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WHOLE DUMBER 39,954
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flould Split Europe in Half, Con
trol the Dardanelles,, the
Agean and Baltic Seas, j
FOLLOWS BISMABK'S PLAN
ffar Map As It Stands at Present
Shows Larger Part of Pro
gram Accomplished
WILSON S WORDS RECALLED
jmphasis Given Warning That
We Must Fight For Democracy.
Washington. May 20. Ger
many's next peace declaration, ex
pected to suggest a program of
territorial renunciation on the
east and west, is regarded here as
largely answered before hand by
information revealing for the first
time the full scope of the imperial
government's aspirations for con
quest in the south. j '
The information discloses as one
.of the primary aims of the war a
plan for consolidation of an im
pregnable military and economic
unit stretching from the North
Sea to the Mediterranean, cutting
Europe permanently in half; con
trolling the Dardanelles, the
Aegean and Baltic, and eventually
forming the backbone of a Prus
sian world empire, i
Bismark's Methods Followed.
In the light of German history, the
plan j shows how implicitly the Kaiser
ha followed, out the blood and iron
politico-econor.-.ic methods of Bismarck
for development of Prussian power.
Considered in' view of the present war
map, it show? that the major portion
of the Kaiser s war program has been
accomplished regardless of wriat I dispo
sition is mad of conquered territory in
France, Belgium and Russia. ' j
A full realization of this situation
a(Ms a. new force to the repealed dec
laration of allied statesmen that the
German peace maneuvers are in reality
war roves, and that a premature truce
only wot'ld give Germany a resting pe
riod in which to further Prussianize
and prepare for a greater world war
fte territory to the southeast I which
sba has conquered under the guise of
a friendly alliance. j
Although officials have refrained from
feSnke public expressions of what the
fn-ed States might demand as a peace
Fiarantee, these possibilities I recall
""itr. recurring emphasis President Wil
sons declaration that America must
?'it 'intii "the world is made safe for
eirocracy." j
Thjv hrir- into relief Foreiern Min
ister Balfour's warning that hard fight
mil r.iust win the war, the con-
'ction nf the American army general
staff that the country must prepare
r at least three years of war, and the
'an. th-t predictions of an early peace
nave been discredited as visionary in
virtually every allied capital. j
New Soirees Of Information.
How n-.inutely defined is the German
'.a,;'. and how accurately it is bein
-""'ed out have become fully apparent
niy with the opening up, during the
, lweeks' - several new avenues
information. The return of; Amer
tV! diP!oma.tic agents, from the Cen-
en pjres detailed confidential re
iri of recent frank expressions
pr-', reichstag and in the German
and the deductions of alert Am-
-:can agents abroad watching the
muves. nave aununea me
iUon of more than one hitherto
obscu
:i feature of the German policy.
la
-CF Southeastern nnnmiata it nnw
w.?parfcnt' Germany has followed al-
'a Tot-j the long-esta
lg-established plan
f th
.p , - . wiAo I ii aiwt
a , y as is said to have circulated
Print I6 propaea-nda of conquest, with
ire a;;peals containing maps of a
iter G irnany whose sway from
sou - 0 Constantinople and then
.Aea.,twara through Asiatic Turkey
ma Kod out by boundaries virtual
teM.'dent with the notary lines
?j 'u;s;iria' declaration of war on the
Gt.m c?rmany was actuated by a
mn diplomat coup which in itself
fw e"-UsJ now as a further evidence
that
clear road through to the Dar-
danei-
Kar 1 ""pwauve purpose 01 tne
domin : the case of Turkey, German
:cn is believed here to be even
iaou
-ompiete than in Austro-Hun.
dna Bulgaria,
v., Firm Grip in Turkey.
xlefv J uave merman omcers led in
tm?ln-B Turkish territory (and in
such inharmonious elements
U -LP1 Armenians and Syrians, but
ustr?-i 1 learned that German in
Eri Irganizers have taken a firm
' Drof,. Turklsl industry and German
Germ'ah? have been sent to spread
. "U nn 1 - ' . - .
Fit,; ""-"1 xiuvag me population,
fcb'r, rs m 8luaTely with an actuating
c.i,or conquest to the southeast is
Plot Against Costa Rican
Government
i
German Firm in New York is Said to Have Financed Revolution
ary Movement Former President and Other Ex-Officials
Implicated Gonzales Sisters Take Refuge in U. S. Legation.
San Jose, Costa Rica, May 20. A fa
reaching plot to overthrow the present
government of Costa Rica, of which
President Federico Tinoco is the head,
has been uncovered by the authorities.
The former president, Alfredo Gonzales,
who - was deposed last January, at
which time Tinoco assumed control,
others officials ot the former govern
ment and German residents here and in
the United States are alleged to be
implicated. A German firm in New
York is declared to have furnished
$100000 for the organization of a rev
olutionary movement.
Brothers of the ex-president made
an . attempt to leave Costa Rica, but
were prevented by the authorities, and
the parents and sisters of Gonzales,
who were granted permissioon to leave
the country, took refuge in the Ameri
can legation, where they still are, in
spite of the fact that their safety has
been guaranteed.
Recently German residents here
have been showing marked activity.
Three wireless stations have been dis
covered at Heredia, the home city of
Gonzales, one of the plants, connected
with the city electric plant," being very
"(powerful. Other wireless installa
tions have been found in the 'coast re
gians of SanCarlos and Colorado.
Recently there has been established
nbt far from the Panama frontier a
lumber camp, where 3,000 men now ar-3
engaged. They have under their con
trol a nunvber of gasoline launches and
vast quantities of gasoline. It is re
ported that a wireless station at this,
place has communication with Heredia
and also with a wireless plant on tfce
Pacific coast, which the Casta Rican
officials now are endeavoring to lo
cate. It is stated officially that a wealthy
German named Karl Freiz, who recent
ly arrived from Panama, was detained
for an examination of his papers and
many important iacts were learned
through these documents. Another
German named Kumpel, who has been
acting as an adviser to Gonzales, has
been ordered exiled.
In view of these disclosures and
the frequent trips abroad of recognized
friends ofConzales, as well as the ex
tra-ordinary activity of Germans in this
country, the Costa Rican congress has
granted the government full powers
"to maintain the policy the Costa Rican
people wish to maintain which is ad
RUSSIA WANTS PEACE
BUT ONLY WITH HONOR
Will Fight to Recapture Her Lost
Territories.
Premier Ivoff Declares the Nation Can
Neither Remain Indifferent to
Fate of Belgium Serbia
and Rumania.
Petrograd, via London. May 20. 7
Prince Lvoff, the Russian! premier, and
M. Tereschtenko, the newly appointed
foreign minister, made long statements
at a purees reception today on the re
cent crisis and the policy of Russia.
' Prince Lvoff .after declaring that the
nation had heen brought to the edge of
an abyss, said: , .
"The government considers that its
first duty is to consolidate the flghting
strength of the army, as well for safe
guarding the interests of; restitution as
for driving out the enemy and actively
supporting allies. Government considers
that it is its duty to proclaim clearly
and deflnitel yits desire for the conclus
ion of a speedy peace; but, in speaking
of peace without annexation or in
demnity, the governmeiti declares it is
not a question of passive defense. Free
Russia will not consent to leave under
the yoke of German militarism
territories wich were abandoned, ow
ing to the criminal negligence of the
iiHm Neither can Russia re-
o - -
main indifferent ' to the rate of Bel
gium, Serbia and Rumania, nor forflet
its duty toward them. Russia can not
hand down to future generations a
dishonored reputation.
"The existing, armistice at the front,
which gave the German chancellor a
pretext to formulate his idea of a sepT
arate peace,, aisnonoraoie lo xiuobia,
must ceases. . The count ! must speak
its imperious word and send its' army
out to fight."
M. Tereschtenko, in his statement of
the policy of free Russia as outlined
in the declaration of the provisional
government, strongly emphasized the
need of an indissoluble union with the
allied democracies, and the consciols
ness of the duty these ties impose upon
her. He declared that it was a ques
tion of the , hon or of the revolution,
which was more precious to Russia
than, eyer. .. . ..
Is Discovered
herence m every way to the side of the
United States and the Entente Allies."
Special precauations has been tak
en with respect to German residents
and search is being made! for addition
al wireless- stations as well as report
ed accumulations of gasoline. The au
thorities are making a particular effort
to find a .Germans ubmarine base along
the unfrequented parts of the coast.
FOUR MEN ARE KILLED IN
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
Republic Iron & Steel Company Power
Plant Is Wrecked.
Youngstown, O., May 20. A myste
rous explosion -in the power plant of
the Republic Iron & Steel Company at
noon today caused instant death to
four men and Injuries to j eleven others.
Five of the latter were seriously hurt
and it is believed one may succub.
Ten thousand people crowded around
the plant in the heart of the foreign
section, when heavy pieces of machin
ery were blown a quarter of a mile by
the explosion, leading to rumors that
scores had been killed, j
An immediate investigation was be
gun on a suspicion that! the explosion
may have been caused by war plotters,
although company officials were in
clined to scout the idea, j
The explosion was in a turbo-genera
tor in the power plant of the open
hearth department. Heavy machinery
for yards abbut the generator was
blown to pieces crushing out the lives
of the four victims and pinning others
to the flood The roof was blown off
the building and many were burned in
the clouds of steam that enveloped the
place.. ."" i , ... v
PRESIDENT MENOCAL
AGAIN
TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE
Havana, May 20. The chief justice of
the supreme court 'at noon today ad
ministered j to General Menario G.
Menocal the oath of office for his sec
ond term as president of the Republic
of Cuba in ! the presence of the cabi
net ministers, the supreme court jus
tices, members of the diplomatic corps,
congressional and representatives of
the various ; organizations. Many were
present, a complete spirit of cordiality
was shown and there was no untoward
incident. j
FRANZ RIIIIELEII IS
BY JURY
Guilty of Conspiracy
Against Mu
nitions Traffic
David Lamar and Henry B. Martin Also
Found Guilty But the Jury Dis
agreed as to Four Other
Defendants.
iNew York, May 20. Captain Franz
Rintelen, of the Germaa navy, David
Lamar and Henry B. Martin were found
guilty here tonight by! a jury in the
Federal court on charges of having
con-spired in 1915 and disrupt the mat
tions traffic between this country and
the entente allies. The; jury disagreed
as to four other defendants.
The xerdlct was apptemted by Jugs
Cushman less than ani hour after he
had sent the jury back to its delibera
tions in the hope that all the cases
might be cleared up. j
While no statement was made by the
prosecution, it is undersstood that
Frank Buchanan, H. Robert Fowler,
Herman Schulteis and i Jacob C Tay
lor, upon whose guilt the jurors were
unable to agree, will not be brought to
trial again.' . r
Captain Rintelen, who was paymast
er for Lamar and Martin in the anti
munitions operations of Labors' Nation
al Peace Council, did not appear' dis
turbed at the verdict. ,
"It is fair and just," he declared,
when asked-his opinion.
It was intimated that Rintelen may
be sent to a detention camp rather
than to a prison because of the assis
tance he is reported to have given the
government. ! ,
The penalty for the offense' charged,
which was . violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law, is a year in prison or
$5,000 fine, or both. Sentence will be
pronounced tomorrow afternoon.
DEAF AND DUMB MAN SHOT
AND KILLED BY A) SENTRY
Charleston, S. C,. May 20. An uni
dentified man, who later proved to have
been deaf and dumb, was shot here late
today by a sentry at the water works
when the sentry's challenge went un
answered. The man died later in j
hospital after his leg had been ampu
tated. , He appeared to be about . 6
year?-old,. . j :
Ml C D
Contracts, For 26 Vessels Already
Let and Scores of Others
Soon to be Awarded.
DENMAN ISSUES STATEMENT
Denies That There Has Been Any Dif
ference Between Major General
Goethals and the Federal Ship
pins Board. I
Washington, May 20. Chairman Den
man, ' of the Shipping Board, issued .1
vigorous denial tonight - of reports,
widely circulated aha repeated on the
floor of the Senate, of difference be
tween members of the board and Ma
jor General Goethals, manager of the
emergency fleet 'corporation. State
ments that the board has abandoned its
wooden shipbuilding program at : tha
instance of General Goethals drew from
Mr. Denmsn the declaration that al
ready contracts have been i let for 26
wooden ships and. that scores of others
will be let in the near future.
"The Shipping Board," said Mr. Den-
man, "has never wanted to build wood-
n ships, but has been driven to it by
necessity. It views the expenditure
of government funds for tills purpose
with the same regret that it would
have felt towards the, expenditure of
$50,000,000 given to it by Congress at
the time of its organization for the
building of battleships to carry mer
chandise. The wooden vessel has an
economic value that is not entirely
negligible but were it not for the .war
it is not conceivable that j we would
have built one of them.
"Before entering into the wooden
shipbuilding project, tne board can
vassed the steel ship-building indus
try and found that it could get no con.
tracts for the building of steel vessels
in any large number for the govern
ment account. While we did not know
it at that time, we afterwards discov
ered that the reason for this was that
the British government had contract
ed for nearly all -the available - space
in American yards.- ":iif.,':
"General Goethals md not! ask it, but
we assured him - that his , managerial
powers should be absolute and that
(Continued on Tage Eight)
IS
BY
General Haig Making Effort
to
Straighten Out His; Line
Through Bullecourt.
RUSSIAN LINE ATTACKED
Germans Start' Offensive In
Vicinity of
Mitau and Also In Rumania Ital
ians Continue to Score Successes
Against Austrlans.
"With Bullecourt firmly in their pos
session, the British troops are giving
the Germans no chance for rest and
have started another . offensive with
the idea of bringing their: forces to the
north of Bullecourt in alignment with
those within the village, j
Sunday saw Field Marshal Haig's
men again strike the German line hard
in this region and carry German posi
tions over a front of more than a mile
between Fontaine Lez Croisselles and
Bullecourt and hold them, notwith
standing furious counter attacks. The
fighting here again was of a sanguin
ary character and the British war office
reports that heavy casualties were in
flicted on the Germans.
Although Londbn makes no mention
of the fact, the Berlin war office re
ports ah offensive by the British along
a fifteen-mile front, extending from
the region - of , Acheville - to Queant,
which means that again the entire
front of the Drocourt-Queant line is
being hammered.
Germans Gain One Point. -
The army of the Crown Prince con
tinues its efforts to crack the French
line along the Chemin des Dames, ' Af
ter a .shell firb of great intensity by
all calibres of guns, - and not except
ing asphyxiating ; gas projectiles,' ; the
Germans Sunday endeavored to. come
out of their trenches aiid attack ' in
force. With their usual display of ex
pert markmanship, " however, the
Frenchmen at most places held the
Teutons to their trenches under a re
ciprocal artillery fire. "Wherever the
Germans were able to coma into the
open - and dash toward the x- French
trenches they were- met with a with
ering Ore and j suffered j heav ylosses.
Only at one place, northeast of. Cerny,
did they succeed, after -the payment
of a heavy price in killed and wounded,
in penetrating j the " French positions.
At' this ; point; advanced elements on -a
front of about zou yaras wer cap
tured. "
- - Again comes news 'from the Russian
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EW
OFFENSIVE
BEGUN
BRITISH
tfesterland, Aspen and Viken, the Latter on Her Maiden Voyage,
Sunk by German Submarines Press Characterizes the Sink
... j' '
ing a "Deliberate and Bloody Crime" and Places
Part of Responsibility on England.
Stockholm, via London, May 20.
News that the Swedish -sjteajmeri Ves
.terland, Aspen and Vikeh, laden with
grain from England had "been sunk by
German submarines, was received here
late last night and caused much indig
nation.
The arrival of the steamships, which
were released under the recent reci
procal agree.ment freeing the Entente
Allies tonnage in the Bothnian Gulf,
had been eagerly awaited.
Former Minister of Marine Bostroem
was the chief owner of the Vesterland
while the Trans-Atlantic Company, of
Gothenburg, owned the Aspen and Vik
en. )
The message, which told of the sink
ings, said that eight members of the
ere wof the Viken and two of the men
aboard the Vesterland had been Tost.
No Deed too Black.
Newspapers of all shades of opinion
were united today in voicing indigna
tion at the torpedoing of the three
steamers. The Stockholm Tidhingen
captions its article 'The German's Das
tardly Deed Against Sweden," and
charaoterijes it as . a "deliberate and
bloody crime." It declares that a land
which is capable of such a deed, is cap.
able of anything.
The Dagens Nyheter: i
"Our German kindred land as it is
fond of calling itself is drawing heavy
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3,500 FIRST YEAR
Producing Capacity. Would be
Doubled Second Year To
TrainOver 5,000 Pilots.
TO BE 9 TRAINING FIELDS
Government's Policy Announced By
Howard E. Coffin Is Planned to
Develop Bis Rigid Dirigibles
Or Zeppelins.
Washington. May 20. Formal an
nouncement of the government's policy
as to all types of air craft, except
Zeppelins, was made today by the
Council of National Defense ' through
Howard 35. Coffin, member of the coun
cil's advisory commission and head of
the air craft production board, re
cently created. i. '
The object aimed at for the first
year, according to Mr. Coffin, is the
production of a minimum of 3,500
training and battle aeroplanes; the ed
ucation of from 5,000 to 6,000 avia
tors, and the doubling I or more of the
producing capacity during the second
year. . j
The development-of big rigid diri
gibles or Zeppelins is in the hands
of ai special army-navy board, headed
(Continued on Page Seven.)
HAMLETMAKIN65TR0N6
BID FORWIIIIG GAMP
Army Officers From Charleston
Inspected Pro" psed Site.
Site Of More Than Five Thousand Acres
Has Been Offered Government .
Youth. Killed Bq. Electric Shocls:
Saturday.
(Special Star Telegram). .
Hamlet, N. C May ! 20. Hamlet is
making a bid for the concentration
camp for the training of soldiers. On
Wednesday a detail oX officers from
the Southeastern headquarters at Char
leston visited' Hamlet i and went over
the land offered for an army. They
seemed to be much j impressed with
the location;
A site, of over 5,000
acres has been
offered the government with as much
as 12,000 acres if desired. The char
acter of the land, the abundant water
supply and the excellent railroad "fa
cilities has appealed to the officers in
charge and they have agreed to retunj
within ' a: few daye for a further in
spection..1 ...
The I Seaboard Air. Line ..hast 'a corps
of engineers on the ground Assisting
in the gathering of information desir
ed.' ' ' ,
The Hamlet Chamber of Commerce
is cooperating -with -the city officials
and -the Seaboard offleiaas In preparing
the information desired.' The site comes
within two miles of , the limit of Hara
- Continued op. Page . Seven. .
1
drafts on the sympathies which it be
lieves itself to possess here and for
which our land has been forced to hear
so many unkind words from Germany's
opponents."
The Nyheter declares no intelligent
German need wonder that his country
has so few friends in the world.
England Not Blameless.
The Stockholm Dagblad says a share
of indignation must be vented on Eng
land which delayed the departure of
th steamers until after May 1 but
that the first and foremost feeling must
be bitterness against the methods -of
the German submarine campaign. It
adds:
"The sinkings may give further proof
of the danger of invading the blockade
zone, but it was snpathy for Germany
as well for provisions for Sweden that
went down with the ships."
The Svenska Dagbladet also accused
England of deliberately delaying the
departure of the ships, but continues:
"It is just as plain that the Germans
are proceeding without the slightest
elementary regard for our rights as
neutrals."
No theoretical defense by Germany
can prevent the greatest bitteresness
from prevailing in Sweden, says tha
Dagbladet. Germany's enemies it addd
could not have desired better agita
tion material.
Viken on Maiden Voyage.
The Viken was a new vessel, built in
(Continued on Page Two).
E BILL IS
ABSORBING TASK
Congress Has "Provided" the
Army, Now It Must' Raise
Money to Support It.
HAS BEGUN TO, "SPEED UP"
Waite House Pressure Had Telling Ef
fect Lasct Week M u ca Important
feet Last Week Muck Important
Food Control Bills.
. Washington, May 20. Having pro
vided for fighting forces in the war
by passing the Army draft bill and
the measure increasing the navy and
marine corps, Congress now concen
trates its attention upon the problems
of raising money for keeping fighting
forces . in the field and regulating the
food supply America must furnish both
for herself and her allies.
The Senate tomorrow will begin con
sideration of food legislation, while
the House proceeds with the $2,000,000,
000 war tax measure. During the week
final enactment of the $3,342,000 War
budget bill, with its authorization of
$750,000,000 for American - merchant
ships, is expected and possibly the Ad
ministration Espionage measure also
will be passed.
Congression leaders tonight said
(Continued on Page Two).
ATHLETICS TO PLAY
PMATMYCIPS
Bookies Will Be Trained In the
Various Sports.
Baseball Will Bo the Big Feature Di
visional Leagues and Champion
ship Competitions to Be Encour
aged. Washington, May 20. A practical
method of national sacrifice whereby
famous football and Dasenall players,
physical instructors and athletes gen
erally can aid the government with
their special skill anti knowledge, has
been provided through the committee
on training camp activities, recently ap
pointed by Secretary Baker, with W.
Raymond B. Fosdick as; chairman.
After a study of Canadian and Brit
ish army training systems. Mr. Fos
dick has found that all athletic sports
and even 'childrens games have a dis
tinct, place in military work and give
the soldier the iron muscles he ntf-ds
in the hand-tc-hand fighting of trench
wr rf are. -
Baseball will be the features of the
effoils of th committee. Extensive
organization of divisional leagues and
championship competitions that prob
ably will include a national pennant
race will be encouraged by the com
mittee and supported by omcers in com
mand of the camps. . Similar organi
zation ? for other sports will be per
(Contlnuecl on Page Seven.)
Commander of the Colbert Among
Those Lost as Ship Goes
Down in Mediterranean.
TORPEDOED BY SUBMARINE
Number of Military Passengers Were
Aboard Vessel Was ofL5,3&4 Gross
Tons and Had Been Attack,
ed Once Before.
Paris, May 20. The French steamship
Colbert, - carrying a number of French
military passengers, was torpedoed and
sunk in the Mediterranean April 30 by
a Teuton submarine. Firty-one per
sons, including the commander of tha
vessel, lost their lives. Announcement
of the sinking, of the Colbert'was made
this afternoon by the French admiralty.
The official statement says:
"The steamer Colbert, in the service :
of the admiralty and having on board
a certain number of military passen
gers, was torpedoed in the Mediterran-,
ean on the morning of April 30 by a.
submarine. Fifty-one persons vera
killed, among them being Auxliiarv
Naval Lieutenant Commelin, who was
in command of the ship, and who had
been, turned over to the army. He was
made a chevalier of the Legion of
Honor for defeating a submarine at
tack on the same day, April 30, a year
ago."
The Colbert, was a passenger vessel
of 5,394 tons gross. She was 377 feet
long and had a beam of 47 feet. In"
April, 1916, the vessel was attacked by
a submarine in the Mediterranean, but
escaped her aggressor by superior '
speed. At the same time sh ewas shell,
ed by a U-hoat without preliminary
warning. -
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
OBSERVES QUIET SABBATH
Important Action Expected to Mark
. Today's Sessions.
Birmingham, Ala., May 20. Except
that a; large" number of Birmingham
Protestant . pulpits were filled by visit
ing Presbyterian ministers, today was
one or quiet for the! general assembly
of the Presbyterian church in the Unit
ed States.
Tomorrow's sessions will be markea
by important action, at is expected. A
special order of business of importance
to be considered, one upon the interest
of the entire church is centered, is the
report of the ad interim committee or.
Oglethorpe University.
The report of Mrs. W. C. Winsbor
ough, superintendent of Womans Aux
iliary of . the Church for the past year,
shows marked progress in every de
partment. The membership has grown
from 60,474 in 1912 to 70,444 in 1916,
while contributions by the woman'a
societies have jumped from $383,726 in
1912 to $439,973 in 1916.
TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION TO
RE-UNITE PRESBYTERIANS
General Assembly of Northern Branch
to Act Within Few Days.
Dallas,' Texas, May 20. That the
129th general assembly of the Presby
terian church in the United States of
America, in session here, will take
formal action looking to a re-union o
the two branches of the church the"
North, and South, which met the part
ing of the ways as a result of sectional -differences
because of the Civil War
within the next few days, was author
itatively stated today.
It also is expected that the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church in
the United States the Southern branch
- now in session at Birmingham, Ala.,
will make formal overtures to the Dal
las assembly. '
Dallas pulpits were occupied at both
morning' and evening services today by
visiting clergymen. The assembly
probably will adjourn next Friday.
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WOULD SUSPEND DIPLOMATIC
BUSINESS WITH GERMAN V
Madrid, via Paris, May 20.- The Span
ish government's note to Germany con
cerning the attack by a German sub
marine on the Spanish steamer Patricio
recalls that a number of notes of pro
tests previously addressed to the Ger
man government still remain unans
wered. It declares ' that' the transac
tion of all diplomatic business with
Germany will be suspended until re
plies are received to these, according
to the newspapers.'
It also demands the fulfillment of
conditions agreed upon by the German
government to prevent unwarned at
tacks by submarines on Spanish shipd
in safety zones and asks for an indem
nity for the Patriocio.
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BAPTIST CONVENTION IS
EXPECTED TO CLOSE TONIGHT
New Orleans, May 20. Visiting min
isters, delegates to the Southern Bap
tist convention, occupied pulpits in
churches of various denominations here
today and tonight. ' In the afternoon
mass meeting were addressed by' Dr..
Len G. Broughton, of Knoxville, and
Dr, George W. Truett, , of Dallas. The
convention will finally adjourn Mon
day night, it is expected. .
Supreme Court Decision.
Washington, May 20. After a re
cess of two weeks, the Supreme Court'
will hand down decisions tomorrow.
Another recess will then be taken until
June. 4, when opinions " will again - be
rendered. Many important cases are
pending.
Darcy. Critically I1L
Memphis, May 20. Physicians attend
ing Les Darcy, Australian pugilist, who
is ijl at a hospital here, tonight report
ed hia condition slightly improved, but
still critical. Darcy is suffering from
pneumonia and endocarditis,
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