St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 16, 1914

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OR RO SP EME OTR Se eS ee ee age te . “-* . i 4. | | Sign the Bridge Petition ‘pitistive Petitions tor aPabicvorm a Smash the Combine 7142 “Wants” Sunday LO IS PO ig LIS é AICH NIGHT ' Twice #3 &:"” Globe-Democrat Four fdeny 2f me Republic Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. EDITION | otters : ee 7 FINANCIAL MARKETS es r unda n arc n stor Oo - Lie aes ‘ ocean Pisses taint eat Dlapatch "Wanta™™= """” {1 VOL. 66, NO. 208. ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1914.—18 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT. | SPORTS . A. ——— a ee ‘ Post-D 50.000 CIPMATIINES Scorce minirant KENTUCKIANS SEE | Sccreiary McAdoo, His Saminer Home aaiiaiena M A All| A] NQUE cy HOW IN SIGHT FOR nao an | WOMAN WHO SHO |S Brdeto-Be, Daughter ofthe Presiden BROGE PENIIONS “==es=%"—| ROTHER-W-LAM) gy=——rrer = mes | TELLS HOW INNER James Devon, Prison Commisioner of ——— : Scotland, when attacked today by a ee > ee Meee. 5) Nae ott tee: ge se ae SS NAS ’ e , e a e Oo a y e ° ‘ oss ROR ratenseatet ates e > . / ie 5 Soka a Se >* a me “ t Ff 4 Campaign Is Carried On militant suffragette armed with a dog Admirer, Who Was J ointly 38 AY it, Sa cabs (BOO ES Sit. Pe Ss, NYY | ; f : whip, took the law in his own. hands| Char : r. Also Ac- es SS Co: S\CBoye £32" — Die ee ee ee Throughout the City Sune) ana knocked his assailant down. ee ethane 4 Trial baal Le pe ee Lf GPs So ee a ; . The woman, whose. identity was not ° el ee Aaa: MMO SE SBS NG 0 ES pt : Gao: : ‘ Vy . ; , } fo i ‘ “ ¥, - i ee es ’ ¥ “ - me E i discovered, met the Prison Commission- in Drug Stores, and Work er at the entrance to the Duke Street S AID SH E Ww AS ATT ACKED 2% \ os ; : | | : ' see : : . ‘= | | Pri Likely Will Be Completed] ana shoulders with her whip, > ee ja , 3 Saturday. : ire rina an advocate of forcible Prosecutor Allege d Miss M ay 2 FON Sz ‘Se — ef | ! s ; | of . c | oe ie : by he considers the farcical release ef sut-| Copeland Told Story of Killing ee ae, \{ & 89 2 | Manager Testifies Enclosed Stairway ) fragettes because they are suffering . : o . | “ : 2 : . ° BLANKS MUST ALL BE from the effects of “hunger strikes,” Relative to Protect Suitor. “sg ix! es cS Ss ie - RRS, Brae rape Was F illed With Smoke When | immediately resorted t bicadiil Bs i = a BESS : ) TURNED IN WEDNESDAY of his fists. . cb ei apts MAYFIELD, Ky.. March 16.—Miss May : ORE RES BP ; Be RE 2 SS PE ES Po Ree. Ww tti O inh * The woman was picked up b eseeabt ie — ees ae. : ee | ee a ee Ge oe liceman and placed ce ne sieatalee te Copeland and her admirer, Lucien Turk, ; ee = i. ae saa : : * s ¥ 2 E : 3 Pe gat ea Guests ere ' ing ut. One to Four Volunteers Are Devon refused to prosecute her and she| Charged jointly with the murder of was released, Hugh Atchison, her brother-in-law, to- el ce aera meee ee s,s named vn a ee Pe ee ee )SCISWINGLEY, MCKELVEY AND al i . K INTO chison w ed in ome near Geer ee ne oe | ee a ee Bast oe em nee Sen eee) linea Sis sect mianigh So | er HENLEY INSPECT OLYMPIC 7. 9 to) lating General Petitions. Monolith He Recently Purch Mine ‘Copeland saukitind six dood: te — S: ag pe aaa: -. bs sae i te: ‘ Will B y Purchased fatal shot, but declared she aimed the Ps : Fess ee . tes PE es : fi : | 1 e Placed Near New Man- | revolver over her shoulder as she fled| F ea Cia, oe we : BROS: aie : : : The second week of the initiative cam- sion at Pocantico. | from Atchison. He was killed by a bul- 1% eh: (NY Tai : Se ee Thirtieth Body, Believed to Be the Last, Is d let in the heart and it was the conten- s . Reg ; Soa : That of W. A. Hunicke— voters would be ready for delivery to the} monolith that he has bought for his} Miss Copeland said that she and Turk bas ” ) Is | FLEA will he made in the afternoon “e- . | ay - ; - - ' mittee consisting of Fire Chief Swing Smeal Lipa pn Apia lek kala tens He- Will Céleprate Day by Sign when she returned for her clothing that] - a Me: ee ae eS , ; : | ~— | : EN | the'killing. occurred. ne \NKe re cas “> : : pacer 2 sen cay re Spiateawien: in- (He. fety: Taken eee ine . ese BN Me! ae” | | : ->:‘| vention Bureau. 4 No estimate has been made of the WASHINGTON, March 16.—Secretary done, she said, she had owned only a pet: peste D : so aang 5 2a “ey a zai, 7 . - A, C. ruins has been positively signatures already obtained by the hun-/of State Bryan will be 54 years old | short time. ee = : 3 my : it would be hard to get persons out of identified as the body. of any reds of volunteer workers. About 10,000) Thursday. He will celebrate the day,| Accusation against Turk followed the ee: Boks SS $5 the theater in case of fire. of these men. Siz . dodies, Se ge Bea pete Gems oe # This committe also will inspect mer- in such condition that direct gmall group of workers. The big im-] Chile. The Brazilian Ambassador and|It was declared the cigarettes were of| (S47 ; rg e oe is eS a ce ¥ : 5 ee omending the installation of additional provement and civic organizations that;Argentine Minister have received in-| the same kind that Turk smoked, and SS eae me go ee Boe. Bee A | fire escapes and stairways. are at the morgue.) have been co-operating in the campaign| structions to conclude the treaties by}|an effort was made to show that he , * Sei ot § BE ET tie: Sy Last Party’s Movements. WILLIAM E. BEOKEB, pres- : Harry S. Haas of 5244 Waterman ave}! ident Becker-Moore Paint do. Free Bridge Committee for petitions to} treaty will be here Tuesday or | contended. be turned in Tuesday night or Wednes- tse apa Re ie: room, testified at the inquest that man. Gay morning. This is to ascertain the ecretary Bryan said he hoped the 'S EXPLA Bee Be i wae Pee ~ si fe St a a h and his companions left the EB. J. McKENNA, New York. number of signatures to the petitions.’ beginning of his fifty-fifth year would PAGE'S NATION f is eee’ ae SS ole oe re nes be. ie ee epee a tome pels room about 1:10 a. m., and NORMAN HANOOCK, sales- and to discover whether there are any ae nag Poe nies of the negotia- SATISFIES PRESIDENT Pr aR an: sae ." De i BY 7° cen 3 rm + ea: seat that he and Ackerman decided to stay man. pections of the city where the canvass =". ae th a ern Britain and France WASHINGTON, March 16.—Ambassa- 3 pits fF se 5 BS 3. 8 ; ie oy 8; Lucas Avenue House Searched at the club, while the other members J. Ww. McGUINN ESS, 42, buyer. has not been thorough. From two to Peace treaties. Negotiations with : ean eo: 2 ; £3 Re ot | ae eee a 18 2 for Men Who Took $10,000 fof the party went to their homes or - RANU na? four precinct workers have been as-| ‘"¢8¢ two countries are under way. dor Page's explanation of his London | BSE iomuet 13 amir is Cros “aap aes. Sa ¥§ : wa hotels. He was the only member of the - —_ pigned to every precinct in the city. speech touching upon the Monroe doc- me Ne EP gS pf nn RBs oF 4 PO Red PBs Sa ae ae ‘ From Brown Co. Paymaster. otels. nd said he man. i th 2000 l titi MARCON trine and the Panama tolls repeal is , oat on a ee ce tes ee sc party called as a witness, a : | a | whe h ee f et Se oo I PHONES 1950 satisfactory to President Wilson, who AL ms, : — if ete and his friends departed when one of the are ae ee ee MILES -. BY WIRELESS| regards the incident closed so far as cae teak str Soler ae - aD LS T EOE (OS Set & oT’; Acting on 2, tip that the two highway-| Waiters suggested that the eae ment or the offictals Every mail brings to the Citizens When a full report of the speech is SAE aR Drees a Feat ees ee : ha hed. Haas and several of the others} “No, the only com Committee additional volunteers. H. M.| LONDON, March 16.—The Daily received it will be forwarded to the BO ne SE. ERY A RO aK Sees Be en TS | gaymaster and: escaped with» $10,000 in previously gave a detailed interview tO/ Bruner, who handle¢ Pflaget, with an office at 1623 Pierce] Chronicle's Rome correspondent wiréa- Senate which asked for it by Senator 8 'm* ae cash were hiding at 2633 Lucas avenue,|q Post-Dispatch reporter, telling of their} the buflding,” Magi! 2 roma ae “ aval a ag “Marconi has achieved notable success | Chamberlain’s resolution. Ec ARY ME£ADOOS sceae” © in the former so-called segregated dis-| movements at the club. Pa wanted rewiring done ork, stating ° ee | With his long-distance wireless telephonte | rresident Wilson told callers today 5 APT aN -THE-HU trict, Detective Chief Allender, 11 detec-| Haas was asked by the Coroner whe’ pool and In what he nid in the bridge campaign. Dan C. Nu-| communication Using his newly-de-|that any agitation over Page’s refer- A IRVINGTON -ON-TH -H DSON... : btw at cai o> Ieiees er his party did much drinking at the! The pool had been re gent of $01 Westminster place and H. | vised high-sounding receivers in connec-| ences was caused by a misunderstand- a i S beattpe eke ccs erst. Sirk Of the! ciub, He said they had three bottles of/ starting to rewire the W. Steinwender Jr. of 4221 Lindell boule-}tjon with phonographic registers and|ing of what the Ambassador said and | —— ——— Dayton Street District’ surrounded and| wine, some beer and several highbalis,/ He said he had be. and that they also smoked during the] since last June and ha vard were among the volunteers tender- repeaters, on the first day, while the | that a fuller report of the speech show- FAIR WEATI IER TONIG ; i arth i ed a |] HIER | They didn’t find the robbers. time they were in the dining room. The/ man or an inspector ! ing their services to the committee Mon-| warships were off the Sicilian coast, he|ed that the Ambassador had correctly : day. = 3 received clear messages from Clifdea | stated the situation. AND TOMORROW ; COOLER ‘Since the women of thé segregated dis- | stubs of the cigars and cigarettes, to the/ that time. five druggists in St. Louls haveland Cornwall, 1950 miles Sway. The President said Page referred to sine \trict were forced’ to leave there on|best of his recollection, were thrown in Magill said he had ca: a tray on the table, he said. of departments in the . e i notified the Citizens’ Committee that] «The next evening the fleet received | the Panama repeal as “not to please THE TEMPERATURES March 1, the district has been patrolled ae ate : LiL AGL nh by. a Police Captain, four special offi-| Magill, in testifying of the dangers} fire, warning them not | have not turned in their petitions. signing them. The Chilean Minister has | entered the Atchison yard, instead of re- g } Se ae aes sagt ene oe seat : A call has been issued by the Citizens’| been informed his instruction to sign | maining in the buggy, as Miss Copeland cE OE cae anne em ES: Ro a aa a. nue, one of a party of six young men, oD a eee: Gore : * e ae beh TWO SHOE BANDITS the last guests in the M. A. Cc. dining A. J. EGAARD, $2, sales- e, oe 2 MLS PRL ER RY 8 Ac nem they would not take signatures to the!/signals from Canada, 4062 miles’ distant, | England,” instead of ‘‘not merely to i na : a. m fcers, two Sergeants and nine uniformed | encountered in the enclosed, or inside | bish remain in the build! men. fire escape, said it was filled with smoke} ‘what were the rules « bridge; petitions. They are: Whittier| py means of wireless telephony.”’ please England.” Drug Co., Whittier street and Easton| == —_—— — ve m avenue; L. W. Weaver, Elliot avenue and he or How any robbers could have got| When the guests were trying to escape | the club?” Coroner Padb« Gamble street; Lohrmann & Mynders, Official forecast through this cordon of policemen was|#"4 that when he and others neared “Meme were alowed ob 1100 Hickory street; D. H. , Christie, For 3 not explained by the “tipster” who tola|the third floor the windows. from the ox .@ialng teen een « for St. Louis and Detective Sergt. Darby O'Brien they men’s washroom on that floor fell out. fourth floor on party ni, Pa Broadway and Baden, and Zimmerman’s 1 vicinity: Fair to- were in the L “We stopped, fearing the walls, too, 9 n the Lucas avenue house. might fall,” Magill said, “We waited a dance was given.” Ma; Pharmacy, Eighteenth street and Cass 363 ti S d avenue. ; consecu lve un ays night and Tues- OW. Capital _ Societ E cts. Miss Sleepy Woman Appears. , h “On those nights the timit “ - . ipl ¢ oociety xpects ISS} Allender’s raiding party guarded all|@ few moments and as nothing hap- presence on the fourth floor Precinct canvassers from the Seventh day; cooler to- ‘Ward reported: Monday that all voters taht: the lowest Eleanor’s Marriage to Take ‘|the entrances and exits, and a detective | Pened. we proceeded down the escape night, and we enforced that rule. Nv ; was sent to the front door. After he had| © the first floor. women, other than employes, were per- except a few Socialists were signing the ] 7 TRON : free bridge petitions. This ward is rep- near a years temperature wil , oO . . Place Early In June; rung the bell for 10 minutes a woman ene finding of two bodies in — in- mitted on the fifth and sixth floord, be about the who seemed to be Sleepy, opened it. She side are. qewe fag ool - a a where the sleeping rooms were. I would tigation of its construction which prove ike t6 have vou aes “dime ants ‘resented in the House of Delegates by : Fdward Deffaa, who is a member of the the SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH has led all other St. Louis : ¥ had conducted the house bef th freezing point. A WASHINGTON, March 16.—Now that erore elit was a death trap instead of a lure women of the segregated district were ployes, from the highest to the lowest, combine that has supported the Alton & new . ‘ : VAY , spapers in the volume of business carried. F aladiand.. | th : Witeon end or ~ e friends of Miss Eleanor sO ordered to move. She was permitted to escape. regarding women in the club. I have Mississippi grab. hag lL. HH: Conn Turns tn 870. This 1s an unparalleled record. No other metropolitan Fair tonight and Secretary McAdoo have seen the engage-| remain there because she had a lease Ceilings Were of Soft Pine. run clubs all my life and I conducted they insist upon knowing] on the building, and promised that there| “Have you any idea as to the origin of this one more strict than any other.” ‘The race for leadership in the number S + ; te unday newspaper in the United States has ever Tuesday; cooler 2 \\ ment ring, of signatures was still on Monday be- toni oat ld b ” Padberg. ‘‘N ght. . wou e no violation of the law. the fire?” asked Coroner rg. oO, tween Luther H. Conn of 1725 Waverly approached it. | For ee . a eee Pee ite sae The raiding squad pushed past her and |it is a puzzle,” Magill replied. Asked to explain how he escaped from place and Michael J. Cremin, guard at On 1 Sund M h , P toniatht and Tune -— | and who will make ap the bridal party. | ..arched every room in the house. They| “Can you account for the rapid spread the Third National Bank. Conn has n last Sun ay, arch 15, the total count Was as ollows: day; eéooler to- Beyond a doubt, Mrs, Francis Bowes/ fcund a man asleep on the second floor. |of flames?” asked the Coroner. * tures, ae aehiaae on one Sane | 8 ‘ night and in east . Sayre will be her sister’s matron of] He identified himself as a piano gales-| “No, except that the ceilings were of He reported to the bang . 23 clean | _ | portion Tuesday. _ honor and Miss Margaret Wiison and | ™#”. and was not‘ held. | soft pine and well seasoned, and that that h ‘ot ” vee. OF eae . 7 Miss Nona McAdoo will be the bride- Sees ey mecuer, the: flames ees Oe eet "i a not going to stop until he ’ : | ‘ river: 82 feet; alr y : The woman sald that she had con-jshafts,” Magi! eats. : the northeast corner of the fifth floor,” got signatures, which would be 66 fall of .3 of a foot. et | | maids. verted the place into a rooming house,| “How many stairways in the builld- Magill said, in telling } o. ow th * i es: neem trae ey lt whet Globe-Democrat, 2 10 be It has even been suggested that, owing| and that the piano salesman was her|ing?” “There was one alongside the floor acted when mt found their lives e€ proposi- , rom th: tion to a vote of the fo bir "Creuatn : ge MRS. ASTOR OPERATED ON | to the warin friendship between Miss Sn an front elevator, ee ee soe imperiled. “We rushed into the hall and has turned in petitions containing 640 epu Cc, *s s 8s s 8 3 Eleanor Wilson and Miss Sallie McAdoo, | , cas ms th 3 As hapten ha were sere 5 7s endows " : aga | rd *|looking for the shoe factory robbers, |closed escape.” signatures, and is working on other pe- In local merchants’ advertising LONDON, March 16.~—Mrs. Waldorf|the uittle girl’ daughter of the Secre she said it would have been impossible ‘Then there was only one stairway titions. He had considerably more than : : Astor underwent a minor surgical opera-| tary, Sallie McAdoo will be oné of the for anyone to hide in her house 700 signers Monday, and said he prob- The Post-Dispatch alone carried. ... 152 Cols. tion in London yesterday. wedding party, a ring-bearer or a flower] 41.40. the dispersal order of Boney ably would reach the 1000 mark. The Globe and Republic combined.. .143 Cols. She will be confined to her room for| girl. Undoubtedly the Secretary's two policemen had entered her hou Precinct This makes: 18 days thus far this year that the Post. |**”e™®! weeks ome, Wilson te neon cee on ee Coins 40 6 . . 88 son i138 ept constan light. Dispatch has equaled or beaten all the other St. Louis Would Buy Waterloo Battlefield. | ceiving callers who come to give guod| papers printed on the same day ; , LONDON, March 16.—A committee | wishes and to hear all about the wed- | which includes the,Duke of. Wellington. | ding. While Miss ‘Wilson talks freely MEMPHIS URNED THE REASON: | — wreavgyed — wont Lord megs 3 of/to her friends and takes great delight BOAT B ; ; ngon has n formed to raise a pub-/in showing her ring, she fails to give nn irculation 1913: G ser tee Average . on for the full ered 1 bic fund of $50,000 to purchase the Water-|any definite idea as to the exact date} MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 16.—The loo battlefield to preserve it from a spec-| of the wedding, the size or the place |steamer Harry Lee, a Memphis and Ash- Daily (s=i3“), 171,2 | y ( a ; ulative builder. From her conversation. it is believed|port packet belonging to the Lee Line, be Es that this, the fourteenth wedding in the| virtually was destroyed by fire early to- Sunday 307 524 ‘ee An instructor in music for that boy or| White House, will take place early in|day, when tied to her Memphis moor- spate 9 girl, at home or in classes, can be found} June, just before the departure of the | ings. ’ First b through the Post-Dispatch Musical Want] President’s family for the. New sens All. of those on. board received warning ‘in time and escaped ed to the wha > . ws eee 8 ee i Hi 5 * RE cer ct AO Ae A ety oe Bia Wab i SN ER Re 6 Ree SRR CI MRR te OA we Sn Oh ele » ee A SES.. <. lS, Mae A to bigs Leas ae © eK ks ee oe