Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 207, 3 June 1909 — Page 1

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tonve Branch Synod of the General Conference, in Which AH The Local Churches Are Included, Profited Well at Elections Today, for Besides a Local Man Being Honored, Dr. H. K. Fenner of Louisville, Ky., Was Elected President of the Organization by Substantial Majority. URGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES . WftS III ftTTEIIDAHCE TODAY None of the Features of the Session This Morning Was Presentation of Olive Wood Gavel, Secured in Jerusalem, To the Synod by Dr. L. B. Wolf, Secretary of the Board Of Foreign Missions After Organization of Synod Delegates Began Balloting for Officers, No Nominations Being Made, But Each Member Voting for the Person Of His Choice.

OFFICERS CH08EN. Or. H. K. Fenner. Louisville, Ky., President. Rev. F. P. Manhart, Selinsgrove, Pn Secretary. George H. Knollenberg, Richmond, Treasurer. The first business session of the i44tb convention of the general synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church i of the United States convened this 'morning at nine o'clock, In the St. ! Paul's Lutheran church on South Sev'enth street. President Owen, of Hagerstown, Md., was In the chair and there were present 205 voting delegates. About 2,60 delegates are to be present here 'during the seven days' session, but all ;of them had not arrived in time for the first session. A 8plendld 8lght. . This morning as the delegates arose I to take part In the common opening service they presented a splendid apjpearance. Gathered from all parts of i this country every delegate clearly 'showed the mark of religious and civ'ilian stamina! "Tfie delegates are equally divided between the ministers land lay members of the church. They are all representative Americans and appear to be most fittingly qualified jto legislate for the million of sturdy Lutherans whom they represent. Following the opening service the roll was called and adopted.' Dr. L. ; B. Wolf, secretary of the board of forieign missions then--arose and '-pre eented the synod with a gavel made '- of olive wood which he secured while tin Jerusalem a few years ago. The synod accepted the gavel, and on motion of Dr. Hanna, Dr. Wolf was giv!n a unanimous vote of tnanks. For Organization.. . . The synod proceeded Immediately to organization, tellers being appointed as follows: Rev. Chas. Reinenald, : Rev. C. O. Clark and Messrs. M. L Mbeller and B. C. Bowman. The synod has no nomination of candidates, nor committee on nominations. Instead each delegate votes for the person of ' his choice and ballots are taken till an officer is finally selected. There was no trouble in arriving at I a choice for president, nor for treasurer. Dr. H. K. Fenner, of Louisville, ; member of the Olive Branch synod, jand a minister known and beloved in this cfty and throughout this section, was elected president on the . first ballot. He received 118 votes, 108 being necessary to elect. Other delegates received votes as follows: Enders 61, Yarger 8. Young 8, Altman 4, Stag-master 4. The other votes were variously scattered. Dr. Fenner. the sew president has served for six years as secretary of the synod, and . In that capacity he has been most ! 'efficient. Elect Knollenberg. George H. Knollenberg of this city was re-chosen for treasurer, having already filled that office for six years. There was no opposition to Mr. Knollenberg he being the unanimous choice of the synod. Some difficulty was found in selecting the. secretary and after the first ballot and no choice had been made the Rev. Robert D. Clare of York, Pa. 'was named as temporary secretary. . The first ballot for secretary showed the following as leading: Fenner 66, Delk 19, Ludder 16, Hadley 12. Bittie 12, Slgmund 10, Enders 10, Baker S, Troxell 8 and Altman 8. A Pretty Race. The second ballot developed a pretty race between Delk and Clare, the first having 61 votes and the second 46. Both withdrew from the race after this ballot, and the synod proceeded to a third effort,, as no one bad secured sufficient votes for election en the second ballot. The third ballot taken just before adjournment of the morning session still left the synod without a permanent secretary and balloting was resumed again this afternoon and Rev. F. P. Manhart. of fielinsgrove. Pa., was chosen. The New York synod which has been formed of the Hart wl ok. New York and New Jersey, and the Pranckean synods, was admitted on recommendation of the committee, W. H. ; Dunbar, Chas. S. Albert - and Arthur ,Klng. The New York synod .' was formed by the harmonious and volunfcjaij dissolution of the three

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synods, and the formation of the one large synod. Capable Executive. President Owen, who has made a most capable presiding officer, and who has a Lutheran-wide reputation as a wit continued his flow of humor to the end of his official career, and his retiring speech, was a happy effort filled with a laughable play of words. He expressed himself as being much concerned as to what should be done with the synod's ex-presidents, and he said he felt like suggesting that there be no ex-presidents. Seriously speaking he thanked the synod for its kindly treatment of him, and paid a fine tribute to the efficient work of Dr. Fenner as secretary, to whom, he said, he owed much. Promises Good Service. In accepting the office of president Dr. Fenner said that he would serve the synod to the very best of his ability, v He expressed appreciation at the confidence reposed in him. Dr, Fenner then extended a welcome to the delegates to this, the territory of the Olive Branch synod. - Although in. the-chair but a short wnlle this morning, Dr. Fenner gave evidence of being a capable executive and "presiding officer, and there can be little doubt but that the synod has made a most happy choice in its new president. The Rev. C. E. Hay, pastor of the Deaconess Mother House in Baltimore, Md., presented the synod with an oak gavel, the wood of which he secured from a tree close by Wartburg Castle, Eisenach. The Rev. Mr. Hay suggested that the gavel will be used during the periods of turmoil that are necessarily connected with any gathering of such a kind. The synod adopted 9 to 11:30 as the morning hours, of. business, and I; 30 to 4:30 as the afternoon period. COLISEUM FILLED. Big Crowd Present at the Opening Session. The mass meeting of Lutherans held in the Coliseum last night was a splendid event. It marked the real opening of the 44th convention of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The large building was nearly filled with church people, most of them Lutherans, but a number of other denominations also being represented. The hall was rich in national colors, while the green of the palms on the chorus and speakers' platform added much to the color scheme. Edgar. M. Haas acted as chairman of the meeting and 'briefly spoke of the significance of the synod, representing, as it does, a million-Lutherans. Splendid Music. The large chorus of 150 voices composed of the members of the three Lutheran churches, and the orchestra of forty pieces, made up of like mem bership, furnished the music under the efficient direction of Lee B. Nusbaum. The first number was a March "Religioso," by Chambers. The opening hymn, was "Come, Thou Almighty King." The service was conducted by the Rev. George W. Enders, of York, Pa. Then in order named followed the Invitatory, Gloria Patri, an anthem by the chorus "Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem," by Maunder, scripture reading and prayer by the Rev. HL K. Fenner of Louisville. Ky., and a hymn, "In the Cross of Christ I Glory." Biennial Sermon. The biennial sermon was preached by the Rev. S. W. Owen. ,of Hagerstown, Md., president of the synod. He took his text from 1st Cor. 2:2 "For X am determined not to know anthing among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified." Dr. Owen's theme was The Comprehensiveness of the Doctrine ot Christ Crucified." Speaking with much earnestness, and yet in a most pleasing manner. Dr. Owen treated his subject under five heads. He first showed the comprehensiveness of his theme in philosophy, how philosophy looks into the reason of things. ; The speaker said: The natural forces of the universe as well as the universe itself had a cause and that cause is spiritual The spiritual and the material are not two parallel currents running side by aide; they make one. Paul was all philosophy and all science, what Copernicus

the mm PROGRAM. TONIGHT FOREIGN MISSIONS St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Addresses Rev. John Aberly, D. D., Mechanlcsburg, Pa. Rev. Victor ' McCauley, Missionary to IndiaFirst English Lutheran Church. Addresses Rev. L. B. Wolf, D. D., Baltimore, Md. Rev. E. C. Harris, Missionary to India. was to astronomy. He simplified and unified them making 'Christ Crucified the grand center." His second treatment was the comprehensiveness of the doctrine in theology. Dr. Owen thought that the beautiful bible figure concerning the relation of Christ to the church was equally applicable to the system of truth, of which the church is the pillar and the ground. Jesus Christ, he said, is the "Chief corner stone, tried, elect, precious." Such, he declared, is the relationship of the doctrine of the cross to the entire system of Divine Truth, necessitating its form and development, giving symmetry, beauty, life and power to the whole. Third Illustration. The ability to lift men' out of narrowness and selfishness, into broad, intelligent, humanitarian views was given as the third illustration of the doctrine's comprehensiveness. The fourth was the adaptation and power to develop the highest type of heroism in man: the heroism which prompts to self-sacrifice and abnegation. Dr. Owen pictured the highest type of heroism as that witnessel in these whose chief excellence consists in a renunciation of self for the good of mankind. He said that it was this characteristic that stood out in bold relief aa the master Impulse of the Apostle Paul. The fifth, and most vital point made bv Dr. Owen, was the adaptation of his doctrine to the present necessities of the ministry. "The spirit of the age is progress," he said, "in all that pertains to the development of the physical, in the waking up of the intellectual in radicalism, political, social, moral and theological. Such an age of progress has never been seen. The end , toward which tbis mad current is rushing is Mammon, the God 6f this world. It is the work: of the-f church to grasp the helm and turn the mighty moving mass heavenward and Godward. Cross of Christ. "If there be any power anywhere to guide the intense "activity of the age, its source must be found in the Cross of Christ That monument of God's wisdom and love standing alone amid the wrecks of centuries. . The doctrine of 'Christ Crucified1 is the only lever, put under fallen man, that can give him a conception of the worth of the soul and the possibilities of his nature, when wrought upon by the hand of God." Prayer, was next offered by. the Rev. C. S. Albert, of Philadelphia, and the hymn, "Nun danket alle Gott" was sung. In the welcoming part of the pro gram there were addresses by Mayor Richard Schillinger, on behalf of the City of Richmond, by John, L. Rupe, on behalf of the citizens ot Richmond, by the Rev. Harry R. Keates, on behalf of the Ministerial association, and by the Rev. C. Huber for the Richmond Lutheran churches. To these President Owen happily responded. ; The remaining part of the exercises was as follows: Anthem "Praise the Lord, O, My Soul," by Parker; a hymn, "Ein Feste Burg,"; "Recessional March" by Tracy, played by the rchestra, the doxology and the benediction by Dr. Owen. " In all, the program was made up of seventeen parts, and it was a late hour when the meeting concluded. SYNOD NOTES. The Rev. J. W. Knapp, of the First Lutheran church at Cincinnati is here visiting the synod. The Rev. . Mr. Kapp was pastor of the First English Lutheran church in this city for eighteen years, and is greatly beloved by all who know him. He is being entertained at the home of John Pelts. The Rev. Mr. Keho, of Louisville, Ky., a member of the Olive Branch Synod, and a visitor in Richmond at many times, Is now a visitor at the synod. !' Dr. J. J. Young of New York, who was in charge of the St. Paul's church in Richmond for eleven years, is here, as a delegate. Mrs. Young accompanied him, and they are guests at the home of H. H. Meerboff.,. Dr. George W.. Enders, .who.'' while pastor of the St. Paul's church in this city, had a most active and eventful career, is here. Dr. Enders is now located In York, Pa., where he Is continuing the same profitable ministry which be enjoyed in Richmond. Dr. Enders was filling the pulpit of St. Paul's church when It was taken- Into the general synod. That German ' ts taught In the First ward school is really due to Dr. Enders, and many think that the school should have been called the Enders School, Instead of the Hibberd school. Dr. Enders found a state law by which It waa possible to secure instruction In German in the public schools provided a certain number of petitioners desired It. This was om Page Threap

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HEAVILY VEILED MRS. OMA MEEK CAME TO COURT Bereaved Woman Is Ready to Tell Grand Jury About the Murder of Her Husband and Her Son. --. - . . ; - SEVERAL WITNESSES TELL ABOUT TROUBLE Story They Told the Sare as Has Been History o' Every Line Fence Feud Since the First One Built. Heavily veiled and with face pallored as the result of her protracted mourning, Mrs. Oma Meek sat in the circuit court room this morning awaiting the next ordeal, that of testifying before the grand jury. . She was summoned to tell what she knows of the events leading up to the tragic death of her husband and son. who were mortally shot by Joel Rallsback. Mrs. Meek Was accompanied to the court by her eighteen-year-old daughter and a friend. The three sought a remote corner. But few visitors entered the court room and all who came and knew the , story -of the line fence feud expressed; their sympathy for the widow and orphaned daughter. Continued Its Grind. The grand jury continued its grind today. More neighbors of . the Meek and Rallsback families appeared and told what they deemed might be of importance in the case. " By nearly all the same kind of . a story was told. It was of the type that has been prominent for years, or ever since the first line fence was built The most of the information given the jury relates to alleged threats and animosities that existed between the contending families previous to the fateful morning. The entire neighborhood knew of the trouble between the two families and the claims of each that the other had stolen a part of their land. " The "devils lane," that was formed by the fences of the two owners and the neutral ground between had been a subject of comment for years ; The prosecution finds ? itself con fronting an unusually hard proposition in the case. . Both families had made threats of violence against the other, and as there were no spectators of the fatal fight, with guns, hearsay and circumstantial evidence is about the only kind the state can secure. The advantage of evidence rests almost entirely with the Railsbacks, as the only persons who could contradict their story are the two men who were slain. FIRST RAINBOW. About 6:30 this morning, the first rainbow of the year shown In the western skies. ; All the colors were very plain, a case which Is no usual. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair and wanner.

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CHICAGO POLICE MAKING SEARCH FOR AFFINITIES They Want to Shed Further Light on the Mysterious Death of Mrs. Cleminson, Of Rogers Park, v . , - . CHLOROFORM DID NOT CAUSE WOMAN'S DEATH Husband of the Victim Changes His Story of the Case And Tries to Blacken the Character of Wife. Chicago, June 3. A systematic police quest for some of Dr. Cleminson's "affinities" today had put detectives in possession of the names of two women who were being investigated in an attempt to assign a motive for the alleged murder of Mrs. Nora Jane Cleminson, found dead in bed at her home, 4188 Wayne avenue, and for whose death Dr. Haldane Cleminson Is held today without bail. The mystery of the Rogers Park death, for the police had centered about the motive for the woman's murder, that she was slain by a subtle poison, they" thoroughly believe. Love or Hatred. Whether because of hatred for the wife or because of love for other women these "affinities," with whom the police would become better acquainted, ; was the question the investigators hoped to solve. ' That morphine caused the death of Mbs. Cleminson was the burden of a -..;..-'- ' (Continued on Page Two.) iiEcno is i Frankfort, Ky., June 3. A negro who had fatally shot a white man was taken from the jail by a masked mob of seventy-five men late last ' night and hanged to the bridge between North and South Frankfort. The mob riddled the victim's body with bullets. The negro was a circus employe. SETTLEMENT WILL PROBABLY BE MADE Contractors and Y. (I. C. A. People Get Together. George Caldwell, member of the firm of Caldwell and ' Drake of Columbus, Ind.. who erected the T. M. C A. building, was In the city today and this afternoon met with the building committee to arrange for final settlement. The firm owes local , contractors and firms while the association is holding back the contracting firms last payment until these creditors are paid. Satisfactory adjustment was expected to be made by both parties. - - - :

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of wheat to f 1.50 a bushel by the local millers, the price Is the best ever paid In this city for 55 years, or In the experience of local millers. For several weeks the price Today with the raise of the price has been $1.45 which equals that paid In 1874, and during the Letter deal at Chicago, the early part ot the nineties. IRON WORKERS 10 HOLD A MEETING Will Consider "Open" Shop Project of American Tinplate Company. BLOW AIMED AT UNIONS IT IS SAID THAT IT IS THE PLAN OF THE BIG CORPORATION TO BREAK AWAY FROM ORGANIZED LABOR. Pittsburg, Pa., June 3. Executive officers of the Amalgamated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers are expected to meet at general headquarters here tomorrow or Saturday to determine what action is to be tak en regarding the posting of notices by the American Sheet A Tinplate Co. that beginning June 30 all the company's mills will be operated on the open shop basis. Only Closed "Shop." The American Sheet and Tinplate Co. is the only department . of the United States Steel Corporation ooerating on the closed shoD basis, and tbis is said to be a plan of the big corporation to break away from labor unions entirely. The leaders will probably ask for a conference with the employers for the beginning of the next week. In some quarters it was Intimated that if the determination to make the mills open snops is persisted in there will be a 6trike called for July 1. - Mlf FIRE BIDGIIM.1 " . - New York Police. Commissioner in a Rogue's Gallery Case. MAYOR IS INVESTIGATING New York, June 3. Mayor McClellan today began an investigation Into the charges made bv SuDrem Conrt Justice Gay nor against Police Commis sioner Bingham who. the justice declared, had refused to take from the Rogue's gallery a photograph of Geo. Duffy, a Brooklyn boy, who never waa convicted,' nor even - tried for any crime. The mayor sat as a city magistrate and examined under oath all concerned In the Duffy case. It was said today that if the mayor found the charges true he would remove Bingham from office. Justice Gaynor. it is understood. will not be satisfied with this Investi gation. He holds Mayor McClellan equally responsible with Commissioner Bingham, for blasting young Duffy's reputation, as well as that of others, and he will present the evidence against both to Governor Hughes. WEALTHY WOMAN IS TO BECOME ACTRESS Mrs. Tom Pierce, who divorced her husbaad. the Boston millionaire, baa decided to become an actress, and baa been given a small part in the play. "The Motor Girl," which win open at a Broadway Theater, New York, cat Jane 15th.

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Pathetic Scene in the Circuit Court This Morning When Harry Clark Plead Guilty to Forgery. ' ; COURT ADVISES HIM TO LEAD GOOD LIFE Young Man Must Go to ths Jeffersonville - Reformatory To Serve Term of From 2 to 14 Years. It was a pathetic scene that followed the sentencing of Harrv Clark In circuit court this morning. Clark is out twenty-three years old and Monday will be taken to Jeffersonville to begin serving a term of from two to fourteen years for forgery. He confessed to the crime and, entered a nlea of guilty without making any state ment. He forged checks to which was signed the name of Clem Gear, the well known stock dealer of this city. One of the checks was cashed at Eat on, Ohio, and It waa after his attempt to pass another at Cambridge City that Clark waa arrested. Judge Gives Advice. "You have entered plea of guilty to this charge and now there la nothing for me to do but sentence you to the penitentiary," said Judge Fox to the young man. "I do thia with a great deal of regret. I hope you will so conduct yourself -that -your sentence may be shortened." The Judge left the bench to shake hands with darlc and express his anxiety as to the young man's future. Clark 1s a clean appearing man, who has previously enJoyed a good reputation. He is married. He bore up well under the pressure and sought to console his young wife. . . Mrs. Clark sobbed copiously. She was accompanied to the court room by her mother, Mrs. Ida Turner, Mrs. Turner also, was deeply inoveaC'The two women placed their arms- about Clark and hia little stepdaughter lent her childish sobs to the scene. Clark remained speechless, not trusting himself to talk. . He thanked Judge "Fox for his felicitations and said be would try to do the best while behind prison walla Th vminor man will wt talrn tn Tf. fersonville Monday by Sheriff Meredith. He probably will be given m clerical position at the institution. He was recommended by Prosecutor, Ladd on the commitment papers. Had Clark not been sentenced from the local court, the authorities at Eaton would have dealt with him. In Ohio the penalty for forgery Is from one to twenty years. - FIVE I'JEBE HURT III 8UZE TODAY Four of the Number Injured Jumping From Windows Of a Hotel. ALARM GIVEN BY CLERK WHEN HE RUSHED THROUGH HALLS WARNING THE SLEEPING GUESTS A SCENE OP COM. FUSION WAS RESULT Chicago, June 3. Five persons, one of them a fireman, ' were Injured this morning in a fire that started In the Belmont hotel. 261 and 263 Jackson Boulevard. Pour, of those who were hurt sustained their Injuries by Jump-' lng from windows. An unidentified woman was so - seriously ' Injured by jumping from the second story that she will probably die. ." The fire started on the first floor of the building, a three-story structure. t The cause Is not known. More than 25 guests were asleep on the upper floors, when the cleric ran. through the corridors shouting the alarm. ; ;-' ' - . Several of the . guests gained the street In their night clothes- before the flames cut off their avenue of escape. Others, however, were forced back by the smoke and flames and were com i" pelled to leap for their lives. : Rome, June 3.violent earthquake shock early today. It was accompanied by load rmmblings and the walls of several of the rains made by previous shakes were level ed.: So far as known there fatalities, but the population stricken and hundreds have a:

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