St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 24, 1917

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s Capable wall paper hangers, decorators and cleaners are offering their services through Pe enen Wants. tch ts last w Wants COMBINED! eek—199 more Phone your The Only Evenng Paper in St Louis With _ the Associaied Press Neti Service $e VOL. 69. NO. 248. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1917-22 PAGES. BRITISH GAIN IN “MOST DESPERATE FIGHTING OF WAR" ——Eo Teutonic Defense Is Deter- mined at Drocourt- Queant Switch Connecting With Hindenbrug Line; Two Villages Taken. Commands of German Offi- cers to Men, Forced Out in Open, Heard From En- glish Positions. French Continue Artillery Attacks—-Victories for Al- lied Forces Are Reported * in the East. From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, via London, April 24.—The resistance of the German armies ap- pears to increase in accordance with the nearness of the British approach to the Hindenburg positions. This is particularly true along, the present front, where the threat is against the Drocourt-Queant switch line which is depended upon by the Germans as the connecting link between their lines north of St. Quentin and svuth of Lille. This is the switch toward ‘which the Germans are falling back slowly but surély as a result of the turning of the top of the original Hindenburg line, running from just southeast of Arras toward Quevwnt. The fighting which began at dawn yes- terday beyond Arras increased in inten- sity last night. The ground gained by the British was won in the face of some of the most desperate fighting on the «part of the Germans since the war began. Trench warfare for the tims being is forgotten. The Germans, away from their deep dugouts where so often in the past they were inclined to seek refuge during a period of assault, were urged by their officers to make every sacrifice. During attack and counter attack the-cries of che officers te their men could be heard above the grinding tumult of battle. Spirit of Present Fighting. ‘"This is the last and deciding push, for we soon shall be able to hold out no longer,”’ reads the diary of a German officer who was captured yesterday. It is evidently in this spirit that the pres. ent fighting is going on. The struggles of the opposing troops about Monchy may be seen plainly from the neighboring hill tops. The patches of woods beyond Monchy have served as sheiter for the Germans in the last iv days, and it was behind these late yes- terday that the German commanders rallied their forces. With reserves brought up quickly they formed cou~’+r attacks against the newly advanced British positions where khaki-clad men were fighting from shell holes and shal- low bits ef trenches previously dug by the Germans. From these woods the Germans issued in great solid ranks. _ As they emerged the British artillery wae quick to spot them and shells be- wan to break in their midst. This in- terrupted their steady forward tramp. The line wavered and some men were retreating when the impulse from be- hind pushed them forward. They then broke into a run toward the British lines. The machine gun barrage closed upon them and they fell by scores. Brit- feh rifles spoke for a time and then, as the German waves rolled on, hand-to- hand fighting*ensued. The counter at- tack lasted half an hour before it was driven off. Within an hour another one was formed and so the day wore on. The British troops were awake an4 on the alert all Sunday night preparing for their attack to be made at dawn Monday. They fought all that day, all of last night and were fighting again today. The artillery was keeping up what may be termed a perpetual bar- rage. Monchy Is Merely Ruins. While the fighting was raging al! about Monchy, which remains an outer sentinel of the British advance and the last commanding point between Arras and the Drocourt line, the Germana were shelling that village remorseless- ly. It was difficult to recognize Mon- chy as the village taken by the Brit- ish 12 days ago. Then all the houses were standing and three bed-ridde. French clyilians were found still living there. Happily, they were removed to & hospital behind the British lines, for Monchy today is but a jagged collec- tion of ruins. The Germans, having it thoroughly located, wreaked their ven- geance upon it with every caliber of their available artillery. Yesterday the village Was constantly obscured by tre- mendous clouds of stacke and brick dust ’ thrown up by the exploging shelis from the German guns. The fighting today was under ‘cloud- a Two Villeges Are Captured in Ad- . vance by Haig’s Army. “LONDON, April 24, 2:03 p. m—The British gained ground on a wide front + ellie south of the Bapaume- a roa@. They reached the st. + nna canal at one point. Purther the villages of Beaucamp and “Yillers-Phonteb were captured. ‘The positions gained on the French Yesterday, says the official ued on Page 2, Column 4, PRESIDENT WILSON SIGHS $7,000,000,000 WAR BILL Authorizes Sale of %$5,000,00000 in Bonds and $2,000,000,000 in Treas- “ury Certificates. WASHINGTON, April Wilson today signed the war bond bill authorizing the sale of $5,000,000,000 in Government bonds and $2,000,000,000 in treasury certificates. Some of the $,000,000,000 war bonds probably will be on the market on or) before June 1. It is probable, although definite plans have not been made, that the bonds will be put on the market a few at a time, according to the needs of the alHMes for a drawing account to avoid swamping the investment ewes by the huge is- sue. - The Bureau of hae and Print- ing will increase its working force by about 1000 in order to make the new bonds. The ovembuscription to the first issue of treasury certificates under the bond bill continues to grow. WOMAN AMBULANCE DRIVER WANTS AMERICAN RECRUITS Mrs.. Hilda Wynne, Who Has Won Honors on Various Allied Fronts Wishes to Enlarge Her Unit. LONDON, April 24.—Mrs. Hilda Wynne, the English woman who has been running her own ambulances on various battle fronts almost.since the beginning of the war, is about to start for the United States in connection with the proposed increase in her ambulance unit. Besides the honors already conferred on her for her work under fire, Mrs. Wynne has received the order of St. George from the Russian army for bravery displayed on the Kove) front while she was attached to the Russian Guards. The London Daily Sketch says Mrs. Wynne’s idea in going to America is to cement the Anglo-American entente in very real fashion by’ fofming an American section of surgeons and dress- ers to equip a dressing platoon. 20 DAYS FOR INSULTING FLAG Two I, W. W. Members Sentenced in North Dakota. MINOT, N. D., April Helmgun' and A. Ganzen, members of the I. W. W., arrested here yesterday for insulting the American flag, were sentenced in Police Court to ® days in jail. The men are said to have attempted to start a fight with a navy recruit ani in the ensuing conversation to have cursed the flag and the things for whicn it stands. It is understood that action may be taken against them by Federal | mes tot , ier %4.—Carol J: [ore ya nage “EVELYN” DEPARTMENT IN NAVY Instituted to Permit 1 Young Women to “Adept” Satlors. GREAT LAKES, Ill., April 24.—In re- sponse to numerous letters from young women asking that they «be given & “sailor for adoption,” Capt. W. A. Mof- fet, commanding the United States naval training station here, today established an’ ‘‘Evelyn’” department. The department was named for Miss Evelyn Young of Chicago, the first young woman to promise to supply a sailor with tobacco, letters, mufflers and other luxuries while he is with the fleet. CORRESPONDENTS ORDERED OUT London Mears Germany Has Re- quested Americans to Leave. LONDON, Aprfl 24.—The German Foreign Office has .otified the American correspondents who have remained in Berlin that their pres- ence in Germany is no longer desir- | able, according to the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at — Hague. The American newspaper men, it is added, have decided ‘o leave for SwitzerlaRd or Scandinavia. ENLISTMENT POSTER IN CEMETERY Your Country Needs You” Sigu Shocks Priest. NEW YORK, April °24.—Father W. S. Courtney, director of Catholic Charities, told a meeting last night that when he went the other day with a funeral party to Calvary Cemetery he was astonished to find attached “Awake! 1 24.—President to a. post in the cemetery this call: “Awake!. Your country needs you.” SPEAKER GLARK S OPPOSED 10 SELECTIVE DRAFT 1 Predicts to Security League Dele- gation That It Will Not Be Authorized by Congress. THREE ST. LOUISANS FOR IT Meeker, Dyer and Igoe State Positions After Getting Many Petitions. WASHINGTON, April *#—Speaker Clark today opposed the selective draft, and predicted it never would pass Con- gress, in receiving a delegation from the National Security League. Several hundred petitioasS bearing a million names, asking wongress to adopt the administration plan, were laid before the Speaker. “Conscription never will pass, in my opinion,” he said. “I am for letting the flower and youth of this counrry volun- teer before we fasten the disgrace of a draft upon them. The War Department is jumping around trying to bulldoze the people into passing this bill, and I don’t think they are going to do it.”’ Missouri members of Congress have received £0 many letters, téle- grams and petitions from con- stituents’ urging them to vote (for President Wilson’s conscription bill that Congressmen Meeker, Dyer and Igoe of St. Louis have announced that they will vote for the bill. United States Senator Stone, in response to telegrams and letters from evéry part of the State, also declared today that he would vote for the administration bill. Since the Post-Dispatch began print- ing’ coupon petitions to vote for the administration bill, letters, petitions and telegrams have been pouring in from St. Louis and surrounding territory. It is expected that the three St. Louis Congressmen will all make speeches on the floor of the House in support of the bill. Congressman Borland of Kansas City is also actively supporting the bill. It is belfeved that Speaker Clark an.l Congressmen Hamlin, Rucker and Boo- her are in favor of the volunteer sys- item. Senator Stone said that he had Hrecetved 19 telegrams from Malden; Mo., urging him to vote for the President's measure. Congressman Meeker received today 2 resolution from the Junior Citizens: of St. Louis, approving the war against Germany and placing the organization on record as favoring conscription. Among others who petitioned Meeker to vote for universal service were A. L. Shapleigh, president of the Shapleigh Hardware Co.; Henry T. Ferris, vice president of the Mortgage Trust Co.; Federation of Evangelical Brotherhoods, National Foreign Born Voters’ League, W. K. Bixby, J. L. Van Ornum, profes- sor of civil engineering, Washington University, and many other instructors of the university. He also received a letter from Mayor George H. Edwards | of Kansas City, inclosing a resolution | for conscription adopted at amass meet- ing attended by 2,000 people. CIGARETTE ‘ADS’ .RULED OUT Kansas Law Held to Forbid Sale of Newspapers With Them at Stand TOPEKA, Kan., April #.—The new Kansas cigarette law forbids the sale at news stands or on trains of newspapers or magazines carrying cigarette adver- tisements, according to an opinion hand- ed down yesterday by Attorney-General Brewster. The law becomes effective about May 2. Outside newspapers going direct by mail to subscribers are not affected by the law, it was announced. ABRUZZI MAY COME TO JU, §. Duke Expected to Head Italian Mis- sion to Washington. ROME, April 24, via Paris, noon.—lIt is expected that the Duke of the Abruzzi, cousin. of King Victor Emmanuel, will head an Italian mission to the United States. a Buyers!’ Buyers! Buyers! 1 advertising. For Example— As usual, yesterday, our by placing the ‘“‘Big End’’ The above lines express the reason for continual POST-DISPATCH leadership in volume of St. Louis Louis’ “ONE Big Newspaper’’ buyers, buyers and still more buyers would fill their stores today for quick and profitable sales, SALES and STILL MORE SALES. Home-Merchants knew that of their advertising in St. The Score— > POST-DISPATCH alone ... Why? 8 out of all 4 of the other papers combined. . ve 919% of the daily circulation of the POST-DISPATCH goes to the worth-while homes in St. Louis and suburbs. OIRCULATION Average entire year 1916: Sanday... ..386,183 | MED,» cise AOE ...., 48 Cols. .. 51 Cols. | a s eF < Saks ae ‘ e es BALFOUR WORKS ON PROGRAM OF |~ THe COMMISSION American’ Officials Make Heavy Demands for Information of Value in War. SERIES: OF CONFERENCES Gets Many Requests to Visit Other Cities but Probably Will Decline All. WASHINGTON, April 2%—Arthur James Balfour, British Foreign Secre- tary, spent today in consultation with other members of the British commis- sion on means to dispose of the enor- mous amount of work which has already developed. Officials of all the American adminis- trative departments having to do with conduct of the war, have indicated to the British information which would be of value and Mr. Balfour personally is trying to work out the means of secur- ing and distributing the results of n- gland’s experience to the best advan- tage. Invitations have been receiyed from all parts of the country asking Mr. Bal- four or other members of the commis- sion to visit them, but at present the British do not intend to take any time away from the capital. Mr. Balfour, deeply appreciative of the welcome, is neverthejess so completely the directing ‘head of the commission that it might seriously cripple his conferences with the Government here ifthe left town. Mr. Balfour took luncheon today with Henry White, former Ambassador to France, and an acquaintance of many years’ standing, and passed the after- noon making and receiving official calls. This evening will come formal dinners by Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Dan- lels to the diplomatic, military and naval officials respectively, and afterward the Pan-American reception. At dinner tonight, Secretary Lansing will entertain Mr. Balfour; Secretary McAdoo will have Lord Cunliffe as his guest: Secretary Baker will have Gen. Bridges, and Secretary Daniels, Admiral de Chair. After dinner Secretary Lan- sing will give a reception at the Pan. American Building to allow members of | Congress and other. officials and promis. nent Americans to meet Mr. Balfour and his party. At these functions, as at the Presi- dent’s dinner, the British army officers will wear their khaki field service uni- forms, since dress uniforms have been barred during the war by the British Government. WILFLEY WANTS GOOD CARD INDEX TO AID SELECTIVE DRAFT Election Board Chairman Will Ask Aldermen for $15,000 to Per- fect System. Chairman Wilfley of the Board of Election Commissioners today said he would ask the Board of Aldermen .° appropriate about $15,000 to perfect the board’s card index system, so that :f selective conscription is adopted as the country’s military policy the board will be prepared to furnish the Government with a complete list of the names of all voters above 21 years in St. Louis who are eligible for army service. The card system also would be of great value in facilitating the work of the board in checking referendum peti- tions and in transferring and-classifying voters. AMERICAN FLYER KILLED IN COMBAT WITH GERMAN Corporal Hosktier, Harvard Graduate, Seen to Fall With Airplane Within Tenton Lines, PARIS, April 24.—Corporal Ronald Hoskier of South Orange, N. J., of the American flying corps, has been killed in an aerial combat in the offensive now in progress. Corporal Hoskier was 21 years old and a@ graduate of Harvard University. He had distinguished himself for daring work. After an encounter with a Ger- man machine, Hoskier was seen to fa!) with his airplare, landing within the Teuton lines. The body was not recoy- ered. Hoskier’s father is the chief of a section of the Red Cross in France. UNSETTLED, PROBABLY WTH SHOWERS; COOLER TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. 69 Yesterday bine SS, at 4 p.m.) low 62, at 5 a. m. Official fore- cast for St. Louls and vicinity: CRITES MAY HAVE TO TAKE HIS FEE IN POLICEMEN'S Missouri —Un- settied weather tonight and to- proba- showers; | n } eee y arm Mare. Was aoe eure ETS Peeer See Ae A — Foreign Minister Balfour Greeted on Arrival in Capital by Secretary Lansing el 3 cee SRE a ne re sae Sa’ eee ; Sey nan nan PRN ae ee RP ee ee ‘eae eens a oO ee PN LEFT TO RIGHT—FOREIGN | SECRETARY. OF. STATE... LANSING. $s vig : OF 71 MEMBERS Dean F. B, Mumford of Agricul- ture School Is Named Chairman. JEFFERSON CITY, April *24.—Gov. Gardner announced today the names of the mén he has appointed members of the Missouri Council of Defense. He made a porsonal contribution of $1000 to nelp defray the expenses of the commis- sion, The men who will constitute the coun- cil are: Dean F. B. Mumford, Missouri School of Agriculture, cHairman, Cvo- lumbia; J. Thornton Cook, Mayor George H. Edwards, Walter 8. Dickey, Col. W. T. Kemper, Kansas City; Wil- liam H. Lee, George W. Brown, M. L. Wilkinson, Dr. W. C. Bitting, Mayor Hh. . Kiel, B. F. Bush and Archbishop Glen- non, St. Louls; Mayor Elliott Marshall. St. Joseph; Mayor Hugh MclIndoe, Jop- liny Robeit Withers, Liberty; Cecil W. Thomas, Jefferson, City; E. E. E. Mc- Jimsey, Springfield; Col. Lee Shelton Kennett, 8, J. Roy, Hannibal; Gen. Frank W. McAllister, Paris; John H. Galeenor, Sikeston. The Governor issued a formal state- ment, outlining the purpose and powers of the commiésion, in which he said: ‘This committee will be the supreme authority of the commonwealth in re- lation to the state’s duties to the na- tion during the entire period: of war."’ The scope of the work to be ar- complished, he stated as follows: ‘‘The idea of a state council of defense is an outgrowth of the old state council of safety of the Revolutionary War. The duties of such a Council, among other things, are: ‘To mobilize and conserve all the re- sources of the State. 2 To co-operate with the War and Navy Departments, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Federal Trade Com- mission. “9. To assist in a movement td pre- vent uneconomic speculation in the nec- essaries of life. ‘4 To take the lead in all move- ments for assisting the farmer, also in exploiting the advantage of municipal and community gardening. Shall co- operate with the College of Agriculture, State Board of Agriculture and the Su- perintendent of Schools." ENLISTED AGAINST RECRUITING DULUTH, Minn, April. %—Women and girls have been enlisted by the In- dustrial Workers of the World to agi- tate in Duluth against recruiting for the United States army and navy, police announced today, following the arrest fast night of two girle on. GARDNER APPOINTS WDGE KRUEGER DEFENSE COUNCIL : REAPS PROFIT ON UNDAY LID RAIDS} Makes No Charge for Approving Bonds at Home but. Ac- cepts Gifts. The clink of coins has made music on a parlor center tabie at the home of Judge Chauncey J. Krueger of the Court of Criminal Correction, at 3856 West Pine boulevard, since the police, in the last few weeks, began making wholesale Sunday raids on saloons and lid clubs. There have been rumors about the Municipal Courts Building that Judge Krueger had been exacting and col- lecting a fee of $1 each for bonds which he accepted at his home on Sunday, following these raids. This was denied by the Judge today, with an explanation to a Post-Dispatch reporter which made the facts clear.’ Judge Krueger doesn't ask for the money. It is thrust upon him. “And So I Take It.” “IT do not accept any fees for ap- proving those bonds,” said the Judge. “When the bondsman asks me if there is any charge I tell him there is not. But sometimes they throw a dollar or two on the table, and they won't let me give it back, and so I take it. “Last Sunday I got $27 that way. In the last three Sundays I have taken in $60. Senator Mike Kinney was out at my house Sunday to give bonds for eight men. He wanted to give me $8, but I said that was too much. So he pulled back $8 and left $5 for me. “IT think that these rumors that I was exacting fees must have been put in circtlation by some profes- sional bondsmen who were offended because I didn’t let them sign all the bonds, but ocasionally permitted a business man to act as surety. “Like a Lot of Wild Men.” “While these lid club raids have been under way the bondsmen have started coming to my house at 8 a. m., on Sun- day, and they continue to come until midnight. They don’t know how to act. They come in like a lot of wild men and they spoil and wear out the old lady's carpets. I feel it is my duty to re- main at home on Sunday and accept these bonds because otherwise a lot of innocent people would be kept locked up | “MINISTER "wAnPOUR “AND sista | vice agents and railway men. The hour A EDITION. See FRENCH COMN so ~ ARRIVES IN THE U Sa WELCOMED AT PORT Naval and Military Officers and State Der ment Representatives Board Steamer Brought Party Here, Convoyed~ ne War ships — Visitors Will Reach Was : Tomorrow—Trip Uneventful. = today by the Government: French commission.” of arrival will be announced later. Atlantic. The vessels were met off the cgast by American torpedo boat destroyers and escorted to port. The naval and military attaches of the French Embessy at Washington and American naval and military of- ficers, together with representatives of the State Department immediately ) boarded the French veasels and ex- tended a welcome to American shores. The mission was welcomed by the following: ; a the State Department: . gf rater tke War tenant-Coloney Spencef Cosby, Maj. Fox Connor, Capt. Philip Sheridan. For the Navy Department: Assistant Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Harry McL. P. Huse, The mission was also met on arrival by the French Ambassador, the French military attache, Col. Vignal, and the French naval attache, Commander de Blanpre. ' Story of! soa The Associated. who accompani wr party from France, sends t following dispatch from the port of afrival: “As the ship bearing the French com- mission came into port today Amerti- can warships broke out French colofs from their mastheads and American bands played the French national an- them. American and French sailors lined the rails of their respective ships No salutes were fired. ‘"The special train bearing the mission slipped out of Paris in the early morn- ing observed only by a few secret ser- correspondent of leaving was known nowhere in ad- vance and when the train stopped at cities along the way to the port of de- parture, Marshal Joffre walked up an4 down the station platform acknowledg- ing pleasantly the salutations of the few persons who happened to be in the sta- tions. They looked at the great com- mander with a respect approashing ven- eration. When the train pulled away men stood solemnly with heads bared until his car had passed from view. “The American flag was flying here and there along the route, not in rec- ognition of the party going to America, but because every town and village in France, both by Government request and personal sentiment, is showing the American colors. Veyage Without Event. ‘‘The transfer from train to ship was without event, as was the voyage across the Atlantic. “Warships passed out shead of the French steamer into the danger Zone, which In this case Is one of the haunt- ing places of German submarines. “The first night out the ship and con- voy made 18 knots an hour before the wind, al] running without lights. After three years of war service the celebrated liner which bore the party is a mixture rary fittings. Horse racks and troughs line the main promenade deck, powder ca a ane landing: life preservers of former elegance and rough tempo-' WASHINGTON, April 24.—The French commission has safely in the United States. This official statement ‘was made e ‘The Department of State is advised of the safe arrival ot Later the State Department issued this further ‘The Department of State is advised that the French mission reach Washington tomorrow morning. The precise time and p »? The commission which includes Marshal J offre and E Premier Viviani, arrived early this morning on board a sf steamship of the French like, which was convoyed across ' ‘ois: nit’ paced aia bers of the Cabinet that an ext rary n ission should be sent to his idea recetved almost instant ceptance. The feeling in the Go ment was that the appreciation of th 2 French people for American tion ought to be made evident by ‘ng some great Frenchmen to W ton to personally express the ar tion to the President. The French istry also thought that definite ee ene ni on eee 2 eral Hugh L. Scott, chief staff; ed place ionally telling anecdotes mr ee front. Sometimes he would pe ae 9M, Red Sa a ai IRR cage ease A Me ¥ —_ noha ah ec ere, al Fi ay Tad 7