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THE ASSOCIATED ; PEESS. , DISPATCHES LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Forecast: Fair anil Cooler. i 1 1 VOL. XV. NO. 81. ASHE VILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 13, 1910. 3c PER COPY SEN BISHOPS TO IE ELECTED COTTON BOUNDS ISSS?"!II OF COII KEEPING W CHURCH LINES Mfl POINTS 'Ministerial Tobacco Prohibi tion" Issue Is Lost in Confer ence, but by a Margin or, Only Three Votes. " CONTINENT OF AUSTRIALIA WAS ALONE UNREPRESENTED A Solemn and Touching Incident pf the Day Was the Adoption of Memo rials to the Departed Bishops. V ' With representatives of every conti nent of the world, save Australia, watcl upon the rostrum of the Audi torium the General conference of the Jlethodlst Episcopal church, South, today held a highly Interesting and Important session. Besides the report of the committee on episcopacy re commriiilins that the ' conference ihooso sewn new bishops, the most Interesting matter of , the morning came when the consideration of Re port No. 2 of the committee on tem perance ami other moral and social issues was taken up. By the time this matter was reached, every avail able inch ol room oh the first floor of the vast buildliiK was taken, and the gallery was well filled. There er two reports, the majority re port provided that the candidates for the ministry be urged before be ginning the ministry to abstain from the use of tobacco, and this report nas finally adopted after the minority report providing that all candidates for the ministry be required to public ly pledge themselves to abstain from the use of tobacco as long as they remain In the ministry was lost by only three votn. There were many strong men on either side and the de bate this morning, was perhaps the most spirited thut has characterised Jfif sessions. , , . . .... , "' today ab ttie last day,' under the roles. In which petitions, memorials n4 resolutions could be presented as well as the reports of connectlonal ofhcers and commissions. There were a number of petitions and resolutions Introduced throughout the day and referred to the proper committees. Besides holding a memorin. session of about an hour's length, and the reception of the messages from the fraternal messenger from the Jupan -Methodist church. Rev. M. Hondl, and the bishop of that church. Rev. Mr. Hondl, the conference also disposed f the remainder of the Sunday school committees report, and adopted sev eral reports from the committee on boundaries, one authorizing' a new coherence to he established in Brazil to be called "The Brazil conference." sn one authorizing the division of "ie Oklahoma conference Into two '"lerences. If deemed wise during the next quadrennium; also creation of ine Arizona conference to Include all f the territory of Arizona. Salary of IUhIiodm. It l understood that the committee n episcopacy will act the aalarv-of "ie bishops at 14. Ron in.i.oH e tinnn fri"PI,t and that the auperannu-, "ted bishops- salary be Increased to In.; ' V.nd ,he widows of bishops be snowed iiooo. n was learned today " it I more trmn probable that Bishop Morrison of Florida would be , nnnuatd at this conference, and WmJ" ?L' Probnbll.ty Pishop A. W. chuth , "enlor b,"hP of th btahnJ. .uthe decl,,on to elect seven fcSm1,11'.' commlt,e dl not re- mZ . p cr even ,hat one -tVrrkory n tht Pac,no coa8t fiIlIdM.KdiiurlUm thU mo"'"g was W with the largest crowd which that tl PTeaent' " far' howing Among the visitors today was Blsh Eui.. , Vlncent of the Methodist of l , ,Bl Church- " Inulanapoi,,. Dr. Claudius Spen- AdW r of the Central Christian ' ,tTVJ a"" northwest Christian Advocate of -"gu was present. The ninth dav'a .i ! C3nf-"nc. began, promptly at sin" J? u'8hP A. W. Wilson pr The first og waa "ow cr ., ounaatiofi." After the th. i radln Dr. Boswell of son- an conference. the second w. . U,ve Thy Kingdom, Lord," n- Aftcr Pyer, the read- . ,ne minutes followed and the " . Kot lown to business with , "n Jtendrix presiding. Historic GaveL morn. Hpndrx ue avel thla W S"de from wood from the bE!ta, ,Kent"y where Bishop As- tav., . nr8t tonference. This ttZt ,Waa tated ha used at of .Jr".01" of th Beneral conference and . MBthodlt Episcopal church li..tT,0 ""I""" of the Southern "t church. '"H was the In.r . .t. Jt. .. uctlon 0( memor1all and f --- . t " I fcliv IllilU' ir.,nt UD- Thl was also the last trnrt, " f tne ruIr tor the In- tnri or 'Ports of commissions - -"iinBciional o fleers. Memorials. l ten Commtte on Episcopacy sub. mem,.,.. .-' . ,Vo- Providing for ' lor the blnhops ho hud passed out to the great beyond since the last general conference. The memorial for the late Bishop J. C. Granberry "was read by Dr. B. l' I.lpscom of Richmond. v The memory of the late Blshoo W. W. Duncan of Spartanburg was com memorated in a tribute read by Dr. E. O. "Watson of the South Carolina conference. The memorial of the late Bishop Charles B. Galloway of Mississippi was read by Dr. H. M. DuBose of the Mississippi conference. 1 Dr. Collins Denny of Baltimore pre sented the memorial of the late Bish op Alexander Coke Smith, a native of South Carolina who died in Asheville In December, 1907. The memory of the late Bishop James J. Tigert of Missouri was fit tingly commemorated by the memo rial read by Dr. F. M. Thomas of the Louisville conference. The memorial tribute to the late Bishop Seth Ward of Texas was read by Dr. E. D. Mouzon of the West Texas conference. The report was adopted by a rising vote, and the conference in a , body sang ' we Are Traveling Home To gether." (This was one of the most touching scenes of the conference, as the vast Auditorium was filled with true Methodist singing. Bishop Vincent was Introduced and was greeted by the conference. He sold he was glad to be greeted by a part of the. great body of Methodists he hoped the time would come when all would be known as one body, as thy now are In reality in the great work. Bishop Hendrix snld: "We always welcome Bishop Vincent amongst us." Seven Rlsliops. Dr. Dennv introduced report No. 2 of the committee on episcopacy re commending that seven bishops be elected. A motion was made that the report be put upon Immediate pas sage. The motion prevailed that the rules be suspended and Immediate consideration was begun. A motion was made that '"six bishops" be substituted In the place of seven. A motion to table this substitute was made and a division called. The vote stood 16S for tabling the substi tute, and 100 against. It was ta llied. - also tabled, by a vote of 15, to 8R. The committee's report was then adopted amid applause. The committee on itinerancy re ported non-concurrence In a memo rial from the Virginia conference lim iting the term of service of a presid ing elder and also that all appoint ments be made In open session and that ho appointment can stand If there Is an objection of two-thirds of the members. Am to Cliangn of Name. The committee on revisals after confederation of the memorials asking for a change of name, recommended that the name be changed to "The Methodist Church." The minority sent in a report recommending no change of pmo. The committee vote stood 1 to 14. Both reports received loud applause, and it looked as If the sentiment was about evenly divided. The committee on public interests recommended that contlgious confer crences combine to support one church paner. The committee on. church extension offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to In vestigate relative to removing' the headquarters of the board of church extension from. Louisville to Dallas and to report to the next general con ference. A minority report will be submitted. The order of the day was taken up when Rev. M. Horl, the first fraternal delegate of the Japan Meth odlst chureh, delivered the greetings of his church. .Rev. Mr. Hori told of the work being done by his' church, which bas only been organized for a short while. lie said that his church was making won dertul progress, but that as yet It was not self-supporting. He told of the great Meld In Japan and the need for more laborers. He pleaded with this conference to give them all the mtS' slonarles possible. . Bishop Honda followed with a talk In which he gave statistics concern Ing Japan. ' He said that his church had three native missionaries but that these were not enough. He greatly appreciated the work of this church In Japan and wanted continuation or the co-operation of the two churches on ever greater lines. At the conclusion of these two ad dresses, a resolution was adopted that the board of missions consider the suKgestlons for greater aid and to give all assistance possible. I' nl Turin Dlvort-o Law. A resolution was Introduced, re iterating, the church's stand for ev crythlng pertaining for tho good Of "Home, the unit of civilization, ana deploring the present status of some of the divorce laws which tend to break the sacredness of the matrimo nial bands, and called for the appoint ment of a committee of Ave. to co operate with the national commlsslo'h of uniform divorce laws. Tnis was re rrrd to e committee on temper unit Either moral and - social IfuMiea. ' . The committee on missions submit ted its nfuort recommending the adop lion of the report of the commlslon on union of the church board or mis Mons. woman's foreign missionary so clety, an4 Worrian' JtiuluP misaion $0 clety. ' Thli-wi made special order for tomorrow. This report proviaei for the missionary work to be divided Into forrlcn and home departments, with a board of managers, composed of ten ministers, ten laymen and ten women, a president. Vice president Continued o. Tut Tour. Now York . Herald and The Gazette- A "Whit? Staves," According to the State ment ol Federal Attorney Todd , in Seattle.,,., , Seattle, May 13.--"There are be tween 700 and 800 men In Seattle who live from revenue of the 'white sluve traffic'," declares Federal. Attorney Todd,- discussing recent grand Jury disclosures. Mr. Todd asserts . that the federal government has gone as far as possi ble to break up the traffic, and now It Is up to the state authorities. MOTHER'S VI EFFORT TO Saw Her Child Crushed to Death, and Received Injuries from Which She Is Dying. New York, May Is. Mrs. Colla Rosenberg is dying as a result of her vain effort today to save her three years old daughter, Freda, from be ing run over and killed by a trolley car. The child" was crushed to death be fore her mother's eyes. The car wheels severed one of Mrs. Rosen berg's legs above the knee. XP NEFD OF A PILP TAIHFr' SAY OUKIS AM) HI11A.K PubUslier nml Paper Maker Present lTesiricnt Tariff Facts In Proof of It. Washington. May 13. President Taft had a conference this afternoon with John I Norrls, representing the Newspaper Publishers association, and A. N. Rurbank, president or tne International Paper company. Both Norris and Burbank presented figure and arguments to the president in tended to show that there Is no need of a tariff on wood pulp in this coun try. ' 50.000 ASKIXG IVOR CLEMENCY 1 IN TUB CASE OF J. R. WALSII IrtlUon Bearing That Number of Name Hill Bo Kent 'to WbhIi Ington la Few Days. Chicago,' May 13. A petition bear Ing 50.000 names will be presented to the department of Jutlce at Washing ton within a few days, asking pardon for John R. Walsh of Chicago, now In prison for violating' the national banking laws. FIVE HM!K JACKETS ARE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION Berlin, May 13. Five blue-Jackets were killed In al explosion which oc curred while thiamine laying division was manoeuverlng oft the coast, ac cording to a report from WllheJmstiu ten., ,,. . , IVnnls-don to Ralwe the Maine. Washington, May IS. The state department has berm negotlatolnt with the Cuban government to secure permlsalon for raising the battleship V 1 BY SIAVE TRAFFIC Miilnrt. . News, PROMISING CHILD 1'5 VIEWS THE BODY Duke of Connaught, Uncle of the New King, lust Arrived from Africa ' . j -l T2!H ; , Loudon, May 13. King (toorge's ut.ele, the Duke of Connaught, ar rived this evening from hia Afriean trip. He was met at the station by the King anil Queen Mary. The royal party Immediately drove to Bucking ham palace, where the body of Kinit Edward lies. The coffin was tempo rarily opened to give his brother a last view of the body. The casket rests in the center of the throne room, whloh presents the appenranee of a richly adorned private chapel. A Staff for Col. Roosevelt. Washington, May jn. To afford Colonel Roosevelt an adequate staff In his capacity of special ambasmulor at the funeral of King Edward, the state department has submitted to him by coble a list of sevii-al army an.i naval omeers now HI Europe and available tor that duty. F. A. HEIE BT FEDERILCOURTJURf The Delay, tie Says, Cost Him Four or Five Million Dollars in Depre ciation of Securities. New York, May 1J. FrIU Augustus Helnxe was acquitted in New York last night of charges of misapplying the funds of the Mercantile National bank white he was president of the Institution In 1907, and he was cleared of the charge of overcerttfylng the checks of his brother a tlrm. Otto Helnze, A J i-y in tho criminal branch of the United States circuit court af ter a trial lasting nearly three weeks found him not guilty at t:G0 o'clock, and he was discharged. Thus failed Inglortously the federal government's effort to hold Helnze responsible for fi nanciering during the panic of three years ago alleged to be In violation of the national bunking laws. Hctnze's transactions were hld legal, notwith standing the prosecution's vigorous at tempt to prove him a gambler with millions not his own. Hctnze Issued this statement after his acquittal: "I am greatly pleased with the ver diet, but not at all surprised. The thing I mqyit regret Is the long delay In bringing the case to trial. This delay has cost mis between $4,000,000 and $6,000,000. Possibly some per son who wei anxious to see me con victed will be almost aa well satisfied with this aa though I had been found guilty for the ruination of my credit seems to have been one of the objects most viciously aimed at. I appreciate the loyalty of my friends, who have stuck to me through It all,, and re gret exceedingly the temporary loas which they have suffered In the deprv eltktlon lit the price of the seeurltliij In which I have been in terested." n llanclio Del llwi Bold. Sacramento, May 13. The Rancho Del Paso, th former home of the Haggln string Of thoroughbred, 1 old to h Minneapolis land company for approximately $2,000,000. BROTHER COL ROOSEVELT BUCH TODAY The Former President Is Now Giving Attention to the Matter of Pub lic Dependants. Berlin. May 13. Theodore Roose velt this morning motored with Bur gomaster Kirchner to Bueh, a suburb where n colony of 1,500 worn-out workers urc maintained In comfort by the city of Berlin. The subject of public dependents is being pursued by tho former presi dent, mid while, ho was in Denmark he invcMlKated a simllur institution. EXTRAORDINARY EVENT High School and Asheville School to Play at Riverside Tomorrow Afternoon. The fact that tomorrow afternoon. for the first time In the school's his tory, the Asheville School baseball teum will meet a rival team on the Riverside diamond has aroused more than the Interest that usually at taches to u game. The Asheville School will be represented by a num ber of purtles. driving in or coming in on the afternoon train, to root for their team; also many of their friends In the city will flaunt the school colors. The city High school will have a number or uaseDaii pan.es cnaperoncu bv the teachers. Waving pennants and banners, school songs and yells will add to the excitement The High school's crack pitcher, Wllburn Balrd, has sufficiently recovered from a sprained ankle to play. The pitching of Balrd was the subject or admiring comment recently at Asheville School, the coach there pronouncing Balrd a vonnor marvel." Hamilton of the lilah school Is also a star pitcher. The game promises to be a close one. WORKMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH. Ptniimt to Floor Ik'iieath a Doxcn WhiUMIot Ktoel Ullletst, III ft I'ltlsburg Ktoel Mill. rittsburg, May 13. Pinned under a dozen white-hot steel billets which had fallen from , tilting steel buggy, William Wenvel. ii years old, a mill worker at the Jones-Laughlin Steel works, was burned to death, today be fore a acore of his fellow-workmen, mho were ijowerless to rescue their comtrade. . filVEX THREE DAYS IN WHICH TO LEAVE TOWN Tashkent, Aslatlo Russia, May I. Th police have given forty Jewish families, declared to be residing here 'illegally, thre day In which to leave town. Loubot Ha Accident. Paris. May !. Former President Loubet. while walking across Pont Neut during the noon hour crush, was knocked down hy an automobile, and slightly bruised. Southern Baptist Mission Board Endorses Church's Policy of "No Entangling Alliances." 'CHURCH UNION" EFFORTS PRESENT DIFFICULTIES Mission Board Says This Is Felt in Panama and Cuba, Where De nomination Lines Are Endangered. Baltimore, May 13. More than half the delegates to the Southern Baptist convention went on a sight-seeing ex pedition to the immigrant pier at Lo cust Point this morning. The conven tion's opennig session, consequently, was delayed. The morning session was devoted to home missions. Dr. Burrowes reported a general In crease of $114,000 during the past year for the home and foreign mission boards. ''Eiitnnglliifr. Alliance." The home missions board strongly endorsed the policy of the Southern Baptist convention of havlnK no "en tangling alliance" with other Christian bodies that "can In any way endanger tne purity or Baptist doctrines or practices as Baptists." Thin referred specilinhlb to the labors of the boards in Panama and Cuba where. It wa stated, the work Is propresslng rapidly, but difficulty to the work or the Sunday school devel oped in the trend towards "so-called chureh union efforts and obliteration or disregard of denominational lines." V. N. V. Representatives. Special to The Gazette-News. Baltimore, May 11. The arrange ments for carina: for the trreat crowds nre Ideal The headiiuarters are at the ) Hotel Belvedere. The hotel accom modates 000 guests but cots have been placed iu the rjoms In order to ac commodate those who wish to stay ut this elegant' hotel. Those In attend ance from Asheville and vicinity arc Rev. W. M. Vines. D. D., anil Mrs. Vines, of the First church; Rev. A. E. Brow.li, 1). D.. superintendent of the Mountain School department of home mission board; Rev. A. J. Justice, Heiidersonvillc; Prof. N. A. Melton and Miss Sullinger of Frultland in stitute: Rev. Mr. Wall of Marshall; Prof. K. K. Hawkins nud E. F. Wat son, esq., of BurnsviUe; Rev. J. R. Owen of Brevard; Kev. Mr. Harris of Mars Hill; Rev. J. M. McManaway, D. V., of Waynesville. TRIAL OF L. 0' N. BROWNE IS TO BE BEGUN MONDAY r He Is the Man Charging With Buying the Election of Senator Lorimer of Illinois. Chicago, May 13. States Attorney Wayman has announced that Lee O'Nell Browne, the democratic leader of the house of representatives, charg ed with bribery of legislators, will be tried In the Criminal court next Mon day. Browne, it Is alleged, distributed the money alleged to have been paid to certain representative to vote for United States Senator Lorimer, FAVORS INCOME INCREASE. Conservative Resolution Adopted by the International Brotherhood of Engineer. Detroit, May 13. Tho Grand In ternational Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers today unanimously adopted a resolution favoring the In crease of the Income of railroad com panies by "any legitimate ways with out sacrifice of safety, promptness or good service, or to the detriment of other employe or the public." FIVE BURNED lo DEATH. FntlKT, Thrr Children ami ;raml- mother Cremated with Their Homo, In Minnesota. Faribault, Minn., May 13. Bert Perry, his three children and their grandmother. Were burned to death In a Ore which destroyed their home in thl city. Mrs. Perry and two of their children were saved. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT. People In Reillanilfl, Riverside- ana linker lllo, CM., Awakened by Slight Tremor Night. San Francisco. May 11. Slight earthquake ahocks were felt at 10:30 o'clock last night t t Redlanda, River side and Bakerflefd. Many person were awakened, frightened. THE WEATHER, Iwi' Asheville and vicinity: Fair aftd continued cool tonight; possibly light frost !n exposed places; Satur day fair. . f May Contracts Gained 19 Points Over Last Night's Closing Figure Before.Midday, Reaching 15.72. UNEASINESS AS TO CROP SEEMS TO BE INCREASING Shorts Urgent Buyers First Govern ment Report for Season Is to Be Issued Noon, June 2. New York, May 13. There was a sharp advance in the cotton market ' today, assuming sensutlonal propor tions. May contracts, which sold as low as 13.ft9 during April, touched 15.72 be fore midday, making a gain of 19 points from the closing figures of last night and of 174 points from the re- ' cent low level, July selling at 15.74, September 13.99, or 20 to 33 points above the closing figures last night. Later deliveries showed advanced runging from 17 to IS points. Shorts were urgent buyers. The de mand for new crop months reflected uneasiness as to the crop outlook which seems to be increasing with the approach of the first government ru port for the season, to be issued at noon, June 2. DROWNED IN OLD POND Eight Boys and Gfrls of Luzerne County, Pa., of f arty ol Twelve, Boat- ; ing, Are Lost Wilkesbarre, May 13. Eight high school students, six girls and two boys, whose ages ranged from 16 to IS years, lost their lives yesterday while boating on what Is known as the "Old paper mill dam" at Htington mills, about 20 miles below this city. In tho lower end of Luzcrene county. The . dead ure: Maud Sutllffe, Town Line; Caroline Koons, Watertowu; Ruth Bonham, Townline; Iris Davenport, Town Hill; Madeline Good, Watertown; Robert Minnich, Koonsville; Roy Dodson, Fuirmount. Twelve students of tho Huntington High school secured two bouts at the noon hour and "started for a row on the pond. When the two craft had reached tho center of tho body of water It was noticed that one of them had sprung a leak. The two boats were then pulled together and an effort was made to transfer the glrla from the leaky boat to the safer craft. Boats Sink. The last one of the party hail scarcely set foot In the boat when II began to sink owing to the combined weight of the party. Tne girls wtrc helpless to save themselves and -the boys of the party with the exception of Dodson, being expert swimmers, struck out for the shore, which all reached In safety. Minnich, In the excitement it is presumed, thought that all the young women had suc ceeded in reaching land. He had no sooner gained the bank than he no ticed the girls hanging to the rapidly sinking boat. The boy dashed into the water and swam swiftly to the v.ier-niled craft. Only two of the girls were clinging to the boat, the Dthtrs having gone down for the lust time. Seining Miss Davenport Min. nleh again sturted for the shore, but the exertion was too much for tho gallant lad and the two went down together when they were within a stone's throw of the bank. As soon as the sound craft began to fill with water It appeared as though every one In It became terror stricken. The shrieks of tho drowning girls could be plainly heard on the bank. but there was no w.e to go to the res cue of the imperilled party. The ter rible accident has cast a gloom over the lower end of Luczrene comity where the families of all tho victims are prominent Three of those who were drowned would have graduated this summer. young Minnich and the Misses Bon ham and Good. As soon as the acci dent became known hundreds of per son roon began ft search for the bodies. Strangely enough that of Minnich and Mis Davenport were the first recovered. After grappling for less than two hour all the bodies were recovered. Not one ef th par ents of the drowned boy and girls knew of the accident until all of the bodies had been brought aehor. J A KOOKEVFJT TROPHY. He Cables PoNtofflce Clerks' Arorla tlou Tlwt He Will orward One to Tbeiu. New Orleans, May 13. Theodore Roosevelt In a cablegram to th I'owt offlo" Clerk' association, announces that a trophy of 1i7' African trip will 1st forwarded to th"soclntlon for Its annual festival. A?) V". f '; m 1-1'. .'I -i It , 1 , 1 i I V J, : T 1 u '.. 1 it' . i
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