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Dbupje ,tthe-.:Btirriber of .Paid Subscribers' in 'the City ' ,,.i," ... ,'-. ii - 'i the " 'Tt ' , I. V.'" -' '. Sixth ay Scfci cl .Ccnvcn .10 were mm With An Attendance of 3,500 IJcle gates Convention Began' Her this Afternoon and Will. Continue Until Next 'Tuesday Fifty. two Conn- tries Are II1 presented in the Con ventldn Cajled to Order by Pre ident Meyer, of London- Presi dent Taft Will Sieak at Welcome Service Thin Evening. . (By Leased Wire to Tne Times) Washington, May 19 With an at tendance of 3,500 delegates, the World's Sixth Sunday School Conven . tlon began here this afternoon to continue until Tuesday next. From every quarter of the world the delegates came and when the gavel fell this afternoon 62 different countries were represented in the body, which was called to order by .. the Rev. P. B. Meyer, of ' London, president of the - World's Sunday School Association. "We are-going to have the great est Sunday School convention ever held," he said. "Our object Is two fold first, to stimulate a mission ary interest in Sunday schools,, and, secondly, to organise Sunday, school work and promote its ideate through out the world. ' lUHUjr yiaiiura, uui delegates, uuc attracted to the meeting, also have . ... . ' j i , i come .to 'Washington and It is ex pected that during the week of the convention 10,000 strangers will - be . within the gates of the national cap ital. . . The delegates from the 62 na tions will in turn represent 26,000,- 000 Sunday school students.'. The nroeram Includes the services in various churches throughout the city, the larger meetings being held in Convention Hall with a capacity , of more than 5,000 people. '..''; President Taft will speak at the welcome service this evening. ':' The convention sermon was delivered this afternoon by Rev. Dr. F. B. Meyer. Other prominent workers who took part in today's exercises, were Bishop Cranston, of the Methodist Episcopal church; ' Bishop Harding, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of the District of Columbia; Bishop Joseph C, Hartzell, Africa,; Bishop Yoitsu Honde, Japan; the Rev. Dr. J. Mon roe OibBon, England; the Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Greene, of this city, and John Wanamaker. ,: ' ,The most, spectacular feature of the convention will be the parade on Friday afternoon, when 10,000 men ' Will march up Pennsylvania avenue and around the capltol, from the : steps of which they will be reviewed . by . the ; women workers.- PINAR DEL RIO Uf.'DER MARTIAL LAW . Havana, May 19 Martial law was today declared at Plnar Del Rio, where 3,000 pounds of dynamite "exploded yes terday afternoon 'destroying the Rura les' barracks. Advices received here state that the number of dead will be greater than was first supposed, total ling Tuny ails ana tnat more tnan zw ' are seriously Injured. . . More troops were rushed to the scene today by special trains, under General Monteagada. - A close watch is being kept about the rains.' Though many physicians and nurses have been des patched from Havana, more are need ed.. The scenes among the Injured are described as terrible. . Although the. government is close ly investigating the report that the ex plosion was the first manifestation of the. negro uprising threatened to start yesterday,- the belief Is general here that this theory. Is wrong. The fact that the Ruralea were transferring the 'dynamite at the time of the accident Is regarded as sufficient explanation of the affair. . ' . Nevertheless the leaders of. the cam: paign against ithe - negro leaders -are preparing to make the most of the ex plosion.' According to them, It -was a similar attempt 'to the late Senator MaruA Delgado's attempt to start a revolution ' by murdering sleeping Rurnlce In Uelf barrtuiks fit Ouana-i ii;e tai Were Disappointed Wo Phenomena of Interest Observed. " Oo' Astronomer Says' the Passage ".ITtyrough the Tail Was Not Made lentil This Morning. . (By Leased Wire lo The Times) NewTork, May 19 Did the earth pass through the tail of Halley comet' last night? Scientist's say it did. They have no physical manifes tations for absolute corroboration Certain it- is that millions of inhabi tants of the United States, from coast to coast, who examined the heavens were disappointed, for the most part. The comet's tail was not visible in New York until 2:30 a. m., after the moon had set. Then Miss Mary Proc tor, the : astronomer, discovered stretching 100 degrees in length. band of light 10 degrees in width tunnihg from the ' horizon at the point of sunrise . through a great square of Pegasus and Aquarius to Aqullla. - It appeared to be a second milky way, - Its brilliance equalling that of the great belt of star dust The phenonemnon remained vis ible for some tlme,and the last of it was not seen till the summer sun be gan to smother the stars. - This belt of light was not 'the only manifestation attributable to the cqmet's approach, however. Shortly after 10:30 p. m. a tight auroral glow was observed in the northeastern sky, flashing for an instant only. Then, for an hour, there were in termittent flashes, occasionally ruddy but generally white. Few of them took definite shape; Miss Proctor, however,- noted one which resembled an arch of glowing white surmounted by a. crest of crimson. - Many scientists today declared that these -flashes were In. reality flu to the sun-spots' seen- yesterday by vari ous observatories. New York carried out its plan, of making the night a holiday,' but there was little reward in the way of phe nomena ' for the thousands who flocked to the roofs of hotels and other1 high buildings. The only harm caused by the com-, et was the death of Amy Hopkins, a 16-year-old girl, who fell from a root In Brooklyn. ; Dr. Harold A. Jacoby, Rutherford professor of astronomy at Columbia University, today said : "We are compelled to conclude, af ter last night, that the tail of Hal- ley's comet is composed of matter so extremely tenuous as to remain un seen and unfelt by us when the earth, was passing through it. Some astronomers ' had antici pated that the tail would show itself composed of . numberless particles of a sisethat, conflicting with. the air, wruld fall in shooting hall or clouds of small meteors. Nothing 'of the kind' was seen." :. The comet did, however, clarify the atmosphere to a certain extent, according to Thomas ,W. Evans, a chemist employed by the Standard Oxygen Company, who made' an analysis of the air. .The usual stand ard of New York air, he said, con tains 21 per cent, of oxygen, while that last night showed 21.75 per cent, the equal of that found in mid-ocean. On - the whole, however, astrono mers are not one wnit wiser man they were before. The passage of the earth through the tail, If the pas sage occurred, has merely substantl ated their predictions that no harm would result. '. v They had said no cyanogen gas would : be apparent,; and none was. Indeed the presence of cyanogen gas in the tall is now doubted and it is behoved that the spectroscope which detects the - Chemical constituents - of tne nea reply body, was tooled by tne play of the Suit's' light on the tall Cyanogen -gas was recorded, then dis appeared,, and then seemed to be re- 6orded again, as the comet neared, circled, and left the sun. . ; Interest In the comet 'now centers in its future,' particularly from now until the middle of June, when it wilt become Invisible as It rushes on its great journey to the edge of the solar system. V''i;: : . -.' ' Invisible' last night, It will not be seen tonight, but In a few days will form a magnificent spectacle. ' Fri day evening,' about 8:00 o'clock, it will light up. the western sky, not far from Mars, and for two hours will glow with, the intensity that has won it a place -In history1. ; -'Had "Bent 'Tall. "Princeton." N. J.,' May 19 "The earth did not begin to pass through the tall of Halley 's comet till 1 8:00 a. w. today." . -. ' 'Pro'f. Henry Norri Russell, pro- (COntlnued on Page Fire.) Sumples of pliotogruplw sent by wire from the office of thi- lioston 'Americun to tli( N'ew York Anieiicoii. The invention is the work of a foreign scientist and hut created ureut IntercNt Uiiioiik m icntists in thin country. The pictures shown at the right and left rescctivey ol K. H. iary, chainimn of the T. S. Steel ('oi-M)ratioii and C. A. Mynn, of the Scientific Americau. They ore retouched. The photo in the centre was sent and ap peared just as reproduced here. WILL INVESTIGATE THE FIELD WORKERS (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, May 19 When the sen ate met todav Senator Borah of Idaho, Introduced a resolution calling from an investigation of the wages and hours of employment ou the field workers throughout the United States. Senator Cummins of Iowa then "dis cussed his amendment to the railroad) bilk proposing that no Increase of rates should become effective without the approval of the interstate commerce commission! : whlcH should have the 1-0 days In which to investigate the mat-! ter. : . '; .-.' ' Surgeon General Wyman of the United States marine hospital service and George ,M. Sternberg appeared before the committee on public health to advocate the Owen bill to establish a bureau of health. In opposition to them appeared former Governor Bates of Pennsylvania who claims that this bill Is Intended to discriminate against several forms of medloal praqtlce. THE1 HOBSOX BILL. To Prevent : Disclosure of lefense Secrete May Become Law. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington. May 19 Representa tive Hobson, of Alabama, author, of the bill to prevent the disclosures ojj national defense secrets has appeared before a sub-committee of the house Judiciary committee and explained the importance of his bill and the urgqnt necessity for the enactment of such a law. The sub-committee seemed favorably impressed by the argument made by Representative Hobson. It was said today that a copy of the Hobson bill -will be forwarded to the war. and navy departments with the request that the secretaries of the departments advise the committee on the matter. The beads of the depart ments are said to favor the bill and It s believed the measure may become law at this session. NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL. Again Reported in the Senate Ttfday. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 19 The naval appropriation bill was again reported to tiie senate ' today. Three amend ments were adopted, by the, commit tee since it first ,; reported. One of them provides that not more than one of the two dreadnoughts authorized shall he built by the same contract ing party. A second abolishes the bureau of equipment and makes pro vision for the distribution , of its duties. The third amehdment . in creases the pay and allowances of re tired bureau chiefs. This will affect the case of Rear Admiral Rogers, -whose friction with Secretary ot the Nafy,Meyer has- just resulted In his displacement as chief of the bureau of supplies and accounts. . , Mr Morse In Washington. (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Washington,' May 1 9 Mrs. Chas. W. Morse,' -whose husband- Is a pris- Kf tMha Atlanta- penitentiary, was at the capltol again today securing signatnres 'Of - senators and, repreaenj tatiyes to' a petition asking the pres ident to pardon her ' hushand.' She obtained quite v a number, among those Senator Frye, of Mnine, and Clay, or Georgia, PHOTOGRAPHS BY TELEGRAPH. LAWLER ONTHE STAND Assistant Attorney General Looking Somewhat Serious .'":'.':' :.:"" "' . Hits Answers' Curt' Hut Not so Disre spectful as Wlien He First Took the Stand Could Aot l;k at At torneySaid He Put Xo Prejudice in His Itallinger Exoneration. --(By Leased Wt!4o.The Tlnijs.'l .' Wnrhlngton, Slav 19 Oscar -Xawler. assistant attorney general for the in terior department was recalled lo the stand for cross examination by At torney Brandeis this morning when the Balllngpr-Plnchot investigating com mission resumed its hearing. Lawler was much more subdued and calmer today than when he began test ifying on Tuesday. If Mr. Lawler had been sitting on the mourners bench at a funeral he could nut have looked more glum and serious than he did this morning. His answers were curt, but they were not so dis respectful as when he first took the stand. He kept his eyes fastened on the table before him and never east so much as a glance at Attorney Brandeis while being Questioned. Letters which passed between Bal llnger and George W. Perkins of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Com pany and which were asked for by Mr. Brandelw and transmitted to the committee were not ' plaeed in the record as they did not refer to the subject of the committee's inquiry. Mr. Brandeis pointed nut that letters men tioned In the correspondence already read. had not been produced.. Taking up the cross examination of Lawler,' Mr... Brandeis sought to ascer tain whether Mr. Lawler In writing his letter "as If lie were the president" had approached the' matter In a Judicial frame of mind. Mr. Lawler thought he had. ' "Didn't you have any prejudice One way or the other'.'" "Unly the prejudice which one honest (Continued on Page Six.) . ROOSEVELT VISITS ROYALTY AGAIN (By Cable to The Times.) London,' May 19 Theodore Boose veit today visited the continental monarchs staying at Buckingham Palace. Short ly after the kaiser arrived at Buck ingham Mr. Roosevelt', drove up in a state carriage. The kaiser appeared delighted to see him. The ex-president" was cordially greetel also by the other royalties," Kermit and Miss Ethel today Inspect ed Windsor, being taken over the ex tensive grounds and through " many parts of the historic edifices there. Kermtt also visited Eton College, where he was cheered by the students-. Under the guidance of "the provost hi went through the entire establishment, paying special attention to the sport ing Equipment and fields. '. Earth Tremors In Mexico. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mexico City, May 19 Earth tremf ors today shook the slopes ot -Colima and ' the country about the volcano, according to advices received here. Coming -on top of rumblings and de tonations -extending . Over . "Several (Jays, -the Bhocks created panic among the Inhabitants, who believed the volcario is about to erupt. of 'Raleigh s A r (f REVELATIONS OE THE (By. Leased Wire to The Times) New York, May 19 The sugar trust in one year, 1907, defrauded the goverment of customs duties on li!,3"2,000 pounds of raw sugar, ac cording to revalations made today bv the prosecution at the trial of Secretary Charles R. Helke. The disclosure was made bv acting Dep- Hty Surveyor of the Port .Richard Par,r(. -Who-.-:!!-. Kll$la1. .(reatujCK.. discovered the secret springs in the scales on the Williamsburg docks by which the government' was cheat ed. He is the chief witness against Heike. - Questioned by special United Slates District Attorney St,imson, Parr told of uncovering the frauds. He said that in sacle No. 1 he found a shortage of 14 pounds in every 900; in scale No. 2, 24 pounds short age; in No. 3, 10 pounds;; in No. 4, ten pounds and in No. 5, 5 pounds. The average was over 12 pounds in every 900. - The trust's Imports here being 1,000,000,000 a year, the shortage according to Parr was 13, 332,000. Frederick Schwerdtsteger, form erly employed as talley man by the American. Sugar Refinery Company, and one of the government's prin cipal witnesses, took the stand to identify a steel spring used in man ipulating the scales. He said that Harry Walker, one of Heike's co defendants, had given it to him and taught him how to use it. THE THIRD ARI1ITRATKR. Secured in the Difficulty Between the Southern and Kmployex. I By Leased Wire, to The Times) Washington, May 19 Prof. W. R. Vance, dean of the law department of the George Washington Univer sity, was today appointed by Chair man Knapp, of the interstate com merce commission, and Labor Com missioner Neill, as tn i I'd arbitrator in the controversy between the Southern Railroad and its striking telegraphers. Other matters than wages , involved in the dispute, have been settled.. An increase is asKee of from 18 to 40 percent in wages. Tlie first meeting of the board of arbitration the other two members of which are John J. Dermody, vice president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers and J. S. B.' Thompson, assistant to president Finley,' of the Southern Railway, will be held at the offices of the .Interstate pommerce commission here soon. ' JfKGLlGEJfCK CAITHE1 IH4ATH. ; Violation of Mining Laws Responsible For Disaxter. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Princeton, Ills:, May 19 Violation of the mining laws with the knowl edge and consent of mine inspectors is held responsible for the Bnuffing out of the lives of 265 miners In the St. Paul coal mine at Cherry, Ills., last November, according to a ver dict returned by the jury. There were 250 separate verdicts returned. .The' cause of the Are which brought about the disaster is charged to carelessness in handling the car load of hay which caught fire near the air shaft. . , , of Any Other Newspaper. - ,'SLGET Rich Haul From the Adams Express Company Theft a .Most Mysterious One and KohlK-rs Get Away Without leav ing Any Clue Behind Money Was Left I'nguai'ded lor a Moment and Disappeared. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Oil City, Pa., May 19 Thirty-two thousand dollars was stolen from the (ill Citv office of the Adams Express Company early today. The theft Is one of the most mysterious climes of the kind committed in Pennsylvania In years. Not a clew was lett by the robbers. The money belonged to the Pennsylvania Railroad. It was taken from the office in the absence of Night Manager Truby. He left the office' unguarded for a lew minutes. . about 4 a. m. When he re turned tliere was no trace of the money. The theft had evidently been planned carefully by practiced criminals. It is believed they had kept a careful watch on the office for days, possibly for weeks, till the opportune moment ar rived. More than 200 detectives took up the case within a short time after the rob bery was discovered. The Pennsyl vania Railroad, the Express Company and the local authorities detailed their best men. A close Investigation of the neighbor hood of the office brought to light no clew that would ail the searchers. How the robbers escaped could not be determined with any degree of cer tainty. While some of the detectives are inclined to believe that they got away disguised as common hoboes on a freight train, the search In the mum is being conducted with the Idea that a resident or residents of the town are guilty,. A report received here this morning sent the detectives working on the pos- nlbllitv of the robbers having escaped bv automobile. A speeding car was declared to have been seen speeding out of town not long after the rob bery. A dragnet was today thrown over Pennsylvania from one end to the other fJjj, y1& large -HUes notified of the rob bery. The monev was In three bags The exact total was ?32, 024.24. It had been turned over to the day agent yesterday by S. Montelius, of Phila delphia, cashier of the pay car of the Pennsylvania road, when he had fin ished paying on the Buffalo & Alle ghany division, and later turned even- to Truby. It was consigned to the treasury at Philadelphia. SIX XEW BISHOPS. Six Priests Consecrated Today I'n usually Large Number at One .. . Time. - ' (By Leased Wire to The Times) St. Paul, Minn., May 19 With solemn ceremonial unprecedented in the history of the Catholic church in America, six priests were today con secrated bisaops in the little chapel of the Catholic Theological Seminary in this city. The consecration of the bishops and their investiture of the mitres and St. Peters ring took place amid impressive scenes and rites that mark a new epoch in Roman Catholic his tory. Only once before in tne last hundred years have an equal number of bishops been consecrated at the same time. That ceremony took place when Pope Pius, X consecrated a number of French bishops at St. Peters, Rome, following the separa tion of the cliurch and state in France. Mgr. Falconi and Archbisaop Ire land in their robes of office invested the bishops with the powers granted them by the pontiff of the Roman church. Those who became bisiiops today were: Rev.- Father John J. Lawler, rector of the Cathedral, consecrated auxiliary bishop of St. Paul; Mitred Abbott, Right Rev. Vincent Wehrle, consecrated bishop of the See at Bis marck, N.-D.; Rev. Patrick Richard Heffron, consecrated bishop of tne See at Winona; Rev. Timothy Cor bett, consecrated bishop of the See at Crookston, Minn.; Rev. Joseph Busch, consecrated bishop of the See at Lead, S. D.: Rev. James O'Reilly, consecrated bishop of the diocese at Fargo, N. D. The little chapel was filled to over flawing with prelates of tne church who gathered from the west for the ceremony. Besides these there wete present the leaders of the church in St. Paul, Minneapolis and other west ern cities. . Shot By Robber. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Wapanucka; Okla., ' May " 19 A member of a posse was shot in a run ning fight with a band ot robbers who broke into a bank here today. The robbers fled and '; the citlsens pursued them, many shots being ex-, changed. . ' " LAST TRIBUTE BY PEOPLE TO KING EDWARD Thousands In Line Waiting For Opportunity to Pass 's Bier Y WOMEN FAINT Last Tribute of People Paid to Late King Today When He is Laid in His Sepulchre Tomorrow Pomp of KingH Will Overshadow Nation's Grief Despite ltnin and Cold Great Throngs Kept in Line Last iglit an dWlK'n Dawn Came Po lice Estimated Crowd In 'Line the Largest London Had Ever Seen so Great Was Crush That Many; Wo men Fainted and Had to be Carried Awayi ( By Cable to The Times. ) London, May 19 The last tribute ot his people to Edward the beloved was given today. Tomorrow, when the dead ruler will be laid in his se pulchre, the pomp of kings will over shadow the nation's grief. Today the populace had its last opportunity to pass his bier in Westminster Hall. Despite tne rain and cold, great throngs kept in line the night through. When dawn came a crowd which the police estimated to be the largest ever gathered in London was twined in a monster line five miles -long rron WesrrhlttSttr tltrongh- tue heart of London, .along the embank ment, doubling back. It was increased at the rate of 100 a minute. 1 That fewer might be disappointed. it was intimated this afternoon that the doors of Westminster would be kept open till midnight, instead of 10 o'clock. This would have been done last night were it not for the sheep like crush snapped triple cordons of police and threatened to send the historical crowd of mourners Into panic. Extra detajls of police guarded the lines today to guard against the repe tition of the danger. So great was the crush today, how ever, that many women were over come. Their removal In ambulances tended to alarm the crowds. The court removed today from Buckingham Palace to . Windsor, where the final funeral services will be held tomorrow. The removal was accomplished quietly. This afternoon the vanguard of the 30,000 troops that will partici pate in tomorrow's pageant, began to arrive from Aldershot and other military centers. In the squares, parks and streets, i bivouacs were established, and by (Continued On Page Seven.) IS AGAIN TO THE FRONT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Asheville, May 19 After adopting a resolution changing the basis of lay lepresentation in annual conferences to one for every 151) members of each presiding elder's district, provided each district should have at least four, the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, today by a large majority rescinded Ints action. Woman suffrage was the principal topic of the day and Dr. Frank Itich ariison's speech favoring the womena demands was enthusiastically receiv ed. The conference extended the priv ileges of the floor to Miss Belle H. Bennett, of Ken lucky, president1 or the Woniens Home Mission Society. Miss Beunet made an argument in favor of giving the women voice hi church affairs. "God made man and woman co ordinate and they stand equal in the home and should stand so tn the church." she declared. The opposition Is due entirely to fickle sentiment she - declared, which .Is burning Incense) t,o an ancestral cabinet-- . . The petition to the conference ask--lng for equal rights of laity for wo men t was refused by a vote of 188 to 74. ' )
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