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PRISON DIRECTORS
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Dr. E.Stagg Whitin, New York,
Appears Before-State Prison
Board In Session Here
WOULD Ptm PRISON WORK
. UPON INDUSTRIAL PLANE
Xxpert Recommend! Adoption
of Schedule of Diversified La
bor; Aim If To Make Prison
Self-Supporting and Contrih
v ute To Support of Prisoners'
1 Families
, Plan for reorganisation in prison ad
ministration designed to place penal In
Ititutiohs on sound financial basis
and al the aam time provid for.tho
upkeep of dependent! of priaonera were
presented to the State Priton Board at
ita meeting; hero yesterday by Dr.
Stagg Whitin, of the Priaon and Prison
Labor Board of New York, who eama to
North Carolina at the invitation of the
i prison liretori. Tba plan wa taken
under advisement and immediate etepi
will he token to complete -ft surveys'
conditions here preliminary to adopting
we rerommenaniioHs oc ui. it num.
Matters of discipline among priaon
mr An ttnt ntnv inta the recommends.
nuns xn inj measure, vut uuij ihhut
trial considerations. Dr. Whitin would
ndopt a aehedute of labor, diversified
. to auit the varying anilities of priaon
era to work, inatead of artting men In.
dinerlmoinatrlv to the few forma of
. Ialxr available, and bring the atand
ard of production to point that wonld
pay all the expense of priaon admin
istration and enough besides to keep
fnmilira of prisoner from beeoming
burden upon thslr community.
': On Roads and Farm.
At present the aereral hundred State
prisoners are engaged in road building
or farm work. At the eentra priaon,
there Are 173 men mot physically able
to perform either road or farm labor.
nd are a, liability to tb prison matt'
gemrnt, according to a preliminary
surrey by Dr., Whitin. Ha finds that
; these men : are well able, .to . perform
' aome sort of gainful work, and if work
wore proTiaeulWTnem;'-oui erase
to be a burden, producing nothing for
their own upkeep nor of their families.
The contemplated - survey .will i.taks
tork ft every man and woman :esm
mittetl to the prison, find bia mental
and pbysieal limitations, and upon these
findins wilt -recommend to the board
what industries are moat suited tihe
conditions here.! If the plan is adopted,
prisoners will be lot ' to work at the
thing that they are able to do, produe
tion increased, the ineom of th insti
tution agumented, and the families of
prisoners provided for out of their earn
ing!. The surrey will be nude by the
National Bureau of Hygiene,' which is
- already engaged in a otudy of too faeili
tie iii the State for the ear of the
Insane. ,'
Dr. Whitin finds the prison hero well
administered, and is pleased with t
. plana for the prison farm recently ac
quired. H believes that farming must
necessarily by the primary occupation
for prisoneu in North. Carolina,' but
not exclusively. Ho recommended the
development of tha farm along scien
tific lines, . and tha employment of
modern method of agriculture;' not in
tha sense of entering into competition
with other farmer ia this aeetion, but
to provide supplies for other Stat in
atitutioaa in their, requirements for
.i.i... ... v
Th effect upon' tba prisoner jn giv
ing him an opportunity to work at
task agreeabl to him, and in lino with
hia abilities, and th chance to provide
for hia people, and for training ia work
that will bo of advantage to him upon
release,' wa . stressed by Dr. Whitin.
The plan has been tried out in many
prison! that have eome under, the or
ganization, of which ho ia th head, and
ha worked admirably, - "
Separata' Institutions Per Women. 1
In th experience - of Dr. Whitin,
women prisoner have never become an
asset to the industrial aystem of a
prison,' and he believe that aeparat
institution should bo " provided for
them, its sad nre; also, ft condition
that i encouraged in moat state th
practice of lending many able-bodied
prisoner to county chain-gang,' and
leaving th physieally unfit to bo cared
for by th central priaon. - Forty eoun-
, i I. k. c,.,- I - .1. . I. J
uvi an in tii.i, hi, (.u..u ..,
the other aixty are helping them to
-bear tha resDOnsibilltv of the unfit oris-
oner, who must be cared, for at tb
publio xpenae.-'"-'- -.' " ... r
Th North Carolina priaon ha been
elf-sustaining for many years, and at
an tim 450,000 wa takea from th
prison treasury and paid into th gen
eral fund. Prisonars of th drat class
r paid 15 eenta per day for their labor,
of th teeoad clan 10 eenta per day, and
th other nothing. Wag earning pris
oners have tb option of drawing their
wagei r tending them to their depend
ents. Generally they hav nothing with
which to begin their lives after dis
charge except a family, that ha been
kept at publie expense . during their
Imprisonment. ' '' (
DREADNAUGHT LEAVES
FOR KEY WEST STATION
Nw York, " May 11. The Dread
naught Oklahoma, detached from th
Atlantic fleet, tailed at 6:90 o'clock
tonight for Key Weat for possible er
vice in Mexican water. - ;'
- Prior to her departure the Oklahoma
took aboard a' detachment of 100 mar
ines from the lieagre Island Navy lard
in Philadclrhia. . . ) - i
CONSIDER
CHANG
III PRISON SYSTEN
UNDERWOOD AND HEFUN
LEAD IN EARLY RETURNS
Reinlte of Alabama Democratic
v Primariei Slow In
; 4 . Coming In v
I Birmingham, Ala, May 11,Ineoat
plot and unofficial xaturn gathered
early tonight by th Birmingham Age-
Herald allowed Senator Oscar W. Un
derwood and Bepreaeatativ 3. Thomas
Heflin leading in th race for the Ben
atorlal nomination ia th Alabama
Stat Demoeratle primary.
Available ftmrr at o'clock were
Lena term Underwood, 1231 j Mus-
arov. W8i Weakley, 123. Short term
Heflin, 291 j O'Neal, 167 j Bushton, lei;
Whit. 125.
These result were obtained from 26
boxes in 12 of th 67 counties of the
State. The length of tha ballot which
(.it th. n.mea of eandidatea tot
tho National House of Bepreatatative
from tea districts, aad a anmber of
stat aad local' offieea, together with
tho system of voting first and eond
choice delayed th return.
Incomplete return from Etowah and
Lawrene counties gavei Muagrove
631: Underwood, olflj Weakley, 7Bi
Heflin, 818; White, 550 O'Seal, 179
Bushton. 76. -
bama. not including Mobile, gave: Un
Tweitv-one prceineta in South Ala.
derwood, 604; Muagrove, 212; Weakley,
27, for long term. ;
RFD LEADERS MEET
Bitterness of Invective Feature
Debate In Convention of -Socialists
New Tork, May 11, The "Bed flag
Internationalists' 'of th Socialist party
of America went down to their first real
defeat in tho party' National conven
tion her today- By too decisive vote
of 03 to 33 th convention crushed ft
"radical" declaration of principle sub
mitted by th delegation from Dllnoll,
which provided for tho "dictatorship of
tb proletariat," and limitation of elti
ceaahip throughout tho United State.
Bitterness of invaetiv marked th
day-long debate between th "Corteerva
tiro" forces of Mortl Billquit of Now
DECISIVE DEFEAT
t?i- L , , J V is. "Admirnl , 8im, , attempted to - rob
tlsRMicaJftM H4b7 X.JUuih,rtei a4 WUttd a)Ute-:Kfti
of Cbieag; Vv " '4 I Of th credit for Initiating thla groat
f ork and
Jvngdahl
Ton are afraid of lb dictatorship of
tba proletariat." shouted Engdahl in
elooing th debate en th Dlinoia mess-
ore, "ret you hav th dictatorship
of Palmer. Wilson aad Burleson. Ton
can't fool anybody by phrases, nor caa
you fool anybody with th decorations
of this convention hall, the American
flag, the flag of Wall street and the die.
tatorshin of Wilson. " '
There ia only, one road to victory.
There is only one flag, tho Bed Flag of
International Socialism. W caa do
aothing better than ally ourselve with
our comrades in Buaaia, Italy aad every.
where else when they bcliev in inter
national aocialiam."
Jam O'Neal, of Brooklyn, arguing
for the victorious Hillquit "eonserva
tiv' platform, bitterly arraigned th
word dietatOrBhip." . v
Ar w scientific oelallstaf .Are w
dogmatists asked CNeaU "Th tim
and condition which favored tho Bus
siaa revolution must bo studied before
wo attempt to adopt them here. ,1 doa't
like th word 'dieUtorshlp. Let it go
through at tbo -country that yon favor
dictatorship or. we proletariat ana you
cease to be a political party. Introduce
auch a resolution and yon most do yonr
work under ground, or yon will be driven
under by Sweet at Albany ana th poli
tician at Waabingtoa who exereiae ouch
dictatorship, but that would not ex
cuse ds. .
Bourgeois -democracy : with all ita
sham and illusion permit ia normal
time decision by an . honest and fair
discussion. To espou th dictator
ship program would turn every ueh
democracy into an absoluto autocracy."
Discussion of the Hillquit "declara
tion of principles' and "platform" pro
gram will come np again tomorrow aad
the Illinois delegation already ha served
notic it intend to tight for incorpora
tion ia it of tho dictatorship principle
rejected br tho government today. -
Whea tho Hillquit program ia intro
duced following action oa tho declara
tion of principles, th Illinois delegatloa
will move adoption of a substitute pro
gram which today waa placed in th
haad of delegates for itudy pending it
formal introduction oa th floor- of th
convention, " . '
TAR HEEL NURSE WEDS
MINISTER IN RICHMOND
BJchmond, Va May It MU Ola
Virginia Ervin, trained anno from
Moorosvill, N. C, will b married her
tomorrow afternoon to th Bev. Herbert
Morgan, a few hour after bo 1
awarded a certificate of grsduatioa
front Union Theological Seminary. Th
ceremony - ami b penormea by m.
Eugene C. Caldwell, ft member of the
faculty. Miss Ervin cam to Biehmond
four year ago to- enter a aura' train
ing school. She ha been practicing
her profession her alnc .being grad
uated. . She ia ft daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Ervin. Mr. Morgan it from
Atlanta, G. Ha has accepted a Pre
bytcriaa pastorate charge at Keyavill.
Va aad experts to eater upon hia da-
tie there after hit honeymoon. , ,
BU Operator Entertain Motaora.
Tho operator of tho Soutbera " ell
Telephone Company celebrated Mothers'
Day Monday by- having their mother
com to th offie to aa "At Home"
tho feature of th entertainment being
showing tha mother over th thre Ce-
partateuts, plant, commercial lad trafAa.
Belreshmeut war aarvad.
SIraS OPPOSED TIJ
iaigofnor;
Daniels Charges Admiral Held
Back "Bold and Vigorous"
Naval Project
REFUSED APPROVAL FOR
, PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS
After Successful Outcome of
Undertakinf, Admiral Then
Tried To Give British Credit
for Initiating- Great Achieve
ment; President Urged Pre
paredness
Washington, May 11 President Wil
son's "bold and audselous" war policy
for th navy wa laid befor th Senate
naval investigating committee today
bv Seeretarr Daalel in continuing hi
wer to tha choree mad by Bear
Admiral Sim against th Navy Depart
ent'a conduct of tho war. Mr. Daniel
eocpled with tho presentation ft counter
charg that Sim himself had opposed
and held back th execution of the
great "bold and vigorous" naval project
against enemy submarines, th laying
of tho North Soft mine barrage. The
President laid down hia policy in person
to officer of th Atlantic fleet, (peaking
aboard . th flagahip Pennaylvania, ia
August, 1917. He told them that ho wa
not satisfied with progress against th
nbmariao being mad by tho Allies
and urged them to abandon prudence
nd seek andaeiou solution to tho prob
lem at whatever risk. Ho added that
t wa "willing to sacrifice half of th
saw Great Britain and w together
have, " to crush enemy submarine nests.
"Do not atop to think of what ia pru
dent for a moment," h said. "You will
win by the audacity of your Method
whea yon cannot win by circumspection
ana prudence.
r Blma Koraasu Approval
Admiral Sim had refused to approv
tho Navy Department' plan for th
North Sea mine barrage for six months,
Mr .Daniel told th eomatitteo. H added
that after Admiral Mayo had been cent
abroad to obtain the British Admiralty's
agreement to th plan, Admiral Sim
attempted to give tho .credit for tho
project to tho British. A'-:"-'' ..
achievement aad to give yen tho im
pretaioa that it was a British project
which our navy just aaaiated la carrying
out," said Mr. Daaicla. ' "This despite
tho fact that it wa originated ia the
Navy Department, wa proposed . and
nrged by u for half a year befor we
eould induce -th British 'Admiralty to
approve it."
Th plait was conceived, he (aid, la
th bureau of ordnance at tho Navy
Department and urged on th British
Admiralty for aix month befor it waa
accepted. During ' thia tim Admiral
Sims constantly discouraged aad opposed
tho idea, h added, and whea Admiral
Uayo waa sent abroad aad naally eon.
vineed tho dmiralty of tho worth of tho
(-scheme and the necessity for adoptiag
It, Admiral Sim attempted "to convey
tho impression that tho project had
been delayed while the British attempted
to get tho American Navy Department
approval. , -
Clooer CoaaradaaMa Existed
The Secretary aaid close oomradeihlp
had existed between tho American aad
British navies during th war, despite
Admiral 81ms' attempts to create the
Impression that there wa lack of bar-
mony and co-operation.
Sunr charges of unDreparednea be
fore tho war were not justified. Secre
tary Panie'a asserted, declaring that ia
July, 1618, he ordered th general board
to study aad reommnd plan for a
"consistent 4 and progressive develop
ment." A a result of this stndj th
policy wa evolved, ho said, that th
United State mutt by 1925 hav a navy
oc-uai to any other ia the world. He
approved thi , policy aad th direct
result was, th fire yokr building pro
gram el mo, the Naval Secretary
aid, aa "epoch ' making measure. '
President Wilsoa fully approved tbo
policy,; tho witness aaaerted. -
. Thi ia coaclusiv evidence that tho
Navy Department long before war wa
declared waa aliv to tho importance of
preparedno a aad wa taking vry atep
toward that and" ho declared.
Tho vision of. th President. Mr,
Daniel aaaerted. established th fact
that h was "ia adraae of some officers,
vocai now out euent then," .
FAMOUS NOVELIST DIES
AT HIS NEW YORK HOME
New Tork, May 11 Men prominent
ia tho business and literary life of New
Tork will gather at 11:30 o'clock to
morrow morning in tbo Church of tho
Ascension to pay hut tribute to William
Dean Howella, novelist aad man of
letters, who died In his sleep at hie
nemo aero early today. Ho wa ia hi
84th year. Bev. Pr. Percy 8tieky
wrani, aa 01a xmna. wui omeiat.
In accordance . with ; tho novoliat'a
wishes, hia body will bo eromated aad
tho ashe takaa to Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. Howell wa In th habit of spend
ing th winter ia Savannah, Ga, aad
three week ago, while there, ho caught
a never cold that developed Into ia
flueaaa. He wa brought to thia oity
to be near hia son, John Mead Howell,
architect, and hi daughter, Mildred.
Both were with him whea ha died. .
ANNOUNCE CENSUS FOR
' NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS
' Washington, D. C, May 11,-Beide-villo,
N. C, 0,333, increase SOS or. 10 J
per cent.
mmbertoa, N. C, 2,681, increase 461 ,
4er 0J per cent.
SEAMiriEBARRAGE
11
,( IALLLU Ull
M OFFICERS
President's - Hitherto Unpub
lished War Instructions
Made Public
DANIELS REFERS TO IT
IN GIVING TESTIMON
Btandinf un qnaneraecic o:
Tlafship PtnnsjlTania On
Aug-iut 11, 1-17, President
Bade Maty "Throw Tradition
To Tha Winds' and "Do The
Thing That Is Audacious"
Washington, D. G, May ll-Preai
dent Wilson' hitherto anpublished
war instructions to tho offieer of th
Atlantic fleet, given ia person en the
quarterdeck of tho ' flagship Penrieyl
vania oa August 11, 1917, and bidding
them "throw tradition to tho wind,'
strike th word prudent from their
voeabularie and "do tho thing that ia
andaeiou to tho utmost point of risk
aad daring" were - made publio here
today by Becretary Daniel.
Th President spok aa commander
in chief of tbo navy aad at a time
when the German aubmarino menace
wa uncurbed. Ia laying tho text of
hia remark before tho Senate naval
investigating committee. Secret err
Daniels said they showed tha "bold
ad vigorous" policy tho President
had outlined for tho navy.
Va not nop to taiak what la pro
dent for a moment tho President asid
Ten will win by tho audacity of
method when yon cannot win by cir
cumspection and prudence..
4 tniaa xna. tnera are wiutag oars
to hear this ia the American navy
and tha American army because that i
th hind or folk wo arc
Tiaao For Aadacioaa Tainaa.
"There will hare to eome a new tra
dition into a aervieo which dec not
do new audacious aad successful
things, '..(' ', :.;-.'
Tho Fresidewt also expressed his
dissatisfaction with progr then be
ing made toward tho ubmarin cam
w are hunting 1 hornet all over
tho f arm and Wtt jir trm nest alone.
he" aaid. . "T am willing for my part.
aad X know that yea are willing
cause 1 aow tha stuff . yon are made
051 am willlag to taeriAeo half tho
navy Croat Britain and w together
have to crush that neat boeaus if w
crash it, th war ia won."
Th British admiralty had mat Amer
ican augeation with wnat amounted
to statements that it never had been
dene" the President aald, adding;
Aad I felt lik Baying WeU, noth
log wa over done so systematically
as nothing ia, being done bow.
Ir. opening hia addrea , to th offl
ten Mr. Wilson aaid: -
"Admiral Mayo aad Gentlemen:
"I have not come hero with malic
prepense to make a speech, bat I have
eome hero to have a look at yon aad
to oay some things that perhapa may
bo intimately aaid aad, oven though
tho company, ia large, aaid in confi
dence." ' ';.' a . :,.:.
An Unprecedented War.
"Thi ia an unprecedented war aad.
therefore, it ia a war in oao sense for
amateur. Aobody over before con.
dneted a war like thi and therefore
nobody caa pretend to bo n profes
sional ia a war lik thi. Here are two
groat navies not to apeak ox tho oth
er associated with- us our own and
tho British, outnumbering by a very
great margin in the navy to which wo
ar opposed and yet eaating about for
a way in which to use our superiority
and our itrengtn.
"Now, somebody ha got to think
thie'Var out. Somebody ha got -to
think out .the way not oaly to fight
th submarines but to do something
different from wnot we are doing.
"I bavo come hero to nay that I do
not care where it eomea from, I do not
care whether it cornea from tho young
est officer or the oldest, but X want tho
officer of thi. navy to hav tho die-
Unction of ssying how thi war ia go
ing to be won.
Throw Tradition to Wind.
"I am willing to make any aacriie
for that. I mean any sacrifice of
time er aavthing else. I am ready
io put myaelf at tho disposal of any
officer in tho navy who trunks k
know how to run thi war.:. I will
not undertake to tell yon whether be
doe or not, because I know that I do
not. but I will undertake to put him ia
communication with those who can find
out wbethet hi iie ,; wm work og
01.
"Wo hav got to throw tradition to
Hi wind.-. - - - "
1 I have saul, gentlemen, I take
it for (ranted that nothing that I
say hero will be repeated and there
fore I am roing to nay this: Every
tim we' have auggested anything to
th British admiralty th reply has
eomo back that virtually amounted th
thia, that it had never been done that
war. and I felt like saying, -well.
nothing was ever don o systemati
cally a aothing is being done novo."
Therefore, I should like to see aomo-
thing unusual happen, oomething that
waa never done Deiorej ana in
mack a th thiap that are being
done , to yon were- never done be
for, don't you think it ia worth while
to- try oomething that 'waa never done
befor against those who - are doing
them to yout .. ..-
1 -Jo Time ror rmaeaco; -"Pleaeo1
leave out of yonr vocabu
lary altogether " the word prudent.
Do not stop to think about what i
prudent for ft moment. Do tbo thing
that ia audacious to the utmost point
CaatUad aft If J1
ninrn n
WORDING DEEDS
OVERMAN RETURNS
FROM STATE WITH.
OPTIMISTIC VIEW
Delivers First and Last Speech
of Campaign At Smith-
field Monday
HEALTH NEVERBETTER
AND HE'S FEELING FINE
No Foundation For Eeport That
Junior Senator Hot la Good
Shape Tor Duties ; Light
house Service Finds Hew Use
For Seaplanes; Many Attend
Baptist Contention
Th New and Observer Bureau,
80S District National Bank Bldg.,
By K. at. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, May 11. Beturn
to Washington , this morning from
Smlthfleld, where oa yesterday he lo
uvered the memorial day address. Sen.
ator Leo Slater Overman flnds him
aelf more pleased with tho political
situatioa ia tho State than at any time
sinea . Aubrey I Brooks, of Greens
boro, announced that he waa in the
field to succeed the junior 8enator.
Aa viewed by the Senator, the sit
ation ia Just as- fine a It could be
with aayoao oa tho ticket against him
for tho nomination. He found ft great
many folks, especially among the Con.
federate Veteran, who did not know
that he had opposition and among the
younger onee aware of the fact that
Mr. Brooks is running he found the
sentiment aa mock hia way a h eould
possibly hope for.
Uno of tho diacoverle Senator Over
man mad at Smithfiald', where he
spok th first and last time of the
campaign, ia that there is in circulation
a report to tbo effect that his health is
ia bad shape. Ia ft talk with newspaper
corroapoadeata today, ho declared that
be waa la flae physical condition and
never more fit for th arduous duties
about the oapitoL He attends commit
toe meeting with ft punctuality to be
expected of a younger member and la
alwaya oa tho floor whea th Senate
ia in session.
Ho does not And any ormesUioa to
him itt NOrth Carolina because bo
doesn't go Were th pontile with tho
sartnrssmssm of Senator eimmeaa, If
feel that many of hi warmest friends
are Also friend of th senior Sena
tor aad doe not blame Senator Sim.
mona for. not -making a publie state
ment as be ha dona ia othsr esses.
', New Us For Seaalaao.'
Th light house service baa just re
ported a aew departure ia the inepee
tioa of buoy anil lighted beacons.
Aa airplane has beet used for tho first
time in., the history of tho oervle by
a North 'Carolinian for thi purpoi.
Mr. W. J. fate, keeper of tho light
on North landing river aad Currituck
Sonad along the route of the inland
waterway, report that ho recently
made ft trip along the river aad Bound
by hydroplane, flying sufficiently low
to observe whether or not th lights
wer burning nnd in good eonditton
Tie bureau of light houses l very
muck pleased with thll successful dem
onstration of th us of tha hydroplane
in making inspection of buoys and
lighted beacon particularly wbera they
extend for long distances. Mr. Tat is
well known ia Currituck county and
has received tho congratulation of the
commissioner of lighthouses. .
Many Carol! alas la Washington.
Scores of North Carolinian have
already arrived in Washipgton for the
78th aaaoal - convention of Southern
Baptists which will b formally opened
at liberty Hut tomorrow at 11 0 clock
with aa address from: Vice President
Thorn k. Marshall. -
First among th Tar Heels to arrive
was J. D. Moore, of Baleigb, who ia at
the Baleigh hotel headquarter regis
tering tho delegate. W. N. Jones and
wife are hero aad so ia Dr. W. L.
Potest, of Wake Forest. "
One of the most pteturesqo char
eter of tho convention aad one of
th flrt on the seen it Council
Wootea, of Mount Olive, who carries
his 80 years as spryly a any of th
younger visitor. a Bev. Pr. John J.
Hurt and wife, of Wilmington, are
here. A apeeial train will arrive from
Baleiah tomorrow morning.
Brigadier General C. 8. Drake, of the
War Department, this afteraoon is
sued n formal order for the. travel
of tho motor convoy of 70 trucks over
the Bankhead highway beginning oa
Juao 14. The trip wilt bo by Bieh
mond aad Baleigh. the eehedule call
ing for arrival in Baleigh on th even
ing of the 17th. .
Colonel Beanehan Cameron, of jui-
elgh, who baa been here arranging de
tail of the tripi will have tb forego
the pleasure of an addrea to th So
ciety of tho Cincinnati on June 18th,
ia order to make th trip, ko sunoune
ed tonight. ' .
M. P. Beamaa sad H. Y. Beott,
eeeretarico of the Baleigh and Wilson
Chambers of Commerce are here on the
North Carolina freight rsto case. . t
ENERAL CONFERENCE TO
. ELECT NEGRO BISHOPS
Des Moiaes, la- May 11. Th election
of two negro bishops to be in charge
of the negro churches of the Methodist
Kpiseopal denomination . wa decided
poo bv th general conference here
today. Recommendation! tt there be
two bishop f that race wer made
by th committee en Epieeopaey la its
ant report, Th negro- bishop "ill
be elected oa aeparat ballotsfrom te
White bishop. 1 - . ; ,',.'. y
Tho committee on Episcopacy also re
commended the general conference that
missionary bishop be abolUhcd' and
their acids placed ia charge of regular
likens. . , ...... .- . -, , v
SUFFRAGE QUESTION IN
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE
Anti Ratificationists Take Lead
By Asking For State .
Amendment
Baton Rouge, U., May 11. Both
aide of the niffrag question went to
the Louisiana Legislature today.
Aati-ratiflcstionista took tho lead, of
fering simultaneously In th House
and Senate bills providing for an
amendment to th Stat constitution
which would give the vote to women
by state enactment. Shortly afterwards
Bepreseutative Bhattuck of Calcasieu
Parish unexpectedly introduced a rati
fication resolution.
- Both Houses adjourned without anv
action being taken. Inasmuch aa com
mittees cannot he appointed until next
Monday the action of today was re
garded a simply formal opening of the
fight.
Senator Williamson, who haa charg
of the ratification tight ia the Senate,
has announced he doee not intend to
introduce his bill until Mondsy.
Th first speech made in the Hajl
of th State House by a woman speak
er in the campaign for ratification waa
heard just before adjournment, Miss
Florence Hubernald, of Now Orleans,
head of the Louisiana Equal Bight
League, declared state's right waa
only an evasion of the question.
"States' rights is aa dead a th War
of th Bones," she declared. "It i a
alogsn and a quagmire."
Seventy-fifth Annual Conven
tion Will Be Welcomed By.
The Vice-President
Washington, May 11. The seventy
fifth annual session of the Southern
Baptist Convention will be formally
welcomed to the Capital tomorrow by
Vice-President Marshall. ,
It is th first tim th convention has
met in Washington ainco 1893 aad aa
indicating the rapid growth that kai
come to tho denomination daring the
23-year period just closed, th .secre
taries of 'he convention have announced
that on th occasion of the former eoa
veatioa there were 8S0- attendants en
rolled as sgalnst between 7,000 and 10,
000 this year; 9,907 churches reporting
as against 83.303, total of 1,431,041
member oa - th roll ef - th local-
churches compared '. with -2,961,348 ;
wU the gift for 19S for homo mis
sions wer 18,000 compared to SI
059,000 thlt year. Gifts to foreign mis
sions ia 1895 totalled 9125,000, while for
1920 the contributions to this purpose
are $2,3.13.000. , .
Officers cf the convention secretaries
of tho vsriou board and other promi
nsnt leaden from all over the South
are already here. Eight apeeial trains
war due tonight and early tomorrow,
Dr. J. B. Cambrel!, of Fort Worth,
Texas, ia completing bi third year a
president of the convention, aad while
no man' haa ever held that position
longer than three years it seems likely
that Dr. Oambrelr nam will be again
presented to the convention by his
friends. Dr.- W, W, Land rum, of Bus-
scllviUr, Ky, is also being mentioned.
Birmingham 'and Chattanooga ara in
the field for th next session of th pa-
vention.
Organization matter aro exported te
Consume the morning cession of the
orening day of th convention with the
appointment of .committees, election of
offieer and the reading of the report of
the executive committee. The program
tot, the convention is to be worked out
after Organisation is affected but ac
cording to precedent the reports of the
various b.mrd and commissions consti
tute the first business to be considered.
The, progress of the work of tho Edu
cation Board,, the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary and the foreign
mission board are to be discussed and
the report of the campaign commission,
which directed the Baptist 875,000,000
drive. Is to be read to the convention.
Plans for the advancement of the Bap
tist denomination ia the South ara ex
pected to occupy a large part of th con
vention' deliberations. . . s
Pre-oarention meetings were held to
day by the member of th Sunday
ehsol B. T. P. 17. field force of the
Baptist Sunday School Board and the
laymen's missionary movement. Ex-
Governor Hooper, ' of Tennessee, ad
dressed the latter conference on the
laymen part in th advancement of
the Kingdom of God.
PALMER WINS IN FIRST
ROUND IN CRACKER STATE
Atlanta, Ga May 11. Betolutions
declaring that Attorney General Palmer
won. a plurality of , delegate to th
Democratic State Convention In tho re
cent Georgia Presidential primary and
that under th rule of Jh primary h
is entitled to tho Georgia delegate to
th National Convention wer adopted
here today by tho sub-committee of th
State Demoeratle Executive committee
which authorised the primary. . v
Th resolution wer ignd by all
member of th sub-committee it waa
announced except J. J. Flynt, chairman,
who stated the subcommittee should
declare the result of tho primary , but
ahould not go further than ahow on th
face of th return which candidate re
ceived a plurality of th vote in th
Stat convention, which meet here May
18 to elect the delegate to San Fran
cisco, .
Coogreafta Flood, Chairman . 4
Washington, Mar 11. Representative
Henry D. Flood, of Virginia, wa elect
ed ehajrman of the Democrat! Congres
sional committee tonight, vie Repre
sentative Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma, re
signed., Seven vice-chairmen were also
elected as follows) Bepreenttlve
Ferris, Phelsn, Massachusetts; Gandy,
South Dakota : Bouse, Kentucky Baker,
California! WeltjLjpbio, and Caldwell,
Jw York, ' : ; , '-!.'
BAPTISTS MEET IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
FATE OF CARRAfiZA
jjimiirt.
HUUUU I.
TS
Official Confirmation of Over
throw of Government Be
fore Wilson .,
REVOLUTIONISTS EXPECT
TO PROTECT AMERICANS
' ,, ,v .. . '
Battleship Oklahoma Ordered
To Key West For Possible
Duty, In Mexican Waters;
Question of Recognising New
Government May Arise Soon
In Washington , ' .
Washington, May 11. Official report
telling of tho overthrow of President
Carraaxa of Mexico were before Presi
deut Wilson and hi cabinet today bnt
tho new turn of events sooth of the bor
der was understood to have bees given
only passing attention.
Dispatches from Navy officers and
State Department representatives have
all indicated thus far (hat sssuranees of
protection to Americana and other for
eigners had been given by vietorioua
leaders of the revolutionary forces, and
there wa nothing of an emergency na
ture In the situation, official Indicated,
that called for action by the Washing
ton government.
The question of recognition of the
new government apparently in turoee
of formation la Mexieo may sriao 000a.
It wa reported today that plan for
asking recognition were being proceed
by Bevolutionary leader. No auch re
quest ha yet been presented, however,
nd officials her believed there must bo
considerable developments in Mexieo be
for it would be forwarded with reason
able expectation of acceptance.
Carraasa's Fate la Denot.
Tho fate of Carranxa still remained
in doubt. Official advices threw no light
on hia present whereabout. Ho waa va
riously reported, unofficially, aa a pria-.
oaer and aa a fugitive after escaping
from the hands ef his captors. '
A report - tonight to Bevolutionary
agents hsre, received in a roundabout
way, 'told of the fight between a fore
sent out by Gen. Candid A guitar, soa-in-law
of Carrtnsa and Juan Merigo,
commanding an escort of on of Frest
dssrt Coes sm tratamr Msrigo- was a.
ported to have raised the flag of revolt
aad after engaging Aguilar near Cor
doba, to have mad hi way -southward
to join Oca. Guadalupe Baaefaes, a rebel
leader. : ' .
., Oklahoma Bent South.
The report added that Merigo aad
Saaches were la pursuit of a force andei
Gen. Frederlee Monte ons of the Fed
eral commanders said to have remained
loyal to Carranxa. Tho superdresd
naught Oklahoma was ea rout from
Now York to Key West tonight but re
ports from Captain Long, commanding '
destroyers now distributed along th
east coast of Mexieo, told of no disor
der. Tho movement of the battleship
waa understood to be only an additional
precautionary measure.
Bevolutionary agents construed th
election of Juaa Bunches Aaeona a
minister of Foreign Affairs ia the Par
liamentary organization of tho revolu
tionary government, a post left vacant
when the organization was effected
April 23, as further indication that Gen.
Obregon and Gen. Pablo Gonaalea for
merly rival candidate for the Presi
dency, had reached an understanding,
Axcona was campaign manager for Gob-
sales..
Tbs attitude ef Msnuel Palaes,
throughout , Carrsnza's administration
the de facto ruler of the oil district
south of Tsmpieo, was being watched
here with particular interest. The mat
jority of reports, official and unofficial,
have indicated his support of the move
ment that forced Carranxa from power,
but it waa suggested thst until this wsa
eonnnnea ne couia not do eamuiita
from the list of potential oppose rs of
the new government.
Wire communication with tho Mexican
capital has been restored but the censor
ship apparently has been rigidly ap
plied. "' t ,
MINOR ENGAGEMENTS ON
THE NORTHEASTERN BORDER.
El Paso, Tex., May 11. With th fat
of President Carranxa atlll ia doubt.
reports of a few minor engagements
between Federal and Bebel forces along
the northeastern border of Mexico
reached Bevolutionary headquarters to
day. ' i
. Carranxa forces at Sabinai, Coahuila,
were routed by troops under Gen. An
tonio Pruned and after tho battle a
trainlond of wounded federala waa sent
to Picdra Neirras, opposite Eagle Pas,
it waa reported. --:
Fighting was .aaid to b ia progress
at Matamoros, opposite Brownsville,
Texas, with the Revolutionists attacking
the town.
.Eight hundred laborers - and . their
families were reported as having gath
ered at Monrlovn, Coahuila; where they
were said to be seeking protection from
th menace of Carranxa foree operating
in that region. '.-' -.
Claiming th greater part Of Mexico.
as their -territory, revolutionary agent
her today began their shar of the
long task of reconstruction which fare
country torn by war for aa entire
decode.- A th first step, Roberto Pec
quet, revolutionary financial agent ia
tho United States announced that he
wa making efforts to obtain individual
contracts for Mexican" laborers entering
tho United Btates, instead of tho col
lective engagement that hav hitherto '
prevailed, tsenor Fesqueira charged
that exorbitant fees were being charged
by labor agent on both tide of tho
international line,, '
W thill also try to eliminate pass
. (CeaUuaed ea Fg Its.)
REMAINS I
REPORTS OF FIGH