The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-15
PASTOR WHITE GOES
! TO THE WoRKHoUSE
His Attorney Files Notice Of
Appeal, Including Letter
to DIR. WOelfkin.
CHURCH VISIT FORETOLD
Communication Offered Good
Offices of Socialists "to Quell
Any Wildncss Maturing."

Bouck White. sentenced to six months
In the workhouse for trying to speak In
Calvary Baptist Church last Sunday. was
sent to Blackwell's Island yesterday MORN
Ing to begin his term.
His hngerprints we're taken and he was
stripped and was herded into small room
with other men to battle and put on
stripes The Socialist preacher was cheer
full throughout the ordeal. Work will be
assigned to him to-day. probably In tho
bakery, Warden Fox said.
Miss Bertha Rembaugh Of / Broadway.
whites lawyer, applied yesterday to Judge
Malone in General Sessions for leave to
appeal his case Such requests are gen.
orally granted. She will also ask for a
certificate OF reasonable doubt Whites
chances OF obtaining that are uncertain.
There Is a possibility that with permits
sion to appeal. particularly should he
obtain a certificate of reasonable doubt. he
might be released on bail
Whites Letter TO DR.. WorlSkin.
In filing notice OH the District Attorney
OF her intention to appeal the case Miss
Rembaugh incorporated the letter written
by White to the Rev. Or. Woelfkin, pastor
of Calvary Baptist Church. In which
White announced that he would visit
the church last Sunday. The letter had
been written the Thursday before. II
embodied two resolutions passed by mem
bers of Whites church. one to the effect
that White should make the visit and
challenge Dr.. Woelfkn to :. debate on
did Jesus Teach the immortality OF
IL rpI -l.~
that the visit should he made on Sunday.
May 10. and that White should take
the affirmative OF the debate. Continuing
the letter read in part
II am sending YOU this. my dear nr
Woelfkin. ahead OF time In order to as
sure you of the very real friendllness
with which We are coming to YOU We
are quite aware that a visitation from
church to its neghbor is = bit UNI
usual. and that the presentation of a
greeting In open service Is likewise out
OF the ordinary practice. But we submit
that the times are extraordinary.
Il am sure you will agree with me
that the findings made by the Congress
sional investigating committee Of recent
date connect some In your church menu
bership In quite intimate way with the
Trinidad massacre Therefore. the issue
IL one that We do not believe you will
wish to evade. when you have thought
II over with regard to all OF the tremen-
dous consequences involved.
Effort TO Reach Truth.
I'VE can think Of no surer ard happier
way OF arriving at the truth than by
such an orderly exchange OF opinions
And We believe that you and yours are
sincerely DESTROYS of the truth az are
We. I beg leave to state that one of the
purposes OF the socialistic church Is to
constitute itself Il centre Of mediation
and mutual understanding between the
warning factions and l submit to you that
THIS friendly visitation OF our church to
yours might be the means OF a ,oncilia-
tory work of perhaps far reaching con
sequence. Therefore In the social crisis
which IL gathering its thunder so men,
acinsly to-day 1t is entirely thinkable
that by some relationship that will p.r-
nit AN interchange OF views Il friend
linees or feeling could be brought about
that might be the means of happy issue
out OF all our social Affections.
We are bold to go to you this Sun
day morning for a further reason; and
ono moreover of SO recent discovery as
to have precluded much preliminary con-
sultation with you and yours words have
reached US from more than one source
that some OF the wilder spirits In the
revolutionary movement arc planning
Some kind Of a concerted affront to you
and your church. We of the sociaIistic
church deeply regret that turbulent COM
r1ittees that 80 evilly obscure the large
principles should drag the issue into the
mire OF personal animosities and vitupera-
ton. Therefore We are offering you Sun
day morning our assistance in quelling,
60 far as We are able, any wldness that
might he maturing.
If you are persistent in your attempt
10 evade an issue now so critically come
TO head II Is entirely thinkable that
the wild element referred to will be stirred
perhaps 10 desperate means and will at
tempt TO Justify violence by the asser-
tion that a rational and orderly exchange
Of Views is not possible"