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SI LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TUKSDAY EVENING, MAIICII 1017. ST. LOUIS POSf-DIBPATCH WILL BE 100 YEARS OLD NEXT MONDAY WOMAN TO CELEBRATE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY GERARD ON WAY TO REPORT TO PRESIDENT MOVING PICTURES TAKEN WHEN GOVERNOR SIGNS ROADS BILL Vemhera of Mlghwar (oaaaalaaien Preaent When Federal AM Meaanre Been men Lnn. JEFFERSON CITY. March ll-ov.

GARDNER TAKES UP 'FIGHT FOR COMPENSATION BILL Seek lo riaee Iteanonalolllly for Ie. lay la Bringing; denanre in fraate. JEFFERSON CITY, March U. -Governor Gardner took up the cause of workmen's compensation, today, in an 1)1 5 MILES ABOVE BAGDAD IS TAKEN BY BRITISH gether wuh the four members of th proposed Highway Cfmirtirst-. cred in the executive Gv.

nS r.er attached In picture companies ler-irjeai the ti A fir bill bed been signed Governor prepared the rtominationM r.f four highway cxinmiitonera to te itt to the Senate for cotiflrniation. Tlv are: O. Raine of Canton; V. Kibbm of St. Luuis, A.

E. L. Saf)frU s. Springfield and Geoi E. M.

Iui-; St. Joseph. Gardner this morning signed the Federal aid road bill. effort place the responsibility for tl.e Mrs. Miriam Sparks Banister At tributes Longevity to Having Been Cheerful.

With Representatives liases of St. Louis and the members of the House Starts lor Capital, With Documents. After Brief Rest on Arrival at Key West. 1, 1, if Committee on Rnads and Highways, to MRS. LOUIS J.

TICHACEK, MOTHER OF NINE SONS, DIES Once Told 1'otv Trained 4.lrla WorMna in Family to Be HHn of Her Hoys. Mrs. Anna Tichacek, 59 years old. of 31 South Grand avenue, wife of Louis Tioharek. and mother of nine sons and one daughter, died yesterday at St.

John's Hospital, following an operation for gallstones. The funeral will be held. Thursday morning, from St. Pius' Church, with Interment In S3. Peter and Paul's -Cemetery.

Mrs. Tichacek and her remarkable family were brought to public attention a title more than four years ago, in a Post news article, which told how she trained girls working In her home. le ihe wives of her sons. The three oldest sons. Iouis.

August and Frank Tichacek. married girls trained in this manner by their mother. "If a girl Is good enough to w-ork tn my house five years." she said at that time," she is good enough to marry c-Tijsh Cavalry Occupied Kaz-imain on Sunday, It Is Announced in London. Mrs. Miriam Sparks Banister of S91T Maple avenue will celebrate her 100th birthday next Monday by receiving the congratulations of friends at a reception at the home of a son.

Edward Banister, a lawyer. 513 Westminster place. v. is prh unusual delay In bringing the compensation bill to a vote in the Senate. Whether the present assembly shall adopt a workmen's compensation lsw depends upon the Senate.

Gov. Gardner told the Post-Inspatch correspondent he had urged upon Senators the importance of enacting a compensation law before adjournment. The bill. Indorsed by a large majority of labor unions, has been passed by the House and is in the hands of the Senate Committee, of which Senator S. W.

Bates is chairman. Bates was one of the Senators called to the Governor's jftlCH ACTIVITY IN FRANCE By a Maff Correspondent of the riwit-Dlapateh and Vork World. KEY WEST, March the first time In over a month. Ambassador Gerard had a genuine feeling of security when he stepped on American oil from the Havana boat late yesterday afternoon. After a brief rest Gerard took a train for Washington.

The contents of a small leather bag which Gerard has jealously guarded, are for the eyes of President Wilson. Six satchels containing in gold which Enjoy Your Smoking More Than Ever by relieving the mouth and throat of the able af ter-dryness and the teeth of the tobacco stain. Sanitol Liquid Antiseptic for the after-dryness small quantity in a half a glass of water as a rinse. Sanitol Tooth Powder or Paste to keep the teeth white. Phe attributes her longevity to the fact that she has subsisted upon a simple diet and has been cheerful and un-worrled in the face of adversity.

She is if gfilLsh Attack, vn Widd Front Near Arras, and French Attempt Advances. an Inveterate tea drinker, and ber fa- 5 7 office yesterday. He told the Governor the bill would be re.rled out before adjournment yesterday. This morning he told K. T.

Wood, president State Federation of that the committee one of my sons The oldest son. August, is 37 years old. The youngest. Eugene, is 11. The unmarried sons are George.

Edward, will hold a public hearing on the bill ori'e dessert is old English plum pudding, from a recipe said to have been made famous by (Jueen Victoria. It is a part of her philosophy of Mff to abstain from all foods that do not agree with her. Ifer breakfasts include a. few slices of bread and butter and a cup of tea. At noon, for her heaviest meal, she has meat, vegetables, bread and butter, desert and a cup of tea.

Dinner, in the evening. Is a Iice or two of coffee cake and a cup of tea. he brought with him from Berlin were Intrusted to tbe care of others. One document in the bag is the last treaty which Germany sought have Gerard sign, and which, when presented to him by Count Mongoles. of tiie German Foreign Office, resulted in the Am tonigh.

A delegation of miners from the district represented by Senator Mor Charles, Jerome, Harry and Eugene. The daughter is Mary E. Tichacek. There are eiaht grandchildren. The ton arrived this morning to enlist his aid in forcing passage of the bill.

elder Tichacek. wuo is 60 years old. a former member of the Legisla bassador's remark. "You will freeze in heil before I sign that paper." Gerard Ph-uo taken whn 9 cr old. Mil.

MIKIIM M'nK HVMHr.lt. ture. His sons, except the youngest, are in business with him. Starch 12.Briti;-h caval'j pai Bagdad occupied Kaaimaln. the Tigris River, miles aUnc tiail, was officially The occupation took place on ntnLTX.

March 13. by wireless to British made an attack yes-over wide front south of Arras. Xofrfa official announcement Bays the gttaclt failed and that heavy losses were sfflctad on, the British. The statement reads: "Sooth of Arras. British detachments jier artillery preparation during the advanced on a wide front near The attack failed with heavy COMMITTEES FAIL TO TRIM STATE APPROPRIATIONS Rccommndd by Fhyticlan mnj Dcitrtafs.

At utv Drug fiat', in HIGHEST AWARD- AN AMA-fAOnC EXPOSITION VATICAN INTERESTED IN has several other documents wlvili will prove interesting to Washington. Before leaving the embassy in Berlin he had all documents which he did not think proper lo carry away with him bui'ned. "SECOND JOAN OF ARC" llonse and Senate Bodies Cannot Agree on Where Will Be tat Front Budgets. Details Requested aa to Girl's JMory Gerard was warmly saluted by craft IfBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBBBaaaBBBBaBBaaBBaBBBBBBa The Cardinal Idea tin ifh of Vision Inatrurtlna Her to Lead French Armies to Victory. ROME, Maroh 13.

The Vatican is tak In the harbor when his steamer departed from Havana. The United States transport Dixie, anchored over the spot where the Maine wen, down, sounded ing a great interest In the reported visions of Mile. Perchaud and the com mand she is supposed to have received attention, and the colors astern were dipped to the Ambassador's steamer. The Infanta Isabel, on which the Jour instructing her to lead the French armies to victory. A report already has A ney from Spain was made, loudly sound been received from the clergy in Paris ed her whistle, and small harbor craft shrieked.

TO NAME SIX CANDIDATES FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION FRIDAY Demm-rat Will Select I-Ie and llr-nklieana re Hentare HI--nartlxnn Mandina. The 1 eiiiK rat ii- i(y ointiuuni tt nominate candidates to fill six vacancies In tbe Board of will he held at the of Columbus Hall at a. m. Friday. Thi- Republican convention will be hold iit IMl Clio'lUaii avenue at m.

At a conference between Thomas I. Ionaid. cily chairman. anJ John Itcpublican city it was reed that the. Democrats should noinii.ate fne candidates and tht Itcyubfii ant one- to rcslore to the lloard of Kdiioatiou it: bipartisan feature.

will accept Dr. J. I Harper and A. II retiring member-- of the board, and Maurice J. Cassidy.

as a of union labor to succeed Charles J. lammert. v. ho resignd to bi ome a member of the Board of Election Commissioners. and further details are being asked of Mrs.

Banister walks without support and Is capable of handling herself under all normal conditions. Her one Infirmitv Is impaired eyesight, the result of cata-tacts that manifested themselves in her later years. Having been born in'Engtand, she. rejoices In the distinction of having lived to see six British sovereigns approach the throne. These rulers were George IU.

George IV. William IV. Queen Victoria, Edward VII and the present King. George V. Although unable to read.

Mrs. Banister follows with deep interest each development In the European war. through dippatches in the daily newspapers read to her by members of her family. She is strongl pro-British. Tne only modern-day institution that disturbs Mrs.

Banister is woman's fashions. She expresses amazement at conventions that permit young girls to wear frocks with the low necks and short skirts of the day. Mrs. Banister, who resides with a daughter, Mrs. A.

S. Mann, was born March 19. 1817, at Sid mouth In Devon, England. When she was 20 her father removed to London and some years later she married John Banister, a contractor. They came to America in 1854, the archbishopric there.

JEFFERSON CITY. March of the Senate and House Appropriation Committees, after being "called on the carpet" by Gov. Gardner for pre-, raring bills appropriating approximately $17,000,000 when the estimated revenue of the State for the biennial period is only $15,000,000, last night made an Ineffectual attempt to cut ,000,000 from the bills. The Governor told members of the committee that he would not sign bills in excess of the estimated revenue, nd that If they did not make the reduction he would make it by vetoing items of the bills. The Senate committee wanted to begin cutting on the educational institutions bill, which already has passed the House, but the House committee would not consider it.

Another meeting will be held In Waahinaton Tomorrow. Ambassador Gerard will arrive in On the Ancre and between Avre and ti CHae. vest of Soissons, In the Cham-nuroa and on both banks of the Mouse, sba fighting was violent. North of the Arre, French companies advanced jainst our positions. They were forced by our fire before the barricades.

-South of Ripont (Champagne), the French after drum fire once more attacked our positions. The much dialled height 1S5, was maintained through i tenacious resistance against numerically superior forces. The enemy paid with sanguinary sacrifices for a locally Smited and narrow gain of gn-und on aouthweat slope." Mile. Perchaud, 20 years of age. Washington, at 12:30 tomorrow, and at Help the Knot-Hole Gang Buy Stock Today once proceed to the White House.

Mrs. daughter of a farmer of the' Department of La Vendee, has stirred the imagination of the French by her dec Gerard and several other members of the embassy party will continue on to laration that, like Joan of Arc, she had New York. Gerard expressed much interest In the seen visions and heard voices command international at nation resulting from the Zimmermann note. When asked for ing her to guide the armies of France to victory. At present Mile.

Perchaud is living In a Paria boarding house conducted by nuns. a statement on the subject, he replied i. 1 1 i ti 1 1 PUBLICATIONS. PUBLtOATXOim PTJBXJCATIOirS. PUBLICATIONS.

that he had been "silent for 7000 miles" and would continue so until reaching Washington. As far as is known, the only statement he made regarding his plans was one to the effect that he would" not accept the candidacy for Mayor of New York City If that should be offered to him. 1 narrowly escaping taking passage Leonard said today "that the Democratic City Committee make an effort to find two other candidates acceptable to the The Republicans may nominate Anthony F. aboard the ill-fated steamer "Arctic the "Titanic" of its day. that was lost on the Newfoundland banks with all but Ittner who served two terms as a mem Ut Fiafctlnn on Wnt Front lines, Say Lonaon.

iiOKDOX, March 13. The official report from Brltsh headquarters in France last night" said: Improved our position slightly lurnig the night northeast of Boucha-mnes. This morning we raided German trenches south of Arras, in spite strong resistance by the garrison, tombed dugouts and Inflicted many oiualties. There was considerable aerial activity yesterday. Air fighting is continuous.

Nine enemy machines ere brought down or driven down e'arcaged, four of which are known to have been destroyed. Five of our ma-(hints are missing." two souls. At the outbreak of the Civil War they ber of the House of Delegates. The Republicans will select their oele came to Missouri, settling o'n a farm SO miles from St. Louis.

I'nion sympa NATIONAL FOR gates to the city convention in ward mass meetings Thursday night. The Democrats will select their delegates at the same time, and in the same manner. thlzers in the neighborhood suspected TRUNK, $50,000 JEWELS GONE Boston Police Predict Early Arrest ia Theft Paid to Involve 50.000. Banister, who had not taken out naturalization papers, of being a rebel agent for arms and ammunition. Several times their home was searched and Ban BOSTON, Marck theft of a The I'osi-Iisivitch in the only evyiln-j rea(vapr in St.

I.oui irat receives or puit-lishes r.ea (tatere'l br the Associated Press. trunk said to contain VM.OtW worth of ister twice was arrested on suspicion of being a spy. He was later released when the charges were learned to be unfounded. In the Banister family Jewelry, consigned by. David Ullman came to St.

Louis. Co. of New York City, from the bag-gaga room at the South Station, Sunday, was reported to the police with The family Includes four children, Ferd A. Banister, a real estate operator; Edward Banister. Mrs.

A. 8. Mann, and the result that the empty trunk was ITY Miss Rose Banister, and three grand found last night at a hotel and police and private detectives professed to children, Helen, Marion and Edward have obtained clews likely to lead to ar Fre.rfc Report Capture of Trenches on Hill IKS. PARIS, March 13. The official issued last night said: "In the Champagne we delivered in a afternoon a new attack against the imnan positions west of Maisons de iTiampagne on a front of 1000 meters.

'Hir troops captured all the trenches enemy had taken on Kidge 1(S and Mnetrated a fortified work on the slopes rarth of Mamelon. Jurir.g the action took about W) prisoners. About 4 o'clock this afternoon the rmns bombarded with incendiary the oti town of Poissons, caus- several fires." Banister. NEW YORK VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Senate Pavnea Resolution I'rovldiag for Referendum. ALBANY, N.

March 13. The resolution to provide for a referendum on the woman suffrage question at the State election next November was passed in the Senate last night by a vote of 3 to The measure is concerned with amending the State Constitution and consequently does not have to receive the approval of the Woman suffrage was defeated in New York Slate a majority of 1SS.313 In 191S. The suffragists will spend, it ia announced, approximately in a campaign of education before election day. recklea Official "hot. May Reenter.

rests. It was said the theft was the latest of a series involving 125.otX. perpetrate ed by a band of men who have followed the shipment of Jewelry between New SAN DIEGO. March for the recover)- of William Clayton, dl- ecting head of the fjpreckles companies York and tlds city. Two trunks, robbed of their contents have been found at Providence, It.

under circumstances here, who was shot yesterday by I.oren zo Bellomo, Is expressed by his physi clans. The man said he shot Clayton similar to the Ullman case, according because the latter did not give him em to this report. The Ullman trunk was obtained, as were those In Providence. ployment after a street car cut off his foot several years ago. Clayton is vice PREDICT BLOW AT RUSSIA OR ITALY by means of substituted or duplicated baggage checks.

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