St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 10, 1918

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MIC PAGE JULY 9. 1918. ht 1918, by HG ark Reg. U. & Pac. Sens; — AND THETECTHO Ee THATS YELL Wilt (WARS " 1918 _A Rumejiv.). iT OF THAT ~~ re! senalig” { HAVEN'T a ; . : SUGATEST |] | IDEA “wttag fl ‘“THOVGHT HE J]. (S TTRYLUG if ‘opvright ; by EF . %O convey BSS] FF We! °s —u y Jean Knott ; SU ft fo 7s V4 Vitti yy r. HIGH SIGN , ‘FOR EDDIE To =| ot ye’ve never married, ya, Mike! Shure the | ain't been born dead."’—Curtiss Flys | Srecteeeeene, od Idea. kK in my sleep.” If a lot of us could | hat way it would be — sa Ving.’’-—San rs 2% | Hoffmann Press, which publishes, "T qj Memoranda Presented by | ‘blank after the word ‘‘Number” was ways cashier's office. TA When in Need of Efficient Help in your home, office, stor cal] up the Post-Dispa tch. Olive or Centra) 6600—er leave the ad druggist. OY factory, with your oe —- = ee A A ee eae Louis —_——— ——— ae ee With the Associated ST LOUIS rOST- DISPATCH The Only Evening Paper in St. Press N IGHT = News Service “EDITION _ eg ee eee fim GIVES "aye Uate“seSetHELVETIA MILK CO. ADMITS TT POUT ORIENT a WHICH JACKSON S's ~ FURNISHED HIN An interesting Liberty Bond epi- | | Sode that took place at the now fa- | : mous “Nuts Table” at the City Club is going the rounds of the club mem- | | bers. The central figure was Albert von Hoffmann, president of the Von! among other things; the Bell tele- | Phone directory, a Socialist paper and an automobile monthly. | | Someone who approached the “Nuts Table” asked Von Hoffmann pone why he wore no Liberty. | Circuit Attorney as Reply | to McCulloch’s Declara- tion Special Agent Was a Liar. Bond button. “They don’t mean anything,” Von Hoffmann replied. “Lots of people subscribe to a Liberty Bond just to get the button, pay a few dollars and then sell their bond. They are slack- | ers. A button may mean that the wearer once bought a bond, but does | not necessarily mean he owns one.” | “I'll show you my button,” Von Hoffmann continued. He reached quickly into a coat ON INQUIRY INTO METHOD IN GETTING NEW GRANT Cameron Declares He Is In- Cent Year in 1914. | pocket and drew out a_ batch of nocent of Petitions Theft a He pinned them across his reast and stuck out his. chest. As a result of the recent report of “There’s the only kind of a Liberty | Bond button that means any thing,” | he said. : and U. R. Board Delays Action on Resignation. _ i in bonds. | Circuit Attorney McDaniel today, Vn Hoffmann yesterday told a re- | porter that he owns $23,000 in Lib- investigations into profiteering, | information regarding control! MADE BIG PROFITS Highland (Ill. ) Condensing | City Will Have Furnished: 16,000 Recruits to Army | When Movement of 6000) Firm Tells Trade Commis- sion It Boosted Prices to Prevent Excessive Buying. the Federal Trade Commission of its | b0ards.in St. Louis by the Others at the table counted $10,000 | United States Senate yesterday called gmade public memoranda furnished | ety Bonds, $10,000 of them oa fo him by Julius Caesar Jackson, | chased on the stock market at 93, 94) paid and received’ and profits. A} epecial agent of the United Railwaysjand 95, the balance at _ par., resolution was adopted requesting an; Co. and director of the theft of pe-/| “I'm selling all other securities I explanation if no action towara con- titions for a referendum vote on the own, he said. “Liberty Bonds at! trol has been tak by th d 94 are the best investment I ing — oe © admin- companq's franchise ordinance, | heard of.” istration and asking what action has which he said would indicate that | Jackson was carried on the com-,; pany'’s payroll as an employe of the | shops at Jefferson and Geyer a nues, and received $800 to $1100 af month from the | the knowledge or a ‘SENDS GERMAN PLANE DOWN IK semi rad ri FLAMES AND BECOMES AN ‘ACE’ ing the war. company for salary | and expenses. Lieut. James Meissner of Brooklyn | McDaniel also made public the | Vanquished ‘“*Two-Seater” Over original pencil copy of a propaganda | Chateau-Thierry. bill, distributed among cmployes of| By the Associated FPreas. the company shortly before’ the WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY strike of last February, which copy! IN FRANCE, July 10.—Liecut. James Jackson declares, was written andj| A. Meissner of Brooklyn won his fifth | given to him by Richard McCulloch, | aerial victory, thereby becoming an | president of the company. In| ace, by bringing down in company this bill it was made to appear that; with Lieut. Hamilton | Coolidge of the I. W. W. was behind the strike! Boston an enemy two-scated airplane movement. over Chateau-Thierry. The German.) Letter Offering Job. machine fell in flames. Another: document made publie by Coolidge aitacked the German first. the Cirenit Attorney was a_ letter) Meissner then took up the fight and written to Jackson in 1909 by Bruce! got in a lucky stream of bullets, the Cameron, superintendent of*trans-|enemy plane bursting into flames. portation of the company, offering|and plunging to earth. The fight Jackson the position which he has; took place several days ago and the) approval of the ad- to control profits dur- 'of Highland, Il., isa Wildi of St. Louis is the principa owner, | more than 65 per cent on investment. report. Even before the war company was paying dividends $500,000 a year, ment, or $1000 on. cach $1090 share. some months but a little more than | $4 per cases of tall cans (60 pounds) | ene ene Ae wee much more than $4.50. The price) prevailing in the market during most | to $5.50, according to the report. The | last vear made more than 20 per cent on cost of production and | | + of | which was 1000 per | cent on the original $50,000 invest-. ) been taken by the-condensaries with | 6999 men from the city. The Helvetia Milk Condensing Co. | of which Mrs. Lou- according to the Trade Commission’s | During the past year the cost of | ¥" producing evaporated milk was in| | called upon to fill the August quotas. since held. Cameron was indicted by| victory has been officially con-/ .4. prought an enormous increase. the grand jury, Monday afternoon, | firmed. |in the canned milk business, which | on the charge of second degree bur- enabled the manufacturers, with slary and larceny, on Jackson's testi- ‘such margins between costs and ‘MORE HOME NEWSPAPERS’ mony that Cameron ordered him to _ prices, to make unusual profits. : i t} bbery of J > 15, eieat Gaal EAA tule mechanics | AMERICAN - SOLDIERS’ APPEAL “a Baicatie nda opened the safe in Cigarmakers’! ‘to the commission. under date of Chestnut | Report of Red Cross on Desires of. Our Men in Camps and Hospitals Union headquarters, 615 street, and stole the referendum pe- ' been profiteering, but makes titions. in Great Britain. naive explanation that the company The Circuit Attorney today said/ By the Associated Press. had to raise the price in ‘“self-pro- that he was investigating the legisla- LONDON, July 10.—“More home | tection.” so that the public would | tive methods used by the, United newspapers,” is the constant appeal | not buy so much: and that it was | in the with great difficulty that the price was kept from going much higher. Secretary ‘company was patch reporter today from the American soldiers camps and hospitals in Great Brit- ain,” says an American Red Cross report made public today. The American Red Cross Library Railways Co. in obtaining the pass- age of the franchise ordinance last tpring. He said he could not give any detailed information as to this mat- ler without endangering the success asked by a Post-Dis- to explain the Nineteenth, March 19 .1918, confessed that it had | the. _~ ; JULY CALLS 10 EXHAUST CLASS 1 Oe —— Men Is Completed. SHOWS 65 PER CENT LAST QUOTAS TO INVESTMENT Requirements. A canvas of the 28 ‘reporters today disclosed that majority of the wards will have a upon the Food Administration for hausted their Class 1 white men of| of | the first registration when the last of | | milk condensaries, including prices ‘their July quotas have been called | IN DRAFT HERE DEPART JULY 22: ‘Secretary in Doubt on How ‘Men of 21 Who Registered Figure Was ‘Reached as Profits Exceeded 1000 Per on June 5 Will Be Called Upon to Fill the August. local draft! 000,000 bushels Post-Dispatch | -utable to the voluntary savings of the the people of America.’ Lt tt ‘HOW VOLUNTARY _ WHEAT SAVINGS IN U. S. AIDED ALLIES 150,000,000 Bushels of 170,- 000,000 Shipped Attributed to Self-Denial of Consumers. SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—An interesting story illustrative of the importance of food conservation in| the United States was told at the Ad- | vertising Club’s convention | day by Ralph P. Merritt, Food ministrator for California. “In January,’’ said Merritt, Mr.' _Hoov er cabled Lord Rhondda (Brit-'’ ish Food Controller): ‘On Jan. 1 we sent you the last of the surplus of the 1917 wheat harvest. All the wheat we can send between Jan- uary and September must come fron: the savings of our people.’ “Upon receipt of this message Lord . Rhondda closed his desk, turned to his associates and said: ‘The war is over. We are beaten.’ “The surplus of wheat which was shipped up to Jan. 1, 1918, from the 1917 wheat harvest was 20,000,000 bushels. By Sept. 1, 1918, there will | have been landed on the other side of the Atlantic not less than 170,- ' 000,000 bushels of wheat, or wheat products, and of this amount 150,..NOQ WEAKENING OF WEST FRONT DESIRED is directly attrib- | KAISER REPORTED 10 BE ILL TOO OF “SPANISH GRIPPE”’ _to the colors, and that probably not | Swiss Dispatches to Rome Papcr Say. more than | in the city. The three general! calis for j | call, 'included 1539 men; —6caill, 2400, to be sent next week, including 929 negroes. | quotas for the third call, ol which will begin July 22 on | were an- 209 white men. When these are sent St. the selective draft. the first registration Class 1 men of the means that | 21-year-old class, 0 registered June 5, last. The final classification of the new 'registrants has not yet Ween com- and even in the high-cost months not | pleted, but the boards have been ‘ordered by Provost Marshal-General | Crowder to proceed with the classi- speedily as possible. The wards in which it was said to- day that no Class 1 white men would be left after the July Second, Ninth, Twelfth, Bighteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty- second, Twenty-third, Twenty-sxith, in a letter |) Wenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth. Some Wards Not Ready. Wards which were unable to sav how many Class 1 men would re- main because they had not yet been advised of their quotas for July 22 or Meyer of the Helvetia’ of the inquiry. Committee in ent discrepancy between the statement | McDaniel’s showing of documen-|i™& reading matter for 20,000 meni; the commission’s report that the 4 . p weekly, the report states. put the last year made more than lary evidence, obtained from Jack- / company . sj , (s » , ; 2M r ING Fon, Was made as a reply to remarks supply consists largely of books. . 65 per cent on investment, and the oe QUOTA. REMAINING. ; y : ‘ The supply of home newspapers Is iit : ' : ‘irst i _ 151 Not known. of President McCulloch. The lat- th of the de known fact that the company made | Second ....... 129 None. ter, in an interview, said Jackson not equal to one ten 3 ° before the war 1000 per cent on its_ ee _ Not spews. i 7 P 2 OMTLEE set scenes 7 b was an employe of the company, mand for them. i cat ae original investment. He said he did, Fifth 4) 81 “paid by vouch *’ but as to Jack- Regarding books, says © Fe-\ not understand what the 65 per cent, LX!” th ” OT a " shi fete ort, “the men ask principally for , bir gl et sf Not known. an’ aaa = of . ’ . was based on. e, admitte 1a e SE hss vg aes ce 74 Not known. kon’s assertion that $15,000 to $20,- | P°" : ; based He, admitted that the ; Hight! , : fiction, and light fiction at that, but a —* Vea i Soar 3 “NRbeSS peerees 146 seaeia (00 a year was paid to him in sal- aid ne! companys profits had increased /mrenth ........ 0. °°’ 1 Not known. ary and expense money McCulloch the American magazines an ne ~ | since 1914, when it made 1000 per ee ora ; 146 20 ; nae ley, “| papers give far greater satisfaction! ...+ te was unable to say how | 2! h 7 None. kaid Jackson was a liar. <A similar ks. The cry of the men : “hirteenth No call trang Btlatement was made by John “I than do books. teed : | much the increase had been, but was | ae tg 198 None. * . , » | ° . n + +s a 7 , is continually for more home NeWS-' re that the increase did not amount! sixteenth bei Som Sd Beggs, McCulloch’s father-in-law, ” | ER wr acscvenel 0 call. None. who is a member of the board of papers. to another 1000 per cent. bot serra . No call None. directors of t! » compan “ pe Quotes From Letter. | Nineteenth SO rare a Ont pe my “Th 1 nt k tae 7 de NO COAL FOR FANCY SHOES | The commission considered the) {ore peg sheeesees —. peers. F s . ‘ . "ial 7 N th vd _ At aco agtg agg amet = : | Helvetia company’s letter interesting | Twenty-second |||) || an 2 any ey?” said Circuit Attorney McDan- enough to incorporate parts of it in| Twenty-third 3 None. icl. “Well, I would like to have/| Factories That Make Plain Styles to. | Twenty-fourth 196 i3 : 7 Be Fuel Priority List ‘the report. The,parts quoted are! Twenty-fifth e Not known. them look at the contents of Jack- EES care san x Paeen Te ‘as follows: | Twenty-sixth 0 None. ; ‘ , “s ¥ e & © CSS, — . ee : , y-seventh 7. None, bare +: Sanenes pri Numot hen WASHINGTON July 10.—An|} “We desire to say, however, in! Twenty-cighth 6% None. be enatiitengre ; é ” ' 4 ‘ an - ‘ ’ P «4 ey : |connection with the total earnings Figures for St. Louis County were agreement under which shoe manu- | facturers who observe conservation | of the company and the margin of regulations will be placed on the | profit shown during the year that fucl priority list has been reached by | it was our judgment at all times the manufacturers and the War In-. during the vear that we were mak- dustry Board and Fuel Administra- | ing a larger profit on our goods than tion. | we were entitled to make. * ¢ 6 The terms have not been an-,| “We desire to say in explanation nounced, but it was reported today of the year's profit—bdut not in de- they involve elimination of many fense of it—that the profit which fancy styles. Price-fixing is said not) to have been attempted. Ways Co. to let me put an expert Becountant on its books, to find out what sums were paid to Jackson and for what purpose.” McDaniel then displayed two small manila envelopes, of the kind used AS containers for cash paid to indus- trial employes. The words “Shop Ticket, Jefferson and Geyer,” were printed on the envelopes, and the ~Centinued on Page 2, Column 3. the company. made during the year) oligible negroes had not completed tabulation of their’ resources in men, were the _ First, Third, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth. Twen- tieth and Twenty-fifth. The quotas of the wards for July 22 and the number of class 1 white men who will be left in each. so far as it was possible to learn today, are as follows: CLASS 1 MEN not available today. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Wards were not called upon to fur- nish men July 22 because’ their class 1 white men already are exhausted. The Sixteenth is to furnish 60 ne- | groes and the Seventeenth 400, July | : 16, after which the Sixteenth will have 200 and the Seventeenth 509 remaining. Other | wards which are to furnish negroes | 200 such men will be left | the. month -will take a total of more than | The first | ‘the German army, vices from a Swiss source that have and the second jreached the Epoca. will take|that which was sent away last week, Ward '!from the French front because of the | movement lattack of ‘called, nounced today and total more than the Emperor’s family are also suf- fering from the same malady. “HELL ONLY PLACE TO FIND Louis will | peede furnished more than 16.000 re- the | cruits to the National Army through | The exhaustion of Class 1 men of. will be ‘of the year ranged from about $5 | fication and physical examination as | calls are the, His Name T's Schuchard, Born 'erick Schuchard, an instructor, was discharged from Dobuque College to- day. yesterday, proe-German en racy anywhere else but i nhell.”’ and educated i nGermany. , CAPTURED U. $. FLYER ESCAPES ‘Illinois Man captured by the Germans at Verdun, has escaped from Germany. ing to a dispatch from Zurich to Le lan member of the Lafayette flying ‘Buckley was a prisoner in Germany lafter having been wounded. ‘MEN 55. MAY. ENLIST NOW Army Appropriation Bill Is Signed Fimperor’s Family Also Has Contracted Malady. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 10.—Emperor Wil- liam has fallen a victim to the influ- enza that has been so prevalent in! according to ad- These declare | the Emperor has gone home “Spanish grippe,” as it is | and that several members of | DEMOCRACY,” SAYS PROFESSOR ome + eS eee ee in In the United States courtroom when asked to explain statements, Schuchard Schuchard was born in New York | t Reaches Switzerland Accord- | n Journal. he had reached Switzerland Tuesday morning. . When Corp. Buckley, whe was by the President. must action scopic, (;erman the ST. LOUIS, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1918—20 PAGES PRICE ‘ T WO O CENTS GERMANS DEVELOP GREAT ACTIVITY ON. THE BRITISH. . FRONT EAST OF AMIEN: S U.S. UNDECIDED AS TO MILITARY AID IN RUSSIA ‘No Statement of Policy Pos- sible Undergoing Such Kaleido- | snaps Changes. Preparations for Extending Economic Assistance Go Forward — North’ Russia Agreeable to U. S. Aid. what military by the United States. (ed authoritatively today. All the ted which involve military action the L'nited volve at the same of The project for extending econom-| New York, Educated in Ger- | the Ear many, Fired at Dubuque, To. | Belgium. | By the Associated Press. a DUBUQUE, Io., July 10.—Fred-| i¢ #4, ward favorably. surrounding the question of military | continues it was stated, ‘rhent of policy is possible. Washington administration as to the} best means of carrying out President | Wilson's pledge to stand behind Rus- | | sia. It is understood a project is shape which it is hoped will coun- German the people to rehabilitate themselves without exciting distrust of the un-. eract of the personnel and supplies from aggression phase idea armed Cw nd composition. The Entente Governments favored brought to the point where they are willing to sanction the experiment of ‘peaceful penetration and that Nego- | tiations are now range the details of this nthciaiahats - At any rate action is imminent. the western sion of the Government that nothing | be permitted it was stated, to make ee ee — AL A Vienna Hears Soviets Would Join Germans - Against Anglo-Japanese AMSTERDAM, July 10. DECLARATION that the Soviet Government of Russia would ally itself with Germany in case of Anglo- Japanese intervention in Russia, is contained in a Moscow wire- less message printed in the Vi- enna Neue Freie Presse, accord- ing to an undated message to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. The Vi- enna newspaper quotes the con- cluding sentence of the dispatch as follows: “If the Japanese and English should occupy Rus- sian territory the Soviet Govern- ment would immediately Join Germany.” While Situation Is BRITISH --REPULSE ATTACKS i Thrusts by inl Near Villers - Bretonneux Beaten Off—German Ar- tillery and Machine Guiis acer nee GROUPINGS OF AMERICAN UNITS BECOMING LARGER ‘One or Two U. S. Fronts May Soon Replace Scattered Sectors. By LINCOLN EYRE, A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch and New York World. By the Associated Press. |Copyright, 1918, by Prese Publishing Co. WASHINGTON, July 10.—-The | (New York World.) ‘Government regards the situation in, WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN Y _E — | ' Russia as so rapidly and constantly ON THE MARNE, July 8.—-The changing as to make it impossible | STOUPIngs of American units are) to come as yet to any decision as to, larger today than tney were, and doubtless they will be far larger. may be extended | This was stat- | aid Where the tendency our troops about all along the line, it now few places. plans so far submit-| States Goverment fl or a As time goes on the number of time al Weanreninés | the places, T believe, will tend to be- front. It is the deci- come fewer, until, instead of six or seven American sectors, be one or two American fronts, Of ceurse, the authority of 5 a ahiatts officers by the needs of the situation as in- |terpreted by the Generalissimo, but 'only to the extent that the British army is limited. detract from! rane @and) to strength in is going for- While the situation : to ’ be as ome ne. "°°"! AUSTRIANS’. PRISONER NOW IS Entente Governments, throught | shouted: Be don’t want to be an ; hession in Washineton. | American <item. T ewe America| thelr cans It eet | The “Lieut, Clarence M. Young” Re- | | ported Yesterday Believed to | Have been Captured June 24. The Lieut. Clarence M. Young of | Alton, Illl., who the War Department announced yesterday is held as a prisoner in lower Austria, is believed | to be the American aviator who on taking | influence and lead. From Germany. selfish motives which lie behind it. By the Associated Press. ; | The proposal to send American; June 24 was forced to descend be- PARIS, July 10.—Corp. Ever-'buciness men to Russia to carry! hind the Austrian lines in Italy. ett Buckley of Kilburn, Ill, an avia- | aterjal aid to the people and A news dispatch on that date from tor in the French service who was 4 pmed guards to insure the safety | Italian army headquarters said Clar- ence Young of the American aviation forces, making a flight, was forced to descend within the Austri has assumed a while through the inje@tion of =| lines. The dispatch added that ' comrades assured headquarters | he was not injured. was said in Alton that Lieut. was in Omaha, but an his that It Young's home commission in the guards international a the dispatch into Siberia and per- | corps, first disappeared last Sep-|}4,< Kuropean Russia of a joint! that when he enlisted he gave the tember, it was reported he had been |, jjitary expedition. But it is be-| #4@dress of his friend, John Hilmes ‘killed. Paris friends denied this and );,...04 the Entente Powers have been| °f Alton. Hilmes was not at home. ‘in November it was ascertained that | today, but neighbors said he had re- | cently received a letter from Lieut. | Young. ‘GAS COMPANY WANTS RIGHT TO z in progress to ar Former Ambassador Gerard tg RAISE RATES 20 10 33 PER CENT among the President's visitors ye + the Associated Press. terday, - following Lord an ted : WASHINGTON, July 10.—Presi- When he left the White House he re- | Files Application With State Public dent Wilson today signed the $12,-, marked that the Russian problem | Service Board for New Sched- 000.000,000 army appropriation bill was the toughest knot the President ule to Be Effective Aug. 1. ‘to meet expenses of the army pro-|had been called upon to unravel Special to the Post-Dispatch. ‘gram for the next fiscal year. ' tilled with the number 16. This is J ul 16 are: First, ; h 1 khiso the number of the badge issued a F nth: 80: eicen eal minster) eri ¥ Jackson by the company, on which | Twelfth, 6: Nineteenth 40: Twen- : i@ rode free on the morning of his : ; | tiet! , Twenty “85: Tw ‘| SS ispatch Al Jind, bor Twrenigcane sa; wen mne of the envelopes was the date of e ost- ispa Cc one | sixth, 10; Twenty leighth, Beet May 16, followed by the figures “$548.10,” and on the other were the Gate of June 4 and the “figures "8545.25." “These Are the Envelopes.” “These are two of the envelopes,” the Circuit Attorney said, ‘in which money was brought to Jackson by Edwin Corley. clerk in Cameron's of- fice. who used to visit Jackson at his room, 1007A Pine street. Jackson did not preserve some of the other envelopes, but memoranda in his_ safe deposit box show that he re- | ceived two payments in April, $503.10 and $294.50, and two pay-. ments in February, $806.10 (includes | Btrike period) and $296.65. These payments were expense money only. He also got $5 a day salary, which was brought to him by Corley. was over $500 in Jackson's er and as has been told, there was * $500 bill band of the United Rail-| Compared With All 4 “Others” Tuesday tale, tersely told, is— Home Merchants’ advertising carried: -Dispatch Globe-Democrat, ee ‘eve Recialike. Star and Times—All 4 Combined 57 Cols. 63 Cols. gee Only 6 columns difference between the volume of store news carried yesterday by the Post-Dispatch and | all 4 of the other St. Louis newspapers added together. - Wh The Permanent and Persistent Pulling Power of the POST- DISPATCH always appeals to advertisers who know that it is ~ “st, Louist One Big Newspaper’ — _.“Jackson tells me that, besides ‘ae! " — « pee ene en eat ne ET Ae a ee : ON THE MARNE, fronts west and east of LULL IN FIRING ON AMERICAN FRONT AT CHATEAU THIERRY Enemy Artilicry Action Below Nor- mal—U. S. Gunners Bombard Region Near Hill 204. By the Associated Press. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY July 10.—-The Thierry, where American troops hold | | Chateau- | | positions, have been unusually quiet, but it is believed that heavy fighting» 'may break loose at any moment. Last night the enemy artillery fire. was far below normal. The Amer-| ' ican gunners maintained an inter- | mittent bombardment of the enemy lines, especially in the region of Hill °04, west of Chateau-Thierry. Let those spare roomm® Save J. Post-Dispaich , one raising the age for voluntary en- Among the provisions in the bill is, 4 other | eee CONTINUED FAIR; NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE. TEMPERATURES. since the country dded that | what this Government should do un- listment in the army to 55, so as to, der the circumstances and in that obtain men for the staff corps and | position he has lots of company. release vounger soldiers for work. ‘ALLIED PROBLEM AT ARCHANGEL SAID TO BE DIFFICULT ONE By ARNO DOSCH FIUEROT, Me wens x A Staff Correspondent of the Post- JEFFERSON CITY, Juiy 10.— The Laclede Gas Light Co. of St. Louis’ today filed with the State Public Service Commission an application | for an increase in rates, ranging! from 20 to 33 per cent. The com- | | mission is asked to make the new) | Schedule e€fective Aug. 19. | It is estimated that the proposed |inerease will add approximately | | $850,000 a vear to the revenues of ‘the company. | It is proposed to increase the cost | of gas to those consumers who now | buy it at 45 cents per thousand to | 69 cents, consumers who now buy | went to war. He he had no opinion on | —_— - —- — ie * ° Bes *: sind s. m. 69 1pm 18 Dispatch and-New York World. | gas for 55 cents per thousand will ~ | ARCHANGEL, July 4-——The situ- | ‘pay 70 cents.-and the small consum - Yester 4 cee, ation here is entirely different from ‘ers who now pay 75 cents per thou- Boo ihe eLecTnic High, ot mt ey that in Murmansk, where the local/ sand will be required to pay 90. FAN. ere Soviet has invited the help of aca EP estimate, whteli “the esasseas _— Official fore- | Allies. The Saviet here formerly | pisims shows the increased cost of, " vast for St. | sided with the Allies, but control is— production which the company must! Louis and vicin-| ity: Fair tonight and tomorrow: an ——er what warmer to- morrow in west. portion. Illinois ——Gen-. erally fair to-' a night and tomor- , us = row; not much | 18 4 fk OC shange in tem- perature. now in Moscow, making the exten meet in 1918, aggregates $870,000. igion of allied help for Russia aif. | ca | ficult in this region. though ™ ™ | of production for 1918 over 1917 i that American aid should be equal to. that of the other Allies. ‘necessary to have help of an allied | collided with a cow while he was fiy- | gharacter. LONDON, fen! by the allies to aid non-Bolsheviki The estimate of the increased cost eS not 3=«6m lu c h! welcome in Murmansk. itemized as follows: Gas coal, $190,. i" ob change in tecm- The situation requires finesse and | 000; fuel coal, $70,000; gas oll, $240,- . re. \diplomacy in avoiding any brusque- | 000; labor, $300,000; taxes, $100,-| Miss o ur i— ‘ness, which would ruin the chance of | 000; interest, $60,000. eg pon a d that h in M nsk, SES | : to n Aa ere. aA urma ’ ee eee | the Russians and the Allies nines} His Airplane Hit a Cow. Eid Stafford of Alton has written | It will be | to Alton friends that his airplane | ing from a Government aviation camp in Louisiana, and that the cow Local Population on Murman Coast | ¥4 Killed. He was shaken from his | Favors Allies. Rr the Associated Press. seat and the machine waa slightly | damaged, but he was not hurt, | Stage of river dt 7 a. m.: 14.3 feet, A | Seutinnct on Pace 2, Comme _ July 19.—-Measures tak- | mar shaaagh Fogt-Dingatch Muamins er ’ is tanh ci aia was to scatter | is to concentrate them in a. there will | the | would be limited | ‘Wood, by means of which the , ‘was advanced a short distance ana - Berlin Reports. ‘strong enemy On this sector the artillery duel cofie — and south of the Aisne, near Chay \shaped, with the Allies = hard on the flanks and the a of salient being near Berat. = troops on the offensive in are continuing thelr advance, — ‘enemy in yesterday's fighting — | beaten back on both sides of t Osum River. cock Saris Band, at C a Reese ecto Unusually Active in That Sector. - - ae GUNFIRE INCREASES ON THE enantio FRON << Italian and French Succeesi in Western Albania Be- lieved to Offer Serious Threat to Austrian Poa tions There. at. “ee * 3 - = a * | By the Associated Press. a’ LONDON, July 19.—Considerable . activity was developed early morning by the German artillery machine guns in the region east of Amiens, from the vicinity of Villers- Biretonneux to the Anere, says tod War Office report. The Germans de- _livered local attacks In the Villers Bretonneux area, but these were re pulsed. On the Flanders front the. British carried out an operation in the” vi- cinity of Merris, northeast of , prisoners were taken. Successful Local Fighting West of Chateau-Thierry, BERLIN, via London, July 10-— The report from headquarters last eV ening said: “Southwest of Noyon French et tacks were repulsed. Successful Jo- cal engagements took place weat of Chateau-Thierry.” ‘ The earlier communication said: | “South of La Basse Canal repeatet | partial attacks were repulsed and on the north bank of the Somme attacks broke down. . ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee WP Abs tinued lively and in the evening T+ creased intermittently to great vie- ence. “West of Antheuil local at lwere launched by the enemy morning after violent artillery Ope: aration. At the forest of Villers-Cot terets partial attacks by the Fren broke down in our fighting zone. — “Kighteen enemy airplanes were shot down yesterday. ea ad oe ORS ANAS pe HARK 8c are Reh ar Aro po AER | ing WA EIN ritish Submarine Damaged by Ger man Sea planes. , | By the Associated Prens. ee LONDON, July 10.—A British marine was slightly damaged one officer and five men were k when the craft was attacked by man seaplanes off the east coast @f - England, July 6. accordimg to an af _miralty statement. 4 4 = Artillery Ducis North of Mont and South of Aisne. By the Associated Preas. PARIS, Juiy 10,—Artiliery eine on the front north of Mont Di@ser See NR IOR Ren wee a Lat, Ce dni ae y, PRR ey, AAW 1G he shee cay. iat cote aN eg cae vigny Farm. where French t have recently meade inroads upon German lines, were announced the War Office today. On July seven German afrplianes brought down and two captive = loons set on fire and destroyed the French air forces. Franeo-lItallan successes In bania tn the lest few days ly threaten seriously the Hungarian situation tn Central 4 bania. The French are making gains in East Albania, west of Ochrida, while the Italians are | vancing speedily in the west. — Austrian line appears to be re ee ee ee Italiam Continue to Gain in Offensive. hanian Fiy the Associated Pree. ROME, July 16.—The it ‘ar Office announced today. Free Band Concert Tes Fischer's Band, at y