Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1922, Page 9

BLAMES UNSUPPORTED PLATE FOR KNICKERBOCKER DISASTER Architectural *Eng.in- Ton Load Rested o Thick, Lacking Lateral Stiffening. Robert C. Walker, architectural engineer of this city and Salisbury, Md., believes that the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater was due to the twisting oft from the Columbla road wall of the main truss which sup- | ported the roof. i Mr. Walker's engineering, report on,| the cause of the disaster has been in the hands of the District officials - for some time and it is un@erStood. has been made available to the grand jury now investigating the holo- caust. He has just made. public a; non-technical statement of his con- clustons. In brief, Mr. Walker explains that the end of the main truss resting diagonally on & steel beam in the Columbla road wall n an ever-pressing source of danger for some time prior ta the disaster, due to faulty structural de- talling and the concentration of a great on a small part of the end of the main truss, and that the slightly in- creased load, due to the welght of the 8snow, caused the truss to twist off its seat, precipitating the general collapse. Mr."Walker's statement i a8 fol- lows: Main Truss Unseated. “Out of the maze of expert opinion | and conflicting testimony emanatin, from official and indepenuént- mvesti- gatlons of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster one outstanding fact seems to be established to the satiafaction of all concerned. The general cal-1 lapse of truss system and superposed construction was induced by & sud- den separation of the mopth.gud of | main truss T-11 from it& ‘f-beam bearing on the Columbla road wall. That is the first directly traceable event, which is supported in_detajl by the material evidence “and: upon which we can agree. “Examination of the plans and speci- | portunity to express their views, eer Declares Fifty- n Gusset Half Inch courtesy of Engineer Commissioner Charles Keller of the District of Co- lumbta, was concluded by the writel on the 5th of February, and a con- fidential memorandum report filed iv the Commissioners’ office the follow- ing morning, but T decided that It would be best, from an ethical point of view at least, to withhold my find- ings from the public until the cor- oner's ingqt t had been concluded dnd all partles concerned had had an op- Guaset-Plate Collapsed. * “My personal investigation indicates that a general collgpse of the truss system and roof construction followed the release of the north end of the main truss T-11 from {ts diagonal bearing on the curved Columbia road wall. The immediate and specific cause of that release was the bergling or bucking of the relatively unsup- ported end gusset-plate which con- nected the north end of the lower chord 6f truss T-11 with the inclined end-member or batter-post, which connected the Columbia road ends of the upper and lower chord members. That Initial failure brought into ac- tion a tremendous unbalanced force, which, by reason of the unusual con- ditiens prevailing. at its point of ap- plication, increased rapidly in magni- tude until'its destructive Influence be- came irresistible. “Over one-quarter.of fhe mnormal roof load and superposed snow.was carried directly by the main truss, T-11, lo its diagonal bearing on the Columbia_road wall, and no inter- mediate plate was provided under the truss end to distribute that fifty-ton concentration of load over the limited area in contact. That unfortunate omission resulted in an appreciable distortfon of the relatively light steel ‘channel sections in the lower chord of the truss. Deeply rust-marked pressyre_lines across the top of the eam bearing on which the fruss wias supported show conclusively that Yhe channel flanges had spread apart Engineer Believes Knickerfmcker Collapse Lowsm CHORD oF TRUSS=: CUT BY RESCUERS Caused by Twisting of Main Truss Off Wal END GUSSET-AL Art Skercr oF Truss -Tir 1 “{ president, C. D, 2071 -8EAM 2inTEL SHOWING SKEW<BEARING SAND gy shown near the top Lower—Sketch ii;fi collapse. 'ldllnfl fications and critical the wreckage reveal crepancies and such gressions from accef practice in the detail tion of structural stéel- much harder to account for the ap- parent stability of such construction for years than it is to determine the cause of its ultimate collapse. Initial failure at any one of a score of critically weak points in the build- ing might have caused the Separa- tion of main truss and wall, through 2 progressive sequence of events, and many investigators have incorporated such hypothetical combinations of circumstances in their reports. Detafls of Truss, T-11. *For the purpose of clarifying this planation, 1 will describe the con struction of the main truss, T-11. I was_composed of two horizontal, th‘xll the beam e it i ’ = fle s end after lla and fif upslightly, pnt.concentration of the truss oh. a decteased -bearing area, long be- fore 1 A'dlunter occurred. Deflection of the lower chord of truss T-11 under its normal load re. sulted, ip an appreciable tilting of its lower «chord mem| toward the east] or atcount of thelr diagnoal beariug’ at the wall, and that tliting eftect {grca& and’ Com‘llllonl lefldln‘ to turn wall bearing was resisted only by the one-half-inch gusset-plate ‘at the end joint of the truss. That plate was of parallel members, one about six and a half feet above the other, known as the upper and lower chords and located at the roof and ceiling lines, respectively. These were connected at intervals of about nine anf feet by means of vertical lnl‘l h’lélh\e‘l ruts, called web members. The i ined members connecting the chordl at the ends of truss are known batter posts. All riveted conneehonl between members were made by steel plates one-half inch in thickness, known as gusset plates, which fitted between the rolled steel channel sec- tions making up the chords. Cha nels are one-plece rolled structural shapes, consisting of a thin web plate and two projecting flanges which stif- fen the web section ainst Jlateral bending. (See diagram chmrhl‘ ends of such channels.) “In the Interest of lle I am releasing herewith s of r but tochnh eerine my report on the di cal readers may Mtr \ewl Record of Fubmry 3 for a :rctmlvl development of my hn-! 1 um in- tigation, sanctionsd the .\\ adequate size to carry the load upon it in direct axial compression, but, owing to its location in the center, plane. of the truss it had prlellclllr no -lateral stiffness and it coul rgadily bénd or buckle to the fllht léft between the members it co mected. The adjacent channel seé-| Rions in both upper and lower rho nd batter post were fabricated w! at least one-quarter of an incl connections, and the cover plate on the inclined end post was not con- nected with either chord, so there was absolutely no provision made against the bending or buckling of those critical truss-joints. “Hence, & truss load in excess of Tifty tons transmitted through the batter-post to the. diagonal wall, bearing as described above was prac- tlully’ lullnn.d on & dne-half-inch knife-edge that surely turning over mwn\l the east or in a clock-wise direction on its luppoftin‘ beam on the Columbia road wall. (See sketch of truss end). W now load he W that simply proved to be tI “atral broke ihe camel’s Dack’ and as tho! I I ance botween themr at gusset. phu. ALBANY, March bunineas of making mh s New .York assembly Inxt to Awsemblyman Lou villler, demoerat, who duccd wevernl that falled of “The man who strikes Illt L) often Ix hereby rewarded.” aald ; Asxemblyman Miel burn, who made ‘the presenta. tion speech. gusset. plate finally failed by buckling toward the east, under the rapidly in- creasing bending moment produced in it, the general collapse followed al- most Instantaneously. Forces in ex- cess of one hundred thousand pounds each, aoting in opposite dlrections but not in the.same straight line by rea- son of the increasing Inclination ot the lower. chord channel members on their bearing and increasing bengd n the gusset plate, soon produced. én irresistible bending moment In eXgess of one million inche-pounds, which lit- crally twisted the steel channel sec- tions In the end panel length ef the lower chord of truss T-11 through an angle of about one hundred degrees in a clock-wise, or .right-hand direction and thus rolied thé main truss off its bearing on the Columbia road wall. Pushed Wall Outward. “The HNorizontal thrust of that gre- mendous reaction, as practically "the entire roof started to fall, while in- determinate, was certainly in_excess of 40,000 .pounds exerted directly against the top of a “curved wall forty feet in height and unsupported laterally in a length exceeding 150 feet. . Of coprse. that, irresistible thrust against the bearing ‘heam was only exerted until the wall cracked and moved outwurd the few inches necéssary to free the badly twisted truss-end, but it was sufficient, and in view of the secondary thrust which the same wall apparently received from the collapsing balcony, it is re- markable that it survived the crash with so little displacement and. cracking as we have observed apd so_freely criticised. 2 “My hypothesis is confirnied and{ supported in every detail by the pres- ent condition of the main-t elves, by the diraction character ‘ot distortion ™. plates at both ends of the post, by the present condition of ail bearings and by the indicated direc tion of fall of fhe'trusses, and roof construction, scoring the east wall of the auditorium dlagonally toward the rear as each subsidiary trust in falling released its correspondiag’ section of roof-slab in progressiv fallure from the stage to the rcar wall.” LATIN AMERICAN CLUB FOR MARYLAND. STUDENTS Univen.lty Personnél of North uld South America Brdught Into Closer Contact. COLLEGE, PARK, ud.‘ Mareh® 181 Twenty-faur ‘students of.the L'mver-i sity of Maryland, including six from Spanish-gpeaking countries, have or- ganized a Latin American Club, the objects of which are set forth ax fol- lows: To bring into closer leendshln and social contact all students from Latig America. s " To .disseminate = information and] &ood ‘feeling between the Amerlcan .and those .from “Lathr A,mn- ¥, enable students (\dflylnx zpan h G grlc(lcfll klnow'} M a; ge: by contact_wlith t! m‘ ish is the (’o ; 5 TG greate a better & and purans admissiol b Cpe My peoples of Latin America nd those's the United States. ‘The officers of the cluh are: Honox rary president, Prof, S. S. Stienbérg; Vivanco of Peru; v president. A. S. Wardwell; J. M. Rolon of Porto Rico llsktln secretary, M. M. Bullock; Lrnnwe 4 Miss V. V. Simpson. The club is planning for severs] tures to be delivered by authori on Latin American countries l lacd itied; coua crease the membership from lle St dent ;body of the Baltimore lchnnl of the university. |LoweR TUBERGULAR RATE LAID TO PROHIBITION Phylidnn Sees Poulbfl(ty of- Do- creased . Mortality . in Less | 5 Gh:cnh: Aleoholism. _ Special Dispatch t The Sta BALTIMORE; *March 18.—Thar n tional * prohibition,’ especially it° 18 is demonstrated that the present law, las énforced, has diminished chronfc. coholism, ‘may. be the possib planation for the lowered tubercu- 1o8rs mortality, wad the statement of. Dr. James Alexander Miller, president of the National Tuberculosis Asso- 'clation, in his address before the an- nual meeting of the Maryland Tuber- culosis Association this week. Speaking on “Progress and Possi- ol bmuu‘cl'n the Fight Against Tubercu- lo! Miller went deeply into his subject, dis¢uasing various preventive measures, and deaHng-with-many in the causes of {he driad white plagu Dl!cu!nlnz the effect of Drohlbltlon he “There is some. dlflerfl ce of opinion “upon this V: doubt as to héw '!ar be ibit] and savin, ° banks ‘hibits. cletles strongly ‘to intressed thrift and” minished poverty throughout country, much of which is ascribed to diminished alcoholism. If it is demgnstrated that the present law, as enfpreedThis niarkedly diminished chrohic alcohoHsm, ‘the force. of “this argumient in expianation of a lowered'| tuberculosis mortality can scarcely|. be denied.” . “Other reasons offered by.Dr. Miller’ for ‘the decrease.n the mortality were better standsrds of living, di- mikistied mortalft ral d eases, the efleu tuberculosis carriers and the anti- tuberculosis campaign. X! the negro taken eagly this manflnge Jynching, it to the plantation of the Scene of the alleged attack on & white ‘woman Tuesdey, and was de- clared by her not to be the right negro. Drisdom then was removed to e Jail at Wrightsville, and the mob upened TE, Ga., Match 'j!.t—-‘"m I3 v;u{ carcied to, ¢ Weightoville Jail this morning a o'dlock. The sheriff declared thg{ Phers were-several hundred members of the mob that had taken Drisdom ttom lu“ Klta i1, and t@ey were all heavily arme Drisdom’. qa ¥ brother, Will Drts- dom, will be héld at Wrightsville un- til an investigation proves that Jim Drisdom is not the negro wanted. Jim Drisdom maintains he fs inno- cent, the sherift said, and that knows nothing of the auued nuuk on_the young widow near here, will m _told the sher| night tl;n. his t:’omur flllr man who pours 2 B‘m-q. and set her. e sald that the woman knéw hm, as he was a farmhand on the Har- e toms B0 n"‘-'m"& not she ‘woul 3 vhc.a’ he is alleged to S EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO SKS CH F8S anpure ’ D. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 1922. atest Announcements of Church Activities TR FOR POLICE OF D.C. Force Best Protects Young Folks, Says Dr. Clark, in Federation Report. “The time has come for the church not, enlyto depend upon the police to help when some one goes wrong, but to make it harder for any one ‘o ga wrong,”, sald Rev. Dr. Lucius Clark, execdiive secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches, in hfs ammual report at the bubiness riegting aud dinper of the organiza- tion; wgdnesfluy night, at the Raleigh Hotel. He ‘ald hat with members of the ent officials and mem- deration huve made & of the recreational lifq of the city. church people do not Ko to many of these places of recrea- tlon and know but little of the sur- roundings of large numbers of our youth, cgn they do anything less than give flwig bes¢ support to the police departmenft, whé, of necessity, is left to be the guardians of much of the young life of the city?" mitedd [Chureh Action Urged. ¥e said the need of Protestant solldarity is more upparent in t han any American city. He de its | influence is greater, for Washlngton has as large a Protestant population as any city of its size in the United We are set at the heart 6f the nation and of the orld. ~ What we do, or fail to do, and the influence thereof, reaches farther than from any other center. ‘T4 « Washington Federation of Churches ‘represents the only practi- cal solidarity of Protestantism in the Thé. © Washington Federation of Chienes Wab orgunized twe Years ago with fifty-elght local churches, repre- sentink fourteen denominations In its the federa- sents all of partial surv and suburbs. The dcnomin the ampers_of churches practically supportiig e fl‘drvalmn are the fol- lowing: Christian, 1; Congregational 4: Disciples of Chirtet Friends. M Protestan e \lb\h odist- Episcopal. Protestant Epis- copak 117 bresbs icria sembly. '12; Presbyterian, Ascemhh, b P Refor «d Brethren, ostal, “We” have fiv |xl|lar\ tlons--amimely, Associatfon, Youn organiza- . ‘added Mr. C and the Interdenominational Mission- makes a total of ninety-five di organizations in the federation.” H ©Objects of Federation. ‘The report outlined the various activitios 'f the federation carried on dyring {ge past vear. i“We ' stand the churches in philanthropic endeavor. We will not permit other organizations to mini- imize or move the church from this| practical expi Lh» repnr( satd Prote Wlsh nay &ufl give layal xummrt to its Young en's. Al i on of Christianity,” their varied activities, to our mi Spiscopal Hos- kpecial Protestant Lipis- “We_still_hold to our purpose to gare- i “¢Hapel for Walter Reed ouplul an; imperative need and now long delayed. ‘“There were eleven dally vacation Bible schools conducted last summe More than 1.500 pupils were enrolle By the action of those interested. this work has been placed under the | Federation of Churches. There ig a dareful and yet a real progress being made in establishing week day Bible ! schools in Washington. PERIL FOR GRETNA GREEN m»NEw MARYLAND BILL u!ml‘& 'Would Interfere With “Mireying Parsons,” Requiring mum-n to The Star. BM;TI\XOX;E March 15— Parsoie’.and a repetition of the Elk tod; M@ Gretna Green, will be pi vented 4n the future when the bi avorably reported im the legislat yesterday becomes a law. The bill, hich was amended, represents a ombination ‘marriage” bill, includ- ing provisions of all measures intro- duced 5o far aimed at “marrying par- 50 Under the bill all ministers entitled to perform marriage ceremonies must register in the state, and whenever the contracting parties in a marfiage are mnon-residents of Maryland, such couples must walit forty-elght hours before they can secure a license to be married within the state. This, it is thought, will effectively check ministers not recognized by their respective churches from per- forming:. marriage ceremonies, and will 2 tne same time eliminate tha put-of-state couples to Mary- mfl. thg'same time the bill has eensdrawe “so.that whenever either of s couple 1s a reatdent of Mane land no delay is required. 'BIL!@BENEF'E SCHOOLS. ,000 for Im- Bere of the pas- md‘wnfl'r ing file in the a bill provid for improvements to public achools of Allegany county. The bill provides for bonds to the ount of $1,000,000, or so much of a8 may be necessary for new ings, additions, repairsand addi- grounds. juthorized, the bill. will benefit lly every section of Allegany ILORS FIGHT FIRE. attle Flames at Standard 0il Plant Near Constantinople. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 1 Fifty members of the crew of the the | United tésites torpedo boat destroyer Sands were -sent today to aid in figh: ‘8 fi Bbllol. on the Bosphorus. Ware. house N 23 was destroyed. The re- ?llnder the& nt was endangered, P 1ife. WIFE BEATING FINES SOAR. Grabam terday for appl his eyes hereafter of Jdcks woyld be $260, blow: cost 3250 heremlonb ised from $I 'rom_ 350 to 3 the city | h -irthe SBtandard Ofl plant, at were still intact af ere wWas no loss of Rear Admlnl Bristol directed the wife's arm, ha snnnunned fiut black ‘would ndn l:; Wmh to URIHAD |Sunday School Lesson BY REEV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. THE MW FALL OF 2d Kings, 17.1-1 _ Golden Text—"Righteousness éxalteth a natlon; but sin is a Teproach 10 any people: .34, xIIER.AEL- Qur lesson gives us a meager story of the closing scenes of lsrael’s his- tory. We are indebted to the scholars searching among the ruins of Dir- Sargon, near the site of old Nineveh, for the confirmation and corrobora- tion of the scriptural statements con- cerping lsrael's last days as & na- tion. * Emile Botta, che French con- sul, uncovered with his spade a num- ber’ of inscriptions that tell about Sargon, _who captured Samaria, whose downfall is narrated in the opening portion of this week's study. H .whom the Scriptures record a8 the conspirator, murderer and suc- cessor: of: Pekah, was the last King of the northern’ kingdom. He was placed upon’ the throne at Samariu through the Influence of Pul, or Tigleth-Pilescr, whose conguests in Ispael enabled him to dictate thelr ruler, for his records tell that “Pekah their king, T put to death, and I ap- pointed Hoshea to the soverelgnty over them.’ The fmportant reign of Hoshea Is ! dismissed in three verses. He came lQ'th’- throne it a period of darkness, despait and doom. The system which lated -bim in power preventad the omplete exe e of his gifts, that in ‘another period might have made him. what his name significd, the savior of his people. He was Virtu- All)‘-lhe governor of Israel for Tiglath- - 80 that he did not possess the ruu power of a king. Not only was he “handicapped by the powerful in- fluente of the great eastern morarch. who dictated his political program and. policy, but the people, through nistic attitude to God's will led them into a life of disobedience, that cul- minated in their disloyalty, despising God's commands and complete com- pliance with heathen rituals. God was very angry with Israel and removed them from the land. The captivity of the ten tribes confirmed the words of the prophet. They lack- ed the marked reverence for Mosaic Institutions which characterized Judah and has preserved the integri- ty of the Jews as a distinct race among all nations and throughout all the centuries, untfl finally God, through Sargon, brought upon Israel the fruit of their sinful practices. With " the downfall of Samaria the kingdom of the ten tribes perished from the earth, although many have held that they have been preserved among other nations, some even in- sisting that the English-speaking na- tions “are descendants of the lost tribes. History repeats itself. Israel in the days of her prosperity and power re- fused to walk in the way of the.Lord. "Righteousness exalteth a nation, bu! sin is a reproach to any people. nation that will not serve God chal} We do not iive by bread Commerce and. culture will not glve permanency to any nation We ought to put God first and seek His guidance in solving the problems that confront us in the present crises of our nation's history. If we refuse to be loval to Him and do not give to His will pre-eminence in our social. economlic and political life. ‘then God will treat us ag He treated Tsrael. If America in her desire for pleasure and maddening rush for gold forgets od, we too will perish. The future of our country and that of every other nation depends upon our relation to Him. The terrible punishments which have overcome men and na tions are the natural result of their sin. The words of the prophets to Israel ought to gerve as a warning to the citizens of America. We must be true to our Lord or it will be said of us, as of Israel, “Because you forsaken Jehovah, He hath also for- saken you. the chuos and changes of leaders, had lost their national unity and faith in Jebovah. God had warned them re- dly by the prophets, whom He sent te plead with them to Te- HezeklaR_summoned, all lsrael end & great passover and to re- the. worship of Jehovah. -'wgdld the call, although ap- el Hoelres svmpathized with 0I1I e rcxd that * '; Y Whieh was evil in the sight nr the Lord, hut not as the kings of ] that were before him.” lnouxh religiously superior to hi prbdecessors, (¢ i evident that Hoshe: d fs U! shrotector of his PeDDIv of “Butting- his confidence in pldcéed it in men. He was loyal (fl Tigiath-Pileter during the latters lifgtime. For a short period afier the death of his friend he acknowledged the” supremacy of Shalmaneser, rul- ing Jsrael as his viceroy and making ual presents as an_ evidence of 2 - death of Tiglath-Pileser th'to trust Jehovah only as . edpecially in those some dis: tadee from Nineveh. The conditions \der the new ruler were not satis- tory to Hoshea. He saw the rise ur the new political power in Egypt, ich threatered the peace of Israel. Tire, plain of Indraclon had been onw of the world’a great battle fields. The DoBEibility of war between Egypt and a appeared to be ncar. The ruler of” Egypt. So (Shabak; anyEthiopian, was filled with amb tion to. reveat the careers of Tothme IIL &nd Rameses. Hoshea believe: meant war between Egypt and Assyria. He entered into an al- liance with_ the Egyptidn monarch and:refused to pay further tribute to the Shalmaneser. This brought the Assyriari forces into conflict with Hoshea. who was made prisoner, be- cause Egypt falled Israel in the hour of ‘neéd. The land was devastated. and Samaria suffered the perils, pr vations and pestilences of a three- year siege. - The Israelites put up a magnificent defense against the powerful Assyrian army. But at last the city fell in the ear of the reign of Sargon IT. who succeeded Shalmaneser during the | period of the siege. With the capitu. i | | of Israel as a’political power. Sar zon did his work with the usual bru m':harou hness of an oriental con e. describes his ‘Samaria.1 besieged, I captured; ¢ her inhabitants I carried awsy: fifty’ charlots 1 collected from thair_ mjdst. = My viceroy I placed over” them and. imposed the tribute of the former king upon them.” The tribes were scattered and their iden- | tity completely lost, because they re- fused; to heed the prophets’ call to repentance. “He that being often re- proved hardeneth his neck shall sud- denly be destroyed. and that without remedy.” Sargon was used of God to destroy, the nation that would not obey I& law. Most_of our lesson deals with what we ‘wobld'call today the philosophy | of histhry The political and diplo- i blunders that brought on TIs- rael'scdownfall were the fruits of the motal . degeneration of the people. Thelp Tajlure started in their efforts lo cratly” those things that were et The root of their down- fall'was dug to their sinning secretly. They.;evidently. believed that they o in_the darkness what they 0 they started by secretly < from ' God. They forgot ve for them, His labor on their “and the liberty wherewith He them from the bondage of they selected heathen mod- eis for their guidance in place of God's will. They lived a double life, pretending t6 worship Jehovah while secretly they bowed before pagan deities. Israel's checkered history was due to their being an idolatrous nation. They rejected the pleading of the prophets when God sent them to ap- peal to them to repent. The center of worship of Jehovah was in Judah. Tsrael yielded to surrounding influ- ences, although the. most aggressive renn‘g\;hfimnmenn of the prophets i d in vain t:dxurn the peo, the northern kingdom away lrog‘&fi forms,of heathen and idola- trous! &orship. ‘The 'people resisted their: pqtiflonl. refused to heed their prediptions oY warning, yet, Israel's unmu!huty is due to the messages rophets who sought to save '.)la flaue,n Their words of con- demi voproved Israel. -yet the people refused to listen to God's offer of pardon. peace und power. They lacked faith to grasp the favorable conditions of mercy. Thelr antago- behal: had (resd WREE INSTEUOTION IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE doctrinds and methéds of treating all Kinds Hental "“1" X el i mental *oralor e R Blnl !‘a{u 1408 G sf. n. mim WEEK, Mar. 20, 1922 Mond.y Spelk:r Judge James T. Lloyd. Rév. A. R. Blrd. ‘Conductor Tuesday: Speaker, Senator Selden Spepcer. Rev. Wallace Raddliffe, Conductor. Wednesday: ‘Speaker, Rev. James E. Freeman. Rev. C. E. Fuitz, Gmduur Speaker, Hon. John T Robinson, M., Kenticky. Rev. Josepht mem s"pd:erubemmael. Witiiamson, Conductor nmeau tion of Samaria came the downfall; WILL EXTEND WORK. Church of Good Shepherd to Hold Important Meeting. A speclal meeting will be held in the Church of the Good Shepherd Monday, at 8 p.m.. for the purpose of forwarding and enlarging the work of this chureh in Northeast Waghing. ton, which is doing a large social work in addition to its religious ac- tivities under the direction of tne Vicar. Rev. C. §. Abbott. Addresses will be made by Rt Rev. Alfred Harding, bishop of the diocese of Washingtpn, and by members from the speclal diocesan com- mittee appointed at the last conven. tion to forward the interests of thl important work. The members of this committee are Rev. Charles Warner, Rev. J. W. Austin, Rev. o ing, Dr. William C. Rives and B. Selden. DAY OF DEVOTION. A _day of devotion will be held in St. James’ Church, 8th street between B and C streets northeast, Thursday, March 30. Rev. Dr. Luther Joiner, rector of St. Clement’s Church, Phil- ! adelphfa. wlill ‘conduct the exercises. FINDS DOOR UNLOCKED. Thief, With a “Thank You,” En- ters and Makes Rich Haul. An unlocked door of the apartment of Mrs. Mary G. Marion at 2006 Colum- bia road last night made it easy for a burglar to gain access to the apart- ment. Mrs. Marion told the police that numerous articles of jewelry, liberty bonds and fl‘? svmlued the stolen property a Julia Oscar, 1320 U street. reported that her pocket was picked of a pocketbook while on a Street car Connecticut avenue and M street last night. The pocketbook contained only 50 cents, five car tokens and pair of eyeglasses. Ancus Hoffar, 1328 8th street, re- ported the theft of an overcoat from a building of George Washington Uni- versity last night. A stlk muffler, hat and several books also were taken. STUDY FOR PROFESSIONS. Modern Students Turn Backs on Salaried Jobs, Says Professor. Present-day students tend to take up courses leading to professional po- | sitions rather than salaried ones, George C. Whipple, professor of sani- tary engineering at Harvard Univer- sity, told members of the Washington Society of the Massachusetts Insti- i tute of Technology yesterday. ! “Work of the depnrlmanl of naval | architecture of ti stitute was de- esibed: by Frof: " xitham Hovaaard, head of that department, who was a guest at the luncheon. —_— GEN. FELIX DIAZ KILLED. Tried to Escape Escort—Not Mex- ican Ex-President’s Nephew. NOGALES, Ariz., March. 18.—A Gen. Felix Diaz, belleved at first to have been the nephew of Porfirio- Diaz, former President of Mexico, but lltar identified as of importance only Lower California, was shot and kflled when he sought to escape from a military escort between Ortlz and La Misa, according to @ message re- ceived here. BIBLE STUDENTS. Associated Bible Students 1815 K Street N.W. SUNDAY, 3:00 P.M.—EIBLE STUD' “The Life of Chnst' Tnternational Bible Students’ 1 Spectal 16ctures vy Mrs. HT- Powell, e lonal_lecturer. sh section of Boclety: @ ..,i",.. ‘Co-operation, the Method of th hol £y )hn:mg 20—*"The Eucholory of X o m $28 in cash were stolen. | INSTALLATION PLANNED Boston Pastor to Take Up Work in Fourth Presbyterian Church in This City. Dr. Tsaac Ward ot Boston, who was received into the presbytery of Wash- ington this week to become co-pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, will be Installed in his new office on the evening of March 31. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, mode: the presbytery, will preside, propose the constitutional questions Bnd make the prayer. Dr. lia: pastor of the Ninth Pre Church of Phllld’l[flllfl will preach the sermon. The charge will be to the nmew pastor by Dr. Charles WO"H] and to the people by Dr. Joseph Dr. Ward wlll begin his work with the Fourth Church Iimmediately, preaching on April 2. EPISCOPAL. Grorgetown, iy communion Chuirely Kehool Holy Comm SER' DURING Thursdays, Holy Communion. Tuesday CHURCH of the ADVENT 20d and You sts. n.w. RDY, THOM. WILLIAMSON, Jr. Rector. BUNDAY: 7:30 and 11 a.m.‘wnd 8 p. Sorrlss FR) nd § p.m. Children at 5 p.m. FRAE BEATR ALL_WELCOME. St. Mark’s Church Third and A Streets B.E. REV. W. A. MASKER, JR. REV. C. K. P. COGEWELL. Holy Communion. rector honorariue . Boston, Mans. St. Andrew’s Church H. avenue and ¥ ot st Ste;h:m y Choeh 14TH sr NEAR COL. RD. Rev. udlcy, DD., Rev. Phxlxp A. - Dales, B. A, ASSISTANT. DAY SERVICES: y Commanios. nd Thursday, a.m, ervice, Tuesday, 10. am. Special Lenten preaching service Wednes. y at 8 pm. Freacher, the Rev. J. Moses: soloist, Mr. Newton T. mmar Othér Tenten services, § a.m. daily. 5 pm. e Angunciation; Holy Near anut Crcle. LY LIGHT. rector. Alan 3 11 a.m.—“LEA! 8 p.m.—Rer. s. A 5 dafly—Even song_with sddress. ST. MARGARET’S Conn. ave. ln\l Bancroft place. REY. Hmmlm'r 1 EEoTT surTH, . FREMONT NEWTON gt :30—Holy communion. 30—Sunday school. 00—lorning _prayer. confirmation THE BISHOP OF WASHINGTON. 4:30_Eveuing prayer ead sormon by TLLIAMSON, Holy Commuion, Thursdsy and ititay (Anuusclation) at 11 o and WELCOME. ALWATI Corner of O and Potomac Btreets N.W. REV. JOHN 8. MOSES, Rector. " Third Sunday in Lent. —The Holy Communion. —Chureh_school. —Morning prayer and sermon. Treacher, the rector. m—Eveniag praver and addren my, 5 prm-Chtidrea's service (lilas- Wodnes “mon. ‘Allister. Thursday BEveniag Brayer Ang ser- Vreacher, the Hev: Charles E. Mc- 10 8.00_The Fioly Commurion, —Evening prayer and address. "h' Feast of the Annunciation’ e Hoiy Communion. ' Cathedral THE BETHLEHEM CHAPEL. ‘Wisconsin ave. n.w. near Woodley, l’eople'l evenpon, Organ mn-fn e Edgar Priest, Grm&lmma\nnrg;fll Rey. MEADE BOLTON MACBRYDE, Rector. Services; 11 ¢ m. and 8 p.m. musien —First Sund Srdiand C steNW | avid Ransom m.—Morhing praver and sermon; [ p.-.—lpefllrle(vlu for Ordee: of .the UNITARIAN. ULYSSES G at “STORY OF THE CROSS. OF DR. ISAAC WARD |special Lenten Services in Church of Transfiguration. Special Lenten services will be held the Church of the Transfiguration tomorrow morning and event A feature of the cvening services will be “The Story of the Cross” to be sung by the junior choir. The senfor choir of the church will sing at the morning services. M mn pictures on scriptural subjects will be shown at the Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. During the week preparati nue for The SU. Margarers this evening. Next riday evening the senlor choir, augmented by spe- cial xulollln and chorus, will sing Sir John eeness’ cantata, “The Cruc! fixion. fsfis_c“omn Pl CHURCH OF THE INCARNATION Rer. WAL TAY ey, WAL T Yiob S¥TDER, Mector. Holy Fucha Muriing prayer and Chorul B Thursda; Wedne 7:30 a.m. m. sermon, 11 —1 Maitns, 1 Uoly. Eucharist. 11 a.m. uy and Fridas—Holy Eucharist, Evensong, 8 p. All Samts Church CHEVY CHxw He and 8 p.m. Theater, 3 at 1580, Take Fiorida ave. or North Capltel cars. St. John’s Church, 16th AND H BTS. Rev. Robert Johnston, D.D. RBV. EDWARD SLATER DUNLAP, M. A REV. ommm WILLIAMBON SMITH, D. D, -Holy communion. nam —Sunday school. 11.a.m—Morning Prayer and Sermon by the Rector. 4 p.m—Sacred Cantata: “The Crucifixion,” Stainer. 8 p.m.—Biblical Lecture: “The Love Songs of Israel.” Saturday — Annunciation, Holy Communion at Noon. ALL WELCO! RCH— \\"JJA)! (’URTIS “HITL‘. :leclur lvoh’ rmmunlnn 9:45 m.. meraing peasec us lnd gt ereaing e Epiphany JAMES E. FREEMAN D. D., Rector Will Preach 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Holy Communion, 8 a.m. Sunday Schools, 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Men's Bible Forum, 10 am. Young People’s Society, pm. Lenten Services— Noonday—12:05-12:25 Week of March 20— Rev. George Craig Stewart of Chicago, the Speaker Afternoon Services, 4:45 Midweek Service, Wed., 8-p.m. The Nativity 5o na Church school, 9:15. _Senior Dept .‘m 15. All_scholars attend one Sunduy morning service. e Young People’s Society. Suadey, ¥ pm. p.m. Phars.. 10:30 Sixth § ween H and I X.F. REV. C. 8. ABEOTT. Sunds T 8 P.M.. in the interest of forwarding the work of the Good Shepherd. fi' Rev. Altre D. D. Rev: & 1 Lavering. Mr. Geo., R. Selden. The speakers represent. the diocesan com- mittee appointed at the Iast conve for the purpose of forwarding this wock. . Christ Church, Georgetown, coru-r 21,0 800 Sist ww. EV. JAMES B LAKE, Bector. ity unday school and rector's eburch tatony i 11:00 s.m.—Fuil service and sermon by the Eev. De. Bishe L L S OU L S’ - [Fotnded 1821 "B PIERCE, D. D, Minister Adult Classce. -Also Kmdergarten durmg morning service. ll m—Mommg worshlp Sermon by the minister— SERVICES IN B..F. KEITH'S THEATER DURING EONSTRUCTION NEW CHURCH O s "Georgetown. Peana. ave. curs. UNITARIAN. -.CHURCH