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V THE WEATHER St 1 . . 'jBMamiapBmnamiMiaanMiaeN II A PAGES TODAY . JL hJI. ' ONE SECTION . - , Fair Thursday,' slightly warmer ; In terior Friday fair warmer, " " v ill l- 1 VOL. CI-JN"0. 236 WlLMJrlN, C THURSDAY" MORNING, ;MAX- 16,71918 whole Dumber 39,414 "SIGNS OF THE TIMES' 1 . , CHARLES E.i HUGHES TROOPS MAY SOON BE UNDER GEN. PERSHING TO ASSIST GREGORY IN AVIATION INQUIRt pivisions iti. Which Americans predominate Probably Will Be Turned Over to Him ABE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES One Is That Fresh Troops Arriv ing in France Can Get Early ' Training Under Fire, FOCH COMMANDS ITALIANS Has As Full Power in Italy As in France and . Belgium Washington, May' 15. General Per shing probably soon will he command ing French and British troops as the process of brigading American " units with their allies on the western front goes forward. . - . " ; , As if exemplifying the unity of command and. action into which :4 the United States and its co-belligerents have entered It became . known here today that whenever American troops predominated in the brigaded divisions as the process goes on these divisions. under present plans, will be , turned over to General Pershing's command. This plan would accomplish several things which the military authorities consulting upon, regard as very, desir able. It would rapidly Increase the size of the American command on the battle line; it would contribute tre mendously to the support of. unity and concerted effort and at the same time instead or holding large number or American troops behind the line while training, would surround them1 with esasoned veterans and under actual bat tie conditions ' school them to be re- brigaded later with fresh -American troops coming to -France. In this way the efficiency of . the , British and French forces" is expected "to be 'In creased and the work of building up a ?rreat,fulry trained -"and T'colnpletely fighting force in France "hastened. ' . In addition to this, as illustrative of the unity of command, -" under" which eneralissimo Foch directs all the al lied armies. It .was stated - officially here today, that. Foch commands the Italian troops in Italy, as : fully as he does the American, British and French troops in France and Belgium. There has been no question that Foch com manded me iiauan - troops -in a ranee and it had "been supposed that,- consid ering the Italian front as. part of the western 'battle under a . decision reached at the Versailles conference, the generalissimo's1 authority; extend ed there. . " ; ; For the first tinie, .however, it was stated unreservedly that General Foch's supreme command extended to Italy. - ' : ' : : It was stated also that"-Italy, be sides sending troops to France in numbers equal to those being sent from the United States, now has on her fighting line a larger army, more perfectly equipped than she had be fore the great Austrian drive. ; This may be explanatory of the apparent equanimity with which the .allied lead ers face recurrent reports of a new drive on the Italian front.1 The information, however, that the brigaded allied divisions in t'he west probably will be . placed '. under com mand of General Pershing when the number of American trooDS contained in them predominates was take , to mean that the same principle would operate when the perdominatlng num bers were French or British. CAIN, CF ROWAN, MUST DIE SAYS HIGH COURT Kightwatcliman Who Murdered Fellow Workman and Robbed Car Com pany's Safe at Salisbury. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, May . 15. The : supreme eourt delivered opinions this afternoon ln ten appeals, one of the most notable being in the case of State vs. Baxter Caln from Rowan county,' In which Ca'n ia under sentence to die ln the ctric chair for the murder of Abel wris. The supreme court affirms the rwer court Jn conviction and Sentence. Cain Was nic-hf wntntimnn inA d-atiJ '1 caretaker for the company that Wates the ntroat vallwav on1 AlantrlA eht plant at Salisbury.. He got off .. . "'- uaiiii was ywveu uu Uly In his Btfiarl Nt( mnrnlnir War. " Illfhl- o n 4 TT n J . - 1 J j, . '"""u iiiuruerou, aim uoujr u m i ten up witn a bar of iron car by a street car for . chaneiner be rlhes: also the company's safe was ana forced open and money r and 'ares 'presenting tne previous aays Cai!,'' gone- The. money was found in " s barn and ttie tickets in a thlck- l(;10se hv MnU .1.. v. &?4 .und to from the electric barn nT the thket from the Cain. f v. 7 he mney was hidden ln a lot in the barn. ' - re fl0tr er aPPeals in which' opinions Lup a oy tne court ioiiow; , orcas va. Hardin, Randolph no er- Junr vs' Davls. Davie, affirmed. I unan vs. Daniel, Davie, no error. : Jorri Vs- McKnight, Iredell, affirmed, firmed VS Simmon8' HorxtKomer3r TV vs. Wilson, Yancey, reversed. vb. Spruce Co., Yancey, new Hal. OOdy Pu, kit, sette vs. Mull,. Transylvania, a- ed. GROUND LOST BY FREfIGH RE-TAKEN Drive Germans , From Vantage Points On Hill, 44 By Persist ent Counter-Attacks. ; GAIN SOUTH OF HAILLES British Infantry Left Alone Wednes . day, But Enemy's Artillery Was ; - Kept Intensely Active All Alons ' mans yn Tuesday 'gained a . footing on Still another day has passed without the Germans renewing "their offensive in Flanders- or Plcardy. Nowhere have Infantry, operations by either side on these battle' fronts or, for that matter, in any o f the numerous theatres of the war, risen In importance above patrol engagements. "" - - North of Kemmel, where the Ger mans on Tuesday galne da footing on H3ll 44, one fthe, bloodiest sectors on the western., front, the lost vantage points have been retrieved through the persistent ; counter-attacks : of the Frenclt .who succeeded in driv4ng the enemy from tne shell holes, along the slopes to which he had been tenacious ly holding. Not alone were the Ger mans forced to recede but the French advanced their line and also took pris oners. . :.".- - '' " ' k likewise, south of Hailles, in the Amiens region, the French have taken another bite into the German line and successfully warded off a German counter-attack, launched in an endeav or, to capture ; the lost;, ground. The Germans In these maneuvers suffered heavy casualties1 .. and lost men made prisoners. . ' ."; - ..'.v ' " ' t : ; Throughout ' Wednesdajr . .the Britifh were left- severely alone -by- the Ger man infantry - '"s '"k ' ..Although the enemy is keeping, ma infantry in "the trenches he continues to use his artilleryvigorously, against salients held by. British and French all along , the front, especially against Halg's forces south of Albert arid against the French north; of. Kemmel. The French north of Motdldier ."and along the, curve in the battle front be tween Montdidier and Noyon also have been under' an intensive fire from the German guns, v FRENCH CAPTURES SEVERAL, HUNS IN LOCAL. FIGHTING. " London,- MSy 15. Field Marshal Halg's " report from British "headquar ters in France tonight says: "There was local; fighting in which the French troops ' captured several prisoners " and successfully advanced their line in the sector, north of Kem mel village this morning, "Elsewhere there was nothing be yond artillery activity n both. ; sides of he battle front." . : BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESSFUL . " ."' ATTACKS NORTH OF KEMMEL. Berlin, via London; May 15.The of-, ficial 'communication ' from general headquarters today reads:"; : "North of Kemmel, . attacks were completely successful, and resulted in the bringing in of 120 prisoners. We made an attack whe ntroops were be ing relieyed and 'cost the French san guinary losses. The artillery - duel ln the Kemmel region ermains Intense. . "Early in the morning in connection with - French thrusts,' fresh" Infantry engagements developed there." : . . "Between the Lye : and LaBassee ca nal on tae Scarpe and enar Bucquy the enemy " artillery was lively especially during the night, ' ,. :We made a short . thrust between the Ancrevand Uhe Somme and pene trated the British - lines on the Bray Corbie . road, and held : the , territory gained . against , twice , repeated : and strong' counter attacks, '. V . "Lively artillery activitycontinued for the support of the infantry. Near Villers-Bretonneux, ' on - both . sides of the Luce and the Avre, firing engage ments have repeatedly revived.;,. On the western bank pf , the Avre, the enemy attacked our lines near Castel. He was repulsed with heavy losses. ; - "Our .airmen yesterday shot down five enemy- balloons.. We "have drop ped numerous .. bombs on. Calais - and Dunkirk; - as well - as the munition de pots ln ? the rear . and railway estab lishments of The enemy.' : V; ; Barrr-WBAVEBV contest? ' ; - . - WILL OOMCE5 UP NEXT WEEK. . Washington, May ' 15. Oral argu ments of counsel in the congressional contest of J. .J. Britt against Zebulon Weaver, of the Tenth . North , Carolina district, will be heard before. the house elections - committee . next week. Britt claims , that on the original returns he had "IS majority but . that the canvass- lngkboard allowed five prednts In Bun combe - county . to amend.- these : returns so that Weaver; had a majority .of nine. RJJQUIRE SPECIAL LICENSE ' - V . FORlEXPORT OF.COTTOIT. -f .Washington" May; 15. Special Export licenses" issued through ' 'the- .icustoms service under , which . shipments of raw cotton .excepting sea island and Egyp tian Cotton,"- have ; been proceeding to the United Kingdom, Frace and Italy, and' Japah, will expire June 20. . The war" trade' board announced today that shipments ' which leave the United States ? after that t adte will require special Individual licenses: WILL ORDAIN NEW --;;'.; ;;:" ; '.:.r:-"--r"'r'" -.' -;' ,v:-..-r ..- ( Methodists f ReElect r Rev. T. -N; v Ivey Editor of the Nashville r Christian Advocate. DEBATE CHURCH RELATIONS Majort- and- Miortty Committee Re ' ," porta Submlt'ed RerardJng the -Question of Unification of . American Methodists. , Atlanta, Ga., May ,15. Discussion of the majority and minority reports of the committee on - church relations, and the election of three new bishops and connectional officers' featured the' ses sions of the general conference of the Methodist v Episcopal church, South, here" today.' ; Bishops - elected today were:' Rev. R. N." Parker,. o fthe Loui siana conference ; Rev!. H. M. . Dubose, of the North Gfbrgia' conference, and Rev. W. N. Alnsworth, of the South Georgia conference. - Bishop Eugene R. Hendryx, senior, bishop, announced that that ' six new bishops, three of" whom were elected yesterday, will be ordain ed Friday ; ' ;':y":'fV; ;'"- . ; The: following, connectional; officers were re-elected fo rthe next four, years at. the afternoon session: ' R4v. T. N. Ivey,1 of . the Western : North Carolina conference, editor of the Nashville Christian Advocate; L B. Chappell, of the Te'nnessee Conference, edUtor. of Sunday school literature, and W. "W. Pinson,-of Nashville secretary of the board pf missions. :, ''After announcement of the result of the , ballot ; taken yesterday , on which Rev.' Frank ; N.' ' Parker was elected bishop, , the majority , and minority re ports of the committee "on church re lations; were' taken up. for debate at the morning session, - Bishop Atkins presiding. .".'. . The Majority report s of the commit tee 'recommended .to reaffirm the action o fthe general conference of 1914 and declared the readiness of the Methodist Episcopal church,' South,' to continue negotiations on: the basis approved by that action f4n. case the com mission or other .duly constituted authorities of the Methodist - Episcopal i church signi fy their desire .for th.e continuance of negotiations upon -that basis. The com mission was instructed to give careful consideration to the matter of cioser co-operation in order not only to Elim inate waste but to secure the greatest poeaihle results from the efficient ad adjustment ,pt the .: workers . of both churches.t;:;;?'lvf;;';: -i",'-'t h- The report o fthe minority also - re affirmed the action of the general con ference of 1914 and declared the rfeadl nes of the Methodist ; Episcopal ohurch. South, r to renew . negotiations fin -'case the general conference of AtheMethf odiet Episcopal church; signified, its nfle: ire for renewal of negotiations.'.' ' , . Jtjdge ; Johri S. ; Candler; of ; Vitlantkr favored the . adoption o fthe minority report antl stated - that ,the southern church had gone as far as it could and . , (Contlnuedr n jfase-Ten:). ft UNO lOTiiWiPI M; Duval,irec Newspaper Bpnnet' Rouge, ; SIX OTHERS : : SENTENCED Among These l Jean Leymarie For mer Minister of the Jaterior The -Defendants-Were Charged . With TrettaoiJ Paris, -Mayl5. M.. Duvai who was director of the suppressed Germano phile newspaper Bonnet Rouge, was condemned to death" today by - court martial fbr;';tMaso'--jy . The six; other defendants were sen tenced to . lmprisbnmeat ' for, terms ranging from; twotp'ten'; :yeariJ7: J v ' Every decision pi the ".court martial was voted unanimously.' . J, "v H v: M. Marion, assistant manager of Bonnet; Rouge, ' received . ten years Im prisonment at hard labor: i ' ; ; ; : ? Jacques - Pandau,- a reporter on ' the newspaper, was- .given Jelght . years at hard labor, i"'1'.-;- ''---'.'k -7-- -iV I Goldsky , was sentenced , to eight years at hard - labor . and military deg radation r ;.. ;!-, : : u: " M. Joucla, a reporter on the Bonnet Rouge, was . given ; five years at hard labor. : - ' .-'..- :- '" ' . ' M. Varcasson , was sentenced to two years in prison . and . fined . 6.000 ; francs with sentence suspended. iC' , . Jean Leymarle' former 'director of. the" ministry of . interior,- '.was given two years ' In prison'' atd lined 1,000 francs. - ' : '. ; ,j ' " ' " -r ' '" Leymarie's ". condemnation ' roused greater 1 public Interest and discussion than did the death sentence of Xuval as- public! minds - naturally" connected his sentence . with the forthcoming tr,ial of .. Louis Malvy, ex-minister "of the " Interior,;, whrf was -formerly Ley marle's -chief. AMEND SHIPPING. ACT. ' - Prohibit : SMni.? DotStuui- BbL' t Frim :.:; PaMina to Forelgnera, . Washington, May 15. Amendments to the shipplng'Vact designed to pro-? hibit American yessel8,t; docks, yards and other port facilltlespasslng - Into the control of " foreign interests '.and empowering : the -president to prescribe ocean charter, and freights rates and to requisition vessels even as email as 2 0 tons were-; favorably. reported ? to the house today by the merchant ma rine ; committee T .'4;j.-5fv; ; Under, the amendments, the shipping; board is given greater .control, oyer the . operation of American yards . t& prevent foreign 'interests tying; them up with ' after-the-war : contracts, Vessels- built "for foreign: account after the war will, have tor fly thd American flag. Good Cottasi' Weather; -'"" 1 asVlngpri.ClMay;!!.- weather," the best .experienced the cot ton beitvso far this ,s.ea;sot,. Is, renorted for the .week. Just closed by the Na tional Weather and- Crop, Bulletin" Is sued today. :T . -. - - . . t . Bnair in nanmrn mmmm .fSpiTiS Datf yExcept Sunday Between New York OFFKJIAfelsiB THE ' START President - Cancels and Autographs .Stamj Which Will be Auctioned ( Oft For Beneflt of Red Croas , in Ken York. .Washington May 15. Aerial mall seryiee n the United States became an accomplished fact today. ' . ' Piloted by army aviators, airplanes carried consignments of mail from New York 'to -. Philadelphia; and .Washington and - from ;. Philadelphia to New " York. A plane which' started: from the nation al .capital ' for Philadelphia, - in"- the the presence , of President Wilson and other Thigh government officials, was forced . to : land at Waldorf, Md., thirty miles, away, -because of a broken pro peller. ' .. ;;:-'. - : ' ' ;"- , ;t; ;:"; ';. " ."With the exception of Sunday, daily trips . from each en.d of the New 1 ork Wa8hington air mall route' are plan ned - by the postoffice . department. Each machine . wlll' fly one-half the lap of the journey, the mail, being transferred to different planes at Philadelphia ; Three hours 'and twenty' minutes af ter a machine piloted by Lieut. Torrey Wel?b vlert the Belmont flying5 field near New York today the mail it car rled" was' landed In Washington and within U 83 ; minutes Boy Scouts had completed delivery - of the 735 parcels consigned to Washington, including 19 pieces for . the White House,' one for Vice-president I Marshal and a , number to " Postmaster General Burleson.' A letter from Gov. Whitman of New York, addressed ; to President Wilson and pledging that New York will do its part ' in the American Red Cross drive for a; f 100,000,000 -war fund - which be gins next Monday was included in the maiL " . ; -C; - -.-'. : Besides . the President and Mrs Wil son, Postmaster General Burleson, Sec retary Daniels, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Assitant Postmas ter Generals Praeger and Dockery and Postmaster . General Kamara of Japan, witnessed the departure of the mail plane from Washington, t The c presi dent canceled and ;x autographed '". the aerial inaU: stamp on a letter; from Postmaster. General Burleson to -Postmaster General v Patten": of - New ; York and tha stamp ;,W11I be auctioned ott . in New York for' the benefit of. the Red Cross vC-iiM ;. , .- kArmjr aviators piloting the planes are assigned -to- the -work for experience in cross-country flying.. PostoBioe : offi cials ' said today that as the ; fliers -come familiar. wit. hthe air route) that th. service .will be', speeded up.' -l. h Airplane' . mall - Is accepted ; at New York and -Philadelphia for points- west and south,: being transferred to trains here; and t at Philadelphia, while at , "xcontinued on-Page-Two." TO BAPTIST ill! They Are Given C Equal' Eights With' Men By Overwhelming', ' Vote of the Convention. IS DEBATED THREE HOURS .-' r i , ; . . . Reports of the Heme and Foreign Mia- .. tfona Board and tke " Sunday Scbool Board Snbinltted to ' the Convention' Hot Splngs, ' Ark.'. .May 15. Women of the' Southern Baptist churches today P were granted full and equal rights with men In the . convention of the churches' byj an overwhelming vote at the 63rd anuanl session , of the South ern Baptist conventionv By this action,- which consisted of "ah amendment to the convention constitution, women now , are entitled not only to : repre sent their ; churches-in " the conventions but also to hold any office in the con vention, which , is .the highest admin istration organization In the denomi nation. - ' : The . vote was taken . after three hours of debate. . .' .. After the vote was , announced, a di vision or 'roll call was demanded by some of the opponents to the amend ments, ' but was. withdrawn, and the constitution 'was declared officially to have been' amended.-. . ' Because, of.; the length;'. of debate on that amendment other.convention bus iness was restricted and ihe day's ses sion closed. with; the-.reports v of. the nome .anaroreign..,7nsisons . Doaras and: the; Sunday-school hoard. ., ' -TEL' i. Grayl corespondtng secretary Ais report reiuftstea conrn Duiron or apportionment , by . the: churches, of $1-000,000- tQ-' advance thfe ;w6tk: of the church next, year , among, the army cantonments: ',r,iiLz:i ' . ''' ."' ;The report-fJ the' foreign missions board showed . :,that - the " churches lor the first time . in their "history had con tributed more than, a million dollars for foreign, missions. ; The exact amount ' was; given as ?1,006,189. 'it was reportedthat for. the first time in the hlstorir. of,' the 'work;, a state had contributed "'more ' than : 100,000, both Texas and rginia ' having that honor. ' i As a result of the year's -vl ork it was said there were 6,557 additions to the churches by." baptism;" In foreign lands. Statistics showed that there now are 464 churches establlshe . abroad by the denomination. : '. The night session of .the convention was" given over to devotional exer cises, the convention ' sermon being preached by W. . H." Geietwelt of St. Louis. r":-::v:, ;"' GERMANY AND AUSTRIA V TO RENEW ALLIANCE Berlin Newepapers Indicate Bais of . New Treaty for 25 YeaW Do , ration U Agreed ITpon. - Washington, May .-15. According to a dlspatchf rom ' Switzerland the Berlin newspapers . Indicate that the. basis of a new .'treaty'' of; alliance agreed upon at the - recent conference between tho German ' and "Austrian emperors- con templates -fixing .25 years as the. per iod for the duration of the alliance, the imposition of stricter military obliga tions upon each; na'tion and the regula tion of -economic' relations so as to realise the Mlttei Europa" plan. The same :- message . . says advices from Vienna are to the effect that no formal agreement' was signed, because the - moment : did not seem - opportune, but that nevertheless the direction and basis of the new treaty were definitely fixed and that ,lt only remains to frame te : different clafrses. ; . v STEPHEN C. PACE PLACED - ', , , ON TRIAL IN-: FTEDtRAIi COURT, Norfolk ,Va May 15i- Charged with unlawfully .-: ' and ; -feloniously using, pledging, hypothecating and convert ing, to his" own use $13,78.74 in stamps and money, the - property of the post office In Portsmouth, Stephen C. Pace, former assistant postmaster, , was plac ed . On trial : today. In the f ederaL. court before Judge Edmund Waddill. ; ':" r On the stand ? Pace .positively denied his guilt.1 ;, Othe rdefense witnesses tes? tified that Pace, owing to -congestion," was forced to employ assistants and that they had free access; to the vault handling cash "and stamps. Pace claim ed he.liad registered: compiaints wnicn were unheeded. .The case Is ; expected to go to ths jury, tomorrow .? V Cmneree Conimisaionv Ruling, f Was hlngtoiW'May 1S The Interstate commerce commisslott -today . establish ed the rule that upon complaint of one railroad against -and ther .the commis sion may determine the ' division of competition r to "which, each is entitled from their voluntarily established joint rates. , This reverse a former decision. r ProhiWf Best Tr(eerii: V Washington, May -18. A senate ' bill prohibiting rent' profiteering ln the Dis trict of CoUimbia during the war was passed - today . by the house and now Xsoos to ooferoocw. J- President Wilson Summons the Former Supremo Court Justiea. - and He Accepts.. " REPUBLICANS SURPRISED1 . ' ; v '... i - i ' :. President Causes Senate - to Mod-1 ify Resolution For Sweep- ' ing Investigation. - OPPOSED ITS PHRASING i . Would Regard Passage As a Vote of Want of Confidence. ' ' Washington, May 15. president Wil son has summoned Charles E. Hughes' to act with" Attorney General Gregory in the investigation of criminal charg es,, made -in connection with aircraft production. . Mr.' Bughes 'acceptance of the task ' was . announced, today at the' White House and he will oome to Washington in a" few days to go over plans with the attorney: geseral. - ' This announcement overshadowed "In" interest another , development which created a stir at the ' capitol. in-a letter to Senator Martin, the democrat ic leader, the! president earlier in the day had emphatically reiterated . his opposition to the pnraslng. of a pend ing resolution .autnorlzing further in-' quiry by the senate military commit tee into aviation and other phases of war preparations.. He declared he would regard the passage of such a resdlutlon as a vote of want of coh fldence In the administration and vir tually a.s an. attempt to take over the conduct of the . war. - , . . - fo In . , designating Mr. Hughes, - whose recora lAuie. NewYprk Insurance in, vestlgation- Ja. well Vrememberedl tha ps- justice a,; investigauon was of tho very greatest " importance ; that If any person were foun -dguilty they might - ' i be -prosecuted . vigorously and promptly i and, that .the reputations of those at-' ' . tacked might be portected.if thecharg- , '; es. were found to be groundless." ' , . The letter to Senator Martin was the . subject-of heated discussion. : Senator v Chamberlain who introduced, the reso- -lUtron of . Inquiry, called, before ' the . K senate expenditures cpmmlttee consid ering it, declared there was no Inten tion of investigating the . "conduct of -the war" an dthat th.e resolutions was J worded as It'' was only to give the mill- . - tary committee, of which he Is chair-':, j 'I man '.authority to resume' Its previous . Investigations. -'' ;.. ',' ;-.,-'-' The expenditures 7 committee, by a , vote of 3 to' 2, amended the resolution .i -by striking out reference to, the con- - V duct-'d fthe war and adding a proviso " 1 specifically limiting the scope .of the -committee's activities. If the senate -T: refuses to . 8d)opt the resolution as amended.' Senator. Chamberlain ;. indi cated he would drop the investigations -planned. V ''.':,",...'.. ' ;. V-'U."' Administration', leaders were, of 7 the opinion, however, that the amendments would 4 be acceptable at:- the White ' ' House an dthat the resolution would : be passed. . If so the. military commit- tee will . proceed-. Independently of the ' department of justice's inquiry, v i ; Preparations " fot . the department's . investigatnin, ordered recently by the ' president t& a result ' of sensational " chargee based largely on statementi by. Gutson . Borglum,- the sculptor, al- :. ready are proceeding- unde rthe direo- ; tlon . of Assobtant Attorney i General - "7 William Prierson. " ..: ::: '.; A". The choice of Mr. Hughes to act with 7 77 the attorney, general was met with ex-. . pressions of satisfaction on all sfSes at'-.'. the , capitol. Some republican sens- 7y tors voiced surprise, but there was, not 77': a suggestion o.f disapproval. - . . ;7 PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ; $ VETO DRAFT t QUOTA BILL Write Senator Pfcelan That Basins; of - ' , Quotas on Men In Claaa ib .;: ..the -Best Solntion. ?7 Washington, May 15 President Wil son today ' declined to veto the'' bOl passed by congress changing the basis - r .; of army draft quotas from state popu lation to the number of men in Class 1 trT: because of objection to. the elimination v o ' fthe plan - giving " credits . for volun- ' V; . . teers:; .- ;. ;... ..t r- ' cW;"; In a lette rto Senator Phelan , of Call-7?; 7; fornia, who had asked that the bill be" sa returned to. congress, the president -Vx said;:'- -'-.-, '..- ;.--'- -,;' -:.:' -"-i .'- "I admit there are two sides to" the question about allowing "credits'., for.-.".' -v .' : volunteers in condutclng the draft,- hut r ; V I have been ' over the matter several 5 'V times and - with very great care with . V . the war 'depiirtntent and am convinced 1 " ' that' the interest of the country in the -matter of winning the war will best he -'r-served " by the. measure . as Jt ; . now' ; stands.! I am (jult ready to concede -' -that neither solution of this - question '. . '. Is ent'reiy atlsfactory. We have ,t . , ' take the average- beet.;v V v, : i,,".;"'-; v TRAIN ' REPLACEMENT TROOPS ' ' V' t AT CAMPS LEE AND JACKSON 7 1 .Washington, May 15.r-The war de ; partment has-selected Camp Lee, Vs, ;r, as , a permanent; infantry : replacement 7 camp;-.- ''... -' ;- j, -y ; The center of training If or all artll- '( lery replacement : troops will . bs at Caoj?p JackJOQ. &-A . ; 4 !' Hi : i ,M I 41 I. . .J-f n 1 N1 , . 'I :