St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 18, 1912

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rm >~ “i? Phone Your Wants to the Post-Dispatch Main 3150 Central 3415 Only Evening ‘Paper in St Lows With the Astocialed Press News ee ot a eS eee sen nase A PHONE VOL. 64. NO. 303. Tie or YOUR CREDIT 1S GOOD IF YOU OOSEVELT IS BEATEN IN FIRST MOV LOUIS, TU TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1912.—20 0 PAGES. LOSES HIS FIGHT TO SEAT P*SELWYNEDGAR'S ., SUEDFOR CLOTHES ‘HIS WIFE BOUGHT Action for $162 Brought by a New York Firm. BOUGHT ON EASTERN TRIP They Are Cited to Appear in Justice Court Litiga- tion. M:, and Mrs,-Sétwyn C. Edgar, 4359 Lindell boulevard, were sued for $162.70 on a bill for, drgeses and dress goods by Oppenhdipier, Collins & Co. of New York, Tuesdvy afternoon. The suit Was filed in justice Slater's court. Tt is understood the . goods \ Wought during a recent stay of the gars in New York. Edgar, who is ~ presidert of..the Edgar Zinc Co., re- ‘tuned several weeks ago and his wife followed him more recently. (| Mrs.°Edgar is Edgar’s third wife and he is her second husband. She was for- merliy Miss Catherine Shotwell. She Was separated from her first husband, a Mr. Reach, by divorce. She is much younger shan Edgar. She has been con- - Sidered by her friends as one of the best dressed women in St. Louis. THANKS JUDGE FOR TWO-YEAR SENTENCE ——————? Man Who Has Served 47 Years Promises to Reform as Grati- tude for Leniency. » Frank A. Punshon, 66 years oid, stag- gered as if he had been struck when Judge Taylor sentenced him to two years in the penitentiary Wednesday for stealing a gold watch and chain from Mrs. Jessie Callahan of 1232 South Sixth street. Attaches of the court felt sorry for the gray-haired old man and jumped to his side to sustain him, but drew back in surprise when he told _ the Court: “x;upr honor, that’s the best deal I ever got. I didn't think it possible to escape under five years. You're a len- fent —. and when I; get out this time, certainl, will reform for your Ree Punshon had previously explained to the Judge that 47 years of his life had been passed in prison. He served 18 years. for killing a betrayer of his sis- ter. He was sentenced once to 20 years for stealing $10, he said. Other sen- tences he had received for swindling women. Punshon’s plan was to place ads in the newspapers for housekeep- ers. Then he would visit the womtn at their homes and steal whatever of value was handy. REFEREE TO HEAR BIG “USURY” TRIAL Theodore Rassieur Appointed ir Kansas City Man’s $333,450 Suit Against Bank. Attorney Theodore Rassieur has been appointed by Judge Fisher as referee in the case of John T. Long of Kansas City, against the National Bank of Commerce in St. Louis for $333,450, alleg- i usury. In the sult Long avers he was charged usurious interest in the _form of commissions on a loan of $200,- ! Obtained from the Bank of C)m- “merce. He sues to recover twice the sum of the ajleged usury and interest. this being permissible under the na- tional banking law. Depositions taken in this case told of the workings’ of the Hamilton Invest- ment Co,, which was interested in ne- gotiating the loan for Long. J, Ww. Perry, former vice-president of the Na- tional Bank of Commerce in St. Louis, described the Hamilton Co. as “g tin box on my desk in the office of the Bank of Commerce.” HARD COAL RATE INQUIRY ORDERED Interstate Commerce Commis. sion Makes All Anthracite Railroads Respondents. WASHINGTON, June 18.—The Inter. rtate “Commerce Commission today. ppon it# own initiative, ordered an in- ae which ~ lll to railroad were LAMBERT DIVORCE CASE {5 TRIED IN SEVEN MINUTES Case Taken Under Advisement After Clubman’s Wife Testi- ties in Low Voice. WEARS BLACK IN COURT Declares Husband Said He No Longer Loved Her and She Tried to-Win Him Back. The. divorce suit of Mrs. Florence Parker Lambert of 10 Hortense against Marion L. J. Lambert, scion of the wealthy Lambert family and vice- president of the Lambert Pharmacal Co., member of the St. Louis, St. Louis County, Glen Echo Golf, Missouri Ath- letic, Noonday and Racquet clubs, was t ed in seven minutes in Judge Allen's court Tuesday. After Mrs. Lambert had answered her lawyer's ‘questions in monosyllables and @ nurse }*°d corroborated her story, Judge Allen took the case under advise- ment, indicating a decision would be handed down Wednesday. Lambert did not appear in court. Attorneys for him and his wife held a whispered conference in the courtroom. It was understood they were trying to place |Treach an agreement about alimony. Courtroom Crowded, Mrs. Lambert was at the Courthouse about 40 minutes altogether. She ar- rived at 10:20 in an auto, with the nurse, Miss Virginia Quinn, and Attorney George T. Priest. As it was default day on the divorce docket, the room was crowded with divorce seekers and their lawyers and witnesses. Mrs. Lambert, of striking blonde type, was pale when she faced the Judge She was gowned in a black, close-fitting tailored suit, with a white straw hat trimmed with velvet, white gloves and black shoes. Her only jewelry was a gold crescent, diamond-studded hrooch. With a copy of the petition in his hand, Priest stood close beside her. He read the document, sentence by sentence, ask- ing if each charge was true. Her an- swer, almost uniformly, was the single word, yes. Both spoke in such low tones that only a few persons in the room could hear the questions and answers. ——— s He Nagged Her She merely testified to the "formal charges in the petition that she was married to Lambert in Richmond, Va., Dec, 15, 1899, and they separated in Oc- tober, 1910. She said that, although she has always treated her husband with kindness and affection, he has not shown the same regard for her; that his acts have destroyed the peace and hap- ulneps of their home. S’e said Lambert humiliated and in- suited her publicly and privately and unjustly had nagged, criticised and found fault with her. He told her he no longer loved her, she testified, crit- icised her friends, refused to go away with her for summer vacations for four years, and was indifferent to her when she was ill. Once when they left the city, she sa'd, they went by separate trains. Another time when she had to undergo a surgical operation in New York her husbanu re- mained in St. Louis. Judge Allen asked enly one question, and that was as to whether she had en- deavored to win back her husband’s love since their separation. She an- Swered “Yes,” and tears sprang into her eyes. She retained her self-control, however, and the emotion quickly passed. Nurse on Stand for Her. Miss Quinn then took the stand. She also answered by the one word -yes questions of Priest as to whether Mrs. Lambert had treated her husband well and was a faithful wife. Attorney Samuel W. Fordyce Jr., who was in court on behalf of the husband, offered no evidence when the plaintiff had finished her case. Judge Allen asked what should be done about ali- mony. Fordyce, Priest and T. M. Pierce, associated with Priest, gathered around the witness stand and held a conversar tion in whispers... It was then Judge Allen announced he would take the case under advisement. Your Appeal Must Reach Persens Who are interested in your want ad if it is to bring results. The more persons it reaches the greater are your prospects of having » your wants filled. The daily issues of the Post-Dispatch have a circulation of more than 170,000. Can you afford to have notice of your vacant rooms omitted from a single is- ‘gue and lose the appeal to this vast number? Your druggist will rane fhe want ad to the Post-Dispatch. | SENATOR: BORAH. SONNE ROOT SNIDER, CATSUP MAN, AND BRIDE: KULLED LD BY TRAIN Millionaire and Wife on Auto Honeymoon When Fast Pas- senger Hits Their Car. Special to the Post-Dispatch. ERIE, Pa., June 18.—T. A. Snider, the millionaire catsup manufacturer of Cin- cinnati, and his bride of three months were killed instantly at Harbor’ Creek, eight miles from here, late Monday aft- ernoon, when a train struck the auto- mobile in which they were riding. Miss Ethel Staunton, a daughter of Mrs. Sni- der, is seriousiy injured, and is at a local hospital. Harold Leet of Cincin- nati, the chauffeur, escaped with a few minor injuries, although he was thrown 30 feet by the crash. Mr. and Mrs. Snider were on their honeymoon, delayed by business pres- sure. The couple, accompanied by Miss Staunton, sturted from New York, en route for San Francisco, in a transcon- tinental trip .by automobile. A special car had been fitted up for the trip. Hit by a Fast Train, They skirted the tracks of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad for several miles. They had arrived at a crossing, where they were stopped by a long freight train. As the caboose of the freight passed, Leet, the chauf- feur, started the car and got as far as the middle of the track, when a pas- senger train, running west at about miles an hour, struck the automobile. car # feet. Mr. and Mrs. Snider landed beneath the car. They were dead when picked up. Miss Staunton was thrown clear of the car, and it is feared she is suffer- ing from internal injuries as well as having both legs broken. Leet escaped with bruises, although he was knocked unconscious. Just where would you Nke most to have a home—is there a fayored local- ity, a particular neighborhood that you have your eye. on for the renting or buy- ing of a Tome? If you do not find it ad- [ vertised. try a Post-Dispateh Want Ad of 7 own, ) The engine hurled the big six-cylinder ELECTROCUTED ON POLE, HANGS HEAD DOWN 1 MINUTES Climbers of Clarence Beach, Telephone Lineman, Catch in Wires. _ Clarence Beach, % years old, a tele- phone lineman, was electrocuted at 8:45 a. m. Tuesday while working on top of a pole at Eleventh and Salisbury streets. The body, supported by a life belt and climbers, hung head downward for more than a quarter of an hour, until re- moved by the Fire Department. ’ The body was rushed in an ambulance to the North End Dispensary, where the physician in charge, after a super- ficial examination, declared that life was extinct. The body then was sent to the morgue. WEDNESDAY FAIR . AND SOME WARMER FS SP eee po 57 12 Sue 2 There has much thunder in St. Louis in the last few days, but whether it’s the result of lightning or merely the echo of Roose- velt’s thunder in Chicago, the weather forecast- er sayeth not. However, Politi- cal Forecaster Dixon says Roose- velt is going to continue thunder- ing for the South- ern delegates and the St. Louis weather forecast- er says it will be cloudy here alse NOSE SHUFFLED CARDS GOT A BAD DEAL IN cneeeanin Py: YF 1 Dp 12. Tuesday night. The bolts may be all over Wednes- day because the weather forecaster says it bi ne naa fair and warmer. Wednesday fair forecast for St. Louis and quetntey ae a oer tonight peia 1.R. SGONTESTING DELEGATES UNABLE TOGET ONFLOOR Excitement at Roosevelt Head- quarters as Dixon Makes Final Prediction of Success. By Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—Around Senator Dixon's headquarters the Roosevelt leaders were in a hubbub of excitement. Anxious contesting delegates who had no tickets to the floor of the conven- tion were clamoring for tickets, but could find none. Many protested, and scores of them, accompanied by Roosevelt champions, planned to march to the convention hall to make a demonstration in the streets. Senator Dixon, the managing director of the Roosevelt campaign, rushed around headquarters and in and out of Col. Roosevelt’s rooms conferring over final plans for the day’s struggle on the floor of the convention. “T’m too busy to talk.” ‘I’m too busy to talk or predict,” said the Senator, as he departed with George W. Perkins, ex-Gov. Fort of New Jer- sey, who is to ald in the Roosevelt fight from the floor; Gifford Pinchot, Alexan- der H.+ Revell and other members of the “strategy board,”’ for a nat con- ference with their chief. “It is past the time now for srenia.- tions or estimates,’ the Senator contin- ved. “We are going down to the con- vention to win this fight and win we will. We have put up to the honest delegates a fair proposition for organ- ization of the convention and there will be: enough of the right-thinking Repub- licans, whether instructed for Taft or not, to help us choose the temporary chairman.” Two Murderers Electrocuted. AUBURN, N. Y., June 1%%.-—The sec- ond double electrocution In the. history of Auburn Prison took place this morn- ing when Ralph Friedman and Jacob Kuhn, Rochester burglars, who mur- dered. George A. Schuchart, a srocer, the extreme penalty. Both men went to the —* 7 viet eae TAFT CANLTIDATE FOR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN, T, R. LEADER, AND MINOR’S SKETCH OF COLONEL SPEAKING MONDAY NIGHT . ' ‘As ' = wee A‘ v oo Bulletins From the Ringside CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, June 18. At 10:15 a. m.. the band.in the Celiseum began to play, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee,’" as the. people... were streaming into the Coliseum. 10:16—The band broke in with ‘‘Amer- ica. A few persons. heard the ‘tune and stood up with heads bared. A nit later. “when ‘the musicians struck uy “The Star Spangled Banner,” many mere caught the air and stood. ——_——— 11:15—-Chairman Victor Rosewater of thé Republican National Committee ap- peared on the stage. 11:200—A big “Hat in the Ring,” mount- ed on a tall polé, was carried into the hall by one of the Texas delegates. It attracted no attention as it was carried up the center aisle to the foot of the platform and placed beside the Texas standard. 11:30—Kermit Roosevelt, Co?. Roose- velt’s son, came into the Convention Hall. He accompanied R. R. McCormick of Chicago, an active Roosevelt Jeader. Young Roosevelt stood with his back to the platform waiting to get a seat. 11:32—The California delegation came in. Two women in the delegation were cheered. 11:5—The banner of the California delegation caught in some of the section numbering overhead and then all ban- rers were ordered excluded. Gov. H. W. Johnson headed the California dele- gation. 11:50—Kermit Roosevelt had a hard time to find a seat, being caught in the crowd between the Idaho and Maine delegations. 11:55—Charles P. Taft, brother of the President, visited the Texas delegation and asked them to “sit firm in the boat.” He also visited several other delegations and urged them not to be affected by Roosevelt cheers. 11:55—After considerable discussion the Californians consented to remove their banners, but insisted on retaining the staffs. Two huge banners were in- scribed “California for Roosevelt,” and the staffs were tipped with the golden bears. 11:55—The Wisconsin delegation entered with La Follette banner amid cheers. 12:02—The convention was called to or- der by Chairman Rosewater. 12:15—Silence was obtained and a flash- light photograph was takén. 12:15—Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Congressman Longworth occupied advantageous seats right back of the west section of the press stands. The former President's daughter came _ in quietly without attracting the attention v2 the crowd. . _12:16—The bang of the flashlights for the convention photograph, first gun of the battle, was followed by “Star Spangled Banner.” Everybody stood. Rell Call on che gaan ey un by CONVENTION HALL. MC HICAGO, June 18.—It was stated as the hour for convening drew near that the roll call on the election of temporary chairman ‘would be by individuals and not by states. This plan will be in accordance with the action of the convention in 1864, when Lynch of Mississippi was placed in nomination In opposition to Powel Clayton of. Arkannes, who was the cholee of the National’ Committee. ft is regarded as the only method | cetermining | sad Teal ae of raed con- vention. “PRICE ONE CENT IN CONVENTIC HIS CONTESTED. DELEGATES ROSEWATER H d + 2 e-* af - 7 5! 7 - ig s = - oP moe et : pe RS he . + me f » . re y . pe ¥ 4 mi Pe 2 . , Z fA oe # % - e x . ; ARGUMEN S$ OVERRULES # > Guards Swarm Through Hall, Rea for Predicted Battle “At Drop of the Hat.” EXPECTANT CROWD NERVOUS, _ : HANDS OF GUARDS TREMBLE — Sergeant-at-Arms, Mistaken for Invaders, Rushed © as They Enter—‘Pu'l” Unavailing for © Those Who Lack Tickess—Band > Begins Program Early. not allowed. for temporary chairman. Senator Borah announced that Gov. Francis E. McGovern q.4 Wisconsin was the Roosevelt choice for temporary chetrman. ° er Gov. Hadley’s motion to substitute a Roosevelt roll for thet orary roll of the National Committee was overruled and appeal a % Senator Root and Gov. McGovern were presented as candidates of New York .and Gov. Francis As soon as the call for the conven- tion had been read, Gov. Hadley of Mis- souri, who was seated with the Illinois delegation, rose to a point of informa- tion. He asked whether the temporary roll call of the convention had been pre- pared. Taft Floor Leader Watson, rising to a point of order, contended that any busi- ness was out of order until the conven- tin was organized. The chairman sustained Watson, but full swing of oratory and factional> enthusiasm, three hours’. it convened, had not organized. United States Senator Blily ux Fe hs CHICAGO, June 18.—The Republican national convention iy s Bae _ MeGovern of Wisconsin, by t Taft and anti-Taft forces, respectively, had been placed in nomine- tion for temporary chairman, but no vote had been. reached. One r The Roosevelt people had attempted to amend the temporary roll, but Chairman Rosewater of the National Committee. “raion to entertain any business but nominations for temporary chairman. This brought the test squarely upon that issue. oe A long list of delegates in turn rose to second the nominations of Root and McGovern, and the delegates began to tire of ee and cries of ‘‘ Vote, Vote’’ were numerous. . ee ae Hadley Leads Fight for Substituted: Roll, Overruled; Appeal Not ‘Allowed Hayward announced ‘to tne that each side would be heard fo! minutes, There was a brief consultation on “ret stage by the opposing Gov. Hadley stepped to the the stage and began his Pole * The plan of Roosevelt leaders .an- nounced two days ago was being car: ried out apparently without. to the action of the Roosevelt - last night, who .voted to put in @ reser lution requiring 540 uncontested affirma- of 5 Hadley moved that names be substi- tuted on the temporary roll for those seated by the National Committee. This motion, precipitating the fight early in the convention, was in accordance, ap- parently, with agreement reached py the Taft and Roosevelt leaders. Twenty minutes was allowed each side to present its claims, and Gov. Hadley took the floor to speak for his motion. ‘Mr. Chairman, I rise to a question of information,” said Hadley. The Gov- ernor was beckoned to the stage and made his way there amid applause. James E. Watson of Indiana, floor leader, followed him. In the meantime, William Barnes Jr. of New York was on his feet. “I make a point of order,’ he shouted, but was not recognized. Gov. Hadley then stated his question which involved the substitution of a roll of delegates prepared by the Roose- velt forces for the temporary roll pre- pared by the National Committee. “I rise to inquire if the National Com- mittee has framed for the convention a proper roll?” said Hadley. Watson, Taft floor leader, interrupted, saying, “I make the point of order that nothing is in order before this conven- tion tintil it has been organized.” Both Hadley and Watson were cheered as they stood on each side of the chair- man's table facing each other. Motion “1 Hae toa question of information,” answered Gov. Hadley, “preliminary to making a motion. Until I had made « motion there was nothing to make « point of order against. I still have the recognition of the chair.’ Cheers broke out. Gov. Hadley then presented hie for- mal motion to take from the temporary roll the Taft delegates and substitute the Roosevelt delegates in certain con- tested states. Watson renewed his point of order Taft Gov. Hadley. water hed ruled that ‘potnt of. against the motion seemed to ‘be taken. ‘Instead. of following, the example of our William McKinley, when he presided. a convention and invited er debate consideration of a point. of order, the present chairman has asked only for a brief statement from each . side,” i. The mention of eee. * ley’s name evoked no applause. “I assert,” he went on, “that the quel FF, aT S Test ¥ § a A i N, | “ Tie. ¥ 3 att Ma 7 » ’ > €