Show PAUL PALL JONES GETS LEAVE OF ABSENCE I Episcopal apal Council Retires the ll Bishop hol Pacifist of ot Utah Pending InI Int In- In t 15 I 15 ir iry Into Alleged Unpatriotic Utterances The Rev Rcy Paul Jones Episcopal bishop of Utah who was of N- N unpatriotic unpatriotic utterances was not i dis-i disciplined dis dIS- by the h use house use of bishops in I Chicago as some of his critics predicted pre pre- pre pre-I i dieted he would be when his case came up b before fO that body odY I The closing conference of the house Louse of or bishops was held October October r 19 after a four-day four meeting and andt this report was given out as the re- re re-J re I suit of oC the consideration of Bishop Jones' Jones case I The committee appointed to consider the tile present conditions In the missionary district of of Utah beg leave to tot tOj report as follows In vew yew of presented to the presiding bishop by the bishop of oC Utah it will not be necessary to tomake make any recommendations to the House of oC Bishops except to ask the house to adopt the following following following follow follow- ing resolutions which are needed needed needed need need- ed to enable the presiding bishop to carry out a plan for forthe forthe forthe the settlement of the present i difficulties in the missionary district district district dis dis- of Utah Ic Leave e of ot Absence Urged Resolved that the House of I Bishops r requests quests the presiding bishop to call a commission of such bishops as he may select to Inquire Into the whole matter so that the bishop of oC Utah may govern govern his action by their ad ad- vice Ice Resolved Resolve Resolved l that the presiding bishop be requested to grant the leave of absence asked inthe inthe In Inthe the statement of oC the bishop of Utah While Bishop Jones Is absent from his diocese Bishop Daniel S. S Tuttle of Missouri will execute execute execute- his offices Neither Bishop Jones nor Bishop Tuttle Tuttle Tuttle Tut Tut- tle would discuss the matter following following follow follow- ing th the action of oC the House of oC Bishops I The C case gas was presented r. r to the house in the form of a petition from the council of advice from the the diocese diocese diocese dio dio- cese cese- of Utah asking for Bishop Jones' Jones removal remo and Indicating he fie was persona non grata because of his pacifistic views Practically the entire entire entire en en- tire day was taken up in discussion of the charges ry rr of ot the Trouble Trouble between en Bishop iJ Jones anti and i d r the fine advisor advisory council is said to have arisen as the re result of his attendance at the meetings of ot Christian pacifists pacifists at Los Angeles AnKeles The police of that city refused to allow the sessIons sessions ses- ses and Bishop Jones Is alleged tot toj have spoken at a private session at atthe the home of Carl Broneer a representative representative rep rep- of the American Council for tor Democracy and Terms of Peace At this time he Is said to have ha protested protested protested pro pro- tested against the war A resolution was adopted asking all treasurers and trustees of church fUnds to Invest the surplus thereof thereof I In Liberty loan bonds By Dy a rising j i t t the following message was ord- ord d e eat t to President Wilson Wilson- I War r Aims Approved The ouse se of or Bishops assures assures the President of the United States of ours our I patriotic support of the government I ourselves es to operate co-operate In every possible way to aid sustain and protect the brave soldiers and sailors of this great Christian nation In the tho heroic efforts to destroy oppression tyranny and brutality now threatenIng threatening threaten threaten- ing the world and to establish Justice justice Jus jus- tice Uce righteousness and liberty I t among among all na nations I |