St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 14, 1913

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OR ee ee en a ee jhe Post Brought the ainsi Fantastic incidents attend first two months of new system, some of the ‘‘freight’’ sent through the mails being infants, animals, bricks, molasses, a coffin in Next Sunday P Post- ‘Dispatch —

VOL. 65.

rt tte ee VARDINAL BALL TEAM IN CYCLONE; ONE PLAYER URI Shortstop Whelan’s Leg Cut, Three Others Buried Under Plaster, but Are Unhurt. ee

NARROW ESCAPE IN HOTEL Roof of Team’s Stopping Place at Columbus, Ga., Torn Off —Widespread Damage. By Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ga., of cyclonic proportions struck Columbus early today, causing damage estimatec at several hundred thousand dollars. Two residents were reported killed. Buildings of the Eagle and Phoenix mills and the Swift Manufacturing Co. wére partly demolished; residences were blown down and street traffic demor- alized. The Hotel Racine, wnere the members of the St. Louis National League base- ball team are stopping, received the full force of the storm. The roof was crushed in by the force of the wind and Shortstop Whelan's leg was cut. Pitchers Griner' and ~~ Rollings and Catcher Wingo were buried under plas- ter and other debris with Whelan, but they escaped uninjured. Windows were blown out in the rooms in which Players’ Evans, Hauser, Ma- gee, Oakes, Hildebrand and Whitted March 14.—A storm “were sleeping, but the players escaped injury.

Five Dead, Score Hurt in Storm Near Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga., March and thousands of dollars property loss, marked the path of the storm which 4) ma swept the section just éast of the city! ity The storm cut a path about | last night. 16 FREEHOLD

100 yards wide and extended ee | De Kalb County. feared, will swell the list of casualties. The dead include: William Banks and |, child, Clarkston; Mrs. Saillie Nash and this real-estate c Tucker, : pon, Tucker; unidentified negro, The injured: Esma Thomas, Tucker; two Thomas children, one fatally; Pau! | Thomas, Tucker; Mrs. H. L. Wing, Syl- | vester; G. W. Makbut, Sylvester. Relief parties were.sent out from here+ early today. 35 lAves Lost itn Storms in South, Reports Indicate. NEW ORLEANS, March 14.—Reports from sections of the South over which storms swept yesterday indicate that probably 35 lives were lost. Portions of Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Missis- sippi and Tenness¢e suffcred. The greatest property damage and joes of life was reported in Provencal and Many, La. The town of Provencal Was practically wiped out. Property damage at Brookland, Tex., near the Louisiana border, was estimated at $100,-

Reports from Gadsden, A'a., told cf ene death, one person missing and ‘ic- struction of property in Etowah and Calhoun counties. All wires in the pmh of the storm in that section wer? blown down or put out of commission by trtt- nite. °° Pleasant Grove, Maury County, Tenn.. was struck by the storm, and it was thought the death list would amount to four persons at that place. Lexingtc), Chattanooga and (Camden, Tenn., «re eaic to have suffered damage; althourh Later reports, it is there w

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AS HOLDERS OF REAL ESTATE

Hertenstein, Rutledge, Flad, Sawyer, Dalton, Rosenfeld Schedule No Property— Dalton and Sawyer Not on Books at All

It was discovered, in an examination of the books in the Tax Assessor's of- fice at the City Hall by newspaper re- porters Friday, that several of the men named by the Republican and Demo- cratic conventions for membership on the Board of Freeholders are not listed as holdtrs of rea, state. The legal definition of Freeholder, which has been passed on. by Supreme Courts in various states, and by the St. Louis Court of Appeals, one who owns an estate in fee in land. The tax books show that Charles Her- tenstein has made no tax return this year, although last year he paid taxes on $190 worth of personal property. Charles W. Rutledge is listed as paying taxes on $70 worth of per- sonal property. KMdward Flad pays taxes on worth of personal property. I. H. Sawyer is not listed as paying either real estate or personal taxes. Selden P, Spencer pays taxes on two pieces of real estate. Louis P. Aloe is listed as having an interest in some real estate. Fred D. Gardner pays taxes on $2060 worth of personal property and five pieces of real estate. , I’, N. Judson pays taxes on $2870 worth of personal property of rea! estate. Jesse A. McDonald pays taxes on $2070 worth of personal property and is listed as having large real estate holdings. Thomas J. Rowe pays taxes ‘on $1870 worth of personal property and a long list of real estate holdings. Thomas J. Dalton is not is $830 entered on ‘the tax books. 14. — Five | eB known dead, at least a score injured, | in, any Samuel Rosenfeld is not listed as hola: real estate. The tax books he was penalized $200 for failing ke a return on his personal prop- show Rosenfeld, ter by when asked about the mat- a Post-Dispatch reporter, said aS no question as to the require- ment that freeholders must be the own- ‘ers of rea) estate. But. he explained, an be poyersed at any

ee es ee —_—-_ FARM TELEPHONES, TRAIL SUSPECTS Do MILES TO RIVER

Arrest of Men Driving Horses} Suspected to Be Stolen Is Made | at St. Charles Bridge.

near St. Thursday night, on suspicion of having stolen Two men arrested horses in their possession, owe their apprehension to the farm house telephone and to the observant eyes of the farmers. Monday night a big barn belonging to William Davis, a horse dealer of Montgomery “City, Mo., was ee | by a fire apparently of incendiary. origin. Two mules, two horses, large quan- tities of feed, harness, etc., were de-' the flames. In a shed adjoining the barn were and three pieces Charles } a time before the candidate qualifies for service on the board, and the tax rec- ords cut no figure. The legal definition of a freeholder. Rosenfeld said, is a person who has real estate “for life or in fee.” A life in- terest in a piece of real estate would thus suffice to qualify a man. Rosen- feld said he was owner of real estate. but that for personal reasons his owner- Ship was not at present of record. It will be made of record, he said, in time to clear his title to legal freeheldership. The city charter requires that mem- hers of the Assembly shall own rea} estate and shall not be in arrears for taxes. This requirement led, years ago, tu the formation of ‘“‘statesmen’s lot.”’ in a small, worthless tract on the River Peres, where any politician who lacked a property qualification could buy a few feet. Some of these lots are still held for this purpose. In a pinch, it is believed, such a lot would do for a freeholder. Charles W. Rutledge said he owns and pays taxes on real estate, but the laxes are not assessed in his name. He said that it is not his understand- ing that a person must own real es- tate to be a freeholder. He pays taxes on his home, he said, although the property is in his wife’s name, he hav- ing conveyed it to her when they were married. He owns several other pieces of property, he stated, on which the taxes are assessed in the name of the former Owners, but are paid by him. Owen Miller, who was a member the Board of Freeholders of 1910, toii a Post-Dispatch reporter that he and the.ofher freeholders of that year hai to take oath, in qualifying for their positions, that they were owners of wn- incumbered real estate. He said the v were asked about this matter before they were nominated. Under the proi sions of the State Constitution, he sai ‘they could not ‘have served on tte board if they had not been realty own- ers, and. he believes that those wl lack this qualification will be disquali- Hed from sitting on the new board. —— des of 3 a A ay e Nes > sem

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nati TEMPER ATURES.

A cold wave with a tempera- ture drop of near- ly 40 degrees an:l WELL GINE SPRING fy GOOD SALARY \F SHE'LL STAY

| | | OWN THE JOB os fone.) with high winds from the West ‘and Northwest was predicted by }the weather man 4 Friday. Unless all signs fail, the vacant lot baseball games scheduled for Sar- | " |;urday will be

called off and fishermen will put their flies, spoons and wooden: min- nows back in the tackle box § anid turn their atten- tion to the fury

nace. ERS NOT LISTED |JUDGE DICKINSON |

AND LINDABURY NEAR FIST FIGHT Government Counsel Clenches Fists and Dares Steel Lawyer to Go Outside.

ACCUSED OF A FALSEHOOD Trouble Begins When U. S.-Law- yer Calls Paper Produced at Hearing ‘‘Colorable.”’

By Associated Press. NEW YORK, March Secretary of War Dickinson clenched both his fists today and dared Rich- ard V. of J. P. Morgan's counsel just to come outside; and he 14.—Former Lindaburv would show him. The exciting scene occurred as J. P. Morgan Jr. left the stand after testifying in the hearing of the Gov- ernment’s dissolution suit against the United States Steel Corporation. Before Mr. Morgan was called ms counsel produced syndicate agreements between his firm and several of the steel companies, which went into the» corporation, by means of which they were brought under’ the corporation control. Over the objections of counr- sel for the corporation, these documents were placed in evidence. No Access to Personal Files. The firm reported that it was unable to find other documents--the Govern- ment had called for, dealing with the leases of the Hill ore lands by the cor- poration in 1907. A Morgan clerk, who said he had made a thorough search of the files of the firm, was asked wheth- er the missing documents might not be in the personal files of J. P. Morgan Sr. “T have no access to Mr. Morgan’s personal files,’’ said the clerk. He did not know who would have authority to open them. Another document which the Clerk had been unable to find was a letter written by J. P. Morgan & Co. to Andrew Car- negie, but he produced what purported to be a copy. © ‘This is probably not what you ex- pected,’ said Lindabury, and he asked that the copy. be placed in evidence. This Jageh“M Dickifison, counsel for the Gov ‘ernment, decItied, on the ground that the letter was ‘‘colorable,”’ and did not state the full facts. “T deny that this letter is colorable, shouted Lindabury, ‘‘and if counsel says so, he makes a false statement.’’ Dickinson jumped to his feet and strode toward the attorney for the cor- poration shaking his fists. “T will have no one accuse me of mak- ing a false statement,’ he shouted. yas you will step out here I'll settle with you.”’ The former Secretary tioned toward the door. Commissioner Prevents Blows. Commissioner Brown, who presided at the hearing, stepped between the two attorneys and after more words Lindabury said he did not intend “to on counsel for the Govern- and Dickinson returned to his *? of War mo- reflect ment,” seat. The letter in question had to with the price paid for the Carnegie Steel Co. It was not put in evidence. The only questions Morgan was asked related to the missing documents. After stating that he had done his best to have them found, he was allowed to go. do 1). AE OF ACTOR Shopgirls Miss lines of her part and rehearsed in queen- Promoter Ophelia. she could not for the performance, and after a wordy battle, applied for a warrant for Light. short time after out’’ of the Jefferson Hotel by agement. police headquarters. ing at the Jefferson since March 6 with his wife, Louise Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Kran Gendgay. Light told the police that his real naime is Alexan: ' der Graidzakian. an Armenian. ( addition to the part of Queen Gertrude, Miss Weber said that she was to ceive newspaper and billboard advertis- i t t FEE CHARGED FOR ROLES among them clerks, factory upon the stage in robes of state and silk and satin are mourning the arrest of the Great Promoter, Alexander Light, who !s solliloquizing in a cell at polics h the make-believe world Thursday night. The aspiring thespians came from many walks of life, all eager to shine under Light behind the footlights. kings and princes, cost in time and money. Great Promoter they expected to real- ize their ambitions. awakened when Miss Helen vears old, of 4318 Blair avenue, gaused the arrest of Light on a charge of grand larceny. the part of Queen Gertrude in let,’ which Light has billed for produc- tion next Sunday night at the Olympic Theater. board advertising was that she did not get it. lv mother, ceived neither. ‘‘Hamlet.”’ and thus get her money about the theater tickets and stopped payment on the check that the trouble began, which and Mrs. night in the lobby of the Jefferson Ho- dressed a letter to Miss Weber and her mother, have to pay $350 to him or stand a suit for “trouble you night’’ (2

~ ST. “LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, G, MARCH 1 14, 191324 PAGES.

RUDELY AWAKENS ASPIRING PLAYERS and Others Sought Footlight Favor Under Guid- ance of Alexander Light.

Helen Weber, Who Says She Paid $100, Accuses Promo- ter of Grand Larceny. a Scores of young men stenographers and shine

and women— workers—who hoped to eadqua/.ers, where he was taken from They were ambitious to be queens and no matter what it Through the they were Weber, 20 But Miss Weber had paid $100 for ‘*‘Ham- She says newspaper end Dill- promised, and Role Changed Suddenly. After Miss Weber had memorized the robes for several days, the Great switched her to the role ot She protested, saying that learn the lines in time Light was arrested Thursday evening a he had been “checked its man- He spent the night in a cell at Light had been liv- whose stage name is Miss They were registered ag He is 40, 2ars old and He is held for the Cir- tuit Attorney on a charge of grand larceny. Miss Weber was accompanied by her Mrs. Emma Weber, when slie ‘omplained to the Circuit Attorney. In re- ng. She declared that she had oe Miss Weber also gave o Light a check, fer $100 for tickets od She was to sell the tickets back. It was when she changed her. mind led to the arrest. Ligrt Weber quarreled Wednesday Thursday he ad- e] about the tickets. in which he said they wouil-l He explained that. the created at the hotel last has caused his leading lay Miss Louise Chase) to become ffl. Advertisement Investigated. damages. |PRODUCER, HIS LEADING WOMAN AND GIRL WHO CAUSES ARREST

i i L aememaias wpspret ALEXANDER LIGHT. ISTERS LOPE WITH VISITORS

Maggie and Mamie. Bainbridge of “PRICE ONE CENT.

»on triaf a third time charged with the ‘lionaire philanthropist, resumed delibera- AND MARRY HERE i jury

Kn ae MOOSE No eR : . ll es ee

PHOTOS BY MURILLO. MISS LOUISE “CHASE... HYDE MURDER. ~ CASE WITH JURY NTHIRD TRIAL Physician for Three Years Either in Court, in Jail or Out Under Bond.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14,—The jury in the case of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope, mil- tion at 9 o'clock this morning. The case was given to the jury at 10 o'clock last night but after an hour’s deliberation the was lockéd up for the night. At 12:20 o’clock this afternoon Judge the sr OUNGLMEN ARE)

BIL FAVOR [Four Are’ Opposed to Mens 4 ure Passed by House and Requiring Street Car — ie Improvements — Seven 4 Votes Necessary to Make: It an Ordinance of City. > “* Recently Voted 9 to 4 Against — Seats-for-Each — Passenger Bill, but ne Friends « Now Changes. + The ‘‘seat-for-each-passenger”’ passed Thursday by the House of a . > gates, will go to the City Council afternoon for consideration. A poll of Councilmen by a Post! Dispatch reporter showed three fe the passage of the House | four against it, and four non tal. Two were not votes are required for passage. Se A similar bill was killed by the Coun- — cil last Tuesday after the Council Raile a Upper Branch of Assembly’ ee 4 Councilmen Tell om They ) | eh * ’ 4 ‘ ee gee et) = es road Committee recommended 19 amend= ments to the measure. Several of. bare: amendments had been adopted w , Councilman Leahy moved that the | be filed, for the reason that the unmeee ments had destroyed the iseteneahalel : the ordinance and would leave it” ‘ ‘ luw in name only. The most provision of the measure, Lore cars, was ‘not améndments, 9 to 4 pacer Bill. The measure waéa then filed, o by a 94 vote. “The vote to vs the bill was as follows: Ayes—Espeh- schied, Fletcher, Lehmberg, Protzsmann, Rower, Evers,. Leahy, Paule and Ran- dall. Noes—Caulfield, Haller, Davis and Gundlach. The bill now goes to the Council as a House bill, and will have its first reading Friday. cil have talked of having «@ meeting Monday. The bill will be read a second time and referred to a com- mittee at the next meeting. The com 4 mittee can make a report on the si at the following meeting and the bill can be passed at that meeting under - suspension of the rules. Meetings may be held every day if the members de* — fasts. sire it. qe Action tn Week Possible. If a special meeting next week, it will be possible to pass — the bill next Friday and send it to the ~ tea House to be signed Friday night. special meeting of the Council is held Friday night the’ bill ee a 5 a «te “2 ing ~~ Members of the Coun- — is held early — may be sighed — : by the President and it may be! sent to Kerr, vice-president of the Steel Corporation, was called to produce other documents. the Mayor the next aay for his signa- ture. / If the Council amends the bill, {ft wil, have to be sent back to the House for concurrence in the amendments.’ That — action could be taken and the bill'be ~ signed by the Speaker of the House the — same night and returned to the Council for the signature of the President with. out delaying the progress of the ordic : nance. Some members of the City Coundlly when questioned Friday as to t stand on the bill passed by the House, stated they had not changed their minds — and still oppose ihe bill. Two or per 4 are wavering, and decline to ne \their stand at present. Se ; Sees Change in Vote. e President Gundlach of the Council toa a Post-Dispatch reporter Friday that. in his opinion, there would be a in the votes and that the bill would pase. He declared that he €& pected some “fireworks” Lefore the mét- ter is acted upon. He declined to 2 details as to the nature of the “file- works.” The passing of a bill by one of the Municipal Assembly, after it has 4 been defeated by the other branch, has — }no0 precedent In the records of the Mu- nicipal Assmbly. In this case. it Was made possible by the action of the — Public Service Commission in - ducing duplicate bills into both branch- es for the purpose of giving more ri for consideration. This procedure was borrowed from the Missouri | Porterfield called the jurors into courtroom and inquired if they had reached a verdict. Receiving a negati.> reply, they ‘were sent to luncheon ind told to resume deliberations at |! WwW o'clock. There was no f{ndication as to how the jury stood. At 10 o'clock the jurymen sent a dep- uty into court and asked that the testi- mony of Dr. Myde and’~Dr. F. M. Perkins be sent to them. Perkins testi- filed for the defense. Dr. Hyde has spent the last» three years either on trial, in jail or out on bail under charge of the Swope murder. In the first trial he was found gulity : and sentenced to prison for life. Placed atives, and were often seen in the com-' 1) tia) a second time, after the State pany of the two: sisters, but the girls’ | Supreme Court had overruled the trial parents and friends knew nothing of | court, a mistrial was: called “when one the intended elopement. The four young] ,¢ the jurors, weary of confinement, es- people accompanied by Mrs. Alex. GRA | caped through the transom of the jury ham left for St. Louis on. the Wabash | -oom to be picked up-in the’ fields a Wednesday morning. | week later in a pitiable mental @tate. The boys said they would return to A week after the third trial began, their home in phase ym that point. | Jan. 3. it’ was hel up’ by the Sness of Mrs. Graham was pei@iaded to accom- |, juror. in whose «place -a substitute pany them to St. Louis under the plea finally was obtained after the case had of their fist visit to St. Louis and gp) 5roached near anothér’ mistrial. wanted her to show them about the; pr Hyde was first placed on trial town. The two girls and Mrs. Graham | 4 pri] 11, 1910, charged with poisoning were supposed to return to this CILY | eal. Swope with cyanide. Eleven indict- the next evening, but they have not| ments charged him with * connection as yet returned. | with the death or serious illnegs of sev- Mr. Bainbridge, the girls’ father, was! era] members of the Swope family and not at home when called on the phone,|pousehold. The State put forward as a and it was learned that Mrs. Bainbridge! motive that Dr. Hyde desired to hasten was ill and had not been told of the: ¢he inheritanee through his wife; Col. elopement, as it might prove a great) Swope'’s niece, of a share of the aged shock to her. millionaire’s estate. CANE HOLDS JOB REQUEST| MOORE GUILTY OF MURDER Life Term for Death of Mother and Grandmother. COLUMBIA, Mo., March 14.—Henry Lee Moore was found gullty in the: Cir- cuit Court here today of the: er of his mother and grandmother. - The jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at Mfe imprisonment. Moore, who had been away from home for six months, came home late In the afternoon and killed both women with an ax. He stayed at a hotel and going to his home the | pretended to discover the’ ‘ortme. ¢ ls ad mw @aeeima Bf eight horses. Someone had opened the G. ‘Shed and permitted the horses to | escape. All of the animals were re- ‘covered except one very fine team. While the barn was blazing, farmers 1of the neighborhood hastened ito the | Davis place. Some of the later comers Persons Hurt, Storm Damages Crops. |ebserved two men in a buggy driving CHICAGO, March 14.—The damage i, an opposite direction. This started done by the wind and rainstorm which gossip, as the farmers couldn't under- swept Chicago and Illinois last night, stand why anyone should be drtving and early today was heavy. Electric . ,away from a fire, always an important light wires were blown down in some spectacle in a rural community. sections, and as a result many streets | Although it was night, the farmers, were in darkness. las a matter of habit, noticed that one Telegraph wires south and west were | horse of the stranger's team had a down, and service impaired. At Quincy ‘blazed’ nose and that the other had wires were blown down, and many win- ie white “near” hind foot One of the dows broken. Several large boats in the porses missing after the fire had a Mississippi River were torn from their «yjazeq" nose and the other a white moorings, and launches were swamped. “near” hind foot. by the gale. Old-time_river men declarel The next day all rural telephones were | that the waves in the river were higher busy. The strangers were traced almost than they remembered in 20 years. mile by mile. Thursday night. St. At Spring Bay, Iit., 50. men and women Charien policemen arrested them at the! who were attending a church service, to); gate on the highway bridge almost were thrown into a|panic when the stee- at the St. Louis County line, miles ple of the church fell. Charles Gilpin, a from Montgomery City. . farmer near Jacksgnvilie, died from in- One of the strangers carried a big re- juries received when a large tree was volver, blown Gown and struck his house. The prisoners refused to make any At Whitehall a pedestrian was blown statement as to how: they came in pos- from a sidewalk, and severely injured, cageon of the horses, They were taken and a skating rink was demolished. tc Montgomery City identification. Three persons were injured, and con- siderable damage was done to property near Jerseyville. Heavy damage to crops was reported in Peoria, Woodford and Tazewell coun- Lies. suved up for spring suits vanities may yet find its way into the «oa! -man’s pocket, ani the first robin will go South for an- other winter vacation. The money and similar Montgomery City Wed Youths From Far West. ————— ee MONTGOMERY. Mo., March 14.— Maggie and Mamie J. Bainbridge, sisters, and Claude Graham and Tonie T. Lillie, members of prominent fam- ilies, eloped Wednesday to St. Louis and were married there: today The girls are the only danughtecs of C. A. Bainbridge, a landowner newr this city, whose property is valued at ‘$25,000. 3 The parents of Graham and live in Mayville, Ore. The .young men were here Advertisements in the newspapers dur- ing the early part of February, request- ing “ladies and gentlemen to call at the committee room of the Jefferson Hotel for theatrical engagements,’’ caused a Post-Dispatch reporter to investigate. Light, who is a dark-haired and dark- eyed man and about 38 years old, was found talking to a group of young men and women. He explained that he was the director of the Rialto Shakspearean Company, and that he was selecting a company for the production of ‘““‘Twelfth Night’’ on March 2 at Odeon Hall. Light told the reporter that persons with whom he signed contracts had to pay for ‘‘costumes, photographs, adver- tising, professional try-outsSs and re- hearsals.”” He said that the cost was graduated according to the character a member chose, explaining that the lead- ing roles cost from $8 to $100, while some of the minor ones were as cheap as $15. ro lose of life is reported. In Mississippi some damage to prop- erty was reported at Tupale, Corinth, Saltillo and Guntown. Farmer Killed in Illinois, Several ——

Five Warships for England. a LONDON, March 14.—The British na- val estimates for 1913-1914, which were announce! to total $231,546,000, as corm- pared with 000 last year. The new building program provides, for five battleships, eight light cruisers, 16 tor- pedo boat destroyers and a number of submarines.

Official forecast tor St. Louis and vicinity: Fair and much colder to- night and Saturday. Cold wave with ‘lowest temperatures about 20 de- grees. Hizh west to northwest | winds, Missour{— urday fair and west winds, Ps lend 233), old,

Fair tonight with cold wave: Sat- colder, high west to north-

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Something to be proud of! The elaims of the POST- DISPATCH to its adopted Slogan, ‘‘First in Everything,’’ have been printed in this space hundreds of times year after vear, and as we grow; the proofs grow stronger day after day. The record of the present week is the latestvidence at hand. The St. Louis merchants, who are the best judges of the values of the St. Louis papers, bought space as follows:

Many stage-struck young women and men called on Light at the hotel. They came from all walks of life and poured out their yearnings and money with the expectation of realizing their ambi- tions through him. Just how many ne- gotiated with Light is not definitely known. Employes of the hotel say the committee room was always crowded with footlight aspirants. Working Girl Pays for Part. Among those who came was Miss Mar- garet Schuh of 6216 Famous avenue. .She is empioved in a shoe factory, accord- ing to her mother, althwugs the young woman asserts she is a clerk in a store. From the humdrum of the worksh-r Miss Schuh changed her gingham dress at night to the imperial robes of the Piayer Queen in “Hamlet.” She alsu raid her money, $0, for a part in the “Twelfth Night’ and $25 for a part in some play that was to be given at the Shubert, but which did not materialize, and more money for role of Player Queen in ‘“‘Hamilet."” Miss Schuh was elso the understudy for’. one of the grave-diggers in “Hamlet.” Miss Schuh became indignant Thiure- day night when a Post-Dispatch .re- porter intimated to her that Light was in trouble. “I Hate to have my friends‘to know Continued on + 2 Column 2. ) 65 8 out of all 4 of its -c ompetitors added together. 40 columns 60 columns 39 columns 54 columns POST- DISPATCH. ....-.42 columns .60 columns .o9 columns 97 columns for Monday Tuésday ... Wednesday .... Thursday . A TT ee mE WIFE WHO LEFT PASTOR FOR BURGLAR, ARRESTED March . 14.—Mrs. Mabel Clarkson, who is alleged to have desert- ed her husband, a minister, for Owen D. Conn, a burglar under arrest at San Francisco, was arrested at Milwaukee this afternoon as she was about to take a train to Chicago. : Mrs, Clarkson has been living with friends at Milwaukee, but was com- ing to Chicago in response to her husband's published statement that he was ready ‘to forgive and forget” if his wife would return in a repent- ant mood to be a mother to their five little ,children. Mrs, Clarkson said that she was still an honorable woman. She averred that her sole purpose in fol- Miss Clay contended McGowin was! jowing Conn was to complete his con- . ehusing her meres when she shot version, which she believed to be ' § eenutna.

‘is Thursday, under normal] iunditions. without special effort.of any kind, the POST-DISPATCH came within 4 columns of beating all four of the other St. Louis news. papers added together. Advertisers get Readers—Reliability— Results Circulation last Sunday: 329,352 Daily average for February: First ixt*Everything. CHICAGG, -_—————

18 Persons Are Reported Killed in Northwest Georgia Storm. ROME, Ga., March 14.—-Eighteen per- sone were reported dead and many more injured as the result of the storm which swept over Northwest Georgia last night. The property damége was heavy, GIRL FREED, KISSES JURY MORILE, Ala., March 14.—After a jury had acquitted Miss Bessie Clay of murder of Joseph McGowin she kissed each of the 12 men. Their verdict was reached in three min- utes.

Appeal to Wilson ,for Postmas- tership Is Inside of Gift. WASHINGTON, March 14.—President Wilson today read an application for a postmastersnip, In spite of -his rule not to consider applications for minor offices in person. W. T. Hepner of Lompar, Cal.. sent tg the President a cane which did not Icok as if it were loaded, but when the President..unscrewed its top he found that Hepner had inclosed a request that ‘a friend be appointed Postmaster at Lompac. The President referred the ap- plication to the Postmaster-General.

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