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* .y - v*/r • • ^ ' ' * ' - \ - ; ; . ŵ mi W "-' <*r j * * » 1 *W?H» It is Besfatuted for extraordinary valor only? and the officer mast work harder for the bit of ribbon and brgnze the enlisted man --- similar foreign honors come easier jffrms7l3R FQSWEU •Pi '•• V THZT& ôr&cwaR carmfr'S m&am -----w HE Congressional Medal of Houor recognises no rank. It Is a warded "to the private or th« . general, the second class seaman or fireman or to the rear admiral for extraordinary courage, valor surpass­ ing even that which is expected from the well-trained, seasoned soldier or sailor. No matter > how hazardous * a duty well performed, that Is not ,4 . enough. To win the medal something more than Is demanded by duty must be achieved. Unlike some of the European decorations for bravery, the American Medal of Honor Is more difficult for an officer to win than for an enlisted man, because more is expected of an officer., The medal Is a bit of bronze suspended from a ribbon. Its Intrinsic value, be it what It may, Is of no Importance. Into the metal disk are welded all'the qualities of man which men admire, even •worship. In the archives of the war department are succinct, unimaginative records of the acts which caused the medal to be pinned to the breasts of the men who have won It. The papers •will yellow and crumble, the ribbons will rot to dust, the bronze Itself will corrode and vanish, but the things the medal stands for will go on and the epic of the Medal of Honor will continue to J>e inscribed in the hearts of men. P There is no doubt the Medal of Honor will be •won In this war, but it will not be won easily, and though millions may be fighting under the American flag it Will come to but few to wear this •distinguishing mark. In the Spanish war less than 20 medals were awarded. In the Philippines a few were givtfn. The last two medals to be awarded were pre­ sented to Sergt. Maj. Roswell Wlnans and Cor­ poral Joseph A. Glowin of the marine corps, for their work at the battle of Guayacanes, in Santo Domingo. It is the act itself which wins, the medal for a 'man, knd not only does his rank matter not at all. but he may win it in a skir­ mish or in a battle like that of Gettysburg or of the Marne. . The report of the board of investigation for the navy department in their case follows: "On July 8, 1916, the Twenty-eighth company of marines was engaged with the Dominican armed forces at the battle of Guayacanes. During a running fight of 1,200 yards pur forces reached the enemy in- trenchment and Corporal Joseph Glowin placed the machine gun of which he had charge behind n large lqg >a cross the road and immediately opened flre^on the trenches. He .was struck once but continued firing his gun, but a moment later he was again struck and hart to be dragged out of the position into cover. Sergt. Roswell Wlnans, U. S. M. C., then arrived with a Colt's gun, which be placed Iti a most exposed position and coolly opened fire on the trenches, and when the gun Jammed he stood up and repaired it under fire. AH the time Glowin abd Winans were handling their guns they were exposed to a very heavy' - fire which was striking into the logs and around the men, seven men being wounded and one killed within 20 feet. Sergeant Winans continued fir­ ing his gun until the enemy had abandoned the trenches." Sergeant Wlnan's story in his own words Is •even more modest than the official report, w* ̂ though it is more vivid and picturesque. "On the morning of July 3," he said, "we got tinder way with every one feeling like a new man Firing on the advance* guard began early in the day. Our captain obtained permission to take our platoon forward. We kept the guns on the carriages until within a few yards, of the fir­ ing line, then transferred them to the tripods and immediately opened fire. The enemy was using mostly old-fashioned breechloaders with big lead ttlUgS. " "The brush was very thick on both sides of tbe road. Jams were frequent with us and each igun wore out a couple of shell extractors. Diffi­ culty had been experienced all along with our ammunition. Some of it dated back as far as 1907. It had evidently been reloaded many times. "We found it good policy to change barrels in case of a Jam in the chamber*. In that way we 'would be only a minute out of action. A party ;of the enemy were seen up the road and Corporal' Johnson started to pftt his gun in actloif? A big lead slug (tin cans, w% called them) came (ricocheting down the road directly for as. John- tson saw it while kneeling behind his gun. He -ducked almost prone, but the thing took a long skip and hit him in the Jaw, passed down and lodged back of the shoulder. "The gun crews promptly gave the place where •tbe shot was fired a good combing. We continued jto advance under cover of the bushes and trees. |A battalion of infantry was deployed as skir- jmlshers on each side of tile road and we were •concealed by a turn in the road and high trees l&nd bushes. "Directly across the road was a huge log. At iMr end of the log a Benet-Met^r had just com­ menced roaring, with Corporal Glowlns in com­ mand of it. "The captain ordered a gun in action at the ibutt of the tree. It had no sooner opened up than all the bullets in the world seemed coming' TO PLAN DOINGS FOR CENTENNIAL • State Commissioners Arrange for Mfietina at Snrinnfield Sspfc My 9. • HAVE 1160,000 FUND TO USE War-Qife Bill Compelling Solicitors for Benefit Funds to Get License From State Council of Defense ,Signed by Governor. our way. The enemy was shooting mighty close too. The trenches were awfully hard to pick up, although we were only about 150 yards away. They were on a hill and had carried their dirt away. "Tbe battalions made slow progress on the flanks on account of the thick underbrush. VThe enemy had an immensely strong natunjfl position and had they had a few machine guns and some barbed wire they could not have been rooted Wt without great loss of life. "A call went up for a hospital apprentice, as Cofrponil Frazee had been shot In the head. He had been working hard getting his gun pointed on the enemy and had just succeeded.. "'You are right on them now; give them fits!* were the last words he said. "His pointer was also shot in the head and two others were wountled In the arm. A corporal in the Thirteenth company was shot twice while operating a Benet-Mercier. He refused to leave his gun. and had to be carried away, struggling to get back into the fight, "While this was going on our other guns be­ gan to come up one at $ time and we obtained fire superiority over the enemy, who shot very wildly from now on. This last is»an after judg­ ment. At the time they sfeemed to be just miss­ ing me. I don't know how the other men felt, but I expected to be shot tfhy minute and Just wanted to do as much damage as possible to the enemy before cashing in. Several members of our platoon did cool and creditable work in chang­ ing cartridge extractors and repairing jams un­ der fire. "We faced the enemy as much as possible while" repairing the guns, ait we had a horror of being shot in the back. "One of the sweetest sounds I ever heard was the cheering of the Infantry battalion as it charged the right flank trenches of the enemy. Gunnery Sergeant Ralph was among the first of these. He had a pistol fight with the rebel general in com­ mand.- Ralph and some other man with a rifle hit* him at about the same time. Result--exit general. . "We moved up t° *he trenches after the battle and reformed, getting our equipment together. VCorporal Frazee died soon after being hit and was burled within a few feet of the place where rffhhad fought so well.* The enemy lost very heavily, and If Santo Domingo was not an Island some of those birds would he running yet." Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, now in command of the eastern department, with headquarters on Governor's island, won the medal In the Philip­ pines. As colonel of the Thirty-sixth infantry he was proceeding along the San Antonio Porac road to head off a band of insurgents who had attacked tbe Ninth infantry at Guagua and Santa Rita. Colonel Bell, mounted, was riding near the head of the advance party and had with him Lieut. Col. William R. Grove. Major Straub. two mount­ ed orderlies and about twelve scouts on foot. Just at dawn the party was fired upon from what seemed a fairly large body of Insurgents hldde?Tir^ the brush. The American fire dislodged the enemy, about seven of them running down the road around a bend. •• The scouts pursued them, but Colonel Bell saw at once that the men. with their heavy equipment,-were being easily outdis­ tanced by the lightly clad Filipinos, and he dashed after them on his horse. Before Major Straub or the two mounted order­ lies knew what he was doing. Colonel Bell was far down the road in/ fhe midst of seven sthig­ gling Insurgents, firing with his revolver and slashing about with his saber. .The mounted, men galloped to his assistance and the Infantry supported,him afcbest they could with rifle fire, although It was almost impossible to shoot, so tangled Up were the insurgent5! and Colonel Bell. The officer would have been perfectly justified in remaining with his troops, even behind them and merely directing the dislodging assault, and for charging alone and driving Into the jungle at least seven Filipinos, with two officers among them, the Medal of Honor was awarded to him. Two of the few medals awarded in the war against Spain went to a second ckiss fireman and a coppersmith on board the 1™ ttleship Iowa. While the vessel was cruising in Cuban waters, July 20, 1898. at about seven o'clock in the morn­ ing! a jnanhole gasket blew out In one of tbe boilers in fire Toom No. 2.^ Under 120-pounds pressure; live steam roared out Into the room and boiling water swashed •around the floor. * In the adjoining compartment were Robert Penn, second-class fireman, find P. B. Keefer, a coppersmith. Hearing the wild roar of the es­ caping steam they dashed-to# the door of Are room No. 2. The men who had been working there, blinded by the escaping steam, floundering in the scald­ ing water, had been so overcome1 that they could not get out. One of the coal passers had already sank to his knees and was dropping forward. In a matter of seconds he would have toppled into the water and been boiled to death. •Undaunted by the terrifying roar of the steam and the killing heat, Penn dashed into the room and, lifting the coal passer, staggered to safety with him, the scalding water above his ankles. Ignoring the frightful pain of his scalded, swol­ len feet, *tliis second-class fireman dashed back Into the hell from which he had Just dragged one victim and saved, another life. Keefer meanwhile was busy saving the ship from destruction, or at least from the effects of a terrific explosion, for the water escaping from the boiler would soon leave so little there that it would be entirely converted into steam and the pressure would wreck it. Dashing through the blinding, torturing steam, Keefer, the coppersmith, hauled the fires from under the two Inboard furnaces. Meanwhile, Penn, having gotten every one out of the fire room, had turned on the extra feed pump in the after fire hold to keep water In the boilers and built a bridge to the furnaces out of planks laid on top of ash buckets. While Passed Assistant Engineer Stockney held the plank In place Peun hauled the two remaining fires before he, was car­ ried to the sick bay where Ills terribly Scalded feet were treated. Both Penn and Keefer received the Medal of Honor for'- their acts. That it is only' extraor­ dinary bravery which merits the medal accounts for the fact that FlremanVSmith did not win the bronze for the same dajJs work. In helping Keefer he had both 1/gs badly burned, but the opportunity did not offer itself to display the same supercourage which Keefer and Penn ex­ hibited. Some of the most stirring medal stories are those of the Indian campaigns. "For instance, there was Corporal Paul H. Weinert, who expect­ ed to be court-martialed for what he did at the battle of Wounded Knee, but Instead had the Medal of Honor pinned to his breast. Another Indian fighter to win the coveted bronze was Sergt. Bernard Taylor o{^tfie"^Ei£th cavalry, engaged in fighting the Apaches In Ari­ zona in 1874. 8biue of the most distinguished men in the . army have worn the medal. Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles won It for continually exposing himself to the fire of the enemy as colonel of the Sixty- first New ¥ork volunteers in the Civil war, for no other purpose than to encourage his men by the example. At Fair Oaks Gen. William R. Shafter was wounded, but when a surgeon was seen approach­ ing he climbed a trefe In order not to be sent to the rear. After the surgeon passed Shafter came down and continued to fight until he fell uncon­ scious from loss of blood. Those who remember General Shafter only as he was In the Cuban campaign will wonder how he got into the tree, but a man can put on a lot of weight In thirty-odd years. den. Francis I). Baldwin won tbe medal while a first lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry. With two companies under him he'rescued two white girls from Indians at McCIenifan's Creek, Tex., in No­ vember, 1874. Although not so well-known as Athe Victoria Cross, the Iron Cress or the Medaille Mllitalre, the Congressional Medal of Honor is much more difficult to attain. It Is distributed to very few- persons and then only after a sweeping investiga­ tion of the circumstances surrounding the act for which it is recommended. The Medal of Honor was authorized by con gress by an act of July 12, 1862. The striking of 2.000 medals was ordered, to be conferred upon privates and non-commissioned officers for acts of bravery surpassing those usually demanded of soldiers. One thousand of these medals w»»re voted to a single organization, the survivors of a Maine regiment which volunteered to remain In service on the eve of the Battle of Gettysburg although their terms had expired. This Is the only case of a wholesale distribution of the medal and has been severely criticized. There are slight variations in the medals as . designed for the army, the navy qnd the marines. The army's' medal, as modified In 1905, Is a five- pointed star with the trefoils on the tips. The star Is superimposed on a wreath. In the center of the star is the bead of Minerva, surrounded by the words "United Sfhtes of America." The medal is suspended from a trophy representing tin eagle oh a bar ^rh the wo.rd "Valor." The whole Is suspended from a ribbon. The original medal bore in the center of the star a figure of America clad as Minerva. Her left hand rested upon the fasces and with a shield In her right she repelled Discord. A band of stars circled the figures. The trophy was an eagle peVched on two crossed cannons and a number of cannon balls suspended from a red, white and blue ribbon. The medal as presented to the marines today Js practlcplly like the original medal, exoept that It Is joined to the ribbon by an anchor and the rib­ bon is worn around the neck. The navy receives a medal similar to that* awarded to marines but worn pinned to the breast 'suspended from a metal bar by a short ribbou. The medal Is worn only on special parade -or at ceremonies with the dress uniform.--New York Heruid. Springfield.--Plans fpr the centenni­ al celebration in Springfield next year will be discussed at a meeting of the state centennial commission to be held in this city July 9. Governor Low- den's approval of the bill to appropri­ ate $100,000 is expected to give im­ petus to the plans for the coming cel- j ebration. The measure to appropriate $100,000 toward the construction of a memorial centennial building in this city, has already met with the gov­ ernor's approval. The original bill wnich went to the assembly provided for an appropria­ tion of $225,000, which was reduced in keeping with the retrenchment pol­ icy of the state administration. Dr. Otto L. Schmidt of Chicago Is chairman of the body. The other members, who have accepted, are: - Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, secretary, Springfield; Rev. Frederic Sledenburg, Chicago; Judge Thomas F. Scully, Chicago; Prof. E. B. Greene, Univer­ sity of Illinois, Urbana; Rev. R. W. En- nis, Mason City; Hon D. T. -Hartwell, Marion; President Harry Pratt Jud- son, University of Chicago; Hon. A. J. Poonuan, Jr., Fairfield; Hon Hugh S. Magill. Jr., Springfield; Hon. William Butterworth, Mollne; Hon. John W. Bunn, Springfield; William N. Pelouze, Chicago; Col. Frederick H. Smith, Pe­ oria ; Dr. Edward Bowe, Jacksonville. Under Control of Defense Council. Solicitation of funds for soldiers or war sufferers will not be a pastime af­ ter July 1. Governor Lowden signed the state defense council bill giving that body absolute control over such activities. Tiie new law forbids Individuals, so­ cieties or corporations from gather­ ing contributions unless they obtain licenses from the council. Violation of the act is punishable by $1,000 fine. The governor also signed the bill removing candidates for circuit and superior court judges from the pri­ mary law. Among the bills signed by the gov­ ernor were those making it a misde­ meanor for a man to subsist upon the earnings of a woman; providing for the printing of the substauce Instead of the body of an ordinance upon a proposition ballot; revising the med­ ical practice act and creating a com­ mission. with a $20,000 appropriation to study the subject of Ueulth Insur­ ance In aspects not covered by the workmen's compensation act. Five bills were allowed to become laws wjthout the executive signature. One provides for the organization of public health districts downstate An­ other sets aside one-tenth of a mill on each dollar of assessed valuation for a state teachers' pension fund. Coal Committee's Report. The coal committee of the Illinois council of defeuse reported that IM» nols and Indiana will be required be­ cause of war conditions, to produce ^5,000.000 tons more coal in the next yeiir than they did last. It is set forth that this additional tonnage will be required because of the inability to get the usual amount ^ of eastern coal west, due to the un­ usual increase in industrial activity Incident to the war. Synopsis of Report. Tbe report reads in part: "The majority of the railroads of Illinois have, since April 1st, moved approximately twice the volume of coal sent forward during the same period within the coal history of the state. The tonnage moved, however. Is not sufficient, even If continued at the present rate, to provide for the to­ tal requirements that will develop dur­ ing the coming fall and winter. "The railroads are within the limit of their ability, botb as to income and available early supply of material, securing new equipment, both cars and motive power, but we shall still fall in coal provision unless we may have the fullest possible co-operation of the public in their acceptance of certain suggested changes of run and practices mat have heretofore been very jealously guarded. "Only through the greater use of available equipment and the Increase In number of cars wherever possible, and on practical basis that will permit greater coal movement, can tin* end sought be accomplished." ; i ̂ Recommendations Set Forth. Among the recommendations made by the committee for the relief of tbe threatened coal shortage are these: "Full capacity loading of all railroad cars. "Special recommendations for stor­ age of coal by railroads, Industrial power and gas plants, factories, retail dealers and househodlers. "Postponement where possible Of public works and improvements that tie up open-top cars necessary for the movement of coal. "Reduction to minimum of recon- signment of coal, if necessary, elim­ ination and the direct billing of all cars from the mine to the ultimate pur­ chaser. This is necessary to stop specu­ lation in transit coal. "Absolute application for 90 days of the rule making coal and iron ore preferred Commodities in tbe use of V>pen cars. "Reduction of free time at destina­ tion to one day Instead of two as here­ tofore. "Provision, where possible, of their own equipment by utiltty and Indus­ trial concerns to move coal from the mines to their plants. "provision of cars by railroads out­ side of Illinois for the movement of coal to destination on their own lines. "That an order be Issued compelling connecting lines to return home empty all open-top equipment received by them from originating coal-carrying lines In Illinois. - "Direct routing of coal and where practicable by shortest mileage. "Condemn the practice of various roads holding large amounts of rail­ road fuel In coal cars instead of stor­ ing it near points of consumption." The Illinois Coal Operators have agreed to do everything possible -to facilitate the production, storage and proper distribution of coal. SHOOT NEGROES Aft THEY FLEE BURNING HOMES „i^,^...AT..SAST ST. LOU ML MARTIAL LAW S-- PROCLAIMED Fire Damage Estimated art $3,000,000-- Many Blacks Hanged as Member* ? #f Ms* Laugh--23 Corapanie# ^ ^ of Troops on Guard. .-*|» 11 Session Closes With Many Vetoes. Fifty-two veto messages were sent to the fiftieth general assembly by Governor Lowden just as the legisla­ ture was about to end. There would have been more. Governor Lowden in­ timated, If he had had time to go thor­ oughly through the 309 bills that were dumped on his desk ten days ago. As It was he permitted 113 to become laws without signature and broke all records en the number of veto messages. The assembly passed 407 bills dur­ ing the entire session. Of these 225 were signed, 09 were vetoed, and 113 go on the statute books. yt • J lip SUBSTITUTE FOR BREAD. When bread ran short in 1812 Napo- lleon's generals tried to make p for it jby Issuing double, and even triple, ra- ftions of meat, but this, with other •cause#, contributed to the diseases which ravaged the forces. As far (back as Caesar's campaigns there are records of similar troubles, and Lord Wolseley In "The Soldiers' Pocket Book' Americans Get Best War News markedly trufc" he continues, "that refers to the desirability of j flu-ing the flfTst year of the war the 'making the soldier's rations palatable^ British public received its important 'vqfwws fra*-American newspaper-eowe- ^TWroin tbe very first. American ] xpoadeats. For some reason or other, known to British jourtt&tlsts alone, American correspondents were given the best chances at the war news, and the great newspapers of London print­ ed stories by American correspondents until some of these correspondents be­ came better known to the British pub- fliPwSpaper coirespohdenfs" bave had tbe inside track in Europe," writes William G. Shepherd, whose "Confes­ sions of a War Correspondent" ap­ pears 4n Everybody's. "This is so yrm +» atnmdant. lie than they were to their own coun- trymep back fa tbe Vnlted Sttvtss. British censors permitted American correspondents to write of news events which the British journalists were not allowed even to submit to the censor. Therefore, If a British newspaper could slcure from an American corre­ spondent a story which British Jour­ nalists did not even attempt to delve Into, It did so with avidity." , , s Spain by royal order has made the annual celebration of arbor day obliga- ^ lory, a portion of the expense of tree- ••tf-r - .v>:i Roads Agree to Refund Plan. The railroads of the state bave en­ tered into an agreement with Attorney General Brundage by which they will refund travelers the excess railroad fare they charge over the Illinois 2- cent rate in case the Supreme court of the United States decides the pend­ ing rate fight in favor of the state. Announcement to this effect was made by Attorney General Brundage, who Issued a statement iri which he declared that the public would be pro­ tected by the agreement and that at the same time the state would lose none of its rights. Attorney General Brundage said that a stipulation between the rail­ roads and his office, providing the re­ fund plan In case the supreme court on October 2 decides for the state, would be filed in the superior court of Cook county, where injunction pro­ ceedings Instituted by the attorney general against the roads are now pending. Protects the Public. Under the teriils of the plan which tbe attorney general and railroads have agreed upon every railroad com­ pany in Illinois will deliver to each purchaser of a ticket for travel be­ tween Illinois points a coupon or cer­ tificate attached to each ticket, pro­ viding for the return of the excess fare within six months after the final de­ cision of the United States Supreme court. The plan adopted protects the public in this regard and loses none of the rights of the state. The case will be carried up to the Supreme court. Laws Without Signature. Measures permitted to become laws without signature were: The Sydney Lyon bill to prohibit corporations from practicing law . the bill transferring 50 acres of Souta Chicago lake front to the Iroquois Iron company for $200 an acre; the bill to make uniform fees of police magistrates and justices of the peace lu the Cook couuty country towns; the Austin bill to permit the erection of a library building in a pub­ lic park in Oak Park the limited part­ nerships, unlimited partnerships and transfer bills. Stats Printing Awarded. Jeffersons of Springfield were award­ ed the contract for first class printing by the state board of contracts. Their bid for the work was $20,632. Other contracts awarded were as follows: Second and third class printing- Illinois State Journal, Springfield, $73,- 102. Fourth class printing--Phillips Bro­ thers, Springfield, $1,388. Fifth class printing--Illinois Print­ ing company, Danville, $1,000. Sixth class printing--Schnepp & Barnes, Springfield, $2,736. Seventh class printing -- Illinois Printing Co., Danville, $1,206. Binding -- Jeffersons, Springfield $154250. Lithograpning and iu'wets--Illinois Lithograph & Isabel company, Chicago, $1,058. Stationery supplies--Illinois PHiil- ing company, Danville, $6,150. Signs Good Roads Bill. By signing the hard road bill Gov­ ernor Low den gave the people of Illi­ nois a chance to say whether they de­ sire to gridiron the state with one of the finest systems of motor highways in the world, without any increase in taxes. The proposition-will go on the bal­ lot at the next state election In Novem­ ber. 1918. It provides for Issuing $60,- OM.OOO bonds to construct 4,000 miles of connecting road. The routes are specified in the act and cannot be changed. All 102 courtty seats pre connected and trunk-line routes will make a run from Chicago to St. Louis a daylight spin instead of an Indefinite adventure. Motorcar Owners to Pay. Motorcar owners alone will pay tbe dost. License fees will be increased 50 per cent iu 1918 and again in 1920 to carry and retire the bonds. The auto­ mobile owners will vot* unanimously for the Issue, It Is expected, as the saving in tires, gasoline and time will offset the license increase. The gov­ ernor also approved Senator Hull's bill for a connnision of five to study work­ ing conditions of women. The commis­ sion is to draft a bill reducing women's working hours in various industries for the next assembly. •iM ¥'• m. i f . Approves Armory Bills. Governor I^owden appiwwd bills for the completion of the First cavalry and Second infantry armories in Chicago, and other armories at Ottawa. Gales- burg and Monmouth. The L'uiversify of Illinois' bill, carrying $4,800,000, which is raised by a special tax. «ud which caused a terrific uproar in tbe closing days of the session, w as ap­ proved. The Guernsey bill revising motor vehicle license qualificatlonsv and regulations was signed, as was the Barr bill for sale of certain lands In Joliet tO: Illinois Steel company. East St. Louis, 111., -July 4.--Thia dty was placed under martial law on Monday night, but frenzied mobs of white men continued to defy the troops. Fifes from the blazing negro sections were spreading into other dis­ tricts in half a dozen places. Around some of the fire-swept negro districts white men stood and fired on the terrified negroes who attempted to escape. Other mobs chased fleeing negroes In the streets and attempted < to hang them to lamp posts, while sol­ diers on guard at the bridge exists aided fleeing crowds of the blocks who poured across into St. Louis carrying their children and their aged. State's Attorney Schuuraloeffel of St Clair county said that at least 250 negroes had been killed in the day's race riots. It Is not known how many bodies are in the burning districts. Tbe negroes, still in desperation, were making some attempt at an or­ ganized fight. A number of the blacks barricaded themselves in an upper floor of a building near the post office and fired Indiscriminately into the street until soldiers charged the build­ ing and broke In the doors with the butts of their rifles. CoL S. O. Tripp, assistant adjutant general of tbe state, in command of tbe troops here, has 23 companies of militia patrolling the streets. Meanwhile it seemed that the fire* might cause losses running into the millions. The entire "valley" district of the city was in flames. Fires spread Into the yards of tbe Southern rail­ road' and 200 cars were consumed, causing a loss estimated at $300,000. More than 500 trembling negroes were in the city hall under guard of troops at midnight. All night long trucks guarded by soldiers brought refugees to add to the crowd in th® municipal building. Official estimates of tbe number of dead varied. Nearly a hundred in­ jured negroes were In the hospitals, and more than a score of white men were brought In during the night. At an early hour in the evening guardsmen ordered the St. Louis bridges closed to Incoming traffic while every effort was made to get . ^ the negro refugees across the river. X4t|j This transferred much of the fighting« to the bridge exits. i A mob of white men attacked the east end of the municipal bridge at , |f|' 8:30 and were driven back by a bay- j onet charge. One white man was shot jg dead at this place. " ^ The fire, damage was estimated aft $3,000,000 by City Attorney Thomas . , -jfS J. Fekete. The firemen allowed the' -• poorer districts to be swept and gave their attention to sating the more v important buildings. • ,sj Fire Chief Swlngley of St. Louis V#, * was asked for help by the mayor of pf East St. Louis, but when an engine j company was rushed across the bridge ^ ^ It was ordered back, the St. Louis au- |f' 3 J thorities apparently fearing to cripple • „/; j ^ their own department. < ^ " z. Although the main business part of t ^ the city probably was saved, fire ,i£ J burned its way through the rail yards. "| After military rule had been pro- , £ ^ claimed the soldiers put more vigor , into their attempts to quell the mob. / ™ 1 Colonel Tripp announced that any per­ son arrested by the troops would not / be turned over to the police. Seventy-live white men attacked a negro in front of a drug store on . Broadway and attempted to drag him , '* to a pole, beating him as they pulled ' ,i him along. The troops charged the mob with fixed bayonets and the riot- ers scattered. Before the troops ar^ - I' rived the negro was shot twice. . With this show of force the rioters in part quieted down. Troops stood guard at all corners. The mob obtained ghastly amuse­ ment in the lynching of one negro. Two white men tiet} a rope around the neck of the black and started to pull him into the air. The rope broke and the two white men fell flat on their backs. The crowd laughed. The ne­ gro dropped to the ground dead. As three negroes were trying to es­ cape from a burning building a mob spied them. One negro was hanged to a telephone pole and the other two were shot. The three dead bodiee were left lying in tbe street. The Broadway theater, valued, ftt $100,000, was entirely destroyed by the flames. City Attorney Fekete saved tbe Ufe of a young negro who was running from a crowd, which had fixed at him.' • jM :Jfei Berlin Says Lens Is Wreck. ^ Berlin, July 4.--The French cfty oi Lens, about which fighting has been raging for months, is a heap of ruins, says a semiofficial statement issued here. The British encircling move­ ment at Lens Continues fiercely. Ex-King £onstantine at St Mop§||, St. Moritz, Switzerland, July 4.--Ex> King Constantipe of Greece and his family and suite arrived here. . Dow­ ager Queen Sophia appeared still to be In poor health. The party were re­ ceived by the local authorities. ?^ar.t e . 'p# Wilson Gives Up Vacation. '| Washington. July 4.--Annouueemeut was made at the Wblte House that President Wilson does not expect to ' \ take a vacation this summer, but plan* ^ ̂ to remain In Washington whether coa» grew adjourns or not. y' Auto Bandits Qet 136.00ft Chicago, July 4.--Five tumnuoblT* > bandits held up Clarence Beuni cash- , kSj ler of the National Tee company, at he stepped from John Rump's private bank with his firms pay rwll. awl «•* -J with IgsMW*. '/• - • -f y I*-"!--•*--"-- V*" * -tf 'i Mi ' . •* V * > \ tfl