St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 19, 1914

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beaten, "ent A Careful Presentation of © Opportunity’s Best Tips Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. In Employment, Business Openings, For Sales, ST. LOUIS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1914—16 PAGES. pass " EDITION ; SPORTS ENGLISH FLEETS GUNS NOW PROTECT ALLIES LEFT Japanese Cruiser Sunk by Mine With Loss of 273 Men HOWE CONTRACTED — s 0R $300,000 CASH TO GET FRANCHISE Post-Dispatch Presents Herewith His Agreement by Which He Guaran- { i SE NE ori sparCi Real Rotate . and Want Directory yesterday. 2000 More Than the Globe-Democrat and Republic Oombined VOL. 67. NO. 60. PRICE ONE CENT. | ADVANGE UF FRENGH S MARKED BY FIGHTING FROM HOUSE 10 ROUSE in Trenches o woul | Women Bring “Goodies” to Soldiers BAR OME IODA MSS He Fike ape tr nae lla tind . . a CRORE RR ISS ER . . Me A » OS P ab tthe saa ate in ail iain ne Kone Bt SS CORO ITI IIS EE, teed to Obtain Free Bridge and City Loop Rights for the Southern ‘Traction Company. | By the terms of a contract entered into March 23, 1911, be- tween Hampden D. Mepham, president of the Southern Traction Co. of Illinois, and Jeptha D. Howe, former Republican boss of St. Louis, Howe was to receive $300,000 in cash for getting a franchise for the traction company to use the free bridge and build and operate a loop from the western terminus of the bridge. The bill to repeal the Southern Traction franchise is pending in the House of Delegates, having been passed by the City Council. Mayor Kiel has promised to sign the repeal bill. | The Post-Dispatch, which has procured a copy of the contract, today presents the important paragraphs of the contract, showing the services Howe was to render and the compensation he was to receive. The Post-Dispatch yesterday printed in full Howe's letter written to Federal Judge Wright at Danville, dated July 1, 1914, in which Howe said: ‘I own, as you are aware, $330,000 worth of the onda of the “ft Bi OE icrcoke sf first employed the party part (Howe) in April, 1910, as his attorney and attorney for the Southern Traction Co. ern Traction Co. of Illinois and party of the second part to perform all services in connection therewith; “In consideration of said services ren- Gered and to be rendered up to and in- @ acceptance by the Southern Traction Co. of Llinois ‘of an interur- ban electric passenger and express fran- chise, now known as House bill 8, and now pending in the Council of the Mu- nicipal Assembly of St. Louis, the party “First mortgage bonds issued by the Bouthern Traction Co. of Tilinois of par value of $390,000, said $830,000 worth of bonds now being the property and owned by the party of the first part, it being agreed and understood that when anid bonds are sold, according to the option hereinafter given, that should THT Lsiee aE “It ia agreed by the parties hereto that a cash retainer fee is to be paid by the party of the first part to the party of the second part in the sum of $10,000, to be credited on account of the $300,000 cash fee. The party of the second part hereby acknowledges the receipt of $5000 in cash and agrees and gives credit for same, $5000 remaining “ve and unpaid at this time. It was further agreed that “220,000 nceeptance to be within 3 days after the passage of the bill.” Bonds Piaced tn Bank. Under the terms of the contract the IG; : : FAIR TONIGHT; MILD WEATHER TO CONTINUE fs. Mueccbeecocnce a, TBs sees eceseces a. 660 0s 60 cteude Os Ts 6 és eee hs be Yesterday's Temperatures. High ..73 at 3 p. m, Low. .52 at 6 a. m. | Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicin- ity: Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness to- morrow} con- tinued mild tem- perature. For Missouri — Generally fair to- night and tomor- row; continued mild temperature. For Illinois—F air tonight and prob- ably tomorrow; continued mild ternperature., Stage of the river: 14.8 feet; a fall of 1.5 feet. while the attack by the Germans on Antwerp was raging. £. 6 : x Peasant women at great personal risk distributing walnuts to pn ey Co mal " ‘ s - ¥ 5 o a if x >. P RR Bos me pe. Sees SS SS 5, x ~S a . “ie (es & & Rg ‘ “ Re sa => > > "e- oe : SS . . vos Qa ms ‘ “a “ a > , . " : ’ j “ = : ~ . an , DPE IS NC AT TEES IIIT LOOT I OTA St, ' sie AERA SR A ORE Se Ra SLI DOPIP NY LEAPED IK LOO pe hn. I EUR FN OO. OV TEI ee ro eee pyright by Underwood & Underwood. the Belgian soldiers in the trenches between Duffell and Lnerre Chicagoans to Raise $500,000 for Destitute Belgians CHICAGO, Oct. 19.—Chicago Belgians took the initiative today in starting to raise a relief fund of $1,000,000 for des- titute fellow countrymen in the theater of war, or those who have fled to En- gland and Holland. It is expected to raise half the sum in this city. It is said the destitute number 3,000,000 persons. Parisians Oppose Peace Congress by Socialists PARIS, Oct. 19.—The Socialists of France have declared as inopportune and premature the suggestions made that their comrades in the United States hold an international Socialist peace congress. SS For 394 consecutive Sundays over 7/4 years the SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH has ied 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 ap- proached it. On Sunday, Oct. 18, the POST-DISPATCH beat both of its Sunday competitors—the Globe-Democrat and Republic —added together, by 3360 agate lines in the total volume of business carried. The total count was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 332 Cols. Globe-Democrat, 196 . . 124 Republic ... In local merchants’ display advertising The Post-Dispatch alone carried... .179 Cols. The Globe and Republic combined. .168 Cols. On 68 days thus far this year the POST-DISPATCH has equaled or exceeded all the other St. Louis papers combined in columns of city merchants’ display advertising carried on the same day. THE REASON: Average circulation first 9 months of 1914: "rs (except Sunday), 176,659 3.3575 _— First in Everything * | FRANK 0. WATTS 1 EXPECTED 10 HEAD ~ RESERVE. BANK Report in, Washington Gover- norship at St. Louis Has Been Offered to Him. The presence in Washington of Frank O. Watts, president of the Third Na- tional Bank of St. Louis, with Oscar’ Finley of Louisville and William McC, Martin, directors of the St. Louis re- serve bank, has given rise to a report there that to Watts has been offered the governorship of the Federal reserve bank here, While he has been reluctant to accept the appointment, because he feels he has a large work to do with the Third National, it is expected that out of pa- triotic considerations he will accept. Next to that of New York and Chi- cago, the St. Louis governorship will be the most important in the country. When the appointment was first sug- vested to Watts, it is said, he demurred, but when Secretary McAdoo and others urged his acceptance on patriotic grounds, he is said to have taken it un- der consideration. The fact that he has gone to Washington to attend the meet- ing of the directors of the Reserve Board is taken as indicating his proba- hle acceptance. The appointment is made by the Re- serve District Bank directors and the salary is fixed by the sams body, sub- ject to the approval of the general re- serve board. The salary is understood to be more than $26,000 a year. Germans Bombard Belgian Lightship From Zeebrugge AMSTERDAM, via London, Oct. 19.— The Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant says it learns from Flushing that Satur- day evening at 8 o'clock the Germans bombarded the Belgians’ lightship from the pier at Zeebrugge. The crew left the lightship, the news- paper says, and later were picked up by the Dutch warship Atlas and landed at Flushing. The lightship is now with- out a crew. Estrade, Champion French Swimmer, Killed at Liege PARIS, Oct. 19.—The war has been hard on French sport. A number of athietes have given their lives. The latest name added to the list of victims is that of Eugene Estrade, champion ewimmer of France, who was killed at Liege FIRST BRIDE IN NEW CATHEDRAL 10) Gt] $70,000 PRESENT Parents of Kathleen McBride to! Bestow Gift When She Weds Lacy Love Tomorrow. Miss Kathleen McBride, who will be the first New Cathedral bride, will re- ceive a wedding present of $75,000 from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Me- Bride, 29 Washington terrace, when she weds Lacy Marion Love at noon tomor- row. Fifty thousand dollars will come from her father and the remainder will be the mother’s gift. A similar present was made to Miss Laura McBride when she married Capt. Oliver B. Mahaffy of the United States army two years ago. He has been sta- tioned in Hawaii, to St. Louis for the wedding. but they have come, SYMPHONY ASKS $10,000 GIFT BY CITY FOR CONCERTS [Management Suggests Five Free Programs Be Given; Bill for Fund to Be Drafted. The management of the Symphony Orchestra today requested that $10,000 of the city’s funds be appropriated for five free concerts to be given by the Symphony Orchestra for the citizens of St. Louis. If this were appropriated, they said, the orchestra would be tided over its present financial embarrass- ment. Mayor Kiel and City Counselor Baird, who heard the request, thought the ap- propriation could be obtained. Baird said he would draft a bi to that ef- fect to be presented to the Municipal Coming Out Party Elaborate. McBride is a wealthy oil man at the opening of the new Cathedral yesterday he was announced as the donor of $100,000 for the construction of the high altar for the edifice. Miss McBride’s coming out party at the St. Louis Club last January was one of the most elaborate ever seen in St. Louis. It took the form of a Twelfth Night Masque ball at which 300 guests appeared in costume. It was ‘said at the time that several 4housand dollars were spent in the decorations. Sumptuous decorations are being made | in the new Cathedral for the wedding ceremony tomorrow. Twenty-five men were at work putting up festoons and plants, some of which were brought here from long distances. Chrysanthemums will predominate in the floral decora- tions. Archbishop to Offictate. Archbishop Glennon will perform the ceremony, at which there will be several hundred guests. The engagement of Miss McBride and Mr. Love was announced while the lat- ter was visiting the McBrides at their summer home in Michigan. There was some objection from the parents because Mr. Love was not a Catholic. This was remedied by the young man joining the Catholic churck. Kaiser’s Youngest Son Is Promoted to a Captaincy BERLIN. via The Hague and Lon- don, Oct. 19.—Prince Joachim, young- est son of Emperor William, has been promoted to be a captain and has been reassigned as a staff officer in the eleventh army corps. and Assembly. The management stated the concerts would be given with the full strength of the orchestra, numbering 70 or more artists, and surgested that the Coliseum would be an appropriate place to hold them. The management also suggested that the concerts be given on weekday inights. | Those who presented the matter to the Mayor were Oliver F. Richards. chair- j|\man of the Executive Committee of the | Symphony Orchestra; George D. Mark- ham and 8S. L. Schwartz. | Crew of Hawke’s Rescue Ship Got Glimpse of a Submarine LONDON, Oct. 18.—The steamuhio Modesta, which picked up 48 survivors of the British cruiser Hawke, sunk in the North Sea last Thursday, by a German submarine, arrived in Christi- ania, Norway, last night, says a dis- patch from the Copenhagen corre- spondent of Reuter’s. Telegram Co. The Modesta picked up the survivors from a small boat five hours after the disaster, and later transferred thém to an English trawler off the Scottish coast. The crew of the Modesta declared that a German submarine appeared for a moment off the steamer’s bow. on which the Fnglish sallore were being taken aboard. The Modesta’s crew saw nothing of the catastrophe. They cruised in the neighborhood for an hour but saw no more survivors. The Poet-Disvatch the onty evening sews. ppener mm OF Lovia that receives or publishes pews gathered by the Associated Presa Belgians, Pic‘uresquely Defending the Last Bit of Their Country in Their Possessicn. Make Progress South- east of Ostend— French Continue to Move Forward Toward Lille. By ASSOCIATED PRESS. TOKIO, Oct. 19, 5:30 p. m—lIt is officially announced that the Japanese cruiser Takachiho was sunk by a mine in Kiauchau Bay Saturday night. The Japanese cruiser Takachiho was built in 1885 and refitted in 1900. She was a vessel of 3700 tons and was 300 feet long and had 46 feet beam. Her main battery consisted of eight 6-inch guns and her speed was about 18 knots. The Takachiho ordinarily carried a crew of 357 men. fouled the mine. Japanese destroyers heard the explosion and saw the flames. They hurried to the rescue, but the cruiser disappeared quickly, and in the darkness it was possible to rescue only 12 men. Twenty-eight officers, 54 noncommissioned officers and 189 seamen perished. It is also announced that a typhoon has struck Kianchau, de- stroying the landing pier. Twenty Japanese sailors were drowned. Allies Advance to Roulers, Belgium; House-to-House Fighting Near Lille PARIS, Oct. 19.—The War Office’s official announcement this afternoon says: ‘(In Belgium the heavy artillery of the enemy has cannonaded, but with- out result, the front from Nieuport to Viadsloo, to the east of Dixmnude, ‘(The forces of the allies, an dnotably the Belgians, have fiot only re pulsed further attacks on the part of the Germans, but have advanced as far as Roulers. (Nieuport is 10 miles southwest of Ostend, while Dixmude is 10 miles south of Nieuport. Roulers is 12 miles northwest of Courtrai, which is 15 miles northeast of Lille, France.) ‘‘On our left wing, between the River Lys and the canal of Le Basse, we have advanced in the direction of Lille, There has been very stubborn fighting on the front from La Basse to Ablain and to St. Nazaira We are advancing from house to house in these localities. ‘‘To the north and to the south of Arras our troops have been fighting | without respite for more than 10 days and with a perseverance and « apiris which never for a moment has been relaxed. : ‘(In the region of Chaulnes we have repulsed a strong counter attack delivered by the enemy and have won some ground. / ‘‘On the center there is nothing to report. ‘‘On our right wing in Alsace, to the west of Colmar, our advance posts are on the line between Bohemme, Paris and Sulzern. More te the south we still occupy Thann.’’ Paris Hopeful Allies’ Advance Will Continue. An uninterrupted offensive movement by the allies at certain pofnis . in Northern France was predicted here today as the battle was The retaking of Armentieres, on the River Lys, on the Belgian and the occupation, 10 miles west of Lille, of a line leading toward via Givenchy and Fromelies was considered as constituting an excellent vance guard position by reason of its numerous places of support. with the progress in several sections, notably Arras, gave the allies of a continuance of their advance. British Navy Now Blocks a Further . The Takachiho was on patrol duty outside Tsingtan when she. . ‘ ENE LENO EEO NT ay! Sia i A AEE" itl SA EPP My ti i, Sat Sa elie bia theta German Effort to Turn Allies’ Left LONDON, Oct. 19.—By reaching out to the seaboard the allied forces on this, the seventy-seventh day of the war, have established close sentact with the British navy, which is now on the extreme left of the line aad seeme— from the London view—for the moment to block effectually a further Ger- man effort.to turn this wing. i - That the Germans may have grasped this, is , otherwise unexplained appearance of four of their jo Saturday off the Dutch coast southward bound. It is suggested that the ob- ject was for the destroyers to convoy submarines which would dispute the * * in the 4 ’ +3 : ‘ command of the sea on the Belgian littoral, Should the German navy undertake this venture it would be confronted. with much the same proposition as has met the British fince the com- mencement of the war and it would assume the same risks of colliding with # .