St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 6, 1917

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ght, 1917. bY R. L. Goren fl SP aL | wg wy (= een © © oe oer ' So Democrats Can Hold INGTON; March } had met at noon today and ¢ Owen of Oklahoma had laid ‘bound by the rules of the old os legislative procedure, PNTRODUCED IN Adjourns Until Tomorrow 6.~—Aftey the Sen- the ation for a fight for cloture by — notice that no new Senators Sen- adjourn- os was taken at 2:3 until noon to- so that the Democrats might Owen said, we that, while the Senate is a body, insofar a's executive }tegislative body. and .no legislative commi und I make the point that the oid jot binding on new members a Heipate in those rules.” ‘4-wish before any action/sis taken,” a! “which would re- fe the Senate as being bound by ofa preceding Congress, to ob- con bur- = is concerned, it is not continuing All bills on the ealendar of the Sixty- urth Congress are dead. We have no ttees rule, com- g in who have had no opportunity or Lodge of Massachusetts re- foduced in the Senate today Sunday. Senator Thomas of } the t Marshall sustained. Lodge Opposes Ruling. ve matters when t from the House. Lodge sarees that the Reet “Wt. Pas no ‘and the s | et What find i t would wait until the House " said Senator Lodge. . but fot when beavess is h Democratic and Republican re at this time. it is the purpose of some of. us, = - can. We have demonstrated wel . ~ ee sit. 7 ; th he Presiden to call either the: ' House in separate session, Pe) x ERS oF ite i ‘studied. er Vardaman, Democrat, of tor Kenyon, Repu tee of the 12 Senators the neutrality bill which failed of When he asked its to the Foreign Relations Com- Colorado int of order that Congress s not in session, which Vice Presi- rhe Vice President ruled that consti- fonally the Senate could not consider summoned ‘Con- your op ‘went to the Com- * asked the ‘the Commit: Sen- would beaume was "We pass. bills. when the House ‘not in sc and Wait two or three hot 1,” the Vice Président replied, suggested that inasmuch con- aide going to consider the ques- m of revising the rules there be no Be “ tor Thomas (Dem.) declared’ he BS Willing to clear up any doubt mat What the majority proposed to du. A ‘he . “in the interest of public busi- , to amend the rules of the Senate that genie vote here except by unani- _ That ought to be changed, ited us stay here until December bon ts Inquiry Inte Situntinn. ‘Ledge called attention to the n of the Constitution authoriz- Sen- * shamas said that in his opinion permit the Senate to transact business in separate session, 1 tne whole Subject should be x 08 who nh the Senate manffesto tn fa- _atmed ‘neutrality, bu, and | included in the group referred nt Wilson as a “little group 1 men; "Who had rendered the | + “helpless and contempt og ey explained to the Sen- ble”’ y that they had not been in ity to prevent a vote on the 3 E “at g +6 atte entiigeeese oo a nen i PALA I cll II 6. HAY} bill. | Only Evenmng Paper in St. Lous With Associated Press News Service NO, 199. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MA MARCH 6, 191720 PAGES. VOL. 69, | ‘THE TEMPERATURES. _ ree casene Fe Moh eta e vente it eee eer eae +. ae 2 pv. ™. . 58 wentaanaes High, 36, at 4 p. m5 ‘lew, 16, at 6:30 a. m. ba. 5 a. Official _ fore- cast for St. Louis probably wits rain; warmer to- night, colder to- morrow after. noon; the lowest temperature to- night will be above the freer ing point. Missouri—Unset- tled weather to- night and tomor- row, probably with rain, turn- ing to snow in west portion; warmer in ex- treme east and extreme south portion, and colder in northwest portion tonight; colder to- morrow, fresh to strong shifting winds. : Illinois — Increasing cloudiness, probably with rain late this after- noon and tomorrow; warmer tonight, colder tomorrow afternoon; fresh to strong shifting winds. Stage of the sive 1.7 feet, a fall of .1 foot. BOY, 7, WINS PRIZE FOR SLOGAN FOR ST, CHARLES Suggestion ot “Industrial City” Picked by Committee as Best . of 300 Ideas. St. Charles, the second oldest town in Missouri, has a slogan. It-is ‘“Indus- trial City.’’ The author is Harold Linhoff, 7 years old, son of Edward Linhoff, 915 South Fourth street, employed in the cutting department of the International Shoe Co. factory at St. Charles. The boy, who entered St. Peter’s Catholic School last September, will receive a prize of $10 from .the. Chamber of Commerce. |. More than 300 slogans were submit- ted, and the judges were George 5. Johns of the Post-Dispatch, M. P. Linn, president of the Advertising Club of St. Louis, and W. C. d'’Arcy, member of the Executive Committee of the Asso- clated Advertising Clubs of the World. Warships’ Station. , Persons, deéiring ’ to write to rela- tives or friends {nthe United States ravy must from now on send their. let- ters in care of the Postmaster-Genera! in Washington; according to an an- rouncement made today by Lieut. Lang- worthy, in carge of naval recruiting at the Feceral ding. ‘This is because the Government has involved the whereabouts of its war- ehips in complete secrecy he explained. A letter which he received today from a friend on board a battleship gave its name and the date, but the station of the man-of-war had teen ‘‘deletec by the censor.” VIVIANOS SAY THEY AAVE NO NEW WORD FROM-KIDNAPERS Family of Boy Helcd for Ransom Hes Rectived No Recent News of Him. Mrs. Gaetano. Viviano, 5855 Waterman avenue, told a Post-Dispatch reporter this morning that the family had re- ceived no further news of her son, Frank Viviano, nor any new communi- cation from the kidnapers holding him for ransom. She denied. reports that she was suf- fering from. a breakdown. She said she was gtreatiy. worried, but that she had not required the care of a physi- cian. The boy, 8. years old, vanished last Thursday morning while on his way to school. INAUGURAL ‘MOVEMENT RESUMED Renewal of Request to to Ask Congress for Date im April Considered, WASHINGTON, ‘March 6.—A meeting j of. the Washington members of the Na- tional Committee™on the Change of Inauguration ‘Day was catied today to consider the quéstion of renewing its request to Congress begun in 1901 for a constitutional amendment changing tho date of the event ‘to the last Thursday in April. The principal argument ad- vanced for the change +s that the j weather is “never dangerous” late in April. The Senate has three trmes adopted'a resolution changing the inaugural day to the last week in April, bat each tima the: measure. has failed to pass the UMVERSAL TRAINING IK UTAH Bil ‘Providing | for ; fer it: ‘Passes Both of Legisiature. SALT LAKE, Utah, March 6.—The compulsory military bill which passed the Senate last week. was approved ae ree eee eee yesterday. ges The moasure provides for compnl-| of | HALLER REVEALS MEN WHO SOUGHT | s7800 FOR. VL ‘Names Frank Hablutzel, Greene F, Harding, Charles. T. Bur- gess and Samuel Wheeler. — eee MEETING AT. RESIDENCE Says He Rejected Proposition, but Was Solicited Later and Sum Reduced to $250. Julius Haller, Republican candidate for the Mayoralty nomination, who last night made the public statement that he had been solicited by mem- bers of the Independent Voters’ League, a secret organization, for a contribution of $2800 for its indorsement of his candidacy was seen by a Post- Dispatch reporter today and ques- tioned about’: the details of his meetings with the league’s members. The I. V. L. was formed to oppose at the polls all candidates who profess the Catholic faith. It operates entirely in the dark and works through a lock bex at the postoffice. The names of its lez:Cers were secret until the whole or- g:inization was thoroughly exposed by tne Post-Dispatch about a year ago.. Haller declared that the I. V. i.’s first request of him was made shortly after the State primary election, last August, when he was told that the league was financially embarrassed through the faiiure of one of the best known Re- publican political leaders in St. Louis to keep a pledge to pay the jgague $1500 for its indorsement of Henry Lamm, the Republican nominee for’ ' Governor against Fred Gardner, Judge Lamm, when he learned the I. V. L. had en- dorsed him in its printed sample ballots publicly repudiated the league’ s indorse- ment. Names Man Whe ‘Solicited Him. Halier was reluctant to teil the names of the leaders of the league who solic- ited the contribution, but after con- siderable questioning he. gave the fol. lowing details to the reporter: 3834 Juniata street came’ to Tits real es- tate office at 807 Chestnut street... | get anything he er want from the L.. Vv. L. if he would put up the money to tide the league over financial difficulties, caused by the. re- fusal of the local Republican leader to keep his pledge to the. organization. Hs told the league's emissary that he could not afford to put up what the I. Vv. L. asked, and dismissed the matter from his mind. A few days later Hob- litzel returned and said he would like to arrange a meeting between Haller and the league’s leaders. Haller consented to meet the leaders and a night was selected for the meet- ing. On the appointed evening Hablutzel called at\ Haller’s home in an auto- mnobile and took him, his attorney, Fred- erick L. Cornwell and the latter’s wife, to Hablutzel’'s home on Juniata street. There Haller met Greene F. Harding exd Charles T. Burgess, identified as leaders of the secret league by tne Post- Lispatch jn its investigation of the or- ranization a year ago, Samuel Wheeler, recently appointed a Deputy in the of- fice of Sheriff Weinorenner, who had the league's indqrsement in the pri- rwury and the election in November, and three other men whose names he could rut. recall. Turned Down Leaguc. The leaders asked Haller for $2300 to cover their deficit and promised that they would support. him for any office he might seek in future elections if he put up*that amount. He declined and the amount was considerably reduced before he left the meeting. He refused to treat with the organization at any price, The league leaders did not abandon their efforts to get him to contribute, and for more. than @ month after the meeting in Hablutzel’s home the latter called frequently and put new preposi- tions tv. him. The last sum asked for by Hablutsel, about two months ago, was $200 for an indorsement. Says He Was Threatened. Haller’s reluctance to tell of his deal- ings with the league leaders and to give their names, he said, was occa- sioned by the fact that when he was opposing E. E. Rudolph, a member of the Board of Aldermen, who has been identified with. the organization, for the presidency of the board, after A. H. Frederick failed to qualify for the seat, he received many anonymots letters threatening him {tf he continued in the race for the position. His wife, he said, was constantly an- noyed during this period by persons wh» called her to the telephone in her home and made all sorts of threats of, vio- tence if she did not prevail on her hus- band to withdraw his opposition to Ru- phone company not to make any con- nections with ‘his telephone on outside Late in August Frank Hablutzel of } ath WARD CLUB | CONDEMNS STONE IN sus fe Democratic Organization. De- plores His ‘‘Humiliating Surren- der to Anti-American Forces,”’ COPY GOES TO PRESIDENT Senator . “‘Misrepresentative of Great Loyal Body of Real Americans in State.” Officers and directors of the Twenty-eighth Ward Democratic : Club yesterday adopted a resolution ' “deeply deploring and condemning the defection of Senator Stone, and } his humiliating surrender to anti- American forces.”’ “We recognize the tremendous po-: litical power of a compact and united minority of disloyal citizens,” the ‘resolution continues. ‘“‘While Senator Stone capably represents this minor- ity, and richly deserves the approval and praise they now accord him, we emphatically declare that he is a misrepresentative of the great. loyal majority of the real Americans of his State and the city of St. Louis.- Re- gardless of party affiliation, we ap- tprove the patriotic attitude of those’ members of the Missouri delegation gave their support to the President in his defense of American rights and | principles.’’ It was decided to send copies of the resolution to President Wilson, Sena- tor Stone and to the three St. Louis Congressmen. Charles H. Wickard is president of the club; James C. Jones, Wylie Creel and former Gov. Lon V. Stephens, vice presidents; Garner W. Penney, secre- tary; James E. King, treasurer; Fran- cis M. Curlee, Phil A. McDermott, John I. Duffy, Guy A, Thompson, John J. Lavin, L. C. Kingsland and Fred A. Reid, directors. ‘Stone and Shackleford es at ge Setferson City, Their. sd | , March 6.— in the last féw days have been subjected to severe criticism in Jefferson ~- City, where both reside, for their opposition to President Wilson in the internationa) crisis. Members of the Legislature, including Democratic leaders in the House and ' Senate, have joined in. these criticisma, though most of the leaders, because of long and close personal friendship with Senator Stone, refuse to talk for pub- lication. Shackleford is in Jefferson City and has been hearing from his constituents | regarding his position. There is a large | German vote in Shackleford’s district, | but the Germans in the distri€@t are far in the minority. It is a vote that can- didates always make a strong play for, but it is mainly in the smaller counties, south of the Missour! River, while the big Democratic counties north of the river in the district have few German votes, Representative Frank H. Farris of Phelps County, Democratic floor leader, said: “In considering Senator Stone’s position we cannot consider the question of whether ships should be armed. Perhaps merchant vessels should not. .be armed. But this cer- tainly is a time when neither Senator Stone nor @ny other man in Congress should permit his personal views to come into conflict with the views of the President. Senator Stone should have surrendered his personal views to the desire of the President. He should have done so becaus;3 of the position as chairmay, of the Committee on Foreign Relations and because of the effect abroad of his opposition to the President. His duty unquestion- ably was to uphold the hands of the President, not to embarrass him.” Lieytenatn Governor Wallace Cross- ley said: “I learnel some time ago! that long-range criticiem may be wn- just, so hesitate to condemn the acts of any United States Senator or Con- gressman without knowing the par- ticular motive for his attitude. Sena- tor Stone has distin shed himself as a faithful friend of the administra- tion, and while\I am sure-his recent action is not supported by his Mis- souri constituency who are solidly be- hind ‘the President, I hesitate to con- demn in view of his past’ patriotic services. If the President ts right,: however, as we are all inclined to think, Senator Stone has been unfor.- tunate in his conclusions and jfudg- ment” ARMED SHIP BILL’S FOES BOMBARDED WITH TELEGRAMS in the House of Representatives who — Stone’ and Congressman Shackleford it} . _—_ ==" > | | | | | | | _ SENATOR WILLIAM J. 8 Consright by eer Buck. TONE. aRaY SON HOMINATION AGA WASHINGTON, March 6.—The ‘normi- nation of Dr.-Cary”T. Grayson as med- ical director in the navy with rank ‘of Rear Admiral, which, failed of confir- mation in the Senate during’ the.last ses- _ sion, was sent to the Senate again to- day by President Wilson. The President also nominated ‘Hunter Liggett, a Brigadiey-General in the army, ‘as’ a’ Major-General. to take the place made vatafit' by the death’of Ma- jor-Gerieral Funston. Col. § Franci8:*J. Kernan of. the Twenty-eighth Infantry | was advanced to the grade of Brigadier- ' General. In ‘addition to the long list of’ old nominations which failed of confirma- tion. at the last session, the President today’ made the following new nomina- tions: Francis J. Kearful of Oklahoma City, Assigtant Attorney-General to succeed William Wallace Jr., resigned; Peter J. Hamilton .of' Mobile, Ala., United States District Judge for Porto Rico; W. P. McGinnis , of Muskogee, Ok.,. United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Miguel Antonio Otero of Santa Fe, N. M., United States Marshal for the Panama Canal Zone. U. $. SUPREME COURT DISMISSES | APPEAL OF GERMAN DYNAMITER He Sought to Aveta Being Tried at Boston for Alleged Transper- tation of Explosives, §~ WASHINGTON, March 6~Werne: Horn, the German reservist Lieutenant, who dynamited the international, ‘bridge near Vanceboro, Me.w#in 1915, today lost his habeas corpus suit in the Supreme Court, in which he sought .to avoid be- ing tried at Boston for alleged trans- portation of explosives on ; passenger trains. The Court did not decide Horn’s con- tentions ‘that, in a belligererit act against Canada, his Geftman army: commission exempted him from American prosecu- tion and. made. him punishable only by the State Department. The Court: said Horn’s appeal was not authorized and dismissed it. _\ Uneonstitutionsl = ** WASHINGTON, Match 6.—The dies |i in: the ‘tariff law he oh discount in duties ‘brought tn’ American ships or ships of with which the: ‘United States, has tavored na- TO ARM SHPS| Decision on» Whether He Can Act:Without: Authorization: Expected Shortly. By Associated Press. Wilson, it was stated: authoritatively today, will do everything possible ‘to find a“way to arm American ships ‘and protect them in other ways. from submarine danger, in spite of the failure of the Senate to pass the-bill giving ‘him specific ‘power. A final decision on whether the President can legally arm the ships without specific authorization is expected ‘shortly. Secretary Lansing and Attorney- General Gregory considered the ques- tion before the Cabinet meeting today. Senate debate onthe bill that with- out action by Congress the President has no right to arm American mer- chantmen, was taken into careful con- sideration, however, and the President will not act until he is certain. In‘deciding the legal status of the question. it was learned the President and his ‘advisers are considering the intent of the old statute passed in 1818, which was cited in the Senate as prohibiting ‘arming _ of. mer- chantmen for action against ‘armed public ve of nations in amity with the nited States. Extra Seaston. Seems Seems. Certgin. . ‘An extra.session of Congress id froe July 1 to pass appropriations, if for no other purpose, seemed today to be certain. If the Senate amends its rules so prompt action can, be. taken on an crmed neutrality bill, an.extra session of Congress may be .expected within the next two or three ‘weeks. Messages, apparently spon which came to Government off ‘today: from -all parts of the> criticised. in, bitter terms the: who! peered action on the armed The opinion ‘expressed during’ the | a WASHINGTON, March 6. _President _ EDITION OE OE AE NL LAIN I me EN eR NT NET DR OI, GR LO ALLE ELE, ET re 4 Neutrals Who Enter Zones of W. fare Declared to Be Responsible for Their Losses. GENERAL DANGER WARNING 4 IS HELD TO BE SUFFI Opposite Contention Would Be Claim of ¥ to Interfere With Military Operations, Note Says—Armed Merchantmen Classed as Pirates. LONDON, March 6.—The American Ambassador at ' has received the reply of the Austrian Government to t ican note inquiring as to the position of the Austrian Gover in regard to unrestricted submarine warfare, according to & V dispatch to Reuter's by way of Amsterdam. The reply declares that neutrals are eaieiiihe ter nena suffer by anering toreiioty where warlike dine PRE are. aule tissue. anigtate.deek:aeete nm avoid entre lugerenta are entitied to decide for them- en Vienna’s Reply Gives Washington ~~ Little Hope of Averting Break WASHINGTON, March 6.—Austria’s , intentions of the United States r rar note, declaring adhesion to the general| ing armament for its merchant ships, principles of unrestricte! submarine ———— t i i itt lf | | it ijl if E Z ” : - + rs 22 ig f # * J xz ‘ ae ¥ “ie a ; . - * a cx we OPA * ye hal ane t . : = ; + : ¥ n Va pre i. af “ / ay i ee a comaneeey pn a car nye Ricca Etc AR ee wry Beaces. S age abel ged hap ~~ ay rehant vessels we * eet Spe : at armed ene Pigg aah es -