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' 'weaher. ' V I, . ,1 THE MEN who pnt their ad vertisements in this newspa per have faith in themselves and their products. ... 4 . Showers Monday and probably Tues- V . ,' ' SJ 1 (IISCy T i -SRSVT57f--liS A " VOL. XCVIH-NO. 60 BRITISH AND RUSSIAN ARMIES HA ON THE 77GttS RIVER force of Russian Cavalry Has Formed Junction With Gen- ,r era! Gorringe, in Kut Region. .' BETHAIESSA IS EVACUATED Turks Also Lose to British the Du jaillam Redoubt Russians Draw Nearer Mosul. FRENCH POSITIONS TAKEN Germans Capture Over 1,300 Pris oners and Much Artillery. The Russians have achieved in part one of the main objectives in Asiatic Turkey the joining of hands with their British allies fhrhting against the Turks. on the Tigris river. Without prelimin ary 'announcement and apparent ly quite unexpectedly, a force of Russian cavalry after a ' ' bold and adventurous ride," has formed a junction with the British General Gorringe, on the right bank of the Tigris, in the region of ; Kut El Ainara, where only recently a Brit ish force under General Town shend. after a long siege, was forc ed to capitulate to the Turks. Success Against the Turks How the Russians made their ad vancewhether along the Tigris val ley past Bsg(2art r-i(WR khrougis .Per siahas not been made known. Co incident with the arrival, however, comes a report that the Turks have evacuated Bethaiessa, their advanced position on the right bank of the Ti gris, and also have lost to the British their Dujaillam redoubt. Petrograd also says the Russians are keeping up their advance on Mosul. Violent Fighting Around Verdun Around Verdun, the fighting between the French and the Germans continues with great violence, especially between the Avocourt wood and the river Meuse, 1 northwest of the fortress". A French first line trench and slopes of the west Lemort Homme have been captured by the Germans, while the French have taken two German trenches on the road from Esnes to Haucourt. Numerous German attacks have been repulsed. Berlin reports that more than 1,300 French .were ta ken prisoners and that 16 machine guns and eight cannon were captured in the region of LeMort Homme. Northeast of the fortress the French have taken from the Germans the Hau dremont quarries, which had been strongly organized, and captured 80 prisoners' and four machine guns. On the remainder of the front the fighting has consisted mainly of artillery duels and numerous combats in the air. Iri the aerial fighting aviators of both sides were brought down.. Further Progress For Austrian The latest Austrian official report dated Saturday, and presumably re ferring to fighting of the previous day, records additional progress of .the Aus trian armies against the Italians in Southern Tyrol. The Rome communi cation, which deals with the fighting of Saturday, mentions an infantry en gagement in the Lagarina valley, where the Austrians threw three large masses of infantry into the fray but were driven back with heavy losses. Another atack between the Astico and Brenta forces had a similar result. Ad vanced Italian posts repulsed another atacks in the Sugana valley but aft erwards withdrew to their lines of support. The Austrian artillery con tinues extremely active at other points. Except for German attempts at of fensives against the Russians in the iiloukst region and north of Lake Ilsen hich were repulsed, there have been niy artillery duels on the Russian front. Two aeroplanes of the Teutonic al lies have dropped bombs on Cairo, ypt. killing two and wounding 13 -"Huns and injuring five soldiers. ITALIA XS LOST SOME OF THEIR MAIN DEFENSE LINE "nin. Via. Wiroloca Mav tions captured by the Austrians in the ofTens ISlVe movement last waelr in-llir1o some of the points on the Italian main ne 9f resistance, the Overseas News Aney says: terf rtispatcn 'rom Vienna gives the t of an order issued by Lieutenant general Dechaurand of the Italian "my on May li, which was found on colonel of the sixty-fourth regi turrt Italian infantry, who was cap- e" the news 9crniv aav, oraer it is stated that the h 1 ane of resistance, which was to rr r, : ... lin l me uimosi, was me n trom Monte Maronia to Malga, Pra dor ,toldi and Soglidaspio. The or- -r stated that this line w6uld be re furtCei on both flanks from positions uruler back, between Alpemalegna and aitodemarchl. The main points of f-n-f , were Capisald, Montemaronia, tadagra and Malga, Pioverna. " ton rder stated that at Monte Cos- ancl Sogliodaspio resistance must lo"1aVUained to the utmost, since the enrf one of these positions would t n,5er the whole line. It was also it, , hat Mntemaronia must be held v ,,UEe of attack on the TerragnoIS. v. aiul T-ain .valley, since the evac .outinued on Page Eight.) . IS MENACING Band of the Indians is Reported to Be, In the Rear of the American Detachment INVESTIGATION BEING MADE Colonel Sibley Is Said to Have Retraced His Steps to Reinforce Lang : hone Army Telegraph Line Has Been Cut. caramon, Texas, May 21. Army officials here tonight were investigat mg a. report brought from Boquillas by a truck driver to the effect that Ya qui Indians were in the rear of Ma jor ijangaorne s cavalry detachment and Jn a position to threaten it. The report was without official confirma tion. According to the truck driver, who said he got his information from cour iers sent to the border by the expedi tionary forces, Colonel Sibley, who was leading the advance out of Mexico, has re-traced his steps in order to reinforce Langhorne. Several days ago reports crossed the border that 400 Yaqui Indians had left Cuatro Ciengas in the direction of Bo quilla. . y, Captain Evans, of the army signal corps, brought a report here that he had been told that upon receipt - of some information concerning a Yaqui movement toward the American bordeH Colonel Sibley had turned back' to the interior and was preparing, if neces sary, to reinforce Major Langhorne, who was holding up the rear. . Marauders cut the army telegraph line between Marathon-;1 and the Mexican- frontier. ln-threiplacesiat-Bri-day. night, according, to Captakt Evans who arrived from Boquillas, where Tie had been directing the erection of the line. Captain Evans said also that one of the poles had been destroyed af a point about five miles north of Bo quillas. No definite clue to the identi ty of th evandals has been obtained. Captain Evans pointed out that if communication is to be maintained betwen Marathon and Colonel Sibley's base at Boquillas that the whole line will have to be patrolled with soldiers. Later military authorities admtited that they heard reports that Yaqui In dians threatened the rear of Major Langhorne's columns, but pointed out that the reports were unofficial and lacked confirmation. It was asserted that the column is amply" able to give good account of it self if attacked. The united columns, consisting of two troops and a machine gun troop, of the cavalry under Colonel Sibley and two troops of the 14th cavalry under Major Langhorne totals approximate ly .; 300. This force, plentifully sup plied with sustenance and its move ments expedited by the addition or mo tor trucks and automobiles, should sur flce, according to military men, to com bat twice their numebrs on the Cohuila Plains where an attacking force must travel for days without food and wa ter. - . No news was available here at a late hour tonight concerning the two bandit bands previously reported as . being near Lajintas and Terlingua. In some quarters "credence was given a rumor that it is these bands, ana not xaqui Indians, whose movements have give rise to the report that Major Lang horne's rear is menaced. SISTERS BELIEVED TO BE DEAD STILL ALIVE? Mrs. Dennis and Miss Nelms Said to be in Alaska. Messages Received by an Atlanta News paper From Snohtrmish, Wash., Say the Women Can Be Found ' ; if Given" Time. Atlanta, 6a., May 21. Messages to a local newspaper purporting to come from Chief of Police Billings, of . Sno homish, Wash., and from an individual signing W. J. McGuiness, of. the same town, are to the effect that Mrs, Eloise Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms,' sis ters, who disappeared from their.home here more than two years ago, are alive and residing in Alaska. ."Victor E. Innes, " and his wife were ... . . I gtCqUX t LOU ill OaLii xi-xi. vviuw vnu.i w. killing , the women and-it never was proven they were dead. Innes and his wife are now) in jail here facing in dictments alleging larceny i after 'trust in connection- with the Nelms disap Dearance. ' :.,.t:. ; The message signed "The Chief of Police." which came last night, said , Mrs Dennis had resided in Sncsomlsh from Sentember. 1914, until August, .1915, which she left for Dawson City, Alas ka. A message toda'y signed "McGuin ess" said that the sender had positive information ; they were : in . Alaska and would find them if given time. Why McGuiness. is interested in-the case or - (Continued on ; Pag laigntj. , ; WILMINGTON, GERMANS CAPTURE Til Battle for Possession of Strategic Positions West of the Meuse is Still Unabated. DAMAGE BY AIR ATTACKS Several German Military Establish ments Bombed by French Airmen. ' Station at Lames Attacked. Causing Fires Paris, May 21. The battle for the possession of the important strategic positions on the Verdun front, west of the Meuse river; continued with un abated severity last night. The French war office announced this' afternoon that ,the Germans, although repulsed in most of their attempts, succeeded in capturing a first line trench on Dead Man's--Hill and gaining ground on the slopes west of the hill. The statement follows: "West of the Meuse the Germans continued during the night their at tacks on our positions on Dead Man's Hill. They were again repulsed by our curtain of fire, which shattered their attacks. The enemy succeeded however, in occupying one of our first line trenches and also the slopes west of Dead Man Hill. "East of the Meuse there was very heavy artillery firing in the vicinity of Fort Vaux without any infantry actions. "In . Lorraine, an attack following a violent bombardment enabled the Germans to penetrate one of our trenches west of Chazelles. The fire of our artillery and machine guns compelled the Germans a little later to return to their lines, leaving their dead and. wounded in the evacuated positions. 'Over the remainder of the front there was the usual cannonading. A raid was made by enemy aviators in the region of Baccarat, Eplnal and Vesoul. The material damage was in significant: Four persons were wound ed slightly. 'Our aviators last night threw nu merous "bombs on military establish ments at Tbtenville, , Etain and . Spin court," and1 On the'camp's J n-the 'vicinity of Azaruies andDamyillertif."The rail road station at Lumes was bombarded, causing the rapid, flight or trains and a large fire in the railway" buildings. . 'In an aerial engagement between four of our aeroplanes and three Fok kers over Bezange Forest, one of the enemy machines was brought down and another Fokker, being attacked, was compelled to descend to earth behind the German lines while under the fire of our batteries, which destroyed it." The official communication tonight reads: , Last Night's Statement. 'On the left bank of the Meuse the battle continued fiercely all day on the front between Avocourt Wood and the Meuse. ,In the neighborhood of the rpad from Esnes to Haucourt an at tack launched by our troops permitted us to occupy two German trenches. A small work which the enemy occupied on May 18, south of Hill 287, was en tirely shattered by our artillery. 'Immediately east of Hill 304, the enemy delivered against our positions an attack which after omomentarily penetrating our first line trench,' was completely driven back. 'On the slopes west of LeMort Homme a violent offensive action car ried out by a enemy brigade was stop ped -. by - the fire of our machine guns and counter attacks. Enemy grenade columns, which followed the assaulting waves, were taken under the fire of our bateries and were obliged to fall back. 1 "On the right bank of the Meuse the artillery struggle was very vio lent. In the sector of Douamont our troops in a spirited attack captured (Continued on Page Eight.) TO DISCUSS CREATING OFFICE OF DEACONESS Presbyterians to Hear Reports on the Question Today. Report Pertaining to Endorsement of Peace Propaganda of Federal Gov ernment Is Expected to Cre ate Much Interest. Orlando, Fla., May 21. Tbe General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church In the United States, which yes terday voted ; that women should not occupy pulpits in the South,' tomorrow will take . up the question of - whether the office of deaconess shall be created. Should : this be decided favorably, it will be. necessary to . outline the work of deaconesses, as this church never has recognized that office. The matter will-come before the. as sembly in the form pf two reports from the committee appointed' last year-to study the entire , question of .woman's position in the church. The majority reported in " la-'or of continuing the present custom but the minority be lieved women should be granted greater latitude in their-church work. - Another report expected to create great interest is that of the Rev. S. J. Jacobs, ; the representative or the as sembly to-the meeting of the executive committee of , the " Federal Council of Churches. The 1915; assembly at New port News took exceptions, to the. 'action of - the' Federal Council in endorsing certain peace propaganda of the pres- " (Cbntinuea ' on'Page Two.) " NE TRENCH N. C., MONDAY MOKNING, MAY 22, 1916 MEXICANS FIRE OH NEAR TEMQSAGHIG Attack Ascribed to Bandits Who Were Hiding Under Bridgi One American Wounded. MEXICANS PUT TO PLIGHT American Forces Were Not Known to be Operating as Far South as Temosachic. Field Headquarters, Mexico, May 20, (via Wireless to Columbus, -N. M., May 21). Thirteen troopers of 'the Seven teenth cavalry were fired upon yester day near the town of Temosachic and one was wounded. . The attack fs as cribed to bandits hiding under a bridge near the town which is a few miles southeast of Madera on . the Mexican northwestern railroad. After a few shots the Mexicans fled and the Amer icans continued on their way. A small group of Mexicans is falling in behind the American columns as they move northward, always keeping out of sight, but telling the natives they are chasing the "gringoes" from Mexican soil. They stop whenever the Americans halt and hide or-disarm if General Pershing's rnei approach them Two suppositions are prevailantl re garding the identity of these men. One is that they are Carranzistas trying to give the American movement the appearance of a retreat. The other is that they are bandits seeking to annoy the Americans by sniping. The latter conjecture is regarded as the more probable. . . , This is the first intimation received recently that American soldiers were stationed so far to the south. All re ports have . placed thetr southernmost point it .NamlatttPw&jCiyis a consid erable distance to 'the north of Te mosachic fr6m' which it is also sep arated by the Sierra Madre range. COLONEL SIBLEY'S FORCE IS BACK ON THE AMERICAN SIDE San Antonio, Texas, May 21. With the arrival on the American side of Col. Sibley's little force that, rescued Jesse Deemer and Monroe Payne and chased border raiders 145 miles into Mexico, General Funston's command Jf nearly 50,000 men tonight awaited de velopments. That portion of the army under General Pershing in Mex ico has become as inactive as the" re mainder of the border force. Colonel Sibley had not reported his troops on this side of the Rio Grande tonight, but his last reported position was so far north that at General Fun ston's headquarters his arrival was hourly expected. General officers plan to continue this week the distrroutlon of forces along the border. The Texas militia will be sent forward in a few days and today the Sixth cavalry, which has been in Chihuahua under General Pershing, was moving into the Big Bend district where additional companies of the coast ar tillery will be placed if the War De partment grants General Funston re quest for more. Rumors of contemplated raids at va rious points along the border, espe cially in the Brown&ville district, con tinued to reach General Funston today but all official reports from border army stations were that the situation was unchanged. 800 MEN OF SIXTH CAVALRY GO TO BIG BEND DISTRICT El Paso, .Texas, May 21. Approxi mately 800 men of the Sixth cavalry, the first regiment to be withdrawn from General Pershing's expeditionary column, passed through El Paso today on their way to the Big Bend district of Texas, - where they will do border patrol duty. The troopers, who were carried on three special trains, are ex pected to have completed training at Sierra Blanca, Marfa, Alpine and Mar athon tomorrow. DR. ARTHUR WARREN WAITE WILL GO ON TRIAL TODAY His Wife Will be Witness Against Him. Plea of Insanity. New York, May 21." The trial of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite for the mur der of his wealthy father-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids, MwHl begin here tomorrow morning. , Among' the 115 witnesses summoned by the prose cution is Dr. Waite' s wife, Mrs.. Clara Peck Waite, of Grand Rapids, who has sued 'him for a' divorce. , While the defense has m,ade no offi cial statement; as to what his course will be, a plea of insanity will be of fered. Waite contended that he was possessed 5 of two personalities, the evil one of which impelled him to take the lives of his wife's parents. Alien ists will appear as witnesseh on both sides. The district attorney's office announc ed tonight that Mrs. Margaret Horton, studio companion of Watte, will appear as a witness for- the prosectlon... An other who will testify against the de fendant, it was said, -will .be Eugene Oliver Kane, the embalmer, who al leges Waite tried to bribe him. to testl? f y that poison was used in the fluid with which Mr. Peck's body was ' em balmed. ' , " " - r : . " New Tork,"-' May .-211 Several thous and delegates arrived , today to attend the convention of the general federa tion of womens clubs, which'opehs here tomorrow. lt is expected that fully 20,000 women,, .representing -every state in the Union, as .well as Cuba, Porto Rico the. PhiUpptnes Japan and China will attend," . - . I .- .... ,. ; . ..- . : ' r- : 1 THE GUEST OF WILMINGTON ROTARY CLUB. 1 1' , . : II I .. v...'."':''' in i m$sr - y i -li " i r ill Photo by "Walinger, Chicago. Mr. Allen D. Albert, president of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, chairman of the Civic Federation of Minnesota, and. president of th Minnesota Academy of Social Sciences, who will deliver . lecture on "The Forces That Make Cities" at the Wilmington . Chautauqua tonight. While in this city Mr. Albert is the guest of the Wilmington Rotary Club, which will give a luncheon in his 'honor at 1 p. m. today. This morning at 10 o'clock Mr Albert will meet the city officials and representative citizens for a conference at the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. E IS Senate is Still in Throes of Fili- buster Against the -Rivers and Harbors Bill. - MAY HOLD NIGHT SESSIONS Rublec's Nomination to Come Up Again Tuesday Report on Brandeis' Nom ination to Be Decided By Com mittee Wednesday Washington, May 21. Rapid legisla tive strides encouraging to adminis tration leaders, who hope for--adjournment of Congress late in July or early in Auguest, were made in the House during the week just' passed, but the Senate is still in the throes of a fil ibuster against the $43,000,000 Rivers and Harbors appropriation bill. 'The tenacious fight against the Riv ers and Harbors measure . has at last begun to wear .on the patience of Sen ate managers and unless a vote is reached in a few days, night sessions may be1 ordered and Senators com pelled to attend in order to wear down the opposition. Th'e ' filibusters took up the week except for. a brief time given to approving, the army reorgan ization , bill , and it will be resumed tomorrow with Senators. Kenyon and Sherman leading the fight. Already several'- Democratic votes have been won and there is a possibility now that' some big items may be cut out of the measure. . k Progress in the House. - The House during the ' week passetl the flood-control bill, rural credits leg islation, the conference report on the army bill and the government ship ping bill, while the naval committee concluded Its work on the navy appro priation and construction bill, the sec ond part of the national defense plan. This will be ready for general de bate within the near future. In addi tion to the Ways and Means commit tee got to work on revenue porblems in earnest and the way is clear for the completion of Tevenue - legislation soon after the national political -conventions are over. In the Senate tomorrow a fight to a finish is expected between conserva tives, and, liberal senators , over the Kenyon and LaFollette resolutions to force consideration' of executive nomi nations in open instead of secret ses sion. The resolution is an outgrowth of the fight against George Rublee as a member of the Federal trade commis sion, whose nomination was rejected but which Is to come up again Tuesday on a motion to- reconsider. Cham pions of Rublee have been working hard,-, aided -by strong- administration influences, and they now claim to have won new support and hope to reverse the result of last week's action. Report on Brandeis . Wednesday Another Important event of the week wills be disposition of the nomination of Louis D. ' Brandeis to the supreme court by the Senate judiciary commit tee. ; TJie committee will act Wednes day after having had the name, before it since' January. Few of Mr. Bran deis' friends look for a - favorable re port, but expect the , nomination will be returned tothe Senate tor final ac . , -x&5tinued lge'Tway? ,'. HOUS 116 PROGRESS RAPIDLY HONORED IN FRANCE .... - "A ASHEVILLE MAN IS Corporal Rockwell Decorated with Military Medal for Bringing Down German Airman. MAY RECEIVE PROMOTION Engaged German Aeroplane in Close Quarters In Spectacular Fight -Service of Other Americans Has Been Recognized. M Paris, May 21. Corporal Kiffen Rockwell, a member of the Franco American flying corps, has been pro posed -for promotion with the rank of sergeant, as a reward for bringing down a German aeroplane near Hart man's Weilerkopf on May 18. He will be decorated with the . military medal Corporal Rockwell formerly lived in Asheville, N. C, where his mother nbw resides, but he came to France from Atlanta, Ga. In the spectacular fight which may win him promotion, he engaged hi; opponents at close quarters. He swoop ed down .upon the German aeroplane, machine gun firing as he approached He waited until he was within 30 yards of the German machine and then open ed fire. At his fifth shot the gunnei of the German machine tossed .up hk hands and felj over on the pilot, who also crumpled -up as the machine be gan to plunge aownward in flames ?o the German trenches near Uff holz. After it crashed to the ground, it continued to - burn. 1 Corporal Rockwell was compelled tc turn at .a sharp incline to avoid a col lision with the German aeroplane. He did not see the German machine strike the ground, but that. fact was reported by artillery observers. -orporat victor Chapman, of New xork, has been proposed- for promo tion to the rank 6f sergeant for lit pursuit of a German .machine that flew over the aviation camp seeking revenge ior, corporal rtocieweu's exploit. Lieut. William K. Thaw, of 'Pitts burgh, has been proposed for citation for pursuing a second German machine from the camp, continuing the flight at close range until his machine gun jammea, lieutenant Thaw, also is credited with forcing down another German , machine, probably to destruc tion, put . it . has been impossible verify this officially. xwo wenuan aeroplanes new over the Franco-American camp on the day iouowmg corporal Rockwell's flgh and dropped a bomb -which exploded within ten yards of the machines, but caused no. damage. Corporal Chapman and Lieutenant Thaw took to the air and the Germans fled. One escaped in the haze. Lieutenant Thaw caught the other at a height of 3,200 yards and ex changed several volleys at close range Then his gun jammed and he was ob liged to desist. . Chattanooga,. Tenn., May 21. The Durham Coal and Iron Company's tip ple, and - washer ' at the Soddy Coal Mine- near here were destroyed by fire of a nunknown origin early today. Tbe loss - was estimated at-. $100,000 partly covered by insurance, v WHOLE NUMBER 39,590 J NEW RECORD IDE IN ATTENDANCE AT BAPTIST Exactly 2,125 Delegates Register ed at Asheville Convention Will Close Today. PULPITS OF CITY FILLED Memorial Services to Miss Fannie E. S. Heck Summary of Work of the Convention. Asheville, N. C, May 21. The 1918J Southern Baptist Convention, whichJ comes to a close tomorrow, has had .the largest attendance in its history, ac-l cording to figures given out here to-' night by its secretaries, which showed' that 2,125 delegates have registered since the sessions opened Wednesday! last. The largest previous attendance! was 1,930. , Religious services occupied the time of the convention today and tonight. Members of the convention occuptfedj the pulpits of virtually every protes-j tant church In .the city, both white and! negro, and many preached at countryi churches nearby. Memorials to Miss Heck. The Woman's Missionary Union, ani auxiliary, held special exercises lat today in honor of Miss Fannie E. S. Heck,, of Raleigh, who for 15 years! prior to her death August 25 last in Richmond, Va., was president of the, union. The services were presided oveii by the newly elected, president. Mrs. W.C. James, of Richmond. The woman's organization will givej tomorrow morning over to a council! oi neia worners, at wnicn leaders in; the society will outline advantageous methods of work and discuss plana for' the coming year. The convention" itself, is expected to wind up its meet ing Monday afternoon having before It consideration of the past year's workl of 'the Laymen's Movement, one cf its organizations, and of the activities of the Baptist Young People's Union, alsa . an auxiliary; "A number of other mat ters are expected to be brought up un der the head of " miscellaneous busi ness. The convention already has deter mined many of the more important questions on" this year's programme. Action taken by the convention in cluded: Action Taken by Convention. Consolidation of the monthly publi cations of the home mission board and of the foreign mission board. Decision not to unite with- other de nominations in maintaining a school at Shanghai, China, for missionaries' children. Retention for another year of art educational commissiort to further the cause of "education in general and! Christian education in particular" in stead of establishing for this purpose a board similar' to the foreign anct home mission boards. ' Discontinued .the two field secre taries of the foreign mission boards) and recommended that the forefgrv board retain its corresponding sece- tary and one other office secretary instead of two as at present. Postponed until next year the ques- tion of consolidating the home and for-i eign mission boards. Broke a precedent of its 48 years o2( existence by allowing women to ad dress the convention, and heard the statement by the Rev. Dr.- J . B. Gam brell, a retired preacher, of Dallas Texas, that "some day women will bA members of this convention." Women Made Addresses. The addresses by women were made by Miss Kathleen Mallory, of Mont gomery, Ala., corresponding secretary' of the Woman's Missionary Union, who? spoke briefly on the work of the Wo man's Training School at Louisville Ky., and introduced Mrs. Maud Mc Lure, principal of the school, who went; into greater detail about the work. The attitude of at least some of thej older members of the convention to-; wards women taking any part in the convention was pressed on the nighty the women spoke by the Rev. Dr. Lansing Burrows, of Americus, Ga., fort 34 .years one of the convention secr'3-t tarles and elected at this session for his third consecutive term as presi dent. Dr. Burrows said to newspaper men in reference to the addresses byi the woman's missionary union repre-J sentatives that he .was "against it." The convention, meets next in New OrleansMay 16 to 21, 1917. The 'W man's Missionary Union; according fe custom; will meet at the same time arid place. 4 ' , WOMEN LEADERS SHOCKED BY DEATH OF" MISS" EVIE BROW3T Asheville, N. C. May 21. Leaders of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention were shocked today when a telegram was received announcing the sudden death of Miss Evie Brown, of Nashville. Miss Brpwn was prominent in the work 6f the Union and left Asheville Saturday night for her home in Nashville, Tenn. Death came to " her at Chattanooga, this morning. She seemed In perfect health last night. Miss Brown was one of the State leaders in Tennessee and was an enthusiastic and liberal .sup porter. Last Friday morning, when the union was raising money for the debt ef the mission boards one of the returned missionaries gave a string of ebony beads all she had.- Miss Brown Imme diately paid $75 for the beads and re turned them to their former owrier as . a personal gift. : Memorial services were held this aft ernoon In honor of Miss Fannie Heck, of Raleigh, former ; president of the Woman's Missionary Union. The annual sermon was delivered by' Rev, E. Y. Mullins, D. p.. of Louisville. -Today has witnessed a wave of evan gelistic flre over Asheville and the sur rounding towns. Evangelistic preach.- -Continued on Page Eight) SESSIONS I- ' r..--"'V-:
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