St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 5, 1918

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Ic PAGE RCH 4, 1918, I y ; Jean Knott . 3 TITEL EY Epoie, : T E ge a1 ¥ TS > MUCH = JE'RE GONNA BUY YOU A Ew (cE PICK —EE eel Ot - (Copyright, 19 Ee. * by a a | Kk » A, "was no agreement or understanding — 3 on the subject. ® £Paeific Coast r Japan's intentions and advised him | : thatean alliance | action provides for freedom to enter in the Orient. : “There is no alliance or no com- 4 tracting on our ® Russia, ® the Philippines or _ joyed by any other friendly people,” ® ' “Whatever @ beria or as against Germany, compliance with the terms of arrangement offensive and defen- Japan is not in the. war .at the. | demand of the United States and “now or does she expect anything in % pe Japan. ' Orientals entering States is fixed by a treaty well un- - derstood between the United States -}and Japan, and which neither nation 5 ‘has assumed to change upon any! _ sondition of the war.” 18, by eg. U. H, C, Fisher. "5. Pat. Office.) ] and Senator Johnson 'time. Senator Johnson declared eyes “by mere silence’ he did not wish ‘ ; ‘Mibscribe to the matters which are: % pending. 2 ‘force at. Tokio. word to come out of Japan on “Bubject will be an announcement of | sfomething accomplished. ' Imthis connection it is recalled that | | &t the beginning of the Russo-Jap-. ; &nese War, the Japanese acted with-. | OubNeralding its plans. Wasany such formality as a declara- _tmashed and the war was half won. atcuiladioe Bievest Ever i ae circulation of the Daily Post-Dispatch tn 8t. ee compared season by season is greater than tae aha pefore in the history of this newspaper. This F a js also true of the Sunday Post-Dispatch, “Cir- culation ‘books open to all.” “First in Everything.” -_ -LOUIS POST-DIS "The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Seroice TC re me ee 70. NO. 194. $f; LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1918—18 PAGES. MILLIONS IN ENEMY PROPERTY TO. BE PUT ON PRIVATE SALE | Holdings of Countess Szechenyi and of Countess Bernstorff Among ga to Go on Market. YORK, March 5 (By A, P.). —Bnemy property in business con- | | cerns, partly or wholly owned by German residents, involving millions | of dollars and vast interests, will be | | placed on sale in private, beginning | today, it is announced by the general | business department of the alien | |property custodian in this city. These concerns include meny va- fieties of business enterprises—dye factories, steel and iron plants, and ED BY CABINET | establishments owning large hold- “ings in cotton, metals and wheat, Among the properties that have _ been taken over are those belonging | | to the Countess Szechenyi, formerly “Body Meets With President . a Gladys Vanderbilt, amounting to $9,- | .. to Take Up Subject. 000,000, and the inv AEH, stocks | i. and bonds of Countess Bernstorff, BS “WASHINGTON, March 5 (By A. | formerly Jeanne Luckemeyer | §).The United States now is in Boretidlh sacs amounting to $900,000. a7". ger properties, including the | reement with Japan, Great Britain | Hamburg-Ameérican Line, also have 1d'the: other co-belligerents on the | been taken over. inciple of action in Siberia, but! Joseph A. Bower, head of the de- va details remain to be worked out. partment here, in a statement em- This became known today as the phasizes that while the sale will be conducted -entirely in private -in vabinet met with President Wilson | “discuss the subject. every case, the price demanded will | | be equal to the actual. value of the q Discussing reports of possible Py tion by Japan in Siberia, Senator | property in question. | "Lewis of Illinois, ‘Democratie whip, NEW YORK WOMEN CASTING - in the Senate today declared there THEIR FIRST BALLOTS TOBAY Democratic Majority in the House of | Representatives Depends Upon the Result. NEW YORK, March 5 (By A. P.). | —Women of New York who reside in the four congressional districts “in which special elections are being held realized their dream of years when they cast their first votes. The elections are in the. seventh and. eighth districts of Brooklyn, twenty-. first in Manhattan and the twenty- ' second in the Bronx. The Democratic | ‘majority in the House of Representa- tives in the face of the present Re-' publican majority of one, hinges on |: the outcome. The total registration in the four districts is 172,061, of which 35.195 are women. The greatest interest has centered in the fight in the twenty-first. dis- trict, normally Republican. The. Rev. | Reverdy Ransom, a negro clergy-. 'man, whose independent nomination | ‘(was thrown out by the Supreme Court, has appealed to his followers , ‘to wr te “his name on their ballots. | RISING COSTS OF METALS DECREASES COUNTENFEITING inane igreement Reached on Principle | i Acton but Details Ar e to Be | Worked Out. stion Made Known When _petween the United States and Japan residents,. Senator ' Lewis said, had ‘expressed fear of | governing Japan’s | : Siberia in return. for protecting the | Philippines and American interests today Denies There Is Any Alliancc. pact between the United States and | ‘Japan of any kind whatever con- part as to Siberia or privileges in not en- | allowing Mexico, nor sald Senator Lewis. Japan is doing in Si- is in an sive made with Great Britaim to op- » pose any wrongful advance from any | ' gourve in the East against the rights of either. in no wise exacts anything _the future from the United States as" result of any arrangement or alli- |. ance éver made or contemplated to. made between this country and, Money Is Being Put in Circulation. WASHINGTON, March 56 “The status as to Japanese and) into the United | | (By A., least one benefit to the Gov ernment | -and the public: They are watlecod ' responsible for the marked nig od in countertelting during the last year. ‘non-precious’ ‘ metals from: which bogus ceins are made have. come so near to being precious that the margin of’ profit from the coun- terfeiting business has been cut and little bad money now is being put into circulation. This was disclosed today by Treas- ury secret service officials, who for reasons of policy did not make pub- lic the exact decrease in counterfeit- ing cases discovered within the last | year Japan's Preparations Secrct. . PRESIDENT TO TAKE OVER irations about to t WHARVES OF 2 GERMAN LINES “observed and a = sgn ar arta | : : Amendment to Deficiency Appropri- ard to the Siberian question is in. ation Bill Will Give Him Nec- Possibly the next. essary Authority. 5h WASHINGTON, March 5 (By A. _P.).—President Wilson intends to (take over the Hamburg-American | and North German Lioyd Steamship | Companies’ wharves and docks at Hoboken, N. J. He arranged today with Senato: Martin, Democratic leader, for an amendment to the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, giving him such | authority. Speaks “On Own Authority.” To an inquiry whether he had con- | (sulted the. State Department before. © making his statement, Senator Lewis sreplied he spoke ‘‘on his own au- | thority and knowledge of affairs of | emy country. a Senator Brandegee of Connecticut | of California, questioned the wisdom of such "& discussion in the Senate at this’ The __ Officials and. diplomats here pro- | ‘fess not to know what preparations. Rave been made by Japan for the op- »*rations about to be undertaken.: As_ Before there | of war a Russian fleet had been In seeking an understanding as to _tcope, before going on record as suP- = aithough the Government ng the Japanese action. the ,.on using the dock propérties of the American Government is understoo2 |... German companies, President. : 10 hold that, while it has every COn- | yrieon told Senator Martin at a Auence in the proper intentions of | ‘White House conference today that | ban, it Would be easier to convince! i, was deemed necessary to take me Inations and, moreover, would ‘over the legal title. The President ona le America and the allies to de- ‘arranged with Attorney-General eat any German design to organize) Gregory to advise Congress of the ie discordant elements in Russia on, ‘tegal situation. SS German side, were there some, Mal assurance that Russian in-, “teerity was not to suffer. A high of- ficial today expressed the opinion. for this reason the situation was | delicate and required very care- | treatment at the hands of the. Pt ‘avoid embarrassing misun- | hdings. ° elt: WAR TROPHY FOR OR WASHINGTON | wernenge Gorman “Machine Gun May) Be Sent to Capital. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY. -IN FRANCE, March 56 (By A. P.).— A German machine, gun in perfect | | condition may be sent to Washington | | as the first American war trophy. It | was among the mass | dropped hastily by the enemy when he retired from his ineffectual at-! tack in American lines last week. The .weapon with several belts of | ammunition is now in possession of | intelligence officers. | —--— /*mgland, France and Italy Plan to | - Ask Japan to Act in Siberia. LONDON, March 5.—The British, | ch and Italian. Ambassadors fn lo intended yesterday or today itty to ask Japan to take the' steps to safeguard allied | ts in Siberia, according to the | kane de The newspaper adds. e American Ambassador was, t expected to join the request, but) | Serviceable ho disturbing conclusions are to. through the machinery is. prices | Want | ‘rebuilt money-saving Post-Dispatch ‘Columns. ous struggle with the police. i necessary, ithe drafted contingents, to have rel- | ntives ‘the midway inclosure. | Fourth, ' Aug. 4, LAST CONTINGENTS INGITY'S DRAFT OF 3972 MEN UEFA | Morning Train Carries 163 From | Eleven Wards; Detachment of 95 Went Last N ight. BIG CROWDS AT STATION. ‘Mother iat Sister of nas Man Try Vainly to Get Out of Midway to Train. The last of St. Louis’ 3972 men in the first draft, except six men, departed at 9 a. m. today on. for Camp Funston. | a special train | There were 163 men on the train, representing 11 wards. men departed last night, and the re- | maining six will go tonight on the. | regular train. Mrs. Sarah Fischer of. 1236 North | Eleventh street was at Union Station ‘with her daughter, Sadie, to see her son, Nathan, depart. When police- ' men informed her that she could not go inside the gates to the train, where she thought Ilischer was, she: screamed and tried to get by forct- bly. She was quieted after a vigor- Later hér daughter, Sadie, re- i'newed the scene, but she was paci- | fied when Nathen Fischer appeared. | |He was late arriving, and had not the train. It has been): at the departure of all been in make their farewell outside! Those departing today were from the First Ward, 15 men; Third, 11; 30: Bighth, 9; Ninth, 16; Tenth, 12; Eleventh, 26; Twelfth, 16; l’ourteenth, 14; Sixtee@th, 5; Bight- eenth, 9. The men who departed last night were from the, Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Wards. Large crowds of friends attended. the both contingents. As drafted men carried many “We're going after Kultur,” lighteenth and Geyer to were samples of today’s lot, was loud cheering as heute out: PRESIDENT KEPT INFORMED ON TREATIES, BALFOUR SAYS, relatives and departure of usual, the banners “row Berlin,”’ There : Sra of Profit So Small Little Bad All Diplomatic Mores by Great Brit-' ages from the city. ain Communicated to Washington, Foreign Secretary Declares. LONDON, March 5 (By A. P.).— P.).—Rising costs of metals work at | Replying to a question in the House of Ernest Behrman against the city of Commons yesterday as to whether copies of all treaties, secret or pub-. lic,-and all other memoranda of; other agreements to which Great Britain has become a party since 1914, have been communi- cated to President Wvrison, Foreign | | Secretary Balfour said: “President Wilson is kept fully in- formed by the Allies.” BERLIN ANNOUNCES RUMANIA HAS ACCEPTED ARMISTICE Official Statement Goven Out Says Conditions” Have Been Agreed. On. “Our BERLIN, Savs a Ger- communication ‘WOMAN, 89, GORED BY BULL Se entined Mrs. Delilah Holcomb Seriously Hurt | Near Freeburg, Il. Mrs. Delilah Holcomb, who will be 90 years old next Sunday, ' ously injured yesterday when, knocked down and gored by a bull - it. the farmyard adjoining the home| ‘of her son, John Holcomb, near Free- | burg, Ill., where she resides. Mrs. Holcomb, wearing a red dress, had gone into the yard to search for, has eggs. She suffered several fractured | ribs and was lacerated about the face. and ree ESE ‘TH STATE FOR DRY AMENDMENT Texas Kéetplatare » Wakdicrecs Fedcral Proposal; Up to Governor. AUSTIN, .Tex.. March 4 (By A. : * y —-The lower house of the Legis-| ure last evening: concurred in a po iop amendment vy the Senate to the resolution for the reaffirmation of the Federal prohibition amend- ment. The resolution now goes to the | Gov ernor for approval. Texas is the. | eighth State to ratify the amend-' ment. of macerial MAJOR SHOT IN TRENCH DRILL/AUTO:LIGENSE ORDER HELD UP|iwuncer%cn net FORT WORTH, Tex., (By A. P.). —Trench practice became so real at Camp Bowie Monday aft- ernoon that Maj. ULloyd Hill was ‘shot through the leg with a mortar | and his foot broken. Hill commands the First Battal- ion of the 144th Infantry. be in the hospital a month. quota of! Ninety-five | the trains | via London, March 5.— | “The Rumanians have accepted our armistice conditions,” ‘man official | yesterday. issued | was ser i- | | March 5 | He will wom FORMERST,LOUS NAN RECENES THE } ROL DE GUERR which is believed. to deal’ D. A. Smiley of Hannibal One of Six Americans Decorated for Heroism in Raid. Announcement Expected Soon From | | Gen. Crowder—Action on | | Amendments Awaited. WASHINGTON, March 5. (By A P.).—Announcement of the date of| The | prov ost marshal general's office rid {the next draft is imminent. ment,” iw ith the time and method of sum-| The best , opinion is that the first of the men: | ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE will move to camp in April. /moning the second levy. Publication of the announcement ' Enlisted Soon After Declaration _of War; Sent to Jefferson Barracks First. is held up for action by Congress on |amendments to the selective service |act. + The most important of the pro- | in the Provost Marshall-General David Alvin Smiley, 21 years old, posed changes, opinion of of Hannibal, Mo., formerly of St. ‘soldiers who were decorated: by Pre- . is that which will give him authority imier Clemenceau of France with thea to base State quotas on the totalicroix de- guerre, for heroism in a number of men in Class 1-A, fMmstead This was made known by Washing- ton dispatches today. ' Smiley is the son of Mr.’and Mrs. iJ. W, Smiley of Hannibal, who re- isided in St. Louis until about five years ago. He received a grammar ischool education here. | of the total registered. BAKER ACCUSED BY WIFE OF MAKING DISLOYAL REMARKS Man Held for Federal Action Came |bal soon after the declaration of war From Germany in 1914; Says He _ iast April, and was sent te—Jefferson Would Fight Against Kaiser. |Barracks. He was in one of Adam Blatgen, 26 years old, of ifirst contingents sent to France. 1424 Washington avenue, a baker, iis a private in the field artillery. 4 ten last atoht ' al Mrs. Smiley said to the Post-Dis- Ibacds bse: athe ahi! on >. Cee ‘patch correspondent in Hannibal to- lof making abusive remarks ‘the United States. He was accused ‘from her son was dated Jan. 16. In by his wife, Mrs. Martha Blatgen, 18, ‘that letter he said that she would land her mother, Mrs. Emma Leon- |"0t hear from him for some time, ‘harat. he was about to go into the trenches. Blatgen was arrested by a police- ‘She later received indirect word, man whom he had summoned to aia through one of his comrades, him in getting his wife to leave her |e was well. mother and go to. Springfield, I). The first dispatch from the French with him. ‘ front, Blatgen denied the charges. He the six men were decorated, said he came to this country from |that “the artillery private from St. Germany in April, 1914, and took out ,Louis” (Smiley) distinguished him- his first papers two years ago. He registered for the draft and as an |} alien enemy, he said, and is willing to | fight the Kaiser if the Government | will take him. He is being held for | the Department of Justice. CAN'T RECOVER FROM CITY IF HURT BY GARBAGE WAGON! THREEWOMER AN PIOKETING STORE ARRESTED He the line to the artillery during a attack and during a raid through a | barrage. Two Lieutenants, two iby the French Premier-at the s i time. ‘Decision of State ‘Supreme. Court in | Ernest Behrman’s Suit for $15,000. Persons who are injured by city | garbage wagons cannot recover dam- | Between Sixth and Seyenth. This was the After an unusually large crowd the Missouri Supreme had gathered on the sidewalk on the announced to the City Olive street side of the Railway Ex- in the suit 'change Building, between Sixth and ‘Seventh streets, at lunch time today, ‘and after some noise and raillery, licemen arrested three women = and four men who were picketing the en- trances of the Famous & Barr store, ers on Olive Street Sidewalk i|decision of ‘Court, as Counselor's office today, of St. Louis for $15,000 damages. Behrman was knocked from a lad- der by a garbage wagon in an alley ‘near Nineteenth and Palm streets, ‘Nov. 19, 1913. He won a verdict in ithe Ciircuit Court, and the city ap- of department store. pealed the case, contending that the | ‘collection of garbage was a func- | tion of the city government, and that | | vehicles used in this work, like ve- ‘sons arrested. They ‘hicles of the Fire and Health De- | with general disturbance, and partments, did not render the city with disturbing the peace of any in- ‘liable for damages in case of acci- | dividual. 3 dents., The Supreme Court spam | this position. i years old, of 412 North Twenty-thir¢ '$450,000,000 ADDITIONAL ears old, of 412 Nor y-th FOR AIRCRAFT IS WANTED ‘cashier: grit Ethet “whaietanee ee 059 Delmar boulevard, a_ striking |'War Department Asks Congress to) a woman; her husband, H. E. Increase Appropriation, Saying Thompson, a striking clerk; $640,000,000 Has Been Spent. |Hartman of 3543 Indiana avenue, a | WASHINGTON, March 4 (By A.'‘striking salesman; John | P.).—Further appropriations -$450,000,000 for the aircraft | paign in addition to the $640,000,000 Hotel, a sheet metal worker. which was authorized soon after war | Racer declared was asked of Congress |ea Miss Flood abpve the crowd, while | yesterday by the War Department. she delivered an address urging her The War Department informed the hearers to support the strikers. Senate Military Committee that more The Rev. than $640,000,000 already has been | sey of St. Patrick’s Church said to- spent and $200,000,000 more is im-' qay that he had been trying to aid | mediately needed. Gen. Pershing jn bringing about a settlement of the’ frequently makes requests in connec- strike of union clerks of department | tion with aviation work, for which no funds are immediately available. complained against any’ of the per- ‘striking saleswoman; Eva Flood, 16 yesterday on M,. L. Wilkinson, presi- dent of Scruggs, Vandervoort & Bar- Asso- LOVETT GETS NEW FEDERAL JOB: iney and head of the Retailers’ ciation, and on F. Z. ager of the Famous & Barr store. Resigns From Union Pacific to As- sist McAdoo. WASHINGTON, March 5 (By A. _P.).—Robert S. Lovett, former chair- man of the board of the Union Pa- cific and Priorities Director of the, "and that there was no occasion for War Industries Board, has been ap-/|them to enter into negotiations with | pointed by Director-General McAdoo the clerks’ union. chief of a new division of better- | ments and additions to the Railroad FOR BETTER POLICE PROTECTION: | Administration. He has resigned from the Union | pecition Being Circe lated Pacific and from the War Industries | Pecan voto Board and has given up all his other | Washington ‘corporate interests to take charge of | A petitiod: ts — Sistion: Haeed ‘te | railroad shipment under Government | | furniah better protection for whole- operation. ‘sale and jobbing houses on Washing- ton avenue is being circulated among It recites that | burglar insurance rates have been An order issued recently to arrest | increased 50 per cent necause of the drivers of “vehicles without proper | numerous robberies, and states that | licenses, which was to have gone $100,000 worth of merchandise has into effect today, has béen suspend- been stolen within the last eight ed indefinitely by Chief of Police months. Young, upon request of Secretary of It is proposed to present the peti- State Sullivan, who said that a con- tion atthe next meeting of the board signment of licenses to St. Louis if enough signers are obtained. ‘dealers was delayed in shipment. : ‘thta few of their employes were Men in Toul Fighting to Keceive First American Medals for Bravery Crowder, Louis, was one of «the six American | German raid in the American sector. | He enlisted | ‘in the United States army at Hanni- | the | about |day that the last letter she received | aS | that | ‘American headquarters at the front describing the deeds for which said | ‘self twice in running messages from | Kas | po- | in behalf of the striking union clerks | 'glory of the-moment, forgot to sa- So far as was shown by the reports | made later by the policemen, no one | t® his rescue, whispering: | Salute!’’ were charged | not. | wear their honors until authorized } Those arrested were Mrs. Margaret |Moffrand of 3668A Blaine ave , a: e v1 eC sgminty “i No Man’s Land, ‘tions and the country in the distance, Alex , Thomas | of Carey of 2534 Montgomery street, a | cam-jclerk, and Henry Latt of the Lindell | Hartman, the policeman said, lift- | Father Timothy Demp- | stores, but that he had made no ap; | /parent progress. He said he called | Salomon, man-_| They both, he said, took the position | striking, that business was normal, | | Records Being Gathered Carefully—None to Be Honored for Simply Doing Duty—France Decorates Six U. S. Soldiers. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN. FRANCE, March 4.(By A. P.).— The first Americans to win the new American medals for bravery in ac- | tion will be men who participated ) in the successful fight with the Ger- /'mans in the Toul sector, Friday, March 1 (the casualty list for which ha: just been published). Among ,them. undoubtedly will be some, if not all, the men who were decorate: | yesterday by Premier Clemenceau. The fighting records of the vari- (ous soldiers are being compiled and (on these records recommendations | will be made by the General com- 'manding the division. The data is | being gathered carefully so as to _make certain that none will be hon- ored specifically for simply doing his ‘duty. The entire American expedi- tionary force is waiting to see who ‘among them will be the first to get the new war medal. Clemenceau Decorates Six Men. Premier Clemenceau, who spent Sunday on the American front north- ' west of Toul, decorated two Lieu- ‘tenants, two Sergeants and two pri- vates with the Croix de Guerre with ‘the palm for heroism which they displayed in the recent German raid .in this sector. One of the Lieutenants from Brooklyn and the other from Charleston, 8. C. Both men went out into No’ Man’s Land in broad day- light and got a German prisoner. M. Clemenceau, accompanied two French Generals, arrived sit hy at an early hour and immediately went to where the troops were drawn up on three sides of a square in companies. The names of the men to be deco- rated were called, and they stepped up, the French Premier pinning the decorations on them and saying a /word to each. One he patted.on the Sergeants | ‘and another private were decorated | same | shoulder and said: “That's the way to do it.”” The American blushed and retired to the ranks. One of the French Gentrale’ maid a a pfs sinenoe a atl ES ai i we keep working as we have.” At the end of the ceremony a | ivate cam i ‘Taken in Custody After Crowd Gath- | }erhaie. He snake foe a amen hurriedly. He spoke for a moment with hig Captain, fearing apparently that he was going to lose his medal. | The Captain directed him to proceed t M. Clemenceau’s automobile. which he did. The Premier stepped out and slapped him on the back. handing him his war cross. One of the Generals remarked laughingly’ ‘Never mind about being late. You were on time the other morning. | Thag is enough.” The soldier, in the excitement and lute, but an American General came “Salute’ Cannot Wear Medals Yet. None of the men decorated can by Congress. The Premier went far forward into an observation post overlooking the German posi- then hidden in the haze. He entere’l several dugouts under the ruins of houses, brought down since the ar- ‘rival of the American troops. dione comes | * Private Alvin Smiley St. Louis Soldier Whom Clemenceau Decorated WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 4 (By A. P.): T is now permissible to give I the names of the officers and men decorated yesterday by Premier Clemenceau. They are: Lieut. Joseph Canby, Brooklyn, ) ap 24 Lieut. William Charleston, 8, C. Sergt. Patrick Walsh. Sergt. William Norton. Privat® “Buddy” Pittman, Brooklyn, N. Y. Private Alvin Smiley, St. Louis. The Sergeants have been in the army for many years. Sergt. Walsh formerly lived in: Detroit and Sergt. Norton in Arkansas. Both the privates distinguished themselves by running through the barrage laid down by the Germans during the raid in the Toul sector, March 1, and de-. livering meseages. Two artillery officers—-Capt. Holtzendorff, whose home is in Georgia, and Lieut. Green—will receive the French War Cross. Th€y were wounded by shell fire: Lieuts. Canby and Coleman went into No Man's Land in day- light and each took a German prisoner. Sergt. Norton killed a German Lieutenant and two sol- diers. He was challenged by the Lieutenant to leave his dugout and led out his men fighting. Sergt. Walsh took command of ) a detachment in front of the wire when his leader was killed and continued the fight. Coleman, shells, both friendly and hostile, appearance of the Am returned from the front line. He spent the afternoon in inspecting the: where he talked with wounded in the recent raid, telling |, number of prisoners, 160 tinvinns all of them they had done finely. * } whistled overhead, while M. Clemen- ceau was nr but ee dropped ~ " I P - - : A a oe als ‘ iaprameee with the posh h al those caked in mud, who had just billets in many towns back of the lines and also visited a field hospital the men Sergt. Walsh was about to retire for age, but asked to be sent to France. He took command of a de- tachment in front of the wire when his Captain was killed and continued the fight, Mmflicting losses on -the enemy. Private Smiley distinguished him- self twice in running messages from | the line to the artillery during the | gas attack and during the raid | through the barrage. The other prt- | vate decorated delivered important | messages through the barrage after | having said good-by to his comrades. | It was unusualily inactive alo the American front during the la 24 hours, only 105 enemy | shells dropping over. The American artil- lery heavily shelled a large canton- ment, where many enemy troops were assembled. : | ' UNSETTLED, PROBABLY WITH THE TEMPERATURES. , Lesterday: SAM HAS | High, 60 at 4 p. Roan ARITED : m.; low, 42, at oat yp ke 7:30 a. m. SSARAGE. | official fore- cast for St. Louls and é vicinity: Unsettied weath- er tonight and. ' ably with rain turning to snow. Much __ colder, with gece 4 dnorthertly! winds. | ; temperature te- night will about 28. | : i ) Unsettled weath- er tonight and fomorrow, prob- | ably with rain turning to snow. Much colder, with tions. Strong northerly winds. and tomorrow, probably with rain turning to snow. Much . colder. Winds shifting to strong northerly tonight. Stage of river at 7 a. m., 9.6 feet, | ‘a vise of 1.4 feet. | i During 1917 the Post-Dispatch printed 63,686 For Sale Want Ads-— 20,172 more than the FOUR other 8t. Louts newspapers combined, RAIN TURNING TO SNOW ‘tied a loop in ‘swinging in it. * Missouri —. tomorrow, prob- "!* cold wave in west and central por- earlier because the camps have not IHinois—Unsettled weather tonight | been selected. | called a physician, but the boy was' dead. A Coroner's jury returned a | | movement of these age ‘BOY ACCIDENTALLY HANGS : Line on 1200-Yard Front, Capture 150 Men. British Activity Continues Another Successful Raid Near Warneton. “.- PARIS, March 5.—A German at- tack last ‘night on the trenches , by American forces in Lorraine was - repulsed, the French official state- ment issued today announced. American patrols operating in the same region, the statement adde, took a number of German prisoners. —_—_—— PARIS, March 5 (By A. P.).—Ez- tensive raiding operations continué on the battle fronts. The French | yesterday penetrated to the fourth German line on a _ front of 1200 ‘Yards east of the Meuse and brought ‘back more than 150 prisoners. a The official statement of last night said: “East of the Meuse we earriéa out, despite violent opposition, a sur r- prise attack on a large scale the enemy positions: in the | . Daten “eas a ~~? — ee ee = ok 1900 badtech sha Acidbadd ba coe y treme depth of 600 meters at certain points. In the course of the attack — the enemy counter-attacked against our left flank. He was repulsed after a sharp fight in which he suf- _ fered heavy losses. The enemy iost ‘been’ counted passing through our lines up to this time. We also brought: back material. Our losses were extremely small. “Northwest of Bezonvaux we re- pulsed an enemy surprise attack.” British Advance on 12-Mile Front LONDON, March 5 (By A. P.).-- Progress in the campaign in Pales- — ‘tine is recorded in an official state- | ment which says: “From Friday to Sunday several ‘encounters between mounted patrois occurred east and yorth of Jericho, Between Saturday and Sunday our troops advanced northward te a max- imum depth of 300 yards on a frontage of 12 miles astride and west of the Jerusalem-Nabius road, en- countering little opposition, “An enemy airplane was brought ‘down in our lines east of Jaffa. The pilot and observer were wounded and captured.” SELF IN A ROPE SWING | snstratians Carry Out Another Raid Tilaymate Discovers Wellston Tad | Suspended by Neck on Back Pork of Home. Roy Sesse!, 10 years old, 2115 EA. | mund avenue, Wellston, accidentally hanged himself at 6 p. m. yGeterday with a clothes line suspended from attacked one of our posts He had | same neighborhood was repulsed aft-— the back porch of his home. the line and was A playmate saw Roy hanging by neck from the rope and notified his parents, who. cut the rope and verdict of death by accident. vowest 70,000 NEGROES IN CALL SOON be | Assembly When Camps Are Ready First Draft. WASHINGTON, March & (Spe- cial ).—Seventy thousand negro troops will be called within a short time, it was announced teday. This will finish the first draft for all states. The men, principally from Southern states, were not summoned will The last group of 10,000 white sol- diers started ‘or camp yesterday. The only other white soldiers to be called into service since the first draft will be to fill vatancies. They will be chosen by the local boards alee Z list of eMgibies. It is pretty tled that all the camps br will be in the Northern Near Warneton. LONDON, ren 5 (By A. P.).— “Australian troops successful raid last night against the enemy's position at Warneton, cap- turing a number of prisoners and two machine guns," says today’s War Office report. “A hostile party which in the eral prisoners south of St. eae | tin.” : ) tv % WOMAN 3 SONS IN bs : GS ae y i shortly. enti on Page 2, Column ii peed. 7 Tells How Ruthless U-Boat War Plan, Began as an miter ial German Political Plot oz i - {re ies y Eases “a ates carried out &