St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 6, 1918

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iC PAGE Y 5 1918. 9158, by : ry Sp eg. U.S . Office "When in Need of Efficient Help n M tecnead home, office, st up the Post-Dispatch.” **°t°T¥ Uy A Ae See eee ee ae Oe ele ey os ae * aE PS ee ee PE IS FR ie ald * ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH NI EDITION 3°. GHT 2 E. Stive or Central 6600—or leave the ad with your ec oo . a : The: Only Evening Paper in St Louis With the Associated Press News Service SS “WOL. 70. NO. 346. T. LO : r >; 2 ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1918—14 PAGES. ’ PRICE TWO CENTS 7 [te Coorrah. eit by HOO Pike, 150 ESTIMATE OF DEAD ON RIVER BOAT | Bzcursion Steamer Colum- bia, With More Than 500 Persons Aboard, Hits Ob- struction in Fog, at Mid- night, Near Peoria, IIL, 251,000 U. S. ACTUALLY ON LINES, SAYS GEN. SOLDIERS THE FIGHTING MARCH —¢@e He Also Reveals That 9th and 23d Infantries, Supported by Regular Artillery All Under Bundy, Made Vaux Attack. By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 6.—Ameri- can troops actually on the fighting lines in Europe about July 1 num- bered 251,000, according to informa- tion’ gfven today by Gen. March, tained. The most important of these extent in the training camps. Gen. March said: “The situation along the various | tion where nibbling by the allied. forces is going on all the time and | with complete success so far as the| have not been sufficient to cause our withdrawal from any terrain which a ee eee ee = ) [ ‘ | | } ' western fronts has developed a situa- | WILSON CONFERS WIT WAR, STATE AND NAVY READS | Calls in Lansing, Baker, Dan-| iels, Admiral Benson and Gen. March With Large Map of Russia. ‘ACTION IN SIBERIA WIFE AT CAMP DOES Daniels and Admiral Benson, chief FY-MAYOR MITCHEL JACKSON SAYS CAMERON SENT HIM TO CHICAGO NILLED IN FALL TRUM AIRPLANE Former New York Executive, a Major, Plunges 600 Feet From Scout Machine at Louisiana Field. signal corps, was instantly killed at | Gerstner field today when he tell : HE RECEIVED $500 UL R CLAIM AGENT TOLD HIM T0 BE “THE GOA Pate Ail McDaniel Se ee a) Copyright. : 1918, E Si I iat ..- and ‘ chief of staff, and other members| allied attacks are concerned. | - 9 cxmnememnnaninennege of the War Council at their weekly “The. most interesting of these AGAIN BEING URGED NOT SEE ‘ACCIDENT i conference with members of the|;minor raids, from the American ye PRA 4 PANIC RESULTS IN Senate Military Committee. standpomt, was the successful at- ; 3 Preparations are now being made| tack on Vaux, which occurred on Subject of Joint Intervention When Defeated for Re-Elec- | DEATH OF MANY on the western front by the allies| July 1. This town was taken by a ! Called U Superin- to meet another heavy German as-| very nicely planned American attack b U.S and Allied Forces tion Mitchel Went Into the Says He Up 4 * sault, Gen March said to newspaper | in which the Ninth and Twenty-third area = “ tenden After Safe Cracks You lose By oe D Cc With men at his weekly conference. regiments of infantry furnished the | Attractin Renewed Inter- Aviation Service and t Six More ba Second eck Crowded Wi Gen. March had nothing to an-| infantry contingent, and the Twelfth, | 8 : so and Was Told Where | Das” PAY 4 i Di ter as nounce except that the first million | Fifteenth and Seventeenth regiments est at Capital. Showed Much Ability. ing ” For LYING 4 Dancer 3; men having been embarked for) of Field Artillery supported the at- | ! to Go. sad | : 3 Is Home J France, movement of the second mil-/| tack. These troops form a part wad B | 2 Steamer pee being pressed. our second division, which is under | By the Associated Press kk coatemee La., July 6. | oS ae | | E - e situation along the Western|the command of Major-General | ; re C uly 6.—| 2 Bound to Pekin; Federal front, he said, has developed into a| Omar Bundy. The successes at-| P Si fre Peat ec Major John Purroy Mitchel, fornter| “NOTHING TO SAY,” % . ° continual “nibbling” by allied forces | tained have been consolidated and/ den ison Calle Mayor of New York C Ns CAMERON ; Investigation. with complete success being ob-(| subsequent attacks of the Germans | today Secretaries Lansing, Baker and > oa in the Al oe tligee on an ot. SAYS By the Associated Press. PEORIA, Ill, July 6.—Approxi- . - mately 150 persons were drowned or 5 teemapted to death at midnight, last nteht, when the excursion steamer | catombia, carrying more than 500 ; persons, struck an obstruction in the Illinois River and .sank. Fifty-three bodies had been re- moved from the wreck up to noon through the efforts of volunteer divers from Peoria. The bodies were taken from the main deck and minor raids from the American standpoint was the attack on Vaux ‘on July 1. Regulars ih Vaux Attack. The attack on Vaux was carried out by the Ninth and Twenty-third Infantry, supported by the Twelfth, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Field Ar- tillery, all of the Second Division, under command ot Major-General | Omar Bundy. The success attained there has been eompletely consoli- dated, subsequent counter by the Germans failing to cause the slightest withdrawal from the terri- tory occupied. On the Italian front, the General said, the situation has come down to the complete ogeupation by the Italians of the southern bank of the attacks | has been accupied. Siengtion on the Piave. | “On the italian front the situation ‘has now come down to complete _occupation by Italy of the southern _ bank of the Piave, with the excep- tion of one small sector. The size | of that sector, which is the only part of the south bank of the Piave | still held by the Austrians is 3%x |1% miles. It is on the delta near | Grisolera. Along that entire region | which has been held by the Austrians! for a long time the Italians have made successful advances the Austrians back of the river with | the exception of the little area I) | have indicated to you.” ~ ov er practically a nine mile front, driving ; ! | is contemplated. of operations of the navy. There was no statement of the purpose, but a report spread, that the conference had to do with the Russian situation. It is known that the President has been earnestly urged by representa- tive of the allies during the past week to approve American and al- lied military intervention in Siberia and that the subject has been given renewed serious consideration. It is understood there has been | almost daily exchange of opinions | between American and Entente cap- itals on the subject, 'military reasons for not giving in-| formation in detail regarding what | trom San Diego, Cal., 'from a single-seater scout plane at a| height of about 600 feet. | Major Kirby, commanding officer | at the field, in announcing that Ma- | jor Mitchel fell from the machine, | offered no explanation as to how the accident might have occurred. It | is a rule that all flyers be fastened | fn the planes by a safety belt and/| whether examination of the wrecked | machine indicated that Major | Mitchel had failed to do this or rear the belt was broken was not stated. _Major Mitchel had been in the air | but there ap, | about half an hour when he fell. Major Mitchel, accompanied by | Mrs. Mitchel, came to Lake C harles | about three | weeks ago and Mrs. Mitchel was at) Tells Circumstances of | Jackson’s Return and of - His Statements Regarding — His Flight. Circuit Attorney McDaniel today |} told a Post-Dispatch reporter the circumstances under which, he said, Julius C. Jackson of 1001A Pine street, special agent for the United Railways Co., returned to St. Louls after being indicted and confessed that he planned the opening of the ' dance floor. Among them were many women and young girls. Piave river, except for one very | In answer to questions, Gen. Gen. Marc Chief of Staff of the | Gerstner Field this morning, but did | Dt i. Boss S42 boaies recov- small sector. The point still held I March said: Army, joine in the a | not witness the accident. ieee ne INT Seer — | safe from which referendum peti- the Austrians is three and one half | There is nothing to give out On| after two naval officers appeared at | writchel, with the body, will depart. Murillo Portrait. tions on the United Railways ordi- BRUCE CAMERON, nance were stolen June 15. McDan- 4 ered, only one was that of a man, i” ) two were children and the majority were those of girls between 10 and 20 years of age. The excursion party started from Pekin, 15*miles distant from here, q early in thé evenitig, Spent several 7 Pekin was about half completed, the ing the next few months to be some- | | ganization adopted here and the! penetration of Russta and Siberia by biggest city, the youngest Mayor | _ Steamer ran into the obstruction on what less than during the recent) 'chemical warfare service is the ti- prominent American business men | ever elected to that office. He would | Another Missing in Action; Alton port for the English channel tunnel he went to Jefferson City and talked the Peoria shore, during a f02,| three months’ period. | tle now given to that section in| with the purpose of affording eco-/ have been 39 years old July 19. | g scheme from the French and Italfan | t) Bruce Cameron, transportation su- | Man Among the Severely | delegates was voiced Thursday at the perintendent of United Rewer ae ‘hours at Al Fresco Park, near’ this city, and wien the return trip to smashing a big hole in her bow. The pilot signalled full speed astern and, by a 9-mile front. The Senators were told that of| the million-odd Americans now over- | seas or en route, a substantial por-. tion soon will be trained enough to) insure a steady and large increase for the combat trencnes. Shipments May Decrease. one and one-half miles, while | the general Italian advance was over | 'the subject of Russia. “So far as our information goes, | the Germans did not use large bodies _of cavalry in the recent drive. ‘The matter of the use of gas in solidated as has been announced to ltne -press,-~by |eall the ‘chemical warfare service’ | under Major- -General Sibert. Gen. ‘the White House carrying a2 map o / Russia. | regarded our service has revently been con~| organizing what we reethary the decision rests with Gen. Foch | Shipments of American troops, the; Pershing has been directed to make | Senators were told, are expected dur- Several reasons were assigned. | Among them was the shipping situa- tron with doubt of ability to retain | | his organization conform to the or- | France also. In that connection the! | tribute which has been paid to the) fine work of our chemists under the) The United States Government has the preparation for the | dispatch to Siberia of an internation- | al army, in. which America should be largely represented..as_a purely eons. is- and the supreme war council, and a decision may be announced soon. | | tonight for New York. | EE tee | Mitchel Became Flyer When De- | = feated for Re-clection as Mayor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 6.—John Pur-| roy Mitchel, killed in an avtation 2c- | fit today, becarie a TIVér Yor army after having been defeated last fall for re-election as Mayor of New | York. He had served one term as Details of the plan for the peaceful | tne chief executive of the country’s | nomic material! aid to the people.are | now being worked out and an an- | nouncement of the men to go is ex- | Major Mitchel went into army | service with previous military tratn- | |ing, having taken the course at| Plattsburg while he was Mayor. Up- | ee of United Railways. — ee ee te 151 LQUISANS IN “MARINES. WOUNDED Wounded. | ITALIAN ‘AND EN reper FAYO Believed Tube From England to France Could Be Completed in 5 Years. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 6.—Strong sup- international parliamentary confer- ences here. A resolution in favor of constructing the tunnel was car- -ried unanimously. lel said: “In his statement to me Jackson said that he left St. Louis on June 15, immediately after the Vem 6 Race Marra Ps Bartagg ° Crocker, Mo., 2: 30 p. m., Tuesday,’ and was signed ‘Ed.’ Jackson said he did not go to Crocker, as he feared the telegram might be traced, but the long-distance telephone. conversation, according to his state- ment, Cameron sald to him: ‘Get rid of that damned automobile. Put x 3 as moon as the vessel pulled clear bottoms recently obtained from the | Bureau of Mines is thoroughly de-| pected soon. | a c of the log or rock, she began to set- allies, and another the fact that a| served. Tehy have really done un- | jreat delay is being encountered | on joming the aviation corps he was The names of eight men from St. | 4 tle and sank. large part of the troops given pre- | usually good work, but the work now | in securing any reliable official in-/|transferred to San Diego. Cal..| Louis and St. Louis County appear oni The probable passenger and itina garage, or give it away, or do : : Federal Investigation. liminary seasoning in this country coming under one directing head will | formation regarding the condftion in- | where, after successfully covering| the Marine Corps casualty list is- freight traffic between yrange something with it. Go to the capital e Fa Survivors charged that the steam-| 2/ready have been sent over, green | show the fine results achieved from | the Arctic province of Archangel, | the cadet training, he became a full 'sued today. One Alton man is listed. | and the continent ceased on at @ of an adjoining State and call me up.’ eran on a sand bar and did not hit | troops taking their p!aces to a-large| unity of command everywhere.” | while unofficial reports reach Wash- | fiedged flyer. He was frequently; Two St. Louisans were severely profit of about $5, or seven as Wilson. = Rauf ik dikes snag and that, although aad 6 vedo weergraeceommim Foes |mentioned as having shown unusual wounded, — — wounded, oo aa company's BM gar _— -_ that on June 18 2 a sa - | daring. undetermined, and one was missing epho o Cameron’ from ‘ 2. : oy ell sligdar etl ag Hi CIRCUS TRAIN RUNS INTO REAR re R. ASKS RETURN — —— A gpcsroraste Finn- Mitchel was born in Fordham in in action. The Alton man, Private | ce prorat pg ga _ pe be heey IIL, — that Cameron ———= — J . ° . _ish-German force cou easiiy seize 79 anc fas educated at St.. ‘« Leo J. Struif, was severely wounded. | » m to go to Chicago and reg- ne a nay aaa rae tg OF LIMITED; ONE MAN KILLED OF $40,000 NOBEL | strategic points on the railroad run- aie nd tema andes mee Privates Roy E. Lile of Richmond | mencement, would be worked, ven- ister at the Morrison Hotel as Ww. B. 2 ' Heights and Charles W. Spencer of tilated and pumped by electricity Wilson and Cameron would send a Jean Knott | Knott | at 4 o'clock this morning until day-— the Post-Dispatch’s military | casualties reported as compared with | vicinit Fair and warmer tonig | light. This morning only the purrs: | critic, tells hint the Kaiser’s |j | those of week after week during May | ang abeens - fort to break the deadlock over the! naugh is 21 years old. His parents | @ane deck of the boat was visible next move probably will be. ,;and June, when the effects of the W ASHING.| Senate proposal to increase the Gov- are dead. He enlisted April 29, 1917, ' t 2 | above the water. Es heavy German attacks on the Brit-| [THE GERMANS CANT TON. ernment’s minimum guararteed and has been Jn France since last | MOVING PICTURE MAKING iS KINGTON, the now's _ Coroner Clarey announced casey, How Surgery Sends One Man pam front were revealing themselves.’ | STEAL A BASE ON — ol | wheat price to $2.50, the House to- August. His sister, Miss Mary Cava-| ‘“ in a New York bev * Morning:-“I will cali Coroner Elliott | Out of Every Ten Wounded |} + OUR BOYS Veather predic-| day adopted, by a vote of 150 to 106, naugh. resides at .the Terry avenue | PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT” ; the a resolution by Representative Mc-' address. ady who was buying” ) the soldiers : ‘ught to send thm ooxe—history an 80” to ascertain the extent of the in- . Juries, and as she reached midstream she broke in two and sank. An investigation by the United. States Government into the sinking Doughert | Miata District Atoenes g y | YOUNGSTOWN, O., July 6—One' Cross and Other War Relief Frew ipntemanager ain ; ; r a accident! ¢ | 4 e eat any entente Pian an inquiry into borough manage- rhe wounded of undetermined de- | after the steamer struck, | man was Congress Grants Request. to send a military force into central | ment that sent three borough presi- &T€¢ are Privates James L. Cava- nel could in case of emergency be | office of a street railway president - panic ie esberted among the passen-/|at 6 o'clock this morning when Bar- By the Associated Press. | Russia from the north. | ie nang csteaan ae was|naugh, 5573 Terry avenue; Roy J. flodded from floor to roof for @ in Minneapolis where he would re- The treaty of last March between ee aye F "| Mosner, 2821 Caroline street; Mau- | mile, would be under control of the | ceive a letter not later than June 2%. commandments at Dover Castle and “Jackson told me he followed — | gers,and many jumped into the wa- ter without life preservers. Those ashort time boats from various di- rections came to the rescue and be- Section of Barnum and Bailey Show in Accident on the Erte Railroad in Ohio. By the Associated Pre--. num and Bailey Circus Train No. 2 crashed into the rear end of the Erie the Sunday Magazine. ‘*Pighting in a Tank in Flan- PEACE PRIZE FUND ‘Would Expend Money for Red | | WASHINGTON, July 6. —Theodore | | ties reported during the week ending | today reached a total of 17.336. The losses were divided as follows: ‘ning south from Archangel and Kola to Vologda, and-it is said that al- ready the invaders have arrived at Kim, an important town on this road near the southern end of the White Sea. A successful movement of this Germany and Finland praetically THE TEMPERATURES. elected president of the board of al- /dermen on school. He began the practice of law in New York and took an active part in poflitics. His first political office was as assistant corporation counsel and when in Mayor McClel- lan’s second term Mitchel prosecuted a fusion ticket in 1909, ' considerable of his political educa- tion from this uncle. - 4448 Greer avenue were severely | wounded. Privates Roy Heights and Charles W. Spencer of 4448 avenue were severely wounded E. Lile of Richmond | rice F. O'Neill, 2703 Semple avenue: John H. Moore, 6318 Wellsmar ave-. formerly was employed by the Hess | & Culberson Jewelry Co. He has! | Kent. ‘tunnel should be maintained under | supplied from a power station in It was suggested that the the authority of the War Office and) a dip in the level of the rails form- | ing a water lock, by which the tun-| the neighboring forts. have new class one men available for call to the colors in August. | these man to see him there. “He did this, he said, and on June 19 James Brady, a claim agent for United Railways, visited him at the Morrison and gave him $600, advis- ing him to lay low and to go to the instructions, but no letter Brady, he said, arrived | gan to pick up those struggling in the | ders’’—A British officer’s [| cin | ed or died of wounds—Officers,| 12a m............ am 9 sid , | ’ Water, but, om account —— nen experiences in one of these (eae: shen S686 ‘Weuniied or mies.| 2 i “aor & Miss) Uinaecee Ee | HOUSE VOTES 10 GUARANTEE been in France since last Movember | Draft executives were also asked ‘Sess, their efforts were y ham- | new battle machines. | ie—-Olficere 412° men. 14.187 | 6a. m. OR Be Weds cedananas 88 | and recently wrote to: his parents'to report at once the approximate|P“7 him any more money, as & - -pered. | | , ’ ’ A5:. Yesterday: High, 88 at 1 p m.; | MINIMUM WHEAT PRICE OF $? 40 that he was serving as a machine ,p»wmber of registrants brought into ; ™igth be traced to the company ‘Ht Germany's Next Peace Offen- low, 74 at 7 a. m. | eve | gunner in the trenches. (Class 1 from the deferred classes by | ‘Te4#ury and cause trouble. Brady, Twenty Bodies Recovered. Search for bodies was abandoned * of Peoria County, just as soon as I '@et back to Pekin. I consider this) : ’ Mater is just as much his as it is) mine.” | sive a New to the Allies — Frank H. Simonds, Back to the Firing Line—An interesting interview in which a high British Army medical officer tells of the progress of These figures show a considerable | falling-off in the rate of British | OFFICER 1S RESTORED TO DUTY | President Disapproves Dismissal Or- der Against Funston Doctor. Official forecast fi for St. Louis and tions for week pbeginning | Monday, issued by the pres / WOULD CONSERVE FURNITURE | By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 6.—In an ef- Laughlin of Michigan to make the ‘price $2.40. ' state grain inspector. nue, Wellston. is the sod of William ws Nolan, a) Private Cava-. Private Moore, 21 years old, for-'! merly resided at 6318 Wellemar ave-| He enlisted here in| June, 1917, and has been in France| Prior to his enlistment | cation of those classes under the | work or fight order. . “who coutd swim reached shore, | Railroad's New York-Chicago Lim- | Roosevelt today asked Congress to; made the former the dictator of the 4nd the following year became act- | 3 which was only a few feet away. The ited at Girard, four miles west of | return to him the Nobel peace prize} politics in. Finland. | ing Mayor when Mayor Gaynor was "¥U¢: Weliston, and Allen F. Kirsch, | came. a second deck of the boat, where the | here. Th K | fund, $40, 000, which he donated to shot on a steamboat at Hoboken.' ©'4¥ton. Private William ee NEW REGISTRANTS T0 BE Minneapolis ang regitered at + dance hall is located, was crowded The man killed was omas ro, | assist in promoting industrial peace T0 INCREASE a AT Fie 9039 he wee aneatiee: neltnitees Jr., 3637 Laclede avenue, is missing | Nicollet Hotel under his own nameé, crash and it was|ney, 25 years old, of Murfreesboro, 5 P 0 SHIPMENTS | + a see : . | in action. | CALL being assigned to Room 122. I ha , aren many iz crushed to/Tenn., a hostler. Kooney was thrown 4nd which has never been used. , }of the port of New York oy Preai-| 4 telegram tem Weshtested AVAILABLE FOR AUGUST a photograph of the register yaa | Jils ‘ ‘ard was elect- 7 —— | between two cars by the impact. | He said he proposed to expend it | Cont Wilson aud elterwar Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. O'Neill, par- ~ showin _ @eath in the panic. |in war relief work through the Red Sion ManUractErhig nanan) od Mayor of the fy, ents of Private O'Neill, satd their | States an oe Rush eae heceeding te Jackson’ , : Ray Jones, fireman on the steam- | —— | Cross, Y. M. C. A., Knights of Colum- | will attempt to increase their freight Mitchel always was an insurgent salts raed insniiiiinds: ye pe Pinte | of Those Who Have Becn | ment to me, Brady tote San be ted _ er, estimated that between 150 and | bus. Jewish War Fund and other re- | Shipments by steamboat. It was es-/ and reformer in politics. He was .) 1. sotor between June 2 and he rts - bacon sae | been indicted a 4 advined hie . 200 persons were on the dance floor ‘Met organizations. timated ata meeting of Alton manu- a Democrat but opposed Tammany, 10 Prive te O'Neill is 19 wie. old By the A “ Sta get w but fer it if | ag when the boat struck, and he be- facturers in the Board of Trade .part of his enmity for the organiza- He Pea bee gry May 1 1917 a that WASHINGTON, "July a be ter lor Sadiiied t ye ee sae ‘Neved many of these had perished. In Tomorrow’s BRITISH LOSSES IN WEEK 17 336 | rooms that more than 125,000 tons tion having been inherited from an oan —e oe ne pide ak Sune Arne en ee Snbteaie tated Mh A a ce When the boat settled on the sad ° h of freight now shipped by rail can uncle, Henry D. Purroy, who was Pat Pe . one tees te thie pores officials t to th ~ a Post-Dispatc be shi d by st ik mas “Czar of the Bronx.” In| “O™mary. n recent letters to today to have local boards call up we © go to the penitentiary. ed Visenosie vale 7 "pilot seg | Total of Casualties for Seven Days | espana ‘the early 808 Purroy broke with Parents he told of having been in/ for physical examination all new reg-| “Jackson quoted Brady as saying : ee tasee one wh vite | ‘The House of Whispers*’—An Ending Today. Croker and erganined the Purroy the trenches. istrants under the selective draft law to him: ‘It looks as though you have | Bouse on the Be | exciting new story by Wil- By the Associated Press. WARMER TOMORR W WITH temocracy. commonly called “Little, .. Private Spencer, 28 years old, is| who have been placed in class ono | €9t to be the goat.” Jackson said he on finding his boat was sinking. sent liam Johnston will begin in ||| LONDON, July 8 iti nes See the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Spen-| istrict and local boards and med | replied, ‘I will not be the goat for par cincees temals ost within 2] ty ice reported duving the week codes | CONTINUED CLEAR WEATHER | never'szoncica, aticne'" recervea FoF the Greer avenue addreen. He teal advisory board bodies willbe im-| SA9B0Gr" 5° rent ea sire agape iy Bc ga enltsted in May of last year. He structed to speed their work so ar to Would Not Be the Goat.” “According to Jackson, Brady told ‘ she doubtfully in~ _ Whe time of the disaster has been | his profession in the war. | es | @efinitely fixed at 11:58 p. m. by | By the Assoviated Press Bureau | six months andl capi ea ld Mt. | Yardmaster Roalty of the Peo “s Viscount Gray epee the | Ww ASHING 3TON, July 6.—Presiden: are: WASHINGTON, July 6—Manu- | he was em ployed by the Pierce O11 | WASHINGTON, July 6.— Moving | eames ice and Pekin Union Railway at Pekin. Proposed League ations Wilson has disapproved a sentenc : - ‘b ede uring the war| Co. His mother, Mrs. Anta Moore,| Ste? Players fre classed as “le- nd nothing else. | —Man who was Engiand’s . | Upper Missis- ‘tacture of brass beds Guring tne | gitimate theatricai performers” in they « ith He was the first to hear the distress f of dismissal imposed upon Firs’ | should be discontinued to conserve) has moved to Barnesville, O. o re ' ci . it +; and immediately notified t% Premier at i a rr } Lieut. Henry Brunig of the Medical sippi and Lower a dt ak ee mn iiteary rasuice-| ae ae ses gman yn oe by Pro- making i a war, an ose adroi | . | , vost Marshal-General Crowder, and i er, who sent a relief train <0 the a | Reserve Corps, charged at Camp : Missouri Valleys ments. the amount of steel used in NAVAL TOUR BY CONGRESSMEN draft boards are directed to consider 'such players, musicians apd all ; n Scene. The scene of the disaster | diplomatic notes put Germany | Funston with having officially re- Reine prospects | other metal bede should be curtailed House Members to Inspect Activities skilled persons em ed tn creation ‘ays accepts A ive from the f himself. Its: ‘f teolated from telephone and tele- | - ~ oon President | ported to the Surgeon-General that of showers early | and the public should be asked to! + overestimate. ‘mph communication. ened jattempts were being madq to con- ‘draw from their attics and other ; | Wilson’s plan for the preser- [| .ea) the fact that an epidemic of in the week with | in War Zone. and presentation moving picture | hiding places” stocks of surplus fur- py the Associated prom, , P , | productions as engaged in productive uly .—Chair- WASHINGTON, man Padgett and other members of the House Naval Affairs Committee | ' employment. Free Band Concert Tonight. - generally fair! niture so as to meet the civilian re- thereafter. Tem- | quirements until peace comes. peratures some-' These were announcements made what above nor- by the War Industries Board as | will leave on a battleship this month be Sheriff Directs Workers. | * _ With the break of day, two div-— Went down into the sunken wreck (trachoma was prevalent in the &9th | division. The officer was ordered | restored to duty. | vation of the peace of the world. rift Stamp you , Gemtinued on Page 3, Cotumn 3. ws in the stamp of the a Steamer to bring up bodies. oon. aie . at the same hour hearses be- Order Your Copy win iiicnd deetein aie arama pene ortenn | ena $92 arriving in Pekin from the scene. | tor cleaning, reptiring and other | mal as a rule. | “conclusions reached” between of-|to make a tour of inspection of the. Fischer's Band, at Gamble Park; ‘3 When bodies were identified they services are advertising tm the Post- Stage of river at 7 a m.: 16.7 ficials of the board and a committee naval activities in the European war Sarii's Band, at Dakota,Purk; 7:30 “7' : a Dispateh Want Pages. feet, a fall of .6 ofta foot. representing the manufacturers zone. | to 10 o'clock, eos | Ca