St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 18, 1913

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Pi ; . a . : Only Evenmg Paper in St Louis With the Associated Pres News Service OST LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT EMBER 18, 1913—24 PAGES. Tt a1 FOR HY Delegate Deffaa, With Two Neutral Investigators, Dis- covers Poor Grade Feed Supplied to Munici- pe! Stables by Contractors, Despite Contrary Report. ONE LOT CHEAPER THAN CONTRACT PRICE Experts Say Timothy Deliv- ered at $14.50 Per Ton Could Have Been Bought} in Open Market for ae a Ton. Edward H. Deffaa, House of Delegates and of the Hay Committee of the Merchants’ Exchange, scored another poin:s Thursday afternoon in support of his contention that iMm- ferior hay has been sold to the city by dealers who contracted to deliver No. 1 timothy, the best crade In the market. He proved to the satisfaction of a disin- terested committee of investigators that low-grade hay is now being served to horses at the city stables. Deffaa, in face’ of adverse criticism by some Merchants’ Exchange members who, he says have been directly of in- directly interested in city contracts, said he w ould further strengthen his position by showing that certain’ commission dealers have been in the habit of buy- ing “funerals,” the trade name for re- jected and no-grade hay. He says he will show Whether or not this sort of hay has found its way to fhe city Ftables. Dissatisfied with “white-washing report’ tion made by his fellow members of the Hay Committce, Wednesday after- noon, after he had reported his findings, Deffaa Thursday organized auother and unofficial Inspection Committee com- posed of feed dealers who are not in member of the what he called the of an insnec- the commission business and are BUp-" pesed to have no interest in city ror- SS or cael set esd tracts. nett He alleged that the day before’s in- Bpection was made by a committee, two of whose members have been selling hay to the firms which Have the con- tracts with the city. Taking with him John D. Mullalw and Sol LD. Quinlivan, feed dealers of lone experience, Deffaa again went to the municipal stables and to several engine houses. At the municipal stables, Forest Park » boulevard and Vandeventer avenue, Mul- ‘Jally and Quinlivan sampled several bales of hay, and examined that which was in the mangers. This was hay which was delivered under the contract in effeet for the three months preced- ing) Sept. 1. It was hay which the An- chor Feed Co. had contracted to de- liver at $16.40 a ton. 500 Bales of Wild Grans. Mullally and Quinlivan agreed that all of the hay in the mamgers and most of that in nearly 500 bales which they sam- Pied was nothing but wild grass, which according to tradition in the feed busi- ness is as nutritious as excelsior. It is held to be unfit for feeding purposes. Some of the bales were made up main- ly of grasses and a variety of weed known as red top. A few bales were found which, accord- ing to the investigators, might be graded as No. 3 timothy, a grade which, in Thursday's market, sold for $10 a ton. Mullally and Quinlivan found that a considerable portion of the store at the municipal stables was threshed hay. The seeds had been removed before it was baled, thus killing its value as feed. One load of hay received after Def- faa commenced his investigation was found to be timothy and worth at least $1 a ton less than the contract price paid to the dealer. “Though the city contract called for ‘io. 1 timothy, William G. Dierking, rintendent of the stables, said he ordered the mixed hay because he thought it was better feed. Deffaa giad Dierking had no right to give such an order for te violation of the -.- eontract. - Deffaa, Mullally and Quinlivan then _ ‘went to No. 2% engine house at. Van- _d@eventer avenue and Morgan street. | ‘The Ruehrmann Hay and Grain Co. has .' a contract to furnish hay for the fire + department at $21.45 a ton for No. 1 tim- y a. f The committeemen who made an in- ‘tion tour Wednesday afternoon were Walter H. Toberman, Fred Deibel and “DD. W. Clifton. Deibel is president of one of the companies which has a con- Eiht to sell hay to the city. : i Ne Bad Hay, He Says. a “he gor not find the conditions told of “by Deffaa in published interviews. oe engine house, he said, he cut of hay which was,not in Ae “At Sa 5 . - - : nat v ie eS ae “ ee aad “ - ad ae “tan Ds 2 « bso A rd hy to : eg “ee ’ ad = “To put on his black eye.’’ “Has he got a blackeye, Willie?’ “No, but he’ll have one when this morning’s recess is over.’ Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fatr tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature Friday. ._ Missour!—Generally fair tonight and to- morfow; rising temperature Friday and in the northwest portion tonight. 3 * Iilinois—Generally fair tonight and to- morrow, except showers in the southeast por- tion tonight; rising temperature Friday. Humidity: At 7 p. m. Wednesday, 88 percent; at 7 a.m. Thursday, 95 per cent; mean, 92 per cent. Stage of the river: 4.4. feet; .2 of a foot. a rise of , Now in Italy. George C. Aid, an artist said by his at- torney to be in Italy, filed suit Thurs- day, for $200 against Claude L. Mat- thews of 4261-McPherson, for a painting of Mrs, Matthews. Mrs. Matthews was ‘formerly Miss Jane N. Skinker. Aid’s petition, which was filed by the attorney, Lee M. Grace, the picture was painted and delivered in March, 1908, and that Matthews agreed to pay for it, but has since refused to do so. Grace told a reporter that Matthews’ sister, Miss Lucy Matthews, had been a fellow student with Aid and that she collaborated with him on the portrait. Result of “Ridiculous Matter.” Mrs. Matthews, in a telephone inter- view, gave her version of the affair to a reporter. She laughed several times as she talked, saying it was the outcome of a ridiculous matter. She had not been married long, she said, when she met Aid one evening at the Artists’ Guild. A short time after they were introduced she said he STRAW HAT NO SUBJECT _ FOR DERISION, SAYS JUDGE Court L gables Man Who.}Found! Out-of-Season Headgear a Cause for Jesting. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Scoffing | at the appearance. of a straw hat is as bad as smashing it in derisive ob- jection at this time of rear, in the opinion of the local . police court. George Smith discovered this truth | from Police Judge Mullowny. Smith jeered at the headgear of a large man who wore No. 12 shoes, and who chanced to be a policeman off duty and out of uniform. Smith was arrested. at | ony lectured him severély and then let him off. but he issued a solemn warn- ing to others that any criticism of | the’ ‘straw ‘hat in future would be | punished. : MRS. PANKHURST TO SAIL FOR AMERICA OCT. 11) | Suffragettes’ Chief Says She Has| No Fear of Being | Deported. | PARIS, Sept. 18—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British mil- | itant suffragettes, in a statement here yesterday declared she,wilil sail | for America Oct, 11. She added that she nad booked passage. ' “I do not believe the American im- | migration authorities will detain me. | and certainly not for long,” she con- tinued. “I am not the least afraid of deportation and will not resort to | any subterfuge to gain admission to | the country. “T will sail under my own name. I have much faith in the open-minded- ness of the people of America. As soon as I finish my lectures in Amer- ica I shall return to Bngiland.” PRESIDENT’S CHURCH SOLD TO NEGRO BAPTISTS TN Central Presbyterian Congrega- tion at Washington, Losing Members, Picks New Site. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Presidenr Wilson is without a church, the Central , Presbyterian edifice in which he has been accustomed to worship since he entered the White House having been sold to the Mount Carmi Baptist (negro) congregatiédn. The Presbyterian con- gregation will build another structure in a more desirable neighborhood. President Wilson. probably will join | another Presbyterian congregation. un- til the Central church is established in its own home. Scarcely an Hour Elapses || In many instances from the time the | want ad is phoned until the ‘“‘help’’ called for is on hand through the use of Post-Dispatch Want Ads ads are received as iy * — Bition closing at 11:30. PHONE your want, | 660 00-——Olive or , pected to pay for it. 7 three | loaded ithe blank cartridges. asked permission to paint her picture. “T laughed and told him we.hadn’t been married long,’ she said, “and that we didn’t want to buy luxuries, ‘but food. ° He replied that he hadn’t | had a chance to put brush to canvas | ained he had been back in the United States. He told me he would like to paint my picture just for fun. “‘Even then I wouldn’t consent, but he kept insisting: MY husband's sister, Mrs. Claude Kennerly, and others, told me to go ahead and sit for him and I gave in. “When he brought the picture to me (he asked me if I wished him to aign it. When I wanted to know why he asked, } ‘he said something about expecting pay I told him then I had never ex- “We sent the picture to him. but he refused to rensive it. I didn’t like ' the portrait, anyway.’ Matthews declined to make anv state- ment about the suit. He is in the elec- trical supply business at 3722 Forest for it. | Park boulevard. Aid was formerly well known among ‘the artists of the city as an etcher. He has been abroad some time. DAYTON STREET COURT SOON WILL BE REMOVED Mayor Kiel Finds No Opposition to Plan to Move Tribunal to 13th and Market: The old Dayton Street Court at Jef- ferson avenue and Dayton street will soon be a memory. Mayor Kiel Thurs- 'day said that he had heard of no op- position to his plan to have it removed to the Munictpal Courts Butlding at Thirteenth and Market strects. Facilities for accommodating specta- ‘tors and witnesses and handling prison- ers are lacking at the old court, the Mayor says, and in several ways it would be more convenient to have the two branches of the police tribunal closer together. Delays in changes of venue would be avoided and it would be. possible for one of the two city (attorneys assigned to the Municipal Po- lice Court to assist City Attorney Sadler who now has to handle all the cases in the Dayton Street Court. The Mayor said it would be more convenient for witnesses if the court were near the business center of the city so that they might more quickly | return to their work or their business afer testifying. ‘ACTOR IN ‘THE VIRGINIAN’ FATALLY SHOT ON STAGE It Is Supposed Loaded Cartridge Became Mixed With Blank Ones in lowa Theater. ' DES MOINES, lIo., Sept. 18.—In a pre- sentation of “The Virginian,” at the Cecil Theater, last night, Charles C. Harlan, Corporal of Company A, Na- tional Guard, a member of the _ cast, was shot in the head by Frank Barlow, ‘also an actor in the production. He has a wife and It is supposed that a became mixed with Harlan will die. children. cartridge _PULMOTOR§TO BE BOUGHT TO SAVE FIREMEN’S LIVES Kiel. Authorizes Purchase of Machine Used to Revivify Persons Near Death. Mayor Kiel Thurs@ay authorized the expenditure of $189 to purchase a pul- motor for the fire department. It will be carried on Chief Swingley’s auto- bile. Swingiey said he believed that if his were shocked by live wires and the other was suffocated by emoke, All were alive when picked up, [FATHER SCHMIDT — charges that?! BPS in, AND PAL IN GRIME ALLIANGE ABROAD Dentist Was in Germany When Priest. Was and Is \Fugitive From Engiand. SCHMIDT ROBBED LETTERS secret Service Chief Says He Never Discovered an Insane Counterfeiter. . By Associated Press. NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The engraver who sold Father Hans Schmidt copper plates used in his counterfeiting work told the police today that ‘‘Dr. Ernest Muret frequently had accompanied Schmidt to his shop.’” Muret, the den- tist, has contended that he knew noth- ing of the priest’s counterfeiting plans. The discovery of this engraver, A. G. Hauver, and the evidence he gave, was an important accomplishment in laying bare the records of Schmidt and the den- tist. _But Inspector Faurot of the De- teotive Bureau intimated this afternoon that something bigger was in prospect. recognized from photographs as Schmidt called at his shop some time ago with a strip of copper 36 inches long and 12 inches wide. Schmidt, he said, instruct- ed him to cut plates eight by four iriches, explaining that he wantel a half-inch margin on them: Priest Evaded Questions, Hauver said he was aware that the plates, by Schmidt’s-instructions, would permit the photographic engraving of currency. He became skeptical and in- quired as to what use the plates were to be put. The priest, he said, evaded the question. Muret pleaded gullty today to the charge of having in his possession a dangerous weapon. His case was put over until Oct. 2. Schmidt became suddenly taciturn to- day. Hitherto he seemed glad. to answer notes sent to his cell, although his; answers cast no light upon his rec- ord, Two score detectives of the United States secret service and the New York Police Department have made reports which lead officials directing the work ? following conclusions: ‘father. Schmidt.and Muret, long before they left Europe, had formed a criminal partnership, and that not only since coming to the United States, edge of the criminal operations of the other, and that Father Schmidt, far from being a lunatic, was one.of the most deliberately cunning and heartless crooks in criminal history. Muret Fugitive From Justice. This conclusion was based on the fol- lowing facts: Among the possessions of Muret in his flat at #01 St. Nicholas avenue wus found a photograph of himself taken in Mainz, Germany, when Scamidt lived there. Letters found in the St, Nichoias avenue flat revealed that he is a fusi- tive from English justice, and that Scuot- land Yard detectives were trying two years ago to find him, and presumably still would like to know his wher- abouts. These letters were of a most affectionate nature and fwere from Mu- ret’s wife—he has posed in this coun- try as an unmarried man. . From the tenor of these letters, it is beiieved that the charge against him was iis connection with illegal practice of med. icine. Other documents found in the Muret flat indicate that he had traveled un- der several different names in many cities on two continents and that in Chicago he was known as Dr. Arthur Held. Father Schmidt was shown to have been not only a murderer, but also in his priestly guise, a counterfeliter, and a sneak thief, who stole hundreds of dol- lars from letters sent by parishioners to nis pastor and from the Easter collec- tion at St. Joseph’s, the church he was supposed to serve. William J. Fiynn, chief of the United States Secret Service in New. York, who has had long experience with counterfeiters, declared that in all his experience he never had found a man who pursued counterfeiting to be insane. More than this, he never had heard of an insane counterfeiter. In the safe in the office of ‘“‘Dr.”" Mu- ret, forced open by the police, were found papers indicating y that M:. ret had been involved in a questionable land deal, and sevcral annointing cups, receptacles used by priests to hold blessed oil in the administering of ex- tren unction. These are believed to have been placed in the safe by Schmidt. The more detectives worked to run down the clews to the mysterious ac- tivities of Father Schmidt, the more they became convinced that only a mi- nor part of these activities had been un- covered so far. Priest Had Amother Fiat. « Inspector Faurot’s men found that an man using the name of Van Dyke had been receiving mail at an ‘apart- ment at 124 West Eighty-fourth street. Van Dyke, according to Father Schmidt’s confession. Was a name he frequently had used in his devious op- erations and was the name on the coa found in the B hurst avente fiat where Anna Aumueller was killed, and on the trousers and vest of the same suit found in another apartment rented ey hiss Gapt 5, at BS Wighth avenue. It fe believed, through letters found, that the “Van Dyke,” who had been re- cetving mail at the Eighty-fourth street place and Schmidt are the same person. Amons Father Schmidt's letters also Hauver, the engraver, said a man her but also long before, each had knowl- } * SO RT EL SE Se RR Pn Nay MET AS oe PE he Bee ee POR ee ee *3 ss 1 " , é a apt ee I ili 2 oe. Father Schmidt, Photogéanhed for New Y ork Rogues’ Gallery WOMEN'S PROTESTS TAKE DOG-CATCHING Mrs. Sue Barge and’ Miss Lillian Nagel Cause Abandonment of Entertainment. have re- Sue and ave- The St. Louisa County Fair will no dog-catching ‘contest as the sult of the efforts .of Mrs. Rarge of 622% Lenox avenue Miss Lillian Nagel of 1637 Belt nue. Mrs. Barge is” a member of the Woman's Humane Society and Deputy Probation Officer of St. Louifé County, while Miss Nagel is known in St. Louis as “the friend of dumb ani- mals.” She also is a@ member of the Humane Soclety. The proposed dog-catching contest was one of the most widely advertised fea- tures of the fair, which opened Thurs- day. The eontestants selected for the oc- casion were Edward (Ring Tail) lein- ard ef Maplewood, who recently estab- lished a reputation by catching all the dogs in that suburb, and, Edward K>ys, the official dog catcher of Clayton. The fair. officials, in anticipation of the importance of the event. had built a 75-foot square pit, into which 12 dogs imported from Maplewood were to have been turned loose and lassoed. The con- testant catching the greater number of dogs was to receive a prize of $10 and the loser was to get $2. Thursday morning Mrs. Barge and Miss Nagel visited the office of Pros- ecuting Attorney Lashley in Clayton and asked him to stop the exhibition on the ground that it will be un- necessarily brutal. Miss Nagel said she would postpone a contemplated visit to Davenport, To., and attend the Fair in person to see that the contest would be stopped, Lashly took the matter up with Fair officials, and at noon they told him the contest would be called off. TAFT EXPECTED TO BE YALE LAW SCHOOL DEAN Henry Wade Rogers Accepts Federal Judgeship, Leay- ing Vacancy. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 18.—The acceptance by Dean Henry Wade Rog- ers ef the Yale Law Schoo! of appoint- ment as Judge of the United States Cweoult teaves the Geauship vacant. While no official statement was made at Yale University today as to a suc- cessor to Dean Rogers, the name of former President William FL Taft, now Kent professor of law ig 28 Fe ee ge ON UP RF heres” = Tie, Cota: in Pega hegre he aes The FEV HANS SCHMIDT. TOEND THER NES All Ate Found Dressed for Burial, Lying Under Sheet, in Arkansas Home. ’ Special to the Post-Dispatch. GLENWOOD, Ark., Sept. 18.—Mres. O. Turner and a Miss Carter are dead, and Mrs. Turner’s hanband; T. K. Turner, is in a serious condition,, with a pos- Urt FAIR PROGRAM: ‘sible chance of recoverY, as'a result of what Turner declares to have been an agreement of the three persons to end their lives together. Turner is a realty dealer. Miss Car- ter came here recently from Massa- chusetts. Mrs. J. D. Ferrell, on calling at the Turner home,, found ‘the two women and Turner lying on the floor, with a sheet spread over them. The girl was dead. Mrs. Turner was dying. Tur- ner was conscious. Two. doctors were called. Mrs. Turner’ died. in a short time. Didn’t Want to Live. Turner told the doctors he didn't want to live, and said he-wotild take anything if it would help him to die easily. Turner said: ‘The girl had.an_ incur- able disease. | am broke down. The old lady was stout, and she had all the work to do. We were tired of living. We made it up to die together.”’ The first of the week, it is said, the Turners went to a notary and made some arrangements in regard to -their property. A store, it is said, was trans- ferred to J. D. Ferrell, a blind man, who makes brooms. ‘The Coroner will inves- tigate. ' Dreased for, Burial. A letter was found, which read: ““To whom it may concern: There is no use of asking any questions, the bottle on the dresser will tell how it happened. We are tired of living and all want to die together. We a-s dressed. for burial. You caa find enough money in the dresser drawer to give us A cheap burial.” It was signed by T. K. Turner, Oo. Turner, Miss Carter. me ae ee eee FOLK IS NOMINATED FOR STATE DEPARTMENT JOB Missourian Was Not an A’spir- ant, Says Bryan, bul Was Chosen Because Needed. WASHINGTON, « Sept. 18.—President Wilson today made these nominations: Joseph W. Folk of Missouri, Solicitor for the Department of State. James Y. Callahan of Enid, Ok., Reg- ister of the Land Office at Woodward, Ok. Secretary Bryar, in a formal an- nouncement today, declared that Folk was not an aspirant for the position, but that the office was t to hirh be- cause of hia fitness the position. Mra. a ee ee, ee Three Suspects Arrested ‘oan T vo ~ Confess Soon After’ Holdup of. St ag ° Pons dies ti sige aie Louisans; Sheriff Wounded, - Mee LOOT FOUND‘ON PRISONERS; GIRL PUTS RINGS — - a : Se ing Town and Later Luted Luytics fo. Assertion That Machine Had Gone wie eae ee Special] to the; Post-Dispatch. Laclede: avenue, at 12:30 this morning. ‘Justice, 20, Philadelphia. They said the: man arrested earlier. by Sheriff. Weihland . was Robert Dwver, 2%, of New York. He had given his name to the Sheriff as R..W, Duf- old. laryttes had been spending = ¥ in Ohjo, end wes. returning by from Toledo to St. Louis. With him in ‘the maéhine were Charles‘ Bye of &t. Louis, his chauffeur; W. BE. Ceeiger, New York, and two women who gave their names as Mrs. Smith and davgh- ter, 18 years old, of Chicago. Luyties Had Befriended Rebbers. The robbery was committed six miles east of Bryan. Luyties and his party had dinner at the Secor Hotel in Toledo Wednesday evening and Géparted on their trip to Chicago about 8 o'clock. When near the city limits they met the auto containing three young men, who inquired the way to- Delta. Layties informed the trie thet he was headed that way and would be glad of their company. Near Bryan the man driving the gray car said something had hap- pened to the mechanism of his machine. Luyties stopped his car and went to the assistance of the men. No: sdboner had the male members of the party alighted from Layties’ ma- chine than ‘each of the robbers pulled out two revolvers. After stripping their victims of their valuables, the robbers drove off with Luyties’ machine. Luy- ties ran to a farmhousé and notified the Sheriff by telephone. Sheriff Wine- land, with deputies, started on a hunt for the bandits. When near the Siegel home Wineland saw two automobiles stranded on the road. Standing on the front porch of the Siegel home was a young man dressed ina gray suit. As the Sheriff.approached, the stran- ger, without a word, opened fire. Wine land returned the fire. One bullet grazed the Sheriff's forehead, above the right eye, and the other imbedded itgeif in his arm. Neither wound is danger- ous, physicians say. The prisoner told an unusual story te the officers at Bryan. “T am not a robber, but a son of one of the most prominent families in che country,” insisted the prisoner. a) opened fire on the Sheriff because I mistook him for one of the gang that is responsible for my plight. “Tt met the party at Buffalo on last Sunday night. They were gay fellows and after a time in the city they invited me to take a joy ride. I innocently ac- companied them end they forced me into assisting them tn their robhery.”’ Girl Saves Her Rings. A ring, stolen from one of the mem- bers of the Luyties party was taken this morning from the prisoner who gives his name as Duffy. Diamond rings, valued at saved by Miss Smith, who them in her mouth. Laryties’ car bore Missouri license tag No. 6710. $800, were concealed Detroit Pelice Exchange Shotea With Robber Suspects. DETROIT. Mich., Sept. 18.—Local police believe thet two of the men who held up and robbed an automo- bile party of five near Bryan, O., shortly after last midnight, passed through Detroit this forenoon in a high-powered automobile, which ft is believed they stole after abandening the two care near the scene of the robbery. When the police attempted te intercept them. several shots were and the automobile sped oR fome he Sion tkeet ine driver to stop they recéived « | shot Me ae - a ee ee ee eae TOLEDO, 0O., Sept. 18. —Motoring from Toledo wen pede Herman ©. G. Luyties,. president of the Sanitol Co.,” 4264 | St.. Louis, and party held up by three men in an automobile, six miles east.of Bryan, 0.,. At the point of revolvers the thieves:took ; #100 in cash, a gold purse carried by one of the women, several diamonds and other jewelry valued at $100. ' Later two men were arrested ‘at Montpelier and iets ite : plunder was recovered. This included two. gold watches, ne gt ‘diamond ring valued at’ $500, $50 in cash and other articles of jewelry. The prisoners confessed and gave their names as Arthur — Gerow, 20, of 1218 Evergreen avenue, New. scene and Willem of four persons _ wet ty of Tofedo and nad he. wee, rE. yeary. : hk Financiers Petition War Depart. ment to Increase Force on | | foreign invasions. The movement creased military protection is tors and have been sent te Department. Governor's Island in New York a comparatively short distance from th financial district, has only a small tail of soldiers. The floanciers a that it was the course of wisdom | have that force increased so that soldiers might respond to any likely to arise in New York City, par- ticularly the commereian section. SHOT BY ROAD Kentuckian Refuses to Halt Is Wounded, Fleeing in East Side Yards... William Wilkins, who says his home ty in Highland Pa Ky., was shot in the — right hip at 11:15 a. m. Thureday hy John Arnold,. a special agent of the La. ; & N. raliroad, at Twenty-fifth F Lynch streets, East St. Louls: He is in Henrietta Hospital, and stooped: recover. Arnold reported that he saw thé. ri get off a freight train on which ne hed been stealing a ride; and ea to hiv to halt. The man ran, and Arnelé tive on bim. He sas not ted, but he would be ready to