St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 8, 1913

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LOUIS POST- Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associaled Press News. Service EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS PRESENT BU 9 GETNO 0 PROMISES Executive Tells \ Women He Favors Permanent Com- mittee in House, but Can- not Ask Congress to Take Action Because of Mere Personal Desire. DECLINES TO WRITE MESSAGE F FOR THEM Leader of Equal Rights Move- ment Received in White House After March in Cold Through Streets of Wash- ington. : By Associated Presa. — WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 —President Ison today told a delegation from the National American Woman's Suffrage Association that he favored a standing Woman's suffrage _committee. in the House of Representatives, but he denied their request that he send a special mes- sage to Congress urging the reform. Marching by twos and fours, with banners afloat, the suffragists braved chill winds of a raw day to storm the White House offices, They’ were soon ushered into the President's private of- fice and formed in a circle about the President. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the association, summarized briefly their appeal to the President to assist the movement either by sending a special message to Congress or by including ref- erence to suffrage in any general mes- sage he might deliver, or by using his influence to have a special committee of the House appointed to consider the subject. ls Spokesman of Others. “I want you ladies, if possible,” said the President to the delegation, “if I can make it clear to you, to realize ‘just what my present situation is. “Whenever I walk «abroad I realize that I am not a free man; I am under arrest. I am so carefully and admir- pin guarded.that.I- have not even the _ privilege of walking the streets. That is, as it ‘were, typical of my present transference, from being an individual - qwith his mind on any and every suo- _ Ject,:to being an official of a great Gov- ernment and, incédentally, or so it falls out, under our system of government, the spokesman of a party. “I set myself this very strict rule when I was Governor of New Jersey and have ets it as President and shall fol- ty to urge on Congress in messages, poliicie ee have not had the organte of those for whom I am a 1 oop ome I never shall, be- ai conceive that, to be part of the 4 of government, I shall be ‘for somebody else, not for It would be an impertinence. ee mene. eaheasal: when I am spokesman of an | | a@ representative. el itll “Gaim 5,5 "10,218 : ) VOL. 66. Judge A D NO. 110. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY eae ‘DECEMBER 8, :1913—18 PAGES. ologizes for His Temper, Grants New Trial ~ Grimm Performs “Painful and Mortifying Duty] of Admitting His Manner Might Have Prejudiced Jury. In a remarkable apology read from the bench, Judge J. Hugo Grimm, who is serving the last of a six-year term in the Circuit Court, Monday morning per- formed what he called the “painful and mortifying” duty of granting a peti- tion for a new trial, on the ground that at the hearings he permitted him- self to lose his temper in a manner which may have prejudiced the jury. His chief offense, he confessed, was ix demanding of an attorney whether he did not suppose a witness could add two simple figures, and in tossing a lead pencil to the witness in an impa- tient manner with the direction that he perform the sum. The case was a suit brought by Hous- ton E. Copeland against the American Central Insurance Co. for the payment of fire insurance upon the January homestead in Ferguson, which burned in May, 1908. At the first trial the com- pany won a verdict. At the second, which was heard before Judge Grimm, a jury awarded $6247.11 to Copeland. The third trial also will be heard by Judge Grimm, unless a chhnge of wenue is taken or the case is postponed until after the expiration of his term. “Should Have Avoided Impatience.” “Counsel has favored the Court,” read the magistrate, ‘“‘with exhaustive briefs in which a rather delicate matter, name- ly, the conduct of the Court itself, is dis- cussed with much tact and commendable consideration for its sensibilities. “The case was tried earnestly and zealously on both sides, the cross- examination of some of the plaintiff's witnesses being pursued to an extent which at times severely tested the Court’s patience. Inasmuch, however, as counsel were within their rights in conducting such cross-examination, the Court should have avoided any mani- festation of its impatience. “The Court, however, is human, and unfortunately expressed its disapproval of the lengthy and detailed cross-exam- ‘nation of witnesses in a manner which may well have prejudiced the defendant in the eyes of thé jury. “It was not so much what the Court ‘said to.counsel' in asking whether he supposed the witness could not add two simple figures, as it was the inginttea | manner in which the Court tossed a lead pencil to the witness and told him to add up the two figures. “Later on in the trial, in passing on a question arising from the pleadings, the Court made a statement to counsel for the defendant which, it is claimed, was calculated to prejudice the jury agains? the defendant. Ceurt Quickly Explained. “T do not believe that the defendant was actually prejudiced by this incident, for the Court, at once realizing that the language in which it stated its views might, unless explained, prejudice the jury, promptly explained the remark in a way which set the defendant’s counsel right before the jury. **However, in view of the other act of the Court which is complained of, it may be that the comment had more effect upon the jury than would ordinarily have been the case. “While it is painful and mortifying to a Judge to have to admit that in his anxiety and impatience to dispense the business of the court, he has been gul'ty of actions calculated to prejudice the jury against one of the litigants, the only manly thing for the Court to dy is to acknowledge the fault and remove any evil consequences which it is likely may have resulted therefrom, by grant- ing a new trial and so conducting it that neither party may justly complain.”’ The petition for a new trial com- plains that when George L. Edwards was testing the ability of a witness 41s an expert on figures Judge Grimm in- terrupted with the exclamation: “Don’t you think that man can add up two or three figures?” Judge's Remarks Cited. At another time, when Kdwards asked to have certain testimony re-read, the Judge is alleged to have demanded: “Do you suppose that if your mem- ory was so faulty that you had forgot- ten all the testimony, you would be en- titled to have it all re-read in order to refresh your memory?’ A third complaint was that while Mrs. Sarah Noyes waz test:fying, the Court refused to permit Edwards to at- tempt to prove certain facts by her, saying: af YOU Were permitted.to do this, it would be equivalent to setting a trap for the plaintiff.” FLAMES DESTROY A RINLEY LINE GAR Six passengers sleeping in reclining chairs in the smoking compartment of a McKinley System interurban car, which had been ignited by a broken trolley wire, five miles south of Bdwardsville, at 12:30 a. m. Monday, were awakened by the motorman and conductor in time to leap down a 2-foot embank- ment, on which the car had stopped. A minute later flames swept through the interior of the $16,000 coach, destroy- ing it, Three of the smoking compartment occupants, cut on the face, hands and arms by flying glass, were J. P. Frize- more of 4516 Cook avenue; his brother, BE. T. Frizemore of Cairo, Ill., and Jo- seph J. Smith of the New Regent Hotel, Fourteenth and Chestnut streets. Ray- mond Justus, 2318A North Vandeventer avenue, also in the smoking compart- ment, wrenched his back in falling down the embankment. Sixteen passengers, four of whom were women, escaped from the main section of the coach without injury, although all were panic-stricken trying to reach the rear exit. Three of the women were Mrs. Louisa Siebert, 2474: Spring avenue; Mrs. May Weston of the Barnum Hotei and Mrs. Ida Pennell of 2910 Ohio ave- nue. The interurban train No. 13, running from Springfield to St. Louis, was due ix, St. Louis at 1:2 a. m. The previous train, passing two hours before, had broken the trolley. wire. A worktrain followed train No. 13 to the point of the bfeak. A lineman stood on the roof of No. 13, holding up the broken trolley in an effort to let the interurban pass on. He was unable to manage the trolley end both ends of the broken wire fell upor the roof. Instantly the roof and trucks were blazing. W. F. Young of 5854 Highland ave- are, the conductor, and C. E. Boll of £838 Highland avenue, the motorman, hastily opened the doors inclosing smoking compartment FOUR INIURED AS WARRANT OUT FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL WHO WHIPPED BOY A warrant charging assault and bat- tery Was issued Monday afterncon against J. Stanley Nantz, principal of the Garfield School, for the whipping fast Thursday of Charles Melcher. 14 years old, a puril. The complaint was made by the youth’s father, Fred Mel- cher, of 2926 Texas avenue. The father: has requested Herman Mauch, a member of Board of Educa- tion, to request the board to direct the transfer of the three Melcher children, Walter, 12 years old; Mabel, 6, and Charles, to another school. The formal request will be presented to the board at its next meeting. Charles Melcher has not attended school since he was whipped by the prin- cipal with a rattan Switch, which it has been asserted, was “pickled” several days to make it strong before it was used. The punishment was administered be- enuse the boy refused to take part in his lessons in « class to which he had been demoted. The principal asserted the whipping was not unduly severe. WOOSTER LAMBERT, RICHEST BACHELOR IN CITY, WILL Web Engagement to Miss Julia Marion Turner Is Informally Made Known. RING BOUGHT MONDAY Young Couple Go Downtown Together and Enjoy Select- ing Jewelled Band. J. D. Wooster Lambert of 520 Wa- terman avenue, St. Louis’ wealthiest bachelor, and Miss Julia Marion Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry &. Turner of 4967 Berlin avenue, announced their engagement to friends at @ dinner dance at the Florissant Valley Country Club Saturday. night. And Monday morning they went downtown and se- lected the engagement ring. The dance was given by Mrs. Turner ir. honor of Miss Eleanor Dozier and Miss Elizabeth Overton, two of the sea- son’s debutantes. No formal announce- ment was made by Miss Turner’s par- ents, but guests found Lambert and Miss Turner sitting together, and the young man accepted congratulations. Having thus told their friends, to the number of 40 or more, the young people marched boldly into a downtown jewelry store at 10 a. m. Monday and looked at engagement rings, finally selecting a ring with an emerald setting, surround- ed by diamonds. After this had been de- cided on, Miss Turner waited in the store several minutes, while Lambert visited a nearby bank. “Yes, the report of our engagement is true,” he said. “And we've been ac- quainted about three years. Now, that’s all I want to say about it.” Clérks Congratulate Them. While looking at rings, Lambert and Miss Turner exhibited to several of the clerks a platinum watch, heavily set with diamonds, which was attached to a bar pin of the same material, similar- ly set. One of the buyers declared the watch one of the most beautiful he had ever seen. Some of the sales force who were acquainted with Lambert offered congratulations on the engagement, and the scene in the store resembled a social function rv a few minutes. Miss Turner, who is a willowy blonde * medium height, wore a blue suit and a black hat, with large Paradise feather. lier cheeks were red from the cold when she entered the store, and they were redder with blushs as she inspected the stock. Lambert and his flancee parted com- pany in the store, after learning that newspaper photographers were waiting outside, and she left by another door tr.an the one by which she had entered, while he came out alone and got into his car, jubilant at the manner in which he had fooled the photographers. The engagement, friends believe, has rot been long concealed. It was report- ed a few weeks ago, but was denied by toth at the time, and their friends be- lieve that no definite engagement then existed. No time for the wedding has yet been mentioned. Gir’sa Family Well Known Socially. Miss Marion Turner, as she ig called by her friends, is connected with a number of the best known families in St Louis society. She is a grand- daughter of Mrs. Lucy V. Semple Ames, and is related to the Hunts, Lucases and to Mrs. William H. Lee. She is a first cousin of Mrs. James Hope-Nel- sen, formerly Miss Isabel Valle. Lambert, who will be 24 years old in Tebruary, was reared in St. jouls, and graduated with the highest hunors in lis class at Smith Academy. He was in Princeton two years, but left college secon after his twenty-first birthday. when he came into his $700,000 inherit- euce from his father’s estate. His in- come is estimcted at $70,000 a year. The Post-Dispatch is the only evening news paper in St. Louis that receives or publishes news gathered by the Associated Press For approached it. 349 consecutive Sundays over 67% years the Sunday POST-DISPATCH has led all other St. Louis newspapers in the volume of business. carried. This is an unparalleled record. No other metropolitan Sunday newspaper in the United States has ever On last Sunday, December 7, the count was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 315 Cols, te} Daily (sei), 170,958 Globe-Democrat, 242 * Republic s 8 ‘ 2s 8 179 “s THE REASON: | Average circulation first eleven months 1913; a ee ae li i eee ee ee a a A Sued by Lawyer Who Drew Her Unfiled: Divorce Petition MRS. RALPH - RALPH _ORTIWEIN., > Lawyer Wants $200 for Papers She Signed and Swore to Aug. 2, but Never Filed. The filing of a suit for attorney’s fees Monday revealed that Mrs. Ralph HH. Orthwein, who formerly lived at 6190 Washington avenue, but who now re- sides in New York City, had signed a divorce petition which was drawn up and sworn to Aug. .2 last, but which rever was filed. Her husband ts president of the Con- tinental Oil Co. She formerly was the wife of “Jack’’ O’Connor,. onetime man- ager of -the St. Louis Browns’ baseball chub. The petition stated the Orthweins sep- arated Jan. 27 last, when Mrs. Orth- wein left St. Louis and went to New York to reside. They were married Aug. 21, 1907. Willard H. Guest, who was Mrs. Orth- wein’s attorney, filed his. suit for fees through his attorney, Taylor R. Young. He asks for $200 for drawing up the di- vorce petition and seeks an attachment on the Orthwein residence on Wash- ington avenue. Her Signature Attested. . A Post-Dispatch reporter, who saw ‘}the divorce petition which never was filed, saw that Mrs. Orthwein had signed it and that it had been. sworn to in the presence of Mamie C, Kiernan, a notary public. In this petition Mrs. Orthwein chargei' her husband remained away from hom for long’ periods without explanativun, that he drank and that he ‘was guilty of general indignities toward her. Both. Mr. and Mrs. Orthwein. were witnesses. for Mrs. Fred Fennell, Mrs. Orthwein’s sister, when the latter ob- tained a divorce in Judge Taylor’s court Nov. 22.. At that time Mrs, Orthwein declined to discuss her domestic affairs. In a recent letter: to Attorney Guest, Mrs. Orthwein referred him to an at- torney, who, she said, was representing her in her business affairs. Introduced ~ O’Cennor, The acquaintance of Orthwein and Mrs. “Jack”’ O’Cot.wor, which began 10 years ago, while Orthwein was president of the St. Louis American League baseball club, and O’Connor was catcher for the St. times when O’Connor was on the road with the Browns. Orthwein's fondness 5 BOY 6, SST a a : s -* Old Mrsket, Not Believed Load- ed, Is’ Discharged as Two Lie Side by Side. Herman Beck, 6 years old, son of Fred Beck, living 16 miles southeast of Belle- ville, Ill., was shot and fatally wounded by his brother, Gustave, 10 years old, at 6 a. m. Monday. | ' The’ parents had gone to the wash- house, some distance trom the dwelling, leaving the two boys in bed, when Gus- tave took an old muskét, not supposed tu be loaded, standing behind the bed for 12 years, and put the muzzle under the covers ‘dgainst the younger boy’s right knee, and pulled the trigger, with the joking .remark, ‘‘Il am going to shoot you.” The gun, muffled by blankets made so; little: noise that the parents did not hear the discharge. Gustave called -his. parents. They ealled Dr., Bechtold of Belleville, telling him that the boy. had a shattered leg On acount of bad roads, it was nearly three hours before the doctor arrived. and when he reached the home, he fcund Herman so weakened from loss of blood that at 11 o’clock he died, while the doctor was still working with him. FAIR AND WARMER IS OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. pecs . ei Tempera High, 52 at 1 a. m Low, 34 at 1155 p. m. “What's new?” NE i NE Re ES i I ee NE I at Ee ge me ne tie tie i... PRICE ONE CENT. SPORTS WEST, , MEMBER 1 - ge SYNDICATE, GETS OUT AS FRISCO RECEIVER Banker’s Resignation, Due to pial Investigation, Accepted by 4 Judge Sanborn. .. a ate @ 4 , Y; ‘ jurious insinuations have been spread abroad with respect to my connec- — tion with them; and because I desire and invite a full and free inquiry into said affairs and believe that such inquiry shou®l not be in the slight- est degree influenced or embarrasse by my present relationship to the property or to the Court upon whom the burden of that inquiry may fall; I hereby tender -my resignation of the office of receiver of the St. — Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co., to take effect at the pleasure of the Court. Yours very truly, THOMAS H. WEST. | * Judge Sanborn’s Letter Accepting Resignation. -» Following is Judge Sanborn’s wee - acceptance’ mS T. LOUIS, Dee. 8, 1913, . Honorable Thomas H. West, St. Louis, sale | Dear Sir: Your tender of your resignation as receiver of St, Louis a & San Francisco Railroad Co. on Dec. 3, 1913, was unexpected. The answer to it has been withheld to the end that the question it pre- sents might be deliberately considered. Your reluctance to approach the position of receiver at the eom- mencement of the proceedings regarding this trust on account of the. many demands upon your time and energies, and your final secept- ance of the appointment as receiver induced by your familiarity with the property, your high sense of duty and your desire to be of as much service as possible in protecting and preserving it, are called forcibly to mind. You brought to the administration of this trust. a character and standing so high, an ability and experience in the management of large financial affairs so marked, that they deserved and at once in- spired the confidence of those interested in this trust. Your services in the administration of the trust have been so valuable, so just impartial, characterized by such industry and zeal for the of the property entrusted to your care, and for the interested in it, thay they have served to confirm that to eause the Court ts consider the future loss of those DEC. 3, 1918. 3 Louis. 1 ae services On the other hand, mature reflection has convinced that trans sactions of the railroad company and some of those connected or associated with it before the receivership, which are disclosed the pefer, may present grave questions in the feture the trust which could be better and more | : aire Kae as v4 toe oe Sg Fee " . ri 5 twas ae Ty oe aw ~~ a a ~ A ener gen ee ee ee lee ce ~~ ee - i ee