St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 22, 1914

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ee ‘on his ha; Alek hls are int Vos quvehiik value ie the renting or finding of cosy rooms. Phone Your ‘Want—6600—Olive or Central Only Evening Paper in St. t. Louis With Associated Press News Service. ta A LL LO “VOL. 67. NO. 124. DELEGATE BUTLER WHO SHOT WOMAN TRIED BY COURT ! Politician Both Testify ot an Accident Caused Injury... HAS RECOVERED HEALTH When in Hospital Widow Said She Was Wounded for Fail- ure to Keep Appointment. Thomas J. Butler of 2912A Franklin avenue, member of the House of Dele- ist iO f-mesee from the Nineteenth Ward, was freed by Judge Clark today in the Court of Criminal Correction of the charge of 4ooting Mrs: Anna Crane of 2945 Gam- é street, a policeman’s widow and ,utler’s former. friend, the early norning of Aug. 26 last. _ Butler's discharge, which was at h.‘% preliminary hearing, came after both ‘hé and Mrs. Crane had testified that the shooting was an accident. Mrs. Crane has recovered from her wound, which was in the chest. Mrs. Crane was shot while she * was in Butler’s company on the sidewalk - near his home. After the shooting But ler ran to his home and locked the doors and policemen had to enter through a transom to arrest him. He would make no definite statement as to the shooting, but told the police that Mrs. Crane had thrown stones at him, and he also said he had thrown his re- volver into a yard across the street. Mrs. Crane, at the city horpital, told in = reporters and the police that Butter, who had just returned from a meeting of the Democratic State Committee in Jef- ferson City, had shot her because she had failed to keep an appointment with him. . Her testimony today was widely dif- ferent from her statement after the shooting, at a time when she apparently believed she would die. She testified that on the night of Aug 25, before Butler's return from Jefferson City, she was visiting with four friends “Whose names she could not remember, as she bad met them only that evening. - “Going out after midnight,” she tes- tified, “I met Mr. Butler on the street, and I called to him and tugged at his coat. He had both hands in his pocket, and as he took them out a revolver fell out, I don’t-know from which pocket. _ “He and I both stooped over to pick at UDy and as we did so the revolver & suddenly discharged and the bullex “‘Phat’s about all I remember.” “the was asked if she hit Butler hb a-stone, she said she did not. As- ee econ Attorney Fitzgerald asked if she had not told him a different story #4. the hospital, and she said she did not remember what she had said at the hospital. She said she had been ac- quainted with Butler five years. . ©. 5. Green of 2725 Washington avenue, ‘who was on the other side of the street ‘at the time of the shooting, said he 58 Wingy: “Roman and woman arguing, the man appar eee Va-eat away and the woman pulling at him, and that the woman picked up two stones, which the ™a&n wrested from her, and then man- Sen. to throw a third stone at him. Then, Green said, he saw the woman her hands, and heard a _ shot, he did not see the revolver. ~ saNT CLAUS TO REMEMBER ~~ CITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS ek Women and Children Will Each cart Get a Present, but no | Candy. inte Claus has put the city hospital hig visiting list this year, and his sleigh will be loaded for the 764 pa- tients, big and little, with ail the good things na he distributes elsewhere, except cand Presents io the adult patients have been procured by the nurses, who will give each one a handkerchief, while ) the: will are superintendent, F. EB. Chapman, ‘each man a cigar. The wards being decorated, with a fund con- by the Mayor and the visit- * staff. Gifts for the children have been pro- co by the Episcopal Mission, the Wthical Society, Charles A. Stix, the \ ureh of the Unity, the Maple Avenue oon Church and Miss Hender- - eon of Florrisant. Another individual -siver, @ Miss Brainerd, has donated 4 garments. - Fifty baskets of food from the Post- ealepateds Christmas Festival are to be _ taken to families of patients recently _ discharged. Kingdom House and the - Elke’ lodge will also give baskets}. A _ “uner similar to that served on Thanks- Ving, and including turkey, cranber- thes and mince pie, will be served to the patients. The nurses will give a ‘Christmas eve. dance, to which the phy- ‘siclans have been invited. “Aen ARGUMENTS Wants Appeat in Campbell Diamiase dé. HEARD IGHTLY WARMER TONIGHT 8 WITH MINIMUM ABOUT 22 THE TEMPERATU RES. See ceereses 2 a. ™m. 22 Yesterday’s Temperatures. High, 24 at 3 p. m. Low, 19 at 11 p. m. Raat ae night, missed the 6-above weather CAR SIGNS which had been predicted for it by the Weather Bu- reau. Forecaster Hayes today, in explanation, said St. Louis fortu- nately was on the southern line of the -old-wave belt. and that tempera- tures as low as 6 above were re- corded between here and Hanni- bal. The lowest tem- perature last night was 18, at 5 a. m., which was only 8 degrees lower than at noon yes- terday. At Duluth, Minn., it was 18 below zero last night. Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, with the lowest temperature about 22. Missouri—Partly cloudy ton'ght and _ to- morrow;. possibly rain or snow in extreme south portion: slightly warmer tonight. Illinois—Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; possibly rain or snow in extreme south portion; slightly warmer tonight. Stage of the river: .2 of a foot; no change. FOUR MEN EAT MEALS AND SAY, “CHARGE IT T0 MAYOR” ———_—___ ay Irishman and Three Germans Ar< rested and Complain Free Soup Is “Skillagaloo.” William Cunningham, Joseph Rosik, Paul Dietrich and Max Kirst ate $1.7 worth of foo@ at the Portland Hotel cafe today, helped themselves liberally to toothpicks and called for cigars. Ba- fore handing out cigars the girl at the cash counter asked them for their checks. ’ “Charge it to Mayor Kiel,” they said. The girl called Manager Holt. Cun- ningham used some bad language to him. Holt called in a Police Sergeant, who took them to headquarters. He asked them why they did not go to Holt and ask him for something to eat. Cunningham replied that they didn’t do business that way.. The Sergeant want- ed to know why they did not patronize the free soup kitchen. “Aw, that’s only a skillagaloo joint,” said Cunningham. “A whatagaloo? That's a new one on me. How do you spell it?’’ Cunningham spelled it and explained that it meant “bum soup” or ‘‘dish- water” soup. The other three men could speak little English. The Ser- geant expressed surprise that a man of Cunningham’s emerald extraction should be associated in such an enter- prise with three Germans. “Oh, the rish and the Dutch are sticking togeth- er these days,’”’ he said. ‘The four wére locked up to answer to a charge of disturbing the peace. HORSE STRANGERS LEFT WITH MAN NOW A “WHITE ELEPHANT” Owners Fail to Return and Mare Has . Big Capacity for Food; to Be Turned Loose. Leon Fiechan of 7600 Gravois avenue has nevér taken much stock. in reincar- nation theories, but he can truthfully testify that a gray mare left at his home two weeks ago has turned into a white elephant, and he added he did not have to look the gift horse in the mouth to learn it had a great capacity for food. Fiechan told the police that three men called on him Dec. 8 and wanted to sell him the mare for “a song.’’ He had no vse for the animal, he told the men, and they asked him to keep it ‘‘over night,” saying they would return for it in the morning. “I wouldn’t mind keeping her longer,” he said, “but its costing me something to keep her fat. She eats six ears of corn three times a day, and I can’t af- ford it, in addition to oats and hay. If she were a cow I could get my ‘money’s worth in milk. “If I was sure the men who gave her to me were her real owners, I would sell her for what I’ve spent on her, but I don’t want to take a chance on selling what might turn out to be stolen prop- erty. If she was stolen the thieves: were mighty poor judges of horseflesh and I don’t blame her owner for not going after her. I've got to get rid of her some way, and if no one calls for her by tomorrow I'm going to turn her loose.”’ NOW THE MOTOR CYCLE SLED West Emd Boy Says He Can Go 40 Miles an Hour. The motor cycle sled is the latest St. Louis method of exceeding the speed limit. Holman Johnson of 3744 Finney avenue shot along the icy West End streets on one of the sleds yesterday, and made 40 miles an hour —on the level, he says. Johnson, a motor @ycle expert, constructed his sle& at & cost of 34, in addition to the use @f a motorcycle engine, tank and rear wheel, these parts being worth IHOLTCAMP MUST GIVE UP CLAIM ON $116,000 IN FEES Supreme Court, in Greene Coun- ty Case, Decides Law Affecting Probate Judges Is Legal. IS THE SECOND RULING Judge Has Paid Excess Fees of Office to City Treasurer Under Protest. By a decision of the State Supreme Court, handed down yesterday, Probate Judge Charles W. Hoitcamp will have to surrender $116,000 of excess fees which he had paid under protest to the Board of Education. The decision was in the case of Lydy vs. Greene County, in which the validity of the law of 195 providing salaries instead of fees for Probate Judges, was upheld. This is the second decision handed down by the Supreme Court upholding the validity of this law. Grant G. Lydy of Springfield, Judre of the Probate Court of Greene County, contested the validity of the law, and following the suits filed by him and the Probate Judge of St. Joseph, Judge Holtcamp paid the fees of the St: Louis court into the City Treasury under protest, there- by reserving his right to recover them in ‘the event of a decision favorable to Lydy. Sehool Board Gave Contract. The result of Judge Holtcamp’s ac- tion was that the Board of Education was compelled to enter into a contract with the City' Treasurer, Auditor and him for the recovery of the fees, be- fore the city officials. would transmit the money to the School Board. Had the decision of the Supreme Court been otherwise, Judge Holtcamp would have been in a position to retain fees in excess of $20,000 a year, which now go to the Board of Education. It was es- timated that the fees for the two terms he has served, and the term to which he was elected in November, would ag- gregate $200,000. The law of 196 provides that Probate Judges shall receive the same salaries as Circuit Judges throughout the State, plus 10 per cent of the fees. The St. Loulz Circuit Judges receive salaries of $0500 a year, but the salaries are smailer in the country districts. With the fee which he received under the law, Judge Tioltcamp has been getting about $8300 a vear as Probate Judge in St. . Louis. Lydy, contesting the validity of the law, pleaded its unconstitutionality on the ground that as the saiaries of Circuit Judges are unequal it was ciass legis- lation. Only Twe Justices Dissent. The decision was written by Chief Jus- tice Lamm, with Judges Brown, Walker, Woodson and Eond concurring, and Judges Graves and Farris dissenting. As all phases of the law have been passed upon by the Supreme Court, in this and the previous decision, it is not thought likely «hat any further effort will be made by Probate Judges to contest its validity. In his campaign for re-eiection Judge Holtcamp pledged himself not to contest the law, but this pledge was made after it had been discovered that he had made rlans by which he cculd reccver the ex- cees fees which have accumulated dur- ing his service, if tie Supreme Court nad knocked out the law. COASTS A MILE TO HIS WORK President of National Stockyards Uses Grandson’s Sled. Cc. T. Jones, 64 years old, president of the National Stock Yards Co., told his friends today how for two days he had coasted ene mile from his residence upon Signal Hill, the highest spot in St. Clair County, to Edgemont, to get to work.. It. was too dangerous for his auto, and a horse slipped badly. Then he borrowed a sled of one of his grand- sons and found the trip such sport that he tried it again this morning, Judge E. C. Kramer, living near Jones, tried coasting from his rés- idence this morning, but was thrown into a gwiley an@ - .vered wit® snow. is hat was lost. Spencer Ellsworth, living at 1600 Summit street, also tried to coast on Sunday morning, but was thrown -and ,his right wrist was sprained. MAYOR TO GIVE BOOKS 10 BOYS Presents to Industrial School Inmates Will Coptain Autograph. Books for boys were piled on Mayor Kiel’s office table today, and whenever the Mayor got a moment’s leisure he would write his name on the flyleaf of one of the books, with “Merry Christ- mas” or some similar message beneath. The books are to be the Mayor's Christmas gifts to the boys of the city Industrial School. Most of them were the works of England’s most prolific writers of boys’ books, G. A. Henty. Oliver Optic was represented. The Mayor has ordered some books for girls also, and these were to be delivered la- ter in the day and autographed. The Mayor's total purchase was 200 books. PASSENGER TRAIN 1S ‘WRECKED The Missouri Pacific general offices in ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1914—22 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT| FINAN CIAL “MARKETS - SPORTS __ Cameron Highlanders Capturing a German Detachment | Comptroller, to defend any suits filed by PBA LLL LE LOLS Beard is I and pictured above. lege Hospital in London. CONFERENCE IS HELD ON PLAN 70 “HIRE-AMAN Mayor, President Capen and Sec- retary Saunders of B. M. L. Discuss Proposal. ‘*hire-a-man”’ Mayor. Kiel to A conference on the movement suggested by the Business Men's League was held be- tween the Mayor and President Capen Saunders of the league this morning. Mayor Kiel suggested that each’ member of the Business Men’s League hire an extra employe to reduce the number of unemployed men in the city. fous the conference Saunders said that the league members undoubtedly would give encouragement to the move- ment. Capen and Saunders wishe’ {fo hear from Mayor Kiel what his ideas were as to carrying out the suggestion. tt is estimated that there are nearly and Secretary ties. If each firm would take on it least one additional man it would start an industrial revival in the city which undoubtedly would resuit in a great deal of good, in the opinion of Mayor Kiel. The Mayor told Capen and Saunders that he had formed no definite plan: which he would urge members of the Business Men's League to adopt, but| that he beHeved nearly every member could find employment for at least one man. Capen said he would place the matter before the Executive Committee of the league, and would report to the Mayor. Mayor Kiel, after a consultation with Chairman Rogers of the Efficiency Board, announced that he would au- thorize Fire Chief Henderson to fill 15 vacancies in the Fire Department with- out waiting for the dpplicants to take a civil service examination. The board will not be ready to hold the examination for two months. The 15 men will be selected by Director Swingley and Chief Henderson from a list of 250 applications already on file. The jobs will be temporary and the men appointed _ will take the examination when the board is ready. BEAUTY I$ COSTLIER STILL Preparation: for “My Lady” toe Be Taxed Under ‘*\: r Revenue Law. WASHINGTON, bec. 22.—Internal Revenue Commissioner Osborn, in a de- cision today, held that beauty prepara- tions must be taxed under the war reve- LO OAPR ED OO HO” ——~ Drawn by F. MATANIA for the London Sphere. es * OCF (RP Rn + HE above incident was personally recounted go the artist by A. H. Beard, a private, who was wounded in the engagement described now recovering at the University Col- The incident took place at Jangemarck, in the Yser country. Early in Fh ee GDA OEE OLDE. PDL hk a A POLLED AP ALAA LOND AO vty hr ~ AY —_——e Copyright. 1914, by the New York Herald Co. and reproduced in St. Louis exclusively by the Post-Dispatch by special arrangement with the London Sphere. November a force of about a hundred Germans had been compelled to take cover behind a mill and a small house. by British artillery fire, and a small force of Cameron Highlanders, by a rapid rush, were able to round up the Germans, who were compelled to hold up their hands until a sufficiently strong guard arrived. The house was rendered untenable — WEALTHY LAWYER KILLED, SON BADLY Texan Slain in Los Angeles Home by One of Two Rob- bers He Surprises. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 22.—William Montrose Alexander, a retired attorney, said to be a millionaire, and for many years a repident of Dallas, Tex., was shot and killed early today by one of two burglars whom he discovered in his home. William M. Alexander Jr., endeavoring to go to the aid of his father, was shot in the breast. Another bullet severed the index finger of his left hand. The Alexanders moved from Dallas three years ago to Washington, D. C., where two daughters attended school. Miss Penelope Alexander, one of the daughters, heard shots fired by her brother and rushed to his aid. With a. silver-backed hair brush she beat the burglar on the head .and he 9000 firms in the Business Men’s League | which employ men in different capaci- | struggled to free himself from the The ' burglar finally broke away from the grip of young Alexander and his sis- ter and escaped. Alexander practiced law in Dallas for 20 years. The family spent last year in Europe and had occupied their home here but a week. When the robbers escaped from the | Alexander houses they were barefotted and bareheaded, having left their shoes and hats in the yard. i |grasp of her wounded brother. Slain Attorney a Corporation Lawyer in Dallas, Tex. DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 22.—William M. Alexander, killed in Los Angeles, torney here. About three years ago he moved away with his family. Alexander was a native of Tennessee, but came here in 1875. He married a daughter of the late Judge 8. Y. Hog- sett, a pioneer citizen of Fort Worth. KING OF “HOUSE OF DAVID” Head of Fiyina Rollers’ Colony Re- quests Michigan Governor to Make Inquiry. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. 22.— “King’’ Benjamin Purnell turned on his accusers today bY authorizing his at- torney to ask Gov. Ferris for an imme- diate and complete investigation of the charges that his are a free love colony. He requested David | State of Michigan. HURT BY BURGLAR was for many years a corporation at-’ ASKS FOR INVESTIGATION Miying Rollers here that every phase of life in his House of colony be investigated by the VON TIRPITZ SAYS GERMANY. CAN STARVE ENGLAND, T00 German Minister of Marine Asks “What Will; America Say if We Declare Submarine War on Merchant Ships?” NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—An interview by Grand Admiral von Tirpitz, German Minister of Marine, to Karl H. von Wie- gand, an American correspondent, is printed here today, in which Von Tir- pitz is quoted as asking: “What will America say if Germany declares sub- marine war on all enemy merchant ships?’’ This question followed his statement that America had not protested against England's closing of the North Sea to neutral shipping. ‘“‘England wants 10 starve us,’’ he declared. “We can play the same game. We can bottle her up and torpedo every English or allied ship which nears any harbor in Great Britain, thereby cutting off large food supplies.”’ The interview was given at the Kai- ser’s field capital in France, and the delayed dispatch was sent under date of Dec. 2% Von Tirpitz afterward re- turned to Berlin because of the Kaiser's illness, but he is today reported again to have accompanied the maleer to the western battle front. Von Tirpitz declared Britain’s domina- tion of the sea was originally founded on piracy, while her power on land was established by robbery in all parts of the world. | “Germany was developing too fast, growing too strong and too powerful and was getting in England's way, so her throat had to be cut—that’s it in a nut- shell,’’ he continued. “King Edward laid plans for it years ago. He had an inexplicable antipathy to Germany. He looked about and seized upon the grow- ing Pan-Slavism in the East and the Revanche idea in the West as his means. “England thereupon formed an alli- ance with the yellow race in the Orient, with Russian barbarians in the East and in the West with the French, who were unable to shake themselves lodse from the obsession of the ‘Revanche.’ “The impression has gone abroad,’’ the correspondent remarked, “that German militarism hoped to bring on the war.”’ ‘Yes, that England’s cry,’’ retorted the Admiral. “Our militarism they accuse, but what about her navalism and mea- rineism, which for years has made Claims to a monopoly of authority on the water? There is no militarism with Ls, unless you call universal service by that title; and that is merely the de- fensive development which has resulted from Germany having been the tram- pling ground of the European nations for hundreds of years. For 200 years France has declared war on Germany 34 times. I say universai service makes for peace, not for war.” ———— NEW ENUIPMENT PURCHASED FOR CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH Postoffice Department Buys 175,000 Burlap Sacks on the Open Market. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—To handle the greatest volume of Christmas mail in the history of the Postoffice Depart- ment it has been found necessary to purchase additional equipment in the open market. The department has been supplied with 2000 mafl bags a day for six months but yesterday, to provide ‘ Mfcreased equipment, particularly for use in large cities, 175,000 Durlap bags were purchased and another large order probably will be placed today. Additional transportation equipment including cars, automobiles and wagons, as well as several thousand emergency employes in the railway mail service and city delivery service, have been added. EX-SENATOR W. S. WEST DIES VALDOSTA, Ga, Dec. 22.—~Former ape IS ESTIMATED AT $20,000,000 A YEAR One in Every Ten Broken in Transit and Three Are Addicd, Raifl- road Lawyer Testifies. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Between the hen and the consumer there is a waste of $200,000,000 of eggs each year. This was the testimony given at the Attorney- General's “Egg Trust” inquiry today by William Mann of the law departmert of the New York Centra) Railroad, wh. read a ietter from the Department of Agriculture to support his claim. According to these figures, the Ameri- can egg crop is worth $700,000,000 a yest and $60,000,000-fs lost through breakage in transit. ‘ One out of every ten eggs is broken on the way to market. three of the remain- ing mine are addied before they reach the consumer, and # per cent are good only for strong palates or tanning leather. Raltway Wese Heering Adjouras. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The Western rail- || MILITARISM BE ENDED FRANCE WILL DECLARES T Other Territory Taken in Second Balkan Wer. xy Taken | garia Won’t Attack as an Indication and Rumania Will rT Conflict With Allies. ne or PARIS, Dec. 22.—Premier Viviani, stating the views of the French Gov- ernment, concerning the war, to Chamber of Deputies, gathered for & extraordinary war session today, said: “ah “France, acting in accord with 9 allies, will not sheathe her arms til after taking vengeance for raged right; until she has for all time to the French fat land the provinces ravished from by force; restored heroic Belgium t the fullness of her material benign ad” her political independence, and unt Prussian militarism has been crushed — to the end that it be possible to re- construct, on a basis of Justice, s Europe regenerated,”’ ae i Address Greeted With Oheers. The ministerial declaration, noaile Premier Vivianl, was greeted’ oe most continuous cheering. cos to the allies of France and to the cori- © manding Generals ere applauded with = particular enthu oa There was a remarkable demonstra-_ tion when the Premier declared that France and her alliés were oe to carry on the war to the a = whatever its length and severity. id “There is at this time but one policy, a combat without. ‘mercy | such. time as we can definite liberation of Europe, won victory ensuring peace,” said the | a bills were introduced by various isters, Then the sitting was - ed, baving lasted scarey more = hagas hour. w Nationa auseral places in spits Rn agg vacant when the historic war opened. Some of these were deaths on ihe battlefield and cause the soldier deputies to leave their posts at None of the members Gen. Joffre had issued ! mitting the wearing of re under certain circumstances, ae pear in the Chamber of Depatiaal ie A civilian clothes was regarded as : in accord with republican ideas. ly 200 deputies have joined the have high rank, while still others ape — doing duty in different military depart- — ments, Entente’s ‘Auiiaiiae Bul | Several members of the chamber in their constituencies the time the Germans markable dash southward at ning of the war. Some of were able to make their the lines of the German troops, but ers could not and were hostages. Representatives of all from the Socialists to of the chamber before M. Paul bell calling order, The dncuenioms were 0 a great degree of animation, - less, it was easy to discern the new ma- tional spirit which has been since the beginning of hostilities, — members of the Chamber generally pressed their determination to show : fidence in the administration by sup- porting Government proposals he arxument. On fhe three seata be ing to Deputies wno have lost lives on the field of battle there | wreaths of evergreen with - chanel, Speaker of the House, fries * pervaded the entire assemblage and | ne : oe rool Ae teers hone eee $150 or so. He used crates in making the sled frame. The real wheel, bound with skid chains, propels the sled, and the en- gine is 18 inches from the ground. The sled will hold two persons, seated tandem, and a third can be crowded “King’’ Benjamin also broke his si- lence of several weeks and issued a public statement in which he declared accusations against him were “only in fulfillment of a prophecy made by the ‘Fifth Angel,’ John Wroe, in 1827, of persecutions upon the children of Israel before they would be permitted to enter the promised land of perfect purity and | death of Senator A. O. Bacon and he everlasting. life.” This pronouncement] served from March 2 to November 7 jcaused -sermeutee ner ka soortalion narginipss: xhgee ast rue act. Hair oils, pomades, hair dress- ings, hair restoratives, hair dyes, ton- ics, stains, bleaches, improvers, -beauti- fiers, depilatories, brifliantines and soaps are taxible. The Commissioner's hair is white—what there is left of it. . Hie exempts from taxation ordinary shaving soaps, powders, pastes and creams, unless cosmetic virtues are Claimed for them. Tooth and mouth j washes are also held to be taxable. St. Louis at noon received reports that passenger train No, 3, due in St. Louis at 8:45 p. m. today was derailed this morning at Martha, Kan. All of the six cars and engine left the track, but did not turn over. The re- ports stated that none of the :.acsengers was romeo injured. One girl suf- United Sthtes Senator William SS. West was found dead in bed at his home here early today. He had retired apparently in good health, West, who was a lawyer and business man, was appointed by Gov. Slaton to fill the unexpired term caused by the way wage arbitration proceedings were adjourned today to Jan. 4, after C. R. Jessup of Argenta, Ark., a fireman em- ployed by the Missouri Pacific had giv- en testimony similar to much that al- réady has gone into the record. Post-Dispatch Wants will locate - 1 a me lle a) on