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ister* by the general oonfcfoe of
the Methodist Eptocop at Chare*.
Sovth, indications were that. the next
1*8 oe to reach the debet? *u#?
woold be the demand* of the woman
for laity rights, already favorably act
ed upon by the oonunittee on re
The conference after a two-day per
lhnanetary wrangle, adopted t?e mi
nority report am the tffee Baft pro
One hundred and two deaths In ty-j
tag accidents occurred at eighteen avi
ation camps in the United. States and
at Camp Borden, Canada, where Ameiv
ican flyers are training, up to Apri)
U, the war department announoea.
President Wilson has pardoned twc'
soldiers of the American expeditionary
force who had been condemned to
tar Bleeding on duty. This is viewdc
as an endorsement of Secretary Ba
tart stand against title imposition oi
the death penalty in the army* except
in speeial cases.
George TaBtancbe, a middleweight
.boxer, prominent in the days of Jehu
U Sullivan, and demonstrator of the
famous "pivot punch." died at Law
rence, Mass. . In his prime he p^r
weighed 160 pounds, bat defeated the
heat vagilisto otilft day. The pivtt
blow has been barred from pugilistic
encounters.
Protests against 'the recruiting oi
farm labor from farms and other e*
seutiai industries in Seorgta, Alihyaa,
Mississippi and Tennessee by private
contractors working for the war de
partment have been made to the de
partment of labor and agrieoftsre and
to the shipping beard.
It is probable that the entire la
hor problem will be placed in thr
bands of the United States employ
ment service.
? The claun is made by the president
of the National Association of . Cottcra
Ifanufacturera that textile mannfaotui*
are face na cotton shortage daring the I
coming jear and that the labor situa- 1
Tie addresses of men wounded or j
killed to Jnrnce will be tfveh the
public at-an early date. ? :
Maj. Oscar A. Brindley and Colo
nel Damm, two expert ariation men
from (he McCook federal fiyin* field
at Dayton, Ohio, met death at the Xo[
raine City aviation Add The mar
chine dropped four handred feet in
?Ub(>b turn in the air.
I 'i'.
The Nicaraguan congress has declar.
ed war on Germany and her allies.
. British casualties reported during
?the past week reached a total of 38,
Ol
British, easualtlea reported during
April, starting with low figures in the
*st week, began to mount rapidly
thereafter, so that the total for the
month reached K.47I.
The Overman hill, granting broad
-powers to the president to reorganise
and co-ordinate government depart
ments, was ordered favorably report
eft by the house Judiciary committee
by a vote of 15 to L
Provoat Marshal General OWwde*
has iscued a requisition on all states,
except SArisona, Delaware and VflT
meat for 4,060 specially qualified reg
istrants to go to camp May 30.
Analysis of liberty Loan reports
showed that probably seventeen mfi
Hon persons bought bonds in the cam- ^
plifn which dossd'it midnight, Ma?
4, seven miflk* mow than in the
second loan and twelve- million five
hundred thousand more than in the
L'L'-'TrT*'
^vhen 1
bound from New "Tort tor Savanna h,
was rammed and sunk by a French
cruiser of the Delaware coa& The
missing include tea mon and two wops
en who were passengers, seven out
of twenty-four United States marines
who were on board, fourteen out Of
twenty French sailors and thirty-three
members of the crew. Both ships
were carrying running lights because
of the heavy fog which: hung over the
sea.
Secretark Baker says it is unwise
te set any limit on ,lhe number of
men who may be called to the &)lora,
and that the president should be grant
ed -complete discretionary authority to
increase the siSe St thsjirmj aa rap- ]
Idly as transportation and
facilities may wan-ant ?
A* agreement on the bill extending"
the selective draft law to youths at
taining twenty; one years of age sinoe'
June 5?J*17, "nas beenreached by thfe
sqnata and house conferee*., they re
tained the amendment , providing that
Additional registrants shall be placed
at the bottom of present eligible lists.
Theological and medical students are
exempt^Plf' '-'">5* IwLs
? Men already in the military servtoe
who have attained thafr majority since
lact June 6 will prpbably he required
to register ift order that- they may be
sent to any branch of 'gjie service re
gardless of what they are now in.
A billion dollar appropriation for sir
craft production has been asked of
congrees by the war department
p Oyer ftte bQlion dollars?nearly, si*
- , -
Ice law can be sent^toywhere In the
worid to fight for the United State*,
Is the decision of the Supreme court
Representative iPlood -of Virginia, iii
seeking tp prevent the^twrn at Ainer
Errrope whawen^IoyaL- * J*
The Bolgheviki demandA-ithe return
of American and French consuls at
Yladivaatok and iaks that^their .-Ttfrl
card s be rtven ?i;thoropgh ii&vestiga
2 director Gene
announce his d<
dationa of the :
*lq* to the pro.
?tecommen
ge ettamia
m twenty
r all classes
?renclose
wm
that a ta
le oh this
) question.
ted by the
y, and he
itfiito tfeat
5-v3rhe eight hour
Section by the
mleslon, and It ia
rorable report vr,
phase of the ^al!
g May 20 h|p .be<
president aa, Red
? ? it* a *? 4
uSfonTSuorS
government broad mWr powjBW to phn
ish disloyal acts and utterances.
Penalties of twenty years' Imprison
ment or a fine of $10,000, or both,
ate provided In the sedition WD for
contemptuous ot_ abusive ^^nguaga;
about tile United States or the govern
ment, or the form of government, or
the flag, or for those who are convict
ed of favoring Germany or faeraffiea
in the present war. ;
Some senators thinfec that tha se
dition bUI ^ i^ contnuT
to the federal cpnstitatio$ taarantee
ing^free speech, bnt there is ffitW
doubt of the pgasage of the measure:
American troppa onthe French ficont
not far from Montdidier have been un
der a storm of sheQa Ibr coma time,,
projectiles containing high explosives
being mingled Jtfth. those charged wltk
poisonous gas flred into the lines held
in action on the British lines along! the
Vital sectors of the battle front in
France. p?. ??...? : : - ^
The Australians have advanced their
lines upward of thtto-quarter* of a
mile near Morlrsncourt, east of Amiens.
The Canadians' have hit the Ger
mans hard in the Arraa sector, wWotf
isj ond of the moot Important fronts
oij the wastern Una. %
| jHeavjr fighting may. be_reeumed_?t
any time, is the agreement of all the
correspondents. Heavy rains have
prevented a German ru*h, bat there ia
a drive.-' V
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SECRETARY BAKER 8AY8 FO??;
" CA?T8 MADS BY HIM HAV? 'W
'?tr f- ft BEEN 8URPAMBD. 'v
'vv rV: 2te*aaaHfci*ffig:'k
!-fi iMmi
Irat Official Utterance Indicating
Even Indirectly Number ?# M an
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?M B ? ?'>.??!
I
:r Washington.? More than half a m%
ilon American soldiers have bean seat
to France! Secretary Baker authoriz
ed the statement that Ida forecast to
Congress in January that WO, 000
troopa wolud be dispatched to France
early In the preeenf year had now
been surpassed, - 1 i i j
Mr. Baker dictated the following
statement: v-; .
"In January I told the senate com
mittee that tb>re was strong likeli
hood that earlytn the present year
600,000 American troops would be pis
patched to Prance. I cannot either
tow or perhaps later discuss the num.
ber of American troops in France, but
I am glad to be ?ble to - say that* the
forecast X: made In January has been
surpassed.''
No Machine Quit Shortas*.
Aa a result of a psrsopal iUTe^ti
these weapons either tt France or ia
America and no shortage is in pre*
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My. Baker said there had teen no
question as, to thftlaappiies of light
m '-in**** 'mmmt -ot -mm
guM to- France lU?:l)M? fWfc4. il
to the h^lBoWilMK 6. ?M ??j
most cure. Ke would ??t ampiiiy ine
statement in any way and epeciBcally
Heked that the press refrain from
speealajtlon as to what precise figure#
his gruarded remarks covered or am
to wut po..ibiii^. oJ^n,
Increase in the fore? thwe might be
f' There haa been repeated official an
nouncements, howt.73^, that the go*
erament is bending arery energy to
rushing men acroea to back ap the 1
affled lines^ln franca, and officers dl
rectly in charge , of the traasportatf-O
have expressed satisfaction with the
progress being.; made. . There to , no
doubt that the present force of Amer
ican troops there represents only
?mall part of the total strength thai
will bo available before the summer
^ H s'. . i
WMhJng^n. ? Utf aUttori raising
the,dwfUg??>40 ye|?? was diacw
ed aa ,in > po*ibiMty w#Wn ?; fo*
months at a meeting pf Provost Mar
Bhftl General Crowder and tie honse
military conunlttee/ AHhoagh General
Crowder made bo specific recoan>* Bd
atlons members of the committee said
afterwards that the war department
was considering a plaa for change*.
An appropriation of 4U.WM0I was
aiktd by 3eaeral Crowder for ex
penses of the draft for the aozt flacal
year. Registration of man reaohinf
the age of 21 will require the eaamk
nation, he cald, ct half a million more:
men than ^rigtfctlt|rf;^
irHAlN
' The flailactlon onthe
c!o?in* the pool rooms waa
?re of th? places. had mmu
ther po.tpo.7m.nt
otm day ift order tfcat'fc
eent additional armament
why the matter should aol
at os?# and tha rota ;
troduced by
etitute toTi