St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 27, 1913

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Only E Paper Se Loa With ite! Asociated Pres ‘News >) ae a : : — ‘ a -« * * > ~ "ae o 8 > _—— st. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 191316 PAGES. : PDI 2 ; sii AVI DRESS 10, ACI dan ls to Have Secretary of War Rule on What Are Rea- i 0 ou nable Charges for Current. FEASIBILITY 1S IN DOUBT m Act Provides Only for the Control of the Tolls. on Bridges Authorized by U. S. +g , From the W Washington Bu- ten of the Post-Dispatch. WASHL IGTON, Nov. 27.—In order ¥ 8 ae the Secretary of War may re x regulations for the operation e ‘Keokuk and Hamilton Water er Co, in its distribution of electric r 10 patnte concerns, Representa- ich: Bartholdt of St. Louis has pret of an, amendmept to the act cre- ling the Keokuk power company which igned to restrict the operations of in its diffusion of electric rent to such regulations as the Secre- 3 y.of ‘War may prescribe. 7 M. 5 5 ie Site to the act, which ae, - gays he will | introduce in the e Saturday. p1 vides that. charges r the use of electric energy and power by the Keokuk and Hamilton Wa- V Power Co. or dy any. distributing mpan} which it may supply, shall be dle and just, and the Secretary | r may, at any time, and from p to ‘time, prescribe the reasonable for the use of such energy and „ and the charges so prescribed de legal ‘charges ‘and shali de the s demanded and received for such a eneray and power.“ goldt had an A eee witn * fompatiy. He was told that, hee the imiskion would be glad to make in- into: the ‘subject, many other i nad precedence, and it would a N time before the Keokuk sition could be reached. mination by Bartholdt of the gen- al dem act revealed no authority of ’ » Secretary of War nas power to pescribe just and reasonable tolls for —— ont ton. tae f ball iat regulation of power ning Bouse 1 Asserts er Rings ‘Worth $600 Were en and 4 Men Drove Off. ives are seeking four men, twg , according ‘to. a story told by 2 6f 3519 Lindell avenue, r of diamond rings valued at dhe was automobile riding ad third man ‘and his chauffeur, sday evening. 's. Hardy conducts a rooming house. ol the police a man named Wal- 0 | formerly resided in her house, to go for a ride and she r i-year-old daughter and 7 bon. They were on Natural “yee near Union boulevard, she ! ven two men with revolvers ap- bached as the chauffeur was making to the machine. ) robbers, she said, commanded to get out of the machine, and ene forcibly removed her rings. the men then ordered Walters id the’ chauffeur back into the ma- — 6 and the four drove away. She sh » récognized one of the robbers boarder and the other as De | Dayoan | Wed be W f ca) Lightner, on Way to Ed- wardsville for Jury Service, _Buecumbs to Shock. e — . — tures. High. .60 at 3 p. m. Low. .53 at 3 a. . 1M NOT 1 see that the Federal army in Mexico is on the run,” said papa table. “Wonder if it will be § stuffed with oysters,’ mused ttle John- nie. “Huerta’s forces are getting deeper and deeper into the ——’’ “Cranberr y sauce,” ecstatical-, exclaimed “Hot pie, gurgled Georgie.” And at last he'll find himself beater: by OSS “Syracuse,” shouted Sammy. Oftieial forecast for St. Louis nd vicinity: Generally cloudy tonight and tomorrew, with showers tomorrow; not much change in tem- perature. OFFERS $50 REWARD FOR MAN WHO GOT HIS $3.50 Hugh Cox Says Man Who Posed as Friend of His Family Ob- tained Money as Loan. Hugh Cox of 214 Oregon avenue told the police he was willing to give a re- ward of $50 for the arrest of a man who got $3.50 from tum by posing as a friend of the Cox famliy in Nashville, Tenn. The man called at the Cox home last Saturday night and introduced ‘himself as Fred B. Wilson Jr. of 1630 Laurel street, Nashville. He said he was well acquainted with all the Coxes in Nash- ville and particularly Mrs. Sadie Can- non, a sister of Cox. He sald he was requested to call on the St. Louis branch of the family. Cox loaned $3.50 to him when told he was that amount short on the price of transportation home. Sunday Cox wrote to his sister of Wil- son's visit and was surprised to receive a reply that the family had never heard ‘mince Jolt ah age Be Satay genes e MEN IN WORK ON YACHT Fears They Would Reveal. Se- cret of Shamrock IV Feat- ures to Wives. LONDON, Nov. 27.—Sir Thomas Lip- ton poured the first ladle of lead into the mold for the keel of his new yacht Shamrock IV at Nicholsons yard at noon today. The keel will weigh 80 ‘tons. Its shape is carefully concealed from view of outsiders. The measures takén to keep the features of the yacht a secret included the non- employment of married men, lest they might bare the secret to their wives. It is expected that the craft will be launched in April and she then will be tried out in the Solent against the Sham- rock III. Nicholson said today that the composition of the outer sheathing is a novelty and nothing is given out as to its chargcter. WOMAN. SAVES WEBSTER MAN’S LIFE ON TRAIN With Skirt She Binds Wounds of George J. Kohler, Who Fell Between Cars. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 27.—A wom- an who would not tell her name, but who said she lived in Kansas City, prob- ubly saved the life of George J. Kohler. 48 years old, of Webster Groves, Mo., early today. Kohler was taken aboard an incoming pasgenger train at Birming- ham, Mo., after he had fallen between two boxcars. His left leg was severed and his right leg crushed, The conductor went through the vets calling for a doctor. None responded ekirt from her traveling bag, went into the smoker, where the man lay, and deftly bound his wounds. Doctors said later she saved the man’s life. PRINCE PLAYS FOOTBALL i Heir to British Throne Shows Distinct Grit, Though Small. ‘his mother’s orders from (rtning fully he Would represent . ea 3 ATURE 12 2 N at 3 at the breakfast weather. and the woman. a passenger, took a Fourth and Than PRESIDENT AT MASS HELD FOR UNITY OF NATIONS Enyoys of 167,000,000 People Attend Fourth Pan-Ameri- can Service at Capital. GIBBONS HEARS SERMON Bishop of Matanzas Calls War Natural Enemy of All Which Is Good and True. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The fourth annual Pan-American Thanksgiving cel- ebration with its attendant mass, a service of thanks for unity between the + United States and the 21 Latin-American republics, was observed here today. President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, other Cabinet officers, all the diplomats from Latin-America, Chief Justice ‘White and Justice McKenna of the Su- preme Court, and Senators, Representa- tives and other public officials at- tended. n St. Patrick's Church was decorated with American and Latin-American flags. A dove of peace holding togeth- er in its beak the flag of the United States and that of the Pan-American Union, symbolized the peaceful union between the nations of the Western Hemisphere, for which prayers were of- fered. Cardinal Gibbons was present. Right Rev. Charles W. Currier, Bishop of Matanzas, Cuba, who preached the sermon on a comparison of peace and war, decried war as the “natural en- emy of order and therefore of ‘that nich is good and true.” He said it “subverts the moral order by opening wide the door to all manner of vices.” At luncheon in the rectory, toasts were drunk to President Wilson, Secre- tary Bryan, Ambassador da Gama of Brazil and others. Monsignor Russell, toasting Secretary Bryan, said: When we see the repre- sentatives of 167,000,000 people join in prayer and afterwards in amiable com- munion around this table, may we not hope ‘for some results in peace that will warrant broader significance to Thanks- giving day?“ TURKEY PRICES REACH __»; 50.CENTS IN_ NEW. YORK Large Number of Birds Con- demned and Famine on Market Results. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Manhattan has gone through the worst turkey famine that has happened here at any Thanks- giving season in the last 2 years or longer. Prices soared to 50 cents a pound for extra choice birds—a hitherto unheard-of figure. A dollar a pound was offered last night for the very finest Delaware, Maryland and Virginia tur- keys, but none was to be had at any price. Out of fifty cars of turkeys—10,000 birds—arriving yesterday, per cent were seized and condemned. Practically every arrival in car-ioad ots was ir bad condition. These wholesale seizures threw the dealers back on the supplies that come by express, which were inadequate, and the famine, with the record prices, re- sulted. Thanksgiving feasting began here as early as 1 o’clock this morning with the opening of the Bowery Mission’s bread line with food enough on hand to sat- isfy the needs of 3000 hungry vagrants. Thanksgiving Meal Most Expensive i im Years. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Today’'s Thankegiving dinner is most expen- sive meal the average American has eaten in the last 25 years. It costs from 36 to 100 per cent more than it dia 10 years ago, and from 15 to 6 per cent more than any other Thanks- giving day in the last six years, ac- cording to recently gathered Govern- ment statistics. 25.000 Pounds of Turkey Unfit. PHILADELPHIA, Noy. 27.—Upwards of %,000 pov.ds of turkeys valued at pound were condemned here by the City Meat Inspector in the last week. The turkeys had spolled while in tran- sit. ONLY ONE AFTERNOON NEW YORK PAPER ISSUED All Suspend Publication in Chicago Because of the Holiday. NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Under an agreement among the publishers three irs ago, all afternoon newspapers in ew York except the Evening Telegram, the afternoon edition of the Herald, sus- pend publication on four holidays each year, New Years, Christmas, July ving day. only newspaper published today. It issues. three: edi- ‘The Telegram is tions, instead of the usual six, and selle them at 2 cents a copy instead of the | with her, and believing that through the him with a strap. about thirty | $7500 at the retail price of 3 cents aj DEATH OF BOY HIT BY STREET CAR MAY; RE-UNITE PARENTS Body Identified After Parents Learn of Accident Through Newspapers. QUARREL OVER WHIPPING John Williams, 14, Crushed Life- less While at Play in Manchester Avenue. The body of a boy, who had been killed by a Manchester car in front of $2388 Manchester avenue Wednesday evening, lay in the morgue all night before it was identified at 8:30 a. m. Thursday by William L. Williams of 4201 Manchester avenue as that of his son, John, 14 years old. After identifying the body the father hurried from the morgue to the home cf his wife, 1135 Kentucky avenue, from whom he had been separated, to mourn death of their son they would be recon- ciled. The boy had been playing on the sidewalk in front of a picture show and zan into the street in pursuit of an- other lad. The boy who was running ahead dodged behind an eastbound Manchester car, and safely cleared both tracks. John, however, was struck by a westbound car and one wheel of the front truck passed over his arms and chest. Policemen inquired of neighborhood children, who said they did not know the boy. His body was taken to the Morgue. Story of Separation. The father told the story of the separation from his family and his hopes for a reconciliation to reporters at the Morgue. The boy, he said, would have been 14 years old Dec. 29. The father looked forward to that day and the fact that it was his son’s birthday anniversary, as giving him an op- portunity te make peace with. his family. One night, the first week in Sep- tember, John stayed out late, the father. said, and when the boy re- turned home, the father whipped . mother Ne- tested: father and er quareeied. | Williams said that he struck his wife on the shoulder. Since that time he has seen. his wife and children at their home only once. That was three weeks ago, when he went there to attend the funeral of his 9-year-old daughter, Grace, who hai died of typhoid fever. Wednesday evening, Williams, re- turning home from work at the St. Louis Independent Packing Co., saw John playing on the sidewalk near the place where he was killed a few min- utes later. The father stopped and talked with his son a few minutes. The boy side he was going to the picture show, and asked his father to accompa- ny him. The father went on to his home, however, and then spent the evening downtown. Mrs. Williams, at her home, wondered during the early part of the night why her son did not return home, but finally decided that he had met his father, and was spending the night with him. In the morning she read in a newspaper of the death of an unidentified boy. The description answered that of her son. She hastened to the father’s home. He had just seen the paper also. He went to the Magnolia Police Station, and then hastened to the morgie. Henry Foster of 2006 Kraft avenue, mo- torman of the car which killed the boy, told the police that because of a car go- ing in the opposite direction, he did not see the boy until too late. He said he turned off the power and applied the brakes, but was unable to stop the car until after the boy was struck. He took the body from under the wheels. STORMY SEAS MALTREAT BORLAND ON PANAMA TRIP House Members Arrived in Canal Zone a Seasick, Homesick, | Battered Lot. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Members of the House Appropriations Committee. who recently left New York on a trip of inspection of the Panama Canal, have arrived there a seasick, homesick and lot. Letters from Chairman encountered by the landlubber legis- la tors. Representative Borland, a member of the House Committee, suffered most. A * > Margaret ibm Caught the Bride’s S Bouquet, Got the ¢ Ring | MISS MARGARET WOODROW WILSON 2 DOE GATHERS BEAT A MAN WH CRITICISES. THEM After Being Told Methods Were Wrong; Women Flee. Three city dog catchers held revol- vers in their left hands and used thetr right fists to beat a young man who had criticised their methods of catch- ing a dog at Sarah street and Easton avenue at 8:30 a. m. Thursday. More than twenty women, passing the corner at the time and attracted from three dog catchers flourished revolvers. John McDonnell, who lives in the neighborhood, attempted to report the incident to the City Marshal, but found that office closed Thanksgiving Day. He said a dog catcher wi wore badge No. 6 was the leader of tne attack up- on the young man. „The young man was too bashful to give me his name, McDonnell told 4 re- porter. He said he simply had told the dog catchers they did not use gentleman- ly methods in invading one’s premises to take away unlicensed dogs. “when one of the dog catchers started to beat him, the young man resisted. Ther. the three dog catchers drew their pistols. Two stood aside while the third struck the young man. Bach of the dog catchers took turns beating him. Every time the young man started to fight back, the dog catchers would poke a pistol toward him with their left hand and then strike 1 him with their right.” WIRELESS SIGNAL GOES Australia’s Gall for the : pacers ‘Almost Flourish Pistols and Use Fists | a new term in this connection. Here- houses in the neighborhood, witnessed | the attack but fled in terror when the; HALF WAY ’ROUND WORLD) Ontario Station Picks Up South | 4 Can taſ Society Wonders Whether: J Coincidence r Sign That Captor of These Prizes Soon Will Marry. WASHINGTON, Nov. N. FFICIAL Washington, including O that necessarily large body of persons who did not get invita- tlons to the White House wedding of announcements reading: The President and Mrs. Wileon have the pleasure of announcing the marriage of their daughter, Jessie Woodrow, to Mr. Francis Bowes Sayre, on Tuesday, November twen- ty-fifth,’ nineteen: hundred and thir- teen, Washington. “Have the pleasure of announcing” is tofore the. bride’s parents have stated that they “have the honor to announce” such events. There was somment on this innova- tion, dut there wag even more talk of the odd way in which, at the wedding, Fate seemed to point to.Miss Margaret Wilson, youngest member of the Presi- dents’ family, as the neut White House bride. When Mrs, Sayre, ascending the White House stairway after the ceremony Tuesday tossed down her bridal bou- quet of lilies. of the valley, it was her sister, Margaret. among all the young women gathered below, who caught it. garet captured the ring. ‘This, accord- ing to bridal lore, is an almost infallible token of. future wedding Only two weeks. ago a 11 a | infallible two days ago, reecived today l 4 SPORTSMAN’S PARK, Noy. 27. morning, 21 to O. It was Soldan’s first victory in fot annual sions with Central. Pee ae resulting from A block kick and a long run by — The o. classing its rival. 8 > The field was fast enough to permit : * MORNING RESULTS open play, and the sun had the warmth . * 10 0 2 of early spring. The massive Sports- Soldan. III r — . —— 11 ae * man's Park grand stand was nia fortably crowded, upstairs, and down- ‘stairs, when the game began, the at- tendance being bigger than has been seen at any game. since ‘the halcyon days at Eddie Cochems at St. Louie U. The crowd was estimated at 10,000 and was an intensely partisan ons. In the east wing of the grand stand the Soldan constituénts held forth, Large yellow carnations, affected by the fair followers of the gridiron he- roes, lent eglor to the setting. Soldan’s followers far outnumbered Centrals, as the West. End school anticipated a vic- tory. However, Central was not ‘without a 4 11. Hf — —— — — * * ap * A A eta a a 15 8 Wilson's engagement to a olan from. Montclair, N. J., Wuson-Sayre wedding party. later, but a denial came from House, in which it was stated Wilson had not wen met man. Migs Wileon in an accomplished and recently 9 il. : 3 — 2 111 rt 3 8 * * 2 9 > P 8 5 Re 4 . * a * 4 i: 2k wy ae fs mys * as en teers 3 1 5 > 2 4 — v. 7 ae res 3 oe 4 in * % — HE 10 it SHAE 8 it on - ye 2 wet Peg 9 ae . SAE PO " Cone ay ee! - Bree . 22 * . = . Bsa a to 1 ee a) ee gp Lo 2 8 * — eS HH gts 5 8 Showing a “vastly superior defense and a more . Soldan High School found it almost easy to 1 his Touchdowns were made by Swingley and Cunliffe; ‘the | rut! * * N Pi ; Oe eae ee gine iS 7 * An * 1 he a: i URRY, eee Y A a, t N