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VOL. 24. No. 154. liiUl liiil LiLL uMLU SfflSIllTCIIII! $1,800,000,000 Reremw B21 VVul Not Be Sufficient to Pros- ecute the War For One Year, , Treasury Department Advise. Announcement by Mr. Kitchin Create a Surprise in the House Where the BUI is Now Under " Debate. - . (By PASSES S. ANDEBSON.) - " Wellington, May 17. Secretary Me Adoo dropped a bomb into the house to day wlien he tent letter to Majority Leader Xlayda Kitehln asking that the Congress raise $2,245,000,000 by taxa tion instead of $1300,000,000 rigi nally jpnjposed. The original estimate called (or more money than any other country in the world has ever been asked to pay in taxes and today's estimate of nearly half a billion dollars more has upset all cal culations of Congress. With business men already complain ing that the house bill would aerbusly impair values and depress business, lead era today make no concealment of the embarrassment ih an attempt to almost doubl the original amount. Washington, v May 17. Democratic Leader Kitchin announced in the house today that the treasury department had notified him it would be necessary to raised $2,245,000,000 instead of $1,800, 000,000 by the war revenue bill now under debate. He urged the support of new proposals to raise the income .sur tax increases on sums above $40,000 as now contained in the bill by one-fourth. The bill as reported to the house was estimated to raise $1,800,000,000 to 12,000,000,000. which was expected to defray one-hair the expenses lor the. nrst year of the war. x.. j '-V , Kitchin's announcement was a great surprise, . When the movement to In crease the Income tax was started yes terday he. fought it vigorously. . .Yesterday the insurgents were suc cessful nevertheless in getting an in crease on the surtax on incomes between $40,000 and $60,000. Immediately after Kitchin's announcement today they re newed their, efforts and Representative Lenroot, of Wisconsin, introduced an amendment to increase the proposed sur ' ; : 1.-1 ..i tun on income uetweeu fou,vw KUU 180,000 from 11 to 13.75 per cent. fl do not see," replied Mr. Kitchin, "how any member of the ways and means committee can oppose this pro posed tax." ' . : "' To add an increase of one-fourth all "along the line would fait far short of raising the additional $425,000,000 snd it was considered likely that even a greater aurtsx than the insurgents sug gest would have to be resorted to. " Meanwhile hops of striking from; the bill taxes on freight, light and heat by the substitution o,f the surface in creases ss proposed by Representative Lenroot seemed to disappear. - . Hope that it would be possible to strike out the increased rate, on second clasa mail matter also was waned some. what but supporters of the proposal still were determined to make a hard fight. The. Lenroot amendment for further increases was adopted in the committee of the whole. Preparations were made to propose, similar increases on" all re. main ing divisions of the income tax sec , "tion. - ' . . " . : : : THE BARACAS AND PHILATHEAS OPEN THE MEETING IN ASHEVILLE . ? Asheville, May 17. Delegates from all parts of the state were arriving hers today for the opening session of the convention of the Baraca and Phi lathe classes of North Carolina, Preparations were made to receive 1,000 visitors. . The first session will be held tonight In tha Battey Park hotel and the con vention will continue, through Saturday. The' convention's closing session will be held Sunday morning. 1 Tho program; is a lengthy one with joint meetings at scv eral of the churches in the, city. V J ; - ' Wheat. : CTiicago, May 17. May wheat prices !r ke as much as 10 cents a bushel to ' y on assertions that the enfi"ite gov r -sis would sott I c I" ' M of f Ojen!i,jr prii'" v" ', rar;d 7 i !" r--.'4 h-r 'v at " 3 luff"" f JOHN D. BEEEY, si Raleigh. Elected Grand Secretary. KAISER IS TAKING -110 LITTLECHAHCES Imperialism is Doing All In Its Power to Prevent a Possible Revolution. Amsterdam, Ilolland, May 17. Ger man .imperialism is taking no chances to allow a revoution to sway the kaiser's throne and defeat Frussianism and es tablish democracy, as hinted in social ists' speeches in the reichetag, according to advices reaching Amsterdam from the German capital. The chancellor's curt refusal to ac cede to socialist demands in amplifying on Germany's war aims, his apparent support i of the; junkerltes, all have aroused the greatest anger among so cialists. : Forewarned of possible public demonstrations of disapproval, informa tion here declared the German govern ment had established strongly increased police guards in Berlin and other large cities to put down any possible disturb ances.. Text of the remarks by the socialist leaders Scheledemann and Ledebourer received showed how bluntly these two opposing leaders of socialist factions warned, the imperial chancellor of possi ble trouble if sincere peace steps were not in View 'f . ..' Peace by agreement would be good fortune for Europe, Scheidemann de clared. Ninety-nine per cent of all peo ples look with ; hope and longing to Stockholm. If France and Great Brit ain renounce annexations and Germany insists thereon, we shall have a revolu tion in the country. ' It baa not gone so far as that yet, since the enemy has not renounced annexations. "Ilerr Scheidemann must take up cudirels aaainst" the government," said George Ledcnbourger, leader of the an tl-war and anti-government ' socialists, as opposed to the Scheidemann peace and pro-government faction, "If he does not want strong words, which uo not shrink even from announcement of revolution to be followed by deeds. We are Convinced that events must happen in Germany as thev have happened in Russia. We must soon introduce a re public in Germany and we shall soon propose that the legislation committee take preparatory steps to that end. Speaking in the relchstag the social ist member Duv id declared: - "The chancellor has not replied to our demands, but bis references to possible peace with Russia are most valuable.' FUNERAL OF FORMER RESIDENT WILL BE HELD ON TOMORROW , Funeral services over , the remains of Mrs. E. C. Barker, who died Tuesday evening at Salisbury, will bft conducted from the First Presbyterian church to tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock by the paster, Jkv. e. P, Cobte,"and Dr. Syl vester Newlin, pastor of 'the ' Friends' church! The deceased lived In High Point until six months ago and is survived by the hueband and two small children. In terment will be made in Oakwood ceme tery." . , ' - , , 0,.. ,, J-t.-- .tpapaMMNnaMHfNWMaw THE NATIONALISTS REFUSE PLAN OF PREMIES FO RHOME PLAN London, May 17. According to a re port In the lobbies of the bouse of com mons the nationalists have refused the premier's first offer to set tip home rule and have accepted the proposal for- a convention to map out another scheme, FCr.ICT FLIES IN Tlin doing nr: iu?:acs Mny 17 in, IY i r' HIGH POINT, 1 nt lib AH fillTLDFOR LEGAL ACTION Southern Baptist Convention Will Determine if the Organization is Legal With a CommlUee of . Ministers, Lawyers and Laymen Report on Consolidation of the Two Boards Advises Waiting until Next Year's Session to Take Further Action. New Orleans, May 17. The commit tee appointed by the Southern Baptist convention to make recommendations on the consolidation of boards and also on the question of the legality of the or ganization presented, reports today on each mattcrboth of which were adopted. The report on consilidation of boards provided they remain separate as at present and that an executive committee of seven be appointed to supervise ar rangements for annual meetings. Under the committee recommendation on the legality question the president was authorized to appoint a committee of 7 lawyers, ministers and business men to consider the questions and re port at next year's convention full rec ommendations ss to sny action needed. IS Y ONLY APAPER QUE? New York World, After An In- eatigation, Says the "Army" Is Joke. New York, Xtay 17. Is Theodore Roosevelt s so-called "volunteer army" merely an army on paper ! That is what the New York World charges as the. re sult of an investigation it has com pleted with a view to finding out just how strong an army the Colonel has actually ready to mobilize. Ths inves tigation, The World says, was conducted in the sections the Colonel is alleged to have secured so many volunteers from , The World's investigation, it was Hated, was carried on in distticts where 32.000 troops were to be raised an I in most cases,, it found only ten acr of men anvl not actual eiiIlmcncj It was found that 1,175 men were actually en- r'i"ed for service wi',4 5,250 the "doubtful" list and 25,407 yet to be en rolled. - 1 ' 1 Captain William E. Barnes, recruiting officer in charge of organissation for tho Roosevelt division, told the World, it is stated, that ths imptcrion that the di vision ; already is recruited a mil take. Only tenders of service have, for the most part, Inai received, he said. f. L ii TO L If Given Power to Fix Food Prices that Would Be Function of the - Government. Washington, .May 17- The govern ment if given power to fix food prices would exercise, the authority only to break up corners or to prevent extortion, Secretary Houston explained today in a letter replying to an inquiry. ' Referring to popular misapprehension regarding the proposal that ths govern ment Set a price on foodstuffs, Secretary Houston explained that only two sug gestions have been made, "One is that ths government be given power to fix a minimum price to" stimulate production This price would be high enough to.in sure, producers against loss. The other is that the- government will be given power to fix a price in emergencies to break up joiners or extortion," he said, Churchmen at Dallas. Dallas. Tex.. May 17. The 129th general assembly of ths Prewbytcrian church of the United States opened in the Central Presbyterian church in, this city today with an attendance of more tlian one thousand commit if'fr t. ('Miic I'-mlers in n.' rs, prom- uy, edU' II III a TEDDY S ARM roil USE POWER OWER PRICES Clonal NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY. 17, 1917." ' 4 - jmn ' i v I SICHASD J. JONES, of Wilminjton Lata Grand Treasurer Who Died April - 10, 1917, Aged 93 Tears. S FAIL TO CHECK THE ALLIES "Our Troop. Made Progress in the Hindenberg Line," Say British Statement The Germans have faired to stop the British advance.; The most furious and sustained counter attacks have withered before the blast of the British artillery and the sapping ot the Hindenberg Una goes on slowly but without halt. , The efforts made by Hindenberg to regain the initiative have failed. Von Hindenberg apparently used every ounce of strength at bis command to ' wre it from the British the villages of Roeux and BuHecourt and' the outcome is summed up in the repetition by the Brit ish war office of ths statements "Our troops made progress in the Hin denberg line." v , 1 More omnious for Berlin, in view of the wabbly condition jt her Austrian . . ' ally, is ths news of the grest Wow of Italy in the direction oi Trieste. The Italians have opened their spring offen- sivs in brilliant fashion attackintf . a wider front and apparently with meter force than any other previous operation. General Cardona appears to plan a great flsnkin mnvemnt .miln.f th dvmn plateau, the great natural barrier defend- ing Trieste. The operation is, however, in too early a stage to permit judgment of its exact import. - The allied offensive in Macedonia con tinues with success for the British, but the fighting is on such an extended front and so sporadic in character that its meaning is obscured. Reports frord Bui garia of nationwide discontent snd wear iness of the war may be significant in connection with Generat Barrail's cam paign. The Russian factions have patched up A truce, but the, outcome is dubious. In any event it seems certain little can be expected lor a long time to come. TWENTY VACANT LOTS WERE PLOWED FOR THE BOY SCOUTS YESTERDAY Ami,y cun. io m . ui cut were plowed yesterday and will be turned over to the Boy Scouti to be uaed fori nt9 rMMasi tHAk TUhA aamm .iA preparing xoe sou lor me em Dry o gar dening sharp, and it is planned to have several more vacant nieces of nrnnertvl thought th fact that farmers are busv -ti t.-t. i... if x.,a tJ TV ilia sut7ii Ktvp inicai asaviLa uaiu iw secure teams and n ows. ' TJie o owintr of Testerdar was done under the aus nicea of the nlow dav committee, Cotton. New York, May 17.-The cotton mar l.-i .j i olbu .ie.uy a, . 3 points today, eased back from 19.02 to 19.85 for July and from IMS to 19 .34 for October and Iluctuatea witnin inis range toward the middle of the morning, Sentiment teemea w tie cneenm witn i . . m - m a : reference to general political conditions an dthe tone of the stock msrket may nave encourageo. nuyu.8 vy votton mtures openeo .ieay. iay, uuiy, ceiuoer, la-ov; oaaaaif, is.uv, , v Celebration Postponed, Philadelphia, Pa., May 17 The elab- orate celebration to have been held in this city today in honor of the centen nlal anniversary of the founding" of the 'American Sunday School Union has been indefinitely postponed on account of the war. : I Reichstag Adj Vn. lUf 17-- rciw.' WO" AtllCAIiSf IfflGEII Fota Members of the Crew Are . Lost When the American Ship CSonian U Sent to Bottom Off Italian Coast. Steamer Sailed From New York on April 27 With a Cargo and Carried a Crew of 39, 18 of Them U. S. Citizens. ' New York, May 17- The American steamship Gilonian has 'been torpedoed and sunk off Genoa, Italy, with a loss of . t. memoers 01 ut crew, according to a telegram received here by the owners, the Universal Transportation company, The Gilonian was not armed. She left herei April 27 for Genoa with cargo. She : m. a m - anni l "i" ..Twn, and carried a crew of 39 men. of whom eighteen were Americana. The British steamer Harpagua has I been torpedoed. 11 (I Only Once Before in History Have Railway Accidents Been So Few. Chicago, May 17. Returns issued by the Interstate Commerce commission ... .. .. 8now ow 01 the Pea"t &fy wweve m the hiitor7 of rfti,w8T WC0TU Iw. summer or 1918. in the Hter irom July to KeptemDer they nanaiea tne largest passenger movement in their Mrtory. The returns show but lwo were K1"ea m acciaents. uniy m ne Prev,8 quarter, wnen tramo was I lighter, was this record equaled. This I i- . t . . wM from APril to Jun 1915. Three hundred and two railways re porting to the bureau of railway news and statistics for the fiscal year to June 3V, lio, snow complete ireeaom irom Natalities to passengers in accidents on their 138,993 miles of tracks. This re port embraces more than half the total mileage. Three roads, with a mileage of 1,073, have gone, through 13 years with out a single passenger fatality in train accidents. WILL HURRY ACTION ON CONTROL OF FOOD SUPPLY Washington, May 17. To hurry a tion on food control legislation a sen ate agrciulture sub committee has been Selected by Chairman Gore to act with a like bouse sub committee. When the, food survey bills, now the M - a. flotiaf r- nloflfa rt nfr' I mmn AmanU . o. rt . , .-ftVM At A j I 1 , ? I frt onrh annmila f inn amnnn hnarrla M ERMAIfS CApTTJRE A FEW . Berlin. May 17. So far during the i - """"" " .. - M. the Oen on the western front hav take 200 English prisoners and have captured 2,700 French.... Ths ground which was captured by the Germans in the village of Roeux yes - . . , . tMnw,n(r r,t ..l ' o l8h altMk wy, the sUtement, . . , . RUSSIAN CABINET CRISIS IS : , SAFELY PASSED AT MIDNIGHT petrogradf May 17.-The cabinet crisis h settled. A declaration of the vernment policy has been accepted by tne couneii o( workmen and soldier dele tet wth ,iignt aItWation, and was 'Iglgned at midnight. New Wake Superintendent Raleigh, May 17. Edgar W. Knight, professor of education at Trinity col lege, today was elected superintendent of the Wake county schools to succeed D. F. Giles, who has been appointed a member of the state board of 'educa tion, i Troops Are Eeccjnizel. V.sy 17. The newly Tab KB ACCIDENTS RAILWAYS """"' 1 " .'"'"""." " " j j.j, j. i. . ,., .,.,.,,,., .....ji.,......,,, : ": - ' ! CALVIN WOODASD, of WUson. Chosen Grand Master Wir Florida Taken Ud . .. , . . . . On High Pomt Dog Buymg and I Defrauded.,' I n w Winf- vli.tA man .8D ----- of this city, a resident ot Adams street, was' arraigned before United States! rmmissioner Warren G. Brown this m!n narad with uslnir the United SUtes maUa to defraud, it being alleged that he collected sums oi money from various neraons in Florida and Wilmimr- ton. under promises to deliver blooded dogs.' After ths money was received 1 correspondence immediately ceased. An unusual feature of the case is that the chief prosecuting witness, the man re aponsibht for the warrant being issued, is Jefferson B. Brown, of Key West, chief justice of the state of Florida, who was defrauded to the extent of $50. The. receipt of the money through the mails occurred several months ago and aftr waiting for weeks and receiving no dog, the Florida chief justice communi cated with a local firm ot attorneys and! placed civil action in their hands to re-1 cover the money, Wmfree, it was au HAkGELQCALMA STARTED MAIL FRAUD leged, had been doing business, at least . f . .. . f . .I..- t-i U f. ,i.Jtremely int"ting to ths lodge mem- the receiving part of the business In the name of the "Northside Kennels." and his name at no time was used in con nectlon with the breedery and disposal agency of valuable canines. The local attornevs. seeking to find the man against whom they were to take actlon, had to resort to the postofnee autnon- ties and then it was learned that Win free was receiving the mail addressed to j the kennels. Postoffio Inspector Hodgin, with , of fices at Greensboro, then was called into esse and Justice Brown was notified that the proper course was to file complaint with the postal authorities. The, inves- tigation , by te inspector disclosed the! fact that the operations of the fictitious kennels had resulted In persons In Key West, Tampa, Miami, St. P4irsburg nd other polats in Florida and at Wil- mington being defrauded. In each in- stance, it is ststel, tho scheme was-the same the mmey was received and the. failure to ship fee do2 m contracted for constituted fraud under certain sections of ths nnatal law. Winfr wit arraicned in municipal court this mroning before Judge Pea- cock charged with committing an assault .!. .rt.,.t.i.-, the ,h.r v.s el,P.,1Pel to simnle assault, he was assessed with the, e ta. Then O ' Ci Deputy Marshal J. C.' Kennette, of Greensboro, placed Wlnfree under arrest and Commissioner Brown was on hand to try the. case. The deputy marshal stated tbafc the government was 'not ready for trial, that the witnesses would have to be brought from Florida, and that a postponement was requested. Winfree was not ready for trial and the date of the preliminary hearing was set for Saturday. June 2. when the wit- nesses will be present. Federal eourt opens at Greenslwro on Monday, June 4, and it is intended that the Florida judge will have to make but one trip for the oreliminarr hearing and trial. Bond in the sum of $.00 was named to insure the appearance, of the defendant at the preliminary hearing, ; V Famous Airman Killed Amstardam, May 17- Ths Telegraaf quotes a statement printed in a German paper that the famous French airman, Captain Doncmer, who is reported miss in", was shot down behind the linos adl killvd. , f C A 1 lufe Jo' Member An:J. '.. I xJUU 1 lLLu ..u close c;;i q The Meeting of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs is Declared to Have Been Most Successful Ever Held in State. The Monung Was Devoted to Receiving Reports From , the Committees and Hearings of RecommeiKlations. What is accredited with having been one of the most successful meetings ths grand lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the state assembly Daugn ters of Rebtkah has ever held cams to a dose today at noon. The item of chief interest of the closing day was ths elec- t,oa of offi bT the Rebekabs, the wo- men navmg neen too nusy to get this blu;neH transacted nntU. just a short time before noon. Miss Lillian Byrd, of Asheville, was ; chosen president; Mrs. " "'" ' president! Mrs. CL B. Tavlor. of Wilson. den;' Miss Lillian Flora, of Cligo, chaplain; Miss Mary Jones, of Hender sonvme, maranaij Mrs. uauard, con. ductor Mrs. Kpps, insid, guardian; Mrs- Beigie SPry ' Coinjock, ouUids , The Odd Fellows devoted ths morn Mn8 exclusively to receiving reports ami reoommenoauons irom various commit tees and were ready for adjournment a short while before 12 o'clock. Ths Re bekahs vere kept busy until ths very last minute and just as it was thought that it would be necessary for them to hold an afternoon session, as scheduled . the necessary work began to clear away ' and many of the women were enabled to catch tha early afternoon trains for their home. The Odd Fellows were also . ready to leave , and by tonight It is thought that all of ths 300 or more del ... . Aantri fnr .v.,. j,om , ' . , ... J bers, the Eepiton lodge team putting on the Friendship degree at 8 o'clock and the team from the Winston-Salem lodge conferring the Bebekah degree at 9:30. The Odd Fellows finished in time to wit , ness the presentation of a fraternal film ftt th8 Ro9 theater at U o'clock, the Rebefcat, did not, Yesterday afternoon, while the state assembly Daughters of Rebekah were having the contest on unwritten work for the cup presented by the treasurer, the grand lodge was electing officers. The -contests were close and spirited and tt- gUHed at ' follows: r Calvin Woodard, Wilson, grand master; C O. Smith, Goldsboro, deputy grand master; C. Q. I McMichael, Wentworth, grand warden; William L Smith, Wilmington, grand treasurer; John D. Berry, Kaleigh, grand secretary; Guy Weaver, Asheville, grand representative to sovereign grand lodga j for a term of two years; Dr. L. B. Mc Brayer, Sanitarium, trustees of orphan ago for term of five years to succeed him self. The contest for grand warden was spir ted, 8. B, Currin, of WUson, and John TUocker, ol ureensDoro, eacn nav ing a number or supporters. j.Jtxoung, of this city, was urged to run but re- fused to allow his name to eome before th. gathering when that of Mr. McMP (Continued on Page Four.) SOUTHEAST TO BE NEW CAMP CE3TER Southeastern Department vJ Have 12 Camps for the Hew War Armv. Washington, May 17. The chief een ter of the new army training camps, by the war department's decision today will be the new southeastern department un der General Leonard Wood. Twelve of the 32 camps will be placed unr Gen eral Wood's department a"! f responsible for as many u 17 t" " two. Grouped Oil' f I" y di-prt t If 1 ! o1! rr fl.-Ms of il -.ill. I orp'in- r i r " i 1 !- , if c. t A.
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