64TIIYEARNUMBER, 19,711. RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, MAY 10.1914.

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Earthquake Brings Death andDestruction to Many Villages

on Slopes of Mount Etna.

ACCURATE DETAILS LACKING

Rescuers Risk Lives to SaveOthers.Women Almost In¬

sane From Terror.

Catania, Blolly, May 9..A greatvarlh'iuaki) lust night brought deathand destruction to many vlllnxos nearMount I£tn«- The ni/tnber <»r dnad to-night wua olflclully plated at 1Uwithabout 3C.0 Injured. A large pari of tho(levost&t'id territory hui» not boon ln-tpooted.Tho afTcotftd tone extends from Ztvf-

fnrana, tho hlghent vlllygo on MountKtiiu, to tho nea betwoen Acl little, ontho south. anil Olarro on the north.It Includes Llnera, the contro of thedletrlct dlhturbod, Flrano and Vrerila¬in Lalnera alone 173 persona worekilled, and 300 injured. In Uongiardothirteen dead and twenty-sevun In¬jured have boon taken from tho rulr.a.At Consontlnl alx.teon wa'u killed andmany Injured-These villages ex.d ineJiy imaller

places woro leve-lled.The entire district to-day presented

a spectacle of desolation, ruin anddeath. Many of the injured had notb»en taken from tho cl^btln. All trainsnervlc© has boor. abatidonoA, owing tothe collapse of brldi;«>s, broken tracksand obstructed tunn'-ls.ISJl'HKU I.A V IN «»pi:x

AWAHl.NO ASSISTA^CnFor cemturlfb thin section hati eryf-

fered from earthquakes, owlr.fr *© th>activity of Mount Etna- Vet It Isthickly populated, an the land la fer¬tile. vlneyarde growing with 111T1 ». at-tentlon. At tho central point of thodisturbed sections, dozens of brfdlo*were lying along tho roads, many unrecognizable, kh they were badlycrushed. Tho Injured lay In tho op->nuwaltlnir assistance, which has beenBent t«i th«-m.Where Itinera stood Is a mans of

ruins. Those houses which 0I<1 not col¬lapse entirely were so brt>V.*n as to« mphaslze tho completer^" .> of the dls-;ihT<t. Thi' village1 .¦')r.!'l. . '! of aboutSO" inhabitants. M'jitt <>l the toscfipod because the jl. ><*k or. utr*"lwhen the m*n . 1 so:n- <¦"' the u.«.m-en were working !n the fields. Fromth>» vineyards they saw their howstailing, and when they arrive.!. breatli*le«s, nt their homes, they ft 'ind onlywii-ckii"', with so:r'. of thflr pe j;ileburled beneath It. This accounts f>.rthe fact that m»st of th«* victims atl.lnera were '.votaen find children. 'Themen. wild with terror and grief, at¬tacked She debris with their bareh:-.nda In an effort to save their fami¬lies.Generals Trabuchl and Moccagatta

are In command of the work of res-i-ue, which Is being taken up vigor*ou.«ly by soldlerK. firemen, policemenand lied Cro.-»s volunteers. It Is ex¬pected, however, that weeks will passbefore the full extent of the dlir»nterran be ascertained.AT CATAMA Till: JiTKOXfiK*T

shock i,\sts *i\ sncnvnsAt Catania, the stringent shock

lasted six seconds. Kle-trlc lightswere extinguished and the street rail¬ways were put out of service. 1'ooplerushed from the houses, shops andrafm. Many Jumped liito boats andotheTS crowded Into tho squares. Attho hospitals patients ran to the court¬yards Imploring help.Many pitiful episodes occurred. \t

Bonglardo. an old woman, the only sur¬vivor of a family of eighteen, re-en¬tered a half-wrecked house to sesnhfor her grnndchlblrcn S!... returnedwith a little girl nllvo and rushedIn again. Almost Immediately thehouso collapsed, burying her under theVrecknK®-At Consentlnl a young soldier, who

should have left Thursday on his re¬turn to Lybla, obtained a leave of ab¬sence for three days to attend tnemarriage of h!s ulster, which was tohave occurred on Sunduy. He Isamong the victims.Monalgnor Vigo, bishop of Aclrcale,

remained for twenty-four hours In at-tendance on the Injured villagers.!>'(» I'AHTICI'l,All ATTP.7VTIOX

PAID TO HBCKNT SHOCKS]Kor several days earthrjuake ph ckshad beon felt, accompanied by erup-tiers of Mt. F.tn.i. No particular at- jtent Ion was paid to the occurrences,as Inhabitants of the district aro ac- jcustomed to the bgltntior.s Tho firsteevcio shock was felt at 7 o'clock lastow ning, but It? destruction effect wainot lei i ned In Catania until th!s morn-Ing, when terror-stricken refugees ho-jT-n streaming Into town.The centre of tho dlsturhnnco was

the village of I.lnera. Hero tho pro¬portion of dead and Injured w as veryheavy. The victims were mostly worn-en and children.

Soldiers, firemen, sailors, priests andprivate Individuals worked together:In bringing succor. In many casesthey found their wry obstructed bybroken brldgen and ruined roads. Inthe village streets. heap:t of debris layeverywhere. In the villages of Con-scntlnl twenty bodies were recoveredthis morning. Several hamlets In theneighborhood of Aclre.ile wero de-vastated, anil a number of peoplekilled and Injured.A thousand tents wero distributed

among the liomele. :< villagers. Seven jthousand more have been requested.ItBSCUEItS ItISK 1.1 VMS l\

ICFKOItT.S TO NAM'. (H IIKItSThose engaged In rescue work risked

their lives on many occasions In thesearch for those hurled beneath the'ruins. Undermined walls and shakyroofs fell on them at every turn. Manyof the people led by the priests formedprocessions and marched along, pray-ing aloud. Numbers of the womenappeared nlmost Insane from terror.The great gravity of tho disaster

was not realized until this morning,when reports came In from tho sur-rounding country.Tho villages of I,lnern and Con-

nentlnl were transformed Into heaps ofruins.At Zafferana every hotine was de¬

stroyed. Enormous damage was causodat Santa Vetierlna.Roofs fell In and walls collapsed Inthe. hamlets of Santa Maria Ammalatl.(Continued On Seventh Pago.)

$1(1.70.A tlnnta and Upturn.Sill.TOVia Southern Itnllway, May 1<>. It and 12:roturn limit May 1*0. with e» tension prlvlloRoto Juno S>. 131-t. Stopovers all Btnlloiid.Office, East Mala titrooU

Miss Fannie T. Chcnault, Sten¬ographer, Is Victim of

Brutal Assault.

MAN ESCAPES IN DARKNESS

City and Henrico Police andPosses of Citizens Scour

Neighborhood.

Henrico police were notified at 1M5o'clock this mornlnn that Miss Fannl©T. Chinault lias been the victim of an

assault by a neKro man late Inst nightneur Stop 28. on the Hevon Pines streetcar line. EnraK^'l citizen were theneoourlriE the noar-by country, but Itwna believed that tho assailant hadcaught a car Into tho city. DeputyKherltT Unrnett, who was notified of thocrime by telephone, got In touch with.Sheriff L. IL Kemp Immediately, andueked the local police authorities tould In the eearch. "

M'.hs Chenault la a Stenographer, Intho employ of W'vatt'u lixprosn, aridwan on her way home when tho as-eault was made. Hhe left ...e HevenPines car at .Stop 23, an«l wan walkingalong the roud In the direction of herparents' residence, when she was an Izedby a negro and dragged Into nearbywoods. Thin happened shortly before5 o'clock, and under throats of death,Mlsii Chenault was kept captive untilafter 11 o'clock.Half tl"ad from her frlKhtful oxpe-

rlnnce. Miss Chen&udt marianed to reachhome and arouso her family. Neigh¬bors were notified, and a search for theassailant waa begun at once.MIMH ( IIC.VAI l,T

iu:sr»trni-s assailantMiss Chenault deserrlbed her assail¬

ant p_« being light brown In color, andabout 5 feot *5 or 7 Inched In height.H*> was dressed Jn a blue overall null,rind had the appearance of a laboringman. A man answering to the descrip¬tion in said to have boarded the lust

.: coming Into Hlchmond, and the> police have spreud the dragnet forh!m.

This !s the Pfnnd Time of this na-.tire to »)o attempted In Henrico Coun¬ty In the past two days. On Fridayi Ight, Mrn Kiln Adams was attacked( n Nine Mile Road, but her assailantv as frightened o!t. A man who hasbeen Identified by Mrs. Adams 1b nowunder tirrest.

A large numbor of strange negroesare now employed In several flectionsof Henrico C in'y as constructIonhand . or, the Richmond and Rappahan-T.'.ck River Railroad. It \e believedthe crime was committed by ono ofthese men.

citizens"se1ze negroMr*. nil* Adorns Identifies Sandy

llrniTn nw >lnn Who Attacked Her\\ hlle on Way Home.

Identified by his alleged victim ashe was working with a railroad con¬struction gang, Sandy Drown, colored,was seized by two civilians yesterday:ifternoon and rushed to the HenricoCounty Jail, where he was formally; ¦.< -ed under arrest on a capitalhtirge preferred by Mrs Flla Adams,

<>f North Twenty-ninth Street. The al-ieged crime was attempted shortly !»<.-fore midnight on Friday, as Mrs. JAdams, who Is employed at the localteleph tie exchange, was on her wayhome.Mrs Adams had worked on Friday jr.l-ht, and was wnlklnir along Nine-

M:Ii; Road, when sli< was seized by ji :i ;ro. ll> r screams for help wereheard by a number of persons, and iM W. Sandrldge was the first to coniuto her aid. Tho assnllunt shoved Mrs jAdams to tho side of the road, ranacross a field and disappeared In thedarkness. A posse was formed anda s.-ar h of tho neighborhood wasmade Into into the night, hut withoutresult.Yesterday Mrs. Adams parsed a gar.*

of negroes laboring along tho rightof way of the Richmond and Rap-paliannock Klvor Itallroad, and wasstruck by the appearance of Hrown.She notified T. 10. Montgomery, herbrother, and he together with Mr.Sandrldgfl, wetit to the place andseized tl-.'' negro. lie was hurriedto tho County Jail.A warrant charging Hrown with as-

sault, and with attempting' to com¬mit a capital crime, was issued by jMagistrate II. S. Sunday after Mrs.Adams had positively identified thenegro as l'.> r assailant. Hrown deniedtint charge. lie gave Petersburg ashis home, and said he had only beenhere ten days.Magistrate Sunday will give the ac-

cu.se. i neuro a hearing to-mor¬row afternoon. rending trial hois being held without ball.

INTERRED AT ARLINGTON jAlt Honors of Wnr paid l.nto Mnjor-

<.enernl Sickle*.Washington. May ft..All honors o"

war wero paid the late Major-OenernlI >nnlel 10. Sickles, who was burled InArlington National Cemetery to-dnyThe body was carried In solemn procession from the Union Station here,where it lay In state through thenlcht, to the cemetery, accompanied byen escort of cavalry and field artillery,Following the caisson was led the gen-«-:al's riderless horse. As the proces--Ion passed through tho grounds ofFort Myer, a major-generai's artillery.¦.".lute was fired, and at the grave three Isrilvos of rlflo shots and another nr-lillery Salute marked the placing ofthe body in lis last restlnir plrice. TheI ev. Father J. !>. Houlihan, chaplain jj.t Fort Myer, read tho funeral ser- Jvli es.

In addition to the regular army cs- jcort a large number of Civil Wnr vet-rans marehed in the procession.

PUERTA platablockedI'nrf Closed by l'.\eceitlie Order ntidVessels Signaled .Vol to 10liter.Speein 1 to The Times-IMspatch. 1Washington. May !... I'uerta Plata.Santo l'oiniiigo, is closely blockaded]by Federal forces, according to reportsat the Navy l> partment to-day re¬ceived from Captain Eberle, of thecruiser Washington. The port, he s:il<l,has been dosed by exeeutivo order,and the Federal gunboat Ind'-pendenclasignals all ves-els not to enter. W.illoI'uerta I'lata is qu'et. Eberle states,skirmishing is constant between thofactions outside yf tho town,

Golden Gate Party Gives Bril¬liant Parade and Band

Concert.

ACCA TEMPLE LEAVES TO-DAY

Imperial Council of Big MasonicOrder Convenes in At¬

lanta To-Morrow.

Caliromtana taated of Virginia hoopi-I tallty for a too brief five hours liurtnight, but whllo the horde of vlaltlngb'hrlnorn were horn, the city was Ut-crally owned by them. Rlchmondorsturned out en limbec to welcome thetouring Born) of the Wwt, and It mustbe said that tho visitors provided a raretreat for tl.olr hosts, not only by thesuperb exhibition of Intricate drills*but with their gToat "$10.000,000" Hand,which gave a public concert beforethousands m Capitol Square.Four Hpeclal trains, of thirty-nine

cars, are occupied by the Golden GateShrlnors on their trip to the East,which ha* an Its objective the annualmeeting of the Imperial Council, at At¬lanta. Tho Callfornlanii are out toland the 1015 convention for San Fran-clsco, and are putting up a strenuousfight for that honor. Incidentally theparty Is boosting the I'anama-PaclfloExposition and the advantages of theirgroat State.The first nectlon of the party reached

here promptly fit 1.2S o'clock yesterdayr.fternoon over the Richmond, Freder-lek^burg arid I'otoniac liallroad, anddetrained at the old hail park on WestBroad Street. Tho other sections cameIn at ten-mlnuto Intervals..MIL.IT.IUY ESCORT

KOIl SKIl|XEItS' PARADEWaiting to receive tho California's

were the Accu Temple patrol. AccaTemple knights, the Richmond GraysBattalion. First Infantry, the RichmondEight Infantry Blues, Kessnlch's Bandend hundred?, If not thousands oftownsmen. Cheer after cheer greetedthe visitors ns they stepped to theground from the cars which have beentb' ir home for thirty days.

<'lad In their picturesque uniforms,consisting of red and yellow and bluetunics, In which were mingled variousshades, and Zouave breeches of bright

j colors, and led by the celebrated bandof 120 pieces, made up of prominentbusiness men of San Francisco, thevisitors, escorted by tho local delega-tlon, marched down Frar.klln Streetthrough two solid banks of enthusiastichumanity.At Fifth Street, the parade diverged,

and entered Into Broad Street, whichat that hour was thronged with lat<schoppers and early theatre parties, to-g« titer with Uiose attracted by thespectacle itself. The line of marchcircled the City Hall Into CapitolStreet, where the military bodies weredismissed. "~"

WELCOMED TO CITYIIV MAYOR AIXSUE

The Callfornlans, who number 420,In addition to the band, and aboutsixty women and children, were takenInto the Richmond Hotel, where thevisitors t\<-re extended the freedom ofthe city by Mayor George Alnslie andwere given a warm welcome by1 'oton t .t t». i!. Jeter Jones and PastI'oli-ntate I). C. G'Flaherty, of AccaTempi. ?. Responses wore made byseveral Golden Gate Shrinors, and theentire party was invited by W. T.Dabney, business manager of theChamber of Commereo, to step to theroof garden t«> wipe the dust fromtheir throats. Dinner was then servedin 'lie !i. . t« 1 dining-rooms, and anothershort talk was made by CongressmanAndrew .la.-kson Montague.Colonel R. MoC. liullington, chiefmai >haJ of the paraph*, read j* note fromGovernor II. i'. Stuart, in which he ex-pressed !.:.s regrets at being unable tobe present. Ilo expressed the hope thatSan Francisco would get the next ses-siuii of the Imperial Council, and that\ irginlans would then get an oppor-tunity of renewing nud strengtheningthe ties i.f friendship and brotherhoodot which the present occasion is butthe beginning.IIHILMAXT I'OXCEItT

IV CAIMTOI- SQl AlinAt 9:30 o'clock tho "Ten Million Dol¬lar" Band (rave a concert from theportico of the Stato Capitol. Thou- jsands of persons lined the points ofvantage in the mounds and enjoved atreat which was as brilliant as It wasrare. During the Intermissions thevisiting patrols went through evolu¬tions on the esplanade. A feature ofthe concert was the work of the |chanters, who rendered songs dedicatedto California.The visitors entrained at 11:3ft!o'clock, ami shortly after that timethe llrst section pulled out on the lastleg of Its Journey, The Westernerswill reach Atlanta late to-morrow, amiwill return to California by a differentroute.Everywhere the wearers of tho starand crescent travel on the trip theyspread the refrain of "I Eove You. Cali¬fornia." which was written by Frank(Daddy) Silverwood, who is a memberof the party. Each section of the trainIs equipped with a steam calliope, whichplays the air at each stopping place,and the party carries with it four car-loads of fruits mid flowers of its homeState to distribute.

Ol T TO WIN COXVKXTIOXroil s.\.\ ra.vxrisroThe California party comes from

many portions of that Stato. It was!gotten together for tho purpose ofwinning tho next convention. Thereare four patrols, all composed of menwho are recognized for their skill indrill. The patrols are Islam, San Fran-cisco, George Fllmor, potentate; A1Malallcha, I,os Angeles. L#eo V. Youngs-worth, potentate; Ashmes, Oakland,'George Meredith, potentate, and A1Bahr, San Dlogo, Carl lleibron, poten-tate.There have been largo parades in

Richmond, but few which excelled thatof yesterday for beauty of color andperfect marching. The local militarycommands boro themselves with theirusual precision, but tho intricate evo¬lutions of the visiting Shrlnors alongthe whole line of march was a revela¬tion.The parnde was nearly one mile In

length, Including the dozens of auto¬mobiles carrying the wives of the localand visiting Shrlnors. Along tho en¬tire line the spectators were showeredwith fruits and dowers from a hugofloat, which boosted tho coming world'sfair.Acca Temple, of Richmond, and its

patrol will leave here this afternoonto attend tho Imperial Council in At¬lanta. The trip will bo made In aspecial train of seven coaches over thoSeaboard Air El no. The local delega¬tion. llo In number, will loavo MainStreet Station at 2 o'clock, and will boaccompanied by the Stonewall Band,of Staunton, composed of thirty pieces.There will lie live all-steel I'ullmans,one diner ami one baggage car. Thoparty will make its homo on the trainwliilo in Atlanta.

RAVELING

EXISTING CHURCH BOARDSMAY BE REINCORPORATED

Initial Enoklnff to Ttilo End Takenby Methodist General Con¬

ference.

KESl'LT OF VANDEnnil.T CASE

Namber of Tentative Proportion* forEntnhllahmen t of »ir 1'nlveraltyReported to llaTe Been Made.

Oklahoma City. Okla., May 9..The,initial stop looking toward the possiblereincorporating of all existing boardsof the Methodist Episcopal Church,South, was taken here to-day just prevlous to adjournment until Monday ofthe general conference of the church.Hishop 11. C. Morrison named IsaacCarr, James Kilgo, M. E. Lawsun, J I*.'Simpson and R. E. Hoddy members of aspecial committee to investig-i :;nddetermine the present charter rights ofthe church, Its correctional boards, hospltals and Institutions !n general, andto report on their legal rights to holdproperty under lawn of the States inwhich they are incorporated.The appointment of the committee

was the result of a resolution callingfor such a committee, introducedby the ItevH. E. V. Chappel ami T. HEllis, and was adopted by the dele¬gates. The resolution is broad in scope,and provides that if the charters underwhich the church now operates arcfound to bo Insufficient, or that thechurch's right to hold property can beuueationed, the committee shall be au¬thorized to go into :in> State In theUnion and reincorporate, if, in theopinion of the committee, the laws of ithe States they select guarantee thecharter rightf to the church.1*llOPOSITION IS KESUI.T

OK V A NDEIt HI I.T DECISIONTho committee will begin work at

once and Is expected to render <*i re¬port to the conferenco before the endof the present session. The appoint¬ment of tho committee is dircetly dueto the adverse decision of tho SupremeCourt of Tennessee, in what Is knownas the Vanderbilt University case, bywhich the court held that the churchcould not rightfully control '.lie uni¬versity. The Vanderbilt decision andwhat action, if any. tho conference shalltake, Is now up to a committee of fif¬teen members, which is meeting everynight. Upon tho recommendation ofthis commltteo probably depends fur¬ther action tho church will take.

Wlillo no detlnito report from thecommitteo in regard to the Vanderbiltcase is expected until after public hear¬ings on tho matter have been held laterin the present conference, there arorumors regarding probable action.Thomas H. Stamford, of Opellka, Ala.,member of tho conference, declared to¬day he favored the appointment of acommission, with full power to actfor tho entire conference, and that thisprobably will bo done. Tho commis¬sion, ho said, will be authorized to re¬ceive overturea from tho trustees ofthe Vanderbilt University if that boardcared to make any, to receive proposi¬tions for tho establishment of anotherinstitution, if the commission found itwas not wise to establish tho churchin Its rights In that institution, andthat the commission would be empow¬ered to do everything possible to bringabout a settlement of the question.TENTATIVE PROPOSITIONS

FOR NEW INIVKHSITVTt Is also generally understood that

a number of tentative propositions fortho establishment of a new universityhave been made. Tho committee re¬fused to discuss this phase of the cast.The Sunday school committee, at its

sessions this afternoon, planned for alarge amount of conservative workduring tho next quadrennlum. Thecommlttoe will ask for a Sunday schoolboard, a general secretary and an ap¬propriation of $20,000 to carry on Itswork.The report of tho committee on the

creation of an advisory commission toassist tho colored Motliodist EpiscopalChurch in work among the negroes setas a special order of business for to¬day. was recommitted for further con¬sideration.

CHARLES W. POST KILLSHIMSELF BY SHOOTING

I'lacca Mosaic of Itlfle In HI* Monthand I'nlln Trltucr With

nin Toot.

WIFE FINDS HIM DEAD OX VI.OOU

Millionaire Mannfactnrfr, One ofFonndrm of Health-Food Industry.Apparently Wm llentored to Ilenlth.

j^Special to The Tlmcs-Plspatch.]

Santa Rnrbara, Cal., May !>..C. W.Post, multimillionaire cereal king, ofRattle Creek, Mich., committed suicidein a bedroom at his residence here to-clny by shooting himself through thejhead with a rifle.

Post was sixty years old. Ills wealthwas estimated at over $100,1)00,000. Kormany years he had suffered front neu-

rasthenla, but only yesterday lie was

pronounced by his doctors to be In Roodcondition. It is thought he was tesn-porarily deranged when ho tired thefatal shot.

All his life he has denounced sulfidesas "cowards." IMrs. Post left him for a while earlyto-day to go downtown and concludesome Important real estate deals. Our-lug her absence Post called for hislatest suit of clothes from tho tailor,dressed In a down-to-the-iiiinuto style,with many fane> touches to his cos-tunie, and asked his nurse to leave himalone for a while, as he wished tosleep. IThe nurse drew down the blinds of

his bedroom windows and withdrew.Post then went to a closet, where ho

had a 40.72 rifle. I.ying on his bed,Post placed tho muzzle of the rltle Inhis mouth and pulled tho trigger withhis toe.The bullet tore off the top of his

head, plunged straight through the bedand sped through the wall of the ad-Joining room.ItKTl UVKI> FHOM ItOrilKSTKIt

KXACTI.Y 'I'llIt 1010 WKICKS AGOPost had returned to Santa Uarbnra

three weeks ago today from a raeowith death which he bad made to Ro¬chester, Minn. There he had undergonea critical Intestinal operation by th«famous .Mayo brothers. Me had rushedthere in a special train, accompaniedby a statT of physicians.

»">n his return three weeks ago he jwas pronounced decidedly better. Prep¬arations are being made to (secure arpeclal train to take the body backto Rattle Creek.

Post and lils v/lfo hart purchasedone of the most palatial residences InSanta Barbara, where they had In¬tended to pass the remainder of theirlives. They had also Just concluded apurchase of two city blocks here. ItIs stated that Post owned hundredsof thousands of acres.

Mr. Post first became interested inthe manufacture of cerealH as a re-suit of his 111 health In 1884, when hosuffered a serious nervous breakdown.lie began to study medicine, then tookup h.vgleno and dietetics, and soon be¬gan the manufacture of ooreals, whichenabled him to amass nn enormousfortune. jSeveral years ago lie divorced hisfirst wife, later marrying tho presentMrs. Post, who was then his stenog¬rapher. Tho two had no children.

Post lias been one of tho foremostopponents of union labor In Americafor many years. Ho was known forhis vast wealth from one coast to theother, having held land and ImmenseInterests In nearly every State In thoUnion.

Pioneer lit Ilenlth-Kond Industry.Rattle Creek, Mich., May !>..Charles\V. Post was one of tho founders ofthe so-called health-food industry. Hisbusiness Interests hero for the tnnklnfl

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NASHVILLE TO BE HOSTOF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

Openlnsr Sermon Will I)« l*reached byRev. (ieorRe W. McDanlel, D. It.,

of Richmond.

FinST SESSION ON WEDXBSDAY

Srverni Speelnl Committee* to ReportThin Yenr.Nott President Likely toSuri'fKl llev. 12. C. IlarRHii, II. D.

Nashville, Tenn, May 9..The South¬ern Baptist Convention will meet l«iNashville, Tenn., on May 13. Thiswill be the fifth time In Its historythat the convention has held its ses¬sion in Nashville. Tho other years ofits meeting here were 1851, 1S78, 1893and 3 !»01. Oil the first of these oc¬casions Virginia furnished the pres-ldcnt, the secretary anil tin: preacherof the annual sermon. Attain at themeeting In 1S93 a Virginia pastorpreached the sermon, and this yearagain the preacher Is from Virginia,namely, the Uev. George \V. McDanlel,I». D., iiastor of the First BaptistChurch, Itlchmond. l'nijr othor timeshas Tennessee entertained the conven¬tion, in Memphis in IR<">7 and In 1899,ami In Chattanooga It' 1S9H and in 190C.For three years the presiding officer

of tho convention has been Rev. K. C.Dargnn, I>. ]>., pastor of the First Bap-tlst Church, Macon, Ga. Dr. Darganwas elected president at the session inJacUsonvlile, having been nominatedby il. 11. Seay, of Biackstone, Va. Forseveral vears the "unwritten law" ofthe convention has been that no manshould be president more than threeyears, and so It Is probable that Dr.Dargan will not allow himself to be'nominated tills year. Various predlc-tIons and suggestions have been madeas to who the president this year willbe, but very often. In tho convention,it is the unexpected that happens. Asto the other officers, for over thirtyyears I>rs. l.anstng Burrows and OF. Gregory have been secretaries, andthey will doubtless bo re-elected thisyear, unless they should decline thepla"e, or unlc-ss one of them should homade president; there has been talk ofthis for several years.DISCI SSION OF REPORTS

MOST IMPORTANT WORKTho main work of tho conventionconsists of tho discussion of the re¬ports of tho three boards of tho bodyand of the Southern Baptist Theologi¬cal Seminary. These boards are theforeign mission boards located at Rich-mond; the home mission board, locatedat Atlanta, Ga., and tho Sunday schoolhoard, located at Nashvlllo, Tenn. Theforeign rotation boards, located at Rich,tho agent of the convention, in thoselands: China, Japan. Africa, Italy, Mex¬ico, Uray.il and the Argentine Rcpub-He. L.ast year th<* board hart 849 work-ers on the foreign Held, and tho re-ceipts from the churches for tho workwere $f>43,4 46.29. This year tho churches]i«ro as lie , to givo for this work $t>4t»,-COO. Tho homo board is at work invarious parts of the South and In ran-ama end in Cuba. Last year this boardbad 1,387 missionaries, and receivedfrom fhe churches for Its work J.ifiO.-592.38 I^ast year the missionaries ofthis board baptized 17,!i37 persons andbuilt or improved 418 meeting-houses.The Sunday K<nool board Is engaged inthe publication of Sunday school lit¬erature. and In fostering in variousways tli'J Sunday school work of thedenomlnrtIon In the South. Tills hoardwas established «t the Birminghamconvention In 1K91, and has had awonderful growth. Tho occasion of thoconvention's meeting In Nashvlllo th-s>ear Is to seo the.new building of theboard, which v\ til l>o formally pre¬sented to the convention. It Is an odllice .vhojo erection c«st some $150,000.This has been paid for out of thoprofits of tho business. The secretary

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KEPT ON STEAMERThreatening Clouds DisappearWhen German Ship LeavesWithout Debarking Cargo.

U. S. RUSHING PLANS FOR WAR

Preparation for Army MovementsCompleted.-Mediation Confer¬

ences Begin on May 18,

Washington. May »..The openingof the Mexico mediation confer-onceat Niagara Falls, on the achedulodflat©, May 18, was assured to-day whenword was received of tho departureof the Mexican delegates front Mex¬ico City for the conference.

Preparations for dispatching: rein¬forcements to General Funston at VeraCruz, should Buch a movement becomonecessary, went forward steadily to¬day, work on twelve transports tocarry troops, horses and supplies be-ln^ pushed, but no warlike develop¬ment occurred. Tho military appar¬ently Is being held well In loash toavoid tho possibility of embarrassing.the mediation negotiations.A threatening cloud disappeared

from tho diplomatic horizon whenthe German steamer Kronprlnzessln '

Cecolle, reported to be carrying armsand ammunition for Huerta, returnedto Vora Cru« without debarking herwar Htorea at Puerto Mexico, and Itwas announced that tho munitions onthis and a second German steamer,tho Bavaria, would bo returned toGermany. Tho possibility cither of aseizure or blockade of Puerto Mexico,or of an act, porhupo lnterpretablo asa violation of tho military status quo.In favor of Huerta, thereby was elimi¬nated.I'HKSIDKST IX CONFERENCE

WITH I.AMAIt AM) LUll.HAN'XNo announcement regarding the

delegates to the conference was madeto-day, hut Justice Lamar, of thoUnited States Suprcmn Court, andFrederick \V. Lehmann, of St. Louis,former solicitor-general, mentionedas possible delegates, conferred withPresident Wilson.

It was thought tho delegates wouldbo named not later than Monday. Sec¬retaries Pry ati and Garrison con¬ferred with the President to-day. butdeeltned to discuss military or diplo¬matic developments.Secretary Daniels wan on tho presi¬dential yacht Mayflower, which, with

ttie funeral ship Montana, is steamingto New York.Tho South American mediators. It is

understood, sec nothing on the horizonI to prevent the beginning of formal! procedure on May is. Jluerta's delo-gales are expected to come to Wash¬ington from Key West or Ualyr.ston,and arrive here about tho miUule ofnext week. The possibility that theymay bo tendered passage on an Ameri¬can warship from Vera Cruz was men¬tioned.SOUTH AMKitICAN ENVOYS

WILL LEA VK ON SATI'III)AVTho three South American mediators

probably will leave Washington_for

Niagara Falls next Saturday. Theyheld their customary sessions to-day,and also called on Secretary Bryan.Among the suggestions sent to thomediators for tho solution of tho Mexi¬can tangle Is a printed pamphlet l'roma prominent Mexican reviewing the en¬tire situation, and proposing tho con¬vocation of a congress of peaco.The War Department to-day com¬

pleted its preparations for army move¬ments, including the reinforcement ofGeneral Kunston at Vera Cruz, shouldthe necessity arise. Twelve transportswere arranged for, and men were work¬ing night and da.\ to convert tho cltar-tered merchantmen at the points ofi-mlmrkation to accommodate soldiers,horses, guns and supplies. Orders tothe Kout th and Sixth l-trigades at TexasCity, the remainder of the Second Divi-sion, to lie. ready to reinforce GeneralFunston at any moment, were given,but Secretary Garrison said that noorders had been Issued for their *11s-patch. lie declared no aggressivemeasures were contemplated.

A brief war scare at Tacoina, Wash..where a troop of cavalry of the StatoNational Guard was ordered out. pr»t-suniahly for war service, faded quicklywhen it was announced that the moMll'/atlon was Independent of any ordersfrom Washington, and was being catrled out merely as a test of efllciencv.The Navy Department ordered tba

*tearner Ozark to Tantplco.OIL MIHX IX DAXGKIt OF

LOSING Til F.lll PKOl'EnTVA report was received to-day from

Bear-Admiral Fletcher which was re -

ga riled as confirmatory In some de. .

Kre«» of news that had reached the WarDepartment several days ago, that oilmen wero In danger of losing theirproperty In Mexico, because of suspen¬sion of oil production, if It can bofhown tluvt tho lessees are being pre¬vented from operation of their wellsthrough no fault of their own, ihoStuto Department will see in tho tint.Isettlement that these concessionariesare fully protected. It Is known thoiirltlsh government already Is aooumulating a formidable list of claims ofthis character.Secretary Bryan evidently wan grati¬fied at the news ho received to-dayfrom Consul Lodgers. at Havana, i fthe action of thj German steantshm

company In ordering tho retui n ot Itsships, the Bavaria and tho Kronprlu-tet-ftn Cecelle, without unloading theirwar munitions for Iluertti «t PuertoMexico.inquiry failed to develop tho reasonwhich actuated the steamship com¬pany, but it Is assumed that tho cargowas taken at tho shippers' risk, andwith a distinct understanding that Itwould not bo landed If tho companywould theroby be embarrassed In Itsrotations with tho United States gov¬ernment.It was learned that these arms andammunitions, llko tho cargo on thoY plrango, turned back from Vera.Cruz, originally were shipped fromNew York or some other Eastern portI \ FOIt.ilATIOX COX ('KitX1XG

SAFETY OF $ I LI,I.MANInformation concerning tho safety ofConsul John ft. Sllllman. reported ar¬rested by Ifuorta commanders at Sal-tlllo, or San Luis Potosl, was receiv¬ed. The State Department received,through the French legation In MexicoCity, a communication from GeneralBlanquet that the American embassyat Saltlllo was guarded by Federaltroops, and that neither Mr. Sllllmannor any other American was under ar¬rest.The movement of refugoes frontMexico continued. RTr Lionel Cardan,tho British representative In MexicoCity, strongly urged his people tolenve for the coast.Bear-Admiral Howard reported thatMazatlan, on tho Paelilc coast, hadnot surrendered, contrary to reportsprinted here, but that fighting con-Untied. Ho also reported that Huertah-4.d ordered tho lights In tho UghW