St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 11, 1915

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Pe, a member of the ew first year class at the Naval Acad- today told the court of inquiry h is investigating irregularities in nations that ne knew of but one Mah out of the first aud second classes who did not have advance information | concerning the last annuul examinations n the department of modern languages. | was in the form of copics of sen- an. ‘matters that had been em- He in no knowledge tnat any of the ä „dope“ that was Leing general- ly ciretiated had oven copied from ques- 2 5 In an official) examination paper. combined membership of the first _ and second classes, Price said, Was bout 335, A midshipman would be regarded as a foxt by his clasamates if he reported to the authorities that he had received ad- vance information, Price said. Customary to Get “Dope.” It was always custom to get a little “dope”. just before an examination, he added. Some of this was in the nature ot suggestions given out in classrogm by instructors to study certain things that Were important. Not all instructors @ave gut such si.gxestions. Therefore, 3 sald, in reply to another question, a in a section where such @uggestions were not given was at a dis- vantage as compared with one in a _-} gettion pursuing the same course of study who received sugrestions. Counsel for the original seven midship- men recommended for dismissal, indi- dated by questions put to the witness Neg 2 ot the giving und of 2 that Price re- ‘tor, but he understood it was _ INNSBRUCK, June 11 (by Courier to the Swiss Frontier and vie” Geneva and Paris.)—Announcement has been made here by the Austrians that one of their submarines yesterday sunk a Brit- ish cruiser of the Liverpool type at a point 30 miles off St. Jean This type of vessel has a displacement of 4800 tons, is 430 feet lens and carries a complement of 375 men. -MAASLUIS, HOLLAND, June 11.—The British fishing smacks "Welfare and Laurestima were attacked and sunk by Zeppelins in the North Sea. The crews which took to their boats were picked } = ad a Dutch smack and brought here. LONDON, June 11.—A dispatch from Cardiff says that the Glasgow stéam- ship Strathcarron, 2887 tons, was tor. pedoed yesterday without warning by a German submarine while outward bound from Barry. The crew which put off in boats was rescued by a steamer and landed here. The Strathcarron sailed from Havre May 28 for Barry, where she arrived June 2 and was reported to have entered the Government service. The Russian bark Thomasina has been sunk by a German submarine off the southwest coast of Ireland. The mem- bers of the crew of the sailing ship have been landed at Queenstown. Crew Ordered to ts. The Thomasina was overhauled by {the German submarine at toon Thurs- day at a point % miles southeast of OM Head of Kinsale. A Warning shot was fired by the sub- marine and the crew of the Russian dark was ordered to take to the hoats. Seven shells were then fired into the vessel, which sank in 30 minu The captain and the crew of 20 men rowed toward land for seven hours until rescued by the steamsnip Polandia. The Thomasina was in ‘-allast. has been torpedoed by a German subma- rine. The members of her crew were saved. The Swedish steamer Otago, a vessel of 979 tons, bound for Hull, was torpe- doed and sunk last night. Ne Warning Given. The captain of the Otago and the crew of 16 were landed today in the Tyne by the Danish steamer Veratyr. They say no warning wus given before the Otago was torpedoed. The attack occurred in the North Sea. This activity on the part of the Ger- mans followed the sinking, reported yes- terday, of the British torpedo boats No. 10, which was 166 feet long, and the No. 12, which was 172 feet long. Each carried a complement of 3% men, and it was said that the total number res- cued was only 41. The British trawlers Tunisian, Caster, Qui Vive and Edward and the steamer Erna Boldt, 104 tons, also were sunk recently. REPRIEVE FOR GAVRILOVITCH SPRINGFIELD, ni., June i11.—Gov. Dunne yesterday granted a further re- prieve to Nikola Gavrilovitch to Friday, | July 16. Gavrilovitch was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Madison County to be executed on April 16 for the murder >of his wife, Angeline Gavrilovitch. The Russian steamer Dania, 1689 tons, | | ISTRYCHNINE IN THE STOMACH Ot INDIANA CORONER} Died Suddenly When Federal Inquiry Began Into Mailing of Poison to Many Persons. NINE SUSPICIOUS DEATHS Investigation Continued—An- nouncement of Inquest Verdict to Be Public Occasion. By a Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. SPENCER, Ind., June 11.—Strychnine, the poison used in the sample bottles of quinine which 22 residents of Owen County are known to have received, and which is believed to have caused the death of nine persons here, was found in the stomach of former Coroner F. E. Drescher by Dr. R. P. Noble, a chem- ist of Indianapolis, according to his official report which reached Acting Coroner McClure today. Drescher died suddenly June 2, after Fostoffice' inspectors began investigat- ing the mailing of the poisoned quinine. The official report was to be made pub- lic at 2 o'clock. A special reader, was engaged and announcement of the re- port and the Acting Coroner’s verdict was to be a public occasion. The people ef the county have been anxiously rawaiting the report. When the report was received at 10 o’clock, the d#@ecting Coroner, Deputy Prosecutor Duncan and two physicians went into executive session. Acting Coroner McClure told a Post-Dispatch 1eporter the report was in such com- plicated terms it would require several hours to gain a complete understanding of it: He said it announced that strychnine had been found in the stomach, but under circumstances which indicated that it had probably been introduced into the body by hypodermic injection. No blood was taken from the body for test as to hypodermic injection. Drescher died about 7 p. m. An au- topsy was made by Dr. C. F. Gray about midnight and the stomach was re- moved. When, later, it was thought advisable to have a blood test made, it was found that an undertaker, a friend of Drescher, had arrived at 1:40 a. m. from Indianapolis on a freight train and embalmed the body. There is nothing in thé report which interferes with our preconceived ideas of the case, said McClure. “It is a mighty hard report, to. understand, and, in view of the intense public interest in the case, | must take great pains in preparing a verdict before having it filed and read.“ J cannot quite get at the bottom of the report,“ said Prosecutor Duncan. “There was poison in the stomach, but the report is filled with theories as to how it reached there and whether or not the amount might have caused death. “Of course, so far as the prosecutor's office is concerned, the verdict will simply mean that we may be able to narrow our.search for the poison re- sponsible for this attempt at wholesale murder. We are going to get the men, and the verdict in the Drescher case has but little bearing upon the serious situation.” GRATIOT SCHOOL BUILDING IS DAMAGED BY LIGHTNING Two Rooms in Newer Part of Build- ip Struck—Part/of Concrete Roof Caves in Upon One. The Gratiot Sehool, Manchester and Billon avenues, was struck by lightning in last night’s storm and two rooms were damaged. The rooms were in the newer part of the building, and a con- crete roof caved in upon one of them, while the room below was damaged by water which leaked through. So far as is known, the building did not take fire The children were all excused today, and an inspector from the building de- partment of the Board of Education was summoned. Sessions probably will be resumed Monday in the eight undamaged rooms. The-oBard of Education announced the damage was about $1000. EE A A OE en A — LLL LL —ää— — —U-àô a + ee Weighed in the balance and not found wanting. on the 99 columns to climb. 1 it was again necessary to pile all four of the St: Louis ‘advertising scales in order to balanc teh against all four of its competitors added gp our local merchants bought 96 columns in the Post-Dispatch ALONE. Ralls SORE SEMGCE AT PEPUBLIC, put your advertising in the Post-Dispatch, and your bank balance immediately begin to the together. : 2 Circulation first 5 Daily and Sunday average 85 e eee 200, 000 U | QU00 HORSES GET OUT OF CORRAL, OVERRUN 3 TOWNS Stampeded by Storm, Animals Dash Through Woodriver, East Alton and Benbow City. HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED Gardens, Fences and Trees De- stroyed, Trains Delayed and Autoist Injured. Nearly 6000 war chased by the British and French Gov- ernments, escaped from a stockade of stout timbers and barbed wire entangle- ments at East Alton this morning when frightened by an electrical storm, de- layed two passenger trains for more than an hour, injured an automobilist Benbow City and Woodriver, frightening the inhabitants and causing much dam- age. The stampeding horses, sufficient in number to mount four cavalry regi- ments, overran American Bottoms farms and truck patches, trampled flower gardens and damaged Shade trees in the three towns. Today there was the unusual scene of an old-time Wild West roundup, al- most at the gates of St. Louis. British and French army officers and “cowboys’’ from the National Stock- yards in East St. Louis, all carrying leriats und some wearing fuzzy, furry chaps, like the rough-riding actors in the movies, ranged over a stretch of country several miles in- extent, trying t head off stampeding groups of the horses and drive them back to the con- centration camp. The frigntened animals ran back and forth through the streets of the three tewns. At intervals there would be cries of Here they come,“ and then the villagers would rush to cover. Women were afraid to venture on the streets and children were kept home from school. 100 Feet of Fence Broken Down. The horses escaped about midnight when lightning was flashing and thunder was bringing up its heavy artillery. They broke down more than 100 feet of stout board fence and burst through an outer corral ot barbed wire. When the Chicago & Alton passén- ger train, which left St. Louls at mid- night, reached Wood River, eight miles south of Alton, the headlight showed hundreds of horses on the right of way. Before the engineer could stop he ran into the rear guard of the stampeding army horses, kill- ing eight of them. Because of the compact mass of horses cn the track the train was de- layed about an hour. After trying in vain to drive the horses from the right of way, members of the train crew opened fire on them with revol- vers, killing two. The sound of the shooting seemed to frighten the oth- ers and they retreated. Another Train Delayed. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois pas- senger train, due in St. Louis at 2 a. m., was delayed an hour and a half by the horses. Near Edwardsville five of the horses died from eating green corn. Up to noon 23 were reported to be dead from eating corn or from being struck by trains. All through the night, raiding parties of the equine army made frequent raids on East Alton, Benbow City and Wood River. — They swept through the streets in large bodies, knocking down young shade trees, destroying fences and trampling gardens. James Chessen of East Alton, a noted horseman, rounded up 50 of the stam- peding cavalry mounts in his barnyard early today and is holding them for ran- som. He said they showed their foraging appetite by eating le ves from his shade trees and that they also caused other damage to his property. Chessen said he would hold the horses until reim- bursed for his losses. About 100 persons who had been on 3 steamboat excursion to Alton were ter- rorized by the horses while going from the lariding at East Alton to their homes. In this party was neue Wuesten- feldt, who, with four friends, started from East Alton for Woodriver in an automobile. They had gone about half the distance when a group of the stam- peding British and French horses ‘crossed their path. One of the horses kicked Wuestenfeldt as he sat in the automobile. Three of his ribs were bro- ken. Other members of his party were not injured. A Stockyards expert recently said the average price paid by the British and French for horses in the St. Louls mar- ket since the war began was $180 a head. Figuring on this basis, $900,000 worth of army mounts broke out of the stockade. All of the horses were branded when purchased at the National Stockyards and can be identified by these markings. PEACE PRIZE MAY 60 TO POPE LONDON, June I1.—It is thought prob- ‘able here that this year the Nabel peace prise will be conferred on the Pope for his efforts to promote peace and on behalf of war prisoners, a dis- patch to the Dally Mall from Rome orses, recently pur- |‘ and overran the towns of East Alton, PE atest Picture of the New Acting Secretary of State “ * * * n SLEEP EOL GSO RE 727 * . — 2 — STATF TO INQUIRE INTO. RATES. OF INION ELECTR Public Service Commission Or- dérs Accountants to Exam- iné Property and Books. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jine 11.—-The Putlic Service Commission today or- dered its expert accountants and en- gineers to make an examination of the property and plant of the Union Electric Light and Power o. as a basis for eg- ulating ils rates. The order was made in connection with proceedings instituted because of the complaint of the Engineers’ Incita- tion Club of St. Louis, in which it wus charged that many of the rates were unreasonably high, while cthers are un- reasonabiy low, and that there is a dif- ference of 1000 per cent between its highest rate and its lowest rate. The complaint also charges the Union Electric company is paying the Missis- sippi River Power Co. an unnecessarily high rate for current, as originally brought out by the Post-Dispatch. The Mississippi River Power Co. was organized and is owned by the North American Co., which owns the Union Electric. The former acts as an inter- mediary or middleman, buying power | from the Keokuk dam company and selling it to the Union Electrsc. The order of the commission also di- rects the Union Electric Co. to file state- ments taken from its records showing the following facts: Balance sheet of Dec. 31, 1914; trial balance of general ledger before closing: an analysis of in- vestment in equipment and plant in service; analysis of other investments showing clearly land, building and equipment not used im operation; an analysis of capital stock account, show- ing for what consideration all stock was issued; an analysis of funded debt show- ing for what purpose it was issued and how itis now invested; analysis for sur- plus account showing profits and losses for each year and what disposition has been made of them; comparative state- ment of profit and loss: account for three years ending Dec. 31, 1914; divide 1914 business into classes, showing serv- ice rendered to four classes of consum- | erse—commercial, municipal, flat rate. power and * BANKER’S SON KILLED BY AUTO Bety Found Under Overturned Car Near Baltimore. BALTIMORE, June 11.—The mangled body of Douglas H. Thomas Jr., son ct Douglas H. Thomas, president of the Merchants-Mechanics’ National Bank .f Baltimore, was e under his over- similar fatal N occurred a few weeks ago... Thomaa was li years old and a widow. ROBERT LANSING. SEVERAL OF EITEL URCW SAID TO HAVE LEFT Tht WUNTRY Customs Collector at Norfolk Says Lieut. Brauer and Cer- tain Others“ Are Missing. WASHINGTON, June 11, —Lieut. Brau- er and certain Of the crew“ of the Ger- man commerce raider, Prinze Eitel Friedrick, who left the ship before she was formally returned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, are believed to have left the country. Customs Collector, Hamilton at Norfolk made this report today to the Treasury Department. Special agents of the Department of Justice now are conducting an investi- gation at the instance of the State Do- partment, to which Collector Hamilton's report was referred. It appears that Brauer and the men were not on pa- role, because the ship had not been in- terned, but Collector Hamilton under- stood he had the word of Capt. Thierich. ens that none of his officers or\men would leave the vicinity of Newport News while the stattis of the cruiser was in suspense. It has come to my attention,’ Col lector Hamilton reported today, “that one Lieut. Brauer, who was either the first officer or the executive officer of the Prince Eitel Friedrich when she arrived at Newport News, Va., March 10, 1915, has left the ship. There is also reason to believe that Lieut. Brauer may have left the United States and that certain other members of the crew of the Prince Eitel Friedrich, who were aboard the ship when she arrived March 10, are not now aboard and may possi- bly have also left the United States with Lieut. Brauer. “The commander of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich admits that Lieut. Brauer is not now aboard. He states that Lieut. Brauer left the Prinz Eitel soon. after her arrival at Newport News, as did also members of the crew who may not now be aboard, and asserts that since Continued on Page 3, Column 7, UNSETTLED WITH THUNDER SHOWERS; WARMER TONIGHT THE TEMPERATURES. 68 interned, and have not}: REPLY i EXPEGIE RESPONSE FROM GERMANY LIKELY WITHIN 10 DAYS\ Cabinet Meets With Lansing Present by Invita- . tation — Washington, After President's Letter, Puzzled at Bryan’s Resignation. Reading The Text of the Note Will Be Found on Page 2 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. : BERLIN, June 11—Ambassador Gerard presented the Amer can note at the German Foreign Office at 1:10 p. m. today. While there was no definite Mr. Lansing had not signed The Cabinet met, today with Acting Secretary Lansing, Who attended by in- vitation of the President, sitting n place of former Secretary Bryan. The situation with Germany was discuss, as well as that with Mexico. It was agreed nothing more could be done in the case of Germany pending a reply to the latest American note delivered today by Ambassador Gerard to the Berlin Foreign Office, : Answer May Be Delayed. - While the President expects a prompt answer, it is realized that it may be two weeks in coming. It is thought that it may be delayed until Meyer Ger- hard, special envoy from Ambassador Bernstorff, arrives and delivers his message concerning the attitude of the American public. In the meantime Germany will be in- formed of the facts gathered by the American Government in connection with the dropping of bombs from an aeroplane on the American steamer Cushing. Officials refused to make any com- ment on Mr. Bryan's statement of last night and his announced intention cf issuing others. It was declared, how-' ever, that the President would make no replies. There were outward indica- tions, however, that administration offi- cials generally are not pleased. With the publication to4ay of the note officials of the United States Govern- ment and diplomatists generally dis- cussed among themselves the probable character of the German Government's WASHINGTON, June 11—With the publication today of the latest American note to Germany concerning the sinking of the Lusitania, officials of the United States Government and diplo- matists generally discussed among themselves the probable char. acter of the German Government’s answer. | a information, the feeling in Ger- 1 man quarters was that a favorable response was likely, as the note seemed to open the door to a solution compatible a with the 14 interests of both Germany and the United States. * The note, it was eid, was 3 —.— 80 that it would * the note as Secretary ad interim chen he took it to Mr. Bryan and at that time by the terms of Mr, Bryan’s resignation, the latter was still Secretary of State. Im- mediately after the conference, Mr. Lansing signed the note and Mr. Bryan’s resignation became effective. ‘will. They claimed its friendliness was Acting Secretary Lansing Says Not One Word” Was Changed After It Was Shown to Bryan. It becam Anown today that although the note was shown to a former Secretary Bryan by direction of President Wilson, just de- fore it was dispatched, it was not altered after Mr. Bryan had seen it. Acting Secretary Lansing, who showed Mr. Bryan the note, said today that not a word or letter had been changed. Pe the very means that he had suggested—~ persuasion—to the American pirpose. Most everybody in official er- f cles disagreed with Mr. Bryan that the note might lead to war, The note which brought on the crisis 4 [ in President Wilson's Cabinet and cul- minated in the resignation of Secretary Bryan, although tri. d- ly in character, firmly renews revious demands that the Ger- — Government give assurances that American lives and vessels shall here- rying contraband of munitions were exploded legality of the methods used Garman naval authorities in sinking the veusel.“ Stands for Humanity. — It is upon this principle of humans | ity,” the note adds, “as well as upon a the law founded upon this principle that the United States must stand.” „„ riage ise BF + Hea “Solemn ate © „Ur. — ———ů——— ꝑ - — eee N ˙»ö uU RR — —— al. * ae wet 8 —