Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. mperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: at noon today: lowest, 51, today. Full report on page 7. Highoest, 74, at 5:45 a.m. Closiag N. Y. 28,885. No. EPISCOPAL HEADS | MEET TODAY 10 FLECT NEW BISHOP Convention Opens to Choose Successor to Late Ri. Rev. Alfred Harding. FIVE ARE MENTIONED AS BALLOTING NEARS Dean Bratenahl, Dr. Dudley, Dr. Freeman and Dr. C. Ernest Smith Lead Washington Clergy. The special session of the twenty seventh convention of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Washington is meeting today at the Church of the! Ascension, 12th street and Massachu- setts avenue northwest, to elect the third Bishop of Washington. The Rev. Dr. George Fiske Dudley. president of the standing committee of the diocese, called the busines: meeting of the convention to order| at noon, following a solemn commun- | | | Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, o SVITH'S MIND OPEN AS HEARING BEGINS ON DRY REPEALER Wets and Drys Thunder Ad- vice to Governor—Albany Jammed With Orators. WOMEN DOMINATE BODY DEMANDING BILL VETO Executive Told That Either Policy He May Adopt Will Be ‘Wrong. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, May 31.—Gov. Smith | was almost the only person in Albany | today who professed to have an open 1 mind on the advisability of signing or vetoing the legislature’s bill for repeal of the Mullan-Gage state pro- hibition enforcement act. Drys, wets and prohibition neutrals marched on the capitol today, primed with last-minute arguments with which they hoped to influence Gov. Smith's action on the legislative bill @h fon service, which began \1 10 o'clock | for repeal of the Mullan-Gage state and ended at 11:30 a.m. i prohibition enforcement act, which he Prayers for the clergy who died| jyst sign, veto or kill by failure to, since the last meeting of the con-!ace between now and midnight Sun- vention in February were offered |, after the session was called to order. | davy. | | Numerically the drys got the jump| | Those who died were the Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding. second Bishop of|on the opponents, beginning to pack " {the asvembly chamber, where the; Washington; the Rev. James W. Aus. SinfanditndiRey; (HobEHITaIbON | public hearing on_ the repealer was| Quorum Found Present. | to be held, more than four hours be- | | fore the time set for the governor's A quorum of both houses. that of | apearance. clerical and that of lay delegates. be- | R IO ing reported present. the convention y ‘ uefuedpdown to as much business as| Preponderatingly of the feminine 1t would be possible to perform before | SeX, the opponents of repeal rushed luncheon at 1 o'clock. ! for the front seats, and got most of The committee on the right of |them, sitting patiently through the clergy seats in the convention was! forenoon hours while Gov. Smith| announced, as follows: Rev. E. P.|busied himself with other nn'm-a.i | i Roth, Rev. J. J. Queally and Rev. W. | Every dry way decorated with a white W Shearer. The committee on the | badse bearing in blue letters the slo- rights of the lalty to seats was an- | §an “For law, against repeal.” nounced, as follow H. L. Bryan,| Not to be outdone, a wet adherent G. M. Husted and J. ¥ K- Lee tions| 000 Put in his appearance with a y a i conid Be® ommeted before Junch and | huge banner bearing the legend: hat ballots could then be printed |“When the Anti-Saloon League comes during ,the lunch period. It was; down a-preaching that drinking somewhkt doubtful, however, that! F oty £ ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - Sfur, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923—FIFTY PAGES. | | Recxon A\ THE NOBLES B LL THINK - I'VE REALLY CROSSE THE HOT \Claude Kitchin, House Leader Many Years, Dies in South Guided Democratic| Minority; Popular With Members. | Iliness Began With| Stroke During | Peace Debate. the real work of the convention could be started so quickly. 2 Adjournment was taken at 12.3¢| o'clock to allow the two committees| on representation to complete th2ir| Ahal Dsc before presenting them ic | the body. A petition from the new- | 1y organized St. Agues parish asking for union with the convention yas adopted and the Rev, H. C; Parkmah was appointed chairman of the com- mittee on new parishes. Five Leading Candidates. A committee was authorized to be appointed to draw up resolutions pertaining to the death of the late | Bishop Alfred Harding. It seemed | Jikely, at the time of adjournment, | that the Rev. Jay J. Dimon, reetor | of St. Andrew’s parish, would be| elected permanent chairman of the convention. The most prominently mentioned for the bishopric of Washington. be- fore the voting began. were Dean G. C, F. Bratenahl of Washing- ton Cathedral, Dr. Dudiey, the Rev. Dr. James E. Freeman 6f the Church of the Epiphany. the Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith of Thomas’ and the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires of | St. Thomas', New York. Dr. Dimon Presides. Reconvening at 12:45 o'clock, the| convention after electing the Rev. Dr. Dimon as its presiding officer, adopted a resolution limiting nominating fea- tures to ten minutes and seconding speeches to five minutes. only the two speakers being allowed for any one| candidate. The convention adjourned at 1:15 o'clock for a luncheon, which was | served lay and clerical delegates in | the_schoolroom. The convention was to reconvene again at 2:15 o'clock when nomina- tions for Bishop of Washington would be in order. The first business upon reconvening at 12:45 o'clock was the rresentation of the lists of clerical ! and lav delegates. There were | eighty-five clerical delegates and! seventy-eight lay delegates. A major- | ity of both houses is necessary to | election. > No official mentfon was made at the | session of the death of the Rev. James MacBride Sterrett, associate rector of | All Souls’ Memorial Church, who today | iilled himself. Dr. Sterrett was & delegate to the convention. but his name was not reported to the conven- | tion during the reading of the list of | clerical delegates. The death of the ! foved rector was a topic of sorrowful | conversation at the luncheon. i Procession Enters Church, | The colorful procession entered the | church auditorium from the chapel | at 10 o'clock. The order of the pro- | cession was as follows: Crucifier, Joseph Goldsmith: flag bearer, Leslie C. Rucker; the full vested choir of 45 persons, under the | direction of George E. Bayliss, with | John B. Wilson at the organ: candi dates for holy orders; the clergy in the order of their ordination; the clergy within the sanctuary, the Rev. Dr. James E. Fréeman, of the Church ¢ the Epiphany and the Rev. Dr. C. Ernest Smith, clerical deputies to the general convention, the Rev. Dr. Fletcher of Rock Creek parish; the Rev. Dr. Herbert Scott Smith, Canon W. L DeVries, Dean G. C. F. Brate. nahl_ of the Washington Cathedral the acolytes, Gerald Catlin and Nor- | man E. Towson; the. Rev. H. Allen | Griffith, secretary of the convention, epistior; the Rev. James W. Clark, | secretary of the standing committee, | gospeler; the venerable D. W. Cur. ran, archdeaconery of Washington; | the' Rev. Mr, Metcalf, archdeaconery of southern Maryland; Rev. Thomas ! W. Cooke, rector of the Church of the | Ascenslion, chairman of the conven. tion, and the Rev. Dr. George F. Dud- ley, president of the standing com- mittee, who was the celebrant. Order of Service. The order of the service was as fol- low Procession: “The ~ Church’ One ' Foundation”; introit—"Gloria (Mozart); “Kyrie’ the “Gloria Tibi Gratias”;' offertory anthem, the Doxol OBY; Sursum “Benedict in Excel old Amen, the recessional, “Rejoice, Ye Sure in Heart.” The services, in their rich simplicity, seemed to hold added significance today as the delegates to the convention and members of the public bowed their heads in prayer that the convention might be guided in the selection of the third Bishop of Washington. The large auditorfum of the Church of the Ascension was not half filled when the communion service began, the repressatation of the general piblic expected. uot belng as large as had | recting the forces arrayed | American_Federation of Labor, [ the T | by Federal Judge Mack on 'wn they I'll wager the rascals a cro: with a always preach best skinful.” The banner's life was short, how- ever, for, on protest of Miss Alice Carpenter, head of the Moily Pitcher Club, which is oppesed to prohibition, |and Assemblyman Louis A. Cuvillier, author of the repealer bill, it was banished from the hall amid applause and jeers. Mrs, ida B. Sammis Woodruff of Brookiyn. New York state’s first wom- an member of the assembly, who had been selected by the drys as their floor leadér, announced that her cam- paign would be as follows: One hour devoted to legal argu- ments against the repeal by United States_Attorney William Hayward of New York, Orville S. Poland, state counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, and Wayne B. Wheeler, general coun- sel of the Anti-Saloon League of America. One-Minute Speeches. The remainder of the time, what- ever the allotment, to be consumed in one-minute speeches, mostly by women and ministers. Col. Hayward. it was explained, is appearing not as an advocate or an opponent of prohibition, but merely to urge veto of the repealer in order that the government may have the full support of state agencies in en- | forcement of the Volstead act. Ransom H. Gillett, general counsel for the Assoclation’ Opposed to the Prohibition Amendment, who is di- in favor of making the repeal effective, said that Augustus Thomas, playwright; Samuel Gompers, president of the and James P. Holland, president of the New York tSate Federation of Labor; John Sullivan. president of the New York Central Trades and Labor Councll, and former Supreme Court Justice Clear- water would be the principal speak- ers for his side. He also was expected to resort to the oneminute speech program for some of the adherents of repeal. Officially undecided, despite a flood of letters and telegrams that have (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WHISKY DEFINITION TESTWONBY LS. Court Rules Alcoholic Content Need Not Be Proved in Bootleg Trials. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, May 31.—The United States circuit court of appeals today ruled that the government need not prove the alcholic content of whisky of whether it was fit for beverage pur- poses in casés where indictments charge violation of dry laws in which quor is specified as whisky. This ruling was contained in an opin- ion written by Judge Henry Wade Rogers, in which Judges Martin T. Manton and Julius M. Mayer con- curred. ‘The opinion was rendered in affirm- ing_sentence imposed it November en_boot- leggers convicted of bringing 160 bar- rels of whisky from Canada into the United States on the representation that it was in transit to vana. isposing of the main contention of the plotters that the Canadian whisky did not contain more than one- half of 1 per cent of alcohol, Jude Rogers said: z ‘Under this statute (prohibition) it our opinion that if an indictment leges & violation of the act as re- spects ‘whisky’ it is not necessary for the government to show that the whisky contained one-half per centum or more of aicohol by volume, or that the whisky was fit for beverage pur- poses. If it Is shown that the adke bore committed with respect to ‘whisky, which acts the statute prohibited, the alcoholic content need not be proven. ‘We think that the lan e of the gct a’mt capable of any ‘other construc- b By the Associated Pre: WILSON, N. C, sentative Claude minority leader of Congress. died at morning. -~ ot Mr. Kitchin, whose death had been expétted “hourly fat* the last three days, began einking shortly before | midnight last night and the end came peacefully early this morning. He had been in a semi-conscious condi- tion since Monday, but rallied yes- terday afternoon, and last night a| DRY NET TIGHTENS HERE, SAYS HAYNES i 5 Rum Craft Ready for Dash Up Potomac as Officials Plan Defense. May 31.—Repre- Kitchin, formerly | in the lower house 14 o'clock this | | | | | “It is harder to buy a drink in| Washington today than ever before.” | This was the confident assertion of Prohibition Commissioner Roy Haynes | as he emerged from a conference at | the District building today, at which final plans were mapped out to make the National Capital dry during th Shrine convention. Commissioner Haynes declared that the best prohibition agents in Amer- ica have been in the District “under cover” for several months and are here now to back up the local au- thorltie Mr. Havnes paid tribute to District officers, declaring that the local police have in the past and are now workin, hand in hand with the federal go: ernment in enforcing the Volstead law. No Good Liquor. “There is practically no good liquor in Washington,” said Mr. Haynes. “All that is here is crude, synthetic stuff and nearly all poisonous. And even those varieties are to be found in_only small quantities.” ! Present at the conference were Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster, and Besson, Maj. Daniel Sullivan, super- Intendent of police; Inspector C. L.° Grant, chief of detective: C. Yel- lowley and Edgar N. Reed and high officials in the prohibition bureau. The meeting was held in Commis sioner Oyster's office and followed a letter received by him two days ago from President Harding, in which the chief executive expressed the hope that the Washington police would, succeed in preventing flagrant boot- legging here during the conclave. Runners Lie in Wailt. Despite Mr. Hayn sertion to- day, it is well known among prohibi- tion men that keen-eyed river rum smugglers are awaiting a good, dark night to speed into Washington via the Potomac river with thousands of wallons of liquor for Shrine week. Precautions are being taken, and the cordon which has been thrown about Washington on land is to be extended to the waterways affording entrance to the capital. This was learned t through a general survey of the_situation, and confirmed by Edgar N. Read, divisional prohibition director. Mr. Read added that he had received reports from down-river sources, unofficially, and had already made plans to obtain speedy river craft to combat the river rum runners. Some Night This Week. “Some night this week” is being awaited by some sixty-odd prohibi- tion agents drawn from all sections of the country, and on that night, if such attempt {s made, there will be a hot time In the old town. As_ usual, i (Co | | o | Commissioner Rudolph, lBoy probibition _enforcement CLAUDE KITCHIN, spark of hope was held out for his recovery. At the bedslde of the former demo- cratic leader when he died were Mr Kitchin, Mrs. Lewls Suter, daughter Mills_Kitchin, a son, and Dr. Thur- (Continued on Page 2, Columi 6.7 ALLEY DWELLERS' TIME LIMIT HERE Closing Law Effective To- morrow — Enforcement Awaits Court Decision. Although the alley closing law be- comes effective tomorrow, the Com- missioners will not attempt to enforce | it against the ninety-two men, women and children affected until the Dis- trict Supreme Court acts on the pend- ing test case. This was made known today by chairman of the board, who voiced the opinion that it might be discourteous to the court to start prosecutions tomorrow with a decision soon to be rendered. It is nearly nine years since the law making it illegal to use alley property for residential purposes was enacted by Congress. The original ct provided that it should become effective July 1, 1918. War conditions, however, made it necessary for the legislators to postpone the operation of the law until the present time. Kills Self Feigning Death To Tease Dog NEW YORK, May 31.—Francis Dangieri, eleven years old, acei- dentally killed himself while play- ing dead. so his little dog Brownie would whine in sorrow, the police believe. Francis' body, with two neck- ties drawn in a slip noose about the neck, was found hanging from a door knob in his Brooklyn home last night. by his six-year- old sister Eleanor when she re- turned with Mrs. Dangleri from the movies, Brownle was nuzzling his dead master and whining. ‘The police at first thought Fran- cis had been murdered, an open window leading to a fire escape lending credence to the theory. Later, it was decided the boy had slipped his head through the noose to tease the dog and had strangled before he could release® himself. Souvenir Imperial Council Session of the Mystic From Sunday, June 3, to Each issue great event. cludi: page ' The Evening and Sunday Star i1l contain a complete and accurate account of the iled anywhere {n the United State {oth. special issue of Tuesday, June 5, containing a twelve- togravure Section of Beautiful Washington. . Place Orders Today to A‘vau the Rush D | | RELEASEOF ALLEN ARDUSES .5 HOPE Chinese Bandits Expected to| Free All Americans Soon, | Advices Say. | Unconditional release by the Chinese | bandits of two of their captives, | Maj. Robert A. Allen, United States | Army, and W. Smith, was confirmed | {omelally in a dispatch received at the State Department today from | Consul Davis at Lincheng. The con- ! !sul added that the negotiations for release of the remaining nrlloners! held by the bandits “continue favor- | ably. | Opposed Attempt at Rescue. | From Minister Schuman at Peking, | Undér’ an”earlier date, the department received a cablegram telling of a le {ter written by Maj. Altén before his | rulease and opposing an attempted rescule by force: ‘We are all in good health,” Maj. | Allen’s “letter sald. “We are weli | | treated. We are not suffering. We | {are in no danger. We can remain in | 8ood health indefinitely if we scrupu- | lously regard the rules of hygiene | | necessary in China. { “Why be impatient at the slowne: ! of the Chinese government in secur- Ing our release: Would it not be, | better for us to remain here a month | |or two longer and eventually be re- | leased with whole skins than to have jour lives endangered because our| relatives and friends outside or some | of us here are impatient at the delay?" Favored “Slight Pressure.” The minister's cablegram quoted | | John Powell, the American newspaper | | man designated to participate in ne- | ! gotiations for release of the prisoners, | | as having approved the plan of the| | Chinese government to strengthen | | its military cordon around the bandits and to exert “slight pressure with- however, opening any hostili- Powell reported that the ban- chiefs were growing more de- | sirous to negotiate with the Chinese | { officials. The cablegram said regular sup- plies of food, medicine and clothing were being sent in to the prisoners. TWELVE STILL CAPTIVES. Pinger and Solomon, Americans, | Moved to Lower Level. By the Associated Press. { TIENTSIN, May 31.—Hope for the | speedy release of all the foreign cap- tives held by the bandits of Paotzuku mountain, brightened almost to as- wurance today with the news that Maj. Robert A. Allen, U. S. A, and W. Smith of Manchester, England, had Ibeen freed unconditionally, and thgt of the prisoners remaining in the im- | pregnable fortress at the summit of | the mountain, Maj. Roland W. Pinger, | {U. s. A, and Lee Solomon, American, | had been moved to a lower level. A | message from Tsaochwang sald that “negotiations are going on favor- ably.” The release of Maj. Allen and Mr. Smith left twelve foreign captives. Besides Maj. Pinger and Mr. Solomon, the Americans among them include Leon Friedman of Chicago and Shanghai, Jerome A. Henley of New York and Shanghai and John B. Pow- ell, Shanghai newspaper publisher, Mr. Powell has been released on p role several times to carry message from the bandits to the authorities, and each time has returned to Pa- otzuku. Three Considered Valuable. While most of the captives were held in a camp on the side of the mountaln, Majs. Allen and Pinger and Mr. Solomon were moved to the lofty mountain top about two weeks ago. Letters sent out by Maj. Pinger indicate that the ban dits considered the three as particular. iy valusble hostages and hence hel them in a place where their rescue was almost_impossible. _Maj. Allen of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) i Editions Shrine Sunday, June 10, Inclusive , 40 cents, in- | would have become effective this mid- | | will continue so until June 10. |and there is a possibility that when | regulation has proved a great pub- | therefore most respectfully ask that | | along the north side of B street to iincluded military detachments, Con- The Star’ every <ity bl Parking and Avenue Traffic Guide The ban on automobile parking in the congested area, which was scheduled to go into effect at midnight, again has been postponed until 12 o’clock Saturday night. The one-way streets, designated now in effect, and will remain in force until June 10. Pennsylvania avenue will be thrown open to vehicles tonight and to- morrow night. Inspector Headley announces the following rules for au- tomobiles on the gay white way these two nights. No lefthand turn on Pennsylvania avenue between Peace Monu- ment and the Treasury. Vehicles must get on and off the Avenue by right- hand turns. Vehicles going west for the entire length of the lighted section will exit by the south roadway of the Treasury and thence north on East Executive avenue. Vehicles desiring to go east for enter by way of West Executive avenue, through E street to 15th, north on 15th into Pennsylvania avenue, then east to Peace Monument. \U.S.Is TooBusy, PARKING 2AYS MORE DOWNTONN Ban Postponed Again Be- cause Shrine Crowds Not Yet Taxing Streets. Downtown parking will be allowed until midnight Saturday. Commissioner Oyster made thisan- nouncement today following receipt of a request from the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association for a fur- ther postponement of the no-parking ban. 1f the Commissioners had not acted today the no-parking order night. i The city heads regarded as reason- | able the contention of the merchants | that the visiting crowd has not yet reached a stage where the no-park- ing rule is necessary to the expedi- tious movement of vehicles. Motorists are gradually becoming | more accustomed to the one-way | streets, which are now in effect and One-Way Plan Approved. | Commissioner Oyster has received | a number of communications express- | ing approval of the one-way streets, the rush of the convention is over the city heads may consider making | some of them permanent. | Gen. Anton Stephan, president of | the Merchants’ Association, today made public the letter he addressed to the Commissioners several days ago, asking that the no-parking rule be mot_enforced until after Saturday night. 1t foliows: “On_behalf of Manufacturers' Association in its en- tirety. permit me to extend our most sincere thanks to the Commissloners for the guspension of the no-parking | order {n cofinection with the Shrine convention until midnight of May 31, “The very prompt and nerous responge on the part of the Commis- sioners and the head of the police department to the appeal of one of our groups was a most gratifying ex- perience. During the balance of yes- terday and today we have made a survey of the effect of the no-park- ing regulation in the downtown sec- tion and find that business fell off! from 25 to 50 per cent and more in some instances. The automobile-rid- ing public evidently did not under- stand that cars driven by chauffers Could park while the owners were attending to their varled affairs. It proved disastrous to most lines of activity. the Merchants and | Benefit from Suspension. “The suspension of the non-parking | lic benefit “We have just received a copy of the official register for the Shrine | convention, which we are inclosing, | which shows that, with only three ex- | ceptions, the temples will not arrive in Washington until the 2d and 4th of June. It is, therefore, altogether prob- | able that the influx of visitors will| not occur until those same dates. We | in the event the Commissloners find | further by Tuesday or Wednesday | next that there will not be a large number of people coming to Wash- ington until the following Sunday and Monday, the suspension of the non- parking regulation be continued to include Friday and Saturday, June 1| and 2. The area in which machines will not be permitted to park, beginning | Sunday morning, follows: From 6th | and Missouri avenue north to Eve| street, west to the northeast corner of Tth and Eye, along the east side of ith to New York avenue, west on Mount Vernon place to K street, west to 20th street, south to B street, east the northeast corner of 15th and B streets northwest, thence east along the south building line of B street to the southwest corner of 6th and B streets, then south to Missouri ave- nue. URGES STRONGER TIES WITH WAR ASSOCIATES Maj. Gen. Allen Deplores Failure to Go On Into Germany Before Peace Arranged. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., May 31.— A plea that the ties that bound the al- lled and associated nations during the world war should ever be strengthened was made here yester- day by Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, Who commanded the American Army of Occupation on the Rhine. H Gen. Allen, who was the chief speaker at memorial services here, aPeo sald that many American, British Snd French soldiers thought that the allfes should have gone farther into Germany before agreeing upon peace, and added that events since the ar- Mmistice had shown that such action Would have been better for the al- e oo Allen reviewed a parade which federate veterans, members of the American Legion and repressentative. of many other patriotic organization and in his address also paid tribute to North Carolina’s sons, especially those in the 81st Division. SUSPECT FIRE BUG IN BLAZE. ST. JOHNSBURY. Vt. Fire which the police believe to ha: been of incendiary origin early today destroyed the A. L. Balley bullding, containing four stories and six tene. ments; .the Smith Grocery Company butldi containing one store and one tenement, and the Please-U Thea- ter. The loss is estimated at $75.000. 1t.was the seventh early morning fire 1o month: | extended to visiting Shriners to be on | tain. itheir National Capital. by yellow arrows on lampposts, are the full length of the Avenue shall Warns “Spirit”’ Of Northcliife By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 31. —Sir A. Conan Doyle says he has had a message from Lord North- cliffe’s spirit saying that a wave of spiritual reform can save the world from plunging headlong into a catastrophe which will make the world war seem insignificant. “The American people,” Lord Northcliffe's message said, “are too busy. That W the' mistake I made in my lifetime. 1 was too busy then, but I understand now that wisdom is lost in the scram- ble for material progress. When men lose wisdom they invite dis- aster.” Sir Arthur declared that he also has received other messages from the spiritual world which verified the statements made by Lord Northcliffe's spirit. Some even have gone so far as to predict that the disaster will descend during his lifetime, Sir Arthur said. 40,000 TO GREET i 1 SHRINE POTENTATE Ceremonies Sunday at Union Station to Formally Inau- gurate Week. Shrine week will be formally in-| augurated at 8 o'clock Sunday morn- | ing, when Imperial Potentate James | i8. McCandless is to lead his illustrious | jearavan inte Union station, accept the | salaams of 40,000 nobles gathered| there to bid him welcome and com- mand the faithful to answer the muez- | 2in's call to Sunday prayer. Accompanied by 1,000 favored nobles | of Islam and Aloha temples, the omnip- | otent chief of the Mystic Shrine| boarded his Pullman steed in San| Francisco and this morning wired | convention headquarters here the| hour of his pompous entry into the| Mecca of 1923. It will be for him the end of & long trek that began a month | ago in his island retreat in balmy! Honolulu, Every Noble Ordered to Appear. Every noble of Almas Temple has been ordered to appear at Union sta- tion wearing his_ official fez to do obeisance before the all powerful po- tentate. An invitation has also been hand in full regalia at the same time, and it is expected thousands will at- | tend. Government, city and local Shrine officials are to extend the | formal welcome to the visiting chief- | Several hours later, from the min- | arets of Washington, the muezzin will | call the faithful to the city’s temples, | where appropriate sermons and spe- cial services are to be held in honor of the visiting thousands. The entire | day will be devoted almost exclusive- | Iy to religious worship, concluding | with the mass service at Temple | Heights at 2:45 o'clock in the after- noon. Rush to Be Felt in 48 Hours. ‘With virtually all caravans from,| the Pacific coast and middle west en | route, Washington will begin to feel | the first rush of the Shrine hosts| within forty-eight hours. Early Sat- | urday morning the earliest of the 200 special trains that are due to come here before next Tuesday will | arrive, disembark their nobles and hurry to their parking grounds to await the hour of their trek back. In the meantime thousands of visitors are reaching the city dally on the trains that arrive here on reg- ular schedules. Others have come by automobiles and some by boat. A large majority of those already here will never be counted, since they | represent the bulk of the great body of unknown visitors who are seizing upon this occasion to visit relatives or just come here as sightseers of Official es- timates, however, place the number of guests now in Washington at more | than 30,000. » * Ready fof 300,000. Washington walited today, ready and anxious, to receive the 300,000 persons who are to make the city their head- quarters next week. Decorations have been finished, the Garden of Allah will be completed this afternoon and every person officially attached to Shrina boards has received final instructiags and now waits, enjoying the compar: tive quiet that exists before the storm of next week. | At a meeting of the Shrine execu- | tive committee in the Homer Build- | ing last night, the chairman of all of | the 32 committees reported their work | complete. The last grandstand seat ) tickets are being malled today and those alloted for public sale are being gobbled up faster than the committee provide them. Should conditions warrant it, an additional stand may yet be erected between Seventeenth | street and Washington Circle, but this project has not been decided upon. Police Perfect Plans, The police department, augmented by trained detectives from other nd Shrine guards, has per- fected its plan: h. nflllnf th crowd and curbing crime. In an e cy the Army and Marine Corps stand ready to assisi authorities Detectiv tice agents are watching all docks and roads leading into Wash- ington for men and women known to be of questionable character. Should any of them attempt to get in during Shrine week they will promptly ordered to stay out, and should they persist will be arrested and “held for investigation.” This plan is expected to keep the city OlMcllll!y clear of pickpockets and women of question- able character. g 1 | that vote. | Sterrett, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 78,653 TWO CENTS. OR LM STERRET, NOTEDD.C.AECTOR, SHOOTS SELFDEAD Episcopalian Minister, Who Founded All Souls’ Church Here, Is Suicide. PUTS REVOLVER TO HEAD AS NURSE APPROACHES Rector's Son in Home at Time. Had Been in Ill Health for Several Months. Rev. J. Macbride Sterrett. D. D. seventy-six years old, prominent in ‘Washington's clerical circles for three decades, associate rector and founder of Al Souls' Sterrett Memorial Church Yilled himself this morning | in his room at Springland, the Pieres i Mill road family home A nurse who has been in attend- ance on Dr. Sterrett for several months was standing in the room when he fired a shot from the .32- caliber revolver which instantly end- | ed his 1ife. She told police investigating the sui- cide that as he ralsed the revolver to his temple he declared: “It's all over now, my sun.” Before she could move a finger he had pulled the trig- ger and fallen to the floo.. Son in House at Time. At the time of his death. his son, Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett, pastor of the | Al Souls' Sterrett Memorial Church, {was In the house. It was just ufter }a conversation with his son that D | Sterrett ascended the stairs and we: to his room to take a reat. Mis. Brocker, the nurse, accom- panied him. She left the room to get a quilt to spread over him. Return- ing with the cover she discovered the venerable clergyman with a revolver in his right hand, raised to his tem- ple. After the shot had been fired she dropped the quilt and rushed to | his side. Death had come instantly. His son, the pastor, rushed to the room, where he burst into tears. He is in a state of grief indicating a complete breakdown. Health Had Been Failing. Dr. Sterrett had been suffering from general nervous trouble for the past three months. He was being attended by his family physician, and members of the family declared an appreciable failing {1 health had béen noted during the last half year. Coroner Névitt viewed the body and issued a certificate of death from suicide. Policemen Blackman and Tierney, and Lieut. Giles from the substation at Tenleytown, conducted the investigation on behalf of the polic Dr. Sterrett. although associate pastor of All Souls Memorial Church, which he built in memory of a de- ceased son, and entitled to a vote in the balloting for the Bishop of Wash- ington today, did not intend casting Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett, the son. was going to vote, but his grief- stricken _condition following the suicide of his father will probably prevent it. Leaves Five Sons. Dr._ Sterrett leaves a widow, a sis- ter and five sons—respectively, Mrs. Adlumia Went Sterrett. Miss Mary A. Sterrett, Col. Robert Sterrett, United States Army, now on a special mission in France; Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett, pas- tor of All Souls’ Church; John A. electrical engineer and founder of the firm of Sterrett & Fleming: Douglas B. Sterrett, in the oil industry in Kansas, nd W. D. Sterrett, buflding contractor of thia city. A native of Bellefont, Pa,, Dr. Ster- rett came to Washington in 1891 While here, twelve years ago, though sixty-four vears of age, he was made professor emeritus in the George Washington University. He refused, however, to live a life of retirement. Obtaining permission of the rector of St. Alban's parish to start an inde- pendent mission in the Woodley Park district, he set to work and conducted his first service in a private house on March 5, 1911. Shortly thereafter the premises at 2627 Garfield street was rented and regular services were held there un- til the last Sunday in June, 1911, Portable Chapel Erected. On Sunday, October 15, 1911, a Joft- able chapel erected on the present site of All Souls'’ Church, near the ferminus of Cathedral avenue, formed the nucleus of the later church. Some- thing less than two vears later, on May 8, 1913, All Souls’ Mission was set apart as a separate and independ- ent parish. S The present church building was the gift of Dr. Sterrett, the founde- and first rector, in memory of his ldest son, James Macbride Sterrett. jr. 1t was built during the summer of 1914 and on Sunday, October 11 of that year, it was duly consecrate.l by _the bishop of the dioces Rev. H. H. D. Sterrett began work there on May 1, 1917, assuming the duties of pastor, while his father con- tinued as associate rector. Rev. Dr. Sterrett was @ member of the Chevy Chase Club. In Washing- ton he held an enviable position in the esteem of the clergy and laity. and he was known not only for his evangelistic but also for his philan- thropic work in many sections of | the ecity. Has Just Completed Book. He had just completed writing a book during the past year and was at work on another at the present time, it was said today. Funeral arrangements have not yet been com- pleted. Dr. Sterrett was one of the founders | and had been continuously the presi- dent of the Senlors' Golf Assoclation of the Chevy Chase Club, which had lanned to hold an election of of« cers this afternoon. Dr. Sterrett was approached last night by a member of the association who asked him o serve again as president. Dr. Sterrett at first declined but later accepted. The election has been postponed. NAMED DRY CHIEF. Frank T. Putney Chosen Director in Connecticut. Frank T. Putney of Guilford has been_selected as prohibition director for Connecticut, succeeding Harry E. Mackenzie, who recently resigned. Mr. Putney was |n;¢iorb b:&: (én:; ‘missioner jynes an Y necticut senators. He has served heretofore as a prohibition agep,