Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 10, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1912 — Page 2

ftSK FOR EQUALITY Divorce Church From State Is Cry Heard In Wales. End pf Long Battle Seen —Disestablishment of Church of England Has Become a Political Issue In Great Britain. Lor.cton. —For tw«nty-seven years the Welsh people have been fighting for religious equality and now, with friends of that movement In power In England, it appears that the t'hunh of England will be disestablished and disendowed hi Wales, acording to English exchanges. The liberal party, headed by David LloydGeorge, Winston Churchill and J. J. Asquith, has promised that the church and state in Wales will be divorced. Welsh disestablishment has assumed more than a religions significance. It is one of the most important political questions before English political parties. The English liberals and the Welsh parliamentarians take the non conformist view. The Church of England adherents are aligned with the unionist or conservative party. With the established Church of Eng land the fight in Wales is rather in the nature of the final outpost contest before the nonconformists assault the connection between the church and the state of England. As long as Wales has an established and endowed church the opponents of the es tablished church of England probably will not attempt to lessen its power in England. But with Wales free of religious interference in state affairs, that may come. The viewpoint of the nonconformist is very succinctly stated by f ord Bendel in a recent address: “In setting Hie eltui It free, Wales will prove its best friend," he said, “for Wales will thereby make the church more Christian and more Welsh." n recent census shows that but onefourth of the Welsh people hold to the established church. This is a potent argument of the friends of disestablishment David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, makes this his only argument for disestablishment. He wrote recently: “Surely a rfation is entitled to a determining voice in a settlement of its own national religion. To insist on treating a faith which the Welsh people do not accept ns if ft were their national creed: o continue forcing it upon them as such, in spite of their repeated repudiation of its claim; to divert compulsorily the whole of their ancient national endowments to its maintenance is the most intolerable of all oppressions. I “Against this wrong we are now seeking redress from the most potent tribunal in this land—the high court if parliament—and we fee! confident that the justice of our case will at last obtain statutory recognition.” | Wales asked for the disestablishment first in 1885. It was refused. Since th-rn eight riccesrive parlianer.ts have been petitioned to separate the Welsh state from the church. Should the disestablishment bill tarry, the church will lose an annual Income of about 1905.00) in Wales. It will retain about $99,090 annually. All cathedrals and rectories will remain the property of the church. These are ralued at $5,000,000. The present rectors, vicars and church officials in Wales will receive all state aid they ire now receiving for life. The Welsh church endowments previous to 1675 were all in the nature of tithes, or state taxes. The annual interest on moneys collected this way low amounts to $905,000. SAYS WE WORSHIP WOMEN Bt. Louis Professor Says Veneration , of Weaker Sex Is Distinctly , American Trait, «• ‘ ** ' - 11 Minneapolis, Mhin.—Worship of women was given as the chief, if not ’ the only, contribution America has made to the higher culture of the age, by Dr. Otto Heller of Washington uni- , versity, St. Louis, in a lecture on Ibsen at the University of Minnesota chapel. Among other assertions Doc- ’ tor Heller declared America to be the home of woman worship; that national sentiment still Is unfriendly to woman in the professions, and that "if ho real genius has yet arisen among it is the result of the long disparagement by the sex in power." S3O Dog Brings $5.50. Worthington, Ind. —The agent of the Adams Express company here has sold a dog at auction to satisfy express charges. He brought $5.50. This dog was sold by the Eel River Kennel farm to W. H. Sturgis of Allerton, Mass., last November for SBO cash, and was shipped to the purchaser by express. Later the new owner took his dog to Florida to hunt. After the hunt Sturgis, having no way to care for the dog, shipped him back, expecting to sell him to the raiser. The proprietor of the kennel refused to receive the dog, which remained in charge of the express agent Not Even One Little Tinker. Colorado Springs.—l Tie new Sunday closing ordinance passed on first reading at todays meeting of the city council. Commissioner Frost wanted a provision added to the ordinance permitting a person “to mow his lawn or tinker about tbe house and yard” on the Sabbath, but the commissioner* declared they would not stand for any “tinkering.”

'son serves for his father ■■ Induces Court to Exchange Their Sentences So Parent Can Be Set Free the Sooner. Baltimore, Md. —Asking that a sentence of three years, in jail imposed upon his father be imposed upon him and that his own sentence of two years tn jail be reversed to his father, Hugh C. Lyons broke down in the cr’minal court and wept bitterly. Judge Elliott complied with the pi Loner’s unusual request and Lyons seemed much relieved when given the chance to exchange sentences w h li.s father, giving the elder man the benefit of one year. Though neither of them ever has directly admitted that they were lather and son. Hugh D. Lyons, alias Philip Passavant, and Hugh C. Lyon-, who bear a very marked resemblance to each other, have given the authorities much difficulty in proving their relationship. They were arrested some time ago by Detectives Schr.nberger and Kahler on a charge of obtaining money through bogus cheeks passed upon tobacconists and confectioners. Several days ago they were convicted. Touched by the loyalty of his partner In crime, “Passavant" asked that the original sentence be adhered to, but Judge Elliott carried out the reversal. FINDS NEW RACE IN AFRICA Explorer Tells of People Who Are Capable of Extraordinary Development. i Berlin. —Dr. Nekes, an authority on Africa, has found in the neighborhood of the new German territory surrendered by Prance, a tribe he describes as “the people of the future,” assigning to them practically ali the virtues of the civilized, as well as original strength and manliness. The new nation Is a branch of ths mighty Fank race, called Jaunde. Its people number 500.000, and are Increasing rapidly. The whole nation is pushing westward from its native region near the sources of the White Nile. ; Dr. Nekes says the people are amazingly intelligent, powerful physically, are fond of work and have an astonishingly rich language, in which they’ can express in native idiom tha most modern things—such as cigars and telephones. The people are divided into three social classes — freemen, freedmen and slaves captured in war. Their re ligion consists partly of ancestor worship and partly of belief in ghosts. They consider that all evil comes from witchcraft and sorcery. Hence they have witch-finders. ' PLUCKY BOY FINDS FATHER Ten-Year-Old Traveler Makes Long' Journey Alone to See Parent at Fall River, Mass. — Hightstown, N. J. —Tired of waiting for a promised visit of his father, ten year-old James Francis. Jr., ran away ' from his home at Perrineville and the following day. while relatives and friends were excitedly searching foi him and adding to their fear that he had been kidnaped, the youthful trav eler presented himself before his as i tonished father in Fall River, Mass. That Jimmie goes about with his eyes wide open is shown by the fact that he safely negotiated the trip from the memory of a similar journey made several months previous. Mak ing his way afoot to Hightstown, with j money he had saved in a toy bank he , bought a ticket for New York and ' spent the night at a hotel near th® terminal. Undaunted when he lost his way next morning, the fearless little fellow, by asking questions, final | ly found his way to the Grand Central station and was soon speeding I toward the Bay state. | Refusing to have the boy sent home, the elder Francis has taken the lad J along for an extended business trip through the New England states. HAD SCHOOL TO TEACH CRIME i ■ Californian Taught His Son and Associates How to Steal—Jail Holds Both. , San Quentin, Cal. —A father and , son are in prison here to serve fifteen ‘ years each for burglary, and it is be- | lieved to be the first time in the history of the state prison records in California that a father and son figured in such a unique episode The prisoners are Nelson Primrose, the father, and Fdwin Primrose, his son. Both pleaded guilty to committing a series of robberies. The elder Primrose apparently conducted a school of crime for his twin sons and their associates, who are still tn their early twenties. The case is one of the most unique in the criminal annals of this country. Hereditary Scholarship. London. —An example of hereditary academic distinction as remarkable as that of Prime Minister Asquith’s sons at Oxford is afforded by the sons of Dr. Butler, the famous master of Trinity college, Cambridge. His eldest son swept the board of all the chief classical honors, and the second son, Gordon Butler, has now repeated that performance, while the third son, also a scholar of Trinity, is following in his brothers’ footsteps. In doing this the sons are repeating ;heir father’s record. Their mother, as Miss Ramsey, surpassed ail competitors in the Classical Tripos la 1887-

LOT TO LEAD Ml Signs May Be Used to Lure Crowds From Broadway. Dr. William C. Covert of Preabyterran Church in New York City Tells of , Modern Advertising Methods and Urges Their Adoption. New York.—Electric signs on Broad- | way with the legend: “Why not go to church?” may compete with similar signs advertising beverages, hosiery and breakfast foods, in New York, April 19-24, if some of the publicity plans for the conservation congress of the Men and Religion Forward Move- , ment succeed. The plan to use mod- - ern publicity methods for church purposes has been considered for some time by leaders in the movement. “We want to examine concise, dignified phrases which might be used for advertising purposes of the congress in this way,” said Dr. William C. Co- I vert, pastor of the Forty-first Street Presbyterian church, the other day In I Chicago, in discussing the plans. “Wo already have offered a prize of I SSO for the best article of 250 words | on the significance of the congress i and we are ready to institute a com- I petition to secure good advertising ideas. This is an experiment and it ! will contribute to the success of the 1 Men and Religion Forward Movement 1 I believe. The advertising can be force- | ful, and at the same time maintain dignity.” 1 The committee on Christian pub llcity. which held a meeting in Chicago recently, and of which Doctor Covert is a member, is preparing its report on the methods of publicity necessary for tho churches. The report will be 35,000 words long and will be submitted to the New York congress. ' To carry out its aims the committee I has submitted a series of interroga-1 tories tb editors of newspapers and magazines. Speakers at the congress in New York next month will include President Taft, Ambassador James Bryce and J. A, McDonald, Toronto editor, who will address the meeting international night; William J. Bryan and William T. Ellis, who will speak on America’s foreign influence; Archdeacon Madden of Liverpool, Bishop Greer, Bishop William McDowell, Booker T. Washington, Robert E. Speer, Fred B. Smith, John R. Mott and J. Campbell White. In Chicago the Oakland group of churches, comprising congregations in the vicinity of Oakwood boulevard have organized to carry out the program of the Men and Religion For- ' ward Movement. The canvassing is being carried actively forward in the 1 Woodlawn district. . Considerable interest in the mission i ary program was shown at the meet ing at the City club, of the central division committee of the Laymen’s Missionary movement, which is carrying out the missiortary plans for the Men and Religion Forward Movement. The Chicago committee reported that the city had been divided into 12 districts for the eight-day campaign. Two missionary institutes will be held each evening during the days of the campaign, April-8 to 14. It is planned to have one speaker at each of these institutes “to impart a missionary vision,” and another speaker on methods. Names of those to be in charge have not been made public. I “FEED BEANS TO CHILDREN’ Boston Physician Also Thinks Cor poral Punishment Good If Necessary. Boston, Mass.—“ Feed the children Boston baked beans if they like them." “Administer corporal punishment If necessary.” "Let them go barefoot.” These are some of the suggestions given by Dr. Charles Putnam to mothers through an address at the Harvard Medical school. “Baked beans will not hurt a child, providing they have been properly I baked and the child has a real liking I for them. They are very nutritious, wholesome and appetizing,” said the speaker. “Corporal punishment is the only thing that will successfully curb cerI tain traits in the young child, and I advise It in cases where nothing else I will accomplish the same purpose. “All children should go barefoot ! when young. Don’t tie them up in restricting, uncomfortable clothing." BULLET IN HEAD TWO YEARS — Boy Kept Accident a Secret Through Fear of Father’s Anger. Carmel, N. J. —Afraid his father would be angry, fifteen-year-old Ernest Moore carried a bullet imbedded in the bone between his eyebrows for two years without revealing the truth. He admitted it the other day afteran attack of Insomnia had made it 1 necessary to call a physician. The ■ bullet will be extracted, probably with--1 out serious danger to the lad. Ernest had been shot accidentally I by a boy friend. Reaching home, he told his parents he had fallen on a spike. A superficial examination of the wound seemed to bear out his story. Youth Loses Suit. New York. —Supreme Justice Clark refused to grant damages to a youth who became so scared he fell out of a cherry tree and injured himself when a neighbor fired a shotgun at a cat.

SUES HER FATHER FOR GOLD Maryland Farmer Found Treasure While Up a Stump—Has Had Trouble Ever Since. Westminster, Md. —A suit between j Mrs. Rosella Hare and her father, | John L. Calp, over a pot of gold found on Mr. Calp’s farm, is on trial In the I circuit court for Carroll county. With his grandson. Clarence Harmon, dig- • ging up a stump on his farm Mr. Calp j struck a glass jar with $4,500 in gold coins. Mrs Hare who was picking blackberries nearby, assisted in | counting the gold and carrying it to Mr. Calp’s house. The gold was said to be the property of Joseph Hare, who owned the farm ; prior to its purchase by Mr. Calp. It , was learned that shortly before the ' death of Mr. Hare, in 1891, he had disposed of two mortgages and had withdrawn from bank a sum closely approximating $4,500 in gold, and for • which his administrators had made a fruitless search in all the banks nearby and in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The administrators of Mr. Hare instituted proceedings for the money, i The case was settled by the payment of $1,200 to the Hare estate. Tn 1910 Mrs Hare, who Is in noway related to the late Joseph Hane, brought suit against her father, claimi ing the entire sum of money found as hers, because she and her son had j been present and assisted in the findi ing. This case is resisted by Mr. i Calp, on the ground that he alone I found the money: that It was on his farm, and that his settlement with ; the Hare estate secured to him what- ' ever title the heirs may have had to the find. DIVER’S DEATH DUE TO WORK Theodore McMahan Viewed Sunken Battleship Maine for Government. Newport, R. I.—The exertions in- , volved in exploring the wrecks oi many vessels including that of the ; battleship Maine in Havana harbor led to the death here of Theodore Me ( Mahan, a diver employed by the Unit ed States board of engineers. The direct cause of his death was Bright’s disease, hut the attending phy i sician stated that the time McMahan had spent beneath the surface of the ocean viewing wrecks of vessels, seri ously aggravated the disease. After the battleship Maine wat blown up the United States govern I ment assigned Mc.Mahan to view the i wreck. He wetit to Havana and did I that work, submitting his report to the ' officials in Washington. McMahan planted the explosives and blew’ up many wrecks along the New England coast during the last 20 years. I McMahan made his homo in this city. He was sixty years old. and is survived by a daughter. WANTS TO BE AN ANGEL Young Woman of Paterson, N. J.. Refuses Food Offered by Hospital Attendants. Morristown. N. J.—Anna Gespella. the Paterson girl confined in the state insane asylum at Morris Plains, who believed she was fed daily by angels, [ has had a change in her mania. She is now starving herself to death. Asserting that an angel comes to her every morning at four o’clock and feeds her, she now desires to be an angel and go about the world feeding the hungry. The woman gained notoriety for herself by going for days without food. Her meals were left near her, and she would nibble at the food when there was no one near. Os late the woman has consented to eat when other patients offered her food, but would touch nothing from the hands of the physicians or the attendants. Only a little food passes her mouth, despite the efforts of the hospital authorities. They believe the woman intends to starve herself to death, — JUDGE UPHOLDS WIFE'S ACI Philadelphia Magistrate Rules That Picking Pockets Is Inalienable Right of a Married Woman. Philadelphia.—According to a decision by Magistrate Macfarland here, a wife has a perfect right to rifle the pockets of her husband and take his last cent, and the husband has no redress. The decision was made in the case I of John Dorcas, arrested for non-sup- ’ port. Dorcas pleaded shat he was forced to leave his wife because she insisted upon going through his pock- I ets nightly and relieving him of every cent she could find. The magistrate announced that, according to law, that which belonged to Dorcas also belonged to Mrs. Dorcas, and It did not make any difference how she got it. LARGER MAMMOTH IS FOUND ' Skeleton Over Seventeen Feet High !• Unearthed Near Schiller’s Birthplace at Stelnhelm. > New York.—The skeleton of the lar- • gest mammoth so far known to the ■ scientific world has just been un- I I earthed at Steinheim, Germany, near the birthplace of the poet Schiller. According to advices received here, it will go to the Wurtemburg Natural ; History museum at Stuttgart. The 1 skeleton is over seventeen feet high ■ and the tusks more than eight feet i long. It is thought to be about 4,000 rears old.

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