St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 2, 1912

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SS ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 45) 191248: PAGES. CRT BALL TROT TAGRATED Wa ast Dix. Declares. Patrick Isil BY JUDGE AND ARCHBISHOP ASKS HADLEY 1D Innocent Beyond a Doubt Society Dancers Should Have Been Arrested, Declares Kimmel—“A Reversion to FREE KRETSCAMAR Mi | 3 | K en R Pe y { I€5 | 0 GQ arvVan >? Type, Say s Glennon Hoosier Poet Sends Touching would have arrested the offenders in a Letter Pleading: for Pardon minute. | . ot bike Wank ‘ths chartty. ball was. e of Former Friend. public dance, because admission was open to anyone who paid the entrance fee. If another such affair is held I think the police should take cognizance of it, and if the dancers are brought be- fore me and a case is made against them’ I will fine them under the city | ordinance which forbids any indecent, act in a pubtic place. “The offenders were doubly guilty be- cause of their social standing. A. bad moral lesson was given by those to whom we look, because of their posi- tion, for good examples. “I ‘don’t ‘believe that those persons who are always talking of morality and who form clubs to elevate the-morals of the working classes should have liberty to violate the moral laws themselves.” 4 ie ORDERED DISS U.S. Supreme Court Reve sion of the Circuit Courts Louis in 1911. ‘ The.tango, the turkey trot, the bunny cuddle and chicken flip and other Terp- sichorean novelties sych as were danced at the charity ball, were assailed Mon- oay from two sources. The first attack was made by Archbishop Glennon, who called the new .dances Darwinian “re- versions to type.” — Judge Kar! Kimmel of Clark Avenue Police Court: declared te dancers at the charity ball, society women though they were, should have been arrested, and that, had they been erraigned in his court, he would have fined them un- der the ordinance prohibiting indecent public exhibitions. Archbishop Glennon enlarged, in an interview with a Post-Dispatch reporter, upon the views expressed in his month- ly sermon at the Cathedral Chapel Sun- day, in which. he said: “God, who made man little less than the angel’, never intended that he would return to the animals or cultivate their. habits or ape thedir attitudes. The books that are read, the plays that are writ- ten, the dances that are danced and the songs that are sung al savor of ani- malism.”’ Neither in his sermon nor 3 the in- terview given out Monday djd Arch- bishop Glennon specifically refer to the dances, on the platform. pf the pulpit , caine alae tae, ery bail at Dreamland last Friday|.r the Rev. G. L. Morrill in Minneapo- me Kable . lis yesterday, illustrating his sermon of i : to ‘detectives that she had forged ‘thet occasion society folk danced|+praise Him With the Dance.” and d caste” five other checks, the worth-" re presi 9 8 dances. er Then, said the pastor, in his sermon, ce id 2 e seen one oO esei“Now you have just witnessed how of hence had not been suspect cances in which the, motions. and atti-! fashionable society carries on when it tudes of animals. and birds ars imitat-| cets started. I admit that there is a od,” said the Archbishop, “but I have! grrerent dance, a dance helpful to the gained some ifiea of them through ne body, pleasing to the mind, and helpful tc the soul, but these ragtime dances tures and .the press.. “From what I. gather I should ‘say | pat you have witnessed are not at all exaggerated, and will make the devil that one who accepts the theories ‘of Darwin might properly say that such/»iush and he would hesitate to introduce them into hell. dances ssem to indicate a reversion to ‘The dance you have witnessed has type.”’ Judge Kimmel revealed the fact that! qegenerated from devotion and diversion into dissipation and debauchery. These a member of the police morality squad him well, who admired him greatly, who was detailed at the charity ball. ‘rag dances are animal in name and na- W488 ever won to him by his endearing “This man told'me," said the magis-|ture and often as much more passionate Personality and who is still proud to trate, “that had the dances he beheld|ihan the Oriental dance as Vesuvius is C#!l him friend, I wish to add my plea there occurred in a public dance hall he warmer than an iceberg.” , to those already presented. | ooo —— > | . “Were I able, physically, I should con- sider it a privilege to journey to Jeffer- |HAS 60 ino wale A ROBBER STUTTERS, BUT sou City that I might ‘miake my sup- Heth 00 ANT PLA ay AN FLEES: puree iri. person. Byt. this is dented si agp D oh ae eros ae | Pistol Helpg. -Up Map. to tothe = mele: Bos MB Gets Tangled. guilt in Kis eott is as: unthinkable to me “H-h-h-h+hold | u-u-u-p« §-¥-y-y-0-v-r. as ep agg nas rire and Je separ ever: an) hon straight- h-ands,” said a holdup man 0 y-ward, kindly eye sperkled in the head i Frank Hoffman, 1608 Market street, aS of a true man, it Sparkled in the head he shoved a pistol toward Hoffman's ; of Hernan Kretschmar. —. face near Sixteenth and Pine streets °!* Punisment. was the object of his early Sunday morning. incarcerat'on, has it not. been amply ac- The robber was nervous. His stam- cornplished? mering only accentuated this nervous- “If he was to be made a warning to others, has not the lesson been fully nee. He followed the first command with: driven home? If. the protection of so- clety was contemplated, can there now “T)-d-d-don’t m-m-make any f-f-f-uss be any fear of danger from one whose about it, e-e-e-either.” good record and good friends alike plead “IT won't,”’ said Hoffman, “but don’t stop to talk about it. It will take all for clemency? “And so, my dear Goverfior, I ask that day to get through and I don’t like that gun.”’ the peor fragments of my friend’s un- happy life be given into his own keep- “Vy-y-very W-w-well, I'll g-g-g-get ing, believing in all sincerity that he -b-b-b-usy,’’ concluded the robber. He took “$18 from Hoffman and then ‘will weld them into a golden whole, to] his own peace and to the benediction of fled west on Pine street. Hoffman start- ed after the robber, but lost him in an ad s pee a 3 ul 3 es : oa Suk 3 sid Re se ni \ a EET J + et : pres ~ 2 es Whe . . = eta i vite ag Fe ee m, ip im ay s eum \ ee Se ea ge ‘ . ER Pee a ‘Se spb ; Meer met pi . ~ ae. , qj \ ’ oh a “a eg , «it ig ch. ae ye, hee. > ag » “ pes Gy ig. Rig, fap BBS fe Pe ee Pies, pry aN ! . * Eyes Fae ai P F 4 in tod c Vv 5] A. \ i: ms f tA Sara g sg ¢ “ay CaN . * : pote ? a x a “, - CALLS SLAYER.GOOD MAN Begs That Prisoner Be Allowed to Weld Broken Fragments Into a Golden Whole. Special to the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 2.—The latest and most touching appeal to Gov. Had- ley for the parole of Herman Kretsch- mar, slayer of Clarence’ N. Jones, has’ been sent here by James Whitcomb Riley, known to fame as the Hoosier Poet, who is now an invalid in his home at Indianapolis. The pdtt says he knew Kretschmar ‘well and is still his friend. Kretschmar, shot and killed Jones Feb. 3, 1908. Jones was president and Kretschmar until a short time before had been. secretary of the -Common- wealth Milling Co. of St. Louis. His deposal as secretary and reduction to traveling salesman calised Kretschmar to charge that Jones had entered into a business conspiracy, against him. He walked into Snes’ office and shot and killed him. At thé trial he pleaded self-defense. A jury fixed his sentence at 18 years in the penitentiary. Just before he entered the prison he tried to take his life by cutting his throat in a Jefferson City hotel. James Whitcomb Riley’s letter to Gov. Hadley is as follows: “My dear Governor—Word has just reached me that everywhere the friends of Herman Kretschmar are making an earnest and e loving effort to secure, by paidon, his release from the Missouri State Fenitentiary. As one who knew nsi: sh Was Such an Easy Ls. Cader: Resist Declares ; to Police That’ Her Hus- DECREE TO PROVIDE F 0 ‘DISF OSITION OF ms : Chorus Girls Do Angle Worm Wrigsle in Pulpit. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec, 2.—T wo chorus girls from a burlesque theater danced the “turkey trot,” the ‘crab crawl,” the “tortoise tango,’’ the ‘‘jelly wobble,” “the angle worm wriggle,” the “grizzly bear’’ and others of the new Plax to B> H a:d Within 3 Montt ‘hs by U. P. of Ogden—Frisco x ti ie Considered—Lewer Cellet is ‘Uph Id on Minor Points. » ee Sieaz foe ure Kathryn Mercer, 19-year-old bride _ of five months, who confessed. after the arrest of her husband, Elwood Mercer, ; she had committed ere forgeries of aaa By Associated Press. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The Supreme C r an opinion announced by Justice Day held t ani the U Pacific Railroad Co., by the acquisition of stock in ni ae ern Pacific, had effected a combination rds on of Sherman anti-trust law. _ The action has been known as The Union F | Case. Justice Day, reading the opinion, indated court would enter a decree'to dissolve the c also an injunction to prevent the Union Pacific f Southern Pacific stock. The decision was unanimous. Judge Louis banks were 80 easy,” “that I just couldn’t help it. itarte ) crudely and in a small way, it [| had 80 little trouble cashing the 8 that I improved my methods and drawing larger amounts.” _ Amounted to $175. Pa ' five checks, Mrs. Mercer said, : $15 and $25 against the account of Dose at the Night and Day on and $40, #45, and $50 against the _aormey er. V. Selleck, at the -Barney Bank. ‘a —et! —gN ng (We D “2 ALBERT. T. "PAT ‘Governor . ‘Hop es. ands. ‘Lawyer’ ‘Will Do All in Power ~ ‘to Prove Contention. NEW YORK, Dee. 2—Gov: Dix today. offered an additional defense’ of his ac- tion in: ohing Albert T.. Patrick, the man f ‘guilty of the murder of Wil- ‘iam R. Rice, the aged millionaire. -Wil- Ham M. K. Olcott, Patrick’s counsel, gave out an intimation Patrick’ might; not, after all, try to lay claim to the Rice ‘estate. | “I wish,” he said, “‘that there was @ Board of Pardons in New York as there fs in other states. However, in this par- ticular case I:do. not believe any Board of Pardons would have taken an action. different from mine. I acted alone but 1 was fully convinced of Patrick’s inno- cence and I did not hesitate to pardon him. | 4 Hopes He Will Prove Innocence. “If I'had, the slightest belief in his guilt I would not have péetmitted his re-: file his $60,000 vond’ he wore 4 -worrted look. » “They. won't let me eat or dein,” he exclaimed when he met a Post-Dispatch reporter. “Who?” interrogated the reporter “Why, the job seekers,”’ said the Sher- iff-elect. “I have only 60 deputyships, and fiere I have 2100 applicants They. are after me all the time. Sunday my telephone rang all day. My niall is flooded with applications. It seems to me that every Democrat who voted for me ‘for Sheriff expects me to give him a job. “If somebody will tell ms how to; reake 60 jobs\go around to satisiy 2100 hungry sages reget Tu give him a medal.” Dickmann see that he had se- lected John T. Fitzsimmons as his at- has. effected a com of interstate commerce within the pro- 1 hibitions ‘of the act. “In order to enforce the statute, the leourt is, requirea to forbid the. doing in the future of acts like those whieh ate fousid to have been done in vio-~ lation thereof and to enter a decree |which wil} effectusliy dissolve the combination found to exist in viola- | tion of the statute. “The should provide an injunc-. tion the right to vote this stock’ while in the .ownership or contret -of the Union Pacific company or any cor- poration owned by it, or while held by any corporation or person ‘for the Union’ Bixby and Lehmann Members— - Last Meeting ‘at Vail’s Vermont Farm. Have you a hobby? If you have; and in addition have money, time and inclination to nurse It, | you are eligible to membership ‘in W. K. Bixby’s Hobby Club. Bixhy's hobby is books ahd p'ctures. The last meeting of ‘the Hobby Club was at the Vermont farm’ of. Theodore ntwe just sent for your attorney!” | ” gaid Mrs. Mercer habat ve es ¥you can think of another attorney, an’ t your” — “TH try . “wie has ‘been working as a fo + Fi on attorneys, was arrest- oe on a oharge of signing the Him who grants them. © ‘With great respect, believe me, faith- ‘Fensky, ‘an attorney, cashed atte sr te handwriting on the checks : i by @ handwriting ex- + that ‘of Mercer,’ Mrs. Mercer she “the presence of Chief of De- Y gg oar dporiey told him she had cette So renataggpe made her broth- ‘the bank. ei brake were then locked ur boy was sent to the bate a alley. ih eas co eR AN os ce eet Meee SS ies hy. ees SRP: pS Sy are, Fi irst in Advertising Every Sunday _ for 5+ Consecutive Years. The SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH yesterday, December 1st was, as it has: been every Sunday for : 296 consecutive Sun- days, or more than FIVE AND ONE-HALF YEARS cwith the exception of a apecial aunfveruary taane of a competitor), first | in volume qf REGULAR BONA FIDE advertising. The count yesterday, Sunday, December Ist, was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 314 Cols. Globe-Democrat . (Republic. ......- 236 130 Post-Dispatch lass Over Republic ... Over Globe-Democrat : : : 184 Cols. 78 Cols. The Went Ads POST -DISPATCH excess of Want Ads si the: iNED -Democrat and Republic . . 7. Over eer Over Globe-Democrat ' THE REASON * J - « « L3 Co'umns umns 37 Columns poet. rcdtetion, December 1: © - 308 6 eabaat ri boone year, na fully yours, “JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.” TROLL, AS REGIME ENDS, FILES ON 3. ESTATES The administration of Harry Troll, the Public Administrator whose activity in filing upon estates has occasioned much comment, practically closed at 10 a. m. Monday, when his successor, James P. Newell, qualified for the placé and took charge. But Troll breeezd under the wire an hour ahead of that time by ‘filing upon three new estates. The three estates are those of Ernest Huber, who died Saturday; Fred May- \ hew, who died Noy. 7, and Emil Rin- geisen, who died Nov. 22. Two deputies from Troll’s office were in the Probate Court at 9 a. m. with the form used in such cases. Under the law, Troll will be entitled to handle these three tstates for a year, or until final settlement is made, FAIR, WITH A DROP TO 24, THEN WARMER THE TEMPERATURES. a. Mi. -ccess a. ‘eeeeee ere * it Fh EOE, i ae or. os ae = 5 7 9 A little touch of winter is booked for Monday night. The indications are that the tem- perature will go down to about 2% degrees before sun “up Tuesday morning. But 4 sun, shining from }/ a@ clear sky is ex- pected to bring the temperature up again to some- thing like what it lease. I hope that Patrick will do ali in his power to prove ‘his innocence, and I think that he will.’’ “What about this avowed intention, of. trying to: have the so-called forged will of Rice proved genuine, thereby entitling ‘him to: part of the: millionaire’s estate?’ the Governor was asked. ‘“That is a legal question ané I do not care to discuss it,”’ replied Dix. “Do you disapprove of capital punish- ment, Governor?’ he was. askéd. “I am not in favor of ‘capftal -punish- ment,” he answered, ,‘‘I. believe that the present system should be corrected, and that the State should give a ot 528 Ta man an opportunity to reform.” The Governor said he: was partly in- fivenced toward the pardon by’ the peti- tion of 5000 embalmers, who declared their belief—alleged to be based upon their experience—that the © condition found in Rice’s body: were not due, as the State alleged, to chloroform poison- ing. MILLIKEN REPLIES 710: GARVAN ATTACK John T. Milliken of St. Louis, mil~ lionaire brother-in-law of Albert T. l’atrick, hag given to the Post-Dispatch a dictatéd statement in reply to Prose- cutor Francis J. Garvin's published |. declaration that Patrick's pardon was an outrage on the State and an insult to Judge Goff, who tried the case. Milliken, in his statement, quotes from the dissenting opinion written by Judge C’Brien of the New York Court of Ap- peais, in which Judge O’Brien said that legal errors in the hearing of the case were such as to entitle Patrick to a new Discussing this feature of the cage. Milliken says: . “I.do not think that anybody. N:. Vail, president of the American -Tele- phone and Telegraph Co: Bixby attend ed the meeting, which was celebrated by a dinner given by Vail. ‘The only ‘other St. Louis: member of the Hobby Club'is Fred W. Lehmann. lawyer.. His hobby. is ‘books and prints. Chicago has only ,one member, J. A. Rpoor. Darwin. P. Kingsley, presidént of the New York Life Insurance Co., made the principal speech at the last meeting of the Hobby Club. ‘His: subject was “Shakspedriana,”’ and his hobby is Shakspeare. Vail’s hobby is. books and farms. He took the membore of the Hobby Club. to Vermont to show them his model farm. One’s Hobby Sun Dials. John C. Tomlinson, one of the New ‘York lawyer’s who defended Albert T. Patrick, just released from the - Sing Sing penitentiary, is also one of the charter members of the club. His hobby is sun dials. George A.. Plympton, president: of.a school, book publishing company, has a hobby which finds satisfaction in the collection of arithmetics of the type from which .our grandfathers garnered their knowledge of mathematics. The hobby of Prof. William P. Trent of Columbia University, also a member of the club, is editions of the. works of Defoe. He is said to have one copy of about all the editions of ‘Robinson +Crusoe ever turned out of press. Among. the other memibers of the club are Chief Justice Dowling of the New York Court of Appeals, Alvin W. Krech, president of a New York trust company, Albert Gallatin, Dr. Bashford L. Dern, William M. Schnitzer, John D. Crim- mins, Henry H. Vall, Henry A. Harper of Boston and John C. Tomlinson Jr., who is secretary of the club. ae cana vag a Wee aie at ail aii hes laa aap as %, eee r SO Oo OE SR ae i ee ee a —- ™ Pacific company and forbid any transfer or disposition thereof in such wise ‘as ‘to continue its control, and should pro- |} vide an injunction against the ayes of dividends upon such stocks | F thus held, except to a receiver wae arre appointed by, the court, which shall col-. lect and hold such dividends until dis- posed of by the decree of the court. . Acquisition of Shares legal. “As the court below Mismissed the Government's bill, tt was unnecessary there to consider the disposition of the: shares of stock acquired by the Union Pacific company, which acqpisition, we hold, constituted an unlawful combina- tion in violation of the anti-trust act,” * Win order to effectually conclude, the operating force of the combina- tion, such disposition should be made subject to the approval and decrec of the court, and any plan for the disposition of this stock must be such as to effectuaily disscive the ublawful combination thus created. The court shall proceed, upon the 7 i . ** * ” } ~) ? a k fs * . M fe uy . 7 “ « 4 = . am . ? © & see % ” 7 r , , 2 , . y Deh . - aS be es. " ¥ + 4 Mm .) ae: ‘ “ Sy s b ? 5 4 hte | a 4 ¥ . " ; { y . wy wey q , mn ’ ; : s os . { 1 i bi salt , ; ‘ ps . * . e " ™* P * Ae F a : ‘ : ‘ ; ; ce ? * : Ss e - OY wy i % hy x Pbk. 349% * > & " * ; / ; : ‘ a x ’ R ‘ & P. ‘ . 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