St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 8, 1917

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She # rs 4 - . rn # a tf a ; . ae ‘ - ; % ’ : ce i ae aes A : a 5 5 is. fas ee a - " 3 ¢ i apt > , .. $ r . i ae ae : : ‘ eS A ; e; VS Pica a - E . : “ x : . ‘ie ~ : . - = , ’ m a os * $ GES eee 3 * . - / “ ont. ‘ : " ‘ j as - ¥ ™ ci Associated Press News ervice EDITION he . a ces ere wee ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917—-20 PAGES. PRICE Betemears eeesa = : VOL. 69. NO. 262. CEPOND ENGINEER |U.S.TO SPEND $1,000,000,000 REGIMENT WILL BE RAISED IN ST. LOUIS Employes From Construct- ing and Operating Depart- ments of Railroads Want- ed—Will Depart for France as Soon as Organi- zation Is Perfected. eee seed COL. McD. TOWNSEND WILL BE COMMANDER Force Will Work on Commu- nication Lines to the Front, Following Up AIl- lied §Army Advance Against the Enemy. St. Louis railroad employes, in con- struction and operating branches, have the opportunity, bezinning today, to en- list for immediate service in France, as members of the Second Reserve Engi- neer Regiment. They have the War De- partment’s assurance that they will be sent to France as soon as they are suf- ficiently organized, and that they will be discharged at the end of the war. Col. Curtis McD. Townsend, president of the Mississippi River Commission, who has been assigned by the War De- partment to recruit and command the new regiment, said today that recruit- ing would begin at once in the office of the U. S. Engineer Department, Room 4% Federal Building, Eighth and Olive streets. The regiment will have 1035 men and & officers, and railroad men are desired as recruits. Rallroad Men Wanted. Col. Townsend's instructions from the department state that the special func- tion of the regiment will be railroad operation, and he is directed to make ev- ery effort to obtain an enlisted person- nel suitable for this work from St. Louis Bald fie believed the St. Louis regiment would be the second one to be sent to the French front, the First Regiment, from New York, going first. Capt. C. L. Hall of the United States Engineers has been ordered to report to Col. Townsend as Adjutant. Frank G. Jonah, chief engineer of the Frisco Railroad, and John A. Laird, a veteran of the engineer service in the Spanish War, and former head of the St. Louis Police Board, have been chosen as Ma- jors, and it is understood that Jonah will be Major of the first battalion and Laird of the second. Capts. F. W. Green, Foster, Shelley and Pittman are among St. Louisans selected as commis- sioned officers, Col. Townsend said. Will Ge Into Camp Soon. As soon as recruiting has proceeded far enough, Col. Townsend said, the new regiment will go into camp at some place near St. Louis. Washington. dispatches state that the military drill will be a secondary matter, although discipline will be strict. The work of the engi- neers in France will be to build and repair railroads needed in the big push against the German line. The Ameri- cans are needed, it is said, largely to di- rect and supervise French labor. Col. Townsend's instructions direct him to inform all men that they. will be discharged at the end of the war, and that they will not be subject to draft into other branches of the ser- vice. A bill pending in Congress to in- crease the pay of first-class privates in the engineer regiments from $18 > to $30 a month, and the pay of non- commissioned officers in proportion. _ The present pay, $1 _ ia received Sy privates in the infantry, _ eavalry must be between 18 and 45 years of age. NINE REGIMENTS , is $3 more than artillery arms. Recruits OF ENGINEERS GO TO FRANCE SOON Force of 11,000 to 12,000 to Be Composed of Highly Trained Railway Men. WASHINGTON, May 8&.— Regular army engineer officers assigned to © andl and command the nine regi- © * ments of engineer troops to be rushed - to France for work on railway com- munication lines were announced by y the War Department today as follows: First "Regiment, New York District. Ijeutenant-Colonel C. HY, McKinstry; Adjutant, Lieut. X. H. Tetee. Second Regiment, St. Curtis MoD. Townsend; Capt. ©. L. Ball. _ Third eget Chicago, Col. Adjutant, Capt. Louis, Col. Adjutant, Ww. R. D., Fourth Regiment, Boston, Maj, W. Wooten; Adjutant, Lievt. L. E. Fifth Regiment, Pittsburgh, Lieut.- ‘Col. Edgar Jadwin; Adjutant, Lieut. B. rvell. "aes aad Regiment, Detroit, Lieut.-Col. ; ss; Adjutant, Capt. R. F. renth Regiment, Atlanta, Maj. _* 4 1, engineer reserve corps, : ON GREAT MERCHANT FLEET ~~. Program Calls for Diversion of Products of Every Steel Mill and Construction of 6,000,000 Tons in Two Years. WASHINGTON, Mey 8.—Congress will be asked to appropriate $1,000,000,000 for the building of the great American mer- chant fleet designed to overcome the submarine menace. ~ The program, ev»lived by the Shipping Board, contemplates the diversion to Government uses of the products of ev- ery steel mill in the country, cancellation of existing contracts between those mills and private consumers and where neceés- sary payment of damages by the Gov- ernment to the parties whose contracts are canceled. Estimates of the Shipping Board are that 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 tons of steel and wooden vessels will be .constructed by the Government during the next two years. Bille Prepared for Congress. The only manufacturers of steel to be exempted from ths program will be those needed otherwise at national de- fense. Bills for introduction in Con- gress have been prepared and the ad- ministration hopes to get them under way 80 promptly that the first of the shipbuilding operations may be in mo- tion within two weeks. Just how the $1,000,000,000 will be pro- vided is to be left to Congress, but the tentative program calls for an additional issue of bonds. Co-operation of the labor organiza- tions has already been pledged, it is un- derstood, and there will be no legisla- tion, unless the present program is changed, looking to the drafting of the labor necessary to carry out the plans. The only other exception to the gen- eral cancellations of private contracts with steel mills will be those of rail- roads. Steel mills, it is contemplated, will be permitted to supply them with the minimum amount of steel products with which the railroads can get along. All other industries kindred to the steel trade or in which the use of steel figures largely will be affected by the proposed legislation. The administration contemplates crea- tion of a tribunal to determine the ex- tent of private losses due to cancella- tion of contracts. The program contemplates the use of the maximum of every resource within the United States speedily to ‘design and build the largest number of ships possible. | The wooden shipbuilding program, it is announced, is definitely under way, and the Shipping Board hopes within a few months to be turning out great num- bers of vessels. Some builders, without awaiting formal contracts, are proceed- ing on the assurance of the board that the ships wil] be taken over when com- pleted. “Contracts for dozens of the ships,” Chairman Denman said today, ‘‘will be signed immediately on the appropriation by Congress of sufficient money to cov- er the program. Now that the plans are underway and satisfactory prog- regs is being made, the Shipping Board and Gen. Goethals, in charge of con- struction, are turning to the stimulation of steel shipbuilding. “Undoubtedly the stories of our aban- doning the wooden program arose from the fact that there is nothing more to say of wooden building and we are talk- ing steel. The wooden program will be carried out as origive'ly planned.”’ House Adopts Resolution. The joint resolution, already adopted by the Senate, authorizing the President to put into service vessels of the enemy in American ports, was adopted by the House yesterday without a record vote, after an all-day debate. The measure gives legal sanction to 96 war-bound German ‘merchantmen as Government vessels and putting them into the transatlantic trade as part of the great commercial fleet relied on to break the U-boat blockade. Confident that Congress would approve, the exec- utive branch of the Government already has begun repairing the damage done to the vessels by their German crews, and at least two are loading now at East- ern ports. After the war Germany is expected to make the claim that in taking over the vessels the United States violate the celebrated treaty of 1828, but State Department officials believe there is no valid ground for such complaint. The resolution applies to German mer- chant craft in all American waters ex- cept the harbors of the newly acquired Danish West Indies, or Virgin Islands, excepted in compliance with a provision of the purchase treaty, the existence of which was revealed during the discus- sion in the House. ——_—— — DEFINITE DEVELOPMENT SOON ON MEANS TO COMBAT U-BOAT Navy Department Official Says That Outlook for Solution of Prob- lem Is Hopeful. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Some definite developments in the near future may be expected from the experiments of American inventors and scientists work- ing on means to combat the submarine menace, This summary of the situation was ob- tained authoritatively today in connec. tion with the visit to Washington of Chairman W. L. Saunders of the Naval Consulting Board and members of the special committee of the board dealing with the subject. Officials of the Navy Department most familiar with what is being done frankly stated today that the outlook was hope- ful. “They are getting down to brass tacks,”’ was the way one officia] ex. pressed it. It was again said by navi officials, however, that no intimation of plans that are being laid would be given out. nor the results for further experiment: be announced whether successful or not. BAVARIAN PAPER PICTURES COUNT ZEPPELIN IN HEAVEN Simplicissimus Represents Him as Having Arrived in One of His Own Air Cruisers. Correspondence of the Associated Press. MUNICH, April 29.—The Bavarian hu- morous paper Simplicissimus features on its front page a picture of “Count Zep- pelin in Heaven."" The deceased Count has flown up to heayen in one of his own cruisers, which is seen resting on a cloud bank in the background and un- dergoing the inspecting of a crowd of admiring angels. Count Zeppelin, attended by a commit- tee of cherubs, is being welcomed by St. Peter, who makes him a laudatory ad- dress, informing him that he has been given one of the finest locations. A fea- ture of the new residence, remarks 8t. Peter, is that ‘you can see Germany from the front window.” $100,000,000 TURNED OVER . TO FRANCE IN WASHINGTON. Money Intended te Cover that Coun. try’s Expenditures in United States This Month. WASHINGTON, May 8.—France today received the $100,000,000 the United States agreed to lend her to cover hér expendi- tures in this country during May. The amount was transferred by Secretary McAdoo to Ambassador Jusserand today by treasury warrant. ~ GUNNER'S MOTHER GETS PLACE WASHINGTON, May &—President Willison today suspended the civi) service rules so that Mrs. Annie Eopolucci, mother of John I. Eopolucci, the naval gunner who lost his life in the subma- rine destruction of the American mer- chantman Aztec, be appointed a seam- atress at the Washington Navy Yard. ENLISTMENTS BROKE RECORDS YESTERDAY Attributed to Enhanced Patriotic Fervor Resulting From Joffre’s Visit Here. To an enhancement of patriotic fer- vor resulting from visit of the French War Mission is attributed by recruit- ing officers the fact that enlistments in this city yesterday broke all rec- ords for St. Louis since war was de- Clared on Germany. The figures also show that St. Louis, as well as other cities of the Middle West, is maintaining its substantial lead over the Eastern cities in the percentage of volunteers. At the army recruiting office, Third and Olive streets, 250 men were ex- amined yesterday and 197 were ac- cepted—the largest number since the declaration of war. Of those enrolled 167 weé*e sent directly into training at Jefferson Barracks, while the others received permission to spend a few days in obtaining necessary papers or winding wp their affairs. Two-thirds of the number accepted were from St. Louis and vicinity; the other third came from outlying sta- tions at Hannibal, Moberly, Poplar Bluff, Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City. The new Fifth Regiment, which has recruiting quarters at 716 Olive street, had a red-letter day, enrolling 60 out of 80 applicants, and it was estimated that about 40 more were accepted at the regiment's other four stations in various parts of the city, making ap- proximately 250 enlistments thus far. In all 1200 are needed. Yesterday's rush was ascribed directly to the distinction conferred on the Fifth Regiment by Marshal Joffre’s presenta tion of a stand of colors to it at the Coliseum meeting Sunday night. There is already a movement to give the Fifth the illustrious nickname of ‘‘Joffre's Regiment.” The Marine Corps, 122 North Seventh street, yesterday enrolled 31 out of % applicants, or only six less than thie total number of recruits for the first seven days of April. Since May 1 the Marine Corps has enlisted 110 men. Capt. Eslick, in charge of this recruiting of- fice, said he hoped the marines would be the first troops landed in France, and pointed out that the War Depart- ment has ordered an equipment of steel helmets for ‘‘the soldiers of the sea." At we key joomeeitiny yo) rg and Chestnut streets, 200 volunteers, a record number, presented themselves yesterday. Of these 133 passed the ex- amination and 6&8 were accepted out- right. The others who passed the testa, to the number of +4, were not enrolled because they had not yet provided them- selves with birth certificates, permis- sions from. their parents or other neces- sary papers, oF required a few days to wind up their affairs. The number of men rejected was 157, mostiy for phys- ical dieabdilities. the administraticn’s plan of utilizing the: \SHIPS UNDER U. 6. FLAG SAID 10 RAVE SERVED U-BUATS 3 Vessels of American Trans- atlantic Co. Held at Virgin Islands for Investigation. TOTAL OF 12 IN FLEET Have Been Alleged to Be Owned by Germany Capital—Britain Seized Three. WASHINGTON, May 8&.—The Govern- ment is investigating the activities of the steamer Manftowoc and other ves- sels of the American Transatlantic Co., which are said to have carried supplies to German submarines in the Atlantic. This was disclosed at the Navy Depart- ment today, but no details of the steps taken were given out. Tite American Transatlantic Co. has offices in New York and Boston and its ships fly the American flag. Offi- cilals here will not say what had aroused their suspicions, but admit that three ships have been held for investi- gation at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, by order of the Navy Department. Both the State and Justice Departments have been taking part in the investigation. Members of Manitowoec’s Crew Tell of Taking Supplies to U-Boats., Corresvonience of the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 5.—There are German submarines in the Atlantis: and until very recently they have been supplied from the United States by ships flying the American flag, according to statements by members of the crew of the steamer Manitowoc, which for several weeks was detained in the har- bor at St. Thomas. Twenty-one of the crew are returning to the United States after difficulties with Capt. F. Hog- stead, master of the ship. The Manitowoc, Muskegon and Alla- guash, all belonging to the same line, shortly before the Danish Islands be- Came the Virgin Islands, U. 8S. A., put into the harbor at St. Thomas, bound from Buenos Alres to New York, sup- posedly to await orders. They were stil! waiting for orders when the isiands were transferred to the United States. According to their manifests all three ships carried coal and other fuel sup- plies. Members of the crew of the Manitowoc say all the vessels were loaded with contraband for German submarines. ‘When we left New York last we were supposed to have a cargo of coal excliu- rively,”’ said one of the crew. ‘“‘Under. neath the coal were all sorts of fuel and food supplies. Supposedly the cargv was. destined for Buenos Aires. Be. tween St. Thomas and Buencs Aires we wot rid of our cargo on the high seas to German submarines. We had no cargo when we reached Buenos Alireg.’ At Buenos Ayres that ship, the Mus- kegon and the Allaguash all took on a general food cargo, oil and other fuel supplies, which were covered over with several hundred tons of coal, they said Un the Manitowoc there were also placed two iron chests filled with gold, each supposed to contain $250,000. These. according to the men, also were hidden under the coal, While waiting in St. Thomas for or. ders the Danish Islands were transferred to the United States and the ships were not permitted to sail. The crew of the Manitowoc tried to get some of their pay while idle in the harbor, but Capt. Hogstead refused to make any paymen*. The men then demanded they be ra- turned to New York, and they arrived here Tuesday, en route to the Unite States. _—e “Wagner Shipa” Have Been Alleged to Be Owned by German Capital. NEW YORK, Mav 8.—The American Transatlantic Co. since early in the war has been operating under the American flag a fleet of 12 freight steamships known as the ‘‘Wagner ships,”’ R. G. Wagner being the president of the com- pany. They. have een plying mostly between New York, Boston, Newport News and South American ports. Four of them, the Saginaw, the Kankakee, the Genesee and the Hocking, were seized by the British, on account of which a protest was made by this Gov- ernment, resulting in a controversy with the British Government that had not been settled at the time the United States entered the war. The status of the ships was under in- vestigation in 1915, when it was alleged that they were really owned by Ger- man capital. This was at the time when application was made by Wagner, who is an American citizen, to place the ships under American registry. Wagner came here from Milwaukee about two years ago and organized the American Transatlantic Co. with invest- ed capital, it was said, of about $2,000,- 000, In addition to the four ships selzed by the British, the American Transat- lantic Co.’s fleet is composed of the steamships Manitowoc, Winnebago, Al- laguash, Muskegon, Ausable, Maunies, Winneconne and one building. Assertion that none of the ships of the American Transatlantic Co. had at any time supplied German submarines was made today by Wagner. The story told by members of the crew of the steam- ship Manitowoc at Porto Rico he char- acterized as ‘“‘pure fiction,” told prob- ably because “the crew was disgrun- tled."’ The Associated Press News Service w received and printed exclusively by the Post-Dispatch in the St. Louls evening Bela. F |ADMIRAL SIMS SHS. IN ALLIED COUNGIL OF WAR U. S. Represented for First Time in Such Conference in Paris. ENVOYS FROM 5 NATIONS Devéllbpasaits Expected Soon as} to What American Navy’s Activities Will Be. PARIS, May 8—The United States was represented for the first time in the entente allied war conferences by Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who was pres- ent at the recent council of war here. In connection with the measures dis- cussed by the British and French mis- sions at Washington, the discussions at Paris are likely to be followed by nu- merous developments on the part the United States will «actually take in the war. Rear Admiral Sims, it is stated, will direct operations, io far as that is pos- : | sible, from this side, in order to avoid | the delay and uncertainty incident to directing operations from across the At- lantic. The five nations «n whom the brunt of the campaign against the central Powers now is falling were represented at the war council, namely, Great Brit- ain, France, Italy, Russia and the Unit- ed States. While Great Britain and France were represented by military and naval. officers of the highest rank, including Major-General! Sir William R. Robertson, Field Marshal Haig, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord; Gens. Nivelle and Petain ard Vice Admiral de Bon, the participation of the United Sta@es was confined to the naval side, only Rear Admiral Sims and Lieuten- ant-Commander Wiillam R. Sayles, the naval attache, attended. There was no American military or diplomatic repre- sentative present. This is taken to indi- cate the advanced s'age of the plans for action by the American navy. rest, France, Buys U. S$ Flags to Greet American. Squadron, Americas First Representative in the Allied War Council DMIRAL SIMS, who is attending A the Allied War Council at Paris as the representative of the United States, created a tremendous diplomatic stir when at a banquet at Guild Hal', London, to the visiting American fleet, Dec. 29, 1910, he took it upon himeelf, in responding to a toast to pledge “the last American dollar and the last érop of American Diood in defense of. i atternpt would be made to send the col- lection to Washington until sea traffic | is safe. 4 .; missions in the French army are open May 8.—Major- (today at Meaux where extensive quar- ters have been assigned for recitation rooms, drilling dormitory and refectory purposés. Fifteen Americans will com- pose the first class and will be drawn from those who previously have been operating ambulances, As these qualify. pass the examinations and are assigned to French commands others will be brought in from ambulance work to form new classes, thus making a con- tinuous flow of Americans qualifying for French commands. The development of these two new branches of work probably will lead to a change of the name of the American field ambulance corps to the American field service, or American votunteer corps. The French Government is supplying trucks for the transportation of am- munition while the American organisa- tion supplies the men. It is the inten- tion as the transportation of munitions develops, to give Americans entire charge of the bringing up of supplies for the reserves at the front. This does not mean reserves held inactive back of the ny bee, but those reserves actually to operation and requiring an immediate large supply of all kinds of ammunition. From a military stand- point the hastening forward of this am. munition to reservists In action is con- sidered one of the most important branches of the operations. Interior changes at home cali for the GERMANS a. By Associated Press. BERLIN, via London, May &, troops have recaptured . ‘Fresney,. the army headquarters staff. five miles southwest of Lens,’ captured by the Canadians on and on Germen positions between tain and Riencourt’ were repulsed, | statement says. Canadians Say Katablishing Their Line, OTTAWA, May 8.—A diepetet & here téday from ‘a’ cc Canadian army heasquacters’ ssys the Canadian line was penetrated Ahip morning by a German attract dale of Fresnoy village, but that the Ciimme — dians succeeded ‘in wget ’ lino except at one small’ point, -« fighting continues, the dispateh déd It was announced yesterday that | Canadians defeated eight German pends 43, guhs and howitzers, 106 trench and 12% machine guns. tacks hear Vauxaliion’ and pulsed by the French, the War € announces. Violent artillery ments occurred on the Vauclerc and in the region of Craonne. — The statement sas: “During the night counter were made east of Vauxalilion the Chemtn-des-Dames, near and Cerny. All efforts of the ¢ were defeated hy our fire. ; the artillery fighting was violent f time on the plateau of Vat the vicinity of Craonne. Ne Vauclerc plateau a surprice a abled us to capture the main ne: positions and take 0 prisonery. ms “Northwest of Rheims the Ge made futile efforts to gain a f the trenches which we captur day. South of Berry-Au-Bac, th a spirited engagement which our advantage. The number « ers we took at this point was IS west of Prosnes we captured a tf A strong German attack no Mont Haut, against Crete-du-T repulsed, We took prisoners and bi ed losses on the enemy. Grer ’ ing occurred in Avocourt Wood & Chambretttes.’ Another Heavy German Broken Up by the A LONDON, May §.—"The enemy @ are tillery -was active at orvale throughout the night at @ mu places along our front, parti in the sector between Fresgop lL.oos,” says today's official “Our artillery replied, “We made guccesaful raid ny the night in the nelg Neuve Chappelle and Fa t Our positions northwest of tleres were raided yesterday. by a amali party of the enemy, 4 hand-to-hand fighting the en | driven out, leaving a few dedé@ trenches. A few of our men are ing. Another enemy ratd .sel Armentieres was repulsed.” ; The official report of last said: ‘ “This afternoon the enemy lag his third counter attack with. siderable forces upon our new tions south of the Souches river, — first wave of assault’ te = slope in front of our trenches 1 there destroyed by our rifle and. chine gun fire. The supporting caught by our artillery barrage broken up. No Germans nese trenches. the = “This morning a strong bodyred. enemy was caught in the open in t neighborhood of RBullecourt 2 an | artillery and machine gun ae fering heavy casvaities. ae “Successful work was done || by os a alrplanes yesterday ‘ot Si sf se ot aN a =) - re “aa ee a 4 Akar 4 y - ~ ead 4 OAs pf } 7 ‘ - ie é &u : é Sa i 4 “y a = , a et * ; D a =z > se) J 4 - * bx , the official statement issued today my, . Fresnoy is a town on the Arra® treat, and = a: eee PARI6. May 8&—Germasi ‘counters — : Chemin-des-Dames last night ' » a goa * pias Fr 4. re Be CR Be oct eh wate RR. Pac Se ae a Mi , wok SP ht ORE A IRE Lo MES SR I

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> > Te GEN BLAGKASKS. MIDDLE WEST 10 «SPEED WAR PLANS Chief of Engineers on Arrival in City Says Section Is Slow to Be Aroused. INDUSTRIES MUST HELP Use the Mississippi More to Re- lieve Railway Congestion, He Advises. Brigadier-General William Black, Chief of Engineers of the United States Army, who came to St. Louis to attend a river conference said to a Post-Dispatch reporter, in an interview at the Jeffer- son Hotel today, that the people of the Middle West do not realize the seriou :- nesy.of tne national emergency. “Secretary of War Baker even asked me to wear my uniform while on this trip,”’ the General added. ‘'People in the Middle West must understand that unless this war is successfully won that it will be the downfall of the American republic. Every day that the German antocracy exists our institutions are menaced. “In Germany there is a system of au- tocracy by which certain classes of per- sons gain distinction, place and power over the common people. They are now fighting to preserve that system. And persons in the past who were not mem- bers of that caste fled to America to avoid being subject.d to such a system. “Many of those very persons today in America are sympithizing with Ger- many because of a father or nephew or gon fighting for autocracy; yet they come to America to escape such an au- tecracy. If they wish this nation to con- tinue ite present system of national life, by which they have been able to enjoy liberty, they must upl.old America in its hour of need. And the Middle West must realize the gravity of the national, sityation.”’ “The German system is a menace te civilization—a menace to America,” re continued. “Many persons who fled from Germany to escape that system are blinded to the real issue, tLecause of relatives fighting the bat- tles of the autocracy. Tehy must see that it is for America, for its insti- tutions, for civilization that they must stand for.” Gen. Black pointed out that the entire national resources must be mobilized for war, and that all in- duetries must co-operate for the na- tional good, and end destructive com- petition. We must keep the prosperity of the nation up,” he explained. “Our transportation system espectally must be organized for war, so that the en- tire nation may prosper under diffi- culties. Our transportation systems have never been properly utilized. THe attitude of the railroads is that *of destructive competition which ‘big business’ had 15 years ago. Must Have Co-Operation. “It is only recently that the railroads have recognized the fact that they can- not handle all the transportation. What is the result? An enormous car short- age; wheat in the elevators cannot be moved, lumber is tied up at the mills, agricultural products are rotting in the fields because they cannot be moved. There is plenty of everything—and yet a éearcit yot everything and soaring prices because of lack of transportation facilities. “Tf that situation has recently existed in peace times, what will be the result in _war times? Imagine the stress that war would bring. -All this means that our transportation facilities must be utilized ‘to the fullest extent, and instead of de- structive competition we must have con- ~structive co-operation." AS an example, the General cited the fact that there is much trade between St. Louis and New Orleans, that the parallel the Missiasippi River, and that every ton of freight carried be- tween the two citios by water releases Just that much railway tonnage for use in places where there are no water- ways. . Me said that the railway heads on the Council of National Defense now real- ized this situation and that they have signified their willingness to send freight by water ff it could be economically and advantageously handled. , “Of course to do that merchants must feel. that the water transportation is regularly and systematically conducted, and that freight movements will be han- dieé on time as near as possible,” the General explained. “That means all lies must be organized and co-ordinat- More Boats Needed. “This is going to take some extra work. We will have to begin by pro- viding extra boats. It will require that mefchants must do their share. They must help the congested railroads by making water shipments. Organized such as the Chamber of Com- wreree tn each city, can see that there ‘preper terminal river facilities in ght oan be collected and dis- from each water termina). commercial bodies in cities on Hé Mississippi and its tributaries must nize all means possible to help re- lieve the freight situation. Additional water carriers will be needed, of course. of thie chimes in with the movement to revive river navigation, but at the site time it will serve great national 2 charged with establish- ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH his, Chief of Engineers of U.S, Army Attending River Conference Here a* . Ree + 9th HABER RY 6404% vey me es BRIGADIER-GENERAL WILLIAM BLACK. LLL A ME A IE A My OGIO ic es AOE EE om Ae os YJ a ” . & a A . oY ¥ “ a J SR XS <% Re ¥ oe ‘ i te SE a a NINE REGIMENTS OF ENGINEERS TO GO TO FRONT FROM U. S. Continued from Page One. formerly a Major in the regular ser- vice; Adjutant, Lieut. C. P. Bullard. Eighth Regiment, San Francisco, Lieutenant-Colone] J. B. Cavanaugh; Adjutant, Lieut. J. B. Cress. Ninth Regiment. Philadelphia, Lieutenant-Colonel Q. Dakyne; Ad- jutant, Lieut. W. F. Tomkins. The regiments will go “at the earliest possible moment,”’ the War Department announces today, for work on communi- cation lines. Speculation as to exactly when or to what points they will be sent is forbidden because of the submarine menace. The new forces will be volunteers, raised at the nine great railway centers of the country. Each regiment will be commanded by an engineer Colonel of the regular army, aided by an Adjutant. All other officers will be railway engi- neers or officials. The expedition will have a total strength of between 11,000 and 12,000 men, each regiment being composed of twv battalions of three companies each. Every branch of railway workers nec- essary to the building or operation of lines will be represented in the ranks, and the War Department expects a re- sponse to the call that will permit a careful selection to be exercised and in- gure a force already trained to the min- ute, an army of experts in railway op- eration. Recruiting and Urganization, Recruiting for the regiments and tha organization of each force will be di- rectly under the Colonel of each regi- ment. Recruiting machinery of the regular service or the national guard will be placed. at their service, and it is hoped the enrollment of the troops will take little time. The recruiting points will be New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Pitts- burg, Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco and Philadelphia. FOUR MEMBERS OF WEALTHY FAMILIES GOING TO FRANCE Lambert, Kaiser and Hayes Plan te Enlist as Am- bulance Drivers. Four St. Louisans, members of wealthy families, are planning to sail the last of the month for France, to enlist in the French Ambulance Corps as drivers. They will aupply their own ambulances. They are Sidney T. Bixby. son of Wil- lim K. Bixby; Louis L. Hayes of 4620 Berlin avenue; Marion I. J. Lambert, 6391 Waterman avenue, and Millard P. Kaiser, 4402 Forest Park boulevard. Lambert is vice president of the Lam- bert Pharmacal Co. SOCIETY PAID FOR MEDALS Francaise de St. Louis Bought Those It Gave to Jeffre and Viviani., The medals presented to Marshal Joffre and Vice Premier Viviani at the breakfast at the Missouri Athietic Asso- ciation yesterday were purchased by the Societe Francaise de St. Louls and were the gifta of that organization to the die tinguished visitors. The Post-Dispatch yesterday ¢rrone- ously stated that the medals were paid for out of the general fund of the com- mittee in charge of the visit. = MAY WHEAT ADVANCES TO $3 Record Price for Option on Chicage Board. CHICAGO, May 8—May wheat sold at $3 a bushel today, the highest price on recom. It was an advance of 17 cents. The close was at $2.97. rose Tio to $2,334. John D. te Help Balld Church, NEW YORK, May 8.—John D. Roek- efeller, it was announced at the meet- ing of the congregation of the Fifth Avenue Bapttet Church last night has promised to contribute 60 per cent of any amount subscribed by other mem- bers toward a $1,000,000 fund for a Bixby, July wheat taxi stand within the limits of « district, + J new edifice. SMALLEST WINTER WHEAT ~~ YIELD SINCE 1904 INDICATED Cendition of 7T38 Per Ceat Ig Lowest Recerded Since 1888, Says Agri- cultural Department, WASHINGTON, May 8—In the face of a threatened world food shortage, the American winter wheat crop shows the lowest condition recorded since 1888 and promises a smaller yield than any other since 1904. Figures announced by the Depart- ment of Agriculture today show that the promised production is 366,116,900 bushels. Condition was 73.2 per cent of normal May li. For Missouri, the condition is given at. 64 and the production forecast is 19,- 323,000 bushels. Agricultural conditions otherwise are g00d, the department announced, and it recalled that, although the winter whet crop of 1912 showed an equally discour- aging outlook, the total production of crops that year was the greatest on record. ROOSEVELT DIVISION CAUSES DEADLOCK ON ARMY BILL Prohibition, Conscription Age and Mexican Patrol Also Stumbling Blocks for Conferees. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Conferees on the army bill today fell into such a deadlock over the amendment to permit sending Col. Roosevelt's division to France that they suspended work and considered returning the bill to the House and Senate and asking for in- structions. The conferees professed to be in com- plete ignorance of the administration's wishes, and some of the members said a few words from the White House would clarify the situation. The prohibition amendment, the age limits for the selective conscription and the amendments for raising volunteer patrol regiments for the Mexican border algo are stumbling biecks. UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF ATTEMPT TO KILL KAISER Dispatch te Rome from Zurich Says Unidentified Man Fired Three Shots at Auto Bearing Emperer. LONDON, May 3.—A. dispatch froin Ronte tells of an unconfirmed report received by the Corriere d'Italia from Zurich saying that an attempt was made to assassinate Emperor William of Germany when he was motoring to Berlin. -According to the story an unidentified man fired three shota at the Kaiser's car, two of them striking the tonneau, the third going wild. He was arrested. The dispatch said the police were silent on the incident. Thev declared, how- ever, the Kalser was unfiurt. RAIDER SHIPS TO BE NAMED FOR GERMANS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR Twe to Be Repaired, Called the Baron von Steben and Baren De Kalb and Fly American Fiag. WASHINGTON, May &8.-+The two in- terned German commeree raiders that were taken over by the United States Government will bear the names of Ger- mans who fought with the eontinenta! army in the American war for liberty. Secretary Daniels announces that the Kronpring Wilhelm will be renamed the Baron ven Steuben and the Prince Bitel Friederich the Baron de Kalb. Both veseels will be placed in service under the American flag as Boon as Fre- pairs are completed. BRITISH LIQUOR CONTROL UP LONDON, May 8—The whole question of purchase of the liquor trade by the state is now under cunsideration by the Government. Chancellor Bons; Law gave this in- formation to the House of Commons te- day, adding that Le could not make a definite statement on this subject at the | present time. fe ? TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. DENTIFIED AS A ‘TORCH’ AT ARSON PLOT TRIAL Testimony Given as to Action of Ben Milner in Gilmore Hearing. DETECTIVE’S STORY Effort Made to Show Plotters in One Case Agreed to Burn Another Plant. —— eT At the arson conspiracy trial of Julius R. Bersch, Harold G. Gilmore and Harry Cc. Imel in Judge Shields court today, further. testimony was given in an ef- fort to show that the same plotters burned the Giimore-Bonfig. Decorating Co. store and agreed later to burn the plant of the Christen Bellows Works. Ben Milner, ncw under indictment, was identified as one of the alleged ‘‘torch- es"’ involved in both plots. Shelton Remington, son of a druggist. at Tavior avenue and Olive street, told how a man later identified as Milner ran into the drug store after there had been an explosion in the Gilmore-Bonfig store, and said his face had been cut by glass ag he was walking through the alley ir the rear of the building. Remington said he started to take Mil- ner to a doctor’s office, but Milner broke away from him and jumped on the running board of an automobile in which two women were riding and es- caped. Detective Curran idéntified Milner as one of the ‘‘torches’’ he arrested at the Christen Bellows Works, and said Mil- ner also was identified by Shelton as the man with the cut face who ran from the Gilmore-Bonfi¢ buiiding. Edward Marx of 2302 Russell avenue, bartender in a downtown saloon, testi- fied that about ‘three weeks before the arrests in the Christen plot he saw Bersch in the saloon in conference with Max Greenberg, one of the men later ar- rested at the Christen plant and now under indictment as a ‘“‘torch.’’ Detective Scheller told of the arrests at the Christen plant and cxhibited sam- ples of oils and powder found in the wagon which was driven into the plant by the ‘‘torches.’’ Detective Tells of Trap. Detective Bart Keany vesterday af- ternoon testified that he was detailed to investigate the Gilmore-Bonfig fire and that later he aided in setting the trap for arson conspirators with the co-operation of Joseph C. Christen of the Christen Bellows Works. He watched the Christen plant Aue. 17, 1915, he asaid, and he saw Julius Bersch and Herbert 0. Baker go there. Keaney said notes of the conver- sation between Christen, Bersch and Baker on that day were made by N. 8. McIntosh, a stenographer, who is now in the army and stationed at San Antonia, TeXas. Charles Remington, a druggist at Taylor avenue and Olive street, tes- tified that after the explosion at the Gtlimore-Bonfig store July 24, 1915, a man with his face cut ran into the store. This man has been identified as Milner. LANSING THREATENS TO DISMISS ANY CRITIC OF HIS GAG ORDER Nene but Himaelf or Intelligence Bu- reauw May Longer Give Out State Department News. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Secretary Lansing today followed up the State Department gag order, which forbids any other official there to give informa- ttn to the public, with a statement that any other official who should give out information conveying a criticism of the department's policies would be dismissed. Lansing reiterated that the giving of information to the public through the nowspapers would hereafter be restricted to himself and the newly created Bureau of Foreign Intelligence. He gsaid he had forbidden officials to talk with newspaper correspondents be- eause he was dissatisfied with having information come from many different channels, and perhaps from contrary points of view. | $244,000 OVERTIME CHECKS FOR THE FRISCO TRAINMEN Distribution of Morey Due Under Adamson Law Decision is Being Made. Members of the four brotherhoods on the Frisce will receive checks today for overtime due from January under the Adamagon iaw. Chairmen of the broth- crhoeds have been insisting upon the payment of the first month’s evertime due them, and what virtually was an ultimatum unless the pay was forth- coming was delivered yesterday to of- ficiala of the road. The timekeeping department has worked day and night for weeks, but was unable to complete the computation of wages until today. The total amount due the men for avertime is $244,000, PREDICTS STRUGGLE FOR REFORM AMBTERDAM, May 8.—In explanation of the rejection by the Hungarian oppo. sition leaders of Premier Tisza's offer of representation in the Cabinet, Count Julian Andrassy, leader of the opposi- tien, declared at a meeting Sunday of the Constitutional party that the offer was a caricature on the party's demands for complete alteration of the present aystem and ending of the regime of absolutism at Budapest. He added that it wae h the struggle, both inside and outside Parliament, would take a charPer form than hitherto. - Cotten Wage Increase rer 25,060. FALL RIVER, Mass., May t.—A wage increase of 10 per cent, affecting 9,00 eotten mill operatives, wag announced today by the Fall River Manufacturer?’ Association. The advance, which takes effect June 4 was recently requested by the Textile Council. ate PE PAG MII st OR RE cet). IR cee | Raises $1,508,500,000 Which, ‘ by the Treasury Department. ee — WAR REVENUE BIL ALMOST READY FOR " —— ~ | REPORT TO HUSE Measure Virtually Complete, | Is Less Than Treasury Wants. MAY ADD MORE TAXES Newspapers Are Exempt From Levy Placed on Advertising; | : Mail Rates Advances. . | By Leased Wire From the Washington Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, May 8.—The war revy- enue bill virually has been finished by the Ways and Means Committee. Final touches will be put on it today and it will be introduced in the House at onee by Chairman Kitchin. As the bill stands, it provides for §$1,- 508,500,000 ef the $1,800,000,000 demanded The com- mittee has.in reserve taxes which may bé put in the bill to bring it up to the full amount needed. These are the in- creases in the inheritance tax and the making of individual income taxes retro- active to apply to the calendar year 191}, and several other taxes, including one on refined petroleum. Attempts to reach final vetes on many of the taxes in the bill caused contro- versies in the committee. Representa- tive Fordney of Michigan, ranking Re- publican member, may not sign the re- port and one or two others may follow his example. It is known that Repre- sentative Fordney is opposed to the au- tomobile tax, to the excess profits tax and to the whole scheme of raising so much money. It is his contention that only about $1,000,000,000 should be raised by this .bill. As the excess profits tax was printe] in the new bill laid before the commit- tee, it was 14 instead of 16 per cent, and the corporation income tax had been in- creased from 4 to 5 per cent. There was loud protest, and it was charged that the change was made without authority. After much discussion the excess proti’s tax was finally left at 16 per cent, ap the subcommittee recommended, and the corporation income tax was put back to 4 per. cent. The committee also agreed to exempt | from the provisions of the tax so-called | “parent” corporations, the subsidiaries | of which pay the tax. A notable increase in the liquor tax was made on motion of Representative Rainey of Illinois. Whisky was increased from $2 a gallon to $2.2 a gallon, mak- ing the tax as it now stands just doubl« what if was last year. The tax on beer was increased from $2.80 to $2.76 a bar- rel. Newspapers Exempt From Ad Tax. The tax on advertising provoked dis- cussion. It has been proposed to assess a 5 per cent tax on all advertising, and this was favored by several of the Southern members, including, it is un- derstood, Chairman Kitchin. It was shown that such a tax would ruin thou- sands of small newspapers in the United States, and by a close vote the tax was amended so that it would not apply to newspapers and periodicals , As the advertising tax now stands, it will be assessed on all billboards and electric signs, and on all circular adver- tising which passes through the United States mails. The tax on second-class mail matter | was left as proposed by the subcom-| mittee at two cents a pound for the first | zone; three cents for the second and| third zones: four eents for the fourth | and fifth zones, five cents for sixth and seventh zones, and six cents for the eighth zone. An amendment was in- serted excepting from this increase daily newspapers dropped in the postoffice for delivery within the city. Ags tne pro- vision virtually stood all second-class matter of this description was exempted from the provision. It was decided to leave out the tax on . _roactive to apply to the calendar vear retail tobacco dealers since a flat rate a APT Oe ge . ks, mt pee be pak i % 4, , so so "Pgh = ” and Amount T tion: on corporation incomes, an increase to 2 per cent on individual incomes ever $1000 for single men and $2000 for married mén and up to @ total of 83) per cent on incomes of $600,000 and over, to yield $600,000,000.. Excess profite—Increase to 16 per cent on profits over 8 pér cent-and $5000; $150,000,000. Passenger tickets, 10 per cent, $80,- 000,000. Freight bills, 3 per cent; $70,000,000. Whisky, $2.20 a gallon; $106,000, 000. Beer, $2.76 a barrel; $37,000,000. Miscellaneous stamp taxes, $70,000,- 000. Rectified spirits, % cents a galion; $12,500,000. Wines, present rates doubled; 9,- 000,000. , Soft drinks, mineral waters and near beer, 2 cents a gallon and up; $20,000,000. Automobiles, 5 per cent of price to dealarg at factory; $78,000,000. Musical instruments, 5 per cent of price to dealers at factory; $7,000,000. Pipe lines, 5 per cent of transporta- tion charges; $5,000,000. Advertising, except in newspapers and periodicals, 6 per cent of amount carried; $5,000,000. Playing cards, 1 cents a deck; $10,000, 000. | } ~—— a Taxes in War Revenue Bill HE following taxes have been agreed on to go in the war revenue bill which soon will be before the House for action, the amount expected to be raised also being listed: Incomes, individual ang corpora- } Increase fram 2 to 4 per cent ) ) per cent; $7,000,000. | Jewelry, per ment of price at fac- as: 1917-8200, 000,000. : s to Be Raised Baseball, theater and other am ment tickets, 10 per cent: Pullman and parior car tickets, 10 tory, $7,000,000, | Proprietary medicines, stamp tax, $6,500,000. First-class mai] rate increase to 3 cents for letters and 2 cents for postal cards—$70,000, 000. Second-clags mail rate increase to 2 cents per pound as minimum charge and institution of zone system—$2,- 000, 000. & Cigars, graduated tax up to % a thousand—$10,000,000. Cigarettes, increase to $2.60 a thou- sand—$17,000, 000. Manufactured tobacco increase to 16 cents a pound—$25,000,000. Wholegaie tobacco dealers, 3% a Sporting goods, 5 per cent of price at factory—$15,000,000. Total, $1,508,500,000. In addition, the committee will con- sider putting into the bill-the follow- ing taxes: Inherttancé tax, increase of one- third up to inheritances of 28,000,000. and more thereafter—$100,000,000. Income tax, making individuals pay tax for calendar year of 1916 as we Refined petroleum, 10 per cent of wholesale price—/5,000,000. - —— — — would not make an equitable taz and its returns would be almost negligible. A tax on jewelry, to be assessed simi- larly to the taxes on automobiles and musical instruments, was tentatively de- cided on by the committee. Proprietary medicines will pay a heavy stamp tax, according to the committee's decision. Playing Cards te Yield $10,000,000, A new tax of 5 pér cent on the value of sporting goods at the factory Was ine, serted in the bill by the committee. No vote was taken on the proposal of Representative Moore of Pennsylvania to tax cotton $2.50 a bale, but it is under- stood that there is little prospect of this tax being adopted by the committee. A tax on pipe lines earrying oil and gas of & per cent of the transportation eharges was tentatively written in the bill. An unlooked for source of revenue Was discovered when treasury experts sub- mitted figures to show that a tax of 10 cents a deck on playing cards would net $10,000,000 a year. The tax was immedi- ately put in the bill. Thetcommittee discussed at length the proposal to increase all inheritance taxes by one-third. The proposal is to make the increases one-third all along the line until inheritances of $8,000,000 are reached. Then the tax would reach a total of 22 per cent. Inheritances of $11,000,000 would be taxed 28 per cent and inheritances of $15,000,000 or more would be taxed 30 per cent. — The committee has yet to decide whether the inheritance tax will be put in the bill. This tax is opposed by the Treasury Department on the ground that it interferes with the sources of revenue of most states. The committee also must determine whether income taxes will be made ret- 1916. Under this proposal persons who have already paid their income taxes would have to pay them again at the new rates. These taxes are not due until! June, but many persons have paid them in advance, responding to an urgent ap-| peal from the Treasury Department. Englishman and Wife Die at Sea. BALTIMORE, May 8.—Mrs. Julia B. Swindell has received a cable telling of the death at sea of Mrs. Swindell's daughter and her husband, the Hon. and Mrs. Fardley B. Reece. No details were given except that the deaths occurred off the Gold Coast, of which Reece was acting Governor. The eable did not state whether their ship, the Aprapa. was a victim of a storm, a mine or sub- marine. Se ~~ mighty. coun - your . strength. needed. Se you 0 Here’s a Universal Service Your nation needs you and your President asks that you do your part. Individual thrift makes a nation That’s one way you can hel Every holder of a Mercantile Savi Account Book is a factor of national Every dollar now placed means the conservation of national can take ining the Army ef Ho Mercantile Savings Accounts. Mercantile Trust Company Eighth and Locust Streets Member Federal Reserve System——U. S. Government Protection for You! Po at the same time helping in Savings at the very time it is most ride in triotic pe ders of BRITISH WRITER, BACK FROM FRONT, SAYS MEN ARE NEEDED Neither Enough Troops nor Divisions im Field’, Military Correspondent of Times Declares. LONDON, May 8.—The military cor- respondent of the Times, giving further impressions of his recent visit to the British front, replies to criticisms of the types of airplanes used by the British. He says that criticism of types is folly, because many different kinds are needed, according to the work on which they are employed, amd it is impossible to say which is best. The writer defends the part use of second grade machines as unavoidable, saying that if none byt the latest model of each type were used there would be few airmen aloft. He believes that the latest type of the British fighting plane is equal to the German, but that a greater number of them is needed. This machine is operated by a single aviator and carries two guns. The writer says the life of an airplane does not exceed two months. Few pilots stand the strain more than three, six or nine months. The writer contends that the British have not enough men orféenough divi- sions in the field, and says that the severity of the present fighting adds to the gravity of the question. ‘Victory or defeat,’’ he concludes, “depends on man power, and nothing else stands between us and success.’’ For good workers to aid in the Spring clean-up consult Post-Dispatch Wants. xw—_—_——— — Sem of Baron Astor Saed. LONDON, May §.—Maj. Waldorf Astor member of the House of Commons, and son of Baron Astor (formerly William Waldorf Astor of New York), is defend- ant for an action for £29,000 ($145,000). brought by Charlies Tranton. This amount is claimed in penalties at the rate of £5300 daily for each occasion on which Maj. Astor sat in the House of Commons while, as proprietor of the Sunday Observer, he executed contracts to insert in that newepaper advertise- ments from Government departments. Lo A ge 8 | A a a Paste It If you have no car paste it window at home. Banks’ Subscription to First sue of $2,000,000,000 to McAdoo. ca Bo te - N. A. McMillan, president of the 8B.) © Louis Clearing House Association, an~ — nounced to a Post-Dispatch reporter o- day that the St. Louis banks and trus ‘companies would subscribe $25,000,000 of the first offering of the Government's $2,000,000,000 war bond issue just as soon as the Treasury Department notified th banks the terms and conditions up The banks authorized Rolla Governor of the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, to telegraph to ta McAdoo Saturday that they would be Welk was sent Saturday afternoon. “The subscriptions cannot be made until the as soon as that is done St. Louis will do their full share toward the pure ~ us a a he 3 chase of the bonds, and more too, necessary.” to handle the loan without commission = or profit of any kind to themselves, Jt is expected that the vonds, which will bear 3% per cent interest, and are ex- empt from taxation of all kind, will prove a particularly attractive iInvest+ ment. Press dispatches scriptions from 8t. Louis aggregated the fact that the subscriptions of the St. Louis banks have not been actually received in Washington. The small amount of subscriptions ‘ ceived, according to the bankers, is no indication of the real spirit of St. Leuia from Washington — last night stated that the total sud- $225,000. The poor showing of St. Louis, as compared with other cities, is due ta — CANADIAN OFFICER SAYS MEN ARE NEEDED AT ONCE AT % Not a Moment to Lose, American Bankers’ Association in Briar- cliffe Lodge at Briarcliffe, last night, Charies W, Gordon (Ralph P, Connor, the Canadian author), in aw . Maj. address said: “God have mercy on you Americans 4 who discuss calmly about your armies being in the trenches within a year. There is not a moment to be lost, and you must prepare for a long struggi4é, today than when the war began.”’ Federal Reserve Board, in a speech said Paul M. Warburg, one of the mem- bers of the reserve board, had placed his entire private fortune at the di at of the Government and his son had en- listed as a private in the army, i CITY PLAN EXPENSES $13,226 ° Commissioners Salaries for Yeas Were $10,612. In the City Plan Commission's annwu report, filed yesterday, its expenses 226.64, of which $10,613,568, or about per cent, represented salaries, die tional appropriations to make a survey of the city as a preliminary to “diba « tricting’”’ industrial, mercantile and rests dential buildings are requested by commission. Including 4173,000 paid into court the damages awarded to owners of prop- | - : , ig 4 etd Easton avenue and Penrose street, tha ig erty along King’s highway, Free While at the office of the commission explains the city’s share of the cost of completing the boulevs will be about $540,000. | To Drivers of Automobiles on Your Windshield They Last Nate + ‘4 a aA SF Sa st ie SS ae ate HY \ 7 eas ’ * re 56 toe, Sea Yah Ss Be © ae ne sf * a. j i *y ect are. Gut: ‘ eS % s on your Package of Dry Mucilage the year are shown to ‘have been $13.4 Maj. C. W. Gordon (Ralph P. Connor, ; Author), Declares America Has NEW YORK, May §—At a banquet given by the Executive Council of the ae The fighting force of Germany is greater * W. P. C. Harding, governor of thé ~ ‘Ge sg i ae “Ta a BR CELL Saleh ge RDS SEE LT LE ON RIE A

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\\ three cars of the train left the track. ?) ington authorities for a changed sched- > been thoroughly inspected by track men { track men arriving at the scene of the ‘two fect deep was dug out midway be- . ‘which the miission staff and newspaper ST.LOUts POST-DISPATCH TUESDAY EVENING, MAY §8, 1917. —_—_- CH MISSION ON | ~ WAY EAST AFTER | (2 NGIN A WRECK None of Party Feels Any Ill Ef- fects From Mishap Near Arcola, Ill. THREE CARS DERAILED New Special Train Held at Ef- fingham Over Night—Will Stop at Indianapolis Today. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 8&--The Belrench war commission arrived fa Indianapolis at 12:13 o’clock this after- noon, A reception committee of State ry and city officials escorted the party ‘along business streets, which were lined With ‘cheering throngs. The commis- sion remained here about one hour. ee TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May &—The French mission, which spent the night at Effingham, Il., after a wreck near Arcola, Ill., had upset the schedule of the special Government train bearing the distinguished party, resumed its journey eastward today. None of the members of the mission felt any ill ef- fects from the jar that resulted when Hundreds of persons who returned to their homes disappointed last night aft- er they learned that the Frenchmen could not reach here before morning, again crowded about the station today to greet the mission, which was sched- uled to arrive some time after 10 o’clock for a brief stop before continuing to Indianapolis. After the mishap last evening, which occurred while Rere Viviani, French Minister of Justice and head of the mis- sion, and Marshal Joffre and some at- taches of the party were dining, a wrecking train was sent to Arcola from Terre Haute, and another special train was made up at Champaign, IL, to car- ry the party to Effingham. Train Held at Effingham. The Frenchmen retired almost imme- diately after the mishap, which was maid by secret service agents with the Pparty to have been accidental, and most of them were asleep. It had been arranged to leave Effingham soon after midnight, but the train was delayed, and, acting upon advice from Washing- ton, railroad officials canceled the schedule. With an early start today there will be no serious delay in the tour and it is expected the party will have time to remain one hour and 15 minutes in Indianapulis. The train was held at Effingham that citizens of all communities where stops were originally scheduled might have an opportunity to greet the distin- guished visitors. The delay at Arcc'a was about four hours. A study of tne track at the Arcola wreck by railway officials disclosed a ‘broken rail near the point where ap- pear the first marks of the wheel flange of the tender of the engine derailed, the second of two locomotives drawing in the train. The accepted theory is that the flange of the wheel, after the wheel left the rail, cut off the nuts of a ish plate binding the ends of two rails, and thereby permitted the rails) to spread, letting the day coach, one sleeper and the front truck of the din- ng car down on the ties. After several hours’ work, Assistant Secretary Long arranged with the Wash- ule and revised route. The war mission special was running / 18 minutes late when the accident last evening occurred, but not at excessive speed. The application of the emer- if gency brakes saved the train from a * more serious wreck, bringing it to a _ gtop in a comparatively short distance. _ The wreck occurred at a spot where the line has single track, which had only a short time before the accident, _ ‘wreck almost as soon as the train party » left the cars. | Section of Track Torn Up. » Careful scrutiny of the tracks dis- 1 closed that the whee) of the locomo- tive left the track about §0 feet from where the day coach was overturned ato the ditch. The mark of the flange "lof the wheel showed clearly along that - side of the track. Then for some dis- tance the middle of the track showed signe of having been torn up, and un- der the second car of the train a hole tween the rails, the ties having been cut in two cleanly and the rails thrown for some distance to each side of the roadbed. Wile trucks of the day coach and the tender of the locomotive were aiong the ditch in a mass of twisted steel and wheels. The vestibule of the Pullman car, in men were riding, was partly telescoped. | The trainmen riding in the first car had ‘> @ miraculous escape from death when { their car was dragged along the track nd finally overturned. The men es- Psaped by crawling through the car ’ windows, The first engine and tender pag the second engine, minus its tender. Mfesparated from the train when the sec- "‘end tender left the track, and were lopped several hundfed feet from the reck., After making a hurried survey of the ck, Chief Nye of the secret service, pmpanied by newspaper men, board- | the first engine and ran to Filson, a 2 rby town, from where help was sum- -hnoned. Members of the commission re- Trdainod aboard their cars until agsist- h@e carne. They showed no excitement the American members of the party remaingd vaim. ckinridge Long was one of the t outside ‘the train and alongside the hed car with Chief Nye. They held consultation and prepared dis- itches for Government at Wash- { a . informing officials there of the dent and that everyone was arte | uninjured. ae re Ceolest in Party, | ilies: was the coolest meui- ‘Vive les Citoyens de St. Louis.’’ | Marshal Joffre Bestows From Train a Farewe'f Smile on St Louis ~~ -| ede PRO AROSE ES > SOOT Oe fel -3., —Photograph by Post-Dispatch Staff Photographer, This snapshot of the great French Field Marshal was made as his train was about to leave Union boulevard and Forest Parke He — just uttered his farewell were: and the other leaders of the party he was at dinner when the jolting began, as the car left the track. When the sudden stop came everyone on board was given a hard shaking. Dishes slid from tables into the laps of distin- guished members of the mission and the Americans accompanying them. The secret service men immediately hurried along to members of the party to reas- sure them. As soon as news of the accident reached Arcola, people with automobiles went to the assistance of: the distin- guished party, offering their homes and machines for the use of the mission and other travelers. Ratlroad men expressed the opinion that the steel conetruction of the cars saved the train from a much more serious wreck. Lieutenant-Colonel Cosby, American military attache with the mission, re- ceived a slight bruise on the right side of his right hip and leg, from being thrown against a table in the dining car. Otherwise the extent of injury on the train was limited to shock and a shak- ing, from which all soon recovered, When leaving Decatur after a brief stop there at 6:55 yesterday afternoon, the special train ran down and killed Peter Quick, 47 years old, at a cross- ing. Marshal Joffre was much affected by the accident and expressed a wish to do something for the man’s family. The visitors stopped in Decatur 10 minutes. Mayor Dan Dinneen’s brief tribute and declaration of the city’s loy- alty was translated into French and brought a happy smile to the faces of the commission. “We accept this not only as a tribute, but as a promise we know you will keep,” replied one of the commission members. Viviani demanded the copy of the address, for preservation by the commission. Rear Admiral C. B. T. Moore, U. 8S. N. (retired), was intro- duced. Box cars, howssigns and factory roofs were lined with spectators ana the tracks throughout the city were closely packed with watchers. M. Viviani made the following stat¢- ment to the Associated Press directed especially to citizens of Decatur and community: “This war is not.a war of cannon, of munitions, of courage in the fighting line alone; its continuation and final success depend as much on the farmers as on the soldiers, and the services rendered by those who cultivate the soil cannot be overestimated. “Every bushel of wheat, every peck of potatoes counts as much as shells and bullets, and eyen more. “In such a war as this all must serve if it is to be brought to a quick and vic- torious conclusion. field fights the common foe ag efficient- ly as the soldier in the trench. “In France our children even have been taught to cultivate gardens and ev- ery spot of available land.’’ ALLIED SUCCESSES ON WEST FRONT DISCOUNTED IN GERMANY Freach Official Repert of Captare of Part of Hindenburg Line Suppreseed. COPENHAGEN, May 8.—The Ger- man version of the French official war report of last Saturday suppres- ses entirely the reference to the cap- ture of a portion of the Hindenburg line southeast of Vauxaillon. Other evidence of the doctoring of the allied official reports to make them agree with claims in the German official statements indicate the anxiety of the German authorities as to.the effect of the news from the Western front on public opinion. A supplementary report given Mon- day.morning papers through the Ger. man official news bureau ignores all French successes except the capture of Winterburg Hill and is written in such a strain as to evoke headlines like “French defeated on Aisne in gigantic onslaught.” Capt. von Salzmann, military critic of the Berlin Vossische Zeitung, tn an ar- ticle discussing the alfficuities of the suppl) of ammunition under bombard- nents by gas bombs, makes the notable discovery that the sinking of the steamer Lusitania long postponed the use of gas bombs by the entente allles and saved the lives of perhaps 100,000 German sei- diera. The writer says that under the new Hindenburg method of flying defense, the best soldiers have been concentrated in @ corps of elite storming troops, which is used in counter stroker regardless of pparty, With M. Vivians) the cost, : The farmer.in hie FRENCH WREATH SILENTLY PLACED IN LINCOLN TOMB 1Mission Party Enters and Leaves Emancipator’s Resting Place Without Spoken Word— Cordial Welcome at Springfield, Ill. SPRINGFIELD, IL, May 8.—Marshal Joffre, hero of the Marne, paid tribute to the memory of Lincoln at the emancf- pator’s tomb here yesterday, and with the others of the French Commission received an enthusiastic welcome to the capital of Illinois. Marshal Joffre silently placed a wreath upon the Lincoln sarcophagus. With bowed heads and doffed caps, the French hero, Vice Premier Viviani and the military and civil officials who ac- companied them filed into the tomb, paid honor to the war President and left without a spoken werd. At the State Capitol, where an official reception had been arranged for them by Gov. Lowden and the Legislature, both Joffre and Viviani spoke. The reception in Springfield was said by members of the party to have been one of the most enthusiastic they have received. It was the only small city in which they had made a long stop and from the moment they stepped from their official train until they departed, an hour an4d a half later, they were met with cheers and waving tri-colors. Sol- diers who lined the streets stood at attention and Marshal Joffre saluted each command. Lines of schoo! children waved flags and cheered enthusiastical- ly while the autoinobiles carrying the party passed from the downtown dis- tricts to Oak Ridge Cemetery. When his train was about to draw out of the station the hero of the Marne stooped from the platform and kissed two little girls, who were dressed to rep- resent the United States and France. Reception at Capitol. The hall of the House of Representa- tives at the Capitol was crowded to the top galleries. Gov. Lowden and a Re- ception Committee of Senators and Rep- resentatives escorted the party into the hall amidst cheering. They were wel- comed by Speaker Shanahan, who di- rected attention to the debt that the Tinitéed States owed France. Gen. Joffre spoke but briefly in French, and al- though his words were understood by only a part, he was furced to bow again und again by the applause. “J come here to represent France and the Frrenth army,” he said. “J thank you. I leave the French army to come to Springfield to salute the citizens of the state of Illinois and ithe city.” Vice Premier Viviani paid a tribute to Lincoln and to President Wilson and told of the rejoicing that spread through France when the speech of President Wilson announcing the In- tention of the United States to enter the war was received. He predicted that with the aid of the United States | jof Europe.” J the conflict would be brought to a glorious conclusion. “Before coming here to this hall of legislature,” M. Viviani said, “we en- tered the chamber of silence and de- posited a wreath upon the tomb of the immortal Lincoln. The homage of all France comes with us. We wish you to understand, no matter how far it is from Springfield to France, the vision of this splendidly modern democracy is understood in France. You know that born among the people, not able to read, Lincoln arose by study and intelligence to be the emancipator of modern civiliza- tion. He attained. his ends by plung- ing the country into civil war after exhausting eyery other means with- in his power. “Lincoln understood human con- science, and that is the reason he is proclaimed ‘the immortal.’ He ac- complished this civilization, and al- though he is now in silence, by his triumphs and his deeds he still lives in memory. “Three years ago the German Gov- ernment violated the rights of man without any motive or right, and sought to conquer France. The Uni- ted States is now face to face with the same crisis. We are now together in this great world war to defend the rights and justice of man.” French in Mississippi Valicy. Gov. Lowden had called attention in his introduction to a French settle- ment in the Mississippi Valley. “The first French came to discover the valley of the Mississippi and founded the first Government in that valley,’ M. Viviani said. “It is here that we see now the demand of our ancestors. As the Governor has said, ‘We will take back to France the debt of gratituds we owe them.’ ‘It is not to France you owe the debt, but you owe it to liberty and equality, because our children are now fighttng to maintain this equality of man. “We wil: take back with us a remem brance of you, and when we return tc our country we will be asked what we have heard and seen and we will an- swer that we have traveled through America and have been acclaime:l every- where on account of France. Not o. ¥ France wiil be liberated, but the whole Speaker Shanahan said that the first religion, the Arst education and the first attempts at government of Illinois as well as the first settlement, were French. The State, he said, was under French domination more than 8) years ahd the Franch influence had extended over its entire existene®. ———— rrr em ee ee Y, M. C. A. WANTS DISCARDED DISC RECORDS FOR SOLDIERS Have Instalied ih enshaiieiianln at Tent at Jefferson Barracks, but More Music In Needed. Discarded phonograph disc records donated by residents of St. Louis will give many hours of joy to sol- diers at Jefferson Barracks. The Y. M. C. A. has installed a phonograph in ite big tent quarters at the bar- racks and will supply many records, but it can use hundreds of additional tunes. Such records for the soldiers can be delivered to any Y. M. C. A. bufid- ing in St. Louis, or at the general and Wyoming. Of these 887 have been examined, at a rate of about 8 a day. On this scale it would requirg about three weeks more to examine the 1558 men whose applications are already on file and who have not yet taken the testa. However, the rate has been con- siderably speeded up, .# men having been examined yesterday. Applicants Arrive at 6:30. . The rush to take advantage of the Government’s opportunity to gain the commissions and the pay of officers in the new army shows increased momen- tum. Although Maj. Goode’s board does not begin its sessions until 10.a. m., ap- plicants began to arrive at the old Cus- tom House, Third and Olive streets, at 6:30 o’clock this morning. By 9 o'clock about 200 were in line, the file winding about the lobby on the third floor and extending down the corridors. Yester- day 600 men presented themselves for examination, and of these, 375, after waiting for hours in many cases, were told to return today. In order to aid in expediting the work of the board, Robert Burkham, former Assistant City Counselor, vol- unteered to help with the clerical tasks today, as did several members of the University Club. Norris B. Gregg, a manufacturer and director of the Third National Bank, and his son acted as clerks for Maj. Goode, yesterday. j Second Camp Prebablie. The local examining boards are stil] proceeding under a War Department order to continue the examinations until further notice, and it is possi- ble that those who fail to be chosen for the first encampment at Fort Riley will be trained at a second camp, which the War Department is expected to announce this week. Numerous rejections are being made because of lack of mental qualifica- tions, and it is stated that is is need- less for men to apply unless they have had a high school education Jor one equivalent or military experience. as they will be rejected. * tion of the French commission, was re- 490 Men Summoned em First Call to Officers’ Camp. FORT RILEY, Kan., May 8.—The first increment of men for the officers’ re- serve training camp at the military post here were ordered today to report not later than Thursday. Four hundre:l were summoned in the first call, notices of which were mailed out today by Col. Tyree Rivers, post commandant. Others will be summoned daily until the camp opens next Monday. NEW AND SWEEPING EMBARGO CLAUSE PUT IN ESPIONAGE BILL Senate Would Empower President to Prohibit Exports, When Safety Re- quires, te “Any Country Named.” WASHINGTON, May 8.—The Senate resumed consideration today of the administration espionage bill after having adopted without a dissenting voice a new embargo section which would empower the President, during the war when the “public safety shal! so require,”’ to proclaim it unlawful] to export articles to “any country named.” In adopting the provision the Senate reversed its previous action. It voted last week to authorize embargoes only against countries through which foods were found to be reaching the enemy. The action came late yesterday after a long debate in executive session, in which Republican Senators led in vig- orous criticism of President Wilson for his alleged fallure to consult mem- bers of Congress about the proposed legislation, and after word had heen passeqd that the President would be embarrassed by the old embargo pro- vision. It was explained also that the Government had reason to believe that American exports were setting to Germany through Holland and Switzerland. The Senate closed its doors again to- day whe nit too up the embargo sec- tion. - PLAN FOR DRY YALE REUNION Former President Teft and Alunmnt Cemmittee Make Appent. NEW YORK, May &—-Yale graduate reunions will be “dry” this year. if former President Taft, a “committee of 71,"’ consisting of some of Yale’s most prominent alumni, and partieuvlarly the senior Class this year, have their way. An appeal sent out by Taft to 21.500 Yale graduates, asking their support in « movement to reduce or entirely ¢lim- inate the drinking of liquer at cias» reunions to be held in June, is based upon a patriotic motive. with a view of influencing pubiic opinion in faver of prohibition during the war. . The present academic senior clase at Yale voted to oppose the use of class funde to purchase aicobolic drinks at class reunions and other clase gather- Y te Dug only eten "Zz te nat racers SEES panied by Lieut.-Gen, Bridges and Admiral de Chair. Bridges and Admiral de Chair of British mission were received today the Senate with a demonstration which rivaled the enthusiasm and their reception recently ta After the reception on the the party was entertained at } by Vice President Marshall Mr. Balfour, escorted into the ber by a committee of Senators, ocet- pied a seat with Vice President Mat- shall on the rostrum. , Introducing Mr. Balfour, Vice Presi-., of the. earth would sit down at tie they should have written on the firma,,, ment the legend, “I shine only for the just.”’ . Mr. Baifour declared that Germafiy gland and America were afraid to entef’ the war, and estimated the effect would — “That will be the wrecking of all their’ hopes,’’ he said. “That is the blunder | “{ speak with confidence .about the ° issue,” said Mr. Balfour. “A confidence’ lot.”’ “I see a suggestion,” continued the ° capable of winning with arma, is wofiiis” to win by illegitimate submarine . the gravity of the submarine menace: I do not wish to minimize it, put afte; more than one defect of like magnitide’ has been met and overcome.” the French and British marked a new epoch in the history of the free counh- thus cemented. “In it,’’ he continued, “lies some of the expectations we dare entertain for ilization. b the sinking of helpless neutrals or ‘fi sending women and children to the bot- he said, adding that it would require the combined efforts of every man Now That Tanlac Is Not an »: Ordinary Medicine. feel like a different person,” Mrs. a H. Neuwoehner, wife of the we] =i Co. official, told the Tanlac Man ar Johnson - Enderle*- Pauley’s drug. “It was a lucky day when I de” cided to take Tanlac.” Mrs. Neuwoeb-_ nue, this city, continued. “ IT had sur fered from stomach trouble and ‘hy’ a year. Everything I ate caused nausea. Gas formed in my sto ~ was 80 nervous I couldn't sié6p peacefully, often tossing and t night. Finally my. condition weg F so serious that |] was unable my housework. cal known people having been benefit by Tanlac and decided to try ever, that I had very little taith #* it, for I had tried so many ‘patent™ “Tanlac has put me on my fee again, It has given me new strength such a drudge. My stomach ig*it’ fine condition now and I can eat all, the food agrees with me. The attacks of nausea have ceased to an’ tite. und am no longer bothered with» gas in the stomach. I sleep as peace-' the nervousness having vanished. «{ feel refreshed and energetic when J- “Tanlac certainly has done me a world of good, and I feel ethat 4. never had any faith in ‘patent’ medi-- cines before, but | sure am glad 1 de-~ Tanlac. the Master Medicine. that is proving such a boon to hundreds catarrhal affections of the stomach, liver, kidneys and head, nervousness, : generally debilitated condition. : It; quickly tones up the system, gives, Heves the very conditions from whieh thousands of persons in all sta council table and not arise again unttl wise and they are not wise who are not blundered when she counted that Bn- be negligible if they should, that will save civilization.’’ redoubled since you have thrown in your” British Secretary, “that Germany, Te fare. I believe it not. I do not minimize all, in two and one-half years of Mr. Balfour declared the missions of tries of the world, and in the “alliance . greatest hopes, some of the "tor oh” “The war isn’t going to be settled tom of the ocean, but by hard fighting,” woman on both sides of the Atlantic. — Mrs. W. H. Sioiedicstniins Knots “Two bottles of Tanlac made me known Metropolitan Life Insurance store on May 3. ner, who lives at 6717 Virginia ave- entire system had been run down for after eating, causing intense pai, 1 bling through the greater part of the” “T read every day about welj-” new medicine. I must confess, hb#™” medicines without success, and now my household work is not* ‘most anything I want, and best 6f- noy me. I have a ravenous appe fully as a child all through the night; arise. should recommend it to others, «% cided to try Tanlac. It is fine.” of men and women in St. py vicinity, is especially ben loss of appetite, sleeplessness and a you new strength and energy and re- cities Ifke St. Louis suffer. at | ; The Wi and drug stores, is Solna introduced Merker’s drug stores, Au Reis’ drug store. mnt na Be i at Be ; Rn eee 9 Se eee ste vb ec AER TRI Nn

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GOWPERS PLEADS ~ WMH RUSSIANS ~TOSTAND FRM Message Peace Sent to Workmen’s Deputies. DENOUNCES AGITATORS Warns Russian Workers Against Pro-Kaiser Agents Plots to Use Them. WASHINGTON, May 8 —A plea against a premature peace for Russia, and renewed assurance that American wage earners and the American people are in hearty sympathy with the Russian democratic move, are included in a long eablegram sent by President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor to the Executive Committee of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers’ Deputies at Petrograd. | Speaking for organized labor in this sountry, Gompers also expresses com- piete confidence in the purposes and opinions of the American war mission soon to go to Russia. Although he does not mention specifically the recent at- tacks on Elihu Root, who will head the mission, the labor leader denounces as criminal and pro-German any sugges- tion that the members will seek to in- terfere in Russia's internal affairs or will give any advice except with the purpose of cqpbating the common sa emy, . Forcible annexations are condemned, ut Gompers pleads that every people ffetted by the war should in the end be free to choose their allegiance. Puni- tive indemnities also are denounced, and hope is expressed that leaders of the working classes of the Central Empires; will cease plotting for an abortive peace and will bring a real peace by over- throwing the autocracies of Hohenzol- lern and Hapsburg. The message, timed to aid in combat- ing the pro-German agitation apparent during the last few days in Russia, was cabled yesterday. Its full text, made public last night, follows: “Executive Committee of the Council of Workmen's and Seldiers’ Deputies, Petrograd, Russia: ' “The gravest crisis in the world’s his- ’ tory is now hanging in the balance and a = = = ———— ‘ithe course which Russia will pursue may have ai determining influence ‘whether democracy or autocracy shall prevail. That democracy and freedom ‘will finally pfevail there can be no doubt in the minds of men who know, but the cost, the time lost and the facrifices which would ensue from lack of united action may be appalling. It is to avoid this that I address you. ‘In view of the grave crisis through which the Russian peoples are pasing we assure you that you can rely abso- lutely upon the whole-Hearted support and co-operation of the American people in the great war against our common enemy, Kaiserism. In the fulfillment of that cause the present American Gov- ernment has the support of 99 per cent of the American people, including the working class of both the cities and of the agricultural sections. Patty Pro-Kaiser Agitators. » “In free America, asin free Russia, tl:e tators for a peace favorable to Prus- an militarism have been allowed to xpress their opinions, so that the cor.- cious and unconscious tools of the — appear more influential than they weally are. You should realize the truth pr the situation. There are but few in mmerica willing to allow Kaiserism and its allies to continue their rule over those non-German peoples who wish to pe free from their domination. ; “Should we not protest against the ro-Kaiser Socialist interpretation of 1e demand for ‘no annexation,’ namely, t all oppressed non-German peoples fom be compelled to remain under the q : ‘ ‘ omination of Prussia and her lackeys, ustria and Turkey. Should we not father accept the better interpretation at there must be no forcible annexa- fons but that every people must be ee 10 choose any allegiance it desires, ¥s demanded by the Council of Work- men's and Soldiers’ Deputies. “Like yourselves, we are opposed to il punitive and tmproper indemnities. ,e denownce the onerous punitive in- FARMERS SHOOT AT BALLOONS * OMAHA, Neb., May 8.—Cant. H. J. B. cEligin of the Balloon Corps at Fort maha has issued an appeal to farm- érs and others throughout this territory & refrain from shooting at passing bal- fdons. * Many balloons are being sent up from ort Omaha every day to train recruits the air service, and shooting at them as. been @ sport altogether too popular, apt. McElgin says. Serious action is ntemplated if necessary to stop the pg. The Day of Opportunities Is Here for the man who can make good on a farm. More Form for Sele ads in t-Dispate every Sunday than appear in any other St. Louis newspaper. Advertise for it if what you want isn’t advertised. i -_—-— -—- st ie — : Phove your want to the Post- Your credit is good if you rent a phone. + e é ] Olive—6600—Central or » the Ad with your druggist . «we 3 -— © styles are Jae i a Be lian Milana, hite Hiempes, i Risek and A sample line in all shapes ara colors } ae * a a oe large assortment of Trimmings. her#, pompoas, ee Up to aye « $5 Reed 3 2 About One-Half on Your Suit J) 2 RR IIE 2 0 RE Te ih a SE ee Raa CeO Atte 02s aR Rae et ae

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dD. ‘ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH q vy —— TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. - . tix, BaeveTuvler “full dteam Ahead” =| | The Story of the U. S, Nav SUCIT- WASHINGTON: SEVENTH & LUCAS ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH epee 4 { ' Cherry Tarts Rich patty shells filled with luscious red cherries, and sp2- cial at six for 24c (Main Floor.) We Do Cleaning and Dyeing . | ’s Daughters, un- This service is replete in its every detail, and assures our patrons Queen's & } Presented by The der the auspices of ' ; Saint Louis Upiversit Floor Annex. Interesting lectures are given at thirty-minute intervals students, Odeon, May 1%. Prices, 5@c, TSe and $1. (Public Service Bureau, Main Floor.) the best work obtainable. We clean men’s and women’s apparel and household articles. A special auto delivery assures prompt Phone Olive or Central 6500. — “Full Steam Ahead’’ | } —is told in a series of oil paintings that is displayed in the Fifth ) that are of interest to young and old alike, (Fifth Floor—Annex. service. ——~_1, i ; } (Main Floor.) ~* ‘ Se itecictiehts On the Main Floor Squares Silk Stockings; Pair PURE thread silk, in 69c black and novelty designs, gauze and medium weight, reinforced at wearing points. Some are slightly ir- regular. (Square 6.) Japanese Slippers F. MBROIDERED Boudoir Slip- # . of silk, of colored leather, Aig trimmed with silk pompons. te petra : mim ¢ All sizes. Also Kid Boudoir : Sy f i / j . ' | iB A Lavy fy N | Pes (HN Slippers, with elkskin covered . FAT INN / WHE | | oT 7 ens qf spe ‘iin tity Lig IN A Hh He He hd | 4/ By NATALIE ms! iia ¢ o POS Ke wy BAMy : Wi innine y ‘ —, | FoAcH year this sale is the signal for thousands of women to buy their Tub Dresses—each year it brings to them the newest styles at extreme savings. Fully a dozen makers co-operate of fresh new garments, in a multitude of styles, at a | | ur Annual Sale of Wash Dresses Begins Wednesday | | with us, sending great lots of their best selling numbers, at liberal price-concessions that make the values possible. Thousands price-range so wide as to meet every need and idea—ready Wednesday morning. ee AES SAREE, ng Mn BATT ek . il rs } »@ hig sti'«r@ , 4 Sia, gra’ pl ' sf ; i, v¢ meee \ Wah! set ee OX > 84 (Sixth St. Highway.) Hair Switches NATURAL Wavy $1 25 Switches, 24 and 26 inches long, made on three separate stems. (Square 5.) Jaf 4 ABC Fabrics, Yd. PUA ce i] | it ink | é , sf UU ied ee a @ THE most popular of 50¢ : 3 es At 9220 At tage : all silk-and-lisle fab- rics, medium weight material, with high luster, 36 inches wide, and shown in new shades. (Square 10.) Printed Voiles, Yd. Sport Dresses with white rep ive vtsined enh hae A. SPECIAL lot of j 5 skirt and striped middy, in coat Voile Drones, also Fait” sixty-five pieces, 38 C style. Colors blue, green and Peliered . Ldneees ie pink. Also Sport Dresses of wily ‘nate mB : solid colored Palm Beach suit- embroidered belt, Ale? ing, trimmed with imitation Suadt Cock Suu Ge khaki kool on collar, cuffs, belt a i a oot and pockets, and striped tissue and belt; AD eek See inches wide, white or tinted ground. (Square 9.) Gingham Dresses with gathered | atthe pe skirts, trimmed pockets and | Dresses of white rep skirt and (Third Floor.) (Third Floor.) (Third Floor.) (Third Floor.) (Third Floor.) © « Curtain Marquisettes mee Hmyeme volines. —e These are in complete range of sizes, and at from $3.98 up, are extra-size Dresses from 46 to 952. 4 j ERCERIZED, ivory 15 and beige shades, C i (Second Floor.) (Second Floor.) (Second Floor.) with fancy drawnwork effect berders and woven edge. (Square 2.) Silks From the Auction Sale HOUSANDS of yards of beautiful, shimmering fabrics, in the fashionable shades and black, are here at a low price. There are Black Taffetas, Swiss, French and | American makes, of soft, rich. lustrous chiffon fin- ish, and 40 inches wide. Also the following weaves: 52-in. Satin-border Plum Voile. 40-in. Apricot Pongee Tussah. 40-in. Navy Charmeuse Regence. \ a 40-in Navy Silk Gabardine. { 54-Inch Ash Rose Khaki Kool. Yd Yo-San Silks, pongee weave, various colors P and weaves. 36-in. Glace Gros de Londres. 36-in. Gray Pongee Suiting. Box-Loom Crepe de Chine, Yard, $1.29 These are of very heavy quality, and 40 inches wide. They are known for the splendid wear they will give, and shown in the light and dark shades, as well as white and black, Are Linen Coat Dresses, with plain, full skirts. Also plain tailored Linen Dresses with embroidered belts and. pockets, made with plain full skirts. Palm Beach Dresses in Betsy Jane style, with white pique col- lar and cuffs. Also Straightline Dresses of white pique, with box plaited and hand-embroidered collar, and Striped Voile Dresses with trimmed skirts, lingerie co!- lar and cuffs. Also Sport Are Dresses of plaids, checks or lin- ens, with collars and euffs of white lawn, trim- med with patch pockets and buttons. Many hav- ing patent leather belts. Also a number of Colored Voile Dresses. | Are Dresses of striped voile, with lingerie collar, vest and cuffs, full gath- ered skirt. Also fine lawn in white, colored collar and cuffs, in navy and black, and_black-and- white striped percale, with yoke skirt and large pockets, white rep collar and cuffs. Are Linen Dresses, in practieally every desired shade. Di f- ferent styles are trim- med with braids, collar and cuffs, belt and patch pockets, and are made with the popular full skirts. Are Dresses of plaids, voiles, combi- nation of plaids and voiles and figured voiles, made with plaited skirts and patch pockets —many having patent leather belts. a Silk Underwear THE semi-annual sale brings savings of a most unusual nature, and garments are of exceptional beauty. | Italian Silk Camisoles, with severa] patterns of in- serted lace, all sizes, special at 88c Women’s Italian Silk Vests, band top, several pat- terns of embroidered yokes, special at Women’s Glove Silk Union Suits, band top, in pink only, all sizes, special at $2.48 Women's Italian Silk Unio:. Suits, band top, va- rious different hand-em- broidered yokes, special at a® | “= Ya “tat? Risin Fancy Brassieres 59c, 79c and $1.00 SCORES of beautiful styles of sheer materials, dain- tily trimmed with lace and embroidery, are offered in these three special price — groups. CORSETS at $9.25 Fancy pink and white bro- cade materials, with best wahlon boning, in low bust, long skirt, front and back- lace models. All sizes are - ineluded. Summer Wear for Infants Middy Blouses, in plaited style, with sailor collar, laced front, pocket and belt. Blouses. have U. 8. A. monogram in national colors. Sizes 3 to 6 years, 98c Children’s Dresses, chambray and gingham, in several pretty styles, trim- med with contrasting colors. Sizes 2 to 6 years, at 98c Children’s Dresses, of white lawn, beautifully smocked in colors of em- broidery trimmed. Sizes 2 to 6 years, at $1.00 A trained nurse is here to assist the young mothers in selecting the proper clothing for the infants. A helpful booklet free. (Second Floor.) Hosiery Specials Women’s Silic Stockings, pure thread silk, clocked, black, white and colors—reinforced at wearing points. Some are sligitlv irregular. ‘air, 85c White Lisle Stockings, with black vertical stripes, double heels and toes, slight- ly irregulars, pair, 39c Fiber Silk Stockinga, in novelty designs, vertical stripes and checks, rein- forced at wearing points, pair, 50c Children’s Cotton Stock- ings, in black and white, double heels and toes, per pair, 25c Slee hate ata i ee ee ee ee (Second Floor.) (Second Floor.) Apparel Reductions in the Downstairs Store~, N a great campaign for the righting of Spring stocks, different lines have been radically reduced, offering the best values of the season. Suits Reduced Coats Reduced (Main Floor.) $3.50 (Main Floor.) EI ARON the: o : Pearl-Handled Tableware Choice, $1.00 ARGE-SIZE pieces, with “Ami-French” Undermuslins ——are specially featured in the May White Sale Wednesday. These dainty garments close- ly resemble the French handmade ones, but are quoted at much lower prices. Each garment is splendidly made and daintily trimmed. | Special— ‘ MOEA AER OIGIA «SIPC eas I a Special— ‘mother-of-pearl handles, sterling ferrules; heavily silver- plated implements. Each piece in attractive lined box. In- cluded are: Pie Servers Berry Spoons Oake Enives Gravy Ladles Cold Meat Forks Salad Forks Fish Knives and other pieces Wall Paper | @8T and dark colors, suit- able for bedrooms, halls and other rooms. Some with cut-out borders, others with bands. Sold only with border, special, per roll, 8c (Fourth Floor.) Ami-French Corset Covers of splendid nainsook, scalloped edge and eyelets, ribbon run, at 39c Ami - French Nightgoicns, slip-over style. with em- broidered sprays and scalloped edge. Special at 85c Ami- French Nightgowns, in empire and other styles, of nainsook, embroidered and scal- several pretty designs $1.50 Ami-French Drawers, of sheer nainsook, with deep scal- loped ruffle. Special at 2 for 75c Ami-French Envelope [ “ai Chemise, of nainsook or batiste | | \. & “ws some have embroidered sprays back and front—others hem- stitched in colors, at $1.00 Amit-French Chemise, of batiste, ribbon or lace shoulders, trimmed back and front with embroidered spray and lace in- sertion, all sizes, $1.50 Ami- French Petticoats, | satin, with embroidered sprays double panel front, with em- ! sale i \\ in French colorings, special, broidered sprays and scalloped ‘ i while a limited lot lasts, $1.59 edge, $1.00 (Second Floor.) Extra Special— Envelope Chemise, of Jap in, a -_—: Axminster Rugs, $24.75 XTRA special oifering for Wednes- dav, in which Niagara, Manhattan and other standard grade Axminsters are offered. These are 9x12 ft. size, and shown in beautiful Persian patterns: Brussels Rugs, $20.50 Empire grade Brussels Rugs, in 9x12 ft. size. Scotch Art Rugs, $16.00 Beautiful reversible Scotch Art Aberdeen quality, 9x12 ft. size. Brussels Rugs, $12.00 May Sale of Curtains ——and materials is a great help to house- wives by reason of the many patterns and the unusual savings. Curtains at $1.25 Pair Voile and Marquisette, hemstitched Js. e _ edge, others with insertion and edge, all highlv mercerized, and in white, ivory ani beige, — Marquisette Curtains, $2.75 Pr. Also Voiles in many: beautiful patterns. Some with Filet and Cluny insertion; others Rugs, of tS | Hand-Cut Sugar and Cream Sets 50c Each Me e ‘Tea Glasses, 12-ounce ca- crystal—each, Se 8, cut in vintage on clear blanks. di (Fifth Floor.) with Cluny lace edge. uisette Curtains, $5.50 Pair Just a limited quantity, with wide Filet lace insertion and edge, in ivory color. | Cretonnes at 15c Yard Linenized Striped Cretonnes, in various color combinations, for slip covers, porch cushions, ete. (Fourth Floor.) Empire seamless make, 6x9 ft. size, in beau- tiful designs. Printed Lifoleum, Sq. Yd., 69c Choose from our best grade Printed Lino- leum, in hardwood, tile and block patterns. These are 12 feet wide, and will cover an ordi nary room without a seam. | (Fourth Floor.) * i. Qpaccvs = em ~ -_—~ cate aN eeghee SueREES-w ERD —- ‘ Savings in Household Utilities Clothes Washers, 39c Screen Wire Cloth | Washing Ma Vacuum Clothes | 18in. peryd., e 24-in.,peryd..i2¢ Water motor ~ Washers with | 20-im.,peryd.,15e 36-in, per yd. 18e | long handle | a . : : atyle, equip: Dust Pans, fit pe” ee it- : ted with long brass moO handles that pre- tors, and vent stooping, connects to 2 the water faucet. Curtain Stretchers, 6x!2-ft. ‘size, nickel-plated pins Clethes Pime., made of hard Special}, 108 fer Ge Get this 2'4 Quart “‘Wear-Ever’”’ Aluminum Sauce Pan ONLY 69c Vacuum Sweepers, $3.95 Made expressiv for Strx, Baer & Fuller. with brush vr ood. combinations. (Fifth Fioor.) ' } | ' »*o444444 4444444444444 444 4644444446666 644644 6646464 6b bbb DAA DDD DAAD OA a _A SS SS SD | _sA SAL SL DD DD Tee VV VV VV VV VV VV VVVVVVVVuUVVUVEVuUVUVUVvUVUVUrVVVVUVVUVVVVUUVCUUT.S -werrr.VyvTepyeTT eee e eee he . rr TrV,rTr,TYRYyT TT TTT T,=x='= "" ii ii eee eee i i i i in hie in RRR RRR RED D q a 4 | = ; Te. sts ; | - i | =" 4 ‘ ilidiaiidansitin —_ 7. T,rT,TjfrT''T,"TT'"". ” Wom poplin and serge. gregate lot, but not in each style. ——— Sale of Laces and HOUSANDS of yards, bought in the recent auctiow sale of Wilmerding, Morris & Mitchell, New York, held at the order of the Marine Underwriters, because some pieces were slightly water-damaged in ocean transit. Sale prices are a fraction of worth. ———— eee ere $8.75 and $10.00 EN’S and Misses’ Suits, of poplins, gabardines and serges, black, navy, tan, gray and Shepherd checks. popular styles. Dresses Reduced $3.98, $5.00 and $8.75 N many instances the sale prices hardly more than cover the cost of materials. Dresses are all new styles and well made, of taffeta, Georgette, crepe de chine, silk, All sizes are in the ag- [N All the " and cheeks. iors’ sizes. shown, [s these Skirts the latest style ideas are at the lowest Garments are tailored of fancy silk taffeta, silk | poplin, serge, stripes and checks, regular\and ex- | tra sizes, for women, misses and juniors. $1.65, $265, $3.65, $4.65 | — $5.00, $7.98 and $10.00 the Coats grouped for quick disposal _ are the latest flaring and belted mod- els, of velou , taffeta, poplin, serge, plaids, The new shades are shown as well as black. Women’s, misses’ and jun- Cloth and Silk Skirts prices of the season. (Downstairs Store.) St. Gall Sample Strips. of Swiss, cambric and nainsook— mostiv edges, in eyelet, floral, scroll and conventional effects, in lengths of 3 to 10 yards and slightly soiled, per yard, 7c Flouncings, of voile, 40 inches wide; embroidered in conventional designs in raised relief effeets in colors, special at Linen Bands, just # small lot, in pretty Cluny patterns, up to 2 inches wide. Yard, 5c _ length, Nottingham Curtains, Pr., $1.15 OF good quality Egyptian cotton, with overlocked edge, white and heige. Window Shades, opaque, in white or green, moanted on self - acting spring rollers. Complete with fixtures and ring pull. Each, 37¢ Curtain Scrima, sheer uality, fancy striped and drawnwork effect border. White, ivory and beige. Yard, 10¢ (Downstairs Store.) Val. Lacea, in edges and in- | sertions—some in matched sets. German ‘or French make. Widths up to 1 inch, per dozen vards, 25¢ Embroidery Insertions, of Swiss cambric and neat embroidered designs widths up to 2% inches, vard, Chiffons, 40 incbes wide, in S¥ec | desirable lengths, in all the pop- ular shades, slight seconds, per 5c and 10c ' ‘ nainsook, | per | Embroideries Baby Flouncings, 27 inches wide, of good quality Swiss, in blind designs—yard, 25¢ Venice Lace Edges and In- sertions, some in matched sets. White as well as cream. Some with slight defects. Yard, 5c Silk Neta, manufacturer's short lengths and seconds. White as well as cream. Some width. Very popular weave. Per yard, 49c (Downstairs Store.) oe aE Wilton Velvet Rugs, $18.75 A VERY special of- fering of extra qua!- ity Wilton Velvets, in 9x 12 ft. size, shown in pleas ing Oriental designs copied from high-priced Royal Wiltons. Limited quantity. Brussels Regs, W. & J. Sloan's, heavy ade Brus- sels, in Oriental and fioral patterns, 9x12-ft. aize,: slightly imperfect. r Alex Smith & Sons’ termed “ir- régularse’” becatise lengths vary from 27x60 to 23=54 inches, at - (Downstairs Store.) - ——— - -~* Crash Toweling, 744c Yd. Heavy Bleached Cotton | Crash Toweling, 17 inebes wide, fast-color borders. Piques, Yard, 19¢ Heavy, all-white, medium- size welt Pique Suitings, 36 inches wide. Unbleached Sheetings, 55 | inches wide. Petticoats —are specially —— in the White Sales Wednesday. Nainsook, with d ruffle of embroidery a underlay, limited eae: | broidery and with under- lay. at 75¢ Nainsook, with 4d flounce of eyelet embroid- ery or lace insertion and edge. Some with fitted waistbands and rege Nurse Striped Ginghams, Yd.10c B rat neha ceaicuraatioaaenn ae ete. a 2 Odo fecal Bleached Extra Heavy Pattern Special at Get A ae (Downstairs Store) va BS *. ¥ : ~ EO CRE NE GICOEIG A ES S PHRES IM ‘RINE aa RN ERRATA ORM UE Ron SSR NCR ee at

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_ a -~ — aS re Bet ‘ Ri ap ‘s te gg . ——————— > = = wes a ’ «ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH | TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH . = | | LE'AaAAl —————— = | PRAISE FOR TROOPS FROM BERLIN| VON BRINCKEN SECRETARY HELD.|J- J- COLE FREE FROM PAROLE | Sees = Cro Pitan Says WI! eted im 1913 on Ch tf Bx The N . Butterick | 4 Be | we ys th Their Kind | Arrested in California on Order | Convi on Charges 0 ~ :, “te “We Cana Feteh Devil from Hell.” Marked “Urgent.” bibiting Weapon and Assault te Kill, was : y —_— American Beauty co. ie AMSTERDAM, May 8—The Berlin] SAN FRANCISCO, May 8 —Charles| John Jackson Cole of 815 Lindell bou- atterns Are Here ii V; vf yw Be oe print a telegram sent by the/latendorff, former private secretary toligvard, who was sentenced to a year in LIKELY 10 TELL | P. / / I 4 4 i, a | MYT A Rose Bushes, 20c me S . rman Crown Prince to the Burgo-| Lieut. Wilhelm von Brincken, who was d Becond Foor. | ; First Basement. — ; master of Berlin, enthusiastically | convicted recently of violating American jail and @ fine of $09, and pa le : a ee : Ficor and re f praising the troops from the capital.| neutrality, was arrested yesterday on; ¥%5 released from the parole yesterday “ ; = ae by reviewed two regiments on their re-| gent.’ In his possession were found, ac-!js a son of Amadee B. Cole. zi one : rt = ee a turn from the front and continues: cording to Federal officials, maps of! are younger Cole was convicted in ee A a aes —- - - — o % Lg ; .“Of the 400 with whom I personally | California, blueprints of various veapels January, 1913, on charges of exhibiting , i ; see 3 i spoke the majority were from. Berlin. | in California ports and other documents./4 geadiy weapon and of assault to kill. | = Notwithstanding the greatest exer-| | Lieut. von Brincken !s interned with! ne prosecuting witnesses were Oliver | Believed. However, He Will Try N ew Hats Every Day t ‘ ‘ | Te tions, the tremendous fire of the last} Franz Bopp, former German Conasuli/g ang waiter A. Heimbuecher of Kirk- , / ; . >? as week and considerable losses, the ate | enoray here, and others at Angel Island} wood. They testified that Cole went to to Say Just Enough to Ease rt ~~ - | € r ty oan os titude of these Berlin. boys was spien-'in San Francisco Bay. their home, and, asking for his wife, Political Situatioh. : ES did. Their good spirits and ready Mrs. Dorothy Cole, discharged a re- "} _ a ee omy ag! wit had not suffered in the least. RESERVE STRENGTH volver. He was paroled in June, 1915, ae : ‘'C\, : | a With such troops we can fetch the|Gained by taking Father John’s Medi-| after 11 of the 12 trial jurors signed a By CYRIL BROWN ite satin ats om eo e devil from Hell.” cine to build new flesh.—ADY, petition in his behalf. A Staft Correspondest ef the Post- nl | Pe Dispatch and New York World. eA The Vandervoort Millinery Shop has assem- i Scruggs, Vandervoort & Barney 5 $ 8 he tampa aed ah istiar’ ‘Me ‘tna | i bled for Summer wear a great variety of attrac- 1 a ‘Don’t Move Your Old Piano! jsvsssxsves) ff “IS BANK : : , = ' . ii a ; e 3 is on the pepo hics ——— it These are exceedingly smart for sports wear i >4 t ors answer °o 8 , i { ri 7 . P v 3 Let us call for it and take if in part pay- : Socialist interpellation on Germgny's h and make charming street and afternoon hs ” is recelvin ’ without charge, sub- : 3 f 7 Pi PI Pi ; war aims, which he is expected to make wd Designed and made in our own workrooms, : i! scriptions or United States Gov- | - ‘ - , 2 Ar 'S ment for a new tano or ayer-rF tano $ | the latter part of this week. ; ( i they embody the latest style ideas in many XG ernment ** Liberty Loan’”’ Bonds. It ‘ae $| Such advance information as is avail- pit novel ways and are decidedly distinctive. uC), is your duty and ours to respond to Springtime — which means : abe indicates that the ee mi —_ ’ *! this call ' ‘ ‘ , : »j in his temporizing, compromise ey, O - ? r voice. agri is her e, but it is not >} still has the clerical rarty and all the Ms) Banded Sailors, $5 to $10 a . Seceng Ficor. neécess V ; >| golden-mean moderates behind him, will . Mueh in demand are these pretty Sailors and we —/ Let Geact fe it. io i ge MA mg again coyly refuse te disclose the full ) have them in great numbers in Italian Lisere and ey ih | éail for 1t and we will pur- truth about Germany’s war aims end | Milan at the above pricés. ) . 4 pr , 4 chase it from you at a liberal ee ee ee s eae | : » le pressure from the dissatisfle vif : The hat illustrated is @ beautifu! i} price, placing the amount to your Pee...credit on our books. . a ( q , S 4 q q 4 4 q 4 4 a q 4 Then when you are ready-to | purchase a new instrument, the ; i. a f q 4 4 4 ‘ 4 ( 3 4 4 ryTrwereTrgeFe ptf Ts''tesewrwe,;* * 7 i /. x. . w id wy SS - — _ _-. - » SS SS ss le de ee _-. - - J wy 7. x - me ey umount will be deducted from the purchase price of Player or Piano that you may choose, and the difference between this and the purchase price can be ar- and Left wings, it is believed that Beth- Hi, mann-Hollweg will go further in the r Satin Hat with @ tendency toward t ™ : ; the Mushroom shape and has edges ) * prepare German public opinion for as- N S Ik d similating the fact that the Chancellor Millinery Shop—Third Floor. . ow W l an German statésman could bind his hands by committing himself te a detailed | riving daily. Among some of.the late arrivals are much-wanted Silk Gloves in gray, pongee, navy, tas, , » ‘ Z z e » z f unvellin rocess than cver before, eg : button-holed and trimmings of white ‘ } >} will net state peace terms in full detall. A) - 10 e § >| Inspired utterances in tie Chancellor’s c % ] 3 Chamoisette Gloves Oo re ,{ peace program while a decisive battle a 7 Z { and brown. > 7 7 Advance work is already being done to ? cive HBbON. iy press are explaining to people that no New shipments of Silk and Chamoisette Gloves ere was in progress un| apparently likely to continue indefinitely. Effort to Pleake Soctalista. ‘ey, r,(,YYTrTreerferrerertrrrtrTteT.Se eee ee ranged for in small monthly pay- | men te On the other hand, in order to placaie Women’s Tricot Silk Gloves ° y; the Socialist masses and the sorely « straightened working classés, the Chan- in white, black, white with Our line consists of such splen- $| cellor 's expected to reaffirm the cen- Rieck eae ore vee, te did inate $ | tral Powers’ willingness for a peace con- pair 606 id instruments as: ‘ ference, and, to meet Austria's wishes One-cl Chamois Gloves $ at least half way, it is expected he will in: warta “diel natural color 3 Hardman Lindeman ¢ be more specific about the peace terms the pair $1. : | @; to Russia, pledging Germany to Avys- | G) sho FI vat > Re “ph eel ges Eee $j tria's declaration of a no-annexation pic a Benga Orgtgpeed ¢ Sterling Harrington ¢ | Peace, as far as Russian territory is con- as sical \ ‘ - . $ nt “a » se ¢ eerned, though possitly taking thé more wt gis 2 @ | Suarded form of willingness to agreé on “+> ==> amemane VX a 3 P layotone Autotone $ | terms involving no diminution of Rus- 3 S h b h ” eis $j sion territory, ‘ erg trohnmbac $| That the Chaneellcr is committed to a ; $ peace move on a virtually no-annexation OTrOSsISsS OeS Dependable 4 pun b i i ' 4 : Write or phone for particulars. (Piano Salon, Fourth Floor.) ; os he Hpac: cn Peed waadee. 2 >} man press but from an inspired statée- rs | — e 2 fn * ment enamanting fivoin Vienna, whieh for Women Black Silks E ‘a | ¢ | brands as erroneous reporte and rumore |! ee Na ~ ¥ 4 pj current about a Jisagreement betwe i) 3 3 a | “ the central Powers over peace terms ane | | Dressy—Comfortable | From a celebrated maker, C. J. 4 e © j attributes this arroncuus impression to —_—- —_— Fran ; 3 GRAND-LEADER > the fact that the Pan-German préss took | mh h tal t d d th r hl Bonnet & Cie., Ly ons, ce. 43 4 SIXTH -WASHINGOTON - $ violent exception to Austria's way alms | rhe woman who wishes 4 nea / or ~ ow nd P SEVENTH & LUCAS a } lack th -to-dat | TAUPAAAAAWAA900 000000000000 000000000000500000000000000004050008 00 0000400000000000000000000000008 29 asainst Russia as made known py comfortable shoe that lacks nothing In up-to-dateness 11 's ieee ihren : staan : ® Count Czernin. | material and correct lines, will find our Pumps and Ox- __for more than a century famous as the world's best , italia ae ee The well-informed Viennese soures fords extremely satisfactory. They can be had in patent maker of black silks. Concludes that nobody could be sur-) | eather, gunmetal kid, white kid, white canvas and gray | Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney D. G. Oo. are by special prised that the ultra-annenationists in Germany, who are in bitter feud with the Chancéllor, should net be well dis- posed toward Czérnin, since he made known hig no-annexation progtam as against the Russian foe, but that this attitude of thé pan-Germans has, of course, no significaneé {n respeet to the poliey and relations of the German and Ornaments | j Austro-Hungarlan Govérnments. : | Germaiiy a6 & whole le aenanniiy! i lf you desire Ornaments or Bugkles, our assortment | | never was more comprehensive, as it includes Buckles of | | | | | | suede. The lasts ate the new long vamp—they are high | ‘ arched and fit snugly at the heels. Prices range from | appointment the sole representatives for St. Louis and | vicinity for the sale of their famous silks. 5 to $9 The followi ular weaves while at practically old $ : prices are new, fresh goods and have the warranty of Bonnet as well as ours: re een eer cee al ae | Black Chiffon Dress Taf- feta, bright supple finish, per- fection in dye, 36 to 44 in, ||| Be, $2 to $3.50 Stik Ghop-—Secon@ Ficer. feeling relief because the gravest in- been safely weathered. Indications now | are that the Germans are patriotically 1 30 settling down fer the long grind of the | $ to $ Hindenburg principle that the side with the strongest nerves will win. That, after an ecute attack of nerves and @ momentary social spaain, Ger- = Plenty of New White Goods Here Shoe Shop—Second Floor. cated by the Berlin bourse, which, sinee | = a May 1, has beén showing increasing | | strength. Other reports indicate that tit . , as ¢ . . <2 , . on - = . ; ; mt a } r ‘ ' ' ' wp _ ee - hres ve » | “ **¢ y Otol etatetetet stoi Prt ec esa ere tabe eter etats ats . eletece @*elpts? German pubiie sen timént fF fast regain- | At AT ba ehh TREN RSet: tea sasesttee: NAR H i $ } $ ' dard ot CE sisisecospsacess has st! S338 +t $38: iiss shi has = 52 fetes} setectes + ite ; . P i ERSTE RR TP So of ROMER OO HES SOO REY PA OR FS OB TD dae | ing its full measure of wonted optimism | " | and nothing could be more fatal than te : F ee . ‘fall for’ reports—whieh we understand | Norelty Val. bands and de- | | Allover embroidered Voile in scroll and neat ry 08 senty, Or tes . are current in America—that Germany | ¢tachable motifs in round, square | || spray designs, good selection of patterns for | in. 6, m , " is so near the point af collapse o& to be} a ' ints. Beading top ga- | waists and Summer dresses, the yard yard | willing to quit on any terms. GHG Pesos. a | 7Bc, 85c and $1 Bedford Cord Suiting, 36 t Optimism Is Reviving. loons. A splendid assortment, i large and medium cord, soft eo Phat Bu a7 hand Leta | of aoe the yard 260 to $1 | ‘ Fancy striped and plaid Organdies, pent Pre - fio, ) é m e 6 contin é in. wi Vv weave r tor , : sucess of the submayine war snd the nee Fe eee waiste, dreeses, collars and cuffs, the yard pa phen Agee special ri . dark developments in Russia. The In- lace, motifs and edges in white ; . 85c. and $1 good wear, 50c ; : glish papers, ewaye widely reag and | and real shade, 1 to 7 in. wide, A sew line of striped ay ae ee oan ae) Fl a 950 to $1.50 New striped Skirting, 36 in. wide, mercerized | 40 in. wide; # good range of @ today being gone through with a fine- ye yer finish and medium weight, the yard 650 | the yard We, 500, | , suas: SEER ben cas ABE ET todth comb for teli-tale matter regard- Cott wash laces fer trim- 4 Bis fare B athe Pee a nih ge } ing the effect of the submarine war and heey tat fab- White Goods Shop—Second Ficor. + Piiee tits Ut eetbsiesegeys yet + eteererti? sigbysitsssctitas ‘| ming Jabots and Summer a ETE the result of these gleanings appéar : t ' rics, in white and cream, up to o be inspiring Germans with most op- ‘1 wide. the vard 2 = timistic satisfaction. 5 in. wide, ye 0c and 15 y omega i st jn In the reported impending changes in 5c, 1 Cc = the British Admiralty the Germans see Lace Shop—First Floor. an admission that England is impotent | H ° ° egainst the Submarine peril, and they | ————— : t Ne C I { | i ains an ! —_——— are also firmly cenvinced that France és | } and England ate crying loudly for im. Sh d } t mediate help from America, realising I! ! . . that the submarine noosé is about thei eets an I S d ~ : | Wh Pp e e 99 , eek and slowip urandting them. 4 A h P} 1] e | ! for pring an ummer % § ; Kmglish Eéitorigis. | vcas os | “ES en an meant ysic-Dispenser Editorials in English newspapers about | I OV H , ysi , ; is | $1.19 a Pair for —s S. food conditions, the agitation fOr pa Our Premier Brand Hem- \ Only ‘ gs | se Shakespeare's time, if you were hardening, and in this way facilitating gs GB Ne tg librner et ga stitehed Cotton Shiets —y | lS NT Aine loos A with hemetitehed hem. The kid ‘He | 7 and went ro a oe oe one normal movements. ? a tich source from which the German} || Pillowcasés have been made | | | 1. : F two . Fie either you, or mF at : réss is procuring palatable food f nd we ' | ay & itt ohyelekadt x As Nujol is not a physic but e lubricant, | arte wer ae. or; || especially for us, @ . ie thas New Imported Scotch Madras Curtains, \G @ ££. : FOU it does not gripe or upset the system. The utmost prominence ts given, fer| | recommend them for ew! $1.75, $2.75, $3 and $3.50 | | ' a ee ; Physicians no longer practice bleeding. Being tasteless, it is not unplessant to | j example, to an editorial trom the Live] || Wear. Hand drawn hem- | | d : ) . ao \ These Curtains are very reasonable at these prices and come | ‘ef And the leaders of the profession are ‘ke. erpoe! Journal of Commerce, partitu.| | stitching. | ream ground with of pink, blue, | ; : opposed to the indiscriminate The Standard Oil Company (New party © sae Gade of teeter ak ae Sheete— Be ees catch belvooms. ‘They ase very apprepelesa : use of laxative and catharic drugs. In Jersey) has used its world-wide re- ally and later a doubtful neutral, has 63x00-in. cach..$1.15 | for Spring and Summer hangings. 3 ) eee te { fact, the habitual use of laxatives is sources in produci Nujol and its row definitely entered the ranks of out 79x99-in each.. 1.28 . ) ae ie | 4 now to be one of the most reputation is behind the product a Tee We Wm De eee Hee mg cet Fine Voile Curtains, $4.75.0 Pair | ag | fruitful causes of constipation. Nujol 4 ne $1x09-in, each.. 1 | || Dainty Curtains for bedroom, in fine voile with self-ruffieds | | - .. = ujol is the only ramen for gees nem Bo, ag tngy | a pee Pee 90x99-in., each.. 1.45 | embroidery on the edge in colors of pink and blue. . head ou pe : - . . a 3 terance that the only of a ° : : | - j _ Physicians of the highest standing ped oy a is dee Wesel mote: A. maanike 16 to dat lene, pertidcladly Ot Pillowcases to mateh— Very Special ab ‘ without any bad r és én at our Nujol plant,abse- —. Germans long hatdened to short rations, a] $4 to $4.50 Quaker Lace Curtains, $2.95 a Pair Z 4 3 without forming a habit. It lutety m and sanitary. | | and is being exploited to the limit te Our No. 300 quality hem- ae ' splendid oductions of the Point de Gengg aud _ . | as ap internal lubricant, Write today for an instructive book- | sgt ig cary ong lee stitched Pillowcases, good | | |) Theos ee wp Duchews Curtains. ‘The quastities mange et . < preventing the bowel contents from Jet on Nujol and its uses. hen fa ser cick Ghadiitectatio tana.) 1 qaeuey cotton, size 42x36 | § 6 to 12 pairs to @ pattern and they are extra special a& the © =~ ‘ A wy lines as “Specter of Famine for In- ) and 45x56 in., each. .. 25e \ pair Ain < aoe 03 , 6 eee ee i * : 2 : —_e ——ae . ns pg gga Sagan} a Linen Shop-—Second Moor Curtain and Orapery Shepa—Pourth Floor. y — : : ae STANDARD OIL COMPANY , [eamOtonee sty Se ealt oe tan a -_ i eet 0s meen ok’ | ee Beyoase (New Jercor = New Jersey A | apr dnctacwiigay rntewgal — | mesenene —_—_-—__—— - : - ; ee inal i eeteneenneneienneninmentinees <netee

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oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. = S&T. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH —— a Bites Robbers and They Fiee. Philip Terangle, 2719 Dayton street, last night pecessotully resisted two men who slipped up behind him at Twenty-second and Bide le streets and pulled i & coa over his read. He bit their hands an t Stocks — | Sale of Walll Paper We are closing out several lots of Wall Paper at about cost Las rted Oat- living al Paper. 30c Genes Yams Ow Git Geshe | room, teception hail and dining room: seme Dardere; tbc pects. 540 . pres al, Beor- _ — - ~ ~_ ~~ * — - -~ ona = _- — | = sh. oe 7 - s)he elt el Dad Dad Meal Boalt at Ba ae ne dera to match, roll.. Sizth and Washingt 25e Silk Hose 25¢ and 35¢ Men’s Work Men's Belts Shirts Men's and Leather Belts, black eine te vay or -tan colors, all hi sizes, special at,. wy Weanuase at (5c (Main Floor.) throu hovt. slightly irregular, 19c (Main Floor.) (Main Floor.) $1.00 Women’s Waists Organdie and Veile, lace trimmed, all 50e Children’s Dresses Made of chambra and percale, sizes to 6 years, sizes (24 oor), 19c 35c - 50c and 60c LINOLEUM; 24 Block. tile, 75¢ Union Suits Men's fine quality apeere Union Suite 39c (Main Floor.) = i _— — — — — i - | - ~—« * = mm - - — - -_ — | ~_— * — a | ~ — ~ ‘ - ‘ al Banke Bow ~>) _ a. es) 7 en re Pe 8 ee ee o- ae oe oe ee ee -_ UP TO $4.00 Lace Curtains This lot consists of Brussels Net, UP to $20 Velvet Room Rugs attractive ri- ‘ me al- allover de- pat- terns; cut from rolls. a 5c‘. Rg wide in o- leurm:; will cover the room with- 6 out ¢. seam: yd. $i. 2 Inlaid ne: pees from roll; col- ors are through i676 to the back; yd. Very perfect, $12.90 UP TO $15 BRUSSELS RUGS Sea less and seam- ec, Scotch wool and . Bungalow Bruatels: while they $ “$1.49 UP TO 2&c MARQUISETTES Cut from bolt; hem- oot : Lal coal _ ~” a — - ~ _ io =~ - _ - _ = - om 7 le -— + - ~ Load - snd wr yard.... « ~ fast, 9x12 size, | $8-00 Iron Bed, $4.00 Iron Bed; full size: post a o fect; all finishes: new an@ perfect; one to a customer: — ; ’ aa = -~ ae - ~~ _ — - ne a J - ~ — — ~ — a a — ne — = = i - =, ~~ — - ‘ar ba xe ne heavily falvar.- aized . 55c Wash Boilers nec lid, * 65¢ diamon = : (Third Fl ert $3. 94 | , RUMMAGE SALE im BASEMENT} Children’s sraeanans col Women’s Shoes; many ,20c Faney Voiles; in ored percale; styles good — short lengths; goods neatly made §e sizes (Base- worth regular 20c; (Basement). ment) Rummage em- broidery ( All sizes $1.29 f\ ‘ —e a | t i I 1! 4 i 1! ! Ne EEE ee . NUGENT & BRO. D. G. 00., Broadway, Washington Av. and St: Ohatles St LE ERLE ERNE ENED I ELE” CE LMA TES PERETTI TT CE IRE NN LOOMS ee Tye ewer teas ron ahah Ate NMS RIE ROLL FE NRA. oy Sg tit ne, ia Oy a i i a ee

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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 191%. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ably fatally burned yesterday in trying | to emother with her arms the flames which were enveloping the child. The child died. Burned Trying to Save Her Child, MILWAUKEE, Wis., May $.—In an effort to gave the life of her 3-year-oid daughter, Mrs. Fred Disak was prob. HAND GRENADE WOUNDS, We will give $5.00 to the first person bringing to our notice any misrepresentation or exag- geration in our advertisements, ————EEE : the identical garment is price @ We Give Eagle Stamps > — aC) = MORG v, A Big Savings in Women’s Apparel | $7.98 COATS Made of ay, come in v> all-wool material; sus new spring styles, with big collars, swagger-belted ef- fects and fancy pockets, of mix- tures, plaids, checks, stripes and serges, all regular sizes..:.... $7. Splendid, new Spring made of rich, high luster silk poplin; come in all the latest shades, sizes 16 years to 44 bust. 35c Soisette Thousand of yards genuine Soisette Pong ees, absolutely worth 35c, on sale (Basement) 50c Silk Marquisette 36 inches wide; also Silk Crepe de Chine, on sale (Basement) 15c Woven Crepe Strong as gingham and sheer as lawn; on sale (Basement) 75c Silk and Cotton Suiting in all choice colors; 388 inches , wide: for suits, eee Ee. ci sees dos . 98 50 Silk Dresses styles, 4a 39c Sheeting Heavy Unbleached Sheeting; better than Pep- perell; remnants, C per yard 14c Toweling Very heavy, bleached, linen finish, blue bor- 25c Table Linen inches wide, bleached Damask; rem- nants of table none ‘gaat per 15c Towels Heavy hemmed huck, bright borders, fast edges, size 18x36; Sale price 60 Men’s $1.25 Overalls or Jumpers Genuine Indigo Blue Denim Overalls, Union Made; all sizes; all have bib; jumpers to k match; $1.25 value; while they last, each.... $1.50 Union Suits : Fer Men; white ribbed lisle Union uits; low neck, short or long sleeves; sizes 34 to 46 50c Underwear Men’s; genuine balbriggan, short-sleeve shirts, drawers have strap back, double seat; 60c value Child’s 19c Hose Black, double heel; sizes 56 to %; the be wearing stocking America; pair House Slippers A Great Sale for Women Wednesday at a Big Saving Here are 2000 pairs Women’s Juliet. side elastic, tip and plain toes, with rubber - heels; also one and two strap slip- pers, medium and low heels; these styles a Wednesday White Mary Jane Pumps 1000 pairs of girls’ regular $1.50 and $1.75 values; choiee of all an Sizes 8% to 2, 2-in. running feet, outa rub- rollers... $3.25 Irons, at quart -...2 Grand selection of extra heavy Felt Linoleum; cut from roll choice patterns t 1 } ®, hard- 2 bi J rd al 70c Cork-Linoleum Large selection of Genuine rk Linoleum in mill rem- nants, large sl lengths up to 30 roll at @8c¢ and Tbe: | Wednesday. square yard mesh, 60 a oerrages for in or out- 9 lihaiwe...91.O9 gree JSC ~ Women’s 19c Vests Sample Vests; all sizes; all taped; your choice $1.50 Silk Petticoats Women’s Silk Petticoats, made of washable Tussah silk; $1.50 value Infants’ Slips Infants’ 39c Long Slips; daintily trimmtd with embroidery’ yokes; good quality mate- rial; limit 2 5c to a customer.... LaceCurtains ; 1000 yards White and Ecru ‘Curtain Scrima, 3 inches wide, worth 12%c; on sale Wednesday, yard... Lace Curtains, made on good quality nets, white and ecru, 2% ee long; worth 1; sale price, pair Lace Curtains, 2%. 3 and 3% yards long, 45 to 60 inches wide, white and ecru, . worth $2; sale — price, pair $4.25 Garden Hose, %-in extra qual- ity rubber, 60 feet, com plete $3 29 with couplings * $5.75 Lewh Mow- ere, with 16-inch steel sharpening bladesan stee! ball 3 Op bearings... . ae Heavy Tin fash Bollers, with copper bottom and Screens, will fit Wall Paper 30-Iach Scotch Imported and eatic Oatmeal Papers; regularly 18¢ and 35c val- med our prtes, sold with Orders an binders: “on. OF & 6c Large Assortment of ISe and ite Hedroom Papers: in &tripes, floral and chints effects, light and dar colors, sold with borde and binders to a : ry dining rooms. reomese and ror, ey |e . WORST, DOCTOR SAYS Physician Who Served in Ger- man Military Hospital in City on Visit. Hand grenades hich are used exten- sively in the fighting on the French front inflict the inmost terrible of all wounds, according to Dr. Earl McGarvey of New York, who spezit several months in a German military hospital. Dr. Mc- Garvey is visiting his brother-tn-law, F. L. Craft, at 5775 Westminster place. Large jagged wounds are made by the grenades, says Dr. McGarvey, which, when they explole, hurl large frag- ments of lead and iron. It is the irreg- ular shape of the rarticles which are largely responsiblo tor the serious in- juries sustained by the men struck. Bullets from rifles and machine guns, on the other hand, make what the doc- tor describes as tne ‘most humane wounds.’’ In many cases the high-pow- ered bullets go through a bone without fracturing it. Dr. Garvey thinks that American base- ball pitchers would be excellent grenade throwers, the same genera! motion be- ing used in hurling the explosives as in pitching to a batsman. Dr. McGarvey has received a commis- sion tn the American Medical Reserve Corps and expects cc call to service shortly. WOMAN ATTACKS AUTO WITH HUSBAND AND A WOMAN IN IT After Midnight Rew it is Announced That Other Woman Was Pay Passenger. Mrs. William Johnson, 27 years old, of 88 North Twentieth street, and Mrs. Richard Guenther, 2%, of 720 North Twentieth street, saw their husbands in an automobile with another man and @ woman at Twentieth and Locust streets, at 12:30 this morning. Johnson was driving. Mrs. Johnson ran into the street, stopped the car and kicked in the head- lights. Then she attacked her husband and the woman in the car. Guenther tried to stop her, and, when two police- men came, Guenther seized a culb from one of them and struck him on the head with it. Then the other policeman beat Guen- ther so that he was sent to the city hos- pital. After the others had been booked for police court, it was announced that the woman in the car, Emma Flynn of 1827 South Broadway, was a pay pas- senger, and was the sister of the third man in the car, Daniel Fiynn. ST, LOUIS DOCTORS ESTABLISH COLLECTION AND CREDIT BUREAU Organization Will be Used for Pur- pose of Eliminating Deliberate Dead Beat. The doctor’s bill will soon be as hard to dodge as any other bill, and persons who owe one physician will be unable to get treatment from an- other. The St. Louis Medical Society has established a collection and credit bu- reau, according to an announcement made in the May number of the Jour- nal of the Missouri State Medical As- sociation, When a pérson has been listed by the bureau as delinquent, physicians will “request cash’’ for any further service rendered to such person. The new meth- od, it'is announced, is meant to elimi- nate the deliberate deadbeat, and to re- fute “‘the popular belief that medical men are devoid of business sense,’’ The public, it is held, shoula be educated to understand that a physician’s bill must be paid the same as any other obliga- tion, and that one must pay the physi- clan’s bill promptly if he wishes a good rating in the regular mercantile agen- cies. MAN'S BODY TAKEN FROM RIVER BY WHARF LABORERS Card im Pocket Bears Name ef Julius Anderson, Government Employe, of St. Paul, Mina. The body of a man who had identifi- cation cards in his pockets in the name of Julius Anderson of 679 Wells street, St. Paul, Minn., was taken from the Mississippi River at the foot of Walnut street tuday by George Wehmeyer and Thomas Stanton, carpenters, employe? on a wharf boat at Market street. They told the police that whén they first saw the man he appeared to be moving his head and arms. They said he gave no attention to a line they threw to him, and that they then put out in a boat and taok him to shore. tle was dead when they took him from the water. When the body reached tho dispensary there were indications that the man had died only a few minutes before. A card in his pocket identified hin as a laboring employe of the Govern. ment. He had a railroad ticket from St. Paul to Hot Springs and $2.38. Shock Absorber Meets Ali Requirements. The automobile spring is yet to be de- vised which of itself satisfactorily meets all requirements of load and road. Only when assisted by the Hartford Shock Absorber is it able to do so, according to Fred Campbell, distributor, 1108 Lo- cust street. It accentuates the spring's efficiency, never lessens it, and conse- quently those in the car experience the fame degree of comfort regardless of the condition of the road or the weight of the load. Campbell says the demand for the Hartford Bump Absorber is con- stantly increasing. It is particularly useful in crowded traffic, where it saves radiators, lamps and fenders from dam- age in bumps that the absorber absorbs. When you need an auto jack you need it badly. The Hartford auto jack has been adopted as regular equipment for the Pierce-Arrow, Brewster, Packard. Murray, Rolls-Royce, Singer, Owen-Mag- netic, McFarian and other cara. Over 250,000 are now in use, Size and weight considered, its lifting power is tremen- dous. A wrist pressure of 15 pounds is converted oy gears into 1000 pounds af lifting energy. , a Hartford elsewhere. We will pay $1.00 to the first person bringing to our notice a garment priced higher here at signs or price tags. New Blouses . ()* Off $25.00 to $29.50 Georgette Crepe Blouses 815.00 $16.50 to $19.95 Georgette Crepe Blouses $10.00 $12.50 to $15.00 Georgette Crepe Blouses $7.49 $4.95 to $5.98 Voile, silk and Georgette Blouses 82.99 $2.95 Georgette Crepe Blouses, white and flesh—sizes 34 and 36 only $1.19 $1.95 Frilled Voile Blouses, 89c Summer Furs Samples, Only One of a Kind. 50% Off $45.00 to $59.50 selected Summer Furs—Kamchatka brown fox, Poiret fox, silver cross fox, Jap. Kolinsky, blue silver lynx, taupe lynx and Hudson seal combined with ‘chinchilla squirrel; all the newest styles; special for Wednes- day only, $29.75 Girls’ Tub Dresses 100 Children’s Dresses, made of lawns, ginghams—broken lots and sizes—$1.00 and $1.50 values— Wednesday special, 49¢ Children’s White Dresses Made of fine organdies and daintily trimmed with laces, rib- bons and rosebuds. Three special lots for Wednesday at $3.98, $2.98 and 51.98 Middies For both children and grown-ups. In all-white or white with colored collars and cuffs. Crisp, new Middies. Sold all over at $1.00 and $1.25—Wednesday special, 15C Girls’ Coats Made of fine serge and cheviot; jaunty girlish styles, in light and dark colors; plenty of navy blues. Size 6, 8, 10 only; $6.00 values, $1.98 og Wednesday—The Third Day of at 50% Off Regular Prices “WE KNEWIT.”’ We knew the second day would be bigger than the first. We had reasons to know it. We knew that every customer we sold Monday would make us one and two new customers for Tuesday, We had seen the garments, we knew their value and we knew the news would spread. And we predict—in fact, we’ll be disappointed if the third day, tomorrow, is not bigger still. The garments ments are here—thousands of them—hundreds of styles. New shipments have come in. The assort- ments are still large and complete. AND NOW, before we begin to talk about the sample garments in a general way, we want to tell you about a special lot of new Coats, from a manufacturer who was overstocked and let us have his surplus stock of 200 coats, along with 43 samples, at the same price as the samples, which was about HALF PRICE. We will make them the special WEDNESDAY ‘‘FEATURE’’—here they are $15 to $20 Coats for 4 | $4 () -< Your Coat’s among this 243. Can you afford to delay and let some other woman get it?’’ “Your $20 Coat for $10” The coat you'll get so much comfort and style satisfaction from —this Summer? The coat you can wear Spring and Fall—and coo! Summer evenings—and motoring—and at the lakes— and oh, where not? Can you afford to be without it—when it’s brought so near to you? Brought to you at a saving of dollars and dollars! Soft featherfluffs, long-wearing serges and gabar- dines, poplins—EVERYTHING fashionable in design and color. — ue : pete, : ~_ oe Come in and find YOUR coat among scores very stunning—find it with the help of our courteous sales- women— a hinsiRK: wih 1S gy aN Fs Then, when you see what you’re getting for the little sum of $10.00—decide. —BUT—If you had intended paying around $18 or $20 for Coat, you'll have no occasion to look farther than the $10 but maybe you will want a finer coat. Then look through the . ple lines, in which you can find whatever coat you may want, at About 50” Off Regular Prices | $20.00 to $27.50 Coats, sample sale price..................$1 ren, ceeee Coats, sample sale price........... 7.50 to $75.00 Coats, sample sale price........... $77.50 to $89.50 Coats, sample sale price........ $125 to $179 Coats, sample sale price............---seeee Gorgeous Evening and Theater Wraps, Afternoon Coats, Sports Coats, Travel, Motoring and Street Coats, in every material and color of the season. Coats and Wraps from the leading designers and manufactur- ers. Hundreds of styles. *ese ep ees *ee © 8 ‘‘Shop around’’ and see if you can find a Coat like the one pictured above, mustard velour, with silk harness stitching. If you do it'll be priced $15, maybe $20.00. Here $10 O() ° tomorrow at Suits. Dresses, Gowns at 50% Off “Here’s an exact duplicate of a suit | bought in a Fifth avenue shop, | New York, only last week, and paid $125.00 for it. ‘*Yes,’’ answered her friend, ‘‘and I saw a coat upstairs at $42.50, that they showed me at Wannamaker’s at $95.00—and 1 bought it. among many remarks heard during the first two days of this sale, and,made a note of—all bearing the same meaning; that this is a sale without a parallel in St. Louis, New York or anywhere else. Suits—50% Off $75 to $100 SUITS Beautifully tailored copies of the smartest modes shown this year, developed in tricotine, silk, Poiret twills and men’s-Wear serge; sports and novelty styles. Some Things We Heard Monday and Tuesday Is it anything to marvel at, that these sales become greater every year? Isn't it a logical result? And do you wonder why each succeeding day of the present sale is bigger than the preceeding day? You know the feminine habit—selfish in a way—but a selfisliness that is excusable. After a woman has had her pick of a Suit, Dress or Coat or what not, she just loves to tell her friends of the lovely things she saw, and they in turn come and see, and i Dewsiiliae 0% Off 4" [ never was lucky.’’ Those are Sample Sale $55 TO $72.50 SUITS Of unusual style individuality. distinctive materials and colors, dressy, sport or plain tailored modes; in navy, black and the popular high colors. Sample Sale price $60 TO $69.50 DRESSES New and distinctive models, fashionably developed of char- meuse, crepe meteor, taffeta, jersey and serge; colors and styles for every personality, and sizes for misses. price : ee ee eee eeeeeereeernene $75 TO $110 DRESSES ” $40 TO $50 SUITS In semi-fancy, tailored and sports models, made of serge, Poiret twills, poplin, checks and fancies; all the popular plain colors are represented; a wide range of styles and all sizes, Sample Sale price $32.50 TO $39.50 DRESSES In straight line, or modified flare; breezy models of taffeta, crepe de chine and jersey, colors are navy, beige, gray, rose and their combinations. Sample Sale price For atternoon, dinner and evening; imported and duplication $29.50 TO $37.50 SUITS Braid-bound tailleur models, ripple flare and semi-Norfolk effects, ih taffeta, velour, serge, checks, mixtures and novelty Sample Sale price cloths; all the best colors. $22.50 TO $29.50 DRESSES Tatfeta, serge and jersey Dresses for street, calling and business wear; dresses which combine style, comfort and service: several smart styles in the favored colors and a!! sizes. Sample Sale price.......... **teeeteee eee ee eae eee wvee te $16.50 TO $27.50 SUITS Fancy and plaid Suits. serge, poplin and gabarcdine. in blues, preens: a good assortment of styles: buttoned trimmed. n few Semi-iaucy, fan ane and biack, tailored — of Paris originals; a wonderful collection in style, fabric Sample and colorings; rich and individualized ) 4 | $12.75 TO $19.95 DRESSES For atreet wear, of serge, in the staple dark colors; also a few in the light paste! colors. Sample Fample Sale price ete. ose &@ eo eee eee

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‘ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8; 1917. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH neatorama ae “ARMY SEEKS ENGINEERS HERE- Twenty-Five Wanted for Training at Fort Riley Camp. The Wer Department yesterday au- * thorized Maj. Wildurr Willing, of the Engineers’ Corps, U. 8S. A., to accept for training at Fort Riley 25 quali- fied civil, electrical, mechanical or mining engineers. He will conduct icesinanidns at room 428, old Custom House, Third and Olive streets. . _ eo : Angrt: ae -o. > i. 7. : ined “ v* a] A rs 4. a > a ae oe ‘ ~~ , Fs 4 t ? ge tie —_, ge eet Mt te FAa& — en Ao ees _mouL -3 PER GENT. INFANTS © CHILDRES i Thereby Promoting Digs it 4 4 CheerfnessandRes. ither Opiam, M 1 | fom NoT NARCOTIC 4; pamelor mm ~ S Pe Fak, = ee % » P aa ON 7 =; Sag po = > % = a5 4 ad > . J - > ~ . r => | = ¥ = 7 al = =. 5 3a ; > ae 2 an See i i See — ae en Se iP. 27 ack oe e ae we SSE ET == i ae — = os s r > - . Z at - Po gtee, Gaye oas oe what ee ee e 5, Et — 4 =of terminating the war by opposing ruthless submarine war- fare. It cites Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetgendorf, Austrian commander in chief, as saying recently: ‘“‘The war would have been over lcoag ago if the submarine campaign had begun a year earlier."’ Austria Also Attacked. The Pan-Germans and annexationists are also comparing the Chancellor to Bismarck and demanding his retirement because he does not measure up to Ger- many’s “iron man.’’ The agitation for the downfall of Von Bethmarn-Hollweg is unconcealed in press and Parliament and is reinforced by mass meetings or- ganized by imperialist leagues and the Independent Committee for the German Peace. The bitterness increases as the chances grow for a reform of political conditions in Germany. The Chancel- lor’s opponents couple their attacks with far from flattering remarks about -the Austro-Hungarian Governnrent for its coeeaiaenenieal —_— - 509 Washington Av. The $5 kind $2 Silk Taffeta “™N NZ As a Birthday Gift, White Iceland ~ Fox Sca rts = a. and $1.25 Sateeh Petti- coats Flounce be offered at a os a birthday gift we will place them on.sale tomor- row morning at The Third Day of Our 2nd Birthday Sale With Still Greater Values—Hundreds of Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts and Waists Specially offered for this occasion at the most ridiculous prices, sale continues with unbroken lots that will fraction of their actual value. The leading manufacturers of Sport Dresses who contributed their share to this sale shipped us 150 Shantung-Tussah Dresses Should have arrived for Monday’s selling, is -4 came in too late so they will be placed on sale for the firgt time tomorrow, these Sport Dresses ate worth $7.50 to $9 ne | tg seSeRhRs! SPOSHaRe “2266 Yen. sesgeaeeee = igo 6" During This Sale We Up to $20 Dresses .... Tissue Dresses Up to $20 Up to $30 Dresses .........$12.50 Volle Apesans. Nets ay $3.95 Will Offer $6.95 During This Sale We Will Offer \ Up to $25 Suits Up to $25 Coats . Up to $20 lie eso $9.75 #10 Silk Jersey Coats .......$6.75 . $9.50 $12.50 | declarations in favor of moderate peace terms. There is still talk in Berlin, according to advices received here that Germany will thake new peace proposals this llent articles by Hermann Wendel, who combats German methods in Alsace-Lor-j| week, There is no definite basis ap- parent for the rumors though the ¢.h- vocation of the Bundesrath Committee on Foreign Affairs may be confirma- tory of them. The Reichstag Committee on Consti- tutional Reform will take up this week the question of redistricting. The Cen- trists, National Liberals and Radical Socialists who carried the previous re- forms over the opposition of the Con- servatives, will, according to a Berlin dispatch, vote for a general redistricting | of the empire. | Country Has Advantage. A population of 0,000 is favored as. the basis for a Reichstag district. The | proposals, iong among the chief de- mands of the Liberals and Radicals, | are a blow at Conservative influence ag! the present districting dating from the foundation of the empire, favors the country sections at the expense of the municipalities and industrial regions. The great increase in population has had no corresponding growth in repre- Sertation so that one vote in some back- ward district outweighs 2 or even 9 in one of the big industrial centers. The committee seems to be going for- ward with its reform plan consistently and earnestly, the majority standing to- gether with a firmness which must be the despair of the Conservative obstruc- tionists and is perhaps not entirely agreeable to the Government. The com- mittee’s proposals in regard to officers Strike at the root of an important:-source of the Emperor’s power. At present all appointments in the army and navy and even the high civil lists are in the hands of the entirely irresponsible heads of the Emperor's military, naval and civi! Cabinets. The celebrated ‘‘blue letters” asking for the retirement of officers emanated from the military Cabinet. The former chief of the civil Cabinet, Dr. Frederick H. Lucanus, now dead, was known as “the bow string bearer,”’ be- cause he bore the Emperor’s sentences ' had displeased the monarch. Chancellor Believed to Be Piaying for Time as to Peace Proposals. LONDON, May 8.—The opinion pre- vails in British circles that the German Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, is “sitting on the fence’ in the matter of announcing German peace proposals. It is believed here that he is playing for time in the attempt to let the fighting run. through the summer before he com- mits himself, The German Chancellor is anxious to see the outcome of the submarine cam- paign, of the fighting on the western front and of the Russian crisis before he definitely announces a ‘‘no annexa- tion”’ program. Likewise, it is believed he is delaying in the matter of internal reforms, hoping that the trend of events will make it possible to ignore a large part of the demands for such action. According to a Reuter’s dispatch to Amsterdam, the Pan-German newspa- pers in Berlin continue the attacks on the Imperial Chancellor. The Meuste Nachrichten and Tages Zeitung accuss Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg of delaying his reply to the Reichstag interpella- tions regarding Germany's war aims un- til after the Stockholm Socialist con- ference. They complain strongly of such leadersnip of a great empire and advo- cate the holding of public meetings to protest against ‘“‘the Chancellor’s weak- ness when the empire seriously needs strong guidance.”’ Paris Writer Says German Empire Is “Beginning to Crack.” NEW YORK, May 8&—The New York Times prints the following: “PARIS, May 7.—The Gazette de Lau- gsanne, which keeps an ear close to the ground for international rumblings in Germany and is always well informed, publishes an editorial article entitled ‘The Awakening of Germany’ which is a striking indication of how little is known in the belligerent capitals concerning the great silent currents which are steadily gaining force. “The writer begins by statnig that to ‘whoever is able to hear through walls or see through curtains, there can be no doubt that the German Empire is be- }- ginning to crack and that big fissures, which are perhaps still invisible to the naked eye, are already developing.’ “The writer suggests that revolutions are always prepared in silence, an ex- ample of which was the Russian revolu- tion, which was little suspected, even by the Czar. He goes on: ‘So far we only hear’ the Voices shouting on the housetops, such as Lieb- knecht’s, which ‘is now effectually stopped. Very significant are the speeches by Hoffman, the Socialist leader in the Prussian chamber, and even more so the extraordinarily vio- raine. Socialist Newspaper Demands That Chancellor Make Peace Statement. AMSTERDAM, May &.—In referring to the Russian Government's explanation of its war aims, the Berlin Soctalist newspaper Vorweerts insists that Chan- cellor von Bethmann-Holweg has no reason to postponé a definite statement of Germany's aims in the war, and asks what the Chancellor is waiting for. “If a frank, bold statement is made in the sense of the Russian peace for- mula,” it says: “Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary will stand together.’’ “How long will America, which is preifist at heart, how long will Britain of political death to Chancellors who /’ Second Anniversary Sale SOME of the Exceptional Values to be Offered Tomorrow Are Listed nae for f Further Details See Tonight's STAR. =: We Give and Redeem Lamb Stamps 2 years. 50c Dresses Infants’ Short Dresses, trimmed with embroid- ery or lace—sizes 1 and (Second Floor.) of a well Sale of Hemmed Sheets: } pag we finish—thade of ¢ ener at quality linen—second known 2 Dress Volle | in lengths u 55 Bk. ceptionally Anniversary Sale of 5900 New Tub Skirts (Third Floor—The Lindell.) ms Skirts Worth $1.50 to $2.75 O8c S159 928 Regular and Extra Sizes to 36-Inch | Waist Band. N important Anniversary Sale special are these finely made and perfect fitting Wash Skirts of fine , quality pique, cordaline, waffle cloth, ‘]inen and cotton gabardine, all guar- anteed shrunk. Aatost 50 different styles to choose from at these special prices, 98c, $1.50, $1.98, while this limited quantity lasts. pieces would rt pry: at 2 —On sale it 12 %c. 36 oe wide, 0 yorss and ex~ in full and 29e al, Wednesday, Vct=m|( Manin Fleer. > SE z 39c Union Suits torchon edge—mercerised neck. OMEN’'S 23C.,.., an Union hates A en re os we taped neck (Main Floor.) wourss 123 es cotton’ , ee yokes, mer- TCH, firm saree finish in a large range of all the new- est combination colori also plaid and check sty (Main Floor.) - Novelty Taffeta Silk . $1,23 es; : to 26 in. wide; $1.50 to si. 76 value, $1.50 Petticoats Wwe EN’S ‘tieoats (Second Floor.) 2 to 4 years 40¢ dow mee. made, exten- ~ | $25 Wilton Velvet Rugs A LOT of 47 rugs—all in the 9x12-ft. size—elegant es W. & J. Sloan’s Wilton Velvet Rugs, seamed and seamless —wonderful range of patterns—actual $25 quality 59 25c and 35c Cs Marquisettes Yard, 14c. XTRA quality ful “highly mer- cerized—fancy and plain-—comes in white, cream and Arabian—36 to 40 85c (4 Yds. Wide) Linoleum EAVY from full rolls; choige of several beauti- designs; quality; Armstrong's Lin- oleum; as many yards as desired; will cover aver- age room without a seam —per square yard your heavy 45c Felt Linoleum Sq. Yd., 31c C UT from rolls— choice of sev- eral beautiful de- signs —i n cluding tile—every yard perfect. cut inches wide. (Fearth Floor—The Lindell.) MEMAY, STERN & TS Women’s Shoes low Shoes, in the ne $3 to $4 Value Choice, > | 97 Pair IGHT Hundred pairs of Women’s new and Summer shoge, consisting of high est styles and lasts. uslin Pet- . finished 06¢ —_— embroidery or lace Win- sion kind...... cluded are high Shoes in patent, dull, tan or viet kid , lace or Shoes in patent, dull, straps or Oxfords igh utton style, cloth or kid to unmetal, bronze in sizes assorted on tables for quick phoosing, SS eee (Main Floor—The Lindell.) It gives you an extra bediedial in your home N \ Xe pa, low or low heels in a i | # ; % & aie Att “gy is 1s te ame le IE SAR a= Hensirede of Exquisite Brand-new models; = Taffeta Suits nnd —_.:. Ul Tad | 5 4 sue¥e Choice. House Cloth Suits$ | I 90 aid France, resist this propaganda, es- pecially as their populations are suf- fering terribly?” nsks the Vorwaerts, ‘Te it true—as we supposed—that we are not driven by lust of conquest? If so, the decisive moment has come."’ In the Vogsische Zeitung George Bern- hardt demands that the Chancellor make perfectly clear to Russia what Germany wants. eH warns against annexations in the East which “would only bring us an eastern Alsace-Lorraine. Only with Russia herself can we negotiate regard- ing the future formation of our easterh | frontiers. England's aims are not ours and what must be out of the question regarding the west may appear to us, regarding Russia, 1s a mere political nc hyareegpadits For this reasen we muat ec en.ly alu s se nod ate in coming to an ailergiaodinn with ua, need not expect any lusa of territory, but on the contrary, financial reconstruction and economic strengthening.” A Bed i in a Minute The Divan-Bed presents the appearance tately parlor ds be in stetly sgueerted tnte.g a vay ca on ora Six Handsome Pieces This handsome outfit consists of Divan-Bed Davenport, Arm Rocker, Arm Chair, Library Table and Art Lamp—a new and beautiful de- sign—constructed of solid oak in rich golden finish and elegantly upholstered in imitation Spanish leather—the seats have springs on steel supports so they cannot sink or sag. Every cloth Suit included tomorrow, no matter what the former price; every —_ represented, also navy and black. Take your choice at 1 Pub Chatec ct. \(- ep WAIS iD Ss Slik taffeta, silk poplin, silk moire sus itte 5S Ghar ee ae ES 9.79 Saits & Coats || *' ec de 5 oe ee * $3:°° Cash 300 S00 weawisite $2 and $8 Oe ae ne pelea eollection ‘will Tn all the filet lace and lace edging combina- a ge st sa dare tions: all the new tlar@e collar and cuff parents: Les a birthday acttial Values $2 and $3: as a birthday @ifi. a % e@eees oe for tomor- HEXDREDs of crisply new Watlate, the $1 and mm 25 wat » ieee kind. vorty tries eed notoet from on a birthday aift fer tomerro

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rUBSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. | ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: RISSAISNOW if “‘Sonnonield VATUALLYUNDER FO prmenfetag L. ACKERMAN, @/ Manager COALITION RULE 610-612 Washington Ave. Composed of Provisional Gov- ernment and Soldiers and it Workmen’s Council. ): 1 ) | NEW LOAN acosvaale ST.LOUIS POST- en DD | (CMM | TTY (CONT) CIM LEC) OE In Office and Home— Red Blood Rules ge 2 OM ANG Red blood rules supreme both in VIN Ove ot Ay | office and household. Men with the driving force of red blood in their veins do things and get things done. Red-blooded. women are mistresses of the household in the truest sense of the term. For vital force, nerve force, brain force—the qualities which make most for leadership—depend for their nour- ishment and development to a very large extent upon rich, vigorous, red blood. Leadership is only for the man or woman who is able and willing to work harder, think harder, and M i Decttenhanhit? | | 414 take on greater responsibilities than Breitenbach | . the average man or woman. Red pon een , blood, therefore, is indispensable to , all who aspire to walk along the (UT I iva) | aeanenen) faemnnantiis ath it HL ITTTTIVITTNT. THALLULALLE Seeeedttimmemeentie ee LUEMMIIMM TTT i} U — At Reductions From Former Prices of 50% Problems Confront Leaders; La- bor Shows Tendency to Re- and mo re : strict Radicals. min ity f . Stat Cores pendent of the. Post- Hundreds of Women and Misses will save hundreds spatc an ew or or of dollars here Tomorrow by selecting their (Copyright, 1917, by Press Pub. Co.) suits jrom :he iwo sale groups at PETROGRAD, May 6, via London, May 8.—‘Virtually a coalition Govern- : ment has been formed composed of the provisional Government and dele- Bates of the Council of Soldiers and Workmen. Later the coalition Gov- ernment will advocate the issuance of a new war loan by an overwhelm- ing majority, said Minshiviki There- felle, a delegate of the Council, to the The prices we shall ask tomorrow are less than these suits cost us. We are determined to reduce our immense stock, no matter how great a sacrifice is needed. This sale holds attractions many and varied, First of all come sensational prices; then the unusually handsome character of the styles; then the broad variety of matertals—the com- pleteness of the color and trimming range. Post-Dispatch correspondent: “The new loan will have the moral support of the workers and soldiers,” “We will support the loan because Khaki Kool Suits Wool J:+rsey Suits Sik Jersey Suits Poiret Twill Suits Silk Taffeta Suits Gabardine Suits Suk Faitie Suis Mannish Serge Suits it would be premature to take power All sizes for women and misses, and extra sizes to 52 bust. into our own hands,” said Bulshiviki Kamaneo, another delegate. views is showing a tendency to restrict The wording of the Council’s reso- ca (caus the activities: of the extreme radicals, @ Telephonic communication between Le- ne nine, the radical Socialist, and the office a -~—— UHHH E A TEELE ee ee = LTA Te TA HURUNUI HUUACUEE UAE AN CADET ATA (tiNtiti TTT } Hit ha OUT ' TOTTI MNO a — -— VULTURE TT t?} Mn . " . . . ; : “We were offered a coalition Gov- while. Very likely your family physi- minutes of daily exercise,a few hours per ernment by the Council of Soldiers cian already has prescribed Pepto-Man- week in the air and sunshine, a little re- and Workmen several weeks ago, but gan, for it has been used and endorsed by _ straint at the dining-table, and ample sleap we refused. We told them to bear the the medical profession for over 25 years. shortly will make a gratifying difference responsibility of what they control. ¢ It is easily digested, quickly assimilated in the condition of your health. And when, of the people, but they must not in-|g td TT CE) TTT TTT ‘ They do control the supreme right and exceedingly pleasant to taste. through choice or necessity, you fail Nature i terfere with the people's rights.” It is nothing short of tragical that so by disregarding her laws of right living, _ Proof of the sincerity of the Council's many men and women lack the red blood you will find in Pepto-Mangan an ideal (+ oa ongare rei igpeie mm ender Bre | ° ° °° . |, 1s perfect obedienve today even Dy e to achieve their ambitions. It is all the blood food to counteract the effects of = | extreme radicals to the Council's order more tragical because thin-bloodedness, over-eating and lack of exercise. itt that there be no de'nenstrations against the loan by street orators. a -* Friendly Warning 4 Minister of Agriculture Shingaroff =: | promises that a ‘onstitutional. conven- Uon't acceptPepte-Mangenin any other form than the sealed package and bottle here pictured. Be sure that the | tion will assemble it :n early date. sameis Gude’s Pepto-Mangan Pepto-Manganis widely imitated,the package sometimes counterfeited but thegen- “The Provisional Government —_— 2 Ss PEI SSS ES RT SRS eR crenata eae baa i» Es I ag io eR Nn 3 Rio doe i A, fv te a Sw get A ae be Se o Nea ,

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° St Lous POST-DISPATCH 3 a a One Swallow Doesn't Make a Summer; but One Rieke y Is Stimulating AVENPORT SENT | AGAINST SOX IN OPENING CONTEST ' Rowland Puts It Up to Jim Scott g is sash Halt Losing Streak of His Outfit. ipeaer BROWNS Shetton if Austia #b Sisler tb. Jacobson rf. Maraane cf Johnson 2b. Severeid c. : “ Tavan a. tt p. Davenport Pp. ' Umpires—Evans and Naliin. Attendance—3000. By W. J. O’Connor SPORTSMAN’S PARK, May 8.—-With - bright sunshine on tap, the Browns and White Sox hooked up in their gecond bargain bill of the series this @fternoon. About 3000 fans were on dg when the opening contest start- itenacer Jones selected Big Dave a Sewenport to keep his team on the resent winning streak, with Severeid Ro S team. gnment. Johnson’s Error Costly. Chicago put across a run in the sec- ‘ond. Jackson walked. Felsch was safe when Johnson fumblec his 8.ow roller. oeJhrson threw out Gandil, Jackson and Felsch moving up. Risberg 3en' a sac- yifice fly to Marsans, Jackson scoring and Feisch going to third. Lavan threw } out Schalk. If anyone considers the recent ‘ Brown spurt a flash and unmeritor- fous, it would be well to ponder the > facts in the case before reaching any h conclusions. There’s something abstantial in this spurt, which has yielded six victories in seven games ' because the Browns today are really weak in spots where they were con- sidered strongest. Last season, for instance, Bert Shot- bn reached {first base more times than Aany batter in the American League. He nished with an everage of .282, having nee 174 hits in 618 times at bat. But he walked 111 times and ag where he rried his biggest punch erhis geason Shotton is hitting .198 and in 19 es he has coaxed only 10 bases on balls. But in Bert's defense let it be said that he started the season with tis, and because of the dank days has never fully resewaren- His eye dull and he’s not getting on. } Shotton’s long record with the Nt yang has proved that he’s normally 280 or better hitter and one of the "Most patient and dependabie lead-off men n in either league. Wherefore, we ‘ean rightfully look for a sudden and f sy ty ie A eatin by the latter, who was ; wn quantity at the start. Sis- Saat Eagcovement in the work of Bert B > one 2 has ever accuged Jobn Lavan ion eat hitter, but he slashed enoug h its last season to reach the . So far this campai otha a bat- and hasn't yet acqu a base . He’a due to put my ; storm ‘When there’s the famous Norseman, a, Severeid, who batted .273 last or — was the second best hitting } how: league. Nunamaker was rior. Hennery is hitting hough he’s making most of ut “the a {idea is that a vast im- rightfully expected from Phentiars and when it de- uloy the Browns will be far better red to continue their offensive. o far there has been the combination aaaly hitting by Sisler and Jacob- behind substantially secure pitch- Ening h the Browns over. Indeed, the te as been very good from the NB but In, . athe end the real punch hes by Sisler and Jacobson, has been no epee. Great bh Bn ected of h te Rao _~> es ooOolUTrlc Ol! =a Bs ew lGaeuws Lek Rw wes FIELDING. a ee = 3 » w=! eSfee: Ke : Se ~e Oe wh ~~ - We CO OH ee ny a g| S88 fl comma peoanooKwe 13:200,000 and a @rand vear for a St. Louis club and would yield it pérhaps $50,000, with- out the tas. .A 10 per cent tax of $22,500 would bring the earnings of the club dewn to $27,500, or slightly over 5 per eent on a eapitalizatian of $500,000. So far so good. Retrenchment Needed. HE receipts of one big major league club concerning which the writer has authentic information, was last year in the neignborhood of it considered itself as having had a good year. It made #24,000, which would have been re- ituced to $4000 by a 10 per cent gross receipts tax. With war time attendances ex- pected later on, if this team goes badly it will be put heavily in the los- ing column, instead of paying less than 1 per cent dividend on $500,000. That’s the way the club owners figure The ehances are, hewever, that at least four*clubs would make some money-—enough to enable the league to Play out its eachedule by pooling, if it cared to. tetrench- ment. too, could save $15,000 to $20,- 0 2 * > Local Boxers Enlist. oo FP APPY’ HOWARD and /Jimmy oles, two local fighters, have enlisted in the navy, aceording to Ed Smith, the Future City A. C.’s walk- ing gazeteer of boxers. Foley had previously seen army service in Canada, while “Happy’ Howard's age ae all been done in the ring, us far. : Most of the volunteer service by American boxers, this far, has been limited to telegraph messages to sport- ing editors,. letters to state gov- ernors or other formes of dollar-a-line stuff (for nothing) that they could get printed. The recruiting offices have become acquainted with but few of them. With practically none of prominenee. Jess Willard had his 99 44-100 enlistment biuff promptly called; Freddie Welsh’s volunteering extends to lending his farm to an aviation unit and resting safely on a married exemption. Few are will- ing to relinquish the dollars for the firing line. It's different in Australia. we are told. A news item in an Australian publication eontaing the following statement: “The boxers of well look America to Australia for example of patriotism. Since war was declared between Great Brit- ain and Germany, over 700 box- ers in all classes have enlisted in Australia. “Besides, the stadiums in Aus- tralia have raised close to $250.- 000 for war purposes. A big recruiting meeting was heid on Feb. and another recently. ee ag peers and stormed the platfor c ‘little bit’ sib sade can an ‘fans’ m eager to at the front." ° ” = Thas Les Darey. the se-called im- ported “slacker,” is actually one of the few noted fighters now in this eountry to entiat. | More War Troubles. Cc ORNELL students are lifting a wail that will probably be echoed throughout the land. They protest that they were begged, besought and pre- vailed upon to buy season tickets to the year's university athletic fixtures. at $10 per head; that the advent of the war has wiped out intercollegiate ac- tivity, and that, therefore, they are en- titled to their money back—which same they will not get. yragtiendy every university in the United States help2 maintain its ath. letics through the advance sale of sea- sen tickets covering the important sports features. Cornell's wniversity publication, fhe Daily Sun, about rings the bell with a kayo wallop on the complainants, as follows: ."“But who paid the eubcaription price merely to w witness the mes?" reason e Sun. The Tickets ‘were bana to the Cornell Universi lation, te e abi abilities cont! ue assectation te me ret continuing support as already od, That it t* unable to fulfil ite entire functions is unfortunate. but necessary.”’ HEAVY-HITTING GAMES FEATURE PUBLIC SCHOOL LEAGUE TITLE CONTESTS Five postponed games were played off yesterday in the Publie School Baseball League for the grammar scheol championship and the Post-’ Dispatch trophy now held by Cote Brilliante. All of the clashes played yesterday were slugging atfairs. The results of the games played were as follows: Group A—Froebel 13, Cliften Mann 5. Heights 4, Group E—Sigel 11, Group C—Marqtette 18, Sher- mun 2, Greup D—-Washington 16, Field Group E—Webstér 8. Jackson 3. Three groups are bulletined to play regularly scheduled battles tomor- row afternoon. They are A, F and G. The clashes in Group A will be the first of the season, as all scheduled to date have been postponed on account of rain and wet grounda. Cote Brilliante, the present cham- pion and holder of the Post- Dispatch trophy and medals, will meet Arling- ton in its clash tomorrow. he com- plete schedule is ag follows: GROUP A. Blow vs. Oak Hill, cetentelet Park No. 1; parer-caln v8. ifton peiants. Caropdele Park Bd el ys. eramec. Tower Grove Park N } conens F. Ames vs. Blair. Fairground No. 2: Benton vs. Bryan Hill, Fairground No. 3; Clay vs. Harrison, Fairground No. 4: Glasgow va. Farragut, CC. B. C campus No. I. G Ashland vs. Laclede. O'Fallon S. oes | vs. Cote Brijllante, O° 8 Billet vs. Harney Heights, x No. 2: lon Park O'Fallon Park MILLIONAIRES’ ENTRIES _ WILL FIGHT IT OUT FOR KENTUCKY DERBY PRIZE Special to the Post-Dispatch. LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 8&.—Harry Payne Whitney has arrived in Louisa- ville from New York and will remain here until after the running of the Kentucky Derby, pext Saturday. The millionaire Sportaman came on in ad- vance of his Kentucky Derby eligi- bles, which will arrive Tuesday. They are Tumbler, Hwfa, Rickety and Bell Ringer. Whitney will fuperintend their final preparation for the race. Whitney won she 1 lot Derby of 1915 with his filly Rigg 5 he only filly ever to win erby. his victory had trannies: associations for him. At the very moment he saw Regret eome under the wits he learned of the sinking of the Luai- tania and the death of his brother-in- law, Alfred Gwvnne Vanderbilt. With Whitnev, Macomber, Grant, Hugh Rrown and CC. K. G. petted te starting hore®es in the Derby next Satur the race will be more than ever a battle at milllonaires, Preparations are being made to care for the higg@west crowd ever seen at Churebth Downs. There will be 70 pari-mutual ma- chines in line. Susts the meeting there will be seven races Manager John Hachineiater of Park has announced June 2. the « ‘ urday of the meetin the da e Rentucky Tanmcep. ed, - cap Aa r- : Derb Cit te ter, the Kentucky &-vear- olds and wp, while the ore ‘limited to 3-year-olds. CLEVELAND AND SOLDAN TEAMS BATTLE TODAY Cleveland and Soldan will play eff a postponed game at High School Field this afternoon at 3:0. Soldan is at present in second place with a record of two won and one lost, trailea the league with none wen and three lost. On the strength of past per- formances, Soldan ia down to rn, A line obtained through the ¥ games gives Soldan the edge. dan defeated the North Siders rathap oe y. while Cleveland suffered a However, Coach Midkiff by aha ot u the blue and gold considerably and wit their new front the Cleveland boys may ster a surprise. obby Jones, Soldan's star hurler, recovered from his recent ill will be sent to the hill 1 Un avenue nine. Mages wil y kifft will ; box, althou ing may cause Kileulle to switch. Voin. furt will catch. JESS WILLARD NOT FAT, NEW YORK WRITER SAYS NEW YORK, May §.—Jess Willard surprised the critics when he ap- peated in Brooklyn with the Buffalo Bill oe iaatens of being a fat man ne pion was to iat: y for a wat iv boxed he ‘claw away at same un- concern that he Ree d" the week after he knocked out Johnso league, but | eighth. while Cleveland 4 HE Browns were idle yesterday, As was the iribe of Huggins: The weather was just right to play “ A rqusing game of muggins. Although the weather was so bum, It stopped our famuus They might have played « game of rhum Or dominoes, or chechivs. The Browns are still in sécond place, In spite of wind end weather; They're putting up a dandy race, And working well together. Our heroes pound the pesky pill, With eclat and «alandon; And leave their rivals féeling iil, Without a leg to stand on. The Cérdinals were showing speed Until the weather stopped ‘em; New York again assumed the lead And back to second dropped ‘em. But that's all right, all right, all right, We'll catch them in a hurry; Our boys are yup there in the fight And we've no cause to worry. + + 7 How Doth? OW doth the busy weather man Improve the shining hours? He peeves the patient basebaligfan Predicting frost or showers. * | * Forehanded. ATHER hen-fruit while you may; Time brings only serrow. The eggé at forty cents today May cost a buck tomorrew. * Cites b, ee fap" You met t St. ¥ pout for wake that our falr ‘vi this n na in hofior of uw t Bighth getting, back back * thelp atridé. Frank fractured collarbone in "yes . ays game. . ee nT Pade ME PRIS Serum | a oo m i hava te 41 ofter $100 a throw for base 8. # + oe Two hitless and runiess ball gamer in two days would indicate that t i Sox batters are hitting with their fee in the whitewash bucket. mer not be leading they're a cracking The Giants won their Reng fame in a2 days yesterday and about their first rer in as many years from Pitcher avender « * No that the Lavender neodoo has been broke it ought te be easy for the Giante if Jack Coombs breaks a couple of lege. tdi tte named The Yanks are Pittsburg . 9 mee rad 16 dangerous opponent [ the nee iS mt mn ety we opt afte fe Morrie. uhbus er in ‘welah ‘ headline. Boy, Page Mr. Bryan. It is said that Frank Moran would be one of: O4 | reatest fighters of all time A be earned the science of the nee, as a rule it is a good "ove at least a working «n of the job ye a. have In : an League Standing. Jupiter Pluvius, Ray Schalk ia just about the Best catehing staff in the American Legg. Ruth Wins Six Games, Johnson Loses 4, With Same Earned-Run Average ‘Babe’ Ruth, the husky southpaw of the Boston Red Sox, continues hie great hurling. Yesterday, he won his sixth straight game, beating Walter Johnson end the Nationals, i-@ He yielded only two hits, while four came off hia rival. The twirter also gent in the winning marker in the eighth frame with a sac- rifice fly. While the clash yeateseny gave’ Ruth pie aiath viele i ae shee touts ee. éat in six 8 a fo im by ke number by the isete have neem handed Mie Bok Ar, are over me Johnson has yielded 10 ea the innings he as hurled ' thie sease::, per some. an average of }. Ruth in six full pmee Ay allowed i! earned rung, an it innlegg eontes at ae Sate tt inp yy comp ete record: PR. ane, s 10 Frank Githoeley, the outfielder for the Venkees, is the real toughluck player of " 4meircan League. Last season on July slot atu ta Site, ft ee 3 train, 9:46 For information phone Main 5060. City Tlekat Office, 306 North to make a diving catch of @ liner off Me. | Innis’ bet. he broke his eellar bone, which mean he will be out for some time. all ee The Giants recerd wo Sadi rie $ Gaetboned Mb Hi Me: tg Hea | oe a ee a — Fes : is Rotes Erna ott, and Del The Giants mt back into fret state bait ling bit w days. have an | ail of Fame by twirling hitless System m., Ss. Peder, May 11th. rates and for reservations, tele- * Broadway | : - a ro : " y g J. CONNELL, Division Passenger Agent. box eight rounds at 116 peunds in tha qemey Curtis, who % rwiegh elm away aman. 4 ty Deeg. - ; oe gam 5 _ ‘ ; : ¥ is ede . © ms ‘ g ecw * a , ¢ . Py * . ; . pS . 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er ia ; ne aes mag TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917. = = « ».... and Perfect. Sixth Floor The Famous-Barr Band awe the National Anthem All the New Fiction, ce. a Day, in the Circulating aw Victor Records, Sealed, Unused Every Morning at 8:30 | | Library, F ourth Floor. ils! THE SEASON’S MOST. SENSATIONAL OUTER- GARM ENT SALE! 3 anil - ‘> 4 x er - 2° pen ew en Pa {og ee Pe . a . ae , we? tf - my Say . s . ae 2 4, ¢ rs Ps, * 2 ~ a) eae sn y . 1S ' e % aaa ? AG . . PY 4 Y. #. 7 x ‘4 ial ; ier a oe SS er ey 4 “S pe by * ’ “ ei » eae a? 4 : ~~ : ~ A : Cee we Hee » whe: i FOR WOMEN AND MISSES Distinctive apparel from four of New York’s most exclusive makers } —specially purchased and ‘offered Wednesday at savings that range to one-half and more. NEW, FRESH AND Just arrived ‘from New York within the last EXCLUSIVE OUTER-GARMENTS day or two—the choicest products of four of New York’s most reputable | 4 makers of highest-class wearables for women and misses. These were purchased on Friday last, by our New York representative and, owing to the extreme low purcha price, we are now in a position to pass them to you at savings that are extraordinary indeed, as the following seven = a wonderful groups testify: SUITS to SUITS to DRESSES to DRESSES to COATS to COATS to COATS to vse is of act ogy s *50 Values for 100 Values for ‘60 Values for 100 Values for ‘50 Values for ‘60 Values for 125 Values for *5 It is absolutely essential that you attend this sale in person in order to get a full understanding of what this event | really means. and semi-dress wear. Descriptions could not begin to properly picture these very desirable suits, coats and dresses. is. so varied that every taste can.be eminently pleased. The styles range so broad that practically EVERYTHING ath Picture it as offering the very finest suits, coats and dresses for every purpose—street, sport, efternoon Fabrics of every approved kind in all the popular and prevailing colors and trimming ideas. In mat yo instances there is but one garment of a kind, and Wednesday s price would hardly cover the cost of the material alon mm 3 ee a a Se PRR RRNGLaNRE Ne ages FRR

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$4 2 Movers, cleaners, decorators needed can be found through Post-Dispatch | | Wants. Whone your Want. 1 71,694 m |. That “New Home” Need— Post-Dispatch Wants during April—1110 ‘more than the FOUR others COMBINED, and other help ol. QUIS POST-DISPATCH Ev:rybody’s Enlisting in the Clean-Up Army Rug and Carpet cleaners, repairers, deco- ; rators and painters are offering their services through Post-Dispatch Wants. — Agett=isie er ee Oe A ta tte ae 71484 Post-Dispatch Wants daring more than_ the | FOU R ethers COMBINED. Oo -— ae —— — ee = alla “PAGES 13—20. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917.—PART TWO. PAGES 13—20, = = GUNNERS ON THE AZTEC UPHELD ALL NAVAL TRADITIONS eutenant in Command Tells *How They Courageously and Promptly Obeyed Commands. PONE DIES AIDING CREW Se RE RIES tes Morale and Training of Blue- ‘jackets Credited With Winning Battle With Wind and Waves. t a § wasurtnaTton, May 8&.—Tradition of th I. 8. Navy for coolness, courage anc va of its men of all ranks was abun- dantly sustained™y the 11 naval gunners, manded by Lieut. William Fuller ey ham, aboard the American steamer Aztec, which was sunk off the French coast April 1, by either a torpedo or a ne. The Aztec was the first vessel -@ be armed after the declaration of a state of war between this country and : ang i Upon his return to this city, Lieut. | Gresham, after reporting to Secretary Daniels, related the following story of the conduct of the men under his com- Mand: “As we neared the French coast on } April 1, I had not had my clothes off ; days. Every bluejacket in my crew 4 had siept in his clothes and had his -jacket pistol and life belt where Ane could get at them quickly. That bar es] ht about 4:30, I was standing on the 4 Me deck, starboard side. We were " rm no lights. Every port was covered. "“Beddenly there was a flash like a eet of lightning with a mass of water mn up in the air. The flash was lewed by a report below and a ter- fic jolt. The ship was lifted upward _ nd to starboard and then settled down Tt starboard list. She began t9 shorn by the head so fast that be- - = Ween the forecastie and the bridge, her es deck was awash in a couple of minutes. Ne Call for Help Possible. “The explosion had put the electric plant and the wireless out of commis- sion, making it impossible to send out an SOS. The ship was in utter dark- ness, and there was a hail squall at the time. “In less time than you can tell it the - Grew were all out of their quarters and * og deck. I ordered my men to man emg But as the forward part of dis sip was awash, No. 1 crew could mot get to their guns. But at No. 2 ole the stern, its crew was standing a. a moment. ie | “In the meantime, I went up the lad- a dér to the top of the chart house and with my binoculars to search for & Submarine. It was raining hard and I - could see nothing. I came down and the order to my men to put the = oa ‘automatic gun in No. 1 boat and a2 stand by to abandon ship. ' “When I returned from another search a ‘ight of the submarine, the ship's w had lowered a]! three of the boats, the men were already in them, ex- ai ithe third mate and myself. The "on the weather sjie had been ed on being lowered, but I did not i this at the time. Engineer Sticks to Post. e third engineer had stuck by his in the engine room till the very His name was Herbert Collins, and, d his nerve right with him. He y: { ——— >OST TOASTIES — fl 19:45 p.m. 77.00 a.m. ckets, sleeping car reserva- tions and all infor- mation at City Ticket Office Ba06 NORTH BROADWAY : Main 5060; Centra! 1055 T. J. CONNELL SOUTHERN RAILWAY YSTEM' | GRANDSON OF ST. LOUISAN] “GASSED” AT VIMY RIDGE SERGT. GOEFFREY MERRILL. HIS is a photograph of Sergt. Geof- 7 frey Merrill, grandsoh of Mrs. Elizabeth Schnaider of 2@# Port- land place, who was “gassed’’ in the attack in Vimy Ridge, and who Is con- valescent at Coombe Lodge, Great War- ley, Essex. He has frequently visited this city, and is an officer of the Thirty- first Battery, Canadian Field Artillery stopped the engines and shut off the oil pump, which at once put the fires out and kept the ship from catching fire. He also saw that every man was safely out of the engine ro6ém.: Not until then did he come on deck. ‘The boatswain of the ship should also be mentioned. Up in the forecastle, which’ was already filling fast, he saw that the men were all out of their quarters before he left. It should also be said of poor Epolucci that he was busy till the last, helping the crew of the ship who were having trouble with their boat. It cost him his life, for he went with them, and their boat must have gone down. *“‘Meanwhile the third mate and I were still on the ship. I could now feel she was sinking fast. I could hear the wa- ter coming in the fire rooms and sizzling on tige hot boilers. I splashed up through the room hatches. By this time No. 3 boat had shoved off and No. 1 boat was waiting. “I was told all my men were in the boat and the third mate and I then slid down the boat falls. “My boat was small and had all it could carry. There were 11 of my gun- ners, the captain of the Aztec, the first mate, the third mate, the third engi- neer, the boatswain, the wirelss opera- tor and one messman—l9 of us in all Whipped by Rain and Wind. *‘We were drenched to the skin. The wind was cold and cut into us with fre- quent squalls of hail and rain. The mess man was in his underclothes, and we huddled him close under our bodies to give him all the warmth we could. “For about three hours we fought out there in the darkness and cold, but we were making no headway at all. We shipped a lot of water, and it took con- stant bailing to keep us afloat. “I believe all that saved us was the morale and training of my bluejackets. Every man of the lot was as steady as a rock, and in all those hours not one of them so much as let out a whimper or failed to put all he had in him to the execution of every command. “After hours that seemed long to us, I saw a little white light in the distanc:. It changed to red, and then to green. “We fired our pistols and burned one of our red Costin lights. But then we had to wait awhile, for that French pa- trol boat when it saw our light was just about as skittish as I had been at first myself. It went on by. After mak- ing a big circle, it came back to within hailing distance and verified our help- less condition.”’ Ship’s Owners Pay Tribute to Naval Crew and Commander. WASHINGTON, May 8.—In connection with Lieut. William F. Gresham's story of the sinking of the steamer Aztec wit)) the naval guard which the Lieutenant commanded aboard, the Navy Depart- ment made public the following letter to Secretary Daniels from the president of the ship's owners, the Oriental Navi- gation Co.: “From the reports of the captain of the Aztec, who has just returned to New York, we learn that the seven sur- vivors of the ship’s crew probably owe their lives to the fact that they left the sinking vessel in the same boat as the United States naval detachment commanded by Lieut. Gresham. Through the excellent discipline of these men und particularly the bravery and cool. ness of Lieut. Gresham, they were able to survive through the night in an open boat under most dangerous condi- tions. “It will be a pleasure to you, sir, to hear that in this instance once again the old traditions of the naval branch of our service have been upheld, avd you will permit us to commend most Lighly the valor of Lieut. Gresham and his men.” ANTI-KAMNIA (A-K) TABLETS. The Ohio Medical Journal recently stated: “All pains, whether headache, sideache, badkache or pain of any de- seription, yleld to two anti-kamnia tab- iets. Every woman should have some of these tablets on hand.’ Ask for A-K ‘tablets. All druggists—l0ec or 2c. Two Americans on Bark Sunk. LONDON, May &-—The Norwegian bark Dione was sunk by gunfire on May 2 Her crew of 12 were rescued, including two Americans, CC. HH, Fda. waréde of > orma, Teo n.. end H. K. Pa: ker of Trent at.. Portsmouth, 0 Its Not Teo Late for Our Special Wuperal Spray. 62.50 cach. Grimm & Gorly. APPEAL IS MADE 0 WOMEN HERE 70 LIMIT MEALS Housewives Are Asked Not to Serve More Than Three Courses. The three-course dinner campaign of the Women’s Central Committee on Food Conservation was started yester-) day when thousands of enlistment blanks were sent to St. Louis house- wives, asking them to pledge them- selves to the plan of food husbanding. The women of the city are asked to bind themselves to observe the _ following household restrictions: There shall not be when guests are present, three courses at any meal. All waste in the kitchen shall. be eliminated. There shall be one meatless day a week. \ That the consumption of food shall be limited in every reasonable way. That these restrictions shall hold good during the period of the war. + Suggestion for a Dinner. Mrs. Charles Cummings Collins of 2 Lenox place, in charge of the campaign, believes now that summer is coming on, the advisable thing tu do is to eliminate the soup course. She suggests as a three-course dinner, a meat, two vege- tables, a salad and a dessert. Some- times, she suggests, families might leave out the dessert and supplant it with soup. She says it is very desirable that fam- ilies cut down the use of white flour, young lamb, veal and new potatoes. The common sense of this, she explains. is that white flour can be shipped, while served, even more than whole wheat and corn mea! cannot. New! potatoes, veal and young lamb, she says, Ought to be grown to maturity in or- der that a maximum amount of food product can be had. Expects Move to Spread. Mrs. Collins said to a Post-Dispatch reporter. that sche expected that the thrift move started in St. Louis would spread to other cities and would soon become nation- wide in scope. Mrs. Collins expects that the greater part of the enlistment blanks gent out will be returned to the headquarters in the Koatmen’s Bank Building signed. “It is a grave situation that we are confronting,” she said. “To supply ourselves with sufficient quantities of food and at the same time provide the vast quantities that our allies must have, if they are to continue their wonderful victories along the French frontier, will tax all of our resources. The United States must feed millions of extra mouths. There must be con- servation of food to an extent never undertaken in the world before, and the housewife more than any one else, Government official, farm expert or agriculturist, can help to accomplish this. Every woman who has the in- terest of her country at heart should and will enlist in the conservation pact and live up rigidly to the pledges contained therein. Must Keep in Three Courses. “Our enlistment cards do not ask her to limit luxuries. It does not un- dertake to set out menus for her ob- servance. She has only to pledge her- self to keep her expenditure of food within thé actual needs of the family. She may adhere to any mode of living she has established for herself with- in the threg-course limit. She may take the choicest cuts of meat, and whatever désserts her fancy may dic- tate. All that is asked of. her is, whatever her food and whatever her dessert, that there shall be no un- necessary nor improvident waste at- tendent upon its preparation and serving. “We expect every patriotic woman in St. Louis to sign one of our pledges and to live up to the letter and spirit of its wording.” S The three-course dinner idea started with Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and wives Join This, Our Sixth “Movie Club.” 10c pide Ora DIAMOND OR OTHER JEWELRY SIZ MWY than “Can you F. H. i — EVERYTHING The Finest 1i-Jewel Watch the Elgin es9 im) Factory Faap Made. Club Closing—Don’t Cot Left. THIS IS THE PLAN Pay 10 cents this week—20 cents poxt week, 30 cente the oh and 80 on An oo Ne payment planer and then ie ur os payment of —— o cente. We baboae a alae to yon ft oy, the on be ret payment of one it?” cme and 500. INGALLS CO. 416 NORTH SEVENTH ST. * 8Becond Floor of the cabinet members as an individ- ual economy. The plan of enlisting housewives generally in the plan of conservation started hee. GREEK -SOLDIERS NOW FIGHTING WITH ALLIES IN SERVIA Venizelist Regiment Assisted French in Capturing Position in Lymnista, Paris Report Says. PARIS, May 8.—That Greek soldiers now are fighting with the allies is dis- closed in an official statement issued last night concerning operations tm the Balkans, which said: “Eastern theater—May 6: There were {artillery actions along the whole front. An attack carried out May 5 by Frencn and Venizelist contingents in the region of Ljumnica (Lymnitsa, Servia) enable: us to occupy enemy advanced elements on a front of five kilometers (three miles). A Bulgarian counter-attack de- livered for the purpose of regaining the .captured positions was repulsed May 6 by a Venizelist regiment, which took some prisoners. In these two actions the Venizelist troops conducted themselves brilliantly.”’ 71 University Prof. McClellan a Major. PRINCETON, N. J., May 8.—Prof. George B. McClellan, ex-Mayor of New York, now a member of the Economics Department of Princeton and son of General Mc- Clellan of the Civil War, has received a commission as Major in the United States army. Major McClellan will serve in the ordnance department as he is past the age limit for officers of the line. He will be called to active service in the near future. The World’s Standard Finishes For Outside and Inside Work Elastica Number 1! For Exterior Work Elastica Number 2 For Interior Work Elastica Floor Finish, the One Perfect Floor Varnish Made by the SUANDARD VARNES WORKS New York Chicago San Francisco Lendon % « | = 40 - . — nin’ ¥ fries SA LLAD BE SLL TEP BEN SESE aah seit In the Bargain Room ' .. Novelty Pumps The newest and prettiest styles and colorings—all specially priced Black Kid— White Kid— Bronze Kid— Gray Kid— Ivory Kid— 85 TT TT TT , [One ccccccesccccccceceseccceescanceses. 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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH. TUESDAY EVENTS, 1 MAY & 8, 1917. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Founded by JOSEPH PULITZER, Dec. 12, 1878. Pablished by the Pulitzer Pudlishing Co. 210-212 N. Broadwey. RATES BY MAIL IN ADVA J7 chon areas seasteosress += NEES y stint month.. ser In St, and Suburbs, ‘ 3 1 Dut of Loup ane per mont Be een «> A ~ ~~ - + The Joffre demonstration in St. Louis showed that Won Reppert and Die Amerika are in a class by themeelves. = = * i i A THE POODSTUFFS CAMPAIGN. There was criticism after Secretary Houston met the ggricultural experts in St. Louis re- cently that the men who gathered to consider the world’s bill of fare for the next year were theo- rists and that the resolution they gave to the public as a result of their conference was: theory, that what was needed were actual producers in conference. But now those men are giving a different ac- count of themselves. They are not writing reso- ae but are organizing the campaign. When the Agricultural College heads and State Com- ‘missioners reached their homes, they went to their Governors and laid the case before them. Then and there theory ceased and work began. Take Louisiana as an instance. Through the State and country demonstration agénts the farmers are being brought. together and are signing pledges to produce definite amiounts more ‘6? foodstuffs than ever before. Also they are agreeing that they will not sell, at any price, for slaughter or removal from the State any pro- ducing animal. In Mississippi the 5000 acres contained in the prison farms will be changed from cotton, large- ly, to foodstuffs as an example to the people. Gov. Bilbo is cultivating a vegetable garden back of the executive mansion. And all through the ‘State the farm agents are pointing out land that can be cultivated and telling what can be grown there. ° The Kansas Council of Defense, appointed by Gov.’ Capper, has made a card index of all the Afarms in the State with surplus equipment or needs set forth. The surplus is called for for use elsewhere and the needs are supplied. Every tractor in the State is listed and arrangements are mage to work it 24 hours daily during the seeding season so that as much land as possible can be plowed. The big task here was plowing and seeding of more than half of the 8,887,000 acres planted in wheat last fall, ‘because that amount was winter killéd. , These are only a few instances. Every state fs at work. And in almost every village the po- lice are rounding up the idle men and giving them choice of work or—well, whatever the police can do. : La he ih e2 i i _ The picture of Japanese transports conveying American troops to France should give the quietus to Pacific Coast and Hearst jingoism for some time to come. e¢e¢ —- TOLSTOY'S NEWSPAPER SUPERMAN. The accuracy of Tolstoy’s prediction of the war wae startling, not only in its general outline, but in miany of fits details. It has practically all been fulfilled except in respect to two points. One is that the end of the fighting will not come until 1921 and the other that the man of the hour would prove to be a newspaper man. That the first may yet prove to be true is a dismaying prospect, but fortunately present in- dications are that the fighting will terminate long before 1921. But if, ~s expected, the war should go on for another year, full opportunity will be afforded, for the appearance of the intrepid news- paper man who is to be savior of the entente. Will the man be Northcliffe of the London Times? He forced Gen. French out as British com- mander, He compelled the importance of muni- tion supply to. be recognized at a time when neg- lect of it was imperiing safety. He compelied the Liberal party to relinquish full responsibility for the conduct of the war and cénsent to a coalition Cabinet. Repeatedty making and unmaking lesser Ministers, he brought about Asquith’s downfall and the elevation of Ljioyd George. No phase of the war can find him unqualified England has already’ made to feel that it ts footharéy when y attempts knowing command of data and expedients and capacity for estimating men make him the ad- viser to the three-fourths of the world which is pledged to overwhelm Kaiserism. His burden of complex duties does not present the slightest bar to giving advice at odd times to the United States in amazingly voluminous form and on end- less range of subjects. It might be supposed that the masterful news- paper man of the Tolstoy vision who is to be- come the dictator of the world’s destinies would haps had its highest evolution. But who will sur- pass the Northcliffe qualification? If Lioyd George should prove a disappointment, what could he do but take the premiership himself? i hn i i The Reichstag is said to be planning a move to take the absolute control of the army from the hands of the Kaiser. Such a move would accom- plish the aims of the allies, for without the army there can be no Hohenzollernism. = = * : wee CLEARING THE RUSSIAN SITUATION. The great fear which ran through allied coun- tries at the news of the Petrograd anti-war dem- onstrations of last week has been considerably allayed by the events of Saturday night and Sun- ‘day. Apparently the conflict between the pro- visional Government and the Council of Soldiers and Workmen has left the Government more se- curely intrenched than ever and has convinced its opponents that their own best interests will be served by working in harmony with the ad- ministration. It is never safe to predict what is going to happen in a revolution-torn land, but the chances of a separate Russian peace with Germany ap- pear to have become remote. No doubt Gen. Alexieff’s presence in the Capital. turned the scale. It probably determined the army’s policy for a whole-hearted support of the Government. All informants agree that the agitation for a gandists. The tide of aggression seems to have reached its crest Friday. They seem to have shot their bolt.- The reaction would appear to make their cause more hopeless than ever. It is well for outsiders not to permit them- selves to grow too pessimistic ovér the Russian situation. It is natural for all important fac- tions to try to make political capital out of na- tional disturbances and to seek any means that will elevate them to power. Nevertheless the country is rapidly finding itself. The provisional Government’s success in outriding this storm should reassure the timid. fts strength is likely to grow rather than diniinish as the outcome of this acid test. ip. ch Li — 7 Germany is said to have 6,000,000 men on the fir- ing lines. The Canadians doubtless think they are all crowded into the sector east of Vimy Rids>. &. & & le lle of POOR, SHY GERMANY. Can it be that, after all these years, we are to learn that we have been entirely wrong in our opinion that Germany has long been the bla- tant swashbuckler of Burope? Are we to: find on it for unassertiveness. One would think so the Reinishe-Westfaelische Zeitung: The real secret of the world cabal against Germany lies in the curious circumstance that for ages past we have sung the praises of other peoples and decried our own great qualities. We have been too humble and re- tiring while France and England have deaf- ened the ears of mankind with their own praises. * * * In heaven’s name let us now lay aside that cloak of humility ere it causes us still greater calamities. Hence- forth let us underline our virtues, pass in silence over our failures, leave the enemy to praise himself—he is certainly doing’ it very well—and make for ourselves new friends through the brazen sound of self-praise. Poor, shy, blushing, misunderstood Germany! d == ii i A Bullecourt, with a Rooseveltian pronunciation, where the German and British armies are battling furiously, would be an ideal place as headquar- ters for the Roosevelt division. = = * —— THE POST-DISPATCH’S PROPHECY. The editorial which follows was published in the Post-Dispatch of Aug. 5, 1914, four days after Germany’s first declaration of war and the day after England entered the war. Every prophetic statement in the article has been verified by events or practically assured by developments. The only event not predicied in the article is the entrance of America into the war, with Presi- emphastecs the issue of democracy and makes certain. the doom of absolutism. AUTOORAOCY’S DOOM. The American people sympathize pro- . foundly with the German people their struggle against fearful odds,’ brought upon them through the misuse of absolute power by their autocratic ruler. The German people must wade through blood, sacrifice the flower of German maphood and the fruits of years of arduous labor to satisfy his pride and do his will. As for the German autocracy, Amer- icans and probably a great majority of the German people will welcome its downfall. The ruin of imperial absolut- ism which brought on the general war is the one certainty and the one bright ray in this appalling tragedy of Europe. Autocracy is in a death struggle with democracy in Europe and democracy must win. A new Germany, governed by the German people, a new Austria and Hun- gary, will assure a republicanized Europe. The germ of liberty in Russia will be greatly nourished by the ad- : | anything without his formal eneverek:i His ‘all-| ! hail from America, where journalism has per- | separate peace was fomented by German propa-/ that we have mistaken it for one of the best lit- ; tle self-advertisers in the world when, in truth, | the modest, shrinking violet has had never a thing | from the following article printed recently in: . dent Wilson's historic message, which defines and}.

epee ae: PS: sane my x? Sty SN rw Pe oe wa iM ‘ " . a? + Sey ran = . THE KAISER'S PRAYER. INE Gott, vill you be mine You don’t know who I am! - Iam the German’s Kaiser, The Emperor Will-I-Yam. You know I whipped dem Belgians, Und mit bullets filled Russians full; Und I'l! whip France and Italy, Und blow up Johnny Bull. _Now for all dem other nations—. I do not give a damn, ' If you just be mime pardner © Und whip dat Uncle Sam. You know I.got dem submarines*~ All Europe know dat well: But dot Hdison got a patent Vot blows dem all to Hell. Now Gott, if you would do Den you I will always love; Und I will be Emperor of the Barth, Und you will be Emperor above. But Gott, if you refuse me Tomorrow night at ‘leven, I’ll call mine Zeppetins all out Und declare war on Heaven. I wouldn’t ask dis of you But it can be plainly seen Dot when Edison pushes dot button I got no submarine. an | "A St. Louisan who says he lived across the bay from where the old prison ship Success was anchored in Australia, and who remembers $600 for exhibition purposes, discovers himself to us with an objection to the line in the song attributed to the penal traffic which says, morning train.’’ His objection is trains when the old ship was in commission. bly not in Australia, but the locomotive-pulled train, carrying godds and passengérs, was running in En- giand in 1825, and the shipment of cogvicts to Aus- tralia from England did not cease until after our Civil War. pardner? | this, this, CONTRIBUTED. when she sold for ‘‘T’lL start by the that there were no Possi- | Written for the POST-DISPATCH by Clark McAdams MY HARP. HAVE a harp that none can see. I it plays its music but to we. At will I cannot touch the strings, Yet they vibrate to many things. The parting flush_of sunset sky _Can thrill my harp with ecstacy. It sings when Night has left his cave, And wanders,o'er the darkening wave. ‘That master hand that knows me best Is in a sea that cannot reat, Or in @ purple, wind-swept sky, Or in @ cagéd beast’s bright eye. It puzales even me, whe know ._WMy harp, to say why this is so; Tho’ it be strung for Beauty, mild, The tunes. it loves are free and wiid. JULIA CLOPTON CRESAP. mz We have all heard of barber shop quartets, but have seldom seen a barber, shop seriously doing an all-around barbering business. There is one on Wash street, east of Jefferson. It has one sign announcing that it is a ‘‘shaving parlor,’’ and another reading: This Ht Lotis dan probally cuslhiee Why suteme- biles are sometimes seen on the sidewalk: If you don’t see what you want, look for it. We may have it. The German submarines 300 feet long suggest. the ConGRESS American commercial submarine 300 feet long. pete i de) Je) Be as mo. - Ce 5 ey Ona 19h Sty RR | Be = ‘* —— Lenier( nae happen? Bewomcrtien a Ty ; them soon to keen” bee” or of premises. once or twi : do not -~ ot Surface shane aUaRAST oe grain soak z ~d SS aaa pee 4 ht lied. Cut » —- tn. ffl aati id taste } with onions. wu they become Bes prees dishes. EL DOR Py) iB “tones is unlawful in Missouri. REIGNER.—F -born not naturalized a orn fat her bo of the United DIVORCED WIDOWED vorced wife gment. ; jointly wife ip ls it nue : , NICHORAL Phe: Wederal law ‘» at h mes advertisements cannot be s n - states prohibiting such advert MAY.—Telegraphy: Phone Y. M. C.”A)> ind MOTORIST. —Distances: Phone Aits” ub » a M.—Submarine torpedoes merged. N, BE. G.—Any Postoffice w! will tell . about volunteer SUBSCRIBER. Ber hog a sol Ste’ be buried in a national a solder. B. B.—Whether drafted men ate" be paid salary depends upon the ployer. | SON.—Talk with Board Quide, of Education Building, about g to school... . JOHN ANDREWS.—Write mh. | partment about the commission — want as a Spanish war veteran; - | READER.—We have no iri the effect that farmers ofr t will be exempt from ce EAD, eae might re e young whom ther is dependent u him. Howl some provision may be made for dependents. . | oo5 DEFICIENCY.—All skilled t ee aminations for city service are ad tised two weeks in. advance. ag alcille labor there are two grades, A and The B grade (janitors, drivers, etc.) are held —— me oe time those who are red s! Advertise for Seanch A labora w they are needed. Many liste etill act LEARNING.—The [ttle peanut t only a fow years ago was considered physicians as unfit Ay out in the ach is now the basis of food products of, one of the = ee danitariums in 2 the ie country—ang proves it to contain: © times the alclanaes of beef—henced me peanpts, soup, Cakes, etc. tarians thro the other t 3 ie wi re asted ext Baal w n vality ra their ‘supply for months ahead, and re pe 08 n . suring fres po raw nut will keep tnt Ly ren cate. years. ———— roasted or ra ery fatto ads a laxative. ~e the the children are “ew to ther f OLDE —A of a sociation only n n should be used for ‘aoe —e ee stare i errans yi TFwo stare blue field. of th eer g ie ~ore © ch ginal y

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is eee . : wr ; eq - Rs i . &; ee a ity ee 47 79%: oir Tom Uniti Service to Let Farm Boys Join Army = a. 3 | They Are Girls Who Volunteer for Agricultural Ley Work to Aid the Nation— Wcmen ad * ; *“aat for the Banks. e ¢ » bat - MARGUERITE MOOERS MARSHALL HE first farm unit of women, the Re first attempt by women to solve 4 the labor problem for the farmer | in the field and the farmer's wife in the en, is now offered as a part of the. service of: the Woman Suffrage Party of New York City. Ten girls last bk went to the 150-acre farm of dirs. nm Humphrey Watkins, chairman of ‘Manhattan Borough branch of the y, to receive a thorough training in © J ¢ farm work—the sort women have always G6n6 as well as the sort hitherto In the hands of men. The currieulum is nicely Balanced, including cooking. plowing, butter making, planting, chicken raising, | hoeing, milking ahd weeding. | The farm is located about four miles from Mount Kisco. Most of the farm- erettes are of Belgian desceim, and their ' Jeaders are Miss Grace Morunda und Miss Ethel Ginsberg. *Mrs. Evelyn Ald- rich, a member of the Suffrage Agricul- ‘tural Committee, a graduate of the Cor- * nell College of Agriculture and with a record of successful farm management, will act as captain and drill master of the feminine farm unit. Theecourse is under the auspices of the Agricultural ittee of the New York City Wom- ffrage Party, and Miss Rena Glo- Ban is chairman of the committee. _ The young farmerettes will be equipped for service by the Suffrage Committee. | Their working togs of overalls, hats and | shoes will be given them, as well as necessary tools. Board and lodging will be free, and wages starting at 4 a month will gradually work up to a max- imum of $40 a month, as the workegs become proficient. In order to avoid over-exercise and” consequent fatigue and discouragement, the girls will* be- gin with a two-hour day and gradually increase their time of service until] they put in a full day. They will alternate kitchen work with that in the field. This is the first farm unit to be formed, but the Suffragists expect to send many. more to :their training schools. The girls first selected were taken from the lists of the War Service Committee’s Enrollment Bureau at No. 60 East Thirty-fourth street, these being the first young women who enrviled for agricultural duty. When graduated they will instruct other women in farm work, going out next year through the State. Mrs. Watkins safd today: ‘Il have two houses on my farm, a large residence which I occupy and the original farm house, which is picturesque and comfort- able. The country Is rolling and there is plenty of cool spring water. I have a big garage in which students can be housed as well as in the farm house. While Mrs. Aldrich has planned for the work of the girls I have planned for their recreation. 1 shall give them the use of the Dallroom for dances, to which I shall invite people from the surrounding country. This is to be an experiment in how to make farm life attractive as well as how to train women for agricultural popeuns, 4 STELDT S DOTS ooe Sl ‘THE DoTs HELPING UNCLE SAM. By Clifford Leon Sherman. entertainment which Bobby arranged for the benefit of tite soldiers med out to be a great success. All of the children in the neighborhood into it enthusiastically, and, as they all liked to draw dots, they were yt very busy. One of the little girls took an immense sheet of paper Perea with dots, and, before she began to draw, she sald, “Of course, any- my can.draw. dot. pictures if they are very careful about their lines ang break the points of their pencils. But the dots should mean something ‘just as the one I am going to draw now, which reminds us that we are and daughters of — ¢ make the pictures in this ssries draw a straight line from 1 to 2 and “until the picture is completed. ‘(Copyright, 1917, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) y anm SS. en eo nee ee ee. eee = hat Every Salesgirl Should Know OR ae Re er ER ne | the girl who sells you a bit of “crepe de chine can, while you wa't, ay. ‘make it into a catchy little bow ee your chin, she doubles her value. }* Bvery girl behind every counter in a a * ¥2 Riivaresen: store must have some : . To show that a salesgirl's ‘ie more than taking change out exthe cash pulleys, the Vocationa! ueation Gurvey of Minnecappils, in a of the United States Bureau of , tells what makes saleswomen ‘knowledge, Worn with her or and how much she wishes to pay, 80 thfat she will be able to make sugges- tions., While the lace saleswoman concen- trates on one customer, the girl who sells trimmings mist learn to wait on several; for trimmings make sma. profits. There is such a variety of Wares at the trimming counter that it is hard to choose and the successfui clerk is one who can help you make up your mind. But the young person who fits your gioves! You would never suspect the information stored in her head. She knows all about sheep—that the soft. ness and durability of glove leather depend on the age of the. animal an: the place where it was raised; that leather taken from the young of hardy, mountain-climbing sheep is stronger than that from the young of animals that browse in the lowlands. As for the department where all wor- en linger, the bulletin says: ° “Balespersons who sell infant wear should be women who iike children.’ , “Become a Byg.’’ HE Westfield (N. J.) Leader has started a Byg Society which al- ready numbers the most wide-awake byge in town. One byg hit on the idea of sending in a dollar to start a byg fund which should be the means of helping brgs and making more bvge Westfield byge are,among the most en terprising of the “"Bpecies, What is a byg? Beck ydrd gardener, of course. Be «a bys. | E WUTTLE fi THEY} cerenred Sous CULTIVATE mT aN a) é= , i O,; O-HE CAN REST Tus EVENING THEN | No, indeed! HE DRILLS THIS EVENING HE HAS JOINED Tre HONE DEFENSE LEAque a , ITH the victory of the Revolu- W tion came international recogni- tion for the AmeNMcan flag. In the years immediately after that con- flict the new symb@) of liberty was car- ried to the seven &éas by our growing mercantile fleet. Most of the natlons of the world had a glimpse of its 13 red and white stripes, with a circle cf 13 stars in the upper left-hand corner. The country was growing in popu- larity and prosperity. Through the forests beyond the Alleghanies the pio- neer ax was ringing, and every day witnessed a forward step by the young republic. Two new members were added to the family of states in 1791 and 179, when Vermont and Kentucky were ad- mitted to statehood. It- was felt that these budding commonwealths mvsi have representation in the flag, and on Jan. 18, 1794, Congress increased both the stripes and stars to 16. As the vears passed British aggression once more roused American feeling to the fighting pitch. Britain’s struggle with Napoleon began to tell upon her man power. Then, as now, command of the sea was vital to the nation’s ex- istence. American ships were stopped at sea and American sailors impressed into British service on the pretext that they were deserters. This went on for some time. Then, suddenly, the United States decided to fight. So began the War of 1812. This war gave birth to the ‘“Star- Spangled Banner,’’ written by Francis Scott Key, in 1814: Kev had visited the flagship of a British fleet lying out- tide Baltimore in an effort.to procur4 the release of an American captured in a land raid by the enemy. -Soon after he had gone aboard the British com- mander decided to attack Fort Henry. In order to preverft Key from com- municating word of preparation of this attack, the visitor was detained. _ All through the night the American wit- nessed the fire of British. frigates con» centrated on the fort. The land ord- nance was not powerful enough to reech the British vessels. It ‘seemed that Fort Henry inevitably must fall. @ it was then thay Key received the inepiration to write his great an- thom, .At sundown he had seen Old Glory flying over the fort. But had it'fallen? What was the fate of the dcfenders? In the’ whites heat of patriotism he scribbled his stanzas on the back of. a letter. -Just before dawn the British .moved in and at- i:ecked at close range. Right bravely the fort replied. :A-land attack' was beaten off. Then came PAT NE Old Glory still waved. Tennesee, Ohlo, ‘enisiana, Indiana and Mississipp! were erected into the dignity of States, and it became a®@- rorent that the addition of a star and a stripe foe each new member of the national circle would do90n increase the flag to unwieldiy proportions, or force reduction in the width of its stripes. This prompted Congregs on April ¢, 1818, to.enact a law-restoring the number of.stripes to the original 13, each state to be represented by one star. It was provided that, all new stars be added to the fag on ee te ee ee lll a Jee mgt be lifted out easily with the fingers. No pain and not one bit ef sereness when apolyine Fhe nates or afterwards and it ven set aty i feet. "ices mie ery ewe . sore a corn ache twice BRT! EME Are pets your hobby? Anima), and peultry fanciers. published want ads in the Post-Dispatch last year than were printed in the four other St. | Louis newspapers combined. IN (= = More Facts About Our Flag = » | the Fourth of July succeeding the ad- mission of new states. No method of arranging the stars was inditated and many designs were ueed in suc- ceeding years. By the time of the Mexican War the number had grown ts 29 and at the beginning of the | conflict between the North and South the stars numbered 34. The last addition to the constel- lation was made in 1912 when Arizona and New Mexico became states. And on Oct. 29 of the same year Congress definitely fixed the size and arrange- ment of the stars in their rresent or- der. Such is the story of Olg Glory the emblem of a nation that never has been defeated. of a ee a Refiections-of a Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland. going to war are probably he “meant by it.” breakfast, a hundred ‘little imitation loves. The love that comes evaporates. ’ Breakfast dispositions and complexions. - Oh, yes, the feminine waistline has entirely disappeared. use of a girl bothering to keep a waistline in these unromantic days, when no man appears to have any interest in the matter? Bven the most confirmed bachélor girl is paradoxical enough a “hope chest” hidden away somewhere in the attic “just in case.”’ ‘ in the curse of. matrimony. matutinal hour, when a woman looks like a witch and a man feels like an ogre, husbands and wives might’ never see the seamy side of each other's Y this time the “slackers’’ who rushed into marriage in order to avoid. wondering “flivver’ in order to run under a trolley. if they merely dodged a Love is what makes a giri lie awake half the night trying to remem- ber just “what HE said” and the other half trying to figure out what It is utterly foolish to try to straighten out a misunderstanding before when a man’s thoughts are as scrambled as the eggs and a woman's nerves are as jumpy as the coffee. What is the to keep There are just three ways in which'a woman can get a man’s salary. She can take it from him by main force when. he brings home his pay en- velope—the “hold-up” method; she can lure ‘it from him with a good din- ner, a kiss and a pout—the ee ery game;’ through his pockets while he sle ps-—~the “gecond-story act.” A sportsman is a man who stakes his whole heart on: one big love; a sentimental.slacker is one who cries “Safety first!’ and divides his up into or she can get it by going in a glase or a bottle is the kind that soon If it were not fof that sad pe “Novelties for Women Gardeners iret: In this reposes a kneeling pad cov- OW is the time when things for the garden shine in the limelight of wide popularity. Among tho novelties for the woman who means to take up gardening this year are most fascinating baskets. These have pock- ets all around made of pretty cretonne, usually, which hold all manner of im- plements necessary for the work. They ere as elaborate as one could ask or imagine. But much simpler ones are really equally attractive. One of these, » long, shallow, rectan- gular affair, with a perfectly plain handle, the whole thing built on the market-basket order, is painted bjack and red, the main part of the basket being black and the border and handle =O CUCOANUT OIL FINE FOR WASHING HAIR lf you want to keep 2 ppt cee in good conditionbe careful what you wash it with. Most soaps and prepared sham contain too much alkali. This dries Will shrivel up any corn whether har, ‘ soft or between the toes so'that it can} 4 hire more | the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very armful, Jost plein es cocoanut oll (which is tirely. grenseless), js muc E bette better oe shen the most expensive soap or res else you can use for s pooing, a this can’t possibly injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with wate: and rub it in. One or two tea- 4 fuls will make an abundance of Kam creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp apse, eb The lather rinse. out easily, and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandraff and excessive oil. The hair dries quiekly | ‘raud evenly, and it leaves it fine and | silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man- age. | You can get muleifie!d coroanut oil at most env drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last + acaalh in the family for months. —ADV we | ered with black and white (half-inch) striped oilcloth, bound about with red. This is also rectangular, and just fits into the basket. Moreover, it is just the right size for use. Upon it, completing the outfit, repose a trowel and fork, each gaily rainted red and black. Similar baskets, with equally modest fittings, might be prepared in green and black, yellow and black, as one chose, and it is easy eneugh to adorn such simple implements as trowels and forks to match. If you prefer a bag, there are all sorts of interestitig new styles to be had or invented. Some are of khaki, plain durable affairs, with stout handles and several inside pockets. These are ac- companied with kneeling mats, also of »haki, to match. These bags, like the , baskets, may be as elaborate as the owner elects. Some are of cretonne. others are of plain linen, crash or other suitable materials, adorned with sten- ciled pattern or motifs cut out of chints and. appliqued on. And each one is ac- companied by that kneeling pad, for gardening this year is something more than walking between beds of roses and rows of sweet peas, cutting what one wishes as one goes along. Gardening these days is being taken up as more uf @a real business, a vocation, and vege- tables are fast growing to be mors popular than flowers among most r- cruits to the profession. of agriculture. Railway Up Pike’s Peak HE Manitou “and Pike's Peak Rail- way is eight and three-quarters miles long, and in this short course it rises 760 feet. Every mile it iifta ite passengers MG feet higher nme or two iate for dinner understands the | relation betwen an empty Bromach and an impaired moraise s FABLES OF s Everuday Folk By SOPHIE IRENE LOEB. or The Shut-In Wife. NCE upon a time there was a man O who married a very lovely girl. She had youth and beauty an: was full of life. He was what they termed a ady man and one who un; derstood his work thoroughly. There- was able’ to provide creature comforts. The man loved his wife very dearly, but it was the brand of love that car- ries the armor plate of “keep off."’. In other words, he regarded his wife as his particular property ‘‘to have and to hold” ‘until death did them part. At first it was all very well, because honeymoon couples go on the theory wide, wide world. After a while, how- ever, they realize that two people can- not live. alone and exclude the wide, wide world. In fact, they need the wide, wide world in order to appreciate each other for any length of time. They always find that the woman craves her woman friends and that a little absent treatment of a husband is quite necessary for the welfare of the whole scheme. The husband in this case, however, couldn't see this and he would have been astonished had someone told him the truth of his real feelings. They went something like this: “This woman belongs to me. Am ? not giving her everything in the world that she wants? Don’t I have a maid for her to save her all the work? And doesn’t she dress as well as any woman in our circle of friends? ‘Where I goé she goes. When I am at home she should be at home. No man has any right to look at her with admir- ing eyes. Neither must she look at any man with any interest whatever. She should shut them all out, and not even 80 mitch as smile at them, She's mine, body and soul, and I mean to have it so.”’ And the man acted according to these feelings. When they attended a party he was all eyes and ears where his wife was concerned. Did she so much as show the slightest inclination of friendship for anyone there was a wrangle on their ay home. If a man had paid her the least bit of attention by chatting with her, or other- wise being courteous, the husband mag- nified the situation and made her mis- erable. Thus it came about that she showed a disinclination to go out with him, and sought women friends for com. panions. , She joined some interesting little clubs and did social work to fill in ,her time during the day when he was not at home. In order to avoid ‘‘scenes’’ and disturbances she was at home always when he was there. Now, as was stated, this woman was an attractive one. And on one or two occasions when she was out to lunch 4 old friends of her girlhood days Geita? come over tc greet her and pay their re- spects. On one of these occasions a former beau who had been out of the city dur- ing all of ner married life happened to meet the woman while she was with rome women friends. He came over for a chat. Incidentally the husband came into the same restaurant. At once he jumped at ‘‘conclusions’’ and feared the worst. A very uncomfortable scene followed, and a more disastrous one later on in the evening. The husband laid down some rules. She must not go out without him anv- where. The wife could hardly believe he would be so selfish, and endured his attitude for the sake of their old love and in the hope that she might be mifs- taken. She complied with his wishes, but daily realized what a shut-in existence she was forced to live. She saw no one but her husband.. She went nowhere but with him. She began to analyze him more and more. She was so much with him that his faults stood out great- er than his virtues. This is always the beginning of love _ = SS ee eee fore, he progressed in his business and that there are only two people in the. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH a’ Trivial Things That Stared Wan “a ELDOM has a nation endured such S extreme and long continued pro- vocation as did the United States in her efforts to avert a conflict with Germany. But many.of tne wars which have afflicted the earth have had causes comparatively trivial. Differences of opinion in regard to re- ligion have cost millions of lives, and the blood of other millions has oeen shed because of the ambition or the vanity of @ monarch. Sulla, the Roman dictator, waged a destructive war on Athens be- cause a wit of that city had pictured the debauched ruler as a “mulberry sprin- kled o’er with’meal.” Turkey an@ Vert- ice once .waged a war costing ‘150,000 ‘lives, because, when the Venetian. Am- bassador boasted that his countrymen wore no beards, the Turkish Grand Vizter, replied, angrily, “Neither. do monkeys.” About 2 “years | ago | ‘China was plunged into a civil strife costing. halt = Consul refused, the latter was beaten and thrown into prison. - France exacted revenge by dethroning the piratical mon- arch and taking his country. *‘Oom’ Paul” Kruger is ‘sald to have raised thé standard of revolt in 18579 because the British authorities reduced the salaries of ajl the officials of the ..cofony, ‘ on the wane. To make‘a long fable short, the day came when the woman left him the creature comforts, the pret- ty home, the nice aren and sought a little liberty. She went to work. She reasoned she would rather earn her own way than to live under etrict rules and regulations of the man who loved her with a love that was uncontrollably jealous and entirely too selfish. The man did everything to win her back, but to no_purpose. She realiséd she could rot change his ingrown belief that a wife must have no other memes but a husband, Later, when freedom came, she mas ried one of her former admirers who understood this moral: No husband can hold the heart of a shut-in wife, for nature renee the getaway. | Who wants to - did not take Nature gave them. teeth. —— J IZLS 14151617 10, —t. | i x ] ms — P Food. here is how he Anybody who has ever been ah hour | bigcuit—and cane sugar, baby ju whesaten Joan’s mother. And so happy is that'mother that mothers about it. So here’s her chart with the weekly story on it. We have made a chart like this (a blank chart, of course), and you can have it for your baby’s story, week week, if you will send the coupon below. Nestle 90 (A complete perkins: deleanaeraey There’s nothing mysterious in Nestié’s — It's just the nearest thing to your own milk that doctors and scientists have been able to make. If a doctor could forget all his Latin and his long technical words, would explain it: When your baby can’t have your own milk any longer, he must have milk in some form. Nestié’s Food is pure milk from healthy cows, to which is added malt- scientifically ae te pobeel se ge the right proportion of carbohydrates to nourish his little body. or necnnuan cabtee maiietiion packed in air-tight tins. Don’t delay, Yoar baby's health de- pends on the food you 4ive him now. blended Se RE CU tn RR RI have false teeth? Yet thousands of people must get them every year simply because. they roper care of the “teeth And it’s so easy to take care of your All you need to do is to visit your. dentist twice a year and clean your teeth twice a day with a real denti- frice. A dentifrice that not only cleans ahd whitens your teeth, but which counteracts ‘‘Acid-Mouth’’— the com- monest cause of tooth decay. Such a dentrfrice is PEBECco TOOTH PASTE Get a tube of Pebeco today, use it twice a day and learn how pleasantly efficacious a real dentifrice can be. Why not really accept this suggestion? Pebeco is.sold by druggists everyones A Mother Made This Chart She had two babies — Margery and one baby food after another. Margery’s weight kept going down, and she was pulled through the weaning time by a narrow margin. When Joan was born this same mother had read and studied about the digestion of babies and knew what they needed. happened to Joan’s weight, Fora few | days it went down, and. steadily and gladly was an casy time she wants to tell you and all up. W | for Joan Tral ae MOGRE. css sess eet er enenweoneess ‘ :. 2 Adéreees.. codweccetssach sedabaceosesenieses TeVvevvr*-Y errver rT

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POST-OISPATCH TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1917, ARKETS AND FINANCE=SAL NES (Mi “(LIGHT DEMAND WINTER ———S - s] New York Stock Quotations | Reported dally for ¢ Dlepate Br 3. OCK MARKET Welker 2 be bat ont B LIGH l D MA ‘St Loug HORRORS OF WAR MRE AIR PATRIOTIC NEED ES AND LATE WHEAT FORECAST ARE ON DISPLAY } he Pos:. North Pourth S*reet, IN PARS MUSEUM Plaster Casts Réveal What Sur. gery Has Done for Woundeéd Soldiers. CASES OF RELICS tlospital Camp and Work of Service de Sante Shown by Models. scihiinisthpemaie “PAR MASat° of the Sion it {sg Poasi ble ratiged museum “trace Hospital a soldiers since the war. & Wonderful and terrible oD the Suffering they 8@yw an amazing sifaction in hospi & plaster head illustrates the wound in its first Stage; another, and another, Curator ra. hat detached air of the mon of actence, “@ man is o looking than he féature.’’ But s 4nd with ali van only patch hind scars, hig “iguring. Cases of Wound Relies, A curious fact was pointed out tn the names of the various cures: there ig the Indian &raft, the Italian adhesion, “nother with an indication of the mid. die ages. In the gallery aré Cases full ef the foreign bodies which have been taken out of the wounds: shell caps a). of lead inches any horrid, Tagged pieces of Snell which play havoc with the flesh, ‘ullets, bits of uniforms, even long iengths of Material. Bue now there are 40 More bullet wounds and Scareely any Jayonet wounds: all the damage is done by |guns and Serenades. TR @ Series of there fs a suc- different Parts Sante tn ful! Whole is re. £0meé of the mod- “artist who has not work on the produced in mi els being done Mmarkable atmosphere of living sent{- ment. Complete Hospital Model. He shows the wounded men being put onto stretchers, into ambulance Wagons, “nd carried into Safety under fire. He gives a glimpse of a field dressing sta- tion and more than a slimpse of the am- Dulance trains. It is all very Stim and gray; the glory of War is ors near the fully reproduced. In @ room apart The walls are water-color Sketches Which have been pre- Curing the war by al- Among them are gey- the Scottish ork for French Soldiers in GEN. BLACK SAYS Statement Before River Confer. ence Here Brings Great Dem- onstration. Delegates to the river conference, be- ing held today at the Missouri Athletic Sprang tu their feet, cheer- Brigadicor-Genera] Plack, Chief of Engineers States Army, told then) i¢ triotic duty to relieve the Said, was the them from the “Here is your bit.” he cried. The handclap iekly swelled into cheers ang then the delegate their feet sitll chering. dence of the de Proposed three ch They were given - telegram was sent Secretary of respond?’’ of the country, he murieation, + river lineg co-ordinat roads. He urged that river ira adequately Organized ment, he promised, utmost to help. He Gen. Goat » ©. Merchants’ Fx nent Secretary. Chairman Sandsrg, in an urged immediate formation of address, & trang. } Portation company with a Cash capita) $2 060, tv establish lines on the Missizsippi and its taries. Water tribu- of Memphis dock told of Plans at that City and ©O-Operation. M. Parker of New Orleans, for- identia! Candidate on the cket, who ig attending the the City Cluh € pleaded for Universal mii. John the old Abbey of oyéumont. There also a series of drawings Showing Canadian hospital Saint + and others give views of the Dutch hospital, | the Swedish hospjta} and others. is |i the* : nmén in pey Portation. fre told is building seven national highways out of.that city, Said one of these w{)) Curator remarked, pile as the uniform éay.”’ sing 8 Sacrifice ay Well as of the marvelous skil, o¢ modern furgeons. France is the only country Which has classified into one museum guch an im- portant collection of hospital documents ga from the Present war. Its Value is Obvious, and the Which Promoted the work is admirable. Even artistically it has ite ch arm, for 4 is the most delightruy surroundings — the Purely ro se hn Deatat’ byllding uf by a garden laid out by Lenotre in which the Convalescent Can sit or walk. Mrs. Emma Wetser Dies, Morag, cone Welser, aged 60. of Thomas eiser, died n¢ ety ‘Woadway, tn Aiton, {Ler an | thim of te on ty vived by her © funeral wit}: rneon at the h wife - Sh s -| and two s0n8. omorrow j © held ¢ ome. Rast me tnid fer run through st, Louis to Chicago. PS nme ST- LOUIS MEN INTEREST ED COAL MINE PURCHASE. Two Colliertes gt Mascoutah, Sold, One for $20,000 ang the Other for $70,000, Chicago men have taken rts of tw Mascouta), in m nes } y. Kll,, f) of that city, it Was € rt, Wealthy miller, Sndic mine May The ery rer a Coun capac Lind gev afte cre being opened. . Id, died Sun. Convent in éfore entering the cony ies Ma Walter, d Irs, ton. She h ® convent ¢ as bela this os © was he late! alker of years. Th Ing at the : COTTON 1S IRREGULAR IN NEW YORK TRADE was very Quiet MAY SnaThe with sentiment w ing ayer. The quiet unsettled; luctuationg S pointe. heen t, “tnd pened stendy:’ May gig ta. ftom future Uct.. $18.85: Dee $? 65: Jen Six. 4 BRPOOt. at BORER cog LIV diing, 12. siete ie ! Cotten. oe | ties steady. a: pat A. ’ isctadene: | iv 7a and expert. i ’ i Low'Noon KEW YORK, May 8, 4 ae es | IRREGULAR IN | Early Sharp Advance Out at the Close; D Fairly Active. tip By Leased Wire From the New York Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, m he Evening | Is Wiped ealings Yo $4 8.—T Post, in its Copyrighted financial review today, Says: “Business on the Stock Exchange to- day proceeded at an even slower pace | than on Whole le in the m ‘ f as mu a per the early trading eral reactio The financial community, uraged by renewed th of th Provision n military eond erman Empire. Matters Which came néar framing of th 6 steps Organization of ban ences of ¢ n essary, banks caut y’ ly tn the and wipin , rooklyn lost 3% @2y, and Peopié'’s Gas 4. © made Substantial con eo MARRIAGH LICENSEs, Rernarda Nardi Angelina Branga John Mrs. 6 Montgomery 2688 Ran o os den tee eee ees DORR Rangoon eevasta 2210 Papin 996s becca ks 2210 Papin 6000 Suburban alis arrigs John 4urhorst Mrs, Johanna In e Wenger Henry David Henry A. Annie Foy Compton Atinette Emil Eima M. Giesek Willam Fisher Bertha Hermann William Glassman ae Tovey, II! Pawnee. Tl Jennin 9, Pauling Kaufman 2022 Dicken’ Salvator} Lograsso Al-| M $19.45. . HOS Lucia Alello John D. Breedlove Berenice Ganaway ry Varsher Har , 7” Tillie Berger 804 O'Fallon 1§22 Division Til 7921 w ater orrison let, If East Carondelet. Til 4008 Greenlea 4008 Greenlea +Se¥iies dacs India, Ind Louteviii. Ky Goethe * Taft 10 Stalozzi oe AR Oe ebbe ado ce. 2624 g. Broadway Lenkon ...2605 8. Broadway aphet hk ere 1021 rhitUler Coleman 5 Jacob wae k Mrs. Addie ic John Edward Veach Blanche Helen Duffy iiilam 1. Craig .., rs. Bertie Hershey Prorge Heltman isie KK) pel Ben Mrs. vanthia Jerry M. Pr Mrs, Lizzie a3 'N | “pepe ley r ST00A Iowa 4373 Westminster a Vandeventer 7 N. Euclid Ofest Park 6918 Minnesota Ww. Sepping 3713 Delmar O48 6 6b wok 8718 Deimar 4257A De Tonty 5606 Minerva 1 omer thart Fiypo Emm Walter C. Neilson Audrey C. Smith Alexander Henderson Ruth Gast Solid Gold Wedding Rings, $3 to $15, S. Ruby, 409 N, 6th, near Lecust. er | BURIAL PERMITS. 3 Ruth Niles, 17, e495 Idaho: Meningitis | ary Frank, 90, 4718 Ss. Broadway, - SC iéro- ig, Minaren Gossadt, 70, 4214 Juntate: myocard. y% . S518 Wdaho: endocarditis 37, 45 ; 509 Ruskin: #angrene. . 8866 Kennerly; home ose Baldt, 8, 5124 Biddle: rheumatian). Edie Rich, 30, 3409 Watson : eh gar ditia, - SUinian, 42, 923 Catalpa: pParalysie, J. Plicker, 50, S738 Connecticut: heart dis. ease. *.» Gandaria, 85. 1803 Cooper; tubderculoats. . Price, ° So SS Fo pos D~lu FERS er os A] & SES me we Dy — aoe “16S ae | ' | 475 ' 1197 is 135, alés to ii UNLISTED SECURITIES, Sra ater esi APEE, Ce a m., Ameriian Am. Cen: I American & *Frown § Butler Bro ’ t‘elural Atate Chica Stores com... mn. (par $10),. suroughs Ad Great La 4m. Brew, Anunulty Re irm, Ry. Ting Co. (Sayin im ty “Go! és New York Curb Opening. Reported for the Post-Dis atch b Shear. son, on ee Co., 207 Chainer “Of Cons. merce, St. ’ - A. Tob. new Me Steamship ecla . Motors Boat A ahs Haskell & B. N & | érde Lead New York Bond Sales. Un. K She sabesb 28838 b> —— — oo] 338: x S noosce 9134 Log *} 861; Vv. 58 * © C¢ aes oa ee sini a London LONDON, Discoun Smaller sup- It is reporte Th 18. Home red on reallzing, Securities dea. advices. a London Bar Silver. ..ONDON, May &. ~ Ba: Silver. oF lo~i 64 Money’, 3% per cent: discoune bills, 4 11-16 per cent; S$ months. per cent. ee a BIRTHS RECORDED. . and J. Dom houski. 1R2RA Division. bor. - and A. Kijx 2000 apa: boy, - 8nd M. Gaentlich. 17 B. Boy @; bow, - Qnd L. Sellers. 1526 N. Tenth: bor - @23d ©, Kemp, #2114 De Tony; bo, @ A. Aginich. 148 Arsena!: oy. S a ee tay boy. - 6nd FPF. ; ‘ard; y. and B. “4S. E er; boy. | man: twine. Florissant: bor. Castleman: boy, Ge : a . and E. g. 3081 N 900 Berlin: ‘boy 208, mpie: boy. A ‘ onty; boy. - and M. White. gio Kentucky : boy. : and £. Bro ann, atest Accomac; bo}. . an . Bron ebraska: ; » Eddy, 722 ¥ : girl. A Madison - giri. Carr: girl. Burd. : i Bova. ir . Winge. Ydraulic. 6. . Babher ; gir’ r Do e®nnyson . ond O. Van Biiweis Darton - gir! Oe aes SRP ome Me Thal PREVAILS. FOR LDUAL STOCKS}2ors Prices Are Steady, However, on Bonds the Issues Mentioned: Are Firm. Oy tt ee@$s es eed Sh iimepe ren sess ST. enrings Prey. week ast month t year SFOS P OOF Se bds des Bonds w bid and ORNING § SION. CLOSING UOT ATS. | nk p! allways pfd ai? | 12 5! 87 iii Tift : 4 N of Commerce rat p : Valley Trust 200 do 60 i" s - eo C. Home Tel. &s logy seed common . Oo a) Rice-sti{ Con. P, | Conselida ‘tranie-R H N d 10 at 9s. 10 at 08, CLOSING QUOTATIONS, AFTERNOON SESSION, SALES B BETWEEN ESSIO 5 National Candy common at 22%, 16 Con. Portland Cement common at EGULAR SESSION SALES. ional Cand ion Sand « — ee ee OLD POTATOES LIGHT OFFERINGS ; SS Seant Holdings Values to Show ~—~Cabbage Firmer, Old q local! p a at 82y,. | te og res ther a ‘ a f Tice “hater “e UWS: EGGS—Fresh, fir OTTER: * 5%; 1! Lea dait* 88c; | 88@8 ladle, oth ar ade, 12c; * i , S&% ‘ ina lambs, { & to size and conditie l1f@liec per Ib, ' dike 1 a) ot) OLD ror par ora te. rura burbank, $9 1P 0. $2.90: £2 2 Oo $2.05: *.77) N ONS—New Texgs, - $1.50 “ 136 per cme RTO to ; Tr doxtén ncheg, W POT Rye - Flortes $1.50 to $2 95 ner hamper. Leuilsia triumphs. 2,35. Ulsiana, bunched, 16 » due Der Gozen bunches, i s—wnNe rie tr the harre!}, b+ Uv MBERS—PFi ors $1.45. : ‘+ -bugh @] - UC OMe@-grown, 60¢ to box joo “e, ,, POMATOES—Fiorida $2.50 to $2. \ ‘ ° **, ae | ba CAULIFLOWER—tome-grown, $1 per box, CELERY—California, $2.50 to ¢$ rate he GREEN PEAS—aAlabama hampers, to 81.40 LOUIS CLEAR 3 ST ATEMENY "OURS Metanre« ‘ 4 Shaken 2,208,815 : t 22%. HIGHER UNDER NEW LOWER of Former Cause Further Advance along hol.ling per dozen; iZe to Ide, ern burbank rusget Pitre pth Yellow, $1.85 per hang bunch. 8 IS 366,116,000: BUSHELS|=2 mment Figures as of how Loss of 63,884,000 pared With a Month Ago. Condition May 1, Bushels Com- idle. | s City ; Minneapolis ee Toledo — SEPTEMBER WHBAT. St. Louis Bb: ieee... ok ansas City Minneepolig ‘Loledoe ] . : . ae . , ie e: ae . ’ me *® *, +2 te. > eo ss rh Be wea RIES Bipe ac, ?

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-— | SS a a De, ‘The Post-Dispatch - Daily Short Story The Habit of Discipline By Sam Hellman. HEN Simpson came to the office in his new uniform the book- keepers, clerks, stenographers and office boys gathered about him in un awesome circle. The handsome, well- built Simpson had been something of an idol from the time he had come to work for Palmer Brothers, two years before. "What are you?” asked Red, the office boy, “a General?’ “Not yet,”’ laughed Simpson. “I’m a Second Lieutenant and in the militia.” “Have any trouble getting a commis- sion?” asked old Hodgins, the auditor. “Not a bit,” replied Simpson. “You know I spent four years at a military academy.” Hodgins sighed, a sigh for his van- ished youth. “Oh, Capt. Simpson,” gushed Gertie Hart, the boss’ private stenographer, “aren't you afraid you'll be killed?” “My only regret in that case,’ replied , “would be that I However, I would just as soon be killed as work for Hackett any more.” *Ziges,” hissed the office boy, “here comes the se There was a 4 scurrying for desks and stools. Hackett, the office man- ager, be of the unsmiling blue see! eyes, Hackett, the emotionless, the bloodless, halted before Simpson. ' “Mr. Simpson,” he said in a cold voice, “or rather Lieut. Simpson, I have ne objection to your calling on your but please do not do it in of- I trust I make myself rose as far as the young of- but died under the boring sigaze. Those two years un- the thumb of Hackett could not be off in a minute. sir,”’ mumbled Simpson. “It happen again.” Hackett strode ifRe es, not the youth in uniform. The stenog- was looking at him with eyes he detected pity. In the outer Hodgins stopped to shake hands sf } luck and lots of success,” man; “I'll pray for you.” ohne prayer you can make if wish,” grated Simpson. ‘You can I might be an officer some day tn a company in which Hackett isa 3 Eas cer 3 In the next few weeks Hackett be came the obsession of Simpson's dreams. He smiled im his sleep as he thought of Hackett as a private in his company. whom he had “yes, sired’ and sired’’ for two years. Hackett who head made a menial, an automatum of him was under his thumb to do the most things at his whim. Even company. one day the strange thing hap- In the armory a new company was being lined up and the fourth man | from the right was ‘wave of exultation made iw who that fellow Hack- fm your company is?’ he asked Ldeut. Schott later in the day. “Sure, he used to be a big guy down Palmer Brothers.” , "How'd he happen to enlist?” asked “do you know?’ “Had some trouble with his wife,” “Didn't you read that continued Simpson, ‘I’m anxious to get that fellow in my com- pany. Do you think it can be ar- A Toners the idea? Is he a friend of yours?” “Not exactly, but ¥ would like to have him in my company. Will you help mer” : Schott promised to do what he could. He apparently wasn't able to do much, but fate was with Simpson. A few days later Schott was attached to headquar- ters and Simpson was sent to Company J—Hackett’s company. ‘“Ldeutenant,” said the Colonel, in an. mnouncing the transfer. “Take two equads of your company and detail them for guard duty at the railroad bridge. There have been reports of trouble down _ there. some of the men on the Bridge and some in a toolhouse that you will find at the end of the bridge. Its a nasty night, Lieutenant, but it will give those young fellows an idea of what they've got coming in the trenches. ®impson salutedand strode away, quivering with joy. The hour had struck. The men ehivered as they left the warm armory. _—_ fa Tor Tele Love f J chimBed UP AN GOT A GLASS OF WATER THE AND SPIULbeD GLASS OF AZER ALL OVER THE *) PRACE | - Lt &.. —— Oognition on the few occasions when the eyes of the two met on the dismal march. Simpson disposed of the men on the! bridge and in the toolhouse until only Hackett remained before him. The two men looked at each other in silence a few moments. The same steely, pitiless look was in Hackett’s eyes, the same emotionless, bloodless expression that Simpson knew so well. “Hackett,”” began the Lieutenant. The erstwhile office manager continued his unwavering gaze. Simpson’s eyes dropped. “Mr. Hackett,” he finished in a mum- ble, “would you rather do guard duty on the bridge or in’ the toolhouse?” —— -— - - ee. Se 3 Sto Jack Rabbit Laughed RABBIT was sitting in front of his door one day when Mr. Fox ‘came running along in a great hurry. ““Some with me,” he said to Jack Rab- bit, “I know of a farm where the peo- ple’are all away, and if you are wiiling to help me I am sure you will find plenty Of vegetables to pay you for going.” : Rabbit did not ask what Mr. Fox wanted him to do; he thought only crisp vegetables he might get, had not had his dinner that day. reached the farm Mr. Fox his life for him to get his dinner. But Mr. Fox did mean it, and told Jack Rabbit that he was such a swift runner that he knew no dog could catch him and that he thought it would be a good joke on the dog to make him run over the hills. “Then when you comé back I will let him chase me,"’ said Mr. Fox, “and you can get the vegetables without any dan- ger of being caught.” So Jack Rabbit thought that was fair and he ran along the yard toward the Gog house, while Mr. Fox went around another way to the poultry yard. Jack Rabbit did not fee) very happy, and in spite of the thought of the gar- den full of fresh vegetables ne wished he had not come. Towser was asleep, with his head poked outside of the door of his house when Jack Rabbit came up near to him. “Good, T'll let him sileep,’’ thought Jack Rabbit. “If he m asleep it is iuat| as safe for Mr. Fox as if Towser wane chasing, me, and it is a good dea! safer for me.” But Jack Rabbit had hardly got the thought out of his head when Towser opened his eyes and saw Jack Rabbit. “Bow-bow, wow," said Towser, and Jack Rabbit jumped and ran. When he came to a rock which he thought it safe to hide behind, Jack Rabbit stopped and looked back. Not a sign did he see of Towser, so after waiting a few minutes he carefull, crawled under the bushes back to the farm. He could hear Towser barking, and why he was not close upon his heels Jack Rabbit could not imagine. When he came in sight of the farm. yard, to his surprise there was Tow- ser standing in the door of his house barking like mad. When he caught sight of Jack Rabbit again he gave a baqund toward him, and Jack Rabbit ran again. This time he gave a glance over his shoulder and found Towser was not after him, so he turned around and looked back. There stood Towser this time a little way from his house barking and.jumping about with a chain fastened to his collar. “Well, if this isn’t luck,” said Jack Rabbit, running back. “Hello!” he called to Towser, “this is the time I have the laugh on you. I can run around all I like, and you cannot get me. Ha, ha, ha!” Towser tugged and tugged at jis chain, but it was of no use. Jack Rab- bit had the laugh on him. “I am going over in your garden to get all the vegetables I want,” called Jack Rabbit. “Bark away; no one is at home and you had better save ycur voice; you will be hoarse.” Jack Rabbit forgot all about Mr. Fox, he was so delighted to find Tow- ser chained, and Mr. Fox, getting all the hens and chickens hé could carry, ran around the side of the barn to see what all the noise was about, thinking Jack Rabbit must be having @ hard time, ing Towser caught sight of Mr. and that was too much. He gave one bound and over went the dog house, crushing the side that held the chain, and Towser was free. Away he went after Mr. Fox, and away went Mr. Fox, dropping’ the hens and chickens in his hurry. Such a noise as it all made. Jack Rabbit ran under the bushes and crept into the yard to see what had happened. He saw the overturned house, and the hens and chickens jumping about and cackling, and then he caught sight of something flying over the hills, and Jack Rabbit knew what happened. “Ha! ha! ha ” he laughed. “lT have the Jaugh on Mr. Fox, too. He did not care a bit about my life. All he wanted was to get his dinner. I must see this out.” Away went Jack Rabbit, running like the wind, and pretty soon he could see Mr. Fox running a long way ahead and Towser had stopped. When Jack Rabbit came up to Tow- ser he saw that the chain he had dragged with him had caught in the bushes, and poor Towser was a pris- oner. “Ha! ha! ha!” laughed Jack Rabbit, “This is your unlucky day, isn’t it, Towser?” Towser jumped and tugged, but the chain was twisted around a stout bush and held him fast. Just then a hunter came along with a gun, and Jack Rabbit knew it was time for him to go if he wanted tc keep on laughing. . The hunter set poor Towser free, and he ran about sniffing and took- ing everywhere for Jack Rabbit, but he was far, far away, still laughing to think of the good joke on Towser and Mr. Fox, too. pyright, 1917. by the McClure Newspaper — TS dicate! New York Citr.) A mother’s intultion never fails to !e* her know there is going to be some- hing in the house that will need darn- em Saturday night, / Fox, j Poor Profit ! ARRY DICKSON tells of an old negro mammy who was kept from starvation by the white women who gave her occasional odd jobs to do. Mrs. Dickson, the writer’s mother, had found some housework for the old negress, but after working a day or two Mandy said she must quit. . “I done haf to go out collectin’ foh de missionary society,’ she explained. “But I have work for you to do,” said Mrs. Dickson, “and you need all the money you can get.’’ “Tl know,” said the old mammy, “but I done haf to collect foh de missionary society.”’ ‘What do you get paid for collect- ing?’’ asked Mrs. Dickson. “I don’t get paid,”’ said Manday, only gets what I collects.” What Does This Mean? KENTUCKY novel speaks of swallows nesting in the rye. Evi- dently not a native writer, or he or she would have known that in Kentucky it is precisely the reverse—the rye nests in the swallows. The Yankee Mind. CTIM: What has happened? Where am I? Doctor: You have been seriously in- jured in a trolley accident. But cheer up—you will recover. Victim: How much.—New York Times. r ’Som Mining. ELL:, Rastus, I hear you are working again. What business are you engaged in?’ “TI’'se done be engaged in de mining business, sah.” 2 “What kind of Mining are you doing, gold, silver or diamond?” oor | “I'ge doing kaleomining, sah.’’ | pawnbroker’s.” He Won. N Irishman, .passing a shop where a notice was displayed saying that everything was sold by the yard, thought he would play a joke on the shopman, so he entered the shop and asked for a yard of milk. The shopman, not in the least taken aback, dipt his fingers in a bowl of milk and drew a line a yard long on the counter. Pat, not wishing to be caught in his own trap, asked the price. “Sixpence,”’ said the shopman. “All right, sorr,” said Pat. up; I'll take it.” ‘Know Thyself.” STOUT, baggage-laden, old En- glish gentieman was trying to make a hurried exit from a railway carriage At the door he stumbled on the foot of a brawny Scot. “Hoots, toots, mon!’ groaned the Highlander. ‘“‘Canna ye look whaur y’re going? Hoot, mon, hoot!" The burdened traveler siammed the door behind him and shouted through the window: “Hoot yourself! an automobile.” His Rest. RS. FORD: I think you need a rest, dear; you look all tired cut. Mr. Ford: I'm going to have a rest for three or four days. “Good!” “Yea, the car is in the repair shop for“a few days.” Put His Watch Back. LIVE: I see people are putting their watches ahead. Have you? Tower Grove: No, I’ve put mine back. “What for "T needed the mone) “Roll it I am a traveler, -not it's back at a Learning How. ITTLE HELEN: Daddy. I have been playing like I was mamma. Dad: Is that so? What did you do, dearie? Little Helen: I bought you a nice present and had {t charged to you. Efficient. - J] want you to help spend my salary. ; She: Am I not doing that? He: No, no; I mean forever and ever. She: It won’t take me as long as that. And Not Silent: R. ARMY: I can never seem te get you on the telephone, The wire always seems to oe busy. Mr. Navy: Oh, yes; that’s my silent partner. He's talking to someone over the telephone all the time. The Aperture. Com ‘ome ter me ‘e did an’ sald ‘e’d lorst ‘Is money, slipt thro’ a ’ole in ‘is pocket. “Yuas,’ I sez, ‘but by the way ye’re wavin’ abaht it seems to me it’s slipt thro’ a ‘ole in yer fice.”

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ST.LOUIS POST-QISPATCH __- -— er a mca a —_ — S _ —. ———_—— JENNN WROTE NS ASKEL ME FoR A PICTORE OF MWSELF | The Post-Dispatch Daily Short Story The Habit of Discipline By Sam Hellman. i ©, XEs, VERBERT “Telis Me ALL ABOUT “THE WAR - HANEN'T “GU HEARB “THAT “THEY ARS GOING “TO MAKE POLAND Afb IRELANL ONE CoUNTRY BctaAUSE HEY BORDER. T ALEKANDER. ‘CARPETFACE TELLS “te LAWES OF “THE CLUB WHY He WROTE “Tre EMPTY BEAN’ He Book TWheT CAUSED sucH A SENSATION AMONG HE VARIOUS Life — BEFORE GaING INTO MY FREE -LUNCH SOCIETIES ANTS b SNsete. tn te SUBIECK, 1 WISH YOU WOULD PASS NOT FACTORIES . me Me THe SANBWICHES SO : — : rs | 1 MAY FEEL PROPERLY INSPIRED | ; ——— tt 4S A GREAT PLEASURE. WME To SCE How ANKIOUS YOU LADIES ARE “To DEVELOP ‘YOUR. BRAINS ANB Rise ABOVE Tee COMMON PLACYS THINGS ‘N THAIS 1S ww6h LUCcK-} HANEN‘Y | A&A SINGLE PICTURE 8 a eee - | HEN Simpson came to the office in his new uniform the book- keepers, clerks, stenographers and office boys gathered about him in un awesome circle. The handsome, well- built Simpson had been something of an idol from the time he had come to work for Palmer Brothers, two years before. “What are you?’ asked Red, the office boy, “a General?’ “Not yet,”’ laughed Simpson. ‘I'm a Second Lieutenant and in the militia.” -“Have any ‘trouble getting a commis- sion?” asked old Hodgins, the auditor. “Not a bit,”’ replied Simpson. ‘You know I spent four years at a military academy.” . Hodgins sighed, a sigh for his van- ished youth. “Oh, Capt. Simpson,” gushed Gertie Mart, the boss’ private stenographer, “aren't you afraid you'll be killed?” “My only regret in that case,’’ replied the gallant Simpson, ‘‘would be that [ would never be able to see you again. However, I would just as soon be killed as work for Hackett any more.” “Jiggs,” hissed the office boy, “here comes the ¥ There was a 4 scurrying for desks and stools. Hackett, the office man- ager, he of the unsmiling blue s.ee! the A retort rose as far as the young of- lips, but died under the boring Backett’s gaze. Those two years un- the thumb of Hackett could not be off in a minute. sir,” mumbled Simpson. “it happen again.” Hackett strode A + Hh i F looking at him with eyes i wis® you luck and lots of success,” old man; “T’ll pray for you.” “There’s ohe prayer you can make if yeu wish,” grated Simpson. ‘‘You can pray that I might be an officer some day tn a company in which Hackett isa private.” In the next few weeks Hackett be came the obsession of Simpson's dreams. He smiled in his sleep as he thought of Hackett as a private in his company. Hackett whom he had “yes, sired’ and “no, sired’’ for two years. Hackett who head made a menial, an automatum of him was under his thumb to do the most things at his whim. Even him. the Es h the office boss would be drafted and he could have himself transferred company. the strange thing hap- front rank from the right was A ‘wave of exultation made giddy. “ “Do you know who that fellow Hack- fm your company is?’ he asked Schott later in the day. “Sure, he used to be a big guy down at Palmer Brothers.” . “How'd he happen to -enlist?” asked Simpson, “do you know?” “Had some trouble with his wife,” “Didn’t you read that stuff in the paper?’’ “LAsten,” continued Simpson, “I’m amxious: to get that fellow in my com- pany. Do you think it can be ar- 5, - the idea? Is he a friend of yours?’ “Not exactly, but I would like to have him. in my company. Will you help mer” Schott promised to do what he could. for guard duty at the railroad bridge. There have been reports of trouble down there. Station some of the men on the Bridge and some in a toolhouse that you will find at the end of the bridge. Its a nasty night, Lieutenant, but it will give those young fellows an idea of what they’ve got coming in the ®impeson salutedand strode away, quivering with joy. The hour had struck, The men shivered as they left the warm armory. = — ~“ — Sie THaT’sS THE SeiRiT WE WANT (N THE AANY ! OLIVER. PERRX .AND PauL JONES WOULD PROUD OF JEFF! ec | “one.” —— WHATS THE MATTER. Wr (THE LITTLE Boce, HeEee HE Comes Back AGAM AFTER JUST , STRIKING, ONG SEU.‘ 7 ee 7 — ° ae > — _—_ WELL, TVE GOT To FIND THE OTHER. SEVEN BELLS Hever I7 f STRUCK. THE ONLN ONE THERE was UP THERE ! 4 “OS’MATTER, POP?’?—THIS SHOWS IT ISN’T SAFE TO JUMP AT CONCLUS 1ONS—BY C. M. PAYNE. J cLimped UP AN GOT | A GLASS THE AND SPILLED GLASS OF i aa — +... Ognition on the few occasions when the eyes of the two met on the dismal march. Simpson disposed of the men on the bridge and in the toolhouse until only Hackett remained before him. The two men looked at each other in silence a few moments. The same steely, pitiless look was in Hackett’s eyes, the same emotionless, bloodless expression that Simpson knew so well. “Hackett,”” began the Lieutenant. The erstwhile office manager continued his unwavering gaze. Simpson's eyes dropped. “Mr. Hackett,” he finished in a mum- ble, “would you rather do guard duty on the bridge or in the toolhouse?’ When Jack Rabbit Laughed : RABBIT was sitting in front of ® his door one day when Mr. Fox ‘ame running along in a great hurry. ‘“Some with me,” he said to Jack Rab- bit, “I know of a farm where the peo- ple’are all away, and if you are willing to help me I am sure you will find plenty Of Vegetables to pay you for going.” Jack Rabbit did not ask what Mr. Fox wanted him to do; he thought only of the crisp vegetables he might get, for he had not had his dinner that day. When they reached the farm Mr. Fox his life for him to get his dinner. But Mr. Fox did mean it, and told Jack Rabbit that he was such a swift runner that he knew no dog could catch him and that he thought it would be a good joke on the dog to make him run over the Hills. “Then when you comé back I will let him chase me,"’ said Mr. Fox, “and you can get the vegetables without any dan- ger of being caught.” So Jack Rabbit thought that was fair and he ran along the yard toward the dog house, while Mr. Fox went around another way to the poultry yard. Jack Rabbit did not feel very happy, and in spite of the thought of the gar- den full of fresh vegetables ne wished he had not come. Towser was asleep, with his head poked outside of the door of his house when Jack Rabbit came up near to him. |Jack Rabbit, “If he m= asleep at is “Good, I'll let him sieep,”’ thought | as safe for Mr. Fox as. if Towser were chasing, me, and it is a good dea! safer for me.” But Jack Rabbit had hardly got the thought out of his head when Towser opened his eyes and saw Jack Rabbit. “Bow-bow, wow,’ said Towser, and Jack Rabbit jumped and ran. When he came to a rock which he thought it safe to hide behind, Jack Rabbit stopped and looked back. Not a sign did he see of Towser, so after waiting a few minutes he carefull, crawled under the bushes back to the farm. He could hear-Towser barking, and why he was not close upon his heels Jack Rabbit could not imagine. When he came in sight of the farm. yard, to his surprise there was Tow- ser standing in the door of his house barking like mad. When he caught sight of Jack Rabbit again he gave a bqund toward him, and Jack Rabbit ran again. This time he gave a glance over his shoulder and found Towser was not after him, so he turned around and looked back. There stood Towser this time a little way from his house barking and.jumping about with a chain fastened to his collar. “Well, if this isn’t luck,” said Jack Rabbit, running back. “Hello!” he called to Towser, “this is the time I have the laugh on you. I can run around all I like, and you cannot get me. Ha, ha, ha!” Towser tugged and tugged at lis chain, but it was of no use. Jack Rab- bit had the laugh on him. “I am going over in your garden to get all the vegetables I want,” called Jack Rabbit. “Bark away; no one is at home and you had better save ycur voice; you will be hoarse.” Jack Rabbit forgot all about Mr. Fox, he was so delighted to find Tow- ser chained, and Mr. Fox, getting all the hens and chickens hé could carry, ran around the side of the barn to see what all the noise was about, thinking Jack Rabbit must be having @ hard time | Towser caught sight of Mr. Fox, | and that was too much. He gave one bound and over went the dog house, crushing the side that held the chain, and Towser was free. Away he went after Mr. Fox, and away went Mr. Fox, dropping’ the hens and chickens in his hurry. Such a noise as it all made. Jack RabWit ran under the bushes and crept\into the yard to see what had happened. He saw the overturned house, and the hens and chickens jumping about and ca¢kling, and then he caught sight something flying over the hills, and Jack Rabbit knew what happened. “Ha! ha! ha ” he laughed. “J have the laugh on Mr. Fox, too. He did not care a bit about my life. All he wanted was to get his dinner. I must see this out.” Away went Jack Rabbit, running like the wind, and pretty soon he could see Mr. Fox running a long way ahead and Towser had stopped. When Jack Rabbit came up to Tow- ser he saw that the chain he had dragged with him had caught in the bushes, and poor Towser was a pris- oner. “Ha! ha! ha!” laughed Jack Rabbit, “This is your unlucky day, isn’t it, Towser?’ Towser jumped and tugged, but the chain was twisted around a stout bush and held him fast. Just then a hunter came along with a gun, and Jack Rabbit knew it was time for him to go if he wanted tc keep on laughing. P The hunter set poor Towser free, and he ran about sniffing and look- ing everywhere for Jack Rabbit, but he was far, far away, still laughing to think of the good joke on Towser and Mr. Fox, too. (Copyrinht. 1917. by the McClure e Newspaper dicatei New York Citr.) A mother’s intuition never fails to let her know there {s going to be some- thing in the house that will need darn- Poor Profit ARRY DICKSON tells of an old negro mammy who was kept from starvation by the white women who gave her occasional odd jobs to do. Mrs. Dickson, the writer's mother, had found some housework for the old negress, but after working a day or two Mandy said she must quit. “I done haf to go out collectin’ foh de missionary soctety,’’ she explained. “But I have work for you to do,” said Mrs. Dickson, “and you need all the money you can get.”’ “T know,” said the old mammy, “but 't done haf to collect foh de missionary society.” ‘What do you get paid for collect- ing?’ asked Mrs. Dickson. “I don’t get paid,” said Manday, “I only gets what I collects.” What Does This Mean? KENTUCKY novel speaks of swallows nesting in the rye. Evi- dently not a native writer, or he or she would have known that in Kentucky it is precisely the reverse—the rye nests in the swallows. The Yankee Mind. CTIM: What has happened? Where am I? Doctor: You have been seriously in- jured in a trolley accident. But cheer up—you will recover. Victim: How much.—New York Times. r *"Som Mining. ELL:, Rastus, I hear you are working again. What business are you engaged in?’ “T'se done be engaged in de mining business, sah.” ‘ “What kind of Mining are you doing, gold, silver or diamond?” —? “I'ee doing kaleomining, sah.'’ | pawabroker’s,” He Won. N Irishman, .passing a shop where a notice was displayed saying that everything was sold by the yard, thought he would play a joke on the shopman, so he entered the shop and asked for a yard of milk. The shopman, not in the least taken aback, dipt his fingers in a bowl of milk and drew a line a yard long on the counter. Pat, not wishing to be caught in his own trap, asked the price. | “Sixpence,”’ said the shopman. “All right, sorr,” said Pat. up; I°ll take it.” ‘Know Thyself.” STOUT, baggage-laden, old En- glish gentleman was trying to make a hurried exit from a railway carriage At the door he stumbled on the foot of a brawny Scot. “Hoots, toots, mon!’ groaned the Highlander. “Canna ye look whaur y’re going? Hoot, mon, hoot!’ The burdened traveler siammed the door behind him and shouted through the window: “Hoot yourself! an automobile.” His Rest. RS. FORD: I think you need a rest, dear; you look all ttred cut. Mr. Ford: I'm going to have a rest for three or four days. “Good!” “Yes, the car is in the repair shop for a few days.” Put His Watch Gack. LIVE: I see people are putting thelr watches ahead. Have you? Tower Grove: No. I've put mine back. “What for® “T needed the mone) “Roll it I am a traveler, not Learning How. ITTLE HELEN: Daddy, I have been playing like I was mamma. Dad: Is that so? What did you do, dearie? Little Helen: I bought you a nice present and had it charged to you. Efficient. E: I want you to help spend my salary. : She: Am I not doing that? He: No, no; I mean forever and ever. She: It won’t take me as long as that. And Not Silent. R. ARMY: I can never seem te get you on the telephone. The wire always seems to oe busy. Mr. Navy: Oh, yes; that’s my silent partner. He's talking to someone over the telephone alli the time. The Aperture. CoME ‘ome ter me ‘e did an’ said ‘e’d lorst ‘is money, slipt thro’ a ‘ole in ‘is pocket. ‘Yua,’ I sez, ‘but by the way ye're wavin’ abaht it seems to me it’s slipt thro’ a ‘ole in yer fice.”” It's back at a