The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-30

| HillsVille courthouse tragedy, wers
brought here this morning Later thes
were transferred to Mount Airy trafr
and upon arrival at the little mountain
town in the early afternoon were con-
veyed to wagons. The Journey across the
Blue Ridge to the Allen home was begun
| about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, ths
funeral party expecting to make the l:
miles over rough roads by night
Hundreds of people were at the rail
way station here to see the coffins IN
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tellect and influence in the sacred coll
lege, and head priest of ST. Peters
cathedral is now well advanced in
years and quite unlikely to be elected
supreme pontiff. He is 10 years of age
and few Catholic Popes have been
chosen who were past the 20 mark
when the conclaye assembled. For a
long time after Plus X came to the
chair Rampolla lived an exceedingly
quiet life. Within the past three or
four years he has been more active,
but his activity has been always loyal
to Plus. Whatever he has said or writ
ten has been well in line with vatican
policies. He is In excellent favor with
friends of Plus X and might be chosen
instead of De Lai were 1T not for his
years.
Beyond these two prelates it Is idle
to speculate about the Vannutellis, the
two brothers of the name, Gotti, or
even Richelmy or Gennari All are far
advanced in years. Even the younger
vannutel1i will be n next December.
If less prominent prelate be chosen
the two men thought to be most likely
to get the tiara are Cardinal Gas
parri the great canonist of the church
at the moment and now at the head OF
the revision of Catholic laws, and car
dinal Maffi Archbishop of Pisa, The
first named will be 61 years of age In
May next and the latter will be 90
next october Cardinal Mafh is ex-
ceedlngly popular, but he is progress
siv, in the sense that he believes that
in some measure at least present pc
litical conditions in Italy must be ac-
cepted and made the best OF. That is
not equivalent to saying that he aban-
dons the plea of papal temporal power.
No one who did that would stand any
chance in the conclave. What is meant
is that he is more progressive on these
lines than are some.
All talk of Cardinal Fa1conio. who
is an Italian cardinal, and is counted
in the 33 Italians in the college even
If a naturalized American citizen, Is as
idle as to talk of the elections of Car
Val. or any other foreigner. The next
Pope will be an Italian. With the death
of many others, including Cardinal
Respighi who has just gone, the ven
erable Cardinal Oreglia lives on He is
the dean of the college and the only
cardinal remaining who was created
such by Pope Plus TX. He Will be S3
Years Of age in July He has been
twice acting Pope, or camerlengo, and
bids fair to be such for a third time,
since he is In excellent health, while
Plus X is not
What is reckoned long step toward
practical unity in Christian work IN
America has just been taken Ii is
coming together, in one central body
of all missionary interests of the Unit
ed States and Canada. War between
home and foreign societies in the same
religious body has often broken out
, in the past and even yet city ana state
extension societies are often round
claiming that general mission socleues
override them and get money and men
thew ought to have Now all of these
have gotten together, foreign, home,
city. suburban. There is immense Jub-
ilation in mission circles In all direc-
tions.
Bishop Lloyd of the Episcopal society
has been made chairman of the centrai
DO1V. the KEY. lf. J1eIlin6 VI tiO COii-
gregational Home society, vice chair
man. and Mr.. S. Earl Taylor of the
Methodist Foreign society, the head OF
the working committee. The Laymen' s
Missionary movement has been called
in to have charge of conferences TO De
held in all principal cities, and the
Missionary Education movement TO look
after literature and exhibits, the latter
to include the "World in Chicago
missionary pageant and exhibit, which
more than ever is to cover missions at
home as we'll as abroad. Mr.. william
r. Nillar and Mr.. George lnnes nave
been chosen secretaries.
The aims of this joint movement are
to secure larger sums OF money ana
greater numbers of men and women Ior
church extension, the word church to
cover ALI religious bodies and extension
to mean missions in every possible
form. The action, Just taken, is de-
clared to be far and away IN advance
of ANYTHING dreamed of 10 or 10 years
ago. or even in the early days or the
two movements now placed IN charge
of its details, since both of them within
five wears resolved they must look af-
ter interests of foreign missions only.
Eventually it Is held that other inter-
ests will be included and hence the re-
ioicing in religious circles over TINS
striking approach toward actual church
unity.
Conferences on Christian unity have
lust been held between the disciples
of Christ Commission on Christian
union, which under the lead OF the hey.
Dr. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore, is ex-
ceedingly active, and the EpiscopaI un-
official unity foundation, the commas
sion of the Northern Baptist conven-
ton, the Rev DIR. Cornelius Woelfkin
of New York chairman. and the PresoS-
terian committee on church co-opera-
ton, the Rev. DR. William n. Roperts
chairman. Preparations are making
for reports TO May meetings of several
of these bodies and for a formal state
ment by the disciples commission TO
their Christian world.
The stage of progress of all OF these
agencies toward unity is just now thas
OF finding out where each body fs'
what it holds to as absolutely essen
tial and what if anything it is Wiling
to sacrifice In the past few months
many religious weeklies have been IN
! terviewing leaders on these points
| The conferences just held. bringing
| together representatives of four prin-
| cipal bodies of America, showed all to
be far apart. Inquiry among leaders
/ in all bodies failed to find one leader
who could see any progress toward
unity beyond that all seemed some
what better informed about the 9TH
! ers. They say however. that that is as
I far a 5 they expected to get at this lapse
4 of time
! The outcome of these conferences is
! an agreement 10 hold. at an early date,
| a joint conference of all members of a.
commissions appointed by all bodies IN
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