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TOMOItKOW
V
t'ortv-nlxth Year.
lnm Kprniu Yoar,
German-American Alliance Declared
Anti-American Alliance Salvation
of Our People Lies in Having a
Nationalized and Unified America
Only Discord and Bitterness Can
Result From Use of Hyphens to
Divide American Citizenship Ma
jority Are Real Americans.
rAVUK lKIIIfll1l uUlLI I Ui
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Mnv .11.- Mural
irenxuti lo tla I 'nit I'd State wax
etutrged by Theodore Kooxevelt in nn
mlrfrcxx delivered here today against
Goilimn-Amcricniix who seek t make
their governmental rcprcxcnttttive net
in the interest of (ii-mianv rather
tbun for Ihi country. Ik character
iioil the (lermuu-Americ an alliance nx
rii "niiti-Ainerienn alliance," hut
,, gilded that he believed that its mem
v her, "not only dti not represent, hut
scandalously misrepresent," the irreut
majority of real American of Ger
man origin.
I'vwing the motto "America for
Americans" for nil American,
whether thev were horn here or
nhmud, the lonner president declar
ed that "the -alvntiun of our iK-opIo
lieH in having a tinlinntili&eil nnd tini
lk'd America, ready fr the tremen
dous tusks of both war iiimI ieiiee."
To Slum lljpliciis
"I uMil to all our citizens," the
colonel wnid, "no mutter from what
bind their forefather eauie. to keep
thiw ever iu mind nnd to shun with
worn mid contempt the sinister in
triguers and mischief-maker who
would Keek to divide them nloiiif lines
of ereed, of birthplace or of notional
origin."
Colonel lfoocclt said he i-umc to
Hi. Louis to epeak on Anient nni-iii
to condemn the use if the Implicit
whenever St represent an effort !
form (Militical artics iiltum racial
lines or to bring preore t bear mi
Mirtics and imlitifinns, not for Atnei
ienti purpose, hut in the infcn-t i
home group of voters of a certain no
lionnl origiu or the countrt 1'iom
which (heir forefathers came."
He wax ciuillv iteuin! the native
American of the wroii kin.l end lor
the immigrant of the right kind, he
declared. lie Maid each nation -hoitltl
be judged by it" conduct nud thai the
t'nilcd Htnlcs should opxise en
eroaehmenl on il own rights,
whether Ucrmuny, Hngluud. France
or Kuia be guilty of mieonduet.
JtiMlllMl Cilit'MSllIp
"The ctfirt to keep our citizenship
diidcd ugtiiiM itself," the colonel
continued, "by uc of the hyphen ami
itlong the lines o niitional origin. i
certain to breed a spirit of I'ltlcrm
nnd prejudice uiul dihkc between
ureal bodie of our citir.en. It -oiuc
citizens bund together m (tviuuin
Americnns or Irish-American or
Scandinavian-American and cwrv
HUeh bunding together, eerv n"empt
l make for (Hilitwal purM)c u (lr-man-Ainciii'an
alliance or u Seundi
ntt via n -American alliance, nieunx
'viin at the bottom .in ettort against
the interest of straight-out American
citizcn-hip, nn effort to bring into
our nation I lie bitter Old World riv
alries und jvttlouie and hatred."
t'oloiiel Roooeclt cited nuniernu
eikuniple of nun who, nociuted
Willi him tt office-holder or oldier.,
wen decenlm- ot foreijner, but
who, he declared. nic in every i-eue
renl American "It would le po
kible," he dcclnreil, "to in. in inr eii
lirr .iiliiiii.iotiiitinn .'lulu I'lrMcli'iit
lIllUII Ull, ji II lit (ii I I .ill 1)1. .ml, ,ll
ot -in Ii uln .ill i.' i i-.n. Vim lli'.ill-
BY STRIKING REEF
WASH1M,T0 tu IT ! f
pwiu lnut U-U er Wati u -dtubdi
trri: t 4iitt r'Mt
hrvokw.if r uft K"ikiHt't, W k ''
Uifcht X wi ' fnt tt ' !c
jiutin..' 'oda. l t tAr
Wj !itri Wwiit 4 M t-'1-Mini.
I $' -" -not
-. 'in, o e t
( e' - n I ) u) (, i
im llml ''i viiuil Aini-riiMii ciiiilil
follow them With whiili'-llr.ittt'il li'-
alt.
Xn IImi Inilimtloii
"I hold it mi outrage nnd a iola
tioti of every principle of true Ameri
eniiihin." he continued. " to diMciim
inntu nKnitiHt Mich a man (the Amer
ican of foreign imreutnite) heeaiike
of the land from which he or hit imr
entH came, or licciiuxe oT liix ereuil.
I tut I hold it no It1 an oiilrnxt) fnr
him to act in our domeitic jMilitii,
not iih an American, but aw an Ameri
can with a iimlit ieii tion; nn Anuii
ican who Iihh xome un-AnierieHii in
terest lo nerve, ome foreijin country
to Hene, lieeaiixe of lii auccMtry.
The man who t It it net is the hyphen
ated American.
"Thin ix not n meic nbxtruet iiiiex
tion which I am dicuHinK. At this
erv moment it ix bbuoned in the
public prcx that brnnchcx of the
Oenmui-American alliance,' xo-call-ed,
in differenl paitx of the country,
an1 nttemptiutf to coei tiinid ami
un-iriipiili'ii- nliiii'i.in l threaten
ing' I "'" I'-Miin-i them, or bv act
ii.iIU . i'ii j .rjini -I tin-in. when the
(Continued on pu)!e two.)
ERB1LT HOME
STONED BY A NUT
SEEKING OIL KING
NKVV YOIIK, M.n .11 - Carr) iliK
leather lias (illid with lone
8rl)4t It. Fowrdlics. a wood rarver
of Yonkerx, N. V., ntoited In front
of the home of William II. Vander
bile In fifth avenue today und began
to hurl atones through the wludewa.
A policeman ur rented him as be waa
throwing the fourth atone. The nollce
aaid Kowrdhea declared he believed
ho waa throwing tho atone at the
home or John 1). Rockefeller, whom
he held reaiontble for the aufferinga
of the iwor.
At the request of Mr. Vanderbilt
Fowrdbea waa taken Into the Vander
bilt home where he talked Incoher
ently about "revenging" hlmaelf upon
Mr. Hockefeller. i
The policeman who made the ar
reat said Fowrdbes admitted he and
a friend had plotted to meet In front
of the Rockefeller home and kill
Mr. Rockefeller. They exported,
Fowrdbes aaid, tha? Mr. ItocKefeller
would come to the door when the
atone were thrown whereupon the
other man was .to shoot him. The ul
leged accomplice failed to appear
Some of the furniture In the Van
derbilt home waa damaged and a mir
ror waa broken.
iWhen told it was Mr. Vanderbilt
house he had attacked Fowrdbes
grinned and said: "You police cant
VAND
tool me; 1 know its Rockefeller's
house.''
The man was examined by a police
headquarters physician who after
ward announced that Fowrdbea b
' a dangerpus man" and that he
Aould recommend his committment
to Hellevue hospital for observation
as i) his sanity.
A hin.ill stllletto was found In
Fowrdbes' pocket.
litiSfinto that Fowrdbes had been
an innate of an Insane alum was
fuTf.lrcl l the iiollre phjhiclan
be a tl.tf mutt was arraigned In
iibirt 'til ee de lmed thot fr
tit e'e 'nMi0rfIl
o O o0ea ca COOCOCb
ftLEDFORD
F
BACK BIT BY BIT
German Offensive Relentlessly Press
ed Nlvlllcs Forces Retire From
Outskirts of Cumicres Village
Germans Drivliifl Wedge Into the
French Line West of Meusc.
I.ON'DON, Mnv III. The (lenuan
offensive wexl of llitt Meu-c, in the
Verdun iVKimii w buintt rolentlexslv
prexied nnd bit by bit the French are
beintt forced buck. (Ii'iierul N'iville'x
forcex, which yiKterdny wcie stniff
tilnii; to retain u foothold iu the out
skirts of fumierc m1Ihku bvi now
admitted I hey retired in this sector.
The Clenuuu ndviinee iu tbi neotor
ix faxt ilriv iiitr a wodnc into the
French line jut wo-d of Ibo Mi'itno,
the movement belns; nppiiieully in -tended
to out flunk tliu French in the
vicinity of their commniidina; Donil
Man hill and Hill No. Ill) I poxitiomi.
In the xotithern Tyrol the Auxtrinim
reMiit h eontinuiince of their ad
vance. They have forced ft imxxnuo
of the I'ohinn, wext of Aisturo, aboiil
live milex inxide ItMlian territory.
The current xtateniunl from Koine,
appiuently reportiinr on thin xatue
operation, claims that the llnliuiw
were able to retain their positioiiH
dexpite violent Attxtriaii attacks.
I'lcmli Statement
I'AIUS. May III. -The tet of the
official Hlatemeut says;
"On the lei I bank of the Meu-e a
ferocious battle took place veMcidnv
and bixt niytht between Dead Man hill
and the Mwiise. The eiieutv al the
conclusion of a hiuubaiilnicnt of un
heni'd-of violence which hud been ao
inif on for two dayx, delivered ii-imniI
ed nnd eoiicentric attacks in which
laiite numherx of men were enipl -ed,
upon our trenches east of I trail
.Man hill and on certain positions in
the xillaue of fiimicfc.
"Everywhere our troop repulsed
the enemy, who suf feted hey
n--es. NeverthelesH in the retfionx
iiutli of (aurcttes wood we were
eiimxlled to evaeuute our first line
trench. This alrendv hud been com
pletcU levelled by the bombuiduient
ui the enemy.
Clelliiaiis Successful
"Smith of fiimicreK Oenmiu at
tack deliveicd from two sides of the
illnuc were iicccst'ul in the beitin
niiiu: in driinir a- buck in the direc
tion of tin flintHiicourt station, but
a spirited counter-attack made it
imssible for us to force I he enemy
back to the outskirts of ('umicrex.
"Certain CJerman detHchinentx
which under coer of a f hud made
their way alone the Meuc as far ax
the heiitlit at the I'liattancouii sta
tion, were annihilated by our fire.
"On the right bunk of the river
there has been intermittent artillery
filfhtinir
"In I'pper 'AUaee the enemy, after
au intense preparatory artillery fire,
attacked our positions at it itoint
about laOfl yurdx east of Xeppy.
They secured a footinir in some of
our trenches, but they were at once
driven out bv our counter-attacks."
(iiinuau Statement
IIKHI.IW May 111. Herman troop
lcrutintr in the Verdun region west
of the Meue have been iieceful in
I'lealiuir the -uiillielll eininni' of
t'liinieit xill.i.'i ui the French who
Ui-ii Imlilinu mi tlir ii'. tin w .ir nl tire
alilniiiiH i il tnii.iv Ni.iiU 100 iii--
(Contlnued on pago six)
OFREVENGESTRIKES
IlKIJI.IN. M.. .1 I .1 -I M.ii-ImI
Archduke Frcdcmk. ummandci ui-ehu-t
ot the Au-ti" lliiiiuaiiaii arm
ies, iued on the annuer.uv of
tul'- deelMtattun r war auuil
Ail-tn.i an null r ui tin- da, iu which
be said:
"I'ntil a sh,nii i ii . .o it wa only
hy the ue of . .tvialorx and
our tleet that ' ' spread ter
ror and eunfii' . I' 'in terri
tory. For a W-L .' i -t had to
lu.iit iiitiiill tin hunt' nt attack
i I .1 oi t i I ' i I i - I I n - liiinr
N
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ORKUOX, WKDNKSIUY.
LATEST PORTRAIT OE
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llo ma
JH yea i
I'lvaus
siaudliiK
Catlici
fatlier'
OF IRISH TROUBLE
LONDON. Mnv III. Theie ..
hoHful feeliiiK Itnlav iu imhtn'iil en
clex reifiirding the outcome ot the
Insli iiegotinltonx. It is toihlc
that Uloyd (leorgc will make a state
ment iu the house of commons before
adioiirnment tomorrow to the eflect
that considerable proresx has been
made, hIUhiukIi the main difficulty
the exclusion of I'Ulcr ix not en
tirely removed. According to pub
lished rcporls, the provincml Irish
members of tuirliumcat ludicw that
an agreement is piadicallv certain
and that the cae ui lister will be
fully provided for.
The mirliitmeiitar eorresiMdidciits
of the provincial paer bcliew the
Irish ipiestion is in a i ci solution Mian
ix siigvexled by the London papers.
The Uhtogow lliialil umlci -taiaU
Ihut a settlement already ha been
tetiehed on n ba-i- oi a luirliameui
for uatiouulist Ireland, with I l-ter,
or a greater xul thcieof, excluded.
leaders of the two parties held a
moat harmonious mi-eiinir vestcrdav
at which, accerdini: to the Herald, the
chief point at i--uc n. settle!. The
nationalist., und (he I ' ter men shook
hands across the t.ilde ut the con
clusion of the mil mi'.'. The Man
chester (lliaidiali ajlec, thul the
lines on which 'promise can be
bused have bf-u i muki
While there t- i. oiifirmalion at
Westminster that .'ii .lureeineut Inc.
been re.iehcd, it i In ieci that an
ciiih -eltliiiii nl i- i" -ilili .
BRITISH CASUALTIES
l.oiON, mj .:i Itrltinh ias
uultleK In May weic much heavier
tlmn in either of the to preceding
monlliH The tottlM lioai .11 ft !d of
oiertlon, compiUd from puiilUh
fd liht, Ik 17H7 oftm-rii .iful ' s . 7
nuen. Th total in March. linluilinK
oftlierh unit mt u, w.i- .",tJl ,inil In
April 2t,'. I I. o
ri'leil Miss Antoinette ( arler KfmifSSSKw -JtfimwaK S3aik x
s npi. 'I'lielr sou Is dailies WSieWmSSr $HoBiamlf, iflN. i
lliiulies, .Ir., The (laimlilei-s SMotT Jf 03IHRW A vISwS J&l
are I lie .Vll.sse-, Helen anil iV' !fe.iif iwSilv' Pi rPiOTJsi
liit: HlinlK'th it slithiK in her (j yfjt ifiFftnTCiMiw l 'yg aXgvJP
s '''I' ' fcM3,S(2F jHBsM3glv3w( MfttMrs
FEEL NG i 3 AjZry
TVENTY MILLION OOLL,'R
PUBLIC BUILDING PILL,!
WASHINGTON. sLm 11 lie-pile
the objection o I'le-nlellt 'i-oii In!
public buildiui( bilj l4 nw :
jeet-, the i olinDiJle l..'ltj) alf'dil t"'
ii .i." i - i i eu. J? ii. i
.',i. f.'n ilfillllOi)
R'ir"ir X" T"nr 'i
if I I P i
MAY :J1. Ifllii
JUSTICE C. E. HUGHES AND HIS FAMILY
M N sr
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR JAMES J. HILL j
HELD AT RESIDENCE,
HT. PA1 L, Ma II. Fuueial -er-iee
for James J. Illll Were held lit
'2 o'clock thi- allei u at Mr. Hill's
Kummil avenue r idence iu the pres
ence of members of the laniilv and
friends. Thousands of ixtiple lined
the srec in the neighborhood of the
home. Com rnrv I" Ins) arrunge
meuts, the xervices al I he home were
not private, -cvcral hundred 1'iiunU
ami I'oliuer bll-llie- a--ii.ite- Iiciiik
adaiittcd.
cithers iliroiivcil 1 1"' gioumN, un
able to find stauditiu room iiulooi-.
At the eun III iiiii ot the CI'1 ie"
the lnnl mi- taken In ,iiil'Hi:nlil!e lo
North (ink-laiui, Iim mile noitliea-t
id St. I'tiul, ub re liuiinl w.i- niaile
on the shoie of I'l.-ii .iit l.ikf. Ilan
ilreiU of ailloumblle- tulluwed tile
bod to the burial place.
Al the home two Iimiiii-. "f'ud
Kindly Light" and ".la-t A- I Am.'
were suuf and the Iff- 'I'lioiiia-- J.
(Jibbon-, ia-tor o lln s. I', nil eat li
ed ral. ib-lm-ied .i -lioi t -.eimoii, lie
then lead the iiIii.h Imi'l -cm ire ol
the I '.itllolle Il hi II
C0IS UP THURSDAY
I U.s!!(,n, N I . i.. I'
ll .llnl lullli'llU inliiliil- ol ihc -ell
late pullelal's eiiinmil'ii tmliiv com
Ipleleil 'In, i ,,'H n .ml .ijain-l
I eoiiliim.ilH'ii "' '' 'ii n. it. on ol
(I.oiii- l. Mi. ii, ii' i i . i i - ipii'iiii
i court. Thc wi'l be -nbmitti'il to the
-i'ii. lie III cxcciiliM' -e mil tnliiinriw
lOEttV flEPOfiTf;OFILLMER
Q7 YUAN SHI KAI
WASHINGTON. M.i 'il. The
l hitie-e uiiiii-li r, Welliiiion Koo, to
d.iv lecencd a i abhvi am Horn I'-'
nn; .i inif the rciMiii'"'
'ic-nl'' V I
il il !.ii I urn I r.i'ii v 'i :
. -i i
;ASQUITH PLACES
QUIETUS ON PEACE
TALK FOR ALLIES
LONIMLN, Muy ill. I'remier A
iputh stated in the house of ewmmoiis
lodav in answer to a ipiestion put by
Hir Arthur It. Miirkhmii, liltrnl mem
ber for the Mansfield division of N'ot
liuuhiiiiishire, llml there wax nothing
in I he recent statement made hv I'r.
Von lUdhmnnn-llollweir. The (lermnn
uuM'iial ehaneellor indicated Ihut
IJennany was prepared lo consider
term- of M'iicc which would safe
u'uard ihc iulcrc-l- ot the entente ul-In-
and Ihc lilt lire M'llce of F.uroM'.
Sir Aitliiir'-. ipieslmn apparently
un. .l..,.'iic.l iiiiulK to -el at rest nn
'.iilHfestiiui that ll.e euleiite nlliex
weic p'epaicd to accept inter elition.
Iu iutiii.i: Ins iiiestiou he referred to
the la t llml in I he Herman replv to
the I.Hc-l Ameiicau note it wux polic
ed out (hut (lermuiit bad twice un
iiouiiecd her readine lo make
pence. t then a-ked "whether ull
iallie- were pieparcd t UMill llicm-
' selves of the amul oil x o a lit-u-
'tral slale in order lo eouimunicate to
. the lleiiaaii aiicinmenl dclinile
teim- oil whnh lhe Would be wil'ui.
(to make X'iice, plolle,l the liiimm
itfovcrnliienl weic pripand lo ih.iIm a
'the -.inn w.i and al I he same Iimi
a coliili iliiciitioii t" tin allies' dcllinli
jlertii- on wiii.h (iei'ii.inx was willing
to make
! The pi "in T H pl ' received
uitli . In. i Id I lo had n"tb-
! in- to add lo Mr Kdwaid (lre's
! -pvci Ii ol la -I WccU.
iARMOimATrTPLANT
. APPROVED BY HOUSE
' A-lllUli Mv 'I Tin-
i ... ,
piopo-al lo e-i. ii)ii-ii a m ei nun in
(ilani lor the n .iinif.i' tniiJ of armor
,,).,,, .,i ., i ..-I ..I l l.lMMI,uiHl, ii
iii,' i I i . i . li i ir house, sitlini
1 1 . ,1,, , ' in. vhuip, tjv a
so i . i ' i
( . i J a 4ln id
i . ii ,eut uH'i'Wlsiii
4 i i uMali'Ui fw
i.Minn.inm i, :. ',011.111111. I'ln- tti
,1 ,1 (Jy Q) 1 1 1 ili!n 111 11 ilml l
X0. GO
A AN A ASKS
WHYAME N
ARE IN MEXICO
New Note From De Facto Govern
ment Rcqtiosts Definite Explana
tion of Continued Presence of the
American Troops and Renews Pre
vious Request for Withdrawal.
WASHINOTO.V, May 31. A new
note from (Jeuerul Orranm nsklng
for n definite explnnntlon ot tha oon
tlnutHl pretuure of American troopn
Iu Mexico, nud renewing his provlouK
retiiioiit for their withdrnwnl, Wna
pronoutod to the itnte dupnrtmont to.
day hy Klliuo Ariundoudo, the Cnr
rania Riiilwwwilor.
The note covert twenty-olght type
written pnntMi and ckiuh In Simnlnh.
ArruiiRHimuitii will bs mndo for IU
publlcHtlon after It lifts been trnnn
lated. CHrrHuna offlclwli In Mavico
City lmd prevloimly nnnoiincftd thut
tin nnt would be given out after It
had been delivered to SSuarutury
LhimIiik.
Officials Puyzlcd
IManuel MhiiiIhi, an attache of Gtm
onil Carranwi'ii forelmi offlao, arriv
ed here Monday, but denied bringing
the note. It l now generally believ
ed Hint ho did netunlly brlnK It.
Amerlemi offlolnlx are at a lowi to
conjecture what object tho Mexican
official hero may hnve had In deny
ing IU hi-iIvhI.
General Currnuau'i new note ro
fern to the repented deolnrntloue that
the United Staton wants no wur with
Mexico nud argil ox that the with
drawal of the troop would bo tho
beet proof of that attitude on tho part
of the American governniont.
The continued preiouco ot tint pun
Llvo expedition, the note wiyt, In hnv.
lug a contrary- effect. It gw on, to
nay tlmt Cnrnium Troop lire now
nlilc both in niimliom mid ponltion to
control outUwry In northern Vxloo
and that co-operation by the Ameri
can troop in preventing the I noil r
hIoum Into the I'nlted 8tate can best
he curried on hy having the foretfK
on the American lde of the border.
It declare that had the A merlon n
troop now In Mexico tweH engaged
In patiol 011 the American aide the
(Menu Hpring and lloiiullla raldg
could have been prevented.
.Not An I'liiiiHitiiin
Btalo department official regard
the note not a au ullinuUum but aa
a continuance of the iiegotlntton
with the Carraiua government.
After delivering the note to Acting
Secretary I'olk, ICIhwo Arrendnuilo,
Oeneral Carrama'a ambaawidor hero,
admitted that It wa brought to
Washington Monday hy Manuel Mm
de, an attache ot the Carranaa far
eign office.
The gmbgaador aaid he denied the
existence of the note at that tint be-
caute he wlahed to ak hla (orelgH
office if anything had occurred to
change Ita altitude during tha tine
the note wa en route to Washing
ton. II received InatrucUoa hat
night that there had been no change
and preacnted the note tola maralng.
The note I signed hy Foreign Min
uter Aauilar Arrauuenienta will be
maile lul.-r tol il.- inihlietttlon.
I
iltlfill, SwlterUnd. May 31.
tteport have leuihed Kudich from
Komunvihorn, a SwIh town oh Lktt'
t'onatanee that u new auper-StoppetlN.
?.'o feet lonr, ha been seen waking
trial trip over the lake. The tot I
rapacity o( the airehlp 1 51.000 ankle
meter, or about double that of Xep
pclina of the earlier type.
The uew craft 1 fitted with MNi
motor-, four armed gondola, ma
chine gun. mall cannon and ap
paratus for dropping bomb and dla
iliuruliii; aerial torpetloex It weigh
forl tons, Is alilc to rise l.'i.oOO feet,
and has a lonu 1 a unf 01 action.
SUPER-ZEPPELIN
1
R ED
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
oft sALOHiKt morir
iJiMioN, Max .11. A lenlral
Nut- dip.it' f r.'id Aiiisifiil.iiii myM
ttriai 1 tiinnau 7vpelkii de rimjbjf
iit civa m tbc &itliinifci tfront,
1 ,iiu in 1 1 ttd X tv tll itfB lues aud
W ,1- 1I1 - I l" 1 d. O.
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