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THEG RED CROSS CAMPAIGN MAY 20-27 EW IF YOU see rr IN THE NEWS , irs so Associated Press International News Service Newspaper Enterprise Association Lawrence Letters VOL. XXX. NO. 267 LATE EDITION CHATTANOOUA, TKNN , TUKSDAV EVENING, .MAY 14, ldS. PRICE: THREE CENTS KKToS 5u H ATTiOTQ O'G A N Method TO RESUME OFFENSIVE ON WESTERN BATTLEFtfONTS Indication Is Attack Will Come Simultaneously Between Labassee and Front South Amiens, and in Flanders Between Montdidier and (Associated Press.) With the French ' Army .!n France, May 14. The Germane are" preparing most methodically for resumption of their offensive. Signs seem to show that they will attack between LaBassee and the front south of , Amiens, but it is also ' probable they will exefcute sec ondary operationa simultaneously in Flanders, between Montdidier and Noyon, and possibly on other parts of the front, in the hope of attracting the allied reserves away from the center. . It is regarded as possible that these lessor assaults will be delivered before the principal attack. Whenever the Germans decide to engage in battle, however they will find facing them French, British and American troops ready to meet the Bhock. In whatever strength it may be delivered. Brought Only Defects. The enemy's searching for weakness In various parts of the allied lines has brought him only defeats, such as that eouthwest of. Mailly-Raineval. on Sat NEVILLE ISLAND PLANT TO BE LARGEST IN WORLD To Surpass Even Krupp Works in Germany Site Near Pittsburg. r Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. Neville island, in the Ohio river, near 1 Pittsburg, was, selected today by the war department as the site for the great government ordnance plant to ' be built and operated m the interior. Work wilt- be pushed , as rapidly as possible. - . ; . The Neville island plant will be tne largest In the world, surpassing even that of the Krupps in Oermany. - It will be built and operated . by , the United States, Steel corporation at the solicitation of the government. Heavy artillery and projectiles in at JJ"1'" tltlcs will h& made under the "Pf vislon of the steel corporation, which will detail experts from its organiza tion to btllld the plant. CONTRACT LET FOR SEVEN ' MORE CONCRETE SHIPS "(International News Service.) itTu.iiinrtnn Mav 14. Seven addi tional contracts for concrete ships are to be awarded the San rranclseo Concrete Shipbuilding company, (-. A Pies, vice-president of the emer gency fleet corporation, announced this afternoon.' One contract already has been awarded. The company is to establish a four-wav yard, it was also announced. PITTSBURG TO GET ORDNANCE PLANT ' (International News Service.) Washington. May 14.-Nevl.le' Island. In the Ohio - vcr. near lifts x r hni r-n selected as tne site of the enormous ord mi nee plant that will be built by the United Statra Steel corporation for the wrrr depart ment, it was annornced this '"fter poon. The plant will e used for the ' manufacture of big artillery. MOREffiRMlS TO OGLETHORPE Washington, May 14.-The 2.200 Germans now interned at Mot Springs, N. C, will be taken over by the war department and sent to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort Mc pherson, Ga., between now and July 1, it became known today. These men are now under the Juris diction of the immigration d vision of the department of labor, but will be turned over to the war department on Julv 1. ' . . The Hot Kprtngs camp bus been used since the outbreak of the war snd hs boon maintained with an appro priation of $1,000,000. Jhls appropria tion is now nearing exhaustion, and it has been decided to transfer all in terned enemies to the war department which already has in custody-several hundred Germans who have beer I ap prehended through the department of Justice. When interviewed concerning the new arrivals, the officers of the prison camp staled that new hnrr.irks would hnve to be constructed for the Incom ing prisoners, and It is possible even the two enclosures, composed or barbed wire, will have to be enlarged. No offtoliil Information hns yet been received st '.he prison camp th.V the prisoners are coming, but unofficial In formation has been received of that fact. THREE BANK OFFICERS GUILTY EMBEZZLEMENT (Associated Pre.) Chicago. May 11.- Three officers of the Auburn State bank. Chicago, w hlch was wrecked a year sep. wei-e found guilty of emhexxling the tank's funds today. Under the indeterminate sen tence law. they are subject to Imprts-, nnmrnt from one to ten yearn. The convicted men are Thomas McFnr lsnd. Maik I". Rratjstield and William J. Clino j Noyon. urday morning. The special shock bat talion which the Germans threw in there left behind ninety-six prisoners, including; an officer and fourteen non commissioned officers, when it retired beaten. The ground facing the posi tion was covered with dead, almost the entire attacking party being destroyed. : In preparing for resumption of the fighting, the Germans are reconstitut ing their used-up divisions and bring ing up others which have not partici pated previously in the great battle. They also are reinforcing their artil lery powerfully and forming large sup ply depots behind the lines. ' For the present the German military authorities declare through the press that the delay in carrying out their plans is due to bad weather and the, from ,he army and navy weJ1 re. consequent condition of the ground , . . which has hindered their preparations. u,ted in tne ramification of Luden - Undoubtedly they are waiting until dorff'a plans until they now embrace everything is In the greatest state of a drlve by he German high seas fleet readiness-before making the attempt on whose outcome so much depends for them, in view of thelr'promlses of a decisive victory to. tbe German pub lic. ' " RUSSIAN OFFICERS AND MEN EXECUTED (International News Service.) London, May 14. It is offi cially announced in Moscow that S00 Russian officers and men were executed with ma chine guns in groups of fifty, after the white guard (pro tlerman forces) had occupied Tamerfors in Finland, said a news agency dispatch from Moscow today. SPECULATION Meeting of Kaiser and Austrian Emperor to Give Germany Firmer Grip on Ally. (Associated Press.) LoAdon, May 14. Ths meetina of Emperor Charles and Emperor William at German great head quarters, has aroused keen specu lation whioh the official account has done little to satisfy.' There is an inclination, however, to take it for granted that the meeting resulted in giving Ger many a firmer grip on Austria Hungary and the dual monarchy's internal and external policies; in , fact, that from now on Austria Hungary will be little more than a German colony. Kmperor Charles is pictured as do ing penance for his peace letters to France and as promising not" to offend again. Kmperor William and his mil itary advisers are seen as having ac cepted this promise at its face value, but as taking In the way of security for Its fulfillment morn active control of Austrian affairs, to save them from anarchy, in the interest of tho ruling German minority. The fact that Ger many has taken control of the Ifohe miun food supplies Indit ates the Aus trian government Is not adverse to German Interference In Its internal af fairs. The benefits to he derived from peace with Rumania and I'krnlne and the economic relations between Aus tria and Hungary are now pressing questions. There is mii' h bickering over the spoils. The Austrlnns are saying that the Hungarians, who re fuse to feed Austria,- have hod more than their share. Comment in Amsterdam. (Assooiated Tress.) Amsterdam, May 14 Austrian newspapers publish a state ment eaid to have emanated peror Charlee at German great headquarters last Sunday was in tended to strengthen the old al- liance which wae concluded as a defeneive measure againet Russia and to which added weight was givsn by the development of the war. ,-We were attacked and were obliged to -defend ourselves against a world of enemies," savs the statement. "Thre fore, we must adhere to the defensive nlllan"e and extend and deepen It. This defensive alliance fits well into the alliance of peoples which as al leged Is. the aim of the entente. The alliance of peoples Is meant to be pro tection against future wars. The dual alliance ha no aim in view other thsn protection against future wars." ") The statement concludes: "It Is i obvious that when tbe renewal of the I alliance Is being discussed a series of j questions of political, military and economic nature which are closely connected therewith also 'must be dls- i cUssed." ' KING OF BAVARIA ON WAY TO GERMAN HEADQUARTERS (Internstlonal News Service.) Rrne, M:iy 14 King t.udwlg. of Ra- I inrui hm left for ; rmsn arent head- I otiiirtrrs. said a dlnstch from the I Herman frontier tnriav He an ac. J companied by Minister Dandier. TRIPLE ENEMY BLOW PENDING On Sea, in France and in Italy, Opinion of Military ' Experts. REICHSTAG IS IMPATIENT American Naval Units Would Take Part in Battle If, One Is Pulled Off. (By Henry Q. Vales, International News Service Staff Correspondent.) London, May 14. Military ex- ' ports are unanimous in the belief that a triple enemy blow Is im pendingon the sea, in France and in Italy. It is believed that the war council attended by the kaiser and , Emperor Charles, and which had representation while -all the German and Austrian re serves on land are thrown into the fighting. The Hindenhurg-Ludendorff combi nation commands the navy, s well as the army. Being a soldier of the land, Hindenburg is naturally willing, to sacrifice the navy to increase the chances of a military success. The bottling up of Ostend and Zee brugge has cut in half the enemy's op portunities for naval operations, leav ing only points of departure for refu gees considerably northward; but on the other hand, Germany Is freed of concern from the Ralllc and is able to concentrate all her sea strength In the North sea. The German reichstng Is reported to be clamoring over the inactivity of the I Twenty-seven Men of Seventy-Iwo Reported Including: One Captain Washlngton, May 14. Twenty-seven men are reported missing in action in the casualty list announced today by the war department Of the total -of 72 on the list, 14, Including a captain and 2 lieutenants, were killed In ac tion; 7 died of wounds and S of dis ease. Twenty-one were slightly wounded In action. - The list follows: Killed in Action. . CAPTAIN. I.loyd B. Russell, Manchester, Okla. l.lKUTKNA NTS. , Herbert lloyer, Hun Francisco, Cal. Stephen K. Fitzgerald, Dorchester, Mass. riUVATKR. -Kara Harrows, Chandler, Minn. Hurry ft. Hartlctt, Knat Haven, Conn. Magnus M. flrams, Heotts Hluff. Neb. Aaron Chlmerosky, Chicago, III. John M. Davidson. Penath, fo. Samuel Fierberg, Hartford, Conn, l.co Hnremzff, Ashton, Neli. f.ouls J. T,nndry. Hartford. Conn. Thomas McKlnley, Council Bluffs, la. flordon Uiilien. New Hlehnond, Wis. Willie B. Sanders. Converse, S. C. Died of Wounde. SKUOKANT. Theron K. Dalrymplc, Rochester, N. V. MECHANIC. Frederick K. Ruckelshausen, New Haven, Conn. PRIVATES. Walter S. Auer, Canton, O. William J. Hishop, West Springfield. Mass. Wllmer M. Chllders. rsragould. Ark. Frank Hanlels, Highland Park, III. Willie J. Jones. Starke, Fla. Died of Diseass. PRIVATES. Seguine A. Arnold, ii-eenvllle. Miss. Clement T. Huffey, Inlaws re, O. Ceorge T. Pnlcurlch, Minneapolis, Minn. Wounded Slightly. MAJOR. John U Hasklns. Minneapolis. Minn. CAPTAIN. Michael J. O'Connor. Roston, Mass. LIEUTENANTS. Edward M. tiulld, Nnhant. Muss. Wllllsm A. Murphy. ChlrsKo, III. Ray E. Smith, Itutlnnd. Vt. SEIl'iEANT. . South Mcintosh, Jackson, Ky. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN BONDS DRAW INTEREST FRIDAY (Associated Press.) Washington. May 14. In prep, s rat Inn for the first setnlunniml In terest payment on second Iilei1y loan bonds, due tomorrow, banks today were flooded with Interest coupons. The payment will tot I i;.I"i.'". CONDITIONS INTOLERABLE j I Simuil Gamoiri Forwards Plan ef Pan-American Labor Federa tion. (International Nts Service.) Washington. May It. As a part of a comprehensive plan to establish a pn-Av'irirjin federation of lator among Jouih American countries, Hnniuil Iichiit tills afternoon si- pointed a i ooiinltt-e to Mt Mexico Cily. The t ot sotiltpe la cnmpfHw d of Jnmn Ird. president of the mining rt. t.nr t rnetit . American Federation ef I a r., , , John Murray. a-retarv of the i pan - Americao federation e defence Looked like Bomb But Proved to Be Just Some Samples of Ore and Ap pea4 for Loan. : (International Newt Service.) "Washington. . May 14. Score-, tary McAdoo'S war finance corpo ration had visions of getting to a Cylng start today when a myste rious package resembling an ama teur bomb wa received for W. P. Q. Harding, one of the directors. The thing was scaled tight and Its content shifted -with ait uncanny slicking noise. The governor's "staff looked the, object over fore and aft,, and then conferred at a respectful distance. While they were debating a very brave treas ury messenger stepped forth, took his life In one hand and the can in the other,, and opened the lid. The "bombwas filled with ore sent as & sample from an ambi tious and enterprising mine owner, who fain would have the war finance corporation lend him a few hun dred thousand dollars to work his mine and help win the war. fleet and the failure of the submarines to starve Kngland or prevent Ameri can armies from arriving In France. It Is particularly certain that Ameri can naval units would take part in the battle if it takes place. German mine fields planted In the Stmserrnek Indicate tircnarntlnns for n retreat If the German fleet is defeated. Gothenburg fishermen refuse to brave the German mine fields, remaining- in port. Twenty-one Swedish trawlers returned to port, fearing to risk themselves among the mines. Archibald Hurd, the famous naval expert on the Dally Telegraph, de clares that the answer to the German submarine Is tho destroyer and the mine. 'The allies, Including the United States, were formerly the weakest In that direction. .After the war, how ever, they will learn the deht caused by the co-operation of the American navy not only In convoying but in fighting submarines. If Hid naval po sition Is Improving, writes Mr. Ilurd, it is due to the American and British fleets. I Regarding the possibility of a nnval battle, tha strength of the grand fleet has been maintained and some of the finest of America's battleships are now associated with It. . a Casual ty List of Missing: in ' Action, and Two Lieutenants CORPORA U Floyd A. Sexton, HuITalo, N. T. t'OCalv. Hen H. Schuster, Ktirekn Springs, Ark. PRIVATES. Rolla Renson, Ava, 111. James' H. Carter, Surrency, Ga. Warren W, Davis, Crawfordsvllle, lnd. Carl Ellis, T.ognn, W. Vs. Harry O. Renson. Percy, 111. , Earl T. Hlinelrtck, Clarksburg, W. Va. Adolph Roeft. Dundee III. f.eo Mullen, Qulncy, Mass. Joseph Itose, Hrooklyn, N. T. Ceorge I,. Rntirkr, Osnahrock, N. T". Charles Stolaenliach. Raltlmore, Md. Cleve N. Vaughn, Lynch s Station, Va. Jacob H. Winters, Rrooklyn, N. T. Misting in Aotion. MEl'TENANT.' Reninmln C. Mvrd. Hartford, Conn. COKPUHAI Miles S. Dunning, Rrlstol, Conn. M Ei'llANlC. Joseph V. Pnitt. Rrlstol, Conn. I'M VATf;S. Lester Rlgelow, New Haven, Conn, .lumen J. Jlrennan, Cambridge, Muss. Richard A. HrJghtman, Fall River, Mass. William .1. Chappa. Saiigsturk, Conn. 1 tumid F. D"lnp.,New Haven. Conn. Arthur J. (ingnon, New Red ford, Mass. Howard M. rjarton. Tawtucket, R. I. Newman S. 'lee, Caribou, Me. Charles M. (illibs, Windsor. Mo. James C. (ioldrlrk. New Havrn, Conn, Edward M. f'.reene, Rrlstol, Conn, fieorge I,, llswley. Rock Fall. Conn. Rurnett A. Herdman, Mlddletown, Conn. Arthur M. Hubbard, New Haven, Conn. Arthur S. Johnson, New Haven, Conn. Frank !. Johnson, Mlddletown. Conn. Hurry M. I.ufkln, Providence. It. I. Rernard T. I.vneh, Hrooklyn, N. Y. Michael J. powers. New Haven, Conn. Uonel S. Robinson. F.ust Hampton, Cor.n. William H. Sefton. North Provi dence, R. 1. Dennis F. Sweeney, New Haven, Conn. EJnsr J. Turning. Mlddletown. Conn. Arnold D. I.'inbs. Middlet,own, Conn. committee, snd Senator Sunt in go Iglislns. pn sldi nt of the federation of Irm working men o Porto Rico. The sppolntfuent of this committee follows a vlalt of Senator Igleslas. who told of Intolrinbie working conditions In cane fields of Porto Rico. FAIR, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM j The first shall We last, tha :ast shall be first; this saying hns com true. as ahlrttalls of celeb ritlea si all the cry an. I hue; 'twas once we turnnd onr barks on them, but now tli) 're to the fore: I've some I'll sell quite rea sonably foraprona lor the r. The weather? hnir and rmderitclv rool tonieM, Wednesday fair and eilgiiUy warmer. j3 KRUPP RIFLES' BROUGHT TO U.S. By Thousands Secretly Part of "Germanizing" Propa ganda, Witness Says. HOARDING OF 'ARMS By German "Interests Inveiti gated by Attorney-Gen-eral Lewis. New Yerk, May 14. Reports that thousands of rifles had been seoretly imported from the Krupp works at Essen, in order to "Ger manise" the United States, were related today at an inquiry con- , duoted by State's Atty.-G.en. Lewis into rumors of hoarding of arms by German interests in the United States. Edgar A. Holmes, a witness, credited the reports to a man named James II. Crossley. Holmes, as a broker, tried to buy the rifles, but was unsuccessful, he said. During the negotiations, he said, Orossley told him that some 1,000. 000 rifles had been Imported froirt ! Ksser via the Hoboken docks of two tlerman steamship companies and were to be used In this rnlted States If the tieriuims were successful in reaching the Kngllsh channel ports, Deliver the Goods. Holmes testified he had never seen the articles, but had talked with an engineer named Francis 1. Judd, who said he had seen boxes containing !(),. 000 rifles. Two months ago, Holmes snld, the t nlted Ktutes tried to buy them, but they were not produced. Oustav Lussing was named by Holmes as the man who 'was snld by various inter medtnrtes to bo able to deliver the goods. bishops veto yvmT RIGHTS OF WOMEN t .j i i i i College Also Disapproves of Striking Out I'Holy Catholic Church From Creed. jVsoclatd Press.) Atlanta, Ga. May 14. The eol lege of bishops has vetoed the ao tion of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal ehureh, seuth, in granting laity rights to women and in changing the rituel from "Holv Catholio Church" to from "Hol "Christ's Holy Church," It wae announced .today. The .bishops held that a two-thirde vote of the annual conferences was neoeesary to make suoh sction legsl. Heated discussions followed the reading of ths blahopa' veto, On a motion to adhere to the ae. Ron of the pieneral conference on hilly rights for women, Df. K. VV. Alder son. of Texas, took the floor. Ho was ruled nut of order by Rlshop Hendrlx. Dr. Alilcrson appealed from the de cision of the chair snd wns sustslned ,y the conference. The conference, voted to ratify Its former action and both questions will be submitted to the annual conferences. One ballot for tbe election of bishops . . . . ..!.. . I r t. mid the result probably will be announced was taken ai inn uh".m" - - -. ..fl.rnnnn session n.iutinna were psssed enabling ministers to retain their memberships In snnusl conferences wniio nnn In war work. GERMAN GUN SHOOTS 80.7 MlLESJAYS EXPERT (Inttrnstloiml Ns Service ) London, My 14. The following , stetsmsnt relative ts the sinking ef the old British cruiser Vindio tive st the entrance to the Ostend harbor, which wae issued Ly the Gormen admiralty, hae been re ceived here I "Exsmlniiflon of the hull of the Vindictive sunk before Ostend proved that Hie vessel did not contain S cargo of cement. She we" not blown n by (he English, but wss sunk bv the Ore front tleroiiin batteries. The Miltlsh sdmlrslty. upon seeing the liermnn rlnfrn. Issued this oiflclal litatemetit: , .,,,, "The Miltlsh stst'-ment of Mnv 10 that the shin wns filled with eonrrefe whs absolutely correct. Kverv detail of tbe tiermsn message, therefore. Is entirely fls-." ' EXORBITANT PRICES j CHARGED FOR MINERALS (Intornstlonsl News Servlee.f Washington. May 14.Charges that mln.riil producers are exacting ex orbltant price, were -made to the sen ste committee on mines snd mining bv R M Rice, purrhiislng seent of the jjabelle Iron Works, of Bteubrn VlHe. O.. todiiy. The embargo placed upon manga nese will prod in a serious situation In the steel Industry unless steps are taken to produce manganese In this country. Rice added. The senate rmiiiiTic i- r' V'vTl bill to encourage nm iirranuuun AMERICANS FINEST BODY FIGHTERS. SAYS OrFICIAL tlntarnallonal Nes Kervlra ) New York. May 14 Tbe following cxiraet from a report mad by the American military altuche at Paris on May a was gum out trwliiy at the headquarters .f the t nlted Statra ma rines In this country: -A high official si the (French) mln istry of war who hue Juat r turned from the Venlilii ae tor. elated lo me (hut In puaaing n rrglioent of tlie t'nltrd Slatea inarlrte r on the road, he found them. In bla opinion, the finest IkmIv of nghtlng nr-n he had yet seen In the war." PERCY LONG SENTENCED TO GEORGIA CHAINGANG Temporarily Disbarred from State and Federal Courts, Young Chattanooga Lawyer Under takes to Recoup His Losses in Practice by a Bootlegging Venture and Gets Caught. Caught near Trenton with a bar rel of whisky in his automobile, Percy Long, a young Chattanooga attorney, ploidad guilty of "pos sessing liquor" st Dalton today and was sentenced to three montha on tha ehaingang and fined 100 and oosts. The young lawyer will be re membered ae having been tempo rarily suspended from practicing in the courts of Chattanooga, both state and federal, en account of certain unethical practice. He is declared to have been In tercepted in the vioinity of Tren ton with a negre and the barrel of liquor In hie ear. "The automobile la being held to secure the fine. The court's sentence however, pro videe that in the event the defend ant does not pay his fine he shall serve six months rather than three en the ehaingang. After his arreet at Trenton, Long was taken to . Dalton and arraignsd. Long was arrested about noon FORMER FRENCH PREMIERCALLED Caillaux Brought From Cell to testify in Treason Trial. (Associated Press.) Paris. May 14. Formsr Pre mier CsillauM was brought Into court from his prison cell today to teetify in the treason triale rowing aus f-he Hsho affsir. H wae called at the re quest ef eounsel for M. Landau, ana ef the aooussd, whs was a re porter tor the Bonnet Rouge. f',,1 Vnver. the presiding officer, ad monlshed M. Citlllnux to confine his rnmarka In thn tirolKif IllUllS. "The only point at Issue." snld Col Voyer, "Is whether tho witness men tinned the name of Marx or Mannheim i. ii,.ri,isn bunker through whom funds were supplied for the Ilonnet iimiM nroiinannds l. lo M. I,anduu. In Henteinher, 11. Please keep to that point." M. Caillaux denied emphatically thai ho hnl mentioned Msrx in ll. He snld he had never heard of the man until Julv, II7. nnd then only when thn Ilonnet Rouge Yasa wss discussed In the chamber of deputies. It was brought out that the name and address of Marx were found mi slip of paper tha documents belonging to M Caillaux, which were dlseoveird al Florence. Th former premier ex plained this by saying the paper was handed to him ny a niw ... J mh WM introduced to him under the nretext tlmt he was lo speak al'oiii trie ..,.i.,. ,,.. of merchandise between I'rsnce and Sw It xerlnnil. Dismissed Him Britally. "I rlls.nlsaed him brutally." declared M. Cnllliiux. . . nr.ni ia a aiifflelent anawer, Said Col. Vovei. "Von nny go." M. f'ulllinix Insisted on speaking further, however, siiylns: I hue never given one fisne to tho Ilonnet Rouge since Hi" wsr b'Jt''" II Is true that I subscribed tn.tiot) francs before the war. but this fund was exhausted at the beglniiliiK or hostilities. Al the time 1 was engnged In defending mv honor Bitnint a bit ter press campaign. The Ilonnet llouge defended me, d therefore 1 In I lied It. 'I have defended my honor In the past and will do so In the future with all possible means Hi nV command. M. Cttllliiux exhibited emotion ss he made title declination. A ripple of ap plause broke out. N eToTnTtO ALU ES lAaaoclslid Press I Washington. May 14. Secretary MeAdee today auhor.sd 1200.000.000 te Great "jSwi 000 000 te France and IOO.OOO,000 te Italy, making the total loane to ill th. all... i.70J.8M,000. Totnl tonne to Ores! Ibltaln now amount to 2.N.oni).(imi: to kisn.e. $l.s.MM0ii. and tu Italy Jbt&0,ou.00. APPOINTS BUFFALO MAN APPO,N1 paToDUCTION DIRECTOR (Assooaiea I . ' Washington May A"h" .ndon. .f ItufT.lo. -cP;nted to- , (Aaaoclatvd Pieas.l day director. .f the division of pioduc lion of tha aircraft imara. peacenTqotiations TO BE CONDUCTED AT KIEV (International Ns Hervk-e.) Ameat- td-im. May 14 The I hrnln lan snd lliiaalun govei ninenta h agreed to conduct peace nrgotlntlone at Kiev shortly, according to Infor mation from tlmt rltv. It Is dented In Herlin Ihnt nn nil Incitmii was nt to Itoaeia del l.i 1 1 eg that the .ocr(l- l'U are uluntar). ENTIRE CABINET OF RUMANIA RESIGNS ( Ao. ll'-l I'iru I .ndon Mn II I'lemlcr M.nxtill omun. of Itunrani. and hi. entire r linnet h i naigind. according to ficinuin irporfa iT.rtici in Aoipter daill. bv the lleutrl Nil ! -iHC), Monday at Trenton, He was taken to Dalton, where he wae granted hearing before Judge Tarver, su perior court judge there. Inter viewed Tuesday afternoon the young lawyer expressed deep re gret over hie plight, saying that he would net have had it happen for the world. His story was that he went to Trenton to get a Fera ear, which he wae to bring back to Chattanooga. While there, he says, he wae approached by someone he did not know and asked to earry a cask of liquor to certain parties in Chattanooga, 'who he refused to dioolose, saying he doee not want to mix anyone else up with the case. He said that ha did not ex pect to sell the liquori denied that he is a bootlegger and eays that he would net eare forlhe ehame ef it if he were ga'lty of any erim inal intention. "I wae only doing someone a favor," he is quoted as saying to a repreeentatlve of The Newe at Dalton. GENERAL CONFERENCE ELECTS TWO BISHOPS Atlanta, C.n., May 14. -The-Rev. W .. K. McMunv, of leiulsvllle, Ky and the Itev. John M. Moore, of Nashville, Teiin., were elected bishopa of th; Methodist Fiilscopiil church, south, on. the first Imllot taken at the general conference today. Four mors bishopa remain to be elect mI. lr. Moore received 1S votes, while, Dr. McMurry received HI, the re(iiircd, untnlier for election. The next hlnhest candlotea Were Dr. T. V. W. Darlington, Ritl bourvtlle. W, Va., 1(1; Dr. Janice Cannon. Jr., Mlaek stone, Vs. Ill: Dr. K. N. Parker. Fniory 1'nfvrrsltv, On., 10s, snd Dr, II. N. Dubose, Nsabvllle, T. HEAIWCALLs7iiDDl . AMERICA'S ASQUITH v Mount Clemens, Mich., Itfsy 14. In a statement today, WUUarn R. Jieorst suld: "Mr. Roosevelt, thougb notably less able snd less respectable, la emphsU eully the Asqulth of American politics. He la out of power, snd he Is greedily eager to get buck Into power, and he does not scruple at any met hods, no mutter bow unfair to the administra tion or how harmful to the country. In '' order to accomplish his purely Bullish political purpose. "The attack which Mr. Ttousavelk now iimkes upon the administration Is Jurat as huenlesa 'as thn attack Which Asiiulth made upon IJoyd dears, and it wilt prove to tw Just as funic. In Its effect upon the Administration end Just as fatal In Its effect upon Mr, Rooks. Volt. , , "The Irnmedist rnusea of Mr. Itoosevelt s present outbursts are two) In nnmlter. The first extra Is the fact that the rungnxlnn which hires Mr. Roosevelt at (1 per word to make vicious attacks upon the government of tins Prilled States during wartime excluded from th mn lis) In one ' Issue for rt wholly false nnd unjustified attack upon the president of the lulled Stales and the diplomacy of the Pnlle.l States, calt'iilsled to bring our gov ernment and our people Into rontempl, and ronaeueiitv lo Indue our ratine. . "The second rauxe of Mr. noosvlt'a Immediate agltittlon Is the fact thai the small nnd lonely New York news paper which la supporting Mr, lloosr. Veil's peipetuiil aaplrstlons for tha presidency ss reintly rebuk d ss a pilblln enemy by tha represrntatlVJ-s of Ihn Pulled State governntent foe printing ns newa certnln articles which hsd no f , mi ri'l n 1 1 n In fm t and which f dlscredlleil the orttiera of the Fulled, HI tiles army snd held them rrp to ridi cule and contumely without the slight eat bnila of truth or jualue in the al egn I ions. Mr. Rooaeyclt'a attempted reflee lions upon thu llearat publications are) unimportant. "It la sufficient to say In reply that whatever criticism the Hearst put-It- allons Indulge In wss ronaervat Ive rillclain founded upon eiblhed fact, riot opo'i muniif'ii lur.-d falsehood, . Slid Inteiid-d for the information and saalslsnce' of tha silinlnlatratlon, and npt for Its discomfiture and deal rue lure." ACQUIT 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL OF WOMAN'S MURDER (Axiatd Press.) HI. htoon l. a. Mav 14 I.uella Po. , u.rar.,, , , no Ust g .,. and killed Mr. Mark Alexander, eJ , ,hc ,uori. day. The girl, who la the daughter of William T. Foley, contended that aha shot Mrs. Alexander to save her own lire after being attacked t r the woman. Alexander, husband of the dead woiiihii. teaiirted h had seen his wife attack I tie t hud some months ago. ALABAMA PREACHER" ARRESTED FOR SEDITION (International Nsws ftervke.) ' Syhu'uuKu. Ala.. May 14. Kev. S. , A. Owen, ui ttrogufki. was arrested on a charge of aeJituiM. T eharga was that tie aald he "wou'd raise white flag tfoie he Would tiijlit thn tieriniilis." The minister w.ia siven a hejulng Uforr M.tor Howard end then Ihe. prrncher us tin n. it o, r t ti e post niaairr, Mr. Silillh, fut fuit'irr invea-i,;utloil.