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YESTERDAY 303,1 Sunday Post-Dispatch Circulation YESTERDAY 303,159 POST-DISPATCH T.LOU NIGHT EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS Give Your" Want" Ad a Chance to do its best by telling the druggist to send it to the POST-DISPATCH St Louis' BIG Newspaper. 'Paper in St Louis With the Associated Tress Service. PRICE MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 191216 PAGES. EVEN MARCONI'S Joan of Arc Today Would Break Our HeartsNotWindowsSaysFr. Vaughan NOTED JESUIT'S "HAT IN I'll 1: I.

1 VOL. 64. NO. CARDINALS' OWNER, AGAIN A WITNESS MRS. HELEN H.

ROBISOX BRIT- TON FROST IS FORECAST: TUESDAY TO BE FAIR THE TEMPERATURES. 3 a. ..61 a. 6 a. m.

81 12 noon 7 a. 47 2 p. m. Yesterday's Temperatures, High. .70 at 4 p.

m. Low. .53 at 5 a. yes, the sun is going to shine again. The Weather Alan spent the forenoon plugging up the ralnspout.

and he thinks he made a good Job of it. Neverthe less It will not be much warmer in the next 24 hours. Straw hats for men are on dis play in some show windows, but it will be a brave St. Louisan who will wear one while winter lin gers in the lap of spring. Lid clubs will take notice.

The forecaster says tnere will be a frost In low places tonight. Monday there was a drop of 14 degrees In temperature between 6 a. m. and the reading at the latter hour being 47 degrees. Official forecast for St.

Louis and vicinity Clearing late this afternoon; fair tonlarht and Tuesday; not much change In temperature; frost In low place tonight. Stage of the river: 28.1 feet; a rise of 1.7 feet. A try- JjpE I aAV me not HUNT1N6 1M AFRICA THIS fit IS I -r- YAUQnAK )CQ FR. VAUGHAN EPIGRAMS. MEN and women are alike only in their origin and their destiny.

If Joan of Arc were on earth today she might break our hearts, but ebe wouldn 't smash our windows. Women should endeavor always to be heart-breakers. That is their mission. I like American slang and I always go to it when I want to put one over the plate. The genius of Roosevelt is that he has the power of' nsing the slangy expression which makes a hit with the man of tlie street.

Between the church and Socialism there is a gulf as wide as infinity. We need more general distribution of the fruits of toil. Every man has a right to that which will enable him and those dependent on him to live comfortably. Onlp Evening 253. Owner of the' Cardinals Testifies in Mother's Suit She Now Lives Here.

SHE TWICE GOT DIVIDENDS Does Not Recall Having Been Told by Judge Holtcamp to Return Shares. Mrs. Helena Hatheway Britton, prin cipal owner of the Cardinals basenau team, her husband, Schuyler P. Britton, and W. G.

Schofield, secretary' of the club, were the principal witnesses in Judge Hitchcock's court Monday In the suit brought by her mother, Mrs. Sarah Carver Roblson, against E. A. Steininger, president of the Cardinals and executor of the estate of M. Stanford Roblson, former owner of the team, who died in March, 1911.

Mrs. Britton wore a black silk dress, embroidered with pink and yellow medallions. Her gray straw hat was trimmed with white and purple plumes. Mrs. Roblson sued to restrain Steininger from voting her liS5 shares of stock at meetings of the Cardinals' stockholders, and to compel him to put the stock in her name on the corporation's books.

Mrs. Britton's suit to restrain Steininger from voting her 7464 shares also was docketed in Judge Grimm's court, but was continued until Thursday. A continuance until Wednesday likewise was ordered in the mandamus suit by which F. N. Abererombie Is trying to compel Probate Judge Holtcamp to appoint him administrator of the estate.

Instead of Steininger. Dividend Paid Club Debts. W. G. Schofield, secretary of the Cardinals, testifying Is Mrs.

Roblson's be half, said Steininger, as president of the team, always kept the books in the Schofield said never-sawt he Looks until about two months ago when he transferred the stock to Steininger as administrator. The first dlvlden declared by the company, he said, was a 20 per cent one in September, 1911. It was used to pay the expenses of ad ministration and the debts of Robl son's estate. In November, 1911, he said, a cash dlv lden of $19,900 was paid. Mrs.

Britton's share of this was $15,000. The rest was used to pay expenses. Schofield said he was present at a conference Probate Judge Holtcamp advised Mrs, Britton to return the stock to Steininger. Mrs. Britton's husband testified that he was present when a block of the stock was turned over to his wife by Steininger last September.

Attorney Arthur N. Sager of counsel for Steininger, said the stock was turned over to Mrs. Britton on her representa tion that her mother was an invalid and would be better satisfied if the stock was in the hands of the legatees. "She showed a woman's desire to get hold of the stock," said Sager. 236 ss 134 as 177 Cols.

75 March 31 307,321 April 7 305,938 April 14 304,329 April 21 304,262 .303,159 MRS BRUTON AND HUSBAND TESTIFY 1 SUIT FOR STOCK ST. LOUIS, ONE CENT THE RING" VEDRINES FALLS IS FAJILY HURT Airman Planned iooo-Mile Flight From Brussels to Madrid in One Day. PARIS, April Vedrines. the most famous and most popular aviator of France, was fatally Injured as a result of a fall with his monoplane this morning at St. Denis, a suburb of Paris, while flying from Doual, In the Department of the Nord, to Madrid.

edrlnes was ambitious of creating a new record for an airman by flying from Brussels, Belgium. to Madrll Spain, more than 1) miles, in 24 hours He started from Paris last Thursday in his Deperdussin monoplane on th way to Brussels, but owing to motor trouble decided not to proceed farther than Doual, a distance of about 11 miles, which he completed 1 hour and 40 minutes. This morning he had succeeded In getting his motor Into proper working order again, and dedd ed to start for Madrid. He was seen flying over St. Denis, i northeastern suburb of Paris, where made a rapid descent from a height of 609 feet.

Accounts differ as to the cause ol the accident. Some of the spectator say that the monoplane struck the tele graph wires along the railroad track and that Vedrines was thrown oat ont the rails. According to another account, a tra-n hit the monoplane as edrlnes was about to land. The aviator was found to have a frac tured skull. He was placed on a train ana conveyed to 1'aris.

wnere he was taken to a hospital and the operation of trepanning was at once performed, bu bis condition Is believed to be hopo- less. CAT HOLDS UP ESTATE $25,164 Can Not Be Distributed While It Lives. W1LKESBARRE. Pa, April pet cat which waa owned by Ben Dllley. 9, bachelor and wealthy hotel keeper, prevents the distribution ot estate of I5.14.L According- to the ti-rms of Dllley'e will his eatate was not to h.

distributed while hs two pet cats were living-. Since his death a few year age on of th cats haa bot the ahewt A FLYING OVER PARIS DEATH. CRIMINAL Coroner's Jury Recommends That Touring Car Chauffeur Be Held. RAN AT BLINDING SPEED Witness Says That Machine Which Collided With Taxi Was Going Mile a Minute. A Coroner's Jury Monday held Frank Brown, driver of the touring car, re sponsible for the death of Reilly Young, aged 16, killed at 2 a.

m. Sunday, In a collision between a touring car and a taxlcab at Washington boulevard and Taylor avenue. It recommended that Brown be held to await action of the rgrand jury and said that the accident was due to criminal carelessness. The verdict followed testimony of sev eral witnesses that Brown's car was racing at blinding speed when it crashed into the taxlcab. Sergt.

Borden of the Newstead Avenue Police Station testified that when he reached the scene of the accident, and talked to the eight occupants of the touring car, he believed they were all under the influence of liquor. He found a broken whisky bottle under their ma chine, he said. Chester Borntraeger, 16 years old, one of the eight, testified that the party had visited several lid clubs and saloons, and that all were drinking except him. Borntraeger is a bank clerk, living at 2205 Dodler street. Expected an Accident.

F. H. Roys of the Windermere Hotel, who, with his wife and L. H. Schwarts-hoff, a traveling salesman, were In an electric auto on shington boulevard when the touring car passed them, Just before the crash, testified he turned his electric auto into the curb and remarked -to-the others: "They'll never get to King's highway alive." He said the rear wheels of the machine were merely "hitting the high places" and that the throbbing of the motor told him the car was going at its utmost speed.

He estimated the speed at between 50 and 60 miles an hour. But two of the nine men In the collision were compelled to remain In a hospital Monday. One of them is Edward driver and sole occupant of the taxlcab. He denied a statement by those In the other machine that his lights were out. The other whose injuries kept him In bed Is Roscoe Forbes, of the New Barnum ITotel, a clerk.

Driver Tells Story. In the presence of three other occupants of the touring car, all held with him as prisoners to await the action of the Coroner. Frank Brown? driver of the larger machine, gave his version of the affair to a Post-Dispatch reporter at police headquarters Monday. The others corroborated his recital. Brown, who is 21 years old and lives at 5362 Easton avenue, said he was chauffeur for Mrs.

M. E. Halpin. 2211 University avenue, owner of the touring car. Without her permission, he explained, he took the car from a repair shop about 7 p.

m. Saturday and went out with Toung. They drove to Union Station, where they met Harry Maunders, 24 years old. 420 North Sarah street, a bartender, whom they invited to accompany them. The trio then went to Sixth and Chestnut streets, where they picked up James Saunders, 24 years old, 4636 Evans avs-nue, a chauffeur.

Spent Time in Saloon. They spent some time in this neighborhood, drinking in several saloons. Brown continued. After a call at a photograph gallery at Sixth and Market streets where four sat for a picture, they drove to Sixth street and Washington avenue. Here they were Joined by Chester Borntraeger, 16 years old, 2205 Dodler street, a clerk, and Roscoe Forbes, 26 years old, of the New Barnum Hotel.

Brown said the party visited several saloons in that neighborhood until 12:30 or 1 o'clock. Then they drove out Olive street to Sarah, where they visited a lid club. Here they found WiUiam Mc Donald 24 years old, 5024 Delmar boule vard, a chauffeur, and Edward Holdo- way. 26 years old, 420 North Sarah street, a bartender, who Joined the crowd. Rrown said none of the party was In toxicated and the others corroborated his statement.

Forbes, whose left leg was broken, and F-dwrd Parker. 6311 avenue. driver of the taxlcab. who was badly bruised and his right arm broken, are at the city hospital, where they were ordered detained to await action of the Coroner. v.klnr Hklda on Iewot at 4i40 A.

M. ninC SlOO. I ,1 IT 1 An automODlie, unc uj nrury nation Jr of T07 Mtssourl avenue. East St. Louis and ownca imuct, tuaaia on the wet streci uu me curbing Twenty-ninth and Locust 4:40 a.

m. Mondav. RaI- streeis Ion was not injured, but the machine was damaged l. PICTURE SHOW IN CHURCH rtfrLISG. HI-.

April The Rev, wmiatn Budler of Grace Church has installed a rnorln picture machine to VERDIC IN AUTO CARELESSNESS T. R. ALL BUT CALLS -TAFT BY "SHORT 77 Colonel Says He Recalls, Like Bonaparte, That Secretary Taf Took the Initiative at Cabinet Consideration of the Prosecution of the Harvester Trust. CHARGES PRESIDENT IS PLAYING POLITICS Declares Successor Has Acted in This Affair in a Way to Show He Subordinates People's Interests to His Own. Br Associated Press.

BOSTON, April 29. Flatly contradict ing President Taft, CoL Roosevelt In bis campaign tour of Essex County today issued a statement replying to that made by the President last night In regard to the Harvester Trust case The President had stated "that sc far as my recollection goes, I never heard the Harvester Trust matter men tioned in any cabinet meeting that I attended." CoL Roosevelt said, in his reply, is sued in the form of a statement written on the train: "I clearly remember Mr. Taft being present at neb discussion and taking; start la It." He added that the Presi- dent had treated this matter "In way to ikon that he subordinates the Interest of the people as a whole to the purposes of aecurlna; political ad- Tantaice for himself." Telia When Taft Was Away. Here Is Col. Roosevelt's statement: i "Of course, Mr.

Taft was away, as everyone knew, while I was discussing this matter in personal interviews with officials of the Department of Commerce and Labor, including the Bureau of Corporations, and of the Department of Justice, but both before and after he came back the matter was repeatedly brought up in the Cabinet and discussed at length. Mr. Bonaparte has stated in the letter 1 have quoted that Mr. Taft took the Initiative In approving the course I followed. My memory is to the tune effect.

"Be this as it may, however. Mr. Taft had, and could not have failed to have, full Information as to the action taken. Every Important matter of this kind involving a question between two departments of the administration, was always threshed out In full Cabinet and this was especially true of the questions of this particular nature between the Department of Justice and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. "Messrs.

Garfield, Straus, Bonaparte and Cortelyou have stated that this particular question was discussed more than once In full Cabinet meeting. I clearly remember Mr. Taft being present at one such discussion and taking part In it. Moreover, I remember that Mr. Taft has now been President tiiree rears and two months and it Is nonsense to say that during that time he has not had the fullest opportunity to act on the Harvester case if he so desired.

Saya They Went Over the Cases. "when he came back from his trip abroad I went over with him not only this case, but every other case of importance, such as that of the Tennessee Coal Iron which I thought might by any possibility have any bearing on the general policy of the administration If he thought that the action I took In the Harvester ease was In any way inadequate or reprehensible. It was his duty when he was in my cabinet to pro- test, and It was even more his duty tfter he became President to act at nce. "The action, which after three rears of inaction, he actually took last week, must have been taken I rollnslon with the Lorlmer Democrat ic Hwor wno iniroaucea be reso- tat Ion and could only have been taken with view to the effect on the Man larhnnetta primaries. "This case Illustrates all the difference ctween the attitude of Mr.

Taft and nyself toward big business and indeed oward every species of business. andled and have always handled every question of big business and of all other ustnesn, not from the standpoint of rty of factional advantage and with- Ut the least regard to my own person 1 fortunes or to the political fortunes anyone else, but on Its merits and flth the sole object of helping reach atlsfactory solution of business prob ms In the interest of the entire people the united 8tates. "Mr. Taft has treated this Harvester nist question in a way to show that subordinates the Interests of the peo- le as a whole to the purpose of secur If political advantage for himself. The Fcrt-Dispetcn Is the only evening wapaper In St.

Louis that receives or Ubltshea news gathered by the tated Press. AND UGLY WORD ORDER FOR FACTS Head of Wireless TelegixpS, Before Senate Committra Third Time, Says His Message to Operator on tha Carpathia Was Ignored. Order Given That All Messages Relating to Sunbra White Star Liner Be Given to Inquisitors. Chief Engineer Says Operators Got $750 Eadi fcr Stories Too Busy td Heed Appeals for News WASHINGTON, April 29. Endeavoring further to repudiate any intimation that he had sought In any way to gup press or delay news of the sinking; of the Titanic, Gugllemo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, appeared today for a third time before the Senat C0m mittee of Inquiry into the disaster.

Marconi had discovered after leaving Washington last week that be had sent a message to the operator of the steam 1 ship Carpathia, ordering him to send news of the to the wireless eta tion at Siasconset. or to Teasels of the United States Navy, and said he received no response. Ha read copy of this message, and declared that when he was examined tor tho committee before he had forgotten abowt tt. Marconi also-produced copies of many other messages which passed between the Marconi office and the Carpathia -in an endeavor to get definite information of the wreck and the surrtvora. The witness was excused by the com mittee in order that he might sail to morrow for England.

Marconi read several additional mag- sages asking for news of the disaster, among them inquiries concerning; Mr and Mrs. Isador Straus, Col. John Jacob Astor, Charles M. Hays, Benjamin Guggenheim and MaJ. Archibald Butt.

Tfclaka Operator Were Bear? Q. Why did you not get any reply these messages, sent by high official of the Marconi Company? A. have) no explanation to give except that th perators, I believe, were Iraay OB tte Carpathia all the time, sending; Batg sages from the survivors on board to heir families and relatives and, friends ashore. Marconi said he did not hellers that the captain of the Carpathia had any disposition to prevent th sending; oc news. F.

M. Sammls, chief engineer of ths American Marconi also testified, explaining what had actuated him In send ing messages to Operators Bride and Cot tarn on the Carpathia to hold their stories for "four figures." said had made an arrangement with a newspaper for them to sell their personal stories and had sent the messages to the "boys" Informing them of that fact. thinking It would brace them up. Marconi declared that a difference In code hampered replies to messages from the cruiser Chester, which uses a code of its own Instead of the International. "I would like to correct ths statement made Inst week that I had not sent any messages to the Carpathia," said Marconi.

"On my return to New Tork found I sent one." The message follows: "April 14. 11, 1 to Calvin. Wireless Marconi Sta tion, Siasconset. Mass. Send the following Immediately.

Advise us delivery: 'Wire news dispatches Immediately to Slasconsett or to naval boats. If this impossible, ask Captain give reason why no news allowed to be transmitted." Marconi said he received ao reply. and Bride, the Titanic operator, said he had received the message while on the Carpathia. but gave no res son for not answering. Marconi said two messages, th etbsr of which he read later, were the only, ones that he authorized.

In no other did he authorise the use of his name, bs said. Q. Did you not Infer thst ths failure of th Carpathia opersters to communicate with ther ships of with shore to give th story th trip of the Carpathia was influenced by the hope of money reward for elusive matter sold to ths newspapers. A. No, I do not think so.

They did not know ther wa any reward for them. Senator Smith Intimated that ths case of Je BMna. th RepubB operator, gav th Carpathia OPry tor a fair Idea of what ther mtst-t eapect. Operate Is gwt Awsy. Operator Cot tarn of th Carpathia la th room while Senator Smith questioning Marconi.

When 8estr Smith saw him he aald: "Officer, I want Mr. Cottam to step outald th room while I am conducting this Inquiry of Mr. Marconi." Cottam stepped out In th haO. "I would Ilk to ask yovh ON TITANIC FAILED Likes Slang and Hopes "to De liver the Goods" in Lecture at Odeon. SAYS CHIVALRY IS PASSING Can't See Why Any Lady Would Smash a Door Rather Than Ring a Door Bell.

If Joan of Arc came back to earth today she might break our hearts, but she wouldn't smash our windows. This was the opinion expressed by Father Bernard Vaughan, noted English Jesuit preacher, writer and social worker, on his arrivel in St. Louis Monday, when he was asked what he thought of the suffrage movement. "Women should endeavor always to be heart-breakers," he said. "That is their mission in life.

Men and women are alike in nothing except their origin and their destiny. There are lots of good people on both sides of the suffrage question. Obedient to Authority. "Joan of Arc was essentially obedient to authority. She waited, performing her duties in the state of life to which she had been called, until the vision.

When she thought her work completed she was filled with Joy at the idea of getting back to her domestic duties and shed tears of bitter resignation when she found she was mistaken and would have to take up the forceful part again." Father Vaughan, whatever he thinks of suffraglsm in general, is opposed to militant suffraglsm. He says he cannot understand hpw any lady would prefer to smash in a door rather than ring a door bell, and that the manifestations of hysteria on the part of the militant suffragists remind him of a child that has seized the reins a tandem and sta'rts driving' recfclessfy, bringing de struction to everything in his path. American 'Women Petted. "The old Idea of chivalry is passing. and I regret it very much," continued Father Vaughan.

"But it is woman uat is bringing this change about. When I was a boy my father thought that anything was good enough for us boys, but nothing was too good for our sisters. But now we find some women demanding equally poor treatment with men. However, in America I do not think you can complain much in this fashion. Women are petted and bowed down to, and adored here." "What do you think of the principle followed on the Titanic when the women were allowed to get off first?" Fa ther Vaughan.

'Why, certainly, that was what should have been done," replied the priest "Any man that tried to get off before a woman ought to have been shot." Father Vaughan, one of the leading churchmen of London, came to St. Louis to deliver a lecture at the Odeon Mon day night for the benefit of the Little Helpers, a Catholic slsterlTood. His subject will be "Evils That Menace Society." Interviewers who met the dlstln uished Jesuit at St. Louis University shortly after his arrival In the city, found him In genial mood. Those who expected to meet an austere and awesome man of the cloth were surprised at his answer to the first question put to him.

He was asked what he thought of the prospects for his lecture, consid ering the threatening weather. "Well," replied Father Vaughan, will do my part, and I hope to deliver the goods." Then, with a twinkle In his eye, he said: "I like your American slang. It so perfectly expresses the Idea which one wishes to get across. Of course, I do not use It in London, but on this side of the water I always go to it when I want to put one over the plate. Poor Are Oppressed.

That is the genius of Roosevelt. He has the power of using the slangy ex pression that makes a hit with the man in the street. My hat la in the ring, too. One of my friends has suggested that whereas Roosevelt's hat is in the ring only around election time mine is there always. It's in the ring to uplift my downtrodden brothers and sisters.

'We need a more general distribution of the fruits of toll The poor are oppressed by the wealthy. These re lations between luxury' and poverty must be mended shortly or they will be ended roughly. There must either be distribution or revolution. No man has a right to oppress another man with a sweated wage. KlCat to Llvfn.

Every man has the right to that which will enable him and those de pendent on him to live comfortably. If he can't get it by Hargaln, and he and his family face starvation, he has right to take It by force. A more pow erful right than bargaining te the nat ural law that gives every man the right to subsistence. This doesn't mean the right to steal Indiscriminately. "The gospel and the law must go hand In hand.

Nothing can be done until we get God into the hearts of men. That Is where the Church and the Socialists differ. Tn leattimata PAID efrenlattn rost-Dlaakaten In St. Uah nad ita ananina arrant tnnn tnnt I ii 1 -t ft .1 I 3 1 The Sunday Record For Over 5 Consecutive Years. The Sunday POST-DISPATCH yesterday, April 28, was, as it lias been every Sunday for 265 consecutive Sundays, or more than FIVE FULL YEARS, with the exception of one single issue, first in the volume of REGULAR BONA FIDE The count yesterday, Sunday, April 28, was as follows: Post-Dispatch, 311 Cols.

SEEBERT JONES Tells Municipal Courts Janitor He Did It Because Lift Stopped at 1 P. M. This Is the story that Custodian John son of the New Municipal Courts Bulld- ng reported to the Board of Public Im provements Monday: That at 1:40 p. m. Saturday Watchman Stecklin heard a crash of glass at the east front elevator of the building.

He found Circuit Attorney Jones standing In front of the elevator shaft, with clenched fists, and one foot stuck through a panel of the elevator door, In which 'the glass had been broken. 'Mr. Jones, did you break that the watchman asked. Tes, certainly I did it. I kicked the glass out.

Klne elevator service. Indeed, for a big public building to be shut down at such an hour." 'Mr. Jones. I shall have to report this to the custodian." "Certainly, report it. Tell him I did IL Tell him to see me if he wants an explanation." At that moment, the custodian's re port continued.

Deputy Sheriff Hassner came In with a Jury, and remarked that it looked like a rough house. "Rough house, you bet it does," shout ed Jones. "And you. Mr. Jurors, will have to climb up three flights of stairs just like I will have to do because of this kind of elevator service." Jones declined to discuss the incVlent City hall and Municipal Court Building ele- vatora shut down at 1:30 p.

m. Saturdays. MRS, H. W. BOND LOSES RING; VALUED AT $1000 Mrs.

H. Wheeler Bond, 17 Vsndeventer place, wife of a well known physician, Monday aaked the police to help find a ring valued at 11000. which she said had been stolen or else misplaced or lost. She described the ring as having. In a Tiffany setting, a two and a half karat diamond, on each side of which was a large pearl of pinkish hue.

The last time she noticed the ring was Tuesday morning, she told detectives who called at her home. While she wa walking oa OUre street betwaaa Grand and Vandevantar arena -frt SMASHES GLASS IN ELEVATOR DOOR Globe-Democrat Republic Post-Dispatch Excess Over Republic Over Globe-Democrat -o- The Want Ad Score: Post-Dispatch 94 Columns Globe-Democrat 48 Columns Republic 24 Columns POST DISPATCH excess of Want Ads over the Globe-Democrat and Republic COMBINED 22 Columns Over Republic 70 Columns ver Globe-Democrat 46 Columns THE REASON: Sunday Circulation: March 3 305 020 March 10 312.597 March 17 308,204 March 24 307,277 April 28. An increase of 23,516 Sunday a St Louis' ONE over the corresponding year ago. BIG Newspaper. Al.t nt bunco.

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