St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 19, 1914

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- be followed hy a rise see the NEXT WINTER'S HERE! (DIPHTHERIA SFRIIM 15 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AT 7 A.M Warmer Weather Tomorrow Will Be Followed by Another Cold Wave Sunday. LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES Fall Is General North of Here; Temperature Drops 22 De- grees in Five Hours. THE TEMPERATURES. Yesterday's Temperatures. High. .51 at 2 p. m. Low. .32 at 7 a. m. Official fore ase in st. | Tre SUPREME. Louis and vicin- A4ty: Fair tonight and tomorrow; rising tempera- ture tomorrow; the lowest to- night will be about 16 0 ¢e- grees. For Missouri— Fair tonight and probably tomor- row; warmer to- morrow and iin north portion to- night. For IUlinois — Fair tonight, with colder in extreme south portion, and warmer in ex- treme northeast portion; creasing cloudiness, with rising perature. ki tomorrow in- ter.- the first real winter weather of the season came this morning it caused a drop of %2 degrees in tem- perature between ° a. m. and 7 a. m. according to official readings the tem- perature was 37 at 2 a. m. and 15 at 7 a. m., the average hourly cecline being more than 4 degrees for the five hours. Until today temperatures for the sea son had been above the normal. Tecu- nically, the winter period does not start until Dec. 21. Weather Bureau offi- cials say the present cold weather wil! in temperature When tomorrow. Right behind the warm wave, however, is another cold wave, and it is expected that by Sunday night or Monday there will be another a@rop in temperature, -potsibly as great as the ona this morn- ing. The cold snap was accompanied by very light snow flurries, which were gen- eral to the north of St. Louis. Very lit- tle of the snow remained on the ground, sowever, though there were traces of it. t Above Zero at Omaha, 2 Below at Sioux City. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 19.—The first se- sre cold of the season struck this vi- wmnity last night. The local Weather Bureau reported the temperature 2 de- grees above zero this morning. At Sioux City, Io., it was reported 2 below. 8 Above at Kanaas City; Northern Ozarks. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 19.—The mercury dropped from 20 to 4 degrees in Kansas and this section of Missouri dur- ing the last 24 hours. A strong wind, driving a combination of sleet, snow and rain Was reported at several points. The temperature at Topeka this morn- ing was 9 degrees above zero, the coldest on record for this date in 28 years. Em- poria reported 8 above and there were a number of points where 10 above pre- vailed. In Kansas City the mercury stood at 9 above. A light snow, the first of the season, fell over the northern portion of the Ozark country in Missouri. At Spring- field a fall of 40 degrees to 20 above was recorded me a few hours. TWO HELD AFTER FIRE Oil Soaked Rags Are Found in Flat. After firemen had extinguished a $20) blage in the double flat at 1901 North Tenth street at 12:30 o'clock this morn- ing they found oil-soaked rags and pa- pers distributed about in the rooms on both floors and on the steps leading to the upstairs flat A t la. m. Ovanizle Ojuino and Bruce Philippo, Italians, who occupied the flats, returned home with their fam- ilies. They said they had been visiting a sick friend at Seventh and Carr ahiahhe They denied knowing anything about the origin of the fire. The police d tained them, pending further investi- Snow in i gation. GOMPER’S SALARY RAISED Labor Chief Objects to $25 Increase to 87500. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 19.—The Amer- fean Federation of Labor in annual con- vention yesterday adopted by a vote of she @ resolution raising the salary the president of the federation from to $7500 a year and that of the secretary from $4000 to $5000. President Gompers, before the vote, asked the delegates not to vote the in- crease. . $200,000 Fire ina Frement, Neb. _ FREMONT, Neb. Nov. 10.—Fire ts ithe heart of the business section of Fre. /mont today destroyed four mercantile g houses with a loss of $200,000, Zero weather made the work of the fire de- Mrs. Taft Tells Her Story Former - President's writes her autobiography. SUNDAY POST- .T-DISPATCH wife i be 5 = Cte eae ge +: tae SECO Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service. NIGH EDITION VOL. 67. NO. 91. ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1914—24 PAGES. PRICE ee tees SPORTS att sdinllinicniitinaieaiiiaete toe, Drawn by INNES MEO for the Illustrated London News. Incident of the German Attack on Russians at the Pilitza PRICE IS. KEPT IP BY COMBINE | Physician Says Manufacturers’ Agreement May Cause Deaths for Want of Antitoxin. TWENTY-THREE NEW CASES Girl Died Yesterday After S-rum Had Been Obtained From City Too Late. With 23 new diphtheria cases reported this morning, making 453 now under quarantine in the city, Circuit Attorney Harvey will confer with Health Depart- ment officials to seek evidence of a manufacturers’ agreement to keep up ; the price of diphtheria serum, which at $7.50 per 5000 units has been found to be prohibitive to many families of smatl means. The Health Department buys serum for $1.32 per 5000 unite, and will supply it free to families that cannot afford to buy ‘it, but in many cases does not | learn of the need until too late. Dr. M. C. Woodruff, chief diagnostician of the Health Department, says druggists pay the manufacturer $3.50 for the same quantity of serum and sell it, under an agreement forced by the manufactur- ers, he has been told, at $7.50. In some cases more than 90,000 units must be used, and the serum would cost upward of $100 at drug store prices. Many Hesitate to Ask City. Families lacking the ready cash may delay purcrasing the expensive serum until it is too late, Dr. ‘Woodruff says, and many families hesitate at asking the city to give them serum. A girl died ' yesterday of diphtheria after the family sent for serum which was returned this ondon News Copyright. 1914. by the Sun Printing and Publishing Co. ¥ aN oven ee 2A Se fe This episode oceurred during the fighting that followed the Austro-German army ’s turn, beginning about Oct. 10, against the Russians, down towards Cracow after the investment of Przemysl. rho were pouring The German and and printed in St. Louls exclusively by the Post-Dispatch by special arrangement with the Illustrated f Austrian forces hit the advancing Russians on the banks of the Pilitza (or Pilica) River and drove them back with fearful loss. The opposing armies fought frequently at close quarters and this incident gives an impression of the desperate character of these struggles. morning to the health officials with the information that it had been obtained too late. The girl was Alerence Weit- zel of 1301 Grattan street. Dr. James Stewart, chief of the hy- giene department of the School Board, said today that the high price of diph- theria serum in drug stores must con- tribute to many of the fatalities that result from delay in using it. 20 Deaths Since Nov. 1. Dr. Stewart said the condition in pub- lic schools had not changed since yes- terday, except that 23 additional cases i were reported, of which he estimated 15 ‘were children attendifig schools. “We do not find the diphtheria con- ned to any particular group of schools,” said Dr. Stewart. “‘The city is practical- ly free of dipntheria south of Meramec street. Most of the cases developed be- tween Morgan and Angelica streets, east of Jefferson avenue. West of Grand avenue and south of Easton, there is lit- tle diphtheria except at an orphan asy- lum, where five cases are under quaran- tine. “A staff of 11 physicians and 2 nurses are keeping the school children under surveillance. We have detected many miscroscopic cases where the germs are in the child’s throat and yet the child gives no symptoms of the disease. These cases are especially dangerous because the germs may spread to others in the classroom who are weaker and will be- come ill,” There have been 2 deaths of diph- theria since Nov. 1. ; TAFT “UP IN APPLE TREE” WOMAN FOUND IN CHURCH YARD WITH SAUL! RUSHED Money and Jewelry of Daughter of Former Mayor of Aurora, Ill., Missing. AURORA, IIl., Nov. 19. — A woman found lying unconscious in the yard of the Free Methodist Church here last night with her skull crushed by a blow from a heavy pipe wrench, was iden- tified today as Miss Jennie Miller, 55 years old, the daughter of the late Holmes Miller, a former Mayor of Au- rora. Physicians say she cannot live. Miss Miller’s handbag, containing $85 and jewelry was not found. Authori- ties investigating the case hold a theory of robbery. The scene of the attack was on a sid> street. Groans coming from. behind shrubbery in the church yard attracted passersby and revealed the crime. Krnown to Have Carried Money. Miss Miller was the owner of a cir- culating library which netted her a good income and it was her custom to take her day’s receipts home at night, although she kept bonds and other se- curities in a down-town bank. Her assailant, the. police believe, is some Auroran who knew of her route home evenings and planned the robbery. The. attack, the police believe, was that of an amateur thug as they reason that a skilfull highwayman would not have made an onslaught which was almost sure to result in murder when the money could have been taken from her with hardly a struggle. Miss Miller made her home with the family of C. T. Quackenbush. She came and went without accounting for her actions. Her absence was not noted Continued on Page 3, Column ‘8, ee) Sitting There Watching Events, Ex-President Tells Reporters. CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—Former President Taft today told reporters who asked for his views on national questions that he “was sitting up in an apple tree, watch- ing the course of events.” The former President is here to deliver three lec- tures at the University of Chicago. “I am having an infinitely better time as a spectator than I would be having as an actor In the happenings,” Prof. Taft said. “I am a pedagogue now, and pedagogues are a quiet, contemplative lot who can afford to sit back and wait for things to take place.”’ — merit vs sentiment These words are not analogous, yet how often we use them indifferently. The progressive mer- chant to insure success is influenced by merit alone and does not yield to sentiment when mak- ing his purchases. This is specifically true when advertising, pub- licity is bought for one purpose—results—and these are Obtained only from a medium of known merit. The St. Louis merchants, who are firm believ- ers of the merit system, bought advertising on Wednesday as follows: POST-DISPATCH, atone....51 cols. Three out of all four of its competitors, combined............. 51 cols. Having responsive quality and quantity circu- lation, from which results always follow, the POST-DISPATCH is the medium of merit. Try it and you'll be convinced St. Louis’ ONE BIG Newspaper Average Circulation First 10 Months of 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 176,487 Sunday - 312,954 ~_ | The Post-Dispatch ts CAFE RORBERS PII] [FOUR CAPTURED STEAMERS OFFICE. BUILDING JANITOR IN CLOSET He Remains There Until Scrub- woman Opens Unlocked Door at 716 North Grand Avenue. Safeblowers were at work on a safe containing $600 in an offiee building at 7146 North Grand avenue about 4:45 o’clock this morning when the janitor, Nick Captain of 3851 Olive street, un- locked the building entrance and walked ; upstairs. The janitor, reaching the head of the stairs, saw a wire stretched along the hallway, leading from a vacant room into the office of J. Henry Wentzel, w ho | cperates a cafe at 710 North Grand ave- | rue, adjoining the office building on the soutb Following the wire to tne vacant room, the janitor found the door partly open ; and, walked in. A man, pointing a re-| volver at him, stood in the doorway. The burglar locked the janitor in a closet in the room. A few minutes later he re- turned with his companion and together they escorted the janitor to a small mop closet opening off the hallway and ad- joining Wentzel’s office. After ordering the frightened janitor into this closet, | they closed the door and began fumbling with the lock. The janitor remained in the closet for about 30 minutes, when the door was opened by Nita Brown, a sitrubwoman, who, upon reporting for work. had heard the janitor moving about in bis cramped quarters. The closet door had not been locked. The janitor telephoned the police. They: found the cracksmen had attempted to blow an 1800-pound safe in Wentzel’s of- fice and that the wire was a buzzer which enabled a lookout in the vacant room, facing Grand avenue, to warn his companion working on the safe if there was any danger. The lookout had torn three small holes in a “For Rent” sign in the vacant room, through which he could watch persons approaching on Grand avenue or Delmar boulevard. - The robbers apparently had gained en- trance to the building and rooms with skeleton keys. They had hammered off the combination of Wentzel’s safe, bored a hole near it and soaped the cracks around the @afe door. Rugs, taken from Dr. A. P. Stamm’s office across the hall, had been placed about the safe to deaden the explosion. Police, examining powder marks on the safe, thought there had beén three explosions, none of which were. success- ful. A liquid, found on Wentzel’s desx, was thought to be nitroglycerin spilled by the robbers when pouring the ex- plosive from a bottle into a cup. The burglars took all tools with them when they left. An open window at the head of the stairs and footprints on a light snow on the roof garden of Wentzel's cafe, indicated the cracksmen escaped to the roof garden and thon downstairs in the rear of the cafe. This was the second attempt in four days to blow a safe in that vicinity on Grand avenue. Last Monday morning burglars made an ineffectual attempt to rob the large safe of the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co., 116 North Grand avenue, containing $31,000. hg ~ Mtg kote poms. Associated 5 news gathered by AID KARLSRUHE IN RAIDS Passengers of Shived Vessel Tell How Merchant- : _.. of ter-doubtless. will retrieve its.reputation,. just ae the-allies retrieved. them: met. Advise German Crifisér Where to Proceed for Prizes of War. 3>y Associated Press. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—How the Ger- man cruiser Karlsruhe sets its traps for British merchantmen and vessels flying the flags of other nations at war witn Germany, was told in detail today by one-time passengers vf the Lamport & Holt liner Van Dyck, captured by | the Karlsruhe while on a voyage fron: : Buenos Aires to New York. These pas- sengers arrived here today on the steamship Sao Paulo from Para. ! From Capt. Hans Fritsch, a member of the German naval reserve, command- ing the steamer Asuncion, to which . those aboard the Van Dycke were trans- | ferred after the Van wWycke had been 'chased and captured by the Karlsruhe on Oct. 26, the passengers obtained their | information. | Four Ships Accompany Cruiser. | Capt. Fritsch said that the Karlsruhe was constantly accompained by four captured merchant vessels manned by prize crews. The flotilla, when ther Was reason to believe a merchantmar 'was near, spread out over a line aboui ' 150 miles long. When a vessel flyin: the enemy’s flag was sighted by one of sie ships, the wireless notified the cruiser, and the Karlruhe, with supe- rior speed, would dash in and make the capture, Capt. Fritsch said the Karlsruhe had captured 17 ships in or near the equa- torial Atlantic waters. Daniel Lindo of New York, as spokes- man for the 114 former passengers of the Van Dyck aboard the Sac Paulo, told ‘the following story of the capture of the -Van Dyck: “The Van Dyck left Buenos Aires on Oct. 15, with 198 passengers and a crew of 210. The British cruiser Bristol con- voyed the ship between Rio Janeiro and Bahia. Just before our arrival at Bahia the Bristol steamed away. “About 11 o’clock on the morning of Oct. 2, after we left Bahia, two columns of smoke were seen over the horizon. In u half hour more we saw a gray war vessel coming at great speed. Soon we found that the warship was the Karls- rube and that the Van Dyck was a prize of war. In the wake of the cruiser came the steamship Farn, a captured vessel. Boarding Party Was Armed, ‘A long boat filled with officers and men put off from the cruiser. As it came alongside, we saw that all the men were armed with rifles and revolvy- ers. The officers came aboard and after inspecting the ship's papers informed us that we would be transferred to an- other vessel and taken Into some port. “Meantime three other vessels had come up. They were the Rio Negro, the Asuncion and the Indrani. The first two used to be vessels of the Hamburg- American line; the Indrani was a cap- tured vessel. At 6 o'clock the next morning the transfer of passengers, bag- gage and bedding commenced. They were taken to the Asuncion. “The Asuncion with 611 persons aboard patrolled north and south over a path 6€ miles long, for six days. That was done to prevent news of the capture of the Ven Dyck from becoming known The Karisruhe was watching for the steamer Veetris, which was bound south and reported to be nearby. “Capt. Fritsch told us that the Asun- > clon steamed without clearance papers, j } from Santos, Aug. 8, with a full sup- ply of coal:and provisions. She joined the Karlsruhe at a small island off the @ The coal and to the need of coast of South America. provisions were transferred cruiser, which was. badly in them. ‘ “The Asuncion had been in touch with the cruiser ever since, the Captain said. He also said that in taking the Van Dyck, the Germans believed they had sealed their fate. They felt that the British navy would make extraordinary efforts to destroy the Karisruhe after the Van Dyck’s capture should become known. “Capt. Fritch said the Karlsruhe ha! captured the following vessels: Aug. 31, Maple Branch; Sept. 1, Strathroy; Sept. 14, Highland Hope; Sept. 17, Indrani: Sept. 21, Maria, a Dutch vessel with contraband of war aboard, aud the Rio Icyana; Sept. 22, Cornish City; Oct i, Maria de Larrinaga, aud the Meitade; Oct. 6, Farn; Oct. 7, Lycronna; Oct. 8, Cervantes; Oct. 9, Pruth; Oct. ll, Con- dor; Oct. 18, Glanton; Oct. 23, Huntdals, and Oct. 26, Van Dyck.”’ NITROGLYCERINE KILLS 3 MEN IN ILLINOIS PLANT Explosion at Robinson Causes Death of All Workers Who Were on Duty. ROBINSON, UL, Nov. 19.—An explo- sion in the Dupont nitroglycerin plant near here today resulted in the death of three men. They were the only employes in the plant at the time. Poincare Strikes All Germans From Legion of Honor Lists BORDEAUX, Nov. 19.—President Poin- care issued a decree today striking from the roll of the Legion of Honor the names of all Germans thereon. “When the French Goevrnment be- stows the decoration of the Legion of Honor upon foreigners,’’ the decree reads, ‘it does not merely du 80 in rec- ognition of individual merit, but, also and above all, these distinctions are ac- counted as an act of homage to the na- tion to which the foreigners thus dec- orated belong.” President Poincare asserts that the Germans in conducting war are system- atically violating all the rules of inter- national laws by acts of cruelty and barbarism without precedent in the his- tery of humanity and which have excited against Germany the universal con- science. German Newspapers Suspend for Day of Repentance BERLIN, via The Hague and London, Nov. 19.—For the first time since the eutbreak of the war the Germans spent ' the day without their newspapers, the publication of which was suspended be- cause of the religious day of repent- ance. The daily report from war head- quarters appeared as usual, but there were no means of circulating it, except through bulletins posted in shop win- dows and by means of a telegraphic extract displayed in the postoffices downtow ¢ RUSSIANS THROWN DAGK of MILES FROM Int PUSEN FRONTIER Gen. von Hindenburg Drives Wedge Into Center of the Czar’s Army, and Gains Foothold 60 Miles West of Warsaw, From Which He Re- cently Had to JRetreat. GERMAN ARTILLERY AGAIN IS ACTIVE IN FLANDERS Allies’ Lines Constantly Bombarded While In- fantry Attacks Cease—Belgian and French Troops Attack From Small Boats in Flooded Area— Algerians Reoccupy Lost Ground Between the Oise and the Aisne. By Associated Press. LONDON, Nov. 19.—An unexpected blow delivered on the Russian center by Gen. von Hindenburg with the German army which had retreated from before Warsaw, as admitted in Petro- grad, was the predominant feature of the news reaching London today from the Eastern arena of war. Having for the time being thrown back the Russian advance toward the German frontier of Posen, Gen. von Hintenburg is the hero of the hour in Berlin. There is much criticism in Berlin of the German retreat from Warsaw, but if the present marked reversal of form proves permanent, the German cen- selves almost at the gates of Paris. The German wedge from Poland would appear to have driven the Russian center more than 50 miles back from the frontier so that the line is now about midway between German territory and Warsaw. Elsewhere along the great Hastern front the Russians, where they are not progressing, seem to be holding their own. Germans Gain Foothold 60 Miles From Warsaw. The Russian official statement issued in Petrograd last night admitted that between the Vistula and Warta Rivers Russian advance guards, in an engagement with the Germans, who took the offensive fell back, and the Germans succeeded in gaining a foothold in the region of Lenczyea, 60 miles west of Warsaw. A Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says: ‘‘The battle now being fought in the northwest corner of Poland may be regarded as possibly the most critical yet fought in the Russian campaign and although little information is obtainable it looks as though the victorious Russian advance has suffered a check as it is evident the German counter at- tack has compelled the Russians to concentrate a considerable distance to the rear of the line reached by their right flank. ‘¢One of the ablest critics in the Army Messenger admits that a new phase of the war has opened which is likely to have a decisive influence on the whole campaign.’’ Kaiser’s Best Troops and Finest Austrian Cavalry Engaged. The Post’s Petrograd correspondent says: ‘¢Emperor William is staking his all upon the great battle in Poland. He has brought his finest troops from France, borrowing the best cavalry, namely, the Hungarian Horse, depleted his garrisons by moving their guns wherever possible and now strikes for victory or death. Having based all upon crush- ing France, ,he now is similarly turning on Russia and this battle must de- cide the fate of Germany’s whole adventure,’’ No change of importance has been recorded for some days in the Western arena, where Flanders is still the scene of heavy fighting. In spite of ad- verse weather conditions and flooded trenches, the Germans appear to be hold- ing their positions, from which, at intervals, they launch the attacks for which the territory from the Belgian coast to Arras has become famous. The allied warships are still off the coast, hurling shells inland when op- portunity offers. The Belgian army remains in the region where the floods have been the worst, and some dispatches say that in certain places they me been fighting from small boats. Russians Admit Reverses in Poland; Advance in East Prussia and Galicia PETROGRAD, Nov. 19.—The follow 4 fantry because of a lack of officers for ing official communication from gener?! that branch. On the front along the Mazurian lakes our troops reached the wire ent xlements of the enemy’s position ans forced them. On me front bet ween Czenstochowa and Cracow we have at- tacked important forces of the enemy, detachments of whicn operating at Lo- dovitze, were routed. “In Galicia we have occupied suc * headquarters was issued last night: “Between the Vistula and the War-u our advance guards in an engagemen! with the Germans who took the offea- sive fell back In the direction of Bzoure. The enemy succeeded tn gaining a foot- ing in the region of Lentchitza (Lencz- | yea, 60 miles west of Warsaw), and O-- loff, throwing out advance guards in }the direction of Piontek, “In East Prussia our troops continue to make progress and fighting is going on near the Gumbinnen-Angerburg front, which thé enemy is defending. In the trenches which we captured near Varschlaghen the enemy aban- doned more than 30 dead. Among the , officers whom we took prisoners here | was an artillery officer sent to the iIn- Germans Renew Activity With — Heavy Artillery in Belg PARIS, Nov. 19 The official an- nouncement given out by the War Ut- fice today says: | “On the north yesterday Hindenberg’s victory in Poland, accord- ing to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Times. The Russian losses, the dispatch says, -_ hee at between @.00 and @- was *