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R I C If M O X I), V A., M O X I) A V. X () V E M B E K 14, 1910.
8 PAGES
IMS HE SACRIFICED
FOR WSLEIEK?
Crippen Said to Have Been
Victim of Serious
Legal Bungling
BIG ENGLISH LAWYERS
AiY\AZED AT CASE
Attorney With Little Re
putation Engaged lor Den
tist While Abie Counsel
Defends Typist.
LOM.im.N, N«.v. 14. — ’ A 'UtUlii
legal bungling." or, worst .'till, “s*
legal sacrttiet Is the < pttaph that
might properly he plated on the tomh
<>t Ur H. H. Crippen when he I*
hanged on November 2d for the mur
der ot 111* wife. Helle Elmore. In th>
opinion a/ the big mujorit., of Eng
lish lawyers.
Nearly ever.' one who followed
the famous murder ease is convinced
to-day that somewhere along the line
of the defense a gx-al scandal is
toneea led.
People everywhere are asking.
"Was Crippen sacrittoed that Ethel
Clare l.eueve might go free
When Cripi>en a as brought hark
to England front Canada, eminent
English lawyers, vv l|o will lot on
anything, were willing to wager a to
I that h«. would l<e a- quitted. Crip
pen was tumid guilty In less than half
an hour. It Is hard to find a paral
lel for such a startling reversal and
there was no development during the
trial, according to legal expert* that
adequately explains it
m'uliar < muhin.
Here wr. snnic of yie important
fact* that are being emphasised to
support the i barge of th>* peculiar
ninduit' of trlppens defense.
Solicitor Arthur Newton, who pre
pared Crippeu's cam. «as well sup
plied with funds, believed to have
been contributed by a leading news
paper. ami was well able to employ
the best barrister in Krtgland to con
duct the actual trial of the ia»e. In
stead of doing so. Newton went out
side of J,ondnn and selected A, A.
Tobin, of Liverpool. Tobin Is a pro
vincial lawyer with a imputation made
wholly in the handling of commercial
casts*. lie was handicapped by the*
methods of procedure a! < bd Bailey
as greatly a* a small town lawyer
m America would have been ham
h suddenly been thrown into »n Im
portant case in New York City.
Solicitor NVw’ton sent Barrister To
bin Into court with a case but half
prepared anil the latter had but half
mastered even the slovenly case pre
sented to him when the trial opened.
When the trial of Miss Leneve.
<’rippen« typist, was called imrm
d lately following the conviction of
frippen. Newton, still in charge, em
ployed K. K. Smith one of the ablest
practitioner* at the English bar.
Smith got Miss 1-eneVt off with
>a [rely an • ffort
What the public wants to know is
why Newton engaged art untried bar
rister tor Crlpptn. charged with mur
der, and the best counsel that could
be obtained for Miss Leneve, charged
w Ith the less serious Iiffclise of being
an accessory after the fact.
Admitted Ills t.ulll,
Newton prepared Miss Leneve'a case
for Smith Juet as he had Crippen*
f»r Tobin. And the ' ery lir*t thing
that Smith did—on the strength of
the case Newton furnished him—was
to refer to ('rlppeu. in the plainest
terms, a* ‘a murderer beyond the'
shadow of question."
Making all due allowances tor the
fact that Newton probably thought
he had done all he could for I'rlppen
and might as well admit that he
was a murderer. If by »i doing he
could benefit Miss Leneve, British i
lawyers say he acted peculiarly. l>r. i
< rippen's appeal was still pending!
and it was not certain hut his own
solicitor might h, prejudicing his!
case.
When tlie court of criminal appeal \
sat to decide oil a date for hearing 1
I’rippen's appeal. Barrister Huntley t
.'enktu*. Crip pen's junior counsel, !
asked for all the time the bench
could allow him to prepare hi* case
because hi* senior, Tobin, "had un- ;
expectedly withdrawn from the case " i
Tlie court w as startled t>v this in- i
formation.
"Kor a barrister to withdraw from
a murder caae," said Justice Marling,
who was presiding, "after his client
hn» been convicted and has an appeal
•till pending, Is most unusual. 1 don't
understand It.**
And the very next day the London
Afternoon Time* announced that To
bin was not only going to argue the
frippen appeal, but that he had never
withdrawn from the ease at all.
What alt this tangle meant no one
haa yet been able to learn, but it is'
considered significant In connection
with the other peculiar features of
the case.
One thing is clear, there was trou
ble of some sort among f'rlppen's
defenders, and that It proved most
damaging to the unfortunate little
doctor’s Interests.
Attend* Ordination.
I Special to The Richmond Virginian.) !
FREDERICKSBURG. VA.. Nov. It.
Rev. R. J. MeBryde, pastor of St.
George's Episcopal church, left Satur
day to officiate at the ordination of
Mr. Lewis Gibbs, of the Theological
Seminary, near Alexandria, to the
ministry. idev. George Mayo, of Al
bemarle. filled Dr. McBryde’s pulpit
during his absence.
O. C. Crane Dead.
TERRA ALTA. VA.. November 14.
—-O. C, Crane, 37 years old, one of
the most prominent men of this city,
died Saturday from brain fever. He
had extended and varied business In
had extended and varied buaim_
teresta. waa oaahler of the Terra Alta
Bank for' II yearn,- conspicuous In
coal and timber development and his
estate Is valued at more than lioo.ooo.
He waa a life-long Methodist, an active
Republican, a thirty-second degree
Mason and a Knight Templar- His
/VrtdoVeWtie .was a Miss Joyce, of thla
etRiv and three .bis
il Accused Smuggler
M*-S CiVKXriSCH.ett-KAKSffxr
•« MM «|»1. ’
XKW YORK, Nov. 11. in the sein:
, lire of :i valuable necklace owned by
Mr*. Elvira lirokaw Fischer- Hansen,
four years after it is alleged to have
been smuggled into this country, the
j customs authorities have brought to
a climax a vase tiiat presents some
of the moat Interesting features that
; Collector Eoeti's men have nut in
their work.
The necklace, which consists of for
ty selected pearls. Is now in the pos
session of Collector I-oeb and has been
, submitted f >r appraisal to the ten
ernment’s experts and a leading Jew
elry tlrm and the i ase has been placed
in teh hands of t'nlted States District
Attorney Wise.
it is stated tiiat Mrs. Fiseher-Han
st-n and her father, lsam V Brokuw
have asked to be allowed to make a
settlement. They dci iare that th
necklace was twilight In Paris f->r $$.
i 000, or $7,000 less IhiUi the lowest
, tigure placed jia the foreign value b,
the government's appraisers
ASKS FOR WHISKEY,
STABBED TO DEATH
KYF.-W1T\K«I*K* UYM HlHi: SIH
UKR OF l.tWRIM l: Pin*,
in i,i* Holland.
PLEADS SELF DEFENCE
KLAYKIt OF.ILARK* (-AN«. Jt'MPKD
ON HIM V NII « »« IIK IT
IM, HIM.
A i •• .*1 for
oil th- part of
■ ■rcil. o! -il
a drink <>: whiskey
1 ,n-i rrl.cc ITUs, c*»l
.Norm St* V fell to,'lit tl
slrect, U,i to til.- murutr by Gus n : ■
tana, a c-ion-d immigrant Irom .North
Carolina ".musy ntt,*rm„.iiv according
to in,' testimony giun fo Coront-r
Taylor by hail a <b**vti wiln* .-<a<-s of
tin tr.t*,-vly.
The Hot y tobi by these wuiU'W, -
«at th* k;i,m* m i-ury instance. Hol
land. tiny said. >i.m<* down boat Ora* e
street Lk*tst*rn Sf-vrnturiuh awl C-igU
teetith stin ts, carrying a quart boiile
,,t whiskey m one hand, anti an open
knife in the other. Fitts uuiKcl up
1 to him itmJ as Kill him tor a uritiK,
j "Go way from no, Hullind tlc
: (!ar,-,i. ‘tie just lost all in> money
: and 1 don t want no foolishness.’
As Holland spoke he is alleged to
have struck at Fitts with the bot
: tie. The fatter dodged, and then
i Holland slabbed him !u tut right
i side.
i Holland ran following tin stabbing.
Pitts followed him » few feet, then
1 stooped, picked up a brick and threw
j It at him. The brick struck the rice-mg
i negro in the back. A moment later
I Pitts fell to the sidewalk uucou
, acinus. The city ambulance was sum
| moned with Dr. \Y. O. Tune in charge,
;and the won tided man was hurried to
! the hospital. He died shortly after
his arrival.
Claims Sell-Helens**.
; Joseph Meekint. Charles liairis.
l,i man Haskins anti t'hurles Bland,
ail colored, testified at the coroner *
inquest, and all denared that Pitta
did nothing to anger Holland except
ask for some- of the latter's whiskey.
Holland, howeved, declares he tvtus set
upon by live or six negroes, who at
tempted to take his whiskey away
from him. They were beating him
with sticks and stones, he says, when
he drew,,his knife and stabbed in seH
‘ defense. •
Holland was captured at the point
I of a drawn revolver by Mr. Clarence
Siegel. special agent for the South
! ern railroad, after an exciting chase
lasting several block*.
News of the murder was carried
i to Policeman Herring, of the First
police station, by a negro deaf mute,
i Holland was moat unconcerned
when told that Pitta had died.
"If he's dead, then he's dead,” he
told Policeman Gerry. "Serves him
right for trying to lake my whiskey
away from tne.”
The coroner's verdict waa tu the
effect that Pitta came to hla death aa
a reault of a knife wound Inflicted by
Gus Holland. The latter was held
for the grand jury on the charge of
murder, by Justice Crutchfield.
The dead man died from internal
hemorrhage. Hla ripnt lung had been
pierced by the knife blade. Dona than
a month ago, Pitta waa stabbed by a
negro woman, according to Dr. Tune.
On that occasion the knUe blade
pierced his left lung. He had not
entirely recovered from thla old
wound.
No Auto Parade at Onaacock.
ONANCOCK, VA., November 14 —
On account of the storm of rain and
wind the automobile parade of the
chryaanthemum carnival of the Jeffer
son Davta Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, waa abandoned.
J The parade will be held Friday af
ternoon neat. for which. S> carp Hava
THREATS PREVENT
TRIAL RF NEGRO
Stern-Faced Men, Bent of
: Lynching Black Fiend, Sur
round Jersey Jail
POLICE CAN’T PROTECT
PRISONER FROM MOE
Vian Who Split Girl’s Skul
Open May Be Summarily
Dealt With—Sleuths
Find Clues.
ASBl'KV PA 11K, A. J.. November
II. Hecausi' "i the threatening alti
tude of a crowd of stern-faced men
who gathered about the police sta
tion to-day no attempt was made to
arraign Thomas Williams, the negro
accused of the brutal murder of nine
year-old Marie Smith. The chief of
police sent word to the magistrate
that to did not believe he could pro
tect the prisoner if he was taken from
his cell so the formal arraignment
«as postponed. There is a chance that
Williams will lie spirited out of town
some time to-day and taken to .Free
hold. the count.' “eat. for arraign
ment.
kvitriiiinl Huns High.
The people art much excited and
open threat.- of lynching are made.
So serious is the situation considered
that ail of the police force has been
order, d on duty.
Williams cannot account satisfac
torily for his movements on Wed
nesday, the day tin girl disappeared.
It has been learned that he was at
UrifHn's Hoad House until II! o'clock
Wednesday noon, when h* left thtre
anil, went up the back way along Deal
i-ak.- to the home of Marie's aunt
who had employed him as a wood
chopper. He declares that he re
mained there until dark. Hi* had
with him a small Jug, which he said
111 mu going to get tilled with paint
oil.
i l *»■> v * I l j i, lit1 jh.'U' f , i. »,
Williams was in the vicinity of the
murder about the time it i« eurred.
Th« fact that he • thnot explain satis
factorily bie movements between Id
and 1 «"clock on Wednesday will he
the nasi* on which trie police will ark
the magistrate to hold him for the
grand jury.
To-day the police are running down
a series of .xilcged cJues. They are
investigating every pna.ee of Williams’
st.-rv odd to the police last night and
•t is dlfuii important evidence ha-,
heen ‘setnrtd that will tend to break
down Williams story
The body or the murdered . hi Id is
still at the Ashtirv Park undertaking
establishment, No date has been set
for the funeral.
lather Kept Out.
F’.uer Kmith. father of the murder
ed child, was not permitted to en
ter the courtroom. He has vowed
vengeance against the murderer of
his daughter, and the people were
fearful that in Ins overworked and
distraught state tie might attack Wil
liams. The mother of the little vic
tim is m a '.cry serious condition In
their home in the little- hamlet of
Whtesvllle, ad;»> <nt to Anbury Park
She had been in deli ate health for
some tin;. . but situ-e hi r daughter
whs missed she had not slept. When
the mutilated little form was discov
ered (n the woods yesterday by W.
S Ben.-on, a West Grose florist. he
sent word to the Smith home before
notifying the police. Mrs. Smith was
alone at the time, hoping against
hop., that her child would return.
She ran to the spot, and before she
could be restrained was kneeling be
side the lifeless form. Half insane
fr..n> grot, she was led homeward,
and doctors have been in attendance
ever sim-e.
skull Split 0|a-n.
The result of the autopsy showed
that the child's skull had been split
open with a heavy instrument, pre
sumably an axe, her face had been
terribly bitten and scratched by her
assailant and that she had been
. hokeo to death with the bright blue
ribbon with which iter hair had been
bound. She had also been maltreated.
Wednesday night, some twelve
hours after the child disappeared, the
patch of woods in which the body
was found was set on fire, supposed
ly by the murderer. The village tire
department, however, checkd the
idaae hefore it spread far and the
flames did not get anywhere near
where the body was found.
According to the police, nicks In
the edge of Williams' axe fit Into
notches in trees in the vicinity of
the spot where the murder was com
mitted.
TUGMEN FLOUT
STMIDEO VESSEL
NORKOl.K, VA.. November Tf —
The vessel which stranded on the
outer Diamond Hhoals Saturday and
floated yesterday was the British
steamer Surant bound from Port
Arthur, Tex., to Koynea, England. She
came here for bunker coal and is to
day being examined by dtvers before
proceeding for England.
BURGLER CAUGHT
WHILE AT WORK
Eddie Bowlea who haa frequently
figured In maglatratea’ courts in Hen
rico county, was arrested again Sun
day for attempting to rob Drlscoit’s
store on the Brook .road. Early Sun
4ay morning Mr. Driscoll heard Vi.
usual sounds and, upon Investigation
found a man attempting to effect an
entrance. The proprietor awaited de
velopments and when Bowles sut need
ed In getting through a window' he
was . nabbed. Be was turned over tt
Ortteer Tiller, and will, be given a
hearing Tuesday More Magistrate T.
X Puryear.... ... . *
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PROMINENT MEMBERS OF CONVENTION
.'‘erf. Algaf Wool fork
V'rrxifirni A. I*. Fainter
Trramircr V%. K. KeUtct.
VIRGINIA LEADING
: ON COMING
l.lllKHNOH <*KT$ ST ITKMKST FHOM
| FKDCRAL I»BPA**TMK>T MIOW
IVU HIOR IVKRAfiliS.
increases’: millions
; Ul.ll DOXIVim »AKI> »VKR
III «HKLA PKR %« HI <>\ AIA
KINDS or
I.AMI
lihti.s Virginia c. gr-ater avw.igf
mimber of bushels oi corn to the acre
than any other coi n-raising atate 111
the Union a IaMr received by l:'l)V
, crnnr Mann from tie- federal depart
mmt of agriculture pin the Virginia
‘ crop this year at 54,k21,0(K* bushels.
| which is »n increav* <y.er the crop of
1:9w i>>- ov«- 7,otsspo i.tumew.
The nine ipltwyr suite* «t*c given.
• Virginia's average f* noW 2a i-2 bush
els to the acre. Last S'ear tl.» average
was 23 1-5, the increase tor the year
heirs; eupseipientH 2 3-10 bushels.
Over 860.70t),"io bushels w re raised
hy th* nine slates this eeason, Last
year the total was only ;>O2.4rtft,0<Hi.
giving an im v ■■.m for 1910 of l.r»vS"t*.
000 bushels
Texas k.uis with a Intel ,-roj, . -
gTrgutllig 1M m;< O bushels. It aver
ages only 20 1 -r. bushels to th*- acre,
however, more than five bushels less
than that raised on the average Vir
ginia farm.
North and South Carolina. Alabama.
Mississippi and T.ouUrfana make excel
lerit averages but only one state ap
proaches Virginia in the average ta
bles. That m Arkansas which this
j year raised 25 bushels of corn to tire
acre, being 1 i-2 behind the <old !><■
minion, in the table showing ti e ;v
erage for the last Hi years Virginia
leaves all others fur behind, evert Ai -
Kansas, with an era<re of 23 V-11'. her
I nearest competlte.- being Texas which
managed to raise 19 bushels.
j ATLANTA V, A November 14.—
! The State authorities to-day began
an Investigation of the mysterious
' poisoning of William Spray berry and
: his wife, Mabel Spray berry. Moth are
dead at their home about eignt miles'
I from this city.
Spray berry vus an aged and
wealthy farmer. His estate is much
Involved and there has been .much
bickering among relatives regarding
. their properts. The Stomachs of the
poison victims were examined by a
I chemist to-day. stoefar no arrests
! have been made.
FEARED BLINDNESS
KILLED HIMSELF
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.;
NORFOLK, \'A„ November 14 —
Because he (cared tie was going
l>llnd Emmett W. Robinson, Chesa
peake and Ohio ticket agent at New
port News, killed himself in a shed
near Lambert’s Feint last Friday, his
body being found yesterday. He had
been oh leave of absence for some
time because of ill health and had
been staying in Cfchent with rela
tive*.
MR. TIFT ARRIVES
II Mill ZONE
COLON, CANAL ZONE, Nov. 14.—
President Taft arrival) here today on
the cruiser Tenneskea, which was con
veyed here hy the cruiser Montana.
The president had two trunks filled
with data for hit annual message to
congress upon which he worked all
the way here. The presidential party
was given twenty
al welcome. * AM
tooth ahipa, H
and a roy
well on beard
' MZ: Uw vojr
Mtsa FnarU William*
TEACHERSOFSTATE
WILL MR HERE
Meeting of Virginia Associa
tion Next Week to be
Notable One
—
| PRESIDENT TAPT
WILL MAKE ADDRESS
This to Be One of the Inter- j
: esting Features of Busy and
Varied Session—Outlmo of
Program Just Completed
Arrangements are king completed ;
f-.r the convention of the Virginia
State Teachers' Association, which
inwts in Richmond nest week, anti
: which wiii In one of the largest and
most important sessions in the lux
tor; of the association.
Apart from having President Taft
as one of the principal speakers, the
! conference this year will have a mini
; her of interesting features, among
' them being several sessions giv en ex- .
i ciusively to Virginia school trustees.]
| a number of social features, inolud
j ing a matinee at the Academy of I
; Music, arid talks by boys ami girls
Who have attained unusually satlsf.u
! tory results in the industrial and do
mestic departments of the State
schools
The annual report of the retiring
president. Mr. N. P. Painter, of Roa
noke. win be full of interest, tndl
' eating the most phenomenal growth
and dev elopment of the association
within the last twelve months, while
the statement of the treasurer, Mr.
W. II. Keister, of Harrisonburg, will,
■ it is understood, show that the or
ganization from the financial stand
| point is unusually prosperous.
While nothing really definite can
lie said as to who will be the next
i " (Continued on Fourth Page.)
mm
STAUNTON CAPTIAN
SENDS RESIGNATIDM
ADJUTANT-GENERAL ORDERS AN
ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY.
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
ALLOWED.
Adjutant-General Sale has received
i and accepted the resignation of Cap*
! tain Charles Sttewy. of Co. K. flwt
! Virginia volunteers. stationed at
‘ Staunton, and haa ordered an election
[ to fill the vacancy thus occurring and
j others that may occur. Captain
Shewy retlrea from the service for
j business reasons.
leaves of absence for business rea
! sons have been srranted to Lieutenant
; E. I>. Page, Co. Xo. 2, coast artillery,
i stationed at Norfolk, and Lieutenant
j A. J. Moore, Co., E, second regiment,
| quartered at Chaae City.
An. Spreakte Improrfag.
Mrs. C. E. Spreukl* Sr., SI20 Kloyd
avenue, who was operated on Wednes
day last, la recovering rapidly.
('OLDER WEATHER.
SEN 1R. BETTY TO
BERKLEYMLMORIAL
I PRESIDING ELDER OF NORFOLK
| DISTRICT •SLATED TO SI Cf.'KED
REV. DR. I.KVII.
! IS GOOD MAN FOR PLACE
i _
REV. UK. CHANDLER MENTIONED
FOR MARKET-NTH EE.T, PET
ERS III RU, IF DR. BUS
MAN LEAVES.
i
As the l.me draus near for the
announcement of pastoral appoint
ments, the conference delegates and
: others interested in the matter are
i indulging in much speculation,
i While it is generally “Believed that
| the appointments are practically
? made up already, there are usually
i some mange* toward the end, and
' that u what keeps the preachers and
; their friends. RUesalDS
j none except the bishop anrf hU cald
, net are on the inside as to the ap
! pointments, so far as accurate infor
; mation is concerned.
1 One of the latest bits or gossip is
I that Rev. I,, it. Betty, retiring pre
' Siding eld el of the .Norfolk district,
! w ill be sent to Berkley Memorial,
vacated by Rev. YV. YV. Dear. It is
generally believed that Dr. Betty
would make an i*eai man for the
! Berkley pla<«, and it is understood
; that he Is not adverse to taking hold
i of it.
Wife's Health Not l.ood.
I Rev. Dt George H. Spooner, of
i Monumental. Portsmouth, will most
probably go to Farmvtlle, succeeding
Rev. YV. T. Green. It is said that the
leading members of the Farmvtlle
congregation have let the bishop know
that they would like to have L>r.
Spooner. Furthermore, tt If said that
the Portsmouth climate doe* not
agree with Mrs. Spooner's health and
the doctors have advised that she
leave the Tidewater se< tjoii as soon
* as possible Personally, Dr. Spooner
would like to finish out his four
years there, his triends say. He is
now completing his third year, and
i,Continued on Fourth Page.)
STRIKE IS ENDED,
NO DISCRIMINATION BY THE
COMPANIES AGAINST EOR
MKK EMPLOYES.
i
NEW YORK, November 14.—AH of
the striking express drivers and help
! ers were back at work to-day. For
| the most part they displayed proudly
i on their caps union bultoms. The
report that no mean wearing the but
tons would be re-employed had
i stirred up a "tempest In a teapot"
! and extra police were on hand to
■ preserve order should the strike be
| renewed.
I The companies held to their prom
; ise and did not discriminate against
any of the former employes.
The congestion In all of the depots
about the city Is very great and ten
days will be required to clear It. The
‘ strike breakers are being paid off and
furnished transpodtatlon to their
‘ homes.
i _
I FIGHT SECOND TIME
THEN “MAKE IT UP,
John B. Davis and Joseph Keaton,
two young white men, the latter of
mhom was dismissed and the former
fined 110 by Justice John Saturday
on a charge of fighting In the street,
I were In the tolls again Monday,
| charged with the same offence.
Both had patched up their difficul
ties, and the cases against them were
dismissed following their payment of
the costa
MAY RECEIVE DATA
v, MUNICIPAL PLANT
Members of the council committee
on electricity will meet Monday night
at * o’clock. It wilt a regular
monthly meeting and will be devoted
largely to the transaction of routine
business. Tentative reports Ms the
proposed municipal electric plant gad
the new ornamental "
which
peaceful
AGREE 01 PLAM
FOR S0L0TI0I
COLLEGE Mil
Dr. Cannon Reports Resof
tion For Conference Be
tween Committees
ALL REJOICE AT
PROSPECT OF PEACE
IN VEXED MAT!
Stirring Talks on Temperai
Are Made and Jug Traffic Re
ceives Especial Denun
ciation by Speakers
Adoption «.f a resolution
gives promise 1 t effecting a
settlement of the Randolph-M
question and stirring talks on the
ject of temperance. In which the
trafllo and other evil* of the 1!
trade were severely denounced, f<
ed the leading features of the
day morning session of the VI
Methodist Conference in Cent
church.
The resolution regarding
Mar on was offered by Dr. J
Cannon and substitute* these
vtously offered by him relative
question. In effect. It calls for
Terence at Ashland between the
Terence committee of six. a
tee of nine trustee*, and a Ci
tee of three from the Baltimore
Terence.
Care and support of super*
preachers also received const'
attention at the hands of
once, and the announcement was
that a proposition was on t
1100.000 as a special fund 111"
neotion.
Another feature of mm
was brief talks by the folio'
perannuated ministers: VV. K.
kins. C. H. Boggs. F. M. Ed'
Conference adjourned at the
hour to reconvene at 9:30 A. It.
day. Indications are that the?
slons will be brought to a close
day night.
Substitute Offered.
Just before noon JBr. C&naoi
and stated that at a
at the Richmond
night by representatives
posing sides on thd Rando!
question^ an agreement wa
by which a more feasible plan
talnlng a solution of the question
be adopted.
After briefly addressing conf<
Dr. Cannon offered a rnsolutloa
bodying the result of the meeting
Intended as a substitute for
vons paper on the College qu
The resolution, which
without opposition, reads as ft»l
"Whereas there is a great
that such action sail be takas
session of the Conferencs aa
suit In the final settlement
question at issue between this
once and the board of
Randolph-Macon College by tha
brotherly and peaceable methods
sible. be It
Resolved, That a committee
be appointed by this body,
committee shall request the
trustees of Randolph-Macon,
to appoinj a committee of
their number, and shall request
Baltimore Annual Conference
point a committee of three 0(i
number to meet together in
ence at Ashland. Va.t at suck
as may be mutually agreeable,
the purpoae of considering the
ment of differences existing
the conference# and the
trustees and of .reaching n
torys ettlement of the same, gi
committee to make report
next annual conference. ,,
t Signed )
JAMES CANNON,
W. J. YOUNG.
W. A. CHRISTS.
E. H. HAWUNOft
J. P. PRETTY JO
J. WILEY
R. B. DAVIS.
W. H. EDWAr
s. C. HATCHER,
J. C. REED.
T. McN. SIMPSON,
J. T. MASTIN, -
C. W. HARDWIi
J. P. BRANCH.
In view of the fact that
had previously adopted
his first resolutions. Dr.
attention to the fact that
on the part of the body
he reconsidered so ae to
Conference thereupon ai
previous action.
After Dr. Cannon had iw
resolution, Rev. Dr. J. Wiley
one of the colece
said that all desired to reach
eml. and he I toped and , '
a happy peaceful eattttMp
reached. He pointed out ‘
mlttee from conference
Ashland untrammeled and:
its best endeavor to eoive
to the satisfaction of all
ested. 1.
Dr. W. Asbury Christian
speak but was interrupted
inr of the doxotegy in
ed heartily. When '
over. Dr. Chrlatlan
«vas dawning; for a
factory solution of
He predicted that a
nlous and permanent,
by the proposed
mittees.
Rev. E. T. Dadmun
conference committee
tton be continued,
of Rev. E. H.
moved out of th*
Rev. J. W. Carroll
Dr. Dedmun'a
a new committee.
The motion
by
Rev. d.