St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 22, 1913

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INTERING WEDGE FOR 5 A GENERAL INQUIRY Bee en Basis of Cost of Coal ‘By Leased Wire From the New York " WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Preliminary 4o the introduction of a resolution ask- “ng Congress to investigate the rates of Whe Mississippi River Power Co., 2 ee g of reduotlon in price, for 99 years. 2 a 5 2 the steam engine. 00 er scorns the competition of steam 10 Text of the Resolution. Rt 0 & point 10 miles or more distant; he — of hydroelectric current on ppl f ower Co., in its pamphlet issued 5 M has power to protect the 1 Buffalo * x De spirited, colorful story of the ains, painted by Frederic Rem- ton, in the next © L AY POST-DI SPATCH 83 9 32 lope ‘ a Te * < . Fads, N N ; a). 2 4 8 5 * “ey f S S 8 ee Se „ FE LO ; IS POST-DISPA Only Evenmg ‘Paper in St. Louis With ‘the Associated Press News Service. ——— ee VOL. 66. NO. 94. a ee 1115 OPENS i} N FIGHT ON Ath FOKUK DAM RATE peressive Leader Presents Resc oh ions Passed in St. Louis by His Party Asso- at ee Laws to Pre- nt 1 Charge for rrent: ct That Prices Are Figured ‘in This City to Be Used y Him to Defeat Other Permits. 5 of the Post-Dispatch. op- ing the water plant at Keokuk from oh n St. Louis is supplied with elec- Senator Miles Poindexter of Fash. on today presented to the Sen- ate the resolutions recently -dopted by he Progressive Party Club of St. Louis hg Louis County. action taken by the Progres- 6 followed an expose in the Post- latch of the fact that power from i Keokuk dam was being sold in Louis at a rate based on the cost iat necessary to produce a lixe unt of current and that a distrib- company had. been organized to this arrangement, without hope Poindexter said yesterday that he intended to press his demand for an stigation of the Keokuk rates, and ie the information thus obtained as @bject lesson. There are applications r numerous water power franchises in hington, according to Senator Poin- 8 Advance Promises Cited. resolution adopted by the Pro- party clubs stated that the * dam was operated as a public e 0 9 current. Attention allied to the fact that the Missis- | the public, before the completion of le dam, made these statements: rent will be sold much cheaper * power costs. It is well that only 10 to 15 per cent of in coal comes out on the But on the * hand, over three-quarters of the ot the moving water of the Mis- p River is delivered over the mon wires to St. Louis, over 100 es away. Right here is where water even in the fields of cheapest resolution goes on the say that in the pamphlet led the e to believe that they were to. have Hight and power, but that it ad ‘been openly charged by the press aro- electric current ig no cheaper ut on the contrary has been contracted — the Union Electrie Light and Co. for a period of 99 years on a sis of coal cost. siete the resolution reads it ween stated that the Keokuk Dam = entered into an agreement with North American Co., a distri- t company of St. Louis, not to sell 1 act to any one else within a 30- @ radius of St. Louis; and f er, Mt by this agreement and arrange- t mnt the Keokuk Dam Co. enters into with the North American Co. its current not into St. Louis, a which pofnt the North Amer- converting a part of its double 1 its treble self into what is the distributing company, is en- Mi to 2 the current over a. 10- to utilities companies of which sg Owner; and at an additionai |. a per cent over the price netted ‘Keokuk Co.; and ' ‘The reason alleged for this © furnish a subterfuge for basing of coal; and, Congress having granted a to the Keokuk Dam Co., fof ot the Mississippi River to man- © electricity, then that body un- from gross imposition by regu- ME the distribution and sale of the — — Products; and. That within the power of a to Conserve and control natural and to grant the privileges of t 2 lies the power to com- aioe company and, met The Keokuk electric plant o utility, using public ary ger vice; and „ If these allegations be true, | UNSETTLED COOLER THE TEMPERATURES, Yesterday's Temperatures; - High. .75 at 2 p. m. Low. .60 at 4 a. m. 7 After a pleasant morning THE | HAVING FEVER ture in the (0's. in whieh the wom- en of the tag-day ffs worked at eir Stations wearing their fair- day raiment, a drenching rain be- gun to fall at 1:15 this afternoon, fol- lowed by an ap- preciable drop in temperature. The weather man had forecast- ed showers almost every day for a week, but not un- til the hospital workers begun their | work did the rainfall arrive. Few pedestrians. hal umbrellas, and many hurried into nearby office buildings. Those who had not previously been tagg were captured by the charity enthusiasts. . Official forecast for St. Louis and | Vicinity: Cloudy and colder weather tonight and tomorrow, with showers tonight. Missouri—Unsettled weather tonight and tomorrew, cooler tomorrow, and in North and West portions tonight. % Illincis—Unsettled weather tonight and tomorrow, with probably showers in North pron this afternvon or night, cooler in ‘orth’ portion tonfght, and ina North ath West portion tomorrow. TAKES HOT GREASE FOR Electrician: Steps Into Vat at Packing Plant and Is Now in Hospital. Roy Quinn of 1523 North Thirty-second street, East St. Louis, was painfully burned at Swift & Co.'s packing plant, Friday afternoon, when he mistook a vat of grease for a granitoid pave- ment. Quinn is an ele¢trician. He was re- pairing wires in a room where con- demned meat is rendered in a shallow tank. On this tank there was a scum ot a color resembling that of the gran- itoid floor surrounding. it. Quinn’e cries when he stepped into the hot grease brought workmen to his aid, “Heavy wooden soled and rub- ber-lined insulated shoes kept his feet from being burned, but his legs, from ankles to knees, were burned. He is at St. Mary's Hospital. GIRL TEACHER ENDS LIFE; FIRES SHOTGUN WITH TOE Student at Missouri Normal Kills Self Because of Un- requited Love. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Nov. 22.—Un- requitted love today caused Miss Marv Robinson, 20 years old, a young school teacher, who was a student at the State Normal School here, to end her life. She fired the contents of a shotgun into her body, pulling the trigger with her toe, and dled almost instantly. A note sent to her sweetheart last night begged him to visit her, although the girl’s father, who lives at Brookline, had forbidden him to call again. Nathan Straus Retires. NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—To devote self entirely to humanitarian work, Na- than Straus, Jong a leading figure in the mercantile world, has retired from active business. He will depart soon for the Holy Land to spend several WEATHER TOMORROW most with the tempera. GRANITOID; IS BURNED’ MARONEY'S JAM BROKEN, HE QUITS HARVEY'S. STAFF Circuit Attorney's Cause of Injury Is a Mooted Question. At BATHTUB FALL, A THEORY pened. in Downtown Cafe After Argument. Assistant Circuit Attorney Andrew C, Maroney has sent his resignation to Circuit Attorney Harvey. The reason for the resignation, as stated by Ma- his room in his boarding house in Ferguson with a broken jaw. roney, is that he is confined ta is a mooted question in the Circuit At- } terney’s office. sion, it was broken in a downtown cafe, after Maroney had made remarks con- cerning the William S. Rex case which is to be tried in Judge Koerner’s court next Monday. The cther story is that Maroney broke his jaw by falling in the bath tub at his boarding house. Maroney has been absent from his of- fice nearly two weeks. In his resigna- tion he'stated that the work and the appeals for sympathy from persons he had to prosecute were a strain upon him and that he had decided to ask that he be relieved of the duties of his of- fice. . Pledge to Harvey Violated. Judge Harvey said he valued Maron- ey’s services as a prosecutor highly and had not decided whether he would accept his resicnation. One of the con- citions of Maroncy’s appointment was a total abstinence pledge. It is understood its the Circuit Attorrey’s office that this pledge has not been kept. Maroney was Assistant Circuit Attor- ney under Joseph W. Folk 10 years ago. He made a reputation as a fearless and vigorous prosecutor and was given sev- eral important appointments by Folk when hé became Governor. Rex is a Democratic City Committee- man from the Twenty-eighth. Ward. He a charge of making a false statement to a commercial agency to obtain credit for the St. Louis ‘Bank Fixture Co., of which he was president. Would Convict Rex. One of the reports taken to the Circuit Attorney’s office was that Maroney, meeting Rex in a cafe, remarked: “Tf your case was in my room you would be convicted,“ and followed this up with the intimation that he would not be vig- orously prosecuted. The case is pending in Judge Koerner’s court, where Hiram N. Moore is the prosecutor. Moore went to Judge Har- vey and asked, on account of his per- sonal relations with Rex, to have the case prosecuted by some one else. After the reports of Maroney’s purported re- marks had been carried to the Circuit Attorney’s office, Moore asked to be re- lieved of all connection with the case. Assistant Circuit Attorney Bishop has been assigned to try the case. One report was that Maroney was struck immediately after making his comments on the Rex case and that his jaw was broken. Charles A. McIntyre of the law firm of Wilfley, McIntyre & Narden, has been asked by Judge Harvey to assist in the prosecution of Rex. His law firm represents the Ameri- can Trust Co., which caused the com- months in extending the charitable un- | dertakings he began there. — plaint to be made against Rex. The pullin N of the onstrated St. Louis merchants, as is alone carried 137 columns of columns. carried only 97 columns. used erat, Republic and Times, all A giant puller! There are five daily newspapers in St. 3 DOST-DISPATCH and four others. On each of four consecutive days of this week, the advertising space in the POST-DISPATCH alone than in three out of four of its competitors all added together, as the following table shows: On Tuesday and Wednesday the POST-DISPATCH out of four of its competitors combined carried only 126 On Thursday. the POST-DISPATCH alone carried 104 columns, while the Globe-Democrat, Republic, Times and Star, all four of the other St. Louis papers, combined, On the. very _ day, Friday, these same merchants 99 columns in the inne alone, while they only used f 83 columns in its three closest competitors, namely, the Globe-Demo- Concentration—here is evidence of the giant pulling of the arenen as our home merchants St. Louis’ ONE BIG 8 Ane 8 first ten months 1913 POST.-DIS PATCH is a dem- their custom, bought more this advertising, while three ‘added together. Office One Report Says Accident Hap- How Maroney's jaw came to be broken : According to one ver- was indicted by the June grand jury on] blemishes, UMAN CHATS AS NEW DRUG DEADENS WORK OF SURGEON Novocaine 1 Used When Ap- pendix of Staunton § (III.) Patient Is Removed. Mrs. William Osley of Staunton, III., chatted pleasantly with two surgeons at St. Elizabeth’s Hospietal, Granite City, for 20 minutes Saturday afternoon, while they performed laparatomy and removed her appendix, using novocaine, the ‘new- est local anesthesia. Heart trouble made it impossible to administer an anesthetic which would have made Mrs. Osley unconscious. Dr. R. W. Binney of St. Elizabeth's brought with him a week ago from the Congress of North American Surgeons at Chicago a phial of novocaine, which he saw demonstratede When Dr. F. C. Vogt of Staunton, Mrs. Osley's family physician, learned of this, he took Mrs. Osley to Granite City and was assisted in the operation by Dr. Binney. Mrs. Osley is a frail woman of 25 years, but the only ill effect of the operation so far, was a slight sore- ness after the effects of the drug wore away. During the operation, Dr. Vogt talked constantly to his friend and patient, describing the operation and the Condition of. the appendix in re- ply to hey questions. Mrs. Osley was not. permitted to watch the opera- tion, but the surgeon's facé and shoulders were always under her eye. She talked of many subjects during the 20-minute ordeal, and at*no time gave any evidence of suffering pain or nausea. At the end of the opera- tion her husband was admitted to the room, and she told him that ahe was comfortable. MOLES SOURCE OF CANCER PARIS, Nov. 22—The removal of face such as moles, is Mable to cause cancer, according to the Academy ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1913—12 2 PAGES. PRICE Early Reports of Tag Da Workers Show Can in . Raised 10 Charity Last Yous Two $100 Collections at One Hotel Left to “right: Mrs. James Mrs. J. D. Filley. Women at Many Stations Get Contributions From Every Person They Approach. Reports received at noon from a ma- jority. of the buildings in which collec- tions are being taken by women of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Associa- tion for the benefit of charity patients ‘Tat St. Louis hospitals, indicated that the collections will exceed those of 1912, when the total was $45,066.31. The first box turned in was from the Pierce Building. It was filled at 10 a. m., with coins and bills ranging from ! cent to $5. The contents had not been counted at noon. Nearly All Reports Show Gains. Reports at the association headquar- ters in the Commercial Building were that nearly all buildings were excee- ing the contributions of last year. The Committee on Employes’ Subscriptions reported that it had been unusually suc- cessful, and the Committee on Trades and: Professions reported that its collec- tions would exceed those of last year. In the box at the Olympic Theater was found a $1 bill .which had been over- looked last year. It was lodged in a crevice and was very dry. Two $100 slibscriptions were taken at the Jefferson Hotel, one from the hotei and the other from the hotel building company. These were the annual con- tributions obtained from W. J. Kinsella. There were rush orders at headquar- ters for tags, and a force of eight per- sons was occupied in sending out tags. Extra boxes were called for from th» Bank of Commerce Building and the Buckingham Hotel. The Laclede Gas Light Co, also sent for a box. The Jefferson Hotel committee report- ed the largést individual contribution during the morning. That was a check for $50 from Mrs. Anna H. Bray of the Washington Hotel. Mrs. Bray each year makes a contribution of $50 and always sends it to the committee at the Jef- ferson Hotel. Several Give Five Dollars. At the Chemical Building there were several $5 contributiona “Ore messenger boy who entered the build- ing was approached by Mrs. L V. Cunningham, a member of the com- mittee. The boy said that he would like to buy a tag, dut that he had only one penny. Mrs. Cunningham took his penny and gave him a tag and a carnation. for It. At the Marquette Hotel the women in charge said they were” receiving contributions from nearly every per- son approached. The largest contri- bution there at noon was $1. Women Have Complaint. Women at the Pierce Building were complaining because a collection had been taken’ among insurance’ men inde- pendent of the women's collection. There are many insurance firms in the building, and the fact that a previous collection had been taken among them, they said, would cut down their total for the day. The sale of tags, carnations and news- papers was begun early Saturday morn- ing, the women assigned to Union Sta- tion and the Washington ayenue sta- tion beginning work at 6 a. m. The women assigned to public and office buildings reached their stations be- fore 8 o'clock. At each place where tags are being sold the women have on display placards showing the distribution of the moeny collected last year aad how it was ex- ONE CENT. | EDITION | FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS FIELD GOALS GIVE HARVARD LEAD, 6-5, IN SECOND PERIOD O Brien of the Crimson, Scores 2 Points for Yale, Thinking Safety Was a Touchback. H. Ware, Mrs. Ralph Simpkins, |B PATTERSON'S FIRST WIFE HAS DEGREE SET ASWE Steel Man Married Miss Evelyn Bailey After Obtaining Di- vorce in 1907. J. Bradley Patterson of 6021 Kingsbury place, has two wives, according to a de- cision handed down by Judge Vande- venter in the East St. Louis City Court Saturday. ‘Judge Vandeventer set aside the di- vorce from Emma F. Patterson, which was granted to Patterson Sept. 29, 1907. After this divorce was granted Patter- eon came to St. Louis as manager of a Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Valle Bailey of 5834 Westminster place. He filed his divorce suit as John B. Patterson, „but in St. Louis he has been known as J. Bradley Patterson. In suing to have the divorce set aside Patterson’ s first wife alleged that the decree was obtained through misrepre- ' sentation. She alleged that Patterson swore that he did not know her where- abouts, but that in fact he had her New York address and was regularly sending to her 855 a month which a Chicago court had awarded her as separate maintenance. The first wife, in -her petition,. said she and Patterson were married in Sep- tember, 1893, and that they lived happily until they went to Chicago in the fali of 1903, when Patterson became infatu- ated with another woman. In January, 1905, she alleged, he ordered her to 8 to her parents in New York. In June, 1904, she alléged, Patterson filed a suit for divorce, alleging deser- tion. She fle an answer and denial and he withdrew the suit. A week later she sued for separate maintenance and the Court commanded Patterson to pay her $6 a month, In August, 1907, without her knowledge, Patterson filed a divorce suit, alleging that she had deserted him Jan. 17, 1904. The first wife alleged that after fall- ing behind in his maintenance pay- ments, Patterson, in May, 1911, notified her that he had obtained a divorce and was therefore not required to make fur- ther payments. She then sued to have the divorce set aside. The evidence was heard about three months ago, and the Judge since then had the case under ad- visement. At the time the suit was filed Patter- son said for publication that there was no truth in the charges made by his first wife and that his. divorce was regular. Efforts to find Patterson to obtain a statement from him Saturday were un- successful. KANSAS TO ACCEPT MAN SENTENCED TO GO THERE TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 22.—Kansas is ready to receive Willlam Hogan, given his choice of 30 years in prison or ban- ixhment to Kansas by a Franklin Pa.) Judge, Gov. Hodges announced when he learne« Nan had decided to come to steel company and married Miss Evelyn, a | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 22. Predictions of a close game between the Yale and Harvard football teams were verified from the jump here today, and after the first two.periods of play, totaling 30 minutes, the score was 6 to 5 in Harvard 's favor. almost summer temperature. Harvard outplayed Yale in the first period, keeping the Blue on the de- fense most of the time. Brickley scored a goal from the field from the 26-yard line. On the kick-off the ball struck the goal posts and O’Brien of Harvard took it up and touched it behind the line for what he thought a touchback. The referee called it 2 safety. Brickley: kicked another field goal for. the Crimson, a placement affair Yale’s first score came on a beau- tiful field godl by Guernsey from the Crimson 37-yard line. Yale’s other two points were the result of a mis- take by O’Brien on a Yale kick-off. The ball struck the Harvard voal posts and bounded out into the field. O’Brien picked the ball up and think- ing that such a kick was a touchbac« for Harvard, put the ball down on his own accord and without being tackled behind the goal line. The referee immediately gave Yale two points on a safety. Except for the last few minutes in the second period, Harvard out- played Yale in the first halt of the game. In the second period Harvard ad- vanced the bal 139 yards on straight rushing. There the Crimson ost on downs due to a poor pass to Brick- ley, who was about to try for another field goal. Yale came, back strong immediately after and made a 38-yard march into Harvard territory, principally on long rushing. by Wilson and Ainsworth. Then Guernsey, from Harvard's 38- yard line, missed a field goal by a couple of yards. Harvard rushed the ball to within 13 yards of Yale's goal line while Yale’s furtherest advance into the Crimson territory was on Harvard's 26-yard line. In the first two periods, Harvard made three first downs to two for Yale. Although the high walls of the stadium cut off some of te southerly breeze there was nevertheless consider- ‘able wind movement down the gridiron. This gave an advantage to the team having the west goal, while the team on the opposite side of the field was still further handicapped by the sun shining in the eyes of the players. Fifteen minutes before the game start- ed, 30,000 of the 47,000 spectators were in their seats ready for the contest. The Yale tea mappeared at 1:50 and the Yale cheering section immediately went into action. Five minutes later Harvard also ap- peared and was greeted with the usual long. cheer. Harvard Wins. Toss. Harvard won the toss and took the west goal, with the wind and sun at their backs. Yale ran down to the east the kick-off.. At 2:6 p. m. Guernsey kicked off for Yale. The ball went across the Har- vard goal line. Mahan caught the bat and ran it back to the 2%-yard line. Mahan tried Yale's left tackle for no gain. Mahan kicked to Tales %-yard line. The ball was fumbled, but recov- ered. On the first rush, Ainsworth made five yards through left tackle. There was a five-yard penalty for off- side play. It was Yale's ball on the W- yard line. 8 Ainsworth lost a yard on a run to Harvard's left wing. Knowles kicked to Harvard's 30-yard line. The ball was run back five yards. Bradlee plunged through left tackle for two yards. On a double pass, Hardwick was thrown back for a loss of: two yards. Mahan punted, to N on Yale’s 33-yard line. The ball muffed, but recovered. Knowles made two yards through righ« tackle. Ainsworth carried ſt three yards more on @ plunge through the left side. Brickley nailing him. Knowles punted to Mahan on the %-yard line. Mahan Makes Fine Run. The ball waa run back to Yale's . yard line: Harvard was in Yale's ter ritory for the first time. The run of Mahan was 22 yards. Brickley made six yards in a plunge through center and added two more on another dart to the same place. Mahan tried a fofward pass, but it fell to the ground and it was still Harvard's bail. Brickley goal with The field was good and the weather dt Aver Storer’ Cap, ... . . Lett tackhle . Tuldoet Hitchcock........: Left guard... . Ketchum (Capt). Trumbull, .........Center evesecees Marting Pennock........... Right guard... .Pendieton Gilman. ........... Right tackle. .....Warren „„ Right end........-Carter Logan. .......++++»,Quarterback ......Wilson Mahan.,...........Left halfback..Ainsworth Bradl... Right halfback. .Knowles from the 38-yard line. 1. Rete Michi rR David L. Fults, Brown. a Pee periods. * more the ball was brought out 242 WM-yard line. On a delayed . pass Guernsey wan thrown back for the loss of a yard. Knowles kicked to the center of the field, where a Yale man touched the ball and as it rolled back it was Har- vard’s ball on Yale's 43-yard line. Ma- han was tackled by Avery without gain, and Brickley could get no further. Logan tried a forward pass, but t was incomplete. It was still Har- vard’s ball in Yale territory, Mahan << letting it roll. Again ball : brought out to Taler Un Knowles was thrown back tora of a half a yard and then he | to the center of the field. tackled Logan fiercely and Yale wan penalized 15 yards for rough play. It was Harvard's ball on Yale's 35- yard line. Brickley made two yards through Yale’s left wing and Bradlee added three more. Brickley dropped back to the 44-yard line for a field goal trial. It was a fake and Brai- lee took the ball to Yale’s 18-yard line for a first down. The play caught the Yale team off its gur. Harvard First to Score. Brickley made a yard through cen- ter and added two more on a plunge through the same place. It Was Harvard’s ball on Yates. 14 yard line. Standing on rien 26- yard line, Brickley shet thé ball over the bar for the first eres of the game. Harvard 3, Yale 6 Guernsey kicked off to Harvard's goal posts, the ball striking the uprights. It was Harvard's ball on ber Wurd line. There was some discussion, as one of the Harvard players had taken hel ball behind the goal posta. The referee al- lowed the safety on Harvard. The bn quarter ended, score, Harvard 1 1 Second Period. Knowles kicked to Mahan, who made a fair catch on Yale's 88-yard - line. There Brickley tried a goal from placement. tee was in good working and the ball went between the goal posts, any Oe the crossbar by many yarda.. Harvard stands went wild as the —— cleared the crossbar. Score: Harvard 6, Yale 2. Guernsey kicked off across the Harvard goal line. Hardwick each the ball and ran it back 16 yarda. Bradlee 4 through right tackis for thrée yards. Mahan then kicked to Wilson on Yale’s 40-yard line. The Blue quarterback ran it back threo yards. Yale started rushing on the nearest point so far reached toward Har- kicked to Bradlee, who made a fair catch on Harvard's 18-yard line. Ma- han kicked on the first down te Ans worth on Harvard's 47-yard tine. The ball was in Crimson territory for the first time. Ainsworth made a yard when Hitcheock nailed him. On kicked over Tales goal line, Wilson. 4 <n 2 dy ee ~ ee en “ee n 89 Ne itr R ; %" » a he a ot. f 8 me = 3 9 N 8 ah kt 1 nk n DR a SOR 85 — 7 “ 22 N ** — — Fee’ — a * eed * . — an * n i eal „ 1 1 we * — 2 oe a ee e “he ae 1 88 1 * wren D te We eee * * 9 . 3 2