St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 3, 1917

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' ta! ’ Circulation Biggest Ever! @he circulation of the Daily Post-Dispatch tn 8t. Louls, compared season by season, is greater than ever before in the history of this newspaper. This also true of 4he Sunday Post-Dispatch. lation books open to all.” “First in Everything.” “Cir- The Only Evenng Paper Se a ee hy ee eed md a. ig = * ie = in St Louis W ith ee ee dae ee ~~ ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH the Associated Press News Service N | G.H T ED ITION OL. 70. NO. 75. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1917—14 PAGES. PRICE} St. Louis and Suburbs, One Cent Elsewhere, Tuo Cents. JERLIN ANNOUNCES CAPTURE OF FIRST RITISH SINK GER CRUISER AND 10 SMALL SHIPS IN NORT GERMANS TRY NEW ELECTRIC BOAT IN ATTACK ON PATROL MIAN Craft Controlled From Distance Destroyed by British Off Belgian Coast. LONDON, Nov. 3.—An attack was made today on British vessels pa- trolling the Belgian coast by an elec- trically controlled high-speed boat. The boat was destroyed. The following official was given out: ‘statement vessels patrolling the Belglan coast by an electrically-controlled, high- speed boat. The attack was defeat- ed and the boat destroyed.” H SEA 4 dmjralty Announces Engagement in Cattegat---64 Prisoners Are Brought In. The term “electrically controlled’’ probably means that the boat ifs of a new type, without crew and con- trolled from the shore by an electric device. MEATLESS AND WHEATLESS DAYS FOR CITY PLANNED ANISH SAILORS SEE SIX. BURNING SHIPS GO DOWN Public Fating Places Asked to Set Aside Tuesday and Wednesday Beginning Nov. 14. A movement to get every hotel, restaurant and lunch room in he city to inaugurate a meatless Tu ::- e@clare Raider Sunk Was the Crocodile--- _ Wounded Men From German Cruiser Are Landed at Elsinore, Denmark. day and a wheatless Wednesday, will be started Monday by the Commer- cial Waste Committee of the Wom- an’s Central Committee of f[Tood Conservation. Mrs. George Dobler, chaicman of the committee, said today that the Jefferson, Planters and Marquette hotels, Vandervoort’s tea room ‘1nd the St. Louis Lunch Room, hid SF aleisted Press. LONDON, Nov. ¢ itish forces have been engaged in the Cattegat, an arm of the No ‘th Sea betw een Sweden and Denmark and that prisoners arc | An official Patoonant says that 10 armed patrol craft, in addi- ‘to the German auxiliary cruiser, which was equipped with six- _ ‘The statement issued ty the British Admiralty Says: **Further reports from our forces operating in “the Cattegat Sixty-four prisoners have been rescued by our forces. 3.—The Admiralty announces that certain | turants and lunch rooms. itish losses have been reported. |“‘Further details will be published on the return of our forces | agreed to co-operate in the can- paign. A committee of women w''ll begin work Monday to erlist all res- Clubs als! ‘will be asked to have one meatless and one wheatless day a week. The meatless and wheatless days I weil become effective Nov. 14, Mrs. city agree to the plan.~The house- wives will be asked to co-opera‘e, and to request the men in their fain- ilies to abstain from meat and wheat on the two days named. DISQUIET IN DUBLIN REPORTED No! Meetings of Parliament Have Been —— LONDON, Nov. the political situation ne Ireland, the Daily Mail today says: “There is reason to believe that a feeling disquiet has developed in Dublin dnd some county districts over the Sinn Fein situation. Prof. de Valera’s meetings fixed for Sun- day at Newbridge and Kildare have COPENHAGEN, Novy. 3.—A German commerce raider and five ed trawlers have been sunk by British destroyers in Scandi- reen Norway and Denmark. The British destroyers thus ef- ed another cleanup of German naval forces in Scandinavian “The raider was the Crocodile, according to the men of two They say they sighted the German vessels in Danish steamships. been prohibited.” Prof. de Valera is a member of Parliament for East Clare, but has never taken his seat. BANKS GIVE $1 FOR 97 PENNIES Tables Are Turned and Bankers Are Going to the Newsboys. CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—Tables . have been turned and the banks now are rcoing to the newsboys for money. They are giving one dollar for 97 cents with the provision that each of the 97 shall be a copper coin. The shortage of pennies is the calise due to the war tax. The new tax also succeeded in causing all records for postoffice re- mah auxiliary cruiser sunk in the North Sea were landed here | tod y. ceipts to be broken at the Chicago Postoffice yesterday when stamps to a value of $174,444.93 were sold, ex- ceeding by $40,000 all previous single day receipts, FAIR AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURE, Yiesterday — High, 45, at 3 p. m.; low, 32, at 5 Y HAND a fissourl — Fait tonight and to orro Ww; slightly warmer tonight in south and east por- tions and in ex- treme east por- tlon tomorrow. Iilinois—Fair tonight and tomor gow; slightly warmer tonight and fn south portion tomorrow. 3 Bitten by Same Dog. lelvin and Harry Kinderman, 11 and 9 years old, of 2929 Thomas were bitten yesterday after- , by a dog belonging to Mra. Bridget Kennedy of 2835 Dickson A court complaint was made ~~ net Mrs. Kennedy charging her th having an unmuzzied vicious J Another Historic Book on the War & Comparable in interest to Gerard's “My Four Years in Germany.” Eee a To be Published by the Post-Dispatch An Intimate Account of THE RUIN of BELGIUM By HUGH GIBSON First Secretary of the American Legation at Brussels For the first time, the full story of the execution of Edith Cavell is told by the man who was assigned by the American Minister to save her life, {f possible. Secretary Gibson handled her case for the American embassy and made a valiant fight in her behalf. It Starts Next Monday THE DAILY POST.DISPATCH No Sunday Installments Will Be Printed. It Will Appear Only in the Daily Editions. Enter Your Subscription Today. 1 ‘“‘An attack was made today on our | Dobler said, provided a majority of | the rsstaurants and luch rooms in thn: ‘ Member | down. | 23 we have-counted GERMANS RETIRE ON WEST FRONT, 200,000 ITALIANS CAPTURED a French Press Forward to River on 13-Mile Front in Oise Canal Sector. CAPTURE 422 BIG GUNS Paris Says Troops Are Continu- ing Progress—Heavy_ Fight- ing Near Chavignon. PARIS, Nov. 3.—-The French are advancing between the Oise Canal and the region of Corbeny and have reached the south bank of the AI- lette River, the War Office an- nounces. , The Germans have retreated to the north bank of the river. The bridges across the Ailette were de- stroyed by the Germans. Since Oct. 23 the French have captured 422 guns and 720 machine guns. The announcement follows: “In the course of the night our troops continued to make progress between the Oise Canal and the re- gion of Corbeny, and reached the south bank of the Ailette River over this entire front. (Friday night's official French communication, in which the beginning of this move- ment evidently was announced, has not been received.) “The enemy has retired to tho north bank of the river; whose bridges and foot bridges were cut. “Artillery fighting continues vigor- ously in the sector of Chavignon and at certain points in the region of the plateaus. “In materlal captured since Oct. 200 heavy and and a ~~ i of field guns, trench cannon 720 machine guns. “On the right bank of the Meuse (Verdun front) there were violent ar- tillery engagements in the region of Chaume wood. An enemy attack — of St. Mihiel was without re- . The night was calm everywhere as “In the perlod between Oct. 21 and '31 23 German airplanes were brought Of these 21 were destroyed | by our pilots after combat and two jal cannon. Furthermore, 28 enemy machines were damaged seriously and descended within the German lines.”’ i Associated Press. Blowing up the bridges as they re- treated, the Germans on the Aisne front in Northern France have given up thelr precarious hold on the Chemin-des-Dames plateau and re- tired to the north bank of the Ailette By | River, along a front of approximate- ly 13 miles, closely followed by the French. This retirement by the Ggrman Crown Prince has been in prospect since the recent successful drive by Gen. Petain, southwest of Lann, which carried the French to the banks of the Oise-Aisne Canal at the westerly end of the Chemin-des- Dames and gave them artillery dom- ination of a large section of the Ger- man lines to the east. ‘ The Germans are now on the north bank of the Ailette, a maxi- mum distance of a mile back of their previous positions, while th+ French have moved up to the south bank of the river. There igs no hint in the official re- ports from either side as to whether a further retirement by the Crown Prince {s in prospect. The prota- bilities seem that he will take a | position on the heights just north of the Aillette, which command:the ap- proaches to .on, keystone of the German western front at fes south- westerly bank. , UPRISING OF GERMANS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL REPORTED Railway Traffic Paralyzed, According to Private Advices Received in Bucnos Aires. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 3.—A Ger- man uprising is in progress in South- ern Brazil, completely paralyzing railway traffic, according to private reports received in railway circles here. i The strikes begun in this district are said to be apreading to other parts of Brazil. It is reported that only the etrictest military measures are making the movement of any trains possible. POLICEMEN CALLED 10 WAKE Vociferous Woman Mourncr Taken to City Hospital. Policemen were called to 18 North Eleventh street, the home of Frank Whitelaw, at 1:30 o'clock this morn- ing. A wake was in progress. Whité- law and some friends were mourning the death of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Julia Schlotman, 39 years old of 8 South Eleventh street, gave such a demonstration of grief that the other mourners thought that she was “overdoing the thing.” Her emotion was bordering on hysterla when the police arrived. She was removed to the city hospital and booked there on a charge a, peace disturbance. dis | Berlin Announces Quantity of Guns and Loot Taken Con- tinues to Increase. HELD BACK Rome Announces Teutons Have: Been “Detained” in Efforts to Cross Tagliamento. INVADERS BERLIN, Nov. 3.—More than 200,- 000 prisoners have been taken in the Austro-German campaign on the Italian front, the War Office re- ports. There was no_ important fighting on this front yesterday. The announcement follows: “There have been no further im- portant military operations. “Up to the present more than'! 200,000 prisoners and more = than) 1800 guns have been enumerated. The booty in machine guns, mine throwers, motor vehicles, baggage and other war material cannot be estimated even approximately. The Germans have retreated from | points along the Chemin des Dames in the Aisne sector of the front in France, according to last night’s of- ficial communication. The commu- nication gives no reason for the ma- neuver, but says it was made Thurs- day night systematically aud without interference by the French troops. The text of the statement said: “Unnoticed and undisturbed the enemy we Systematically with- drew our lines from the hilly front of the Chemin des Dames fast night.”’ PEERS = ARNO eT ITALIANS HOLD BACK TEUTONS ON TAGLIAMENTO Rome Announces Pressure Has Been Increased, but Troops Are Detaining Invaders. ROME, Nov. 3.-—Austro-German pressure was more noticeable on the left wing of the Itallan armies on the Tagliamento line, says the official statement issued today by the Italian War Office. Attempts made by the Teutons to reach the right bank of the river, the statement adds, has been detained by the Italian troops. By Associated Press Gen. Cadorna has halted on the western bank of the Tagliamentu River momentarily at least to face the oncoming Austro-Germans. The eastern bank of the river, Berlin reports, has been cleared of Italians from the Vella Valley, where the Tagliamento turns westward near Tolmezzo, to the Adriatic. Italian guns’ are bombarding the invaders along the new line, but ap- parently no attempt has yet been made by the Austro-Germans tc force a crossing of the river. There are no indications as to the where- abouts of the Austro-Germans re- ported driving through the Camic Alps early in the week in an attempt to turn the flank of hurrying troops and guns into the Trentino. . This might be meant either to strengthen the Austrians there or to start a drive south from Trent in an attempt to cut off the Italians now on the Venetian piains. Swiss Believe Teutons Plan to En- trench on the Tagliamento. GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 3.— Swiss soldiers stationed on the Alpine heights on the frontier in the Canton of GriSons report that since the Ger- mans captured Udine, the number of troop trains going in the direction of Trent has been doubled. The Swiss troops say that when heavy artillery trains are passing the Germans make smoke curtains at exposed points to prevent the number of guns being ascertained by onlookers. P The Swiss soldiers declare there is every evidence that the Germans were surprised by their success against the Italians, but intend to take every advantage of the situation and are preparing to entrench on the Tagliamento, ds they did on the Marne, in the event of a failure in their forward movement. ——— POLICE FORCE JOBS 60 BEGGING The rule adopted when the present! police force was organized in 1899, | limiting applicants for membership, to men who had resided in 8t. Louis) four years and who were qualified | voters, has been abolished. The war having drawn so many men from the ranks of those eligible for police service, the Board of Po- lice Commissioners found police jobs had gone begging. Police jobs in St. Louls now are open to men of good character, who measure up to the physical standard andage limits. Six 13-Year-Old Boys Run Away. Six boys, all 13 years old, ran away from the Christian Orphans’ Home, 4951 North Euclid avenue, yester- day. They were James Burroughs, Lawrence Miller, Thomas Vaughan, Everett Thomas, John Turner and John Wilke. by | WRITER TELLS OF SCENES. DURING ITALIAN RETREAT Traffic Clogged Roads, Automo- biles Making Only 30 Miles | in Two Days. WOMEN FLED IN _ RAIN ~ Caravans Without Food; Hori- zon Ablaze With Continual Munitions Explosions. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Thursday, Nov. 1.—The immensity of the convulsion through which the Italian army is passing makes individual impres- ‘sions count for little Yet, as am | eye- witness at the extreme front up} 'to the day of retirement and then | as a participant in the retreat to the i new position westward, the corre- /spondent’s experience is typical of | those of hundreds of persons; that the army removed from the danger zone. : It can be stated that we are sit- uated with Gen. Cadorna and the general staff. His sturdy figure was often seen as he went to and from the front where the Duke of Aosta, commander of the third army, and | Gen. Capello, commander of the sec- i (ond army, had erected inside Austrian terri- tory. Near by at the time was the of- ficial station where our dispatches were rigidly scrutinized. The whole city was given up to the supremé military administration, with the streets crowded with all ranks of soldiery. Succession of Air Raids. This gives a glimpse of the scene which changed with suddenness when | the crisis came last Friday night. From that hour the correspondent tried to make frequent notes, from which the entries should give .the main sequence of events. At noon Friday there was a suc- cession of air raids. The alarm wyss sounded by triple gongs, followed by sirens and bells. The streets were cleared, the shops were closed and business was suspended. The first definite information was thus given that the Austro-Germans had crossed the Isonzo-in a huge of- fensive. Friday night the gravity of the situation led to the consideration of a retirement of the army and the removal of the headquarters west- ward. The commander of the troops in this section read to them, with emotion, Gen. Cadorna’s stirring ap- peal to the soldiers to stand firm, and all joined in loyal shouts of “Long Live Italy.’’ Saturday morning the correspond- ent was summoned at daybreak and informed that all must leave at once as the headquarters had been re- ‘moved. The railway was given over to troops, artillery and stores. Pri- vate trains and the telegraph had been suspended. All sorts of vehicles and horses were impressed for military require- ments. Throngs of persons were walking along the roads and the ref- ugees, men, women and were carrying the pitiful remnants of their household goods salvaged in their flight before the invaders. The correspondent succeeded in boarding an automobile of the last British Red Cross unit to leave. A final look at midnight from the top of the Red Cross building found that the eastern horizon was ablaze with. continual explosions as the Italians blew up munition depots and bridges to impede the advance of the enemy and screen their retire- ment. A flerce bombardment was punctuated with star shells from either side, while the gunners at- tempted to discover their opponent's position. Traffic Clogged Roads. At daylight Sunday the vast traf- fic of the retiring multitude clogged the roads for miles The Red Cross automobile party expected to make 30 miles inside of two hours, but it developed that it would take at least | two days to achieve this distance. Then withdrawa! of the heavy | guns and the munitions supplies re- vealed a military genius of the high- est order, but The civilian crowds added to the difficulty of the huge -military removal. A torrential rain increased the hardships of the sol- diers and added to the misery of the women and children who had walked seemingly endless miles over the roads and through the flelds all night. Sunday morning, at a railway crossing, a steady succession’ of flat cars assisted in the removal of th | artillery. The monster guns were 'ynounted on double cars with a cov ‘ering of boughs as a screen against alr raiders. The rain was providen- tial as clear weather would have per- mitted the enemy air planes to bom- bard the roads and block the with- drawal. | Along the line of retreat = Ceatinucd on Page 3, Column 6. were were in personal charge | | of the wall of steel that the Italians | artillery in the portion of the French are on duty, and converted the back areas into seas of mud. sued Friday, ters to suggest any change in. the normal cituation along the Ameri- can sector. , children, | officials of the Aircraft Production sign of either the plane or the “Lib- erty motcr” were believed necessary. and that production in quantity of ithe fighting machines soon would be | supply any demands of its alliss. Ma- suit the allies’ requirements. Orig!- U.S. TROOPS RHINE-MARNE CANAL ANS Th STATEMEN German War Office Reports Soldiers ‘Were Brought in by a Recon- noitering Party. By Associated Press. BERLIN, Nov. 3 (via London).—The capture of American soldiers by a German reconnoitering party 1s announced by the War Office. : The statement says that'on the Rhine-Marne canal, as a result of a reconnoitering thrust, North American soldiers were brought im. Reported to Death of Two American Privates Is the War Department WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Gen. Pershing reported to the War Department today th edeath of two privates, one from nattiral eauses and the other from a gunshot wound, recorded as possibly accidental. Private Ralph W. Wheeler, machine gun battalion, a | son of Fred Wheeler, Westmoreland, N. H., died Octt. 29 of ba ural causes. Private Frank Vans, ‘infanty, died Nov. 1 of blood poisoning - as the result ofa gunshot wound, possibly accidental, His mother; “ Mrs. May Vana, lives in Milwaukee. Activity in the American Sector on French Front Hindered by Rain WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY — IN FRANCE, Nov. 3.—A _ heavy | downpour of rain, beginning at noon Friday, hindered the activity of the | front where the American battalion; No official communication was is- but there has been nothing in \the reports to headquar- Gen. Pershing returned yesterday from a visit to the British front. A party of American Major-Generals has inspected the billets of the firet contingent. This is All Soul’s day, which, in France, corresponds t oMemorial day in the United States. The soldiers are participating in various impres- sive ceremonies in memory of the dead soldiers in France. In some towns where Americans alone are billeted they decorated the graves of fallen soldiers. The drivers of motor torries carry- ing supplies to the American sector yesterday deposited flowers at the roadside graves of Frenchmen who were bruled where they fell in the earlier days of the war. An army chaplain conducted a memorial mass today in the historic hillside church near the birthplace of Joan: of Arc. FIRST AMERICAN WAR PLANE TAKES THE AIR SUCCESSFULLY Machine Wholly Made of American Materials and Equipped With lAberty Motor. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—The first fighting airplane, wholly made in America. of American materials, has taken the air in successful test flights. In making this fact known, Board said few changes in the de- in progress in many factories. By the first of the new year, the. aircraft program is expected to be. well under way, and by July 1 the) Government expects to be able to chines which United States forcer ‘1 Europe will need when spring comes are being bullt abroad. American engineers expect that the aircraft program can be made to nally, the figures were set at 60,000 motors and 22,000 planes by July 1. Kansan Kills Wife's Doctor. PARSONS, Kan., Noy. 3.-—Because | he claimed that the doctor had hyp- notized his wife four years ago and | that this had caused her to make life | unbearable fer him, Minor Thomas | of Elkhart shot and killed Dr. B. J. Boom, a chiropractor, in the latter's | office here. Thomas ran but later | Gave himself mp. SAYS MAN HE SHOT ATIS | PRETENDING HE IS DEAD Farmer Tells Coroner His Neigh- bor Fell in Field After They. Exchanged Volleys. — ~ Coroner Denny of St. Louis n- ty left Clayton shortly before. ngon today to go to the farm of—Jéhn M. Patterson, six miles north of Pjor- issant, to find out whether._—Iauls Glaser was dead or pretending, Pat- terson reported this morning thar he had shot and killed Glaseria a shot- gun duel over a hog. Later he re- ported that Glaser was only pretend- ing. Patterson and Glaser had been quarreling three days over a hog which escaped from Patterson's pen and was found later in Glasé?f’s pen. Patterson obtained a warrant charg- ing Glaser with exhibiting a weapon and also obtained a writ of repjevin. A constable was on his way to serve the warrant when Patterson met him on the road and told him it was no use, as he had killed Glaser. .- °* Patterson accompanied the Con- ttable to Florissant and was released on his own recognizance by Justice Garrett. He went back hong -and returned in an hour to Floriegast?, with the explanation that he— convinced that Glaser was not é but pretending. “3 Patterson told Justice Garrett hall Glaser fired upon him last night . when he opened the door In response to a knock. A load of buckshot passed over his head and the heads of four members of his family, lodg- - ing in a wall of the kitchen, Patter- son sald. , At daybreak, Patterson related, he went to feed his stock and was again’ fired upon by Glaser, who, he says, Glaser, he added, fled after firing a second shot through a window tn the Patterson home. Patterson said he then returned to — his home and armed himself with & — shotgun before going out tn a field. As he approached the field, he 7 Glaser arose from behind a fence — | fe ~ += ee had secreted himself behind a barn. —-. and fired at him. He returned the — 4 shot. Several volleys were and Glaser fell. Patterson the field and went to Florissant ' surrender. John Regg. a Justice of Peace of Black Jack, telephoned Clayton authorities at noon te Glaser was not dead, but od. 'and had been taken to a St. | hospital. Teta Post-Dispatch talk for you when vag some money is on for ment =e Ee