St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 28, 1917

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54D. = as Reported, Would | WASHINGTON, Pion of the food control bill ag amena- > @@ to include the new prohibition sec- tions was begun today in the Senate. | fine original bill was laid aside and the 2 : Jarge, promise da spectacular and prob- q bbdiy long struggie. rua fever permit the bill to pass containing Senate's new cloture rule were inyoked a which was put in yesterday by the Sen- =. Thousands of telegrams poured _ thousands of acres of barley had beer planted there in expectation of continu- - gnce of brewing. Labor unions are em- sae loss of employment from clos- j busy in the lobbies and offices, inter- Wiewing Senators. The ith AER * how a! _ an pate é a eg tm oe Next Sunday’s Post.) ee Se ee Sree en etary Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated Press News Service VOL. 69. NO. 313. |.) EDITION ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1917—24 ew «ll a BIL WT BONE DRY CLAUSE “AS BEFORE SENATE + ay ' Will Never Permit Meas- ' ure to Pass With Beer on | Prohibited List Unless by i _ New Cloture Rule. Fight on Measure Will Prevent Its Passage by _. July 1; Senators Flooded With Messages. Give Government Power Operate Factories, Oil Wells and Mines. June 28. —Con sidera- - tevised draft was substituted. The prohibition question looming Some Senators told leaders they would the “‘bone dry"’ provisions unless the to force it. The new prohibition section is that _ ate Agriculture Committee and is the same as the House proy ision, prohibit- os the manufacture of foodstuffs into " Antoxicating liquor, with the exception that the President is empowered to per- gnit the manufacture of wine. Senators Flooded With Letters. Not in years, according to several Senators, has such interest been aroused as indicated by telegrams and letters on the prohibition issue. in pon Senators today advocating and _ epposing the “bone dry” plan with a - Majority in opposition. The commun. - feations come from farmers, mer- _ ehants, labor unions, temperance so- - eieties, municipal officers and organ- Gxations. Wisconsin farmers and agricultur#! @reahizations telegraphed today that _ ing of breweries and municipal officers fhe loss of loca! license revenues. Many @f the telegrams are in identical lan- peace, indicating organized opposition. rsonal efforts are also being made japon’ the jlezislation, especially that hich would stop brewing. Attorneys md other representatives of national | brewing and distilling urganizations are “drvs’’ also ure 'ctive, with leaders of the national ' Anti-Saloon League engaged in personal! ) Policitation of Senators. : President’s Powers Extended. ' In extending the scope of the legisla- Pion and the President's powers, the ‘Bommittee adopted amendments which “ould provide for Government control, ‘im addition to food, feeds and fuel, of fron, steel, copper and their products, _— implements and machinery, fer- ers and binding twine materials. Sete important amendments approved would authorize the Government to take er and operate factories, packing oil wells, and mines, regulat- ‘Wages of their employes and to jeer supplies of any and every when needed for the army and ‘Pavy, “or any other public use con- ‘Bected with the public defense.”’ Atother would empower the Govern- iment to buy and sell, for general civil- purposes, food, feeds, and fuels, With limitation upon the genera! legis- making it apply to agencies and eects only in interstate or foreign seteer merce. Vote on Dry Clause Close. |The prohibition section was written the bill yesterday by a vote of 9 © 7 with Sheppard of Texas, Thompson Kansas, Johnson of South Dakota, of North Dakota, Norris of Ne- ka, Kenyon of lowa, Kendrick of ming, Page of Vermont and Brady pty ‘voting aye. Against the pro- were Smith of South Carolina, ell of Louisiana, Warren of Wyo- Wadsworth of New York, Cham- of Oregon, Gore of Oklahoma nd Smith of Georgia. ‘The provision for commandeering of ies, packing houses, oi] wells and plants for military or public de- purposes also would authorize - operation. The committee added Bn amendment providing that in regu- ting wages of employes of plants : feered in case of dispute the wage rates shall be settied by n through the board of media- and conciliation, BONDS READY NEXT WEEK Out From Washington. WASHINGTON, June 2.—The second Ms of 18 per cent from subscribers p the Liberty Loan who bought bonds h the instaliment payment plan, was @ today. The next payment of 20 per fa due July ®. engraved bonds probably will be ‘Some Members Declare They Canadian Triplane : Defeats German Flier 20,000 Feet in Air CANADIAN ARMY ~ HEAD. QUARTERS IN FRANCE, June 28. N an air duel fought at prob- | ably the highest altitude at which aviators have met in combat—nearly four miles—a Canadian triplane today pursued and defeated a German two- seated aviatik. The German machine had J} Sought safety by climbing up- ward and the triplane pursued. At a height of 20,000 feet the pilot of the German craft either fell or jumpea from it and disap- peared, at the moment of the first burst of fire from the gun of the Canadian. The German ob- server was then seen to climb out upon the tail of hig machine, where he lost his hold and plunged headlong. The aviatik turned its nose down and fell. O0 DEATHS FROM ER AILMENT INDUNKLIN COUNTY Those Who Succumbed Mostly Young Children—200 Other Cases, Coroner Says. 16 FATALITIES AT ORAN; Others at Various Places in Scott County, Including Two at Moberly. Dr. C. M. Harrison of Kennett, Mo., Coroner of Dunklin County, told tne Post-Dispatch today over the long-dis- tance telephone that 5S children have died in that county in the past six weeks from an aggravated form of enteroco- PERSHING COMMENDS PETAIN'S ‘WHY WE ARE FIGHTING’ ARTICLE Declares Heroism of French Armies Will Inspire Those Fighting . by Her Side. PARIS,’ June 28.—Major-General Pershing was asked today to .com- ment on the article entitled “Wiy We Are Fighting,” published yester- day in the Army Bulletin, in which Gen. Petain, in Chief, explained the objects of the not be concluded. Gen. Persh'ng said: “IT have read Gen. Petain’s article with deepest interest. His answer to the question is complete and logical. The facts set forth should convince the world of the justice of our great cause. I cannot think it possible that anyone should hold a different view of why we are in the war. It is quite be- yond reason that anyone knowing the truth should fail to condemn the course pursued by the German Gov- ernment, and the truth has _ been clearly pointed out by the distin- guished Commander in Chief of the French Army. “There must be no peace except a lasting peace. The ideals for which the Allies are contending must be held sacred. France will continue her splendid fight for human rights and human liberties, and fresh ex- amples of heroism by her valiant armies will stil] further inspire those fighting by her side.” U, $. TROOPS IN FRANCE OMEN OF VICTORY, SAYS LONDON PAPER Arrival of Americans Predominant Feature in News Columns of British Press. LONDON, June 2x.—Arrival of an ad- vance force of the American army in France is the predominant feature in thé news columns of the morning news- papers, which display under big head- lines such details as are allowed to be publisued. The Times comments on the arrival as an omen full of hope and promise to friends of ordered freeduvir, a sure presage of an allied victory, and the signal of a democratic peace to be wrung from defeated Germany. As a symbol of the union of mind and feeling of the democracies of England, France and the United States, it prom- ises, gays the Timer, to rank forever among the great historic landmarks in the moral and political history of man- kind. SEVEN GERMAN NUNS APPLY FOR FIRST CITIZENSHIP PAPERS They Are Stationed at Hospital at Highiend, Ill., and Wish te Serve as Red Cross Nurses, Seven German Catholic nuns applied for first citizenship papers yesterday afternoon at Edwardsville. They are preparing to go to the front as Red Cross nurses if accepted. They are sta- tioned at St. Joseph's Hospital at High- land, Ill. The nuns were amused at some of the questioned asked by Circuit Clerk Mel- lon, but answered promptly as to their ages, weight, color of hair and eyes, and whether they were anarchists or believed in polygamy. They ranged in age from 30 to 3S years. In the party were Catherina Chordell, Josephine Schulte, Theresia Becker, Gertrude Sharing, Anastasia Woycre- chowski, Catharina Thomas, Wilhelmina Otte Dotteln, Anna Dupphahan and Anna Uhlenbrock. Their convent names were not asked for. KANSAS TECHNICAL TRADES CONVICTS FREED TO SERVE U. S. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., June 3.— Several prisoners possessing technical qualifications have been pardoned from the Kansas State penitentiary and are serving the Government in their tech- nical trades, Warden J. K. Codding of the institution announces. He was dis- cussing the National Prison Congress. to be held next week at Washington, when prison authorities will discuss « proposed movement for the release of such men who have expressed desires to serve during the national emergency. The suggested action was said to con- cern such men as electricians, mechan- ics and others of a similar nature. The extent of the pardoning here was not revealed nor would the warden as- Rrapeall | the French Commander) war and why a premature peace must’ entourage of Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, were arrested recently and imprisoned in Germany. One of them is Bishop Legraive of Malines. have Among this number is Cardinal Mer- cier’s private secretary, who was sen- tenced to a year in prison for preach- ing on Whitsunday on Christian charity. | litis, an infection of the intestines, and that probably 200 persons, mostly ch!)- dren, are suffering with the disease now. of whom 3 are in a serious condition. Sixteen ceaths have occurred at Oran. in Scott County, and two at Morley, also in Scott County, and there are said ty have been numerous fatalities at othe> places in the vicinity. Children 5 years and younger have been the principal victims. The majo-. ity are under 2 years of age. Some mid- dlie-aged persons have been attacked, but have withstood the disease more suc- cessfully, and none of these has died. Allment Unusually Severe. Dr. E. S. Tate of Morley, Mo., Coro- ner of Scott County, told the Post-Dis- patch that the disease which caused the afatalities in Scott County is iliocolitis of an unusually severe type, a summer complaint which is similar to enteroco- litis. Coroner Tate attributes the epideniic to the unusual weather conditions oi the spring and early summer.- Unseas.-n- ably cool weather, he explained, chang- ing suddenly to high temperature, had Caused vapor to rise from the sandy soi' creating an unhealthy condition and making children and older persons sus- ceptible to the intestinal ‘irritation caused by early vegetables. Flies, he said, have been a factor in the spread of the disease. Treating Over 15 Cassa: Coroner Tate said he was treating b-- tween 15 and 2 cases, some of which were serious, and the epidemic in Mor- ley seemed to be getting worse, both in the number of cases and the severity of the disease. He said that he had not heard of cases anywhere in Scott Coun- ty) except at Oran and Morley. Oran is 151 miles from St. Louis, on the Frisco, and 20 miles from Cape Girar- deau. Morley is 2 miles from Cape Girardeau on a branch line. Dispatches from Cape Girardeau state that the mothers of Scott and Dunklin Counties are frantic because of the number of children that have ( lin County, and sixteen cases are be- ing treated there now. Dr. Hughes of Senath says there is no epidemic there, but that cholera infantum has been prevalent. The four deaths were caused by that dis- ease, he says, and the 16 under treat- | ‘ ment have the same malady. He at- |‘ appeal to the State Board of Health|! was considered, but yesterday the doc- tors decided they had the situation in and no appeal was made. List of Deaths at Oran, The following have died at Oran: Lain and Gladys, children of Jessie Crafton; James, son of J. R. Limbaugh; Philip, son of Thomas Swafford; Harry, son of |! C. M. Stehr; Leo, Mary, daughter of Philip Stehr; Fred- erick, son of Henry Menz; Elsie, daugh- H. Ates; Kathaline, daughter of Fred Sturgeon; Julius, son of S. H. Crader;|t child of W. B. Steele, child of William Haughn, child of Peter Molenhour. UNSINKABLE CARGO BOAT WILL BE TESTED BY ITALY| Has Two Hulla, Space Between Them Being Intended to Protect Ves- sel From Torpedo. t ROME, June 28.—Umberto Pugliere, a naval engineer, has designed a new type/. of unsinkable cargo boat which has], been accepted by the Italian of Marine. ? R The Revista Maritima, describing the ship, says the vessel has a displacement of 10,100 tons, and can carry 5800 tons of cargo. It has a double skin, the space between the inner and the outer hulls being filled with coal and other material which is intended to protect the ship from mine or torpedo. BISHOP OF MALINES SAID TO BE IMPRISONED IN GERMANY e Saving to the American people wil! enormous. ators’ letter to F. the Coal has been the operators: ment. ing for all. for sacrifice. thing needed to give insurance to the world against a repetition of this awful condition. rress to the coal men my appreciation of the spirit they have shown in deter- mining that cuced so that the industries of the coun- fallen victims to the malady. Two]|t"™Y may not be hampered and the peo- children were taken to Cape Girar-|Ple may not feel that their spirit is deau for treatment. One died.’ broken down by the thought that this is Four have died at Senath,. in Dunk-|t© De @ war for individual advantage im stead of self protection. moment of body of men more truly represented the high purpose to yield personal desire for general good trust that we shall immediately put into tributes it to the eating of fresh Early in the day the conference of 40 vegetables. operators, representing all coal-produr- The situation was so serious that an|ing states, adopted resolutions authoriz- such maximum prices for coal free on board” hand and could deal with it successfully, | tricts as may be named by the Secretary of the Interior, Federal Trade Commis- sion and the Coal Production Committee of the Council of National vVefense. son of Alonzo Roberts; | former Gov. mittee. resclution was entirely safe for the con- ter of Gentry Brown; Harry, son of C. | ference to adopt, and that afy responsi- bility as to the legality of the fixing w*% and not the operators, under the terms of the resolution. national emergency now exists in the nation’s fuel supply, and that the coai operators and miners desire to closely ed. lution recalled because of fear that ques- of the operators agreeing upon a price, sven though, at the instance of the Gov- Ministry | ing sent word that R. Colton Lewis, had been conferring with the operators, had no right or authority to outline what the Government's policy might be under the anti-trust laws in connection with price fixing. to, another one was presented under which resentatives named in the resolution to issue a statement forthwith, fixing a tentative price which in their judgment, shall be a fair and reasonable one for the various districts, and to be effec- PRICES OF GOAL REDUCED 31 10 $1.90 AT MINES Operators Agree to Reduction Pending Fixing of Maximum Charge by Government. BIG SAVING TO PUBLIC Further Decrease Likely After Investigation Into Cost of Production. WASHINGTON, June 28.—An imme- diate general reduction of $1 to $1.50 a ton in the price of coal at the mine was agreed upon here today by rep- resentatives of the coal operators. This reduction is expected to be fol- lowed by still further decreases in price after investigation into the costs of mining coal and it is probable that the Government will be given a still lower price than that to tue general public. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be saved to the American people through this decision. The operators agreed to the immedi- ate reduction at a meeting here today after adopting a resolution by which coal prices would be fixed with the aid and approval of the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Trade Commission and the Committee on Coal Production of the National Defense Council. About 600,000,000 tons of coal were mined in this country last year and Secretary Lane, who has earnestly urged a reduction, believes that the be After hearing of the oper- action, Lane wrote the following S. Peabody, chairman of ‘Production Committee, whe | in constant conference with “I have just learned of the action of ihe coal operators and I wish to express my appreciation of ihe generous, prompt and patriotic manner in which they have : acted. tion in the way would as large that this is no time in which to sider primarily the opportunities which | the war gives for personal agsrandize- | We must gain for each by egain- | This country is in a mood | They have dealt with the situa- that [ had hoped they large men dealing with a question. They manifestly con- It is intent upon the suc.- ess of the war, is willing to do every- “Will you not be good enough te ex- their prices shall be re- I felt from the my talk to them that no than did they. Now I ‘oncrete form the spirit of your resolu- ion.”’ nz their committee ‘‘to give assent to cars at mines in the various dis- Committee Reports Resolution. The resolution giving ‘“‘assent’’ to fix- ng of maximum prices was reported by Fort, from a special com- He said he believed that the he prices was put on the Government The resolution points out that a great o-operate with the Government. The resolution was unanimously adopt- It was a revision of a former reso- ions might:be raised as to the legality rnment, Attorney-Genera! Gregory hav- pecial Assistant Attorney-General, who As soon as this resolution was agreed ‘it was proposed that the Gov- rnment authorize the Government rep- Several Other Priests eof Cardinal Mercter’s Entourage and His Sec- retary Reported Put in Priden. AMSTERDAM, June &.—According to the Telegraaf, several priests of the/|* the newspaper says. in 6—Beigium. Twenty others, been imprisoned Pp tive from July 1 until the committee shall fix a permanent price. reducing the prices, the tentative prices fixed to continue until the investiga- tion into costs and conditions warrant- ed an increase or reduction in the tenta- tive prices. He suggested that the ten- tative fixing of prices should not affect coal operators with a central bureau at Lane sent the conference immediate action in Secretary letter asking regent contracts or export trade. Creation of a national association of sert where the men had been placed. | | IN FISHT WITH SEVEN GERMANS See | Corporal James Hall, Author of Kitch. a —_— a eae a a et meetin cite: aiitieatine emma taena — OO Battle Line Whiere U. etl iil ert ttl e AMIENS p com IEGNE® SCALE OF MILES 0 5 10 20 30 WOSTEND DOVER ‘i ; Y fe + OuNKIR qe” se™ ea gevki cass | Ria - swered and « force of regulars sent at ence to France. At his word the War Department began to move. Gen. Per- shing was summoned quietly to Wash- ington and was in the capital when the President's order for the dispatch of troops was made public. Theusaed Activities A fest. There were a thoussend other activi- ties afoot in the Gepartment at the time. troops yet to be organised, of expand- ing the regular army to full war strength. of preparing and recruiting the national guard for war was at hand. Gen. Pershing dropped quietiy inte the and set up the firet h -: vVontinued on Page 2, Columa 4, Noel Poepping’s Band at Forest Park, 7 to 9:30 o'clock. [Mayor of McGregor, department quarters of the American expeditionary > WASHINGTON, June 28.—Thousands of America’s fighting men are today encamped in France and soon will be ready to take their places in the trenches beside the seasoned campaigners of me. ees service on the Mexican bor- Mer or in Haiti or Santo Domingo, were landed yesterday after voyage in which the German submarines were eluded and all ree ords were broken for transporting overseas a large military unit. forces in a little office hardly taree enough to hold himself and his per- sonal s‘aff. There came a day when Gen. Per- shing was no longer in the departmen'. Officers of .the wtaff sudder.y were missing from their desks. No word of this was reported. Then came word from England that Pershing and bir officers were there. All was carried through without publicity. Other mat- ters relating to the expedition were car- ried out without a word of publicity. The regiments that were to go with Gen. Pershing were all selected before he left the country and moving towari the seacoast from the border. Other regiments also were moving north, east and west to the points where they were to be expanded and the movements of the troops who were to be first im France were obscured in all this hur- rying of troop trains over the iand. Great shipments of war supplies be- gan to assemble at the embarkation ports. Liners suddenly were taken otf their regular runs with no announte- - ment. A great armada was made. ready. supplied, equipped as transporta, loaded with men and guns and sent te sea, and all with virtually no mention from the press. Navy Has Share tn Work. The navy bears its full share in the achievement. From the time the troos ships ieft their docks and headed to- ward sea responsibility for the lives of their thousands of men rested upon the officers and crews of the fighting shiys that moved beside them or swept free the sea lanes before them. As ther rushed on through the days and nighi« toward the danger sone where Gertia, submarines lay in wait, every precauw« tion of trained minds of the navy could devise was taken. The news from France today shows that the plans were well laid. White his troops were embarking or steaming toward their destination, Gen. Pershing and his staff, supplemented by a spe. cial corps of general staff officers hare been busy in France preparing the wa? for the new army. The camp sites have been selected, the details of the final . training to be given before they move ~ to the front have been worked out anc the question of supply and transporta- tion reviewed. Kegiments of the na- tional army. composed of railroad worn. ers and engineers, will aid in that work, They, too, have been created in a few weeks time. Firet Force Arrived Tuesday. The press dispatch yeserday from « French seaport spoke of the arrival ot the “second contingent” of hours in “anticipation of the duplica-— tion of yeaterday'’s surprise.” While ne c