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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
FINAL DAY FOR HUNS
TO ACCEPT OR REJECT
Germans Must Make known Their
Views on Peace Treaty Before
Tomorrow.
FOCH AND PERSHING READY
Opinion Prevails in Paris That
PIcnipotcntiaries Will Finally
Decide to AffiX Signatures To Com
pact.

PARIS, May 2o.-By tomorrow night
he German peace plcnipotcntiaries at
Versailles arc to make known IN fun
70 the delegates OF the allied ant as
sociated powers on wha, points OF the
peace treaty they acquicSce and what
points they object 10 and desire modi-
fed
Thursday is .hc time limit for the
Germans to make known their News
IN the peace treaty that has been
granted the Germans. who are expect
peace congress yoluIninous iccor.i of
objections and of :.ccep:ances Of the
clauses of the document
Although the leaders Throughout
as framed is unacceptabie and that
1t will not be SigLed without n,oditi-
cations. the opimon-.:n Paris seems
TO prevail that after the representa-
ernmant5 have considered tn. ohiec-
tions raised by re German alrniro-
tentiarics and formulated trcii' final
reply the Germans "iIl atix their sig
natures TO the compact.
Marshal Foch is taking nothing for
granted as regards the probable action
Of the Germans AT Nersaii!cs. i1c has
made a visit 20 nc occupied area.
dllu iids lUlo!l the .OunCll OF tOur
OF the military preparations that gave
oeen made contingent upon the Ger
mans refusing 10 accept the allied
peace terms.
Likewise, General Pershins VS. wide
awake TO the possibilities U. the situa-
ton. \ trip to London planned by
him for the present week, where he
was TO be tho guest of tie British
nation. has been indefinitely postponed.
and he Will remain IN the Rhine until
ali is settled at Versailles.
American financial eADer:s arc still
discussing economic matters with the
Germans at Versailles. particularly
with regard 10 Gcrmanys ability TO
pay for foodstufs and tie method Cf
payment The reply OF the council OF
tour TO the German note regarding
reparations will decll:e that II is .ia-
possible TO dissociate responsibility from
rcparations, and also TO ueclinc 10 ad-
NIT that the German people may dis
claim responsibility fer the actions of
the former German go. ermmcn,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
CLAIM WILSON MAKES
ERROR IN ADVOCATING
PROHIBITION CHANGES
Southern Presbyterian Church
Delegates CrificiSes President
for Clause in Message.

NEW ORLEANS. May 2o.-Postpone.
ment oil action until tomorrow on the
acceptance or approval of federatinS
with the Northern Presbytcrian
church and the expression OF disap-
pointmcnt by Dr. j. T. Lyons. of Al :
lanta. Ga. over President Wilson's
lcnicncy oil prohibition in today'ss mes
sage. featured the mcGing tonight OF
the hfty-ninth General Assembly here
OF the Southern frcspytcrian Church
The majority report presented bv
Or. Tucker Graham. OF Florence. $ e.
tonight and concurred in by thirteen
members OF seventeen OF the com
mites appointed TO study the cues
tion. favored negotiations toward or
ganic union, advocating some form
Of closer relationship" than proposed.
1T Is disappointing that President
Wilson has made this mistake" said
lpr. j. f. Lyons in an address on home
missions when lie referred to diving
and desperate attempts OF alcohol 10
retain footing in America"
The prayers of the people have
guided the President in tho past" sa id
Or Lyons. Without them he makes
mistakes"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
20 MILLIONS SECURED
By METHODIST CHURCH
nv CENTENARY DRIVE
Official Reports Giren Out on
7hirty-Fire Conferences
ShoW Large Amount.

NASHVILLE, TENN. May 2o.-Ofi
cial reports received from the thirty
NTH Conference of the Southern Meth
odi5t Episcopal Church, Sout.,, show
subsct tinucns for the centenary fund
amounting to s20622.14!
The St Louis Conference made its
initial report today, A total OF S561O0
against Il quota Of $7@3.SI4 being re-
ported. other late reports were from
the Central Texas Conference, sl,OO3.-
COO: West Oklahoma, s306.Sl0, and Mis-
souri, $26S 7o4 The largest totals re.
ported include those OF the Memphis
Conference. s. .lG0,49S: North Georgia,
Carolina, si.ocS,00o: South Georgia ST,
5T4.4S3: North hiaba,ra, s9S5,0OO and
Tennessee, S?3S,000.
Director General Beauchamp TODAY
sent out messages TO the conference
and district leaders urging that
churches which have reached their
quotas continue their campaigns and
obtain the largest possible ovcrsub-
ScrIptionS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
RICHMOND GRA VS. GIVEN
GREATOVAT T7ONA THEY
LAND DATNEWPORTNEW.S
Colonel Praises Grays;
Blues Ship Is in Harbor

Special 10 The Times Dispa tell
NEM PORT NEWS. VA, May :O.-
MINOR William =. stuck. OF Rich
mOnd. commanding the battalion of
RichmOnd heroes who camc In on
the MntSOnfn, places tho casualties
of the Ono Hundred and Sixteenth
nj 21o killed and about 500 wound
cd. lie nlsO snys the One Hundred
and sixteenth took every objective
Ii went after during the wnr.
Colonel NinncEcrodc, commander
of the Ono Hundred md SiAtccnth.
paid N high tribute to tho Virginia
ho!s. They arc among tho finest
troops In the world, he declared.
The transport Powhatun. bring
Ing Gcncrmi Norton. commander of
tho Twcnty-niuth Division, nlsO mr.
rived today. Ii came In late this
afternoon and The troops were
taken on about dark.
The OriLnbU aud the bntticShip
virginia are anchored in the har-
bor. The Oriznbn has on bOnrd
the former Richmond Blues.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
NO WORD COMES FROM
HAWkER AND GRIEVE,
I By Associated Press.l

LONDON, May 20 Go:lo p. MI
Tuesday passed without word of any
kind concerning Harry Hawker and
Lie Lieuienant-Comma andcr Grieve and
their Sopwith biplane in which they
lett ST. Johns sunday afternoon
1t was believed in Admiralty circles
grief soon after they left the shores
OF Newfoundland sunday afternoon.
According 10 all reports no messages
came from the hiplane's wircless-not
even a note of farewell-and il is be :
lieved that Hawker would have sent
some message unless he met with an
accident soon after the start
Off the Ifish coast the weather was
bad today. and there are no further
rumors that the Sopwith machine fell
into ;he sea within sight of the River
Shannon. - =.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
MANY RICHMOND TROOPS
COME ABOARD MAT SONIA
Roster Shows Names of City's Best
Who Fought Against
Hun.
MACHINE GUNNERS ARRIVE
Captain James r.. DctcrS Leads
Company b, Made Up Largely of
Men From Virginia's Capital.
Several Units Reported.
MACHINE GUNNERs ARRIVE

NEWPORT NEWS, May c0.-Rich-
mond men who arrived today aboard
IicadHunrtcrs Company.
!i.%Ss S 1i:sTss { $Ssn%,u's ' $SS%!s%
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
Presbyterians Assail
Wilson's Liquor Stand

ST. LOUIS, May 2o.-Prcsidcnt I
Wilson was nrralEned today by
com misslOners to the One Hundred
aud Thirty-frst General AsscmhIy y
Of tho Presbyterian Church, 4. $. A..
for requesting Congrcss to repeal
or amend tho ,rnr-timc prohibition
act and resolution was adopted
urging Congress- to sustain the law.
PrcsIdent Wilson In an elder In the
church.
A copy OF the resolution will be
cnbtcd TO the President. II fol-
lows;
'Thts asxembly learns With pain
that the Prcxident or the United
Stntea has recommended to Con-
Erenn that IL repca, pnrt OF war
time prohibition, and In view Of this
fact we most earnestly petition
COnRrcss that ~ not only retain the
measure, but that the nicnsrrc he
enforced Ia the fullest extent to the
end that The needs OF the world for
food may bc met, Rnd TINT the CT
hcicnry and nornIc Of our own pco-
pic be prcnervcd."
u. r.. y. PruRh, of Harrisburg,
Pm. state chairman of the prohibit
tion organization OF Pennsylvania,
nsscrtcd. "This Is tho second time
Prcsidcnt Wilson hna stepped In 10
hefrfcnd the liquor interests and
means the undoinE OF all that has
been donc.7
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
REPORT E|GHT|ETH
DIVISION IS COMING
T0PARADE MAY 50
Colonel McAndrews, of War
Department, So Advises
Jubilee Committee.
SCHEDULE UNITS ARRIVAL
AT NEWPORT NEWS MAY 27
Plan Big Memorial Day Celebra-
ton as Greeting for Blue
Ridge Troops.
TRANSPORTS EN- ROUTE HOME
Organization Led Back to United
SfufcS l,,- f,.o-
SCHEDULE UNITS ARRIVAL
AT NEWPORT NEWS MAY 27
TRANSPORTS EN ROUTE HOME
Organization Led Back to United
States by Major-Gencral Cronk-
hitc and His Staff

Inc entire E!Ehtieth Division, head
cd BY Major-Gencral Cronkhitc and
ms stah, may parade in Richmond on
May so, according TO a statement given
out Tuesday afternoon by Chairman
VI. w. E:!erson. Of the home coming
jubilee week committee. following a
telephone conversation with Colonel
Joseph McAndrews OF the War De-
partment
Inquiries were received during tho
day from West Virginia. from which
large part OF the division comes
as TO the possibility OF the hotels and
boarding houses of the city taking
care OF between 5000 and 10000 per-
sons. who intend 10 come to Richmond
Tor the celebration.
This matter WIN be taken up by
everything possible will be done 10
insure the success OF what promises
to De one Of the greatest sa!a days
OF the EiEhtieth are drawn from three
Pennsylvania.
Croukhite Aboard the Zeppelin.
The , steamship zeppeiin, bearing the
NewpoTi News on May e. S'Ne rniss Is
hite are the Three Hundred and Thir-
teenth the Three Hundred and Four
tctHlD ana tue lnTec Hundred and
Fifteenth Field Artilleries, which come
principally from West Virginia.
Colonel Joseph McAndrews, who has
charge OF routing tho troops the mo-
ment they leave for America. is said
10 have been delighted with the idea
that the entire division be stopped in
Richmond for parade or their way
TO Camp Lee for rehabilitation.
Though no definite ARRANGEMENTS
have been made, 1t is thought that
Memorial Day, May 80, will he an es-
pecially appropriate date for the cclc-
bration, and this suggestion met with
the approval o! Colonel McAndrcws
The date. however. is dependent upon
the arrival at Newport News OF tho
Three Hundred and Seventeenth and
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Infan-
tries, composed almost entirely Of mon
nducted into the service from Vir-
ginia.
Making Richmond Roster
Major Robert NJ. Dashiell. go West
Grace Street, has consented to under
take TO work up list OF tho EiGhticth
Division men who are back home This
list work is independent OF the work
which the American Legion is UNDER
taking, which is TO set a roll Of all
Virginia men who were in the serv-
ice. and particularly those OF Rich
mond. TO whom n service medal viii
be given by the citizens o: Richmond
All wounded men OF the various units
which will be here for the parades are
requested to report TO the Jubilee Week
headquarters, 4o4 Mutual Building
and plan TO join their units when they
return.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
FOREST PRESERVATION
DISCUSSED AT CAPITAL
REPRESENTATIVES. of Fou. states GntSer
TO Talk Over Problems OF
National Policy.

WASli1NGTON. May 20.-The first of
a series OF regional conferences.
planned TO consider special conditions
IN various sections of the country. so
that q comprehensive national policy
Of forest preservation may be formed
was held here today at the Department
OF ASriculture.
Forest problems of Virginia. New
Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia
were discussed by representatives Of
those Staos and Of the Forest Service.
Those attending tho conference in
cIuded Colone, Chaplin Jones. Virginia
state forester. Charlottesville. Va; A.
B. Hastings. assistant Virginia State
forester. Charlottesville, Va: Eugene
9. Massie. Richmond, and Edwin p.
Cox. member Of the Virginia State
Geological Commission, Richmond
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
INCA SAILS ALONE
FOR LISBON TODAY
NC-3 Proves Too Badly Battered
by Storm to Undertake
Further Flight.
GIVES UP HOPE FOR HAWKER
Admiralty Believes He and
Gricve Met Death Soon After
Leaving Newfoundland.
GIVES UP HOPE FOR HAWKER

PONTA DEI.GADA. May 20 lieu.
tcnantCommandcr Albert - Read. in
command of the American scaplsne
NC-4, expects TO start for Lisbon a,
o'clock tomorrow morning. He hopes
TO reach there before dark
II all Is we'll with the fight. an
overnight stop will be made at Lisbon
and the NC-f will proceed on the las,
Jap OF tho transatlantic journey for
Plymouth weather permitting
The NC-t was ovcrhaulcd here today.
and took on full supply Of fuel
After three days at Horta. where
record breaking flight from Newfouud
land, Licutenant-comm Albert &.
Reads big ship flew TO ronta pelsada
ing the $50 miles in one hour and forty
cour minutes. This was at the rate o.
approximately cighty-six miles an
hour.
The flight to Lisbon should not re.
luire more than ten hours. After re-
hauled in Portugal, the Nc-4 Viii un.
dertake the last leg OF the voyage to
plymouth. England.
DismnntlinE other Ships.
The NC-4 was definitely made the
sole reliance of the, Americans in am
attempt at this time TO cross the At
lantic through the air, through re-
port received tonight from Commander
formed the Navy Department Of the
sinking at sea of the NC-I and the com
mencement OF the dismantling OF the
NC-3 preparatory to shipping the plane
back TO the United States. Previous
reports had said the NC-1 was outside
the port of Horta in bad condition, and
that her bow was torn by destroyers
attempting to tow her into port
II had heen thought that the NC-5.
despite the damage wrought during
nearly sixty hours spent on a high l.
running sea. might be put in shape 10
resume the flight. Commander Towers
ship. decided 10 leave the field to the
NC4 alone.
Naval experts said today that the
performances thus far in the trans
atlantic flight have demonstrated that
great strides in aviation have been
made from an engineering standpoint,
put that the development OF seaplanes
has not yet reached the stage where
they are OF demons strated Commercial
value. ~
All apparently arc agreed that bigger
SHIPS are necessary for transatla nti,
Officials empha sIzed that the work
OF commander Towers squadron had
mEhH bs SatsfastorS and hey are
three OF the flying craft from reaching
me Azores through the air. The value
NC-3 - rice through storm.
was sad that the planes un-
doubtedIS would have done much bet
ter had tncy been equipped with geared
horse power, but with no greater
weight than the 40o-horse power en-
s.ne: Engineers still are working on
such motor. Another problem which
eNEerts are seeking to solve is that OF
Seiiing the propellers down when the
erS.ne i" at full speed SO as TO get
greater efficiency. This problem is
similar 10 that which engineers faced
wien the turbine ship engine frs, was
designed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
HOLLAND AND BELGIUM
DRAWING FURTHER APART
Pcssimistic Reports Concerning Ne.
GotiHttons for teyiSion OF
Treaty OF 1S3D.

PARIS. May o.-Pessimis,ic reports
uttered out OF the Quai DOrsay today
concerning the negotiations now I'M
der way between Holland and Belgium
concerning revision OF the treaty OF
1882?
instead OF finding basis for ami
cable settlement the two countries are
said TO he drawing further apart. IInl.
land is reported as uncompromisjnc in
refusing any revision that would give
nniS 'uh important rights on the
SchCldt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
KALLE SAYS HIS PARTY
ALWAYS WILL REMAIN
FAITHFUL TO EMPEROR
Former Leader ofLiberai Party
Says NonurchidI Regime
One for Germany.
IRv Associated rrcss l

BERN. May oo.-"Our party always
has been and always will be faithful
to tho Emperor" declared DR. Kalle.
president of the German Peoples par
iy. formerly the National Liberal par
ty. at meeting Of 200 leaders Of the
party at Jena, according TO the Munich
Post.
Gustav Strcsemann. former leader OF
the National Liberal party. described
November .. 1915. as a day OF mourn
ing. and said that the monarchial form
OF government is the proper one for
Germany
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
Would Move Capital.

-, WASFI1NGTON, May Ex-senator
sherman; OF Illinois. believes that war
prohtcering has made Washington a
place UNFIT to be tho capital Of the
nation. He wants to move il west.
probably, TO st. Louis, nearer tho cen
ter OF tho nations life and industry
resolution to move the capital viii
be introduced by the Senator, he an
nounccd today, II landlords attempt
boosting rents when the SALISBURY Act
ceased TO be effective.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
GERMANS SEEK AGREEMENT
win rrrmit Americana to Inrc,,ir,t.
Property u They Nny
DO Same Here.
fBy Associated Press.

Ht.ELlN. May "o.--It is announcea
cfhcialiy that Germany is ready 10
IoIm't an American commission 20
enter Germany for the purpose of On
tanning Information concerning AmerI-
can property here, provided. however
mat German representatives be allowed
L" go 10 the United States on similar
mission under a guarantee OF complTe
freedom of movement
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
SHIPS SWEET SEA FROM
COAST TO COAST IN VAIN
,Rr Arsnniatnh ]

ST. JOHNS. y. T.. May 20.-Ships
Al sea from the American coast to the
British Isles, swept the air in an
directions throughout the night with
wireless queries regarding the fate OF
Harry G. Hawker and Commander Mac
kenzie Grieve The Sopwith plane had
not been sighted and repetition of its
call letters CD Is A') went un-
answered.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
CONGRESSMAN is DEAD
Carl c. Van Dyke, of Minnesota. Head
of Spanish War Veterans, Passes
Away.
I'm Associatcd Prcss.l

WASHINGTON. May 2o-Repre-
sentative Carl G. Van Dyke. of st
Paul, Minn., commander in chief OF the
United Spanish War Veterans, died OF
hcmorrhage of the stomach early to-
day at Washington hospital, where
he had been under treatment since Sun
DAY. The illness was an outgrowth h
OF an affliction from which ne had
suffered many months. He was i'll only
MT. van Dyke was a Democrat and
was serving his third term i'm Congress-.
re was native of Alexandria. MINI
and was thirty-cight years old
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
RAID RcycnI. MANY s,,,I,

KNOXVILLE, TENN MAY %
Revenue officers tonight rajded farm
house near this city and Uncovered
one OF tho biggest and best equipped
stills ever found In this section. Over
1900 gallons OF mash wore found in
seven large vats. Six other stills OF
twently-tive SALONS capacity, not in
stalled also were found
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
REDFIELD SEES FAILURE
Secretary OF Commerce Says Govern
nient Operation OF Utilities
Is Not Good Thing.

NEW YORK. May 2o.-The expert
ence OF the nation in Federal opera
ron OF the railroads. the merchant
marine and the telegraph and telephone
lines has conviced Secretary of Com
merce Redf1eld that such government
Communication IN country as large
as the United States, Is not a good
thing. Speaking at a dinner of the
Purchasing Agents Association here
tonight, he announced this as his own
settled Judgment"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
Making Richmond Roster.
ENTIRE EIGHTiETH DIVISION
Us NO" ON WAY OVER
tBy Associated Press.l

RREST, May 2o.-The steamers Rot
terdam. Finland, Mobile and New L.
sey are sailing for the United States.
carving more than 10000 troops This
I0mpietes the embarkation of the
Eightieth Division and begins that of
me Ihirty sixth Division. Texas and
Oklahoma troops.
Infantry embarked on the Finland
NO less than 10000 troops have been
put on transports at Brcst since Nav
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
Iienefts The puhIi.

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
scycn-Dny Service

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patch work seven days a week. and
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-21
TOWERS TELLS OF TRIp
AFTER SEAPLANE FELL

fSF ASSoclatco frcSS.
PCNTA DELGADA, AZORES Nav 90
= tndaunted by the miraculous escape
from death OF himself and his crew OF
four men. Commander Towers. OF NC-3.
Vile. the story Of the terrific strugg lc
with the angry seas which ended only
when the plane finally reached this
harbor after drifting for fifty-three
hours.
Commando Towers said the weather
alone was responsible for the failure
of the plane 10 reach it's destination on
schedule time, and expressed his will :
ingness to Try again tomorrow.
Commander Towers narrative de-
scribed the perils of wind and sea en-
of the forced landing sixty miles south
west Of the island of Pico at 9:3O New
York tfme Saturday morning until She
TAXED into Punta Deigada harhor yes
terda% under her own power.
Hands Arc BiiStcrcd.
The hands Of Commander Towers and
crew were blistercd and torn by their
eNertions in pumping water from the
fast leaking hull, and all were weary
in hody and mind. but happy to be
Towers says individually they gave
up nope. but collectively they showed
chocolate and cigarettes having only
n scant allowance OF food--the rations
were barely sufficient for one day. TO
Gnench their thirst they had TO drink
Everybody was on the 1ui yiyc at
all times, and hut little time was found
for sleep during the drift of 205 miles
to this port. Not single vessel was
sighted during the trip, and the plane
was out OF sight or land until ST
Michaels Island was sighted
Wireless Is Injured.
Absence Of any radio calls from the
plane was explained by the discovery
that some OF t:e connections were
broken, probably by the jar of landing
CONTINUED on Page Thirtcen.)
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