Show POLICE CALLED TO TOil RESTORE il ORDER IN Colored Methodists in Noisy Tangle Over Elec Election on of KANSAS CITY May 16 Aft After 1 two hours hours' ce ceaseless seleM effort on the part of ot Bishop J. J S. S Flipper of Atlanta Ga GR to call today today's session slon of the African Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist Episcopal conference to order for tor forthe forthe the election of the four bishops the police police pollee po po- po- po lice hid had to be called In to to q quiet let the the uproar uproar up up- roar among the delegates which threatened threat threat- cried ened tho ho peace of the n neighborhood Fifteen hundred negro negroes s were ere crowded Into Allen chapel where conference nce meetings am arc being held and which Is 18 supposed supposed sup sup- posed to scat cat only Tho fact that there were fifteen candidates candidate I for tor the tho four our places an as 3 bishop caused ause 1 such factional sentiment among the delegates that at 6 o'clock this thin morning four fow hours before beforetime beforetime time for calling calling- the convention to order the chapel was waa pac packed c By noon ne negroes negroes ne- ne groes were massed about the doors clamoring clam clam- oring for admittance The Tho uproar that cams came through the windows was loua loud and continuous Bishop Flipper pet had hammered hammered hammered ham ham- with his gavel lavel and shouted in vain fo for ord order r more than an an Hour when Dr T. T M. M I. I N. N Smith also of Georgia gained a hearing as champion of the opposition He denounced Flipper for using the methods of ot boss rule and to torun torun torun run a one man convention Bishop Flipper and Dr Allen Alien finally agreed alreed to call the police poUce to restore order among the excited delegates who could neither be induced to cease haranguing among themselves nor to leave the chape chapel When police advanced to the platform and arid a a. lieutenant held up his hand a hush of death fell feU over th the room The officer s suggested ested that the body disperse and re reassemble reassemble reI- reI assemble in convention hall ball where there would o be ample mple room for separate caucuses caucuses caucuses cau cau- and a a peaceable adjustment of ot dif dif- dif dif- Adjo Adjournment ment was taken |