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LYRIC THEATRE TO
GET WO LICENSE
Committee, at Least,
Votes Solidly to i lock
It by New Law.
BECK AND UMLAUF
ALM OST MIX UP
Building Inspector Resents
Charge That He Hurried Per?
mit When He Knew Ordi?
nance Was Pending?Strong
Arguments by Ministers
and Lawyers.
Following a prolonged hearing last
night before the Council Committee on
Ordinance, Charter and Reform, as a
result of which the measure to pro?
hibit hereafter the Issuance of a license
to any theatre located within 160 feel
of a ciiurch w_s recommended foi
adoption. Chairman Umlauf and Build?
ing Inspector Beck almost came to
blows in front of -Murphy's Hotel. An
actual encounter wa_ _vurtod by apol?
ogies on the part of Mr. Umlauf, who !
Insisted that he had not intended to!
'Impugn the motives of the Building In-!
Hpector, and by the Intervention of 11 |
number of friends.
Speaking before the committee for i
the ordinance under consideration, Mr i
Umlauf referred to the Building In?
jector, Indicating that he had acted
with undue haste in Issuing the per?
mit to Henry S. WallerBtein for the
new Lyric Theatre, suggesting that It
would have been In better fuith with
ihe Council had the planB been held up
until the Council disposed of the pond?
ing ordinance.
Beck Dcinnniln Apology.
Mr. Rick was not In tile City Hall
at the time, having left alter testify?
ing that ilie plans wer?; In accord?
ance with the building code, and that
the permit had been issued In the usual ;
form. Hearing o: the insinuations ol I
Chairman Umlauf, Mr. Beck hurried
back, meeting Mr. Umlauf on Broad j
Street In the midst of a party of i
friends. He demanded an iinmcdtaie i
rotractlon. which was; tortncoming, ?
Mr. Umlauf protesting that he had :
not meant to question the motives of]
the Inspector. Several members of tile t
Council and others present Insisted
that there be no breach of the peace, j
Mr. Beck said that the papers in his
office would show when the plans were i
tiled, when certain changes had been j
made by the architects to meet the
requirements of the building code and !
when thu tinal permit had been issued. \
Ho deeply resented the charges of
Chairman Umlauf, as did a number
of his friends who were present, sev?
eral Councllmetn remarking at the
time that the insinuations were not
Justified, the Inspector having ha<i no
option but to Issue the permit.
Three Hour* of Argument.
Three hours of able argument by
representatives of both sides preceded j
a unanimous vote in the committee I
in favor of the Mills ordinance con - j
corning the licensing of theatre., de?
signed to prevent the operation of tho
proposed Lyric Theatre at Eighth and
Urace Streets,
James W. Gordon appeared for
Henry S. Wallersteln, owner of the
lot. and the Interests proposing to
erect and operate the new- playhouse
F.ppa Hunton, Jr.. and Fred W. Scott
appeared for St. Paul's Episcopal
Church and St. Peter's Catholic Church
In favor of the ordinance. Bishop Van
de Vyver. of the Catholic Diocese of
Richmond, and Bishop Gibson, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, wer?
present, but took no part in the pro?
ceedings.
Several mlnlstors spoke for the
ordinance. Including Rev. S. C. Hatcher,
D. D., of Broad Street Methodist
Church, who was apprehensive as to
what might be done with property
now for sale adjoining his church, and
Rev. J. N. Latham, of Centenary Meth?
odist Church.
A large number of spectators filled
the Council chamber to overflowing,
notice having been given In all Catho?
lic churches Sunay urging male mem?
bers to be present in support of the
ordinance.
Would Not Continue.
Mr. Gordon asked a continuance foi
a week because of the absence of his
partner, H. M. Smith, Jr., who was en?
gaged in an important case in Roa
noke, and who had prepare! the case
for Mr. Wallersteln. Mr. Hunton would
not agree to a continuance. Mr. Hunton
remarking that one of the grounds ol
opposition was that the ordinance wns
retroactive, and that every day's delay
would be used In court against the
ordinance. To meet .objections raised
by Assistant Attorney Anderson, the
patron. Councilman Mills, offered a
substitute ordinance. changing the
verbiage slightly. The paper aB recom?
mended reads as follows:
Be it ordained by the Council of the
city of Richmond:
1. That no license shall be Issued to
any public theatre the main entrance
of which, or the bill boards of which,
shall be within 160 feet, in an air line,
of the main entrance to any church
devoted to regular rellgtous worship,
nor shall any such llcenso be granted
lo any public theatre whoso building,
or any part thereof, is located within
seventy-tlve feet, in an air line, of any
such church; provided, howevor, that
this ordinance shall not apply to any
theatre which was located and licensed
as auch at the time of the passage of
this ordinance.
2. Any, person who operates such a
theatre 'without a llcenso, and any
person giving at public theatrical or
other performance or show therein,
shall bo liable to a fine of not less
than $20 nor more than J200 for each
offense.
3. This ordinance shall be in force
from Us passage.
Heard Mr. Gordon First.
The committee decided to hear from
Mr. Gordon first, ovo?- his protest that
such procedure was throwing the bur?
den of proof on the opposition rather
than on tho advocates of the measure
to show tho necessity for any action
at all. In reciting the history of the
case, he stated that eight months ago
^Continued on Second Page.)
LITTLE HOPE FOR RELIEF
Weather Ilurcuu Expects No Brenk Iii
Hot Wave.
Washington, May 22.?"Somewhat
lower temporaturo In Now England','
It will change little elsowhero through- ;
out the country during the noxt forty- j
eight hours"?this was this Weathoi
Bureau's opltouie of ihe hot wavo sit- j
uation to-Mtght. It offered littlo hop? ;
for relief to practically tho entire coun- ;
tri, which is In the midst of tho hot
wavo with its resulting suffering. Tho,
Central States along the Mississippi
River are about the only territories}
that are not awoltoilng, moderate j
temperatures prevailing there, accord?
ing to weather advices.
Albany, N. Y., was the hottest city in
tho East to-day, with a temperature
of !)5. Washington registered 94. But
Yuma. Ariz., was tho hottest place In
tho United States, with a record of 102.
Showers and thunderstorms have
mitigated conditions along the lake
regions and Eastern Gulf States.
Keconl.i Broken.
Philadelphia, Pn.. May 22.?Local
heat records for the year and for May
22 were broken hero to-day, when the
mercury registered 92 degrees. Five
deaths were reported to the coroner
us being due to tho excessive heat.
WILL DEPICT SCENE
Englunil Will Take lllnk of Wounding
American SiiHceptlldlltlta.
London. May 22.?The Canadian ?
pageant committee has arranged to In- \
clu.te In the festival of the empire the i
scene depicting tho battle of Chateau-j
guay, the withdrawal of which has j
been much resented by Canadians.
It wan announced In April that the
Canadian committee, of which Lord ,
Slrathcona Is president, had decided to!
elminatc from tho coronation program :
Canada's principal contribution to tho
pageant entitled "Chateauguay, where
Canada was held for the empire," which
was Intended to represent the defeat,
through strategy, of an Invading Amer?
ican force in 1S1 n by a handul of Ca?
nadians.
It was thought thnt the pageant
might wound the susceptibilities of
American visitors and cause a feeling
which would endanger tho conclusion
of the proposed Anglo-American arbl
tiatlon treaty.
Opposition to the withdrawal of tho
scene was strong in Canada, and the
matter was made- the subject of dis?
cussion In tho Canadian House of Par?
liament.
SHOT BY HIGHWAYMEN
Leading Dunlni-i* Mon In Held L'p nud '
Robbed.
Norristown. Pa., -May 22.?William H.
Yerkes, one of Norrlstown's leading
citizens and business men, was to-day
shot by two men. supposed to bo Ilal?
inns, on the road leading to his quar?
ries at Henderson Station.
The police say the men were after
11,400 which Yerkes was believed to
be carrying In a bag to pay off the
workmen at the quarries. His assail?
ants shot him in the head four times
and left him lying In the road. They
got away with a money bug said to
contain $600.
A passer-by who heard the shots ran
to Yerkes's assistance and brought him
lo the hospital here. He Is unconscious
and the physicians say his condition Is
critical. The wounds In the head, face
ami forehead show that Yerkes bravely
faced the highwaymen. Police In auto?
mobiles are scouring the country for
the robbers.
A PASTORAL SCENE
Washington .lust Like Country Village
uu .Sunday.
Washington, d. C-. May 22.?"Wash?
ington presents one of the most peace?
ful village scents on Sunday that you
cuuld find In any big city in the United
States. I know personally that the sa?
loons are closed, and to say there is
wholesale violation of the excise law Is
untrue, but as untruo as It Is, it Is
even more foolish than false."
This was the response of Major
Richard Sylvestor, Chief of Police of
Washington, to-day to the charge that
Washington Is "wide open" on Sundays,
und that Is a horrible example, of Sab?
bath desecration for the rest of the <
United States, as Incorporated in a re- j
port adopted by the Presbyterian Gen-j
eral Assembly now In session at At?
lantic City.
BERTH0LF PROMOTED
Taft Makes Him Chief of Revenue Cut?
ter Service.
Washington, D. C.,'<May 22.?Presi?
dent Tafr to-day appointed Captain
Ellsworth Price Berthclf to be captain- I
commandant and chief of the division
Of tho revenue cutter service of the '
Treasury Department, succeeding Cap-!
tanl-Commandant Worth G. Ross, who1
recently resigned on account of ill'
health. Captain Bertholf's home is 1
in Hackensack, N. j. He is forty-fivo :
years old and has a conspicuous record ?
in the revenue cutter nervlce. He Is '?
considered an authority on seals, and ,
Is the only officer of the service who;
lj able to speak tho Esquimaux lan- '.
guage. Captain Bertholf now com- '
mends tho cutter Merrill at Detroit,
and stood seventeenth on tho list of
captains. The nomination of Captain1
Bertholf was sent to the Senate this1
afternoon by President Taft.
WILL VISIT CRUISER
Count Bernbtorff fo Be Guest of Ger?
man Vessel.
Washington. D. C, May 22.?Count
Bernstorff, the German ambassador
will leave Washington this evening
for Norfolk to pay a visit to the I
German cruiser Bremen, which is lying I
In Hampton Roads. Captain Goette i
commanding the vessel, called upon the'
ambassador a fow days ago, and this
Visit of courtesy will be repaid by!
Count Bernstorff to-morrow. With the!
ambassador aboard, the cruiser will1
proceed at once to Baltimore, whero1
she will receive a now crew, which i
has arrived 'from Germany. Count
Bernstorff will leave the vessel at!
Baltimore and return to Washington.
PRACTICAL JOKERS BUSY
They Are Making Fake Bids for Pan
uuiu Bond Issue.
Washington, May 22.?Bids for tho i
$50,000,000 issue of 3 per cent. Panama I
bonds are arriving at tho Treasury. All
bids will be opened on June 17, one
month from the day the Issue was!
announced. Fake bids from so-called i
praotlcal Jokers, making ridiculous of- I
fers, are received at the rate of a
dozen a day.
Treasury officials believe that thai
popular bld3 have not had time to'
come in yot, and expect a great quan?
tity of them. Estimates of the prob-.
able average price of the Issue now
centre around one hundred and one
half.
Pasvcs far G, A. ll.
Washington, D. C, May 22.?A resolu?
tion amondlng tho Interstate com?
merce law to permit the granting of
passes to members of the G. A. IL, when
attending encampments of tho ordor,
was adopted by the Scnato to-day.
GREGORY SHORT
IN HIS ACCOUNTS
RailroadCashier's Books
Show Discrepancy
of $10,000.
TOTAL MAY YET
REACH $15,000
Police Put Gregory on "Missing
List" but Theory That He
Killed Himself After Leaving
Note to Wife Is Dis?
credited?Had Money
Galore.
Although a full examination of his
hooka will not he completed for sev?
eral days, ofllclals of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company admitted yes?
terday that tho shortage in the ac?
counts of Louis L. Gregory, the miss?
ing cashier of the freight office, may
reach $15.000.
From a source which is absolutely
reliable, it Is lcarm-d Oiat up to the
time the- auditors quit work on the
books late Sunday night, the shortage
amounted to $10.000. Exactly how
much was revealed up to last night
was not made public, though orllciali
believe that the total will not go be?
yond the total ligurc named above.
Discredit Suicide Threat. 1
It Is not generally believed thai
Gregory killed himself, yet some mem- j
bora of his family and a number of hit
friends think that he Jumped Into thf
James River some time Saturday night
after leaving a note to his wife. In
which he stated that he would ond his
earthly troubles.
But absolutely no effort has been
made to drag tho river. In the police
records Gregory Is put down as miss?
ing, the department having been noti?
fied yesterday by his family and tho
rall-osd that he had disappeared.!
Even when the Atlantic Coast Line la;
nware that Gregory's accounts are'
short, and although his bonding com-i
pany has been notified, no warrant has1
been Issued and no formal complaint I
In which he Is charged with being a
defaulter has reached police head?
quarters.
Until a warrant Is Issued the po'.lce
are not expected to act. Gregory's
brother said last night that the miss?
ing ceshier's mind had been affected;
that he had been acting strangely, and ]
fearing that he might have committed 1
suicide the waters will be watched to?
day fo that the body may be recov?
ered If Gregory carried out his threat.
Family Engngo Lawyer.
Robert H. Talley has been retained
to look after the affairs and the in?
terests of Gregory, and. acting on his
Instructions, members of the family
have declined to discuss the case. The'
police thought well of the Idea of hav-j
Ing a copy of the man's picture, al-i
though Mrs. Joseph Phillips, a sister- j
ln-law, said that Mr. Talley had told j
her not to let the detectives have lt.;
Gregory's brother, however. Is anxious;
for some clue, and if he can hear noth?
ing to-day he will give It out. In the
hope that It might be the means of
locating the man whose troubles have
brought him so prominently before the
public.
As puhllshed in The Tlmes-Dlspatch
yesterday morning. Gregory tele?
phoned his wife in Brookland Park at
0 o'clock Saturday night that he would
be home in a few minutes. That was
the last heard of htm. He had teen
requested to meet the railroad audi?
tors who are examining his books on
Saturday night, the first shortage
being found that morning.
What Police Heard.
' Picking up a few threads Indepen?
dently, the police discovered that while
Gregory's salary was small, he spent
money with a lavish hand, his neigh?
bors In Brookland Park not being able
to understand how a railroad cashier
could be so plentifully supplied with
cash. Fallowing that custom which
is as'old as the world Itself, man after
man has come forth since Sunday to
tell how he lived, how he was always
found around the cafes and the so
called clubs, and how he was always
eager and willing to gamble.
The explanation was forthcoming,
however, that he did not own his homo
In Brookland Park, and that It was
built there for his wife, and that Greg?
ory never got there until long after
midnight. The police did not drag the
river of their own accord, for like
the Atlantic Coast Line people, they
discredited the idea that Gregory had
committed suicide. The general theory
Is that he feared to face the music and
skipped, though his Intimate friends
still believe that the body will yet bo
dragged from the river.
Did Xot Arouse Suspicion.
At the railroad office it was said that
there was nothing in Gregory's con?
duct to arouse suspicion, nobody down
there having seen him act strangely,
although one or two of his associates
thought that he was worried. They
attributed this to some other cause
than money matters, recalling an un?
pleasant incident which happened in
March and which had an ending in the
Henrlco county magistrate's court. He
Is only twenty-four yeais old. and has
been with the company for so many
years that Iiis honesty, was accepted
without question; .Higher officials did
not travel with him, and they express- I
ed surprise and regret when they I
found that he had been living at a'
rate not Justified by the salary ?c was
recolvlng.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company will call upon the bonding
company to make good the shortage,
which It must do.
DINED BY TOKIO'S MAYOR
Uenr-Adinlrnld Hiibbnrd nnd Murdock
Guests of Honor.
Tokio, May 22.?Mayor Ozaka to?
night gave a dinner on behalf of the
city of Tokio to Roar-Admiral John
Hubbard and Rear-Admiral Josoph B.
Murdock. The banquet was part of
the program which the Japanese au?
thorities had proparcd In connection
with tho turning over of tho command
of the American Asiatic fleet by Ad?
miral Hubbard to Admiral Murdock.
RAILROADS A LIFT
Remits Creosote Duty
Because They "Can't
Afford to Pay.''
STORY IS TOLD
BY J. E: B. STUART
Ex-Collector of Port at Newport
N ews Tells Committee How
Government Is Being Mulcted
of Millions Through Re?
versal of Order by Sec?
retary of Treasury.
Washington. D. C, May 22.?Testify?
ing before the House Committee on
Expenditures , In the Treasury Depart?
ment to-day, J. E. B. Stuart, former
collector of customs at Newport News,
Va., declared that Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh had told him that
the department reversed a ruling call?
ing for collection of a 20 per cent,
duty on croosote Importations because
the railroads could not afford to pay
duty on that commodity. Another wit?
ness testified that Secretary Mac
Veagh's brother had Interested himself
in tile matter.
Mr. Stuart, who Instigated an In?
vestigation Into creosote imports at
New Orleans last fall, charging that the
government was losing millions In
revenues because creosote, dutiable at
20 per cent, ad valorem, was being
admitted as creosote oil free of duty, 1
was summoned before the committee
as the result of testimony given pre?
viously in executive session by Allan
L. Benson.
Order- lie versed.
Mr. Stuart related how he found that
no duty was being collected at New Or?
leans from foreign ships whose mani?
fests showed their cargoes to be creo?
sote, the cargoes being received as
creosote oil, which, is on the free list.
He told how last Septembei Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury A. Platt An?
drew had ordered that duty be collect?
ed on such Imports, and that subse?
quently Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Curtis had reversed the order,
claiming that the goods were not sub?
ject to revenue- because they did not
contain as much as 2 per cent, chlorine
gas, and could not be classed as re?
fined creosote. He said that he had
called on Mr. Curtis and was Informed
of the decision and then had visited
Secretary MacVeagh. who explained
the decision.
"Did Mr. MacVeagh give any reason
for the order?" asked Chairman Cox,
of the committee.
"Yes," Mr. Stuart replied. "He said
that the railroads could not afford
to pay duty on It."
"Was that the only reason he gave?"
asked the chairman.
"That Is the only one I recall," was
the reply.
Previously, Allen L. Benson had told
the committee in executive session
that Stuart had told him of the re?
mark that Secretary MacVeagh is al?
leged to have made. Benson also vis?
ited the Secretary of the Treasury to
Inquire about the creosote ruling. He
told the committee that Mr. MacVeagh
had Informed him that his "Instinct
told me In favor of the railroads."
To Preserve Timber.
When the committee asked if Mr.
MacVeagh gave any reason, Mr. Ben?
son replied:
"Mr. MacVeagh said that timber was
becoming very scarce In this country,
and that everybody should do what ho
could to preserve and conserve what
timber we have. He stated that this
creosote Is a preservative and Increases
the length of life of ties, and that the
railroads should be encouraged In
every way to use it. He said that It
made a very serious difference with
the railroads whether they paid the
duty or not. I tried to get him to
repeat the statement that Mr. Stuart
had made to me, that Secretary Mac?
Veagh had once told him that the
railroads could not afford to'pay duty
on creosote. I did not want to ask
him outright whether he made that
statement, so I asked questions that
would give him an opportunity to
make the statement if he desired. He
did not say It to me In so many words,
but he did broach that question by
saylns that the railroads ought to be
encouraged to use that preservative.
"He also said that his brother,
Wayne, had called on him one day
to Inquire what the department was
going to do In the creosote matter,
and he said he told him that they
were going to admit It free, and that
his brother then said, 'that was
right.' "
I.orlmer Case Again.
Washington, May 22.?An immedia/e
Investigation of sweeping scope of tho
renewed charges that Senator Lorlmer.
of Illinois, Is not entitled to his seat,
Is provided for In two resolutions by
Senators Dilltngham and Da Follette,
and the whole subject figuratively held
the boards In the Senate to-day. Sena?
tor La Folletto called up his resolution
and made a speech arraigning the Il?
linois Senator, whom he charged with
personal knowledge of the spchding of
money In behalf of his election. Both
tho Democratic steering conimlttee and
the Republican members of the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
discussed the charges of corruption In
the Lorlmer case, and Senator Dllllng
ham, chairman of the Elections Com?
mittee, presented his resolution of In
(Contlnued on Ninth Page.)
Women Left Behind.
An nnustiully Interesting: story In
next Sunday's Tlmea-nispatch will
be nn article hy John Ellfrcth Wat
kins on the widows of heroes In the
War between the States. He", will
tell vrhnt they nre doing and whnt
fate has In store for them. There
"re some pathetic nnd thrilling In?
cidents related, nnd the contribution
should not ho. missed.
HUNDREDS SLAIN
BY HOB OF REBELS
/rightful Massacre of
Defenseless Victims
at Torreo.i.
206 CHINESE ARE
AMONG THE DEAD
Soldiers Turned Loose to Sack
City and Prey on Citizens,
Scores of Whom Are Tor?
tured and Put to Death.
Diaz to Leave
Country.
Mexico City, May 22.?Official reports
reaching here to-day by couriers tell |
the story of a massacre of 200 Chi- ,
neso at Torreon, following the rebel I
occupation of that city last week.
Upon receipt of the news at the Chi?
nese legation, the charge d'adulres Im?
mediately made formal representations
to the Mexican government.
The details of the story, as received
of the three-day battle and sacking
of the city of Torreon, are replete
with Incidents of cruelty, and Indicate
that the rebel leaders did not hold
their men In control, or that they
turned them loose to prey on a con?
quered and defenseless people. The
official advices do n- t give the number
of dead, but, taking the 206 Chinese
as a basts, It is probable that the num?
ber is large.
The last day of the Torreon battle
was May 15. On that day General
Lejero retired with his Federal forces
and the rebels entered the city. Citi?
zens found themselves utterly unable
to control the mob. and reports re?
ceived to-day indicate that scores of
Innocent residents were added tu the
list or victims.
Always antagon'stlc to the yellow
race, the Mexican rebels and members
of the mob engaged in a race riot. A
great part of the business of Torreon
Is conducted by Chinese, some of whom
are wealthy, and, according to reports
received, tne rl- -ers shot, down or
stabbed without mercy every Oriental
encountered.
Await Word From .lladero.
Minister of Foreign Relations de la
Barra had not received to-ntght any
word from Judge ^.arbajal that Fran
c'sco I. Madero, jr., had finally ap?
proved the Cabinet as suggested.
As soon as Madero's acceptance of
the Cabinet Is received President Diaz
will present his. resignation to the.
Chamber of Deputies, It Is said. On
the assumption that th's acceptance
will be made within the next twenty
four hours, it* has been tentatively
agreed that this most Interesting
document of the revolution will bo
made public on May 24.
No effort is made now to disguise
the fact that General Diaz will leave
the country at an early date. It Is ex?
pected that he will spend several
months visiting Europe.
On notification that peace had been
agreed to. the management of the Na?
tional Railways Immediately began re?
construction. It was officially stated
to-night that the Mexican Central
would be open to traffic within ten
i days, and that the International, be?
tween Torreon and Ciudad Porflrlo
Diaz, would be open within three days,
perhaps. The total number of kilo?
metres of the National Railways put
out of commission by the rebels Is
estimated at 3.D70 (2.472 miles).
Although the public manifested ap?
proval of the signing of the peace
agreement, there was ev'dent no en?
thusiasm. It was like the receipt of
the news of an election where the
result is a foregone conclusion.
Will Enter Protest.
Washington, May 22.?As soon as the
depredations against Chinese subjects
at Torreon, Mexico, are officially re?
ported to the Chinese minister at
Washington, who Is also accredited tG
the Mexican government, he will takr
steps to protest to Mexico. The min?
ister already has Instruotcd his charge
d'affaires at Mexico City to make vig?
orous representations to the Mexican
government in regard to the reported
murdering by bandits of eight and
wounding of three Chinese at Imures,
Sonora. The gardens and stores of
! the Chinese there were looted. Tho
matter was called to the attention of
the minister by Chinese residents ? of
Nogales, Ariz., who were in communi?
cation with the refugees from the
scene of the butchery. They pleaded
for protection for their countrymen.
Chinese Under Arms.
Eagle Pass, Texas. May 22.?The
Chinese at Torreon, Mexico, were un?
der arms when the rebel troops en?
tered that city after a three-day bat?
tle May 15, and fired the first bullets
that culminated in a concentrated at
I lack by the insurrecto soldiers and the
practical extermination of the Chinese
colony in that city, according to W. T.
Lampe, editor of tho Torreon Enter
j prise, who arrived in Eagle Pass to?
night
- No nntl-Amcrlcan sentiment was
manifested by tho revolutionists,
Lampe declares, and no foreigners
other than Chinese were killed.
Wholesale Slaughter.
Ciudad Porfirlo Diaz, Max.. May 22.?
The manager of tho railroad hotel,
Foon Chuck, Is advised of a wholesale
i slaughter of his countrymen at Tor?
reon, Coahuila. The Information is
from Foon Chuok's cousin, and is dated
Torreon, May 16. The cousin says
, four Chinese were killed nt his laun?
dry, nine at the railroad hotel, thirty
two at Ills farm, and that 179 Chlneso
and seven Japanese were shot down In
the streets.
I Rumor has It that ono German and
twelve Spaniards were killed at the
Francisco Hotel, nnd that a number of
government sympathizers also were
killed.
It Is rumored also that several
Americans )-st their lives In the riot?
ing, i,ut th's has not been confirmed.
Chuck declares any ono caught on the
streets was killed. A number of Amer
(Contlnued on Third Pagoji
RATE WAR PROBABLE
Delaware nuil Hudson l-'llm Much Low?
er Freight Schedule.
Washington. D. C. May 23;?A freight
rate war among railways operating
in the territory east of Chicago and
north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers
classification territory. Is likely to be
precipitated by the action of the Dela?
ware and Hudson Co., in tiling with
tho Interstate Commerce Commission
a tariff making a reduction In the class
freight rates between New York City
and Chicago.
Taking advantage of an order is?
sued by the commission several (lays
ago, . granting the Delaware and Muti
son permission to make rates lower
for a longer than for a shorter haul in
the same direction, the Delaware and
Hudson has filed a tariff, effective June
15, which reduces the freight rates
from New York to Chicago from "5
cents a hundred pounds, tlrst class, to
02 cents a hundred pounds, the rates
on other classes of freight being pru-1
portionately lower,.
The new route taken advantage of
Is by the Hudson Navigation Company
and Murray's Line from New York City
to Albany; thence by the Delaware and
Hudson to Blnghamton, N. Y.. nnd
thence by the Eric Railroad to Chicago.
By the terms of the new tariff the
rates to intermediate points between
New York and Chicago are proportion?
ately higher than they are for the full
distance.
No reason Is known to the Interstate
Commcrco Commission for the propos?
ed cutting of rates.
OPPOSE SENATOR FLETCHER
Unitarians Displeased With His Vote
In I.orlmer Case.
Boston, Muss., May 22.?National
politics, as voiced in the action of the
United States Senate on the Dorimer
resolution. figured In the principal
meeting to-day of anniversary week
observance here by the Unitarians and
ailillated societies. A resolution op?
posing the re-clcctlon of United States
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida,
as vice-president of the American Unl
tarlun Association, because of his vote
on the Dorimer case, received tho in?
dorsement of a number or memberu
of the Ministerial Union.
An attempt was made to place the
union, as a body, In opposition to Sen?
ator Fletcher, but It finally was agreea
to allow members to approve with their
signatures as a personal expression
the following resolution:
"Resolved, that In view of the pub?
lic service attached to the name of
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Flori?
da, we do not regard him as eligible
to the leadership In that form of
Christianity known as Unltarlanlsm,
and therefore protest against his nom?
ination for vice-president of the
American Unitarian Association."
The resolution will bo laid beTore
the annual meeting of the association
on Wednesday.
CANNON IN SYMPATHY
But Does Not Uellevc Desired Law
.Would Stand. .
Jacksonville, Fla., May 22.?At the
Baptist convention, in session here to?
day, Retiring President Levering, of
Baltimore, related an Interview he had
with former Speaker Cannon. Mr. Lev?
ering said Mr. Cannon expressed sym?
pathy with the movement to check
traffic In liquor between "wet" and
"dry" States, but doubted if a law
sought by the Baptists would stand
In the Supreme Court If it wore enacted
by Congress. The law requested was
one that would take control of liquor
traffic from the Interstate Commerce
Commission and vest it in State gov?
ernments.
The report of the committee on wo?
men's work as adopted, showed that Its
members collected during last year the
following money: $127,9U0 for foreign
missions; $S3,S50 for home missions:
$1,219 for Sunday school work; $1,3S3
for tho Margaret Home: $2,963 for sup?
port of the teachers' training school,
and $5,907 for enlargement of the
school.
Workers in foreign and home mis?
sion fields spoke briefly on conditions
in their districts. One was Miss Ma?
rie Buhlmlon. who has charge of tho
work among immigrants at Baltimore.
The convention adjourned to meet
next year in Oklahoma City.
KEEPS HAT ON IN CHURCH '
Now Disrespectful Ncgrn In Dead nnd
Others Are Injured.
Spartanburg, S. C, May 22.?Henry
Baxter, colored, walked Into Rocky
Zlon Church, near Newberry, S. C, Sun
uay evening with his hat on. Baxter
is dead und four or five other negroes
are wounded as a result of tho shoot?
ing caused by this lack of respect for
the meeting place.
When Baxter was taken to task by
a member of the congregation for fall?
ing to remove his hat as he entered
ilio church, a quarrel ensued. Then
there was an adjournment to the
grounds outside, where several pistols
got into action and forty or fifty shots
were fired.
HER HUSBAND CRUEL
Irene Osgood Testifies lu Suit for Di?
vorce.
London, England, May 22.?Tho
American authoress known as Ireno
Osgood, who was formerly Mrs. Charles
Pigott Harvey, nee De Iieloi, was the
central figure at tho Divorce Court
here to-day In the suit for a judicial
separation from her husband, Robert
Harborough Shurard, tho English au?
thor.
Mrs. Sherard testified to various acts
of cruelty on the part of her hus?
band, as well as to his intemperate
habits. The proceedings were adjourn?
ed until to-morrow.
PHILLIPS PLEADS GUILTY
Roosevelt's Detectlve IShipped Ammuni?
tion ns "Furniture mid Fixtures."
New York, May 22.?Harvey Phillips,
the former s-t-crot service detective, who
helped watch over President Roosevelt
at Oyster Hay, pleaded guilty to-dav
to shipping ammunition to El Pusci,
Tex., as "furniture, fittings and fix?
tures." Ho was fined $100, and paid It.
Phillips was Indicted for violating
the Interstate commerce law, which
prohibits mlsbllllng explosives. His
shipment of 40.000 rounds of ball car?
tridges was sent from New York and
seized at El Paso.
MEETS PRESIDENT TAFT
Mrs. George R. Plckett Introduced by
Iteprcseututlve Campbell.
Washington, D. C7. May 22.?Mrs.
Georgo E. Plckett, widow' of General
Plckett, who led the famous charge
of the Confederate troops on the third
day of the battle of Gettysburg, was
Introduced to the President by Rep?
resentative Campbell, of Kansas, to?
day. Mrs. Plckett was In mourning
for her son. Major Georgo E. Plckett,
who died on a transport while on his
I way to this country from the Phll
liJODines several weck3 ago.
BITTER ATTACK
ON CATHOLICS
I? RESOLUTION
Minister Offers It at
Presbyterian General
Assembly.
RICHMOND LOSES
NEXT MEETING
Bristol an Easy Winner of An?
nual Church Gathering.
Amendment of "Elect Infant"
Clause Will Be Put to Vote.
Plea for Bible in
Schools.
Louisville, Ky., May 22.?The selec?
tion of Bristol. Tenn., as the next
meeting place, and a decision to put
to a vote of eighty-seven presbyteries
comprising the Presbyterian Church In
the United States (Southern), an
amendment to the "elect Infant" clause
In the Confession of Faith, and an at?
tack on the Roman Catholic Church,
featured to-day's session of tho Genr
eral Assembly.
One of the most Important reports
made thus far to the assembly was on
what Is known as the "elect Infant
clause." Fifteen presbyteries had sent
overtures on this subject, and the billa
and overtures committee recommended
that tho assembly send down to the
presbyteries for tholr approval the fol?
lowing as a substitute for the present
language of tho Confession of Faith:
"Infants dying in Infancy are regen?
erated and saved by and through the
Spirit, who worketh when and where
and how He pleaseth. So also are all
others who are Included In the election
of grace and who are incapable of
being outwardly called by the ministry
of tho Word."
This is only proposed as a clearer
presentation of tho doctrine held by
the Presbyterian Church, so that there
may be no question aa to what the
church really teaches on the Bubject
of infant salvation. Thla report was
not acted upon, but will be taken up
again.
Bristol Easy Winner.
When the question of selecting the
place for next meeting was taken, up.
Dr. Russell Cecil gave the assembly
a most cordial Invitation to hold ita
next meeting in the Second Presby?
terian Church In Richmond.
He also read a letter from Dr. W. W.
Moore, president of Union Theological
Seminary In that city, asking that the
assembly come to Richmond, that It
might take part In tho centennial cel?
ebration of the founding of that sem?
inary. An overture from East Han?
over Presbytery was also read, second?
ing this invitation. Governor Tyler
made a striking speech In advocacy of
Richmond. Dr. W. D. Morton, of North
Carolina, and M. M. Gllllam, of Rich?
mond, also advocated Richmond.
Dr. W. J. Bachman said that he had
been Instructed by the session of hla
church to Invite the assembly to meet
In the First Church of Chattanooga,
Tenn., and in obeyance to this Instruc?
tion he would nominate that church,
but In favor of Bristol, he would with?
draw the name of his church on hla
own responsibility.
In speaking of Chattanooga, Dr.
Bachman said that that city Is gov?
erned by a commission, three of whom
are Presoyterlans and the other two
lean toward the Presbyterian Church.
Bristol was put In nomination by Dr.
C. C. Carson, of tnat city. When a
number of speeches had been made, the
vote was taken and resulted In a vic?
tory for Bristol by a vote of H to 77.
The assembly decided to requlro the
churches to report the amounts paid
for pastors' salaries, as was the case
until a few years ago.
At the evening session a meeting
was held in the Interest of tho Bible
cause. Among the speakers was Dr.
W. J. Martin, of Dnvldson, N. C. One
of the points emphasized by him ia
the need of the Bute in the schools of
the country. He said that the publio
schools of this country are only great
school system In the world, except that
of France, In which thero is no formal
religious teaching. Ho urged that the
Bible ho taught in all schools, both
public nnd private.
Attnck on Catholics.
The following paper was offered by
Rev. J. C. Painter:
"Resolved, 1. That the General As?
sembly views with serious concern tha
growth and pernicious activity of that
powerful politico-religious organisa?
tion known as' the Roman Cathollo
Church, which Is and always has been
a mennco and a blight to tho civil and
religious liberty or every land where It
lias obtained a foothold. That It vlaWs
with serious concern the apathy of all
public men concerning this menace;
j the evident disposition on the part of
, tho general government to grant spo
clal favors to this organization, and
I the ominous silence of the public press
I concerning any adverse criticism of
I this body, and at the samo time a
j readiness to freely advertise all that
i Is of Interest to this so-called church.
"2. That this assembly shall appoint
an ad Interim committee of five mem?
bers which shall inquire concerning
this whole matter and report to the
next assembly some practical method
of advising our whole people concern?
ing the dangers involved In the above
facts, and If In their Judgment It la
wise to Invite the lntluence and co?
operation of other Protestant bodies In
this work."
This paper was referred to a special
committee foi inter report.
Dr. W. J. Martin and Ohas. A. Row?
land, who had boon nominated by thei
committee on systematic beneficence as
secretary and treasurer of forc.lQn mis?
sions, both asked that their names be
?withdrawn, aa they did not aeo their