St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 9, 1912

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DANGER OF GENERAL WAR IS PRONOUNCED — — | Austria - Hungary Notifies Ambassador in Belgrade That Territorial Questions Must Be Taken Up Be- tween Two Nations. ; ‘to the prévinces of Bosnia and Her- “zegovina, or in other words toward the Servian frontier, 18 battalions PARIS, Nov. 9.—Austria is sending ' @rawn from the Fourth and Eighth army corps, according’ to the corre- @pondent at Belgrade of the Temps, who says he has obtained the infor- m from a reliable source, It, is. believed at the Servian capital, the , Correspondent adds, that Russia and ' perhaps the other Powers will ask ‘Austria for an explanation. — By Associated Press. * LONDON, Nov. 9.—Though the end of : the Balkan war apparently is in sight, 4 7 greater: danger than it ‘ threatened bs — » Burope today. The powers forming the —— Alliance, (German, Austria-Hun- and Italy) and those composing the ple’ Entente (France, Great Britain and Russia) are divided into two dis- tinct camps as to the policy to be fol- Jowed when peace between Turkey arid the Balkan allies has been brought about. _ Absolutely ignoring the threat of Aus- tria-Hungary that she will not tolerate Servian oceupation of Albania or of &@ port on the Adriatic Sea, King Peter’ — ga wontinue thelr advange through — ie eco advance of the Servia * ores %. Sa & — Fr ia é -euntry they’ were p y tor- —— — toward ‘Adriatic Coast. cah t we only one J moré séa _ Mopular Opinion Sways Raasia. _ Austria-Hungary is known to have support of Germany and Italy in Stand she has taken. The attitude ie the powers composing the triple En- | tente is not yet so clear. Russian popu- Ly. feeling, however, will force the Government to take the part of the vie states and when Russia does so Bhe can count on the’ support of her ~ ally,-France, and of her friend, Great - Britain. This is not because they par- ticularly care whether servia gets al) - she wants or not, but because if they Want Russia’s help when they are in trouble they must support her in her day of trial. The diplomats of the six great pow- ers are keeping in the closest touch in Pada hope of preventing the situation »~ becoming any worse, but it is Seadaht in diplomatic quarters that it Id be hard te hold Servia back gee ‘Albania. Flushed with victory and supported oy her allies, Servia will do her utmost “ $0 realize her ambition. | a. be satisfied with something’ loss, She may, how- & port on the 'Adri&tic Sea, and ‘n’ __ View of the motto of the ‘Balkan ne- ey tons, “The Balkans for the’ Balkan 2 ws People,” ear to the claims of the Albanians +o 4 __ fule, their own country, +s, * et , . ae * * Austrian’ Trade at Stake. i - On. the other hand there are many - Who think. that Austria-Hungary ‘will cs risk losing the’ friendship of the an nations, with which she has She has instructed her min- at Belgrade to put her ‘point: &f | befefe the Servian Governmart direct negotiations between the aS will be soon operied. Bulgaria has Geclared her in- not even to remain in the Turkish the 6f feeling in Russia against and possible complications. arrival of the conquering army ‘Sultan must necessarily leave for _ probably accompany him. "The Turkish capital fo far is quiet na@ the arrival of the Italian battle- >) Emanule Filiberto and the Aus- "cruiser protected. “Ins pores continue to send naval ro- ‘to Constantinople. and | | In addition to the fc r battleships and a number ‘of cruis- a) there or on the way, Great | 7 she can hardly. turn a deaf} property in his wife's name. entrance of an in- } Minor, and his government wiii: ing on my rights.” FAIR AND SLIGHTLY THE TEMPERATURES. “We must have ¢ an extra session to revise the tariff,” said W., at the breakfast ‘table. “The schedules must be trim- med’’—— “With real Val- enciennes and Brussels -lace,”’ mused Mrs. W. “As I was say- ing, the phblic will not «be satisfied with less. The most ‘important measure is’’——~— “A perfect thir- ty-six,’” - “My dear, I are’ listening to me. I was saying that the tariff barons no longer must be permitted’ to hide their iniquities behind’’—— “The. loveliest sealskin coats. down from $985 to $68%.’’ Official forecast for St. Lonis and vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly warmer tonight. Stage of the river’ 10.4 feet: a fall of .4 of a foot. Missouri—Fair tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight. Illinois—Fair and warmer tonight and ‘feun- day. EUGENE HALE HAS _ ACE IN HOLE ON BET Doughty Delegate Contends Wilson Was Not.» Elected President in 1912. Does the man who wagered Woodrow Wilson would be elected President of the United States in 1912 win the bet? Several St. Loulsans, among them Er gene, Hale, member of the. House of Delegates from the Twenty-fifth Ward, desire to have this question arbitrated before paying off wagers on the recent election. Hale bet with one of the members of the .loeal stock exchange that Wilson would not be elected’ this year, The stock exchange member, who wrote out the terms of the bet assumed that if Wilson carried the country on Nev. 5 he would. be just as good as elected to the presidency. “That was my ace in the. hole,” said Halk, in discussing , the .matter Satur- day... “You see, the electoral college will not meet at Washington until some time, in Febrairy, 1913 and Wilson cannot be lected gintil that time. It is true that Ming eléctors .got -most. of »the votes last Thesdiiy, but that. didn't -elect- Wil: son. I’m not ‘welching, but just stand- marked ⸗—— — JACK. — IN JAIL TO STAY OVER SUNDAY Pugilist Given Cell in White Division, but Hoots Force His Removal. CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Jack Johnson, ne- gro pugilist, is in jail to stay ‘over. Sunday. Last night his offer of bond was refused and this morning . Judge Landis left town to be gone until Mon- day. It is considered likely that Jolin- son will be held in jail until the case against him is called for trial next week, Johnson was taken to a cell in. the white division this morning, but. shouts of protest and epithets became so joni that he was taken back to the negro division and placed in a cell. with a negro charged with murder. Albert C. Jones, one. of the men who attempted to file a $30,000 bond for Johnson last night, is held in jail uy a charge of perjury, it being alleced that he swore to the ownership of | Johnson has demanded many luxuries, WARMER WEATHER don’t believe you. DMENT:NO. 1. NS TEST SUIT Head of : Under Age Kindergartens Are Possible. WILL CONTINUE Legislature Will Be Asked to Re- submit Defeated Measure Next Year. In view of the defeat of Amendment Ko. 1 at the recent election, Ben: Biew- ett, Superintendent of Instruetion, in St. Louis, will suggest to the Board of Educetion at its next meeting that a friendly test suit be instituted to enjoin the Board from conducting, its. kinder- 1 parten for children under six years of 1 age at the Franklin school and in this way determine the question. “The defeat of amendment No, said Blewett to a Post-Dispatch re- porter Saturday, “was not. the resu:it of any particular opposition to the measure but because the general run of voters, being desirous of defeating other amendments, rather thane inci-r any danger of their vote being thrown out on account of improper scratching, indiscriminately voted against the amendments as @ whole. . “I am afraid this will be. the fate of the measure every time it fs, cou- pled with’ a measuré that fs in any degree unpopular. : One: time it' may be the single tax, at another Prohibi- ition, but always something chat will encompass .its defeat: “For this reason «I think the pest means of settling’ the question imme- dintely is to have a suit” brought against the Board, seeking. to enjoin it from conducting a kindergarten for children under six years of age as is being done in ‘the; Franklin School. I will propose this line of action to the School Board. ‘‘My contention is that Section 6 of Article 21 of: the State . Constitution, which enumerates specifically what the school furd sis, that iit, Is to be, applied to educatianal purposes and thus ijmited by the provision that forbids chfidren uder 6 and adults above 2 to geceive , does not apply to the district sehoo! tex! for the very evident reason that it is not enumerated in’ the funds that are: specifically’ @et Yorth. °~ ' “In ‘case the’ Board ‘does not desire to accept my suggestion, ai bMl wfll- be in- troduced in the. next Legislature - for the resubmission of °the amendmient at the’ next: election.: If: the’ Legislature refuses to pass: such a’ bill, it «wilt ‘be initiated.. We will continue hammering along these lines’ until we get what we ‘want.”’ Bae Amendment No. 1 would — author- ized sehools. to.open: kindergartens for } children under 6 and’ night» — for | }edults over * | ~ — iy ——_ : Football Scores TEAMS co ae 2Q. 30 —9— * Central B. 37 Ferguson H.!0 {0} 0) 0): {0 Yale. oo be OTE ee Brown...../ 0 (7) Harvard .../[0({6] oe ee Vanderbilt ...ia jo) 5 Michigan. . 47}: tt. including ehampagne, but so far has been allowed only a bottle ot milk. Penn. U.....(017] am Ls — —— Fat nen — — — F Times, all added together. . ' §St. Louis newspapers, added POST- ee 56 wantin Thursday ..... 99 Friday .......104 year after year. St. Louis’ ONE 303 © e. : A majority over all On each of three days of this week, Tuesday, Thurs- ° ‘day and Friday, the POST-DISPATCH carried ‘more advertising from the St. Louis merchants than its three " nearest competitors, the Globe-Democrat, Republic * On Friday we came within 4 columns of: — » more of this merchants’ advertising than all the other four together. The table for the week was: Globe-Democrat, DISPATOH se and Times, . added together, columns. “60 columns J 82 66 . 85 tt : “ St. Louis is the only metropolitan city in the United States where any one paper outclasses its three. nearest competitors under normal — week after week and Bra Newspaner, . Cirenlation last Sunday : 433. ? * 7 a a 7 | Local Schools Believes FIGHT: + : - — — — MOTHER TO DEVOTE LIFE 10 DISPROVE SUN KILLED SELF Mrs. Dora B. White Discredits Coroner’s Verdict’ of Self Slaughter.. OFFERS - MANY - REASONS Thinks Young Chauffeur, Found Dead After Shot in Dark, Was Murdered. In spite of discouragements by 4 Coroner’s verdict and police theories that her son ended his own life, Mrs. Dera B. White of 285A Clark avenue announced Saturday she had consecrated herself to the task of proving he was murdered. An accident insurance com- pany has told her it would not pay a $700 policy unless*she can establish that he did not di¢- by his own hand. Her motive, she declares. however, is not to get the money. but to wipe a stain from her son’s memory: J. Hazelton White, 22 years old, thé; only son of Mrs. White, a widow, was found dying from a bullet wound in a yard at Twenty-first and Market streets shortly before 10 p. m. Sept. 2. He was rushed to the city hospital and died within an hour without having regained consciousness. Mrs. White can not reconcile her son’s death with the theory of .self-destruc- tion.- She will not concede that he even might have been accidentally shot, but sald she was firmly convinced he had been murdered. ° Base of Murder Theory. fhe considers her murder theory was strengthened when she found her son’s revolver at home in his suitcase. She compared it with the revolver found at his side when he was dying. They were almost identical in appearance. She reasoned that his friends in identi- fying. the revolver at his side ag his property had done so under‘a miisap- prehension and that they had based their suicide theory on the mistake. A few days after his death she re- ceived a letter addressed to him from his sweetheart, Miss Eva, Bladen of Philadelphia, and which, in response to’ one. from him, ' stated how giad the writer was that their wedding day was approaching and that she would soon be with him. Mrs. White was not awere that her son was cortemplating matriage; but she.recalle. that-he ‘had’ frequently told her he was going to surprise her before Christmas, iin ‘Summing’ up her theory that her sdn did not commit suitide, Mrs. White Saturday told a Post-Dispatch reporter she had the following reasons for belfév- ing he: had no' thought of self-destruc- tion: On Sept. 27, two days before his death, ie registered to cast his first’ “vote at the presidential election. On Sept. 26, three days: before ‘he was killed, he ordered a new ‘suit of clothes and laughingly suggested to the tailor ‘that he would want a wedding tie to go with it. On the day he met his death he told his mother he would go downtown the “cllowitig — and pay her telephone bill. The letter. * his sweetheart indi- ated he had only recently written to her about .their approaching - marriage and had asked her to come to St. Louis. That, only .fecently, while watching motor eycle, races at the Motordronie, he remarked that he would not “‘kill himself’’. for $15. He was referring to the risk taken by the racers. That he had steady employment | and was perfectly contented. Chauffeur for Henry Muller. White was employed as chauffeur by the family of Henry Miller, vice-presi- dent and general manager of the Wa- hash and was, well liked by his em- ploy ers. On. the night of his death he left the Comet Moving Picture Theater, 2112 Mar- ket street, at 9:20 o'clock. As he passed out he waved his hand and shonted goodnight .at Miss Lillian Hayes, the cashier. He.then went around the icor- ner to a night lunchstand. and had a lunch. consisting. of a sandwich and a cup of coffee, From there he walked ‘through a narrow ‘hallway adjoining the lunchstand Anto a yard which extends the length of several buildings on Mar- ket street, including the nickelodeon, He had been in the yArd about five minutes when a shot was heard. Mrs. White heard gossip to the effect that her son, a few nights before) his death, had struck a man on the head with a beer bottle. Witnesses to that incident told a Post-Dispatch reporter it was not White, but another man who wielded the beer bottle. Miss Bladen is expected to arrive in St. Louis In the next few days to help Mrs. White in her investigation of the tragedy, Two years ago Mrs. White’s former husband, J. W. White, a policeman, was killed while walking his beat in Duquoin, Io, Mrs. White had been sep- arated from him for several years. It is generally believed in wWuquoin that the elder White was. killed with a plece of gas pipe by a man he was about to arrest for bribery. WANTS WOMAN IN CABINET LOS ANGELES, -Cal, Nov. 9. “ST. LOUIS. "SATURDAY 1 EVENING NOVEMBER ¢9) 1912 — . Lig PAGES. |MOTHER WHO WILL TRY TO.Cl HER SON FROM COROWER'S TIGR LAWS | TO MAKE » HOTELS SAFE - FROM FIRE HOTELS AND LODGING HOUSES. = HVISRD. STA of 169. * Section 6723. ~ All’’ hotels | miubt: shave, an Jinch rope, aps good. condition, or other &p- _ Pitance (approved by the Commis- fev of Pubifo — rte . rogm, on the second floors, which has an outside window, is rope ‘must have Knots or loops not more than 15 inches apart. It must be long enough to reach the _ one * ‘must be sé- —— ‘and in plain view must algo bo a printed nott | — conspicuous place in every room. } caiiing the guests’ attention to it and BERNHEIMER WILL PONTEST SETTLED OVT-OF COURT Litigants Over St. Louis Merch- atit’s $1,000,000 Estate Come to an, Agreement.» > The sult to, break the. $1,000,000 will oth Jacob Bernheimer, brought by pevers) St. Louls, claimants, was settled out ‘pt! court Saturday, according to a telg- gram sent direct to the Post-Dispatch by Se J. Bernheimer, one of the liti- gants. , Mrs, Nicholas Schartt of St. Louis was a beneficiary. In his message , ‘Bern- heimer said the ease was settied 3 Jorder to keep family. affairs, out. of court and to keep sacred the good name of Bernheimer."’ : fy Marcus. Bernheimer, , ot St. Leith; brother of Jacob Bernheimer. and, one on, of the chief. contestants, dropped dead in the courtroom while! the case was being tried at Port *5* Miss., Merm 8 last. Bult to arent the will was. filed by .Marcus Bernheimer, ae Lowen- stein, - Sidney Morries . nd Joste Forschei mer. They allege that. Jaech — — who died in Atlantic City in, the sum- mer ot 1911, had ben unduly» influ; enced 'to will the bulk of his property to shis brother,, Sidney Bernheimer, and his sister. Mrs. Seharft,:who: were named ‘as. defendants in: the suit to hreak the’ will. The contestants allege that will was made in’ March, 1911, when' the testator had been greatly weakened’ by illness. . An estrangement: between ily was.caused by the ined to ‘break the will. After. Marcus — — se gudda. death in the’ courtroom,: his sister,’ Mrs. Scharff, was ill for. several week as a resukt of ‘the nervots shock, ‘ Jacob’. Bernheimer .was-a promi- nent merchant of Port:Gibsom ‘ Mar- cus was:a St..Louigs miller who. had been president of the Merchants’ Ex- change and.a candidate.for the: Demos | GUNMEN. TO. PLEAD GUILTY IS. REPQRT | Indicted‘ Men Said’ to’ Desire ‘to | Accept Second Degree | ‘Murder Sentences. : NEW: YORK, Nov. 3:—The tumor per- sisted “in and about the Criminal Courts building “today that the four gunmen indicted’ for shoqting Herman: Roégen- thal, desired to’ withdraw their pléas’ of not guilty and enter pleas to miurdes in the second degree. ' Their céunsel, however, Genied that any ‘such’ move was cortemp’ated, and District ' Attor- ney Whitman would maké fo ‘comment. The prisoners, “Letty Louis,” *Whitey Lewis,” “Dago Frank” ani '“Gyp the Blood,” had nothing to say. ‘Theré was no court’ session’ today. The deléction of the fafors, five “Of whom’ had beth chosen yesterday, “will be Testimed M6n- two branches of the Dernheimer fam- || cratic oer’ nomination, . . >: | » | coriance with leading to a . fire. .escape must fed all tirnes be kept in a condi- tlop to he: Opened « @aaily. ° Where it’ ig Tigctesgry to pass a room| Defeated’ Candidate’ Denis: Act | cusing Union of Being Leagued: With “School Book: Trust. — sign (Fire Escape) near A fite escape on each and every floor above the first. If there 4 a ; tern dm e re ing a Nf beg Jonn C. noeiewior⸗ aatgateg. Bo} fire esctipe, there-prist seen publican candidate ‘for’ —— had at Se ones | denied in | 2d. Yeposition ‘Sat at |} end shend) 4fre ‘escape * he had made. a. atatement, bon’ pe’ oh ff — Charles Hertenstein, pregident of Ty: pographical’ Union No. 8 shad ‘rhea ‘a! Mbel suit. for . $50,000, ,, Mer rtenstein, (| ——* his lawyers, announced ‘that, the suit would be dismissed’ ds ‘soon’ ap }| McKinley filed an, answer. setting “p the same facts to whieh he. bad ath | fled. ‘The. ‘Typographical Union, fought McKinley as a candidate for Governor | é Because te, fathered a plank, in. the }. — on 191. Where ‘Republican State platform | recom: | he “have nove’ “thén’ 20 mending | the appointment of a come , be ‘are more than mission’, to “Investigate the feasibility, | three stories high, a watchman _shall of’ printing. school . books of the éle- H Be’: ‘kept: Oh * auty : from: 9 o'clock in mentary grade in. the penitentiary. the evening: antl 6 o'¢lock in the ‘for free © distribution among te: mdrhitie? MeKiniey, was queted in.an.: levter=— * ; RDN ANCE Section 191. There. view in @ morning, Paper, during. fife C):: i be provided te ee charged that, the labor lenders; wha opposed him , were pgerita, of. the | te stfice, ov. an alarm bell-in each ‘MéKinléy’came if from his home at | “ah. be ap gen’ from the —* Unionville Saturdasend«wasinterro- corridor. A. matics must be-poated -in, ( ing, A} e. ‘xuests’, attention to. the O'Neil Ryan. ; eee Herten- * based, be6 ‘ Benfex Sthieiwe te — nied. tie’ répor’ er ‘she eame’ fo'niy roo: 1 * ti Planters ‘Hotel to tal’ ith, me. On, HMertenstein and” the’ * dther gent’ emien acting wittr him were representing . in * whiéh’ they’ were’ corrected.’ I never inthiated “that* I’ thought or . believed ‘the Sthoel Book Trust. “In discussing the matter. I did say | view at the head. of * fight’ of 8 Hg tar all openings, to a fire escipe Gh” each floor above » ‘thé trdt- TKEse dights: must’ be’ kept ere —* dark until: ‘daylight.’ § We ATCHMAN, — ~~ 4 * —— we — Fan ee 2 a oe fait Enis; LIFE WA DOW AT NOON! ‘ school childrem of the State. 7 Ng Air’ bei *— — subernatoripl » campai sn: as has ing. arid bell of guae in. or neat Sehocl book, trust, , bedroom above the first floor, which gated at length, Ay, forme? Judge each bedroom where there, ».s bell, ment on which, “the libe) oad was ‘iptended fo He. viged. te : “I never made any sug staferpont 63 the contrary, T told him thai t beth | good faith the labor orcanizaé tions -with - they ‘were ‘in any Way connectéd with SALOON Papers Found in’ Pdeket Indi- cates Name. Was Albert Balz — ——— Note Found. er fe jthet T ifkely would be ‘opposed, by the | }Séhood! Book ‘Trust, ‘and - tHe tepgrter framed the quéstichs tritended to. draw #n answer to the effect tha “‘Herten- | stofn-and ‘the ' other labét leaders were | ibacked by the School Bogk, Cebit | — + “pt wéfdseanto answer such a ‘ques! tion; and told the reportér ch he was 4s While — steod at a crowded sad impudent and impertinent. ‘White T ,in’. Maris saloon at 06 Washington velieve that the~prifters were. myig- | Svenne, Batundéy~ afterndon, a young tdisen’ in their’ view of ‘this question, man #enited:at bne of the saloon tables t have never hed any! thovght’ that |drew a ‘revolver and fired :a’ bullet ints they weré not atting ih’ perfect goo4 his, chcat.q) He died 1% minutes later faith, and for whet they etleved % the body was searched letters Agree to Withdraw Suit. were foynd. addressed to Albert Batz, After .MeKinley. .hnd) finished: hig 70% Blatr avenue, There was siso -s bad a brief conferences ‘hete. asking. that..Leonard Balz, . at “Quy A. Thompson | —— and Olive streets, be. noti- and, Bugene \McCullet, lawyers fep- | fled. n A ‘sealed note to Leonard * resenting «., Hertenstetn, and they chief r Ky Pit far tote at agreed to. ‘withdraw ‘the suit if ne. the Publ 4 ag une a would file, an enewer repeating tito ® RB an! jen Pala tery = ‘statements; in hig testimony. * McKinley said he .would do this, * ni fe — * . permit Hertenstein’s lawyers themsel ves e rank two | ‘to write and, file the answer ina ypc ig without regaining. constiousness. ‘he, their: hest interest.” When } ‘testimony, he. ‘with Juige Ryan, or — to’ th ——— hag was y seoking said — Dag. teeters : ? 5 —* * F a + * Psi. 2 ep teth * * x :. ~ et + these ‘hotels. ° After a second day’s spection of hotels both End and the middle of Building Commissioner told a Post-Dispatch reporter tion or class of * a McKelvey said 4 ey | tela in the West End Thursday | found that none is complying | with: the fire\laws, »while in so —— — — ee levard also was inspected by McKelvey, — Soto fee ee and the as this hotel, was Begg, who manages. | — Much of t er wretched condition ‘of ‘the many tels with regard to fire discipline, McKelvey “says, ) placed on the shoulders of “thé Hotel ‘Inspectors, who ‘have — stamp of their approval on arhy In- one Delmar —— there was displayed the office’ a gilt-bound and c@rtificate issued by a state spector setting forth that the spector had examined the. found it “O' K.” Yet in this “hot ‘the hallways and basement were lit tered with papers and 2 nfl mable waste, according to McKelye The way to the fire « through a bathroom .with tt the windows. There were st