St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 4, 1913

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isa Ssidtt 4d Clot» her ideals anf hopes? y Post-Dispatch lwaney tour slot machines were con- flscated by States Attorney Webb of Louis, in a 12-hour raid of St, » County roadhouses. and. saloons ee - Friday night and Saturday morning. machines were taken to East che ease nggren cea truck and Boyne’ 8 ce against eee the raid netted the State’s Attorney cash, ‘im the cash drawers. Boyne’s courtroom resembled a _ gambling house after Webb had ar- ~ panged the machines » around = the wall... There were baseball machines. which awarded the player a prize / when he knocked a home run by drop. _ ping a coin in the slot, but which gave him nothing for a *three-base and machines on which a “combination of figures re- ‘ “ Webb tte a ‘Post-Dispatch reporter | the owners - any pug in. an “automobile and were fol- the truck. ¥Srose Berkley's roadhovsee. Here one of. the machines tenant undoybtedly would be in- dicted. ‘The penalty for having a slot “im-opera nm tion is a fine of $100 yr the first offense, Webb said. sodomy) of three of the machines nt eh stesing battered. appearance. ved sar geet hy: wn “Ayaey.: seanals bora? gare : taster oe br ers he cut. one of his ees party were his Thomas and Richard Webb; Charles tc A rg a nephew; A. B. Davis, Assistant State’s Attorney;. Constable pee and Deputy Sheriff Michael vv ‘The be Pia ze party left East St. Loute Eagkoared and returned at 4 a. Webb and his assistants jowed by an automobile truck upon v3 ‘whieh. the .confiscated machines were loaded. ‘The first stop was made at Niciols & Teadhouse on the Collinsville od pad bought drinks for the par- and. ceavally inquired where he could find @ slot Machine. He says ne was to a back room, where he found four machines. They were opened and Sivested of their money and ioaded on The party proceeded to machine: was taken. Crop in Cahokia. At ‘Louis’ ) Christensen’ s, Forty-eighth ‘street @nd Caseyville road, two ma-| chines weré confiscated and two blocka away another was taken from John wran's saloon. ~~ From the Caseyville road the raiding ual drove to Cahokia, where the pick- Was rather rich, according to Webb. Mrs. Palmer's place was the first stop raiders in Cahokia. Webb said her in charge of a saloon and doing a thriving business. De- her Webb and his party her pratt machine, loaded it.on the _ John ,Poter's place tin Cahokia yielded "ike - , Bugene Dowers’ two, | ‘inte ‘Houston's two, and Jake Smith's three. Having confiscated all the ma- chines. they could find in Cahokia, the - falders Went to.Prairie du Po and took ‘ “two machines from Godin's saloon. - In Hast Carondelet the richest hau! of ¢vening was madg¢ in a saloon con- by a man named Schwartztrau- ber. Tour machines were taken from hts saloon. / | The proprietors of each of the saloons roadhouses were served with war- Be nent: requiring them to report to Jus- «thee Boyne’s court Saturday to give ‘bond. Webb said preliminary hearings . ———e be held: through the day. - BARONESS WEDS n, a Daect: | Is a Witness at ‘Abel Marriage, — G, ape! Oct. 4.—Baroness eee a ~% 7 = 7) ‘ air S . a ~ > A Big Week for the “P.V.” we mean ‘‘Publicity Vender,’’ which is synonymous with POST-DISPATCH. has smashed all previous rec- ords thus far EVERY day this week as compared with the same relative week in all previous vears. Following is number of columns of legitimate paid advertising carried each day: 68 columns ..112 columns .118 columns .141 columns © ..eeeees.. 129; columns The significance of these. figures is more apparent, when you know that on each of three of these five days, viz: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, the St. Louis merchants bought more display space in the POST-DISPATCH alone in which to advertise their merchandise than they used in three out of the other four St. Louis papers combined: The POST-DISPATCH | = for MINER, ENTOMBED FIGHT DAYS, FREED: SAYS, ‘FEEL BULLY Thomas Toshesky Walks Visit. | ed From Shaft and Rejects Proffered Stretcher. RELEASED AT M. Pallid From Imprisonment He Is Put to Bed, but Treats Ex- perience as Old Story. CENTRALIA, Pa. Oct. 4.—Thomas Toshesky, prisoner since Friday of last week in an abandoned chamber of the Continental Mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal Co., walked into the open air a free and well at 7:38 o'clock this morning. He was taken to comparatively man his home in Centralia, three miles away from his underground prison, and at cence put to bed, apparently none the worse for his remarkable experience. It was 7:15 o'clock when the last bar- ‘rier of coal was Grven away and To- shesky crawled through the opening | from his prison chamber into the tunnel i which had been steadily driven toward him by eager willing rescuers. Seven minutcs late: the first intima- tion was given to the outside world that the big task waz completed and the pris- cner was free. This was when a miner crawled to the mouth of the tunnel and called to the top of the pit for blankets and hot water to be sent down. Walked Unaided From Mine. or its exit occupied the next few minutes, and at 7:38 a file of mer emerging from the heading, heralded the approach of the hero of the occa- sion, Toshesky a gray shoulders. Back of him was a miner with hands upraised, ready to assis: if he should be needed, but Tosheskv walked with,astonishing agility, con- sidering his experience. When he stepped onto the wooden piatform, just outside of the mouth of the narrow tunnel, and was first able to stand upright, he paused for an in- stant and looked up: the steep and muddy zigzag path which led to the opening of the mine breach. His min- er’'s cap was on his head when he crawled through the opening of the tun- nel and greeted his rescuers. His lamp was in place upon his cap and burn- ing. came from the hole with The most noticeable thing about him was a pallor which shown through the grime on his face contrasting strange- ly with the other biack faces of the «ther miners, whose ruddy color showed even through the coat of dust. Poses for Photograph. of the pit almost unaided. A stretcher had been taken to the foot and there were plenty of willing hands to carry him, but he would have none of it. His whole attitude from the time of the blankets in his own one of semi-stolidity. Toshesky was glad to get out of his prison, but he acted as if it were an old story to him and nothing over which to make a great fuss. Once before: in his career as a miner he had been en- tombed for nearly 48 hours. was to- Half way up the pit Toshesks stopped and posed for a photograph, gether with Dr. H. G. Fortner, who had been in almost constant touch with him since communication was estab- lished Tuesday night and to wkem is largely due the good health of the man. Toshesky wore the broadest smile any person in the vicinity when brought out. Hello,” spoke to himi. His one reply to questions as to how he felt was “bully.” Inhabitants of his home town turned out to see Toshesky as he was whirled in a motor car along the streets. His wife and five children waited for him at the door of his he greeted everybody Who j ' | \ily, ;my home. He got out of the machine and walked up the steps to his fam- kissing the baby repeatedly. Toshesky in he thought he would be crushed to death eas several thousand wagon loads of coal rolled towards Continuing Toshesky said through an interpreter: » “My dinner bucket and coat at the ‘bottom were lost as the coal rushed. I had all my mine tools with me and lamp was burning. I had a half quart of oil in a can by my side, and sizing up the situation learned I was entombed in a space seven by feet. “f had been entombed twice before and rescuers soon got me out, so I felt that they could take care of me. From Friday until Tuesday I was without amything to eat or drink and on the last day my oil gave out. T was in darkness. It was a dismal period from'then until the reseuers drove the bore hole through. After Tt got several drinks of eggnog I felt like a new man.” SUFFRAGISTS FIRE HOUSE “LONDON, Oct. 4—militant morning set fire to a large’ The work of getting the man ready 2 blanket wrapped about his | Toshesky climbed the-path to the rim' rescue unti! he disappeared beneath the | bed at home was, | Milliken’s | Crescent of | , drove more than 2% , miles an hour in Colorado. boy who fell out of the machine embracing them all in turn, and , said when he was closed | him. ! 15 YOUNG MILLIKEN FOUND GUILTY OF SPEEDING IN AUTO 15-Year-Old Son of Millionaire | Fined $50 and $75 | in Clayton. ‘PAROLED AFTER LECTURE Father Testifies He Had Often | Warned Son, Fearing for | ; His Safety. John T. Milliken Jr., son of a St. Louis millionaire grain dealer and oil mag- nate, after testifying that he will be 16 years old next January and has driven an automobile for two years, was fined $50 and $75 on conviction under two in- dictments charging him With reckless driving, by Judge G. A. Wurdeman in the Juvenile Court at Clayton, Satur- day morning. The Court, without rec- ommendation from the Prosecuting At- torney, paroled the boy on his promise to refrain trom fast driving and on condition that he pay the costs, $75. Attitude of Father and Ju 4 John T. Milliken’ of 1150 Belt avenue, St. Louis, and Crescent, Mo., the boy’s father, told Judge Wurdeman that he had cautioned nis son innumerable times against fast driving, because he was anxious regarding the boy's safety. Judge Wurdeman replied that the safe- ty of young Miiliken did not concern the Court so much as the safety of pedestri- ans and others on the county roads and the streets of the towns through which the boy was found guilty of driving at a reckless speed. The Court, in imposing the conditiun that the defendant pay the it any bridge charge that he paid on tie railroad train in the merniag, but * suppose he discussed that. feature of his trip with the newspaper men.” If a passenger hag free railroad -trans- portation he is required to show a bridge pass or to pay 2 cents cash to cross the river. Some St. Louisans drew the in- ference that Mayor Fitzgerald had used a pass for himself and daughters be- tween Cleveland and St. Louis, when he was quoted as having “dug up” 3% cents a head to cross the Mississippi. Amount Merely a Mistake, Clinton H. Fiske, who also escorted the visiting Mayor's party across Eads Bridge after his arrival in §8¢. Louis, described the incident to a reporter. “When we started across the bridge we were stoppel, as usual, and charzed 60 cents toll, whereupon Mayor Fitzgerali almost had a fit.” saiq Fiske. “He sald to us, ‘If this was attempted in Boston there would be a riot.’” Fiske says the Boston Mayor de- scribed his trip across the bridge tn his subsequent speech at the City Club in such a way that his auditors might have assumed he was traveling on a railroad train instead of an automobdile. The mention of the toll as 3% cents a head was Merely a misunderstanding on the Mayor's part or due to a miscalculation, Fiske says. GIRL THROWN IN DITCH A warrant was issued against Charies Kupferschmidt of 201 West Stein street, Saturday, with assault and battery Miss oo to pass & raised | saloon, 70 N ‘ | sworn stateinents that a S bill. } rant Was him EDITION _. FINANCIAL | MARKETS — SPORTS | IS? BILL IS RAISED: WIFE AIDS aie TO TRAP HUSBAND °§ Mrs.’ Louis Laffold, Search: ing for Missing Mate Who a ae G Is Under Arrest, Uncon- sciously Tells Patrolman — Where “Pal” in Counterfeiting Operations May Be Found EDWARD PARKER IS HELD AS ACCOMPLICE Fine Pens Are Found on His Person and Green, Red and Black Inks ‘in His Room; Both Men Are Ar- raigned Under Federal Laws. ? Mrs. Louis Laffold of 2819 Wash- ington avenue unwittingly aided the police in weaving the chain of evi- dence which Saturday resulted in the arraignment of rer husband in the United States f[ietrict Court on 4 charge of passin counterteit menev. For two days Mre. Laffold has bees searching for her missing husband, not knowing that he was held in the city jail for the Government authorties. Fri+ day afternoon and night she accom- panied Patrolman Brennan ofthe Day- ton street district, thinking that he too, was searching for Laffold: While with her on the pretended search Laffold obtained from her the information which enabled him to ar- rest her husband's “‘pal,"" Mdward Par- ker at 1222 Olive street. who is accused of raising the bill whieh Laffold at- tempted to pass. ' Warrant Issved for Arreat. A warrant charging Parker wit!) coun-- terfelting wes issued SaturJey. trolman Brennan handled the case fui. the time it was reported Thufeduy night that an attempt bad.been made ~ . P Sarogtic % He arrested Laffolé in the i On the evidence suomitted and on raiser! to $3, had been tendered by Laffun in payment for a drink. a Federa] wrr- issued ugainst Laffoeld. Mrs. Laffold was not informed tw: her husband had been arrested. Wien he failed to return home Thursday night she went in search of him. Papers found in Laffold's pockets showed where he lived and indicated that he bad a “pal.” Brenann started out to follow the trail. He went te the Washington avenue address. Aft- er obtaining a description of Mra. Laffold he sat on a pile of bricks [i a vacant lot vpposite the house for four hours waiting for her to returr. Mrs. Laffoid Talks Freely. When Mrs. Laffold arrived Bren- nan asked her if she had heard any- thing of her missing husband. told her he had been assigned to find him and would aid her in every way possible. Mrs. Laffold taiked man who had put her jail. She said that for 24 hours she had searched for lLaffold in vain and she was glad to see that the police showed so great an tnterest in help. ing her in the search. “asn't there any friend that might know where he ist? asked Brennan. “His ‘pal,’ Ea Parker. is the only one that might kuow.” said Mrs. Laflfold. “He lives at 1322 Olive street. I just came from t' Parker wasn’t at home.” Patrolman Brenhan induced Mrs. fold to go with him to Parker’s bume Parker was still out. Mrs. Laffold. thinking only ef finding information as to her husband's whereabouts, gave Drennan a deacription of Parker. Ink and Pens Found. While she waited at the Olive street house Brennan went to saloons th the neighborhood. freely husband: in ere He found Parker, but didn't take him to the house. He calied a patrol wegen He. to the and had him sent to the police station Then he went back, told Mrs. Laffold he had been unable to find Parker, and escorted her to her home. I Parker's pockets were found sev s*4~ Be Heyes > 4 ry, Laf-/ eral fine pen points, one of which was > stained with green ink. A sears A .S his room revealed bottles of green and black ink and several rubber stamps. Assistant Drstrict Attorney Daues says the green and Black ink corresponds to the colors used on the — raised bill. Parker told the Federal! authorities te — was a pen and ink artist, but denied tie” bill raising charge. Mre. Laffold res still looking for her husband Saturday — at the-time when he was being a: Paigned In court. He pleaded not guilt’.