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THE ATLANTA (JEOKUiAN AND NEWS, .MONDAY,
MAY 19, lOirj.
DETECTIVE Fl^iDS Proposed Church Amalgamation of National Bodies Applauded Wildly In Convention
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i HflbflN United Presbyterian Churches of North America To Be New Name of Combination
Solicitor Declares Sleuth He En
gaged Has C ase After
Finishing Allotted Task.
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Burn* a genet
conduct and
would
onclude
satisfactorily
the Phagan
"We will have the slayer in lens
than a month,” said Colonel Felder.
"I am conlident the Burn* men will
meet with every success. With Mr.
Burns In Europe, the man he has
sent to Atlanta is certainly the best
detective in America. He has charge
of the Burns work in this count "y
and is his chief's right-hand man.
Mr. Burns himself will be on the
scene shortly after June 1. and then
1 am confident the <'ase will be
cleared up beyond any shadow of a
doubt."
Believe Newt Lee Innocent.
Officers working to solve the Pha
gan strangling mystery Saturday de
clared they Were more firmly con
vinced that Newt Bee, the negro
night watchman, had no hand in the
tragedy and that he has told all he
knows, as the result of a conversa
tion between the night watchman and
two other negro prisoners in the
Tower which was overheard by
Deputy Sheriff Drew Liddell.
The deputy "shadowed" Lee’s cell for
35 minutes, while the night watch
man. unconscious of the fact that an
officer was secreted but a few' steps
away, casually discussed the great
pencil factory crime with Oscar Dew
berry, a negro under sentence of
death, and Jack Wright, a negro mur
der suspect brought here from Gwin
nett County for safe keeping.
To these fellow prisoners Lee time
and again protested his Innocence,
and insisted that he knew nothing
more of the tragedy than what he
had told the officers, that he abso
lutely had no part In It beyond the
finding of the slain girl's body in the
basement.
Whether this incident will figure In
any way in the Investigation before
the Grand Jury has not been an
nounced by Solicitor Dorsey.
Deputies Try Strategy.
Deputy Liddell first visited the
Tower with Deputy Lon Burdett and
talked with the negro. l>*e related
the same story told to detectives and
to the Coroner's Jury. The detective
then determined on a ruse. He told
the negro he would he back and talk
to him again, and the second time
returned with Deputy John Owen?
and J. L. Coogler, a court officer.
When Lee had again reiterated his
*ame story the trio of officers left
the cell. As Owens and Coogler
walked away, Liddell, however, noise
lessly stepped behind two big steam
pipes just on the outside of the ne
gro’s cell. The other two officers
walked heavily enough to leave the
impression that all three had gone.
As the footsteps died away In the
distance on the metallic floor Jack
Wright asked Lee:
"Say, why don’t you tell them white
folks what you know about that kill
ing? If you know who done it, tell
’em. that’s the best way."
Lee replied without hesitation:
"I ain’t going to tell no lie about
it. I can’t help what they do with
me; I ain’t going to lie.
"I’ve done told them all I know.
None Secured Information.
The Gwinnett negro then asked Lee
if he knew the girl's body was in the
basement before the time he discov
ered it at 3:30 o’clock in the morn
ing.
"Good gracious, nigger. I’d tore that
building down getting out of there
if I’d known that body was in the
basement." exclaimed the night
watchman.
Game Lost, Boy Dies
Of a Broken Heart
RT PAUL. MINN. May IS—A
broken heart, caused by the Iosr o*
the pennant by the team of hi* school,
for which he pitched, caused the
death of Willie Llcser, aged 19,
. The lad had pitched his team to
Victory several times, and on the day
of the championship game a slight
Illness kept hint at home. HI* team
lost through the Ineffective pitching
of his successor and a few minutes
after he learned of the defeat Willie
died.
Doctors said a broken heart was the
cause.
BANK OFFICER CONVICTED
OF PURLOINING CIGARS
EAST RT LOUIS, ILL., May 18 —
five counts was the verdict of the 1ury
that tried Grant Stafford, vice president
of a bank here, on a charge >4 stealing
cigars from local dealers
The testimony was to the effect that
Stafford took more cigars than he paid
for
A NERVE TONIC
HorvfordT Acid PhoapttaU
lie. onnnen led f..r reller of ln>n>*-,uil». linpalrcc
!H?rre force and fatigue J ml for;, ten the i ntlrt
! ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT DIS
COURSES TO BE DE
LIVERED HERE SUN
DAY WILL BE THAT
OF A NOTED LECTUR
ER, 0. L. SULLIVAN.
NEW YORK, AT CA
j BLE HALL AT 3 P. M.
Ike will speak on
.‘‘THE RESURREC-i
‘TION, OR LIFE BE
;YOND THE GRAVE."
Completion of Union Goes Over
for a Year for Final Perfec
tion of Details.
ern and Cnited l*n
biles, which, If effc
tat* one of most mom<
In the history of rellgb
United States, v/ere
United States, have b<<
those bodies.
The new body will
the General Assembly
Presbyterian Uhurcht
America.
Committees were a.pj
bodies with Instruct!*
United
North
MASS MEETING TO-NIGHT
Joint gathering, at 8 p. m., in
the Auditorium, on general theme,
"Christian Social Service."
Address by Dr. Charles Stelzle,
of New York, superintendent bu
reau of social service. U. S. A.
Assembly, presiding officer of the
evening.
"Christian Citizenship and the
Social Evil”—Address by Marion
M. Jackson, of Atlanta.
"The Church and Its Relation
to Industrial and .Social Problems"
—Address by James A. MacDon
ald. managing editor The Toron
to Globe.
Ion, but there was not perfect agr
ment touching the ording of one
human father. He lived a life
of perfect obedience, and by the
9h<ddlng of His blood made full
atonement for sin and purchased
redemption for his people.
<«*) "The Holy Spirit, the
third person of the Trinity,
eternally proceeding from the
"'ather and the Son, does, by a
direct operation accompanying
the word, so act on the soul as
to quicken, regenerate and sanc
tify it; It Is His to take of the
things of Christ and show them
unto men; and without His di
rect operation the soul would per
sist In rejecting the truths of
God’s word and would refuse to
yield to the motives which It
pre sents." In His gracious work,
the Holy Spirit Is the revealer of
Christ, the Interpreter of His word
and the comforter of the believer.
In addition to these essential
doctrines, the united church
would lift Into prominence:
The Church’s Mission.
The mission of the church:
believe that the Gospel of
Rev! Dr. J. W.
Rev. T. P.
r
Stagg,
Cleveland,
President
IB
Atlanta (left),
Alabama
meets
Presbyterian
m m ,
Rev. John
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College,
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Gordon Law,
Anniston,
Walhalla,
Ala.
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v\ e
joint conference with a view to bring- |
ing about the amalgamation. Dr.
K. McClurkin was made chairman of
the United Assembly committee. Ar
ticles were drawn up showing the
present differences in religious wor
ship between the two bodies, and a
discussion as to the remedy
conditions was had.
Proposal Greatly Applauded.
Before the Southern Assembly Rev.
R. C. Reed read a report on the pro- i
posed union.
At both meetings the proposed com
bination met with unanimous ap
proval. Tremendous applause fol- !
lowed its proposal.
While the amalgamation will not he
attempted In the present Assemblies,
the committees appointed by each
have been instructed to draw up ar
ticles and in conferences to be held
in the year to come to eliminate these
differences and pave the way for the
great union.
Dr. Reed was authorized to con- i
vey to the Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church the
United
action of
the articles. In the hope of reaching
a perfect agreement on this point, a
joint meeting of the two committees
was held in the city of Atlanta, Ga.. i
on the evening of May 13, 1913. This
conference was also characterized by
perfect candor. While on one or two
points the committees could not see j
eye to eye, they unanimously agreed
to lay before each Assembly the fruits
of their labors as a basis of union
between the two bodies.
"In accordance with this agreement,
your committee respectfully presents
to your venerable body the following
as the basis agreed upon, viz;
Common Standing Ground.
"Relieving in the essential oneness
of the church of Christ; remembering
the historic lines that bind us to re
vered ancestors, who witnessed va!« j
iantfy for the truth as it is in Jesus ;
and through whom has come to us a j
common heritage of Christian faith
and doctrine; desiring to prove faith- I
ful in the custodianship of this in
heritance and aiming only for the
glory of God in the higher advance- j
ment and wider extension of His
kingdom upon earth, we, the mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States and the members of
the Presbyterian Church of North
♦ VO. Aaaemhlv regarding the confer America, do find a common standing
tms abbbuiuo « ground in the following statements,
ence.
Basis of Proposed Union.
The text of the report of the con
ference on the Union of the Southern
Presbyterian Church and the United
Presbyterian Church is as follows:
"To the Venerable, the General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
In the United States.
"Your committee, appointed by the
last Assembly, to confer with a sim
ilar committee of the United Pres
byterian Church in reference to the
organic union of the two bodies,
would respectfully report as follows,
viz.:
"Your committee held
in the city of Nashville,
the month of September,
the purpose of coming t
a meeting
Tenn.. in
1912, for
_ an under
standing as to the propositions which
It would be proper for us to make In
a Joint meeting of the two commit
tees After a day of earnest-confer
ence. a paper was adopted covering
all the points which, in the judgment
of your committee, should be consid
ered 4n the joint sessions of the com
mittees
Committees Meet Again.
"On the 4th day of December, 1912,
in the parlor of the Kbbitt House,
Washington City, the committees met
and entered into conference at 10 a.
m. The paper adopted by your com
mittee was presented. A similar pa
per. previously adopted by the com
mittee of the United Presbyterian
Church, was also presented These
papers furnished the materials of a
conference lasting through the whole
day.
"The object of each committee was
to present not individual views and
preferences, but what was believed
to be the
the church
spirit ol
marked
most fr
terchan
erretted
either c
were. 1
commit
without
mend t
of
d preferences of
ted. A beautiful
.e and confidence
ons, airtl the ut-
acterised the in-
lt is to be re-
the members or
r<» present. There
majority of each
ami thev agreed.
No Difference on Principles.
• As to till principles involved in t!
basis, there was no difference of opt
and upon the basis of these fuuda
mental truths we covenant to join
our ecclesiastical bodies In organic
unity:
The Articles.
"1. The doctrinal standards now
held in common by these two
churches, viz. the Westminster
Confession of Faith, the Larger
and Shorter Catechisms, shall be
the doctrinal standards of the
United Church.
"2. The standards are to be in
terpreted in their natural and ob
vious meaning, and no one shall
be authorized to teach or preach
in the United Church who can not
give an unqualified assent to the
doctrinal system contained in
these standards.
The united church would bear
emphatic testimony to the fol
lowing doctrines as essential
parts of the aforesaid system:
(a) The integrity of the Holy
Scriptures. The Scriptures of the
Old and New Testaments are to
be received as the very word of
God. and their authority is to be
recognized as the only Infallible
rule of faith and life.
"Fath°r and Son One.
(b) "Our Lord Jesus Christ is
not only the Son of God In re
spect to His natural, necessary*
and eternal relation to the
Father, but also the true and
supreme God, being one in es
sence with the Father and the
Holy Spirit.”
(e) "Our Lord Jesus Christ,
besides the dominion which be
longs to Him as God, has, as our
God-man Mediator. a twofold
dominion with which He has been
invested by the Father as the re
ward of His sufferings. These
are: A dominion over the
church, of which He is the living
head and lawgiver and source of
all that divine influence and au
thority by which she is sustained
and governed; and also a do
minion over all created eprsons
and things, which is exercised by
Him in subserviency to the mani
festation of God’s glory in the
system of redemption and the in
terests of His church.’
Atonement for Sin.
(d> As to the constitution of
the person of our Redeemer,
the Scriptures plainly teach that
He was conceived by the* Holy
Ghost in the womb of the Virgin
Mary and was born without a
Bon of God is the only hope of
a sinful, dying world. We
recognize in the commands of
Christ the urgent call to the
I evangelization of the world and
we bow before the imperative
duty of sending the message of
the Word for a witness among
all nations.
The exclusively spiritual char
acter of the church’s mission.
This unlop is based on the state
ment of our common Confession
of Faith, viz., “Synods and Coun
cils are to handle or conclude
nothing but that which is eccle
siastical; and are not to inter
meddle with civil affairs which
concern the commonwealth, un
less by way of humble petition
in cases extraordinary; or by way
of advice for satisfaction of con
science. if they be thereunto re
quired by the civil magistrate.”
Everyday Christianity.
The exclusively spiritual char
acter of the mission of the church
does not imply that the church
owes no duty to civil society. On
the contrary It is the imperative
duty of the church, through its
members as citizens of the cWil
commonwealth to apply the prin
ciples of Christianity to all the
political, social and industrial
conditions of society.
4. The supreme judicatory of
the United Church shall be a Gen
eral Assembly, the official title
of which shall be "The General
Assembly of the United Presby
terian Church of North America.”
it being understood and agreed
that this shall not affect local and
historic names of churches, Pres
byteries and Synods.
Form of Church Order.
5. As to the basis of represen
tation and in the conduct and the
proceedings of the First General
Assembly, the Book of Church
Order of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States shall be au
thoritative.
6. The subordinate courts of the
church shall continue to use pro
visionally the book of rules un
der which they have hitherto been
governed.
• 7. The Synods and Presbyteries
shall remain as at present con
stituted until such time as it shall
manifestly appear that some
change is needed for the best in
terest of the cause ;oid King
dom of Christ.
Executive Agencies to Continue.
8. All executive agencies shall
continue as at present, and con
gregations shall continue to send
their contributions through the
customary channels. But these
executive agencies shall co-oper
ate with each other as far as
practicable in the circumstances,
and shall seek to devise some
method by which, with the au
thoritative action of the General
Assembly, and the approbation of
the whole church, they can be-
ocme completely Identified. Be
fore, however, such complete con
solidation takes place, careful
steps shall he taken after con
sultation with competent attor
neys to safeguard and preserve
all property rights affected by the
union ol’ churches.
On Singing Psalms.
9. There is a difference in the
historic faith and practice of the
two churches touching the mat
ter of praise in the worship of
God'. The one church, holds the
belief that the Book of Psalms
is the perfect and divinely ac
credited manual of praise, and as
such is to be used in worship'to
the exclusion of all devotional
compositions of uninspired per
sons.
The other, while believing that
the Psalms of Scripture were de
signed for permanent use in the
church, and should have a large
place in Christian worship, yet
hold that other compositions that
are in harmony with the teach
ing of Scripture may, with pro
priety and profit, be used in con
gregational singing.
This difference is frankly rec
ognized, but holding our respec
tive views, in the forbearance of
love, we suggest the following as
a practicable basis:
Believe F’salter Inspired.
• We believe that the Psalter
of the Bible, the Psalms of DaVid,
is an inspired manual of praise
and that the Spirit of God indict
ed these songs to be used in the
worship of the people of God to
the end of time. The United
Church will, therefore, take im
mediate steps to introduce to all
its congregations, by indorsing
and recommending the Psalms of
the Bible in the best metrical ver
sion as a divinely accredited book
of praise. But while strongly
commending the use of the
Psalms, it is agreed that each
church in our respective synods
shall be allowed in the matter of
congregational singing the same
liberty which it now enjoys.
"Sole View to Honor Christ.”
Finally, recognizing that it is im
possible to make specific provision
for all points of difference that may
arise, it is understood that these
churches enter the union in the spirit
of mutual confidence and Christian
love, and with a sole view to the
honor of Christ and the extension of
His Kingdom.
"It follows from this that the law
of Christian charity as expounded
by the Apostle Paul must be our
guide: Let us not therefore Judge
one another any more; but judge ye
this rather that no man put a stumb
ling block in bis brother's way.’ ‘Let
each of us« please his neighbor for that
which is good unto edifying.’ ‘doing
nothing through faction or through
vainglory, but in lowliness of mind,
each counting other better than him
self; not looking each of you to his
United Board of Education Tells
Why It Quit Paying Students’
College Courses.
T. W7 Mitnev. Cartersville, at
the 1 eft, and 'William Baker, of
Sedalia, Mo., discussing the As
semblies.
own things, but each of you also to
the things of others.’ ”
“The Presbyterian Church In the
United States:
"R. C. Reed.
'John F. Cannon.
"S. L. Morris.
"The United Presbyterian Church
of North America:
"J. K. McClurkin.
- “W; C. Williamson.
“J. C. Scouller.
"T. S. McMurray.
Delay Recommended.
"Your committee recommends that
this report be not considered at this
Assembly, but that it be placed on the
docket for the consideration of the
next Assembly. Your committee would
mention two reasons for this course.
First, this is the disposition which the
committee of the United Presbyterian
Church is going to ask their Assembly
to make of their report, and it is de
sirable tha^ the two bodies act In con
cert. Second, as this basis is new to
our church, and as the two churches,
occupying different territories, widely
separated, are not well acquainted, a
year should be allowed for bot*i
churches to acquaint themselves with
the gravity of the step proposed.
"R. C. REED, Chairman.
"JOHN F. CANNON
"S. L. MORRIS."
Elect Infant Clause Stands.
Report No. 1 of the standing com
mittee on bills and overtures was
submitted by Rev. T. S. Clyce, D.D.,
chairman.
This report had reference Boiely to
the overtures relative to the “elect
infant clause." It recommended: "In
view' of the fact that the question of
amending this section (referring to
Section 3. Chapter X of the Confession
of Faith ( has been before the church
for thirteen years and the church
has not agreed on the form of change
to be. made, and in view of the fur
ther fact that the Assembly of 1902
(Alexander’s Digest, Revised, page 8)
declared that the Holy Scriptures am
ply warrant us in believing that all
infants who die in infancy are includ
ed in the election of grace and are
regenerated and saved by Christ
through the Spirit, which declaration
we would here reaffirm, we recom
mend that no amendment for the
present be sent down to the presby
teries.”
Tills report was not adopted, how
ever, but consideration Was deferred
until a later session of the Assembly,
the moderator saying that In view of
the facts that all of the overtures on
this subject had not been tabulated,
action at this time would not be ad
visable.
Atlanta Overture.
► The overture by the Conference on
Springs, Miss.; D. M. Douglas, Clin
ton, S. C.; L. R. Walker. DeFuniak
Education in Atlanta to the General
Assembly, with names attached of all
representatives present, follows:
"That the Conference on Education
in the Presbyterian Church of the
United States, In meeting In Atlanta,
Ga.. May 13 and 14, 1913, overture
the General Assembly convening In
Atlanta May 15, 1913, to appoint an
ad interim committee, composed cf
the executive secretary of Christian
Education and Ministerial Relief as
chairman and one member from each
synod, to consider all matters relat
ing to the discovery, definition, co
ordination and allied questions of the
schools and colleges connected with
our church; that this committee call
the Christian educators of these
schools and colleges Into conference
with themselves at Montreat, N. C.,
during July or August of this year
to discuss matters coming under the
purview of this committee, and that
this committee report its findings
with or without recommendation, ;o
the General Assembly of 1914.”
Signed—F. H. Gaines, Atlanta. Ga..
chairman: T. W. Raymond. Holly
Springs, Fla : .T. A. Lyon, New Or
leans, La.; M. E. Melvin. Fort Gib-
White City Park Now Open
Declaring that the man w f ho hus
tle* for the money to obtain his edu
cation is better prepared to preach
than the man who is given aid, the
annual report of the Board of Edu
cation of the United Presbyterian
Church emphasizes the fact that the
practice of aiding young men in their
college work has practically been
abandoned.
The wording of the paragraph re
lating to the aiding of young men in
obtaining an education reads:
"One of the duties of the board,
under its charter, is to assist pious
young men in their literary and theo
logical preparation for the ministry.
The practice of aiding young men in
their literary education has been
practically abandoned. The large
percentage of those aided not enter
ing the ministry has discouraged the
practice. Also the board has held
the Idea that the man is better pre
pared to preach, who. in hustling to
obtain funds necessary for his edu
cation, gains first-hand information
concerning the laboring man’s prob
lems. and also that invaluable ex
perience of competing and working
among men as a layman.”
The following recommendations are
embodied in the report of the Board
of Education:
1. That the second Sabbath of
February, 1914, and the Wednesday
preceding the second Sabbath be ob
served as days of prayer in all our
colleges, seminaries and congrega
tions.
2. That the Assembly designate the
offerings of the Sabbath schools for
the month of February to the Board
of Education.
3. That changes be made in the
rules governing the granting of loans
to medical mission students.
4. That the membership of the
Board of Education be Increased from
nine to twelve members and that the
board be authorized to elect consul
tive members as they may deem wise.
5. That the plan of college visita
tion be broadened in its scope so as
to arrange for at least a week’s evan
gelistic effort each year in each of
our colleges.
6. That the assembly authorize the
Board of Education to so enlarge the
scope of its charter as to enable it
to receive, hold and administer en
dowment funds.
GEORGIA
NEWS IN BRIEF
Trade Board 20 Years Old.
COLUMBUS.—The Columbus Board
of Trade is twenty years old. its first
charter having just expired. Steps
Will be taken at once to secure a re
newal of the charter.
Woman’s Trial Deferred.
WAYCROSS -An adjourned term
0' Ware Superior Court will be held
here, starting June 23. for the pur
pose of trying Mrs. W. C. Lanier,
whose husband was this week found
guilty of the murder of their baby
boy and given a life sentence.
Oratorical Contest Held.
OXFORD.—The annual Newton
oratorical contest was held in Ox
ford Friday. Thirteen schools were
represented. Professor J. O. Mar
tin, County School Commissioner,
presided. Major R. J. Guinn, of At
lanta, delivered the prizes.
Woman Held After Beer Raid.
COLUMBUS.—Mrs. M. L. Gorham,
who conducts a small store in a resi
dence section of the city, has been
arrested because a quantity of whisky
and beer was found in her place of
business. She is being held for the
grand jury under a $350 bond.
Bishop Candler at Columbus.
COLUMBUS.—Bishop Warren A.
Candler, of Atlanta, will be in this
city Sunday and will preach at the
Methodist Tabernacle morning and
night. The church is in the midst
of a revival meeting.
son, Miss.; George J. Ramsey, Ral
eigh. N. C.; W. E. B. Harris. Conna-
sauga, Tenn.; W. M. Hunter, Wil
liamsburg. Va.; J. P. Hall, Plumtree,
N. C.; William Dinwiddie, Clarks
ville. Tenn.; S. C. Byrd, Greenville.
H C.; H. H. Sweets. Louisville, Kv.;
E. Tufts, Banner Elk. N. C.; C. G.
Vardell, Red Springs, X. GV, H. B. Ar-
buckle, Decatur, Ga.; W. L. Lingle,
Richmond, Va.; W. L. Porter, For
syth. Mo.: W. W. Moore, Richmond,
Va.; W. J. Harris. Davidson, N. C.;
T. W r . Lingle, Davidson, X. C.; C. H.
Atkinson, Albemarle, N. C.; R. E.
Vinson. Austin, Tex.; W. E. Todd,
Stuart, Va.; C. B. Yeargan, Frank
lin, N. C.; W. B. Morrison, Durant,
Okla.; J. L. Caldwell. Charlotte, N. O.;
Thornton Whaling, Columbia, S. C.;
H. T. Graham, Hampden-Sidney, Va.;
T. P. Junkin, Brown wood, Tex., sec
retary*.
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Continued From Page 1.
Cumberland, is to become Duke of
Brunswick and Grand Duke of Lune-
bourg, giving him a rank with other
rules of German states such as Ba
varia.
New State For Prince.
Kaiser William has practically ere-,
a ted a new state for the Prince. Part
of this new state will be made up
of a portion of Hanover. The Duchy
of Brunswick is not a particularly
large principality, but it compares
favorably with some other German
states.
Duke William I of Brunswick was
born April 25, 1806. being the son of
Duke Frederick William and Prin
cess Marie and Baden. He was the
last rightful occupant of the throne
of Brunswick. The Duke of Cum
berland became the heir to the throne,
but for the reason given in the fore
going was not allowed to ascend It.
On the death of the late Regent of
Brunswick Prince Albert of Prussia,
on September 13, 1906, the sugges
tion was made that the Duke of Cum
berland and his .sons, having made
themselves ineligible to the throne of
Brunswick because of their claims to
the throne of Hanover, the Duke’s
second son should be called.
On February 28, 1907, however, the
Diet of Brunswick adopted the pro
posal of the Constitutional Commis
sion which was unfavorable to the
compromise suggestion, and on May*
28, 1907, Johann Albrecht, Duke of
Mecklenburg, was elected Prince Re
gent. •
Old Regency Law.
The Brunswick Regency law was
passed in 1879. It provided that if
the legitimate heir to the throne be
absent or prevented from assuming
control, that a council of Regency,
composed of the Ministers of State,
Uresidents of the Landtag and the
Supreme Court should carry on the
Government while the German Em
peror assumed control of the mili
tary forces. If, after a year, the
law provided, the rightful heir was
still unable to claim the throne, the
Landtag should elect a regent from
among some of the non-reigning
members of German reigning families.
Some idea of Brunswick may be ob
tained from the fact that it is 1,418
square miles in area and has a popu
lation of 494,387 (1910 census) or con
siderable less than either of the
American cities of Boston or St.
Louis. The capital of Brunswick is
Braumschweig, with a population of
143.535, and it is probably here that
the new Duchess of Brunswick and
Grand Duchess of Lunebourg will live.
$1,350,000 Fines in
Rate Cases Possible
WINFIELD, KANS., May 18.—Guilty on
Five indictments of 63 counts to-day
stood against four railroads and a
New York coal company, changing
the granting and acceptance of ille
gal freight rates. The Federal Grand
Jury named the Vandalia, Big Four.
Chicago, Indiana and Southern and
Grand Trunk railroad and the O’Gara
Coal Company ,of New York. The
maximum fines for conviction on the
63 counts would be $1,350,000. The
illegal rates named in the indictments
were . on coal shipments from Eldo
rado, 111., to South Bend. Ind.
FRANCE PLACES WREATH
ON GRAVE OF ENGINEER
ROME, GA„ May 18.—When R. B.
Brooks, a Seaboard Air Line engi
neer. killed in a wreck this week, was
buried, pretty Miss LottD Dobbs, of
Rome, bent over the grave and placed
on it a wreath of flowers. On July
11 Miss Dobbs was to have married
Brooks.
Institute at Valdosta.
VALDOSTA.—A summer institute
for teachers will commence at the
South Georgia State Normal College,
in this city, on June 2 and continue
until June 27. The institute will be
under the direction of State Super
visor F. E. Land.
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