St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 24, 1918

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‘the Beet oe Fie sig sad factory, call up | 3 at, The Only Evening: Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY '24, 1918—24 PAGES. fficient g Aa fe Fe iam & > Olive or 4 i a BS PRs = ————, poHIP PRODUCTION FOR FIRST TIME EXCEEDS. “VICTORY WILL COME WHEN || §. URGED 10 2 ARRESTS AFTER ME ERANCE” save arr BULDSDBARGES | MAN IS FATALY oa FR MISSISSPP) SHOT ON STREET Former President Emphasizes in Interview, | However, That He Would Not Limit Size | Bartender Says One. of Pris- oners Gave Him Revolver, THING OF KILLING’ Saying Companion Had try are buried in graves over At general headquarters all Ne ver Never Never sg : , : S + coe igen . Of U.S. Army—His Figures on % ( s ues- | . Teacher’s Reply | Man Power. / Accidental?y Hit Man. : which shells and bullets are fly- ¢{ staves of American and French | ing, glose to where they fell. soldiers in that vicinity will be 7 “tion, “Did You Intend to » Shoot Mrs. Roberts?” | _But wherever they are resting, } decorated with flowers and WOMAN SAW MEN their comrades will bear them in crossed American and French RUN INTO SALOON EVOL. 70. NO. 274. “America’s Dead in France _ . ‘to Receive Homage of the Allied Armies Memorial Day By the Associated Press. gather there to replace the faded WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY § American flags with’ new ones IN’ FRANCE, Thureday, } “®4 Gepestt wreaths of flowers: May 23. Similar ceremonies will take t ter American dead, sleeping place at the graves of boys from “¢ 1 g Waterways Committee Rec- ommends Expenditure of $7,350,000 for Equipment to Carry River Traffic. in the soil of France, will other Staates. In the same local- receive the homage of the ity roadside graves of French American army on Memorial soldiers, buried where they fell, day. Many of those who have ( im the earlier days of the war, given their lives for their coun- will be decorated by Americans. “These events have made the war & personal gnatter. People have) been hoping for other means of s t-| tlement, hoping for some sort %of| agreement with Germany. They have given up that idea now. Victory Despite Blunders. *T have gone lately into nearly Former President ‘William H. Taft, in an exclusive interview gfv- en to the Post-Dispatch on/a train last night, said he had figured out | DEFENDANT'S LIFE iss 01 eS a e present draft law, with the STORY CONCLUDED | amenament which adds every year those who have become 21 years of ESTIMATES RETURN OF 18 PER CENT mind and pay tribute to their flags. Led by a band, a body of soldiers will march to the main cemetery. There the troops will | be drawn up while chaplains re- memory.°* ‘To many Americans now fight- ing in France Memorial day © ae : o ‘ ——————— fwo Jurors and Many Spec- age, will provide an army of 5,400.- 000 men by Jan. 1, 1920, without drawing on any class but class 1. every section of the country, and I have found everywhere, deeply Report Referred to Railroad Slain Shoe Worker Identified heretofore has meant simply a holiday. In a cague way they peat prayers for the dead. A squad will fire a salute. imbedded, the sentiment that there is nothing to do but to whip Ger- many. Until she is whipped, she will be a menace to the world. “In spite of muddling and of er- rors, the intelligent public opinion of America is going to create the| needed volume of production, and massing of man power. When it gets full swing, and lands 5,000,060 In the sector northwest of Toul ceremonies will be held at several localities, Men of the “new and the old armies Ife there, some in cemeteries exclusively American, others beside French soldiers. The aviators who have given their lives will be remem- bered. At various points along the battle front there are American graves of men from units which have faced™the enemy there and then moved elsewhere. Efforts will be made to decorate every one. appreciated the meaning of the {decoration of graves by the sur- vivors of Civil War days; but now they regard Memorial day in a different light, for it means honoring the memory of men they have known, bunked with and fought with. Throughout all the zones in which there are American sol- diers plans have been made for ceremonies, n which the French will largely participate. At one place is a row of mounds under which lie sons of New York. Men of the same regiment. will MRS. BUSCH AND HAWES WILL SAL TOMORROW Cable From Lawyer in Spain | Announces They Are Ready to Leave for VU, S, He also said he believed that vic- tory would be achieved when 5,000,- 000 American soldiers are landed in France, but he added that no fixed limit should be placed on the size of the army and that if it is necessary the number can be more than dou- By the Associated Press. bled by taking men of other classes WAUKESHA, Wis. May 24, —|than class 1 ae ee, Semeatng «the Grace Lusk faced what she regards |@T@!t age trom 21 to 18. P ‘4s the worst ordeal of her life when “His Estimate on Man Power. ar Seat ae ter pes Reali dt it = the took the witness stand again to- Regarding his estimate of the; the power to dictate a just peace to! bers of Congress who have asked for} saleman, of 2226 Hebert street, were @ay at her trial for, slaymg Mrs,| COUDtryS man power, Taft said in! i. German people. | db lied with copies of the aes Mary Newman Roberts. This came) »!8 mterview: | “That is the only way we can nec sb at esis s ee eee y ? "| recommendations made by the In-/the fatal shooting of Barney Fey, When the defense completed its di-| ‘1 have figured out this matter| piccia And it would be the gross-| : cd ‘ect examination and cross-examina- paar: — ob enseggryrasy which I est mistake to abandon Russia.”’ ‘land Coastwise Waterways Commit-| 58, of 1524 Agnes street, about 10 a Hon began just before noon. ee ar Spi : BE eee on en Regarding the aircraft situation,|tee with respect to the use of the! o’clock last night on Jefferson ave- “I cannot remember,” Miss Lusk drafting of the men who hecome 9, | the former President said: | Mississippi River for relief of rail-;nue, between Dodier and University testified when asked regarding the ‘one oni Te nn tien” ee | “We are easily led to undue opti-! oad traffic during the war, today | Streets. Pena’ i d hoo have, at the beginning of 1920, an|™!8™- We have underestimated the/ aia the Post-Dispatch what chen | Fey was found dying on the side- 2 ga en = * “ , mere. army of 5,400,000, without taking difaculty connected with asFCTer | ecommendations are. | walk by persons who heard a shot Roberts?’’ she was asked. ‘Never, any hut Mieke 4 ee That i production. We haven't realized: Th itt urges upon Mr.| fired and saw two men running hever, never,” she cried. Vv class 1 men. at is, men bet 7 | e committee ges up Mr, | er tv **Did you intend to take Mrs. Rob- | Detween 21 and 31, either unmarried the difference between making One| 7 .4doo, Director-General of Rail-|4Way. Before he died he said he did Sa 9! = sea “Never. Why should | 224 without dependents, or married, orbacegpees inane? yeeay- ehlesage PR. roads, the institution of barge serv- | ?°t — hg shot him or why he erts * ‘e : : St.; Was shot. He was unidentified until, ; but without useful occupation. perfection, and haven't been willing, ice on the Mississippi between St i - this morning, when two nephews, In telling of meeting Dr. Roberts en Omer Cinseen, to content ourselves with what has Louis and New Orleans.’ It finds Men by McAdoo and An-| by Nephews at Morgue — xiety Is Felt for Disposi-| Did Not Recognize His As- tion of It. | sailants. 4 . tators Weep as She Tells a | - of Insisting That Doctor | © Tell Wife of Relations. Martin Walsh, 27 years old, a shoe worker, of 1223 North Jefferson avc- | WASHINGTON, May 24.—Mem-!nue, and William J. Reidy, a | By Wire From the Washington Bu- reau of the Post-Dispatch. “ =O, + DE WEESE EXECUTED "EDINBURGH, May 34-—"Wes FOR MURDER OF WIFE tack,” said Premier Lioyd George, Salt Lake City Convict Walks to Chair and Insists That Firing Squad Make Sure of Aim. Harry B. Hawes a Mrs.Adolphus Bsuch expect to sail tomorrow from Santander, Spain, for Havana, on their way to the United States, Hawes made known in a cablegram received today by the Post-Dispatch. His message read: Pleased to see your man, but fear too late. Leave Santander for Havana May 25. Desire to work for War or State Depart- ment, also complete good roads system, therefore will not be candidate for Senate. Mission to help friend expected to last six weeks, now over six months, No letter or papers from home, so The next afternoon, after having failed to keép an appointment she had made for the morning, Mrs. came to her home, Miss Laswsk said, and declared her husband bad told her “that Miss Lusk was the biggest fool he had ever known nd that she had chased him until he never had a monment’s peace.”’ Cross-Examination Begun. Miss Lusk said she went upstairs of the doctor's letters | : te a ceg ty Mrs. Roberts that this | ment Germany is giving to Russia, | had ser st es aro ee | aaa to four months, the towboats - i th istol, | and as they have felt our own per- Views aga inst pro on. : ; | - i Necisht iat ova nico “‘tutaed- sonal proximity to the war. The! “Prohibition is a good thing for| taking crapcortie ‘ould 1 i in the = eet h lif : great drive on the west front brought the cantonments,” was the reply.; It says wood could be used in the g ee Owe te. it home to us. '“You can enforce prohibition in the construction of the barges and ce-| It seemed for a time! When Mrs. Roberts saw the let- t would b ssible. but recom- as rive would break through,| cantonments. I believe in prohibi-| ment wou © po , ters, the witness said, she said abu- meprocnt ° mends steel because of the insurance d leave us naked to our enemy. {tion where it can be enforced.” tive things. ce : | rates, which are as'‘great on wood for a single trip as for steel per an- At this point the court ordered | i 10 CENT STORE MAN PAYS =§(U.R. READY WITH ‘num, . to enable Miss Lusk, who Seemed about to faint, to regain ; MILLION FOR SHADOW LAWN; 3,100,000 PENNIES FA | |, saloon dee: event RE | harges ye See ee 40,999 | nani there, but denied knowledge Hawes and Mrr. Busch have been delayed more tha. three months in composure. After the recess, Miss Lusk resumed the stand and was asked what Mrs. Roberts had ore Per iets asked me if I did { dead weight tons, and that running | of the shooting. hot know that Dr. Roberts did not Ler a SR Deut Sp ren BAe | Fey Was Bachelor. failing from Spain. Under the pres- ' gare for me, that he was just mak- eight down, with one day ateachend| jx. was a bachélor and lived | ent conditions it is probable they will " ‘mg sport of me as he had many and one towboat held in reserve for ith his mother and sister. He was| be more than two weeks in reaching |' other women, “said the woman.” emergencies, such a fleet could make associated with his brother, John| Havana, but once there they can be She told me of a girl who had died | 90 round trips in a year between St./ trey, in dealing in second-hand bar-| in the United States within a few Louis and New Orleans with totals | reig at 1526 Salisbury street. hours, and soon afterward can of 1,080,000 deadweigth tons, and| Relatives told the police that he/ reach St. Louis. 1,246,320,000 ton miles. It estimates| was accustomed to take evening| Mrs. Busch was in Germany in 1914 when the war began. After the United States entered the war, a in a second rate Wauhesha board- | President Wilson at Sea Girt, N. J.,/ place in effect the 6-cent fare on the house as the result of an opera- {has been sold for nearly $1,000,000/ all its lines June 1, with 3,100,000 that half the down business would be | walks in the neighborhood in which bulk grain and half general mer-| he was shot, and that he probably year ago, August A. Busch, her son, p~- " other relatives, ‘esired that she | tion. She said that I would die that); wubert .. Parsor treasurer and| Pennies on hand to start making | Way, but not in Waukesha, as_she|.. nerai manager of F. W. Woo!l-|°4nge for persons who do not pro- _ would drive me out of town.” worth Co. Shadow Lawn was oc- vide themselves with tickets. Rich- chandise. The present rail rate On! was taking one of these walks last grain Between St. Louis and New| night. He had relatives residing in Orleans is 12 cents a hundred | that neighborhood, but had not call-|r-turn to this country and Hawes, who is Busch's personal attorney, un- ‘yok the mission of meeting her “I said Mrs. Roberts, you cannot! wupied by the President during the) ard McCulloch, president of the com- that, as I have my living to earn. | summer of 1916, and was the scene | P28": today said the company was She went to the telephone and call-| of many of his campaign speeches. | trying to make arrangements to place ed up Dr. Roberts, asking him to _the 6-cent fare tickets on sale in all| pounds. This is to be increased. |¢q on them last night. Taking 405,000 tons of grain at that No definite theory as to the cause! ¢ ;rate the river service would earn)of the shooting was advanced by} in Switgerland and accompanying the police after the arrest of Walsh |} :r home. prison yard here : 6:55 o’clock. He was shot, having chosen that method of execution. |. He calmly walked to tRe chair permitted himself to be him strapped securely by Sheriff's deputies, insisting that the marks- men comprising the firing squad make certain of their aim. Death was almost instantaneous. 1916, De Weesé surrendered to the in a Salt Lake City lodging house Sept. 25, 1916. Every possible mark of identification had been destroyed. The police had as a‘ clew only the fact that De Weese and the mur- dered woman had registered a few days before the murder as Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Robbins. In December. 1916, De Wesse surrendered to the Chicago police, explaining his al- leged many jewel robberies and giv- ing as an excuse for his surrender to the police his desire to clear himself | tim of any possible suspicion of the myr- der. He declared that he and his wife had been followed by two men on the night of the murder. He took her to their room, then left, he said, for the purpose of robbing two or three residences he had been “spot- ting.”” He said he found his wife had been murdered upon his return to their room early in the morning, and fearing arrest because of his past criminal vs he fled. De W was returned to Sait Lake City anid tried for murder. The trial was one of the most sensational! in the criminal history of Utah. The murdered woman was the for- mer wife of Henry W. Fisher, a New York haberdasher. She met De the United States to prepare participation in the war, the said that after all her ex we can double the number easily, : ‘that. last year four Government| Bernard J. Naber and John Fey of bm the evening of the tragedy on and if we want still more, we can re.| Worked moderately well in the hands} . a total of 1040¥1522 Salisbury street called at the June 20, 1917, Miss Lusk said sho : of the allies. And we have heralded | 2redges, working . told him that if he did not care |@UC® the age to 18. Below 21, the| | sau what have proven mere- | ours, a little less than one-ninth of | Morgue. . for her, that would end it all. Tho| Proportion of unmarried men would | 22 Naereee Bee Bare re | their time, maintained an eight-foot} The arrest of Walsh and Reidy ee Se a”. *~°! ef course be much larger than it is/!¥ to be glorious statements. | is and Cairo,| Was the result of a statement made Witness said he replied that he still/ 1. 0.. 94 “i Great Numbers Ultimately. songs ee oe ane Reteenbey Pol the police by Ben Knaup of 2547 PP wi. ali ‘ an a elow > € 15 oo « Rai a 9 ee ade ae weer _— “The best and most hopeful thing, ar st ys $4 round ie th always deeper than that. Dodier street, bartender in a saloon aie. her rein Bg Serpe ane ordi in the war situation at present,” | has been \ aap So agin dese ve! Its authorities for these figures at Jefferson avenue and University : : “| aft said, “is the gathering deter- BR cig ee . Gi , » | street. # ‘ti- + al +, are Major-General W. M. Black, | = to*do so that night, she testi ya es all a people to I eee aaah turn out airplanes | etl ak thar wenualtaie and | He said Walsh and Relay: ereve , S war, Lareagn. hep wi@ | Brigadier-General Charles Keller, | in the saloon and about two minutes Peace Lovers Ready to Fight. ( “The same is true as to the pres-| 7 ; ;-|after they went out, he heard a | : | retary, both Government engi ; “This spirit was illustrated last | ®nt eT a tacihe Soars af | neers. The river is open 10 months| shot. Walsh ran back into the sa- week, at the convention of the) eg ste we ? ‘in the year. oftentimes more. loon, he said, and handed him a League to Enforce Peace, held in| £"'PS. pee eee ‘ ) | revolver. telling him t + is: ate e committee recommends that); revoiver, telling Nim to put it away. Philadelphia. There were 4000 of} In a recent magazine article tell- ~ build , tee]l; A moment later Reidy ran in, he ir vw eye f his tour of inspection of the| the Government bu poren le ae per some pase eo, Peg pba yrs. be | rr ictnaiiiin mare spoke of the | towboats of from 1500 to 2500 horse- said, and called for the revolver say- mt for two days cise there was | Sobriety of the soldiers, and men-| Power at an estimated cost of $350,- | ing: I let this damm fool try * only one note 1 wae ‘Fight this | tioned ‘the drv laws in some states | 000 each, and 50 steel barges of 2000 | out and he wor eg aps wees a man. war through to a victory.’ ‘as a factor in keeping liquor out of | tons deadweight, each at an beget eo aaite Curent daddt wt “This spirit has gathered strength; the camps. The reporter alluded to | mated cost of $61 per ton, a total o iy: ’ ; enie have seen the treat-/| this article, and asked whether he | $7,350,000 for equipment. It says: ment a woman appeared at the front as OU (Perr : ‘these barges can be built in from 60} door of the saloon and called out:) “The man who fired that shot is in 'here.”” Walsh and Reidy then went out a side door, Knaup said. George Kobelm and George Byer, | who lived in a hotel over the saloon,| not advised situation. told of seeing Walsh and Reidy in| The cablegram wa; in reply to one the saloon before and after the! gent by the Post-Dispatch to Hawes, shooting. “Koeblin, who was sitting | telling him a Post-Dispatch corre- _in front of the saloon when the shot| gepondent in Paris would see him in 90 Round Trips a Day. | was fired, said that he saw them run Madrid, the desire being to obtain The committee estimates that one. back into the saloon. f _ vim a definite statement as to f th bont . ld t “ fiv h | Walsh denied having been in the! whether he intended becoming a can- - ee a eee last night. Reidy admitted|didate for the Senate. could not be reckoned on : Manager of Woolworth Concerns | Buys Former Summer Home of | ‘ President Wilson. ‘Company Trying to Arrange to Put Tickets on Sale m Drug By the Associated Press. Stores Before June 1. NEW YORK, May 24.—Shadow | lawn, former summer home of! ne United Railways is prepared to 4 tor’s wife compared her to a dog— a & for the prosecution. | @pme to the Mills home.” a | Asked what were the last words | The fare tickets, Mebutloch ex- st the remembered’ Mrs. Robert say- | Plained, will be in sheets of five, to| $972,000 a year on grain. The other ' te, the witness said that the doc- In Next | be sold for 30 cents. These sheets| half of the down business, generaljand Reidy, but before the arrest é ane Sunday's Post-Dispatch | # person of no standing. | Shortly before noon, Walter D. Corrigan began the cross;examina- ||| How the Destroyer Convoy Sys- z tem Makes Merchant Ships Immune From U-Boat Attacks W at . Two Jurors Weep Story —~A stirring story showing how can be conveniently made into little | books, if more than one sheet of five | fares is required. Persons who board cars without tickets will receive pen- nies in change unless they have the exact fare, a nicket and a penny or six pennies. | merchandise at t rate, would average $6 a ton, and the cost of handling it at terminals would be $1.50 a ton. A total of 405,000 tons at $4.50 ‘would earn $1,822,500, a total esti- mated earning for southbound he prevailing rail| the theory was that he was killed | by gangsters who thought he was some other person, or that he was the victim of highway robbers. So far as konwn nothing was taken from Fey. PRINCE ARTHUR, IN U, $,, TELLS OF REVIEWING AMERICAN TROOPS Cousin of King George, on Mission to Japan, Starts for Washington to See President. By the Associated Presse. Weese when he was an employe of Fisher and eloped with him to Reno, where she' got a divorce and married De Weese. The 3,100,000 pennies, $31,000, were obtained at local banks. The company has also purchased a num- freight of $2,794,000. Northbound wate, aio wedi a ee rice, COOLER WEATHER TOMORROW On a mission to the Emperor of coffee, sisal lumber, etc. Taking the | WITH MORE SHOWERS LIKELY Japan, Prince Arthur of Connaught, 'ber of counting machines to check | ful! rail rat ‘ | the pennies and other machines to on the ae i, of hanes oo ag cd a cousin of King George of England wrap them in packages of 100 each, | $1.50 for terminal charges, the com- | 78 eee ee | and son of the Duke of Connaught, The machines, which are commonly | mittee estimates the total at 270.000. : &3 | former Governor General of Canada, used by banks, count the coins at tons with a total raven hs of $742 a | arrived here today on a British the rate of 2000 a minute. 000. This gives a grand total of $3.-| : cruiser. He left immediately on a President McCulloch pointed out 537.000 . o 4 special train for Washington, where that the fare tickets were oPdered by Secenedin >i he will call on President Wilson be- E* ean decide the issue by a great ||| the Public Service Commission as al . Masianinss $7,350,000 | fore proceeding on his journey. 6 army. jj; Convenience to the public and that Revenue $3 cb? 60 ; Prince Arthur and his party were a 3 A Nation Almost Exterminated— to provide oneself with them before Adrainiat stay ages taken off the cruiser at the quar- More details of the atrocities Seording cars will save time, words| 9745 999 en Bee antine station by & navy tug and nst the Arme- worry. , : transported to the city. committed agai Depreciation, 5 per cent. “J.am certainly glad of the oppor- Germany’s anti- gis : Insurance, 4 per cent ; . uni t isit the United States,” TRACKS RESERVED FOR TROOP ald he’ Prince, “The last time eo With two jurors and many spec- AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 24.— -. eS in tears, Grace Lusk brought we are making progress in driving piracy from the seas. Why a Campaign of 1919 Now Is Certain, by Frank H. Simonds ~The Post-Dispatch’s noted military critic analyzes the situation on the western ffont and shows why the Allies now will strike only to hold the Germans until the Americans > a dramatic conclusion yesterday a story of her life almost up to | ‘the time of te slaying of Mrs. Rob i ; By the ‘Associated Presa. | CHICAGO, May 124.—Internment of Count James Minotto began this afternoon at Fort Shridan. Judge Baker, in Federal Court of Appeals. declined to continue the $50,000 bond on which the Count has been at: liberty and ordered him heid until the Court hears the case June 12. . Swaying in the witness chair at ‘times as if on the verge of collapse, ‘often lowering her voice until it was ‘Rimost inaudible, she denied that sho d ever pursued Dr. David Roberts F Yesterday: High, 76, at 6:30 p. m.; low, 58, at 6:30 a. m. Official fore- iF ; : i ‘i operation, a e3 Sa ee hy a f E i AA & ¥ ek = gs. said the Prince. “The last time I Current repairs, 14 per cent per was here was 12 yeara ago, when I annum on equipment, $1,148,000. » Mians by Christian allies, the Turks. ‘ ie ae, rae lore the tragedy. | ing that she carried the same | gressionat debates that had a | 1 with which she later shot Mrs.jj/ stri paralle) during a pe- | which we have | stant weather to a minimum. TRAINS ARE BEING FENCED OFF The Terminal Rallway Association is building a fence from Bighteenth street to Twenty-firat street on each side of a double track reserved for troop trains, to facilitate: the enter- tainment of troops passing through the city and guard against accidents meet the trains. A track between the two troop train tracks hag been taken up to make room for the Y. M. C. A. and ed Cross workers with refresh- ments and for to relatives and friends who go to Ingurance on cargo at 4 per cent per annum, $75,000. Total, $2,011,000. Net balance, $1,526,000. Rate of annual return, 18. per cent The committee urges upon Mr, McAdoo the institution of this serv- ice for which it says there ig both great need and demand. It even goes so far as to suggest that until the equipment can be built the serv- ice could be temporarily instituted with such private and Government equipment as is on the river now. It is, however, unwilling to accept Missouri: Part- ly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably with showers in north and west por- tions; warmer ‘ tohight in ex- treme east por- tions; cooler tomorrow in forth and central portions. | Stage of river at 7 a. m.: 12.2 fect, visited Buffalo. 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