St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 31, 1917

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: > se tars roy age te a Fal i ESPNS: Et 8 ptt ges A ay Mie Pe ig hs PORE Die eRe Sy a Ave Rl Me m,-:% “3 ZA "3 . é been spent on the inte- : = * $ ‘ ue 1 mural decorations. ve oad Post-Dispatch car Want teday for the * Salt geen, Silve or Centra Only Evening Paper in St fom With Associated Press News Service VOL. 69. NO. 224, ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH $1, 1917—12 PAGES. Bi Reports the Taking of the Somme and # Make Five Violent er Attacks in the | District, but y Are Driven Off. | Si Report Occupying the lla of Ruyalcourt, relle d and Fins d Gains Elsewhere. re » March 31.—British troops i® on the front in Northern in pursuit of the retiring have captured five addi- | villages, Reuter’s correspond- British headquarters reports ' The villages taken are Heudi- os Emilie, Marteville, Vermand rt. March 381.—French troops t successfully attacked the fh position south 2 the Ailette aia Made important progress rs, the War Office announced ch advance was scored to _of the line running from -Margival to Vregny, ac of Soissons. A number of 2 if. support were captured by ch forces. Champagne region, five vio- inter attacks delivered by the i Oh powitions recaptured yes- by the French west of Mai- » Champagne were checked, § sustaining heavy ldsses. ‘of the Statement. ment follows: ie Somme and the Oise r of Benay, there was ry fighting. South of the with success several enemy, on the front+. Sur Margival and Vre- made important pro- this line and carried sev- “ot suport, notwithstanding of Bermans. e the Germans re- efforts against the posi- . We recaptured yesterday. de Champagne. In the | during the night, the Ger- . violent counter attecks. } were broken up by our and Curtain of fire and ered very heavy losses r of prisoners taken was peda two are officers. we near Ammert &~*ler, we | attack of the enemy | German patrols in the usen and took prison- aa | wtatement last night said: f the Somme and between the d the Oise enemy artillery has | several points on our front } batteries have answered en- , There has been no infantry os Near Sotssons. of Soissons we have in the sector of Vregny- of the Maisons de Champagne _ attack by our troops us to throw out the enemy ments of trenches in which on March 23. We cep- / communication: ‘During the : detachment made an in- © the first German line at the : te. Sharp fighting | which severe losses were in- adversary, who had to | prisoners.” was recorded in the report ih headquarters which said: ® occupied the villages of | t, Gorelle-Grand and Fins and 1 d ground in the neighborhood | Where we took a few ly this morning a hostile Mm our positions south of Neu- enval was driven off with 55% fed the enemy's lines last ) points east of Neuville St. Casualties and took f Sinking Ship Off South et of England. March 31.—“During “March 28-29 part of our | @ruised in the barred coast of England,” gtatement received “Beyond the armed F Siansotte, which we ' miles east of a unk by artillery fire, fighting forces nor was sighted. Seven “Mascotte were made | 81—The British to the Cie Dee oa teneenEnenneineene SENATOR STONE TO VOTE AGAINST WAR DECLARATION Will Back Up President, How- ever, if Conflict Is De- cided Upon. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Senator Stone, chairman of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, broke his silence to- day on the international situation, and said that war appears probable, that he will vote against a war declaration, but will give President Wilson his un- limited support if war is decided upon. Senator Stone said he did know the President's program but would co- operate in enabling Congress to prompt- ly to express its convictions. “I have not changed my position nor convictions since the armed neutrality resolution was before the Senate,”’ said Senator Stone. “I will vote against a war resolution, but, if war is decided upon, I'd like to see anyone go farther in backing up the President in its un- limited prosecution.” Senator Store intimtaed that the hand- ling of a war resolution in the Senate would be left to some other Senator acceptable to the President and the Committee. Senator Hitchcock of Neb- raska, next in rank to Senator Stone, has told the President that he opposes a war declaration, and it appears pro- bable that Senator Williams of Missis- sippi, next in line on the Democratic side will be chosen. PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE ALL NOISES IN MILWAUKEE Bill to Be Presented Forbids Cats to Run at Large—Milkmen Must Pad Trays. MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 31.—An anti-noise ordinance will be presented to the Common Council shortly. Some provisions of the proposed measure in- clude: No blowing of factory whistles for the beginning or ending of working day or noon recess, the only exemption being whistle blowing of fire boats, fire engines or steamboats seeking passage through drawbridges. No dealer or trader shall use any kind of a noise in- strument to attract trade. Cats shall not be allowed to run at large day or night and dogs must be kept tn at night. between 11 Pp. m. and 7 a. m. unless per- sons making deliveries wear rubber- heeled shoes. Milkmen must havé their milk trays padded to eliminate noise. Pérsons driving automobiles with chained tires must provide against the chains striking the fender. No roller skating shall be permitted on sidewalks. Small fines or short terms of impris- onment are provided for violations. M’ADOO'S: 3 SONS VOLUNTEER Offer Service in Naval Reserve, One in Aviation Section. WASHINGTON, March j1.—The three gons of Secretary of the Treasury Mc- Addo have volunteered for service in the naval reserve force. Francis H. McAdoo, eldest son, now practicing law in New York City, in addition to offering his services, has turned over to the Government his fast motor boat to be used as a submarine chaser. It will be armed. W. G. Mce- Adoo Jr., a. senior at Princeton, wil! leave college to enlist in the aviation section of the Naval Reserves. Robert H. McAdoo, youngest son, a student at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.,. in- tends to leave that institution to become @ naval reservist. ‘MY ALL FOR MY ADOPTED LAND’ Banker of Washington State to Sup- port Guardsamen’s Dependents, ABERDEEN, Wash., March 31.—At a patriotic mass meeting at a theater last night, W. J. Patterson pledged financial] support to anyone dependent on mem- bers of Company G,.local unit of the Second Washington regiment. “I came into :this country barefooted and everything I have I made here,”’ gaid Patterson. ‘I am willing te sacri- fice everything I have accumulated even te giving up life for my adopted coun- try.”’ LINCOLN STATUE TO CINCINNATS Presentation Is Made by President Taft. CINCINNATI, O., March 31.—A statue of Abraham Lincoln by George Gray Barnard, was presented to the City of Cincinnati here today by Mr. and Mrs. Charies P. Taft. Former President William H. Taft, of- fivially presented the statue, which was unvelled in Lytle Park, while Mayer Puchta accepted it on behalf of the city. Former No person or firm: may deliver goods” ABSENT MEN ARE WARNED T0 JON FIRST. REGIMENT Members Who Do Not Report by Wednesday Will Be Liable * to Punishment. CLOTHING BEING Car of Tents and 15 Field Ranges Received; Battalion Parades Downtown. Issuance of complete clothing outfits to members of the First Regiment, Mis- souri Infantry, National Guard, was be- gun today by the regimental Quarter- master. The equipment included shoes, gings, cotton and wool coats breeches, hats and hat cords. and underwear will be issued Capt. E. H. Cocke 4s in charge of the distribution of this equipment, and of a carload of tents and 15 fleld ranges, which were received today. The equip- ment was sent in automobiles to the companies which are guarding out-of- town bridges. Col. Donnelly, Adjutant-General of the State, today announced that next Wed- nesday would be the last day of grace for 24 members of the First who have not reported for duty. As these men afe sworh into the service of the United States, their continued failure to ap- pear will be equivalent to desertion, and will be punishable by imprison- ment in the Lavenworth penitentiary. He asked that information be sent to the regiment as to the whereabouts of men who are not in service, Besides the 24 men. he warned to come in, 26 men have been heard from, in letters and telegrams from the places where they now are, one being in Cali- fornia. They have asked that they be provided with railroad transportation to St. Louis, and no means of bring- ing about such an arrangement have been found thus far. At a dance in the Armory last night, a young man who was seen looking into the various company rooms and who seemed unable to explain what he was secking, was taken into custody by menrvers. of tho. regiment.. er, after questioning him, decided that his mental condition was not such as to warrant the suspicion that he was a spy. He said he was a Russian. Religious services will be conducted in the Armory at 8:30 tomorrow morn- ing by Father Thomas B. Kennedy, reg- imental chaplain. A provisional battalion of the_regi- ment drilled on Twelfth street at noon today, and paraded .downtown streets, as part of the movement to stimulate recruiting for the regiment. A large accession of men is expected when Con- gress shall take definite action as to entering the war. It is not believed that the regiment will remain in St. Louis long if suchsaa declaration is made. One tnteresting surmise is that the First Regiment maybe sent to the Pan- ama Canal for guard duty. FOUND DEAD AFTER KILLING MAN WHO CALLED HIM ‘TIN SOLDIER’ Kasas City Guardsman for Whom Search Was Being Made Appar- ently Ended His Life. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 31.—The body of a man identified by police as Leslie McGrath, 19-year-old na- tional guardsman, was found near the Missouri River here today and ended the search that had been inadJe for him since P. Presley Erganbright, a clerk, was shot and killed in the yard of a public school building }« re last night. He apparently ail rilled himself as the police described the finding of an automatic revolver near his body. McGrath was a member of K Com- pany, Third Missouri Infantry, that was ordered into Federal ws rvice Monday. The police dectured tofay that McGrath and Erganbricht had quarreled, the latter having called McGrath a “tin ast night's tru per- leg- and Socks later. sons witnessed last night's trigedy. CONGRESSMAN TO BE PUNISHED Pennsylvanian Cha With Spend- ing Mere Than Legal Limit, ERIE, Pa., March 31.—Orrin D. Bleak- ley, Republican Congressman-elect from the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Dis. trict, last night entered a plea of ndlle contendre in the United States District Court here to an indictment charging him with expending more than the legal maximum of $5000 to promoéte his elec. tion last November. The Court set April 5, at Pittsburg, as the time and place for imposing sen- “Why We Must Declare War on Germany’ : 2 by ‘Former Attorney-General Wickersham In Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch tence. The Fost- nett teh its the only event newspaper ieuls t that receives or — Hehkec sewe “ne he { oeneta ted The ncn eee ee ISSUEDy MANY SHIPS SUNK BY ANEW RAIDER - IN SOUTH ATLANTIC German. Vessel, Successor of Moewe, Escaped British Block- ade in North Sea. 285 Captain Said to Have Declared That Only Kaiser and Crown Prince Knew of Expedition. RIO JANEIRO, March. 31.—A German raider, slipping past the British warships on guard in the North Sea, has reavhed the South Atlantic and sent nine or more merchantmen to the bot- tom. According to survivors from the sunken vessels, the raider is the See Adler (Sea Eagle), a formidable armed craft operating with the same success and daring as its predecessor, the Moewe, which recently returned to a German port after playing havoc with shipping in the same waters. News of the activities of the raider was brought to Rio Janeiro by the French bark, Cambronne, which arrived here yesterday. She had on board 2% men from the crews of vessels sunk by the Seeadler. The Cambronne encoun- tered the raider on March 7 at latitude 21 south, longitude 7 west, a point in the Atlantic almost on a line with Ric Janeiro and about two-thirds of the wav to the African coast. After the surviv- ors had been put on the Cambronne she was ordered to proceed to the coast of Brazil, a voyage of 22 days. According to the Jornaldo Brazil, the ruider was loaded with mines, which ex- flains the destruction of vessels off the coast of Brazil. The commerce destroy- er is reported ‘to be armed with two guns of 106 millimeters (4 inches) and 16 machine guns. The vessel has three masts and is equipped with wireless. Its crew consists of 64 men under the com- mand of Count Ukner. Left Germany Dee, 22, The refugees say the raider left Ger- many on Dec. 22, escorted by a subma- rine. They said the commander de- clared that the German Emperor and the Crown Prince alone knew of the ex- ition. the treatment of the sailors while they were prisoners on board the raider. They got the name of the boat as the Sea Adler and say that she was provisioned for 18 months and had a great supply of mu- nitions and explosives. On sighting a merchantman the raider hoisted a Nor- wegian flag which was replaced by the German ensign when her prey was within reach of her guns. Among the refugees are two women, the wives of two captains of sunken vessels. Among the ships sunk by the raider are the Gladys Royle, 3268 tons: Charles Gounod, sailing, 3100 tons: Rochefou- cauld, 3060 tons; Antoinine, 4000 tons; Du- pleix, 3000 tons; Lady Island, 4500 tons: Rohmgoth, 5500 tons; Hongarth, and the Canadian schooner Perse, 500 tons. The sinking of the Pinmore Brit- ish sailing vessel, 2431 ton:; Buenos Aires, Italian sailing ves ‘ a we adds new interest to the uation, for it was just at that that Count Tarnowski left Austria for this country to become the new Aus- trian Ambassador. Meee Se past | whether the new Ambassador was trusted with tis present We SUUURIG viewpoint are not Known. Zimmermann’s statement that the Lnrited States hed tried to entire world against Germany the break might be construed by, Covernment, it was stated, as a ognitiog that Germany ) state of war had existed from the of the severance of relations, and President Wilson's appesl te to take similar action. Whether many took that point of view or not was stated not to be known. . Zimmermann Again Defends Effort —. to Ally Mexico Against the U. S. But meanwhile the storm abated slowly and the calm and sensible politicians and also the great mass of the American peo- ple saw there was nothing to object to in these instructions in themesives. . Just of Mexico and Japan. First all. Mexico was «a ee state to America. If we wanted allies egainet America, Mexico would be the first to come into consideration. wes conan ane between Mexico and ourselves time of Porfirio Diag have oF Fes . hare es a ays x iy ; as, i . ‘ . yy * 9 # : Ni? he <2i5 / Rogaacs soi Si eet