion, and before its adop- ROOSEVELT ON THE JURY son. he added, it was clearly pointed ee She eb Usa aciest that the power conferred upon the " alre be >. Cancer Starves Man to Death. wurts did wd “suppose a a acon Colonel's Name on Panel tO SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 17.—Amassa Me judiciary to e levislative power : : aes ad BR. Campbell, one of the foremost min- ‘ols olla a aa a = oe a Sery C Beginning March 4. ing operators of the West, died here to- 7@i8 superior to both: and that where MILWAUKER, Wis., Feb. 17.—John] @ay of cancer of the throat. Mr. Camp- Will of the legislators, declared in| Negel, convicted of the murder of | Pell virtually died of hunger and thirst, MS statutes Stands in opposition to that Stephen Berger, today was sentenced having been unable to take nourishment the people deciared in the constitu-|to State prison at Waupun for life. of any kind for several days. He was we, the judges ought ' “Even more insens; in the light of {¢ educated men, Ik

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An emphatic declaration against the recall of judges and the enactment of mferendum was made by United States W Gity Club luncheon Saturday. lency of the initiative, referendum and was to destroy con- thse who are to discharge the duties part of a government, are not their Simpler Methods Urged. Urging a simplification, become Wy prejudice or class feeling fhat they impartially of ® be simplified so that charges against judges might be trie ? the latter r; Phe than the former. Ast the courts for interpreting stat- English lanzguave Commun ‘arned in the law. is not an exact icating thought. rants depend upon utes it is the duty strvue them, and to ! growing al legislative bodies-all over the land, corrupt ~ Card Laws ghest dignity 88 to make it unattractive even to homination in order te reach by which the law’s delays may in settling the ordinary the initiative and at the The ten- ickersham m and integrity of than any oth- the Attorney- independent deterred by any | laps, was to be duty of he said: blinded however, eachment, SO admin- impeached. of ought ould be impeachment me one, It ad by ‘hinery important some appro- as readily issues n could be changed it to be governed spaper.,

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Wickersham’s Views as to the Judiciary

HE process of impeachment. of judges is a cumbersome It ought to be simplified. HERE the will of the Leg- islature, statutes, stands in opposition of the judges ought to be gov- than the former. _- N the rights of litigants depend upon the provi- : ; 5s l carry such insurance to be main- sions of statutes, it is the duty tained in large cities. Blake, in a recent order, absolutely of the courts to construe them, light of reason. WATER WAGON OR NO INSURANCE {9 AUTOISTS: CHOICE State Superintendent Blake Lays Down Rules for Surety Against Damage.

MODIFIES FORMER ORDERS

Plans to Have Prosecuting Au- thorities Submit Names of the Offenders. ,

JEFFERSON CITY, Feb. 17.—Franke Blake, State Superintendent of Insur- ance, today laid down the conditions un- FA Sad £05. CLORGE. Wi WIR EP SHAM which libality insurance on automo- Brief- der biles may be written in Missouri. ly. his eanditions are: No policy to be issued to automo- bile owners whe have the reputation of teing recsless or who employ reck- less drive:s. The immoderate use of intoxicuvts to be deemed reckless- ness, Pelicies <6 license is tevoi.ed State. No policy to be issued to any person until a State automobile license has been obtained List of all persons not eligible to declared in its the the de- constitution, people, he cenceled where State by Secretary of the lattcr, rather and popular petition tend to destroy the dignity of legisla- can government subject stant fluctuations in its fun- damental structure. insurance The condition of civil- cities, result from a to con- companies.

WAINWRIGHT WITNESS" BACK FROM EUROPE Phil Stock ibiedons as Brewing Association Secretary and Plans to Go Abroad Again. Louis that pose it,’’ prosecuting the courts and clerks are to fur- chauf- of reckless driving who will turn He will nish the names of all owners or feurs found guilty to the Secretary of State, the names over to Supt. place them in the hands of the insurance Assistant Secretary Automobile Club said Saturday most automobile users will indorse Blake's policy. op- he said, move in the interest of safety.’”’ construe them in the 1| forbade the writing of insurance indem- nifying automobile owners against loss resulting from accidents due to their in- whereby laws are difference or carelessness. This was to be made by postal card modified by an agreement between Blake, Secretary of State Roach and the automobile associations and the liability companies. authorities of Blake. Morse “Some owners may “but I think. it is

6; vears old. WOMAN RUN OVER BY TRAIN IS IDENTIFIED Son Identifies Body of Mrs. Mary the of the St. a

ite Is the clamor heir understanding reason,” discontent light of nd municipal coun- been found in many and inefficient. athy with the rea- to the enactment the nomination of by direct Abaiape eg instances the mnplish a purpose inv men must sympa- her considerations ile importance, Condemned. law-making ought talent, and the aracter, but sys- re to made by petition tend to of the legislative be ar wise subject them- of a primary con- fulnegs.”’ al urged business wyers in evolving The The 1

se in the ordinary | St. obvious—results.

Louis merehants again 57 columns 54 columns rs, all added together. yesterday, demonstrated their knowledge of, and faith in. the pulling power of the POST-DISPATCH by using knowledge and faith Friday, of display advertising in its columns, while was the total they used in 3 out of the other 4 St. Louis newspape ason for this overwhelming preference for the POST- DIS SPATCH in the distribution of advertising is In other words, throngs of customers exchanging ash for merchandise in response to “their attractive announcements, Don’t overlook the great Sunday POST-DISPATCH. St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. Circulation last Sunday, 301,465

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SUGAR TRUST DOES: EXIST, COMMITTEE OF HOUSE PROVES

j Report Says 62 put Is in the Control of the Monopoly.

REMEDY IGNORED ————————— CIVIL

Violation of Sherman Law Since 1891 Alleged, 21 Instances Being Cited.

By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The Hard- wick Sugar Trust Investigating Com- mittee, after many weeks of open. hear- ings here and jn New York and almost report- Sugar continuous work since last May, ed to the today that a Trust exists. House The report, which is signed by all the members of the committee, Republicans as well as Democrats, makes no recom- mendation whatever ag to how the al- leged trust and those responsible for 1t shall be dealt with, suggested that this phase of the situation is one to be handled by a standing committee of the House. As to the effect of the combine on the cost of sugar to the consumer, the committee expressed the belief that monopoly keeps the’ price up, but fakes no attempt to fix accurately the extent to which reasonable prices that might exist under competitive condi- tions are exceeded. The report severely original promoters of the sugar but describes the 19,000 present of the stock of the American Co. as “innocent purchasers” of profi- table stock which was unloaded on them by the few men who organized the sugar trust. Henry O. Havemeyer is given credit for the organization of the combination, and of him the report says: “That this colossa: speculation has come through with success and today stands on an established business basis is due to the genius of its architect rather than to any of the restraining powers of society as expressed in law.”’ ‘We find strikingly developed in the sugar industry several evils,” says the committee, ‘“‘aside from the primary one of stifling competition, which seem to demand careful consideration and remedial legislation by Congress Leaves Action to House, ‘“‘As this matter belongs to the juris- diction of a great standing committee of the House, your special committee will not, as a committee, undertake to present a bill on the subject or to fur- ther elaborate the idea herein suggest- ed, being confident that the entire sub- ject matter will receive careful and prompt consideration by the standing committee baving jurisdiction thereof.” Early in the report the prosecutions of the sugar industry by the Federal Government are reviewed. The organi- vation of the first sugar combine in i887 is taken up and the two actions of the Government set forth. Of the suit brought against the Sugar Trust in New York November, 1910, the report Says: “It is but simple justice to say that this bill seems to be both carefully and ably drawn, to be comprehensive and well adapted to the purpose at which it It is now pending in the Circuit condemns the trust, owners Refining in aims. Court.”’ The committee charges that since the organization of the American Sugar Re- fining Co.. in 1981, it has repeatedely violated the Sherman law. “At the time it was chartered the Sherman law had been in force more than six months, and both its organi- zation and existence coupled with its methods of doing business was, as the testimony to indicate to your committee, a palpable and continuing violation of the Sherman law,’ the report continues. Kemedies Not Invoked. “And yet no serious attempt was made (prior to November, 1910,) to in- voke the civil remedies provided by the anti-trust law against the corporation. It is also to bé noted that the Govern- ment not even up to the present time, so far as has appeared, made any effort to enforce whe penal provisions of the Sherman law.” Twenty-one actions in the organiza- tions and operation of the Sugar Trust which the committee gives were viola- tions of the Sherman law are enumer- ated, and after tracing the growth of the American Sugar Refining Co, and discussing its alleged over-capitalization and sale to its present owners, the re- port says: “These salient facts indicate with su- preme emphasis the basic condition of the problem uncovered by this commit- tee: “That we have in this Government ample machinery for rigid inquisition into the property of these 18,000 people, and for suits to decompose that proper- ty into its original parts by the destruc- tion of its organization; but there is no arrangement of government whatever whereby any one of these 18,000 people might have informed himself definitely of the hazards into which he or she was buying.” The report discusses the doctrine of seems has

Per Cent of Out- ST. LOUIS, “SAT URDAY. EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1912.—12 PAGES. _ ee

RYAN'S TALKS FOR WEEKS OVERREARD WITH DIGTAGRAPH

LONG IS UNDISCOVERED

Machine Put In at Night and Of- fice Often Had Been Searched for It. |

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 17.~—The fact that for days the Government has had its distograph in the office of the International Association of Bridge and Structural’ Ironworkers here and has taken reports of conversations of Pres- ident Frank M. it connection with the dynamite conspir Ryan and others acy became known today. Government agents this afternoon after hearing that the iron workers’ of- ficlals were aware of the dictograph’s presence, entered Ryan's office and took out the instrument, which had been attached to the end of a drawer in his desk. Ryan declared he did not know that his conversations were being overheard. Assisant District Nichols admitted Attorney Clarence that the instrument had been in Ryan's office for weeks and that it had been placed there by Government agents at night. The wires from the dictagraph were connected - PRICE ONE CENT |

EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS GHT}

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a ee ee ee Swedish Flirting Code. Told by Witness, Drives W omen to Merriment

} | Government Stenographers, Blocks .Away, Took Down Labor Leader’s Conversation. || eae. 2

WILLIAM J. CRONSTROM Z7d DAUGHTER GTHEL.

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Expert Testimony in Cronstrom Divorce Case Causes So Much Uproar That Judge the arrests of the men for alleged com- plicity in the dynamite conspiracy. Today a stenographer reported she had heard a woman’s voice over the dictagraph saying: ‘‘Well, I guess they are hearing now whatever we say.” This convinced Nichols that the iron workers were aware of the dictagraph and agents were sent to recover it. It is said the Government has reports of conversations between Ryan, Second Vice-President Herbert S. Hockin and John T. Butler, vice-president, and their attorneys. District Attorney Miller said the dic- tagraph had been in use since last Oc- tober and that it had worked satisfac- torily. “I must decline to describe the nature of the evidence we obtained,”’ said Mil- ler. ‘‘We have complete reports of con- brought here for arraignment, but will are to be brought here for arraignment if it does not conflict with their status under indictments returned against them in California. The question as to whether any conflict in jurisdiction would ensue is being considered. LIGHT RAIN AND COOLER TONIGHT _—_—_—_—~._.. -—— ~

boarder called for a slice of bacon.

you promised you

would not take more than two CON- BECUTIVELY. After the second egg I took a slice of bacon. That broke the continuity. Now pass the third egg, pease.’ Official forecast for St. Louts and vicin- ity: Light rain and slightly cooler tonight ; Sunday fair: lowest temperature tonight

Continued on Page 2, Column 4. about 34 degrees. A with a downtown office away from the Muench Orders All Women Ejected.

l“ederal Building, and two stenograph- ers recorded what was said by Rvan and his associates, particularly - since , : Women witnesses just couldn’t keep Judge Muench’s court Saturday ing when the Swedish code of ethics governing married flirts was under discussion during the divorce from laughing in Mio! suit of J. William Cronstrom against Caroline Cronstrom of 5164 Terry ave- nue. After several outbursts of mirth the Judge ordered Deputy Sheriff L. Hocker to clear the room. The women looked at each other in dismay when the order was given, for the trial. was, to their minds, better than any matinee they had attended lately, and none of them volunteered to leave. Then Hocker told the women they must leave at once and they filed out, with the few men in the audience, leaving the courtroom to the principles in the case, court officials and report- ers. ferences held between the iron workers’ “Go out in the corridors,’’ said Judge officials and thir attorneys and others.| Muench, ‘‘where you can Jaugh and For the last 10 days we have suspetted enjoy yourselves to your heart’s con- they were aware of what was going on,/tent and give the Court a chance to for furniture had been moved about in proceed undisturbed with the trial.” an effort to find the instrument.” Oscar Carlson had testified to seeing Questions concerning the removal for|Mrs. Cronstrom at Creve Coeur Lake arraignment here on March 12 of men Aug. 18 last, with a man named John- on the Pacific Coast indicted in- the|son. He went out on the same car dynamite conspiracy were considered|with them and later saw them in a by Miller today. secluded part of the woods and said Six of the 54 indicted men are either|that they were hugging each other. in prison or in custody in the West. There was a ripple of laughter when Of these the McNamara brothers, now Ithis testimony was given and another in San Quentin prison in California,| when Carlson told of another instance and Ortie E. McManigal, now in custody |when he had seen the defendant em- of the Los Angeles authorities, are not | braced by some man whose name he did considered. McManigal will not be|not know. The defendant's attorney, E. Porter be called as a Government witness for | Peers. in cross-examining (‘arlson, the trials, probably in May. naked: KE. A. Clancy and Olaf A. Tveitmoe, a earner ee Sennen labor leaders in San Francisco and J. E. Munsey of Salt Lake City, Utah, HEIR TOMILLION PAINTING SIGN IN LITTLE ROCK

THE TEMPERATURES. Bucctal te the Poet Tees” ’ 9} nn 8 Be ii oon sy 0 10 a ee 44 Cire, ee EN 3 a ¢ 6. m.....-.201:08 12 Qeoony 2177" 2 "gg | SPringer, eatranged-son of the tate FB Micesesees’ 40 ‘ies ren Springer, has been found alive and rr will share his father’s $2,000,000 estate SUGAR TRUST, Please pass ihe with his stepmother, instead of being Now THEY'LL “rem said the eut off with $00 Sane mast oo many Mrs. Margaret Warren Springer, the y do widow. who offered him $1,000,0, halt you wantl’ asked her fortune, if he would return to Chi- the landlady cago, received word today that he was “I pledge invseif earning a living as a sign painter at Lit- to take only two.” tle Rock, Ark. After eating the She ordered her attorneys to get into icin ©ses the communication with the young man as soon as possible. KE. W. Heiner, 6 East Twenty-second “Now I'll take «treet, gave the information about young another exg."’ he Springer to the widow, ignorant she bad —. iffered half her fortune to the son. He “But you know called her by telephone today.

would take only two.” PENN. LIMITED IN WRECK “My dear ma- ERO dam, you mieun- FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Feb. 17.—The derstood me. I|} Pennsylvania Limited Express, West- meant that I]|pound. was wrecked % miles west of here at 6:5 a. m. today, according to @ message received here by the Pennsyl- vania Raliroad officials, Two workmen were killed and five injured. The company’s advices say that the limited ran into a work train, deralling the first two cars of the limited. No one

on the limited is reported injured,

“You are a Swede, are you not?” ‘*Yes,”” he replied. Familiar With the Limit. “All the others you have mentioned, Constrom, his wife and comnem, they are all Swedes, aren’t they?’ “Yes, we are all Swedes." ‘Isn't it considered all right when Swedes get together to have a good time? Isn't it considered all right for them to show some affection for each other and be rather familiar?’ ‘Perhaps,’ said Carlson slowly, “but the limit is this side of a married wom- an letting some other man than her hus- band hug and kiss her.’’ That was more than the women in court could stand and there was a roar of laughter which caused the eviction order. Cronstrom said he particularly re- gretted the trouble with his wife on account of his daughter, Ethel, 14 vears old, and had delayed bringing suit on that account. Negro Leader of Black Art. In her cross bill Mrs. Cronstrom sald she and her husband got on very well until he took up the study of spiritual- ism and later became a student of black magic. She said her husband took lessons from an old negro woman and did many peculiar things around the house to keep evil spirits from entering the home. One of his protective measures was to sprinkle salt on the steps. At night, she said, she often awoke and found her husband chanting anti-hoo- doo songs taught him by his old negro instructor and by reason of these culiarities her home became a very c omfortable plac e. — ee pe- un- me eae eee ee - ~~ eee - “YTRAWNIN MEXICO, FULL OF AMERIGAN REFUGEES, HELD UP

LAREDO, Tex., Feb. 17.- tetween one hundred and fifty and two hundred American women and children, refugees from various parts of Mexico, passed through Laredo last night and this morning, bringing the most alarming stories in regard to conditions around Torreon, The few men in the party had been robbed of their valuables and tribute had also been levied’ on the women. The foreign consuls in Torreon had Iis- sued a warning earlv' in the week ad- vising all foreign women and children to leave the cit The advice was at once acted upon and a train of 13 coaches Was chartered A few miles outside the town the train was stopped by a large force of armed men, passing through the coaches and ordering the men they encoun- tered to hand over their money and val. vuabies. After the collection had been made the men who had boarded the train insisted on shaking hands with the women and kissing the children, Numbers of those who have started for the United States by way of El Paso and Eagle Pass have been unable to get through on account of the dis- turbed condition of the country and the all railroads will be able to send them on SNYDER T00 BUSY TO HUNT GOLD WITh KIMMEL, SAYS SON First Witness for Defense in ‘ Insurance Suit Gives Testi- mony as to Parent's Whereabouts at Time of Oregon Expedition FATHER OF MISSING BANKER TESTIFIES

His Deposition, Given After Claimant Said He Was Dead, Read to Jury—Man. From Cleveland May Ask to Be Made Witness. Sani REE EREEERRRRRREnneEEel

Kimmel Was Born 45 Years\Ago Today Saturday is the forty-fifth anni- versary of the birth of George A. Kimmel. His mother, Mrs. Es- telle Kimmel, spent part of the day testifying on cross-examina- tion and redirect examination that the claimant, the man of mystery in the suit for insurance on the life of George A. Kimmel, is not | her son. George Kimmel was born Feb. 17, 1867. He disappeared July 30, 1898, when he was 31 years old.

The defense in the Kimmel case opened before Judge Amidon at 11:16 a. m., Saturday, with R. M. Snyder, son of the R. M. Snyder who was said by John B. Swinney, a rancher, to have. been present when George A. Kimmel was shot to death tn the Northwest, on the stand. Snyder's testimony and the reading of the deposition of the anditor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ended the case for the day, Judge Amidon adjourn- ing court until Monday. Young Snyder, who lives in Kansas City, identified the signature of his fa- ther as photographed from the register of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, for Friday, Dec. 17, 1897. The photograph of Snyder, once identh fied by Swinney, also was identified ag that of his father by the son. A deposi- tion was read showing that Snyder's account at the New York hotel was closed July 29, 1898. It was July 30, 1898, that Swinney said, he met Snyder in Kansas City aad on July 3, 1898, that the Kimmel claim- and says he met Snyder in Kansas City and was drugged at the Midland. Hotel. The hotel's records show that on July 28, 1898, Snyder paid $1 for a carriage in New York and that on July 2 he had some baggage hauled, The witness identified a deposition of Isadore Mueller, cashier of the Waldorf- Astoria, to which was appended a photo- graph alleged to be of the signature of R. M. Snyder of Kansas City. He aaid the handwriting was that of his father. The defense said that was all it wished to ask him at that time, but wished to reserve the right of recalling him. Sen- eca Taylor, attorney for the plaintiff, insisted that he be permitted to cross- examine Snyder. When the permission was granted, he asked but one ques- tlon—the date when the signature was written. Snyder answered that it was Friday, Dec. 17, 1897. Attorney Frederick N. Judsen then read the deposition of Mueller. The man said he had been cashier of the Wal dorf for 16 years and that at the time this register was signed he was auditor, The custom of the hotel was for guests to sign sitps for things to be charged to their accounts and for these slips to be transferred to another ledger. At the end of three years ‘hey are burned, he explained, so the: al! the slips signed by Snyder were destroyed 1901, leaving but the one signature. When Snyder registered there Dee. lj, he was assigned to room 1361. Later he was transferred to 1392 and kept this until in the fall of 1898, the deposition sald. On page 362 of a ledger ia the account of Snyder for the week from July 2 to July 2, 1898. This shows that his account of $165.% was pald July @ Three items of laundry, one for $6.19, one for $1.10 and one for $1.76 were identified, together with a %-cent item for baggage hauled July 2, and $1 for a carriags July 2 The testimony of the auditor covered the period up to Sept. 2, 1838, showing that Snyder pald for his room by the week up to that time. Young Snyder showed by vouchers of telegraph companies, however, that telegrams were sent to R. M. Snyder between July & 1898, and Aug. fi, 158, at Alexandria, Minn., Chicago, S&t Loula, Washington, Pittsburg, Saranac Lake, N. Y., and New York. The testimony of Swinney wes that he met Soyder at Kansas City about July 3, 16, and that Eimme! end Johneon were killed at Coos Bay, Ore., on Aug. 14, 1898. Snyder showed that telegrams were sent from Kansas City to bie father at Washington on July » and i

destruction of the railroad bridges. ea later by way of Laredo,