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WILMIKGyOK, IN". C, TUESDAY "MOENlNG, MAY 2, 1916
WHOLE NUMBEE 39,571
WILSON WARNS AG AmST
AMPERING WITH HONOR
OF THE UNITED STATES
America Re-Awakened, in Nation
al Spirit Through Lessons of
the European War.
speAks to young women
Hundreds of Them, Dressed . in
Khaki and Drawn Up in Mili
tary Order at Camp.
j-OE WAR-TIME TRAINING
Believes Foreign-Born Citizens
Would Prove True.
Washington, May 1. America
re-awakened in national spirit,
through lessons of the war in Eu
rope, was the theme of an address
by President "Wilson today at the
opening of the National Service
School 'Military .-Encampment for
young women. In concluding, the
President voiced a warning that
the honor and integrity of the
United States cannot be tampered
with. -
He played that the - country
should not be drawn into war, but
declared that if it should be, "in
the great voice of national enthus-
world would stand once 4 more
thrilled to. hear the voice. of the
new world asserting the standards
of justice and liberty. ' '
Foreign-Born Citisena, . K ,
The President expressed confidence
that in time of trouble the great mass
of- foreign born citizens of the United
States would be loyal. "I never had the
slightest doubt of what would happen
when America called upon .those of her
citizens born in other countries to come
to the support of the flag," he said.
"Why, they will come with cheers; they
will come with a momentum which will
make us realize that America has once
more been cried awake out of every
sort of distemper and dream and dis
traction, and that any man who dares
tamper with the spirit of America will
be cast out of the confidence of a .gTeat
nation upon the instant."
The President spoke before several
hundred young women dressed in khaki
and drawn up in military order. They
will be taught first aid to the wounded,
bandage making, telegraphy and otlr
wartime arts. The encampment is be
ing held under the auspices of the wo
men's section of the Navy League.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and a
large group of government -officials
and army and navy officers were in
cluded in the audience. The Presi-
dent's speech followed the formal rais
ing of an American flag over the en
campment.' .
He said in part: ,
American Ideals Peculiar.
"You have come together to be pre
pared for any unusual duty which Am
ericans may call upon you to perform,
tut what has moved von to do this?
Your duty to your country. But what
is the foundation of that duty? What
jou conceive America to be? When
J'ou come to the last searching analysis
we do not owe any duty -except to those
Jhings that we believe in, and the glory
of Performing our duty towards Amer-
lca is that we believe in America; and
, e oeneve m America because I ven
we to say it with ntirA rosnort for
other peoples and other governments
"a government was established with
a special purpose such as no other erov
eminent ever avowed. This govern
ment was established in order that jus
je and liberty might belong to every
wan whom our institutions could touch,
ana not only that justice and liberty
would belong to America, but that, so
a' as America was concerned and .her
'nnuence involved, they should be ex
ended to mankind everywhere. So the
'nspirati n of serving America is a
profound inspiration.
be flave you not thught what .might
the outcome of this great struggle,
aS thft nfltlono Ano-ao-A
concerned? Can you imagine the
fa i r3 i QTi-nl.. ; .
on, "",uieninS tnat has come to a
ountry iike France, for example; how
much
more intensely every Frenchman
and
every German fcolo fVi notim.i
jjmpulsion than he ever felt it- before?
ow much more he feels himself not
h ,lvidual but a fraction in a great
How n"uch more his blood
JPnngs .to thte challenge of patriotic
o?rff'Ltl0n? He is not fighting for his
Or will-
"unrig to sacrifice it, in order that
therf tr Hfe than his mSSnt Persist,
nte of his nation. So in America;
are getting already the indirect ben
ni,lr,0, that sussestion. We are begin
ami ,v.Vealize how a nation is a unit,
not f , any ,ndivllual of it who does
nr,f l , the ImPulse of the whole does
In I Tm tQ !t and- does not belong
"Hyphenated Americans.
thf i vhave heard a great deal about
fc-eiv?fl -n,J fr ne' have nver been
reaii? ?- The "umber of persons of
auj divnied allegiance in this coun
Wn ry ,small. and if I had been
f m some -other country I would.
jcfcem me representations
""n navp hon j . , . I
err , T "1lue y inose Who
"- 11 OX the SDokp.smen nf
Continued on Pag Tru
- m.wov tV4
EPENDENCE
PHILIPPINES
House Defeats Administration's
Fight by Killing Clarke Amend
ment to the Senate Bill.
JONES BILL SUBSTITUTED
House Decidedly Against Setting Any
Definite Time for Independence
Republicans Jubilant Over
Democratic Action.
Washington, May 1. The administra
tion's fight for the Senate Philippines
bill with its Clajjke amendment author
izing independence for the islands
within four years was lost tonight in
the House. After voting 213 to 165 to
strike out the Clarke amendment, the
House by a vote of 251 to 17 passed as
a substitute for the entire measure
the Jones bill providing for a greater
measureT of self-government in the
Philippines and carrying a preamble
declaring the intention of the United
States to grant independence ultimate
ly but without fixing a date.
Over , the heated protest of admin
istration leaders, the House by a vote
of 203 to. 154, instructed its conferees
not to agree to any declaration set
ting a definite time for granting the
islands their independence. Speaker
Clark named Representatives Jones, of
Virginia, and Garret,, of Tennessee
Democrats and Towner, of Iowa, Re
publican, as conferees.
Now the bill goes to conference . be
tween the two houses, with the oppo
nents of Clarke amendment satisfied
that it is dead at least' for this session
of Congress. " .
,The House remained in session "until
late--tonight to take the-: final "vote:
Thirty Democrats joined the solid Re
publican minority in' defeating the
Clarke amendment, which had been
given unqualified endorsement by
President Wilson.
Republicans Noisily Jubilant.
It was the first marked victory o
the year over any part of the Presi
dent's legislative programme and tht
Republicans were noisily jubilant.
Democrats accepted their defeat in si
lence.
The Democrats who voted against the
Clarke amendment were: Allen, Ohio;
Beakes, Michigan; Bruckner, Carew
Coney, Dale, Dooling, Driscoll, Farley
Fitzgerald, Flynn, Griffin, Hulbert, Ma
her, Patten, Riordan and Smith, New
York; Coady, . Maryland; Eagan, Ram-
mill and Hart, New Jersey; Estopinal,
Louisiana; Gallagher, McAndrews and
McDermott, Illinois, Gallivan, Olney,
Phelan and Tague, Massachusetts, .and
O'Shaughnessy, Rhode Island.
The first vote, taken after eight
hours debate in committee of fhe whole,
showed 193 to 151 votes against th
Senate provision. Chairman Jones, of
the Insular Affairs committee, then at
tempted to procure the adoption of sub
stitutes extending the time limit for
freeing the. Filipinos, but they were
quickly voted down. Then, without
further debate on other sections of tn
State bill, Mr. Jones offered his mes
(Contlnued on Page Ten.i
CONFEREES BEACH A
BASIS OF AGREEMENT
Hold All Day Session on Army
Reorganization Bill
Senate Conferees Agree to Yield on
Number of Standing: Army if
House Will Accept Expansion
Sywtem Proposed.
Washington, May 1. Hope for an
agreement in . conference on all the
army reorganization bill seemed bright
er tonight after an all day session
of the conference committee, in which
a -basis for inegotiatlon of differences
between- the Senate and House on the
Republican army was reached. Sen
ate conferees agreed to yield on the
proposed standing army of 250,000 men
and to accep ta peace strength of 180,
000 men, provided the House would
I accept the expansion system of organ
ization in the senate bill.
Under this system the regular army
could be increased in time of conflict to
220,000 or more. House conferees ten
atively agreed to this proposition.
, Although the conferees are exerting
every possible effort to reach a com
plete agreement, some of them fear
that some disputed points will have to
be referred back to the Senate and
House fqr' further instructions) Sen
ate conferees still are holding out for
the Federal volunteer army; as well ad
their proposed system of federalization
of th National Guard, which House
leaders Insist eventually will be elim
inated. ' 7
xtie matter of a government - nitrate
plant has not been reached by the con
ferees, but its opponents ' regard It, as
certain, that it will be strioken from the
bill.
NO I!
, FOR
-
CONFERENCE WITH
EMPEROR WILLIAM
Basis for Less Apprehension as to
Future German-American Re
lations, Says Correspondent.
BACK IN BERLIN TODAY
Reply to Note May be Expected
With Little Delay, But Its
Character Not Stated.
Berlin, via London, May 1. Future
German-American relations probably
can be looked forward to with less ap
prehension. The Associated Press' is permitted to
make this statement, although dis
patches bearing on the nature of the
German reply to the,American note re
specting submarine warfare have been
stopped by the censorship.
ffhe deliberations at great headquar
ters have been concluded and Ambas
sador Gerara will leave this evening
for Berlin, arriving here Tuesday af
ternoon. The German reply is expected with
little delay, but it is considered unde
sirable that preliminary indications
of the nature of the note should be
published abrdad.
Discussions over the answer to the
American note continued Sunday at
great headquarters without a conclu
slon being reached, according to ad
vices to, the Lokal Anzeiger.
The newspapers for the most part
still, refrain from comment. Theodor
Wolff, in the Tageblatt; George Bern
hard, in the Vossische Zeitung; .Count
von . Reventlow, in the Tages Zeitung,
and the Taglische Rundschau, how
ever, give some consideration tjD the
subject. ' v
Herr. Bern hard: considers the situa
tion still grave and .voices a warning
against too great optimism. He de
clares that the final decision "depends
solely" on President Wilton.
-; "There -would, be no greater mis
take," he says, "than the expectation
that the American Congress might
reach a different decision than the
President. It is not doubted now that
Congress stands behind President Wil
son; the German , leaders who have the
task of framing the German- answer
must remember this.
"We could, understand, any decision,
no matter what it is; under the self-
understandable condition that it pre
serves Germany's dignity."
No Half-Way Meeasures.
But there must be no half-way meas
ures, says Herr Bernhard, and the de
cision reached must create a' final and
enduring status. He refers to the fact
that the offensive has been the guiding
spirit of Prussio's and Germany's mill
tary. operations since the time of Fred
erick the Great, and concludes:
"And It our statesmen, in reaching
a decision in the light of their infor
mation on all the conditions involved.
believe- that they must do so in the
face of the uncertainty as to what the
purposes of the other party are, they
will have to take into consideration
the question 'whether in such cases it
is not wise to take the lead themselves
rather than be forced to play to the
lead of the -other players."
Herr Wolff's article refers again to
the hopes or tiermany s enemies oi a
rupture .between . the United States and
Germany and to the dissenting voice
of Gustave -Herve (the French anti
(Continued on Page Ten.)
R10TIN6 LASTS THREE
HOURS 111 PITTSBURGH
5,000 Westinghouse Strikers Break
Into Steel Plants. . .
Attack Employes and Effect" Damage
of Several Hundred Dollars Most
Serious Disorder Since the
Strike Began.'
Pittsburg, May 1. Angered because
workmen refused to join their ranks,
5,000 striking employes of the Wes
tinghouse plants forcibly entered the
mills of four big steel companies In
Rankin and Braddock late today, at
tacked employes and caused property
damage amounting to several hundred
dollars. One rioter was arrested but
hundreds of strikers attacked the po
lice ;with stpnes and rescued the pris
oner. The rioting lasted three hours
and was the most serious since the
strike began. -
The plants entered were those of the
Edgar v Thompson ? Works, of the Car
negie Steel. Company, the American
Steel & Wire Company, the McClintic
Marshall Construction Company and
the .Standard Chain Works. District
Attorney Jackson has ordered the sa
loons in Braddock. which had been per
mitted to re-open three hours before
the riot took place, to be closed indefi
nitely. v-
; The ' disturbance followed a parade
of 5,000 strikers from East Pittsburg.
Going ' to the plant of . the Edgar
Thompson Works In North Braddock
the marchers battered, down heavy
iron - gates and, sweeping ' ten police
men before them, forced their way in
to the plant. "Other strikers blocked
the tracks of the Pittsburg & Lake
r: (Continued on .Page Two). . ..
FLAMES SWEEPING
BUSINESS PART OF
CITY OF iL
Raleigh, N. C. May 2 .2:30 A.
M., Fire originating in a wood
en livery barn at 1 b 'clock tonight
has gotten beyond ' control of fire
men and is sweeping the business
section of this city.
The Job P. Wyatt hardware es
tablishment already is in ruins,
and other large buildings are
threatened. v -
The Durham fire department has
been sent for to assist in fighting
the flames.
3:00 A. The fire is said
now to be under control. Wires
have been put out of commission,
and the morning newspaper office
is in darkness.
TROOPS NOT TO BE
Wilson's Purpose Remains Unal-
tered, Despite Renewed Re
quest of Carranza.
ARREDONDO CALLS AGAIN
Further Instructions Bent to Scott
and Funston, After Confer
ence at White House.
Washington, May 1. President Wil
son has not altered his purpose to keep
American troops in the border region
of Mexico until brigandage has come
to an end. After a brief conference
at the White House today. Secretary
Baker prepared further instructions
for Major Generals Scott and Funston
sought by the officers as a result of
their conference' with General Obre
gon. The message went forward tonight
Its contents was not revealed, but
both Secretary Lansing and Secretary
Baker said there had been no chahg
in the administration's policy. Eliseo
Arredondo, Mexican ambassador des
ignate, called on Secretary Lansing
during the day to renew his argument
in favor of the early withdrawal.
He followed closely the line taken
by General Obregon in his exchange
of views with Generals Scott and Fun
ston. He was informed that the State
Department would not take up any
diplomat! discussion of this subject
as urged by General Carranza, until
after the military conference at El
Paso had concluded.
Later Mr. Arredondo explained the
feeling of his government; that the
American expedition has,, already ac
complished its real purpose the elim.-
ination of Villa and his adherents
and that longer occupation of Mexican
territory by American troops was
serving only to undermine the con
trol of the defacto government over the
general situation in Mexico.
Troops Menace to Peace.
"We are satisfied that Villa bandits
are no longer to be looked upon as a
menace to the peace of the country,"
he said. "The American troops should
be withdrawn to restore tranquility
among the people. It is believed that
Villa has either been killed or driven
to refuge where he will no longer mo
lest either Americans or Mexicans. The
bandits ,have been well dispersed' and
their, forces materially reduced.
"There is, however, an increasing sus
picion among some of our people that
the American troops are remaining in
(Continued on Page Ten.)
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE
Met at noon.
Judiciary committee again failed to
reach a vote on nomination of Louis
D. Brandeis for the Supreme Court.
Resumed debate on rural credits bill.
Adjourned at 5:35 p. m. to-noon Tues
day. HOUSE
Met at 11 a. m.
Philippine independence bill was con
sidered by unanimous consent with
agreement for general debate of eight
hours.
Elections committee declared Rep
resentative William J.. Carey, Repub
lican, of Milwaukee, properl yseated,
despite contest: by William.J; Gaylord,
Social Democrat.
Continued in session during evening
to finish consideration of Philippine
bill. ;
Voted to eliminate Clarke amend
ment to Philippine bill, and sent the
measure to conference witb the House
conferees instructed not to agree to
the fixing of any definite date for Phil
ippine independence.
Adjourned at 11:40 P. M. to 11 A. M.
Tuesday.
E1GH
WITHDRAWN UNTIL
BRIGANDAGE ENDS
SURRENDER OF ALL
REBELS IN DUBLIN
IS LONDON REPORT
Nearly 500 of Those Taken Pris
oners Have Been Sent to the
British Capital.
OF , 1,000 TAKEN SUNDAY
Rebellious Ones in Irish Country
Districts Handing, in Arms,
Says Official Statement.
.London, Marl. .All, the rebels in
Dublin have surrendered- and those in
the country districts are doing like
wise, according to an official state
ment issued this evening. The state
ment says:
"All the rebels in Dublin have sur
rendered and the city is reported quite
safe. The rebels in the country dis
tricts are surrendering to the mobile
columns.
"There were 1,000 prisoners in Dub
lin yesterday, of whom 489 were sent to
England last night.
"It is reported from Queenstown that
hopes were entertained that arms would
be handed in today in the city of
Cork. 1
- ' During the night of April 30-May 1,
the rebels in Enniscorthy made an of
fer to surrender their leaders and their
arms on condition that the rank and
file be allowed to return to their homes.
They were informed that the only terms
lUat U1U Cll LCI tdlliCU WCIC UUtUU-
ditional surrender. These terms werel."" -
accepted by vthem at 6 o'clock this
morning. It was reported later that
the rebels were surrendering today on
these terms." '
Dublin, May 1. (Via London) A re
turn to normal conditions is being ac
complished gradually in Dublin, and it
is now possible to give the first com
Piete&ccfiuuiojL thshappeninga. of Ihe
last week. Hitherto, news of the Dub
lin uprising has' reached the outside
world in fragmentary form, owing to
the interruption of telegraphic commu
nication, the censorship and the fre
quent conflicts of statement.
When the irreconcilable "opponents
of British rule in Ireland proclaimed Jhe
republic, their-move was looked, on gen
erally as a mere display of fanaticism.
It was soon found, however, that it
was no mere demonstration, but an out
break' which had behind it a fair organ
ization, and sufficient forcei to strangle
the life -of the capital and compel the
authorities to send for military assist
ance from England. At no time, how
ever, did the military or civil authori
ties consider a rebellion a menace to
the government, nor did they have any
fears as to their ability to cope with it
quickly, as soon as its extent became
apparent.
NO WORD FROM ' GERARD YET
RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
Washington, May l.; The State De
partment has had no commmunication
from Ambassador Gerard since he sent
word of his leavingo confer with
Emperor William at -fran dheadquar
ters. Secretary Lansing today . described
the situation an unchanged, wit hthe
United States awaiting the next word
from Germany.
THAT 19,000 IONS OF
DYES NOT YET iN SIGHT
And There Seems Little Prospect
That it Will be Seen.
Nothing Definite Has Yet Been Done
by Germany to Permit the Ship
ment of the Promised Mate
rials to America.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, May 1. Notwithstand
ing assuranefcs given the Washington
government by Germany that 15,000
tons of dyestuffs had been released and
would be allowed to proceed to this
country for American consumption, it
became known today that nothing def
inite has been done by Germany to
permit the shipment of these dyes and
there is some doubt whether the deal
will be put through.
Practically everj' cotton manufactur
er in North Carolina has inquired of
Senator Overman about these dyes since
the press associations carried the
story announcing that the Berlin gov
ernment had decided to release such a
large quantity. The assurances given
this government were taken- in good
faith, but up to the present time no
defiinlte arrangement has been made
by Germany either as to the shipment
or the kind of dyes that was originally
intended to be shipped.
The Wilmington Hosiery Company,
of Wilmington, the Proximity Mills, of
Greensboro, and he Holt properties
at Burlington were among those who
wrote Senator Overman to inquire into
the matter. The Juniors Senator took
the. question up with Secretary of State
Lansing and today reecived a letter
which gave no definite assurances that
the dye would be shipped at all. ,
"You are informed,'.' , said . Secretary
(Continued on Page Two).
THOUSAND MEMBERS OF
FRATERNAL ORDERS AT
"HOME NIGHT' SERVICE
4-
GERMANS RE
Following Repulse by the French
of Powerful Attacks on Dead
Man Hill and Cumieres.
SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS
Austro-Hungarians Forced to Withdraw
from Trenches by Counter Attack
by Russians in the South
Fighting Elsewhere.
The repulse bv the French of power
ful German attacks around Dead Man's
Hill and of counter attacks to the north
of Cumieres has again been followed
by a heavy German bombardment of
these sectors and a continuation of the
shelling of Cote Du-Poive and Douau
mont northeast of the fortress. No
fresh infantry attacks have been
launched by the Germans.
In sapping operations in the Argonne
forest the French were enabled by the
explosion of a mine to take a portion of
the crater.
Nothing of importance has occurred
along the northern section of the battle
front in Russia, according to Berlin, but
in the south the Austro-Hungarians
have been forced to withdraw before a
counter attack by the Russians from
' , , , - - T1 ,V, i n V. -U
. trnhnc nnrr n r T Ml vn mr . 1X7 nlPh T MPV
had previously captured:
The usual bombardments are in pro
gress on the Austro-Italian front.
Gorzia has again come under the hea
vy, fire of the Italians. In the Adam
ello zone the Italians are on the offens
ive against the Austrians at Topeto
pass.
Paris reports' that on the Greek fron
tier there have been frequent but unim
portant- -skirmtehsa.-bfttw-ee- Entente
allies and German-Gargarian "forces,
whose lines are less than-two-thirds of
a mile from each other at certain points,
Two British war craft, the. armed
yacht Aegusa and the mine sweeper
Nasturtium, have been sent to the bot
tom " in the Mediterranean by coming
in contact with mines.
LARGE TRANSPORT REPORTED
SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE.
Berlin, May 1; (via Wireless to the
Associated Press) It is reported from
Saloniki that a German submarine has
torpedoed a large transport off Kara
Burun, ten miles east of Saloniki. This
is the second instance in whch a trans
port -is reported to have been torpe
doed near Saloniki
This report is contained in a dispatch
from Zurich, which credits this news
to the Greek newspaper Nea Alithia
of Saloniki.
BRITISH ARMED YACHT AND
MINE SWEEPER SUNK BY MINES
London, May 1. The British armed
yacht Aebusa, Captain T. P. Walker,
retired vice admiral, and the British
mine sweeper Nasturtium, Lieut. Com.
Robin W. Lloyd, struck mines in the
Mediterranean and sank. The official
statement announcing this adds that
the captains and officers of both ships
were saved. Six men are missing from
the crew of the Aegusa and seven from
the Nasturtium.
BISHOP KILGO FO
CAROLINA CONFERENCE
Southern College of Bishops Com
pletes Assignments
Bishop Denny Goes to North Alabama
and Other ConferencesBishop
Waterhouse Relieved, Ac
count of 111 Health.
Nashville, Tenn., May 1. The South
ern Methodist College of Bishops today
completed the conference assignments
of the bishops for the ensuing- yea;-.
Some of them are as follows:
Bishop J. H. McCoy, Texas confer
ence, Lufken, Texas, November 1;
North Texas, November 1; North Texas,
Greenville, November 29; Little Rock,
Malvern, Ark., December 6.
Bishop W. R. Larab'ith, Montana
conference, Bowman, August 24, East
Columbia, Walla Walla, Wash., August
3; Columbia, Cervallis, Oregon, Sep
tember 7; New Mexico, Clovis, Octo
ber 4;, Los Angeles, Phoenix, N. M
October 11; Pacific, Oakland, Cal., Oc
tober 18; Congo Mission, Wembokama.
Africa.
Bishop J. C. Kilgo, West Virginia
conference, Charleston, September I"?;
Western North Carolina, Gastonia, No
vember 8; Virginia, Richmond, Novem
ber 15, North Carolina, Durham, No
vember 29.
Bishop Collins Denny, North Ala
bama conference, Bessemer, Ala., No
vember 1; Alabama, Selma, November
29; Florida, -Oeala, December 8; Pa
cific Mission Conference, January 25,
1917; Mexican Bordre Torreon, Old
(Continued on Page Ten.)
ENT BY
Remarkable Demonstration of In
terest in Chapman-Alexander
Revival Campaign.
AN IMMENSE AUDIENCE
Hundreds Pledge Their Lives to
Christian Service in Response
to Direct Appeal.
SCENE MOST IMPRESSIVE
Young People Dedicate Their
Lives at Altar.
That Wilmington, the historic
city of the Old North State, be
lieves profoundly in democracy
and in religion, was evident last
! night, when a thousand strong and
stalwart men-of every trade and
of every profession, representing
the different fraternal orders here,
marched in a solid line, six city
blocks in length, to the Tabernacle,
for the Chapman-Alexander meet
ings, and at the close of the most
impressive and most remarkable
service of the great revival cam
paign, hundreds of them respond
ed to the straightforward, clear
cut appeal of Dr. J. Wilbur Chap
man, to live for God and for home,
and crowded around the evangelist
while Mr. Charles M. Alexander,
the sons1 leader, with the mammoth
i . .- -
j Choir 01 800 VOlCeS, Sang a Gospel
j v,TTTV1,-
Hundreds of people' had to be turned
away from the service last night while
as many as could find a place to -sit
or stand crowded into the immense
building and around the doors others
remained for two hours to hear the
singing of the immense audience of
more than 5000 people and listen tt
the tender words of the evangelist aa
he appeared to fathers and mothers to
have Christian homes and to live
Christian lives for "the sake of their
children and urged young men and
women to "be good and true and to be
worthy of the love of their parents.
Biggest Single Delegation.
After the delegation of fraternal men
had found seats, the space reserved
for them being inadequate and many
of them having to go into the space
fQr the choir, Dr. Chapman welcomed
them by having the members of each
order stand while Rev. M. T. Plyler
called the roll. First were the Knights
Tempers with their brilliant uniforms
two score in number, and after them
the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Red
Men, the Knights of . Pythias, the Ju
niors, the Maccabees, the Royal Ar
canum, the Elks, Woodmen. There wail
also a delegation of a hundred or more
members of the ladies' orders in the
city including the Rebekahs and the
Daughters of Liberty.
"I should like to say that of all the
delegations that Mr. Alexander and
I have had to attend our meetings in
various parts of the world," said. Dr.
Chapman, "this is the largest single
delegation. So we siiall remember thia
as delegation night. We are here to
make this city better and in fhe only
permanent way. The only cure for sin
is by way of the Cross. We are glad
to welcome you and appreciate your
coming."
"Home Night" Service.
It was "Home Night" at the Tab
ernacle and one that those prtsent
will not soon forget. Three hundred
High school students occupied seats
reserved for them. Under the direction
of Mr. Alexander they lifted their
young voices . in singing tenderly and
most effectively 'llvdry Palaces." Fol
lowing them the vast congregation,
more ItJirrT two-thirds of them men,
fairly shook the rafters with me fam
iliar words o "Alas! and Did My Sav
iour Bleed." Mr. Alexander is as adept
in leading the singing of the old hymns
as the new ones and there were few
last night who were able to resist
singing after ''his appeal that they
let those who had stayed at home, if
there were any, know that they were
at the service. After the splendid
singing of the hymns, the song leader
closed with a hearty "Amen."
The members of the fraternal or
ders met at Third and Princess streets
and marched in a body to the Taberna
cle. Each order was represeftted by
large delegations. The Knights Tem
plars headed the processions, then came
the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Ju
niors, the Royal Arcanum, the Red
Men, the Knights of Pythias and the
Maccabees. Mr. W. R. Dosher was
chief marshall for the procession.
A ToncMngr Scene.
There were few dry eyes in the big
assembly, when 200 bright-faced young
women offered themselves for any
form of Christian service, even to go
ing to foreign lands, to which God
might call them, and 73 young men ,
came forward to "the platform to pledge
themselves to enter the Gospel min
istry, if theyx should feel that God want
ed them for this service. With tears
streaming down his face, Dr. Chapman
after prayers by. several of the local
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