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DANIELS ATTACKS SIMS'
UNPREPAREDNESS CHARGE
(By The Associated Press.) I
WASHINGTON, May J 5. Secretary j
Daniels today atacked Hear - Admiral i
Mima' charge that the navy department I
Jacked plana and otherwise wan unpre-1
jmred for war. Tbe charge was "unui-
formed and wautou he told tlie senate
Atiumittee which is investigating the so
called Sims-Daniels row, and det'lar
testimony of Bear Admiral Badger and
-cflicr members of the general board had
jroved such statements unfounded.
-' iMr. Daniels described in detail the or
uni&ation and operation ofthe general
"board to show that for years before' the
war the board was engaged in preparing
" and revising plans for -naval battle in the
Atlantic. Admiral Dewey had studied
-the situation from the outbreak of he
European war and in March, 1915, had
forwarded a satement of preparations
tteoodsary t'o put the navy department in
readiness for war, Mr! Daniels said,
which was immediately approved by him.
The navy department followed the Dewey
-outline "as far as congress' appropria
tions would permit," Mr. Daniels de
clared. Declaring that several witnesses "hav
ing no first hand sTnowletj of the navy 's
part in the world warhad attempted
4b show by Kir hack as fr s1913,
tint the navy beU, ; J?the, war failed in
preparation beeahf "he secretary and
ongreaa did not fow .their advice in
''1913 'and i9"$' Mr. Daniels reviewed
at length hid administration and his rec
ommendations to congress from 1913
....
a.
Incidentally he told the committee that
when he assumed his post he found he
navy, under Presideu Taft, had "fallen
back," as the United States, which had
advanced to second place among naval
powers iii 1907 dropped baik to laird la
Mil." '(Ti '
""Between March, 1913, afi4eptember
1916, the navy was increaseffVn' person
nel, material, and efficiency more than in
any similar period in our history," saiii
ttie secretary.
The -pre-war attitude of the United
States toward preparedness wayfhown
ty Presideu Roosevelt's messagetf con
gress, in 1905, declaring that n does
not seem to me necessary tat the navy
should a least in the ommediate fuure
-be Juereaaed beyond he "present numbet
of units," said Mr. Daniels. President
Roosevelt and President Taft were both
forced to take the positions hey did to
ward naval building by public opinion,
'tlie witness said, adding that President
i"Wilson wall in advance of public opinion
when heliponsored the building program
Of 1916.
SOCIALISTS WANT EUGENE
V DEBBS PARDONED.
(By The Associated Press.) m
WASHLNGTON, May 15. A peti
tion for general afhnesty for political
'prisoners, including Eugene" V. Debs,
recently nominated by the socialist party
8 its candidate for president, was to b
presented at the white house today by a
ormittee appointed by the socialist con
vention at New York.
"Secretary Tumulty was to receive the
committee late in the day and present
the petition to tho President. -Yesterday
the commitee. of wjiich Seymour Sted
man, candidate for vice president, is
chairman, called on attorney General
Palmer and Monday another committee
will present a petition to Secretary Bak-
POSTPONE CONFERENCE BE-
TWEE ALLIES AND GERMANS
HYTHE, England, May J5. Premiers
Uoyd George, of England, and Milleraod
of. 'France, at their conference ioday at
Beauclaire. the residence of Sir hilin
Basson. directed the Bpa conference be
tween the members of the allied supreme.
council and the German leaders should J
be V'stponed from Ma25.. to June 2J,
It is understood that Premier Miller
and accepted the principle, of fixing a
round 'figure for the German indemniTyi
en tte condition that France ahoufd have
priority in the time f payment and that
she should receive a partial payment and
that she should receive a partial pay
ment at the -earliest possible date.
THINK SULTAN WILL RESIGN .
J)UT0F PROTEST.
: CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14. The
Turkish sultan will resign his throne in
protest against the severity of the peace
treaty presented to Turkey by the allied
powers, according o a rumor today, which
t credited in xhany quarters. .
Mrs. H. F Glenn and Misses Ed
mee and Eatie Smith, and H. P. Glenn,
. Jr., are speffJing the day Saturday with
?'ri. GWa's sister, Mrs. AYIQ Adams
NO RELAXATION IN MONEY '
RATES ARE ANTICIPATED
By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, May 15. Heiitiuicnt in
financial circles this week was frankly
less cheerful, this feeling finding more di
rect expression in renewed if' moderate
)liqiiidntion, 'further professional selling
and negligible public interest.
The railroad strike, with its serious
results to almost, all lines of industry,
additional credit restrictions and cumula
tive signs of slowing down of, general
business emboldened an already large
short account to extend its aggressions.
Standard rails and industrials suffered
almost in equal measure with speculative
issues, strengthening the impression pre
valent in many quarters that a large pro
portion of the offerings was of an in
voluntary character.
- This same condition dominated the
lond market, where practically all of the
domestic war flotations, in striking con
trast to British issues of the same class
recorded new levels of discount. Low
est quotations were made by liberty
bonds following . the announcement that
new treasury certificates of indebtedness
are to be on a 5-1-2 per tent basis.
Local banking conditions, it was agreed
are on a firm foundation, out the tenor
of advices from western and southern
reserve centers again reflected the rigid
attitude of .the federal reserve board con
cerning non-essential credits
Little if any relaxation of money rates
is anticipated before the expiration of
the fiscal yenr. By that time, however,
it is believed many underwriting, chief
ly for account of railroad reconstruction,
will have progressed to the point of suc
cessful completion.
WILL VOTE TODAY
ON PEACE RESOLUTION
Opinion in Congress Is That
Adoption of Peace Resolu
tion Is Certain With Presi
dent Wilson's Veto Inevit
able. Kv The Astoria ted Press.) j
WASHINGTON, May 15 A vote Mil j
be taken by the senate at 4 p. m. today
on the republican resolution designed to
repeal the joint resolution which, declar
ed a state of war between the United
States and Germany and Austria. Opin
ion in congress was that adoption of the
peace resolution was certain, with sub
sequent veto by President Wilson re
garded as equally inevitable.
At least font democrats are expected
to vote with the republicans in favor of
adoption and Senator McCumber, re
publican, of North Dakota, probably will
join the oposition.
While no intimation of President Wil
sdn's plans has recently come from the
white house, it was said in democratic
circles in congress that he was not ex
pected to return the treaty to the senate
with his veto message.
COUNTY AGENT OUT OF GAS.
By C Lee Gowau.
County agents are paid for the numlier
of miles they travel until they have
traveled 6,66 2-3 miles in the fiscal yewr,
v?hieh is from July 1 to July 1, making a
total of $400, then he is out for he is
limited to $400 per year. The farm
demonstrator for Gaston county has al
ready driven the mileage mentioned above
and has been so notified. But there are
two months of heavy driving that ought
tojbo done in front of him before Jul
1, when he will begin a new expense
budget, So -when je d jives now it id
coming ouf? of "his. ow'a pocket with tbe
present 4iigh price of gas! Therefore de
Hot et too much of him nntH the
state starts him on a new budget so he
wtm t be'Tutting his own salary every
time he cranks tfe . flivver
.Hoover, tlrts should give you some
idea about whers. your county agent has
-beespending mostTof his time when he
fTut Sore thne . ui.the eld among the
farmers in ten month than his budget
allows horn for' 1 months.
Mj8s Martha Torrence is spending
the week end in Charlotte with her tit
ter', Mra. Joa Bobinson.
Apparatus that . determines tbe per
centage "of carbon ia steel bj burning
it in pare oxygen under pressure has been
invented by a Frenchman.
A leather deriee hat been patented to
bold a piece of blotting paper e a writ
er Y wrist without interfering with th
motions'- of : bis hand. " - 1
PRESBYTERIANS THREATEN
TOM
HDRAW FROM
INTER-TJHURCH MOVEMENT
Certain Pj-esbyteries in North
ern Presbyterian Church De
clare Expenses of Inter -Church
Movement Are too
Great Criticize New Era
Movement Will Come Uo
at General Assembly at Phil
adelphia. ur The Ac'ated Press),
NEW YORK, May 15 Criticism of
the Presbyterian new era movement and
the iuter-ehurch world movement by the
Presbyteries of Pittsburgh, Pa., Seattle,
Washn., Chillicothe, O., Bt. Louis and
Philadelphia, and a 'recommendation that
the. Presbyterian Church withdraw from
the lastnamed $300,000,000 project, will
be heard at the annual meeting of the
Presbyterian General Assembly in Phil
adelphia next week, J . B. Wookui, pub
licity director for the Presbyterian hurch
in the United States, aunounced here to
day.
The Seattle presbytery, jnNjtsfricturea
on the inter-ehurch world movement, he
said, declares that "the expenditures of
the interchureh world movement are ex
cessive, needless- and destructive, as evi
denced by' its large costs of. rental, its
great multitude of employes, its numerous
and expensive conferences and its ex
cessive cost in publishing and distribut
ing printed matter, etc., all of which as
sumes to iHvolve to the extent of $1,000,
000, in addition- to its normal adminis
tration expenses, the boards and author
ized agencies of the church . "
The presbytery of Cincinnati, accord
ing to Mr. Wootan, will -ask for a review
of the church executive .committee's ac
tion , in entertaining th inter chureh
world movement, a' request appfpved by
the presbyteries of Erie, Pa., McAlester,
Okla.. Grand Rapids, Logansport, Ind.,
and Dayton, O.
Seattle supported by the presbyteries
of Riverside, Calif., iuytou, O., Colum
bia, X. Y. McAlester, pkla.. Fort Wayne,
Ind.. and Baltimore, he said, declares
that "the new era committee would be
more effective and efficient if its opera
tions were under the inunedittte direction
of the boards of the Presbyterian
church. " The objectors will also ask for
"a limit of authority and for a limit on
the committee's ' expenses. "
lr V. H. Foulkes, general secretary
of the new era movement, will 'present a
report of work accomplished during the
year which, it was said,.WOuld be an-an-Bwer
to much of the criticism of that
body. The new era movement was de
signed, it whs said "to put through a
combined budget for all the church hoards
and in other ways to co-ordinate the work
of the I'resbyteriaii church."
DETROIT SUBURBS
BREAK ALL RECORDS
' Kv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. May iS-All records
for'lnereases in population as reported in
Mie p20 census were broken today by two
Detroit suburbs, Hamtramck and High
land Park, which since 1910 have increas
ed 1.266 and l.O.'H ier cent resiect-Jvely .
Neither Hamtramck nor Highland Park
had more than a few thousand inhabi
tants In years go. etroit 's automo
bile factory workers sought the two
towns for homes and today the census
bureau reported a )opiilatiou of 48.
615 for Hamtamck and 46..W9 for High
land Park.
Prior to today's rejort Keiunore. O..
with an increase of 712.5 per cent held
the record for population growth. Ken
more, however, is smaller than the two
Michigan cities, having only 12. 6S.'( in
habitants.
A new airplane profiler has four
blades, two full length and the others
shorter to exert a thrust where the long
er blades have little effect.
10 YEARS IN BASEBALL AND LEADING THE LEAGUE
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V JJ . ;
Bhoelett Joe Jacktoa 1s ttartinj bis
Ha bad bis first fling ia big taa eircle
events at tbe bat for bis time in Uts
.434 Car tils ssatoa. , 'N'. ' v
BAPTISTS DENOUNCE
GOVERNOR EDWARDS IN
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
Do Not Call His Name Publicly
But Point to Sorry Spectacle
. of Governor Swearing to Up
hold" Constitution In One
Bteath and In Next Declar-
' in He Would Make His
State Wet as Atlantic. '
(Bj The Associated Press.
I WASHINGTON, May 15 Uioiee of a
convention city for the 1921 session was
before th Southern Baptist Conveufion
today. Recommendation by the commit
tee on arrangements that the 76th annual
meeting be held at Chattanooga, Tenn.,
presented to .the convention last night
was held over in order to allow discus
sion of the committee 's choice . Hot
Springs, Ark., and Birmingham, Ala.,
are strong contenders.
The .report of the committee on tem
peranee "and social service, submitted to
the convention today, speaks of what it
terms the sorry spectacle "of the gover
nor of 'one state ' ' swearing to uphold
aHdenforee the constitution of the United
States and in the next breath declaring
that to the' extent of his power he' would
make his state as 'wet' as the Atlantic.
' ' We do not call his name, '.' the report
continued, "because we do not wiah to
confer upon him an honor to which he is
not entitled nor to add to the shame of
the good people of his state who are
loyal Americans and deplore such treas
on. "
The convention cannot relax its efforts
in the interest of prohibition because the
liquor traffic- "seeks to qpmpass heaven
and earth" to circumvent the law. the
reort t-aid and added:
"We have the further sorry spectacle
of another. state' s lending its fair name
to an effort to nullify the federal con
stitution. " ,
Because the liquor forces are determin
ed to destroy law and order and re-es
tnblish the saloon, according to the re
IHrrt, it is the task of the convention to
see to it that, the constitution and the
law are upheld.
"We must see to it," continues the re
port, "that only honest friends of law
and order are elected to office, whether
the office be legislative or executive; that
every officer does his duty and that in
doing his duty he has our unqualified,
mihcsit.'iting siipjiort . This rule should
apply all the way from president to
constable .
CH ATTANOOGAIS chosen
FOR 1921 CONVENTION
(By The Associated 1'iens. ;
WASHINGTON, May 15 Chat
tanooga, Tenn., today as chosen by the
Southern Baptist Convention as the meet
ing place for its 76th annual session. May
II. 1921.
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The choice of Chattonooga was made
after a hot tight by a dherents of Hot
Springs, Ark., P. C. Barton, of Jones
boro. Ark., asked the convention to sub
stitute Hot Springs for. Chattanooga in
the reHrt of the committee on arrange
ments presented to the convention last
night .
Heated arginnents as to the relative
merits of the two cities developed. Chat-
tanooga supjtorters claiming that while i averaging below normal,
their auditorium seated only 7,000 people, ; West Gulf states: Showers the first
its rentraj iwsition in the city overbal- iaif f w(H.k, probably mostly fair see
anced the benefits of Hot Spring's audi- olll ith teiniK-ratures rising to normal.
tor'um with a seating capacity of 10,- j
(MiO js-ople situated from eight to twelve PYTHIANS WILL MEET
blocks from the city. IN THE MASONIC HALL.
lr. II. L. Winburu, of Arkadelphia,
Ark., was chosen to preach the 1921 con- , ctonia lodge No. 5.'.. Knights of
vention sermon with Dr. li. M. Inlow, of ' ivtliiji- will ...t in Mm Nfiunuic. Imll
Memphis. Teun., as alternate.
Kfforts were made to advance the date
for the convention until later in May,
in order that opportunity be gjven tu-
( Continued on page tf.)
13th jear m a major Jeajro ball pUyer l
Ja 1908 wit Connie Mack's stilete. , Eli
bif lesfnes in ! .300, sal be bat bit
GENERAL
SANTIAGO
SURRENDERS
Accompanied By 1,000 Men He Has Broken
Through Insurgent Lines - American Trans
port Portland and British Cruiser Cambrian
Are at Vera Cruz - No Advices as to Fate of
k British Consul and Two American Citizens
With Carranza.
NEW YORK, May 15 General Carranza and 600
have surrendered to the forces surrounding them in the Mexi
can mountains, according to word received here today by way
Nogales.
This information was given
self-styled commercial attache
Mexican government. He said
turn from Alf ronao Almada of Mexican bureau of informa
tion at Nogales.
General Santiago also surrendered with General Carran
za, according to word received by de La Pena.
Troops under command of General Flores are in no os f
sion of the port of Mazatlanj on the west coast, according to1
the same source of information.
DESERTED WHILE Oil VISIT
TO WIFE AND BABY
(IV Associated ' resa. ;
CHILLICOTHE, O., May 15 After
nearly two years in hiding in the caves of
Hocking Valley, near Adelphia. O., in
the fear that he. would face a firing
squad if discovered, Carl Amerine, 24, an
alleged deserter from the 48th division,
has surrendered himself to military au
thorities at Camp Hhermair, nera here, it
became known today.
Amerine, attired in the uniform he
worn when he left Camp Hherman, and un
kept from long months spent in the hills,
expressed relief to military uthorities
that his worry was over..
Amerine, who is 24, and who had lietn
drafted in 19 1 , left the camp in Aug
ust, of that year, to pay a visit to his
wife and infant !aby near Adelphia, he
said. He overstayed his leave. Ilia
wife, fearing he would lie shot as a de
serter, persuaded him to go into tho hills,
Amerine told the oncers. There he lived
in the caves, being furnished food by his
wife. Amerine is awaiting trial at the
camp.
LOW TEMPERATURES AND
SHOWERS NEXT WEEK.
WASHINGTON
predictions for tht
May 1."). -Weather
week beginning Mini
day are:
Middle Atlantic States: Kair Monday
and Tuesday, occasional showers there
after; lermperatures will average Ixdow
normal.
South Atlantic and Kast Gulf states:
i Frequent showers with terperature with
.
the
Monday night at 7:.'!0 o'clock instead of
the Pythian hall, which will be in use
by the Grand Encampment of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows.
There will be work in the second rank
conferred on a class. Every Pythian is
urged to 1h present as preparations are
now under way for the meeting of the
Pythian grand lodge in June. )
The Ioray Cafeterian will be formal
ly ojened to the public this afternoon.
Refreshments will le served. There will
be siMH-ial music by an out of town or
chestra. The public is invited to attend
and inspect the cafeterci.
Mr. Lucius Henderson, of the Union
section, one of the hustling farmer of
Gaston eounty, was in town Saturday.
Along with all the other farmers of the
county he reports that work on the farm
is badly behind. Be says that practical
ly every one baa finished planting cot
ton but that not much -com has bean
planted Vet. Everything; hat been bold
up while the cotton ground was being
prepared and planted. .
v Misa Myrtle Hares
visitor to Chester.. .
is a week-end
- -Miss Lucile - Albright, daughter of
Bev. and. Mrs. W. T. Albright, of 801
East Airline STenue, underwent m opera
tion at tie Crt'ton f --'--1 IV !jy f
truoe. - I't ' ' v"l te
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ALSO
WITH GARRANZA
out by Manuel de La Pt
in this city of the new lu
he had received his infoi
(By Tiie Associated I'ress.)
VK11A CRUZ, May 15. President Car
rana, who with loyal followers,' hat been
fighting .a grim battle against revolution
ary forums near San Mareoa for the pas
five days, - has escaped capture, at least
temporarily, according to dispatches form '
the battle eone.
Accompanied by 1,000 of his men, the
president has broken through the iairar
gent lines near Chalchicomulu, about 60
miles from Puebla and Oaxaea. Ha left
behind him a force of government soldiers
which still is fighting in an effort to de
lay pursuit of the fugitive chief execs- v
tive.
Generals Higinio Augilar and Ouade
lupe Sanchex, at the head of - large units '
of revolutionary troops on Thursday,
were prepared for .a grand attack, accord
ing to a captain who arrived "here yes
terday form the scene of the fighting
Later dispatches seem to indicate that
Carranra feared this attack would be
successful, and he decided to slip through
the encircling lines of his enemies leav
ing Generals Murguia and Urquiso to
meet the onslaught of tho insurgents.
Before taking refuge in flight Carranaa.
is said to have destroyed trains still
hold by his troops, together with war
material too heavy to- be carried away?
Serious fighting probably has occurred
since Carranza left the battle zone, as -dispatches
say prisoners have been cap- ,
tured by the atcking forces. " '
Reports from Chalchicomula yesterday
showed quite clearly that Carranra'
men were working their wav to the south
east, instead of remaining in their orig
inal positions north of San Marcos. It
would seem this movement may haw
lieen a part of the president's plan of
breaking out of the trap that was closing
ubout him, for ft 'was on this side of
tin' battle zone that Carranza escaped.
Fighting was reported about six miles
from Chile hicomula, which meant an ad
vance down the railroad toward this city
of bout 19 miles in the last few days.
General Sanchez threw his forces int
the struggle Thursday afternoou but was
repulsed after a hard struggle. General
Libera to Larro Torrez, one of the chief
lieutenants of General. Sanche, was in
jured fatally while leading his men ia
a hand to hand combat, receiving a aword
wound in the neck. He was taken to
Orizaba, where he died yesterday.
Carranza 's troops were well supplied
with artillery and machine guns and
revolutionary infantry and cavalry met
a perfect barrage of . shells and bullets
as they advanced to the attack. Twe
of" Carranza 's trains were taken aad ,
burned, but government forces were able
to stop the advance and after hours f A . '.
fighting the insurgents retired. Heavy v
losses were inflicted on both sides daring ,
the combat, it is reported in dispatches,
The American transport Portland and
the P.rftish cruiser Cambrian arrived here
today. - '
Advi.-es from the battlefield are silent'
as to the safety of VT. A. Body, Brttieb-
consul in this eJty, and two American !
citizens who are believed to have been
with President Carranza when the light
fug started early this week. . - - .
ADDITIONAL CHTTfcCH NOTICES.
Si: MAUK'S EPISCOPAL CHTJSCH.
1 The corporate eonununion of the
Brotherhood of St, Andrew wfH be hell
at St. Mark's Episcopal church gnn&iy
at 7 30 a. nu; Tbe rector, the T..
J, W ;Cantey. Johnson, - will .be t
preacher at 'the morning serr'
o'clock. Sunday school H
bouse it 9:45 a. m. "t.
E'.Ile class at 10. s.
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