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t, moted soclety Whip. e iuhed thousands of doilars on his land, calls on Ken- : s have been hap: ‘ning lately to his horses, but that: the bes Yo v I the country can find nothing wrong. They motored out to his place on Long Taiang, Northpury, and topped at_the offce above ‘which Murchie, his E z rooms, Murchip ‘shows them had his suite of ! shows them ber Broadhurst's horses, who until the iast few races has been a sure wiuner. Broad- hurst makes an excuse to take Murchie away a few minutes so that Kennedy may observe things alone. Danny McGee, the twenty-five thousand-dollar-a-year rider, who has so often successfully defended the 'Broadhurst colors, comes up, asking for Mr. Murclie, and he, too, discuases Lady Lee's recent failures, apparent- Iy sincerely baffied by them. Kennedy secrel Iy ‘takes a sample of Lady Lee's blood. urchie’s living room is & picture of & lovely Cocelle Bafford, with whom, as & lovel Foung stenographer,” Murchie had eloped se “ral years before. At the time he had 2 wife living, from whom he was now dizorced. Thot e had promised to marry Cecelie, e engaged to. & rich girl named Auielle rnsey. Kennedy finds Cecelle that.night at & tough Eighth avenue cabaret. She hus lost her beauty, and has becime 5 rink and d . Seated with her - o e, nd & louching Dgute, 1ike the T rooms at Broadlurst's stable. n Snd Aghts with him. A shot is fired policeman rushes in. Kennedy in the n picks up a little glass vial Cecelie Kennedy injects a_drop vial ins into one guinea Dig and a drop of Lady Lee's blood Into another, nd the reaction of both is the wame—the: dopey, and go to sleep. Next day he K o Relmare Park, whero the great Interurban is to be held. Lady Lee s there ‘The story thus far: Mon e, News of her bad condition leaks out, and betting odds are Iy against her. But she wins The” face.” Nexi ‘morning early Brondhurst telephones him Murchie has been murdered. HE turfman met us at the sta- tion. “Tell me just what hap- pened,” asked Kennedy. “No one seems to understand just what It was,” Broadhurst explained, “but, as nearly as I remember, Mur- chie was the lion of the ldlewild grillroom all the evening. He had ‘come back.' Once, 1 recall, he was paged and the boy told him some one was waiting outside. He went out and returned considerably flushed and excited. “'By George,' he said, ‘a man never raises his head above the crowd but that there's somebody there to take a crack at It! There must have been some crank outside, for before 1 could get a look in the dark I was seized. 1 managed to get away. I got a dittle scratch with a knife or a pin. though,’ he said, dabbing at a cut on_his neck. i ‘What then?” prompted Kennedy. None of us paid much attention to it resumed Broadhurst, “until just as another toast was proposed to Lady Lee and some' one suggested that Murchie respond to it. we turn- ed to find him huddled up in his chalr, absolutely unconscious. The house physician could find nothing wrong apparently—in fact, said it was entirely a case of heart failure. 1 don’t think any of us would ques- tion his opinion if it had not been for Murchie’s peculiar actions when he came back to the room that time. Murchie's body had been removed to the local undertaking establish- ment. As Broadhurst,drove up there and we entered Kennedy seemed in- terested only in the little jab and a sort of swelling upon the neck of the dead man. Quickly he made a little incision_beside it and about ten or a dozen drops "of what looked like blood-serum oozed out on a piece of gauze which Craig held As we turned to leave the under- taker's a striking, dark-haired girl, swith the color gone from her checks, hurried past us and fell on her knees beside Murchie's body. woman who had congratulated him the day before, the woman of the panel—Amelie Guernsey. i 1 had not noticed. up to this point. another woman who was standing apart in the crowd, but now I hap- pened to catch her eye. It was the woman whose picture with the two children hung in Murchie's apart- ment. Kennedy drew me back into the crowd, and there we watched the strange tragedy of the wife that was wnd the wife that was to have been. Craig hurried back to_the city after that and, as we pushed our way up the ramp from the station, he looked hastily at his watch. “Walter.,” he said, “I want you to locate Cecelie Safford and let me know at the laboratory the moment vou find her. And perhaps it would be well to start at the police station. Tt seemed to me as_though the girl whom we had found so easily the evening before had now utterly dis- appeared. At the police station she had not been held. but had given an address which had proved fictitious. At the cabaret saloon no one had seen her since the incident of the fight. As 1 left the place, I ran into Donovan, of the Tenderloin squad, and put the case to him. He merely laughed. 6% course I could find her any time 1 wanted to,” he said. “T knew that was a fake addres: ;all_up Craig. t.}'I'Hl?'e Donovan bring her over here as soon as he can find her,” he called back. When I arrived at the laboratory, T found Kennedy engrossed in his test: “Have you found anything def tnite?” T asked anxiously. He nodded. but would say nothing. “T've telephoned Broadhurs he re- marked -a_moment later. “You re- member that the former Mrs. Murchie was at Belmore Inn. I have asked him to stop and get.her 4n the way down here In the car with McGee, and to get Amelie Guernsey at the Idle- too.” He continued to work. 0. soon after I did, and with him, ::l'r? enough, was Cecelle Safford. A few moments later Broadhurst's car swung up to the door, and Broadhurst entered, accompanied by Amelie Murchie. '°3T3§n¥':m another job like that. whispered Broadhurst “to Kennedy. “I'm nearly frozen. Neither of those women has spoken a word since we e hardly blamg, them.” re- ennedy. ‘“:i?-’.";fimufi.; still a handsome woman. She now carried herself with an air of assumed dignity. . Amelia Guernsey had regained her color in the excitement of the ride and was, If anything, more beautiful than ever. But, as Broadhurst intimated, on could almost feel the frigidity of the atmosphere as the thres women who had played such dramatic parts In Murchie's life sat there, trying to watch, and, at thé same m\e. avold or's gaze. . O uspense. was rellevea when O'Connor came in in a department car. With him were the young man who had been seated with Cecllle at the tadle the might of the fight and 0 the mman. ‘l"n:. o magistrate in the night court settled the case that night,” informed O'Connor, under his breath, laying down two slips of paper before Ken- nedy, “but I have their pedigrees. The fellow's name is Ronald Mawson,’ said, pointing to Cecilies companion, then indicating the gunman, “that's Frank Glanl—Frank the Wop. 1 watched Mawson and Ceellie close- 1y, but dlleudvcud cnhuth‘l‘:x“; They scarcely looked at emch other. Mo'-. howeéver. glared at both \wson and the gunman, though none them sald a word. ’ ey used to be out there as stéible 7% “niaper, 1 think ue, -in a whispc They“Pad & ‘rundin and were fres. Each s the other got him in wrong. A moment Tater Kinnedy began; *“When you came to at the other day, Mr. Broadhufst” he sald, “you remarked that perhaps cnse might be.a little out of my-line, THE SLEEPMAKER Orte of The Star’s Week-End Fiction Series. Each story complete in three installments. He gave me the real address, and T| hurried to the nearest telephone to| #. VENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, JULY .29, 1922.° but that I might find it sufficently interesting. I can assure you that 1 have not only found it interesting, but astounding. 1 have seldom had the privilege of unraveling a mystery which was so cleverly rigged and in which there are so many Cross-cur- rents of human passion “Then you think Lady Lee was doped?” asked Broadhurst. ‘Doped?”" interjected McGee quick- ly. “Why, Mr. Broadhurst, you re- member what the veterinary said. He couldn’t find an signs of heroin or any other done they use-: “That the devilish ingenuity of it all,” shof out Kennedy suddenly, hold- ing up a Mittle beaker, in which there were some colorless fluid. |“I am merely going to show you now what can be done by the use of one of the latest discoveries of physiological chemistry.” He took a syringe and, drawing back the plunger, filled it with the liquid. With a_slight jab of cocaine to make the little operation abso- lutely painless he injected the fluid into the livelier of our two guinea pIgs. “While you and Murchie were ab- sent the first day that I went out to ur stable, I succeeded in drawing ff some of the blood of Lady Lee.” Craig resumed, talking to Broad- hurst. “Here in my laboratory I have studied it. Lady Lee, that day, had had no more than the ordinary amount of exercise, yet she“was com- pletely fagge By this time the little guinea pig had become moré and more listless, and was now curled up in a corner sound asleep. “I have had to work very hurriedly this morning,” Craig continued, “but it has only been covering ground over which I have already gone. 1 was already studying a peculiar _toxin. And from the fluid I obtained from Murchie's body I have been able to calculate that a deadly dose of that same powerful poison killed hi Kennedy plunged directly from this startling revelation into his proof. “Perhaps you have neard of the famous German scientist, Weichardt of Berlin," he resumed, “and his re- markable investigations into the toxin of fatigue. Scientists define fatigue as the more or less complete loss of the power of muscles to respond to stimulation due to their normal ac- tivity. An interval of rest is usually enough to bring about their return to some degree of power. But for com- plete return to normal condition a long interval may be necessar: As the result of chemical changes which occur in a muscle from con- traction, certain substances are formed which depress or inhibit the power of contraction. Extracts made from the fatigued muscles of one frog, for instance, when injected into the circulation of another frog, bring on an appearance of fatigue in the latter~ Extracts from un- fatigued muscles give no such results, More than that, the production of this toxin of fatigue by the exercise of one set of muscles, such as those of the legs in walking, greatly dimin- ishes the amount of work obtainable from other unusued muscles, such asq those of the arms.” Kennedy went on, looking at the sleeping guinea pig rather than at us: “Weichardt has isolated from fatigued muscles a true toxin of a chemical and physical nature, like the bacterial toxins, which. when _introduced into the blood, gives rise to the phenomena of fatigue. This is the toxin of fa- tigue—kenotoxin. Those who have studied the subject have found at least three fatigue substances—free sarcolatic acid, carbon dioxide and monopotas- sium phosphate, which is so powerful that, after the injection of one-fifteenth of a gram. the poisoned muscle shows signs ‘of fatigue amd is scarcely able to lift a weight easily lifted in normal conditions. Other fatigue products may be discovered, but, if present in great or in small quantity for a long time each of the substances I have named will cause depression or fatigue of muscles. “Further than that,” continued Ken- nedy, “the depressing influence of these substances on what is known as | striated muscle—heart muscle—is well | known. The physician at the Tdlewild might very weil have mistaken the cause of the relaxation of Murchie's heart. For German investigators have also found that the toxin of fatigue. when injected into the circulation of a fresh animal, may not only bring on fatigue, but may even cause death— as it did finally here.” Kennedy paused. Lady Lee,” he said, looking from one to the other of his audience keenly, Lady Lee was the first victim of the flendish cunning of this—* A shrill voice interrupted. “But Lady Lee won the race!™ It was McGee, the jockey. Kennedy looked at him a moment, then tapped gnother beaker on the’ table before im. ‘““Weichardt has also obtained, by th usual methods,” he replied, “an antl. toxin with the power of neutralizing the fatigue propertles of the toxin. You thought Lady Lee was not friendly with strangers that morning at the track. She was not, when-the stranger jabbed a needle into her neck and pumped an extra large dose of the anti-toxin of fatigue into her just in time to neutralize, just before the race, e long series of i 3 She'l injections of fatigue Kennedy was now travelin, - 1y toward the point which he hag in view. He drew from his pocke jlittle bottle which he had p;\icke!d t'!‘I;I lhn(t)nlxht in the cabaret saloon. “One more word,” he said, as held up the bottle and faced Cer#’li: Safford, who was now trembling like a leaf ready to fall: “If one with shattered nerves were unable to sleep can you imagine what would be a most ideal sedative—especially if to tdke almost any other drug would be merely to substitute that habit for another? He waited for & moment, flle‘n an- ‘Naturally,” he proceeded, 1t might be, theoretically at least, a small dose of those products of fa- tigue by which nature herself brings on sleep. I 'am not going into the theory of the thing. The fact that R : swered his own question. It was a strange gathering that as- | sembled that forenoon. Donovan ar- | You had such a thing is e Guernsey. McGee followed with the | terests me. g is all that in I watched the girl's eyes as they were riveted on Kennedy. She seem- ed to be fascinated, horrified. “This bottle contains a weak solu- tion of the toxin of fatigue,” persist- edIK;nnedyA thought she would break down, but, by mighty effort, she kept her composure and said nothing. “Some one was trying to discredit and ruin Murchie by making the horses he trained lose races—some- body whose life and happiness Mur- chie himself has already ruined. “That person;” pursued Kennedy relentlessl: ‘'was defeated in the at- tempt to discredit Murchie when, by my injection of the antitoxin, Lady Lee finally did win. In that person’s mind Murchie, not the horse, had won. . “The wild excitement over Mur- chie’s vindication drove that per- son to desperation. There was only one more road to revenge. It was to walt until Murchie himself could be easily' overpowered, when an over- whelming dose of this fatigue toxin could shot Into him—the weapon that had" failed on the horses turned on himself. Besides, ‘'ho one—not even the most expert physician or chemist—would ever. suspect that Murchie's death was not natural.” “That—that bottle is mine—mine!” shouted 2 wild voice interrupting. took it—I used ft—I—" “Just & moment, Miss Safford,” en- un‘::g Kq'nn;d‘:{_.fl “'rhlnk Ix»ern'm." he raj out sl y, picking up the igrees O’Connor had handed him, “that person gave the toxXin to a poor dope fiend as a sleeping potion In one strength, gave it to Lady Lee in still another strength, and to Murchie in its most fatal strength. It was the poor and unknown pharmacist de- seribed in this pedigree whose dream of happiness Murchie shattered when he captivated Cecile Safford—her de- serted lover, Ronald Mawson.” TAKOMA CHURCH WILL.LAY STONE Washington Presbytery to Attend Ceremonies To- morrow Evening. _The corner stone of the new Takoma Park Presbyterian Church at Takoma Park, D. C, is to be laid in connec- tion with the vesper services at 6 o'clock tomorrow’ evening. The stone will be lald by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Thomas C. Clark, and Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley, pastor of the Ver- ‘mont Avenue Christian Church, will deliver the principal address. Mem- bers of the Presbytery of Washington also will attend. Services also will be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, when Rev. ‘Wallace Radcliffe will Special music has been prepared for both services by W. O. Little, choir- According to statistics g the. federal council of’churches, and printed in the Year Book of the Churches, which has just been issued, of every 106 persons in the United States, ten have no religious afiilia- tion and ninety-six are afliated through membership, financial sup- port, attendance or other ties with various religious bodies, as follows: Protestant, 75; Roman Catholic, "18; other faiths, 3; no religious afflia- The Year Book of the Churches gives the total church population of 17,885,646; Eastern Orth Day Saints, Jewish, 1,600,000; Protestant, . Total, 95,584,107 Methodist Poll Largeet. On this basis the Methodist and Baptist churches have a greatér con- stituency than the Roman Catholic church, the figures being: Methodists, Baptists, 31,938,700; Roman 4 Plans for the building were drawn I by Milburn & Helster, architects, and [Arthur T. Smith is constructing the building, which is expected to be com- pleted before winter. ture Is to be of dark gray granite, with light cream cut limestone trim- 1t will embrace three units— the religious, to be provided. by the main part of the new edifice; the so- | cial or community, the old plant, made over for that use, and the administrative, stand between the other two. the stone work will be completed up to the sills of the | first floor by the end of this week. The Naple avenue front will include the old edifice, which will be faced with the granite and conform archi- tecturally to the rest of the plant. —_— MOSCOW LETTERS TELL OF DESPAIR Living Like Beasts Cut Off From Civilization, Says Eminent Physician. 29.—Pathetic ‘The new struc- In_connection with these figures, the Year Book, which was complled E. O. Wetson, secretary of the federal’ council churches, explains the difficulty of reaching a basis of comparison of the different religious bodies owing to their varying basis of membership. The Year Book of the Churches brings out the different methods of computing membership in the Roman Catholic and most of the Protestant The Roman Catholic church, according to the Catholic Directory, in its membership “Catholic PULPIT AND PEW Rev. Dr. Charles L. Goodell of New to be located ‘Washington which will expected that “A Washington Man Put It on H Mother-in-law” is & story to be re lated by Rev. E. Hez Swem tomorrow night, to be followed by baptisms, at the Centennial Baptist Church. Ths “Why 1 Pray. Evangelist M. R. Japhet is to occupy the pulpit in August. Rev. Dr. Edward J. Humeston of New York city will preach the ser- mon at New York Avenue Presby- terian Church tomorrow at 11 a.m. He is a leader of prophetic confer- LONDON, July ters are received here every day from prominent Russians in Moscow and other large soviet centers depicting the plight of the population under the present regime. suburban to New York and pastor of Huntington, Writing to one newspapers an eminent physician, is anxious to . formerly of Richwood, Ohio, will occupy the pul- pit of the Langdon M. E. Church fo- morrow morning in the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. Clark Main. J. Kinney, Christevitch, says that every one come to Europe or America to see how human beings live. “We are livin, says the latter, of wood and food. At Advent Episcopal Church, at the 11 o'clock service tomorrow, the rec- tor, Rev. Thom Willlamson, jr.. will preach on “Why War? At the open-air service at 6:30 o'clock in the evening the subject of the ser- mon by the rector will be a life of beasts,’ and_we think only We are cut off civilized life and sympa- You cannot, perhaps, understand how heavy life is without impressions, books and newspapers and friendly conversations. “Qur hearts are so hardened by sufferings and losses that deaths of friends and relatives make no more Way Peace?’ thizing people. intellectual Rev. Dr. Earle Wilfley will return today from Bethany Beach, Del, and tomorrow morning _and evening at the Vermont Avenue Chris- tian Church. will preach Nevertheless we continue to hope to be human beings again! the old Czarist days my wife and I longed for political freedom. my wife's ideal is to have a pair of stockings at 2,000,000 rubles a pair. We are all alive. cipal thing these days. our things In the hope to buy new ones when we moved from Kazan to etrograd, but we ate all our money. We are very rich now in Russi; only in numerals. stamp upon this letter cost 100,000 A loaf of bread costs three Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, the First Baptist Church, 16th and O streets, has been granted a two vacation to go to That is the prin- We sold all}existing there. Rev. occupy the pulpit morning and during the month of At 8 p.m. the report of the delegates to the Minne- You see that the convention. pastor of Temple Baptist Church, 'preaches tomorrow prior to the beginning of his vaca- morning subject will be, in the even “We live, and we are satisfied that and_ that the winter has 1 fear to give you all the news for it is such a long list of dead from maladies and ruin.” FRANCE ABANDONS PACT N GRAVES “The Gatrisoned Life’ ing on “Reviewing the Day's Tai During August the supplies will be: Rev. H. W. Tiffany of Louisville, Ky. on August 6 and i on August 20; Re' Howard J. Steward, Richmond, Va., | and formerly of this city, will preach on August 27. * Rev. W. F. Harkey will preach In the Wallace Memorial United Presby- terlan Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock | Ex-Moderator of Assembly Will on “The Supreme Need of the World. In the evening at § o'clock the Pet- worth Baptist Church will unite in the service with Rev. ¥ Paul Lang- Quits Parley horne Weuhlgm‘ e Rev. Canon William DeVries of the athedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, will officiate at open- air services at the Peace Cross to- morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Government With Germans on Upkeep of |c Soldier Cemeteries. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922, PARIS, July 28.—Negotiations which have been going on for months be- and Germany the maintenance of German wartime graves in France, have broken down | Mount &t Alban: Open-air services 'will be held at the Church of the Advent tomorrow | vacation. evening at 6:30 o'clock, Rev. Thom | Dr. J. S. Lyons of the First Presby- terin Church of Atlanta, Ga., and for- merly moderator of the General As- Rev. Horace Wool Stowell of East | sembly of the Southern Presbyterian Manch Church, Pa., formerly of this [ Church, will preach August 6 anq 13. diocese, will be in charge at the | Rev. E. L. Siler of Maxton, N. C., will Church of the Ascension during the | preach August 20 and 27. The Sunday completely on account of Germany’s |absence of Rev. D. Wellington Cur- | school will be open all summer. strict adherence to the treaty of Ver- sailles, according to information that came into the correspondent's pos- France wanted Ger- many to pay for the upkeep of the graves, “while the Germans insisted that France must do it “There are 600,000 German graves that are kept up by the French cost of 3,000,000 asserted Col. Be- zombes, head of the graves registra- tion service at the ministry of war. “The German graves are cared for in exactly the same way as are the French graves. Each one is marked by a substantial tombstone, on whith are indicated the name, age of the person buried. It is true that by virtue of the treaty of peace every country that the world war look after the burial places of enemy subjects who died in but this provision is nd_should be changed. To offset the 600,000 German graves In France there are only 20,000 French The difference represents a heavy financial burden Belgium is In the same ‘Williamson, rector, officiatin, ran, the rector. “The Last Supper” is the subject of a lecture to_be given at Unity Audi- torium, 300 Homer Building, 611 13th street northwest, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock by Mrs. Eleanor Bingham. Mrs. Bingham will also give a special lecture Wednesday evening at § session today. gvery Friday afternoon at overnment at francs & year, . Dr. Herbert F. Randolph will preach in Foundry Church ing on “Dop’t Worry. mOrrow morn- In the even: Dream, iy view) ‘;l‘here will be the sing- ing of hymns from the screen. Dur- ing the }!Rcblllon of Ipit will be supp! DB‘Illl'.’!l('mk. minister of St. Methodist Episcopal obliged _to Rev. George A. Miller his pulpit tomorrow at b Cr g X stian The subject of L e T and at night, ‘Woman and Her Song.” its_territory, services, Ninth ch, Sth and D streets for France. ggs will preach at t Fifth Baptist Church FEarly next week he will for the Northfleld Bible con- ‘which he has been attending interested because ‘there- was B fighting on Bri an o ces af P oners died while in Britibn keep. | oi, sarvices German graves, it seems, are scat- tered all over northern France, par- ticularly where prison' camps were located. Efforts are being made to them in big . central cemeteries next to but entirely dl tinct from French cemeteries. Ger man graves are marked with black crosses and French graves ~with white crosses. That is the only dis- tinction between them at present., JUUL’S'CONDITION SAME. COPENHAGEN, July 29.—The con- dition of Collector of Customs Juul of Chicago, who was taken to a hos- pital Wednesday suffering from a paralytic stroke,” was reported Shelass emphasize cians em re of d to the desire of Mrs. Jaai'to tare her husband back to the ‘Weston Bruner, manth of August Dr. b, |St. Mary's Parl pastor, now pastor in Ral ;:rné:r'm o;nnuh each Sunday”ant the yer conduct nfl:) -3 0 o ‘of. Hamline Church R orench. tomeczow mornin Peace and the League of s pm. on “Christ a line Daily Voca- closing exer- concentrate tions,” and at \ Pacifist.” The Tion Bible School will hold cises at 8 p.m. . Dimon, rector,-will speak on “The Yronid's Hope for Peace:” t- k for leaves nl‘;'v"e! n“"l‘“ i‘:l'-'l‘M. from the house. cl ‘,T:u" l'l'muumemtohhhuumrmn Attending phy~ eed of ‘rest, Juul to_tak Latest Announcemen’t_s- of Cathalics in Third Place, According to Church Census Methodi; Baptists Lead 'Membership Figures, With 75,099,489 Given as Total Protestant Population. population, while all but a few small bodies of the Protestant churches count only communicant members. So the two figures are not l.comparable unless the Protestant membership is used as a basis for onstituency” or “Protestant popula- Comparison of Churches. It has been somewhat difficult to get the proper ratio between com- municant membership and constitu- ency, it Is stated, but Dr. Walter | Laldlay of New York,.who has had | large experience as statistician of the | New York Federation of Churches and in the census bureau, has d monstrated through various tests that communicant membership mul- tiplied by 2.8, will give “church population.” For instance, it is mi leading to say that there are 17 885,646 Roman Catholics and 26, 745,543 Protestants, when the former refers to “Roman Catholic popula- tion” and the latter is “communicant membership.” To make them com- parable the Protestant communicant membership has been multiplied by 2.8. The Year Book also shows that, whereas by the latest figures avail- able on January 1, 1921, the combined communicant ‘“membership of the Baptist churches of the country led the combined Methodists by 37,259, belated returns by -the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church give the | Methodists ,a lead of 83,307. The growth of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church is said to be the most Temarkable growth of the churches for the five-vear period. The Methodists have 7,918,557 com- municant members and thé Baptists 17,835,250 communicant members. York will be the preacher tomorrow. Dr. Goodell is widely known as one of the greatest preachers, in the Methodist denomination, but in the church at large. He is the execuuvefieury of the committee on evangel of Churches of Christ He 1s to preach here July 30, August of the Federal Council 6 and September 3. * %k * Rev. Robert E. Browning will preach at Epiphany Episcopal Church to- morrow at 11 a.m., and Rev. R. L. Wolven at 8 pm. The music at 11 a.m. will include a cello solo by Prof. Paul Langer of the Royal Serblan Orchestra. * % k % Rev. M. R. Jophet will again preach in Bethany Chapel, 13th and C streets northwest, tomorrow evening at § o'clock. His su! Master Character. ‘This will be the last service in Bethany Chapel until Sunday, September 17, on account of repairs to the bulildin, C. E. UNION MEET AUG. 7. First Presbyterian Society to Hold Services at Blue Plains. ‘The Senior Christian Endeavor So- clety .of ~the First Presbyterian Church will hold services at Blue Plains_tomorrow afternoon. The In- termediates of that church have been invited to assist In these serviges. ‘The Intermediate “Flying Squad- ron” will visit the Intermediate So- ciety of the First_ Presbyterian | Church tomorrow at 5 p.m. Rhode | J. Winter : Island Avenue Methodist Protestant ‘fomorrow | Intermediate Society has been invited to n with them this Sunday, since| the Rhode Island Avenue Society has disbanded for the summer. The next District of Columbla Christian Endeavor Union meeting will be held at the Sylvan Theater, south of the Monument, August 7 This is the first open-air meeting, and a large attendance is desired. The intermediates at Temple Bap- tist Church held a social Wednesday night. There were visitors from Cal- vary Baptist, Keller Memorial Lutheran, Metropolitan Baptist, Met- o | ropolitan' Presbyterian, Vermont A nue Christian and Wallace AMemo: United Presbyterian churches. P —— BIBLE SCHOOL CLOSES. Preach at Central Presbyterian. The closing exercises of the Dalily Vacation Bible School at the Central Presbyterian Church were held yes- terday. The school has been largely attended. A program showing the work done in the various departments of Bible study and an exhibit of handicraft work were the features of the exercises. The pastor of the church, Dr. James H. Taylor, will leave shortly for his During his ‘absence Rev. —_—— LEPER CHAPLAIN HERE. President Harding Told of Work in Louisiana. Rev. Dr. H. T. Cousins, former pas- Spirtual healing meeting |tor of the Anacostia Baptist Church, 4:10. and Mrs. Cousins were received by President Harding_ at the White ouse yesterday afternoon. Dr. Cousins, who §s the Protestant chaplain .at the leper colony hospi- he will lecture on “The Great|tal in Louisiana, told the President {llustrated Wwith | of the work being-done there. ure -upon being informed by Cousins that a possible remedy had been found to cure those suffering occupy |from the disease. The pastor will preach at the Ana- 'Street | costia church until the end of Au- gust, when he will leave for Louisi- ana. 3 3 —_— ACCEPTS OHIO CALL. new parish. ¢ a_rector to | P-ndlnxth-flluntokl flfln 3 it TR by haiy erevmen: BURNS HOME AND SELF. “Ch this he was ious bodies. —_— CLERGYMEN TO VISIT COUNTRY PARISHES Object of Maryland Trip Monday to Awaken Closer Co- ¢ A caravan to southern Maryland will mcve from Washington Monday not only | when clergymen from se in America. Soclal service problems will be dis- cussed and the work of the country | gave permssion to the exiles to re- and city parishes comprised of the Rev.|that he was influenced by the prophe- Thom | cies of lIsaiah and Jeremiah. They James Kirkpat- and Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett of this | by Daniel. All history reveals the fact David Ransom Williamson, jr., Re Parishes in southern Maryland will the four Washington twice | mantic career of Cyrus may have It is ex- | been His method of stirring up the pected that a similar caravan will [ Spirit of the night conqueror to issue come to Washington in the early fa Itinerary is in charge of the Rev. In 1923 it is antici- caravans will Maryland_and come from Maryland into the District several times during the year, when problems confronting | hind him 5o fair a fame as that o the parishes will suggestions offered PASTOR GOES ABROAD. Dr. John 2Zelie Will Represent Federal Church Council. NEW YORK, July 29 Zelie, pastor of the First Presbyterian has safled for Europe as the representative of the Federal Council of Churches on the staff of the ‘American Relief Adminis- be visited by each day for three days. ect will be “The pated. that be dsicussed and Dr. John S. The Federal Council of Churches is affiliated with the American Relief Administration and during the last few months has raised considerable money for Russian rellef. Dr. Zelie is a graduate of Williams College and of Yale Divinity School. He has held pastorates in Connecticut and Cleveland and was pastor of the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, fourteen years. ROYALTY INVITED HERE. French President Also to Be Asked to Huguenots’ Celebration. Bearing invitations to the King of Queen of Holland and the President of France to come to the United Statse next year to take part in the celebration of the 300th _anniversary of the settling at New York and other polnts of Wal- loons and Huguenots, Dr. Charles S. Macfarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churchés, sailed for Europe this week. Dr. Macfarland goes to Europe espe- cially 1o attend during August three great church conferences at Copen- hagen—the meeting of the World Al- liance for International Friendship, the continental church bodies to consider the state of the churches in Europé, and the meet- ing of the international committee of Conference of Churches of Christ on Life and Work. PUSH BIBLE CLASS DRIVE. Members of Epworth Methodist " Church Take New Step. The men's Bible class of the new Epworth Methodist Church, near Lin- [ had provided for the supplying of the coln Park, has recently united with |exiles with plenty of money, goods the men's Bible classes of all theland cattle by requesting that their fel- Protestant churches of the city in & low citizens contribute-generously to increased | their assistance. Plainfleld, N. J. the Beigians, ncerted movement for 'e:?nclency along all lines of Christian The Epworth League of the church has just organized an af association for Epworth people and others in the community. grounds at North He said { 15th streets northeast, later President Harding had assureds tennis courts.and grounds for him that everything possible would £ Dr. Randolph the | be done to make the colony better for lled by Dr. J. Lewis | the treatment and comfort of the Andrews | patients. He also expressed his p! Church,, New ball, croquet and others games. e CATHOLIC MEN TO MEET. leas- Dr. School for Negro Boys. The District Council of the Na- tional Council of Catholic Men are to hold their annual convention at the Catholic Community House d E streets, Monday nij o'clock. The problem of a national {ndustrial school for colored chil- dren under Catholic auspices will be | ght at 8| which Nebuchad: Rector at Port Tobacco Parish, Md., Starts for New Field Monday. During e ort ‘ol CO irish, ryland, as Syl } resigned his charge 1o accept a call to h at Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Levering leaves Monday for his int where a farm of 200 acres has n purchased in one of the south- ern countles in nearby the matter of constructing buildings and equipping the institution with all the modern implements of edu- cation will soon be a fact. A. C. Monoghan o headquarters of the Cathollc Welfare Council has been the prime promoter of the project and has had the active ‘co-operation of Archbishop Curley and many prominent laymen, both Cath- olic and non-Catholic, at least three of the latter being on the board of onofllnulln u‘: ad- dress the convention, explain the plans as developed and contemplated. “NO MORE WAR” THEME. Nicholgon, associate secretary oeamr: National Council for Reduction of Armament, will deliver an ad. dress at Foundry M. - 16th and f the national Farmer Fires House and Bam; 11 o'clock service at St.| . Walks in Blaze to Death. e * KITCHENER, Ont., ll%‘lla—nlough . Dimon | gcheurman, sixty. a Lexing- T ton farmer, P ‘with his wife to- “T'l end it all,” he exclaimed, rush- directors. Mr. streets northwest, e BY REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON. THE FIRST RETURN FROM EXILE. Jer., 29:10-14; Ezra, 1:1-11. Golden Text: We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.— Romans, 8:25. Prophecy and its fulfiliment are be- the commencement of a new era in Jewish history. Driven from the home- of kingdoms that appeared to be com- only In the section of his prophecy chosen for this week’s lesson, but also in other parts of his messages to the Babylon at the close of seventy years. Long before the prophet had assured the _despondent exiles that Jehovah would restore them to Palestine, Isaiah had declared that the return would be brought about by Cyrus, whom he had selected to be the conqueror of Babylon and Jiberator of the chosen people. The Book of Ezra opens with an account of that momentous event, which dem- onstrated beyond question the literal tulfiliment of prophecy. In previous studies we have seen the captivity beginning .with the subjuga- tion of Jeholakim, which took place in B. C. 606, and being completed with the destruction of Jerusalem in B. C. 586. Our lesson points out how through the proclamation of Cyrus the return from exile began in B. C. 536, which wa: exactly seventy years after the first deportation of captives to Babylon, and the rebuilding of the temple, which we will consider next week, was fin- ished in B. C. 516, which was exactly seventy years after its destruction. It was two years after Darius had won the mastery of Babylon for Cyrus, the mogt remarkable ~and undoubtedly greatest hero of the East, that the king issued his proclamation permitting the return of the Jewish exiles to their na- tive land. It would appear that Cyrus, almost immediately upon his complete mastery of the world emplire, granted the Jews privileges which he was ac- customed to grant to all nationalities. He tells us this upon a cylinder, which was found among the ruins of the East. His own words are: “The gods I re- stored to their seats and made for them 2 dwelling place forever. All of their " e 1 gathered and restored to their eral of the churches will visit country | homes.” This clay cylind - parishes, the purpose being to estab- Arherdid Bl lish more cordial relations and closer co-operation between the city and the veals the king's statesmanship, can be seen today in the British Museum. Ezra points out that it was Jehovah who “stirred up the spirit of Cyrus” to issue the famous proclamation that turn to Palestine. Josephus claims may have been called to his attention that in every emergency God has the man of the hour prepared to meet the issues of the moment. The ro- the permission which would permit the Jews to return to the Holy Land. This made him the first one of the into | Bentile kings to befriend the exiled Jews. “Perhaps no conqueror has left be- Tyrus the Great. His mighty achieve- ments have been borne down to us on the voice of the nations Wwhich he eleyated; his evil deeds (If any) have had no historian to record them.” — This chosen servant of Jehovah was “the son of Cambyses, prince of Persia. He was doomed to death by his reputed grandfather (then king of Media), but escaped and afterward appeared among the soldiery of Persia and rapidly rose by his genius and prowess -to the command of the army of that de- pendency; after a while he assumed entire military control and carried on | independently his military schemes !until he had overthrown the grand- father who had at first doomed him to death. and finally founded the vast empire of Persia over which he ruled with signal power and justice.” He | had led his armies for twenty years without a defeat before Babvion was finally brought under his rule. His royal decree, which is recorded in another version in Ezra 6:3-5 from what s repfoduced in our lesson (1:2-4) reveals an attitude towards the exiles which was a complete re- versal of the policy of Assyria. His attitude toward conauered people re- veals real statesmanship. His cylin- der would imply that he treated all nations like he did the Jewish exiles. ‘The restoration of them to their native lands and the re-establishing of their national worship would serve to secure him a contented an@ happy people. It would remove the spirit of discontent that is the germ of re- volt and revolution. There was strategic wisdom in permitting the Jews 1o return to the Holy Land. Their occuption of Palestine would create a_buffer state which would protect the 5’"'“ frontier against the Egyptia Cyrus did not try to force the Jews to return any more than Zionists today would require all Hebrews to return to Palestine and assist in building up the -Jewish state that under Eng- land’s mandatory power is being buiit up in their ancient homeland. He left it with each individual to settle for himself, but the king offtred to all the privilege of not only return- ing but being aided. There was noth- }ing in the desolate and ruined land to prompt any one to return except the spiritual privilége of restorifg the temple and the worship of Jehovah in accordance with the well known prophetic predictions. They were in- spired by the loftiest religious and patriotic motives to return. The thoughtful and generous ruler fore us in this lesson, which records land by the army of Babylon, the exiles had left Judah and Israel as members pletely destroyed. They were banished because of their idolatry. Jeremiah, not exiles, had predicted their return from All_who returned and contributed toward their return- E ing diq it voluntarily. It was a band same |'of spiritual colonists who started thletic | back toward Palestine to erect a Persian colony in the land of their fathers. ~Their hearts were full of recreation | gratitude. urch News Activities ~ |BALLSTON CHURCH |[Sunday School Lesson Former, H Street Christian Church Pastor Lately of ! Bethany College. Rev.'Henry F. Lutz, former pastor of the H Street Christian Church of and now professor of philosophy, apologeticssand Christian evidence at Bethany College, Bethany, W. Va., has been extended a call to the pastorate of the Ballston Chri tian Church, Ballston, V. Mr. Lutz resigned from the local church several years ago and was succeeded by Rev. P. A. Cave. ing the past three years he has been secretary and Maryland, Delaware and District ot Columbia~ HBoard of Mission Christian Church, and has just closed the most successful history of that board. years Mr. Lutz was the Atlantic coast evangelist for the American Chri: tian Migsionary Society of the Chri tian Church. pastor of one of the Pittsburgh, Pa., churches for seven years, church at Harrisburg, P time, and of other churches in Penn- sylvania and Ohio. He has been a student in several of our best institutions of learning, in- cluding theological Christian Church and of other relig- . Among these are Hiram i College, Hiram, Ohio; Oberlin Theo- logical Institute and American U versity, from all of which he holds the Jewish people to civilization h been largely veligious, but other vital factors depended upon their return The exile had eliminated idolatry from the Jews forever. Their experi- ence in captivity had taught them the value of their sacred writings. Dur- ing the exile the foundation was laid for the synagogue system of religious congregations that unified the Jewisk teachings by developing a class of ex- positors who preserved the Serip- tures, Sabbath and spirituz] worship. From their religious congregations there was developed the democratic principle of government which called America to the side of the allies dur- ing the world war. The patriotic religious band which | |gn Babylon singing the songs of avid had a long and trying trip. 1f they took the short route over the Arabian desert it would require them at least four months to make the journey, which would be about s far as from New York Louis. Th their food and water with them. probably took the longer route along the Euphrates valiey and around the desert by the way of Da- mascus. This would take twice the time, but it reduced the problem of supplies for the commissary depart- ment. Their task was made easier by the generous co-operation of those who did not wish to return and the contributors of their fellow citizens of other races and faiths who recog- nized the importance of their reli- gious mission by their gifts. The Jewish exiles returned to Jeru- salem 50 that the worship of Jehovah could be restored. The one great need at this hour. when there « an almost universal cry far bread and peace, §s that the world should know the Lord. Bitter trials taught the exiles “that all things work to- gether for good to them that love Jehovah would teach us not only by ihls lesson, but also by the ditficul- lies of the moment, so that we shgll henceforth seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, be filled with the faith that enables us to see His presence in the history of the hour, and be endowed with power to obey His commands and help restore His worship in this weary and war- torn materialistic world.” If we do His will the world will be changed, for we then will become like Him We all say and recognize that “He is too good to be unkind and too wise to err. HOLY NAME UNION PLANS FOR PARADE HERE OCT. 8 Rev. Thomas Smyth and Ex-Judge De Lacy Speakers at Monday Night Meeting. The quarterly meeting of the Wash- ington Holy Name Union was held last Monday night at the Immaculate Conception ” Hall, when plans were | made for the .coming Holy Name pa- |rade and demonstration in honor of | the Holy Name of Jesus in Washing- ton October 8. President Joseph T. Fitzgerald presided. Rev. Thomas Smyth and former Judge De Lacey were the principal speakers, Reports were made by officers and committee chairmen. President Fitz- gerald's resume of the work done by the execcutive committee and Chair- man Edward F. McCarthy's report from the musi committee showed careful handling of ail matters so far necessary to be taken care of Secretary Leo J. Lanahan of the Baltimore section told of the work of that section and gave it as his opinion that §,000 men will come from Baltimore to the Washington parade. lGud." May we learn the lessoh that Archdiocesan President J. Halti- gan made a report of his work for the past two months, He had been in-personal touch, he aid. with Holy Name Umions in Philadeiplia, Wil- mington, Richmond, Norfolk and a portion 'of western Maryland _and from all these centers of Holy Name activity he reported a most enthu- siastic spirit of co-operation in the Washington parade. He said that he had assurance from President’ Daly of the Philadelphia Union that in that | section a movement was now under way which would likely result in having 2,000 men from Philadelphia and vieinity. From all sections of Virginia, Mr. Haltigan said, will come large num- bers of paraders, and at least 1,000 are_expected from the newly organ- ized Holy Name Union in Wilming- ton. Del. The 1500 Catholic mem- bers of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va. will also be invited to partici- pate. Archdiocesan President P. J. Halti- gan. 1813 Kalorama road northwest, Washington, D. C.. is chairman of the press and publicity committee for the perade. Holy Name branches from outside of Washington may also en- gage band music through the Wash- ington committee by writing Edward F. McCarthy, chairman of the mific committee, in care of Mr. Haltigih Capt. Harry Walsh wiil be the chief marshal of the parade. —_— PRAY FOR U. S. INDUSTRY. District Christian Women Plead for Nation-Wide Intercession. A group of women representif the various evangelical denominations of the District of Columbia met at Cal- vary Baptist Church Thursday to con- sider what the Christian women of the nation could do to bring about a better understanding in the indus- trial conditions in all parts of the country. 12 Mrs. H. M. Kendrick, president of the Woman's Misionary Society of Calvary Baptist Church, presided, and after a prayer service, in which many present joined, it was decided to ask the women, not only of Washington but elsewhere, to join in a concerted morning hour of prayer to pray spe- cifically for our country and that God may overrule in the present indus- trial conditions. " The prayer hour is to be called “the morning watch,” and in addition t0 God had stirred up the |gpgerving the praver hour Christian Carolina avenue and | Chiefs of the tribes, families and |gyomen of every faith and creed are four | households by linking up their hearts {;cied o use their utmost influence to sket | With the great spiritual aspirations to {p ing about a better relatoin in every restore the worship of Jehovah. Some lite between people of ail of the older ones were thinking nt‘;:_‘:;g::nd ‘ot all races. their early childhood home when they resolved to return to Palestine. They followed the leadership of the princes, priests and levites who led District Council Plans Industrial }::d mulutu:l. returning to the Holy Cyrus recognized that the dominant motive for the return of the Jews to their home land was religious. He tried to promote and develop .this spiritual and patriotic enthusiasm by ordering that the sacred vessels negzar had brought to Babylon as speils of war from the | i temple should be given to the re-;Park. turning Jews for In the restored | temple of Jehovah Jerusalem. He commanded his treasurer, Mithredath, whose name indicates that he was dedicated to Mithra, the sun_god, to turn_them over to Zerubbabel, 'homl the Babylonians called Sheshbazzar, re worshiper. = This *“prince o Judah” was a grandson of Jehoiakim and a descendant of David, who was appointed by Cyrus to be the political governor of the movement. Esra was appointed by the king to be the pri 2na seribe, Into the hands of o mander of the returning after being invoiced and melxud ec- there was given this valuable col tion of temple vessels, which proved the king's sincerity. Israel's work for the world called then as it calls today in the thought of many Jewish leaders and not a few gentile students of prophecy for their Harding, Bishop return to Palestine to aid in the res- | of Washington, will leave Wednes- toration of the temple at lem. While all the exiled Jews not ve been return, theré must ha: who took that —_—— SERVIGE FOR CHILDREN. Y. M. C. A. and Intsrchurch Pro: gram at Lincoln Park. There will be a children's service in Lincoln Park tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. This is expected to be one of the most largely attended | services during the summer in the The meetings_are held under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. and an_inter-chirch committee, The religious work department of the Y, M. C. A. has scheduled the following speakers for Sunday serv- jces: Trinity Methodist Episcopal, 11 a.m., Page McK. Etchison, religious work director, Y. M. C. A; 8 pam., William A. Eisenberger, associate religious work director, Y. M. C. A Mount Ranier Christian Church, 17:45 p.m., H. F. Harmon, and Congress Heights Methodist Church, 11 am. W. H. Loving. Homer J. Councilor, Dean School of Religious Education, Y. M. C. A, will occupy the pulpit at Ingram ‘Memorial Congregational Church Sun- day morning. Bishop Harding on Vacation. Ri~ht Rev. Alfred g-y for Northeast Harbor, Me., where e will erm.h%n!ul‘