St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 8, 1917
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is Wing Wee > ‘ : * ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH POPLEFORPEACE SEMTETAKESUP SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER §8, 1917. ae pee eee eee — " 1. LOUIS BOARDS | ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Falla can no toneer vous ote Ey Marmers Sell Out by ing gained a yard of ground. Up to| the present, according to the an- | nouncement, the Austrians have) leaders that if they abandonea their, fight for suffrage when the war was ended the men of the nation ‘out of gratitude’ would enfranchise the women of the country. And if the MALONE QUITS AS Re patheg,.” wee foxits ee me en ee my . tare x . takén more than 6000 prisoners the Hermada region. According to the announcement th: Some of Men Bring Produce 30 Miles---Prices Austrians pressed back the Italians from Monte San Gabriele, northeas: of Gorizia. The Italians are said to have fled. eed French Official. | | PARIS, Sept. 8.—German attacks | last ‘micght in Lorraine, east of Rheims and on the Aisne front were repulsed, it is announced officially. | Market on South Broadway, | Jefferson avenue “We made successful incursions | Theannouncement adds: into the German lines near Epine de Chregny and north of Hill 344 on the right bank of the Meuse. took prisoners.” Itahan Official. KROME, Sept. 8.—More than 30,000 prisoners have been taken during the Italian offensive, the War Office an- nounces. The statement reads: “Yesterday we continued our ener- getic pressure northeast of Gorizia, | ‘ago, giving the keeping the enemy’s lines and com- munications under an intense bar- rage fire. ‘The total number captured by us during the actual of- fensive is 30,672, including 85s offi- cers.” SUSPECTED PLOT TO DESTROY DRAFT RECORDS DISCOVERED Fire in School Building Believed to Have Becn Started by Con- scripted Men. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 8.— What'is believed to have been an at- tempt to destroy the draft records in the Ninth division resulted in the burning of many examination records in the Whittier School. Conscripted men are believed by the draft boaca to have started the fire, which was discovered early in the morning and extinguished before serious damage had heen done the building. A desk, the one containing the records, two tables and six chairs were destroyed. Three weeks’ work went up in smoke—but that was the extent of the damage. The work of the draft willmat be hindered maternally Frank Brunyback, appeal attorney for the Ninth District, said today. The pa- pers burned were the records of the indivfdual examinations, 282 of then, less the records of those that claimed exemption, which had already been sent ‘to the district board. A re- capitplation of these records exists, unhafmed. It wasn't in the desk. The board started re-examinatiors immeé@diately, for while the genera. results were included in the recapitu- lation, the details were destroyed. Alierls comprise a large percentage of the men in the district eligible for draft. STEEDMAN ESTATE INVENTORY Physician’s Personality Valued 342,382; Realty Also Listed. An;inventory of the estate of Dr. I. G.;W. Steedman, who died May 15, last, jshows realty consisting of his home at 5394 Waterman avenue, two othet pieces of St. Louis realty, lots in Sherman, Tex., and personal propérty of par value of $342,382.38. The pérsonal estate consist of stocks valued at $172,400, bonds $150,000, cash «$19,703.13 and chattels $279.25 He owned $130,000 of U. S. Govern- ment bonds. Dr; Steedman, in a codicil to his will, left his estate to his three sons, Jame@s’H., George F. and Edwin. The codicil was made after the death in 1910 of his wife, to whom he had be- queathed all the estate. RECRUITS’ CONDUCT PERFECT PORT ROYAL, S. C., Sept. 8.—A thogand recruits undergoing inten sive -training at the United States Marine Corps recruit depot at Port Royal, S. C., went through the month of August with a perfect conduct rec- ord.’ There was not one offend>r against the regulations, a report te headtuarters states. “The lads realize that each has a man's duty to perform,” said Major- Genéral George Barnett, command- ing the “Soldiers of the Navy,” “and they! go about their work grimly. I am proud of them—every one.” GUARDIAN NAMED FOR PRINCE Fricdrich Leopold of Prussia Runs Up Debts of $250,000. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8.—Prince Friefirich Leopold of Prussia, broth- er of the airman, Prince Friedrich Kark, who died after being wounded and‘captured by the British, has been placed under guardianship on accgunt of his extravagance. The Prince was living at Munich, where he ran up debts amounting to about $25,000. at » ~ « In | ‘farmers who brought in wagon and We} ‘to the women of the neighborhood, of prisoners | to consumers. 10:30 A. M. at New Market Are About the Same as at Grocery Stores in Neighborhood. Opening day of the Wild Hunter between and Chippewa street, was such a success that 35 truck loads of vegetables, fruits and melons had sold out by 10:30 a. m. who came with baskets and boxes to carry home their purchases. The prices at which produce was sold from the wagons were about the same, and in some instances higher, than prices quoted by grocery stores in the neighborhood. The market was opened under the provisions of an ordinance, enacted a few months Director of Streets and Sewers authority to designate points in the city at which the farm- ers could sell their products direct The Tenth Ward Im- provement Association was _ instru- mental in having the Wild Hunter Market opened. The farmers’ wag- ons were lined up for two blocks on one side of the street. Some farmers came from 25 to 30 miles to sell their produce. Their wagons were loaded with potatoes, which sold at $1.35 a bushel; toma- toes, at $1.25 a bushel; green beans at 75 cents a peck; green peppers at 40 cents a bushel; apples at 70 cents a bushel and melons and canteloupes at prices according to size and qual- ity. Farm wagons loaded with produce began arriving at the market at 2 a. m., some of the farmers having left their homes at 6 p. m.. yester- day. By daybreak groups began to flock to the market, and until the last basketful was sold at 10:30 a. m. both vendors and purchasers were bu The majority of the pur- chasers appeared to be from the lab- oring classes who live in this neigh- borhood. A band played from 7 a. m. until the market closed. An aft- ernoon band concert was arranged. MISSING WITNESS N RAY CUMMINS CASE APPEARS Mrs. Margaret Champagne Clos- eted for an Hour With the Circuit Attorney. Mrs. Margaret Champagne of 730 Carpenter place, missing witness for three days in the grand jury investi- gation of Burglar George Frank’s statement that Policeman Ray Cum- mins was his close friend and asso- ciate during a period when he was robbing 150 apartments in St. Louis, appeared suddenly at the Circuit At- torney’s office this morning and was closeted with Circuit Attorney Mc- Daniel for more than an hour. The Circuit Attorney has said that he considered Mrs. Champagne prob- ably the most: important witness in his efforts to corroborate Frank's statement. Detectives had been searching for her with a grand jury subpena for three days and had re- ported they were unable to find her. Will Go Before Grand Jury. No intimation of the result of the conference was given out by the Cir- cuit Attorney, But the subpena to apRear Monday before the grand jury was served on Mrs. Champagne. Other witnesses who will appear Monday are Frank, who will be brought from the penitentiary under guard, and Sybil Brown, who lived with him in St. Louis before his ar- rest. She will be brought from Lan- sing, Mich., by Assistant Circuit At- torney Russell who will depart to- night. Richard Kent of 2208 Chestnut street, a negro owner of service cars. was an important witness found yes- terday by detectives. The Circuit Attorney learned that Kent had driven Cummins on at least three oc- casions to Olive street and Spring avenue, where Cummins had entered a house. Kent, it is understood, was not certain which house Cummins entered, but placed the number be- tween 3734 and 3742 Olive street. Cummins Said to Have Had Key. Frank lived at 3740 Olive street, and in his statement said Cummins was a frequent visitor in his flat. Frank has said that Cummins had a key to the apartment, and it is under- stood that Kent will corroporate this to the extent of saying that Cummins entered the house without knocking or ringing the bell. The witnesses heard yesterday by the grand jury included Mr. and Mrs William How, who conduct a grocery at 3724 Penrose street, above which Frank lived at the time of his arrest, and Edna Stevens of 1305 Chestnut street, whose address was erroneously given in yesterday's Post-Dispatch as 1307 Chestnut street. Gardener Dies at 99. LONDON, Sept. 8.—The death oc- curred of William Turner, a well- known market gardener at Caris- brooke, in his one hundredth year. Help needed at home can be called through a Post-Dispatch Want Ad. _— ae | . together: !POST-DISPATCH alone . . POST-DISPATCH excess CIRCULATION Average for the first 6 Months, 1917: Sunday, 362,858 | Daily and Sunday, 195,985 92% weekday in St. *‘PFirst in Everything,’’ ee eee. ee ee . . Rain or Shine The POST-DISPATCH holds its enviable position as : the predominating advertising medium of St. Louis. For instance, Friday the Home-Merchants bought 18 Cols. More space in the POST-DISPATCH alone than they did in -3 out of all 4 of the other St. Louis newspapers added ' 3 out of all 4 of the other papers combined...... 66 Cols. eee over all 3 combined .18 Cols. Louis and Suburbs. DISCREPANCIES FOUND IN FUND; CASHIER IS MISSING Auditors Report Irregularities in Books of National Enameling Co. at Granite City. Announcement that discrepancies had been found in the accounts of the National Engraving and Stamp- ing Co., in Granite City, and that A. D. Hyatt, a cashier, had been miss- ing since Thursday of last week, was made this morning by the secretary to George W. Niedringhaus, second vice president of the company. The discrepancies were discovered by auditors from the New York of- fice of the company, but no state- ment has been made of their nature or extent. The company employs three cash- iers, all of whom have the handling of money in the company’s sinking fund, and it is said that the discrep- ancies are in this fund. Auditors in the Granite City of- fices several weeks ago reached the conclusion that there were errors in the accounts, but awaited the arrival of the New York auditors’ before taking any action. Hyatt disappeared two days before the New York au- ditors began work on the books. Hyatt resided with his wife at 2319 C street, Granite City. Neighbors said today that Mrs. Hyatt left home early this morning and that they thought she had gone to St. Louis. LAWYER ACCUSED OF PERJURY IN QUALIFYING AS BONDSMAN Samuel Levitt Chuaracterizes Arrest as “Outrage,” Saying He Has $7500 Worth of Property. Samuel Levitt of 1241 North King's highway, a lawyer in the Title Guaranty Building, was arrested at his home at 1 a. m. today on a war- rant issued at Festus, Mo., charging him with perjury in qualifying as a bondsman in a civil suit. The allegation is that he falsely swore that he owned $7500 worth of St. Louis real estate. Levitt characterized his arrest as “an outrage,’ and said it was the outcome of litigation in which one of his clients was trying to obtain possession of a quantity of factory junk which he had contracted to buy at Festus. A week ago, he said, he signed an appeal bond for his client. There was no ground for the charge of perjury, he said, as he owned more than enough property to cover the amount of the bond. INVESTIGATION ORDERED INTC JUDGE'S DRINKING CHURCH WINE Shipment Into Oklahoma for Sacra- mental Purposes Confiscated and Stored in Courtroom. OKLAHOMA CITY, OkK., Sept. 8.— Gov. R. L. Williams has directed At- torney-General Freling to conduct an inquiry into the alleged action of Cleveland County officials in seizing a shipment of sacramental wine con- signed to Father John Metter of Nor- man. In directing the inquiry the Gov- ernor quoted the letter sent him by Father Metter, which states that the liquor was stored in a courtroom afid that the wine could not be returned since storing of the wine in the courtroom was marked by the “hon- orable Judge becoming intoxicated.” BRITISH SHIP SUNK, GREW SAVED U-Boat Torpedoes Steamer Delphic Off the Irish Catst. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. &8.—The British steamship Delphic, a vessel of 8273 tons of the White Star Line, has been sunk by a German submarine, according to word received here to- day. The sinking occurred Aug. 15, the advices stated, some distance off the Irish coast while the vessel was under army convoy. The crew was saved. KATY DECISION HERE IN A WEEK Judge Hook to Rule in Suit for Ad- ditional Recetver. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—On comple- tion of arguments on the question of | appointing an additional receiver for | the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail- | way Co. in the Federal Court here to- day Judge Hook announced that he would give his decision in St. Louis in about a week. He said he wished to persue the minutes of the action carefully be- fore reaching a conclusion. Airplanes Kill Two in German Town COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8—tThe| Vossische Zeitung of .Berlin states that two persons were killed and, three seriously injured in aeroplane | attacks on the town of Lahr, Ger- many, Sept. 4 CALLED 18,096 MEN FOR QUOTA OF 4377 Ratio of Those Examined to Those Accepted for Army Is More Than 4 to 1. 600 FAIL TO APPEAR Only One Taken of Six Tested in Fourth Ward Against 1 to 2 in Sixteenth. To raise St. Louis’ quota of 4377 men for the national army, St. Louis ward draft boards have had to sum- mon 18,696 men, of whom all were examined but about 690, who failed to appear. This number includes 150 who are to be summoned in the Thirteenth Ward, in addition to the 1050 thus far called in that ward. The Thir- teenth Ward board believes it will complete the ward’s quota with the men obtained from this final call. The other wards are assured of their quotas from the number al- ready examined, though five of them have not completed their lists. Ex- cess certifications in some wards over the quotas will bring up the total number accepted to somethinz more than 4400. will be used first in a second draft or in case any of the men first drafted have to be replaced before mobilization is completed. In getting approximately 4400 men out of about 18,100 examined the ward boards have scored a percent- age of 24.3 per cent, or have exana- ined an average of a little more than four men to get a man. Figures by wards, showing the quota of each ward and the num- ber of men called for examinatibon in each ward, are as follows: Number Called. 472 570 610 1,300 552 440 538 427 697 508 648 350 1,200 692 742 258 577 536 570 460 - 545 481 618 1,152 850 705 1,200 1,000 18,696 The number first called in nearly every ward was twice the ward quota. The Sixteenth, as the figures show, is the oniy one which accepted one-half of the men first called, and did not have to call more than twice the quota for examination. The Fourth Ward, where six men had to be examined to accept one man, has a large population, and discharges on physical grounds were numerous there. The Twenty-eighth Ward, where it was nearly as diffi- cult to get the quota, has a large number of indoor workers who failed to qualify on physical grounds, and of young married men who were ex- empted for dependents. Two hundred additional men were called today in the Fifteenth Ward to appear Sept. 13 and 14 at the ward headquarters, in the Lafayette Park Police Station. Chairman Richard- son says they are to supply any pos- sible shortage in the ward's quota. St. Louis Board Gets Instructions in Appeals on Industrial Grounds. The District Appeal Board re- ceived explicit instructions from President Wilson today with respect to proceedure and the preparation of papers in appeals for exemption on industrial grounds from the de- cision of the district board to the President. A telegram from the President gave directions as to wha‘t papers should be filed, and how they should be certified. Richard P. Ralph, government attorney for District No. 3, of St. Louis County, with headquarters at Kirkwood, filed appeals with the District Board today in 163 cases in which the local board had granted exemptions. The appeals were fron decisions granting exemptions both on physical and dependency grounds. The local boards of St. Louis County certified to the district board today the names of 24 additional men as ready to serve, and 14 exemp- tions. The Tenth Ward Board cer- tified the names of 23 men exempt- ed, and the Nineteenth Ward Board certified the names of 18 men wh) has not answered the call to report for examination. P. F. Jarvis, manager of the Sul- livan Machinery Co., Railway Ex- change building, served notice on the board that he would appeal the ap- plication for the exemption of one of his employes, F. W. Glacken, to the President. Oklahoma Wheat Crop. -. OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 8.—Ok- lahoma’s wheat crop this year will yield 29,396,000 bushels, according to the monthly crop report of the State Board of Agriculture. This is more than early estimates and is a practic- ally normal crop. Wheat threshed out 10.3 bushels per acre, according to the report. Pe =) These excess men’ PORT COLLECTOR 10 AID SUFFRAGISTS New York Official Resigns to Take Up Fight for Vote for Women. LETTER TO _ PRESIDENT Declares He Believes Executive Should Press Enactment of Amendment to Constitution. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Dudley Field Malone, Customs Collector at New York, tendered his resignation to President Wilson yesterday in pro- test against the failure of the Presi- dent to advocate passage of the Fed- eral suffrage amendment and be- cause he permitted the imprisonment of women who have been picketing the White House. Malone, who as counsel defended the first of the militants arraigned in Police Court here, told the President in his letter of resignation that in as much as he had promised the women of the suffrage states that he would exert all his energy to have the na- tional Democratic administration in- dorse suffrage by constitutional amendment, he felt obliged to resign and devote himself to redeeming that pledge. In quitting the office of Collector of the Port of New York, Malone leaves one of the best paid places in the Government service. He is a son-in-law of former Senator O’Gor- man. Text of Letter. His letter of resignation follows: ‘Dear Mr. President—Last au- tumn, as the representative of your administration, I went into the wom- an suffrage states to urge your re- election. The most difficult ergu- ment to me, among tne seven million women voters was the failure of the Democratic party, throughout four years of power, to pass the Federal suffrage amendment looking toward the enfranchisement of all the wom- en of the country. Throughout those states, and particularly in California, which ultimately decided the election by the votes of women, the women voters were urged to support you, even though Judge Hughes already had declared for the Federal suffrage amendment, because you and your party, through liberal leadership, were more likely nationally to en- franchise the rest of the women of the country than were your 0Jp- ponents. And if the women of the West voted to re-elect you, I prom- ised them I would spend all my en- ergy, at any sacrifice to myself, to get the present Democratic adminis- tration to pass the Federal suffrage amendment. But the present policy of the administrntion, in permitting splendid American women to be sent to jail in Washington, not for carry- ing offensive banners, nor for picket- ing, but’ on the technical charge of obstructing traffic, is a denial even of their constitutional right to peti- tion for and demand the passage cf the Federal suffrage amendment. [!t herefore now becomes my profound obligation actively to keep my prom- ise to the women of the West. Helpless in 20 States. “In more than 20 states it is a practical impossibility to amend tho state constitutions; so the women of those states can only be enfranchised by the passage of the Federal suf- frage amendment. Since England and Russia, in the midst of the great war, have assured the national en- franchisement of their women, shou!d we not be jealous to maintain our democratic leadership in the wort by speedy national enfranchisement of American women? To me, Mr. President, as I urged upon you in Washington two months ago, this ‘s not only a measure of justice and democracy; it is also an urgent War measure. The women of the nation are, and always will be, loyal to the country, and the passuge of the suf- frage amendment is only the firs: step towards their national emanci- pation. But unless the Government takes at least this first step towards their enfranchisement, how can the Government ask millions of Ameri- can women educated in our schools and colleges and millions of Amcri- can women in our homes, toiling tor economic independence in every line of industry, to give up by conscrip- tion their men and happiness to a war for democracy in Europe while these women citizens are denied the right to vote on the policies of the Government which demands of them such sacrifice? “For this reason, many of your ardent friends and supporters feel that the passage of the Federal suf- frage amendment is a war measure which could appropriately be urged by you at this session of Congress. For the whole country gladly ac- knowledges, Mr. President, that no vital piece of legislation has come through Congress these five years except by your extraordinary and brilliant leadership. And millions of men and.women today xope that you will give the Federal suffrage amendment to the women of the country by the valor of your leader- ship now. “LT have not approved all tne meth- ods adopted by women in the pur- suit of their political liberty; yet, Mr. President, the Committee on Suffrage of the United States Senate was formed in 1883 when I was one year old; this same Federal suffrage amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878; brave women iike Susan B. Anthony were petitioning Congress for the suffrage before the Civil War, and at the time -f the Civil War, men like William Lloyd Garrison, Horace Greeley and Wen- dell Phillips assured the suffrage | men of this country had been peace- fully demanding for over half a cen- tury the political right or priviege to vote, and had been continuwusiy ignored or met with evasion by suc- cessive Congresses as have the wom- en, you, Mr. President, as a lover of liberty, would be the first to conipre- hend and forgive their inevitable im- patience and righteous inu:xnation. “It seems a long seven years, Mr. President, since I first campaigned with you when you were running for Governor of New Jersey. In every circumstance throughout those years J have served you with the most re- spectful affection and unshadowed devotion. It is no small sacrifice now for me, as a member of your administration to sever our political relationship. But IT think it jis high time that men in this gence. ti.n, at some cost to theniselves, stood up to battle for the matiuvunal enfrtanchise- ment of American women Su in or- der effectively to keep my promise rude in the West and niore freely to go into this larger field of demo- cratic effort, I hereby resign tiny of- fice as Collectvr-of the port of New York, to take effect at once, or at your earliest convenience. “Yours respectfully, “DUDLEY FIELD MALONE.” FORMER RUSSIAN WAR MINISTER ACCUSED OF DEFENDING SPIES Reputation Witnesses Heard at Trial of Gen. Soukhomlinoff Charged With Treason. PETROGRAD, Sept. 8&.—Testimony regarding the reputation of Col. Mis- soievoff was given yesterday at the trial of Gen. Soukhomlinoff, former Minister of War, who is accused of high treason. The only testimony di- rectly affecting the defendants was given by Col. Erandakoff of the Army Information Department, who declared that the former War Min- ister defended and tried to prevent the expulsion from Russia of cer- tain German spies and others sus- pected in connection with Missoie- voff’s activities. Boris Suvorin, editor of Novoe Vremya, testified that M. Gutchkoff, president of the third Duma in 1912, gave him a quantity of data regard- ing Col. Missoievoff which he pub- lished and the following day Mis- soievoff called on him and demanded to know the author of the article. The witness stated that he refused to give the name. A few days later Col. Missoievoff attacked the editor. Following this incident, Col. Missoie- voff challenged him to a duel, but Suvorin’s seconds, the witness de- clared, decided that the challenger was an unfit person with whom to cross swords. Later Missoievoff brought suit for libel against Suvorin but the court found against him. WOMAN SHOOTS GROCER WHO SHE SAYS “TALKED” ABOUT HER Policeman’s Wife Fires Five Shots, ial Two of Which Are Effective. Mrs. Pearl Zeitler, 32 years old, of 4567 Newport avenue, wife of Po- liceman George Zeitler, at 8:15 o’clock last night fired five shots at Frank Flieschacker, a grocer, at 4600 Varrellman avenue. Two bul- lets hit the grover in the right jaw. He was taken to the Lutheran Hos- pital. Mrs. Zeitler was arrested. The shooting occurred in the door- way of the grocery. Mrs. Zeitler called Flieschacker from behind a counter and asked him what he meant by “talking’’ about her. She then opened fire. Mrs. Zeitler told the police she had been a witness for Mrs. Flieschacker in a recent divorce proceeding. Later the Fleischackers became reconciled. COUNT DE BEAUFORT WEDS AGAIN Bride is Terre Haute Girl Whose Parents Opposed Marriage. TERRE HAUTE, Sept. 7.—Count Van Murik de Beaufort, or, as he says he now wants to be known, Mr. de Beaufort, and Miss Helen Reiman, daughter of a wealthy merchant, went to Charleston, IIl., in an auto- mobile this week and were married. They are not at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Reiman, who are said to have op- posed the marriage. The bride is 18 years old. De Beaufort came here a week ago representing that he was commis- sioned to make addresses in behalf of Belgium, but he delivered none. He wore a striking uniform and was a notable figure about town. De Beaufort has a dog, as he had when he was in the limelight in Chicago, where he married the late Irma Kil- gallon, the daughter of a wealthy iron manufacturer, who divorced him and was married later to Joe Howard, the actor. NO DATE FOR SECOND ARMY CALL Gen. Crowder Says He does Not Know President Contemplates. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Provost Marshal-General Crowder, in issuing new rulings concerning the execution of the selective draft law, reiterat- ed that no date has been set for a second call for men for the national army and that, so far as is known, no second call is contemplated by President Wilson. Rulings issued today provide that a registrant, whose order of lability does not permit of his being selected for the first quota cannot even at his own request be advanced and sent with that quota. The acceptance of substitutes for men selected for mil- itary duty is prohibited and loca) boards are instructed not to consider claims for exemption based upon a discharge of a registrant from the army, navy or marine corps at the expiration of enlistment or for some physical disability, since corrected. 10 Trucks Burn in Garage. Ten auto delivery trucks were de- stroyed by fire in the garage of the Grand Laundry, 3038 Lawton avenue. at 12:45 o'clock this morning. The fire was caused by combustion of gas fumes in the exhaust pipe of one of the cars. The damage was estimated at $6000. SP Rt na A ln ee Al mee | BY CONCILIATION, SAYS SCHEIDEMANN Socialist Leader Urges Chancel- lor to Discredit Pan-Ger- man Propoganda. ARTICLE IN VOERWAERTS Opposes Peace at Any Price, but Says Conquest Demands Are Without Conscience. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8.—The over- whelming majority of the German people are for a peace by concilia- tion, according to an article by Phil- lip Scheidemann, the Socialist leader, published in the Berlin Vorwaerts. The article urged the imperial Chan- cellor to discredit the present pan- German maneuvers for “a Hinden- burg peace.” The Socialist leader says no one in Germany wants peace at any price, but that those who live with the people know the real feelings of the army and navy. They know Ger- many will defend herself to the last drop of blood, and, at the same time, they know also that Germany is ready today to sign a concillatory peace. Therefore, Herr Scheidemann con- siders that the propaganda for con- quest now bheing preached reaches the limit of consciencelessness. He adds that most of the German people favor peace by conciliation and de- clares that it is the first duty of the Government to state solemnly that it has nothing to do with pan-Ger- man tactics. COPENHAGEN, Sept 8.—The Vienna Reichspost, the Austrian Clerical Organ, says it has received by way of Switzerland a statement to the effect that if the answers to the Pope’s peace note show the poc- sibility of success the Pope will issu» invitations for a peace conference and will follow this with a note suggesting an armistice. If the peace proposal is definitely sejected, the newspaper adds, Pope Benedict at a later date will express his views on peace in an encyclical. Clerical Center to Back Up Erzber. ger in Reichstag. LONDON, Sept. 8.—The Clerical Center party in the German Reich- stag, it is understood from reliable German sources, in order to prevent the initiative in the movement for parliamentary reform from falling into the hands of the Socialists, will back up firmly the declaration that Mathias Erzberger, the party leader, intends making before the Reichstay Committee, says Reuter’s Amster- dam corespondent. The party, it is said, even contem- plates a refusal to vote the govern- ment credits if its demands are nct acceded to. | In his declaration, Herr Erzberger, it is believed on the same authority, will demand the immediate introduc- tion of a government responsible to the Reichstag, and will suggest that Alsace-Lorraine itself shall decide the question of its alliance. Protests Against Reichstag’s Peace Move Show Signs of Carcful Nurture. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 8.—A well- defined movement is manifesting itself in Germany, combining a pro- test against the attitude of the Reich- stag majority in adopting the peace resolution with expressions of indig- nation at the references in President Wilson’s reply to Pope Benedict to internal conditions in that country. Business organizations in various parts of Germany show signs of careful nurture and acceleration of the movement from some _ central force, which is perhaps not far re- moved from the interests now con- trolling the Lokal Anzeiger of Ber- lin, the main protagonist o@ the movement. This situation should be consid- ered in connection with the cam- paign now being made in the con- servative press for overthrow of the Reichstag’s decision. How far these newspapers are in earnest in sug- gesting dissolution of the Reichstag is difficult to determine. They cer- tainly do not desire it unless the Government will use the _ election machinery in connection with press propaganda, in favor of annexation- ist conditions in the campaign. The Chamber of Commerce of El- bing is the latest commercial organ- ization to join those in Berlin, Bre- men, Hamburg and Lubeck in pro- tests against peace without annexa- tions and the note of President Wil- son. The municipal authorities of Halle have issued a flaming protest against Mr. Wilson, declaring that he insulted the German people gravely and shamefully in his reply to the Pope. Only a few newspapers thus far have printed the reports from Washington stating that the American note did not necessarily mean the elimination of the Hohen- zollerns was regarded as essential to peace. Those which have published them are scarcely pleased. Catholic Centrist Party Replies to President Wilson. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 7.— The Roman Catholic Centrist party has issued a formal statement deal- ing with President Wilson's reply to the peace note of Pope Benedict. It urges that the President's message, although phrased in a tone which is considered offensive, should be con- sidered wholly in the light of its es- sential and objective principle. This, it is pointed out, gives a different picture from that reflected in the early press comment. The declaration of the Centrists then discusses the discrepancy be- tween the war aims set down in President Wilson's message and MINOR CLAUSES OF WAR TAX BILL Final Vote on Measure as Whole Must Be Taken Not Later Than Monday. HIGH TAX MEN BEATEN Finance Committee’s Income Tax Provision Adopted After Spirited Debate. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—With the hotly contested war profits and in- come tax sections of the war revenue bill out of the way the Senate today took up for final disposition minor points of dispute in the measure. The final vote on the bill asa whole must be taken not later than Mon- day. High tax advocates lost their fight again yesterday when the Senate ten- tatively adopted the Finance Com- mittee’s income tax provisions de- Signed to raise $842,000,000 addi- tional revenue from individuals and corporations. The group of Senators who op- posed the army draft law, made up of Senators Gronna, Hardwick, La Follette, Reed and Vardeman, re- ceived a setback when the Senate re- jected, 74 to 5, a proposal by Hard- wick to increase taxes on big incomes to pay $50 monthly to all Americans serving in France. The amendment aroused the Senate’s ire as it has not been aroused in a long while, Senator Nelson, Republican and a Civil War veteran, denouncing it as “humiliating and belittling to Amer- ican soldiers.’ “Our boys are not as cheap as some statesmen,” he added. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Military Committee, with evident feeling, cited Senator Hardwick's op- position to the draft law and declared the amendment tended to demoralize’ the army and help toward further resistance of the law. In reply Senator Hardwick claimed the right of free ‘speech, defended his course in opposition to the ad- ministration and attacked what he called the “flamboyant patriotism” of his critics. Senator Williams criticized the Georgia Senator's past and present attitude toward the draft law and ridiculed his speech. “I take it that very few Senators, probably not over five,” said Senator Williams, ‘‘will not agree that we have seldom witnessed a finer case of self-inflation and puffed up self- acting than that which has just been shown upon this arena.” Senator Reed interrupted with an appeal to the chair to rule the lan- guage out of order, but Senator Rob- inson, presiding, decided it had not transgressed Senate rules. East St. Louis Negro, Out on Bond on Another Complaint. Two charges of murder against politician, in connection with the killing of Detective Coppedge and Wadley on the night of July 1, were dismissed at Belleville today. Hayes was released on $2000 bond on an- other charge of assault with intent to kill. C. W. Middlekauf, who has been assisting the Attorney-General in the investigation of the race riots, said that numerous requests had been received from East St. Louis politicians for Hayes’ release. He said in order to “give the enemy a fair chance” the murder charges against Hayes were dropped, so he could be released on bond. Middle- kauf said that the State could reach Hayes whenever it wanted him and that if deemed necessary he could be reindicted. — adding that in this respect Wilson's reply ought to prove acceptable. The statement then deals with the President’s demand that the Ger- man people stand surety for their Government, saying: “What Mr. Wilson has to say con- cerning the democratization of the German empire has only demon- strated the helpless ignorance of this learned President of the United States. He does not seem to have the slightest conception of German conditions. “Where is the more democratic Washington? If in truth’ there stands today at the head of any bel- ligerent nation a real autocrat, he may be found in the United States. dent that the accredited representa- tives of the German people on July 1 and of this year solemnly partici- pated in the disposition of their destinies? And is it further unknown to him that the German Chancellor has summoned seven members from the ranks of Parliament to confer and collaborate with him in formu- lating the reply to the Pope? , “In no other country does a sim- ilar institution exist, and no other so-called parliamentary system of Government possesses a similar body of constituted representatives of the people which wields equal influence spect of an important international problem. Se a a “Mr. Wilson may rest assured that whatever we recognize to be the de- mand of the hour we will accept of our volition. He will surely have learned that any attempt from with- out to force a strong and mighty those proclaimed by the entente,! tle luck with the German people.” DR ry ee UE ee ee - ot 7 sda an Ss SBS et eR e >. te Bo tes rae od Eo! ae ae ea Pewee eee upon the shaping of politics In re-. STATE DROPS MURDER CHARGES . Matt Hayes, an East St. Louis negro | system to be found today—Berlin or . It is necessary to remind the Preai- .. ‘ Jig, : tas tas nee ee ee te» 5 eee ; vf ne is ed Po eghgnc™ he vr. eee a) 4, : ned Tee ey > s 4 Tries | 4 3 Salk J, a : os a ae ee aS, AN readin Se ne a aia) Mee Ee re people to adopt a certain constitu- * ad tion is wholly inadmissible. Insuch ~ an attempt he is bound to have lite i. oe’ es
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