St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 11, 1919

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Kill the Kai- 1o ?""—Every- 100: i Mora the Globe-Democrat’s. aa sales of the Post-Dispatch in St. Louis every day are 100% gres*e: ‘han The Only Evening Paper in St. Louis "VOL. 71. NO. 197. ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY EVENING, “MARCH 11, oT. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH the Associated Press News Service EDITION ——s = ee 1919-26 PAGES, a PRICE TWO CENTS AL int RISTS IN > BERLIN SHOT, TROOPS TAKING 7 a at i , Me’ ; tacan Revolt. E iisechicn Lead to Severest. _ Measures by Government, Which Is Slowly Driving Revolutionists Out and Preparing to Attack Sub- urban Stronghold. By the Associated Prees. BERLIN. Monday, March 10.—' Government troops are busy today @riving Spartacan bands from vari- ous sections of Berlin, and in pre-' paring for ai determined effort against the Spartacan stronghold of Lichtenberg, a suburb to the east of the city. The Spartacans are report-. ed to have large depots of weapons and ammunition in Lichtenberg. Government troops sent to Lich- tenberg. Sunday, to protect the post-. office and police station were anni-| the ensign how far away his machine Rilated by the Spartacans. All the soldiers and police officials )) who were not killed during the fight-_ ing for the postoffice and police sta- were murdered by the in the streets. At least one s&. The police archives in Lichtenberg were burned and 80,000 Marks stolen from the postoffice. No attempt yet has been made to Secertain the numper of persons Killed in the present uprising, but the @umber is believed to exceed 150. Summary E-xccutions. Reports of Spartacan atrocities Sentinue to pour in and resulted to- @ay in the issuance of an order by Herr Noske, the Minister of Defense. hat all found opposing the Govern-| ment troops with weapons would be! Shot immediately. Many Spartacans| Were taken prisoner during the fore- neon and summary executions began | St once, the order of Herr Noske be- ing Welcomed by the embittered Gov- @ament forces. Free Hand Against Revolt. There is reason to believe that Minister Noske has been given a free ‘ad to put down the revolt and the Government's preparations indi. fate that force will be used to the Utmost. The Government military com- meanders expect that it will take at two duys of steady fighting to break the Spartacan resistance in the eastern part of Berlin and to fapture Lichtenbere and the suburbs Kopenick, Weissensee and Rum. burg, all on the eastern out skirts of Berlin. There communists with help from the criminal] and hooligan elements, continue to offer Pout opposition and the Government mMaturalily are making = slow Progress ir. the «treet fighting. They are taking no prisoners. The Government forces have the task of crushing not only the main | nm strongholds, but also of combating the guerilla tactics of the reents who, reatizing that the. *ventualiy will be outmatched by the troops in straight fighting. ar feparating into small bends and ter- forizing districts which have been Bamolested up to this time Using Hand Grenades. One daring Spartacan band liact Might Succeeded in taking a machine Sun into a house opposite the bar- Packs of the Guard Regiment on richstraese,. a short distance | Berth of Unter den Linden rom " this Point of vantage thev bombard- | ‘ed the barracks. Another squad penetrated into the newspaper dis- and threw hand grenades into Ceurtyard of the bullding occu- by the semi-official Wolff Bu- met by the Government by the eer troops whose loyalty was ques- ened. The order calling off the genera! Ptrike Was obeyed only in part to- ay. Nearly all the smal! establish- and a number of the big resumed work with full forces, but Workmen in the factories domi- Rated by radical« deciared they would Het return to work until the | Governmen: troops were withdrawn ‘from Bertin. Murders, fighting and plundering throuzhout Sunday in vari- of the city. There was Sniping from the roofs. Many « Centinwed on Page 2, Colume i. * NOPRISONERS 2 gecutions, cn Order of De- Minister, Issued | Against All Opposing | Aeovernment With gf — tion or who did not escape from the Ss. Many were tortured and Woman was among the victims of the ee Saturday Last Day To File State and U. S. Income Tax Returns | ATURDAY is the last day Se: making returns to the United States Collector of Internal Revenue, under the Federal income tax law. and to the City’ Assessor, under the State income tax law. Feceral income tax blanks have been mailed to most of those liable to the tax, but those who are liable to the tax, and have not received blanks, are none the less liable to punish- ment if they fail to make returns. The Federal blanks are obtain- able at the Collector's office, in the Federal! Building, Eighth and Olive streets, and the State blanks are issued at the Asses- sor’s office in the city halr. The blanks can be filled out and sworn to at those offices, or can be mailed with payment checks to the officials, with the signa- ee ture attested by a notary public | SOLDIERS AND POLICE DANIELS TALKS BY _ MURDERED IN SUBURB. RADIO WITH PLANE 150 MILES AWAY Longest Transmission by Tele- phone With Machine in Flight Is Achieved. By the Aessociated Press. WASHINGTON, March 11.—Sec-, ‘one-fourth installment of it must be)! retary Daniels talked today by radio telephone with Ensign Harry Fagen- | ‘water in a navy flying boat en route from Washington to Hampton Roads. Communication was established at a distance of more than 1590 miles, by far the longest transmission of radio telephone signais with an air- plane in flight ever achieved. The secretary used the ordinary desk telephone on his desk at the Navy Department. Officers in charge ‘of the developments of radio sig- naling stations, including Rear Ad- miral Griffin, chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, were grouped around the desk. Daniels spoke of his pleasure in making a test of the constantly im- proving navy apparatus and asked was. After a moment's delay, the officer replied that he was then more than 150 miles from Washing- ton and flying at a high altitude. The officer's voice came very in- distinctly toward the end of the conversation as the distance in- creased. The experts at the de- partment said the 150 miles was practically the extrgme range of radio telephonic communication ° with an aircraft with present equip-: , ment, and more than double any pre- vious distance covered in a single test. * |MONDELL OF WYOMING NAMED AS HOUSE FLOOR LEADER Designated After Representative Mann Had Been Elected by Re- publicans for Place and De- clined. Ry the Associated Press WASHINGTON, March 11.—Rep- resentative Frank Mondell of Wvyo- ming was chosen Republican floor leader in the next House today aft- er Representative Mann of Illinois, leader in the last Congress, had been elected on the first ballot by the Re- publican conference, and had de- clined to accept. 8 DRY TOWNS AGAIN BECOME WET i Three Others Have Becn Dry for 25 Vears. Bw the Aeeociated Press. BOSTON, Marc! 11.—Returns from 11 towns tea voted vesterday on the question of issuing liquor licenses show that eight changed } from dry to wet. Three of the towns, Scituate. Weymouth and Hingham, have been no-license places for more than a auarter of a century Liquor advocates maintained that the result was a protest against the national! prohibition amendmen‘ while anti-saloon leaders avserted that it was mainly due to apathy on the part of voters — -—— -—_— —~ To call a cook use a Post-Dispatch Went ad O00 IN LINE AT CUSTOM HOUSE TD. PAY INCOME TAA Last Week for Making Return —Collector Moore Helps as Clerk and Information Agent. 100 GAMBLERS HERE HAVE MADE REPORTS No One Has Filed Return as a Moonshiner or as Illegal Manufacturer of Oleo Mar- e. a The rush to make returns and pay- | ment of Federal income tax began at | the office of Internal Revenue Col- lector Moore on the second floor of \the Federal Suilding, Ninth and Olive streets, today. The tax or a raid by next Saturday night. When the office opened at 9 a. m. more than 500 persons, mostly men, were waiting in the corridors, wher: extra clerks were stationed at tables to facilitate the work. Other clerks | were on duty in the main office, giv- ing advice as to how to make out re- turns and giving slips to taxpayers showing the amount they must pay to the cashier. Every clerk or person seeming to have an official capacity was be- seiged by taxpayers seeking advice and assistance. Some even invaded Collector Moore's office, and he sSmilingly gave them the help the; asked, and did the necessary clerical work in preparing and certifying their returns. 100 Gamblers Make Returns. More than 100 professional gam- blers have made income tax returns in the St. Louis internal revenue dis- trict, which includes this city and Kastern Missouri, according to in- formation obtained from the collec- tor’s office. These persons have mad-¢ effidavit that their entire income is derived from gambling. The rush continued throughout the day, overtaxing the etevators. Hun- .dreds of persons walked upstairs The Collector's office is open from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. Under rulings from Washington. announced yesterday, these gamblers are permitted to deduct losses, sus- tained in gambling, from their taxa- ble incomes. This is not permitted in the case of a person who makes his living in a lawful way, and gam- bles as a diversion. The Internal Revenue Department guarantees that nll information given in such returns shall be confidential. This depart- ment is not concerned with enforc- ing the laws against gambling, but is in the business of collecting taxes cn all incomes, of whatever charac- ter No Moonshine Return. The department gives a Similar vruarantee of confidential treatmert to moonshiners, who make returns on their incomes from lLlicH disti! ling. As the same department Is charged with the task of capturing moonshiners, it is necessary, .m suc! cases, that the department shall not let its left hand know what its right hand is doing. No moonshiner, 'r illicit manufacturer of:-oleomargarin has thus far made a return in the S¢ Louis district, Collector Moore says a Prize oor Blind Artist. By th Associate Press NEW HAV EN , Conn., March 11 —Y¥ale will award to Jean Julian Lemordant, the French soldier-ar- tist. who was blinded in the war, the Howland memorial prize tonight Lemordant will personally receive the prize. which comes to him fo “achievement of marked distinction in the field of fine arts.” w. The possibility of an outbreak | the radical suburb of Spandau has_ Ament of a battalion of pio- | —e—s - Big Newspaper First in Cireulation. Sixty-Eight Successive Days of Advertising Gains The notable run of POST-DISPATCH Gains in Home- Merchants’ advertising. over the corresponding days of 1918, has now extended for two months and 10 days. This remarkable growth is due to confidence—Reader confidence in the merchants’ confidence in the POST-DISPATCH, founded on years of experience of the pulling power of St. Louis’ ‘One St. Louis advertising for Monday, March 10: POST-DISPATCH alone..... 2 out of all 4 of the others combined............ 52 Cols. The Reason? POST-DISPATCH is First in News and Features, First in Advertising, ‘*First in Everything.’’ ned announcements— Merchant | _ | AUTOMOBILE STOLEN FROM 2 DETECTIVES | AT PUBLIC LIBRARY Department Members pat to Police Headquarters and Re port Theft of the Machine. The Police Department today asked the police to find an automo- bile stolen from two policemen last night while they were Icoking for automobile thieves. Detectives Reinwald and Ising left the machine, a Ford touring car, at ‘Thirteenth and Olive streets, and went into the Public Library. Thei- purpose, they said, wa@ not to take out a book on how to catch auto- mobile thieves, but to arrest a sus- pect who they had reason to believe, would be there at that hour. There was no suspect inside and when they came out there was no fnutomebile outside. ‘They walked to headquarters and obtained another police car and rode around looking for the stolen machine which bore license tag 18373. They failed to find the stolen ma- chine. PIG’S RECOGNITION OF COUPLE CONVINCES JURY OF OWNERSHIP Negro Tells How y Noune Anmal Fol- lowed them Into House, and They Get Judgment for $5. When Henry and Mary Williams, negroes, of 4208W Maffitt avenue. rerecovered their long-lost pig, Betsy, by means of replevin proceedings, getsy followed them home -and walked right into the house. This fact, to which both Henry and Mary testified in Justice Moore's court to- day, convinced a jury that the pig was theirs, and a verdict was re- turned giving them possession of the animal, and awarding them a judg- ment for $5 against Thomas Dunn of 4327 Kennerly avenue, in whose pos- session Betsy_was found. Dunn protested that the pig was his, purchased in November. and was not the Williams pet, which wan- dered from the Maffitt avenue hearthstone on a December day. But the Williamses were sure that no other pig had spots just like theirs, their recognition was not. tm- paired by the fact tnat the animal they claimed lacked a tail, and had lost an ear, where as Betsy, on leayr- ing them, had been fulliv endowed with these physical charms. Wit- nesses helped them to establish thet: and , recognition of Betsy, and Betsy's rec- ognition of them. N06 BILL, AFTER BEING LAUGHED AT 15 YEARS, LIKELY TO PASS ee eee ee Ordcred iaesunaeit by House by AIl- most Unanimous V ote—Backed by Ghee Pp malsers. ; ‘SE I- ‘P E RSON Cc IT Y. March 11.— “The dog law,” which has been laughed out of the Missouri Legisla- ture every session for lo years, probably will be passed at this ses- sion, the measure having received an almost unanimous vote for engzross ment in the House yesterday after- noon, The measure has long been seriousiy advocated b the sheep raisers of the State, who have said that sheep valued at many thousands .of dollars were killed each year by dogs As engrossed, the bill provides a State tax of $1 on male and $2 on fe- male dogs in all parts of the State except St. Louis and Kansas City where, it was explained on the floor no sheep graze The money would go into a fund from which owners mn each county h of sheep killed by dogs would be re- imbursed BASE HOSPITAL UNIT NO. 21 ASSIGNED TO CONVOY HOME Iti Was ini hold them up witle they were rid ing in the docvors: automeobtie near Lewes pwénue and Meramec street “ ; ov} Th hicghniwnrymet escaped in the dector's machirv which the run to t diich two biccks as wreck- ing it. after which they fled on foot vr. Puckett told pelice he was an spcring an emergency cali. Declaration of Nations to Brand Ex-Kaiser as Arch Criminal By the Associated Press. PARIS, Monday, March. 19. Emperor Willlam to be brand- ed for all time as an arch-crim- I: will be the fate of former inal by the solemn declaration of all nations assembled at the peace conference, to which even his own country may be called upon to subscribe in the peace terms, according to the present plans of what is believed to be a rajority of the commission on responsibiilty for the war. The report of this commissien will be ready within a few days, and the indications are that the members are harmonious on the main points. There are likely to be differences, however, regard- ing subordinate German officials. atlhough at present a majority of the commission is understood to hold that they can be punished for orders given or acta permit- ted by them in violation of the national laws of Germany or the rules of war. Such a rule would apply to the officer who executed Capt. Fryatt. but not to the exe- cutioner of Edith Cavell, who, it is pointed out, might have been technically guilty of espionage. No doubt is felt as to the liability to punishment of a German offi- cer taken prisoner of war and found guilty of atrocities. DISARMAMENT OF GERMANY TO END. CONSCRIPTION IN ALL COUNTRIES Approval of Military Terntis for Enemy Carries With It Abolition of Compulsory Service Everywhere Ex- cept as a War Time Expe- Pings: ACTION INSISTED ON BY LLOYD GEORGE Germany Will Have Army of Only 100,000 Men Enlist- ed for 12 Years—Other erest, —. rTorms oO pare d ui The ‘ow est, PRESIDENT’S SHIP MAKES GOOD TIME, TO DOCK THURSDAY Wilson Walks About Ship and/ Plays Shuffle Board on Deck With Wife. the Associated Pre#s. ON BOARD VU. 5&8. 8. GEORGE | WASHINGTON, March 11.—( By | wireless.)—President Wilsen ap- | pears to have entirely recovered | » 4. from the cold from which he had |! been suffering. The President walked about the’ ship and also played shuffleboard on | d@k with Mrs. Wilson yesterday aft. | ernoon., The President received several! messages from hk. M. House regard- ing the developments at the peace | conference and the program whicb has been arranged after the Presi- | | dent's arrival in France, The Presi- ‘dent sent replies. The President also received a wire-. less dispatch from the Mayor of expressing a desire to extend im a welcome on behalf of the mu-| \nicipality of Brest on the arrival of the George Washington. President Wilson sent an acceptance, but asked that the ceremonies be as brief and informal as possible, say- ing he desired to proceed immedi- ately to Paris. The Thu ro ee ee ee ee PRIVILEGE OF CONVERTING LIBERTY BONDS REOPENED Converting I une ry Those of Sec- ond Loan May Be I-uchanged for Bonds Bearing 4'4 Per Cent. he Associated Press VASHINGTON. March 1!1.—Secre- (jlass Nas issued an order re- opening to holders of converted PN . : bends of the firet Liberty Loan and bonds of the second Liberty Loan, privilege of having their bonds iverted into 4'4-per-cent bonds. These two classes of bonds now bear interest at 4 per cent. The conversion privilege which ex- pired last Nov. 9, under the loan act then in effect, is re-opene] under order as of March 7. and the extension is indefinite lIieldera of » bonds may present them for con- version at any bank. Regulation THE TEMPERATH RES, 4" ; oe i? “A “ * « > a. 1 . ~ a. } $ j : S7 ii «# a 3 = = ft, ¢, o wh Highest yesterday, 505at 1 p. m “a7 a at 6:30 a. ™m — RIVER freezing point, Misaour} morrosr Stonight and to right 1 of a foot oe © 0 eee ~~ ae Are en going to the Theater, er Movies ‘onighg’ MM so, see ages and -«. Powers Must Protect Her Against Aggression. By HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE. Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch and New York Wortd. 1919. by Press Publishing Gn (New York World.) PARIS, March 10:——When the mil- itary terms with Germany had been | finally approved last evening at the Quai d'Orsay by the Council cf Ten, the utter demobilization of that onee great power had been achieved and reduction to military ten"y accomplished. More than that, the precedent ere+ ated by the conditions imposed upen the Germanic nations is to be bind- rest of the world, and | this especially is true of conserip- That system has been wiped out except asa wartime expedient. iby Iremier Lioyd Geeeae aup | France, Italy and Japan acquiescing — ‘only after protracted argument. It will be recalled that the British was outlined in recommended mans be permitted to maintain @n of 200,000 recruited by con- Lloyd George objected yester‘:y ahd offered as a compromise an army to the number of 100,000 built up by | military service of a 12-year enliat- period and 4000 officers. effect of the long term (eorge Washington is main- taining good speed, and arrive at Brest between 3 and 8 p. | ‘turnover of the Men receiving mili- is expected Only Half-Hearted Opposition, Livyd George's point regarding the the world was mentous that none dared make more than half-hearted opposition. suci: abolition agreed upon and the balance of the military terms strides had been toward gathering in the loose «nds of peace-making that today Americans sioners would be sent for on or about March 20 to consider the treaty Ip which the league of nations will be not quite <0 $an- being that the Germans will Teutonic detle- it is highly .»prehe able that they will be taken inte the gates do arrive The tentative program will be te f application have been pre- |ask their commissioners to attend « l will be avaliable within a tew days. At the time the bonds are ‘onverted coupon bor@tis may be ex- | changed for registered bonds. FAIR AND WARMER WEATHER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW of peace will he not denied that this method wold certain elasticity in the appli- cation Of the terme, so that the Ger- be in a position to aay they were blackjacked into «ientag. it is believed further that the pre. liminary conferences will enable the rans will not utter futility of refusal te aiga, such an act on the part all relations with her would forthwith be broken off and «a Vigorous biockade inatituted. , Ciftictal fore- LET'S PLY SEVEN | cast for St. Louwts SEAS AND ONE | ang vicinity: Pair and warm- cr tonight and | lomorrow ; the lowest tempera. ture tosligthdt will be above the closely the outlines of All Rhine forts are te te grand hesdquartera Are. ‘maintained within ed limite and all armament beyord that needed for a reduced army t# to be dextroyed under the supervision of the allied eom@m! derect other detatl« of the terme Sm. a defeated nation, is mot to be allowed « fore worthy af the name Powers to Protect Cormany, fiermany to impectemer certain obligationa te | against any unjust the part of other nations will Se ae. rig nator bes, probably certain designat- air and warmet tonizit and teo- liltnolis —Pair morrow: warm- er tomerrow and sf rorth and weet portions tu- Ftnze of the river wt 7 a te. 3.5 feet. a rire of rupreme inane the finishing teuches eS tions which went forward te ~ Pe Se: EE MS Se NE ALOR NE ne Nall a NET a Rc et Ee Bin At ete Ee A a I Pcs Bait aes fee.