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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 17, 7.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FS FINAL
J, EDITION
ON
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OF AMf Hi
Measure Reported to The Sen
ate and Starts Another
Long Debate.
"HAIR SPLITTING,
SAYS CHAMBERLAIN
If Bill Goes Back to Confer
ence It Will Be Delayed a
Month, He Declares Hot
Contention Over Draft
Period.
fBv Associated Press.')
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Washington. May 17. When the
army bill came up in the Senate to- j
day tor tinai acuon uii me cumeieiict:
reporr, it was thrown into a long de
bate over technicalities which Sena
tor Chamberlain, chairman of the
Military eoiamittee, openly character
ized as "hair splitting."
The principal contention was over
whether soldiers were being drafted
for '"the existing emergency" or "the
war .
Here we" are at war," declared Mr.
Chamberlain, "and the Senate is split-
tins hairs on this proposition with
danger at our doors and- threatening
to send the bill back to conference."
Senator Fletcher pointed out that
the "existing" emergency could not
be stretched to continue men in ser
vice for some future exigency.
Senator Chamberlain served notice
on the Senate that if it sent the re
port back to conference, there would
he no military legislation for 30 or
sixty days.
Senators Smith and Hardwick, of t Malantovitch, an Odessa lawyer, have
Georgia; Reed, of Missouri, and La-rbeen chosen definitely. The third ap
Follette, were among those who rais- pointment has not yJ been made.
. ,. ' Two of the Socialist Populist mmis-
ed objections. , terg be M Tchernoff and M. Pech-
Senator Smith, of Georgia, argued ek0noff. ;
that returning it to conference would Generals Alexieff, Dragomiroff, Gur
not delay raising an army as the men'ko and Brussilofif arrived in Petrograd
being trained to officers would not today for a conference on, the military
be ready for ninety days. I situation. They declared the forma-
Our real work is being done across 'tion of a coalition ministry was indis
the Atlantic by the navy," said Smith, pensable, as it would make possible
"We ought to write into this bill an!Btrong measures to re-establish dis
express declaration that the draft ' cipline and the fighting spirit in the
system dies with this German war." jarmy.
Senator Lodge opposed delaying the! The generals expressed the opinion
bill. (that the appointment of M. Kerensky
Senator Chamberlain's declaration as minister of war would be received
that the delay was Being caused by:by the army with great enthusiasm, as
Senators who had lost the fight he is very popular among the soldiers,
against conscription seemed to be There are rumors that General Alex
made good by the onslaught on con- ieff has resigned as commander-inscription
which was delivered in the chief, or that his resignation is im
wrangle that followed?. Despite the pending.
Pleadings of the supporters of the bill
for no more delays, Senators continu
fid to talk. .
Likely to be Chosen by The
Presbyterian Assembly in
Session at Dallas.
(By Associated Press.)
DR. J. I CHAPMAN
1 FOR MODERATOR
a moderator was the chief business j States (the Southern Presbyterian
before the 129th General Assembly of church) convened hre this morning
the Presbyterian churches, in the at n o'clock there were present com
.onTesdeseSla?ef &f Z j 3 representing 86 Presbyter-
floor, session was devoted to the ser- es, constituting the 16 synods of the
mon of the retiring moderat6r, Dr. assembly. 5
John a. Marquis, of Cedar Rapids, J iTh number of commissioners was
foh!11-!0 arrxangements of routine out composed of an equal num-
"'lie aays
Although manv of th commission
ers say the name of the new' moder
ator is problematical, many insist that
!Jr- J. Wilbur Chapman, of New York.
sftmn : w .tiring moderator, ur. urraitou is iium
some went sn far c - aaaor v,o hal1"'"? : . , , i, i
A1Wl1 1. I I H HI J Iff! U i - t-II .
-miri i , a-ootii. v.u " I
OthPr chosen n the second ballot-
UP soon after
1UP 9111 V.n r- .. . .. 1
,,.,,,.7 a lavunie m me neia 01
andidates. others prominently men
opL i r,as probable candidates to.suc
pv MarQuis are Dr. Andrew C.
Ph 1 ChicaS. WilUam H. Roberts,
dl ,?phia' and Dr- Harlam G. Men
aenhall, New York.
roir8 oT3.000 delegates were
Present when the assembly opened its'
&ess,ons. .
RUSSIAN CABINET
CRISIS SETTLED
BY A COALITION
Several Members of Both Fac
tions of " Socialists Taken
Into The Ministry.
JJ7 APPOINTMENTS
WELL RECEIVED
By Army and Working Men - -Coalition
Cabinet Indispen
sible Resignation of
Generals.
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, (Via London), May 17.
The cabinet crisis may be considered
as settled. A declaration of the gov
ernment's policy accepted by the rep
resentatives of .the council of work-
mens and soldiers' delegates with
merely verbal alterations, will be sign
ed by both parties without delay.
It has been decided to take into the
cabinet five representatives of differ
ent ocIaJI&t groups, which, with, X.
F. Kereasky who presumes the war
porfoliov rtrni !.makf a total of six
of these groups sharing in the gov
ernment Three of fthe appointees
will be Social Democrats, and three,
including M. Kerensky, Socialist Pop
ulists. Of the former, M. Skobeleff,
vice president of the council of work
mftn's and soldiers' delegates, and M.
FIRST
OF THE ASSEMBLY
Of The Presbyterian Churches
of The United States Elec
tion of Officers Taken Up
(By Associated Press.)
Birmingham, Ala,, May 17. When
the 57th. Gneti1al Assembly1 of the
Presbyterian churches in the United
ber of ministers and laymen, the lat
ter being) elected from the ruling
elders in the Presbyteries.
The opening sermon was delivered
bv thfrRev. C. W. Grafton, D. D., re-
jjr. uraixon is irum
the Presbytery or .Mississippi uu u.a.a
been pastor of Union- Church for 44
k A. 11 nf4-rmrrY pflPPinn ThP AIPV
lac aiiciuuuu - ovoo.". vw
tinn of nffirars wan taken ui. Two
temporary clerks were lected at this
nthftr items of business
DvtJ wWl v " " t ,
foninorarv clerks were elected at this
organization of the assembly. Work
on the appointment of 20 standing
ittnt. was befeun. sit was ex-
pected this would:itendell into the
mnmincr session of Friday,
SESSION
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AMERICAN STEAMER TOR.)
PEDOED.
4
(By Associated Press). '
New York, May 17. The Am- '
erican steamship Hilonian has 4
4 been torpedoed ' and sunk off
Genoa, Italy, witlTa loss of four 4
members of the crew, according 4
'to a cablegram received here by
the owners, the Universal Trans- i
' portatioh Company.
' mi TTil 1 a A m
t -i tie nuoman was not armeu. !
She left here April 27 for Genoa
4 with cargo. She was a vessel of 4
4 2,921 tons gross, was commanded
by Captain H. H. Williams and
fr carried a crew of 39 men, of whom
18 were American citizens.
COUNCIL MEETS
T IN THIS CITY
Episcopalians Decide to Hold
Next Annual Event in Wil
mington at St. John's.
CSpecial to The Dispatch.)
Elizabeth City, May 17. After ful
filling its mission of the present
year, the Council of the Diocese of
East Carolina last night selected Wil
mington for its next meeting and ad
journed. Council will assemble in
1918 on the third Wednesday in May
at St. John's church.
The report of Archdeacon Thomas
P. Noe, showing great work in the)
missionary field, was read and highly
praised.
Council paid honor to Rev. Edward
Wooten, of Wilmington, by a rising
endorsement of Bishop Darst's fine
tribute to this clergyman, who for half
a century has served the church so
well and faithfully.
The folowing examining chaplains
were appointed by the Bishop: Rev.
R. B. Drane, D. D.; Rev. W. H.
Milton, D. D., Rev. Nathaniel Hard
ing and Rev. T. P. Noe.
A new system of accounting adopt
suiopt-
ed by the General Convention
Louis wasT-aiscussed in its applica
tion to the Diocese of East Carolina.
Perhaps the most important topic
brought to the attention of the Coun
cil Vas the pension fund and the meth
od of securing payment of seven and
a half per cent, of the stipend paid to
the minister in order to keep the fund
going. Bishop Darst named as mem
bers of the permanent pension fund:
Rev. J. H. Griffith, Rev. R. E. Grib
bin, Mr. V. R. C. King, Judge Geo.
Rountree and Mr. Frank Wood.
"The Girls Friendly Society held a
splendid meeting presided over by
Mrs. T. P. Noe.
A- feature of the Woman's Auxiliary
meeting today was the anonymous
gift by a member of the Woman's
Auxiliary of St. Paul's, Edenton, of a
chapel urgently needed for the work
of Rev. Frank Drane, at Chena, Alas
ka. Resolutions were passed asking Sen
ator Simmons to use his power in
having the army chaplains properly
equipped for their important service
to the country.
Resolutions of thanks not only to
the members of Chirst church, but to
the citizens of Elizabeth City, were
adopted, expressing the Council's ap
preciation of hospitality.
ANOTHER RUSSIAN
MINISTER RESIGNS
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, May 16 (Via London).
PUlj Ni Milukoff, minister of foreign
affairs, has resigned, leaving the cabi
net altogether. Mr. Tereschtenko,
minister of .finance, has been ap
pointed foreign minister, and A. F.
Kerensky, previously minister of jus
tice, has been named minister of war
and marine. ,
GERMANY'S TRAP
The Chancellor's Cunningly
Chooses Language in His
Answer to Interpretations
(By Associated Press.)
London, May 17 Only three or four
morning papers commented on the
speech of Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg in the Reichstag. The gen
eral tenor is that the chancellor's
words were cunningly, chosen to flat
ter Russian idealists without definite
ly renouncing his hopes of annexa
tions. ,
- It is noted that the German pre
mier's declaration of complete agree
ment with the army chiefs was greet
ed with especial enthusiasm. The
opinion is expressed that the Russian
revolutionists are in danger of fall
ing into the German trap and it is
nreed that Great Britain, France and
America should send their ablest So
cialist speakers ana inintcers 10 ttus
FOR
RUSSIANS
Ma to help and guide those who are suffrage question.'
trying to construct -the new govern- The Senate already has such a" com
ment. - . . mitteet
MILLIONS MORE
REQUIRED fl!
BY REVENUE BILL
Leader Kitchln Causes Sur
i prise in House, By This
I . Announcement
URGES SUPPORT OF
PROPOSED RAISE
Explains That Treasury ' De
partment Says More Reve
nue Necessary Lenroot
Amendment Adopted
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, May 17. Democratic
Leader Kitchin announced in the
House today that the Treasury Depart
ment had notified him it would be nec
essary to raise $2,245,000,000 instead
of $1,800,000,000 by the War Revenue
bill now under debate. He urged sup
port of new proposal to raise the in
come surtax increases on sums above
$40,000 as now contained in the bill
by one-fourth.
The fight to raise surtaxes on in-!
comes of more than $40,000, 25 per
cent, by amendments to the War Rev
enue bill, was still on in the House
today. Members of the Ways and
Means committee worked hard to pre
vent further changes in the bill, but
insurgents pressed for increases, en-
tee cf the whole yesterday in boosting
from 8 to 10 per cent, the proposed
surtax rate on incomes between $40,
000 and $60,000.
The higher rates would yield an ad
ditional $100,000,000, it is estimated. If
they prevail, an effort will be made to
eliminate the freight, light and heat
taxes, and perhaps the proposed new
second class postal rate. -
The bill as reported to the House
was estimated to raise between $1,- foreign and home mission boards and
800,000,000 and $2,000,000,000 which the Sunday school board, the denom
was expected to defray one half ei ination's system of operation was il
the expenses of the first year of the legal, and that the convention had no
war. legal authority over its various boards.
Kitchin's announcement was a great Lively discussion of these matters was
surprise. When the movement to in- predicted when the. special cpmmis
crease the income taxes was started gion reports.. .
yesterday by . preventative ,'-Inr
resentative Sherley, Democrat, of:
Kentucky, Mr. Kitchin fought it vi
gorously. A
cessful, neverthless, in getting in 7"'"'l,uu' 17
an increase on the surtax on incomes .annual meeting today, receiving re-
between $40,000 and $60,000. Immed- ports of officers and committees The
lately after Kitchin's announcement reasurer's report showed that during
today they renewed their efforts and 1 last year various societies of the union
Lenroot introduced an amendment to ' raised, a total of $481;11 cash, of
fncease the proposed surtaxes on in-: which $247,619 was for foreign mis
comes between $60,000 and $80,000 j signs. 129 ,449 for home; missions,,
from 11 to 13 75 per cent $47,803 for the union's training school
x do not see," replied Mr. Kitchin, 'and- $45,000 for the foreign mission
"how any member of the Ways and; debt. In addition, clothing and mer
Means committee can oppose this pro- j chandise worth $10,701 were sent to
posed tax " mountain schooia, and frontier mis-
t o inrrpo f nnft-fourth'sions. There were 2,878 new societies
all along the line would Jail far short)
v. AAiinnf noo nno i
and it was considered likely that even
a greater surtax than the insurgents
suggest might be levied on larger in
comes. Meanwhile hope of. striking ,from
the bill proposed taxes on freight,
light and heat bills by the substitu
tion of the surtax increases as pro
posed by Representative Lenroot,
seemed to disappear.
Hope that it would be possible to
strike out the proposed increased rate
on second class mail matter also wan
ed somewhat, but supporters of the
proposal still were determined to
make a hard fight.
The Lenroot amendment for further;
increases was adopted in the commit
tee of the whole by an overwhelming
vote. Preparations were immediately
made to propose similar increases on
all the remaining divisions of the in
come tax section.
BRITISH STEAMER
GOES TO THE BOTTOM
f-Rv Associated Press.)
New York, May 17. The British
steamship Harpagus has been tor-
pedoed, according to a cablegram re
ceived here today by the agents, J .
W. Elwell and Company.
The Harpagus of 5,866 tons gross,
left New York on April 21 for Mar
seilles, France.
President Advises Naming
One to Deal With Woman
Suffrage.
(By ASSOCiaieu x-res.j
wflRhineton. May 16. President
. J- S T-
Wilson has written , a letter -to
sentative fou om ttU1":
that an approval by mm 01 ine iaea
- . . m ,m J .
miertat result in the creation of such a
committee. In his letter he did not
deil with the merits of the woman's
WOULD HAVE A
MIMIITTEE
GERMANS CLAIM MANY
PRISONERS.
K- (By Associated Press.)
Berlin, May 17 (Via London.)
So far during the month of May,
says the official statement issued
' today by the German war office,
-X- the Germans on the western
front have taken 2,300 English
prisoners and have captured 2,700 -X--X-
Frenchmen. v
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3C- -X- -X- -X- -x- -x- -x- - -x- -x- -X- -X- -X-
THE BAPTISTS
E
Southern Body to Discuss The
Brownlow Suggestion
Work of Auxiliary.
(By Associated Press.)
New Orleans, La., May 17.
Dele
gates to the Southern Baptist conven
tion expected to receive a report at
today's session from the committee
which late last night was entrusted
with considering and making recom
mendations concerning a motion to
adopt the report of the committee on
consolidation of a three church board,
and the substitute motion of J". F.
Brownlow, of Columbia, Tenn., that
the whole matter, together with the
questions raised as to the legality of
"incorporated units" of the convention,
be referred to a special committee for
report at next year's meeting. The
delegates early today still were dis
cussing the surprise presented by Mr.
Brownlow late yesterday when he de
clared that, because of the separate
incorporation in different States of the
Southern Baptist convention, and the
reign ; missions, and; related eraes-
today under the regular order of busi-
ness.
The Woman's Missionary Union, an
organized during last year, making a
total of 15.840 societies in the
churches.
The committee appointed last night
to make recommendations on the re
port of the committee on consolida
tion of boards and also on the ques
tions of the legality of the organiza
tion which were raised by Mr. Brown
low, through M. H. Wolfe, of Dallas,
chairman, presented separate reports
today on each matter, both Of which
were adopted by-the "convention.
The report on consolidation of
boards as amended by the special
committee provided that the boards
remain separate as at present, and
that an executive committee of seven
be appointed to supervise arrange-
ments for annual meetings and act in
an advisory capacity only on ques
tions arising between .the boards
when requested to do so.
Under the committee's recom
endations on the Brownlow questions,
the president of the convention was
authorized x to appoint a comittee of
seven lawyers, ministers and business
men empowered to fully consider the
questions involved, and employ coun
sel if necessary and report to next
! years convention
full recommenda-
tions as to any action needed.
ME LOANS MADE
T
One Hundred Million to Rus
sia and Forty-Two Million
To Belgium.
(By Associated Press.) ..
Washington, May 17. The United
States yesterday loaned .Russia $1,
000.000.000. bringing the total amount
loaned to the entente governments up
. egTA nnn On
to $670,000,00
. MittMttaa or un-
derstanding of any sort, further than
4 trt lU3 I I M III t-.l 1 IIV lilt- A111C1 IvUU Bv'
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pmment. i
A credit of $45,000,000 to Belgium
also was established today by Secre
tary McAdoo, the sum to be .-withdrawn
in six ' monthly instalments of
J $7,500,000 each
N
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POWERS
A MYSTERY STORY
BY SEA CAPTAIN
He Reports Possible Presence
of German Submarine Off
Diamond Shoals.
A PECULIAR TANK
SEEN FLOATING
Amid Much Wreckage Also
Spar Protruding From
Water, Which Dis
Appeared; (By Associated Presa.)
New York', May 17 The skipper of
a Danish steamship, which arrived
here today with sugar from Cuba, had
a mystery story to tell involving the,
possible presence of a submarine and
a mine off Cape Hatteras. His ship
was 33 miles north by east from Dia
mond shoals lightship on May 15, the
Danish.. cajpUinaaM, when wreckage
was sighted. For thirty miles this, ex
tended casks iand white-painted
boards and other debris indicating a
vessel had met a violent end.
A cylindrical tank, six feet long and
a foot in diameter galvanized, with
perculiar end attachments and with a
small chain on the top surface at
tracted the captain's attention and he
steered toward it. An officer sighted
about that time what appeared to be
a spar sticking about 18 inches out of
the water. As the Danish vessel near
ed it, this object slowly submerged.
Some distance to starboard a British
steamship was proceeding northward
The Danish skipper suspected he
might be in the presence of a mine
laying submarine which, having de
stroyed one vessel, was lying in wait
for the Briton to starboard, and he at
once ordered full steam ahead.
GREENSBORO IN
ELKS' CHIEFTAIN
Gate City Also Gets Next
Convention Old Wilming
tonian Being Boosted.
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, May 17. The State
Elks' convention has elected ex-Mayor
Thomas J. Murohv. of Greensboro.
Dresident: D. D. Daughtridge. of '
Rocky Mount, and B. P. Beard, of
Salisbury, vice presidents, and T. B.
Kehoe, of New Bern, secretary and
treasurer. Greensboro also landed,
and unanimously, the next convention.
The fraternalists went on high gear
all day yesterday. They have ban
queted and smoked and otherwise en
tertained themselves all day but did,
more business last night about 11 J
o'clock. The parade late yesterday
afternoon brought a circus crowd. In'
the line of march, Durham put up the
biggest number and took highest hon
ors therefore. New Bern, dressed fit
to kill, jeopardised the trophy, but
missed it; and Durham got the New
Bern prize. New Bern then took the
Raleigh prize, and! Greensboro tne
Jolly-Wynne awards All are hand
some. New Bern won inarriauai
"cut" and "handsome .man's" 'prizes.
That bunch was wonderfully rigged up.
These awards were predicated on men
in ranks, dress, miles traveled naj
looks, everythingthat made effective
show. And the purple-clad fellows
from the coast were uncommonly
handsome. The delegates are adver
tising Fred Harper, native Tar Heel,
as tne next grana exaneu ruier iu,
succeekl Rightor. There appears to
be nothing iff the way of his winning
A memorial service for the late
Joseph H. Choate, former American
ambassador at London, will be held in
St. Margarets church, Westminister
Abbey, on Monday. The service will
be conducted by the ; Archbishop " of
Canterbury, and Cannon Carnegie.
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Germans Making Great Sacri
fice in Effort to Stop The
Rush.
BUT ALLIES PUSH
SLOWLY FORWARD
Violent Efforts of Teutons to .
Stem The Tide Have Failed,:
Italy Looms Again as a Pow
erful Force Against The
Wavering Dual Monarchy.
The Germans have piled high
their dead before the British lines,
but have failed to stop the British ad
vance . The most furious and sus
tained counter attacks have withered
before the blast of the British artil
lery and the sapping of the Hinden-
burg line goes on, slowly but without
Niault.
The tremendous efforts made by
Field Marshal von Hindenburg to
stem the tide of victory which wai
steadily setting against him have giv
en the battle pf Arras an appearance (
of ebb and flow, but the net result Is
that the most violent efforts of the
Germans to regain the initiative have
failed. Von Hindenburg apparently
used every ounce of strength at his
command to wrest from the British
the villages of Boeux and Bulle Court
and the outcome is summed up In the
almost monotonous, repetition .by the
British waV'"6Iffcek'df the statement;
"Our troops made progress in the'i
Hindenburg line."
Possibly more ominous for Berlin, k
in view of the wabbly condition of
her Austrian ally, is the news of the
great blow struck by Italy in the di
rection of Triest. The Italians have
opened their spring offensive in bril
liant fashion, attacking on a wider
front and apparently with greater
forces than at any other previous
operation. The Isonzo, a turbtjlent
mountain stream bordered by moun
tains and cliffs, is in their hands for
a distance of 15 to 20 miles north of
Gorizia. General Cadorna appears to
plan a great flanking movement
against the Corso plateau, natures '
great rampart defending Triest. The ,
operation is, however, in too early a
stage to permit judgment of its exact
import .
The allied offensive in Macedonia
continues with considerable success:
i tor the British forces, but the fight-
ing is on sucn an exienaea ironi ana
so sporadic in character that its
meaning is obscured. :'
Reports from Bulgaria of nation
wide discontent and weariness of the
war may be significant in connection
with General Sarrail's campaign.-
The Russian .factions have patched
up a truce, but the outcome is still
dubious. Ttfe news of the resignation
of Generals Gurko and Brussiloff, Is
now supplemented by a disquieting
rumor that General Alexieff, .Russia's
commander-in-chief and generally
CrcuUcU B LICI must uiuuaui oubk-
ist, is also about to resign his office.
In any event it seems certain that
little can be expected from Russia in
a military way for a long time to
come
SENATE
TO
Qn War Budget Bill After Par-
oxysm of Criticism of The :
Administration.
(By Associated Pre.)
. Washington, May 17.The storm of
criticism of government executive de
partments which engaged the Senate
yesterday, during consideration of the
$3,390,000,000 War Budget bill, seemed
to have passed today and leaders be-
iieVed the appropriation measure would
be rushed to passage.
The Council of National DefemBe, Its
advisory commission, and- elaborate
avfttem of subsidiary committees of
clvflIan8f received a large share of
criticism from the Senators on tne
'ground that the organization , naa
usurped authority. " ;
The Commercial Cable 3ompanjr an
nounced today, its . New York,-Havana
cable was restored. Cablegrams to ;
Havana Gity would be Accepted; It was
stated, in any one of the-'codes au
thorized by the" United States censor
ship. ,. ' : .:' K
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