St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 10, 1914

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a i cAma 7 Ne me. ‘Ses ae Peay Tatne yor pase PE Se se MORE than TWICE as appeared in the Globe-Dem and Republic Combined. a8 many as Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. ‘. ™ is = ei hey i NR RR i of ase Phe 5 z ae Be et ST LOUIS POST-DISPA CH | Me “: “Er = ‘4 oe ee my | . P “a iy So ARO he ll 2 on - a9 ae % = tt Sie: ne PAE Oe TE ee 2 eer i a r : bes Blea Nae ek See oe Bea pe eens ON t + “ - M . VOL. 66. NO. 294. bd FORT TO STP NEUES ATO OSE TOBE MA ant City Attorney to Draw Ordinance for Presenta- tion to Assembly. “CUT-OUT” DIN ‘President of Automobile Club - to Back Movement to Stop the Racket. Asa result of expressions given to the ‘Post-Dispatch by citizens, including au- A 1obile owners and automobile manu- - facturers, in complaint against the 4 ! nce of needless automobile noises fm St. Louis, Norman J. Sadler, Assist- - ant City Attorney, announced Tuesday “that he would draw up and have pre- | - pented in the Municipal Assembly an "ordinance under which persons responsi- vl le for any such noises would be guilty f a misdemeanor. i Although Councilman Paul R. Fletcn- |e introduced a bill to abate the Ee nuisance at the last two Assembly ses- ag ons, the proposed measure was not supported sufficiently for enactment. : ub: ct pending, according to the Assem- |BOY, 7, ADMITS KILLING PLAYMATE, CLEARS MYSTERY| Charles Wagner Says cox, His Cousin, Rifle ‘Was Discharged Accidentally, Causing Death of Roy Wil- at Prospect Hill. Charles Wagner, 7 years old, admitted to Coroner Bopp of St. Louis County Wednesday that he fired the shot which killed his cousin and playmate, Roy Ww. Wilcox, 7, of 1406 Monroe street, at the home of William Wagner in Prospect Hill last Friday night. Up to the time of the child’s confession the death had been a mystery, and it was thought that the small bullet,. which pierced the boy’s heart, might have been fired by someone passing the house. The Coroner went to the Wagner home Tuesday and questioned little Charles, who wept so that he could not talk. Wednesday, when the questions were re- peated, the child grew calmer, and said he and Roy Wilcox had been playing with a rifle and that he, Charles, was holding it when it was discharged acci- dentally. —— rifle was the one which was found in an adjoining room, and about which members of the Wagner family were questioned. They testified they did not think it could have been the weapon with which Roy Wilcox was shot. Because of the age of the Wagner boy, it is not believed any action will be taken by the authorities. Roy Wilcox’s parents have been liv- ing apart, because of the places aad times of their employment, and the boy lived with his grandmother in St. Louls. It was his grandmother’s custom to take him to the Wagner home nearly every Friday, to stay in the country over Sunday. He and Charles had been playing together, when he screamed, ran into the kitchen and fell dying on the floor. Charles took the rifle to the next room and said at that time that he did not know what had happened tv Roy. MISS SCUDDER’S TITLED SUITOR IS CYCLIST WHO RAN DOWN SWEEPER IS ST. . LOUIS, WEDNESDAY E EVENING, , JUNE 10, , 191418 PAGES. oe CENT. | EoiITtio N FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS HOP ALLEY RAID BRINGS 10 Lith! SMUGGLED OPIUM Fifteen Pounds Seized Would Net Government $3840 in Revenue Taxes. CLOSET YIELDS TREASURE Charlie Lie Arrested and Search Being Made for Other Chinese in Illicit Traffic. About fifteen pounds of opium, the Government tax on which is $36 a pound, aggregating $3840, was seized when Chief Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Edward F. Daly and eight deputies and revenue agents raided three places in the neighborhood of Hop Alley Tuesday evening. One arrest was made. The raiders divided into three squads and simultaneously descended on 986 Market street, 810 Market street and 20 South Eighth street. At 806 Market street, occupied by Charlie Lie, they found three men smok- ing and confiscated the outfits and the gum opium on cards. The door to a closet was locked. Lie volunteered eagerly to go away somewhere and Ex-President’ s Son and Bride, the Daughter of an Ambassador HEAT WAVE COVERS THE MIDDLE WEST: 7 HERE AT 2 P. M. | Forecaster Predicts 100 for praia uerted the Hottest Day in Early June Re- . corded in 77 Years in St. Louis. PRICE OF MILK ADVANCES AND FAMINE. IS PREDICTED © ; Extreme Temperatures Are Accompanied by a Drouth Which Threatens Late Produce; New Record Set for Day at Water Pumping Sta- ‘tion; Ice Supply Said to Be Plentiful. With an official temperature of 97 at 2 o’clock this afternoon, I ce ite ae A te ie ee aE * mt ementemetuain ee) ll a R. ARem 2 Gere ' _ Militia CNS gee Pim Tae oa fs eh) eee ¥en ah kickge aaa et fe BOA OR Ae hr +! ; ( . pas ane a ease oof et ay a ee rf Ret th eee eee sy PAaG igen” k OO Ts ? ae a AP > a . ve ae : a a i — P , " F pigs ee % wish oo fx anh est eet fake eh Sighs a wet : é niet? ’ Fi By Se Spy fi aan ery) fe * hg Pier aks ok i EP ee? y A, : # ¥ ie iy * ere is no measure bearing on the e4 bring the keys, but the raiders preferred to keep him with them and said they would make out without the keys. \ three degrees higher than at the same hour yesterday, Forecaster Hayes said he believed the heat would reach 100 degrees and would «3 records, nor is there any ordinance ; = effect prohibiting needless automo- Jee! noises. or value ; everseen”” : . The predominant needless automobile ra rise at against ‘which widest protes: } 13 made—is that caused when an auto- | mobile driver, by pressing a lever or h button, opens his ‘‘cut out.’’ 2 ‘d Action of the Muffler. g Combusted rasoline, after each of the expk that set an automobile motor a4 motion, is carried off through an “exhaust” pipe which stretches to the BS of the chassis or frame of th>2 car. ei¢ = is closed at the end, but is per- FP forated along its extremity, which is " encased in a cylinder with a small pipe | outlet at the rear. q The combusted gas passes through the > perforations, into the cylinder and out the small pipe. This apparatus is known oA a “muffier’’ and operates as a drum, ening the report of the explosions cooling the gas. The “cut-out” is get. in the exhaust pipe which when opened cuts out the “muffler.” ne 2g drivers offer the plea that te F the “cut out’’ relieves the resist- - nce to the motor and permits freer op- ution of the engine, manufacturers de- the perfected muffler of today ® no resistance to the exhaustion ‘ r mbusted gas and that tho one rea- ible use Of the ‘‘cut-out” is for as- ing whether the motor is running a ~ ey open the cut-out eliminates. the and the explosions, charging ugh the exhaust pipe, which then re likened to the barrel of a gun, similar’ to a fusillade of blank shots, “the danger attending needless auto ses is demonstrated every day and 4 ht, especially along Lindell boule- i i and Washington avenue, between renter and Grand avenues. These ghfares incline upward going end drivers use their cut-outs % out discretion. On gentle upgrades and even on level where there is much foot traffic. drivers run with their mufflers 1 to give warning to pedestrians that it ; Ae) § motor car is approaching. In a way | this places upon the foot passenger the muty of guarding against accident. The} Persistent use of the cut-out as a warn- | ceil is one of the main reasons r the feeling against it. . Aged Woman Frightened. For” two hours a reporter Monday tht watched the motor vehicles whiz these thoroughfares in endless ms, the noise of their passage les heightened to a nerve-rack- } din by the opening of cut-outs. Wit but exception residents in either Vicinity, many of whom own automo- , declared their peace was constant- F thictomeea, protested against the diess noise and stood ready vigorous- ly to. support any move toward the nt of the nttisance. ‘imstance of the “cut-out” evil s demonstrated when an aged wom- h Was standing at the curb on Wash- tout h avenue near Vandeventer ave- nl ewes young men in an auto, ‘We nd, approached. Their car ran ‘Sim -nolselessly by use of the muf- 2 othe driver swerved toward the ‘Seonanng the cut-out. The wom- em ae ¢ ip x GUING AWAY SAD Count Caesare Buzzi’s Impetu- ous Four Weeks’ Wooing Doesn’t Win Heiress. Lieutenant Count Caesare Buzzi’s wuest card at the Racquet Club expired Wednesday, and he packed his bags ready to depart during the day without the object of his visit—and heart—Miss Maude Cupples Scudder of 3678 West 4Pine boulevard, the 23-year-old heiress to part of the fortune of the Samuel Cupples. For four weeks the impetuous Count had been in St. Louis assiduously laying siege to the heiress’ heart. He had gcod-heartedly attempted to overcome the obstacles which a foreigner neces- sarily encounters when he comes to ths United States and tries to overthrow a number of young Americans who have been courting the same girl long. before he was heard of in these parts. For two wéeks the Count apparently made rapid progress. Miss Scudder took him to a school of languages at Grand avenue and Lindell boulevard, where, at her suggestion, he tried to master En- glish—and failed. She even took him motoring about town and into the coun- ty as a reward for his persistent study. When two weeks had gone and his first guest card at thie Racquet Club ex- pired, the Count obtained two weeks’ extension. And then, it was said, his calls at the Scudder residence became less frequent. Racquet Club attaches Wednesday said the Count had been at the club most of the time in the last two weeks. He had many telephone calls and an- swered them in person, calling Josef Badino, the head waiter, as an inter- preter, if the party could not speak Italian or French. The Count is said to have told Racquet Club members he intended visiting other American cities and then returning to his home in Rome, where he is known as “The Beau” and where he is a mem- ber of the King’s bodyguard and the army aviation corps. He is % years old, the son.of a wealthy banker, and fol- towed Miss Scudder to St. Louis from Rome, which she visited in Lent with her mother, Mrs. Amelia Cupples | Scud- der. ' Miss Scudder told a reporter Wednes- day there was no engugement between her and the Count. POLICEMEN FIND A BOY LOCKED IN DARK CELLAR late When informed that a boy had been locked in a dark cellar at the home of Anthony Edwards, a negro, at 404 Mont- rose avenue, policemen went there, Wednesday, and found Edwards’ ll- year-old son, George, a prisoner. The outer cellar door had been nailed fast. The boy’s brother and sister, Louis, 7 years old, and Nonie, 9, said their parents had locked George in the cellar before going out to work at 7 a. m. There was a small hole in the sok The brother and sister sald they were instructed to pour water through this Thole if George complained of thirst. The boy told the police his parents fre- quently punished him by locking him in the cellar. Capt. O’Brien ordered that the parents be arrested on their return home. POLICEWOMEN BATHING Chicago Squad Disguised to Gatch “Mashers” at Beach. CHICAGO, June 10.—Hight policewom- which distinguished other bathers save biue silk The ‘policewomen are bru- FALED BY VERDICT Coroner’s Jury, After Hearing Youth’s Story, Finds Death Was Accidental. The death of Wenzel Hubel, 74 years old, a street sweeper, who was run down by a motor cycle ridden by thrée youths, near Fairground Park, Mon- day night, was declared Sy the Cor- oner’s jury Wednesda} to have been an accident. Walter Lehman, 20 years old, of 2624 Palm street, who Was running the cycle, was released. Lehman said the presence of two youths behind him had nothing to do with the accident. He said that as he was running on Grand avenue, toward Kossuth avenue, an automobile turned into Kossuth avenue, in front of him, so Sharply that he had to swerve to the curb to avoid a collision. The motor cycle struck the brush, and Hubel, who was holding it, was knocked down, his head striking the curb. His home was at 1415 Destrehan street. OLD MINISTER SENDS WILSON WILD LETTERS St. Louis Man Arrested After In- coherent Messages Are Re- ceived by President. A batch of letters containing rambling messages sent to President Wilson, Sec- retary of State Bryan and Joseph W. Folk at Washington by Benjamin 5S. Elliott, 71 years old, a retired minister living on the second floor at 1409 Frank- lin avenue, were turned over to the pos- tal authorities and led to an investiga- tion Wednesday by the police. The police went to'the home of ths old man, and found him to be mentally affected by an overstudy of religious works. | He told the detectives he expected to ride a white horse to his eternal rest. His wife, Mrs. Emily P. Elliott of 2725 Stoddard street, said he came to see her once a week, and that though his mind was upset by religious matters, she had never seen him act in a violent way. She said they had two children, Mrs. Charles Batchelder of St. Albana, Me., and Fred Elliott of Dexter, Me. Webb City, Dry Four Years, Wet. WEBB CITY, Mo., June 10.—After be- ing for four years the largest ‘dry’ city in Missouri, Webb City yesterday re-entered the “‘wet’’ column. Votars declared, 1435 to 821, in favor of the sale of liquor. The closet door was pried open with a crowbar and greatly to the seeming astonishment of Lie there was found a large quantity of opium being strained, in the process of maceration, and some fully cooked, Lie could not imagine how it came there. He was also unable to explain how an ounce and a half of the opium happened to be in his pocket. He was arrested and turned over to the police and a warrant will be asked for. On the second floor of 2 South Eighth street the raiders found smok- ing outfits lying on two bunks and confiscated them. Nobody was at home, but the place was fitted up with a wire cage with an aperture like a ticket seller’s window, and had a business-like look. On the third floor they broke into a room and found two buckets of opium in process of being manufactured with a bamboo strainer. The officers estimated that the total amount of opium found in the two places was 15 pounds. In this room letters were found ad- dressed to Charley Yow written by a white woman, who signed herself ‘‘Your Sweetheart.’’ She asked him to send her $15 and there was a self-addressed envelope inclosed to make it easy for him to send it. It bore a South Jef- ferson avenue address. There was also a photograph of a white woman on the wall. At 810 Market found. CATFISH 6 FEET LONG CAUGHT; PROOF OFFERED street nothing was Illinois Fishermen Say Blue Beauty Weighs 200 Pounds, With 3 Ft. Waist Measure. Chris Donay and Henry Unkelbach are great fishermen, but they do not know how really great they are because the blue catfish they caught, Tuesday, some- where along the Iinois shore opposite Carondelet, has not been weighed. W. A, Schwartztrauber notified the Post-Dispatch by telephone that ‘Chris and Henry” had caught “the biggest blue catfish that was ever caught,” which weighed, he judged, “very nearly 200 pounds or over, and was 6 feet long and 3 feet in waist ‘measure.” It was a very strong fish as well as a big one and gave Chris and Henry the fight of their lives for an hour after they had hooked it on a trot line, he said. If anybody doubts the specifications, Schwarztrauber said, all they have to do is to travel down to Carondelet and cross the river, and keep going until they reach the place where the monarch of the Mississippi is swung up to a pole |between two trees. No other paper ina St. Louis’ ONE Our 47th Scocp! For the 47th time, or about 30 per cent of the number of days that have passed thus far this year, the POST-DISPATCH again on Tuesday of this week carried more display advertising from the St. Louis merchants than all four of its competitors—the Globe-Democrat, Republic, Times and Star—added together. metropolitan city of the United States has ever approximately approached these POST-DISPATCH records as an advertising medium. Our merchants on Tuesday of this week bought 67 columns of space in the POST-DISPATCH alone and only 66 columns in all four of the other St. Louis daily papers combined. These records leave no room for doubt as to which newspaper in St. Louis reaches the buying public. BIG Newspaper Average circulation first 5 months of 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 179,660 Sunday only hea 321,999 a bai a local hospital, was r . “7 . pi Si iy Se aS ate aE ge. ee en Be ae Sa KERMIT ROOSEVELT. CAN OF PEARS THAT AILLED MAN NOT A DEADLY WEAPON Prosecutor Will Charge Woman, Who Hurled It, Only With Manslaughter. Mrs. Lena Siekmann, 22 years old, of 1217 Kraft avenue, was held Wednesday for the grand jury after the inquest into the death of her father-in-law, Emil Siekmann, 78 years old, of 6643 Villa ave- nue, She was released under a common law bond of $1000. The grand jury will take up the case Friday. Siekmann was struck on the head May 26 at his home by a can of pears thrown by his daughter-in-law. He was treate: by a doctor and when he died of blood poisoning at 9:15 Monday, the doctor re- fused to issue a death certificate. Mrs. Lena Siekmann, who is the wife of George Siekmann, testified at the in- quest that she ted her mother-in-law May % and at a neighboring store bought among other things a can of pears. She said on her return from the store her father-in-law ordered her from the house because she was talking loud- ly with his wife. In self-defense, she testified, she threw the can of pears at him, striking him on the head. She said he hit her with a broom and then tried to choke her. Mrs. Tillie Ramer of 664‘ Villa avenue, a daughter of Siekmann, and Mrs. Emil Siekmann testified along the same lines. Assistant Circuit Attorney Fitzgerald said that, as a can of pears could not be construed as a deadly weapon and it was apparent Mrs. Stekmann did not intend to kill her father-in-law, she would be charged with manslaughter in the fourth degree. STEVENSON NEAR DEATH Ex-Vice President Reported Very Low in Chicago. CHICAGO, June 10.—Former Vice-Pres- ident Adlai E. Stevenson, who is critical- KERMIT ROOSEVELT MRS. KERMIT ROOSEVELT. MARRIES IN POLICE STATION IN MADRID Miss Belle Willard Becomes His Bride in Civil Ceremony Per- formed by Magistrate. MADRID, June 10.—The civil marriage of Miss Belle Wyatt Willard, daugh- ter of the American Ambassador tc Spain, and Kermit Roosevelt, son of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, was per- formed today. The ceremony was performed at the office and residence of the Chief of Police, by the Magistrate of the Buena Vista District. Police headquarters are located in a populous section of the city and the passage of the wedding party in five automobiles attracted considerable 4r- tention. Moving picture men were in force and in the vicinity of the building a smaili crowd gathered, which was kept from approaching too closely by detectives and policemen. Col. Roosevelt and Ambassador Wil- lard were among those present at the ceremony, after which the wedding party left the city to pass the afternoon at Toledo. The formal witnesses at the civil cere- mony were the Duke of Alba and Senor Osma y Scull. At the religious cere- mony, Col. Roosevelt and Ambassador Willard will be the witnesses. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria en- tertained Theodore Roosevelt yesterday at a luncheon at their summer palace at La Grade, 40 miles from Madrid. Col. Roosevelt and his party, which includ- ed Ambassador Willard, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Kermit Roosevelt and Miss Willard, and Capt. Norton BE. Wood, military attache, went to the palace in automobiles. On his return Col. Roosevelt declared he had a bully time. The Spanish King and the ex-Presi- dent are old acquaintances, having met for the first time at the funeral of King Edward VII in London. The Colonel is an admirer of King Alfonso’s democratic ways. During the three Hours they spent together they found much time for a discussion of Spanish history, of which the Colonel has been a close student. WASHINGTON, Ben,” the White House collie, came to grief before Miss Eleanor W:1- son’s marriage to Secretary McAdoo, ‘s again enjoying the freedom of the White House grounds, having been released der the wheels of & car. hurried to an animal hospital, at request of bis mistress. His carefully set and he now bears of the accident. fore June 2. In since that hour was 80 at 5 a. m. region are comparatively cool. Weather records have been kept in St. Louis for 78 years. In the first re- corded year, 183, the temperature was «0 degrees on June 9. It has never since been peliae, Shan 99 degrees be- the reading was 98 on June 9 and 10, as it was again yesterday. Chicago's highest temperature yester- day was 98, and other cities showed maximum readings as follows: Cincinnati 94, Cleveland 92, Detroit 9%, Springfield, Ill.,, 100; Knoxville, Tenn., 98; Cairo, Ill, 9%; Atlanta 96, New Yorn 68, Boston 56, Denver 8%, San Francisco 64, Charleston, 8. C., One Death, Five Prostrations ee) in Tuesday’s Heat Record. Tuesday’s heat record in St. Louls in- cluded one death and five prostrations. Johan Nasy, 2% years old, of 1208 Geyer avenue, complained of being ill when he returned home from work, His condition became so serious he was sent to the city hospital, but he died in the ambulance on the way. Jesse J. Lee, a real estate dealer, liv- ing at 5202 Cates avenue, was taken to Mayfield Sanitarium from Taylor ave- nue and the Suburban tracks, where he was overcome at 8:45 p. m. He was able to return to his home Wednesday morn- ing. Joseph Goerden, 4 years old, a paint- er, succumbed to heat while working on a house at 98 Laurel street. A mo- tor ambulance taking him to the city hospital broke down and Goerden was taken in another machine to his home, 436A Evans avenue. Thomas Watski, % years old, while at work in quarry at Fyler avenue and the Frisco tracks was overcome and was unconscious when taken to the city hospital. sae Duffy, % years old, of Bircher Heights, St. Louis County, was pros- trated while at work on the new via- duct at Union avenue and Bircher street. eS ae Hulett, a negro, of Sill La- clede avenue, was stricken at Montrose avenue and Market street and was re- moved to the city hospital. ——__@—_— PRODUCERS FEAR | A MILK FAMINE part of which were milk cows, were re- ceived, constituting a record for i ; ei — Rn . Papel Oe a aes ON ea ge mes oat) : | perhaps exceed that figure before sundown. A temperature of © 100 degrees today would break the record for early June for 77 — 5 years. Yesterday’s high mark was 98 at 4 :15 p. m. and the lowest St. Louis is at the center of a heat wave which has nihiaerel the entire Middle West, and which is seorching the northern and ; southern portions of this central strip alike. Chicago is about ag . hot as St. Louis and cities south of this are not much hotter. The North Atlantic Coast, the Pacific Coast and the Rocky Heaney — —_" B. Mis ccseesescee a Th ce ceeeeren a. Ths seerereerne BG, Me ccceccssens e"easeh eun i De Mccvececcce J of .1 of a foot. a m. deeeeeseaal a. oc osveornaa * > a. TM. cc ccecesons! ~ 12 MOOD. s+ cssecs : 4 . 2 P. Me esvacsecer Mt ipl ati tip ante fi ui j ii: EF for an increase of three cents a quart, Se sy ie, -r* if = s mm. veer everens BM | 7 “ . . “I is apy ey day morning jumped from 81-3 cents 4 = “ quart to 91-9 cents, and dealers . — >. ee Be +o “ee me <6 ° Lf OEY uted: ee We ae eee ’ a iene | oe * je ~ VEN we wet Mae On ty ey * 4 F 4 ; thie. fhe aT, S at} ; see” "y we coi es eta 8 baat: Bd er Se ae ; UNAS welyy to. ee. Fhe AAA ar Re AP WT hg ee a ae a eee a Cee Oe. a Csr ia: is es Modo tg.) HI Ay ‘ x 4 eq 3 alt jig i Bir Rag eee stv mo, A