St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 14, 1917

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| H. Cc. Fisher. S. Pat. Office.) a4 - — OO OS eS in n the New ‘Plent 6600—Olive or Central’ .. _ Phone Your Wants—Fill Your Seba The Only Tee Pic Soke Wil the Associated Press News Service Dh pee A tee aye i gent te sims : EDITION | VOL. 69. NO. 359%: II BORE ION FO om na let gt | RSS Will Serve With Unit of 20,000 oarend. " BRIG.GEN. W. / W. A. MANN TO BE,IN COMMAND FE te a a¢ », : coe @ a se Bs Rue » a ‘ eae: by et : * Ea a ig : a | oceeenanemenl /fantry From New York, q Ohio, Alabama and Iowa “a Will Go—Kansas to Form : | Ammunition Train. L 8 WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Plans - or sending the first national guard troops to France have been per- q fected by the War Department with ' 7 «the organization of a division which will include troops from 26 states and the District of Columbia. The states from which the na- tional guard troops are to be as- | Bembled are: Louisiana, Pennsyl- - wania, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, _, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, In- “ @iana, Minnesota, Maryland, South €arolina, California, Missouri, r- ginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Tex- &4, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennes- ‘seé, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, bi 7 @ Oregon. e ' The others come from District of =f Columbia The: ‘commanding officer of the division will be Brigadier-General W..A. Mann. of the regular army, "now chief of the division of militia preemie of the War Department. " Louisianans Headquarters Troop. - Following is the War Depart- ment’s announcement under the _ heading “Composite National Guard ; _ Division": “The following organizations of + ‘the hational guard have been select- a to compose the Forty-second Di- nt ea awe following numerical desig- ghave been assigned: headquarters troops to * Genaen of the second separate troop, Louisiana cavalry. “The division machine gun bat- , talions No. 149, to be composed of the. Third Battalion, Fourth Penn- _@yivania Infantry. “The infantry brigades to be num- ered 83 and 84. “The Eighty-third Infantry Brig- eee to compose the 150th machine ‘gun battalion (composed of com- panies E, F and G, Second Wiscon- 4 ein Infantry); the 165th Infantry — (Bixty-ninth New York Infantry), ® and the 166th Infantry (Fourth Ohio _ Infantry). “The Eighty-fourth Infantry _ Brignce to comprise the 15ist ma- Fp ahine gun battalion (companies B, Cand F, Second Georgia Infantry), _ 167th Infantry (Fourth Alabama In- e Sintry), and the 168th Infantry . (Third Iowa Infantry). _. “The artillery brigade to be num- ges 67th comprises: . “The.149th Field Artillery (First Tilinois Field Artillery), the 150th | Field Artillery (First Indiana Field ef lery), the 151st Field Artillery 4 rinse Minnesote Field Artillery), and the 117th Trench Motor Battery, | to. be composed of the Third and | ourth Companies Maryland Coast P. a” Corps. B. “The engineer regiment of the oa on will be numbered 117th. Th Battalion will be formed fr: pe: t separate battalion engineers, uth: Carolina, and the Second Bni- keg will be formed of the tirst ar aga battalion engineers, Cali- _ . Signal Corps From Missouri. _ .»"The divisional field battalion sig- - fal corps will be organized from the ri national guard. (Thé Mis- Signal. troops and a Kansas r unit.) The headquarters trai “4 the coast artillery corps, Vir- i" The engineer train will he hed from the North Caroiina’* ie ammunit ion train will be or- upply train from the Texas “OC They will be known re- tively as the 117th Field Battal- l Troops, the 117th Head- Train end Military Police, “the 117th @nrineer Train, the 117th = aon Train and the 117th 6 U Train. _ “The Sanitary train, to be known 8S the 117th Sanitary Train, will be ¥s sed of the First, Second, Third i '‘Fourth Ambulance. Companies respectively the First Ambu- companies of Michigan, New ersey, Tennessee and Oklahoma; be. First, Becond, Third and Fourth tid Hospital Companies, being re- ly the First Field Hospital nies of Nebraska, Colorado, and the District’ of Colum- Woman Killed by Train. ~ woman ‘who was outbound Missouri Pa- . yards west of parr y at 8 o'clock this morni | ANOTHER $3,000,000,000 ; 4 70 G0 10 FRANCE f Signal Sainte of Missouri @ .- Among Those Selected to | Form a Division and They | Will Form Battalion Which _ Artillery From Illinois and In-! conference of Scandinavian and oth- a LOAN WANTED FOR ALLIES Congress Soon to Be | Asked jo Au- thorize That or Even a Greater Sum. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Con- gress soon will be asked to authorize another loan of between $3,000,000,- 000 and $4,000,000,000 to the allies. Secretary McAdoo and Chairman Kitchin of the Ways and Means Committee agreed on this today and also agreed upon the desirability wf raising a larger sum than $2,000.- 000 for war purposes by taxation. Congress probably will be called upon at the December session to revise the war revenue bill now be- fore the Senate, increasing the sum to. be obtained through taxation. 300 SOLDIERS ARRIVE AT BELLEVILLE AVIATION FIELD Most of Them Are Mechanics, Who Will Keep Planes Tuned Up; 500 Men Now at the Camp. A detachment of 300 members of the regulad army, assigned to the Belleville Aviation Fied, reached Belleville yesterday under command of Majors Hund and _ Rheinhardt. They came from a Southern training camp. Most of the men are mechanics, ‘who will care for the 72 airplanes to be used at the field. Several are accedited aviators who will test the machines before they are turned over to the students. Including the company of Illinois National Guard on police duty, there now are nearly 500 men in uniform at the camp. It was earned unoffi- clally yesterday the camp would be a permanent training station. AMERICAN BLUEJACKET’S BODY WASHED ASHORE AT QUEENSTOWN Investigation Being Made by Consul and Effort to Identify Man About 34 Years Old. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 14.—The body of an unidentified American hbluejacket, about 34 years old, wast washed ashore here yesterday. Keys tied around the neck bore the letters U. S. N. An investiga- tion is being made by the American Consulate. WASHINGTON, - porter today that the teamsters would return to work tomorrow. He would not say that the men had gained anything by striking, as be insisted that the company had been ready to add 25 cents a day to their pay before they went out. He woulid not talk of the company’s policy in enforcing an embargo on sand unu materials, saying that this was “‘wa- tex which has gone over the dam.” Soon after the teamsters struck, the sale of buibding....material -in which they deal, was suspended, not only by the Union company, but by other concerns which are ostensi- bly its competitors. The companies refused to sell even to those who sent their own wagons. Even East St. Louis dealers refused to sell any materials for use in St. Louis. The resuit of this embargo was that building work was gradually Among the improve- interrupted were the new Bevo plant, the Statler Hotel, the The men in the building industry hauled by non-union men. new quarters at 12th and as shown by the figures of other St. Louis newspapers Globe-Democrat, Repub- lic, Times and Star, all four added together 64 Cols. pany and its supposed competitors refused to give them this privilege. manager of the Building Industries Association, said yesterday that the impossibility of getting material had made it necessary to suspend a large part of all building operations, and 3 ‘< 9 would in a short time make 6000 to Olive and made a ‘‘Flying Start’’ by breaking all Monday 7000 men idle, if a settlement were records in the volume of Home- Merchants’ and Total Paid Advertising carried in the month of August. not reached. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; SAME TEMPERATURE low, 66, at 5 a. m. Frank G, Boyd, secretary and 1 a. , Wi Wcvaneecbead es OP es Mini os¥s tees 78 ee ks a cicb wk os We ee Mhcds v4sbcbucs 81 Siseueaw: High?84, at 3:30 p. m.: WE SPEAK OF THEM HIGHLY; Official fore- THEY CAME cast for St. FORT RILEY. Louis and vicin- ity: Partly cloudy tonight and tomororw; not much change in tem- perature. Missouri: Partly cloudy tonight and to- morrow, proba- bly with show- ers tonight in northwest por- tion; somewhat warmer tomor- row in west por- tion. Illinois: Part- | @ morrow, probably west portion tomorrow, not much change in temperature. and Seymour’s Band at Mullanphy Square, 7 to 9:30 o'clock. o'clock, | ly cloudy to, night and to- with showers in Stage of river at 7 a. m., 8.7 feet, rise of .1 foot. Free Band Concerts Tonight. Fischer's Band at Carondelet Park Municipal Dance Tonight. At Buder abeciecta 7:30 to 9:30 — tii tle _” \ [RULING ON ARMY CAMPS MAY CLOSE DOWNTOWN BARS Many Saloons Within Half-Mile Limit of Troops Quartered in City. QUESTION IF IT APPLIES Soldiers Are at Municipal Lodging House, Coliseum, 1201 South ‘Grand and 5248 Oakland. Assistant’ United States District Attorney White is expecting an order today from the War Department it Washington which may prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors in all saloons within one-half mile of the army camps at the Coliseum, Jeffer- son and Washington avenues; Mu- nicipal Lodging House, Twelfth street and Clark avenue; Armery, Grand and Manchester avenues; headquarters of A Battery at 12601 South Grand avenwve, and Cavalry Troop B armory at 5248 Oakland avenue. ; Should the ruling of the War De- partment be that these places, where battalions of the Fifth Regimént and the First Artillery are temporarily encamped, are official army camps, within the meaning of the Presi- dent’s recent proclamation prohibit- ing the sale of intoxicating liquors within one-half mile of such camps, several hundred saloons will be cont- pelled to suspend the sale of liquors as long as the soldiers are quartered in the camps. The order suspending the sale of intoxicating liquors would not necessarily close the saloons, as soft edirinks could be sold over the bars. If the War Department rules that the saloons must suspend the sale of. drinks, the bars in all principal hotels in St. Louis, with the excep- tion of the Planters, will have to lim- it their business to the sale of soft drinks. The Jefferson, Majestic, Maryland, American and Annex Ho- tels are all within the half-mile zone. The principal cafes would also be similarly affected. A half-mile dry zone around the Municipal Lodging House camp would extend on Twelfth street as far north as Morgan street, as far south on:Twelfth street as Chouteau avenue; as far-east on Elm street as Fourth street, and as far west as Union Station. A Coliseum zone would exter ‘] north of Jefferson avenue to O’Fal- lon street, south to Adams street ani west on Washington avenue to Car- dinal avenue, and east to Highteenth street. The armory and Battery A zones overlap and would make Grand avenue dry from Washington ave- nue to Lafayette avenue, a distance of nearly two miles. The dry zone would also extend west of the two points to Vandeventer avenue, and east to Cardinal avenue. The north half of the Oakland avenue zone takes in a part of For- est Park and includes Forest Park Highlands. The south end of the zone would extend to a point near the Frisco Railroad, the eastern point to Oakland avenue and Laura avenue, and the western part to a point where the Clayton road inter- sects with Oakland avenue. View of Assistant District Attorney. Assistant District Attorney White said it was his opinion that any place where troops of the United States was an official army camp. city until the War Department had quite confident the ruling would be the same:.as for Maxwelton. I WIFE HAS “HISTORICAL” FITS Negro Teamster Believes He Ought and accepted by the Fifth Ward tUx- emption Board, at the Jefferson ii1o- tel yesterday, was a negro teamster. Upon being asked by the clerk is he wished to file any claim for exer: Q- tion, he replied that he did, explain- ing, that his wife had “historical fits, one after another,” been summoned to appear for exam- ination. the Post-Dispatch printed 26,373 Auto- mobil Want Ads—2979 more than the FOUR other St. Louls newspapers com- Army are quartered is an army camp, and that saloons within one- half mile of such places would have to be closed to the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors voluntarily by their pro- prietors or they would be subject to prosecution by.the Federal authori- ties. In support of his opinion that the points where soldiers are encamped in St. Louis are army camps, As- sistant District Attorney White cited the ruling of the War Department with respect to the First Regiment camp at Maxwelton Park, in St. Louis County. He said he was in- formed, soon after the regiment en- camped there, that Congressman Meeker had taken up the question with some department in Washing- ton and obtained a ruling that Max- welton was not an official army camp. When the Uniiced States Dis- trict Attorney laid the facts before the War Department, White said, it ruled immediately that Maxwelton White pointed out that while he did not wish to take any action with fespect to the other camps in the passed upon the question, he was to Be F.cmpted Therefore. Among the drafted men examire:l since he had During the first.seven months of /517 tte it et a Ait | CHINA SAID TO HAVE-DECLARED Virt Two hundred and sixty-one saloons and drinking places here voluntar- ily were closed by their proprietors yesterday when the United States District Attorney's office against liquor establishments locat- ‘ed within the half-mile dry zone sur- rounding military camps, outlined in President Wilson’s proclamation. — were two breweries, the bars in vir- tually all: the large hotels and res- taurants and dozens of downtown sa- loons. about the city awaiting entrainment to concentration camps brought the majority of saloons in the city with- in the area. A detachment of artil- vention Hall, only a few blocks from the heart of the hotel district. AMERICAN LABOR WILL ican labor will be supplied for har- vesting the under an arrangement reached to- day between W. W. Cory, Canadian Deputy ior, and cials. permitted for the first tome to enter Canada and immigration regulations will be waived by both countries. pected to go across the border to WAR UPON CENTRAL POWERS Action as to Germany and Austria- LONDON, Aug. i14.— Reéeuter’s Limited has been officially informed that China has declared war upon Germany and Austria-Hungary, the declaration dating ~rom 10 o'clock this morning. SPAIN UNDER MARTIAL LAW BECAUSE OF STRIKE DISORDER Disturbances Stopped by Military Forces; Newspapers Affected by Unrest. MADRID, Spain, Aug. 14.—The whole of Spain has been placed un- der martial law following disorders resulting from the general strike, which is spreading. Disturbances at various places have been stopped by mililtary forces. The strike, which was begun by railroad employes, has affected news- papers here, and only those which have a nonunionist staff will appear tonight. A majority of the workmen, it is said, wish to work in peate, only a minority seeking to promote disor- der. POLICEMAN’S SON WHOSE AUTO KILLS MAN. CAUGHT BY FIREMEN j Frank Tomasso Said to Have Tried to Escape; Fatality Is 48th of Its Kind in City Since Jan. f. Firemen at Engine House No. 15, Broadway and Valentine _ street. caught Frank Tomasso, 21 years old, of 317 Clark.avenue, son of Patrol- man Antonio Tomasso, after an au- tomobile driven by the young man had knocked down Daniel Murray, 50 years old, of 119 Cedar street, in front of the engine house last night. Murray died an hour later at the city hospital. There were three women and two other men in the machine, which, according to the firemen, was going 30 miles an hour at the time of the accident. Murphy’s death was the forty- eight automobile aeenetty in St. Louis since Jam 1. Tomasso was taken “s Central Po- lice Station, where he furnished a common law bond for his releasa, pending action by the Coroner and Circuit Attorney. The firemen who held Tomasso away from them. a MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS; WIFE SAYS SHE SHOT HIM Mike: Nemo, Holding Head of Fred Grant When Police Arrived, Says He Was Attracted by Pis- tol Report. Fred Grant. 30 vears old, of 2008 Franklin avenue, was found uncon- scious in the back yard of his home at 1 o’clock this morning with a’ bullet wound in his left breast. Mike Nemo 40 years old, of 1927 North Tenth street, was arrested. He was holding Grant’s head when po- licemen, attracted by a shot, reached the yard. He said he had been sleeping in the alley when he heard a shot and had found Grant lying in the yard. No revolver was found on the premises Grant’s wife, Mrs. Birdie Grant, told the police there was no truth tn a report Nemo had visited at her *home while Grant was in Arkansas recently. Late she told the police she had shot her husband while he was pursuing her after a quarrel over money matters. She was or: dered held. TWO BREWERIES AND 261 BARS CLOSED IN KANSAS CITY All Large Hotels and Res- nts Affected by Law Pro- viding for Military Dry Zone. KANSAS, CITY, Mo., Aug. 14.— representatives cf began collecting evidence Included among the places close:l o - Various units of troops stationed ery is quartered temporarily in Con- HARVEST CANADA'S CROP WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—-Amer- Canadian grain crop, Commissioner of the Inter- bepertment of Labor offi- Amerioan harvest hands will be Thousands of Americans are ¢ex- told the police that he tried to get, . wen and : PRICE | B.tensn POPE. SENDS PEACE SUGGESTS TERMS : ors mee 7 Pontiff Urges Restoration of Small Nations, Peaceful Solution of Al- * sace, Triest and Polish es ay ial ie © a” pros, = Ae grees Pics » 4 ee . PP tla are Mee gtr Pe SO ee a 2 ta ee ae ROE: Ses we Pian alent 5 ain sha. PR geagat tina ns es SAAR RE NaS Sas OR oer EE a RR a, U.S. TO CONSULT ALLIES © BEFORE TAKING UP NOTE Washington, Realizes Careful Notice Must Be 1s Taken of Communication--Close Association’ _ oe on 4s. # of Austria, Which Intensely Desires Peace, Ms oo a oe = With Vatican, Taken Into Consideration. : x ? * Pw oh ee = 4 _ " " ee ‘s soon {S Fi ee ae Marit in site A Ai RV ateas M ee y's ae Da ifs eit Parca ee ats. : SEES RG BENE LEER RT RRR Ee —-_ + By Associated Press. | ROME, Aug. 14.—Peace ave made by Pope. Benedict ‘be have been delivered to all the belligerent Powers. “ aa The Pope suggests restoration of Belgium, Servia snithaneala a4 and peaceful solution of the problems of Alsace-Lorrainé“Trent, | Trieste and Poland, according to reports received from Vatican sli a sources. It is expected the Baran will be published today-by “— - Mss Me, Vatican. artistes ede Reduction of Arthaments, Freedom of a7 Seas, Among the Pope’s Proposals WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—An unofficial outline of Pope Bene- dict’s peace proposals received here discloses that the Pontiff. i in- cludes some of the principles of world peace for which ‘President Wilson has declared. Among the Pope’s proposals are reduction of arma dom of thé séas and that there shall-be no retaliatory stra the war for world commercial-supremacy. These are the foundation stones of the Pope’s plans. Included in the restoration of territory, the Pope’s Gooey EL insist should be the return to Germany of all her colonies as ‘well as ht ecomplete restoration of Belgium to her sovereignty. The Pope’s proposal declares that the injuries to all del- ligerents have been so great there should be no thought of.repera- : tion except for the return of territory. pice ts 4 ‘Thé State Department acknowledged that it had receiv 4 official knowledge of Pope Benedict’s peace proposal before to- . ‘ day’s news dispatches were received here. No official can be taken of it until the proposal is conveyed officially: “What: ever consideration is given to it will be after meetin with the allies. a At the apostolic delegation all iaivladi of the Pope’ s pro. posal was disclaimed. It was said the papal delegate had not transmitted it to the United States Government, and did not expect je to do so. The opinion was expressed that it would gothe through ¥= : - neutral Government. Within the entente diplomatic circle the opinion mas and promptly expressed that the peace proposal was inspired by — Germany and was an attempt to split the allies in a cop tintieg discussion of their war aim. ; The Pope’s proposals, which already have been delivered to the resident . Ambassadors and Ministers of the warring Powers in Rome, is. | ae de 3 ed making in print something more than a column of large : Pp vip i though special efforts are bieng made to facilitate: its transmission pret 4 United States, #tis may not be affected for at least a day or twa. bea OUTLINE IN WASHINGTON. alice Meanwhile ,however, an accurate outline of the principal a of hie 3 Pope’s communication is in the hands of the Government here —e age received thoughtful consideration. sok 3-3 In eloquent language the pontiff describes the terrible yn y existing | in Europe, which he declares is headed for destruction unless the | nts are willing to listen to the appeals of disinterested friends to cease & war. Such conditions, the Pope feels, amply justify him in taking ace ent opportunity to suggest what may be, he hopes, at least a ft upon which peace negotiations may be initiated. | i At best Pope Benediet’s proposals are only suggested as a BPs such “negotiations, and he realizes that the details in all their ¢ must be worked out patiently and in a spirit of —— by “the — ligerents themselves. SONS ee Uuqualified approval of President’s Wilson’s plan for a wars by some form of international organization which shall have ‘behind tt the necessary power to enforce its judgments, is given by Bettedict who declares that along with such a splendid project must go. arrangement for reduction of armaments to a point just s ent-for de fensive purposes or to carry out the mandates of the world court. + <= on * It is inconceivable, the Pope holds, that any permanent péace can be 'm , tained unless th various peoples are willing to gather in sn 8 ity upon a recognition of national rights. ‘¢ Any attempts to prevent free economic action between the t the Pope points out, would be disastrous, Therefore, he says, . be feootemt:af: the sens, is alt, Shes. he teres Sane feces that so extensite has been the injury to all the be no thought now of either indemnity or sejueasiinds , eS In a spirit of conciliation and justice, he says, all the belligerents mui submit to accept the losses they have sustained, except in the matter of ritory, and besides these questions of indemnity and rep on declares that there must be no van tara ae a ebons - a — +o ee Te = - sae = { ee wee <i = etn: oe [help save the Canadian crops. _ | 4 fe? 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