St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 9, 1913

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A e. * tively charged in the last few days, 'b in. no case. did unionism haye anything forming the novel steps. Ce Sy 3 ? yw. at - Le f > =: a ; hee ™ C3 oc, = es ie A ae et Eas 0 en } ; ‘ i Wee + 4 = Be fae My Mean 2 tae: i ~ ow This and ether Sinbha’ 0 Vitusnle ‘aitemnt take ex- clusive, conservative centers by storm, invading , Staidest clubs and ballrooms. Snapshots of St. "Louis belles and beaus caught in the act of per- Next Sunday Post-Dispatch | Only Brenmg Paper in St Louis es ee | ee eo VOL. 65. NO. 262. ST. LOUIS, BELL PHONE MEN FIRED AT RAILWAY EXCHANGE BUILDING Union Men Protest Presence of Unorganized Workers and They Are Discharged. GIRLS.GET NEW MEMBERS , | Operators Have 600 in Union Now, Is Assertion of Woman Organizer. Nonunion cablemen employed by the Bell Telephone Co. were barred from working on the new Railway Exchange (Famous-Barr) Building Friday by Supt. Mackay, in charge of construction. When the nfen appeared there to go to work at Installing telephone connections, members of labor unions employed on other work in the building protested. Their protests had the desired effect, and Sdapt. Mackay told the Bell em- Ployes they could not work there. Pickets Use Automobiles. Pickets and scouts, the latter usinz motorcycles and automobiles, were ac- employed Friday by the strik- ing electrical men. Messages were sent by this mgans to various points where non-union men were likely to appear for work, warning members of other unions. The women who are organizing the telephone operators yare also using au- tomobiles, and by this means, many of the girls were visited after work- ing hours Thursday. The membership roll of the union grew over night, the women organizers said, from 20 tu nearly 600. Mrs. Sadie Spraggon and Miss Nellie Quick, representing the newly organ- ized giri employes of the Bell Telephone Co., went to the city hall Friday after- moon to ask Mayor Kiel to use his in- fluence to obtain a consideration by the company of the girls’ claims. The principal demand made by the union is that the company reinstate any girls. who may have been discharged for their part in forming the union. The Organizer& say 2 girls have been thus discharged since Monday. W. J: Hiss, géneral manager of the company, save five girls have. dis- to do with it. B. Kubicek, a member of the In-| ternational Brotherhood of Electrical maixses. accompanied the women. He it ‘to the Mayor to take action in behait of the men,’ who he ‘said were discharged solely because they joined Rhe, union. _ Mrs. Spraggon said that, in case the Piayor should reply that he has no power to do what is asked, she and other lead- @rs of the union will make another at- tempt to confer with Manager Hiss. He has previously refused to receive them as representatives of the union. Mrs. Spraggon and Miss Quick are not telephone operators, but say they are serving in behalf of the operators, lest any of the latter should incur disfavor by taking the lead in open work for the ganion. If Hiss should again refuse to receive them, or to consider their requesta, Mrs. Spraggon said, there is a likeli- hood of a strike of the operators. Explains “Labor Troubles.” In a statement, published in Friday's newspapers as display advertising, Man- ager Hiss explains ‘‘the labor troubles of the past few days” from his standpoint. He says the company, following its general practice, considered it necessary May i to reduce a part of its operating Yorce, and accordingly laid off 2% em- ployes. He says a representative of the electrical union then asked for a con- ference, and that he replied in the neg- ative, saying he would discuss matters with employes direct, as he had no con- tract with the union. Immediately, he says, 6 men quit without notice. They have been replaced, he says, and can (t'2 permanently replaced. More Girls Discharged. Humphrey Sullivan, general pub- licity agent for the Bell Telephone Co., told a Post-Dispatch reporter Friday that more girl operators had been discharged. He said . cause of their dismissal was inconipetency. “Since May 1 about 22 girls have been fired,” Sullivan said. “I do not know whether they were members of the union, but I suppose that some vf them were. Many of the girls have become so enthusiastic over the union that they have neglected their duty as operators. “A large red automobile containing officials of the Electrical Workers’ Union stood in front of the telephone exchange Thursday night, and as fast as girls got off duty they were load- ed in the machine and taken away to some union meeting.” Sullivan also verified the fact that four nonunion electricians, which the ceomoany had sent to the Famous- Barr building to take the places of atrikers, were not permitted to go to work. SCUTARI BAZAR BURNING VIENNA, May &—Fire broke in the bazar of the former Turkish fortress of Seutari this morning and, fanned by a high windf rapidly assumed huge pro- ' portions, It is reported here that the Monte- ‘that Pe which the church tion. Chureh at Mrs. has on is that silk on is plain Chureth Pawer a Famous Set of Chimes Showed * * Signs of ‘Decay. most famous in St. Louis, is beting: torn down. ‘has been purchased by the Cen- tral Baptist Church, a negro. organiza- The tower recently showed signs of weakening, and the cost of repairing it to make it safe was found to be pro- hibitive. cided the best thing. to do. was to tear down the steeple. have been removed to the new Pilgrim | RAMOUS OLD STEEPLE THAT IS BEING RAZED ieee SSPE VRS BA liane : pes . ? vets =e — . eto . ~ wa oe : >_> _. 2 A 4 A e Pe me sere Se oo, , 3 ee ee ° ees,” * P AN ee . : en " vin, . ~ nN — . NS Oe ee : ox ~~ nee Set eS . ) , - > * ~~ .© ae *"—a* ' . ~~ ~ > “ *. - ; ad As ° s nee tne ph ‘hes P 4 s +* “% . A namie Containing «a ‘The steeple of the old Pilgrim Church at Washington and Ewing avenues, contained chimes The 5 years ago set of until The negro congregation de- The famous chimes at Union. Boulevard. GOWN -IS HALF-AND-HALF WASHINGTON, May 9.—The half-and- half gown of Mrs. Mason Gulick again has blinded Washington society, which temporarily lost its sig@ the other day Preston Gibson’s cubist gown. Mrs. Gulick appears to be wearing at first sight a pretty creation of blue- flowered silk, black hat trimmed with blue, and artistic lapis-lazuli earrings Then you look again’and behold sha a gown of plain blue silk, no earrings and a plain blue hat. The reason for this seeming delusion Mrs. Gulick’s gown is flowered one half and on that side she wears an earring. On the other side it silk and she wears no earrings, and the hat is untrimmed, IRL FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL: SISTER’ HAS DISAPPEARED Autopsy Reveals That Death Re- sulted From Auto-Intoxica- tion. IS PARTLY IDENTIFIED Proprietor of Another Hotel Thinks Her Name Is Lea Underwood. A young woman found dead in the Woodford Hotel at 1433 Chestnut street, Friday, after another girl registered as her sister had disappeared, was said by David Israel, proprietor of the Prin- cess Hotel, Nineteenth and Market streets, Friday afternoon, to closely re- semble a woman who lived at the Princess under the name of Lea Under- wood last December. Israel gave the police the name and address of a young woman who had associate of the Under- and policemen went in been a close wood woman search of her. The girl found dead was one-of two young women who registered at the Woodford Hotel Wednesday night as Sylvia Kuber and sister. Autopsy pliysician Henckler, after a post-mortem examination Friday after- noon, said that death was due to nat- ural causes. It resulted, he said, from auto-intoxication, or the development of poisons in the body owing to a gen- eral debilitation of the system and the inability of the natural functions to carry off the poisons generated in the body. The other young woman has disap- peared and a city-wide pelice search for her is being made. When found the dead girl, who ap- parently was about 19 years old, was only partly dressed. One article of ap- parel which she wore was @ man’s neg- ligee shirt, size 15, with the trade-mars “Navarre, high grade.” In addition to the man’s shirt the body. ‘was clad only in a black ‘cloth overskirt and one stocking, which was stocking lay near the body. No baggage and no clew.to the iden- tity of the girl was found in the room. Registered Wednesday Night. The yoting women arrived at the hotel about 10:30 p. m. Wednesday, wher A. B. Kellogg, the night clerk, was on duty. One of them registered “Sylvia Kuber and sister,’’ without adding any- thing to show wtiere they lived. They were assigned to a room on the second floor. So far as is known, no one at the hotel saw them again until 3 p. m. Thursday, when Lydia Washington, a negro maid, went to the room to clean it. The maid, according to her statement to the police, found the young women in the room. Of was in bed and the other was sitting near the bed in a rocking chair? Didn’t Want Room Cleaned, The young woman who was in bed was the one found dead Friday. The girl in the chair said to the mali: “‘My sister is sick. You needn’t mind about cleaning the room just now.” The maid saw no more of either of the girls until about 6 p. m. Thursday, three hours after the first visit to the room. She was walking through the hall, she said, when the young woman, whom she had seen sitting in the chair, came to the door of the room and said to her: “My sister is worse. I am going out to get an automobile and take her to a hospital.”’ The maid says the young woman then went back into the room and shut the door. When she spoke to the maid she was dressed for the street, but was hatless. Thinking that the young wom- an had gone back to get her hat the Continued on Page 2. Column 2. ee é¢ Sy eee cee ee om —_ ee Another landslide! Talk about the landslides in the Culebra Cut in the landslides’”’ Panama Canal, they happen about once a year, but the of advertising of the St. Louis merchants into the POST-DISPATCH as on Thursday of this week is simply a repetition of what is happening several times each and every week of the year. By a landslide in advertising we mean that on Thurs- day of this week the POST-DISPATCH carried 99 columns of St. Louis merchants’ advertising, while all of the other city papers added together only carried 104 columns or five more than the POST-DISPATCH alone. Most, people in this locality know there are five English daily newspapers—the POST-DISPATCH, Globe-Demo- crat, Republic, Times and Star. Just pause a moment and think what it means for the POST-DISPATCH alone to carry approximately as much business as ALL of its com- petitors ADDED TOGETHER. Mr. Wataon would say— Mar:velsous St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper. Circulation first four months, 1913: o , ; et *>_eeeeeneeeeeteeaeeaeneeneeeneeeeee#rteeeeees 9 a eS tov! Pe oe . oy Oe. ; ‘ %j a 3° + Fans FRANCIS CONNOR U. 9. ARMY AVIATOR KILLED IN 15-F00T FALL FROM PLANE Lieut. Park Was Resuming His Flight When Machine Struck Tree. LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 9.—Lieut. Joseph D. Park, a military aviator, who started from San Diego this morning on a flight to Los Angeles, was killed at Olive, nine miles north of Santa Ana, about 8 o’clock. His machine hit a tree. Lieut: Park’s death resulted from a fall of less than 15 feet. He had alighted a quarter of a mile from the Olive schoolhouse on account of a heavy mie? NO OK FOR VACCINE IN U. S. EXPERT REPORT ee he Bade Studied | Fuel Opteieas Aan Results Do Not Justify © Publicity Gained for It. - WASHINGTON, May 9.—Pubiic health observations into the conditions ot Dr. F. F. Friedmann’s voodtnn emda: tuberculosis patients do not “Justify | that confidence in the remedy which, has been inspired by widespread. pub- lictty.”’ 4 Immediately after the presentation ob the Public Health Service report, a res- claring it to be the judgment of the tuberculosis had yet been discovered to warrant the confidence of the er or the medical profession.”” The ent methods of treatment be contin Dr. Friedmann was not Serr. name in the resolution. tion for the Study and Prevention Tuberculosis by Dr. John F. director of the Government's laboratory, and by Dr. A. M. another public health surgeon . pital, New bag Rig or eee! girl to | ore iets ‘ Martin in Los Angeles, Lieut. Park afose again. Then the machine swooped over &a low hill and crashed into a tree. Park was dead when the litle girl and her father reached the wreck. Lieut. Park was adtached to the Fourteenth Cavalry, but for several months had been detailed by the War Department with other army officers for active air service at the aero experi- ment camp near San Diego. Park has made many flights there and frecently attained the army altitude rec- ord. It was for the purpose of deter- mining the efficiency of the aeroplane in long-distance army scouting opera- tions that Park attempted today’s flight. Lieut. Park had a notable record for service in the Philippines, especially in operations against the Moros. He came from Rhode Island and was & member of a well-known military family. A brother, who is one of the engineers of the army, is now in charge of the Government fortifications at Cor- regidor, which guard the entrance to Manila Bay. The radiator of his motor crushed his head. The motor itself was resting on his body. The aeroplane, one of the type used by the army signal corps, was smashed almost into kindling wood. Aviator Who Had Made Recevrd Flights Planned Rodnd Trip. SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 9.—Lieut. Park left the aviation camp on North Island this morning at 5:05 o’clock in a special stock machine, on a cross-coun- try flight to Los Angeles, where he planned to land and return, expecting to arrive here this evening. He had made excellent speed up to the time of his fall, considering that he was flying against a strong wind. He came to San Diego Jan. 15 from the aviation schoo] at Hammondsport, N. Y., where he had taken preliminary instruction. He qualified for an avia- tor’s license Feb. 15 and has since made some record flights, at one time remain- ing in the air 2 hours and & minutes. Nine Army Men Have Lost Their Lives Through Aviation. WASHINGTON, May 9.—First Lieuten- ant Joseph D. Park, Fourteenth Cavalry, was detailed to the army aviation serv- ice last September. He was a native of Rhode Island. With his death army aviation has exacted a toll of nine lives, seven commissioned officers and two in- structors. KERWIN CO. IS BANKRUPT | Ornamental Glass Concern Files Voluntary Petition. The E. F. Kerwin Ornamental Glass Co. of 921 North Sixth street filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the United States District Court Fri- day. The company listed its assets at $36,981.77 and its Hablilities at $15,- 732.38. The company is an association com- prised of E. F. Kerwin, B. Morrison and August C. Schroth. They met Fri- day and decided that they were un- able to meet their obligations, and authorized Kerwin to file the peti- tion. night. The Post-Dispatch is the only evening het Stage AE Ae EL AE 0 eet 16] paper in Louis that receives or ; ak pata 3 time,” says thélr as yét if postion fo : based on the present soanieae | observation. The disease for w remedy used is prolonged and is acterized by periods of . ad : : and retrogression. It is alse one By - ow which psychical influences are @ p Ww i erful factor. Time ie therefore sary to properly value the a therapeutic measures. “We must not lose sight of the oan sible therapeutic value of this prepara- tion and on the other hand it fs nec essary to guard against too great an optimism in respect to its merits. Wits- out presenting in detall the condition of patients under observation, we are in a position to state that the facts thug 2 oe * ; 3 far observed do not justify that fidence in the remedy which has been inspired by widespread publicity. “In our opinion harm may have been done by this undue publicity in so far as it has lessened the confidence of tu- berculosis persons in well recognized methods of. treatment or interrupted their use and we are constrained to ad- vise against any lessening of those well- known measures which not only had ef- olution was unanimously adopted de- = fected cures, but which bgve reduced — the incidente of the disease, “We are aware that Dr. Friedmann does not wish to’ be judged scidntifically mt Ay - ae 4 ty Phe Saag: es SRA UGB GIT RR ULE ALG. RR Be i eR Suen BDO eT ee n Remedy Withhold — aa association that “no specific cure for a lution recommended to all that erie 4 - gq The first authentic and official cont oe clusion from the tests was announced 9 here today before the National Associa- bm States to observe. the progress..of pr e Friedmann patients at — 13 te on newspaper statements, and he would + undoubtedly disclaim responsibility for - certain of those which have appeared. Nevertheless it is on those that the a public bases its opinion until replaced by reliable and unbiased scientific pro- ag nouncements data. Intramsusculaditetict 3 meee convincing 4 “In our series of patients, Dr. Fried-— 4 mann has almost exclusively made use — of the intramuscular methed alone in. pulmonary cases and @ very consider- a able proportion of them have either de- veloped no considerable infiltrate at aii or have suffered from abscess forma- tion. It is evident, therefore, that a tients may expect their treatment | c = the hands of Dr. Friedmann to over a long period. us, We may state periments is under has been found to es an acted ganism having properties quite diffe ent from those of any ences cllus with which we are ; appears to be identical with an | ism cultivated from a few loopfuls 6 the material used for injection wh Dr. Friedmann permitted us to p on culture media in his presence. “We requested Dr. Friedmann to f nish us with a large amount of ¢ tt 5