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41 t T7---v-':;: -V -- .ri TH. B M E N who put their ad- i. ii l A ' vertisemertts in t this ; newspa--per' havei. faith in- themselves, 'and their products. Showers TueBday,- warmer interior. ' j yoi. xcyni-isro. 6i WXIiMIKGTO . C, TUESDAY MOKNXtia, MAT 23, 1916 , ' WHOIiE NUMBER 39,591 - - V-. -II- . - us. jj- JLaj iijL3H " a --i;-ji j-SYirr - - - -. - - .' . . r . . - -jf . r - ... -i - , , , , - , . i r - , - , , . : . r AUSTRIAN SUCCESS CONSIDERED AS OF VAST IMPORTANCE Italians Driven froraATheir Entire Positions on Lavarone Plateau -With Heavy Losses. - 23,000 TAKEN PRISONER Offensive of Teutons Carried Willi; in Italian Temtory Accord- ing to Report. Berlin,( May 22. (via Wireless) The Italians have been driven . from i their entire position on ' Lavarone . plateau, the Austrian war announcement of .to day says. It is stated , that the Ital ians' defeat is steadily becoming more serious. The Austrian lines have, been pushed forward rapidly, several addi tional positions of strategic impor tance having been captured. The num ber of Italians taken prisoner has been increased to 23,883. The statement follows:. , "The Italian defeat on the Southern Tyrol front is certainly becoming more serious. An attack of the Graz Corps on Lavarone plateau was attended with I complete success. The enemy , was driven from his entire , position." " Our troops captured FimaV-Mandriolo and the. height immediately west of the frontier from the summit as far as the Astach valley. "The troops of Crown Prfhce Charles Francis-Joseph reached the Monte Tor mino-Monte Majo line. s ' " VA "Since the beginning of the offensive 23.8S3 Italians, among whom are 482 officers, have been captured by. us. The number of cannon taken has been in creased to 172." , , ' . .-" DESCRIBED AS OF UTMOST '. STRATEGICAL IMPORTANCE Washington. May 22. rAustria's an nouncement of successes prt the Tyrol ian front were described by diplomats friendly to the central powers tonight as being of the Utmost strategical im portance. It: was -stated: tha.t he drive over the mountainous regions on the Tyrol-Italian line being ; accomplished under most difficult conditions , had for its ultimate objective the-cuttings oT the railroads in Venetian the northeast neck of Italy, and 'then pressing, on to the Adriatic to cuCofJC a. larger-number, of Italian troops now, operating with in the neck which is surrounded on the frontier -by Tyrol, Carinth la and Gorltz. The Austrian official statement of to day indicated that Austrian troops al ready had crossed , the , Italian . frontier. The line between Mount -Tormino and Monte Majo, which is said to have been reached by the troops of 'the 'Austrian crown prince, would carry the offensive within Italian - territory". ' Monte Majo is 18 kilometers southwest of Roverto; and eight kilometers , southeast. . of Monte Tormino. ' .'..; The operations against , Mandriolo and the heights west to the Astach valley also were regarded as being rof great importance. They indicate, the Siplomats said, that another large force of Austrian troops -is delving to the south. Mandriolo. is about 25 kilo meters southwest of Trent. The As tach valley mentioned in" the statement is presumed to be the valley of Asta, immediately to the west of Mandriolo. IS HIS PROTEST Against British Interference WithJ American .Mails. Xote Completed La.t Night in Expected to Co Forward Today Made up , Largely of Argument- Against " -British Contention. -T' " Washington, May 22. President .Wil son tonight completed a. note vla-orniiH. ly renewing the protest of the United ates to Great Britain against inter ference with American mails. The com uu"-dUn is expected to go forward -omorrow. Secretary Lansing and'legal "perts at the State Department-made the original draft of the note : and the resident revised its nrsftolne-v. It is made up largely J of... legal ar- to meet th contentions of ci r , in in a .memorandum, con tl T,ln'by France, presented to the ate department several .oVn i -he United States takes the position - . Piacuces, complained of in its hir '-omPiaint on the subject ; have een continued, and that the American swwnment must now insist more em- "icauy that they cease. t,t!Uie department officials consider rne chief weakness of the position of --eat Britain is her policy . of -taking fli t vcaoeie into nusn june- tion and submitting them to local nsorship regulations. It is under goes that it is on th.s point that the lLV-ea Protest is chiefly based. " t fe British memorandum avoided -phase of the question. , Rapid v emission was promised ' - to J "true respondence," but .the right to seize ntraband sent In the mafils was main iainea. . . --; ; i'v- T. ' :...- .'- . --: me Hague convention, of 1907, the ' L0!ted States r.OTitT irna ran ton thfl 'nvio.ability of postal correspondence ana the new. .not aerafri .nnlnts tn the '-conveniences and actual money, loss ruitmg from tha continua.hCe of tJie WILSON VIGOROUSLY. MEXICO V" Economic Situation Extremely Grave; According to Reports to Wash ington; Attitude of Officials Said to be More Friendly Toward '. fT' :- , ' ' ' - . .-'-:'-.--; i-v-; . , . -w.. -? - a: -' ' - 1 United StatesTexas National Guardsmen Balk at .1 - - Border DutyV May be Oourtmartialed. , -! Washington, May 22. The economic situation in Mexico Is extremely .grave, according to official ' advices .today to the State Department. -With the mone tary. ; problem ! already acute," thef ood Shortage in Mexico City and vicinity continuing without prospect of any Im mediate relief, and with the, labor strike extending over virtually all the Mexi can Railway lines, the de' facto - govern ment is pictured as facing a serious domestic plight. " ' - First hand reports as to the situation j in Northern" Mexico will, reach the de partment tomorrow. Consul ' Letcher, from Chihuahua City, Is en route to ' ...'.-.. . .. :). r' 1 Washington; presumably bringing with him a' synopsis of the reports of five other " consuls recently ordered to' the border to talk 'over conditions with mil itary officials there. :v v'; It was stated officially that while Mr. Letcher would make his report on con ditions in Mexico, that was not the sole purpose of. his trip. It was explained he was ordered here that routine mat ters might be taken up with .him, but no inkling , of their nature was given out.' -t - - i , Thfr department today received further- advices' from Special f Agent ; Rod gers, at Mexico City, telling of the new note being prepared -by. the de facto government, but throwing no light on Its purport;1 v '7Vv' : ' i Oftielila' More FrieBdlr. ' ' , ;;' While, reports as. to the domestic sitt uation of the Carranza government are gloomy, ' the attitude : of Mexican offi cials towards the United . States haa been described as more friendly since the border . conference between .: Gen erals Scott ; and dbregon. s 1 is believed possible ' this will be reflected", in the new note, although some officials think it probable tbalt a new request f or with drawal of the iAmeflcan expeditionary forces "will be :included,-with. whatever 6therrPoln.raana har to- make. . . " . -- : Since the State Department's repre sentations as to (the renewed raiding in the Big Bend country of Texas have not beenrahswejred, the .note- is expect ed to go Into Jthat subject. K Officials here, -including Gecretary Baker, say the militaryconierence on ine Doraer iei. the situation "unchanged as to steps to be taken with -respect to new raids. . The " Washington government- is still proceeding on the theory that the right STATES FOR TEDDY 3q He is Informed by Delegation 'Headed by, Von L. Meyer, 'Which Goes to Oyster Bay. . MAKES THEM A SPEECH Tells Them Tkey Are for Him Because He Embodies the Aggressive . Movement for Thorongh-Go- X'injg 'AmerlCMiUun. Oyster Bay, 'N. May 22.--George von Jj. Meyer, former Secretary of the Navy, at the head of a delegation of 25 men, todays officially notified .-Colbxlel Roosevelt that the "Roosevelt Repub lican committee" with membership . In 30 states, had been organized to work for his nomination , for the presidency by the Republican party. , - . ' - MrvMeyer ; told Mr. ; Roosevelt : that one of the purposes of ; the : committee was to aid the . Republican party in gor ing before', the country; re-united and In full ' strength with 'a candidate who Is listened to and trusted by, the. great mass of the people," t - -V Colonel Roosevelt, tn his repiysaa: f'Vou are for me because you regard me as representing and embodying the aggressive ' movement for thorough going Americanism ana inorougn-Bw-lng preparedness, a Tour devotion is to the Cause and to the man only insofar, as.he for the time being embodies the cause,'' ' " " ' v"Thls' is' precisely tne attituae x wok In -my Trinidad statement. I now hojd and shall continue-to hold this a? great, time' of crisis In, our country's nnstory because It Is a great crisis in-, the his- tpry of -the world; If we are unprepar ed; if we are split' and sundered by ri valries of creed,;of' section. ah national Hrin if "our Country's action Is vtovbe conditioned by neipiesne ,nivu- .... - . .-. 1., the hyphenated wltnin. tne .career oj. the United States as a -great factor la the world civilization; Is at en 6V,. :v.' - ."There- la no use of -.being-for; half measures of Americanism , and prepar edness. Still less is It of any use for any public man to announce himself In vague general terms as inj favor, of Americanism . and. preparedness,, unless bis whole course r of : action In public life ' haa made it evident, and now makes' it evident, that he means Just exactly what he says..; Unless. If he Is in office or has beeii in office his ca reer has been such as In fullest meas ure to warrant thebellef that. he la a man of deeds and net of words Hn this matter and. unless.' !a ..every crifiis.' GOVERNMENmiH PICTURED FACING DOMESTIC PLIGHT .r - 'v. to follow, hot trails across the border as been established; and General Fun- ston's instructions are based on this vlewf':i T'it:'":i'ih i V'f- -Reports from .General 'Funston that 118 members of the Texas National Guard had refused to take the muster ing bath and enter the Federal service under the President's call, brought the members of Congress from that State to the War Department today ; to find out . what action was in" contemplation. They were 'told the matter had not yet reached Secretary Baker for consider ation. : Mr. . Baker's ? military advisers are preparing' recommendations for him. They appear- to agree, that the men are subject; to court "martial under the ex isting militia law, and. it is known that, some officers believe they should be tried and fined as a warning to National Guardsmen In general tha t they are un dertaking', a serious responsibility ' in Joining the organization. The Secretary himself has postponed - a study of,, the law in the case until all the facts are before him. - MORE THAN 25,000 APPLY FOR ST. LOUIS CONVENTION SEATS Only 10,000, or 11,000 Available Clark for Permanent7 Chairman f , - : Washington,' May 22. More tnan 25,- 000-' applications have - been received for. the 16,00.0 "-or 11,000 seats which will be available in the St. Louis convention hall for, the Democratic .National con vention. This will be one of the things to be' considered by the National 'Com mittee's sub-committee, headed by Chairman McCombs, which meets", in St. Louis June 2. '. '- ": -, ': - .' liiThe.i arrangements committee , Will select, tho temporary and permanent chairmen of the convention. . Former Governor GIynn, of New York, already is ; slated for the . temporary chairman ship. ; It is understood that Speaker ClarkT will be- asked to become perma neht chairman ln spite , of the -present plan of keeping- Congress continuously In session throughout the convention --i ed w"h"elherli e . w Hi , serve, no one else wlll be considered. .' S 2: .Mobile, Ala May 22. Torrential rains fell throughout - Southeastern Mississippi and Southern 'Alabama-Sunday., and, Monday. -' . Between Meridian, Miss., and Mobile, bottom land crops - - '- -1 4. - pletely 1 inundated. , The total rainfall In Mobile up , to 7 o'clock tonight was 2.97 inches. , v IIST IIII SEEMS YET NEARER Action l of -' Wide-Spread Import- ance Taken by tie General ': - -v Conference Yesterday.- - LIVELY DEBATE HEARD General Conference , Votew Overwnelm- ' tngly Against Abolishing the Mi . " .- alo-nary KplscoVacyProposal Denounced as Ralcal. 4 Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 22 Action of , widespread - importance to Methodism - was ,taken today " by the General Conference , of the Methodist Episcopal .Church, which' decfslvely en dorsed plans that may lead to fhe 'unl fication of the Methodist Church In the North and South, before the next .quad rennial esslon, and voted overwhelm ingly against 'abolishing ..the: mission ary episcopacy. - - ' The board. of bishops was -given the powerto decide if -the present, confer ence shall meet , again in '. 1918, to . con slder J;he plan- for Methodist unity; Oth erwise. the DroDOsal will not reach the Northern Church i off lcially 'until . . the next general Conference' meets . in 1920 . Almost, the only obstacle to - the pro posal was Immediately removed, by- the action of Bishops Earl. Cranston, John W. Hamilton und Joseph S. -Hartzell, who are to be retired at the end of this session. If the session"-were prolonged until 1918-they could hot' legally be re tired Hintil? that -time, t , .;. . - The three bishops in, turn appeared before the delegates, and .asserted' that ifth- movement for! the unlpn or. Meth odism would thereby be: advanced, they would be willing - to. ask to he retired at once. ' The conference received .the announcement, with great v enthusiasm. v- :--. Marked ' by.-XIvely Debate.'; , Lively deba,t)a marked, the proposal to advanceall: missionary ' blBhops to' the grade o' f bishops, -with. ful powers,' and to elect no more bishops whose episco pal authority j is limited to . the foreign mission field.- , - - " - ' J Frank Hanley, of Indianapolis," in-i troduced a . resolution1 , asking that;" the election of a missionary bishop for Sin gapore be Indefinitely, postponed pend ing re-asslgnment of the territory tra der .the missionary : bisnops. xne conn ference approved the ,postponement,Mri Hanley also asked that Bishops Jtfhn E. Robinson; - stationed -at Bombay, India, and William P. Eveland, of, Manila,- P. I- be elected general superintendents and that one -bishop be chosen for Af- rlca-'Jnteaa two ftlsaionary. bishops. TRAINS 90 AND 91 Corporation Coniniission Issiied an 1 Order as to . Goldsbord-Wil-mington Line Yesterday. LOCAL ' CHAMBER OPPOSED Telegram From Wtlmxngrto-n Opposing- Restoration of Train Service Ee. ' eelved Just After Order la ' : Issued to Coast Line. - - (Special Star Correspondence) " Raleigh, N. C, May 22. The . Cor poration Commission today made an order for the Atlantic Coast Line Rail way Company to restore trains 90 and 91 between Wilmington : and Goldsboro, this' being '.really an extension of the service regularly in force between Nor folk : and .- GoldBboro,- so that ; the train from Norfolk arriving at Goldsboro at 10 o'clock at night will , go through . to Wilmington, arriving there about 1 a. m.'and will leave Wilmington, return ing to. Norfolk, , at .4 . a. m., passing through Goldsboro about 7. a. m. - t Right after; the commission had made the order today there came a telegram fjpm the Wilmington Chamber of Com merce opposing the restoration of the train, , the reason being understood to be that they prefer to have a train put onr between ' Rockv Mount a.nA- Wil mington . to ..connect with Northern mails that are now delayed for. want of such connection, v However, fhe com mission holds that this would not; give me local service . mat - is demanded along the Goldsboro-Wllmlngton : line. In " connection with this " order the commission has induced ;the ' Southern Railway to agree to restore its trains 108 and 185 between Raleigh and Golds boro, v an extension of . the present Greensboro-Raleigh service so that the east bound trai parrivlng here at' 10:30 a. m. will go through" to Goldsboro and leave Goldsboro 1 tor- the ;.. return to Greensboro at. 5V p.' nu, .retaining' Its present 7 p. m. leaving ; time . at Ra leigh for Greensboro. This wlll gfve direct - connection for through service from Wilm in gton : to Crreensboro.j :.. ' ,-txt tne;'jOfderi5a j The ' order of the Corporation . Com mission with 'reference J to Atlantic Coast Line trains . 90 and 91, between Wilmington and Goldsboro follows : ' "In May, 1911,'after - full investiga tion and hearing of all parties in Inter est, order was Issued by the Commis sion for 'the Atlantic. Coast Line Rail road Company to operate an additional passenger (rain between Goldsboro and Wilmington by extension to Wilming ton of their trains Nos. 90 and 91, at that time operated between -Norfolk and Goldsboro. This . additional pas senger service was of great, conven ience to the traveling public toth as a' convenience for local service be tween stations Wilmington to . Golds boro and also in -furnishing a conven ient connecting service at Goldsboro '(Continued on Page Eight.i REPORTS. Oil BUSINESS li According to Superintendents of Bradstreet's Agency. Community Superintendents. ' of South eastern Division Gather- In At- : - lanta for Annual - Meeting. "ijProaperlty Noted. "Atlanta," Ga., - May c 22. Community superintendents of Bradstreet's ' Com; merclal Agency who arrived here to day for the annual' meeting; of the Southeastern division, agents brought optimistic -repoj;tsN or. business ''condi tions in their several; territories. - John A... Singleton, of Greenville, S C, 'said; "Textile manufacturers - are working at full capacity, cotton goods and t yarns'', are In; good"1 demand and prices ' have advanced to the levels of 1907. . The 'one. "dark spot is the con tinned dry weather -whlchhas daraag- !; (Continued '.otviFageEight.).1 Lava Flood Flowing Down Mountain Side 'S, 3 - VOLCANO IN HAWAII BREAKS OUT AGAIN--NBWSPAPBRS CAN BE i , READ MILES AWAY AT,. ' NIGHT " BY GLOW - - . -'., ::-- . ? lHonoiulu,: Maq- 22.--Mauna Loa 'volt cano, whf?h was In; eruntlon. lasti.week, has broken outgalnA- Bobd of lava, which buVstr forttlast,';iiight . at: an ele, vatlon.rof 7,-00 feet,; is flawing "down -the mqiuitafn-' side: iravelingsonthwest at ; tle , rteof about ga .-mile 'san.-r hour. "'Theflood.-of .lav&vhas divided; follow ing.. two channels.f-cThe glow ;-Illuraln ates the entlre landscale at tilght. - vf: : Newspapers'-pan Hbe' read-by its light f The cotfrse'tAkenby-tlnj'Iava'ls thti Ifoaowed by -thelast.Ceruption about manv muet' away. ; ' nine years ago. The-sea1 Is about 0 miles from "the .mountain this direcV tlon-v and- there- 1s: little .propertyp f value-in,. betweeru,- , - t CO m OtIS OHO IMRmmGHllNGmONTINUES mEWMdWNEAR VERDUN AND ALSO AROUND LABASSEE Great Offensive of Austrians Against Italians is Unabated Both the French and the Germans Claim Successes at Various Points in the'Verdun Region British Suffer Heavy Losses . When Germans Take Trenches. .Hard fighting is still in progress be tween the. AustrlanS andj, Jtayans,-Jn the "Tyrol the " French and tneQer mans Jn the region of .Verdun and the Germans and British Labassee. The great offensive f the Austrians against the Italians in Southern Tyrol contin ues unabated, and at .several points the Austrians seem, gradually -to be throw ing back the Italians toward their own territory. To the southeast of Trent on the Lavarone Plateau, Vienna savs the Italians have been dislodged from all their positions and adds that the Aus trians have captured. FIrm-Mandrilo and .thef height immediately west of the frontier from the summit.as far as the Astach Astico valley. V- f '. The Austrians .for " their offensive, according to Rome advices, have been n'eavily Reinforced m men and guns Since the beginning- of the offensive Vienna asserts, more than 24,000 men have been taken prisoner, and 172 can non; have been captured by the Aus trians. . i ; In the' region of Verdun both the French and Germans claim , successes for- their- arms at various points. An' interesting- point in the latest French off fcial --communication- - is- the state ment that the -Germans stormed and captured,-February 25, -t four days after the commencement xof the assault on Verdun and from 'all which , attempts to drive them out proved futile. The Germans, however, still hold the north ern part of Fort Douaumont A violent attack also has netted the French sev eral German : positions on a front of about a mile and a quarter east of the village - of i Douaumont. To the north west of Verdun the French have forced out the German's "from-positions south of; Hill 287 and west- of Lemort Hom- me :-: ' ' .. " , -".-:' . i Berlin," on the other -hand, says the Germans to the northwest . of Verdun stormed tho eastern epurs' of Hill'- 304 mndr held them- against- repeated couhr reltta.kar T-lriHli fTghtlioghe French are declared td have .lost' heav ily in men killed or wounded. Admis sion is made in the- Berlin report of the capture by the French -of a quarry south of Haudremont, i northeast- of Verdun. ' . ; ;- '-' ' -.'' Heavy-losses in men were-suffered by the . British ?when the Germans took the trenches from them '' over -av front of about a mile -and" a quarter- near Giv-enchy-En-Gohelle 'and in counter at if 11111 FIXED AT JULY 20 Majority Leader Kitchin Thinks Congress Can. Finish Its Work : by That Time. PAID - HIGH COMPLIMENT North Carolinian's Plan for Raining Ad ditional Revenue Haa Been Adopt ed -Record of J. CongreWa .' Best Ever. ,- ; , ; . (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, May; 22.-July 20 Is the latest date set by Majority Lead er Claude Kitchin or adjournment of the House. If the Senate gets through Its work by that time, ' Congress will adjourn not later -, than' July 20. This statement was made fo The Star cor respondent today by Mr. Kitchin. - ''The House today took up Represent tatlve Page's bill providing funds for the District of Columbia.' This meas ure will be disposed of before the .end of the week .and early next week Mr. Kitchin will ' call' up' the - naval' bill, which is to be passed under.- a rule within four,dayB., i . V , v - "The revenue bill, which will, provide the funds for": the .additional expanse incident r to the . preparedness; measT ures,' will be reported to- 'the . House within the Aext" ten ' days. .This bill, however, will not be called up until after-vthe. Chicago and St. Louis con ventions. 'Mr. Kltchln'tand his asso ciates have decided ; to ; wait nntil all preparedness bills - have . been - passeTT by both houses before revenue measure is taken up. This action Is to be taken in' order that Congress may know Just what c amount will be necessary - to raise." , ' - " " ' ' . . High Compliment Kf tehlnu : - -" As already' stated In - this .correspond ence, tM additional revenue will be raised f roni income "tax,. Inheritance tax " 'This plan 'Originated with' Mr J Kit chin long before -Congress- met last fan1 and ;th decision to; adopt- the' ma jority Leader's plan ls & high .compft ment to him. It is intended to protect the Anierican Iyestuff manufacturers, The bill will provide for a tax. tor five ears when the rate 'will begin - to ; de cline a 4 d 'will' gradually go back to its present, figure This plan ihad been- ap- proved by the cotton and textile man uracturers of the South. ' lnoK.mg over me recoru oi -no prw tnt ? Congress, Mr. Kitchin declared fuat it lias done more-work.;up to' the pres - (Cctiaued 9&bzJ&&): -w . - .,,.--.- ,-- - . I . . . - ....... imentiiktc emnnnnn cimn nUUUUIIIimUl I UHl L iUI.UUU.UUU I UI1U tacks to regain them, according to Ber lin. . " : -. . The situation generally on the Rus- slon front remains unchanged. , The British operating against the Turks in Mesopotamia gradually are drawing nearer Kut-El-Amara, wnere a large number of their officers and men were recently surrounded and are still being: held captive., , GERMANS CAPTURE SEVERAL - LINES OF BRITISH POSITION. Berlin, May 2. (via Wireless) The capture of several lines of British posi tion on a front - of two kilometers (1 1-4 miles), near Glvenchy-Engoe- hele was announced today by the war office. German troops also stormed French positions on the esatern spurs of Hill 304 oil the Verdun front and maintained them . against, repeated counter attacks which are said to have cost the French great; losses. . The statement reads: "Western front: East of Nieuport a German marine patrol entered French trenches, destroyed, the enemy's de fenses; and returned .with one officer and 32 men as prisoners.. "Southwest:, of Glvenchy-Engohele several lines of . Brltjsh positions over a front of about .two kilometers were captured. During." the night several counter attacks were :- made and were repulsed. We . captured eight officers, 220 soldiers, four machine guns and three mine throwers. Moreover the enemy suffered exceeding, losses. "In the. district of Berry Au. Bac the French early In the morning attempt ed a , gas attack without success. "West of . the Meuse (Verdun front) our troops stormed French positions on the ea-tern spurs' of Hill 304 and main tained them against' repeated attacks of the enemy.. In addition to the great losses' of the enemy in killed or wound ed we captured nine officers, 518 men and five machine guns...The booty tak en oh the .southern spurs of Dead Man Hill had Increased to 3; cannon .and ,21 ran ,:f 'n :cf nttV'f Chattan- court the; ehemycmade ;f utile attempts to re-capture lost 'ground. :. ' "The French - made' several ' attacks without success on our. lines . in the re gion of ' the quarry south of Haudro mont and on ,the VaUx ' ridge (Verdun front). In the' thirds-attack the; Frencn succeeded;, in, obtaining- a .footing in the quarry. , "During the night : the artillery was (Continued on Page Eight.) Recommended to Southern Pres ; byterian General. Assembly in Committee Report. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" This Subject and Deaconess Matter Made Special Orders for Today -Financial Budget for Year - Apportioned. Orlando, Fla., May 22. An endow ment fund of $1,000,000 for the relief of retired . ministers, widows and or phans of those who have spent their life in - church work .will be recom mended .In a .; committee report to; be submitted to ,the . General Assembly, of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States tomorrow. The com mittee will suggest that the endow ment be provided "as soon as possible" and should the report be adopted the Presbyterians, it is said, will have the largest fund for this work tjf - any church In - the South. When the endowment for ministerial relief was authorized. in 1911 , the ' goal set. was $500,000. The fund Is erow- ing rapidly and is now $332,000 One ruling elder- has , offered to give S68. 000 not later than January 1, 1917,. If the church or. other- individuals in slt TCrf 1 1 i tflvn i -ri - 4-r. 4 . . time. Already - more than $ 2 5,000 has been ; raised-- to meet the offer. This matter has" been made the 'Special or der , for tomorrow- morning. . v " Another - special , order for tomorrow morning is the deaconess feature of the report on woman's activities In the church. When the Assembly decided Saturday . - that ' r women ; should not preach, ItJwas ' determined "that con slde'ration of ' the ;, deaconess question should follow."' The . Rev. Neal L. An,- aertson loaay.niaae; an unsuccessiui attempt ; to 1 get the: matter before " the Assembly immediately, ' but it was de ferred until - tomorrow. : . ..; ..' .v Systematic Beneficence. ' The work of the Assembly : today was largely confined to discussion and adop tion -of th report' was adopted as pre sented. An - overture providing -rthat the treasurer of the executive committee- of foreign missions be' made the treasurer of . all - the executive - com mittees of the Assembly r was referred to 'the committee: on beneficence - with instructions to report. next year.' . Another Important feature ? of this report was that no special "appeals for any ' cause of the- Assembly should, be s" t Continued On Page-'-Sight), , 4 FDR ENDOWMENT BAPTISTS PROTEST AGAINST ANY AND ALL MOB VIOLENT Say Freedom of Speech and Press: Being Interf erend With to an . Alarming Extent. BIG CONVENTION ENDEH Resolution Urges National Prohfc bition for All States and bis. ' trict of Columbia. V Asheville. N.'C. May 22. The South., em Baptist.' Convention closed its 191' . session here - today .and . tonight mes sengers from the ' various Southernr, v Baptist churches, in which are enrolled. ' some 2,700,000 persons, were leaving ' for their homes. V The convention, which set the hlgh( r water mark of; attendance ! with 2,125 ' registered- messengers, was' featured, - ' today by passage of resolutions asking" a National' prohibition law and urging that the District of Columbia be made prohibition territory,' and j by another? t resolution' urging ' that better police : protection be given' to public speaker., it being, declared that "it is alarming to note1 the frequency with which free dom of speech' and of the press is be ing interfered with , by mobs in our cities and : towns." In ? these resolu tions the" convention 'also expressed It- self as ; "against mob violence by -whomsoever and against ' whomsoever directed." " v . ''. . - It was -explained that the protest against mobs interfering with speak- -ers had "reference- chiefly to mob vio- i i lence in various parts of the country ' against persons lecturing on religious v subjects. - ' - . , ; Agaln-t' Cenaorship. In the courseroT debate on this sub- ' ject speakers denounced the bill pend- v ing, In Congress to- make' the. Post mas- -let General the, "supreme censor of the denominational ahdecalar.fres8,, by 'givtnglte-auorlty;$6Vrefuae use of " J" the mails to J publications- attacking re- '" ilgions,-.-- Another bill - pending In Con- gress, which it was declared would give a judge In the;District of Columbia, the right to consign "without trial a. child'" ' to any "home" or other institution he saw fit,' also came In for censure. Neith er of these subjects, however, were- in- ',. eluded in the resolutions. "Freedom of-speech and press," wka the. keynote of a number of speeches , and Rev. Dr. 'Len G. . Broughton, of Knoxvllle, - toolc . occasion to r declare -that while he would not curtail free- ' dom of the press, he Would be pleased " to see. some.. method adopted by which- newspapers in the vicinity in which a r "sensational crime is committed might not try fhe case and- bring in the ver-V diet." before the case came up in court. : The ? prohibition resolution came up under the head of the report of a com mittee on ', prohibition ' and social ro form.land its - adoption 1 put Southern V Baptists on record as "unalterably op- '. posed ' to the liquor traffic, gambling . dens, ,dens of, vice, child labor and the? - , V sweat shop." . ; Thanks A-Sodated Pres.. . ' . Among, other ;j resolutions t adoptedj ' (Continued on -Page Eight.) COCO COLA CASE 1ST. 60 TO JURY At LAST Supreme ; Court Reverses Decision ' of Federal District Court. Jury - Must : Determine Whether ,Caf - -- feine in It Is Injurious to Health r " r and Whether It Contains" t ' - ' Coea or Cola. , j i Washington May 22. The Supreme Court"' today Veld that a': jury must de termine- whether caffeine contained in coco r cola Is injurious to health and whether there' Is any' coca or cola in the product. In ". so ruling, . the court reversed the decision of ; the Federal district court ' at Chattahooga, which, refused to confiscate; on petition of thet government, .40 : barrels of coca cola shipped ' from -Atlanta ,to Chattanooga "V':' Justice 'Hughes, ; whOy delivered the v opinion for -thev unanimous- court, held -that the district-court had erred in de- -ciding that" no poisonous article could -be "added" to ' a ' proprietary - food ; brought - together"1 by man within " the ' meaning of the-Pure "Food : law, which " declared to be? adulterated. any product . with "'added -poisonous or Injurious in gredlent." The justice said-that from . the language of the statute it was evi dent that "added" -" meant -"artificially introduced."-- . ' .'It is evldentV said Justice Hughes; -"that Congress- did not. intend to give ; immunity from the law to proprietary foods to contain poisons y merely tirf reason of the choice of some formula , orname." -" '.--. , . . V " 'Judge SanfOrd, ? the trial judge, de , elded, that If caffeine had been put in tor the product the' case did not fall with- In the-law; : and -did not submit the .. evidence to. th jury. v ' : - -v The -case is "remanded .back tit f thei district court' for. trial. -It was first --s heard at ; Chattanooga from March IS; 16 April ff, 1911.' I-A shipment of coea, ; cola from .Atlanta to Chattanooga hadj ? - K' Contlaued,4 on-Page- Eight.)' . 14 'it -: i 1 1 V 1 2 I ( V'. fl- .r ml ..: .' .t.'i- 'i ft f .. : t C v- 4 V . f -: ! . h.u - -HI. ':) A- 3 1. Lontbaued pn Pagft-JSUWO , - v - A-'3Sj''i--' t . 7u
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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