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MICHIGAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY
Inquiry to Follow Protest Against
Memorial Of sympathy.

ANN ARBoR, Mich. April 14.--Presi-
dent Hutchins OF the University of Michi-
gan received from Representative
CHAMPION to-day a telegram protesting
against fourteen members of the faculty
having signed In their official capacity a
memorial declaring sympathy with the
Entente Allies and against Germany.
Mr.. Champion said II was "A gross
breach Of the neutrality proclamation
issued by President Wilson" and pro-
tested against the men participating "as
professors of the University of Michi-
gan"
That the signing Of the memorial will
be Investigated by the board Of regents
was indicated by Frank h. Leland. mem
Der of that board. when the matter a
called to his attention.
81 do not believe sue a thing posi-
bic" said he. ~ can understand profess
sional men may have had their own
personal opinions as individuals, but In
n war like the present one II Is very bad
taste for college professors to sign such
a memorial AZ professors. and IL IL 10
true they have done so there will GER
tainly be an investigation of the matter"
Among the signers to the memorial
are hundreds Of prominent men OF the
United States, including Yale. Harvard.
Cornell and other college professors, The
late James b. Angel, president emeritus
OF the University Of Michigan. Is also
said to have signed II.
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TAKE MANY TRENCHES.
Russians Capture Tomb Of POpOH
Height In Galicta.

Sp.c'ai Cabie Despdtch to Tnr StN.
LONDON. April 1.-THE capture OF a
height known as the tomb of PopoN. in
Galicia. and several trenches to tn.
south is reported in the official Russian
statement which reached here tonight,
The statement is as follows:
on the western front enemy attacks
between Lakes Sventen and llzen were
repulsed. nan OF the enemy being
killed. Their wounded were left be-
hind.
The enemy artillery was active at
Lake Mjadgiol. south Of Dwinsk. at
Lake Narotch and at Smoreon one
OF our batteries brought down an
enemy aeroplane al Glubokoe
IN islicis. southeast Of Ruczacz. an
enemy attack was repulsed. Al IN"
mouth of the Sirypa River ". occupied
the height OF the tomb OF Popoit and
trenches to the south. Two enemy
counter attacks were repulsed with
great losses to the enemy. More than
100 prisoners. Including Ave officers,
were captured,
At khotine an enemy aerop.ane WAS
driven on by one OF our aeroplau"s.
An enemy aeroplsne dropped I'VE
bombs on Sioentz, splint.rs wounding
n sentry. He was rewarded by the
cya- with - Georges cross of the
fourth class.
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CRUISER DRIVEN DIFF.
Turks REPORT RrpuIse ~ Attack NJ
Darda nclles.

CoNsrASTiSoPiE. via Berlin, April IA
Tive statements issued by the Turkish
War Office to-day tell Of driving on .
cruiser N monitor at the Dardanene,
and defeating n force Of three regiment,
ments follow
ON the Caucasus front. owing to tn.
had weather. there has been no change
In the situation. In the Echoruk Vail
ley the operations assumed the charac-
ter Of unimportant battles.
On the Dardanelles front n cruiser
and "A monitor directed at intervals
from a long distance an Ineffective fire
against Ari Burnu. Attempts to open
fire at shorter rangc failed Oh account
OF the reply Of our artillery.
In the waters of smyrna "A torpedo
boat destroyer and a cruiser opened
five against the southern part OF Kues-
ten Island. They withdrew when our
artillery replied.
\ force Of Persian warriors and
Turkish detachments on tn. morning
OF April \ attacked Russian cavalry.
sornc three regiments strong. in the
vicinity NJ Sujbulak aud put it to flight
In the direction of Crumiah. other
ments.
ON April Q bandits in four larg.
barks attempted to land near Kala-
maxi. west of kush-A dassi ,to the
south OF the Turkish port OF Smyrna).
but we've forced to retreat by the fire
of our artillery.
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SEES GOOD WILL IN
END OF PACKERS CASE
Sir Edward Grey Says 1t shows
Britain's Fricndlincss
Toward L. :.
Special cob,> D,spotch 70 rur sr>.

nv '""'S bFspoftN 70 Iuf Sun
LONDON. April lA.-tpon agreement
by the Chicago packers that they will
rot In the future trade with enemies ot
the Allies, Lord Robert Cecil. the Block
ade Minister. announced to-day the en-.
tire litigation over the seizure Of 49,.
100000 worth of meat cargoes. " ned
by Chicago packing houses, has been set
tied satisfactorily to the owners.
In handing a check to Lloyd Griscom.
representative OF Schwaizschild 4 Sulz-
berger Company. Sir Edward Grey. the
Foreign Secretary, expressed his hope TO-
dag that the people OF America will ac-
cept the settlement OF the packers case
as a further evidence of Great Britain's
good will toward the United states and
of the desire that the British Government
maintain It's spirit Of justice and fairness
despite all difficulties and new problems
arising out of the condition of war.
Replying 70 the Foreign Secretary Mr..
Griscom said
Il wish 70 express my warm apprec.a-
t!on of the courtesy and fairness of the
British officials and state that the sue
cess of the settlement is largely due to
the patience and broad mindedness OF
the three English negot!ators. Lever
ton Harris. in behalf OF the Admiralty
Allen Anderson. for the Board OF Trade.
and Mr.. stock, for the Crown Office"
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TAKE AUSTRIAN POSITIONS.
Italian D~tachments Make Gains Ia
Adanse1lO Zone.

>yec,di 'able Despdtch 10 THE srN.
ROME. April 1.-THE following officia
was ISSUED by the Italian Wal
Office to-day
In the Monte Adamcllo one while "A
heavy storm was raging on April IL
our ~detachments boldly attacked the
enemy positions on the rocky crags OF
the Lobbla Alta n the Dosson di
Geneva. jutting out from he glaciers
at an altitude Of $500 meters. to.9lS
feet). On the evening of April IL We
completely carried the positions. forth
flying ourselves in them n taking
thirty-one prisoners. including one or
t.cer and one machine gun.
There was tie usual artillery activ-
ity i'm the Trentino, the Carnio zone
and the upper Fella valley.
In the Plezzo Basin on the night OF
April ~ The enemy fru!tlessly renewed
his attacks against our Ravilaz posi-
tons, but WAS repulsed.
On Mount Mrzli an enemy attack
begun yesterday morning. lasted the
whole day with varying fortune. In the
evening our troops by a vigorous
charge finally drove out the enemy
from the stubbornly contested trenches.
There was comparative calm on
the heights northwest of Goritz and on
the Carso plateau.
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WOMEN's CLOTHES CENSORED.
Rouge and Face Powder Vow
Taboo In Munich,

BERLIN. via London, April 1.-THE
war has resulted in very strict regula-
tons concerning women and children in
many of the German cities. The police
of Munich have been ordered to arrest
all women too conspicuously dressed and
to censor women's clothes.
A case is cited in the newspapers OF a
young woman. who, while on the way to
meet an officer, was halted and escorted
to II police station. There she was COM
PEELED to remove the rouge and powder
from her face.
In Leipzig boys and girls under IL
are not allowed in restaurants and
saloons unless accompanied by adults,
and they must be KEEP; OF the streets
after 10 o'clock at night, They are not
permitted in moving picture theatres ex-
cept when special programmes for chill
oren are given.
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RUSSIANS LOSE HEAVILY.
UindenburG's Troops Rrpulse At
tack In Dwinsk Region.

BERLIN. via Amsterdam. April a.
Owing to the increasing thaw In west.
ern Russia. operations in the eastern
theatre Of war have been restricted dur.
ing the last few days. The allied forces
AZ Salonica yesterday displayed consid.
cradle artillery activity. while allied
aeroplanes dropped bombs on the Bul.
garo-Teuton camps at Guevgheli and
Bogodance. No damage was done. ac.
cording to the German War Office state.
ment. which follows:
Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg Minor enemy advances
in the region of ~Garbunowka. north
west OF Dwinsk and south of Narotch
Lake. were repulsed with %sanguinary
losses.
Expeditions of Russian d~etachncnts
against the position OF the Servitche
River. north Of Zirin. held by the army
group OF Prince Leopold OF Bavaria.
were similarly unsuccessful.
Balkan t~heatre-f.ast of the Var
dar River the enemy yesterday dis
played at intervals considerable ar
tillery activity. In the course of
Wednesday night, April 1918. enemy
avia,ors dropped boinb on Guevgheli
and B~ogodance. cas- of Guevgheli,
without doing any damage.
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ENGLISH PAPERS SEE
LIKELIHOOD OF PEACE
''EcOnOmiSt" and "NatiOn''
View Recent AsQuith Speech
as COnciliatOry.

I.oNpoN. April 1.-THE iiut,eiing Of
the wings Of the dove of peace l. heard
between the lines If Premier Asquith's
recent re ply to the German Chancellor's
speech by two influential weekly news
papers. the Economist and the Nation,
both OF which have long been inclinlng
in their editorial policies toward a com.
promise between the Entente Powers and
the Central Empires to end the wa.
Francis W. Hirst, the financial expert
and editor of the Economist. assets In
an article ;hat undoubtedly Nj. As
quith's speech has brought the posi-.
bility Of a settlement near II the Ger.
man people and the German Government
are. As neutral observers declare. al.
ready in "A mood to retur 10 the comfy
OF nations
He recalls the warning of Sir Ed
ward Grey. the Foreign Secretary. that
the Continent Is menaCcd by popular
revolutions ~ the result of tine war. ana
urges that wise craftsmanship intervene.
before the masque o! anarchy super.
venes."
Tn" Nation, Iga of the advanced
Liberals, and opposed to revenge ideas"
and the permanent division of Europe
into two alliances, halls the Premicr's re-
cent u,terances as a step toward Europe's
reversion TO international usage known
a. diplomacy The Premier. this organ
argues. has responded 10 IN. German
chauccilUr's Challenge. and u IL now the
~lattel'S turn To deal with the English re-
Joinder. The paper expresses certainty
that the treaty which Germany Will ult,-
mately be asked TO sign Will embody
go. H..
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TURKS DRIVEN BACK BY .
RELIEF FORCE ON TICRLS
Compelled to Retreat One and a Half to Three Miles
British Deny Reported Slaughter of 5000
in Recent Battle.

LoNpoN April it.-Dcspite the floods
exceedingly difficult. the British relief
column has pushed back the opposing
force from one and a half miles to three
miles.
The official announcement Of the VIC
tory has don much to restore public
confidence in the eventual relief Of the
army Of Gen. T~ownshend. which has for
some months been pcnncd up at kut-
el-Amara.
Another reason for belief in the ulti-
mate success of the British attempt to
relieve the surrounded army Is the fact
that as the British forces fight their
way ncarer the flooded area diminishes.
giving place to a considerable dry plain
which must be defended by the Turks
One great obstacle In the path OF the
British army is the strongly fortified
position at Eastman. which must be cap
tured. 1t is possible. however. that
Gen. TowHshend's army may make n
sally from kut-el-Amara and thus aid
the relief column.
The Turkish announcement concerning
operations on this front merely reiterates
the fact that the British Losses in an
attack On sunday morning were 5000
dead. Lieut. -t;cn. Sir Percy Lake, in
command OF the British forces in Meso-
potamla. has already denied that the
British lost anything like 5000 men.
The official British announcement is
as follows:
Lieut. -Gen. Lake reports that on the
afternoon OF April II our forces on
the right bank Of the Tigris forced
back the enemy's advanced line over
n distance varying from one and "A
nail to three miles. To do this they
mad TO cross an inundated bel, in
tersected by deep cuts from 500 to
Loo yards wide. extending from the
Tigrls 10 the Cmm -el-Brahm marsh.
IN the left bank water from the
marshes has been driven by a north
west gale into some of the encmy's
trenches at ~Sannayyat. The enemy
was heavily punished as he took
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URGES SPAIN TO ACTION.
Lawyer Wants Neutrais 10 Move
Against Germany.

MADRID. April 1.-THE President of
the Council OF Ministers has received a
letter concerning the Sussex disaster, in
which Senior G%renados. the composer, and
his wife were killed, from Amedio Rur-
tado, "A recognized authority on intcrmu-
tlonal law. In which 1t is urged that
Spain take the initiative in calling fu'
joint action against "thc Illegal system
which has such disastrous consequences
for all n%eutrnls." He says
1.-THE wa'ships OF the allied nations
are kept busy protecting their merchant
marine and that of ncutrals. Germany
has no merchant ships now at sea and
her warships are engaged IN war service.
while German merchant Ships u;c pro
tccted by internment IN neutral ports
throughout the world. 1t is Inconsistent
with n~eutrafity. and II German mcr-
chant ships continue to nave protection
In neutral ports neutrals should demand
Of the Germans the protection of their
citizens and merchantmen"
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BRITISH BARK DESTROYED.
\ n,rrican Among survivors Of
SunL-u NcsacI's Crew.
Special Co6Ie Dt,p,fch 10 Tur srS

LoNpoN, April 1.-THE captain and
eleven men Of TIA. crew OF the British
bark InIrrly Oh were landed AT Queens
town to-day. The bark was sunk by a
submarine ON Tuesday. William Ross,
an American. was one o: the survivors
Of the crew. The survivors were in the
boats for thir,y-five hours In terrific
weather before they We're rescued. The
chief officer and eleven men Of the
crew are missing.
The Inverlyon. Il bark Of l,6>' tons.
was on the way from Portland. ore 4,
to French ports.
Thu sinking OF three British steam
ships by submarines was reported to-
day. The Orlock Head, 1.ls6 tons. was
iorpedoed in the western Mediterranean
Her crew has been landed. The vessel
was unarmed.
The Angus. 2.32o tons. was torpedoed,
also in the Mediterranean. Twcnty-siX
men OF her crew have been landed at
Barcelona. Others are missing sixteen
members Of the crew OF the British
steamship Chic. 1925 tons, have been
landed at Queenstown. Seven are miss
ing. The vessel was unarmed and was
torpedoed.
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BERLIN PRESS VIEWS.
Count Won NcVentIOw writes Of
..Drun, Fire Of Notes"

BERLIN, via amsterdam, April 10
,Saturday).-'Drum fire of notes on
Berlin Is the new phrase coined by
Count III Revsntlow N the Tdgcs:citun0
in connection with the German reply
to Washington's inquiries about the at
tack on the Sussex and the sinking
OF four merchantmen. The Count la
m.nts thai he cannot speak his mind
openly on the new controversy because
OF the c~ensorhip's "muzzle,' II" also
complains that the German Govern
ernment has not made public the four
American notes Of inquiry so as to
give the public "A co,nplct" picture of
the questions at issue.
The majority OF the newspapers while
r-fraining from going into details eN-
press qualification Over the German
reply. hailing II as Il step toward an
understanding with the American Gov
The German note IT, char
understanding with the American
Government. The German note is
characterized as simple" honest"
straightforward" II friendly by
the various organs.
Reventlow syas We must try 10 bear
the intervening days with restraint
adding that no forecast can be made
OF the wa IN which IN. German i.plS
IL received by Washington Whenever
enemy "m-Ichaltmcn ~" sum- ia thu
North Sea, h. says. America considers
a .lrumfr. OF notes on Berlin promising
of success
The IOSssch. /'ittH1 emphasizes the
,ietman ofcr to refer in. questions ~
issue to The Hague and asserts hat Ger
many can await further developments
with "A clear conscience. calmucss and
confidence
Capt. Persius in the Td1.bldft JuetIh.s
the sinking of the Berwiuda!e, English
man and Eagle Point on the ground that
the steamers tried TO escape and points
out that the submarines gave those
board time To take To boats before tor
pedoing the vessels
~ to the Sussex and the Manchester
Engineer. he declares that 'only on the
basis 81 more exact data from the side
of the accusers can IL he ascertalncd II
ON. of our submarines was involved w..
point to the difficulties of submarine
duty and hints that the sinking OF "a"
SUSSEX. Il IN, to an und'rs"t craft,
ma, have been cN,usahl..
1T almost takes a suprrindn nowadays
to to.pedo a ship. he concludes, ANA 10
present circumstances to carry ont "A tor
pedoins tina is completely above re-
sroa"h,
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has ended hrc.t In d~,,,o,po,ic r.,a.
lions uo,id eps,,e iumodi.teIv
A Significant feature of J;crmapy's
note. which has not escaped the atten-
ton OF President Wilson or Secretary
Lansing, il he fact that reports from
German submarine commanders them
selves seem TO show that no care il
being taken by them to guarantee
against attacks which might involve the
United States and Germany. Tn sub
marine commander who torpedoed the
Sussex or unknown steamer" as he
calls II, admits in his report that he did
not know the character Of the steamer
he was attacking. lie thought II was
a mine layer. but officials here point out
that II might have been n ship with Sow
eral hundred Americans on board or
might even have been an American ship
President Wilson can see no evidence
In the Sussex case that his previous rep
reservations to Germany hav. made the
slightest difference In the practices OF
the submarine commanders. Apparently,
II is said. the pledges which
has given to the United states regarding
tho SINKING ~ .hi,, ,.i,hou, vurniuy
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WILSON COMPLETES NOTE
TO BERLIN; RUPTURE SEEN

survivor of the Sussex to land here.
Edward II. Huxley. president Of the
United States Rubber Export Company.
Limited. of 1890 Broadway. who has a
letter written to the company's London
manager. Francis H. Drake. by Capt.
Thomas Carroll. British army embarka-
ton officer at B%oul0gne.
In this letter Capt. Carroll says the
'poor Sussex Ia In The petit harbor che
inner basin of Boulogne). 200 yards
from my office. Yesterday six bodies
were recovered from the %wrcCkagc.
Many grucsome hnds are being made. \
piece Of the torpedo's cylinder was
taken from a woman's stomach and was
shown to me by the marine command
ant"
This fragment. II Is said. is in the
mail pouch that has arrived in Washing
ton.
Mr.. Huxley said hc had seen a piece
of the bronze taken from the wreckage
that the British authorities assert was
a part of the German torpedo. II is
about the size of u an's hand and
slightly curved and shattered on the
edges. Photographs of his fragment
also were In the Embassy pouch.
Mr.. Huxley repeated his story given
To the American Embassy at London
lie. did not see tho submarine or the
WINE W " 'oTIe'V w. W' Was w w
deck aft Of the aide of the ship opposite
10 that which "a torpedoed. The eN-
plosion occurred about in midchanneI
and the whole forward part Of the Sus-
sex was blown away and sank. or the
six l~ifchoats. all lcaky. only two were
swung out on the davits ready for
launching. The first boat lowered cap
sized when II struck the water and all
save five Of its occupants were drowned.
The five survivors swan to the floating
half of the Sussex and were hauled
aboard.
In disproof ~ the German contention
that one OF her submarines %torp"doed "A
vessel In the vicinity of tho Sussex at
the time she was hit. Mr., Huxley sf~l
that from the moment she left Follr-
Stone for Dieppc until the arrival OF "A
French trawler NJ II Is NJ night
there was not "A vessel of any sort on
III" horizon. The rest ~ Mr.. HuNl.y's
story was published in TnE SrN just
after the attack OF the Sussex.
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IDENTIFIES L BOAT.


PARIS. April 1.-THE Information on
tanned by the French Government con-
corning the name of the commander ana
number of the submarine which torpe-
decd the cross-chai,nel steamship sussex
has been communicated To the American
Embassy and also TO representatives OF
the other Governments concerned.
The statements of the commander ana
crew of a German submarine sunk on
April ). which confirm the details
learned by the French Government, also
have been communicated to the Amer
lean Embassy.
TIE Information was sent privately
to the embassy ana was not made public
by the Ministry of Marine because II is
understood that the American Govern
ment does not wish the details revealed
AT present and also to afford Germany
an opportunity to answer the French
statement that even the name of the
commander of the submarine is known.
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JAIL FOR SCOTTISH EDITORS.
Men Of Nv Orker's' stan
Convicted 81 SedittOn.

EpINBuRGH, April lA.--Three men were
sentenced to prison to-day for their con-
nection with the recent strike OF mum
ton workers on the Clyde.
On a charge OF publishing seditious
articles william Gallagher. chairman OF
the clyde workers committee, and John
w. NJ. Muir, editor OF the Worker. the
magazine Of the committee. each received
a year in prison. Walter Bell. business
manager OF the magazine, was sentenced
to three months in prison.
In imposing the sentence Lord Justice
General S~trathclyde said that he would
have sentenced the men to penal servi-
tude had they not a~pologized n
promised to obey the law In the future.
A sentence Of "three years penal servi-
tude WAS imposed yesterday on John
M~aciean, a former teacher. who was
convicted OF similar offences.
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BRITISH RAID TRENCHES.
Kin Germans Near Lens-Mtne
Fighting NJ V~erm~lIes.

Spec,1i table Despatch 10 The SrS.
LoSnoN, April 1.-THE following re.
port from British headquarters in France
~. issued tonight by the official press
bureau:
Exploding mines east OF Vermelles
Yesterday evening. w did considerable
damage to the enemy's position and
d,"H a heavy. but ineffective artillery
reply.
Early this morning our artillery car
YDed out a successful bombardment OF
tho nelghborhood Of Souchez.
During the night a small party
ra.ded the German front line trenches
northwest of Lens and killed some OF
the occupants before Withdraw wing on
tho completion of their mission.