St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 13, 1918

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Circulation Biggest Ever ¥ ~ The circulation of the Vaily Post-Dispatch {n 8t Louts compared season by season is greater than ever before in the history of this newspaper. is also true of the Sunday Post-Dispatch, “Cir- culation books open to all.” “First in Everything.” a _—~— — Louis With the A tenets Press — _Service ‘ ” a S P , . “ . P ' m . , “ . 4 . “ . Hes ‘ pia oh - $ Pi get ee ; ‘ ae ae Fa 5 ‘ F , z pe a Ns eee , an . fa ioe aes ae op = 9 : ig ; } bs . 4 * : ee Sore vd és % against the first lines of the enemy that they are now nearly abandoned, the Germans keeping only a few men in them. In a sec- tor such as this the Germans seldom man their first lines fully, but oppo- site the American positions they are reported to be keeping considerably less than the usual number in the trenches. The number of enemy snipers NOTED CASES PENDING H. B. Krenning, H. S. Turner and Henry Koenig Are Under Federal Charges. Federal Judge Dyer'’s policy ® dis- of it was 0sIN disloyalty cases, and | I ¢ I g c sniping posts has been reduced still | Said today by District Attorgey Oli- | furtrer by the American’ sharp-! ver, will be to assess a fine instead of shooters, machine gunners and ar-): a jail or penitentiary sentence. Passenger List; 2 Missourians Killed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (By I’.).-—The list of Tuscania dead, bled from Scotland today, checked up with the passenger list here and home addresses of the men were obtained. dead are the following: Everett H. Duffy, Mo. Capt. Kansas City, field, Vt. William City, Mo. Harry Capt. Philip Vincent Sherman whose wife ig at North- i. Vickers, Carpenter, Potomac, Il. Leo P. Lebron, Guthrie, Capt. Philip «Kilburn Lightall, Syracuse, N. Y Maj. Henry 131. A. Skinter. Se BRITAIN TO. PROCEED LONDON, eb. Andrew Eonar the Exchequer, the House of Commons 13 (By A. Law, Chancellor announced today that against Col. correspondent for an act military Post, the realm ton, the the Morning day. i mitted to the censor permission to publish it. 'ent form without ithe censor. | Bonar Law action would announced also be taken Morning Post, alsv Must Pines Names Books by Tonight. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 | P.).—Unnaturalized Germans 'do not register with the police (By iwar, the Department of Justice ex- | plained in a final warning |} register. The time was extended from last Saturday to allow the enrollment of threatened. kissed the flag. farmers in the West who could not' ee ‘BRITISH SHIPPING BUILT IN 1ST | 1.163.474 Tons ( \ieatrenied and 170,- 000 Tons Obtaincd Abroad, LONDON, Feb. 13 (By A. P.).— (jreat Britain 1.163.474 tons ‘shipping and 170,000 tons were ob- | ‘tained abroad, Andrew Bonar today. Dillon is a son of the late Judge | ON THE TUSCANIA OBTAINED List of Dead Cabled Hom Scotland | A. Included among the Siloam Springs, Southwest Ok, Rockford, P.).— of in action would be taken under the defense of | Reping- of article which appeared in the Post on Mon- The article complained of was sub- who refused his The article ‘afterward was published in a differ- being submitted to on A. who or | Postmasters by tonight will be sub- ject to internment for duration of the tu them to Me- | and 16 from the hos- thetunion.em Keb. 4 was! dan's | fer’s resignation. crowd ' | Dil- | i ' | ! ; ‘and Metzen, his defense an ddistributing circulars letters | The Staunton miners’ | which were printed the WwW," on he Wes tod $100 for Ober- defense fund, but the check was held up by Frank Schaefer, pres- ident of the union. Last night's special meeting of the 4 l union was to consider Schaefer's ac- Oberdan's supporters had an- | , tion. nounced they would demand Schae- The portion of the | known as the ‘“‘Ameri- was prepared to resist 1uembership can element” 'this move. Crowd Gathered at Square. Several men, including Oberdian where a crowd had gathered. In it 'were prominent citizens, business anc | | } | through Former President William Howard Taft. after eating breakfast in Union Station this, reorning. between trains, bought halt a dozen apples ata Mar- ket street fruit stand and then boarded a train fo, Camp Taylor, Ixy.. where he will make speeches to the soldiers under the auspices of the M. Cc. A. He was en route from Camp Funston, where he spoke yes- terday and Monday. He told a Post-Dispatch reporter that once’ before, when passing | St. Louis, he bought some | ‘apples and that they were so good | he wanted some mere. were arrested and taken |: Ca- | to the park in the public square)! was | clusively | porter professional men, bankers and min-| ‘ers. Oberdan and Metzen broke away ‘from their guards, with seeming ease, \and were permitted to reach the out-,| of skirts of the crowd before they wer= recaptured, A pot of tar was boiling on a ‘wood fire near the Wabash Railroad tracks. ling | was i'while Oberdan lobeying an | clothing. ‘the tar, |} was poured over /over | pillows AGAINST COL, REPINGTON’ | Chicago. that | against stood a man hold- pillows. The tar cool somewhat Metzen were Near it feather to and order to When they had stripped still warm, but not scalding, them and their bodies with sticks. The were ripped open and the feathers were applied to the sticky tar. Metzen was headed north on the railroad tracks. ‘“‘That’s the road to Hit it and keep on go- the spokesman of the two permitted ing,’’ said crowd. Oberdan was south and commanded St. Louis.,”’ 100 Homes Visited. feathered figures the for turned facing to “hike The two weird take off their | daubed | Taft had nothing to add to his on the war, given ex-; to a Post-Dispatch _ re- last Sunday son, but when asked his opinion of President Wilson's address to Con- gress Monday, he replied: “It was a good speech and clearly expressed the ideas of the American people. I do not think it can be interpreted as a sign of weakness, because it made it very plain that we are in the war to the finish.’ BOY FALLS IN ELEVATOR SHAFT Mr. interview at Hotel Jeffer- | d! i FROM 7TH FLOOR AND IS KILLED Operator of Freight Lift at Eighth | and Lucas Says Youth's Foot Caught in Automatic Gate. August Borchers, 17 years old, of 2300 South .Kighteenth street, feil down the elevator snaft. from the seventh floor to the basement, ai the Cole Building, BWighth street and Lucas avenue, at 12:30 o’clock to- | day and was killed, disappeared in the darkness, but the | night’s work was not over. The crowd decided to round up malcontents and make them More than 100 houses were visited between midnight and 3 a. m A man at the head of the col- umn carried a large American flag. At each house visited men in the hammered on the door and man inside to come out all recant. torced the ‘Women and children were not mo- “UNREGISTERED 1 10 BE INTERNED _e@lty suspect was made to kiss the tested. In each instance the disloy- American flag. One of those visited was William Herman Seehausen, formerly County Clerk of Macoupin County. He re- fused to kiss the flag. The crowd then escorted him several blocks, ‘stopping in front of the police sta | tion He was cmphatically told that ‘if he persisted in his refusal “some- 'thing would happen to him.” Seehausen, after being repeatedly | then forced to make a speech in: | w hich he recanted everything he {had said about the war and the ad- iministration in the last three years. ' Shortly after midnight the raid took a humorous turn when some- | one in the crowd suggested that pa- | triotic music would be just the ;thing to round out a perfect night. | After 1917 there was built | frem of | knew summoned asked if he musica! he was this every man his house was how to play on any matrument. When he did, Law | required to bring out the instrument iannounced in the House of Commons and play “The Star-Spangled Ban- } ner’ on it. | He was employed by the Mendle Printing Co. Harry Swartwood Vandeventer avenue, operator of the freight elevator, says it was Bor- chers’ practice to ride up and down in the elevator at the lunch hour. |The elevator was going up and was about four feet above the seventh floor when Borchers’ foot, extended beyond the edge of the- elevator, was caught by the automatic gate and he was drawn into the shaft. Swatwood was arrested pending further inquiry. HERTLING TO REPLY TO PRESIDENT NEXT TUESDAY 13 (By A. P.).— Count von Hertling, the Imperial German Chancellor, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam says, intends to answer President Wilson's message in the Reichstag next Tuesday. EE cere me te e+ of 718 North LONDON, Feb. em a at /KAISER’S VIEW OF FIRST PEACE He was | |“Only Small Beginning Made by Ger- many's Sword Against Closed Door.” LONDON, Emperor William, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from: Amsterdam has sent the following telegram to Philipp Heinechen, man- ager of the North German Lio; 4 Steamship Co.: “Many thanks for your congratu. lations over our first peace It ix only a small beginning made by Ger- many'’s sword against the closed deor leading to a general peace I am filled with gratitude. May God he:p us further.” ; Feb. 13 (By A. P.).--| Accident to Paint Department “Manager Causes the Eleventh> Motor Car Fatality of Year. lrederick R. L, Jones, 42 -years old, of 6330 Berlin avenue, a man- ager in the paint department of the Certain-teed Products Co., died at St. Luke's Hospital at 3:30 a. m. today of injuries suffered at -2:30 a. m. Sunday, when his automobile collid- ed with a machine owned by Harry and Paul Schroeder, brothers, -of 5792 Westminster place, at Union and Lindell boulevards. Jones’ death is the eleventh in the’ | city from automobile accidents since | said: : uv sa n. injured internally. Was cut on the head and neck and fractured. St. Luke's Hospital. Jone. Was cue on the head and | | Harry Schroeter | his brother's nose and right leg were | All three were taken to. The two automobiles were wrecked. | Harry Schroeder told the police he | was driving west on the north side | of Lindell boulevard and that he met! ‘Jones driving east on the same side of the street in violation of traffic | | regulation. Mrs. Jones zaid her husband told her the accident was caused by one of the gates at the Wabash railroad | crossing at that point being down with no light on it. struck the top of his breaking it ,and that the glass cut his face. fore he could get his bearings. Edward Bilschneider of 5725 Chamberlain avenue, a witness, told the police Jones was driving about 40 miles an hour, The Coroner’ will hold an inquest. COLDER TONIGHT, RAIN TO FOLLOW TOMORROW | THE TEMPERATURES. Yesterday: High, 53, at 4 p. m.; low, 42, at midnight. IN 1A ALL 1S LOST SAVE WHISKERS perature above the Fe leat te creasing cloud!- ness tonight, fo)- Jowed by rain probably turning to snow in west portion; colder tomorrow in Iilinots— Increasing night, followed by rain in south por- tion and rain or snow in north por- tion tomorrow; warmer in southeast portion tonight; colder tomerrow in north and west portion. Stage of river at 7 a. m., 7. 2 feet, a rise of 1.2 fect. ’ The collision occured be- | Official forc- | cast for St. Louls | In- | He said ihe gate | windshield, | | | | i | | | ’ ; | hat rates must be the same to | ork as to Jersey City, river frome hay York: theré i ido ef an me to basing of railroad rates on w competition and that instead t would be based on cost of which would remove discriminateey « rates against this city and restore to it the advantage of its mid-con- tinental location. Text of His Address. The speaker inspired his hearers with the confidence he felt and he was enhusiastically applauded. The title of the address took the form of © the question, ‘“‘How May the Bridge Arbitrary Be Settled?” The address was his answer to the question. He During the past four years as chief counsel of the § Interstate Commerce Commission I have seen the process of rate regulation from the inside, and have had an unusual oppurtunity to study transportation problems. When the call of your board of direc- tors came to me it appealed to my desire to aid 'n freeing St. Louisa from the chains of unjust rate dis- crimination, from which, I know, the commerce of the city has fered for so tong. I am profoundly impressed with the expressions of your confidence and pledge myself to complete de< votion to the cause of the commer- cial freedom of this metropolis. The undertaking will not be’ &m - easy one, and I should shrisk from the task if it were my lot to | bear unaided the responsibilities — that confront me; when I remems} ber, however, Pea Be 8 that I shall have* the support and co-operation ot” the splendid men who constitute | the Chamber of Commerce, af well as other patriotic citizens, i am cheered and encouraged sedi utmost endeavors. There are many considerations™ to brighten the outlook. There. seems to be a general disposition — to join together in all efforts for® ~~ the public good. The spirit of co- wi * operation is in the air. The spirit of service is everywhere. This stupendous wir has brought tts lessons as well as its burdens, and the chief lesson is the spirit service of the common good that. is being manifested. A new eco- — r.omic order '« being born In every _ land, and when the war is over, it will be a new world that we shall see and a new St. Louls nat we must serve. | St. Louls’ Great Natural Advantages. © | St. Louis enjoys natural acvan-. tages by reason of the city’s posh tion in the heart of continental United States. St. Louis is a good city today in spite of injustices —~ road transportation, Unti) the railroads came, St. Louis was the trading headquarters for all. of the — Western country. It ja still the natural gateway for that terr