St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 13, 1916

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Me wrt ee ‘ ca abe er aD Ae o> ie ee fae Si } i, Fad: a . $ Sg — © + 4 aoe rr ; Pe, * 4 i ¢ ad 5 Bie. Sri, " ee Oa oh ’ at poe : 4 t d + r - *. ‘ , ’ : 7 Only Evening ‘Paper in St Louis. With Associated Press News Service. WANT PAGE of VOL. 68. NO. 267. ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1916—12 PAGES. PRICE ONE CENT | EDITION | FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS 151 OOO MARCHIN ICONFEREES AGREE UPON A DO-MILE LINE. FOR PREPAREDNESS All Walks of Life Including Lawyers, Supreme Court Justices, City Officials ‘and Workers in 200 Kinds of Businesses in Parade Lasting 14 Hours. 20,000 WOMEN TAKE PART IN PROCESSION Marchers. Also Include 10, 000 State National Guardsmen in Uniform— Antis Distribute Literature. NEW YORK, May 12-—The greatest civic parade in the history of this coun- try was witnessed here today when 151,000 enthusiastic men and women ‘marched through flag-bedecked streets as a demonstration of their belief in national preparedness. The great line of marchers, estimated at % miles in length, left no doubt in the minds -* the million or more pc ns on the sidewalks that theirs was an urgent and potent argument. It seeme dc: if all New York was in the streets and there was hardly a person who did not wear or wave the Stars and *‘~',es. Many who had wit- nessed other great parades in New York declared that they had never seen a demonstration where patriotic nthusi- asm reached so high - ry ch. Broadway was a veritable canyon ot American flats. The paraders, headed by Mayor Mitchel and the of- ficials of the demonstration and Gen. weonard Wood and Rear-Admiral suchaniel R. Usher, were greeted with roars of applause. The weather is perfect. Start Made at 9:30 A. M. With an aeroplane circling over the lower part of the city, where the parade started, the first division swung into line promptly at 9:30 o'clock. The procession was not to end until nearly midnight. Surrounding the Mayor's carriage was a deep cordon of mounted police acting as protection / PEACE AR MY OF 206,000 Next War Strength 254,000; Report Is to Be Sub- mitted to Both Branches of Congress Week. WASHINGTON, May 13.—A regular army of 296,000 men at peace strength, capable of expansion to 24,000 men in time of war, was agreed upon today by House and Senate conferees on the army reorganization bill. first of the big national defense measures. The report will be submitted to both branches of Congress for ratification next week. In the agreement on the regular army the Senate bill s:stem of organization was retained as a substitute for the House system, which would have re- cruited a maximum army of 140,000 men. Can't Go Below 160,000. The regular line of the army, the Dill new provides, can never go below 160,- 000, and ts maximum strength in time of peace would be 175,000 officers and men. In this calculation, however, there are excluded, 5723 Philippine Scouts, 6409 ir the quartermaster’s corps, 729 in the medical department, 3387 in the sig- nal corps and 8750 unassigned recruits, a total of 31,650. These added to the regular line of 175,000 men give a total rerular army peace strength of 206,659. The President is authorized to increase the regular army divisions to maximum strength without congressional action. Under the conference agreement the regular army would consist of 66 regi- ments of infantry, 25 regiments of cav- alry, 21 regiments of field artillery, a coast artillery corps of 30,009 officers and men, a signal corps of 3387 men, including the aviation section and seven regiments of engineers. In the avai- tion section the number of officers is increased from a total of 60 to 148, in- cluding one Colonel, one Lieutenant- Colonel, eight Majors, 24 Captains and 114 First Lieutenants. The organization plan contemplates attaining the full peace strength within five years, as proposed in the original preparedness plan. Increase in General Officers, General officers of the line would bs increased by four Major-Generals ane 19 Brigadier-Generals. The gen- eral staff of the army would be in- creased from 34 officers to 52. The provision of the Senate bill which would have placed five officers of the Nutional Guard in the general staff was stricken out, but provision was officers of the national ettempts to.harm, him. — Yiguvard to be assigned to volunteer dit they guard him that the Mayor wus scarcely visible to the specta- tcrs. At 10:3 o’cl.ck the head o- the col- umn reached the reviewing stand at Madison Square Park at Twenty-third street, and there the Mayor, Gen. Wood and Admiral Usher took places of honor tn an assemblage of prominent citizens and delegations of Senators and Congressmen to review the remainder of the parade. The march:rs frem that point pro- ceeded up Fifth avenue, which was even nore gaily decorated than Broadway. Creat flags bearing preparedness mot- tos bridged the street and the build- ings were profusely draped with the national colors. The parade move dwith precision, and up to mid-afternoon there were no untoward incidents. Many business houses are closeé while the city gives itself up to its celebra- t.on of “preparedness day.’ The sicde- walks from the Battery to Fifty-ninth street, the start and finish of the pea- rade, were crowded early. It is cstl- mated that at least 1,000,000 persons saw the demonstration. Twenty thotsand women were in the pageant. 10,000 National Guardsmen Out. Workers in 200 occupations, Iiwyers and.other professional men, city offi- clals and city employes and 10,090 mem- bers of the National Guard in uniform and thousands of veterans of the S:an- citizens’ camps at Government ex- pense.. An effort to give volunteer citizens in camp pay of enlisted men while in training camps failed. The volunteer reserve army of 261,- 600 men provided in the Senate bill goes out, leaving the reserve army to the national guard, which will be feceralized, according to provisions oc the House bill All officers and men of the guard must take an‘oath of allegiance to the Unitec States as well as to the respective States. The national guard at maximum strength would be recruited on the basis of 80 men te each Congressional district, which would aggregate a total of 425,000 men. This reserve force, together with the regular army of 254,000 war strength, would produce a combined defense force of 679,000 men. A provision for vocational training for men in the regular army, regulated by th« Secretary of War, was left in the bill and the House proposal for Government operation of nitrate manu- facturing plants to cost not more than $20,000,000 also was accepted. Selection of :ites is Icft to the President. The product of the plants, when not needed in war time, may be sold for fertilizer, under executive regulations. Seize Private Plants. May Authority for the Government to seize and operate private plants for ——— mianufacture of munitions of war in time of need is given and the Presi- dent is empowered to appoint a board of five men, two civilians and three Jermy officers, to investigate the advisa- bility of establishment of Government plants for the manufacture of muni- tions. The board would report before tan. 1, 15:7. The President is authorized to ap- point a board to investigate the mobi- lization of industries in time of war. The regular army enlistment is fixed at seven years, three with the colors and four in reserve, but if enlisted men master military training in one year and wish to retire to the reserve they may be permitted, on proving efficiency and upon recommendation of superior officers. Final agreement was reached on the long-disputed measure after a_ short session of the Conference Committee. Another meeting will be held Monday to sign the report. “I think we have an excellent bill,’’ said Chairman Chamberlain of the Sen- ate Military Affairs Committee. Chairman Hay of the House Com- nittee also praised the report and ap- sroval by both HFlouses is expected. COOL EARLY IN THE WEEK NORMAL TEMPERATURE LATER Occasional Local Rains Predicted Un- til Tuesday—Fair Weather to Follow. WASHINGTON, May 13.—Weather predictions for the week beginning Sun- day, made by the Weather Bureau cy- day, says: “The indications are that the coming week will be generally overeas: and cool with occasional local rains throughout the Atlantic States, the Ohia Valley and the region of the ‘jreat Lakes. “Similar conditions will preval! the first half of the week in the Uppar Mis- sissippi Valley and the plains states. followed by generally fair weather and a reaction to normal temperatures in these regions after Tuesday. “Generally fair and cool weather will prevail during the week over the Rocky Mountain and plateau region aid the Pacific States. “In the gulf states the weather w:)] tures.’’ SHOWERS AND NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES, Official fore- cast for St. Louis and vicinity: Showers tonight and probably Sunday; not much change in temperature. Missouri—Snow- ers tonight = a:id probably Sunday; not much change in temperature. Illinois — Show- ers tonight ani probably Sunday; not much change in temperatvuie. Stage of tra riv- op: 3Li feet: «a | fall of .4 of « foot. —_ ith War composed the long column. The lawyers were led by 20 Justices of the Supreme Court. The marchers were di- vided into & divisions. The hour ret for the start was 9:30 a. m. and it was thought that the last division wou'd 1.ot reach the disbanding point until 10:20 to- night. The main body of the marching thou- sands comprised employes in shops and stores. In addition divisions there were representatives of the theater and al- lied arts, engineers, architects, clergy- men, business men, bankers and brok- ers, physicians and surgeons and public schools, In the women's section were teach- ers, stenographers, art students, girls from the department stores, the Amer- ican Women’s League for Self-Defense and the Women's Preparedness Bat- tallon and representatives of various trades organizations. ’ Anti-preparedness bodies such as the Woman's Peace Party and the Socia)- ists, endeavored to offset the prepared- ness spirit by circulation among the spectators of circulars. Across Fifth avenue from the reviewing stand the women's party hung out a banner with the ineeription: “There are only 100,000 of you. You are not the only patriots. Two million families, 500.000 mine workers and or- ganized labor o America are opposed to what you and Wall street are march- ing for. Are you sure you are right?” The Socialists, through a committee —— oars -~—-e nce eM | MRS. HUMPHRY WARD tells how the notable families of England have suffered from the war; how the heirs of 47 famous houses have fallen gloriously on the field of honor and hundreds less fa- mous, but yet of England’s best blood, have given their lives for their country. CALL TO ARMS BY IRE- LAND’S ILLFATED ‘‘PROVISIONAL PRESI- DENT’’—Patrick H. Pearse’s last stirring ad- dress to the members of Sinn Fein, just a few days before the Dublin rebellion, advising them the time had come to strike for Lrish freedom and nationality. FRANE H. SIMONDS visits the battlefields of Lorraine—The Post-Dispatch’s noted ana- lyst, who has just returned from a visit to the Western war front, tells of what he headed by Miss Theresa Malkiel, a noted organiser, distributed 500,000 pamphiets to the crowds. A large number of young girls, wearing distinctive appearing sashes, passed from block to block, giv- ing out thelr literature to the spectators. _ One pamphiet tcUa of. ‘'Woman's Fate 4n War,” and the other presents the saw during a visit to the heights of Lorraine and the battlefields thereabout, which have been the scenes of some of the most desper- ate fighting of the war. Tomorrow’s Sunday Post-Dispatch pees, MISSOURI FOR OR AGAINST PREPARED- NESS?—Editors of news- papers in all sections of the State tell how their respec- tive communities stand on this important issue. FAMOUS ARTISTS DEPICT PATHOS OF WAR-BLIND. ED HEROES OF EUROPE —Reproduction in colors in the SUNDAY «MAGAZINE of the notable new drawings by Charles’ Dana Gibson, Emil Fuchs, F. C. Yohn, Thure de Thalstrup and H. A. Ogden. “ENEMY ‘PLANE IN SIGHT!’’—Exciting scene in a British position in France as the crews man the anti- aircraft guns in an endeavor to bring down a German aeroplane, shown in a sirik- ing photograph reproduced in the ROTOGRAVURE SECTION, ‘‘AMERICA TOO SUPERFI- CIAL TO BE GREAT’’— Noted Belgian jurist, who won Nobel Peace Prize, says we must get down to life’s fundamentals before we can take the place in the world that should be ours. es The demand will be == Continued on Pag: 2, Column 4%. 23 and Clarence to New Orleans. and the aes Centinued on Page 2, Column 2, mi les SS tm oe SRE SRNR ae RR TE RM CR ogni FAN fie ee AE cme te rn oR MRO wounded in the Mexican Springs, Texas. he think you're going around that way?’’ fight soldiers have ever had to face. honor to and the United Stateég and your coin- manding officers have proud of you. sourceful commander, Sergeant Smyth, he deserves a commission and shall have ** SIR EDWARD GREY A SUPPORTER the should go to the of Art in New York. Scenes —s ‘ nS PBS 5 ee . x %, " aN a“ carrying supplics Photographs Copyrighted by International Vilm Service. in Dublin During the Rebellion authorities during and after the revolt. Re re te 2 a. ss + ha agile < Sn! Dubl in pe at “eG ong streets of ae FUNSTON VISITS MEN WOUNDED IN THE GLEN SPRINGS RAID , Grips Soldiers’ Hands, and Tells Them He Is Proud of Their Bravery. EL PASO, Tex., May 13.—Major-Gen- eral Funston last night visited Sergeant Smyth and the three privates who wore raid They are in Fort Bliss Hosnital. As he stepped through the ioorway of their-ward they straightened on Gien up on their pillows and saluted. General ordered, as “How do you boys to get well twisting ‘Lie down,’’ the in turn saluted. Then he dropped the brusque speech, and passing from bed to bed, gripped each soldier by the hand, asked how he was feeling, and what he would like to have. As he turned to-leave he addressed them all. “You fellows put up a corking good under as hard odds as American You did vour colors and vou country reuson to be As for your brave and <e- OF LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE YORK, NEW May 13.—Sir Edward Gray, British Secretary of State for For- eign Affairs, is announced as a supporter of which former dent. of is presi- to Enforce Peace, President Taft the League Theodore Marburg, former United States Minister to Belgium, made the an- nouncement at a dinner at the Century Club. s days ago. He returned from England a few Marburg said he found other lead ng men in England in sympathy with Presi- dent Wilson's aspiration for some sort of duced him to become a burglar. Georg joint guarantee of peace on the part of the great nations.”’ Henry James Estate 844,000. LONDON, May 13.—Henry James, novelist, who died in London Feb. 28, left property valued at £8961 .044,800). He bequeathed a portrait ct himself by Sargent to the National Por- trait Gallery of London, with the pro- if it were not accepted, it Metropolitan Museum viso that 19 STARTERS IN TOU-MILE AUTO GUNTEST TODAY NEW YORK, most powerful Wiay 13.—Nineteen of the American and foreign- battle for 150-mile Metropolitan built racing cars will su- premacy in the trophy race at the Sheenshead Bay speedway this afternoon. It will be the Arst running of this race, which prom- ises to becomo a classic in the automo- bile world. An indication of what may be ex- pected in the big race was furnished yesterday aftcrnoon, when Ralph Mul- ford, driving one of the famous blue Peugeots, established a new world’s track record by driving once around the two-mile track at the rate of 112 1-6 miles hour. Mulford’s thrilling drive came at the end of an afternoon of sensationa! triais. Elever. cf the 19 cars entered in the race were on the track for their quali- fying rounds, and althoug.s six of the cars averaged 1% miles per hour wor better as they swept around the track, the Mulford trial. in which he whirled around the two-mile stretch in Im. 408. was a brilllant climax. There will be three races in addition to the Metropolitan trophy contest. The Coney Island Cup and the Queens Cup, the first at 20 miles and the second at 50 miles, will be che appetizers for the big race. The entries for the dig race are No. Car Driver. Sunbeam Six............J0s8. Christians Crawford Special.........Dave Lewis John Aiken Special...:.....Bert Watson Pete Henderson vbccs sanensbimne ..Carl Limborg inedeenade seeeee»- JUleS Devigne sbeseua o-+ees-G. C. Bergdoll Ralph Mulford Cain Rickenbacher Franchi per speed | ae “ee OF Maxwell) Delage Delage Erwin Maxwell Pusua Cc. W. Thompson Billy Chandler George Adams Dario Resta Vail Crawford Special Adams Special Peugeot Eugene Stecher GUUNGIL TO RULE IRELAND THROUGH URIOIS PROPOSED Members Would Consist of Na- tionalists and Unionists Under New Idea. DUBLIN, May 13.—There is a new idea being set forth for the ruling of Jreland, through the present war crisis. This is to have the country governed ty an executive council on which will be both Nationalists and Unionists. Although the idea has only just been Suggested it has found wide-spread support. An official announcement concerning the execution of two more Irish rebels, which became known yesterday, has been issued. It is as follows: “The trial of two prominent leaders of the rebellion, whose names vere ap- pended to the proclamation issued by the so-called provisional Government, namely, James Connolly and John Mc- Dermott, took place on May 9% The sentence of death was returned in each case and the sentences were carried oui this morning after confirmation by the general commander in chief.” Premier Asquith, who is here investi- gating the Sinn Fein rebellion, has vuc- cupied his time with conferences. nune of which were of decisive chaoracter. Gens. Maxwell and Friend wervw fist consulted, and after they had given the Premier full reports of the uprising and the military steps taken for sup- pression. Asquith went over at length the ques- tions of martial law, executions and whether the present system should con- Later he was closeted for a long time with Undersecretary of State for Ireland Chalmers, with whom he dis- cussed the question of the payment of compensation for damage done ‘n the city of Dublin. Further confsrences with loca) officials are expected to last through the day. There ts no indication yet as to the successors of Baron Wimborne, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Aug'iatine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland. its tinue. John McDermott was known to Irish- men in the United States as one of the most brilliant orators in Ireland and “8s one of the so-called inner circle of revolutionists in the recent uprising. Authorities in this country on Irish af- fairs say that he was one of the original) organizers of the Irish volunteers in November, 1913, in Dublin. At the outbreak of the war McDer- mott, comparatively a young man, was editor of Trish Freedom, a Dublin jour- ardently opposed to recruiting among the Irish. for the British army, and which was suppressed for its att!- tude on this subject. MeDermott. who nal, has never been in the United States. was a leading ath- lete in Ireland during Sis vouth. During a visit of Queen Mary to Dublir several years ago. McDermott, his friends de- clare, Was arrested during a disturbance and-so roughiv handled by the police that he was removed to a hospital, re- maining there for some weeks and be- coming permanently tnjured. PRESIDENT ON JAMES RIVER Expected He and Mra. Wilsee Will Visit Jamestown Ruins. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 13.—The yacht Mayflower, with the President «nd Mrs. Wilson aboard for a week-end cruise, anchored off the shipyard here this morning from Washington. The naval yacht Syiph was waiting off Newport News and soon after the President's arrival he and Mre. Wil- son left the Mayflower and went aboard. The Sylph started itmmedi- ately for a trip up the James River and it was expected the President reuie visit the ruins of Jamestown. OBREGON WILL TRY T0 GET CARRANZA T0 SIGN PROTOCOL Subsecretary Tells Major- General Scott Both He and War Minister Favor Agree- ment and Approved Terms in Good Faith. Meanwhile It Is Believed Both Sides Will Defer Ac- tion, Awaiting Decision From Diplomats. Better Protection for Border —Brigadier-General Per- shing Shortening Line of Communication. FIELD HEADQUARTERS, near Namiquipa, Chihuahua, May 123, by wireless to Columbus, N. M., May 13. —Detachments of American troops arc investigating rumors that Villa, at the head of a command of 1100, ts hiding in the mountains between As- cension, Chihuahua and Culberson’s Ranch, about 65 miles west of Col- umbus, on the American side of the frcntier. By CLAIR KENAMORE,. , A Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch. EL PASO, Tex., May 13.—Gen. Obd- reLon and I will return to Mexico City and endeavor to induc- the First Chief to approve the protocol. Gen. Obregon signed this in good faith, and we both favor it.” These were the parting words of Juan Amador, Subsecretary of For- eign Affairs of Mexico, to Major- General Hugh L. &cctt, Ch'ef of Staff of the American Army. When the emissaries went their ways, they planned to submit the questions at issue, none of which they had been able to settle, to their respective. Gov- ernments to be threshed out by the diplomats. It is believed that there Was an un- derstanding that neither co was to make a move of a warlike) nature until the foreign departments nave Ase time to agree. This is the only “gen- tleman’s agreement’ or unwritten agree- ment entered into, so far as can be learnod. Protections of Border Promisee. Representatives of both sides an- nounced that they intended to give the border the best protection against ban- dits within their power. Obregon said that he was bringing all available troops north for this purpose, and reports from the interior of Mexico indicate that he is moving troops toward the United States as rapidly as he can. Thig dis- position fits well with his plans, as they can be used as an earnest of his itnten- tion to stop bandit raids, and {ft algo places his fighting men in the position from which he sees the greatest menace, an attack by the United States. News from Washington and frar Mexico indicates that Gen. Pershing is slowly drawing his troops back ‘t9 shorten his Iine of communications, now 216 miles long, and to strengthen his defenses. This does not indicate that he is advised that trouble is feared, but that. like a careful soldier, he ts pre- paring for eventualities. No uneasiness is felt for this column. It is in rare fighting trim and well equipped. The camps are entrenched and at some rlaces bomb-proofs have been built and barbed wire entanglements made. Obregon promised at the conferences his men would fill their places and take up their work. There is, of course, @ constant menace in this propinquity, as a clash is likely to result from any cog- tact of American and Mexican troops, Rainy Season Comes Soon, The time for tie rainy season in this section of the country is at hand, and because of that, the use of the Mexican railroads by the American troops ta like- ly to become imperative. The main- tenance of the long line with truck trains as transports will be impossible when the heavy rains come. This is one of the most pressing reasons for a quick settlement of the questions which the conference of Generals failed to adjust. Obregon was last night in Chihuahua City, conferring with Trevino and his other Generals. One result was the ordering of 1500 men to the Big Bent country. There are now about 400 Amef!- can cavalry in this section. The an- nounced object of the Mexican move- ment is to assist .. capturing the bandiv who raided Glenn Springs. Gen. Scott departed yesterday after- noon for Washington and Gen. Funstun started last night for San Antonio. Carranza Has Made Neo Meve te Re-+ new Negotiations, WASHINGTON, May 13.—Dispatch of 1900 Carranza troops northward towerd the Big Bend district of Coahuila, re- ported in border advices, was regarded by officials here today as possibly indi- cating that the Mexican de facto Gev- ernment ia making renewed efforts te capture bandits who have raided Amer- ican border towns. Reports that the ex- pedition might have a hostile purpore were not regarded seriously by admin- istration authorities. The Mexican situation showed no siz5 that as the American troops withdrew, | Contineed = fap 8 es : 7 - .