St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 18, 1913

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“How appropri- ate that Longfel- low’s grandson should be a street car man,’ sat: —. 2a “Yes, indeed,’’ said Mrs. B. “Is you remem ber those beautiful verses beginning —‘‘It was the car for Maplewood. And a flat, fiat wheel had sh- And the motor- man took his little daughter As far as_ Tif- fany.”’ : , I was think‘ng _ of another one, LONE said Mr. B. “It was something like this: “The Council’s term was ending fast, As o’er a pair of rails there passed A youth in uniform 97f blue, Who shouted like a bailyho: “MOVE FORWARI?!”"" Official forecast for St. Lovis ard vicinity: Fair tonight; rain and colder Wednesday; lowest temperature to- night will be above freezing point. Missouri—Rain late tonight or Wednesday: colder Wednesday in north portion. Illinois—Fair tonight, warmer in central portion: Wednesday cloudy, probably rain in south and rain and colder in north portion in afternoon or night. " IN PRISON 37 YEARS, ‘GETS PAROLE AT 58 Wife and Daughter Vanished Judge and Prosecutor Dead, 3 Jurors Live. ° WAUPUN, Wis., March 18.—EKaward Eckart of Pennsylvania was paroled to- day from the Wisconsin penitentiary after serving 87 years behind the bars. He was convicted of murder when 21 years old; he comes out.of the prison at the age of 58 im splendid health and with a trade—that of a cook—which will permit him to earn a good livelihood. Eckart’s victim was Charles Peterson. The two were tramping ‘in . Wisconsin during the ckooantvaty cold.-winter of 1875. In a quarrel over a camp fire near Jefferson, Peterson was killed and Eck- art was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. He never admitted his guilt. : Eckart cannot leave Wisconsin, and his conduct must be exemplary in every way, otherwise his parole may be sum- marily revoked and he be returned to the penitentiary for the remainder of his days. The Judge who sentenced him and the District Attorney who prosecuted the case are dead, and only three of ‘the jurymen are living. WILL Trey KNOCK THE TAR. OUT OF THE TARIFF 2

CHINA WOKE UP HUNGRY

Coming of Republic Causes Shortage in World's Flour. SAN FRANCISCO, March 18.—Simul- taneously with the awakening of China a shortage in the world’s supply of flour and the raw product of breadstuffs is threatened, according to George Bury, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, who returned to San Fran- cisco on the liner Siberia from. the Orient. | Within a year the increased demand for flour for China has emptied many of the big grain elevators of the North- west and the flour mills have been in operation day and night to prepare the commodity for the Hungry millions of the new republic, according to Bury. IRISH PRISONERS FREED NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 8.—Police Judge Killen, following his usnal cus- tom, Monday visited the local police station and announced that fn honor of St. Patrick’s day he would release al! the Irish. Every inmate of the prison, including some negroes, claimed to be sons of Erin, so he released them al!,

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175, SENT HER TH Neighbors With Gundlach’s Aid Obtain Her Release Aftér She Is Found Sane. Mrs. Lucy Clarkson, 35 years old, who was sent to the city insane asylum at the instance of her husband, James Clarkson, 75, was released from the ‘in- stitution Monday after having been in- carcerated there for a month and a half. Mrs. by women neighbors, who were aided by President John H. Gundlach of the City Council. The latter interested him- self in the case after Mrs. Clarkson’s nelghbors had informed him that she was perfectly sane. Mrs. Clarkson was sent to the asylum Jan. 30 from the city hospital, where for a week she had heen detained in the observation ward. Dr. Shutt forwarded her to the asylum after her elderly hus- band had steted that. in his opinion, she was of unsound mind. Outrage, Say Neighbors. Six women living within a block of the Clarkson home, 4124 Lea place, who for several years have come in almost daily contact with Mrs. Clarkson, de- clare she is mentally sound and that her linprisonment with insane patients was En outrage. . Clarkson says he began believing his wife was insane in the early part of January, when, after she had discov- ered he had made a will leaving his property to their 14-year-old daughter, Nettie, and cutting her off with a dol- lar, she took him to task and de- manded that he change the will. he refused she became angry threatened to take their child away from him. The little girl for the. last six years has been living at the home of Mrs. Henry Schnelle, 4010 Lee ave- nue, where her father placed her after & quarrel with his young wife. Jan. 2% Mrs. Clarkson went to the Schnelle. home and demanded he: daughter. She caused a scene when "Mrs. Schnelle refused to give up the child and a policeman was called. Mrs. Clarkson was taken in a patrol wagon to the Angelica Street Station, where she became hysterical. | When the police were unable to quiet her they sent Mrs. Clarkson to the hospital. After the woman had spent several days in the observation ward weeping, the doctors sent for her hus- band. “Would Dance on His Grave.” Clarkson told the physicians his wife was insane, and when asked what evi- dence he had he told them his wife had been in the habit of getting up at 4 o’clock on winter mornings and begin- ning the family wash while he was trying to sleep; that she opened the windows in the house, permitting him to catch cold; that she had sworn at him and had said that when he was dead she was going to dance in white shoes on his grave. On the unsupported testimony of the ezed husband and because Mrs. Clark- son was hysterical, the hospital staff sent her to the asylum. Mrs. Clarkson sent word to her neigh- bors that she was not insane, but that if she had to remain at the asylum and lizten to the shrieks of the inmates and watch their irresponsible antics she soon would go mad. Mrs. Edward Dammann of 4160 Lee av- enue, Mrs. Anna Krueger og 4134 Lea place, Mrs. Emma Heitz, a tenant of Clarkson's, and Mrs. Mary Blake of 4141 Lea place, petitioned President Gundlach of the Council to order an investigation and later they, with -several other wom- en, appeared at the hospital and testi- fied before Dr. Shutt that Mrs. Clark- son was not insane and that she had not been treated fairly. Dr. Shutt reported to Dr. Johns, who ordered an investigation by a lunacy commission composed of experts. At his home Tuesday Clarkson, who is a Civil War veteran, and carries a ecar from a bullet wound suffered at the battle of Wilson’s Creek, where he fought under Gen. Lyons, told a Post- Dispatch reporter that in his opinion Mrs. Clarkson was insane and that he d'd not think she should have been re- leased from the asylum. Clarkson’s release was obtained and

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WIDOW BREAKS STORE WINDOWS Mrs. Mary Woehlcke, a widow, 43} years olé, Mving at 4411 Alaska} street with her son, created a com- | motion inside and outside the May- Stern & Co. store Tuesday morning by smashing two plate-glass windows, | knocking down a man and a woman | breaking up articles in the store and | making such a disturbance that a police | riot call was turned in. She was ar- rested at the store, Twelfth and Olive

streets. Mrs. Woehlcke entered the store about 10 o'clock, carrying a basket contain- ing the fireback of a cookstove and half a dozen loose rocks. According to Patrolman Haines, she began by striking Miss Rose Farrell, of 4083 Cote Brilliante avenue, saleswoman, in the jaw with the penal Then, he reports, she struck at Moses J Ehrlich, manager of the store, but missed him. A first report said she| had knocked him down, but this proved | untrue. Breakaza Windows Mrs. Wiehlcke went gan throwing rocks through dows, after smashing several articles in the store. Her missiles broke two plate- glass windows, 12 by 13 feet, said to have cost $900. Patrolman Doyle was called and Mrs. Woehlcke, the officer's colleagues say, knocked him down.. The riot call fol- lowed and the woman Was arrested aft- er a struggle and taken to headquar- ters, where she was charged with dis- turbing the peace of Manager Ehriich. In. her cell Mrs. Woehlcke told a Post-Dispatch reporter that she had bought a stove at the store and the fire- back buckled up. She said she had de- manded that the store replace the stove. They offered her & new model of the same make, but she insisted that she wanted ‘exactly the Same stove,

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The Post-Dispatch is the oniy evening newspaper in St. Louls that receives or pub- lishes news. gatherea oY tne Associated Proge. PIRL WITH BRAIDED. HAIR PUT OUT AT DANCE. SO SHE SUES A suit for $13,000 damages was filed Tuesday by Miss Lillian Rackaway, 18 years old, against Josepn Nathan and Jesse L. Woods, proprietors of the Dreamland Dance Hall. 3515 Olive street, aileging that she was humiliated by be- ing put off the dance floor at Dream- jJand on the night of Jan. 29 last. Miss Rackaway, according to the pe- tition, had gone to the dance hall with a crowd of friends. Her pretty blond hair, of which she is very proud, was arranged*in a braid down her back. While dancing with her escort Miss Rackaway, the suit alleges, was tapped upon the shoulder by the floor manager snd led off the floor, greatly to her hu- miliation. When she appealed to Joseph Nathan, one of the defendants, for an explanation as to why she was not per- mitted? to dance he answered, so she rays, that her hair was dressed too con- spicuously. Miss Rdackaway says she suffered in- tense humillation and that one result of the incident has caused her to be very rervous. A great crowd, besides her im- mediate friends, witnessed the floor man- ager’s treatment of her, she says, and she was subjected to the inquiring gaze of everyone. The man, she says, is big ond muscular, while she is a frall young woman, and it is alleged that he “an- erily. rudely and insolently’’ led her away. Miss Rackaway lives at the home of her father, William J. Rackaway, 2919 North Eleventh street. Her attorney says that when her father learned of the way sbe had been treated he was very indignant and declared he would spend all he had to see that she got justice. She has had photographs of her- self made, showing how her halfr was creased, which will be exhibited in court at the trial of the case. Joseph H. Nathan, one of the pro- prietors of Dreamland, sald to a Poat- Miepatch reporter: “I do not know Miss Rackaway. We have had occasion to order several persons out of the hall, but I have no recollection ef this par- ticular instance.” . ;

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MOTHER IN TERROR OF SON IS RELIEVED ATNEWSHE'S DEAD Mrs. Mollie Pullum’s Boy Charles Mistreated Her for 10 Years, Took Her Money. “T am _ sorry for him,” said Mrs. Mollie Pullum, 5010 Blatr avenue, Tues- day, when she learned that her son, Charles Pullum, 32 years old, had killed himself and that his body had been found in a ravine in O’Fallon Park. Then in a choking voice the mother added: “But God pity me, I can’t help feeling relieved to know that he is dead. For ten years I have lived in terror of him.” The mother, 65 years old, gray haired and decrepit, told a Post-Dispatch re- porter a story of domestic tragedy wrought by an unnatural son. “IT had two sons,”’ she said; “this one who has_ killed himself and one now living in the West. My husband died Shortly .after this one was born. The one who is now In the West cared for me, supported me and loved me. But this one, Charles, drove him away. “When his brother was out of the way, Charles made a blight of my life. .He was a drunkard and abused me frightfully. ‘1 tried to make a living keeping boarders, but he drove the boardérs away as he had driven his brother away. “Three times he tried to kill himself in our’ home by taking gas. I saved him each time. One of these times his first act-.after regaining consciousness was to beat me.”’ “He was forever demanding money of me for drink. And to give him money I had to sacrifice everything else. The last time I saw him was two weeks ago. My rent was due, I had to have money for food, and at- tachments: had been issued against my household furniture in justice courts, “IT had worked hard to get some money together to meet these claims and had accumulated $3 on deposit in bank. Charlies learned of the money and de- manded the pass book. He frightened me and I let him have it. When 1 gave him the pass book he seized an oil lamp from a table and hurled it at me. “He got the money from the bank and I heard nothing further from him unt! this morning the policeman came and told me he was dead. I will go to the morgue, claim his bedy-and bury it.” - Pullum’s body was found tn the O’Fal- lon Park ravine at daylight Tuesday. Near it was an empty carbolic acid bot- tle,

a Prince of Wales Gees te Germany. LONDON, March 18.—The Prince of Wales has started on his visit to Ger- many, where he will remain several weeks. The Prince will go first te Stuttgart, where he will be the guest

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By Associated Press. SALONOKI, March 18._King George of Greece was assas- King George, who had taken personal command of his troops after a short siege. King George, in December, ish territory after the war. Greeks-in the Balkan war. of Germany. during the earlier period of the war, had been here since De- cember, when the Turkish fortress was occupied by the Greeks The. Queen of Greece also had been here and has paid great Jattention to the care of sick and wounded. had a meeting here with King Ferdinand of Bulgaria to discuss the fate of the eaptured Tork, 4 Prinee Constantine, who becomes King, is the hero of the ) He is a brother-in-law of the Emperor

Otho IL trated. who a third of whom are Mohammedans. The King, whose title was King of the Hellenes, was born Dec. %, 1845, and was .elected King in 1863. He was a brother of the late King of Denmark, Frederick VIII, and brother of the Dowager Queen of Great Britain and the Dowager Empress of Russia. He married, in 1867, the Grand Duchess Olga, eldest daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, granduncle to the present Emperor. Six children were Lorn to them, five sons and a daugh- ter. The eldest son is Prince Constantine, born in 1968, who led the Greek army in the present war. Sie was married in Queen Olga, Sailor

WASHINGTON. March 18—The Greek Legation here had received ‘no offi- eial word of the assassination of King George = to Ache this after- d the press report caused the greatest surprise and shock. . Mehaehieel de thé legation spoke of the King as greatly beloved by his peo- ple, this sentiment having been further developed by his active part in directing the affairs of Greece through the recent critical affairs of the Balkan conflict. | The State Department was similarly without any official advices. King George had ruled 50 years. He was chosen King’ in . succession toe ~ A previous attempt to assassinate him was made in 1898 but was frus- Crown Prince Constantine, who has been in active command of the Greek troops throughout the hostilities in the eastern part of Turkey, in Europe, and was at the head of the army which recently captured the Turkish fort- ress of Janina with its garrison of 32,000 men, will be the successor of his father. His wife is Princess Sofia, a sister of the German Emperor. Salonika has a population of more than 100,000, half of whom, are Jews and : It is 100 miles north of the Greek border, Ruler of Greece Was Member of European Royal Families 1889 to the Princess Sophia, sister of the present German Emperor, and has three sons—Prince George, born in 1890; Prince Alexander, born in 1833, and Prince Paul, born in 191, and a daugh- ter, Princess Helen, born in 1872 The other sons of the King are: Prince George, born in 1869; Prince Nicholas, born in 1872; Prince Andrew, born in 1882, and Prince Christopher, born in 1888. The King's eldest daughter, Alexan- dra, married, In 189, the Grand Duke Paul, uncle of the present Emperor of Ruasia, and died Sept. 24, 1891, leaving a daughter and a son. and Naval Expert, Only Woman Admiral in World LONDON, March 18.—Queen Olga of Greece ranks as full Admiral of the naval forees of Russia and is a good sailor and a thorough naval expert. She enjoys the distinction of being the only woman Admiral in the world. This rank was bestowed upon her by the late Czar of Russia. She loves the sea and takes a practical interest in the welfare of sailors, and on a naval inspection makes such a thorough examination of the bat- tleships as to win the admiration of the naval experts. The Queen is a diplomat of a high or- der. Her voice always is for peace. She is the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, who was a brother of the late Emperor Alexander Il. She was married to King George in 1867, when she was only 16 years old The religion of Russia is the religion of Greece. King George, by special ex emption, was permitted to adhere to the Protestant Lutheran religion, but his heirs and successors must be members of the Greek Orthodox church. The King’s son, Constantine, Duke of Sparta and Crown Prince of Greece, Was mar- ried several years ago to Princess So- phia, the aunt of the Emperor of Ger- many. Never Forgets Ske is KReusstian. Queen Olga has done much to win the love of her subjects. She enjoys ¢ ee 4 ate, o ha

is a Russian. Her pred@fNection w snown in many Ways and especially in her re- ligion. She worships at a little Rus- sian chapel which was constructed for her special use in the palace, but on important state occasions attends the large Russian church in Athens. Those who know the Qu best speak of her as a noble woman Whose life is devoted to charity and good works. She is the mother of seven children, and those who survive have been reared well. She is not pretty, but is graceful and appears younger than her actual age. She is a musician and painter. She is the founder, friend and patron- ess of the Seamen's Home in Greece, where sailors from all parta of the world are cared for. On certain days of each month she visita the home and speaks to the men, CAVE-IN HOLDS 130 MINERS HENDERSON, Ky, March 18—One hundred and thirty. minets are tmpris-