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El
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PEACE -ni MEXICO
LE-
RECEIVES A CHECK
GREW AIMED
Qwo Browns Alleged to Have
Denied Virgin Birth of Christ
and Resurrection f
ON ITS PROGRESS
Declares That Western State
Is Model Examplo for
Country
WITH EACH OTHER
Martin of New Jersey and
Bailey of Texas Exchanged v
a Few Words i , .
Legislature of One State Re
fuses to Name Governor
V Chosen by Madero
SGUssiori
ROOSEVELT
IIS
PfiOGRESSIOl'10
DEMOCRATS TBI
HERESY
CHARGES
COIISIII PRASE
TOSTARTTROUB
Q
SIN THING OF GROWTH
. AS IS ALSO SALVATION
Was One of the Statements In
Published Article Which
Caused Trouble ,
ATLANTIC CITT, N." J.. May SS.
, The heresy charge against Prof. Wm.
Adam Brown, of Union seminary,
: which waa Ignored -by the Presbyte
rian general easembly,' today cropped
up again late this afternoon. The
Rev. Edwin J. Reinke .of Philadel
phia, stirred up the matter Over araln
by moving that the caa against Prof.
,'BroWn be considered separately. Dr.
Retake, was Careful to explain that he
was eferrrag only to Professor and
hot to President Brown. Dr. Relnke
demanded that the assembly, abolish
Prof. Brown for an article contrib
uted to the Harvard Review. ' ;
; ( Sin Is m Growth. i ' ' .
; He then read an extract from the
Article in question in ' which Prof.
Brown had said that aln and salva
tion neither -came In a flash but the
former was caused by the animal na
1 ture of man and was a growth Just as
salvation l a growth! "Salvation
comes slowly," wrote Professor
v Brown, ''and does not stay for ever
Unless you fight to hold It."
"This la abhorrent to me and trea
son to Jesus Christ," said Dr. Retake,
so I move you that this assembly ex
presa its disapproval of the writings
ef Dr. Brown." ,
. A motion to lay Dr. Relnke's mo
tion on ths table Indefinitely waa lest
overwhelmingly. Dr. Wylle. of New
York, moved that 'further considera
tion be postponed until tomorrow
morning. This motion 'was carried.
In the report of the commission on
bills , and -'- overtures . which recom
mended that the Brown heresy case
tjs dropped .it. was stated ."the, comr
alttee after careful review and con
deration finds- nd 'departure ' froth
me standards .of the church in the
I .3K?lt,n.?.,'?.'.p'"?, Prancl Brown 1
fn those 'of 'Processor Brown," particu-
.jmtif., whv jhuvw in .tie ' nar-
vard Review," are' some, statements
capable of being misunderstood. But
since the publication of that article
Professor Brown has written a state
ment In which he re-affirms his be
lief In the fundamental doctrine of
our heroic faith. The committee added
to it's negative recommendations a
statement to the effect that It would
be well for the assembly to re-afflrm
the basic doctrines of the church for
the guidance of minister and teachers.
This is taken to a mild rebuke to
(Continued from Pag Eight.)
THREATENED STRIKE OF
SEEMS
EO
Unless More Pay Is Forth
coming Whole System
Will Be Tied Up
NO CONCESSIONS
WASHINGTON, May 25.- After a
conference this' afternoon between
representativee of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and President
Flnley and other officials of the
Southern railway,, it was announced
by representatives of Jti firemen that
the threatened atrlke situation had
been changed but little. The firemen
are determined In their efforts to ob
tain the 20 per cent Increase In wages
which they demand. Their position Is
such, according to H. O, Teat, vice
president of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen, ss to call a general
erlk of the firemen at once should
the officials Of the Southern railway
refuse to accede to their demands.
Llttls progress was made today at
he conference. President Flnley and
his advisers offered a concession
which the firemen said tbey could not
con tide. The Increase which Presi
dent Flnley offered would amount to
about 10 per cent on a few engines.
Mr. Flnley declares that the demands
which the firemen asked would
amount to an outlay of abput (400.000
a year, while the firemen contend that
it would not amount to more than
11(0,000. Vice President Teat aatd
tonight that a, strike would not 'be
called until after the railway officials
had been given every opportunity to
conaider the matter. He said thst fie
, hoped to leave Washington by Satur
day. He will confer again with Pres
ident Flnley .tomorrow morning. .
FROMTXKXT MERCHANT PASSES
NEW ORLEANS, May 25. C; A.
Lee vis. aged , prominently Indent!
fled with the oommerica! . Interest of
this state " for forty years, died here
today following several months of 111
neoa He waa a member OS (n New
gruta boaxa ( trade.
ALMOST ASSUft
SENATOR LAFOLLETTE;
GIVEN A BOUQUET
Teddy Says LaFollette Is Lead
er of Idealists Who Are
Also Practical
. NSW YORK, May !. Ex-President
Roosevelt haa an article on
Wisconsin: "An Object Lesson for
the rest of the Union." In the Outllook
.. " aw J m .......
"I doubt whether American, stu
dents of social economics fully realise
the extraordinary work that haa been
accomplished during the last decade
and Is now being accomplished in the
state of Wisconsin under the lead of
of entirely practical and at the same
time sealoualy enthusiastic workers
who have come Into active control of
the state mainly or largely because
of the lead he has given them.
"We. can now, at east In many eases
look for leadership to Wisconsin
when we desire to try to solve the
great social and industrial problem!
of the present and the future instead
of being forced, always to look
abroad. . " ;
"I have often listened to well mean
ing men who. have spoken with a cer
tain horror of Wisconsin, as If it
were a community engaged- In reck
less experiment and In the effort to
introduce Impossible and revolution
ary principles of law and govern,
menta practice, As a matter offset,
It has rarely been my good fortune
to meet a body of public men who
are more practical and at the same
time more obviously earnest In their
desire to achieve Ideals for social and
civic betterment than the public men
whom I met at Madison.
"it Is only In Wisconsin, so far as J
know, that a really serious and thor
ough effort is being made to find out
how to frame measures which shall
give the people effective control over
the big corporations without t going
Into wild extrayaganneee:- and 'In this
effort politician and student - havs
Joined hands. ;.':-.-jMft
"After my visit I felt like eongrat
uatinr Wisconsin upon what ft had.
done and waa doing; and I felt "much
more like congratulating , the country ;
as a whole because It has In the stats
of Wisconsin a pioneer biasing the
way along which we Americana must
make; our civic and Industrial ad
vance during the next few decades,"
SHIP RAFFXY OTOATEi' -V
BEAUFORT, N. C. May lifThe
unknown isrge schooner stranded off
the Hatteras coast yesterday was re
ported by the Diamond Bhoala light
ship today to have floated and pro
ceeded south. '
EAGLE SWODPEO DOWN ON
Mill IN lEROPUtlE AND
GAVE HIMJIEflCE FIGHT
Races Across Europe Most
Severe Test Since Cha
vez Crossed the Alps .
NONE MAY FINISH
MADRID, May 25 With the e
ceptlon of the crossing of the Alps by
George Chaves oh Sept. JJ. lio, a
feat which ended In his death, the
third stage of the aviation race from
Paris to Madrid for the Petit Parlslen
prise of $20,000 and 110,000 addition
al offered by Spanish aero clubs,
proved to be the most severe teat the
aeroplane yet haa been subjected to.
and two of the three contestants, It
now appears, have been .forced to
abandon the flight
Gilbert. Oarros snd Vediine began
the third stage from San Sebaatlan,
which Is 2 miles of the route, early
this morning. Olbert fought the first
battle of air. A fierce eagle swopped
down upon him to give battle.
Spesklng of his fight with the eagle
Glbert declared that It was one of the
most exciting incidents of his life. The
bird swooped down upon him vicious
snd struck at him with Its powerful
beak. It succeeded in carrying off his
cap. He then fired at It and believes
that one of the shots wounded the
bird.
From an, early hour King Alfonso
and other nvembers ef the royal fam
ily and (0,000 persons thronged the
serpifrome st Oetafe waiting In vain
the arrival of the aviators.. It ap
pears that Vedrlne alone Is likely to
finish. He crossed the. city of Burgos
at a great height, but later was forced
to descend. He will endeavor to com
plete the race.
Glbert landed at Olasagutla. about
forty miles from Ban Sebaatlan, but
when he attempted to make a fresh
start his machine was cansTxed and
partly wrecked, although the aviator
was not hurt. There is little proba
bility thst he can repair the aeroplane
within the Uma limit.
LATTER MAY SEND HIS .
V ARMY fO FORCE THEM
Should Other Legislatures Pol
low This Action Problem
Would be Serious
JUAREZ. . Met, ' Mar; 31 The
weak spot In the peace management
between the' revolutionists 'nd the
federal government; namely the fact
that . the legislatures of the Mexican
states cannot constitutionally be co
erced to name governor any one
but, their; own choice., loomed large
today when It was reported that the
legislators' of Coahulla had refused
to Install Benor Venustlno Carransa,
Madera choice for provisional gov
ernor. -
Happened to Ooahalla.
What happened In Coahulla, It Is
Dointed out may happen elsewhere
and though Senor Madero in explain
ing the situation tonight indicated
that the federal government beaded
by Senor De La Barra would co-op-orate
with him in Influencing the leg
islatures to elect the chosen Maderteta.
resistance was not impossible. In the
action of the legislature of Coahulla
In rejecting Senor Carransa and sug
gesting two other names, Senor Ma
dero sees nothing but aa attempt to
Install a friend In the governorship.
Maderos Btatoneat, ,:
"I have given orders to our troops
Bear Saltlllo, the capital of Coahulla,
to march upon the city If necessary
said Madero, "but I am our that the
federal provernment Will co-operate
With us in making the' IsgHlaUire re
spond to the feal will of the people."
Should the legislature continue to
resist the - demands of Madero, the
proceedure would be the entry of
the insurrecto army, perhapa with the
permission of the federal, and the
arrest of the piem here of the leglsle-;
ture, , Senor Oarransa would then be
declared yiurlsmnal governor. 1
' Ooiag AfUw llocIWg. i
Senor Madero tonight satd that he
would resign the position of provi
sional president . tendered him by a
convention of revolutionists at San
Luis Potoal last November after Senor
De La Barra ahould become president
ad interim.
Senor Madero today announced
that his- brother,' Major Raoul Ma
dero. and General Vltjoen, a veteran
of the Boer war, would load an ex
pedition to lower California next
week to silence the socialists thsrs.
About, 700 men, Including artillery,
wilt be taken.
BUSINESS MODE LIKELY
TO DE DISTURBED THAN
QUIETED BT
Justice Harlan Criticises
Supreme Court for Re
versing Lower Court
WRITTEN OPINION
WASHINGTON, May 2B. Still as
opposed to the majority opinion of the
Supreme court of the United States In
the Standard Oil case ss he was on
the day that opinion was announced,
Associate Justice Harlan today filed In
court his formal dissenting opinion In
that suit. His oral attack on the
court for holding that only unreason
able or undue restraints on trade are
In violation of the law furnished the
outline for today's broadside against
the opinion.
He went further, however, and crit
icised the court for modifying the de
cree of the lower court so as to per
mit the subsidiary companies to en
ter into agreements among " them
selves and expressed a conviction that
Instead of ths opinion giving quiet
and rest to the business of the coun
try. It would throw business into con
fusion and Invite widely extended and
harassiag litigation, the injurious ef
fects of which would be felt for maoy
years to come. Ever since the case
was decided on Msy II. Justice Har
lan has been preparing, his dissenting
opinion.. i .
" The last changes made. It was said,
waa to insert a quotation from the de
cision of Jedge Taft, now President
"aft. In the Addyston Pipe ease. In
which Judge Taft said that according
to the decision of the Supreme' court
all restraints, whether reasonable or
unreasonable under the common law
were forbidden by the statute. ;
I '' SENATE SETS A DATE . j
WASHINGTON, May 21 The sen
ate today fixed June 12 tnr vote on
the Joint reeo!utlonprovldlng for the
election of United States senators by
direct, vet of the people. The res
olution already haa passed the house.
1st r-i'-r-SiE
'.'.l-.'JH- . z... X: ,'y". -
DIAZ FINALLY YIELDS TO DEMANDS
OF REBELS AND RESIGNS PRESIDENCY
Dramatic Moment m History of Mexican Republic Letter of Resignation Received
and Accepted in Silence by Chamber of Deputies While Thousands in Streets
, ix Wildly Cheer New Era Begins in Southern Republic
MEXICO CITY. May 251 President
Porflrto Plaa, In letter read by ths
president of the ..chamber of depu
ties this afternoon, -resigned the pre
sidency. of the repabllo of Mexico and
at .( o'clock the acceptance of the
resignation by the deputies waa m
nounsd. Vice President Haymon Cor
ral's resignation was also- accepted and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco
Leon do la Barra waa- chosen presi
dent pro tera to serve until a general
lection can be held. Every one had
expected an uproar when the an
nouncement ahould be made, but with
in the chamber the words announcing
the event wore followed by' alienee.
The deputies seemed awed by what
had taken puwoAii 1 iJr-ft:- '
. Wild Shooa Streets
In the- Irtrssts; bieck vWi 'people;
the new! that Diar was no longer the
president waft the signal for wild
shouting and manifestations
There waa no violence, or dlstruc
tion of property. On; the motion to
accept the president's resignation. 1(7
deputies voted aye, while no expres
sion was made by Benito Juarei,
descendant of President Juares, and
Conception der alle. Aa their names
were callnd, .all other legislators roae
and bowed their affirmation.
De L Barra Provisional President
In similar fashion the resignation
of Vice President Carrol, now In
France, waa unanlmouely accepted
and similarly Senor De La Barra, re-
T
TOCIPTUREABLINDTIEEft
Latter Hiding in Swamp
After Shooting Officer
Attempting to Arrest Him
RALEIOH, N. C. May 25. A re
quest cams to state gusrd headquar
ters hare this svenina: for the military
company at Dunn to be ordered nut
to help surround and capturs John
Aiken, a "blind tiaer," who had prob
ably fatally shot Deputy Sheriff Thsd
dle Jornfgan, of Harnett, when the
latter sought nlm out to serve a ca
pias for failure to appear at court and
show under terms of a suspension of
Judgment thst he continuing good
behavior. Aiken ud an automatic
gun and successfully defied arrest
with It, declaring his purpoee to snoot
any and all comers. He was heading
for a swamp about a mile from Dunn
when the request fr the militia
came.
Adjutant General I-elnster directed
that 0 aher: rder out the Dunn
company If he deemed t advisable
and the authorities were urged from
tho governor's office to uss every pre
caution to prevent lynching In the
vent the fugitive was captured.
Advices late tonight from Dunn are
that Deputy Jornlgsn Is barety alive,
and that Aiken still at large.
PRESIDENT OP NICAHAGCA
v-
? NEW ORLEANS. Msy 2(.-FrIends
Of Dr.: Adolfo Dlax. of Managua,
Nicaragua, received cablegrams to
day notifying thsm that th Mate de
partment at Washington had offi
cially reeosnlxed him as president of
Nicaragua. Dt Dlax was formerly
secretary of the provisional govern
ment, and later minister : of : state.
When General f Estrada' army de
feated President Zelaya'e army he be
came minister of foreign relation,
sseumlng thev presidency- when Presi
dent Estrada recently abdicated. The
cable also eay that the Nicaragua n
congress today confirmed Diax'a !
Vatlon to . the presl dency. f
f,.-i." :-v'-'
cently ambassador to Washington
waa choaen provisional president Se
nor De Le. Barra will take the oath
of office at noon tomorrow In the
yellow parlor of the national palace.
Of scarcely less popular Interest
than the resignation, was the assump
tlon of military control of the federal
district by .Alfredo Robeles Domln
guex. Madero'a personal - rspresenta
live. Insuring the - handling - of popu
lar demonstrations by a leader of the
new regime. : , i
Personally, . Domlngues, commando
only a small body of local rebels, but
the federal garrison Is under orders
to make no .move whatsoever without
his Aproval.' Benor Domlngues said
that h could brlngt l.opfr .organised
ret el troop rnto the eli within three
hers.ThergsaTooeVi)res.aro
board trains, furnished by the gov
cn orient, at Cuernvca Parhuca and
Tlntncps ntla. ' . ' - ; - - - .-
, Dial's Letter of Resignation '
Domlngues tonight said that the
troops would remaipLAt their present
stations unless they should be needed
In Mexico: fitly to control the situa-j
tlon. president Diss's letter Of resig
nation follows:
"Sir: The Mexican people have
generously covered me with honors,
who proclaimed me aa their leader
during the International war, who pa
triotically assisted me In all works
undertaken to develop Industry and
the commerce of the country, establish
SOUTHERJHT. OFFICIALS
General Freight Agent at
Knoxville to Have Charge
ofAsheville.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 2S.-An-nouncement
of a number or changes
in Southern Railway freight officials.
aMieriive aune j, whs raeae nere loosy.
jlThe headquarters of E. H. Snae, as
iintant freight trafric manager, will
be removed from Washington to At
lanta: J. M. Seaborn to be private sec
retary to Mr. Shaw; I. L. Graves, of
Memphis, to be genersl freight agent
st Atlanta, a new office created.
The Jurisdiction of H. L. Miller, gen
eral freight sgent at Knoxville, will
be extended to include the Ashevtlle
and Murphy divisions: D. Csrdwell to
be assistant general freight agent at
Columbia, S. .; O. K. Caldwell to be
division freight agent at Columbia,
8. C; J. A, Smith to be division
freight agent at Augusta. Oa.; M. M.
M. Emert to bs commercial agent at
I.ynrhburg. Va.i M. R. I4icxet. to h
commercial agent at Charleston, S. C.
PRKRBYTKRIAN OCT OF
COUNCIL '
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Msy 2. The
genersl. sseembly of the Prehytrin
church I" the L'nlted State (South
ern), today withdrew from the fed
eral churches of ChrWt. While-no
reason wss given In the official with
drawal, it was ssld that the council
waa regarded as seml-polltlcal In
character.
WA8HJXOTON, May 21. Forecast
North Carolina: fair Friday and Sa
turday light variable winds. ; ;V
It rredlt. gstn for It the reapect of
the world and order" for It an hon
orable position In the concert of na
tions: that same people haa revolted
1A armed military bands, stating that
my presence In th exercise of th
supreme executive power Is the oaue
of this intumotlon.
' Roapecta Wirt of Peopto
t do not know of any-faet Im
putable to m which could have
Caused this soolal phenomenon, but,
permitting, though not admitting that
I may be unwittingly culpable, such
a possibility makes me the least able
to . reason out and decide my own
culpability, Therefore, respecting as
of the people and In acrordsnoe with
art lale 3 of ths federal constitution,
com.: before the supreme rsprs
tentative? ,th nation 'In- order to
resign, unreserved, the offlrs of eon.
stltutlonal president of therepubllo
wun wnicn xne national .vote Honors q
me, which I do with ell the more rea
son since, in order to continue In of
fice it: would be necessary to shed
Mexican blood, endangering the sredlt
of ,. the V country; dissipating Its
wealth, exhausting Its resources and
exposing Its policy to International
complication. ' ' v
' ' Truate for Honor Vet
"l hop, gentleman, that when the
passions which are Inherrent to all
republic have been calmed a more
(Continued en page eHfht)
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR
IS
Good Roads Conference at
Birmingham Advocate
Convict Labor Also
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May Mr
Today' discussion at the National
Good Roada 'congress was devoted to
the question of convict labor In road
building and to federal aid for good
road. Martin E. Dodge, former di
rector of the bureau of public roada,
made a atrong address showing ths
good rssult that have been achieved
lr convict labor, while Senator J. H.
Pankhead. of Alabama, led ths dis
cussion In favor of federal aid In
highway building. The congress voted
almost unanimously to urge their sen
ators and congressmen to advocate
federnl assistance In building through
hlghe-ay.
, Twenty one states were represented
t today's sessions. A resolution com
mittee wt, i - i ay. whose duties
wilt be to put Into effect the resolu
tions of the congress. This committee
consists of th" f"')ovlng:
Alabama, 3. W. Overton; Georgt
WS. ttViet. i .ii.i. niii; South Carolina,
E. J. Colcock; Texas, A. T. Wltbey;
Virginia, J. T. Saunders: Tennessee,
J. W. Wilson; Florida, E. B. Bailey;
Illinois. Rev. Geo. F. Fish; Missouri,
J.-'JB. Wsrner; District of Columbia,,
Martin C. Dodge; Waahlngton, Robert
Hooker: Ohio, W. P. Blair; Maryland.
1. D. Clarkson; Nsw York. A. O. Bat
ehelder; North Carolina, J. Hampton
Rich. '
KIIJ.ED WIFK AND SL'ICIDED
HARRISONBURG. Va., May 21.
i
P. Falrchlld, a farmer. SO yeara
Id. fired bullet Into the brain of
hi: wife arid then hot himself
through the head both dying Instantly
at the Falrchlld heme, ten miles west
of her tonighrt. Domestic troubles
caused the tragedy. Mrs. Falrrhllld
had sued for allmonv. Today the mat
ter waa compromised snd when Fair
child went to her to talk over mat
ters the quarrel developed. Two ef
their children were tn the bouse and
one of them ,a boy, ran"! quarter ef
a mile to th nearest stor to tell th
new. - v
MARTINE WANTED TO i
COMPARE THEIR RECORD
It All Came Off In Caucus Rf
gardlng Martin Resolu-
tlon on Lorlmer '
WASHINGTON, May " H. After
four hour' caucus today tha demo
cratle senators voted, 24 to t, to sup
port the resolution offered by Sena
tor Martin, of Virginia, en behalf el
the democratic, steering committee
providing for a reinvestigation ef the
bribery charge In connection with
th election of Senator Lorlmer, of
Illinois. A personal colloquy between
Senator Bailey, of Texas, and Mar
tins, of New Jersey, featured the csu- '
eus. The Martin reeolutlon prepoieg
an Inquiry by the commute on prlv.
liege and election, -
; Martin Talked Back. '
Th verbal encounter . between
Messrs. Bailey end Martin originat
ed In Mr, Bailey' demand for general
upport of th Martin resolution. Mr,
Bailey declared that any senator wke
rafused to bs bound by th caucul had
no rightful place In the party coun
cil.. Thla aroused the senator wh
favored the LaFollette resolution pro
viding for an Inquiry by a special
committee of new senator, , Mr. Ball
ey contended that more than twe
third of the caucus favored the Mar
tin resolution, and It was thu the
duty, of all democratic senators to
bid by tht declalon. r, Mr, Martin
replied that while willing to compare
hi party record with the Tsxaa sena
tor h was unwilling te be bound by a
party caucus on a moral question.
H said h understood that th meet
ing was a conference and not a ran
cua, and he hd no understand t
that any binding' action was to be
taken, , ': , 'v
Saying he would apt bendy wort's
regarding th character of hi own
democracy as compared-with that of
another senator. Mr. nm.v
4ha4. All Mftater were duty bun m
"oiu .OX. jn IW-imr1 .(lertKlnq cf
the caucus, . Mr1, Mart.ne replied
pplntsdly, and th eolloquy continutj
until Mr. Martin withdraw from th
caucus, relteratlpg that bo would not
be bound by It on any Mcept po
litical question. Almost every ethr
democratic senator present partlctpct
d In th debate. It developed tl at
th regular republicans agreed to
abandon the Dillingham resolution In
favor of th Martin measure, and II
dsmocratg wer urged te support th
provision as a part ef party discipline. ,
The csuous supported th Martin re
olutlon with th understanding thht
any senator should b free to eTer :
and support amendment, It waa ex
pected that th , lorlmer quest'nn
would com tip In th open tenet to
day, but ft waa crowded out by other
question. Senator LaFollett experts
to conclude hi epeeeh tomorrow and '
after one or twe brief speeches tn rt- ?
U tm wlimtmA will 1,- LM
Th prospect now 1 that th Martin
resolution will b adopted without
material gmenament, .
CARDINAL GIBBONS HCFE5
FOD LASTING PEACE PACT
Anniversary of i Treaty of
' Ghent Will Be5 Tlttlnfjly
Celebrated . ' ' '
MGHONX LAKS5, N. T, Mai II.
Plans for celebrating th centenary
of the turning of the treaty ot Ohen
were made public and the peace prob.
lem In many respect wss discussed st
the second day's session of th Lak
Mohonk conference en International
arbitration today. Tonight th con
ference considered the relation of the
churches to the peace movement, em
nent clergymen from home end '
abroad delivering addressee,- A letter
was reed from Cardinal Gibbon re
gretting hit Inability to attend. , . : ,
After expressing himself in fdvet '
of a permanent treaty of arbitration .
between the l'nlted State and Kn
gland. Cardinal Gibbons In hit letter
declared that If the same rceturnt
could be estshllehed between England -and
Germeny "it would be cf Incal
culable assistance not only te the two
nations but also to the world at large,
and I pray the day may toon com
when all the nations of the ertn mar
be Joined together - In permanent
pct of peace, piti.ji s.fT?'
One of th speakers wa the Heu. "
John Clifford, T). TX. ef London, pre
Ident ef the Baptist . World' elVaace. ,
MINE FIRES TJCAS SCTWECT ,
., NEW .TORK. May IS An election ;
of officers, n address en "Mine
Flrea,T by H. M. Wilson, engineer In
charge of the government burese of
mines, snd the passing of a resol-i-
tlon recommending change in the
equipment of theatree for the better
tafeguardlng of the public against fire
marked the closing session tlay of
the National Fire Protection -oe',m