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VOL.1. NO. 138.
MICE OF- DIPLOMATIC DELATIONS WITH GERM
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Flit COIIFEREUGE
RATIFICATIOH
Gen. Scott Endeavoring To Se
cure Final Conference
With Obregon.
ONLY TEMPORARY PEACE
Is The Opinion Of Army Offi-
whi-h THpv Think Is
I nri7lv in Farnr Of Mex-
ko.
Washington, May 5. Despatch?!
to the State Department today ahow
that General Scott ia endeavoring to
secure from General Obregon the fi
nal conference for the ratification of
the tentative agreement between
Mexico and the United iaies.
Army officials now are certain that
temporary peace has been patched
tip with the advantage largely hi fa
vor of Mexico.
The War Department has decided
to send no more motor trucks and
other transportation facilities to
General Pershing, as all troops arc
to be moved near the border, as Gen
eral Obregon having gained his main
point, will commit the use of the
railroads to transport supplies needed
by the army.
' Views of army officers vary as to
the ultimate effect of the agreement
They aay it out in terms that com
mit various interpretations. On one
point they agree: That the only ad
vantage that the United States has
framed is that Mexico ' permits the
troops of the United States to remain
. -i i . i
temporarily
They point out that the United
State haa receded from the position
it took when the punitive expedi
tion was sent across the border. It
went into Mexico they say without a
single reservation or condition.
Carranza's protest was ignored,
they recall, until Carranza troops
fired on General I'ershing's troops at
Parral. General Scott was then sent
post haste to the border to parley
with Obregon. Officers say that this
action was taken although there was
a plain understanding at the State
and War Departments that the ex
termination of Villa and his bands
of baiulita were to be carried out
without reference to co-operation or
anything else by the Mexican govern
ment. The genera.1 army opinion is that
the United States haa surrendered in
the main cause that produced the
crisis. They predict that it will be
so announced throughout Mexico af
ter the signing of the protocol.
MONUMENT TO PATRON
SAINT OF APPLETREE
- Ft. Wayne, Ind., May 5. One hun
dred years ago Johnny - Appleseed"
was a joke. !ow he is almost rev
erenced, and the Indiana Horticul
tural Society has erected a monument
to his memory. To "Johnny Apple
seed" is given the credit of Intro
ducing the apple, into - Indiana and
Ohio.
"Johnny Appleseed" his real
wane was John Chapman was
known to nearly every pioneer in In
diana and Ohio m his day. Born in
1775 he first appeared in Ohio with
his leather pouch filled with apple
seeds about 1800, and from that time
until his death in 1847 he travelled
through the forest and over the prai
ries of Indiana and Ohio giving pion
eers apple seeds and inducing them to
plant the seed.
It is said pioneers used at times
to their heads with their fingers when
Johnny came around. He wore rag
ged clothes and it is said a stewpan
wss worn for a hat and used for cook
ing purposes. But they took his ad
vice, and the-orchards grew and tht
fame of the Middle West as an ap
ple producing country spread. John
ny created millions of dollars worth
of wheat, but never got, nor asked,
a single penny. The old man died
trying to reach a nursery in Northern
Indiana which was about to be de
LI
Around Hill 304 Which Is Con
sidered The Keystone
Of Verdun.
GREAT NUMBERS OF MEN
Used In The Assault. Which
Was Made Just Before Dark.
French Admit
First Line
Trench Was Penetrated.
London, May 5. After a bombard
ment which has been continued for
more than two weeks, the Germans
have begun to storm the French po
sitions around Hill 304, which is the
keystone of the Verdun position.
News came today of the first of
these assaults, that an attack was
' made just before dark and with great
'numbers of men. The French ad
mit that the first line trench was pen
etrated, but claim that on a whole
the German attack broke down' com
pletely. The Berlin official statement an
nounces ' the capture of several
trenches and some prisoners.
While the Germans are renewing
their energy in this important sec
tor, where they are advised to close
in on the railroad, the French are con
tinuing their powerful . counter
strokes.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
" ARE' DENIED ADMITTANCE
Raleigh, May 5. Superintendent
of the Soldiers Home, Capt. W. 6.
I.ineberry, today made the following
statements to a newspaper represen
tative: "I think that something ought
to be done in regard to the situ
ation at the State Hospital."
"There are seven insane in
mates at the home. Two of them
are dangerously insane and one
of them recently tried to take
the life of another inmate.
"Effort after effort haa been
made to get these Confederate
veterans into the State Hospital. ,
These efforts proved of no avail."
Captain line berry said be
thought it a disgrace for the
State Hospital to decline to take
Confederate soldiers oho are rra
zy and. at the same time, to ad
mit alcoholic.
BASEBALL RESULTS,
American League.
At Boston. R. H. E.
New York 8 11 2
Boston - 4 6 2
Batteries: Meecher and Nannama
kcr; Ruth and Thomas. 13 innings.
At Washington-Philadelphia, rain.
At Chicago R.H. E.
Cleveland . ..371
, Chicago t 7 1
I Batteries; Covelesky and CTNeal;
Russell and Chalk.
At Detroit R.H.E.
St. Louis r .... 8 9 1
Detroit 4 8 S
Bateries: Plank and Patrick;
Cunningham and Schanagay,
National League.
At New York-Boston, wet grounds.
At Philadelphia Brooklyn, wet
grounds.
At St. Louis. R.H.E.
Cincinnati . . 7 10 4
St. Louis .. , 15 0
Batteries: Kanezner and Clark;
Meadows and Gonzales.
At Pittsburgh. R. H. E.
Chicago .. , ...... 8 9 1
Pittsburgh .. .. 8 11 2
Batteries; McConnell and Archer;
Harmon and Bchmitx. 13 innings.
GERMAIIS
POSITION
II
MEET AT ASHEVILLE
To Be Entertained By The High
landers The Latter Part
Of This Month.
STATEMENT OF WORK
Done The Past Year, Which
Shows Great Work Being
Done. Climax Of Thrilling
Year.
Raleigh, May 5. The great South
ern Baptist Convention is to be en
tertained by North Carolina Baptists
at Asheville the latter part of this'
month. ' The Baptists of North Caro- j
una snouia oe proua oi we exceueni
l... 4,.. Kan '
C 1 a l, . 11 .V U MAO J."l 1
compiled. Today the Reverend Wal-j
ler a. Olinsun, corrvepuiiuuig .
tary of the North Carolina Convert-j
tion, gave tfulf the following inter- j
view on the work accomplished in.
this State during the past year: I
The Year's Work. J
"Southern Baptists have raised for
the current funds of their general
mission work this year nearly $900,
000, or to be exact, $518323 for for
eign missions, and $365,830 for home
missions. Some debt is left on each
of the genersl mission boards of the
Southern Baptist Convention, but it
is a great yesr's work which is just
closing. The meeting of the South
ern Baptist Convention at Asheville
will be the climax of a thrilling year.
North Carolina's Part.
"The Baptists of North Carolina
have raised during the year for home
missions $33,275, including evangel
ism, and for foreign missions $50,
073, thus falling below what they
were asked to raise, but amounting
grandly beyond what they did last
year. Whereas, the total receipts
for foreign missions from the whole
territory of the Southern States have
fallen $18,743 below the figures of
last year, the foreign mission re
ceipts from North Carolina have in
creased over last year $983. Where
as, the total receipts from Southern
States for home missions, including
evangelism, have fallen $21.C8 below
me figures of last year, the receipts
from North Carolina for this cause j
have advanced $3,415.
"This is a splendid showing for!
North Carolina when it is recalled !
by lengthening the last fiscal year i
the offerings of one Sunday in our j
churches were taken out of this year
and counted in the books of last yeiir. I
During that week there was sent $4,-1
052 for home missions and for foreign j
missions $5,003, Both these amounts
would ordiiuirily huve been counted
in the receipts of this year. i
'It is to be remembered that the i
..Woman's Missionary Union increased I
, its contributions to foreign and home j
j missions $2,400. The total increase j
: from North Carolina is $4.3U8, so we ;
:can see that over half of this in-1
crease is due to the noble work of the ;
women.
Convention Dates.
"The Souhtera Baptist Convention
meet in North Carolina this year in
Asheville, April 17. At this meeting !
the North Carolina delegation will he I
full. The hotels and boarding places j
of our mountain metropolis are going
to be taxed by the attendance at this j
great meeting. This is one of the
largest gatherings of Christendom.
With a good year's work just done
a larger task will be aid out for
another year at the Ashevi'le Con
( vention."
WEATHER.
I
i For North Carolina Fair f i;,i-
and Sunday. Moderate win . -. n.
ly southwest. '
$1,006,000 HOUSE FOR
MEMPHIS K. OF C.
Memphis, Tenn., :day 6. The
Knights of Columbus and other
Catholic societies have selected a site
for the erection of a $1,000,000 club
house. Work will be started this
rummer. '
A V
T
Says That Present War Could
Not Have Been
Prevented. "
NO WAR IS JUSTIFIABLE
He Makes Some Striking State
ments Before The World
"Court Congress In Session In
New York.
Kew York, May 4. The head of the
Usi tod States army in 1912 feared a
great invasion was imminent.
The present war could not have
been prevented by a world court.
No war in the last century has
resulted from any justifiable cause.
These are some of the striking
statements in the speech of Leslie
M. Shaw, former Secretary of the
Treasury, before the World Court
Congress here this afternoon.
fie said, in part:
"I crossed the Atlantic in 1912 with
the head of the United States army
( Ma jor-General Leonard Wood was
then Chief of Staff) who, filled with
apprehension, regretted his mission,
for he freely expressed the opinion
that be would not be able to return
until we would be at war with a cer
tain European nation that could whip
us to a standstill in sixty days.
It would then and it can now if
free of the death grapple in which
it Is locked capture this city and
everything within a hundred and seventy-five
miles thereof in tihrty days.
"Now, this brings me to the ques
tion, how we, as God fearing men and
women, filled with patriotism and
regard for our felows may best play
the part and do all we can to avert
disaster, and prevent a repetition of
what needs no words of mine to paint
as the worst cataclysm that has thus
far visited the race. If this organiza
tion sought in the slightest degree to
prevent preparedness for eventuali
ties that man ensue, or if it sought
to lull to sleep the apprehensions of
the thoughtful, I never would have
joined. .
"Thus far no plan has been furmu
!.t;ed for the determination of non
justiciable causes. The most that
enyrme has thus far suggested is
me court or tribunal for the de
termination 'of justiciable causes
n.i.) an agreement of conference in
the h ipe that some amicable settle
ment may be made for non-justici-ii!
le matters. ,
"The most discouraging feature
!l:nt I see in the whole question lies
ir the fact that no war in the lust
ore hundred years has resulted from
any justiciable cause. The present
v ar coiild not have been prevented by
a world court nor by a league for the
enforcement of peace.
"Our present strained relations
with Germany do not rest on what
t his country concedes to be a justi
ciable matter, and therefore, Ger
many's suggestion that it be arbi
trated is respectfully declined.
"My right to travel ttie public
highway can never be submitted to a
court. The legislation enacted in
California to which Japan objected
did not raise a justiciable question.
"Japan claims that the act com
plained of reflected upon her people
generally and naturally she will en
ter into no agreement giving a court
jurisdiction to determine whether the
Japanese people are the equal of
Caucasian and we will not agree to
arbitrate or to give jurisdiction to
any court to determine the question
whether all races shall have equal
right to acquire and hold property in
the United States.
"If we ever have difficulty with a
European country, it will be predi
cated in all probability upon the
Monroe Doctrine. Certainly the
United States will never enter into
a league or a treaty, a compact or a
convention agreeing to arbitrate or
to submit to the jurisdiction of any
court any question involving the Mon-
(Continued on Page Three.)
nPiNIflN AT WASHINGTON IS
V m A IIV1I AAA. II A
mvv a m v wsr
I U A I Ml I UUL
III A I 1,1 DiVliillV 1 riLLUlAsUlV
Administration Officials,
Of Congress Almost A
many Has Complied
The President
v-..-l.i . r - -ti
.i aMunKion, .viay o. ine consensus oi opjmon in vasninu
tonight is that the danger of a break fn diplomatic relations be
tween the United States and Germany has been averted.
Administration officers, diplomats and members of Congress
were almost a unite of opinion that the German reply comply
with the text nf the AemanAa nf ihe Proaiilcnt frr tVio 1.ohJai.
ment of submarine warfare.
President Wilson and - Secretary Lansing, however, withheld
official announcement of their views. They would make no state
ment until they had the official text of the note before them.
The reply arrived over the State Department wires tonight. And'
the work of deciding was begun. This task was not completed
when the President retired. The note, therefore, cannot receive
official consideration until tomorrow.
Although they were inclined to take note of the tone of th
German reply, which they do not consider wholly clear or satis
factory, the President and the Cabinet were said to be agreed that
the only course was to accept the German promises.
At the same time it was authoritatively stated that the PiesU
dent will accept the German government's instruction to subma
rihe commanders "only'""!! ; lihconditioriarcomplla7irwith the
United States' demands." The President is determined to maintain
his position which he took in the earlier correspondence, that he
will not complicate negotiations with the British food blockade.
It is the present intention of the President, to ignore alto
gether the conditional clause of the German reply, which is con
strued as proposing a biennial discussion of the submarine issue
with Germany and Great Britain.
A high official in close touch with the negotiations and in posi
tion to speak with authority of the government viewpoint, gave
the International News tonight an exhaustive review of the situ
ation referring to resentment felt at the tone of the note. This
official, whose name cannot be used, said: "If it had not beer?
for the recent primaries which clearly. indicate the sentiment of
this country concerning war and for the further fact considered"
under the circumstances. Congress would support the President
if he i-hould sever diplomatic relations with Germany. Jt is possi
ble that President Wilson will return the note to the German Em
bassador with the statement that this government does not re
ceive such communications."
An onicial of the German Embassy declared.' "The note com
plies fully, without evasion or condition, with the United States
demands." The German Embassador ?aid the reply was not au
imitation for the United States to put on foot a movement !"k-
irt.r 1... .1.. . i
.uK iiratr, uui nun termaiiv votua nor regard as unwe!cHj:
if sifth a step is taken by the government by which a ground of
peace negotiations rniirh! t.e begun.
The delay has given President Wilson and his Cabinet advisers
a breathing spell. Furthermore, it has given the. President a
chance to take notice of public comments of the note, of new.-paper
editorials which convey public opinion.
Extract From Text of the .Vote.
"It will, therefore, be understood .that the appeal made by the
government of the United States to sentiments of humanity and
principles of international law cannot under the circumstances
meet the same hearty response from the German people which
such an appeal otherwise-always is certain. to find here. If the
German government nevertheless is resolved to go to the utmost
limit of concessions it has been guided not alone by the friendship
connecting the two great nations
ciou is iiiuuKiu i'l iijr uii'iti
civilized world should the cruel and sanguinary war be extended
and prolonged.
"The German government conscious of German's strength
twice within the last few months announced before the world its
readiness to make peace on a basis safe-guarding Germany's vital
interests, thus indicating that it is not Germany's fault if peace
is still withheld from the nations of Europe. The German govern
ment feels all the more justified in declaring that responsibility
could not be borne before the forum of mankind and in history if
after twenty-one months of the war's duration the submarine
question under discussion between the German government upd
the government of the United States were to take a turn seriously
threatening maintenance of peace between the two nations."
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