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LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1912. PAGES 1 6. SPORTING SECTION. X- I I i 1 SI 5 PO ST- 01 SPAT MILLIONAIRE WHO IS A UN 3N US "IAN 500,000 SHARES OF swindled man BRIDE GUILTY OF PICKPOCKETS GET POSTER LAMBERT, SOCIETY MUSICIAN. "Jane Oaker" Divorced Here a oa Month Ago; Husband Remarries KILLING HUSBAND: WOUNDS HIMSELF 500 DIAMONDS She Is Heiress of Peper famifu 15 CENT OIL STOCK SOLO AT50G 10 $1 Government Contend Benjamin Franklin Moffatt Indicted for Fraud So Dta posed of Shares for Whichi He Gave Buick an Option of 15 Cents Apieci; Got 400,000 From Other Sources.

59 ST. LOUISANS, TWO WOMEN, PURCHASERS Government Alleges Exaggerated Advertisements Were Sent in Mail, and That Prospective Buyers Were Thus Misled Stock Not Worthless. Two St. Louis women aro nam4 by Government officers as among tho St purchasers In St. Louts of lO.OOt Shares of stock of th Bulck Oil Co which It Is alleged In an indictment returned by tho Federal Orand Jury, wero fraudulently solJ in St.

Louis by Benjamin Franklin Moffatt oC Chicago, former superintendent of the Western Newspaper Union. Mrs. Fannlo Tyrlll, a widow, who lives at the Marquette Hotel, was tha largest single Investor In HI Lou la. buying 6500 sharaa with money obtained by disposing of gllt-adgad stocks and bonda in which sho had DEATH PENALTY Convicted of Poisoning Him Six Days After Marriage ifor His $7ooo. 'OTHER MAN' TO BE TRIED Philadelphia Women Already Circulate Petitions Opposing Hanging.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14. Mrs. Frieda Hartmann Trost In less than an hour today was found guilty of murder in the first degree for having poisoned her husband, a bridegroom of less than a week, so that she mitht inherit his money. Death by hanging la the penalty and Philadelphia wom en are circulating petitions to Gov.

Tener, requesting that tho death pen- alty, which Judge Audenrled must Impose, be commuted to life Imprison ment it is zt years since a woman charged with murder in the first de gree was convicted in Philadelphia. The last woman convicted was Mrs Whitely, who killed her husband and children fo get the insurance upon thlr lives. She died upon tho lows. William Trost married Frieda Hart mann, then a widow, Aug. 1, 1912.

Six days later died from arsenic. alleged to have been given him -In medicine by his wife. "Other Man" to Re Tried, Edward Guenkel. the "other man' In the case, will be tried as an accom plice. It was shown at the trial that Guenkel.

a married, man, really was tne doss around the Trost house hold. He even arranged all the de- talis of the wedding between Mrs. Hartmann and Trost. Before the widow would consent to ner marriag. to Trost, she Insisted mat tney ootir mane wins, sne also Insisted that Trost should leave all his possessions, consisting of about $7000, to her.

In. her will she be queathed all her earthly possessions to Guenkel and her 12-year-old daughter, Trost continually showed his fear of his wife. He told friends he want ed to leave her and remove his clothe from-home. It waa testified that Mrs. Trost openly bought ar- senic in a nearby drug- store.

The day before her husband died she asked him where she would find his black clothes. "May Need Them to Lay Ten On." I I I I I I I JOINS THE UNION Richest Young Bachelor in Town, Who Can "Play Anything," Applies for a Card. MAY PAY HIS OWN WAGES Admirer of His Skill Sas He Can Do "Fantasy on His Teeth With Fingernails." J. D. Wooster Lambert, amateur musical virtuoso, reputed to be St.

Louis' richest young bachelor, who recently r.as furnished much entertainment Tor greats at fashionable balls by his volunteer assistance of the professional paid orchestra, will in the future play for pay only and will play then only during working hours. Lambert has Joined the union. It became known yesterday that the voting millionaire had gone to the head nuarters of thg Musicians' Union at Ascheribroedel Hall, 3T.33 Pine street, cepoHted the amount of the Inl fee, on the desk of Secretary Wolf, and demanded his card as rood union man. He told a Post-Dispatch reporter last I'ljCht that he understood hla name ould on the regular union list I'iuno and drum performers at union I eadquarters, and that expected to 1 ct an occasional call to play at i.nnce or a banquet. "If It's la the part cf town where I'm best acquainted," he "I may be so timid as to decline I lit if It's among strangers.

I'll be glad take part." Lambert's decision to Join the union was brought about by objections on the part of some professionals to his having supplied side lines for their concerts a the recent ball at Sunset Inn, on the occasion of the coming out of Miss Ma rlef Bunch, at the University Cluband at other functions where he was truest, Manipulate the Bonea. He manipulated the bones, boom boomed on the. big drum and rub-a-dubbed on the snare drum, while the regular musicians were having a lunch He supplied music for the trots, tangos and bears at Intermissions. J'Say," said one of the musicians to Lambert, "you can't be working regu larly at this Job unless you have a card. Why don't you Join the union and get paid roV your work?" "All right." Lambert agreed cheerfully.

"I will." So he presented himself at headquarters Friday, and. tendering the Initia tion fee, demanded 'a card to entitle him tc play in any parade or at any funer hi, weaaing, dance or dinner in St. i- A V- r-- 'K 7 i 1 -it I 1 it' V- i '1 i MINNIE DOROTHY PEPER. "JANE OAKER," Hale Hamilton, Actor Inveated money left to hor by nor huaband. Mrs.

Charles Wagner of 6 1 Bt Raymond avenuo. wife of tho secretary of tho Banner Rubber bought 100 shares. The Government, In Its Indictment of Moffatt, does not allege tho Bulck Oil stock Is worthless, but charges that Moffatt sold It by fraudulent advertisements and letters nt through tho mall, that ho represented. It of much greater value than It had. and that he made false and mislead Ing statements In selling It.

t. I.oulaaaa Hit Itooabt. Other St. Ixtulsana who made tha larger purchases of tho stock aro: Oeorgo C. Albrecht.

(00 shares; Charles W. Barth. 1(24 Tine stroet, 4000; Henry J. Carlson. (02 South Broadway, 400; John R.

Culllnana, Mil Cahanno avenue. 1000; Henry tl. nerbeL 5001 Raymond avenuo, 1000 Torudo J. HerbeU (111 Michigan avenue. IS00; August Meyer, I III Sidney atreet, 00; V.

C. 1000; Maude Tannehill in York Friends Knew of No Divorce! "I may need them to lay you otittker from him while he was riding on A HRKRT, DOZEN EGGS IN MAIL GO 1500 MILES UNBROKEN As "Merchandise They Go to Washington F.om Oklahoma Iletter Care in Parcels Post. WASHINGTON, Dec. the possibilities of the parcels posr, a carton of egs, shipped by mall from Oklahoma City, a distance of about 1500 miles, was received uninjured to day by Postmaster-General Hltchco -k. I Shipments of eggs by mall are prohibited until January, when the parcels post becomes operative.

The postal authorities were pleased with the suc cessful experiment. The eggs, wrapped In cotton and pa per, and placed one In each of the di visions found In the ordinary carton were merely marked "merchandise." and received the usual treatment usual ly accorded mall. The eggs, according to the rule promulgated for the conduct of the navv service must be marked "eggs" and naturally will be carefully handled. After New Years dally delivery of eggs to city residents from the country will be the rule rather than the excep tion, It Is expected. MILLIONS OF DEAD FISH CAST UP AT TAMPICO, MEX.

J' V- IU Have Killed Them Yellow Fever Feared. WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. Millions of dead fish have been csst up from the Gulf of Mexico at Tamplco, nnd vlrlnftv Citrine A i nituiuiun iu a.

irjiun receivea today from American vice consul Thomas IT. Bevan by Surgeon-General Blue of the Public Health Service. Consul Bevan saf.d It was supposed submarine volanlc disturbance hofi utua ni, nail, IYilil.il 1 dllC II II I six foot tarpons to 18-lnch mullets. An offensive odor from the fish has caused great discomfort and much uneasiness among the natives, who fear an epidemic of yellow fever. The great epidemic of 1902 was produced by similar conditions.

ALTON WOMAN TO HAVE RUG OF SETTER'S HIDE log Saved Her Life When She Was Attacked by Negro Burtrtar. Mrs. Julius Redecker of Rnval street Alton, 111., Is going to have a novel rug for Christmas. The rue will be one made from the hide of her faithful and hlghly-prlzed Gordon setter that died I three weeks ago. The dog's hide Is now! being tanned.

Seven years ago the dog saved Mrs. Irnm 1 I she surprised In her house one night. The necro attacked Mrs Ri1r-ker seiz ing her by. the. throat.

The dog sank his teeth In the negro's legs, made him loos- en ms hold on the woman and flee the Th Twt.ri:, chvslclan's wlf whn aa negro's skin tanned for a Christmas gift for her husband. A part of the negro's hide Is to be made into razor strop. THREE SHAVES A DAY NOW omen sf rike-Hreakers Em ployed in Haverhill Shop HAVERHILL. Dec. 14 Thrse rhaves a day are none too much for the I extravagant young men of this city now that young women barberesses are I strlke-nreakkig In no less than 24 shops where the effect of the local barbers' I strike Is being felt.

I The installation of barheresses proved I a happy thought on Uie part of the pro- I prletors, for trade has trebled, and men who at any othr time wouldn't think i I I I I I I i By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post Dispatch. NEW YORK, De. 14. That Hale Rico Hamilton, an actor, an.l Minnie jf Louis. Recording Secretary Grapenge- TELLS OF ROBBERY Iowan, Defrauded Here, Tries to Conceal It by Alleging Thugs Took $45oo.

LOSES IN A REALTY DEAL Mortgaged Home for $6000 of Which $3ooo Is Gone Found at Burlington Depot. BURLINGTON, Dec. 14. Chris tlan R. Ea.sterda'y of Marengo, who was found apparently insensible at the Union Station early today and told of being plugged and robbed of $4500 by men who had followed him from St.

Louis, to night confessed the story was false. He told it in an effort to conceal the fact that he had been swindled in a real estate deal in St. Louis. The wounds on his head were self-inflicted. He said he was Induced to go to St.

Louis to make a deal In He went to the of lice of the' agent, whose name he said was Randall, who asked him $11,000 for a certain dwelling. Eaa- terday then went out and met a man on the street named Hicks, who said he was from Los Angeles. He got Hicks to look over the property and Hick said he would give him $12,500 for it. Easterday said he hurried back to Ma rengo and mortgaged his home and bor rowed $6000 from a bank andwith this money went to St. Louis, where he met Hicks, and both placed $3000 in the hands of Randall to bind the bargain.

Eusterday first said that Friday Ran. dall handed him back the $3000 and an extra $1500, which represented his prof its on the real estate deal. He now con fesses he lost his $30u0. SIR WILFORD PEEK SAILS TO COME TO ST. LOUIS Will Spend Holidays Here With -Family of His Fiancee, Ed-wine Thornburgh.

LONDON, Dee. 14. Sir Wilfrid Peek sailed on the Lusitanla today to spend the holidays in St. Louis with the fam ily of his fiancee. Miss Edwlne Thern- lurgh.

Sir Wilfrid may be a graceful spinner of "whoppers," for. with solemn face, he declared to the Post-Dispatch rorresnondent that arrangements for i his marriage have not been settled, "That's a fact: honest Injun'." he said. Lady Michael Herbert (formerly Leila Wilson, daughter or tne late Kicnara wiimn of New York), has gone to America to spena cnrisimas quieu with her family. One son went wun her, the other son went to Canada some time ago. but probably will meet his mother in New York I-ady Herbert's elder son, Gidney, Is destined for a career In British politics Tho second son, Michael George.

Is to go into the diplomatic service his mother's booes are uiflllsd. His fa ther's family has been active In that sphere for generations, often with sig nal distinction. Society has heard a rumor that Lady Herbert's second son is In love with daughter of Mrs. George Keppel. The story is mat mere wouia have been an engagement oeiore mis.

but for the Joint opposition ofboth fam- Hies on the ground that they are too young to know own minds lArK JOHNSON'S WIFE PUT OUT OF POMPEIAN ROOM She and White Man Not Allowed to Finish Bottle of Wine niacaoa GmochuH' laocvu CHICAGO. Dec. young man, ac- companied by a woman dressed not in conspicuously and another woman whose OWn Waa fIash aml whose white fox. stole trailed the floor. entered the crowded Pompelan room of the Congress tonight.

The young man ordered wine, which was opened amid much laughter. Two young men sauntered in. "She's here again," one observed to the other. 'let's get out of here. As they went out they whispered to another man who in turn whispered to the three women at his table.

More whispering soon the 150 persons who were in the room had left It a waiter approached the young man and his two companions. "We can't serve you," ha said. Protestations availed not, and when heboid them to set out. they looked at the other wait- A house detective kept them from go. through Peacock Alley, and they went out a side door into an alley The manager of the cafe summoned a waiter and ordered the glasses from hiPi.

th three had sinned a little of their wine, broken. To the waiter he raid: "She was Lucille Cameron Johnson. second white wife of the negro pugi list SKULL FRACTURED BY CAR Louis Boas Struck While Cross ing the Street. While crossing the street at Clayton and Vandeventer avenues, lata last night. Louis Beas.

S8 years old. waa struck by a Market street car and scr- lously, Injured. He was sent to the clt hohjiltal. where the fo.iu I hla skull had been fractured. He married and lives at 616 South Van-lo- of Dorothy Peper, Louis heiress, known on the stage as Jane Oaker, were AND $350 WALLET Mrs.

Adeline Blumeyer Has Ear- rings Rifled From Bag While in Crowd. HAD BOUGHT THEM FRIDAY Peter Georggaulis Has Billbook Snatched From Pocket as He Leaps Off Car. Tho Christmas pickpocket, who preys upon holiday shoppers, became active as dusk fell last night. Mrs. Adeline Blumeyer of 3L39 Halll- day avenue reported that a pair of diamond earrings valued at $500 was stolen from her silver mesh bag as she was walking from her automobile to the I Washington avenue entrance of the B.

I Nuaent Bros. Dry Goods Co. There was a stream of men and women entering and leaving tho store. she said, and she felt herself Jostled. When she gained the entrance she saw that tho clasp of the bag had been unfastened and that It was hanging open.

She bought the earrings only Friday, she stated. Peter Goorgoulls of 1435 Chestnut street Jumped off a Market car at Fifteenth street, but his wallet, con taining $350, was snatched from his hip pocket as he leaped and remained aboard In the' grasp of a pickpocket. When tho victim's astonishment per mitted him to cry out, tho car, which made no stop at the comer, was be- Fond overtaking. Frank Dlefenbach of 1435 Billon ave- lnue reported that three men on a crowded Park car near Eighteenth and Olive streets Jostled him while making their wav to the exit. Some minutes later he discovered that his purse, con-i talnlng $8.50, was missing.

James Doukwjlaals of 111 South Sixth Htreet waa pushed by several men, he paId on a crowded Broadway car near Convent street, and In the midst of the crowding he felt his puree, containing $75, slide from his pocket. Ho cried for the police, and a patrolman being at the corner, he arrested two men whom the victim pointed out. Neither cf them had the purse and both de- rIared They gave their names as Robert Thomaa and Jack Miller of 1113 Chestnut atreet James Glenn of B9fl0 Easton ave nue, reported to the police last night that a watch valued at $30 had been I '-he platform of an outbound Wellston I car. He says he boarded the car down- town and missed tho watoh when he I reached Grand avenue. EADS BRIDGE TO BECOME NEW "nPFAT wHITP WAV" aM A TV 4T A Benches for Pedestrians Also to Be Placed on the Structure.

im caas onage win snoruy do I by L. C. Havnes. vice-oresldent and general managrer of the East St. Louis and Suburban Electric Railway whose cars cross the bridge.

A conference wa. hM vo.t.r.v afternoon between the officials of his company and of tho Terminal Asso- ciation. owners of the bridge. The plan Is to erect electric light stan dard" o.ulppd with high power elec- trlc cluster lights. These standards Placed quite near each other so at night when tho lights are burning appearance, from a distance, will I a bo a blase of light.

Haynes also said benches will be Installed at different points on tho bridge to give tho pedestrian an opportunity to rest. Those improvements which will com- mence aoout Jan. rollow tho an-1 nouncoment last week that a new I 100.00 station la to be erected by the Terminal Association at the west I end of the bridge. The expense for eroctlns and maintaining the lights and benches will be borne by both corporations. Haynes said.

At pres- ent there are scarcely a dozen elec- trlc arc lights on the bridge. STRIKES MAN SO HARD HIS SKULL MAY BE BROKEN Negro Chauffeur of East St. Louis Resents Collision Which Bumped His Wife. Fred Morrison, negro chauffeur for Henry D. Sexton, president of the South crn Illinois National Bank at East Ft iu.

I "iir an. ik. a r- llinsvllle avenue, shortly before 7 o'clock ll-. TT.1.M IT I 133 winataniey avenue accidentally i m-. i "I' with mrh rrr- ih.

videwalk unconscious. it waa an hour ltr wnir.v r. rcnvkrkfl ronticlouana fit a rv'i HoopltaL The physicians there said he vi- I uii was probably fractured. His condition serious. Morrison was arrested.

Ttt legitimate PAJH trealallna ikr lat.Iiapatek la St. l.n la mmA la aukarka ia ajreater tkaa Ikat ml IX otkor KagUok OalUaw COM iBSUCZl. I at for i Uult the of tiff. ber divorced in St. Louis on Nov.

14 became public tonight when Hamilton and hastily summoned President Owen i' Miller and the other members of the Examining Committee, and the young millionaire was put through the union's third degree. i "Are you a scab?" 1 Did you ever work on an unfair Job?" fj How you, and where were ff, you born?" i "Will you observe all our I 1 "What has been your attitude toward in," sho said, "and if you tell me where they are I won't have to buy a black suit for th funeral." An investigation Into tho death of Frederick Hartmann, her first hus band. Indicates he was poisoned. The body of Hartmann was exhumed at the Insistent demand of Christian Hartmann of New Tork, a brother. Hartmann, when ho married the woman, was a prosperous baker.

He later purchased a saloon, which went to his wife at his death. When Hart mann died Feb. 19, 1911, the nelgh- nors remaricea nis aeatn waa sua-I uciiaiuix Bile would cause the arrest of any person who repeated them MISSOURI FIRED I He and Three Others Accused of Hazing Allowed to Resign. ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 14.

The four midshipmen whose dismissal I was recommended by Superintendent I Gibbons of the Naval Academy be- I ause they mistreated a classmate. I 3 inlon labor?" V-JW A member of the union last night told Post-Dispatch reporter that Lambert jf answered these and other questions to I the number of 26 to the satisfaction of th Examining Committee. After the i oral examination a member of the board wtre allowed to resign by tha Secre-lthe rolnted to the piano a-id directed Lam-lert to "beat It." "Beatu" the Union Plnno. "Pld r.e beat It? Why. I should say he did." a member of the union said.

"Why." he added, "that fellow can pl.ny tv fantasy on his with his flnger-slls." There Is a pohslblllty that soiue means may be devised whereby, when he offers Ms assistance to his fellow union men In the orchestra at the oext society affair, he may be able to pay himself out of his own pocket. The board of directors will puss on Lambert's application for membership 1 in the union. Tuesday, and at the Secretly Marries Miss Kiverside drive, were secretly married home, 10 Lexington avenue. that her husband had dea-rted her and had not lived with her for one year. Her attorney was Iater I.

1 ley man, a member of the law firm to which Kllera belongs. In none of the tesUmony was It Intimated that the plaintiff was Jane Oaker, the actreas. or the former Mlaa lrp-er. an Kllera, at the time, told an Inquisitive reporter that the caae was one of Importance, to the public, (tnd his assertion wua pvated by Iley-maxi The actrefs is visiting at the home of her father. Christian I'epcr Jr.

of fiJWi Wemmlntter place, but ttermlsHlon to interview her was refused laxt night to a Post-IMspatcli rrrKrtcr. Her father. Informed that Hamilton, on the iHal(in of Ids 'second marriage revealed the fact thnt Ills wife had obtained a divorce' In' St. Louis, said: i won i say mat Hamilton tlil an untruth when he said there waa divorce. I decline to lie interviewed.

My daughter Is here at my home, but I will not permit her to be seen When asked last night concerning the divorce cane. Hryman replied: "I wouldn't think of btralng a niii. i win noi any jn ilaker waa the person who got a divorce Nov. 14. and I won't say she wasn't the person.

I'll not dlscuas the case further." r-nera. wnen seen last waa also noncommittal. It was In that the 8t. Ixuls girl. mr rum ui iicrrnia in a produc tion of "Mldaiimmer Night's Dream" In the East, became acquainted with Ham ilton, who took the part of tl.c ike of Athens In the an mo production.

Hamilton, the son of an attorney living in Topeka, waa a college grad. uate and had been trained for tha bar. He did not practice, but aent on the stage. They were married after a short courtship. A year later an attempt was made t- break the will of Christian IVper.

mil lionaire tobacco manufacturer, and tin suit revealed to the the fact that th actress' father, known as Christian 1'eper was not the son but th protege of the elder Peper, and that its real name was Christian Cornell, n. Other helra alleged that Christian Cornelius, through hla close bualntaa relatione with. I'epr. had unduly n-fluenced him Into making him one the heirs. When Mlns Oaker mad her debut on the stage.

It waa reported that hyr KraJid father, aa tho alder Peper waa reputed to be. gave bor a check for 1:00,000. Tho ault to brtak tho win endad In a 11 ir vnnauan who) was aa an htlr. Ha atlll n-e. llir of Christian Pepr Jr.

The state to which, through him. his ta tighter ono of tho helra. amouina to arwau-ai mtaJona ''-rx. monthly meeting all of the members of the urdon by vote will either affirm or reject Ijimberfs application. All the male tn embers of the Lambert family have musical talent.

The five Miss Maule Myrtle Tannehill, of 223 by Magistrate Barlow at the latter 's Why Hamilton and Miss Tannehill wanted their marriage kept secret they did not explain to Magistrate Barlow nor did they give their reasons yester day morning when they went to the cltv hall and secured a license from n.rv To Scully they said h. uon i sav inyinuiR To Magistrate Harlow they saia a r.uniber ot mings wh.lu make tonifni. An automoBii. nw.n... Miss Tannjniu.

ner moiner. G. Tannehill. her sister. Miss Murlal and Miss Louise Stebblns, an actress, drew up tn rroni oi trate's house, and the five alighted With the mother and siser and Miss Stebblns acting as witnesses, the mar- rlage was performed In record-breaking time.

The bridal party tnn nurnea yt tho street, got Into the automobile, and were driven away In securing the marriage license, Hamilton said he was an iwr 130 West Forty-fourth street. Miss Tannehill gav her age as ana siu she lived at home with ner mot ner. Miss Tannehill, motner or unur, denieri at her home that the marriage was secret, but added: "I will admit that it was very sudden. My daughter been engaged to marry Hr. Hamll- ton for some He decided this aftr rnoon that he would have to sail for Enganj next Tuesday, where he ex- pertB t0 be for least a year and de- ths wedding at once.

I vnnw whrrn Mr. and Mrs. Hamll- ton are now. They will start Tuesday Europe." Mrs. Tanncnin aiso was on ine ik, where she was known as Maude Glroux.

DIVORCE GRANTED BY JUDGE BARTH PH.r. T.t.f.A jrvfjw S-iivi aw. Actress and 5hc I old of Desertion. reveUton tn tho news dispatch inni. from New Tork that Minnie Dorothy st.

hrir.nB and actress own on the a. Jane Oaker. divorced from Hale Rice Hamilton, her husband actor nusDana, rill come as a sur prise to all outside the circle of her Immediate relatives. mmedlate relatives. Although the decree was obtained In Jf month a- 11 Bmlnd nubllcatlon.

Tho suit waa on tho d- dockot of Judg. court, and charge waa desertion Roy M. Ellen, a member of the Hotiaa Delegates, appeared as a character wltnevs for Mrs. Hamilton, the plain He testified that he had known since they war school mates. Mn.

Uaasiltoq tssttffel to tko $LngSla Xact Christian rVhollmeyer. 3141 South Jefferson avenuo. 2000; C. It. HhUlda, (23 South Ninth street.

1130; ft Award C. Speckart. 6001 North Broadway. 1000; John R. Gregg.

Ill South Twen-ly-thlrd street. 250; Edward H. Brlgga, 41M Forest Tark boulevard, aaxtstant general freight agent of tho Missouri. Kansas Texas railroad, 200. and Frank Houts.

11014 Vanda-venter avenue. 100. Tho stork was sold tn Ft. Louts at 50 cents, 75 cents and ft a ahar. Tho aalea learned of by rostofflco Inspectors amounted to 130,000, and It Is estimated that the total amount taken from St.

Ixiuls Investors waa about 125.000. The Bulck Oil Co. was Incorporated In 1110 by Tavld P. Bulck of Flint, widely known as an automobile manufacturer; Jamas V. Harn don.

Stacey C. Iairh and Jama B. I-hlgh of Los Angeles, Cat. Tho capital stock was filed at 18,004.000, divided Into ahareo of II each. The company, according to Its literature, obtained mining rights en 40 acres of oil lands In tho Midway tract.

40 acres In tho Maricopa traot and 5(0 acres In tha Sunset Security tract, all near Los Angelaa, llnlek r.malars Moffatt. Bulck attempted to dispose of tha stock but was unabla to do so, and on a trip East mot Moffatt In Chicago. Moffatt had Just returned from Europe, where bo had boon soiling stock In a mining company. Moffatt with Frederick Iorena and Benjamin Iven. tho Government charges, obtained an option from Bulck on 600,000 aharea of tha oU stock at 15 centa.a ahara.

Tho ay-It- rl Irate established branch offlcaa In New Tork. Waehlngton. Omaha. Wln-nepeg. Cincinnati and other ctlloa and began adverttalng tho stock for oalo.

It was first placed on the market ot 60 cents a share. In letter quoted la the Indictment, written to Gregg pec. K. 1W. Grerg la told that tha ateekr wilt go to 75 eenta at midnight fW, TO.

Another letter April 8. VI 1. to Gregg states that the stock went to 73 OealS and that It soon would f. According to Oovernmant "off! ear. Rulrk complained of tho manner la which Ma nam waa being need In tho advertisements, and M'ffatt made thorn eaa glowing.

They say that let'ere re a seal mil of il k's almatura and tbat after la complaint tho Utters aent mt. vihllo containing the heading vf the Bulck Oil waro slgnwd by Moffatt aa ganaraj aaanagoa. Tho Government allege that MnfTarl fever waa an office of tho Sompaaf. Tho specific frauds allegad by ft Government aro that Moffatt la Ma 'frr-t'ira allee. thnt I ha alrw-V t'ag aa treasury stock of tl a com-f any.

and that tho aionay rooolvod froaa ItraaU. Iras tha Kara ossaasaa ag ry brothers are an orchestra by themselves. Jordan Lambert Is a finished pianist. 1 Gerard plays the mandolin, violin, banjo and anything else that has strings. Al bert Bond can manipulate any brass Instrument and also thumps the banjo.

Marion can piay the flute, while Wooster can "play WILSON SAILS FOR HOME; WARSHIPS IN TOUCH WW. fir or indulging In the luxury of buying ajers ready to do his bidding and rose. shave, seemed suddenly conscious off urv of the Navv. I Th- are tvilllsm H. Saunder of I South Carolina, Jonathan D.

Reed of I Kentucky. Earl Wagner of Pennsyl- I anla. and Robert C. Neville of Mis- I ourl. The resignations were for- I warded and accepted and tho four I runir men left the Naval Academv I his FAIR TODAY, ABOUT THE SAME TEMPERATURE TIIK TEMPEBATIRES.

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..43 Drive the Butter The goooebone prophet who says 4 his Is going to be an open winter and who also adds Trust to the bread line! that "a green Christmas makes a white grave- ara nas P'eniy UL WH. JUlogcmc.il I In the current weather reports. Tk. fl.lal forecast Is that the autumn tem- peraturo of yes- terday will not be much changed to- day and tfcat lo- mnrrnw inr win I civutiinfss anai .11.1.. I Lhiri.

will h.i I aonie. for the street spnnKiing aepart-l" ment seems to -think that when the mercury shivers down tho tube its days I public service arc over. Official rr t. i-ouis and tUlnllyt I'clr mot muik I rkaoae tempera turei larreaaluaT I rlondlaeaa Moadar. probably folio wc4 I by rata Moaday aOgkta I Is A their need for a shafe, hair cut, sham-lng United States Fleet Acts as Convoy, Communicating by Wireless HAMILTON.

Bermuda, Dec. tteamer Bermudlan, upon which Presl-tient-elect Woodrow Wllaon sailed this afternoon for New York. 1 being practically convoyed to the shores of the Vnlted Stc by several American bat-t estilps arfcl the revenue cutter Seneca. With their powerful wlre'ess sweeping "the ea, these vessels a' enabled to le In constant communication wiLh the e' earner. Battleships of tha Atlantic fleet left Hampton Road for tho high oaaa.

while tho cruising southward from low YorkJ A large rowd of rodents and Amer-Iffcn ilsltrs CHt1! 'd on the qtisy am! I cheerril r. lluon a the steamer. left. Beforo gflog on board he declared tht poo. marcel wave, facial massage aort I all the hundred and one mysterious frocesses with which ths unwary Vic- tlms are Inevitably threatened In a bar- ber's establishment LEMONS GRAPE FRUIT SIZE Count Gardener's Trees Bear ing in II if Hot House.

Louis Ptuckmeyer, a truck gardener of St. Louis County, says that he will soon be raising lemons enough to run fruit stand In connection with his truck gardening business, it tho five lemon tree which ho recently purchased from a Now York commission house and replanted In hla hot house at 5400 Nsgel avenue, continue to hear as they ire now doing. He says that one Ire lias 26 lemons I on It and that' some of the lemons are! bo vu l)ltto wtta rmcatto. growing ky Uao aiaa of grapo frUJt. ivantar, "if 1 i .4 --e 7 at i i ArfMM.