St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 19, 1918

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. a Circulation Biggest Ever The circulation of the Daily Post-Dispatch in St. Louis compared’ season by season is greater than ever before in the history of this newspaper. This is also true of the Sunday Post-Dispatch. “Cir- culation books open to alL” “First in Everything.” Louis With the Associated Press: ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH he Only paening Soni in St. Service News EDITION ee ae inctineeeidiiiantnantliliineal - VOL. 70. NO. 180. oT. LOUIS, TUF SDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1918—16 PA GES. ~ PRICE? St. Leuls and gr etn’ One Cent, a % SAYS WIFE CHARGED HIM $10 A KISS ON HONEYMOON GERMANS READY FOR BIG ATTACK honeymoon journey from Chicago to | British Learn From Prisoners | °* Louis in 1913 she charged him | $10 each for Risses and at this rate That Surprise Offensive he bought $160 worth. On two other occasions, he said, May Come at Any Time. she left him, and when he followed her to other cities she required him and Hindenburg Will Use to pay $500 for a reconciliation. Tanks and a New Gas. Testifics He Bought $160 Worth on Journey. Louis L. Salveter of 573 merchant, in his divorce suit against Louise Dougherty Salveter, today tes- Salveter is 62 years old and almost blind. After he divorced his second 'wife in 1912 he advertised for | > ° ‘woman secretary. His present wife, German Soldiers Have Been Drilled With Idea That In- the advertisement. They were mar- ried a short time after she entered his service as secretary. She has filed an answer and is contesting the Louis L. Salveter, Suing for Divorce, | tified that when they were on their | i who was Louise Dougherty, answered fantry Will Have Little Work to Do. suit. oo EAST ST. LOUIS MAYOR TO NAME NEW POLICE BOARD Calls Special Meeting of Council Thursday Night to Confirm His Appointments. Mayor Fred Moliman of East St. | Louis today instructed City Clerk Main Thrust Is Expected Be- tween Arras and St. Quen- tin, With Advances Far- ther South. | Davis ‘| American dentist, Whalen to call a special meeting of | the City Council for Thursday night |to confirm the appointment of three | new Police Commissioners. He con- 'tinues to assert that he will not re-: consider his proposal to remove the | present Commissioners, despite the fact that virtually every civic organ- | ization in the city has denounced his action. A majority vote of the Councilmen is necessary to approve the new) — Until it is approved the) 'old board holds office. No attempt to bring up business. relating to the board was made at) the regular meeting of the council | be | last night, although a statement on. the Mayor's position was asked for as ‘“‘soon as possible’ by Alderman BRITISH ARMY HEADQUAR- TERS IN FRANCE, Feb. 19 (By A. P.).—The great German offensive on the western front may be expected to begin at any momement now, and as far as the British front is con- cerned, the main thrust will be made on the sector between Arras and St. Quentin. Tanks and “a new mysterious | gas” wiil be employed by the enemy | in the attempt to break through the | Allies’ line. Other attacks will delivered further south. These facts | have become known through cap- ture of German prisoners and from | Knewitz. A vote of confidence in information gleaned in other ways. |the executive was taken at a secret The plans of the German higher | Caucus before the business session, it is understood. Additional ‘protests command are complete and after | many weeks of intensive training of | assaulting troops they are ready to, Mayor’s action were ac make the supreme and final effort |terday by the Ministerial Alliance which has been advertised so widely 'and women of the city in a mass in the past wecks. {meeting at the Y. W. C. A: rooms, Field Marshal von Hindenburg and |i0 both of which a recall of the ex- Gen. von Ludendorff appear to have | Ccutive was proposed. realized that the old methods of at- i AR sah ns temtardmtns , . ARMY BAND GOES TO ROME yroduce. th csivea. Ac’ TQ PLAY AT A CELEBRATION produce the results desired. Ac- French, Italian and British Musi- cordingly, the German troops are be- ing told that surprise attacks, such | cians Will Also Participate in Observance of Washington's as were used in Galicia last summer, | Birthday. at Riga, and again on the Isonzo, are | to be tried against the allies on the Special Cable to the Post-Dispatch. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY Western front. Infantry to Have Little to Do. IN FRANCE, 18.—The band of | one of the infantry regiments. hold- Much stress las been laid on the ing the American sector has left the fact that tanks and new gas are to'| cold and frozen trenches and started against the adopted yes- Feb. be used, leaving the infantry little to do but to walk through the gaps and consolidate the positions captured. (jerman troops have been trained to ° make long approach marches and/ for sunny Italy. then to storm enemy positions after | at the Washington's birthday a short gas-shell bombardment. | bration in Rome with French, Ital- Those obstacles which the German) ian and British army bands._ It is artillery fire has not obliterated will; the first time a British band has been | be rushed by the troops or ignored. ! attuned to the celebration of the an- The German infantry will rely ontniversary of the Father of American weight of numbers, masses of ma- | Liberty. chine guns and mobile batteries to| This afternoon finish the work begun by the tanks/ dred artillerymen were standing and the gas. the center of a ruined village Word has been passed out by the| couple of miles back of the trenches | German high command that few of) listening to their: regimental band | the allied troops will survive the ef-| giving a concert in front of bat- fects of the tanks, the gus and the} tered church. Suddenly a German | bombardment and that fresh Ger- | shell dropped and exploded ata safe | man infantry will overcome speedily | distance in the background. any resistance offered in captured “Today's peace conference is be- positions. , Kinning,’’ shouted an artilleryman as : the concert suddenly stopped and encral Brought From Riga. cen Ss everybody ducked for the shelter of Gen. von Hutier, who is reputed the dugouts. to have laid the plans for the cap- ven front te nani in the preparation, | SEGRET SERVICE INVESTIGATING HOS ISLAND EXPENDITURES The lessons of the capture of Riga have been preached religiously to the Departm@nt of Justice Agents Look- ing Into All Phases of Build- It was sent to play cele- a couple of hun- in ¢ a German troops. It has been pointed out that there a preliminary bom- bardment of four or five hours to cut the enemy wire and demolish de- fenses was sufficient to give the. Germans a firm footing in the Rus- | sian positions. The enemy troops | have not been told, however, that the morale of the Russians at Riga was very low and that the German | attack was a complete surprise. The Germans will find the allied morale at the highest pitch on the western front and their attack will be far from the surprise desired. The ing of Ship Yards. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (By A.! P.).—Investigation of all phases of | enormous expenditures in the build- | ing of the Government ship yard at | | Hog Island, Pa., has been started by | | Secret Service men and other agents of the Department of Justice. Upon the return to Washington to- day of Attorney-General Gregory it became known that Solicitor-General!l : Davis, acting in his absence, had allies are ready for a big show and | launched the inquiry ‘ordered by kwait with assurance the next move | President Wilson. Gregory approved of the German high command. | hin aation The German attack cannot’be de- wise Poi ws a layed much longer. All information LIGHT BROWNINGS: DELIVERED peints to the fact that both German civillans and soldiers are keyed up Heavy Mabhine Guns Will Re Ready | by April or May. to such a pitch of nervous expec- tancy that the strain cannot endure | WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (Special). | -——The War Department is now re- for long. They are waiting for the | attack with feverish hope that the | high command can this time make | ceicing deliveries of light Browning good its promise. The German troops) machine guns. Deliveries of _the are expected to fight well. heavy Brownings, which will be man- | All Staked on This Gambic. _ufactured by the Colt Arms Co., the | The coming battles will, perhaps,| Westinghouse company = § and the | be the most sanguinary of the war| Remington Arms Co., will begin in and they will be the most intense | April and May. The deliveries by | vet seen. But they will mark the be-| the Remingtons will start in April Maj. Crowell, Assistant Secretary of | | War, said the Browning guns would. ginning of the end, for if the Ger- mans do not break clear through the be turned out in large numbers once | production began. allied line—and officers here say Meanwhile, the Ordnance Depart- they cannot-—they virtually will be tinished. The Emperor is ‘putting ment is spending approximately $30.- 000,000 for the light Lewis machine. every ounce of strength into this guns, the entire machine gun ca- | great gamble and if it fails in the early stages it means the end of , pacity of the country being kept en- : gaged. Continued on Page 2, Column 1, | ‘such an extent that he 'was the butch liner ' much,’ | ion seems to be that ' taking the war very seriously.”’ ‘replied emphatically: Then he added after a pause: marine warfare has failed. / now ‘army for success.” astic on |day said ‘War very | plement the merchant ) uv ering oil supplies to necessury KAISER WANTS VICTORY ADMITTED, § Westmin- | ster place, a retired furnishing goods | | American Back From Berlin As- ! serts Germany Then Will Make | | Peace on Draw Basis. | _U-BOAT FAILURE REALIZED | German People Now Count on a | Their Army for Success, Says Ohio Man. ———— os ~ By Leased Wire From the New York | Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Arthur N of Piqua, QO., the |. Kaiser’s arrived at an At- the Nor- Bergensfjord lantic port yesterday on wegian-American liner from Bergen, Norway. many Jan. having been permitted to do so on a military pass signed personally by the Kaiser. When the liner came into harbor American intelligence officers swarmed about the American who had had a chance to null the Kaiser's teeth, and questioned him at length. but he managed to satisfy them to was the sec- which s)*) a ay ond passenger off the ship, dam when she arrived here. SAYS HIS DENTIST ($100 land | Sepa rate | this employment; ‘JUDGE DYER FREES MAN WHO STOLE $100 .i3ERTY BOND “imposes $250 Fine Then Apologizes | for Allowing His Sympathies to Influence Him. arry W. Leeman Pree an lf avenue, a pe 3: ld clerk, had pleaded guilty in the Fed- eral Court today to the theft of a Liberty Bond from the mail, after pleas for leniency been made by a number friends and church associates, Judge | Dver imposed a tine of $250 and per- mitted Leeman leave the court- room without having paid the fine, The veteran Judge made a ‘from the bench, in which he to sed had . of Leeman’: ' talk ! said: | STREET CAR MEN'S | ” UNION PRESENTS | WAGE DEMANDS ‘One Year Contract; Calls for’ Scale of 40 and 45 Cents an Hour and Shorter Days. j [ t “I sometimes feel that I am unfit-| TO BE DISCUSSED MARCH 1. can't | my position, when Il sympathies from my my ted for duties. man’s face.’ The pleas made half came from the railway mail ‘clerks of the. C., B. & Q, on which Leeman had bis run; the officers of the Dover Place Christian and its pastor, the Rev. G. KE. Ire- land; Martin J. Collins, president of the Graham Paper Co., who an- nounced that he would give Leeman a Kansas City in Leeman's |'ance man, who made a similar offer; He left Ger- | | He was for Circuit Judge William M. Kinsey and a number of neighbors. Church | hbe- | | insur- | rcontract At the time of the theft Leeman | owed about $100, having undertaken to pay for his home and for an au- tomobile, besides keeping up a con- siderable amount of life insurance. arrested after he had at-) ‘tempted to sell the bond toa broker. _Leeman’s wife was waiting for him, and he was permitted to leave with her, the understanding being that friends would pay his fine. was searched almost as minutely as | Nieuw Amster- | To newspaper men who questioned | him regarding conditions in Germany Davis was reluctant to talk. “Of course, under’ the stances, " he explained. “I left Ger- many Jan. Emperor.” “What about various conditions in Germany-—food, for instance?’ he was asked. “Well, I don’t starved, ago I?’ was his retort. “riow is the Kaiser’s health?’’ he was asked. “I cannot discuss the Kaiser’s health.” “Does Germany want “Yes, when America admits Germany has won the war. Germany will be willing to call it a draw. Un- til then, Germany will go on. That fs the sentiment in Germany,’ >«- “What is the feeling toward Amer- ica?’ “Not particularly bitter, so far as I could judge. The general opin- America is not peace?” look | day night, /man ; circum- | 9 ~ you won't expect me to say | 22 with a permit from the | that | ' rarer the BaKe | ties or **‘Are the Germans still confident of | the success of the U-boat cam- paign’”’” At this question Davis showed the first sign of interest, and “They are not.” “The German people realize that their sub- depending upon‘the “What are the Germans enthusi- about now?” he was. asked. he replied. “They were) discussing Russian meee when I left there.” Davis then put his baggage taxi and said his only thought was get to his home as soon as he could. This is Davis’ third trip here since the war began. Kellow the liner which arrived that he talked about the little during the voyage. Once he said the feeling in Germany ‘*Peace,”’ eagerly war. Davis also stated on the trip, there were enough Germans in country with sufficient influence to keep the United States war. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY TO SHUT DOWN THREE PLANTS Fucl Oil Supply Cut Off by Divert- ing of Refinery’s Tank Steamers Overseas. WASHINGTON, P.).—-The Keb. General Electric Co. has ; notified the Navy Department that it shortly will have to shut dowr three of its great plants engaged on /war orders for the United States an: the allies because the Board's action in taking tank steam- ers of the Gulf Refining Co. overseas has cut off its supply fuel oil. These ships, employed between the Mexican oil American gulf ports, were taken over recently along with many other tank- ers and general cargo carriers to sup- fleet supply- | ing naval and military forces abroad. The situation has been brought the attention of the Shipping Board with a request that some arrange- ment. be made immediately for de- in- of in dustries. 8 MEN INJURED IN EXPLOSION ( U, S. CRUISER MONTANA | Cartridge Case Broke During Target Practice, Says Bricf Report to Navy Department. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 P.).—Kight (By A. men have been ‘in an explosion of a cartridge case during target practice on the cruiser |\Montana. A brief report to the Navy Depart- - ment today carired no details of the | ,accident and did not give the names | of the men hurt. ' killed, They are: German | , two ‘the | | | Smashed to P | 0 | | was that the United States would not! The strange chances of war a} be able to take an active part in the|emplified in an experience which a. it was! nights said, that the Kaiser had figured that shelling the battery to which this this | gun out of the | | was pointed ' one ithe | others. Shipping | for twice. trade | fields and istrect AIR RAIDERS DRIVEN FROM LONDON BY GUN DEFENSES ' vided ee ee Artillery Maintain Hot Fire for 40 Minutes and German Flyers Klee to East. LONDON, Feb. 19 (By A. P.).— | | /an hour, for | eight-hour for demands, ' submitted before the strike. improvement But I'll not shut the door in| Schedule Virtually the Same as One Which Precipitated S:x- Day Strike. The which new men's 11 of its organization from the United street car days ago 6-day strike, company after presented to the Railways, a day form wages, hours and improved working conditions. As told exclusively Dispatch yesterday, in the Post- the employes mae union, | won recognition | | to- | in | its new. demands for | t ask for a wage of 40 and 45 cents | an increase of 54 per cent, conductors and motormen; overtime. These are as to hours and wages, in is asked for, ' bitrated. A “closed shop” a section virtual for in is pro- which says an | day, and time and a halt | the same! | General working conditions and grievances that can-. not be settled otherwise shall be ar- | | | |. | that the company also shall suspend) 'an employe who has been suspended | by the union and shall not reinstate) First reports from:outlying parts of | London say that never was more effeetive than Mon- when it prevented Ger- aerial raiders from reaching London. ; The Germans: were engaged hotly by the guns, which maintained an in- cessant fire for 40 minutes, the sky with bursting shells, frag- ments of which fell to the ground in Eventually the raiders made off to- “CORE AN ivi nt savs there were no casual- damage. One of the bombs dropped on Lon- don Sunday night hit a hotel, killing six or eight persons, who were ina street nearby watching of the raid. No one received worse injuries scratches. Three servants, outside a few moments before, as were persons standing on the sidewalk who were struck by wreckage. A taxicab from which ‘fares’ had just alighted and driver, who had crossed the to a refreshment stall, was atoms. in the than a who went ee ee | MOUTH OF AMERICAN GUN the gun defense him until the pension. To Supplant Settlement. The new contract ,|Supplant the strike settlement agree- ‘ment made Feb. 'in foree for ' day filling | 'the | ge ‘and allowed the union 10 greater quantities than ever before. | k “OTAeaT r one year. AlJ visions date back as of Feb. preceding the strike. In the strike settlement dereament | 1, union raises the sus-| / | is intended to | 8 and will continue’! its pro-| the | the company granted recognition of | which ended the strike, days in which to present wage and other de- union, Imauds jn 4 wosking-agreement.. tery one-year. The emploves have been engaged in drawing this contract for | 10 days and they expect the company | the progress | hotel | few | to consider their demands for that length of time. that the company and s®ntatives meet March the contract. Shopmen, mechanics, union 1 to discuss | car cleaners, ‘switchmen and workmen in the ma- were | | wages and HIT BY A GERMAN SHELL passengers | One Man Killed and Five Wounded: yester- | Man Slightly Hurt Again Injured at Post Following Night. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY 'IN FRANCE, Feb. 19 (Special).— a few was gun crew now at the front had ago. A German battery was attached when a shell en- tered the narrow aperture of the emplacement through which the gun —the thing happens once 10,000 and exploded. At in times— | cided on, two _| three to form the arbitration board. are @€X- | ‘exceed eight hours as a day, seven days) terial yards, nearly all of whom have | joined the new union, are covered in the contract, and demand shorter hours. Summary of Contract. A summary offered by the union follows: increased | ‘IN FRANCE, | | i It Was agreed today | repre- | | | | ' } of the new contract | I i ¢ i ¢ ( “Map Showing Where Germans Have Resumed Operations — Russians Klsewhere, Twe Cen | P Chern Vyes AB an . - r=) > : S ; roa a mae OF MILES { “ Sita Pa i, — oa “FORCED TO SIGN PEACE” \ 4 Russia to Sign Peace on ditoins Proposed by Teu tons, Dispatch to States. Dvinsk and Lutsk Ti After Crossing of Dvina River in Renewal'§ Hostilities; Captures “Without Fighting.” Ukraine Previously Made Appeal to | Powers, Saying ties ; Were Being Burned and Looted. as LONDON, Feb. 19 (By A. P= Russia is now forced to sign peace upon the conditions proposed by Germany, says an official Russian statement received here today, The official statement was : by Premicr Leninc and Leon Trotz= ky, the Foreign Minister. .It pros tests against the German resumption of the war and says the Councils of Peoples’ Commissioners is now forced to declare its readiness to sign: 7 peace, as indicated by the dclega- tions of the quadruple alliance 1} Lrest-Litovsk. It promises to 4 ve a detailed reply without delay to the’ German peace conditions, ‘ie | BERLIN. via London, Feb. 19 By pe . = a ee AMERICAN FLIER DRIVES ENEMY AIRPLANE DOWN _— Germans Drop Bombs on Town Where Field Hospital Is Lo- cated Without Damage. WITH THE AMERICAN Feb. 19 (By A. There has been a_ considerable aerial activity in in- crease in the “The company agrees to meet and| American sector since last night. treat with its employes as members of- the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes through accredited represen- tatives of the association. “After arbitration -has been de- the association one and the select a third man, one man, shall “The company shall not discrim- inate against members of the union. “Motormen,and conductors with ‘daylight’ runs shall work not to within nine consécutive hours, ‘a week. ihe time an officer and six men were standing beside the gun. One man was killed and cer and four men were wounded, but man was absolutely untouched, although the others were falling all about him. One of the men who was not seriously injured and the the offi- | consecutive hours, who escaped remained with the gun! night, together with They were shelling the hard when another occurred, wounding four men. the man who escaped injury night before got off without scratch, while the man wounded was again slig&tly hurt. So far as Known, he is the first American soldier to be wounded He is entitled to wear gold wound stripes. He is Joseph P. 3agges of Roxbury, Mass. next mans Again MAN DEMONSTRATING MANUAL LO | 'in the rear of a saloon OF ARMS KILLS ANOTHER Shooting in Rear of Saloon as Shot- gun Is Used in “Military” Demonstration. “8 years old, of 2345 South Broadway, was shot and killed by Edward Laughney, 24, 2418 Menard street, at 1:15 this aflernoon, at 2700 South David Hunter, of Lroadway. Laughney was giving a “military” demonstration of the use of a shot- spun belonging to the salvon propric- tor. He and two women who were 'with the two men were arrested. injured | ‘ i i |). en on ee ee ee ee ws Liight uiddless Hurt oartees Fire. CAMP DODGE, to., Feb. 19 (By P.).—-KBight soldiers of Company) ordnance corps, were seriously) , injured here early today when fire that started from a stove destroyed . the company’s barracks and adjacent latrine. A. four | Ger- | explosion | the | two | receive extra compensation for his regular ‘court to another previously | 49 cents an hour, ‘“Motormen and conductors with ‘P. M.’ runs shall work not to exceed eight secutive hours. ‘“Motormen and conductors ‘tripper’ runs shall work not to ex- ceed eight hours as a day within 11 and shall not be employed on Sundays until all regu- lar motormen and conductors shall man | Mave taken out their cars. “The company agrees at all times to maintain an adequate ‘extra’ list. ‘Extra’ motormen and conductors shall be guaranteed $80 a month. Advanced Wage Scale. ‘*Motormen and conductors ployed one year or and those over one received em- | year in service shall cents an hour. “All passenger Sunday and daily crews newspapers shall such work. “Any employe’ transferred to arrother position shall | gular rate of pay. compelled to attend shall receive his re “Employes for the company their regular rate time. “Free transportation over all lin: the employes. “One day off duty ali employes who wish it. “Motogmen transfer from one shall take " ee. and 101 shed or divisior the “extra’ *Motormen tie receive 50 cents a day additfonal for teaching students. “Trainmen shall 19 be allowed the | gircraft gunners, bottom of | | damage. the company shall appoint | Enemy planes again fiew over the town where a few dayS ago an American field hospital was located, and dropped bombs, but without One hostile machine was driven to earth in a damaged condi- tion by an American aviator. The activity of the American anti- machine gunners ‘and battery operators kept the ene- my machines from flying low enough | One attempted was hotly en- Another was been hit to get a good aim. to come lower, but gaged and driven off. chased down after it had by anti-aircraft fire. planes were over the American po- hours as a day within 10 con-' ‘a slight gassing ' less shall receive | 40 | handling | from | receive | of pay for this) each week for. and conductors who! conductors shall: minutes for taking out and 10 min- | utes for turning in their cars. “When trainmen report for their runs and are not sent out they sPpail be paid for the day in full Time for Making Out Reports. “Actbal time shall be paid for. time required in making out reports | of accidents. “Employes shall Continued on Page 3, Columa 1. hold seniority ter. i ported. wita | y sition. The artillery action was also active and a number of casualties are re- One shell dropped ona men, wounded tent and wounded six men in the trenches were by shrapnel, inciuding a Second Lieu- | | tenant. Several others were injured when a town was shelled. Bright moonlight assisted the work of the American patrols last night, but no Germans were seen. A por- tion of the sector was subjected to by the enemy, but the men put on their masks and ‘there were no casualties. a LIGHT SNOW AND COLDER, TEMPERATURE AT ABOUT | TE MPER ATURES THE Sia Yesterday — High, 50, at mid- night; low, 27. at 6 a. m., -_ The official forecast for St. louis and vicin- ity: and much cold-— er tonight: cold wasc, with tem-— perature of about 16 de. grees: Wednes- day partly cloudy east winds. Stage of river at m., fect. a rise 2.4 feet. Often one tnsertion of a lost ad in the Post-Cispatch restores the lost | ij article, but several insertions are bet- The first may be overlooked. Try a three-time ad. ee as ee ee ARMY) All day hostile: cook | Three | ~ | Fields” Light snow | and cold; fresh to strong north. of; - EEE te nN - German forces have entered r uf it was officially announced ange by fhe German War Office. The | sans unsuccessfully” Aarkembted = blow up the bridge across the L 3 River. oe An official statement issued Jo | Vienna says the German‘army group” |of Gen. Alexander von Linsingen has pet upied Lutsk in Volhynia without fighting. The official announcement of last. night recording the beginning these operations said: “On the Great Russian front hos ities began today at noon with an ade vance on Dvinsky. The Dvina has been crossed without fighting. : ‘alled upon by Ukraine to help in- their heavy struggle against Great Russia our troops have commenced” their advance from the direction bea: Kovel.” 3 FINLAND HEARS POET, T00, NOW SLEEPS IN FLANDERS FIELDS te ae ee ee ee Lieut. Col. John McCrae Guelph, Ont., Won Fame Through War Verses. of | oe | IN FLANDERS FIELDS. ' (Written during the Second Rattle of Ypors, April, 1915. by Lieutenant-Colonel, Dr. John McCrae of Montrea!. Canada.) j | In Flanders flelds the poppies blow ' Between the crosses, row by row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. ‘We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and aoe BOLSHEVIKI HAS In Flanders flelds. BEEN OVERTHROWN. Take up our quarrel with the foe. Ee To you from falling hands we throw LONDON, Feb. 19 (By A. P-.) _ The torch; be yours to hold it high.;| Rumors are current in Vasa ( 1 -~ | if ye break faith with us who die; land) that the Bolshevik Goveri= hes shall not sleep, though poppies; ment in Petrograd has been grow thrown by the Social Revolutior In Flanders fields. under the leadership of M. Tet TORONTO, Ontario, Feb. 138.— Canada received with profound re- igret the announcement of the death ‘at Boulogne, France, of Lieutenant- Colonel John McCrae, the Canadian iphysician and soldier who became famous through his short poem, “In | Flanders Fields.”” Originally pub- lishedin London Punch, it has been regarded by some critics as the best short lyric that the war has inspired, i“ hile his native country has begun to cherish the lines and to plan ihonor to the author. Dr. John McCrae came of a mili- tary family, his father having been a Colonel of artillery in the Cana- dian Military. A brother took a bat-. off, according to the Oorrenpes there of the Podittken of Ce gen, says a dispatch to the Exch e Telegraph Co ee: Nikolai Lenine and Leon are said to have escaped to Riga. 9 Vasa, or Nikolaistadt, is in Fins ‘land on the only railway betwed Petrograd and Tornea on the Sw ¢ ish frontier. Sgt Tchernoff is the leader of th : cial Revolutionists and was ‘¢e | man of the short-lived con assembly. be Lenine Says Russia’ s Stand wid - pend on German Course. «— > _ PETROGRAD, Tuesday, Feboae tery overseas last year from the fam- | (By A. P.).--Nikolai Lenine, the ae * ‘ily home at Guelph, Ont., and John | shevik Premier, responding toda: is himself went over in the early days | an inquiry as to what would be B jot the war with a hospital unit from | ala's action, since the Bolsheviki ig reo City of Montreal, where he had | declared that they would not @ been successful as a medical prac- any more, said: “That depends @ ‘titioner. Death from pneumonia oc- | tirely upon Germany's attitude.” 45 ' pcurred at a Boulogne - hospital on | At a meeting of the Petra 28. | Soveit last night, Ensign K | The lines beginning ‘‘In Flanders | the Bolshevik! commander in are all that have become) mand, was asked by members known of whatever he may have Russia would do if Germany . Poors It was the war which moved vanced against her, regardi« him to write, and further word from | Russia's refusal to fight. K overseas is awaited as likely to in- expressed doubt that Germany. form his countrymen of the extent take any such action and said: to which he has found self-expres-, many does not want Russia's & ision in recent months. | Furthermore. the taking of The body of the late Colonel of grad would lengthen the the Canadian Army Medical Corps | front and prove a hindrance lies im the soil for which his beloved | operations.” ° |patients fought and died. After = |writing across the scroll of fate | ES to Look After & imperishable lines his own epitaph sia: Austria to Watch Ukr z he sleeps within the sound of the) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 19 (By 4 'guns which he celebrated. '—An agreement has been , between Germany and Austria4 Boy Sentenced to Electric Chair. | wary, whereby. in the event NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (By A. P.). —Paul Chapman, 16 years old, was sentenced to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing state prison by Supreme Court Justice Kapper to- day. Unless Gov. Whitman inter- | venes, the boy will die the first week lin April. Chapman was convicted of killing a Brooklyn shopkeeper, while attempting, with two other youths, to rob his store. we ot