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VOL. LXXXVIII NO. 54
WIIiMISGrTON, K. C, TUESDAY MOENING, MAY 23, 1911.
WHOLE NUMBER 13,61 5.
Stab
31,
ASSEMBLY MEETS
BRISTOL NEXT
Selection of Tennessee City
by Presbyterians Was a
Feature Yesterday.
THE "ELECT INFAHT" CLAUSE
Will be Voted Upon by Presbyterians
of Southern Church Clause as
to Confession of Faith
The Anniversary.
Louisville, Ky., May 22. The selec
tion of Uristol, Tenn., as the next
meetins pluco and a "decision to put to
a vote of the 87 Presbyteries, compris
ing the Presbyterian Church in the
tmtccf States, Southern, an amend
ment to the "elect infant" clause in
the confession of faith occupied to
day's session of the General Assem-
b''The committee to which "elect in
fant'' overtures were referred report
ed that there was difference of opin
ion and recommended the sending
down to the Presbyteries of the fol
lowing overture to amend Section 3,
chapter 10, of the confession to read
as follows:
"Infants dying in infancy are regen
erated and saved by and through the
spirit who worketh when and where
and how He pleaseth. So also are all
others who are included in the elec
tion of grace and who are incapable
of being outwardly called by the min
istry of the word."
Bristol, Tenn., and Richmond, Va.,
veie the only places voted on for the
next place of meeting.
The Rev. Russell Cecil, D. D., of
Richmond, the present moderator,
nominated Richmond, which was sec
onded by former Governor J. Hoge Ty
ler. The Rev. C. C. Carson, D. D.. of
Bristol, placed that place in nomina
tion. When the vote showed that Bris
tol had won the selection it was made
unanimous.
Tonight the Assembly participated
in a popular meeting, in celebration
of the 300th anniversary of the King
James version of the . Bible.
An overture from the Presbytery of
0rw3 touching the diaconate in '.'con
nection with the new plan of benefi
cence and an overture from the Pres
b.rtery of Mecklenburg touching the
reduction of the number of secreta
ries were referred to the . committee
on systematic beneficence.
Northern Presbyterian Church.
Atlantic City, . N. J., May 22. The
unanimous adoption of the report fa
voring a union with the reformed
church, protest against the accept
ance by the government of the silver
service for the battleship Utah on
which appears an engraving of Brig-
nam loung and the Mormon Taberna
cle, the starting of a movement to es
tablish a fund of six million dollars
to permit a pension increase for. dis
abled ministers and widows of min
isters and the taking of testimony in
the heresy trial of the Rev. William
D. Grant, of North Umberland, Pa.,
were among the important happenings
at today's session of the 123rd annual
Onrial Assembly of the Presbyterian
church.
That it was nhysical imDossibility
for "Christ to have stood on the pin
nacie of the Temple at Jerusalem and
be temntod bv Satan." as related in
the New Testament was one of the
startling statements attributed to the
Rev. William D. Grant, at the heresy
trial before the permanent judicial
'ommittoe
Ur. (rant is rharerpd with havine
the topmost' pinnacle was entire-
y too small for any one to stand.
In commentine on the death of Uz
-Zlah- who as told in the Old Testa-ment-
was struck dead for darlne fo
his hand onthe Ark of the Cove
nant while that precious relic was be
'"K taken from the threshing floor of
Hebron tn the Temple of Jerusalem,
Vh-ant ,s allesed to have said:
This man Uzziah must have had
-wnrisni of the heart or have burst
moon vessel in his head. It is not
"isoriaMe to suppose that God struck
"I'll dad llnrtpr Biifh Mpniimstunxio "
!)r. Crant was also accused of hav
" Wi a member of his church tht
'mended to "cast the evil out of
nion by preachinS a certain ser
"mp of the remarkable statements
it, ! ,f Tr. Grant follow
se h i's HHi'1 t0 have stated that 'Mo--
nad he blues when he wrote some
- "is pofins
"T.hf'rp i no personal devil.
fcvo found sin in her own heart
was, not tempted by Satan.
nat .i i was crucified In a perfectly
Ip.,! "''nner by a mob of fanatic
r.vi" '." (,1,J nt plan his own cruci-
MGRE TIME FOR PACKERS.
Granted Ch
icago Beef Barons by Fed
erai Judge
r,,!!r!,'- May 22. Judge George A,
of t,1?"I', ,0(,ay granted an extension
Chir .. 1 t(,I'neys for the indicted
the i..V rX ,)ackers file briefs in
Nan
i'i:;m :i r r At-. ......
ftnti-trust statute
wj avyiu law ouer
('aKos
as to their
Thr. ......
tornev. i v T on was granted after At
MJneJ KT May
'obacro ' xyected decision in the
th ackers' Sli glVe new light on
irttKers attack on the Rtatnt.
V .Tr
FRENCH Vk LISTER KILLED
Aeroplane Plunged Into Group of
Members of Cabinet Prime Min
ister and Two Others Injur
ed Account of Accident.
Paris, May 21. Prance paid a ter
rible toll today for her magnificent
endeavor to attain supremacy of the
air, when a monoplane, the driver of
which had lost control, plunged into
a group of members of the cabinet,
who had gathered to witness the start
cf the race from Paristb Madrid, kill
ing the minister of war and injuring
the prime minister, his son, and a
well-known sportsman.
A large number of other persons
nt note had narrow escapes from in
jury. The accident occurred on the avia
tion field at Issy les Moiineux, where
200,000 persons had gathered to see
the start of the race. '
' M. Train was piloting the mono
plane that wrought such havoc..With
him In the car was M. Bounier, a pas
senger. Neither of these men was
injured. The machine was wrecked.
Minister Borteaux was horribly
mangled. The swiftly revolving pro
peller cut off his left arm, which was
found 10 feet away from the spot
he was struck, the back of his head
was crushed in, his throat gashed and
the whole of his left side cut ana
lacerated.
Premier Monis was buried beneath
the wreckage of the monoplane. He
was taken out as quickly as possible
and examined by military surgeons,
who found' that he had suffere-d com
pound fractures of two bones in the
right leg, that his nose was broken,
his face badly contused, i and that
there were bruises on the breast and
abdomen.He is expected to recover.
M. Dectsch and M. Monis were not
seriously hurt.
Among those who had narrow es
capes from injury was M. Lepine, the
prefect of police.'
Premier Monis and Minister Ber-
eaux ' and their party arrived at the
aviation field about 6 o'clock this
morning, shortly after Roland Garros
M. Beaumont, and M. Gibert had
started in the race.
Paris, May 22. Notwithstanding
the tragic incident, which ushered In
the Paris to Madrid aviation race yes
terday and which caused the death of
M. Berteaux, the French minister of
v-ar, and the serious injury, to Prem-
er Monis, the contest was continued
today by four of the competitors.
Emile Train, whose machine was
the direct cause of the disaster, re
tired from the race, but Gibert, Ved
rine, Frey and Garros cfecided to con
tinue the flight to the. Spanish capital
Vedrlne arrived at Angouieme, zi
miles from the aviation field of Issy
Les-Moulint, In the remarkable time
of three hours and 39 minutes, break
ing the world's record for distance in
a cross-country flight.
Frey began his flight from the avla
tion field at 1:06 o'clock but only suc
ceeded In reaching Etampes, where
his machine turned turtle in a squall
and plunged to the ground. Frey was
not hurt.
Gibert, on leaving Pontlevey of
Angouieme, lost his way and landed
at Brizay, but later resumed his
flight on the first leg of the course.
Garros,- the first contestant to reach
Angouieme, is repairing his machine
for the second stage of the flight from
Angouieme to SanSebastian.- Presi
dent Fallieres today received through
Ambassador Jusserand a message
from President Taft expressing his
heartfelt condolences for the loss
which France sustained by the death
nl War Minister Berteaux and expres
sing his sympathy for M. Monis, the
injured premier. Messages or sym
pathy also have been received from
the heads of Sate from practically
every nation.
Although the condition or premier
Monis continues satisfactory, Frofes
Por.Lannague officially announced this
rfternoon that 1c would still take three
days before he would be able to say
whether the head or tne u rencn cam
net was out of danger.
The funeral of, the war minister has
been definitely fixed for Friday.
The physician's bulletin issued to-
nieht says simply: ,
"The premier was permitxea to xase
lieht nourishment today and iroies
por Lanneloneue. after a consultation
aid there was no longer rear or com
plications."
The premier persistently .asks for
news of M. Berteaux. Tne pnysic
lans told him this evening that the
minister of war was unconscious and
that there was no. hope. The prem
ier was so deeply affeeted that it was
deemed best not to inform" him of the
death of M. Bowreaux until tomor
row.
FATE OF THE MAINE.
After Vessel is Stripped Parts Will be
Towed to Deep Water.
Washington. May 22. Unless qth
erwise directed by Congress all that
remains of the ill-fated battleship
Maine after it has been raised from
Havana harbor and stripped, parts of.
value will be towed out to sea and
sunk in de2D water.
The board of engineers, engaged in
raising the vessel, so ..recommended in
their report which the War Depart
ment ' today submitted to Congress
Secretary Dickinson has approved the
recommendation and says "action wi
be taken according unless Congress
directs otherwise."
The matter will be considered by
the House Military Affairs Committee. (
Conflicting Testimony Re
garding Creosote Before
Commitee of House.
STUART PRINCIPAL WITNESS
Declares MacVeagh Reversed Ruling
Because Railroads Could Not
Pay Duty on Commodity.
The Investigation.'
Washington, May 22. Testifying
before the House Committee on Ex
penditures in the Treasury Depart
ment today, J. E. B. Stuart, former
collector of customs at Newport News
declared that Secretary of the Treas
ury MacVeagh. had told him that the
Department reversed a ruling calling
for collection of a 20 per cent, duty
on creosote importations because the
railroads could not afford to pay duty
on that commodity. Another witness
testified that Secretary MacVeagh's
brother had interested himself in the
matter.'
Mr: Stuart, who instigated an inves
tigation into creosote imports at New
Orleans last Fall, charging that the
government was losing millions in rev
enues because creosote, dutiable at
20 per cent, ad valorem was being ad
mitted as creosote oil free of duty,
was summoned before the committee
as the result of testimony given pre
viously in executive session by Allan
L. Benson-
Stuart related how he found that
duty was being collected at New Or
leans from foreign ships whose mani
fests showed their cargoes to be cre
osote, the cargoes being received as
creosote oil, which is on the free list
He told how last September, as the
Secretary of the Treasury A. Piatt An
drew had ordered that duty be col
ected on such imports and that sub
sequently as the Secretary of the
reasury Curtis had reversed the or
der claiming that the goods were not
subject to revenue because they did
not contain as much as 2- per cent.
chlorine gas and could not be classed
as refined creosote. He said that he
had called on Mr. Curtis and was in
formed of the decision and then had
visited Secretary MacVeagh, who ex
plained the decision.
"Did Mr. MacVeagh give any reason
for the order," asked Chairman Cox,
or the committee.
Yes," Stuart replied. "He said that
the railroads could not afford to pay
duty on it."
Was that the only reason he gave?"
asked the chairman.
That is the only one I recall." was
the reply.
Previously Allen L. Benson had told
the committee in executive session
that Stuart had told him of the re
mark that Secretary MacVeagh is al-
eged to have made. Benson also vis-
ted the Secretary of the Treasury to
inquire about the creosote ruling. He
told the committee that Mr. MacVeagh
tiad informed him that his "instinct
told me in favor of the railroads,"
wnen the committee asked if Mr,
MacVeagh gave any reason, Mr. Ben
son replied:
Mr. MacVeagh said that timber
was becoming very scarce in this
country and that everybody should do
what he could to preserve and con
serve what timber we have. He stat
ea mat tms creosote is a preserva
tive and Increases the length of life
of ties and that the railroads should
be encouraged in every way to use it.
He said that it made a very serious
difference with the railroads whether
they paid the duty or not. I tried to
get him to repeat the statement that
Mr. Stuart had made to me, that Sec
retary MacVeagh had once told him
that the railroads could not afford to
pay duty on creosote. . I did not
want to ask him outright whether he
made that statement,. so I asked ques
tions that would give him an oppor
tunity to make the statement if he
desired. He did not say it to me in
so many words, but he did broach that
question by. saying that the railroads
ought to be encouraged to use that
preservative.
"He also said that his brother,
Wayne, had called on him one day to
inquire what the Department was go
ing to- do in the creosote matter and
he said he told him that they were go
ing to admit it free, and that' his
brother then said, 'that was right'."
HEAD OF CUTTER SERVICE.
Capt. Ellsworth Bertholf Appointed by
President Taft.
Washington, May 22. President
Taft today appointed Captain Ells
worth Price Bertholf to be captain
commandant ancT chief of the division
of the Revenue Cutter Service of the
Treasury Department, succeeding
Captain Commandant Worth G. Ross
who recently resigned, on account of
ill health.
. Captain Bertholf's home is in
Hackensack, N. J. He is 45 years old
and najg,a conspicuous1 record in the
Revenue Cutter Service. He is consid
ered an authority on seals, and is the
only officer of the service who is able
to speak the Esquimaux language.
Captain Bertholf now commands
the butter Merrill, at Detroit, and
stood seventeenth on the list of cap
tain.
The nomination of Captain Berth
olf was sent to the Senate this after-
. 1 noon by President Tart. - ,
HONOR PAID AFTER 100 YEARS
Memorial Unveiled tok Noted French
man in Arlington Yesterday
Taft and Jusserand Were
Speakers Features.
Washington, May 22. On a green
noil in front of the old Xiee mansion
p Arlington cemetery overlooking the
broad Potomac and the capitol, a
memorial was unveiled today to Ma
jor Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the
French engineer to whose prophetic
ision" Washington owes its broad av
enues and its symmetry of design.
President Taft, Ambassador Jus-
sarand, of France, and Senator Root,
cf New York, spoke In eulQgy of Ma
jor L'Enfant. The ribbons of red,
white and blue that bound the Ameri-
an flag to the marble face of the
memorial were lifted by Miss Eleanor
Carroll Morgan, great grand-daughter
of William Dadley Diggs in whose
tome L'Enfant found refuge when he
vas dismissed from the service of
his government. Monsignore Rus
sell, of St. Patricks' Catholic .church,
nade the invocation, and said the ben
coiction. 'There are not many," said Presi
dent Taft, "who have to wait 100
years to receive the reward to which
they are entitled until the world shall
make the progress which entitles it
to pay the just reward. The man
whise memory we celebrate today
had a highly artistic temperament,
and it Is that fact which has obscur
ed at times and in some degree the
merit of what he did, and lessened
be gratitude owe him for what he
did.
"L'Enfant will now lie here approp
iately in state and in rest, with the
gratitude of the nation that he served
so well."
Senator Root said that a true mem
orial to L'Enfant would be to follow
his ideas for the extension of Wash
ington rather in accord with the ideas
of real estate men.
Ambassador Jusserand referred to
the death of Minister of War Ber
toaux. "Berteaux," said he, "was a
man like L'Enfant. He died a victim
of the new invention, the areoplane.
n which he was so much interested.
We, in France, cannot forget the way
n which your President expressed
Ins grief at that sad accident. We are
very much moved in the 'republic of
France by it it sfc0w"more than .ever
that your joys are our joys and your
rorrows are our sorrows."
Standing in front of the colonial
Lee mansion the monument occupies
position o.erlooking the Potomac
viver and the city of Washington,
ow base of stone supports on its top
i carved map, a fac simile of the
rriginal map of Washington as drawn
by Major L'Enfant when he laid out
the- Federal capital under the direc
tion of President Washington in July,
1790.
L'Enfant was quite forgotten until
1909. From the time of his death in
a lonely grave on a Maryland farm.
1825 until that year his body lay in
Congress made an appropriation for
tne transfer of the body to the Na
tional cemetery. The War Depart
ment readily granted permission that
it be placed in Arlington because of
L'Enfant's services to the colonies.
GRANT CANADIAN'S REQUEST.
Battle of Chatauguay Will be Included
Coronation Festivities.
London, May 22. The Canadian
rageant committee has arranged to
include in the festival or the empire
the scene depicting the Battle of
Chatuguay, the withdrawal of which
has been much resented by Canad
ians.
It was announced in April that the
Canadian committee of which Lord
Strahcona is president, has decided
io eliminate from the coronation pro
lamine Canda's principal contnou-
tion to the pageant entitled "Chatau
f.auy," where Canada was held for the
empire, which was intended to repre-
ent the defeat, through strategy of
an invading American force in 1813
It was thought that the pageant might
wound the susceptibilities of Ameri
can visitors and cause a feeling which
would endanger tne conclusion of the
proposed Anglo-American arbitration.
OUTLINES.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
at Louisville, Ky., yesterday chose
Bristol, Tenn., as the place for the
next meeting. ., The "elect infant"
clause will be put to a vote of the
Presbyteries in the Southern church.
-The French minister of war was
crushed to death under a monoplane
at Paris Sunday and the prime minis
ter with several others was severely
injured. Two resolutions were in
troduced in the Senate yesterday seek
ing another investigation of the Lori
mer case. Senator LaFollette made a
speech arraigning the Illinois sena
tor. -The loss on imports on ac
count of entrance of creosote free,
was the subject for investigation be
fore a House Committee yesterday.
A monument was unveiled in Ar
lington yesterday to Major' Pierre
unaries LEnfant, tne J?Tencn engi
neer, who planned Washington.
Speeches were made by President
Taft and Ambassador Jusserand.-
New York markets: Money on call
steady 2 to 2 1-2. ruling rate 2 1-4,
closing bid 2 3-8, offered at 2 1-2. "Spot
cotton closed auiet, middling uplands
16.10; middling gulf 16.35. Flour was
quiet and lower to sell- Wheat easy,
No. 2 red 97 1-2 nominal elevator, and
98 1-2 f.o.b. afloat. Corn spot steady,
No. 2, ny nominal f.o.b. afloat. Oats
spot easy, standard white 39 1-2. Ros
in firm. Turpentine' quiet.
ANOTHER LOHIER
PROBE IS SOUGHT
Resolutions Ask Immediate
Investigation of the Re
newed Charges.
BEFORE 0. S. SENATE AGAIN
Senator LaFollette Arraigns Illinois
Senator in Speech Two Com
mittees Discussed the
Charges Yesterday.
Washington, May 22. An immedi
ate investigation of sweeping scope of
the renewed charges that Senator Lor
imer, of Illinois, is not entitled to his
seat is provided for in two resolutions,
by Senators Dillingham and LaFol
lette and the whole subject figura
tively held the boards in the Senate
today.
Senator LaFollette called upon his
resolution and made a speech arraign
ing the Illinois senator whom he
charged with personal knowledge of
the spending of money in behalf of
his election. Both the Democratic
Steering Committee and the Republi
can members of the Senate Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections dis
cussed the charges of corruption in
the Lorimer case and Senator Dilling
ham, chairman of the Elections Com
mittee, presented his resolution of in
quiry as a substitute for the LaFol
lette resolution. The LaFollette meas
ure provides for a renewed inquiry in
to the Lorimer case by a special com
mittee while the Dillingham measure
directs the Committee on Privileges
and Elections to make the inquiry.
Tbe-Democratic senators will support
the Dillingham resolution. It is like
ly that the Elections Committee will
be directed to investigate through a
sub-committee to be affirmed by the
aenate. benator LaFollette counts
upon a number of progressives to sup
port nis resolution.
The Dillingham resolution follows:
"That the Committee on Privileges
ana.jj5lecttoii5.-are authorizedrand di
rected to further investigate the
charges made against William Lori
mer, a senator from the State of 111!
nois and to inquire and report to the
Senate whether in or about the elec
tion of the said Lorimer as a senator
of the United States from the State of
Illinois or in connection with his right
to a seat m this body there were used
or employed by any person, firm, cor
poration or association, any corrupt
metnods or practice.
That said committee be authorized
to sit during the sessions of the Sen
ate and during any recess of Senate
or Congress; to hold its sessions at
such place or places as it shall deem
most convenient for the purposes of
the investigation; to employ stenogra
phers and such counsel and competent
accountants as it may deem necessa
ry; to send for persons and papers
and to administer oaths; and that the
expenses of the inquiry shall be paid
from the contingent fund of the Sen
ate upon vouchers to be approved by
the chairman of the committee."
LaFollette's Speech-
Senator LaFollette's speech was a
plea for a re-investigation on account
not only of recent developments, but
because of revelations during last ses
sion s investigation. He delivered only
half of his speech todays dealing ex
clusively with the previous inquiry,
and will conclude tomorrow with a
discussion of later developments.
Mr. LaFollette reviewed the Lori
mer case citing the confessions of
bribery in the interest of Mr. Lori-
mer's election. "Is there another Sen
ator against such an imputation could
have been made who would not have
risen in his seat and demanded an in
quiry?" he asked. "Can you conceive
of any man holding such a trust as a
seat in the Senate, who could sit here
for weeks and months after his title
had been impeached without . saying
something?
He said the votes of the 30 Demo
cratic senators for Mr. Lorimer would
stick in the minds of the people when
it was remembered that the Democrat
ic votes were under the leadership of
Lee O'Neal Brown, who had 930,000
strapped on his person. He said he
understood that the Senate Commit
tee had permitted an attorney in the
case to divert it from an inquiry into
Mf. Lorimer s knowledge in the case
Page upon page of the testimony, he
declared, showed the closest asser
tions between Mr. Lorimer, Speaker
Shurtleff and Lee O'Neal 'Brown, the
Democratic leader.
CHURCH ROW WAS FATAL.
Six of Congregation of Colored Church
Victims at Newberry.
Spartanburg, S- C, May 23. Henry
Baxter, colored, walked into Rocky
Zion church near Newberry, S. C.
Sunday evening with his hat on. Bax
ter is dead and four or five other ne
groes are also dead as a result of the
shooting caused by this lack of res
pect for the meeting place.
When Baxter was taken to task by
a member of the congregation for fail
ing to remove his hat as he entered
the church, a quarrel ensued. Then
there was an adjournment to the
grounds outside, where several pistols
got into action and 40 or 50 shots
were fired.
Removal Sale of. the French Mill
nery Parlors. All goods at cost ber
'ginning Monday, May 15th. tf.
DIOCESE OF EAST CAROLINA
Annual Council in. Session at Fayette
ville Services Sunday and Bus
iness Meetings Yesterday.
Cause of Education.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Fayetteville, N. C-, May 22. The
first Sunday service of the annual
council, Diocese of East Carolina, was
a celebration of the Holy Communion
at 7:30 A. M., more particularly for
the members of the parish.
'lhe principal service of the da was
at 11 A. M. The choir, clergy and
Bishop formed a line in the Chapel J
and marched in procession to the front
of the church and up the middle aisle
to the chancel. It was an impressive
sight. Morning prayer was said by
Rev. E. F. Huske, of Christ Church,
Newbern, N. C, Rev. J. H. Griffith, of
St. Mary's Church, Kinston and Rev.
j. w. l uirord, or zion s Farisn. At
the celebration of the Holy Commun-
ion Bishop Strange was the celebrant,
Rev. C. F. Smith, of Christ Church,
Eli'tabeth City, reading the Epistle,
and Rev. Thomas P. Noe, of the Good
gospel. The Rev. R. B.-Drane, D. D.
of St. Paul's, Edenton, assisted in the
administration.
The Council sermon was preached
by the Rev. W. H. Milton, D. D., of St.
James', Wilmington, who took for his
text 1 Corinthians, 14:40 "Let all
things be done decently and In order."
After referring to the fact that St.
Paul was speaking to the Corinthians
about their work , and worship in the
church, Dr. Milton showed that or-
derliness and proportion are essenti-
als to right worship, as set forth in
this text and in other passages of I
Scripture used as illustrations. "What
a rebuke," said he, "they are to the
empty emotionalism, the silly senti-
mentallsm, the affected asceticism,
the false scientism, the subtle sacra-
rrientorialism, riot in many places
our own day usurp the place of a ra-
tional Christianity and a more Intel-
ligent worship. The under-
ying principle which the Apostle is
seeking to inculcate is the same for
all time : that the whole of public wor-
ship, preaching, sacraments, prayer thus far are:
and praise, must be more intelligible Minister of Finance Ernesto Ma
and orderly." dero.
Applying this idea of orderliness
anci proportion to the proper balance
Between worsnip ana preacning, ur.
Milton said: "Preaching stands first
ln the order of need afid bfdfefof cotn -
mission. 'Go preach!' said the Master
as Hid last command, the marching Minister of Interior and Adminlstra
order of the church. In th-e order j tion Emilio Vasquez ; Gomez. .
wnich he commands, St. Paul places
preaching first. No amount of beauty
of form, of grandeur of music, of mag-
nificence of ritual, of stateliness of
architecture, of f evor of prayer, . of
culture in the pew, can save the
church from corrupt practice, and
empty formalism' unless the convict-
ing, stimulating, inspiring voice of
the preacher is lifted high above all."
Taken altogether it was a sermon of
power, and was forcefully delivered.
The morning offering was taken for
the Virgina Theological Seminary, journey on to Mexico City three days
which trains many of the men that later.
work in this diocese. The "Quiet The news that President Diaz
Hour Service," conducted by the Bish- might retire on Wednesday or Thurs
op at 5:45 P. M., was unusually sug- day of this week increased the activ
gestive and enjoyable. Besides hymns ity of Senor Madero in preparing for
and prayers, silent and audible, the departure to the Mexican capital.
Bishop made three short addresses Should the Mexican railway line from
bearing upon our relations, each to
the other; a relation of unity and
harmony; the midst of great variety;
a unity and harmony by which we so
stand together in great things that
little things cannot divide us.
At 8:30 P. M. Evening Prayer was
said by Revs. E. L. Malone, W. R.
Noe and F. N. Skinner, after which been assured of unmolested passage
Hon: Richard H. Battle, 'of Raleigh, through Texas
spoke on St. Mary's School, and the Massacre of Chinese.
Bishop delivered his annual address. Mexico City, May 22. Official re-v
Monday Morning.
The morning session was occupied
almost .entirely with routine business, Chinese at Torreon following the reb
chiefly the. reports of" the various el occupation of that city last week..
standing committees. Just before the
noon hour Rev. W. S. Claiborne, rep-
resenting the University of the South, immediately made formal representa
at Sewanee, was presented to the tions to the Mexican government.
Council and read a telling address in
advocacy of material support for this,
our own church university. The plan
suggested, known as the Nelson plan,
is to fix an amount for permanent en-
dowment, which we can and will raise
in our own time and way; and to pay
to the University annually an amount
equal to the interest on such endow-
ment until the actual endowment is but taking the 206 Chinese as a basis,
turned over to the University to. earn it is probable that the number is larg
its own interest. In other words, it is er. j
exactly the same as if a cash endow- The last day of the Torneon battle
ment was paid over to the University, was May 15th. In that day Gen. Le-
Then a loan negotiated for an amount
equal to the endowment, we gave,
Time for adjournment having arrived
action on this matter was made the to control the mob and reports receiv
order for first business after dinner, ed today indicate that scores of inno
Woman's Work. cent residents were added to the list
At 10 o'clock the officers of the Wo- of the victims,
man's Auxiliary and Parochial Socie- Always antagonistic to the yellow
ties met in conference to plan for the race, the Mexican rebels and members
work of Tuesday. At 11 o'clock there of the mob engaged in a raid riot. A
was a meeting of the Parochial Socle- great part of the business of Torreon
ties presided over by Mrs. Nixon Da- is conducted by Chinese, some of
vis, vice president of the Wilmington whom are wealthy, and according to
Convocation. Meeting was opened by reports received, the" rioters shot
the singing of the hymn, "Go Forward, down or stabbed without mercy every
Christian Soldier," which was follow- Oriental encountered,
ed by prayer. Then each parish so- Minister of Foreign Relations De
ciety was called upon to give an ac- LaBarra had not received tonight any
count of the year's work. word from Judge Carbajal that Fran-
At 12 o'clock the Rev. Mr. Clai- Cisco I. Madero, Jr., had finally ap
borne came in and led the noon-day proved the cabinet as suggested. As
prayer. Mr. Claiborne is a missiona- soon as Madero's acceptance of the
ry in the mountains of Tennessee and cabinet is received President Diaz
came to this council to put before it will present his resignation to the
the- claims of the University of the Chamber of Deputies, it is said. On
South at Sewanee. He made a strong the assumption that this acceptance,
appeal not only for funds, but for the will be made within the next 24
mothers to realize that here is the hours, it has been tentatively agreed
place for their sons where their aca- that this most interesting document
demic work can go hand in hand with of the revolution will be made public
their own church's teaching. After on May 24th.
this appeal the remainder of the re- No effort is made now to disguise
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AGREEMENT WK
END MEXICAN WAR
Peace Reigned Supreme in
Northern Portion of the
Republic Last Night.
MADERO IS OUTLINING COORSE
Disquieting Reports About "Clentlfica
Party" in Mexico City 206 Chi
nese Were Killed by Mex
ican Troops. i
Juarez, Mexico, May 22. Peace
supreme in Northern Mexico
. ... . . ,,
tonlht where of the slgn,ng oC
a peace agreement last night. has pene-
trated. The only disquieting reports
today were prIvate advices from Mex-
tco CIty tnat members of the Sienti-
flea" party deposed because of the
Maderista movement, were thinking
of starting a revolution against the
latter.
Trouble from the "Clentlfica" ele-
ment it is admitted here, is expected;
but whether it will take the form of
armed revolt after Madero assumes
power Is not yet clear,
The insurrecto troops may be kept
at the various garrisons ln Mexico for
a few months in readiness for trouble.
but no definite plans along that lino
have been formed by Senor Madero.
Senor Madero and his present chiefs
today discussed the make-up of the
new cabinet, which is to surround Sen-
or De LaBarra, the incoming provis-
ional president. The most satisfying
news" to them' was the receipt of a
message from Ernesto Madero. at Mon-
terey, announcing that he would ac- ,
cept the portfolio of finance. The cab-
inet slate predicted by the Associated
Press recently still remains intact,
Those who have accepted portfolios
Minister of Colonization and Indus-
try Manuel Calero-
Minister or Fuduc utuiues Manuei
I Donilla.
t Minister ofPutfliir instruction Dr. .
Francisco Vasquez Gomez.
The portfolio of minister of Jus-
tice. which has been offered to Senor
Vasquez Tagle, a lawyer . of Mexico
City, has not yet been accepted by
him on account of ill health. Should
he be unable to take the post, It Is
said Rafael Hernandez, a cousin of
Francisco I. Madero, Jr., arid one of
the go-betweep in the peace negotia-
tions, may be named.
Dr. Francisco VaBquez Gomez left
here tonight for San Antonio, Texas,
where he will meet his family and
here southward still be out of com-
mission by the end of the week, it is
likely that Senor Madero will go
through San Antonio and Laredo,
Texas. Warrants held by American
officers for violating the neutrality
laws when he was in American terri-
tory have been waived and he has
ports reached .here today by couriers
tell of the story of a massacre of 206
Upon receipt of the news at the Chi-
nese legation, the charge d'affaires
The details of the story as received
of the three day battle and sacking of
the city of Torreon is replete with In-
cidents of cruelty and indicate that
the rebel leaders did not hold theft
men in control or that they turned
them loose to prey on a conquered
and defensely people. The official ad-
vices do not give the number of dead,
hero retired with his 'Federal forces
and the rebels entered the city. Citi-
zens found themselves "Utterly unable