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Show I St. Louis Escorted I by Destroyers B Probably Owing to Presence on Doard H' ' American Liner of D. A. Thomas, j a British Capitalist 1 New York, July r, Tlic American BJ no steamer St. Lou a arrived here m- today from Liverpool. She was es- m, corted down tho English channel by B'i two torpedo boat destroyers to u ills- H; tanco west of Pautit's Hock, proba- Bj bly owing to tho presence on. board Bj of Mr. D. A. Thomas, tho Urltlsh B'j capitalist and coal operator. Thomas Bi comes hero to supervise and expedite Bj tho production of munitions for t!io H; miles. B; Tho two destroyers remained with Bl I tho St. Louis two days and nights, B U was said, and d.d not leave her till H; the war zone was cleared. B When the St. Louis docked here B Mr. Thomas was met at tho pier by B Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, tho Urltlsh am- B; ! bassndor to tho United States nnd B ( Willard D. Straight of tho firm of J. B J'. Morgan & Co. Mr. Thomas was B accompanied on tho trip across by B his wife, his nleco, Miss Jameson, his m secretary, It. II. Carr, nnd two bust- B' ncss associates, V. Lloyd-Owen n- d ; K. H. Mahon. Ono of Mr. Morgans B yachts Its namo not distinguishable B through tho pouring rain, lay close 1 to tho pier already to tako Mr. Thorn- B ns and bis party aboard. B -I ),avo como to America prepared B. for an Indcnnlto stny." Mr. Thomas B said. "I may stay till tho end of tho B war and I don't know how long t'm.t B will bo. It looks as If tho war nilpbt B last a long time. Hut no matter how B long It lasts thcro can bo but ono B ending Germany must ho defeated B and w'" l)0, B "My business In tho United States B and Canada I expect to go to Cana- B da very soon Is to cooperato with B Mr. Morgan's firm and firms In Cun- B nda in tho purchaso of munitions of B war for England. In this connection B I want to say that thcro has heen no- B criticism of tho manner In which Mor- B gan has fulfilled his contracts. What B criticism thcro was has heen In Can- B nda and to tho effect that Canada B had not been favored so much In tho B award of contracts as tho United m States." B Air. Thomas said ho did not caro B to commont on tho latter subjee.- B His immedlato plans, he added, wcro B not yet rlpo for publication, but om- H braced a trip of Canada within the H near future B News of tho attempt to assi-iiiin.ito B J. T. Morgan had been receive! on H hoard tho ship. B "It gavo us all a feeling .t ior- B vousness," Mr. Thomas said. |