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Weather. CECOXD. Washington May 13 Forecast for North Carolina for tonight and Friday: Fair tonight and EDITION Friday; light .variable winds, ,1 TAIfJSHED 1871 RALEIGH, N. C, THURS DAY, MAY 13, 1909. PRICE 5 CENTS ADDRESS OF THE BISHOP BEFORE lECOnON Was the Feature of tbe Morn ing Session of the Epis copal Convention WOBK OF THE J1J0CESF Diocese Is In Good Condition and Full of (food WorksBishop Given -Detailed Account of the Years' Work Interesting Account of the l'un Anglicmi Conference An Appeal For the Mission Work of the Dio cese Dr. l'ittcnger ' Read KeHirt of Committee, on Cannons and It Was Mado Social Order For This Afternoon Report From St. Mary's School. . The second day's session of the Episcopal convention was an inter esting one, beginning at- lf o'clock with the roll call and. minutes of yes terday's session rend by the secre tary. U was moved that the work of the University be made a special order nna half hour aftnr fho llklinn'a nrl. .dross. . The Bishop's address was the most important feature of the morning session. He found the Diocese in a flourishing condition and full of good works and good spirits. During the year two members of the convention had been lost by death,-Rev. Charles Fetter, one of the first ministers that he had ordained, and Rev. John Hen ry Pollard, who had been in charge of the work among the colored peo ple. ' 'Then followed a detailed account of the services that had been held by the Bishop during the year, this being a series of addresses, admin istration of the Holy Communion, and confirmation services held at dif ferent charges throughout the Dio cese. The Bishop dedicated - a beau tiful memorial chapel at Durham. During the year Bishop Cheshire officiated a number of times out of the limits of the Diocese, on board ship to England and a number Of times in various churches In England, during his visit there last summer. A number of the clergy have been compelled during the year to resigp their charges. Then -followed it list of the changes in position among the clergy of the .Diocese; " , The Bishop then gave a short but exceedingly interesting account of the Pan-Anglican congress held in England last June, which he was priv ileged to attend. The halls where the congress was held being crowd ed at every service.. The public be ing amazed at the greatness of the church. Tjhe North Carolina Dio cese was represented by the fall num ber of delegates. -'.,.. The Bishop concluded with an np-. peal for mission work an" appeal made at the great meetings held in England last June and July, and to strengthen the church In the home Diocese In all its forms. 'The first duty -of the church and the individ ual Is tbe missionary work. The work of the Sunday school was then taken up. The Bishop hoped the work would he given still more attention in the future. The Bishop's address closed with a mention .of the great loss to the convention in the death of Mr. John Wilkes, of Charlotte. A committee of three was appoint ed to draw up resolutions on the death of Rev. Charles, Fetter, '"..- Dr. Pittenger mado the report of the committee on cannons. The report of the committee on cannons was made a special order for 4 o'clock this afternoon. A. report of the church work at Chapel Hill was made by the chair man, Rev. Francis Osborne. The committee was pleased with the work at the University, but In order that the" work be even greater, a number of resolutions were submitted. The noon hour having arrived he business of the session . was Inter rupted by the noon day prayer for missions. Rev. R. B. John, presiding elder of the Raleigh district of the Metho dist Episcopal church, was recognis ed and presented to the convention. A report from St. Mary's, School, being tbe special order of the day was called for, and presented by Rev. Dr. Lay, rector of t, Mary's School. . Meeting of Diocesan OfHcers. Immediately following the Bishop's address there was a meeting In the chapel of the Dloce$aaofuceri of the Woman's Auxiliary, the following be ing present: Mrs. John Wilkes, Charlotte, president; Miss Kate Cheshire, Tarboro, (Secretary: Mrs. Dorian Blair, Greensboro, treasurer; Mrs. k. ti. Lewis, Kaleign, convoca tional secretary; Miss A. E. Smith, Scotland Neck, secretary United Of fering; Mrs. E. G. Rawlings, Wilson, secretary convocation of Raleigh, Junior department; Mrs. John G. Bennett, secretary convocation of Charlotte; ars. F. S. Spruill, Louis- burg, secretary convocation of Ral eigh, Baries Branch, and Mrs. Walter J. Smith, secretary convocation of Charlotte. Garden Party This-Afternoon. From 6 to 8 o'clock this evening on the lawn of Christ church rectory there will be a garden party to the members of the convention and the Woman's Auxiliary. ' The sessions tomorrow will be de voted to the work of the Woman's Auxiliary which meets with tbe con vention. The full program is as fol lows:. Friday, May 14th. 7:. 10 a. m. Christ Church. Holy Communion. 10:00 a m. Christ Church Chap i. Business Session, 12:00 m. Noonday1 Prayer for Missions. 12,::J0 p. m. Christ Church. Re port of DIoceBan Secretary. 4:00 p. m. Christ Churfch Chapel. Business Session. 5:00 p. m. -Appeals from Dioce san Missionaries. 8:30 p. ni. Christ Church. Mis sionary; Meotlng Evening Prayer. Address on the Work of the Woman's Auxiliary by Rev, Samuel M. Hanff, Duke. Rev. Bertram E. Brown,' Tar borough. , The "Junior" formed the robed choir and the altar was beautifully decorated with lilies, roses and other (Continued on Pace Two.) AT SHAW UNIVERSITY Commencement Exercises Held Today. Big Clusft, of GraduatesThis Year Annual Address Made by Hon. K. E. Brown, United States Commis sioner of- Education Prizes Are Awarded. The commencement exercises of Shaw University were held this morn ing In the university auditorium. A program, replete with interest, was rendered most Creditably. The an nual address was made by Hon. E. E. Brown, of Washington, D. C, United States Commissioner of Education. It was an address of wonderful pow er delivered in an impressive man ner, and held the closest attention of the great audience from beginning to end. The program was as follows: . Music. .' Invocation Rev. J. A. Whitted, D. D., Winston-Salem, N. C. ':'-:' Music. ; Annual Address Hon. Elmer Ells worth Brown, Washington, D. C, United States Commissioner of Edu cation. . . " Music. Food Lecture and Demonstration Waldorf Salad. Llda Smith, assisted by Wilhelmlna Armistead. Conferring of Degrees and Pre senting of Diplomas Frank M. liar' per, superintendent of schools, Ral eigh, N. C. - .'- Announcing of Prizes, Awarding of Certificates, and Parting Address to Graduates President Charles Francis Meserve, LL. D. The following prizes were award ad: . The McKce Prize M. H. Tyler. -The Knox Prize E. H. Flipper. The Goodwin Prize J. A. Tlnsley. The Battle Prize P. G. Dabney. . The Lewis Prize- W. T. Coleman. The Plckel Prize L. oBurwell. The Crowell Prize H. A. J. Mose- ioy. . ,".'" The College Junior Prlzo No award. ( '" .' Honorablo Mention W. S. Turner. The College Freshman Prize G. R. Wilson. ' The George Henry Mitchell Prize G. R. Wilson; - ' Honorable Mention J. M. Keaton. The Funk-Wagnalls Prize L. M. Cheek. Honorable Mention J. B. Davis The exercises closed with a bene diction by Rev. S. N. Vass. D. D. Shaw turns out a big clart of grad uates this year. Those who received the degree of Doctor of Medicine to day were '.. ' John A. Baker, J. Dorsey Barnes, James A. Battle, James A. Brewer, Samuel S. Campbell, William P. Car ter, William T. Coleman, Sterling Cooper, Robert L Flagg, Jr., Emory H. Flipper, Edmund T. Gordon, Ed ward D. Jones, James M. Mason, Mil lard H. McWhorter, Walker L. Sel lers, James A. .Tlnsley, Marcellus H. Tyler, Arthur AV Wall. William T. ' ..(Continued on Pf Two.) PARIS POSTAL STRIKE ABOUT 10 FALLTI Government HasTaken Strong Measures to Gain Control of Situation SOLDIRS GUARD MAIL I'Ihi, Threatened Huge Strike of Ios- tnl Employes All Hut Broken by the Vigorous Action of the Govern ment; Movement Has 'Iost its Eco nomic Character and Has Become a Revolutionary Uprising Aguiust the Government Strikers Declare -Thejfc Will Never Go Buric to Work As Long Clemenceau and Slmyan Hold Their Jobs. Paris, May 13 The vigorous pol icy of the government in dealing with the strike of the postmen and tele graphers apaprently has its backbone all but broken: If conditions remain as 'they are for twenty-four hours more the strike will have resolved it self into a huge fiasco. : '"' The main body of the strikers are eagerly awaiting the evening session of the chamber of deputies tonight, when the government will yield to their demands, at least In part. The movement hi lost its economic character and has now become a rev olutionary uprising against the au thority of the government. At their public meetings today the strike leaders all made the declara tion: .;'' ; ". '. "We will never go back to work so long as a liar like Clemenceau is at the head of the "ministry and a ruf fian like Slmyan has charge of the postal department." . At one of the meeting held today one of the speakers said: "Clemenceau is an old man and must soon yield. The ministers who are all bandits must go; then the strike will be over." At the greater part of the meet ings the speakers seemed to content thmselves with hurling hard names Oat those in authority. The government today mobollzed 25,000 soldiers, 8,000 police, and 400 detectives. So far today the disor der consisted of several cases of as sault upon postmen who refused to join the strikers. . Notice of dismissal Was served upon 228 employes of the postal and telegraph departments today us de cided upon by the chamber of depu ties. The general confusion of af fairs has helped to swing public sen timent in favor of the government and the large nicrehants and hotel keepers fearing that the strike will hinder the influx' of American and English tourists, have refused to ex tend their sympathy to the strikers. The Bourse, the busiest telegraph center of Paris, is surrounded by sol diers today to prevent disorder. Soldiers now accompany the loyal employes and the strike. .breakers on their rounds, ' The telegraph and telephone cables are still working and the govern men t has drafted into service hundreds of men from the engineering corps. Un der these circumstances communication-will be assured even should all the remainder of the employes quit. In the meantime the hotels pellet ed a syndicate by which all letters sent out by their guests are being sent to Brussels for distribution. IXSAXE FROM SKASICKNKSS. Hud to be Confined in Ship's Hospital unci Kept 111 Confinement After Lauding. (By Leased Wire to The Times. New York, May 13. Driven hisnne by seasickness, William J. Hawke, of Cornwall, Eng., was removed from the liner Teutonic upon her arrival here today from Southampton and taken to Ellis Island where he was placed In the prison hospital. '.' Hawke who Is bound for Chicago, showed the first symptoms of insanity sev eral days out from Southampton fol lowing a severe attack of seasickness. His condition become so serious that he was placed in the prison hospit al of the ship and confined there until ship's urrival here today. NIGHT RIDER- CASES. Attorneys for the State Want Death Penalty For- All of Them. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Waverly, Tenn.i May 13 Attorneys of the state have prepared a written motion to present to the court demand ing that the death penalty be Inducted upon tbe fourteen defendants in the night rider cases. The state will In sist that Judge Cook was in error In retiring the jury for the second time ifter the defendants were declared guilty. Judge -Cook declares that If he had accepted, the.- first Verdict of the jury lie would have been compelled lo Im pose a sentence of death on all the defendants, as there were no grades of punishment under the Klu Klux act. His present intention, he says. is to release all the men hut two upon ir own recognizance, and make them responsible. for all lawlcssnes commlt- I In theiiiylit. rider district . lie emphaliealy declared that he Intended to pul a stO!) to the dcpiedatiotis if he had lo obtain a regiment of r.oldiei'R patrol the district. FOUR MOKE DISMISSED. Collector Loeb liesmisses Four More From Customs Service. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Yor May 1 3 Collector of the Port Loeb today dismissed four more men from the customs service as a result of the shalieiip which lias fol lowed his. investigations. These four men are United States weighers Chas. H. ."Warell, Jr., Archibald Edniun- slune, John O'Brien and Charles Dewitt Drew". Alter discharging the four -weighers. Collector Loeb abol ished the positions altogether. In the future Thomas D. Hyatt, who helped .in the sugar trust prosecu tions, will be the only weigher and several new men will be appointed as his assistants. Collector Loeb has now discharged nine men altogether from the service. BIG' COAL COMBINE. Five Coal Companies Unite and Form Biggest Coal Company in the World. (Tiy Leased Wire to The Times) Baltimore, Md., 'May 13 The Consoli dation Coal Company, which before the adoption-.'of the Hepburn act was wm-il bv the Baltimore and Ohio Railrii.ad. has acquired the etnire capi tal stock of five coal companies and formed the greatest coal combination In -the world with approximately 2K),- liitu acres in Marvlaml, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio and a .capital stock Of 37,6f.0,0t)0. .. '; The five companies acquired are the FYiivmont Conl Company, capitalized t 812,000,000; Somerset Coal Company, 54.000,000; Pittsburg and Fatrmnunt, Fuel Company, 2,000;000: ciaiKsuurg Fuel Company. . $1,250,000 ami Southern Coat ancT Transportation -Company. SaOO.OOO. .. A 1 .! O I K N'M F.N'T I XCI 1 HTA I X. When Will the Extra Session of Con gress Terminate. (By Leased Wire to The Times) .'Washington,. May 13 The ques tion of when the extra session will terminate is as easy to answer as what the state of the 'weather will be next week. No one can tell when congress will adjourn, but men like Speaker Cannon say that history is a good guide, and this means that an adjournment may take place about the middle of June. The guess of Vice President Sherman that" the date will be about August is not given much consideration. BAPTISTS HOSTS MEET T0NI5HT (By Leased Wire to The Time';. ) Louisville, Ky., May li!. .-With 'the laymen's conference, the Baptist Young People's Union, (lie Women's Missionary .-'(inloii arid the Kducatioii al Association holding sessions to day, .thousands of Baptists of the South found plenty to occupy them until the session of the convention proper which begins tonight. The .meeting. of the Women's Mis sionary I niou is rather unique In that not a man is allowed to attend Tho ladies say they catt conduct the affairs of their organization 'without assistance from the sterner sex. Their reports show contributions for for eign missions for the past year of $!iG,til2; for home rnlssions $!fi,735 and a total for all purposes of $ltT, 143..' At the lay mens meeting reports were heard of the progress Chat has been made in the southern states. Tho advantages of summer encamp ments as places of recreation and of religious endeavor, particularly the study of tho Bible, were dwelt on by the speakers at the Baptist Young People's session. . Two Charters. A charter was granted today to The Christian Construction Com pany, of Durham, general contractors and builders. The authorized capital stock is $10,000, with $3,000 paid in, N. I'nderwood, L. S. Christian and L. L. Beall are the stockholders. The Cape Fear OH Company, of Wilmington, was authorized to refine and manufacture oil and petroleum products. The authorized capital stock Is $125,000, with $5,000 paid In. Thos. E. Cooper, J. W. Brooks and R. W. Herring, Incorporators. MR HENRY LEADING THE SEVENTH DAY AOVENTISTS MEET (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 13 The thirty seventh' sesaion of the Seventh Day Advontists general conference began here today., A. G. Danils, president of the conference, called it to order this morning at 10:30 o'clock and lelivered an address of welcome to the 30(1 delegates, including visitors, delegates- and their families more than 3,000 persons are attending the conference. They are housed in 3(i0 tents erected on the grounds of the Foreign Mission Seminary in Takoma Park, a suburb of Washington. A 'Question, To the Kditor of. The Evening Times: If the new proposed auditorium is to have a seating capacity of four thousand peopl", what will be the least ground space necessary for this purpose, alluding for the galleries? Let the. architects speak out. Will a half acre do it? Have any sites been offered to the commission? A CITIZEN. MR J. I PARKER DAED Passed Away at His Home Here This Morning Mr. Parker Was Sixty-three"- Years Old and One of Kaleigh'sBcst Bus iness Men Began Business Here tm a- Wholesale and Ketail Grocer. Jjcad i ng: Cotton ftcul'e'r"of "tlie T"Ity for Many Years. At 5 o'clock this morning at his residence in this city', on . Oak wood avenue, Mr. M. A. Parker died in his sixty-third year, having been born in Wake county, near Garner, Septem ber 10th, 1840, his father being the late Western Parker. Mr. Parker has been confined with sickness to his residence since last December, when he was stricken with paralysis. While he has been out a few times since his sickness be gan, his friends have noticed that he has been gradually growing worse until the end came. . ' Mr. .Parker, during his life filled a largo place in the business circles of Raleigh. He has been for many years one of the leading business men of the city . When quite a young man and immediately after the war, he commenced a retail grocery busi ness in a small way on the west side of Fayettev.lle street, midway ,be twen Hargott and Martin streets. After being" in business , here for awhile he enlarged his business and removed to Exchange and Martin streets, where for many years he conducted a large wholesale and re tail grocery business successfully After this ho engaged in the whole sale, grocery and cotton brokerage business with D. B. Avera under the linn name of Parker & Avera. This firm for many years was the leading cotton brokerage firm in Raleigh. In the later years of Mr. Parker's life he carried on a cotton brokerage business with his sons, Walter A., Linus M., and Clyde K. Parker, the last named two of whom he was in business with at the time of his death. Mr. Parker was the oldest cotton dealer In Raleigh when he died. He was for a qunrter 'of a century a prominent figure and leading spirit upon our cotton market. He was widely known, not only to the far mers of Wake and surrounding coun ties from whom he bought cotton. but he also had an extensive ac quaintance and business connection with cotton mill men in this and other states to whom he sold cotton for their mills. Mr. Parker was a genial and com panionable man. He met the world with a smile. He was at home with all classes and conditions of men Men liked to be with him and enjoy his joyonis and kindly companionship. He was an honorable man in all his dealings with his fellow-men. Was kind and considerate as a husband and father, and was recognized by all as a useful citizen. He lived a life and left a name that his family, his friends, and his fellow-citizens will always remember with pride and sat isfaction. Mr. Parker, .when a young man became a member of the First Bap- (Contlnued on Page Two.) G REECE BIG CONTEST Boys are Duing Some Hoe Work Race Grows Exci ting at the Finish. CLOSESSATURDAYNIGHT I'liique Contest Wil Close Saturday Night, at Nine O'clock All Votes Must be in liuslness Office by That Time, When the Judges Will De- : eide Who floes to New York,- Ut King's Business College, or the Baseball (james. The boys and girls of Raleigh are preparing for a big race Saturday night. The Advertising Contest is getting -.to be the hottest thing in town and the boys and girls are making a desperate fight for first place. Just think, a nice trip to New York City, just at this time or a lit tle later In the spring or summer. It is the best and most pleasant time of the year to go to New York. The lucky Cont est ant can take a friend and they will stop at the Hotel St. Denis, on Broadway. All arrange ments have been made at this fine ho tel and the couple that is so fortun ate as to go will have a fine time. The scholarship at King's Busi ness College is attracting much at tention and the winner of this schol arship will have a full course in one of the leading colleges in the coun try. The boys and girls should make a hard fight for this nice scholarship. Any boy or girl in North Carolina would be proud to win such a prize. It is Something of real value and will give you a business education that will help you all through life. The basebal lseason is here and the boy or girl whols so fortunate as to get to go to the games is ' happy. Here is your chance. Win the two season tickets to the games and you can always ask a friend to go along and you will be certain of a fine time ill summer. What could be nicer for any boy or girl. Two season tickets to see Raleigh's baseball team at all the games. That is certainly some thing to make all the boys and girls inxious to win this line prize. Shall it be u boy or girl to win the first? Who will win the second and third? The boys are working day and night, but they are keeping mighty quiet until the lust night. When Saturday night, at 9 o'clock, comes somebody will be surprised. The girls have friends all over the city and they are going to help them, so the question is coming up in the minds of all the people: Will it be a boy or girl to win the first prize? Mr. Henry Reece leads the big race today, and the girls are coming right along up in the race. There are not many boys in the race, but they are game to the last, and they are going lo show somebody how to work at the finish. They are out lining up all of their friends today, getting them In line for some nice advertising con- traits and some big subscription lists, and when Saturday night conies they. loo, are going to make things hum. See how the girls are coming up the line and what they are doing. They ire workers and lighters to the finish. They, too, have friends all over town by the hundreds, and these friends are getting in line for some fine bus iness. Look over this list, and see what you can do for one of these boys or girls. They will' appreciate whut you ran .do for them.' Call them up and tell them you have an advertise ment and then give them one, two or four subscriptions and help them all you can. They will always remem ber you for it. These boys and girls have worked hard. They have all worked faithfully. Have you a Ut ile friend in tho list? If so you should get In the fight and show them that you appreciate them and that you are a real friend in a time of need. Saturday morning the big lock box will be placed In the business office (Continued on. Page Eighty 8TF.KL PRICKS ADVANCED.. Second Advance of One Dollar a Ton In Three Weeks. .' (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., May 13 Producers of structural shapes and steel platea have advanced the price from $25 to $26 a ton. This Is the second ad vance in three weeks, each Increase being $1 a ton. The agricultural Im plement manufacturers have Just placed- 80 per cent of their Orders for merchant bars for delivery from July 1 to January 1, paying between 1.15 to 1.20 a pound. For delivery be youd January 1 prices will be higher.