St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 12, 1914

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ald W Be Inveded? ene in given in the story of how 32 adian soldiers were England. NEXT SUNDAY'S POST-DISPA TCH ~ Yoo 3 8 ae hse - ; 4 “S| , af : Pty oF 5 7 ‘ 8 N . pei? 4 7 8 N , * ‘aga „ 5 Sk. . 5 . * 7 4 * iY 8 Arrest of Man at St. at St. Regis Hotel Discloses His Alleged Con- spiracy i in Neosho Case. CHARGE A SECRET ONE Held by September Federal Grand Jury — Authorities Worked on Case a Year. The arrest of Abraham Fryer at the St. Regis Hotel this morning disclosed that Sam Mintz, the arch thief who was assassinated in his home at 2518 Gamble street last Saturday night, was secretly indicted by the September Federal grand jury on a charge of conspiring in a Neosho (Mo.) arson case which Federal officials have been investigating for a year. Fryer, owner of a chain of stores in Uunois and Iowa, told Deputy United States Marshal Kennedy that his life had been threatened Monday night, and officials immediately began working on the theory that the arson case might “e. have something to do with the killing > im Mints. 5 Fryer is said to have declared he was king over Broadway, be- tween Lucas avenue and Morgan street, when he was confronted by a roughly-clad man who shoved him against a wall and pressed a knife against his abdomen. He told him his throat would be cut if he went to the District Attorney's office with any information. Fryer and Mintz were indicted jointly with Miss Cordelia Ward of Neosho, * Mo., and Ben Weisman and Mayer Katz. The indictment recites that Fryer was interested in a conspiracy in con- nection with the destruction of Miss Ward's millinery store at Neosho by fire last January; that he helped transport ‘ g&soline to a Frisco train at Union Sta- ' thon, purchasing a ticket for Weisman, and giving Weisman money to be used in “furthering the conspiracy.” On Oct. 16 Fryer was arrested here on the charge of carrying explosives on an interstate passenger train. It was al- leged that he had on Feb. 10 carried two large grips containing gasoline to _ Neosho, “eee ‘and 28 them at the en, Ward, 151d “the 2 * had been ap- proathed by a man, believed to be the leader of an arson gang, who had suggested that she increase her insur- ance and permit him to burn the store down. The man, she said, was not Fryer. Fryer’s explanation was a a man on the train had asked him to deltver the suit cases at Miss Ward's store. Mints, when found dying from bullet ‘wounds in his home late last Saturday night, told the police he had been shot by b rs. Police, finding valuables intact in Mintz’s home, declared they believed he had been killed in a garig feud. FORMER NEWSPAPER MAN DIES _ WHILE AT PLAY WITH A CHILD es Schirmer, e Beer Inspector During Folk Regime, Victim of Heart Attack. \ Emil Schirmer, 44 years old, of 300 ~Wouth Fourteenth street, formerly a newspaper reporter, died suddenly from ~ heart disease at the home of William street, at 6 is felt a sharp pain in his heart and called Steinkoetter, who was cooking He died before a physician called. or Many years was a po- for German newspapers the administration of Gov. to Mrs. supper. have been voodooed' spread among of- ficials in Circuit Judge Jones’ court to- day, when hour after hour passed and no verdict was returned in the case of Mrs. Pearl Sloan of 2909 Laclede avenue, a negress, charged with first degree murder for the killing ef Guy Lester Jones, a negro chauffeur. -ithe-verdiet-of- putty was retired by the jury at 1 p. m. and the punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. C. Schmidt, foreman of ‘the. jury said the delay was caused by indecision as to whether a verdict of manslaughter or one of murder should be returned. P m. yesterday and was still out at noon today. This was regarded as un- usual, because eight witnesses testified they saw the | was without. provocation. yones had no weapon. locked,” deputy court attachés recalled a strange re- ligious service which Mrs. sev r of the courtroom last night. This room was directly above one to which the jury had retired. In the twilight, Mrs. Jones an e friends knelt on the floor and first one and then another led in prayer, asking that the jury be influenced to return a verdict In the defendant's favor. Wheth- er these prayers were heard in the jury room below has not been learned, as no one bes jurors. hymns were sung, the women swaying from side to side in time with the music. Webster Groves Missing Boy Found. Groves, was found asleep in a chair in 2,000 Can- ported to g ST.LOUIS POST- DISPATCH Only Evening 14 Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. “VOL. 67. NO. 114. ST. “LOUIS, 8 “SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1914-10 PAGES. PRICE EDITION FINANCIAL SPORTS MARKETS ONE CEN T. — — — 1 English Prisoners Earning Their Keep for Their German Masters by Hard Work eee 3 „ e e Baas ape eh SOON . wi — re Wach wit: Be ae RR pe LOK ES 2 5 The Englishmen who are prisoners at Doberitz not far from B ENGLISH PRISONERS at WORK NEAR DOBERITZ. Berlin are being made to work on public 8 Petes * n ENGLISH PRISONERS RETURNING from WORK 2 DOBERITZ. fen do not object to this seriously as it relieves the monotony 3 their prison life. northern France French prisoners are being used to keep | the streets of cities clean. In the picture on the right, it w wilt be noted that several prisoners are holding their shovels before their faces to o prevent anne improvements. In VO0000 ON JURY FEARED IN MURDER TRIAL OF NEGRESS Verdict of Guilty Is Returned After Wierd Midnight Religious Service for Defendant. An uncanny feeling that a jury may Hubert The jury retired to deliberate at 5:30 negress shoot and kill ones at Cardinal and Laclede avenues July 17, last, and all said the shooting When it seemed the jury was dead- sheriffs and other Sloan and dral women friends held in a room been permitted to speak to the In addition to the prayers’ several George Elder, 10 years old, of Webster a Deputy Beer Inspector. * Said to Have Been Name. by N. Husband in Divo ce Suit. DAYTON, o., Dec. 12—Earl J. Lewel- en, N, ticket seller at the Union Depot here, was shot and probably fatally wounded tonight by a woman who gave ner name as Mrs. Myra Kratzer, . of Muncie, Ind. The shooting took place erly night ticket agent at the Mun- Union Station. They say Mrs. tzer was recently divorced, her hus- naming Lewellen in his complaint. 'AP FROM FIRE PROVES FATAL ohn ‘Smithkowski Dies Dies in City Hos- pital of Internal Injuries. ‘John Smitkowski, 40 years old, for him. He said he had attended a downtown show. He was taken to the House of Detention. paper in St. the lobby of the American Hotel at 1 o'clock this morning. His parents an hour before had asked the police to look 500 STREET AND WATER EMPLOYES ARE DISCHARGED 100 More to Go After New Years—City Treasury Faces $300,000 Deficit. Financial retrenchment in the street and water departments re- sulted in 500 city employes, mostly laborers, being suspended today. An additional 100 men will be laid off Jan. 1, apcording to Director Talbert of the Street Department and Com- missioner Wall of the Water Depart- ment. The heads of these two depart- ments recently discovered that their ppröprtions for the fiscal ending in April were almost hausted. They were informed by Comptrol- ler Player there probably would be a deficit of $300,000 at the end of the year, and that his department could not provide any more money except for work that was absolutely necessary. 0 Upon the recommendation of the Comptroller, supplemental appropria- tions generally are made in January of each year by the Municipal Assem- bly. Comptroller Player has advised the heads of departments that the finan- cial condition of the city is such that there will have to be a general cutting down of expenses. In the water department 150 men have been laid off by Commissioner Wall, and ‘he said that 49 more would have to go Jan. 1. The men who have been sus- pended were employes at the Chain of Rocks, and Baden, and employes of the distribution system. The 12 leak in- spectors, who are considered expert men, are working in alternate shifts. In the Street Department 400 men, em- ployed at wages of $1.50 and $1.75 a day, have been laid off. Director Talbert Said also that he had no appropriation for removing snow from the streets in the business district. Last year it cost the city $15,000 to remove the snow. Unless the city can find money for snow removal this year Talbert said it would have to be left in the streets. VIOLIN SOLD FOR $10,500 Also Pays 8500 for a Bow. CHICAGO, Dec. 12.—A violin made by Stradivarius in 1711 was sold here yes- terday for $10,500, which, according to musical experts, is a record price. The purchaser was Johp McCormack, CX Opera Singer The Post- r is the only evening news- Louts that receives or publishes hered bv the Associa Ras — w On Friday the St. Louis 99 columns . A Giant i ae Class an opera singer, who also bought a bow formerly owned by Paganini for $500. — — | — merchants bought Post-Dispatch alone in its 83 columns same day. On 79 days this erchants than all four of 6 home circulation, does it. * 8 2 ll marae et elt are Globe - Democrat, combined. while they were satisfied with 16 columns less, or only three nearest competitors, the | Republic and Times, The St. Louis merchants bought as much or more space in the POST-DISPATCH alone on 182 days this year than in three out of all four of its competitors combined, on the year the POST-DISPATCH rinted as much or more local advertising from these its competitors—the Globe- mocrat, Republic, Times and Ster—oombined. _This supremacy is attributable to ‘responsive, gilt-edge, which is the magnet that 1 St. Louis’ ONE BIG newspaper. Average circulation First 11 months 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 176,349 Sunda . 313,134 Year | below thé proposed 5v-cent limit. NEW GAS MINIMUM MUST BE PROVED JUSTIFIABLE! Public Service Commission Says It Cannot * Enforced Until It Is Shown to Be Equitable. John M. Atkinson, chairman of the Mis- souri Public Service Coromission told a Post-Dispatch reporter in Jefferson City today that the 50 cents monthly minimum | charge which the Laclede Gas Light Co. proposes to enforce against all con- sumers will not be permitted to go into effect until the company: makes proof that it is justifiable and equitable. The proposed minimum would affect approximately 15,000 householders, whose bills at some seasons of the year fall The Public Service Commission, in response to the complaint filed by Mayor Kiel, probably will hold a public hearing on the company’s application. Last February the commission granted the Laclede Gas Light Co. permission to sell $5,000,000 of five-year five per cent notes to raise money for the construc- tion of coke ovens in South St. Louis. Under the ruling of the commission the company was required to use $826,000 of this money for the equipment of coke ovens; $1,569,418.11 to reimburse its treas- ury for construction work paid for by the company, and $452,000 to pay the Southern Improvement and Manufactur- ing Co. for the land required for the site of the ovens. N. W. Halsey & Co. of New York bought $2,500,000 of the notes last February, and the sale was approved by the commission. Will Make Gas Cheaper. President Holman said that the coke oven plant would be completed some time next summer. This plant will have a capacity for manufacturing about 25 per cent of the gas used by the com- pany, and this gas will be manufac- tured somewhat cheaper than the gas that is now made by the company. Gas is a by-product of coke. One of the objects of the company in building the coke ovens, it was stated, was to offset the increased cost of manufacturing gas from crude oils, The prices of the oils from which gas is manufactured have almost doubled Sarin the last few years. Different Rates Alleged. The Laclede company recently made a reduction in the price of gas to several coffee roasting houses in St. Louis. The Blanke Tea & Coffee Co., the J. H. Forbes Tea & Coffee Co., and several other houses engaged in the same line of business, filed a complaint with the Public Service Commission, stating that while they paid 80 cents a thousand cubic feet for the first 10,000 feet consumed each month and 60 cents for the bal- ance of their consumption, the La- clede company was furnishing gas to householders for heating purposes at 80 cents for the first 10,000 feet and 50 cents for the excess. The coffee houses and the gas com- pany reached an agreement by which a rate of 55 cents for the excess over 10,000 cubic feet was put into effect. When this was done the coffee roast- ers dismissed their complaints. According to the schedule filed by the gas company the 60 cents mini- mum rate will become effective Jan. 2 unless suspended by the Public Service Commission. WARMER TONIGHT; WITH RAIN OR SNOW TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. Yesterday’ a Temperatures. ..28 at 5 p. m. Low. .24 at 4 a. m. Official cost for St. Louis and 11 cinity: Cloudy weather tonight and tomorrow, with rain or snow; warmer tonight, with „ | the lowest tem- . | perature slight- rie fore- ID THE ANTY EAT TEDDYYS GOAT, Too ? freezing point. Missouri: Snow in northerg, rain or saa in southern por- tion tonight and tomorrow: warmer tonight in southeast portion; colder tomorrow in west portion. Illinois: Snow in northern, rain or snow in southern portion tonight and tomorrow; warmer in south portion tonight. COLLEGE PRESIDENT IS SHOT The Rev. Thomas E. tramblet At- tacked in Bethany, W. Va. BETHANY, West, Va., Dec. 12.— The Rev. Thomas E. Cramblet, 52 years old, president of Bethany College, was shot and seriously wounded on the face and neck by Howard Woods, on the college campus today. Standing behind a tree, Woods, according to eye witnesses, fired the contents of a double-barreled shotgun at Dr. Cramblet. Woods was arrested. The shooting is said to “Dave “followed a dispute over work dene by Woods. A heavy overcoat | probably ed Dr. Cramblet's life, > ie ly below the >a of DEC 2 Fo : BURGLAR FRIGHTENED AWAY LEAVES ALL GAS JETS OPEN Thief Who Was Ransacking Webster Groves Home Intended Afterward to Burn It Down, A burglar who was frightened from the home at Webster Groves of John E. Massengale, a steamboat owner, last night, had turned on the gas all over the house, without lig’ ting it. Neigh- bors believe he had intended to buran, the house after robbing it. Massengale, his wife and daughter, Jane, are in Cape Girardeau. Massen- gale’s son-in-law, John Tillman, whe lives next door, went to the house about 11 p. m. to turn off the water to pre- vent it from freezing in the pipes. He found the kitchen door open and heard someone moving about. He called an- other son-in-law, Ray Siever, and Mas- sengale’s son, John E. Massengale J-, who lives across the street. The three, armed with revolvers, stood guard at the front, side and rear doors. In a few minutes the front door was opened and a man dashed out and ran down the street. The three gvards opened fire on him, but he got away. Drawers in the dining room and bed- room were found to have been ran- sacked. BABY T0 80 BY PARCEL POST infant Will Be Sent to Parent From Indianapolis to Boulder, Colo. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 12.—Simon Slize, a tailor, has received a notice by telegraph that his son, 19 months old, whom he left in Indianapolis, Ind., when he was on the way to Boulder from New York several months ago, will be gent to him by parcel post by the Jew- ish Relief Association of Indianapolis, in whose charge the infant was left by Slise. The postal authorities say the baby Will de relayed through several stations because of the regulation limiting the shipment of live persons or animals to 20 miles. _— t-Dispatch is 1 the only evening new s- r in in ms Louis tha ves or 212 E gathered by the * HOUSE 10 VOTE ON PROHIBITION AND SUFFRAGE Proposals for Constitutional Amendments, in Matter of Submission, to Be Con- sidered. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Yes and no votes in the House on special rules for the consideration of proposals to sub- mit the woman-suffrage and prohibition questions for constitutional amendment, was assured by the action of the Rules Committcs today. The prohibition question will be brougbt. into the House Tuesday, Dec. 22, and when disposed of, woman suf- frage will be taken up. The rule for consideration of the Hobson: constitutional amendment for nation-wide prohibition was voted out unanimously by the committee. Both supporters and opponents were willing to submit it to a vote in the House. woman suffrage amendment was voted for, 4 to 3. Representative Foster, Democrat of Illinois, by join- ing the Republicans and the one Pro- gressive on the committee, overcame the three Democrats, who were op- posed to it. A day is to be allowed for each resolution. The House will be kept in session until they are disposed of. Representative Campbell, Lenroot and Kelly, with Foster, outvoted the Democrats, Henry, Pou and Cantrill. Representative Goldfogle, another Democrat, declined to vote. It will be necessary for the sup- porters of both proposals to get a two-thirds majority in the House for the adoption of the rules and then a two-thirds majority for each resolu- tion. Opponents say the necessary votes cannot be got. MAN WHO SAYS HE'S A FORGER ARRESTED AT OWN REQUEST Robert M. Billings cf Flint, Mich., Tells Police “My Little Boy Is Calling Me.” A man who said he was Robert M. Billings, a masonry contractor and light- ning rod agent of Flint. Mich., walked up to a patrolman at Union Station last night and asked to be arrested. am wanted at home on a charge of forgery,” he said. “I can hear the voice of my little boy calling me and I can’t stand it any longer. My creditors were hounding me and I wrote two checks for $90 each when I knew I had no money in the bank. I came here Thursday and have been walking about the streets.“ The man is being held at Police Head- quarters until word can be received from Michigan as to whether he is wanted there. UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS 10 LECTURE AT THE WORKHOUSE Extension Course of Talks om Art and Travel on Saturday Afternoons. ; University extension has reached the workhouse. A course of Saturday after- noon lectures, by Washington Iniversity professors, in the chapel of the institu- tion, is being arranged by the Superin- tendent, Capt. F. J. Primavesi. The professors will be asked to give such talks as they would give before other audiences, outside strictly scholastic cir- cles, on travel, art, science and litera- ture, but preferably on subjects which can be Mlustrated with stereopticon slides. ; The plan for the lecture course result- ed from the interest shown by the pris- oners in a lecture delivered two weeks ago today by Prot, Holmes Smith of the university art department, who spoke on “Famous B of the World,” and sh ved pictures of pyramids, Rom- an run and Gothic cathedrals. The — was orderly, attentive and ap- preciative, 5 The rule for a vote on the Mondell | Kaiser Isolated War News Withheld (Copyright, 1914, by Press Pub. Co.) ROME, Dec. 12. N official bulletin issued at Ber- A lin today said the Kaiser’s catarrh continues, but is de- creasing in severity and his tem- perature is falling. Nobody, it is said, is allowed to enter the sickroom. All war news is withheld from the Kaiser, who ig extremely nervous and restless. His illness is considered more seri- ous that the official bulletin would lead the people to believe. (Copyright, 1914, by*Press Pub. Co.) PARIS, Dec. 12.—A dispatch from Copenhagen to the Temps says the condition of the Kaiser is con- sidered serious, but not dangerous, if he abides by the orders of the doctors He is very much agitated, however, and refuses to take a complete rest. It is only through the greatest efforts of the Empress that he consents to remain in bed. His temperature yesterday was 103.2,.and has beer higher. LONDON, Dec. 12.—A dispatch to the Evening News from The Hague says: According to information reaching here through private sources Empéror William's condi- tion shows marked improvement. His physicians allowed him to sit up for a few hours yesterday. — LINEMAN I$ KILLED BY 85-FOOT FALL FROM POLE East St. Louis Man Dies in Am- bulance After Shock Caused by Accident. Kelly Kellews of 1534 St. Clair avenue, East St. Louis, was killed at 11 a. m. today by falling 85 feet from a trans- former pole at Ninth street and Lake avenue, East St. Louis. His fall was caused by an electric shock. Kellews, a lineman employed by the East St. Louls & Suburban Electric Railway Co., was working on the pole, which is by the side of the substation through which the company receives current from the Keokuk dam. rie was within five feet of the top of the pole when he reseived the shock. It caused him to lose his hold. He died while being taken in an ambulance to St. Mary's Hospital. He was W years old arid married. 210 NEW CASES. 7 DEATHS, WEEK'S DIPHTHERIA RECORD Prompt Treatment, Due to Publicity Measures, Causes Mortality De- crease, Officials Say. During the week 7210 new cases of diphtheria were reported to the Board of Health, and there were seven deaths. The record for the preceding week was 196: new cases and 5 deaths. Three weeks ago there were 20 deaths. The publicity given to the diphtheria cases was responsible for the decrease of mortality, in the opinion of Dr. C. M. Woodruff. As it has become gener- ally known that there is an outbreak of diphtheria in the city nearly every case of sore throat is given prompt treat- ment. This has resulted in the early discovery of diphtheria cases and the physicians have had a better opportuni- ty to combat it. GARDNER INQUIRY ON U. s. WAR FOOTING VOTED DOWN Rules Committee Refuses Sanction by Strict Party Vote, 5S te . By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Representa- tive Gardner's demand for a hearing on his resolution for an investigation 1 into the military preparedness of the country was voted down today by the House Rules Committees by a straight party vote of 5 to 3. All the pomocrats voted against it. Post-Dispatch Wants will locate lost POPE'S PLAN FOR CHRISTMAS TRUCE FAILS. ‘MOVE TO RELIEVE slaughts against Be “Opposition of a Certain Power,” Which Is Not Named, Blocks Efforts of Pontiff to Have Fighting Stopped During Holidays, Vatican Announces. Batum, Russian Town on Black Sea, Bombarded by Turk Fleet—Great Battle ‘of Cracow. Austro-German Plans to * lieve Place Fail—Allies to Move Soon in West—Ger- man Submarine Attack on Scotland Reported. By Associated Press. ROME, Dec. I2.— The Vatican author- ities today made public a document set- ting forth the efforts made by the Pope to obtain a truce in the European war during the Christmas season, The efforts of the pontiff unfortunate- ly failed, according to the Vatican an- nouncement, “owing to the opposition of a certain Power.” 3 8 It was announced at the Vatican y terday that Germany had accepted truce proposal. No announcement was other nations involved. The official press bureau in Berlin said it was un- Pope’s proposal, but no confirmation of this has been had from any other source. The Russian Christmas falls 12 days later than the day celebrated by the other nations. : — CRACOW-FAILURE © 3 Sen Fail to Effect Junction No Gen- eral Advances in West. LONDON, Dec. 12.— The close of the eighteenth week of war finds stirring operations in the eastern theater of chief immedia- ate importance. The military forces of both sides profess satisfaction with the situation as it affects their respective armies, but are giving out- siders only scant forming independent judgment. Nevertheless, it is being said by British commentators that something went wrong with the timing of the Austro-German operations for the ro- lief of Cracow, Galacia. The con- verging columns apparently failed to effect a junction, with the result that Gen. Dimitrief, former Bulgarian Minister at Petrograd, seems to have been able to inflict a sharp reverse on the Teutonic forces, by repulsing the individual armies before they had time to concentrate, Further to the north the capture of Lodz by the Germans, so far as # known, has had no spectacular sequel, While the invaders made fierce on- the Russian lines northeast of Lodz on both Wednesday and Thursday, in attempts to break th: »ugh towards Warsaw, they appear to have accomplished little. It is considered possible, however, that the Germans just now are placing chief reliance on the effort to turn the right flank of the army of Grand Duke Nicholas, through the efforts of the in- vading forces which have been pushing forward from the direction of Miawa, near the East Prussian border. In France and Belgium, while no gen- eral advance has been signalled, the steady pressure of the allied armies is belleved to presage an early general offensive movement. gress in the direction ot the enemy's line” is becoming so familiar a formu- la in the French official communications as to lead expectation of larger opera- tions soon. ‘ German and French statements as to the happenings in the Forest of Le Pretre are diametrically opposed, Both sides claim success. This point ts of es- pecial importance, or if the allies, as the French assert, have captured Ger- man trenches there, this change sensibly increases the menace to the line of communication between Metz and the somewhat isolated German force at St, Mihiel. BERLIN REPORTS _ GENERAL GAINS Fighting to German Advantage in East and in West, Offi- cial Statement Says. vantages for the German armies la both 2 t- today at military Germans have gained ‘ground | ants * ——— ͥ́L—ͤ— — — — — Is Developing to the South made as to the attitude of any of the derstood that Russia had declined the . ot opportunities of “Continued pro- 7 — 4 BERLIN, via London, Deo, 18-—Ade * * attacks of the allies in ‘France and a |

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* ce Cavalry Trying to Cross gouth of Cracow is developing into have been so severely shaken as to bulletin given out in Paris this after- ‘of Arras, near Nampcel in the Aisne text of the communication follows: region of Nampoel our batteries have ed the Ypres railroad ee with the move- © enemy’s troops. * made some progress near eee troops again attacked near Souain-Perthes, but without success. In the Argonne forest the for weeks past have limited | themselves to very weak attacks and everywhere have been repulsed. On the other hand, German troops have again taken possession of an important French position of support by means of the explosion of a mine. ‘The enemy has suffered heavy losses in killed, and many of their troops be unable to fight any longer.” “Moreover we took 200 prisoners near Apermont. South of St., Mihiel re- stubborn French attacks were — as Were also other attacks in ‘the vicinity of Markirch.“ TURKS BOMBARD RUSSIAN PORT}, LONDON, Dea 12.—-4 dispatch re- ceived here from Constantinople by way of Berlin says a Turkish fleet yesterday bombarded the environs of Batum, the Russian seaport on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. One hundred Russians were kill * several were wounded by the fre. Germans Have Evacuated West Bank of Yeer Canal, PF Reports. PARIS, Dec. 12—-The French official neon says that French troops now oc- oupy the west bank of the Teer Canali. Artillery engagements, all of them re- sulting more or less advantageously to the French, are reported in the region region, in the region of Perthes near the forest of La Gruerie, on the heights ef the Meuse and in the Vosges. The “The enemy has completed the- evacuation of the west bank of the Ter Canal to the north of the house of the ferryman, and we occupy this bank. — | In the region of Arras there have been artillery engagements. In the redused to silence the batteries of the enemy. In the region of the Alone our heavy artillery silenced the field batteries of the Germans. At a point northeast of Vailly, one of their batteries of howitzers was completely destroyed. Artillery and Infantry Fighting. In the region “of Pérthes and in the vicinity of the forest of Lagrurie there have deen artillery engage- ments and some infantry fighting which resulted advantageously to us. “On the heights of the Meuse the artillery of the enemy showed little activity. On the contrary, our arttl- lery demolished at Deuxnouds, to the west of Vigneulles-les-Hattonchatel, two batteries of the enemy, one com- posed of guns of large caliber and the other used for firing upon avia- tora. In this same region we have blown up a blockhouse and destroyed several trenches. “Between the Meuse and the Mo- gelle there is nothing to report and im the Votes there have pow artil- on of sitions gained by us the even tore.“ BIG BATTLE NEAR SOUTH OF CRACOW t de- Carpathian Pass to Relieve Hungary. _ PETROGRAD, Dec. | 12.—Fighting one of the great battles of the war Archduke Frederick, who commanded the main Austrian army south of the fortress, hag yielded the direction of the operationg to the German staff. There are signs that German cavairy Rains of the 87. 000. 000° ‘Siéproof - Edison Plant at West Orange, N. J. collection of buildings. The great inventor’s plant was constructed of concrete and was sup- posed to be as nearly fireproof as human ingenuity could make so large a For that reason insurance of only $2,000,000 was carried, 8 the plant represented an investment of — and one-half Photographed Thursday Morning 3 a 1 tee Hours After It Was Wreck: d times that amount. The photograph shows the walls stood well, but a failure to provide metal window sash and frames and wire glass made it possible for the fire to sweep through the stacks of highly inflammable chemicals. from building to building until the interior of over two-thirds of the plant was in T uins ° * . WOULD BE AT | MERCY OF HER FOE, PROF. USHER SAYS Author of “Pan-Germanism”’ in Address Declares Monroe Doc- trine Amounts to Nothing. Roland d. Usher, professor of his- tory at Washington University and author of “Pan-Germanism,” in a speech last night before the Wash- ington University Dental Alumni As- sociation declared the Monroe Doc- trine amounts to nothing and that the United States could not protect itself in the event of war with a European power. If England, as the result of her combination with the allies, should win the war now in progress in Europe, it would not be a bad policy for the United States to disband its army and dismantle its battleships, he said. If Germany should win, he said, it was not improbable that the United States would have use for both armies and 1 as it was quite conceiv- able that Germany might attack the United States. Warships Obsolete Before Launched. The fortifications of the Panama Canal could be destroyed by a fleet of 10 warships, without a scratch to themselves, he said, and one battle- ship could reduce the fortifications of New York and steam away un- harmed, The guns mounted on the warships of Furopean nations have much longer range than the guns of Pan- ama and the New York fortifications, Prof. Usher said and also declared that the United States battleships were obsolete before they were launched. The South American countries have been protected by England, because England wanted to trade with them, Prof. Usher said, but they have not been protected by the United States under the much-discussed Monrose Doctrine. England put her money into these countries to develop them, and this resulted in close trade rela- tions between South America and Great Britain. Calls England Our Protector. England always has been the pro- tector of the United States, Prof. Usher said, because England was determined that no other Buropean Power should gain a stronghold in America. The com- mercial policy of the United States will still have the protection of the British navy if England should remain the great sea power after the close of the war. The navy of the defeated nations will be taken over by the conquerers, be said. If England should take over the German navy, she would then be- come so powerful that the United States never could overtake her in naval equip- ment. England has shown superiority over Germany in diplomacy, Prof. Usher said. He believed the statement attributed to Germany that treaties: were mere scraps of paper, not to be regarded seriously, would result in other nations hesitating to form altiances with her. The lecture was delivered at the dental school at Ewing avenue and Locust street. THREE FOR’ ONE Parcels post our hobby; three pounds Piows fine candy for %1.00. Nothing equals it in St. Louis. Beautiful boxes, exquisite baskets, filled with choices: ‘eandies; any price you want to pay Place your orders early. You always get Quality Candies at Plows, 621 Olive. POLICEMAN TELLS UF SPILLING BEER ! AT BUMMELKASSE Sergeant Sued by Club for $2000 Says He Pulled Out Keg’s Faucet by Accident. The sad occurrence at the Missouri Boys’ Club, 2701 South Ninth street, when Police Sergt. Stuart spilled the contents of a beer keg on the floor, was described by Stuart when he gave his deposition at the office of Attorney Conrad Paeben yesterday afernoon. Paeben is counsel for mem- bers of the club who are suing Stuart for $2000 damages for breaking up their Sunday Bummelkasse. Stuart testified he entered the clubroom on the afternoon of Nov. 22 and found it crowded. Asked whaf the members were doing he said they were “passing loud gestures.” There was a keg of beer on a table and members drew beer into their Slases. He did not see anyone selling it. “What did you say to:them?” asked Paeben. J said Lick em up, boys,“ re- plied Stuart. Later in the afternoon he made a second visit to the clubroom, he said, and found the members still “passing loud gestures.” And some of the gestures were about me,“ he said. Stuart denied that he hit the beer keg with a mal- let and knocked it from the table, as charged in the damage suit. “I caught hold of the keg with one hand and the faucet with the other. I just wanted to shake the keg to see how much beer was in it. The faucet accidentally came out and about a gallon of beer was spilled. That wasn’t so serious. It just gave the boys a chance to open another keg.” THE DAY IN CONGRESS. ‘SENATE. Met, at ‘noon. Lands Committee continued. hear- ing on waterpower bill. Recess at 2:10 p. m. to reassemble at 10:45 a. m. Sunday, for the public funeral of the late Representative Payne of New York in the hall of the House. HOUSE. Met at 11 a. m. Judiciary sentatives of Society of Friends sup- porting Palmer bill to prevent use of names of religious societies as trademarks. Resumed consideration of District of Columbia appropriation bill. Rules Committee considered prohi- bition and woman suffrage resolu- tions. lj urer’s decision, 2051, Committee heard repre- | WAR STAMPS OK MARRIAGE PAPERS ARE NOT NEEDED Internal Revenue Collector Finds Law Does Not Call for 10-Cent Charge. Here is good news for newlyweds and those who hope to be. -No revenue stamp is necessary on a marriage cer- tificate in Missouri or Illinois. Until now many ministers and Justices of the Peace in St. Louis, Clayton, St. Charles, Alton, Edwardsville, Belleville, Srringfield and other places to which the Cupid Express Line runs, have been under the impression that it was nec- essary to put a 10-cent war tax stamp on each certificate given to the con- tracting parties. Some Justices have been charging 10 cents extra for per- forming marriages since the war tax went into effect. Others, in order to attract business, have announced that they would stand the cost of the reve- nue stamp, Many Marriages. Since the emergency tax law went into effect there have been hundreds of marriages in Missouri and Illinois and in each case a revenue stamp was afixed to the certificates, The expenditure of all those dimes was unnecessary. George H. Moore, in- ternal revenue collector at St. Louls and John M. Rapp, internal revenue collector at Fast St. Louis, are agreed on this point. That war stamps“ are nek required on marriage certificates in Illinois was made known yesterday by Rapp in a letter written to the Rev. C. W. Reese of Belleville. Collector Moore was asked about it and he at first said Rapp was mis- taken, but after looking through ths records of his office he found a rulings which sustained Rapp. This is Treas- a clause of which says that a marriage certificate to be returned to any official of any State, [county or town requires no stamp and that a certificate to be given by the of- ficiating minister or justice to the con- tracting parties, if required by law, must bear a 10-cent stamp. Saved by Four Words. Those four little words, “if required by law,” are the ones that absolve Cupid from the war tax“ in Missouri and Illinois. The laws of these states do not re- quire that the clergyman or Justice shall give a marriage certificate to the don- tracting parties. If he does give one his action is purely voluntary and as the | certificate is not “required by law“ no yenue stamp is necessary. Two will beat as one | if you bu a diamond ring for R Christm ft. Lof- tis Bros. & C., the National Brodit Jewelers, 2d floor. 308 . 6th st. Open evenings. HEAR May old Santa Claus surprise you with ons of those big glass VELVET humidors. And may your old pipe be the sweeter for being filled with mellow VELVET. a , 4 a 1 NN 2 e Z BELGIUM BATTLE PICTURES WILL BE SHUWN TOMORROW 4200 Feet of Remarkable Film at the Garrick Theater From 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. — — Tomorrow from 11 a. m. to ll p. m und every day next week between the seme hours there will be shown at the Garrick Theater 4200 feet of the first and only motion pictures taken on the European battlefield. These vivid motion pictures drive home with tremendous power the grim ,mean- ing of war. The great tragedy of the war—the destruction of towns and cities, the driving out of the people into home- less desolation—is put before American eyes in all its dreariness in these pic- tures, Cities are battered into ruins. Men, women and children leave the homes in which they have lived peace- fully all their Iives and become wan- derers, with fio place to lay their heads. That they go in haste and panio is shown by treir faces, by the fact that 4many of the women are without outer garments, while others are well Wrap- ped, indicating that the air was cool at the time of the @xodus. The women who forgot their own needs are often the mothers with little children to care for. Their babies are comfortably clothed, but it is easy to see, as the little ones trail: along, losing hold of their mother’s skirts, then running to cvertake her, how readily they might become separated from her, never to be found by her again. The little waifs in Belgium; it may well be believed, are not all orphans; their mothers still search for them with heartache and tears. But the purple testament of bleeding war“ ig seen in the wounded, handled so gently by orderlies and nurses, and by the huddled dead on city strees where the enemy’s guns have laid them. Edwin F. Wiegle, an American pho tographer, took these pictures, grinding away at his camera while shells burst all about him. His pictures show six German victories: The fall of Antwerp, the battles of Alost, Aerschott, Malines, Lierre and Termonde. They were taken under an exclusive contract with the Pelgian Government for the Chicagn Tribune and are shown in St. Louisa under the auspices of the Post-Dispatch. YOUR BEST GIRL wants a diamond rine for a Christmas ent. Loftis Bros. & will will trust you. . . ath 1 lf RHEUM TTCHED AND BURNED On Face, Neck and Hands. Scratching Irritated, Face Disfi Not Put Hands in 5 ned I : 211 = ffefiel — ; : i 71 HOUSE, HE SAYS Alton Man Declares Thief Awoke and Slugged Him and Then Set Place Afire. After the two-story frame residence of Clyde Reach, a chauffeur, at 1910 heall avenue. Alton, had been destroyed by fire last night Roach told of an en- counter with a negro burgiar, who, he seid, he believed had set fire to the house. Reach owned the house and it was in- sured for enough to cover the which he estimtted at $1500. Mrs. h several days ago went to visit friends at Jacksonville, I. Roach sad he was awakened by g noise about Il p. m. He turned on an electric light and stepped into the hal! at the top of the stairs. There, he said he met a negro burglar, with whom he grappled, According to Roach’s story the negro pushed him back into the bedroom and Roach picked up a revolver from the on the head with a “billy,” knocking him unconscious. When he regained consciousness the room was full of smoke, Firemen found a rope of sheets knotted together hanging from the sill of Roach’s bedroom window. Roach said he supposed he used this to escape from the house, but could not remember doing it. 1 John Thies, who itves next door, said Roach aroused him and told him his house had been set on fire by a burglar. Thies turned in a fire alarm and had Roach sent to a hospital, as he said his back and chest were hurt in the fight with the negro. Roach’s only out- ward injuries are a bruise on the wrist and a small cut on the arm. For Cold Storage in Your Basement. Get a concrete ble or wi It, Mincke Monolithic ucts Co n — N anyone and could not account for dresser and 8 shots, but missed ee him. The negro, he said, then hit him room Vincenzo Napoli, 81 years old, sur- fering with wounds corresponding with those described by the physician. Napoli said he had had no trouble the wounds. He was taken to the city hospital, where it was found one of the bullets had penetrated his lung. Napio Napoli, brother of one of the wounded men, who roomed with both of them at the Biddle street address, said he knew of no trouble. The first he heard of the shooting, he said, was when his brother ran into the room and said he had been wounded. Two bullet holes in the front window of Sam Bruno’s saloon, 901 Biddle street, convinced the police the shooting had occurred on the sidewalk in front of 904 Biddle street, but no revolvers were found, The police theory was that Dilibarti and Napoli fought a dued in front of their rooming house and disposed of thelr revolvers before the police ar- rived. Both men are in a critical con- dition. Gusy Bee Tea Rooms, 417 N. 7th St.. e First and Only Motion Pictures OF THE Begin Tomorrow, _ Theater, li A M. came into its own today. The Stock aap 2 closed for nearly tour and a half months, except for limited trading in bonds during the last ton | weeks, was reopened at 10 o'clock — this morning for active trading. n stock. One hundred and ra issues were 2 by the gover- ö nors for trading and though other issues were barred, notably U. — States Steel, activity on the ae the exchange revived memories: * the big days 10 years age. The market opened and closed | lery on the west wall. The visitors’ gallery was chillies Half or more of the hundreds 2 gazed down at the unusual scene on ee floor were women. 5 The largest single trans Res recorded during the early trading wad: i a sale of a block of 1400 shares of Reading. This stock opened more than 5 points above the | prices and closed eight points up and was the feature of the trading. Trading today was only for cash. Ian this way the governors sought to curb speculation—and succeeded, it was be- Heved, at the expense of the n a | trading. Bell phone. } Delightful place for Shoppers to Lunch. : — c x wx 2 ; g @ The horrors, the pathos, the splendid spectacle of war, are 80 vividly shown in the 4200 feet of motion pictures which will be ex. hibited at tige ‘Garrick | Theater Beginning tomorrow, Sunday, at 1 la. m., that the beholder believes he is in the center of bursting shells and falling cities. These reels were taken on the battlefields of Alost, Malines, Lierre, Termonde, Aer- schott and Antwerp, by Edwin F. Wie- gle, for the Chicago Tribune, under ex- clusive contract with the Belgian Go. ernment, and are

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; : : ; 1 | : ö * | lam Travers Jerome, as District Attor- lars to men Who had lost heavily in valded the famous Canfield Club at 5 \ the aggregate play was not as large at _ #netances, was far greatér than any at 2 record. for example, that Reginald Van- age dorbiit at one time owed Canfield 8300, _ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH _ | GIRLS WHO SOLD. SEALS TO: AID RED CROSS FUND NED GAMBLER New York Plunger Was Famous as Man Who Played Higher Than Monte Carlo. RICH MEN HIS CUSTOMERS ‘Reggie Vanderbilt Once Owed $300,000 to Him; Gaming Palace at Saratoga. D Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Dec. 12—Richard Can- Reid. biggest gambler and sporting man this country, a lover of art and a friend of thousands of men of national Prominence, died yesterday afternoon in his home, on Madison avenue, from a fracture of the skull, resulting from a fall on the stairs of the Fourteenth street subway station Thursday aft- ernoon. Canfield was alone when he fell and was picked up and carried to the start- er’e booth in the station. Later Dr. Wagenhals found Canfield dazed and suffering from a bad cut on the chin. The injured man was taken to his home and went to bed immediately. ‘His housekeeper, Virginia M. Kelly. went to Canfield’s room early yesterday morning, but was told by him that he was all right. Later she visited the room again and found him breathing in u manner that alarmed her. Three physiciar were summoned and they performed a lumbar puncture, which proved that thé sporting man was dying. Ceroner Makes Statement. When death occurred at 3:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon, Coroner Feinberg investigated and then made this state- ment: Mr. Canfield died from a fracture of the skull at the base, ‘contre coup.’ That fs the medical expression for a skull fracture caused by a blow on another part of the body. It is similar to the eccasional deaths of pugilists after be- ing struck a particularly heavy blow on the chin, and in almost every case sev- eral hours pass before the effects of the blow show. I find nothing suspicious in Mr. Canfield’s death.” Canfie!d, the inscrutable leader of the tation’s gambling fraternity for years, Was a man who never talked for publi- cation and seldom talked to anyone he did not know intimately; one who never drank and never played a game of cards for money, but operated clubs where others might gamble on a scale compar. able only to Monte Cario. The operating of gambling clubs was the business of his life—and yet his heart interest centered around the beau- tiful in art. Whistler was his intimate friend, and he owned at one time a col- lection of that artist's ofls, water colors, » pastels, pen and ink sketches and penc!] ‘@rawings which he valued at $300,000—- a Whistler collection regarded by art connoisseurs as second only to that held by Charles L. Freer of Detroit. Long Fight With Jerome. Canfield had many stanch friends and as many bitter enemies. He gave Wil- ney, two years of legal warfare before Jerome succeeded in having the courts of this State fine Canfield $1000 for being a “common gambler.’’ Canfield ran at ‘Saratoga in the paimy days of racing in this State the greatest and finest gambling institution in the country. It was exclusively fer the rich. No poor Man and no piker“ was ever permit- ted to play in it, a rule that he applied in every club he ever operated. More than that, no citizen of Saratoga was ever allowed to gamble a cent in this “Monte Carlo of America.” Canfield kept close watch over his cus- tomers’ financial standing through a commercial agency of his don and there are numerous instances on record where Yhe big gambler lent thousands of dol- his place. In this-club of Canfield’s almost any night the obsérver might see one or two United States Senators, a Cabinet mem- ber, a dozen members of Congress, two or three society leaders, a score of mil- lionatres and at least 50 of the best known sporting men in the country. In the dining room just off the gambling hall every table would be surrounded mightly by women wonderfully gowned ‘and gemmed and usually no drinks cheaper than champagne were ordered or served. Higher Limit Than Monte Carlo. For Canfield’s, though not as large as Monte Carlo, boasted a higher limit than ‘exists at the famous Casino; and, while “@Canfield’s the individual play in many Monte Carlo. It is a matter of court 000. Canfleld's downfall as a gambler began more than 12 years ago, when Jerome, ‘as District Attorney of this county, * SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS ON EXCHANGE BREAKS RECORD Dorothy Shelby and Edith MeCarthy Tied for Largest Single Collection. The sales of Red Cross Christmas seals yesterday to members of the Mer- chants’ Exchange exceeded the sales of any year since 1910. Miss Dorothy Shel- by and Miss Edith McCarthy, working under Mrs. William Dee Becker, gen- eral chairman of the seal campaign of the St. Louis Society for the Relief and Prevention of Tuberculosis, tied for the largest collections from any one firm. Mrs. Becker’s other assistants were Misses Helen Bolland, Dorothy Murphy, Isabell Devlin, Pearl McAllister, Char- lotte Boeckeler and Mildred Donnell. The campaign today is in the hotels and theaters, under the direction of Mrs. H. A. Steinwender Jr., chairman of the Hotel Day Committee, and Mrs. Morris Haas, chairman of the Theater Night Committee. Busy Bee Tea Rooms, 417 N. 7th St. Delightful place for Shoppers to Lunch. Councilman Is Against Proposed Park at Prairie and St. Louis Avenues. Councilman Meehan has been asked by the Chouteau-Lindell Improvement Association to oppose the proposed crea- tion of a small park at Prairie and St. Louis avenues, and has announced that he will do 80. This, Meehan says, has led to a mis- taken impression that he will oppose the Parkway at the request of the Chou- MEEHAN NOT OPPOSING PARKWAY. — ̃ ͤ 1! ¶ U LAL RECORDER WHO IS NOT CITIZEN SOON Resigned, Will Not Have to Wait 2 Years. WILL NOT RUN AGAIN Says He Thinks It Would Take Too Much Explaining to Make Another Campaign. Carl August Frederick Hemme of Hilisboro, Mo., who sent his resignation as Recorder of Jefferson County to Gov. Major yesterday, because he had dis- covered that he had exercised the rights and performed the duties of a citizen for 50 years and had been Recorder more than eight years without being a citizen of the United States, will not have to wait long for his citizenship. M. R. Bevington, Chief Naturalization Examiner of St. Louis, said today that Hemme would be naturalized under a provision of the law which applies to persons who have mistakenly supposed faith acted as citizens. He does not have to declare his intention and wait two years before receiving his second papers. His application, accompanied by an affidavit setting out the unusual cir- cumstances of his case, has been ap- proved by Bevington. Hemme will not again be a candidate for office, however. He is 71 years old and does not care to enter another cam- paign. For one thing, although he hon- estly believed he was a citizen when he was three times elected Recorder, he thinks it would take half an hour's talk- ing to explain it to some of his constitu- ents and he will not undertake it. Had Counted on 88000 Fees. He is continuing to perform the duties of the office, but when his successor comes he will take up his crutches, for he lost one of his legs when he was a carpenter, before he ran for office, and go home. He had counted upon the fees of the office for the next four year, about $8000, to provide for the needs of his wife and himself théreafter= He will get along the best he can on what he has, he says, and maybe he will have published some pieces of. music that he has composed and that will help. man neighbor get citizenship papers that disclosed that Hemme himself, al- though he had voted for half a century and held office more than eight years, was not a citizen. On July 22 John Frederick Gotfried Herget went to Hem- me and asked him to sign his applica- tion for naturalization. And Hemme said sure, and signed his name and declared that he was a citizen of the United States and certified to the wor- thiness of Herget to become a citizen too. i He did not know that one who signs a citizenship application puts himself under the necessity of proving his own citizenship. When Hemme was re quired to do that he could not. He had been brought to America in 1857 when he was 13 years old. His father had died a year later. When Hemme became of age he asked his neighbors whether he had to be naturalized and they told him he did not, because he had been a minor when his father brought him to this country. Hemme knew no better. Thinking himself a citizen he voted and has voted ever since. Eight years ago, following the injury that deprived him ot one of hig legs, he was nominated by the Republicans for Recorder and was elected. He gave satisfaction in the office and four years ago was re-elected without opposition. Last month he was again elected with- out opposition. Before the election there had been correspondence between him and Bev- ington and he had realized that he could not produce the proof of citizen- ship that Bevington required, but he felt in a vague sort of way that he was a citizen, even if he could not/ prove it, His hope that the thing would blow over and he would be permitted to serve out his term of office might have been realizedsif it had not been that Herget was rather a talkative person. He knew about the doubt that had been cast on Hemme’s citizenship and, without in- tending harm, told about it and pres- ently everybody was talking about it. Nothing remained but for Hemme to resign and apply for citizenship. resignation went a recommendation | of J. W. Eckle, Democrat, who was his opponent for the office eight years ago and was defeated by him. The discovery that Hemme is not a citizen and not qualified to hola office has caused some uneasiness among the 1600 persons who have been married in Jefferson County in on TOBE NATURALIZED Hillsboro Official 8 Years, Who themselves to be citizens and in good and the election was held and he was elected again. —" Friend Talked Too Muth. ISOLOIST SPIERING WINS TRIUMPH AS SYMPHONY'S STAR Modest Sincerity Marks Violin- ist’s Interpretation of Big Bruch Concerto. By RIPLEY D. SAUNDERS. HEODORE SPIERING’S return to 4 a St. Louis with the prestige of a Eurepean reputation attaching to his appearance as the violin soloist of the occasion was the distinguished event of yesterday's matinee concert by the Symphony Orchestra at the Odeon, 20 be repeated this evening. He chose as the medium of his re- introduction to a home“ audience the brilliant Bruch Concerto No. 1 in J Minor.“ in which the titanic Ysaye last was heard here and, revealing himself as a matured artist of earnest devotion to his life’s work, won the favor of the house to a. marked degree. His interpretation of the Bruch com- position reached its highest point of excellence in the adagio, the exquisite singing quality of which was finely brought out, and, although there was a certain lack of power in meeting the bigger demand of the score at one or two moments, the completed perform- ance of his task was scholarly in finisn and left a satisfying impression on the minds of his hearers. A temperamental modesty seems to forbid this artist's essaying anything like boldly emphasized effects, but at all times the conscientious and admir- ably trained musician was in evidence, and he seemed cordially to commend himself te the favor of the house. Prolonged applause followed his per- form®nce, but, true to foreign custom and in keeping with Conductor Zach’s own preference, he declined to respond with an encore, contenting himself with many bowing acknowledgments of the audience’s approval of his work. The program’s orchestral numbers with Chadwick’s sincerely and notably emotional dra- matic overture, Melpomene,“ fol- lowed by the Schumann “Symphony No. 2 in C Major,” and closing with Rimsky-Korsakow’'s Caprice Espag- nol,” and the instrumentalists under Max Zach’s conductorship emerged from their performance with well- deserved distinction. The beauty of the Chadwick werk began worthy It was his willingness to help a Ger- ] was well brought out, and the Schu- mann symphony, especially in its delicately joyous second and fourth movements, was most competentby presented. The strongest popular appeal of Ine program’s voicing was encoun- tered in the Rimsky-Korsakow num- ber, a finely spirited blend of Span- ish passion grafted on Russian mel- ancholy, and it was in this offering that the orchestra most noticeably pleased its audience. The program as a whole proved distinctly inter- esting. AND body KEEPS CHILDREN WELL Strong—Father John’s Medicine, builder, : HAIRPINS AT ROBBERY SCENE Police are wofking upon a theory that a woman may have helped blow the safe in the saloon of Herman Krah, 744 Gravois avenue, early yesterday. Several hairpins and a button, evidently from a woman’s coat, were found on the floor near the safe. The door of the safe was blown about fifteen feet across the room and the rob- bers obtained $75 and some papers. Henry Maroncy, who passed the saloon about 1:30 a. m. on his way to work, said he saw a woman walking rapidly, about 100 feet in front of him, and that she was joined by a man. An automobile standing nearby was driven away, Maroney said, but he did not see whether the woman and man entered it. — — — — — — 1 He has done both. Accompanying his of the Governor for the appointment ; °® S®es2e2e0 GIRL HELD FOR $8000 FRAUDS 10 BE PROSECUTED Kansas City Detectives Unable to Solve Mystery of What She Did With Money. Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 12.—Miss Laura Catherman, former telephone op- erator, who is under arrest charged with check forgerles running into the thousands of dollars, must stand trial on at least one of the accusations against her. A forma] complaint was sworn to before the County Prosecutor late yes- terday afternoon, and she will be ar- raigned in a justice court as soon as she is able to leave the General Hospi- tal, where she is in a hysterical condi- tion. Different charges number now about They range from a check forgery for a few dollars to the manipulacion of her father’s bank account, by which she is supposed to have obtained about $5000, Altogether the money involved amounts to more than $8000. The solu- tion of the mystery of what the girl did with the money is yet in the theory stage. “We have not finished the investiga- tion,” one of the detectives working on the cape said today. We expect to find the money, and it is our belief it has been placed in a deposit vault some- where in the city. We are working on information given us by persons other than Miss Catherman.“ Detectives Discovered Forgeries. Private detectives discovered the for- gerles committed by Miss Catherman. The arrest and subsequent developments were the result of the work done by the city detectives. The family also believes that Miss Catherman has the money in a safety deposit vault at some downtown bank. A physician with offices in the Argyle Bullding telephoned to police headquar- ters that Miss Catherman appeared at his office some time ago and requested medical treatment. The physician treat- ed her and she paid his bill, which amounted to $25. The next day he cashed a check for $50 for her. It was returned. Miss Catherman visited Mrs: Frank A. Smith of 1089 Minnesota avenue, Kan- sas City, Kan., and spent the night at her home a short time ago. Mrs. Smith had a chamois skin jewel bag around her neck containing one $100 bill, $18 in bills of small denominations, a diamond ring worth $75 and a gold watch. When Mrs. Smith awoke the next morning the bag was gone, she reported. She Confessed Theft. A detective was put on the case and found two $100 Pills. One led to Miss Catherman. She confessed. The con- tents of the bag were recovered. The charge which was filed against Miss Catherman yesterday was made at the request of detectives. The check in question bears the name of G. F. Sanders, made out to the Kahn Cloth- ing Co. It is for $25 and was drawn on the Commercial State Bank of Rose- dale. Says She Cannot Remember. Two other charges of theft and for- gery were made against Miss Cather- man last night. Physicians at the hospital this morn- ing said Miss Catherman’s condition has not improved since she was taken there. ‘TIT can't remember,“ is the answer she gives to all questions about the forger- ies. It will probably be several days be- fore she can be removed from the hos- pital. All of the banks and trust companies of the city have been visited and at none of these places has it been found that the young woman has an account. She gave the names of two places, but the heads of these two institutions em- phatically denied that she had money in their banks. — —— Important Change in Time on the lron Mountain Sunday, Dec. 13th On and aftcr that date train for LITTLE ROCK, HOT SPRINGS, TEXARKANA, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, EL PASO, SAN ANTONIO, LAREDO, a3 SE Bar MBE a „„ ON MMS oO eee „ n B OE a ee ie Shave pute, e i Reap n REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS — WILD LIFE OOD wife, bring me my trusty bow, That I may kill yon carrion crow! g much to eat, ll be a feat. A crow is noth But hitting it It is a drop from buffalo And other edibles to crow, But one's own grievance is but small When one has helped to kill them all. When Plymouth Rock achieved its fame This continent was full of game. The plains were covered by the herds, And all the woods were full of birds. There were respects in which, no doubt, We had to thin those creatures out. But who imagined in his bliss We ever would get down to this? My arrows, also, if you will. Poor crow! A very pretty kill. They say it feeds on chinch bugs, flies And other pests, but still it dies. To kill it is such splendid fun, If one but has a bow or gun. Iney say we might have saved the crops From army worms and grasserhops By sparing robins, thrushes, larks. Dickcissels, whippoorwills and starks. I do not know. It may be so. I love to shoot my trusty bow; And when the slaughter is complete, We'll shoot the bugs they used to eat. “Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice,.“ by Dr. William T. Hornaday. (Yale University Press, New Haven.) — — AMERICA A CENTURY 460. AILLARD HUNT has supplied a G most valuable addition to the historical literature of this coun- try in his Life in America 100 Years Ago.“ The book is an authoritative work on the manners, customs, habits and achievements of the American people a century ago. It is clearly written in an entertaining style, which adds to rather then detracts from its historical value. The chapters, each covering a differ- ent subject, appear like pictures of our forefathers. The pictures of the great men of that day are carefully drawn and the reader's views of them, if formed by the histories of school days, will be changed. The book was written in commemoration of the 100 years of peace between the United States and En- gland, and is very different from most books resulting from like occasions. The historical data is accurate and was ob- tained by the author through a long study of official documents, state papers and other available material. (Harper & Bros.) Who is the best dancer in St. Louis? G tory” is a “triumph of the tab- loid. It shows, in a sheet which can be held at arm’s length and surveyed in a few minutes, the main facts of the Eu- ropean history for nearly 1200 years. All the student has to do is to trade with his finger, from the present name of each European nation, its record back into the Merovingian, Saracen and oth- er medieval periods. Ten maps, and a series of historic notes over the whole add to the chart’s graphic character. (Graphic Text Book Co., New York.) HISTORY AT A GLANCE, EORGE E. CROSCUP’S Syn- chronic Chart of European His- HARRY: I'll be your sweetheart if you buy me a diamond ring for a Christmas gift at Loftis Bros Co., the Nationa! Credit Jew- elers, 2d l. 808 N. 6th st. Open evenings. ————— 1 TOLD YOU so.” 2 BLATCH FORD, the So- cialist leader, who stirred England four years ago with his articles about Germany and a possible invasion of England, h&s reprinted the articles in a little book entitled Germany and England.” The book is of particular interest now as a sort of I told you so.“ Of course the solution proposed in the book is no real solution of the problem of war and peace. Larger armaments will never make for peace Abolition of standing armies will do it. (Edward J. Clode.) Oakes Novelty Center Chocolat. +. Fach piece an agreeable surprise; 4c w., 3 Ibs. for $1. 512 Locust. WEST POINT. WOMAN who knows West Point A life, Florence Kimball Russell, wife of a former instructor in the military academy, has written a West Point story, “From Chevrons to Shoulder Straps.” The book tells of the junior and senior years of Jack Stirling, whose earlier years were re- lated in a former volume. The story has a manly and wholesome tone, and there are six illustrations by John Goss. (Page.) — T OF WINNING A HEART hes ig - a genuine diamond ring for stmas, from Loftis Bros. & Co., the Na- in | “Beauty and Nich” By Philip Gibbs. (Devin-Adgir Co.) NICKS bp tb SHES VD BHD IY WITH BEAuTY RUNS n DANVERS, LEAVES NICK, ANo HIS FAT HER, TO SHIFT Fon. THEMSELVES Ws UP HE DESERTS HIS FATHER aro iS ART ven wig MeérHEeR fone drs WIM], AGAIN TO - RYN AWAY WITH ONE OF HER MANY ADMIRERS E Nick RETURNS TO pcs FAT HE susT wf Timi TS KEEP Him FROM sGHOOTING' HMSELF - ANO "THEY: DECIDE. TO BECOME, CHUMS Proms WORK. HARD - AND FoRGET THEIR, TROUBLES u. oD Times, eh, das? derstand the value of a school educa- THE BEST SELLERS. OLLOWING is a summary of the — St. Louis booksellers’ reports té the Post-Dispatch on the best, sell ing books the past week. The leading book on the list is given six points, the second best is given five points, etc.: . Points L “Eyes of the World,” H. B. Wright (Book Supply Co.. If “Polly Anna,” E. Porter (Page Co.) + “The Witch,” M. Johnson (Hough- ton-Mifflin) .. , “Saturday Child,” C. Norse (Mac millan) .. ..-... 0 “Prince of Graustark,” M (Dos. - Me . “Auction Block, Rex Beach (Har- DOTS) „bee ee ese & „ „„ „„ „„„%„ „ „ „ „„ „60. 1 A SAD ENGLISH STORY. OWN in the south of England, of [) a farm near the point where the counties of Kent, Surrey and gus- sex converge, lived two brothers and a sister, whose sad careers are told in “The Three Furlongers, by Sheila K aye-Smith. The troubles of the little family began when the youngest brother, becoming adventurous and ambitious, plunged into what is known in America as “high finance,’ and got entangled in certain frauds, for which he had to pay a pen- alty of three years’ imprisonment. He ie welcomed to the home circle when he comes out, but the incident darkens his life and leads to many unhappy com- plications. The sister—a most lovable character—despairs of marrying honor- ubly, because her afflanced has an over- righteous father who will not consent to the betrothal. The long delay leads tc disaster the young man turning out a contemptible coward. The brother who has done no wrong tries to kill his sister’s betrayer, but loses his life in- stead. Finally, the ex-convict retrieves himself and wins a certain happiness for himself and his sorrowing sister by becoming, through hard application, a successful musician. It is a story that cannot fail to arouse the reader's best sympathies. (Lippincott.) DEAR MARY: Announce our engagement at the Christmas dinner. I'll buy the dia- mopd ring at Loftis Bros. & Co., the Nae tional Credit Jewelers. 2d fl., 308 N. 6th et. MISUNDERSTANDING AN IDEA, P Ves PAY ENVELOPR,“ by John R. Mbader, is one of the books which used to come more frequently from publishers in days gone by. Now such books come very seldom, Times have changed, and people under- stand Socialism too well to read the kind of stuff which is presented in this book. The author does not understand the idea he tries to discuss. Instead of talking to “Mr. Smith” about plus value in ordl- nary industry he quotes examples which do not hold gooc and never could. Art and similar things do not come within the disc usslon of plus value. The author of the book does not understand eco- nomics. The book belongs to an era when any argument against Socialism | was readily accepted. (Devin-Adair.) tion. (Appleton.) — _ NEW PUBLICATIONS. > ~NEW PUBLICATIONS. THE BEST of the Six Best Sellers For Christmas Giving } Harold Bell Wright’s Greatest Novel THE EYES OF THE WORLD Illustrations in Colors The December Bookman’s report of the six best selling books in the United States gives „The Eyes of the World’’ 268 points. The second, or next best, received orfly 195 points. The sixth best seller received but 67 points. Boston Globe says: best and certainly one of the cleanest of the books of the year. The Kansas City S'ar says: author has written a book that will rank with The Shepherd of the Hills” and “The Winning of Barbara Worth.“ $1.35 at All Bookstores The Book Supply Company, a 9s — rere) The It is one of the Beyond a doubt the eee —:ä— — — — — ſ— — — Sunset Route to California takes you through the sunny and romantic South) from New Orleans, through Louisiana and Texas, via Houston, San Antonio and El Paso, along the Mexican border line, across Arizona into Southern California. Now you are in the land of snowy mountains, flanked D. Dts a t , eee eee a B 0 * Pit — ee yes 9 3 VE * re - 2 wept Ze at „ Toy DU ving RY APR te Foe the past eight years marriage licenses issued by Hemme, but Prose- cuting Attorney Miller is sure that no question will be raised as to the validity of Hemme's acts. The courts, he finds, have held valid the acts of a notary public who held the ofice under a misapprehension as to his citizenship and Miller trinks the case of Hemme will come under the same ruling. A GREAT BIG SURPRISE The very latest is sending a Remem- brance by parcel post or express to the absent ones. Then let it be a fancy box or basket of Plows selected candies. Everything in this season's novelties and candies at prices most inviting. Place all orders now to insure early delivery. Candies, packed for you in half-pound to 10-pound boxes, sent anywhere. Our three-pourld for $1.00 special can’t be beaten. Everything the best at Plows, 621 Olive street. The 1 oF pal PPL — 0 ‘ Cc ‘Bast Forty-fourth street. Canfield and tional - his manager, Dave Bucklin, were in- _ -@ieted as common gamblers, and their oe trial ereated a great stir in this city. _ Startling revelations, in which the ‘names of men prominent in the city’s business and social life figured, came 5 to Nght at every court session. Jerome * ‘Yashed Canfield verbally, but the gam- dier never made a statement in an- are: Approximately $30,000 was spent . dence against the to the enormous teau-Lindell association. The associa- tion, he says, has not requested him to oppose the parkway. Credit Jewelers. 2d floor, 308 N Sth. and girdled by flowery meadows, — feathery palms, lilies and roses—overall a marve sapphire sky. Meantimo you have traveled on a fine train, borne by an oil-burning engine, over an oiled road-bed. No smoke, no dust, no cinders. The route of low altitudes, the open window route to the Panama-Pacific Exposi- tion at San Francisco and the Panama-California Ex- HOUSTON, GALVESTON and intermediate points will leave St. Louis Union Station daily at 8:20 g. m. Tower Grove at 8:30 p. m. Broadway at 8:49 p. m. City Ticket Office 7th and Olive ‘Main 1000, Central 6001 AN AMUSING SATIRE, 46 RTHOD OTT.“ by Nina Wil- O cox Putnam, fitly could have been named hypocricy, since it Is a portrayal of that ignoble quality. is written in the form of a one-act * but could never be presented suc- position at San Diego. cessfully, however. It is merely an amusing satire making for a laugh in th ading. (Kennerley.) Southern P acific ee B. HILD, G. A. Who is the best dancer in St. Louis? Pt Bell, Ol St, St Lele Mos 10 — V ot school life will find an un- usual appeal in this new voca- tional story by Wililam Heyliger, the author of a number of baseball stories Price, the young orphan hero of “Off Side,” having missed the exciting fun that is buried away in dull-looking books, persuades his uncle to let him 21 PACIFIC | give up school and go into business. * b herited art talent in Sold by all druggists. For sample free, * . | How he finds an in > write to Dept. 1-P, Resinel, Baltimore, Md. the —— ts apron office is 222 2254 4 2 % „„ 6 „„ 4 „ i a story that w elp many boys to un- The Holidays Are profitable if you use our Facsimile Letters, Mailing Lists. etc. Deema, the Letter Man, 720 Olive st. : $2931 SHORTAGE DISCLOSED Suit Filed to Recover Amount From Lincoln Mutual Aid Treasurer. An hilleged shortage of $2981 in the ac- counts of Henry Hohmeyer, treasurer of the Lincoln Mutual Aid Society of St. Leuis, was discleeed yesterday when William F. Dunkman of A Clarence avenue, president of the organisation filed suit to recover the money. Hohmeyer deposited the money of the society, in his own name, in the Broad- way Savings Trust Co., but was not au- thorized to withdraw it without author- ity from other officers. Hohmeyer has not been seen by members of the or- ganization since Nov. 10, according to Attorney ‘Karl M. Veteburg, who filed the suit. e Resinol Soap Bathe your face for several min- 2 7 utes with Resinol Soap and hot ¢ 2 water, working the creamy lather 7 2 into the skin gently with the fin- $ © ger-tips. Wash off with Resinol : Soap and more hot water. Finish 2 with a dash of cold water to close 2 the pores. — Do this once or twice a day, and . you will be astonished to find how 8 ckly the healing, antiseptic 2 medication soothes and ? 8 “OFF SIDE.” ANY a boy who has grown tired — . 6 ²˙ m — ALLL LAD wt ot Lee eee ae ae WHO'S THE a news- eh he.

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, SATURD AY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1914. S rr | ST.LOUISPOST.DISPATCH] A CONVICTLESS SOUTH CAROLINA. | less! enforces the legal penalties, which may] e — — rae — —ä — The erratic Gov. Cole Blease of South Carolina amount to more than the original tax. Dodgers JJGC.õͤͥ ae io S ses SUSE Nig ‘Woundet by JOSEPH PULITZER, Dec. 12, 1878. ° 50 | would better settle. They will save money. S Soi onsite Mca ay SAEED SCAT oe IPOS ira eam Ring 2b eae Pudlished dy the Pulitzer Publishing Co pardoned 3450 convicts since 1911. Only . Ge CCFF́E᷑::: S 210-212 N. Broadway. 7 still remain in the penitentiary, and he announces tak ä ) dern da. that he will turn these loose on Christmas day,] In the record of things wish to nate in the aad bundey, sue pear. MATH IH ADVAN) | leaving the institution untenanted. European war, it is worth while to sg rit june OMG % rr $8 For such a wholesale and indiscriminate exer- the Blue Cross, an organization of trained men to one year Out 1175 * : Reese Rea per cise of clem on the part of this misguided give relief to sick and e horses. ö ee: 5 5 : : 5 Se — 2 25 5 pete , 1 ‘ i 7 ‘ ? Ri cM CRT eS Si net O. A. B.—Oc. 8, 18%, Thursday. A A = i, Mile + > „„ „eee £68 Fee eee „ „„ „ „ eee ree 600 , + . express money order oF Governor to have a wholly salutary influence ARB tA Ce a: 9 eae . i : St. Louis, Mo. as second-class} would be contrary to all experience. But over SAD Loss TO AGRICULTURE. 22272727 EE RE Pe 2 H. R.—St. Nicholas day, Der. = = §% — against the disadvantageous effects it may be ex- In the return to the city of William Marion F222 ̃ T ĩͤ eg term ig cates E. S. J.—Thanksgiving, 1903, Nov. . “ eee THE POST-DISPATCH PLATFORM. pected to have may be set the instruction that will —— n agriculture| [> re aCe eae . 55 ˙ĩð» . Behe igig, L*~Gould-Shepard wedding, Ja. 2 4) | | come from a most interesting experiment. sustains a =o eet Re aN 725725. 29 SCHOOLGIRL. — Congress | I know that my retirement will make Here an old, long-settled Commonwealth, which] The straddle-bug farmer has one foot on the f*% 2 c EP see . nb 1 mo difference in its cardinal principles, nas the same problems as all other Common- farm and the other pedal wee 1 a rathskel-| R emer aah i TS es ETIQUETTE. 1 that it will always fight for progress || wealths belonging to its civilization, in which the ler. Naturally, he should Save very long legs, of | E e ß ae 9 n ay Pes i 4 — 1 vs the true straddle-bug order. No thick-set, short-/ Ff... rege TRIAS AER 2 er x 2 er * : 3 Fra * ANXIOUS.—A girl who Ig of is 7 15 and reform, never tolerate inſustice or || ‘eign of justice involves the same struggle with PEM APA ME em . a a corruption, always fight —— of the lawless and the e compromise between the legged and e een ee e e ebe e 5 4 i wiry AE Ese i 2 ee hee correctly call but it ts all bel ideal and the actual as in other Commonwealths, | Part. 5 A a 2 K nl be + usual to speak | parties, never belong to any party, vin be suddenly transformed into an Arcadia Many literary men have put one foot on the) r ,, Os * mentally s en early age. 0 always oppose privileged classes and Nowhere in territory inhabited by 1,515,400 peo-| farm and kept the other, for long or short periods, E. 128 8 tes in city offices, counting rooms or facing glittering . erna two a | lic plunderers, never lack ple will the unpleasant spectacle be presented of ) aries: es Gras public pl — bars. It is always a difficult feat. There was Hor-| Pe : 2 n eee ee , 77 cures seats for the ladies in the front with the poor, always remain devoted human beings undergoing involuntary servitude as ! 3 ae : : * a punishment for crime, coerced into absolute sub- ace Greeley, the greatest of book-farmers, ot whom eee J lof the car, he is justified in : : | Pes a seat on the sandbox on siete rm. to the public welfare, never be satisfied jection to masters placed over them by the law. it was said that he always had to consult his] Biju essing i ae “A (lf with merely printing news, always be With unlocked prison doors, unoccupied prison | agricultural literature before he dared to tickle independent, never be afraid || wardens and deserted, echoing prison shops, a] the ground. Later, E. P. Roe, author of many suc-| Be 8 cessful novela, told the public how to make a for-| P 2-1. ꝙꝓ¶ 200) im to attack whether b body politic will attempt to fulfill the purposes for wrong, y predatory which men associate themselves in body politics,|tune from growing small fruits, but made his own plutocracy or predatory verty. JOSEPH ran . Where is there record elsewhere of a sociological | living with his pen. ats status so remarkable? There are men in our day, such as William R. age! , we 1 j | April 10, 1907. How 1 m it last? Lighton, who successfully lead a double life as| fis e eae ne 852 : . | Gat 2 Pearl Ascot. or 1 Starting new with the beginning of the new/|agriculturist and litterateur. We believe that, ee PEATE ONC a ae sop iy 2 * : : rr gloves Gloves—Pearl 77 8 7 — or glace, to match cra POST-DISPATCH en eee ö we na * one year from the coming holiday season? fellows, and possible Prohibitionists. At any . N . 8 . —— or 6 No well balanced Governor would have dared to] rate, their real hobby is the soil Se GA 8 wet — — — wane Circulation become responsible for so dangerous an experi-| Who knows what absquatulous leaps and | ment. But the heedless Mr. Blease having made] bounds American agriculture might have made : ths ° it-possible, we shall all watch most curiously the] had Farmer Reedy been of such stern stuff as 11 Mon of 1914: to set both feet firmly on the unpaved earth. 1 * n — 5 r cw * n 1 * — * . * r N ’ — re Ort i: 1 outcome. Crime may increase a little or it may 8 . — keneous mass. en decrease. The probability is that we shall not get Having put his hand to the plow and looked back, wA Bor LP RIS wet it with strong su g 1 22 eee gs! i> ae l thin la of it DAIL SUNDAY very far away from former standards of judg- we may expect the city with its myriad. wiles Will] pect Cen 2 2 — * ee n 3 ment. But, at any rate, no cataclysm may be ex- not let him go again. There is but ons excuse | RPA ur. ELS eee, 1 e perfectly ge 322 0 N 5 7 * Ane f aving vanished, and the > 4 176,349 313,134 f be. / 0 ² ͤ »das Ramanan) | ‘ : ä Ee a Ke eg”. : WPT TGP 2 ·˙ | {2s appearance , 7 of 24 N * } 4, a Pe 5 92 . 4 Pee ee * oben awe S. . ‘ 4 N 1 . 2 1 7 ; ef fa 22 RS. . 2 — not averted from states by locking men up in great — * 5 4a | Twenty American Governments have formally| EE 2 1 a; N . 5 ate hot, is ade to waterproof & 1 article will be flexible. To Biarest West of the Ma stsstopi gray institutions where the air has a prison fetor gig ok Py; and where they accumulate prison pallor it might] demanded that Europe's belligerents cease trou-| { Sid 2 . a, pt Cra pe ; ! 8 r umbrellas: Sponge cloth on beth sides Rede. (Pao. pt with solution of 1 part nan 1 22395 — — do profitable to us, it might result in some in- bling their neutral waters and raiding their neu-| #7:/ 7p . 1 „ a er sulphate f , - 4 ö 8 r alumina in 10 parts water, LETTERS FROM THE P EOP stances in a better quality of justice. tral commerce, Can the Europeans take a hint? 5 7 Cay, 8 1 Peis fey x | . solution of soap, which is — 8 ooo oo BES, „ fr 9 AN ee boiling 1 part light-colored n end 3 , ofl of te 9 2. N r gers crystallized carbonate of soda with 7 * Why a Ditch? STARVING TO DEATH COMFORTABLY. CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES. until the resin is Te the Darter of the Post-Dispatch. A Chicago University professor who has tried Mr. Carnegie opposes the Christmas truce in . 15 Pa . és ey wot gine RES „ The progressive element of St. Louis is making [it says that it is not painful to starve. He claims] Euro | EY * LE ORE ae r . pe, but it is not because he is figuring as om n * * 0 8 ere mon salt. 2 effort to secure 2 central parkway. a scientific basis for the statement that one can] the international Scrooge of the firing lines. He 7 Bes n 9) OE ON, | F — 1 sponging, rinse in the rain. (For holes, that the city may be more beautiful.: But before 0 we have secured the parkway, othrs have made starve to death quite comfortably, provided one] thinks it would be inconsistent to resume the n inside.) plans for a subway through it, which in no way is able so to adjust his mind to conditions as to/ murder again after it had been stopped for a few a a ee si . cam add to its beauty. Much property is to de forget that one IS slowly starving to death.” hours or a few da ; ys in deference to the spirit of H. S. H. M.—Cost of divorces, $34 to Senmomnes and more money is to be spent in car] Belgians will please take notice. the Nativity. But murder resumed would be no 303. 5 K | a 7 SS — ß ß — c —ů—j—j— j j j —j—j— — MINOR.— Minor is not Hable for con- oo —— FP T eee rying out the parkway plans, but why a ditch (de- Sage A. pression) through the center of it? —— more inconsistent than murder continued while tract in buying jewelry. : U + E Written for the POS T-DIS PATCH (| JEFF.—The bill in regard to If the proposed subway is built by the city it is MR. DELBRIDGE’S BEEFSTEAK. the rest of the world gave itself over to the re- | estimated that its cost will be $2,000,000, while it It is just as well that the Missouri Public|ligious and social observances of the great holiday. by Clark McAdams nigh provide for a transfer g for * C. L. - Write Secretary of State, Jef- would cost a private undertakin 14,000,000 to bulld one to * — city limits. —. 8 proposed Service Commission knows all about the strange The whole war is a ghastly paradox, an anachro- \ , eee , 2 — — route to Grand avenue is through congested dick and peculiar case of Mr. Delbridge’s beefsteak.jnism, an incongruity, an incompatability of ferson — tig 8 triets, it is reasonable to suppose that the ex- Finding that the two pounds of meat he had in] Christendom. BILLY BAXTER. Hard Winter Ahead. — * — * Billy Baxter, would I could Lovers of an open winter can gather little consolation] EDWARD.-—-Man will be delivered as pense connected with building that much of it rcoa ttracti would at least cost a private undertaking $5,000,- his ove t pocket was missing when he alighted The truce has a on as & practical means of Join you there in babyhood, from the convention of the weather prophets recently addressed. Shampoo formula may be 000 to $7,000,000, What private undertaking is the fiom a street car, Charles L. Delbridge, so he affording the exhausted soldiers a rest and in- Gladly would I toddle down held at Monocacy, Pa. The consensus of expert opinion sent by mail if properly packed; see city te save this money for? told the commission, jammed his way back into] trodueing for a brief time a few agreeable features Through the streets of baby-town, at that momentous gathering was that the winter is to |>°Stoffice about the packing. pe I have discussed the “open depression” idea the crowded United Railway conveyance, plucked | into the wretched life of the trenches. Christmas With thé winds that whisper true be severe—as to its length there was a divergence of Se —— t in- To my heart of such as you; views, but all agreed upon its rigorous qualities. Thus, | terested parties shall eac pay = ng or with a number of persons and they have all re- at a piece of brown paper he saw sticking out] in millions of homes would be less desolate if it plied: “Tf St. Louis is to have a subway, let it be Where a mother’s kiss can make according to the good old stand-by means of forecasting: | pense of division fence bu a aubweay, not a ditch.” from between two straphangers, standing back to] was known that it would bring some enjoyment to Baby’s heart forget its ache. The leaves of the trees did not turn red early this | Pairing, uniess there is an Persenally I am in favor of a central parkway, | back, and, Voila! there was his beefsteak. distant fathers and brothers at posts of danger. year, therefore there will be no long winter, but it ax wae 10 the in ; ng aR GI a pene ergy ben — —— . 2.2 nel Renee ae , l ereon. a men shall be demolished, only to eventually dig a ä .. — Care énth otand e en 3 ing is worth $000, covered 2222 ditch for some transit corporation. angles, had first forced the package up out of It is a crime to assault a Federal officer Waiting there near baby-land— The hose h perc tong “bet * rn against it for $3000, owner’s equity It has only been a short time since the free the pocket, had driven it like a wedge between the] serving a process, but not a crime to kill Waiting to transfix your heart have shaggy hair, which 000 & long winter. yp nell 89 2 prosecution bridge succeeded in shaking the Southern Traction | two sets of shoulders placed closely togethér, and| »im—Attorney-Generel Gregory. With his keen and poisoned dart, The hull on shellbarks and walnuts was thick this /|limitation in cases punishable ſ death _ franchise grant off its neck. Is the central park- had then kept it from falling to the floor in spite] Certainly it is a crime. Laws against homicide . year, and the winter will be severe. or life imprisonment, - Peniten of- way project to be burdened with a similar. mill- of the swaying of the passengers as the car rolled| exist in every state of the Union and in the Fed- W at the side of Care. The husk on the corn was very loose this year, —— 4 aaa „ ‘ — — „ eas and pitched. eral District. Persons who take a shot at United Good, and Bad, the twins of Fate, „ 3 1 2 t ae 8 „ jail) offenses, one year. Loiter by youth’s opening gate ere pie n , MISCE!.LANEOUS. Shopping and Lunching. What was the effect of this terrific pressure on] States officers have at least no greater immunity To oppress your tender heart there will be lots of snow and ice. BOPP.—See pretzel recipes at this or- To the Bditor of the Posi-Dispatch.' the tensile strength of the beefsteak? Mr. Del- than those who. shoot private citizens. It is | With confusion, and the smart I obtained a breastbone from a goose several days ace. ; | not a crime under Federal law, but, then, is it That doth follow, all along, ago and I read the markings. The bone is almost ZIZ,—Piey on date of Iroquois Theater The general cry now seems to be “Shop Early.”| bridge does not say. black. which indicat hard wint fire, “Mr. Bluebeard, Why not have a slogan “The Girls Must ” _| desirable to extend much further the already enor- _ What the world calls right and wrong. ack, W ndicates a hard winter. ° Eat.“ Of so lively a piece of porterhouse almost any et y * —— ws I observe in plowing last week, for several days | — — oy, 1 ba n 3 ce i — 3 3 e 7 * eat their din- thing might be predicted. It might even give up| mous list of Federal n B ̃ —»—„-— before the present cold spell, that it wae impossible Neg ee 5 ee en Now, We working girls have to eat our lunch its seat in a etreet car to a lady. Lee eRe to dig up beetles, ground worms or toads, and I am Park, in regara te animals for ft. and do our shopping early, as well as the rest.“ Why should the commission attempt to regulate ‘*TMMORAL’’ TAX LAWS. 1 1 eee . satisfied that they have gone deep in order to escape OLD LADY.—Magaszines be sent nen oa e tien the din our, when the | crowding during rush hours by so crude a method} “The Immoralities of Our Taxing System” was eit — . truth * vou. If . ‘ine fuss of those overwhelming indications, old 1 — twied unemployed utilize the dining table at our time as à count of passengers? It is a matter of aero-|the subject under which F. N. Judson made ex- Ere you leave the sun, and dew Boreas and Jack Frost have the bad taste to be easy with —— "yours Of 16 and @, usually iy. 4 as a rest room? A WORKING G 4 = statics, of dynamics. Just introduce a dynamo-| planation of some of the grotesque features of the Of God’s love, in baby-land; us, it will be a sad blow to an ancient and honorable art.] T. J. .- civil service office, — | and Olive, about revenue @ 98 * Make the Old Folks Hapry. 1 ie meter into each car and provide that when the] Missouri revenue laws. I would have you understand We could almost welcome a tough winter for the sake SUBSCRIBER. — dent g ° — 9 1 * „ — : Te the Waitor of the Post-Dispatch. pressure from overcrowding equals the pressure] The subject was well selected. The system has R gare per eee, a of having our boyhood signs vindicated.—Boston Post. any hospital in regard to training of The plight of the eight old women mentionea| Of three atmospheres, no more passengers may] features which are immoral as well as absurd. Carlyle, III. CLYDE ADDISON WRIGHT. | in the Post-Dispatch recently reminds one of thei be taken on. | The laws put a premium on falsehood and mis- —— With a heart for any row; Mexico City is in the Federal Mr. Rockefeller doesn’t look very much like Santa of Mexico. . n us 1d * oe ee ee umerous other old people in Various institutions ww — a representation. The immorality starts with taxing Claus, but the Belgians will find him highly efficient. Hoping suckers are not biting . miei ane — ey who will miss much, if not all, of the Christmas | cheer, They will not be able to purchase or make SAPETY FIRST ON THE BORDER. officers who, sworn to obey the law, violate it by anova Quite so fiercely, anyhow. ving boys of 17 education in exchange DECEMBER 12. — or work. Try writing any college | K n nurses. Let us all be up and fighting, J. B.—Mexico is divided inte any presents for others and will, doubtless, not] Field guns have been put in position on the] assessing property at much less than the cash A visitor who has been out to the French trenches is i HIENE.—In De 5 en conscripes © und they are not erbse Probably no— | American side of the line at Naco, Ariz. and Gen. value enjoined by the law, and so practice a er ee eee impressed by the stillness. He should hear it here. hen militi Until all of us preserve first, then m a, almost any fighters but women ecallers.and they are not string enough, even if Bliss has arrived there to see that effective use 18 sort of fraud on taxing districts that make an Something of our credit falling Dover seems to have gone all of us one better. She /? Ol’ 27 Would it not be a kindly thing for someone who has an automobile to take out as many as note how suddenly the “accidental” discharge of payers are moved to practice deceit to avoid an libeary. the author, Rose, they could—one at least—and let them see the bullets across the line by quarrelin d bonds Library. The author, , g Mexicans on exorbitant and unjust tax rate on bonds and other HARDLY. Th lives in San Diewo, Cal beautiful decorations of the downtown windows, | the other side will stop. It is reported that five] mortgage securities, which is the more out- we te — * and, since the municipal tree is for everybody, ) it would be nice if the old people could see it] Persons have been killed and 42 wounded in recent] rageous because the values are taxed twice. With THAT GovuLodn’T lighted on Christmas Eve or New Years. They | weeks by these reckless discharges. Gen. Bliss] the law thus generally discredited, other indi- \ HAVE BEEN ANY FORD } jit makes 3 better pestern ( an e shot stay are horribly shut out of everything, and one day | himself, on alighting from his train, had a narrow] vidual taxpayers practice fraud by shifting just ’ ü — wh in the year is not too much for us to realize escape frem bullets. tax burdens they ought to pay. e civil and religious F that fact and help to mend it. It would make their quarters more Christ-| We can stand the graphophone’s wailing, tango-| The cause of equal and just taxation in Mis- You might try writing masy, too, if every family would spare a dell or Ing. even cornet playing, from the occupants of|svurl cannot be regarded as dead as long as ex- * wreath or piece of festooning to decorate with. the next-door flat, but neighborliness does not isting deficiencies can find such clear and ac- Africa, Cape 200s . A. W —Blies-Leavitt tort ue F A uae AT Gee N Fe 5 ay 20 T . ear. PT ee 1 2 * oo EES i ma ee) 1 8 5 ; N * r n i} 5 * 8 ‘ 2 — N ai n 3 555 * 3 a 8 * N e ee ove: 5 8 5 0 5 Net, Twrene- ; . 3 . ve . x 5 : n 8 N R wy ia 3 2 3 „ 3 2 pA eee : " — a : i 3722 0 1 rE — — e-. me hg : 1 require us to continue amiable when they begin] curate exposition and as long as such expositions 8 L. Mac. to fight and send missiles our way with this effect. can find attentive, sympathetic listeners. Some — Mexicans must learn “safety first“ rules in the] day some courageous man is going to lead in an Foolish Taxation. conduct of their revolutions. intelligent movement for a thorough overhauling the torpedo engine averages. ibe Te the Dotter of the Post-Dispatch. oe — of the whole irrational revenue-raising system, Prima | to the square, 1 „ 3 keg Magenta — for Missouri] Mr. Gardner's political headquarters is in Bos- and he will have a short, quick run to the Gov- — official 3 22 taxation me a. @ present sys- | ton . * DOOLEY.—Gifts tor mother: — 2 |, tem is. clearly 4 failure. It encourages dishon- nn | |something in art; sumber robe , esty and does not collect. The people of Mis-| 2% their family silver when news came that Ad- 9 — or Japanese embroidery; a dainty Jittie, | souri should begin the careful study of taxation, |™iral Cervera with his little squadron of cruisers WHAT CONGRESS CAN DO. | : oer fore! s dover Aas heathorenian There ie prosperity in the right method. Make a] had been sighted east of Porto Rico. Additional anti-Japanese legislation is something in bronze, or @ vase. ‘or study ef our own and other states. : oo contemplated. So delicate has the situation . sister: Embroidered collar r ste DODGING THE INCOME TAX „ — Lale, cook, picture, sliver or @bosy Same Sh a re in doubt as to what should be done.—Re- icure set, hand mirror, side com Subway Suggestions. Secretary McAdoo discovers facts confirming the — of the Committee on Relations With of sbirt-waist buttons, hem Te the Batter of the Post-Dispatch. view that the income tax is evaded to an extent! Japan 5 — 1 Council of Churches of — season ticket for a lecture I am gratified to read your suggestion as to causing a large diminution of the revenue from Cees eet ee GENUINE REFORM . a reform in the method of tariff Why? prayer ; pearl rosary, fountain p . , ° ndkerchief case, jewel silver subway along the parkway—it is a good thing] this source. These tax dodgers are proceeding on Just what they Rave done: Direct the country’s From the Maryland Progressive. making, not merely a theoretical substi- From the Alexandria Times-Tribune. — jeweled aoe. box ot 0 and ought to be pushed. the assumption that they can play horse with attention to the reckless spirit in which California] The Progressives in Maryland, as else- tution of a policy of low tariff or no] We dislike very much to refer to it — coms et. (Watch But look up a letter I wrote you on a previous thelr Tnele Samuel as su ull politicians are law-baiting Japanese residents of where throughout the nation, are evi-| tariff for high tariff, or vice versa. Its ain, but stern duty compels us to ask, anes r Gate, advocating a public subway along the thoriti ccessfully as with the that State for personal or partisan advantage. 1 their determination to keep up] plan with regard to the proper solution [Why are pork chops still so high when . south side of railway valley, semi-subway along|tax authorities of the states. They lack the There is no doubt as to what Congress can and the fight for which they enlisted in of the trust question is one of genuine the swine from which they were severed nused streets ag 82 te por of little] benefit of the wholesale experience of their fa- Wound do: It should vi ' rt the Uni 1912, feeling certain that the complex | reform character, because it is a care- has declined $2 per hundred weight in 5 value. This subway, built of railroad gauge width, | thers when the Civil War income tax law was in *—° Ad vigorously assert the United | political situation in which the coun- fully considered and scientifically stud- the last three months? mld be built for 8 the cost of the subway effect. He has a secret of sources of inf * States Government's power to enforce respect, by] try today finds itself offers the one ed plan of regulation and not a reck- suggest north of railroad valley. that ee orma individuals and by states, for the treaty rights of barty with genuine, not fanciful re-|jess mania for destruction. Getting Even With Portugal. run from city limits to Twelfth street } wou e dodgers. He is a grand the subjects or citizens of other countries. form tendencies an opportunity to ren- From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 1 ee and interurban | little watchful cog and he bides his time until 3 der service to the natlon which must THE RIDER. a the Kaiser comes out on top he will west. a dodger is mixed up in litigation and obliged to ipsa not be lost. By Burges Johnson. unt up some special punishment for the subway should be built) make disclosures of his income. If he ts unable Return of Our Exiles. This country needs a program of sen-| We've rode a thousand miles or more, | Portuguese for “butting in.” He may go running along the alleys to get at the truth in oth h From The Boston Globe. sible reform—not merely the kind of re- | My horse and I, across the floor, so far as to put King Manuel back as street to the Eads any er way he waits yp “Boston seems to be filling up with Americans|form we hear so much of nowadays, And when I’ve gone another mile their ruler. people downtown, | the dodger’s death and pounces on the data in| who have been living many years in Europe,”| “isms,” so to speak, but a reform] I!'ll maybe let him rest a while. a t. would ease the/ the Court. says one of our hotel managers. “Most of th'mlot method and procedure in handling Hine Ine Lachrymae. would 1 the He is trifled with at peril. For when he does seem to have been living in Paris," he adds, “+ id our problems. My mother thinks this horse by far From the Springfield Republican. lroads to be Edequate, get the goods on a dodger he not on not a few have been abroad so long that retut - The Progressive party has such za The best of all the steeds there are; Every time the Governor of Colorado : | coll the tax to the ly insists on ing to Boston is almost like coming to a strange | program. In connection with the great For though I gallop all the day testifies regarding the strike, he weeps HAMILTON 42 ecting the last farthing, but relent-! piece.” We must all try _— them feel ay jtariff question it offers a sensible plan 1 don't get very far away. N Poor man! 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The same name, however, though, there were two different men. But what matter so long as the bride obtained the bridegroom she had decided upon. By Anselm Chomel. ROADHURST had met the young{little details as his bride-to-be had 3 woman but once, and then by the] thought to arrange. merest chance. He had done her] He was in a fever of excitemer ill sume ttle service and been rewarded/Gay’s answer came, but it rer ared @ smile and gracious thanks. With/ aim. It was as follows: dismissed the matter from “Old hand at the business, nd will A friend had happened on the] see you through it. Congratulate you » to present him; the young, on the bride you are to get. Now, old said it was a pity that] man, keep cool and don’t get excited. have been put to so much] Above all, don't do foolish things. Just on her account, and he had re-] buy your wedding cothes, be sure to foolish speech—he had read it get here on time, and don’t worry about novel—to the effect that] anything else. I will attend to all lit- oe consider it an honor] tie details.”’ v certainly not gone out of his The Months Speed By. her, nor tried to extend E then gave minute instructions acquaintance beyond the first meet- as to the clothes the bridegroom should wear. ing. And as far his foolish speech, it Was preposterous to twist it into an Nanu. he’s an accommodating fel- offer of marriage. But there was her low,“ Broadhurst thougnt, but I should letter, and there was no mistaking its like to have something to say in this meaning. matter. The groom seems to be almost „A mistake of the postman, of course, as unimportant a factor in a wedding he thought at first, but the address/as an unpreferred creditor where the on the envelope: “Mr. Richard Broad- Assets are 10 cents on the lar.” burst, 54 George street. settled that] Then followed three months of ecsta- peintjagainst him. cy, intermixed at times, it is true, with 5 No: it's intended for me. Now, this the fear that something might dash the bb @ pretty situation. Has a man no] cup of newly found bliss from his lips. jon against marriageable girls?“ ] It was a sore disappointment to him At first he was simply amazed, then that he could not, during all this time, indignant. communicate with his bride-to-be. She The letter made it clear, provokingly/ had taken for granted that he knew her clear, that Miss Virginia Hamilton] aunt's address, and so had not gone to lcoked upon him as a suitor and that) the trouble of sending it in her letter. ror seg graciously yielding to his en- strange to say, she did not write again, but this he took as another indication “Why, one would think from this,” he! or the relative unimportance of the said, “that I had thrown myself at her bridegroom at an up-to-date wedding. feet and begged her to be my wife, Tne weeks passed without Broadhurst | ‘when, confound her, I Ce eee hearing again from Gay or from Miss £ — 2987 * n Virginia. A week before the date of the ah chee" wedding, he thought that perhaps he But All, Wh Not? ought to go over and see them, but But * feared to intrude. They were busy, no 0 Richard Broadhurst was the] doubt, with the arrangements, and | ast man on earth who was think-| would not care to be bothered by one ing of marriage. who was to play the minor part of * But, after all, why not? The bold-| bridegroom. So, impatient though he ness of the thought both startled and/ was, he concluded to await his cue be- amused him. It carne back. Why not? fore appearing on the scene. Then, He could not answer the question, al- there were his own arrangements to though he called up all his old-time] lock after. For the fiftieth time he re- prejudices and all the arguments Which] ceived the solemn assurance of his t. him had seemed to prove conclusively! tallor that his wedding clothes were that he should never marry. perfect. He remembered that Miss Virginia was Finally, his wedding day arrived, and mot bed to look upon, that she Save! he was at the raliroag station two hours evidences of refinement and that her] before the time for the train to leave. manner pleasing. True, he bad Once on the train, ne took a seat, but ‘noticed a certain haughtiness in her} oon left it, to find the conductor and ‘bearing, but that, 7 2 would) ask him when he would reach his des- 3 er „ cee eee e. tination. True, he had been consulting might be all right so far as the rest the time table for days, but now feared 3 that he might have made a mistake in of the women in the world was con- bet Miss Virginia—well, that reading it; and then it might be neces- Was another matter. A wife, after all sary to send a message asking them to „it Miss Virginia were the wife—might delay the ceremony until he could ar- not be the worst thing in the world. rive. His fears on this point quieted, After accepting his offer of marriage he again took his seat, but it occurred | * —which he had not made—Miss Vir- to him that the locomotive might be in ima had written that she would re. 4 bad way and cause the train to lose main with her aunt in New York “till time. But the conductor said the loco- week before the wedding, the date of motive was never in better condition. which, he learned from her letter, was} The Train Is Blocked. eee fr rt ag 5 — 8 8 oi home * you will call upon your old friend Mr. 3 — ee Kg 8 Gar to act as groomsman.”. Mr. Gay coach with a hundred questions on his was the friend who introduced them. tongue. What had caused the delay? “Evidently,” Broadhurst laughed Would it be a 1 2 Ww “there isn’t much for the modern bride-| n etapa Pm e Pogue a telegraph office near? groom to do but to appear at the right Hi f time and put his neck into the yoke. s worst fears were realized. Some- The bride-to-be picks out the bride- thing had gone 1 with a freight ‘groom, hints at whom she would like train, and ee stones 2 blocked. It to be dont man, names the place and Vas several miles co the nearest tele- date of the wedding, and * after | Frapn 1 things generally. But for the fact that l 8 there couldn’t very well be a wedding The 1 was set for . o’ clock without a bridegroom, I suppose they that evening, and tt was 10 minutes would eliminate him, But I'll let Miss} past 9 when Broadhurst leaped from Virginia manage this little affair.” a cab in front of Miss Virginia’s home, Then he notified his friend Gay that, ‘ara to pay the driver of the foam- being inexperienced in such matters, ing horses, and ran up the steps of tho he was going to put himself into Gay’s| house. His ring was answered imme- 4 — I *. * 1 — — ane n Ss Pes eee — . r ¥ 7 ms 2 on Fe S 2 8 7 wee A 8 — * hee er i ie BRR Se Sad A ee BOR. At * ~ « 2 > a * ‘ Se si aa W Wi eS RS Be Pare aie W e N > > sa i 1 A ea * E FFF 8 R Q 7 2 r . ‘ + x ree oe ry cof N 5 8 8 5 5 * 11 3 ey g 13 ee 8 * 7 * 1 8 emt N E N * 4 — 4 * 7 DN. * 1 8 Pr 8 1 44 * A: — 4 * SP a sy " * * ‘ 4 . aa g * 2 q 3 } * * 2 1 2 N i . f r iy 25 okt 2 . — 1 = N . U 2 9 A N * 9 1 5 7 5 . Fad 4 3 * ees 4 . ‘x * * tig as he 1 f Ps ® ® ® . ® ® * VPV ͤ (T0 ss “Nobody Home“ Bet Pere ROPER ee er ee COPS ORO ESS OHO © 2 * ¢ ® 9 9 1 inn 4 — trying to win Miss Hamilton’s heart you met her, she concluded to accept him, and after she got to New York not get the letter, and renewed his pleadings. Again she accepted him. to be ‘best man,’ and I promptly ac- cepted. In a few days, I was surprised to get a letter from him with the same request. I concluded the dear fellow, in his joy, was losing his mind. Now, the strange part of it is that Broadhurst protests that he did not receive Miss Hamilton's first letter, and that he communicated but once with me; whereas his wife is positive that she accepted him twice, and 1 could swear that I promised as often to act as best man.“ „What was your friend’s address?“ Broadhurst asked. “No. 54 Georgia street.” Broadhurst said nothing, but med- itated upon how easy it would be to make a mistake and write “George” instead of Georgia.“ (Copyright, Shortstory Pub. Co.) Mons Meg. ONS, which henceforth is en- Vi shrined in British hearts, has long ‘been a household word for Scotsmen. Every boy insists on an ex- cursion to Edinburgh castle to see Mons Meg. For Meg was made in Flanders, and did much havoc at the siege of Scottish castles as well as in wars of adventure into England. Partly of wood and partly of iron, the great gun was put together late in the fifteenth cen- tury. Cromwell captured it and listed it as “the great iron murderer Meg.”’ While firing a salute for the Duke of York, in 1682, Meg burst. A century later it was banished from Edinburgh to the Tower of London as a useless gun; but Sir Walter Scott saw romance and patriotism in Mons, Meg, and persuaded the War Office to send it back to the castle. All-steel cars are being experimented bands, and asked him to look after euch manly. and he almost rushed into the| With on severul railways in India. Meta" of his friend, Gay. He thought tag friend seemed somewhat surprised at his arrival. ve Pia gag I am not so very late,” he SICKNESS ENDID TONIC ae | \ 1 er a Hard Spell of Bronchitis. Mrs. Hor. bough Regained Strength by 8 ceremony is over, Gay said, but you are in time to offer your congrat- ulations. Come this way.” A wedding without a bridegroom was something Broadhurst had not heard of, but he asked no questions. He was in some doubt as to whom he should offer his congratulations—whether to the bride, his mother-in-law or himself, and while he was trying to settle this point in his mind, he was ushered into the presence of the bride and of a gentleman who was a stranger to him. The bride came forward and gave her hand. Broadhurst tnought that she might receive her future husband with a little more cordiality than her man- ner indicated. To relieve the embar- rassment of the situation, he ventured to extend his congratulations, and was giad to perceive that it must have been the proper thing to do, since Was all rundown after of bronchitis. It was to keep about. I had chest and ‘took cold I soon felt bet- ter as built me up and do my housework, which I had not been able to do for about three gentieman who had been with her when he entered the room. After he had been presented, his friend Gay remarked to Virginia's hus- band: “You have my friend here—whose name, by the way, is the same as your own, Richard Broadhurst—to thank for rescuing your bride, some time ago, when a team of „ horses threatened to run her do Broadhurst did not catch 2 oth- er's reply; he was dased. Gay laid his hand upon Broadhurst’s shoulder, saying in alarm: “Dick, you're III.“ “Nothing Fer 1 freight cars have long been in use, but passenger cars have usually been built of teak wood resting on steel under- “Ott Neuralgia Rub Omega Oil gently over id ach- ing nerves; then cover’ with flannel soaked in the Oil. Put a piece of dry flannel over this and bind tightly against the face. This simple treat- ment has brought peaceful rest to people who have suffered agonies. ee, ee not you,” with a laugh—"“had been) for a year before she consented to. marry him. Well, just about the time | wrote to him to that effect. He did | Broadhurst wired to me, asking me. Oriental Cream OR MAGICAL BEAUTIFIER Fier od per 72 — * * 8 0 i i a the and Dr. T. FELIX GOURAUD’S | CHAPTER CV. T was my birthday. I could scarcely swallow my coffee and made no pre- tense of eating, although I knew I needed my breakfast. As I went down the steps the postmaa came up, and with a pleasant good morning answered my request for mall by handing me four letters. Rather, three letters and a post card. I rushed back to my room, thankful I bad dressed so quickly. I should have time to read them. My heart beat so fast, I was so ex- Cited I could scarcely climb the stairs, and I did not understand the reason. As soon as I reached my room I[—I don't know what made me—looked at the post card first. It was from Jack. The first inkling I had had whether he were alive or dead since he left me. No wonder I was excited. But after the first joy, came intense disappoint- ment. He had not written a word. Just the address. Underneath was mother’s writing. He had sent it to her and she had forwarded it. I looked anxiously for the postmark, but it was fo blurred I could not\decipher it, al- though I borrowed a magnifying glass from Mrs. Burns. 7 At’ least he was alive. That in itself was a great comfort. Many nights I had lain awake wondering if he had been able to resist, or had he done as his father did, and as he intended to that night when I interrupted him just in time. Now I knew that he was still alive and, knowing that, I felt sure that he had been brave and wes try- ing to atone. “A Kind Note From Mr. Flam.” V. what different feelings 1! again hurried down the steps, this time going direct to the store! Jack was alive and I had friends that loved me and wished me well. The What the War Teaches Every life has its critical moments. There are times when a man’s health ts staked upon the care he gives to it with- in a few hours. His system may be rus down blood laden with billous poison and lungs or skin affected, Twenty-four hours after you start te take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis- covery, poisonous matter and blood im- purities begin to leave your. body through the Liver, Bowels, Kidneys and Skin. So powerfully penetrating is this purely vegetable remeuy that through the circulation of the bieod it reaches every fiber, muscle and joint, dissolves the poisonous secretions and drives them out of the body. ° It brings new activity to the liver, stomach and bowels in a short time, thus causing sallowness, indigestion and constipation to disappear. It enters the tiny bloed vessels of the skin, bringing with it fresh vitalized blood. and abiding faith in its wonder- ful cleansing power has come te thou- sands, when pimples, dolls carbuacles, rash, ecserma, acne and other skin trou- bles dry up and disappear, Good blood means good health: good health means strong men and women, full of strength and ambitien, with minds alert and mus®ies ever willing. Any medicine dealer will supply yot with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Bis- covery in either liquid or tabiet form. Remember, it if purely vegetable, and free from alechel or narcotics and is mot a secret remedy, for all its ingre- CHAPTERS FROM * Ou aA WOMAN’S LIFE By Dale Drummond. | Gay turned out to be a most trying one, tut nothing could hurt me, for I had only to lay my hand on the bosom of my dress to feel Jack’s post card rustle When I reached home about 6:30 |! found some lovely flowers in my room and a kind, fatherly note from Mr Flam. So the day that had begun in shadow went down in a glow of sun- shine and peace. One day as I was hurrying back to the store I met Mildred Somers. It was the first time I had seen her since Jack had gone away, although she had telephoned me. Naturally, knowing how Ned felt, how bitter he was, I was very much embarrassed. I bowed, and should have gone right on, but she stopped me. “How are you getting along? she asked kindly, if patronizingly. 1 don’t suppose you have heard from Mr. Coolidge?’ this rather suspiciously, ° I thought. No. I have heard nothing, I told her. My post card was my own. The fact that I had received it, mine, too. “I wish he had taken some one be- sides Ned to have robbed, Sue. We had always been such friends. Then Ned had helped Jack more than once to make more money than he could have otherwise made. It was the basest kind of ingratitude, to put it mildly.” I said nothing. What was there I could say? “Where ama you living now? Still at the Terrace?” “No. I am ‘living on East Thirty- fourth street.” “Quite a difference. What number? I'll drop in and chat awhile with you some day.” “IT am never in until nearly 7 o' clock. I am working at Hopeman’s. But t you care to come there I shall be glad to see you, if you can climb two flights of stairs.” Woll, that is funny?!“ “Mildred Taunts Me.” Ae: to my astonishment she burst out laughing. What is funny?” I asked. Why, when I first knew you you were worrying because people had to climb two flights of stairs to see you, you were making yourself quite miser- able over it. Now you are in the same plight. “I’m glad I've seen you, Sue. And don't blame yourself too much. Any- way, what's done can’t be undone, so what's the use making yourself miser- uble about it? By the day, what depart- ment are you in? I often shop at Hope- man’s, Strange I've never seen you.” “No, I don’t think so,” I replied, ‘‘I’m in the cloak department, and you buy all your wraps at Loraine’s.”’ “Well, I'm not going to in the mien She’s a robber, always was, but grows worse all the time. So don't be sur- prised to see me at any time.” The next day was Sunday and in the afternoon I for the first time went up to see Gertie. It did me good. She and Clifton were so happy, she seemed so contented, so different from what she used to be that it was delightful. They had saved nearly enough to commence building, Clifton told me, and were go- ing over next to Nl and Rumsey. They insisted upon my staying for dinner, then both took me home. They were true friends and I was only just begin- ning to appreciate them. (To Be Continued.) Of 10,000 towns in France having mors than 1000 inhabitants, about 6000 are without any pubiic lighting. — . TI POST-DISPATCH.. Drusilla Goes to a Party Sandman story of ho has such a terrible experience with bad boys that she has to go to the doll hospital. Mrs. F. A. Walker. — i i rt W's Drusilla, what has happened EEE „% - _ M: ̃7—¹ —˙!l Ä eee to you?“ asked Bobby Jones. “You look as though you had been almost drowned again.“ “TI have been to a party,“ announced Drusilla, sadly. Bobby leaned back against the edge of his box and waited for Drusilla, ‘‘my little mother was invited to a party, and just as she was going out the door she saw me sitting in my carriage and I guess I must have looked sad. I wish I hadn’t though now. J can’t leave poor Drusilla all alone,’ sald my little mother. ‘She wants to go to the party, too, don’t you, Drusilla?’ “That nurse tried to get her not to take me, but my little mother said if she could not take me, she would not go, so that nurse had to let me go. There were little girls and boys at the house where the party was, and for a while they played games and had a nice time. “My little mother carried me in her arms all the time, and I did have a good time, only when a boy would pull my arm or leg to plague my little mother. Hut after a while the boys were tired of playing games with the girls, and 80 they went to a playroom in the top of the house and the little giris played games downstairs. Y and by my little mother had to use both hands playing a game, and she put me in a corner of the hall behind a big palm. It was nice and comfortable there, and I was enjoying myself. when three of those boys came down the stairs dressed up like Indians trying to scare the little girls. They looked over the baluster and saw me sitting behind the palm, and one of them reached over and picked me up on the end of a sword he carried. I was so frightened I did not know what to do, for of all the dreadful things that happened to me, boys are the worst. „Let's make her ride the rocking horse,’ said one, and then they tied me on the back of that flerce-looking horse and started it rocking just as though he were running away. He ran and ran and ran, and then the string that held me broke, and off I went on my head. J did not know what happened for a second, and then one boy picked me up and said, ‘Let’s play she is hurt and take her to the hospital. I know how because my father is a doctor.’ “Then they put me in a little cart and ran around the room as fast as they. ' could, ringing a bell. Here is the hospital on this table,’ said the boy who was the doctor; ‘now work lively, boys, this is a bad case and we must bandage her head; got any alcohol?’ J got it,’ said another, and in a few minutes they had a cloth bound about my head wet with something that smelled very queer. That was what took off my hair, I think. Oh, her leg is broken, too!’ said the doctor. ‘We shall have to amputate it at once.“ “Oh! Drusilla, what did they do to you?” asked Bobby in agonized tones. “They did it, Bobby Jones; just what that boy said: they, cut off one of my legs. ‘‘O-0-0-0-0,"” screamed Bobby. it hurt awfully?’ 6s O-O-O, it wasn’t so much that. but, you know, I might have all gone to pieces when they cut off my leg if the sawdust had run out. But that boy must have known that, for he asked for a piece of string and tied the end that was cut; then he put a band- age around it, so it really did not feel a bit uncomfortable. „Just then all the little girls came in, „Didn't and when my little mother saw me at the table she ran and picked me up. „What have you been doing to my Drusilla?’ she asked, pulling off the bandage on my head. „She fell off the horse and we took her to the hospital,’ said one little boy. ‘Her head was hurt and her leg, too.’ “Just then my little mother saw my foot on the floor, and she looked at my poor leg. Well, Bobby Jones, I can tell you those boys were scared when my little mother began to cry and scream and dance about; she flew at those boys very sword they had held me on. “Well, the end of it was, Bobby Jones, that those boys have got to pay all my bills, while I am in the doll’s hospital, having new hair and my leg put on, and they all had to ask my little mother’s pardon.” Copyright by the McClure Newspaper Syndi- ANOTHER SANDMAN STORY WILL and she chased them around with the | EHOLD, many damsels have come unto me, saying: = = = + B “Surely, surely, THOU wouldst not advise us to marry?” But, I have answered them one and all, saying: “Verily, my Daughter, I charge thee get thee an husband! May bs be the Right Husband—but, right or wrong, an HUSBAND!” | For the single life is a perfectly lovely thing—in story books; and * Bachelor Girl is a joyous creature—in the imagination. Yea, she liveth upon rarebits, and flirtations, and cigarettes, und art, and Bohemianism and independence. She carrieth her own latchkey and speaketh her own mind and 2 her own abode; while a WIFE hath not even an opinion that she may call her own, and her Rouge-Rag is her only sign of indlivi@eaday. But, in REALITY, my Daughter, the portion of the Bachelor Girl is more often a hall bedroom, with a gas stove for company and a red ink table d’hote for excitement. And all her days are like unto ens another in thelr menteny, without even so much as a domestic quarrel to give them variety or a morning row to lighten their dullness. Go to! Ambition is noble and Art is inspiring, but a little Husband is a desirable thing! For lo, eight hours of the day may a Bachelor Girl pursue her werk and rejoice in her “CAREER.” But, when the evening cometh, will her “Career” take her out wan and pay the bill thereof? Will her Art“ allow her to lay her head upon its shoulder and to weep upon its coat lapel? Will her “Work” bathe her forehead in eau de cologne and call her endearing nicknames? Will her “Aspirations” escort her to the opera and walk 1 ner in the moonlight? : Nay, verily! Likewise, six days of the week may a damsel labor and enjoy all her work, but upon the seventh she MUST have something to hearse and to wait upon and to worry about and to “fuss” over! And a POODLE DOG is not all-sufficient! Then, go to the Bromide, thou Dreamer! Consider her ways, and be wise; which baving no Ambition, save a wedding ring, wasteth not her youth in the pursuit of an Ideal, but employeth it wisely in the va „ an HUSBAND! For, verily, verily, I say unto thee, it Is better to be a “Slave” in a kitchenette apartment with one maid than “FREE” and scorned by hall- boys, and waiters, and housemaids, and clerks, and laundresses, and all . those that serve thee and despise thy tips. For, Art is a beautiful thing and Independence is noble! But, alas, they are SO tangible! And a little wedding ring affordeth a woman more glory than a Deco- ration of the Legion of Honor. Selah! ODD BITS FROM EVERYWHERE Beggars in Turkey have established a trade union with 10,000 members. Experiments with the dynamometer show that a man is his weakest when he turns out-of bed. Our museular forces is greatly increased by breakfast, but it attains to its highest point after the midday meal. It then sihks for a few hours, rises again toward evening, but steadily declines from night to morning. — ̃ ß ——— — | Yellow watermelons from France have been introduced in California. Horses and giraffes have the largest eyes of land animals, and cuttlefish of sea creatures. Every member of the family of Sir Roper Lethbridge of England has gone to the war or to training for it—the men to fight, the women to nurse. — — * te 4 5 - » - ay oo . " 7 1 ‘ a . 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ORT SPORT: When ix Head wins, i RUMMY — GOT SOMETHING SAY WHAD OYA WANT? 4H ‘ N A, Mmuümn! — + E „ xs et 8 Oe vi i L MLU 5 HM- NOTHING Ov FELIX, 1 GONNA do Your XNA SROPPING FARLY THIS TIME 2 Sore, > ARE vo YEP, IM GONNA oo MINE ABOUT OME MONTH - EARLIER THAN YSUAL. WELL, N GONNA OOo iT N JAMUARY INSTEAD OF FEBRUARY Tuts TIME, |} SHOO WORRY LO ! — at COCHEMS APPLIES TION AS GOAGH OF ST. LU. Man Who Put St. Louis Football on the Map Writes Letter to Father Padberg. COACHED MAINE IN 1914 Eleven Was Beaten, but Twice During the Season, by Army and Colby Elevens. —— Edward B. Cochems, former coach of the St. Louis University football elevens of 1906-7-8, and last year in charge of the eleven at University of Maine, has written a letter to Father Padberg- faculty director of athletics at St. Louis U., in which he makes application for the position of coach in charge of all the athletic teams of the institution. . Director of Athletics N A stated this tion h Bien aay formerly oa pooree 1 * inter interested” hin aster Jeaving ag Louis . K when h e directorship of the 8 oft Washi a College, algo 15 1 8105 “es politics and ot I ints nee: until the football 33 of Staine football 1 he inherited an eleven stated that 6 services during ‘the ae ation he was per- e seven veterans of the previous d, ms’ 8 aay n Maine S He Put Us on the Map. Cochems developed the greatest foot- ball team t. Louis ver knew, in 1997, the g ost of the “reform” rules. * 1 d already Oe. steries of the o 2 n 9. w he Sg , are "The. ee ‘ins 2 sot yet pet considered coac 8 wil not 82 up the he anes- con- — May. K A wey: offers from — 8. and may accept one of these. — . — Southern Intercoll ais station aa to rules of ‘lig ered estion up to a hour last n nt, Sut decision. 2 at and that a four- allowed. Ball ten * ments in Pra er would ge Ratan — also be * Huggins Agrees to Handle Caran Two Viens More Catcher Pat O Connor Goes to Feds t Huggins admits Mage Substitute Receiver Announces He Has Three-Year Con- tract With Pittsburg Outlaws—Britton Leaves New York Without Having Completed Any Deals. NEW YORK, Dec. 12. St. Louis accompanied by his family, plus the sad thought that the Peu SCHUYLER BRITTON, of the Cardinals is on his way to National League brought to him only the news than another of his men had jumped to the Feds. This was Pat O'Connor, substitute catcher last year, who exhibited a three- year Federal League contract yester- day, and stated that he would be as- signed to the Pittsburg Federals. Coming atop of the jump of Wingo, the loss of O'Connor still further crip- ples the catching department of Hug- gins’ team. Snyder is the only reliance of known valu unless Roche's arm recovers from the effect of an injury suffered during the spring training last year. ad] Huggins departs today for St. Louis, after remaining A discuss trades he started during the meeting of the National League. yague and too improbable for more to be said than that they E an attempt to use two jumpers, W — * and Magee, as assets in a deal with the Giants or Philadel nie. Recruits and cash are aleo involved. Something may come out of negotia- — later, but it appears that it wil have to be through the sacrifice. of a star pitcher or a dig bunch of cash. ‘se contract has a he can hardly 10-day — in it 20 mat player bank much 1 trading against his wil The reported sale of the Buffalo Club to — s, Connery & rogressed ether than the negotiat on stages, according to Huggins. If the club is bought it will make no difference with Hug, since he announcéd his consent to a two-year contract to — 1 the Car- dinals, as told in last nigut's Post-Dis- nee; that he * boss the Cards and p ay second, I. L. Cuts Schedule. One of the points developed yesterday of interest was the cut made by the International League in the number of men to be carried down to a maximum of 16. The season was shortened from 154 games to 10, both moves being toward 2 down expenses. The franchise shifts cases of t rposed A. * Bago od a ag * and Richmond league will con- tinge 1 * eight-club circuit, however. Interest here in baseball circles still about the prolonged visit of Sranlaant Ban Johnson of the American hese are too „ League, who announces that he will be here for some time yet, probably until the deal for the sale of the local Amer- ican League Club is definitely settled. Announcement of the sale of the Yankees to Col. Jacob Ruppert Jr. is expected within a few days, and already it is rumored that a practical baseball man will be made president of the club. In this connection the names of Edward Barrow, president of the International League and James Price of the New York State Boxing Commission are be- ing mentioned. Earrow is also reported as a probable choice for manager of the weakens, if Col. Ruppert becomes the If thi finall oa Ly, cope tos hand, it is un- beg f Sparro the’ mah who ed the on tour, — who frequent ly handled the business affairs of the ants, Ent be the busin manager. parrow is a great friend of aw “3 Ss nares as Charles Comiskey and han John — „ Diamond Glints. By the way, the boys“ dug up one on “Cap’’ Huston last night, when they un- éarthed his complete name, which is Tilling- hast L’Hommedieu Huston. That would be something to work on in a winter meeting. “Old Roman,“ Comiskey. was the showing of t brought about his bad O' Nell says that if the White Sox should ** a pennant Comiskey would be as healthy a man as there is in the 8 AI ou an Idea of how he feels about it, 2 said „I saw him pacing up and down one aay last summer during a game at the South Side park. Look at th people coming in here,’ he said to me. “Do you think , Ae are com- ing to see a sixth- piace team? Not on your Hfe. Th are coming because they want to be loyal to me. They are my friends, an! they are giving their money to me—not just to see a good ball game. I can't stand for it, and I won't. 11 — * a run for their money if it is possib) It was this feeling that 2 ted Comiskey to spend so much money for die Collins. And those who know him know that he will get a winning club if he has to spend his entire fortune. Friends of the tha Baseball men se Sng concerned about the illness of johnny Eve Dozens of theta called at the hotel and =: — telephone last night, but had to be satis with the doc- tor’s statement that the ane — . 4 sacker was resting more comfort Johnny .# universally loved and thie. o on top of his other misfortune — * keenly by the entire baseball prof Tener Will Take N. L. Reins Jan. 1; Commercialism to Be Sidetracked That National League affairs will be handled with a tight’ rein shortly, is the belief of those who have been awaiting the announcement that John K. Tener has relinquished his office of Governor of the State of Pennsylvania to assume contro! of the National League, of ofiwhich he has been a semi-active presi- commities, ee i FAVORITE IN CROSS-COUNTRY RUN NEW YORK, Nec. 12.—Twenty-six dis- tance runner are entered in the annual! nace for the senior cross-country cham- | 2 rate | dent for some months. Tener's guber- natorial term expires in January, 1916, atter which he will be able to devote his entire time to Tener was lieved. to affairs. tained at a salary be- to be a year and was ex- to a cea sae . a 8 into verteb hus far han ms he has he ; to consider conservatively and 9 — bombast or . Money Feature a 8 Tener is one of those who believes in divorcing money from baséball—an home * which he will be as perfectly at k dings as a trough Roving feeding recent — York ir greed | small and unimportant. It is nothing in the nature of a war fund.“ Herzog Is Sentenced. Reports from New York are to the effect that Charley Choke-’em-to-death Herzog re- ceived his two-year sentence to manage the Reds stoically. No alleviation in the way of increased salary tempered the 8 according to the following report of the —— proceedings end two days The Red N played last season — 10.080 gat wae 6 would oa satisfactory to him — the ary e but he asked for a gal- for 1915, with an advance to” $i8,000 i for 1916. The ectors present rc 0 this * though ine o grant a two-year con- tract, havi 1 fe cent in Her ability to make good as preference, conti > Were ee It devel t stealin 2 ä Grinch 4 is 3 tuff. Mike to eho 2 Now York tras — ~y Joined th 8 85 at Shee „ oa * Griffith said 2. had beca he wan . have a 7 ed that. * n — ee wil een Football PALES Named. Ind., L.C.DAVIS Current Comment. T HE N. L. magnates just pulled oft A most important meeting, Devoting strict attention to The drinking and the eating. They hadn't anything to do And did it good and proper; While all the bunch Have got a hunch The Feds will come a cropper. 0 HE Rabbit“ hurried to New York To try and make a dicker; There may be bigger guys than Hug, But none of them is siicker. For when he camps upon their trail And down to cases pins em, They're all afraid To make a trade For tear the ‘‘Rabbit’’ skins em. > E’ VE been reliably informed, In answer to our queries, The Browns and Cards will play a post And ante season series. The pennant was officially Accredited to Boston And Philip Ball Put in a call For Jimmy Pepper“ * 9 The Daily Pill. Money talks; but it will not be interviewed by every Tom, Dick and Harry. „ — Austin. * Owing to the fact that his contract with the Elephants has another year to run, we understand that Mr. J. Frank- lin Baker will not put in the summer of 1915 knocking the boards off Messrs. Stifel and Ball’s perfectly good right- field fence. He e in a Nut Sundae. Charley Herzog has signed a contract to manage the Cincinnati Reds for two years more. Is Charley a game guy or simply nutty? ‘ 8 By ignoring Robert Ward's letter of- fering to return Rube Marquard in case he had a contract with the Giants, and thereby acknowledging that such a per- son as Robert Ward exists, President Hempstead makes a piker out of the ostrich that stuck its head in the sand and thought it was completely hidden. uw Agonized ball has received another staggering blow. Catcher Paddy O’Con- nor of the Cardinals has jumped to the Feds. 4 . 5 Paddy will Le missed at Robison Field. Not because he ever did any catching, but because it will be hard to locate third base without the old familiar fig- ure of Paddy standing out there like Liberty piercing the universal gloom. As far as that th sonata, Patrick may be the best catcher in the world. He has never done anything while with the Cardinals to prove that he wasn't. We note chalet: at the est of the National League considerable business was — by the American League. “Red’’ Dooin ae agreed to terms with Johnny McGraw. That’s about the first time Rec ever agreed to anything with anybody. f “A All that remains now is for President Baker to put his O K or his K O on the proposition. 4 4 It is said the Cleveland fans are not so keen for Sunday baseball but they would like to see * — 33 tional pastime on on , 0 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday. — — HAMILTON TO CAPTAIN SMITH ACADEMY TEAM At the banquet of the Smith Acad- emy football team last night, Frank H. Hamilton was elected to the cap- taincy of the 1915 team. Hamilton. layed quarterback on the Academy 4 the past season and his work was easily the feature of his team’s play. He was probably the smallest placer Bente ng on a _ scholastic team mbers of the varsity squad, numbering 16, were 8 3 — UQDL Mars and Mitchell Draw. MILWAUR ERH, Wis., Dec. 13.—In a very slow bout R,itchie Mitchell of this city and “Knockout” Mars of Cincinnati boxed 10 rounds to a draw here last night ne outboxed Mars, but the Ohioa * ind | hand t pattied Mit J. ~~ a complete ~~, + egy Artie *. oi Five of Chicago in a 10- round semi-windup. The men are featherweights. Armstrong fled be- fore Ertie’s assaults and the bout developed into quite a marathon race. — . — f Jimmy Johnston, matchmaker of the Show Association, has been suc~- cessful in digning up Charley 28 the crack 1 yah or — . U. FIVES OPEN CLASS CONTESTS AT FRANCIS GYM The annual Interclass Basket Ball League at Washington University will be inaugurated this afternoon at the Francis Field gymnasium by a clash between the sophomore and junior teams. Coach Edmunds instituted the games at the university séveral years ago in order to get more of the stu- dents interested in ,basket ball and to increase the number of varsity candi- dates. The games attract a great deal of interest and draw as many specta- tors as the warsity contests. Coach Bob Thomas’ Piker basket squad will be increased next week when a number of recruits just recovering iron season Boise Potthof ake their appearance. and Lynn Milford have been kept from practice because of in- jured ankles. Bill Berry, a 1913 vet- eran forward, will also get back into the fray, while Poge Lewis,. who starred at the indoor game while at Manual T. S., will report early next month. Three walkaways, the scores of which were the mogt lob-sided of the season, were recorded in a triple-headed basket ball bill of the — 2 a chool League at the Tower Grove urnverein, last night. The games were all in the class D league. Niedringhaus Memorial trampled over the First Christian Church, 28 to 8; West Presbyterians de- feated the Delmar Avenue Bap- tist, 81 to 4. and Compton Heights walked over the Second Baptist, 41 to 7. Coach George Keogan’s varsity bas- ket ball team met with little opposition in a game with a team picked from the arts and science department of St. Louis University, the Billikens winning 64 to 12. Keogan is well pleased with his team and expects to give Washington U. the best drubbing of its life. The team plays McKendree College next Fri- day afternoon. , — > The S is the only evening news- paper in St. Louis that receives or publishes news gathered by the Associated Press. PREP BASKET TEAMS | TO BATTLE TONIGHT High school basket ball fives will meet this evening, in the weekly scheduled doubi —— bill, at Louisiana Hall. The Central Mokiniey teams will clash in the initial con- while Soldan and Yeatman will battle 12 first game is sch p. m. The first contest, between the Central — en euints should easily be the two teams fo t to a u — the title — 1232 the honors * on tral ‘was, victor.” "Both have 9 a number of veteran players mente season, good substitutes have been found to put in “thelr laces. McKinley, last week Bol — team, w ine Centra! 7 Yea pen have a good excuse for as their regular team was their defeat, the game and wrecked ree days 8 Coach Cullen was fore to put a squad of green youngsters on the court against Yeatman. Veterans Claude McElwee, a for- ward, an el Kan other, center, will get into the game tonig The other play- ers have had an opporturilty to ain 2 work during the 1 the play OY should improve. Kinley in trimming dan last week, showed signs of being the best five in the league Yeatman, the onlv el in the set with a team of 1013 veterans, also showed to ad- Saturday, 1 Central 4 owever the Central with the same 1 Hall Owner * Not Customer, Pays Tax on Billiards St. Louis owners of billiard ce pa and alleys, cities of the coun owners in New ork resul : agreement to charge 5 cents more | hour for using billiard and pool Boston is conside cago owners are expected to meet discuss the sub The occasion for 2 in the rate rye? 1 by the United table on each cue table * — rover found publicly. The tax falls especially heavy Louis hall owners, inasmuch as @ tax of from’ $20 to i is al on each table. In Illinois the total tax, including the war gts is less — a table, according to a ca! a * 1 An addition the billiard business to than has been Louie is at a lower ebb Thomas and Har in from injuries suffered during the grid- — — —who better fitted than you to pick out The “Aristocrat” The Gillette Set in French Ivory, the material sc much in vogue for men’s brushes, combs and other toilet articles. * Silver-plated Razor, par gned case of Blade Boxee to match, pale ing 12 double-edged Gillette Blades (24 shaving edges) 5 With Gold Razor, §6- KNOWN THE OU know him better than anyone else does (ORLD OVER ‘ the Gillette Set for his tastes and his He wants a Gillette, you may be sure of Get him one —and see how it pleases him. early - you'll have better 3 Your Gillette dealer is showing special care in Christmas Gillettes—$5 and up. See him about i. for your 2 . * A = an #8 5 2 a 2 a 22 ak Kut a raise and oe —

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* R 90 ‘ pal 3 oy ee * 7 aes ete E * e „ n * n tee ee Or are = 5 . 75 — 2 * * 40 ai en N * re. pope’ . a 1 1 ; . Si aie a N i — — 1 4 7 ne * * A Gi WITH ROLLA ‘Mintes May Get Coveted Grid- iron Assignment, as One Va- cant Date Still Remains. PIKERS CROWDED BACK Missouri Eleven Puts Washing- ton Team Second on List for Next Season. COLUMBIA, Mo., 12.—Mis- sourt University’s football sched- ule, announced yesterday, was vold of any mention of the Missouri School of Mines. Last year Rolla had an early date on the Tiger sched- ule. This year Oct. 2, the opening of the season, is stik vacant and it ig possible the Miners may yet be — this position on the sched- ule. The other games scheduled are: Oct. 9—Washington, at St. Louis. Oct. 16—Oklahoma, at Columbia. Oct. 238—~Ames, at Ames. Oct. 30—Kanmsas Aggies, at Man- hattan, Kan. Nov. Northwestern U., et Eva.s- ton, III. Nov. 18—Drake U., at Des Moines. Nov. 20—Kansas, at Columbia. The Northwestern me is a new break in the schedule The Tigers vont played Northwestern since 1895 when the contest took place in St. Louis The Tigers ree three games at the 7 o City that yéar, Northwestern, De Pauw and Purdue, winning all of them. In fact, Missouri did not lose a game that season, out of a long sched- ule. This year’s list fails to include the — with Nebraska, so much talked Important Dates Named. The Missouri Athletic Committee last night officially approved March 12 as the date of the Missouri-Kansas indoor, dual track meet in Kansas City. The outdoor dual meet will be held at * ce, Kan., May 15. There will be a ontdoor dual meet with Ames, at been Io. April 24. The Missouri Valley Con- 8 ce track and field met will be held in lumbia May 29. There will be an- other dual outdoor track meet arran to be held ae Cross-Country insignia were awarded by the N Committe to Figley B. Kline, Virgil Kline, Lang and tter- lee. Capt. C. A. Fawcett of the cross- try team was the only man whose at the finish of the valley race him to an M, and his letter was awarded. B. G. Kline’s election as cross- * ain for next year was ap- E . ot Jake — as foot - oo was approved mee te in ed Dec. basket-ball schedule Thee are tee roe — 7 Kansas "Aggies at Columbia, Mare 1 * Washington U. at St. Louis. e Spent $5744 on Fields. The fianancial report shows that $5744 has been expended this fall in making five 2 Bon gg N. sou of the concrete This money w earned by the at trey de epartment.” and, under L man- r ent ester ewer, to the upbuilding of the plant. ootball * ſersſes Were awarded aie members of the freshman team. in clu ol who were in the regular od who ranged as first-choice substt- 1 footvalis Pgs r yovery va a wee service on nted — Sete — oan Augie Jess 1 * i I Bin inal — * nterstate Three- “Cashion ue match here last ni el N . ere last at Cochran Nard n 8 ate a , aye: Meteo trimmed Charter S 40 to 28. shion urnamen: ay oly came Peter- ＋ * er. 14 ma and detonated * 1 defeated M 30 —— hegmeal tournamen in the contin ament at Aratra’ . ts class B ey in ex. Score at a to-28 victo ove: Men's 2 ion 52 ptt —— ARE A BIT SUPERSTITIOUS The original of that most unpleasant character, Lady Ashton, in Sir Walter Oe Oe „ a 8 mid-season of last year Old Man Dope pointed out that it wasn’t N | Christy Mathew, Walter Johnson, Willie Doak or Bill James who was the greatest pitcher in the baseball pitching values—the earned run. It was Hubert Leonard, the husky Red Sox world, according to the new unit of southpaw, whose sensational work was only brought to a close by an injury which kept him out of the later season struggle. Dope has since been awaiting the offi- cial averages to find out if this one last prediction escaped the wreck of form, which was so effectively avalanched out of sight in all departments of the game last year. ig 5 Leonard Leads the World T HE unoffictal fnformation of Irwin Howe, who, by the way, is the of- ficial American League figure-smith, en- courages the Old Man to believe he put over a good one. Here are Mr. Howe’s N of comparison) Walter Johnson: Leonard 1 2 60 * 12 Johnson af 287 71 74 225 These statistics show that Leonard outclassed Johnson in hits and earned runs allowed opponents, and that he is balls. in earned runs allowed than Foster, Leonard’s teammate and nearest com- petitor for the A. L. efficiency title. As Doak, the best man in the National, was scme 70 points less efficient than Leonard, the Red Sock is easily the unofficial records of Leonard, and (by champion hurler of the 1914 season. Millionaires, Attention. eee championship fight will probably be held in Buenos Aires, Ar- | gentine, South America, some time next March, which will be exclusive—as far as the U. S. goes—for millionaires. lawed because they will not have the sion. This is the Johnson-Willard fight, | which, if present plans go through, will be held in the miracle city of the lower half of the world. In order for a St. Louis boxing fan to see this contest between a deca ing old champion (who has alrea y been two-timed by John 3 and Father Time) and a gigantic but unskilled behemoth, Jess illard, h‘s business, his family and his pocket- book will have to stand the following tap: Two months’ absence. Round trip, meals and sleeper to New York. ..8 65 00 Round trip, and extras, And some of these will be out- time needed to complete the excur-. to Buenos Average of $10 a day ex- pense for the junket.. Ticket to fight This presumes that you don’t lose any money on the seductive Argen tine race-track and other games, chance Or sure-thing. Add to the loss of sixty days from business the possible doubling of the expense by being forced to take along the superior half of the family. and it will be seen the next world’s championship will indeed be a luxury —to an American. New Lamps and Old HE Guy-who-stopped-growing 20 years ago is a hard boy to convince. Old Man Dope can’t wrangle with him with any degree of satisfac- tion when the enemy begins to pullthat fable about the man of the good old days being able to do anything better than the lad of today. Dope himself can do quite a little harking batk without becoming re- acquainted with paregoric and teeth ing ring. And he tan not remember a thing they did then that they can ** don't do now, unless it is in the fighting line. We don’t know a fight- er today who had the slightest edge on John L. Sullivan, at booze-fight- ing. As a rule, athletes of all descriptions today do everything better and with more system and less trouble than form- erly, in accordance wi the rule of the Great Umpire which declares that nothing can stand still and continue to exist. Progress or extinction is the word from the front. Read What Coffroth Says ND as to fighters—say, Bo, you won't take Dope’s word for it that the guys of 25 years ago were dubs; but maybe you'd listen to Jimm Coffroth, the Pacific Coast promoter, who has seen them all, from the beginning to now—more or less. Here’s his opinion: “4 boxer of the old school,” Coffroth states, “a man who for three. or four rounds did nothing but feel his opponent out, would » hooted out of the ring! The gallery wouldn’t stand for him, and a promoter who at- tempted to stage such a bout would risk his reputation and all future business prospects as 2a sporting manipulator. “They want busy fighters, now; e aha who are willihg to AY. ER. 1.01 1.71 right on top of Walter in bases on In fact, Leonard ig 64 points better fred to advance. ‘SATURDAY EVENIN $5 GAINS MARK UPENING OF THE Long Period of Inactivity on Account of War. By Leased Wire From the N Bureau of the Post-Diap . NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The Dvenin Post, in its copyrighted financial — 2 23 says: “It cou not be said that an - prehension existed at the resumption of’ ge trading in shares on the Stock Exchange today. The entirely reassuring conduct of the bond mar- ket, during the past two weeks, ‘re- moved much doubt, and this week's movement of stock values in the tentative ero gy house transactions, at least proved that tendencies were favorable. There was naturally, how- ever, much curiosity as to just what would occur when the great invest- pees stocks were again freely dealt *. On the vig 3% the reopening of to- day repeated the experiences of the day when bond trading was resumed. That is to say, prices opened as a rule not far from yesterday‘s final Clearing House quotations (and, therefore, well above the stipulated minimum), moved more or less irregularly in the early trading, and then ve a rather general show of strength. “The market's activities were restrict- ed by the withholding from open trad- ing, for the present, of certain impor- tant shares, such as Union Pacific, New York Central, Steel, Canadian Pacific, Baltimore & Ohio, South Pacific and some others Resumption of regular business in these stocks, which are pre: eminently among international holdings of our shares—was postponed as a pre- cautionary measure. “It might therefore have been argued that the full test of international liqui- dation had not yet been undertaken. But even these stocks, so far as they have been dealt in through the Clear- ing House, have this week sold far above the July 30 closing, and have tend- Meantime, such active stocks as Reading and St. Paul, which were dealt in openly this morning, rose 2 to 4 points above yesterday’s final by fixed the tendency in the /Seners market. “Volume of business was very satt® factory, especially in view of the ab- ance of so many usually active shares. he really noteworthy fact about the day’s activities, after all, was the fact that so long a list of American invest- ment shares, after all that has hap- ened since mid-summer, should be sell- ng, in an opening market, well above the closing Stock Exchange quotations of July 30. “There was a rather strong tone to the foreign exchange market to- day, but the quotation for sight drafts on London was unchanged at 4.87%. The market was interesting because of the cross-movements fur- nished by the effort to pay for goods bought here by Europe, on the one hand, and the inquiry for exchange with which to ‘remit for whatever securities have been sold in this mar- ket by Europe during the last day or 80. “Tt was evident, also, that large mix from the Kong and who are tles of short-term notes, which our in fit condition to stand the mix- Ing.“ In the old days the fighter selected for his training quarters a road house a bar, with a place to sleep attached. Here, with temptation staring him in the face, he tried to get into condition. He succeeded just about as well as he fought. * 2 —— —ä— — — ————— High School Champions Score 600 to 0 on Season; Lead in Studies The most remarkable 1914 grid- iron performance does not belong to Harvard, after all. Class for class, the Everett High School team of Everett, Mass., outdid by far the per- formance of any varsity outfit in the country. This crack junior machine, coacheds by Charley Brickley for a time, won all its games, 18 in num- ber, scored 600 points against oppo- nents and was not scored on during the season. It was outweighed on several occa- sions, one of them being the intersec- tional contest with the Oak Park oi team from Chicago. The Eastern boys won by the one-sided score 0 to 0. While this was the larg- — score made by the Everett play - ers during the season, several others ne carne it in size. early all the teams played were strong ones in prep circles, One of its best victories was a 22—-0 score against the Manchester, Vt. high school eleven, which this year was rated one of the heaviest of its grade. It would outweigh the Washington University team, according to reports, In connection with other achievements of the Everett team it may be men- tioned that the principal of the school declared it had the best standing scho- lastically of any previous eleven in the history of the institution. The closest game Everett played was a 21—0 defeat of the Rindge Technical School, which is not a high school at Following is the record of Everett: iverett R High. verett 74 Revere High E verett 23 Wellesley High. 48 Melrthe Hi 10 i Everett Stamford (Conn.) Totals 600 Totals.. 0 The oldest player on the eleven was 18 years of age. BOXING BRIEFS Jack Dillon is no longer a middle- weight, for he has sent word to Eddie Holland, matchmaker of the Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia, that the lowest weight he Will agree to do for a six- round bout with Mike Gibbons is 165 pounds, weigh in at the ringside. Gib bons will not consent to box him at that weight as he has already de- clared that he must weigh in at 158 pounds at 3 p. m. — — In a letter from Jimmy Clabby, the Mil- waukee middleweight, Jimmy says b cided to make a trip to New York. can writes Madison uare Ga 1 will have to make 158 pounds at the ringside for me or there will be no match.’ OO — — — MARRIAGE LICENSES., Harlan R. Oursler 6626 1 Ida M. Dryden 2619 Myer Maerenus wry! Franklin. Emma 3 N. Samuel R. Glo 3 * Gertrude Goldschmidt 4311 Laclede Bernhard J „ N ..Freelandville, Ind Mrs. Zella M. K Freelandville, Ind William Ro Colchester, III Rudy L. Bee Sullivan, has Albert Wilford Alicord Kate Bra oe 0 4481 Easton 1507 8. Broadway —＋ gomm Beale —— Solid Gold Wedding Rings, $3 to $25. JACCARD'S, Broadway, cor. Locust. BURIAL PERMITS. Geekie. M. D., 44. 3958 Russell: aneur- K A ee ee 8 3 Brockm 2 ee girl. . Hatch, 4147 1 Bailey, 5225 bite ana; eve, 214 274 irl. e 1 2 girl. * Mushlin, 1313 N. ” Harnstein, 2008 ’ Sehnitzer, 1519 Schwartzber li, 82 255 8232225 . BEBE = a a ee eee D e 4 A e 3 2 2 8 ~ 4 — Pyr e 6 — untain: ‘eer’ an A. Bright, 8928 Hartford; boy. an 2 ete 3 — — Tf —— eee ee 10.10 1013 10:10 | bankers recently made abroad, had been a factor in keeping foreign ex- change rates relatively easy urope is still buying our short-term notes, and in sp of the war, the financ- ing which«4t calls for, there is reason to believe that our bankers will con- tinue to--effect sales in London, whenever high grade issues are offered. 69 473.230 LOSS 5 RECORDED IN BANK RESERVES | Week-End Statement Makes a Fair Showing; Loans Gain $2,559,000. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The statement of the actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $116,992,- 400 reserve in excess of legal require- ments. This is a decrease of $2,473,230 from last week. The statement follows: Actual condi- tion—Loans, etc., $2,182,758,000, increase $2,659,000; reserve in own vaults (B) 1 559,000 decrease $2,557,000; reserve in Fed- eral Reserve Bank $93, 842,000, decrease $337,000; reserve in other depositories $30,- 069, 000, increase $1,474,000; net demand de- posits $1,975,336, 000, increase $6,289,000; net time deposits $91, 509, 000, increase $1, 166, - .* circulation 36501, 067, 000, decrease $5,- 149 (B) ) of which $261,501,000 is sffecie. Aggregate reserve, $457,470,000. Excess reserve $116,982,400, decrease $2,473,230. Summary of State banks and trust companies in Greater New York not in- Cluded in Clearing House statement: Loans, etc., 360,056, 700, increase 31,928, 900: special $42,214,600, increase $71,700; legal tenders $12,204,000, decrease $58,100; total deposits 3636, 963. 900, decrease 1.087, 500. 482,300. Trust companjes’ cash reserve in vault, $42,936,300. 5 — Federal Reserve Banks Make a Fair Showing. WASHINGTON, Dec. . 12.~—-The. consoli- ated statement of the 12 Federal Reserve — made public today. shows elient es ‘during the past week in resources » liabilities. The statement follows: aS coin and certificates. Senders. notes, silver beidiary coin, $28,170,- 000: Bills FA AA nd loan within 30 days, $6. att 000 maturities within 60 davs. $1,- other, 4 total, $19, 287. es, 31.978.900: Lade reserve legal culation liabilities, agaist all reserve against all cent. 55 (net amo , $272.476,000: liabilities, 1.6 cent: h tiabilities, 102.3 per Paris Market Quiet. PARIS, Dec. 12.—Trading was quiet on the KR — ote today. tes. 71 70 — for on — ll 25 francs 124% centimes. Wool Sales Brisk. NDO 2.--The wool offerings to- * ern to 9300 bales and rather larger selection of cross- ere was 8 a brisk sale to the home trade 3 Vie ns reali e for merinos were considerably Sader — consequently w thdrawale, were * . freq Elgin Butter, Se. ELGIN, II., Dec. 12. — Butter — Firm, 32. Metal Markets. 3 STOCK MARKET Trade Is Fairly Broad After Beth eel price at the Clearing House, and there- I. ge ed a |New NING, DECEMBE) POST. DI SPATCH RECORD oF AR LLL 1... ²˙ümà —Lö⁰ẽ—— r ̃— ˙⅛ ä½:¼— Z —̃ O 2,12, 114 Total on aa * — 2 — S - 88888888888388885 — een ~~ Neo. ba ac. . Pac. Mail 8,000 N. 8 2,000 Del. & Hudson 468, 1916 Reported daily for, the vara arene, Cie Copper . Wabash com. . pfd. ee 82 — PF ES — DAM OROSSE SSSR sales, 109,400 shares. — — Steel 5 Writing Paper 5s 5s 5, 000 Laclede Gas 4,000 Brie 4s 206 Wand * Tr 4s. Atchison cv. Mo. Pacific Col Marylan Sou. Atlantic Son Pacific cv. 48 ... 4666 666066 % 060% C. 4s Broad w 1 Vork Stock Quotations G. H. at . * S 88888 E RE New Vork Bond Transactions 105 K. UNLISTED SECURITIES. Reported da! sally by the the — 7 & Rawlings i 1. 1 By 1 do 6 ia a do debe . . do 1917 Milk com Cons. 108% @10 1917, 104 OIL Atlantic Co. Ohio 011 Line Co. 0, standard na America 2% — nture City new “ar = 1916 n. Writin 116@117, Fy fa. ish- Ames 1761 0 8, do pfd. 56 10, Inter-Cont. Rubber etc Shirt com. 25@50, 4 do K 6 Messi. Ae @82 8 nin ng 8 125. General Baking Ce, ptd “- haffner Oil gpa Oil Co 0 4 Marx e U ‘tah Securities 1 — notes Co., p Wisconsin Edison Co. stock.. 101% Re a 18 230 NEW YORK CURB CLOSE Reported daily by 2 Altheimer & Raw- 9 — oer Ga — — 10160103 Havana 6%, Rose 11-16@% ian ae 9754 91661 8255 Bonds New York City do, 1 88 —An 8102 Ref. 80, F Chesebrough Mfg lonial Oil Co. N Co. 465, Solar Ref. nek 10256 21882 rne 8 Stickeye Pipe Line 117 @210, Southwest Pen 92081255 of 8 320 b 360@370, 330: 87, Washington of Plerce O1 Corporation com Y 16@1 17. CHICAGO STOCKS. Banks’ cash reserve in vault, $11,-}|—— Bs 525 lo-American 16@ 16%. @610, Bo Co. Cons, 660@690 Go: cee Continental O. Co orden's Brit- Tob. Golanela „Mines 1915, do er al 120. Line Lines 120@1 323, 71 98 94 ceipts, 1 bonds LONDON. Dec. per ounce. rates, short and 48 8 . per cent. Bar 8 12.—Bar silver. nths, 2% per cen — — — Mercantile Paper. ORK. Dec. 1 2,000; 46.8507 Gevernthent bonds firm. osing ; for e sliver 49 is steady. — 2 — Kansas City Livestock. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 100 lower: butk, 23 1-164 2 — han > — 4 0 es 6 888. for de- Mexican dol- Rali- (COMMERCE STOCK ADVANCES $6 ON LOGAL EXCHANGE Bank Security Is Bid Up to $112 After Sales at $110; Other Issues Firm. tere Qe Peereeeeceeeeeeeeeeene 6 „ % 6 „ „„ „„ „„ „„ ST. LOUIS CLEARING HOUSE STAT MENT. n 3 or. 25 e peculation the price was mete at . bid — 5125 4 The stock has gained $102.50, the quotation established — Monday, when was resumed after being suspended four months by declaration of war in Euro Othef bank and trust shares show a tendency to advance, although no sales were recorded. United Railways securities ¥ were re strong one — — 9 8 i — * 5 bids at company gain n $70 and offers at $71. The pre ferred and common stocks were steady 6 on the duo tations established. The m/*cellaneous list as firm on issues q ted. Bonds reteeted a petted range 0 wrices on the issues mentioned. J ö 8. ivings Inat. N. fr 1 one “Tel. ds (88000 Cen, Coal — Coke ne Natl WwW America e 6s 155 Tante Brew. E 5 Brewing 68 ule urban REGS Wey 81810 N. 3 Shoe e eee b d % „„ „„ „„ „„ a 1 do 1000 STOCKS SHOW ADVANCES OF Five TO TEN POINTS NEW YORK, Dee. 12. en tradin shares was resumed on * Stock change today after an — .— of 111 business days. The tone of the initial trading was strong, but indicated a de- gree of caution on che aprt of the buy- ers and sellers. The first quotation was 100 shares of Pittsburg coal. which de- clined % This was followed by trans- actions of 100 to 300 shares in some of the more active issues, incfuding St. „ „„ %% „ „ Reading, American Can, Tennessee Cop- per and other issues of less importance. Ame the marked ins at the outset were points for Central — 18 4 for Texas Co., 10% points for Le- igh Valley, 6 points for Tennessee Co per, 64 points for American Can, ea for Reading, 10 points for Amer- can Beet Sugar and General Motors he largest single transaction was a block of 1400 shares of Reading. Amon the early declines were Southern Rail- way, common and preferred, which lost and 8%, and Northern. Pacific, which : elded &. Secondary prices showed some recessions from the opening after the first 10 minutes, The market strengthened ny one goon after the opening and further portant gains were reported by certain special- ties. American Can preferred and Beth- lehem Steel gained 12 points each over July 30 prices and General Motors pre- ferred rose 10%. Business Was more active and the undertone stronger in the final hour, with a higher level for most of the prominent issues. Reading was the one active feature, increasing its gain to over 8 points. Lehig 7 gained 12 n 3 Paul 5% an Northern acific Sensational gains were also W 2 by other spe- Flalt es. Peoples Gas jumped 11 points. The — was strong. COTTON FUTURES HIGHER ‘IN NEW YORK TRADING 2 YORK, There were mparatively few X. in the cotton — et at the opening this morning and first prices were steady at an advance of 1 to 2 points in sympathy with the continued steadiness of Liverpool. There was probably some scattered covering for over the week-end, while there also appeared to be a moderate demand for October from commission house sources and the market worked up 2 or 3 points from the initial figures during the early trading. Near N were neglected. The reopenin stock market was taken A tnttcation of improving general ‘conditions and probably inspired some Wall street ng. ding became rather more active later, with the close very y at a net advance of 9 to 13 points. NEW YORK FUTURE CLOSE. — Closing ne middl on Rae ho oem e: * F. 5 — m white Te Wilming- Ane gusta, et Tu te RECEIPTS AT PRINCIPAL POINTS. Galveston, 25,288 bales, against 5846 bales “Naw Ot Orleans, 11,858 bales, aeg 18,420 leet ndcleston, 8152 bales, against 1251 bales Norfolk 2500. bales, against 2054 bales Jaron, 20,017 bales, against none last “Houston. cata aed Stat for Net receipts &22 7 . wreck and — 9 „ „„ oe ee Paul, Missouri Pacific, Lehigh Valley. High. Low. Close. , ew. F . in u. | as 35 a: — — WHEAT MARKE ne 2 T ADVANCES WHEN WAR TRUCE FAIL Prices Are Quoted Nearly Two Cents Despite a Light Trade Corn and Oats Also Firm. a * oledo sees 8 Louis „„ „„ „„ „ „ „ 1 lea go Kansas City Minneapolls „ 6 „* eve To ledo 5 „„ eseeee ee ee 20 0 a 55 8 118% 4 4 t. Louts „ „„ „„ eee 6 „ „ Kansas di :: „ N Bt. LiIo 60 % :: OR lat 00% 5 Kansas City. eereease . eeeee st. Louls „ „ Chicago. „„ „„ „ . 47% St. Louis, 0 3 Chicago. 51% @ Wheat futu goo nearly 1 cent in the local — car today. Cables bi Sa eee eet a ecei — in the do- coe NI N f in an —— u 0 — „ee r Christmas, generally favored — ‘buyin official Liverpool “The market — — 4 3 under- tone with 3 . but trading dull. lighter 7 · nh shipments this the strength in freights hel ices firm. Favorable weathe ine and the Modern Miller's corn 3d gher Wheat — its advance in the late market on the announcement that the war truce plan of the Pope had age close was firm and nearly er. Corn futures were firm and a sha fraction higher. Cables were bullish an ter than in some 1 The T has suspended the im oe duty on wheat as 2 result of t short e this yea — of wheat in Chicago week wre been 1,476,000 bu le than last week, „nil 67,000 du - Minnea hon eat.cars were 464, awainst 616 last week and 323 last ear. Duluth 112, against 168 and 422 innipeg 305, against 284 and 125,000 u for 1 day. Ghicago wired: “The bulk of the immense cash wheat sales this morn- ing is said to have been taken by Grecian Government, which re- cabled the Chica o Association for offers Fort William ort Arthur wheat stocks „ 800,000 bu for the weeks. leaving about 3,000,- 000 bu in stor Duluth 8 increased 450,000 bu for the week. Minneapolis reported very heavy buying of Minneapolis May wheat the past few days, probably for Duluth, Chicago wheat cars yesterday were 124, corn 458, oats 4. Clearances of wheat, 1,446,000 bu; flour, 20,000 bu; corn, 44, 000 bu; oats, 239,060 bu; wheat and flour, 1,536,- 900 bu ats—No. 2 white, 48150: Rec ogg ＋ 8 Rte oy 47 No. 4 Primary 3 wets Shipm. Reported fouls Merchants’ Exchange * I 32818 1 25 7 3 >} 88882 3 Sr 8213 f 3 883188888 8825 88383888838 — > x Oar — 8 City 2. os ‘ 000 18 it ! Sede WHEAT MARKET HIGHER ON GASH TRADE ue 5 BSATURDAY’S COMPARATIV: Reperted by St. Ljuis Merchants’ is week's 0 shipments are 8 olis wheat stocks Bc salen of Wheat—No. 2 red, $115@1.18; Quote: | 14@1.14%: No, 2 hard, 188500 = i Wee Perser. j ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14. Close. 1140 5 5 EF 1188 2 5 11095 “Pe 119 : 214 118 119% 9% a 1 117 n * 2 eee ot ame oe * — * a MAY WHEAT. DECEMBER CORN. eat MAY CORN. a * ‘ 69% 69%b CORN paces OATS. a 47 47% “Ke d nan 51%b 51 Ye @52a 1 LIVESTOCK. NATIONAL STOCKYARDS, In., Dec, 12 77Comparative r Week Year Cattle 7 ‘. je 3 : Hogs 0 e Sheep eer „ „ „„ „„ Horses and mules. 1, ** ©e 8 @e *+¢ — age was ax 2 best — steers No. AY. 8 2 . 0. 60 11... 878... . 5 00 wees rips 10 2289... 4; See e Choice to pb steers — Good to ce steers er „ „„ „„ „„ — t good steers ——— Sole to 44 — on — „ Good to om 2 72 4 8 * + 554 „66 choice aa gry rahe. good errr eee a ws a F G to choice cows um to co „„ „„ „„ „ „„ — yg mh bulls eee „„ „„ „„ „ „ „6 „ lis e*eeeee@ “ree ee ere #48 UTHERN CATTLE—Recei nted to x sg 2 ce. a of „„ „„ err No, . . ae S22 oC fon fom su „ ~~ jess © i ag ae og let © 8 o mae 8 ; 25 KOU EER CATTLE QUOT * to prime fed steers „ „ „ eee te, hated. SA steers e*eeeeenee steers Fair te gece, = Good 2. Krass 2 — 5253 „„ „6 Medium to good sad dong" ssosctaeees tters eet ee „„ „ „„ 606 6 „„ „„ „ „ „ „ „„ CC 6. 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= 4 PH 6584 — or Without ende couples om more geutie a og rooms. also ee rooms. good board cP CALIFOR NIA. ba ay % Cen- oe fixtures; keys — at CULUMBbBIA, 5—Three rooms, 15 the COMP'ION, 5802 8.— 112 rooms and cane rnace: shades and rel” ve n 6721 8. Broadway: "Sout ’ TAI floor. 6 rooms and Baty . 2 - OT; 22 ICKOR 0 first-class — very low rent; o downstal KOLLAS R. (eT) told cellar, 213 per month; 2 ra bath. 1 — 15 1 1 to 3 4 rooms and bath, . 058. rooms. gas: oR; , —Fiats; 8 from rooms, s. Four rooms. bats: 3.4] CHRISTMAS PRESENT S| 315 mo ir ih OY S GREAT CHRIS TMaS SALE UF DIAMONDS, WAICHES AND AI seWcLRY LARGE STOCKS, GREAT VALUES, AND | EVERY ARTICLE SOLD ON OUR USUAL EASY CREDIT TERMS Are you wondering what to gi expense of handsome gifts? It ca of Diamond Rings, Scarf Pins, num mountings, wai specially pr a fine watch, chein, shat. fo today or tonight ve for C In making u is always prized. hristmas presents, and are you, perhaps, at a loss how to meet the n are 3 A by making your selections from our special Giaplay uds, allieres, Brooches, Bar S ld and piati- iced for Christmas presents. Pn tie clasp or signet ring emember that ou of 12 ee list 4 en an account y a gentleman. HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE EXTRAORDINARY VALUES NOW ON SALE: $65 DIAMOND RINGS LADIES’—14K SOLID Gt GOLD. Tiffany or Fancy M Credit Terms: nage a wear 7 $50 $30 DIAMOND BAR PINS Credit Terms: $2.00 a Month FINE SOLID GOLD. Patent Safety Catch way if they will. SUPPLY OF DOLLS |= FOR FESTIVAL'S LIMITED BY WAR} == Woman Unable to Get One to Dress May Help Poor in Other Ways. The Post-Dispatch regrets that the supply of undressed dolls dic not prove as large as the number of offers from ladies who would dress them for the Christmas Festival. The war in Europe has cut off imports of dolls, and, al- though all the undressed dolls in the market were bought the offers of dress- ers was greater. However, these charitably disposed la- dies may help the Festival in another | It costs $1.50 to send a basket of food to a needy family for its Christmas dinner. Any lady who wag disappointed in not being able to get a doll to dress for the Festival may send $1.50 to the Fund and thus become from a little child: r fore wome a PSs |e aint whe has ne Ook. 8 OPAL HARRIS. Each gives according to his means and each gives the same generous spirit to help less fortunate than the givers. Be a host to a poor family on mas day by contributing at least to the Post-Dispatch Christmas Festi- val Association Fund, or be a Santa Claus to a child by contributing at least $1 to the fund. Give according to your means and sweeten your own taste of Christmas with the recollection that you have helped to spread joy among the poor. The second annual entertainment given for the Post-Dispatch Christmas Fes tival Fund by Mrs. Nellie Heinz and her pupils takes place Mom with those Hall, 3723 Olive street. An enjoyable program, consisting of plano and vocal sclos and duets and recitations, and closing with a double piano quartet, Paulding = day, Dec. 21, 8:15 p. m., at Henneman | ¥. * me : 8 2 5 ‘ *. N * yen yee A 1 , a 2 : 0 ; 1 Hasan Ae; ; N 0 0 F 4 7 8 n 2 2 ay 1 1 , * ety : a ‘ 0 4 4 ae 4 a Pt n = ae . 1 * 5 HH 1 3 a 993 1 eie eae 4 ages N . 1 5 a 4 Ct vk 25 * vs x Coney 8. e e : Ut * 1 7 N E 7 el 0 1 J * See's 5 y * : . | 7 . 5 rons * 1 5 A a n 7 yy 5 . oe a son St weet 8 i SRS vie Boy +e Wee eeee 3 ‘a ö „ „ „ „„ „ „ „„ © „ % „„ „„ „% „% % % % „% „„ „„ „ „„ „„ „„ „„ M. W. F. W. C. N F. es i Roesch „ „ „ „„ ewereee 1. „„ 22% „% „% „% „% „% „% „% „%% „%%% „46466 — Wr. T. I. Mra. Wm. Lath R. W. Schick, Al. „„ I. 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Credit Terms: $6.20 a Month $50 DIAMOND LA VALLIERES AEB, Ii. in Chaba. $35 $18 Men's Watches tg. 2 Tens Vas lod Onse. . 912, 75 Credit Terms: $3.50 a Month Credit Terms; $1.00 a Month $25 DIAMOND LA VALLIERES fives akt 15 $35 Wrist Watches Sxtqnsion Bracelet-Watch— Ve Nu 4. 75 Credit Terms: ee a Month Credit Terms: 82.48 a Month $50 DIAMOND BROOCHES Fre. ieee 837.50 $20 SOLID GOLD WATCHES % Een Movement... $14.50 OFT: ö The National Credit Jewelers | g sersa.cnss Cn gan un Fleet, Coxiston Sens: OPEN ALL DAY TOMJRROW AND BROS & CO, i853 308 N. Sixth Street, near Olive, St. Louis.] EVERY EVE G UNTIL CHRISTMAS WCITY REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OCEAN STEAMERS. jk CHOICE HOICE HILLCREST LOTS 50x160; north side of 8 between Skinker and P Mun: low pric For particu- lars, address Box 5-179, ost- ~Dlepated (c7) SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE 2 ested: mm MISCELLANEOUS 120 N. 4th * 3 (260) 1 T_For — * — Buren a 10 reve Coeur e line, 5 RA. 2 Fe — “an rom Delmar Garden; with all FINE ‘GROCERY CORNER—Cass ond Gar- modern improvements; will sell at @ sacri- rison; low rent: big inducements. "McCAB 5 Chestnut. fice. Box E-98. Post-Dispatch. (cR) ANKLIN, 2014—Large store, and floored WEBSTER basement; suitable for any retail busi- | CALI Bell Webster 8520: no St. Louis toll. ness; will rent whole building or first floor les) only; rent for sto GIR 813 Chestnut st. (es h eer eeeeeenr® eee eee H. „ „ „„ „„ „„ „ „„ „% „ „„ „„ „„ „ „ „„ „„ „„ „60 will be given. The following pupils will take part: the hostess of a well-fed, happy family on Christmas day. The toys given each child—and the entertainment at the Coliseum—cost 61. Those who were un- able to get a doll to dress may for $1 become Santa Claus for a little child. Co-Operation in Plan. All the charitable associations of St. Louis co-operate with the Post-Dis- }. patch Christmas Festival Association, in finding the poor, who need its minis- trations, and all the citizens of St. Louis should co-operate with the Christmas Festival Association In spreading the joy of the season among those who would otherwise lack any share in it. The following is a very common ex- pression from contributors, It is a type of letter we are very glad to receive Gesirab ; double, oD Katte . N. AMI, 26—4 rooms: hot water and bath ST. ANGE, 1 roo $14: & m'nutes’ wa) people; in 8 Grove Heights district: 8 8 rooms ger stove an heating stove furnished; $16 nauire 2 onth: av., or phone. “Siinev 1910189 ſos) WEST rooms; 4: ai) conve r private — oN Bi. “1b 11 O OLYMPIC Ev’gs at 8; Mats. | i CASS, room house: 1 ry * Sta- ble: $18. N. — (T) Inauire 1129 ROOM AND BO D Wia. 8 2 est references. two 3 trio nen. st heat ‘eur | west of 2 ix 14 town ome = ou 2 rooms; reasonable rent Apply Carleton Bldg. SOUTH COMPTON. 1921 cony hay oe, — a Seiten 1 location; * 95 See 5j to- r BRI MOR R. D. CO.. 619 Chestnut. WEST VANDEVENTER PL., 68—F. Whittemore Co., 120 N. 4h EA * TERMS. for the man who wants 13 184 DAILY pe. he book k AME aICAN S- 25-600 REAL ESTATE FOR EXCHANGE (c6) e LLP VFPF SF AIFUYIEMAALALAA FOR EXCHANGE—South Side, two new 2- 407 17 * . 1 sar. one owner, story brick modern houses, rooms and eran on hall, and 4 vacant lots (two corn- i cond Park)—11- equity. Want 1914 3 or endi ndition; steam Te businces, clear, for all or Part xtures, etc.; 2 ~ ine Investment Co., 411 right Bide. 8) aoe rele: heat, tr glectrictty 17 — Av. o) Louls, Mo. Cc GED. ARM WEST Do you wish 5 * or — — city E 22 erty for a farm? 90, e — Bn Aer write for list of farms. boarders, specialty and have. 2088 * p88. bar- ND VENTER Churenti:! N — ittemore Co.. 118-120 os 4th st. 70055 400 Third National Bank Bidg.. Broadw ay and Olive NORTH Phones: Olive 189. Central 4879L. 1 FARMS FOR SALE FARM—For | sale; $1 m th bs 8 2 acres in Price per, man Fu wr ot * I. 22 or sale. acres, 4 miles from own, on road; has 5-room house, cistern. — ma orchard; par art 1 price $1800. 5 — —— Mat . First Time Anywhere at Popular Prices, THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME P PINE With ISABELLE LO York Cast and Next Sun/ Mat.—Mutt and Jeff in Mexico. GARRICK THEATER AND 2 6-room gg ale es fur- a th; cony n vagal location Grand (c6) Churchill st. ( 69 ODEON — [ONIGHT AT 8:15 TICKETS. $1 to $2. 708 OLIVE ST. vip at S; Mate. a5: THE LITTLE CAFE usical Co Triumphs Buse “st AN “AND C Sn OF 100. ‘Tomorrow Night. Tickets Today. Pop. Mate. OTIS SKINNER 3 the new play. “The Silent Vice.” RT 1 7 SHUBE 0 9 2 2 e hts 3 Sat. LU si ni RROW NIGHT—SEATS THE PLAY Misr GOODS” 2 Po PR INCE S S| Ladies’ _ Dally 2:30. Night 8:30. | jaye 40s “The LIBERTY GIR-S | oss, a, TT KENNEDY and lee 1 Good tag one Fin. SHERWOOBS Lettie GYPSY | wae PA LOWA E ext Mon, Dec. 14—Mat. and Eve. 0 DIFFERENT PROG ROGRAMS. N TICKETS AT VANDERVOORT’S NO III GARRICK THEATER | a low price and easy ‘ dense \ . Leer CO., h_and Pi REAL. ESTATE—COU NTRY a 7T-room all conven- McKenzie, (c7) house: all fur- ng, with some (e911) GARRIC’ The only act of real war 28 by th e Chicago ' — the Bi will be show) THEATER IDA Moving Pictures en on the battle- sorrespondents of ibune, on contract jan Government, for the benefit of the Belgian offerers and the POST-DISPA H Christmas Fes- tival Fund at he Garrick Theater commencing tomorrow, Sunday, from 11 a. m. to 11 p. m. THE E LODGE hotel in ci — e a —.— BEBPBPPP LPP BLL LO COTTAGE—For sale or © exchan é, cottage, in Prescott, Ark.; wit lences: acres ground. H. B. Prescott. Ark. PPR OR OPO COTTAGE — ge a. pereens.” x granitoid That ib. 1 FURNISHED FLATS—APARTM'TS TS SOUTH 8 — ———— commission.” - ' ALBANY sens pita ea N. Bee in feat low ates ; Pa regard. pide "rooms: h hower (7) FARM--For 7 8 tua 14 acres; Clinton $8000: 0 cl County. store, at or small fe. 4 by 1 Post- -Dispat _ LAND—For fine 12.80 5 per acre, 7 ph A n > Feasonadle to re- ictor 2049L,; call after FINANCIAL FURNISHED FLA South Side; facing fined — 10. 2 ba i at land; a rgain McKenzie Prescott r LAND—For sale, * — ing land, im proves worth te. as. uick sale scott. 4 LAND — 100 naren of excellent farm- ek ale y $2.60; terme worth an acre; for sale, B. McKensie, . 7 — oy eaifitne Muddy Ri but not subject fe overflow * oe te ‘one below — * or a 222 * — ail 114 Senor 2 a fect. 1609 Was ton av. MF og Over 400 Solid agate, 15c 22. except money wanted real estate “loane. 2 line: minimum. 2 lines 25 an acre; for 25. an aor MONEY WANTED J cKenzie. ws eT: |MONEY Wtd.—To borrow $1200 0 nd tn Butler County, worth n 835 la 32 000; near Popiar Bluff. Box F-27, Post- lepettch. (6 F myro ng * A no — . S Gree Ke (7) Wtd.—I own 160 acres 95 5 f d Adee land in tt Coun 3 * a ute 2 clear: wo —4 —— $1200, Box 88. P.- 2 4K fuß SALE 6% $3600. $4500. al * 0 pe, by and A KOANS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY MONEY advanc ed salaried | peov! on their a naan oliand Bid * “ae * rates Room 1887 Ralle 2 Bi ; MONEY FOR SALARIED PEOPLE And others. upon their own names: chen | rates, easy payments. confidentia: Fisher 4 . 809 um 5 c8 Deimar West End Lyric at Euolid pride, ! Theodore Ko rye Ne MAN.” Mon.. — Wed. and Thurs, Marguerite Clark in IHR ORUCIBLE.” Mats., Thurs, Sat. 4 Sun., 2:15—~i0c LyRIC- Sixth and zee T Majestic feature, With Blanche Sweet + . osm * oar Me. “HOW TO DO IT AND why.” 81 AND AR HOME OF FOLLY—2 excellent farm- e APA ba ae nished; ‘ — . LRA ohh A nished nly bachelor —— steam h running — ag in rooms: ail the Tats, | gaat and com 1 home. to appreciative pee. h farming land — N 4 21—For ater . onths: 8 way 6) Steam heat. 1 is up. eat — = PAGE 1 ropme;. turnished mia 1 ie OLIN VE. 87 1 apartments Toure * * u lat ROVED R SALE on’ H 0 Us E 8. FLATS, Etc. LOANS ON REAL ESTATE I MAKE all kinds of real: esta delay: cheapest rates i 2 chea per cent: small | first FRANK L. DITTMEIER, f i Chestnut at. MONEY TO-LOAN $500, $1000, $2900, $2500, $3000,83500, $4000. r cent; city state. IGNATIUS Me ; AMY. 3541 Easton av. (06 | at me ea) | FU —— a ANT 1 2 “gous . End. Box Box La PB : Age, water. This is hill farm in 12 tec 22 5 Ma EN 1 HO all oT Rg 2 ‘Ta Lous, Mo, 2 ‘ b Se * 1 W DAT ; 2 1 c 8 Yea 1 > re 0 1 Spiga) : N 3 2 ‘ K „

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“Axel, Flooey and the Moving ex — Paune Penne by Ve 90 “Can You Beat IN Th. Day of Rest end wN Nos Y Kelten POQS!-DISPATCH* “The Jerr Family” by. 3 7 * * Mx. Jarr Is the Helpless Recipient * of S Very D ti 11 O can one trust these days?“ | ‘asked Mrs. Jarr with a sol- emn shake of her head as Mr. Jerr settled himself to read the sporting news from Petrograd. , That's what Bepier, the butcher, was saying rather significantly,”’ replied Mr. Jarr. “Say, how much is his bill? It's a little awkward to get those conversa- tional shoots, you know.” “If you would not meet your trades- men socially you would not be embar- rassed by their remarks,” retorted Mrs. . 1 had to pay the gas bill and some other accounts this week, so I did not pay the butcher. But I wasn’t talk- ing of the men you meet in that Gus’ place. I was of Clara Mud- ridge-Smith. She's up to something I will have to explain and apologize for.“ „She's been so very nice to me lately, taking me around in her motor car and not letting me pay for teas and things. So Im very suspicious. Oh, dear! I'm tired of explaining and excusing for oth- ers. I wish I knew some new nice peo- ple. You can always brag about your new friends. You don't know anything but what is nice about new people!“ “You don’t think she’s going to beat her husband or anything like that, do you?’ asked Mr. Jarr. There's so much of this militancy creeping into married life that you can’t tell what next im- patient wives will pull on long-suffer- ing husbands.” “What foolishness you talk?’ snapped Mrs. Jarr. “And yet I know Clara Mud- ridge-Smith is up to something. She telephoned me she’d be over this even- ing, so I suppose I'll soon know.“ “Maybe she’s going to leave her hus- band?” suggested Mr. Jarr. He is very fond of her; lets her have her own way in everything, is able to give her every luxury and gladly does so. And as she was very poor and had to sup- port herself as a saleslady, with long hours and little pay, before she mar- ried Old Man Smith, I wouldn’t be surprised if she could stand it no long- er and was resolved to live her own life in her own way.” At this point Gertrude, the Jarre light running domestic, announced Mra. Mudridge-Smith, and that ornate young matron came fluttering in in a high state of carefully considered excite- ment. : She kissed Mrs. Jarr effusively, sh a tear, gasped a salutation to Mr. Jarr end then renewed her complexion from der jewelled vanity case. “I have crossed the Rubicon! The die is cast!” she remarked hysterically. “You'd better stick by the old man.“ remarked Mr. Jarr. He's a pretty wood scout. If Jack Silver wanted to marry you why didn’t he do it when you were single!“ “Why, how dare you say such dreadful 5 ee N * ng a Sd | , But what is it 4 to do, my dear?“ am going to take up my career,” not comprehend her impeccable . status. “I gave up my career to marry, and while I will not give up husband for my career, still my — opine > —— — = — * — ¢ Pop Ribbed Up This Gag on Uncle Si! BET YA A Mer 1 CAN MW ALTEN YA, UNCLE THY | fit me, written around a ‘cage of lions. *SMATTER POP? Su FERIN CATS! ITS A WONDER YA WOULDNT CHAWw THe FINGER OFF Bory! / YA DIDN EN THPECK ME To THWALLER YA WHOLE Dp * OH-H! So iT 4S some oF Neu ‘Tom W — ＋ ke With Axel, but This Is Going Too Far! Drawn for the Post-Dispatch a By VIC. 4 | 9 | It’s All Right for Flooey to Jo Loox AT THE Poor BOOB ASLEEP IN NH: u rr GONNA START 'T_GaNG AN’ THEN dumP ouT ! CHee Wee Hee! “ii 11 77 — — — 8 4 Set. WHEN HE WAKES UP AN FINDS HIS “TAXI RUNNING ALONG HELL “THINK r A GHOST DRWING Mien!“ HE . = — — — a — * — a ) d — 2 + a ‘a 2 4 /* — — — * * e — mad d GWE TEN BUCKS Yo SEE THE LOOK ON AXEL’S FACE WHEN wakes up! N * N — duty is to my career, and at last he Sees it, I am going on the stage!“ “On the stage?“ repeated Mr. Jar “Well, you'd better hurry. There isn much left since the movies put the bi ; crimp in the drama.“ Tell us all about it, Clara,“ said Mra Jarr eagerly. Tou have kept it secre too long.“ “Mr. and Mrs. Beagle suggested i just recently, and Mr. Harold Dogstor}; —and dramatic mattera—thoroughly and en thuslasticaly coincides with the Beagles. He says I will be a knockdown.” “A ‘knockout,’ you mean,“ suggested Mr. Jarr. “Tt is a dramatic technical term for a stupendous success,“ said the visitor. „The Beagles know an author who has @ great dramatic piece that would just It is called The Maiden Martyr.’ ”’ “Oh, then you are not going to leave your old man?” sald Mr. Jarr. “Certainly not!“ snapped Mrs. Mud- ridge-Smith. But, oh, dear! It took Mr. and Mrs. Beagle and the Countess Bazoo and Mr. Dogstory and Mr. Grind- em (the author) and myself hours and ou know HE is experienced 11 hours to get my husband to consent to >» War Illustration. German Planting a Mine. finance the proposition. Isn't it dreadful that one’s art and one’s career should be dependent on mere money, most grudgingly given?” A man who indulges in much buck- ing of the tiger soon finds himself the goat. 8 — — — 2 — * Drawn for the Post-Dispatch By MAURICE KETTEN. r ~~ — N nn Se ae) — —— } + x F a N 5 a uy + * 1 7 * “ a 5 4 , 10 ALSo Ts PAY NE GAS BILL ano ELECTRIC UGHT Bite, TELEPHONE BILL C 8 8 AND EARN Sone MORE 0 Seat of Woman's Curiosity. MU f N 1 5 } IFTED down to bed rock, S what man facetiously is prone to term woman’s in- herent curiosity is but her nat- ural desire, born of the ages, to find out the things man has never told woman. From Oorrespondent 4 Hazen Conklin yy Mostly Personal. INCE Thanksgiving your able cor- S respondent ain’t bin able. He’s bin disabled by overstuffin’ his- self. So, while there’s bin news hap- penin’ in our midst we ain't bin lookin’ for it very spry. Amos Crabb, our local sneerer, come to see us with several days of sneerin’ material he’d saved up, so we are sendin’ it in knowin’ your readers has wore out several pair of glasses lookin’ for it. P. 8.—We want our space rates increased from $1.32 a yard to 59 cents a foot, to meet the increased cost of livin’. Do we get it? Anyway, here’s them sneers: It’s allus dangerous / to do business on a bluff. You can't tell when the wind will blow you over it. The smaller a feller’s charities the more apt he is to brag about them. The spirit of philanthropy and brotherly love is what some fellers discover only after they’ve made their pile. Some fellers wear out shoe leather lookin’ for a job—others wear out the patience of their friends tellin’ them their hard luck stories. There's lots of superstitious folks who believe in signs except when a corner lot neighbor puts up one read- ing “Keep off the grass.” It's funny how some fellers git all swelled up with their own wind. As a matter of fact the bigger a feller really is the less apt he is to tell you all about it. They say talk is cheap, which must be why some fellers have 20 much of tt. But talk ain't allus cheap. There are some things that you can call a feller that mean doctor’s bills and there are some times when you let the cat outten the bag that it costs a heap to catch it again. A Big Petition. R ER WILLIAMS’ Petition: “Lawd, put in de hearts er de people ter make de comin’ Chris’mas sich a halle- luja season dat de wrinkled ole world ‘ll dance all its troubles so fur away dey’ll never find de way back ag in git los’ in de woods, so ter speak, an’ then let de woods ketch fire an’ con- fume all dem troubles till dey is nut- tin’ mo’n ashes—an’ a mighty small pile, at dat!“ Atlanta Constitution. Always Black. “Jiggs says things look pretty black in his business,” 3 “How's that?’ “He manufactures shoe polish.”—But- falo Express. | : His Reflection. “Have you ever thought seriously of marriage, sir?” “Indeed I have; ever since the cere- mony.’’—Boston Transcript. Mess-Mates. She: I cannot accept the offer of your love. He: I will be just as well satisfied if you return it.—Baltimore American. A Tureén of Soup Receives the final touch by AOS e e LEA«PERRINS Easily Detected. OTHING is easier to spot at & function than the fellow who had to choose quick between staying away or renting a plug hat. Good Suggestion. ON’T you think some men look bet- ter with long whiskers?” asked the critical girl. “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne, “I think every man who insists on having a large diamond in his shirt front ought to be compelled to wear long whiskers.’’— | Washington Star. 7 One Way, Girls. Mrs. Oldun: I buy my husband a box of cigars every Christmas. Mre. Newed: But I thought you ob- jected to his smoking at home? does.—Judge. — — — —— — are HORLICK’S The Original and denne MALTED MILK Mrs. Oldun: So I do—and he never Baby’s Bank Or, Saving Up for Christmas. ) EPISODE I. “See, baby,” said mamma, “see the pretty bank I’ve got you. We'll . put it right here on the table, and every day papa and I will put some e money in it so that when Christmas time comes baby will be able to buy some nice presents for Santa Claus to give to people. Won't that be nice?” EPISODE II. | “Gee-whiz!” said papa. “I haven't got anything smaller than a 1. dollar bill, and I can’t change that on the cars. Got any money?” “I don’t think I've got a speck of change, William!” said mamma. “Here! Take this quarter out of baby’s bank.” EPISODE III. “Give me some change, quick, William!” cried mamma. “The vege table man is here, and I want to buy a few things for dinner.” “I’m busted,” replied papa. Take it out of baby’s bank.“ EPISODE IV. f “Say, mamma,” said 10-year-old Tommy, “can I have five cents to go to the moving-picture show this afternoon? Tou promised 1 could, you know.” 4 “So I did, Tommy,” said mamma, with a smile. Here's a nickel from baby’s bank. I don’t know what I’ve done with my pocketbook.” EPISODES V. VI, VII, VIII, IX. AND S0 ON, oe The same as the foregoing, with slight immaterial variations. FINAL EPISODE. “Well, baby,” said Uncle Charley, “are you going to write a nice, long letter to Santa Claus this Christmas?” ; “No, I am not,” replied baby, with a stern, significant glance at all the members of the family. “I shall write instead, I think, to the State Board of Bank Examiners.”—Puck. e — — — — —— — —— ꝓ— CD——I—ũ (4% All Trains | J Via Washington With Liberal Stopover Privileges AMERICA’S anaitern AND HISTORIO 7 4 5 ats Sr: 2 . eee ek 1 “a vs > S x 7 4 Vi OS te a * 3 * Figs. 2 * 2 1 * : : 8 7 * ; f 4 2 . * 2: ; x ö * f a, 7 ae 5 P as ese . 7 2) oe = 8 4 Se ash alt = Trains. anise 8 3 8 5 . 2 = * * ac > 8 a % 1 3 : a * 2 8 e i an, a 9 E n ge Veg ] TRS 8 Pt bag gp tne