St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 4, 1918

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This is general location as that in the tank steamer Herbert L. | was sunk ycsterday. By the Absoclates Press. AN. ATLANTIC PORT, June 4.— Three hundred of the passengers and crew .of the’ torpedoed steamship Carolina were picked up at sea in open boats by the schooner Etta B. Doi The schooner anchored & ‘mi off an inlet near here at 1:30 o’¢ this afternoon apparently awaiting orders regarding the dispo- sition of his shipwrecked cargo. In addition seven members of the crew were landed at the intet wharf by a coast guard lifeboat. The men tarried long enough to gay they “had a tough time” and then they were whisked. off to the coastiguard station where they were supplied with much-needed food. A boat from the steamship Caro- lina containing 19 of the ship’s peo- ple, including two women, has land- ed at Lewes, Del. This messagé was recéived by the New York and Porto Rico line to- day from the coast guard service. All but one of the 19 persons were indicated. The member of the crew was an engineer. One Amefican, W. H. Morton, sec- retary of the Porto Rico Fruit Co., was among those landed. A British steamer from West In- dian ports, arriving here today, re- ported that she had picked up at 4 p. m., yesterday, off Cape May, an empty motor lifeboat belonging to the Carolina damaged by shell fire. The hull of the motor boat had been pierced by the fire of the U- boat's guns. One of only three oars ‘found in the boat had been splin- | tered. ere was found in the boat a mafi's cap and a number of biscuit OF Tian of Damaged Tanker. News also reached here today that an American tanker, damaged as a result of a fight with a German submarine off the American coast had arrived at an Atlantic port. Naval tugp picked up the crippled vessel at sea and. towed her in: De- tails were withheld for the time. The tanker’s hull was punctured and she had shipped a considerable ntity of water. a reports came to shipping rities that still another Ameri- can tank steamship had been sunk by a German submarine, but no de- tatls were disclosed. » Oity of Columbus Safc. The City of Columbus of the Sa- vanneh Lire arrived at an Atlantic port, bringing safely her passengers and crew, numbering 117, who had been listed as missing. Also at At- lantic ports arrived the steamship Grecian with the missing crew of the sunken schooner Jacob M. Haskell; the Gov. Cobb, a United States Ship- pign Board training ship with 200 tice seamen aboard; the a Dorchester of the Mer- Miners’ Transportation the Clyde 4iner Huron, from artes ce The Seahner ts to harbor of all these vessels left unaccounted for, in addi- homage to the Carolina's missing, only the crew, exact number unknown here, of Lynd schooner Samuel W. of Boston. transport or ship bound with F supplies for Europe has been The total American tonnage have been destroyed to bees 20,000 ‘family, We Had to Get Into egies or Go Home, U-Boat Captain Said By the Associated Press. AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 4. é6 HE first warning we had,” said Capt. R. K. Low- ry of the steamship Texel, sunk Sunday afternoon 60 miles south of New York, “was when a shrapnel burst over the bridge at 4:20 on Sunday after- noon. Two submarines next drew alongside our ship. The Captain, who spoke good English, board- ed our boat, demanded our pa- pers and ordered us to leave the ship. The guns of his U-boat were kept trained on us.” After the submarine com- mander had taken over the Tex- el, Capt. Lowry reported the cap-. tor said: ‘I hate like hell to do this, but we have been ordered to get into action or return home. ‘We have been over here for two months.”’ “There was no attempt to get the men,” Capt. Lowry contin- ued. “We manned_ two boats and everybody was saved. When we were leaving, one submarine nearly crashed into us. The Captain shouted and waved us back to safety.” The Texel sank at 5:15. WOMEN NOT REPLACING MEN AS RAPIDLY AS WAS EXPECTED Wages Offered Said to Be Not Suffi- - @lently High to Attract Them Gencrally. By the Associated Pres». WASHINGTON, June 4.—Women are not replacing men in industries as rapidly as expected, although 44,- 471 have, been placed by the woman’s division of the Federal Employment Service, the Department of Labor an- nounced today. Wages offered women are less than those paid men and 4reé not suf- ficiently high to attract wonten’ ex- cept in favorable localities, a sum- mary of reports show. — FAIRBANKS SINKING RAPIDLY ; ALL OF FAMILY AT BEDSIDE Former Vice President Continues to Lose Ground, Says Chicf eran he Associated Pre By INDIANAPOLIS. ‘ind.. June 4, Charles Warren Fairbanks contin- ues to lose ground and this morning Dr. John A. McDonald, the physician in chief, said his patient was sink- ing rapidly. All the members of the except Maj. Richard Fair- banks, who is in France, are at the bedside. TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN DOCTOR “Our ‘Yank Doc’ Loved by Officers and Men,” British Officer Writes. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Monday, June 4.—An officer of the Ninth Essex regiment. in a letter written home, pays tribute to an American officer serving in the regiment. “Lieut. C. T. McCarthy, medical officer of our regiment,” says the letter, “is one of the first Americans serving in France to obtain the Brit- ish military cross. He’ was attached to our regiment last December. Our "Yank Doc,’ as we call him, is one of the best of men. He is loved by all the officers and men.” B, C, CHAPIN, MOVIE ACTOR, DIES He Bore Striking Resemblance to/ Abraham Lincoln. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 4.—Benjamin Chester Chapin, moving picture ac- tor and scenario writer, whose strik- ing resemblance to Abraham Lincoln gave him wide popularity, died Sun. day in’a sanitarium at Liberty, N. Y., it was announced here today. Again! Again!! And Again!!! Day after day—week after weck —year after yenr, the St. Louis merchants mak; the POST-DIS- PATCH their principal vehicle for carrying their store. news to all the while buyers. Yesterday, Monday, was an- other example—proving the rule. POST-DISRATCH alone .46 Cols, 3 out of all 4 of. the other papers combined 37 Cols. POST-DISPATCH alone exceeded all 3 added. . Why? It ‘is not cirenlation but nine. that advertisers demand— get both in St. Louis’ | “One "hig Newspaper. ry © Cols, | LETTERS REVEAL LIQUOR DEALERS’ FIGHT ON FOLK Letters From Ignatius J. Bauer, Secretary of State Association, Bare Opposi- tion to Be “Under Cover.” “MISSOURI IS NO LONGER HIS HOME” “Friends of Liberty Have an | Old Grievance to Even Up, and It Must Be Done in Senatorial Campaign.”’ By a Staff Correspondent of the Post-Dispatch. JEFFERSON CITY, June 4.—Let- ters written by Ignatius J. Bauer, secretary of the Association of Retail Liquor Dealers of -Missouri, declar- ing that the association is “against Folk” and will work “under cover’’ to defeat him, have fallen into the hands-of supporters of Folk for Sen- ator here, and have created a decided stir in political circles. Only extracts of one letter have been obtained, and although the movement has been carefully guard- ed, the fact that the extracts were sent to 25 saloon keepers for their approval resulted in the information getting to the Folk men. This was a letter to Senator Wilfley, in which he was requested to vote against the Randall prohibition amendment to the agricultural bill. The extracts sent to the saloon keepers were: “The State Association of Retail Liquor Dealers of Missouri is against Folk for Senator, or Folk for any- thing. Work to Be “Under Cover.” “In fighting Folk, we do not: in- tend to hang a beer sign on whom- soever we favor for Senator, nor ask questions about Woman’s Suffrage or prohibition. “The agitation will be carried on with the simple request to scratch Folk. “Our work will start at once and under cover, in order to check. the organizing of Folk Clubs throughout the State. “Folk can be defeated like Swan- ger, by our association and its leagues, and to make Folk realize that Missouri is no longer his home. “The Liquor Dealers of Missouri owe a debt to Folk and are anxious to settle the account. “We feel sure that Folk can be eliminated notwithstanding his pop- ularity and that his campaign is well financed.”’ Leticr to Wilfley Supporter. The other letter, dated May 27, was addressed to R. Perry Spencer of St. Louis, actuary of the State Insurance Department and probably the most active Wilfley man among. Gov. Gardner’s appointees. It read: **‘May 27, 1918. “Mr. Perry Spencer, “State Insurance Department, “Jefferson City, Mo. “My Dear Mr. Spencer—The State Association of Retail Liquor Dealers of Missouri is against Folk for Sena- tor, or Folk for anything. In fight- ing Folk we do not intend to hang a beer sign on whomsover we favor for Senator, nor ask questions about woman's suffrage or prohibition. The agitation will emanate and te carried on by the liquor dealers through co- |operative leagues and other associa- ‘tions, with the simple request to scratch Folk. The business connec- tions of the Retail Liquor Dealers with all classes of trade and the workingmen in particular, affords the opportunity to launch an anti- Folk movement in every city and hamlet at once, and under cover, in order to offset and check the organ- izing of Folk clubs in various parts of the State where the grievance against Folk has not been kept alive or entirely forgotten. “The political work of the associa- tion is done effectively, and without notoriety which occasionally makes it possible for political bosses to steal our thunder and get away with it. “The defeat of John E. Swanger, for instance, was brought about through. concerted agitation of leagues and associations whose names you find mentioned on our State leg- islative printed matter, and this agi- tation was inaugurated at an early date by your humble servant, as you will notice on date. of anti-Swanger resolution inclosed. STREET CAR MEN IN _ EAST ST. LO ALL SERVICE STOPPED UIS. STRIKE, Walk-Out Comies Without Warning to En- force Demands for Higher Wages---Inter- - urban Transportation Also Affected. Three hundred and seventy-five motormen and conductors of the East St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. struck pletely stopping the Eads Bridge and East St. Louis local street car service, the interurban service of the company to Belleville, Alton, Edwardsville, Granite City, Lebanon, O’Fallon and Belleville. Alton local cars continued t tonight or tomorrow. / The regular morning and evening ban cars, 86 East St. Louis local and Alton and four in Belleville. Mayor Mollman of East St. Louis called a meeting of Mayors of the cities affected by the strike, to con- vene at his office as soon as the other M&éyors could arrive. The purpose of the conference is to consider means for settling the strike. No Warning Given. The strike was declared by the interurban men at 2 a. m., and by the East St. Louis local men at 5, and was put into effect at once, the public having received no warning. Employes of East Side business con- cerns, living in St. Louis, first learned of the suspension of service when they reached Eads Bridge. The packing house sent large trucks across the bridge for their employes, but employes of other concerns found means of transportation most meager. The bridge railings were lined with persons walking across, while’ a crowd, waiting in vain for local and interruban cars, overflowed the waiting room at the west end of the bridge, and stood in Washington av- enue. A few overloaded jitney cars were in service, and gome workers, | unable to get aboard these machines, hired taxicabs. The conveyances were also loaded on their westbound trips, as many workers in St. Louis live on the East Side. The men are demanding 38 cents an hour for men on local runs, and 43 cents on interurban runs, in place of the present scale of 33 and 35 cents, which represented an increase of 2 cets an hour over the_ scale which prevailed until last Saturday. The scale of 31 and 33 cents, which prevailed until Saturday, was estab- lished by arbitration last year, and was to continue until May 1, 1919, under the agreement made at that time. Before the arbitration, the scale was 27 and 28 cents. Company Willing to Arbitrate. The company in the afternoon sent a telegram to former President Wil- liam H. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, representatives of the public on the War Labor Board, expressing its willingness to have the differences arbitrated by the board. The mes- sage said 450 men were on a strike, and that no attempt would be made to run cars until some form of arbi- tration had been devised. The company issued this statement of its position: “The present contract was entered into last July, effective May, 1917, for two years ending May 1, 1919. This contract was the result of arbi- tration, the third arbitrator being one of the men proposed by the union. The wages previous to this contract were 27c an hour for city men and 28c an hour for interurban men, and the new wages set by arbi- trators at 3lic for citY men and 35c for interurban men, this being at that time well above the average! for higher wages this morning, com- Collinsville, and the local service in o run, but it was said they would. stop service of the company is 62 interur- Eads bridge cars, eight local cars in wages paid by other similar compa- nies. “In March, 1918, we made several voluntary concessions, including raise of pay for minimum day for trippers from 8 hours to 9 hours and 9% hours, with premium rates of 10c per hour extra for all tripper overtime. At that time we also agreed to allow $5 toward the purchase of uniforms. and on June 1, 1918, we increased pay by a bonus of 2c per hour, tgll- ing the committee at that time that this was all or more than our condi- tions justified at this time, but that his 2c an hour was not final, as when we received increase in fares, we would ‘share a portion of such in- crease with them, and if at that time they were not satisfied we would agree to mediate the matter with them.” The men are members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, the same union to which the St. Louis street car employes have belonged since the strike of last February. H. C. Grant, president of the inter- urban men’s branch of the union. said to a Post-Dispatch reporter that the company was officially notified 10 days ago that the union would vote, last night, on a strike pro- posal, unless the increase demanded should be granted. He said the de- mand for an increase had been pend- ing since last September. Men Were Dissatisfied. “The award made by arbitration a year ago last month was never satisfactory to the men,” Grant said. “The cost of living has increased since ‘that time, and the men have found it necessary to ask for an in- crease. We have prolonged the ne- gotiations as long’as possible, as we have not wished to appear as being contract breakers. But when our men, getting 33 cents an hour, run their cars past street sweepers who are getting 50 cents an hour, as they do in Collinsville, and day laborers who get 42 cents, as they do in Granite City, it is pretty hard to keep them in line. ‘We offered to take our increase in the form of a War bonus, or as 13 temporary matter, to continue only while the present prices of every- thing continue. All we wanted wuas in some way to get enough money to enable us to live.” Edwardsville and Granite City were more fortunate than most of the other points on the interruban lines, as they had electric service to St. Louis via the McKinley System, which is not affected by the strike. Service between Alton and Edwards- ville was cut off, and those going from Alton and other points on the suburban line, to the county seat, had to use automobiles. The line between East St. Louis, Waterloo and Colum- bia, Ill., was not affected, being an independent line. FRENCH AIRMAN BRINGS DOWN | ENEMY PLANES IN PAIRS Several Such Victories Credited to Lieut. Madon, Who Has Record of 28 Planes. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 4.—Twenty- eight eerial victories are now credited to Lieut. Georges Madon, one of the most prominent French aviators, who early in the war landed by mistake on Swiss territory and was interned, but made his escape. The Lieutenant recently recovered from a long illness and returned to the front, to reap havoc among the German airplanes. On several occa- sions he has brought down enemy machines in pairs. RAIL RATE REVISIONS SCHEDULED McAdoo to Make Hundreds of Local and Special Changes. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 4.—Hun- dreds of local and special rate revi- sions will be ordered by Director- General MeAdoo before June 25, when-~the new rate schedules go into effect, the Administration announced . ee ; 146 IN COLOGNE KILLED BY ALLED AIR RAIDERS People Were Thrown Into State of “the Most Absolute Panic,” State t Advices Say. By the Assoctated Press. WASHINGTON, June 4.—A recent allied air raid on Cologne caused the death of 146 persons, the State De- partment was informed today. About 150 were injured. The people of Cologne, the depart- ment’s advices said, were thfown into a state of “the most absolute panic.” Post-Dispatch Extra Gave St.'Louis First News of U-Boat Raid. The Post-Dispatch gave 8t. Louis the first news of the U- boat raids on Atlantic Coast shipping yesterday. An extra edition, containing the Associat- ed Press reports of the depreda- tions of the undersea craft, was on the street at 10:30 a.m. No other St. Louls newspaper pub- | believed they got at | lished the news until nearly two hours later. a AMERICANS IN PATROL FIGHT -LUNEVILE SECTOR Our Men Try to Surround Enemy but Larger Body of Germans Threatens, Caus- ing Lively Contest. AID FRENCH FIGHT AIRPLANE BOMBERS Germans Again Attempt to Bomb Hospitals and Vil- lages in the Picardy Sec- tor. By the Associated Press. NICE, Ffance, Monday, June 3.— The first batch of wounded Ameri- can soldiers who had been amal- gamated with French troops arrived at Nice today. They were sent to the American hospital here. Ev the Associated Press. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Monday, June 3.—An American combat patrol engaged in a desperate fight with a large enemy patrol néar Ancerviller.in the Lune- ville sector early today. The Amer- casualties are not known. The Americans discovered the Ger- ran patrol and endeavored to sur-/ reund and capture the enemy. Dur- ing the fight the Americans found themselves being surrounded by overwhelming numbers, but mian- aged to extricate themselves and re- tire, fighting all the while. Man* Anti-Aircraft Guns. The Americans last (Sunday) night aided the French for the first time in manning anti-aigcraft guns in villages in Picardy and kept up 2 terrific barrage when enemy aircraft again attempted to bomb hospitais end homes of civilians. The enemy artillery and machine guns are active around Cantigny, but all efforts to capture the village have been frustrated. An enemy patrol was fired on early this. morning. One German was killed and the body brought in. The American artillery continued to ha- rass the enemy; a fire was observed in Montdidier. Enemy aircraft have been particu- larly active in this sector. They have done no military damage, but con- tinue nightly raids on villages be- hind the lines, bombing promiscu- ously. Fortunately, most of the bombs have dropped in fields. Artillery Duel New Tone. After long inactivity, an artillery duel broke out this (*fonday) morn- ing northwest of Toul. It lasted several hours, both American and German batteries letting l6o0se ev- erything they had. The Germans used: much gas and high explosives. The terrific roar of the explosions gradually diminished until noon, when quiet reigned agaig. No in- fantry action developed. Lieut. Sumner Sewall of Bath, Me., today (Monday) shot down an ene- my two-seated airplane inside the American lines northwest of Toul, after a thrilling fight in which six German and three American planes participated. American Air Fights. One of the American patrol flizhts was intercepted and attacked. For 15 minutes the machine guns rattled and soldiers on the ground watched the maneuvers. They saw one enemy leave the formation and an American chaser pounce upon it. Both ‘aviators were firing. The American machine was hit twice, but not damaged. The American pilot is certain that he hit the Ger- man, which then started to retreat. It was here that Lieut. Sewall dashed in. He fought down the Ger- man from 5000 meters to 200 meters and finally brought it down in a field. What remained of the enemy plane was taken to Toul and set up in the square of the town on ex-/| hibition. In three other fights today Ger- man machines were driven off. In this fighting the erican pilots t one enemy biplane. GERMANS BOMBARD PARIS| —_—-¢— Long Range Guns Again Fire on French Capital. By the Associated Preas. PARIS, June 4.—The Germans again bombarded Paris today with their long range guns. INEW GUN TRACTOR DOES STUNT THAT BALKED BRITANNIA WASHINGTON, June 4.—The lIat- est .production of the Army Ord- nance Bureau; an armored tractor for hauling field guns, was demon- strated here yeste with Secre- Ptary Baker. Gen. , chief of staff and many foreign officers present. Hooked to a 4.7 inch field howitzer, the machine ran over the rough muddy ground of Rock Creek Park, which fecently balked the Finglish tank Britannia, cut down trees and climbed over the fallen trunks, dragging the gun behind it; climbed a 45-degree hill, where the mud was a foot deep, and wound up the performance by rattling down a paved avenue at a 12-mile gait without leaving @ mark on the pav- ing. The whole load, including the gun and tractor, was approximately 20,- 000 pounds. Officers who saw the demonstra- tion are convinced that no shell-torfn territory will stop the rapid move- ment of American field guns when they are sent to support infantry ad- vances. Moreover’ the machines are shrapnell-proof and can be disabled only by a direct shell hit. NOISE OF BIG BATTLE IS HEARD IN PARIS Many Persons Awakened at Night Who Thought Another Air Raid Was in Progress. PARIS, June 4.—Many Parisian By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 4.—Fatali- ties due to airplane accidents at fily- ing fields in this country from May 15 to 25 numbered seven, the War Department announced today. FAIR AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE Yesterday: High, 86 at 5 p. m.; low, 69 at 6 a. m.- | By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 4— troops thrown into the battle on the western side of the Cale pagne salient have aided in ~—' ping the German advance near ad ote Marne front Ge troops which had forced 4 Pas- sage of the river were driven back again ican The greatest and the by French and Amer- pe. a ttle continued with the between the Aisne The Germans cap- 4 tured Pernant. Further south & Frouch lost \a little ground, as The ‘Germans have made a further _ advance at one point between iid ‘Marne and the Oureq, capturing” village of Nouilly-La-Poteria( and one-half miles northwest — Chateau. Thierry). making any progress, says, te day’s official ; unable to = The Germans efforts to further gains in Villers-Coterets yasterday, in . a of a struggle of s most severe : while arou@d Chau feau-Thierry ter attacks by the allies haye™ proved the situation, rogress. “Between the Aisne and the the battle was continued during night with intense violence. ning at 7 p. mi., violent attacks ‘ place in the region of Poenant Be a Pernant fell into the | “4 enemy after a stu