Pa Will Meet Next in Wilson
Special to The Dispatch. North Carolina Division Travelers' Protective Association met in Charlotte on May 12 with welcome by Mayor Frank R. McNinch and remarks by C. C. McLean. State Chaplain Rev. Wm. M. Vines led prayers and readings. Delegates reported large gains and active committees with 2,445 members enrolled. E. O. Wilson of High Point elected president. next convention in Wilson. List of delegates includes J. W. Patterson Greensboro and many others from Wilson, Greensboro, Wilmington, Rocky Mount, Charlotte and Fayetteville. Banquet at Selwyn hotel followed strong speech on Our Nation. Meeting adjourns later today.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Travelers’ Protective Association
Frank R. McNinch
C. C. McLean
Greensboro
Wm. M. Vines
Frost T
Wilson
Vines
Several Hundred Prisoners Taken in Major Allied Offensives
London official statements report successful operations along the Hindenburg line near Bulle Cou and Douai, with several hundred prisoners captured. French and British forces continued heavy artillery and infantry actions on the Aisne Champagne fronts and up the Scarpe and Arras gambrai roads. Aerial activity and a Zeebrugge attack are noted, while Mesopotamia sees no spectacular change and Bagdad's area shifts continue.
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Teutons
Mesopotamia
Miich
Hindenburg
Bulle Cou
Hug
Arras Gambrai
Champagne
Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Iosopotamia
London
Bagdad
Jebel-Harrin Range
Zebrugge
Reuter
Flushing
Holland
Paris
Avecourt
Hien
Alsace
Bezon- Valu
Jenmin-des-Dames
Juvencourt
Meuse
Bezonvaux
Ammertsweiler
MEN COMPOSING THE RUSSIAN COMMISSION
The State Department announces the American Commission for Russia. Members include Elihu Root chairman Henry Crane John R Mott Cyrus McCormick Samuel R Burton James Dunmill Charles Edward Russell Major General Hugh L Scott Rear Admiral James I Glennon and others.
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Asso Eress
Washington
State Department
American Commission
Russia
Elihu Root
New York
Harles R. Crane
Illinois
Chicago
John R. Mott
International Committee
Y. M.C. AL
Cyrus McCormick
International Harvest‘r Company
Samuel R. Berton
James Dunnil
Thom to resign as General Counsel of Southern Railway
On May 15 Alfred P. Thom will resign as general counsel of the Southern Railway to devote full time to his role as general counsel of the Railway Executives' Advisory Committee, a position he already holds, according to Southern Railway offices in Atlanta.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Alfred P. Thom
The
Southern Railway
Railway Executives’ Advisory Committee
July Wheat Soars in Historic Market Move
Chicago May 12 readers noted a sensational wheat surge as July and September options posted a net 22 cent advance. July wheat closed at 2.73 to 2.75 after yesterday 2.46, while September moved from 2.14 to bids around 2.44 to 2.46 in the prior session.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kanuga Camp Location Debate for German Internment
U S Labor Department representatives in Hendersonville NC report possible Lake Kanuga property transfer for a German internment camp. If legal issues arise the camp could be set on Davidson River in Pisgah National Forest. Gresham claims lease rights while Kanuga Club members expect to use hotel and cottages. A Hendersonville mass meeting favored Kanuga as the site.
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Associated Press
Asheville
United States Labor Department
Hendersonville
N.C
Davidson's River
Pisgah National Forest
George Stephens
Charlotte
E. B. Gresham
Kanuga Club
Kanuga
Gresham
Emperor Charles urges Austrians to wait for relief harvest
In an autograph letter to Premier Clam Martinic the emperor appeals to the Austrian people to endure until the new harvest brings relief. The message is published in the Zeitung of Vienna.
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Charles
Clam Martinic
Austria
Zeitung
Vienna
Conference on Poland plans in Stockholm debated
London reports a Stockholm sourced conference plan with Polish delegates from Russia Germany and Austrian Poland arriving in Stockholm. Army officers landowners politicians and a government member attend as they weigh whether new Poland joins Russia or the Central powers or becomes a monarchy or a republic.
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Associated Press
London
Poland
Dagens Nyheter
Exchange Telegraph
Stockholm
Russia
Germany
Austrian
Austria
War Army Bill Shakeup Faces Roosevelt Plan Backlash
Washington May 12 Advocates for Colonel Roosevelt's plan to raise a volunteer division warn against delaying the Army draft bill. A telegram from Roosevelt last night urged Congress not to stall the authorization fight and impair enactment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Representative Gardner
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate votes to strike censorship from espionage bill
Washington May 12 the Senate by one vote eliminated the Administration’s newspaper censorship section from the espionage bill and defeated a bid to reinstate it in a different form. The tally showed 39 to defeat the censorship and 38 against, with a later 65 to 5 defeat of a separate press censorship amendment.
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House
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Ashurst
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Chamberlain
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Hardwick
McKeller
Martin
Saulsbury
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Smith
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Curtis
Fern
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Robinson
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Sheppard
Simmons
Arizona
South Carolina
Stone
Thompson
Trammell
Walsh
Williams
Wolcott
Brady
Colt
Hale
Lodge
McCumber
McLean
Nelson
Poindexter
Sterling
Warren
Kirby
Arkansas
Secretaries of War and the Navy
Roosevelt Division Wins In House
Washington May 12 The House approved instructing conferees on the Army bill by 215 to 178 to restore the Senate amendment allowing Colonel Roosevelt to lead a division to France after a stormy debate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Roosevelt
France
Marshal Joffre to West Pointers
West Point officers awaited a personal letter from Marshal Joffre after he reviewed the private cadet corps. The French hero was to express disbelief that the student officers were ready for service in France and the communication was expected to reach West Point the following day.
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Ty Associated Press
West Point
N. Y
Marshal Joffre
United States Military Academy
France
Forecast of warmer but unsettled southeastern weather
Washington May 12 Continued cool spell ending with a general rise in temperatures expected in the southeastern States starting Tuesday or Wednesday. Local showers are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday as a general warming trend begins.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Tax Bill Faces Heavy Attacks in Congress
Washington observers report broad opposition to the 1.8 billion war revenue bill as the House and Senate Finance Committee hear objections. Public utilities advertising amusements insurance club dues and manufacturers of autos films cosmetics and chewing gum face proposed taxes. Debates pit critics against Ways and Means members defending the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Memorial window for George Washington at West Point chapel
The Society of the Cincinnati meets in Asheville and appoints a committee to place a memorial window to George Washington in West Point chapel. The next triennial meeting will be in Exeter Massachusetts, continuing the pattern of meeting in one original thirteen state.
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West Point
Society of the Cincinnati
Asheville
N. C
George Washington
Society
Exeter
Mass
Ten Million Men May Enter U S Draft July 1
Washington reports ten million men aged 21 to 30 will be subject to universal military service under the War Army bill. Census Director Rogers estimates Alabama 209,900 Arkansas 156,000 Florida 95,300 Georgia 365,400 Kentucky 202,200 Louisiana 171,000 Maryland 121,500 Mississippi 175,100 North Carolina 194,400 South Carolina 137,100 Tennessee 191,080 Texas 420,200 Oklahoma 213,500 Virginia 186,400.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Rogers
Census Bureau
Bureau
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Virginia
Trading in May wheat ordered discontinued by board
Chicago May 12 Trading in May wheat was ordered discontinued at a meeting of the Chicago board of trade board of directors. Existing contracts will be adjudicated by delivery of the property or a selling price fixed by a committee led by James A Patten to meet this morning.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Directors
Chicago Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Allies' Efficiency in Resisting U-Boats
Washington May 12 The German Secretary of the Navy told the Reichstag on May 10 that Allied improvements have increased submarine destruction. He said submarines are being lost at a higher rate than expected due to new Allied methods, though the war at sea has yielded greater results than anticipated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reichstag
Textile workers aid food supply through garden programs
Washington reports Federal investigators found 548 families in North and South Carolina mill towns grew about 30 dollars worth of food in gardens of roughly a quarter of an acre. Labor and fertilizer cost 3.54 dollars per garden. Chickens pigs and cows boosted outputs with chickens yielding 1.08 dollars per bird. Express companies posted a 112123 loss in January while last year they earned 138226 profit.
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Associated Press
Washington
North
South Carolina
Department of Agriculture
Interstate Commerce Commission
British destroyer sunk in May 10 engagement
The Admiralty reports a British destroyer was sunk during combat on May 10 involving German light forces and British cruisers and destroyers. The announcement came from Berlin via London on May 12.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Admiralty
Peace terms debate unlikely as German Chancellor stands firm
Copenhagen via London May 12 German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg appears unlikely to issue a peace terms statement before the Reichstag as he secures Centrists and part of the Liberal delegation. Socialists may abandon a peace debate while Conservatives grow restless over constitutional reform. The Emperor’s support for Bethmann Hollweg remains evident amid calls by conservative leaders for a tougher stance.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
London
Germania
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Philip Scheidemann
Constitutional Revision Committee
Junkers
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Conspiracy to Murder Police Chief and Loot Banks Uncovered
Baltimore authorities report a plan to murder the police chief and enable a New York based gang to rob banks. Judge Gorter orders Joseph Wagner recommitted to finish a ten year term after an alleged escape attempt. Wagner was to be paid $1000 for killing the city marshal. Police say clues point to accomplices in other cities.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
New York
Lawrason Riggs
Judge Gorter
Supreme Bench
Joseph Wagner
Mary*land
Wagner
Carter
President Wilson to Cardinal Gibbons
President Woodrow Wilson sends a letter to Cardinal Gibbons thanking him for the Catholic Hierarchy’s fealty at the Catholic University meeting. He cites delays due to foreign commissions and praises the bishops for their patriotism and devotion to the country.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Wilson
Catholic Hierarchy
Catholic University
Washington
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Americans arrive from Turkey in new relief group
Twenty more American teachers and missionaries arrived from Turkey yesterday and were en route home. The delegation reached Berne via Paris and traveled on to the United States.
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Turkey
Associated Press
Berne
Paris
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