St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 18, 1916

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i. ae - * 1 ; |e : ; . 3 3 4 7 N 1 * 9 2 . R 4 3 . = ö 5 — 5 1 1 2 ? ; * 4 2 ae : 1 ö rs > N 19 1 ö ? Cag ' ‘ fs 3 - * 2 * ie . rs — ; x 2 2 a — I II. E111 1 Re 8 3 ** 2 1 1 * 5 2 * a * 1 * 5 E 5 * 3 4 : Mf, N a 1 2 * . a 25 1 0 * . , , ie of the Carranza interests on t Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. VOL. 68. NO. 151. Sr. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1916—20 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT | AND PUT TO DEATH Col. Baca Valles Shot Twice in Heart; Companion on the Way to Face Firing Squad. BANDITS’ BODIES ON VIEW. Villa Secretary Escapes to El Paso; Renounces Revolution- A ti iti EL PASO. Tex., Jan. 18.—Col. Miguel Baca Valles, bandit chief captured at Palomas, south of Columbus, N. M., Was executed at 6 o’clock this morning by a firing squad at Juarez. Two bul- lets fired at close quarters penetrated his heart after he had declared he was not responsible for the robberies of Villa and pleaded to see Gen. Gavira, Carranza commandant. Lieutenant-Colonel Enrique Cisneros, who was captured last week with Baca Valles, is being marched overland with eight followers caught. with him, and according to Mexicar officials, also will de placed promptiy before a firing squad. Americans to See Bodies. Baca Valles arrived here last night on the train which brought the body de- clared to be that of Jose Rodriguez, the bandit chief executed near Madera ‘ast Thursday. The two bodies later were taken to the Mexican customs house here to be viewed by Americans who have expressed doubt as to the identity of the man executed as Rod- riguez, Baca Valles, who was known as Vil- las most callous executioner at Juarez, was taken from the box car in which he arrived a few minutes before 5 o'clock. He was marched over the dimly lighted platform of the railwa station, where many families spen their nights. Executions had been so fiequent at Juarez in the final days of the Villa rezime, however, that not a ripple of interest was shown. The pro- ceedings were brief. The prisoner said, “I am not respon- for the acts and robberies of Villa. I beg to see your General.” The officer commanding the firing squad said he had orders to kill and and a soldier stepped up close to Valles and fired into the prison- ey’s heart. The body was then taken lack to the railroad station, where it lay until after dawn uncovered, on the platform among the men, women and children lying about wrapped in blankets. Villa’s Secretary Reaches El Paso. Enrique Perez Rul, secretary of Gen. Villa, escaped through the Carranza lines and was in El Paso today. He has renounced further revolutionary activi- ties in Mexico. Two Villa adherents here denied Villa had authorized the massacre of Santa Yeabel or that he had ordered all Amer- uns killed. According to these adherents, Rul, who was being hunted in Chihuahua City by the Carranza authorities, took a desperate chance four days ago and approached the commandant at Chi- buahua City and begged a.safe conduct to the border while the commandant was engaged in conversation with a young woman. | They say that without looking at the applicant and to get rid of him quickly, the commandant scribbled a line and Rul fled to the border without his real identity becoming known. Gus' popular came, on the corner. place. Dr. E. B. Petskey of the National Mines and Smelter Co. at Magistral, Durango, a refugee, who arrived early today, told of having been stood up with Ex other Americans waiting to be shot by the followers of Gen. Bracamente, who shot up the camp and took every- thing in sight about a week ago. The cutting of the wires to Parral at the time prevented an appeal for help. The Americans were saved on payment of 1000 pesos ($500). More than 100 refugees from Parral, “hihuahua, arrived here early today aboard a special train which started from the Mexican mining center yester- Obregon is practically a prisoner at Queretaro, The encomiums he re- ceived while military chief in charge | bor: ILINER RYNDAM STRUCK BY A MINE: PASSENGERS REPORTED SAFE; 3 STOKERS KILLED Transatlantic Vessel, Carrying 101 Passengers, Proceeds With a List Up the Thames Un- der Own Steam After Accident at Sea. By Associated Press. NDON, Jan. 18.—The transatlantic Holland-America liner Ryndam passed Southend today down by the bows witn a list to starboard. All her passengers are safe. Three stokers were killed and four injured. , The Ryndam is proceeding to Grave- send under her own steam. The nature of the accident has not been learned, but it is assumed here that the Ryndam was struck by a mine, hardly by a torpedo. Southend is at the mouth of the Thames, and Gravesend is 20 miles southeast of London oh the Thames. The Ryndam sailed from New York Jan. 5 for Falmouth and Rotterdam. She passed the Lizard on Jan. 14, but her arrival at Falmouth had not been reported, although ordinarily she would have reached Falmouth the day ng being reported off the Lizard. The Ryndam is a vessel of 22,070 tons. On May 26 the ship, bound from New York to Rotterdam, with 185 passengers and freight, collided with the freight steamer Joseph Cuneo, off Nantucket Is- land. Both vessels were badly damaged. The passengers and most of the crew were transferred to the Cuneo, which was least damdged. Three battleships responded to the calls for help and the passengers were retransferred to the South Carolina. Both damaged boats put back to New York and the Ryndaza, after repairs, resumed her run. Ryndam Carried 101 Passengers From New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Officials of the Holland-America Line here had received no word today ether.than the news dis- patches of an accident to the Ryndam. The vessel sailed from here Jan. 5, with 101 passengers. She has a crew of 23 and a miscellaneous cargo. MANY CITIES 10 HEAR PRESIDENT ON PREPAREDNESS Speaking Trips Planned, Especi- ally Through the South and the Middle West. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Freparation uf itineraries for several speaking trips resident Wilson expects to take within the next few months, to lay the pre- paredness program before the country, was begun today at the White House, The President believes that in some sec- tions of the country the necessity for strengthening the army and navy is not fully recognized. Invitations to visit more than 400 cities, including Chicago, St. Louis, Cin- cinnati, Toledo, Milwaukee, Baltimore, New York and points in the South and far West have been received. They are now before the President for decision on which to accept. Indications were today that aside from his speeches in New York, Jan. 27, and here on Feb. 10, the President will de- liver most of his addresses in the mid- die West, with possibly some in the South. He has been told that need for beneral preparedness is better recognized in the East and on the Pacific Coast. The President will be unable to make any extended trips, because Congress 18 in session, and during January, Feb- ruary and March he has man engage- ments in Washington. He is expected to make several trips, each taking two to four days. 400 QUARTS OF LIQUOR SEIZED Deputies Raid Seattl: Club Su osed to Be Dry. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 18.—The Rain- les Club, one of the principal social or- ganizations in Seattle, was raided late yesterday by deputy Sheriffs who con- fiscated 400 quarts of liquor. Officers of the olub said the sale of liquor was stopped Jan. 1, when the State pro- hibition law went into effect, surplus stock being disposed of then to mem bers. Judge F. V. Brown, president of the club arrived while the raids were in progress and assisted the deputies in the search. Judge Brown and other of- ficers of the club said that they did not know of the existence of the liquor.“ 600 Get Increase in Pay. TOLEDO, O., Jan. 18.—Six hundred em- ployes of the Boss Manufacturing Co., mitten manufacturers in this city, are to get an increase in wages of from 5 to 12 per cent, an aggregate increase of $60,000.a year. The increase is effective immediately. e AMERIGAN NURSE ONE OF 260 LOST ON ITALIAN VESSEL New York Woman Was on Brindisi Which Hit Mine in Adriatic. 4 ROME, Jan. 18.—Dr. Edward Ryan of the American Red Cross, who arrived here today after a trip in Montenegro and Albania, said that 260 persons were drowned by the sinking of the Italian steamship Brindisi, which struck a mine those drowned was Miss Hample, an American nurse. Miss Hample's body was buried at San Giovanni di Medua, Albania. Dr. Ryan said Mariana Lamo, a nurse, reached Scutari in safety and hopes to return to the United States. Dr. Dura Gucha, was landed at Scutari. Dr. Cunot reached Brindisi, und sails for home today on the steamship Patria, from Naples for New York. Dr. Ryan said there were 427 Montenegrin soldiers from the United States on the steamship. Dr. Ryan’s trip, extending over a pe- riod of 16 days, was made for an in- vestigation of conditions in Montenegrin and Albanian towns, on behalf of the American relief clearing house of Paris. Not food, but removal to a place of safety, is the need of 10,000 women and children, Servian refugees at Scutari and other points,“ Dr. Ryan said. To remove the refugees, Dr. Ryan has arranged for the chartering of an Ital- ‘an ship. He expects te transport these persons to Corsica, having obtained the permission of the Italian Government The American Ambassador, Thomas IT. Page, is assisting Dr. Ryan in his relief work. Miss Hample From New York—In Europe Since War Started. NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—Miss Stefanie Hample, the nurse who was drowned when the Itallan steamship Brindisi was eunk by a mine in the Adriatic Sea, lived at 705 Jackson avenue, the Bronx, New | York, with her parents. She left Can- ada late in December, with & Red Cross | expedition, after a visit here. With the exception of a short vacation, she bad been in Purope since the war started. HMabbit Bone Sticky in Throat. Anthony Arnold, 30 years old, of 703 Russell avenue, had rabbit for supper last might and afterward there was a pain in his throat. He went to the city hospital and a doctor there discovered a rabbit bone in his esophagus. It was ex- tracted and Arnold went home, Cleaned ’Em Again “Lock, Stock and Barrel“ The Post-Dispatch was loaded for bear again yes- terday and aiong the advertising lines Cut up competi- tion considerable. * And only bought in 3 out of — — ——— ä—6—õ— A CEE RE Len aN = —— — Re Ay rm Here's how the St. Louis merchants did the “‘cuttin’ up’’ Monday when they bought in the POST-DISPATCH sons . 40 Cols. all 4 of its This is a very old story, but ‘‘mighty interestin’ readin’ for the man who wants to build up his business. CIRCULATION — — — | recently in the Adriatic Sea. Among. WAITRESS TELLS AT INQUEST OF ~ VISIT BY DODGE Declares Ad Man Who Was Slain Called After Her Chauffeur Admirer Had Objected. MILLIONS FOR U.S. IN PROPOSED TAX ON EXPATRIATES Under Senator Kenyon's Bill Baron W. W. Astor Would Pay $5,000,000 a Year. MAXIMUM 30 PER S WAS SECRET) Auto Driver Refuses to Take Stand and Case Is Adjourned for Further Inquiry. Levy of 28 Per Cent on Dowers Given American Girls Marry- ing Titles Suggested. Theresa Fields, 23 years old, of 2741 Clive street, a waitress in a restaurant at Olive street and Jefferson avenue, was the principal witness today in the Coroner’s inquest into the death of Ed- ward B. Dodge of 4314 Washington boulevard, an advertising ugent, who was mysteriously murdered on Pendle- ton avenue, near Olive street, Sunday night. The inquest was later continued until tomorrow, to give the police further time for investigation. She testified that Dodge called on her about 11 o’clock that night, and remained 5 or 10 minutes. She also told of the jealousy with which Dodge was regarded by Harry Douglas, a chauf- feur, of 5063 Northland avenue, who was also a frequent caller at her home. Douglas, who is under $5000 bond pend- ing the completion of the inquest, de- clined to testify. The woman is under $800 bond. Chauffer Objected to Dodge. Witty thousand dollara to $7,000, 6 ee in said Douglas visited Passe Seventy-five thousand dollars to $100,- b e ee OME e : sn. we to a show. They ate in a Fees restaurant, she said, and returned to her One hundred thousand dollars to $200, lodging house about 9:20. She said Doug- 000, 12. Two hundred thousand dollars to $400,- lass spoke to her of Dodge, and said he must stay away from her. She did not re- 000, 16. member, however, that any threats wer ) undred thousand dollars to $500,- : : 6 Four h made. She thought Douglas and Dodge 000, 20. Over $500,000, 25. had met once, but she was not sure of Under the terms of the Kenyon law, this. Baron William Waldorf Astor, wealth-] She also said Dodge had objected to jest of all American expatriates, would | Douglas’ visits. She said she met Dodge be compelled to pay to the United States Sunday morning and told him at that Government each year 28 per cent ot his time that he might call on her, as entire income derived from investments she had previously done, at 11 o'clock in this country. that night. So far as she knew, she P 7 Per Cent New. 422 Douglas did not know of this ar- Mr. Astor pays only a tax of 7 per cent | “@nsement. : now. It is estimated that the tax on the Astor fortune alone would net the Government upward of $6,000,000 annu- ally. Other expatriated Americans who would pay a tax ranging from 11 to 28 per cent of their income derived from properties in this country would be: Duchess of Roxburghe, daughter of Ogden Goelet. Mrs. William B. Leeds. The Ladies Curzon, granddaughters of the late Levi Z. Leiter of Chicago. Mrs. Beatty, wife of Admiral Beatty and daughter of the late Marshall Field of Chicago. Countess Craven, daughter of Bradley Martin. Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Con- suelo Vanderbilt. Lady Granard, daughter of Mills, Duchess of Manchester, daughter of the late Eugene Zimmerman. Viscountess Maidstone, daughter of Anthony J. Drexel. Countess of Suffolk, daughter of the late Levi Z. Leiter. Mrs. Louise Harcourt, niece of J. P. Morgan. Countess of Ancaster, formerly Eloise Breese. Lady Waldstein. Lady Cheylesmers, daughter of F. O. French of New York. Princess Cantacuzene; daughter of Gen. Grant. Lady Dufferin; Flora Davis of New York. Princess Radziwill; Dorothy Deacon of Boston. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain; Mary Endi- cott of Massachusetts. Princess Hatzfeld, Clara Hunting- ton of San Francisco. Duchess of Croy, Nancy of New York. Princess Colonna, New York. Countess of Egmont, Kate Howell of South Carelina. Lady Camoys, Mildred Sherman of New Tork. Countess Ssechenyi, Gladys Vander- bilt. Baroness Ramsey, house of Chicago.: Henry James, the’ novelist, who re- cently took out British citizenship papers. Lady Decies, daughter of George J. Gould. Amount of Property Unknown. The exact amount of property owned by the above is not known to anyone in the United States. In the following table, the amount of the fortune controlled by the expatriated American giris at the time of mar- riage, given to them as dowers, is set forth: Lady Camoys (Mildred Sherman), $12,000,000. Mrs. Ralph Vivian (Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts), $12,000,000. According to the view ot Senator Kenyon, his measure, if enacted into law would also serve to levy a tax of approximately 28 per cent on all dowers given American girls at the time of their marriage to foreigners. Dr. Wiler Graves, © years old, S12 Von Versen avenue, fell while skating yesterday afternoon on Sylvan Lake. Forest Park, and his left arm was By Wire From the Washington Bu- reau of the Post-Dispatch. . WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—-A measure proposing a high graduated tax on the incomes of American expatriates, de- rived from their American property, will be introduced in the Senate by Senator Kenyon of Iowa. The Kenyon bill would place an annual tax of practically 30 per cent on the incomes of the wealthier ex- patriates. Also it would make the dow- ers given to American girls who marry titled foreigners a source of considerable revenue to the United States Govern- ment. Under its provision a normal tax of 3 per cent instead of the existing 1 per- cent on American incomes would be levied on incomes under $35,000 of all ex- ratriates and foreigners derived from their investments in the United States. In addition a supertax would be levied as follows: Twenty-five thousand dollars to $50,- 000, 4. 10:80 Sunday night and that Dodge came shortly after 11, but remained only a few minutes. The young woman was questioned in detail about her acquaintance with the two men, and she said Douglas had asked her to marry him, and that she had refused. She said she liked Doug- las better than Dodge, and she admitted that Dodge, beside giving her a number of presents, had several times given money to her to pay her rent. Douglas’ Movements Traced. The police believe that Dodge wes killed after he got off an Olive car on his way to his boarding place, after his call. Sergt. Maloney testified that he was told, at Douglas“ boarding place that Douglas was in bed by midnight. Douglas told him, the Sergeant said. that he got home at 11:42, and that he took the Olive, Grand and Cass cars The Sergeant said he had made inquiry but had found no one who remembered seeing Douglas on his way home. Patrolman McCoy testified that Miss Fields told him she had asked Douglas to remain away from her, and that he had promised to do so. She was not asked «bout this. SACRED RICE GIRLS COURTED Murriage Offers to Japanese Young Women ho Planted Cereal. TOKIO, Jan. 18.—The Japanese young women who planted the sacred rice used during the recent coronation of Emperor Yoshihito have received countless offers of marriage from all parts of the Em- pire and the young men who tended the sacred rice have been invited by promi- nent families to become adopted sons. Participation in the holy rites of the coronation is supposed to be accompa- nied by many blessings and the young women and men who had to do with the sacred rice are very greatly respected. Many of the giris have already been wedded. SNOW LIKELY TONIGHT OR TOMORROW ; TO BE WARMER Ogden Julia, grand- Leishman Eva Mackay of Frances White- cast for St. Louis ind vicinity: Generally cleudy weather tonight and tomorrow. probably with snow; slowly ris- ing temperature; ‘he lowest to- visht will be about 20. Missouri — Snow tonight and to- morrow; not 80 She said Douglas remained until about i Medal-Bedecked Monarch of > N LA * V a he Ps Nn, p oe —— 33 eS air 5 : * 4 ee ee . ~ ie; °* tare » ae ae 3 N- ‘o> * 4 ey * . pe 40 Cs 8 ah, J 18 1 4 1 ae b. S. ESRIPES Had Confessed That He Turned Traitor After Becoming English Citizen. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. — Ignatius T. Trebich Lincoln, a former member of the British Parliament, a self-confessed German spy, and who was being held her pending extradition to England for forgery, escaped from a United States l-eputy Marshal Saturday, it was learned today, and has not been seen since. The United States Marshal here has notified the secret service and a na- tlon-wide search has been ordered. It is thought in some quarters that Lincoln boarded an outgoing steamer shortly aft- er his escape. Lincoln, who had been held in Ray- mond Street Jail, Brooklyn, since lase August, had been allowed numerous privileges, it was said at the jail. The prisoner was writing a book dealing with international espionage systems, and he was in the habit of going to the Brooklyn Federal building to work on this, two or three times a week. He was always accompanied by a Deputy Marshal. In company with Frank Johnson, 4 Deputy Marshal, Lincoln visited the Federai Building Saturday. tle and Johnson stopped in a restaurant after leaving the Federal Building. After ordering lunch Lincoln said he was go- ing to wash his hands and went to the washroom. When the prisoner did not reappear within 10 minutes Johnson be- an a search. eShortly before his arrest Lincoln had written and published a story (which ap- peared in the Post-Dispatch Sunday Magazine) in which he confessed to hav- ing acted as a spy for the German In- telligence Office after he had become a naturaliged Englishman. Lincoin was rn in Hungary. mg te was arrested at he request of the British Consul-General, but resisted extradition on the plea that the forgery and larceny charges against him were merely a pretext to get him to London to be tried and executed as 4 spy. FANY SKATFRS VOIMNTEER TO HELP MUNICIPAL ICE CARNIVAL Dr. Hugo Toeppen and Miss Helene Weisserme!, who learned how to skate in Holland, have volunteered to give ex- hibitions at the municipal skating carni- 117212 : : | AMERIGAN DOCT PLANNING TYPHUS GRUSADE IN MEXICO Expedition Will Start From La- redo, Tex., as Soon as Per- missiorr. Is Obtained. EIL. PASO, Tex., Jan. 18.—An expedition of American physicians will start, from Laredo, Tex., into Mexico to aa tho typhus fever epidemic as soon as per- mission can be obtained from the Mex- ican de facto Government, according to an announcement made here by Dr. Carlos Husk, chief surgeon for the American Smelting and R»firing Co. The expedition will be headed by Drs. Liebman and Olitsky of Mount Sana Hospital, New York, and Dr. Husk, it was said. The Guggenheim interests are reported to be financing th. campaign. Compiled. reports to Federa . officials show there are at least 100,000 cases of typhus in Mexico, Aguas Calientes alone having 5000. Out of a population of 20,000 in Pachuca, 18h died in December. The number of cases in the states of Chihuahua and Sonora are unknown. The American physicians plan to com- bat the disease with the same methods used so successfully in Servia recently. Once in Mexico they will encase them- selves in silk underclothing with outer garments of linen, which will be fas- tened to their legs and rubber gloved wrists, by bands of adhesive tape. They will wear rubber boots, about the ankles of which bands of crude oil will be painted to keep off the vermin. Frequent baths of equal parts of kero- sene and vinegar also will be used. The silk underclothing is listed as “very im- portant’ as the body rmin which are held solely responsible for communicat- ing the disease have no affinity for silk. The kerosene and vinegar baths will be applied to suspects and patients in addition to the use of a serum specific P B Associated Presa BERLIN, Jan. 18, by wireless ville.—A note to the Greek C rum. amounting to an ultimatum, is sala Sy the Overseas News Agency to h vi ö De : presented by France and Great rh | According to = Sete tapes news agency, Greece is required #6" uver their passports to the Minish of the central Powers within @ hea (ailing which the entente will take “ee essary measures.” „ MONTENEGRO — TO Be SCARCH. ville.—Details of how the for the capitulation of the “Both the Montenegrin Ministers mained in Cettinje and the negotiass were carried on by intermediaries, ~~ “The arms to be surrendered 7A modern firearms and will include tix carried by the Montenegrin mes. Montenegrins able to carry arm form into groups and literally fa their rifles. wis “Control of the country will Be” sumed by the Austro-EH vians 4 that the whole territory may be searal in order to impede the format bands. ie “The entire male population ¥ concentrated in certain lots. cities and other localities, as well ap means of transportation, ally the railroads, will be handed ever i Austro-Hungartans.“ ä Troops Near Ates. LONDON, Jan. 18.—Peace negotiations between Austria-Hungary and * ente. negro will begin at once, Tolle ng Mor i tenegro’s acceptance of Austria's Ge mand that she unconditionally lay jor n her arms. Montenegro's que + i peace caused little surprise in the 6 itals of the entente allies, for the Mitte kingdom’s armed forces were bees SS > troops have landed at . r . ; five miles southwest of At * once the port of the Greek 5 pital. T Berlin newspapers, the news agen 7 says, attribute this as part ot prepal onstan overthrow of 3 C tine and the placing of J Soc 2