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tOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE, N. G, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVSMBER 15, 1913. 111 til ffiEfl STRASSQUnE AO - . . --. . ... 1TZ Oil SUIffi : - ' ' ..- : . - .1 . Pjoihcare 1 and ClemenceaiH to Witness Solemnities; : AMERICANS ' A D V ANCI N Q r SI Liberation of Belgium to Be Rap idly Accomplished; Evacua-V tiorY Benin Tuesday,? . Paris, Not. 14. (By the Associat ed Press) Germany troops be ran . to evacuate Franc and 1 Belgium on .Tuesday.) The allied troop then diot ed forward, the Americana advancing In the direction of MeU and Etraaa burg. r - ' . . i ' , Marahal Foxih, c,ommander-ln-chIef f the allied armies. , wilt , make 1 nliimn n trial. Into these German fortresses on- Sunday in the presence of f President Polncare and Premier Clemenceau. The marshal' will- ride into the Cities on Croesus, his favorite charter. - - .V:;- It Is probable that the departments -in the rewon territory will . resume their old names; namely, Bas Rhln, Prefecture of Strassburg; HautRhln, : Prefecture of Colmar; and Moselle. Prefecture of Met. The government already-is considering the establish ment of provisional administrative ar- ;.irangementa.'T',-ii---'--T-.ji--'';t-;f , The occupation of the territory on the left; bank of the Rhine and the bridgeheads will, not be undertaken by the allied forces -until later. The. liberation of Belgium promises , to be rapidly , accomplished. On the occasion of 1 the re-entry of the, Bel. t giaa . sovereigns Into . Brussels the French government haf decided to present to the queen the grand cordon of the legion of honor and to the . heir apparent the cheavalier's cross and the cross of war. . . In conformity with the agreement reached between Marshal Foch aug - the German delegates, a period of five days has been allowed tethe enemy in which to hand over alt the arma ment material stipulated in the armis tice. 1 ' ' The French command asked the Germans for information as to where mines had been laid and was informed v that some had been placed in the. Oa- " tend station and timed .to, explode, yes terday, vi The, German, f command -. . eordlngty as asked to.benttoffloerf to locate theiexplosives,.. -1 . I i, ' 3 An additional, day, making IS. days tn al from the date of the armistice, -has been granted ; to the enemy to - evacuate BelglunvXuxeiaburgy Alsaee and Lorraine. - - Marshal Foch ha directed th Ger. mans to send officers to the . king of the Belgians at Bruges & give infor mation regarding, the jerman k and Luxemburg railroad and canal sys tems and the navigation of the Rhine. The Germane today are sending an officer to Chimay to arrange with French officers for the' handing over of the arms and material which .Ger many has to surrender. - , - - BRUSSELS POPUUTION- : . REVOLTS AGAINST GERMANS ' Paris,' Nov. 14. (Haras) -Two German commissioned officers landed v In an airplane yesterday at Thorn, in the Dutch province of Llmburg. ac cording to a dispatch from Roermond, Holland. They declared that .the pop ulation of Brussels had revolted against the Germans. They added that the German officers at the Belgian capital, not daring -to Jeave in air planes, on account of the bad weather, would try to flee in automobiles. ,. - ' - Ghent BelgiunVNov. IS. (By the - Associated Press) Brussels has sha ken itself of the German yoke. Ger man soldiers themselves are removing ' the shackles of the long , suffering populatiom- ;. , f The' red flag floats over the head ; quarters of the German commapdant and the officers have been disarmed. General von Falkenhausen. the . German governor-general of Belgium, has resigned. - - - . - - - " WORK AHEAoVoR WAR-- SERVICE .COMMITTEES Ta Co-Operate With Government Agencies In ' Putting Industry ' and Trade on peace Basis.. 1 " Washington, : Nov. 14. The war time service committees -, named for more than SO 0 groups of interests to ro-operste with government agencies in putting the country's industry and trade on a j war basis ; are looked t to now, officials said today to asrlst in the great .task : 'of industrial.; conver : sion to peace conditions. These torn ; mittee now 1lan a federation Into a ' few large Industrial and commercial groups, which In turn will be feder ated into one unit. This will repre sent a larger proportion of business . interests of all kinds than any or ganisation' now in existence . The federation will be effected, ae cording to -present plans, at a confer ence or in war service commmees ai Atlantic City, December S, 4, 5 and , arranged under the direction of the chamber of commerce of the United States. This conference will discuss many reconstruction questions, ; such as methods of cancelling contracts, continuation of Government ' control. further stabilization of prices, mean of Working out better relations ' with labor, continuation of the conserva tion of material and labor, needs for government financial assistance dur ing the conversion period and absorp tion into business of returning soldiers.- J'j . i -W' iZ"i'-:v At this conference also, information will be gathered systematically on es timated needs for materials, labor and credit in the next year; stocks of ma terlftls on hamls; outstanding financial obligations to the government and similar subjected , , . ; . .CROWX PRIXCE HOI-LAXD. f Washington, Nov. 14. Official in formation .reached the state ; depart ment today through neutral sources that the former German crown, prince has arrived lrt Holland and has been Interned. V ' ; v ; , :'.' i- - APPEALS TO HRSi UILSON HADE . Oil B1ALF OF GERIIAII VOiiElI i iashlngton, Nov. 14 Appeals addressed -to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Miss J a no Addams, of Chicago, on behalf of the women ot Germany, askinjr that the armistice term bo modified to prevent "unspeakable dis aster" hare been sent from tlte German wlrcteas fetation at Nanen. They were picked up by the military Intelligence radio at Hanlton, Me., and were made public tonight by die war department. - The appeal to Mrs. Wilson said the women and children of Germany have "been starving for years' and that "they will die from hanger by, the millions" unless the terms of the armistice are changed so that euf : flclent roiling stock will be made available for moving food from the farm. It was dated at Berlin and signed by Gertrude Baoumer and Alice Soloman tor the national conncil of women of Germany, Tho appeal to Miss Addams was from Anita Augsburg, at Pos, under 'date of yesterday. It said that tho-German women ''foreseeing entire - f amlsbment and nntiny for their country," urged "their American sisters" ' to Intercede to have the armistice terms modified. j "We are all free voters of a free republic now, greeting too, heartily," the appeal said "'" i- f --- "' . '.-'- 7 Tlie message to Mrs! WUson followst ' ' ' :." vl'y A.rT7r, . w, vV-" Berlin, Nov. tS, ltlS. ' ' To Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D. C . "Madame: According to the terms of the armistice Germany has to surrender a very large part of the rolling stock of her railways. At the same time she has to feed the troops of her former enemies in the oo enpted province of Germany. The German women and children have . been starving for years. They will die from hunger by the millions if the terms of the armlstlee are not chanpod. Wo need the rolling stock - of the railways to bring the food from the farms to the cities. It will be : Impossible to feed the soldiers of the occupying armies If we cannot get : large amounts of food from overseas. The women and children all the " world over have been the Innocent sufferers of this terrible war, put no where more than In Germany. Let it be through yfi, modame, to im- ' plore our sisters in the United State of America, who are mothers like ourselves, to ask their government and the allied governments to change the terms of the armistice so that the long suffering of the women and children of Germany may not end In unspeakable disaster. - yv . .. (Signed) v - VGERTURB- BAETTMER,- , - n .... ;...,.j'rL... "ALICE SALOMON.'!, , PEACE PlEfS Considered Most Convenient , ' Place for Conference. ' First Meeting of Peace Congress Probably Will Be Held Before ' December 15 - Paris, Siov. 14. (By the Associated Press). The general feeling of the associated governments Is that Verr saIUe Paris Is the most convenient place to hold the peace conference, and If this were decided, upon it also would serve a a recognition of. the paramountposltlon, Af ; France in the ' In addition to- these considerations thers are certain practical : bnesiof telegraph and cable facilities and easy eommuntcationt betweenthb capital and the alnpiynivlng aecommedatlons' a compared with those in the smaller Holland and Bwltsetland'clties. i Agents of .the .various allied, coun tries already are seeking targe houses In Paris for their delegations. . , The American ' representation will -move from the small residence which Col aiuiia liih hiiih.ii iiouubiiitr whu ii a.iii i onel House and his staff now occupy l to one much laraen '-- ' ,:wi It is probable that the first meeting of the peace congress will be on a date- before December ISafter-the English " parliamentary elections, and at a time which will give ample op portunity for the American and Oth er' delegates, to arrive. A meeting ta be held shortlytf the inter-allied con ference will finally determine the de tails of these questions. Premier David Llyod -George - and Foreign Minister Balfour, of vGreat Britain; Premier Orlando and For eign Minister ' Sennlno, of Italy; Prem ler Yen izelos; - ot . Greece; and Foreign Minister Pachitch, of Serbia, are on their way here for a. resumn- Uon of the conferences at the home of Col. Edward M. House, special rep- looruwuvo ui uio unuea mates gov ernment at the sessions at Versailles Besides outlining the general uro gram of the congress, the question of meeting tne rood . situation in Ger mahy tind Austria probably will be considered. POLISH TROOPS OCCUPY i WARSAW ROYAL PALACES Take Possession of Cermar) Mili tary Automobiles and Arm '-and Munitions. ; " jf ,,:,.,?.vjf,,..;....l , t , t, i, Berne, Nov. 1 4. Vienna, . advices my that Polish soldiers have .occupied the royal palaces and 1 Bclvidere at Watflaw and also tho military com mnndeVs quarters. They al.so ; have taken nossosslon of the German mill tnry automobiles and arnvi and muni tions. - Polish officers are directing the uerman oemomiizauon. Poles hold the post and telephone stations connecting with Vienna.; The uerman poiioe nave been disarmed. Count Lerchenfeld-Moeferlng, tlm German civil administrator, has fled to Brlffiwllcr General Joseph Pllsudski, u uiv a-uiiko legion ior protection. VON HINDENBURC ISSUES -': PROCLAMATION TO ARMY Eerlin. Wednesdav',r Nov.l 3 ia Basel. Nov. 1 t.)-Fteld Marshal von Hindenburg has issued a proclamation to the German army saying in sub stance! . , , -, . , t v t , '."The ever-growing numbe'r of our' enemies,, the exhaustion of our allien and the urgent crisis in the provision ing Of our country have forced us to accept t!ie hard conditions of the arntletictf. By the terms of the'' ar mlatlce we are obliged to rapidly re turn ; to the fatherland which Is a heavjrtask. ... . f You will nevee be abandoned by your field marshal in the struggle, tie will eyer b ebnndyit In you. j'' .' ' . JtlOTS BREAK OU1-. i Stockholm, Nov, 14.The Jewish Press ;yeports;..thai anti-semitlo riots have broken out in several town in western Calicla and In Poland, (fix Jews have been killed at Sledjce,' 6S miles southeast of Warsaw.. ,;.--v. - STREET VlGHTIXG AT lRlJSSEIiS. : Amsterdam, Nov; 14. (By the As sociated Press). Ninety persons have been klllell or injured In street fight ing at v Brussels, the Belgian capital, according to an announcement made here tody ''lJ'"'''a!rl, '' FOR (HURLEY OUTLINES PUli OF BOARD Shipbuilding in America to Be - Continued Steadily. 1 Program to Be ' Revised and Plans for Ships to Be Changed for Peace Time. , Washington, .Nov., 14. While ship building in this 'country is 'to !be continued steadily, 5 the' program of the "shipping board, oased on . war heeds, will be revised and design for ships will be changed "with particular reference, to economlcaf cost of oper ation, Chairman Hurley aald today in a tatejneil . outlining the board's peace-time plan. , 1 't , v ' vThseontlnued -nreft for- buttdftg rAmerlaan - wned tonnage, JTobyloXut 8aid ..1tilurloy.""No only muswa continue to supply onir armies over seas and prepare o brlng'them home at .the ' earliest , moment compatible with safety, but Europe 'must . be ed ind supplied with ftlie ': necessary ma- . - r - . - . .to'perim't:',tho.w)n'sttttctid of devastatoU areas in order that both bur friends and our enemies may be come self-supporting and the bur den, of feeding the, world be taken from our shoulders.; ; ' - "There are not enough ships in the world to carry on this vwork ind to provwe unmeaiateirror ordinary com- merce. For that reason only a limited purwwn vi uio snippins; wnicn can ue constructed by us in 1919 will be available for us'ln the ordinary com mercial channels. ',.; "For two months the shipping board has been making a complete : resur vey of Its construction program and contracts. It is planned that from now on ships will be built with special u ... . ... i , m i . rererence to suitaoitty ror special serV- Uce,; and with particular reference to the economical cost of -operation. in- eluding the -motive power, cargo space and speed,-. ...... ,. "It is also planned that these shall be built with reference ' to probable snaii to bable 1)n as tOff. iraae uses ana trade lines so adapt them to particular uses and to increase the speed of the turn-around of the ship ihls because every unnecessary-delay in loading and un loading muetbe eliminated." WAR BETWEEN MAJORS AND MINORS NOW THREATENED Peoria, IH.,Nov. 14.- War between the mjijor leagues and the minor or ganization of the country threatens to. develop as a result of action taken at the annual meeting of the National! Production of which children under Association . r Professional BasebaHtthe age, of jlfffyear have been em Leagues her today protesting against' Ployed or permitted :ta WOrk. . It shall the privileges of the mijo,leaguea to uraii siar piayers ifom the minors, The protest was embodied in a reso lution drawn by. Ai R. Tearny, of Ch cago, president of the Three Eve Jloague. , The resolution demanded tnat the American, National : leagues rcMinquian ine rignts or the draft and also the practice of "farming - out" player under the optional agreement It wa adopted without a dissenting Vote. 1 -.",',' r Thomas J. Hlckey. president ofthe American . association, urged . the minor league organisation to with draw from the national ' agreement with the major If the demand I re fused, r A committee , wa appointed to present the protest to the national baseball commission at Its first meet ing. ' t j t NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT . 1 HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ', " , 1 , ;!.. , t Copenhagen. Nov. 14. (3:58 a. m.) The new German government has been organised with.th following cabinet members: Premier and tnt-irl6r and 'military affairs Frledrlch Ebert. Foreign affairsHugo Haase.' Finance and . colonies Philip Scheldemann. . ..-..,!... . Demobilisation, transport, ' justice and health Wilhelm DlUmanh- ; Publlcityi &h and . literature Herr Landsberg. . ' f Boclal policy Richard Barth. . - .. ... ,.,., ,- , fK,& DraOXSTRATTONS AT MADRTD: ' Madrid, .-Wednesday . Nov. is, (By th's Associated Press) Republican meetings were held here and at Barce lona Jast night. Alejandro Ierroux, the radical leader, delivered an' ad dress in Madrid. Some arrests Were made a a result of the demonstra- OF OnGAiJIZE 1 OUTL Declares Against Reprisals for Purpose of Punishment. . SILENT ON INDEMNITIES Gompers at Pan-Arterican Con ference Presents Labor's I ' Peace Treaty Wishes. .i 'r Laredo.' Texas, i Nor. v14. Samuel Oompers, president o the- American Federation of Labo. - today made known the nrogram wlrich organized labor In America, wishes to have em- f bracd in the International peace treaty. A resolution embracing nve iunaa mental principles and seven secondary planks was introduced by Mr.' Gom pers bforeth pan-American labor conference, which wa organised here today, The resolution-Js being considered-tonight by , tho resolutions committee which, will make its report tomorrow. ' . . ' 7 - '' .' -A" The labor : peace. plan declares against reprisals ,f of the purpose of punishment, but makes no mention of Indemnities. Order would be secured by a league of free peoples of the world banded together to enforce Jus tice and , peace in relations between nations. The welfare of the : people affected, the resolution dclares, must always be the sole factor in 1 deter mining changes and Adjustments In power. :';y- - ,: An InternatlOba lelght-hour work day and an international child labor law are two of the results organized labor wishes to see come out of. the war, the latter to be effected by de nial of shipping facilities to ' goods manufactured by 'children under If years. ;--:':-r"",,:.: a, - .The resolution, after sUting. that j "the problems how confronting hu- t manity in the building of an endur- ing peace, are no Jess acute than, the problems of war," says: ; 7 e '. ' i Text of Resolution,' , "Whereas, , the time; has arrived when the organised labor moyemen, with full understanding' of Tits rla-hts: Jts power and resources, iti value anal cwiiiriuuuuns to society, must' Drmg forward Its most profound construe tlve thought,, calculated to establish' and Insure the princlps pOtuo d mocracy,' inereiorv, oe ut resolved A . That we . declare -thatkthe follow-', ing .essentiats fundamrtital principles must underlie the peace as well as' the principles of -all civilised nations, a league of the toe peoples 4f the .world In a common covenant for ren- j Uine and practical co-operation to se cure jusuce , ana ..therefore peace in relations between nations. o nolitiea I t 'tSSTSll "iMinB.mia.nt "?lp,y it'tS m taun8 nd 1 erp,e or , embarrass bthers; f no reprisals based on , vindictive purpose or de- liberate, desire t injure but to rlcht Manifest wrongs: recoirnltlon of the . rights of, small nations ahd of the principle that no people musk be f tfirttmA imX.M. k ... whlch lt0M not w, h 5 - I'.tnrtht rC:nr2. if ""T: i "..v.. u. iii.i jii.iii . rhr furtherance ef -'tha welfare nf th iutnr.1. 12 m V furthlranL of w?M t5 ?-!5iB Lu.n.!rnc" Of n world peace,' and, be it further resolved As to Wage Earners. ' v "That la addition to , these baslo principles, there should be Incorpo rated in the treaty which shall consti- tute the guide of nations of the new t ditlonal shipping for carrying supplies period and conditions into which we'0 needy countries. . Of this amount, are entering, the ollowlng deelara- 1.200,000 tons Is represented by'Ger Uons fundamenUl to the best interests 1 man M' tu up Germany or neu of all nations and of viui imporUnce i ' . t,i..'JiM Practice th nHnrlni. -hB k ... i --wm. ... VW KIIU m., .t . . . "v 1 ' t ti Jf . ,.101 human fe,n ,B "ot- commodity, or article of .uiuiusm, muusiriai serviiua shall not exist except a a punishment for orlme. whereof the party ; shall have been dujy convicted;, the rlght of free association, free 4 assemblage, free speech, and .frei press shall not' be abridged, that the seamen of the mer chant marine shall he guaranteed the right of leaving their vessels when the eame are safe in harbor,- no article or commodity ehalt e shtoned hiw auv. ered In International commerce in the be declared that the basic work, day in Industry and comraercevehall' not ex ceed eight hours daily.. Trial by Jury should be established."- Resolutions embodying sukarestlnnn as to the machinery to be: adopted in perfecting an; Internationa;!; Organlzai ion were su omit tea oy delegate from Mexico and, the South and Central American countries They will be re. ported to the conference tomorrow.. ! J0-J0 SAYS FAIRANDWA1 ' Fair and warmer today; fair' Sat urday. , ., 1 ' i Now for the flood of war ,'reminls. ce nee.' " 'i-. A .. NEV CERr.!AN MINISTER CF FOr.EIGri AFFAIRS MUQO HAA5E '" ' "9 ' " 0NL1PIC i To Study in Europe Problems of Food for the Nedy. ' CONFER WITH MR. LANSING Will Help i Solve Question ' Feeding Peoples, of War Stricken Countries. , . of Washington, Now ,14.-Food Ad ministrator Hoover and Chairman Hurley; of the shipping' board. will 8aI1 gaturday on the White Star liner . . . ' . wmpio. ror u-urope ;.w ujr ,p lems connected. wlth the iptef-nllled program' for': feeding the 'people of northern France, Belgiurrt, central Eu- rbpe and the near east ( : Mr. Hoover, who,; at the request o the President, will organise ' and di rrt Amnrina'a nnrt in the work, and Mr. 'Hurley conferred "during theday wren oecreiaryi wnBjnjf.v " . . It waf pnderstood vthat,dlplornatio . matters connected with the food pro gram, 'and he VamoOnt--of .tonnage available for transnortlngrrellef Y.aup plle Were discussed. '" .v - - C One -pf . Mrr Hooveei first, tasks-In Europe, will be to ascertain the most urgent need for food and reconstruc tion materials' in northern; France and Belgium.- ' Chairman Hurley will de vote most of his time to1 conferring ..Wl"?. Vie","1 with shipping omciais in Great Br it- o "hipping neceeeary for carry- l owt Whatever program .Is fteter- mined upon. ; s . At the food administration today it waa said lhai.ahlna are now leavinc American oorta and the Ara-entlne with greatly increased supplies of food for northern France and Bel- crftirrt Dnrl thdt tftnA fnp thn nartnt.l tt central Europe and the near east wilt J e-o forward as ouicklv as ahlnolng i - - - - - ""2. T"i"." . . . . Tne united iaies, k was siaiea to- will continue to carry out its food'aareements with the various neutrals, "..va ';t--'..y Shipping board offlclals estimated today that the signing of the armistice with Germany will result In the re- lease of about 1,500,000 tons of ad . can turnisn v,vuv yons or snipping , M i - Ann - t , AUU v itu fcjm in v ug osv ouvit 100 tons of shipping fnc rHaf worK white Great Briuin are expected to be and France also able to divert some tonnage to this trade. - " ' ,' - : ',: ; Mr. Hurley will be accompanied to Europe by John B. Barber, assistant to the chairman; WHmer Boiling, as sistant treasurer, : and William F. i Gtbbs, of the shipping control board, tiniiTtrn i iirurniki runnru Uiii uu viaW i mnnis vnunun. IN AMERICA 1$ FORMED l'',,S.:'' :";?f ,'' ; "i H General Synod, General Council arid United Synod, South,. V Merged at New York. New York, ??ov. 14. The generat synod, general council and united synod, south, three separate Lutheran organizations, ' were officially merged into one ecclesiastical hody under the name of the United Lutheran Church 1m A tvt Alct nt a eftmranMnn hawe I day. Legal formalities connected I with mere-er will be comoleted tomor row, when the new church, will be In corporated under the laws of New York and permanent officer elected. Temporary offlcer elected today were: Rev. Dr. Theodore E. Schmauk, of ' Lebanon, Pa., president and Rev. William Baum, of New-York, secre tary, ii: r-c y"v, Telegrams of , congratulation were read from Secretary Daniels, United States Senator Knute Nelson and Gov ernors Lowden, of Illinois, Whitman, j of New York, Mccall, of Massachu setts. Catts, ot Florida, Gardner, of Missouri, t Capper, of Kansas, Burn qulst, of Minnesota, and Goodrich, of Indiana.: . v 1 1 NEW PROCEDURE FOR r SHIPPING COTTON TO SPAIN Washington, Nov. 14. New proce dure for the shipment of raw cotton to Epaln was announced today by the war trade board; Under the new rul ing a statement will be furnished-the board of the Quantity of cotton which each spinner or consumer In Spain Is to receive of the 108,000 bates td be licensed by the United States for the three months commencing. September 1, and during, each i. three months thereafter. ' - After the Import hav been de termined by the board, the spinner or consumer may purchase cotton either directly from the exporter In the Uni ted States or through the Spanish 1m- HOfflEB-m porter.,"t DIM E5 1 1 FDI1 FISCAL BELOW FOE j-ei: All ied , and . American Govern i merits Have as Yet Been Un able to Solve ItNo Method . Decided Upon.' . Washington, Nov. 14. Relief for the suffering millions 4 in bolshevikl controlled central Russia furn lines a problem whio hthe allied and Amer ican government have as yet been unable to solve. - In . f act, - ono official said today that not aven a method of solution had been determined upon. . It is now regarded as practically certain ,that It will be: Impossible to get food to the 40,000,000 people In this territory this wlnted.' With food now scarce and; anarchy rampant, of tidal here fear that' famine Is Inevit able and that the toll of death may reach astounding, figures. ,, i v In their efforts to find some way to aid these people, statesmen of the as sociated governments are working on (he conviction that the bolahevikl are not representative of the Russian peo- ijiu. as iug om u uuinnnviKi re main in power, however, it is admitted that there Is little probability of get ting .even the very necessaries of life to . them. : v . - ..,;. , ; .. The way to Russia is through Ger many, one official said today, , and un til that way' Is opened there la no chance of aiding Russia: As ! yet. however, -the American, and f allied governments have not determined up on, the advisability of sendintr a mili tary force Into central Russia even If the ltuagioh4 in Gerniany becomes stable enough to permit the pawage of troops through that ' eduhtry.- It also was said that no. addition tA.tTu, allied and American force operating in Siberia and northern Russia i con-Junction- with th loyal Russians, and Czecho-Slovak army is at present con- tempiaTeoM7'YvK:.M.wvrM y.:&s. ; ;Omolals;aId that oehdltlons "ta Bl berla. Ound northern run.oin H Jdly Improving, rhUe-ln Bessarabia and Ukrania good - order t is . being maintained, ' . "' ORGANIC UNION OP ALL J .. EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN AMERICA PROPOSED Representatives of Nine Denomi nations Accept Invitations to Attend Philadelphia Confer ence. . - . ; -Vew Tork, Noy 14. Representa tives of nine - Protestant denomina tions, have accepted an invitation of the Presbyterian church in the Uni- SJa.te!v, CAmer,ca t0 net , in Philadelphia December 3 to 6. to consider a proposal of the Presbyte rian general assembly for "organic union of the evangelical churchos in America," it was announced here 'to night. .tf. .;,,(,!. -The plan, as presented for discus, sion, calls for an Interdenominational council to work out a plan for mak ing 'one federal church out of all these "4eiiomlnat!ons.,,'"".-rTr-f The denonilnatlons which will be represented at the conference are the "Presbyterian church in the United States of America, Protestant Epis copal church In the United Bt.tc. Reformed church in the United States, United Presbyterian church, of North America, Methodist Episcopal church, vnLiui cuurcnes, uiscipies of Christ, Evangelical synod,, of North America, and Moravian fhnrh . America." , 1 ' WANT RELAXATION OF , ' ' REGULATIONS AFFECTING . COTTON DISTRIBUTION Senators and Representatives From Cotton States and Mar , keting Board Name . Com mittee, ' - . - Washington, Nov. 14 Senators and representatives . ironi the . cotton growing states and members of the cotton. statesr advisory marketing board at a meeting here today named committees to confer with government agencies wim a View to securing re Mtxaiton oi regulations iriHr.o. ,-. Vllstrlbutlon of cotton. ' A letter also Wa written to President Wilson call uig his attention to conditions in the cotton Industry and asking his aid in the efforts to move the accumulated siocks in uie soutn. A- - DAYS OF PRAYER IN - NEW YORK SET APART New Tork, Nov.' 14. Mayor Hylan today issued a proclamation designat ing nxt-8aturday and Sunday as days ot prayer and ; thanksgiving ; to God, ireiiwi : ana, suiaance and protection in the war which has Just com to an end" and asking that all churches hold special thanksgiving Services. . v. - . f AspeclaV "victory service of thanks. giving to commemorate the part borne oy ureat Britain in tne war and her fallen dead" wa held todayv ' . . FRENCH TnAWLER, SUNK. Parts, Nov.; 14, : Ulava) Th French trawler Pavot, which was. be. Ing used to 'sweep mines-laid by the Turk in the, Gulf, of Alexandrtta, the northeastern arm of the lledlter- rarrean. wno Diown ur louay Dy tne I explosion of one of the mints. Four! -ailorg.wero ' killed, .. , , , UillLU LAl Ll.ii.i . -lulSTICE E5li:.,it Reylsiin of Pending Tax f.!sas 'i "Ure 1$ ReccmrTicndwd - ,.. EIGHTEEN HJLUONSIS THE PRESENT ESTIMATE Wants Income and Profits Taxes Payable. Quarterly ' , V WRITES SENATOR SIMMONS Treasury's Financial f Program , y Is Set Forth. ' : ' Washington, Nov 14. Revision of the pending revenue bill with a view . to yielding " $6,000,000,000 payable , during the calendar year of It IS and nof less than $4,000,000,000 the fol lowing year was recommended oy sec retary McAdoo' tonight in a. letter to , cnairman Simmons, tot uie www finance committee,' setUng forth - tho treasury' financial program for,;. the reconstruction period. ft " ' The secretary estimated that - exv pendlture during the fiscal year end- ' Ing next June 30 now would be ijs, 000,000,000 - instead of the $14,000,- t 000,000 estimated before there were , naintinaAla A MeaAa ... XT A slsanleh i continuation of the policy of loanlnfr , to the allies for a limited time during reconstruction after peace to enable ;. therd to purchase' foodstuff; raw ma terials and manufactured products in - this country. .v;.rY' 'i"W;;p; ; McAdoo's Rewmmondatlona. y ? ..." Other recommendations were: - .. That income and' profits taxes bb 1 payable in four equal quarterly in stallments on March 15; June lB. ficp tember ilS. and December.,15.. y .v,,; , -i That excess profits tax rate tor- . Saymenta due next year htfc higher . tan -those lath exlstlngawi v', ; ? That necessary safeguard - be pro-' v vunea xorjwar ana.exces pronta taxes . . in the form of adequate provisions for amortisation.' conserve valuation ef - tmUm ineoma which tl,Ml r -ad'-frora the tax -to Uari U i payer against lnJ-iJceafld mvoiji"' injury U'Mi'iWitx , That war and tsxees profits taxes be eliminated entirely from, payment -due in 1930 except 'With resnect to profits on contracts: negotiated during mo war periou.1 : ; , That corporation and Individual in come tax rates ' be increased on in- comes of 1010, payable In 1910. That the basis for next year's taxes payable In 1920 be determined mow. urges .prompt nactuent 5 -The secretary -alo urred nromni epactment of the pending bllL He estimated the revenue yield from the , measure as . framed : bv the nata finance committee at $S.300.000.ooo vwmimnu wjin ilia f 9,UVV,UU0,UQV vruriuea oy me-oju as passed by,. the hduse which "he 'declared ) "is more tringent than the, changed lltuaUon . Will ' Justify." '.j..;-i;t.'.v;i-v.''.. - 'Th4.exlaUng law vls .not aatlsfac- tory to the country nor to the treas- 1 uary, he added. - '-H ,Wlcnt on fifth Loan. . ,? ; Mr. McAdoo did not refer to, the fifth war loan, which probably will Wa floated next snrlnar: hut hi Hons indicated that the vise of this n1aVl k. A . . AAA AAA AAA ..nv bi vuuu . B,VVU,VVV,JUU 10 Saa. "Pa th' difference' between the $8,000,000,000 of taxes plus $,IC, 000,000 gathered from the fourth Lib- -erty loan, and the eighteen billions of expenses. - The senate ' finance committee to- -morrow ,wlll examine Mr MeAdoO'a progf-am. Chairman Simmons, after -f Btudying Mrfc McAdoo's letter, said in " the main he approved the secretary's recommendations. He added that they were along the lines he and the secretary had discussed at repeated -x conferences. . t After reporting that . government expenses for July. August, September and October this yeaV amounted to $0,635,000,000 or $1,050,000,000 a month, Mr. McAdoo in his letter said: . 4,Thr ntkATnm avaw maa0a.m a. A...1., ' ' pate a large reduction in the govern jnent's expenditures , during the bal ance . of the fiscal year. How great that, reduction will be, it is lmpos- . slble at this moment to; estimate. ' America Fortunate, i . "The United States wUl be the for tunate possessor . of foodstuffs, raw materials .and manufactured products -of which Europe and the rest of the world are in dire need. Not all of the allie can fully pay u in gold, for some have llttlo and others none to spare: nor in commodities -during the ' period of reconstruction, for some of them; will dot so soon be able to re-' sumo normal activities; and the Uni ted States must be prepared to con tinue, therefore, to enable the a-overn- ment of the allies, or some of them, to make purchases on credit I shall . promptly ask Congress for authority to- continue to establish such credits and make loans within reasonable limits to these governments for pur poses growing out of the war. "It is of 'the utmost Imrorta'nce that such foreign loan should bo he: I down to a minimum and as soon n may be, discontinued, and that ry reasonable argument should be p - ed upon the governments of the a' to prepare themselves and tlir r pie to make payments for t" . e . ports from the 'United State t? ? ports' Into the United States, t. t in effect, to make cash pav t 1 stead of payment by creu.t." . Explains I VI -Taking up the r'" ' r r the secretary ex; ' a : t follows: ."The excess ; to the calendar y-.i be greater t!-an t the existing law r ! should be payaM i t where siich ex yield -a larjrer r posed v t 1 1 o. t 3 ! r 1 i w ar rrr . i t ( t
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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