St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 25, 1914

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Device. ih reau reported UU ssie} ay Treasury—Ap-/ there was only a : a S t f rat E »B | pris fics Inquiring Into Fi: trace of rein and OTHER CITY on PAY | PLANES ; TO BE ENLARGED ‘Condition. Se ae Richard McCulloch Says Prac-] Men’ Who Arranged Details of a \ y cloudy! tice Makes Company ,Contrib- | ‘Proposed’ Fli . = nditions, whic pose ight Are Taken Estate Except One BME 1. \cerved to keen} ute Part of Men’s Wages. Up by Lieut. Porte. 5 Piece Is Mortgaged— a : Concern With String of Retail Houses oa “4 s Ch art ered to Do cahagoacie *s a _T When the Post-Dispatch, investigating By Ljeut.. John Cyril Porte; Re business, Invested ‘Across’ the Continent, Has =| da At 1 th spension of the traffi di ° . ; casa . eee of the * dee dhinicks oa ab Corian. ‘ace, Selec’ these ’ cuppa $35, 000;000 : : | bts.. % ‘in Stocks i in the East. De : Z ae ie je © ghee ery — . ae Ng B sie - “ : RSs). Te at : ? ‘gy Byer! Moe I ANB EO n> ARBOR measurable. The Last night was the hottest of tne the Police ‘Department, ran into the fact} ,:AMMONDSPORT, N. -Y., June %3.— > 3 +) | : \ : d | : 2 week, the minimum temperature bein ! pe geet gory pe Slthat the city’s police and firemen ride|The America has been tried by an .ez- ; 3 Placed Savings With| ttt! forecast tor St. Louis and con ~ Men Sy cars, the question | perience that I hope it will be our good vings vicinity: Generally fair tonight and ate : fortune to escape in crossing the nee a President McPheeters of the Police ! : Firm Now Bankrupt— Friday; not much change in tempera- Board was asked. He frankly admitted | /axutic. A thunderstorm of unusual vio-’ i n 2 tare. " : 11, 849 U nseecure d that he didn’t know why, except thatilence late yesterday threatened to tear METEOR POLICE SEE it was in old custom. the big craft from her moorings and Nicholls Puts As- ASSETS. EXCEED $40, 000,000, Reporters have continued trying t° brogs her, nose over tail, into the waters Above Liabilities. _ ACCORDING TO OFF A SHOOTING STAR find out why this “honest graft,”’ as it of Lake Keuka, whieh, for. 15 minutes would have been called at the city hall «ee eee | | . —T ee They First Think Its a Comet, pha ng ap treet bs weimages we Se > % sn ome ry ae we. Thelr Fears. [ol mig cee cneom atts Sy sree All Subsidiary Conceras Are to Be Closed Pend ing Adjustment of Parent Company's Tangled Affairs—Jones Store in Kan- sas City Asks for. Receiver. oy stat 3 si) to 4 Magnolia Street stations at 4 a. m.j| McPheeters admitted the practice of eee eromtors: claims, agere- Thursday saw @ { brilliant meteor shoot-| accepting freé tickets in discussing the pa $308,164.54 against the bankrupt/ing through the eastern sky, leaving a| change he will order in the policy of ficholis-Ritter Realty Co. path of illumination behind it. The fiery| permitting violations of the traffic law Eo . : orh was seen for about 20 seconds, ac-}| by United Railways car crews to g0/ B32 SE ReR RIN et EES de On Sag - BRS atta, FO ee te valve have cording to the officers. vithout arrest. When his attention was! [fF Paces PF Oe et ae Ry ee kee a found by appraisers appointed by The policemen at first thought that it| directed to a clause in the city char- eS PRM es ek & ' ) Bi ptcy Referee Walter D. Coles to| was a comet and, -startled, promptly| ter which forbids the extension of free ; | # “Maauire into the* company’s financia) | called up headquarters. When the Rev.| transportation to any but employes or be a Samp «cesta 5 ; iz gondition. Father Martin S. Brennan, one of St.| Officials of a street railway company, fp Sc | Bi : Pin Ss Tage Pim a schedule filed with the referee, | Louis’ foremost astronomers, was told] UPOn penalty of forfeiture of franchise afte: it was declared bankrupt, the of the appearance of the supposed comet rights, McPheeters said he believed it bompany alleged that it had $429,454 as-| he only laughed. barred the police from accepting such “Why, no comet is due to be seen here| !arsess and he would be willing to sub- Charles C. Nicholls, president of the| until Oct. 2,” he replied. “However, an gag question to City Counselor is a 2 y unexpected one enert jump out sudden- a RENEE SER ee he ee ee eS: i. ae et Ss Na on ee woe Bn paca ane ty.” Chief of Police Young refused to ¢is- |. ipsam ee nice . ee prominently ponnected with th When: ld’ of" ‘the long, hendingus tail cuss the question of how many car . . s . : “oe r AE BER A zn * Gtinins by Avenue Presbyterian Church, and the. act ‘that it was only seen for tickets are furnished to the ‘Police De- 3 € : fet as a deacon for 12 years, and later|about 2 seconds, Father Hrennan partment and how they are acquired by ; Sc, |an elder, Since the bankruptcy he] laughed again. . “That is only an ordi-|*5* department, when seen by & re- opened a real estate office under|™ary meteor. saw one myself , g own name. at 728 Chestnut street in ‘night’ at 9 o’clock im the western sk Chief of Detectives Allender said he B same building in which the Nictiolis-| Friction with the atmosphere ‘hurns|*ece!¥ed books of tickets for his branch tter’ Co, had offices. His wife was them up-* of the service from Chief Young, and ‘Julia C. Chamberlain. They have} on Young said all inquiries on the subject : , irected to President children, Charles C. Nicholls Jr., GRESSMEN would have to be d spon gay ay RURAL CON McPheeters. and Mrs. Halsey Yates, wife of a United ASSAIL USE OF AUTO Other Branches Buy Tickets. :, ; Btates army captain. Every department of the city govern: |*° take ‘the flyér out for. her second Fz P. Vv. Ritter, vice-president of the day's trial, which lasted from 7:48, to 8:30 : 4 ice Department : \ Nicholis-Ritter company, went to New|“‘We're Tired of Seeing $2000 wc agah onal Bag Bw Rallways |o’clock—as late as we could see the lake. Men in $4000 Cars,” They tickets for its members, totaling $18,00)|The principal objective was to try out adjustment of the parent company’ 5 ig? sied affairs. . Two proceédings—tfriendly and un- Cry in Protest. a year. The Fire Department men in the supplementary hydroplaning sur- BES Rae ee ae Gs triendly—threw the firm into bankrupt- 7 a Sen mops sete WASHINGTON, June %.—No realjuniform are allowed to ride free, but no ee ee i ee Loaded Vehicles Then Are Taken ene fo hg REN ge: ; ; ‘ | »Itickets are furnis o firemen, accora- ee Ee: a . Bhd cs. th . anded the Famous Shoe and Clothing} Democrat would ride in an automobile, : Pe ay The experiment piotse that ‘ Curtiss’ is 7 a Back to Plant;. 8 Returned | -Recetyers Martindale and Juilliard: sald Of which Ritter later became|Yelled Representative Fowler of Illinois|!ng to theory of construction is correct. The * , | that the failure’ f such tremendqus Wite-préesident and treasurer. On the to» |4Uring an attack by rural Congressmen} Capt. eer, ee. Sees ene supplementary " planes lifted the boat to‘One in 90 Minutes, soho! pea ody ) of the store he fitted up a chapel |°" motor vehicles used by Government United Railways ‘ wr een 0% free of the water mueh: more readily | — officials. He had an able second in Rep-| books of tickets to the police depart- eid, ) a. oe . , . ime reculred all of the store employes resentative Quin of Mississippi, who de.| ment, and replied: “I have no knowl- than. she: was cleared previously. ._They | seers af | Striking wd wagon drivers are we know where they stand. pa nd religious services there several ct ace , edge of it.’ When asked if he could will have to be enlarged several timés a0. jae an ear ‘for the pursuit and! Though the failure is perhaps the most ee nea School Leader “I am sick of seeing little officials in| state positively that free tickets were | Over: fea’: Defore we get the perglg : tis Sree on’ the Facing: secorging’ to eee cana mae Sie hank- } , At .the “same time. he enrolled many great big automobiles. This city is full}mot supplied, he made the same reply. These attachments are abeeciend:! Pa Chris H. Mu ckermann of the Polar trede in M49 New 1: Sf them in a building association. For | °f $2000 men in $000 cars.”’. McCulloch said he Knew of: no reason | oon side of the hull, just below th TK Wave Ice Co:, who called at police head-|oujy potent wenerat effect will be erm- years he ie: dumasinnanneie i The trouble started in the House dur-| why the company should allow police- nl line ove to a raver ba ‘hiay’ iéok dein LIEUT. JOHN CYRIL POR quarters Thursday morning and agked sine potas penewal oteyet ine ri goods m. SSS pvrery ; : ing the debate on the sundry civil bill,|men or firemen to ride free, except that rotection for the drivers d helpers. ac he & nt saa Sedat ie pons when someone announced that Public|it was a long established custom, which og ne gt paw ggg pres eee — rhe automobile, coe ‘with strik. bee os t is sald that. Printer Cornelius Ford, a New J he did not propose to break now unless De a eee ntjuental Laakyag Wares of the Lindel] Avenue M. E. Church: , ersey headway through the water, they are | ers, foilfows an ice wagon a few blocks, | , he Mi ri : Siwy pn their opinion, the retail. houges {n e ts aude te ‘Mow . York. Democrat, had purchased a $4000 electric i sont Bast egg ssourl Pub-| snaped so as to lift the tail up and Muyckermann seys, and then it is drive’ | the Clatiin ‘control werd figancially ois, when anestioned about the} °#" out of the appropriation for electric break the contact with the surface so 4p to, the ane and the driver and his sound. All were inclined to describe affairs of his company, as|*PPliances. Representative Fitzgerald, : perigee Foo we see a ana} St the machine can take to the gir helper are “induced” to leave the was- the crash, however, as the viggest. mer- by the schédules filed in the} °hairman of the Appropriations Commit-| Richar when a speed of about 45 miles an hour on‘and take a ride in’ the automobils. cantile disaster the country bas ever tee, defended Ford by saying that some- assistant general manager of the com- Fearing attack, he said, the request is iptcy proceedings, indignantly said is attained. known. itéa a passage of the Missouri enerally complied with. One of the com rols, 1a not talk for publication. He | times the car was used to transport the] Fany, © 13 The planes attached are} thin boards. ae nc ats pig ~— il oa. : i the company had assets $150,01) payroll to the Government Printing of-| Public Rervine S00 5 A O6 euthority 18 by 10 inches, covered with alumninum | fovohcnaty een wernt te ds pm Passa CA EY ay - : wagon back to the plant that it belongs throughout the United States. and it was to and leave it in front of the office. the indorsement of their paper, held iy tice which is forbidden by N excess ilities. ‘| fice. for the prac sheeting and A H. er ot it hie President 'of|: “In the grand old State of Mississippi} the city ee ce een een struts. They a Prestige sae ; “a » Board of Assessors, has been ap-| they are glad enough to walk up to the by McCulloch vecang the ~ genre of Four Men on First Trip . Harry F. Heman, 49 years old, a con- The Mertens ice and Coal Co., 8860 Gar- by more. tban 2000 bank, here and in in- : rtation to. an ut em- - | ‘trustee for the creditors. Lilber counter and draw their pay, and never| ‘™e® transpo y On the first trip out last, night we had tractor, killed himself with a shotgun | field avenue, sent out eight wagons in terior cities, thet ca at , in a garage at the rear of his home,|the morning, MucKermann said, and Claflin Company's Statement. 4838 Cote Brilliante avenue, at sunrise} within an hour and a half they had all The following statement was given Ez. Richardson, an attorney, connected | heard of it being brought to them in a} Ployes OF: ae Ba Deas wre ag aboard four men—George Robison and nd Gerala | #400 rolling palace,” Quin retorted. ang ats ar ll James La Monte : Mth Referee Goles’ office, and . ing in this act’ shall be construed to + mechanics, my assist- | my ursd ffaring from k b It B. O’Reill John S. Blaxe, real es-| The House adopted an amendment to} '"® , ant pilot, George Hal eran ae pee Wome: Gatven (pees OY. ese sue. t af the office of the H. B. Co.; 0 y and Jo : George lett, and myself ou Claflin ey : the sundry civil’ bill lmiti prohibit companies from ~ llowing mail melancholia due to a nervous break-| was learned, he said, that the drivers me experts, have been namec as ap- ng the use of members of police and fire de-|}#"%" @ Bundred pounds of cement for “The unprecedented shifting of «rade the car to the carri carriers, po down 18 months ago. and helpers had been carried off in the Hers to determine the value of the; ve sae carriage of printing of” partments from riding free.” How- ballast. His’ body, partly dressed and shot! red automobile. centers in New. York. has caused great empany’s assets. . - » reeraeeanea ever, there is nothing compulsory in| “® Went up:the lake about six miles. through the abdomen, was found on the] Muckermann. sald the smaller dealers fous 06 many Mteresn 1 We Sane (f ' *‘Batimates on the Assets. nanan sion. The controls worked perfectly and we M the H. B. Claflin Co., the uptown move- this provi , floor of the garage at? a.’m, by Mrs./| were being harassed more than the big} le the trustee and the appraisers} PASTORS ON RIVAL TEAMS | gisnard McCulloch was asked by a re-|S0t out of. the water with ease. The|ir.-, = Busch. his mother-in-law, whl. companies. The dealers have begn given | “et Of business has serjously curtefied eed to make public what they PLAY CROQUET FOR TITLE porter why policemen and firemen effect of the Httle hydroplening sur- lives at the Heman. home, and whoxnoti+ | fo. nd that policem en cannot be our wholesale profits and has } found out thus far, the schedule ; faces—insignificant as they a r to an augers to rely mainly on the profits : non eg stould be allowed to ride free. y appear to 8M | ned the police and summoned Dt,: Thpm- Froviadd to So with each ies wagon. but D4 company, has been carefully teame * from oN ana h pricy company gives them free transporta- |°*"™* to leave the surface. ; many .years Heman's close friend and trouble in 1905 the dealers provided ve- opuntry. Their ate capita) re i by other experts. The high- Elsah vill M ee ve tion it saves that much in the salaries | We got up easily on a aecond flight | who had been attending. him during his | nicles for pelicemen and he thought an ness has occasioned e ate made as to the value of the The Moa fa pa at ;, | paid by the taxpayers, and makes us and rose to the highest elevation that /iness. - arrangement mee be made for doing quirements which we eae pe ane tl i assets was $5000 and the low-| on nestor. of the Fisat Preshyte,| Pay Dart of thelr salaries,” be re-|we have so far atempted in the Amer-| Herian's wife ard. son, Harry, 1%] thet qe meet, A re eres ‘ a - $23.20, the amount of cash the nt ¥ . plied. ica. I ghould judge we were up more | neard ‘him get up at 4:30 a. m. but Chief ‘Young: tgid him that. men oe has on hand. rian Chureh, a E. Russell. The} when the same question was put tolthan 100 feet.’ Th ai still and fl é ‘to accom he shedule of assets alleged to be | Champion players of Elsah, J. B. Legate Capt. McCulloch, he replied that it was|ing conditions 4 Bog oe ae ry i ot thought .nothing of it,as he we as pot Be ptt tae pang ih . ne ys the compaey was ‘s fara na _ eet F. Fannestock, were| only done because it was in old custom, about perfect. The sky was biasing cid par ak pr wren eeervage perediar to: aphorh their’ men Keep. pst 4 rection of Charles C, Nicholls, defea y the Alton team. , and there was no more reason for it] with an afterglow: I never felt. more eX-|ihe ‘tragedy until awakened by Mrs. wagons in sieht as maueh’ . possible bany’s president, and contains ss tA favorite sport of Gg than there was for allowing policemen | hpijaration in flight. The America was| Busch to he | and-prevent. he’ . : t amissions. that certain of the coe ayg gallery watched the a caeten, admiagion at theaters Orlag docile . as though she had mever| Investigation showed Heman’ had|” The. Plant of. the Mertens: company and |- Sssets are worthless and ee: thought of ripping up her moorings an: placed the butt of the shotgun in. a} the Schroeter Coal Co., 2300 Miami street, . r - going on a rampege two hours’ drawer of an old dresser in the gurage. centers SAYS, T. R. DID FIND RIVER PRESIDENT PREDICTS ak ie ee back within _ call. of, the then closed the drawer until the shotgtn BIG BUSINESS REVIVAL] '*2“ine &t 8:04 o:clock, having Beep out | hecame steady, and, holding: the muszie’ NEW YORK, — ni io cable ee. . “ orn ps wd es ‘ood very oare — against his’ abdomen with -his left hand sage made public here today, : a cnr aha F n the turm up the jake» the water’ reach ¢ with ‘his right and ushed | Lange, explorer, after announcing ‘that | Tells Visitors “New Constitution |the boat responds readily to. the«rudder| the cance x : he had completed Amaszon explorations: of Freadom”’ Is Object of and turns almost within, the length ot| Heman had offices In the Title Guar-}. Some ‘of for which he went into the Brazilian Anti-Trust Program. her wing: spread. aity and Trust Building. Since his ill-}. of | jungle in 1912, added that he found the WASHINGTON, June %—"A new Wiltiqm, D. ‘Gash, Mr. Summer and R. | ness be had told friends many times n3/) discovery of a river by Col. Theodore} .onstitution of freedom for business,” Hollander, who have arranged all of intended to end his life. Dr. Mopkins/ és Roosevelt to be authentic. is the object of the administration trust | ‘?* detajis of the transatlantic flight. vigited him Wednesday night.. Dt, Hor-) | ly tangible assets thus far found with Policemen at the Laclede Avenue andi when there are dozens of classes. a Ry Kapiididied Frees. 208259 oo ie a NEW YORK, June 25.—The vast Claflin dry goods ente: - = : collapsed. today with the appointment of receivers in New York “ a for the wholesale house of the H. B. Claflin Co. and the announcé>’ ; -. | ment that-nearly thirty retail stores throughout the country ' || be ‘elosnd.” The linbilities of ‘the: firm are estimated: st $35,00 ‘| the-assets at: more. than $40; os he failure, the largest ‘of its kind in the ay. . tiie country. toh Me ted - papenann =z 2 ' the “THE “AMERICA.” ’ avrae De e were churned into white caps-hy« turi- “Thee ship was hot - datmaged. in the} | | Bigs AR es Th : Af Sa! | . Wi slightest, ‘excepting, perhaps, for the |. 2 Satins Be serra an Rae Ss 7 ore va , a wetting which I wished‘ she might avoid. of departure. . The storm cleared in time to pefmit us _ For the retail stores in thé Claflin string, ancillary receivers will be. named and they will remain cloged pending an ——- with hig family about three years b and has since lived there. Nearly ole * oll ve eS 8 gy Re CP Cr de fan aba: 8 Coe Ne Ae roe cer Cerear Poe KR. ue NO 7 iF] i AL "ate ae ee , 34 * , F v y ) vat” S io % 7 hel - 5! ) Mf , zy, ‘ihe iC A 'y C2 ER APES Aa pat Rie nial i. SP ae ' Nat ie” a és a ne Ane, es ee F poe J BAP + a a ee ? : i , pee Le 9) Ae by OE eR Se lo BL See ed oe) ays 7 es 1 Agha we a ee Ok DS qeoet Pe ee A ac iy eit SS io” Maat MT Fa ge: ERODE: a oe" ty , - we . ‘ Ye LY > - , i : 4 ub 7 = be . A + 4 ae ae - * 3 vig F ate I) ee a te ey ! ss eel. OAR Ve iat VIE Ben GE Ok Ob oeopeaeney EP agree ¥ . pa f / rd = 7 oy ra P hope (tors and to stockholders. , . “The Associated Merchants’ Co. and fer oe = a) ih y a See ee ts aie ok 7 iene Int, 4; *€ » wee ied “ge é Jy a job wae SS r: x ee ae Fenn 2% ia i ae par : ¢ en route to New York. Lange also announced in his message that he was aboard the steamship Denis on-—=s=ee Nes 1 Card to Be Green. WASHINGTON Jone Sc tominnee of a new domestic postal card to be | printed in green was announced by we Postoffice Department today. It ig to replace the car@ now in use | which igemnacs of the profile portrait of McKinley The new legislation program, President Wilson eclared, addressing a party of Virginia editors at the White House. He predicted the country was on the verge of a great busineds revival. PARK CONCERT TONIGHT A free concert will be given in Forest Band from 7 to 10 p. m. Among the 12 selections will ae “Les Preludes” by Liszt, and “Girls of Baden,” a World's Fair waits written by | Park by Frederick Fischer's Municipa) jt were, waiting eagerly .on shore. bod desired: to. be the, first passérige on a. prear signal. they came out that was no small load—sin¢e they weigh 38% pounds between them, Proves Need ef gts ew mE With this added to the America in. a boat wi 7 He took. them aboerd as tee Chel Iinelp you.all’and forgive me for thi kins said his patient had a shotgun cart-]} and | rsage in his hant qnd refused to give It a to him; saying, “I may need this jeter” Tn the pocket of ‘ Heman’s coat two ‘notes were found. One was to “My Boy,” as follows: “Let ‘tobacep alone-in any form and you Will neyer get nervous, like me, God For there is/no other way..out of it 1 “git a week for edn an ; or more. of th company | ety . * comp ae i