St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 16, 1915

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Only Evening Paper in St. Louss With Associated Press News Service. — ae ee ee a 3000 Home and Real Estate Offers as usual in the Big Want Directory. | VOL. 67. NO. 239. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1915—22 PAGES. =} PRICE ONE CENT | GERMANS. DROP BOMBS 30 MILES FROM LONDON ee Visits Herne Bay, Canterbury, Sitting Bourne and Faversham After Zep- pelins Come Within 36 Miles of Capital. No Great Damage Is Re- ported, but Metropolis Pre- pares for Attack by Calling Out Special Police. French Aviators Drop Bombs on Buildings Housing Ger- man Staff at Mezieres and Charleville. By Associated Press. LONDON, April 16.—German avia- tors this afternoon were dropping bombs in Kent, within 30 miles of London. The craft first appeared Herne Bay, to tha east of Canter- bury and about 50 miles from Lon- don. Within a few minutes, Can- terbury, closer to the capital, was visited and very shortly afterward Faversham and Sitting Bourne, not more than 30 miles away were at- tacked. This was the third German aerial at- - tack on the Eastern counties, of En- gland in the last 36 hours. The two previous attacks were made at night by Zeppelin airships. This afternoon's raid ‘was carried out by at least one aero- plane. No great damage is reported. Aerial onslaughts, however, have not been limited to the Germans. French official reports claim a successful bom- bardment from the sky of the Imperial German headquarters in retaliation for a Zeppelin assault on Nancy. 'Phe French statement Saves: “as German aviator dropped bombs on the hospital at Mourmelion. By way of reprisal for the bombard- ment of Nancy by a Zeppelin one of -@ur aeroplanes dropped five bombs on the German headquarters. All the projectiles fell on the buildings in which the imperial staff. were. in- stalled at Mexisres and Charleville. We also bombarded the station of Freiburg-im-Braisgau. “Finally a flying squadron of 15 machines dropped bombs, with com- plete success, on the German mili- tary buildings at Ostend. Our aero- planes were violently cannonaded but all returned unscatched.” Referring to these operations, the statement from German headquarters today says: . “Aviators were unusually active yesterday, as the weather was favor- able. Hostile aviators threw bombs on places behind the German front. Freiburg also was visited. At this place several civilians, including children, were killed or wounded.” Canterbury Cathedral Unharmed. Although fears had been expressed for the safety of Canterbury Cathedral, it was learned late today that the German raider dropped no bombs there. A German biplane flew also over Sheerness. There the anti-aircraft guns fired oon it and the machine was seen suddenly to dip. The spectators thought it had been winged and cheered wildly. The aeroplane, how- | ever, recovered and again ascended. Then it traveled at a high speed across the Isle of Sheppey, at the mouth of the Thames and escaped to the open sea. Apparently no bombs were droppeed on Sheerness. British aeroplanes are said to have gone in pursuit of the machine which appeared over Sitting Bourne. The aeroplane which dropped bombs on Faversham was shot at by local marks- men, but their aim apparently was poor. Fiying over Sitting Bourne, the airman dropped another bomb, but the only re- sult was the digging of a hole in an orchard. Still another bomb was dropped into a chalk quarry. The Ger- man machine then started for the sea by way of Deal, from which direction it had appeared. London No Longer Immune. London no longer considers itself imamune form air-raiders of the Zep- pelin type. It is realized also that even aeroplanes could bombard the city. The Zeppelins, on their recent night raids have traveled further from their Cuxhaven base than the distance from Cuxhaven to London and aeroplanes 30 miles from the capital and choosing their own course, have brought a new concep- tion of the effective range of this type of machine. Nevertheless the public is skeptical of the powers for harm of Zeppelins, the trifling damage done during the night raids of Wednesday and Thursday being cited in justification of this feeling. It would appear that the latest air raiders have used bombs of an incendiary, rather than an explosive character. ' Pronounced activity at the German airship bases at Emden and Cuxhaven today is reported in telegrams from Hol. land, An urgent call was !asued in Lon- don this afternoon for special police to go on duty atip. m. According to re ports from Holland, three Z%eppelins Were seen today fiying westward over over ech. Islands in the North Sea. Coun: aA Atta & Caluma A. 1““BUTTER” FROM SUNFLOWER OIL Plant to Be Raised at All Depots in Plan of German Govern- ment to Meet Scarcity. LONDON, April 16.—The production of margarin from sunflowers is the latest device attributed to the German Govern- ment to meet the expected scarcity of butter, according to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from Amster- dam. The message says the Prussian Ministry of Railroads has ordered all station masters to plant sunflowers in every bit of available ground around the depots. Sunflowers, it is claimed, yield an oil that can be used in the manufacture of substitutes for butter. BRENTWOOD MAN OWNS AUTO THAT BUCKS LIKE A BRONCHO Steering Gear Seems to Have Consti- tutional Ailment—May Swap It for a Mule. If Leslie Berry’s bucking auto throws him again, after its third performance yesterday, his friends believe he will be trying to swap it for something safe— a healthy and exurberant Missouri mule, for instance. Berry, who is 3 years old and keeps a hardware store at Brent- wood, St. Louis County, has been injured by the machine twice within three months, and had a narrow escape yes- terday. He was driving on Bompart avenue in Webster Groves, with Ralph Mathis, |5 years old, of Brentwood, in a rear seat. when something went wrong with the steering gear. The machine shied to one side of the road, bumping into a tele- phone pole which was snapped in two. Witnesses say that Mathis turned a com- plete somersault over Berry’s head, alighting on his feet unhurt. Three rnonths ago a similar accident sent the car into a ditch on the North and South road near Clayton, when Berry was severely hurt. Two weeks ago he was driving along the same road late at night and took a little nap at the wheel. He woke up in the bottom of a ditch. GOODS WHOSE STORAGE COST $15,000 BRING $1118 AT SALE New York tan Kept Them in a Warehouse for 27 Years in Mem- ory of His Wife. NEW YORK, April 16.—Household goods that went into storage 27 years ago upon the death of the woman for whose home they had been bought, were sold at auction today. The husband quit housekeeping upon the death of his wife, but he re- fused to sell the things she had liked, and had them carefully packed anda stored. He died recently. In look- ing over his papers his heirs found he had paid $15,000 for storage. They rushed the things out of the ware- house but the sale only brought $1118. The furnishings were’ such as couples in moderate’ circumstan bought for housekeeping about 1870, DEPARTMENT STORE FOR CHINA ~» Adopt American Methods in Hong- kong. PHILADBLPHIA, April 16.—The erec- tion in Hongkong of a large department store to be run on the American plan and the purchase of $1,000,000 worth of stock in the Canton Bank were the prin- cipal projects decided upon at iast night’s meeting of the On Leong Tong, according to Yung Hong of New York, national president of the society. Leading Chinese merchants from a]! parts of the country are members of the tong, which is also known as the Chinese Merchants’ Association. The organization is holding its annua} con- vention in this city. HEN LAYS, SETS AND CROWS J. W. Schmoeller, business manager of the White Hussar Band at Alton, has a hen which, he says, has learned to crow. The hen, he says, has begun flapping her wings in the manner of a rooster and emits a loud, shrill blast which re- sembles a young rooster crowing for the first time. The hen is 3% years old, and a good layer. She also has raised sey eral broods of chickens. RESTITUTION AND Sheppard of the action taken, whereupon 500, being aided by matter of information and through the property could be bought for $22,500, and he concealed this from the board and aided Sheppard in the deal, sulted in the sale to the board for $34,000. creased price and profit, eat in the contract. qualify him for membership and to make taken after he twice refused to comply with the board's request for ing to a recent statement of President if he had resigned. aged this city, board a freight train here for his home, last night. QUSTER SUIT FILED AGAINST A. H. KUHS Its to Head of School Board and Attorney Begin Action Force Member Out. CLAIM IS) $11,500 TOTAL Effort to Hold Him Liable for Entire Profit Reaped From Deal in School Site. Suit against August H. Kuhs, real es- tate dealer and member of the Board of Education, for Board and for the $11,500 profit made by fice associates in the deal for the north- at King's high- his removal from ‘the restitution of the Kuhs and his of- west high school site, wav and San Francisco avenue, was filed today in the name of Herman Mauch, president of the Board? by the board’s attorney, E. M. Grossman. The case was assigned to Judge Koer- ner’s court, and the order was made returnable in 10 days. This would make the date of the hearing April 26. On that day, in Judge Shield’s court, Kuhs is to answer to a taxpayer's suit, in- stituted by Dr. L. M. Ottofy and others, for his removal from the board. Facts Exposed by Post-Dispatch Used. The statements contained in the board's petition are in line with the facts first exposed by the Post-Dis- patch last month about the schoo! site deal. Kuhs is now under indictiu.ent for violation of the statute which for- bids members of the Board of Wducation to be interested in any contract with or any claim against the board, and this case is to be tried in the Court of Crim- inal Correction. In the board's, petition, it alieged that Kuhs was guilty of misconduct in office, in that, having obtained knowl- edge of the .pending purchase of the school site, he unlawfully, knowingly, wilfully and corruptly entered into an arrangement, scheme and understanding with J. M. Sheppard. ‘By this arrange- ment, it-is alleged, Sheppard was to ac- quire a tract of land which should be sold to the board at a profit, which profit shouldbe divided between Shep- pard and Kuhs. Then. it is alleged, without authority from the person at that time owning the property, Sheppard offered the prop- erty to the board for $39,000, and the board, meeting Feb. 9 last, authorized its purchase at that price, Kuhs being pres- ent. (The board, according to previous statements of its members, voted on $39,000 as the maximum price to be paid and directed the secretary to get it as much below that price as he could.) Charges He Hid Facts From Board. Kuhs, it is then charged, betrayed the interest of the board and _ informed ix Sheppard bought the property for $22,- Kuhs, both in the loaning of money by Kuhs to Sheppard. Kuhs, it is set forth, knew that the which re- It is then alleged that Kuhs unlaw- fully, knowingly, willfully and corruptly received a large portion of this in- for his inter- This is held to dis- him liable for the entire $11,500. The action for Kuns’ removal was his resig- nation. The suit for restitution, accord- Mauch, would have been brought, even Train Kills Illinois Man. QUOIN, Ill, April 16.—Pearl Rice, 2. of Holden, five miles north of was killed when attempting to DU His neck was broken. => a eee tne sla a a a on ——-—- When? merchants. profitably? Nothing easier! and suburbs like a blanket. competitors all added together. while’’ circulation ‘*milk in the cocoanut.’’ Sa Where? To advertise is always an interesting subject to enterprising How can I spend my money Providing you follow the example of our prosperous merchants in the distribution of their advertising! After many years of experience (the best of teachers) our merchants have learned that they can always get more busi- ness of the right kind by concentrating their advertising in. the POST-DISPATOH, the paper that covers the city of St. Louis For example, on. Thunsday of this week, bought 97 columns of space in the POST-DISPATCH alone, and on the same day bought only 82 columns in its three nearest These merchants bought 15 columns more in the POST- DISPATCH alone than they did in the Globe-Democrat, Republic and Times combined. This means that they get a ‘‘worth- in the POST-DISPATCH, which reaches practically every home in St. Louis and suburbs. Last Week, Averses Daily eter of Sunday). ‘First in Everything’’ How? and increase my business these merchants That’s the 863,504 191 307 F WORKERS DO NOT | NEED UNIONS, SAYS J, OGDEN ARMOUR When Organization Gets Little UNREST Tells Power It Begins Excesses, Packer Declares. IS DECREASING Federal Commission He _ Will Not Have Agents of CHICAGO, Unions Around Plant. April 16.—J. Ogden Ar- mour, president of Armour & Co., pack- ers, Commission on Industrial Relations. dav, testifying before the United States to- expressed the opinion that indus- trial unrest in the United States is slow- ly said, the privilege spective foreman. kept homes through pany’s decreasing. His own emplcyes, ne were adequately protected through of appealing to the re- The witness said he with employes in their foremen and tiie com- welfare workers. Employes are in touch privileged to appeal to the president of the ordinate officials deal sub- with when they think unjustly company them. ‘“T always investigate,’’ said Armour. “Do you believe a proper standard of living can wage of $12.00?” be maintained by a weckly Armour was asked. “It isa very broad and difficult ques- tion,”’ he replied. He denied that his companv took ad- vantage of an oversupply of immigrant labor to pay less than hvine wages. “The about bor.’ of 1908-04 wac brought wages of unskilled la- “We offered arbitra- strike through he said. tion but it was declined.”’ Armour said he did not believe that unions were necessary to the welfare of emploves. “The on the employe,”’ the best work wages suecess of an emplover depends said he. ‘‘And to get of the emplove the best the market affords must be paid.’’ Armour said that the welfave depart- ment consisted of 10 trained nurses who visit the female employes in the homes and at work and even pruvide money in cases of destitution. company’s pension He stated that the plan could not be made to cover the casual employe. “You said that you wovldn’t have o-- ganizers around the plant during working hours. or economic?’ eon, the Is the reason industrial he was asked replied Armour. ‘I wouldn't have them around anywe).”’ ‘ ‘Wh V ‘2 ’ ‘Il have union nad experience. has a little power AsS soon as ‘1 it begins its excesseg,’’ BIG JUMPS MADE BY SHARES IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET American NEW YORK, tive activity sumed today's almost 20 points :n the shares of Various industrial companies, received Locomotives of New S94 and Westinghouse Electr’ seven traordinary advances there were of Locomotive and Westing- house Up—Gains by Others on ceclines or 3 falling participated War Order Reports. April 16.--The specula- in the stock market as- a new phase at the outset of session, with gains of sever. to reported large war. orders. to have American made a maximum gain points, advancing to «68. York ; . ¥ . veel 1 + « 4 es .) . * SSS \ -* ete Snes re ae “ > on wm, ~ e. ae re ee “> * : ~ ~~. » . oe ~ ae 2 >, ~ - - vt - be y . a ‘ 4 - ‘a ~4 co ee ee NE RE in. i, . a e S s ° o ~~, “~ ’ . « ~~ eon . OY iin * hw “ eee oe we me VI ow a ern ee VNR ~~ * . = f‘awne om en = Se ea Tr Se ee ee -_- \ CARS TIED UP 15 MINUTES BY ROW OVER A TRANSFER} Washington Avenue’ Tracks Packed for Four Blocks; Po- lice Arbitration Refused. While a conductor and a_ passenger on an eastbound Park avenue car at EKighth street and Washington avenue quarreled over a transfer at 5 p. m. vesterday, traffic was blocked for near- ly fifteen minutes. A police Sergeant reported that the tieup extended for four blocks behind the car on which the quarrel occurred. Car Has Starting Lights. The first intimation of treuble was when Traffic Policeman Ward gave 2 signal for the car to cross the street. It failed to move. The motorman told Ward his car was equipped with an au- tomatic starting signai—a green light which goes out when the rear door is open. Under the rules he could not siart the car until this ight was burn-} ing. Ward went to the rear platform and found William Long, the conductor, try- ing to eject Frank Pausch of 2109 John avenue. Long said Pausch offered him a transfer which had expired. He had taken the transfer from Pausch, but refused to honor it. Pausch demanded that the conductor give back the trans- fer, so that he could hold it as evi- dence. The conductor refused to do this, and while they quarreled a long line of cars formed behind.them. The Sergeant arrived and wanted to arbitrate the disagreement, but, accord- ing to his report, the conductor told him ‘the police had nothing to do with it.” Pausch said he got the transfer from a Bellefontaine line conductor and that if it was punched wrong, it was not his fault. Refuses Policeman's Advice. The policeman induced Long to run his car to the terminus at Third street and Washington avenue. There Long again refused to show the transfer, saying he didn’t want any advice from policemen. Pausch agreed to stay in the car and go to the United Railways of- fice at Vandeventer and Park ave- nues. Policeman Ward accompanied him. At the office the conductor handed the transfer to an official of the company. The conductor and Pausch were then arrested. After charging each other with disturbing the peace they were released on bond. ROTHSCHILD LEFT $12,500,000 Estate of Baron Sworn for Probate in London. LONDON, April 16.—The estate of the late Baron Rothschild was provisional- ly sworn for probate today at £1,560 ,000 ($12,500,090). ” Baron Rothschild died in re eile ee hoped that employers in that line would HORE THN 75000 ‘CHICAGO WORKMEN INVOLVED IN STRIKE 16,000 Carpenters Quit and Em- ployers Lock Out the Others —Violence Developing. CHICAGO, April 16.—Sixteen thousand nion carpenters, striking for an increase of 5 cents an hour, were under the ban of a lockout by their former employers today. Painters, lathers, plasterers and sheet workers found themselves in similar circumstances and enough al- lied trades were affected to bring the total of idle men above 75,000. The de- cision of sheet metal contractors to join the fight against the unions was a blow to the latter, as the labor leaders had metal try to perpetuate conditions which, 11 was declared, gave iocal concerns a monopoly on such work in this city. Union sheet metal shops here are said to have paid a scale far in advance of those in other cities. While the action of the sheet metal contractors probably will open the gates for competition from outside communi- ties, the more immediate effect will be to save the local employers the bonds they deposited to insure co-operation with employers of other trades.. The metal men were told, moreover, that if they forfelted their bonds they would also lose any chances for contracts with members of the Allied Employers’ Asso. ciation. The carpenters went on strike at 4:3 Dp. m. yesterday and the lockout order went into effect at midnight. Today men who wished to continue at work were told to take their grievances to the union officials. Work on 4000 Buildings Stops. When work ceased on approximately 4000 of the 4500 unfinished structures in the city the contractors laid off all em- ploye except a few men retained to clean up odd jobs and watchmen placed on duty. The employment of watchmen was deemed particularly necessary be- cause of the decision of most of the em- Ployers to bring nonunion workmen from other cities. The first action of this kind probably will be taken by the contracting painters and decorators, who have determined to substitute men from out of the city for the 9000 union workmen locked out because 300 of their number struck in protest against the anti-strike agreement which all members of the building construction employers were pledged to exact from all building crafts. The carpenters’ strike came after a de- mand for a wage increase from & to 70 cents an hour had been refused by the Building Constructors Employers’ Association. The association had of.- fered an increase of 7% cents an hour lor the last 18 months of the three-year (. CRONE WILL BE NDICTED FOR FORGERY; FUIDENCE COMPLETE: Charge to Be Based on His Sale of : Bogus Deed and Notes to d Medical Society. —_— REALTY MAN OUT ON $5000 BOND AFTER HIS ARREST North Broadway Dealer Compelled to Make Res- 4 titution in $25,000 Fraudulent Transaction | Six Years Ago—Statement by Former Clerk He Falsely Accused If it is shown the deed given to the medical society was that offense wou!d constitute ‘the: first degree, the penalty for nes fi is a minimum of 10 years in the peni- tentiary, with no maximum stated. If it is shown the notes accompanying the deed are forgeries, the offense is third- degree forgery, and the penalty from two to seven years in prison. Former Forgeries Hushed Up. The fact that the Medical Society was concerned in the Crone tranésac- tion was first made public in an extra edition of the Post-Dispatch yester- day afternoon, in which Crone’s forgeries of deeds and notes in 1900 im connection with his handling of the Henry Wilhelmy estate, which has been hushed up by restitution, were exposed. A clerk named Wyatt of Strodt- mann & Strodtmann, 3607 North Broadway, visited the Recorder's of- fice today to examine the record ofa deed of trust against 3165 and 3167 North Thirteenth street—48-foot lots with improvements. He found that a deed of trust for $2600 against this property had been released Aug. 24, 1912, by Sam Hamburg. The deed of trust was executed July 24, 1909, by Eliza Milton and Mary Moore to F. W. Harbkesmann, trustee for James P: Wilton, payable at the office of Crone. Wyatt said that the notes secured by this deed of trust had not been paid. The reeorder’s books showed that what purported to be the principal note only was produced when the deed of trust was released. An affi- davit was made by Hamburg, and also by Frank J. Wehrle, that the interest noteg and the deed of trust had been lost. Wehrle ts the present owner of the property. Dr. R. Emmet Kane of lil? North Grand avenue, president of the Medical Society, visited the Circuit Attorney's off.ce this morning to keep an appoint- ment he made yesterday. Together Dr. Kane and the Circuit Attorney went over the papers in evidence against Crone. Evidence Recorded by Camera. Photographic copies of the deed of trust, and accompanying notes, which were sold to the Medical Society by Crone on or about Jan. 5, last, and which Crone released March 24 without the knowl- edge of the Medical Society, have been made by the Medical Society and were turned over to the Circuit Attorney yes- terday. Thus, while Crone got back the fraudulent papers when he made full restitution on demand of the Medical Society, he did not know the evidence of his offense had been recorded by a camera. Medical Society Transaction. Dr. Kane outlined to a Post-Dispatch reporter his dealihgs with Crone. Dr. Kane, on behalf of the St. Louis Med- iceal Society, in January, this year, bought from Crone a $2000 deed of trust on a piece of property at 2339 Gilmore avenue. Wednesday a committee head- ed by Dr. Kane, went to the Recorder's office to investigate the deed. They were surprised to find it had been re- leased by Crone, March %, and that another deed on the same property had been recorded. The deed was released by the pre sentation of notes, although the original notes at the time were in the posses- sion of the St. Louis Medical Society. Dr. Kane and the commiitee went to Crone. He offered excuses for his action, but the coroamittee insisted that he pay to it the $200 which it bad in- vested In the deed. agreemcat, | Before returning the deed and the in- } LO, Ms £5 eet pees > es Sony eae TY cae aed Charles Christian Crone, a widely knowfi real estate dealer, with offices at 3618 North Broadway, whose forgeries six years ~ ago of deeds and notes amounting to about $25,000 and again in q the last few days in the case of the St. Louis Medical Society's) $2000 deed of trust, were exposed yesterday by the Post Diepatehy: will be indicted by the grand jury. Circuit Attorney Harvey told a Post-Dispatch reporter to the evidence of forgery against Crone was conclusive, and that ell that remained was for the grand jury, in its investigation be- ginning Monday, to determine the degree of forgery. of srpst terest notes, the committees had over to the grand jury. “Wetleviog the transaction should be investigated further, Dr. Kane | day induced Crone to accompany him the Recorder's office. Further ‘ee ties in the recording of the Gilmore ave % nue transaction were found. - What Reeorder’s Books Show Investigation by a Post-Dispatch fe- porter showed that the deed of trust ; 4 the Gilmore avenue property was with the Recorder, Aug. 19, 1918, at 4 p.m. It was given by Henry F. Woeh- ler and wife to James P. Wilton, with F. W. Herbkesmann as trustee. The deed had been executed Aug. 16, and was attested Aug. 18, by Crone as No- tary. It was to run for three years. The record showed the release of the deed March % last, and bore the nota- tion, ‘‘Deed of trust not produced,” The Recorder's books show that the very next deed, filed efter the deed of trust, one minute later, at~4:32 p. mm. Aug. 19, 1913, was a warranty deed con- verying the property from Woehler and wife to T. W. Froeschner and wife for $3008. The warranty deed contained no #” erence to the incumbrance placed on the property by the deed of trust. was executed Aug. 16 and attested 18 by Crone as notary, just as the deed of trust was. It contained a deserip- tion of the property similar to that ia the deed of trust, and it stipulated that the parties of the first part (Woehler and wife) “shall and will warrant and defend the title to said parties of the second part (the Froeschners), except as against taxes for 1913 and there- after.”’ $4700 Incumbrance on Property. — Froeschner, on acquiring the proper+ ty, gave two deeds of trust, one for 800 and one for $700. Added to the $2000 ou a standing against the property, this made a $4700 incumbrance on @ property which was sold to Froeschner for $3000, F. W. Herbkesmann of 811 Julian avenue, who was one of the twee and that he did not care to comment upon the transaction. He said that Woehler, who made out the trust deed, was dead. T. W. Froeschner, who purchased the Gilmore avenue property through Crone, in August, 1913, told a Post- Dispatch reporter that, at the time of the purchase, he knew of no tf- cumbrance on the property except two deeds of trust which he assumed, One of these was for $2000 and the other for $700. He paid $300 and agreed to pay 6 per cent interest on the $2000 deed and to pay off the $700 deed in monthly tnstalimenta. “I do not know how I stand,” said Froeschner, “but I have been teld that my title to the property will mot be affected. When dealing with Crone I found nothing te ee an ‘ was not honest.” 2.) eee Crone practically confessed hi headquarters that Crone ‘facta of hia deal with thay” clety had become known we ities, and that it Was which had resulted , nT ee named in the deed of trust, said that” ~ he had received everything due to him,