St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 15, 1912

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Competitors combined. . combin Dbimed....-sse? be rs gle a Teld of His Kissing Woman. At the trial of the divorce suit in Mrs. Luckey, in testifying, laid she considered Luckey’s over-zealous attentions to otb- er women, particularly on the European. _ tours he conducts annually. In Paris on ‘the 1910 trip, she testified. the Misses : Grace and Clara Carroil, opera singers, formerly of 3131 Pine street, St. Louis, _ ¥issed ‘Luckey in the effusive French _ tashion, while she and her daughter - ‘were present. This was the reverse of what happened on the 1908 trip, she said, when Luckey Kissed the Misses Car- = ‘roll. without waiting for them to kiss Se ‘Miss Maud Hamilton, a teacher at the Miss | School for the Blind, winked ‘and blinked and smiled at Luckey dur- ing the 1910 tour, Mrs. Luckey testi- . She said Miss Hamilton sat oppo- ef tae got seasick and couldn't come to ‘Luckey admitted on ‘the stand that he had written verses to Miss Hamijton an walked with her through dimly light Georges of Tower Grove Park late at He said he supposed the notes He Made Admiasions. He aleo admitted that his wife found i

THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER TONIGHT

Though the day started out five degrees hotter than the _ scorch- ing Sunday which preceded it, the Weather Forecast- er gave out the cheering news that relief was in sight. But before the at- mosphere is cooled there must be an- other thunder- storm. This is scheduled to ar- rive sometime Monday night. The curleycues on ‘the. weather map indicate that breezes. are camped all around ' the St. Louis district waiting for thun- der to open the gates to them. The storm will quickly pass, the fore-

caster sayes, and Tuesday will dawn clear and cool. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Thunderstorms and cooler tonight; Tuesday fair and cooler. Stage of the river, 12.8 feet, .7 foot. eee Missouri®-Fair and cooler Tuesday, filinois——Fair tonight and Tuesday, cooler tonight and in the south portion Tuesday. BOAT IS NAMED “JINX,” HAS FOUR ACCIDENTS Hits Wharf at Piasa and Then Sticks in a Sandbar Three Times. Three young men of Granite City chal- lenged ill luck hy naming a motor boat they were building ‘‘The Jinx,” after the Post-Dispatch cartoon conception. When they tried to launch the boat Sunday, Jinx proved he was the skipper of the craft. The youths, Ted Hughes, John Thom- as and Thomas Reece, attempted the launching before a crowd at Piasa Chau- tauqua. All three wore blisters in their hands trying to start the motor. When they did start it, ‘“‘The Jinx” developed * strange tendency to move in. a circle. The first time around it bumped its uose into a wharf and threw ,Hughes inte the river. He was rescued. The second time “The Jinx” jabbed its. nose into.a sandbar and stuck. After much effort, it was rescued and the young men started the motor and gave a cheer as the craft darted for- ward, The cheer was premature, for “The Jinx” suddenly whirled 3746 slowed inte the sandbar. Again it waa rescued und a third time bumped into tne sand- bar. Then the youths gave up, towed “She Jinx” ashore with a rowboat and tied it up for the night. tonight and

‘BARTHOLDT WINS CONTEST WASHINGTON, July 15. _The House Committee on Elections No. 2 today dés- ignated Representative Nelson of Wis- consin to prepare a report seating Rep- resentative Richard. Bartholdt of St. Louis, whose seat was contested by a Democrat, Charles J. Maurer. Representative Linthicum of Maryland has been instructed to prepare a report seating Representative Legare of Charleston, 8S. C., who defeated a negro, who contested his’ seat. a fall of}. TALL BLONDE WIFE BESIEGES MAN AND SHORT BLONDE WIFE Husband in Store Menaced by Knife in One Woman’s Haad and Hatpin in Other. SHE APPEALS TO POLICE When She Married 44 Years Ago She Supposed the Man Had Been. Divorced. While George Edmundson and hts short, blonde wife were at arms in his butcher shop at 3204 Laclede ave- nue Monday, Edmundson’s tall, blonde wife and two detectives had the place besieged. There were occasional demonstra- tions on both sides, followed by par- leys during which the short blonde wife tightly clutched a butcher Knife while the tall one cleared the decks preparatory to bringing her hatpin into action, In the presence of the wives Edmund- son admitted that he had marricd both of them. Want, to “Take Slam” at Him. When this revelation came the short blond, who calls herself Wife No. 1, advanced with the butcher knife and said to him: “T have a notion to take a slam at you.” 7 “Slam away,” said Edmundson. An hour before, the Edmundson stronghold, consisting of a butcher shop, a grocery and a saloon, with living apartments. above it, were placed in a state of sieEe. after Mrs. Emma Edmund- son, wife No. 2, had appeared at Polite Headquarters and asked that policemen be sent with her to help her get her property. She said that a month ago her hus- band sent her to Chicago on a@ vaca- tion, and that when she returned to St. Louis a few days ago she found another woman installed at her home. First One Deserted 17 Years Ago. She since had learned, she said, that this ‘woman was Edmundson’s first wife, whom he had deserted in Jersey City 17 years ago. She told the police she and Edmundson were married in Hammond, Ind., 14 years ago. She was then un- der the impression he had beén divorced. ‘The short blond wife arrived in St. Louis about a month ago, shortly after the tall blond one went to Chicasuv. “My name is Mrs. Mary Cowgill,’ she suid to a Post-Dispatch reporter as she grasped the butcher knife Mvun- day. ‘Cowgill is my husband’s rigtt name. He changed it after he left me and our seven children 17 years ago. “T became a trained nurse and sup- ported the children. All these years I have been trying to locate my hus- band. Through detectives I learned he was in St. Louis. About a month ago I walked into his store here. He hugged and kissed me and seemed very glad to see me “He took me upstairs to his apart- ments and told me that henceforth this would be my home if T wanted to stay.

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(COUNTY OFFICIALS TO LET 4TH BRIDE KEEP DRUMMOND Grueninger ‘‘Not to Do a Thing”’ to Bring Back Bigamist Un- der Jail Sentence. OFFENSE EXTRADITABLE Drummond Suddenly Changes Front Seems Confident He Will Not Be Molested. a

Charles R. Drummond’s honeymoon with his fourth bride in San Diego, Cal., will not be interrupted by St. Louis County officials, although Drummond is under sentence to serve six months in the Clayton jail for bigamy, an extra- ditable offense. Sheriff Grueninger, who is seeking the nomination for Assessor of St. Louis County on the Republican ticket, told a Post-Dispatch reporter Monday that he was “not going to do a thing’’ toward apprehending Drummond. The story of Drummond’s marriage to Mrs. Marjorie Duffy of Utica, N. Y., as told by Drum- mond himself in the first interview he} has given since his flight from St. Louis, appeared exclusively in Sunday’s Post- Dispatch. , Sheriff Not Interested. “Charlies R. Prummond is the farthest thing from my mind,’’ said the Sheriff to a Post-Dispatch reporter. “If he has married again, that is his business, not mine.,’’ | When told there could be no doubt’ as to Drummond's whereabouts, he refused to talk further of the matter and walked away. Drummond’s’ willingness that his whereabouts should be known is in strange contrast to his attitude of a few weeks ago, when he was in hourly fear of arrest and complained that he could not sleep because of this con- stant worry. Now he seems confident that he will not be molested. He has been regularly kept informed of the county officials’ movements, and it has been supposed that a detective agency sent him this information, When Drummond was in Reno, Nev., recently with his bride, their marriage having not been announced up to that time, a Post-Dispatch reporter told Sheriff Grueninger that Drummond had been found. The information was con- tained in a dispatch to the Post-Dis- patch. Grueninger said he would wire to Reno asking for Drummond’s arrest and detention. He asked that the dispatch be not published, and the Post-Dispatch consented to postpone publication. That was on a Friday. On the following day, Saturday, the Sheriff told the reporter several times that he had wired asking for Drum- mond’s arrest, and was hourly expect- img a reply. As late as 11 p. m. on that ay he said he was “still waiting’ to hear from the Reno authorities. Decides -to “Give It Up.” Monday he said he didn’t helieve Drummond was in Reno, and ‘Tuesday he said he would “give it up.” The Post-Dispatch sent an inquiry to Reno and was promptly informed that no telegram from Grueninger had been re- ceived by the authorities. [t was also learned that Drummond had hastily de- parted from Reno. When the Post-Dispatch reporter who had talked with Grueninger asked him to explain the matter, the Sheritf ex- claimed, “‘No, I never wired. Thinx I’m a fool? I’ve spent $6.80 out of my own pocket wiring after Drummond on fake clews, and I’m not going to spend an- other cent.”’ J.ater Grueninger said he had been tola that Drummond could not be extradited, his offense having been only a misde- meanor. Prosecuting Attorney Mills was seen, and declared that the Sheriff was mistaken, and that bigamy was a felony. When Grueninger was told of this, he said: ‘“‘Well, no one ever told tne so.’’ It is customary for the County Court to make appropriations for special ex- penses of the Sheriff, but Grueninger hus refused to ask for any funds to apprehend Drummond. Prummond’s attorney, Ford Thomp- son, lately conducted negotiations with the county authorities looking to his return. He found Prosecuting Attorney M lis ready to recommend a shortening cf the jail term as a compromise, but wren he spoke with Judge Wurdeman, the Judge told him Clayton was “not much of a summer resort.’’ Drummond Aided by Relatives. While Drummond has been reported to be out of funds, other members of the millionaire tobacco family have been helping him since he has been in San Diego. In his interview jn Sunday's Post-Dis- patch Drummond said he married Mrs. Duffy in Chicago in May. She is a re- cent Reno divorcee. He was at that time free to wed, his second wife having divorced him. His third marriage toox place before the divorce and caused his arrest for bigamy. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to jail and paroled. The parole was re- voked after his elopement to New York with a stenographer, and Drummond has since been a fugitive. His third wife later got a divorce.

Cool Wave Hits Sioux City. SIOUX CITY, Io., July 16.—A_ cool

ST. T. LOUIS, MONDAY a JULY 15, 1912—-16 PAGES.

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'|Flooded Lands Pictured From Airship By a Post-Dispatch Photographer Photograph taken from aeroplane of district on Missouri side of Mississippi river opposite Alton showing farm lands flooded by rainstorm of Sunday morning, and Post-Dispatch photographer who made picture.

William H. Trefts Jr. Makes 27-Minute Flight in Azro- plane With Anthony Jan- nus at Height of 3000 Feet and Gets . Remarkable} Views.

, eel Willdam H. Trefts Jr., a+ Post-Dis- patch staff photographer, made an aero- plane flight Sunday afternoon - with Aviator Anthony Jannus, covering the Ilorissant Valley, Creve Coeur Lake and St. Charles territories and the Missouri side of the Mississippi River opposite Alton, returning via the Chain of Rocks, the flight being maintained at a height of 3000 feet during its 27 minutes’ dura- tion, in which time about 30 miles of air-space were traversed. This flight gave Trefts and Jannus a finely comprehensive view of the inland floods caused by the rain storm which accompanied the great electrical dis- turbance Saturday night and early Sun- day morning. ‘We flew in a Benoist aeroplane,’’ Trefts said, ‘and the machine behaved beautifully from start to finish. ‘It was inv third flight, the two preceding ones having been made with Walter Brookins last year. The new Benoist aeroplane is the latest model, on the monoplane order, and is much safer and more com- fortable for the passenger accompany- ing the aviator. Safer Than Old Model “The passenger sits in front of the ariver, in a sort of cage, with a good, substantial floor, and feels much more secure than in the old model, The aero- piane’s engine is in front of him. The height of 3000 feet which we maintained throughout the flight is only 500 feet ‘ower than the world’s altitude record *sr an aeroplane carrying 4 passenger. “The flight began from Kinloch Field at 4 p. m., and the start was witnessed by a large crowd. We rose on a steady incline to 3000 feet. After circling about the fisld once or twice we flew south- westerly to Creve Coeur, thence to the Missouri River at a point directly oppo- site St. Charles. Then we crossed and recrossed the Missouri, after which we flew down that river and then circled above the old monastery near the village of Florisant, the place where novitiates are educated for the Jesuit priesthood. “From there we flew northeast to the railroad bridge crossing the Mississippi River to Alton, but We remained on this side of the Mississippi, returning by way of the Chain of Rocks and regain- ing Kinloch Field, after a total flight of 30 miles, at exactly 4:27 p. m., thus averaging something over a mile a min- ute in flying speed. We made our land- ing as easily as would a bird, and at no time was there any difficulty with the aeroplane, although a pretty stiff breeze was blowing during the entire ‘light. Valley Is Flooded. “The Florissant Valley was covered with an inland flood until, in some places, it looked like a lake and in others like a wide river. This flood was caused by the tremendous rains of Sat- urday night and before dawn of Sun- day. Many barns were under water. The wheat fields were inundated, and we saw many cows, sometimes an en- ‘tire-herd, standing in the Water. up to their bodies. Several farmhouses als> were flooded to their second story. There was also considerable back water along the route of the St. Charles Plec- tric Street Rafiway line and the coun-

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WOMAN: ROBBED | SAYS CHAUFFEUR She Held Him as Men Tied Him to Wheels and Searched Him, Declares Taxi Driver.

A blonde woman wearing a white dress threw a rope around the neck of Wal- ter Harrison, a taxicab chauffeur, and held him while her two men companions tied him to a wheel of his machine and rifled his pockets, according to the story told by Harrison to policemen of the Page Boulevard District at 2 a. m. Mon- day. The robbers got $28, he asserted. Harrison said he was summoned to Vandeventer avenue and Delmar boule- vard about 10 p. m., Sunday. Two well-dressed men and a4 woman engaged his car and ordered him to drive to Roth’s Grove. One of the men paid him a $20 bill in advance and said he would settle the whole bill at the end of the ride. The party remained at Roth’s several hours, Harrison said, and then ordered him to take them to the Capri Inn, which is about a mile west of Roth’s. He had been on the road about 15 min- utes, he said, when the woman threw the rope about his neck and held him fast until her companions had alighted from the cab and proceeded to bind him to the wheels. Woman Laughs at Robbery. Harrison said the woman laughed the whole time the robbery was being com- mitted and that the sight of the $20 bill which one of the men had paid on ac- count afforded her much pleasure. She remarked they had enjoyed a cheap ride and urged her companions to hurry lest they might be caught in the act. The woman appeared to be about 2% years old, Harrison said, and was a de- cided blonde. Her entire garb was of white. The men wore blue serge suits. One appeared to be about 2 years old and the other about ®. The robbery occurred at a lonely spot wn the Olive Street road at 12:45 a. m., Harrison said. When he called for help, the woman, he said, ordered her com- panions to follow her, and they dis- appeared into the bushes skirting the road, An Hour Freeing Himeelf. Harrison said he wriggled for half an hour after the female bandit and her companions went away and finally suc- ceeded in wrenching himself loose. He went to the Capri Inn and notified the Columbia Taxicab garage by telephone. Several chauffeurs were sent to Har- rison’s assistancé and they later ac- companied nim to the Page boulevard station. The police say Harrison bore the tm- prints of the rope on his neck. The rope, which he took with him to the etation, was part of his tool-box equip- ment. Harrison is & years old and lives at gem, Mae _Tie_Post-Dupasah thas ony w in St. Louis.

sony 7 JANUS. fi RUNNER FAILS IN OLYMPIAD, DIES AF Portuguese Succumbs to Heat at End of 19 Miles, and Dies in Hospital.

Original Marathon Runner Fell Dead HE first of all marathon men, T who ran from the town of Marathon to Athens, was one Pheidippides, tradition says. Pheidippides was a common sol- dier, the story runs, and was dis- patched as a courier to Athens with the news of the great Greek victory in the battle of Marathon. He accomplished-the run and sur- vived long enough to impart the information; then he fell dead of exhaustion.

—— STOCKHOLM, July 16.—Gloom was cast over the spectators and partici- pants in the Olympic games today when it became known that-the only Portu- guese runner in yesterday's historic Marathan race, F. Lazaro, had died in the hospita] this morning. He suffered from sunstroke in yesterday’s race and fell out at Silferdal on the return jour- zey, after running 19 miles. Fie was overcome at about the same point at which Kolehmatinen, the Finn; Michael J. Ryan, I. A. A. C., and J. Corkery, Canada, dropped out. A squad of boy scouts who were pa- trolling the course to help any runners in distress picked up the Portuguese and telephoned for an ambulance. Mean- time Lazaro was taken unconscious to a medical station, several of which had been erected along the course. From the station an ambulance carried him to Stockholm. He never recovered con- sciousness. He was delirious throughout the night and imagined he still was running the race. The Bohemian runner, F. Slavik, also is in the hospital, but his condition is not serious. The Crown Prince of Sweden visited the hospital this morning. He and other members of the royal family were dis- tressed by the accident. Everyone concerned now realizes it was a great mistake to start the race gt noon on one of the hottest days of the year, in weather such as the ma- jority of the runners were entirely un- used to. All the officials grant that it might have been run in the cool of the long: Northern twilight. Even the members ef the United States team, who are more accustomed to the sun than most of the competitors; were distressed by yesterday's heat, while the English run- ners entirely wilted and were unable to approach their ordinary records. The majority of the rpnners in yesterday's race were in good ecodition oe Killea By « OSWEGO, N. Y., July

Burton Lewis, an offlcar of the city Water De-| CHICAGO, July 15.—William F. Me- Combs, a young man who managed : Gov. Woodrow Wilson's campaign for — the Democratic nomination for the Presidency, today was, elected unafil- mously to succeed Norman HE. Mack of graduate of Princeton and a formes newspaper man, will have cena, charge of Gov. Wilson’s campaign. The National Committee, at ite organ= ; ization meeting, also elected Joseph — < Davies of Madison, Wis., to succeed Urey Woodson of Kentucky as secre: age tary to the committee. pt Optimism characterized the vue of the committeemen gathered here, Tom Taggert, the seasoned Indiang boss, who was compelled by his party — associates to withdraw his recent re+ a signation, said: ak “It doesn’t look as if there would be. | any fightat all. Indiana wa wee be a pivotal State. The Wilson insured the State t te * } cratic. party, while-t Gov. Marshall made sudcess doubly cer- tain.” Martin Is Re-Elected. , John I. Martin of St. Louis was re- elected Sergeant-at-Arms, It was announced that McCombs as chairman would name the Buscutlye: Committee, The confidence expressed by the Ins diana leader is voiced by every other member of the committee. The most enthusiastic are*the 24 members elected to succeed the men who had served in the inner councils from 10 to 30 years. The old-timers are inclined to think the younger men have a good deal to say régarding the management of the cam- paign. There is a general tendency to respect the wishes of Gov. Wilson and Gov. Marshall in all matters relating to the management of the campaign. ThHé members, old and new, admit that Gov. Wilson has demonstrated his ability as a manager, and they are perfectly will- ing to abide by his decision, cones- quently they have net made nner for the selection of state officers i will they do so until Gov. Wilson hag made his speech of acceptance. Theif principal concern at present is in corni-~ paring notes regarding conditions their respective states. Almost as much importance is at- tached to the platform ag to the nomi- nations. The committeemen generally give unstinted credit to W. J. Bryan. and to Senator O’Gorman of New York for the platform. They say that the. document appeals to the progressive element, while it has not alienated the conservatives. Interest in Tariff Plank, ) The greatest interest regarding the platform lies in Gov. ‘YWiison’s mterpre- tation of the tariff plank. This plank tive leaders, howéver, eXpress the opin- a ion that Gov. Whison the Government to actual expenses. | Regarding a treasurer, there

Buffalo as chairman of the Democratic National committeeman. McCombs, a — eee Pb es Ghetbeat B “3 , Ee