TWIN CITY DAILY
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1916
CITY EDITION
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NEW LEVIATHAN OF THE AMERICAN NAVY
PIOMATIC BREAK. NOT PROBABLE NOW
AT APPEARS
b BE OPINION
'OF SITUATION
ENT WILL
CI
In a few days
Text of the German
Wed Before Him,
Studied Carefully.
EK THE VIEWS
CABINET MEMBERS
torial Opinions Suggest
jje Deemed Satisfac-
jrv Temporarily.
on.May C.-Thc official text
f's latest nolo on the sub
rfjre was ready t be laid
, dent Wilson today. It ar
able last night and code
U'd late to prepare copies
nt Wilson and his advis-
e uociimeiit contains esseif
luces from tin; tunofficial
Ireivwl in press dispatcher
yesterday, it is considered
lat the threatened break in
Ti'latiuiis witli Germany will
temporarily, at least.
JiJent will not reach a defi-
lon before next week, how
kid.
'attention will he given to
lest to discover even shades
which have been obscured
;;n news dispatches. fab
lers were asked by the pres-
close attention to the doc-
tliclr.opinions will be sought
formal decision is reached.
ration officials stated that
limitless would be given a
demonstrate her assurances
rine commanders have been
t to sink merchant vessels
larninc They based their
i the press records of the
ver.
wrest was apparent today
tials in editorial opinions on
n note. Many of these bus-
reply should be considered
!' temporarily, pending the
ermany's promise "to do its
confine, operations of the
rest of its duration, to the
ras of the belligerents."
pested that a diplomatic
(1 be advisable. They point.
f'arly to the tendency of
0 qualify the submarine as-
w conditions concerning the
' British naval warfare.
:isl Text About Same.
May c The
riany's note, fully decoded
President Wilson Way,
material differences from the
published yesterday i
"''"' nils EtrpiicthptwMi
f ility that a diplomatic break
pmed, at least for the pres.
J"ic View Not Chanaed.
f ' 8'uly of the note by
'rIM-Loineal3 did no:
'f minds that probably
i o break in rlh.lnm.
P ml there were furth.
' violation of internatiof.
NORWAY MAKES A
FORMAL PROTEST
Objects to the Action of Allied
Government in Seizure of
Norwegian Mails.
Christiana, Norway, May 6. (By
way of London.) Norway formally
notified the British and French gov
ernments today that she could not ad
mit the. correctness of their interpre
tation of The Hague Convention re
garding the seizure of neutral mails
at sea. The Norwegian government
has lodged a formal complaint at Lon
don and Paris, stating that the action
of the allied governments in seizing
Norwegian mails is against the inter
ests of neutral nations.
The Norwegian protest, against the
seizure of mails at sea by Great Brit
ain and France follows similar pro
tests made by the United States and
Holland. On April 3 the allied gov
ernments mado a joint reply to the
United States maintaining that the
seizure of neutral mails violated no
treaty rights and asserting the inten
tion of the allies to continue the prac
tice. A second protest was filed in
London and Paris by Holland on April
17 and included a demand for the res
titution of detained Dutch mails and
indemnity. So far as has been made
public, no reply has yet been made
by France or Great Britain to this
protest.
',.
S. FORCES SURPRISE A
VILLA BAND; 42 KILLED.
Field Headquarters.Near Nam
iqulpa, by Wireless to Columbus,
N. M., May 6. A full squadron
of 230 men of the Eleventh Cav
alry surprised and routed a
much larger force of Villa bad
dits seventeen miles south of
Cusihuirachic, early yesterday
Forty-two Mexicans were killed
and a number wounded. There
were no American casualties.
The American command had
been pursuing the bandits for
several days when they encoun
tered them In camp In the hud
dled abode hut at Oji-Azules.
The Mexicans were complete
ly surprised and sprang from
their pallets, half-clothed. Af
ter firing a few wild shots, they
began each man shifting for
his own safety. Some of them
were able to seize their horses
already tired from a hard day's
ride, but others fled into the
hills afoot.
Major House reported he was
still pursuing the scattered rem.
nant of the band, which is the
largest remaining under the
Villa standard.
LUNCHEON IN HONOR
OF BISHOP HAMILTON
lability that the Unl
! make a brief rof
""' J-ovemment that
th" new orars t. allhma.
p'lw. are fully observed
fr relations will nt h a,,.
on that score
F' Unsinc nt.,,!,. i-.j, ....
au sin-
J'e Md RolnB over it
;ar"'!"iy today. There were
1 '"at further consider,.!
mm ouW not be neces-
vtl "eriKrfn.w i,.
;r ' lilfi German
""WO Iv n,
Mad nor! 1 "8 S0Vern-
'tsn.Bt V1Sit the
ani.;.m """"""on with
Id ,., s tt; nivued or
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ami.,-, , ernment to do
aii.u ..,r8 vew that th
Bishop J. Taylor Hamilton, D. D.,
who with Mr.W.B. Richards, of Hernn-
t, Germany, is a guest of Bishop
ondthaler and the Moravian congre
gation in this city, will preach at the
Home church Sunday evening. The
visitors are cn route to New Orleans,
where they take boat for the Moravian
missions in Nicaragua, Central Amer
ica, where they will spend some time
on an official visit representing the
Moravian Foreign Mission Board, of
which they are members,
The - missionary committee oL the
Southern Moravian Province served a
luncheon at the Home church last
night in honor of their distinguished
guests. There were present at the lun
cheon about 100 men representing dif
ferent congregations of the Southern
Province.
Mr. H. Ai Pfohl presided and ad
dresses were made by Bishop Hamil
ton and Mr. Richards.
It is stated -that Bishop Hamilton
and Mr. Richards will probably return
to Winston-Salem in the early fall for
a more protracted visit.
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steamed into Philadelphia. Captain linger Welles Is commander of the vessel, and Lieutenant (Vmmaudcr
Adolphus Andrews is the navigation ullleer.
Notable Tribute By
Members of House
to Former Speaker
Party Lines Disappear In Observance of
"Uncle Joe" Cannon's Eightieth Birth
day Responds to the Expression of
Good Wishes By House Members
Washington, May 6. Party lines
disappeared in the House today when,
during-the first hour of its regular
session, members joined in paying a
tribute to "Uncle" Joe Cannon, former
speaker, who will be eighty years old
tomorrow. Never before in the his
tory of the House had an hour of the
working session been set aside to
honor a living member.
Speaker Clark, in a humorous and
friendly speech, termed Mr. Cannon
"one of the top-notch class of mental
pugilists." He also- wrote into the
record for posterity that once, during
a debate, with his own eyes he saw
Mr. Cannon perform the unusual feat
of describing a complete circle on one
heel.
, Still carrying himself as straight
as an Indian and aa ruddy-cheeked as
a school girl, Mr. Cannon marched
down the center aisle of the House
nd delivered a speech of apprecia
tion filled with reminiscences of oth
er days. Mr. Cannon wasquick to
observe the non-partisan character of
the occasion in his opening words of
appreciation:
"This is a sample of non-partisanship
of the House," hes aid. "I can
say with the Psalmist, 'the lines have
fallen unto me in pleasant places,'
and as I look Into tho faces of friends
on both sides of the House, I am more
inclined to accept the plain evidence
of fact than the popular and pictures
que fiction which divides this body
into a partisan group on all questions
which shuts out personal relations and
co-operation of representatives re
gardless of the party, to work out in
legislation the greatest good to the
grentest number."
Representative Rodenberg, of Illi
nois, referred to the courage of Mr.
Cannon in the stormy days when he
was speaker.
"It is but human to err," he said,
"and Uncle Joe has, at all times, been
intensely human: but no man living
or dead ever saw him lower his col
ors or hoist the white flag of surren
der." Mr. Cannon ' now Is closing his
twentieth term in Congress. He came
here during the 4:!rd congress and
since that time has been defeated
twice, once in 18!)2 and again in 1912.
Only one man who served in the 4:ird
congress, General Isaac Sherwood, of
Ohio, is now in congress. His term
of service has been much shorter than
that of Mr. Cannon.
Despite his years, Mr. Cannon still
takes an active part in the debates
and smokes as many cigars as ever.
EXPECT CHAMP CLARK
TO BE THE CHAIRMAN
Washington, May 6. Martin H.
Glynn, former governor of New York,
for temporary chairman, and Champ
Clark, speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, for permanent chairman.
This is the tentative plan of Presi
dent Wilson's political managers for
the Democratic national convention at
St Louis. It developed that it has the
approval of the President.
The President's political managers
indicate that they are counting on
Speaker Clark accepting the perma
nent chairmanship. As temporary
chairman, former Governor Glynn
would make the "keynote" speech of
the convention.
FORECAST FOR WEEK
BY WEATHER BUREAU
Washington, May 6 The comptroll-j
er of the currency today issued a call
to all national banks requiring them to
report to htm their condition at the
close of business on Monday, May 1st.
In answering this call national banks
are required to inform the comptroller
of their Investments in foreign securi
ties, particularly those of the nations
now engaged In war. The result is ex
pected to show for the first time just
how much of the $500,000,000 war loan
to the ententes came directly or indi
rectly from national banks, as well as
how much Germany and Austria have
secured from the same sources.
Washington, May C Temperatures
above the seasonal average are indi
cated for the Middle Atlantic and Gulf
States in the weather bureau's fore
cast for tho week beginning tomorrow.
By the middle of the week local
showers and thunder storms are prob
able over the central valleys anu tnc
Plains States, and the latter part ot
the week, in the Middle Atlantic
States and thruout. the South.
The weather will be generally fair
Ihe first half of the week thruout the
Southern Suites.
UNION COUNTY CITIZENS
ENDORSE MR. BICKETT.
Monroe, May 6. A mass meeting of
Union county citizens enthusiastically
and unanimously endorsed the candi
dacy of Hon. T, W'. Bickett for govern
or. Mr. Bickett was born and reared
in Union county. Over five hundred
were present.
7,000 ARE CALLED ON
STRIKE IN ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo., May 0. Seven thou
sand union men, members of sixteen
unions in the building trakle,, were
called on strike hero today.
The men were called out in sympa
thy with striking hod carriers and
building laborers, who are demanding
a wage of 35c instead of 25c an hour,
an eight-hour day and time and a half
for overtime. Work on more than a
hundred buildings is tied up.
RELEASE OF JAMES M.
SULLIVAN EXPECTED
Dublin. Bv Way of London, May 6.
James M. Sullivan, former American
minister to the Dominican Republic,
who has been imprisoned in Dublin
for several davs on the charge of
having been implicated in the Irish
rebellion, probably will be released to
day, it is said by officials.
NAVY LEAGUE FILES
SUIT AGAINST FORD
Washington, May C The Navy
League filed suit today in the District
Supreme Court against Henry Ford,
asking for a hundred thousand dollars
damages. The suit alleges libel in
some of Ford's published statements
opposing military preparedness.
CALLS VETERANS TO
THE ANNUAL REUNION.
General Julian S. Carr, in his ca
pacity as Commander cf the Army of
Northern Virginia, United Confeder
ate Veterans, has issued general or
ders No. 1 calling on the division
commanders of Maryland. Virginia,
West Virginia, Ts'orth Carolina anl
South Carolina to -prepare their com
mands for tho reunion at Birming
ham' May 16, 17, 13.
IRISH SECRETARY QUITS
vw . .
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rremler Asqtllth (tminuneed In the
House of Commons a few days uko
that AiiKUNtino liirrell, secretary for
Ireland In his cabinet, had resigned.
The Irish have been very much op
posed to the pulley of llirrell.
HAL CHASE LEADS
BATTERSW1TH .458
Ty Cobb's Percentage Is Now
.317 Big League Averages
in Various Lines Given.
Chicago, May (!. Hal Chase, of Cin
cinnati, is leading tho National league
batters with a percentage of ,i5S, ac
cording tq averages published here
today, and including games of last
Wednesday. Oilier leading hitters are
Daubert, of Brooklyn, .422; MeKenry.
of Cincinnati, .4i; Robortson, of New
York, .370, and Alexander, of Philadel
phia, .375.
Leading National League pitchers,
ranked according to earned runs, are:
Meadows, of St, iMda; Pfeffer; of
Brooklyn; McConnell, of Chicago; Kan-
toluior, of Pittsburgh, and Alexander,
ot Philadelphia. '
In the American League, Ty Cobb is
rapidly moving to tho front, having a
percentage of .374. Dubuc, of Detroit,
is leading the league witli .444. Other
leaders are Henry, of Washington,
.409; Cicotte, of Wathlngloort, 40p;
Burns, of Detroit, .375; II. Covoleskie,
of Detroit, with .304.
Leading Anierican League pitchers.
ranked according, to earned runs, are
G. Williams, of Chicago; Leonard, of
Boston; Markle, ot New York; Russell,
of Chicago, and Klefper, of Cleveland.
CHARTER FOR COMMERCIAL
CLUB OF HIGH POINT
UaMtih Mav ('.. The Commercial
Club, Inc., of High Point, is charter
ed with capital of $125,000 autnorizea
and $2,000 subscribed by C. F. Tom
t ii c.illiam. R. B. Terry and
others' for the furtherance of commer
cial and social interests or tne Mig"
Point business community.
Death Sentence Executed.
Dublin, illy way of London), May
fi It was officially announced today
that Major John McUride. the eighth
leader of the Sinn Fein rebellion, suf
fered death by sentence of court martial.
FORCES RENEW
HEAVY FIRING
ABOUT VERDUN
SANTO DOMINGO
SITUATION GRAV
E
Report From Rear Admiral Cap
erton Advises the Navy De
partment of Conditions.
Washington, May C Rear Admiral
Caporton, In charga of tho American
forces at Santo Dlinlngo and Haiti, to
day advised' tho navy department that
tha situation, in Siuito lXmiingo in the
revolt against President Jimlnez was
grave. Admiral Caporton did not re
port the landing of marines to guard
the Aemrlcan legation. He said he
had a conference with suverol Domin
ican oltlcials.
Secretary Daniels said Admiral
Cuperton had full authority to
land marines or to take any other
steps necessary to preservo order.
Hostilities Suspended.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub
lic, May C The hostilities which
broke out here yesterday, flhe 'out
growth ot an aittempt to overthrow tho
administration of President Jimlnez,
resulting in sevoral persons being
killed or wounded, were suspended to,
day.
Members of the diplomatic corps are
endeavoring to effect an amicable ho.
lutlon of the troubles hero. The re
public, outside of Santo Domingo, re
mains qulot.
Senators Dispersed.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May . Mbiii
bers of the Halt leu senate who per
sisted in holding a meeting In spite
of tho warning of Admiral Caperlon,
In command of tho American forces
here, were dispersed by a detachment
of gendarmes under the command of
an American officer. The Benalors
protested, but offered no resistance.
GERMANS AGAIN
ON OFFENSIVE IN
m
I
LOCAL TY
They Have Just Brought Up a
Fresh Division Wrest of the
Meuse, Says Dispatch.
SOME TRENCHES ARE
EVACUATED BY FRENCH
Paris Report, However, Says
That Efforts of Germans to
Advance Were Checked.
CENTENN
IAL0FM.E.
TO BE
CELEBRATED
Nashville, Tenii., May 0. The board
of missions of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, South, adjourned last
night after ndopllng the plan for tho
celebration In 1910 of the one hun
dredth anniversary of tho founding ot
the first Methodist mission society in
America. Bishop 10. 10. Hendrix was
named to present tho plans to the
general congerence of, the Methodist
Episcopal Church, now in session at
Saratoga, N. Y.
The week preceding Kaster was set
aside as tho annual week of prayer
and self-denial for the cause of mis
sions. Mr. John M. Moore, secretary of
tho homo department, was Instruct
ed to prepare for general distribution
tracts dealing with the fundamentals
of -Christian doctrine and Methodist
belief.
Rev. J. W. Stowe, reporting on the
work of the homo department, asked
that a committee bo named to har
monize all home mission agencies, and
lllshop James Atkins, Dr. W. A. Chris
tian, Dr. W. F. Mc.Murray and Dr. F.
9. Darker were appointed.
Mrs. T. II. 10. Rosh, treasurer of the
woman's department of the board, re
ported that receipts for foreign work
were $2H2.!!4t; for home work $199,
233, and $3,058 for the Scarrltt Bible
school, a total of $493,231. There is
a balance of $118,524.
The report of the home committee
recommended that China and the
Mexican field in Texas be continued
in 1917 as spocial objectives for mis
sionary work of the Sunday schools
and In 1918, this attention be turned
to the Japan missions. A special com
mission of five was appointed to study
the subject of self-support of mission
churches at home and abroad. Sanc
tion was given Kpworth League mem
bers to raise .funds to purchase a
steamboat for mission work on the
Upper Congo.
The board acted favorably on the
report of Mrs, R. W. McDonnell, of
the home department of women's
work, which asked for approximately
$150,000 for the work of the depart
ment for the coming year.
ALLEGHANY WILL VOTE ON
BOND ISSUE FOR RAILROAD
Sparta, May . The county com
missioners have ordered an election
for the 10th of June to decide wheth
er Alleghany shall Issue 100,000 addi
tional bonds to the Klkln & Alle
ghany railway, $2,000 to be issued
for each mile built In the county, and
the whole to be completed by Decem
ber 31, 1920, or the bonds forfeited.
It is estimated that it will take half
the amount or a distance of 15 miles
to build the road to Sparta, and the
other half from Sparta westward thru
the county.
Heavy fighting has been resumed
In tho Verdun region with the Ger
mans again on tho offensive west of
tho Mouse. They have brought up a
fresh division and apparently made
a now concentration ot heavy artllery.
Instead ot attacking Dead Man's Hill,
around which the battlo has raged
recently, tboy now are directing their'
attention to the somewhat higher
eminence known ns Hill 304, to the
southwest towards Avoeourt on the
French left flank.
The afternoon bulletin of the Paris
war office admits tho unusually vio
lent bombardment causod the French
to evacuate a part of their trenches
on the northern slopo of the hill. It
declares, however, that tho efforts
of tha Gormuns to advance were
checked by tho lire of tho French ar.
tlllery and, that tho fresh, troops tho
German Crown Prince threw jnto tha
fray, suffered heavy losses.
The uttacks of tho Germans north
niil northwest ot Hill 3H4 were pushed
so close to the French defenses that
bayonets had to be used to repel tha
assaults. ( ,
Yesterday's reports In roynrd to the
destruction of three Zeppelins are
followed today by a dispatch from
Dutch sources announcing that the
Zeppelin i-'.) had 'been sighted, float
ing low across the North Sea, appar
ently badlyi crippled.
The executions of participants in
the Irish rebellion are being contin
ued, tho eighth man to suffer the
death penalty being Major James Mo
llrlde, who fought thru the illoer
war against the British and after
wards married 'Maud Gonno, widely
known In connection with the Irish.
Home Rule agitation.
'Norway has protested to the British
and French governments against
their action In seizing Norwegian
nails. Similar protests have been
made by the United States and Holland.
PRESIDENT OF L
AN
ON STAND
Reads Into the Record a Mass of
Testimony About the
Road's Operation.
'Washington, May 6. What Milton
II. iHmith, president of the Louisville
& Nashville Railway, thinks ot tho
Interstate Commission's two reports
to the senate on the road's affairs, he
read into the record today, In the
Commission's Investigation. It dealt
in great detail with the technical, fin
ancial and commercial affairs In the
road's operation for thirty years.
iMr. Smith entered 'upon his cross
examination with the reading of his
paper, tho Joseph W.- Folk, the Coin--mission's
counsel, objected.
"I have not finished with this wit
ness," he told Chairman 'Meyers, "and
will not finish with him until the
court hag determined If he must an
swer my question as to campaign con
trfbti'tions. I hold that he Is now in
contempt of this Commission and that
his cross-examination should not do
permitted until he has purged him
self of this contempt."
E. S. Jouett, of the Louisville &
Nashville counsel, admitted "Mr. Folk's
rlht to reeall the witness later and
Chairman Meyers permitted the cross
examination to proceed.
Mr. Folk announced that he would,
place on the witness stand this after
noon AV. P. G. Harding, a member of
thelFederal Reserve Ooard, to explain
the circumstances under which the L.
& N. loaned the state of Alabama
$249,000 In 1912 thru the First Nation
al iBank of Birmingham, o( which (Mr.
Harding was then .president..
NO VERDICT YET IN
MONROE JOHNSON CASE,
Greensboro, May . The jury took
the case "of 'Monroe Johnson, charged
with the murder ot Carl Preddy, to
day at one o'clock and has not yet re
turned a verdict. v
If