St. Louis Post-Dispatch
February 26, 1918

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. . : . Circulation Biggest Ever The circulation of the Daily Post-Dispatch in &t. Louis compared season by season is greater thar cover 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 © The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Susckes VOL. 70. NQ. 187. en ST, a TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1918—18 PAGES. em nee ne HERTLING AGREES WILSON PRINCIPLES FORM BASIS FOR PEACE DISCUSSION German Chancellor Declares. However, They Must Be Recognized by All Peoples. _—Says Meeting of Repre- sentatives of All Belliger- ents Would Be Helpful. Picclares Germans ‘Will Not i Keep Russian ‘Territory Now Being Occupied— Promises Courland. Asserts “We Do Not Costes] plate Retaining Belgium, Self Rule for ' ‘and Invites a Proposal a rom Havre Government. AMSTERDAM. Feb. 26 (By A. p).| —The CentralPowers intend to give | self-government to the provinces of |are arranged.’ Imperial | of quarter in circulation, Courland and Lithuania. quarter he borrowed a Chancellor yon Hertling declared in| his address to the Reichstag vester- day. The. operations of the Central Powers in the Hast, the Chancellor said. were being carried out with the sole aim of securing the fruits of the peace with Ukraine. He added: “We do not intend to establish ourselves in Esthonia or Livonia.” “Our war aims from the begin- ming were defense of the father- land, maintenance of our. terri- torial integrity and freedom of our economic development,” said the Chancellor. “Our warfare, even where it must be aggressive in action, is defensive in aim. I lay special-stress upon that just now in order that no misunderstand- ) ings may arisé in regard to our op> erations in the east. Their sole aim ts to secure the fruits of our peace with the Ukraine.”’ / The Chancellor asserted the. Central Powers had freed Po- land with the intention of call- ing an independent state into ex- istence. The constitutiénal prob- lem involved was still being dis- cussed in its narrower sense, he said, by the three countries in- volved. \ Peace With Russia Achieved. The Chancellor continued: ‘News was received yester- many that Petrograd had accepted omr conditions and had sent its ‘representative to Brest-Litovsk far further negotiations. Ac- cordingly, our delegates’ traveled thither last evening. It is possi- ‘Die that there will still be a dis- pute about details, but the main thing has been achieved. “The will to peace has been expressly announced from the Russian side. Ovtr conditions \have been accepted and the con- clusion of peace must cnsue within a very short time. “J can fundamentally agree with the four principles which in Presi- dent Wilson's view must be applied in a mutual exchange of views, and thus declare with President. “Wilson that a general peace can be discussed on such a basis. “Only one reserve need be made in this connection. These princi- ple@ must not only be propesed by the President of the United States, but also actually be recognized by all states and peoples. “But this goal has not yet been reached: ‘There is still no court of arbitration established by alf the nations for the preservation of peace in the name of justice. When President Wilson insistently says that the German Chancellor is speakng to the tribuna] of the rangement, ‘14 PEACE PRINCIPLES OF PRESIDENT TO WHICH VON HERTLING AGREES T HE four principles for a dis- cussion of peace, as out- lined by President Wil- som in his speech of Feb. 11, to which Count von ‘Hertling, Ger- man Imperial! Chancellor, says he can mutually agree, follow: ‘. That each part of the final settlement must be based upon the essential justice of that par- ticular cause and upon such ad- justments as are most likely to bring a peace that will be per- manent, Ze ee peoples and provinces ire not to be bartered about from - sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in a game, even the great game, now forever discredited of the balance of power; but that: 3. Every territorial settlement involved in this war- must be made in the interest’and for the benefit of the populations con- cerned and not as a part of any mere adjustment or compromise of claims amongst rival states; and, 4. ‘That all well defined na- tional aspirations shall be accord- ed them without introducing new perpetuating old elements of discord and antagonism that would be likely in time to break the peace of. Hurope and, conse- quently, of the world. Or + QUARTER WITH THREE STARS AT BOTTOM IS ALL RIGHT | er That It Is ¢ ‘ounterfeit Caused | By Change in Design De- nied By Officials. if he offers to pay you back that! long time ago, |take it, no matter how the one six stars on one side and the other, in the good old-fashioned way, and the othera new-fangled ar- with five on each and three beneath the eagle. each is a perfectly good quarter and worth 25 cents., When the new quartef came out last spring the 13 stars, one for each .of the original states, were lined up in sixes and sevens, but Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo thought the eagle was flying too low, so he had another design made last August with the eagle higher up and as that |left room at the bottom for some Stars three “~wére placed * | five on each side. ’ ; ; ‘at the | agencies which are working in Then someone started a bottom was counterfeit and the secret service department has been receiving many inquiries. The department wants it known both quarters are good. rumor: | that the quarter with the three stars | ‘JURIST EXPRESSES ° VIEWS. ‘JUDGE DYER GIVES ' 2 MEN 2 YEARS ON DISLOYALTY GHARGE August Scheuring and William Schubert Plead Guilty to Re- marks About President. “Such Men as These Should Be Taken on a Voyage Through Submarine Zone.” Two men, ‘and violation of the espionage act, “pleaded guilty before Judge Dyer in | i the Gay | years in ; tiary. i salesman, naturalized United States District Court and were sentenced to serve two the Leavenworth Peniten- They were August Scheuring, of 3419 Lucas avenue, a citizen, and William Schubert of 2425 Chippewa street; ,carpenter forenian for the Christy 2 ™ 4 . Fire Clay Co., Oliver recommended a fine a native-born citizen. charged with disloyalty | to- | Two weeks ago District Attorney.| in espionage case and in an interview published exclusively in the Post- | Dispatch he said he did this. because | Judge Dyer had indicated to him ‘that he would levy no severer pen- | alty than a fine in such cases. Judgé Dyer at that time denied this was ‘his settled policy, and said each case seven on! | | side | But | | | ring, | 13 stars|™ There are two styles | wiih | that | i NATIONAL, FEDERATION OF DRYS| Bryan Helps Form Organizatian: W..i ‘ : ‘the German Government. ;not so bad. They are }enorant. This | —William Jennings Br¥an and other | in: vin fit to deal with each case | temperance leaders from all parts of | *@CtVieualy. CO, NEW Included, 26 (RY A. P.). Not Feb. rT, Vv. YORK, the country formed here last night) 'a federation of the majority of the | be- | half of country-wide, prohibition un- | 'der the name of the National | Federation. Pittsburg was elected president. The | |submarine zone and give them Dry Dr. Charles Scanlon of or avw,- delegates were said to represen 000,000 persons. It was | severely dealt with. announced the Antisaloon | League and W. C. T. U. were opposed | | ground ‘that they might . identity under the rules of the new TO MERGE GERMAN BREWERIES |Order Issued for Bigger Plants Joining the federation, on the lose thefr to organization. Both organizations had representatives at the meeting and agreed to co-operate. to Take Over Smalicr Ones. AMSTERDAM, Jan. .8 (By.A. P.). —The German Government has is- shed an official decree providing for the “consolidation” of the brewing industry. Breweries, selected on the principle of highest efficiency, are to take over the production of others that are to be shut down, and-are to pay the latter monetary compensa- tion. ° Practically Equaled Alt Four ‘Combined ; | | President and cause disloyalty would™be tried on its merits. Scheuring was arrested on a Mar- ket car Jan. 4, after his remarks had caused him to be assaulted by two soldiers. It was alleged that he saia: “The Kaiser has 20,000.000 sol- diers, and we will lick everybody. To hell with the President of the United States. American soldiers are Wilson’s bums. We will lick them alil,’’ Attorney Pleads Intoxication. Chase Morsey, attorney for Scheu- in a statement to the Court, said Scheuring had been in the United States 35 years, and had worked for one employer 20 years. Fiis only fault, the attorney said, was that a8 somoetiems eQCame, = Gon‘t care whether this man was drunk or sober,”’ Dyer in passing sentence. “It is such men as these who come from other countyjes and make what they can out of being here, performing no du- ties as citizens, and when the coun- try is involved in war they do. what they can to cause disloyalty im our military forces. ‘“‘Some of these m : -dvyed | ; : ; : | men are deep-dyed | actablish a basis of relations during in treachery and are in the pay of} Some are! Where the case war- rants it, severe penalties will be im- posed. Where a fine will suffice it will be levied. Take him away.”’ Reference to U-Boat Zone. “It is cases like these that must be; If I had my way | I would send such men through the a chance to be blown. up.” Schubert was arrested a month ago and was indicted on two counts al- leging that he had threatened the had attempted to in the military forces. The specific charges were that he said: ‘“‘Wilson should be killed” and “The Kaiser is a better man than Wilson and should win the war and rule the world.” 7 After Schubert had pleaded guilty his attorney, James C. Shaner, made 'a statement to the Court in which he | Said: “My client was born in’ the United States and is the owner of a $50 Liberty Bond. I have no doubt he had been drinking when he made those remarks.” In sentencing Schubert, Judge Dyer said: “No man should make such remarks, whether he lives here or in any other country. If he does live here and Was born here the of- fense is worse.”’ REHEARING DENIED TO LEWIS | Nothing Now Can Save His Life Ex- | cept Action by Governor. an said Judge | ‘ a. mm [Ent husiastic Department Store. Strikers on the - OOF A A OAD Ca ne Photographed in front of the Chemical Biillding--The young women and men were on heir: way from the Famour jar store to fart aie estas & Barney‘s store. | ey | TAFT 10 REPRESENT PUBLIC WS | Beceéiaiy of Labor Wilson Suggests Agreements on All War Work Cc ontracts, WASHINGTON, Feb. P.).—Former President Taft chosen today by representatives was capital as their representative for the | public in the joint conferences here | | 26 (By A. | of | ! : | | between employers and employes to | The Missouri Supreme Court to- | day denied the application by torney Samuel Bender for a rehear-/ At: | the war. The workers’ representa- tives also will name a man to repre- ‘sent the public. A national labor policy, planned for the duration of the war, ‘and backed, if necessary, with -special] legislation, is being considered. The conferees will probably be in session several weeks. The opening session yesterday was given over to organization and to Secretary Wilson’s outline of, the purposes of the eonferences. The Secretary told his hearers it is nec- essary to reach an agreement to pre vent strikes and to ‘Assure a maxi- mum production of materials neces- sary to maintain the American forces in France. He said some _— strikes would: be inevitable, regardless of legislation, He suggested the terms of the agreement, when made. be written into all contracts let by the Government, making them _ binding on both sides. Attending the conferences are five representatives of capital and five of labor. They will choose two repre- sentatives from the general public. Representatives of the workers named William Johnson of Wash- ington, president of the Machinists’ Union, to take the place of J. A. Franklin, president of the boiler- makers, who was unable jo serve. | DALLAS WOMAN ACCEPTS: 10 YEARS ON 2 MURDER CHARGES Slayer of Broker and His Fiancee in Street Withdraws Motion for New Trial and Is Sentenced. DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 26 (By A. P.). ——Mrs. shot and killed Phil E. Tucker, Dal- i las broker, and his fiancee, Miss Katie Ahlers, who on Oct. 31) ATER 0.00 $100,000 MOEN Commissioner Wall.So Tells.Pub* lic Service Board in Urging Rate Increase. Water Commissioner Wall’s rec- ommendation for an increase of 25, per cent in water rates in St. Louis | was considered by the Board of Pub- lic Service today, and will again be taken up at 9:30 a m. ‘tomorrow. Commissioner Wall informed mem- | bers of the board that expenses of his | | department will be $100,000 in excess; F of revenues during the next fiscal | year unless a raise is authorized. Pipes, hydrants, ade must be provided, Wall says, efficiently. The annual 200,000. This must be exclusively used for the’operation and mainte- fance of the waterworks. General revenues cannot be applied to the needs of the Water Department. About 40 watchmen have been em- ployed to guard the pumping stations and other plants since last July. Their wages aggregate about $3 a month. Comptroller Nolte cays regards most of these guards as necessary. Employes are on duty at the plants day and night and wire fences surround the Baden water works. An increase in. water rates is urged by Commissioner Wall as the practical means of supplying more revenue. Discontinuance of the pres- ent discount of 10 per cent for the prompt payment of water bills would not effect a sufficient saving, it is explained. Since the withdrawal of the wa- ter works from the jurisdiction of | the State Public Serwice Commission by the last session of the Legislature, the Board of Aldermen is. free to raise or lower rates without the ap- proval of the State body. meters dnd other | equipment that have cost an average | of $200,000 a year for the last dec- | if ; the water system is to be maintained | income of | | the Water Department is about $2, | | and warmer. 4 : | FAIR tei TONGHT ) i ' Se , hy sey + eo z s * ,% . © ? ik , 7 / v vr psa P ‘ i ‘ : a Vy Ps ds " ; Yesterday: High, 66, at-1: so p. m.; low, 33, ‘at midnight. Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicin- ity: Fair and | Warmer tonight, Wednesday, partly cloudy and warmer; the lowest tem- perature _ to- night will be above the freez- ing poiat. HIS DRINE ! ne 4) ae Missouri fair and warm- er tonight; Wednesday partly cloud; and warmer. Illinois — Fair and warmer to- night; Wednes- partly cloudy Stage of River, 7.1 foot; a fall of .4. SHOT FIRER SERIOUSLY HURT BY BLAST IN A MINE Lamp Extinguished After Igniting Fuses and He Was Unable to Find Way Out. Michael Downing, 40 years old, of 400 West Sixth street, Belleville, 4 shot firer in No. 2 mine at “Nigger Hollow,” was seriously injured last night when he was unable to find his way out of a chamber in which ‘he had just lighted a blast, his lamp having been extinguished by the wind. When the charge exploded Downing was burned and lacerated. He is at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Downing had just ignited two fuses. As he turned to run the pit lamp on his cap was blown out. He groped for. the entrance, but became confused. He was five feet from the fuse when he saw ‘it sputter. He threw himgelf on the floor of the chamber and waited for the blast. war certificates, Door to Offices in’Reserve Bank Building Jimmied and Com- bination Used. Safe robbers got $660 in currency, five Liberty Bonds worth $350, 12 $5 six 25-cent thrift stamps and 700 2-cent stamps from the offices.of the Mount Olive and Staunton Coal Co., in the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Sunday night, according to a belated report by detectives, which reached the of- } fice of the Chief of Police this morn- ing. f and general manager of the compa- ny, told detectives yesterday that the matin door of the company’s suite on the tenth floor was “‘jimmied” and the cashier's desk pried. open. The burglars found in the desk a ecard on which was written the safe’s combination numbers. The safe was ransacked. In addition to the cash and bonds, which belonged to the company, and the war. certificates and stamps, the property of Richard} M. Tully Sr. and T. J. Fitzgerald, em- ployes, the robbers took a diamond ring valued at $150 belonging. to Robert J. Parks, the cashier. Burglars knocked the combination Ghee from the safe and tore the tele- Pp hone from the wall in the store- room of the Grand Machine Co., 3456 South Grand avenue, last night. The telephone, coin box was looted, tho safe was damaged but not opened and auto accessories valued: at $450} weré stolen. Jewelry and clothing valued at $950 were stolen in the afterhoon in burglaries at the homes of John M. Goodwin, $21 Belt avenue; R. EB. Golden, 8737 Westminster place: Mrs. Birdie Barker, %29 Hickory street, and Mrs. Kate Rilliet, 2602 South Compton avente. 7 OT Ce ee ee ee ee ’ lef Schaper Bros.’ iL pomat ance en colt Thomas T. Brewster, vice president | “Glanager Cramer said about | ployes were out. rqquit. yd r ise ee : = 3 . AD , /i\t di} ac : . - - ; > = : 29 Be” oss Bee oe eas ghee wa Pe hl ap ge SS a ae aa SRY a gg Pe ~ — 4 oe - “ Ny: po Que hundred of the 130 store q this afternoon and went to’ the’ meeting. The strike of union sales ‘cunt 4 ‘of five downtown department stores, Lfor a uniform and in wage scale and recognition o Clerks” Union, began thts morning, and the sidewalks near the store | entrances. were filled with chanting and waving. giris. While several hundred front of the stores, the others, went — at’ 2 o’clock this ofternoon to Spar- berg’s Hall, 1107 Pine’street, wher the second meeting of piv gay. held. - In an earlier ning at 11 a. m., E, B dent of the Retui) Cie _ in, 0 Sodkaey preter: be. out toma Union Fatimate of President Baker Pointe 29" at that the percentage of omploges: ae 3 in the different stores was: Leader, 85 to $0 per cent; nearly 190 per cent: Famous & 75 per cent; Nugents’, Scruggs. \ ‘andervoort & per cent, the unfon.” Store proprietors and working em- = ployes demfed the correctness of Bak- er’s percentages, and visits to the apparent in most of the places, - At Vandervoort’s, no shortage of — ivlaiile mostly ‘girls, remairnett on duty in oo Fe - ‘ Skee ye : ae >. Ls OS a tes * < hae 60 Migs a spe a 20 aid P, M. Miller, president of the loca] union, sajd 5000 of the 8000 department store employes were in « stores showed that Baker had overes- timated the number not working. A _— aarked slackening of business was — workers was apparent, and C.-1, — Prittain, sales manager, said the ab- sences were not enough to be missed, : At Famous & Barr, General Manager Salomon said 80 per cent of the em- ployes were at work. At f ot the 1000 employes, mostly cashgirle and clothing mafia Bic mh were out, ail the. Grand- Leader, M said that about 750 of the Pine Stee z At the Lindsl Store, no authorized statement cou be obtained, but it was evident that large part of the sales force ha Most of the stores were offering take the strikers back to their former places without The unior announced that no initiation would be charged new memt present. A Post-Dispatch reporter ited the stores between 11: 30. and 12:30 p. Se usually an great activity in : found business quiet in the r Barr and Grand-Leader tc with enough employes at work t ome oe this nee ar oe emal,y 0 usi ‘i roped off, with signa, “Closed: the fifth alsle were a amber customers “being waitéd — fs clothing sonsagehngeens ing in the case of Ora Lewis, under | ond. Mt sentence to be executed April 5, for | BP nay oa Beg the murder of Policeman McKenna. | Nothing can now save Lewis’ life; , entire world I must decline this tribunal as prejudiced, joyfully as T would greet it, tf an impertia) Myrtie Cunningham of Indiana, Pa., yesterday accepted a sentence of 10, years in prison in connection with | the two murder charges. Mrs. Ahlers)" ‘LIABILITY INSURANCE ON PLEASURE CARS INOREASED WOMEN'S ADVERTISING CLUB Yesterday (Monday) the Post- Dispatch alone came within two nen $ # x as I would co-operate to realize such ideals. | “England's Aims Imperialstic.” ‘Tnfortunately, however, there mo trace of similar statements the part of leading Powers of tente, Pingland’s war aims thoroughly imperialistic wants to impose on the peace according to En- | pleasure. talke about the ht of self-determina- es not think of apply- ple to Ireland, Egypt | been repeatedly said that po of arbitration exist and adly ees 98 ny * hi Ps fe * ne ei . 2 AME 1 Rt Ripa CLR es, wes “a 5 ; % q. . 7 2 a ee z 7 t A hy & daa ' zs ‘cal , but that we must be ‘ sd the danger of a “with which we desire r the war. to live in peace and ming the object or. ‘contemplate retaining columns of ¢&rrying as much Na- tional advertising as all 4 of the other St. Louis newspapers added together. » The. Post-Dispatch alone, 10 cols. Globe-Democrat, Republic, Star and Times com- Both Home and National adver- tisers ‘realize the perpetual and persistent pulling power of the Post-Dispatch, making it St. Louis’ one ‘best advertising investment. Whyt?t CIRCULATION | 100% efficient for profitable results, Average for entire Month of Jau- ) vary, 1918: Sunday, 869,167 Daily and Sunday, 203,720 92% eegesn ome Louis and except a commutation of the sen-| tence by Gov. Gardner, for which petitions are being Lewis’ sister, Mrs. Stella Landon of| | Kansas City. ‘wall, escaped with lacerations on his right | Engineer Grabs Belt and Braces His Feet Wail. William Price, 35 years old, an engineer employed by the Roxana Oil Co., two miles south of Wood- river, Til., was being drawn into the flywheel of a five horsepower steam engine yesterday, when he the belt, braced his feet and stopped the engine, He | ierrm, firet caught. circulated 'by| ana a motion for a new trial it ‘edly appeared in STOPS ENGINE CAUGHT ON SLEEVE bbed | inst a | Cunningham was an lanocnns victim. : recently was sentenced to five years’ | imprisonment for Tucker’s murder, had been filed. court withdrew the new trial motion and eritered for their client a plea of guilty in connection with Miss Cun-| ningham’s death. The Court then pronounced sentence of five years in the latter case. Tocker and Miss Cunningham were shot in a crowded downtown street Mrs. Ahlers’ defense was alleged wrongs by Tucker. She declared Miss Arrested on Espionage ‘Charee. John Ungerer, The sleeve of his right arm was loon at 2800 North Spring avenue, Hig arm’ bad been /| was artested last night on a warrant drawn into the belt when he grasped} issued from the United States Dis- the belt with his left hand. The en- ‘trict Attorney’s office, charging him with violating the espionage act, gine is used to hoist coal | Counsel for Mrs. Ahlers ca GE yesterday, | Raise Attributed to Tendency of Juries to Give Large Damages in Accident Cases. Rate sheets sent out yesterday by the. Missouri Compensation Bureau show an advance of approximately 25 per cent.on liability. insurance on pleasure cars. .The new rates went into effect Feb. 21 on new business and will apply on renewals on and after April 1. e increase is at- tributed to the tendency of juries to give large damages in automobile ac- cident cases. On collision rateg, the $25 deduci- ble clause has been eliminated and a $100 deducible charge substituted. ‘The rates for full coverage collision proprietor of a sa-. have increased from 50 to 75 per cent. The Habtlity rates on business trucks have been practically doubled. Business trucks for retall merchants, which were formerly will cost $126, tten at $63, TO URGE “MONTH OF SILENCE” Join Campaign to Discourage About the War Which Might Give Information to Einemy. The Women’s Advertising Club of St. Louis has been enlisted by the Government . Division of Advertising to aid in making March “a month of silence,” so far as war gossip is concerned. , The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World planned this m@vement so as to prevent idle conversation which might disserninate news which would be valuable to the enemy or |, helpful to the pro-Germah propa- ganda. Some ofithe mottoes to be. used in the “silence campaign” are: ‘Your idle prattie may lose a bats coee ll tle.” “Keep your eye peeled, lips sealed and your heart aeean | “Be a conversation miser if you want a Nicholas Cliarged by Bolshevik With Attempted High Treason. ZURICH, Feb. 26 (By. A. P.).—The Breslau Tagebiatt says that the Bol- sheviki have ordered the’ trial of Grand Duke Nicholas by a reyolu- tionary tribunal. He. is charged with