St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 21, 1917
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a “i Ba By ea She gad ee : hea ss Ke hi eee ee Steet: Sh f.. && ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH . a _ TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1917. ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH I eS SS SS TSE eS oe c Salamen~~ . “ Cd yilbnae gh 00 Ske ing delineated in spite of undimin- ished enemy resistance. Enemy defenses between Corite Church, Ewing and Washingtdén av- enues. An address of welcome was made by William T. Findly, repre- the Fifth Regiment, which had been quartered therepince Aug. 5, to move went to the to favor the elimination of the wore “German” from the name, and h- has won some support, but not ton avenue, was wrecked by a Mis- souri Pacific train last night at the King's highway crossing. Three men The Chancellor, according to this/ forecast, will say that, as Germany glish jury yesterday almost for the first time within the recollection of the English public. “Justifiable ght, 1917, B. : SoPeaeer Com beac served PA ay at their regular posts or stations.” @& . Y commission hadr Among the members of the visory board of the American Bt . -| out. The battalion 3 iia ety fortifi Mayor Kiel, and the re , has ear , we | and Seto, a wer : ote ral “a Roscoe Conkling Sim- | Washtngton University gymnastum. enough, it is thought, to pass suci | riding in the truck jumped and were scout . ai Bagg sige habbo og won homicide in self-defense” was the | fense Society, as set forth in the } : It is charac | Starilokva position, have been cap-|§P Simmons| Some of the spectators admiring}a motion. The Rev. Father F. J.| uninjured. , otnne tatu: tin cau ae verdict rendered by a London Coro-|ter, are Theodore Roosevelt, fi : that I was appoit tured by the Italians. Yesterday's statement telling of the beginning of the battle said: “A battle is proceeding on thé Julian Alps front. Yesterday morn- ing, after a bombardment of 24 hours, during which our artillery shelled the enemy positions with ever-increasing intensity, masses of our infantry commenced the advance toward their objectives. To the north of Anhovo (sevén and one-half miles north of Gorizia), after having bril- Mantly overcome technical difficulties and the resistance of the enemy, nu- merous pontoons were thrown across the Isonzo and vur tfoops passed over to the left bark of the river. mons, noted négro orator. called attention to fhe patriotism of the negroes in their willingness to serve theif country in this war. Britliant decoration of homes, store fronts and streets marks the neighborhood surrounding the Pytn- ian Temple at 3137 Pine street, where the convention headquarters are. From every house on Pine street for several blocks both ways from the témple hang the Pythian colors, red, yellow and blue, sur- mounted in nearly ever case by a Pythian banner bearing the insignia of “K. of P.” Wherever these col- ors appear the American flag also is displayed. his head and said: bors held the same view. The Official Badge. the camp yesterday afternoon from the Compton Avenue viaduct noticed @ goat grazing itn the rear of one of the tents. It was an unusually large white goat—not a nanny goat—with long horns. One of the negroes shook “If that’s the goat I’ve got to ride when I join the Pythians I don’t want to be a Knight.’’ Several of his neigh- The official badge is a bronze me- dalion surmounted by a_ spirited horse, with plenty of ribbon in the Knights’ colors. The delegates upon registering must pay $1 each for these StahlIhoeffer of Sault Timony, Minn.. said to a Post-Dispatch reporter he personally favored such action, but did not think more than one-fourth of the delegates would vote for it. Today’s rogram included meetings of auxiliary organizations for women and for young men. The Fraucn- bund, or Women’s League, had scheduled a discussion of methods for carrying out the Hoover food conser- vatior: movement, and it was expect- ed that resolutions would be passed and sént to Food Administrator Hoo- ver, pledging the co-operation of the women in his campaign. The Gonzaga Union, for young men, announced a reception in honor Harold Husman, 15 years old, 2333 Walnut street, who was riding the bumper of an eastbound Cass car last night, suffered a lacerated scalr and concussion of the brain, when, at Sixteenth street, an auto truck bumped the rear platform of the car. He was taken home. An automobile truck of the Inland Valley Coal Co. collided with an Olive car at Eleventh street yesterday afternoon, injuring Lee Oster, 14 vears old, 4214A Sarpy avenue, who was riding on the sandbox. He was cut by flying glass. Harry Koelling of 2513 Rauschen- bach avenue was demonstrating the A meeting of the Bundesrat Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs was called for yesterday in Berlin, under chair- manship of the Bavarian Premier Count Hertling, to discuss the situa- tion created by the Pope’s note and to approve the lines of Chancellor Michaelis’ speech to the Reichstag today. Austrian Ruler. Regarded as Leadcr of Teuton Peace Efforts. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21.—Accord- ing to credible views gleaned in au- thoritative Austrian circles here, Katser Karl must be regarded as the soul of the Central Powers’ peace ner’s jury inthe caseof Lieut. Doug- las Malcolm, who shot and killed a foreigner, Anton Baumberg, who styled himself “Count de Borch.” Lieut. Malcolm returned on leave from France and found his wife with the so-called Count. He at- tacked the “Count” and afterwards challenged him to a duel, but the “Count” ignored the challenge. Mal- colm visited the “Count’s” London lodgings and other lodgers testified to hearing a struggle followed by a revolver shot. They found th: “Count” dead. Malcolm: surrendered to the first policeman he met. He testified be- Attorney-General Charles J. parte, Hudson Maxim of the Advisory Board, Perry Belmont, f mer president of the Navy . and David Jayne Hill, former + : bassador to the German empire. © Chief Young, in forwarding the letu ter, instructed the Captains to shes it to all men in their districts. said he would expect policemen % arrest all persons whom they mich hear expressing themselves disloyale ly, whether or not this is done at 9 public meeting. 7” Under this order policemen * well as agents of the Department ois Justice will attend the meeting to- « 2 ‘Politically, there is no su Prussia, Bavaria, Wurtten ‘empire,’’ but there is no | Those 25 states have te correspond remotely to ‘@ifferent number of votes Saxony four each, Baden ’ Brunswick two each and t Reichstag Nothing but The Reichstag or Imp gymee es. The membe! ‘But in practice the R ( im the preponderating po’ head of the ministry is tl ‘fore the Coroner's jury relative to Baum berg’s actions, but did not sug- gest self-defense in killing the man. Baumberg was under police suspi- cion of being an international spy. badges, but one man who wanted to know what the money went for had it explained to him that it was saving him money. “You see,’ the registering clerk explained, ‘“‘when you wear this badge you don’t have to pay to go any- where. It admits you to the camp grounds, to the big ball, to the com- petitive drill, and everything.’’ The delegate was satisfied. He paid his dollar. One who walks through the streets in the neighborhood of convention headquarters cannot help noticing the influx of watermelon peddling wagons. They are everywhere, the drivers in their plaintive cries em- phasizing ‘‘ripe, juicy watermelons.” They appear to be doing a good busi- | $3.50 A TON IS 300 night at the Odeon of the | Council of America, a Socialist or-"~ ganization which is openty oppossd” to selective conscription and in fa | of an immediate peace on the basiy + of no annexations and no indemni- — ties. Among the scheduled speakary — BOY INJURED IN 2-STORY FALL|tie« "Amons ie scheduled speakers Sees « Cede Aa Wrance, Here on | Masses, a Socialist amiom ee Visit, Suffers Fractured Skull. | ©! 7 4 J La ae 1d, f Lieut. and Mrs. Maurice Lamour of | DEAD LETTER ODDS AND ENDS = TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION AUG, 2 France, fell from a second-story ‘List Includes Bungalow Aprons, | To. window yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Louis Eckert, 5106A bacco Coupons, Sheet Music and © Shaving Outfits. Kensington avenue, where he and Bungalow aprons, doilles, camese offensive, and the conviction is ex- pressed that he will keep up the agi- : tation with all the means at his dis- posal, regardless of public opinion in Germany or in enemy countries. This view is confirmed by the tributes to him on his first birthday as ruler appearing in the inspired Austrian press: The article features him as the foremost champion of peace among the rulers of the war- ring nations. The Freie Press says: “‘He has won the sympathies of the whole people because of the earnestness with which, not permit- ting himself to be sidetracked by minor considerations, he has made himself the center point of the Eu- ropean peace _ policy. Even his sharpest opponents in enemy coun- operation of cranking an automobile yesterday afternoon to a friend when -the machine backfired. His right arm was broken and he was taken to the city hospisal. DISTRICT DRAFT BOARD EXEMPTS ONLY 7 OUT OF 24 MEN Centinned From Page One. a commission in the Canadian Army if allowed three weeks time. Leo Scherburn, a fireman employed by the Missouri Pacific appeared be- fore the district board accompanied by Capt. J. M. Hundley of the Ma- chine Gun Company of the Fifth Mis- other Ministers, such as e fairs, are but underlings o eellor is not responsible to at the time of the Zabern | It is true that an inno Government was introduce must answer questions (as Reichstag. But there the |! One of the most gorgeously dec- orated streets -is Compton avenue, ‘from Pine street to Market street, where the tents of the uniformed knights are pitched on the Ranken tract. There are said to be 2000 o: these militarily outfitted negroes in the big camp which exteftids from the Compton avenue viaduct for a distance equal to two blocks west. Little white tents are pitched in long orderly rows and” throughout the gro s swarm khaki uniformed ne- groes, for the most part big, strong straight-standing young men. : Officers in Dark Blue. . Some of the older ones are of- ficers, wearing dark blue uniforms with yellow braid on the seams, and of its president, James F. Zipf of St. Louis, Sergeant in the United States Aviation Corps. A booklet auto- graphed by the members is to be pre- sented to Zipf. He is 28 years old, and has been head of the organiz’- tion for three years. The young men’s organization also will discuss plans to send pamphlets of prayers to Catholic soldiers in the national army, with exhortations not to forget the practice of their re- ligion. This morning’s session of the Cen- tral Verein was taken up with rou- tine business. SAYS COAL SOLD AT “From Plava to the sea, after hav- ing crossed the first line of the en- emy, which had been destroyed com- pletely, our troops brought pressure to bear upon him. Resisting strong- ly and being supported by consider- able artillery and a large number of machine runs, the enemy offered deaperate resistance. “Altogether, 208 airplanes inde- fatigably participated in the battle. attacking repeatedly with bombs and machine guns the troops assembled to thé rear of the enemy's positions. The infantry acticn vigorously con- tinues, while the artillery also is pro- ceeding energetically with fits work of destruction. “The enemy's losses are very se- ends. . es The members of the _ states making up, the Get name 17 members of the ] ‘votes casts 17 votes. The In the usual procedure, b -and then sent to the Rech: where the final a approval I his parents are visiting. His skull was fractured. He was taken to the Jewish Hospital. rious. The bcoty reported up to the h : des ws wit with sabers hanging at their sides. | ness. souri Infantry and said that if he t Mrs. Lamour is a sister of Mrs. infants’ clothing and booties, tob: ase et a2 Lore merge fe cae os Wherever these officers go they ars Former Congressman a Visitor. PER CENT PROFIT | were exempted he would join the brtag eee onal ebuuant teen Eckert. _Her husband ie an officer! c.g coupons, sheet music, playing, rat make the le : gu ee saluted and ms spacers tory. An engagement is in prog- said, may and may not be repaid, | 48k that when you conscript your not unfair if the dealer delivered the| businesses. A dental student, who will|enmtente nations during the war,| || | Seseiohd ress. certainly not for many years after} War profits and when you take the coal to the consumer. be graduated from college next}though American army and naval of- 4 ing in form. In Prt “In the direction of Fokshani yes- the war. Russia, he said, is in the | Wealth of your land that you follow Thomas T. Brewster, vice president | spring, was allowed until then to re-|ficers have taken part in some of the auH of Lords and | : terday morning, the Germans after)», oes of a revolution, and “Htaly, i¢| the lead of the nation just as you|2nd general manager of the Mount} port to the colors. deliberations of the technical men to Deputies. The members: | artillery preparation, undertook an reports are correct, is on the pn of | followed its lead when it asked of Olive and Staunton Coal Co., testified Examinations are being conducted |ensure co-operation in campaign : e ted by a system of offensive on both sides of the Fok- one.” you and you responded readily that|C0al was being sold to industrial} today in the Tenth, Fifteenth, Eight-|plans. This attitude on the part of : ich the vote of on shani-Ajud Rattway. By midday Telks of Bread Lines the youth of the land should be/| Plants at a small profit, but house-/eenth and Twenty-sixth wards. Injthe United States Government is un- |' ‘Yoting in circle number + they succeeded in occupying our first Possibility of bread lines this en, taken. holders were being charged high| most of the other districts exemp- | derstood to have been due to no lack as mich as thousands vot ; line trenches west of the railway, ter because of the high cost of livin prices to make up profits to the/tions are being considered. Ten wards | of sympathy or determination to co- “fumber three. It is the . but a counter attack drove them out he pictured thus: &, WOM AN SHOOTS SELF IN HOME operators. He said home consumers | are believed to have completed their | operate fully, but rather to the cony by. Dhth naan meuehee’ and the position was restored. East were not buying coal now, holding | quotas. viction that so far these conferences _ cious system must be chi “Always remember that the high prices already upon wus have taxed the common people of this country | for the support of this war to a much greater extent than the wealthy class have had to do with strictly Euro- pean issues, such as the settlement of the Balkan question, for instance. No such limitation applies to the of the railway the Rumanians under _ strong enemy pressure were com- _ pelled to retreat to the southern ap- peeeepes of the village of Marasechti. : “Caucasian The Tenth Ward has recalled 127 registrants, previously rejected for physical reasons, and on Friday will issue a call for 225 additional men off in anticipation of lower prices, and for this reason his company had sold elsewhere “arge quantities of coal produced particularly for this country for so long have sige a2 empire, filing places Not Shown Whether Shot Was Ac- cident or Intentional. Mrs. Hazel Scherb, 24 years old, of 110 North Fourteenth street, East There’s no ‘‘elbow jarring’ at each were taken by taxation. When bread lines shall be a familiar sight in every city of this land if the present price of the necessaries of life is main- tained during the coming -winter, when cold and hunger are daily visit- ore in thousands of homes, a condi- tion certain to exist during the com- ing winter months unleas relief from present prices can be found, I think the members of this Congress will realize they have contributed to the want and suffering of the people by refusing to place a fair portion of the financial burden of this war upon the Senator Hiram Johnson of Califor- front: In the region market. He declared it was his opin- | from order of call No. 255 to order of | Pope’s peace pro : - 2 posals, as these With their children Rs south ioe spare ted sg wee ae ae miter in- es an — — apogee 4 con ion coal prices would not be reduced, | call No. 505. touch interests vital to the United vee a Motor. That's why the LET en- er _ The German . A advan occupied series bers lass | herse n her home a o'clock |and consumers might have t a The. Se -| States. It is believed, h gine order deman ‘aieal - Villages on the Agred-Mount Limos- g ave to pay i venteenth Ward Board to owever, that ys and ds minimum repairs a In ‘considering Germs nse influence of thet this morning after sending her two small children to a store to get candy. A neighbor heard the shot and saw Mrs. Scherb run out on her front porch and fall. A revolver was found on the floor inside. There was nothing to indicate whether Mrs. Scherb had fired the shot intention- ally or by accident. The bullet entered her left side just beneath the heart. She was taken to St. Mary's Hospital.. Her husband, Paul Scherb, is a city fireman in East St. Louis. He was not at home at the time. the necessary re of co-opera- ! fe : tion between the nations at war with — Germany can be secured through ca- bled exchanges and conferences be- tween the diplomatic representatives and the foreign secretaries at the dif- ferent capitals. ARMY WANTS PHOTOGRAPHERS New Division Appeals for Enlist-" ment of Skilled Men. The newly-created photograph di- vision, Signal Corps, U. 8. R., is in need of skilled photographers, and day certified 17 additional names as ready to serve and sent in the names of 18 students of divinity of St. houis University who have obtained ex- emption. higher prices later, because the rail- roads would not be able to provide enough cars to haul the coal from the mines to the market. Does Not Approve “Hold-Up.” Brewster declared he did not ap- prove the policy of holding up the public for the last dollar it could stand as such a policy would be det- rimental to coal interests. He de- clared the railroads were largely re- sponsible for present conditions be- cause they had not furnished enough cars to. move the coal. He also en- tered upon a long defense of the coal operators and the Coal Burea: | Waegadjik-memban front. In the di- ection of Peudjoin our scouts ad- Wamcing toward Lake Keribar cap- z tured prisoners and arms.” | German Official BERLIN, via London, Aug. 21.— battle before Verdun has not yet eo the general headquarters staff announced today. This morning ) "engagements developed at va- us places. The statement adds: Jur troops and leaders anticipate a conclusion of the battle.” must not be. i,.with the or five miles an hour up Art Hill on ‘high’? bilities to the CHEVROLET. Bi And yet the CHEVROLET is the pricea Electrically Equipped Car weerd. Gale ts ont 6 an ieee ne to the dealer who delivers it to the consumer. There are many middlemen in the business who make a practice of buy- ing.coal from operators and selling it again to dealers at a profit. Brewster made a plea for greater efficiency in the coal business, assert- ing it was business economy for com- munities to buy coal from their near- WHAT HAPPENED? nia, in a apeech in the Senate yes-| | Left her purse on the counter— terday, declared the war profits taxes “quite trifling” and called for greater conscription of “wealth coined from the blood of war.” He called upon the Senate to apply Dropped a brooch in church. Dropped a key on the street. And an umbrella on the street car. Left fur on back of seat in theater. of the Fifth and Ninth Districts, and said this bureau had been organized as the result of conferences with the Federal Trade Commission which wished to get reliable information relative to the coal industry. He said he wished to see the coal] indus- est mines to eliminate long hauls. He said the output of Illinois coal could be increased from 60,000,000 tons a year to 100,000,000 tons if the rail- roads could furnish cars. When the Government begins the movement of troops and supplies later on, Brew- appeals for the enlistment of young men experienced in this line are be- ing sent out today by Capt. John A. Kick. Those desiring to enter this arm of service may obtain application blanks from H. L. Reber, president the same enthusiasm in levying war profits taxes as it showed in passing the draft bill. “With an unboun ding enthusiasm Fob fell off of his watch chain. All advertised through Post patch Lost and Found Wants Recoyered{ try stabilized. He denounce’ the coil igs-| jobber as a parasite in the business, —~jand said ihere was no reason why the ) icoal could not _be aol@bythe operator ster said, the car shortage would be- come more serious, ‘making it still more difficult to psrevide ranapette- | tion facilities for coal, | -— of the Kinloch Telephone Co., or Capt. Kick at the Chicago headquar- ters, Central Department, Signal * Corps, WG sR, —_
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