St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 19, 1913

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* e ona & 0 * 2 2 8 4 ra sa aie l . ** Bey MR / ae ee eg ae me ‘ nt ee eet lad SPREE LP oF BOGE PT OK DE poe : e eee * * N * * 13.673 Appeared in the POST-DISPATCH Alke MAYOR SUPPRESSES PAPER AFTER SAILOR RIOT Surrounds Times Office With Police and Must See Proofs if Sunday Publication Is Made Trouble Followed Secretary Daniels Speech on Anarchy. PAPER SEEKING TO ENJOIN EXECUTIVE Development Follows Night of Disorder, in Which Mob of U. S. Marine Men Sack Various Halls of Industrial Workers. What Daniels Said About the Red Flag SEATTLE, Wash, July 19. EPORTS of the speech made by Secretary Dan- tels at the Rainer Club quoted him as follows on the subject of anarchy: “The red flag has no place in this country, and believers in it have no place in this country. A Mayor who does not enforce the law against the red flag is not fit to hold office and peo- ple who believe in the red flags should be driven from _ the country.“ SEATTLE, Wash., July ID. — Mayor George F. Cotterill today issued an or- der suppressing the publication of the Seattle Times on account of last night's riots which followed a speech against anarchy and the red flag made by Sec- retary of the Navy Daniels. The Mayor also assumed control of the police force and ordered all saloons closed, all street meetings stopped and the Times for Sunday suppressed, unless proofs. are first. submitted to him, The newspaper office was surrounded by the police. . The Mayor, in his application, de- clares that the “condition of riot and tumult” which existed last night and early this morning is in “imminent danger of renewal,” and this is given as the reason for his action. The Times has applied for an injune- tion restraining the Mayor from en- forcing his order. | Daniels in a speech condemned an- archy and the red. flag, saying that both should be driven from the coun- try, but he later asserted that his re- marks were general and that he had no intention that they should apply te local conditions in Seattle, with which he was unfamiliar. Rioting When Dance Was On. Secretary Daniels and officers of th? Pacific reserve fleet of the U. 8. Navy were at the Army and Navy ball early this morning when several hundred of their sailors and marines were march- ing througn the streets, denouncing the Industrial Workers of the World and the red flag and sacking the headquar- ters of both Industrial Workers and So- clalists and burning their literature. In their excess of excitement they demol- ished a meeting room of the Salvatioa Army before they learned their mistake. The city headquarters of the Moder- ate Socialist and Radical Socialists were sücke and the books and furni- ture carried into the street and burned: A Socialist news stand on the princi- pal street corner of the city was de- stroyed, and the big meeting room of the Industrial Workers of the World in the southern part of the city was stripped of its bejpngings, which were | thrown ‘from a second-story window crowds attending the Golden Potlatch festivities and no. reserves were avail- able to cope with the rioters. The hat bands of the cruisers Charies- ton, Colorado and California were most numerous among the sailors. A few ‘yniformed members of the Washington Naval Militia joined the na val men. The actual destruction of property was carried on by uniformed men, including A report was widely circulated that - er of the Navy Josephus Daniels iim a speech at the Rainier Club had taken the Industrial Workers of the Word as his subject and had declared that they and all other believers in the red flag should be driven out of the - eountry. Those who heard the address dt the Secretary say it was exceedingly moderate and no reference was made as to local trouble. Nor did he at any _ time mention the Industrial workers. <A street fight Thursday night at an MALE EH WANT ADS During ‘the ‘first 6 - month’ ot 1818. Than — printed 2 6516 more competitors Was a precipitation of 1.41 inches. more servants’ quarters and the in- er the President. : ~~ ow. „ „4 Oe * _ Only Evenmng Paper m St. Louis Vuh the Associated ‘Pres News Sermee — re- ‘three of * |SHOWERS BREAK HEAT WAVE, COOL DAYS PROMISED Temperature Drops 37 Degrees After’ Having Reached 102 Friday. Afternoon. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday; slightly warmer tonight, THE TEMPERATURES. Yesterday's Temperatures. High, 102 at 3:30 D. m. Low, 80 at 5 2. m. [Gen TOMISITY 5 AND THe CZAR OF BULGARIA ARE BOTH IN / FULL RETREAT | The intense heat of the last few days in St. Louis Was broken at 4 ° ‘clock Saturday morning, when an uncharted storm swept over the city. A 4-mile wind, accompa- nied by rain, did much to alleviate heat suffering. The storm fol- lowed the hottest day of the year in St. Louis. The temperature reached a maxi- mum of 102 de- grees at 2:90 o'clock Friday : afternoon. The maximum was not discovered by Weather Bureau officials until they checked up maximum temperatures at? p. m. Sleeping conditions had been made tol- erable by a breeze which sprang up towards sundown and continued ah night. | ö 1 The immediate effect of the storm was to send the thermometer to @ degrees. The Weather Bureau reported that only two-tenths of an inch of rain fell in the city. The wind did little damage, but it got people out of bed and sept them scurrying to get: ‘windows down in their houses. The weather forecgater said that the indications are ‘that cooler weather probably will continue for several days. The storm had its origin along the Missouri River in North Dakota. It followed closely the river valley all the way to St. Louis, covering a territory searcely more than sixty miles. wide. As several other storms originated in the same section during the past week and were dissipated béfore they reached: St. Louis, the weather bureau expeete ; this one would do likewise. But it did the unexpected and came on through. ye munen needed reltef from the G The 8 rain reported gnyvwiiere in, Missouri-was at Mexico, where there The rains throughout the northwestern: part of the; State were light, and none was reported in any of the mann caunties. N HAND-WOVEN CARPETS FOR MRS. WILSON’S ROOM Two Aged North Carolina Sisters Are Preparing White House Furnishings. WINSTON SALEM,. N. C., July 19.— Mise Caroline Mob rgue and Mrs. Mar- tha Walker ot ‘Elkin, aged 74 and 786 years respectively, are. preparing car- pets, druggets. portieres, etc., to furnish the entire room of Mrs. Woodrow Wil- son in the White House at ‘Washington. They. know how to blend the colors #0 as to produce a most pleasing and har- monious effect. The aged women, sisters, belong to the od school of women workers. They are expert dyers and. weavers, using only barks: and herbs in the dyeing process and the old-fashioned hand loom, cards and spinning ‘wheel. They weavé cloth and carpets-and piece quilts for people who like their old-fashioned weet. ASSERTS CHURCHES NOW WOULD BAR SOLOMON Chicago Pastor Says World Is Much Better Than It Was In Time of David. CHICAGO, July 19.—"David and Solo- mon and some her patriarchs were ex- cellent men as -udged by the standards of their oon time, but they would not be admitted to membership in the church of today.“ Thus spoke the Rev. John Thompson of Chicago today, addressing the big Desplaines camp meeting, illustrating his contention ‘that the world is grow- ing detter. “There seems to be more crime and evil than ever.” he ‘continued, but mig is because, through the world- searching enterprise of the newspapers, we hear. more about it.“ The speaker old that the rise of golf baseball and other outdoor sports was a sign of the improving moral stand- ard. a f CLEANING WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, . July. 19.—Advan- tage is being taken of the absence of Mrs. Wilson and her daughters to touch up and freshen the White House. Painters are now at work re- vivifying the East room and in touch- ing up the walle and courtings. No changes are being made either in the decorative or: color 0. Other improvements will be a re- modeling of the attic to provide for stallation of a shower bath in the bend i 8 * ( 4 ty 25 = * . * a — * mig x VOL. 65. NO, 333: GUARDS LOSE JOBS | VIGILANCE were ‘trying to made a getaway. AT WORKHOUSE ON AE ESCAPE TEST Two Men Are Discharged by Captain Primavesi After “Frame-Up” With Prisoners. IS) RELAXED Superintendent Is Satisfied That Proper Attention Would Pre- vent Jail Breaking. Capt. Frank Primavesi, superintend- ent of the Workhouse, framed up“ an escape of two prisoners Friday after- noon to test the watchfulness of guards at the institution. The escape was suc- cesfully made. Two guards have been discharged. The same two prisoners made a break for liberty Thursday and were recap- tured at the last moment. The pris- cners re-enacted their actions at the request of Capt. Primavesi, who had ex- pressed doubt us to whether the guards on duty Thursday were sufficiently at- tentive to business. ‘Guards Held to Be Negligent... The guards discharged are Samuel Bhriich: of 1521A North Spring avenue and Fred Vincent. Ehrlich was relieved from duty Thursday afternoon soon af- ter the prisoners had been captured. Vincent was let out Friday after the test. Primavesi said Saturday that Vincent was negligent while the ‘‘frame- up” was being enacted, and that the escape Thursday might have been easily frustrated if he had been vigilant. Primavesi is investigating several other attempts of prisoners to escape from the Workhouse recently in which some of the prisoners got away and have not been recaptured. Where Guards Were Piaced. Erlich occupied a shanty above the quarry, Thursday, and Vincent had a shanty at the adjoining corner of the pit. Another guard named Hess oc- cupied a shanty on the side facing Vin- cent, and beneath Vincent’s station is a guich formed by the blasting of rock. A rude ledge extends from tke gulch to the top, and the prisoners clambered up this rocky stairway. The fugitives had reached the top before ‘they: were observed. Hess fired his gun as a warning signal and started after the men. Vincent joined in the chase and caught one of the prisoners as he was climbing over the wall at the top. Phe other prisoner got over the wall and entered a brickyard nearby. He was cornered in the brickyard by sev- eral guards who had rushed from the workhouse office, and was again placed fn his cell. Vigtiance Is Reiaxed. ‘While the prisoner® were re-enacting their climb of the wall Friday, Capt. Primavesi purposely distracted the at- tention of Vincent, and the men reached the top and were clambering over the fence before Vincent discovered they He gave the alarm and started after the men, but was stopped by Primavesi, who told him that if his attention could be temporarily called away from his duty on Friday, the same lack of vigilance might have been responsible for the es- cape of the day before. He was then discharged. The prisoners, after getting outside, returned as they had promised to do. Ehrlich said Saturday that several! escapes had deen made recently from the workhouse, and criticised the super- intendent for discharging him when other guards were not discharged when breaks for liberty were made while they were on duty. , EAST ST. LOUIS BANKERS STOP PLANS TO PAY DEBT Financiers Await Acceptance of Books of Former Treasurer by His Successor. All negotiations between East St. Louls bankers, business men and city officials looking toward an immediate settlement of the city’s financial diffi- culties were abandoned Friday after- noon after a conference in Mayor Cham- berlain’s office Which lasted several hours. It is said that the bankers re- fused to consent to a plan to pay the municipal debt and finance the city’s running expenses until next year, unless former City Treasurer Gerold’s books are turned over to the present City Treasurer, Frank Keating. Up to the present time Keating has refused to accept the books and $137,- 000 cash on hand of his predecessor, un- til Gerold shall specify exactly the amount to be applied to each fund. It was agreed between all parties inte~ ested at the conference Friday to call upon Gerold and Keating to come to scme kind of an immediate agreement Sc as to relieve the city’s present finan- cial embarrassment. EXPLORER IN A NEW SHIP McMillan Expedition Transfers Cargo From Damaged Vesel. FREEPORT, Me. July 19.—The equipment of Donald B. McMillan’s Arctic expedition is being transferred at Battle Harbor from the damaged steamer Diana to another ship. Mrs. W. C. Fogg, a sister of Prof. McMIil- lan, received this message from him today: “Arrived Battle Harbor. We are |transferring cargo to another ship. Everything O K.” r leaking badly as a E SEMPLE AMES BRINGS BRIDE OF YEAR AS SURPRISE Supposed Bachelor's Wedding Announced When He Reaches Mother’s Home. WAS PORTLAND WIDOW Handsome Blonde With Young Daughter—Bridegroom De- clines to Discuss Wedding. — St. Louis friends of Edgar Semple Ames, recently of Seattle, Wash., son ot Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames, learned Saturday with surprise that he has been married a year. The disclosure fol- lowed the arrival two days ago of) Ames and his wife on a visit to his mother. They stopped here on their way back to Seattle from an extend- ed European trip and are at the home of Mrs. Ames on the Hanley road, Hampton Park. Mrs. Edgar Ames was formerly Mra. A. C. Sheldon, a ‘widaw ‘of. Port- land, Ore. The husband's tamily are said to be pleased with the marriage. Ames is a scion of one of the first families in St. Louis. He has long been regarded as a confirmed bache- lor. He has cared little for society, having been seen only rarely at so- cial functions. He has spent a great deal of his time the last few years away from Seattle. He says his pres- ent home is in Paris, France. Mrs. Edgar Ames is a handsome wom- an of the blond type, with a perfection of figure that is emphasized by the wearing of exquisite gowns. She has »v. daughter,. 14 years old, She has not visited in St. Louis before, and is not known to the St. Louis friénds of the family. When ‘Ames was seen by a Post-Dis- patch reporter at his mother’s home Saturday, he was reticent about the marriage. His wife, he said, accom- panied him here, but had gone to the country. He. declined to tell what her name had been or give any. particulars about the wedding, saying that he was disinclined: to. speak about himself. He said an announcement of: the marriage was made at the time in néwspapers. H. S. Ames,’ vice-president of the Mis- sissippi Valley Trust Co., brother of Edgar Amés, when a reporter asked him about the marriage, said that his brother had telephoned that an inquiry would probably. be made and handed to the reporter this penciled statement: “Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ames of Seattle are visiting Mr. Ames mother, Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames at Hampton Park. Mrs. Edgar Ames was formerly Mrs. A. C. Sheldon of Portland, ' Ore., end the marriage took place several months ago at Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Ames are on their way to their home in Seattle after an extended snd in Zurope.“ H. 8. Ames suggested that if nothing had been known in St. Louis about the marriage it was because Edgar Am had been living for several years in Se- attle. The St. Louis Social Register Has not up to this time chronicled the warriage. ~ PHONE SERVICE TO EAST BROKEN BY CUT WIRES Bell Company Cable Is Severed at Madison Supposedly by Strike Sympathizers. Sixty-three long-distance wires of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (Bell) were cut Friday night at Madi- son, crippling the service to Chicago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, New York and other cities in the East and North- east. It was soon discovered where the wires had becn cut, and men were put to work to repair them, but the storing interfered. It is promised by the com- pany that the service will be restored before Saturday night. The wire cutting is supposed to have! been done by strikers or sympathizers. There were 76 wires where the cutting Governor, was ‘dohe, but 13 of n. were ae „ 328 * 1 * * | * mishap if en 5 went i * * r m 7 . , 8 . a 5 dea ee CCC GGG i A ðͤ „ e e gt line Si DEMANDS l F It do POUND) Early on Second Wehe Interviews Jefferson City Police Chief. JEFFERSON CITY, „ 19.— Before the business houses were, opened this morning Gov. Major,’ in). person, called upon Chief of Police: Richter and made the loudest and most earnest protest that official has heard in years because the city dog pound ‘is located at the north end of the manslon grounds. The pound is full ot dogs, the reault of two days’ hard work on the part t three professional dog catchers Import- ed here from St. Louis. For two, nights Gov. Major has listened to, the howling, of .300 dogs and suffered other e Ne with . im- patlence. Chief Richter told. ‘the 1 that his complaint was fully , justified and that the dogs and pound would be re- moved at once and the present site, fumigated... This. satisfied.Gov. Major. The. removal of the dogs. started 30 minutes later. Tonight Gov. Major and the inmates of the mansion will be able to sleep in peace. a The site of the dog. pennd r was the site of the city. workhouge and belongs to the. city. . It. es between the mansion grounds and the Missouri Riv- er and is only. 75 feet distant from the manu — WAITERS RS ASK $200,000 DAMAGES fox ARRESTS Strikers Recently Discharged in Cour Sue James -McTague and Maryland Hotel Co. Ten suits asking for $200,000 dam- ages were filed in the Circuit Court Saturday morning against James Mc- Tague and the Maryland Hotel Co. by 10 striking .waiters who allege they were falsely arrested and mall- ciously prosecuted at the instance of McTague on July 3. Each suit alleges that the plaintiffs — — were arrested, assaulted and beaten at the request of McTague and each was detained at Police Headquarters until he obtained bond. In every in- stance, the petitions n each pris- oner was discharged, For the humiMation and disgrace | suffered from the arrests each asks $20,000 damages. The ‘plaintiffs are James Rodgers, George Ringler, Clar- hence Kennedy, Max Rensbourg, Oscar Matthews, CNarles Redman, Andrew Rau, Martin Splegel, Conrad Schott and J. J. Jefferies, Edward Foristel and John B. Demp- acy are attorneys 1 plaintiffs, : * a 1 5 ö ST. ‘LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1913—10 PAGES. BRIDE WHOSE. WEDDING OF YEAR AGO TO ST. LOUISAN, IS REVEALED | | “PRICE ONE CENT - TON SHOUSLY BURNED: SET ON FIRE, IT 1S SAID County Coroner. Thinks’. Iliness Had Slightly Unbalanced e Mind. Mrs. Hugh Sturuy of Kirkwood is at. the city hospital in a serious con- dition from burns received Friday night at her home. One version: of the ac- cident is that she poured kerosene over her body and get fire to it because she was about to be taken to a hospital. Mrs. Sturdy has been ill: for some time. She lived with her daughter at Taylor avenue and Clinton’ place, in Kirkwood, and her physicten had in sisted that she be removed to the city hospital. Louls Bopp of. Kirkwood was en- gaged’ to cofivey Mrs. Sturdy to the hospital, When she saw him 4riving up to her house, an assistant of Bopp sald Saturday, she went into the kitoh- on, emptied.the,oil from a lamp over her body, and applied a. match. Bopp smothered the flames with bed clothing. Mrs. is 8 years old. Bopp vs Coroner ot St. Louis: County and in { the. livery and undertaking business at Kirk wood. Bopp said..Mrs.: Sturdy’s. iNness haal ain unbalanced her mind. MAKE-UP STONE, USED 50 FAN, IS GRAVESTO Resting Place of Brother of William Dean Howells Has Epitaph in Verse by Novelist. JEFFERSON. O., July, 1. — One of the = SI 00,000 FRAUDIS — CHARGED TO PIPER: IN RECEIVER PLE dent Who Bought Control- ling Interest Two Years Ago. Petition Declares Securities Given for $30,000 Are Worthless and That Forged Mortgages and Other Dis- crepancies Have Been Found in Accounts. Injunction Issued Restraining Officers From Doing Busi- ness Until Monday When Hearing Is Set—Debt of $28,000 Basis of Present Suit. EDMUND J. PIPER —Photo by — | As an immediate result of the suicide of E. J. Piper, president | t of Bollman Bros. Piano Co., Friday, the International Bank of St. | Louis Saturday filed in the Circuit Court an application for a a ps 2 — receiver to take charge of the company. Piper killed himself at his home, 6354 Waterman avenue, by ‘drinking carbolie acid. — The allegations are that Piper has diverted $100,000 from 4 a treasury of the company, that its accounts, records and financial ; statements have been falsified, that fictitious collateral has been advanced to secure mortgages and that forged notes have been found among its papers. The plaintiffs declare revelations of ra. 3 conditions of the company, following Piper’s death, forced them to. this action. It was also alleged that the capita) ot the company had been dissipated and diverted and that the compeny was insolvent. Judge. Rassleir issued a temporary 1 restrainintz the officers of ehe company ‘from continuing to operate the company ahd from disposing of its assets until Monday, when a hearing a. the application will be had. The basis of the bank’s action is an alleged ‘Indebtedness of $23,000 of ae company to the bank. It was stated in the petition that et- forts had been made to reorganize the company, but that Piper’s sudden death had upset the plans. Numerous replevin and other suits that would destroy the good will of the business, were threa*- ened. The petition states that the capital stock of the company is $100,000, and that the firm has been in business 4 years and has, under good management, been a large money earner, and the stock has been of great value. The company, it is alleged, May 14, 1913, gave its note to the bank, by Piper as president. payable in four months, per- sonally indorsed by Piper, and secured by 300 shares of the Bollman stock, which was assigned to the bank, with accounts aggregating about $40,000 Collateral of No Value. The collateral and indorsements, it is alleged, are of no value. It was under- stood that additional security would be given if the bank desired it. This has been demanded and refused. The bank has made an effort to sell the securities, but the petition declares that there is no market for them. The affairs of the company, the petition says, have been operated ex- clusively by Piper. It is alleged that through Piper as president, the company has pledged with the bank and with other creditors fictitious collateral and mortgages securing them. Since June 20, 1918, according to the petition, creditors have been endeav- oring to take charge and reorganize the company. A committee was ap- pointed to ascertain the condition of the company, but the defendant re- fused to turn over the records, state- ments and assets to the committee and the committee was unable to obtain any statement from the company or a report of the expert accoutant who had been working on the books. The company. through Piper as presi- dent, is alleged to have assigned good and valid accounts to sundry creditors and only an investigation can show wha’ accounts and collateral are bona fide most remarkable gravestones on record and solvent. was placed in the cemetery here today. It stands. at the head of the grave of J. A. Howells, veteran editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel, who died here re- cently. It consists of the make-up e used by ſowells for 50 years dur- his successive evolution as printer's devil, printer and editor. On it is in- scribed a verse written by William The defendant is alleged to have forged notes and chattel mortgages and the assignment of the $40,000 ac- counts to secure the bank is declared to have been fraudulent, as a large part of the purported accounts did not exist. And the pledging of the capital stock is declared to have been fraudulent because the capital stock Dean Howells, the novelist, a brother of had been dissipated and diverted and the dead man. The verse reads: Stone upon which hands of’ boy and man He framed the history of his time until. Week after weck the varying record ran ‘To its haif-centuriead tale of well and tii, Remember 9 true through all those the defendant knew it. Drank Twe Ounces ef Polson. Piper killed himself at noon Friday by taking two ounces of carbolic acid. He left a note to his wife, stating that he had taken the acid by mistake. Dr. 31 to the Coroner —— — there The boy hood of William Dean Howells by mistake. or to have written the not wag spent in thé office ot the Sentinel. - —_ he owed it. The father of Willam Dean and J. K. Howells 25 — 3 A i ei ert E 1 e e e ee soe Sone en eer ee Get Ry eee eae ha a ar e „ ˙ Re abs Re at the store and told him in 2 fine : volee that he had had & 4 7 * after taking rs poleba. © 2 Piper was 82 years old, and had been president of the company for two years. One of his business partners, Max Rul⸗ er, said that Piper, several years ago, said that he believed a man was en 5 fled in killing himself to save his fam-' ily from financial embarrassment, , 2 The jury’s verdict was sulcide Debt Transferred to Bank. a When J. W. Reinholdt left the Na- tional Bank of Commerce some tims ago to become vice-president of the Ine = ternational Bank of St. Louls, ths ~~ piano company owed the former Institu- tion $40,000 it was learned. Reinholdt had the account transferred to the In- ternational, which also carried the loan. Two weeks ago, an official of the plano company said, the company owed the International $31,000, and had n ‘deposit in the International about '$3608. Cashier Heid of the International took $3000 of the deposit money and applied it to the $3100 debt. Following the action of Cashier Hel in applying ve $8000 in deposits to the debt, Piper ‘withdrew the balance of the plano company's account and trans- ferred it to the German Savings Inatita- tion. He also transferred his personal account to the same bank. Max F. Ruler, a director fm and counsellor for the piano company, tt a Post-Dispatch reporter that he would resist the application of the Interna- tional Bank for a receivership. He sald that the $28,000 was not due to the ban« for three months. ‘ see William Bollman, vice-president e the Bollman Bros. Piano Co., a to make any statement about the firm's | condition. The store, he said, was Pees. temporarily on account of the death ot Piper. Further than that he knew noth ing. 1 ‘a Otto Bollman, whose interest 2 bought two years ako, could not be . found. He was said to be attending a 3 meeting of interested persons in con- nection with the affairs of the come 3 8 pany. pe COURTEOUS ROBEERSLET __ After Getting $1600 Worth Silver and Gems, Four Thi Show Their Gratitude, = MOLINE, In., July our robberm grateful for the grace with which the household o E. H. Sleight submitted se being robbed of jewelry and 3 valued at $1600 early today, allowed Mrs. Sleight and her daughter, recently the bride of J. U. Barnard, to retain theip under the — night and Mrs. Barnard’s