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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-28
CLERGY AT THE BANQUET
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER'S WELL
ENTERTAINED AT LAFAYETTE.
Cleric Society Discusses the latitude
of the Pulpit on Questions of Cap
itaI and Labor"

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 27.-MemberS OF
the Wabash Cleric, an organization OF
Presbyterian ministers in cities along the
line OF the Wabash Railway, were enter
tanned at 4 banquet last night by the local
Presbyterian clergymen and members of
the Mems Club of the First and Second
Churches here.
Before the banquet the visitors met at
the nome OF the Rev. John y. Hale, where
DIR. Walter Johnston. of Logansport read
a paper on The Attitude OF the Pulpit on
Questions of Capital and Labor" The re-
mainder of the session was devoted to a
general discussion of the subject. The
banquet was served in the chapel OF the
First Church. DR.. Stanley Coulter. of
Purdue University, was POSTMASTER. Ad-
dresses mere made by DR.. D. w. Moffett
of Fort Wayne: DR.. Charles Little, of
Crawfordsville the Rev. Harry Nyce, or
Peru: Dr.. II. II. Starr, of Frankfort: DIR.
Walter Johnston, of Logansport, and the
Rev. Z. Y. Hill, of Logansport President
w. L. Stone, of Purdue University; Dr. j.
y. Hale, the Rev. ri. l.. Gary and Colonel
C. q. Thomson made remarks. The women
of both churches served the banquet. Pre-
viouS TO the addresses julius Meyer sang
bass solo and George West gave piano
solo. Eighty-four sat down TO the feast.
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were in the same classes and saw a good
deal more OF each other than is possible In
the colleges. In the district schools and
later In the high schools there was no dis
tinction between the sexes save In the mat
ter Of seating the pupils. The average
young man carried out into the world the
image of a Schooimate, and IL was hts
ambition TO make her his life companion.
Doubtless more ties which led 20 marriage
were formed I'm the schoolroom than else
where. In the first half OF the nineteenth
century il was as much a matter OF course
for the young man to marry as to master
a profession or trade. To say that intimate
or occasional association can prevent
young men and young women from being
mutually attractive Is 10 charge nature
with a stupendous bluhder. which charge
is disproved by the history OF mankind
We may he sure that failure TO marry
does not mean the absence OF mutual
attraction between men and women or
the lack OF win to marry. Anyhow. CO.
education affects but a small proportion
of young men and young women
The standard OF living Is high and
the ambition 10 succeed In business or pro-
fession requires so much concentration that
the young man fears 70 assume the re-
responsibilities of the family life. The man
who goes 10 college does not begin hia
serious wrestle with the world until ne has
reached his majority, and then he must
be gin az the bottom. The climb Is slow. aud
ne requires all his resources 20 hold his
own against his competitors While the
50 go invested IN steam yachts In this
country. the $20.000.ooc IA club houses. and
the enormous sums paid for other Iuxuries.
are for the pleasure OF the rich. the plane
of living for all persons above tho level
OF the common laborcrs has been raised to
"A corresponding degree. Persons OF taste
and education can no longer be confenf
with the bare living which satisfied thu
young couple who began married life n Gen.
fury ago The girl who lives at home
without cost 20 herself can earn enough
20 euable ner 10 dress well and enjoy man5.
forms OF pleasure which are now considered
essential and all OF which she must sur
render should she become the wife OF e
young man just starring on his business
career The ScrupulOus young man IN
reluctant TO ask a Young woman 10 slre
up the life 10 which she has been ac-
cIlStOmed IN or0er GO share his connpara-
lively poor lot. Modern life Offers much IN
the way Of compensation for cclfbacy 10 the
man, and in time he becomes used 20 his
club and refuses 10 assume the riska OF
marriage. There Is no obvious remedy for
the steady decline OF marriage among the
educated Americans.
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MINISTER SPRINGS SENSATION.
Terre Hnute Pastors Remarks Before
Literary Club.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Oct. 21.-At the
meeting OF the Terre Haute Literary Club
last night the Rev. c. w. Tinsley. of Cen
tenary Church, read a paper on THE New
Religious Point OF View which provoked
lively discussion. He said that infides
among the educated classes were being
made by trying 10 enforce traditional be-
liefs. Among other things Mr.. Tinsley said:
1.-The old view of the fall is passing. I"
The first man was an animal as well as
man. Every man falls when he lives in
lower nature. Poor old Adam has gone In
deed he never lived We cannot weep over
his grave with Mark Twain
Some of those who heard Mr. Tinsley
declared he had renowned the creed of his
church, and others said he was illogical
The Terre Haute Literary Clubs meetings
have gradually become more sensational.
1t used to be that they were for members
only, and that the membership was largely
composed of sedate scientists and educators
of the higher institutions of learning in the
city, but, as one Terre Haute editor put it.
members invite women friends to be pres
ent the meetings are open to the public, and
the temptation is too strong for some de-
baters. who like to do the sensational be-
fore admiring women or men friends.
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UNIFORM DIVORCE LAW
1T is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED By
THE UNIvERsALISTs.
Action of the Convention on Hasty
Marriages and Frequent Sunder-
ing of Marital Relations.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.-Strong action
was taken by the Universalist convention
to-day on the divorce question. 1t unani-
mousy passed u resolution recording its
unqualified belief in the sacred relation Of
marriage. condemning the evil of hasty and
ill-considered marriages, and expressing its
grave concern over the multiplication OF
divorces and the breaking down of the
home life. The resolution enjoined on the
ministers of the church the utmost care in
performing the marriage ceremony and or
dered rigid investigation into the case of
the remarriage of any divorced person, ''in
order that none but the innocent should
have the service of the ministry" 1t also
strongly recommended a uniform national
divorce law.
Those officers elected were elected to serve
for two years and are: President Frank p.
Bennett. of Massachusetts; vice president,
David Ingles of Michigan; secretary, Rev.
DR.. c. l.. Demarest. of New Hampshire:
treasurer, Frank w. Wise, OF Massa-
chuSettS.
1t was decided TO push vigorously the
Japanese missionary work. The collection
of the balance due on the twentieth CEN
fury fund of 100000 was ordered.
Tonight the session was devoted to the
commemoration of the one hundredth ami
versary of the adoption of the Winchester
profession of faith, Prof. a. w. Pierce, OF
Massachusetts, presiding.
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Body Found i'm an Underground Alley
and Part of Her Clothing Placed
in Her Home.
MYSTERY AT ALLENTOWN, PA.
TWO MEN SEEN CARRYING THE
BODY FROM A CARRIAGE.
Murder Committed with a Blunt In
strumenf-Thc Woman Probably
CriminaIly Assaulted.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Oct. 27.-Mabel II.
Bechtel aged twenty-one years. was mur-
dered last night and her body placed In an
underground alley adjoining her home,
where it was found to-day by her mother.
Her skull was crushed, but there were no
other marks OF violence on the body. Miss
Bechtel went driving yesterday morning
with David Weisenberg, and this was the
last time she was seen alive.
Mrs. Bechtei, mother OF the murdered
girl, was aroused early this morning by
the barking of dogs. On looking out of
her bedroom window she saw two men
carry an object from a carriage and place
it in the underground alley near the Bech-
tel house. She made no Investigation. but
upon arising this morning she found her
daughters shoes, hct and coat in the din
ing room. Later the body Of Miss Bechtel
found in the alley.
The police are mystitied. That it is a case
of homicide is undoubted but who did II
and when and why are still unsolved ques-
tions. Chief Eastman has his ensre police
force at work, assisted by other detectives,
but up to a late hour tonight they are baf-
fled. Alfred Eckstein, one of the girl
lovers, to whom she was engaged and
whose engagement ring was found In her
the girl since Sunday evening, and he &C.
counts satisfactorily for all his movements.
Members of the Bechtel household, espe-
cially the girls four brothers, were also
under suspicion, but they have cleared
themselves TO the satisfaction OF the au-
thorities.
David Weinsenberg, of South Bethlehem,
with whom Miss Bechtel went driving yes
terday. left for Newark, N j.. this MORN
ing, his parents say, and thither detectives
have gone. Weisenberg was in theater in
this city until 1890 o'clock last night and
then left for his home. The girl was not
with him at the time. 1t was two hours
later that the girls mother saw her body
being carried from carriage near the
house.
The post-mortem examination tonight re-
vealed that the girls skull was crushed by
a blunt instrument, probably by q heavy
cane; the nose was broken, the frontal bone
crushed and splintered and the crown bat
tered in Mingling with clotted blood in
her hair were ashes and bits of wood, as
though she had fallen in a street or an al
ley when struck The contents of the
stomach are being analysed.
The police have found no trace of the
horses or carriage said by Mrs. Bechtel to
have been used in carrying the girl home.
From the appearance of the body and the
clothing the girl had been assaulted and
had been unclad when the assault was
made. Some of her clothing had then been
placed about her, the remainder having
been laid in the dining room when the body
was placed in the underground alley.
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WANTS LEVEES BUILT
MEETING OF THE MISSISSIPPI M
PROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Convention That Wishes Better Pro-
lection for Lands Along River-Let-
ter from President Roosevelt.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 27.-Resolved to
appeal to the federal government for ade-
quate aid to levee both banks of the Miss
issippi river, and to construct such levees
at a minimum grade, thereby making pos
sible the reclamation and protection of the
alluvial lands and improving navigation.
the largest and most influential levee con-
vention yet held in the valley. convened
here to-day, when President Charles Scott
called the Interstate Mississippi River
Improvement and Levee Association to or
der. The occasion was otherwise a notable
one for the direct announcement by the
President of the United States of his SYM
pathy with the movement which the conven-
tion proposes TO inaugurate.
The delegates represented fifteen States
of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys,
and included governors, senators. members
Of Congress, high railroad officials and rep
resentatives of commercial exchanges and
levee boards. President Fish. OF the Illinois
Central Railroad; Vice President Thorne,
of the Texas & Pacific; lesser officials of
the other trunk lines entering New Orleans;
ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles S.
Fairchld. Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson.
Judge Robert S. Taylor. OF the Mississippi
Mississippi. and Governor Heard. of Louisi-
ana: Senator Berry. of Arkansas: Senators
McEnery and Foster, of Louisiana: II. II.
Edmond, editor OF the Manufacturers Rec
ord and others were present.
In calling the convention To order PreSi-
dent Scott defended the levce system and
urged the constitutioBality, the OK )ediency
and the commercial and military necessity
Of government charge of the river. Mayor
Capdeyiclle aud Governor Heard made ad-
dresses of welcome.
Before tho convention took a recess Chair
man Parker of the committee on arrange
ments. read a letter from President Roose-
welt which aroused much enthusiasm. The
President wrote.
you TO express my very great interest In
the work of the interstate leyee convention.
Exactly IS | have taken interest in irriga-
ton la the arid regions. | feel that the
movement for thoroughly protecting the
Mississippi lowlands by levecS is one OF
importance to the whole county no less
than 10 the people Immediately adjoinlng
the great river. / wish all success 10 your
convention, and shall follow its proceed
ings with close attention.
When the letter had been read, Murray T..
Smith OF Nicksburg, offered the following
resolution which was unanimously adopted
Resolved. That the thanks OF the people
of the Mississippi Valley are hereby ten
dered To President Roosevelt through this
ter. indorsing the purposes for which this
convention has been called.
Resolved further. That the chairman
and secretary OF this convention be re-
quired TO wire these resolutions TO the
President"
The convention took a recess until p. m.
At the opening OF the night session Jud2e
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PRESBYTERIANs TO MEET.


PRINCETON, y. j., Oct. 27.-Complying
with the instructions of the General As
sembly OF the Presbyterian Church, the
committee appointed by that body for the
preparation of book on Forms of Serv-
Ice will meet here tomorrow and begin
the work. Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke ex-
moderator is chairman OF the committee,
which will meet at his home. The following
are the members: DR.. Van Dyke, John De
Witt D. d., Princeton: c. G. Cuthbert
Hall, New York; Louis F. Henson. d. D..
Philadelphia; w. r. Richards. ID. D., New
York; S. Douglass =. Putnam. d. D..
Princeton, Ind; Elders f. l.. Wilson and
John p. Converse. Philadelphia: John +.
Parsons New York: Eolas r Best, Chi
cago: Homer Lee, New York.
Commenting on the work of the commit
tee tonight DR.. Van Dyke said 1.-THE prin-
cipal business of the committee will be or
ganiztion and division of the work under
subcommittee. There is no idea OF doing
ANYTHING which will be in the least rituals
tic. Its main object is to enable all the
people to take part more simply and more
heartily in divine worship. Whatever forms
are prepared by this committee will not be
intended for arbitrary imposition, but pure
~ for optional USE.
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Philadclphia Record.

leading man OF science. Professor G..
Stanley Hall. has been hot-foot In search
OF the reasons for the decline of mar
riage ia this country. That marriages have
steadily decreased in proportion TO popula-
ton is beyond doubt. and IL has been
the professors notion that II the cause
could he found il might be removed. After
sitting uD nights with all sorts OF statistics
he has reached the conclusion that coeduca-
ton is the chief source OF trouble. IL used
TO be thought that propinquity was the
secret OF love and marriage. and the advo-
cafes of that idea were jubilant when some
600 teachers pretty equally divided between
the sexes We're shipped on the same steam
CT for the Philippines Before the ship
reached Manila the chaplain united more
than ninety couples. Professor Hail. how
ever maintains that association Ia college
Is fatal 10 love: that the young men and
young women see too much of each other
and are repeiied rather than attracted. In
order To preserve the important institution
of marriage he would abolish coeducation.
Professor Hall seems 10 forget that long
before the doors of the colleges wero opened
TO women. boys and girls or young men and
Young women attended the same school.
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DEPORTATION OF ALIENS.
Judge Criticiscs LAW That Gives In
spectors Autocratic Power.

PORTLAND. Ore, Oct. Gin rendering
a decision in the habeas corpus proceedings
in the case of Louise E. Leake, who is being
held by the immigration officers on the
charge that she came TO this country for
the purpose OF pursuing an immoral calling,
United States District Judge Ballinger Sc.
verely criticised the law providing for the
deportation of aliens enacted by Congress az
It's last session. Judge Ballinger remanded
the woman to the custody OF the immigra-
ton officials, but with the following COM
ment There is no presumption against the
good faith of the officers who conducted
these proceedings. The methods used, how
ever. leave the persons attacked at the nier-
cy OF the inspector. who is an accuser. ar
resting officer. prosecutor, judge and jailor.
And by this method a citizen may be ar
rested and suddenly committed and kept a
close prisoner while the warrant for his de-
portation is being secured. He has no oppor-
tunity tn appeal. The result Of the authority
may not be restricted TO aliens II may be
applied TO any person who the inspector de-
cides is an alien"
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FORTY.fIVE YEARS OLD
NR. ROOSEVELT CELEBRATES HIS
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
Receives Many Reminders Of the Oc-
casion in the Form of kilograms
and Flowers.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2-President Roose-
Welt to-day celebrated the forty-ffth ami
versary OF his birth. Many beautiful and
touching reminders OF the event came to
him from every part of the country. Hun
dreds OF kilograms and letters OF congratu-
lation were received at the White House
during the day. When the members OF the
Cabinet assembled for the usual semi
weekly meeting they joined in extending
cordial congratulations to the President
The cabinet room and the Presidents pri-
vate office were filled with exquisite floral
offerings. A huge basket of chrysanthe-
NUNS were sent to the President from
the government propagating gardens. 1t
contained about Two score of handsome
specimens. many OF them as large as the
crown of n derby hat and OF splendid coll
oripg.
Early in the executive day committee
representing the Hungarian Republican
Club. OF New York. OF which the President
Is honorary member, called 10 convey to
him the annual expression OF the club
good wishes and to congratulate him upon
his birthday.
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TRIED TO KILL AN EDITOR.
Given n Long Sentence in
the bay Stutc Penitcntinry.

BOSTON. Oct. 27.-Coincident with the
murder in London of SagateI Sagouni was
the sentencing here to-day of Samuel Guile
sian, Armenian. to term in State
Prison OF not more than twelve and not less
than nine years for an assault with muir
derous intent on Peter Kure ghian. editor OF
an Armenian paper Judge Stevens IN i'm
posing the sentence asserted that the crime
and kureGhian We're members OF rival
Armenian societies and the shooting of the
latter on July :, last. grew out of the en-
nifty which existed between the members of
the two organizations. Gulcsian is only
nineteen years old and Is said to be the only
one Of his family who survived the recent
massacres in his native land.
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CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Oct. 27.-Inspec-
tors OF the United States weather bureau
state that Congress will be asked 90 pass
a bill establishing n separate bureau for
river forecasting. II is intended TO develop
the work and in n measure separate IL from
the weather observing. The invention of
Observer Fulton at Knoxville for record
ing various stages OF the river has proven
a perfect success in It's experimental trials
here. and IL Is stated that IL Will be adopted
for all of the river work. Mr.. Fulton has
presented IL 10 the government. The gov
eminent is perfecting device for the pur-
pose of measuring with absolute accuracy
and registering the discharge OF water At
any point on the rivers and recording II.
The government finally intends to place
these apparatuses at various substations
along the rivers so that the rise, fall and
discharge will be registered at the main
offices and the accurate predictions sent
ont
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PHYSICIAN UNDER FIRE
LAFAYETTE HEALTH OFFICER CRIT
ICIsED By COUNCIL.
Doctors Accused OF Failure to Report
Smallpox Cases and Other seri-
Gus Charges Made.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Oct. 27.-Dr. Guy =.
lowering, city health officer. is under fire
for his alleged failure to properly enforce
the quarantine ordinance in the present
smallpox epidemic in Lafayette.
At an exciting meeting of the City Coun-
ell last night Councilman Washburn de-
clared that the health officer would not go
into house where there was smallpox in
lection. that the houses in which the dis
ease occurred had not been properly fumi-
gated, and that I'm various other ways the
health officer had failed TO perform his
duty.
The discussion in the Council was brought
up by the presentation of a bill OF s1s1 for
special police service for enforcing the
quarantine laws. Several councilmen OBJ
jected to it, saying that the city should not
be asked TO pay for such service. City
Attorney Haywood then said that several
physicians in the city had neglected to
port smallpox cases. and that such offenses
could be punished by heavy fine or imprls-
onment- He said he would prosecute all
doctors who violate the law. providing full
information is furnished him. Councilman
Washburn then made the sensational state
ment that the negligence of physicians
alone had caused the spread of smallpox
I'm the city. He said that some were actu-
ated by within of the family. and others
by the desire to make a few dollars. Some
physicians. he declared, were treating
smallpox chicken-pox. Councilman
Washburn. who Is himself n doctor. said
that one boy had come TO him TO be vac
cinated who at that time was suffering
with smallpox This boy. the doctor al
leges. caused several others I'm the vicinity
of his home to be taken Ill with the malady
Many houses in the city he said. in which
smallpox had existed had not been prop
erly fumigated, and not then until he and
DIR. Whalen had done the work that the
health officer should have done. DR.. WASH
burn then asked that deputy health off,
Ger he appointed TO serve In the absence Of
DIR. Levering. who Is now in New York
DR.. Whalen was appointed by the Council
He said he believed he could check the
spread of smallpox.