St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 27, 1912

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; row, Posi-Dispat th | printed 6739 Your Wants—Phone the Order tothe Post-Dispatch a : im if you tent a phone or save it with your near- : | est druggis n al competitors as ‘usual: of its competitors All 5774 Only Evening Paper in St Louis With the Associated Press News Service en ee i ——— a a ee en ne neo VOL. 64. NO. 231. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1912 —16 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT TAFT ASSURES GOMEZ U.S. WILL NOT INTERVENE State Department Instructs Minister Beaupre to Ex- plain to Cuban Govern- ment There Is No Sinister Object in Sending Naval Force to Island Waters. PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS OBJECT Action Left to Discretion of American Naval Com- mander—Mounted Negro Rebels Roam Over Repub- lic—Fight Near Santiago. By Wire From the Washington Bu- reau of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 27.—President = Taft today sent from Jersey City 4 cablegram to President Gomez of Cuba, bs - gaying that the United States would " not intervene in Cuba, and that the con- - centration of warships and men in Cu- ban waters was not for that purpose. : Dispatches from Havana say that é when the message was received by the Cuban President, he hastily summoned “a meeting of the Cabinet and communi- @ated the text of the message to the members. A reply expressing the high appreciation of the American President’s attitude is being framed. Feeling assured that President Gomez misunderstood the purpose of the Amer- ¢4n Government in dispatching the large aval force now on its way to Key West, the State Department, after hav- ing instructed American Minister Beau- pre at Havana to make plain to the Cuban Government the purpose of the - movement, has now left to the discre- tién of Col: Karmany, commanding the marine force, en route on the cruiser Prairie, and due at Guantanamo tomor- : the extent to which the marines -ghall be employed. No Sinister Purpose, It is believed that as soon as President ‘jor-ez is made aware of the fact that there is no sinister purpose behind the movements of the naval vessels, and that their commanders will do nothing more than use their forces to prevent injury to American lives and property, he no longer will object. } It, is thoroughly appreciated here that the Cuban President must assume a rather resentful attitude toward what _ might appear to be an invasion of the ‘fsland, lest the partriotism of the Cu- Res be stirred to resistance. _ Bhould he persist in his objection, how- ever, American naval commanders will not remain indifferent to the demands of _ Americans for protection, where it is - @lear that the Cuban Government cannot afford it. Action Awaits on Beaupre. ay : Admiral Osterhaus’ fleet, which is due gt Key West Wednesday, will not move at once into Cuban waters unless some- + thing should happen in the meantime to demand its presence there. The sig- : mal for the disposition of the ships _ @mong Cuban ports will await, it is said, the decision of American Minister Beau- pre at Havana. destroyed however, telegraphic oP oil unication hampers Beaupre in get- _ ting information as to events in the ee: eastern end of the island, where the dis- oe are focused, the State Depart- ea "ment will act independently of his sug- pk hEGRO REBELLION MORE ALARMING tion Are in Vain. ca GO, Cuba, May 27.—Conditions MN a the province of Oriente are extremely er From all quarters petitions . “pouring in for protection, which the Gevernment is unable to furnish because ‘gi’ available troops are being concen- oe age for the purpose of surrounding @ main bodies of the rebels under rome ieader Col. Macheda had an en- nt at Parrall with the rebels, in @ number of the rebels are re- to- ae been killed or wounded, being dispersed. lunteers from Santi- shotg last night in the on nas mrad gel lg . nts whom they dispersed. At “‘Tiguabos, ‘near Guantanam mment forces under Capt. Perey ran 4 F obe 4-of insurgents, killing several. A party of 7 mounted negroes ap- Mast night at Aurora Maniel, ng an attack on El Cobre, 10 TEXAS MOB STRANDED 108 MILES FROM HOME Tyler Men Fail to Get Negro and Railroad Won’t Let Them Ride Home Free. WACO, Tex., May 27.—Telephone mes- sages from Axtell, 10 miles east of Waco, and 108 miles from Tyler, say members of the Tyler party who went to Waco Saturday night to find George Price, a negro implicated in an attack on Miss Carrie Johnson, are walking home, as St. Louis Southwestern Rail- road officials refused to let them ride free. By the time the mob had arrived at Waco, Price had been taken to the Rush prison. Dan Davis, Price’s companion, was burned at the stake by a mob at Tyler Saturday. STORM REVEALS THEFT OF $10,000 IN PAPERS Mrs. Katherine Ruhl of St. Louis County Also Loses Gold Watch and $96.50. An electrical’ storm revealed to Mrs. Katherine Ruhl, 7 years old, of Altheim, St. Louis County, that a thief had entered her home while she was at church Sunday and stolen a tin box containing securities and other papers valued at $10,000. A gold watch and chain and $96.50 in cash also were taken. Regarding the tin box as her most precious possession, Mrs. Ruhl for years had been in the habit of taking it from a closet and holding it tightly clasped in her arms whenever there was a storm of thunder and lightening. When a storm started Sunday after- noon she went for the box, but it was gone. The box contained $4000 in mortgage notes, several thousand dollars in cer- lifleates of deposit and five deeds of trust. The pepers were not negotiable. The watch and money stolen belonged to Mrs. Ruhl’s daughter, Emma. DIES IN HIS THIEF TRAP Grocer Killed by Shotgun He Set for Burglar. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 27.—A burglar trap set by Ray S. Brooks caused the death of Brooks in his grocery store in the outskirts of town. His lifeless body was found on the floor when his wife went to the store to find out why he had rot gone to supper. A shotgun, arranged to discharge in the direction of the window, should an effort be made to raise the window, was empty, its contents having’ entered brooks’ body. It is believed he stepped on the string trigger, in passing between the gun and window. . UNIONS OPPOSE HALF CENT Fear Small Coin Would Make Wage Increases Smaller. BOSTON, May 27—Three of the largest union labor organizations in this city has passed resolutions pro- testing against the introduction into the currency of the United States of a half cent piece. The resolutions set forth that the low- ering of the coinage unit tends to oper- ate against the wage earner and makes a substantial increase of wages harder to obtain. If renting rooms is a matter of bus!- ness in the household, go about it in a business way—use Post-Dispatch wants. T eneeeteenteninieeenmmnetitbemeiieene ena >-PENT ANTE GAME. |KIMONA ENTERS AT ARMORY RAIDED: 6 SOLDIERS TAKEN Five Sergeants and Private Ar- rested as the Result of Col. Spencer’s Complaint. 5 CENTS WAS THE LIMIT Judge Kimmel, Discharges Pris- oners Who Testify Money Was Divided and None Lost. Executing a flank movement on the First Regiment Armory at Grand ave- nue and Market street, Sunday after- noon, Policemen Eilerman and Lang captured five militia sergeants and a private and charged them with playing poker. Eilerman and Lang showed the play- ers no quarter. The only terms they would make called for ‘unconditional surrender. A complaint that members of the First Regiment were playing poker in the Armory wasemade to the police in writing by Col. E. J. Spencer, Com- mander of the regiment, nearly a week ago. At First Got No Evidence, Policemen assigned to investigate at that time reported that they could find no evidence of gambling at the Armory. hLilerman, a motor cycle policeman in the Carr Street District, was put on the cise with Lang, who walks the Armory beat. Sunday afternoon they were maneu- vering about the Armory in extended order, when they heard the words: ‘See you and raise you five.” The sounds floated through an open window of a storeroom at the north end of the Armory Building. Listening under the window the po- licemen heard the rattle of chips. They scaled the battlements and _ entered through the window. Six men were seated at a table. Each had cards in his hand and the table was littered with chips. Five Sergeants Are Taken. The militiamen arrested gave these names: Sergts. Eugene F.. Meyer, 292 Henrietta street; Irwin Meyer, 29014 Eads avenue; Louis S. Goldstein, 1220 North Thirteenth street, and Bernard Fieldler, 4143A Cleveland avenue, and Private William J. Schrimski, 4621 St. Ferdinand avenue. According to the police the ante was 2 cents and the limit 5 cents, and Sergt. Irwin Meyer was the dealer. All were held for trial in the Clark Avenue Po- lice Court on gambling charges. Judge Kimmel Frees Them, The men pleaded guilty in Judge Kim- mel’s court Monday moring, but after nearing th eevidence, Judge Kimmel an. nounced they did not know their ‘“‘legal right,”’ and that if they had not pleaded guilty they could not have been con- victed. He then discharged them. The policemen testified they confis- cated poker chips and cards, but that they did not know the value of the chips. Meyer, one of the men arrested, ex- plained that each player had taken out 50 cents’ worth of chips at the beginning of the game, but they had divided the money afterward so that none lost any- thing. It was then Judge Kimmel an- nounced the dismissal of the charges. —— —_ ; ; Sunday Advertising For Over 5 Consecutive Years. The Sunday POST-DISPATCH yesterday, May 26, was, as it has been every Sunday for 269 consecutive Sundays, or more than FIVE FULL YEARS, with the exception of one single issue, first in the volume of REGULAR BONA FIDE advertising. The count yesterday, Sunday, ‘May 26, was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 287 Cols, Globe-Democrat.. Republic........ 215 111 Post-Dispatch Excess Over Republic ... Over Globe-Democrat . oie . 176 Cols. 72 Cols. The Want Ad Score: Post-Dispatch Globe-Democrat Republic .. - 88 Columns 48 Columns 23 Columns POST-DISPATCH excess of Want Ads over the Globe-Democrat and Republic COMBINED .. Over Republic Over Globe-Democrat 7 Columns 65 Columns Columns Sunday Circulation: Average for 4 Months This Year, MYSTERY OF THE ATTACK ON DOCTOR Garment Worn by Woman:in Affair Said to Have Caused Dissention in Home. ——— ARE POLICE BAFFLED Dr. William Campbell, Miss Ma- bel Ellebra dnd Relatives Won’t Give Information. Foiled at every turn by the reticence | of Dr. William Campbell, Miss Mabel E.llebra, his divorcee friend, and the rel- atives of both, and with only the state- ments made by Dr. Campbell's estranged wife to guide them, the police have been unable to solve the three-days’ mystery of the attack in which Dr. Campbell was slashed with a knife while walk- ing with Miss Ellebra at 11 p. m. Fri- day, Dr. Campbell, under surgical treat- ment at the home of his parents, 3827 Shenandoah avenue, has made no public statement since he told the police soon after the cutting that .he knew the man who attacked him, but would not réveal his name. Repeated rings brought no response at the Campbell home or at the home of Miss Ellebra at 3831 Shenandoah avenue Monday. In the neighborhood it was said that little was known of Miss Elle- bra, except that she was believed to have obtained a divorce from a man named Ford last April. The St. Louis court records do not show this divorce. Dr. Campbell’s wife, Caroline, who is now living at the home of Dr. E. A. Scott, told a Post-Dispatch reporter Monday that Miss Ellebra’s kimono caused dissension in her husband’s fam- ily. “This Mabel, whom I do not know, visited the home of my husband’s par- ents in Belleville about a month ago and was there about a week,” said Mrs. Campbell. ‘‘My husband’s brother, Sam, was there with his wife.. Mabel created a family ruction. , “Sam Campbell objected to Mabel going: about the house in her kimono. He said he wasn’t accustomed to anything like that. This caused a family quarrel, and Sam and his wife left the Campbell home. They are now living in East St. Louis. 3 imei. “T never saw this Mabel, but I negra, of her after my h d and I pees e ed. I heard her referred to as blonde and as the girl with the willow plume.”’ Mrs. Campbell says Miss Ellebra was not the cause of her separation from her husband. ‘‘We were living on the third floor above my husband’s dental office at 1700 South Broadway,’’ she said. ‘“‘My husband got into the habit of staying out late at night. If it was Wednes- day night he would say he was at a meeting of the Dental School Alumni. If it was Thursday night he would say he was at the meeting of the South Rroadway Merchants’ Association. “Friends told me that the dental alumni met only once a year, and that the South Broadway Merchants’ Asso- clation met once a month. A dentist friend told me that it cost $75 to attend the alumni banquets and I knew my husband couldn’t afford that. “One night about three months ago my husband started out. I told him if he remained away late I would go home to my mother. He stayed out late and I went home. I intend to sue for a divorce.” Mrs. QGampbell says she has been in- formed that Mabel Ellebra’s husband, Ford, was a dentist. The police have been told that. Mabel Ellebra frequently telephoned to a Wil- liam Ford in Granite City and that Ford is now in Oregon. Mrs, Campbell says she knows of no man who would have had a motive to attack her hus- band. The Campbells were married four years ago. For three years after that Mrs. Campbell lived at the home of her husband’s parents in Belleville while he attended a dental college. “IT’S A PLEASANT DAY” IS LORIMER’S ANSWER Senator Smiles and Avoids Reply When Asked if He Will Re- sign His Seat. CHICAGO, May 27.—United States Sen- ator William Lorimer appeared at the bank of which he is president today and was questioned closely concerning the visit of Vice-President Sherman to Chi- cago Saturday. The junior Senator did not answer any questions except to smile and reply that his health was im- proved, or to comment on the weather. The colloquy was along these lines: “Senator, did the Vice-President have a talk with you Saturday about the ad- visability of resigning your seat in the Senate?” “T am feeling a trifle better today.” “Have you seen the reported poll of the Senate?” “T oan safely say that I am feeling better today than I have been of late.” “Have you decided whether you will resign your seat or continue the fight?” “It is a remarkably pleasant day and |ONE OF THE 68 PLAINTIFFS IN DIVORCE CASES DOCKETEDIN DAY i SEL Alt MRS. ANNE EWING HOBBS SB DIVORCES ON DEFAULT DOCKETS IN THREE COURTS Mrs. Anne E. Hobbs’ Plea and That of Broker Mullally Among Most Important. On the dockets of Judges Allen, Fisher and Hitchcock Monday were 68 default divorce cases. Among the most impor- tant cases were that of Mrs. Anne Ewing Hobbs, church choir soloist and vaudeville singer, against George Wood Hobbs, a St. Loufs accountant, and that of John D. Mullally, commission man, against Mrs. Mary Mullally of the Beers Hete!l. Studied Music in Berlin. Mrs. Hobbs alleged in her petition that her husband deserted her and re- fused to support her, and that, before their separation, he did not contribute regularly to her maintenance. She was compelled to depend upon her earnings ag a choir soloist and vaudeville singer for the support of herself and her son, Gilson, 12 years old, she said. She asked the custody of the boy. She. possesses a meZzo-soprano voice of considerable power, and studied vo- cal expression in Berlin in 1907 and 1908. Before that she was a soloist in various church choirs, her latest posi- tion having been at the West Presby- terian Church. After her return from Europe, she became a member of a woman’s quar- tet which was successful in vaudeville, and was heard for a week at the Co- lumbia Theater. She is a member of a prominent central Missouri family, and lived in Jefferson City before her mar- riage in 1898. She alleges that her hus- band, who is an accountant, abandoned her Aug. 13, 1908, when she returned from Berlin. Mullally, who was horsewhipped by his wife in the Merchants’ Exchange Build- ing, Jan. 26, 1911, alleges in his divorce petition that she deserted him after a number of separations and reconcila- tions. : He Asks the Three “Children. They were married June 56, 1896, at Nevada, Mo., and separated finally in June, 1909. He asks the custody of their children, Joseph, 15 years old, Ajice, 13, and John WB. Mrs. Mulla’sy encountered her hus- band in the lower corridor of the Mer- chants’ Yxchange and persons nearby heard them quarreling. Mrs. Mullally was heard to exclaim: “I must have $."" Then from beneath her cloak she drew a cowhide whip, with a wooden handle two feet long, and slashed Mullally across the face. There was a cracker at the end of the lash which made a rifle-like noise at each blow. After re- ceiving more than a dozen blows, the broker fled through the south exit and ran east on Chestnut street. Mrs. Mul- laly put the whip back under her coat and left the building by another exit. There were 31 cases on Judge Alien’s docket. Judge Fisher had 3% and Judge Hitchcock seven. Among the cases in Judge Allen's court was that of Mrs. May Kruck- meyer of 6108 Maple avenue against Gus- | WILBUR WRIGHT'S FEVER UP AND H IS UNCONSCIOUS} Noted Aviator, Suffering From Typhoid, Is Worse After a Restless Night. DAYTON, O., May 27.—Wilbur. Wright's condition took an alarming turn early today. The noted aviator has typhoid fever. Wright spent a restless night, with his physicians in almost constant attend- ance. Today it was stated that he was again unconscious and with a high fever. Three days ago the inventor’s illness took a turn for the better, and it was believed he would recover rapidly. Up to that time his condition had been very serious. With the improvement, his tempera- ture fell and the doctors in attendance encouraged the family» ‘to expect the best. His sister, Miss Kathleen Wright, telegraphed to the London Daily Mail, which had made anxious inquiries, that her brother was on the road to recovery. The relapse came suddenly and in the aviator’s weakened condition, hope that he would survive reached a low point. MUST PAY _ $2,100,000 Bigelow Liable Under Judgment in U. S. Supreme Court. WASHINGTON, May 27.—The Su- preme Court today affirmed the Massachusetts judgment by which Albert 8. Bigelow of Boston was di- rected to pay the Old Dominion Cop- per Mining and Smelting Co. $2,100,- 000 as secret promoters’ profits, The suits growing out of the trans- action probably have attracted more attention than any other = strictly corporation case in the last decade. THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER FOR TUESDAY “yu RES. THE TEMPE cooler weather-~ tc come was giver out Monday at the St. Louls weathe: bureau. Loca. thunders t or ms, due to arrive by night or Tuesday, will have some- thing te do with bringing the tem- perature down. The conditions are to be unset- tled, according to the forecaster, while the weather is getting ready to moderate. Local showers are expected to THOUGHT LIFTED = ST. LOUISA 70 HAl LAHM Capt. Berry and Albert Von Hoffman Believed to Have Broken Record. BALLOON IS SIGHTED 742 MILES FROM SAN ANTOI Gas Eag Seen at Sweet Springs, Mo.—Tre Now Is Held by A. Holland Forbes, Who failed 697 Miles. By the Associated Press. mately 5000 feet. It was sailing northeasterly direction. Louis. St. Louis sailed last night. The Lahm cup is now held by A. Hol- land Forbes of New York, who won it in a flight from St. Louis to Richmond, Va. His flight was 697.17 miles. The Lahm ow can be won by any balloonist SWEET SPRINGS, Mo., May 27.—A balloon believed to be t St. Louis passed over here at 12:10 p. m. at a height of apy (Chanute, Kan., where the balloon was sighted this morning. ; John Berry is pilot and Albert von Hoffman is his aid in the 8 Sweet Springs is 742 miles from San Antonio, whence th at about 45 miles an hour in Sweet Springs is 150 miles age Jap Py % who, after formal application try, makes a longer flight than t the holder. = According to the figures avatial Berry appears to have broken the tance record for this come have lifted the cup. ; NO DISSOLUTION OF OIL TRUST SHOWN Secretary Testifies in Pierce Case There Probably Was No Offi- cial Action. NEW YORK, May 27.—John D. Rocke- feller, who is under subpena to appear as a witness in a hearing here in the suit. instituted in St. Louis by the Standard Ofl Co. of New York against the Waters Pierce Oil Co., appeared by counsel today before A. 8. Jacob, the commissioner appointed to take the tes- timony. Rockefeller’s lawyer promised © produce the oil magnate whenever the commissioner is ready to take his testimony. » Rockefeller probably will be exam- ined tomorrow. John D. Archbold did not appear. The suit is brqught to com- pel the tellers at the recent election of officers of the Water Pierce com- pany to count the votes deposited by the Standard Oil Co. faction. The Wa- ‘ers Pierce faction refused to count the yotes on the ground that if Standard i! interests control their company they wil forfeit their charter in Afissouri. Secret Meetings We Held, Charles T. White of South Orange, secretary of the Standard Of] Co. of New Jersey, testified that the directors of the Standard previous fo the disso- lution met daily, but that no minutes were kept. White said the directors held daily meetings which were secret. “Is there on the minutes of the direc- tors of stockholders’ meetings or any- where else in the recorda of the Stan- dard Ot] Co. of New Jersey anything to show that any action whatever was taken to carry out the dissolution de- cree of the Federal Supreme Court?’ asked Lawyer Samuel Untermeyer for the Waters Piterce. “Nowhere that I know of,” said. “Has there been any official corpo- rate action to carry out the decree?’ “IT don’t think so, probably not, ex- cept that the stockholders were notified White j what stocks they would receive in the distribution.” Moffett Gave Him Orders. The witness said that he had prepared Diccaten for stockholders at the annual meeting of the Waters Pierce Co. in February, 1912, at the instance of Vice- President Moffett of the Standard Co. White said that he had talked to other officials of the Standard, including Archbold, about the proxies. Moffett had asked him to solicit proxies from the Waters Pierce shareholders in the name of Walter F. Taylor and Michael van Buren. The names of the directors to be voted for were inserted later, he said. ON COMPANY BOOKS} SAUSAGE FOU WW AYARD. IS TUR OVER TO CHE CHEM The City Chemist was police Monday to analyse at the kind known as | wus picked up by ’ Weyhe, son of Gustay Wey front yard of his home, at | vieve avenue, Walnut Park. | Louis and his 7-year-old tav, were playing in the yard at when the smaller boy found sage. Louls was about to bite Gustav knocked it from his minding him that ished not to taste on the ipo After pen : on Sausage | little brother’s hand Gustav that it had been split oat a skin had been white thread. The boy to their parents who ms pees ; , te BS.) CEI a The Weyhe family tt aw Ihdo Recently there have been thefts chickens and garden stuff in the dist and Weyhe thinks the sausage W pared to do away with his dog. . So far as is known, neote Weyhe children never have qua with other children in the n At the City Chemist's ernoon it was said that it eer ays ey" bevy > -