St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 4, 1915

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0 - — Vote ‘to Find Out What the Parkway — (ELECTION | NEAT TUESDAY.) 2 morama of 9 FROM THE WAR ZONE IN ROTOGRAVURES 2 = Next Sunday's Post Dispatch T. LOUIS POST-DISF Only Evening Paper in St. Lous With Associated Press News Service. ery ‘Charged by Election * in Gazzolo Case Were Adopted to Obtain Permit on Jefferson Av- 5 eee, Says He Will In- vestigate Gazzolo Case. Following the Election Board's ortieial statement to Excise Commissioner Rum- sey, showing that the license for Louis Gazzolo’s saloon, 6100 Delmar boule- vard, was obtained by forgery dnd the falsifying of official records, the Post- Dispatch has learned that the same methods were used in obtaining the li- cense for E. J. Miller's saloon, 1673 South Jefferson avenue. Rumsey issued this license, April 12, after a hearing et which facts, sufficient to warrant an in- vestigation, were brought out by oppo- nents of the license. Edward J. Hardy of 3912A Labacle ave- nue, who spends much of his time in the Wels 1 oftice, ard who , yesterday to a Post-Dispatch n! 2 was @ specia) ugent „ employed td Bet eig- vr ‘ae Sa * be date ‘fiées Under the State laws, braweries : ‘are forbidden to have an 8 3 leyed by “All Breweries.” aera almost continuous presence en the ‘exeise office has caused com- He said yesterday that he was : iP by “all the breweries” to pre- Dae petitions. The 6 8 o's ) ebe Sey in ater A. A. and R. B. Griese- ae 5 a i a N the 85 i ey Grand avenue. He ind ‘own property on the ter saw the return blank s name, and the was soon after in- that he had at no He said Saloon petition. on the of the man circulating it, he did hot know, that it would r The man, he said, t as a brewery em- vest! ting Committee of the of Aldermen, which resumes Monday its inquiry into the As- office, will probably take up matter. William » Chief Deputy Assessor, told ip meaning that he was de- learning whether had been going on in „ in reward to false entries ook to bolater up saloon pe- , a . wat. any subordinate ip tt = — when seen at re ase office this morn- I have a my wife did some told him to say they had been plan- any, VOL. 67. NO. 288. ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1915—24 PAGES. UNSETTLED, WITH SHOWERS TONIGHT OR TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. ‘Yesterday's Temperatures. ‘HighS2 at 2:30 p.m. Low.63 at 5 a. 87 Official fore- east for St. Louis and vicinity: Unsettied weather, with showers tonight or tomorrow} not much change in temperature. Missouri — Un- settled weather with showers to- night or tomor- row; not much change in tem- perature. Illinois — Show- ers tonight and tomorrow; slight- ly warmer in north portion. Stage of the river, 313 feet, a rise of .1 of a foot. VISITOR I$ AHEAD $6 BY _ MEETING TWO COIN MATCHERS Strangers Slip the Money Into His Pocket When Cornered by Detec- tive and Patrolman. John Klein of Philadelphia is $6 ahead of two men who made his ac- quaintance this morning and they are behind the bars. It all happened near Union Station. Klein had just bought a ticket for Wichita, Kan., and was waiting fur his train when a stranger greeted him and after learning his destination told him he was bound for the sume place. They walked down Marhet street until they met a third man who knew Klein's com- panion. The three were soon matching coins and Klein had lost $25 when a detec- tive and policeman approached. The two strangers took Klein into a saloon. The detective went to the front. door and the patrolman to the back door. Then the two strangers slipped money into Klein's pocket and hing a fishing trip. counted his money he had increased by $6. The prisoners said they were Walt- er Kelly, 74 years old, of 3216 Locust street and Robert Hobson, 27, of 854 Cass avenue. DANADA NAMES STREAMS FOR SOLDIERS KILLED IN BATTLE Capt. J. Herriek MeGregor, Lieut. D. F. Bell and Private William Norton Chosen by Buard. / OTTAWA, Ontario, June 4.—Names of Canadian soldiers who have fallen at the front are being perpetuated by the Geo- graphic Board of Canada. The north fork of the Frazer River in British Columbia has been renamed McGregor River and creeks draining into it, J. Creek, Herrick Creek and Captain Creek in memory of Capt J. Herrick Mc- Gregor, Sixteenth Battalion, killed Ypres April 2. The late Lieut. D. P. Bell Irving’s name is given to the north fork of the Nass River in British Columbia. He was a Vancouver man who fell early in the fighting. The name of private Philip Norton, a British Columbia man killed at Ypres, April 24, is bestowed on a tributary of the Nation River tn that province. It will be known as Philip Creek. NO MORE COTTON FOR GERMANY Exportation of Raw Material Stopped by Dutch Government. LONDON, June 4.—The Morning Post says that the Dutch Government has withdrawn its temporary permission to export raw cotton. This means a severe blow to Germany, as now all importation of raw cotton When Klein discovered it at WOMAN WROSE | COUPE KILLED MAN TESTIFIES IN BED Coroner Goes to Home of Mrs. T. B. Teasdale for Statement on H. H. Wheeler’s Death. ILL SINCE ACCIDENT Says Car Was Hard to Control; Inquest Verdict Expected Tomorrow. — Lying in bed at her home today, Mrs. Thomas B. Teasdale, 5830 Cates avenue, extremely nervous and unable to raise her voice above a whisrer, made a sworn statement to Coroner Padberg as to how she ran down and fatally in- jured H. H. Wheeler, 1215 Montclair av- enue, at Thirteenth and Locust streets, fay 31. Wheeler died Wednesday at the city hospital. Since the accident Mrs. Teasdale has been prostrated. She was summoned to appear at the inquest today, but when it was reported she was too ill the Coroner went to her home. Soothed from time to time by her hus- bund, who sat at her bedside, Mrs. Teas- dale with great difficulty made her statement. Window Shade Excites Her. While che was telling of the acci- dent, 2 window shade in the room was shaken by the wind and rolled up with a sharp noise. This greatly agitated her and it was impossible for her to proceed with her statement for several minutes. Before the ac- cident she was healthy and not given to nervousness. Mrs. Teasdale told the Coroner she had her electric coupe repaired and overhauled several days before the accident. After this, she said, several friends who rode with her remarked that the machine ran faster than it ore. P A On the age of the accident she said that when she reathe: iourteenth and Locust streets on . way down- town, she noticed the increased speed of the car and shut off the power and allowed the machine to coast between Fourteenth and Thirteenth street. When she was near Thirteenth street, she said, se saw a small automobile coming west. She thought it would entiue west on Locust street, but it turned sharply to the south into Thirt- teenth street. Not having time to stop her car and avoid a collision with the other machine she swerved to the right. As she did so, she said, a man whom she had not seen stepped directly in front of her car. She attempter to avoid hitting him by swerving still fur- ther to the right and ran her machifie up on the pavement. Faints After Accident. Mrs. Teasdale said she did not feel a shock and did not know she had struck anyone until she had backed off the pavement and driven to the east side of Thirteenth street. Persons came running up, shé said, and told her she had killed a man. She then fainted. ’ “T have always been extremely careful to obey all the city regulations,’’ said Mrs. Teasdale. ‘“‘I was almost a crank in that respect.“ Teasdale obtained Coroner Padberg’s permission to take Mrs. Teasdale out of town for a few days in the hope of re- storing her nerves to their normal con- dition. The inquest, which began today, was held open so that Mrs. Teasdale's state- ment might be obtained. It is expected it will be concluded tomorrow. Pope Preparing White Book. LONDON, June 4.—The Daily Tele- graph's Rome correspondent says Pope Genedict is preparing a White Book in into Germany has ended. which he will show the steps he took in support of peace. — — — = SWEPT THE FIELD of display advertising from while on the same day, under States that outclasses its Circulation last Sund | „ Average: for — so „ he ooo wt of its competitors—the Globe-Democrat, Repu and Star—added carried only 101 columns As we have said hundreds of times in this space, there is not one other metropolitan newspaper in the United Another Startling Record Yesterday (Thursday) the POST-DISPATCH carried 102 columns the merchants of St. Louis, the same conditions, all four ; Times 1 PA 5 ’ : competitors, as does the POST-DISPATCH in its field. ‘Instantaneous and profitable results to the advertiser explains this great supremacy. 4 week oats May 30. 9 kack ONE CENT | GOODNOW DENIED A PAROLE: MUST SERVE TWO YEARS Evidently Was Entered to Escape Larger Penalty. IS ON WAY TO PRISON Realty Man Requested Day’s De- 'lay—Court Gives Out 1200- Word Statement on Case. Richard F. Goodnow, of Kirkwood, Chestnut street real estate dealer and former sunerintendent of the Sunday School of the Fountain Park Congre- gational Church, appeared in Judge Jones’ court this morning hopeful that his 42 days’ diligent efforts to obtain a parole would be successful. Instead Judge Jones refused to grant a parole and ordered him taken immediately to Jefferson City to serve iwo years for embezzlement from a client. Judge Jones took an unusua! step by filing, with the pa- pers in the case, a 1200-word written statement in which the Court tore to pieces Goodnow's grounds for seeking a parole. Gives Statement to Press. Judge Jones spared Goodnow the hu- miliation of having to listen to his opinions in the case. After Goodno-w had been taken to the Sheriff’s office, where he was vaccinated, and where he was kept until he was started to the penitentiary at 2 p. m., Judge Jones gave to the press copies of his typewritten statement. Excerpts from it follow: An application for an immediate pa- role has been made in this case and a large number of persons, for some of whom I have the greatest respect, have called on me in the derendant’s behalf. It has been urged, as a reason for this defendant’s parole, that Goodnow in committing. the acts of which he has n round gulity, has been doing only those things which have become more or less general practice among those per- sons engaged in his line of business in this city; and that his incarceration will result in his being singled out and being ruenished for doing things which many others have done and are doing without being punished therefor. J do not believe the assumption as to the truthfulness of this practice is justified. I hope it is not. certainly all the authorities charged with the enforcement of the law should do everything possible to put a stop to such practices. “Those engaged in such practice would certainly not be very greatly deterred therefrom if one of their number, who is caught and convicted, is allowed to go free. “Criminal Intent Complete.” It has also been urged that Goodnow intended to do no wrong to those who suffered because of his crimes. Th. facts indicate that this statement is in no sense justified. It might be said tha‘ every man who embezzles funds of an- other really intended no wrongdoing, be- cause in every such case: the embezzler hopes to repay the funds embezzled. This, however, does not justify him, for the criminal intent is complete when he embezzles the funds of another person and uses them for his own purposes. “It is urged that this is the defendant’s first offense, but the character of the crimes involved indicate that the situa- tion is the result, not of a single mis- step, but of a practice he had engaged in for some time, showing a fixed men- tal attitude which disregards the law. “Also it has been urged that Goodnow has been an active church worker and his good deeds should be balanced against his misdeeds. Tou often such activities are engaged in by those guilty of criminal intentions, fo. affording a cleak to their criminal character, or securing a standing in a community necessary to enable them to carry cut their misdeeds. It algo has been urged that Good now arranged to reimburse al, who lost through his crimes. While this is com- mendable, it is nothing more than he is legally and morally obligated to do.” “Bad Environment No Excuse.” Judge Jones said it also had been urged that Goodnow’s misxdceds have resulted from bad environment.’’ Goodnow got his real estate training in the offices of the Nichols-Ritter Reulty Investment Co., in which ha later be- came a partner. The Nichols-Ricter company has failed, with immense losses to cilents, and the senior part- ner, C. C. Nichols, recently was in- Gicted on a charge of embezzling $7000 from a client. Nichols for years was an cider of the Grand Avenue Presbyterian Church, now the Westminster Church. Referring to the plea of “bad environ- ment, Judge Jones said: “I doubt not that if Goodnow had been brought up in some office in which rules of cor- rect dealing had been strictly adhered to, he would have been a different man Few would remain in prisons if this fact were considered as a ground for acquittal or parole. “The simplest rules of honesty,” Judge Jones continued, ‘‘«culd leave no doubt in anyone's mind that such acts as his were dishonest an dishonorable. The defendant's attitude toward those he wronged has not been such as to éommend him for consideration. I am advised that he assumed an attitude — ß. ee A Cees e ee +: Come Judge Jones Says Plea of Guilty But if it is Jus somewhat belated. by 1200 at 62%, after which it reacted — Sketch of Former Realty Man to Whom a Parole Is Refused 2 — res iy 73 tat eS * ‘YEP Af iy Ge 248 5 A 7 fs \ miCHAnD F. * * ‘A 9 N as, 771 1e * f i * 7 3 a * „ 25 ee 7 ie 0 . : bg ; _GOoOoDNow. —— NOUINTESS fob GUILTY IN MURDER CASE PARDONED Marie Tarnovsky Was Convicted of Having Had Count Kamor- owsky Killed in Venice. MILAN, June 4.—Countess Marie Tar- novsky, sentenced in May, 1910, to eight vears’ imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Count Kamaruowsky at Venice, in November. 1907, has been pardoned and released. The trial of the Countess, with Dr. Naumoff and Attorney Prilukoff, :ac- cused of complicity with her in the erime, was one of the most remarkable in the criminal annals of Italy. Ali three were found guilty. The trial, which lasted nearly 100 days, was at- tended by many representatives of the aristocracy. The Countess, whose beauty and man- ner won the sympathy of the Vene- tians, was accused of causing the jeal- ous youth, Naumoff, to journey from Vienna to Venice and kill the Count. the Moscow lawyer. Prilukoff, was in- dicted for following Naumoff to Venice with the intention of killing him after the Count’s murder. Both charged the ‘‘ountess with being responsible for the plot and each asserted she had prom- ised to marry him after the Count was out of the way. . Count Kamarowsky insured his life for $10,000 in favor of the Countess in 1907 and went with her to Vienna after he had promised to marry her. U. S. STEEL STOCKS RISE AFTER DISSOLUTION VICTORY Harvester and American Also Gain, L ter Yield Greater Part of Advance. NEW YORK, June 4.—The victory ‘of the United States Steel Corporation in tre dissolution suit breught by the United States Government was made the occasion of an. outburst of bullish en- thusiasm at the opening of today’s stock market. Steel was nturally feature, the outstanding although its init al quotation The first trans- action consisted of one lot of 28,000 shares at 64 to 62 compared with. yes- terday’s close of 593-8. The next sale was a lot of 2000 shares at 62%, followed slightly. In the first 15 minutes 56,000 shares of Steel change hands. United States Steel preferred rose . peints and throughout the list there were gains ranging from 2 to 4 points. Internationa: Harvecier, whose affairs new are under Federal review, opened with a gain of 114 points, and American | Can, which is also being inv ted by tre Federal Government, d with a sale of 7000 shares at 42 to 6 against yeeterday's cloee.of 39 3-8. „ü The Post-Disoatch ts the only. evening news. paper in St. Louis that receives ne ACTION 108 BY ALLIED * Foreign Minister Reveals Japan Has Subscribed With Italy to Agreement. TOKIO, June 4.— Foreign Minister Kato, interpellated in the House ot Peers today by the Budget Committee, made the declaration that Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan had agreed to take no independent action of any kind in connection with the Euro- pean war. * This is the first public announcement that Japan has subscribed to the allies’ agreement not to conclude a separate peace. This agreement is regarded as likely to have an important effect on Italy's naval and military activity. CZAR WRITES TO THE. PRESIDENT APPROVING AUSTRIAN REQUEST Dual Monarchy Had Asked for In- pection of Siberian Camps Where Subjects Were Held. WASHINGTON, June (Emperor Nicholas of Russia has responded fa- vorably to President Wilson’s personal letter conveying a request by Austrin that provision be made for inspecting Si- berian camps where Austrian prisoners are held. Following unsuccessful negotiations through usual diplomatic channels, Dr. Constantine Dumba; the Austrian Am- bassador here, asked President Wilson, about two months ago, to send a per- sonal letter to Emperor Nicholas, The request wes the result of reports that Austrian civilians and prisoners of war were not getting proper treatment. The /fustrian Government asked that the in- spection be conducted by American ~~ Cross agents. The answer, delayed because of the 45. sence of the Emperor from Petrograd, was brought here today by Ray Baker, private secretary to Ambassador Marye. 84 Nag n STORK NIVINENN DECLARED BY FORD COMPANY: Authorized Capital of Automobile Concern Is Increased From $2,000,000 to $100,000,000, DETROIT. Mich., June 4.—The Ford Motor Co. announced today that it had increased its authorized cap'ta] stock trom ‘$2,000,000 to $10,000,000 and had de- clared a stock dividend / of $48,000,000, payable July 1. : A cash dividend was declared on the original authorized stock of — the amount was not made stock dividend mann rd, Acie om Siow | SPO — ee = def TSS NOTE FOR REAGHES 0 D Bryan Reported With Other Members German? — in Dis to Pay for Gulflight. — BERNSTORFFS EMISSARY ON HIS WAY TO GERM Special Envoy From Ambassador Will Acc Officials at Berlin With Feeling in America : + Germany to Be Informed That Luistania Carried No Guns. By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 4.— Ambassador Gerard cabled State Department today a note from the German ‘agreeing to pay an indemnity for the damage done by. a ins i ’ submarine to the American steamer Gulflight, * off Scilly Islands. WASHINGTON, June 4.—President Wilson today. the new note to Germany and laid it before the Colina * iel ‘ considered it at a two-hour session. After the meeti ng, 2 ne mem. t, but there wers xc the note had not been disposed of finally. We r conclusion abéut anything, said one member. 4 White House officials said that, while the President had: penned | inform Germany. Counselor Lansing, as the Presi dent’s chief adviser on questions of international law, sat in today Cabinet meeting. Previously he has only attended in the absence of Sec- retary Bryan, but today Lansing had been invited by the President to ac- company the Secretary. All the Cab- inet members uniformly refused to discuss the subject as they entered the meeting. Before the Cabinet meeting it had teen understood that the note would be dispatched tonight or tomorrow. No anno heement was made however, as to the time when it will be made public. After the Cabinet meeting most of the members went to luncheon with Coun- selor Lansing. Secretary Fryan returned to the State Department alone. This gave rise to a report that the Secretary of State was in disagreement with other members of the Cabinet. Huey on Way to Berlin. While the President and the Cabinet were discussing the note, a German agent was on his way to Berlin to pre- sent a first-hand report of the interview which Count von Bernstorff, the Ger- man Ambassador, had Wednesday with President Wilson. Officials at the German embassy re- fused to discuss that development, but it became known authoritatively that Meyer Gerhard, who sailed from New steamer United States with a guarantee of safe conduct obtained by the Amert- can Government from the allies, is the man. He is an attache of the German Colonial Office and has been in the United States several months represent- ing the German Red Cross. He goes to Berlin to present first hand the views of the American Government as Count Bernstorff got them from President Wilson. Difficulties of communicatiotr: through the war zones, the German em Foreign Office of a full light on tt : 1 a r iG es 2 8 88 6 88 * 435 RS PRES Cm a = ; * 4 n 8 4 a: ‘ ; # 5 . 4 EN ¥ lot a guarantee against further York yesterday for Copenhagen on the} the note himself, he had consulted with Secretary Bryan over the details. He also has been in constant consultation with Counselor | Lansing and also Attorney-General Gregory, who investigated af- fidavits that the Lusitania carried guns. vinced there is no ground for that contention and the note will 0 ia — tore a legitimate site is . The purpose of the United — t to keep its rejoinder on the same as the note of May 18—to ascertain nitely whether Germany will be 1 by the princtples of law and Should a negative answer be diplomatic relations, it generally is . lleved, could not be continued. firmative reply would be in the tions of American rights in the w rone and would make possible a cussion of the facts in individual oa er that have occurred. ly, is not the complete a of submarine warefare, but its fication to such an extent as warships im dealing with the encm'e suggested might make the able to exerdise the right of vit and bassy feels, have deprived the Berlin Th ene oy hos 4 ae <3 es’ * 1 overnment is con- N.