St. Louis Post-Dispatch
April 22, 1916

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Fay “ ee BODE IRE AO RR 8 8 deciding Eulalie Jensen The Movie “Widow” In a in tomorrow $ tures at St. ‘Want Page Sunday. characteristic pose—in ies Sunday Post- Dispatch Don't miss the programs of the best movie fea- Louis houses next week—on Rotogravure— the first a AE = “VOL. 68. NO. 246. ee eee a ‘Sta LOUIS, ™ A ee — | SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, — —- --- re 1916 —12 2 PAGES. ee oT. LOUIS poe DIS AtEr On Evening Paper in St Louis With Associated Press News Service. PRICE” eee ee -_ ONE CENT NIGHT EDITION FINANCIAL SPORTS MARKETS ————————— nan eee ral SCOTT EXPECTED 10 RECOMMEND TROOPS’ RECALL Belief Grows at Departmen- tal Headquarters That Sol- diers Sent Into Mexico to Pursue Villa Will Be Or- ‘dered Out. Report From Chief of Staff, Who Is at San Antonio, Likely to Reach Secretary Baker Today. None of the Dispatches From the Advanced Forces Indi- cate Renewed Offensive Activity. Rv Associated Press. SAN ANTONITO, retary Tex., April 22.—Sec- Baker should be in receipt a report before night from Major-Gen- eral Hugh L. Scott, Chief of Staff, which my assist the administration in whether to. withdraw the American troops or send them farther into Mexico. Generals Scott and Fun- today will review in detail the of since entering Mexico almost six weeks ston history the expedition’s operations ugo. Until night the two officers, the late last informally and in presence of other the Villa officers of lower rank, discussed developments of the pursuit of that began with promised co-operation by Carranza troops and ended or prac- tically ended, with a warning to Col. W. CC. Brown at Santa Cruz by a Car- ranza official that he must not ad- Vance South of that point. Gen. Pershing’s reports which are said t's» conte* recommendations that radi- ‘au, changes be authorized, probably will m gone over carefully today. The great- er part of that material reacined Gen. Scott before he left Washington. ~~ ——anmmamencl wer jmpressiow—ts gaining streneth at departmental will be headquarters that the withdrawn. High army officials here remained ..1- most indifferent to the suggestions tha: the inanifest hostility of Carranza’s troops might be due to work by agents of Welix Diaz or those of any other pspiring enemy o fthe de facto Govern ment. Department of Justice agents brave failed to discover any §tangiile evidence that Diaz is making headway nlong the frontier and all reports to army headquarters indicate that the uf teers Of Carranza garrisons who are ‘howing so marked an antagonism t- ward the Americans are wholly loyal! to the first chief. Whether they aro acting under orders from Mexico CC: in failing to co-operate could only eurmised., (Carranza Troop Movements Watched. Gen. Funston has received reports siowing movements of Carranza troow: in the district penetrated by Gen. Per- shing. and orders have been sent (9 (ten. Pershing that authorize him to }revare for any aggression. Carranzn officials have given plausible reason. for moving the forces of Gen. Arnu'fs (jomez eastward from Sonora, the troops of Gen. Juis Herrera south from (hihuahua to Parral and a consider able force toward Casas Grandes, but should the War Office at Mexico City cecide later to use these same forces to prevent further American military o9- erations, Gen. Pershing will be pre raired to meet anv aggression. troups be Ctilizing Lull to Reoutf:t His Troops. HEADQUARTERS OF GEN, PERSHING, NAMIQUIPA, Mex., April *—By wireless to Columbus, N. M., April 22.—Gen. John J. Pershing is util- icing’ the lull in the operations in Mex- fa, in reoutfitting his troops. The clothing and equipment of the men suf- fered greatly in the pursuit of Villa and e*‘fort ts being made to replace then. (,uanties of stores are being received from the base at Columbus. iieports received from points along the smertcan line of communication tonight »idieating that pre where. The foree sof the expeditionary command ure well concentrated. “i! operations are ata halt awaiting the oi.tcome of the conference at San An- tunio between Gens. Scott and Funston. Pershing rIELD quiet uiled every- now Rumors of Felix Diaz's Hevolution- ary Pians Reach Washingtun. WASHINGTON, April 22.—Reports of alleged moves on the part of Felix Diag, nephew of the former Mexican Gietutor, for a new revolution against ies fy Govermnicnt in Me cuvse for considerable State Department. iis movemei. I8 said to he bacaed wealthy Alexicans both in Mexico w the Unived Strtes Scuveral Meni- ans in this country are under close observation, and it is possible that the part of the anti-American feeling in Chihuahua State against the forces chasing Villa may be attributed to the Diaz movement. Admission ts made bv Secretar ker that Arericarn Cenenls in rad 'y fect | (set ‘ ‘nn X1iC¢ uneasiness the Bn - ile xXinc'o Pershing it to Marral, before the clash here ine Secretary insists, bfowever, that the warning had fot caused any change in orders to the border forces. pre ur - | easten 10 BE PAT“LY CLOUDY AND TEMPERATE THE TEMPERATURES, ee oP es ‘ a. Mm. 4 Y? see " a. I] moon ° a, 1 9a. i Official Seeecant for St. Louls and vicinity: Partly cloudy weather with mild temperature tonight and tomor- row, a and aiter- Sunshine THAT LITTLE clouds will FORD BOOM nate on the Wast- KEEPS A-RAMB- er .weather pro LIN’ ALONG, gram. ‘The tem- : perature will con- tinue to rise and after the early morning “oolness there will be inild- ness without un- able ore- comfort warmth. caster Hav thinks tomorrow will be pretty nearly an ideal day, not too warm and not too cool es easter week will be cold anc unset- tled over the northern yart of with probably local snows the South and on be nurmal the country, in the Northwest. In the Pacific Coast there will temperatures and fair weather. It is probable that the cool the Northwest will be accompanied by frost over the Great Lakes, the Ohio and Up- per Mississippi Valleys, the Northerr Flains States and Rocky Mountain wWwevc itm the region. ~~ + ae HOW THE TURKISH WAR OFFICE EXPLAINS DEFEAT TO MOSLEMS Circumlocutory Statement of Fall of Trebizong Leaves Much to the Imagination of the Readers. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.—Tiie official statement yesterday o0V\ the War Office said: ‘Caucasus front Our detachments entrusted with the supervision of the coast in the Lazistan sector since April 11 offered extrairdinary resistance to re- peated attacks of numerically superior hostile military and naval forces and defended step by step every inch of the ground it was possible to defend. Our armies worthily attained their pro- posed aim. Finally, on the 18th, after having forced the enemy to fight a bat- tle which had bloody results for him near Kowata, seven kilometers cast of Trebizond, they withdrew in accord- ance with instructions to a sector where they will have a new task to fulfill. Sinee, in accordance with conclusions drawn from the situation of the war. the resu!t of this operation in the coast could be foreseen, the town of Trebizond had already been evacuated by us. Six 15-centimeter guns of old patterns which recently had heen sta- tioned in the environs of.the town were left behind after being completely de- stroyed.”’ ONCE OFFICE BOY, AT 47 HE GETS $125,000 A YEAR Thomas E, Wilson, President of Pack- ing Firm, Will Have Jurisdiction Over 12,000 Employes. NEW YORK, April 22.—From office boy to the job of president of Sulzber- ger & Sons, a New York and Chicago meat packing corporation, at a salary of $125,000 a year, is the gamut run vy Thomas E. Wilson, will will also get a pcreentage on business done which will run at least $125,000 additional. Wilson will have jurisdiction sore 12,000 employes. He is 47 years and entered the meat packiug business after attending the public sehooy!s in Chicago. TROOPS 10 OBSERVE EASTER Five Arigna aeeae Bands to Give Con- cert at Columbus. COLUMBUS, N. M.. April 22.—Pre>- arations were tmnade at the camp todav to observe laster Sunday. that five play at an I women of issued sector over old, arranged all Tt was bands sh regimental! Aster service and Columbus sent several waster cakes the troops in the field. boxes of and candies to cars FIGURE JUGGLING IN MPKINLEY RATE APPEAL ALLEGED Effort to Show Commerce Com- mission Most of Expense Is Charged to Suburban Line FARE Bridge Tolls of $40,000 Not In- cluded in Report of Com- pany’s Earnings. Figures intended to prove that the Illinois Traction Co. (McKinley System) charged the bulk of its expenses against Suburban traffic so as to show a de- ficit in the suburban operations year and sustain its proposal to n- crease the fare between St. Louis and Granite City from were presented by terstate live to ten the (‘ommission Hote] en cents, city at the In- Commerce at the Planters (. KE. Smith, gineer Utilities Department, Counselor Danes. iD D>. Bell. the traction company. cross-examined. Smith ures presented ai a vy Bell, and the suburban IXkinley sfstem $155,319.14 urban only ‘Detail hearing toda’ for the aassisting showed the uperintendent = of who was being took up the fiz hearing vesterday produced a table showing traffic of the Me- been charged with that inter- been charged with Piuiblie City fizures .v local S that Nad expenses traffic had $07,303. 96. and the of Charges Smith questioned some of the items tn he showed thar penses of peneral charged in the ficit in suburban suburban charge. and the paid ontv $1.76 the genera! their work Out. regarding Hrought Bell acetail. In one case Salaries and ex- officers had been table showing a de- five the division asked if traif,.c, Paid $3543 interurban be)] officers not equally between and interurban Ze] proper lines was did divide the branches o! did think witness upon su- burban the he was subject. Some of the which charged line, said he not the this other questions items ding were repa! were asked as follows: Charge (Char Itein, (;enecra!l Legal cenera!l Valuation Insurance The witness dia response to to why the suourban, Interurhe 1.392.10 & 2 600.85 Voth 4090.29 o a8. So 1,800.74 not make a of the questions suburban traffic was heavily charged and the interurban traffic was let off so lightly. When a@ question was asked regarding the insurance which is charged entirely against the suburban traffic, Henry I, Green, representing the railroad, told the commission’s examiner that he would present evidence bearing upon this point at a later time. Clerk Hire Inequality Shown. Another item of clerk hire was brought out, in which a charge Is made of $4592 against the suburban service and $3.52 against the inter- urban service said that the same clerks looked after the affairs of both systems. Wilbur the commission, could not see, in the system is suburban. why the tioned ions. office supplies. .§ expenses.. ev penses, expense a think Nothin«s direct as SO any sel] La Poe Jr.. examiner for commented that he of the fact that three parts interurban bridge— expenses were propor- between the different divis Attorney Green that in instances the division of ex- matter of judgment of promised other everything. know wheth- road view made up of and not reptied many penses counse! was a and he nesses would explain Bell said that he did not arried b\ the wit- er the freight e¢ Sixtee ‘reight Tne loss Bell received lp ce} ; ror showed a profit or are 17) service said interurban lines Continucd on Page 2. Column 2. -* —_—_—_—— * ———, fellows). Here's the way they Store-News: Post-Dispatch ALONE 114 Cols. n its ADDED TOGETHER. Last Sunday. . Not Even Close Yesterday, l’riday, was another of those frequent days when comparisons, in the amount of St. Louts advertising carried, were odious In other words: The Post-Dispatch ALONE: carried 19 Cols. More of our Home-Merchants’ advertising, on Friday, (hear did all 4 of the other fellows, viz.: crat, Republic, Times and Star ALL bunched together. 19 Cols. More it the Post-Dispatch ALONE thar 1 entire Today the “Quantity and Quality” Circulation of the Post-Dispatch is packing the stores with an army of buyers, which will be very much i evidence ti tomorrow's Easter parade. CIRCULATION: Average Daily Lae Week (a New Recor d) 223,926 “First in Everything” (to the other four ‘The Globe-Demo- stacked up thetr Easter All 4 of the Other Papers COMBINED 95 Cols. competition, all 4% 379.592 RAISE IS a | JUDGE TELLS WHY HE THINKS BACON WAS “SHARSPEARE Evidence Renewed in Dismissing Injunction Against Book Hold- This Contention. ing CASE WILL BE Motion Picture Man Said Publi- cation Would Injure Plays He Proposed to Reproduce. CHICAGO, April 22.—Judge Richard §. Tuthill, in a de cision he he- the The the Circuit Court, in yesterday declared that Lord Francis Bacon was of the Shakspearcan the Court in licvea author works. declaration was made by dissolving an injunction issued on the petition of William N. Selig, motion pic- ture manufacturer. to restrain George Fabvan, publisher. and Kate EK. Wells and Ejlizabeth Wel!s Gallup from com- pleting the publication of a series of books supporting the Baconian theory. The Court also awarded $5000 damasges in favor of Fabvan and against Selig because of the temporary injunction Judge Tuthill also dismissed the inte?- vening petition filed by Harold John- son, a St. Louis lawyer, who contendcd the plays were written by members of the Order of Jesuits. Basis of Court's Decision. Judge Tuthill said: “That William Shakspeare was born April 23, 1064; that he went to London. about 1586 or 1587; that for a time thereafter he mace his living working for Burbage, tli he later became an actor in Burbages theater and in traveling theatrical com- that he retired about 1609 «vv ‘G10 to live in Stratford-on-Avon, Where ke the time <'! Inl6 and that ediicated man. the Court finds canies: engaged in business io April not death on Shakspeare was allegations jis an cre which true The Court Bacon Francts that Eenglish, German equal or that te 1960 ax- from ths all people but tn finds that 1560: further January 26. was educated only in French, Latin, Italian, had a general education superior to any one of his age: was the compiler book of Selected books of was born he not but mn and of a phrases thors and literary iengland. were in and ims and greatest au that in his youth frowned upon in people powers time wer: Paris favor of cher literature Bacon literary reigning having a aris in vouth and several years in this atmosphere. “The Court takes judicial notice of historical facts and facts well known and finds that there been for 6 controversy the authorship works which were published shortly after the death of Shakspeare and attributed to Shakspeare: that the question has always been an open ques- tion among scholars of equal authority and standing in the world of letters, lit- erature and Knowledge as to the author- ship of the above-mentioned works, and that a vast bibliography, estimated by those who are in a position to know, at 20.000 volumes, has been written ’in dis- cussion of the vexed question. (‘ipher Teat Is Applied. Court further finds that bv th. and acknowledged works of Bacon there is. given a cipher devised in his early vouth when in Paris, called the biliteral ci- pher; that the witness, Elizabeth Wells Gallup, has applied that cipher accord- ing to the directions left by Francis Ba- con, and has found that the name and character of Shakspeare were used as a Francis Bacon to publish phil- osophical facts, stories and statements contributing to the literary in England, the world. “THe claims of renaissance, went [9 his early spent has years a over cf certain “The published Francis which Bacon mask bi renaissance which has been the glory of (Court further finds that the friends of Francis Racon that he is the author of said works of Shaks.- the facts and circumstances bibliography of the contro- over the question of authority and the proofs submitted herein, convinced Court that Francis Bacon is the peare and in the real verry the author.’’ Selig allewed that the publication of the book tending to prove that Bacon wrote the Shakspeare plays would in- ture him tn his project of making moving rictures of plays commonly attributed to Shakspeare Selig has permission of appeal the case. Z00'S WHITE MOUSE FAMILY INCREASES FROM 20 T0 614 —— the Court to Thenks to Donor Held Up ‘'hree Months: Director Thinks There May Be 1,000,000 In Short Time. The Zoo board is in a quandary be- cause of its delay in acknowledging a recent gift Three months ago a St. Louis woman presented the Zoo with twenty white mice. Three weeks later, at a board tneeting it was decided to send a letter the twenty mice, but informed the board must thank ‘the There was the letter and director of the writing it he the donor for her tor Keeper members that tie: woman for i130 mice. other delay in sending when Andrew Bauer, a Zoo Society, came to learned he muet thank 614 white mice “| didnt know Juet o | thanking the Zoo what to do again delaved writing ‘? i) be ‘? or about ite mice rhe Post-Dispatch ts the only evening news- paper in &t. louls that receives or pubdiishes news gathered by the Associated Press. APPEALED: automobiles, German Ambassador Photographed After Seeing Lansing on Note ("ony rigdit, COUNT VON BERNSTORFF LEAVING NEARLY oO TRAIN PASSENGERS HELD BUILDING. UP BY ONE NAN Has Guard and Brakeman Col- lect About $400 on Flye1 Wvoming; Returns a Watch. ot eh Tor tne hela Ip al Pacit directed intendent Jet. Jeffers CHEYENNE, bandit who fast migit robbed train Sea April passengers on a l- nion Hanna, W\ Supe near a Wa today by General fers of 1e Lonion Pacific reached the scene of the holdup a 10:50 this morning atter a ecord from Omaha Reporis to railroad heady the Amer of boot SLO. A special eiiy¢ train from Ches horses and cowboys The the rough in the pursuit belief was e@) pressed here that hiding in the railroad. bandit proball was country near the There were nearly 59 passengers on tie train that held up. The robber is believed to be the man who on April 5 last held up the Union Pacific Over- land Limited near Corlette Junction, Wvo and Feb. 9 performed a similar (;reen Wyo on boarded a train was on exploit near River, the (oregon mareh ony Line and the The near Roy, Utah tall, i.ands boarded the train at Greeley, With the train after an ‘'s conversation, revolvers and compelled the hat before the passen- gathered in the Short man, cescribed as ome mond young, (‘olo lle sat down puard urew cuard to pass the gers. About $200 «bservation car. At the entrance to the second ing car a brakeman and James lock, conductor, met the robber. Sher- l.ck hesitated a moment to raise his and the bandit fired Tie shot went wild. In the sleeper the man was pressed into service and more and hour two was éleep- Se - hands brake- was dropped into the hat. Wien the collection finished, robber handed a watch to the guard. “There's a watch I got on my iast holdup and which I promised to return this time,” he said. “If you'll slow down the train I'll get off here; other- wise I'| go to Rawlins with it.” As the train sliackened speed Fdison tunnel the man dro] ground and ran in the direction of money Was for the the the ped to efic Overland Limited at Corlett Junc- tion April 6 sed the porter who collected for bim on that occasion he would yeturo a waich We bad taken, prom 1916. bv International lilm Se STATE, WAR AND NAVY SAFE BROKEN INTO AND $99. TAKEN: IN COFFEE OFFICE the Money Had Been laundered and Rest in New Bills. o_— - _, Paes Part ot New| (‘offee Co, rola Sri Street, on entering tne L)lt'’e iis morntne,. discovered that the and The been wing. laundered 10 door had been removed from combination otf had after the had found that a tin enone 9945 bee! knocked box was mis mn \\ is and ’ ) the police motes ind)- hief elimbed a §$ fire build- Kilectric 7t end of the the (,eneral iiiding through a his wav down the the first floor. is owned by George ‘tupred bs the ty got ekvlight and stairs to the The coffee firm H. P INCOMES AND INHERITANCES TO PAY FOR PREPAREDNESS Kitchin and Simmons Work au to treet 8175,000,000 for Wefense Purposes. WASHINGTON, Kitchin of the Ways and Means of the House and Chairman Simmons of the Finance Committee of the Senate prac- tically have agreed on a plan to raise revenues to pay for preparedness. They will tax incomes, inheritances and mu- nitions of war to raise an additional $175.000,000 that will be needed next year und will retain a portion of the pres- emergency tax law to collect 240,000,000 amd $50,000,000. income law will be so read- yield about $76,- more, al inheritance tax will be for %.,100,000 more and munitions vield $45.(4», 000 nro made office on Petering April 22.—Chairman ent be- tween The justed 100), 000 levied will tax as to make it Soeeieeneetidinatntneiesntiie satis se THAW. DENIES (1302 MARRIAGE Saye He Never Met St. Louis Women Sning Him. NEW YORI Ap 2 Harr IN the aivorce suit fallen LQ esterda’ “wee ‘ 7 hristina Tha sac i¢ is rubbis lL never saw that woman in my life 1 was not in Buffalo in 1902, the year tn which she alleges we were marred there,’ orange all ee ee KAISER, CHANCELLOR AND CHIEF OF STAtr CONSIDER U.S. NOTE Communication Is Being Discussed at General Headquarters of German Army. MORE INFORMATION MAY BE ASKED ON SOME POINTS Little H-pe Is Entertained in Berlin That Ger- man Reply Will Go to the Length Demanded by Washington—President Wilson to See Stone Again Monday. Associated Press. BERLIN, via London, by April 22.—The American note is now in the hands of Emperor William, Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Gen. von Falkenhayn headquarters. Chiet of the General Staff, at genera! A summary of the note was telegraphed vesterday to genera! headquarters, and a eourier was sent there by train. ing of The note appears in the newspapers of this afternoon. calm here. bearing the text and the appendix. The deliberations of the Emperor, the Chancellor and the Chief of Staff will determine the future shay. German-American relations. All is Gerinany s answer to the note is likely to be delayed by some parleys and requests for further information on certain points, according to the Lokal The and were entitled to it, the note vesterdayv engaged during cocument., who received a copy ol morning and were in studying the ministers Other officials the da: Newspaper Fairly The Lokal that the is borne been forwarded Optimistic. Anzeiger’s prediction will Le delayed that it has headquar- German reply out by the fact to general ters. Prior to the the print one publication of the note newspapers weer permitted to nothing concerning it except dispateh sent from Washington Isnglish news agency on Wednesday. This message was cabled before that day's session of Congress apparentiv was intended to pre- the people for the note itself. Lokal Anzeiger endeavors. to make a afirly optimistic view of the situation, basing this on what it terins the almost invariably mislead- ing character of En dis- patches It declares, that as England is endeavoring to starve this country, Germany cannot give up the right of self-defense. Other Berlin newspapers have pub- lished only a lines of noncommittal comment. Of the prominent out-of-town papers only the Cologne Gazette refers editorially to the “An understanding and America concerning the use of sub- marines hitherto has not been reached American Neutrality Axsaatied. The Cazette repeats the ftrequenti: Leard attacks on Americal) neutrality, in deli muni- con plaisance of British arbi- Vv an and pare The glish however, news lew situation It saves between Germany connection with the ery of alleged toward tions and the the lnited States trariness and concludes “American neutrality, carried out in ti.ia manner ia not of such a kind that Germany can sacrifice the most effec tive means of ita naval warfare to it. As far as the Associated Press has been made acquainted with the sent ment in higher quarters, it would be wrong to regard the situation @s any- thing but grave There is little hope that answer can go to the length dernanded by the Washtngton fact that maintain good extremely any (Iovernment, despite tire the (Gjovernment desires to relations with the [I nited States. The sentiment is against any further weak- ening of Germany's submarine cam- paign, to say nothing of an anbandon- ment of it. a REPLY LOOKED FOR NEXT WEEK Gerard Is Assured American Note Will Receive Imme- diate Consideration. WASHINGTON, April 2.—Soeme offi- clals indicated today that they looke4 for a reply from Germany to the American note on the submarine ques- tion by the middle of next week. In reporting that he delivered the note to the Berlin Foreign Office Thurs- dav Ambassador Gerard advised = tho State Depart that e@ aflterwar) had conferred boreign Se retary Von Jagow. The contents of an. other message from the Ambassador was closely guarded, althowh ‘t is said that he informed the departagent me) brief) with that assurances Bad beep GORE him Anzieger. of immediate consideration of the doc nient. Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, away on a recrea tion trip, is not expected to return wnti! Monday unless important dispatches regarding the submarine issue are re- ceived at the embassy before that time It is Known that he has advised his Government to modify its submarine warfare to meet America’s latest de manda, Several messages have been received from Ambassador Gerard in the last dav or so. It is stated authoritatively, however, that they transmitted only ex- pressions of editorial opinion from Ger man newspapers. These editorial ex- cerpts were closely examined by o0*- ficlals in an attempt to gain some un- derstanding of the state of German public opinion. The German Embassy is sending many informative dispatches to Berlin The najority of those sent so far have con- ained interpretations of publik icial opinion. and the Ainbassador +4 view on the (‘hatirman Stone of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has an appoint the situation with Pres) Monday evening then will tnform Sen information at hand up to that time, When ‘an note waa dispetc) oft! Clals said the bs the end of ning of next who is and o! own jon situat ment to go over dent Wilson The President ator Stone from Germany the Amert of any ed considered that a rep! this Week or tha begin would satiaf: t ecliate conference wecek ie de nand far answer 4' Mondays aent ar 46oimy?9 the Prest jaint Senator e next atep to nights probably will aca Stone with his plans for t} that chairman may tn turn tnform the Senate rne 1. & Note on Imperator Case Re- ported in Viernes. AMSTERDAM, Holland, April 2— Vress dispatches from Vienna report that the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Of- fice has received a note from the United dealing with the attack on the fussian bark Imperator in the Mediter- ,anean “tates a Two Americans were on hoard the Im- perator. Official advices to the State Department at Washington sald an Aus- trian submarine fired on the veasel with- out warning and that one of the Amer!- cans was wounded. Clemenceau Speaks tn Admiration of Wlilsen’s Note. PARIS, April %%.—Unqualified ad- miration of President Wilson's message to Berlin on the submarine iasue i@ expressed by Georges Clemenceau in a4 newspaper L’'Homme Libre. In an @F- tended analysis of the message, bi Clemenceau saya “What strikes one above ali in thie piece of world diplomacy which the chief of the American Republic has submitted to the National Representa- tives in its fine impassive objectivity. neither complaints nor recrimination. The right, which the Pilgrim Fathers of the Mayflower brought from Furops sons are bringing Pack t@ use UP- shield of iron forged by thei? hands. American ciusens whe he) der a own strong “Hall to you. Weehingtop. /sileroe apd as WmaY 6 marca back tnto history of Burope undeg ‘; a great arch.on the front of wale ,|