St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 23, 1910

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HEISFINED $15 First Man to Acknowledge the Accusation Is Edward F, Gereke, Secretary of the St. Louis Paper Box Co. '—Promises to Abate the Nuisance. .* DEVICE IN FURNACE WAS BEING REPAIRED Policemen Help in Crusade Against the Nuisance by ~ Turning in Long List of Violators of the Ordinance . —Reports Go to Inspector. The first plea of gullty-ecor — Present movement against - the” — nuisance was entered Friday by Ed- ward F. Gereke, secretary of the St. Louls Paper Box Co., in the Court of Criminal Correction. The company’s plant is at Twenty- first and Randolph streets. In the war- rant for Gereke’s arrest it was charged that dense smoke was seen coming from the stack on Nov. 11. When the case was called Gereke went to Prosecuting — Moss and said. . “I want to plead guilty. Black smoke was coming from our stack that day, but it was our first and last offense.” " Gereke explained to the Court that his company for five years has been using efficient smoke-c but that the apparatus was being repaired on the day the inspector saw the smoke. As- sistant Smoke Ingpector Gaul verified this statement, and, on recommendation of Moss, Judge Miller permitted Gereke. Fp! —* on i deep of costs amount-.

Join the Women’s Smoke Abate- ment Angociati¢n.

an : these words will. be ‘ stnces J - eonspicuously all over the city within the next rew Gays by the wom- by Lake 8 yates ag following a meeting the Executive Committee held at the Wednesday Club rooms. At the meeting it was decided, while the members continue their study of a: for the smoke evil, to start a campaign which shall help, that made by the, Post-Dispatch ri —— ae League, to arouse public ae sf in all parts of the city in the a — make St. Louis smokeless. an ¥ will: > have’ ugh : a large Pesponse from all parte or ioe. ‘The following firms i ablis. ! ros were throug to ce Ss od and t rough him Jand is: as: vivacious as hold , Only: EBvenin g Papei er rin in St. Louis With the Associated Press News s Sei

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“VOL. 63. NO. 125, aE LOUIS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23; 1910.

AT BIG CHRISTMAS DINNER THE TEMPERATURES.

9 a. ™.. *e f- 20 YESTERDAY’S ee Highest — es, 8M t 2 p. ™. Lowest at “12 (noon) ee " ee TT Kre~wrrcrs a eae BROOKLYN'S ANICE BURG FOR D® Cook Santa Claus i¢ up in the air. He is all réady come down the chimneys of St. ‘Louis, isn't too — smoke, but still doesn’t know whether he can use his reindeer sleigh, and the weather forecast- er won't tell him. “There may be snow, but if there is it didn’t fore- shadow itself on the map _ this morning. All that was shown by the crooked lines, cur- licues. and ar- rows was that there will be a drop of more than 10 degrees in temperature before time to hang up the stockings. At 7.a. m. the thermometer registered 29 degrees. In the next 24 hours it will go to 18 degrees, Forecaster Hayes thinks. Official forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder tonight; lowest tem- perature tonight will be ahout 15 degrees above zero, Stage of the river: zerd; a fall of .3 foot. Missour!—Fair Friday night and Saturday; colder in east portion Friday night. Illinois—Generally fair weather Friday night and Saturday; colder Friday night. GIRL RAMBLES AROUND WORLD “WHILE FIANCE WAITS AT HOME Westerner Tells Customs Men to Hurry, for She’s Due at Her Own Wedding. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Miss Estelle Kennedy of Greeley, Colo., strode down the gangplank of the liner Venezia in true Western fashion yesterday morn- ing and asked. the custom inspectors please to finish with her five trunks as J quickly as ‘possible, as she was hurry- ing home after a two-years’ trip around

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the ———— —— Greeley Jin time to spend Christmas with the | folks—and ineidentally to be married. ‘Miss Kennedy is very easy to look at she ts comely. She Made’ the ¢ircult of the earth alone. | “When papa ‘dled two. yeafs ago,”’ she said, “and I came into my money I de- cided to put aside $20,000 for. a trip around the world. I was only 20 ‘then and I hated to leave Herbert—that's Mr. Crosby, whom I am going to marry —he’s ah orange grower and a dear, but he doesn’t care for traveling—but I went and I’ve hada great time.”’ TURKEY THIEF OBS MORGAN Financier Will Not Be Able to Give Birds to Friends. ~* NEWBURG, N. Y., Dec. 23.—J. Piter- pont Morgan will this year be unable to maintain his annual custom of pre- senting. to each of Kis most. intimate

‘|robbery on Morgan’s estate, Cragston, at Highland Falls, last night. Despite the iclose watach kept on the ‘T property, somebody succeeded fin enter- ing the poultry yard and appropriating 14 turkeys, aggregating in weight about 300 pounds. The turkeys were imported stock, and — at eheut $2 a pound. MRS. LONGWORTH A WHISTLER No Longer Does, She Use the Auto Honk-Honk. “WASHINGTON, Dec. -23.—Mrs. Nich- olas Longworth started the fad and is doing great work in keeping it up. She whisties tn the streets, in her automo- bile and on ‘her shopping tours. The honk-honk and the electric bell on Mrs. Longworth’s auto are getting rusty from lack of use. .When she reaches a crossing she whistles and pe- destrians make a dash for safety.

The Greatest Want Medium in the World is the Post-Dispatch. It pub- jishes more’ want ads th proportion to coco 4 nt on earth,

to) | friends a choice turkey. This is due to aj

population than any other ——, CONVICT PRISON GETS CHRISTMAS BRIDE AND PAROLE Clarence Beauchamp Is Bride- _ groom at First Wedding. Held hoe in Penitentiary.

ONCE HAD BEEN LIBERATED

Second Trial at Freedom Granted Only on Condition of Im- mediate Marriage.

JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 23.—A parole from prison and a bride were Clarence Beauchamp’s Christmas gifts. His mar- riage this morning to Mrs. Ruth Ritch of Kennett was the first that ever took place in the Missouri Penitentiary. Beauchamp was convicted of assault to kill last October in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, and was paroled oy Judge Fort. While under parole he became engaged to marry Mrs. Ritch. Judge Fort, who did not know of the engagement, revoked the parole because Beauchamp: was arrested while intox- ieated, and he was brought here to the penitentiary. Before Beauchamp had assumed the convict’s garb, Judge Fort, who had preceded him to Jefferson City ‘to lay the matter before Gov. Hadley, had pro- cured the Governor’s promise that he would grant a new parole. Mrs. Ritch was with him, and herself carried the parole to the penitentiary, to liberate her fiance. The marriage took place in the war- den’s office. The Rev. J. A. Martin, chaplain of the penitentiary, performed the ceremony. The witnesses were Henry Andrae, warden; A. P. Grim- shaw, chief clerk, and Charles P..Haw- kins of Dunklin County, Beauchamp’s lawyer. “And a merry Christmas, to you,” said Andrae after Mrs, Ritch had been made Mrs.. Beauchamp. “It will be the-merriest Christmas and happiest New Year I ever had,”’ Beau- champ deélared. Mr. ahd Mrs. Beauchamp departed for. Kennett on an afternoon train. The former Mrs. Ritch apparently is about 30 years olf and prepossessing. She owns 5 acres of land in. Arkansas, Beauchamp’s attorney says, and will go there to reside. Beauchamp is a young farmer. | Judge Goen With Mra. Ritch. When Mrs. Ritch was’ apprised that her affianced husband’s parole had been revoked she hastened before Judge Fort and explained the situation... She told him that she and Beauchamp were en- gaged to marry and that he must undo his act. Judge Fort explained that he could do nothing personally, but volun- tcered to accompany her to Jefferson City and get the Governor to grant a parole. When the case was laid before Gov. Hadley he assented readily to parole Beauchamp, provided he would refrain from intoxicants in the future and marry Mrs. Ritch at once and make her a good husband. CANDY ROBBER GETS A LIFE

TERM AND 3 OTHER SENTENCES Leigh Rhodus Will Be Prevented From Making Future Appli- cation for Parole. . CHICAGO, Dec. 2%.—Leigh Rhodus, known to the police as the Candy Kid robber, who, when arrested in East St. Louis for burglary a month ago, con- fessed to two murders in Chicago be- cause he said he preferred a murder trial in Chicago to a burglary trial in Yast St. Louis, today was sentenced to life imprisonment. Rhodus’ victims were Dr. William 8. Michaelis and Anton Heigib, a con- tractor, both of whom resisted robbery. In addition to the life senteneg Judge Kersten alsg sentenced Rhodug to serve three indeterminate terms ——— ment, each from one year to life im- prisonment. This was to forestall pos- sible applications for parole later, it was announced.

CHEERED BY GIRLS, CLASSES FIGHT AT DAWN WITH ROPES Washington U. Freshies Win * Annual Class Rush in a Hard Battle.

FLAG TORN FROM TREE Upper Classmen: Are Imprisoned in Pool Room but They Escape—One Hurt. The freshmen of Washington Univer- sity won the annual class fight Friday with their traditional enemies, the sophomores. raged on a platform 25 feet dbove the ground, built around the trunk of a tree in the branches of which fluttered | the sophomore pennant. The tree is at the Hanley and For- sythe roads, in Clayton. The platform, six feet square, was built of six-by-six timbers, bolted together and to the tree and supported by steel cables. Sev- en men, the pick of the —— class, defended it. The co-eds of the university and the upper-classmen gathered in the cold dawn around.a bonfire to watch the fight and to applaud the prowess of their favorites. Reserves Called Oat. The battle began at:7 a. m. At 8: 30 o’clock the tide was setting so strongly in favor of the freshmen that Leo Mc- Carthy, president of the sophomores and a former Central High football star, gave the signal for the reserves. It was Napoleon calling upon Ney to charge the enemy, and the sortie re- sulted as disastrously. At the sound of two shots from McCarthy’s revolver 40 sophomores dashed from a ravine be- hind the tree, where they had lain in concealment, and attacked the freshmen about the foot of the tree, trying to pull down the ladders with which they were sending men to the platform. Outnumbered More than two to one, the sophomores were unequal to the task set for them. Within 20 minutes all of them had been bound with ropes and they lay on the ground about the tree, contemplating With saddened eyes the jsure defeat of the gallant defenders on. the platform. Defenders Spend. Night. The .weapons used were ropes, cut into two-foot lengths. The rules of the fight forbade the use of fists or of any other weapon than the ropes. Those chosen to defend the platform with McCarthy were B. Vollmer, Frank Berryhilh, Ben Morrell, Walter Wills, Edward Sutherland and Ira Koenig. They and their companions began build- ing it soon after dark fell Thursday, and the seven spent the night there. They had oil stoves, blankets and food. It was 4:15 a. m. when a squad of freshman scouts discovered the where- abouts of the pennant. The sopho- more class colors are maroon and gray, but the pennant was of dark brown stuff, in order that it might be less conspicuous, with the numerals 1913 on it in white. The platform had been painted dark brown also. Fight of the freshmen succeeded in getting onto the platform despite a vigorous pounding from sophmoric ropes. They were Paul. Nelson, Boise Potthoff, Edward Galt, William Souther, C. Griffith, Arthur Dodson, Herbert Coste and Lux Béck. It was Bock whose figure finally swung clear of the writhing mass on the platform to a branch above it. He climbed agilely into the tree, fight- ing off the frantic sophomores, and tore the pennant from its place. The victory was won. Sophomore Is Injured. The only man whose injuregis required thé attention of a physician was Verne Lacy, a sophomore. He was in charge of a squad which lay in wait on the Forsythe road near Clayton for unwary freshmen. Six of them approached, and tie sophomores, who had learned the enemies’ countersign, lured them on by giving it. In the fight which ensued, Lacy was thrown to the ground and cut his leg on a broken bottle. It was mecessary to take seven stitches in the wound. Imprisoned in Pool Reom. Thirty sophomores were imprisoned in the poolroom at West End Heights during the early part of the night, but their captivity was of brief duration. Two freshmen who concealed them- selves. in the old chapel at the univer- sity overheard plans of the sophomores, in’ secret conclave there, to foregather * ‘West. End Heights by twos and threes. A .bedy of freshmen, acting on lis information, lay in wait at the end ‘the Market street line and overpow- aa the sophomores when rived on Brentwood cars. They. | the -pool hall, tied —

For two hours the battle |

NEXT MEMBER OF * STATE SUPREME COURT,

WHO WILL SERVE UNTIL DECEMBER ‘31, — Judge Ferriss was a City Councilman, a Circuit Judge and General Counsel for the Louisiana Pur- chase .Exposition Co, He was special Commiissioner in the Government suit to oust Standa-d Oil. le i en ¥ Judge Ferriss 1s 64 years old. He is married and has three children. “He used to be a varsity rowing crew. captain, and is interested in athletics. He golfs and "plays fennis. <2, a

DISPATCH FINDS GIRL’ LOST CUFF LINK Within Twenty-Four Hours the Little Piece of Jewelry.ls Returned.

A little want ad in Thursday’s Post- Dispatch spread its’ message throughout St.. Lours. In: less ‘than 24 hours after a gold cuffbutton had been lost the ad caused its return to Miss Ruby Hen- shaw, bookkeeper at Boyd’s, 520 Olive street. The button'is one of a pair that Miss Henshaw prizes highly because Santa Claus gave them to her last Christmas. The ad that broke speed records read: CUFF BUTTON—Lost; solid gold; engraved old English, ‘‘R,’’ on Olive car. Thursday morning. Please return to cashier Boyd's, 520 Olive st. Miss Henshaw came downtown Thurs- day morning in a crowded Olive car. She heard something drop, and thought it was a button from her coat. In- vestigation showed that no button was missing from the wrap, and the matter passed from her -mind. When she arrived at her desk Miss Henshaw discovered that one of her solid gold cuff buttons was gone. Her first theught was a Post-Dispatch want ad. A telephone at her side soon conveyed her message to the newspaper office. Thursday afternoon the little message tothe people was printed in the Lost and Found colurmn. A young woman who was a passenger on the Olive street car found the but- ton and realized it was valtiable. She bought a Post-Dispatch as soon as the newsboys appeared on the streets. The little message was there. She had the answer toe the — appeal in her possession. Early Friday morning the young wom- an went to the Boyd store and asked for Miss Henshaw. She returned the euff button and told where she had found it. She hesitated before taking a reward, but Mis‘ ‘ Henshaw insisted on

‘PAINTINGS REPRODUCED FOR _

BREAKS HIS: NEDK. BY FOOT FALL FROM WAGON SEAT :

Wife Left Destitute by the Acci- dent Has. Four Children— Suffers From Shock. Asbury D. Smith’s neck was broken when he fell six feet from the seat. of his wagon to tue street Friday. Smith was a driver for the Polar Wave Ice and Fuel Co. and lived with his wife and four small children at 6678 West Park avenue. He was driv- ing his wagon along the north side of Manchester avenue, just west of Macklind avenue, when he fell... Three men who saw him said there ‘was no outcry. Smith’s body . cleared the wagon and he struck the atreet on ties head. When Patrolman Gibbons went to the Smith home to notify the wife, he found her in delicate health. and the shock of. the. news was such that it -was neces- sary to call a doctor. Mrs. Smith said her husband had never. suffered from vertigo, so far as she knew and was not subject to heart trouble. Men he left home he was in his usual. good health, she said. ‘ The eldest of the Smith children is 9 and the youngest 2 years «ld. Smith was 38 years old. , Smith’s wages constituted the family’s only meang.of support, and Mrs. Smith's grief over his death was deepened: by the gloomy prospect ahead..

POST-DISPATCH READERS Great Pictures With Christmas’ Motifs in Sunday Post-Dispatch Picture Supplement. — Arthur J. Elsiey’s Christmas morning painting “‘Wake Up” has been repro- duced as the first page of the next Sunday Post-Dispateh half-tone seach supplement. It is a beautiful com tion. even though the sleeping. tot — has to be called for Christmas joys is ⸗ rare one not to bé found in yeur col- lection. . It lends itself splendidly to reproduction, reproduction. Walther Firte’s painting in three panels; Carl Muel- ler’s .““Holy Family,” a widely varied ‘composition, and A. Kitchen’s “Legend

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‘of the Christmas Rose” are en Breccia ce in ace ide - Supplement. — — Cashier, Charging ‘Him With | Intoxication. Mrs. _ Clara L. Smith, in a divorce suit filed Friday against Theodore H smith, charges that he falsely accused . her-of kissing a. boarder in their home, ‘end that. when the boarder took him to task for the “accusation he excused himself by saying he had been drinking. “Notwithstanding such apology,” Mrs. Smith's petition goes on to say, “the defendant at divérs aforesaid male bearder.”’ Later, ahé declares, her boarders all in Clinton Younty, left because of her husband's language. | vated She was dependent for her suppoft on | to bag oul a the money paid by the boarders, she | Louis Law Schoo : Says, as her husband, although @ capa- ‘His } y ble accountant and bank: clerk, failed. her. Hrsbasqg Was in Hospital, Mrs. Smith, who lives at 4608 McMillan] avenue, mentions in her petition her — husband's presence ‘in the city hospital | from y evening until Wednesday. | She that he was under treat-] pment for. alcoholism, and that she was | greatly ; humiliated, harrassed and an- noyed . by. visits and telephone calls from policemen who inquired as to her Maa ee “Holy Family,” a] fet

cA. 2 : ibe . A * "ay WOOr ae } — — J times since /has | gis charged the. plaintiff with kissing the * to attend to business or to provide for where her ‘