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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES , LAST EDITION 4:00 P. M. Weather Torecast: Cool; light frnsl. VOL. XV. NO. 82. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1910. 3c PER COPY A TOVLENT SESSION, AND STORMS FORECAST S REVIEW IE op Tracis fl III. A I, ' pgg?raiianwiLc ,,mn, ' " 1110111 II ULTIMA UNO SIN W i u mil 1 1 i it if i ii r- rr in rwm t ni-m i i i i n i i Document Received by Episcopacy Committee Purports to Bear Charges Against Bishop Morrison---A Heated Discussion Litigation Probable Over Vanderbilt. I SPECIAL COMMITTEE IN THEJISHOP'S CASE To Investigate Charges Allega tions of Maladministration Hint ed No Charge Against His Moral Character. Today's was by for the liveliest ses dunIf one may speak In such terms of a great religious gathering that the general conference was held.- It was a "stormy session; and the war clouds seemed to hover about and forecast stormy times to come during the rest of the session, especially con cerning the Vanderbilt university mat ter. This question, briefly stated, teems to le, who shall name the trus tees of the university? The Vander bilt commission has decided thut the general conference has the right to do this, but the board of trust of Van derbilt university has not adopted, in terms sufficiently satisfactory to some of the members of the general confer ence, a resolution accepting the find ings of that commission. It Is freely predicted -that unless the church and the hoard of trust get together and compromise the matter or the board of trust endorses and adopts the findings of thut commission, a lawsuit Is bound to come. A Sensational Turn. The sensational turn of the clay came when the committee on Eplsro paey reported that It had a document purporting to hear charges against ths official administration of Bishop Mor rison and asked that the conference take up the mutter. The most heateJ rilneuiuilon was brought about when an ' tltort was made thu't the special com mittee ot IS tie empowered to Investi gate the whule official action of Blsh op Morrison. There was great . ob jection to opening the "lloodgntes" for all complaints, (wring the various discussions, a spirited controversy took place Iwtn-een Dr. II. F. Lipscomb and Dr. Christian of the Virginia delega tion regurding certain charges which purported to he contained In a docu ment sent in by James C. Chapell of Clay Street Methodist church of Rlch mond and which the committee on Episcopacy had failed to report back. Only Tho Documents, A member of the committee report ed that there were only two docu ments bearing on Ttlshop Morrison's administration, one from Virginia and one from South Carolina, and that the committee would give these up to the conference if It so ordered. 1 A motion was passed to that effect and the-papers will no to the special investigat ing committee. Miuractcr Xot Involved, In justice to Bishop Morrlsonit is stated that none of the charges that has been brought against him In any o involves the moral character. The committee on episcopacy submitted Its report that it hud passed on the char acters of the hlshons with the exceD Hon of lshop Morrison, and that his name had only been erased from the list this morning when the committee felt that It was constitutionally con strained, after the letter was received, to hold up Bishop Morrison's case un til the investigation was ended. The committee on episcopacy, after -re consideration of that matter of the alary of bishops, decided to Increase the salHry from $4000 to $4800 per nnum. and superannuates from $2000 , to J240U, and retained the. allowance ""IIDOO annually to widows of blsh ops. The committee In another report "commended that Bishop Fitzgerald continued on the superannuate re ation, and thut niihnn Jnasnh 8. Key's request for superannuation be (men. The committee also rec ommended that the senior bishop, A Wilson, be given lighter work. . A Week of Supremo Intercut. With the election of bishops made special order for Monday morning ' 1 o'clock, and many others very important rplinrta IiwImJI.. tha nan. dolph-Macon question of chatige of charter; the Vanderbilt matter, the . "me limit proposition, the Increase In y representation In annual confer "tces, and the renueat nf wnmn fur "lual rights of laity, as well as the Proposition for the change of name t the church, next week promises to nn il supreme interest. J.n ,onth day's session of the gen . lomerenee began at 9 a. m. with v p "endnx In the chair. The de iwi I""1"'. e by Dr. . "' rner of the Louisiana con ' V. . n" tnn How Bweet the " Jesus Bounds." inni J Afte" prayer, the minutes til. I ... ...,up w. A, Candler took f the A Knctal Delivery letter. hen r r . .. iiin wennv. chairrusn u. a n " received an Imnort th. rrZ1" . WW letter and wb-hed the rt"""nl" "-ailed together at once ,'! "n something lm- ) ' , w" rnmlng. Today and no S '" the lust day fr tr, duction of new business, and practi cally no resolutions were Introduced. Tho roll call for committee reports was made, and the committee on re vlsnls recommended that In the ritual, the Lord's prayer be Inserted, where it Is omitted in the doxology. At this point further reading- was stopped b adoption of a motion to send It to the calendar without reading. The committee on revise reported favorably the appointment W a com mission of three to draw up a suitable form for the reception of children in the church and report to the next general conference. Vamlcrbllt t'nlvcrslty. Report No. 1 from the committee on -education asked that a resolution be adopted, calling upon Bishop Hen drlx, chairman of the bonrd of trust of Vunderbllt university, and Dr. Klrkland,-the chancellor, to call the board Of trust to meet In Asheville, not later than May IS, to come be fore the committee on education and state definitely ' what they Intend to do with the report of the Vanderbilt university. A motion to consider Im mediately was adopted. Judge O'Rear of Kentucky, chairman of tho com mittee of education, 'spoke In favor of bringing the board here. He took the 1 position that the board of trust was the agent of the general confer ence. Dr. J. D. Hammond moved that Dr. Klrkland and Bishop Hcndrix address the conference upon the question to call the board together. Dr. J. E. Hineman wanted the sec retary to read the communication of the college of bishops which went to the committee on education lust week without. reading. This was decided as not germalne to the discussion. Judge O'Rear explained that he would be glud for these gentlemen tir tell the conference, why the board of trust should not be called. Dr. Hamilton's motion carried. Bishop Hendrix explained that a legul meeting could not be called without a cull from the executive committee. He had already called the executive committee together and they will then consider as to calling a meeting of the board. He opposed, however, the calling of a special ses sion of the board, as he maintained thut the board had already made its position clear, granting the right of the conference to till three of the four acant trusteeships, from members of the college of bishops. Dr. James Cannon, jr.. Insisted that this mutter should he settled before the confer ence adjourned. He wanted the re quest to come from the conference, so the board would know how It felt. If the board of trust and the com mittee on education could not get to gether, then the conference would be here to take steps. He wanted the church to take every means for a speedy settlement of the question. He did not want four years more of unrest. After several more speakers had expressed their views, the previous question was called and Chairman O'Rear took the floor, ho saiu. "Large Storm nrcwln.it." "If I .am a judge of a large storm brewing, I see one here. I see that there Is going to be a great legal nuht. I see a feeling on the part of some of the members of a distrust In ih. hiutrri of trust of Vanderbilt. as a. member of the Vanderbilt commlB' sion I feel a hesitation in insisting that the decision was good law, but since the other four held the same wav, and not a member of the church's side has raised tne question of its soundness, I feel better." If there Is to be a litigation, it will not be friendly either the church or the present management will be el h.i nut. Therefore he felt it prop er to try to got the two opposing sides tog' therend let them aiscuss n w In fa,A " "I found In Bishop Ilendrlx," he .m "a .i.londld snlrlt. but as he put It he would recommend, etc., io m ...i thv ought to concur. When?'' He thinks it noi prauna now. I tninK ii nut"- t. it aecretT wny noi oo of the 38 here? Chancellor Klrkland has iw seen fit to address you. in.a O'ltear saia tne mnnuv ... " . . i A XL' CI Si the records or tne uonru u. 1U. ...waM,.rv to the majority of lll.l. o...... -- , . the committee on euueauon. o i,.w,i leant meeting oi wn u.. , if properly called, could be held any ..h.ra And at any time. , What law of Tennessee aro , asked to vlolute In this action i "This," said Bishop enun, u not consider necessary to answer. It Is sufficient to say that we are acting under legal advice." In answer to further Interrogations. Bishop Hen drlx replied that Individual members had consulted attorneys. ..... A member wanted to know If time for legal notice could be given be tween now. and Monday. Replying Judge O'Rear said: '"Charles Dickens has written a volume on 'How not to do If" (Applause.) ,He Intimated that telegraph wires annihilate, time and space. When the vote was put the resolution was carried almost unanimously. ... ., The committee on missions report ed concurrence in a resolution that ik. ttr. noo of uroDerty under control of the Woman's Horns Mission society pass under control of the board of church extension. . Reading of other reports was shut off by adoption of resolution that all go to the calendar without reading. Federation Proporftolii. " ; C.inslilenitlon was given the prnpo Continued on Viigo Three. 111 I U I lllflL I IIUUnULL lIWIi It'll I IV II I? ATI kit N ft I IN THE HYDE CASE It Is Understood the Jury Stands J 1 to 1 for Acquittal for the Ac cused Doctor. Kansas City, May 14. The jury' In the case of Dr. C. C. Hyde, charged with murdering Col. Thomas, H. Swope, has today vainly balloted in an effort to- reach o,n agreement.: Prosodutor Conkllng hits given ; up hope of the Jury reaching an agree ment. An early verdict was antici pated when the Jury resumed Its de liberations this morning. After a dozen ballots it Is stated the Jury stood 11 to one for acquittal. , Last nighf, after the Jury had balloted-for one hour and 40 minutes without reaching a verdict, the Jury men were sent to their hotel for the night. While Mrs. B. C. Hyde wept con vulsively, Prosecutor Virgil 8.. Conk ling asked a Jury to sentence her hus band to death for the alleged rfturder by poison of Colonel Swope, an undo of Mr. Hyde's: The impassioned ap peal of the prosecutor did not move Dr. Hyde. When Mr. Conkllng had ended his plea to the jury to send the defendant to death, the physician turned about ih his chair and smiling at his wife said: "Why, that man wants to hung me." Still sobbing. Mrs. IJyde put her arms on her husband's shoulder but said nothing. Attorney James A. Retd finished the Until argument for the state at 10 o'clock and the case went to the jury. IS Arthur Gunter Made Threats Against Wife Who Shot Him as He Rode Toward Her Home. Uirmingham, May 14. Kcvca today reached Birmingham of the killing of Arthur Gunter, a well known farmer. hy his wife, near Kasonville, Ala. The Gunter married four years ago, but separated. Ounter, it Is alleged, made threats against the wife unless she returned. As he rode up to her hojso She opened fire on him with a rifle. BAPTIST CONVENTION TQ GO TO JACKSONVILLE Baltimore. May 14. The delegates to the Southern Baptist convention this morning listened to an address bv Rev. F. B. Meyer of London, Eng land, president of the World's Sun dHy School cnovention, which begins Its sessions In Washington next r ri day. - Mr. Meyer Is pronounced by muny the greatest of living Baptist preach era. The greater part of the morning session was devoted to consideration of reports of committees appointed to consider the report of the foreign mis sion board located at Richmond. report of the work In Mexico, liraxll Argentina and Italy was read By uev George Truett of Dallas, Tex.; one on Japan, China and Africa by Hev. John R. Straten of Baltimore, and on Held forces and finances by Rev. II, W. Kable ot Staunton, Va. The convention voted to request the churches to contribute $600,000 to the foreign mission board next year. T, H. Kllet of Richmond called attention to the fact that tho board paid more than 117.000 interest on uorrowea money last night, because or the tanii ness of mission treasurers In forward ina money, and the convention adopt prt a resolution' requesting tho churches to make monthly remit tances to the board. v The next session of the convention will tie held In Jacksonville. ASKS FOR EXEMPTION . FROM ANTI-TRUST AG Washington, May 14. Recent con victions of members of the Burley society In Kentucky formed -the' silbjec of an animated speech In the house by Representative Cantrlll, President. of the American Society of Equity for Kentucky. Cantrlll supported the bill exempting from operation of the Bher man act organisations of laborers or farmers who combine to obtain ren sorirthle wages or renoriiihle prices fm tin lr products. HI IN KILLED BY HIS WIFE I ; ' ' :' ; THE WISDOM OF THE WEST. London Punch's interpretation policies to nations. Violent Fluctuation a. Caused hy Such Is tho Opinion of President of tlotton Manufacturers' Association, Testifying Before Special Committee of Senate in Regard to Bull Pool in Cotton. . Wiislilngton, May. 14. The cost 'of producing and inurkcting cotton anil the effect upon the Cost of cotton goods of a pool to "bull" the price of cotton was taken p us a "side line" today by the special senate committee. The tirst witness to testify, out of many summoned, was Louis W. 1'ni ker of Greenville. S. C, president of the American Cotton Manufacturers' association. Senator Smith of South Carolina, who protested against the Maddened Mother Cat Takes Terrible Revenge Her Kittens Drowned, She Attacks Babe, Drags It from Car riage, Fracturing Its Skull; Then Attacks the Baby's Mother and Nearly Gouges Out Her Eyes. New York, May 14. A big, black house cat, rendered mad through the loss of her kittens, which were drowned, attacked the three months old babe of Mrs. Henry Sauer, pulled it from the baby carriage and threw DENIES GUGGENHEIM KEPT H1SJBB FOR HIM "It It Absolutely False," Declares Land Commissioner Fred Dennet to Committee. Washington, Muy 14. Land Com missioner Fred Dennett, testifying be fore the Balllnger-PInchot Investiga tion committee today, denied that United States Senator ' Guggenheim procured his retention In oflice. "It is absolutely fulse," asserted Dcnnott, "This statement was mado with the evident purpose of creating tho infer ence that I was under domination of tho interests." DKVTII AM) INJl'ItY HFCOHD IX FIRST 21 HOMIS OV RACE Crash of Cant At Brighton Ik-aOh Kills One Man and Injures Tliroo OtlHTS. Brighton Beach Motordome, N. Y., May 14. One man " killed, another planfully Injured and three more bad ly bruised was the hospital record for the. first tenr hours of -the ti hours race last night and today. The crash of cars csme shortly after mldnlsjht, killing William F. Bradley. ... - v Wsrdluw Trial Postponed. Newark. N. J., May 14. The trial of the three Wardlaw sisters, accused of complicity In the drain of Mrs. Ocey finend, the East Orange bsth tub Vic tim. Is postponed until August 2t), ill of Roosevelt expounding his . Exchanges attorney generals course "in pulling the machinery of the department of justice lit work upon the alleged pool, instigated the cotton inquiry by the senate committee. After testifying concerning the cost of production and advance in cost of labor and land values, Mr. Parker ex piir'v! his opinion that "manipula tion of cotton on exchanges" was re sponsible for the violent fluctuations of prices. it o the floor fructuring the babe's skull. The yellow eyed cat crouched and snarled und then leaped upon Mrs. Saner, nearly goughing nut her eyes anil tearing her face. The cut subsequently was shot by a policeman. WOMEN UVER 29 YEARS GIVEN VOTE IN NORWAY Universal Municipal Suffrage Grantee by a Great Majority in Nor- way Parliament. Cbristintu. Norway, May 14. liy a great majority the Odclsthlng has voted to grunt universal municipal sulTriiKO to women over SS years old. The new legislation becomes effec tive next election, and Increases the number of women voters from 170, 000 to half a million. GIVEN THEIR MEDICINE Plttsbur?, May 14. Five former select and common council men were given varying sentences today by Judge Frailer lor onensee growing out of the recent councllmanto scan dal. The sentences were: Charles Stewart, eight months In prison, a line of 1500; Hugh Ferguson, eight months, fins Of 500: Dr. W. II. We ber, six months, snd nne of $500; P. B. Kearna, four months, and line of 1250; Morris Einstein, four months, and fine of S1500. Minister of Finance Antorooblle Victim Brussels. May 14. J. Uebsert, the Belgian minister of nnanee, was knock d down In the street by an automo. bile and severely Injured this morning Report of the Board of Missions Mag nitude of the World-Evangelization Program. RECEIPTS FOR MISSIONS AGGREGATED $881,520.85 Tin' Work or tioutlicrn Methodist Church in All Parts or Inhab itable Globe. j nc quaurennium has been an eventful one in the history of missions. The whole heathen world seems astir and under the Influence of the spirit of God. There is an awakening to the national consciousness which is al most world wide, a growing spirit of broth' rhood, and a deepening sense or need of a new and higher lift which characterises the situation.' Such Is the opening of tho report of Vn. W. R. Lambuth, W. W. Pinson and John It. Nelson of the board of missions to this session of the general conference of the Methodist Kpiscopal church, south. The report Is a careful review of the mission work being done In all parts of the globe by this church. The twentieth century has been heralded as the great one for missions. The slogan of the nge is tne evangelization or the world." and the magnitude of the enterprise. Hi dillicultii'8, opportunities anil obllt;- Horn are only beginning to be realized. The emergence of Japan as a world rorce, the awakening of China, the ferment of social and political ideas In India, the quickening to a national consciousness in Persia, and the re markable political and religious read justment taking place In tho Moslem lands, from the island of Sumatra on the cant to Constantinople on the west, lire conditions which will tax to the utmost the wisdom and faith or the Christian statesman who prays and plans for the extension of kingdom of flod In all the earth," says these gen tlemen. The great work undertake n by the Laymen's Missionary movement WBSynnnlS8lons meet and conaiir .'"'e commended. It was begun in Novem- f1uOB'lon f church union and I..- biT !I00. in New York.- In 1907 the cimlcnnary conference Convened, at Shanghai the greatest body of mis Hionnrles ever convened the same year the World Student CbriHtiiin Federation, composed of young men and women from nil Oriental liind.i mot in Toklo, in May, 1907, the In dependent Japanese Methodist church was organized with IshBop Honda as the first native bishop. The Homo Dcnrtiiiciit. Reviewing the work of the home department the report states that there Is a spirit of missionary Inter est and activity. The laymen have held meetings at Chattanooga and Dallas and pledged co-operation in world-wide evangelization. The home department has pushed the work alonn; the gulf coast among the Cu bans. Italians and Bohemians in the west, while the pastor and presiding ciders have taken hold of the evcry ineniber campaign. There has been a great era of church and school building. Tho Finance. During the yeur 1909-1910 the total receipts for missions Is I881,f.20.85; which Includes $257,068. 66 from the woman's board and $.197,799.07 from collections. The Increase In collec tions was $5,476.54. The total receipts from all sources for missions for 1906-1910 was $3,193,685, an Increase of $987.0$ 4over the previous quad- rennlum. The board now has 217 missionaries, an increase of 35 over the number In 1906, the number of tatlve preachers has increased from 105 to 108, and the membership has ncreased to 96,210, an addition of 7577, much of which was In Korea. The Sunday schools have Increased by 98, making 460 with 25,478 scholars, an Increase of 8763. The board con trojs seventy colleges with 4586 stu dents. It has five hospitals and three dispensaries, three of which are In Korea. The board of missions con trols property valued at $1,785,454, an increase of $789,323, and Including the property of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society valued at $644,000. gives, a grand total of $2,427,454. The collections for the foreign Held last year was $52,880, an increase of $16 1.10 over 1906. Tho board has 34 8 churches and chapels, an Increase of 181, many of this Increase being in Korea where tho natives ci-operated heartily. Details of tlw Work. The report goes Into detail concern ng the work In the various liclds and the conditions. "The Chinese empire Is tho greatest mission field in the world .... "She is not Inaccessible She is awake . . . The four great movements, the autl-oplum campaign educational inform, establishment of a constitutional government and eman cipatlon of women" are given by Dr. A. P. Parker as Influences of greatest value in this work. The Soochow unlvertity, under the presidency of Dr. D. J Anderson, a delegate to this conference. Is doing splendid work The Chinese are looking to us to help snd guide thum In this their chatige and crisis more than any other nation of the worlds" says Dr. Parker. "Japan stands In strategic relation to a I in ok t every part of the Far Kant continues the report. Attention called to the nearness to ths Philip pines and the era of Industrial and social changes that are going on in the Japanese nation. The union of the three Methodist churches in Japan and setting up Independent organlsa lion bus been a great help but Jnpn Continued on pace three. M. P. Commissioner Will Ask for a Commission from Southern Conference. THE NORTHERN METHODISTS IHAVE SUCH A COMMISSION CouuiiMouer I Is Will tin ikfore Conference IVobably on Tues day Morning. An interesting matter will ho pre sented to tho Gencrul conference of the Methodist Episcopul church, South, probably Tuesday morning when Dr. . Thomas Hamilton Lewis, president of tho General conference of the Meth odist Protestant church, und also a member of a commission from the Methodist Protestant church on cnurclt union, will appear before the conference of the Southern church. In quudrennial session here, and request that a commission on church union bo appointed to confer with a similar commission from the Methodist Pro testant church and the Methodist cpmi'uiiiii cnurcu imo riorrticru church) .looking to a union of all the Methodist churches in America, Tt is probable that Dr. Lewis' re- ijuest for the appointment ()r u Cum miion from the Southern Methodist rnurrh will, he referred to a commit tee for a report to the General confer- . nee. 'Two yoam ago. when the Gen eral com revtce nf tho Methodist Pro testant ob'ij-n. wss held in PWtshurg at the wme true of the holding of the General conference uf iho Methodist Episcopul ( hurt h In K.-iHimnre. com missions were up. minted from-each of the conrerenctH linking to a union of tho Methodists o,' America. Tbeso commissioners held u very satisfac tory and enthusiastic" ''nesting when it., ence or nie Mctnoiit. I Kplseopul church, south, to appoii." h similar commission and that the. thri-e report to their respective general con ferences. ..,.... In the event that firt'nrabln action Is taken by the General conference ft the Methodist Kpiscopul church, south, the three commissions, it Is nderstood, will hold a. Joint meeting at some point tit no distant date and seriously discuss the question of church union. While active steps nrn being taken looking to church union Is not regarded as probable that the southern church will for some years at least enter into n positive un ion with the other Methodist churches. STILL RECEIVING HONORS IN CAPITAL OF GERMANY One Berlin PuM-r Says a Medal Should lie Struck In Honor of Col. Koosevcll. Berlin, May 14. Theodore Roose velt's this afternoon visited the zoological gardens. Emperor Wil liam sent him a vase from the royal porcelain works. The vase Is threo feet high, and bears a likeness of his majesty. One of the newspapers suggests thut a medal should be struck com memorating Roosevelt's visit to Ber lin. : intl Ainbessuilor Roosevelt. London, May 14. rWhen Colonel Roosevelt arrives here Monday ho will have dropped tne rolo of private citizen and be accorded honors duo to a special Americr.n ambassador to King Edward's funeral. King George today designated two aldes-de-cinp to attend upon the ambassador dur- ng his stay In London. They will meet Col. Roosevelt at Queensborough and escort him to London. Awaiting the former president at the station will be tho king's equerries. American Ambtissador Rcld, and other digni taries. CAUSE OF GREAT DISASTER AT THE PAL0S COALMINE InsiHMior KayN ICiplosion llcmillel From Ignition of INirket. On and i'lplOKlon of Dust. rtirinlnghnm. May 14. The Pains mine disaster was due to the Igniting of a pocket of gas and tho prevalence of dust in the mine, according to Mine Inspector liillhousu. Kiglity-thrce bodies havo been recovered from the wrecked mine. llliOODY IsniKTKllM FAII Colorado and Wyoming Department, G. A. II., Refuse to lYotest , Against Lee Statue. Grand Junction, Col., May 14. The efforts of Pueblo post. O. A. R to have the Colorado and Wyoming de partment go on record against plac ing the statue of Robert E. Loo in the hall of fame at Washington were un availing at the department's annual meeting. THE WEATHER. For Asheville and vicinity: Fair, continued cool tonight, with light frost: Sunday fair. For North Carolina: Fulr, contin ued cool tonight and Sunday; light frost tonight In west portion and pos sibly In low places In rcntml portion. 1.1ft hi north to nnrt henst winds.
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