Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 05, 1917, Image 1

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VOL.. Li VI. NO. 17,511.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 5, 1917.
riUCE FIVE CENTS.
WEALTHY SUSPECT
INNOCENT CONVICT
BEARS NO MALICE
KNIFE IS WIELDED
AT CLUB MEETING
AMATEUR RADIO IS:
TESTED BY RELAYS
JO JO SAVES ZOO
MONKEY HOUSE
POPE ACTS TOWARD
E
IJIGHT YEARS IJf PRISON ARE
STRUGGLE TO FORGIVE.
MESSAGE SENT FROM HART
FORD, CONN., TO HOQCLUI.
MELODRAMATIC HERO DISCOV
ERS BLAZE, SOUNDS ALARM.
CAR CRUSHES AUTO;
I DEAD, 1 INJURED
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Luscher Girls, of Fair
view, Are Victims.
COMMITS
SUCD
CHRISTIAN
REUNION
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Secret of Murder of
Model Not Told.
DETECTIVES ARE TOO
JJE
Fatal Shot Fired as'PoIice Rap
for Admittance.
FULL PREPARATIONS MADE
5"oung Pittsburgcr Had Expected At
rest and Provided Himself With
i
New Rifle No Written Ei
'V planation ' Is Found.
r ATLANTIC CITT. N. J., Jan. 4.
Bernard "Wesley Lewis, scion of
wealthy Pittsburg family, wanted in
connection with the murder of Mazie
Colbert, a model, in Philadelphia last
Sunday, committed suicide tonight as
detectives rapped for admittance on the
door of his apartment to arrest him.
Young Lewis braced his feet against
the bathtub adjoining his bedroom in
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ounce, vuja on sum
avenue and pulled the trigger of a
22-caliber rifle. The detectives, hear
ing the shot, forced their way into
the apartment, but they were too late.
Lewis was dead when they reached
his side.
Death Is Instantaneous.
The shot entered the man's temple
and death is believed to have been in
stantaneous. That Lewis anticipated
arrest and made preparations to kill
uui8ii is inuicaiea oy tne iact mat
the rifle was new.
Captain of Detectives Malseed yes
terday received a communication from
Captain of Detectives Tate, of Phila
delphia, asking him to endeavor -to
find Lewis. Detectives Farley and
Totten were assigned to the case.
They succeeded in ascertaining that
the father of . Lewis, "Wen man Lewis.
a retired coal operator, resided 1
house near the States Villi about four I Scrapers, snow plows and large num
years ago. I bers of men are needed to keep the
On inquiry they learned that- Ber-1
Bard Lewis was known at States Villa, I
but up to 9 o'clock last night he had I
not arrived at the house, an there
was then no indication that he would I
do so.
Shot Heard . Door Is Tried.
uuui o o ciock tonignt word came
lo captain jviai-
the description of Lewis had entered!
States Villa and was then partaking
i nis evening meal, jrariey and Totten
hastened to the house on States ave-
Hue. On inquiry from a maid at the
door they learned Lewis had gone to
ms room on tne tnira rioor. They
nasienea up tne stairs and rapped at
the door of the bedroom.
wno is there? Lewis called out.
we nave a message for you." Farley
answerea. us in."
All right, was the reply.
A moment later the detectives heard
a, door bang inside the room. Their
tempting to make his escape through
window. They hastened to an ad'
Joining room from which there was
a communicating door to the bathroom
or Lewis' apartment. As they tried
the door the rifle shot was heard.
Keyhole Is Plugged.
They tried to Insert a key in the
yfloor, but found that the keyhole had
been plugged. They then went to the
door leading to Lewis' bedroom. There
tliey effected an entrance. They found
the door to the bathroom locked and
Were forced to break it open.
Lewis was found half reclining in
the bathtub, with his foot braced
against the head. The .trigger of the
. 22-caliber rifle was still clasped in
his hand and the end of the barrel
rested against his temple.
Lewis had removed his coat. He
was attired in blue striped shirt, black
trousers and black shoes. His fingers
showed several scratches. On the
bureau were several copies of today's
Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New
York newspapers.
i One contained the flaring headline
across the front page, "Girl May Solve
Model Mystery." Underneath this was
a cut of Malzie Colbert.
Lewis was positively identified by
xne owners oi me noiei. ie was a man
apparently about 38 years old, dark
complexion and extremely high fore
head, rather prepossessing in appear.
ance. He had little luggage and only
$8 and some change in money.
According to persons at the hotel, he
arrived there at 10 o'clock Wednesday
sight. He appeared rather morose and
uncommunicative. He had been ab
sent from the house much of the day.
but his movements between the time
he arrived at the house Wednesday
night and the time of the suicide had
not been traced. Lewis had pinned a
towel over the transom of his bedroom
door. On the bureau was a box of 22-
caliber cartridges and an extra car
tridge lay; on a ledge within his reach
in the bathroom.
KNOWLEDGE OF CRIME DENIED
Young Man Said to Have Talked With
Teachers Over Telephone.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4. The death
by his own hand in an Atlantic City
notei lonigui oi nernara w. J-ewls. a
wealthy young Pfttsburger. as he was
.Concluded oa Peg 2, Column .
"I Hate No Man," Says Victim of
Perjured Testimony, Preparing
to Begin Life Over Again.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Bent, -white-
haired, although only 60 years old.
Cleveland to begrin life anew. Billik
was freed after serving eight years in
the State Prison at Joliet following
his conviction for murder on testimony
which now is admitted to have toeen
perjured.
He bore no malice, he said, toward
Jerry Vrzal. who confessed he had per
jured himself to convict Billik of the
murder of one of five members of the
Vrzal family, who died by poison. In
fact, commenting on reports that his
daughter Edna, 19 years old, is en
gaged to Vrzal, he said:
Jf she loves him I shall be satisfied
to see them -married. Every day of the
eight years I was in prison I struggled
to forgive those whose falsehoods sent
me there. I have conquered. I for
give them all. I hate no man."
Billik says he expects, with the
financial assistance of a sister, to es
tablish a grocery business in Cleve
land. TARDY CONVICT REPORTS
"Square Deal" Editor on Way Back
to Kansas Prison.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Jan. 4.
Tex" Schapper, editor of "Square
Da, I tVia nrlann rrcar at triA Kf nT H
Penitentiary here and one of 17 con-
-
virt. iMrnl.H fnr rThristmna. Tenorted
from Fort Worth. Tei, today that he
was on his way back to prison. eBe
cause of being 36 hours late be will
lose his honor standing. ,-
Schapper is serving an indeterminate
term of from 10 to 21 yeans for bank
robbery. All of the convicts who re
ceived honor paroles, except Schapper,
have returned to prison.
SNOW
FALLS FOUR DAYS
Railroads and Cities Are Facing
Problem With Plows.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 4. (Special:)
-Union County people are beginning
to worry about snow. Snow has been
falling for four days nearly continu
oualy, and streets are already present'
lng problems to city authorities.
thoroughfares open.
Railroads have trouble with the
mountain lines and rotaries are going
all the time. Fortunately, the weather
la moderate.
VIFNNA Ffll K STFA! FOOD
Burgomaster Threatens to Resign
"Unless Hungary Sends Provisions.
reneva. via Paris. Jan. 4. The Bur-
gomaster of Vienna threatens to resign
i tt.,
food to Vienna, according to reports
received here.
I He is quoted as saying that the
nrlsnm .r filled chleflv with women
hind -hnnrn mnvid of bavins- atnlnn
food, while housewives are afraid to go
shonnlne- for food even in the nrin
clpal streets, owing to robberies and
assaults,
DAYLIGHT SAVING BEGUN
Clocks Set Ahead One Soar In New
South Wales. .,
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. All clocks
in New south waies were set ahead
one hour January 1 to save daylight.
according to a cablegram received to
day by the Australian Trade Commis
sion here.
A daylight saving act has also been
passed in the state of Victoria, it was
said.
POSTMEN'S RISE FAVORED
House Committee Agrees on Pro
posed Pay Increase.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 Postal clerks
and carriers, both urban and rural,
would receive increases of from 5 to
10 per cent in their salaries by a bill
agreed on by the Houfie postal commit
tee today.
The increase would affect about 200,-
000 carriers and cost $10,000,000
year.
DUMA MEMBER IS MISSING
Assassination of 31. Jollos in Russia
Is Suspected.
BERLIN. Jan. 4 (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) The assassination of
M. Jollos, an influential member of the
Russian Duma, is reported by the
Overseas News Agency.
According to this report. M. Jollos I
disappeared mysteriously a short time
ago. and it is believed he was the vic
tim of a political murder.
SPRING HARBINGER HERE
With Snows Passing Robins Come
; and Stanfield Exults.
STANflELD. Or., Jan. 4. (Special.) I
Many robins have appeared around I
Stanfield. Old settlers here say this I
is a sure sign of an early Spring.
Whether or not this is true remains
to be see, but the weather is likel
balmy Spring today. The sun is shin-1
lag and. .the snow. Is nearly, all gone,
to
FORTY-FIVE CLUB ORGANIZED
Nation-Wide Attack to
Be
Made on Age Embargo.
J. D. MANN IS PRESIDENT
Speakers Point Out That Man Past
4 5.1s in His Prime and That
'Capabilities Tor Service Great.
Young Men Are Criticised.
After E. L. McClure. fanatic, with
open pocketknife" and a shout for blood
if ' his efforts to seize the meeting
were physically resented, had been dis
posed of with police aid. about ' 200
representative Portland men past 45
years of age reassembled at the Pub
lic Library last night and organized
a serious, purposeful Forty-five Ef
ficiency Club, designed to fight the
National and local age-limit civil serv
ice rules, promote happiness and hope
among matured men and to spread the
gospel far and wide that a man of 45
and over has just reached his best
faculties.
By a subterfuge, which had caused
a misunderstanding in the reservation
for a meeting place at the Library.
Mr. McClure proclaimed that he had
called the meeting and demanded that
he be recognized as the self-appointed
chairman of the meeting.
Attempt Made to Rttua.
Fred Spoeri, manager of the Pacific
Telephone Sc. Telegraph Company, had,
two weeks before, been named . tem
porary chairman and with sveral
others, including Attorney Jehn ' D.
Mann, sought to argue Mr. McClure
out of his stand. They were met with
open resistance and all the vigor of
Mr. McClure's 68-years until the -police
arrived.
The meeting was for a few minutes
demoralized and some actually left
the meeting. But there still remained
200 who had come there last night and
some two weeks ago determined.
Cries Reaoand Throsgh Hall.
Mr. McClure had arranged for Library
Hall. The regular Forty-five Club
members had arranged for Room H.
Mr. McClure, seizing his opportunity,
took possession of Room H, and before
the regular faction could realize their
right to the hall. Mr. McClure had
threatened bis violence and made the
library halls and corridors resound
with his shouts "I have licked the plu
tocrats."
McClure was taken to the station by
Patrolmen Irvin and Tully, and Mr.
Spoeri, Mr. Mann and others will ap
pear against him today in Municipal
Court. Mr. McClure was held and his
E. L. McClure Tries
Capture Chair.
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Albany, N. Y., St. Mary's O., Chi
cago, Grand s Forks, X. D., and
La Grande, Or., Participate.
HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 4. Amateur
wireless operators in eight cities early
today participated in a test, under the
auspices of the American Radio Relay
League, of relaying a message from
Hartford. to Hoquiam, Wash., and re
turn. Hiram Percy Maxim, of this city,
president of the league, said if the
test proved successful it would be the
first time such a feat was accomplished
by amateurs in this country.
The message was sent from a local
newspaper at 12:30 o'clock and it was
expected it would be caught and re
layed from the following cities: Al
bany. St. Mary's, Ohio, Chicago, Grand
Forks. N. D., Lewlstown, Mont.. La
Grande. Or., and thence to a Hoquiam
newspaper.
The message would be relayed bsck
by the same route.
MEN'S STYLES UNCHANGED
Next Winter's Popular Colors to Bo
Blue, Gray and Brown.
CINCINNATI. Jan. 4. No great
changes in the fashion of garments
worn at present will be made in men's
clothing during the Fall and Winter
of 1917-18. If the styles exhibited at
the annual convention of the National
Association of Clothing Designers.
which 'opened here today, are observed.
The most popular shades worn by the
models were blue, gray and brown.
TAR SENTENCED FOR THEFT
Navy Pay Too Small to Support
Family, Yeoman's Excnse.
1 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. "A man
can't stay in the United States Navy
and support his family on S14
month," F. J. Hill, a yeoman aboard the
United States steamer destroyer Hull.
said in the United States District Court
today in pleading guilty to stealing
25 money order at the Mare Island
Navy-yard.
He was sent to Jail.
60,000 ARE DRUG ADDICTS
Habit. Not Confined to. Any. Class in
Massachusetts.
BOSTON. Jan. 4. An - estimate that
60.000 persons in this state are addicted
to the drug habit was included in the
report today of a commission appointed
by Governor McCall to investigate the
drug evil.
The habit, it was said, is not con
fined to any particular class of people.
LOAN STOCK DATE IS SET
Farm Bank Subscription Books
Open January 10.
to
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. January 10
has been tentatively agreed upon by
the Federal Farm Loan Board as the
day for opening stock subscription
books to the 12 farm loan banks.
The books will be opened in each
city where there is a farm loan bank.
?per : '
ACCIDENT AT GRADE GROSSING
Linnemann Junction, on Esta-
cada Line, Is Scene.
CARS SLIDE AFTER STRIKING
Wrecked Machine Carried 200 Feet,
Although Train Is Checked at
Once Sisters, Unaccompa
nied, Driving to Funeral.
Miss Lily Luscher, 18 years, o.f age.
was instantly killed, and " her sister.
Rosalind. 21, was '.terribly Injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by an inbound
Estacada electric train at Linnemann
Junction. 11 miles southeast of Port.
land, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
The father, Jacob Luscher. is a pros-
perous rancher of the Fairview district.
The sisters were on their way to sing
at the funeral of Mrs. Hattle Sten-
burg, a friend of the family.
The accident occurred about 700 feet
east of Linnemann Junction, where a
grade crossing is established on the
line of the Portland. Railway. Light as
Power Company. An Estacada electric
train, with Motormaa L Smith In
charge, was approaching the station
at a speed estimated by railway men
to have been between 20 and 25 miles
an hour. The automobile in whlrh
the two sisters were driving unac
companled approached the track, trav
eling south.
Machine Carried 20O Feet.
The automobile shot out from behind
a large signboard (which screens the
approach, witnesses say, and rolled
onto the track when the train was but
a raw feet away. The train struck It
fairly in the middle and for a distance
of 200 feet bore St ahead, a rolling.
rending mass of Wood and metal, in
which the young vAmen were trapped.
When the train wa stopped the body
of Lily Luscher was found in the mid
dle of the track noma distance back,
battered and broken and blackened
with oil from the wrecked automobile.
Her sister. Rosalind, was picked up in
an unconscious condition and taken by
automobile to Gresham, where she was
attended by Dr. S. .P. Blttner. A short
time later she was taken to the Good
Samaritan Hospital by the Ambulance
Service Company. , She has a broken
rib, a fractured wrist and may be In
jured Internally.
Tragedy Has Two "Witnesses.
Deputy Coroner Smith was summoned
at once and convoyed the body of the
dead girl to the public morgue, after
making a thorough investigation of the
accident and contributory causes. He
discovered two witnesses of the trag
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(Concluded on Pats 3. Column 2.) I
On Sight of Flames From Chimney
Shaft Monkey Starts Riot to At
tract Help Damage $5.
Jo Jo, the big monkey at the Wash
ington Park Zoo, was the melodramatic
hero yesterday in a fire that threatened
for a time to destroy the monkey house
and all its inmates and possibly a big
part of the zoo.
Jo Jo discovered the blaze In its ln-
clplency, sounded a wild alarm and
saved the day after not more than a
damage had been done.
The fire started from sparks from the
chimney shaft of the heating plant. Jo
Jo saw the flames when they first be
gan to eat through the roof and at once
started a riot to attract help. He
screeched wildly and tore with all his
might at his cage, making a general up
roar that brought Zookeeper Charles
Herman to the scene.
Running into the monkey house Mr.
Herman saw at once what was up and
calling help, grabbed buckets and be
gan fighting the flames. Jo Jo after
getting the help he desired Quieted down
and watched the fight anxiously. A
dozen or so buckets of water put the
fire out. Had the fire got a start of a
few minutes more It probably would
have wiped out the greater part of the
zoo. so Jo Jo is the hero of Animal Row
at the park.
TEXTILE $5 BILL SEIZED
Replica Woven in Form of Towel
Violates Counterfeiting Law.
CHICAGO. Jen. 4. A Turkish towel.
a replica of a 15 bill, which had been
on exhibition in a local saloon, was
confiscated by Government secret serv
ice operatives today. The towel, three
feet nine Jnches long and one foot 10
Inches wide, contains all the coloring,
figures and. serial numbers of a piece
of currency, all woven into it In vari
colored materials, and Is, according
to Governmnet agents, the only thing
of its kind they ever saw.
There will be no prosecution. It was
announced, although it was confiscated
under the counterfeiting act.
OSWEGO EDITOR ASPIRANT
E. James Jones Would Be Calendar
Clerk of Lower House.
To the list of candidates for desk
positions in the organization of the
House in the coming Legislature
should be added the name of E. James
Jone. editor and publisher of the Os
wego Times, who is a candidate for
calendar clerk.
Mr. Jones is one of three candidates
for this position, the two others being
Charles W. Erskine, of Bend, who was
calendar clerk at the 1519 session, and
Fred J. Meindl, of Portland.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 52
degreea; minimum. 46 decrees.
TODAY'S Rain; moderate southerly vlnda
War.
Belgians say Germans starve those who re
fuse to work, i'ago 5.
Mexico.
Interest In Mexican policy centera oa what
Wilson -will do next, rasa 2.
Foreign.
Pope Initiates movement toward Christian
reunion, raiti 1.
National.
Senator Worka calls Wilson despot. Pace 2.
Senate declines to permit forced action on
peace resolution, rago o.
Employers disagree over proposed arbitra
tion laws. Fags 6.
Domestic.
Rich youns- Flttaburser. wanted In model
murder mystery, commits suicide. Fas i
Man. 33 years old. Inaugurated Governor or
Nebraska. Fag z.
Authority on "missing- link" Is visiting
America. Page 2.
Innocent man. tree after eight years in
prison, bears no malice. Fage 1.
Wireless amateurs rlaying- message across
continent. Fage 1.
Eleven pupil killed when tornado wrecks
schoolhouse. Fage 3.
pacific Northwest.
Naval base commission inspects Columbia
River. Paie 18.
Many flla applications at The Dalles under
6-acre homestead act. Pag e.
Professor Otis speaks on dairy farming at
Corvallla. Page tt.
! Scramble on tor Jobs at Legislative session.
Pass 6.
Seattle railway brotherhood officials think
strike danger Is growing less, r-sge i.
Land BoaM says It cannot frame rural credit
legislation. Fage lo.
Sports.
Seals may go to Sacramento lor training
camp. Paga 14.
Hunt Club course In shape for paper chase
tomorrow. Page 14.
Two hockey games, to be played tonight.
Page IS. r
Winged "M" unable to arrange games.
Fage 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Eastern wheat demand continues In splta
of break at Chicago. Fage IS.
Rumors of another peace note atart wheat
selling at Chicago, page ja.
Investigation of Port Commission Indicated
by demand 'or vouchers. Page. lb.
Portland and Vicinity.
Irrigation Congress outlines plans to reclaim
arid landa, page .
Concession msde to ex-employes by President
Ball. Page 18.
Northwest Tourist Association to meet in
Portland tomorrow. Page 8.
Head of Pyrene Manufacturing Company
saya tourist la big factor. Fage 8.
Bartholomew may lake stand today in own
defense in murder trial. Page 8.
Road conference discusses code. Page 9.
Relief for Armenlana and Syrians yet de
clared greatly needed, page 11.
Jitneys use rata card. Page 13.
White Temple calla Rex-. Calvin B. Waller,
of Ashevllie. page 1.
Estacada car crushes auto, killing girl and
injuring sister. Faga 1.
Jo Jo saves Washington Park Zoo's monkey-
house. Fage l.
Legislature to act on Nation-dry xnemoiiala.
Paso 1-.
Fanatic with knife tries to capture club
nuetlng. Fage 1.
Legislators In Portland to get acquainted.
Fage 4.
Moralt-.y play. "Experience" at Hellig
teaches poweirui lesson, page 3.
1 Woaihsr. (port, data and forecast. Fage 18,
Movement Begun by
Leo XIII Renewed.
SLAY INFLUENCE RECOGNIZED
Validity of Episcopal Ordina
tions Also Reopened.
FULL FRIENDSHIP DESIRED
rontifr Would Forestall Kvils of Re
ligious Intolerance After War.
Scientist Cardinal to Pre
side Over Inquiry.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Private let
ters from the Vatican received by Dr. A.
Palmlerl, of the Library of Congress,
announce that Pope Benedict XV is
about to appoint a commission of four
cardinals to renew a movement begun
by Pope Leo XIII and abandoned by
Pope Plus X, looking to a reunion of
Christianity and the cultivation of
friendly relations with the Anglican
Church. A public announcement from
Rome on the subject Is expected soon.
, Dr. Palmierl said tonight that the
new movement will be directed particu
larly toward the establishment of a re
union of the Russian church and the
papacy and to a thorough re-examina
tion into the validity of Anglican or
Episcopal ordinations, which was set
tled in the negative in a papal bull
'apostolical sedls" by Pope Leo X.
Neted Scientist to Preside.
The honor of presiding over the com
mission of cardinals. Dr. Palmierl has
been informed, will be bestowed on
Cardinal Nicola Marlnl. who has de
voted many years to scientific research
and to the cause of a reunion of Chris
tianity. The interest of the FopeaIn the
problem of Christian unity Is said to
have been intensified by the recent
progress of the world congress initiated
by the American Episcopal Church.
"The aew Pope," said Dr. Palmierl.
summarizing the information received
from Rome, "has taken a considerably
part in the efforts of neutral nations tt
establish peace among nations and th
Vatican's efforts have been suggested
not only by a humanitarian spirit, but
by a longing for Christian unity.
Policy of Leo XIII Renewed.
Efforts of. Leo XIII for carrying out
the reunion of Christianity were abrupt
ly stopped by Plus X. who aimed at an
inner reform of the Catholic clergy and
turned all his energies to a crushing ot
modernism.
Benedict XV thinks it is time to re
new the policy of Leo XIII and also that
the re-establishment of a political peace
would be the first step toward renewed
attempts to stop the splitting of Chris
tianity Into a great number of sects.
It seems to the Vatican that the
orthdox Slavs will be soon called to
take a more active part in the life of
western nations, either Protestant or
Catholic, and that it is necessary to
come to an 'understanding with them In
order to avoid evils produced by re
ligious intolerance."
Anajllcan Krlendsfclp Valued.
One of the most important tasks of
the new commission will be a thorough
reorganisation of the arguments on the
validity of Anglican ordinations. The
bull "apostolical sedis" by Leo X. has
settled in the negative the problem of
that validity, but generally theological
schools assume a more favorable atti
tude toward acknowledgment of the
validity of Anglican orders and the new
commission of cardinals will carefully
ponder the reasons set forth by Russian
and Anglican divines against the de
cision ot Pope Leo X. The friendship
of the Anglican church Is appreciated
by Home.
The interest of the Vatican in the
problem of Christian unty has been
aroused by the recent progress of the
world conference, the well known
Initiative movement of the American
Episcopal Church.
World Csalerenre A rouses Sympathy.
"The movement toward Christian
unity started by the world conference
excited Interest and sympathies in Rome
and Cardinal Uasparri, in the name ot
the Pope wrote to the secretary of the
world conference, Robert H. Gardiner,
several letters which seemed to repro
duce the style "and the feelings of Leo
XIII. But that correspondence would
not have had any tangible results if the
conference had not met with a treat
success in Russia. The official organ
of the Holy . Synod has praised the
Initiative of the world conference and
exhorted the Russian hierarchy to give
their co-operation to It."
Dr. Palmlerl made public a letter he
had just received from Professor W.
Ekzempliarskl. editor of the Christian
Thought, In Russia, in which the Rus
sian writer said: '
"It is with a feeling of joy Russians
see their American orotners take in
hand the initiative of Christian unity
with energy ana assiduity."
America's Mlaaioa Providential.
"In this field it is felt in Rome that
the United States have a providential
mission to fulfill." added Dr. Palmlerl."
"America's Immense reserve of Chris
tian energies cannot now exert their
whole influence for they are scattered.
"Therefore, the fact that divided
branches of Christians may meet ana
discuss in the spirit of tolerance the
controverted points among the Chris
tian churches, is already a great victory
over th spirit of Intolerance and division"
I.