St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 5, 1913

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Me tc * - 9 t ‘ _ r P fae es ys a Re “\ kG 9 wie “5 . % c ba Dr ae : * ° , _ ADs * % . % * . . f " a ¥ P r 7 or S . . . ad , . m ; : s a ; Saat oi Wacans aad Weacng” Weeks hast mame Post-Dispatch Printed - - - - - - 8985 Only Evening ‘Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. iS, MONDAY “EVENING, MAY i “4913-18 PAGES. EDITION a ; FINANCIAL MARKETS { pe AEE MONTENEGRIN Ki 1512 More Saee ewubile COMBINED. PRICE ONE CENT | > say ave and COMBINED. ST. LOUIS, VOL. 65. NO. 258. em aragonite a -|WOMEN WORKERS COLLECTING OLD PAPERS THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT COOL, BREEZY, TOMORROW ~SEORET DIVORCE SOUGHT BY WIFE *? OF LN. DRUMMOND ~ and was grantéd a divorce. - Wardered West and by a: coincidence _exteritive realty owners in Chicago. Wealthy Tobacco Man’s Child- hood Romance Shattered by Suit m Los Angeles. HIS SECOND MARRIAGE First Wife Obtained Decree in St. Louis—He Then Wedded Miss Meyer. eBpecial to the Post-Dieretch. CHICAGO, May 5.—Mrs. Evora Drum- mond, daughter of Willis Andrew Mey- er, 638 Groveland Park, has filed se- cretly a bill for divorce in the courts of Los Angeles against John N. Drum- mond, retired capitalist and member of the millionaire tobacco family of that name in St. Louls. Though extra- ordinary efforts were made to suppress the filing of the sult, it was learned that the hearing of the case has been set for today. Mrs. Drummond, in her bill of com- plaint, names three grounds—desertion, cruelty and infidelity. She asks for an absolute divorce, a money settlement and the sole custody of their 4-year-oll daughter, Virginia Harrison Drummond, The suit recalls a romance of childish at- tachment which suffered a break. Young Drummond then married another, but this match ended in divorce. Drummond again paid court to Miss Evora Meyer. his boyhood sweetheart, and they were married. Firet Wedding Unhappy. It was 13 years ago when the Drum- mond and Meyer families were neigh- bors and old friends in St. Louis. A year later the Meyer family moved to Chicago. Young Drummond laier came to this city to visit Miss Meyer, but turned his attentions to Margaret Grif- fith of Michigan.avenue, daughter of a wealthy contractor. After a short court- ship they were married. Drummond togk his bride to St. Loula, but the marriage proved to be unhappy and in a little over a year she sued He then afrived in California on the same dav that _Miss Meyer arrived with her par- ents ‘to spend the winter. The sight of his boyhood sweetheart awoke the old affection and before Miss Meyer fe- turned to Chicago the young couple be- came engaged. ‘Father Confirms Report. They were married in Chicago July 13, 1908. Willis’: Andrew Meyer, father of Mrs. Drummond, is one of the most Hc is several times a millionaire. At* his Chicago home in Groveland Park today he confirmed the report of the separa- tion of his daughter and her husband. Speaking of Mrs. Drummond's suit, he said: § “This is a most distressing matter to our family. We were in hopes of a réconciliation, but I fear now they will not be realized. “My daughter has a town house in Ios Angeles, where she now is, and a country home in San Diego at Lake- side, where we understand her husband is nthying. It ig too bad, too bad.”’ SENTENCE OF GOMPERS UPHELD BY HIGH COURT ; Contempt Judginents Confirmed but Changes Are Maue in Terms. WASHINGTON, May 5.—The_ con- tempt of court judgments against Sam- uel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, officials of the American Fed- etation of Labor, were sustained today by the Court of Appeals for the Districz of Columbia, which, howeyeér, revised the sentences to give Gompers 30 days’ imprisonment and fined Mitchell ani Morrison $500 each, with no jail term. The Chief Justice of the court, in @issenting, held that the entire judg- ment should be reversed. The lower * ‘ eourt had sentenced Gompers to one year imprisonment, Mitchell nine months and Morrison six months, without op- tion of fine. All were convicted of violating a Court injunction in the noted Buck's stove and Tange case. An appeal from today’s pectin will be taken to the Supreme Court of t'e United States if attorneys for the labor leaders can find ground on. which to ask the highest court to review the judgment. On a previous appeal to the Supreme Court the judgment was dismissed. The contempt proceedings were brought ajl over again. In the previous action the Gecision of the court below, holding the men in contempt, was unanimous. The dissenting opinion of the Chie? Justice today will probably present one ‘S@ventic of further appeal. es) Through Bars Arm and Shoulder. | THE TEMPERATURES, “Take a letter, please,’’ said Mr. W. to his ste- nographer. “Are you ready ?’’ ‘Yes, sir.’’ ‘Very well Take this down: Yours of May 2 received. In re- ply will say that it will be impos- sible to fill your order until con- ditions become more settled in Europea Emperor William at Wies- baden has re- ceived a telegram that the Skup- schtina of Cet- | tinje has ordered the evacuation of Scutari by the Monte- negrins—Wait a minute. Where are you going?’ L “To get another job where the words are not so hard to spell,’’ said the stenographer, 2 Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday morning: cooler, with brisk and wariable winuds. Missouri—Unsettled weather. with showers tonight and probably Tuesday: covler mod- erate to brisk variable winds. Illincis—Showers and cooler tonight, ues- day cloudy. with cooler in east portion: mod- erate to brisk winds. Stage of the river: 15.8 feet; a fail of .56 of a foot. TRAIN RUNS 10 MILES WITHOUT AN ENGINEER it's SCOOT OUT oF ScUTAR! FOR KING Nick. Fireman Later Notes Absence, Runs Back and Man’s Body Is Believed to Be in Creek. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 5.—As the Union Pacific’s westbouni Overland Limited was nearing Church —uttes, Wryo., last night, Fireman J. R. Hurley found that Engineer Alfred Nelson was missing from his post. The train was stopped and then run back over the road for several aon: but no trace of the missing © could ‘be found. | alan It is not known how long 4 had been running without ; ot but it is believe that knocked from his seat passed over a bridge, Blacksmith’s Fork Creek from Church Buttes. After searching for Fond train proceeded to Granger, where. an- other engineer was supplied.. ‘A search- ing party dragged the creek for Nelson’s body. COUNTESS GIZYCKI WEARS LACE CREST ON HOSIERY wh WASHINGTON, May 5.—Countess Gizycki, the chief faddist of Washing- ton society, has a “‘new one’’—nothing more nor less than to wear your fam- ily crest inset in lace on your dainty silk stockings. This is an expensive fad, as each will have to be made to order by an expert. 'The Countess, who was Miss Eleanor Patterson of Chicago, had her stock- ings made in Paris and she sprung the innovation on society at the horse show. She wore a simple gown of white cross- barred muslin, slightly slashed at the ankles to display a dainty white suede shoe and white silk hose, with the creat }inset of filet lace. Society women gasped and _ then rushed off to books on heraldry to get the design to be worked in their stock- ings. , cof & ¢ rok Yale. as ng a Te \. & ae ‘ a 3 : gs Al : $ ~ iS ¢ : er x ~ de * Pe om ir, re me 5 4 = et i Pe 4 F.C. WHITTEMORE IR NEAR DEATH FROM BASEBALL INIRY Nine Physicians Attending Youth Whose Spine Was Hurt Some Time Ago. BROUGHT BACK FROM YALE Accident Happened in Boy’s Game; Operation Attempted, but Has to Be Stopped. F, Churchill Whittemore Jr., 17 years oid, a son of F. Churchill Whittemore of 68 Vandeventer place, is in a critical condition at St. Luke’s Hospital with a disease of the spine. His illness has been traced to a blow with a baseball received in a game several years ago. He became ill two months ago when he was a freshman at Yale College, and was brought back to St. Louis five weeks ago for treatment. His condition is so serious that mem- bers of the family remain constantly at his bedside, and his brother and sis- ter have returned home from colleges in Connecticut. Nine Vhvsictans Examine Case. Nine physicians have examined him at the hospital. An operation was begun last week after a consultation of the doctors, but it was found that its com- pletion would probably result in the young man’s death. A serum will be administered Monday, relatives say, in a last effort to save his life. The youth entered Yale this year at the beginning of the school term. He complained of pains in his back, and was confined to his room almost a month before his father instructed him to return home for treatment. He was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital as soon as he arrived in St. Louis. The injury is the result of a blow by a baseball’ received several years ago, according to relatives. No treat- ment was given at the time, and the young man did not complain until re- cently. Whitternore’s parents say they she do not know when and where he was struck, but it was in a ball game be- boys’ teams, before Whittemore Binge, oe ass e ub Ki? -» bee . ite + Seaeee o> de a ae iors. tending a girl’s school in Puiebington. Conn., and Robert Whittemore, 4 stu- Gent at the Ridgefield (Conn.)’ School for Boys, were summoned home tast week, SECRET DIVORCE DECREES ABOLISHED IN ENGLAND LONDON, May %.—An end was put today to the possibility of secret de- cisions in divorce and other suits in the United Kingdom. The step results from a judgment delivered by the House of Lords, sitting as the highest Court of Appeals. The Divorce Court had adjudged a Mrs. Scott guilty of contempt of court in circulating among her friends the report of a case heard “in camera,” in which she had been accused of infidel- ity, but had been vindicated. The Lord Chancellor’s opinion, in which the other law lords concurred, reverses the judgment for contempt of court. The Lord Chancellor declares: “Bvery court of justice In the land 1s open to every subject of the King. A court has no power ” sit otherwise then with open doors.’ mean ee ae eS ee stetinantl Unparalleled! For over 6 full years 318 consecutive Sundays - ee ee een ALLL LLL - proached it. the Sunday POST-DISPATCH has 'ed all other St. Louis newspapers in the volume of business carried. This is an unparalleled record. No other metropolitan Sunday newspaper in the United States has ever ap- On last Sunday, May 4, the count was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 323 Cols, Globe-Democrat. . Republic........ 227 iss © Post-Dispateh Exeess Over Republic ....... Over Globe-Democrat es COMBINED... Over Republic Over Globe- ver “THE REASON: The Want Ads POST -DISPATCH excese ef Want Ads over the nore and Republic . Mey Columns 71 Columns 52 Columne hi _ 4 ge Re : st % 7 . a ay oe *. MRS “MRS HARRY DILLEN BERG. | fe MRS SAMUEL RUSSACK 9. = 3 YAWN DISLOCATES MAN'S JAW FIFTH Edward Riedel Cannot Let Him- self Become Sleepy Without Danger of Accident. The satisfaction of a healthy, long- drawn-out yawn is one luxury in-which Edward Riedel of 34099 McKean avenue, cannot indulge safely. He has tried it five times during the last four years and upon each occasion dislocated his jaw. His last attempt was Sunday. The re- sult is that he is in the city hospital suffering from a severe dislocation of the lower maxillary on the right side. Riedel, who is night watchman for Engine Conrpany No. 4 at 3623 Mag- nolia avenue, told a Post-Dispatch re- porter Monday about his peculiar af- fliction. “The first time I dislocated my jaw was about four, years ago,’’ he said. “I went to yawn and when I got my mouth open F couldn't shut it. Four times since then I have had a similar experience. It has really become an- noying. “I went to a physician and he told me that I must not yawn under any circum- stances. Now, when I go to a picture show I have to be careful. After a per- son looks at the pictures for a while he usually gets drowsy. Well, here’s one person that doesn’t. “If I feel the least bit sleepy I im- mediately leave the show or hold my face in my hands so I can't open my mouth. Many an Interesting picture I've missed because I was afraid to take a chance with my face. "The worst part of the whole business is that I want to yawn all the time I don't notice such signs in other peo- ple. I suppose I want to gape just be- cause I can’t. The desire at times is almost. overpowering. It was that way Sunday, and before. I knew what had happened my mouth was open. and wouldn't go shut.” _—_—_—_—— Train Kills Man O08 Years Oid. DECATUR, Ill, May 5.—With only two years to go to reach the century mark, Adam Lang was killed near Shunway, Ill., by a Wabash passenger train Monday morning. Lang was %% years old. He was walking on the track to the home of his son. In spite of his age. Lang could walk five miles at a a stretch, SS i es TIME IN 4 YEARS TUNNEL VIBRATION. TICKLES FEET Ot TRAFFIC POLICE Three Ask for Transfers Saying Jars Keep Them Laughing and Make Them Seasick. —— ae Here is a real police shake-up: Three members of the traffic Monday asked to be put back on beats because the vibration caused by trains running through the tunnel and street cars on tne surface is shaking them up so that they feel seasick nearly all the time, and their nerves are so affected that they can’t keep their feet still. The men who have asked to be trans- ferred are Frank Dempsey, at Eighth street and Washington avenue: John Smith, at Seventh street and Washing- ton avenue, and George Stowell, at Olive and Ninth streets. These stations are almost directly over the Eads Bridge tunnel, through which many trains pass every day. They also are at/busy street car cross- ings where the bumping of the cars adds to the jolting and trembling caused by the tunnel traffic. The mea say that the constant vibration ticklos the bottoms of their feet and sends a tingling sensation through their shin bones. The tickling sensation, they say. keeps them laughing, and also makes them dizzy, as though they were aboard a ship in rough water. Dudley McDonald, at Fourth and Pine streets, and Edward Stultz, Broadwar and Locust street, were taken off the traffic squad at their own request Mon- day. Their places will be filled by Pa- trolmen Harry Thie and Jacob Bu- channon. When suitable men to take their plac« can be found, Dempsey, Smith and Stowell also will be relieved. YOUNG WOMAN TAKES ACID Miss Carrie Merritt Reported in a Serious Condition. Miss Carrie Merritt, 19 years old, drank carbolic acid, Monday afternoon, at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Barbara Wilson, at 3828 South Broadway, ac- cording to a report telephoned te polics squad RELENTS AND EVACUATE Nicholas Yields to tee Prod sure of the Powers and — Will Abandon at Once the — City He Had Said lL Drop of People’s . Would Defend. EUROPE SITUATION | - CLEARED BY ACTION Belief Is Wily Ruler Hes Been Diplomatic, as Well — as Brave, and Has Driven — Compensation. CETTINJE, Montenegro, May 5.— King Nicholas of Montenegro | decided today to evacuate the fortress of Seu- tari in response to the demand of the European Powers. When he took possession of Scutart April 23, after a six-months’ slege, which . cost the lives of thousands of Monte- negrins and Turks, King Nicholas de- clared that he would hold the city until the last drop of Montenegrin blood had been shed. King Hewarded for roruenéen, It has been shown to the satisfaction of European chancellories that King. Nicholas, in addition to being a brave and dogged fighter, is a diplomat.. After being forbidden to take Montenegro, he took it, and when suggestions of .) money or territorial congideration were made in return for peaceable evacua- tion, he took a stubborn stand. . His firmness with the Powers js, belieyed td have brought about a considerable ,in- crease in the consideration under which he gives up the city without .a fight, © As the European Powers had décided previously that Scutari was to rege _ of thé future sutenenewil. be’ agg and coticanty fom th : troops in Bostla, He matia. The Powers In the inte ed a blockade of the Mont All these demonstrations, seemed not to affect the Aeterm of the King. withdrawn from Scutari in order, it said to resist a possible Austrian ad. vance. and Italy had entered into an agreey ment to solve the Albanian problem >Y a milftary expedition, and it was known to march forward. Russia's Stand Brought Reltef. circumstances was of great concern t9 Europe and when she joined in the pressure being brought on Montenégro great relief felt, as it had been though: she would resist any attempt to ertar her army southward. ° It was suggested during the ‘nadvledl tions that the .King of Montenegr would receive territorial concessions | other directions, and that he wae sae paring to accept this offer, The decision to evacuate. Was only after the Cabinet had and King Nicholas had accepted tt resignations. There were 4 opposed to giving up the city whien. money and time. Berlin Report Predicts Early ation of Seutart. Sos BERLIN, May 5.—No conditions were mentioned by Montenegro today she informed the German Poreign that she had decided to place Sorter in the hands of the Powers. crete step in this direction hae yet taken, and doubt ie expressed by clals as to the reliability of the that Montenegro has already the city. No date for the evacuation ot the communication received nti Gettinje, but there ts reason to Deters that the German Minister in the Mo tenegrin capital received ne from King Nicholas that the tent would be taken within % hours, i ‘ wemnee; to cre, Setar ter LONDON, May 5.-—Sir Edward ¢ : the British Forcien Minister, wi nounced at today’s meeting rsa m ig Ambassadors, that Montenegro — A » unconditionally placed the t of the future of Scutari in the ‘ei ar Sharp Bargain in Way pe that the Austrian army was preparing. The attitude of Russia under these ; fe Bye Fy On the other hand, the Foreign Ofna) 4 says there is no evidence that any con. bi Then word came that Austria : > Some of the Montenegrin troope: we well’ | 2 bers of the Cabinet who Were em . has cost Montenegro so much ip ite, a. is - ah = t, y * by the Montenegrin troops was given: tit |