St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 12, 1914

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NIGH ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1914—24 PAGES. SPORTS 9 @ DRIVING AT DUNKIRK THROUGH DIXMUD Kaiser's Troops Are Now Only 50 Miles From Objective on the Coast, and They Renew Fighting Within Stone’s Throw of Sea, Where War- ships Drove Them Off America Experiments With “Twilght Sleep” The painless birth method in America. See the Next Sunday Post-Dispatch. , ° 2 a, et oa a F aye? irene bl e) Ag - . ‘ Piet a - al Ded tr % ; eee tad F . _ ¥ - bp > wr o? Doe ee ¥ — gi “ ”. a 2 4 4 * - - P . ra ; ? : 4 > Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. — PRICE ONE CENT. “VOL. 67. NO. 84. British Artillerymen Surprised by Germans * Sa nce BES RP ow. sg oat Aphscip. Se EIS 7 ge oe x por ay ma ora * site Rem gents ALTERNATE ADVANCES AND > RETIREMENTS IN BELGIUM STR - a” Paris Announces Battle Line Shows No Material Change and That the British Have Repulsed Many Attacks- French Strengthen Posi- tions Along Aisne and Silence Artillery in the Craonne Region. PRE OM ONES ree cg ety By Associated Press. 2 LONDON, Nov. 12.—The wave of optimism which has been sweeping England for the last week was checked today by news , of the occupation of Dixmude by the Germans in force and the 2 : i | : ; ; of the torpedo gunboat Niger, which yesterday morning was’ des- Copyright, 1914, by the Sun Printing and ; ' q , h d f ensued f th + ATTERY L of the Royal Horse Artillery bivouacked in a fog outside the village of Nery, in the Aisne- ( British gun was served by Sergeant-Major Dorrell, a gunner and a driver, until the ammunition gave out. troyed by a torpedo launcne ron 8 ° © enemy. All the officers and men of the battery were killed or wounded. On the cther hand, alt-but one of:the Ger-| This 6éeurred off Dea! within sight of the English shoré in “the ~ : earete.. gap. * 7 Pe ah . “ oS RR. Re. PO. De. ae m: r4 x RR ee Publishing Association, and printed in the Post-Dispatch by special arrangement with the Illustrated London News, — neem wllttn street, East St. Louis, motorman on aa : ate to fresh | object to the tax assessments that would/than 100 per cent on his investment} his other business affairs and that he to see “a Cecio ee een iy apparently have been renewed almost on the coast line, stereo eastbound car, saw the man’ jump : winds. be neecssary to establish the project. within five years and sometimes made|was considering an offer to become ne ry ei pa : be “ , ii f Lombaertzyde only in turn to be driven out ; stopped his car, rushed to the bridge i aa. Stage of the} Dr. William Preston Hill, wealthy re-| five times the amount paid for the prop-| president of a large corporation, the set & new COREE, rhe President ad- | Sins StU ‘ ¢ given out b — sh - tired physician, single taxer and student| erty, he said. name of which he did not feel at liber- | 7°4 he had not been addressed in such The official announcement given y a manner since he entered the White Germans again are trying to take Lombaer railing, Watched the man’s struggles in river: 5.6 feet; a ah the water and saw him drown. fall of .4 of a foot. of civic conditions, will appear at the; At the request of many who heerd his|ty to divulge untit after definitely de- H _ Several other street cars and hearing in the House of Delegates cham-| convincing parkway speech he has|termining whether he would accept the | 005* Nieuport and within a stone’s throw of the nia ber. After the objectors are heard he/ agreed to appear at the city hall meet- | offer She Celagatinn A magia: a i ARIE ns ne tee me mieisttttee eSB R: Ks ame 6 Nfvcn of the success in getting anywhere les in knowing which road to take.’’ The above slogan is singularly fitting in the business world. The surest, quickest, for the up-to-date, progressive business merchant is the advertising columns of the modern newspaper of known quality and quantity circulation. By choosing this path you walk in the road of success. The alert home merchants taking this avenue of prosper- most profitable road to take 63 Columns «:. Post-Dispatch alone in three out of all four of its com- 51 Columns petitors combined. This road is open to all prospective advertisers as well, their present inactive, non- productive business into an active, thriving and produc- tive business by using a meditm where Advertising that grows pays, ‘Advertising that pays stays. St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper Average circulation first ten months 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 176);487 - - "semen ing and repeat. his experiences bearing on the central parkway proposal and re- new his offer to purchase the property of disgruntled owners. ‘‘Bhe only: stipulation I ask in mak- ing property purchases from those who think assessments for a parkway would ruin them,’’ Dr. Hill sair, ‘is that .the property is included in the benefit dis- trict and pays a special assessment. I am looking for some of that properry now, but I don’t want it in that dead neighborhood if the parkway does not become a reality.’’ Dr. Hill said he has long contended that municipal improvements such as boulevards, publie buildings, etc., were hound to pay for themselves, however costly. “In pursuing that theory,” said Dr. Hill, “I have always held myself ready to demonstrate by action that I had the courage of my convictions. I have been in many citie: when improvements were being opposed by the pessimists and knockers, and have snapped up many pieces of property after calling their “bluff.” An Arizona Experiment. Dr. Hill described how he bought two lots in Tucson, Ariz., when the city built the military square about 15 years ago, and levied an assessment of 100 per cent on all neighboring property. It was a boom time for Tucson, but rone of the other property increased in value as ‘much as that which abutted on the square. Dr. Hill bought one lot for $500, paid a $500 assessment on it and sold in less less than five years for $300. He bought another lot nearby for $300, paid a $300 tax on it, and sold it later for $170. He told of other such investments in Seattie, when Jackson street was being transformed into a boulevard at heavy Continued om Page 3, Column 2. a ee ee ee en rector in about 20 corporations subsidi- ary to the brewery association and thai he would continue to hold those offices. He will continue to be one of the executors of the Busch estate, he said, until the final settlement is made in the Frobate Court which, he eaid, would be within the next few weeks. Faus* is a lirector and member of the executive committee of the National Bank of Commerce, a director of the Kinloch Telephone Co., a (fAirector of th: Laclede Gas Light Co., general manager of the St. Louis Rrefrigerating Car Co., and this morning received no- tification of his election as a directo of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail- rend C's, to succeed the late James Campbell. After Faust had stated that his resig- nation from active connection with the brewery association had been accepted he was asked by reporters to state the reasons for leaving the corporation with which he had so long been connected. “T have given my interview,” he re- plied, “and any further statement as to whether my resignation was accepted with pleasure or regret must come fror Mr. Busch or those associated with him.” Reminded that the public might as- sume that a disagreement had led to the resignation, Faust replied: ao" guess it is up to the public to form its own conclusions.” He was named as one of the execu- tors of the estate of Adoiphus Busch. The other executors are Auguat A. Busch and Charles Nagel. One of the provision of the Busch will ts that in case August A. Busch should become incapacitated, Faust should become president. Efforta were made to reach August A. Busch for a statement, but he could not be found at his office or home. 2 ele EAM ag te ners. Sree me ae er ay ee ana ee Ve ee ee ee the Treasury, and Postmaster-Generai Burleson had enforced segregation rules in their offices. President Wilson replied that he had investigated the question, and had been assured there had been no discrimina- tion in the comforts and surroundings given to the negroes.. He added he hai been informed by officials that the se- gregation had been started to avoid friction between the races, and not wit! the object of injuring the negroes. Interested in the Hace. The President sain he wee deeply interested in the negro race and great- ly admired its progress. He declared the thing to be sought by the negroes was complete independence of white people and that he felt the white race was willing to do everything possible to assist them. Trotter and other members at once took issue with the President, declar- Ing the negroes did not seek charity or assistance, but that they took the position that the negroes had equal rights with whites and that the rights should be regpected. They denied that there had been any friction between the two reces before segrevation was begun. President Wilson listened to what they had to say, and then told the delegatiot: that Trotter was losing control of his temper, and that he (the President) would not discuss the matter further with him. After leaving the President's private office, Trotter, Maurice V. Spencer and others of the delegation declared their talk had been “thoroughly disappoint- ing.”” They declared they would hold «a mass meeting in Washington Sunday to discuss the question. President Wilson is understood to have told the committee the question was not a political one, and that he would not take it up on political grounds. SE Ae he RO I A A NON 8 RF te AEE RRB at PE GO shore, is not quite clear. For some time there has been no mention of p but it has been assumed that this was explained by the reported German re- tirement from the coast of France and -selgium, and the news that they were delivering their attacks further to the souta. The allies still hold Ypres, where the fighting evidently is of the most desperate character. Shells ¢onstantly are falling in the town, which alse is the object of aeroplane attacks. Armentieres, which has been a bone of . the invaders and then by the defenders, has now become too hot for o@@upation by either side. The Germans are on the hills on one side of the town and the allies are attacking it unceasingly contention, being first oceupiés from the other side. German Plan Is to Move Out From Dixmude. ‘The official communication given out in Paris last night elaims that the invaders throughout the day continued their efforts of the day before without achieving any fresh result, and declares that the German effort is to move out from Dixmude along the left bank of the Yaer. For the moment the Russian pursuit along the Silesia front has slackened. The Germans are making efforts further to strengthen their lines of for- tresses, anticipating a Russian invasion, aud the marvelous system of strategic railroads extending along the line of fortresses between Graudenz, Thorn, Posen and Cracow will enable them to bring up reixforcements so rapidly that the German center is not tikely again to be exposed to the weakness which led to the retreat before Warsaw. The rumor persists 'n London that the German Crown Prince was in command of the German center which gave way before the Russian assault outside of Warsaw and he is being blamed for this reverse. A dispatch received here from Petro- grad declared that the dissensions be- tween Gen. von Hindenberg, command- er of the German forces in East Prus- sia, and Gen. Danki, the Austrian com- mander, were so acute that Austrian officera were refusing longer to co-oper- ate with the German staff. Vienna officially admits the withdraw- al of the Austrians from Western Gall- - . = nd ‘= - rem 2 eo . ’ vd ¢ ys e7* d cia and the complete investment by the Ps yaa = a eee: es. See ¥ oe ig: