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1. i, .j - - - 20 Pages Today TWO SECTIONS T weather ; ; jjM 7 r"- - I - ' - .SjC" ., , , g VOL. XCVm-NO. 59 , Til.. Sk"- X. IliMINGTOlSr, C, SUSTDAX-MOBNIIa, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 39,589 1 FRENCH AND BRITISH MAKE SOME, : G THE WESTERN FRONT Germans, After Advancing in Le Mort Homme Region, Forced to Retreat in Disorder. ALSO LOSE IN CHAMPAGNE VIFI.a 'Claw ! C!MAtMM ful Attacks Against Italians in Southern Tyrol. WILL NOT PERU WOMEN 10 PREACH ANRTUPP MRTP AM niiu 1 1 1 1 1 1 iiuil un ' m Mi imm - a BUKUtKllUAIIUH BRITISH CAPTURE CRATER Numerous Air Raids Have Recent ly Marked the Warfare. Efforts in This Direction Voted - Down by the Southern Pres byterian Assembly. DEBATE LASTS FIVE HOURS Status- of Women as Deaconesses to be Determined Monday Action on Oglethorpe University Post- poned Another Year. Infantry attacks by the Ger mans in the Verdun region ; the French gains in Champagne a British success on' the Vimy.ridge, and further successful onslaughts by the Austrians in the Southern Tyrol are chronicled in the latest official communications. After a period of inactivity, by the infantry around Verdun, the German foot soldiers have been hurled against the entire French line in the Le Mort Homme region. East of Le Mort Homme the Ger mans penetrated the first French lines, but were driven out with se rious losses. To the west and on the northern slopes of Le Mort Homme, the Germans occupied a portion of a French - advanced trench. Under a violent fire by ported to have retreated from the position in disorder. Artillery continues active in ' the other sec tors about Verdun. - - French Clear German Trench. The French have cleared a German trench in Champagne, by a surprise at tack. All the occupants of the trench are reported either to have been killed or captured. Further north the British have with stood two German thrusts" in the re gions of Loos and Wiletje and the Royal North Lancashires have recap tured a crater on the Vimy ridge, the Bcene of much hard fighting in the last few days. The crater was captured by the Germans on May 18. ; In the Argronne heavy losses were in flicted upon the French in a German patrol raid which was successfully carried out. - Numerous air raids have marked the warfare. German seaplanes raided the east coast of England but did little damage, the report declares There was only one fatality. A German at tack on camps and military establish ments in Northern France and south Aestern Belgium did extensive damage. The casualties from this raid, reported by Paris, total well toward 56 persons being killed in Dunkirk and Bergues, and nearly 40 injured. The French de clare that Ave hostile machines were brought down in six-, engagements, while an equal number' of aerial vie tims is claimed by the Germans. Further Success for Austrians. In Tyrol the Austrians have follow ed up their successes by compelling iian.an forces to evacuate the Col Sant". southeast of Roverto and west of Monte Maggio, the extremity of their previous advance. According to the Austrian official statement. Italian pris oners so far captured total more than 13.0on officers and men. One hundred anl seven suns also have been taken. Emperor William, telegrams receiv ($ 'n Amsterdam from, Berlin say, has returned to Berlin to take a hand in he ministerial crisis brought about by the resignations of Dr. Clemens Del Brueck, the minister of the interior, and Baron von . Schorlemer, the Prus- May Propose Framing: Definite ' Protocol Along Lines of the Scott-Obregon Agreement. FRIENDLINESS INCREASING Mexican Officials Feel Critical Stage Has Passed De Facto Troops Co-Operating. Orlando. Fla.. May 20. Efforts to further the interest of women to the extent that they would be . allowed to preach in Presbyterian churches failed here today after a five-hour debate at the General Assembly of J:he Southern Presbyterian church in the , United States. The status of women as dea conesses was not determined, that part of the report having been deferred un til Monday. Interest was keen during today's discussion,-which ended in the vote of 132 to 80 in favor of allowing the status of women as regards preach ing to remain as it is. 1 Debate is Limited. , The proposal to limit debate brought a severe protest from Dr. G. F. Back burn, of Columbia, Si C, who said that the assembly was "facing one of the greatest questions that can come be fore any Presbyterian body and to talk about limiting debate on this subject is folly." ' A time limit of 10 minute speeches was voted, however. The vote upheld the majority report of the committee to which the question had been referred. A minority report favored, allowing women to preach. . lt.'was decided today to divide the King care of mission debt Apportioned Among States, With Hope to Raise Balance With in Two Months. WARM AND LONG DEBATES More "Insurgency" was Apparent Among Members of Convention at Asheville Yesterday. Washington, May 20. The State De partment was officially advised today that it might expect soon a new note from General Carranza regarding the border situation, indications are that it will ye of a friendly character and it is thought possible General Car ranza may propose the framing of a definite understanding along the liifs of the unwritten agreement reached by the military conference at El Paso be tween Generals Scott. Funston and Obregon. Should this forecast be borne out the delicate situation . createa y Gen erai Carranza's request for the with drawal of the American expedition would be a closed incident. ; More FriendlinetM Shown. Special Agent Rogers, at ' Mexico City, reported today that the attitude of officials of the Carranza government had undergone a decided change, within the last few days. There were ev idences in many quarters, he said, of in creasing friendliness toward the United States, which officials here believe is directly due to General Obregon s re port of his, discussion with the Ameri can chief of staff and border commander. Mr. Rogers reported that Mexican officials, now fet that the critical stage resulting from the Columbus raid had passed, and said tension . was greatly relieved in the Carranza capital. The determination . of the . Carranza cnvrnment to re-onen diplomatic ne gotiations for a formal- protocol prob ably explains its delay- iiv; instructing PRESIDENT WIESON GREETED BY THtimMDSW ( 77 THEME OF WORLD PEACE HisffliKainn intn four sublects. the ma jority and minority reports on the Eliseo ; Arrendondo, . -its are4fchiCft over tne honest : mati."- and tresiaen urrow i request for withdrawal wnicn nas ueere auestiori- oX St andf 'minority " reports on the - status of deaconesses. .The first to be taken up was the minority, report on women in the pulpits submitted by the V Rev. James L Vance, of Nashville. .. Substitute Adopted., 4 . The Rev. Neat L. Anderson,' of Winston-Salem, N.C., offered this substi tute for the part of the report under dicussion and it was adopted as a law of the church: . "Inasmuch as the public preaching of the Gospel is a branch of -the min isterial office, to the authorization or which ordination- of licensure is resi dential and inasmuch as the inspired scripture as interpreted by our stan dards, now herer in the case .of women, does not sanction such a solemnity, but on the contrary does clearly prohibit It, this assembly does, therefore, de clare the assumption of this sacred office by women to be opposed to the advancement of true piety andto the promotion of the peace of the church .--Continued on rage iz.j haiii as n senarate Question. -Mr. Arredondo asked for such- instructrOlrt immediately after .the border conier- ence. adjourned. , 5 . - r - M General .Carranza - apparently preier now to bring the protocol discussion up again on his own motion. The only step taken toward a continuation through, diplomatic agencies- j. t.u discussions at El Paso as suggested by the conferees, has been Mr. Arredondo s request for instructions. - The State De partment has made no move in that direction and so far as is known has contemplated none. ' Since General Scott's return with a full report on the conference. State De- nfffrinia have expressed great fJCtl tilH." . v - A satisfaction over tne resuiw no avwm plished. -L - Obrerm' Ortlero tseinv kxct5. n.np.rni Obresron's orders to General Trevino to begin clearing up the ter ritory south of the American roroes v-. (Continued on jrage nmp.j , INCOME TAX DODGERS MUST OBEY THE LAW Attempted Frauds and Evasions Have Been Frustrated. Sum Totalling $8,380,185, in Addition to' Incorrect Returns, Will be Coi lected by th Treasury Department. eian minister of agriculture. HAS EXGLAND SANCTIONED PASSAGE OF GERMAN DYESf Lndon Morning Post Criticises Relax ing of British Blockade. Washington,. May. 20. Attempted frauds and evasions of the Income tax law, aggregating $8,380,185, have beert frustrated by the Treasury Department, it was announced tonight, during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. The $8,380,185 has been added to the incorrect returns,- assessed against the delinquent corporations and individuals and will be collected. More.than 80,000 Individual and corporation returns have yet to be examined before the total of the amount withheld can be ascertained Ascents of the Internal Revenue Bu reau have for months investigated all income- tax returns, and will continue until every" one for the past fiscal year . - rrT t.i...TAe.4.tn.A !Avi fa nas Deen vermeil. iuc mtcouEoiivu i said to have "disclosed that corpora tions have' been greater" 'off enders than individuals. . Corporations, thus far ex amined are said to have failed to de clare their correct taxes to the extent Of. $5,034,026, while individuals failed by $3,346,159.. . ' - - 1 The general method of -making In correct eturns,. it Is said,4 has been' to pad expense items, which are deducted from 'gross receipts, to determine the net income. ' Few corporations or indi viduals, it isi said, underestimated their gross income. Many are said o have ! added tens of thousands oi aonars their Items of expense Few, It Is be lieved, succeeded in - covering up the real returns by this method. , In a statement Issued by the Treas ury Department tonight; It was an- Dfrsnns j s,i i. i..n ,a income tax receiots would Fin- tornado is reported to have swept yield $110,000,000 during the fiscaLyear. astern Colorado Th tnrno nf Vnrt A nnrrtTrlmatelV $11,000,00 It IS eSti- London, May 21. Great Britain's ac "on m consenting to relax her block afle ordr and permit the safe passage .r la,"00. tons of dye stuffs from Ger many to the United States is strongly -TO-lemiied in an editorial In the -fnine- Pnct v, - . tur ?ives an advantage to mariufac rers of neutral powers over our own "fcnufacfurers." ' Asheville, N. C, May 20. It was an nounced at tonight's session of the Southern Baptist Convention that the remainder of the" fund to meet the $180,000 debt of the Foreign Mission Board had been apportioned among the states in such a manner that it was hoped the sum of approximately $90,- noft necessary to complete the fund would be raised within two months, Taking , up miscellaneous bustness, the convention, which at the present session had voted down a proposition to join with other Protestant denomi nations in union missionary work, to night voted not to Join other denomi nations in maintaining a school in Shanghai, China, for children of Protes tant missionaries in that country. The decision came after nearly two hours of debate, during which P.ev. Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Knoxville, Tenn., who favored the union school, declared that "there's too much of tweedle-de-. dum and tweedle-de-dee in the time we sometimes take for our discussions. , firies of "Question!" "Question!" fre quently Interrupted the debate, but. it had continued for two hours before President Burrows begged the conven tion not to' "imitate the Epheslans," and suggested that if a vote was want ed some one move the previous ques tion, -r That motion was adopted and the un ion school proposition then was voted down by an aye and no vote.' DMerfcs 1 Severe Rebuke." - At 6n time during the debate a ref- SHIPPING BILL PASSES HOUSE BY PARTY VOTE Appropriates $50,000,000 for Pur chase of Merchant Ships. Measure ia Paaaed by Vote of 211 , to 181Provide for Shipping Board. Merchant Veel Naval Aw . iliariea in War Time. --'though the German ambassador at crntnSt0n n APril 2. ln a note to retary Lansing, said Germany had th r-d to Permlt the exportation to lted States of 15.000 tons of dye 01 -e ,r?A tl t sanctioned the passage s through the British lines. . "Hfonville. Neb.. May 20. A tor tr !as.sed east of here tonights Sev- Washington, May. 20, The adminis tration shipping , bill. : appropriating $50,000,000 for purchase of merchant ships by the Federal government -with a view to providing an adequate mer chant marine, passed the House -today by a party vote. It now goes to the Senate, where a combination of Dem ocrats and Republicans defeated a sim ilar measure a year ago. . 5 The House passed the bill 211;,tO -lfrl, only two Democrats voting against it. Nine Republicans, three Progressives and one independent voted, favorably and eleven- members voted "present." Republican leaders who during several days of debate made more than a hun dred futile -efforts to amend the meas ure and who delayed a vote yesterday by a filibuster, offered no' further re sistence today. : .- - w, . . : vpssels nurchased under the bill and not re-sold, leased or chartered to pri vate interests would .be operated .'by a shipping- board until five -years after th. Mose of the European , war when the board woum - uy. uovv7 whatever ships it might; have on hand. . The board itself would continue in ex- j istence. preventing discriminations against shippers, maintaining ,iair rates and preventing combinations. The bill also, provides for use of all vessels In the merchant marine as aux iliaries to the nayy; i time of war; re gardless ; of . whether the government has sold, them outright, leased or char tered them. , - - ' ' ' ': Secretary McAdoo, of -the Treaaur, Issued a statement -r .tohtgnt character-: izing the biU as "one of the most . lm portanUpieces of constl-iictive legisla Hon for the- commerce and prosperity of -this country, that: possibly could 1 declared "the brother -who made that remark deserve , a - sever rebuke. H. F. Buckner, a returned mission? ary from Cbinai waa speaking at the" tim . and - had : made ?a: statement In which -he referred; to having, heard of efforts being made rto 'manage men. Convention, .delegates afterward said he referred to missionaries by the word "men" The statement had no sooner been made than from the" convention floor came V request to a'sk a question of the speaker. Buckner granted It, and he was asked if .he would "say whether he eot his information about efforts to "manage nien", from officers or others of the Foreign Mission uoaro. "I declineto answer that question, Ruckner reDlied. ' . . . "If you are an honest man, you'll answer it." retorted bis interrupter, who was'' sitting rather far back In the hall and whose name was not called "I'm an honest man; but still decline to answer the question, , Buckner be gan, when President" Burrows rapped for order and made his -remarks re garding the "rebuke." - Dr. John E.. White . Speaks. ' Rv. Dr. John E. White, of Anderson, S. C spoke against the union school oroDositlon. giving as one reason that it would foment the discord already "lamentably evident among our mis sionarles in China;' In another part of his speech -he denounced a propo sition as "buncombe," "This is Buncombe county," shouted a voice from the convention, referring to the county in which Asheville is sit uated. - - - , . , Far MiMion School in Shanghai. Recommendation to appropriate $1, 000 annually' for the central mission school: at Shanghal: was made in the form of a majority, report signed by Rylartd Knight,,, of Clarksvllle, .Tennj iR, J. Bateman, or Troy, Aia.; uana xer-t ry. Of Hot Springs, Arn., ana i. v. Nealof San Antonio, Texas. The oth er member ; Of the committee, ; W. . M, Wood, of Maryfleldi Ky., offered a mi nority report r recommena.ng tnat tne convention refuse to join; in the school movement. , ; , The minority report, :. which , was adonted. entered Into lengthy reasons for refusing" f to Join the union school movement and said .Southern Baptists are- "not winrasr. to ener ; into, any al liance, thai; might now. or hereafter.-be an entering wedge; for .-co-operative work in our missionary, and education al field' :?'J. i. ) V , . It also recommended .that if neces sary an. Increased allowance be made "for- each . child - .of all-'" missionaries allkeVand that the selection of the edu cational . Institution ,be a responsibility of - the parent and not . of thls conven- tlon' ; . . . . . - .-' - ' ' The convention adjourned tonight un til. Monday morning -and it was expect -j ed to adjourn finally Monday afternoon. Visiting Baptist , .preachers t will fill local . pulpits morrow, - Memorial ser-; vices are planned tomorrow in . honor - (Continued on Page Ten.) c : . ,- - - . .- .. ; Walked Over Davidson College Campus Yesterday j 1 1 al -M I '''I i. IllBHHiHB SL "HI I AM. -mmmmm .. . . "". 'THE PRESIDENT 'AND-MRS. WILSON. President Wilson s - i Charlotte Charlotte Was, Yesterday Host f or the First Time to a Demo cratic President. HE GETS GREAT APPLAUSE Military and Industrial Prepar edness" Parade Reviewed by the Chief Executive. VISITS DAVIDSON COLLEGE Significance is Attached to His Address on Peace. Full Text of Address Yesterday at THE DAY IN CONGRESS : SENATE ' . Met at 11 A. M. " ' Resumed debate on Rivers and Harr bors bill. . , - - Recessed at 2 P. M to 11 A: M. Mon day.' 1 ' f : HOUSE . ' ' Met .at 11 -A M. 1 Passed shipping bill.' . . Adopted Conference report on' Army increase MIL' 'n ' Li.. ResjTmed . consideration, -.of r Porto "R i na ft civil- rnvernment bill. . - Adjourned at 4:42 P. M. tOrll A. 'M. Charlotte, N. C, May 20. The full text ' of President, Wilson's, speech; on theoccaslon of the celebration of the 141st 'anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg . Declaration of Indepen dence here today follows: "It Is with ', unaffected pleasure that I flhd myself In . the presence of this Interesting company today, for I havei come back for a visit all too. brief to a region-very. familiar to my heart and the greeting: of ?whose people is pecul iarly welcome-to me, - .'--'. "I do not know my fellow, citizens, whether" 1 can 'interpret "for you' today the spirit of this occasion, 'hut' It is ne cessary when-we get.together in-celebrations like this to take counsel to gether, with regard, to "just "what it is that we -.wish to celebrate. You will saytwe wish to celebrate the memories of ' ihit time to which '. we 'Ibo'lc back with such pride, when our fathers with singular wisdom of counsel and stoutness- of heart undertook to set up an independent, nation on this side of the' water; but it is very much more im portant that ' we should - remind our selves of the elements with which our forefathers', dealt. There ' were V only three million : citizens in , that original United' States "of America: Now" there are'one . hundred million, It Is a long cry hack" t'othose" modest beginnings; a great' period of time,- hot only, but a great period of -profound change, sep aratees ' us from : that time, and yet I would remind-you that i the same ele ment were, present then that are pres ent . . . V Always in-,Proce of Making. "What Interests my - thoughts more than anything-, else about ..the United states is that-. It Vhas . always been In process of being made over since,-that little beginning, and ihat there have always Deen ine bh-iikj ciciuwiw process. - At the,outset there, was at the'' heart of the men who; led the movement i- for independence a very high and handsome passion-f or human liberty and-free jlnstitutibns.i And yet there lay . before tnem.a great, conn neht which it-was necessary to subdue to the tises of ' clvliratation, if they were going- to build upon It a greatstate aniottfit the family of nations.",: ' . " "I heard, a-preacher once point out the'. very interesting circumstance that our -tord's prayer begins with the pe tition for "Our daily bread from;which he Mrew the inference' that ? It is ver"y difficult " to-worship God on, an -empty stomachy and that the; material foundat ions of our: life are' the flfst'-foundations What-' I ; want to cair - your at-tentfon-" to- is that this -country ever since that time has "devoted i practically aU rOf -ita attention perhaps too much of Its attention, to, the material feun button of its llfe:to subdulngithls con- I tinnt to the uses of the nation ald to the building up of a great body of wealth and material power. America Not Matchless. "I : find some men who -when they think of America,' do not think of any thing else but that. But, my friends, there have been 'other -nations just as rich, and just as powerful in compari son with the-: other j nations of the world as the United -States is, and it Is a great deal ' more - important that we, should deem; what, we- are going to do with' our power than that-we should possess It. , ..''...-' " "You must, remember, therefore, the elements with -which we are dealing. Sometimes those .of us who .were born in this .part of ; the country persuade ourselves that this' is the; characteristic part of America. . Here more than any m where else has been preserved a great part of the . original stock which set tled, this -country, -, particularly that portion of the. stock, which came from the British Isles (I am not meaning to exclude. Ireland),, and then I find a great many of my friends who live in New . England imagining that the his tory. of this country Is merely the his tory of the expansion of New England and ' that Plymouth Rock lies, at the foundation ; of -our institutions. As a matter of . fact,.. - my .fellow citizens, however mortifying, it may be to them, America did not come out of the South, and it did.not.come out of New Eng land. "The characteristic part -of Amer ica originated In the Middle States, of New "York ,and , Pennsylvania and New Jersey, because, there, from - the first was r a. mixture of populations, that mixture 'of. racial' stocks, that .mixture of antecedents which4s; the most singular- and -distinguished mark of the United States. - - Made U o Air the Nations. . The most singular fact, about this great nation which we represent is that. it is made up: out of all the nations of the, world. I. dare say-Hhat ,the men who came to America then and the men who have come "to America since, came with a single, purpose; ' sharing some part of the passion "for human liberty which . - characterized; the-' ' men who founded, the republic, but they came with. all sorts of blood in their veins all. sdrts. of . antecedents behind them, all sorts of traditions in 'their family, and "national life, and America has had to serve as a melting pot for all these diversified and contrasted ele ments." "What kind of fire of pure pas sion '"r-.arei - you.; going to keep burning under the pot in order that the mixture that comes out : may be purged of its dross and may be the fine gold of un tainted Americanism? That is thJ problem. - - - "I want tp call your attention to an other' picture America has always been in the making and had to be madfc and while we were In the midst of thl; process apparently at the acme and crisis of this process while this trave! of soul ' and fermentation - of element was at -its height, came this great ca tacylsm of European war. and almost (Continued on Page two.) ' Charlotte, N. C;, May 20. President "Wilson, speaking on world peace, before a crowd of one hundred thousand people here to day, declared that it. is an inter esting circumstance that the pro cesses of the war stand still ' ' and that 'these hot things that are in contact with each other do not make much progress against each other." He added that "when you Cannot overcome, you must take counsel.'' 1 The President plainly spoke guardedly, when mentioning peace in Europe, but most of his hearers saw a plain suggestion in ' his words. , He intimated plainly that not much progress was being made and that the objects being sought by the European .: nations could be -achieved betteV-through peaceful means.': .- ' : v Slgnlflcane of' Hts Word. The President's' words on peace wtM given significance by his hearers in view of the recent discussion of the possibility of ending the European war He said that "in America we have tried to set the example of bringing all he world together upon terms of liberty and co-operation and peace, and ln that great , experience that we have been going, through America has been a sort of prophetic sample of mankind." "I would like," declared the Presi dent, "to think that the spirit of this occasion cquld be expressed if we im agined ourselves lifting some sacred emblem, of counsel -and of peace, of ac commodation and righteous judgment, before the nations Of the world and reminded vthem of that passage ' in Scripture:; "After the wind, after the earthquake, after the fire, the still small voice of humanity." The President sketched briefly his Idea. .of. what will follow the European war, which it is understood he will elaborate more at length ln an: ad dress -he will deliver next week In Washington before the League to En force Peace, of, which former President Taft is president.-. He said that "what you see taking place on the other side of the water is the tremendous I had about said . final process by whicnT a contest of elements may in God's proc ess be turned into a co-ordination and" co-operation of elements." Reviews Long Parade. ; The President's address was enthu siastically applauded by a crowd gath ered from several states to celebrate the 141st anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence. Before" speaking he reviewed a long military and industrial "prepar edness" parade; and afterwards he was the guest of honor at a large luncheon and went by -'automobile to Davidson College, 20 miles away, where he once was a student. He left tonight for Washington, where he will arrive eay tomorrow morning. He was accompa nied by Mrs. Wilson, Secretary Dan iels, Secretary Tumulty; Dr. Cary T. Grayson, his naval aide; Senator Over man and Representative Webb. The re ception committee Included Governore Craig ,of North Carolina, and Manning of South Carolina, and Mayor Klrk patrlck, of Charlotte. , Need of "Untainted Americanism." The President spoke of the need Of "untainted Americanism" and declared that the European war Is a competition of national standards, of national tra ditions, and of national pollcies po litical systems. "Europe has grap pled in war," he said, "as we have grappled in peace to see what is going to be done with these things when they come into hot contact - with one an other''1 ': - ' Charlotte was ablaze with American flags - and packed with people for he first occasion"' on which r a .Democratic President, has spoken' here. Military bands were scattered through the town and played martial music constantly. The people cheered from -every house top and "window along the route takh by him In his rides about the city. He was Introduced at the open air meeting by Governor Craig, of North Carolina. '- Visits Old College Room. At Davidson College the President went' to the 'room occupied by hlrr when he was a student and to the de bating hall where he spoke year ago. A student was preparing to take a nap In - the" President's former room, out other-students draped- the -room wfi flags in honor of Mr. Wilson. Th '.'- (ConUnued on Page teivj jj mm 13" j l,f: I. 6 MS ': vm urn t mum mm "lOrean .,.1 . - ti Dim "TrlV.1 0rSan and Yuma were In Us path. '.Monday. : path, ri- " (Continued on Page,Twelve,3 'enacieo. . - ; . ,i - " . - " v mm 4 v'.:..v ---1