The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-08-22
Gen. William Booth Selected His Son Twenty-Five
 Years Ago
TRIBUTE IS PAID TO
 MEMORY OF GENERAL
Many Messages of Coincidence Are Sent From Different Countries. Funeral Services Will Be
 Held August 29

London, August 21.--tn the presence of all the Salvation Army commissions CTS and the principal officers in Lon don at the international headquarters. General Booths testament entrusted to the army's solicitor % years ago. sp- pointing the late commander In chiefs son. Bramwell Booth. to succeed him. was opened today and road.
 Bramweil Booth, who has been chief of stan of the Salvation Army since 1ssO accepted the succession formally with much feeling. His speech was A prayer and scriptura1 reading was fol- lowed by an impressive service. 1 General Booths funeral will take place August 2s at Abney Park ceme- i, tery in Stoke -Newington. where his wife is buried. Many thousands of persons are expected to participate in the funeral service for the army which takes place on the preceding night at the great hall of Olympia.
 Several newspapers suggested that the generals work entities his body to lie in Westminster or St. Pauls car | thedral. where many other of the na- tion's greatest heroes are entombed, but his wish was to be buried beside his wife.
 Envelope Is Opened | Bramwell Booth presided at he meeting at the international headqnar- ters. The chief of stan announced that he had called the officers together to hear the reading of the document ap- pointing General Booths successor. bn las sealed envelop which had lain in his safe just 22 years 10 day.
 1 After the envelope was passed around the circle of officers Solicitor Ranger cut il open and read the formal ap- pontment of chief of staff as com mander in chief, The solicitor then formally asked Bramwel Booth if he accepted the post. The chief of stan replied with deep emotion. accepting l the appointment.
 1 All the commissioners followed, briefly speaking of their loyalty and their indebtdness to the army. Bramwell Booths Speech Bramwell Booths speech accepting 1 the leadership of the army bestowed upon him by his father was as follows My comrades, l accept thls appoint- ment. I do SO. even if no other con- | sideration moved mo in that eourse 1 because it my generals wish, and 1 l am strengthened in that purpose be- | cause of the fact which had no knowl- edge of until few months ago. that this appointment was made during the 1 lifetime of my beloved mother. q can only hope in the strength and wisdom of God to enable me to discharge the responsibilities l am now | taking upon myself l cast myself upon Him and Invoke His aid Next to His help, l must rely upon you and upon the help of those you represent, and as earnestly as l can l cast myself upon you and Invoke your aid. "i promise in the strength of God that | I wi.t to the full measure of my ability | discharge the obligations this office im- | poses on they are set forth in our | foundation documents. I will do this in | fear Of God out of love for tho army and l out of regard 10 the memory of him
 whose thoughts and purposes these in- 1 struInents express. You will not expect 1 me to speak of him today. l confess my 1 heart Is too much moved at our great loss. I felt last night. as we closed his | eyes and saw him pass away, that here l was concluded a life of splendid conflict | Of righteousness and, may l not add a l life of splendid triumph for inc cause l of Christ.
 Ask Aid of Others l "I must, with the whole strength of l my heart, ask you to help me and my | dear wife. So far as God shall enable us | we accept these blessings with a single eye for his glory for the blessing of the l world and for the salvation of the peo- pie. My dear comrades, I accept the ap- pointment of the general
 | King George was one of the first to telegraph his condolences to the bereaved tamily. Messages also were received from Premier Asquith, the archbishop Of Can | terbury and other prelates of the Church don Sir Thomas B. Crosby; the Earl of Meath
 and the Earl of Aberdeen, and many l others. including representatives of all the | Protestant creeds and prominent persons l of Jewish faith.
 l The salvationsts do not wear mourn ing, but at the funeral of the late evan gelist they will wear white arm bands
 with a red cross and crown.
 The Taft Message
 Washington. August 2l--President Tart | today sent the following message of con dolenee to General Bramwen Booth of
 the Salvation Army in London:
 'tn the death of your father the world
 loses enc of it's most effective, practical phianthropics.
 His long life and great talents were dedic icated 10 the noble work of helping the poor and weak and giving them an- other chance to attain success and hap piness. Accept my deep sympathy" Patchogue, N. r., August 2i.--An im- mediate member of the family of Bal Ilington Booth. head of the Volunteers of America, issued statement today concerning the death of William Booth, which declared BallingtOn Booth al-
 ways had treated his father with the deference due a great man and that there was no personal quarrel but a | difference in works The Booths were estranged r years ago it is said. | TOBACCO DEALER
 HELD FOR ARSON
 Mayfield. Ky. August 2i.-Wood Gordon. tobacco dealer and former city eonnci- man. was arrested here today accused of
 arson after an investigation of recent fires that have destroyed about s500ep worth of tobacco stored near here. The arrest of Gordon is the third within q
 month In connection with the investiga- | .rlxf rI Flf.1l A-4.s f,f ..