St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 3, 1910

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‘niversity Medics nger of Blood n Grafting Pro- it Is Reported After Painful HELP TO IN CUTICLE sc 4% iol ' Be Careful- n Order to am Possible quences of * t s at St. Louis submitted to ‘rous operation ‘om their arms . A. Devine, a spital, Friday. xed contract- ch threaten- yr. For them > slow, but ‘rmed ‘the xing as \e. was steel From. ie ap- eain re- is saeg at Lic njury. - Sterilized Razors Usea, ‘Dr. Nicholson and Dr, Will of the St. Louis University medical faculty decid- ed that skin grafting would be the only ‘means of preventing infection. When this was announced to the junior class C. A. Pfeffer, B. J. Larkin, i at G. Kassmeyer, Benjamin Cobb and J. , Aged Riley Chester F. English volunteered to give portions of their skin for the _feperation. — With sterilized razors, strips of skin one inch “wide and three inches long "were taken from the right arm of each _ gtudent. neir wounds were wrapped —. antiseptic dressings. Each will al- Ways carry a@ scar as a reminder of the - gactitioe ) Some of the volunteers looked on and cae assisted tn the grafting of their kin to Devine’s leg. ie ; How It Is Done, oe : ‘The operation is known as the Thirsch grafting process. With the ah aisee from whom the skin is to de taken is scored so that it is loos- od from the flesh. With the edge the blade the flap of skin is then rned back and lifted off. The skin aabares is then ‘laid upon the oe | of the patient, where it clings : while the blade is slowly fit Was cut becomes the under on the patient. In time the a ted skin joins with that of he patient to make a obntinuous and althy surface. vine Saturday sent a message of to the students who aided in his life. The students refuse the operation except to say was.in line with the profes- sion sare they have chosen to follow 4 that it was their duty to make BTORS IN HOSPITAL READY “TO GIVE SKIN TO SAVE ay ; 10 ab been growing grafted skin | [ coon and abdomen at the Cits Wospital, must undergo another opera m next Monday afternoon. eb | | been in the City Hospital since 4the badger ‘vas cornered, : ae ee x ; Se Me ian ge her : Sante ee: : cual ) : Peer es * : — ; 4 3 : * ’ ' . ee | : ite ey i s . ”“ _ Only E; ning Paper in St Louis With the Associated Press News Service. Ay. Z LE OA RY Sagi Te ohh Pe Es Sales eo RAS ae gk ie Tn verte ee » ade ei Lethe ‘: y wee arin sae sai Sf PUR a 6 Seb = ile ‘ : nh oe Sy A Sui er ae EG ae £ * y i : - w . ee : * oy ae ie OR ee ; i 5 = rt 3 r Soe fe ee - F ‘ * : . : i 3 ‘ i > J . we ‘i * 2 q ~ Xv. : * — e VOL. 63. NO. 405 105. (CEMEN I A BADGER Quarry & Successful Hunt’ at Jefferson and Olive, Awaits Owners in Barrel. street is waiting for its owner to come and claim it. or for the new St. Louis Zoo to furnish a home. It was caught in an exciting chasé around the corners of Jefferson avenut and Olive street at 5 o'clock Saturday morning, in which one sergeant ad five patrolmen were the hunters. Sergt. M. Smith and James Cummings were standing on the corner. when the badger ran by. They gave chase and followed the flat-backed animal in and out of doorways in vain effort to corner it. Then Patrolmen Gunn, Bentley and Dundon ran up to see what the excite- ment was, and the five uniformed hunt- ers, armed with night sticks, surrounded the badger and drove him into a door- way. There is nothing in the police manual Fabout. what to do with a »bedger after ft has been almost caught and none of the hunters cared to pick this one up. Patrolman Bentley proved the genius of the party. While the other four stood guard he searched the neighborhood un- til he found a barrel. This was poked, a@pen end firgt, into the doorway where and as a shoice between being prodded to death by night sticks and accepting captivity in a barrel, the badger chose the latter. LOSES MARRIAGE LICENSE, THEN HE LOSES THE GIRL Former Suitor Wins During Overnight Delay Necessary to Replace Permit. ' NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Now, can you beat this hard luck? Melville White and Lucy Daniels, toth of Scarsdale, a suburb, went to New Rochelle to be married. When: standing before the minister, White discovered that he had forgotten to bring the li- cense. An hour’s delay was announced and back to Scarsdale the couple hurried, wi het find that White’s mother had c] @ up his room and burned some papers, the license among them. There was mo chance to obtain a duplicate, jand tle New Rochelle parson was told jon the telephone to go to bed, but to be on the job this morning. ropped | Hé Was,’ but seceived a’ message from point of the “or yinval + voice which said that when , ag woman old lover was waiting for her. She changed her mind when he said that he would surely not misplace his license. 24 FINGERS ON FOUR HANDS ~ CONFUSES A CRIMINAL JURY Theft Prisoner, Identified by Peculiar Hands, Produces a Double in Court. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 3.—Dazed by the sight of 24 fingers on the four hands of two men brought before them in a larceny case, there being 12 fingers on the hands of a prisoner charged with theft and 12 on the hands of a witness used by the defense to confuse the ident- ification, the jury promptly brought in a verdict of not guilty. Charles Tanner was charged with the larceny of a suit of clothes, which he had pawned. The pawnbroker was pos- itive of his identification. “He had 12 fingers; six to the hand,” the witness told the court. He said the prisoner at the bar fitted the descrip- tion in every particular. *“‘We close, Your Honor,” said Solicit- or-General Dorsey. “We don’t,” said Attorney Roy Dor- sey, brother of the solicitor, we de- fended the prisoner. ‘‘Come forth, Cass Jones Turner.” | When Cass came forth and showed 12 fingers adorning his hands the Judge was nonplussed, the solicitor almost had heart failure and the jury gasped ‘‘not guilty.” | -POST-DISPATCH, namely: Francis Blake Jr., 3° years ot, A badger in a barrel at 2341: Olive ange | of. LOUIS, SATURDAY. ES EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 41940, ~ PRICE ONE CENT —wee BURGLAR RETURNS PARENTS PROTOS TO MRS. Ef. GORSE Victim of Robbery Receives Picturés, Removed From Locket by Mail. MOVED BY SENTIMENT N Man Who Looted Home Re- tains Gold Casing in Which They Were Stolen. lLioved by sentiment, the burglar who ransacked the premises of Edward H. Gorse of 4949 Washington avenue, last Sunday evening, returned by mail the portraits of her tather and favorite aunt which were set in an old-fashioned breoch. ‘ The burglar, who entered the ohuse by prying open a kitchen, window, took $250 worth of jewelry. In the lot was an old-style brooch, with a locket in the center, containing the pictures of Mrs. Gorse’s father and aunt, both of whom are dead. Mrs. Gorse was much worried over the loss of the brooch, not so much on Aécount of its intrinsic value, as for the sentiment that clustered around it. In enumerating her losses to the. police, Mrs. Gorse made special mention of the brooch and expressed the wish that it might be recovered. Pictures Are Returned. When the postman rang the -bell at the Gorse home Friday morning he de- livered to Mrs. Gorse a leteér addressed in a business college hand. When Mrs. Gorse opened it she found in the en- ‘velope the pictures of her father and aunt. The burglar, in some way learning hat Mrs. Gorse wished to recover the portraits, had removed them from the gold locket and placed them in the en- velope. There was no letter of expla- nation enclosed with the picture. NO BERTH ON STEAMER FOR 680-POUND WOMAN PASSENGER When. She Reached New York, Cabmen Declined to Risk Her as a Passenger. NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—There wasn’t a berth on the Clyde. HMner Comanche big enough to hold Annette Ouellette on the trip north from Charleston, so she slept on a mattress laid on the floor of the forward saloon. Annette weighs 1680 pounds and is probably the fattest woman in America. No one who saw her leave the ship will ever forget the look of horror on her face when she came down the steep and narrow gang-plank. Thére were eight men before and six behind to help. Once on the pier there was not a cab- man who would trust his rig to the woman, A big taxicab was finally ob- tained. ‘ Annette is 46 years old and has had 11 children, six of whom are alive. She is the daughter of a French peasant and her home now is on the outskirts of Boston. Her parents each weigh 250 pounds. MOTHER HURT, SAVES DAUGHTER TRINIDAD, Colo., Dec.;3.—Hurled over a 2%-foot embankment and pinned be- neath an automobile, the daughter of Mrs. Frank Berry of this city, clasped tightly to its mother’s arms, was taken from the wreck unharmed yesterday. The mother received severe injuries, as did John Nitschke, the driver of the machine. Other members of the party saved themselves by jumping when Nitschke. lost control of the car® Verdict No. | Yesterday, Friday, we told our readers conspicuously -on the first page, of three great achievements of the A Record day A greater month A still greater eleven months. Today we chronicle another substantial beat on yester- day, Friday, when the POST-DISPATCH carried 107 Columns of display advertising of the St. Louis merchants, while its three next biggest competitors, namely, the Globe- Democrat, Republic and Times, all added together) car- ried only pen. . 302 Columns from these same merchants.* For ‘the casual reader to appreciate what this means, it ust be: understood that these achievements were all le! nal conditions, without special editions, ‘or spe- mn, or special efforts.of any kind. Afivertising that grows pays. ee that pays grows, reulation books open to all. sgt ir everything, CANDLE AS SIGNAL FAILS 10 PREVENT ALTON CAR WRECK Vehicle Is Smashed Into Kindling Wood by Train That Couldn’t Stop. TWENTY-FIVE ESCAPE! Substitute Motorman Fails to Slow Down at Hill and Car Is Derailed. Down the steep Washington street hill in Alton, Ill, a trolley car ran wild early Saturday morning, while the 25 men passengers jumped from the platforms to roll over as they struck the ground, all escaping seri- ous injury. With the momentum gained com- ing down hill, the car, which had jumped the track ran over the street and onto the Chicago & Alton tracks, where it stopped in front of an ap- proaching train. Men around the crossings saw that a collision was in- evitable unless the engineer could make an emergency stop. They ran down the track toward the approach- ing train, shouting and waving their arms, and one man, igniting a candie that he had in his pocket stood on the crossing and waved a danger signal until a gust of wind put it out, Engineer Sees Light. W. M. Brewer, engineer of the train, saw the flickering candle and heard the shouts. He reversed the engine and applied the eme”gency air, but not in time to avoid a col- lision. He.and his fireman, A. W. Miller, and brakeman, C. A. Todd, jumped just before the crash came and were slightly injured about the hands and Knees from lighting on the frozen ground. After tossing the street car into the air and reducing it to kindling wood the engine soon after came to a stop. The car wag filled with men on their way to work in the lead plant and a few street car employes. On this car, called the ‘‘Five O’Clock Owl,”’ the mo- torman, Sidney Rayburn, alo collects fares. He asked-William ThdmpSor-an employe of the road, to take the con- troller while he went into the car to raake the collection. Thompson struck | the curve atthe crest of the hill with- out slowing up and the car jumped the track. Men Roll Down Hill. From that point down to the railroad tracks on the bank of the river the grade is steep and the car caromed from telegraph pole to trolley pole as it ran down hill over the smooth, frozen sur- face of the street. Very few of the men who jumped from the car escaped falling and most of them rolled half way down the hill after striking the ground.That there were no injuries worth mentioning is attrib- uted to the pvold morning and conse- quent heavy clothing worn by the men, protecting them as they fell and then iolied down hiill. NEW HONOR FOR SENATOR ROOT He Takes Justice Fuller’s Place at Hague. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Senator Elihu Root of New York today was appointed permanent arbitrator rep- resenting America at The Hague tri- bunal, succeeding the late Chief Jus- tice Fuller of the Supreme Court, who held that honor. The appointment was at the White House ~ by Taft, RAIN OR SNOW AND A DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE PREDICTED FOR TONIGHT THE TEMPERATURES. announced President p- . eee .39 33 2 p. m. wa wa Kee 34 Yesterday’s Temperatures, Highest 33 at 3 p. m. Lowest 18 at 8 a. m. It SAtL UP *"How many feet ‘To YOV NOw in a yard?” asked the teacher. “Three,” an- swered the pupil. “That’s right. Now, tell me, how many yards are there in St. Louis ?’’ **T wo.”’ “Don’t trifle. You mustn’t spring that old joke about the front yard and the back yard. “I didn’t mean that.”’ | “Well, then, what are the tw& yards in 6&t. Louis?” “Terminal yards and Manufacturers’ Railway yards.’’’ “Ge. up th the feed of the eless Johnny Railroad, but it took you a long time to learn it.” : Official forecast: Rain or snow and Sunday teeta Pact with ome ees Sse om ee | KIELNOTTOQUT — CHAIRMANSHIP AS KREISMANN ASKED Mayor Demanded That Head of Local Republican Com- mittee Step Down. IS SEEKING CONTROL Refusal Is Expected to Begin Political. War. Between Two Factions. As a preliminary step in his plan to dictate the nomination of the candidates for the Council and House of Delegates next spring, Mayor Kreismann ‘has made a demand upon ‘Henry W. Kiel that he resign as chairman of the Re- | publican City Committee... Kreismann is advocating the élection of his friend, J. N. McKelvey, as Kiel’s successor. Kiel, according to poltical report at the City Hall, refused absdlutely to ab- dicate the city chairmanship at the be- hest of Mayor Kreismann. Kiel “was invited to a conference at the Jefferson Hotel and there told by Mayor Kreis- mann that it would be advisable for him to step aside as chairman of the organi- zation. Mayor Kreismann told Kiel that the President of the United States con- trolled the Republican National .Com- mittee, the Governor controlled the Re- publican State Committee and the May- or ought to control the city committee. Wanted to Name Candidates. Kiel told Kreismann that it was his opinion that the Mayor was elected to serve the people of St. Louis and not to meddle in politics. The Mayor de- sires to control the city organization. according to Kiel’s friends, so that he can nominate men for the Municipal Assembly who will support his Terminal] Railroad program of franchise exten- sion without abolition of the bridge ar- bitrary. All of the Mayor’s mid-term appoint- ments will have to be confirmed by the Council to be elected next spring. With the present Council at war with Kreis- mann over his. Terminal program, he fears, it is said, that his appointees will not be confirmed unless he can dic- tate the nomination of the members to be elected next spring. It is said that Mayor Kreismann and former boss Jeptha D. Howe have formed a combination to wrest con- trol. of the city organization from Kiel and Otto Stifel. In a fight for the control of the organization prior to the August primaries Kiel and Stifel triumphed over Howe and Kriesmann. McKelvey was then the candidate of the Howe-Kreismann faction for chairman of tthe City Committee. Kreismann, in his effort to gain control of the organization, withdrew the municipal patronage from all committeemen who refused to sup- port him. McKelvey, it is under- stood at the city hall, is to be made building commissioner next spring to succeed James A. Smith. Severa! other committeemen have been slated for important jobs. The Kiel-Stifel forces are prepar- ing to resist any attempt of the Mayor to get control of the party organization, and another merry po- litical fight is promised. Chairman Kiel is out of the city, but he told his friends in the com- mittee of the demands made upon him by Mayor Kriesmann. Kreismann Refuses to Talk. I had a conference with Chairman Kiel at luncheon last Monday,” said Mayor Kreismann to a. Post-Dispatch reporter. ‘‘We discussed subjects of a political nature. At this time I don’t care to say what was said either by Chairman Kiel or myself, because I don’t regard it as a matter of public or party interest.” “Did you ask Chairman Kiel to re- sign?’ “I don’t care to go any further than the statement I have made.” * Postmaster Akins and Charles D.*Mor- ris, chairman of the Republican State Committee, called on Mayor Kreismann Saturday and admonished him to keep out of a fight with Chairnian Kiel and the city organization. The Mayor is reported to have told Akins and Mor- ris that he had made up his mind as to what he was going to do, and that he intended to carry out his plans. MAN, 70 YEARS OLD, IS KILLED BY INTERURBAN CAR He Dies From Fractured Skull an Hour After the 5 Accident. Thomas Bennington, 70 years. old, of 6058 Cabanne avenue, was struck by an Interurban street car at 6:10 a. m. Sat- urday as he attempted to cross the street at Ninth and Branch streets. Ha died an hour later at the city hospital. His skull was fractured when he ws thrown to the ground. The car was in charge of Conduator J. W. Moss and Motorman A, P. Law- son. The crew picked up Bennington and took him to the North Broadway Station of the system, and he was sent to the hospital. The crew left on its run to Springfield without making a statement concerning the accident fo the poli¢e. They will be questioned whon the car returns to St. Louis to- day. . 4 ~ ee ee af SEVENT cone FLEET OF ANTS SED IN EXCITING LONDON ELECTION Motors Help to Trace Float- ing Class of Voters and Make Them Ballot. By Associated Press. LONDON, wee, 3.—The actual voting in the general’election began today un- der circumstances of Intense interest and excitement. The polling which opened this morning, included 10 seats for London, five for Manchester, and a number of widely separated rural con- stituencles. Two more Liberals were returned unopposed this afternoon, making the total number of Government candi- dates elected 18. Both here and at Manchester the two elements are making their most de- termined efforts, as the results in Lon- don are expected to give the keynote of the situation in the south ,of En- gland, while those at Manchester are looked upon as indicating the sentiment in the north. The workers at the polls today are fighting under the most difficult con- ditions experienced in recent years, especially in districts where the work- ing. classes predominate, as the _ re- movals and fluctuations of population in these working districts run as high as 75 per centAn some cases; An enormous fleet of motor cars is being used toa trace the shifting voters and bring them to the polis. In some cases voters are coming to London from Bristol in the west and York in the north, and one of the candidates has the task of bringing to London and re- turning to Wales members of the Met- ropolitan Police who are engaged in strike duty at the Cardiff mines. These precautions are necessary as many seats are held by narrow margins. Election to Continue Two Weeks. The voting in the English elections which began today willecontinue dur- ing the next two weeks. The voting today is, however, of unusual im- portance, as the 569 constituencies, including 10 from London, form about one-tenth of the aggregate member- Ship of the Commons which is 670. There were 15 uncontested: results yesterday, which, with the 69 con- tested results of today will give an aggregate of 84 elections from which some indication can be formed as to the drift of the struggle. The county of London consists of 60 constituencies, returning each one member, excepting the old city of London, which returns two. It is among these constituencies that 10 are being selected today. In Man- chester there are six constituencies of which five are being chosen today. 750 AMERICAN TARS LUNCH WITH LONDON’S LORD MAYOR LONDON, Dec. 3.—Sir Thomas Vesey Strong, Lord Mayor, and the Corpora- tion of the City of London today gave a luncheon at Gulld Hall to 70 Amer- ican sailors from the visiting fleet at Gravesend and Seymouth, The bluejackets arrived by train at Charing Cross, headed by Commander Sims of the Minnesota and the officers of his staff, and accompanied by the band of the Cold Stream Guards, which the War Office had ordered owt for the occasion, marched thre th the streets ip the West End of ie “ity to the ancient hall where so many fa- | the late Senator Vest of Missouri, had : ie FLOE BLOCKS TRAFFIC ON RIVER NORTH AND SOUTH Freight Is Being Returned to Shippers—Boats Laid Up. River traffic between St. Louis and’ upper and lower points is at a stand- still. Large quantities of freight of- fered for shipment by boats is being returned. The sudden cold weather has filled the river with floating ice and makes river navigation dangerous for heavily laden boats. According to offi- cials of the packet companies the traf- fic demands are not worth the risk of destruction to boats. The last boat plying between St. Louis and Tennesstce River points operated by the St. Louis & Tennessee River Packet Co. was sent to Paducah, Ky.., Friday and will remain there this win- ter. The otner boats owned by the. company are now docked at Southern points. Business will be resumed about March 1, the officials say. Lee Line Working. The Lee Line fs the only packet com- pany that will continue until the boats are forced to pull into docks for safety. , It handles freight for Southern points. As soon as the river shows signs of be- coming blocked \by heavy iee., these baats will be withdrawn ftom traffic. The Diamond Qoe Line sent its boats to Keokuk last week, where they will stay until spring.. The Eagle Packet Co. sent its boats to Southern parts last week. The low stage of the river, which is the lowest in several years, is one of the causes of the early docking of boats. The ice makes it more danger- ous at the present stage than if there was plenty of space for the boats to pick their way. As a safeguard, the harbor boat Eras- tus Wells was sent to the ways in Ca- rondelet, Saturday, to remain until the conditions improve. It may be forced to stay there all winter, officials say. WIDOW OF SENATOR VEST’S SON MARRIED TO CLERK He Is 15 Years Her Junior and She Is Very Wealthy. BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 3.—Balii- more society was jarred today when it was appriseq that Mrs. George P. Vest, the wealthy widow of a son of married Louis McShane, a clerk nearly 15 years her junior. Many knew that« McShane fre- quently was a visitor at the widow's handsome country place at Pikesville, but as he had many friends among so- ciety women in Baltimore, nothing was thought of it.. Not a word was said about the marriage event, and the closest friends of both bride and bridegroom were astonishea when they found out that the couple had gone to St. Ignatius this morning where Father Purdell married them.} It was only this morning that the im- States Congress convenes Monday. . > lreonial Announcement That ‘St. Louis Lawyer Will En ‘ ter Attorney-General’s we 4 a , fice Is Made From Wa: ington Saturday, After He Wires Acceptance, #¢ os ow ’ a POSITION RANKS NEXT = at TO CHIEF, PAYS $7500" re Py, Rr: as = This City and Will Com _ plete His Work as Presiz. dent of the Board of Frees, 2 q holders. . os President Taft Saturday announced the appointment of Frederick W. ‘Lehe. mann as Solicitor-General of the United States, according Press telegram from Washington. For- mal announcement of the appointment — oe followed the receipt of a telegram creas S oa Lehmann, announcing his willingness to = accept thé place. to an oe Letmann’s name will go to the United Senate for confirmation whea = _— The office Lehmann accepts is next. “5. a Mgt os ae of the department and in the a of his chief, the Solicitor-General the acting Attorney-General. Solicitor-General may be sent by Attorney-General to represent any State or United States. court, foreign tribunal, when the inte of the Government may require, | Wired Acceptance Friday. When shown a telegram annour his appointment, Mr. Lehmann ad that he had agreed to take the plac since. his return from Washington 1 day evening. ' a, “After I got home I decided to , the appointment if I was pros o 2 said. My first intimation that's re | Monday. I received a letter from stated I was being considered to Solicitor-General Lloyd Bowers. _. ‘“T went to Washington in response a request from _the At dent. That was.on Wednesday. I sent my return Friday. Will Retain Home Here. Although the duties of his position will require all of his Lehmann says he will retain his in St. Louls. “I shall be away St. Louis a great deal,” he said, I shall come back from time to times My family will be here, and when my duties are completed I shall re-— turn to St. of law. “Tl shall sever my denmainihia tenis mann & Lehmann. firm in my absence. I shall remain on the Board of Freeholders to the end, but P regret very much nak president of the Public Library Board. Will Complete Charter Work, has been atreed upon in practically every essential] respect. I have partici pated in every part of it which has or revision. I will assist in that as long as I am here. I shall with the freeholders. “The position with the Lmiety very much to my regret, I shall strained to resign. In order meetings of this board it is for members to be here. I while the work of Central Library is not in such a situation that it can ried through without trouble occupancy. The Library then will a larger field of usefulness than before, highly regarded by lawyers. Was a Shepherd Bey. 2 Lehmann has long veen known bg i return they -"" ee en ee ee in, importance in the Department ot Justice to that of Attorney-Generalz The Solicitor-General is the assistant to the Attorney-General] in all dutien Unitea States in any case brought in” ney-General Wickersham in which he porarily from the law firm of Lehe My sons, Jonn and Sears Lehmann, will conduct the shall have to restfn my place as ‘The new city charter, In substance, been completed in the rough. We are now ‘ngaged a ia te aon in a year the bufiding will be ready fos my telegram of acceptance shortly sare i “e : se The position pays $1500 = year and i@ — = He Will Retain His Home iti a Lobis to take up my 4 residence and to resume the preenetis S