St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 24, 1914

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“ta the BIG WANT DIRECTORY. >” Globe-Democrat roe md nts” in proportion to raeinne teen than ) -@ny other merges rit ena on earth! | ) NEARLY ALL TRAINS. A Nt LOUIS WOU Passenger train service into and out of St. Louis to the north and east was - Gemoralized Tuesday as an after-result of the blizzard which swept eight states, from Kentucky to Nebraska, Sunday sight and Monday, and which seems to +ave piled its highest drifts on the Cen- ‘Illinois prairies and in the neigh- ood of the Ohio-Indiana State line. “Train service between St. Louis and Peoria, and, by the Wabash Railroad, Between St. Louis and Chicago, was still suspended. The trains which left Chi-| cago Sunday” night for St. Louis still Were reported as stalled in snowdrifts ‘near Monticello, Ill, a short distance of Bement, where the Wabash’s Kastern as branches off. Ansulled. On the Sle ur, Pennsylvania, Wa- bash and Clover Leaf, trains were from an hour to 18 hours late, while some trains were annulled, or consolidated with other and later trains, which in turn were several hours behind sched- The Big Four Southwestern Mail, due at Union Station at 7:45 a. m., was split into two sections, which were for the East at noon, was the first train departing on schedule. ‘Trains 11, % and 13 of the Pennsyl- vania, due to arrive in St. Louis at 1:56 a. m., 7:44 and 8:30 a. m., were an- nulled, and it was stated that their pas- sengers Would arrive on train 27, due at 4:40, but subject to delay. The Burlington's train from St. Paul over its East Side line, due here at _ 6:35 p. m. Monday, arrived about 9 a. m. Tuesday. Clover Leaf train . from Toledo, due at 10.40 p. m. Monday, minty hate led. canceled its out- ; Peoria ise the center ‘most of the trains affected are on lines divisions not entering St. Louis. 4) @he trainsientering Union Station on _ time weré the Illinois Central Seminole “ge —— which came in : T. train 4 from Okla- ' the Frisco Southwest Teoh Mountain 10, from at 8:35, and Rock Island from Kansas City, at 7:32. over the Illinois Traction (Mc- ) line between St. Louis anid ' Yirden, 111, where the electric line's tracks go under the tratks of a steam The sleeper from Springfield, due in St. Louls Monday morning, ar- rived at 4:30 p..m. Two sleepers bound for Peoria and Springfield, also stalled by the blockade, were enabled to con- tinue their journey. ... Railroad Tracks Have to Be Cleared ‘of Huge ‘Snow Dri CHICAGO, Feb. 24,—The = and wind storm. which prevailed for two éays over the Upper Mississippi and ST. LOUIS POST-DISPAT ie VOL. 66. NO. 188. ST. Only Evening Paper ia St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1914—18 PAGES. FAIR TOMORROW; . HIGHER TEMPERATURE THE eae) a rok yee IDOB wor Matede * Yesterday’s Temperatures. High, 16 at 11 a. m. Low, midnight. 13 at Warmer weather is predicted by the Weather Bureau, to follow this morning’s drop in temperature, which reached its lowest point, 7 degrees above zero, at 7 a m. No more snow is expected at present. The snowfall in the blizzard of ‘Sunday night and Monday amounted to five inches, and no such problem was presented to the city authorities as in the case of the storm of nine , days before. But shovelers were busy all over the city, and icy streets caused frequent delays in trolley car service. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature; the lowest to- night will be about 14 degrees. Stage of the river: 9.4 feet; a rise of .7 of a foot. Missour!i—Fair, tonight and tomorrow; ris- ing temperature. Illinols—Fair tonight and tomorrow: rising temperature tomorrow. POLICE QUELL FIST FIGHT OVER MEXICO THOSE CHINESE EGGS ARE AFAR nee TARIFF Former East Side Policeman Ar- rested for Felling Defender of President Wilson. The Mexican situation became acute in East St. Louis Monday night when a controversy over President Wilson’s “watchful-waiting’’ policy resulted in the arrest of John Hubert of 311 Mis- sourl avenue on a charge of disturbing the peace of A. A. Gebhard. * The men were discussing ‘he execution of William 8. Benton by Gen. Villa and Hubert strongly denounced President Wilson for not sending troops to Mex- ico, while Gebhard defended him. When Gebhard called Hubert a Har the latter, weighs nearly 300 pounds, struck Geb- hard, knotking him down. Bystanders prevented further trouble and Gebhard obtained a warrant fot Hubert. Hubert, still insisting President Wilson is too slow, furnished: bond to appear for trial before Justice of the Peace John W. Chandler on March 2 “PEACOCK DANCE,” SHOWN AT MRS. FISH’S BALL Revival of Steps Popular Dur- ing the Reign of Queen Bess. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Mrs. Stuyves- ant Fish, at her residence, % East Seventy-eighth street, gave a dinner last night, followed by an entertainment, in honor of the Duke and Duchess of Man- chester. There were © dinner guests and others came later. The feature of the entertainment was the “peacock dance,’’ given by Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Anderson. It is the revival of the dance popular during the days of Queen Bess. Mrs. Anderson, in costume of ancient period, was carried into the grand ball- room in a sedan chair. There she met Mr. Anderson, also in costume, and the dance was on to the ac of old music played by Miss Frances Pelton-Jones on tke harpsichord and niemeont aw \- who formerly was a Police Sergeant and, - STYLISH WOMEN Miss M. W. Hagar’s Auto Col- lision Damage Suit Against Mrs. W. R. Compton Heard. a EXPLAINS BY A ‘DRAWING Mrs. Compton Shows Justice How Accident Occurred, but $200 Verdict Is Given. Two well-kpown West End women sat on each side of a table in Justice of the Peace Slater’s court Tuesday and glared at each other while the suit of Miss Mary W. Hagar, Clara avenue and Kingsbury place, against Mrs. William R. Compton, 18 Kingsbury place, on ac- count of an automobile collision, was being heard. Bight months ago the ‘auto of Miss Hagar, who is a daughter of W. G. Hagar, and that of Mrs. Compton col- lided at the entrance to Washington terrace on Clara avenue. Miss Hagar was driving an electric car and was ac- companied by her sister, Miss Margaret Hagar. Mrs. Compton was at the wheel of a small gasoline car, accompanied by her son, who is now at Princeton Uni- versity, and her sister, who is in Ohio. Miss Hagar’s car, which had een deliv ered only three weeks before, was dam- aged. Mrs. Compton’s car escaped with a few scratches. Miss Hagar brought suit against Mrs. Compton for $275 damages to her car, She alleged in her petition that the fault of the colilsion was with Mrs. Compton and accused her of violating the speed limits. Before the case came to trial, the attorney for Mrs. Compton filed a claim for damages against Miss Hagar. On one side of the table in the court- room Mrs. Compton sat with her attor- ney. She was dressed in a black tailored suit, black turban and wore furs. Across the table was Miss Hagar, her sister and their father. Miss Mary Hagar wore a brown tailored suit with hat to match and furs. Her sister was gowned in a blue suit trimmed in fur and she wore a hat to match. The appearance of the women created quite a stir in the court, ‘where so handsomely gowned litigants seldom appear. During the progress of the testimony the women would shake their heads when the testimony was detrimental to their side and nod their heads when it was favorable. Mra. Compton Her Only Witness. During their own testimony they re- ferred to each other as “she” and “her.’’ Miss Hagar called a number of witnesses, but Mrs. Compton was the only witness for herself. Immediately after testifying, before the Court reached a decision, she left. | Miss Hagar told of how she was driv- Ing west out of Washington terrace, on June 10, 1913, and was turning south Just as she got beyond the pillars which stand at the entrance, Mrs. Compton’s car, which was coming north on the east side of Clara avenue, and the elec- tric car collided. Miss Hagar said she was driving only four miles an hour, and declared that Mrs. Compton was running at least 15 or 2) miles an hour. She said she tried to get out of the way, but that Mrs. Compton was coming with such speed that she was unable to do so. The body of the car was smashed in, but neither she nor her sister was injured. Miss Margaret Hagar corroborated her sister. W. R, Hoyt, 53 Clara avenue, who has change of the apartments at that addregs,itestified to having been within ® f of the machines when they collided. He declared that Mrs. Compton was running 15 or 2 miles an _ Plans for Ocea First Sketch of Proposed Aeroplane From Which n Flyer Are Now Being Made i i i i i noneell Per . _ Length of boat body, 35 feet. Beam of boat body, six feet. Wing spread, 9% feet. Motor, 200-horsepower. © uxcetwroon 2 UNPARWOOD WY AVIATORS CONFER WITH WANAMARER ON OCLAN FEAT Lieut. Porte of England and Lieut. Towers, U. S. N., and Curtiss at Meeting. NEW YORK, Feb. 2%.—Lieut. John Cyril Porte of England and Lieut. John H. Towers, U. 8S. N., mentioned as the aviators who will pilot the Rodman Wanamaker flying boat in the contem- plated transatlantic flight, came here today and conferred with Wanamaker. Glenn H. Curtiss, who is building the flying boat, took part in the confer- ence. While it ts generally believed in aero- nautical circles that Lieut. Towers will be picked as the second pilot, Towers is noncommittal on the subject. In reply to a question as to what progress had been made on the Wan- amaker plane, Curtiss said: “Up to the present time most of the work has had to do with the plans and drawings of the machine. Every de- tail has been the subject of much study and consideration. I should say that tne plans for the plane itself are 68 per cent completed. When we have satisfied ourselves that everything ‘s aight, it will be a matter of less thay four weeks to do the actual construc- tion work. “The motor is practically finished. Six engines of this type have been built and we shall start testing them within a few days.”’ First Sketches of Flyer. The first sketches showing the appear- ance of the Rodman Wanamaker flyer, as she probably will look when built, have been given out by a representative of the Curtiss company, which is to tulld the big machine. The transatlantic flyer, these sketches show, will have a boat hull 36 feet long 4 —~ PLAA 7 pl! ‘SLe ( \ TACT Pro é See 0S 5 The PROPOSED | IWANAMAKER TRANSATLANT IC FLYER ~ CFrom official sketch by Curtiss Aeroplane Co.. gee ae” | ASSISTANT Chict SUHMIDT RESIGNS DETECTIVE POST Politicians Belive His Retirement Is the Forerunner of a Sweeping Shakeup. It was learned Tuesday that Assist- ant Chief of Detectives John Schmidt bas sent in his resignation to the Police Roard and politicians interpreted his ac- tion as the beginning of the long-ru- mored shake-up in the department, aimed to take choice plums from Repub- licans and give them to Democrats. Although Schmidt denied he had re- signed and Chief Young and President McPheeters of the board said they knew nothing about it, a Commissioner, who eskéd that his name be withheld. con- firmed it. He said the resignation was sent in Monday and will be acted upon Friday. The gossip is that the resignation will be acepted, that Schmidt will be reduced to the rank of detective ser- geant with a $60 a month cut in his pay, and that Detective-Sergeant John McCarthy will be promoted to his place. McCarthy was Assistant Chief of Detectives under the Folk regime, but was removed by the Woerheide Republican board ap- pointed by Gov. Hadley. Both Mc- Carthy and Schmidt are said to have made excellent records in the office. Ever since the Democrats returned t. power in the State administration, there have been rumors that the Police De- FES FROM CHINA PRICE ONE CENT. Co’ EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS LIEUT. BECKER GETS NEW TRIAL; FOUR © ~~ GUNMEN MUST ne | Ex-Police Lieutenant to Have An- other Hearing on Charge of Mur- dering Herman Rosenthal. a IS AFFIRMED FOUR GUNMEN’S CONVICTION UNANIMOUSLY > Case -His Conviction That He Ordered Appeals «Stands 6 to 1 in Becker Based on Testimony. Gamblers to Hire , Four Gangsters to Shoot Rosenthal. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 24—A new trial was granted today by the :Court - of Appeals to Charles Becker, the former New York Police Lieutegant, under death sentence for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The court stood six to one, Justice Werner filing the only dis- senting opinion. The convictions of the four gunmen, who appealed with Beck- er, were affirmed unanimously. The: reversal in the Becker case was besed entirely on errors held to have GET DEALER INTO PURE FOOD TANGLE F, W. Brockman Refuses to Sell Product to Inspector; War- rant to Be Asked. For.. tgenerates and murderers should have The Chinese egg8 which were received Monday by the F. W. Brockman Com- mission Co., 815 North Fourth street, ars hatching trouble for F. W. Brockman, head of the firm. Following his refusal Tuesday to sell three of them to a State food and drug inspector, who wanted to pry into them, officially, an information was prepared charging him. with. ob- structing an inspector by refusing food samples to him and the prosecuting at- torney’s office is to be asked to issue a warrant against him. In the meantime all of the 3000 dozen eggs, with the exception of ten or a dozen retained by Brockman, have gone into general circulation. They were sold before 10 a. m., mostly to bakers, con- fectioners and restaurant proprietors. Inspector Asks to Examine Eags. Frank Mautz, a Deputy Inspector, went to see Brockman before noon an‘ said he would like to examine the eggs from China. Brockman said they could not be examined, because they had all beén sold. Mautz wanted to know who had bought them. “That's my business,’’ alleged to have replied. Questioned closely, he admitted that he*had a few left. Mautz was permitted to look at them. Brockman is jury, | must be done upon another trial upon a similar state of. facts.” tc the facts and then the rulings of the trial Justice. He declared there was n° error of law committed which would justify a reversal. that ‘the only question to be decided was whether the Court had erred. Was apparent the Court of Appeals held that neither unfairness nor errur was shown in that case. on the street by four gunmen. confessions of persons of the under- world implicated Becker as the insti- gator of the killing. celving graft money from the gamblers of New to have refused to pay and to have threatened the police Lieutenant with exopsure. witness against Becker at the trial, is said to have repudiated his testimony. News Conveyed to Men in Sing Sing Neath k been committed by. Justice Goff during the trial. The question of the weight of evidence against Becker entered in no way into the opinion, though it was discussed. Werner's Dissenting Opinion. Judge Werner held the conviction should -be affirmed because the main facts tended to prove Becker's guilt. He said the facts tended to prove Becker’s iit. He said the fact that the main witnesses were gafiblérs, criminals, de- nothing:to do with thé decision. He said) there was nothing to authorize the Court of Appeals to invade the province of the “nor to decide in advance what The Judge discussed the case fully as at the trial In the gunmen’s case the Court said It Rosenthal, a gambler, was shot down Tae’ “Becker was alleged to have been re- York and Rosenthal is said “Jaék” Rose, who was the principal House by rukey. OSBINING, N. Y., Feb. 24.—News that Ohio River Valleys had disappeared to Franz Jacobs on the violin. and entirely inclosed.. Her beam will be partment would be reorganized as soon ¢ feet. The 200-horsepower rotor, some- hour, and that, in his opinion, the acci- “What are they worth?” he asked eastward today, leaving behind a as the warring Democratic factions in dent was caused by Mrs. Compton. the city could get together. Neither Explaimg to the Judge. “Twenty-five cents aplece.”’ what differently from the Curtiss prac- “Is that the market price?” tr ar Be be several days Before railroad » Kansas. { tracks will have to be drifts of snow, which | Biggest West of the Mississippi BLUE, PURPLE AND GREEN WIGS ON DIXIE BEAUTIES NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—At the Dixie dinner and colonia! ball of the Southern Society of New York last night the col- ored wig appeared for the first time at a public society function in New York. Almost all of the colors known to the eye visibly framed the faces of Southern beauties. The simple white powdered wig pre- vailed. The purple and green bewigged women moved among those in the white and the scene ensemble was pleasing. The dresses of brilliant color empha- sized the new style in hair. The most popular wig colors are blues, roses, purples, mauves and greens. a . Circulation .. Average for Full Year. 1913: Daily Sunday Bag $07,524 = 171,214 POST-DISPATCH cm + Mrs. Compton on the stand declared she did not see the electric car until it came out from behind the posts at the entrance, and that she did every- thing in her power to avoid the col- lision. She declared she would have cleared the electric had Miss Hagar “gone any other direction than the one she took.’’ She stood beside the Judge’s bench and pointed out to him, with a draw- ing, just how she had done her best and could not be held responsible. Im- mediately after leaving the stand, she departed. Justice Slater allowed the plaintiff $200. He based it on the full claim for actual damages and $2 for deprecia- tion in the va value of the car. PRINCE JOSE ENDS LIFE Was Serving His Period in the Spanish Army. BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 2%.—The Prince who committed suicide here on Sunday, was Prince Jose, 21 years old, who was serving his period in the army. He was a nephew of the Dowager Prin- cess Pignatelli, who resides in Madrid. @rroneous reports published in America said the suicide was the Prince Ludo- vico Pignatelli, who in 1912 was expelled from France and went to the United States, where he was detained for some time at Ellis Island. PRINCE STUDIES “MOVIES” Henry of Prussia to Take Films in South America. KIEL, Germany, Feb. 4.—Prince Hen- ry of Prussia is receiving instruction here in the operation of moving picture filme with the idea of reproducing inci- dents of his coming trip in South Amer- ica. He will sail from Hamburg on March | 1- “ ix a a > SP meet * eee Se teem .- tice, will be put right up in the bow, and instead of the propeller astern wil! drive a tractor screw in front. The wings will have a spread of % feet and a width of nearly 10. The cabin is abaft the wings and will be 12 feet long. “It will contain the con- trols and navigating instruments, which will be in duplicate, so that either or both the two pilots can handle the aero- plane. Plums for Match Race. The decision to have the first transat- lantic flyer, if possible, piloted by oae American and one Englishman was made after Wanamaker had explicitly stated that he wished the flight to em- phasize the celebration of the anniversa- ry of 100 years of peace between the two countries. In view of the fact that at least three large water-flying machines are known to be or soon to be under construction for the transatlantic flight, all three American, the Aero Club officials are considering plans for making a regular match race, to start on a definite date, of the scheme. The advantage of this plan would be that it would remove the danger that some competitors In thelr anxiety to be first in the field might start without suf- ficient preparations. It would also great- ly simplify the problem of sea patrols for the flyers. SKATING Forces of Men Ordered to Clear Snow From City Lakes. There is skating in all the parks, and the best skating of the winter, waa the nnouncement Tuesday of Park Commis- sioner Davis to lovers of the outdoor sport. Comissioner Davis early im the day ordered forces of men to clear the snow from the park lakes. The best skating is to be found at O'Fallon, Foreat, Ca- IN ALL PARKS rondelet, Lafayette, Benton, Lyon and we 6 eee te oP HS OK PAE] POOPED oe ® Fe Schmidt nor McCarthy professes any active interest in party politics, but Schmidt is known to be backed by in- fluential Republicans, while McCarthy's following is composed mainly of Demo- cratic workers. In this connection, a recent visit of Dr. John H. Simon, the defeated Dem- ocratic candidate for Mayor at the last election, to Jefferson City, is recalled. Simon is khown to have declared war upon. opponents in his own party, some of whom he blames in part for his de- feat. dt is believed that he recommend- ed St. Louis political changes to Gov. Major. Both Schmidt and McCarthy are mar- ried. Both have been connected with the department for more than 15 years. When McCarthy’s head fell under the Woerheide ax, it was generally consid- erede he was merely sharing the fate of his immediate superior, former Chief of Detectives James Smith. The assistant chief of detectives has the rank of Lieutenant and draws a salary of $175 a month. A Detective Sergeant's salary is $115 a month. The politicians think Schmidt saw the handwriting and decided to get out with a reduction of rank and pay while it was yet time. In the discussion as to possible changes in the department, politicians talked as long ago as six months of a possible re- duction of Chief Young and the eleva- tion of a captain to his place. As pos- sible successors the names- of Capt. Johnson, then of the North Market Street Station, recently transferred to the Laclede, and Capt. Martin O'Brien of Central Station were most frequently heard. Technically, the Chief of Police is commissioned for life and can he re- }moved only for cause. But the board | can always find a way to reduce an officer's rank, “for the good of the service,” whenever it is deemed ad- visable. For this reason, “voluntary” oe PS Oe ty Tete aeereer ee ae es cer resignations rarely are refused when de- | ted = 7 PO A IAED cme inn . pea A A a “It makes no difference whether it .s the market price or not. I can sell them to you for what I please.” . Mautz began making an entry in his book. He asked Brockman what the “F’’ in his name stood for. “F stands for F,’ said Brockman Finally he admitted F stood for vred: erick. He directed one of his clerks to take the eggs away. Mautz produced 75 cents. “I'll take three of them,”’ he said. “You can’t buy any,” said Brockman. Mautz insisted that the law required Brockman to deliver food samples to an inspector on the proffer of the price. Brockman said it made no difference what the law was, Mautz could-not have any of those eggs. Mautz went to his office and prepared the information and started to the city hadd to ask for a warrant. The law makes refusal to deliver samples a mis- demeanor and provides a fine of not less than $25. The egss arrived in St. Louis Monday afternoon, after a 2 days’ voyage from China. Each egg was marked with Chi- nese characters, which mystified Fourth street commission men. Haw Lin Shuck, interpreter for the United Sttaes immigration depart- ment in the Chemical Bullding, Tues- day partly cleared the mystery of the marks. A photograph of several of marked enxgs was shown to him. “The Anscription on this egg and on this one, translated into English. means ‘dead souls’,” said Mr. Haw. “The characters on the others gre merely numbers. One ig 58 and the other is 34. So far as I know there ts the 4 8 io A rea niet [no symbolic significance tn the in: ription ‘dead: souls’ or in the num- bers.” At the srechenen store it wae said | that officers of the company © had sampled the Chinese eg cderstlegenery a them wyatt the American: starace ye isa Tan FE GST pees Fe agterew Ce RRS a Poel 2 ® the death house at Sing Sing prison 4i- most at the same time that it reached New York. telephone and was told to them and Becker by a turnkey. possibly later Becker would issue a statement. NEW TRIAL QRDERED IN Supreme Court Gives Broad In- Court today sent the so-called bleached- flour case back to the District Court for a new trial, with instructions that the law was that foods not enough questionable substances to injure health were not condemned. thousands of articles of food. fect, the Court held that the Govern- ment could not condemn food unless could show that enough poisonous in- gredients had been added to cause in- they were to die and that Lieut. Becker was to have a new trial reached Gyp the Blood, Whitey. Lewis, Dago Frank Cirofici and Lefty Loule Rosenberg in It came by long-distance It was said that BLEACHED FLQUR CASE structions Affecting Thou- sands of Food Articles. WASHINGTON, Feb. %.—The Supreme containing The decision indirectly reaches out to In ef- 15,000 Have Been Filled Out ane Washington Is Asked to — Rush More. With ten deputies under Chief Deputy In Gotlctor Daly tthe Bese ing were che saaieet noni = most 15,000 blanks Have — ‘used, there ate only about Louis. A hurry call Fhe. Washington: for 6000 more. A large number of those maki and Mrs. Dewey Hickey, Hickey, formerJy Miss Dorothy An- heuser; Ben Westhus, business man and politician, and “Col.” Abe Slupsky. most all Congressmen in the Eastera District have made their returns. DIVORCE SUIT NAMING NOBLEMAN WITHDRAWN Leslie-Melville, Who ‘Accused Ear! Fitzwilliam, Agrees With Wife to a Separation. LONDON, Feb. %.—The divorce suit brought by Alexander Brodrick .Leslie¢- Melville against his wife, naming Hart Fitzwilliam, one of the wealthiest men in Bngland, as a co-respondent, was withdrawn today. Counsel said that Mr. and Mrs. Leslie-Melville had agreed te a deed of separation. Earl Fitzwilliam and a Mr. Platt, alsé named in the suit, will take the witness stand tomorrow and deny the allega- tions against them. The Earl was born in Canada. He at- tained notoriety from his treasure hunts in Cocos Island and Patagonia. He has worked as a locomotive engineer ani situs’ te teat ee mines in Yorkshire. FRANK EMPLOYE GUILTY Negro Convicted as Accessory in Murder of Factory Girl. after the fact to the murder of Phagan. He was sentenced to 18 months in a convict chain gang. \ Opening of Coffin in New York Discloses a Mystery. OLEAN, N. Y., Feb. 4&—When (or-