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IT wJviD rLi ACTION EXPECTED SOON ON (hat in 131 II," iuiu or was illegally utrd In tin: pajment.of death benefit claims. ANTI-SALCON IeAGUc FRAMES WAR EMERGENCY LEGISLATION PrablMt Maaafaelarr ml L4 FREIGHT INCREASE PETITION GOVERNOR VETOS BILL PROHIBITING Railrvada CarleBt lateratale la- SUPREME COUNCIL, ROYAL ARCANUM, IN RECEIVERSHIP YPRES SURVIVOR ENLISTS IN THE FIRST REGIMENT Lawrence Aber Tells of Service With "Princess Pats" Succumbed to Gas Attack and Was in Hospital Five Weeks. Adt Bares la Italra. April 11. Indications are that the Interstate Commerce Com SALE OF WEAPONS mission will et within the next few days upon the petitions of the railroads aae I VM4 Its sale IJtera Waller.

WASHINGTON, April 14. An leithdiaiion program Tor i'ie s.r emergency was adopted here todtiy by the legislative Committee of the Anti-saloon League of America- It proposes prohibition of the sale of liquor to soldiers or sailors, dry zones around canipa. absolute prohibition of Interstate commerce In liquors or the inclusion of intoxicant within the terms of the anti-narcotic act. and forbiddu.g the use of grain or other food, material for the manufacture of ll.juors. of the country aklng for an Increase of 15 per cent in freight rates.

Railroad Arvaauai Kirrme Iteaeat Says rtreelvrrahlp Is rfjuatlfle. NEW YORK, April 14.Samuel N. supreme regent of the Royal Arcanum, said'here' today that the ap. poinfnienf in Boston of a receiver for the tuprtmc council of the Royal Arcanum was tvltheut Justification and ti at an effort would be made to vacate the receivership. "The appolntmen-t-of a- receiver was absolutely without notice to the -order Rr.d certainly Justification," he said.

"Our. orderl Is both commercially and actuarially with all death claims prdmptly paid' and with a cash surplus of four million of dollars over and above all -known cl ligations, yur general counsel and legal representatives will' be In Boston early Monday morning to move promptly anJ effectually In vacating the order, of Ihe court In- the receiver's appointment." Allerider' Measure Held to Discriminate Against Missouri Firms Handling Arms. Federal Judge in Boston Makes Appointment on Petition of a Member. 0' Ihv oidcr," the continues. shoed that it as absolutely ent and it lias promptly paid all claims that hae been allowed by' the proper authorities.

The order has ample funds to meet all its obligations and alt of Its actions have been approved by the State officials of Massachusetts and all Other states In which it. does business. "Kvidently this application is the result of a conspiracy and is one example of the concerted attempts that have been made to wreck fraternal orders and by having; a receiver appointed and working a reinsurance scheme, dissipate the assets of the order. Undoubtedly this application for a. receiver was made by misrepresentations and exaggerated statements and when the court has an opportunity to reconsider Its action, 'it will promptly vacate the appointment of a receiver.

"The Itojal Arcanum has been in existence for nearly 40' years' and has never -lost a penny by any defalcation or. mismanagement. Its affairs are In perfect, condition. "Apparently, the application was made by the holder of a S500 certificate and the claim was probably resisted on the ground o. no Anthony 8, Robinson of 5529 Von Ver-8r.

avenue is supreme treasurer ofthe order. He is row in California. The Royal Arcanum, according to Hickey. I started to run. One of them threw a hand grenade and I guess it knocked" me all right, because I woke up later in men are confident that a substantial portion of the Increase, If not all.

will be allowed. All proposals under consideration by the commission favor having new rates become effective not later than June 1. and it appears probable that any Increases authorized will go Into effect on that date. To formulate and print the proposed new tariffs, giving each rate In dollars and cents, would require months of labor. The railroads have presented a plan for a supplement to existing tariffs which would dispense with that method so far as possible, a short computation only being required to show the new rates.

a hospital dressing station." Aber was present during the first part of a seven-day siege in the region of the Marne. In which the "Princess Pats" sustained their most serious lies-pile their gallant defense, the "Princess Pats" were forced to retreat from an opening. 70 long, gained prc-itoualy hv a regiment. On the Gov. Gardner in Jefferson City yesterday anncmnced he had vetoed the AUender bill passed by the last Legislature, which prohibited the sale of within the State except on the Frocurintf of a permit.

The reason given as that it would ate against Missouri firniM which Mae Mace ('afereea iar4. NEW YORK. April 14. A sub-committee to decide what percentage of waife Increase should be granted to CXkOOO miners it. the bituminous Coal felds of Ohio.

Illmnis. Indiana and Western Ptnm-j lvania, was appointed at the conference of Representative of Mme-s and Operators here today. It. organized immediately and began its deliberations. BOSTON.

Aori! 14. Thomas J. Boynton, formerly Attorney-General of Massachusetts, was appointed receiver of the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum 'by Federal Judge Aldrlch today. The appointment was made on petition of Arthur lfo'uart of Tiraintree. Ji member the order, wbo hoUH a t'ceth here'i; calling for Hobait sl'esed thpt the reserve funJ of the organization, aino nauiK to Ij.S'.O.OOO.

had been illerally administered and it would be entirely depleted within two years unless the court interfered. He fifth day of the attack Aber. was over ionic by pc? fumes and to a 1-ssc sold weapons. ncruih I. tlaek.

"The iirst three days consisted of a I'm vale Lawrence ALer. a recent recruit in Company First Regiment Missouri Infantry, has the distinction of being one of the few survivors of the "J'riiicess Pats" i-rinient of Canadian Infantry, who were almost completely wiped out in May. IflS. when holding exposed position in the British line before Ypres, France Aber. who is 3 ears old.

related to a Post-Uispatch reiKjiter an account of l.is iti Pat rein's subsequent to his enlistment Septemiie'. After fn of srard nloii ti Canal, the "Princers Pat." ttrons. sailed from Montreal jn January, on the Celtic. Arri.irig at Salisbury Plain, the went into training, ai it nas here. Aber taid.

tiiat about 3X men were seized with a contagious spinal ailment, caused by an unhealthy sanitary condition of the camp. Many of them died, he said. In April. 1313. the regiment was sent to Havre, France, and from there to the front Aber wai detailed to signal duty In the front line trenches and saw his first action in the low.

marshy country near the sea, in the North of France. Life. "Life waa not so easy in the trenches. bombardment with shrapnel." Matemeat Ceart Acted AMI boat Vet lee Official. J.

F. Ilickey, grand regent of Missouri; Amedee Peting. member of the Finance Committee of the supreme council; F. H. Baconand'Lj J.

Meiser, members of the supreme council, all. of St Louis. Iss ted a statement yesterday that the Boston, court acted without notice to any official of the Royal Arcanum order. Howard C. 'Wiggins of Ttnm.

N. luortni counsel, will an. now has 175.000 members. Prior to the readjustment of rates last fall it had 40,000 member. The present member asked that an injunction be issued restraining the officers from further ad ship la Missouri is about Prior to ministering the funds and that the re the readjustment it was more, than WOO.

ceiver wind up the affairs of the coun DafrkeeGOGGLES PROTECT THE EYES AG4.IX9T THE DT9T, VIXD. WATKH A.l ROAD GL.UIE. All Skadea 4WW OLrfK 611 X. CHAXD im ply tomorrow moraine to have the order cil. The petition stated that wn lost last year in the sale of bonds of The Post -Wapateh prints MORE, FOP.

SALE Want Ads than the FOUR ether vacated. "A recent examination of the affairs the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and St. Louis newspapers COMBIJTED! either. he said. "When we woke up he said.

"The Germans tried to' make us just as miserable ss. possible and they certainly succeeded. One-third of our men died from suffocation, literally buried in mud. We had to bail out tbo trench constantly to keep the water below the level of. our armpits.

"I was asleep when the first gas attack came, and I awoke with it thick and vapory on my face. It made me deathly sick. Fortunately, the wind shifted that night I went to a field hospital in the rear. My heart, lungs and stomach were affected and I spent five weeks in the hospital. When I applied to rejoin my regiment I was told by an assigning physician in Havre.

Frame, that only 2S survivors had rc-orted. five of whom later died. "That night you came the doctor told me, "the Germans rebwk the A her and the others were promoted to the rank of Color Sergeants. He was sent to recruiting iuly in Ungland and Canada and on Sept. V), 1316.

received an honorable, discharge. A her is from Uaston. Pa. He recently tried to enter guaid regiments In Len-ic'r and Kar.ia- but was told the units were full. He Is anxious for active service.

The b'H was drawn by Chief of Detectives AllendT- wiio said it was needed to prevent the purchase of weapons by criminals and minors, and who contended that its passaeo would do mora than anything else to lessen tb number of murders, highway robberies and other crimes. Chief Allandar mad a frequent trips to Jefferson City at his own expense during th session of the Legislature in the Interests of the bill and was responsible for Its passage. Gov. Gardner In vetoing it said that A. Ik Shaplelgh, chairman of the board of the Shapleigh Hardware and George W.

Simmons, president of the Hardware and many dealers in the State had asked him to veto It on rre ground that it van discriminating against Missouri merchants, as Its restrictions could not bo aplted to mail order houses and merchatns outside of the State. The Governor also said he had consulted C. W. Mansur. President of the roiice Board, about the bill and that Mansur advised him to veto it.

The bill provided that before a retail merchant could sell a revolver legally the customer raut obtain from the Circuit Clerk, a permit to purchase it, and that the retailer must keep a record of the name of the purchaser, ith lire serial number of the weapon sold. It, prohibited the sale of any weapon which did not have a serial number stamped upon It. Chief Allender, who is a subrdinate ofthe Governor and of Mansur, refused to discuss the Governor's veto. in the morning everything would lw frozen tiphtly. At ii'n we would be in mud up lo our neck "After seven weeks' constant duty in $1395 the trenches, some of the men's nerves were "all shot' arid we sot permission to be relieved.

On misty niornins at daybreuw I swam tn icy creek on my way to the rear. "I snw a party of Ccrnazis little farther on. but I thought they were our prisoners until I approached within dllir yards of the.n and sav they were a scouting party carrying hand grenade. Two of the Germans saw me and fired. I dropped as if I had been wot'iuled and lav like soaking wet and shivering with, cold.

I couldn't figure out whit the devil to do for a. minute. I could see two Ttritiah outposts about a quarter of a mile away and I started to crawl on my hands and Vees. Just then I iiesrd German slkir.tr near me and Four lllr or Hoarding Plaeea Are listed in today's big KSTATE and WANT DIRKCTORT Two miles more than the two other St. Louis Sua-riay newspapers combined! 13 jf5j53 Fair List In crowded trdils it tccponds to every 1 td.

Oa ccsn rccds it towers every call The 101 ft via If saW JJMe JcW "v- WM Chandler porrer is not poorer cn peptx. It is power on the hills tad it is power in the mod ad czzd. Four years of skilful end cccssfcitttocs manufacturing effort have davcUtsd tsd-refined the Chandler motor to a pclat approximating perfection. Chcadfcr long ago named it The Mcrreioca 2oter and now, more then ever before, it is the wonder Six, powerful, fljrahiacsd On high gear and without lbbor it pulls the hard steerTgnubs cad T7bidm hill roads where other motor chift to cscosd. to Ford JMI L.

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