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ESTABLISHED 1871.
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNE SDAY, MAY 12, 1909.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE EPISCOPAL
CONVENTION IN
SESSION HERE
Ninety-Third Annual Conven
tion N. C. Diocese Meets
. at Christ Church.
THREE DAY'S SESSION
About One Hundred Delegates Are in
Attendance on the Sessions of the
invention Bishop Cheshire is
Presiding The Opening Session
Was Held This Morning at Eleven
O'clock Rev, Sanders Gutgnard,
of Greensboro, "Conducted the
Service Woman's Auxiliary Also
" in Session Program For the Con
vention.
The ninety-third Annual convention
of the Episcopal church in the Dio
cese of North Carolina convened at
Christ church this morning. The
convention will be In session three
days and during that time there will
be present In the city more than a
hundred delegates.
The Diocese is comprised of nearly
one-half of the territory of the state,
lying between the Diocese of East
Carolina and the Missionary District
of ABhevllle. The Rev. Joseph Blount
Cheshire, of Raleigh, Bishop of the
Diocese, will preside at the sessions.
The opening service at Christ
Church at 11 o'clock this morning
began with the Litany and Holy
Communion. The services were con
ducted by Rev. Sanders R. Guighard,
rector of St. Andrews' church,
Greensboro.
In making the "announcements
Bishop Cheshire Said it was' desired
that the delegates should visit St.
Saviour's chapel and the new parish
house, recently erected there, and it
waa announced that from 5 to 6 those
desiring to visit St. Saviour's would
be given an opportunity to do so be
fore attending the reception at St.
Mary's from 6 to 8 o'clock.
.Sermon to the Clergy.
The opening sermon of .the Epis
copal Convention : was delivered at
Christ church this morning at 11
o'clock by Rev. Sanders R- Guignard.
In a strong sermon he spoke to the
clergy of the church on "Ark; Bear
ers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ".
The nrk which contained the testi
mony of God delivered to Moses was
the meeting place between God and
man. The church qf God Is the meet
ing of God with man.
We are bearers of the gospel of
our Lord. There comes with it. first
our privilege and second our respon
sibility, for responsibility must fol
low the privilege of being ark-bear-era
of the gospel of our Lord.
It is true that before the days of
-Moses Cod communicated with man
from time to time. Abraham and
Moses heard the voice of God. But
there was nothing tangible by which
man could be assured of God's con
tinued presence, so Moses was com
manded to build the ark as testimony
of God's continued presence. It was
a meeting-place between God and
man. Where it was carried Israel
followed, where It stopped Israel
reste, and in battle none could stand
against it
In the Christian ages God has pro
vided In ' his son, not the meeting
place, but the meeting of God with
man, the God-manj-Christ JesuB. The
new has 'followed up the old, the
bearers of the old, the ministers of
the new. Then, what are our privi
leges, what Our responsibilities as
priests in the Apostolic church of the
Christian ages? The gospel is to
man, light, life and, love, alt that is
revealed 'In Jesus Christ. It is the
privilege of the ministry to reveal It
to men and to administer all the holy
rites of the church.
But the privilege Is not all. 'There
comes with It that responsibility.
There Is upon us the responsibility
that was on the Apostolic ministers
of the first century, the responsibil
ity to keep out lives and charucten
as high and holy as pur Lord's, as
near as frail humanity will allow, so
to Impress men that the truth of the
gospel will be more powerful.
There is the responsibility of prop
Ration and preservation. Through
the church and the ministry Christi
anity Is to continue. Through the
bearing of the' Gospel Ark the world
Is to be saved. ... ,
The responsibility Is upon us to
follow the last command of our Lord:
"Go Into all the world and preach the
gospel". ", ' ,.' ' ;.'7;v '.;.
; With propagation must be preser-
vatlon. ' It Is upon us to keep the
faith once delivered to 'the Saints.
What would the church of the pres
ent b if the church had not pre
served the faith; The Apostolic
church Is a solid rock, firm and im
movable. Ours Is the privilege and
the responsibility to bear before the
people the ark of the Gospel and to
preserve the faith once delivered.
Ours is the privilege toljring men' to
the meeting of God. Ours is a glory
and an honor if we suffer for Christ's
sake in the ministry to which we are
called.
This Afternoon.
There will be a business meeting
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at which
time there will be the roll, organiza
tion, appointment of committees and
reports.
From 6 to 8 o'clock a reception
will be tendered the convention at St.
Mary's School1.
This evening, at 8:30 at Christ
church there will be a missionary
meeting, at which time the speakers
will be Archdeacon N. Colin Hughes,
of the convocation of Raleigh; Rev.
Simeon J. M. Brown, of Coolemee;
Mr. James Kerr, Jr., and Rev. Rich
ard W. Hogue, of Chapel Hill.
There will be evening prayer at St;
Ambrose at 8:30, the services by
Rev. Princes P, Alston, of Charlotte.
Thursday, May 13.
,7:30 a. m. ' Holy communion.
9:30 a; m. Morning prayer,
10:00 a. m. Bishop'saddress fol
lowed by reports, '."-
12:00 m. Prayer for missions.
12:16 p. m, Special order ; St.
Mary's'School,
4:00 p. in. Election.
6 :00 p. m. Special order, Thomp
son Orphanage. -'.-. j.
: 8:30 p. m. Conference on Sunday
schools.
On Friday will be the annual meet
ing of the Woman's Auxiliary, a mis
sionary order of the diocese designed
to assist the general boajpd of domes
tic and foreign mission's and to"Tros
ecute similar work : in the diocese.
All women Interested in the work
w.'ll- be welcomed to the meetings,
which are held in the chapel adjoin
ing the church, and at the Church of
the Good Shepherd.
' On Sunday, May 16th, there will be
a meeting held at Selma, when Rt.
Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, bishop
of the diocese of North Carolina,, will
consecrate St. Gabriel's, the jubilee
memorial chapel.
The auxiliary will hold their first
service tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
The following is the program of
the three days' session of the conven
tion . -' . '
Wednesday, Slay 12th.
8:30 p. m. Church of Wie Good
Shepherd. Service for the Junior
Auxiliary. Addresses by Rev. Thos.
G. Faulkner, Greensboro; Rev. Thos.
L. Trott, Durham.
Thursday, May 13th.
Christ Church Chapel. Business
meeting of diocesan officers I in me
diately after the bishop's address.
6:00 to 8:00 p. in.'. Garden. party
to the members of convention and the
Woman's Auxiliary Christ church
rectory lawn.
Friday, Muy 1 1th.
7:30 a. in. Christ church.! Holy
communion.
10:00 a. m. Christ church chapel.
Business session. (
12:00 m. Noonday prayer for mis
sions. 12:30 p. m. Christ church. Re
port of diocesan secretary. "
4:00 p. m. Christ church "chapel.
Business session'.
5:00 p. m. Appeals from diocesan
missionaries.
8:30 p. m. Christ church. Mis
sionary meeting. Evening prayer,
Address on the work of the Woman's
Auxiliary by Rev. Samuel M. Han IT,
of Duke; Rev. Bertram E. Brown,
of Tarboro.
. Sunday, May Ifltli, at Selma,
'' Consecration of St. Gabriel's the
jubilee. Memorial chapel. By the
bishop of North Carolina.
THE DAVIS CASE
tallied More Than $300,000.
Washington, May 12 -Assistant
District Attorney James Proctor yes
terday presented to the grand jury
the charges against John C. Davis
and his brother, Martin T. Davis,
who are accused of having obtained
many thousands of dollars from trust
ful investors and elsewhere. -
More than $50,000 additional loss
es were reported to the district attor
ney's office today and yesterday, and,
according to conservative estimates,
the Davlses wilt face the -charge of
having obtained mote than $300,000
in all. : 1
Secret Trial of Airship.
Aldershot, Eng., May 12 A secret
trial was made at daybreak of the
new military airship upon which the
British government Is baBlng its
hopes for future practical use. It
was announced that the experiments
were successful. So sanguine have
the government, experts felt over the
success of the aeroplane that they did
not even take the pains to Investigate
carefully the flying machine of the
Wright brother. , -. .
FRANCE FACETO
FACE WITH GRAVE
IOUS CRISIS
Six Thousand Postal Em
ployes are on Strike in
Paris Alone.
STRIKERS HOLD MAIL
Bloody Commune is Feared in France
If Either Side Precipitates Violence.
Crisis Was Precipitated Lute'. Yes
terday When the Chamber of Depu
ties Refused to Give Immediate. Ac
tion to Demands of Postal Em
ployes Troops Are Patrolling the
City ami Occupying the Postoflices.
Postmen Will Occupy ka, . 0
Leave Paris Today.
(By Cable to The Times)
Paris, May 12 France is face to
face today with the gravest crisis in
her industrial ' history. Six hundred
postal employes arc on a strike hero.
Thousands of soldiers are Under or
ders to march at a moment's notice.
A bloody commune if either side pre
cipitates violence.
At Marseilles the military and civil
authorities have, made arrangements
for wireless communication and auto
mobiles will be pressed into service
for the quick delivery of messages.
At Lyons the local postmen have
issued a final appeal to parliament
against what they term "the govern
ment's failure to keep it's promises."
Six hundred postal employes at
Bordeaux joined the strikers today.
The crisis was precipitated by the ac
tion of the chamber of deputies late
yesterday, when, after a si.d'rm""ees
sion of four hours, they adjourned
the debate on the interpellations on
the postal situation until. Thursday.
The postal employes wanted imme
diate action. When they did not get
it they issued a sweeping order
throughout France for a walkout.
M. Pauron, a dismissed postman,
issued a statement today declaring
that the government was playing for
time. Dispatches are being received
hourly from towns and cities
throughout France by. the postmen,
pledging : aid and moral support.
Workmen in other trades offer to
stand by the postmen and it is feared
that the strike mny extend to such
proportions that business is France
will be entirely stagnated.
The strikers are demanding the
right to unionize; they also demand
the dismissal of M. Simyaii, under
secretary. of posts and telegraph : lliey
want a civil service system conduct-'
ed upon .'merit, a revision ol ' hours
and more pay. i
The troops in Paris are patrolling
the city and are also occupying the
postoflices.
The general committee of postmen
declared that not a letter must leave
Paris today. All through the nighty
they laid their plans at their head
quarters,, detailing bodies of men to
station themselves at various points
In the city to intercept any attempt
to send mail from the capital.
Keenly Felt in London.
London, May 12 -This city feels
the effect of the Purls postal tsrike
keenly. Official notification was given
today of probable telegraphic delay
to Paris as only half the wires are
working and the malls are interrupted.'-
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Large masses of infantry and cav
alry have been thrown about the
Place Do La Republlqiiue where are
the strikers headquarte: i. -The pub
lic buildings and ministries are also
being guStrded, while the system of
distribution of mail in effect last sum
mer, when soldiers acted as postmen,
Is being inaugurated. Eight arrests
have been made.
XON.COMMISSIOXED OFFICER.
Will be Retailed to This Stute to
Train State Guurd.
Adjutant General' Armfleld has
made application as per orders from
the war department for a non-commissioned
officer to be detailed to
this state to aid In training the state
guard. The department will pick out
the best men available for the work,
give them eight weeks' special train
ing, beginning July 1st., and then
send one to each slate to drill Hie
state guard.
'King and Kaiser Moot.
Rome, May 12 King Victor and
Kaiser WUhelm met at Brlndisl to
day; " The two rulers embraced and
held a long conference. The Ger
man ruler came here on bis yacht
Hohentollern from Malta,
ER
T
WANT AN INCOME
TAX BILL PASSED
This Said to Be the Reason
He Has Revised the
Tariff Upward.
MR. PAYNJEH'S SPEECH
Experts Say Rules Have Been In
creased Fiir in Excess of Those of
the Dingh y Act Aldrich Wants to
Avoid Income or Inheritance . Tux.
; Senator Paynter Speaks on the To
bacco Question Says the Tobacco
(rowers Are Subjected -'to-Great
Injustice Througli the Operations
of the Tobacco Trust In An t'n
fortiinate Condition.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
''-Washington, May 12 It was whis
pered around the senate corridors to
day that the real .-significance of the
action of -the senate finance commit
tee increasing the tariff duties in the
Payne bill rather than reducing them,
and thus revising the tariff down
ward, is that Senator Aldrich does not
want nn income tax. The statement
has been made that a reduction of
tariff duties means a reduction, in the
revenues, and the only way by which
the revenues can be increased to meet
the increasing expenditures of the
government.- is to either increase
tariff 'duties,- or provide for an. In
heritance or income tax.
Experts in the senate declare that
in the way the tariff bill has been
amended by the finance committee,
especially -by the maximum and mint
mum provision, the rates have been
increased far in excess of those in the
Dingley act. It Is the knowledge of
this, it is claimed, that caused Sena
tor Aldrich to announce that the bill
as amended by the finance commit
tee, will yield a large increase in the
revenue, and that therefore an In
come lax is unnecessary.
Senator Paynter addressed the sen
ate on the tobacco question and the
injustice to which he said tobacco
growers are subjected through the
acts of the tobacco tmjst. He spoke
in part as follows:
"What the tobacco grower desires
is the privilege of selling his tobacco
in the natural leaf to the consumers;
lhat, this privilege may: be exercised
by tailing it to tobacco dealers and
they be permitted to Roll it to the con
sumers without the payment of tax.
"The evidence shows that tobacco
growers are in an unfortunate condi
tion; that, their business has not been
prosperous; (hat when it costs 6
cents per pound to produce tobacco,
it was bringing 2 and 3l,& cents per
pound: that the competitive market
had been destroyed; that there was
practically onjy one '.purchaser .for
their tobacco, At any rate, only one
purchaser fixed the price. II. shows
that the competitive markets in Italy,
Spain, and France, and the Nether
lands have been destroyed by the ac
tion of the governments of those
countries in refusing to admit any to
bacco except that which was pur
chased by them; that the same agent
purchases for what is called the
"regie" contractors and for the
American Tobacco Company; that
the Bremen market Is the remaining
hope for the sale of part of their
crop, but' when some tobacco dealers
sought to enjoy its supposed benefits
and shipped their tobacco there, then
the American Tobacco Company be
gan to sell Its tobacco at the price at
which it purchased it in Kentucky.
"The tobacco growers believe they
are in tho grasp of a conscienceless
monopoly which is wrongfully . de
vourlng their homes, and taking from
tire mouths of their families the
bread that has been earned by inces
sant toll.
"Whatever I may say as to the to
bacco trust Is not said with the view
of gratifying the harBh feeling of
those who conceive they are victims
of its supposed rapacious greed for
commercial triumphs and Ill-gotten
gains, nor for the purpose of gaining
the applause of the multitude, which
is sometimes more pleased to sec some
conspicuous figure In the commercial
world flayed than It Is when merited
praise Is betowed upon a public bene'
factor.
"The statements I make with ref
erence to tho tobacco trust or com
binatlon are with the view of placing
before the senate facts which, in my
6pinlon,re Important to be consul
ered In determining the question
whether the relief sought by the to
bacco growers should be granted."
After Senator Paynter ' speech
DRIH
UN
Senator Wetmore introduced a bill to
increase the capitol grounds by ac
quiring sufficient property to con
struct an avenue 50 feet wide from
the Peace monument to the union
station.
Senator Warren introduced a bill
to increase the number of cadets at
the military academy by one-fourth
and to give senators and representa
tives cadetship appointments once in
three years instead of four as at pres
ent.
Senator Overman offered an
amendment to the tariff bill provid
ing that whenever the president is
satisfied that more than fifty per cent
of an article consumed in this coun
try is produced by a monopoly, or
hat whenever it is sold abroad
cheaper than in the home markets, or
whenever the price is unreasonable
or extortionate, the president shall
be authorized and directed by procla
mation to suspend the collection of
duties or taxes on articles of a like
character for such a period of time
as he may deem proper.
Senator Simmons offered a series
of amendments to reduce the duty on
different grades and kinds of glass.
He addressed the senate in favor of
a reduction of duty on window glass.
Defending the manufacturers Sena
tor Elkins declared that the jobbers,
middlemen, and retailers were re
sponsible for high prices.
Senator Tillman inquired about
the coal companies and the Standard
Oil Company which, he said, control
the agencies of distribution of these
commodities.
Senator Elkins replied: "I want
to see the senator draw a bill to reach
these combinations.'
Senator Tillman asked: "Will the
senator from West Virginia vote for
such a bill?"
Whereupon the senate laughed.
Senator Hale warned against the
invasion of the American markets by
the Germans. He declared that the
influence of the German emperor pre
dominated, not. only in militaryl af
fairs, but in business, and that any
man was blind who could not see
that it was the ambition of the Ger
man emperor to Invade the American
markets. The policy of the republi
can party was to completely discrim
inate!! favor of our town 4abor in
manufacturing against German and
Oriental labor.
HUSBAND CHAHPED
WITH WIFE'S MURDER
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Providence, R. I., May 12 Ernest
Allen, the divorced husband of Laura
E. Register, who was strangled to
death in a lonely glen in the ceme
tery of the Sons of Israel on the eve
of her second marriage, was arrested
today and put through u rigid exami
nation by the police. No specific
charge is made against him although
the authorities desire to loarn his
whereabouts on the night of the mur
dr. Allen lived at Hope Valley, forty
miles, away. Sheriff Barber, upon
learning of his whereabouts, was
whirled away to Hope Valley in an
automobile and brought Allen back
with him.
It is reported that Allen sought a
reconciliation with his former wife
recently but his mother-in-law refus
ed to countenance his advances. The
police are working upon the theory of
revenge because the grl had not been
robbed. They asked Allen particu
larly if he knew of any enemies she
might have had,
Allen seemed to accept his predic
ament coolly. While the grewsome
tails of the murder were unfolded he
retained his self-possession and was
ready with his answers as quickly as
questions were asked.
CAXXOT EXCLUDE CHILDREN'.
Violation of haw for 'Landlord to Ex
clude Children From Their Houses.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Springfield, Ills,, May 12 -The bill
of Representative Nichols, making It
a violation of law for landlords to
exclude children from apartment
houses or other dwellings has pass
ed the house.
The measure declares that leases
which contains provisions against
children of under fourteen years old
are against policy and void. It pro
vides a penalty of a fine of from $50
to $100 for-vlolatlon of the act.
Promoting Progress.
To tho Editor of The Times.
I have been Intending for some
days to send you a line of congratula
tion upon the fine work you are doing
for Raleigh.
Never before, so far as my knowl
edge goes, has The Times been half
so useful a factor In the life of our
city, half so, useful an agency In pro
moting progress and development
here.
1 congratulate you.
Sincerely yours,
CLARENCE II
Kalelsh, N. C, May 11.
POE.
CHIEF ILLINS'
IS
PERMANENT
Board of Police Commis
sioners Find Him Guilty
of Charges.
AS TO MUTILATED BOOKS
Xo Official Expression From the
Hoard, Hut Members Unanimous in
Their Expressions of Confidence In
the Ex-Chief's Honesty and Integ
rity Xo Evidence Connecting Him
With the Mutilution ofthe Books.
Other Charges Sustained by the
Evidence Submitted and Mullins is
Discharged.
The board of 'police commissioners
of the city of Raleigh met according
to adjournment at 9:30. A full board
was present. Ex-Chief Mullins was
on band with Ins attorneys, Messrs.
I. C. L. Harris and W. L. Watson. ;
When the meeting was called , to
order Mr. ,T. A, Briggs, secretary,
quietly arose and announced the de
cision of the commission. Turning
to Mr. Mullins he said:
'Mr. Mullins, it now. devolves upon
me, as secretary of the board of police
commissioners of the city of Raleigh,
to perform one of the most painful
duties of my life: Having known you
for so many years of my life makes it
all the more painful. But duty must
be performed, it makes no difference
how much we shrink from it. I will
now read to you the findings of the
board:
" 'Raleigh, N. C, May 11, 1909.
" 'Mr. H. Mullins:
" 'Dear Sir At a meeting held
this day, at 1 p. m., the board of po
lice commissioners, after careful con
sideration of the charges made
against you, and your reply to the
same, made through your attorneys,
find that you are guilty of the same,
and under Rule 12, under the head of
Discipline in the Book of Rules and
Regulations Governing the Police
Force of the City of Raleigh, we make
your suspension permanent, dating
from the day of your suspension,
which Was the twenty-ninth day of
March, 1909.
By order of the board, I am.
Yours truly,
.1. A. BRIGGS,
Secretary of the board of Police
Commissioners of the City of Ral
eigh. As to Mutilated Books.
When the findings of the board
had been read Mr. Mullins and his
attorneys quietly filed out of : the
room. If the decision of the commis
sion was a surprise to Mr. Mullins he
did not show it. He evinced not the
slightest, emotion.
Mr, Mullins and his attorneys re
turned In a few moments and asked
lor some expression from the board
,in the matter of the mutilation of the
books. Mr. Watson said:
"Gentlemen of the Board:
"We think if fair and proper that
our client should have some expres
sion from you In regard to the muti
lation of the city records. There have
been detectives employed aVid secret
reports made and we would like to
know whether any of these reports or
findings by detectives reflect on Mr.
Mullins, or in any way connect him
with the matter."
Chairman Wilder said in answer:
"We have not been able as yet to
find any direct evidence implicating
any one. The investigation Is not
yet finished. Personally, (the other
members of the board may speak for
themselves), I do not believe that Mr.
Mullins had anything to do with the
mutilation of the books, either di
rectly or indirectly."
Mr. Briggs, speaking for himself
Individually, declared that he be
lieved Mr. Mullins to be an honest
man and that he knew nothing df
the mutilution of the books until he
reached his office the morning after
the crime was committed.
Mr. Mahler also expressed the
same feelings toward Mr. Mullins.
As to what will be the final out
come of the various investigations on
foot Mr. Mullins' attorneys would not
hazard a guess. ' Mr. Watson stated
ttiut just now they were waiting for
the action of the Wake county board
of education, which has had experts
working on the mutilated books, - The
matter will not be allowed to rest as
it is.
Wanted A Chief ol Police.
Mr. Mullins' suspension being made
permanent leaves a place ot high res
ponsibility to be filledt Great car
(Continued on Page Three.)
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