St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 17, 1918

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~~ _ Nt tho nil ald SR Ae ice 5 ERI 2 - > a if’ We hiner “part. That situation may establish a German. Two to One! The POST-DISPATCH sells, in St. Louis and suburbs every day, in rouud figures, CE as many newspapers as the Globe-Democrat. A a ee el eee seer esneeen eee 0 en =r 2 » PART THREE. Pages 1- 14 a_i nnnieees - . ot & eet wht v = é “a hai Ke a ' a : ~ 2 > oe ey * +0 1e ie pad & es ee - " ST. LOUIS POST-UISPATLH - eae en A A ee ee ee a ee _AMERI CAN ARMY TODA Y BEGINS. peraree +e oer Seo ~ LOOKED ON in MOVE FOR ~ LENIENCY Washington Thinks Foreign’ . ’ Minister Is Seeking Sup- port of Americans of Ger-| —~ man Descent or Kin for | social, some of the preliminaries of | the inter-allied conference and the | v WILSON EXPECTED IN ENGLAND SOON, lished m France That Presi- dent Is to Go Abroad. By the Associated Iressa, LONDON, Nov. 16.—Reuter'’s ;} son | By the Agsoctated Press. PARIS, Nov. ‘the Italian Foreign Minister. luncheon today with E. had Lim- ' ited is informed that President WiI- is expected in England shortly. 16.—Baron Sonnino, , M. House, | ‘GERMAN FORCES NEWS AGENCY SAYS Dispatches Also Have Been Pub- IN EAST APRICA Ships Demanded by Allies ‘and, while the meeting was largely| gp by Their Crews. Modifications of Exactions| peace congress were discussed. Ital- of the Peace Conference. SMALL HEED TO BE - PAID TO HIS PLEAS Proposal for Hoover and ian Premier. Orlando is detained in bee aly by the illness of his wife and | is | the time of the, the. British electoral awe occupying |'British leaders, but prompt “tele- ‘graphic exchange between the cap- | itals permits the adjustnient of many | details. campaign | In official exchanges with Wash- | is able to com- President Wilson at ington Mr, House | municate with War Council to Ration Na-| the White House within 10 min- as. tion Makes Unnecessary a Dispatches have announce et hii | President Wilson will come to France. Trip by Teuton Food Mis- before mid-December to be present. /at the peace conference, | | sion. Thy the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—In the almost hysterical appeals of the)! German provisional Government for supplies of food and for permission to address itself directly through a commission to the American pubiic, | officials here see a purpose to ex- cite the sympathies of a large ele- ment ef the American population more or less connected by blood ties with” Germany. With such sympa- thies aroused, | the German Govern-. but up to the present this news has not been confirmed. a -- LABOR WILL FIGHT POST-WAR WAGE DECREASE, GOMPERS SAYS a | the Formal W penbae Issued as an Answer | to President of National Found- ers’ Association. | By the Associated Press. LAREDO, Tex., Nov. 16.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in the hours of the Pan-American labor conference here today, served for- mal warning that no general reduc- tion in wages nor increase in work- /nouncement closing | ‘number of ships demanded ‘allies under the naval terms of the / armistice ment, it was saidk undoubtedly hopes ing hours after the war would be ac- | to influence the approaching peace conference towards leniency. Such appeals as those which have been sent by wireless by Dr. German Foreign Secretary, to Sec- | retary Lansing, were said to be quite | unnecessary and not likely to have any. .beneficial results. everything possible to prevent suf-| cepted without a bitter fight by or- ganized labor. He issued a statement inspired by Solf,|a recent public utterance of William | H. president of the National Assocation, that a reduc- 3arr, Founders’ tion of wages and longer hours would President | Wilson already has promised to do be the only means to enable the American manufacturers to continue | U-Boat ‘to cope with coppen industries after fering among the civil population of | the war. The idsiidnebes adjourned after a} _pan-American Federation of Labor | the conquered states. Indorsed by Allies. ‘The Entente Powers have Indorsed | this attitude, not so much from con-/! siderations of mercy or sympathy "organization is to with the foe as from a genuine con-| viction that a starving and desperate | people would make dangerous neigh- | bors; render any satisfactory peace impossiblegand by appeals to the in- ternationalist spirit endanger the se- | curity of the entente countries them- ' selves. The design of the conserva- tive elements in the entente states is undrstood to be to avoid raising any | new issue that would aggravate these conditions, i | Sammons Interrupted Negro Wiw/! ; ' It is known officially there is suf- | ficient food in Germany to meet im-/| mediate needs. The supreme war) council is planning to supply food in) the future and before the stocks are exhausted, assuming present | the | exercise of wise economy in food dis- | tribution. |'company's plant at Therefore, it is saig to be quite. unnecessary for the German Govern- ment to send the proposed commis- | sion to the United States to arrange for the purchase of food. Hoover and the agencies behind him will at- tend to that. They Must Buy Sustenance. To correct what appears to be a general public misunderstanding on. | had been informed and Samuel Gom- pers elected its chairman. The new be composed of delegates from the representatives of the American Federation of Labor and delegates from the labor organi- Yations of other pan-American re- publics. [ENGINEER SLAIN BY ROBBER AT | ‘CIVILIAN STORES SURRENDERED Large Number of German Reported to Have Been LOOTED, SAY FLYERS, British, French and American | Officers Meet German Technical Experts to Dis- cuss Retirement Beyond the Rhine. Bry the Associated Press. LONDON, Nov. 16.—In compli- ance with the terms of the armistice, | eral McAdoo today 18 cents per hour German forces in East Africa von Lettow- Nov. the Cham- south of Kas: North- This official an- under Gen. Vorbeck, sur- rendered on bezi River, eastern Rhodesia. nade tonight. — 14 on imi, is Many German Ships Reported Sunk Contrary to Armistice. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 16.—A large by their revolution, by the were sunk man crews during ‘according to Germania of Berlin. — Clause 30 of the armistice provides that’all merchant vessels in German hands belonging to the allied and as- sociated Powers are to be restored in | BLACKMER & POST PIPE PLANT. Took $109.75 From Four Firemen in Drying Room. Herman Jamfmnons, 59 years old, ports to be specified by the allies and the United States. Commanders Told They Must Give Up Vessels. By the Assoclated Press. AMSTERDAM, Nov. Jerman Government, Berlin, 16.—The according to 2 has new dispatch from tele- graphed the Secretary of the Navy to see that complete discipline is ob- served in: the German fleet. The telegram concluded: “We will only get peace if we ally fulfill the conditions of armistice.”’ iO0V- the By the Associated Press. BASKL, Nov. 16.—The new man Government has addressed (er- an appeal to the submarine crews exX-. 'plaining thta it is indispensable that neer employed by the Blackmer & | Post Pipe Co., was shot in the head) last night at 7 robber in the drying room 2801 Hereford street. The bullet entered over the left eye and lodged in the brain. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he died at 11 o’clock. The | negro escaped. ‘ j Jammons entered the drying root as the negro had four firemen lined the subject, it may be authoritative- | ly stated none of this food to be sent from America to Germany or Austria | | will be given away. for by the countries. Possibly that cannvt: be) done in German cash, for it is Se It must be paid | Jovernments of those) -| lieved the store of gold in the Reichs- | bank practically. has been exhausted throvgh the heavy purchases which Gerfiany has been obliged to make has had to pay in coin for the most make it necessary to credit, but if this is done, it will be the act of the supreme war council | as part of its function in carrying | out the terms and spirit of the ar-.| leone America will not hgve to | bear these burdens or assume the) risk alone. ~Hapid dévelopment of the hes, is viewed with satisfaction | The composition of the new | : ore including as it does sane and 4 messenger brought a telegram. to’ announced that her son had been ‘the whole, is taken as a guar-! Killed in action Oct. 18. ‘against Bolshevik control, and | f avert famine at least. send it to France.” she said. tive elements enough Sea that with the assurance h abundance of food, but. ' | up against a wall at the point of his of: ‘revolver. The engineer, instead -abeying a command to hold up his o'clock by a negro, of the) hands, started toward the negro, who | fired. Yesterday was payday at the plant. | ' The firemesa who were held up re- ported the following losses: Frank Amann, 2132 Cooper street, Samuel Farrar, 5227 Botanical ave- nue, $28; Bryan Gerli; 5044 VPatti- son avenue, $32; Raymond Ponce, 5115 Shaw avenue, $34. They were firing the kilns when fhe.negro.en- from-neutral countries, for which she | ‘°™®* ee ee ee ae ee eee ee ~_ WOMAN PACKING BOX FOR SON HEARS HE WAS SLAIN IN ACTION street, Edwardsville, was packing a Christmas box yesterday for her sor, Thomar, a member of C Company, «212th Infantry, in France. | autred label had come in a letter new which she received Wednesday, me Government on democratic) es, as recorded in the press dis-' 1.44 chocolates and had prepared and other gifta. Hier task was nearly finished when Later in the day Mre. F'scher fin- ished packing the box and took it to Red Cross headquarters. “Please “and ‘tities of civilian’ $15.75; | / were released by | ad M ‘onfer Wit Mrs. Thomas Fischer of 743 Union | Allied Missions Confer With The re-, | quarters, German military and tech-. she had since bought handkerchiefs | |...) tepresentatives met Belgian of- the armistice conditions be carried 7913A Minnesota avenue, an engi- (Ut rapidly. Guarantees, it is stated, will be given that the crews will be re- patriated after their arrival in Iin- giand and will be discharged as soon @s they return to Germany. The life of each member of the crews of the submarines to be sur- rendered to the allies wiil be insured for 10,000 marks by the CGovernment.and each will receive a donation of 500 marks. ‘This infor- mation is contained in a dispatch re- ceived here from Berlin. ee ee ae Germans Are Looting Civilian Stores U. S. Aviators Report. By the Associated Press. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, Noy. 16.——-Great quan- property are being carried away by. the retiring Ger- mans, according to Lieut. M. K. Lockwood and Lieut. TD. C. Bebe,’ the Fiftieth Aer¢d Squadron, who re- ‘turned to the American front toda! after being prisoners in the hands of, the Germans for ten days. The avia- tors were shot down Noy. 4, in the region of Tannay, east of Rethe!l, and the Germans 0a Thursday. (,er- mans Over Troop Movements. Br the Associated Prees. PARIS, Nov. 16, 4:45 a. m.—-In ac- cordance with Marshal Foch’s in- structions, conveyed through Maj. Sisteron to the German great head- _ficers at Bruges, British at Mons and r of the Echo de Paris. nment can be assured give it to some soldier who has no ngeey than nan marked | : *. Cotumn 3. nod) relative or friend to Iler request will be led. d hfm a box."’» French and Americans at Nancy yes- terday afternoon, says Marcel Hutin The purpore of the meetings was to arrange the details of the withdrawal of the Germans across the Rhine and discuss instructions relative to ralfl- roads, rivers, canals and telegraph and telephone service. The Germans gave information ~ Continued on Page 2, Column 1. ‘hours hereafter the | | block Ger- | board / order will be issued next week ( rerman ; of 1204 + fractured skull sustained when of: to. ‘phers, 3% pounds, and Peter G. a mers ~ ae which went. Foch’s Stirring Message to the Allied Armies PARIS, Nov. 16. ARSHAL FOCH, Comman- der-in-Chief, has addressed the following message to the allied armies: Noncommmissioned Qfficers and Soldiers of the Al- lied Armies—After having reso- lutely stopped the enemy, vou have for months fought him with faith and indefatigable energy, without respite. You have won the greatest battle in history and saved the most sacred cause—the liberty of the world. ‘*Be proud. You have adorned your flags with immortal Posterity preserves ‘* Officers, glory. for vou its recognition. WAGE RAISE AND 8-HOUR DAY FOR RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS Increase Ordered. by McAdoo, In- volving About $30,000,000 a Year. Retroactive to Oct 1. By the Associated Prees, - WASHINGTON, Nov. {6.—Rail- road telegrapehrs’ wages were ad- vanced by order of Director-Cen- above the rate prevailing last Jan. 1, with a minimum of 48 cents per hour, retroactive to Oct. 1. Hight is to be considered a day’s work, and overtime will be paid ait the rate of time and a half. This order, involving aggrerate in- creases of about $39,000,000 a year, | “ > & ne — 200,000 IROOPS | 10 GO ROME IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS 30,000 Men to Quit Army. ‘ment of American troops across the | ‘the War swer to questions the country applies to between 60,000 and 70,000 employes including telegraphers, telephone operators, agent-telegra- tovrer men, agent-telephoneérs, tower and train directors, and staff men. It to télephone switch- A separate wage a2Dr plying to rallroad agents who are not telegraphers. The order meets partially the re- quest of the Order of Railroad Teleg- raphers for xdvances. — = ALL GREEDS URGED TO UNITE IN THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE ee ae eee es levermen, operators does not apply operators. Rabbi Leon Harrison Suggests Coli-. seum for Big Holiday Assem.- blage. A suggestion for a union Thanks- giving day service in the Coliseum in which Catholic, Protestant and Jew- ish clergy and laity shall unite, was made yesterday by the Rev. Dr. Leon IIarrison, rabbi of Temple Israel. In a ketter Dr. Harrison points out that American men of all ereeds have fought and died side by side in France, and that all the churches have united in this week’s War Work campaign, in which Catholic, Prot- estant and Jewish agencies are to share. He suggests that the Symphony Orchestra should play at the pro- posed service, and that a large sing- g soc or a chorus of schoo! children should sing; and that tiifs observance should take the place of local church gatherings on ‘Thanks- giving day, Nov. 28. WOMAN, 75, DIES AT HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY AUTO Mrs. J ‘“v iw avi tates icLy’, Martha Evans. 75 years old, North Sixth street, died ut the city hospital last night from a an automobile driven by Joseph Jadu- bowski of 2516 North Ninth street struck her in front of 1311 North troadway at 4 p. '™m. yesterday. Her death brings the total number of f:- .talities since Jan. 1 from automobile cidents to 79%. - Yrank WK. ‘Meters Jr., 16. of 3619 avenue, suffered fractured skul! and a broken collarbone when an .awtomobile struck him as alighted from a southbound Grand avenue car at Grand avenue and Penrose street last night. The mo- torist drove on, ace Lep a EDITOR'S FOOD WORRIES ENDED With cauliflower, egg plants an‘! rabbits coming in, is not worrying about the During the past terprise, high cost of living. usually man makes these grateful acknowi- 'edgments in the last issue of the bn- terprise: “John Hoepfinger brought us two potatoes weighing 1% pounds each: George Hoepfinger brought us a nice big head of cauliflower; Wiliar: Gutherz and Edward Bange brought some fine egg plants, one welghing left fine,” -_ Each Day When Demobili- zation Is in Full Swing,- Says Gen. March. STOP THE SENDING OF MEN OVERSEAS Congress Will Be Asked to Allow Month’s Bonus to Every Man Hon- orably Discharged. Pay as By the Associated Prees. WASHINGTON, Novy. Atlantic has stopped erftirely and de- mobilization of troops in canton- ments und camps at home is under way. Gen. March, this announcement today, Department's plans in an- has been asking since the day the armis- tice was signed and it became ap- parent.the war was over. He said orders already issued Chief of Staff, made: outlining | | / Scotland Coast. NE FIkS. cata SECTION 13 PAGEH:. SECOND NEWS SECTION, 1s 13 “BUNDAY MAG AZINK, 16 PAGES. NUTOGRAVURE sit cCTION, 4 PaGRe. COMIC SECTIOn, 4 EBS ‘‘PIRST IN EVERYTHING”’ PAG ———_ oe oo SE ES "PRICE ST. _—- LOUIS AND FORTY-MILE. BEYOND THE FORTY-NILE a S....6 CENTS 7 CENTS A AE ne ne on : ~ LL LL AL ALA LE LE AL - “FAIR TODAY AND TOMORROW; ’ Getinany at 5:30 o'clock Sunday morning, The army will travel about .12 miles each day. Fo the army just organized has fallen the honor of heading the first big unit ‘of the allied occupational force. The advance will be made in columns, and not in the order of battle so long followed. But it is not forgotten that technically, at least, there is still a state. of war. Nothing will be left.to chance, and every precaution wil! be taken to guard against surprises, notwith- standing none are expected. Care will be taken to have the force well echeloned, The advance guard, well in advance of the maf force, will be followed by engineers 'who have been instructed not only to repair roads, reconstruct bridges and clear the Y generally, but to inspect keenly ¥ object and po- isition that might be a trap. Mines will be sought carefully, and if found, exploded. The Germans have gent word the wuy is open and the mines removed, exce = in cases which they have designat Water also will be inspected carefully and none per- mitted to be used until pronounced pure. COLDER BY NIGHT, IS FORECAST THE TEMPERATURES. 7pm op. m Y est erdays: High 66, at 3 p. ™m.; low $1, a. TH. Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Fair Sunday and Monday: colder Sunday Sunday night, St. Louwle was : visited shortly Maga paee® Ras ages last might by an u nm #¢ a sonabie electrical storm of wuhusval s#¢- verity. Loud der and vivid flashes of light-. lowed by heavy rain. Weather predictions for the week beginning tomorrow, imued by the Weather Bureau at Washington, in- ‘clude: Upper Miesiasipp! and Lower Missouri Vallere—-Fair weather, with week, probably follewed by rain and reported his | warmer in the middle of week and. od ever. will have little to do. Ready for Any Emergency. The arrangements in force are such that, although advancing much as it might along the country roads of the United States, the entire for- mation could be altered almost in minutes to battle formation, WDivi- sions moving on the front will have others In support. and the flanks wil be carefully covered. In addition, a long line of cleervation vatlobns will be up behing ‘he lines, and they? too, will be moving slowly forward. observing the movements of the re- treating Germans. The aviators, how~ They wi more up somewhat later. unless « unexpected break comes, In whic case they, too, will be ready for mediate action. The advancing Americans will be flanked by the armiee of France and by Sunday evening it is expected the /advanced elements of the Americane ae 1) will cross the Belgian border. The Fifth French army on the left and _the Tenth French army on the right and. , after 9 o'clock crashes of. thun- ' will advance abreast the Americans. while far along the NMne to the left and right the allied troops will con- tinue to march towurd the Iline agreed upon in the armistice. Win Prai«. Wonderfully rested by the few days of inactivity and their prid touched by the honor conferred y them. the dtvisions of the new Amer ican army awaited eagerly — night the order to advance. Many of them were newly equipped with unl- forms. Seasoned by hard fighting and schooled tn discipline, theme : won the praise of officers looked them over ii the afternoon. | ‘The weather since hortilities ning were fol-| turned much colder. ice forming brooks, But the men appeared te ‘regard this as a slight d or compared to what ther have bee! through. They looked forward to h along the a aye “ey ; 05 & Hent trom Monsen, Ines Cosrembure and Rriy wp ihe the Moselle. of ante, | by fair at the end “aaews —— oe | Movement Began at 5:30 | Advance 12° . aes se a Pe et: Ds a